The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-12-19

oeeopseo tane - elevated land, meet0y Woo0oG,
sentsirsslar fcrn nsar shs ssvee below. eouna .
Hre9seaeeseore above, giving him a md1aAng 1fu
S e sae .Ael. asld. and naklng li.s g haasas =
.ssAs q maes IN sxtsat The reoea beatau1ss
ported By hfantry. Gen. stensman's eosys wsso
as this time esomlng he river to supDost the
improvement o. the lsN. The batteries a boeA
blsday on The Isfs Hank close 70 H. river, a.
vanesd hin lines gradually msssins with b1s H.
tie oppodtlon. Ash o'clock the dividoos q Gen
erals 4eaAs and Gibbons tdvAAsed undsr cover q
style, with colcrs flying
1hsy soon became actively engaged Ia Ne no 10
at the foot Of ths range OF hills, while from near
whsre thsiS artillery was p,anssd On shs Crest N
Both divisious. however, advanced 70 tAs " .ods,
and Number Of prisoners. . hundred or moro, were
captured BY them. The hre of artillery and mus
ever, fresh and moro vigorous Ars burst forth fon
the woods ON the Pennzylvania Reserves, thriving
nssriy the whole of the diysien into eoakudoa end
disorder Thls emboIdsnsd the rsbsls, and they
position from those troops. Their cfReen tEisd 70
rally them. but without much success.
Gen: Jackson. commanding one Of tbs heigades
WA Killed BY Q mu0ket ball. which struck him In
the head, while sndesvorng to rally hi nsn HI
dy was left upon the Aeld. togstheI with that q
his sdjutans, Capt SweEingsn.
DEAoRAIlxATIoa or nx&DK.s psvlaoR.
The unfortanats dsmosalixatioa Of Gen. 1sads's
division caused partial success Of the sEsny's at-
tempt to dank our forces.
A. they could not be rallied, Gen. Bifnsy's divi.
sion Of veteran braves was brought forward On .
double quick and Immediately pushed to the front
to ah she gap. They opened sharp Are, driving
come.
On the right Of Frsnklin's line Smiths corps was
actively engaged. Gen. Howe's division and the
left Of Gen. Brookss kept bask the enemy In their
front
After this the Are slsckened q little. Towards
sunset the enemy made q vigorous attack on sew.
ra parts Of tie line, 30 ~ to hold portion Of our
ground at dark, but hs was speedily driven baek ct
every point
Atdsrk tie relative poaition Of the forces was
about the sans a. in the morning, except that We
had gained half mile or more on the left.
GIN. BuRHsIDK's POSITION DURING TIE IIoar
Cen Burnside was at the Phillips House nearly
aii day. His position most Of the time was ON the
upper balcony, where, with . powerful glasa, he
was watching the movements across the river
He has Eis stan and cCuriers running to and ko,
conveying orders and bringing reports Of the pro-
g1sss Of the fight. BE gave orders with prompt
tude and succinc:ly.
Lose no time,' was the almost universal tnJunc
don to every courier
smoky mist obscured tn. view In the morning
Il was the haxy sky Of an Indian summer day, and
the same genial warmth Of the sun made moro re.
msrksbls by i.s contrast to the recon: intense
cold.
Professor Lowe made frequent sacsnsions during
the day to obtain . more extended visw Of the
enemy's movements and position. but tho condition
Of tie atmosphere intertered very matsrisly With
his success
Thssth army ccrps was not engaged In the Aght
and .hsref,re had no opportunity TO add to iss o.
ready wall earned reputation for soldisrly gallant.
ry and xteadiaess, earnsd In many previous hard.
fought battle fields.
A. darkness shut out the light Of day, the sssne
was one Of terrific beauty and subltmlty.
ha IN n0r ~ hAavV. n
not a. yet be known with accuracy.
THE LESS on Roth slD8s.
