The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-08-14
CURRENT EVENTS.
Gen. MsDowsil's Ofacixl Report Of the
Battle Of s1anassas-His Effort to
Conceal the Truth - Miscellaneous
Incidents, &c. &c.


incidents, &c. &c.
we nave p~russd the report of General Me
powel VINO commanded the Federal forces
10 The battle OF VI @nsssss. and II has donbiy
Confirmed our COW c,iors that there is i
st"dioI. ala concerted effort on the part Of
Inc Northern otaciais 10 deceive the IN ass.,
AID TO disseniuats thu id u that the Ii esxix
defeat was, after ell, small anair One |.
mission, however, is made, which rather NJ.
ssts the theories ~ the wariiks journalists Of
the y o-tk, and that Nv that the defeat was Not
the result Of panic among the tssmst.rs
civilians on the aeli The General sticks ~
the fslss assertion that the Confederate forces
greatly oatrawb-red his own; and " lille he
pats COVE his loss at q higher mark thaa the
Yankees have heretofore been willing to I'll :
Nit, he yet comes far below the tru IA for our
troops have bur,sd mors Of the enemy than
Mcdowell Names. Tse report Is very long,
aud neither possesses G.rit, interss. or truth
enough TO justify it's publication In oGr col
anns. The following editorial comments OF
The baltimore Exchange furnish n = d niciently
correct idea 81 the doc uiaent:
Whatever It's dement's may be Ia other re.
spec ., it stsstually disposss Of the various
eanords Of Ne New YORK press Tx relation To
tAe cause Of the retreat Of The troops 1t also
tacitly admits that the victory won by
the Coaieoerates, BY dint OF haid H. n ting, And
MOI, by Any means, in consequence OF The
ooWLtdice o a fat Lie tenant, vi a panic
among tho tetmstoIs AID eiyil'ana. usnsrai
Mob veil scosts the idea of the march to the
battle held 5~iii. calculated 10 exhaust tho
strength Of the regiments tuat were brought
In TO action and states further, thai, ins t. al
OF being led ugaihs 81 TIE enemy without par tax
ing Of food, tss troops we're FURNISHED with
a W aba hAf n
alter wills. The humber OF killed il set
Gown In the report II 10 oince-s and 1862 rank
a1G HE bat tlIs must h1vs be mere Snsss
WORK, II vac Lett 10 tho Confedera.es -
btry the dead Tho nsmhsT OF wounded is
stated a. u officers and 0iI Taak and NE. This
may rCssieIy b. cor ST, rs far as reia;ss 10
t.iors That NsIs brought fIOEi the Il -lG bn !.
TIC estimate certainly c-nnot embrace the
very large hunbsr OF ~oaua,d IL the h2nds
OF til 4 COuiedsraLSs
Gsnerai sil DOES not s.sa yentu1s
To surnIlse is 10 the numb5r OF missing Hs
leaves II wholly to con eetEIs HIS simply
saga, that SOM Of thosv WIG were rspOrIsd
mlfsirg nave returned siacs-that some have
s!rayed away IN 70 ether regiments, which is
OF itsslf singular adn.l.sioH-and that many
OF lac ZJaAVr-, who were snppOae4 80 have
b-eh taken prieUnvra, has bsen heard Of III
New fork-which liz = delicate way CT &C
KNo HledgtRs thai they had deserts aud gone
Aomo. any one Who reads carefully Tbs re-
poit /, viii rise from It's perusal win al i'm :
preston amoanting almost 10 convic uoR
that, SO far as no ijsL of casualties u con
esr:,ed it serays studied &ttsu- pit 81 conceal
p1sat. I ne iist previously published u the
iussea iacnrred b. ssy Ii Of the regiments en-
gagged "a the sR.tIe--wi n ihe Il ss-Itne Kill
ea asd woaadsd 81 pended, sEo a ger ala
Der placed hors an COMB ot Lnan CsA. " DOW
ell Slyee as ths aggregate loss OF the tarcs
alyislJns-conposed Of come thirty on thirty
ave reg men te-.kat took part ia Lns hsh;.
no oLe, taefeiofs, snt ihs m)st cIedalous OF
readers, will accept th- tficial report as
Hikrf NJ r.,
auole il, Ia the /. es OF the wei established
facts by which so1a q It's NEST important
STA senents are cofa9ysrtsa
AN IsPoyEsmHhn torrLAr;cs
The New York Da;ss News sets forth, that
among he poorer elasse. in that CITY the bar
dsFs 0: the war are already b. ginning 70 PRESS
with IA fearful weight There ls no business
10 employment, no Income, no money The
writer proceeds
The man who witnesses the winter OF
lsol-s2 IN this and other N1rthtra cities will
have n'sd FOR heart OF marble and Il face OF
brass 10 rssIst the notions OF pity aud horror
which iasst crowd upon hiIa In bsholdinx
the fearful scenes that VIII present Them.
seiVes. Il ruile aud b kYsret teapl. strsg-
Cling with dostitaloa - * cs tan. taxxtiun
- bone, AID intending with sxpensive and
buotels " a. abroad has seen deserts ~
history uIaapilty Again .nd ssSin: ast tia
sarrisle spss tAsle Ia aow apparently abost to
%
asAal p0tgnan6y and effectiveness.
