The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-09-16

The receipt Of Northern papers az late a.
Friday last, enables US to lay before our read
ers the following summary:

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| TIM BATTLE NEAR srxNRRsvfLlR.
| CLARkssrRa, VA. Sept. IA battle com
menced between the Federal troops and the
near Summersville
Sen; Rosener M, after taking a reconnots-
anee' found tloyd's rebel army 5000 strong,
with sixteen field pieces, to be entrsnched In a
| powerful position on the top Of the noun
Gauiey river. The rear and extreme of both
| Hanks were inaccessible. The front was
masked by heavy forests and close jnnglee.
Col. 1.yttles' 10th Ohio Regiment Of Ben
nam brigade, was in advance. and drove a
strong detachment Of the enemy out of their
camp, this side of the position, the state of
! his scouts, consisting OF four companies sud
| denly discovered themselves In the face of n
| parapet battery and a long line OF palisades
| for riiiemen, when the battle opened
| fiercely.
| The remainder of the loth and the 18th
Ohio regiments Were then brought int ac :
| tion successfully by Gen. Benham, and the
| 18th Ohio regiment afterwards by Cant.in
Hartsun, whose object was an armed recon :
noisance.
| The enemy played upon our forces terrihi-
caiiy WIN musketry canister and shell.
Cot. Lyttle led several COMPANIES of Iriab
men TO charge the battery when he was
brought down by shot in the leg /
Col smiths 18th Ohio engaged the enemy
on the ielt ana Col. loves 18th Ohio directly
in the front. Col. Lowe fell dead AT me head
OF his regiment, early in the hottest of the
nre, by ewing ball in the forehead
captain Nc Mullen's howitzer battery and
captain Snyder 3 two field pieces m eantime
Were got in TO the best position possible under
tne cTc ulnstancee, and soon silenced tive Of
the rebel guns
The fire slackened at intervals, but grew
more furious night approached
Ihe German brigade was led CALAMITY in to
| action by Col. McCook, under the direction of
AdJutTnt-GeneralH artsuf; but, after a fu-
nous fight of three hours darkness com PEELED
AN he Iutd
their arms within short distance of the enc
NY, ready to resume the contest next morn
ing.
When the morning came, however. our
scouts reported that Floyd had ingloriouslv
fed during the night, sinking the boats in the
river IN his rear, and destroying the tempo
rary bridge he had made when he first crossed
To occupy the position. The turbulence and
depth OF the river, and the exhaustion of our
troops made II impossible to follow the fugi-
tive rebels. So hasty was his flight that he
LEFT behind his camp eqmpage, wagons,
horses, large quantities of ammunition, and
fifty head of cattle.
Our loss is only fifteen killed and about
seventy wounded, generally flesh wounds.
Inc rebels loss is not Ascertained, as they
carried their dead and wounded across the
river during the night, but it was certainly
very serious.
Captain McGroarty, Of Cincinnati. Capt.
McMuilin and Lieut.. Snyder, OF Ohio, are
among the wounded, but not dangerously
twenty-five men of Col. Tyler's regiment,
who were taken prisoners by General Floyd
at cross Lanes, were recaptured by our
troops. ta
Gen. Floyds personal baggage, with that
OF all his officers, was also taken.
General Benham's brigade, which suffer
Ell most, was commanded by him in person,
and Colonel mcCook also led his brigade in to
action.
Major General Rosencranz, Gen Benham,
co.'s. NcCook, Lyttle and Lowe and Cap
tains Hartsuh, Snider Nc MuIlin and Burk
and other officers displayed particular acts of
personal gallantry.
The troops engaged were exclusively from
Ohio, and all fought with a bravery worthy
OF veterans.
OFFICIAL REPORT OF GEN. RosESCRASz.
WAsEIsGTox, Sept. 1.-THE following dis
patch was received a headquarters this even
ing
HEAp9UARTERs ARMY OF VA,p
Camp Scott, Sept. II, p. NJ. !
