The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-08-22

form ourselves as correctly as possible upon
the subject.
Both armies rested Saturday night upon
their arms, in the positions in which the
close of the battle found them. Generals
Pope, Mcdowell and their stats being un-
remittingly engaged until daybreak in get
ting theirs into the positions for the expec.
ted conflict of yesterday assigned to them.
At daybreak yesterday morning the
sharpshooters of the enemy were found pre-
cisely where their front was at the close of
Saturdays battle, and skirmishing with
ours Immediately commenced. Their forces
had, however, disappeared from sight. At
sunrise rebel brigade, supported by artil-
lery, emerged from the woods in the front,
and just as they got into line of battle, Gen.
Milroy opened on them with his battery of
Wizard guns, which seemed to sweep off an
entire company or two, the rest instantly
taking to their heels for the cover of the
woods Shortly afterwards General Bay~
ard, who continued, as before, in the ex.
treme front, scouting to the right and left
with his cavalry, reported them filing in
force in both these directions, as though aim.
ing to flank US on both sides. General
Pope Immediately dispatched Towers divis.
ion of Nc Dowels corps to follow, watch
and confront them on the right, and divis
ion of Sigel's corps d'armee to do the same
thing for those moving on the left. Gen.
Bayard, with two regiments of his cavalry
brigade, was thrown in advance of Tower,
and the gallant and efficient Colonel Duffie,
of Bayard's command, with his own Rhode
Island and the First Maine cavalry, was
thrown in the advance of our division of OBJ
servation on the left.
At eleven A. NJ, it was definitely ascer~
tained from reports from these forces, that
the purpose of the enemy could hardly be
flank movements. Ere 2 P. M. the impres.
sion became general at General Pope's
headquarters on the field, that instead of
seeking thus to renew the engagement, the
rebels were either seeking new position in
the rear or skedaddling
Since we reached Washington, General
Pope has telegraphed here that the engage.
ment was not renewed yesterday afternoon :;
! that the enemy had retired to a position
two miles back, and that be advanced his
own this morning to that lately held by the
enemy.
We omitted to say above that the pris-
oners say that the rebels commenced the
fight with ten thousand men, Gen. Ewell in
command, who were received by Jackson
with FIVE thousand more before six O'Clock
Pm, the balance of Jackson's army get
ting up early in the night. They claim
their combined force to be from fifty to
sixty thousand strong.
By break in the telegraph, the recep.
tion of General Pope's order to Gen. King
to join him with his admirable division was
delayed twenty~four hours. He however
started his advance from the vicinity of
Fredericksburg at four O'Clock P. NJ. of Sat-
urday, and at eight o'clock yesterday morn.
ing reached Elk run ford, so he is doubtless
up with the main body of the army by this
time. From our own knowledge of the
situation, we feel sure that the reception of
this important edition to his fine army, has
already been taken advantage of by Major
General Pope, and that he is again in mo-
tion towards Gordonsville. His men all
believe him irresistible, and feel certain that
signal victory will attend bis movement at
their head, as on all previous occasions when
at the head of bis western army.
P. P.S.-We lost single piece of artil-
lery, one of Best's. 1t upset in ditch,
and as it could not be righted by those who
had it in charge, it was abandoned.
"A Southern subscri Der has an excel
lent communication in the National IntelIi.
gencer relative to the loya! Union men in
the Southern States, and denies with ear
nestness the position that there is no loyal
Union men South. He says:
There are very many men in all parts of the
South who are at this moment, as they have
ever been, loyal and true to the Union, but
they dare not manifest it until they are assured
of permanent protection. They have seen
repeated instances in which Union men who
have shown their colors when the United States
forces advanced in their neighborhoods, have
been utterly sacrificed by the withdrawal of
those forces. They are not forgetful of the
fate of certain Unionists in the Valley of Vir'
ginia, and in parts of Missouri and Tennessee.
The people of the South never have been, are
not, and never can be, a unit in resisting the
supreme law of the land-the Constitution.
They may be kept down by an armed minority
in their respective States until, by the aid of
the United States Government. they can help
themselves, but they can be kept down no
longer.
Returns from the North Carolina cleo
tion show that Vance, conservative, is pro.
badly elected over Johnston, rabid secesb,
by $4,000 majority. The Petersburg E1-
press says: "VANcE carries Clarke by
1850 majority, Guiford by 1850, David.
son by 1900, Alamance by 76O, Wayne by
24O, and Chatham, Orange, and johnson by
large majorities. Nothing has been heard
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