The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-09-03


On the other hand. II Jackson II cut OIL, his army
may Be scattered and destroyed.
The movement os the rebeis IA a bald. but most
hazardous ono.
tDispstchss 70 ths;Nsw York Tribune
WAsHrN0ToN, Aug 2Q-The enemy advanced
their lines several miles last night, driving onr
pickett before them.
They burned the railroad bridge at Fairfax Sta.
tion, and took Falls Church, which they hold with
cavalry and In santry thla morning.
1t isreported by consrabands that they completed
their work Of destruction Of everything at Nanas.
sss yesterday.
the most trustworthy accounts and escaped pri.
souer reports that that General slept al Falls
Church last night
Nearly all the Qnartermasters and Commi issarics
Ing. thus leaving that portion Of the army Of the
kind
Al the supply trains Of Oens Banks. siegel'
Porters. were exposed to the rebel attack at Cen.
trevtlle, and would undoubtedly have been cap
tured ON Wednesday night, had 1t not been for tie
heroic Resistance OF one company Of the 10Th Penn
They are now nnder the protection Of the guns Of
the forts in front Of Washington.
Aqua creek IL not taken by the enemy. an re-
ported yesterday. Gen. Asaghsr came from there
last night Gen. Burnside has been engaged for u
day and half in removing all the Government
property from there. and In preparing the place
for Defence He thnks he win be able to hold It,
The only access 10 Gem Pope, In the event Of
Aquia creek being taken, win be- to fight way np ID
the. Rappahannock with gunbOats, and Join him
rom Fredericksburg
We had 1900 to 800 sick and wounded at Falls
Church, and IL the enemy occupies the place per
manently, these will bscome prisoners
We sent ont train yesterday toward Manassas
for our wounded, Uhe third experiment OF the kind
since the battles Of Bull Rum, the other two being
fired into) and succeeded in bringing of hundred
of the sligh,ly wounded and sick who had stolen
through the rebel nes. The names will be sent
this evening. Another effort, under flag of truce,
will be made this morning.
An attack will probably be made on the rebel
lines to-day, with the intention OF opening commit
nlcation to Gen. Pope.
There is much confusion In the Army of the
Potomac at Alexandris, horses and baggage being
very much scattered, and many of tbs men nnft
for service.
No officer Of the llth Ohio was injured in the re.
cent fight at Union Mills Bridge. except Lieut..
Alexander, Adjutant, shot in the bowels, supposed
mortal and left at Fairfax Station.
LATER.-Later news comes in as I write-wni
60 to you in detail with this bnt all the evidence
is cumulative at the point of the rebel advance in
strength, and their purpose first to break every
means OF communication between the capital and
Pope; then to march straight on the capital
Every bridge on the railway is destroyed; they
hold every strategic point within the centre they
are beyond all question within the mountains with
their whole army.
THE BATTLES IN NORTHERN vTR0INIA-INTEREsT
ING ACCOUNTS FROM NORTHERN PAPERs-CON
FLIcTINo STATEMENTS. SC, &C.
The latest Northern papers bring US the Federal
accounts Of the retreat Of Pope, and his engage
ments with our forces. A series of dispatches In
the New York Herald dated Washington the Goth,
give an interesting history of what the Yankees say
has been done
First then, after the battle of Cedar Mountain
the fol ces under Stonewall Jackson withdre " from
the vicinity OF Rapidan, and were for kome days
unheard OF, except that strong force was in the
vicinity of Madison Court House, some l2 miles to
the westward. in the direction Of Luray and the
Shenandoah Valley; but It was supposed that this
was only wing OF the army under Ewell, intended
to act as reserves to jackson army, and to cover
his retreat back to Gordonsvine Not so, however.
These forces OF Ewel we now tind to our surprise.
were the main body of JacksOn's army En- rontefor
the Shenandoah Valley.
