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The Weekly Constitutionalist.
BY JAMES GARDNER.
> r cm tht Richmond Dispatch. Augnul 1#
CO«i'£DEKATE STATES CONGRiSS
ADJuUKMIij SZSSiOI-.]
SENATE.
Monday, Auamt lSib, 1862.
The Coniaderate Stale* "em>ir met (Ars.wit in
lujorneot, at noon, m the CVpitnl Vice » ie>i
deit Stephens called the Senate to order. Prayer
hv Rev. Dr. Seelv, of the 2(1 Baptist ( hnreb.
The Seciwtarr proceeded to c*-l the toll, the
rolluwtmr Senators answering to their names -
Alabatr... M.am. Yancey and Clay; Hor ria.
tf.aara. Maiwell and Baker Oecr.tm, B. H. HU ;
Kentocky. H. 0 Burnett; Lmv.smna T J
Hen,me- Mnssissipn., Messrs Brown and Phe,
M ssnun. John B Plark; >• rt>. Cartama, M-twre
tlarisand Durtch; Tenne.-see, I.ind< n E. h*yn»-e;
Trias. Messrs Wtgf.ll n-d Oldfc.m; Virg.t.f
Messrs Hunter and Prea'.on-17. i
Toe absentees were \li~*rs d.'jnson ana Mitch
ell of Atkans is: ). XV. liearis, of GeorgUr;W t*
E Bitrials. "I Kentucky; Ed. Sparrow, in
ana; K I, Y. PcV on, of Missouri; Messrs. Hsrn
we i »nd Oir, ot South Carolina; G. A H«*tv, ol
Teau<» ee. mt
Mi Yancey, of Alabama, gave notice lli.it he
would Uiove’an ame .diaent to the rui/sof the
Heuate to-morrow, by striking out the 4Sd aud
4*l h rn'es, and msrrung in lien ot the latter the
follow fg: , , , ~ .
f 'AH legislative aeeeiocs of the Senate shall be
bold with npen.doors, eacept w! effotherwise or«
dc-d! t y a vote <d two-thirds of the members ol
the M-ca'*—send »o e to be tak-n by yeas ami
ears’' , •
Mr Cloy, of Alabama, from t&e committee ap»
pointed to wait upon the Ptya dent, etc , report, „
that the joint eommittei-bad performed the du j
&»s,ened to them, and wete advised by the
President that be wonid communicate with Con
greea turthwitb, ;fl wiping. Afterwards the loi*
sow ng was received and read by the
C PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE.
Tu the note anij Huute of JieprttenUUiVt* of the
Cot federate Stall 8 .*
jt is again »»nr tortuce to meet for devisipg
measures nectary to the puoiic welfare whilst
our country is involved in a desolating Wa . The
endured by some portions ot th .* peo
ple excite the deep solicitude of the Government;
srd the sympathy thus evoked has been heigh
tened by ibe patriotic devotion wUb which thebe
«ufft*npgs has been borne.
1U? gall.tr ry and good conduct of our troops,
a w’u}3 claiming the gratitude of the countij
hare b*»rn further diustrsted on hard fought bat*
; * fie c., marked by exb bitiona -of ti d victual
we. i whi< h can tin»i but few parallels \u an
it of modern t me*.
Oar army has not faltered in any of the various
• (- a!* tu which it has been subjected, ami the
great b >dy of ibe people h is euidihu.d to mar#*
few*.»-eal and UDammitv which not only doer
the attic siainrd sodie.-, but iiive assurance to
the friend*of constitutional liberty ot our trial
tr uojph in the pending struggle ug -in.-t despot*
' usurpation.
Tio' va-aasapy which 4hre it ned trie fipiul of
the C ured’ racy h*n been ddea ed and drtveu
sic u the lines ot investment, and ihe enemy, re
peat oly toiled in bis • AT rts for its capture, is uow •
peeking to -iv new armies on a scale Mich a
aiotl rn v • rv •! s not rec rd t» vff < t that sub
jugation ot the fcuih so often proclaimed as on
*.l • jtvn of accomplishment.
The perfidy w;, ch c:ure I by
o; ..1 i:,tl mad res. wbe u ir-mp ed WU obl.ga’
t:s: 'made-acred by every cpnsidera ; nos honor,
t bee a .nter.« tied by th* •!.•-. igu’.'y engender*
** by def'ea*. 1 h • n : ve changed the
ctinracter •.{ the hostilities waged 'jj (-ur enerateb.
w- arc becoming da; v k\*s "f • garde s of the
. *-gC.c, - f u*:* nr
h.-u-.snity. Eapfne«n<f wanton <?t-': u :tio« o'
jrivate property, war upon non comb ttants, nm
Tier -if eapti °s, hi tidy tbreats to t.v uge the death
of an invading soldiery by slaughter of un*
urn . d cttiEei.6, orders ,»f banishment aghinet
peaeeiu! tamtlJes engaged in the cultivation of sbHl
I ‘.vt: » uie ot the means n-cd by our ruthless inva-
I deis to enforce the ■ übniissxm of a tree people to
I foreig Bway. OimSscation btllg, of ft charac er »•>
■ ntrocMOS as to ensure, if executed, the ut er ruin
I cf the entire population of these »S ates, are Massed
■ by thetr C ingress sod apprised by ihtur Execu
■ live.
