, 1861-08-02
FROM wAsHINGroN.
NHV" WA&R4NtTTWN.
TIE Nsse AIarm dbous Naahington- g,p1.ad.
1essRess-S<natos sohnson's Speech; : ::

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HnA "1SAAN1IVns
The Nsse Alarm about Washisoton-1. 41,r,,.,5
,. tessaess-'sfmatos' 1oh"son's Speech. :: 81:
sco,,e,nor{,en,s - -. c,,,.
r.. sko iflonne.t -
The ro3literv ,,,;d ,,,... , 49, s..s" oM, =.
sgaiu abroad with a trs, 49, .s,ss - ~ ~.
capture of Wasb;no+on p,.,,-se-s1 ~. ~
hea-a =, 1 oe0atesaso aas oeen
1e"1e ~ Say W " laog direct from Manaesas
junction." that he would be In Washington
on TuFsdav nex+ and +ho .,o-n,,a,. -,~a 49,,
with a oo.l-- an5 hn1s stnw ~ .,,.a.a-,s.s,s Ie
".1 eocA-ana.onA - stosY- o. mysterloaaAy
fccfetAVe rehels found taking night souudings
cf the Potomac. twenty or thirty miles from.
1p.eh;a,+,, lin, .,o,,~ ao,h.1,.. -
"Asss'p' ~" s4e"' "ou0N4ess' ~ nahe
tne way clenr LOT 1ofolng place tor Beaure-
gnid's grand army to march across into Mary
u,ra,s Fx,rz :, +ts ,,1ao. ,oor. IT., -
~. . = s 40 |"o P'oso uoas Axeiy 70 pa
hxeo upon, II we may credit Madame Rampr
for this delightful enterprise. Edwards Fer
n il about half Hsy betgeep Wa,h,noto,, s,d
Taeahu,cr .,h,.,, 1.a4 :, -. ,,t.,.1
ras,a -. " - ou' .e&.s Snof6 o. das-
PEI Z eftt, 2oQ II Is undoubtedly true that an
army might lord the Potonac nesr E5ward'r
Fe1rv. nnovfdes +ha1 a;5-,t ro-,,. -
.u.+t;no e.. .a 3 .1N. 4no.a 414ao
Hetun8 1or themselves, their baggage or their
ammunition.
But whv didnr Reauraoa,5 If In .1.,+.a -
49,. 7r..1,:s4a.. -. 50 = w ,4iS0a w
lahe "aea1ngton, 10 II LAST week, when the
Bulls Run panic was at its heights Very
few persons wcrc then here. bnt T w;i,
tell von that ten or tfffepn tnonzsna ~
w,.,, WV ,' 49, 49, ~ 1 *@a senu 4rI LUSH,
WatA only one or TWO thousand OF
them mounted, might have charged down
from Fairfax upon Arlington Heights in tha
1esr Of our retreating army, put it ali tnto
the widest terror oftfftght, which would have
communicated itself to all the camps over the
river, and having captured our Notifications
on Inc virginia side {these hardly manned
with artdaerists enough to work the guns1.
rave poured aefoss Long Btidge and seized
Washington, while few we'll directed shelis
from mortars planted On the other aide would
have compelled surrender on pain Of burn.
1ng the city to the ground. Such would have
daring military genius. It Is barely possible
that it might not have succeeded; but in The
absence OF nearly all cur artillery on thIs side
Which had been Withdrawn for field Service in
Virginia, and with scarcely six Thousand half
disciplined troops then left here, and q vast
rally under sudden and severe panic, over the be-
river, the chances are that SUCCESS would have
attended the enterprise, unless gome insxnus.
able blunder had been committed bY the
enemy;
and gone forever. It is incredible thai alter
such an experience and such warning, ".
should again be driven back to the gates nf
Washington, and find 1t in so unprotected 4
condition as 1t was a week ago. Already. tie
five or six days which have elapsed since the
return have placed an impassable gulf BE-
tween the rebel Generals and the execn,fnn
Of any such design. The armv has i1een -.
gathered and recuperated. the three 1nonth.,
volunteers hare been veeded ont the nnu-
ing Equadrons Of new leyies for three peara
baye been steadily accommodating, The Csnitnl
Hill has been fortified with Sherman,s R4tte.
