Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1861-10-30
WAR NEWS.

4inother Brilliant Victory Of tile Contsaerates-
23O0 Cohfederates aoltip and repuLse 1000 Fed
! erals Our loss 300 In killed and aoounded-
Fsderat loss 800 killed and wounded and 800 pri-
sone,s-God still ON our sde-Let tho South gice
Him the praisc.
We extract the following account from the Rich.
mond Enquirer and Dispatch:
In Baltimore paper Of the 10th, we find the fol-
lowing, quoted from the Washington Star of the
previous evening:
"LEEsBuRG.-We are in expectation of hearing
that the dlsunion troops will all drop out of Lees
ourg, va, and that vicinity, so soon as Mcclellan
ma! ADVANCE any portion of his force mile further
than n, his present position Any such advance on
Mcclellan $ part will make it necessary for John
sion to evacuate LeeSburg in double quick time"
oucn was the expectation of the enemy The fol-
lowing SHOWS how 1t has been realized. 1t is an Of
tc'a dispatch from Gen. Johnston to the war de.
partmcnt, and was received here yesterday morning:
lESrREvILLE, Oct 23.-Col Evans reports that
ne was engaged most of the day yesterday with
twelve regiments and five batteries of the enemy,
near the Potonac-they had crossed under cover of
artillery fire. We drove them back with heavy
loss IN Killed. and took two hundred prisoners Col
Baker, OF Oregon, was killed. and Col Cogswell and
ten other officers are among the prisoners Six
| pieces of artillery were captured
| Col. Evans command consisted of four regiments
and five cannon"
ouch Is the Southern answer to the Northern
ooaSs IL Is such answer as heroes give to swag-
gerers Our gallant troops did indeed " drop out
| OF Leesonrg, but 1t was toacaryls the enemy. The
glorious fellows did it in double quick time" it
may DC but 1t was in order to get at the enemy
the sooner. And look at the battle and the result!
FOUR regiments against t,celce Five cannon against
five batteries! And yet the invaders were whipped
BACK with an utter discontinued Many of them
found their death on the soil they came to desecrate
Among these was one to whose boasts the writer of
this has listened, land 6oiIed as he listened while
he staggered on the Senate floor of what should be
done with the Southern rebels, whom he said he
wouln conquer or extermnate But Senator Baker
| is no longer to be numbered among our enemies for
! he has found the fate he came to infcI
Besides those Of the enemy who paid the extreme
penalty of just reiibution, tro hundred more re-
| main IN our hands as prisoners. These started on
! journey Sonth-Our brave LeeSburg army have
! secured them speedy landing there Six cannon
too have changed service, and will ado their notes
to the righteous thun'ers of the Southern artillery
| Al: honor to the gallant Leesburg army lie. the
t captive cannon wake the echoes of the mountains in
| their praise Terribly have they been tried but
how gloriously have they stood the onset Twelve
! regiments against four! Five batteries against five
guns! The eneu V came in as wave, but like a
! wave that beats upon rock Our noble fellows,
! Out-nulnbcred as they were-three against one -
yet shattered their lines and captured their captains,
and laid their iavore chieftan low, and sent wall
ing to the houses Of those who were waiting to ex-
| ult over our agony and wee!
| How important this victory 1t has saved fair
/ town and beautiful country from the tread Of the
spoiler. 1t has protected the flank of our Potomac
army. snd Disconnected McC'ellans probable plan of
attack. 1t has won new glory ard new vigor to our
/ arms, and inflicted new humiliation On our enc
mics, and tortured them with new fears and fore
| bOoingS 1t has thns aroused the enthusiasm of our
| people, opened the way to victories and pro-
voked generous emulation in all our armies. Four
| regiments victorious over twelve! What Southern
army in the light of this Leesburg example, will
! ever so much as think Of suffering defeat?
! At the time Of writing this, we have not learned
| of the casualties on our side. We can only hope
! for the best Bat whether our soldiers have fallen
in winning this victory, or live to realize their fame
their heroisn and their virtues shall receive the af.
! fectonate remembrance and the generous applause
! of grateful and admirng country, and will 60 to
make up part of that country's glory.
| p. Sat late hour last evening the telegraph
! brought further particulars, representing more
! glorious and complete success TO our than
! above stated. See our Geographic column The
battle seems to have been fearluly bloody one,
and the victory of our troops truly acoaiieyfuL
BETTER AND BETTER!
! Later Still, md Better StiN!!
At late hour last night the following official
despatch received here. 1t will seTd thrill Of
Joy over the country, and places the Leesburg vic
tory i'll the very foremost rank Of the brilliant
achievements of the present war! y thousand
honors to the gallant army and its brave COM
manders:
HEADQUARTERS 1sr CoRrs,)
ARMY OF PoTnMAc,
Centrevile, October o. 1861. !
President Daris:
In addition, concerning Evans victory have to
report the capture of nearly 600 prisoners and 200
stand of arms. The killed and wounded of the enemy
are between 1000 and 200 The rout was total
1t was DIN infantry fight The 9Th Virginia ard the
18th and 18th Mississ ppi regiments were engaged.
The 18th Mississippi was held as reserve. No ar
tlllery was fired by us.
THOS. JORDAN, A. \. G.
The Richmond Dispatch add the following:
This news comes to us in such authentic shape
that no room is left for doubt that Cen. Evans has
gained brilliant victory. The killing Of Col
Baker, the Black Republican Senator from Oregon,
and Llncolns mouth-piece in the Senate, is a cause
for especial congratulaton. lie was an Englishmar
by birth, and it was this man who sai1 in the course
of long TRADE of abuse of the South and Southern
men, delivered at the late extra session of the Fed
eral Congress, that every foot of Southern sol
should be reconquered; that the stars and stripes
Southern Governors would not conduct their Stat,
affairs according to the laws of the United States
Governors from Massachusetts and Illinois would b.
appointed in their places. 1t seems highly probable
from present advces, that it was not his destiny tt
witness fulfllment OF his sweeping prophecy.
AFFAIRS on THE PENISsULA.-Whet there is ever,
reason to apprehend the early occurrence of impor
tant events on the Peninsula, there has been moth
ing to confirm tine exciting report of great battl
in front of Yorktown. Inneed we have very lat
and reliable advices from that immediate vicinity
which represent that not gun has been fired
though there is unusual activity in military prepa
rations. Nothing was known of the skirmish nea
Newport News on Monday, in which portion Q
Gen. McI.aws command was engaged; but the fac
having been officially communicated by Gen. Ma
gruder, there can be no doubt that something oe
Cured in that locality which gave rise to the infe,
ence of general battle on the Peninsula. -Rich
Dispatch.
| THE PoToMAc Observation-Disclosures SrccEss.-