The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-09-26
GEMS, RHODES AND GOODWIN
KILLED.
General Fitzhugh Lee Wounded,
THE FULL DETAILS FROM THE
RICHMOND PAPERS.
Cheering of the Union Troops
Unpleasant.
MORE INCENDIARY FIRES
IN RICHMOND.


Very Bad News-Oercat OF General EARLY.
!, From ne Richmond Enquirer. September p.
There were many reports current on yesterday
representing that Early had sustained a severe
defeat in the valley. All accounts that reach us
concur in the statement that a very heavy battle
was delivered on Monday last, few miles below
Winchester, and that our forces, after battling
braycly all day, retired during the nigh, to Now
town ard afterwards to Fishers Hill, few miles
southwest OF Winchester. In this light we lost
Generals Rhodes and Goodwin killed, and General
Fitz Lee slightly wounded in the thigh. The
enemy made the attack in force much larger
than our own, and suffered very heavily.
The following has been received from General
\ Lee
u HE.DouARrrrs AMY OF NonrnRS yrRGIvI,. s,ptam
ber16 Bt4 To James a. ScddiR Early report,
that ths morning OF the lgth enemy advanced
Winchester, which place he met his attack which
wS sna ms so IRON o rTs ssT IN es aay m IN s 5 WSn he
town and this morning TO Fishers Hin.
VI Our l. IS reported TO he severe.
1 Msjor-Gcnefai Rhodes and Brlgader- General Goodwin
Three plccrs " ofaruery, OF Kings Battalion were lost
The trains anc supplies were brought on safely.
The telegram from General Lee brings the un-
welcome intelligence OF a reverse to our arms In
the valley General Early has retired from Win
chester 10 Fishers Hill near Suasburg. rhe
varying fortunes Of the war in the valley nave SO
; repee tedy witnessed the falling back and subSe-
qutntly the advance of our army that this intelli
! genCe has not come unexpectedly. At one time
the enemy were almost in Lynchourg; 10 few
weeks the shells from our guns were exploding
within Washington City. IL has not been long
since General Early advanced from this very
Fishers Hill aud drove the enemy into Harper's
Ferry. His present position is regarded as i'm
prtgnabe ana from it he will, in due time, again
advance upon the now rejoicing enemy.
The death OF Major General Robert Il Rhodes
; will be severely felt by the army OF Northern
Virginia. which sustains, by his death, the loss
OF one of its best officers. His promotion was
rapid, Tor he early e,uced those great qualities
which won the confidence of his men and the ad
miratiOn OF his country. General Rhodes was
born in LyDchhurg, Virginia, and gradu ted ip
the class of lS4S AT the Virginia Miliary Institute,
and after a few years of protessorshp ut that in
stitnuon, he removed to Alabama, where he mlr-
lied Miss Woodruff of Tuscaloosa. ..
General Rhodes came out in 1861, as Captain Of
the mobile Cadets and upon the org l1ization
OF the bth Allb ma regiment, he was app JiuLed
its colonel. HIS best euOgy is the faithful re-
cUrd OF his services Promoted sOOl after the
hrt battle OF Manassas % brigadier-g general, ne
followed the fortunes OF the army of Northern
Virginia through the winter OF 1861 the siege OF
yorktown; wouuCed nt the battle of Seven
Pines; throughout the seven days battles rOund
Richmond; upon the Maryland ctmolig1;
wounded at SharpsOurg; present nc Freis-
TieksbuTg; at ChanceilOrSvle, where no was
/. made nIHjOr-geneHl through the Pennsylvania
campaign; from Nine Run tO Gaines Mill with
Early in the defense of Lynchburg; again into
MarS land, and with the valley army throughout
IT'S marches and battles, until he has fallen at
Wuchest r, In the service TO which he devoted
himself in the faithful discharge of duty, and in
the enjoy ment of the grateful admiration Of his
countrymen. He leaves widow and child, 10
whom 10 earthly honors can bring any cons Ia
tioD, but to whom he tender sympathies OF all
VIII be freely giveI.
