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f ouvnai & Messenger. J. KDITORS AM) PROPRIETOR^ IEOM MANASS*S PLAINS. TV lUclmimi 1 Enquirer of (he 3*l *ay “The 4>'p ;l, ehert of General Lee, the Pro* den»’s Message to (Nnigresf*, and the new brought in by the Central train on Tuesday tended to exhih r ite the community to m extent scare ly less exuberant than on tin occasion of tin* victories before Richuiend The general anxiety for particulars, howevet met only with disappointment, and so fa as the description of the events of the thre days battle on Manassas Plains is concern ed, the imagination can only felicitate U]»oi the pregnant material < f the general and in definite information before it. Passengers by the Central trait! speak o the battle on Saturday as one of # thc most severely contested of the war, and the delta and r«>ut of the enemy surpassing that o the famous affair of the 21st of July. Th Carnage was necessarily terrible, and ovi own army suffered to art extent which jus tilies the belief, that, although the victorx Was brilliant, it wax d<*»rlv bought. ] must be retrembere l that the gallant army under Gen. Lee had the combined t< roes os Pope and McClellan to encounter, the over throw of which it would be unreasonable t< presume emild bo accomplished without • heavy sacrifice. General Taliaferro, who is but slightly funded, reached the city yesterday by th- Centra. 1 train. Generals Kwel! and Thimble who were .V*°re severely wounded, were sti! unable to be removed.* It is greatly to b* regretted that the farmer, (Gen. Ewell whose career lias beeu as bill want as hi; conduct has been modest, has been c mip lie< to suffer the loss of a few, which, will, of course, deprive the command, which he ha* lore and well conducted, of his valuable services 'J lie eoem)’s loss fir exceeds that of out own forces, and will prove a chastisemen from which it will require an unusually strong cry for ‘•Union” and “thre« htlndrcd thousand” to recover. Gens. Pope and Me j) .well are reported mortally w unded, am Weigel killed. It is also reported tliai the in ’inher of prisoners taken was about nin- rh. /v-aml, all of win m were parohd on the ti i L The flight of the remnants of tie V 0,1- ... .rmv .towards Alexandria closes tin list ..f the Jaltln .beia reports which huv. leached us. , , A gentleman who arrived in Richmond, on yesterday, from Washington, states tha. bcfo.e he left that city the Long Hridg. ov, r the Potomac had becu blown up, ami p re yyatious were being made to evacuate A dispatch is reported to have been re ceived from General Lee, stating that he was within sight of Washington Ulty 11 this l, true, there «i as yet m» telling from what point the “city of magnificent distan ces” was viewed. lie uny be ut Alexan dria or at several other points on the Pot. - 4 nac, out, of the range of cannon sm>t, but „ lt too far off to get, within .spei king dis tuuee ■'dfhin a very short, time " BTI , S LATER AND MURK Di.FNITE. \ nn lie) MUt 1,1 tLju i tigagement of Sit ur.|»v W l'*c fullering hum tortious rilh: . . “ After a severe ianno,-»adc a great portion of .hounking (Ail '•nl.y) fhu huMle c..,,, mcKCcd m uuniu-.i. nbyL-t <>.«« O I’lucU I . -M The enemy at first ernitt >t"d stead hy G inch of the ground, but w <ro hnaliy repuls ed, flying in coiifun .u. Several <d their regiment*, were almost utterly annihilated Tee slaughter was immense, ami the field lor three miles was covered with ueiU uuu wounded.” The fight comnnnced on the W arrenton turnpike, and gradually became general. Our troops fought with auituatiou and ob- stiuitcy. Tue division under the immediate com mau J ot Brigadier-General Kemper captur ed tar « butteries —some thirty pieces. \\ e huv • ci,. lured numerous stands of colors, arms, and thousands oi prisoneis. 'i’ne easmb 'us among our officers are greater in woundeJ than killed. Gen Jen kins was wounded iJ» the chest ami leg; General Trimble was shot in the head ; Gen eral Field in the tuigh j General Ewell in the right leg; Col. Baylnr, in c m...and c-f til “Stonewall Brigade, ' vas killed. Col. Bee, of South Carolina, was wounded, not seriously. Lieut. Col. h leurv, ot the Till Virgiuia, was also wounded. It is reported that Pope and McDowell are both mortally wounded, and that Sick les, of Burton Key notoriety, was killed. A friet.d just, in states that when he left, the whole Ya kee arnr , pursued by ours, was flying towards Washington. FiiOM NURi'HERN VIRGINIA. 7’he BV/o/ reports : ‘*We have bat little additional uevvs of a reliable or and finite char actor fr>'tn the seat of war in Northern Yir g nia, whe~e events ot the greatest mugni tuit* are, undoubtedly, f.dlowii.g each other in rapid succession. ili i ditlie ilty ot ob taining inform itiui from this <| larter iscaus e*l by the .estrictive regttl ttiou ot the uiili tary authorities (which might uow be relax ed) and the distance—aboit sixty miles— between Kupidau the nearest telegraph sta tion, and the head quirtera of General Lee, at last accounts. '1 ne telegraph wires will, we presume, be extended towards \\ ashing ton with all possible expedition. Am mg the ruunos afloat, yesterday, which were believed by many to be well founded, was the report that the Duteb- Yankee Gouerd Seigel had b-cu killed, and Pope and Mel) »well mortally wounded.