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A Washington s se.saks'.N:ts ffno novelty. y
tcrnzao It. eomea; fraeh= sFsfy7 tIme- Sears e r.
hardly name fdr it::apNiN ttth: ~. eRlend4t
army now awaitip1: opeiau0os which 6haI laeE
rome measure lnsfily ~ Ek3pecsasione nl -
people Ehose neane; ;heae been nbesa.ig en-
seneation Is probably ebetter term, hackneyed
though It be, and a. sensation It Maa 70 cay,
VIXEN couple Of ho1seuen after the style Of
G. P. B. Jamet, rode hastily into the Avenue
and reported fight N progress On the right |
curancy Of lis advance to IeNinsVille.
Your readers who sIk ut home and indulge
In Gkind 1em1rks concerning sensation re-
porttrs and sensation :difpatchea would have
theiF views modified Could they be present. il
washington On suCQ an oc&sao.o0 ~ A1,Aso ot:t1AI
arrival Of such .1umor from over the river.
In the first place nothing Is more desired BY
outsiders here THANH fgkt. Our troops to
man would vote for 1t to:day from the remot-
est picket back to the: hospital there is a con
!2a r fe5s9 s z sns in Gsa
Mcclellan AMI. .sr6 wiIiIglto abide his time.
but the earlier that shall come the higher will
be the satisfaetiop., !. ::.H |
But tc the latest sensation The. ,StWo
horee man" had heard cannon and muskstry
near LsWinsville. There Was yollsy after
yollsY. They saw troops bsing hastily sent up
the LeeEbuIg roaa. They EaW amhuianeas
setting in the eanlf direction. There was
battle IN progress. Therswas no donbt OF It.
The Wsr Department. has its telegraph;c
| each Division. That to Gen. Smltn's Head
| qualttre, G: LewiusFille, Was being put on to
Day. Thtre was no, hope q anything
| over the wires from the outpost
| thus removed, sos, ,fhe* sensation did nos
'sseivs ,, sof1tS;on M @ e5f 1s0,gaG5s d2Iga1ia
nirL!ol ! IL lie * tsnad a1he Ys-s!1. 50 essrg -:
Ee5tt ttFpoetsd dstsaaas;1e W ts!szTspa etilSss a.
th ssg n,rs lev ~ =,
t1,aH lhaFs written tits: tres9ifes had licked
cut, and tie types t@Ee clicking at alarming
ext:as In New Yo.kt BGssta4~ and PAiladslphis,
~s:ttA BATTLE II EaoeREss:"
Over The riVerpeF nell went every body
who could command pass and horse, and
the hcrsemen were not u sc1itarj' along the
read to Lewinsyil1a+ Now It is melancholy,
! cr otherwise, to have to 1atrate that not gun
| vas fred yesterday, in the direction indicated.
No engagement took place at Lewins7ille. TO-
day, eeye an engagement 81 dinner With D..
Haven, Of Chicago, Brigade Surgeon, at that
place. There was no fight.
So the reporters who at 2p. N. had sent off
| nh NJ <.$rAxf xfE11
! contradict them. ."BIans not the bard" The
newsmonge1s here ore pledged to their Rad
| c1s TO the delivery Of anght tGas interests
army fr city Iere, and W1a.n Washington is
ass'r With rnmoIs Of battle other cit;es must
expect tc share 1t.
The ride in the rain gave Icur correspondent
a phase Of this new life that has opened on
: cur treops. Optional With him 1t certainly
; | WEE, to turn cut frcm she14tr and comfortable
, qnsitere, but he met quite g. number Of clti-
zsns with whom themoVenant Eas no. q1ise
! q matter of choice,-meanng, Of course, the
troops to day thrown forward to sustain Gen.
! Smith.
