The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-09-14

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: A~orHFR BArTLK OK Tus GatLEY-We
publish this morning The Federal telegraphic
account of another battle on the Ganley. be
tween the foreee under the command of Gene
raj FLoYp, and the Fedeialists, under the
much. ,alked-of General RosEscRasz him
self Taking this account of the affair as the
bes, that an enemy greatly given to talseh"od
can make out for himself, it looks very much
Ike Federal defeat The whole statement
about the forces and powerful Notifications OF
General FLoYp IT, beyond doubt, great exag-
ceration. The language that the Confederate.
poured on the Federals a terrible tire, ocea-
sioning "sonac casnalties,' is singular \
terrible fire is aseertained by the execution it
does A fire tina, kills none is not terrible; 81
FIRE that kills some - is not; bat a fire that
kills a great many Is terrible. The account is
very much like al attempt 10 hide the disgrace
of what we Conjecture is a repuise, almost
tantamouut to Ire defeat. of an overwhelming
force bv a small body Of brave men.
1t would seem that nearly the whole force
under RosgxcRAsz consisted of foreigners
Irish and German Brigades excessively
engaged our band Of heroes, aud, after ''fr
rious fight" Of three hours, might compelled
the recall OF tho Germans. We trust that it
was ano; her cause that induced this recall
OF our own loss the enemy processes to be
ig7loraut General FLOYD is reported 10 have
safely re-crossed the river during the night.
General FLOYD has moved with as much ce
lerity as possible, and has commenced cam
paign that promised admirable results. 1t WAS
not, however, expected that he was 10 encoun
ter RosESCRASZ. lie was TO clear the ha
nawha Valley, while it was anticipated that
LEE and LoDING would occupy the attention
Of RosEScRANZ AMI all the dIsp0sabie force at
his command From one cause and another,
unfortunately, our army near Cheat Mountain
and HuttonsyiIle has been for many weeks
stationary almost in sight Of the enemy, who,
in that immediate locality, is under command
of the Federal General REYNOLDS. RosrH
scRANz, whose headquarters have been at
Clarksburg, in Harrison county, on the Park
ersburg or Northwestern Railroad, seeing that
his forces there would not soon be needed to
protect the railroad from the column under Gen.
LsE, marched by very fine turnpike, which
leads southwardlv from Ciarksburg, through
Weston, in Lewis county, and Sutton, III
Br,U,on 10 Summersville, in Nicholas. Sum
mersyille is near the Ganley, some five or
six miles from the place where the battle took
place.
This movement OF RosESCRAHZ was evil
IDENTITY intended TO accomplish something ex
traordinarv lie felt confident, ss would ap-
pear from his dispatches, of taking FLOYD bag
and baggage His Irish and Germans, and his
regular batteries, McMULLIS's and SSTDER's,l
were sure, in his opinion, to do thst. He hes
been evidently disappointed. And now, if
LEE and LoRiSa could make movement, late
rs it is, we should see this literary General fly
ing back to Clarksburg with all speed, to pro
tect the railroad-that road thai must be de-
stroyed or Northwestern Virginia surrendered
Now, all look with the deepest interest to
hear from the brave FLOYD. When will we
hear? How much behindhand we are in
every measure for communication with our
armies Where are our videttes, hurrying
from point to point with valuable information
Where are our telegraphs and our portable
telegraphs, to carry with the army We are
utterly deficient. When .Aaios kENDALL was
Postmaster General he established Il line OF
express riders, which brought the mail from
New Orleans to this place in five days, u
shorter time than that required 20 bring infor-
nation from our forces on the Gaulev to this
CITY. This is to be deplorcd Our eau-e must
be prejudieei by this iardv communication be-
tween the camps and the metropolis. We
trust tina, the Department viii al least hasten
the building Of the telegraph hne from Jack
scn's river to the kanawha Valley 1t would
be of iacalculable importance al the present
time
In order to understand Gen. Ff.oYD's posi-
ton If the reader will refer 10 the map OK
Virginia and fix HE eve upon the Gauley river,
which Joins New river, in Fayet,e county,
and with that stream forms the hanaWlt
river, he viii, by tracing IL along through
Nicholas county, come 10 a point where the
Summer Road" as it is called, crosses itand
where this road crosses, On the Aoftb ban. q
The 7arer, we understand the battle 10 have
taken place General FLOYD defended him.
sslf gloriously against the no doubt over
whelming force brought TO attack him, With
tho river, with it's deep aud strong current,
behind HIM Il will be readily understood that
such a position, under the circumstances,
should be abandoned He could not, with
Justice 10 his men, maintain it, with KosES-
csASz III front aud Cox little to the left OF
bis rear. He, therefore, successfully crossed
70 the south bank, and thus put the stream IN
front of him. and between him and his imnle-
date assuil,tni, and himself out OF danger from
surprise by rear attack.
by letter i'll our paper, it viii be seen that
Gen. WISE was al last dates al the Hawk 5
Nest, on New river, some fifteen miles from
Gen. ELoYp. \ considerable part OF Cox's
forces was near him. We are anxious, also,
10 hear from him. II may be that there was Il
concerted attack on both him aud Genera!
FLOYD.
AGGRESSIVE M0vEMENr--We look forward
with eager anticipations 10 the fine when the
North shall no longer be permitted to carry on