The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-09-08

fAffp psarSSs oE SHssGz s2za & I'd & spoS r1 REM
DESPERATE rleHrIxo = rHE REBELS
&c. &c. &c.

been raging ftriously al day. An attempt wns
mad to turn our right but tha beave Sisel, with
his trusty Germans and the bon etiss he knows No
well how to manGuvrs, was g onre ordered to the
| right, and the enemy was dIfvembAek with heavy
loss. Sige headed bayonet ch9rge In person. It ID
said and In this new position dttfnguished himself
| Then bold stroke was made atOur centre, which
| wa. Handsomely repused BY Mcnewsll After this
q desperation was fearfnlly evtdent among the
rebels and there soon emerged frn the dust long,
| solid mass Of men. coming dow upon our poor,
worn-out army at bayonet chAeBe on the double
quick. by the description Of th0es who saw this
line of bayonets, am stis6ed teat in the distance
IL must have presented spoctae39 at once awful.
sublime, terrible, and overwhelsnimG.
On came the demons, ~ II SQergiug from the
earth, In we'll caparisoned nsse9ds, reaching in
solid colamn far y the y NJ Of human vision
But we were fully proposed TO meet the onset
properly and our men stood. pale but full of cou.
rage. swaiting the result fully determined to die
nobly fighting for the Stars aud Stripes II die they
must; and they saw NO safety In retreat.
Perfectly ast0nished at the confidence and courage
of our men, the rebels came up handsomely within
good range, aud, taking our fire, semi orderly
csmmotion was observed In their ranks While
this encouraged our men, Gen. Pope saw what WAS
tine intent of 1t all.
Almos. as quick az thought the buges sounded
the order to the rebel phalanxes, and instantly the
huge mass Of rebels was hurried against our left
wing. The gallant divisions ct Reno and Schenck-
heroes aud victorB of other felds--stood their
ground for a short space, but were soon overpow-
cred and gave way. Setting up yell of triumph
the rebels pushed over piles of their own dead men
and the corpses of many patriot, using the bayo
net at close quarters with our troops
Very tr.umphantly the rebel hordes advanced. -
II was evident, at first glancs, that they
had been heavily reinforced, and It was equally i'm
pressed upon onr consciousness that We must meet
the approaching contest with men wearied enough
In body and not a little dsmpened by the thought
that Sumner and Franklin had failed to come up
But the force nnder our control was disposed rs
well Sd circumstances would allow.
for Qdu naod tSurrr1 had
with more than mortal heroism. Inspired valor
fiushed each eager cOnntenance. We had suffered
severely i'll killed and wounded; bat few OF our
number had been taken prisoners--the lighting
was too desperate and the field toe hotly contested
on both sides to prevent any yielding save in
death. The bravery 6or I scarce know what eise
to call iD Of the rebels must be admitted. Many OF
them had thrown aside their coats and jackets, and
entered the contest with an Irish dash and reck-
lssgness Many of Our men had had not mouth
full to eat since morning, but there was no indica-
tion at any point in or line either OF wavering or
weakness.
TWAS whispered along the ranks in the panses
of the conflict when the re7erberai0ns OF the can
non hilshng momentsriy allowed an articulate
shout to he heard, that frank was coming to our
aid from Alexandria. Under such circumstances
the order fall back fall back p'came Ike q thun-
der clap to every ear. Gach colIntensnce dropped
There was Stacking In our fire, the line wavered
for an instant. and the nassing Of the troops com
menced
The rebels seem three to our one, when cheering
is heard in our rear. and the dust rises in clouds
seemingly for miles In extent. Halt ali hour passes
by and puts Sumner with his augmented and re-
generated corps, in the advance. The troops that
have fought so hard and So long fall back TO Cen
treville for rest. Many of them sunk right down.
and, cooled by the rain that WAS railing were soo'i
fast asleep DIRE aiming Of home and sill that Ia lovely
and beautiful in life, While the roar Of cannon waa
still ringing loudly in their ears srpeed with the
sudden relapse from the extraordinary eXeitemeni
of the past week.
