Volume X.X. DAILY POST. Gene Banks' Army. DETAILS OF THE RETREAT, The Battles at Front Royal and Winchester. NILILLEVL MANEUVERING OF OUR TROOPS. BRUTALITY OF THE REBELS NARROW ESCAPE OF BANKS. Full Avestan' from the only Correo pendent on - the nod. Froni the World's ;Special Correspondent HAGERSTOWN, Md., May 25 After the inglorious idleness to which -we afemed destined by the withdrawal of so large a portion of this division to join other and more important corps d'armee, a rapid succession ofevents has transpired, to chronicle which is an nn welcome and melancholy task, not, ho Never, destitute of compensation in many signal instances of bravery and patriotic devotion. Friday's Fight. The first scene in tins succession of un welcome events was the slaughter and de struction of the noble boys and brave offi cers of the Maryland First. They had been lent from Strasburg to Front Royal, a small village twelve mile- , distant, just beyond the Massanutten range, which commences its course just at this point, and upon the Eastern bank ..t the Shenan doah, over which is the large bridge of the Manassas Gap Railroad. which has now again for the third time been - destroyed by the rebels. Yesterday they acre to be in danger, and so much had our apprehen sion for them increased before night that the commanding officers were ordered to remain at their posts to await instructions,' and at midnight word came to the differ ent brigades that the "news from Front Royal was very untiivorahle." with orders to prepare to march immediately. Colonel Kenley, the lamented officer of the Maryland First, received notice of the approach of the enemy only by the sur prise and capture of some of his pickets. No intimation of their coming had been ,received, and it was, therefore, impossi ble to have supported him in season to hav'e prevented the sad havoc which sue retched.. Bat he defended himself through the entire day with an ability and energy which speak loud praises for him to the hearts of all his loyal countrymen. With scarcely a thousand men in his command he was compelledtosustain himself against the thiee full brigades of General who had abandoned his camp, fifty miles above in the valley, for the purpose of makiag.this descent upon a regiment of Coal Marylanders. Llielpseuliar malignity which Southern ers bear_ toward those whom they fancy shingstbe of Southern sympathies in the lhordierßmtes was, I think. the peculiar cane *gibe unscrupulous disregard of the ordbiatjr•htiinanities of war which was ex• hibitedilliring the attack of Friday. A Soritherner fighting against the inde pefidmilie of the South seems to excite all the - wore passions of a human being in them. I can scarcely credit the state smen guide to me by trustworthy men, and confirmed by many others of those who experienced and witnessed them, in repels° the:abandonment of all mercy and pity for a vanquished foe. inning the whole forenoon, and until 3 m., the fighting was a slow, in• teneittent struggle between the enemy, whonetsi moving on gradually and can tiouslY, and Colonel Kenly ' s command, whiek he endeavoreteto manage as care fullfis possibly, saving them from injury, and retreating the advance until reinforce ments should come up to his assistance.— Thus a continual fight, more of the nature of a skirmish thin a battle, was kept up continuously during the forenoon and until the middle of the afternoon. Three o'clock, and a detachment of cav alry;rone hundred men, companies B and D, ordstarts Mirth Guard, commanded by Mile Veight, arrived from Strasburg andreported immediately -to Col. Keeley, whortiedeind him at once to charge the cavalry obeyed the order, upon them with great force, thoitigie y inferior in lumbers. Beilie4ower of the enemy's superior forcs . gni:inlaid them backwards, and com pelled:thee-to retreat from the charge, severely , repulsed ; The superiority of their numbers could not be withtrood by the excellent - bravery which was shown by the ha-Harris Guard. Two eaciek,-Wm. H. Mapes :command ing pioneer corps, arrived and rep . orted to Colonel Henley, who gave orders immedi ately where they should be stationed, and thepemeinued with the remaindef of the doing noble service, and hold ing bi Cheek successfully no less than six timer their number. See**,. daoger of their position the oentliplitdiWof • the brigade gave the order to nisaWwhielt they did in excellent ordailillitoiiiikehridge of the South branch of thisAkiittittdoah. Mape was then ordered to burn the bride, Jai& was accordingly ' fired by plamegir . it piles of fence rails, but was so( , for the rebels came on so clifilljrnad hotlythat they were driven &Tay, and did not succeed in the attempt. They sop' arrived at and crossed the briftetsallie north branch of the Shenan doaWfi till* succeeded in firing ind d .- -liiiiinot, however, in detaining the • . 