The New York Herald Newspaper, January 16, 1863, Page 1

ERESTING FRO% THE SOUTHWEST.. a eral ‘allivan’s Splendid Campoign Against Forrest. “BATTLE OF RED MOUND. Capitaiation of Holly Springs. view with Ex-Secretary -Thompson’s Family. tral Sweeny’s Success Against Abe Guerillas in Alabama. ING BACK OF GRANT'S ARMY FAIRS AT BATON ROUGE, &e., &e., bo. LIVAN’S TWELVE DAYS’ CAMPAIGN. Our Jackson Correspondence: %, Jaouson, Tenn., Jan. 3, 1803" of Red Mound—Forrest’s Raid Into the District Sf kaon, Tenn.—Brilliant Maneuvering of Infantry inst Cavalry—A Complete Viclory—Seven Pisces of ry, a Number of Caitsons and Ammunition Wa- Captured— Valuable Services of Freya Marshal at Siith—Perer vgs, Appérlaining wo Offlecr-—In- ) Be. de. unparalleled campaign of twelve cays bas just been , under the leadership of Brigadier General Jere. C an, who, with parte of a few brigades of infantry and leeve Of artillery, against superior nowberg of gavalry artillery, sncvesded jn outmancuyering and ulti- biy engaging and routing @ force of the enemy under of the most dashing aad efficient officers of General jg’s command. The entire movement ie one of ihe brilliant, the most glorious, on record in tbe annals pe war, and exhibits an instance of the few indica- of genius yet unfolded by the circumstances of ing national troubles, neral Sullivan, the bead of this affair, was cau | for the navy; but owing to tie wninviting pecia of early prcmotion prior to the war he re. d, pursuing one of the avocations of civil Jife. In beginning of the rebellion he set out as captain of ptry. Since then, by the force of corepicucus merit, ascended through the varicag Jntervening grada- to the porition be bcoupies as District Com- Jder-of what is, ag the “District of Jackson,” Thig iticludes ali the territory radiating seventy the centre, Jackson. The particulars of this ing and important campaign 1 make the theme of presect epistie. tly after the assault upon Holly Springs, Mise., the ruction of our stores there, and subsequent north- movement of the forces participating in that affair, believed that a general and combined movement enemy's cavalry was in operation. While Van ‘wae making his way toward Bolivar. with some in- jops @f a design to visit this place, information «1 General Sullivan that General Forrest, of Bragg s ud, was crossing the Tennessee river about ofty Jen southwest of this point, at a village known as vom. The original report, as concerns numbers, arefiable and nearly correct, the real force subsequently, upon persona) observation, pated at seven thousand movnted men, em ding reguiar and irregular cavalry, together with b pieces of artillery. It was the evident intention of enemy to march directly upon this piace, be having ped, through the natives, that butaemal) garrisou it—designing, consequently, an immediate, rap.d bh and attack, anticipating, doubtless, an cary plore. |At the time of receiving the information, Gen. Sullivan's d was alarmingly dispersed, it having the entire cad from Union City to Davies’ Mills, a distance of hundred and thirty milee, under its protection. The pt details and detachments were hastily massed a, je place, as a rendezvous. When part of the forces concentrated the dispositions commenced. Wagons, ybuiances, camp conveniences, rations, and everything pt ammunition —seventy-five rounds of which were in the pockets and cartridge boxes of the troops— Jeft bebind, and the movement inaugurated under to eudsist upon the country. Ithmediately Gen. Sullivan ordered five hundred caval- ly, under Col. Ingereo!, Eleventh Illinois cavairy, to re- poitre in the direction of Lexington, which is thirty fies ast, with instruction, if the enemy were encoun- d, to fali back upon Jackson, meanwhile skirmishing | ing the Geveral’s supposition that the enemy would found thereabouts, upon reaching , Lexington Colne) ‘was warmly attacked Dy cavalry and artillery the personal command of Ferrest, The Colone] was prieoner and lost two cannon. The rest of the com” skirmished back. by General Sullivan now gathered his forces for the purpore marchiag out to meot Forrest, leaving the defences of (son, which consisted of houses strongly garrisoued barricaded streets, under command of Major Melanc- Smith, of the Porty-Afth Illinois infantry, Prgyort I General of this district. The omemy succeeded foreing our cavalry until within three miler east of ibe 1D, where General Sullivas met and repelled the rebels, ing them back te Lexington. Meeting such an obstinate resistance, instead of march upon the town General Forrest changed his determina- Making a detour nerthwesterly, struck the railroad miles north of this point, cut it and captured » I) garrison of fifty men at Carroll Station @eneral Sullivan now withdrew his forces into Jackson , Forrest scattered bis aloug the raitroad, destroying everything as far ae Union City. Major Smith immediately despatched five hundred te. fapiry upon a train, with icstruotions to push through to the relief of Colonel Fry, at Trentoo. Wien but a short ‘@wiance out, the train was fired into, and the row! abear found revered. The men at once disembarked, leaving ie tran under a strong guard, fought their way 10 Bomboidt, and, driving the enemy out of the town, took Pomsersion. Tidings