| Show ahe the THE WAR wilt IN 4 ft ai As premised in cur cur last although stoutly opposed by the federals advance consisting abaly ef of buforda cavalry the advance of gen lees leea army sing the ibe command of gens gena long treet and ald hill hil forced a pas pal through gap of 0 the blue ridge which was accomplished rn cn thursday end eed friday and th uit making their f I 1 tween Culpep peran d gordons ville wile I 1 ba haling baling on been compelled to fall back 1 gen rewell E ell eil whose whee obituary alt Ait iary lary was wag heralded through te the country contemporaneously with I 1 the reported ball pall eaic of lon ga catreet treet and hill in 1 tiie battle tile asburg beirn placed with his I 1 4 cammall d to guard the various vailous passes of the blue bise ridge covered hill and longstreeth Long streets I 1 fiall fiaL kand and add rear the cf of the Con confederates feder fedel ates a Eucce Ee evident ay iy erting the asguine aT guine expectations aai zai of gen meade and producing a degree of uncas uneas nebs ness among amon his bis advanced detachments aeh tach ach ment ments bich seriously reversed reyer rever sed Bed the ar dw dr af their forward movement immediately following this movement movement by libs ulbe tb confederates the grand army array of the f the semiofficial semi kemi official title given to lees carn cain mand took position near culpepper Culpep per pir gor GOB lees leea hea re as indicated being at strasburg four milts south bouth east eat of cai cal gen geng m who ho bad bera beta forced to retire botre the advancing adv arcing columns tf of tle ake coifed mates wates having obtained obtain fd stron birong infantry fantry lii iti and cavalry supports Bup perta on the letin st determined deot at to be 0 out ut by b a retreating foe fee cross ed the re at the railroad station elation anthe on the oranne orange and alexandria road and b e e whole force proceeded prece eded towards culpepper driving before birn bim fhe the e ese eat eav mys oja c cavalry atry alry of jc jones acnes e and hamp waa uba brigade cabba geargia legion and the 6 jedi sedi jeff jedd davis dayis leaion lesion when near ear culpepper his ids la va loTous loyous hosts were wre suddenly brought to a I 1 alt by a furious azid aad unexpected assa assault tiit tift from a heavy body of confederate infantry lie he was not to be ened lff this time however hot hoi vever sever and cad order ing JB his proofs in battle arr y the work of death commenced chico hleb lasted la ted until dark hiis both assailants fighting with derpera desperation tion buford buard made the best of his hig hi way back to brandy stati n having baving unquestionably found ou api pepper er rather too spica for a camping place the tle los lots on boh both sides is reported ss having been considerable taking the line of the oradge and alexandria railroad between rapidan station and or 01 ange arge court house honse as a basis for flanking v 1 lees army with its depot of ofus supplies at gordonsville Gord onsville oce ote nide piea pleA 1 austif ut in man su vering evidently preparing for either elther a vl vigorous orous defense if attacked by meade or a renewal of hostilities uron the nral ural opportune cp moment raga raca ent asto the movements of the army of the potomac tomac unadvised either by mail or dispatch we can cari oily orly pre zag zas io g that as usual as vias was announced of fighting joe hooker on the eye ere of his removal it is where it ought to he be this pal pai painful f I 1 reticence aa as goes the stereotyped abrine the military censorship of the press observed in regard to army movements added to the proverbial blai lial misrepresentations of re por lerp ers erf b gat at the instigation as el ot paper general whose brilli brillia brilliant art aut at ha have ever suf suffered buffered fired serious frustration from alle jile the z erest trifles a penny pinny a liners or a lon ion rela uv tiva t imbat he baw saw and ang heard at camp country at large in a state of bles bies blea bed eed ignorance concerning the doings and 0 bohlae ol 01 lyie grand army totally defective detective as bar a mode ci f it nas nau suring a leople who haye bate to be of their leaders I 1 while it cannot detract onel one l t from orto ito well weli advised schedule of its most secretly 1 j gey dby ed 4 plane plans and projects within t h e of an estr watchful daring darlng darlne darin r and wily foe yi we ought to be oe thankful doubtless hat that the gme ai our government censor accords us me duany man f else elie with the he withdrawal of tha full entails with which we are fa bared concerning the confederate armr its eon eoD rodlon ion lor lon location and add movements with the thet that hapep hoper prospects and plang plane of its G berils yve yee raould all at once orce and add involuntarily le be bej bel lej j eme emo in ibe u kui lii eidd pr vgo 9 of the ibe great war for tor freedom and add uie vie hawx ac hafg effae f the tyrants li caan dij gli might be air jo n of ultimate inglorious defeat and subjugation we are permitted to know by a dispatch of the dinst from washington that the army cf of the potomac was being increased at i the rate of oxe one thousand per day by drafted men we are also ir formed informed that geni gent meade had bad issued I 1 an order holdi li fin fig the peo I 1 pie fer ten miles on each bide nide of the orange and alexandria railroad in the vicinage of hig his camp Te responsible for any depredations on the road by guerrillas in cass cas of any in jury jary ury ary to the r oad road thy would be impressed ed as laborers to repair the uhe dar damages nages nageb g it if thise these measures shoud aboud not stop atop depredations the general commanding would direct that the entire inhabitants of the country along the road shai be put across the lines and their property taken for government uge ute reports from frain correspondents bare bali bee conflicting ia in relation to the reinforcement of lees lets aimy the baltimore Balt imort of the new nemr york earald herald bov bor feren reyer claiming precedence as a writer of hitherto each tach ed ve acly tays says that his inform information a tion neyr never at fault faul hith bith fito rito to places the number cf f rein at thirty thousand making lees leea present strength one hundred and ty fire thousand aud avd all veteran troops jre lRe besides sides bides this be adds the conscripts louring curing in will goon scon swell his hig hi numbers to one hundred and fifty thousand the main body of this vast army array is in ased on the line of the rapidan Ra with lees head quarters at gordonsville Gord onsville it would also aso sern sein sen s en ein that le lee is in organizing new batteries of artillery as artillery drills with target practice take place dahy daily in ht shenandoah valley where also new cavalry squadrons are being drilled the gun guns are brats braa 1 pieces 1 aces and if it not new are so bright that the they y look new twelve at these baxtet battet leg reg are reported atone at or pac pace in shenandoah 1 valley there are reports current that lee is now making active preparation a for an oden oHen movement of some character A repetition ef the and maryland invasion of august au last ia is hinted at A falling back of me meade ade boand of wahington and the tb establishment of the potomac as a baseline babe bise line is aiso alao rumored the cause ar signed assigned forakis fon for this latter movement is a policy on the part of the present military authorities to await the successful berit erm era nation of the attack on charlt charleston charit n and other southern points after which a combined and overwhelming advance on richmond from the north and south is contemplated the long inactivity of a vast army it is fully apparent involves an im morsely useless expenditure cf if greenbacks green backs ra king no antim estimate i ate aie of the lbs iss alss of tims tim and tae of the war at this late date it ita is a lally stater slated thit the total number al tt Y mattax wouna wound wo vind vinA A inthe i three days dayss battle at gettysburg was a traci frac 1 tion over fourteen thousand are we to infer j that thit the number of killed and captured have not yet been estimated |
