The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-07-30

Aview- ef Affairs afser the Battle.
From the Baltimore South, July "a
Private in telligsucs from Warrington alto
gether discr edits the idea that any portion Of
the Federal forces have been able TO make a
stand 1T Centrevile. or At ary point by ond
Fairfax q. II. The best opinion seems to h.
that except straEglers who have been unabls 10
make good their escape, and are hiding III the
woods TO void captnre. thsrs are no Fsoera!
troops on ts.de Of The Alsxardril lines which
are not extended moro than fonr or fivs miiee
from that city. Most of the regiments ARE
within the on trenchnsnts on Airing ,or
Heights. The condition of those " no remain
in Washington 10 daT iorable In tbs sxtrene-
many OF them hatless, cOatlsss, EhoslSss, ard
in some ins ia ncss without pan falcons mostly
their flisht--standing, limping, lying or icing
upon the corners of streets, or thu stocps OF
houses, and appealing to the charity OF pas.
sepgers for means to buy food and tobacco -
M ucn blame 10 attached to their ofic ers for
not making greater efforts to collect these dis
organized wrecks OF the " Grand Army, but
the difficulty In many cases is that the officers
Themselves are among tbs missing.
Army officers OF capacity and intelligence
do not hesitate to pronounce the present army
demoralized beyond the possibility Of saccess.
ful reorganization, and sx press The COZ vic ton
that the attempt to supply its place with
smother, will prove an utter failure. The
rank and file OF the new army thew saw Will
be worse than that OF the Old one, W biz com
prisod nearly all the uniformed volant eer
corps of the Northern cities, and was conss.
quentiy OF the best material, so far as In tslii-
genee and some previous knowledge OF tactics
went, that the country conld sTJrd-and Il.
for the officers, they ask, How aoes tho Gov
eminent expect to hnd better? To fiji the
new regiments with the same class OF ia
capables, who received comm issions before,
is to incur tho certainty OF similar defeat,
while, II Government proposes 10 appoint
none but educated military mon to positions
in its new Srmy, 1t will have TO wait for Il few
years until w est Poin can fu rniah them for
at present, there Is not a sufficient mum Ser Of
such in the country to officer properly ar array
of leo 900 men. ! he old army WAS but /. go
or Is 000 strong, and many of 5 best eli ;ers
are now in the Cor fsderac r;,nAs--tho,e W no
we're tried in the late ba tile wero the best LAT
Government had to oppose to these--and The
resuit Is seen. Such, NJ least, il the talk in
military circles.
A very bitter feeling agains: ths Secession
lists is said TO exist a. pre- seut in Washington,
which has been infiamed Ivy the accounts
which have been disseminated III regard TO
barbarities alleged to have been committed by
the Com ecerate troops. To such an extent
has this feeling arisen, especially among the
Federal soldiers, that apprehsnsioas were f-it
that the few Confederate prisoners who were
in the city would be massacred. A violent as
sault WAS yesterday made b. mob upon ..
party OF four prisoners, who wers brougstlt.to
the city under an escort OF soldiers, and after
4 hearing before Gen. Mansfield, were bling
taken !. Tho old Uspo bo ssf bs reea j
threatened to hsnS them and attempted -
ia ke them from the hands OF the soldiers. GIN
front Of Willard s" says this mornings he
publican, 1.-The excitement Nas very great;
one gen tleman (sicj pushed his way through
the crowd, and dealt one CT the prsonsrs ~
powerful blow nearly knocking him oowa
at other places on the routs there was great
trout in getting than through the crowd"
In like manner Dr. Belt, citizcn Of Prince
Georges county, Md who was arrested for
uttering 'ssditious language" only esca ped
being iynchsd by the mob through tbs active
interference OF some |. 5. cavalry, whs
charged upon the crowd with drawn fabras.
Beyond additional lists OF the killed asd
wounded, and NJ uEcha usen- like stories CT the
feats of valor performed by individuals dar-
ing the battle, the Washing ION papers of this
morning contain Absolutely nothing; in rs
gard to the present and futuls Dlsns Of the
Adminisra ton, they arc orninoAslJ siIaat.
