The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-08-19
HEanQCARrkfs OF TIE ARMY,
WashiaetGl, &ugut ., lsSa
LATER FROM THE North.

LATER FROM THE North.
w ha"s r7'fived 1og1b, IN papers Of ,ha 18th
instant. ORA tie zig Of the II b Inst. the steamer
West Point, with 2iJ eoEvai, scent ircofs fioIl
Newport SeWs, Tor HnrnSide's army, WAS run into
a. Aqua Greek hy the steamer George Peabody.
capt, Travcri. aAd F-'nk i'll ten iniuntos. Seventy
thFee lives wsra los, ;nclrd;ng the wives Of Major
bort, lrHt COL $co:: and re;;t. Gninn;r Ga, Gf he
9th \. Ii. regiment. The negro brigade OF denaral
Hunter, az hi-on III al. $. c. has been dishanied,
rs "tle II. .roes c"nli I"t be made soldiers"
large uuAbe Of Yankees are going oyer iho Cana.
da line and taking lie oath of allegiance to the
British i1oEeT1uert. to avoid being drafted. In
Washiust ,a On 'he tih Lincoln addressed dele.
gaio:, Of ''cplH.,i nsn.'' who waited On ti,l I in
7itaito4, 10 talk (vef" the subject ef eulancps
ton Ills address is reported in tEs eouu2ns Of the
New York H9Yl'd, ani Ia ,lH,tr% two yeTs1s If po
etry Gen. Pope in hi7 official report ci The bat
lie Of Cedar N"n says that his loss VIZ. so killed
and wounded, aud ,ha, Monday nigh: the Confct'
crates f1ei Gioal the led leaving their dead an
t,uti-.. and wounded lying along the road, The
Qaiury HtJad says i"euty-one Confederate iris
on.yt were shct AT Macon, No, on the 18th, for
breaking their parole. and twelve 4nore are under
sentence ol death Rott 4. Dp;biu OF the Baltimore
a,a.Ticda died the li:.i i'.-, There il general
dissatisfaction expressed in them al the esHi, of the
h,.tle at Ceia, Run. The New York Har1d saysit is
the so!d story over again" bur consoles itself with
.I. announcement from Washing on that the Fed
era, a.iay il going try ii over again" bv all
yanclng oa the Confederate forces. The cores
pendent OF ,ha, paper gives the following account
OF ihe ac,ion
Bavatd's cavalry brigade is known 10 hase been
Il tatiosed at Burnatts Fos.s to glard The bridge OF
| The road from Culpeper to GordonsyiIle. Bafords
formerly Ha.eh's) brigade Is known TO have heen
| posted al AiadIson Courthouse. IN tue latter
| plae three detachments of Jackson's srmy de-
scert!ed a:e on 81 flank and IL tho centre
| and threatened he entire forse Of six regiments OF
! house with capiure. During he night iiie wagons
were pst ed and starred toward Sperryyille, ami
7 the cavalry followed d lie morning. Retrea;
! Cuiparar was cut "!f, aat epprehensioCs were en-
teri hineL of being cut of also AT Ho0L.vi!le. 4
| eclninn q the enemy were advancing in that di
rect or aud they have nos Yet been heard fron but
I have no Soubt they Are sste. Your ponient
was vyi,h them end learning the prospect OF ba..
/ tie ear Cupeper. o. ernned tn risk the chances
cf being captured, ard started across the country
| through The weeds a..j eorn :ieids, swamps and
| hills 10 the scene Gt seton.
train CT baggage wagons upon the route were
! soon Gi;cJ.e. d. which, appearing - be our own,
/ vcGe loon l1ade for aud Tet chs3 They proved to
: BE- the GaI1 OF U2ueFa. sianefei, AMI his brigade
! Na2 found nrcn srlsi 'ross road and Informed.
for the first time. OF the advance 5t the enemy m
| fvrce. Proceeding forward, no h.ng OF nota O..
! CURED for several hours Arriving at a small
/ house where farmer sni his tsn.iy were sitting
| at dinner I epid their invitation 10 dine with
! them They assured Lac That no Southern soldiers
| had beer in the vicinity. Presently little
gil came running III win Tie report that ihe sol
! Il ers were coming. 1 went TO the door and saw
that they were Yankees, ana returned TO my din
ner. Presently e score. of them came erow,Iing
around the table. clauioring for milk. The farmer
! and h;s family, patty through fear rose up aud
| commenced dealing cut 70 them some milk But
in shorter time than II has taken 10 tell IT it.
| they pounced upon the feed Ike harpes, and the
| table was cleared of everything except what | had
insisted on retaining iay own plate.
