V '* amanram agp ommws wmarwm, nnnmrwn wasv^~^ = '■''" Wbole No, 2673, A&EttASS'.&Oo 18QJ2. JULY. AtTGCSL fw!y ! HI; . Sunday" "j j 3101f2* 31 \[ .uriiiv iU.I 25 I Monday ; 41118 25 la.-day A * I 'i 2 ! | Tuesday j o 12-1 261 ttVd's.lav.2 • 16:23 3o j 1 1\ cd'adav 6. i:j'gU'27 Th'ir-daV 31"1724 31 . Thursday; 7 14121 2- fri.i.'iy 4 : II|MIAS [Fmlny |i s| 15 22 29 —uirday ;!>l2|ia|26 l|H;aurd.iy 12 jloj-j.-j 20 septemberT- OCTDBHK. ~~ Sunday | 7 I l *'® 28 i ||Snal#y | I A.12 19 Ski M 1' iIV 1. 1 15.22 'to ; j Hominy 6,13 20 27 V,: - 2 !• 16 23.30 [ Tuesday } ' 7 112128 Wed'sdny 310 17 24, i | Wcd'sdayi 11 8 15 22 29 Thursday j 4 Uj IS |251 n Tiiurada vla v ! 16 i 23:30 y —- r, l]"' Friday " |S to 17124 hi S.T.nrday f.|in;2t';g, j [!>aturday j 4t|Xl j its j NOVEMBER. I>ECE^lbeh~ •: lay ; - 2.16 23 30, Sunday 7 14 2125~ M- nday •3inl7 24 1 Monday 1' 515 22 2*i uy |4 11 ;ls 25 | j Tuesday '2 16 23 an! U' (l'rday 5J12.19 26j Wed'sdnv 3,10(17,24i3T !*'.i:'.r-dav 613 2,. 27 j IThursdav 411 lis ' Kridi-y ' i I7; 14(21 2S j ;J Friday 5J2119126 I Saturday ,1 j 5,16j22|2e| ||Saturday je[l3|2oj27j j Oi fi.ee s. Dresidsnt Judy*, Hon. S. S. Woods, Lowistown. Associate Judges, Hou. Elijah Morrison, Wayne township. James Turner. Lewistowu. Sheriff, C'. C. Stanbarger, Esq. Deputy Sheriff, D. D. Mutthersbough, Esq. Drothonotary. Clerk of Common I'lmis, etc. Htiiry J. Waiters. Esq. Jisjuisr ami Recorder and Clerk of Orphans' Court, Samuel llarr, Esq. Treasurer, Robert W. Fatten. Esq. Commissioners, tticheaon Bratton. Esq.. Bratton township. •Samuel Brewer, Esq.. Decatur township. John McDowell, Jr.. Esq.. Armagh township. Commissioner's Clerk —George Frvs;n ,r er. Deputy Surccyor, George H. Swigart. of Oliver township. Coroner, George Miller. Esq., LewUtowu. Mercantile Appraiser, John L. Porter, Lewistown. Auditors, Henry Snyder, of Granville township. A brat u Garver, of Oliver " 11. C. Vanzant, of Decatur " Pennsylvania Railroad. Trains leave Lewistown station as follows: WESTWARD. EASTWARD. Through Express, 0 Id h. in. 11 1 p.m. Fast Line, - 5 45 p. 111. 3 24m. ni. Mail. 330 p. tu. 10 41 a. 111. Local Freight, 5 50 a.m. 5 10 p.m. Fast Freight. 11 1 p. 111. 2 28 a. ni. Through Freight, 0 30 p. 111. y 50 p. 111. Kxpre - Freight, In 25 .1. in. 2 55 p.m. Coai Train, 12 40 p.m. 7 10 a.m. D. E. ROBESOX, Agent. #J~Gulbraith's Omnibuses convey pa—engers to and from all the trains, taking up or setting thorn down at all points within the borough limits. -j'fli 'Must mwk A IS the action ol the Belief Board does mt TjL seem to he fuliy comprehended, frequent applications for relief being made in person or by letter to the undersigned, he deems it proper to state that payments will be teno porarily renewed to those formerly on the list on presentation of certificate signed by net less than three known taxpayers, stating ing that the applicant has not received suffi cient from her husband or other support, to enable her, together with her own industry, to make a living for herself and family, and giving reasons for such inability. This is intended for the benefit of all realty in need, and for no others. The orders issued under this regulation are continued only until the troops are again paid off. blank certificates can be procured from those who have heretofore distributed orders. GEORGE FRYSINGEK, Secretary of Relief Board. Lewistown, June 18, 18G2. GEO. W. ELSER, Attorney at Law, Office Market Square, Lewistown, will at tend to huiness in MilHin, Centre and Hunting don eounties. my 26 Kishacoquillas Seminary, AND NORMAL INSTITUTE. rpIIE third Session of this Institution wit i commence April 24, 1862. Encouraged by the liberal patronage receiv ed during the previous Session, the proprietor has been induced to refit the buildings and grounds to render them most comfortable and convenient for students. He has also secured the assistance of Rev S. McDonald, formerly tutor of Princeton University, and well known in this part of the country as an able scholar and devoted Christian. A competent music teacher has also been engaged. mh26 S. Z. SHARP, Principal. Jaoob C. Blymyer & Co,, Produce and Commission Mer chants, LEWISTOWN, PA. and Grain of all kinds pur chased at market rates, or received on storage and shipped at usual freight rates, having storehouses and boats of their own, with care ful captains and hands. Stove Coal, Limeburners Coal, Plaster, Fish and Salt always on hand. Grain can be insured at a small advance on cost of storage. n022 CLOTHS FOR GENTS' SUITS. SPRING Style Cassimeres, Fashionable Vestings, Tweeds and Cassitperes for boys, Fine Black Cloths for Coats, Doeskins, Finest Blacks, Linen and other Shirt Bosoms, m well as a complete assortment of READY MADE CLOTHING for men and boys, at ap3o GEO. BLYMYER'S. BMMMIOBS, IHKEL HU.NDKEI) THOUSAND MORE We recomia*Father Abraham, three hundred thous- Fro " l Snd^to. n ' ,i " g StrCaW auU U e k utui WOTk shops, our wives and Wlt! 