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J. KNOWLES and 8. ROSE,
aniTOKS AND PROPRIETORS
Fro-a tUe Chattanooga, Rebel, Mar Sth.
lie uer n.ll'orrent’s Lale Victory.
General Forrest’s recent grand delour
from Spring Hill in Middle Tennessee, to
Courtiand, Alabama, and thence through
the Northern portions of Alabama, and Geor
gia, in pursuit of the tnemy was the most
brilliant performance of the present revolu
tion, if not ia the history of wars from time
immemorial. If before this his deeds were
not sufficient to ensure his name an immor
tality, this last bold exploit would of itself
establish him beyond peradventure,tho great
est of cavalry chieftains. To start from
trie central portion of Tennessee to the
North of Alabama to the assistance of anoth
er gallant officer, there to meet and hold in
cheek a force with cavalry, artillery and in
fantry, double that of his own veteran com
mand, to pursue them through Courtlaud,
then to turn io pursuit of another party,
2000 strong, already in the start of him in
an opposite direction, nearly a hundred uuile3
to follow them through a mountainous region
cue hundred and eighty miles, and at last to
overtake them and compel them to surrender
to 450 of his is a feat so marvellous
as to-seem incredible if the facts did not es
tablish the reality of the occurrence.
We have just had an interview with Cnpt.
Moses Clift, on old resident of this county,
who is Col. Starnes’ llegimental Commissa
ry, and who was a participant in all the en
gagements and who accompanied the
tion from it« starting point. From him we
glean the following detailed accouot of the
movement.
General Forrest with his old Brigade con
sisting of his own original regimcnt.Starnes’,
Riffles and Edmondson's regiments with six
pieces of artillery, 2500 strong, left Spring ,
Hill last Friday week, to go to the assistance
of Col. Roddy, who was gallantly holding a
largo force of the enemy in check, beyond
ana near Couriland, Ala. The column with
Forrest at the head, moved Southward, rap* 1
idly through Giles county to the Tennessee,
and crossed at Brown's Ferry. On Tuesday
General Forres came up with Roddy at
Town Creek, u small stream in an open fiat
country, studded with under growth, a few
miles beyond Oourtbind in the direction of :
Tascumbia. Here the united commands
attacked the enemy in force, believed to be j
near ten thousand, under General Dodge,:
With cavalry, artillery and infantry. The
fipht lasted btveiai hours, and the artillery
tiring ceased about three F. M. Occasional
ekirojishieg with small arms wouud up the
engagement of the day, and at dusk, Forrest
lei: back to Couriland, and threw out. pickets
on a’.i the roads leading into the town.
In the meantime, a force of mounted in
fantry, 2,000 strong under a Col. Streight,
had gone rouad Courtland, as if designing
to get in the rear of Forrest's force. The
next morning early, Forrest started in pur
suit of this party leaving a portion of Roddy’s
command in Courtland. Streight and his
men, instead of attempting to get in the.
i ;ar, were really on an expedition to central
Georgia, and were already nearly one hun
dred miles away in that direction. Forrest
overtook them at Dayton's Gap, in the
Sand Mountains in Alabama, on Thursday.
Here au engagement occurred in which the
eticmy were driven forward, with a loss of
forty killed and wounded anu a few prisoners.
The engagement was between the enemy
and Roddy's and Edmoudsou'a commands.
About six miles further the enemy was again
overtaken by Starnes’ and Billie’s regiments,
snd another quick brush of about au hour
and a half's duration, occurred, in which
the enemy was again driven forward, and the
two pieces of artillery taken from Roddy at
Town Creek were recaptured from the enemy.
In this little skirmish eighteen of the Yankees
tfere struck down by one discharge of our
artillery—four pieces of which were playing
Upon them.
About fifteen miles south of this point
cur m'*u again came upon the enemy in am
bush and another light ensued. Our boys
drove them from their ambush by a vigorous
charge. Indeed, ic was one succession of
bold and desperate charges upon the am
buscaded Yankees for three hundred miles,
until ihey were finally overtaken for the
last, time and captured.
The next day the Yankees wereoverhauld
•igain at Bluntsville, from which place they
were driven forward as before, with a loss
this time three killed aud twelve wouuded.
