Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-02-11
From tho Petersburg Express.
Gen. Pryor, Victury.

THE engagement Of Gen. P.y.rat kellev'S.
Nn,semand county, Na:,,on Friday morning
Last, turns OMIT til have been one Of the mnst
complete successes of the war for our arms.
We have information direct rom Sutfblk,
through 4 source rs reliable MS any in Id :
Commonwealth. that the Y.l,nkcsylurces were.
siignnlly defeated. aadfnotI,ins but lack Of
:%avl!r} in Gen. Pryor's command, prevented
It from being al utter root.
Gen. c '%rcnra,l, and not Gea. Peck, n la.
been stated. was ia C ,mmand uf tn" frnker
lava er,. CoortrIn conc.des a 10. ,,l 800 kill, /.
,t aid wounded, and among the former is Il
Lieut.. Colonel, whose name our informant
y ,ss not rccollect. and u Capt. raylo r Gen.
Gil b was carried into Suff,lk Friday Of err
400 severely wnundei.
S%,raggler> cAllc pouring into Suffolk at 81
lerlv hour Friday. and reported Il loss of 1000
killed and log wounded. Thi. infornialion
proved mot ubvielcome 10 NJ jrr Gen. Peck,
and that officer, face assumed IL very length
ened and ruetul appearance. But when Cor
conan himself arrived ami informed him that
the killed and wounded would not exceed
500, Peck frightened up and his nerves be-
culne more steady.
All day Friday, AMI up to a late hour at
night, the wouude"..were brought in. filing
al the losii,a's, and II ce,sita Ing the impress
meut OF the Baptist Church, which up to thai
time had remained unoccupipd by the enemy.
The deal were buried hear the battle ground
The arlny of Peck is represented as being
greatly demoraliznl. and. our informant saw
over tlree hundred Yankee soldiers marched
into Suffolk Friday afternoon, und.r guard.
These men had thrown down their arms, anu
declared that they would no longer light in
[incoln's behalf.
G rcor IN. we lie RI, a:sei'e there was cause
FOR ~coJngratul,tiou on his part, that matters
were no worse, as he had but 5000 engaged.
while he knew Prror's force to be 1900. We
10 not intend to intimate to the enemy what
General Pryor's force really was. but We do
not hesitate TO SAY, that lsl the CuntederateS
numbered The hal. Of 2. 0a0 on this occacion.
Con coral would never lave gone back tn
Suffolk.
1t was very industriously circulated on the
streets. Of Petersburg, Saturday, that Gen.
Pryor had been surprised. We gave the ru-
nor no credit at the time, believing it to be
false and the communication Of our cores;
pondcnt - Murphy" In To days Express, fur
nishes n complete rrfu:alion Of this Charge.
ten Pryor was not surprised, bnt expected
nj attack, ard did not close his eyes on Thurs
day night. When the first approach Of the
enemy MAS minated, it found tue General
commanding with ar.nor Oh, and fully pre-
pared for the attack. The result shows how
successfully he mel the onslaught.
- i priSn,,pr ctofas shot Eon Gorcnra oy-
rected to surprise our gallant band, and for
this purpose d~ouble-quicked his men all the
waJ from Suffolk. But he was doomed to
disappointment. And If. he was so badly
thrassed when he expected to find our men
napriog, we presume re will be slow to re-
new the fgh, hereafter, when he knows they
are wide awake.
An Official dispatch received here yesterday
states our casualties ut 40, of whom six were
killed.