'tear7 S f ' l " f " r utterance '' w 'th but a silept w! 'V,*-T, "" t look us - l,ut steadfastly before— hundred Ifyo "r l n°sky! , ' I ' 0S '' the tf,at meet the uorth- LoUg '""' s ofr 'mg lnst your vision may A '" l a<idJ f ' 0 W ' nd- a " tears the cloudy veil our spangled ting in glory and in An,i 'Tnu "r N ..!'!-ii e sun ''S k 'c learrl , and bands brave w * '£Hii "kjf" if you look ail up our vail.-vs. where the growing bar- Vcsty slime, & 1 on may see our .-tardy fanner boys fast forming in t<. nnc • And eliildreu front their mother's knees are nulliti** 1 at the weeds, * ° And learning how to reap and sow. against their country's neeils: And a farewell group stands weeping at every eottage door— We are coining. Father Abraham—three hundred thousand more! on have called us, and we're coming, by Richmond's bloody tide lo lay us down for freedom's sake, our brothers' bones beside; Or from ton! treason s savage grasp to wrench the murderous blade. And in the face of foreign foes its fragments to pa rade. .Six hundred thousand loyal men and true have gone before— We are coming. Father Abraham—three hundred thousand more! a recent war meeting at NVnsh ington ]'resident Lincoln made the follow ing remarks : Ft flow Citizen.< —l believe there is no precedent lor my appearing before yon on this occasion, but it is also true that there is no precedent for your being here your selves, and I offer in justification of myself and of you that upon an examination I have found nothing in the Constitution against it. I however have an impression there are younger gentlemen who will entertain you better [Voices —'No, no! None can do better than yourself-—go on'], and better address your understanding than I will or could, and therefore propose but to detain you a moment longer. lam very little in clined on any occasion to say anything un less I hope to produce some good by it.— The only thing L think of just now not likely to be better said by some one else is a matter in which we have heard some j other person blamed for what 1 did myself There has been a very wide spread at- ; tempt to have a quarrel between General McClellan and the Secretary of War.— Now, I occupy a posit ion that enables me ! to believe, at least, that these two gentle- ! men are not nearly so deep in the quarrel : as some presuming to be their friends.— I General MoCiellan's attitude is such that, in the very selfishness of his nature, he ! cannot but wish to be successful, and I j hope he will—and the Secretary of War is j precisely in the same situation. If the military commanders in the field • cannot be successful, not only the Secretary ! of War, hut myself, for the time being the i master of them both, cannot but be fail ures. I know that General McClellan ! wishes to be successful, and I know that he does not wish it any more than the Sec retary of War does for him, and both of them together no more than I wish it. Sometimes we hear a dispute as to how many men General McClellan has had, and those who would disparage him say he has had a very large number, and those who would disparage the Secretary of War insist that General McClellan has had a very small number. The basis for this is there is always a very wide difference, and on this occasion, perhaps a wider one between the grand total on MoCiellan's rolls and the men actually fit for duty, and those who disparage him talk of grand totals on pa per; and those who would disparage the Secretary of War talk of those at present fit for duty. General McClellan ha 3 sometimes asked for things that the Secretary of War did not give him. McClellan is not to blame for asking for what he wanted and needed, and the Secretary of War is not to blame for not giving when he had