Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-08-04
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Noon Reports.
From New York.


NEW YoRK. August THE Heralds Wash.
ington dispatch gives the following details of the
fight on Saturday:
Bufori's cavalry crossed Rappahannock Ford
at o'clock yesterday morning. Our force was
composed OF the following cavalry regiments:
The 5th New York 81 Virgins, . United States.
9th Pennsy sylvana 5h United States. lst United
States. 9th New York. oth Illinois aud l7th
Penns ylvania. They crossed about half mile
above the railroad station The object of the ex
petition ascertain the exact position Of the
enemy on the railroad line toward Cupepper and
the amount Of force they had disposed to dispute
crossing which might attempt.
The enemv's cavalry was encountered half
mile from the Ford It was portion of Stuart's
cavalry. and consste Of Jones and Hampton :
brisades, with the f,lO~ing regiments: The lst
and 81 South Carolina. CObb's Georgia legion
aud the Jefferson Davis legion. Our cavalry
drove the enemy grAduhly without severe fight
ing until a point was reached about one and
half mile thi- side of Culpepper when the enc
my's ctvalry fell blck On infantry supports We
were then obliged To fall back after brisk fight
with the enems 5 infantry and cavalry. the rebels
Ouiuumberins two TO one after they had
fallen back to the point where the infantry sup
ports came to their assistance.
Orr loss in the fight near Culpepper was four
killel and 66 wounded. The latter have arrived
Oar cavalry forces only ret eel mile and
half liter they were attacked b, the combined
forces OF the euem,'S iuiauuy and cavalry, ard
held the tncmv NJ bly We took shout 100 pris-
Oners Some Of their wounded are in our h inds
and have arrived here
Rebel prisoners in our hands say many of their
dead lay upon the field near Culpepper and their
loss equals ours.
Our cavalry under Buford made three success
ful charges ON tie euemy
corps Of infantry crossed the Rlppahannock
and was in position TO render Buford efficient
support
According to intelligent prisoners here the
rebel force i 80 much scattered along the many
forls of the R,ppahannock watching our move
ments. that no geEcral engagement is I'M
minent nt present Per contra. our Union
wounded in Yesterdays fcht think quite II con-
trary though In everything else the wounded Of
both sides agree precisely.
About ten days ago some OF Col Bakers de-
teclive force arrested at Brentsvile party en-
route for Richmond, upon whc m found some
very important documents from this city. ad-
dressed to JET Davis. President OF The Con
Tolerate States Among them were accurate
mtps OF all our Notifications anl deienses of this
CITY and a description of the character of
the works, number of guns N each and the
strength Of their garrsons: also a statement that
mel It's not known what rolls were alluded to-
About midnight last night. fire was communi-
Gated to the hay in the Government sheds and
ice house near the monument. bv an iucendiarv
About 4 500 bales of hay and 600 tons OF zee
we're destroyed The fire ex'euded To the adj
cent stables All the movable property includ
ing the horses. was saved The progress of the
fire was arrested by pulling down portions Of the
buildings
The Port ROYAL Free South SAYS ivannah is
deserted Of troops. Several regiments had been
sent 10 the reef ol Vick .hurg before the Charles
ton demonstration. and since the latter event
three regiments of infantry and Col Anderson's
artillery. numbering wenty four brass l2-3ound
ers, have been Sent via Augusta. to Charleston.
leaving for the defense of the city but 900 caval
~. 800 infantry and a battery of artillery. The
people Of The city thus left with batteries and
guns, hut troops to make them available.
have becone greatly alarmed lest should cap
ture Savannah Thev have been for the last
week sending valulhes into the interior of the
State. daily expecting to see a Yankee cheese
box in sight hinkcd by llnd force
Gen. Mercer. who i in commend. has repeat
eilv telegraphed 10 Gen Brown for troops, but
has invariably received the answer that there
were no troops TO send and that the inhabitants
must protect themselves
A private letter received in this city, dated the
Doth, sIys:
| went Yesterday to Block Island and made
reconnaissance from the top of tho tallest tree on
the island saw from my elevated position that
the rebels were erecting line of bltteries and
building rifle pits almost the entire distance from
Fort johnson TO SeceSsonvile. along the river
Block Island is between James and Morris
Islands, distant from the former 900 yards.