now reached Humpoldt of the capt gtion of Colone! Fry and two hundred and fifty men, at Trenton. The necessity of going forward beng moved, in consequence of the surrender, our forces arrest ‘ve their march there, to await furihor orders. ‘wee', of Huntingdon, by way of Mclamooresville, ex. Precting thus to elude our forces. Upon his arrival here apother skirmish took piace between our cavalry, eighty strong, and everal rebel regiments. Believing it to be Forrest's plan to intersect the Lex- imgton road, either at Clarkeburg, pine miles seuth of Huntingdon, or at Red Mound, fifteen miles distant, on the same road, General Sullivan, in order to thwart int, if such were the intention, detached fourteen hundred {n- fantry, with four cannon, and forwarded ti take the enemy at Cusksburg or Red Moant whe corer, Prise wae placed under Colonel |, Fiftieth Indiana Satie ni x Citeney Dunham overtook the ickets dur Bight. A skirmigh engued, in fires fed wounded Le cs the enemy lost and several ‘The next morning Colonel Dunham overtook bee -adrenparg sh Mound. and bim. van set Out at three o’clock on same morn’ ith the other brigade, com} ‘of fifteen hundred in- posed two of artillery and eighty cavairy, com. pane by Beionet Puller, of the ecrporvents Obio Y: At daybreak the enemy's rear was struck. Sabian ceichin Decora is forces, Part on the left of ie , ip an open |, be placed under Major Smith, with instructions to act there tn hia name. Abother part of the brigade was thrown to the right of the road, form- ing womewhat semicircularly, so as to embrace the enemy. was commanded Wadler. In the centre, Geu. Sullivan commanded in person, he pursuing the road. Major Smith ordered bis charge, and after the proper positions were attained faithful adherents, a fugitive, to bear beg Buperiors the tidings of bis dipgracetul disoomt- Forrest, happy iu the belief that he had the entire com- mand in his front, was pasting his fortunes vigorously. and upon our arrival had almost completely encompassed With bis troops Col. Dunham’s brigade, which occupied Position in a wood, on the summit of @ slight elevation, facing the enemy's front, aud furtber ou position of Gen. Sullivan's forces. When the attack of the Second brigade, upon bis rear, was made, Gen. Forrest, upon the testimony of several prisoners, was heard to éxclaim:— * By God! what devil have 1 to fight now?’ Before he Got out of Bight, every one concluded the Devil or some other agency had appeared in his midat; for he and ap many of bis command ‘a8 managed to escape, forsaking almost everything, made, according to t siraigist sbirttails for the river. © ptt ev aes ‘The ditrction of the battle was from seven A. M. until three P. te Lhe creater part of the time the fighting was vir eva i Ehibiting pz ie sido @ determina- ion the conqueror, ‘The Taal etiust on our Lig ceeded in causing great confustoh aichy Mis eouart which terminated in a pell well, ingioriovs fight into the woods. The demoralization of the enemy is irrepara- ble. Many of the men have returned to their homes, others stjj] linge) 1 $b§ We is, while the romainder, not wishing to ‘oFtuke tho fortunés of their éréattalley © Bander, followed him in hig wild flight for a fandot ‘The enemy had in the gngagement seven thousand all mounted and armed, principally with excellent pani g fective weapons, aud eleven pieces of artillery. Our foree consisted of “urée thousand infantry, divided into two is ae respectively under Colonels Dupbam and ulier, together with #ix gapnon. and I will sey the nughably emall syeon at eighty cavalry. + — ur success resulted in tuiT¢ of seven can ie Inka "oe gf be pidtes “Eaplafed from ua af Texingscu, sight bun ree, all the enemy’sammu- ition wagons except one, all their caiesone, prigon- ers, including Col. Cox, one leutenant colonel, adjulant general to General Forrest, three majors and a number of captains and lieutenants. The enemy carried off five wa- ge Joads of dead and left sixty upon the field, whg were uried by our men. In addition to the dead ong hundred and fifty wounded fell into our bands. Amoyg the rebel killed was Colonel Napier, a famous 1a6es ti —2 brave, daring man and the dread <7 tyery one in the diatrict. cae The lore upon the part of G@feral Sullivan’s command amounted to twenty , Ove hundred wounded and ity prisoners, prisoners were exclusively new Oops, Aba ers from the column. It Was imporeibie to follow up the retreat of the enemy, Owbg to the exhaustion of men. A force of one thousand cavalry, to take adyant ef the consternatwa Of the enemy, would bave reeulted in the capture of the @ptire command. Upon mquiry it has been learned that ‘the crossing of the enemy wae not as nu nggregation, but 4D squads and at various pointe. Three cannon wt taken Dack and about twenty-five wagons, 4 number lives and several wagons were lost in the crossing. Doring the threatening of Jackson and the construction of the necessary defences for ite security, Colonel J. D. Webster, Superinteudent of the United States Military Railroads intthis department.and now ase commander Of the post, was of invaluable service, DOW fur me eit! ‘8 GD engineer and worth as an officer in the field, The entire xystem of de‘ence was of the Colonel's suggeation, and in trial would