Tbs mcocyed obligations of tbe Confederate
I Guversnie- 1 »r.- forged by citizens of tbe United
I Stalls, sue |iiib’iclv ..dve'iised f,.r sale in then
■ rtites, w th a no orieiy which f-urticietitly attests
■ the knmva dge of theirGirernmeii'; audits com
■ pl ci-v In ibe crime is limber evinced by the
I 9 * r ' it the soldiers of-the invading armtesare
■ foji • supplit d with large q ot these
■ f rp( i n lies, is a metins of despoiling the c on
■ try people, by Iruud, out of such portions ot heir
. - r - petty as a-tned violence mav fail turenci
■ T *' St leas;, t the Generals of the United States
■ * - vnttag.i *. • ..be «ed by their Gorernnieni, in
IrAc -rig a- ■ . urrectii n, and ;ti arming and
training «'ares In- .-.arfare agiicst their masien
■ tisen. Ot the Cor. -aericy. Ann her has b-eu
. uud • ' ms.mtis - . brutal as t- invite ibe vnj.
tore i bis soldiery bgaiust the wtun ri of a caps
■ Yet, tbe.r b tke of civilized mv'i has failed to
C*f;; ' “» u t-.e United States
' 1 " 11 ' i di-Miu-ri.b-iiivn ol h s anis ; n v r is
I the any r-us,.s U, .up . 15... timt the . unduci ol
■ Boiler ha- tailed to a. care trom bis
sanction and applfttHM with which
k i-ivn.ui been gr«-«8led by . nbwe meet*
. r ' l .’*di ; u.H nf tb« press «*t the (Joitea B'«tes
r "• 1 -- s of lilt Cormnanaer-in-Chut «.f
■ ; s:u, ‘“ 9 ' h;fined states, whether tne ai
e'wnJuciol 8-»me of fbeif mnjiary coin*
«fc.indan ; .- m-t the sanctt-.il of.tha» G-v-rntDeot,
H:, ' -•"U -V..tied on toe pr-tSxt that' the
**•' 'naolnng; and nr, .method remains
| tn- rear ssnm of these enormi ies but such
‘* m<M US lt !rM - T helouud p t.
?' :nd . for “any of.tbem, is im,
sole, .ur 1 have had occasion to remark in
i-m-r message, that under do excess . f prov.e.
K cm ‘ <i ou r noble-hearted de eiders b
"reilt vt'ogeancecn unaitneS men, on
T Z or 00 children But st-rn ard ix-o,Diarv
K S>urd krn, ’ otcan aod °‘ o!, t be mc,ed out f.flh
■ »- -eie-s and felons who. disgracing th- on,
i oV^on of f r:r ,oma,e »» r Z
■ C;Tr!"e, commission of the most „ )n .
I’tewT the character of the con-'
1“«W w!, !; are .“ bout be forced, we
■ an v-truative which recent
[ Toe exaiiimt-Tn nf *!' 1" hop l c *° be avoided.
■ wore: pa«r,n s L n nf . f » ! .'d'c has aroused the
■ tie rpe p * DMDIs ’i ‘ pm-iion ol
■ ?»?-"= - ping an nLiT c cr ß Tln «. «>-** eo
fer -in . and snh!»' d P , *’* Uci! * ' ‘be extreme
■bor r.jbts and to mxtnwm'”? m ' '"'""I va c
against our to-i," r '„ ir l ‘ , ' sttDce b J em
/a roarceat urdisposal ' y eaer gd and every
•-zatoiMi!g T the a,sopy5 op y r,f ‘be
■ -r lessen? umelor *h* ,*•
-i. as ninnntied N P' fcß S'Ou °t the
eiS 'des now in progress wi M, Dr ier
pi ogress wid be submitted here-
g ‘ , p^ o d o<, ' , '^ r “w«non'! ,,r ' *■**''
»:*mthe^c:rv2rd‘, be r,,u -«
that is m.u=„ toll e n.g r *;;“d
efi * 0! tbe law baa been thus some-
what impaired, though it nut believed that in
my of the Staten tbe popular tnind has withheld
iia eauc ion from either the necessity (>r propriety
f your legr.slut'.Oß. It is onlv by harmonious us
well as zealous action that a Government us.new
as ours, ushered into existence on the very eve of
u gieat war, and unprovided with the material
nfceesury f«»r conductiug hosUlities on so vast a
* calc, cun fulfil its duliea. Upon you, who are
tall? informed ol the actß ami purposes of the
Government, and thoroughly imbued with the
ijeling'4 and sentiments ol the people, must res
, tnnee b,e placed to secure th a great obj-ct. You
, can b?Bt devise tbo means for establisnintr tout
“ntire■ c.'-operation of tbe State and Confederate
I Governments which is i-o es>ential to the well
being ol both at all times, but which is now in
dispensable to their very ex».*»tence.
And if any legislation shall seem to you appro*
priate lor adjusting differences of opinion, u will
be my pleasure well as duty to co-operate in
any iiirtisure that may be devised tor reconciling
a just can- lor tbe public defence, wit 3 proper ae
l ere nee tof the most scrupulous susceptibilities of
tue State author, tie*.
