Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-09-23
E,rE ThuCsiTD yAHGESS KILLED ANo
WOUNDED, ........ -

iDE Iuin.rs % oa,ueS IN Marylano' A-e
resct,d IT,, city from dirers unrehao.
s9urv.a. 4hr printing Offices were vls'te'
O., .a,....,s Curing tue entire day BY an1iou
sscuu,1, ~ I've .'a,cst news" but nothlrI
ri ,,s;', ,,I.1.s nature could be obtained
.. IT,, :.s. rumors current Thursday an;
Y,:l.., tic GLOWING appears to ce the mos
sa,hcntic: reasa desperate battle was Tough
:, a. Sunday, st 1Eddletown, Maryland, be
,veen the Confederate forces, under GenerA
D. Il. Hill, Ri Ito Yankees, eighty THOUSAND
s,roog, co1nr....'el by Mcclellan. Gen. Hi
is reported to ;::'o n'.ie shrse separate at
tscss, and was e-c;. '!i"s ;,pulsed ey I'll
superior numbers ii Is enemy. Early The
next morning (Np,vtlsy} lie wns reinforced oy
General Longs.->rt, ana ssair attacked th'
sneny, and Oh ,i.is OCCASION succeeded !:
driving him three rl:les from his original posi-
ton. Th. Sight is said to have been long
and b!ooiv one, snd YES attended with heavy
loss OF 10th s!,:es-
| The following Is an cxtrnc: IRON !estsi
received Fl cla eli officer il the Confederate
s..,.s Army, dated Hsrpcr's Perry, Sept. IS
so:
..li,rper's Ferry was surrendered to our
/ : t.S about two huurs age Gs"erai N!'eS
~ il. command, With zen tneusano uieo'- :,
: Th-ir Irus, artillery, stores, &c, wore al
surrendered with tho cIen.
! 1t is reported that Genera! Garland "aS
/ killed Yesterday il: al engagement winch
! Lon-..I,.t l..d with the eueluy ia Hsryy-
i.Ilu.
Tie i.,ncL,uYs -I+Iul.l:cat, says tina:
con.t:n.,s norrmcnt va. do upon a.--
yvr's i-.,y = is,r J"rcts VI J&c:;soi' AskeE
HI: lcl4N, -. "rulrr lrc1oesins the i'o:o-,
r:u.. :. ",....n. port General %c!ker at
Nf.r.; Ed slr: iil,er.l .IcCali approaching
tc..:: 40, Mach, -. Ct 1F:;ns from Maryland
lie; his ..i,r.a!,r. tho lawn. The several
L5i,a, l::!y,>! T., their destination OF Sunday
,i,urn,5., Az, ,r-;,rir,i ter a.. lrinetpste at.
tack.
TIC ::.:t c1:g":,nc,V atou. i!,rrr o'clock
n the us.nil;g "a 49, con!es;.t "i!h DIES
ss.ion oE t"s,i.iti-s. tiu7 artillery, however
pl>yct upca tie Ia"ker esitrcnshrl-I:;a tie
whn!. night and ~ "ss ai..r"aIds Gsccr-
,ane!, with fearful! eject.
a. dayl;.tl. On MaItsAy tue combat was
.cncv.ed viii! Iaple i.rtv:ca", :: possible, titan
On the preceding evcniag; tut IL short time
the cnemy's fire began to slackcn, and at $
O'Clock L!.e Yankee cc!Eu.ai.deT, Gen. Niles,
proposrd TO surrender. TIE proposition was
ac,,vded ,r, sIj il short time our ,sYvps
marched in Gl.: tool> possession ef'the enc
Ev's works.
Tie fruits OF this glorious victory are re-
ported &c be 10000 prisoners, tifty pieces o;
artillery, 4 lsrge amount Of ordnance, corr
miSsary and QuartcI!nasser's stores, add one
thousand neg;oeS, whnu The Yankees hs6
stole..
STILL LATER.
