New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-08-14

FROM GEN. P0PES ARMY.
RETREAy OF sT0NEWALL JACKSON
HE ABANDONS THE OFFENSIVE.
REcRossEs THE RAP'OAN.
POPE'S CAVALRY and ARTILLERY AFTER HIN
WE OCCUPY CEDAR MOUNTAIN.
Buford'S Cavalry Come up with the Enemy
THE REBELS FLY-TlIE TROOPS GIVE CHASE.
Buford's Cavalry Come up with the Enemy
THE REBELS FLY-TIE TROOPS GIVE CHASE.
LIST OF THE KILLED AID WOUNDED
THE BATTLE OF CEDAR MOUNTAIN.


WASHINGTON. "wednesday. Aug H. 1852.
have inst received the following dispatch dated
HE.pQrARrERs AMY OY VIRGINIA
CAMP SBAR CkDAR MOVNIAis. Aug. is, ltti.
The Rebels make no stand at the Rapldan, but are
re,r+ating on Gordonsvie, by the Orange Court
House Road. Gen. Bufo,d, with cavalry and sr,l'
terry and Gen. Miroy, with large force Of III
fantry, are pu'suing and have already crossed the
siver ut different iordabe points.
The heavy rains of Monday and Tuesday have
swollen the stream and delayed the crossing Of de-
sarhed bodies of the Rebels. portion OF Jacksons
inf .n,ry and a considerable train Of wagons are raid
70 be si on the north bank, having arrived by
roads parallel to the other columns and finding The
ford imp assable until the river falls, it il believed
they will be captured.
Gen. Bufofd reports that he fonnd infantry IN the
woods yesterday, and two large bodies OF cavalry
Were drawn up against him; but they fed ut The
FIRST fire by the Orange Couri-iouse road. Hepusned
cautiously 10 Crooked River which was too much
swollen for artillery to pass Prts Of the let Yer
Inout and lss Virginia Cavalry swan the river, and
pursued to Robinson River, which aso was swollen
md dangerous. Fearing an anbuscade, the pursuit
Wa there checked. In the pursuit many wouhded
prisoners of Saturdays fight were taken, among
q EN- Maj Andrews, Gen. JaeksOns Chief Of Ar
tili.ry who was fatally wounded and left by the
Rebels o, Crooked River in charge Of surgeon.
He told Gen. Buford that the artillery practice ON
our side gu Saturday vas the beet ever Seen on this
continent, and that the Coniederates suffered moot
severely.
Gen. Buford also reports that the fight Of the
enemy after Saturdays battle WAS most prscipitous
and in great confusion The old camp of the Rebels
was stiewn with dead men, horses, and srns The
flag IF truce TO bury the dead afforded him time to
escape.
1t is well ascertained that Gen. Banks held the
whole army Of jackson in check.
Brig. lien. Roberts Chief Of Cavalry and senior
officer on Gen Pope's staff, Was wounded by spent
ball. bu, has remained on duty. He Was actively
sug.ged in front, both Friday and Saturday, recon-
noiteIing in person, and directing tie movements OF
cavalry. During the battle he was cons tnsIy under
Gre and il wus upon his dispaIch To Gen. Pope, IN
forming him Of the number of the enemy, that
AeDowelrs troops ordered forward.
1, is considered certain that Jackson will not Ugh.
excep, near Gordonsviie, where he may avail him-
self OF re-entorcements by rail.
The rapid concentration Of forces by Gen. Pope
disconnected Jacksons plan, and compelled him 10
abandon the offensive a. suddenly as he assumed IL.
Gen. Pope's whole army 10 advancing, and the
campaign proceeds as heretofore. The arrival Of re-
enforcement gives him an effective force much
greater than before the battle TIE weather il cool
and clear, and the troops greatly refreshed.
Ekren o'clock.-A deserter just III reports 2 900
Rebels killed AID wounded on Saturday. The LIST
Virginia Rebel Regiment is badly cit up, and lost
Mi is officers The Sth Louisiana suffered severely.
Col Kelly of that regiment said IL was the hardest
fight Of the war.
Thirty thousand troops crossed the Rapidan and
were in the fight. Twenty thousand were left a.
Gordonsyille and Liberty Mill. Eight hundred
wagons were with the army, three hundreds Of which
were q supply train. Only six wagons were
allowed to u regiment.
jackson expected 20 reach Cnlpepper without
serious opposition. The Rebel retreat began on
Sunday night, when the wagons were sent over the
river. The troops moved on Monday night, and
were all over the river by Tuesday morning. The
men were greatly disappointed by the unexpected
retreat. They had been promised an advance and a
victory.
An escaped servant of Gen. jackson confirms
soue Of these Statements and odds that Jackson, in
his tent, after the battle, told Gen. Taylor he had
lost 1000 killed aud wounded, and that 1t was the
hardest fight he had been in. He said he thought |
before the 6ght he could ~ right through, anu
never ex pected 10 be stopped in that way. Gen.
Taylor said be would bet 500 that Richmond would
he taken in thirty days. jackson is said 10 have
gone 70 Richmond.
WAsaiNSios. Wednesday. Aug 10. 1862
DILL hey come-the wounded heroes of the Re- |
public. Alexsndna il fart filling up. Here shat.
sered hno; here bright eye dimmed, and here the
s'ai"aF' arm falls loosely by the side; the eye ii
onoht' ana JOY and unoooled eDthusasn leap high !
IN the manly bosom. Between IL O'Clock Mon
day night ana o'clock on Wednesday afternoon,
81 wouhoed men were received at Alexandria from
the recent battlefield, and $50 couvaIescen,s for.
warded to the hospitals in Washington.
In every instance they are admirably cared for |
and provided with everything in the nower Of ,be
Government. There was scai CITY Of ice 4, CnI I
pepper but on Sunday, i'll two hours and q half
fourteen tuns Of ibis extract Of the North WAS loaded
np aud went speeding down the railroad, and WIN,
unloaded at the Government Hospital.
We have JUS, left the bedside Of q wounded Con.
federate prisoner: j. T. Dunnavant Of the 2ls Repi.
ment Virginia volunteers. lie was young aud fair,
but tie FIRE wac down in his eye. lie has been with
the Rebel jackson for twelve months, and fought at
winchester aud Port Republic. lie says the fire Of
the is. Brigade, Gen. Geary, was terrible. He was
wounded at noon on Saturday, in the thcket beyond
Che cornheld, by the bullets from the lot Brigade.
Another Confederate prisoner George Monson,
talks very lnielligenhy. lie states that Jacksons
force was 200. and that he left Richmond on the
Ao'h esJoly on hu Northern march. Gen, Ewell !