The Report ot tbs Secretary of tbe Treasury
will feXbilit. in de iiil, the operations of that de
partment. It will Ou seen with sa'isfactien that
I he credit cf the Gov. i nmeat s « unties letnatns
i uuinipairtd, and that ihis credit lsrlully jusiibed
~y the Ciluparai.vely ,-uiall amount ot accumu
lated debit not.wiihstanduig tbe magnitude ot out
tniliury operation® •
The legislation «*f the last session provided for
the purchase of supplies wiih the bonds ot tbe
Government; but the preference ol the people for
l • easury no.es has been so marked, that Jegis'a-*
lion is ri com mended to authorise an in
the ltsu-.* of Treasury notes, which the public
vice seems to require.
Nogiave inconven«ence need be apprehended
. from this inm.as.-d iseuo, us the ur«»vi»ion of
<aw by which these notes are convertible into
igh't per cent, bonus, tonus »n etti. em and per**
tuttnenl sail guard againht any sei iuusdrp: e.iation
. ol itie cuire. cy.
Tout attention is a!s * invited to the rner.na pro
posed by the Seen toy for tanutating ihe prepay
ration of these notes, and lor guarding them
against forgery, li is due to our people to state,
that the maou acute of c.mut rfeit notey exists
Within our limits, aud that the) are all imported
' from (he Northern States.
The report of the Secretary of War, which is
submitted, contains numerous suggestion® tor the
iHgia'HtJon itccmed de irabl *, \u order to add to
the i tfajo ncy ot the **-t vice.
1 invite your tavoiftble consideratiou especially
to tho®- recommendations which are imended to
a cure ihe proper execution of tbe Conscript law,
and ibe consolidation ot compaui s, 'battalions
and regiments, when so reduced in s rength as to
impur that unitoniniy ot organization which is
wece-sa.'y.in the army, while au undue burthen
isintposvd on the treasury, ihe necessity for
f-oroe legislation tor controlling inmtarv tran*«
pojrtation on ttie railr..a<l*, -aud improving their
present defective condition, tore- h ii»o*lf upon the
attention of the Government, and 1 truet yon will
he t -ble to devise satist ictury measures lor aitaiDK
:ng this purpose.
The on tbesubject of general officers
involves the service in Mimdiffi- ultes which
are pointed out by- the Secretary, and for which
th • remedy suggested bv bi n aeems appropriate.
, In cor nection with this ?ut»jec', l am of opm on
that prudenc • dictates some j»r »vi»if-r the h/*
creas** of the army .n the event < t emergencies
not now anticipated. Tne very la~gt* incr* as*- of
lor’ces recently called into the held by iln* .Presi
* dent of the ll’iiti d State, may render ti nec-ssury
hereafter to . xtend th* pri-v s'ousof th- Cmscript
law so as to entht ace persona r»erwm-o the of
i thirty-fire ?nd fortyrta juar*. anu
f>ft -t«Diu nt cut pn w iuT cea. ibeir cundiiion,
and the s'uli and ability wtucti diatiagu sb their
! leaders, inspire the belie! that no further enroll,
tnent will be jaecessa*v. Btit a wise foresight
require* that, it a necessity shi u d be suddenly
developed during tne recess ot Congress requiring
increased forces for our defence, means should
; exist »or calbng *ucb forces into the field without i
awaiting th#- Tevr*.4!« e mblage of the legislative de- !
pv m pi o h Government.
In ih** e t c ion and appointment of officers for i
the provisional arm?, it was to be anticipated I
that mistakes would be made, and incompetent I
officers of ail grades introduced into the service, j
In the absence ol experience, aud with no relia* *
ble guido lor se ection, Executive appointments,
as well as elections, have been sometimes unfor- ’
tuua’e The good of tbe service, the interests of *
nur couniry require that some means be devised ;
for withdrawing the commissions of officers who j
sre incompetent tor the duties required by their •
position. And I trust, you wli Und m-ans tor !
relieving *he army ot such officers by some mode '
mote prompt arid less wohnding to «hetr
bilify than the judgin tit of a ciuri-marual. j
Wiihiu a recent period we have effected tne obs 1
j *ct ho long d< s.rtu «>t an airaOgenitnt for un ex*
change ot pri«ouers, which is now be ngexecuted
Gy de ivery at ihe polo's agreed upon, and which
wiU, it ts hoped, speedily restore our brave and
’unfortunate countrymen to their places in tbe
.ran** it the army, rom which, by ibe for tunes of
war, tlq-v have been lor u time. se}>arated. The
details oi tin arrangement wnl be communicated 1
<\> v u in a special rewoci, wneo further progress »
h beeu made in their fcxecu i *n.
0 the pari'vu ars ihe operations ot J
the War D pastmeiit, you will be in'ofmed by tbe
peccary ;a his report and tne accompanying ;
khic^ments.
