The Camden confederate. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1861-1865, 1862-09-12

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RICHMOND, September e.-One hundrad and
sixty prisoners, including sxty-two commits
stoned officers, arrived this evening from Man
assas. Gen. Lee, in letter to the President,
says: "We paroled seven thousand prisoners,
captured about the same number of arms, and
thirty cannon" Gen. Kearney was killed by
the 4sth Georgia Regiment. Pope sent a let
ter to Gen. Lee begging him to take care Of
his wounded.
SEPTEMBER IA letter from Gen. Lee to the
President, dated Chantilly, September 8, says
that on Monday the enemy attacked the front
of our advancing columns with view, appar
emily of covering the withdrawal of his train
along the Centreville road. and masking his
retreat. Our position was maintained with
slight loss on both Sides Maj. Gen. Kearney
(Yankee) was killed in this affair. On Tuesday,
about noon, the enemy evacuated Fairfax
Court House and proceeded towards Alexan-
dria.
AConfederate force las occupied Winchester
Va, capturing 80 prisoners and large amount
of stores and ammunition
GoRpoNsvILLE September 6.-Jackson, yes
tcrday had another skirmish on the Little Riv-
er Turnpike, to the left and in advance of
CcntrevilIe. He drove the Yankees, who were
supposed to be the rear guard, covering the
retreat of their army, for a considerable distance
Our loss in killed and wounded was 200. The
enemy's loss was greater, including Gen. Philip
Kearney, shot in the back. The enemy evac-
uated Centreville, leaving behind him 5000
blankets, and large supplies of sugar, coffee and
liquor. One thousand more prisoners have
been brought in.
The enemy is now removing his valuable
property from Alexandria. The chain bridge
over the Potomac, five miles above Washing
ton, has been destroyed. We are paroling the
rank and file of our prisoners and sending back
the wounded. Pope teIcgraphed to washing
ton that he had whipped the rebels, driven
them into the mountains, and held the battle
field. Twenty carloads of "ctizens" came out
from Washington to celebrate the event and
care for the wounded We captured fifty of
them. The enemy's loss was from 10000 to
$4,000. Ours is estimated at 5000. Colonel
Means is dead. Hopes are entertained of Col.
Moor's recovery. Major Palmer, of the Hol-
combe Legion, is wounded in the right lung
Lieutenant *. L. Stevens is shot in both legs.
The WAR TO END BY SPRING.-The New
York Herald now thinks the war can easily be
ended by next spring. 1t says:
In order to make sure of the desired result,
our army will not take the offensive till it is
fully recruited and the six hundred thousand
new troops swell it to million by the first of
November next. BY the same time the iron.
clad gunboats will have been finished, and the
mailed feet will number some fifty vessels suffi-
cient to capture Charleston, Savannah, and
every port on the Southern seaboard, during
the winter months, when such operations are
more practicable, in consequence of the milder
temperature. These invinciblc vessels, more
over, can penetrate the interior of the country
by the water courses and aid the movements
of our armies in the Gulf States. The
armies, put in motion by the first frost will
sweep in such overwhelming force over
Virginia ard the entire South that effective
resistance will be impossible, and the rebel
forces will all be surrounded and captured or
disorganized and dispersed, so that by the mid
die of January the rebellion will have received
its death blow, and the republic will have vim
dicated its title Of 'one and indivisible"
THE HEALTH OF THE CTY.-The sanitary
condition of Charleston at this time is a sub
ject of just congratulation to it's people. The
official report of the City Register for the last
peek in Augast gives total of only fifteen
6eaths-two whites and thirteen blacks. Eor