'r ylio, cavalry and infantry, PlustiAlilind forded it, and were soon upottabisillsor side. Efoefillsait*Sesived the unwelcome news that ilinamilhiasurrounded them, flank ini 9Siiiiiisfishikeir superior numbers both byirsitsfeit. Ysitlitik'xindannted. dashed upon them with4iikiiigor as to effect their escape,- end .. way out from the Coils the; retter, • 0-1 .. , around them, not, how ay k .gain surrounded'and 10 , 4 .. ." I 'beset on eve!) , side, behind sad 'i dait most insurmountable au Peit z " liftil in atimbero and freshness efLke. 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No man nppn the . field of battle ever managed his soldiers , with more coolness, judgment and bravery than, did'Col. Ken ley. His cry to: his men Was not "go" but "come with' mi.," and they - did so. every. - man of them. When ordered to surrender, he shot the fffie who demanded it, and wlst , u prod and summt.ned togiye up his sword ho broke - the blade in halves, wawshot, wound ed, placed in in ambulance, and after wards—l toll you it not on the testimony of one but of many—while being carried away, was killed by a pistol .hot fired at him as he lay wounded in the vehicle. I have had I•onit• personal acqaaintance with the lamented Colonel, and have ad mired those q ualities whic h made him so excellent and honorable a soldier. He was apparently a fillln Of mild disposition, thoughtful, kind, considerate, and actua ted by nothing so much as by a faithful sense of duty. He was abaltintorean and a-lawyer of fine ability and esteemedbyalargentlmber of friends. His loss is deeplY felt iii the division and ItiA worth acknowledged by all. The forces engaged upon our side com prised eight companies of the Maryland First, two companies of the Twenty-ninth Pennsylvanis, two companies_ Ira Harris Guards, two pieces artillery of Captain Knap's battery and Capt. Mapes' Pioneer Corps of fifty-six men. One gun, which was carried of the field and brought to within a few miles of Win chester, was abandoned, necessarily, and captured by the enemy before the following morning. Saturday's Fighting. One o'clock on Saturday morning I was awakened to make preparations forimme diate retreat -informedtoo, of the principal facts given above. The remnant saved from the battle at Front Royal had retreated upon the road which connects that place with Front Royal. and the enemy were known to be in close pursuit. Their movement, toe, seemed evidently intended to cut offour connection with Win chester. awl,. we saw. very naturally, before us the prospilet of an enemy (Ewell) in our front,: wli Ik‘ Jackson. whom we had known to be behind us near Ilarrisonburg, seem ed more than probably intending to push upon us in our rear, placing us between two tires, cacti doubtless larger than the little command which remained to General Banks after the withdrawal of so large a portion of it to reinforce other less exposed divisions of the army. We soon learned that the force of Ewell were on'the road upon which we were re treating, and in front of us. But we moved on. and had proceeded three miles beyond Strasburg, had crossed Cedar Creek bridge, and ascended the hill beyond. A conster nation seemed to have been created ahead of us, indicated by. the return of sutlers, teamsters, and servants, frightened them selves anal giving warning to others to look out for the shells which would immediate ly be bursting over our heads. There was for a moment a rush of men, mounted and dismounted, back upon the road and thro' the fields, as if they :had already seen large numbers of the enemy. Shouts were raised;and everything seem ed to indicate an immediate battle. The soldiers received the intelligence with a, shout and with animated &lea: Orders to' halt, right face, were immediately shout ed from the head of the column, and re peated all the way down to the other end. In a moment all were ordered to take off their knapsacks, which were immediately stacked up by the roadside, and guards were appointed over them. All were or dered torward at once, and the men, though ordered to march. moved almost at the speed of double-quick. Presently Gen. Williams, who had not yet left Strasburg, came riding rapidly with his staff to the head of the column, and the soldiers raised a hearty cheer as he passed, which continued up the column as he advanced to the front. Gen. Banks soon followed, and was greeted with simi lar manifestations of pleasure and confi dence in their commander. We followed closely, and the road was filled with wag ons, some broken down, others with the mules cut suddenly away, and all deserted by their drivers, who had taken fright on the appearance of a , few of the enemy's cavalry, and fled in a t miniature Bull Run stampede. The infantry were kept somewhat in the rear, until the General 'and hie body. guard had advanced