The New York herald., 1862-11-20


fuls Of mea Sighting against overwhelming horaes o. re-
bes do not claim that their alleged victory was won
against superior numbers OF their opponents ow seat
the dsuarity was al the OF the battle Is
probably known 10 General Mcclellan, II Is believed by
President Davis, whose calm and dspassonate opinion
will command respect 10 England than the raso-
dies or lhe fedcrals H1t the Sole7azs NJ first out
numbered more han three 70 one
division ossLy l2oo0 men) upon the gAt wing Of the
fedoras He had previously forced the garrison Of Har
pers Ferry surrender TO man. taking eli their arms
munitions OF war and cannon and though delayed longer
tla expected, he arrived enough 10 attack Nc
Celan The ground won in the morning by the fcaeras,
who in Tremendous force upon then right wing,
swiftly recovered held until the end OF the day. AT
olr in ;he afternoon General 4. + Hs division
up and joined the COME ierato right,
II geI that GeGerdl B'SHsi3ss odgaH1e he drdl
len lo7o Delayed osa esrtsniiy 91aeu
aehemin9 alp,herS Ihe ady closed h General Burnside
ingins closely to The cSe, beyond sghch could Io' az
nc with General JACKSON On Tie same around as the
Conedefates held in the morning, upon Level and
drawn battle as history exhibits But was fought
TO- halt Tie day with as 900 The Confederate sie
and fov the remaining ha with not tAau aggre
gate Of 20 600 mea, against hest which admitted to
have consisted o. $50 900 aea and may have been much
more No battle OF the has done more p convince
the Conedeates that IL alters little what is Tia dspa
rity Of numbers between themselves aud their foe The
old and nsolent contempt Of Their enemy originally held
BY tho Soasherncrs ia this war Is confirmed and raacd
by tho experience Of The last nae,eea months
This, then, is one Of the bn,es With respect to which
General Mcclellan, admitting loss or his own siae ol
$4,000 ma, estimates his cncmys loss q about y goo
dead, wounded and missing The reader who remcm
bers the position occupied BY Gcae-a fes's forces
viii smile at General AcCielins creanl.ty True i is
tAai may Confoderatcg 'eho hare moe regard 5or
affirm tina. the dispatches pat forth in his name
ara rarely his Gun fabrication ! am told by the
highest authority that the official statement CONFUSING
Tho most minute details Of Tic Confederate loss atlc
battle O! Antetam creek estimates the whole los dead
wounded and missing al G oa0 Another circnm-
stance noticeable hiedera loss Of ininie magnitude
would evoke no sigh CT sympathy, no 0eni of sdlesS,
except SO ar as IL was supposed 10 9cef 'e
u ;he Union. But the whole confe4sracy beSais the
5000 victims Gt Anietan Creek with brotheiy aiecl!an
and sympathy Nor is that appnlinE ndiiefeace wAcl
aaa2es aad paraygos the spectator ia Washington and
Now York affected here. Scarcely lady but wears
mourning, proud 70 dspiay thll sAe hAs lost rcatSe
rul speass sorrowfuly and with naiicton os 1885
uhieA seems te them appalling though bot much more
than one-teiTd OF ta, inflicted upQa THEN foyo cpus
raat tic battle in question wss no feier victory is
be. evilced ~ tie inacton bof SIDES Che follow
Ing lay. Thursday passed and attempt 10 press Gene
sa Lac made, notwithstanding the eaormons nrmerl
ca superiority Of his foe NJ length. slowly ana unmo-
a1eton Of Aarpcrs Ferry and fought on equal terms
with his enemy, he southern army drawn 10 the
southern bank q tie Potomac withou' losing Canton OF
we come next TO an episode in lie war which is uaiu
rally ignored by Mr. Stanton aud the Northern press II
a ears that discovering that his enemy hal rerea,cd
t,s5 the river Ganeral Mcclellan saturday the 20tA
Sci ember, threw $500 men across IN plrsai!.
Ths movement was observed by General A r hill who
ieft field pieces position from whica he fred teeby
upon the advancing Noriherners, giving orders t9 his
mon to rorea. hastily as they approached me f5sraS
irgagpei 10 BE- troken aad panic yack fcc Bat when
they had gel about miie and half Gen Hill opened
upon thm with gr ape aud canister. ard tne slaughter is
descr bad as having been the NEST appalling which the
has witnessed. assured that not one tenth CT
ct9ltd y the Lodc Of the 6ed1 cai dying. oho has rush
eJ ia NE stream end strnggloo fTdulcGiy w cach oar
ceGQe pursuit II is evident that the lesson taught
ta dsy TO General Mcclellan has borne bitter FRUIT And
that his pursuit will henceorth b. aony In TACT,
there great reason TO suppose that his next move VII
be rot against General Lee AZ Winchester but against
IL
We hear that a large force Is gathering in Hampton
Roads, and il is thoGght that the next approach against
Richmond viii be by che south bank Of the River James.
