Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1861-08-09
Jurisprudence.
Our Washington Correspondence
WasnixcroN, July e9th .ls6l,

NAsHtNGroN, jury -tth.iHolt
The smoke of battle has now cleared
away, and it i in season 10 take a survey
of the i.ll 81 RAPID, in the hriei period
of week even. has been the succession oil
,,ycnt.-by times brilliant, fortunate, sue
c,ssrul. and sai and disastrous-that ore
has hardly stopped for cool deliteration.
Ten day. aso e<erybady seemed cnthns'-
astic. Defeat, never for a moment, entered
;n,a tho calculation The air lts'lt seemed
torsaunl With the jal.lant notes oil trl'
umth. As regiment alter Fettnf"' h'aSeH
caily forward to the hostile Srsar H. IT seem
cd an anticipation far fssn hing rcsi1'1i
that in less than week they would return
like fucrives scattered and dis'rsah'Eeu'
And vet such il the Tact
While tic battle was wasins on SUNDAY
the repoit of cannon could be Distinctly
heard from Capitu! hiil and from all Fe'nts
ius, outside the city. The day was charm
ing and beautiful; and this alone seemed
happy augury Of success
Listening to the quick report OF the ar
,nuerv one cosld hardly believe that to the
.A.ANsi, twenty miles away 4 'eff1''e
~ s being bought
AA locked to the churches as usual
- as no hurrying to and tro' and no
Nf2 ace Of the anxiety aud suspense which
= SkeVN1xait- the issue Of a battle
u kt messengers from the field OF bat
# xHN j the city about sunset All things
ell. the rebels we're beaten, por-
s.ERa ~ batteries taken, but victory
skr4 plcte. There were more IN
~ % BE- carried other batteries 70
= ca n hd then success entire and Sl1ri-
: Ga 4 ,nssS nssS : ours.
u who - to bed carly slept
4 kss:. = dreamed Of the victory but
NJ h;b1s OF midnish, mysterious wins
ssAnF. -. lsst began to circulate Then
sd ISL ,es and representatives, and
M.sr AZ q persons, who rocollectins
= tS .,Aor,. OF the anrhi'hea''s'
49, * S.<ioIa sycal battle. rhes' con-
gsS. .4,.,4 the rumor, dr rather enlarged it our
- army. said they. has been routed With loss
of 10, eco, killed and wounded and is now
IN in ull retreat to Washington.
Monday morning set in with rama
s# steady northeast storm lasting till midnight
- during tbs day. The sidewalks were h'i'o
- with eager, anxious inqnirers. lhefe "e''
hundreds of soldiers who had inGlorionsiy
acd from the field dcserting their res'ilehtS'
throwing down their muskets and car"'ase
boxes in order to escape the Sa'cFs u '"'
,ehel cavalry. If their stories were ID oe
III r,sred the whole rebel host was ready "
assault Washington, and our army was rou''
sd and well nigh destroyed, and they alone
H. 81 had escaped to tell the tale 1t was sihsu
larS]Ilopment of human nature eAe'u.''1 .a''
a shsss run. always. Every one OF them
"a slain his foe, and some Of them eaea M
+ three and four 1t was like listening 10 'n'
- legends of the lIorat
Bull Run, the battle ground, is BY tn'
W. winding road thirty miles from Washington
and the simple truth is these Salorors war
ha3 never seen the battle field, mueh
less had part in it. -,
Rlamo without STINT suddenly took thu
place of admiration ana praise SO 'ree'y "
slowed before the battle 1t was very cas-,
thing to censure General Scott ucnei"
Mcdowell and the President himself Du
S&a wherefore?
Assst from the good sense, the proprie'y
the ressa ,,abIeness of this kind OF criticism
lsi'a Sasscss.1' that the Aa~l''S'