to ascertain the posi tion of the enemy, and - the space between was filled with the baggage wagons, which were soon being repossessed by their tim orous possessors, under the inspiring in fluence of the wagon-master's whip, who, enraged at their cowardly rout; was driv ing them back with most unmerciful lash es to their deserted charges. Men were now seen flocking back, and the baggage train was again supplied with teamsters. On again we moved, into and through Middletown, and when we reached •New-' town, eight miles into a small grove at the farthest end of the town, in from Win chester, numbers of the- or4penyt-s. cavalry were seen, and widashed nto the village. and out, while several ofthe 'enemy were seen as soon as we arrived in sight: For ty of our soldiers had been captured in the town only a few hours before our ar rival, with a small quantity of baggage.— Most.of the captured were. sick. One of them, who was killed—Divid Dickerson was his name, I think—was of Co. B, Six ty-sixth Ohio Regiment. _I - saw a lady who was with him immediately after he was shot. He asked for a paper, wrote upon it his name and regiment, and wish ed that his family should be informed of his death. Two hundred Of the rebel cav alry had been in the town in the morning, and a man who had come in from the Front Royal road stated that a large force of infantry were but'a few miles away.— We passed through, however, without meeting them and on to Winchester and encamped. Our early and rapid .march- prevented the accomplishment of their contemplated plan to crush us betnieeri tlinuiper and nether millstone, and the disaster they *mild have secempliehei was voiaponed until the following day (Snaday.) . This in the froiit: The other end of our column encoun tered the force which was to have :been sent to attack our rear. ..First the ZOtietee ,d'Afriqne, body guard of General Banks, had been stationed in the rear to Walt* bridge across Cedar Creek, , hree miles from Strasburg, after all had ruise4,... ,ex cept the cavalry, under G.ol:: l X•eif who were yet to come up and would ford the river. While they were besmeariag the bridge with tar, unsuspecting an j danger, the enemy charged down upon them from the mountain on the left, cutting them• up , in a tnost unmerciful manner, and captur ingall of them except five. These are the names of -those Who 811. % caped: W. J. Miller, WmAl:llah, ROb ert Gilchist, Herman Qin ,Bertja• min Reynolds and Theodore' I. _ All the rest are 'gone. - The others, whether ?illedovoupded or prisorksnO is PITTSBURGH, FRIDAY ThatNING-, MAY 30, 1862. stampede, and horses bro:11:ingloose join ed thetraeighing and galloping to the great nide& The rebel - cavalry came up and more than a hundred wagons were taken possession of by the 'enemy. The cavalry which were behind have suffered much more than f am able now dctia:tely of. t• ed at daylight, when the infantry and-ar tillery and baggage had started toward Winchester, to make a reconnoisance to Woodstock, to see if anything could he learned of the anticipated attack in the rear. They were cut off by the cavalry of the enemy and unable to return. More particulars in regard to this I will forw:trd soon. Cotupany A, however, of tim Vermont Cavalry, were all lost, raptured, ~r except Captain Platt, his lieutenant, and half a dozen men, who made good their escape from the toils of the enemy most creditably. Major Collins is among the captured, and Major Sawyer, whose horse tell under him and injured his foot, made good his escape with no further injury. The loss iu the cavalry it is impossible to state at present with any accuracy. After wandering through the roads and forests they arrived in Winchester by mid night, and the remnant of them were on hand next day. Sunday's righting. After a long and anxious days march, preceded by a half night's sleep. disturbed by uncertain rumors of the disaster of Colonel Kenly, I retired to rest in the town of Winchester, and dropped ofl into quiet slumbers, from which, by daybreak on the following morning, the voices of cannon and the rattle of musketry, coming in through my open window, brought me suddenly to the consciousness that another day must be broken of its peaceful quiet by the tierce and unnatural pursuits of war. I listened to the sounds and saw the smoke which rose from the hills. but three .miles distant. The people with whom I remained were gazing thitherward as upon an interesting spectacle, rejoicing that Jackson was again coining to tree them from 111. , Northern yoke. During my breakfast I heard the tramp ing of horses upon the road, and the heavy rolling of artillery over the pavements. Certainly, I thought, there can be no haste: we shall not be compelled to leave Win chester. I ordered, however, my horse to be im mediately saddled, and continued my coffee with very little