The Opelousas courier., 1864-11-12


RICHMOND PAPERS Uh THE DEFEAT
OF EARLY NEAR WINCHESTER.
From the New York Herald, 9th Sept.]
From the Richmond Eraminer, September %.
The battle in the valley last Monday still en-
crosses public attention. There have been no
official dispatches on the subject in addition to
the one from General Lee, published yesterday,
and it has proved unusually difficult to obtain
Trustworthy information through private sources
Persons reached the city last evening from the
valley who tell at least very straight tale, and
one which wears the appearance Of being cor
rect. We make brief account from their state
ments, which make the affair appear not SO bad
as at first believed. ~ =
The enemy, in heavy force at Fisay between
twenty-five and thirty thousand men-attacked
us. A bloody battle snsued, in which the enc
mys infantry, after desperate fighting, were
being driven back with great loss, when they
turned our right flank with force of between
six and ten thousand cavalry. All our attempts
to drive back this cavalry force, which is known
to be the flower of tho whole Yankee army,
proving unsuccessful, we we're forced to retire,
which We did in good order, with face to the foe
and conteshng every inch of ground. The enc
my being evidently too much cut up TO pursue
Us with advantages. followed our column only a
short distance and drew off.
Our loss in killed, wounded and prisoners will
certainly not exceed twenty-five hundred men.
Rhodes's division suffered most, our loss therein
being thousand men, We probably lost five
hundred prisoners in all The enemyts loss is
estimated at between, six and eight thousand men
killed and wounded. On Wednesday the YAM
KEGS with the flag of truce at Tarina claimed
that they had captured five thousand prisoners
Yesterday they had moderated their pretensions
SO far as to claim but twenty-five hundred (
General Early, with all of his trains, &c, = y
cure, now holds an impregaable positio1 ON
Fishers Hil, which IS twenty-five milefss hh of
Winchester by the valley turnpike, by the
same read, sevensy-four miles noy,.p yStaunton.
The RESULTS CLAIMED AS Fa iBLE BY THE
t7a8t q l4ss REBELS. @
From the Richmond Sentinel, Sept. 23 /
As we get more light on the subject Of the late
battle near Winchester, tie more favorable it ap-
pears for the Confederates The earlier part of
the engagement was decidedly in our favor; but
q movement on our right flank by heavy body
OF cavalry made ii necessary for our forces to
fall back, which was done in perfect order.
A gentleman who left the army since the bat
tie. says enr total loss in killed, wounded and
missing will not exceed three thousand while
that of the enemy was estimated at from six to
eight thousand. So severely were the enemy
punished that they could not modest our troops
IN their march to strasburg, although it is known
that their cavalry greatly oritnnmbered ours, ahd
is the best they have in the service
General Early occupies very strong position
on Fishers Hill, two miles south Of Strasburr,
about twenty miles south of Winchester. The
valley is very narrow at this point, not being
more than three Tsliles from mountain to noun
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CHASE ON THE MONROE DoCTRINE.-Mr.
Chase, in recent speech made at Cincinnati,
thus speaks Of the foreign policy of Lincoln's
''Then, there is another thing. They tell MS
we are not bold enough in our Government with
regard to foreign powers. Well, let them wait i
little. They have net said anything to show
what they intend to do; but we have told them
we do not intend to look with the least allowance
upon the establishment of q foreign empire in
America. Loud cheers. And i trust and be-
lieEe this doctrine will be carried out. and that
the monarchs Of Europe will find that they have
something toado at home rather than send their
Emperors into this eountryeof ours. fGreat an.
pIause.) | say, country of ours, because we
have common interest in every Republic on
she taca OF the American continent {"Thas's
So Ne foreign power can touch any power in
America without touching the United States"
a gran1narian conjugafed the Increasing heat
in somewhat the following style:-..'Hot, hotter,
hottest, hottentot bottentoter, hottenotest, hot.
bot as an oven, hot
as two ovens, hot as four ovens, hot as seven
ovens! How comfortable 10 contemplate this
weather! T==5.lsT
District Court ct the Confederate statag.
For the District ef Louisiana - Holding
4 n Sessiaas lat Opel0asas .ss