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


more, Washington and Boston payers letter
from on beard the u S. steamer Bihb gives the te.
port that Charleston, s. G., has been completely in
vested And OFT Sumter has already received A
preliminary dose of she'll which resulted IN serious
damage" The Philadelphia Faqnlref. ecmmeu,ir :
on this Mnnehausen, Gays i. ts an event which ha,
been long aud anxously desired by the people Of
the United States. The funeral of Gaueral Reno
who was Killed at South Mountain. was tn tale
place in Boston, Friday. Com. John peroiyal "
E N, died Al Roxbury, Mass, last week About
1.4oo Confederate prisoners arrived i'll Bal,iuute
Wednesday night. They were 10 be sent 10 Fort
Delaware. The U. S. Arsenal at Alleghany, Pa,
exploded on the 18th. killing IS persons. MANY of
them were burned to death in tho ruins We give
the Northern accounts Of the late battles in Mary
land. which ara filled with AZ unusual quantity OF
lies:
TIE FIGHT AT NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. REpurJz
SAY LoNasTREET AND u. u. HIt.i. ARE rFrsnN
ERs.
The New York papers of The 18th are filed with
confused dispatches from Washington about tho
fight AT ShaErsburg. The HeIaid. III iis SUMMARY
says
The total rou. Of the retels st :,hsrpss,re hv
Gen Mcclellan Yesterday "a reported am, ~,
d ght scIoss The Potomac at that point On ~ m
day morning Gen Flessapton cana IN y NJ, ;l~i,
rear guard ct Boonesbore. and drove them o.t sn
turing two guns and killing thirty OF the enera~ =
Cen Aithatd-en sehb - az y, III. advance ,oIlt,
up the rebels aud fouud them in line q, ha,tla l.,
the afternoon. on the hills near Sharrsh,trc Wh,,A
endeavoring to discover their streneth and the fan
nature of ther position. which occupied the soep.
ing, the greater portion of the army eanle up The
result wes desperate engagement at Sharpsturr
yesterday which Is said to have been a eioriou4
.iotory for our arms, terminating in a dsorderly
fisht OF the rebel army across ( he river
dispatch in the Philadelphia Iuqairer. dste d
Hagerstcwr. the 18th, says Cen. Iorgs.teet r. Az
not killed, but was wounded aud taken prisoner
oen. Hooker of the Federal army was wounded IL
the foot. snd Maj Gen. Reno shot through the
heart, expiring in few moments. II adds tie Ie
port that Gen D. Fl. Hill is killed. IT says:
The cannonaiing on Tuesday afternoon, WAS
very heavy, and continued with some intermi sion
long after igbtfall.
On this W ednesday) morning 1t was resumed a,
dsybreak with eueh violence and rapidity that the
people of the vicinity, who have watched the pro,
gress of the five days contest say il WAS entirely
unprecedented
1t was one continuous battle of heavy guns Rn.i
ftom the position occupied, Gen McClallans + riglt
appear ed to rest Sbarpsburg and his left on Ca.
toetin creek. The rebels destroyed a bridge over
this creek yesterday. but Gen. Mcclellan had it re
built during the night.
pears TO be an advantageous one, his guns seem
ing to be stationed op range of hills froul the
apex of which the little clouds Of white smoke
rolled up in the distance mar king distinctly tbe ua
Of conflict
The cannonading commenced at daylight, and
was heard distinctly up TO o'clock, causing the
impression that the great battle of the campaign
wRs in progress
The wounded were being carried towards Ha
gerstown and Boonshoro', that little could be
heard direct from the field, in the direction of Mid
dletown
The reports that were recei, ed frcm the scere of
contlie. were highly favorable, our forces havins
at the time the best position and the battle being
principally with artillery, in which we have a great
superioritg.
Soldiers who were on the field during Tuesday.
state that the battle was participated in entirely
by artillery on that day. 1t commenced early in
the morning and continued until late at night
General Mcclellan, at the close of the day, hal
driven them about half mil. and obtaincd All
elevated position, from which he was operating
to-day.
The fight yesterday was, however, sharply con.
tested by the enemy aud it only n. the close of
the day that the slight advantage mentioned wes
gained.
The rumors siost were various, among which it
was said that Jackson and Hill were again crossing
the Potomac III the rear of Genera Lee, by way OF
SheppardStown, thus coming back from Har,er ;
Ferry to the sIIccor of their commander.
This would DE practicable, and the rapid manner
in which they evacuated Harpers Ferry would IN
dicate their sudden appearance at some point
where least expected.
1t is evident that General Mcclellan was pressing
Gen. Lee to the river in such manner that be can
not much longer sustain himself unless relieved
from the other side. His crossing in the face of
such a determined pressure is simply i,np0gsib;e.
and the events of 10 day and tomorrow are like Y
to indicate the success total failure OF The cam
pagn.
HARRISBURG Sept H. evening II Srecia, 10 tho
New York He,ald Reports which have lust come
in state that the whole rebel aruiy has been driven
this way, and are retreatng to Hagorstoun.
Ten thousand Pennsylvania militia will inset The
foe at Hagerstown TO invade Pennsylyaala back
ward.
A severe engagement occurred we eriay ho
tween our army and the rebels near sharpsburg "a
which thu enemy was we'll thrashed with terrific
slaughter. Five hundred of their dead were hu.
ried by early O'Clock 4. NJ. 10. ,iay eai
the work is still going
This morning the battle WAS recommended al >
O'Clock, near Geuysville.
Jackson Joined Lees forces a, Antietam Greek,
from Washington.
Jacksons reinforcemen, to Lee ere reported at
10000 men.
Uf to MY last advices victory illuminated our
standard, and the impression pre2ejis 1T HaGcrs-
town that the whole rebel army Of Virginia is an.
initiated.
Confidence prevails here, and the most eutiusias-
tic admiration of Mcclellan and his army
We have undoubtedly won great ard decisive
victories both yesterday and to-day.
Among our trophies whole batteries and
thousands of small arms, with large uumner of
prisoners.
The rebellion ID virtually subdued