Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1864-11-02
= GOOD News from yirgiuia.

PEregssUHG,iD iDct. 2S.4EaSt night about
dark lie eleuiyschafget todr works on .tiit
Baxter rJai, Capturing u small rorti"n o.
tn ~; fran which, howay>rs ths.y wefe-Qaisk
,eI,s!.,ttse,l.Mifl,. III ls,sspf tbpn: dozt.ii
ss.;saers Or lyss sniff tffaIt,, CO... Har:
r,spA aud Mise, II W,,e's btis sade, we're cap
tur..d 10y the ehtmy.. - -
About l09'cIJck;astnishttlie enemy csarg-
el ouriworks ON tn. Jerusalem Eaak road.
g 1pturim q paIt Of our picket. line ard driy-
iue m the rest OF il. Abr.t II octockJ bow
ever. tile line wa ire estabi ishel atsihi> post
EicnMoSp' Get. .2S.-rhe following ofi.
cial .hsparch, from Gen. Lee, was ..eeired.at
III, War Department to.night,:4 -.
Hon. james Il. !Ssc'lloa: Hill rep rts that the
attack of Heath upon the enemy yesterday,
On the, Bqydt. roed, was made by Malone
with three hsisadesin front. and at thessan,f
time by. Uanpton in he rear, Malone cap
.turel three cCiors and six pieces OF; artillery.
bur,therlat,areooulsl not be sbrIugt,rh the
enemy holding the bridge. Ip :he attack
subsequently, by tie efcmy,. Malone broke
through their liEe Ct battle, and during the
. night the enemy retired sfrom the- Boyd,on'
rorJ, leavinc-his. wounded and amore4than
$50 dead on the field, Abou. Q p..m. a small:
i,rce made al assault and took possession oil.
our works an the BatterJ road in front Of
Petersburg, but. were soon driven eff on. the
Wilirm,kurg road. Yesterday Field cap
stured upaards of 400 prisoners and seven
.t.,,ors. The enemy left number of dead IN
front Of our w6rks-and retired to lis former
position.
FuRruER PARTICULARS.
Hampton attacked and Sought the enemy
in. the rear Yesterday evening, wAile Malone
struck them in the flank.
Nieht Superve: ing, and the enemy being
pressad insult .iendv in trout, aiouc saved
him tom the grea est defest Of the war.
As;tis, the cncyny was severely punished
and greatly deinoralfzed.
s9a,They abandoned the plank road 'last night nieh
Ieavin; over three hundred wounded in~ths.
hospitals sbesides- carrying Oft all their ambu
lances laden with dead ard wounded.
Over five hundred prisoners haze been
captured taus far, and 1900 stand Of arms,
besides blankets caissons, end some wagons
left en- tho Gel3. )
Our loss in killed and wounded rs moi ever
$50. In prisoners wp loEt probably 403. y
Malone captured four pieces OF ar iieiy
but owing to tie density of the woods could
not bring hem off, and the enemy reIa5seHs
ed them.
All quiet o.day, anl ;hc cd s;luati-o re-
sumed.
Gen: Hampton lost one son killed a;'d one:
seyerely wolaaed. .s.,,.a4s .1g.,z.zsssss--e.-
Gen. Hampton snd ca%alry dassips OCCASION
rendered service which the country csEn' /
i, too highly appreciate.
There is nn truth il the ruinored raid on
the South,ide Railroad.
PErnRsBrRC, Oct 2S, 5 P. N.
The enemy has been very quiet since the
Gsht beloy, details from our side are bring
ing inthe 3ankes dead today, and removing
their wounded. =,
Over one thousand stand OF arms of the
finest kind have been collected from the bat.
fls field. which was also covered with blan-
Le,s. kuapsacks. and provisions, showing
shat tho enemy, left in great haste. The
prisoners captured including the wounded
amount to over seven hundred. All accounts
concur that-the Yankees expected great re-
suits from the movement Grant commanded
in person. Six divisions of the. Yankee iu
fantry. besides cavalry and artillery partIci
pated in the fight.
A dispatch has been received by Hon.. >.
A. Seddon, which states that Gen. Hampton
followed the enemy on his Withdrawal from
Rowanty Creek, driving his reir guard across
and pursuing his cavalry, tehind their lines
of infantry.
Several hundred prisoners were captured !;
the enemy burned some Of their caissons and
ambulances. Our lines re established.