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

men en- trepched around Il.
tProm the New York Exprss,1
Inc record we make. We are deeply pained
70 see and to aay, 10 rather Of a rout than OF q
nettie, beyond the Bulls Run b. ttaries-snd
he record IL the most painful va have ave-.
nsa to make in our long life OF editorial sxps-
hence The loss of life ust hs d.DIorsble
- wen AZ me 'css OF war ma teriai-and when
SeTecsFe me details. we fear they will b.
'r9ov to families and fri.nds The public
rmic"on. however. ia now 80 great that pri,
'amity. ~
Tho Gu to Richmond pon.ens. we havz
zen having from campaign editors. In their
Ky hiEh atttcs and closets In New York, has
Iouo'iess stimulated the President and Cabi-
net, never 80 deaf ~ thew ought to be to their
own party journalism, TO urge on Genera,
scott TO march before he was ready. His plar
marching in 4 common onset the thre~
Generals, Mcclellan, Patterson and Medic well,
ms tailed In the haste in which Mcdowell,
ass oeen driven on TO the att"cx By Public
opinion made In New York city by RepubH-
An journalism, and these operated upon by
the Government. at WASHINGTON.
MrDowells force, /: would seem, has been
hut to panic and light by the conviction of
MS men that Gen. Johnston WAS co opera.
,Hg with Gen Bsauregard, and that it was n
nSht OF one against two the two having tbs
protection OF bi3dsn batteries planted wher.
tnliags and leaves could &C YER them Hence
inexperienced, and, in 4 good degree un.
drilled volunteer troops were seized with
panic, and In consequence Of that panic, AZ
,iliery, baggage trains, almost everything
seem to have been lost as but few infantr,
we're left to protect horses or wagons teams
)r the men In authority over them The en-
!my's cavalry, Of which we are destitute,
doubtless added to the confusion and the
slaughter; and hence the deplorable tale We
read.
This defeat, however, will in no degree
weaken the Nor thern country or the Northern
people but: on the con trary, will arouse them
% unparaileied exertions, and call forth their
tull strength. 1t il very true that it will
highly encourage the Southern people also
but the North mas not yet begun TO put forth
rs strength, while tbs South is strained to he
utmost.
IRON the New York Po.t.l
The rebel force was too great to withs tand,
and Gen Mcdowell has fallen back upon his
entrenghments at Alexandra. The juLctio
Of ohnston with Beauregard it was General
Pattersons business 10 prevent. 1t is MOI
right to blame u commander without knowing
all the clrcums tapces which controlled his &C
lions, and we must remember that all blame
II sabordinates falls al last upon the Com
mander in -Chiaf. Nevertheless, il ia I'm posi-.
DIE not 10 see that the army corps o. Patterson
aas not performed its very important share
III the general attack, and tina; la this way
only 70 the temporary retreat OF our main army
Drought about.
Msan time, in the general anxiety, We must
reInembsr that the strong TOrtifc cations W hich
General Scott wisely erected opposite Wash
,ngton Will give our troops a raliying point,
OF ops thing va may be assured. that, oven
If our retreat ia rout, 1t i, an important al
vantage FOR our troops to have drawn the
rebels out of their strong positions and placsd
the onus OF attack upon them. We may now
choose our own battle-ground, where no
MASKED batteries can annoy US, and, with the
reserves, our force will be quite sufficient to
meet the enemy and overcome them
from the New York World
The disastrous result of the action was, per.
