Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-07-18

suffered at the hands of Our late prosecutors. IL
General Mcdowell and his subordinate con-
manders do not pat Il stop to such things, they
will utterly destroy all that is left of Union Sell
timent in this part of Virginia..
Late Letter from Fairfax Goa House
The Positions of our various corps d'Ar-
mre-The Work Before hrintZiemdu's
Column-GeHereI AlcDVweII's AruIery
and Cayalry-CentreVIIIe mast be EvaCu-
atrd-JOhTson's Advance con the retTeaIl
Expected at aiunassas Tomorrow Norm
ing, &c, &c.
Especial Correspondence of The Star.J
FAIKFAx COURT HOUSE, Va, July Il, p. m
IL has been ascertained. positively, since closed
my letter Of to-day-twO hours ago-that the re-
treat OF the disuniOn forces Gen BOnhams com
mandy recently here was only t. Centerville,
seven miles, or half way between this village and
Manassas Junction. Kcyes's Connecticut regi-
ments are rapidly advancing upon Cenerville,
and will be before il in an hour, doubtless as 4
wrote you. ] take IL for granted that HeintzIe~
mans whole column will make forced counter
march upon WOlE-run Shoals, the nearest and best
ford across Bull Run, and from thence will get
speedily in the of Manassas.
His column is much the largest, and has the Sc
vera; duty assigned to tiff that be tieneraI
McDowell's plan of operations. The country
through which ii must march is very broken and
thickly wooded, and the roads narrow Never
theiess, his tHeintzleman's) remarkable energy.
sagaci;y and perseverance, is guarantee that be
will cut of the enemy's communication with
Richmond If Beauregard ventures to ma ke a stand
at Manassas Junction, with Miles. Tyler and
Hunter threatening his position there Im.nedi-
ateY in front, and on the right, their aggregate
strength being perhaps 30 600 men.
Rp1urp-ard will not dare In detach a Sutficiapt
force from the defence Of his entertainments to
oppose the march Of HentZelman's corps of IS 100
picked men, who carry, among other useful wea-
FOns just now full two thousand axes, all welded
by excellent woodsmen and axemen His pro-
gress will be necessarily slower than that Of
McDuwelPs other columns; which is fortunate
as II will be well TO have the enemy actively held
in front by the time he gets TO his (the eueIny'SJ
say al tue railroad bridge, half mile east Of
Bristoe, which was not long since if til not now
defended by disuniOn artillery.
Ia ALL gen. Mcdowell has at least sixty pieces
of field artillery and more than Thousand REGULAR
cavalry. His whole force now marching make
qnite 10 600 men. Nothing.Of particular moment
has occurred here In the last two hours Ii has,
however, been ascertained that the buildings fred
in this neighbOrhood were burned by some of our
volunteers, who take such liberties at times in
every army. Gen. Mcdowell doubtless means to
make examples of the perpetrators of such acts
without orders, and at once.
bave no idea that the enemy can hold Centre
Vile throughout tomorrow, and am expecting to
hear that he has evacuated it in the course of to-
night.
We shall have turned Manassas Junction too
by Friday forenoon at ten m or 1 AIN much
mistakr n.
RumOrs are current here that General Johnson,s
advance, in retreat from Winchester is expected
to reach Manassas Junction by daybreak to-mor-
row. know not on what authority, however.
Manassas Junction is just fourteen miles from
here by way Of the WarrentOn turnpike through
Centreville.
IL See either later EXTRA STAR, issued this
forenoon, or our regular afternoon edition, Of to-
day. for further particulars of the progress of Gen.
McDOWell's grand corpS d'drnss of interest