corps whose services merited success if they did not 
attain it. 
As my position may warrant, if it does not call 
for some explanation of the causes, as far as they 
can be seen, which led to the results herein stated, I 
trust it may not bo out of place if I refer In a few 
words to the immediate antecedents of the battle. 
When I snbmitted to the General-in-Chief, in com¬ 
pliance with his verbal instructions, the plan of op¬ 
erations and estimate of force required, the tune I 
was to proceed to carry it into effect was fixed tor 
the 8th of July, Monday. Every facility possible 
i was given mo by the General-in-Chief and heads of 
the administrative departments in making the neces¬ 
sary preparations, Rut the regiments, owing, I waa 
told, to a want of transportation, came over slowly. 
Many of them did not enmo across till eight or nine 
days after the time fixed upon, and went forward 
without my even seeing them, and without having 
been together before in a brigade. 1 he sending 
reinforcements to General Patterson, by drawing off 
the wacons. was a further and unavoidable cause of 
[From Mason’s Normal Singer, by permission.! 
H. O. NAGBLI. 
Slowly 
Toe Christian Advocate and Journal, wane noiaing 
that, “nothing is more clearly predicted in the 
oracles of God than the final subjugation of all 
nations to the kingdom of Christ, yet deems the 
present prospects rather unfavorable, and gives the 
following statistics: 
g*--.-•" «£» * %’”?*■ 
Asiatic religions..toll u 
Mohammedan ...160,000,000, 12.31 
Paganf .200,000.000. “ IS.87 “ 
T 0ta l..1.300,000,000, or 100.00 percent. 
Thus, for one nominal Christian we have three 
who are not so, while of this small proportion of 
Christians the following statistics show that the 
case is scarcely better with them than the rest of 
mead - ow - spring, 
THE STREAMLET. 
Streamlet, gently flowing near, 
By the lofty mountain side, 
Ever may thy music cheer, 
Ever may thy wavelets glide, 
the horses for the trains and the artillery did not 
arrive for more than a week alter the tune ftppoin 
to movo. 1 waH not even prepared as late an the loth 
ultimo, and the desire I should move became great, 
and it was wished I sb.mld not, .f possible, delay 
longer than Tuesday, the 16th ultimo, When l did 
set out, on the loth, I was still deficient in wagons 
for subsistence. But l went forward trusting to 
their being procured in time to follow me. Uie 
trains thus hurriedly gathered together, with horses, 
wagons, drivers and wagon managers, all new and 
unused to each other, moved with difficulty and 
disorder, and was the cause of a day|s delay in get¬ 
ting the provisions forward, making it ne.cessary to 
make on .Sunday the attack we should have made on 
Leonid not, with every exertion, get forward with 
the troops earlier than we did. I wished to go to 
Centrevillo the second day, which would have taken 
ns there on the 17th, and enabled us, so far ns they 
were concerned, to go into action on the l.Hli, in¬ 
stead of the 21st; hut when I went forward from 
Fairfax Court House, beyond Germantown, to urge 
them forward, t was told it was impossible lor the 
men to march further. They had only oorae from 
Vienna, about six miles, and it was not. more than 
six and a half miles further to Cetitrcvllle-m all a 
march of twelve and a half miles; but the men were 
foot weary, not so ranch, I was told, by the distance 
marched, as the time they had been on foot, caused 
by t,lie obstructions in the road and the slow pace we 
bad to move to avoid ambuscades. The men were, 
moreover, unaccustomed to marching, their bodies 
not in condition for that kind of work, nnd unused 
to carrying even the load of light marching order. 
