New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-09-02

two weeks Gen. Mcclellan ds0beyed Qs,
Halleck's orders, delaying for that lsp..s
Of time after he received his direc.o,.
to embark bis troops for Aqua Creek and
Alexandria, with the object Of meeting the Alta,
which bias now been made.
iion Our Special Correspondent
ALEXANDRIA. Aug o. lec1
At tho present moment $1,000 Rebels under An.
command Of Jackson and EwelI seem 70 have bss.
caught. The battle is still raging, however and
from the top OF the Mansion House in this civ N.
roar of artillery can be constantly heard Suu,s,
has Just cent ia for million rounds Of ammupiuu.
Siot, shell and bullets in Immense quantities are On
the way to Centreville and it is be hoped beo,.
night will be lodged IN the heads and the bellies Of
Jackson's cutthroats Burnside Is pressng him from
the side Of the RAJ pahauoek Sgel and Mcdowell
from the direction Of Thoroughfare Gap, and MCCls.
Ian from Alexandria. Jackson cannot escape with
out destroying ore the other Of these grand divs
ions. Sigel and Mcdowell fought him all day yesser
day. and drove him back upon Henxelman ed
Porters corps. Heinzelman and Porter in tan
threw him back upon Burnside. who fought hin
until night interviewed, and then left him staggering
and trembling, it is to be hoped TO be thoroughly
annihilated to-day.
According to the latest reports we have takea
about 900 prisoners, large quantity Of arms, and
one or two batteries. Gen. EWell was shot through
The head Yesterday. end died instantly Gen Sigei
is reported wounded but il still in BIZ. saddle direct.
ing the movements Of his corps IL is sad Sigel hes
a double tack to performto keep jackson from get.
ting off by the way of Manassas Gap, and Longsirest
from coming in. If GcDowei. and Sgel are sue
cessfGl ia this the greatest victory Of the war viii
have been before the setting Of the Gun to-day.
Jacksons only lines of escape will then be hs
CORPS of Bur de and back TO tho Rapidan, via Col
pepper, or through the re-enforcements Mcclellan
bringing up from Alexandra. II he retreats via
Suckers Gap aud reaches the Shenandoah, Siga
will probably dash over 10 Front Royal and StrasbuT
and cut him off before he can get to Winchester.
Kings Division Of McDowels corps is said to have
fOugb. splendidly although their loss will be heavy.
Sckless Brigade OF Hooker's Division, az ssud,
fought Ike veterans, aid drove EwelIs forces q
every point
Our oss in the battles Of Thursday and Friday, i
is thought, will not exceed 900. What We shsh
lose to-day remains to be seen. The cannonsing y
very fierce and if it continues until tonight it kas
commenced, great must be the destruction Of LIE.
Edwardss Ferry anu the Chain Bridge are now
strongly guarded, and no apprehension is felt for s
safety OF Washington. Gen. Hartsuf Of Rcsetxs
division, McDowells corps, was taken suddenly sick
on the battlefield day before yesterday, and was thA
morning brought to Washington
Supplies are being rapidly pushed forward, on The
Orange and Alexandra Raj road TO Bull Run, and
by tonight the troops will have an abundancea
food. The hospitals in Alexandra have made room
for 1000 wounded. Surgeons and nurses in great
numbers are snty arriving and every attention
will be bestowed upon unfortunate sodlers. Ihs
60 lrisoners taken from by Jackson IN the rad,
were yesterday psroled, be being unable to feed
them.
Oar loss In quar,ermaster and commissary storesG
Manassas was not nearly as great at fret repre-
sented. Il viii not much exceed sl00.0 600.
/ IL n.-Firing now seems to be considerably to The
left Of the Manassas Gap Railroad. | have jua
beard from Trustworthy source that over half
the Rebel army moved upon Fredericksburg las
eyening-that Burnside gave notice to the nhsbL
tants 10 leave the city late last night 40 lie would
probably shell the city this morning. If ,hese
PORTS are correct jackson may possibly escspe 10 thss
direc ION, bus not until he has beaten Hooker and
Burnside and repused the heavy column in lis rear.
He ia hemmed in on all sides and he must fghsW
tho death or surrender.
Teegraphc communication is now open with Ma
naasas along the line Of the Orange aud Alexapdns
Railroad. Major Fifed, Of Popes st4n, rePAts lis
cars saved, which the other side Of Cailesss
station, laden with ammunition and quar,errnasssr
and commissary stores. Gen. Pope's army would
not have been in starving condition in two or three
days in the event of Jackson having been aben
successfully hold him in check.
Co. Mcconnell Of the 80 New-Jersey was killed
in the battle of day before yesterday. Gen. Tayba
whose leg was amputsted on the same day, is me
very feeble condition, but his surgeon thipks 10 viii
recover although it will be time before lie ca
be removed from the hospital to his home. Th
famous Harris Light Cavalry are said TO have b.
hayed we'll in the recent battles. They have bees
constantly engaged with tie enemy in tie vicDlyd
Thoroughfare Gap.
Tie suller Of the Goth New-Yort, who arrived n
Alexandria late last night and here this morning
thinks our loss greater at Kettle Bun than Ihs'
the Rebels, Of whom he counted but II killed 10
sat % the nights OF Centreve from oeiOcsysS
ierday morning till ) il the evening, lisenas'OtS
firing, which would lie terrible for half an hour a.
continue during the day, and watching the eloadso
smoke and the shells that burst IN the air. Inc nns
of battle extended, as he judged, in "a seUl-clfes
from MANASSAS on the one side beyond the Old Da'
Run battlefield on the other and we were on wv
sides of the enemy who was believed to NC .'",
strong, Jackson having been re-eniorced. A'o'"
O'Clock cloud of dust wac seen moving from ~
direction OF Leesburg Indicative, as was supposed"
nm enforced retirement of Jacksontowafd tn"' t'S-
AT ,. when he left, the battle was, however, 'as"s