none to give. And I say here, so far as I know, the Sec retary of War has withheld no one thing at any time within my power to give him. [Wild applause, and a voice, ' Give him enough now.'] The President continued —I have no ac cusation against General McClellan. I be lieve he is a brave and able xnan, and I stand here as justice requires me to do — to take upom myself what has been charged upon the Secretary of War as withholding from him. I have talked longer than I expected to do—ami now I avail myself of my privilege of saying no more. The Enlistment of Men not Able-Bodied. —A Massachusetts Surgeon, writing from Beaufort, North Carolina, says : 'Having been long in the Hospitals, I see the fruits of the negligence of surgeons in passing recruits entirely unfit for the service. I have seen hundreds whom I should never have passed, though I know well the im portunities of captains desirous of filling a company. There is less of this poor mate rial in the Massachusetts regiments; but in the New York and Pennsylvania regiments WEDNESDAY, AUGUST it is astonishingly great, flooding the hos pitals with cripples Vroin age, previous dis ease, and bad habits.' Extraordinary Developments in Indiana. Ihe report ol the Grand Jury of the District Court ot the I nited States, in the State of Indiana, tor the May term, makes the most fearful and startling disclosures, all proving that the traitorous association known as the Knights of the Golden Cir cle, extends through the Western States, and no doubt into this. AN e extract a por tion of this report, to show our readers the danger of the operations of this order : "The Knights of the Golden Circle have signals by which they can communicate with each other in the day or the night time, and above all, they had a signal or sign which may be recognized at a great distance from the person giving it. This last signal, we regret to say, was invented for the use of such members us should, by means of the draft or otherwise, be compelled to serve in the ranks of the army. In such case, members of the or der serving in opposing armies receiving the sign, are reminded of their obligation not to injure the member giving it. This signal is given in every instance upon the intimation of a new member, and its observance is strict ly enjoined upon every individual belonging to the order. By the teachings of the organ ization, it is the duty of its members engaged in the present war, although arrayed on op posite sides, upon the signal being given, if they shoot at all, "to shoot over each other," Many members of the order examined before us admit the binding force of the obligation and pretend to justify it as correct in princi ple." What freeman will not start with horror at such a disclosure, and what man will wonder any longer at some of the extraor dinary reverses which have overtaken our armies, when it is confidently known that there are those in high commands and low positions, now in the federal armies, strong ly suspected of being attached to this or der. Here is another extract, pregnant with meaning and danger : Not only are the loyal soldiers in the army to be treacherously betrayed in the bloody hour of battle, by the signals before referred to, but said Grand Jury have abundant evi dence of the membership binding themselves to resist the payment of the Federal tax and prevent enlistments in tiie armies of the United States. The idea of resisting the payment of taxes has been put forth in this state, by more than one man suspected of belonging to this order of traitors, and the fact of en listments is too fresh in the minds of the public to need any present reference at our hands. When such developments are made, it i> time that loyal men were 011 the alert, and that the smallest evidence of disloyalty he at once seized and crushed out Our ene mies are untiring and unscrupulous. Let us be vigilant and unwearied, and by every honorable and manly means, seek to frus trate their dark machinations. Breathe through the Nose George Catlin, the lauious painter and investigator of the habits and customs of Indian tribes, has recently published a pamphlet, entitled 'The Breath of Life,' in which he undertakes to demonstrate that the common practice of breathing through the mouth is very detrimental to health. He says that it is not a natural