, 1862-08-12

u Itr10nsFiite, and Tue etaHGyy nloFf1nEh! OF ,
.roers ut the appointed time from Richmond
CO.'S, lille and adjacent strategic points.
Bu:, before these movements OF the rabels
were we'll under way, the dispositions ct G5n.
Pope we're complete Jackson suddenly
Iound that hiA entrance into til. Shenandoah
mas IS et1ectually barred as Il every road
The willy rebel Was at last outgeaeraled, and
may we'll have heard with dismay that, Whilo
t. c Union fcrccs were massed at Sperryvi1ls
and Washington, ready to be swiftly mogedin
either direction, they bald also Tlo7at on,s
Gap ard the Luray to New Market road. Il
he entered the valley b. the Harrlsona1lrE
read, and marched through Mount Jackson
and StTaeburg ega1ust Winchester, he left an
ensn,y in force On Lis flank who could close
the door against his retreat, and, before he
could en:cr Wiuclesler,. wonid break his
Communications aad cut him 10 pieces bS au
attack IL the rear. or force him to surrender
without q fight. TIE 7alley, in fact, was pro-
tected hy !. fctce wholly outside OF 1t.
Net content with this s'icce5s, Gsu. Pope
hsd determined that the rebet general should
Iut tuly Dc forced to abandon the otEsnsiye,
but to assume the defensive. the forces IN
KapIahaInock county, while covering the
Shenandoah, and getting rest and supplies,
hs Id also tie right Of line strategica.ly often
siye, ard were steadily pushing down by di-
ysrgett roads to the chief towns Of Madison
epo Culpeprer enunties. From Fredericss-
and i,::;l;aat. cavalry ta5h against Beaver Dam
woke up the rEbels to learn that their iEterio or
lines Of communication were in danger, and
were even temporarily Destroyed. B.i5re they
had time to recover rom that SURPRISE, sec
@: followed, and the third SUCCESS o! 3 SINH
lar lind was accomplished TWO days ago. Iu
other words, tic whole face Of thu c1:lpaign
Lad betn clarged in month. and before Gen.
Tcpe Lad fairly taken tic fald in person he
lad tiwarted the rebel p1aas, checked their
advance, broken their Communications, and
forced them into defunse-
Correspondence Of the n Z. Times
Gen. CRAwF0RD'S HEsDQCAErEHs.
NEAR srLrErTEE, Wednesday, aug 6, 1859.
N,ar1y The whole army Of Virginia is now
CT the move forward in the direction Of the
enemy. Ger. Mcdowell arrived here to-day,
ard fixed his tcadqnartcrs st the fa1 resi-
del4ce 6f Dir. WalucA, Of tits Washington
Star Ger Riekutt'S, AartsuIs 5, aud Dar-
yeas cemsnanIs came with him Gel. Banks
army, the portion that remained near Little
Washington, is on the uaEca- Gcr. 8 auks
! himself viii tonight encaup at Woodvisle, 3
pleasant little place hrExesi, here aua spes-
5yvi}lc- lie will be on and probably beyont;
htre b5 to morrow hight. lis present des,
tinst;on ], Of course, lJust 30 state. Louise,
point further On, the importance Of which
viii a1,reas. i yea =11ppo5s OF: I'D
]HLNE 1lQI IL tE LEt.Tu' IsN.I LIE
;; dan, through "Orange Court House, towards
! Frede1icssanrg,, is now :hrea5e1ea; As Is
: Hanover aud also GorIo1sEisle o. which
point cur first gra!:d demonstration will b.
g, made, is not yet to be made public. At Mad
, isun Cour. House, there is now considerable
i force of iniautry-one Of S:gers brisates, ac,
yesterday c7cstng Ge1. Ba!ort, chief Of cav
! airy, lett with & nortion Of his Command. 4
I little Ia.er, Col De Forest left for toe sam.
; point 81th tic now Veteran 5th New York
! The list Vermant did not return here from
+; Raccoou Ford, hut ware ordered directly t:
!, Eight. The Kell-driiled force of Gen. Sigel i.
! moving forward In sections, occupying impor
! tanc points on the way; Gen. Burnside il no
resting, as might be supposed probable, aui
King and the others are acting, We believe, il
:; accordance with well-eouceiycd p2an for ear
u offensive operations The forceat CuIpepe1
under Gen. Crawford, will not, am sure, re
! naaan here much longer. It's position Is IN t.
advance. aud il must noW. "more on.n
+ Gen. Pope was expected here to-day, but ha
! Cot yet arrived. I do not think now that b
| will be here before Friday. His presence witt
I Energetic and enthusiastic prepafariou 70
work Is the Fesnlt-
I REBEL NOTICES OF TIE POSITION.
From the l:iehasnd Dispatch. Arg.21
From the position Of affairs on tue .Rapps
hanncck, the impression pIerails that actiF
operaa ions cannot be long delayed. FL
several days past the enemy have been mallsi
such disposition cf his forces as to induce III
belief :tlat a1 advance is earlg contemplated
Passengers by tie Central train. last evening
rprestnt that the main army of Pope h5
moved up from. Culpepper into Madison, an
tbat considerable infantry force had been at
vauctd ID III southxesterly 1irsction IS tar .
stuartsv1lle, In Greene county. This point
On the road leading into the ya1ley, th1oug
foot Of the B.ne Ridge: :;
From the Richmond Dispatch, August 81
There is no material change In affairs a1on
the lines of the RappahannDnk since our La
] report. Our latest Information tends to COZ
firm the impression that heavy ergageme1
| Is impending, and must occur in q feT days
most, The movements Of the contending q
mics indicate that the blow must sooa I
,:stfuck- The train yesterday atternoo
brought down come prisoners from Gordon
| vile, captured in the cavalry fight At orane
Court House on Saturday. Two Of these Al
| members Of the I'd Vermont, aud the 9th
two Of the 9Th New York regiments of caya
r. From the statements Of these prisoners
would appear tha. the fight of Saturday r:
much more severe taan previous acconE
/ represent it. They state that seventeen
. | their men:were killed and number wounde
Lieut.. Myers, OF Ehe provost guard, uad
| | whose charge they were brought 10 this eli.
eleven Vaunded- The prisoners report tho
, ft,Tce IN the fight at about 100. aud ours fro
800 to 400. :Nor~ithsfaud uding this disparity
, | numbers, the enemy were driven from Il
town, and the place 'Eas occupied by our N .
, The cnt presented bereEith shoaKss TIC de
Of Cen Pope's cperatlons. : The fbattls q
CURED on the banks of 8 little etraam .call
Cedar Bun, about six:mlles south, u: j /! :!cu,pa
per c. H.: e., ~,.,cz+:*>::, !, =