The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-08-30

81 ihs essefsiskIp n al xfll1aaa7 ! u
resMI-fs speak With c1Atsmp'uoas bittefnsss
Of tn fDeMcteaeY and oowardice Of the vol
unt4ee cfncsrs. The former talk learnsdfy Of
iiEs shsep 70 a. slsushser. The lsat sr. With.
oQt dstractine ffru the courage Of the mon.
invsigh agatnst thcss who directed their RCD.
msnts on the field ana the volunteer pri-
v ,tes ara giad 70 odd their testimony against
May OF the ofncsrs, whose pride IN uniforms
aud gold .lacs did not permit them 70 soil them
in the smoke Of gunpo WIDER. It II remarkable
hat 20 much hankering after military rspu-
tatioa should b accompanisd-in some in.
stances at least-by an absence Of any mill
sary spirit.
TIE regular oflcsrs spoke IN only one way
Of the conduct Of the Officers Of the volunteers
ard Of certain regiments. Indeed, what could
DO said of men WHO acted after and In action
as- others acted before it, and went away m
fast a. they could Thns the men Of volnn.
teer battery marched OF, leaving their guns or
mont. because their three mon tbs term Of ser
vice was mp, and the Pennsylvania regiment
Inhibited a similar spirit The 69:h Irish
volunteered to serve as long as they were re.
CURED, and so did some other corps, believe
But there must be roTsthing rotten ia the
system, military and political, which gener'
ates such sentiments, and devslopes neither
the sense OF military honor nor any Of that
ahectionata devotion for the union which h
called by one party ia America patriotism.
TEE rIaHrIKa OF THE aEknAss. IRISH AID SCOTCH.
No doubt the papers will furnish detailed
lists of killed and wounded, IL you have any
fancy to publish them, aud columns OF letter,
from the soldiers, and pages Of incidents of the
battle which may be consulted by the curious;
but there 10 concurrer ce Of ties :imony to thu
CORD conduct of Blepker's Germans, the Sixty.
Ninth Qrish,) and the Seven ry- Ninth Scotch J
Capt Measher, indeed, am told, yielded Il
Centrevilie making the best of his way to.
wards Fort Oorcoran, with exclama.ionf
which implied that for the moment he recog
nix ID the Sou thern lOnfederacy as highly bel
iigerent. Col. OorcOran, conspicuous by his
great stature. being q man of six feet and
half in Insight, was an object of attraction tc
the enemy, and is lying dangerously, If not
mortaily, wounded
VALUE OF III. UNION SENTIMENT OF THE HoKTH.
The great question to be decided just now is
the value Of me Union sentiment in the North
win the men ana the money be Forthcoming
and that soon enough to continue the war CT
aggress sion or recupera.ion against The sece6eG
States I. The troops here complain of W INT Oh
money, and say they are not paid. II that b.
SO, there is proof OF want OF funds which, IL
1t lasts, will prevent the reorganiz .tion OF IN
other army; and thinkit would not be safe
to rely on the present army, or TO depend Oh
many of the regiments I'LL they have been
thoroughly rsorganizsd. IL must De RENE m
.red that the tInited States Is about to lose
the services of some SO, 900 men, many Of whom
have already gone home. These are the
'' three months men, called out under the
Presidents proclamation. Whether they will
enlist for the term OF three years, now pro
posed, cannot be determined; but, judging
frcm their words, they Will NOT do so il their
present officers are continued or Yecommih.
stoned. At all events, they will nearly all e
hcme to be "mustelsd out OF the service" as
il is called, in regiments, at the expense OF
the Government. 1t Is reported In Washing
ton that steps were taken long ago to supply
the places or The retiring battaliony, aud tina,
there were also offers Of eighty three bat
talions, which have been accepted by the Gov
eminent, sent in as soon a. the news OF the
disaster at Bull Run was communicated to the
North. How the regiments about to leave in
day or TWO were sent into the field ut all, is
one of the mysteries Of the War Department
[xdisorial from the London Timss.A ugW.]
The people of the Northern States Of Ane.
