Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-08-14
Noon Reports.
w a HIN TON NEWS
THE CILPEPPER BATTLE.
Official Report of Loss
AFFAIRS ON THE BORDER.
Ihl Missouri lruel-ciIIns
Official Report of Loss
The Missouri GuerriIIus.
prom Washington.

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patch saws:
IL is considered certain that highly important
army movements are either in progress or com
pleted but it is not regarded proper yet to in
dictate their nature.
Much more cheerful impressions prevail
ing concerning Gen. Pope's engagement. Jack
sons retreat is known here To have been a neces
sty. He had evidently become aware of the
trap into which he was being begulled, and re-
treated to escape the danger which the execution
of our plans threatened.
Jacksons eye was upon Fredericksburg as well
as Culpepper
well with Popes army. and that there is no rea
for the apprehensions which were expressed
yesterday and to-day.
Well informed persons freely declare that Pope
will be in Gordonsville by Saturday at farthest,
though perhaps not without fighting, which may
be going
The Tribune dispatch says:
When the rebels fell back yesterday, it is as
serted by one man recently escaped that tie reb-
els divided. part of their force taking the road to
Sannandsville, the other portion taking the other
side of the mountain towards Gordonsville.
The following Is the first correct copy of the
official list of the wounded in the last battle as
they arrived at Alexandra Among them are:
K. S. krohl, 29th Ohio; David b. Parker. Bryan
McArter, James Hale, James NJ. Loomas, VIM
G. Finney, Frank Chapman, VI Pondo, Eldridge
Potter, Lieut.. Crawford, Geo. Wright, Jno Chap
pell, \. A. Smith. Gardner Harrison, and others.
The Fredericksburg correspondent of the
Tribune states that the expedition from Burn
sides division Wednesday last made descent
on Virginia Central Railroad at Frederick Hill
Station. and took up eighty lengths of rail, cut
the telegraph, bringing away the wires poles, and
blowing up the road be6 with powder
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side the track were made into barrcade across
the road bed, and warped and burned by kindling
large fires uuder and about them.
COmpaBies - Captain Groventer Ii Captain
Melvin, aud Z, Lieutenant Loudon command
ing went down to the station house, destroyed
the water tanks telegraph wire, 5000 bushels of
grain and large lot of whisky and other army
stores which were awaiting transportation to the
enemy at Gordonsyille. The force was in COM
mand of the brave and dashing Lieutenant
Colonel Kirkpatrick, who in command in
the recent brilliant raid to Beaver Dam.
Adiutant Benz Gregory, with party who was
sent down 10 near Bumpus Turnout, blew up the
track and switches in satisfactory manner. At
this point the water tanks and depot were burn
ed, the track destroyed and a small cuvert
blown up; Il little further down the track was
barricaded with new rails. rendered useless by
burning as were those above Frederick Hill.
Hearing that the trains were expected up with
troops from Richmond the expedition commenced
its return march.
The large bridge over the Pamunky was burnt
to prevent the enemy from following up
Advices received from Stockholm under date
of July 18th state that American pork is in great
demand and preferred to Russian 1t is admitted
into Sweden duty free Common sides and
shoulders from Indiana and Illinois sell freely at
lOc, smoked hams 2Oc.
The grain crop is short Wheat of good quail
ity brings l65c, rye l40c and oats 27c. All
kinds of grain are admitted duty free.
There is a ready sale for rosin and leaf tobac
co. The former pays duty of y per cent, the
latter &c per pound
Advices from Culpepper Court House dated the
18th says,
The flight of Stonewall Jackson shows that he
fears troops.
On Saturday he engaged with his whole force,
numbering at least 80 900 men, a portion of the
corps of Gen Banks who behaved most nobly
holding the enemy in check, and with the aid of
one division of Gen. McDowell's and Gen. Sigel's
corps which arrived late in the day, driving the
enemy from several positions and finally from the
field OF battle
Jackson's loss can scarcely be less than 500.
Our loss is much less.
The battle WAS decidedly the boodiest of the
war.
On Sunday Jackson remained idle-the troops
on both sides being exhausted
On Monday jackson sent in flag of truce
asking to bury his dead, a large proportion of
which still lay on the field pending which he es-
capped with his Texans This morning Jackson's
whole army was gone.
General Buford with his cavalry and artillery
quckened JacksOns haste toward Gordonsville,
compelling him to burn bridges to save himself
Jackson obviously does not intend to stop run
ming until he reaches the rebel Notifications at
Richmond.
General Pope has fully met the public expec-
tation of him.
The enemy not only show their backs to our
faces but the Shenandoah Valley and the whole
country from Manassas to GOrdonsville is no
longer polluted by the presence of armed rebels
Jacksohs servant has just come into the quar-
tiers of General Mcdowell and reports that his
master admits loss of over 1900 men in the
engagement of Saturday
JOSIAH Ii Squier of San Francisco, has been
appointed to a clerkshp in the Pension Office in
the Interior Department
To-day, Secretary Seward formally recon-
mended TO the employees in his Department that
they furnish many soldiers for the war there
are persons therein fit for duty below the age of
forty five
The Secretary, at the same time, pledged him
sell to furnish three substitutes.
The clerks promptly responded, and it is un-
derstood that ten or twelve men have been sup
piled by them, either personally or by substitute
The remainder to complete the quota will doubt
less soon be forthcoming Two of the clerks
will leave Washington to enter the service else
where.
The following the only regular banks OF
issue in the District of Columbia, and whose
notes are received as bankable money:
The Bank of the Metropolis, the Bank OF
Washington, the Farmers and Mechanics Bank
the Bank of Commerce of Georgetown. This
information is given for the protection of the dis