The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-09-22

OFFICIAL III FORT OF GkN. MCCLELLAN.
! HEADQU AirEkS ARMY Oh pofoaAc,
| BOLIVAR 70 A. IL, bept 18th
| II n, Ha!ls,I. Gene 81 III Chief;
information tbs moment received conplete!.
trims tLe Iout ami decentralization OF tha rebel
army. usneral Lee Is reported wounded and
/ Garland Aided. booker alone has over ii
| Thousand tuSle prisoners. hundred havi i,g
heen ssnt 10 Frederick i, stated thai Lee gives
his loss as 1880 We are following as rap.aiy as
the men can MtvP.
q. &. MCCLELLAN. Major General
TEE TRhss on The LATE BATTLES.
The Northern papers seem 10 be rather in the
daIk about tbs recent glorious victories" THIS
Irb4ae SAYS
o. the result of the last four OF five days ii sht
ing IN Msly land aud ot the present condition NJ
iAis tbeIe, Ne are sili uncertain. The iateet &C
count report. Jackson to have Ieefossed tha foto
mae aLd to have engaged Our forces uear Shar,,-
burg about t.u niles from the RIVER lie pEt b.,
which GENES by way OF Harrisburg auds t1at
the eneEly will ne anniliisted captured 6efult
night; but THIS. oi course, - mere eonIeCt ure.
though II riay Do. and we hope IL, foGnQ.. upon.
more kuouJ@dge of the situation OF stfairs IL
sie possessed Of barper's Ferry, however. il is
certain IS lost 10 IA, aud with this commando 20
.itcn their possessivp with tbs bridge uniuilIe ed
they may be abe to make good Their i-Freat enuuid
they b. compelled 10 retire
The Baltimore 4aeTican OF the lslb inst, saws
tAS Eit ct liitt 10 speak GeESiFty
CT resul,s and adds
All orr Information however is of an encpura-.
ing character, indicating tia, thcugh he rebel,
have still the bulk 1T their ARM Mary land anu
are vigorously cOptestiBg their position that ye;
tienerai MeCIeiisn il actively pressing them pi!l
ali the advantages apparently uIir fsYor Tn.
lighting MeBday aud Tuesday 3ppears 10 have
been pr ng,pa!i1 artillery engagement al long
range. sscertaioing the posIti n diving then,
from particular pei1f, whilst cur army was being
operations reported to have inflicted cgusid
cradle Joss upon the enemy and tax en nuinber OF
prisoners. Howell Cobb is reported wounded and
prisoner 1T farmhouse lear the battlefield
General Icngsti est Is reported kIted and General
Hill captured These ARE, however, only rumots
that ne Il Ccutrr alton.
There seems 10 be no doubt THAT a severe and
general fight occurred yesterday, The result OF
which has net at this TINE been announced Our
special correspondent, who AT Midd. clown a
few miles in the rear Of the battle ground, az 9
O'Clock yesterday morning, reports the eaunonadiug
furious and general along the whole line OF battle
our righ, wing ested sharpsburg, whilst tue lett
Wac this side of Ante, am creek. near Portersto~n
The r.beis, consequently are massed in front and
defending ths iGrd The Potomac at Shepherds
town, and probably also that at Wa,rspoTt Our
forces, probably the cavalry, have destroyed the
canal bridge near Niliiansport, witch viii greatly
impede the rebeis IL bringing up their supplies 4
dispatch from Hagerstosn via Harrisburg reports
The rebels again retreatipg much worried aud tisp
rited.
The Washington Republican, lLincoln'a organ
says;
The demand is universal that our success of
Sunday greater or less, shall be followed up ami
made useful Not only ought the enemy to be
driven pes nell out u Maryla aud up ihe Val
ley OF Virginia, bat bis retuin TO Richmond should
be rendered iGpossibt by advance upon the
Virginia Cent? al Railroad, or by A seizure of Rich
mond itself Our forces are abundant and superb.
buudant. Let us now have action and euelgv--
strike while he iron is hot On 70 Richmond
The New York Heraid says tie reports iron, tie
battle field are % brief ard indefinite ony to
!" sharpen the anxiety Tor something mora Il
says:
We think, however. that scanty and vague a.
the specifications before Us. they are suticien.
to Justify the unqualified conclusion that General
Mcclellan has administered the death blow To this
b. dIa headed rebellion
First it is icert that after the battle of Sunosv
at the south Mountain, the rebels in their hurried
retreat realized the necessity OF putting the potc
mac river between theii army and our adj ancinc
forces. Secondly 1t appears thai, falling in til
enterprise they 1ere not slow to CON prehend their
critical situation, and that they could escape only
By the most desperate aud obstinate Resistance IN
this exigency the forces of Jackson, estimated at
forty thousand stroog were called up some twelve
miller from tbs Virginia side OF tbs river at liar
ptfs Ferry but Lee Vi AS checkmated even here,
the thirty thousand additional troops from
Washington which Joined Mcclellan at the same
time. Thus the battle Was Joined between all the
forces of the two armies tina: could be hurried up
To this field. Tuesday the first day of the battle
closed decidedly in cur favor, and with the close ei
the second day tyestefday) the impression pre-
vailed At HagelstowD, some twenty miles to he
northward that the whole rebel army OF Virginia
ID 6nuthllate d -
While this main battle progressing at Sharps
burg, it appears that here was AN important hapk
tight resulting in another Union victory, on the
southern side OF the d 'iding chain OF mountains al
Centrevile, on the kittoctan Gatoctin creek. in
Maryland, short distance above the Point Of Rocks
We presume tha tie rebel forces in this battle were
those lett at Leeshurg by General Lee. and tina.
they had moved over iato Maryland aud we've
endeavoring Ia reach him, when they were i,ter-
cepted by our troops ieft behind by San Mcclellan
for this purpose. II we are not mist ken the brave
and trusty Sigel was the commander of this corps
Assuming this reported battle and victory to De
correct, the success Of Gen. McCIean's com bna-
ticns ID complete instantly to repaie our late
Incidental drawback Of Harper's Ferry.
MCCLELLAN GONG INTO FREDERICK
correspondent Of the washingtos star gives
the following accouns Of the young Nspoleons en-
try into Frederick. Md which took place on Sat
nfdsy week. II ssys
As Little Mac approached, the ranks were
opened, and cheer after cheer rent the ar the sol
diers almost wild with 10y, End the officers partak
Ing OF the enthusis sD. 6en MeCiellan's reception
oy the people Of Frederick was also OF the same
enthusiastic sort. As lie entered the city over I've
thousand citizens welcomed him, and hailed him as
.ncir dciverar Eyan Seceseiouisis {d,sgnsted by !
,hsH experiences with the rebel srnty) expressed
oos one lear and That WAS that the Pederss might
n ! pesnoiy D. able to bold the city. When ihe
osne.N arrived 1t the crossing Of Maiu ,r Patrick
slIes', Us vas iefe,by taken from his horse by a
nh'nosr o. isiies, and by them carried shor, dis
lance, 10 qsef3oyed were they To zee him and Will
hiin an army Ter tlaie protection from the rebel
hpfdeS. ~
09That there sxiass Etrong Union vsntimsnt In
naIy IA. q, Tsp. David says there be no doubt
A tier tbs rahel sIass ieit and the Federal .snv
hHd enlisted, fstinsfs esine 10 voluntarily from al
sse'tens OF lbs eoauiry around, ana gave infofms I
lion ~ to- The whsreabesits ot the Eepteders -
hal Gaf- ia tfss Datnf aud l. sst syider,. "a