Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-07-27

tn grsst qseDlIon so IL. Who pre-
pita1 y the 1plusky n spsnt against
be O pfeda5ie forcs ~ Which the
psdM4 troops un1sr 4 LcDnhall suasr-
ed terrible defeat st Manassas Juno
ton, and were forced to retreat 10 dis
order TO their quartsrs ct Alexandra
and Arlington Heights. Ono Black
Republican paper thinks Providence
had direct hand 10 it. Another puts
it I'll down to Gen. Patterson. The
President, il would seem, thinks Gen.
Mcdowell 10 censurable, tor Gen.
CleilsO bee bssn called 10 take his
place; and the telegraph lays oil the
blame on the teamsters attached TO the
army, Who, poor devils, seeing danger
menacing them, took fright and run,
causing everybody else to run. Any
one OF all these causes, may be salts
factory, just - one happens to4ancy.
But it appears to Us, that the ssforward
movement" propelled by Mr.. F. Blair
in bis New York and Washington
speeches, had more to do with it than
anything else. Blair went to New York
brimful OF fight. He there made
speech, about tt first Of July, in which
he scolded Gen. Scott right handsomely
for the dilatory manner in which be was
proceeding, md cited the old General
to the beneficial results growing out II
the active movements at Camp jackson
and Boonville, the most direct effect Of
Shtch has been to throw into Missouri
about 10000 troops, the most Of when
could have been better empIoyeduH1u
where. The thing took with the
bune and all the blood and thumbs -
pers. Blair went to Washington /; sat
urated his brother, Montgomery Blair.
with all his forward to Richmond"
movements; urged him as his Post or
| fee duties were not vo@y important, to
take on hims~H some of CamerOn's res.
r.-sfunIties-he being, moreover. busv
in divers pecuuiaiy sPsc"'eS'~.
the cabinet was by these arts aroused
to the necessity of doing something
quickly, whether the chief of the army
was ready for it or not. We have the
evidence of the New York Commercial.
that Gen. Sect yielded an unwilling as
sent to thee hasty movements she was
not ready, but gave way before the
pressure OF the Blair faction and the
war members Of the Cabinet. The Sc
quel is told in the defeat and rout and
decentralization Of McDowell's great ar.
nv, and in the confidence which it has
given to the army Of the Confederate
States, and their improved position be-
fore the world.-Missouri Republican.
FORWARD TO RICHMoND.-We see by
the dispatches from Washington, that
our friend Doctor Ray, OF the Tribune,
beat the entire crowd in its retreat to
the Potomac. A distinguished lawyer
from our city came out second best. He
took to tree in the early part Of the
retreat, but as the battle did not look
promising to "man mp tree" he slid
down and broke for the Capital. What
one-half of Congress was doing on the
ground, together with cloud of women
and other civilians, unless expressly to
get up panic, no Que can see. We
hope not one of these non -combatants
will be again permitted to cross the Po-
tomac. Ifthey must be with the army,
they had better be formed into . regi-
ment aud put in the advance, so that
they may be taken prisoners aud rushed
sfOrward to Richmond" in advance OF
the Grand Army.
WE HAVE BEEN INFORMED that Gen.
Scott did not approve Ct the advance OF
the army to Manassas, but was forced
into it by the impotence and insubordi
nation Of the troops under what they
were taught by incendary newspapers
and rattle-brained membersO OF Congress |
to believe was unnecessary delay. 1t is
said that, owing to these causes, great
disaffection existed among the soldiers |
so much SO as nearly to demoralize
them. II this is true, it is to be re
GREETED that the rebels did not capture
The entire Congress, who, after voting |
men an money, ought to adjourn and |
go home instead of staying at Wash
ington to create panics, disorganize the |
forces, and discuss irritating questions Of |
political abolition.
THE CoMET.-Mr. J. r. Hind, the |
English astronomer, in letter to the |
London Times, of July 5th, thinks that
it is not only possible, but probable,
that, on the 30th of June TIE earth |
passed through the tail Of the comet, at |
distance of perhaps two thirds of its
length from the nucleus. He adds that |
upon the date he observed, 10 the eve.
ming, peculiar phospheresceuce or
illumination Of the sky, which he attri
buted then to an auroral glare, but which
be suggests might possibly be owing to
the nearness Of the comets tail. eff a |
similar illumination of the heavens" he |
concludes, "bas been remarked gcner-
ally on the earth's surface it will be a |
significant fact"
THOSE who have cried ION 10 Rich
mond," aud advised oar brave troops to |
throw themselves upon the ritled cannon
OF the enemy, are mad. If Scott has
suffered himself to be wearied and wor-
ried out of patience by this elamor, and
forced into movements he considered |
premature, he has erred. Ifhe has been |
overruled, this little lesson may perhaps
teach the President and tho Cabinet |
that it is not wise to despise the coun