~, the tcrtflcatlons across the Patnn,ac has,
been greatly extended. tha oTns haVa al haa.,
placed in position and 1aT,a caras ~ ~ LET
1t1ists are being constantly ari1ied and ID nrc. s.
ticed at them, While the camps Of onr orard Rad
army sgain cover miles ofspace in and nTonnd
the city, and are ready at a mcnsn,,.
warning to repel the advance oF an an..
my. Arlington Heighta can he ha,a aos;1st
the whole amy Of JeH: Day7s s, RI "a %I1Ss nn
the Washington side Of the Potoac IN ~ ~ ~
dtrg army could Get no VANTAGE rronrd frnn,
They wculd have to CONE nnnn ns ~ +ha naas,
felG-aud our past experience IF thai f,otsaa
and their bloody Iogses =: mi, Rnn ~ Ise +hse
kind ct warfare, are a spff,ctent a1arartas etas
that thew will never chamnfon tbs;r -. %
f9 The renewal in apy such contest as tn tbat. t.
Y7HFE F4<%-,
degrees Than It was before he renn1se ~ ~ Sy oSr
army last week before Msnassas p1'se VI oe'
The arrival of Mai, Fen Mc{VIa11oo },s,;,,,
fesh courage In our troops. He hr;nos EG u;tb
him the prestige Of military snccess, which s
executive talents Of Mcclellan % Who has sa, been
devoted eminenfIv tn he Tnr. re.n;sa na1 uIn
duties Of practicai lie since IL ear1E ,;1tar
experience, render him 1,e<a,1;sr;V fItar 5 ~
command inYoIying go m1ic3, n5nasnea ~. ~ e
prsctical knowledrs He will command both %
the Department of Washinpton end thst "
the Potomac, No such hinHtlors in comn,;o-
fariet, camp orgauizstion and f3eid ,sass m.naasr
meut as we're cSmmitte3 in the reoant bE3r
camUaien undrr WcDnwen Iii III: ~ ra1,s.tni st.1i
urftr Tcf!iel1an. -" "4'N -. AeP@''0"
Senator 1ohnson,s 1ono.nron;oaa s,,a,,t &.
defence Of the Go1ernme6t raa 5.s;1 sngsssa ~
The Senate resterdsv Far Il" 49, 4in.s ~ ~
the Bn|,s RIM ,33sas+er ~ rs11an;a .ie s1nce
flied Win an.ctatara ~ s ss, setss ,.ts ut; HGIe
canstic aro11mentst;ve ond ,n %a.,a @ mas sue,
e1fnI He dsrlased ,yitSnnt ~ ~ l.e Key poM
fhere were eren,;es of no Go1aIrn5. saas ats1s
an the f1onr ~ tha Sanats 49, naas;s.stai sta
1hesT ermpathiee y" h1 5.n,a.,,, 5, NY =, AaIesteo
fration tor V;n1atfng tha nHe Aania- UNI
ticinatinp the ant1Tn of Go1.rasa 9;7 S 4, NJ
had nct g wor5 ~ retz1-e ous. ses' "nne tne5
finna of tn. f,onsf;tnt;o1 1a ~ ~ II vlota
der coTcm;tted hr tne so,a.9 taT as4u pngne or
tysitnra TIE y p,az;aost aAa n1a,nes1 a reoels ana
fnr cot1;,r ,,,t =. no Ae o eoAueAiaeo
10 nro+ect 1ha ra,,;to, ~. volunteers
ment when tba 1.hei u S.ata1 nAts sne moSSro
ion rd1 naoq. Ia, 1So1r nsases n1l catiea ons
4hen ~, ~. Tnarah a'gusn ea.Ae1, aug were