The report of the Se-reiary of the Navy em- ,
brae*.*, the. operations and present condi'ion of t
this branch of the public service, b*»i« i.fl>ai and !
ashore, the cbpstruuth n ai d tqu pment ot armed '
vessel* at home and abroad, tiie manufacture of j
ordnance aud ordnance »to e>, and the estubltshr •
menl ol woikshops and ihe development of our
reMtuiCeS f coal and non. s<>nae legislation !
k-eems esAeuffal for securing crew.* for vessels. i
ihe ditficunies now exp. rienc>*d oa this point
Art a!iy staled m the Secret a; y/g report, and I \
invite your aitention t .providing a >ctmedy.
The rej»ori of the .PuSimaster Genei>l discloses
the eßtbnriftßßtkient which resulted to tbe postal
Sf “v a Irtitn »be occupa ion by the eo-my ot tte
d ffeieut Slates. The meußureß takeo bv the de*
pariiiieot for relieving these embarrasstnenis as
fir as practicable, a:e de.ailed in the reporx. It.
is a suoj ct of congrafulati(*n that Outing the teD
mkiuths that ended on theSd of Mate i last the
. exy< n*feß of Ibe department were largely decrease
d.‘whilst its revenue was hugmemed, as c mi*
ared wi»h ft correSpoudingperiod, ending on the j
->Oth o! J me. 1863, when the postal service was '
conducted under tbe authority delegated to the
United Btate».
Sufficient time has not yet elapsed to determine
wh'-tner the measures herfifo ore by C ’O
grers will accomplish the end ol bringing the ex
penditures of tbe department within tue j<mits of
ii> own revenues bv the Ist of March next as le'*
q;ured by the CooMtituiioa.
am 3 appy to intern# you that, in Bpite both
of Ojand?sbnjen s and threats, ured in profusion
by t e hgerus pt the Government oi the United 1
S*ate.% me Indian nations wjlbin the G«'ntederiicy
have 4* ma’ued hi ni in ihe;r loyal.y and Btead*a.*t
m the 4)l!.*» rviiLCe oi their treaty engagements
with this Govrn.uieut. N*r has then fidelity
been shaken b> :be act d a owiug t#» the # vacan* ,
cies in Dome til ;h„ offices ot the agent* and su- !
penntendt n .-. defay has occurred in the pay- j
moot.* ot'th* annuities and allowances to which j
they a- emitted i no.v advise some provision
authorizing payments to be made -by other offi*
{ *-n, m the absence ol those specially charged by #
law with this Uuiy.
Wfchave never ceasing cause to be grateful for i
t v e fa?v>r with which God has protected our in- *
AUGUSTA, GA„ WEDNESDAY MORNING AUG. 27. isr,2.
1 fan&Con.'fcderacy; and it becomes us reverently to
i retura our thanks and humbly to ask of Hit,
! bounttousness that wisdom which #s needful for
i the -performance of the h:gh trusts with which
; we are charged. Jkkprrson Davis.
! Kichiuond, Va., August IS, 1862.
HDDBE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Monday, August IS, 1862.
, At 12 o’clock tbe House convened, and was
called to order by Mr. Speaker B*cock.
Prayer was offered by the hev. Bishop Earlv.
Mr. [lodge, of ky., and Mr. Co.her, ol Va., ap
-1 peared, took the required oath, and look their
seats.
j [Mr. Barksdale, of Miss., absent on account of
I sickness.]
The Speaker laid before House a rommuni
i cation from the Governor of Virginia, and a leper
from Hon. A G. Jenkins, of Va., couvi jing tbe
resignation of that g *mkmun.
1 Mr. Russell moved ibatthesepapers be referred
* j to the Committee ou Eh tiotis - and they were so
. referred.
■| The H .use then j»r<*< eded t& business under
the rule requiring the all of the States alpha*
j heticuliy for bills and r solutions.
! Mr. Gurtrt-H, of Ga., ottered a bill making Trea
i fiury notes a legal tender ia payineut of debts,
j ami moved that it be referre-a to the CommiUee
j on th** Judiciary, with instructions to report at
l an early day.
! The bill was so referred.
: Also, a resolution tbkt the Committee on Mili«
j tary AlTiirsbe instructed in inquire into the ex
• pediency ar d necessity of requiring the Commis«
! s*ry Depertmentof t ieaimy to furnish more and
J Defer food tor the seidters.
Referred to Military Committee.
Mr. Miles, of S. C., iu’roduced j. bill to provide
further for the public tie ence—extending the pro*
1 visions of the Conscript A to all persons be
i tween the ages'of 35 and 45 years.
R ad, ana refeired to C< mouittee on Military
Affaire.
j Also, a bill to provide for the pnuishtnent of
■ siaves taken in arms against the Confederate
Sia»es, and all whits nxm assuming to be com*
unundantß of the same. Referred.
Mr. Foote, of Teno., intioduced a bill to pro
vde tor retaliatory punts! nent n cert tin cases.
B Jl read at length and referred to tl>e Military
Committee.
Also, an act, for tbt punishment of felonies
commit tod by officers ur vates of the army of
! the U. States, when such p sons s.iali fall into
our hands as captives take, in war. Referred
to th*. Military Committee.
Also, an net to provide reta.iafory punishment
in cases ot persons cf African descent being
found m tli£ ranks cf tL-e enemy, organized for
J war.
