The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-08-06

s French View OF the Battle OF Manassas.
Translated fo- .he = Q. Delta from the y.
CoDri!er dss Etas Cn.s
The Uourrier dee Etas CQie, OF the 23i inst,
has the following remarks On the battle Of
N;:aassas:
som. dispatches attribute the reversal Of
the scales to the providental arrival OF john
ston's carJ.s d'armee, from Winchester. We
ere net CT that opinion. The reserve which
so u2eXpec :sd!Y turned the - b'a had uncou bt-
edly been prepared beforehand, RS 10 the part
it was to play in the engagement This is
quite evident from IL general progress OF the
battle. The only ct.jact OF tbs Confederates
was 10 allure, RS 1t were. the enemy TO the
mos: favorable point, and, at an opportura
moment, - rush upon him. This will be-
fully apparent when VS. sif6r their p.O
longed silence, IN nog Tatu ming the fire CO
the assalants, their gradual retreat, and the
continuance of the fight until nightfal The
late hour OF the evening when the atta<k
took place, is doUbly ex aiained by the intsn-
ton OF finding their adv arsaries much more
exhausted, md OF adding 20 Ihe defeat the
confusion OF dsrkGssI.
We consider, as being eoasliy improbable,
that version OF the fight which attributes III"
disaster of the FEDERAL army to 4 motive'ess
panir, y hicn, beginning "I'A tho t-amstors
and followers OF the camp, had spread 10 the
ranks. Such incidents are not OF rTre occur-
renee but they seldom attain great proper
ton and ara OF short duration. 1t ia more
than probable that this ctuae pxerted soIna
i aiiuel &c upon the extent Of The rout; hut
under 40 hypothesis could II have given rise
thereto.
The details which will he read below will
show that the proportions of ths disaster
surpas9, by far, under any circuIns tances
the preceding events OF 'ha battle loss o.
Q 500 or 0G0 is conceded. The whole Federal
artillery fell in to the hands CT the cons ne crg
ana II may possibly he the case with & eat
er portion Of the 'Fgege. The prisoners
Ynuet also be counted by he Thousand In a
word. not only hove Csntrevitle and Fairfax
Court House fallen into the hands Of the
Confederstss, but the routed regiments Quiv-
erins under The goadinss OF fsar, made one
straight dash toward. the for tifications OF
ArIit gtOn Heights
Il General Beaursgard had it In his powor
to follow up his advantages and making good
this immense ront, all ths advanced camps
must have fallen in bis power, and the sttety
Of Washington itself would be doubtful
This has been, moreover, fully appreciated at
the s9at of Government. All toe reinforce
m. nts within rsacb, both in men and guns
were crdersd at onse TO the Virginia shore, to
SOP tne urosresS of the enemy. These new
troops, projected by the entIenchments at
Arti, gtoR Heights, will alone be able to face
the enemy. As regards Nc Doweli's army, IL
must, for the present, be considered SIS entire
Iy annlhiiated. After such rOut, aE army
cannot be reorsauize6 in one day
y would be supeInuous and impossible to
attempt 8 description OF the cons ternI ion
proc uced by this ne~s-the more dreadful il
its Effects that il followed without transition
the glad tidings OF false victory. With the
emotions of the public event, ia Blended the
PECULIARLY terrible anguish that the soldiers
who fell oday were the citizens OF yester-
day. ThousaI ds of families are thrown in TO
the deepest anguish, awaiting tho sad cor fir
nation OF the fate OF dear ones The came
feelings must have pervaded the en- tire North
and the South Itself will not drain the cup
which victory has filled with blood, without
mixing with IL ths tsars OF Rorrow.
The cry OF surprise and OF public woe re-Scho
to the voice OF recrir iastton The inefhcien
cy OF tho commanders, and tie fatal lInps-
thence OF the Cabinet strategists form the bur
den of complaint, for by the exertions Of these
latter was Genera, Scott forced to abandon
the dilatory policy which he had adopted -
The Tribune, which has specially contributed
in precipitatiug measures. By its Irritating and
provoking policy, waa, for time, the Object
of the meuaces OF an excited populacs.
These tardy reproaches will not remedy the
evil The fruits Of tho bloody lesson OF the
2lst N ust be sought elsewhere. 1t may now
be conceived to what results c.y!l war will
lead us-and these disasters seem 20 have
b. en- placed on the very threshold by Provi-
deLcs, rs a warning against further progress