The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-11-23
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TAaETELt G. II VA.S

TazEgELl G.. H. VA,1
Nov. 2u, IstI.
Since my last communication nothing 81
very great interest hes transpired Ia IA IL
zion. Some further information 0f the iiglI'
At Pike.iiie. Ky, Is reported by the many F-
fngees arriving here from that tvicinity II u
positively asserted that our whole for.ss Ell
g3 ged in the Bght was not over 500 all told -
Our loss is certainly four killed and 10 or n
wounded. The enemy's loss Is still put at
800 Killed and many wounded How il Is tha :
the ,Hessians make ont such glorious vic.
tory on their side is certainly mys;ery 10 us
Who live so near To tue battle Rroued.-
Though |, Is their custom to lie in every thinr
they undertake..
itis fact That our forces retrea ed iron,
PikeYiileto Pound Gap. They are there.4ov
ana are throwing up pbresstworks. Ii is sais'
that the force Col. Williams hiss with hin
there IL sufficient 10 keep back aay force ID,
kedefa! Government may attempt 10 rouT
hila with. Col ". is being reiE forced by
the regiment under COM Ilslnd CT t;oi. A. &
Moore, which has been At A Bit gdon for the
last four months 1t is the cpiniop of your
correspondent that the force at the Gan will
not remain there long. Brig. Gen. MarshaIt
it is thought will order hIna bach ~ rsk
Vile, while he will move from this place
with the force he has here to join him 1T thai
place. from here to Pikevi.le we have ar
excelieut road, and If this movement should
take place. the enemy will soon retreat from,
the Sandy Valley.
Grea, rejoicing throughout this section OF
country, ard particularly Ia istern Ken.
tucky, iS going on in Goa sequence Of the ar
pointanent and arrival here Of Brig. Gen.
humphrey Marshall. His name is legion
and II seema from the many sncominms
r ssed nDon him, It is the right naa in The
right pihce. Ills appoin tment seems to give
universal satisfaction. mark !or him "A bril-.
liant military career lie left this piac -
lew days s;nc6 in company with Il rpginleut
under command CT Col. Trigg and Lieut.. Col.
II. A. Edmonuson, from Christians5urx lie
Vt!i rendezvous In this f.,r fs1n
days, until they receive reinforcemen1 Is, and
then proceed on to Ken lucky, by way uf
Grundy, Buchanan county.
A messenger WAS dispatched from this
place OH Wednesday last to your ity iu gre
naste, 10 get tfe law in relation to ca illng out
the mllitia-in other words, to see tne Preti-
dent IN regard 10 the BriRadtrr denerai's
power over that isst,;a;jGp. But b fore he h..C
been gone many hours a ruIn0r reached here
mat the en- my were advancing or us. aid
that thev hau certainly reached Buchanan
county, and captn I'd four or five OF lh- pro
miu@ht cniz2ne of t5at county. Gen kecs
L Bowen 81 oEce determined 10 call oGt lhe
militia OF this AMI the two al joining eountirs
Mcdowell ana Buchanan, and ali honor tr
the - IA, he has them to-ds the lius -
march IoT the protection Of our homes ana
Ersaides. Gen. Bowen Is a. brave . IA II rs
lives, and If he should come In ccutact With
the encIny ne will win Tor himself glorious
name.
Cheap and COCA living, Nr e .itor, il. Il
thin= much sonGit AFTER at this ,rticul r
t'inar aud know OF no place in my aCquaint-
ance where IL can be found save at tni place.
For Instance, l will give you the price for
board at The best hotel III this part of ths
Stata-it is k9pt by the priGce or all land .
lords, Jno. =. bougherty, oas Of the best
Scuthefn men that lves--boari per week
st fer man and horse, Sc So and J assure YOU
that he will teed you as well as the Exchange
Of your city. save the oysters.
Crs thing is s'r nge to Us here. and Il will
seem strange TO YOU Grd your readers. that
many gGof No"!@frR men from K Ntucky arr
IL af'aE from tnat State TO find refuge in Tn,
adjoining towns here aAi hareahouts | ven
turA 10 assert. Mr.. EGltsr, the,t rhare AZ.
enough Of these men here and in Abingdon to
form u nn;nt"r one company. They, ii seem j.
are the SdH OF Kentucky.
The remains Of ous OF the beat and most
esteemed young men ot oUr couuty r,.achrsi
here on Sunday i.st, from near Stsunto ton /
aliude TO Henry &. Kelly. He was the adni
ration Of ali who knew him. II could,
would write ais sulogy upon him, hut can
not find language 10 express nv opinion o..
his merits. Suffice il TO say he died the sol.
dier death, not Of the nIilit,ry alone, bu,
mat OF the ChriStlan- HIGHLANDER