Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-11-04

-ejssrped that there =, less twelve hunered
the, my al hough hev state their force was
o. |, rglt hulr-d, Elk bundled fiutry and Two cav
arv. chirg The bridge On the W Htids o. theVi
leg we orde,e charge the c,vary OF the en-
nv. who q before Us towards Ironton 10 lew mn
e. both their infantry ard civalry were sc zad WIN
panic and rode aud al fast that the Jdf to'si IN
or command could uu, OvsTtak them 1 d. no. suoN
a va, the conti ion Of our opponents AZ or me ehast'
mt once log IL Ger ain, never with 10 ehs"Rs III
ro,b.r f. nile heat with tu,a ltle success and so
much exhsu uiOn .,n .,,,
cd m,r I. u.d il the b. Lnui n'persn reeg
.not.s "A -ruggle r. which ucoh : forces ga |oHty
rat,r,d P-udng hi N eme .t tbe man ooIy o Tie
ov yer. n pty rrsting themselves 10 Fr"ae'hk owu
uA veiu aud took par. in cur eNa'" sitr the zoe
n Sind,y the 90 instant our Srm' l'ft Frederick
n sn f,r this place (Gr-sDvi lr) ans camptd tha
n chit some ten nj es rom tue former llage. some
ina duri the night late ge &c re- chtd u u. Tnomp
N, II a, ia enemy H. con er,he rec, were march
| 20 j. on Frederick own from ia e GrIdeau U aonda,
no niny th Att instant, tHkrg sitn lin eleven hun
tied AID tveu,y uer be turlrd ct TO meet the To"
In poroachrg III, hr learned that three thousard
III. eus nv bad arrived from Cape Gir4rdeau, aud nj
III lat hour he obtained sausact ~ aud c~rfs IN
Zig, % that at asst thousand moro had ,ined
,lem rom Pilot 90 or Itonon, making their force
more Than I've thousand. l. he fac Of III ovoI~hem-
ne combustion OF foss he e1alleI ged th' m 10 battle,
AT er long d., lly their par, i commenced al
| COCK III 'no ofSsAs6 nav ''SeN~ wv ~A ~
| uiruteI
| On cur part, Gel 1--we with te1 hlndrsd and ffy
ne. sIIam ed an atusck from two gim"I {, u en-
nv ter one hour and fury milneS aud II MI fall b ck
n,ill b, d su tai ed gahrg frcm Two o'hrr reg
| n.pt, Who tai GU 4 uk d tIm on the ltfs and had
| oour a rskiog Oh s ga lin' commsnd for NOR
;,,nt / v ainuts this coates b. II pulsed he Q
.my wv &C. with great loss their part The fight ~"-
| ~, otntirt ed by Lieut. Col Bro~Ls but,li IN. 9
,rocp which h,d de- yed TO poi &c still iurther
L L.. e..
| very cha,ga be made. On our pert We used OF l2
| T. r and one p1under while the eurmy employed
az ri d etnDu against our rs' H. O-i'g TO the su
ror rum ers OF the foe they had, BY o. in the
- ,uh * u both on ths right AID &c when BE-
oans ness airy to al hdras ON the field, which We
| "a g.t,tiV c miy snJ N Cd Jrdsr. Ia dong this >
,s oodv Of III tLemys c,valry cltrgsd ouT retiring
| ,um, when thew -eTe driven back BY Col l. wee
| ,pum .nd with rrib'e Slaughter. The his orr OF q
| AZ in autient moiyTn N q rscord'a NOR heroic
,qd Etl,ut resi-ta' cs OF hils blnc OF patriots 10
| ,y,rsnrlnrV rumb'rs than the glorious contest at
| str'cytosn a long o,n Miss ur point With ore
ri 20 ths NOBLE achieve ment p'r omet hv her uncou-
| ,,-r no his prCui oco,sio. Our IN unoi
sioSd (Hy in killed and Eoun I'd, whs hat OF the en-
| m.st qua TO two buudr d though some suPpIso
| mist amount 10 four bundrd
| Being DO tei on the CXtrtms right with portion Of
| 0 JInn,l smiths regiment "a on the movements OF
&c f,e had ,p21ruoi'v To see arg portion 81
| ~ d. n', and ~re onv ~ suca .ve"ts as came d
| ODs- rVtto1. tahe SON petsurt W STA AK
At before the c)e Of Tue e. 'geDcnt SONS Sissssi
o i,r and ou, kshoL s-m5 OF The opynssors ~
| h..r llIg roms
Wskss one l2 p,uuicr bv accident the horses hsv.
~ M al,rued rae # ith the timber and left the
ls,o 90 ,he d-lI FGe Hat l. Samuel r'is, under
Ing H,e ON encircr foe, labored uobly TO ave
as iavorle, nnJ sfser dragging it b. haad some l5O
| .dd was compelled to abandon IL.
Tots closed a bright day in the annals OF Missouri
nilp-g w hCory, with It's ruth u aud inDsFtis pen,
amer AIi tie nemcry Of the patriots who fought And
| ] I'd % nUpy in hsr defence.
ping that Won vii sKjuse this long and hastily.
| sristsn letter, l beg leave 10 subiomss myself,
Yor- friend 4. l. AsII.