concern. Presently there was a commotion, a sob bing among the women, and a running to and fro, which brought me to my feet in time to find our forces were started on a hasty retreat; and, as I saw dames rising from the burning buildings not far off, and heavy columns of smoke roll upward from them, I began to realize that we were to abandon -Winchester. But I took to my horse with all speed now, for the enemy were in the other end of the town, as the rattle_and echo of the musketry up the streets and between the houses most plainly indicated. All the streets were in commotion. Cav alry were rushing disorderly away, and in fantry, frightened by the rapidity of their mounted companions, were in consterna tion. All were trying to escape faster than their neighbors, dreading most ~1 all to be the last. Presently the enemy's cannon boomed in the rear, and a small cloud of smoke in the sky suddenly appearing, and then dis solving. showed where the ball had ex ploded. Some shells fell among our men, and the panic was quite general fora short time. One rennd shot; a six-pounder. passing near me, went directly over the shoulder i of my companion, and, brushing the blan ket of the ono next to me. fell to the ground. Guns, knapsacks, cartridge box es. bayonets, and bayonet eases lay scat tered upon the ground in great profusion, thrown away by the panic-stricken sol diers. Your correspondent, wishing to leave one musket less for the maintenance of the rebellion, furnished himself with one of the abandoned rifles and other equipments sufficient to furnish a thor oughly appointed soldier. But this con fusion and disorder was not of longdura tion. General Banks. riding continually among the men, and addressing them kindly and firmly, shamed them into a con sideration of their unbefitting consterna tion. At length, stationing himself and staff, with several others, across a field through which the soldiers were rapidly fleeing, the men were ordered to stop their flight, were formed into line, and male to march on more in a soldier-like manner. What cccurred in the extreme rear of the column I am unable to state with much confidence. Colonel Donnelly, Acting Brigadier .General—the fate of one of whose regiments, the First Maryland, has been already stated—with two of his regi.: wants, the Twenty-eighth New York and 'Fifth Connecticut, is reported, and on good authority, as captured. During the fight, which continued for two bouts before the retreat from Win chester, the brigade behaved admirably and repulsed the enemy, but being—okt flanked by superior numbers, they were compelled to withdraw. Our forces, Donnelly's brigade on the left and Gordon's ; upon the right, were in position along a gorge between two hills. The Second Massachusetts was firing upon the enemy from behind a stone wall, when, being opeped upon by an enfilading fire from the eneuiy, who had come upon our flank, they had to escape from them, com ing as they were in vastly superior num bers. The enemy are said to have fought well. At one point they came up in a large hol low square..single file upon the front and back andAqublis:file upon either side.— Marching np this to within a certain dis tance, they were ordered to halt, to fix bnyonets and charge, which they did in 011 .0cder• 'Col. Gordon and staff are safe, -also Gen. Williams and staff. While retreat ing through Win Chester, women from the houses _opened a fire of pistols upon our soldiers and killed a great many of them. -Lient.-Col. Brown, Twenty-eighth New York, istiaid to have been killed. Col. Knipe, Forty-sixth Pennsylvania, .wound ed and. taken prisoner : Murphy. TwentY;ninth Pennsylvania, killed, and many others. must reserve, forfeitr of misstatements, more particuliirs of the battle of Winches ter: It lialfonght not far from the ground -npon which the previous battle was-fought. The numbers of the enemy are variously stated. The line of battle they presented was of such an extent that their force must have been very large. I have heard no one estimate it at less than 20,000, and many state it much high er. . I refrain from any statement without farther facts. • Our owl' force, diminished as it has bees, was not over 5,000. The eolumit retreated.,.after the slight toUV. good or )pd Mar Armed many Cifilse river. and are now at `'illiamTort and at this plaett. The eavalii and many of the mules forded the riverttl* water coming nearly over the horses' reeks in the deepest of it and running quite - rapidly too. In this mennersour correspondent Made his escape into Maryland,' and to the nearest 1-•• • •• •; postcf,lr. The operator at _Martinsburg had left the town on the first rumor of a battle at Winchest.sr. and taken the instruments with him. nut whole town seemed de serted. th, stores were closed, and if the bells had tolled•-;Lletanly I should have seen no