• A'so, an act providing retaliatory punishment
’ for the seizure and impressment of citizaoa ot
! the Confederate Slates by effic-rs, either civil or
| military, of the United States. Referred to the
• Military Committee.
Also, a resolution to with secret ses%
j sions except upon a vote of one-third of the mem
| bers present.
Mr. Foote proceeded U this resolution,
but a mesM ge from ibe Fresideot being announc
ed. the resolution was laid oyer for consideration
to- morrow’.
The DiehHiige of the President, R«--ports of the
several Departments, anil a correspondence be.,
iwi’feO Gen. ii K Lee und the F** al Ge eral
iitlleck, were laid beforwthe Gnu*.-, when Mr.
I Jones, of Tennessee, moved that th< niessug*; and
accompany tug documents ie r< furred to the Com
mittee ot tne Whole, at * usual number be
ordered to Le pripltd. fx
31 r. F’ ibrc then intreduceil & preamble and joint
resoiunon providing tor an immediate call of
250,000 men to the army of the Confederate
States. Referred to the Committee on Military
Affairs
Mr. Lyons, of Virginia, presented the memorial
of certain conscripts now in service. Referred.
Mr. Russell, of Virginia, offered a resolution
j instructing the Committee on Military Affairs to
j inquire into and report, whether the cartel res
cently agreed upon for an exchange of prisoners
! has bet*n violated.by the enemy by administering
ad Oath of allegiance to the United States , and
i it so, what measures ought to be adopted by this
! Government in consequence thereof.
Also, a bill to be entitled an act to suppress the
atrociyes/ f the enemy.
1 On motion, the House then adjoured.
We clip the following paragraphs from tbe
I Richmond (Va.) Examiner*of August 19th;
| From thk Links or t»jl R»Ai’iDAar.~-Ii was ru«
I mored in this city, yesterday morning, that the
i gr eai fight, expected*to p!>ce near tbe Rapi
| dan, bad been begun, rrftm the supposed prox
unity oi the hostile armies, the rumor wag easily
credited-- But trom gentlemen who left Gordons
v»l le at noon yesterday arid arrived hero on the
Centra! train last evening, we learn that at tbe
tune of thei- departure .nothing of the batt es bad
been heard at that po nt. Had a battle been in
! progress even as far beyond the Rapidan as
• Cu peper Court. House, »he sound of the cannon
i would have been audible at Gordonsviile.—
~..... i A n... I..PA rA UI li. ■ * ml I .? * <
Two gentleman reached here yesterday who left
Culpeper Court House on last Suuday. Being on !
i parole, they communicate nothing concerning the !
movements »f the enemy. Ttiev, however, meu
-1 tiou some interesting facts connected with the I
1 battle of Cedar Creek. At twelve o’clock on the j
j night of the battle the citizens of Orange Court i
; House were aroused from their beds by the de*
mai.d rff the Yankee au horities f(»r each family j
; t> furnish ut once two or three mattresses for
j use of the w ended, who, to the Dnmber of two
I tir three.rbouSaod, have been brought into the
} TiiiHge.
• To comply with tbit? order, most of the inhabi
tants had to handover the beds upon which they
f aud their children were tber lying. Hhe churches
i and the large dwelling house of a Mrs. flill, were
| taken possession of as bosprals. Mrs Hill was
! allowed ten minutes to vaca'e ber residence and
s was forbidden to remove btr furniture. Every
linen sheet aud garment in t ie village was seized
and torn into oandages- This fact is significant,
showing ttat the Yankee* did Dot expect, and
were totally unprepared, for the attack of Gener
al Jackson.
Many oi the Yankee wounded have now been
removed to Washington by rail. Communication
with Washington is rapid and uninterrupted,
j three trains per oiern being run between Cul
i peper’Court House and AH-xandria.
j McClellan Gonk.—There .s no longer a donbt
: but that McClellan has entirely evacuated his n»
1 fidpiproeoi at Ilarris'in’s Landing, and withdrawn \
! nis forces from the James river. Our pickets on t
Sunday visaed Cvgin’s Toint and May cock’s
| and found both places deserted, and no*, a vessel
was to be seen on the riv »r.
• A paroled Confederate prisoner, who came up j
the river on Sunday night, says that Westover i
and Berkeley were deserted, no tents were visible
« u the shore and no transports !a? in the stream, j
The onlv Yankee force seen on the river was a ,
bodv of cavalry who were miking their way to the ;
Chick a hominy. McClellan’s forces, it is believed, ;
have been transported to F'fdencksburg.
Another descent of the on the Central j
Railroad was expected yesterd ij. At five o clock
yesterday evening, inform*’ on was brought by a j
trustworthy gent e<nan, to Beaver Dam station, :
that three brigades of Yankees had bivouacked |
, on Sunday night at M i.-> ip max Church, eight
miles on this «dde of and were j
at the time of his mak'ug report or. tbeir
march toward the railroad
i I From the Richmond ( Va.) Auguet 19.
, I The Northern papers have long accounts of the
• j recent battle of Cedar Mountain, but they contain
I nothing especially new. Ip . preference to them
we surrender all the space -He have to the official i
report of Gen. Pope.
