Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-07-18
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atic'"oOG, heading for CeatreviIIs-Gea
Mc0oWeil TrmriM~ here al nIght- he
LbuaVrs find GpId Watches, Receivers
&c iT the abandoned camp IL toe en-. ms
urou1d the vlla.e, how ~. thu hurry with
~htch II as PvaCu ted lie Eursny has
suhmo ed to 'Ianassas all his advanced
trcopS In every dIrrcJtOH-S al he Fight
there = Rumor Of 5000 SpcPsSiOnIsts
tat -hFTyItg Pam to III. right Of Visn-
na-CoI Montgomery, ON In comm nd
t"ere, wi the FTs. New .rs"y Vo,uH-
teers, aud ether troop. of Gen. Runysu's
CommaTd-Ihe Reserve, &c
Especial correspondence Of The star
FAlRFAx Corr House,, Va, am, July ls,
1861 .-EdrtOT Il ihs Star: seize the opportunity
OF the departure Of the Major OF Col McGunn's
(New York; regiment (wbo is with this column
sH amateur just now Tor W ashington IN h7lf an
hour, TO drop you SIN another letter-the third
since p. III. yesterday. We had high old
might OF it here. Though everything was in sp-
parent confusion, all milItary matters continued
throughout the night in apple pie order
Yesterday evening, after closing nv letter. at
8, p. m the New York g xty-ninth, The Maine
and Ohio regiments and a multitude Of other
troops passed through this village, on the way 10
CentrevilIe. presume thy reached the position
II Gen. TFler's advance (the Connecticut traors}
| before midnlght-that is, 70 within two miles
rom Centreviile. They all seemed most ga ger to
GET up with the enemy. The New York Seveaty-
hfst and Eighth, some cavalry, and the West
PmFt battery camPed here all night; also the
New York (Brooklvn) Fourteenth General
| Mcdowell and his staff also remained here. occu-
plying the largest housg in the v!lIage-In its
centre
| The red-legged, BROOKLYN, Zouaves made a
! grent haul last night. They hunted over the de-
serted camps Of the disuniOnIsts, and picked up,
I
fnrty-one revolvers. This shows the hurry with
which the enemy fed Yesterday morning The
! hnders wore them last might as Ctimean soldiers
| welr ti"is medals
| AT ih!s hour, the regiments now here are I'm
ishilg their breakfasts ia hrrry. and preDsrip,
/ to 'in In haIaa hour in the march forward.
! TIE L. cavalry wita us are g. tdl.d and
brided and ready to mount and be OF In advance.
! OF the infantry. 1t is now known that had the
enemy delayed MS flight from here yestc,d 81,
forenoon for bat - minutes longer, We might
have riddled hi;n with our rihed caancn.
| SPecE!ntUEs are lie mere Us t. whether the
/ enemy VIII make 4 stand tho ROW at Centre
VilIt, Wd II not, whether he viii tTy TO do so I
| haha' sgs | do not believe he will venture a
| oatie at Centreville. as his force must be tho
| weak taere to stand the united columns Of Mills
! lyier and Hunter, whom he will ind before and
| aF"uHa his entertainments al day break in tie
morning, doubtless
! On the day before yesterday, General Besure-
| gard hastily SUMMONED TO Manassas Junrtio, all
tie advanced forces he had "a Prince William
| ard LoudOn counties and ELSEWHERE. exrrr. =
| Fairfix Court House, Centrevllle, and UpIo,
! Miis, that could join him a. any time in q day
! Thus he may have increased his strength for a
| general fight at the Junction three or four thou
| sand men This looks as though he grcr.,ses In
| make stand there. Few around me- however.
oeiieVe ne VIII venture to do So. He may be col
iectihg 'hem 70 give all fair start In the race
retreat haa ne Jailed 20 do so, aAd then retreated
| from the Junction, however be would SpreI,,
nave LETT such portions Of his army TO be cut off in
| detail -
On the day before yesterday there was a general
| inpressment, hear, in this region. Hsndrsds
were collected and driven unarmed 10 Manassas
at the point Of the bsyonet To me. this Iooks
Ike tie purpose Of rctreatlng from tberr To
bflnS them into the now probable engagement
there would be madness, as their iuexperIeuee
present Gn"liIlngness, &c, would insure inter
confusion, and consequent eventual manic
among MS fsiF troops. Bis purpose must have
oeeh 10 Stdb them, TO be made soldiers Of IN the
future, before McDow"lls advance rendered that
Impossible. My beliefs, that they are now ON the
way back Of Manassas being driven at the pojut
Oh tue oaYonet to Stanton. God help the Door
Peof'e OF this devoted region, Who are being thus
USED Tor the benefit Of jeff. Davis, CIingman.
Keitt, Cobb Co
20! Montgomery occupies Vienna, with his
nfst New Jersey volunteers, and other t,oors
enouHHhg n all 10 l, 45O Last night q learned
d lew minutes sincel there was an alarm there
ms plckes We're fred on, and a countryman
q a NFTRf
his protection says that the enemy have
5000 men at the Frying Pan, which "a On bi,
night, some of whom advanced to attach .hIr, D.,
retreated on fading how strongly he was posted
The story looks ashy.
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