Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1862-08-30
E.ATE EEsO,E asOPE'S AA,NX
The Raid an Catlctt's.

WASHINGTON. August %.
We left the army of Virginia and the army
of the Potomac this morning. Where they
now are and what they are going TO do We
omit. Suffice il, however, that both ar" not
only safe, but that there has been no large
battle fought. no losses Ol any account suS-
tained, no panic. and no retreat Neither
are expected hy us; we say NO retreat we
have fallen thirty miles backward. but We
did not fight all day and retreat all night
! We marched. and the trains also, IN the
| daylight
We held an JnfavOrablc position to meet
the rebel army now massed to crush force
! that only went down to threaten while Nc
| Clcllan attempted to fall back. which WAS
at one time pronounced impossible. We
| will not attempt to iournaliZc the move
mcnts of each day. The rebels nov hold
the Rappahannock river, having 4 force
upon both sides; they threaten Warrrnton
and the Shenandoah valley. Lee and Jack
son, with 10000 of their best men, are
known to be near sulphur Springs while
jackson commands their extreme left.
Lee is in command of the centre. and
Generals Stuart. Lee and Robinson have
about 5000 cavalry and one battery of artil-
lcry. carving on Il guerilla war this side of
the PappahannOCk We cannot speak of
the preparations to meet them. but We think
they are ample On Friday evening We left
our forces in ndisputcd possession OF both
sides of the RappahannOrk river, at the
railroad, and for some miles upon both
sides. We were on the railroad train that
halted for an hour or two at "Catlctt's."
thirty-scycn miles from Washington, and
thirteen from the river.
We were first startled hy the report "wc
are attacked" Upon going to the side OF
the train, Hc found that the rebel cavalry
were all around the cars, and an indiscrimi
nate firing ut once commenced.
Their attention was first turned TO the
baggage trains, which were in Il circle around
the station. au,t consisted of several thou
sand, making a column when in motion Of
twelve or fifteen miles with the exception
of occasional firing. they met with no resis-
tancc, until about an hour after the Purncll
Legion had been surrounded and taken pri
soncrs ut the station when several yOieys
near POpc's baggage train caused Il STAN
pcdc, which lasted for several minutes
They remained at the station until about
y. VI, when their pickcts were drawn in
and they left.
About fifteen minutes after their arrival,
one of the most terrific storms ragct ior
about an hour or two that we have even
witnessed. The rain poured down in one
continuous stream. and it is to this drrnch.
ing rain that We are indebted for the safety
of the thousands OF wagons. They would
not burn when fired and there was no Other
; way to destroy them. They bumcd six
d two of which were Sutlcr wagons but the
storm came up while they were plundcring
p the others and after that it was too late.
They took off over two hundred horScS ot
Pope, train-alI of which were very fine
and twenty from Mcdowell. They ~ccurct
all of PoprS baggage but did not get III,
most valuable papers they rot his safe viii
$4,000 in Treasury Notps, and not a stat
officer was left clean shirt or anything Ci~c
From McDowcI's safe they secured Il few
thousand dollars, and a quantity of Liquor
from his wagons was all they took from
them.
All the sick were taken from the hospita
N the station. but most of them were pu
on the stolen horses to ride. The mcdica
instruments Were not found, but the mcdi
cincS were taken.
They made two separate attempts to tax,
the railroad bridge west of the station nca
a mile, but they were rcpulscd by the guar,
each time.
They had number of prisoners who cs
capped in the darkness and while the storm
ragged so tcartully. One or two escape,
after they reached Warrcnton. One, j. l.
Sites, clerk to Col Myers, says they rcachcc
there about six \. ". with about thre,
hundred prisoners, SOME of whom We're al
lowed to ride and some were walking
About two hundred were enlisted men; tn,
balance tcamstCrS, &c.
Mr. Sites saw General Stuart and Genera
=, Lee conversing after the storm near the roaC
; to camp As they were marched off in hOl
low square. Stuart|was giving orders abou
= destroying the Railroad bridge Out hal
a mile they had II battery of six guns, anC
this side of Warrenton was RobinsOn's bri
y gadc of cavalry, making with Lees brigade
- about four thousand They hoaStcd the,
i had ten thousand.
= When they reached Warrcuton they wcr
met 10y the people with open arms; every
, body rushed out with food for the rebels
d and all had bountitul larders supplied from
n our commissarics; the prisoners got moth
o ing; they left about eight o'clock \. NJ, il
the direction of Waterton and Sperryyillc
9 but Lees cavalry went off towards From
r Royal.
c They said that the main body of thci
t army laid ut Sperryvile, and that Stonewal
Jackson had column moving OIL TO tn
@ right Alter the Rifles were charged on
II second time, Col. Kane and Col. Myers, o
Popc's staff, escaped to the rear and sue
- ceeded in rallyng about sixty of them, anc
: made a charge down towards the station OF
! them, they again charged upon them Will
" they were plundering their wagons anC
' drove them off, and they did not return Il
J. that point. The result of these charges j
+ twenty rebels killed and wounded, five deaC
: left on the field, and six horses taken iron
them, and number of prisoners released
+ They took three large eight-horse ambulan
c ces from one of the trains and loaded then
r with their wounded.
o In all, the rebels lost some forty killed
a wounded and prisoners.
Col, Kane had two men mortally wouu