TF* OFFICIAL ItRPOBT OF QRN. POPE Cl lIIE BAULK
OF CEDAR MOUNTAIN.
HApqrAßTKits Army of Virginia, )
Cedar Mountain, August 13—5 P. M. j
To Major General Hah'eck, General in Chief;
On Thursday morn mg the .nenay crossed tbe
Rapidan, al Barnett’s ford, in heavy force, and
advanced strong on the road id Culpeper and
Madison Court House. 1 had established my '
. whole force on the turnpike between Culpeper j
aad .Sperryville, read/ to concentrate at either
place as soon as the eneui) *s plans were developed.
Early on Fndny it became apparent that tbe 1
move on Madison Court House was merely a feiut •
to detain Ihe army coipfc o; Gen. Jv.gel at Sperry * |
ville, aud that the main of tbe em m» would be at j
Culpeper, to which pi .ce [ had thrown forward j
1 part of Generals Bank’s and McDowell’s corps, i
Brigadier General Bayard, with part of the iear
of McDowell’s corps, who was in the advance, |
near the Rapidan, tel# slowly buck, deiayiDgand j
embarrassing the enemy’s advance >u» lar us pus- !
sible, and ciip'uring most of his men.
The forces of Gena. Banks and JSigi i, and one
; of the divisions of Gen McDowell’s corps, w-re
rapidlv concentrated at Culpeper during Friday
aud Friday night, Bank’s corps being push ’d
forward five miles south of Culpeper, wiih Rick*
ett’s divis:on of McDowell’s corps three miles in
the rear.
The corps of General Sigle, which had march
ed all mght, was halted at Culpeper to rest a few j
hours
On Saturday the enemy advanced rapidly to
Cedar Mountain, the sidea of which they < ecu.>.ed j
m heavy forces.
General Birks was instructed to u.ke up his |
position on the ground occupied b? Crawford’*
brigade, or his command, which had been throwr !
, out the day previous to observe tbe euemy’s j
( He was directed not to advance be- !
yond that point, and if attacked by the enemv to j
defend his posit.on aud send back timely notice
It was my de*;re to have time to give the corps j
• of General Sigel ail tue rest possible after their !
forced march, and to bring forward ull the forces j
at my disposal.
The artillery of the enemy was opened early in
the afternoon; but he made no advance until,
nearly five o’clock, at which t,m.* a few skir* !
1 mishers were thrown forward un each side under
cover of the heavy wood in which bis force was
concealed.
The enemy*p forward a strong force in
the rear ot his skirmishers, and Gen. Banks ad
vanced to the attack
The engagement d d Wot fairly open until after
six o’clock, but for un hour and .. halt was fun- !
oils and unceasing.
Throughout the cannonading, which it I# as
desultory, and directed mainly aga..>«i theca? iry,
I had continued to receive reports iron: General
Banks that no attack was apprehended, and that
no considerable infantry foice of tbt nemy had
come forward.
35 Yet towards evening tbe increase of the artil
lery firing having isa’iefied me. uin • engagement ;
might be at hand, though tbe la feints- of the hour
rendered u nnlikeiy, l ordered Genera- .McDowell
to advance RickettV division t support G ueral
Banks, and directed General Sigel t * bring his
men upon tl e ground as g-ton h- possible.
I arrived per • nally on the field «.» s -vtu P. M.,
and found tbe action raging f : uslv. Th. ;u
- tiring was incessant an-’ .. re.
'I found Genera 1 Bunks hold -i #• utziiioc he I
or k npr-tai ly "WTifte trorn trrp: '# f? 4f*>
heavy.
Rickett’a division ?vas immediately pushed
forward and occupied the right of General Bank j
tbe brigades of Crawford and Gordon being di- j
vected to charge their position trom the right and
mass themselves in tbe centre.
• Before this change could be effected it was
quite dark, though the artillery tire continued at j
short range without intermission.
The artillery fire at night, by the Second and j
Fifth Maine batteries in Rickett’s division, of !
Gen. McDowell’s corps, was most destructive, uh j
was readily observable the next morning in the |
dead men and horses and broken gun carnages ■
of the euemy’s battery which had been advanced -
against it.
Our troops rested on their arms during the
night in line of battle, the heavy .-helling being
kept up on both sides nntii ni'dnigbt.
At daylight the next morning the enemv fell
back two miles from our front, and still higher
up tbe mouhtaio.
Our pickets at once advanced aud occupied tbe j
ground.
The fatigue of the troop 3, from long marches j
and excessive heat, made it impossible for either '
side to resume the action od Sunday. The tnen
were, therefore, allowed to rest aud recruit the i
whole day, our only active operation being of i
cavalry on the enemy's flank and rear!
Monday was spent ii\ burying the dead and
getting <-ff the w ounded.
The slaughter w*as severe on both sides, most ;
of the fighting being hand to hand.
The dead bodies cf both arqnes were fouud
| mingled together, in masses, < v?r the whole
| ground of the conflict.
! The burying of the dead was not complete^
! until dark on Monday, the heat being so terrible
j that severe work was nol possible,
j On Monday night the enemy lied from the held,
leaving many of his dead unburied. and his
wounded on the ground and along the road tp
i Orange Court House, as will be seen from Gen.
