The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-08-22
| from the London Times, august 7
THE BULL RUN BATTLE.


Is 'ne tranquil comment fthe Royal Speech upor
the events In the New World which have failer
so Unexpectedly upon the ears of Europe. Our
queen mas reflected with an excellent fidelity 1T,
feelings of her people. After the frsf snrnri9 vo
over, and when the ''God bless me- Won Gon't ca
s0?' had been said, think we neyer heard Of : :
oattie IN which 10000 men seem to have been en-.
gagged on each side, aud which fell so blank unon
the public ear, and engaged so little European in
terest. The fact is, that do not like to laugh
ana the sense OF the ridiculous comes too stropG 0
over us when we would be serious. 1t is great
Dattle without the dignity of danger or the main fu
interest of great carnage. There are all the ridi
cui0u5 incidents of stark fear and rabid terror
without much real peril and with very little ctuai
sunefing. we begin to feel that have been
cheated out OF our Sympathies
When this war broke cut we English all ninur.
eu 10 ourselves two earnest sections of the same
population lnterlaced in mortal combat warring
W the kh!e and to the death. We received bv
every mail little samples of an atmosphere of blood
ana thunder and war and wounds All America
appeared to US, poor Gupes! like a fresh exploded
mlhe-a smoke, and fragments, and torn limbs
we lancled our knsmen reckless, furious fying AZ
each others throas, and careless of their own safe
! y. AT the same time that they were SHAKING
thelr knives at each other, they were SHAKING
| theiI h'ts at u.s. We trembed for what We were
iateo TO see We held breath for the first
| shock OF battle between these two Young giants
we smut our eyes against the deadly struggle We
are camer now. We are all calmer We are ga
tlshnd that these warike athletes who wpra is
| uare 10 oner to separate them, are not so ve-v
reckless. Since their dissensions have assumed
the character OF open war" they have been car
riGu on upon strictly hum unitarian principles
III we are to believe the American prcss an
american battle has never yet been dangerous
| so than an American railway. The hostile rorcno
smell each other out of strong fortresses without
losing single life They fight battle in West
eFn virginia Which determines the fate of district
at the expense tess than score of casualties and
great stand-up baltic is fought between lao OO0
| men, ending IN panic and twenty miles run:
ana "hen the Grand Armv of the Potomac''
| reaches Alexandria the New York Herald reDorts
% t%h%t tine Killed on eur side will be between three
and five hundred" "
IL Is very difficult to guage the solidity of any,
INN tnlng Amerlcan--even Of great battle. We know
that tuere was great rOut in front Of that oan
"hlch runs up into the hills, for we were renra
sented In the ruck, and may say that we saw II
with our own eyes and heard the caunonade With
our own ears. There is a probability also tbot
the number of men present at the battle rno1nts -
the nigh figure of 100000 for both accouots eear,
t" agree upon this. Beyond these facts, however,
eFTgrTythlng TTy seems vague and uncertain.
The advance of the "Grand Army of tbo poto
mac" reads in the American papers Ike = hnr.
Iesque ct the progress of Xerxes to the Helesno,t
me great Federal victory of Bull Run which was
hashed over the Northern States and recorded in
the Northern papers, was thing boyari1o, for
hours While yet in print upon the confines of fancy
ana possibility. The abject r0ut, the ultimate |
reality, was what we could have least believed - |
ndPs we ought 10 have anticipated that the |
same fer0cl0us men who had burnt IN the horna |
steads on their line of march would snaad bocy |
over me emoers with pale faces in their panic flight
p"t 'h's never did occur to us 1t requires the |
tesumonE OF the Americans themselves and the |
WithesS OF our own correspondent to suprcst to ms
that 70 600 American patriots fled for twenty nilss
IN an agony of fear, although no one was pursring
them, and that $4,000 other American patriots ab
stained from pursuing these rs coo enemies be- !
cause they were not informed how stark frighten-
ed these were. Even the artillery were nOt can
tured. but picked up. The guns were left behind
because they impeded the fight of the artillerymen
aod they might have been to a great extent car
red off if the approximations of the runners wouId
have allowed them to take advantage of the leisure
Whlch the prudent conqueror ready to afford. |
On the other hand our correspondent thinks that the
panic had gone so right to the heart of the Nartb
that II General Beauregard had the enterprise to
follow up his advantage, he might have gone al
most unresisted into Washington city itself. All
that the Northern Press says upon this subject is
to congratulate themselves that the enemy did not
know in what fright thew were
This is not our account Of this battle. 1t is the
american account 1t is the account of the New
ork papers, alternating they do between shrieks
ct victory, of agony, and of indicative despair II
they have only lost between 800 and 500 men il
seems to US to be very cheap lesson. See what
they nave gained by it. They have found out ROW
that ths spirit of patriotism, aud even the instinct
OF combat, Goes not prevent Northern volunteers
from going off in body under pretence of their |
time OF enlistment being M, although the morning |
sounding in t. cir ears. They have found out also
that even Northern army can, without much |
good military reason given, lose its attraction of
cohesion, and dissolve into n mob. They have |
also found out that the Southerners are not tn he
walked over like partridge manor, and that they |
have some military heads among them.
