Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-08-01

and friend were leisurey walking the road between
Fairfax and Centrevis, Va, ct point where Michi-
| psn regiment drawn up across the road. A. this
moment from the direction Of Centreville, there came
rnsbne onward confused mass Of transportation and
artillery wsgonf ambusnces, Congressmen, carriages,
borsemen pedestrians &c. oil 10 hescl'ng flight, on the
way TO Washington on important pus'nesA Among
these solitary honsman, English IS TO biz aspect and
st aud and rudy as bis appearsnce gaopsd uP Win
great rapidy and demanded In stammsrng tones pas
s.ys through the line His stammeriDg utterancs Va:
more confused, owing TO the doubt In bis own mino
whether he was at the mercy Of Union or Secession
regiment Tie Colonel refused 70 ALLOW hlm
finally Welded on his asserting that be was eivihan,
and that he had pass from General Scott, The pas
showed that he was VIM. Il. Russell, L. L. D.: ana ,ne
pussy Engisbman gave new meaning to the fateful cay
| Of "Bulrs" Run.
THE CABINET ovsRHAuLED.
Thu Nav York Herald Ia an editorial headed "The
Second Uprising Of the North-Ths People versus inc
Oabne-pret ,nds to regard Represent defeat % ony
the means Of future Inevitable success arrgns tho
Administration upon several counts Of which the follow
The people offered the Administration thousands OF
men, which refused they offered regiments Oh Ca
vary AID of sharp shooters which were refuseo tney
offered the very pick Of the best vessels OF our
tile marine which refuesd they asked for experienced and
educated commanders. The Administration gave tnem
the leaders at Big Bethel and Vienna and kept General
Wool Troy, and other experienced officers at nome
They demanded careful preparation and an assured VIC
tory. Tbs Administration listened not to the Psope,
but the frantic cries OF abolition maniacs, ana bAVe
given tho army Of the Union defeat, disaster, rout
The Herald goes on:
They demand that the Navy Department should DO
ghtened Of the incubus Of old fogy Secretary who
has not experience, enough accomplish even what no
conceives to be necessary The reform thus begun q
the head they must extended 10 every department Oh
the Government. This Ia time 70 mince words The
r. and mffat
| hewn of
| The Herald then speiks Of monster meetiug'-t
might more properly say meeting OF monsters-as fot
Iowa:
To enforce and to make effective these demands, the
Committee have mad, arrangements tor monster meet
ing of our citizsns-a meeting which shall eIcsl even
the great Union meeting OF April lss-and which shall
ourval in t numbers and influence any popular gather
ing held. At this meeting every man In New York
will be present. All those who have lost father, bro
ther uncle, nephew .. Bull Run will be there de-
msnding justice and strong government It's
the purpose Of the Union Defence COMMITTEES, In series
Of resolutions, to demand q change in the Cabinet.
FROM A "PIOUS" YANKEE
pious correspondent. Of the Washington Republican,
who was In the church at Cenrevie which turned
into hospital gives to the following horrible bias
phemy:
There vera 10 It, scat ed thcky on the door and In
the galleries. sixty or seventy wounded in every posi-
BILE Wsy-arms and legs shot of some dead, and scores
gasping for water and alb The pulpit was appropriated
for surgeons room, and the communion table Of pc.s
anarchy became dmpmfdtion table, baptized "a rirg
blood and e3nsssratd 10 che loyal OF liberty andaw
The road and woods on either side aud oil around,
stsvn with mlimed and mutl,ed heroes and the balls
from ried cannon 60 over US like winged tevs There
sits Colonel with bis arm bound up asking TO be put on
his horse and led back his regiment here lies captain
with grape shot through bis head and blood and brains
oozng cu IS touch him tendery 10 see If he's dead
yonder comes in pale chaplain cut by canister whie
sword in hand he led his brave little parish Ia the name
Of Almighty God, 10 the fight Lock around you here
The grim chamber, where the deity Of strange des-
to.ism was worshipped is turned into altar Of Free
DOM and sancfsd anew by the warm life of heroes
Fit choir that in the gseries-the intermittent yeils Of
the dying aud the subdued groans Of brave men! Eo-
quen preacher in that pulpit so long defled Glorious
burden that sacramen;a table, splendid wine there
Aowing-whers Christ has been so often crucif ID -
Precious and acceptable Eucharist And these are the
services to-day In this chapel OF pegansm once dedica-
ted, with lying lips to God The house which B,a built
rises u holocaust of heroes And this Is the holy
Sabbath day-tte worlds White Day, so long kept as
pleased symbol of fidelity, purity, humanity, liberty and
peace!
