Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-10-31
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q RlcHaoND, Oct. 22.-Therc was
an engagement yesterday at Lees
burg betweenGen. Evans of South
! Carolina, commanding several Brig
AIDES Of Mississippi and Virginia
troops, and five Brigades OF the
enemy. He drove twelve Regi-
ments into tie river, killed a large
number, alnong them Col. Baker
iof Oregon, and took two hundred
prisoners, ten officers, among them
Col. .Coghill, and captured SIX pie
Iees of artillery. az ga -tit9o
Rfen&oSD, Oct. s22.+Fcur or
Eve 4aHhape(tlof the, enemy were
.'kilietba;althree h'lndred drowned.
/ Three, hundred were Killed and
Iwouaded. on our side, al the bat
| lie of Leeeblrg. ''4 1919
Tliertiis n6 news From York town
To-day. c.alsaq aC!d SaT 1cts3
RIcHaeND,9 Oct. ? st.+-Aia New
Orleans 22d.-P;ssengers by this
afternoon trainfflonll Manassas le-
port all quiet, but ACTIVE operations
are aDprehcnded at any hour, " =
1t is reported that Harpcr's Fer
s.rt is il:5w n Possession of tic Con-
Iftderates,y having fttriNen tofe the
i Fecefais. ooIs .asJ. sud 3fgI FIR
4 sBfeck inridge. Marshal. sal Pres
item arrived to-day, and werr gree
tied at the depot ~ hundreds. y
fBreckinfidge matte q very s;.oft
Speech on the cars, returning
thanks for the compliment Of the
large crowd in calling FORUM, and
said it was not the time for speak
ing but for action. Although he
had been driven from. lis home III
Kentucky, lie was proud to breathe
the free air Of Virginia. &c 9 x
/ News from, the peninsula indi-
2 Gates early action. Gen. Ma2ru-
der has sent q dispatch to the See
Rotary of War, stating that a ro5r-
ton Of Brig. Gen. Mctafeis force
engaged tic eneinJts E,rces ithis
morning. at Young $ hills, which
is near Newport News. 70 There is
q large concourse tc-niglit at tie
Spotswood To tel. Humphrey
Marshall, NJ. Breclinriidge,, and
others are speaking Union &c Am
I RICHMOND, Oct. 4-1The t'6de-
rails commenced crossing the Pcto-
mac at Leesburs OH Sundayqnight,
and continued through the night,
They were met by General Evans,
commanding the 18th, It'll, 18th
i Mississippi regiments, and the 'Stll
Virginia regiment. ad 9ra snsge1d
i The aFcderals. protecte,l9by for
! ests, were routed three times at tue
point Of the bayonet. They were
reinforced each time. =
+ The sth Virginia Regiment
charged and captured their bate
ries, putting the elitallvdto flight.
They made a desperate stand at
the riyer uatiI sl;ttig, tered and
panic-stricken, they attcmptcd to
recross the river. Hundreds were
drowned and shot while crossing.
The panic was more fi.ightful
than that at Bulb Run. They fed
IL Ike widest confusion, leaving
clothes and baggage Of every de-
scrip;ion behind.
The lossof the enemy over 9, 900
killed, wounded, and prisoners
$50 prisoners have been brought
expected. Say We have
LOCO taken altogether.
% The. battlefield is thick with
their dead and wounded. s aylf
r Our loss is put down at less than
two hundred.
3 Col. Baker, Senator from Oregon,
was shot five times. o-5i- = stais q
Our greatest loss is In the Vir-.
ginia regiment.
Seward sent communications to
the Federal Governors to put their
coasts III state Of Defence as he
anticipates a collision with Euro
pean powers through the interfe-. !,
renee Of Southern Commissioners, /
-Nashetle Gtzette.
o R1cHAoND, Oct 26-The enc s !
my have evacuated the entire {
valley of the Kanawha. /
3 General Cooper, Adjutant, Cen a
sral of the army, has official infor-.
nation that the enemy, instead of !
'ecrosslng the Potomac and occu- {
,ying Leesburg, as at first reported,
AVE gone down the river, All is. i i
|uiet. i.