Brigadier-General A. C. Goodwin is also men.
toned by General Lee as among the killed,
General Goodwin was formerly Provost Marshal
of Richmond, and was subsequently promo,ed
colonel OF North Carolina regiment IL has
been but few days since the papers mentioned
his appointment TO the brgadier. generalship.
General Goodwin WIS from Portsmouth, Virginia,
and was most gallant officer.
No other casualties are mentioned, but our loss
Is reported very severe. The fall of Atlanta h I'D
already East gloom over the community, aud
this reverse Will very much increase 1t, we fear.
1t should not do 30. The fortunes of war are
always uncertain, and reverses are, of course,
very saddening; hut it is unbecoming our peo pie
not 10 shake Oft their long faces and bring them
selves TO calmly and resolutely consider their
situation. The army is always in fine spirits.
and, though dtfeated 10 day, tomorrow it will
retrieve the loss, and laugh at the sad and gloomy
people who, far from danger, are yet more appre-
hensiye than hose who bear It's brunt.
Desperate efforts on the part of tue enemy are
to be 10 ked tor. The Presidential election COM
pels Lincoln TO be stirring and striking. He can
enly save his election by success Ihis fall and,
as there Is no chance for peace between him and
Mcclellan, we do not see that anything should be
Tisked by us IN a battle which cannot be decisive
in It's character Partial successes like this in the
valley may elect LincOlu-we hope they will
but they tend very little 10 any final result
They serve the purpose Of Lincoln-to defeat
Mcclellan; but they contrbate nothing 10 our
suhjugatiOu.
But these reverses show that our people must
ccme forth and so the font; more are there
wanted, and more must be had. The long list OF
Government details must be shortened; the
NitTe and Mining Bureau, the COmmissary and
QuarteTmaster Departments, must disgOrge. Tue
contractors must be lesseued the eNempts re-
viewed, aud The army increased. But more than
this when men are sent to the army they mus
not he allowed to desert aud straggle Off Dis H.
pine must lie improved, and as much done Dy
officers of the line as is expected frcm the Bureau
OF Conscription. To stop to mourn over reverse
is great folly they should but move the people
rs they DO the army, u meet disaster with the
full confidence in the overriding Providence, Whl
sends victory or defeat as to Him seems best.
what Means that Cheer?
From, the Richmond EHquiysr Sep'cmber22.
The only topic ofintorest in Petersburg on yes
teTday was report that, on Tuesday evening
and during the night, there was a ringing sh0u
from Yankee throats extending al along th
lines. This unexpected outbreak of eXultatOI
slightly myslided our boys, until the news from
the valley became mooted about when the de
monstratiOn was fully explained. There was thj
usual picket firing and artillery practice.
General Lee Wounded.
From the Richmond Di4ofrh, September p.
report was in circulation at an early hOu
Winchester, in the valley Of Virginia, on Mon
day last.
Newtown the point TO which our forces fel
back ON Monday night, Is about eight miles thi
side OF Winchester, az the intersection of the Val
ley Turnpike and White Post roads Fisher,
Hill is adjacent to Strasburg, some eight mile,
south of NeWtown.
We have no further particulars Of the blttl,
than furnished by the official despatch, eNcep
that Major-General Fitz Lee received painful
though no. dangerous, flesh wound in the thigh
Sheridan, having been reinforced from Grant,
amy, was enabled TO bring oyerwhel ming mum
bers against the COntederates, who resisted nearly
an entire day before falling back aud the fac
that our trains and supplies were brought OF
safely shows that il was no rout.
Incendinry Fires ia Richmond.
htRichH0Hd EH 3HireT, Sept ~.
About two o'clock yesterday morning, the res
,auiaht on Twelfth street, known rs "Our House
kept by Mr.. Charles Hunt, was discovered 70 b
An ,irno me ~ me me Fire Brigade opportune arrived