Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1862-03-20
THE LATEST WAR NEWS.

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greeted by the most Vociferous cheers and the
widest enthusiasm The spirit of the army
is represented as exceedingly 6ne. The mer
are full of anxiety to be led into immediate
action
A fugitive from Rappahannock, probably
the village on the Orange and Alexandria
Railroad, thirty-seven miles from Gordonsville
came in camp of the Ira Harris cavalry or
on Friday. He states that there were 10000
rebel troops in town when he left, and they
continued to pour in wildly and hurridly, under
the impression that the Union army was in
pursuit of them. General Johnston and Other
rebel officers were dining at the tavern when
he left He states that the road from Rap.
pahannock to Manassas is strewed with mus
kets, kuapSacks, haversack, blankets and pro-
visions, flung away in the retreat, and that
numbers of soldiers lay fanting and exhausted
by the roadside.
Affairs in the West go on bravely. The
President received brief but significant des-
patch on Friday night from Brigadier General
Strong, that New Madrid is ours" Hence
the advance of General Bragg, with his com
mand of 10 000 rebels from Pensacola, which
was supposed to be intended to re-eDforce New
Madrid, comes too late.
Dispatches from Cairo Friday night state
that the rebels abandaned New Madrid on
Thursday evening, leaving a quantity Of guns
and stores behind them. Some lighting took
place between the rebel gunboats, under Capt.
Hollins, and our siege batteries, in which we
lost twenty killed and wounded. The loss of
the enemy is not known, as they carried off all
their dead and wounded with them. 1t was
reported that the Island No 10 had also been
evacuated by the rebels.
We learn from Winchester that portion of
our pickets, thrown out on the Strasburg road
on Thursday, came into collision with party
of Ashby's rebel cavalry, while our men were
with hay. The cavalry made no charge upon
them, but some shots were exchanged on
both sides. Colonel Ashby's cavalry are sup
posed to be protecting the rear Of General
Jacksoh's army en- their retreat to Strasburg.
The rebel General was said to be in person
at Middletown on Thursday morning, point
five miles north of Strasburg.
The address of General Mcclellan has been
received with the greatest delight and enthu-
siasm by the whole army, and by the people in
Washington generally.
The rebel batteries at Aqua creek are not
yet silenced AS the steamer Achilles, from
New York, was on her way up the river on
Tuesday, six shots were fired at her from the
batteries on the creek, but they did her no
damage.
It appears that everything what the rebels
could destroy in their retreat was consumed
The storehouses at Manassas, with large
quantity of -four, were burned, and the War.
rcnton station, together with the hotel and FIVE
or six dwellings. The bridge over Cedar creek,
two miles north of Warrenton, was burned
down, and q freight train of fifty.tNo cars,
loaded with commissary stores worth $20, 900,
was set on fire at Thoroughfare station, twelve
miles from Manassas, on the road to Winches-
ter, but were rescued from destruction by our
troops before they were consumed
The rebels are said to be strengthening the
Notifications at Fredericksburg with the
utmost speed. All the negroes in the vicinity
are being driven in to assist in the work, and
the white residents are being impressed as
soldiers
We learn from Fortress Monroe that the
rebels are evidently intimidated by the presence
Of The Monitor; and the constant passing to
and fro of their steamers from Sewall'S Point
to Norfolk, for the last few days, indicates tho
fact that they regard the former place as un-
tenable while the Monitor lies in Hampton
Roads, and that they are removing the troops
and munitions of war to some point on the
Nansemond river. The frigGte Cumberland,
which was sunk by the terrible attack of the
rebel monster Merrimac, still keeps her masts
above water, and the Stars and Stripes are
yet flying at the masthead OF the lost frigate
We give some further particulars of the bat
tie at Pea Ridge, Arkansas. The rebels, it is
said, had thirty-fve thousand men in the field,
among whom were twenty two hundred Indians
under Albert Pike. The rebels acknowledge
a loss Of eleven hundred killed and nearly three
thousand wounded. Our loss was six hundred
killed and from eight hundred to one thousand
wounded. We took sixteen hundred prisoners
and thirteen pieces Of cannon. Iu reply to a
correspondence from the rebel General Van
Dorm to General Curtis, asking permission to
bury the dead at the battle Of Pea Ridca the