New-York daily tribune., 1861-07-19
TIE REBELS STILL OF THE RUN
Occupation Of Centreville,
sno.i0l ni.p,tch to The n. Y. rrib,ne

The following excellent general order from
! Gen. Mcdowell which ought to be impressed
upon the mind and memory of every soldier Of
the national army, was read to each regiment
! this morning. aud received with accamatiOn:
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTsrET or Va, !
F,npAx CouRT HoUsF, July Is, 1861
! GENERAL ORDER No. ls.l
Iis With the deepest modification The General COM
naldiug finds IL necessary 10 rceraIe L> orders o[
the prcservaiou of the property Of tie inabitnte OF
the district occupied by the treOpe under bl5 cmuaud
Hmdly had we arrived At q ID place, When to TIC h"r.
rr of every RICH minded pers several Bones were
broken OPEN and Others IN HGaer, by tie net OF
somo of tboee who II has been the tos, Of the loyal
came here TO protect The oppressed and free She ciu-
try ON the doniusron oi hated party. The prop
ety of this Ueule IL at tie mercy Of troops who
rightly ray, are tie mos, intelligent, brsodncaed,
and most I,w-abi,tg of any that were ever uilder
arms Bu 90 not therefore the acts OF yesterday cast
the d. eper stain upon them IL has been clahed by
rome hat th,ir particular corps were not engaged 10
these acts Tits is Of but ito moments si1ce the it,
dyiiual are not ou out, we aro all alike disSsced
Commanders of regiments VIII select commissioned
off or as provost nAr'hhi aHI teh tnel 90 q Fyil ~
force under him whose seCIl and s"tc dUiy II shall
be 20 pIrscrve the prOpert, iron dcr aivu' ana %
arrest all wrOngd0ers OF whatever regiment ar Scpt
they NAV be. Any one found committing the si.'htst
derTcIa n, killing igF or poultry or tlepdflhE on
the oroperty of the iHhati ants VIII he reported to
bcaSgudrterr and the lras that will be done 70 ihrm
will DO 10 seDd them TO tho Alexandra %" u !"
ordered that shall iIlCot or dLICuP ~
arrest any citizen not in az the time, or esa or
otterrt to serch aus house cveu 9" enter the Sane
without Iermssicn. The troops must behave thCD,
selves with as much 'oihearance and pcpiisi! hs n
tbey were at thrir own hone. They arc herc 70 N2bi
tho eueae, OF the rurry, not 70 juope atd punish
the uramed and defensoess however EnilSy nc! may
he When necessary, that sill he done by the Proper
person.
by command Of Cen McDowel. ..-.c--,
JAS b. FRY, AssFiar' Adatl-;GeHacai.
To-day was signallzed by tue occupation Of
another deserted village, Centreville Of which tbo
iptrcpchnents were without defender, and By
tho battle Of Bun Run, which at our latest ad-
vices, had not yet terminated.
Gen. Tylers column, which had passed the
rigut a mile or So beyond Fairfax station, OF and
near GermautoWn, which consists of ha.-a, dozen
houses or 80, moved at O'Clock this morning..
The head Of the column passed through Centre
Vile without friog gun, aud halted n the woods
a nile or two beyond.
reconuoiteripg party, consistirg Of Capt.
Alexander, tao companies Of cavalry, aud pur
ton of battery, accompanied by Gen. Tyler
and staf, went out little after IL O'Clock.
They took up position on hill two or three
uiles from CeutrevilIe and half q mile from L
/ creek called Bull Run, which commands the
valley Of tine creek aud the hills beyond for some
distance, Balls from the heavy guns exploded
on barn on the right until 25 cavalry emerged,
who checred and scattered. Six or eight rounds
more brought al anewer frOm O concealed bat
tcry, which wounded Sergeant Rohap, Company
c., Cd Cavalry. A cannon ball broke his car
bine aud saber, and made deep fcsh wound in
both Of hi. legs. Two Of Lieut.. Begianiu's
heavy guns were brought into action, ard soon
silcnced the Rebel battery.
Col. Richardson's Brigade, consisting Of The
18th New York Voluuteers, the 1st Aassachu
sets and I'd aud Sd Michigan Regiments, sup
| ported by Cavalry and battery, was nest cont
| out to skirulish along the creek. Ihey foon
succeeded in waking up Rebel batteries on tho
other side, which we're followed by a, heavy fire
of musketry, which our men returned with zeal.
For half an hour the boom Of artillery and The
rattle of small arlns from both eides Of the Greek
followed each other fact
In the opinion OF officers who witnessed tue
engagement, their platoon firing wos remarkably
regular and effective, aud their guns were
served with great precision. They were t~lce
reinforced, aud occupying very strong position
| beaiad lutreuchments in q wooded slope, c,yered
by the creek, wore too much for the sm II
force opposed TO them, which was not, III the
| Judgment Of military men, more than fourth
Of their nuuber.
| Our men, who were drawn up in line along
the creek, with the horses Of the dIsuounted
cavalry behind them, fell back sonieuh hat but in
good order and fighting bravey.
The rebeIs, whose flag foated from mill,
cheered Justify. At this moment sbell from
Lew battery to the left, hitherto seut aud un.
known, burst on the top of the hill, where our
frat battery had been stationed and who're
humber Of cIyilans among them tho Hon. Henry
j. Raymond aud Mr. Hoard Of New-Yorb, X.
Z. Mccormick Of Tie EDeniNg Post, Dr.. Pulls
ton OF Penn aud tow Others, were stationed.
This einiurnce was near 10 and comm lading a
view Of the sceue of action.
The shell from tho battery whizzeG between
DIR. PulestOn aud Mr.. Mccormick, who stood
close together, bursting yard or two hcbind
them, after striking an old building then tempo
rarily occupied as a hospital for the wounded
Immediately by was your special army corre-
spondent ard Others stood few yards below on the
dccliyity Of the hl, the shell passing over thctn
Several casualties occurred, but 40 one was morilly
wounded.
Two gentlemen were thrown of their horses
Que o,ls slri'iy injured; and &c Reg. -AIs Meg,