Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-10-25
fIF,raiei's Dispatch }

The latest news tonight Is fhat the Whole
of Stones column has crossed the Potomac
and is in full pursuit Of the enemy, and that
Gen. Banks lad reached the banks of Che river
and would speedily follow and support
Stone.
Information received late tonight from Gen
Stones comnrantE ammo unccs that the fight
was desperate one and that n lnre number
we're killed on both sides: Althoagl4 the enc
my was much stronger than Gen. Stollc he
was falling back before the advance Of our
troops, and would have been completely ro1t-
cd but for tke fall of Col. Baker which pros
d41eed a sudden coufasioA among our troops.
Gen. Smith commanded the rebels, and a
private dispatch asserts that he was shot from
his horse and carried of the field. General
Banks with his co4Amand is now supporting
Gen Stone, and, Being Major General, is in
full command. Gen. Mcclellan left for Gen.
Banks headquarters on the field this morn
ing.
II is a slbject of regret that Colonel Baker
should have engaged the enemy, when, accord
ing to report, he was ordered to make re-
cof.t.oisance only, with strict Instructions, if
attacked, to fall back ana not fight.
Col Baker neede bis will on Saturday last,
and deposited it with Col. Webb, and when he
left for the field he said to the Sutler l shall
participate III battle in four hours, if fall
rednest that you take charge of my body.
WAsHINGFoY, OF. 23.-The success Of the
movement of Cen f4tone and t4en. Banks a.
cross the Potomac is new established as the
enemy did not venture to. make any further
resistance to it yesterday. AL accounts agree
that our men conducted themselves nobly in
the affair of Monday evening. The portion o
the column which received q temporary check
| bv the death of Col. Baker, behaved gallantIy
although opposed to a force triple their mum
! Der. Fhe groui,t Ihus gained was retained in
the undisputed possession of our troops all day
Yesterday scouts and reconnoitering parties
obtained much valuable Information in regard
to the enemy. The above facts are derived
from reliable sources.
New YoRk Oct IS Dispatches TO thC
Philadelphia Enquirer says that the Regiment
of Col. Baker, together with those engaged
with it, are said to have lost 400 in killed ant
wounded in the lr'e action. Col. Baker, it il
said, was prominent marla for the enemy
bullets He was srucloby a ball in the heart
four in various parts of his body, and three il
the head. When he WAS killed he was on horse
back and ,lresscd in full uniform. 1t is sale
that one hundred Mississippi rifles were aimed
4 at hirl' when he a,ll.
A telegraphic d, si'atch from Gen. McClel
lans headquarters is said to have been received
at the War Office al 2 o'clock this Tuesda.
p. M, stating that T.eesbargh would be takel
in an hour. There has been shat'p fighting il
that ncighbcihood all the morning. Tt wa
also reported that Gems. Stone and Banks hat
crossed the Potomac and we're advancing will
$1,000 men on lIeesburg.
FhlDApEITHrA, Oct. 23:-Messengers from
Washington, This morning, report that the de
preston causetll by the death of Col. Baker
has already disappeared, it being realized tina
the movemeai on Monday was an entire sue
cess. None of the military movements ar
known, but chtite confidence is felt in the sue
cess of Gen. McClellan's operations.
WAsHlxor6N, Oct pa special dispatc'
to the Commercial says il is raining steadi!
here. The Potomac is riseing, and militar.
operations are necessarily susepn,ied.