: Fer miles, the road westward frcm Chain
Bri5gebwas choked with army wagons aad the
t advancing column Of Gen McCah's Division,
) the PotoEae, above Georgetown. The rain
4 cid ret hinder them ncr Us, who watched Tith
? interest the features of theirmarch. The reads
i are coed, but level never, and, rs an 1rish*nan
might say, il each direction have much ulors
I up hill than dawn hill.
u Chain Brdge Was fall of heavily. load.G
|. wagons, fcur ard six ho1see, or as many
y I;n;es, loaded with camp equipage ard army
It stores, and the white canvas tops wound vi
5 tn. bill, and lover the hills and far awaF," fo
o Oh, i11eEulsfly and at viii, in little squads O
i IL letg Struggling lines, the road beiGg SO full
* It's scarcely to allow the passage Of hoIssmen
1t And Iro miles west Of the river the col
Il UNI MT long train Of empty wsgons re
tt1Lirg flom transportation ef Gen. Smith
J. l5ggole ard tents.
10 Such an occasion lands force and prophet
to the ancient military term OF "in.pedinazz.ta,
as applied to this department Of the Quilt
In army. The phrase Was well proven to da1
s5d ;ST heG1z ;9 the .nSr tx1 eRR1sns se1mo
u ether, and making scarcely the progress Of
nile BE hour. "Wait for the wagon has d
ccne the watehWcrd Of the Venluresome {
the Buggy Brigade" who test vehicular co.
=. Teysrce within the lines" over the Potoma
"a We pushed westward to the outposts, fuu
1T listing what re did not reed half that 1ic
n. to Eet at rest, that there was no fight
~ Lewilsyi,le, net at all, and doubtless for tt
u very good 1eaEon that the enemy ace net the1
a.: in suy considerable force.
Ut Coed authorities say that only 8 thin line
h. pickles AID . sparse show Of Ekirmi.hera Ut
~ cavalry are all that lie betwakn curl lines ar
- Ehert tie rebels Wait in grim bat: :eIies to ava
us themselves ef, any advaatage given them |
:. They will be mistaken If they expect eeco1
to edition of Bull Run, fer when our army 60
., forward 1t will go prepared for no hol1df
ng 6Ehth G, bat with cne Of the finest trains
r It's written sold Virgtnny never tire" II
ve unknown bard has placed on record al asse
L. titn pe11lous in the Light Of facts. Virgin
IL hss that in progress npon her soil OF Thi<
=, she must and will tstIre" The scourga Of
E,1f+
IA disappear, the blight OF fire desolatIng forez
u; ard farm and homestead, arc au reproduce
lie a1 present to, her soil in this vast army o
7er culation and movement Military neeessi
ID kEows Io law, and tho entire surface has be'
81 swept and destroyed fol. .mileE-hauses bu1ne
ui- acres the vary turf trodden and worn out
NJ the laintest eembln1ce Of verdure By the cam
on- AID the pichettng Of horses. A few miles
Se- yond the first range Of hills, as gou pass Cha
'ds Bridge, Ia1row valley opens more fertile .;
ice better cultivated than the rough forest gros
zen hill.s:dss On either band. THIS fertile, aud
eir all points beautiful vale, extends southwal
ed. widening in the direction Of Fairfax. A
I'D throughout it's whcls extent, hare aud ther.
re. sccre or more of bomestesds have been
OF 6troyed by fire. Bus IN even more mark
lst- change is the utter extinction Of forest fri
le1r the hills and hll]sidea- Tue sturdy axam N
l1o ip, und.r orders, without axing any Virgil
ex- opiulcp, and the trees actually blench al
ION bstore them-
az Here to-day one of the Maine regiments, a.
sns i'll hand, were set st q fine second groWlh
re- pines, q tract Of oyer twenty five acres. T
en- en- hours ard half LITER We rode back snd no
oat tree vas standing. They lay fe1ed in eli dir
aay tiore, clo:e 'abattis over the whole grou
When fire shan come little later to do
1et- work, the su1face will be lett clean aud bla
len, ened, as is the present condition of thousaa
tait Of acree, the earliest cleared. This is done
lge; sound military principles, to proven: a shel