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THE NEW YORK HERALD.
WHOLE NO. 9484. ? - NSW YORK, SUNDAY,- AUGUST 81, la?a
PRICE THREE CENTS.
ALL HAIL!
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WURMD MUM TII0MMS.
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Another Telling N Despatch
V?P*\
Terriflo Battles on Prl
day and Saturday.
TruVirWihlnnirt iuyutm n
The Sanguinary Field of Boll
Ron Immortalized.
The BeWs Defeated on Friday After
Fighting from Daylight
to Darkness.
THE BATTLE REKEVED YESTERDAT,
IMMENSE LOSS OH BOTH NOBS.
Important and (treat Captures
by the Union Troops.
Coneentratlon of the Union
Armies.
THE DECISIVE BATTLES OF THE WAR,
&o?s ftdi? Ao.
GENERAL POPE'S DESPATCH.
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Heaimjuartiiu, Ftbld of Battlb, 1
QauvBTON, Nkab Gainebvhas,
August SO, 1862.
T. Major General Halleck, Gsmu-m
Guiek, Washinoton, D. 0.:?
We fought a terrific battle here yesterday
With the combined forces of the enemy, which
lasted with continuous fury from daylight until
idler dark, by which time the enemy was driven
Bom the field, which ws now occupy.
Our troops are too much exhausted to push
matters; hut 1 shall do so in the courts ef the
morning, ss soon as Fits John Porter's corps
?oioes up from Mar urn.
The enemy is still in our front, hut badty
and up.
We have lost mot less than eight thousand
man killed and wounded, and, frem the appear
ance of the field, the enemy have lost at least
two te our one. Ho stood strictly oa the de
fensive, and evei7 attack was mads by our
selves.
Our troops havo behaved splendidly.
Ike battle was fought on the Identical
battle field of Bull run, which greatly in
sseased the enthusiasm of ear men.
The news just reaches us from the front that
fee enemy Is retreating towards the mountains.
I go forward at ouce to see.
We havo made great captures;"bnt I no?
able yet to form an Ldeif of their extent.
JOHN Major General Commanding.
DeSPATCII from GENERAL M'DOWELL.
WiajMvn, August 9d,15 2
gaerefary Clvise received tins afternoon, through Geo.
Vepo'e mer,*enc*r. the following not* from Gin. Mellow
?A, dAIAd ou battle Held at a quarter past six A. M.
Dut Qovsapoa?I'leose telegraph lire. McDowell thai
1 ben gone through a ? aan I battle of Butt ran, on the
Idea ileal held of last year, and unhurt. The victory la
lly onrs.
Yary alncerely, HtVIN WcDOWXT.I..
THE FOUR DAYS' BATTLES.
?aagulnni> CmAuti oMVeflaeidajri
Thnrn'.ay, Friday wad Satardajr.
Wbe new. of late from (he aeat of war baa Hew of gjch
a oooflict inr eha/acter, on account of the expulsion of alt
WMTnapmvteaie from the nrn.y, that wo ban hardly
fcaaww what re porta to credit. Not until yettorday wo*
way tight thrown upon the aubjetl. 11 came In the hot
deapatoh from General Pope to Oenoral Halleck, and da', id
Mam i Junction, August 28, ten P. M. Now we ha*e
Waa of the detail* of tho important areata of the Uat few
day a. Ou the 26th hut., Goneral Pope discovered Ihtt
(he enemy was turnlag bla right toward* Manaasa*. and
?a th.? dlrteloa bo bad ordared to take pou
? ?re two days before bad dot yet arrived from
Alarsadrla, be Imuiedlatety broke ay UN oamp* at Wir
Proton Junoika and Warren too, and atanib"d rapidly
back m throe O.V iimn.