— \\ e regard the rumor, so tor as it relates to Pope, extremely doubtful, lie is not the Urdu to expo-8 himselt to the retributive Wi-.th of Our sinrp>hooters. It was »lso re piorted, oil the sum3 authority, that HUGO Yankeec were eap ured and paroled on ttie field. The Yankees alter their defeat on Saturday, fl*d, it is said in the direction ot Edwards’ Ferry, a short distance Icl nv LeesU.irgon be Potomac Previ<ui<i pu- > represent that they were pursued by u por tion of our victorious troops. A geiiiiemau who armed in the city last u'ght, lr in Washington, whith pLiClie V.t uu £i»tuidu» upoUtf wo uauvrtrWttd, tbat greut Coiistei nation prevail, diu the chv •i \\ ashington j that the l mg Long Bridge ver the Pot.uuac was destroyed, and the bain Bridge mcirTrd. It was, moreover,| elieved iu W ashiugton that Alexandria had eiMi re-occupied by the advance of our ur »y, but We fear this report is premature. Biigadier-General Win. B Taliaferro ar ived here, by the Central cars, yesterday ‘ternoon. He was wounded in t action f Pridiy, by u mintiie ball in the Uft arm, hove the elbow. The bone was fortunately •of fractured. AuotLtr ball grazed his neck. i'laj* r General Ewell was wounded in the eg, whMi was amputated on the field. Colonel Neff, of the Thirty-third Virginia icgimcnt, ami C< luinl Terry, of the Virginia Regimeut, ( \V y theviile,) and Ma jor May, of the Twelfth A irginia Regiment, .cere killed. Lieutenant Colonel Skinner, *>f tfie Fust Virginia Regiment, is reported ohe nn rially wounded. communication from president davis TO CONOHESB. The following communication from Prcsi lent Davis was juesented and read on Tues day in both Mouses of Congress: To tiie iS'/-vote 11ikJ JJrjU.se of Rrpresents fives of the Confederate JStntes : I have the gratification of presenting to Congress two iispafebc? fn ni Gen. Robert E. com manding the hi my of Northern Virginia, •ommunicating thu result, of the operations North of the R ippabaiiuock. From • hese lispafclies it will be seen that God has again extended llis shield over our patriotic army, and has blessed the cause of the Con federacy with a signal victory on the fields already memorable by the gallant achieve ment of our troops. 100 much praise cannot be bestowed on he skill and daring of the Commanding General who conceived, or the valor ami lardihood of the troops who executed, tin brilliant movement whose result is now com municated. After having driven from their entrench ments an enemy superior in numbers, and relieved from scige the city of Richmond, is heretofore communicated, our toil worn tr >ops advanced to meet another invading j army, reinforced not only by the defeated irn.y of McClellan, but by the fresh corps ■of Genera is Burnside and Hunter. Alter forced marches with inadt qua'e transportation, and across streams swollen to unusual height, by repeated combats. • hey turned the position of the enetnv, and forming a junction of their column in the face of greatly superior forces, they fun., lit the a- ei.-ive battle of the JUth, the clown ing effort of their toil end valor. . JEFFERSON DAVIS. she iiiptiirc of pkip*. All the Northern accounts admit that our inny captured au immense quantity of sup plies, &c. 'I he :oi;respondeut of the New V ok Tribune writes : The am unt of property fallen into tin hands of ilie rebels at Manassas is immense —several trains heavily ladin with stores reti first class locomotives, fifty thousand pounds of bac<<ti, one thousand barrel* of beef, two thou-and barrels of p ale, several flmus iml barrels offitir and a ! irgeejuantiiy of oa's and corn. A bakery which was daily turn ing out fifteen thousand loaves of bread was also destroyed. Next to Alexandria, Manas >;h was probably the largest depot eaublished for the army of Virginia. A correspondent of the Herald writes: The idea we bad indulged in lure, tha the capture of Manassas was only a success ful raid by a body of rebel guerrillas, is now dissipated. Jackson a ain tccupies Manas sas in force, lie has captured and destroyed a vast deal of property —how much it is im possible to say ; but this much is now known, there are eleven locomotives and eighty fur cis beyond tho break. '1 ho Bull Run bridge is destroyed, as are two or three oth ers in the vicinity. A s«i<‘ss ii Gae eiieHiipcake. < ):i Friday night last a steamer having some 12 or 15 loaded barges in tow, passed up the bay from fortiess Monroe in a heavy : g :i je, and up »n reaching a point opposite tin j counties of Mathews and Middlesex seven <>! : the barges broke from the t<»w lines am. j were dashed ashore. 'idle citizens next I morning took possession of them, and cap j tured nine Yankees who were thrown with them on the shore each of whom was armed with a muske', and after the contents of th boats were secured, they were tnarchcd inti a safer locality by the Mathews cavalry. One of the barges contained one hundred and thirty L» inch shells, lUO Enfield rifle?, 0,000 knapsacks, and other articles Two others were loaded with wagons and harness, j .no her contained numerous boxes of axas and engine tools, overcoats, baggage, &e.— 1 Others contained tents and tenr p des eigh I reen boxes of haversacks, (about *2,800 in J each,) all sorts of army rejuipments. d’ht ! Prisoners, while in the custody t.f Lieut . F.tzliugh, wore under the belief that a larg. force of rebels were in the vioinry, and sub .uirted qui. t’y. They were tolled in admi rably by the astute Lieutenant. — Eaunivcr. S:v:iriiatiosi oi rrederh kdttiri:. This town, which for the pa.