The Second Fight At Bull Run

WAamcffcs, July 21. A iTiOst severe batlle wss fbught today at Buil Kun Bridge. The conflict vviis desperate, lasling niño bours. The programma, as stated in the hïst dwpaícn Irom Paiif;ix Court ílouse, was carried out, until the troops met with a auecesgioii of uaaked batteries, which ve attacked with igoratid uccess aher a scvere loss of lifr. Our troops advanced as followa : Golijnul Richardson, who distinguished himself in the previous engagement, proceeded on tho leff. with four regimenta of the Fourth brigade, to hold the battery on the bil] on the Warren-ton road, in the vicinity of tho place where the last battle was fought. The tlank tnovenienls veru described ia the tirut diypatuh. iSclienck's and Shonnan's brigades of Gtenera! Blair's Divisioa, ndvanced by tho Warrenton road rhile Colonels Jleintzleman'a and Hunter'a división took fhe fork of the Warrenton road to move betweon Buil Kun and Man. assas Junctifin. Oolonel Key.-i' brigado retnained at Centerville. Information was received by (Jen?. Tyler's command of the existenco of the enemy's battery cominunding. the road. Uur tro.ips were then formad in battle array. The Seoond New Vork and Firxt Ohio on the left, and the Becond Ohio :iii! Bccoiid Wiíioiifin, :in SeveDtV" nintl), ïhirtoenlh nnd Sisty-ninth rciriir.cntP, ;!' New York, "ii tho rigRt. Oul. Milos' regiment fullowed in I hu renr. Tho first range gun wns fired bv Shonntin's baUery at ten minutes nf se on. The reliéis !u] not ref nrn Un hot until ;ii lifiur umi a liulf tifteiwanU. Vhcn 'o!. Huntt-r's división carné np Ijhw bu-ule becuino general. VI. ftuntti'.t rno'vo'me'n't M g;i;'n (!.? ro.-ir of the cneiTiy, ivis t-huosc a. süccoss. The oncinv's posilion whs openod on bv eevernl ni Carltsle's höwirzers", foliowed bv light fkirmiahiogi The rebels ráp iJ!y recelved reinforoeménta f rom Muii;.s.-as Junotion nftér ihe attííck was ojtciis'd. The báttle constatad of a suceession oí' tiros frotn inasked ba.tt ríen, v iii'.h oju.-: e-I in every direcíion. When one sifobéed', :ts pilleo wan súpp'lted by t'.vo, and in the daring charges of mw infanti y in unnlaèkkig the'mj tho Second Ühio nnd Second New York Militia were marehed by flanks tlirongh 'lio woods by new mm1e road withiii : tnile of he main róaHj ivhen tln-y caino :i a battery t eight gnns, with íour I regiiücMits lianked in tho rear. Owi metí wei'o iminedrntely ordmod lo lio down 1:11 eilher ule oí tho roa-A, n order lo nlíow two pieces of arlillury to pass through nnd attácfc iho woi'k, when thia battery oponed npon u?. Onr ti-oops were kopt ihcre fiftéen or twenty minutes under a palliiifr fir they hot béiös iW.e tG excnange8bote ' v. i'.u (be euomy, aUhough wilbin a stone'a throw of iheir battres. Thcy 8ucceeded i:i retiring in regular order nnd wíth tlicir botteries. Tho most gaUaat charge of the day was inadu ly the New York Sixtyninth, Soventy-ninth, and Thiríeenth, who rusbed upon onc of the batteries, firing as they proceeded, with perfect rchif, and atta'ckingit wjtb a bayonet's point. Tiie yol! of tnumph seoraed to c.'irry al] belore it. Thcy found tliat tho enemy had abandoned the battery and imly taken onj gun, but thia sucees3 was acquired only after a Reveré ló'éa of lile, n wbich the Sixty niníh mest severely 6UÉfered, andii wasreported Lieutenant Colono] Nugent was uiilóng the killed. ïhë Zouaves a!so distinguihed themeelves by their spirited assaulu on Iho batleries at tlie uoint of the bayonet, but it is tc'.iirea that Lheir loss is immense. Vp to tho höur of 3 o'clock P. SI., it was generally understood that we had heinineci in the enemy eniirely, and that they ere gradually retiring ; that Col. Ileintzelman's oommand was meeting with every success, and that t re ouired but tho reserve of Gen. Tyler's división lo push on to Múñalas Junetion. A 3I!ssissippi Koidier was takon prisonerby Ha.sbrouck, of the WjacoDbin Second liegirnent. He turned out to be Brigadier Quaitermaater Pryor. ][e was captured, with