Will his right resting On the river, and his left thrown
southwards into The interior, Mcclellan may attempt
tho preparations which await him ct Drury's Bluig
called by federal papers Fort Iarlne) and esewhere
difficult Of access tnan he has already found the
upper Nothing is more likely than that the withdrawal
Of many troops from before General Lee will open aary
land again to the latter. Tho federals have jus asmlch
they do TO keep roofs their heads ia WASH
ington during what remains OF lighting weather. The
mysterious announcements the Northern papers that
some great movement is coutempla iitto
interest apprehension here. The experience OF the
rast gives such confidence about the future thlt it is
felt no Northern army will ever capture Richmond
without such el!usoa OF its own bloo.. would
change the howl Of Northern cxutasion into natians
Well NAV nation be confident OF winning its irdc
pcndc cnce which exhibit such spectaccs every
day produces wherever Southern army the Geld.
There il poverty hunger ard dirt shoeiess with shirts
ragged and rent without hats, their feet ling
ttey their limbs through dust and brcr
serving the ranks the gentlemen Of The srnsTe aid oil
the south Many man who until the commencement
OF this had scarcely thought beyond the Cafe Foy
and the Bouevares OF Paris and TO whose morning toilet
oycry diversity ol cosmetic necessary water
has for months beea marching under mlsset, witlOat
one single change OF ainlcn, feeding often on grcea
maize and pork, lying al night the bare earth,
with single blanket between him aud The canopy
Of Heaven Where oil are fearless il were in
vidous select state in preference another
bearing away the palm but II seems generally conceded
Aat General Batter has converted tho Of Louisiana
mothers the husbands aad brothers nf louisiana wives
md sisters, Into demons Vi more than earthly ieroey.
And taesc mon, many ot them bearing some # Ing
lands most hcnorcd names, and dcsdc3 from Etnas
te5 1Q5 arc ~ The t1, and hare tee1 50 for 'nse.
r2HIs fghiing uyaiR pcrcsngrfss wlo hare rTufin'i
England though n Gors1cd By Neo, cad hdce
c,c9pe1 from German ict1y and ,ostscfpttois. Wha'
ever may have been t5 tru'h last winter l. pre-
tended now that the Northern no, iGalny
losad cf men OF foreign birth Where arc the native
raEss Why docs not Wendell hiliss ake the fed' Men
oder than be IS ervag ~ dozens The Scaihcrn
ranks. where is Charles Sun.ncfs masteE The EcDale
could spare Senator Bakcr, ia noae Nr Suracrs Ii
ieror IN intellect and il wcro q noble answer to the
a courage, 70 show how q that class
comroi himself upon ihc pe,ious edge o. battle
ol The sea AID the great rivers during thcir autumn
foods the South may SC thousands Of her in
addition to that great sea Of bood when ms altc4y
hem che'rfay poured out in hsr defence Bui let her
be left without ns.1glc city CT village, with noibgg ll,
hef internal lstn ssea AM her ieuse area 0f territory
aaG though every aaa IN tie North uBdcr ny wore u
take Tie field they would be insuSlcicn. T. make
such Eat Jon the Souh 1 Al the feet Of her enemy.
7tc Ito res hctc Yto ,oiit n. On one side
arisocracy agricultural srlrsey settled given TO ueld
sports. living ia tie saddle the other, dcmocrac.
nAth mas been fgCue'iRY doruc1rG5 fOi eshV years,
which Is numerically four times as strong 4. YQoncnt
8t tsa 5rsosss cnycn att0spsrs # dHdrS GUf hos
asy,fa,tsng byord commercial gafr. Whchs the more
t FOR The conduct " walg u is not too much 70 say
hat but FOR their gnnboats the Yaukecs woald,
before tlIs time, in American phrase, have been
hppci ont OF their boots by population eearce
IN more than one fourth of theg number. Bu. IA the
Sog N IN re ~ It's awless popa II n. certain rough
discipline Is impossible, and an incident which oc
cured ,gc days ago this city has been attempt
ca IN tGcNo horn hostthc execution by shoots gof two
dsseiter and c Administration Of ty lahes 10 third
Such executions have already not been uniclent in the
south whereas in tho North, after the defeat of Pope,
hundreds " descrers tossed the Potomac every night,
Of whom IL Is not improbable that orty Ter have
again enlisted accepting the enormous bonntes ronercd
bv the North II any desires 10 gauge the reckless
and exlravaRant waste which hes from the rst charac
terzed all The federal operations In the hcd, let him
notice The fact that on both SIDES the Potomac il Is hard
10 meet man boy among tnat ambphbous population