RIGA are behaving after their defeat in q man.
ner which Is somewhat unaccountabie. They
do not sesm at all inclined to lessen its i'm
Dor tan CO. They do not affect to conceal that
they have been totally aud disgraeefulIy de-
feated, that their opinions Of their own msr.
its and Of their enemy's Deficiencies were un-
founded. and that, instead OF a short and
brilliant campaign, they must either prepare
for q desperate war or give up the scheme OF
suhjugating the South. And yet this Ma.
tional calamity and this grieyoQs shame dc
not seem to affect them rs they would af-
feet an European Community. They even take
pleasure in the sensation caused by their
unparalleled defeat. Excitement is to all
classes u necessary daily dram, and, II they
have it, it matters not whether it is bought
by success or misfortune. Then the peopl.
have so little realized the meaning Of war
and they have sgch confidence In their OWL
energy and fortunes, In their faculty of what
they call coming fright side up'ards," that
| as q community they are NO more depressed
INV Ot4l than thGV t1 hot
Individual capacities by d pecuniary loss. A
singular trait in human character is ex hibit.
ed by their open acknowledgment to all the
world Of defea' coupled With The "enthus as tic
reception which they are giving to whole
regiments of volunteers, who, on pretepcs O,
their time being up, are marching bomewar,,
| ON the morrow OF great defeaf, AMI on
| the eve Of an expected advance of the South.
| ern army. The more aristocratic New Yorh
! volunteers had returned home long before the
| battle at Bull Run, and now regiments from
| almost every State are Fastening back to thei
respective districts, to be received with ths
| loudest plaudits OF their friends. The l4tf
Ohio, on returning to Toledo, experienced {
| very cordial reception" 1t was mentioned
| that. after a few weeks furlongh they wonlt
! be ready to enlist-those few weeks, for al
| that they know. being destined to decide tn.
fate Of the Union forever. But the most ex
| traordinary case is that Of General Patterson
army. The General, according to his own ac
| count, was IN front Of General Johnston, whs
had 10000 men. my force is less than %, 900
Nineteen regiments. whose term OF service wa.
l up. or would be within q week, all refused 4
| stay an hour over their time, with the exec ~
| ton Of four. Five regiments havsg gone home
| two more go to-day. and three more to- NOR
| row. To avoid being cut OF with the remain.
der, fell back and occupied this place -
This is, we think, one of tue most ASTOUNDING
| incidents in the history Of war. 1t entirely
agrees with the statement given by our specia
Correspondent. that while tbs cannon of Beau
regard were numbering In their ears, a regi
| rlent OF volunteers passed him on their way
home, their three months term Of service be
| ing complete. II such a thing had hap
pRnsd 10 one corps, 1t might have been se
| down to the bad eounsels Of one or NOR
d,scOn ten ted spirits, or TO the injudicious con
| duct of some Gem manding Officers. But her,
| 1t is evident that the whole volunteer arm,
Of the Northern States 10 worthless as a mil;
| tary organiz alton. It Ia useless to common
| on the behavior Of men who, pretending +
/ rush to arms for the salvation of their cour
tcy, make of in thousands when the enem,
come ia sight, and leave their General to TAX
care of himself. This is certainly carrying {
its further limit that right of Secession wh.cl
| tLey flew TO arms to punish. In any othe
conctry such conduct would Re looked upol
as the extreme OF baseness. But the Amsri
cans do not visit it as snch. and thsy, per
| haps, Rave TN instructive sense OF the justtc
| of the case. They feel how hollow has nee
SO much # the Indignation expressed By thei
Rsr.y-how much the campaign against tn
Sou n ia q sham, entered into In obedience I
'sensaicn" policy. and offering widsl
from the earnest and steady resolve whic
animates men who are fighting Tor object
really dear TO them If EoglaAd or Franc
were invaiirg the Northern States, no on
can believe that a whole American arm
would evaporate because three calelds
months were up; nor, to brig matters near<
me, ctu we imagine that the Scuthernel
| will take the rail hOsneward while New Yor
rowdies and Boston Aooiitionists are desc La
ing the villages OF Virginia.
In all ages success Ia war has inclined to Il