New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-07-24
THn LATEST wAEs NEWS.

Great activity prevails in and around ""s"'
ngtou, the energies Of the Department AT" ,no
| Army being devoted TO recoverleg from mo
effects of the disaster Of Sunday night Inc
regiments ore taking possession Oh 'n''
quarters. aud are putting Themselves !" 80
once more. The Ests Of tho killed. wouhoe"'
and ms,ipr ara VET most Incomplete ana oy me-
cc..ity inaccurate. The estimates oil the Casaai'
tics still differ from each other greatly, though
mona Of them are ga high az at first reported.
IL is certain that the losses 90 cur side were
most strangely exaggerated III the earlier DIS
matches. The very highest estimate IS not over
| 600 ard 500 i, probably too largo figure
The Fire Zouaves as admitted By al, made
splendid fight, charging upon the Rebel cavalry
with on impctuOsity against which nothing could
| stand. They suffered severely but it is believed
that not more than 100 are missing or wounded
The Goth Eew-York Regiment covered itself
with glory. II is feared that Col. CcrcOran wn'
killed though there is room for hope that ho
was only taken prisoner. This regiment suffered,
also, terribly. The list New-fcrk Regiment
behaved with admirable bravery; on Tuesday
morning they only mustered 600 men out OF 300;
20 or 80, however, returned in tho course oil The
forenoon, and it is supposed that their entire
losses will lot exceed 60 men. Col. Wilcox OF
the lst Michigan Regiment was not Killed. az y
first reported; he has been heard froni, ana Is
prisoner among the Rebels.
1t is said that Secretary CAMERON, after 4 yIsit
TO Ccntroyllc and the vicinity OF Bulls ltnn
on Saturday, was so strongly impressed with tho
difficulty Of forcing the enemys position, thai he
returned in great haste to Washington Tor the
purpose of changing the orders concerning the
army movement. 1t being too late Tor ihis,
however he sent on all the available troops
20 strengthen the reserve. 1t appears, also,
thst conviction of the hopclessncss OF
The attack weighed upOu most Of the OIL
Gers Of our army. Gen. Mcdowell considered
q victory of so much importance that nc itN
il necessary to risk defeat II Is stated by
some of those engaged in the fight, thai our
men were exhausted with burger having ent'n
ouy dry bread on Sunday aud thai 'ney
had been properly fed they wa'h have fought
with better heart Grester c.sn age they could
not have shown,
Throughout the country the enttr, asm when
burst out Ike wiIdfre whoa the ffss prociaina'
ton of the President was Issued Las been fe-
newet by the reverse Of the ether ds5. h's!-
meuty are Offering themselves TO the GsTrt hieht
everywhere. Nine regiments were acccgta 1851
piaht, ard 20 more Ti be tSken within SIX
DAYS: 70, 900 men have within the last thirty. SIX
hours been accented. lisOr marks every braR a
of thc service now, ard the spirits of oil haN
recovered ffOm the depression of Moaday, F'sl7s
even higher than before.
1t is positively reported Cat the rebels are in
retreat from Manassas Junction toward Rich !
mond; tais repeSt is strengthened by the lace /
hat their baggage wagons have been rapidly |
moving within tins last two daTs. IL is certain |
tbst none Of them have been seen this side Of !
Ce1trevlle, and that they did Lot dare 20 pur-
sue our retrestipg army, being once or twice
repused by the gallant brigade which csyored
the retreat
Peter Mccall of Pennsylvania, Gufs King Of
Wisconsin, and s. X. Curtis of iCga, have bcen
appointed Brigader-Genoals.
Concerning the Rebel losses in :he battles OF
Bulls Req, nothing definite is knows. We heir
rom Memphis tina: they arc there estimated 1t
ZOO.
Letters received in Washington fror1 Richmond
positively state that Gen. Lee left hat city Oh
ne 18th instant with large force Ger Lynch
burg, on his way to cut off the advancing column
Of Gen. McClellan
Our loss in artillery is not nearly 10 great az
was at first supposed and it viii immediately
be made good. Shermsn's battery reported
taken. has returned in excellent condition.
a. letter from CeatreviIe has been received ct
Washington from Capt, Gibson, of tho-FFanhlin
Brigade, calling most urgently for ioddss Tor lps !
horses Of which re Gays he has ;l25. It's implies
that some of our troops are still at Centreyile.
A report to this effect bss come in other ways, (
but has generally been dseredied. h. matter
ia uvsterious and needs explanation.