The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-11-01
LATE MORT - NEWS.
The Federal Accounts OF ylie Battle ut
Leesburg Conflicting Repsrts The
squire of The privateer Saly0r-
lac fosomac Considered as Bound-
AIRY, sc, &C..

We continue eur summary Of Eorthera
news made up from ths latest papers received
IN this city
yHs LAgR BATTLE At ItEsBusa,
1t Willie seen from The following extract
rom various Northern correspondents and
newspapers that n strong difference OF opan-
ION prevails in Yankecdom as respects the
disastrous results 10 tho Federal arms in the
recent enga cement at Leeseurg;
rux sEw sogS Tlygs CORRESPONDENCE AccersY,
The following account .urni shed the New
York TIVE, by its CORE spondent on tho SPOT
cannot failto be read with interest:
'EowAsDs' FREKY. Upper Potomac,
Snnday-e L. H.
he ryer vheiher 70 drive tbe ao, oss
Or - s., n,e..min.ary an advance, we shall
20 make iny letter, far as possible. a iour.
nal from hour to s. lf Of what actually takes
place nnoer my own observation. I shall not
tempt TO anucipate movements, but only
record Whist see and hear The firing com
meaced al / 35 this afternoon, from Van
aIien = battery of two Parrot guns-l9
uoundeFs-the shells gong we'll over to the
Virginia side, 10 tne north of accse Greek
Their explosion Is very distinctly heard -
Seven shells have been thrown within ten
nutee, without eticiting aay reepon se from
our friends across the water. Gen. Stone is
ClTNStlGE the movement The tenth and
eIef|nth shells dre1 were long range the ex
plcstoa not being heard for ten seconds The
next two exploited in five. The direction
given 70 the shells is varied so as if possible 10
mad out the location OF the CoGfederates
VINO are Supposed 10 DC concealed in n thick
wood 20 the southwest, on the hill! and ar
Narehuy mile from the mouth OF Goose
Creek. The fourteenth sounded like a solid
7bo[, and the three following shells, which
made Il loud explosion, brought Il o answering
SDct nom TIE ton fedora ss
al IFs minutes to 5 II. II. The battery t.,
tEHrSe az Lieut.. Fnak, situated in field to
The southeast and some quarter OF a mile
from TIE Ferry, also opened Wilh she'll, The
Two batteries keeping up ihe fire with IA pidi-
~, e2CR missile exploding beautifully, Just
as me eun IS going dcWa, the lst Minnesota
ana II New J OK coun" DOWN ever the hill
and take the road to me Ferry The sun sets
eioTionslY, rejecting b RAYS from The tholl.
sands OF hayonscs which line the road The
mug Is renewed again from both Van Aliens
haG rink 5 batteries. The troops are march
IL 20 the riYer with the intention either of
crossing or Of working a feint 10 do So with a
VIE" OF trying Whaf effect The movement NAV
have Cpon the enemy.
Ihs air is perfectly still, and the close of
this pleasant Sabbath is irnpress,vely calm
aad beautilul. The view OF the Virginia hills
rom where stand, near thc tattarv. is al
most enchanting The echo Of each report OF
our guns is heard from the unpOsite hills as
distinctly Us tae report itself, and the axuIo-
sion OF each shell makes the third distinct re-
7 'rt caused by each discharge. Some thin o
which resemble the sound Of Il drum corps il
dis inctlY heNra from tne Virginia side. The
troops aye drawn up ai0rg the bank IN ope.i
nEGer, sad the order is BOW again passed
a!ors the lines to ''FAll in Taere goes a
boat-losd # troops across Jns river, which
LOOKS Ike real movement.
The two com panies, ATtpr landing were re-
called, bat at twelve o clock three rc.iIY on s
crossed over, encsm ping on the Virginia side
This was evidently oiasigae,! a. the o,Yaninr Of
the Human
ro~, 10 DOUBT, the whole force mean ned near
here Will Ge thrown over. There Is every
lospeet % lively, L hope not OF disastrous
~4IGes. Tie Cpnfedarates viii uot go any
thing We wish them to. nov proceed 10 the
camp hear lae mouc@acy, 10 observe move
mvnis.