Buford’s dispatch.
A cavalry and artillery force, under General
Buford, was immediately thrown forward in pur*
.•suit, and followed tjie enemy to the RapidaD,
over which be passed with hia rear guard by ten
o’clock in the morning.
Toe behavior of General Banks’ corps during i
the action was very tine. No greater gallantry !
and daring could be exhibited by any troops
I cannot speak too highly of the coolness and i
intrepidity of General Banks himself during the !
whole of the engagement. He was in front and
exposed as much us any man in command.
H:s example was of the greates* Wnetit to bis
troops, and be merits and should receive the
commendation ot his government.
Generals Williams, Augur, Gordon, Crawford, j
Prince, Grant, and Geary behaved with cons
spicus gallantry.
Augur and Geary were severely wounded, and 1
PriDce, by losing his way in the daik, while pass '
ing from one flank to anotner, fell into the hands j
ot the enemy.
I desire publicly to express my appreciation of
the prompt and skilful manner in which Generals ,
McDowell aDd .Sigel brought forward their re*
apectiva commands and established them on the
field, and of their cheerful and hearty co-opera
tion with me from beginning to end.
Brigadier General Roberts, chief of cavalry of
tbi- army, was with the advance of our forces or. !
Friday and Saturday, and was conspicuous for j
h’S eillantrv and for tb? valuable aid he rendered !
to Generals Banks and Crawford. , 1
Our loss was about fifteen hundred killed, }
wounded and missing, of whom two hundred and •
ninety were taken prisoners. As might be ex* ,
pectcti from the character of the engagement, a ’
very Hrge proportion of these were killed.
The enemy’s loss in killed, wounded and pris
oners. we are now satisfied, is much in excess of
our own.
A full list of casualties will be transmi'ted as :
soon as possible, together with a detailed report, 1
io which I shall endeavor to do justice to all. |
Job* Poi*a. Mai. Gen. Coro’dg. !
VOL. 14,—N0 35
THE BATTLE OP CEDAR RUN.
j A correspondent of tbe .Savannah Republican
i v rit.Dg to that paper of tbe movements of tbe
; 12th Georgia ReglWnt, says, in conclusion ;
I When we were first in sight of ihe Yankees we
s w nothing but cavalry and artillery, but now
i these had passed awav, and on their side all was
anew, brigade of infantry aiter brigade was seen
; to fail in and march forward to meet the "rebe
| intruders.” 1 never saw si many formed and on
the match in so short a t.me as wete then seen
I ~er in the Yankee lines. See.ng there were foo
: many lor us, tbekSlh Regiment V rginia Volun
lews complained to Central Early, ana Ins only
, reply was, 'Go on boys; you ale safe.” We
g«ye one sßnut and pressed on to meet that nn
mdvubie loukng me. which wusodlv three huti
i tired yards in adt mce. Just then we were 0r«
| .ti red to cease hrmg, sis buvonets and prei are
I lot 1 a charge. Oui attention was tailed bt ou
i General; said he, ''Boys, you aienotalene
i otilf look back,” which we all did aud discovered
it field of grey rebels .n our rein advancing
the douole-qmck. We opened tire and in
| alow time pressed on to clo. e quarters. Weired '
j deadly Tolleys after vof.'evK into them, to which
! they bravely replied, But, in a short time, great
i cfiugusfon wav seta ip their lines, and we ceased
l firing and came to the charge, sweepirg tLe fields
j and mowing down the Yaokt. - before us, as i*
: they wee only blackb.rds heli.re the spori'smat
| They had been strongly reinforced, ana our retr
I love meets bad just arrived. We followed .
j their retreat overtbedead and dying, and gaiutd
I a complete victory over Pupe. Our artillery !c<
j lowed U; op close in the riar, and as the h»l*.
| started bine-coated cowards scampered off before
us. Gen. Ewell commanded u . to bait, and -aid
!to s cupisio of artillery— "A iittie more crape,
j Can aiu, if you p ee.se, lor they travel 'on fast for
j <,t»r bo. s. bo sooner had tbia ordei been given
j .nah it was obeyed, and load alter load of grace
| was t after them, which earned manv a Yan
l.ee to ins long borne. The Yankees S nelly
I baited, drew up a line of cava.rv, wbvt made s
i dariug charge cm us to no effect. They Wire scon
, driven hack, and tilt*, victory wa wins for that
j day.
, The Federal* feli hack to ttat.r furl,actions
! aud "Old Stonewall” Catr.pea mmand on
; the battle field. The next dav wa -t acay anti
. all was Silent on both sides. P. to aruies took
j posr.ons, aud Jackson spent tin fiat y. ring .
