Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-03-14
This Mornings Report.
FROM WASHINGTON.

lia Iaisd WASHINGTON March IL.
Fribune's special: a'iis5 y. 3ai 81 4
The Naval Cemmitiee Of the Senate
agreed to. day TO recommend sn sppfbpris,
tion Of $3.50. 900 for the construction Of
furnaces for the manufacture Of 20 Inch
Dahlgren guns -,r- -S1--7 0T~-
The Washington Star Of this evening
says ii has positive information that the
rebels have retresied TO as far IS Gordons-
ViIle.i Scouts have probably penetrated
the country ct an early hour this morning
ss far as Culpepper G. H., thirty. .fSe miles
in the rear Of Manassas. s. YHTKU0 ,
Times special s1-H a 1- r-i.i.Fh oos ~
The statement published that the Coun-
oil of War in Washington had decided, 8 TO
4, that the army Of the Potomac could not
bemo1ed against the enemy at present, is
entirely untrue. The Genetals we're Unau-
imous that an advance was possible and
proper, The only difference WAS IS to the
plan Of ths proposed attack.
A correspondent of the Times, who 40
oompsnied the advance upon GenterViIIe
and Manassss has Just coms in. It tlWas
only last Friday that the retreat from Cen
terEilIs commenced. Cen lJohnston left
Friday morning. Gen. Smith left satuf-
dsy afternoon, and Gel Stuart last Non
dsy, the day cur army left camp on the
Potomac. A Z ' p --
The retreat was conducted very orderly
At hrst, end nothing left at CeRtsEvide that
could be useful to us The forts were WEB
planhed snd very formidsbleai They con-
mRRded The roads, and the are ef not less
than a hundred guns could bs conveyed
upon any approach 70 the defenees, butfhe
guns we're never brought from aIanassas to
mount The OenterEille forts. 55srs als = Ti75
1AFailresd trsck has been extended from
Manassas to 0snierVills, shd q telegraph
| line. i'g5. ~ -s'-7''i1i ia-l1i q -
fhs rebel Generals had their hegd quEr-
ters at CentsrYilIe sltogethsr, and more
oonvsnient and complete military estsB-
lishment could not be found in Washing
ton than they had. n TT7F3 gTls7T
Through Msnsssas the enemy continueo
their retreat ss quickly as it began. They
carried OF alt their heavy guns from Man
assas, 40. 10 90 in numbsr, part Of their
army marching By turnpike 70 w arrenton,
and part 10 G0rdonsyille, where II IS said
they would make q stand. e7aalis. az Z go
3 Il was on Monday evening that the hrBt
sign Of panic vas noticed st Manassas.
] a pdLk OF lfJtu1E6E UoluNAua apAo-
pairing train to move southwark BY rail-
road, when they learned that some excited
rebels had set fre to the bridge ahead Of
them, they Immediately began to burn and
destroy, and run away in general confu'
sion. Five hundred barrels Of -four, piled
up in ranks, had their heads stove in, and
barrels Of molasses suffered in the same
way. One hundred barrels or kegs Of pow.
der was left behind because they did moi
know how to destroy II In safety to them
selves. FHHlfT Es6TIglF
II seems to be confirmed that the enemy
had two weeks since between 90, 900 anC
$1,000 troops ct OenterviIe and MsnasssI
sud that they only began their retreat las
Friday. -z--.-. All
Why they went is 9 mystery, Rs ths
number Of men in their Notifications WoulC
have been equsl 70 three times their fore
assailing. They must have feared to trus
their men whose enlistmeRts were expiring
or their powder which many accounts sgre
is Of very inferior quality. ,- s,.e
The strsngest news broughtby the Timel
correspondent Is that Gen. johnson an
one-half of his army, whom Gena Bank
i yesterday supposed he was closely watch
ing in Winchester, went down the railToa
I 10 Manassas one week ago and quietl
! marched off southEsrd; the other half ar
said to be moving southwark in the vale
Of the Shenandoah. HrE