They informed ne 1aa. they we're part OF the es
eort 10 me signal corps, ard ha.i bee driven dos
by the Confedergtes from Tho:ougtiare Mountain
their baggage wagon captured, AMI several OF their
number teken prisoners
Proceeding little further. deserted In the dis
tance baggage laiu moving toward Culneper
C0urt-ncuse. supposed il to be thst OF General
Ciusere. Ii 30, | fear II has been Captured.
considerable f. Of the We're not far from
il at the lime.
AS | approached my destination the cannonaiIng
had commenced A line Of dust abovc the woods
indicated the rosd npOn which our troops were cd
yancug OeD BAY ari hua hesi driven back frcm
tho ..ap.dan and DEN Crawfords br gade had beer
sprt el.t - support him. Their forces joined at
Cedar aun and took petition. Besides his four
well tried reg hts the 2S,ii New York, 4s,h Penn
tv,xaDa 10 nana, ana oth Connect .Cut, tfeEsiR
Crawl had nA him three batteries of artillery
RecInc-'a Ruarp's and Bcsi's v h this command
he had stood and resisted tie advance OF jackson
during tEe afIernooa Of yt,;erd2! saacersiuiy de-
lndfeg kT ia Irgara TO hs gatusl aireugih.
Tie ConieicrRtes had new aiveneed all along
their lines from beyond the Ra: sdan Gen. Banks
was this morning ordered 10 the foat, cannon
adwg commenced 8, O'Clock +. and the accsa-
| rsN Of the enemy's aim wss unusual Gen. An.
| CUR. who coanaEes the secora division oi ten
| Banhsa army, Was upon the leit hnd suffered
much from their shell. lia +" rs himself wounded.
! Gen GearY WAS also wcGnded.
Tie guns bore iess heavily npon Gen. Williams i
! division ou The right For hem WA reserved the
| shock Of the terrible fire of mnaketry which COM
| rteneed at = O'Clock in the afternoon. Crswfords
/ and Gordon's brigades were SPREAD ont upon the
! right under the shelter Of line of woods. right
| flank movement was determined upon intended to
! have been the decisive stroke Of the day Craw-
/ ford's brigade was ordered 10 saFanee. sowiy
and steadily they were moving on. snd though
| they knew il NOT. ainos. To their entire destrac.
| tion
| Having passed nearly through opening III the
! woods beyond which the enemy were supposed to
lie concealed yoil-y on volsy oi sugs and bullets
We're poured out upon them, causing mos. nDpre'
| cedented slaughter They gained ANA he!d the
| wood. and fought while halt {. dazeu "f the enc
Iny's shots were responded 10 by hat cue OF our
! own The destruction IVES appalling. Col. Don,
neiiy of the =; n New YORK, WI, carried from the
! iieli mortaily yswoundel Ais Lieutenant CoiannI,
| Brown was wounded. Colonel iNnt2e, oi tEa 10th
Peunsylv ania, was wounded; AID when the brigate
OF tr . thousand men retr- from the Held, II wa
| we'll nigh aunihilat.t- Three held officers Hnly
escaped haru-Colonel beale, OF the l0ih MAlna
Lieutenan, Colonel Seifidsa, OF The abth Prnnsyl
| vsnis, and Major Walker. Of the losh Maine Cap.
aims aud IIeute.,ass were also neariy every Did
| killed, wounded, or captured
/ General 3ordou's brigade, which Came up 10 sup
port them came out Of action aiiaost as badly in
jursd The General aud his staff were unharmed
but his regiments suffered heavily. The remnant
| Of the two bsigadss will now scarcely make siQ
| Gle regiment. IS
General Crawford remained on the held long a
| ter his men hal been driven back. and barely ~
eaped being captured He was 20 pear the sqsuy1
! - 10 have Overheard the tddress OF dsn JsskeS9
i 10 his men affsr the Asht Prisoners Tsnnxt tNl
enemy 70 hays bsea no iess u sEaa y, 90 dseeea