impropri;7; in it. Many Cninn per.r4e came along with us, and pegroe4 and neatesses, children and vomit, ioncring ohl men and helpless /mites. some on fi.ot and some in wagons, were joining the promiscuous throng mov ing on to the safe side.of the Potomac. Roth tow Williainsport and Higers town, aro thronged with soldiers and refu gees. 1 - lAcEitaroyrs, Md., May 26. With fuller information I resume the story of our late disasters, and proceed to narrate, in fuller details and with more re liable information, the melancholy events of Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The sudden descent of the enemy's forces, though really a surprise, was not by many altogether unexpected. Ewell hail been well known to have his camps still on the Shenandoah, at. Elk Run. Jackson was also known to he in the valley. upon a road communicating directly with our own position, and John son was also near by, having but lately at tacked the advance guard of General Fre mont. Situated as these forces were in relation to our position, it seemed more than likely that we should be assailed by them, weak ened as we were by the untimely withdraw al of General Fremont. Many were in constant expectation of an attack, and it requires but the slightest intelligence to perceive that General Banks was terribly exposed. When. therefore, the First Maryland, stationed at the head of the Luray valley, at the other end of which Ewell was known to be encamped, was first ascertained to have been attacked and so disastrously overpowered. it was only a result which, it would appear, might hare been easily foreseen and prevented. Let others atlix the blame, for while our own opinion is firmly established it is not for us to depart from the sphere of a re- corder of events which have actually trans pired. The attack el' the enemy, although fore seen. was not expected at the time it was made. and his approach was not ciberred until he was upon us. He did not come directly through the Luray valley, though his pickets thrown out through that part lad the position of his camp would hare suggested that that would have been his plan of attack. He descended upon the little force at Front Royal through the narrow gorges I which run parallel with it down between the ranges of hills beyoad. His appearance wassudden, and, cutting immediately the telemph wires and de stroying the railroad bridges on either side, he prevented the transmission of dis patches and the send' of reinforcements. Thus, completely ctiT 'or did tlie land regiment maintain themselves against the three brigades of the rebel Ewell un til they were completely surrounded, and destroyed or captured. My vonversation with several of those engaged in that fearful massacre confirms the worst of the terrible statements in re gard to the inhuman ferocity of the rebel soldiers. Wounded men without a doubt were pierced with bayonet., and the bodies of our dead mutilated and desecrated by an abandoned and unmerciful soldiery. "Show the d---d Yankees no quar ters.— was the cry, and men were heard to say. * Kill them Ito wounded); we can't carry t hem. ' This is of a piece with an affair occur ring but a nlile from where I was myself stopping upon the same day. A company of the same force crossed the mountains and came down to the banks of the north branch of the Shenandoah, and, finding three men bathing in the river—a lieuten ant of artillery, a private, and a negro ser vant—fired from a secluded position a full volley of musketry upon them, and the private, pierced with three bullets , fell upon the brink of the river, erring, "My God, my God, lam killed. Write to my mother, lieutenant." The lieutenant and negro escaped by almost a miracle .to camp, their naked bodies scratched and lacerated with thorns and bushes and the lieutenant, with a slight wound from a musket ball in his leg.— What a contrast between this and the con duct of our soldiers at the battle of Winchester, who kindly placed the wounded of the rebels, in the midst of the fight, against a tree or wall or hay stack and gave them water to drink from their canteens. The few who escaped at the battle of Front Royal from the enemy surrounding them were surely saved "so as by tire." Capt. Mapes, of the Pioneer corps, cut ting his mules away from their teams, es caped through the cloud of dust, and con fusion caused by their wild, stampede, following immediately in . their wake as they broke through the lines of the enemy, who opened their ranks to let then; Upon the same night a force was sent out from Strasburg. by the road which branches from the main turnpike near Middletown toward Front Royal. and pro ceeded as far as Cedarville. This is where the stone pike from Front Royal to Winchester approaches closely the broken country threugh which the stream called Cedar Run flows. upon Saturday morning a strong