Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1862-09-03
: From Virginia.


From Virginia.
. On Friday last. ..Maiot General j. e..
FB. Stnmt esossed Hazel river at Wei
ford's Ford, with about three Thousand
cavalry, and proceeded to- Waterloo
bridge. Feon thence the command
advanced,to Warrenton and waited for
the column to close mp. The advance
] guard was therfsent out about. .6vemiles,
and reported everything quiet: The
ca3nmn again moved forward, andreach-
edwithin o mile Of Gatlets's Station, on
the. Orange and Alexander ia railroad a
| fbout dark, The enemy were complete
| " surrounded and surprised, and their
whole force, consisting Of about FIVE
thousand men, were put to fight. =
I Quartermaster's and commissary
| stores, wagons, tents, ETC., of the est
mated value of FIVE millions of dollars
were destroyed by eur troops. They
| also captured three hundred and sixty
seven prisoners. including seventeen
commissioned officers; among whom are
one Colonel and three, eaptains; also
General Pepe's TIVE horses, bis saddle,
bride, sword, Uniform, his serEant, and
his qaartermaster, Captain Goulding,)
and the auartermaster's horses. Also,
100000 in specie and treasury notes;
and a mail, containing official letters
from Gen. Pope Of the highest impor-
tance, which are now in the hands Of
General Lee.
About four Q clock the enemy rallied
and made a feeble attack on our column,
but were soon driven off. General Stu
t art and his command returned to War
renton Springs on Saturday, with the
loss of but two killed and five wounded.
The enemy were in full retreat, leaving
small force to try to check the expect
ed advance of our troops. It is sup
posed they will make stand at Alex
andria, General Stuart was at the
head Of the column during the entire
march. Col. Lee, of the ninth Virgin
la cavalry, led the charge upon the
Yankees. Gen: :Popes sword was Cap
tured by Mr.. Charles Minnegerode, Of
this city. -.
We are Indebted for the above highly
interesting information to Mr.. W. Keith
Armistead, of tue sixth Virginia caval-
ry, who accompanied the expedition,
and was in thss6ght near >Gatlett' s.
Mr.. Armistead was, until recently, a
clerk in the adjutant generals Office in
this city, but resigned his position With
patriotic zeal to enter the cavalry SER
vice: He had the satisfaction Of termi-
mating the mortal career Of at least one
of the accursed invadersaef our soil.
Mr.: A. brought with him the hand
some uniform, coat late the. property. of
Gen. Pope, as appears from the inscrip-
ton on the collar. histrophy is now
in possession of Gov. Letcher, to whom
| T was sent as a present, Re,believe, by
Gen. Stuart. As the Circuit around
the Chickahominy by Gen. Stuart was
the forerunner of the defeat of McClel-
lan's army, we hope that this similar,
but more brilliant event, may be the
precursor OF the total dispersion and
| anhihilation of the Yankee invader.
Richmond Enquirer, 18th.
We have no news of any general fight
! though well founded impression pre-
walls that much more has occurred than
the public has been apprized Of. Pas
sengers from Gordonsville on Tuesday
afternoon state that heavy firing was
heard in the direction of Warrenton,
beginning about 10 o'clock on Tuesday
morning, and the supposition was that
a general fight was progressing in that
mel ghborhood, though nothing definite
had reached Gordonsville with reference
toit. The heaccepted conclusion was that
the enemy had made stand, and that
great battle was impending, if not In
actual progress.
/ Parties from Gordonsville as late as
yesterday morning state that it was re,
liably ascertained at that point on Mon
day that Mcclellan, with 10000 men,
had arrived at fredericksburg, and was
attempting tojoin Pope, having come
2 up in timsfo prevent Burnside's retreat
r from becoming total rout.
III is stated that the decentralization
4 in the Yankee army is great, the officers
fearing to enter upon battle lest they