The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-10-24
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THURSDAY MOANING. =. OCT. "A, lass
euR Larx DalLtiaSr vfcrcRi This
seennunity VISA electrified the day before yes
stersasy. by the NEWS ssem sIseesharg II wac
v raposted, xt first. that s;eneral EVANS, with
FUR regiments, hid defeated d heavy force of
swelSe Yankee regiments, with six batteries,
lac himself having only Ave pieces engaged
and that he had driven the enemy into the
river. killing many, and captaring two hun
$ dred. For once, the first report fell far short
of the truth Later in the day intelligence
was received, that the actual less oil the enc
my was a, least six hundred killed, ounded,
and drowned--shas We had taken SIX hundred
prisoners, and six pieces of artillery. Thie
we hold TO be an achievement, AT least, equai
Ia any of the war thus f..r The enemy was
four IL one--his artillery al least Eve to
one-his confidence high--his officers the
best ia the Yankee service. Bat one week
before the battle, the Washington Sfar said
F" we are ia expectation OF hearing that the
disnnion troops will all drop on; of Lcesburq,
and that Vicinity, SO soon as MCCLELLAN may
advance any portion OF his force mile fur
tier than his present position Any such I'd
Vance GA McCLsLL.Ass part will make it neces
H,ry for JosssToN 10 eyaeaatc Lcesburg in
doab.e-qaisk time
We'll The advance was na3e-~-moye than a
mile IN front WAS parsed over from ope POI
ton of NcCaELLAs's position--and our troops
att drop ont Of Leesbnrg But ii was such
drop DE- panther makes when deer cones
under the tree ia whose boughs he is crouch
ing 1t was spring upon the enemy, alto
gether different kind of dropping from ANY
they had anticipated We should he glad to
know how tie Star likes this kind Of drop
ping.
The day Oh which this battle was fought
had already become immortal in history L.
was the anniversary OF the battle of Trafal
gar. l2lst Of Oetober) the most memorable
sea-fght of modern times. that Of Lepanto
alone excepted. General EVANS has given ii
an additional claim 10 be remembered. Ills
achievement, though ona smalle. scale may rank
with CREssYand AGiscouRT. The odds against
which the two great English monarchs con
tended on those memorable occasions, were not
So great az the odds against which EVANS hao
to contend Oh Monday last Nor was the vic
tory Of tue latter less decided He seems to
have routed the enemy entirely-to have
drowned large numbers-to have killed many,
TO have wounded many, and tn have cap
tured member eqt,alling the combined az
gregate Of killed, wounded and drowned -
Even the last circumstance of decided defeat
did not faii-the capture of a largely proper
donate number of the enemy's guns.
II is wrong to exult over the death of any
man 1t is appointedto all men to die, and we
ausl ali make up cur minds to meet the iuevi
cable hour. But we cannot resist the impre T.
zion that there was something very much like
the retributon which awaits all men, either
this side of the grave or the other, in the
death of Col BAKER. lie was an Epglishlnan
Sy birth, but lad been III the United States
saany years. lie had fought bfayely III Mexico'
t1s his cot tTymen, with very few exceptions
have always done, whereyerthey have served
In the last Congress he made the most violent
speech that WAS made, even III tia. assembly
Of blood hounds lie was in favor of making
I.rScoT.S Il Dictator, rs If lie were hot al
ready one lie wished him TO have the name
as well rs the substance of power. He was
i4ot content with his beins merely C.EsAR-le
wished lila TO be kng He desired 10 place q
thousand million at lis disposal. He would
give him million of nen Ia eIsave The re
solted States. He would suhjugaie them c9G,-
,,Ietely, though it could only be done 10y oEteE.
ininating Tie whole population. lie would set
Yankee taskIaasters over them. lie would
hold them ae colonies subject 10 the laws o.
the power which had s,.bs!ued them. Even
handed Justice has returned lite eEaioe 10 his
own lips, in space Of time 80 short, tat the
finger Ct fl higher power than any Of this
earth. is clearly seen in it, He sleeps his last
bloody sleep on the soil be would have pol
luted-