, 1862-08-23
THE WAR IN VIRGINIA.,
GEN. P0pE'S ARMY FALLING BACK,
The Rappahanneck the New Line
Of DcfeISe.

VI DGlE&Gt
junction Of the Three Federal
Armies.
NEW YoRE, Aug. "a letter ia the New |
York 1e15uus, dated stHeadouarters Of the
artny of Firglnia, Cedar Mountain, Aug. IS"
says;
Again on the march, and that march re. |
treat. The camp which only yesterday was |
pitched at the foot Of the mountain, nov |
memorable forever, dissolved this P. M. in !
thin air, and the headquarters are here with
cut 3 camp. but here only for an hour or |
1lret hours, it matters not which. The aur-
ried order CAME to be ready to start at once,
aDd before t#o hours had passed, tents and |
baggage, all Of the headquarters but Its per- !
ennne, we're given to the rear.
ave understand it Is whispered thst the |
whole army OF Virginia is In retreat, aud pres
entity it begins to be added that tbs whole |
army Of Richmond is On the advancc-thAt it /
the rebels threaten to turn our left flank. and, I
in word, are marching Straight for Fred
PERHAPS; but before the North, before Wish |
jIg-oI, before Fredericksburg is reached, the /
hardest, fercest, most determined and desDe-
rate battles Of the war are to be fought
''ILls army is not running away. nor is
Gen. Pope outgeueraled jet By Stouewall |
Jackson. Threatened On tae left 1an6. threat
eued by an army that counts its hundreds of |
thousands Of miserable and desperate troops,
the army of Virginia retreats indeed, but it
retrea5s to fight By daylight. It nus: cross
the Rappahannock but when once on ths
lorth bApk Of that river it no longer retreats
it begiEs 10 maneuser.
s'.fhe battles Of this Warare about to beyin.''
CELPErPER, August ~, 6 q. ul.-It was re-
ported that the army would cross the Kappa
hammock by 10 O'Clock, but the passage Of the
attempted. The corps Of Banks aud Nc
Dowell are coming up, but will wait the ar
rival ct sigel, who covers the retreat, and
will not be hurried. As write, these masses
OF troops are pouring iu in swift, but orderly
marches, along the narrow roads and over the
he..G6 towards the town. They are already
listening for the sound Of following cannoE.
All day long the march will continae. slgrl
is not expected till noon, and whatever hap
pens, not 4 regiment 1eaTes until the rear
comes up. It Is q wonderful retreat, for, in
spite Of delays, there Is no panic among the
the rear, they march rs if to battle
There will be noz-hattte to-day, 1t any
means can avoid it-perhaps none to-mor~
row. but Oh the Rappahanock, before the
week closes, comes the deadliest struggle OF
the war.
NEW YoRs, August 2222-The Coa,ae-cia7
says it has information that Il junction OF
McClel1an's, Pope's and Burnside's forces has
bern effected, we believe at Aquia Greek
The same paper says that reliable adyices
from James River state that the reoels have
occupied Ha1risou's Landing, and their pick
cts extend as far as the CnickahominE. 4
large portion Of our gunboat 1otilla, with the
hugshlp was above Harrison's Landing, aud
would probably give the rebels taste Of
their quality.
FORTRESS MONROE. Aag. a2.-Nil1i 1m:-
burg is still in posse. sioa Vi fha Union troops.
No lire occurred ssnere, the rumors to the con
tra1y notwithstanding.
IMPORTANT REBEL MOVEMENTS.
lrorreepondenceN N. T. Herald.]
PooLEvl11E, Montgomery county, Nd,
August19 1852. {
have some important news foryou. 4 few
days Intercourse with the eecessionist5 Of
! this neighborhood has enabled tue to discover
I that an extensive contraband communication
With the rebel lines is kept up In this quarter.
| Scores. Of A1aEylanders are daily passing
! through Ell route for Richmond, to escape the
| draft, and occasionally resurn trip Is made
i By cilzens who have been in JeE Davis do
minions SINCE the beginning Of rhe war.
| understand they croEs the river somewhere be.