We aru kindly permitted by Gov. Letcher
TO publish the following eXtrarts from letter.
rccclvsd ty MA, yesterday:
!; WlvcAEstIR, Sept. lG.-Afsrr the advance
Of our army To /. ederick, and the Is, aips OF
the adrnirsbie proclamation TO the. people
OF Maryland by Lee, movement took place
with oar Troops, soeluingly in the erection Ct
Penns Tivan!a, but ruily for sn important
movement Into Virgins. After sending q
PORTION If h!s troops to occupy and hold tho
MARYLAND I.shts, Gen. Jackson YVES directed
Nv Con. L=e ~ recroSs the Potomac Ut VIII
Transport tAks possession Of Martlnsburg, and
taen pas rapidly behind Hsrpsrs Ferry,
that cartu:u ri ht Do ef,ctsd Of the
garrison au,i stores known to be thcre,--
The movement vas admirably conducted
HarIiEsbuie i:li, with capture Of one hun
t.red and fifty p:iScpers and sohe stores, tho
most being iU!tei. 10 Ito Ferry. The inveot-
lneut OF usrpe1's Ferry was ta1cted Oh Satur-
day Sunday E:oIning there Tas scne firing.
aad il vas reIe"ed yesterday morning. aud
zoe result tbs unconditional surrender u tbs
gartlsnu--teG tiousaed ;nen, with ali ih.
aru.s, fifty pieces OF aEiii!eTy, ammunition, one
hundred wagons, quarteiIuSster and cohuis-
sary stores, and many cars, some OF which
we're loaded. Hnd oQu negroes. This impur-
t,nt o>,o quest was effected aosthout tkc loss OF
a nan oH uair st.te. 81 much is official. It's
reported tia. LII: c"Tauy, 1000 In number,
escaped 10 ShtpherdsunTn.
|, Is Iepos,ea ,H.t an engagm"n: took
place nesr N>onshur"'. u ID sai. lLs ensdiy
we're rtIused t~ile, with loss OF
5.oGQ in ki!.ei sud wounded Our loss
was h+&vy. Dor tr"vi's fI bhck towards
tbs Potomac irru. reasons that can 60
easily corjsc,used. Jackson will nov
recross Inc Potom.c a. hsrper's Ferry,
circumvent the enemy il he has hAd the To-
1neri,y to ;ulIow our advanced corps, and we
shall capture OF oisperss the whole concern.
Gcd graft That this con ecture may ne VEN
ned. Gen. Gart:ytL il certainly killed. His
body arriving iela .:.:s IecrDipg.
EuAHchls Ii. Smith.
Eooneoborrusn is in Washington county
Mary ,sad, s, u!!es from Wsshin5ton-sbout
10 mles iroul narper's Ferry, in e. due North
direction, ai,d about the same distance south
cast Of Hueel ssowo. 1t is situated on the
wost Slope Of tito South mountain
WIscxcer;s. Sept. ia fight took place
Sunday at M,ddiclown, Nd, he:~ees a very
heavy force Of The er,stpy and Geu.'D- = HIP
| Division. Tie loss was great Oh each SIDE
| Hill. huwnver, held hs position, until the al.
vance Of Longs.reeI arrived, when The eHeruy
fell buck. General Garnet WAS killed
| No oLle: officer, as yet, reported KILLED
or wounded. Yesterday the enemy al
Harper's Ferry ru, rendered 10 theinriEci
nle Jackson,at 3 =. u. They consisted o.
10000 luiaulry. Their cavalry escaped the
night before crossing tie r,ver ut Shepherds
:uSn. AL OF III. stores lief. g: the Ferry ore
on ;hs way mere. There wero but few, L.
they were yearly starved OUT. Tho force do.
tuatsd ny Hill We're on :helr way to the 70
lief u: their friends at the Ferry.
EA1HAx;I, B. MADE.
Editor cf "Repubhcan.
.pr,osoiy meant for Garland.