And go the whole nation 1, to fer hsn for the dark
crimes Of years-ihe South for is terrible guilt Of CON-
mission and the North for its moral deoauchery which
has betrayed il into such fearful completely. Had
remembered the divine decree slough hand Joined in
hau d. the wicked shall not 60 uppunishedy"
May God purify the religion, and warm the besri aud
quicken the conscience and open the eyes OF the nation
MAY learn the ieson which ep brave sonis Of
the North have sriven long to tsch, aud speedily wash
our bloody hands and do the righteous thing!
DECENTRALIZATION OF TIE GRAND Army"
The Baltimore South says:
The d,uger which nov really threatens the Capital has
found chat esgerness among the people to rally for
It's defence which shown three months ago, whsn the
fears of tho Administration for ts safety were more pre-.
tended than real Now, Beauregard Ia within few
miles OF Washington city, with an army variously ess-
mated at from 10000 to 100 900 men, and with the
fashionable ability to TO his sup ort If reqai.
site, sl greater number; army, too, composed CT
tried soldiers flushed With recent success full OF enthus
asm for .hsr Cause and Of confidence Ia their eadsr
Against these, In the event Of attack, the Gov.
could only oppose the dsbrs Of an army, dis
organized, hprted, demoralzed BY defeat lily pro-
vid,d with arms and artillery, and wholly dssti.
tute Of competent leadership. YET the number
OF Regiments which have been mustered out Of The
s.ryi,e since Sunday last, 10 greater than the num-
Der which have been mustered The ebb Il gre I.r
than the flow In the tide Of volunteers moving toward
the Capital. The sixty eighty regiments which are
reported 10 the lying lsles ans from Washington 70
have been offered the Government within the pat
few days. and whose services have teen accepted are
VIGOROUSLY mere pdp.r reyments-eontracts taken by
particular individuals politicians aud Others TO furnish
the Government with so many men for the next Viz.
gnia saugbter-in consideration Of receiving srch and
such commissions, as Majors Colonies, Brigaoier Sene
rails, and the like.
Among the people at large there Is 10 enthu:iasm-
no gathering in monster meetings to raise and equip
regiments-no f)ckipg the dfsre It rend, zvous TO
enroll the Northern journals sndeavoring TO got up
ors Of this sort inscriptions 40 they are they 90
not pretend say that u already exsts Yet surely
there was to spprshend attack on the Capital
three months ago. there greater reason for such appre
hension now.
coNyfsIs OF TIE CANADIAN PRIss
The news of the defeat at Bull Run has reached Car
ada, and is the subject Of much comment In the Pro-
yincil press The Montreal Gdst cites the facts OF
the attack and repulse and then remarks in this tones
Gen. Scott did not believe bis army In an efficient
state or The proper moment come for his forward move
ment But the New York Tribune and other papers
urged with such clamorous persstency that the Presi-
dent and his advisers inerered With the plan OF the
campaign, premature advance has been made, ana We
have the result The grand army that to
the Souherne is n full retreat upon Washington utterly
beaten by the superior tactics Of the Southern General
which has 80 enabled him to his troops as to do
what the Northern intended to do-overWhem the
enemy II was not q pleasant thing for phi!osophic
minds to see that this defeat Of the Northern army was
received rather with satisfaction than regret BY people
the streets here. The North has Dragged 60 much
and oudy-hss been nsclent In lis Tone not only
towards the South but towards Britain IL has Dragged
90 much about ,hrashing Great Britain and crumplng
up poor little Canads, that sympathy has been aenated
from the braggart and the bully. We did not believe
that where much gascorade WAS there could b the
true metal Of which armies we're made and when We
discovered much lying in the Newspaper reports about
the Northern and Southern armies, VIC learned to ds
trust all that they raid.
troops portion Of her territory wresed from her-hsr
orta block aded-her every effort ierrtd at-ber