Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-09-12
Lh'fE NORTHERN NEWS.

LhrE NORTHERN NEWS,
We have received files Of the New York
Herald" which, although they bring no
later dates than those already received by
US, {the l,h inst.,, yet contain muca inter-
eslng matter, from which we uake up the
following summary Of news:
THE RATTLE or MANASSAS.
THE cRowNiNG VICTORY"
The New York "lIcrald" speaks of the
late fight al Manassas Plains MS "the crown
ing victory Of the war for the Union
forces" Hear wha, the sinner Bennett
says:
Tn. Old battle field of Hnll Run has been
imu.ortalixrd The conflict of Friday and
ycster,n, "n that memorable field completely
eclpscs tie comparatively small affair of July
y, iSGl. In that battle, under General Nc
DowelI. our forces actually eng,gcd did not
rNcccd $1,000 men, and our losses, in killed
aud wounded, were 1,4S0; while with some
,0G0 lnrn III the fight, the Rebel loss (Beau-
PpiI " ao l,Ooo. III ttIo ldoL hat-
tie, on tho same ground, our forces engaged
could hardly be less than, $1,000 veteran sol:
&, iicrs nnt. the Rebel army was doubtless fully
1np to this figure, including raw recruits, if
not considerably beyond it. Our losses In
tho first days fight are roughly esti-
mated by General Pope rs not less than
eight Thousand, killed and wounded, while he
thinks the Rebel loss two To our one. The
it;,.S # n, ,,n llN,. ham
greater or less.
HOW ARkAH,M KHCIvED TIE NEWS.
The intelligence OF rope's reverse, received
early TN the morning of the 3lst Ilt., is said
IL l.av.. had visible effect Oh uli Abraham,
anh it, continued uneasy until Huleck inform
cd lin oi the concentration Of the Yankees
i":"..d C'n'rerillc. and that they had "driven
the Eei,is back" Abraham is said to have
til: ;noSt unlounlyd confidence in Halleck
and p"Ee,aDd il is reported will shortly tax" oc-
cason to thank these brave defenders Cfleir
! c1uu:ry's flag.
THE EXCITEMENT IN NEW yoEs.
IN" following editorial article, which ap-
EcaHi III tic " ticralu OF lhc -u lnSl., Will
give the reader some idea of the excitement
pr"lIred in New York upon the reception
oi 'i.e news of the defeat Of the grand armies
v i'ope and Mcclellan:
i..,terday was alphabetically ali exciting day
in lniS city. The war news crra:ci! the most
sf'pe edous excitement ever known here, ,nt
excepting the uproar oc:aSioned BY tic seven
days battles or the capture If Fort Sumirr.
The thirst for news was perfectly insatiiDle
Etaer crowd. lhronged the newspaper Offices,
r,irtislIy the " Herald" and deYour"d every
line OIL The bulletins with the most intense
,nXiety. The significant line, McDnwcl's
c"lt's INSTANTLY swept away" was Icad, re-
rt;,I. aud read again and again, exercising the
m"-: dlspiriting influence upon all classes Of
tie community. Crowds also congregatcd
upon almost every corner in eager and cx-
cited dlscusson--some laying tue blame on
Mcclellan, st,smatizing him is coward
traitor, AMI othor not very compliment
tary names. Others again, took wider
scope, insisting that there should be but
one hcaA-onc FcncrHl-licClcian WAS
, equal to The task il he had not been in
,eriered with by politicians, complete suc-
cess would have crowned our arms long
since; that all ihe reverses we have sustained
tske their date from the time Ills cvnnund
Oh the peninsula was int"ricred with. Others.
nguin, damned the woully heads, that some
what conspicuous wttite-coatcd gentleman of
t:ic Tribune: coming III for very lhrgr
share Of very uncourteOus abuse. again,
several insisted that tile petty jealouscs .! our
INA ur generals caused more trouble than
ny.thing else; that il generals Of divisions had
.et aside their private puli,ical pTn., and
acted in patriotic concert, the Cniun troops
would have been vlctnrinnS long siuce. 9th
rrs, again, asserted that there was no military
head at all, and, under such circumstances,
now was it possible To succeed There were
also many amusing remark, made by our
adopted citizens, particularly those Of Irish
bicIh. all Of whom seemed u place the utmost
confidence in the ability OF General Corcoran
To sciile the whole difficulty when his brigade
shall hc organized. Indeed, to give in detail
the various arguments for and against the
prosecution Of the war AT the different cuIlI.Is,
III saloons, stages, railroad cars, and on ferry
boats, but more particularly around the bull
etins Of the newspaper Offices, would occupy
more space than We can devote to-day. Sui-
lice it to say that no such excitement was ever
before created in tLis City and vicinity.
The despatch which appeared on th- " Tri
bnne" bulletin in the morning: accusing Gen.
Mcclellan with ,reacherous conduct, created
more excitement than anything else; but
whcn it vas understood in The liiy that the
same ncws WAS tom from The bulletins ol
the Philadelphia papers, The people could
hardly contain themselves, and rushed TO the
"T,lbune" office. Here they entered into
the mast excited and uproarious discussions.
iudulsing in some very ugly EXPRESSIONS
against Honest Horace" .At one time fears
were entertained that it would Ee nec-s-
sary to send for n posse Of MelropolLans to
preserve the peace, but fortunately nothing
occurred further than a fret discussion Of the
sui .iGct.
The military were somewhat excited in the
afternoon, occa,loned by ruInGr, which
Sc-Iucu " have some foundation, that all the
three months men, just returned, had been
ordered back 10 Washington. They were
surprised at the suddennesS OF the order, but
displayed the greatest willingness to cof7ply
with any and every orocr for lie lnainLc-
nance Of the Union.
TIRE EFFECT Of TIE NEWS Dy TIE .gARHErS
The " Herald" says:
The money market is feeling the effect Of
the news from the war and the thousand and
one rumoIs whi:i' are PEI Iet'la'ly being put
in ci'calatian. Nc quote ia"ncy on call to-
day 4,h per cent, several large loans having
= been made ut the latter figure.
Exchange advanced this morning. as is
Usually the case when the newsis not wholly
chcc, fIl. iankeTs raised their rates to 2Sts
!, !, and at last l29, at which figure there
were t,ausuctiuns. /, Gold rose to ll6$ ut the
first board, ial at the opening Of the sec
ond board. aud finally closed at III. The