force was moved toward Middletown, and at the same time a force of artillery and infantry proceeded'on the road from Strasburg to ward Front Royal. A reconnoissance was also made on Saturday morning, of cavalry, from Mid dletown toward Front Royal. When this force reached Middletown Col. Murphy, with a portion of his regiment, the Twen ty-Ninth Pennsylvania;. was met with two guns. The reconnoitering parq had ex pected to have a supporffing.party of Skil, lery and infiintry, but were tobligeofto Pro ceed without it. They moved on as far as Cedarville, drove in the enem ' pickets, and withdrew, so as not to , gen . eral engagement, and also it was 'unsafe for unsupported cavalry to proceed further. Coming back to Miaaretown a report was sent to Gen. Banks, and aid was also sought, and soon after its need became evident, for the enemy advanced in force, with infantry, artillery, and cavalry, upon a blind dirt road; and cat off the detach ment between our infantry and the bawge train. * Their artillery-consisted of Arm- atroilg guns. The most disastrous and blocidy 'laughter of our cavalry which hakoccur red luring the three &ifs' fighting now follavied• eit off IM therm* . iron, . 1 41*beid, 9f4eurtaigi by al~ of 4111 enemy, a most g a ras before them. There were 1 peahmi bien pre= .roved of the First Maine Cavalry, and two com panies. A and C, of the Vermont. Lieutenant-Colonel Dougherty. of Maine Cavalry, was there. and Major;Collinp, of IVermont Cavalry, also, inferior in com mand to the Lieutenant Colonel and .to ! Oen. Hatch. i. charge v. - as now made, to descrit)e which is not an agreeable . task. In such desperate straits, 'nithing 'seemed to daunt the determination of the men, which only served to make their destruction the more sure and terrible. Dashing onward with drawn sabres, at the greatest speed, the foremost were sud denly stlpped t and those behind, n,-able to restrain their horses, fell one upon an other, forming a large pile of men and horses, some of whoni : pierced thrOugh with the sabres of their own comrades, were killed, and many in the promiscuous heap were crushed, and died, unable .to help or extricate themselves. A few only escaped by fleeing Fteroßs the fields to the mountains. All the time the rebels kept up a yell, and killed many with theirsabres and bayonets, who lay wounded upon the ground. This fatal catastrophe is said to have been the result of an unauthorized order to charge, given by Maj. Collins, the third officer in command, who was taken prison er by the rebels. If so, he has much to answer -for,- and we hope he may be able to show himself innocent of so serious an accusation. There were still in the rear of this ill , fated detachment quite a large of cavalry. It consisted of five companies of the 1 7 4- mont Cavalry, under Col. Tompkins. and seven companies of Ira Harris (iuerd. un der Col. De Forrest, left behind to form the rear guard. The Vermont Cavalry were ordered to make a receonnoissanee to Woodstock to ascertain whether Jackson was in the rear. Our squadron charged through the town, and the whole forenoon was occupied in this movement to ascertain the position of the enemy behind us. ft had no result in accomplishing the object which was inten ded. and they immediately - commenced their retreat toward Winchester. When a mile beyond Cedar Creek they met a stam pede among the baggage wagons. After the affair previously described. in ' which the Maine and Vermont Cavalry suffered so severely. the enemy turned back upon the baggage train, which was , between them and Stratsbnrg, and caused the greatest confusion which can be im agined. The wagons. some of them were turned about and running against others broke down, filling np the roads. while the mules and horses and cattle, remaining in the greatest fright, produced au inde scribable state of confusion. The cavalry, finding the road to Winches ter thus barricaded, both by wagons and an enemy, bad no other alternative than to turn their horses toward Strasburg. They had crossed Cedar Creek, and ta ken with them the Zouaves d' Afrique, whom they found upon the bridge. A line of battle was then formed, the Zouaves forming in the rear. A battery was also there which they were supporting. This was placed in po sition, and shells were thrown into the woods beyond. As soon aa..the battery• commenced firing the rebel skirmishers commenced to advance with yells of defi ance, pouring volleys of musketry upoti us, and very soon a battery responded to ours. Two companies of cavalry were now drawn up on each side of the battery, and one in the rear, with the intention of ma king a charge. It soon became obvious that the enemy were there in strong force, and they knew that we had no infantry. Major Sawyer, of Vermont cavalry, spoke to his colonel of a mountain road. Had they now commenced