, 1862-09-06

not hold his position in view Of this flank 4
is said to have destroyed large I
4uanti:y Of bis ammunition and provisions, y
besides FIVE locomotives, amounting, IL Is O
said, to half million Of dollars.
Our line Of battle WIS plainly seen from I
Cen.reyille, and the smoke of our guns at ey- I
cry discharge during Sunday, Indicated the no- 7
siiion Of our troops. The view was very t
would be admired for its picturesque beauty,
bnt associated with 'the pomp and circum-
stance of war" it Was very imposing. The
fighting of Sunday was apparently slight, and
confined to artillery, should Judge. Rebel |
prisoners say that the enemy is very short of
ammunition and provisions, and represent the |
troops as almost starving. This is partially
confirmt By the fact, as an informed BY an |
officer, ttat the rebels do not fire more than
tn enty five shots (artiller5) to our hnadred-
aEd aim to make every discharge tell. can
say for myself, that never saw such amisera-
bic ha1f:sfa.yed looking set Of creatures in my
lite as the hundreds Of prisoners We met on
Sunday morning travelling toward Alexandra.
Many were baftfooted, several without hats,
and scarcely any two dressed alike, white
many we're almost destitute Of clothing.
How such men, so inferior physically
and badly equipped, can cope with our troops, |
cannot comprehend.
We have nor retreated. reports to the con-
tra1y Notwithstanding. We passed on the road
to-day great numbers Of the finest looking
troops have ever seen. Couch's, sedg wick's,
and Smiths divisions are pressing for ward to
the front rapidly, evidently enthusiastic and |
eager to engage the enemy. In TACT, the road
from Centrsville almost to Al l.xaudria is
crowded with troops, as well as ammunition |
and supply wagons, giving one some idea Of |
TIE Immense force necessary to carry on war |
eueh as the present one.
BLoopISEss OF TIE LATE BATTLES.
ALEXANDER, Va Sept. I, 1862.
The details Of the battles OF Thursday, FRI
day and Saturday. are too heart rending to re-
late, and yet nothing is to be gained by con-
cea}irg the truth. AlexandTla is vast hos
pi1al. The streets are crowded With arnou-
14Eces and barouches, filed With the dead, the
dying, and the wounded. Boat load after boat
load Is movirg off from the wharVes for Wash
iDgto3-train:after train is leaving tue Orange
and. .:41exandfla railroad with their bloody
| freight. All day and all night the sud proces~
| sion moves. Su1diers who cannot be carried
| il apbulances, walk and limp By the side of
| the &o&as, o. lie down until some friendly
| band comes to their relief. The first tele~
| g,alts from the first battle of Bull Run were
| favorable, and all Washington and nearly the
! whole North WIRE 1t]oiced.
Gen POpe's dispatches received in Washing
ton On Saturday, the day OF OUT disastrous de"
feat, filled every heart with joy. The telegraph
had hardly clicked the joyful news before han-
dreds began to have preeentiments that all
! was net we'll with the combined aFmies OF VIZ
ginia and the Potomac. The roar OF artillery
toward evening could be distinctly heard from
the tops Of the public buildings in Washing
ton. and began to ipdIcl lte that the conflict
was approaching the Potomac that our troops
| we1e bling driven, and the battle lost. Hun
drtds who lad been closely listening to the
cannerading all day retired at night fully con-
vinctd that the battle YVES lost, aDd Jet but 3
few hou1s had passed since the posting of the
bulletin announcing great victory by Gen.
Pope
Our loss has not only been great in officers
and privates killed, wounded and taken priso-
ners, but the destruction Of property ny our
own hands has been immense. The Orange
and Alexandria railroad has lost more than one
half IT'S rolling stock Two hundred and fifty
, new cars, heavily laden with stores, and ter
first class locomotives we're burned or blown
, | up on Thursday and Friday. By Gen. Pope:
| order, lao cars and tour engines were de
? siroyed last Saturday to prevent them from
falling iDtothe enemy'f hands, who had crossed
, the Rappahannock, and were advancing upol
: Bris1ow Station, under the Immediate com
! mand OF Gen. Lee.
I Gen. Banks, who WAS at Bristow with hi
decimated corps, wss compelled to fall bacl
upon Manassas, under cover Of the smoking
- ruins.
e Your correspondents have not exaggerated
% as can yet discover, in single instance, tn
: extent Of our losses. Nearly all the publishe
1, | rumors have been confirmed, except those {
u victories achieved over the rebels.
= A scout CAME in tits morning saying tha
~ ~ LorgEtreet was reinforced yesterday wit
~ | G0,0GU fresh troops by the way Of spelryvil
u he estimates at $50, 600, with $50 pieces Of
es tiller7-about one-third the amount We ha1
~ ~, between Washington and Centreville.