As an illustration Of the means wk.ch are
used to inname the popular pa.soas snG
create another war-fsysr 81 tbs North, We
may quote the statement of the official parer,
"The Republican" that the Con .s<ieta tea Ia
the late hattie, used balls coated WITH sub
stance "suprossd to be of & poisonous ia
tur.,'' of which large nambsrs were fokaa
In like manner the Associated Pres lends
itself 10 tns same infsElOBs purpose, hy giving
currency 10 the story of 3oEavs aboug ta@
crreltieS practssi pom HIS comrades " b ~
he pretended TO have seen tied - tress Is tss
Indian. used to serve their captivss, and tor
tuTed with tsyonets IA Gsp OF Grrows
4 deception OF d. Hsrsnt hind and * a. less
reVoltiug n%tsre lie That attelptsc - oe prae-
ticed on tbs people &c regard 10 the smoge5
OF the Federal loss il tn 3 late battle l. cav
ing been found that lbs oaHtuie OF Sk1fHan'.
Battery, on scconn: OF the pr:,tiss which bng
always attached, in This country, t. that par
tlculAr arm OF the SerSice, was having + ps-
culiarly depressing effect, ak ,pisets Il Srtit-
lsrv which mad not ben il las butte 81 sill
Ce pitol Hill as Sbsrnsn'sxenB, to satisfy ths
people TINT they have not hesA taaaz. IL Is
impossible for seea paluy pie,e Of cssep-
lion TO couptervau the concurrent statsnlcst
OF every correspondent who Witnessed lac
battle, or hiss haaa at any pains - ascert2ia
the facts, that the guns were among ths first
that fell into ths hands OF lhs enemy. In
addition 10 tbs foregoing, GleAnsd chic fly frora
private but altogs The rslisnls sources, We
subloin the following, which aFpsayaS ia
part of our last edition yesterday evsslng,
not having been received la time 10 appear :.
the en- tire edition, Part OF wAlch lad alrs&dy
been worked CIT
An officer Of the array who arriv-s fr.l
Washington at half past O'clock this after
noon, states that act less than GEO we aBIei
were brought into the various hospitals
Washington to-day. He fur-nsr scStes that
during the retreat trem Bulls Ran, raE5er
having gained currency th:t all the Fra
Zouaves taken by the confederation were Pat
10 death, a party of Zouayes broke into the
hospital ST Cegtrev;lle, and killed tae few
wounded Confederas prisoners who Ters
there.
A letter frora gentleman In high petition
in Washington, - Z friend n this city, aftSc
charac terizing the de feat Of ths Federal army
as connpiste rout, says that Mr.. RassatI, q
the London Times. gives ths following nc
count OF the engagement: lie gays that th<
Con deliberate forces completely deceived the
Federal Generals. They had thrown up
works at Oentreyills which they GsNer in
tended 10 uss, and ss soon as ths army arrived,
they would retreat, leaving sfg6ag9 and pro
visions, &c, to Indicate 3 hasty retreat -
This course was puIsued up to Bulls kss,
when masked batteries without number play
ed upon the Federal right, left and ceEtre -
Ii a battery WAS taken. another oeeEcd spon
its flank, and the captured b@stery wAs aoon
retaken oy the UonfedeTates TIE fight
continued thus Tor nins hours, ~Les the
Confederate forces charged upon tas Lex. wing
of the Eederalists, and the whole were rOul-
ed Mr.. Russell says that the lois Il killed,
wouudsa and prisoners on tho Federal side
must be at least l. 3UG. lis calls il q disas-
trous defeat.
The same writer says that 81 iRs muster CT
the Fire II )uaves last night, only los answer
I'D TO their names. Tbs seth brought hons
$50 out CT /, 900, and tho list 800 oat OF iOC
Col. Gorman. OF the Minnesota Res imrnt,
says that the Federal forces actually engaged
were Al, 900, with heavy reserves At Centre
vile.
IT is positively stated that this army moved
not only against the advice but lhs wish OF
Gen. Scott. The writer adds 1t is acknow
lodged hat the defeat mnsL have a n ost dam
aging effect in Europe, RI those Government Is
were only waiting to zee the result bet veen
the centre OF thu army and the main division
of the Contederates
"MAaAssAs. The Wilmington IN. o.
Journal expresses "our sentiment III the
following:
Wemuch prefer the aaHe OF Manassas 20
ali he hat Ia n II Of nc A.
any of the other names so far employed -
Manassas is sEorous it iS Scriptur.l it is