New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-08-29
TIE WAR In VIRGINIA.
ANOTHER RAID BY STUhRT'S CAVALRY.
Half a Million Of Property Seizea'
MANY PRISONERS TAKEN.
The Stores and Depots at Manassas
Junction Destroyed.
THE BULL RUN RAILWAY BRIDGE BURNED.
THE BULL Run RAILWAY BRIDGE BURNED.
Yyou Our Special Correspondent.

byou Our Special Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, Avg 27--3 y. IN.
News again from the 'front.' or rather from the rear
OF the front.
Two thousand Rebel cavalry last night or early
this morning. it is not clear which, dashed in upon
she rear Of our lines, reached Manassas junction, on
the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, ana eaPtufeu
:hree trains. numerous prisoners, and quartermss-
ters' stores 10 the amount Of hall million oohars
This latter is the Official estimate, and is not likely
10 be 0rer-siated.
A messenger iust arrived states that the Rebels
ere sill in possession OF Msnassss junction That
sey have destroyed all the buildings public and pri-
yate, the station houses and stOrehouses, and hare
burnt The raiiray bridge oper Bull Run' That
bridge s sir mates on Mis ssde Of Manassas junction;
ii is structure of considerable length aud expense
Its destruction cuts oil railway communication be-
tw cen the Capital and the Army. No trains will
leave Alexandria to-day.
have received no further particulars. The above
Information is mainly from official dispatches, but
che fucts are known here from other sources. Sol
diers arrived at Alexandria this molDisg who were
nj Manassas when the attack was made. They say
thai the Rebels had with them flying artillery, and
thai they used it against railway train arriving
from Alexandria.
TIE bolduess Of this dash far exceeds that upon
Cat Sts,on. 1t is twelve miles further to the
rear. eighteen miles further to Bull Run, where the
bridge Wa. burnt. /, is go completely within the
lines that il seems imp ssibe that the force which
has accomplished II should escape. With different
corps Of our army 90 Wauenton and Warrenton
junction, Gen. Pope's headquarters being at the
latter place, it 10 not easy 10 see how the enemy
effected an entrance into the lines al all. Ii is pos-
sbie that Thorouy hfare Gap has been left ungusrced
and that the Rebels dashed in the line OF The r,l
way which passes through that opening. In thai
case they have undoubtedly destroyed also the
bridge over Broad Ruh at Gainesville However
they came the dash is charac,erisuc of Rebel enter
prise and audacliy, and cutting, it does the only
railway between Washington and Gen. Pope's head.
quarters, and destroying Geographic communication
between Gen. Hsileck and the army whose move
men,s the field be IL directing, II more thsu COM
pepsates for the brilliant cavalry movements upon
Cupepper, Beaver Dam, aud Frederick Hall, by
which Gen. Pope frs, tigDslzed his assumption OF
command.
IL is nc; easy TO see what excuse 10 10 be offered
&r this asesss. Cstlott's was bad enough, and ~
consequences snfhciently DISASTROUS. B,t such
suecess, one migac expect wsuld put General on
NE guard against lie repetition. Here we have IL
again, on larger scale, siill holder in iu plan, and
more sudden and complete IN exec itlOn. There /.
very brilliant field indeed for future explanation.
Meantime, the capital il without communication with
che army by rail or telegraph, and the War Depart
,oeut received ito dspatch this by the hasds OF
n speeial messenger. Tonight Will bring US further
"A. hsl Of r. klBUul0
Won BY telegraph tonight, and particulars by mail
Tomorrow.
Notwithstanding ihis news, We have reports that
the Rebels are retIeating and that our army is al
ready moving forward. There is nothing from the
Shenandoah. Gen. Bankss corps is named as adj
v.neine in another direction