We crossed the Bull Run with about 18,000 men 
of all arms, the fifth division (Miles’ and Richard¬ 
son’s brigade) on the left, at Blackburn a lord to 
f'entreville, and Schenck’s brigade, of lylers di¬ 
vision, on the left of the road, near the stone bridge, 
not participating in the rauin notion. The numbers 
opposed to us have been variously i*st:”. "d. I may 
safely say, and avoid even the appearance of exag¬ 
geration! that the enemy 
which wore not kept eng 
notice of our coming on tl 
time to 
sing, 
Fresh and fair the flowers spring, 
Where thou windest through the glade 
Cheerful birds as gayly sing, 
Where thou tlowest through the shade. 
i. Many joys to thee we owe, 
Silver fountain, cool nud clear, 
Iu thy cheerful stream xve throw 
Every care and every fear. 
5. Haste thee on, and neve- stay, 
Bright and sparkling, full and 
We will follow in thy way, 
Singing still our song to thee. 
2. Oft we wander to thy brink. 
Faint and thirsty, from our play; 
And we gather, ns we drink. 
Strength and vigor for the day. 
3. Often on thy border green. 
Plucking flowers, we sit and rest 
When we rise, ourselves are seen 
Pictured on thy glassy breast. 
Not the rushing, angry foam, 
Playing loud with noise nnd strit 
But thy smooth and gentle stream 
Be the emblem of my life. 
first two attempts of the enemy to keep possession of 
it had become shaken, were unsteady, and had many 
men out of the ranks. , . , . 
It was at, this time that the enemy’s reinforcements 
came to his aid from the railroad train, understood 
t„ have (ust arrived from the valley with the residue 
of Johnston’s army. They threw themselves into the 
woods on our right and towards the rear ot our right, 
and opened a lire of musketry on oar men which 
caused them to break and retire down the billsule. 
This soon degenerated into disorder, tor which there 
was no remedy. Every effort was made to tally 
i boyoml tlio roach of the enofuy tiro, but 
vain. The! battalion of regular infantry alone 
> tbe hill opposite to the one with the house 
and there maintained itself until our men 
the Warrenton turn- 
occupied in 
red with the 
(1 to infect, those 
The retreat soon 
rout, anil fills soon degenerated still farther 
"'piniHng'ihis state of affairs was beyond the efforts 
of all those who had assisted mo faithfully during the 
long and hard day’s work m gaining almost the 
object of our wishes, nnd that nothing remained on 
the field hut to recognize what we could no longer 
prevent, I gave the necessary orders to protect then 
withdrawal, begging the men to form In line,, and 
offer the appearance, at least, of organization. I hey 
returned by the fords to the Warrenton road, pro 
tooted, by my order, by Col. I’orter’a force ot regu 
lars. Once on the road, and the different corpi 
coming together in small parties, many withou 
officers, they became intermingled, aud all orgamza 
iV "ordms'had been sent back to Miles’division for i 
briaade to move forward and protect this retreat, am 
Cob Blenkcr'H brigade was detached for this purpose 
and was ordered to go as far forward as the poin 
if he should once obtain possession of this ridge, 
which overlooks all the country to the west to the 
foot of the spurs of the Blue Ridge, we should have 
been irretrievably cut off and destroyed. I had, 
therefore, directed this point to be held in torce. and 
sent an engineer to extemporize some held works to 
strengthen the position. . . 
The Fourth division (Runyon’s) had not been 
brought to the front further than to guard onr cone 
mnnications by way of Vienna and the Orange and 
Alexandria Railroad. His advanced regiment was 
about seven miles in the rear of Letitreymm 
The divisions were ordered to march at half-past, 
two o’clock, X. M., so as to arrive on the ground 
early in the day, and thus avoid tho heat which is to 
be expected at this season- There was delay in the 
first division getting out of its camp on the road, and 
the other divisions were iu consequence between two 
and three hours behind the time appointed a great 
misfortune, as events turned out. Tlie wood road 
leading from the Warrenton turnpike to the upper 
ford was much longer than we counted upon, the 
general direction of the stream being oblique to the 
road, and we having tbe obtuse angle on our slue. 
