East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-08-08

regard on ground when ne hlmselt hau
selected, and deliberately fortified. Polit
ical considerations must have prevailed
over military considerations when Gen.
Scott consented to the attack, without
the support OF Mcclellan from the west,
and Of Patterson from the north. 1t was
fatal departure from the anaconda poll
cy which he had previously been pursu-
ing. The consequence is, the backbone
of the serpent is broken.
THE RATTLE OF MANASSAS, AS SEEN by A
SOUTHERN CORRESPONDENT.
We select the following paragraphs
from long and well written account Of
the battle, which appeared in the Rich
mond Dispatch
"On Friday, the 10Th, Gen. Joseph f.
Johnston, who had commanded the army
of the Shenandoah, posted at Winchester,
arrived at Manassas junction with 1000
af his division, to reinforce Gen. Beaure-
gard The remainder of his army with
the exception of sufficient force to hold
Winchester were intended to arrive on
Saturday, the Goth but in consequence
of some railroad casualty, they did not
reach the scene of conflict until Sunday,
between the hours of two and three
o'clock, when the battle was raging at its
height.
"On the morning of the battle, Gener-
ais Beauregard, Johnston and Bonhan,
accompanied by their aid, came galloping
up the hill and dismounted on the sum
NIT. The Generals held an earnest con-
versation for few minutes, while taking
survey of the field, and watching the
successive challenges from the enemy's
batteries"
The correspondent says that, though
the L. S. troops openedd with cannon on
the right, Beauregard detected that as a
feint, and "was seen to direct Gen John
ston's attention particularly, with hi,
hand, toward our extreme left, as if Inc
knew the struggle was to be mad,
there"
He proceeds
81 should here remark that it had beer
Gen. Beauregard's purpose to make tn
attack, instead Of waiting to receive it
but from some cause unknown to me, h.
preferred to let the enemy take the init
alive perhaps for the reason that Gen
Johnston's division had been detained Of
the railroad.
AS | have said, Gen. Beauregard wa
not deceived, for the immense clouds o
dust appearing above the woods, indcat
ed beyond doubt, the Federal colum
were moving in solid masses in anothe
direction, and one which was unmstaka
BILE.
Just at this time, by the aid Of on
glasses, we could see their guns brough
to bear on the hill where we stood, for i
a few moments the smoke was discovere
issuing from their batteries Of rifle ca
non, aud before scarcely a word could b
said, the peculiar whiz and Kissing Of tn
balls notified us that their aim had bee
s we'll taken.
I, Several balls fell in a field mmediatel
behind us, and not hundred yards fror
the spot where the generals stood A
officer of General Beauregard's staff r.
: qnested US TO leave the hill, and, as "
moved away a shell burst not 90 feet OF
Colonel Bonner calculated with his watc
the time taken by the balls to pass IL
= and made the distance II miles from ii
: enemy's battery. The enemy no doui
discovered the horses of the generals, an
, thought it good opportunity to displa
: their Workmanship, and credit is due I
them for the accuracy of their aim.