have withetwod tbe attack of any force the enemy had at band to bring againet him. There were seme very \utereeting and seme amusing ipcidents connected with the march and battle, which will narrate. After the enemy bad scattered. Major Smith, seeing a group of horeemen riding rapidly acrose ‘the slope of # bill in front, ordered a discharge of canis ter at the party from a piece near by. The order was executed and the gun fired, which resulted in ki!ling two and wounding two, Upon interrogating the wounded, the men were discovered to be General Forrest's body guard, who at the time were escorting the uufortupate officer ‘out of danger. Doring the engagement, while riding to a commanding position, the General witnessed a woldier seated, with ‘one leg resting upon his knee. Seeing the Govera) ap- proaching, he said a few worde, not understood, and de- Liberntely revered, with bie pocket knife, hie foot from 'b. The roldier bad been struck in the ankle with apesbot, takiog his foot almoet entirely off; be i the work with bis knife. Ampotation higher up Was necessary. Tbe man Ie doing well. | Notwithstanding the critical condition of affairs in Huningdon on the day of the battle. one hundred and BIXty votes were cast for Alvin Hawking, candidate for the United Fiates louse of Representatives. Mr. Haw. kine ‘* a brother of Col. Hawking, in cur army. ‘the success of Gen. Bullivan'’s movemenis wat in a great measure due to the arrest of everybody along bis ithe of march. The scene they presented is reported to bave been very ludicrous. Before the march termi- pated the General had recruited quite ap addition to bis command. Many of the captured rebele were dressed in United States uniforms, m ai] probability stripped from our dead 0 former battles or from prisopere captured. Every rebe) prisoner #0 uniformed was compelled immediately to digrobe jn the face of the whole command, and then forwarded under etcort to the domicii of some “but ternut,”” whore be repairea tbe deficiency ‘There were toany expressions of loyalty ali along the youte. Old men wept, women waved their handker chiefs, children shouted for joy. At Buptingcon the citi Zens sent in six wagonioads Of provimione as & LeetimoD ik! of their friendabip, ‘Thus wrminated one of the most gioriour an well ae brief campaigns of the war. The enemy, iv largely Work, ailacks @ scattered » which , being meanwhile fighting, by a combjoation of movements and a dexterity of execution, starts im poreuit, finally meets and overcomes him, ibe troops. ‘Yhia record ie & brilliant ope; but not in the “lenet deen it overreach the of the presiding in- Vellect. May the country seen awake to # know! of ber mer)torions sone, and the waves of revolution will be viaxed. Genion says “it must be #0.’ It in the su. premacy of intellect over matter. It i# the supremacy of & master mind—the omoipotence, if you pieake—of mor tality. Peace, be stil! Revolution ceases, and the pincid, harmonious currevt of national concord once more ré- stores (Ctfort, quietude, happiness, and relevee our euf. fering county of t# gigantic contortion. THE WITHDRAWAL OF GRANT’S AR tay. Gur Holly Springs Correspondence. Hous SPRINGS, Sfins,, Bec. 31, 1662 a. NEW YORK, FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 1863, overwhelming Qumbere, mounted and equipped for rapid | #and acres of platation jand and a large population of aa. Crigia being @ etrug@le of jaded, | and internally euperbly furn! exbaveted infantry againet twice the number of fresb | ¢er prevailed upon our arrival ————=— THE BATTLE AT RED MOUND. Campaign under Brigadier General Sullivan. ory PITTSBURQ LANDING 0 i- CORINTH M7 -ONL) 8 ST PPT ational insult, the loss of immense quantities of stores cendiariam of agents of the insurrectionary government, ana the service of many brave men. or of perttonl to tt ‘s de, with which Tennessee was 80 nu- The prospect before ue, after the capit er tee A aoe ow * pa waeea iam: Pe ame Amd | cuffed dilring the late temporary occupation Rs Holly tions troy: try desolate and | Springs by Van Doru’s cavalry. Aftor the piace was eens arora eo Nbeg rh the face. To endered the enemy destroyed or took possession of all exbausted, starvation stared us in M the government property, and paroled a large number of avert this dreadful calamity instantaneous mea- | the men. ‘Tho work was hastily but effetively done, sures were adopted. A large train of wagons was | and the enemy evacuated, to continue their depreda tions along the line northward. ‘The One Hundred and Niuth [inois infantry, boping to elude the tikeome—as they consider it—duty of a svidier, wrote out their own | pasoles, attaching the fraudafent name of some rebel | omcer.’ They were pleased at the artifice, confidently relying upon it# goeces*. General however, was nit to be so easily guiled. He investigated the validity ir papers. and found them illegitimate, wher an order, the regiment was disgrac n from them. and the men and officer®, ina wood under arrest, with the prospect of dis at once organized, and, under a strong escort, despatched to Memphis to obtain the necessary supplies. Mean- while, by the most rigid economy and powerful foraging parties sent out to distant localities, subsistence for pre rent want was secured. As yet no suffering has been felt as a consequence of our isolation, nor is there now apy probability of such an occurrence. { The inevitable consequence of our misfortune at Holly Springs war a retrograde movement. On December 21 orders were reeetved at hoadquarters en the Yochnapatak fa river, near Yockena, Miseirsippi, tofall back to Oxford Instructions were immediately issued to the different commands to place themselves in readiness to march the following morning. Accordingly the entire day and eveo ing avd night were spent in preparation. By daylight the advance divieion was under way, and in due time the re- maining commands took up the line of march and the whole corps was retracing ils steps towards the north. Knowing the possibility of wome annoyances from the enemy's cavalry, !n case our movement was discovered, and t provide against any harassment of our rear, this was etroogly held. On the partof the infantry, Geo Logan's division occupied that position. Co). Hatob, with his cavalry, held his forces about #ix miles io rear of the body, States inilitary prisons. To ada seve ity to the punish ment, all pay and allowances are forfeited But one com- pany escapes the igoominy of that act, and that at the time was on picket duty Coasiderable feeling is the result of Colonel Murphy's turrender of his post to the enemy. ‘To mention bis name in the department is suilicient to call forth nome y warm epithets, The trans tion is tangible a understood. Colonel Mar had under his control ree of infantry and cava’ it js true not overwhelining, but a sufficiency, comp of brave and battle tried sen, who knew their duty and how to perform it, All they desired was W be led. The porition at Holly Springs is comman‘iug avd formed for & strong defence, He bad ample information of the ene- my’s movement and proximity tothe town. Their in- tention was vot to be mistaken. Couriers, despatches, and even perronal porsuasion on the part of several civil: jans, Nor hero meu, failed to arouse an effort to repel (he threatened assualt, ' In reply to ail (hese advices he said , Qhat the enemy war fifteen miles distant and there w Column. Theso precautions, however, proved to be un | Hieuiy of time, while at that moment they were encarny pecersary, ae Our march wae not i the least disturbed. ed bot fuur miles east of the town. two Upon reaching Oxford Gen. McPherson a fT took | mH 8 the men, 0 effort m, was made. The op their quarters to the house of Jacob Thompson, Seare retary of the Interior under President Buehavan. Mr ‘Thompeon, politically, wields great influence apon the mmarses of contral Mississippi. Pecoviarily be pomsesses great wealib. His proprietorabip inciodes several thou whole affair, exc personal: heroinn was disgrace’! without even the mitigating considera tion of « formal surrender. Colonel Murphy i now under arrest, and wi!! be taken to Memphis. A military commisaion i abuut to be inst: tuted to mvestigate bis action. ibe appearance of the town of Molly Springs is one of the finest exhroitions of the desolation of war | Lave yet seen, ‘The ravaging conflagration, the upbeavin Xplo- ragenenta of bie attaches, His reeidence in the town is « lon house, bold in architecture, with beautit 0 some justances entire botidings were litted from their indications of @ refined, | teandarions aud 8c jo @ thousaud fragments in the intellectual ease were everywhere manifest. When we | cireot. Jn others ro fronts d00 occupied the” dwelling we found Mré Thompeon, twe | were blown from tuelr posit! us; and in the peighborhood r o . | the houses tigure in @ desolation of broken winaow paver, Gaoghtere and two grandchildren at home. Their con. | he hovses Heir a ae ean sere Guct towarde ve, wilb but two exceptions, De 7 filing the vacancies. Un ail tides murkel#, carbiner, coming in ladet, and, under the cipcutnstances, very | sabres, butions, bape Hey waivers prayggworthy. They were reserved, but polite, af- naltiinehts for pades, shovels, rposes, cir wheels, brakes, engines fable, if your please—not eluttich, as bas po imaginable thing ia the least way beon the genera! run of treatment of Yankees by | in an ar re here burned or otherwise rendered Southern women, Both ef Mrs. Thompson's daughters | useless. Everything for boaily protects m—o are married—one of them to Major Stokes, stall oficer to | loons, caps, hats, sucks, drawers, shirts, boots, shoe, General Longstreet. Diaukots—was carried off uvow extra horses. In rhort The joc dents wlluded te above, ar exhibiting the an- | we clithed and partly armed the expedition were as | In the destruction of buildings three eutire blocks have and jn dMerent parta of the town a wer. All the railroad Daridipgs large turnaces are iw the edie been demulisbed large number tagopiem of seutiment between ‘them wud u follows. —The ng after our arrival an officer, in con vorgation with } prommed her r wh the promised ALair—Disyracefud Performance of Hundred he Tie Vinth Infantry— Arrest of phy— Appearance of Ho 1y Bprings— Repults of th: Ftei a Bolyiyr 4 ud Junction—Saniigy ndision of the Ariny Meg pica Tor (en days past we have bogp > Upon the arrival of General Sullivan nt Jackson be rent Scoustruction trais up the rond under an escort aud gard of fifteen hundred infantry, under