Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-02-11
From tho Petershurs: Express.
Gen. Prynr's YicturY.

The engagement of Gen. Piyrra 1T kellrv's.
Nausemaad COUNTY, Na.,,o n Friday morning
Last, turns onto have been one Of the mos,
complete successes of the war for our arms.
We have information direct from Suffolk,
.throngl, a source as reliable Ms eny in lh
Commonw., alth, hat the Y.l,kcsslorces were
siignnlly defeated. and nothing but a lack Of
:avl!ri in Gen. Pryor's command, prevented
It FROM being an utter root.
Gen. G. rcnran, and unt Gsn. Peck, "a ha-
hean stated. was in command of the frnker
lava er:. Cooctrin comedies Il To-: ID 800 kill
ct ard wounded, and among the former is Il
Lieut.. Colonel, whose name our informant
sS not rccollect. and u Capt. Tal lor. Gen.
Gi b wa carried into Suif,lk Friday Of er.
400 severely wtundeI.
Ssragglers cAtlc pouring into Suffolk at III
.sr!v hour Friday. ana reported u loss Of 1000
Killed and lln1 wounded. Thi.einforlls,ton
proved most ufwelcome 10 NJ j,r Gen. Peck.
and that officers face assumed "a very length
ened and ruetul appearance But when Cor
conan himself arrived anu informed him that
the killed und wounded would not exceed
500, Peck frightened up and his nerves be-
came more steady.
All day Friday, anil up toa late hour at
night, the wounde"..were brought in. filing
al the oi.i.a's, and IL CO ,si,a Ing the impress
meut OF the Baptist Church, which up to that
time had remained unoccupied by the enemy
Tie dead were buried near the battle ground
The nrluy of Peck is represented ~ being
greatly demoraliznl. and our informant saw
over tlreo hundred Yankee SOLDIERS marched
into Suffolk Friday afternoon, under guard
These men had thrown down their arms, and
declared that they would no longer fight il
Liucoln's behalf.
G rcor IN. we lie ~, a+sel'e there was CAUSE
Cor c0ngratul.tiou OH hia part, that matter
were M worse, rs 1t. had but 5000 engaged
while he knew Pryor's force TO be 1000. We
DO not intend to intimate to the enemy wha'
General Pryor's force really WAS. but We dc
not hesitate TO say, that hsd the Confederate Q:
numbered The hal! Of 2.Oa0 III this o~ccacion
Coicoran would never have gone back Il
Suffolk.
IL was very industriouSly circulated on the
| streets Of Petersburg, Saturday, that Gen
Pryor had been surprised. We gave the ru'
n"r no credit at the time, believing it to be
false; and the communication Of our cores;
pnndrnt Murphy" in to days Express, fur,
ilishes a complete rrfu,a,ion Of this Charge
ten Pryor was not surprised, bnt expected
M attack, ard did not close his eyes on Thurs
day night. When the first approach Of the
el4emy. MSS intima,ed, it fouad the Genera
commanding with ar:nor ON, and fully pre-
pared for the attack. The result shows hon
successfully he mel the onslaught.
a prisoner states that Gen. Corcoran en-
rected to surprise our gallant band, and for
this purpose d~ouble-quicked his men all the
way from Suffolk. But he was doomed to
disappointment. Aud if he was so badly
thras1ed when he expected to find our men
mapping, we presume lie will be slow to re-
new the fgli hereafter, when he knows they
are wide awake.
An official dispatch received here yesterday
states our casualties at 40, of whom six were
killed.