Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1862-09-03
Highly Exciting War News.


Three Days Terrific F'fghting.- near
Gains,qLle.-zHe E,aen,y dsT,en from the
Ffeid.-Or Loss 5000, tie Eaenaes
Dow5te that ntmqJer Tile Rouadhead
Regiment IN the Fight.
Headquarters Field of Butte. Groceton.
near GdiHsciLe. august 3Oh To JIgj Ges.
HdJLeck, General an CAief, Hashjngson: We
fought terrible battle yesterday with the
con biued forces of the enemy, which lasted
with continuous fury from daylight until
after dark, by which time the enemy was
driven from the field. which we now occupy
Our troops are too much exhausted vet 10
push matters, but shall do it in the course
OF the morning, as suon Fitz John Pur
teT's corps come up from Manassas. The
enemy are still on our front but they are
badly used up.
We have not lost less than eight Thousand
men in killed and wounded, aud from the
appearance of the field, the enemy : loss is
at least two I" our one.
He staod strictly on the defensive, and
every assault was made by ourselves. Our
troops behaved Splen lIdly
The battle was fought on Ge identical
! battle field of Bull Run. which fact greatly
Increased the enthusiasm of cur men
The news just reaches me from the front
that the enemy is Ietreating towards the
Mountains. 90 forward at once tn sec.
We have made great captures. but | am
not able yet to form an idea If their extent
JOAN POPE. Mai. Cen
" AsHINGTON Aug. 3O.-Inior-latiun has
reached Washington from private urces
that Gen. Pope came UP with and attacked
the enemy again shortly after rine O'Clock
this IN, rilIng. Fitz John Porter had prob
ably by that time arrived ON the field from
Manassas, which Was only seven miles dis
tant. The cam nading was distinctly heard
in Washington to day.
The railroad was regularly run this morn
ing from the town of WarreutCu to Bristow:
So it Is already clear that the only damage
remaining to be repaired l. the railroad /,
t. rebuild the Bull Run and Rappahanuock
bridges. The f,rmer should he compl tel
to night, aud the latter may be in four or
five days.
The Evening Star of to day, speaking of
the battle of yesterday, says the battle was
conducted by the army corps uf HeiutzIe-
man, Mcdowell and Sigel, Oh our siGe
against rebel force believed to number
from fifty to sixty thousand strong, that is
against the army of jackson, and We pre-
sumo portion of the rest of Lees army
that had succeeded in making its way down
Gap. The location of the battle of the day
was IL the vicinity of Haymarket, and from
Haymarket off in the direction of Sudlev
Church, or in other words but few miles
Northwest Of the scene of the never to be.
forgotten battle of Bull Run. HCjntzel-
mans corps, If we are correctly informed
came up with tine enemy = rear at about ten
O'clock Il. IN, seven niles fruus Ceuterville
which puin; he left at daybrcak. lie found
JacksOu'a command fighting with M-DUweIl
or Sigel, or both, on the right. in the drec~
ton OF HayInarket, the position they took
10y going North from Gainesville to COM
mand the entrance and the exit from Thor
oughfare Gap. Our own informant, cool
aud clear headed man, who lett Centerville
at four .. M. says tnat up to that hour the
impression prevailed there that nothing def
mite had resulted from the days fight.
Though continuous, it had not been a very
bloody battle. Persons subsequently arrl-
wing, who were ON the field of action them
selves until four O'clock d. M, represent. on
the other hand, that the side of success was
decidedly with the Union army, which
| pushed the rebels successfully on both sides
/ An impression prevails that the reserve of
! Lees army, supposed "a be from twenty to
! forty thousand strong, might suddenly aP
! pear near the field, and we know that tie
/ heavy corps under FTtz John Porter was SO
! posted that it could instantly move upon
/ Lee with equal ease, whether he was attack
/ ing M'Dowell. Sigel, or Heintzleman.
! The railroad, we happy to be able to
/ say. has already been repaired quite up to
/ Bull Run, and supplies, &c, are now being
! transported over it to that point 10y mid
/ night. We have every reason to believe
/ that the Bull Run bridge will again be pass
! able when the trains can run to Manassas.
| Ere the evacuatiLg of Manassas, on the
| day before yesterday, the rebels paroled the
seven hundred Union prisoners they had ia
| ken since the commencement of the move-
ment for which they are paying dearly.
| They realized that prisoners in the present
| strait were but an elephant on their hands,
! and wisely got rid of them. These seven
| hundred covered all the stragglers they had
/ as well as the five hundred taken from Gen.
! Taylor's brigade.
| The conduct of Gen. Pope is highly cons
mended in Government as well Other
| quarters.
! Between five hundred and one thousand
/ Government clerks repaired to the battle
| field, in compliance with the request of the
| War Department, and not in pursuance of
an order, as enormously stated in previous
dispatch.
| On Wednesday morning Ewell's division
was placed in position ON each side of the
railroad, having three batteries stationed,
one on the right, one on the left and the
other near the railroad. with infantry and
| cavalry between-the entire force being con
cealed behind brush wood and the railroad
bank, WITH an open field in front. Our