It apjoers thai ha d.raoUd General UsDawell, wjlh lata
awn and Genc-al Slg:1'? rprjw, and Ge tora' Itm/a dirt I
?loo, to Merch upon Game*- tils by the Wxrrenlob and ,
Alexandria plko, General Reno and one diMSlcn of nou. I
Bei >U'iman to march ca Green*IsH, and wi"A General
Porter s corps and Goneral looker's divlaieu he marched
beck to It naaaaa Junction
Gouoral Pope ordered Oenoral MeOowe'l ta I it erf oa#
betwe n the force*'of the , ttirv that Lud pieaed dowa
to Ki w'tt thro ik dataes villa and tha.r mala body
that war * Ml* i?I tlnwn lorn WLKo Plain*
Ibrwoph Thdfottfbfart Can. All tbto order* ware
?uroeaafilly carried out. Oervol feogmrtat, who'
had pe od through tho Gap, waa driven baak
to the wost r.d?. 0"r try ?* acat to Greenwich
wer* fur ttie purine* of aui.irtiug Geaeral McDo-Mt,
in case he encountered tba an nay la too g . eat force. Tho
division o( General fonkor, on the want to Uaatlia*
cam" c,io.i the Mtemy i ear Kilt', ran n<i the afurnoog
rf Wedn^j l.ijr. the 27 b, tad, after a ahcrp fl|t?, rented
them cunrdot If, killing and wouuding throe Uuadred,
an 1 olit tlttm i>-i?*(<>*|on of all tbeir oumps, baggage oad
many atand or arms.
tin Thurpday morning, the J.t'h, bo cimmr>nd moved
forward raid lly to -aaaeag Jma.v.i, which Get
THE IMMORTALIZED BATTLE FIELD.
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THE SCENE OF GENERAL POPE'S SPLENDID ACHIEVEMENTS.
TMIil OLiD BATTLE] FIELD.
^rr ~^ i nyi' 1 'ivi'i" 11' r t *invwiiwiA<yri<*'|^nr>ri^v>f^M'?yyiiMRPP' \ njc
?}ceno of McDowell's Battles at Bull Bun, July 18 and 21, 1861.
rihli
Dotted liiMf near Ce u/Mo Indicate ittae ?t
blronace od'tbe night of July SO, 1861.
Heary Iinee denote the poettioa of the for mo
en th?>next day, at the commencement of the
engagement at BudJey'e epringa.
Black Iinee indicate the rebel, and the halt,
black line# the Unien troope.
JB Miles'division: CRIenker's brigade: DW1K
ooe'e 1ir;ge<ia: J? Franklin'* i>riswte FIVward'e
brigad"; G Porter's an 1 11 ? <???'? ?! rieione: 8
Burnude'a brigade.
M ? *?
Scene of Pope's Brilliant Operations, August 27, 28, 29 and 30, 1862.
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Jectonn had erecuelcd Uireo houre v ?fo. H'e r* whtej frJy tofttiihuJ wtw It bccvee too dark Our wither he^ey to*. ? further report. the etptur, of ttM mo.ntog of the 2Mb. and o? the oM battle Beld or
Weal waa by C*u-wU!l, taking the Wrap** fercee euocoede I in -Wring the enemy at all potnta tad cue tic -wad prlreuere, many erme ae.l one piece of Ball run, with tlaeomblned form of tbeanemy, wh.eh
towards War-si tan, where U met tbe form of there to baMto ended, Me e?ye He'.-i'ietmao'e oorpe irtl lery. U?t<<4 with greet fury from dijluht mailt aierderk, y
Generate I'oDove.. andI j|* attke west of Con- will mare on tbe enemy el .Hyliglt front Certreelll-, Tbe adrlocg reeelre* yeatcrdey Indicate tbetlbepro which time the enemy wore drlreu fre? tbe Bold, whiab
'?# * tbe tileraoon. B tor-ire <taht took place, mail that be Boee not tH iowtue eaomy to to eac-ipe gramme waa etifled oat, He opened tb? he'll# eer.jr ou eur foreee bow occupy.