habit, for when God created man 'He breathed the breath of life into man's nostrils,' and why should he not continue to live by breathing it in the same manner? The mouth was made for the reception and mastication of food for the stomach and other purposes ; but the nostrils, with their delicate and fi brous linings for purifying and warming the air in its passages, have been mysteriously constructed, and designed to stand guard over the lungs—to measure the air and equalize its draft during the hours of repose. The atmosphere is nowhere pure enough for man's breathing until it has passed this refining process, and therefore the impru dence and danger of admitting it in an unnatural way, in double quantities upon the lungs, and charged with the surround ing epidemic or contagious infections of the moment. The impurities of the air which arc arrested by the intricate organization and mucus in the nose arc thrown out again from its interior barriers by the returning breath. The air which enters the lungs ia as different from that which enters the nos trils as distilled water is different from the water in an ordinary cistern or frog-pond. lie argues that the habit cf sleeping with the open mouth is particularly hurt ful; points out a number of diseases which are traceable to this cause, and among the rest ascribes the early decay of the teeth to it. — The Moravian. Music hath Charms.- —A lady music tpacher in Newburyport refuses to receive any male pupils over eighteen during the tear! Young ladies elsewhere might give their gentlemen visitors a hint by refusing their calls unless they enlist. flfcgKThere are people who think that to be grim is to be good, and that a thought, to be really wholesome, must necessarily be shaped like a coffin. 20, 1862. WAR HEWS, The Battle of Cedar WASHINGTON, Aug. 11.— The editor of the Star, who was on a visit to his family at Culpeper Court House at the time of the battle ot Saturday last, gives the following account of it, containing items of interest not mentioned in other aceouuts: At noon on Friday Gens. Pope and Mc- Dowell received intelligence from the val iant Bayard who, with two regiments of his cavalry command, doing duty immedi ately under him, a new Jersey and a Penn sylvania regiment, had been in the saddle ail night and day guarding the linpidau for a week, from the Raccoon ford down to a point fourteen miles below and south of the railroad—that the enemy at daybreak had crossed fhe river, with two regiments of Louisiana infantry, two pieecs of light artillery, and three small regiments of cav and driven in his pickets. Bayard retired slowly before them, his force of eight hundred tired out cavalry only, not being suiiieient to hold the ground in front of suijh a force. He, however, disputed it inch by inch witli the enemy, and succeed ed in capturing about thirty rebel prisoners, including a major, a captain, and two lieu tenants, on his retreat. His own loss was not over three men. We hear that lie was publicly complimented by his superior offi cer on the field on the nest day (Saturday) for the admirable uianuer in which he ef fected his movement. He retired to the north and east side of Robinson river, about eight miles from Culpeper Court House, and there awaited a supporting force to ar rive from the immediate vicinity of that point. At noon of the same day, Gen. Pope, on learning these facts, instantly ordered Gen. Crawford to march his brigade to that end. In half an hour after receiving this order Crawford was or, the march. As his bri gade, the 28th New York, 10th Maine, 40th Pennsylvania, and stli Connecticut, and ten pieces of artillery, filed rapidly through the village of Culpeper Court House to the gay music of its tour splen did bauds, its appearance was the theme of admiration of the many experienced offi cers of the staffs of Gens. Pope and Mc- Dowell, who went over from their encamp ments near by to sec it start out. Crawford proceeded rapidly to the front, and occupi ed a position about seven miles from Cul peper Court House, immediately in rear of ' the line of Bayard's cavalry. Shortly af ter ordering Crawford, Gen. Pope also or dered the rest of Banks' corps to move rapidly from Hazel river bridge, nearGrif finsturg, nine miles from Culpeper Court House, wheie it had arrived the night be fore, to the scene