Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-04-05

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s,....t., am unable 70 say. We yielded tbe plaee,
y, dr.vinr Of in as good order a. people generally
-. :. fuperss. / then went lsisurely over the
..s.,d and road back 10 the deserted guns. About
,e men lay in the space of two or three hundred
yards to the rear Of the battery, all save one entirely
dead, and all but three, Dutehmsn One vas gaspng In
the aeones Of dissolution three were cur comades-
Hs was serner feature Of than any bad yet seen.
The Texans with their large heavy knives, had driven
.ku in twain mingipg blood and brains and hair Inc
sioht vas cad one but not devoid OF satisfaction 10
onr own exiles from home and wife. The character OF
the bloody victims IS denoted BY their counenasces
latoken victory for the South. looked upon the faces
of many dead enemies that day, and, among them AL
found no expression OF fixed fierce determination vncn
Yankees 60 crbe as belonging peculiarly to the heroic
hreipss Who ens. for pay to dssolate our homes on
the contrary each face Of the deuuct pasera that had
,ny e.presion save that Of agony exhibited in its last
sleep the look of terror which lerae punderers take
on in nigh. when the avengers arm IL stretched ior'h
ana is grasp upon them becomts inevitable The ian
kee In DEATH shows HE infeorty to the souhron as In
life The battery which we captured consisted OF swo
h.aufu brass rhed and brass smooth bore cannon
I,is now sun set, and We have everywhere advanced
the st,s and Bars" have saia nothing OF Gsnera'
Van Dorm and Price, for the rets,n that bsve been
senarated from them during tho entire fsht but all ae
cOuIt, from all quarters state, that the hssourishs
SURPASSED all ancient and modern history Of vaor unoer
thes. Generals Gen. Van Dorm eIclaims-" The old
Guard of Napoleon was not composed OF drawer men
81 have never in battle seen their equals =, IA
uy c,n he cav So W. have their trss aud their
ga.ntry. Amies, the brIvest Of the brave, We know
that the army of Missouri and its leader, Sterling foe'
should have the high 81 place, -5
Tho next mcrnrg Saturday, NO all expected to c'p'
ture the entire Federal army was on the way in my
sscoud attempt reach Gen. Prcs. when the most Ter
she cs from artillery that ever sauted the western
ear burst forth Tho gus Of friend and foe at efs one
hundred ard thirty & 20 IN number, vre In concert
Amidst this terrific crnnoL ade and whilst the hissou
rims again struggled 6srcey with the foe our army TEL
hack Il was in this moment that the head OF Ohurcaii
CllrE gant young hsro) was taken CT by shot from
ra ID cAnuCa and here too, REes, the dashing hero
Of Other Ids ": killed by wound, which, as he told
me few days before, he most dreaded, NinHis bdH
80 The b0s,ls.
The reasons for retreaiDg we're doubtless good. A
..y rate We are not dsAesrpsd and of one thing res
assured the army ysdsr G;n. Price VIZ never sTT'''
dr. The saemys lee, in this battle WAS fully four time
A. great as ours They 80 utterly psra! zed as t'
bs unable to pursue us and are said to be now falling
buck The result is that in fShtng We fave shown cur
Ives their superos Ee always do; but the secldep
al deahs OF hcOuHoch and Mcintosh deprived us OF the
| f.ui,s OF the victory.