HI* 4?patch wys fan bar thai our troops were too
much ex haul lad to pooh the enemy, but ho ti.uM b? at
tbam again m aaoa as GoooraJ Fits Jehu Forier a cor^a
moved up from Mas an is
Ha further add a that tho enemy wers etlll In hie fi - et,
hoi badly baataa, that tboy hod loot not low than 10 JW
nan, aad that our law was not taw than 1,003. or on
half tho enemy'e.
It appears that tho enemy otood strictly oo tho defee
?Wo, aad evsry attach had bwa made by tli? Union
forces, who behaved splendidly.
Homjs that the oaibuitaam of our troopa was greatly In
?reaood by tho fact of tho battle botnf fnjght cn the old bat
tle ground of Bull run,and cloaoo tho report by anymg thai
the now* bad juat reached blm from the froat that tho
onony was rstrsatisg toward ths mountains, and thnt it
w?shis Intention to go forward nt ones to boo; that ho
had maac great captures, hut was not able thou to form
aa Idss of their extent.
A despatch veeeived late last evening ears thai the
hauls was renewed yesterday morning, and had con*
tinusd during the day; the thunder of artillery <W.d bo
distinctly heard in Washingtoa, hut tho roe u ' had not
.boon learned.
From those despatches wo ka*o reliable new or 'ho
operations of Wednesday, Thursday, Friday aud t-utur
daylaet, the27tb 28th, 29th and 30th Inst. Wee,,>er
to bars toughl thros buttlss, tho first on tho 37th, oo
??? a meceMfu' affair, in wbiuh the enemy wero roui
od, with ths loss sf thros hundred killed
and wounded, and their camp, baggage and many stand
of arms. The oeoond occurred on the 28th. and only
oeosod on aeoonnt of darknsw. This light ts reported aa
MTSre, but nsuccessful one for us, for the enemy being
repulsed at all points, wo virtually held possession of the
field and were victorious.
Both of those Bin It Into Insignificance, however, in com
parison with the battle of the 2?tl>, which lasted from
daylight until dark, and against the combined force* of
the enemy. It appears to have beun, from the official
despatch, by far the most sanguinary of the war, and
closes with n victory on our side, wo holding lbs hauls
laid.
That the low on our side tssver estimated we hope,
but fear the numbers cannot bo loss when we consular
the numbers engaged and the ferocity with winch b th
sldw fought. Our army knew they were iu the position
to wipe out, and forever, the disgrace of the first- Bull
ran,and an ths same ground; tboy have done so, and
most nobly. Opposed to thorn were the Bower of the
rebel army, commanded by the pet generals ef Jeff.
Davis; but theyhnvs been whipped, h-idly whipped, by
ear invincible Army of Virginia, and the demoralization
that must attend the rebels will, we are confident, now
render the road to Richmond comparatively easy.
General Pope has accomplished the achievement of th ?
war, and earned for himself the proud title of victor of
the second battle of Bull ran, whereby the disgrace
attending ths Unloa forces In the first battle has bjeo
forever blotted out. It has boon ths crowning act to his
sue ceases sines ths war began, and sumps h.ia aa one ef
the first geasrsls of the age, not only by fighting the
battle and gaining the victory, but by out-manauvrlng
.he rebels at all point#, commanded as they wers by
InelJackson, Lnngstrwt and other generals, who were
acknowledged second to sone In mlliury reputat.on.
Tho movements of tho coming week will be watched
with Intense anxiety; en them, sad their soccers or defeat,
depend in a great measure the result of tbie war. Me
have confidence, great confidence la our military leaders'
aad wa look for operation shortly by oar army that will
astonish the world and prove the Immease superiority ef
tk9 fhrtte ft the Unfca.
THE BATTLE RESUMED YESTERDAY.
TBS ENGAGEMENT AN APPALLINGLY SAN
GUINARY ONE.
