Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-08-16

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10 be sent 10 the West 80.
WAsuISGroS. August IL.
The Administration ,elesrsms respecting the
battle at Cupepper on Saturday last imply that
IL was bssliAn; victory on the part OF General
Banks, and that the rebels we're defeated with
great slaughter. Authentic accounts of the bat
lie. howeyeT, aaye nov been received here, from
which u appears IL was exactly the reverse. Gen.
Pope and Gen. Banks did not arrive on the held
tIll nearly o'clock in the evening. q which time
the battle was over. II was theDid story With
les troops than have. the Confederates, BY
their superior generalship. succeeded in. massIng
against our men troops IN superior numbers ri
gwen point and overcome by superinr umbers,
our trU0ps were compelled 10 fail hack. The
ton Was brought by the Conederate>, their
apparent Object being 20 drive back the Union
troog.s from the neiehborhood OF the Rapidan. VA
which they succeeded.
have seen an officer direct from the field who
describes the acton a. being herce aud singuin-
airy beyond all former conflicts. Our men fought
like veterans, but they hid no chance gaiasS the
greater number Of the enemy The latter. too.
were evi4ently g0aded To inFy against Pope's
troops OH aecOaSt on POpe's recent offensive or
des. for they lougit more like heuds than
men, and their battle cries we're such expires
sionc Down with the Pope. TO he'll
with the rOi,berS." 'sCaarge on the Dlnuderers'
"No quarter to the men who make war on
women 6c
The scene at night when the Confederate
tery sheled our bvOuacS. was terribly grand
The moon full, and the night - light a day.
The reJel artillery splendidiy aged. every
one OF their shells bursting ~ the rnEist of our
troops ami wagon trains. The result per
feet stampede. The roads and fields quickly
tletl Win thousands Ol our soldiers and hundreds
of wagons, huddlel pelI NEIL tOgther. without
any pretence to order Our loss j. fully 5,uJo,
large proportion OF whom are officers The
OF it l. that among the officers killed and
badly wOurde,l are many OF the best ~ the
army, whose loss 10 Us will be very difficult 10
replace.
The result OF the late action shows the correct
hes Ot my views heretofore expressed in regard
10 Pope'- attempt to reach Richmond by this
route. IL j. impractcable. should never have
been attempted. and onght now 20 be abandoned
IL viii have To be Abandoned, sooner or later
The means OF defense possessed by the'rebels on
that route ace such "a viii enable them to resist
successfully the advance OF Union army three
times a. strong as POpe's They have fortified
GordOnsvle Jlnctiou much stronger than Man
assas was, ard the Rapidan j. a much better de
feusive line than Bull Bun. ! am satisfied that
thel nave now got Ten. e ana Il> army Just
where they want him Ii he remains where
lie X. they Will prob ably not attack him. Ia th,t
case their plans will no doubt will be 70 march
around his right fink by way of Staunton, Har
risOnburg and Lury, get in his rear III Warren
ton, while they engage hIs attention mot with "a
show OF force. but with aTetl lOrce) IN front on
the Rapidan and then hurl rheiT maln column un
Washing ton. IL they succeed in getting ia POpe'>
fItux .a fitait fhraa
times numerous as his. he will run some risk
OF being cut of between two fires. repeat. the
only way IN which POpeS corps can be Seryica
be. j. by sending them. by way of Alexandria
and Fortress Monroe to join Mcclellan at
HauisoI's ,ndiug. Richmond can be approach
eel by way OF the Peninsula, but Goubt whether
it can be reached 10y army marching from the
North.
There will he plenty OF employment for the
whole 6OO 900 troops recently called for by the
President, and il Is gratifying 10 know that the
first 800. 900 are in "a fair way To be IN the
field in few DAYS and that the probability now
i that the other 300 600 viii not be drafted,
aiteral, but will be raised by volunteers rs here
toiOre. The reports from all the States that have
come in during the last week afford me the basis
for this statement have always maintained
that it would require million of troops to con
quer the Confederate armies, and | think that
u
managed.
Gen. Buckner. recently exchanged and now in
Richmond. IL 10 have command of one of the
corps d'arrnee in the Confederate army. He l.
we'll known in Chicago, where few Years ago he
owned large amount of property MANY OF the
Young Colonels Captains, NJ iJDrs. aud Lleuten
ants, now ia the Union army. derived the ele
ments of their military education from him. H..
Is polished gentleman. courteous. refined anu
extremely agreeable in his manners, highly e,lu-
Gated. an with "A mind OF 10 Ordinlry power. /
am reminded, in speaking OF his exchange. tat
the CUnederates still retain some OF our officers
at Richmond, and refuse To give them up, on
count OF what they call 1.-The barb lrites perpe
trated by Popes rutftns upon helpless women
and aged men, There j. no doubt these com
plants have some foundation, though certainly
this j. not the way 10 stop the alleged atrocities
Ihe practices of Pope> men certainly not
Justified by the rules OF modern civilized warfare.
1t Is said here, on good authority. that General
Pope WIS reinforced before the battle OF the
Rapidan. by a number OF regiments of we'll
trained troops that htd been perlurming garrison
duty. whose places are Ca be suppl 81 by the first
OF the newly raised re- iments. That : well. IL
Is said. also. that the Administration Is It last
convinced that the COniederaie> are masSing two
strong armies 10 operate in Tennessee and Ken
lucky. with probable designs further north; aud
are Preparing to meet the emergency by sending
thither the number of troops that Gen. ) erntn
said was necessary to save Ken ucky, namely
2J1,0OO lie probably meant to sty. 10 save 1t
and keep it saved: for the trouble with Kentucky
Is. that beng saved. she won't stay saved unless
the sailors stay with her. y.
The Question al ArmIng the Negro
Iutcrcsting correspond encc Oh & IN.
erals fsutlcr and Phelps.