rio, 2aa @ay- jeg.--The engagements has been
renewed this mNTi,iEg. at6avIieht portions
Of to- G!sssach0setts 2oth, Col. Lee, aud the
A2-s :cnusetts 18th, Coz. iserens not over
500 in all, crossed over three-1u .rt.rs of A
mile below Conrads Ferry. They crossed
the AslaLd, winch. AT this point IL sbour I5n
Yards vile. ard three miles In its extreme
se:etb. Fhe6e two com panies.-yiz I aud u,
comIaauded respectively by CAPTAINS Bart
t@tL and trownirgsh ieid-lnet with no opno-
-sitCn on landing, Id pushed on until taey
mo reached tha open space. This company
III. OF Inc - Il regiment went ahead as Skin
!nishers, and were net in an omen field nv q
company OF 20 Con celebrates, who fired the
frs: yoi!ey. wounding Tea and taking ttYo
prisoners. Ihe company charged on them
ana drove them back, nut we're in return
driven back by = large ca valry force besides
NJ zstssjppi TiHa compsny.
This ended the contest for the morning, iut
a afraggiing IRE Was kent up on both sides
until 80 =. VI when the Confe''erates re-
newed the engagement with great fury They
attacked IN front and on the right ltapk At
tbis tiyGe Gen Boxers brigade was ARR wing
1hey consisted chiefly of the Philaieinhia
EouaYes, under comm and Of Col. Baxter
Col. Vaughan, OF the Rhode Island, had
also arrived, and, with the greatest difficulty
succeeded ia getting one Of his simon ndsr
guns up tbs ascent, being Obliged tirst TO dis
mount the gun. This piece, with the two
noun tain hoWI'Zsra helon ging 10 the Tween
tieth Mass 'chEsetts, were all the heavy guns
on the field The fire was kept ND from Nh q
right II INK and front with great activity. the
Confederates raining a perfect storm of balls
opou the Union forces. The Twentieth. al
though mostly raw recruits, stood the enc
mye fire like veterans. They ran up N tina
brow of the hill; delivered their fire, and onIy
feli back 10 reload and repeat This con tinued
until 81 Z. a., the Union forces maintaining
theiI position steadily against the deadly
rsking crcss-hre frosA the front and left OF the
woods.
the reader is referred to an extract clipped
from this letter, which we published yestsr-
day morning.
The same correspondent continues his letter
on Monday the 2lst, Of which the following
is the conclusion:
The OH ers of company A, Massachusetts
goth, are reported safe. Officers Of company
c-Capt. Dreher wounded IN the face; Ilieuf
Wesselhoett swan the river, but has not been
seen.
Capt. Orowniushield. OF company d, was
slightly wounded III the arm, ana hiss no. re-
ported. Lisat. Perry has not reported;
neither hae the Captain. 1t. Messar same
com pany, was exposed TO great danger the
halls whisting ali around him; but he es-
q; fset unhurt.
Ofcompany + three officers were wounded
Among the wouuded of company a is Lieut.
Holmes, who WAS shot in the breast He in
the SON OF oliver Wendell Holmes.
Capt. D4bo, of company q, swan the river
with young Wesselhoeft, but has not been
heard OF.
Capt. Putnam, of company II, lost his arm,
which was amputated.
Lieut.. Halioweil. company Il, swan the
river and constructed a raft on which TO
transport the wounded ffoEl the Virginia
shore.
Wilson Sibly, company G., 18th Massachu.
eetts, swan the river by advice of an officer,
who plunged in and went ahead. When they
got halfway across, and In the strongest of
t.e current, some twelve Confederatea fir~d
at him. re saw their movement and di we'd
AT the fash, thus escaping their builetz. The
officer was shot through the head, gave on e
loud cry, ana sank 10 The bottom.
IL Young man who, a moment before ap-
pea,.d TO the captain TO help him. on seeing
his friend shot, sunk exhausted.
Charles Head, OF Company ID, Fifteenth
nj ssaachusetts, says that w hen he was swim
ming across, he saw at least one hundred per
sons also making the same effort 10 escape
from the lender mercies of the Con federai-s.
Among them he observed Col Bevins There
were many crying for help" but ne thinks
not mere than two thirds reached the Island
in safety. He himself gave out when several
rods froin the shore, and sank 10 the bottom
but contriy-d 20 walk ashore.
I arrived at the ferry, and crossed over
shortly after s O'Clock, Il. NJ Oaly three
scows were I'm use, carrying say fifty men
each, and occupying at least thirty minutes
in getting each load over. l met wounded