Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-07-10

the Americans" history as we lind it but
it is toe clear that our army has been obliged
10 retreat:
TIE RETREAT OF LEE.
We publish this afternoon number Of i'm
portrait dispatches from the Army VI the PotV-
mac III relation 10 the Rebel retreat. 1t seems
that Gen. Lee, after tho terrible repulso Ur his
army Oh Friday, loud the army vi Ten. Couch
anu The late forces Of Gen. Mllroy i'll his rear,
di>putnS not only ms passage to tho lords at
i!iams port, but also tu the upper iordS IL
tho Vicinity Of Hancock. lie consequently
WAS COM ,,,lic1 u retreat un the roads through
Luinilt~uurg and Crcugcrstown, probably to-
wards the ouullt MVuutain lie will there
ind 10 dispute his further progress, to-day
Gen. trci!cil force, a portion Ul Gen. llelnlzr!-
man troops, ami considerable reiu!orcemcuts
from Sclleucks department. Gen. Meade is
aiSU Ill close pursuit, aud will reach Frederick
tnis Afternoon The water i'll tue Potomac il
lVU nlSu ~ ford with cannon Ur wagons, aad 1t
Is more than probable that such portion Of his
ARMY as escapes, will br lutte more than i
dlsvi SanlzrI i;ibble.
POSTSCRIPT.
Just as we go to pIess We learn that the
rebel retreat is towards Wiiiamsport through
Ilagcrstuwn 10y several roads, and that Fred
erlck and the South Mountain are held by i
largo Federal force. There is Il probability
oi another battlc ut OF near Antietam.
THE LATEST.
The following was obtained Monday morn
ms from the Headquarters i'll Baltimore:
AdvlccS from the army up TO u. NJ, on
Sunday, july ), state that General Mcade's
fica lqunrtcrs would be st Creagerstown las:
night, aud were to be in Frederick to-day.
Gen Meade hus tclcsraphed tina, Lees
army is retreatng in wild confusion. Every
available man in Baltimore and Washington
Is being hur-i"d to Frederick 10 intercept
Lees flying and demoraizel troops. \ great
battle will probably come of tomorrow,
whi"h will doubtless be Il iuality Is General
Meadc's forces reinforced b.; Generals Couch,
Schenck uld ileint1clmalr, will Le nearly
double Lees armv.
The battle Of Friday was the most terrible
TO the enemy Of the three days conflict. and
his rspulSc SO complete and disastrous that
Gen. Meade and the leading officers pro-
nounccl il t. lie final and decisivn.
Never was there Il more vi gVrUus and dead
" assault than that made on our centre by
Lrng.trcct. 1t was deadly struggle On the
part Ut TIE enemy t" break our lines, repeated
and rene. eli hall dozen times during the
afternoon, in which they were is often re-
pulsed, and driven back with q loss Of li!,
unparalleled BY any previous battle in which
tucy hal come in conflict With the grand old
army OF the Potomac.
Officers who have been taken prisoners adj
NIT ,hat the loss of the enemy Of those in
high command, is fully equal if not greater
than VIC have sustained; but refuse to give
the names Of those who have fallen.
II. z. ARMY OF PoroMAc, July 6.
The rebel Gen. Fender is wounded, Gems
Johnston and kemper, arc killed. Gen. Farms
worth. Of our cavalry, is killed The rebel
losses are estimated at 10000. Our troops are
in excellent spirits.
General Btttcrcld's wound IS more severe
than supposed. but not serious.
The rebels abandoned their wounded and
killed.
Lincoln has issued congratulatory ad-
dress to the country, and the American" is
jubilant at the narrow escape which Balti-
more has made from the hands Of tho re-
bels.
LATEST FROM THE BATTLEFIELD.
From parties who left the battlefield at
l. O'clock on Saturday morning, We gather
the following particulars of the flight Of the
enemy:
The enemy is in full retreat, dcmoralizcd
and almost dsor.anized, leaving in our
hands his many thousands Vi killed aud
wounded.
The men all felt that ;hcy had whipped the
enemy, and The JOY was great. The shouts ot
victory could be heard for many miles, when
tue enemy rctrca;cI and was kept up to 4
l,tr hour Of the night. 4 shout in one diyi-
vision was rc-cchGcl from the next, and so
went the rounds Of the field, and was renewed
~ fresh evidence Of victory reached them.
During t, evening flag Of truce arrived
from Gen. Lee, pr posing, in his hypocritlcal
manner, Il truce of forty-eight hours, as Il
measure Of humanity, 10 afford time to bury
the dead and attend to the wounded.
Ii was evident tina, the enemy must at once
retreat. and the proposition was regarded by
Gen. Meade as a mere ruse u obtain time to
push forward his trains towards the river, and
secure = line Of ESCAPE. The proposition was
promptly rejected and m advance immcdi-
;itry ordered on the town OF Gettysburg.
The enemy slowly rctrcated before cur cav
airy aud infantry, and by midnight we were
in full possession of the town and the battle
field without opposition. During the night
scouts arrived reporting that the enemy was
rapidly rctrca;ing by the Grcencastlc road to-
wards iIagerstown, and preparations we're at
Ince made Tor a pursuit at daylight Cavalry
were also sent out to harass the enemy, and
IT daylight a vigorous attack was mado on
the cn.mYS rear guard, which in rain at
tempted to check the pursuit. CT the fleeing
army.
The distance from Gettysburg to the Poto-
mae is fully 10 miles, and with tho assistance
Of Gen. French and the old garrison at Har-
per's Ferry, numbering aLou, 5000 men, in
cluling most Of the Maryland regiments, who
are understood to be properly posted to check
his flight we have strong hopes of being able
send it ACCESS the Potomac L dcmcraized and
disorganizcd mob
Maicr General Hancock is considered as the
great hero of Fridays battle. His corps met
the terrible assaults Of the enemy without
iliDching, and though they lost heavily. it
fought noby. When he fell severely wound
ed, the effect on his men was to give them re
newcd determination to conquer, and when
they learned that their wounded commander
.w..s still watching them and directing their
movements, they fought like demons and
drove back the enemy, when he renewed the
assault with tho vigor of fresh troops. sending
him back to his lines in such crippled con-
dition that all attempts TO rally them again
vas futile.
Up TO - o'clock on Saturday night. the
sounds Of cannon could be heard in the
distance, as our pursuing columns attack
ed the enemy's rear, and thousands of prison
ers and struggling rebels are coming towards
Gettysburg, VITA captured wagons and cam
non. In short, there was every evidence that
our victory was as decisive as it was glorious
that the enemy was in disorsanized flight get
ting back TO Virginia rs rapidly as his worn
o,, al .bu,t.ra,l b,r.u flash ,r,nIl