The national Republican., 1862-09-19

quarters last night, having sufFered hnt slight
ioss.
We select from lset evenings papers the
latest war news which they furnieh. We shall,
In all probability, have something further from
the scsns Of strife, before We 60 To rresssby
telegraph. 80. r..., 7u.. ....
:, From the arst edition Of the Shr, o. D..
The latset information, direct from General
McClellsn's army, received here up 70 eleven
o'clock a. m. TO day, is to late hour lat nigh
when General Mcclellan teleSrspbed thai he
had severe engagement throughout the day.
Issultipg, by nlghtfsll, IN gaining the position
for which he fought His loss In the battle tld
been heavy Nothing was At that time ascer
tainsd a. to the extent oil che loss Of the reb-.
| OILS, which We pfetume to have been very heavy
also, (doubtisss heavier than ours) az they
| disputed the ground c0ntended for with des
perate courage, and were only driven back
foot BY foot. We held the position thus VICE
throughout the night, and our gsnfral oficeit
were Of opinion that the engagement would be
renewed this morning. %. g-..
Information from point within four miles
OF the battle ground, up to nine O'Clock this
morning, however, says nothing of the engage
ment having been renewed previous 70 that
hour. II merely states that 4 thousand rebel
prisonsrs, taken yesterday, were then being
marched 10 the rear, psst. that point. under
guard. hn a.g'. '...
ssged yesterday that they fought the whole
rebel army. II Jackson took the road to Win
chester on leaving Harper'a Ferry on Tuesday
morning, ~ alleged on excellent authority
His marching slobg that road only for q mile
ont, looks es 'thoGeh be n simitg 10 recro.s
into Msryiard, at rome lord below Hsrper's
F, rry, In order 10 get Ia M9Clellan's reaf. We
take It for granted that any Huch movement on
bi' part has been duly guarded against. Va.
4 reconuoisance, tn force, made yesterday,
hns demonstrated that there are DO rebel troops
where 10 our front in Virginia within twenty
two miles.
From the second edition Of the S<sr.
We are satisfied that up 10 noon to-day The
action Of yesterday had not been renewed.
, A telegram from o reliable person 10 Phila,
d. lpbis In immediate communication with The
and Of tho wires naxt to our po.ition) states
that this morning Gen Mcclellan granted the
enemy an srmistice to ,bnry their dead. W.
have no reason 10 doubt IT. truth. .D
Our los, In the engagement Of yesterday wa.
especially heavy In general officers. We, how
|, ever, only know Of two casualties among them
8 Gen. Mansfield MORALLY wounded, and Gen
. Hartsuf wounded, We know not, how severe.
We did not hold all tho ground we gained
. yesterday, ~ We erroneously state in,itO.day't
lrst edition OF the Star. Our left wing, ore
the battle Of the day ceased, was forced to Civ,
up portion OF the ground 1t had gained Ths
gained by our centra aud left was, however
all held. ....,.. ,-r. ..
NEw YORx, September l6.--A epecial dis
D patch from Harrisburg 10 The Hsvuld, hss th'
following:
HARRisBuRs, Sept. l7.--Evening reports jus
, received here state that the whole rebel arm!
has been driven this way, and ia retrenting Il
!. Hagerstown. q, go. 81
n Ten thousand Pennsylvania militia will moe
the foe at Hagerstnwn, who ART being drives
by Mcclellan SO IN 10 invade Pennsylvania
backward. D."
There was very severe engagement yester
]. day between cur army, and the rebels nea
IL Sharpsburg, in which the rebels were wei
:, thrsshed, with terrific slaughter. Five hun
. dred of their dead were buried by US as earl,
as nine a NJ. TO- day, and the work was still go
: ing on.
. O'Clock, near Gettysville. jackson joine'
>, Lees forces at Antietam Greek, while our forcs
ID were rojpioIped BY 10000 men from Washing
y ton. Jdctsoh's reintorcemeois to Lee are re
n. ported at 10000. :"
Up to the lsnt tdvices victory illuminate
our standard, and the impression prevails i
ID Hagerstown that the whole rebel army Of Vii
ginis Ia annihilated.
Confidence prevails here, and there Ia grsa
10 and enthusiastic admiration for Mcclellan an
! the army.
:, We have undoubtedly won great aud lie
D. cisive victories both yesterday and to-day
NJ Among our trophies, are whole batteries 3
ut artillery, and thousands Of small arms an
A. prisoners The rsbsilion Is virtually snb
u dued. 20" : =.
's The above b certainly cheering, but mus
y like all the Hsralds dispatches, be taken viii
~ a wide marginal allowance. The rebellion
10 always virtually subdued in the Hcralds est
- maiion. We do not know how many times tn
" Herald has informed us that its backbone We
brokso; but 1t still lives II will be pn. dow
though not ny predictions, hut by hard hghtinl
such as our brave soldiers are now perform
:, Ing.
Fo the Bali, Amsftcan OF last evsstusg"-
A dlsS&tch dated at ! O'Clock this afternoon
d" from Frederick, says: 81 Z
D. IAN quiet News from front encouraging
IA, Army trains moving forward to Gen. McClsl
Ian az usual"
al APPOIyTMExr.-We are pleased to learn th,