Brigadier Gen 3,M. Haynie, with instructions to repair the road, and if Pownibie to drive the enemy from it. 10 consequence of the completeners of the work of destruction, four or fre # were coppummed ia reaching Trenton, Geveral Hayoie faflbfully executed bie Instructions. Geners} Sullivan, discovering Forrest's pinn wa le deetroy all the dridgen and trestle work, gether .né plauder aud retrace his sepa to + Teuneweo, and thence to cross at the ” place, made euch & disposal of bis » would be calculated to intercept the retreag. this time had gathered seventy-five wager with stores and moved them to Dresden Southeast of Union City ‘Gen. Sullivan now massed a for POtry, ki plecesfpr artillery ap 49, With which be made a” BY, aboot thirty mile dow, At Hootingdon > Command, hastening’ faree veCom ae Forrest by a8, loaded bem about forty mice co—thres thoorand in d eighty cavalry—at Tre .oreed march scram the cou directiy cast, to F © met advance of F Geiguigg to etry” 2008 the Huntingdon road, ey 190% fo cur Lexington, thence to pursue the rate 7 , with the intention of recroseit AM AX gion, the same night, a spirited skirmieh o« Te 4 Between a portion of our trope and the enemy yich whe intier lowt three killed and ix wounded. N Ges 10 08, Dincov-ring himself headed, General Forrert pting ete lentiy “de 8 detour witb his command during the night to the | poritwo placed in bis bands to brid, in the yexatinn of a | much drect ¢ ovter world. Th : g x4 a. The rete F ecose in cutting ¢ g te nye” 7 Drees led ' AeV a | r Tihs UF from our bare nnd, at ] time, our culy OPeGA ne of communication with the North pase Of AD EXPogstion acooutred for rapid movement nd the s0C0D” stysont of a certain purpose, firm rexist noe CDW Dart of the eurprived would repel or go crip. | PC 1 oorerprise as to render it futile inrenuite, becaus, | SP’ cventure depending for ie KUCCOM Upow brilliance Vand the conneqrent bewilderment of tbe atlack upon the | attacked. if arrested or strongly opposed, the hesitation 1 causes if reactionary, bor a dispiriting Mmiluence, aud ia | | a mayor netances Would tarh eUcceee Into & shame. | fal abort Lke a good joke well rehearsed, an exye. | dition, if fortunate, hee root ail, Beton the | ochor band, if imperiectly exeested Nhe the same poorly | veld, it dguete ail Somewhat of (ber nature wae the ate Holly Springs atiar. It wae @ joke lo every one— | Umen or secession. The night previous ¢ | *he cit. zens told oor men that Vou Dorn't ald | be in town op the morrow, The Unioninte inughed, and Pooh wtb him. The nest morning verified the re * nod after had blown over the affair eliciled ibe ad ration of friend and foe t piod the garrison itself was equal te the tank t ably commanded. for at other points b lean force, the attack was succesful This wae the cose at Lampkin’s Mills, at the time use by our commissary, Colonel Murphy's condoct bas resulted in ® dishonorable, ignominiour surrender of « Kavircad Sation— Purther Concerning the Holig Springs | keow # tt wermeticaliy realed from | not e ontry | tary Communication Cut Of-~Cxjord—Reridence of J asked bit to fulfil bis pro: cut to determine which party lost Thins he ania mvere—Rendence =f Jee What dae { tab tae or reconstruct, inchiding the neon. Late Seerdary ef the Interior—Complete De- | T's ms reply wen given. eeat of yed, wil not fait f reo Siructiom Of Bridgiie Large Accwnulacion of Colon ab the | cfwer re hoot some Ye the est ~Ps siation tlor wasg treat ovcupat ally no il itent, | M every Yau 4 were greedy a 7 mance of the hea’. | made this part of their inquiry euncesning the abo upon the pores to | Union ofteers. It seen the citizens previousiy mtuiied | det up “Hail | the whereabouts of our men, they pelted the 10 dle fi | reautiy. Jn the evacuation a large wurnber of ihe oun vt enyeetobeb'e, hough & few Wak With (Ue chemy Ww escape the vengoauce u our pamic put to dusperse the fair aud aoe ane a eet ere warn Mr f # very satiaiactorily known that thé horn | med y operating in Cout a! Misoissippt agatuat tbe nd x rees, bay miialy been inounted, und is ection with thelr regular eavalyy. It ne Of the h very modert views tthe arr trance of our! foder ate service i an, excellent officer The withdrawel op ia le < the my 4 Rg to tbat of kona Fin 4 wher ell a beew torn up | ihe southeru | hatehie ors | parable condition | miso been pi bjoot te © wn out aod being ation f the railros he sane t throw addition to the almost irre ' he wagon rc ’ ron rendering the « great labor The Cees patie xford by our troops fecated cotton were Wrovgbt in por depot for shipment. I ' * f atively amallares trom whirl \i nad been gath a y rep T Lon burping ediet 4 pot bave been a very por rn be ar war mennure with the M eeerippiane * Ceatr cor t of ast there bas Ot been £0 greet ae in lennenses, Howeve aed { Ube"cotton burnwg im the intier Plate woe the io | W OpAbiy desouncing Ube frees Sketch of the Field of Operations of the Late Twelve Days ' honorable and close imprisonment in one of the United | | brie€ engageu PRICE TH i ka a) REE CENTS f their substance. They are willin to let the cotton go; Dut food for their slock they are etereained to koop, “ continuation of thee practices, instead of securing ad- | ‘vantages Lo the exemy, will make us