Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-07-27
Comments of the Richmond Papers.
From the Rchroad Dis tch, July IS.
Sundays WORK DESTRUCTION OF sgoTr's REGULAR

Comments of the Richmond Papers.
] From the Richroad Dis atch, July IS.
| SUNDAYS WORK DESTRUCTION OF ssoTTs RzGuLAE
| ARMY.
| Send me good troops, not volunteers" These
were the words of General Scott to the Govern
! ment during his unucky wars In Florida; and this
| was the sentiment which he acted in preparing
for the great encounter with the South on Sunday
last BE had collected at Washington all tn. troops
Of the regular army on the east of the Rocky Noun
tains. The forces from Jefferson Barracks and
! from St Louis, with which Gen Lyon had been
hectorng for two months the people of Missouri had
been brought to the Potomac. The three batteries
| OF the regular army that had been sent to aid the
column of Patterson in its projected march into the
valley of Nirp inIa-a march, however, which Pat
| terson did not effect-had been brought down for
! the work Of Sunday, BY cunning stroke of STRAIT
egg. The wh0e forces of reg lar troops that had
| been coliec5iny by degrees in Washington since
February last had been marshalled for this special
! service.
! Al he'd been crossed over the Potomac and form
ed into the advancing column which was to precipi
tate itself upon our left flank Balls Run, and
enforce success by an irresistible corp de main In
| the column of tairtyfye Thousand men which
charged upon J0Lnston's Division not less tbaa ten
thousand were thoroughly trained soldiers Of the
regular army, includiag all the finest batteries of
the Federal service, which had been diligently
brought together from long distances for the special
work OF this important day. Ii was an army OF
those good soldiers with which Gen. Scott de-
lights TO fight, and whom he is IN the habit of think
ing inYi1cib!s against volunteers, that the little
band of Southern troops who never were under
fire before literally beat to death Sunday. Our
brave Southern volunteers not only whipped their
own number of Yankee troops, but they whipped in
addition ten thousand force OF the regular United
States Army. The fifteen thousand men under
Johnston beat thrty-five thousand Of the enemy,
including the best regiments and the crack bate
ries of the regular army of the United States. III
the fact that this latter forces was encountered,
which explains the terrific mortality that cur col
umn suffered. The days work cost US dear; but
it is performance that makes an everlasting
cord for Southern prowesS, compared with
Northern instability and ineficiency in the field.
The fight too, was in open field and in fair en-
counter. The enemy, recolleeting his unpleasant
experiences of Thursday, avoide our strong works
opposite CentreviIle on Bulls Run and endeavored
TO Outf Ink JOh1stOns div sion, which wera posted
high up the stream under the protection of strong
works at the Stone Bridge. To meet and defeat this
alkiDg movement, Johnston marched out from his
position at the Stone Bridge, advanced eorsidera
bic distance to the 'front.' and met the enemy before
he had made any progress in his hanking movement
Meantime feints were kept up in the most active
manner against our right flank aud our centre. But
the heavy onset throughout the day was continued
against our left flank. and on that side the main
battle fought. For seven hours did Johnston
make good his resistance against more than double
his numbers, composed in part of the Flower of the
regular Federal army. Terrific IS was his loss, he
sun HClu anu was Sllll ulhlL-
tanning a successful encounter with his adversary
when about o'clock Gen. Davis, finding the attack
elsewhere upon our linesto be little more than a
feint advanced the GENRE to the support Of John
stOn, and decided the fortune of the day.
1t would be idle TO attempt to appOrtion the cred
it of the day among our able and cOnsummate Gen
erals The first praise is due to Gen Beauregard,
who planned the defence, and prepared so admira-
big and completely the fortune thatwas won. Each
division of our gallant army did It's duty its whole
dutV VvlthOut faltpP lRfault Tho Tlqn Of hat
tie chosen by the eLemy forced the heavy fighting
upon Gen JOhnstOns command, who met the dan !
ger and fought the good fight, their country
pected them to do To say well done, brave and |
faithful soldiers is to give expression to the Ian
gulge of every heart and tongue. Every soldier !
and every officer did his duty, ard hencefOrward, |
through all time It viii be the highest pride Of eve>
~ man in that gallant army to say that he at
Manassas on the 2 lst of July.
