Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-08-15
VERY LATE SOUTHERN NEWS.

Richmond dates of the I3th-FaH account of
the Battle of Cedar Mountasn-d gforIons
victory cIatssed-L0mdattons OF Stone,rdu
Jackson-Frorl the Jamss rIver-RHmored
change of sass by Mcclellan - Federal
gun5oGts at West Point.
Southern hles 10 the 18th instant have been re-
ceived In perfect accordance with rebel ideas
Of verscity, the battle Of Cedar Mountain styled
by the rebels the battle Of Southwest Mountain)
is claimed as a glorious victory. Brigadier Gen
Prince, % commissioned cficers, and 800 pri-
Yates, are said 10 have been taken prisoners. The
names Of the officers are published. They were
taken 10 Gordc nsville In handcufs, and, In con.
formity with Jefferson Daviss retaliatory order,
are to be debared the privileges accorded to pris
oners Of war.
The Richmond Dispatch Of the 18th says
The prelude to the battle Of Saturday evening
occurred on Friday, In Culpepef county, beyond
the 1spidan river, in sfirmish between the
| advance Of our army and larger force OF the
enemy. The latter retreated with some loss In
killed and wounded, ana twenty one prisoner:
| ofncers, who arrived here by way 0 Lynchburg,
on Sunday night. The pursuit was continued for
| some distance, and the Yankee forces made
stand At Southwest Mountain, near Mitchells
| station, about six miles beyond the Rapidan.
| Slight diminishing was kept up on Saturday
morning, and In the afternoon Of that day, about
Sy portion o, Of the division Of General EweIl,
| and q brigade under General O. 8. Winder
Over three hundred prisoners were captured In
this engagement, including thirty commissioned
| officers.
One OF the latter admits that Federal division
was cut TO pieces while endeavoring to surround
the Stonewall brigade, and the general belief Is
that the enemy's loss In killed and wounded 10 at
least four times greater than ours. II was while
bravely leading on the men under his command
th.t Gen. winder was shot through the breast
| and almost instantly killed. At one moment the
fate Of his brigade seemed in doubt, when his
supports came up, and the enemy was driven back
| under an impetuous onset. On Saturday night
the division Of Gen. A. p. Hin was engaged, and
| the whole Federal force retreated, the pursuit
| being kept up for distance Of some FIVE miles
Heavy and rapid firing was heard after midnight,
and the superstition 10 that battle took place i'm
mediatelv on the Rappahannock river, near the
| line Of Fauquief county.
The prisoners were sent back to Gefdonsvile
whence they were transferred by railroad to Rich.
mond, guarded by detachment Of tue lst Mary.
land regiment, under Capt VIM. Goldsborough.
According TO the statements Of prisoners, the
force under Pope amounts to 40, 900 men.
nd.s 81 Se
Henrico, and was probably the youngest briga-
dief In the Confederate army.
The enemy had g. eco troops engaged in the
| battle on Saturday afternoon.
The ofnccrs who arrived Yesterday from Cor.
louisville, twenty seven In number, and who were
captured by Gen. jackson on Saturday, will moi
|
cent offensive and uncivilized order Of Gen. Pope
| remains unrepeaIed. They have all Gen Prince
included, been placed In the Libby prison, and
will in few days be separately confined, to bs
tried, and finally punished as felons, should the
Government of the North persist In claiming the
right to murder and pillage.
Il PROM JAcEsoN's COMMAND.
From the Richmond Eoquirer, 1Hh.l
Accident to the telegraphic wires on yesterda,
prevents us from giving our readers any satisfac.
torily information from the lines Of the army
| above 6ordonsville. 81 an early hour In the day
the line from Gordonsville to Richmond, vi,
Lynchburg, became disordered, and the onl,
resort was then to the direct line, brt the opera
tor at Gordonsville, fearful OF interruption by
Yankee operators, az on a former occasion, de
clined TO transmit intelligence, immediately
through that medium. Soon after this the dirsc,
line itself became disordered, and nothing NOR,
was heard up to last night from that quarter. The
telegraph during the day was that ''the move
ment then In progress was very important II
was owing to this fact that the operator on tn,
| direct line deemed IL prudent to withhold infor.
, | nation until certain that the line was clear.
FROM cuLPsPER.
From the Richmond Examiner, 18th
| From the best information we have been abb,
to obtain, the battle on Saturday occurred in Cul
| peper county, at point on the Orange and Alex
| andria railway, six miles beyond the RapidaI
river. The forces engaged were a portion, on on
side, Of Ewel's division, and on the part Of tn
enemy three or more brigades amounting TO be
| tween eight and ten housand men. The slaugh
ter Of the YANKEES Is said TO have been frightfu
out Of all proportion to the number taken pris
oners. An entire regiment, whilst charging on
Of our batteries, was ambuscaded and literally
annihilated.
The Richmond DispaseA says that ofacial di,
patches have been received there confirming tn
4 loss of the ram Arkansas.
: FEDElAL suHsoArs AT WEST POINT.
8 From the Dispatch, Aug. IL
We learn that three Federal gunboaS came u
! | York river to West Point on sunday mornin
? last and, after remaining there awhile, too
| their departure. On the same day the Yankee
landed Q force at Corr's farm, In King and Quee
I county. The object Of these movements 10
/ matter Of conjecture, though II 10 possible tbs
, troops are passing by that route from Mcclellan
1 army 10 the Rappahannock.
MCCLELLAN.
From the Richmond Whig, Aug. 10.
Q The report was current, yesterday, that Nc
Q | Clellan's army had evacuated Berkeley, an
' gone down the river In transports We think
. not improbable that the report Ii true.
/, The Dispatch Of the 18th says:
eft was confidently asserted on the street col
ners yesterday, that Mcclellan was evacuatinj
Z his encampment on James river.