many friends, bo Re CE Ven Dorn, after domg all possible mi ly Springs, pursued the railroad > pbb ben age ‘ailroad northward. | down the rive® conveuietce, and the boak burned 10 ~The guerillas then left, driving oge before them, and inden’ with the cattle and i Dut at Davies’ Mills; but owing | incongruous a * to the excellent arrangements tnatituted by General Braye | where they will’ douse ars att {he Interior, man they made their exit twofold as rapidly. ‘The same | steamers, “whose. officers have we Satih, some other was the case bear Bolivar, where they directed their aren | eon ja the integrity of the rascals path cals, a after the opporition of the troops at Davies’ Mills. The importance of these affuirs is due to their diverting the desigus of the enemy. The real fighting amounted to little more than & skirmish. General Krayman deserves: reat praise: for if he bad surrendered bis trust our con. ition would have been inextricable. As it is,no mate- rial inconvenience has resulied from our unfortunate ; reverse at Holly Springs. essay a similar experiment. The paroled tne ured skills and reached this city late last evening. The Weaneh nan was an old boat, a stern wheeler, and of |ittle value ane —e river al fovernment service, but ob. e ere, and was gol » St. Lon owner's account die enipahe We have a revival of rumors that Van Dorn is ion, preparing for another fo; Tuesda: ‘The arraugemenis made by Cuptain Higby, Commissary | [ck “ way. y Dia to General McPherson's command, to provide food for out pert ny oil eatadl intelligence that @ demonstra army during the absence of communication with the | vicinity of Collierville, Ac utde North, were equal to the emergency. As soon as we found | saddled and. ‘moving woman ee tae Ourselves safely established upon the north side of the ing at dayligl Pag it point, = arriv- Tallahatchie river, wagon trains were sent out, under | o'clock on Wednesday afternoe ened until | three guard, to gather all the cora in the neigheorhocd.’ Many y, flernoen, meantime scouting the country south heavil re thne recured, and some four mills | of their nyproach, wien he moved eee ne any, sien © meal as rapidiy as possible. hight Me ‘aceoun' aon rn Hone are thus ad te those til remaiiiog pa gree ees MIPRIS, Spee, 0b lant “sh er ue from the department. | Inion sco ured The army, considering ite late exposures, is, in a sani- that Tienes ana Te, Feeantly ped tary point of view, in excellent condition.’ Dr. Houcher, | urmy, a nephow of teneral Sioniig P yo the Medien! Director of this wing, exerts all his time and | resident of Memphis Capean Pence a ee former energios to enhance (ne comfort of the sick, Atihis timo | rady, captured the day after decid to ha pee there are but sixty cases of serious complamis in the | recent ord General Halleck to the ‘otto Seppe Command. These are being forwarded to the hospitals at Confederate ottiocrs uhould. be paroiod te hit ipa ene Holly Springs, where tbey will receive better accummo- | Prevented this courtesy fron fee 2 bow rey gga @ationg aud attention than can be afforded them in cainp. |” Some days sine. Lats informentn aceite at The weather for sowe days past has been of acharacter | federate caval y made araid into’ the country near Got. \ proveko diseane; but as yet no such calamity Dax be- | Herville, and burned three or four bridges. across Wolf fallen us, ee | river. ‘These were important only from the fact that our SWEENY'S su | t cope cro sed them 2 ee if UX 1 foraging expeditions here seems to be but little doubt tna COESSFUL EXPEDITION. | entorcing ths conscription av ia iee nat tg, teak aco - and that they have gathered there a cousiderable number. of conscripts, The ail-absor bing topic of remark just now t# the de. Oar Corinth Correspondence. | Contnrm, Miss., Dec. 18,1862. | . 3 monst Vick#burg suapec Successful Guerilla Prpedition—Koddy's Whole Band AC | Sherinat iiude the takieg at Eo gM gecell ae tacked and Scatered—Skirmish at Cherokee—Ezeciting | #erious undertaking than was auticipated, and that be hax met with a repulse and a8 lone: ae by ’ undertaking by no means abandoned. There are matters Rebels— Result of the Erpedition, de. | connected with military affaire in the West and South Hunting guerillas iu Alabama and this vicinity is not | west which, if revealed, would cause the people lo. ory the least excltiog duty of apaign. We bad been for | Sloud with indignation, and they would demand, in tones tome te past very much annoyed by frequent ineup. | Hot? BE mistaken, the iuriant removal of tbe partien tions of Koddy’s rebel cavalry, who infest the country be- |” The country demands the opening of the Miesiseippt tween thie place and the Lenneeuce river in the direction | Tver. We t dererve to be accounted @ nation, oF Of Tuscumbia. A few days siuce they captured a train of | Complish this end apenas ne? He we are not able to ac. our wagons, which capture ko exasperated the command. | ee ing officer that he determined to pay them off in their Wn coin. Au expedition was at once organized to hunt up there guerillas, the officer in charge—General Sweeny— being ineiru to kill, capture or seatter them, #0 | | Chase—Battle of Cane Creek and Final Dispersion of the tT jmagine the AFFAIRS AT BATON ROUGE, Our