his horse, as he by accident rode into our linos. Hu discovered h'imself by rernarking to Hasbrouck, ' We are getting badly cut to pieces." '■ What regimeat do you belong to ?" asked Hasbroimk. "The Nineleeoth Mississippi, was the anawer. " Then you are my piisoncr," said llasbrouek. Frpm the statements of the piisonor, it app.'ars ííiat our arliiiery had c:eated g'reat h-..von among the rebels, of VvhoKi there were from 30,000 to 40,000 in the field under the command of General Beauregnrd, while thev had a reserve of 75,000 at the Junction. He deser-.beá an officcr, most prominent in the fight, distinguished from tho rest by his white horee, as Jeff. Dftvia. He confirma the previons repor', of a regiment of negro troops in the rebel forces, but says that it is difficult to g)t thorn in proper discipline in battlo array. The positiotl of the enemy extended in tb ree linos in theform oí a triangle, tho apex fronling tho centre of our column. The aoea seems to havo been ñlled with masked batteries. At 7 o'clock this evening tho guns were still heard firing at short intervals. Washington, via Philadelphia, July 22. Our troops after tuking three batteries and gaining a great victory, yere eventually repulsed and commeuced to rctreat on Washington. The retreat was in good order with the rcar well covered by a good column. The fortificaüons around Washington are strongly reiuforced by fresh troops. We svcre advaueing and taking thcir raaskcd baturiesgradually butsurèly, and driving tho enemy towards Manassas Junclion, wlien the enemy seemed to iiuve been reinforced by General Johnston, wlio, it is understood, took com mand, and iiuraediately comraenced driving us back, when a panic among our troops suddenly occurred, and a general stampede tuok place. Gen. JIcDowcll undertook to mako a stand at or about Centreville, but the whole anny became demoralizcd, and it wis impoisible to check them at Centreville or Fairfax t'ourt House. Gen. McDowell intcnded to mako another stand at Fairfax Court House, but our forces bcing in full retreat could not accomplish the object. Beyond Fairfax Court House the retreat was kept until the men roaclied thuir regular eocampnients, a portion of whom returncd to thetn, but a still larger portiou carne inside the entrenchttients. A large number of the troops in their retreat feil on the way side from exhaustion, and scattered along the route all the way from Fairfax Court-Housc. The road from Buil Run was streed with knapsacks, arras, &e. Some of our men dcliberately threw away their guns aad appurtenances the botter to facilítate their travel. Gen. McDowell was in the reir of the rotreat exerting himself in rallving his men, but ouly with partial effect ; the htter part of the army it is said made their rctreat in order. His orders on the the field did not at all times reach those for wlioiu they were inteuded. It is supposed the force sent out against our troops consistcd, according to a prisoner's statement, of about 30,000 men, including a largo number of cavalry. He furthcr says that, owing to reinforecments from lliehmond, Strasborg, and other points the enomy's eifectivu force was 90,000 men. The followiug ia au account of tho beginning of the panic which resulted so disastrously to our troops : AH our military opcrations went swimminly, and Col. Alexander was about erecting apontoon acrossBull Kun, when a terriíic consternatiou broke out among the teamitcr?, who had incautiously advanced immediately after the body of the army and lined tho Warrenton road. Tbeir consternatton was shared in by numcrous civilians who were on tho ground and soon our whole army was in retreat. For a time a perfect panic pro vailed which commuuicatd itself to tho vicinity of Centreville, and every available convoyance was seized upon. Severa! similar alaruis had occurrod on previous occasions caused by a chango of pOflition in our bal toies, and it was most probable that the alarm v:i. ovring to the Kimt! f.l'jl.