, 1861-07-26

The Original B1.mdey'-1he Order Of Baihlc-
The &Tugq7c-The Ihnic and Ietredt.

TIC field Of Operntfous aud Of the tendency Of
the popular mind, will sny that popular clam
or has outrun military preparation; hut this
is not true The wcllappointed aud 1nesn:a-
cent army that is now coming back broken
sud t.:sorganizad into the intrenchments On
the opposite side Of the river, ought never to
faSc BEEN beatcn. It wss known here, or at
ieast go strongly suspected that not to
Aaye tccn guided and controlled by
tic fact would Lave been madness
Known ia: Patterson, who sharcs with
Pillow tic :<snor Of the Caunsgo ditch, had
permitted the rsbe! general, Johnston, to out
wit him and get away, carrying the greater
lart Of his force down 10 Msnassas-lcaving
in his camp only men enough TO maintain ap
Fcarances and keep out the usual pickets.
That, I say, WIS known. It WAS known also
That Bsauregard's position was very strong,
and that his army, before Johnston's column
came, WAS equal in number TO our own, and
| composed Of the very flower of the Southern
| troops. These were facts that were as gener-
ally understood here as that the Coafedcrates
| had an army at all. Why ou= forty odd thous-
| and should hare been driven reck'casly
rrcn force so greatly superior, in 4 position
which sky days Of untsmittl2g labor h9d
uade to brist1c with batteriess, Without tie CO.
operation Of the colnmpslptfM artinsburgh,
will remain a.n,( (sffery ipfz annas Of warfare
as long as ne6 contih1l to study military
science. Possibly the superiority Of onr
troops asfelied upon Man FOR mao, the
enemy Laying such ed6r1nouss advantages Of
! position, We should ta7e suffered terribly.
Their tss to our thee VAS disproportion
ibat ougMto hye deferred tfs attack until
cooperation. between, Patterson and Mcdowell
| could have red9eed the inequality, and made
us compensation 1ef our disadvantages of
position. At the ed9ucil Of war held at Gen.
acDowell's.t hea!daqrte1b.. Saturday,
these questions WEfs di=casssd:. and know
that whereof ,agIitm Wien Ihs3y that the
niest heads afou5i tba* goa5a yare thoscw wao
entertained the fs6est anssgfTings as to tne
result Of the o1Aq contest. I do not know
by whom ihe:at.afE Eas ordered, nor i*$ho will
be held rceponsi6'e for the fixture. Until the
Instructions to. :eop1aarders Of columns and
chiefs Of bfA:sdcs 1e printed. the plan Of
operations ca2 2ot be understood by the pah-
lie, except as 7!r as it was developed on the
field, asd until Il is known, it would be unfair
10 say that it was wrong, because tie
failure Of subordinate officers to comprehend
and execute it, in the time and manncr epeci.
fed, would relieve the commander Of fhe
charges Of incompetenoF4tbat will be urged
Urged again4t him. :,
Centregille is high :Npint Of land, mostly
cleared and cultivasd; tefee miles northwest
CT Manassas Junction. Midway between the
two places is 3 rocky, shalloueand narrow
stresm, kndEn <ex:s Bull. Run"< Infantry.
ard in places cavalry, can Cross it; bat the
| banEs are 60 rough aad p-ccipitous that 1t is
impossible 1or artillery. It is easy Of transit
in the1ee places within the field Of operations
nj ford, where, q few days since, The bat
| tery was first attacked, at another point four
| miles above, On d stone bridge, where We seat
acolnmn yesterday; and at 9 Place about two
rl:les still farther up, where Col Hunters
column debouched into the bottom On the op-
losi:c side. Between Centreyille and the
bridge whica marked our centre, the ground
IL vtry broken and lilly, over which rocky
load is conktractca, and prolonged into the
country beyond Opposite The bridge GU the
! Manassas side, the face Of the conattry is rol-
l:rg and dry, aHd il places t:mbcred, not by
! large trees, but By little pines aud csdars,
| Which from the c,oseness ,r their grnvt1, ~
ffnt almost 1rur.assah1. 1,,-r;e,a r. ~. ~,
sress Of troops. who mnst in po1np from f,ro,
to tar1n, CT petition to position, make use OF
the rcads. On the battle ground are many
farms aud open places, and many cminencts
| fnat can be le;d Ly m Inferior fo,ce R,cl If
III. br;dc-e of o},c1, ba,a ,.,,;,
| marked onr can4ro 10 ny,n.ss,. 49, -. =, =
m;,es ;,;at,r,t .,,..re +ha nno,,, 49, ~. -
Copfeccratsa armv is ouaTterea Ths
attsek hei,o reso1rea rno, tha +.ao1s
IN ea,nn st and ro,r r.n.-e-;,,o o.a..
| I'd for the ecsne of actfon oh,ut h,1c,,,s+
two in tht, u,o,1,;n~.co1 unnte- h.1;n,1 Es ~ =
| rieht. Gen. TYLER t1,c ccn4,e o-d 81 T;.h
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| ,,r,,cr mn, in s,a en;r;ts ~ ~aa,o .,:.a..s-
| o,,emen. or pn1oot-od f,r 5.,o.- So 49,. -,
Tyler,e co1nmn did not naas 5oo,,, tho -ooa -
| Bill RIM br,,pe 1T, h,lf.n,at +an ~ ~ ~
| mor1.1nr-the 7nan ue,r,r,,;la a,;,h;as- +,,a:s
| morninr mana in Tho shade ~ ~ 9o,,1a.
1v which tla ,rnv xzos 1,raa Th;z r,a ' 49,
fl7st misban .rThe men 1.st +baIr x,a,,,sa..
| sr.s,,ress fbev were without tho;r onsto~ss
~ coffee and warm 1,reo1.faat AMI ran,a,,,;,o
rranv hours ja,c, had t,ma to oat tba;r $500
| ,,crsicns aroused that Al, wa rot -;nht r.
! trr's andTyler,s COLUMNS novai, toaethox ,on-a
the road lea5;np tn tho hriar. MT, ,v;tb;n =
| :, i,c and n half nf tba etrasn, -1h., 11n.'ta.
With II, mn, mcn 4oo1, d,oc,;o,, ,,oe-,,- =. ,-;,+
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