MT. ding f1 he af
who have been taken, and who seem to be intsli-
GENT has recently been reinforced enormously, and
ToW iucindaa the entire rebel army OF the State Of
YkSinix The prisoners even 9e-sssaar 81 to sey
thai according 10 what they havs heard, tbs rebel
army of Virginia numbers about 255 600 men,
They occupy the outer extremity of the old Bull
Run battlefield at present their front being at the
farthest point OF the old fed. They hold their old
rife pits which were dug on the memorable 2lst Of
July, 1861. They are bold aud impmdent. What
their intention is cannot be known to any bat them
selves.
THE LOSSES
We have M metn of estimating our losses In
killed. wounded and missing, OF the ba' Of Sat
urtay last They were principally of the troops
composing McDowells and Fiz John Porters com
mands, and ara variousiy estimated at from 1000
to 5000
Among the killed wers Gen Hatch ION the fielj;l
General Buford (repOrted;) Captain Smead, OF 9TH
Artillery (half of whose head was blown of by
cannon baii3 Col Brown, 2ath Indiana; Col. Coul-
and Capt. Weed, 5th Artillery.
Among the wounded were Gen. Tower, leg shot
off; Gen. Schenck wrist fractured badly; Gen.
Kesrney. very badly wounded; Col Fletcher Web
ster, of Mass, very badly; Col. Thomas, 22nd New
York desperately through head and lungs; Gen.
Sigel. In the hand; COL Hays, of 65th Pennsylvs-
MIA; COL Soest, 29th New York, very badly; Lieut.
Wharton, of llth infantry, slightly In the arm.
From other accounts we extract the following
int eresting items
Our loss on Saturday, In killed and wounded. is
said to have been greater than on Friday say COO
but the loss in prisoners was much more consdera-
ble
During the battle tall, commanding figure. sup.
posed to have been jackson, was Seen in the front
and thieksst of the fight, mounted on a splendid
charger and waving his sword aloft, urging on his
Gen. Banks, in the execution of the order to that
end, burned yesterday lat railroad cars and five
locomotives.
The National Inelligency says. It is reported that
to provide against the werss that can possibly ee
cur, q squadron of gunboAts has been ordered to
rendezvous in the Potomac river near w ashipg-
ton.
Dispatches received from Fairfax Court House,
about seven miles from Cenirsvie, s tie that no
firing had been heard up to II o'clock to-day, tSun-
day.
in favorable position for joining ropes army
MscEILANEoUs
Msjor Gen. O. N. Mitchell il assigned to the com
mand OF the Department Of the south. He will
Immediately repair 10 Hilton Head, g. @.
A dispatch from Gen. Grant, dated Bolivar. Ten.
nessee, Aug 81 announces victory over tue rebels
at that place. 1t says: Col Hogg. In command OF
the goth and 29th Ohio infantry and cavalry, was
attacked by about 1000 rebe.a yesterday. Our
troops behaved WELL driving the enemy, whose loss
was over 100 Our loss was % men killed and
wo undsd. Col. Hogg being oae Of the sumber-1
The report that Gen. Kearn6y was wounded in
the recent battles Is e0ntradicted.
A dispatch from Memphis reports the capture OF
a rebel train OF cars from Grenada, and the oceupa-
tion of Hernsndo, Miss, by the Pederals.
(.has ] Iugersoll, recently arrested for senti-
ments uttered In speech In Philadelphia. has been
discharged from custody.
An expedition. consisting OF five gunhoats and a
number Of the marine artillery, left Nswbern on
the a2d ult, for Hamilton, N. O., to destroy same
rebel batteries that have hesn erected at that
place.
A dispatch from Cairo, dated August 30. says ths
steamer Eosis Hamilton was Aired into sn Thursday
bv rebel euerrillas, when thirty miles above Fort
Henry ON Tennessee river. Three of the shots ttok
effect and the captain was wounded gunboat
which wes following the steamer shelled the woods
without effseting tho dislodeusnt Of the rsbels
Advices from dreenville Missoan, Of August 30,
state that the euerriilas. 500 strong. under Nc
Bride threatened that placss and that l400 troops
are there to meet them. AL q the availabie force
Of the rebels il ct that point and hourly make Of
fensive demonstrations An attack was soon 81.