Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1862-09-17

,nd tool. tTorefore crescent form, of which the
contro or more advance portion was at Groveton,
whence the wings declined obliquey to the right
and left Their batteries were IN the rear OF tneI
Infantry. and occupied the hills which they had
held in the fight of July, 1861, but pointed differ
Rattle was Joined between the artillery about ~
o'clock: and the terrible execution of ours was evil
denced by the mangled corpses of the enemy wh'ca
our subsequent advance disclosed. A number OF
them lay in the road at Groveton and on the hS
around Not long after, Jacksons wing became
engaged, and about o'clock, p. M, the Dattle was
raging along the whole line.
The bearing of our troops, as they pressed ior.
ward to the battle, is described as magnificent
Jacksons left advancing more rapidly than his right,
swept around by the Pittsylvania House, and pres
sed The enemy back towards the turnpike; while
T,onvsreet, making an analogous move on his wing,
crowded back those in front Of him towards the
Henry hills.
Hoods Brigade formed Lougstreets loft and, OF
course, charged next the turnpike. In its track IL
met Sickles' Excelsior Brigade, and almost annih''
lated it. The ground was piled with the SIAM
Picketts Brigade was on the right OF dood S, next
came Jenkins Brigade and next was hempers,
which CHARGED near the Conrad House. Evans
and Anderson,s were the reserve, and subsequently
came into action. :,
r;nns pressing them across the Henry and Robin
son Tidre and through the pines and copses beyond,
and across Bull Run. Long after nghtfall our ar
llery was still laundering at the retreating enemy
II is remarkable coincidence that OF the nu-
merous batteries captured by our army, was taken
on the precise spot where Ricketts, battery became
ours on July 2lst, 1861. The guns, as before re-
marked, pointed, however, in different directions on
the two occasions.
Tboride over the battle field on Sunday, revealed
scene of carnage of which this war had furnished
before no equal example. The heaps of the enemy
were thickest where they hal assailcd Jacksons
line at the railroad excavations. They here almost
payed the ground Another scene of great carnage
was in the road which runs across the turnpike near
the Henry house. The enemy had made stand
there in the gullyworn track and in space OF less
than two hundred yards, nearly thousand had met
their deaths. In the piece of woods near and west
of this road, our own loss was heavier than any
where else, the enemy making good fight from their
natural intrenchments.
But while these were the spots where death held
its tierceSt carnival the whole field of combat was
strewn with victims. Our informant states that
several times his company paused to count the num-
Der of corpses OF the enemy in sight and alter
counting in every instance three hundred they
ceased from inability to distinguish among those
living furthest off He declares that he speaks IN
great moderation when he expresses the opinion
that he saw not less than five thousand slain Yam
KEGS, and Judges All additional thousand small
estimate for those he did not see. One of the enc
my lay stretched across the grave Of Mrs. Henry,
the victim Of the last years fight. The wounded
appeared on every hand implorins assistance. He
thinks twenty thousand moderate estimate Of the
killed and wounded of the enemy.
1t will be exceedingly gratifying to learn that af-
ter careful observation, the same gentleman Is
perfectly convinced that slain cannot exceed six
hundred and he believes will be hundred less.
Our wounded, too had all been cared for; and the
burial Of our dead commenced on Monday.
When contemplate not merely the great vic
tory we have won, but our very small comparative
| loss we have double reason for gratitude to God
for his manifest favor. 1t is proper to add that the
great disparity in the casualties to the opposing
mics does not exist in the opinion of our present
informant only, but it WAS the judgment of his
companions also, and has been asserted by nulner
Gus other independent observers.
Let the whole Confederacy, then, bow in grateful
alteration that not only is our country saved, but
our friends are spared"
The correspondent of the Charleston Kercury,
speaking of the results of the battles Manassas
Plains and the future of the enemy, says:
THAT Washington will be abandoned without a
fight is extremely doubtful, and yet | DO not see
how it is to be held in the face Of victorious army
Ike ours-said by some to he $50, 900 strong That
Is ill eSdSscidtipl, VI Cut, uiahiiS lu
lowances for losses recently sustained, ought to
be able to throw into Maryland $4,000 effective
men; against whom the Yankees can bring nothing
but beaten hirelings, raw recruits, and Coxs COM
mand from Western Virginia-some IL, 900 men,
If, for want Of provisions, compelled to halt
; in front of Washington Buell. Will be called in hot
| haste to the defence OF the Capital, and so will Cur
| tbs. Thus Tennessee, Kentucky, and Missouri will
have 10 be abandoned. Andi if we take Washington,
I .t,l1 Ill. loC. Il
timore and Philadelphia. Take either horn of the
| dilemma, the Yankees are in bad way. But spec
uation is idle. Let us be content with what has
already been done and thank God that great blow
| has been struck, with such success that we may
well regard our freedom as virtually won. Perhaps
| Seward will address another letter to Russell on
| the waning proportions Of the rebellion" All it
does the heart good to think how that hoary sinner
/ and his tools are trembling in their boots The
Northern papers Tor the next ten days will be rich.
! However, we will not count chickens before they
are hatchad. We are yet to be assured that the
/ fruits of single Confederate victory have been
! rcapcd."
Later News.
The two following dispatches received here after
our last issue, contain some items of interest:
RICHMOND, September 9, 1862
Dispatches from the west in late Northern papers
state that the Confederates arc pressing towards
Coyngton. Business entirely suspended in Cincin-
natl, and martial law proclaimed. The town OF
buchanan, Upsher Co., Va, was captured by the
Coniederates on the 30th. They were advancing
on Clarksburg There was great alarm at the lat.
ter place, and all movable public property had
| been removed. G.
SECOND DISPATCH.
PETERsBURG, Va, Sept 10, 1862
Baltimore and New York dates o. the 9th inst,
! o1 loe .-,& 1,to Al.
The american of Saturday afternoon and dis.
patch from Cincinnati dated Saturday morning,
state that great preparations are making there Ia
receive the Confederate forces should they advance
Gen: Smiths army was twelve miles north Of
gynthiana, KY, on Friday at noon Great excite
ment in Baltimore fearing an approach of the Con-
iederates, but personal reconnaissance on Friday
by Gen. Wool and staff as far as point of Rocks, y
showed no signs of the Confcdcrates on Maryland
soil.
The excitement at Frederick, Nd, on Friday, was
intense on account Of false rumors. The Union