The national Republican., 1862-08-29
The Essesnv's Strategic .Moce-
ssens UnS0ISaed.
The Con tolerate .6rsNN .MHssrGI
at WHITE Pl0tsss, ~ Fassqsster
C0NnsN.
The Essesssv tss q Trap.
The Enemy In strOn & Force at
Gainesville.
Reported Appearance Of the
Enemy at Fai,fax.

nearly ell day on Wednesday by persons 10
FaiIfax county, was that Of an engagement
between Scaniou's brigade, Of Gen. Co1's d..
vision, and force OF the rebels, considerably
Outnumbering them, at Bull Run, the contest
being for the possession Of the railroad bridge
ct that point
The main engagement Of Wednesday, how
ever, was that Of Hooker's division, with =
considerable rebel force, at Brlstow Station.
II appears that the movement Of the enemy
on Friday from the south bank Of the Kappa
hammock, uid JeffersoDton. In the direction Of
Little Washington, was actually designed 10
throw most oi the rebel army scross the Rap.
pshsnnock at the base Of the Blue Ridge. This
wss doue, and II was yesterday morning ascer-
tained here that It was on Wednesday morning
probably, for the most part, mssssd at or near
White Plains, 10 the valley between The Blue
Ridge and Ball Ruu RANGES, seven or nine
miles northeast Of Warrenton.
At an early bour Wednesday morning Hooksr's
division doubtless dispatched 10 that point by
Ge1 Pope on account of the affair there OF the
night before) came up with o large rebel force
about Bristow Station, with whom he bad a
heavy engagement, lasting nearly all d"y. In
the course Of It Hooker drove the enemy step
by step back 70 the vicinity Of Manassas Juno
tion. Our total loss in killed, wounde and
htbsiuk III tuo uhy cukukemCut tucTc Wur
about 800. Gen. Pope In said to regard the
affair "a signal Union success
Farther Particulars OF the Battis At N -
Aass0s Junctton.
One Of the New York batteries. belonging IA
Sturgis' corps, under Capt. Van Putcamer, wa,
at Manassas on Tuesday night. and lost four OF
six pieces in the fight with the Coniederatss
being surrounded aud having neither infantry
nor cavalry support The Twelfth Fsnusy ylvAnia
cavalry escaped or sksdsddled aud came into
Alexandria with few missing, about nine O'clOck
Wednesday night. They behaved badly.
On Wednesday morning early, General
Taylor'a brigade, (ths lat, I'd. 81 aud the 4,h
New Jersey voluntssrs,) Of Major Gene, al
Slocum's division Of the army VI the Potomac.
WAS sent BY rail- 10 Manassas. The troops
landed At Bull Run bridge and marched h
Manassas, on approaching which place they
met a line Of r,bel skirmishers who fell back
before them. The brigade continued ita
march. and on coming within the circle of for
tiacatiOns ct tha Junction, which they had no
idea were coupled. heavy concentrated 1re
OF artillery was opened upon them from three
different directions. Gen. Taylor had no ar
tillery or cavalry, that OF the division not hsv-
log arrived from the Peninsula, and WAS con-
sequsniy obliged 10 retire out Of range be-
hind shsltering ridge. While here It 10 re.
ported that they warmly engaged brigade Of
rebel infantry. At length, seeing q large force
Of rebel cavalry making toward Bull Run
bridge with the evident Intention of intercept
ing his retreat, Gen. T. Withdrew his troops
across Biackburn's Ford. To this point the
enemy pursued him with horse artillery. pour
ing canister into his ranks with some damage
wounding. among others. the General severely
aud his son slightly, and killing Lieut.. Plume
of the I'd New Jereey regiment
This brigade WAR small. weak one, moi
numbering over 800 effective men. It's loss
| at Gaines Mil was very severe, and in the
present affair II was almost without onlcers.-
LIS loss is not known. but is pretty severe.
We have Information that the enemy was Gu.
csmped some twenty or thirty thousand stror 4
Ut Gainesville, between Manassas Junction, n
2 o'clot L Wednesday morning.
A large portion Of TaylOr's New jersey
brigade was captured ut Fairfax Stati0n by
| the rebel cavalry, some five hundred Of which
were sarn bstween Centreville and Fairfas
Court House on Wednesday at noon, aud ARE
| supposed to b. the same that made the above
.pture.
From the fact that the enemy on Wednesday
night burned the bridges al Accotink and
Pops's Run, It 10 supposed that they are NOV
Ing OF In some other direction, and wish 70
avert pursuit.
We hear that the postmaster at Fairfax Court
HOME arrived here at an early hour yester-.
day morning. baving packed up his goods and
mails aud left on Wednesday evening, In ap-
preheDsion Of q Confederate raid upon that
point. He raw bright light in that direction
alter be left. and thinks some buildings had
been fired there.
No confirmation of such apprshensions hai
been received up 10 yesterday evening, nor o.
| the report ahoat Of q battle al Csnireville
though the fact OF some skirmishing there II
not Improbable.