, 1861-10-07

Important Fight near Cheat Moun.
za1n-Geus Reynolds maxes = Recon:
nGlsEnce In Force. j

B1jEvo!el Gtnesai y. d. heJHolQs' DslRads4
25th. s2d9and portions Of six Indiana reglts
men1s-Th Indiana, 9th, 18th, 14th, l5+as
AID 17:h, together, With detachu5nts . d
BracEen's 11diaaa, Robinsona 0hio,. and;
Gretnfe]G's PENNSYLVANIA cavalry, and. ID
Michigan. ard Dsun's Virginia artillery, nuu3
b,rh 9, in all, five Thousand men, left Cheaf
Moul1sin Summit to make Reconnaissance il
.oycr, in froIt Of the enemy'e position cF
GreenbrieI aVer, twelve miles distant 1:
Fo.d's 32d Ohio was sent for ward to hola
an important road, the possession of which
prey .nted the enemy i,om dlnking our mai5,-
colurnp. The expedition arrived IN front sf
tic trtmJ's fo1illcatsoLs ct eight O'clock
their picktts rctreatln1 afttr King an ineffecE
ual volley. kimhslIs 18th Indiana YVES imme-
diate1y sent forward to SCENE position for
eliri. iste1s, On The south 6lope OF the hill
Locuis' battery gettirg pcsit!on, supported
By tie 18th Indiana, Lieut. Col. Wilder com.
n}andiEg, optned tl.s battle. Tle ehot "a
the enemy concealed in bushes, who were
soon routed by The 14th Indiana, with loss
Of eeTen killed and q large cumber wounded
and taken prisoners. HoWe's batter, sup
ported by the 18th Indiana, then moved for
ward, taking q position 800 yards nearer the
epemy's iGfsifcAtic1s anu opening a brisk fire.
Daum bringing forward two pieces, one Was
stationed near Howe, and likewise opened
bsisk fire. The firing on both sides WAS al
mcst incesEant for one hour, our artillery
| doing execution, Judging from tie 1ancn1able
shrieks Of their wounded ...
The enemy's battery did comparatively little,
the guEs being too much elevated. Our guns
| efectuauy suenced three Of theirs While
obse: yations we're being nade Of the enemy's
| fcrtifcations, occupying three more hours, an
| irregular artillery fire was kept up, occupying
| the enemy's ats n1ion- During this interval,
| the e25th Ohio and 18th Indiana rendered effec-
| tual service, Ecoutfng the mountains.
Bsf01e the close Of the Reconnaissance, which
was most satisfactory. the enemy received
heavy reinforcements from their camp near
Monterey, making their strength about
l5,c0o. Although this reconnaissance par
! takes more Of the character Of regular en-
gsgement, than any previous battle tn West
| etn Virginia, our loss is but ten killed ard
the entm5's loss. It will not, however. fall
| short Of five hundred killed and wounded, as
our artillery did terrible execution. Thsir
cBmp vas situated on the slope Of the moun-
tain, supported by number Of guns.
Wa captured thirteen prisoners from Vir:
cattle and horses. The reconnaissance proved
entirely successful, affording Information Re.
latiyr to the. enemy's- strength which could
not be obtained frem scouts.
Gen. Anderson and Coils. johnson, Jacksor
and Tolive commanded the enemy
| LET OE AND WOUNDED.
| CAMP ELKWAgER, October 4
+ Tho following is list Of the Killed anl
wounded at the Greenbrier Reconnaissance
Yesterday. None were Killed of the Thirty
Seccs Ohio, Fifteenth Indiana, OF Ioomi
and nnum's Artillery snd Cavalry.
| Ninth Indiana-Kl1led: Smith, Company e.
Wonn1ed: 1ssac Brysnt, same company.
Fou1teerth Indiana- Killed: Amos Boyd
t Company c; Harmon Myers, Company 8
Wounded; Capt. Foose, Company E; sers'
Uzner Price, IN the leg, amputated James
Jackson, Company D; Corporal John Lyon
Twenty Fonrth Ohio-Ki1ed: Corporal Nc
| Cam, Company B, and an unknown private. :
seventeelta lEdia.a-Oae private cut
two by cannon ball
Ilirteelth 1ndl2na-Ono private si1shta
T. enty. Fifth Ohic-Wou1ded: John Eve:
erehan, GO. E, severe buek-shot wound in til
| ankle.
Thirteenth Indiana-Kiled: Heldricks, CT
: z; private wounded slightly.
HcW'e Arh1le1y--killed James EDyart ~
| George L. Trice. Wounded: Andrew Doug&
t,ty, lost an arm-atnee died John Ledridg
and Corporal Andrews wounded to day.
/ Litut, Sol Fl. BidEell, Co. H, 9Th Ohio, vi
7 | accidentally shot ty private of the lit
Indiana, At Camp Elkwxter, and died inm'
| diasely.
List night there was An alarm in the sece
sicn camP at Greenbrer, orig ginat1ng In 8 pam
l. smoIg their own pickets. Their muske'
and guns were discharged, killing and Toua:
ing number Of their own mel.
It has been fully asce1tained thst durlr
the engagement yesterday the zeael loss,
/ Killed Hnd wounded, Is over FIVE hundre
o Most Of the enemy's batteries we're make
and situated on the side OF tho mountai
The position occupied by US vaa 80 close
the foot of the mountain that the enemy
euns could not all be brought to bear ups
ue, thus accounting, in part, for our EN-
icss. Our killed and wounded were broug
70 Cheat Mountain Summit with rs, and 81
: dead buried with due honors, this morning
! Twenty -one Virginia and> Arkansas prise
l ers lcaye fer Columbus Tomorrow.
T The FAILURE OF TIE FRENCH HARVEST
a SHIPMENTS OF GRAIN FROM New York
Il the French harvest, correspondent OF t
n London Resie,o says, "it Is one Of the ve
wc1et the country mas suffered fora long ti1as
y ard arothes writer adds: " The rea1 truth
u that The harvest is q very bad one" He CO
te tinues thua:
?; aFrom information carefully cnlezted
es diffIent provinces, the result appears to
ne that for anything like parallel to the prese
at HARVEST 1T would be necessary to revert
n 1east TO- the year 1867 whilst the majority
d5 ta1me,s decfare this year to be CpneideFaf