Gen. Tyler commenced with his artillery at bftll- 
past six A. M., but the enemy did not reply, and alter 
some time it became a question whether he was in 
any force in our front, aud If he did not intend him 
self to make an attack, and make it by Blackburn s 
Ford. After tiring several times, and obtaining no 
response, I held one of lleintzelman’s brigades in 
reserve, iu case we should have to send any troops 
back to reinforce Miles’ division. The other brigades 
moved forward ns directed in the general orders. • n 
reaching the ford, at Sndley'fl Spring, l found part of 
the leading brigade of Hunter's division (Burnside, s) 
had crossed, but the men were slow in getting over, 
stopping to drink. 
As at this time the clouds of dust from the direc¬ 
tion of ManaBsas Indicated the immediate approach 
of a large force, and fearing it might come down on 
the heap of the column before the division could get 
all over and sustain it, ' rders were sent) hack to the 
come I,;, ra^par,:*:,. dffiiomn.and 
were sent by an nmol' - > the cesorvs brigade o 
Helntzel man’s dlvbiorylo come by a nearer roat 
across the fields, and no ai;**“? *** 
them, even 
in 
moved up 
on it, Ruu u.tiu 
could get down to and across 
pike, on the way back to the position we 
the morning. The plain was cove 
retreating troops, and they 
with whom they came iu o,o 
became a i - 
“ A stain on ear banner? Oh, shame to the heart 
Or the lip that could breathe such a thought! 
Every hue Is as clear, every fold is as dear. 
As when first the bright symbol was bought. 
With the blood of bravo men it was purchased, and we 
Pledge our own lives to keep it unstained) 
On the land or the sea, where’er it may be, 
Its honor Bhall still be maintained.” 
(. in estimating the force to go against 
engaged not to have to do with the cne- 
under Johnston, then kept in cheek in 
y Major-General l’atterson, or those k-'-.t 
Major-General Butler, and I know ev< v 
made by tbe General-in-Chief that tin - 
should bo done, and that if even Joht.dor. joined 
Beauregard, it would not bo because be could not 
tie followed by Gen. Patterson, but from causes not 
necessary for me to refer to, you knew them all. 
This was not, done, and the enemy was tree to assem¬ 
ble from every direction in numbers only limited by 
the aitioTint of his railroiul rolling stock ftno bis 
supply of provisions. „ 
To the forces, t (•'*'t! f;;rfr,n7T«c m antown and Gen- 
Coort House, e alrlax S nn-uird at Manassas, 
treville. and ttoM WUr ^S quttovl Winches- 
..brongbl ufs »y Oavik irom nj. timowd 
TlL. ri.-e*ut tlie Scuth, to which is to be added 
the levy m mas*? ordered by the Richmond authori¬ 
ties which was ordered to assemble at Manassas. 
Wl.at all this amounted to I cannot say-certainly 
much more than wo attacked them with. 
I could not. as 1 have said, more early push on 
faster, nor could I delay. A large and the best part 
of iny forces were three months volunteers, whoa. 
........ P anouinA WMH lib0111 tfl OXOI 1'C, blit wllO VfUTH 
ROCHESTER, N. Y., AUGUST 24, 1861. 
slstod on their discharge. ' wrote to tne regiment, 
expressing a request, for them to remain a short time, 
■mil the lion. Secretary of War, who was at tbu tunc 
on tho ground, tried to induce the battery to remain 
it least five days. But in vain. I hey insisted on 
their discharge that night It was granted, and the 
next morning, when the army moved forward into 
battle, these troops moved to the rear to the sound 
of the enemy’s caunon. 
