The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-07-15

Heverly Taken--Rout of the Comf.sscr-
Equipage, etc.
WAsnIAGroS, July l3-The following important
despatch has been received from Gen. Mcclellan at
the Army Headquarters.
BEVERLY July l3, 1851.
Col E. ID. Tovn8end, Washington:
Oar success of TO-DAY is all that could desire
We have captured six brass cannon, f which one
Is rifrd, all the entmFs camp eqpipage even to
his cups, and his transportation The number of
tens taken will probably reach 200, aad more than
sixty wagons have also been taken
The enpmY'S killed and wounded will amount IN
fully l5O with at least 100 prisoners, and more are
coming in constantly. | know already of ten off
GERS killed and prisoners. Their rout Is complete.
! reached Beverly by rapid march. Garnett
abandoned his camp early this morning LEAVING
behind much of his camp equpage lie came
within lew miles of Beverly, but our rapid march
turned him back in great confusion and he is ngw
retTeatng on the road to St George
| have ordered General Morris to follow him mn
closely have telegrarhed for the two Pennsvi-
wanna reg ments at Cumberland to Join Gen Hill
a. al h""iesourg. The General is concentrating all
ms troops at Rowlesburg and will cut off Garnett's
George. N "
may say that have driven out some ten
thousand troops strongly entrenched, with the loss
o! tieven Killed and thirty-fve wounded. The pro
vision returns found here show Garnett's force TO
have been ten thousand men. They-were Eastern
Ilrginians, Ge0rgians, Tennesseeans, and think
C&rolinians. Tomorrow can give full details as
to prisoners, &c. | trust that Gen. Cox has by
this time driven Gen. Wise ou, of the kanawha
Fa ey. In that case shall have accomplished the
object of the liberation of Western Virginia.
nope the General-in-Che will approve nv
operations
(Signed) G. B. MCCLELLAN
Major-General Commanding Dept. Ohio.
surrender of General PeSrain TO General Nc
Ciellan--One Hundred and Fifty Confedcr-
ntes Killed.
WAsHINGros, July l4.-The following was also
received yesterday from Beverly, Virginia:
REPORT ~
have received from General Pegram PROPOSE
uons Tor surrender, with his officers and the rem
nant of his cOmmand-say 900 men. They are said
to be extremely pentent and determined never
again to take arms against the General Govern
ment.
! shall have nearly nine hundred or thousand
prisoners to take care OF when Pegram comes in
The latest accounts make the loss of the rebels in
killed some hundred and tiftv.
mother Account of the Above Battle
The Ten Thousand Reported t0 have bcc,,
ltoutcd Reduced to Eight Hundred
BEVERLY, Juy l3.- est-rday morning General
Mcclellan ordered 'our regiments-the Sth 10th
l3ih Indiana, and 10Th ONO Rpgimcnts TO nrocaed
along the line of the hills, south east of the enc
mys entrenced camp the Beverly road, where
II crosses Rich Mountain, two miles east of the en-
em] position, with orders to advance along the |
Baveriy road and attack the side of the work
General Mcclellan being prepared to assault the |
west SIDE as soon as the firing should announce the
commencement of the attack. The caDture of n |
courier VINO mistooS the road through the en- |
emy's camp for the route of cur troops placed |
the enemy In possession o.. intelligence of the |
movement, and General Rosencrauiz reached the |
beverly road at O'Clock, after an exhausting |
march over the mountains. Ila found the enemy
posted ou The opposite side of the road eig hit hun
dred strong, with bis position partially fortified.
An engagement took place. which continued |
three quarters of an hour, when the rebels were |
totally routed with loss of three hundred in |
Killed, wounded aud prisoners including the Off |
GERS and both their cannon. About rs killed. and |
the same number wounded, remained in the hands |
OF the Federal officers.
The road was between two hills and Tho Fad |
rai troops, In descending steep declivity |
were greatly exposed to the fire of he rebels |
who occupied the opposite hill! and poured a fire
OF musketry, shot and she'll upon them. Rosan-
cFantZs column remained at the place of the en- |
gagement during the night. Meanwhile General |
McCieian was in position with his whole force dur
ing the afternoon, ready to make an assault but |
beard nothing from the other column except dis
tant firing early III the morning. He was about
proceeding to plant cannon upon an eminence COM
mandIng portion of the Confederate camp and |
preparing to attack the whole next in front, when
1t was ascertaGed that the enemy had evacuated
his position during the night, moving towards
Lsnrei Hill, leaving only few men in charge of
the SICK, cannon, camp equpage and transporta-
ton
rapid march wPs then made by Gen. Mcclellan
10 Beverly, passing General Rosencrantz' com.
inand on the road, which followed quickly. At
Beverly it was ascertained late that day that the
ehe'ny's forces at Laurel Hill had retrested NOV
ing towards Romney.
Our total loss is not more than eleven killed and
thirty five wounded
Movements of Gen. McCtcIinn's Co!urnn--
The Dead, Wounded ana Prisoners
CINCINNAri, July l4.-A special despatch 20 the |
Commercial from Beverly says that Gen. McCle |
ian's advanced division is moving rapidly towards |
Cheat Mountain pass. The Crnf.deraes burned |
she bridges at Hutt0nsvi!le and will burn Cheat |
hountain bridge, but it can delay Mcclellan only |
an hour. At Rich Mountain one hundred and |
thrty-one dead Coniederates were found Our |
wounded are doing we'll
Ten commissioned Confederate officers were killed
and captured, including Captsin Skcpwith of Pow |
haitian county, and Captain DeSague late Of the |
United States army.
Captain Irwin, of Brunswick county, is Danger
Ousy wounded.
DR.. TYLER, late of the United States army, and
DR.. Walk, also late of the United States army are
among the prisoners.
Some Georgians and South Car0linians are among |
the dead OF the enemy, but they are chiefly East
ern Virainians.
This morning Col. Pegram, commander Of the
Confederate forces at Rich Mountain sent letter
to Gen. Mcclellan, offering TO surrender himselfand
his command of 600 men The surrender was &C.
ceped, and the prisoners will march in to day
They are much reduced by hunger.
Rejoicing at Washington.
WASHINGTON, July H.-Genera McClellan's des-
patches have diiuSed general iov through the com
munity. None share in it in a greater degree than
Lieut.. General Scott himself. The intelligence has
served to make the military hereabouts impatient
for an opportunity to achieve results similar to
those narrated.