Prisoners and negroes were captured at in
tervals all along the route. Geueral Forrest
Bt.ilpursued close upon their heels determin
ed to run them down and capture the whole
party, the Yankees as fully determined to
escape— and burning bridges behind them
as they fled. The bridge near the town of
G&dsdcn was destroyed, but the enemy was
driven from that town before he had time
to destroy anything. The citizens here, and
indeed, every where along the route could
scarcely realize that the enemy Yan
kees and many persons aloug the road, nev
er for once dreaming of such a raid from
the Yankee cavalry, took it for granted they
•were our owff fbrees.
Nine miles beyond Gadsden our men
again came up on the enemy in ambarii, and
again a fight ensued, in which the Yankee
Colonel, Hathaway, n captain and several
other officers acre killed. The Iron Works,
h few miles further into tLe inteiior of Geor
were set fire to by tue \ankees but on
fv partially destroyed, and can be repaired
so the proprietor saya)iu a few weeks.
TLe Yaukees were finally overtaken about
two miles from Ocdar lilufik, and about
iwenty-sis miies from Rome. Their advance
guard of 200 had gone on towards Rome,
and were cheeked about two miles from that
city by the armed citizens.
General Forrest dashed upon them—Lis
gallant little band by this time, aftet the
iong and tiresome pursuit, dwiudled down
to an insignificant squad of 440 men. The
enemy fired one or two rounds from four
mountain howitzers they had with them,
and a slight rifle skirmish was all the fight
ing that occurred here. Forrest cooly de
jnatdtd their lurr&ndei, and Colonel Streight
the Yankee commander, complied —the con
dition of the surrender being that the eap
tured officers, should retain their side arms!
The prisoners, 1,700 iu number, were then
movea on fully a mile before they were re
quired to stack army, actually guarded by a
force four times less than theirown. In reali
ty, it was Forrest who was the prisoner, but
the Yankees never thought it, and never for
a moment doubted that he had a larger force
in the rear. They were ah»o perhaps, deceiv
ed by the story of one of our metv whom
they captured at Dayton’s Gap, who told
Col. Streight, when crossexamined, that
“Forrest had with him 5000 men,”
“What brigades has he V* demanded Col
Streight.
Armstrong’s Roddy’s and his own !” was
the prompt reply of the rwisoner.
“Then we are lost, by Jupiter,” exclaim
ed the non-plussed Yankee, turning to his
men.
And so they were, for they surrendered
their whole force ’in half an hour after this
dialogue. The reception in Rome beggais
description. The eutire population turned
out to greet the hero, and with waving ker
chiefs, and amid the booming of the minute
guns, Gen Forrest and the war-worn veter
ans who had followed him through flood and
field, a di-tance of nearly five hundred miles
entered the city, welcomed by the smiles
and tears of gratitude of a thousand ladies. |
It was the most brilliant feat of the war. j
Both the men and their leaders have won
the lasting gratitude of their countrymen,:
and Nathaniel Bedford Forrest to-day stands j
at the head of the list of the cavalry chief-'
tains of the South.
The object of this incursion of the Yan
kees so far from their main force, aside from
their intense anxiety to avoid the redoubta
ble Forrest, was to reach the Georgia Stat*
road, burn bridges, tear up the rails, and
play the “old Harry’’ with every thing.—
As soon a* they found they were pursued,
their escape was considered doubtful, but
the capture of even that many men would
bo more than c irapensated by the damages
they would be enabled to do the Confeder
ates. The force under the command of Col.
Streight consisted of the Third Ohio. Eigh
teenth Illinois,Fifty first and Seventy third
Indiana, together with three companies of
renegade North Alabamians. The latter,
we understand, will be sent to Richmond,
arid the others will be paroled.
[From the Rome Courier of May
ttwat Victory-—The Yankees ii»
Home at last.
Sunday morning It st opened at half past
two o’clock, A. M. wilh an alarm. Mr.
John H. Wisdom, a resident of Gadsden,
Ala., ui.d a former resideut of the city,
reached here after riding with hot liftstc for
eleven hours, and gave information that the!
enemy were at Gadsden when he left ami
were bound for Rome.
Preparations were began with dispatch,
and by 9 o’clock in the morning our soldie
ry and citizens were prepared to give them
a warm reception. Two pieces of artillery
were placed iu position, commanding the
road and the bridge. Gotten barricades cr
rected at all the defiles near tno city, videt
tes sent out to wateh the enemies’ approach
everything was got readiness for uetermiu
ed resistance. During tlm morning several
couriers with despatches from Gon. Forrest
arrived urging our commander hero, to hold
them at bay for a few hours, if possible and
at all hazzards. About two o’clock auother
despatch from Gen. Forrest, saying that he
was fightiug them at Gavlcsvillc with an
inferior force.