The inability to pay rents III summer fore.
shade as ~ terrible condition Of arairs " hon
cold wea her shall h, npol as. What msst
be the state OF things in November OF Feb
rasry il this is what We 10 eoutsmplat IL
IN l1asEst1 1t would De easy dc ubtisss for
landlords TO eviet tenants and re- let their pre-
,Disas, bat wosld tho next omers he likslv 10
do setteIr The fac. IL the War IL running New
York. /. 8 the North and pot the South
In At il suffering tas Effects Of ths present hos
| tilitiss, Ms evsry ccar .sd 6nancisr and
| statstma7 predicted, froa the beginning
| would ba the ease. 1t is we WIN are sloek-
| aded-sot the Cotton States. Thee il bs:
little suffering. coE paratysly speaking, ia
Charleston, Savannah or New Orleans; bat
| there L. a fSarfal amount Of it in New York
Hostos Ard pAlIadel phis. The industry OF
| tie Youts IL not paralyz'd. The negro still
| gees 20 bis cotton, rice or sugar field, 30 l..
I'D before tko @xr, s:.d returns 10 dance be-
| fVrs his CAT. ! st shutdown; bat our Northern
Mechanic, Business man, or laborer--how
| Goes the ~ar GE~ct hin How does tae espi.
| talist # whom the New York correspondent
| Of Philadelphia journal tells, ~ oss Aug axl
rem tai roll ia this tlty has shrunk from three
thousand dollars ard upward TO 4 pitifal
nir ETY. six dollxrx, like The Effects Of war y
| We predict he will soon Dc = peace man, il h.
| BE not already converted and that he will
| agree, as ths whole cCnmurity-con ira tor.
| long, with the peace organ, ths Now foIR
| Daily News, that this war ought 10 eo IA.
| - an ekS
AveIeK FRen nHsrss.
Ose Of the oldest journals OF Boston, tn,
| Courier, raises its voice in opposition to tn
| prosecution Of the war 20 the bitter end. ",
believe it lie the only papsr III ih.t puritaai'
| city which refuses to bow the knee to BaAl
| PROM an editorial in q late number OF tn,
| Courier We quote the following:
II one We're 10 state the righttul objects Q
| this war TO be the preservation OF the capita
| of the United States, and the vindication o
| the an lhority OF the Union against the doc
| could dissent from the proposition. The vim
| disation OF that al thority and the restoration
OF the seeded Slater to thu Union, are one AM
the same thing.
! II there Is a reasonable probability that va
will 10 it, the means are appropriate to III,
| cad, and the end itself Is \ right ono. II th
| military HEtlec ton of the South is not pro
| eable, or il, Deing probable, 1t Is not likely t
be followed by a state OF things which viii
ssain maks such q system ~ the America
| Union \ gracIieA able Government, then tn
menus are not appropriate to the end and tn
cad should he sosgat in some other mode.
| with regard to the FIRST OF these condition
| the probability OF the mllita coercion o
the Soata-opinions mxy differ. The publ
mind has been 80 poisoned with deliberate in
cuica ton OF contempt for our adversariss an
their resources, that svsn the 1ovsrnmen
has been driven to the sacrifice OF lives whic
the public cou Il lily spare, and whore pr.vat
i.los. Is irrerarAple. This hiss besn don~, ap
parently, in sheer deiuEion az to the pow er o
the enemy; for th-re was certainly but ont
| nportant man IN Office in the nation, and h
lse very man on whose Judgment both tn
| Government and the people should have i'm
plicHly relied, who Is now known not To hay
| ahared that delusinn. Whistler the Mort!
| can n, timat.iy itfucs tn. South % submis
| Zion, is a military qssstion on " hich il woul
i'll bronze mere civilians to express a COZ n
dent opinion. In ali tie resources of war W
| are the Is Psrlors; in courage and in milttsryca
| parity, the Inhabitants of the two sections ar
prob,Diy equal But resources. courage AM
military ski ara not all that are needed x
| cyslrun and hold in suh &c tim 80 vast 8 co n