-t four months has ueen in possession ot the Yankee forces, wa , evaeuted on Sunday nigh*, and the *mv j eminent -T the place surrendered to the civ il authorities. This we have from two re!’- alde and respectable citizens who arrived in this city yesterday, and who have been ap j p unted by the town authorities to acquaint I our Government of the fact. Before leav ! mg, they destroyed everything in the way ; *■! stores ands. t fire to the bridges over the Rappahannock. These were much injured jby the exul >si ms which took place during the night, as the fire reached the powder ivhi h had been arranged f>r their destruc tion. Large fires were visible during the entire night on the opposite side of the river in Stafiord c unty, where their extensive depots of provisions, eo mnissary stores, bar racks, tents, Ac , were burned, together with the large barn of Maj. J. 11. Lacy, on the Chatham estate. They accomplished their , work th .roughly, as though they had no in tention of returning to this part of the Con fed' racy during the war. N-» private prop- r \, txce; t hat o M j< r acy, w.s d'stj. Md in tUu (Aftcii-‘W*——" ! AK/itfiovti ih£u<Kh Jm ik(, Cvrrekpoudvuc.• oi «,.»o iboi-in uti to.uhr. Ox Hattuk Fii lp, .\r*R Manamu.«, ) Midnight, sjaiuni.iv, Aug U-i, 3.-, ls«s*2 J “N«f uato us. Oh L -rd, n„t unto us, but unto Thy uwtoe be ail the glory.” We have ro dtv gained *pother decisive victo ry. While I wri<e ihe enemy ure retreating in confu-iou toward Walling on, pur-eyd hy o< r troop- undt-r Lm-gsircet aid J ck-on. Hh* d-id and our own are itii igled together u|mn t moil hr Id inr mile-, aid the wounded « bod» n— nii» e are br Tn aeut »o lli* rear as la, u. y a3 cii %;U3fi.->tanc4'B %»■ ill pel mil. It is inii ns-ihle at this time to give yon ativthn g like a detailed n>i raliveof the cperatiunc ot the day, und I can only relate *bat transpired under my os*n imiueuiate ehs,TVation. At the ck>!«. ~f my letter yesterday 1 sated that u battle was tin n in progress. Ilu-rvingto the from I found our advance about four tiii'es this side of Cainesville, aligned on both rides of the Warren too Tump'ke —Jaekson being oti the < x'reme b ft, Longstreet on the right, at and O.e two coiunu s furtuii g an oi. iuse anple,-v. nil the enemy in thedugutial Km.ui eHtlv dawn until 1 o’clock the lore** of Jackson l.ad et g iged t; e I .-dt ra!s in a series of heavy skirmishes, and driven them bet to and t e< rntiiaiui i"g4*lll*llloll upon an eminene.-, which was imme ; diatcly occupied bv two ceint.anies <f tfie New ; Oileana Washington Aruiery and pang oi otftcr j butt* tics, numbering in a ! l siiaecn guns. I sh< id j here observe, p;»renihe*fJify, that Jackson on th • i hav previous hud engaged >iie enemy on ties very ‘ hill hi and forced him back with t n-at los-n not le-s ! 11 'an l ur hu< dred bodies beiiig left within an urea ; of .-ix or eight a i It vv s among th.-se putrefying cirps>.‘s that Col Wa mu posted his artillery’ atm at one o'clock opened tire. In fiftet li minutes he had siletic and one battery, and belute four bad ifciven the whole six winch were « pposed to him from the field, with the exception ol a single battery comp< aed of tgenty pound I’airot guns. An’cr thi- fi e tin fight was iak<*n tip bv ti e infantry on the right, under command of lien. I.otigsireet, and rrged cutiiinuoiisly tin ii dnk. Between five and six o’clock the troops oi Gen. J tekson engag.-d the i* t delals on tin lr right liank, and vveit* again vic torious. It I have been coiuuiiy ii.fotnnd, J <ck sons left now rested upon Nunley’s Ford, Bull Lun, but dining the night both Longstreet and Jackson fell back to their oiigimd positions, bold mg, however, the strongest aid most Vi.lu.hle si.tat.gic points on the field. Our loss was very considerable in killed and wound, and, hur is greatly exceeded by that ol the enemy. Du i g the night •We were engaged in bii ging in the w. unded ot bo Ii ai mies and burying ot.r de.nl. Our p incit c ca-Uaby wuS the lti.-S ol Gen. Lwed’s Ig, by whivii wc weie Uepiived of ihe services ol out* ol onr ablest geueials. Ot ibe.los.sir. killed and wound ed, iam Unable to send details at. present. Ihe remit, «and the engagement being by no means de cisive, it was « xpeclt and that the battle w ould be resumed at daylight this morning. li.e troops slept upon tiuir aims, and the first rays ot the rising sun were welcomed by the booming ol our artillery. On ascending the cun hence occupied hy our batteues, the scene present ed to the eye was tiuiv iiiagnihceni, such as it. (. 1 a lo the lot oi few mt nto behold. Ju*t in front of uie hid spiead a broad ope.t plain, sl-ghtly undu iating iu its character, and lunged on ihe light and letr with heavy mas.