About 5 o’clock A. M. a email body of
the enemies advance (about 200) reached
the cuvirous of the city and were actually
bold enough to demount and feed theirhurs
es almost iu sight of the city. They picked
up all the horses and mules in the neigh
borhood, took some citizens prisoners, and
reconnoitered the defense of the city. Learn
ing that wc were prepared with artillery
they bivouacked, and seemed to awsit the
arrival of the main body. For some cause
they retreated about J o’clock, down the
Alabama road. They were pursued by a
small but resolute body of mounted citizens, j
who were determined that the affair should
not eud thus.
In the meantime, Gen. Forrest had over
taken the main body this side of Gayless
ville, and not far this side of Cedar Bluff.
After some slight skirmishing Gen. F. de
manded a surrender. An interview was held
under flag of truce and the terms of surren
der agreed upon. The entire Yankee force
consisting of 1800 men were made prisoners
of war, aud as this included the adventurers,
who had looked with insulting eyes upon
the church spires of the city, they two were
turned into disarmed infantry. They were
met by Geu. Forrest’s advance, about the
same time that our citizen cavalry overtook
them in the pursuit.
Gen. Forrest arrived in the city, with all
the Yankee officers, and the small body of
troops alluded to on Sunday evening about
G o,clock, P. >l. The rest of both forces
reached here yesterday morning.
Rut mark what remains to be told— Gc.n.
Forrest accomplish this hold teat with less
than 700 men —though the rest of his coal
man and wore in'supporting distance. Thu?
terminated the last Sabbath. Such a jubi
lee, Rome ha? never experienced Such rap
tures over Gen. Forrest and his brave men.
When Uis considered what a daring raid
the enemy aspired to— what an extensive
circuit they contemplated—what irreparable
damage they had deliberately planned, (being
the burning of the bridges on the dtaie
Road, aiid the destruction of Government
pvoperty at Rouud .Mountain, Rome, and
Dalton.) it is wounderlul bow Gen, Forrest
has managed to prevent the consummation
of their designs. \\ ith more fjian a hundred
miles the start of him, he nevertheless has
pressed them so hard with hot pursuit as to
prevent material damage being done, except
ing the destruction of the Round Mountain
Irou Works ii*.Cherokee, county t Alabama,
they have done but little damage/ Gen For
rest has lost not exceeding twenty men ;in
this glorious work. He killed and wounded!
about bOO ot the enemy. Among them Col.
Hath way of Indiana, Pol.. Straight of Indi
ana was commanding the Federal forces.
In the Horae Sovtherner , among the accounts of
the fight, is the following : m
A bard fight took pUce on Sand Mountain on
Thursday morning, when raptain forrest, a bro
ther of the General, was wounded and it ia feared
mortally, flu Friday they fought at Blountsviile,
where Col. Hathaway, of Indiana, was shot in the
breast, and fell dead from hi? horse. We are in
formed bv Mr. Jos. G. Blount that wben Oolonel
Hathaway fell, several Yankee officers went to him
and faH on bis body and wept like children. Col.
Streight asked Mr. Blount to put the body of Col.
Hathaway in a metallic coffin and send it y*.. gh
the lines, but wa°'lnformed such a coffin could not
be procured. He then asked him to put h:rn in a
pine coffin and bury him, but Mr. B. replied, I
can’t do that, for you have burned all ray lumber.
He then asked him to roll up the body in an oil
cloth and bury it. With this request Mr. B. com
plied, notwithstanding they burned bis bacon, corn
and all his provisions, his corn crib, stables and
other outhouses, and took all his mules and hoises.
• Col. Streight apologized, for the act by assuring
him that what he (Streight) did was foiccd upon
him by a military necessity. As Gen. Forrest was
iu such close pursuit of Col. Streight he did not
have time to gratify the malignity of nis black
heart to the fullest hx ent. He, however, burned
the Round Mountain Iron Works, which belonged
to the Government aid io Judge Sam-.rel L. P.
Marshall.
On Friday night or Saturday a detachment of
two hundred picked men were sent bv Col. Streight
to Rome with orders to do their work and then re
turn to the command. They catne to Col. Short
er’s spring one mile and a quarter from this place,
where they were informed by a negro “dat Rom o
is plum full of soj«rs, and detn big guns is put up
on cotton bags and are pinring up all de roads."
They then returned to tbeir command without
approaching nearer than the Spring.
