The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-08-29

INCTDEETS CE7 TIE FIGHT.

The Little Rock True Democrat, OF August
2ed, contains a number of Letters descriptive
of the great fight near Springfield, Mo- fron
which we make sone extracts. Oas writer
says:
We were surprised III o'olocls IN the 12o-n-
ing. The artillery opened Uron Colonel
Churchiifs s regiment 1Tat. The battle cicse6
al ~ O'Clock auo IS minutes. We had IN 9he
cor i;ict aboEt Q11 men Gp6 the EsGsTais
10000. Colonel UhurchI,l os7 1Wo rorses
kiiled under him; ou- Afjat2at, J sH;es Z
Harper l fear, IS fatally ssouT ded; Sergeant
MaJor Roberts, wounded; Captain II ,AiaA-
andsr killed, and many other eff eCs voundao
The loss oE our regiIns0r is 42 Killed sud 1853
wounded. Woodruff battery done aae ser
vice. Iieutanant Weaver was i1llcd We
Abolitionists, and tho Sna Kern flag floats
over Springfield. The Dasch are reI-eeting
towards Rolla, the terminus OF The SOuth-
| western Railroad. Oar euiire icss is s.5,,s-
l where in tho neighhorhood Of 900 killed and
wounded; the enemy 3 eco killed, wounded
and prisoners.
The following is from another istter:
We have nid tight AID victorious ons
| It was q hard Il got battle AMI our troops
! acted In the mos. gallant manner. Ns l. NC.
Intosh acted 9allantiy ana got throuEa nm
hurt. Gen. PaaTee waa III he hottest OF taa
i Igat, aSia gre EvoG airlseif an able cornpcaudeS
| l was assigned 70 the command OF tia b
Regiment, ansi for the nrai time In my life
| had shot ana shell wh'stIs over and around
! me, but realty never felt HAL vas Ia dan
| ger. played Colonel the first time, ia Gc.
| onei Of the regiment beng nicI, ard / waa
1 honored witi. that command. I supported
/ Rieas battery Of artillery frat, aud after
wards Gsneral Parsons battery or MIS-
l sours troops Il was certainly a glorious
victory, though many of our gallant fellows
| have failen- Uapt. Brown, OF Van Buren, is
| among the killed: also, Joa. j Wai,0n. Poor
Joe, as he faii, waved his Ia: 10 his men, snd
| cried, con werd, boys, Onward" Mi. Har-
| sOner, but afterwards IEatis ais ascaps His
brother, tJiin.) AdjBfanr % the regiment. Is,
learn, mortaiiy wounded.
Lincoln and all his host can't whip our
men, when they light as toey oia yesterday.
They never turned their hscEa, but thsir cry
wss s'oDward.'
! A third letter says: Wa killed Gen. I4pop
aud have about i've hundred prisoners 69aa
| Siegel is in the woods, wa have saken alI his
cannon ana cat off his eouir3ard: We tcsos
about $50 OF mis- men prisoners I; tho cavalry
l Oarrolfs and tbs Texan regiment, are pow
/ after him. Ben johnson had his horse KILLED
l under him, within ancat two fret Of ms My
horse was slightly wounded, but not enough
/ to hurt-he stood the battle faeiy. wss tsS
the side Of Gen. MoOuiioch wnen battery
| opened cl IA with grape. killed Johnsonss
| horse AID made the leaves dy aroood as:
did not feel frig htened in the least. In riding
about over the field, hao the grape ana can.
Oapt. Reds battery did nobty; it disabled a
| battery Cf The enaniy, but 1GfoItuHsseiy Il
nit Oapt. Hinsou, Of The Louisiana regiment.
and killed him. This was the only 1nfor Ia.
| nate occurrence OF the day.
The attack by Oapt. Woodruff upon Tot.
tens battery is brisay but empha ..caliy de
| scribed
Woodruff tackled Tottsn ana "!if.ed him
| clear cut Of the water and mis- track was
marked by dead Dutch, rs thick as pumpkins
on bottom land. gallant man fell of tbs
Missourians, Col. Weightnan, who said tina;
linz hayo fhA haf 10 het So z,l
| TO redeem the character OF taissouri, or loss
his life. The Missourians foug.N weli--gll
| fought we'll. Nothing hut blue hens chick.
ems could have won ths ngnt, after tbs sur
prise and loss OF position.
/ Gen. Pearce led the 81 regiment, and par
Of the 5th to McUuli0o5's aid, and saved tns
day. After the fight, Nc OuiIoch sad, ePsa arce
yen saved me- ana the battle they had me
down, you brought ms the 81 and 8 Ii asad
saved me-"
Other writer's thus alluda to the same at
tack:
Woodru0's battery was brought against on,
friend TOtten, and Woodruff comnsl,sd h,r
| to retire, killing nearly all hsa men. Wood
run " gallant fellow, and made every sno
| count. Not an Arkersas man was sr~d. -
Every man OF them foggnt iiKs demons B Ill
i grape aud small arms roared withoa. faGs
mission. All or cur forcss we're rot engaged
Tha enemy was said to aave had IL ooo Saesi.-
Thelr force was certainly very large
We took six pieces OF artilisry, sisd betweef
400 ana 900 prisoners. 4: vns the second AIs
naSsas, and the enemy will never forget ths
10th day Of August, 1854
Capt. Woodruff sus sained himself admtra
bly,; 10 = bold and gallant oftacer; hax IN
praise of rhs whole army; threw Ehot, she'll
and grape on Tetten's battery 10 such M 4
tent that he had 70 retreat; drew cH ais enns
and took charge OF the infnntyy IN Hell
Whexa he was met and routsd tbs sseoas
TIM BY the LoutsiAna Tsgtmeax and arAfi0ts
reeiucnt, the a Arkansas. red nAnt. Al tn
/ Chaneo Of Ora tsos's And LxoutsSana regimen l.
/ WoostxrN's bAttsry threw shot and snsu uhs'
| had sslitug sdsct.
TEE nEsrLT.
ThA loss of the Sonshern army n siased 4
ho ahosSt ~ killed; wounded, SO; and .
niaaine. We hare lost many valuable c1llcAr
And mSn. a0d the woaAs4 n, how JAey aocapol