-es of timh. r. L- ss than ! a mile dis am, upon another elevation, but. not. so mgli as thrti occupied tiy us, were visi-de the bat tenes ol ihe enemy, supported m the rear bv siioiig bodies ol tniaii ry, wiio were likewise post ed ui the in jacent wuo'S. Still further in tlie rear, by liie uni of » glass, coul i be descried a bod.v of troops moving io our Lit up the Bull Run, <«8 li Willi :» view to turn our it fr fiaek, while mole iiniucdiaielv in lrm.t the j iekets and ekiimhdiers mighr. he seen exchanging sfiois. An umemitring tire ol small arms and artillery was maintained and T nng tS.e mormiig, and increased wuu iutensirv win the approach ol the ltemoon. Atiout thice o dock a heavy body 7 of skirmishers Was tii.owu out Irbin our ligiu to meet those of the enemy, atiu aon al era Small game of battle between these forces Wi.siu lub pi Ogress along tlie enine line to the tight ot me Wat ronton Turnpike, to me left ol the io.d, upon the eminence which l Have deseitbid, a b.nation of anilleiv, under me command ot Colonel Stephen D. L. e, who lo cated, and for two or three ho» is. ngag.ui the bat ceiies ol the enemy on the opposite lull. About .tali past three Colonel Lee discovered a move nt in on the par ot the Federate in front ol him, iiulic.iU. g a (lesiie to stui iii his position. A rejii an nt emerged from the wood-, termed in line of f ■* - L! I «in ‘'pen ii iI, and siendily advanced until they teached a point near the .Vl;tnas»as Gapli.il Load. I lei e, behind the eltib .nkment ol tne road '•vtiiuh constituted in itself a h r niduble breaatwot k, a Louisiana brigade lay conceal, and, and as soon as Lite \ui.Lees appeared io tang.-, they opened upon uiem a 'errifio volley of musketry, which mowed them down by result, and, Lee let loose upon them with round shot *nd shell,.and ui a moment afr.'i* thev were fl\ii,r piecipi ately liom tlie field. Leaching the vvi>ous ii u iii Hindi they s ui l.d,_iney were joined by an utK-r r. gimeio, and again essayed me task oi tak t.g a Coiileuera.e battery. Again thev were diiv oii back in disorder. Such was the accuracy of uir lire that eve.y sh. il seeun and to burst in their ranks, and we could distinctly obsei ve the men dropping by twos and threes, and in heaps upon me anotuer. A third regiment made die same ilieuipr, Out b. tore they bud advanced fifty yards .(ie_\ weie so ut.cilv demoralized bv out tire .hit tbey reueated has llv to die woods. The colors of this regiment were shot away t»y one ot the _,u.nitra ui the Brooks battery. From prisoners who eub-t qiientlr fell into our i tnds, I lea-n that the brig .de to which tiiege ruops belonged, was under the command ol Gen. ilorcd, ot McClellan's armv. A.iiiosl siin.iltaueoii-ly wuh this attack bv infan ry, ttie enemy opened a tremendous tire wph their .r.iiiery, winch they had concentrated Ht the point .bore ludicuieU, a..d thus tlte b.itlle was opened, t. ran hour or more die cannonading between iiit-sc opponents was incessar, \atit and only by the dimp mil ot masketry on the light, aud'ihe re • erberatiug ecaos ot the batteries attached to the resjectiVe tnigades. beyond du» point it. is impossible to convoy an idea ot die pi ogress ot the tight. The b.tde was u i.s beignt and raged furioasly until alter d.tik, wme.i uotiiing could ne sec. but the b f«i fl.i-hii g at die bursting tig.nbs, and the fieiy tongues of tliine that shot out lroai die iflomh ot the cannon, iiid ever and anon ldu niu iti and die sulphuious canopy that hung above the scene. Had l me fin.u-iials at band it would be ea-y to de-cube tiie va.ioua mov ments ot the day, visible as many oi diem were from prominent portions of trie tield ; but m their absence it must be 1. It to toe imagination ot the reader io conceive the he.ee grandeur ol me occasion—its ever changing as pec.a Hie advance—die r« treat—the slow pio cessions oi die wounded—the moving ro arutro ul the tong dirk tinea ot infantry—the fti.igea ot tire leap.i g Iroin die muzzles ot ten ttiousund mus uets si me same insunl--the mar ot aruilerv tne iron lain uud the tempest of death. 1 tie results oi if:e batde may be sumrued up in a tew vvoius. We have Captured several ti.uteii“s, .nan v colors, and Uu..dr« ds ol prisoners. The slaughter on nodi sides in.s been immense. Many ot oar held officers are won* dod. General itim ide is reporttd 10 liave titeii stiot in head, G«Mieral Field througn both thighs, General J. nkins duo’ urn kit bleast anu atm, but loitunaieiy nut dta gerousiv. Colonel Benbow and Otlonel M.-ans, of South Carolina C'oionel Co.se, oi die First \ ugin ia Biigade, Colon. 1 vlayi.e, ScVeidh Virgi i.t, and liieu.enaut—C'olont 1 Fio ence, Seventh \i giuia, are .-aid to lie wound, and. Colonel Skiuner, oi the Fourih Virgiuia, i- mortt.l.y wounded. Utbet cas ualt.es 1 have no. learned. V\ e liave driven die enemy several miles beyond liis po-i iou in the n.orni g, and now ai midnight .tie Mill m pursuit. Every evidence u dica.es that ne is corn piece! \ rt>-*ed, and '-hit, too iq on die very ground where, on cue tjiemorahle 21-tof Ju- I*, l&hl, die Mor.li rec* ived its hist hesou of Southern prowess, :U(1 w I.S taUght how tu lie it is o aftempt tne su jag.tion of a pecp.c and. tetaiiucd io be tree. Inc only sad thought connect* and «l h ills glo itoCJ tYctaV to. that so uiauy uoUb> p -eal <! then and voltuu to ii,e cottuut 40b . r blood, and are uu» Ivtng Ml the field tou.cfi tiny hav«* made doubly imii<o/taL “tV iili their le.t to uur foe, and th**ir face to then Uvd.” PpijuXNfi. Prow the Y MB e. Jlorpnti’t Uillii.il lleprM. HxADQ' aHTXKS VfOKG.VNS HtO'r, \ Ha.kTaTll.LE, Aug. 22, 1&62. ) To General Coo/>er, . Adjutant General, Richmond: General I b. g to confirm »n\ di-patch of the 20. b instant, announcing the result ol yesterday t* x | editi >n. My command, consisting of my own rceimctit, 7«>u strong, and a squadinu ot Teio* Rogers, uumb.