The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-06-05

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- - IA NKs's RETREAr.s. .s. ,,,>,
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fRnkee Account pf the Recent Opera.
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+ .ksnn the New Yorx VSyM's dence'
W. fraks iptne follbwfnf sccount n Bh,lss#
s.amrsls from ths eaIisy, cssIt'.nes Adm =
portions, " htti d werA i1ahifsst'y fIfverset ary
ths writer t. srtshs Northern ana Er ror.an
m&rks.s: -s'' - = .,EE Al :sSt sa5 -
sa,rE HkeEssro~s, xr., May fg. 1854. -
sish fu 'laf iaformas.ss,.I rtenn .. shs sacny
oI Spf late dMas tess. 81 q !scleeh y Aat IAte.
"a tpllsi detaiis and wish moe 1ustWorthT
iRtOl u alton, .h~ lT,Afa3ici:h,y got FIJI
day >satprday' ensaSe adsy. sssy -tsp't y
4 hs sasdea snssosass ef the enaisY = .91ees,
aoaaa ..,,.r .sry ..!.g s:Lgr'ff ws. mol ~ many
Es ell hads been' weHsRnown to hsvs his
calaps ssili ioca led tAon~ tbs ShsaaRdeahs at
= : ~. Jackson VS., also EnoWn 20 oe !, -
TIA shASy. q.on q roah eo,nnlnnica,,ng M i, o..
ystss a. ~ ,esr by, hasE snr kstaiy .ss ask al
th e ~. aGcs aur1d Of Gsr. rsn ont "a mr.,
'itparsafaf .nese, fcress VIA 10 isIaupn tn
ou: Posisi1r' n seesnn% more thar Tksfv th at
~ q snorid 5- hesHilsi Nv e-hsHF weakened rs
Wa were ,,g thc ans,naiS w.thdraAval os Gen.
Fr?noEt fL.qy xnro ID tqns ,a,ut sxo2c ;,it;aa
OF attack, n; Il i. Iequir.s 3nt t.e zliE1.sss
in,eIi.senae' IN per>sive that shef cpf.ian OF
GfS. b u h5 WIS de 4eezi ssi ehs ,ssesir 80
When, therefore, the ate e&Gry!at.d. s.s.,,on-
9 e.; u, sss bed Of hs Eursy valley, ri tae
n.tet I'D o. which Hyre;l Known 10 be
el cap E.,t, was ffss asosr,aso.>;~ to have been
ala cked, aud 10 aiisast n0ps ev-rce !srre. -
was oply aresvlt whica, u wcIid appsazr
might have been easily f. sssep a"d prevent
ed L.. 'fNff H'''
Let othsraafttz the Hare, for, while oar.
own opinion in firmly established. it is Bot
for US to depar. trom the .s2Asfe Qf Il recorder
CT events which have ac:naiy y:rarsp p,ted
Ths attack of the s:.ete y, sl5h usf. torsssen,
was not expected at the u1ss r. wss NJ sde, ea!
his approach was 70: .oSaes yeds pA.il rs wes,
upon us.
ray valley though lis pickles, thrown out
trough that part, and .ha Rpsiioa of his
cump, would have suggested that that would
have been his plan OF atAcK. :"
He descended uPcn the 'little force at Front
Royal through the marrow ESrSss which juu
parallel Wi n it down, between tAs Iang"s of
h,lIs beyond. ' ~
HI. appea. ancs was sudden ard, eating
iIamedilteiy the Telegraph wires aud de-
s:.oyin& the raiiroad bridges on ei;her si'je.,
he prevented the trahsIn IL ion Of il.pltchea
and the sending Of reinforcemeA.s. Ttus,
completely cnt Of, did the Mdry1and yagi-
ment main .eia themselves against ,ha three
brikadsa Of the rebel, EwsIl, until they vsre
completely surrounded, and destroyed or cap
tn ed i.- - F.
-ls.y con veT6atlOC WIN SeVSIai Os FfCSS 81.
elgsd in that fearful massacre. @sfirrls he
worst OF the terribie statSmsn in regard 10
the in nhunnn ferocty OF the Iebsi soldiers
!. / he few who escaped at the battle Of Fro Mt
Royal from the sIcmy suITou ding them
ware surely savet =" so as ry frs.' s,~
Gap;. EaYes, OF ths Pionaer.fSurps, cuttiDF
his mnies away from their teams. esfatea
Lfrouaa ths cloud" OF dust and conf" aior
caused .y their wild stampeds, Glowing in
meiintely IN thsiE wake Us they broke
through the lines nf tho enemy, who opened
t;teir raaks TO let them pass. --
Upon the same night n -orce was sent oE.
uom SrasouIg, by she ras,I WhiCh brHg ct ss
from tbs main tnrn pike rear fI;GdlesCTr Il 90
Vsrd F. ont Royal. aud pfecseded as fey ss
: S-edarsii!e. -...