of expected conflict. By S o'clock p. m. the head of Gen. Banks' column was descried marching around the village to its destination, which it reached before midnight. That point was immediately in the rear of Crawford. Major General Sigel was, also, at the same time ordered up from Sperryville, and, by a forced march of twenty miles, his advance reached the village by daylight. Throughout Friday night and Saturday forenoon, Bayard continued skirmishing with the enemy's advance, until the latter, at two o'clock p. m., had progressed to within long range of Crawford's artillery. At four p. m. the enemy developed a heavy increase of artillery, when a portion of that of Gen. Banks came up, and went into the action, there not being room enough in the position occupied by our forces for bringing the whole of it into play. The contending forces, at the opening of the battle, were apparently about a mile or more apart, the rebels showing their front upon Slaughter's Mountain, a sugar-loaf eminence situated two miles to the west of the Orange and Alexandria railroad at Mitchell's Station. Our front was on much lower ground, with Cedar run in our rear and a small wooded ridge behind that. Gradually, from 4 to six p. m., the rebels opened new batteries from the woods sur rounding the basin or plain lying between the fronts of the two contending forees, each succeeding one being nearer to our position than the former. Thus they play ed a cross fire from both sides, as well as a direct front one on our troops, including the most cf Gen. Banks' infantry, that had been put in line for the conflict. So an noying was this fire, that attempts were made to take the batteries nearest at hand by charges. Thus Bayard's Cavalry in a gallant charge, is said to have succeeded in taking two of the rebel guns with no loss to speak of. Subsequently, at 6p. m., in pursuance of orders, portions of Augur's and Williams' divisions of infantry, inclu ding Crawford's and Gordon's brigades, made three most desperate bayonet charges upon the rebel artillery. They were, how ever, each time received by a very heavy infantry fire, slaughtering them fearfully. That they should have persevered, to make three successive charges, in the face of such a deadly fire from so superior numbers, con cealed in woods, is really the wonder of the war. These charges developed the fact that the enemy actually engaged greatly outnumbered our forces, about seven thous l and in action. Being thus informed of the location of the main body of the rebel intantry, our artillerj pliyed sad havoc i them, driv ing decimated regiment after regiment back into the shelter ot the dense forest, to have their places instantly occupied by fresh regiments to be decimated in the same way. Among others, this fire killed the rebel Generals Winder and Trimble. The arm ot the former was torn off by a shell, an<2 he died very shortly afterwards from the flow of blood, and Trimble was knock ed dead from his horse by the explosion of a shell, ilavirg put the forces of McDow ell and Sigel in rapid motion for the field of action, Gen. Pope, with his staff, accom panied by Gen. McDowell and staff, imme diately proceeded together from their head quarters fo the front. As they passed ivickett s division, and the head of Sigel's army corps, that lined the road for"the whole six miles, each regiment halted for the instant, wheeled into line, and gave Gen Pope three cheers and a tiger, and then wheeling again into marching column, pushed forward with signal eagerness for the fray. ° At 7 o clock p. m., Gens. Pope .and Mc- Dowell reached the thickest of the fight, and the advance guard of Rickctta', coming up at the same time, took position immedi ately in the rear ot that occupied by Gen. Ranks corps. There being no room on the field for deploying more troops of ours than were under Ranks, those of Rickett's could not get into actual action before night came on, which for some hours prevented further fighting. . In the course of the en gagement, our forces engaged had retired perhaps a mile from the position in which they commenced the battle at 4 o'clock p. m., the rebels advancing slowly as we re ceded before them. This movement on the part of Gen. Ranks, notwithstanding his heavy loss, and the overwhelming force op posed to him, was as regularly conducted as