-rn gabout lou ui< n, returned that day worn out, to (iallrftin. At 11 I’. M , I received information from one of tny liietidlv scouts that the enemy’* ravalrv wete encamped on the ro»d-ide between Oastiltui Springs and 11 .ru* ille, a distance ot only twelve mite* trom my camp. Judging tioin the tact that they hud hal ed b* the rund>ide, I concluded that they intended l<* march at night and alia. k early in the mottling, and 1 made my preparations aveotdingl , »b-- piici in- scout** on win m 1 could depend to bring !ute post ive information of ihe enemy’* movement*. A daybreak tny cel inn waft on the move, and aa the advanced giia and reached the bead of the td' ti uiv pickets ealtte galiopping in, tolluwed by tny principal scout, who it ported that he was •closely puigmd by a latge body of cavalry. Not W i'l ing, oil »c. until. ol the in* abi ants, to make Gallatin the scene of our contest, I atlvattced my column and wasgteeted on reaching tt e U.trie viile pike, by a heavy tire liotn that direction. 1 dismount* and the two leading com pa nit s to sigh», and threw them into the woods, on tin* 1.-f< of the rod. Tiie enemy increased Ilia fire, and 1 gradu ally had tny whole command etuagwd. The hgtit begin i.a t past sin o’clock and was maintained wliroot n uch advantage on tjfher side the tnett y huviig, perhaps, rather the best of it at tns’—tinttl übom iialt past eight, when the* be gan to lull back, and my men to redouble then cHolts. At hail past nine i had diivt u them lorn miles, and was preparing lor a final cha ge, when a li g of truce was (nought proposing an anuidiice, in oidt-r to buty their cead. My reply was that 1 could entertain no proposi lion, i xc« pt nit unconditional surrender. 1 but tied then ihut the troops were commanded Iby ling idler General Jolmsou. Duting the patlev | the nil my hud formed into l tie of battle, and i were evidently ready to dclti.d tht-m.-elvcs Irom any besh attack. 1 divided my torce into three divisions, leading one mysch in the direction wiiii h I thought (ien. Jolmsou had taken. Major Morgan had ti* e com puiies under hi* older* on my 1. tc. Lt. Culofcel Duke, on my right, had three companies und hi* advanced guard. Some delay w ; »s occasioned by the non arrival ot my gallant Texas Hangers, who formed put of nt the body tinder my own immediate orders. Tney iiad been 8' par ted from tlieir lunse- during Uie pieceding fight and had not been able to re cover tin in in time to come to the hour. On their an tv al, we ttiarctied on in tlit? direction oi tin* riu in>, and (’ol. Duke's division coming within sight, advanced at a canter aid opened hie. Gen. Johnson a lotces, bring on u good pike, teneafed lor some time taster than my »m n, wlio wel e on dillicutt gtound, could tollow, but alter a puisnit ol si/tne two mihs they wete overtaken uud compelled to H_h*. They were dismounted unu lot tin and behind their horses. The posi ion tiiey selecu and w.is ~ Very good one, especially as Hi* v coiistderab v out number- and Gol. buke’s force, which was the only one opposed to them. M.j r Morgan and my Own detachment in the eagerness ol puisutt, having taken too far to the left. Col buke r< putts that on petceiving that the enemy had halted, lie formed Ins tht.e companies and the advanced guard into columt a of sqtia .- ions, preserving the regul ir distances betwixt each, so a* to be able io form into line at com* imn and. in and atiaik 1 his was done wbh admirable p.eeision and «o dtngs t>y Ins men, at and nothing Could i xeced their gallantry. The enemy were drawn up under the t>tow of a hill, ami mv men wete ii* itw n up above tin tn, -o that their fi e t«T<J with i 11 et on the line, whilst that ol (he attack, and patty went over their heads. Altera very sha>p engagement of aboui til teen minutes they bioke and rau. Gen. Johnson, his A.'j Gen. Capt. Turner, M;.j. Wintiey, alidjt number ol piivateg wete c-piu<»<), but the in;-in body escaped to the hills, through the woods and high com, making for the Cumber land uver. Thus ended an action in whi**h mv command, not i xcet ding 7ou men, (< tie whole cotit| any being in the tear with pusooe s) -ueceeded in defeating a bng.de ct 12UO chosen cavalry, sent by Gen bueit expressly lo take me or drive me out ot Tennessee, killing and wounding some lgt>, Mtt* J taking *2OO p.isoiiera including the Brigadier Gen er f I coiiimaiiding, and the gi eater put t ol the i egiuit ntal ofhc rs. My loss in both actions amounted to five killed and eigteen wounded, two missing. Amongst the wounded was Captain Huffman, who had hi* ami shttUfied by a bail whilst leaning gallantlr on his br«ve lex n Ringers, a small bod* ot men com mandt dby M • jur Gaiio, ot whom I cannot speak too highly, as Hey tutve* distinguisH.-d themselves ever since they joined tny cominaud, not oi.lv bv tlieir bi a very, b.«i tfuir good sohlter-ltke conduct. To ull in uiliceis itud men my best aikno* 1* dg mvhts Hie due, nothing but hard lighting carried them thiough. '1 o iny personal Muff I am deeply indebted. Col. St. Ledger Grenfell, Acting A j ir»nt Getieial, at»!y supported me; Capt. LeweiLn, Acting Q'nr terimmier, and 1 up'. Gteen 1U bel ts, who acted as tiiy Aid de-Camp, were most active and learle-s in carrying m\ uideiß, and the Captains of coitipa ni fe cool and collected in the pertoi luance of iheiu. L < tti. Col. Duke It and on bis regiment, if possible, with more than his usual gallantry, and contuhu ted b> the confidence with whicti he has in.