The New York herald., 1862-09-02
THE WAR NEWS.
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generals who have distinguished themselves in these
TIN vmING TO-DAY HEARD IN WASHINGTON.
The Aring hoard to-day in the city was only at inter-
yals, and seemed to be dull heavy and desultory Per
haps this caused by the humidity OF the atmosphere
tt believed that very heavy battle has been going
on to-day but Of course impossible for your cores
pondents TO arrive here from Centrevine tonight.
hopc TO send you full account morrow M
FROM ANOTHER CORRESPONDENT.
NEAR CssTnEvMLx, August 3l-6P. n.
was turned il Is said by body Of rebel cavalry sup
posed % be ve thousand strong AoDoweh corps being
1enS supported by infantry MCDoweis entire corps was
almost Instantly swept away The charge was fearful
Our oicers say that u exceeded IN nerce impeuosity
anything they ever SAW hoard read OF In history
THE GROUND RE0ANED.
This morning there was report, how true know not,
that tho ground lost by this charge has been regaed
THE STRENGTH OF THE REBELS.
The enemy according 70 the reports Of prisoners who
gently Seen reinforced enormousy and now includes the
entire rebel army In the State OF Virginia The prisoners
even 20 to say that according what they have
heard the rebel army in Virginia numbers about 900
mcn.
THE ENEMY's POSITION.
They occupy the outer extremity Of the old Bull
battle Geld at present. their front being At the farthest
point Of the old field. They hold their old rife pits
which were rec dug On the memorable 2ist Of July 1851:
cannot be known TO any but themselves.
THE c0NvEYANcEs FOR wouNpED-BLUNDERING.
Washington tho conveyance Of the wounded from the
battle feld necessated by sad mistake in the
mac-he department having failed 70 bring up the am
nuaaees which were used on the peninsula and Of which
s:s' w1s vsy sV Owe hun
WHAT OFFICERS THINK OF THE PROSPECT.
It was the opinion Of leading army officers yesterday
the fsld that shall whip Jackson Lsngstreet An
derson the other rebel leaders, without Surrounding
1hem. ae
PRISONERS.
EiO11k dr04v frOrn
point this morning to Alexandria. This makes fifteen
hundred that have been forwarded to Washington. Tho
Taylors Now Jersey brigade has been this fight
Several hundred Of it's men, who taken have
paroled 1t has not suffered as much % s generally be-
STATEMENT OF A PRISONER.
very intelligent prisoner, commissioned ocer. with
whom convsrsed told mo that jackson made address
TO his army day before yesterday In which he urged his
stand Arm and nght to the last for IL they
beaten then and there all hope for the successful estab
Ishnent Of the Southern confeeracy was lost This man
reports that in Fridays battle jackson made very
marrow escape from capture.
NUMBER OF PRISONERS TAKEN.
Persons supposed TO be well informed say that we
have taken at least II 600 prisoners from the enemy in
and sent back
GENERAL sCHENCK WOUNDED.
General Schenck went 70 Washington last evening.
He severely wounded the LETT arm It feared
ho will losc the limb. His division Sges corps
Brgadss OF General stahel and General McLane were
driven In by Jackson's men, but were ralying when
General schenck left. General Ernest Won Steinwehrs
and General Carl Schurzs division drove the enemy back
handsomely upon several occasions at the point Of the
0ayonet. Schurz's division Is badly cut up. General
NNroy's independent brigade suffered severely. They
fought WE'LL dropping the rebels like ripe fruit.
SURGEONS AND NURSES WANTED.
At least five hundred additional surgeons are needed
immediately, and although some three hundred are
psoted from your city the services Of many
will bo acceptable. Nurses also wanted aud
would not be doing much If many thousand
and bloody ground and perform their acts Of patriotism
aud charity.