I tween Edwards Ferry and Point Of Rocks,
! and from thence are smugglcd through to
LIray, whence the route is open to the Vfr-
| gtnia Central railroad, yia- the south fork Of
The Shenandoah. There are no Union troops
| On this route, the nearest forces being at HAr-
| per's Ferry and Winchester.
| The following narration was given NE by q
7 civilian, who arrived from Richmond on The
night OF Sunday, the 17th inst. He left Rich
uaond On Wednesday, the 13th inst., travelling
to Sexton's Junction, twenty.seTen miles
thence by railroad to GordonsyiNe, and thence
on foot to the Potomac. At the time he Left,
troops were pouring out Of the city on the
Virgins Central Railroad in such numbers
that 1t was impossible for civilians to procure
| passage. AL Of the troops around Richmond
| were in motion towards the kotth--some By
1ail and some by marching-Hhile Others were
! passing through in ears from the South, sup.
| posed to be that part Of the army between
Petersburg and the city
It Has known at that time that Mcclellan
had began the evacuation Of Harrison's Land.
ing; and the heavy movements of rebel
! troups were understood to be caused by the
knowledge on the part Of the military author
! tiles that the Union armies were about con.
cEDtratipg for another campaign against the
rebel capital from the northwlrd. It was
not known that any considerable body of
| troops were LETT on the peninsula to watch
| McC1ellan's movements or to attlck his rear.
Arriving at Sections junction the narrator
saw heavy encampments OF troops extending
from the south side OF the Pamankey river tt
several miles north Of the Junction in west
| elly direction up the Va LEY Of the Nortt
Anna river. Small camps were visible at sev
| era1 localities along The railroad from tht
| Junction to the crossing OF the common roas
from Fredericksburg ana Spottsyivauia, whers
another large body was also encamped. 4
Louisa Court House was another large body
aud thence to Gordonsvllle several Regiments
were strung along the roads in camps, 8. il
tervals OF every LEo or three milee. From
Gord0nss sllle, where there Eera not more thar
six or seven regiments, heavy force cou1s
be seen camping and blVouzcing on the hill
| stretching to the northwes in the direction
OF Orange Court House. The narrator stop
ped ten hours at Gordonsville, ard during tha
| tinle saw lot less than ten trains arrive owe
the Central railroad from the South and tn
Charlottesville rai1ro2d from Lynch5urg-
those IRON Richmond bringing troops. an
Plies. Lynchhurg has been the principal depo
for collecting supplies for tile R!camoad arm,
for some time, and theF can noH be forward
ed to it BY these Two routes,
He saw no Notifications at any OF the abov
mentioned places, but artillery appeared t
| be plentiful in proportion to the numbers c
the infantry. OF cavalry he SAN but list.t
most OF it probably being III front Of the line
| On ur near the quasi neutEal ground betHee
the Two opposing armies.
Wagon trains were not numerous. aud ther
, is evidently lack Of transportation facIlitIe:
l
sou fell back after the battle of Slaughter
Mountain He could not feed large arm
away from his railroad communication.
| Stonewau jackson was said to have lei
GordoEsville, bnt none knew his Eleraabou::
Tic informant passed through S!annardssiflt
and saw quite 4 heavy force at that poin
, THY were not encampsd, and appeared IS
prepared to move. More troops were said +,
| BE- marching to the SAME po1nl fron Cha
louisville ard Go1doussills. Tnis looks IS
! they contemplated O flank movement again
I Pope's right, and if SO it will probably De Il
!, | by jackson.
THE ARMY OF TIE POTOMAC.
Especial Correspondence n. T. T1ne=.I
: FORTRESS MONROE, August -.
The army is already out Of the reach Of t
enemy's guns On the Pepineula, and is alre I'd
in process Of embarkation for another field
| operation.
Por,er's corps performed very rapid m7re
| from Yorktown, making the whole distance
t nearly thirty miles in less than one day. u
t cool weather contributed greatly to the cor
J fri Of the march.
= The division Of Gen. MorrelJ, with the sta
= reached Hampton yesterday afternoon, ii
D The wagon train, with the whole corps, we
: comfortably eEcsmped before night. Tn
: morning they took up their line OF march
d | Newport Newa, from which place they ri
: S1k.s' division are already On hoard
e | transports.
l. Summers corps, which formed the re
s guard Of the army, with French's brisa!
r | forming the extreme rear, arrived at for
l. town yesterday, a1l safe and sound. Th'
; | will embark from that place, on board Of Il
= Atlantic, Baltic, Vanderbilt and Other fir:
n class Transports The entire wagon train
l mi