, 1861-11-09
NEWS FROM THE SOUTH.
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1f10< ACCOUNTS Of VARIOUS ArFAIRA


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culnee were 9u'1e r s ttla;. etash t'sn
fas o<,r ~ T. 1mrxrin1 fhem Ia den.
70 Tae ~. wa, astipe,1 ont of 5ro7fsine and had
h;,nseIf sf nr tn aerve fha next rstion to his
.niJ;e-s y The Gener.i vaa not in the hest
Sn.3t1. .j a 1a1 Tal, ia stasojnad. mt in
tSe hesst enirsts. fhe splendid horse that was
nreaente1 10 HIM iuhk 6efora he Left this citY
bad f,een 1amed M in Two % lees. and nd Wss unfit for
c. 70 to ahandon hie nositiOn in a verV
shart tsmeI ~ nninhabita able for his army. aud
ao 4rt@ Vinter onssters: Where this viii be
e!hethsr 81 .hey !" the Kauawha Valley. or On the
.h ~ ae-de ~, +ha choice a. 70 the fnSting
4a1 ~ Xaniee ili III hazs IN Western Virginia
tne 1anhees VAL a~'o - '"oo'eAa
HEAL 'p1ws. & ,rpspr,,, p.r4rr
Ihh LhE9nena oAtih1
Colonel Featherstone, who comm 4uded one
Of the Mississippi regiments In the tate patue
at Leesburg, has made stateme1t, gl7lng @ me
reeult Of the action and some additional e!r-
cumsta1ces add1Eg 70 the 4ostse re- OF oul VIC
tory. He states that We ZOE ~ piisenefs,
four Ptecee q afnnefy, hog s muskess, a ~ |.
0uAnf1EP OF clothing. Our forces engaged In
the action did not exceed ~ lSn men: men atc ans
enemy had from seven 70 tWeIEe Ieg,menss; NJ;
Our loss va not more @ Ina9 l2v s,,da na1ea o eaa
wounded. Ihe enemys LOSS N klleq' nouuu.
ed, drowned and prisoners, Is staseo 20 nave
been rot less than ,9Vo men. oot as.,,
lFrom the hlchmoud plspaten' ocS. xatn.l
If the assertions Of the prisoners, tnas tnete
| were not more IMAM l,zUV fe1elAs engassuM
tae patu@ nsa1 nee5uuas' e5ns' ~ ,m,J t3,lnr +h.r
ei,'ost tSe entire force was either kilIed
drowned or captured. The number Of prts.
oners aIreadv urfiVed In Rchmond is G57, and
artna, a. n casnaIties to The enemy. on The field.
and in the river. viii doubtless reach the num-
her n1evinusiv Stated on GOOD authority, We
| do not. However place any confidence in the
rsrresentatione made by prisoners in regard
tofheir numerical strenxth. Our own Iist Of
ki1led and wounded has hot yet been accurate
" aecertained, hut we learn IRON persons who
| were in the mediate vicinity of the fight that
The flrtt statement Of three hundred was an
| exaegeratlon. Col. John E. scrugge, Of Eau
infcIms Us that the fighting On both sides
was terrific, and the eEeuy contested
aro,v fnnh ~ o-ourd nth our fnroas
Tha onnoeinr armies were al times
hrnnphf irf6 close nroximitV. The
Gnss hG uP3n oIE
,raa tc1|nwed NJ, hv a cnnnter charge ~ crest
hrsuar1 ard oni1on33v The desfh ~ Ea1erai