From tie Richmond Enquirer, July g.
The dispatch from President Davis, who is in per |
son at the head of our forces at Manassas read
to Congress on yesterday.
Briefly and geographically the dispatch tells !
story that will thrill the whole country. The i'm !
p0rtance of the victory which it describes cannot
be over estimated If the enemy had destroyed |
our army as we have destroyed his, who can pic.
ture the gloom that would this day have shrouded
our prospects We would have been, for the pres
1t, almost at the mercy OF the invading host which
has profaned cur sOil7 We cannot be too grateFul
been granted And the noble heroes by whose |
vaior and whose suiierings it has been wrought
what human speech fttingly pronounce their
praise, adequately tell the measure of the benefit
they have won for their beloved country. The E.
nown they have won will reach the farthest limit of
the civilized world. Such armies have never be-
fore met in America. Such battle has never be-
fore been fought, and such a victory has be-
fore been won, between our two oceans! More vital
issues were never at stake, and interests vast
and pressing, scarce ever hung suspended on the
fate Of conflict.
Then let the songs Of rejoicing swell through all
our beautiful land, for God beth given US the vic
tory. Let our whole people join in the loud and
joyful acclaim. Let orators and poets, with the
glory CT our patriot heroes their inspiring theme
plume their glad faneies for their nobest fights;
they cannot indeed hope to rise to the full height
Of the grand argument but they may give some
faint expression to the emotions which this day
swell the hearts of g1eat and grateful people, Let
maids and matrCns with universal chorus of their
sweet praises crown the fame Of the brave officers
and soldiers who have driven back the brutal and
W than barbarian hordes that threatened their
peaceful homes This day our freedom and indie
7euGence stand securo Abiding honor TO the brave
men, by whose strong arms the prize has been won,
lni IL whose blood, alas, the record is written!
The soldiers who fell, let no man forget to honor
hem ever and always. In the days of rejoicing let
hem be pleasantly remembered! In the pensiye
hours when call to mind the loved and lost, let
them hold the foreground Of the picture. Deeply
10 we mourn their fate; but what nobler end could
mortal desire if end must come than to fall at the
post of duty, a9d a duty so holy and ennObling as
hat of patriotism Their names and the memory |
# their virtues will survive as part of our Re
,ublc's most precious inheritance
From the chino i'd EnIarer, Jaly %,
The particulars of the great battle fought on Sun
lay are vet indefinitely known. The dispatch sent
BY the President of the Southern COnfederacy to !
Congress is triumphant in tone, and indicates a
splendid success, but it contains few details, and
Ices state the extent of the pursuit made by
rOops after flying foe. He says that one portion
If the enemy retreated towards Leesburg, the 9th
n towards Centreyille, and that our men pressed
lfter them, but Centreville is but four miles from
and Bull Run, near which the main
battle took place. it does not appear that the Presi
lent informed yesterday morning CT the result
" length of the pursuit ,
Centreyille is the stTategetic point and the only
me between Stonebridge and Fairfax. The neigh
boring country is plain Centrevle is an eminenca
md some Notifications had been erected there by ,
,ur troops, while in their possession, which :
AVE doubtless been strengthened by the enemy
ince they have occupied it. ,
The main battle was fought near the StolebTdge, 9
,ver Bull Greek. Our army, like that of the enc
ny was seriously engaged only on the left The
OTces of the centre and right skirmished heavily
,Ut did not close. The enemy made their attack
N the left. Gen. Johnston commanded there only
fifteen thousand men; the enemy brought thirty>
i've thousand upon him. 1t Is obvious, that their
an 10 force the left and then attack the centre
md the right from the flank. Their troops else I
where waited this event which never transpired. c
Thus only one third Of our own army was engaged /