Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-08-30
the General was quiet, comfortable and in fair
foy a sDoedv yanovery

the General was quiet, comfortable ana In fair
way for a speedy recovery.
ANOTHER sKIRMIsH-oRN HOOKER IN COMMAND
We hsvr, for the past two DAYS, felt satisfied
that tie above Well-Iied veteran and able, brave
and gallant General, as well as his go meri-
torious Goa frsys, General Kearreyw would not long
remain out of from all communication with their
friends, as well al their supplies. We knew that
many hours could not elapse ere some desperate
effort would be made by them to opea communal
distance Of their friends and fellow patriots Nor
were we disappointed for on Wednesday noon
General Hooker, with that invincible division Of
his, left Werrenton Junction, where be had been
encamped, followed by General Kearney, With
his division az a reserve, and marched directly
towards the enemy at Bristows station, utterly
regardless Of the nature and extent OF the opposing
forces, who were under the redoubtable stone
wall" Jackson, whose name, IN itself, 10 tower
Of strength.
Coming up within sight OF them some time
after O'Clock, they Immediately opened FIRE
upon him with the field pieces they had, as well
| as keeping up at the same time well directed
infantry FIRE; our people promptly returned II, the
firing being brisk and rapid on both sides for
some three quarters Of an hour. At this time
Gen. Hooker ordered a charge. The boys gave
one Of their loud, terrific cheers, which are pc.
caliar to this division, charged bavonsts and
started S On full run directly ib The face OF the
started for the woods, nor did they stop until
reaching Manassas.
What was the final result Of this engagement
we do not kn w, but we know well that General
Hooker 10 one Of those generals who believe In
following up an advantage, and hence we ven
ture to state that he did not stop until they were
either driven out Of Manassas, or himself badly
whipped. Sickles' New York Excelsior Brigade
| are lauded to he skies for their exemplary con-
duct on the occasion, while Others o: the regi-
ment ccme In for their share Of special praise
The names Of any of the killed it is impossible
to give at the present writing, though we
told by party who rode over that part Of the
Held where the charge was made that the Rebels
| lay piled up rows deep. Most Of these latter
were from Louisiana regiments
1t Is stated that during the engagement, some
2OO prisoners were taken while some so others
voluntarily surrendered themselves, stating that
they were worn out with hunger, loss Of sleep
and excessive riding, having ridden more than
120 miles in two days
BAGGRD.
1t may be imprudent, 1t may be contrshand, 1t
may be premature In us tn make the assertion,
vet, after careful study OF the position OF the
forces aud the position now held by this "Stone.
wall" Jackson, nothing but some stupid blum
derlng on our part can prevent as from captur-
Ing his entire party In our judgment, as well
as many others with whom We have couvGrsed,
"Stonewall' Jackson has come too near this
time, and Is bound to be bagged.
THy EXTENT OF OUR LOSS
Is somewhat greater than was at first supposed,
Tor, In addition to destroying the long bridges
over Bull Run and Broad Run Creeks, some Fl We
other smaller ones have been rendered useless.
Five, instead Of two locomotives 1t Is now stated,
have been destroyed, together with any number
Of cars.
MANASSAS OURS
Just as we Were on the point OF starting for the
Post ONCE ts mail this, friend Of OuES, staff
omcer and one In whom we have much conf
dence, ana W no 10 Just up from Alexandria, tells
us that he knows that Gen. Hooker held posses.
sion Of Manassas on Wednesday nigh, and last
night, and at O'Clock to-day our pickets Joined
each other. We have no time to write particulars
this afternoon.
and plenty. No time to follow them up. Heavy
firing 10 heard In the direction of Fairfax Court
House -
ALEXANDRA, Aug. 90, 2 o'clock-A great
many oonnieting rumors have been current all
Washington, succeeded In making his way from
Warrenton to this place on hand car
The enemy before VI are commanded by Jack.
On Wednesday last Gems Kearney and Hook
er attacked the enemy about one and half miles
beyond Bristow, the enemy at this point being
commanded by General Ewel. Our forces at.
tackled the Rebels with such impetuosiry that
they fell back in some confusion, at least until
night came on, which saved the enemy from
to,al rout Yesterday, at daybreak, Generals
kearney and Hooker opened the ball, The enemy
falling back towards Centerville AT this pn!nt
our forces came up with them, when a severe
engagement eIsued, which lasted until dark with
heavy Losses on both sides. The enemy fought
again caused cessation Of hostiiities.
TIE f. ht was az ain renew d this morning. but
II 10 evident that the enemy cannot stand before
the veterans Of Gen. Heintzelman's CORDS d 'armee
General Sickles' Excelsior Brigade was In the
thickest OF the fray, and right nObly did they
sustain their former reputation won on the PENN
suia before Yorktown and Richmsnd The
brigade has suffered severely. It Is very dificuIt
to estimate the number Of killed and wounded on
our side. The loss Is very heavy
Colonel Potter was wounded In the arm Major
Andrews was killed No general officer 10 known
to be either killed or wounded.
Five locomotives and the trains thereto attacbaa
have been destroyed and the remains are vet
scattered along the road.
Al the bridges and stations from Brlstow to
Bull Run have been destroyed. The large hotel
at Mansasas has also been DESTROYED
The enemy captured over lot 0contrabs last
evening, OF all sizes and ages. They Were making
tneT way to our lines; The poor wresches were
The enemy captured over 500 prisoners at Ma
nassas They also got into the Quartermastsrs
Department, and many If them changed their
CLONES, leaving their cid dirty and filthy duds
The train that left Wsrrenton onTuesday hight.
containing sick and wounded, en- route to fbis
point, was captured, and those CT the sick and
taken prisoners.
"Stonewall' Jackson was at Salem on Sunday.
and then marched ffty-two miles Oh Monday and
Tuesday, for the purpose Of getting to the rail-
wow nc iSoSA&CA buC IollIOSu Oh lutBQdy nj Tlt.
at eight O'Clock, and at once commenced to inter-
cept trains running up and down. The switches
were turned so az to turn the cara otf on siding.
and from thence down enbanknerts
Helnforcements have been going all day to as
silt In driving thsse m!screants to the wall
In the attack by the Rebel cavalry, their cry
was: "No quarter to the Yankeesn
The booming OF the guns could be plainly
heard at Alexandria last evening and dsv
Contra6ands still continue TO arrive by hundreds
Gen Pa,terson's brigade, known as the I'd Jer
sey Brigade, was called upon by Gen Hooker
and they went into the fight in their usual man,
nei. Wednesdays fight was terrible our bow,
driving them In all directions the anemy n 81.