In the next few days, day by day, I should have 
lost ten thousand of the best drilled, arn.ed oilicered 
ind disciplined troops in tbe army. Iu other worus, 
every day which added to the strength of the enemy 
Di li/ci'lncbisioti, I desire to say, in reference to the 
events of the 2 1 st ultimo, that tho general, ordej; for 
tho battle to which I referred, was, wi 
fictitious, literally conformed to; P 
brought over Bull Run in thB manner 
put into action a3 before arranged, line 
late in the afternoon every ' 
carrying ns i 
posed before starting- 
leading from . 
going on it far e 
communication i- 
umler Beauregard 
coaid we have fought 
1 there is everything t.o show how we 
1 tinned successful, even against t.:c 
I T tae'toe honor to bo, wry re.peo.My, your 
! ~ **"* “TlUariSaTS—i» g . 
KEEP THE MOUTH CLOSED. 
The author sincerely believes that by keeping the 
teeth and mouth shut, a person can sleep in any mala¬ 
rious region, and mingle in any out-door infection 
almost with impunity. This is a discovery of snch 
leading regiment of the first brlg- 
on space, and whilst others and 
were crossing to the front and 
tnencil his fire, beginning with 
iug up with Infantry. The lead- 
de’s) had to snstain this shock lor 
it support, ami did it well. 1 ho 
r infantry was sent to sustain it., 
ards the’ other corps of Porter’s 
riment detached from Ueintzel- 
ttm left, forced the enemy back 
v Sherman's and Keyes’ brigades 
to eross from their position on the 
These drove tbe right of tlie 
i to have been commanded by 
the front of the field, and out of 
ds, and down to the road, and 
peB on the other side. Whilst this 
uitzelmail's division was moving 
ith slight modi- 
t,bat the corps were 
proposed, and 
d that up to 
iV.noo'.. every movement ordered was 
successfully to the object we had pro- 
iuu Bug—that of getting to the railroad 
Manassas to the valley or Virginia, and 
enough to break up and destiny tbe 
and interviews between the forces 
and those under Johnston. Ami 
a day or a few hours sooner, 
' . „ 3 could have con- 
tlie odds with whioh 
there for the artillery could not pass, ami several 
piece's and caissons had to tie abandoned. In the 
lanlc the horses hauling the caisson* and amnium 
lion were cut from their places by persons to escape 
with, and in this way much confusion was caused, 
the panic aggravated ami the road encumbered. Not 
oniy wire pieces of artillery lost, but also many o! 
the ambulances carrying the wounded. 
By sundown most of our men had got behind Gen- 
trevilla ridge, and it became a question whether we 
should or not endeavor to make a stand there. be 
condition of our artillery ami its ammunition am 
the want of food for the men, who bad generally 
abandoned or thrown away all that bad been issued 
the dav before, and the utter disorganization anl 
consequent demoralization of the mass of the army, 
3 to all who were near enough to be consulted 
| __division and brigade commanders and stall to 
mtivc but to fall back; the more so 
' i Ford was then in the 
ami he was already turning 
i of the stall' to the 
__ _ they reported to me, 
had been anticipated by tlie troops, 
This is the experience of several noteu travelers, 
Gatlin, Lewis, and Livingstone. The Indians also 
understood this well. Taught by their mothers in 
infancy, no one has ever yet beheld an Indian sleep¬ 
ing with his mouth open, as is common in civilized 
life. 
Even the animals — Nature’s own followers —al¬ 
ways keep the mouth closed. Observe any of them, 
and see if you can discover one with its mouth wide 
open in sleep. 
The principle seems to he, that air, by passing 
through the delicate inner glands of the nose, be¬ 
comes purified —as it were, strained of its noxious 
properties and auimalculse — and supplies the lungB 
with the healthy food, while, with the mouth wide 
open, all these impurities go directly to the lungs 
and work out their deadly ends. The remedy is 
simple — costs nothing. Would it not be worth 
while to try it?— Dr. J • IU Scott. 
Bulletin of Johnston nnd Beauregard. 
Wp. have had about enough ol Bull Run and 
Manassas, especially when we consider the shape in 
which it has been administered, but it will not harm 
us to observe the lofty style of tbe annexed composi¬ 
tion; _ . 
