The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-08-03
The Disaster ut Bull Run, ana How to
Repair 1t.

The Disaster ut Bull Run, ana How to
Repair 1t.
Early in June General Scott, being asked how
long it would take to whip the rebels into sub
Jeciion replied that N no serious accident hap
pened he would accomplish it with the first
frost; but if any great disaster happened it
would take another year" Now the question
is has any accident so serious occurred as to
prevent the reduction of rebellion by the LIST
of May, 1862? We think not. The affair at
Bull run was sad disaster; but after all Il may
be what military men call reconnaissance in
force. The strength of the enemy was felt
retreat took place, and there is no good reason
why General SCOTS prediction may not be full
filled in nine months.
The result of the information obtained at Bull
run was that the enemy fought bravely, were
abundantly supplied with cannon and all the
munitions of war; that they were well drilled,
admirably Differed and generated and held a
naturally strong position, rendered doubly
strong by science. On our side it was deter
are able to whip the enemy in fair field under
equal circumstances, but that our men were
badly differed, and generated still worse We
had also deficiency of cannon and scarcely
any cavalry. General Scott and General
Mcclellan, having thus obtained, in the most
practical and direct manner the information
they needed, are making their arrangements ac-
cordngly, and are organizing one of the finest
and best equipped armies that ever entered
field. We have found our own weak points as
well as the strong points of the enemy, and if
we are whipped next time we will deserve it.
The federal army has measured itself with the foe,
and we now know what is necessary to be done
the money and the resources-al we want is
proper organization and good generaship.
With the selection of General Mcclellan we
have every reason to expect the appointment Of
good officers, and thorough organization in
the commissarat and quartermaster depart
ments In point of generalship, we think his
rapid and mastery movements in Western Vir-
ginia give sure promise of the skill of the new
commander upon larger and more difficult
theatre of war, and with ADLER generals and
better troops to cope with. He has displayed
qualities which show he possesses the energy
and vigilance of good general, with the highest
gift Of strategy, in which the art of war chiefly
consists and which. wherever troops are equal,
always wins the battle against inferior skill
In vain will valor bleed and die if it is not
disciplined and if it is not handled upon the
scientific principles Of war; which cannot be
violated with impunty by the bravest troops
Under McClellarfs conduct of the army the
nation expects much, and it will not, we think,
be disappointed. In his hands by next October
will be disciplined force which, hurled against
rebellion, will shatter it in pieces, like potters
vessel, and by the lst of May the Union will be
restored in all its integrity, peace and prosperi-
ty wiki prevail over the thirty-four States, and
the republic will become greater, more stable
and moro powerful than it ever was before.
FILIBusTERs IN THE PRESENT WAR.-Our old
friends, the filibustcrs, appear to bepretty well
represented in the present war; especially upon
the side of the South whence they formerly de-
rived the most of their aid and support. The
telegraph informs us that Major Robert-bet-
ter known here as General-Wheat was NOR
tally wounded at the battle of Bull run. Major
Wheat was fine, handsome fellow, Of tried and
undoubtcd bravery. He has been engaged in
almost all the fibuster fights was an aid to
Alvarez in Mexico and fought, at first en- ana
tem, and afterwards on Avezzana's staff, in
Italy, during the late Garibaldian war.
In the fight at Scareys creek-appropriatc
name-we find another flibuster, Colonel Frank
Anderson. who was second in command in
Walkers last expedition. and was captured by
the British and sent to New Orleans. Colonel
Anderson is natural filibuster, and went into
the Southern army as if by instinct Probably
his old failure and capture reawaits him.
OF the same character as Anderson, and quite
as we'll known here as General Wheat is third
representative hlibuster, General Henningsep,
now the Colonel of Georgia regiment in
General Flint Lock Wisc's division, formerly of
Western Virginia. Hennngsen is fine sol
dierly, chvalric fellow, of great military know
ledge and experience, and is undoubtedly a
valuable acquisition 10 the rebel ranks He
fought through the Peninsular war; was with
Kossuth commanded the forces at Granada
during its siege by the armies of five Central
American States. and his name is synonymous
with American lilibustcring.
These gentlemen are on the side of the South,
aud the Northern armies have, so far as we
know, but two flibusters in responsible posi-
| tons. One of these is Captain Farnham, now
major in one Of Sickles' regiments, and the
other is Lieutenant Charles Allen, who was
in all Walkers expeditions, and is now in the
army of Western Virginia, under General
Rosencranz We wish all these gentlemen q
happy meeting and a fair fight
AFFAIRS IN JAPAN.-Our latest correspondence
from the far Orient does not present to us
very iatecring picture either Of the commercial
condition and prospects of foreigners in japan
or of the domestic harmony there prevailing
The policy Of the government is represented as
exclusive, and hostile to the extension of foreign
trade, as, indeed, the request which it recently