, draw them out again, but be failed. ‘ .Vondar w -
. spent in burying the dead of both Mdes am . i
I fijffs of truce, ibe engagement tegilte.i in toe
Ilo* sos about 300 killed and wounded on "ursde,
the loss of tbe enemy is known to be r.v. r 2,r'
A mng our men wbo fell was the .toble Cbarlts
,S Winder, Genera! commanding t/ e First Brig
i ana Uis loss ia g sally [cgraitKf by all why
j k iew him. Among the wonc itd »(h i. Manning
Ia id the l.ieut. Co out i f the Fort/»n>nth Georgia
llciment.
iVe captured several p,. ces o* trtillery and cot
pi inner: l , including 3u comm.isioqtd' officers
Hu ng whom is Gen. Prince. Wear* sinking for
a renewal of the engigemer cvfFy ’day. \
never will be sati.-ticd until Prpa ts■ dr.i n
i lye Potomac.
j Raspectluily, youts, C. W A.
A notber correspondent of the same paper wile"
of, he lh h Geo ta Regiment :
fn SaUir..aT it army moved on tua d tV,-
pel of Court liw: ’.i the wav we bratd V
1
, .» i ..Hacked the or my who had faf ■ . baci '
i tr*i tbe; place. Gtn. A. I. list's division.
hit.'i ha 1 go:." on iu adduce, had come up with
* m
<i "iiim if tf—%i ,11.. hi ia arid wcimd
lingiiheot five hundred,and faking four or five
furdivd prisoners, including Brigadier Genera'
j Prince, and thirty cr forty other ofbaers. I un-
I derstood we lost on our side between two buns
dree and fifty and three bundeed. lam sorry to
say bat Gen. Winder was killed in ti e fight. Tbe
| tigb was severely contested for some time, and
the opposing armies g<u into close qoaiteri, out
men using the but!? of their muskets, and rooks
iat the i anks. Our hrurade did not get there us’
i time to lake uart in the light, bu-. arr ved in the
I evening, and with tbe rest lay on the bstile field
all tight.
On Sunday the army stopped about the battle
: ground, and on Monday fell back loLibeHy Mills
, seven miles above Gnrdonsviiie, lor the purpos-,'
[us I undetslaad, of drawing the enemy out. i
[think von mar look out for Stirling hmes here
shortly, as Jackson is being considerably rem
forced, though every thing is kept very close.
1 under stand trom a gentleman Irons Kiel mood,
that the officers taken in ihe last tigb: were iron
ed, iu accoi dmce with the order of tbe President,
though they deny there ever was such au order
read to them us is attributed to Gen. P..pe
The wealth* has been very warm for the i-i ten
days:, end 1 hive felt it us much as 1 ever did in
Georgia. Aaumbu ofthe aien were sun-shuck;
"and on the any to Grunge Court House I say one
man > named Dolor, I believe,) of the 60lb Gerrgia.
down with asun stroke, lie was picked up, put
id a wagoiy and in less than two hours was
dead and bulled. Last eveutng we had a refresh
ng bower, vtnch has has made the weather
coo.er, e.nd I hope it may continue so.
Yours, Ac., f,. q
IrS?" We clip the following paragraphs from
1 the Chattanooga (Tenn. Rebel, of .Aug. 21
Rrfcukr* FitoM Miodlr Tbnkbssbr.— We learn
| through a gentleman direct from Tupelo that
, Hon. A. O. \ Nicholson, Judge \\ rn. L. Mart»n,
and Mr. Jofcph Branch, brother of Gen. Branch.
;ot North Cirolina, ai! citizens of Alaurv county]
j had arriveisafely South of the line, taring been
! expelled Iran their homes by order of Gen. Ntg-
Iley. They rpresent the people o! M’ddie Tennrs«
see fag moreunited and determined in their boss
tility to Federal tyranny tbau at any time sine.*
the war coouienced; that ail feel the Rubicon ie
> passed andtbat we ha?e no alternative but in
| liberty or <eatb.
Our mfotmani learned through these genjle*
! men that uere are aboutfoO Guerrillas iu Maurv,
, who have nierrupted railroad communications,
I captured tte;r loragtng parties and accoir.pli>hed
great goojin that section of the country. Our
people ardooking anxiously unu hopefully to s.
! day of delrerance. Boos of Tennessee, shall they
j look in van >
j Col. WtpnwAßD Killed. —The numerous friends
of Lieut, fob VV'oouwurd of the Ist Kentucky
| R?gimerf will be pained to hear of his death. He
. was kilM iu Hopkinsville, tog tber with a
! cljivalrw toting Irishman who had accompanied
| him there no a visit to his family last week, h
; appearstre Colonel undertook, with his friend, to
j remind **reral of the Union men m that town' of
their tnitoroasconduct and they sent word to
j some ltdueft cavalry in the neighborhood giving
( informttiftnubont the Colonel, who heroically
■ made aclarge on the town and murdered the
; Colone and bis friend.
; Reedt farriva's from Nashville state that it Is
; the geieral belief of the citizens that Andy John
j s>d ha placed a quart tv of powder under ihe
| Capita, aud vows his ‘ intention ot blowing it to
| hell/*! tie has t. evacuate the c v.und that he
! will alo leave the ci.v m ashes.
Tbt-Nushvilie Union contains an order from
(j n. loyle, the military Governor of Kentucky
unnr ficing that he wilf appoint Commissioners
; auth'Mz d to tress all horses nteded for the Fed»
| era! tfrvice, and that when the party owning the
i propfty is loyal it will be pai l ior, but where
i diskfal no compensation will be allowed. Open
I irobbry.