though he was executing an evolution of a dress parade. Not a man of his corps, or indeed of any other, showed the white feather, nor did a man even straggle to the rear to the distance of more than half a mile, where stood a provost guard of Rick etts' corps, bayonet in hand, to check any, if there should be, disposed to skulk off the field. NV e left the field at eight o'clock for the night, in course of which, at midnight, a discharge from one of our batteries brought on a renewal of the engagement for two hours, in the course of which each side is believed to have lost two or three hundred more in killed and wounded. Ry a cavalry charge, after midnight, of the enemy, Gens. Pope and McDowell and their respective staffs, were within an inch of being killed or ridden down. They had dismounted in the front to rest a few minutes from the saddle, when the enemy's cavalry made so sudden a dash upon them that they had barely time to mount and get quickly out of the way. In so doing they were mista ken by a company of their own men for charging rebels, and received their fire, killing a few of their horses, only we be lieve. Our loss of regimental and company offi cers was very heavy. Among those killed were Col. Crane, of the 3d Wisconsin; Maj. Savage, and Captains Abbott, Kussell, and Goodling, and Lieut. Browning of the 2d Massachusetts. Col. Donnelly, of the 28th New York, was, we fear, mortally wound ed. Col. Creighton, and Adjutant Moly neau, of the 7th Ohio, are also very badly wounded. Capt. Robert W. Clarke, of the first District regiment, received a wound in the foot. Gen. Augur received a Minnie ball in his back, as he was in front of his division turning in his saddle to cheer it on. Gen. Geary is wounded in the arm, so that he will likely use it, and Gen. Prince is slightly wounded On Saturday evening as Geu. Augur was being carried past us back to the hospital, it was thought his wound was mortal; but on surgical exami nation it was found to be a severe but not a dangerous wound. At G p. m. yesterday seven hundred and fifty of our wounded had reached Culpeper Court House by ambulance. Every church and other suitable building in the village, including private houses, was filled with them. The citizens, male and female— those of secession proclivities even throw ing them aside for the time being—were very geuerally vieing with each other in rendering them every accommodation and assistance in their power. Both sides made some hundreds of pris oners in the course of the engagement, and it was from prisoners that it is made cer tain that the rebel loss is equal to ours, if not greater. We estimate our killed and wounded at one thousand five hundred, af ter striving to inform ourselves as correctly as possible on the subject. At 6 o'clock in the evening, as before remarked, seven hundred and fifty had been brought to Cul peper Court House, and there were at least two hundred remaining in the two or three ; houses, in the rear of the field, occupied ie j hospitals. Yesterday morning, on the ret ! ormation of the lines of Geu. Banks' corps | in the rear of the reinforcements that had come up, as explained above, it was found | that his loss had been by no means as great as was thought at dark on the previous day. At daybreak, yesterday morning, the sharpshooters of the enemy were found : precisely where their front was at the close of Saturday's battle, and skirmishing with j ours immediately commenced. Their for- New Series—Vol, XVI, No, 42, cos had, however, disappeared from sight. At sunrise a rebel brigade supported by ar tillery. emerged from the woods in the front, and just as they got into line of bat tle Gen. Milroy opened to sweep off an en tire company or two, the rest instantly taking to their heels for the cover of the woods. Shortly afterwards Gen. Bayard, who continued, as before, in the extreme front, scouting to the right and left with his cavalry, reported them filing in force in both those directions, as though aiming to flank us on both sides. (ieneral Pope immediately despatched Tower's division, of McDowell's corps, to follow, watch, and confront them on tho right, and a division of Sigel's corps d' ar mor. —whose we did not learn—to do tho same for those moving on the left. Gener al Bayard, with two regiments of his caval ry brigade, from New Jersey