Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1861-10-03
MR. RussnnIis LAST LnrTnR.

Of thn civil war tho IIpii ip1 Stnfpa IN tho
o-u ,.., 7. .,e..1 .. -, ",
-'th august, II Is coH'''eu 10 matters IN 'he
vicinity OF Washington, and we give all the in.
teresting portions OF it, including the censori-
ous. tho Mandatory. the sarcastic and ,bo tr.
'h'F"us comments
sENstrINENEss OF TIE AMERICANS TO EUROPE
Az CRITICISM
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.
The anxiety which existed to learn the effect
on on EUROPE, ana eSpeci'lly OH EhglanI,o OF Bulfs
liu.' mas AZ last 0eei, ,"pleoseu oy 'he receipt
VI tne mans "hy .he'e was any such intense
Icoiills oh ,nG poIlt y not easy 10 see, as any
person could nave lore'ol whot the elect would
oc' nut heVer'nelesS' mere IS an expression
Vt ohBVr anu uisaPPolh'li,eht at tnc result.
;ni.hnoueu y; lIl9 Ill5uinsc uSFu oy tne Americans
III n.y., o"'l Joul l,'s was "a, SIton5er tlah any
T.iLcn nus appeared III ''o EnSish papers, and
al.nousH Eongressmen ana editors wrote IN
" '.io u'.,.se oI.'eut anu Sarc"stio IN
u.gnHuIl' respecting l'ie ooIavlor OF the troops
az ,,,e u'oSG % oI trt u"! a'il III thc rout II Is
anei III "li KIT 'ia. nly opGu freedom OF eX-
r;iI Ivy ro,,o,Lorod nou ,i,nt ~ "! ioreIg,Grs. II
f G ; o,.'.i .,i,,' ~ Wy account wrote
ia No, 80. - t,o La 80 '''.' uiy Pt'er
-, ,,J 49, Is. H. :"o "uoPs III
o; ''' "''I ',,, ..-,,s c Wv 10 give
thot Lad Loo iaeonri ','i hN uuu,h9
a,i"u ' J'ei' M ilorlGu .ncte psI.hS'ol IN th9
%csr o,,"nJ;n,r " paw VI ''' UY "''
Tow, il wo95li h. we'll If in oi,ino occo,,,,,
of vorl;Lo onara,in,, ,h, ,,r,arSo 20 ~ ,,,o
themselves ncono;rtoi with Tho ncon;nc, &c
nioin r,i,;,or,, ,d,,s wo sbo,lI ,bo,, Lnore las.
IF mcharaos !, o,J oJ Lo,torios . al o,,oI'
stuff
9 kElAllN l. DlSClGLlNE Of TIE SOtIliEkN AND
N'"lhENN lNoof9'
Il is not to be supposed for one moment that
the American people cannot furnish the mate
rails OF as tinc an army as the world could pro-
duce No one questions the gaIlantry Of their
race. they combine the "furia Franccse" with
the sold courage Of the Anglo Saxon. But in
/ their contests they have been made to feel that
no dependence can be placed on mere personal
| bravery, in which most men are equal in mil
, itary sense, rs spoken of by Jomini and other
writers, and that bravery Pti3 discipline cannot
v'e' l"li ~ prove more .lih an equation 10Y
'''J pi 1','''' !, ; I',! G ;i "t'S ~ utseIv .
ha ioro"o f n .o ,TJ.l Tora, o's'tI ~ s'lo"
r%o I"f, ,'' , 90 '''q ~ tii
san,a Jn(roo ~, C>,',,.,, .,i''6 ''>e '''o
orrcr nor,ior ,f ,,,, rb, hn,.m oa ,', .,,. "
,o,7cI 10 n,,ra, o,'i t -,
crn armies Thcv -ra ,nder ict.er J;sci,iinn
ond a .ba i'5 b.r in'y h ne unef oUa.eF usuRlmp,
i;so ''''' '''''''''" :" '''''i'"'
III. oro r,o,o .,.od 8, o.,,,, ,h.,,, ,l,oi.r g
l ~ 81 :'''. '''o oG'N ~ Vi
Wen rbn,n 20 .;ooe VI NV .
