The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1861-07-26
Fsom Washingtop.


good column.
Our losa. is from 1000 to 1000.
The Notifications aroun1 Wssh.
ington ore strongly reinforced By
fresh troops.
After the latcst information was
received from CentrevilIe at 1870
last night, series oi hvents took
place, in the intensest drgree dlsas-
irou,. Many confused statements
arc prevalent, but enough is known
to warrant the statement that we
have suffered in degree which has
east a gloom over the remnants oi
tho army, aud excited the deepest
melancholy through Washington.
The carnage was tremendously
heavy on both sides, and on ours it
is represented NJ frightinl. We
were advancing and taking their
masked batteries gradually but sure.
". by drawing the enemy towards
Manassas Junction, when the enemy
seene,l ~ have been re iniorced hy
Gen. johnson, who, it is understood,
took command aud i,nmc lately
comlr enccd driving us buck when u
panic among our lrUOIs suideaIy
occurred, and regular stampede
took place.
It i. thought that Gen. Mcdowell
undertook to make II stand AT or
about CentrevIlle, but the panic WAS
20 'raIiul that the whole army he
cAne demoraIizil, aud it was i'm.
puseible to check it either ut Ccntre-
Vile or at + iriax Curt House.
Gen. Mcdowell intended TO make
an ,hcr stand at Fairfrx Court
House. but our forces being in iull
retreat, coul not accomplish the OBJ
jcct. Beyond Fairfax Court House,
the retreat was kept up until the
men reached their regular. encamp.
men,s, II portion OF whom returned
to them, but n etili larger portion
coming inside the entertainments.
\ large number OF troois in their
retreat tell on the wayside from ex.
hansiion, and scattered along the
ron,e all the way from Fairfax
Court Uonse. ....-
Tho rosd from Bulls run IVA;
strcwcd with knapsacks, arms, &c
some OF our troops deliberately throw
| ing away their guns and appurten
ances the better to facilitate their
/ travel.
Gen. Mcdowell was in the rear
Of tire retreat excrting hiinsri to rally
! his men, but only with partial effect.
he latter part of the army, il ia
said, made their retreat In order. -
Ills orders on the field did not at all
times reach those for whom they
wcro intended.
, It il supposed the force sent ont
against our troops consisted, accord
ing to nprisoner's statement, OF about
$1,000 men including large mum
Der Of cavalry. He further s.yS
that owing to rc'in'urc1mrnts lsou
Richmond Stransbnrg. and Other
points, the eneny's Of ctive tore,
was ~, 900 men.
According to the statement "f.wa
If the ire u Zuivcs. they have onl,
about 200 men lett from the slnngh
ter. while the G9lh and other rrgi
mcnts. irightfuIly suffered rom kill
rd and wounded. The numb can
not now be known. Sherman =
, Carlislca, Grilin's and the Wr-
Point batteries were taken by The
enemy, ard the eight siege thirty
! ponnl riiled cannors.
! 1t Is supposed that all the nrovi
-inn trains belonging 10 the Unite,
States nre saved. Large drovcs o
cattle were saved by being driver
! back.
! It IA supposed here to-day ths
Gen. Mansfield viii t,kc comm .n't
Of the 'ortiiicati"ns on the other sid'
Of the river. which we are able, it il
said by military Engineers, to hol'
against any force the enemy may
bring against them.
L,ryc riiltd cannon and mortar.
! are being safely sent over ant
mounted
An oflicvr inst from Virsiria. re
ports that thu road from Cen'rcvilt
to the Potomac, is strcwed will
Straggrrs,
( The troops are resnining tho oc
cup,,Iun OF the iortitic.,ions and en-
ircnchncn,s ON the line of tho Poro
nac. Col. lleinizleman was nIsC
wounded in tho wrist. In addition
tn ihoao reported yesterday, it II
said that Col. Wilcox. the gallant
comnanler OF brigade WAS killed
! also Capt. McCook, IL brctheroi Col
, McCook. OF Ohio.
! The city this morning is in thu
most intense excitement Wagoni
are continually arriving, bringing
in the dead and wounded. Til,
feeling is awlulIy distressing, Botl
telegraph and steamboat communi
cation il suspended to day TO tn,
public. The greatest alarm prevail
throughout the city.
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