The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-08-25
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An cfseee frem The RappaAssneck eiver siyss -
..sps highly inpostsss iatsaligsncs 6sa our spsn'
soes sn sAss vicanlsy. T1s peslsio1a sal usvs.
v,.sSs Of cor army nssd ~ - nanAleueA; baa ~
r.. state hat The escny sh fal rssEsss asa eaoss
~ pursasd Ay our trcops On Saturday noenins
heevv and continued eannoaaAine was heard q
(,r,.se Ceurt House up 10 the sims that The train
,.A A. etevenshafg aboat 10 o'clock 4. n. on
VeanssdAy, party Il our cavalry saeonntsrsd .
I>rss beAy a Yankee cavalry md . brisk sklrnish
essssA. fAs enemy retired slswly aad n good or
~, saA wsrs pafsnsA 70 within two m.lsa Of the
sspeaAaunock. whsA acAArss was mads with great
sa;,asHy b. shs Coafsdsgate Aaess sad> sixty
"a < ~ Yaakess were taksa prisonsrs. On
ThursdAy porsioa of our troops wers engaged
With the snsny as Ksllys mill end aaethsr portion
81 q nsAs Dsvsrieys Ford the artillssy or either
sids soatsod1ng Tor soms hours iats IN the aftes
pooa. without, however, any material reauii 81 far
~ known.
II was snppos>d shaa Pops had fallen back ~ ~
- Wa1sakaa. md wonld not give battle this side
os tAas paint. e at all He abandoned largo num-
hsr et III wesnded u Culpspsr G. H. sstinated at
not isos tAAn two q tAfSs hnndrsd Thsse men
LA bsaa wsandsA h tAs bastle - Cs6ar Ran
xeosAaaA. u ~ otA - August. whses tn Yanhss
prssouss sea1sss 70 hsving bssa thorousaly used
up" By eaA ossoswsn
A nslsnaAeay picture Of dssolaeion aud dsvss.s.
ues y sxhahassd by ~ eosnsy a CuipeDsr An
unbssAlsd Nesnss hss vEsvailsd snong ths Ysnkce
saidsry, and he couassy = now slmost . desert
rpoE.nd.ng citizens have bssa inpoverished In .
single dsy, thslr negroes I'll eaTrlsd o6 their fsuo-
,us destroyed. theiY sheep and hogs and cattle
buteher,d, thsir srain entirely eonsumsd. their
horses III stolen. 4 farmer. whose house Allrcy
made his hsadquArtsrs. bad . magnificent Geld o.
cora. RON which b expected 10 realise 900 bar
RIA The Yankss General refused. In insosent Ian
susss, 10 spass his crop, snA gave his hireiings .
.,y,, sse1e 70 plumber. ThS result 70 that not 6ve
sp.ksls can Be made from tie feA- Ia some In
s.spess eosss only yeaf old wsrs fOedbly carried
,6 dsspsts tAs sutrsasiss Of thsk ownsrs, md old
A.c, with Aoeks Of eAicAsus have been kilssd-
xsay family has bssn lsfs IN coalition vsrsing
npoa absolute want and starvstioa
Our informant says that The scene Of Joyous de-
Light manifested by the inhabitants as shsi"ds!iver-
snes surpasssd anything hs ever witnessed Ladies'
hrousAs pals Of water THAR heads - ds:r: butte
suoas the worn and duss-covezed heroes Of the
south Old men wspt for joy. Ths girls waved
,hs;r handksrehisAs and ehsered the army from
ssriy morning till late in the afternoon. and I'll
prasssd 0ed for their ds,vsrsues
Prom passengers who came through from Orange
COURTEOUS on the Centrs, train last night we
,sasn that . severe snsagsmsnt took piaee al the
RAppshannook rivera few miles below the railroad
hr.dss on Saturday morning, commencing sbout
sunrise and continuing some four hours. Tie enc
my sstsmptsd 70 dispute the passage Of eur troops
seross the river and heavy artillery fight result.
ID, IN which lost about one hundred and ffty in
A>RAk
t>lseved 70 be much greater. The troops engaged
CO lie par Of the ensmy were the army corps of
Gsu- Burnside The enemy were finally driven
back and our forces crossed the river, capturing
shout foor hundred prisonsrR report was also
brought by passengers that our cavalry had
advanced a. far North - Bristow Station, on the
Orsuas snj Alaxandria Railroad, within seven
ruiiss Of Manassas Junction, and that our tro ps
bad occupied the town of Wsrrenton, but these re-
rorts seem not to be well authenticated 1t was
iurthAr stated that our troops were pursuing Burn
side In the direction Of Fredericksburg, and that
sas main body Of the latter's army .ad reached
thst town. - early IS Saturday Mk at. Those
hua;liAs with tks distance bstwesn TIT Two points
viii g, once detect the improbabiliry this stale
Elsut.
TO sum up ihs Information es reesiv by a., we
saeApt the conclusion that the Federal orces have
Issrssasd In the direction of WAshingt and Fred
esieksbu,g that the fight of sssurda, al Rapps
hammock river was An effort to cover -, retreat:
that thsy were defeated with the loss prisoners
stated and that our army. having cross the river,
L spursuins them northwsrd Any up ;ilstion rs
70 when tbs foe viii be overtaksn. o. where the
sszs asht VIII occur, would be uselsssi, consuming
spsss 10 our column