Waaaixerow, August 30,1MB.
motion has reached Washington from private cour
ses that General Tope came up with and attacked the
enemy again shortly after nine o'clock this morning.
Gcnoral Fits John Hmter had probably arrived on the
field by that time fritn Manassas, only seven miles dis.
last.
Tho oomioo* iiug *11 distinctly hear.I in Washington.
Ihe railroad wns regularly ruu th.s forc:iooo from the
town of W .muton to Pruto*, bo Ik is nire.>uy clear tf.a
the only damage reman:tng to bo repaired t > 1L0 railroad
ia to build U10 Bull run and Happao iou ok tan ibo
lormar should be completed u> night, aad the latter may
b.> iu four or iiv a daya.
The news reoeirrd iron the army lias occasioned tUo
gi eatett excitement throughout this city.
Orders were Waued by the boad. of the Jim-, ent burrnnt,
oailing upon the employes to repair te tin battle flcl 1
for the purpoea of attending to Ilia condition of os?
wounded.
The order required each man te provide himself with
two dry*' ratloaa.
A prrmi t renpume waa made to the rail, .and uot only
tha pe'i'-ue employed by the government, bot many
ethers left the city for the puipose stated.
Altbcagh the eug*. .oirent with the enemy Is of a moat
apitaUiLgly eoagutnary character, yet inch la tin cunt.,
deuce of I'nlon men In the skill and e'roa^th of our
irroy tint aa abiding faith la everywhera dirc.-iuah'e In
our ultimata nieces*.
Hundreds of the eon** I "-can is of the virions hnepula
vacated (heir quarters to- lay, and will tie *enl out of
Wsfbiagton to make room for pa'.P-nts from the recent
battle ueiils, who ere already irrlviny
The 001 due', of lUJor Ueneral Pope la highly eoinmraded
in government **? wo.l a in other quartern.
Bel a eiii Gve hind, id and a tltou and rovcrnc-.ent
olerk.t .#paired 10 tha '?.>ttlo flo'rt. in c mpuaaL.* ???itb a
ran ie*t fr->m toe War 'b.eritnrs'., i.,it ir pttiwau e1 f
a , order as wion ? us y stated at ?? v. *hi? af'nn< ?,
1 ie report bevies' toaebed h?r? Uut the dsvi *: d wetru
edafbuti S'Aoe I ail twit.
Col. Pules I an, the Military Ag-at at Prei artvanH, no
Ocmr'nle ' t*r <il>.Hand mud Pnic.t.a, en' a
number?? other AioisyiVMtlaxj, left lniiae,!u>'r en
?.ho racnnt of the 1 ?*.* J.?r M-u ??**?*, nth a.ya
aupj lts cf M nsn'j'ite aad hospital n'ar s for the
wMttded*
Ti e?tr try'visle Pii'sr Ai-*oc1at>:i ilv *?nt of ?? .h
a e-.rlt, H-ge qr. v.'i ? .'??to ?? ?? tht charge of aptida,
Tr. fa".s,?f t'i'i Oolti'PhU llo .1' 1,1 fr tin arm.ng
for Ce.uevllle 1 c'tar e of two h nidm. a'ubnUnreh ?nu
ih nUtun iturwt, if 10 th. diO'eut g .erntasui d?i>rt
?tsnt*
. tVrbiief. of IT* Djojlaa Hotpllnl *!?.? leti fb- 'he
at e flr'd ir. cleerje of aitrge.r\in >f m t ljH;, is
,, d the oitlss? * niie.ii !i:-" ofili dv.t.l ?*
t.cnerel WuU* ta b?s t ? en J t. * i*.n m eU tb#
heiksl'aihis ci ; and (mil there f iru ?rd at a tra.n to
ir uia ,nrt (ha sick ahd wo. tiled tn this city.
The folio* ing is ga fcered from 1 riv ?te earn t ?
On IVrdn sdsy nntniog, or mVr T > ij n.4M,a
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