Hmiimi AKTERS OK TUB ARMV OS TUR FOTOMA 0 , 
Manassas Junction, July zh, lHbi. > 
Soldiers of the Confederate States: 
One week ago a countless host of men, organized 
into an army, with all the appointments which mod¬ 
ern art and practical skill could devise, invaded the 
'”T h ':!ir people soilnded their approach wItb triurnph 
and d splays of anticipated victory. Their Generals 
came in almost regal state. Their Mmlrters bena- 
tors, and women came to witness the 'nnimlation of 
this army and the subjugation of our people, aud to 
celebrate these with wild revelry. ... j. to 
U is with the profuiindest emotions ot ' j K 
nil overruling God, whoso hand lft manifest n pro¬ 
moting onr homes and your liiertw*j that Jtonr 
Generals commanding, are enabled n 
our whole country, to thank you for that P^iioue 
courage, that heroic gallantry. 
i exhibited by you in the actions of the' aud ^ 
of Julv, by which the host of the enemy was sc. 
ten d and a ri goal and glorious victory was achiev ed. 
“t!; ,,V „®K. Of tbe IW. »»J «* ««• .« ?»■»♦ 
| an stained and continued effort* .nenu 
i against the constantly recurring colors ot an enemy 
folly treble our number*, and thisCllort was crowned, 
that the invaders were driven from the tie 1 *1 ami mane 
- to fly iu disordered rout hack to their intrenehments, 
i a. diAlftiiee ot over niilcB* . . .1 j 
i They left upon the field nearly every piece of their 
1 1 mr* EfSaaSiS “'°i s?ffs.ii 
if wo g umfed 'and dead, amounting, together ^ith the 
*- prisoners, to many thousands; and thus the Northern 
d hosts were driven by you from \ lfginia. 
as tlie position at Blackburn s 
possession of the enemy, i—- 
our left. On sending the officers 
different camps, they found, as t l 
that our decision ‘ - 
most of tliose who bad conm In tn 
already on the road to tlie rear, tin. 
they came still continuing aud hui 
At — o'clock the rear guard ( 
moved, covering the retreat, w 
dining the night and next morning. 
Fairfax station, leaving by tho cars, 
the bulk of the supplies 
My aid-de-uaiup, Major 
fax Court House till late in 
the stragglers aud weary a:. 
not left beinnd. 
I transmit herewith 
division and brigade commanders, 
for the conduct of partic""” .’ 
and a consolidated return 
and missing. From tlie latter 
killed amounted to nineteen ollicei 
and sixty-two non-L,..—. 
Many of the wounded wi 
ranks, and will leave out 
from further service ur " 
0 f the missing is very 
to he missing having 
gone to Washington — 
Ymk. 
, at six 
one 1. 
being 
nker's brigade) 
h was effected 
The troops at 
__ took with them 
which had been sent there. 
Wadsworth, stayed at Fair- 
;:i the morning, to see that 
and worn-out soldiers were 
the reports of the several 
__to which I refer 
eular regiments and corps, 
or the killed, wounded 
it will be seen that our 
_ '■ r» and four hundred 
couuuissUined officers aud privates, 
ll soon be able to join the 
. total of killed and disabled 
under one thousand. 1 Uh retutn 
■ inaccurate, the men supposed 
fallen Into other regimeuls aud 
— many of the Zouaves to New 
I n one brigade the number originally reported 
„ bundled umi sixteen, was yesterday reduced to 
hundred and seventy-four. 1 lm»« cuduetlou. a e 
n , ma ,i e dally. In a few days a more correct 
return can be made. 
The issue of this hard fought battle, iu whichoer 
tainlv oar troops lost uo credit in their conflict ot 
the field with an enemy ably commanded, superior it 
numbers, whO had but a short distance to march, m 
who acted on their own ground, ou the defensive 
r Dd always under cover, whilst our men were o 
necessity out in the open fields, should not prt 
vent fud credit being given to those officers an- 