and Pennsyl vania, was thrown in advance of Tower, and the gallant and efficient Colonel Duffie, of Bayard's command, with his own Rhode Island and the Ist Maine Cavalry was thrown in advance of our divison of obser vation on the left. At 11 A. M. it was definitely ascertain ed from reports from these forces that the purpose of the enemy could hardly be flank movements. Ere 2 p. m. the impression became general at General Pope's head quarters on the field, instead of seeking thus to rcuew the engagement, the rebels were either seeking a new position in the rear or skedaddling. Since we reached Washington General Pope has telegraphed here that the engage ment was not renewed yesterday afternoon ; that the enemy had retired to a position two miles back, and that he advanced bis own army this morning to that lately held by the enemy. We omit to state above that the prison ers say that the rebels commenced the fight with ten thousand men, Gen. Ewcft in command, who were reinforced by Jack son with five thousand men before 6 o'cock p. in , the balance of Jackson's army get ting up early in the night. They claim their combined force to be from fifty tc sixty thousand strong. By a break in the telegraph the recep tion of General Pope's order to General King to join him with his admirable divis ion was delayed twenty four hours. He, however, started his advance from the vi cinity of Fredericksburg at four o'clock yesterday morning and had reached Elk Rur. ford, so he is doubtless up with the main army by this hour. From our own know ledge of the situation vc fee! sure that the reception of this important addition to his fine army has already been taken advan tage of by Major General Pope, and that he is again in motion towards Gordonsville. His men all believe him irresistible, and feel certain that signal victory will attend his movements at their head, as on all pre vious occasions when at the head of his Western army. We lost a single piece of artillery, one of Best's. It upset in a ditch, and as it could not be righted b} 7 those in charge of it, was abandoned. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. [From Uio New York Times.) On the Field, Cedar Run, Eijht Miles South of Culpepper, Saturday, Aug. 0, 1862. This has been an eventful day with the army of Virginia. It bad been known since yesterday morning that the rebels were in force immediately in our front.— They had been driving back General Bay ard's cavalry for several hours before the force under General Crawford was sent forward fo give them battle, and no sooner had we arrived here than our outposts were fired upon by their pickets. Skirmishing was kept up all the afternoon, and the ene my held completely in check; but it was not until 3 o'clock p. m. that the fight as sumed the dignity of a battle. At that hour, the rebels opened their artillery upon Genera! Crawford from the wood, to th 6 right of the road about one mile. This was done to ascertain the position of our batteries, and if possible bring out our force. Genera! Crawford ordered Knapp's Pennsylvania Battery to reply, and, at the second shell, the enemy's guns were silen ced. Their long line of cavalry had moved around a high hill on our left, towards tho Rapidan Ford. At once a strong force of cavalry was thrown in that direction, and soon after, the enemy, finding he could do nothing, couutermarched his cavalry tc our right. Thus matters stood, the large force of the enemy having been held in check by Gen. Crawford's single brigade of infan try, artillery, aud cavalry. The cannon | ading continued on both sides until 4 p. i m., when Gen Banks appeared upon the field with Gen. Augur's division and the remainder of Gen. Williams' division.— Gen. Crawford's force, consisting of the j 28th New York, Col. Donnelly; 46th | Pennsylvania, Col. Knipe; 10th Maine, | Col. Beal, and sth Connecticut, Col. Chap j man, with a battery of the 4th United States Artillery, under Lieut. Muhlen burgh ; Roomer's New York Battery and Knapp' Pennsylvania Battery, were now thrown to the right, with the exception of the artillery, for the purpose of making a movement on the enemy's flank —the I ffiost important movement of the day.— : The 10th Maine was then moved forward i to the support of the centre, and the re-
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