Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-08-14
9asIal Account OF the saitis and Host, sy
Gen. Mcdowell.

The Commanding General Of the great Yankee nation
has published an account Of sas battle Of Manassas We
copy IL In this paper. Is disclosures, expressed aud
implied, interesting Il does not refer the aud
panic to the teamstsss Il admits in substance that
the Yankee troops we're over-ns,ebed-the General
says. BY superior numbers. Bat on thu point hap
pen 70 know more than he dOes- We know num-
bars engaged aud be tells Us his we're thirty Eve res
nsuts, Os about $1,000. BE sscrbes the beginning of
The retreat the arrival Of reinforcements nom Win
chester. This may have eIsrsed great iGacenee but
mot denied that the Yankees we're quite tired Of the
work when the achievements arrived.
The General very frankly admits the shameful rou'
and universal panic Of his army. Utter SiIoga,iS-
ton and eOnssgEtSt Generalization" the corp'e-
hensive words he Alter they had fallen behind
ssn-eviIe the General held eouaei 70 the proPri-
ETY. Of further retreat bu before he could give the
order his heroes had anticipated him, and in ill
retreat for Arlington.
His calculation OF the oss is far below the fact bat
90 don'tpare TO disturb him on that have
b.ySsd three times many he admits to be dead.
some II his phrases in attempting to diminish the num-
her Of nfSsiug curious and suggestive. The FIRE
2oqayes Who were supposed dead or captured shave
been heard OF IN Nss York They must have asd At
a awful rate and this confirms the accounts, ve had
direct from Washington, that large nuHbers passed
through that city, without making any pause. General
asntzslmAn staies in bis report that the LoaAVes broke
-hsu first charged BY 81 Alabama regiment and never
again rallied.
General Mcdowell gives the sanction Of bis Official sg-
aat1re 20 the stAtement-shich &c had seen noticed,
but did not credt-tSRt New York regiment and
PENNSYLVANIA regiment, .hose tine expired on the - h
.sfSed 20 stay sny longer and actually retired, Sben
he snspy's cannon sounding in their Tiis
does not argue any very great zeal for the BY The
Northern Masses and i; goes to confirm the tales which
ne prisoners al tell ths, they ludueed 70 eul's:
merely 10 degead Washington, and not 70 invade the
South.
The General refers to the fact hst his soldiers o. "
MARCHED some SIX miles dAy aud complained OF be-
ing very sore-footed from 80 much exercise; and in
another part Of bis report, evidently abiding 20 the
emor that has beea raised ssans him for no. coming
% the battle-ground the day before, be makes We '
iizh, Of morning march Of nine miles he had D. IN
dJposed 20 be sarcastic he might have referred TO the
ease and CELEBRITY With which they made the retreat Of -
--.--vinz rather .ore-heartedness than sore
foOtsdness.
Blu, 70, their dla,ory march lin advsucipg) and TIE
los hour or tsO, the uenofss COusuceu Tue III
tunes of the dAy would have been different. The same
,ort Of apology may DO made for smos. every defeat
dat vas ever sustained some little thing or other
had been different from what t Wss, all the resu,s
xould haze been different Well the cOnqueriag party
are entitled 70 ered. for the sort o. accidents IN
h vsry case but for the miscarriage o. an order or
the failure to rNeeise it in time, nearly the whole OF
keDoueTs army would nave been cut CT or captured
BE Himself .dmits the exposed condition OF his left ~ir
.ad his apprshensOns lest il should be tgrued But Tor
thss mscarried order it would have been turned Snd
AnnIhilaied So no profEd quite a. much BY accident
IS be lost
Eis observable that Ne have nothing IN this report
Dout premature advance. On the contrary, Il Is ds
ucsy stated that hs had laid all his plans before Scott
aSA Il 80 deliberately determined, that the advance
movement should take place BY the sh Of July. iris
convcts Scott Of beirg not only the biggest coward but
Shs biggest liar in The world The delay Of tea days
ewing TO insufficient transportation. There Are Aasioas
.ous Of them rather annsegibe. 70 his undsrtasi"g
he advance on coalition that he only 70 sncOua
GER Besuregard somebody else guaranteeing TO keep
Johnston and ksgrudes o. bis hands. This guarantee
ls not kept aud be utimAtes that the forces CT boh
Shoss Generals we're upon him. He IS mistaken eeraily
a TO one bur If knosledgs Of the facts would iead
% AlAy The NrAnging AmODgt the routed, We would rot
Ise!oss them for toe Eorld.