-piied his men to insure the success of the d»y. Lieut. Col. Duke makes paiticuUr mention ol the cool and determined n anner in which Li* u*. lingers, commanding advance guard Cap*. Hutch inson Castle, and Lieut. White respectively coin tnanuti-g lite three companies composing hi 9 divi- Sion, henavt and ; in tact, i lit* coi duct of both officers and men deserve the highest praise. 1 received t very assistance Irom tht) patriotism ami of the neighboring citizens, amongst whom M j »r Dutfey and Cap*. K. A. Dennett, were pi e-euiinent. 1 have also to rps ott that I have received a dis pate i from Gt-n. Foi rest siting that t.c tins m camped within * ight miles o! me, with a reinforce tnent ot but) men, but no artillery. The want ol tins arm cripples my movements, and prevents my advance witii that certainly cl effect which a bat tery would afford. K-emits are daily and hourly arriving. The population seems at last to be thoroughly aroused ui.d to be dcterinim and on resistance. 1 hope shor ly, Genetal, to be able to report further successes, and rest a-sured that no exer tion on my pail shall be wanting ; no sacrifices ot: that of my cfiicers arid men will prevent our giv ing as good «n accou. l ol the ei emy as our smal numbers will admit r>f. 1 have the honor to be, your most obedient servant. John H. Moroav, Col. commanding Cavalry C. S. A. PS. Thi morning I received positive infor matron as to Gen. Nels< n'a intentions and move ments. He is retreating from Nastniile to rein torce Bowling Green, at the head of 1500 intamry , 2ot» cavab y, and 12 cannon. It is evidently tht intention ol the Feder da to attempt the defence ol Bo * ling Green and L«b<non. J. ii. M. B igudier G< neral Toombs lias been re leased from the arrest under which he was placed by General Longstnet. The arrest was Caused by s*iue insign fi* ant deviation Irom 'he* orders of L< ngs»re« t which the lat ter < h se to cousider a gross vt latiou of o - tiers. A' soou as the uiattei was explain and i General Loi.gstreet he hoi o. biy roeior-d C-Outfui KAidubtf IV h. 3-» t> ivLi U.« It «llir>«;MI O Kpautl I 4. I'tuui ill ■ Seal of \t ur. We had itiduiged the hope that we would be able to lay our t eud~ts this mu'nutg moii* put tieulat? ot the great ol Saturday h.st. li iht.w, however, »e have been disappointed, slid must content ourselves with giving tuttlt intornii lou us we have been able to collect. We hav. permuted to make *ouie * xtrac S from a pri vate letter written si Gainesville, Saturday eight at Itr oVluck. Ike wilier says: *' VN e are sguin victoiious on the classic plain.* ot Mniimss.is. Thl* moil ing we wete auxious, but not uue»>av. We (ought and won tesbrda', btu ueai and ol tuunense r* in tore* men s to the cut tn lu-iug the n gin, white our* could not come no di nne to paitietpute in today’s tight. Hut it hegstt. ant tonight while i write the eiu-mv ar»* tl einj it and our troops -tier them. So th tombm. and ar mies ot Pope, McClellan and Burnside, ate driven mgWiotisly 1 1 out tlte th-iii. ver. I ot their r* gt menl* were cut to pieces, and lit ten IninilieS ah out three of the Ist Pennsylvania w*re I lied ot wout..led. K-mpei’s «it»ision ot our c*>n s cap tur. and thr* e t»att* rn s ; Hood's d.vi-n n p s-« and o»ei thiity pieces of artillery ; lien. Jenkins, oi 6 un Carolina, was wounded; Col. skinner tuorin 11 * wound, and; a lid many others who e names i havi u*t ieait.cd They onlnumbeied ns, by tlo ir owi aci ouut, nearly tl.ne to t u<’. Andetson's dtviaioi was siigtiUv eng-ged this iilternoou. ** I'tie hght oid not coiutiKiice until 4 o’clock, •nd eveu t.ow occasionally 1 eati bear the bootnui: ot big guns coining back on the air, a a they haras the reiieattii.g eueiuy.” Ti e pa*s« tigers by the Centtal trsin, yesterday, were tamiliurwi h no facts beyond what h.s alter dy been laid belore the public. A* u*u»l, they came freighted with reports collected al tjoidetis vil e curing the short stay ol the Haiti at tha* p nut. 4’l.e teal posiiioti ol the two am.iea wa not known, though i was stated that the enemy, when lust heaid trom, were rapidly refloating n. ihe direction ot (hcoqmn, mid our loicea hotl. pU'Stllllg. A laige bod* ol yu» arruy ■*'--* -k'a.l' CtiUicl), wltiisl JSiuari’s eaValty w u S tepreSehieU ti have reached Alex mdiit. We have heard ol seve’al names among tin wounded not heretolore puldi-tu and. Ol tne-e an i 01. Lawsoti Bolls, ol the 2d Virginia regiment, wounded in the luce, but noi d..i geruu.-l* ; I«i* tn Gol. Howau and M j m Nnd» nbon.-a h, ot the same regiment, ih- tonner shghtl*, aid the latter s* v etel.v ; Col Grigsby, 27ih Vu , wout.dvd; Mj i I orry, 4;ti \ »., w ound.-d in the arm Capis. Simms, S tin I Moore, 2d \ a., wounded ; L -t , II ti man, Bennett, Fulton, ami LeUteuanis VV ade, Strickler. and Siosser, 4ui Vu , wounded; L'cut. Cnmmtngs, 4th \ a.. Killed ; Capt. h.obet ts, 0 n\ wout.d. and. CVpt. Simms company, of the b h V». lost every ollicer. Al;jor Alay, ol the 12th Va reg’t waa kihed, and t»o ol hia brothera m tin same tegini. nt wounded. Pa- setigers by tlie train reported the death ol Gett. hath, bill this was afserwulds i-ontiad eted. Up to a lute hour htai nighi the Wut D, pariiiicnt had received no addiiioitul mfot inaMott. One aecou it states that the loss ot Gen. J .ek son’s co?pa is stait dat from tltM) to Situ kilh-d and wuUiid'd 1 he thh \ irgiuiu r< giment is reported to have lost one hail the men they had engaged. On I’hui?d>y abet noon the pmsiuon* of Genr 1- Jackson and J’.well wete in-ai Fudley Chtitch, then right testing uu Groveton, and their lefi lo the i Id battle field «and Ala i ms-a a. About a o’clock tl >e hi ••my under McLlellau advaticv and by the \V urrentoii road, when our attilleiy opei.