The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-10-23
THE LATEST FROM THE NORTH.

THE LATEST FROM THE NORTH.
We have received New York papers of Monday,
the Goth. and Baltimore papers of the evening If
that day. We give below a summary of the news
contained in them.
THE sIreArIoN-rHE BATTLES IN xENrtckY-
DASH OF MoRaAN, &c.
The New York Herald Of the 10th. gives the fol
lowing in its 'atuation' article:
There IN nothing If Importance to repor, from
tho headquarters Of our army the Upper Poio
mac. The position of the rebels has been asctI.
asely ascertained by the recent reconnaissance of
our troops. The party Of General Stahel under
Colonel Wyndhahl had passed on Friday last
through Thoroushfafe Gap 10 White Plains and
!. Salem, where they captured sixteen rebsl cav
airy, and paroed q number of infantry found there
sick. On Friday night they returned 10 the Gap,
which the rebels attempted to occupv during the
night with cavalry and artillery. The cavalry
Numbering about six hundred, had been en-.
gagged in making reconnaissance rs Tar az the
old Bnll Run battle field, and had captured at Hay
market seven wagons, ioaied with forage, which
were on the way to Colonel Wyndham. At dawn
On Saturday. finding the rebels about occupy
the Gap. Colonel Wyndham charged them, and put
Them to digit before they had placed their artillery
in position. Colonel Wyndham pursued them into
the town Of Warrenton, where he found about
He attempted to draw them out Of the town, but
WAS unknecessful, and he had exhausted his
forage returned to Centrevills on Saturday night
having captured ninety prisoners and one calsson
informed that q whole digisioa Of the rebels had
come down from Winchester md wAsin the vicinity
of Thoroughsare Gap
We give to day the story in ietal--as contained
ia the official documents - of tho demand for the
surrender Of Nashville by the rebels and the gal
liant response Of General Negley. The official sc
count of the battle -. Lavergne, furnished by Gen
NegleS--;n which the rebels were complet te.y ~.
mi iaad u loss a fUht mo
hundred and seventy I've taken prisoners--i, al q,
published in another column
With regard to the progress Of affairs in ken,uc-
KY, we learn from Cincinnati under date of yest.r-
day, that the rebel guerilla General Morgan, after
capturing our pickets, dashed into Lexington on
Saturday morning a. the head OF fifteen huId ed
men. Our troops we're compelled to surrender but
they fought him gallanty killing and vouAdiuK
several. Our loss il six Killed and one Lu..dred
and twenty-five prisoners, who were ir rlsdiatsly
psroied. Two hundred and fifty of our cavalry
succeeded In escaping Morgan soon afterwards
left Lexington, taking the Versailles turnpike
Yesterday when between Versailes an: Frank
fort, he was met by 2,5G0 of General Dumon,'s
cavalry. who after short fight, routed hjm. scat
terlng his forces. oae report says he driven
across the Kentucky river In tie direction, Q: Law
renceburg, and another, that be il ,sing TO
unite with Humphrey Marshall, who is - aFis-
burg.
Msrshalrs forces are said to be CEN .Is, 9 i,.-
,nofaized. One of his regiments deser ed tAnl ihs
other day and came to Paris 1t was prineipa v
composed of Tennessee Een Brsgga army is ~
ported 10 be in a miserable condition in iac' sn
tirely used mp and flying tn the mountains, q 0,ui-
plee mob The history of the late battle near r.
ryvi!le is very fully given in our Louisville cores
pondence to-day, and the result of the action Of
Generals Rousseau and McCook. in not fulfilling
the orders entrusted to them, which caused their
arrest by Gen. Buell. is set forth at some length.
a dispatch and the latest published in the Ber.
aids kilograms from Louisville, says that there had
Il.
that Morgan had escaped without damsge
THE OCCUPATION OF CHARLEsTowN.