To Cot f.. u. I0unseRd We yesterday
marched liz miles, and reached the eneny's
entrenched position in front OF Connifix Fer
| ~, driving his advanced outposts and pickets
| before 's. We found him occupying a strong
| ly enIrenched position, covered BY forests too
! dense tC admit of it's being st a distarce
| of three hundred yards. His force was iive
! regim cnts, besides the one driven in. He had
| probably sixteen pieces OF artillery.
| At 3 O'Clock We began strong reconn ois-
| sance, which proceeded to such length that
| we were about to assault the position on the
| flank ard front, when night coming on, and
!
| them OUT of the woods and posted them in the
order Of battle behind ridges Immediately in
! front Of the enemy's position, where they
rested on their arms until the morning.
| Shortly after daylight runaway contra
| band came IN and reported that the enemy
| had crossed the aauley river during the
! night by means OF the ferry, and bridge
| which they had completed. Col Ewing was
| ordered TO take possession of the camp, which
| he did a bout seven O'Clock, capturing u few
| prisoners, two stand OF colors, considerable
| quantity OF arms, with quartermaster' stores,
| messing and camp tqufpage.
| The enemy have destroyed their bridge
| across The Gapley, which here PUSHES through
| II deep gorge, and our troops being still much
| fatigued and having no material for imInedi-
| ately repairing the bridge, it was thought
| prudent 10 encamp the troop and occupy the
| ferry and the captured camp. We sent few
| rified cannon shots after the retreating en-
| envy, to produce Il moral effect.
| Our loss will probably amount to twenty
| killed and one hundred wounded The en-
| emy's loss is not ascertain-d, but from the
| report OF the prisoners must have been very
| consider able. w. =. RosENCRAEZ
| .. Major General Commanding
| THE sKIRaIsH AT LRwISsyILLB, VA, &C
WAsHIYaroN, Sept. l2.-In yesterdays dis
| patch of the account of the skirmish near
| Townsville, there is an error in stating that
| the rebels opened in line of battle. Col, Ste
| vens formed the Federal troops in line of bat
| tie but could not succeed in drawing the enc
my into the open field from their covert in the
| woods.
Gen. McClellan's dispatch TO the Secretary
| of War in regard to the affair of yesterday,
| is remarkably brief. He merely says tina t
| Gen Smith made a reconn oissance with 1000
men TO Lewinsville, remained several hours,
| aud completed the examination OF the ground.
| When their work was completed, and the
| command had started back, the enemy opened
fire with shells, by which two men We're killed
and three wounded.
Griffin's battery, he says, silenced that OF
and nyYr ON a1roe h1ck in Sacr
| order and excellent spirits. The men behay ed
| most admirably under fire. He concludes by
| remarking I" We shall have no more Bull
| Run affairs"
| FROM ACROSS THE POTOMAC.
l. WARRINGTON, Sept l2.-The firing In the di-
rection Of Chain Bridge this morning was
| from artillery practice.
| Two dead bodies were recovered from the
Lewinsville field to-day by detachment of
the Nineteenth Indiana Regiment. No fur
| ther tidings have been heard Of Lieut. Han
cock who was reported killed but his body
| not having been found, the presumption is
| that he was taken prisoner.
| A man, supposed to be Il spy, was arrested
/ to- day In the neighborhood OF the Chain
| Bridge, and was taken to the headquarters Of
| Gen Smith, heavily ironed.
Everything has been remarkably quiet In
| the neighborhood of Bailey's and Ball's Cross
Roads The residence of Mr.. Ball, to the right
Of Balls Gross Roads, is alterna tely occu pied
! by our pickets and those of the Con federates-
| ours during the day and theirs at night
| FRDERAL ACCOUNTS OF AFFAIRS IN MISSOURI
| ST. Louis, Sept. Il.-Dr. Franklin, Surgeon
| of Gen. Lyons brigade, arrived from Spring
| field to-day, and reports that all the Federal
| wounded remaining at that place have been
| retained by order OF the rebel commander,
| and are held as hostages for the safety of the
| Secessi0nists now in the hands Of the Federal
| authorities.
| DR. Franklin was told that for every rebel
| shot or hung under Fremont's recent procla
nation one of our wounded soldiers would be