« and upon them. An t-iigag, itieiil ol two hours cm-ued, wlitn iheeueu.y were dtiven from the held, at.d beyond the Wat teuton Turnpike. CvNFIEM aTIuN OF iHii OPIURE OF EULL ML'Uh ti AhluY- The Knoxvi e Keg ster contains a lull actount ol ihe deleat and cap.ute oi almosi the tuii.e at my, near Kicl mond, Kentucky. The entire j force was estimated at fourteen thousand. Nelson dot s not rppear lo have been captured, but wa severely wound* and. LKTTKK KROM CAPTAIN U’kLRATK. \\ c art* pet iniiu-U lo make the folio *ing extract from a | rivate letter trom Cnpt. AUKuaih: KICHMoM), Kv , A-ig. Bu, lbt>2.— We have hue to-day three ditkitut and no Iv coute*ted battles. I'he enemy’a force repot teu ut 24,0ut;. Titev made the fiist stand at the loot of Big Hill —eight miles Ircin Kichuiond, and the last one al It.ui motid. Uur loss in killed is about 100, perhaps h ss, atu) as many wonndtd. 1 hut ot li.t- enemy, k.llnl U ne wounded, double our,-, besides ov. r 2,•»</<) pns oners. Capl.’tJcott is now, *,< o’clock, I’. W., io iht teal ; so that in the inotuing we shad cupiuie tin eitiite party. Uur men befitpred most gallantly, charging tin enemy at eat It Slant! they made, killed tin. Gene ral, lour Colonels, two Lieut. Colonel-, at and cap Idled latge qnaiitili. 8 of Comniis.-aly siotes. Col tcott, who was put-uing, is j ist now* in, and says we have captured the ciuiie army—mon than lo,tn it) men. It is glory enough for one fight. No enemy now between this'and Lexington God tie pi wised. tvTit.L I.atkh.—The following interesting lettei is ft uni a very worthy source, and is ui titled it the utmost cn dit: Gen Smith and Sraff mounted their horses n seven o’clock Saturday morning, ai.d moved to tin I run t some eight miles, to w hei t- on? lot ces arri Vet la.-t uighr. Just belore reaching the place tin enemy attacked us, ope-nit g with artillery, and u in about an hour the infantry opened; in less tt a; an hour we drove them from tln-ir po.-bion, wit; great slaughter on tlieir sich*, we taking man piiHor cts. Uur loss quite heavy, e.-p* ci.illy i ollicers. \S e moved on af»oui two tunes beyoin Kogetsv;lle, at which place the first fight occUite< hi.u found them egaiu in position, when we mam the attack, amt the s» ootid time dtove them iron thei? posi ion with stitl gteattr loss, both in kiile-d wounded at<d mi.-.-ing. «nd stt aller 10.-s on our side This second tight occurred about 2 or 3 o’clock, slid our ttoops having march, and some eight mih-.- atid havii g no wate-.r except n linle taken lion the stagnant pools along the toad, and seeing tin enemy again prepning to teceive u•», wy haltet our men and g ive them several hours test. Lvet hug being r^ady, a atioi tma rch br. ug tus w tthi sight ot R chmot and, where the enemy made a thin stand, wi.eu we moved on uiid attacked them th third ime. Alter hard fighting we rott'ed them, and drov. them through the place a little belore sundown, t; utter confusion. In this last fight we did not lost many men, but we captor and liotn 1,2« O to 1 s<> ptisonets, besides th. ir killed atid wounded. A-t. wo had whipped them ki front and started ttien rontiiitg, Oi 1. ,w\ h |,is cuamui and, wo. bad been sent aioutui on the Lexington road t< catch them, keeping (sis command m ambush unit, the retreating at my came up, attacked them at.< siu-ct'f den iti capturing aid killing near y th; whole atrny, taking all their guns aid boijio lei pieces ot artillery, with all rheir wagonp, stores, etc. It is estimated that th.ir killed, wounded .nd missing will reach some lo.woo, while our will not reach more than from 3 »0 to 6t*i» killed tml wounded. Tiitir loss in killed ainl wounded • fficers is heavy. ' The troops were from O ;io, Indiana and K-iitueky, and commanded by Gen Ball Nt Ison— Col. t'as-iu- ii Clay commanded « ••rtgade. Gen. Miiith command, and our trojp**, H nd •»y iiatu fighting aca tire bl.s-iug of God, we de stroyed their fine army. It, was a grant! sight to -ee our ill clad, and Bomeiim*-5 barefooted troops, with no food ami but little water, march ng with a steady front on their splendidly equippe . toe. L was one of the grandest battles I ever saw. I filled tin heart with pride o see our men move on said mid never give way. Glory be to God on high tor the splendid result. Geu. Smith and stalf e-caped unhurt. John Ross AuKtsrLi).— A e?tcr from Lcuvcuwi.nl), Kaunas, to the Noi hern press, states that the } aukee troops have occupied the c.tpiioi of the Cherokee N; tion, aud made John Kqss a prisoner. He las recent ly, pursuant to a treaty made \vi i our gov ernment, issued a call i> r the f h .