Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1861-07-31
From the Richmond Enquirer.l


From the Richmond Enquirer.
The Grand Battle at Bull Run.
The following dispatch, from President Davis,
who is in person at the head Of forces at Manas-
50, was read to Congress on yesterday:
. MANAssA, July 81, Gar Merry 1861.
To GEN. S. COOPER:
Night has closed on hard fought field. Our
forces have won glorious victory. The enemy was
routed and fed precipitately, abandoning a very
large amount of arms, Munitions knapsacks and
baggage. The ground was strewn with their killed
for miles, and the farm houses and grounds around
were filled with their wounded. The pursuit was
continued along several routes towards Leesburg
and Centrevile until darkness covered the fugves.
We have captured several field batteries and regi-
mental standards, and one United States flag. Many
prisoners have been taken. Too high praise cannot
be bestowed whether for the skill of the principal
officers or for the gallantry of all the troops. The
hattie was mainly fought on our left several miles
from our field works-our force engaged there not
exceeding fifteen thousand; that of the enemy est-
uated at thirty-fve thousand.
ISignedl JEFF. DAVIS.
Briefly and graphically the above tells story that
viii thrill the whole country. The Importance of
the victory which it describes cannot be over-est.
mated. IT the enemy had destroyed our army as
we have destroyed bis, who can picture the gloom
that would this day have shrouded our prospects?
We would have been, for the present. almost at the
mercy of the invading host which has profaned our
soila We cannot be too grateful to Heaven for the
glorious deliverance which has been granted u.s.
And the noble heroes by whose valor and whose
suferings it has been wrought-what human speech
can ftingiy pronounce their praise, or adequately
tell the measure Of the benefit they have won for
their beloved country The renown they have won
will reach the farthest limit of the civilized world
Such armies have never before met in America Such
. battle has never before been fought, and such
victory has been won between our two oceans!
More vital issues were never at stake, and interests
more vast and pressing scarce ever hung suspended
on the fate Of conflict
Then let the songs of rejoicing swell through all
our beautiful land for God hath given us the victo-
ryl Let our whole people join in the loud and joy
full acclaim Let orators and poets, with the glory
of onr patriot heroes as their inspiring theme plume
their glad fancies for their nobest flights they can
not indeed hope to rise to the full height Of the grand
argument, but they may give some faint expression
TO- the emotions which this day swell the hearts Of
great and grateful peoplel Let maids and matrons,
with universal chorus of their sweet praises crown
the fame Of the brave officers and soldiers who have
driven back the, brutal and worse than barbarian
hordes that threatended their peaceful homes This
day Cur freedom and independence stand secure
Abiding honor to the brave men, by whose strong
arms the prize has been won, and in whose blood,
alas the record is written
The soldiers who fell, let no man forget to honor
them ever and alwaysi In the days of rejoicing let
them be pleasantly remembered! In the pensve
hours when we call to mind the loved and lost let
them bold the foreground of the picture! Deeply
do we mourn their fate but what nobler end could
mortal desire if end must come, than to fall at the
post Of duty, and duty SO holy and ennobling as
that Of patriotism! Their names and the memory
of their virtues will survive part Of our Repub-
lies most precious inheritance.
From the Wilmington Journal
The Federal account of the Manassas Battle.
s LOUISVILLE, July %, 1851
The following news of the Confederate victory
creates the most extense excitement here startling
= the public mind.
Tbs morning papers having published dispatches
from Washington containing the proclamation of a
brilliant victory for the Federaliss there is now
great rejoicing over the truth among the Southern
rights men. = 100 -;
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Washington under date of Monday, at noon, says
Z. Our troops (ederasts) after gaining great vic
! tory we're eventually repuised, and commenced a
retreat on Washington After This Information from
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