Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-08-15
VERY LATE SOUTHERN NEWS.

VERY LATE SOUTHERN NEWS.
Richmond dates of tbs 13th-FuN account Of
the Battle of Cedar Mountatn-h GLORIOUS
victory clGtmed-Ldndattons OF stonetcaH
Jaekson-Frons the James rirsr-R Mn,orsd
change of bass By Mcclellan - Federal
gnn6oGts at West Point.
Southern fles 10 the 18th instant have been re-
ceived. In perfect accordance with rebel ideas
Of veracity, She battle Of Cedar Mountain styled
by the rebels the battle Of Southwest Mountain)
10 claimed as a glorious victory. Brigadier Gen.
Prince % commissioned cficers, and $50 pri-
Yates, are said 10 have been taken prisoners. The
names Of the Officers are published. They were
taken to 6ordcnsvllle In handcufs, and, in con.
formity with Jefferson Davis's retalatory order,
are to be debarred the privileges accorded to pris
oners Of war.
The Richmond Dispatch Of the 18th says:
The'prelude to the battle Of Saturday evening
occurred on Friday, In Culpeper county, beyond
the Rapidan river: In q skirmish between the
advance Of our army and larger force OF the
enemy. The latter reIeated with some loss In
fined and wounded, ana sw my prisoners
officers, who arrived here by way Of Lynchburg,
on Sunday night. The pursuit was continued for
some distance, and the Yankee forces made a
stand at Southwest Mountain, near Mitchelps
station, about six miles beyond the Rapidan.
Slight skirmishing was kept up on Saturday
morning, and In the afternoon OF that day, about
four o'clock, an attack was made upon the enemy
by q portion Of the division Of General Ewell,
and q brigade under General G. 8. Winder.
Over three hundred prisoners were captured in
this engagement, including thirty commissioned
officers.
One Of the latter admits that Federal division
was cut to pieces while endeavoring to surround
the Stonewall brigade, and the general belief Is
that the enemy's loss In killed lad wounded 10 al
Ia
| bravely leading on the men under his command
that Gen. Winder was shot through the breast
and almost instantly killed. At one moment the
| fate Of his brigade seemed In doubt when his
supports came up, and the enemy was driven back
under an impetuous onset. On Saturday mig ht
the division Of Gen. A. p. Hill was engaged, and
| the whole Federal force retreated, the pursuit
Heavy and rapid firing was heard after mid night,
and the suppositi0n 10 that battle took place i'm
| mediately on the Rappahannock river, near the
line Of Fauquier county.
The prisoners were sent back to Gofdonsvlle,
whence they were transferred by railroad to r ich
| mond, guarded by detachment Of the let Mary
land regiment, under Capt VIM. 6oldsborough.
According to the statements OF prisoners, the
force under Pope amounts to 40, 900 men
Gen. G. b. Winder wss q nephew Of 6 en-. John
Il. Winder, the commander OF the Department Of
henrico, and was probably the youngest briga-
dier In the Confederate army.
The enemy had 5000 troops engaged in the
battle on Saturday afternoon.
The officers who arrived Yesterday from Cor
louisville, twenty-seven In number, and who were
captured Dv Gen. jackson on Siturday, will not
be considered prisoners of war 80 long az the re-
cent offensive and uncivlized order Of Gen. Pope
remains unrepealed. They have all Gen. Prince
included, been placed In the Libby prison, and
will In a few days be separately confined, to be
tried, and finally punished as felons, should the
Government of the North persist In claiming the
right TO murder and pillage.
PROM IAcksoN's COMMAND.
From the Richmond EDquirer, 18th
Accident to the telegraphic wires on yesterday
prevents US from giving readers any satisfac-
torily information from the lines Of the army
above Gordonsville. At IN early hour In the day,
the line from Gordonsville to Richmond via
Lynchburg, became disordered, and the only
resort then to the direct line, but the opera.
tor at 6ordonsville, fearful OF interruption by
Yankee operators, a. on q former occasion, de-
through that medium. Soon after this the direct
line itself became disordered, and nothing more
was heard up to last light from that quarter. The
only intelligence which was received a. all by
telegraph during the day was that 'the move
ment then In progress was very important " II
was owing 70 this fact that the operator the
direct line deemed Ii prudent TO withhold infOr-
nation until certain that the line was clear.
FROM cuLPEPER.
From the Richmond Examiner, 18th
From the best information we have been able
TO obtain, the battle on Saturday occurred In Gull
peper county, at point on the Orange and Alex.
andtia railway, six miles beyond the Rapidcn
river. The forces engaged were a portion, on our
side, Of Ewell's division, and on the part OF the
enemy three or more brigades, amounting to be-
tween eight and ten thousand men. The slaugh-
ter Of the Yankees Is said to have been frightful
out Of all proportion to the number taken pris-
oners. An entire regiment, whilst charging one
Of our batteries, was ambuscaded and literally
annihilated.
The Richmond Dispatch says that Official dis
patches have been received there confirming the
loss Of the ram Arkansas
FEDERAL aUrBoATs AT WEST POINT.
From the Dispatch, Aug. IL
We learn that three Federal gunbcuts came up
York river to West Point on Sunday morning
last, and, after remaining there awhile, took
their departure. On the same day the Yankees
landed force at Corr's farm, In King and Queen
county. The object OF these movements is a
matter Of conjecture, though II is possible that
troops are pa ssng by that route from McClellsn's
army to the Rsppahannock.
MCCLELLAN.
From the Richmond Wing, Aug. ID.
The report was current, yesterday, that Nc
Clellan's army had evacuated Berkeley, and
gone down the river In transports We think IL
not improbable that the report 10 true.
The Dispatch Of the 18th says:
at was confidently asserted on the street cor.
ners yesterday, that Mcclellan was eyacuating
his encampment on James river.
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