hocl" 81 ,fFoors -. ,,r;,.',ns U'i s,.o
coon i, Nn~,h or,; rLo,,,,,-t. ~ 81" r,.n"to
Tbc Job, nro,rn r,ii 9o,.o or ;r,n,,iso ~ III
,ba ,,;l;tar,, sst,,r,s of tj,s Sn,,.h ,J -
oi ,inn, e., III, o",,f;,+ NJ NV"
tbat IL ,roII Lo ,oo.ss,~,. ~ h,nJio ,I, .ro",'.
| of ,bn MI I'll ,,o.. -. 1T, - - I'M
IN ,ho f'on - ".,t S SAl,
orne n',t =, -, Io.a ~, tho'. oro 40 !,,t ~.
tcr ~, strongnr men The noo. whites of Tho
seobo,rd sI1ye S,oirs mov he f,irlv sat ogonst
tLn irfsro. ,,or,,latio, ~ tho Vn!,bo, oi,;es
r-1 the s,,tsa;oni't 'o,icx of T.nncssas NAV
find their match in the men of Illinois and Iowa
II the war continues, discipline will do its work
with the United States armies, and then the
question resolves itself into one OF numbers ana
position
ASPECT OF TIE WAR At THE CLOSE OF AUGUST.
Tho a,st r,rt of III. cor,,,i,,r hoe boa,
nloycd ont That II has cndeJ oJisostrionsly
E,r,Lo 1,,Jo.oI;sts - - bo attrih,,.oj IN w.,
mini ,o tho ;m,,tisrco and irnoranco Of tba
rn;;to;o,,s ,,L, CnrooJ ,b, n,il;,or,. io,for, ~
pprcc;H;,ota oIvoncae for which tLey ,yere No,
ppronsrej
d. i s,,;.;. oh.,o1 ,.l,;ob ,,-o,,is,, .,
'r,i1' , o
n,,, Lo fo,,rd % -. :, 70 =, onJ irbo or,,,
rnde. NoCIonor l. ~ Ioos+ nc s,ror, 40 ,ba,
r;eI, '','3', NIaN~m ~ ''',',
'iI "s , uI't oon ".1f
~ .r's.' '.';l. '''
',p pn T "'.l'ou' r''S a
- al So'..''',',,' Va sui
io' '.ou S'.s ~ to Wy .In fIos."e
a'M 'py are "eleruieu 70 Iot ~ 'i'p .i'ots ~
wen "' OIL ''e se"co"S' ''' N'OH''"' tue! CHI o'
'o ,,,o,,s.r 90 ,.,,..,1, h,. o,on,oa s;noo 81,
4 hattie of Bull's RIM. and the retreat of tht
Z, Federalists to their intrenchments. They are
! not yet in a position to assume an offensive at
/. ttude. The Confederates have been equal,
= motoness in front of the Potomac
5 r1p yuTrvrps ~ sr,.rp,1 voprrtrpv rrcr
. IIrTTs
Tho .oi,,. % ,,.oa.a,;,., .,,. ,r,,.u,o.,
Q - 80 H' 'o'l ''g ~ .i'.'
0 s ',',', "',.. 80 ,-
~ - - ~ my 1ii'u f4i'. Ae 81
. u"l, ~ SpHo Vi l'e uesl'a.cn Ul PRISONERS " 'n
Dty iortugaS from the '9th ana other reSi
ne"t', o"s"'v"NS amounting 70 mEt'''! 700,
place among the men OF the lZlh Ne" ior'
m J;si,onjni M VI ILL., ,h
i 9Is, To',. Vol! ~ To!i, Nm VI and otbe
@ regiments have also boen in trouble, and Gen
=, eral Butler was oblirsd 10 hrin-y his guns t,
" bear on the mutinous men of his command a
d Fortress Monroe. The complaints of the mer
= as to bad food are utterly unfoundel. No arm,
n in the world has better rations than the troop
of tho I'rited States Dut The men want "icr,