We have c,nhioti1g accounts of the loes Of the
rebsls Whsre they fought behtrd their works
they were not believed to nave lost ~ heavily ~
We did but WHARF they left their works and sd-
vsnced to meet us on fair and equal terms, they
suffered much moro hsavily than We did Thus
those engaged wh,re the enemy kept behrd their
fCr:iications estimate our loss st much more than
theirs, while those whom they met in open hs.d In
sist that their killed AID wounded are a. least dou
bls eurs Tbs struggle our left, ura.r CT neral
Franklin, was especially obstinate, and a!s event
usl success decided the fate of the dsy
NUMBER OF UNION rRoofs ENaA I'd.
Il is estimated that 10000 of our a ious and
gallant army were engaged In the bloc work Of
the day, trying to take the ret ridge ck Of tho
town, on which tho rebels frs. line Of rks were
situated Until late In the day It sessi. impossl-
and rnfiinchins courage Of the Armyt the Peto
mac at last prevailed Just before dari ess put .
stop to the dsy's battle success crown their Of.
forts. Thus they took the whole rit > from In
miles below. They occupied 1t all nigl and at
o'clock this morning were eagerly mai u prepa.
rations to renew the fight.
Gen. Burnside remained on the bal field all
night, giving orderu, looking to the p ition and
condition ef our forces, and enooura2h them In
view Of the work TO be performed
Ii any newspaper ever coatai led "a seount Of
defeat % muddlsd a. the above, and , :. 90 trans.
parsr. in is design, we have never .-sn 1t. II
boats McClsllan's dispatches
FEDERAL OFFICERS KILLED
Brig. Gen. Jackson, Of Pa. was ned; and
Gems. Vinton, Kendall, Mesg ghsr, 0iDbon, and
CALDWELL wounded Cen Bsyard OF tho cavalry,
was also killed, and Lieut.. Col Dickinson. The
former was to have been marrisd on Wednesday.
dispatch from heaiquarters, dated the 18th,
says there was much fling the d.y before between
the two armies, and ths: at enc time the enemy
showed disposition to advsnce on Franklin sorps
The Yankees claim to have taken 100 prisoner.
The Confederate cavalry made raid on Pools.
vue, Nd, on the 18th, and captured . whole com.
many Of "Seott's ec0" Federal drasoona
THE sURRENDER AT HARTsvlLLE,
Tho Iouisville Jox,sat thinks that no fast has
been moro repeatedly demonstrated during thw war
than that marsuding troops cannot be dspsnded on
Referring to the surrender Of LOO Yankee tzoops
at Hartsville, to Gen. Hcrgan, it says:
They are the sams r. gim.nts that Gen. Dumont
had at Frankfort and elsewhere In this State Their
conduct in Kentucky was scsndalous. Wherever
they marched soj0urned they insulted quiet eit.
xens and stole and robbed continually. They stole
slaves upon all oecasions: At the capital Of our
State they aged not only all honesty. but com.
mon decency. They used the front yards Of the
citssns for the vug&rest purposes before the eyes
Of tho families there, and when persons made com
plant to Gen DumOnt, as very many did, the only
answer they could gat was: "Tks sooner yow re-
prisiug that such troops, led by such . commander
proved basslJ reczeant In the face Of the enemy.
RHJoIclK0 OVER THE "NIW sTATI OF WEsTKRN
VIRGINIA"
The Abolitionists In Wheeling, Va, had jolly
time over the news of the admission Of Wsstsrn
Virginia into the "Union" The IassAtessl~ says:
We received the special dispatch announcing the
news about o'clock In the afternoon. and By
o'clock It was spread throughout the city. Every.
where there wss jubilant feeling. The news wss
read In the hall of tho House Of Delegates just q
that body adjourned, aud was received with three
cheers. The State men are e0ngratula1inI
each other In all directions upon the successful de-
livery Of the new born infant It 10 indeed . sub
ject for joyful congrstulation. II brings with Il
power, developed Tssources and . realization Of
Ill the ardent hopes which have animated the
boeoms Of all true Western Vrgiuians for many
long years 1. teus Of happy release from mef.
elless taskmasters, from conspiracy and rebellion,
injustice and oppression, and ali the innumseabls
wrongs which Western Virginia has sun.sd 20
long and % patiently. Last evening an old 'baby
-ekap auturAA hv Gan KAllAv R0mnnv