Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-09-05
Ftul1 .Msns1aaa Plains.


IN by the central train. on Yesterday, tended
TO sxhiierate the COMMUNITY to All extent
s'ST'ssy les, exuherant than on the occasion
Ct the Victories before Richmond. The gen-
s7sl nnz,eiT lor particulars, however, met
only with diaspp6lt.nens, aud 40 far as the
description n he r:eGta at tht three days
battle on Manassas Plans is concerned, the
Imagination Can only islicitst7 upon the preg-
nant ruateria, Of the sen55al ard indefinite in-
formation before it,
PASSENGERS ty .te Central train speak OF the
battle or Saturday 81 oue OF the most severe
Is contested of tie war, and ihe defeat and
routs Of the enemy surprising that Of the ia
nous affair Of the 2lst OF july. The carnage
wss necessarily teIrih!s. snd our ewn arIny
suffered to All extent =hich iustifes the belief.
tna', although the victorT was brilliant, it wss
dea'ly bo;iJht, II must bs T.nemts,ed that
the gallant army under Les had ths combined
forces oi Pope and NrCiritan to snoounssr,
the overthrow Of which; IL would be unres-
without i hasSJ- s.crii)..s. 49,.
General Tslisferva, who i but et.ght!j
wounded, rssah'd the a,y yesterday. by
the GENITAL Irsu. Generals Ev@an
snd I;imoc, ~hh w<i' u,nr: aevsre-
ly Wounded. were Ptll unebls t. te re-
m"ved. II rs greatly 50 be Regretted that the
former, Gen. Ewuln whose career haa bsan
US brilliant aa his conduct has been modest,
mas been compelled 10 suffer the loss Of q leg,
which will, of course, dopTivs tho command
which he has SO long. and so we'll conducted,
OF his valuable services.
The ereny's loas far exceeds tbs: Of cur
own t.,rces, and will prove ohagtisemsnt
irt2 " h:ch it will require an unusually strong
cry TOR Union az e., "three hundred thou.
! ssnd." to recover Gsnsrala Pope and Nc
Dowell ere reported morally wt:unded. and
Gvr.rsl Sissl killed II S also reported that
, the ruE4ber ii pri,onera taken was sbont nine
Thousand, ali of whom were pGroled on the
tsld. The flight OF the remnants nf the
Yankee army towards Alexandria closes the
list OF the baIus hsld reports wb;ch hsYs
reached rs.
A gentleman who arrived u: Eiohncnd. %
yesterday, from Washington, states thst bs-
tie Po,eusz cad been blown Up, a1d pre-
partitions we're he!aS made to evscuGts the
city.
A despatch ia rtpar:sd 10 have bssn re-
csi2ed f:cE General Lse. =iatui2 ,hst hs Was
in sight of Washington city. II this lie true,
there is ss ger nc telling from what point the
'ci.T of magnificent distances" was viewed,
He may be at Al=Ls0ir;s or q! several other
points Gil the Potomac, cut of ths range Of
c.nn,.n shot, bui uot 100 iar off to get within
sasssiog distance within a very short time.
s:LE LATER AID xoSE 0EELAITs.
= PARTICIPANT in the engagement Of Satur-
day sends us the following from Gordonsrille: !:
"Attsr severe csnuonade s-satportiou
Of the uoruipg, ,Satu rday,j the Dsssl0 COM
menced in earnest about three o'clock r d.
TIE enemy at first contested steadily s|ery
iach Of tbs ground. but were finally rcpulsed,
avinS in confusion. Several OF their reg
uents wsI s!nost utterly aHnihilated. The
slaughter VAS Immense and tie field for
three niles .Tae covered witn ieai snd
HvuIder:
The 4 snt commenced on lie WaTTehton
/; turnpike and gradually becaEs general. Our
tT"ops fought nith animation and obstiosoJ,
Inc Division under the iTnulcdiat5 command
of Brig Gun. heIaPer captured th7se bate
r-s (2ons thirty pieces, We have captured
numerous stauds al colors arns, and thou-
sands Of prisoners.
The caaualtiss among our officers are great
er IN wounded .nap killed. Ger- Jenkins
wrs wounded in the chest aldleg Gen. Trim
tl. ~: shat in the tesd; Gen. Field in the
thigh: Cen. Ewell in the right leg; Col. Bay
lor, il command G! Tx Stooewsll Brigade" I"
was killed. Col. h=.. III South Carolina, was
wounded, not lerioualy Lieut.. Col Fleury,
Of tue til Virginia, was slso wounded.
1t is reported that Pope and Mcdowell arc
horh mo1tally w1undsu, sni that SicNss, of
Barton Key notoriety: was killed.
a friend just in, states that when he lefs
the ~nole Yankee army, pursued By ours,
was aying towards Washington.