, 1861-08-22

Of less. Twice or thrice we lost our way, or
our certainty about 1t, and shouted st isolated
houses and reeelgea no reply, except from
watch dogs. Then We were set right as we
Al hour, however, 9e seemed to bs travelling
along q road Which in ell its points Tar aad
rear Has "Twelre miles from the Long
Bridge" Up hills, down into valleys, win
tte silent grim wood forever BY cur sides.
Now aud then il the profound gloom, broken
a Gull bnt familiar sound Like tt+ snutti2g Of
8 distant door. As approarhet Washington,
Wing lit the Colonel and his escort at 65ma
seven miles Oh the south side of the Long
Bs1dge, ! found the grand guard5, pi"Eeta,
Pes sna I'D dzs1n Tafa zss ssGtrs eassas sas S5 the
Goes llai nan say, Jack :" Bego1ra, he tells
me we're not beat at all--on1E retrea ing
TO The ouId lines for con7auier;y Of
lighting. tomorrow agaia. ", tnst's
D:ga1t!' On getting to the t6t. de poaz,
of bad not eoe t. Bat he aeef
Fasstd me through On the proc uctioe OF Gan.
tcett's safeguard. The lights of the city Wsra
il sight. ana reflected On the Waters OF the Ps-
tomae, just glistened by TIE cloudy moan,
s1one the gay lamps Of the White House,
where the President WIS probably entertain
The Long Bridge. Some few hours later, 1t
Qu47ereu under the steps OF 6 rabble Of un
armed men. At the Washington end re5i>
ment with piled arme were waiting to cross
over into Virginia, singing aud cheering. Be-
tbre the morning they received orders, be-
l5sve, to sasst IN Keeping Maryland quiet
Fer the hun0redth time, / repeated the cau-
taeas account, Fhieh to the beet Of my knowI-
edge IVES true. There we're men, women and
eold1ers to hear it. The clocks had inst struck
II F. NJ as I passed Wizards. The pavement
IN tront OF the hall was crowded. The ru-
rhf TtfL rtLH Tn k,1tF $50 /.
,many who hsd been fed upon lis, aud the re-
po11s dt complete victory Waich prevailed,
could credit ine intelligence. SeYea houfe
had not elapsed before The etreels told the
story. "The Grand Army Of the Norta," as
l. WAS ca1!ed, Aad Representatives in every
ihoiough1are, without arm, orders or Off
cels, tta1dlag out in the dreuchi1g raa.
When eli tAese .ncst unaccolat 4bie phenome-
La Nete ooc1rsiag, was tast asleep, but
caula scarce cfealt nay Informant in t::e ND ,n~
ilg, when he tola LIE tbat the Federalists. ut.
tkrl3 routed, bad had fatleu b-ck upun Aritng-
ton 10 cs:a1d the Capital, leaving nearly i've
k4z1tzite o1 artillery, elgct tnuusaaa mnakess,
ttetr Wcu1:ied aud prisoners in the 43acs OF
lie eIemy.
i; Let tie American journals tell the story
thar own way. I hive ts1d 11ire as / knoH
it, II has ratned necessarily aud hea<ity since
carly nothing, &sd the country must be III I'll
sired TO preae aie adqantsge, he might ROW De
ray close 10 Arlington Heights. He has al
Ready proved that he has fair right to tu OF
Considered the head u E "Eellgt rent popeT
But, though the North may reel und<r TIE
shIck, I 4anAct think t Aili make her desisi
loved b. piowa more deadly than tic rsp1:ss
! from M4passaa. There ia much talE nov 20
masked hatteries,o ct courss) OF outf1 anking
/! and caVa!r3, and such matters. The sratE
/ seems t0 ba that The men vera oVerEerked-
| kept out for tKe1ye to fourteen hours In tht
euu, exposed 10 ,long-.auge fire, badly officer
| ed, and Of deficient reglmentl organization
TEtn came q most difficult operltion-.t
! withdraw this srmy, so constituted, out 0
I ac:tou, il Eoe Of sn energetic eneRly Who las
+! 1sEu sEG it. Tue retirement Of the baggage
| which wa without adequate guards, aud wa
| IL tbs tauds Of lghoraEt drivers, Was Inisua
| de.5tutd sla created alarm, and that alsrn
became panic, which BECAME frantic on ID
/ sptssral ce OF The euGmy aua ca the opening
o. their guns on the runs@aYs, Bat the MT
! 1Hl be- ali 1he more eaEef to retrieve TINS di:
asttr, 81 huBgh it may divert her from tt
Eckkme, which 1as hean suggested TO her, {
pnsishing England little while longer. Tn
exuitAtfon OF the South can only ue upde
siocS by those Lo snay set It, and Il The Nj
tiural GoVernInent perBeveres IN its design t
mike ULiou By 1orce, it may prepare 1or
ttsuggle, the result OIL which Hul leave tk
Union very little to fght tor. More Of tt
| "bst:le" il my next pity thc public ac:o
The water, bat they must be the victims
1ai}nclnations &td myths it il out ot my io1
er to dispea OF rect.fy just now. Having tu'
soloBg story, can scarcely expect 50:
rsadt1s 10 have patience, and 90 back upe
: the usual diary Of events but the recor'
such ae they are, of this extraordinary repuls
n4Ist command attention. II Is impussibie
exsggerase their importance. No man C:
preoict the results, Or pretend to guess
/ them.