A soldier correspondent of the Macon
Telegraph, writing from Rome, on the sth
says:
“The Fifth Georgia, being suddenly or
dered from Bridgeport on the 3d, arrived at
th is place yesterday. Our mission, however,:
had been forestalled by the energetic, per
severing courageous Gen. Forrest, who with
his cavalry, had bagged sixteen hundred
Federal maruders the morning before we ar
rived, near Coosaville, about ten miles West
of Rome. When we arrived we found vie-1
tors and vanquished here. It seems from
the report of the prisoners themselves, that
they were to have taken Rome, Gadsden,
destroyed railroad and bridges, and then to!
be paid S3OO each and discharged from the
Federal service. That they were fit instru
ments for the thieving, incendiary work of
theirlase Government,is sufficiently evident
from the plunder found upon tbeir persons
Silver fork**, and spoons, fioger-iings, bre?r
pins, ladies’ and gentlemen's, and evenehil
dren's clothing were taken from then in
profusion.
Gen. Forrest first attacked them with 500
men, but was subsequently forced to eall
up a reinforcement of two regiments, when
the eueiny surrendered without firing a gun.
Four hundred of the Feds, had been sent
foward to Rome to reconnoitre. In the
meantime, Gen. Forrest bagged 1,200, and
upon the return of the recounoiteriug party
they too wove furnished by him with an es
cort to Rome. He also captured four hun
dred negroes, which the Abolitionists had
stoieu. [Oilier statements say the number
to have been very few."] Among the prisoners
are a number of Alabamians, and some from
Rome aud its vicinity. One of them had
a father iu Forrest's command. A portion
of them are being sent off this morning
The remainder will be seut foward as soon
as transportation can be had. The citizens
of Rome are profuse iu their expressions of
praise and gratitude to Gen. Forrest and
his gallant men, aud I understand a house
valued £I,OOO ha? been presented to the
General, aud the hospitalities of the town
tendered to his men. This certainly merits
these courtesies.
Our Regiment will probably be ordered
baek to Bridgeport, as it is not thought the
enemy will repeat his raid upon this place,
at least while Forrest is in the field to con
front him.”
The Atlanta Intelligencer of the 7th says.
“When these Yankee devils reached this
city, and while here, their demeanor, as far
as our personal observation extended, was
rather insolent than subdued; and it appear
ed to us that too much liberty, and too many
privileges had been allowed their officer®,—
Some of them have strutted over our streets
and even at least, one of our bank?, with
money in their hands and purses, and with
insolent air, as though they had nor come
among us a? captured maruders, plunderer?
and thrives: midnight assassins and incen
diaries, but as men taken in honorable war
fare, Surely this demeanor was insulting
ia the extreme, and yet we have borne with
it all, as a law and order abiding people.—
Well, be it so! The military authorities
that permit it must be. respected and obeyed.
When, however, we reflect that these demi
devils had left Rosenerans' lines to riot, plun
der, and devastate Georgia soil; that Rome,
and Dalton, aud Atlanta, were to be sacked
nod given over to the flames, that our State
Road bridges were to be destroyed, so as to
cut off communication in the centre between
the eastern and western portions of the Con
federacy, and thus to deprive our armies of
supplies ; the forbearance of our people and
authorities is truly remarkable, yea, wonder
ful ! Surely we have nearly drained the cup
T>f suffering and humiliation of it? last dregs!
Federal Cavalry Raid.
During the strategic movements and fight
ing on the Rappahannock, which have result
ed so gloriously for our arms, a large Federal
cavalry force, under General Stoucman,
made a raid across the Rapidan to the line
of the Central Railroad, striking it first at
TrevilliauY Depot, wheie, on Saturday, the
track was destroyed. We have already
published .some rather vague accounts
:of his subsequent movements upon oth
er points ot that road, and also upon the
Fredericksburg road at Ashland. It has
been further stated that the same body, or
> a detachment of it. bud reached, the canal,
iat Columbia, iu Finvanna, and made a
I breach in it. Sunday eveuiug the raid
; makers w ere at Ashland. Os their move
j incuts yesterday we give information
as we have elsewhere. They no doubt
heard Sunday evening and early yesterday of
1 their reverse at the Rappahannock,and moved
rather rapidly towards the Peninsula, in
their route doing damage to the York River
Railroad.
What the enemy did, where exactly he
did go, and what were his numbers, are
facts yet to be ascertained ; for the infer
(nation received up to the time of writing
this is indefinite, and no doubt greatly ex
aggerated.
