Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1861-10-26

erak Dur loss 800 in Killed aud WeuRded-
Federal Loss GOO killed and BOUNDED and 900 pre-
soHes-- God stiU on our Side--Let tho South gire
Him The praise.
We extract the following account from the Rich
mond Eaq"irer and Dispatch:
In Baltimore paper of the 10th, we find the fol-
lowing, quoted from the Washington Star of the
previous evening: -.---
LEEsBCRG. We in expectation of hearing
that the disunon troops will all drop out of Lees
burg, Va, and that vicinity, so soon as Mcclellan
may advance any portion Of his force mile further
than his present position. Any such advance on
McClean's part will make it necessary for John
stUn to eyacuate Leesburg in double quick time"
Such was the expectation Of the enemy. The fol-
lowing shows how it has been realized 1t is an Of.
fetal dispatch from Gen. Johnston to the war de-
partmrntf and was received here yesterday morning:
"CENrREvnL.E, Oct 23.-CoL Evans reports that
he was engaged most of the day yesterday with
twelve regiments and five batteries of the enemy
near the Potomac-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" -.-.
Such is the Southern answer to the Northern
boast 1t is such answer as heroes give to swag-
gerers! Our gallant troops did indeed drop out
Of Leesburg, but 1t was tO1cdrds the enemy. The
glorious fellows did it in double quick time, +" it
may be but it was in order to get at the enemy
the sooner. And look at the battle and the result
Four regiments against tWeLre! Five cannon against
five 6dtteries! And yet the invaders were whipped
back with an utter discontinue! Many of them
found their death the soil they to desecrae
Among these was one to whose boasts the writer of
this has listened, (and bOiled as he listened) while
he staggered on the Senate floor of what should be
done with the Southern rebels whom he said he
would conquer exterminate. But Senator Baker
is no longer to be numbered among our enemies for
he has found the fate he came to infiIct
Besides those of the enemy who paid the extreme
penalty of a just rctribution tuO hundred more
main in our hands prisoners. These started on
a journey SOuth-our brave LeeSburg army have
secured them speedy landing there! Six cannon
too have changed service and will ado their notes
to the righteous thundcrs of the Southern artillery
Al! honor to the gallant Leesburg army Let the
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 enen came in a wave, but like
wave that beats upon rock Our noble fellows,
Outnumbercd as they were-three against one =
yet shattered their lines and captured their captains
and laid their favorite chieftan low and sent wall
ing to the houses of those who waiting to ex-
ut over our agony and woe!
How important this victory! 1t has saved fair
town and beautiful country from the tread of the
spoer. 1t has protected the flank of our Potomac
army, snd disconnected McClellans probable plan of
attack 1t has glory and new vigor to our
arms, and inflicted a new humiliation on our enc
mics, and tortured them with fears and fore
holdings. 1t has thus aroused the enthusiasm of our
people, opened the way to new victories and pro-
vokcd generous emulation in all our armies. Four
regiments victorious over twelve! What Southern
army, in the light of this Leesburg example, will
ever 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 But whether our soldiers have fallen
in winning this victory live to realize their fame,
their herosm and their virtues shall receive the af
fectionate remembrance and the generous applause
of grateful and admiring 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 arms than
above stated. See telegraphic column. The
battle seems to have been fearfully bloody one,
and the victory of our troops truly uonderfuL
BETTER AND BETTER!
Later STILL and Better Still!
At a late hour last night the following official
despatch received here. 1t will send thrill of
joy over the country, and places the Lecsburg vic
tory in the very foremost rank of the brilliant
achievements Of the present war! A thousand
honors to the gallant army and its brave COM
manderS:
HEADQUARTERS 1sT CORPS,
ARMY OF PoToMAC, : ~
CcntrevIlle, October %, 1861.
President Darts:
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 900 and 1000. The rout was total
1t an infantry fight The 9Th Virginia and the
18th and 18th Mississippi regiments were engaged
The 18th Mississippi was held reserve No ar
tillery fired by us. 10
THOS JORDAN, A. A. G.
The Richmond Dispatck 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 Lincoln's mouthpiccc in the Senate, is a cause
for especial congratulation He was an Englishman
by BIRTH and it this man who said 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 soil
should be reconquered; that the stars and stripes
should every fort and arsenal and that if
Southern Governors would not conduct their State
affairs according to the laws of the United States
Governors from Massachusetts, and Illinois would be
appointed in their places. 1t seems highly probable
from present adyiceS that it not his destiny to
witness fulhllment of his sweeping prophecy
AFFAIRS on THE PESINsULA.-W nile there is every
reason to apprehend the early occurrence of impor-
tant events on the Peninsula, there has been moth
ing to confirm the exciting report of great battle
in front of Yorktown. Inneed, have very late
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 skrmish near
Newport News on Monday, in which portion of
Gen. MeLaws command was engaged; but the fact
having been officially communicated by Gen. Ma
gruder, there can be no doubt that something oc-
CURED in that locality which gave rise to the infer
ence of general battle on the Peninsula. Rich.
Dispatch. go
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