* kces able to te ir arms to take ociVitv as teidiors for ilia Coufedvracy, tIACUM, Uhi ); : > Fir Magistrates, Attorneys, ; .11 other pur poses, for case « t u, . * r “'*' I *** tom pie it; t 1 ... ’, Cil Lt. £ k S on the Ba or this city. ; J 'B PRtKTINO of every 1 paper *uifed to the present m.J t> . •. b - done promptly, i u Jr,ko/ ( , cr , The Journal and-J*,,. SKN( t „ *y ail readets, whose mail . I fuse-, may prevent taking a I) u j r . . j al epitome of the Ame- of ih e jj- # Srlected, so as to give a full account 1 lint items ts NV ar news, ulj( j 4( j j ! interest. Alwava .id, avo ir t o*u the mat y reports und run.ors a , t )] nothing but what is r. liable. H s lail corn I liue to be cur p..r:i v ’>. uake it a (i'o<d S m *]‘<ij>er, and . ti i* and with the b. leadahie irati.r l .tgesi extent they will a. n.it. p. ' • eat, aid the p per will be reid f v .> ! my one romitti: g u> a dollar. C3&“ r.LANKs for >i..t . SuLbIAUS, for sale nt this ellice. \V,* can assure tlte editor «f t r ts Si , Ueycgiait, that there is too ui 0.., Article i expecting Don’. <tie Joe.:**, t... v rT*T*** > rvery cn?*,* Vwrrd.tv V .1 Port Valley, sold in this place to v» ' chasers, about two hundred yards of v •touie.-pui) at one dollar and twenh £ aid. Dae credit should be given to t:. »t Mr. Barnes. NEW CORN We learn that Mr. A. Barksdale, livingr. oativ, lias sold ten thousand bushel-o! c,- govei inent, dclitend -..t the Railtoxd. u; ; |). r bu.-he 1— the government furuislenp tt,, Tnis is ptobably a larger price than hereafter, aud has been done to insure i., and livery. A GRI Al WEI KOF HIE WAS I The opeiatioi sand conflicts of our Minin I ) -ome days past, in Vitginni, and the R d< r Biases, no doubt . x.-. Is it. Magnitude!,;- recotded in nncieiit or modern histotv. R tlie great bat Mes of Em ope wiihin th>* -.. century, wlierc a (t-vv hours decided tlo great Htmies und kingdoms, il is widi u- •> R repulsed ot del nSrd iu one quartet, lo ir . R with redoubled vigor in another, < r on u,o Ma l battle field ; and to persevere to the l .-t maoi can be brought into tin* contest. At 1.-a.-t-,-, the determination ol the South; and sueltm -i. i: i-scatc.-ly to he found in history, that t»< •atill s have, within a few months, teen Ft. u the same he'd. But so it is now, with nc.rUt the “Plains ot Manassas.” We met the “bn;. Vrn.v” there, under the ample printing - Feather a) of G. n. Scott, the l.cro of inu s..e. tv*i, •vats, On the 21st July, 18t»l, it w, t - a lei. ated. VVt* have tn.iv met the eoticetilixiu I'rsgtmnia of the second “Grand Am\,” »l,i t ; nad becu reconuoiieriiig übotit Rirlittieti, . tal months, and changing its “base o! « .-t tioi.s,” (for very good and suflicit-tu cat. S t-, 1<: he same fi.-ld, — where it has sustaiiioi ( irons and bloody defeat, with great 10.-.-t-r c U e r-, privates, utniameuis, and all kinds u a? -quipiuents. We append the several details, as thetas •ome to u-, not vouching for th.ir cniiu-t x. I • less, 'i he correct vcision ol ail rhe fact- c*( inly be looked fer, when the luttiors !,.r .. *mo to expand themselves, and to Mib.-idr .**: •<> plain matters ot tact. Wo can ci.lv say. i ■ut government call keep such matins Iren; id mxixus public, longer than in ( oinlon.i 1 !e for ts» i inquiring people. Ptobably there ate good w A?t,B tor if, and no l<»ult si;ou!.J bo lounu v* here vs is tight, and the i. sult is even better iu out arm nun was anticipaled. P. S. Since witting the above, we hive fortl .nd most important intelligence horn o.r u .rmics both in the North and V.'csf, by hhichit ill appear that they are following up their a tapes gained iu the recent battles. W>■ will t predict wln re they* will bes. un*\ in a week trom ftis time, but rhe past week has been, lie back view of ihe r.-ar - guaid Ot iclia'-g »t mies. Having in this war exercised Christian foibeaT itice to is utmost extent, by actii.g only ot lelensive, ii will now be gratifying to all 'O-* ' .tut policy changed and tiie war carried u, • -0. lof those barbarians who have so long * obbiiig and uiutdtiii.g our quiet and unolk--. i ciiixena. C vSUALIILS OF IHE LATE BATTIK Tl e reports uoin the battle fields have bt-.a b:t cw, with regard to tiie killed and woundei of ! companies from this city and vicinity. tie loiiowing, mostly fiom private dUpaU-ats iu the Diily Telegraph: A Intter from Lt. C. VI. Bvllard of the ‘ Guard*, —thre-* killed, viz J. 11. Si*niu - B<)ud, P. Jcpsou—Wounded, 6—D. 11-k .{. F. Boyd, L. U. Andiews, li. I’. MMiy*, • B dassenbutg, and lliebaid Nelson. it- • i reg’t, G killed aud 52 wounded. Central City Blue*. —Capt. James G. I> - ’*•'[ tilled, Etj. Lewis, while skirmiohir-g—Wo - Harris, Kuibrough, C. Wilder, Bin;, Lr-* 2 - Vtlk iiS and ilcDonald. Dispatch to P. E Bowdre—Killed, Capi 11 J of this city) and Lieut. Porter, ot the regu>* * bounded severely, M. j Walker, Lieut. *■' Fount, Bhtuee, VS iley, Ilorne, Bentpng, -* • * •nd Anderson—slightly, Capts. Fort a:.a b-t Capt. Wiu. T. B own, of the Davis fL* 'L Dooly county, and Capt. Augustus C. ~ he Baker county Volunteers, ar; repot- £u •tilled—bot’u most gallant soldier.-. Yankee Brutality to 2orrespondeLt of the Richmond referring to the treatment of negroes . (he Yankee?, ?ays: , , { A large number were killed at 0 * *’ luring tae last of July, for insubordifi a • - it is also stated that one of our the James river sunk a barge iu b w L -‘.' d-SO negroes on it, mostly from the ; counties, all of whom were lost exc p i she Captain of the steam tug, w IK ' n , oarge was tired into, cut her loose, t!il j_'® ihat out* nieu would endeavor lo e*‘l !: ’- lIL , aiiO'viug there were slaves <u " 1 ’ t iiey cunt uued Luiug uatii tha barg'i^ I** 1 **' 4 «U H Jo