1e AS yet there has been no fighting to-da
r The eEemy Is feeling Gen. Pope's right, eg
- IDENTIFY endeavoring 10 find weak point
~ which he can reach Lcesburg and Edward
a. a. Ferry. Before the close Of the week you III
at ue possibly hear of great battle nc r the Bal
aa Az Binff battle ground: Notwithstanding the ia
. ae that the enemy hold the battle ground Of s;
n99 u1day, large number OF officers who were
= ~ : ye1ely wounded have passed through this ci
a5 and gone on to Washington.
eay ny Z In Ricketts, division, the brigades Of CT
7a7 erals Tower, Hartsuff and Duryee, lost mt
WI than half their commissioned officers, and iu
~ ~ ope~half their ptivatts.
~ ~, have been spending most Of the day VI
s., sue wou1 ded officers, and therefore have but
1se ,aa details of the battle to give you. send
~. 4so telt graph tonight a list Of 400 killed 8
@ ae wounded officers and about Loo psivates.
ABR1LL1ANT AFFAIR NEAR CENTERyILLE
nd Tie Washington Star Of Tuesday even
'es says: w. ,,r. Information f+on, tho f,ont ~
a. N. to-day. The engagement OF last event
,ruv mentioned elsewhere in to-day's Sta9,
ORE heaviest opposite the position occupied BY
:iel9 division Of the gallant Gen. Reno, {about
M miles norih Of F4i1fax Court House,) who
! pulSE4 1uE Gut1I} uHHA6OAE13t HltA MILL
md we're rebel loss.
and We, however, regret to have to add that
lex the course OF the fight there, Brig. Gen. Il
the | /. Stevens WIS billed.
psn- After their repnlse by Reno, the enemy
ms, clined renewing the engagement for the {
Was ana haa mace 10 atteupt ~ W ." ue
n in | o'clock this forenoon.
uara ~. At that hour, in the execution Of the cha
rms Of front, which we anticipated on accoun
hine the flank movement Of the rebels, large
A$4vr zF, had hIaY1 RI 4<1
lines around Fairfax Court House: Our right
onr at or in the vicinity Of Flint Hill, the G,
not | House being OUT center.
. dav The impression last night and this NOR
at the front was that, tolled by Reno in
II as demonstration upon the Little River turnl
NO, Inc epen had moved 1uflaer afouno tom
q d Vienna
fa,nt "a The correspondent Of the Philadelphia
aoon qnireT ha6 the following account Of a brill
, our nttalr:
~ 10 While The division Of Gen. Kearney
draw naislng az hlanassas JulG.oa, usn- hea
our euggtStea 10 bf's. WV. onaes Ans psop ~
rear OF making reconnaissance towards Ctl
vile. Gen. Birnsy took with him tw'
three oruerlies and about twenty cavalry!
ard started in the direction indicated
two which point, from Manassas. the distan
Cen tour miles. Az be proceeded along he
fltz- nothing Of secesh, but as a precautlo
nited measnre. ard to prevent surprise, he n
VIII occasionally send one Of the cavalry IN
- | uuCNkA1E> A44lANl IL 6oAa~ NeA4|Aa .4N
7agon doing Il sst ming the pumber he had with
con- TO such an extent that when he reached
0or1a. tery}lle he had but tWo orderlles and four
sate slrymen.
! who IS they rode into the town it appeare
serted, and they commenced making pr
a'ions for comfortable and permanent
az ra. While ha1ting in front Of the only tave
ms If tie place, Ole Of his oEderlles rode up u
~, ~, M W and stated that there we're then comf1
.r,;ns tie hill body OF our OWL caTaaryMen,
7isinn irg, having with them the Stars and ST
anaea1 The general was about to go on and
s1 y 80 them. when remembering that It was b
,7a4;as, . posslble for any Of our troops to app
.t;.na frgm that direction, he determined to
-st-aat an observation before proceeding 1u
'ss ~ Hardly Ind be come to this determln
~ ,So ~, when the body Of troops spoken Of re:
, f1nnt the brow Of tEs hill They, discovering
IN sha they we're SO near Union general, CAV
- 'NA' Of their peculiar yels and rushed toward
airing His party, seeing the trap they We
dsr = put Epnrs to their horses and started on
march gallop towards their 0wn encampment,
pursued By the rebels. .
1.Thls was Kept up until Just across
FLAGS Run, WHEN the coJo1e1 Of the rebels, wh
ME TO uounted on q splendid horse, came s.
10 the general as to draw his sword upo1
1852. but when in the act Of raising to strlke
Tening eral Birney suddenly turned, ana WI
Is day, pistol shot the colonel in the region
leld as | hea1t.
d, and At tlis point the general had static
N Sun resinent, We believe the 5Ssh ne" 6 e
to our do duty as pickets. They previously
elieved The commotion, were drawn up In nae'