St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1862-09-04
War and other News.

The news from the seat U. war In VIZ
gin:a since our last issue is of a most ex-
citing character. As yet, We haze only
Federal accounts of the engagements of
Friday and Saturday, but even these are
sufficient to tnablc us to assert, that auoth
err great rcvcrsc-thc greatest Of the war
beyond all comparison-has over,aken the
Federal arms. The fight of Friday was
on the field of Bull Run. bearing towards
GAINESVILLE aud iiaymarket. n The Manas-
sas Gap Railroad. Gen. P"pe states that
the battle ragged throug hout the entire day,
at the close of which. the Southern army
retired from the field, but still remained
in the front. He estimates the Federal
loss in killed and wounded ut eight thou
sand, while he claims that the Confcde-
rate loss was double that number. Great
captures, he says, were also made, but
from regard, We suppose. for the feelings
of the enemy. he rcfrains from naming
them. Notwithstanding his splendid vic
tory. Gen. Pope acknowledges that his
forces were too much exhausted to pursue
or har ass the enemy. lie expected, how
ever, to be able to pursue them the follow
ing morning, but, by some extraordinary
change of circumstances, on the following
morning, the enemy were pursuing him.
Having been largely reinforced, it is sta
ted. ON Saturday morning. the Confederate
forces assumed the offensive, and Pope,
not having received his expected reinforce
men.s, was compelled to fall back. Near
Evansville, the battle Of Saturday appears
to have been fought. and it is described as
being 1.-THE most desperate and bloody of
the war;" all the advantage, the S""
states, being with the Confederatcs." The
Federal loss is estimated. BY the same pa
per, at from three to FIVE thousand in kill
cd aud wounded. mostly belonging to the
divisions of Gems. Mcdowell and Porter.
Gems Hatch and BuforJ aud Col. Fetch
CT Webster are among the killed. The
Confederate loss is also supposed to be very
severe, but as they held possession of the
field, nothing definite could be ascertain
cd. Gen. Ewell is said to be killed and
Gen. jackson to be wounded. Up to noon
Monday evening. there had been no ad-
ditioual fighting reported. Gen. Pope,
wi,h the remnant of his army. is said to
be safe at Centrcville at present, at which
point nearly all the available Federal force
is rapidly concentrating. The Confede-
rate position is in the western part of the
old Bull Run battle field. A Washington
paper reports. that Gca. Burnside has
evacuated Fredericksburg and Withdrawn
his forces TO position where they Can be
! brought into active service. Gen. Banks
corps ut lat sdvices was in favorable
position to soon reach Gen. Pope. From
the proximity Of the different forces, it is
something more than likely that, before
the close Of the present week, the fight
will be resumed. 1t is not likely that the
/ Confederatcs, in view of the victory of Sat
nrday. will long remain inactive. Another
/ fight in the ncighborhood Of Manassas or
u forward movement through Maryland
may be looked for, We think, with Ger
tain,y within the next six lays. unless the
Confederates have been too severely Grip
pied in the late engagements to take the
( offensive:
Near Rogersville. KY. severe battle
was fought on Saturday last. The fight
commenced near Richmond, when the
Confedcratcs fell back to Rogersville,