II XF.ta shn,t
occurred at the close--from the three causes
assins. which tbs noblest soIdie-y can naver
successfully oppose thsir daring FIRST the
snsmy's forces had neen largely undsrr...d
and nearly doubled our own mum Der -; second
The onus OF the attack rested entirely upou
US, and the natural and scien tific defences of
the rebels made their position almost i'm.
presnabls; third, many OF our leaders dis
played lsmen table want Of military know.
lodge There was little real [ienaraishjo In
the held. Thore was no one to oryapiga oar
regina snts In strong, swift-movins columns
and hnrl them powerfully against the foe
Nor were the Generals of Division more com
pstent to their work. They exhibited per
sonal bravery, but advantages gained were
not occurred important points were abau.
doaed IS soon aS carried, aud a reckless, IA
ugulug pursuit preferred, until Baaurs9ard
ana Davis, who commanded la person. led Us
on to positions thor oughiy available for the II.
tack OF their hnal reinforcenents. As for us
Il 0 one had thought of providing that ressrvr
absolutely necessary TO the sealing and com
psatop OF a bnttl.'s successes 1t Is tn. last
GOES Ct q the dag that destdes the victory and
def.at "''N
We had no cavalry TO rout our retreating
foe. Our artillery w@s not rendered ef1cisnI
il the afternoon. Gen. Tyler neglected to
guard Els rear aud to check the pushinr s,r
ward of his trains.
As for the COiorels, many of thoss ,vhc
ware not wounded or killed in The engagement
exhibited not merely ineffio,ency, but the pa.
sillannity which l hay9 before rscordad
TO conclude RsfnrA
through \ country rs we'll adapted for STRAIT
esie dafehcS As the fAS tnazSas OF the Peid mon
tsss, the denlss Of Switzerland, or the almost
uncopanersble wilds in which Schamyl so
long held the Russians At bay, before we can
possess and advance beyond the scientific an
tr-nchments with which the skill Of disIoyal
uf1cars has made those virginia forests so
fsarfrlly AMI mysteriopsly beautiful TO our pa
triotic solGiery, we must discover the sxscu-
tive leader whose genius shall oppose new
=aodes OF subduinx novel and thus far sue
| csssfal method Of warfare, ard whose alert
action shail carry dis devices into rssistiess
effect.
from tbs Boston Daily Advertiser
The superb scheme for oyerrunning yir-
sinia has been defeated for the time. and the
nxtionai cause HIS suffered heavy blow
army VI raw troops il peculiarly exposed l.
The disastrous panic which turned our vic.
tory into retreat and the retreat int rout
was a danger to which tho enemy was az
bitter lot, apparently from circumstances
which our Gensral in command could not con :
troll.
Its well known that the Abolitioni.ts If
| this State soaded Charles Summer into IN akir o
| the speech which preceded the Brooks DIM
| Guilty. II is now known that Gen Greelev
Eoaded Abraham Lincoln Into the unfortunate
advance upon Richmond. Corporal Ray mond
too, has done his part And the New York
| World has not been behind its otem porariss
| In urging the citizen army into the Bull Run
Trap viii the people follow these towards,
who are sacrificing the national army for the
| sake OF the sectional party II future let us
follow Gen. Scott
Is it not time for Gen. Schanck to retire -
Have we not had Just enough O: hinY Why
not give him = post-otfice in a small town
| anywhere in Ohio? He is an unfit person to
| lead soldiers. His own men are weary Of his
blunderiog. In tbs language Of some one.
:" let him slide - into opscurity.
From the Boston Daily Courier
The latest news published in Yesterday )
Courier, was down TO O'Clock = III Sun
day, st which hour the battle was still in
progress, and then SUCCESS seemed certain -
But yesterdays operations were against ia
though not so sadly r. the sensation press
and the sensation rspOr ters, and the drum ken
Congress towards who led the retreat yyeuld
have the nation think Mcdowell, and those
within the inf hence of his cool face and VOICE
were IN order; t WAS only those who are &C
custoned 70 mock courage; "repressnta.
lives" and wsgoners, Greeleyite and army
jobbers they originated the Y" defeat," and
in order TO cover their pale faced conduct
thsy telegraphed in all directions that the
srmy was demolished. The country will re-
turr upon these sroundrels The country
will return upon those congressman, who
because they had voted largely for the sup
plies, deemed it fit and just to crowd tne ave-
nue. with preferred carriages.
The country will rememb Der Isovejoy, who
while the nation lie in Its saddest thross.
signs only for the negro The country viii
anna rhnr 1hn annt
EressIaen who went from thai place OF de
liberation 10 scenes of havoc, and thought