Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-09-01
GEN ToPE HEAVILY REINFORCED AND
READY TO RE-UNE POSSIBILITIES.
The REBEL GEN. EWELk KILLED AND
sTCNEwALL JACKSON BADLY
WOUNDED.

site Of Ball Run, could hardly be called an
engagement until pc haps ave p. a when The
action became general By six p. m. tie
Enemy, who had marsgtd 10 break through
yhoroughfare Gap In the course o. the afternoon,
With the whole Of bis reinfor. ements, m,ssed his
troops so cavity upon Hope's left wing, under
Mcdowell. suppcrtsI By Fit. John Porter, as to
drive that bacL half a mile, with great loss.
There 1t maze a stand, successfully checking Ii e
further eL.vance Of the enemy until night put a
OBJ t., the battle.
finding his men ard horses that had been In
The engagement completely worn out for the time
h ing, General Pope, when the battle ceased
'arew bis whole force upon the east bank Of Bull
Nun continuing to hold the crossing Of that
sresm On the direct road between Cen'erville and
N,nsssesh ard osted his army on the slope OF The
Ridge stretching down 10 Bull Run. That Is to
say: covering the slope for space Of about twelve
niles in length and two and half miles broad
General Franklin, with his fine division, had
reached him bT an early hour yesterday, and in
tee course Of he day he was Joined by the whole
army corps Of General Sumner.
Yesterday evening, General Banks Joined him
also, with his whole corps. That Z ~s,Aout
he loss OF a man, In executing ~ os6Ds TO fall
Rack after having SO completely destroyed the
railroad and It's paraphernalia from Manassas
Junction towards the Rappahannock, as to render
y impossible that It mig t be used by the enemy
for any purpose whatever. II Is not proper for
as - mention the extent Of the reiniorcements
which Franklin, Sumner, Binks--and last night,
Couch, with his divl,ion-havs carried to Pope
They are sufic Client, however, TO make up ten
Z. for his losses In the battle of Saturday, when
Ae doubtless fous b. the whole force Ct the Rebels
a.
that he will not be match for them when the
next shock Of battle comes Of. The fact that
TIE enemy did not seek to renew tie engagement.
yesterday, ere Pope's reinforcements arrived, au-
gus either that he has suffered 20 much In the
four days fs hting, and is b sort CT munitions,
food. &c -, a, to be incapable .or the tine being
Of liking sdvsntsge Of his success Of the day
before, or was preparing for a flank movem snt,
against which Gen. Pope ls surely on bis guard.
The fsct that he fred cut-up railroad iron for
cannon balm, and that bis men are living on hard
crackers and coffee made Ct roasted wheat, lead
20 the in PRESTON that inability 10 at the bottom
CT Ills inactivity Of t. day, and indeed until
a m TO day; to which tme tbs engagement had
Bos been renewed.
Il svy rsinforoemsnts Of veteran troops Cor Gen
Pope have BEEN laading all night and this morn
ing a: Alexandria, who will all have joined him,
we fresume, by d.ybreak tomorrow morning.
!; is iaferaols that he does not propose h.nself
70 renew tie fghs until they ooms up with him,
oy way Of making assurance doubly sure.
We Lave no means Of estimating our losses In
killed wounded end missing, Of Il battle of
- ufeay last. They were principally Of the
troops composing McDowell's and Fi.r John
fortert command, and arc variously stated q,
lfdm q rec to Eve thousand
Among The killed were General Hstch, ION the
felf;) sereral Buiord, (reported,) Captain smead
n sth Artillery, (half Of whose head wa blown
C by cannon ball j Colonel Blown, csth
Indiana; Colonel Coltus, Of 7}d Pennuyfvm.a;
and Captain Reed, Of lzsh inftntyi Olpsain
Weed, 5th ARTILLERY.
Among the wounded were Gen. Tower Cles
shot of) Gen. schenck, wrist frs stuzed bsdIy)
ven. Rearney, (vsrv badly wsundeaJ Col
Fletcher Webster, Of Mass, livery badly Col.
fnomas, asd New York, desperately through
head and lungs,) Gen. sisel, lin tis hand Col.
h-ys, Of c5h Penoylvania; Col soe:t, Of Goth
New York, (verv bsdy;) Lieut.. Wharton, Of 18th
iIfsr:ry, (sliR htly In the arm
The rebels lost Gen. Ewsll, killed; Gen Jack
son, badly wounded, and indeed a larger pro.
portion Of Generals and other aeld officers killed
and wounded than we did, except Of the corps o!
Nc Dowell, that stood the bruat Of the days en-
gagement.
AZ noon to-day we had been able to gather no
PARTICULARS OF the situation In addition to these
mentioned above, from which we conclude that
a.! is yet well In the 'front.'
THE TRIP OF TaE VOLUNTEER NURSES
There was general response to the call Of the
War Department, on Saturday, for volunteer
wounded. Perhaps q thousand persons wen,
sEsy at short notice In the train that l-ft Ma y.
land avenue on Saturday evening, and thousaL ds
Irore would have cheerfully gone had means Of
Conveyance been at hand
The party had, al II turned out, . disagreeable
time Of IL, and were unable To reach the point
vaere their services could have been made avail
able. Through some lack OF the requisite in
s',ncticLs to the railroad ocials the tain did O..
EtcT until near o O'Clock at night, Instead of S
o'clock, as announced. The volunteers fouu
themselves destined to spend the night In the
cars, as from the Inability Of the engine to pull
re Train up tie grades except by piecemeal, three
c. four cars at a time, and other hindrunces, the
t:aI got over the road at the rate Of no mile, an
hour, and only reached Fairfax Ssation about s,x
o'clock in the morning.
HE nights experiences Of The ve!uAssers
packed in the unventilaisd cars, without seats
OF even standing room, win doubtless be long
rtEt moered by them, unless efscSd by the sub.
ses1eEt dissgreeabes they encountered.
IL was raining heavily when the party emerged
from ths oars At Fsirfax Staten, and they met
another tarnPer in the Information that there was
NO mode Of reaching the battle field bat by
walk CT fourteen or fifteen miles cta CenteYville,
through mud and pouring rain-that 10 to saw,
Proctdsd our sentries would allow them to pass
Al al. Ia fact some Of the party who undertook
70 90 on, were turned back by the sentries.
u was evident thet there was big misundsr-
standing someH here, and . tslegraphie dispatch
wa sen, to Washington for orders. The reply
Indicated that the volunteers bad better return
ptT train, which they did, the carr managing to
achieve the down grade to AlexandYis In q good
deal less time than he ascent.
p On reaching AleIsndris. however, another
drawback occurred, ~ no provision had been
Insde for tie cars to come on to Washington, and
tie party were obliged to make their way to this
city on their own hook, which they did, reach.