the charge they woula doubtless have been cut to pieces like the others, and been forced to surrender. Col, Tomson, not knowing the road himself, ordered the Major, if he were acquainted with it, to lead them through. The Major undertook the task. The cav alry was led hack to Strasburg, recrossing Cedar creek , and there so closely were they pursued that another line of battle was formed. The enemy obtained the range very accurately, and the shells fell about them so rapidly that they again re treated. Col. DeForrest. with the New York Cavalry, was soon met, who inquired of Col. Tomson his intentions, who said he was going to retreat by the mountain road, and they afterward proceeded togethbr, ta king a course through the forest and fields which seemed to lead in the direction of the road which they were seeking. Soon they reached it. Col. Tomson remained some time in Strasburg to direct the planting of a batte ry near the fortifications there, but soon left and took the woods for the road along the mountains. The whole force of cavalry were soon up the mountain road, and were proceeding finely, recrossing Cedar creek again, and moving rapidly toward Winchester. At 11 or 12 o'clock at night they ar rived in town, relieving the anxiety which had been felt for them, who it was sup posed had been cut oft and captured. An hour later and the enemy's lines ex tended as far as the mountain. Early upon the following . morning the enemy attacked - our two brigades—seven regiments / containing 5,000 men. There is a ridge extending along the west of the town, and along the side of this our infantry was placed—Gordon's brigade upon the right and Donnellv's upon the left. The enemy occupiea a position where there were woods in the rear, with rifle-pits and batteries in front of Cordon's brigade, not more than halt a mile distant When Gen. ,Banks came out the centre was felt to be too much weakened; still it was feared the enemy would *attempt to flank' ur right, which was, in consequence, strengthened by the removalliof a regiment from the left. The enemy advanced, firing along the course of the hill, and soon , from two di rections poured in volley, after volley.upon us with shot and shell from their batteries. The whole, air of the plain to the south ward was .darkened, and everything ob scured by a heavy, dense smoke. The General's horse took fright, and he was obligati to change him for another. While this was going on on the right, .Col. Donnelly was severely pressed on the left, but orders were given for the extreme left to support tfie centre. Orders were also given for cavalry to •movenutand exploreapoti each dank. . Immediately . thereafter the fire of the enemy's 'batteries upon the right ceased. before the cavalry had time to go out and obey the oreer. Two .regiments were seen advancing along . theeourse of the hilt to the right, cheering, and firing, and beyond them five other regiments • - beside. The Twenty. seventh Indiana was at this time in &column of fours • and, withont giving time to form in line, they Weraordered to fire, and then immediately to ohne bayonets. The-volsolexabel bassilvaneed now with filed liormetiroll4 o4 o.4,:sairdia . .. 4 TllloWPAillitigiCW4l. lAhoeltpAsitvAwolmeanti exposiagotivo>•nlr'of the - jauseux. About. this titne.r.itr batterki in fri:int'of the town, which had held a position raking the course. of the hill along which the reb . els were advancing against tho Second Mas sitehasetti; ccase.d firing, limbeted up and retreated The hnttr -7 'n nrz.r cf - ,r,:LAt'i ade limbered up also, and.galloped off at full speed. The guns were taken out at just the ryrop er time. Short time later they would have been captured. Infantry of Gordon's brigade retreated through the town, their drums heating, in good order. Colonel Murphy, Twenty-ninth Pennsyl vania, was obliged to dismount from his horse, who had become unmanageable, and the old man, unable to retreat, shouted to his men to run with the colors, for he could not. Donnelly's brigade retreated to the east of the town, and were reported cut off. In telligence has recently been received, how ever. that he effected his escape and was ern: sing the Potomac at. Falling Waters: Darn No. t. . Fuller particulars in regard to the tight ing in Donnelly's brigade will be given soon. They: are reproted to have made an excellent fight and to have re pulsed the enemy brought against them. The first stand made in the retreat was about three miles from the town. por tion of fra Harris' Guard and Vermont cavalry supported the battery in the rear. and gajors Davidson and Gardener, New York, and Captain Preston. Vermont cav alry. commended them with coolness and bravery. t;eni.ral Ranks Hsu,, in the rear of the re treat, and a shell exploded only four feet from him, furl anately v.