, 1861-08-22
COMMENTS OF THE PRESS ON THE BATTLE


The disseEs!ons which arose some months
ago IL the United States of North Ame:ica,
have unfortunately assumed the character OF
open war" Such is the tranquil comment Of
the Ruys1 speech upon the events in the New
World, which have fallen 80 unexpectedly up
On the ear OF Europe. Our Queen has reAsct-
ed, With IN excellent fidelity, the feeFiags OF
her people, A'1er the first surprise WAS over,
and when The seed bless me You dpn't say
sc:'' had been said, We think We never heard
beer engaged en- each side, snd which fell 30
h. nk upon the public ear, ard engaged 60 lit
tie Eurcpeen interest. The faeb il, that we do
Io: Ike to laEsh, and tbe sense Of Iha r;di2n-
te eerioua. L is q great battle without tcs
Gigzity Ct danger, q the painfnl iaterest CT
erj a. easn8ge. There are all {he ridiculous III
cidcnta Of stark fear and rabid terror, without
much real peri, and vita very little &C
tual suffering We begin to feel that
! 1atties. When this war broke out as
English all pictured to ourselves tao
! earI est Sections Of the came population 1nser-
! lacl5 IN mar:al combat, WRITING to III: i.2t;e
! end to the deatn. We reee!rad hE e7ary iaail
! little SAMPLES Of "a atsnosphare Of blood, aad
| thunder, aod var, ana HodDds. AL Aa.s-ica
aFTtared to us, l'cct G4I1s like flesh ex-
p:nf;ed n'ne-Gl sulpi;e and frstsn:E!s, ala
Torn iints We faatied oEr lius1aen r7cl-
ls7, furious, flying at each others throa:s, aud
GDItttkE I'll G1-.-iE Nhai EACi3. ~ Lie bAit1C
time that they were E1a1ing tne:r knives at
each OTHER, tSey were shakbg their sts At Us.
VIZ trenbsed for what TTe w1ra fatei to SEE
We be]d or breatll :uT The fist shock af bat
IT, between these tw Q young giants We shut
CTR eyes ae2Sst the deadly Struggle We sre
csImsr ncsz. We ese vi c,lm-r. W.: SIC sat.
III: That these w:.r1sEe atnt=tes. WHO S=te
ies-ine sccl dire thrests a:sSitss tAY Ok: VIC
j eaonld dare to cff-r to separate them, are noS
SO very reoh]sss. sincs ta.ir esssca<
open war" they lave be:n carried en-
/ upon strictly humaa;sar.an pr;22i-
pits. II zee arc to be}Gsx The american iticss,
an A,,.e,Icua cattle has ae9eT yet beea so ddn4..
o7ts c7a 471e7icdn passenger bo1t, ana 7l0l
.n7.cl n4ore 90 nags an .i,ner5cGa 4ailmay. Tue
hostile farces shell esch other out OF etrou5
! 1c-t7tsees without lo.iny single life. They
f3sht battle iu Wsstern Virginia, which d.
ttinIIes the fate Of a district a. The expe2s:
, Of ltss 1E1r score cf casualties , and . gre2'
{ stau1up battle Is fought between so GOO nat3
tb.ling II o panic ard a twenty miles rua
, ard when the "tr2ad Amy Of the Potons:'
: rez chea Alexandria, the Nex Ycrk Htrss'd re
! purts tha: 1.-THE killed and wounded on Gu
i, Side will be between thrae anl five hundred.
. 1t Is very difficult to gauge the so1tdity 9
d anything Amer1can-eyen OF great battle
!; We know that thers WAS great rou. in ftoa
s Of that gap which runs up into the hills, 70
e we were represented in the ruck, and may "a:
J, that re saw it with our own eyes and heard ta
d cannonade with our oWn ears. There is
4 probability, also, that iten1mo oer ofmen Pre-:
t ent at The battle amounts to the high figure c
y 150 COO, for both accounts seem to agree upo
/ this. Beyond these facts, howeTee, evssgsaSz
3 seems Tegue and nnees1a1 - ahs aoTanss ranss
= the American papers like . bur2esque Of It
~ prsgtess OF Xe1xes to the Hallespout. IE
o, great National victory Of Bail Ruu, Nhlc
r. was faahcd over the Northern States and +
's corded IL tie Northern p2osrB, Was q thl-
IL hNtpr3Ntr hp1rH Eh.}, rot in nTi1f.
5, the ccEhncs cf fsEcy aud possibility. It
n caject rou:, tic ultimate realty, Was Wha: :
60 could have least belie7sG. Perhaps we oug
or to have anticipated that tae sa1ne ferocio
Of their line Of march Eouid speed back over II
y. enabers with pale Eaees in their pa1i: AiEl
ad But this ueFer did occur to us. It rcqalr
vet the testimony ct the Americans themEolv
.ea and the Wltres5 Of our OWE correspondent
in suggest to Us tlzt 1900 American patrso
"a hra ;or 20 rr:lss in ar esoly Of fear, altaea.
he naorewas pursuing then, and thst rs. 600 9th
ew Auerit az Fa.riots a,s:eiaed from pursni
Of, thsee 5000 cnmies hecan6e f5ey T21a mt
IN &c ncw stark ffiSa-ered taes: Wers., EV
5ht t5se :rtit1e.y Werc ros Ssp.Gled, but picked
Ms he guns Ecre L.! a2hir,, because thy
the psdt: the 175at cf :ee a-.t::: uso, al th
ed, miELz hare neer to a greas extent carried
nes the .rp1eten55c2s o{ the saaaess Hys
So Eaye allowed tEen to t1kc advantage of
ded lsi.r-e which the Frudsa. ecnqga.s: # as
'Ty resdyfo affo-d. Or The other hand cur c
''1n respondent THINKS that the ranjc Lad gone
;Ver r;sM to tbs ht at CT tie N:rth, thai it G
pies b. au.egasa had had tbs enterp1: tc .ol;o =
lcut his advantage, ne might heYs gone almost
aud reeisteG lato Washington CITY itsc1:, AL
7erS the Northern Press s1ys upon this srb;sc
I3H, tx. corcrAtC!:te 'EenaGlsta that eEa enc
Iant. Go rot knoW in rE.t right they Eerc.
rlis THIS il not car account Of the hattie.
bow tpc American accnnGt. Its theaecouct Of
rzce- New Yerk ps2ers, alternating, IS hay &C
This tween shr1eks Of victory, Of agony, a1t
, the 7in6ict;ve deeps'r. II they have on1T losi
lznt, tween 800 aEd 800 men, it seerna to Us to
trteu vesy cnesp l-tson. s.cwha. they have g.
slns rr It They Eave found out ROW that
: - er!1it ct 1,at1i ,tism. and even the .sstic
;.art- co,n:.et dues rot prevent Northern vcluu'
= rio tsc,a going eff in sthody, under preteuE
.a1ge | their time of Enlistment being mp. al'hs
i, lac the morning ot tbs combat may os came
aeGz- tie fanron may hs founding tn th.ir
1a1e; IEey bare found Out slso that ev
{ for Ncs1bern At1tF can, without much
Id or military reaecp eiven, lose its astrac ii
x,ess cfhf sior, ant diafo1rc Into nab.
4 the Iayc found cut that the ;southcrnars arc
ao1ns to b. ralked oysz like partridge maaas