The correspondence of the New York Times Of
the Goth, gives the following description of the oc
cupation of Charlestown for the fifth time during
this war, by the Federals
Ths column moved briskly over the broad un
duiatine turnpike, through ample fields, rich with
shocks Of corn; past solid, stately farm houses
witE deep ahade trees ani orchards; by gray barns
with pethoric hay and grain stacks. Through our
lines, over the iebatable ground. past the enemy
picket stations of last night. within Two miles of
CharlestoNn, and yet 40 interruption. We began
10 think the rebels myth.
But suddenly there Il gua il Ion, OF lis. In
q monlont, another aud rifiei shot came singing
by, cutting through the tree branches, with sharp
tlcisive music. The smDke showed il canie fro,a
the spot where. last night Capt. Pettlt pointed oat
10 tne though his glass two rebel field pieces four
| or i've miles from Ills battery.
! Clark's guns, commanded by Lieus Dickinson,
| began 10 reply vigorously, and Tompkins battery
| alsc soon in position, Joined in the chorus. Tha
| rsbels using only two three pieces, but
! they fired very rapidly Nearly all theis shells
struck few rods IN Ihe left of our column Few
ez plode,i, owing defective fnses We learned
| a'TrWsrd !liai the same was true of our own
| shs lis.
| The cavalry was placed i'll safe posion-an in
iai.ib,s sign OF danger-the infantry brought up
| and deploysi From the rear of our batteries the
| Al -plx IN hair
front, fai in advance of ell others, On inilk
white horse in dark. piowed field, whch threw him
oil iii strong reiief, was conspicuous temptation
To ous sEar arpshootera. Many shots We're aimed at
hhf, hui La viewing the artillery dnui eonapla
cently aid persstently, as ii enjoying pantomme.
S3Ine Of eur men rerlared that they had that
identical steed and rider the rebal front In every
tisht from Yorktown 10 AntetaM.
There was but little infantry firing and tha. was
confined to the skirnsher5. Our principal loss
arose from a shell which exploded nes. of Dick
insons guns, killing four horses, wcunding of
his men fatally aud four others slightly. One of
the lat ter, ho struck IN the head by frag-
ment Of shell, had lost finger aud received bul
let in the leg in previous battles but seems to be
fire proof. and will soon he ready for duty again -
The enernys loss, a3 sfterward reported 70 us,
about the same ours-one msn killed, aud six or
seven wounded.
In two hours the rebel guns silenced and
withdrawn At il O'Clock we moved forward eau
tiously, as the country is we'll adapted TO smbus
cadss. We passed their deserted camp, but found
only its as5rts-a ten two or three huis, cooking
stove and frying pan.
Just out Of the village reached The residence
Of Mr.. Hunter, menbsr Of the Virginia Senate,
which General Banks occupied as headquarters
lest year 1t ID large, elegant house, with ample
grounds. OF course the owner was not the re to
welcome US But ths rebel guns were planted just
in front, and our shells cut down pangs and p.ow.
ed up the groun about it. Many of them fell In
the village cntting roofs and knocking down chin
ueys, but iuiuring none of the citizens.
At noon we entered the village aud fer the fifth
time during The war Charlestown is occupied by
National troops. But how different our reception
from that given us In Frederick, Sharpsburg and
other Maryland towns. Not Tag flying, except
the yellow index OF the hospitals Doors, blinds
ard windows closed curtains drawn, and the few
residents visible staring silently and sueniy at us.
They looked even less kindly than the rebel wound
ed Of whom we found hundred In the hospitals.
encountered but citizen processing To be loyal,
and he begged that his nsme might not be made
public un0l he learned whether we had come to re-
main There was no other smile friendly greet
ing. except from the negroes who welcomed US
when they dared with their tongues but always
with their eyel
THE RESULT OF THE Reconnaissance BY M'CLEL-
LAN's ARMY.
The joint reconnaissance inside from the army of
the Potomac by the divisions of General Hancock
aud General Humphreys was successfully accom-
pished, and the troops have returned to the posi-.
tions they previously occupied at Harper's Ferry
and Sharpsburg. The rebels did not interfere with
General Hancock's division ON its return, but fol