Jackson. with force of 350 600 men. was to
march via the Shenandoah river, to q point known
as Berryville or Berry ford, some % miles north
west from WarreutOn. Gen. Lee, with the bulk of
the rebel army, was to take the front, left and
An, while Jackson and Rwel were to cross the
Shenandoah river and mountains, t@oH his sup
plies by way OF the railroad, and menace his rear
But when jackson had reached Gordonsviile and
Madison Court House, il was found that General
Pope had penetrated further into Virginia than was
expected Gen. Lee with the main army, had not
yet come up and 1t was feared that if Jackson CT
tinued on, as per programme Gen Pope would
reach Gordonsville before Lees arrival end thus
cut of his Jackson') supplies
Consequently Jackson threw q part Of his army
directly in General Pope's track at Cedar creek,
hoping to check his advance across the Rapidan,
aud the battle Of Cedar Mountain was fought
You will bear in mInd that Jackson continued to
hold the field until Monday night but on Tuesday
morning he was gone, and, As our scouts brought
ia word that large rebel army was at Gordons
. holt
Jackson had retreated in that direction But not
so. jackson had moveduff through Madison Court.
House. and the immense rebel forces ar Gordons.
vile and Orange were the main army, under Gene
raj Lee, who had arrived from Richmond.
When Jackson left Cedar Mountain he proceeded
Immediately to Madison Court House, where he
joined Ewell. Then the reunited army marched
to Luray, in the Shenandoah Valley, thence north
ward to Berrys ford, where he crossed while Lee
was keeping General Pope engaged liz front. Lees
plan was to keep Pope between the Rapidan and
the Rappahannock rivers until Jackson had at
tanned his position Manassas (or perhaps at Rap
pahshnock brldge) but General Popes retreat to
the RappRhannoeks north bank frustrated that de.
sign, and rendered it necessary for Lee To follow
up his advantage, and, by a system of feints, to
take General Popes attention from his rear and
divert it to his front
Gen Jackson crossed the Shenannosh at Berrys
Ford Cd Wednesday, Goth, ind Immediately started
across towards Warrenton; but when he had pro-
ceeded u few miles he learned that Pope had fallen
back, and that Sigel with the right Of our army,
was in occupancy of Wsrrenton SPRING. Then
he changed his course further to the northward and
on Friday night encamped twelve miles north OF
WarrentOn and two miles west of the main road
leading to Winchester. Here strong picke.s were
thrown out, and every human being for miles
around was taken into camp and retained in du-
rance That night = body OF cavalry under 'ien.
Stuart pushed in 10 Catletts Station aud surprised
and destroyed the staff train OF Gen. Pope, the
particulars of which have already been given to
your readers. On Sunday and Monday General
jackson, with his army, moved forward, and On
uesday reached Centreville, from whence the
sss the same night Jackson following the next
day. 30 that on last Wednesday evening we find
forty thousand rebels In Gen. Pope's rear on the
railroad, his supplies cut of. and he hemmed in by
his foes ON the 'front.' rear, and flank
Not all, however, Of JacksOns army are at Ma.
nassas a force, variousy estimated at from five
to ten thousand men, mostly or quite all cavalry,
continued on down the Shenandoah In the direction
Of Harper's Ferry when Jackson moved toward
Ma assas OF this force learn but little aimee their
departure from Berry's ford; but am of opinion
their design Il to cross the Potomac into Maryland,
or to divert attention from the more important
fields of Virginia Already we hear of rebel
force being In the rear Of Winchester and be-
tween that place and the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad and 1t 10 more than probable this is the
first appearance In new quarter of this ofshoot of
Jackson's army.
The idea we had INDUCED In here, that the cap.
ture Of Manassas was cnly succsssfal raid by q
body of rebel guerrillas, II now disipated Jack
son again occupies Manassas In force He has cap
tursd and destroyed q vast amount Of propefty-how
much It II impossible TO say; but this much 10 now
four cars beyond the break Tho Bull Run bridge
II destroyed, a. are two or three others OF the vi
cinity.
General Popss movements for the past three
days we know but little OF. the rebels ave de.
stroyed our railroad and telegraphic commupica.
ton but learn from people who Left Burks'a sta.