Arkansas true Democrat., 1861-11-07

The enenly's attack having then become too strong on the left, 10 warrant carrying out the original plan, as it would take three hours fer Gen. EwclPs brigade to reach Centervlle, 1t become necessary to alter the plan, change front on the left, and brrg up our reserves to that part of the field. This movement was supcrntenied in person by Gen. Johnston, Gen. Beaurcgard remaining to direct the move. ment5 in front.
 At the time when Gen. Kirby Smith and Gen. Ea lv came up with their divisions and appeared or the right of the enemy, our forces on the left occupied the cord of the arc oi circle, of which the arc itself was occupied hy the enemy-the extremes of their lines hauk;as ours. The appearance of smiths and Early's brgadcs, and their charge on the enemv's right, broke the lines of the latter ard threw them
 into confusion, when shortly afterwards the rout became complete.
 Gen. Beauregard highly compliments Gen. erat-then colonel-Evans; Commanding a briglde)-and now the hero Of Leesburg-ror the extraordinary military aptitude and great | galantrv he displayed in his movement from 1 Stone Br.d 5e to Sudley's Ford, after receiving 1 the enemy's first onset at Stone Bridge. Gen.
 Evans had only about one thousand men, but | dlvlulng chat the enemy's movement was conceutric one and that his columns had gone 1 through the woods to the left, and would at 1 temp. to cross at budley's Ford, he left at | Stone Bridge four hundred men, and filing off towards the ford at Suiley's, with 600 men i kept the enemy at bay there for nearly an hour, 1 although in force several thousand strong. General Beauyegard settles forever the vari- ous questions 50 much disputed respecting this battle. He acknowledge the grea. generosity of General Johnston, in fully according to him 1 II, r; ;,,l4 K ont Aha vlaDs h. 1 had formel with relation to his mpaign, in yielding the command of the field after exam 1 ming and cordially approving the plan of bat 1 tie, and in the effective cooperation which l General Johnston so chivalGouoly extended to him on that eveutful day.
 lie remarks that the retreat of our forces from Fairfax, immediately previous to the en- 1 gagement of the 18th, Is the first instance on record of volunteers retiring before an engage ment and with the object of giving battle in another position.
 The numbers under his command on the i l8,h July are set down at HOOD effective men, and on 21st to 27,0OO, which includes | 6200 of Johnston'o army, and HOO brought up by General Holmes, from Fre4icNsburs
 The killed on our side in this ever memor able battle are stated in the report to have been in number 3J3 and the wouLdad 1,200.
 The euemy's killed, wounded, and prisoners are estimated by General Beauregard at 4, 800, which does not include the missing. l The report is rather leugthy, and is accom- | panied by another from Gen. Johnston, giv- ing an account of the movements of his army l at Winchester and march to Manassas, also by | the reports of brigade commanders. IL will be seen that the hero of Fort Sumter and Manas- sas can write as well as he can fght-that he yields the pen of . Casar as the sword of a l Wellington. In modesty and bravery he ex- cmplife5 the highest type of a true soldier, and has earned undying fame The graceful trib ute he pays 10 his brave troops is well merted, ant will endear him more to men who are proud 10 rally under lis standard. It is none the Icast of Beauregard'S merits that he was willing to encounter al army 50 much larger and so much better appointed than his oWn and that he entertained the most unlalterinI confidence in troops which were as worthy of their chivalric commander, as he was to lead so robie, so brave and 50 high-miudel ali army.
 The victory of Gen. Evans, a. Lecsbuyg, has 1 adled new iuater to our arms. All honor to 1 ths uucuuquerable spirit of the Mississippi and | Virginia troops, whose achievements las infused tew spirit into our le9ions who pant as if held l in leash, to administer to Mcclellan as com. | plc.3 a repuise as giving @ his predecessor 1 Mcdowell. When the clash comes they will
 make memorable once more the uow classic { banks of DuIl Run. A. NJ. C.