The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-07-20

WIN win one nt their pieces, were attacked near the
lop OF hlch Mountain by detachment of the
enemy, numbering some 700 men
ou' ehtire iorce engaged did not exceed $50 men
ouG they ought gallsnty, and althouyh the enemy
Dad such heavy odds against u.s. our gallant little
band repused them three times and Killed LARGO
NUMBER OF them. The conduct of Capt. Delaniel on
this occasion is thus reported BY SURVIVING members
of the Upshur Greys: After his whole cnmnanv
were killed or driven from their gun and ba
wounded he fired the piece three times, and after
being attacked by the enemy with their bayonets
he shot two of them with his revolver The
forces remaining in the fortifcaton evacuated their
position during the night, and nearly all of them
escaped. Our entire loss in killed and wounded
and prisoners will not exceed 200.
Gen. Garnett commenced his retreat from his
position at Laurel Hill on Friday night in the di-
recton of Beverly, and advanced to within three
miles of that place, when finding the road bockaded
he couutermarched and took the road leading to
st. George, in Tucker county, which he had pass
ed. The enemy were in pursuit of him, and had
encamped near the st. George road, and when
Gen. Garnett reached that point, and turned off in
the direction of st. George, they attacked him in
his rear and cut up his army in a terrible manner,
killing him in the action. Nothing further has
been heard from Gen. Garnett's forces, but it is
presumed they made their escape with considerable
loss in killed and wounded, and stores and muni-
tions OF war. Enough is known, however, to state
that our forces have been routed from the north
west, and the enemy are in possession.
We also clip the following from the Enquirer:
The Richmond BIues--Gen. Wise and his
Staff--A Brush with the Yankees.
The Greenbrier {Na. Chronicle, of the 18th inst
brings US the latest acc UNITS which we have re-
ceived Of the movements of Gen. Henry A. Wise
and the forces under his Command We copy the
following from the Chronicle:
Through our son, Mr. :. A. NJ. Syme, of Captain
Wise's company, the Richmond Blues, under
Gen. WIse's command, we learn that Gen. Wise
and staff have lett Oh arlestown Kanawha for Jack
The (,.naral is oh
annoyed by the false reports which were brought
to Charlestown from the counties lying on the Ohio
that he determined to proceed to jackson, where
he could see what was going on, and Judge for him
self as to the movements otthe enemy, &c, &c.
conside rabe force has accompanied the Gene
raj to jackson, and it is supposed ne will not stop
short of Ravensw0od, a village on the Ohio river.
General Wises approach has caused no little con.
sterDatlon and alarm among the Tories and the
people of Ohio contiguous to the river. A general
stampede had taken place among the Union men,
some OF them even swimming the river In their
fright; and report says that Gallipolis was being
rapidly deserted. The Blues had had brush with
the enemy, in which the Federal captain was killed.
The enemy were strongly posted, that but for
their cowardice it would have been impracticable
to dislodge them.
Our men were marching through ravine when
they were attacked by the enemy, posted on the
heights above them. They fired upOG our boys,
and retreated so hurriedy that it is supposed they
must have shot over their shoulders they ran.
ne Dlues, rs stated above, Killed their captain,
and received no injury whatever. We rather think
that Gen. Mcclellan will find Gen. Wise a very
serious impediment in his approach to Richmond
through the kanawha Valley. DuIing the week
ending Thursday, considerable reiniorcements left
this place for Gen. Wise. Among them the Ben
MeCuiloch Rangers, Captain Mclean, from New
Orleans.
Important.
There is reason to apprehend, perhaps, new de-
monstrations on the part of the enemy; and that,
too, of a character which will make manifest the
wisdom and benefcence of the President in calling
out the militia m0sse. Very large numbers of
troops hare Just been idnded at Fortress UOnroe.
Glorious News.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, July l5.-News reached here
from Little Rock on yesterday (via PGcahentas)
that Gen. Ben McCuoch, with $1,000 men, had
attacked IA 900 Federals at Springfield, Missouri
killing 900 of the Federas, and the balance of the
Federal forces surrenderve uncOnditionaly. In the
engagement 200 Southerners were killed.
The Virginia Militia.
Having received through the Secretary Of War
a requisiton from the President of the Confeder-
ate States, calling ''into immediate service the mi
litia of all the counties north of James river and
east of tue Blne Ridge, well as all the militia in
the Valley Of the State, north of James river"
Governor Letcher has issued the necessary procla-
nation which bears date the 10Th inst. By another
proclamation of same date, the following persons
are exempted from the call: operatives employed
in the manufacture of arms, munitions of war, and
woOlens; miers, railroad employees, farm over
seers, bank officers, city police officers, and telc-
graph agents.