vi course, we must expect them to meet these
hard facts by certain quantity of buster They
mus must tea cal out oua icw more millions Of volunteers,
increduIOus world for a few more hundred millions
sterl'ng. But behind al! this there must rise a
gathering doubt that this Southern nut is too hard
to crack and that the military line as matter of
business, does not answer. The North has now
made ia experiment. and not only has it not an.
sScred, but the process has not been eEcouragino
AS matter OF habit and to ease the American
mind, certain quantity of threats and tail words
may be necessary and they may pass. But they
will be OF small avail against the facts as they now
stand In the taco OF the picture of that screaming
crowd-the Grand Army of the Potomac, &c
these great words from the expectant gentlemen at
Washington lose every charm
These people do all N their power to ALLEVIATE our
sympathy, for they are amenabe neither to cour-
I9sy nor TO misfortune. Nothing civilizes them.
They seem to think that at all seasons and upon all
occasions England is safe target for their insults
and their threats. They either feign very well
or else they positively think they can influence our
PohGy oy their bluster. There was moment, on
the 2lst of July, when victory was supposed to De
with the 'Grand Army of the Potomac" and the
most popular newspaper in New York seized the
opportunity to show what uso our excellent friends
thought was revenge upon England.
Alter some taunts at what are supposed to be our
neutrality-suspicious., the organ of New York mode
IStl9h RAJ continues: -"And now, forsooth, because
the Queens Government sees fl to stultigv itself
not daring to carry into execution its imnliad |
threats, and prohibits the eutry of Soutbarp rri |
yateers into British ports, we required to let
bygones be bYgones, and even to ignore that apy |
cause of dispeaSure has existed! The absurdl;y |
and Inconsistency of acknowledging the 'eoual bel |
ligerent rights Of the rebel States, and then snub
bing them from sheer coWardicc and fear of the !
consequences, bestows no title to consideration, |
nor will leisurey repentance for hastily offered !
iDdgnities be considered the slightest atonement |
when the time snail have come to resent them |
Both England and Spain may rest assured that !
just retrbuton will be visited upon them for |
taking advantage of our domestic disturbances to |
further their own selfish schemes of aggrandze- !
mtnt."
"For the outrage offered in the Queens Procla- !
nation the United States will possess itself of Can
ada, and for the invasion of St. Domingo Her !
Catholic Majesty will certainly have to pay with |
the sacrifice OF Cuba. We have first to put down
rebellion at home, but every hour proves that the
war that has begun will be a short one, aad that |
ere the lapse of another half year armies Ill exist
on the American Continent of over half million of
men thirsting for foreign foe upon whc IN to ex-
pend their strength. When the Union element at
the South shall have been fairly emancipate6, and |
the forces of the Republic shall have been united
let Great Britain and Spain beware. Our armies |
never will consent to lay down their arms while a |
vestige OF European domination remains in the |
Western hemisphere. Causes of war we have |
enough, and they will not cool for keeping"
II this is what to receive from the supre- |
macy of the North, the North can scarcely expect |
that should put up very ardent VOWS Tor their |
conquest of the South. If the conquest of the
Southern States means also the conquest of Can
ada and Cuba, and the establishment of a great
military aggressive power in North America, we
may learn to bear more patiently the that
occurred at Bull Run. We are not, however, fear
tul enough to be terOci0us. On the contrary, we
cordially and even sincerely congratulate our
would-be enemies that they have escaped with such
small loss from the sword of General Beauregard,
and, much they tell US it would be against our
interest, sincerely advise them to make up their
quarrel, and avoid all serious effusion OF blood
When they have returned to the habits of peace
they will not be nearly so blGodthirsty they |
think they will be; or, if they should be, they will
BOT be mischievuus they say they will be. /
Spain will know how to keep in check navy which |
is terribly embarrassed by two small priva.
teers, and the Canadas have in other days given
very good account Of Invaders from the other side
of the river. The United States are very great |
nation, and we wish them all lawful prosperity; but
they not half capable OF mischief as their |
newspapers think they are.
THE BRITISH AND FRENCH. FLEETS ON
THE AMERICAN COAST.
From the ". 7. Herald
Since the commencement or hostliltleS between
the Northern and Southern portion or this repuo-
lie the naval forces OF England and France have
gradually been receiving accessions OF strength,
until at present there is most formidable array of
modern war vessels lowering around and aboutl
our coasts. From the carefully prepared list
which we publish below it will be seen that the
British squadron, or rather fleet, alone numbers no
497 guns-some CT them unequaled in point of
range, power and precisiOn-and 6 800 men. This |