This is where the atone pike from Front
Royal 20 winch ssssr I pprcecaes closely the
broken country through which tic stream
il,sd Cedar Run fiowe
On SatnTda, morning a stroIg fores Evs3s
moved toward Miadierown, and at ths s,nie
,jIf.e force of artillery AKA iufantry procEsf-
Ell on ses road trom strsshurx toward Eraut
Attfst.a. .. .tt $50 70
aa morning, Of eavairy, from !Giddie:own
tou ard From Royal. When this forcs feaee.
ed Ni6d eto~p, Col. Murphy. with Ia portion
Of his regiment, tne 10th f-nusylvaHi WAS
net With two en- 4 The rsConGui tering party
had expected to have u supporting parry of
artillery end if .ntry. bu. ware obliged TO
pfUCeed viz, cuLit, Iney moved On az far as
l'CdarvtiIs. dr. ys in ths snsmy's pockets. ana
": thdIs ", SO as not to bring ON q general ca
gage mept, and also because il was unsafe teI
unsuppor ted cavairy to proceed further.
Coming back TO Middlste wn,4A rsport was
asat 70 s3en. Hanks, sid aid wis ALSO souS Ut.
snd soch after lts neod hsCa Iio esl ent for the
en emy advanced IL fcice, with infantry, er.
tiilery, and cavalry, upon blind dirt road
AID cut Off the detachment between our tr
fantry and the baeSHKs train. Their artillery
-coasst Il Of arn.s.r~ng suns. - + - --'
Ths Z, Isl dis4siTons aut hlc-dy s!erghtsr
of cur osvsi:y which has occurred dur ring the
tn es days a sh ling now followed.
Cat OF as they were from ths main body ct
our trocDa DT P vax:l GarGriGE number OF the
sHems Il Iacsi critical z.paIicn vs. before
tnem There Hers five COMPARES { he Isl
LLeiLs cavalry, Rnd tTEo comp AB.es, a ard -,
# ina Vermont.
Lieut. Col. Doughty, of The at.s., cavalry,
was there, and h.ujlf COLLINS. OF Vermont
cavalry, also, tnfe-icr in coihmAnd to ths
L!euten b. t. -ioioLei and to Gen Hatch.
Il charge WAS row MACS, TO descsibs which
is lot an agreeable tesk la sach desperate
str ATS, rotEing seem.d o dsunt the detsrlii-
nation Of ths meI, which only ssrved to III axe
uashing onward With drawn aSbres At the
greatest speed, TIE foremost were suddenly
stopped, and those behind, unable 70 restrain
hsir horscs, fell enc npels alo heTS forming 4
large y,ile Ct mon and IA ses, somSscf whom
pierced through with the satres 81 ihs!r VA
comrades we're Kf led,. and many In Lbs pre-.
miscuaGs heap wele cEashs !, u. Il dieo u.abls
TO help OF ex'rtoa,s ,hsmspfsss e'
"a n law oily ee.sred, firing across ths Aalas
10 the pountstna -. 49, .;..-. & l. -
| II Tie iitas ihs Tehe = ka.. up g yell, rad
killed many will tAair sE,rts an 5at o. cts
uhQ lay wounded upon thu sT.saad .s e.
This fatal ca aEss1 ro p2eIs said to have bee
the Eesui: OF unsa .hofiz al order &c charge,
given by Major Collins, Tho third officer in
command, who Was taken Prisoner w TIE
It bsts .... So ...
II 50, no has .puch to unswcr Tor, snd We
hope he may be able to sao y him sslt Inc o.
centpf. 50 serious an Accuse tian.s
Thar were still IL, tina rsat OF tn Ill. fated
detachment quite q large force of G. valry. 1t
l consisted OF hve com pnri e ~Cf the Vsryaou
| lIayaIfy, under 1t;Dl ,1omykihs, md SssssA
omnapies Of Ira HaEv1s Il Ia1d, under -loi.
De : priest. left behina to form the rear
guard x -. :
The Vermont cavalry were ordered to make
reconnaissance to Woodstcck to ascsr sain
Wneihsr sckecn was in the rsar. --s
| our squadron charged sarough the iOwp,
J and tbs whole forenoon was occ n pied in tni,
movement 20 ascertain tbs poAition OF t.
enemy behind us. II had 10 result :r &c
compiishing the Obisc. winch wa: Intended
una tney ,mmsdiatety commsnced taair re-
yond Cedar Urssk they met stam reds amona
the baggage wagons,
After tie affair previously de-cribed, in
which the Maine and Vermont cavalry suf.
fsred 30 severely, the enemy tCrnet back upt 4
tha bs1gaes train which was bstweea then,
and S.rasbu.g, and caused ths creates. couf "a
zion which can De imagined. The wagons
some OF them, were turned about, and run
nirg against otheKs broke down, fillink ur
the roads, while The mules and horses and
cattle, RIM aiming iE the greatest fright, pro,
duced an indescribabie s,ate OF confusion
The cavalry b nding lne road 10 " winchestsr
thus barricadsd, both by wagons and gn en- :.
my. had no other alternative tnan TO tn rn
their horses tow ard Stra. burg. +'s't :
They had crossed Cedar CPeek, and taken
with snem the Zoaaves d. !sfriqus. whom they
found upon the bridge. A la Of battle wss
thsn formed, the Zousve. forming in the rerr
A battery was also tasrc, which They were
supporting. Tr,s Was placed Ia poslt2r, and
ghelis were thr own tn &c the woods beyond. -
AS socn ss the battery commenced firing the
rebel ssI.inishels coin me:lced TO advance with