-11 flout injuring him. Winchester is reported to be burned. Souse ammunition was seen so explode. While we were leavimv, a loud re port was followed• by the rising of a large sphere of izmoke high into the air like a balloon. lie enemy had stationed a force at Berrysrille to prevent our retreating towards Harper's Ferry, and we were compelled to take the road to Martins . - burg. Gimeral Banks this morning, on the other side of the river, made a short address to the soldiers, encouraging them In maintain themselves until reinforce m•ents shall he received, which will doubtless arrive immediately, and we shall soon recross the Potomac and drive back the enemy over the ground we have lost. LOUIS SEMINAR CHAS, RESTA SIEDLR REINEMAN, MEYRAN & SIEDLE, No. 42 FIFTH STREET,- PITTSBURGH. PA., WIIOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN WATCHES, JEWELRY, DIAMONDS, SILVER AND PLATED WARE. CLOCKS, of every description. FANCY GOODS Bronze Statuary, etc. WATCHMAKERS' TOOLS, Materials and Machinery. Wholesale Ageney for the celebrated AMERICAN WATCHES , litaindhetared at Walibasi. Mass. apll3,3md WILLIAM MLIIS . DAVId 11'CANDLI9S. A. COFFIN. Special Partner. General Partners. MEANS dr COFFIN, (Saeemor, to M'Candless. Means * C 0..) WHOLESALE GROCERS, Corner Wood and Water Streets, fends • PlitTSlllllll44B, PA. WILLL4W BAGALEY, WHOLESALE GROS E R • NOB. 18 AND 20 WOOD STREET, hulDei LADIES mammas estrus, REELS. $11.25 LADIES LACE (MITERS. HEELS. $l.OO LADIES KID SLIPPERS 46e. wt No. Ili Fifth Street. 2d door from Market. my 9 D. D. DIFFENBACKEIL 1862. 1862. 111PCORD & CO. HATS. CAPS, STRAW GOODS, BONNETS' AND SHAKER HOODS. Win,Noah) and Retail. 131 Wood Street. • PITTSBURGH. . warm ARE NOW DRCESIMIG ALARM v. ADDITION to our already Inman. Stook of Hata Calm Skim Goods. Bonneta,Sbaker Hoods and Palm Leaf Hata. 'Merchants molting our do cap buy from a. at LOWER PRICES than in Pbt. Mdelptda or New York. ad:Mud DITNCAN, D113114P & CO.. Manufacturers of PURE WHITE REPINED C'ARit ON OIL . . Of ct, NQ. 291 LIBERTY STRlT et ata. burgh. Ps. SPRING GOODS. 1130 M. CLOTHS, CASSIMERES AND VESTINCS. 1111TZ HAVE SOW IN STORE A 'CON PLNTE stocker SPIII.ZO GOODS, all new and desirable styles, which have beau carefully selected in New York, with p desire to please the most fastid.eous. and mentuudok,. the various new fablie and UMBILICI. of the NlllllOlll. We would solicit an earls eall from our patrons the pu lie, to test the merit. ° 1 the same or themselves. 11.11i1VEL GREY * lON, Merchant Tailors, No. If Ma Woe& LOAN OFFICE, , OFFIC E, HENRY W. CIN-lOTT NO. i• 0 OTREIBT, • . NOW tbae o merjlßb. Pitbobarsh. RIT Jug Limes: ems liutas4. . I.v ttrigi s tytart r Eilzi t all of "iiiiable articles. Air sky lealltiv 4 i time agreed ea. The roods coma be &aimed witheet the mi t, 4 1 / 7 •9lliee from 7 A. IL to IA P. 17.''.• 11111booliok " Potatoes do'lso l an br maw EstabUshett_.lB42. To OIL n - mv11.4 Eiss• - ...._1_......._.....„ :.; t; i .:l rpm": tiAinziesaGx - roa iiivr. =Aux - 1 - ananicelzurtits 0,G4 1 4044A1, of Dr. Tireddrah Pateat,TßOrNlP ADP S. 'JR tented February 4th. DOIb lyti , lata dared totallramieeesirY in faitlibit or other Oikaii# atighiraWiliiiiifork ilium be excelled la durability; FolaugovArripsivey. We refer with conlioiaccto .thelefistiemplit dm, whose Rilleisiies in liars titbit up ; • , • • I._ , . r tql Tr ini MINSM W i r in eliO4. NW 'if Kier # Co 6 • .4. ~,,,,, And %l Alex. Taylor & Co.,_' ', - Lockhart &Ryon,: Bri 3I . no The above works WeredieloniecEinOtilitilltialil end put in operatiestly,Dr.llllFaChl9llll4llll The foneWlei "WO we herl l 4lle&Astiftf Brewer Bill.k. Co , Pit4dHus4F 7 Renwi• Omit Ik l- • Jobe** k Beetbar. , __, eit:rag wit Forrytii Bros. k Co.. glyie heater . r's)r) latiturztv DAVIS - & PgitiLßlV° l Noa. lOD WATFIR 161ribtflfirialle i Brawl Foundeirs; Pla&IWO STEAM. AND‘GA.S.IITTEEtiat.I,O mbll:amd • et) I POR TiAliV•cod T 0 , ,•-;• ech • VE T - 0 11t1-' l ' 4 PATENT AGENET.I,4O' PATENT Aa i si ; _ 77. OEWIT C. UIWIIENCE. o.i. ROT. IL FUNIIIICILta . 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P. mr.utzElyr., Manufacturers and Deaters'in BOOK, CAP, LETTER; and all kiwis of WRAPPING RAPER, haveiemoved from* No. IN Wood strait to NO. 313 SMITHFIELD STREET . . Pift9hnrstM;lS:.' Sir Cash paid for RAG& • sDq r. aereaa RETVICR Late at Miller & Riekettea's.'. 11.101(31 - Elt 1311eYPI:11MIMMe ISnores..or to Renner & Anclerkkea" Wholcsala Dealers' la A • • Foreign Fruits,. Naas. Ceufele_ Mogan. Fire IlV•eatia. ere:. c-A., • N014.198.AND 198 WOOD mum itrfs, ROVIIMPIWALZILL .. :.. ........ A. P t il41011 . ::: . , ROIIerijbALZEIX it €0409,11 1irt1611% . . 1 ' . -0111,011M4 ~ . ...::: i:r. , -: . COMESSION MD 1101111111 10111:444: A Dealers In Produce and Melt No. SIN LEINNIN stAkol.. HoaTICULTIus..7I,;-- STRAWBERRY RASIIBERRY. sad sLitamourr . 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