Baton Rouge Cor Baton Rove spondence. , La, Deo. 26, 1862, Activity of Our Cavairy— Capture of Guerdlar—A Brive dier Geveval and a Captain Token—Arrival of Pive Hun dred Contvatands—A New York Fighting Man in the a9 lo render them powerless for further mischief. The expedition consisted of two regiments of in faptry—the Fifty-secoud Mlinois and Jowa, | commanded respectively by Major Bowen and Colonel | Servie, de Weaver—two hundred and fifty cavalry, and @ section | Captain McCee’e cavalry has been actively engaged of artiliery—in all about one thousand men. A trainof a | during the last two days in scouring the country about hundred wagons was attached for the purpose of bringing | bere, and has been twelve miles or more beyond our Hines. m all the forage and cotton that might be collected on the | Yesterday a number of prisoners were brought in, kno way. The force encamped the first night at Burnsyil | OF believed to belong to the guerilla parties which intest where it remained till neon on the following day, the | this region, and wateb attentively for opportunitice to Ore people around being told that it was merely out collecting | upon our transports. lumber. From this poist the expedition headed towards | ‘This morning the Captain brcnght in seven prisoners, Lok-@, but when within ten miles of the town made a | among them « brigadier general and acaptalp, There sudden divergence aud struck the Buzzard Roost road, | prisoners, Uke the otbere, were turned over to Captain making Bear creek about ten o'clock, where it encamped | Seamans, Provost Marrhal of the city, and confined in the vetil next morning. From two prisoners, captured by | State House, with orders that they should be supplied the advance guard, we learned that Roddy and bis gue- | with all the food aud water they needed. It was carious ritlas had fallen back upoy Tuscumbia, abandoning bis | to witness the examination of these men, and to hear camp on Canc creck, A rapid movement made the next | their protestations of entire innocence. morning brought us, about half-past nine o'clock, tn pre- The first one called up was the brigadier general, R. A fence of the enemy at Cherokee, whom we found drawn | Carruth, He is a tall, rather slender man, of dark com- up In line of battle, prepared at all poluts to receive us, | plexion, andbie hair, like that of Old Grimes, is “some under command of Colone! Warren, one of their very best | inclined to gray.’ He im raid to be one of the vain” eMecrs; Gengrp) Sweeny made a basty but judicious | est Of living men, und ie known to have flousiened dinpowition of his force aud promptly ordered a charge. | around here in grond style with his epauicttes on hin shoulders and glittering in ehining Drage. “If,” sat « But a feint resistance was made, and soon the guerilla were in precipitate retreat, closely pursued | Citizen to me, as be saw the General pass under guard, by our cavalry, After a chase of five miles, fighting ali | ‘if one could buy that man {or the value which the people Uy diieed *euthel gren fe Heed mnttntee ther ten todr | open wnsersnewourr get er by it.’ Ho is « brigadier pheces of artillory—three rifled and one smooth bore | gencral of the Loulsiana State Militia, and owns a planta ons. SThis was at Cane creek, on their old camping | 4 in about twelve miles frore the alty, ground, where they were strongly posted—formed in You were arrested with arms in your bands,! be order of battle and evidently determined to contest our | jjevey'! said the Provoet Mar No, Sir,” replied the further proceoding of the ground and of the enemy's position, after which . a J Sweeny formed his live of battle, masking his | ‘Where were you at the time® “IT was on my plantation, and bad go arms ip my bende or on my place wt the time yeavalry until ail were in position, when we wg Wie whole line. in ly volleys of grape | “Aro you connected with the guerillas?” “No, Sir, 1 am wot.” and canieier, at #hort range, fro cavalry at tbe sate Lime threatening the ex “Have you any money about your’ 1e—n littie—lere than « hundred collara, ? Second This was too much for the rebels, and after a in which Colonel Warr apd about ninety thirty of his guerillas were k wounded, they pursued ‘by our cavalry to Little bridge acroes which they burned to further pursuit. While examining for ap here running \brough a deep ravin artillery, (be enemy, balting in thelr A Very advantageous position f broke and retreated in cvntusion, hotly Bear creek, prevent the bined My orders are to take it omd give yous receipt for When you are paroled it will be retarned to you."” The General said be bad rather keep it himself, and aon it reluctantly handed it over with the remark “1 don't know as you will call tmoney.’ He bad maty bix dollars in Confederate money. ‘The next m.o called wae Bacchus L, Babbin, « hard and shelled crower’ | ton, baying burned their catap and garrison equipage, commissary, quartertnaster gtores, aud everything they | could not tke away wiih them lo their rapid Mgt. | Jookiug customer, who denied baying bud avy arme in bie Durknees prevented forther porkuit,and the welcome | ands, or anything whatever tw do with the guertilas. order--for the mem were now preity well wor: ta | He was arrested seven mules below bere J. Castle, who aléo denied bay in Bat he @ wel In Juve pursuing—to bivouac for the night was given, | ‘The next man war A camp fires iumined the surrounding cyun- | any couneetion with « guerilla band | known hee notwithstanding bie protestationn fighting at abd & On o mies dl next masning very early, the moon | jast he commanded @ gueriiia company, and fired upen yet clear and bright, and took up our return | one wang woveral of our men. He of march for Bear creek, which was reached early | yas ca New Orleans, aud was paroled | nextday, having marched th bt a | by ¢ battle which ba re,oud driven the Y | the sorvice of the rebels, notwithstanding hie parcle. He from ten o fijteen roties, al! in twenty-four hours. | js a tall and ugly Woking fellow, whom oue would be On tbe fame day we resumed our march, and | jikely to avoid, and of looks could convict s man of crime that even we encamped ou the baitic field of | | fear the Captain would *lund a peor chance of extablin- Luka, Glendale wae our next balling plye, and on | ing his mnogeuce. He fald be wan arregied at howe, the sixth day from that of our départure we returned to | without arme in bis hands, aud pleaded innocence, like Corinth. We afterwards ascertained that when we eu | most of the rest. countered Roddy be was on bs way to attack our small | The only ove who odmitted having anything to do with fo t Gleudule. We captured eighty two prisoners— | the rebel service wan J. B. Wharton, @ man with # light jnclading several oMeere—a great number of borses, | calico coat, who mt frst dewied Mt, but mules and wagons, a quantity of mall arma and $16,000 | prompted by Custie, be adsm)tied that be worth of o, Derides ten thousand bushels of corn, of | gery ice, which we stood in great need. General I) in Cunt “How came you be im these parte?” asked the Pre. mand bere, expressed himself as very much with = yout. “Were yuo alter recruna’”’ “No,” replied the prisoner. “I had been home ets daye op # furlough.” What regiment a belong ton ed ihe rebel “No regiment,’ the result of the expedition, Independent of tho punisd- mevt inflicted on the gvertilas, the bot gain to the govern ment eavnot fall short of $50,000. General Sweeny bas been ordered on snother expedi- tien of a like charecter, from which enpliarly satielectory | “How haypeor ob, | eked the Provost, ‘that you results may be expected. | wili (orward particulars | are a Con ederate poldier! when the results are known. He belongs to cavalry company,” replied Canta who roomed to be Whartou « alturuey aud advocate, oe AFFAIRS AROUND MEMPHIS. Our Memphis Correspondence. Mexrme, Teno , Jan. 9, 1863. Arrival of Cotton at Memphis—Guerillas—Capiure of the | the Arkansas Kiver—She it “Yes, added Wharton | What cavalry?” inquiced the Provost | “An independent company,” suid Cantie Yeu, echoed Wharton, ao independent cavalry oom- pany “they are called gue © Not that I know of “Not that E know of | cothing about guer tian 1 belong to the cavairy. lL behewel” paid the Proveet. said Conte echoed Wharton, ‘1 don't know Seamer Musulnan on Turned two @ Riccr Pirate and Afterwards Burt ee ee another of the prisoners, sah be bad Later Rumors Ato Vaa Dorn —Kebd Cone ipten Law ones perved in the be iota twelve te Again in Poree— Vicksburg, de Iu the left wing of the Ariny of the West there is litle being done of general interest, We do oecame of projected raids and ep um lorge r y were rayour destruction of railrosds err, and ems seem: yet to come; but for the present all is quiet, wong thom We “a The trains on the Memphis aud Charleston Ratiroad run | of bine pants and a gray coat abd cap, the Goat having dometowsec te, she tig gras tie pec aeidics What reg 4 belong Wat” Tinquired, vever 4 allowed to travel ths road to any great extont, (rant | 4 wtcing ae a rebel 6 portation being t the utmost W carry supplies and ment. yer hover” replies Pat, with © grip vernon, OF the latter a thoumned béles, contecied by v happen you Wo be dressed im unilorm, Ubea TI Geueral Grant at Oxford, Abbeville sud Holly ap You 0, yer bober,)'t as We cee te have beoo safely delivered ia Mesmphis brogee Yer bocer a 1nan must wear sometbh.oe The country worth and south of the ratiroad ie bnfested | 1 wer times, eee wns Tye vyttpbauds are ooswieg in “right mart,’ ana with pe jer iitas, who ree tain WF arermasier the te J ilo boat, barning extn, ve We bom now over bre t . ye they work very wei, They eared ‘oll (hee inter f oobmding (he tranaperte hardeou © bid, whee beadgunr pied frien the toves toe nkex of the Hatetie bottom, w th erally ei Lee, of te na brigade, baw art herwt © extroy bim, and be will doit. te that mes 1 ¥ Lar dau au * 2 ( Words, bot waver bh the Comnnmenry be «the mikdert and ‘j . amor left this port ort Vhal they are between wwe § edure rocweted Wm pote " ash nee abeve Mound City, whea ber machinery | poems, and i they Go take it they wil be banged by oe deranged and Ghe stopped for repairs, While the Crofederates for (eneon it they haygen to fall rete these were being perfected, « 4 of queriiiae, not York, and lately of New oie ve In number, wed denly discovered 6 6 poeriien on Monday, at (he never Kenpire Pariebs, ih try tr § ad mint qoantity of wenger of the ether “ ' “ ’ * . ~ nat +2 up owt } eons vam a u '