POSITION OF OUR ARMY YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
This afternoon our whole army Is massed ten miles
south Of Centreve, beyend Bull rum and orhdndi,g
a the reta army has received such great reinforcemcnts
latcr considered certain. jackson will certainly be
driven 20 the mountains. He cannot pass through Tho
roughfarc Gap again, for Hsinzelman Is guarding tho
road and he cannot break through that brave corps
especially with our grand armies al his heels.
[From the Philadelphia Press, September II
None coanpdin Of the inactivity Of Trginia
campaign Event has succeeded rapidly within
the past fortnight that the unntary mind becomes per
what has been dsne what might have been done
81 many ncomprehensibc and rreconciable dispatches
I he found on war so as1
Onfdent propheses uttered that this rebel general
win be entrapped and that rebel general cut off
itself In an inextricable maze whenever grand
battle does take place We shall, therefore,
ing Of Friday and Saturday last On Friday last General
Pore attacked the rebels al Hay station on the
Junction. The result a compIete Victory sohieA
10 be fooDed UP the following day BY Teeical Of
che cgeue saturday came and with it, unfortunately
for U.s. and most unexpectedly, hoavy ronforocmenis
70 the rebels Who In turn, became the nssaiants. TO
prudent officer like General Pope retrograde movement
the only policy Of safety left That prudent policy
most skilfuy and successfully enacted Our army has
retired In good order to almost impregnable position
centrevle where IL will Immediately be reinforced,
whore 1t has direct communication with Washington,
where obtain all necessary supplies without danger
suredy gain strength for immediate forward movement
There is nothing In the dispatches giving this infor
discouraging prudent reirogrcssion which will DO
but temporary-nothing discouragng IN the fact that
General Pope has been joined oy Frankn.nothing DIS
nothing dscouraging In the fact that General Pope is
pected promptly TO renew the contest. The advantages
disadvantages Of this withdrawal TO Centreville remain
10 be but this much know that, whether good
evil may result the is not in itself defeat
We Of the North have much OF tho shaping OF It's
quences our own hanGs II In our apathy neglect
20 send forward the needed renfocements the respons
bility Of failure rests upon ourselves.
[Correspondenco Of the Philadelphia Tnquirer.1
aAs Fighting SgU Going On-Trep.endous Cannsnading-
A~r.sn, ion Tram all Sae-Rebus'ding Of TIE Telegraph
There has been continued anxiety all the mornng re-
in the vicinity Of Centrevlc is twelve O'Clock ana
there ul in the cannonading, which has been very
severe up TO this hour Runors have been coming In
that Stonowail jackson s corneed and the only outlet
sOr him Is down the road toward Alexandria. Is is
really true that Gen. Hentzelman 10 driving him this
way he will most assuredy be bagged The whole corps
Of General Sumner tho qui rse this morning to
take part in the fray.
The gloom and what little constcrnation among tho
Unens OF this place there have given way TO 10Y at
of Jackson getting into trap several days
past great anxiety has been manifested by the Unionsts
while those OF secession procyities have been exutant
IN the extreme. Now, again their faces depict the
thoughts ther dark sneakng souls. You can read
their countsnancss with glance
The telegraph IN again open 10 the Junction A
government cmplcye by the name Of Markham has just
got In from Bristow His communication was at once
telcaraphcd to the War Department at Washington.
The telegraph operator as Bristow, by the pane Of
Douglass, Is at the station, wounded In the leg The
crews Of the two locomotives, known a. the Red Bird
and President, missing, with the exception of the
conductor Of the President, Mr. Thomas King. Mr..
Feterey ono OF the engineers known TO be prisoner
One OF the brakcmeu buried by the road sde day
before yesterday, by Mr.. Markham There thirty
graves in the vieniy of Bristow, containing the bodies
of Unonss. The rebels fred into uparmcd men, with
1he cry Of "No quarter 10 the damned Yankees.n
The first attack on the railroad, where the rebcs had
possession, was between Broad run and Kettle run.
Brstow Is thirty miles from Alexandria.