This raid was a part of Burnside’s origi
nal plan. That was to endeavor to flank
our force at Fredericksburg by crossing
above and below it, and contemporaneously
to disnatch several bodies of cavalry to get
behind our army, destroy its railroad com
munications with the capital, jut *be canal,
and even penetrate as far o* the High
Bridge, which was also to be destroyed.—
This plan was changed into a simple direct
attack upon our army by order of Lincoln.
Hooker, who endeavored to mount to fame
through Burnside's disaster, ha= now adopt
ed that officers plan. The raid was bold
and has caused, perhaps, more than its due
share of alarm in this community. The
Yankees wiii crow over it as much as they
can in order to diminish the force of the
terrible blow G-eneral Lee has given them.
Stoneman’s raid was evidently never in
tended to reach this citv, although the ap
prehension that it was aiming for Richmond
was not confined entirely to the untuilitary
citizens who promptly and properly enlisted
for defence, just as they did in the never-to
he-forgotten Pavmee tear.
The achievment<s of this bold raid, though
in no wise effecting the glorious victory ou
the Rappahannock, is not without its hu
miliating reflections. That it should make
so great a circuit, and ger off to scett free—a« 1
we fear it hns done, or will do, —is certain
ly a mortification. We know nothing about
the circumsrances of our own military situa
tion, or whether they might have been with
due discretion modified. But wc- are sure
of one thing, and that is, that the feeling of
chagrin occasioned by the affair will he felt
fully as much iu military quarters as amongst
the civilians. —. Richmond Dispatch
From the Richmond Dispatch, May sth.
A Glorious Confederate Victory.
in the language of Gen. Lee’s gratifying
dispatch, of the 3d of. May, to President
Davis, “We have again to thank Almighty
God for a great victory.” ’This grand and
important triumph wa- achieved on Satur
day. Gen. Lee says in the beginning of his
dispatch :
“Yesterday Gen. Jackson penetrated to
the rear of the enemy ; and drove him to
within one mile of Obaueellorsvilie. This
morning the hatrlo was renewed.” He (the
enemy) was dislodged from all his positions
around Chancellorsville and driven back to
wards the Rappahannock, over which he is
now retreating. Many prisoners were cap
tured. Gen. Lee states that the enemy’s
loss was heavy, and as he was in the act of
retreating, it is to he hoped was still further
to be increased. Our loss in killed and
wounded, or course must be considerable in
such an engagement, lmt was much less than
that of the enemy. The whole country will
be distressed to learn that Gen. Jackson is
seriously wounded. The prayers of every
one in the South will go up to Heaven for
his recovery, and his restoration to the
country and the cause, in the field of battle.
The scene of the battle is in Spott ylvania
county, between the Wilderness and Ohan
cellorsville. The latter is a place with only
one dwelling, a large brh?k house, formerly
a tavern, and latterly a-boarding school. It.
is about ten miles west of Fredericksburg.
The Wilderness we.suppose to be indicated
by “Wildernesss Creek,” a small stream
running into the Rappahannock, about four
or five miles from Cbancellorsville; the coun
try adjacent and widening out towards Chan
cellorsville is the Wilderness, out of which
the eoeu y came at the bidding of Jackson.
The United States ford is on the Rappahan
nock, eight miles above Fredericksburg, and
two miles below tRe mouth of the Rapidan.
Ely’s Ford is on the Rapidan, four miles
above its mouth. The enemy having cross
ed into Spottsylvania, presented himself on
the left of our line in front of Fredericks
burg. But our sagacious Commander had
taken proper measures, it may be inferred
by the result. Longs! reet and his command
were recalled in good time, and by the best
rcutegfor an opportune junction with our
line, while the strategy for getting in rear
of the enemy was. matured. This decisive
movement was conducted by that warrior
who nver fills, and on Saturday fas we un
derstand) the enemy, in his dismay, found
Jackson thundering upon his rear. Driven
from his position Towards Chanceliorsville,
he got out of the frying pan into the fire by
encounteiing Longstreet. His rout was
complete, as we arc officially informed by
Gen. Lee.
We shall not receive details of this last
brilliant engagement as rapidly as usual,
owing to the cavalry raid of the enemy,
which was boldly and successfully conducted
upon the lines of the Central and Fredericks
burg Hoad while the contest upon the Rap
pahannock was in progress. Sot can the
wounded receive that succor by prompt re
moval to the city which was rendered in for
mer great battles.
While the fighting in the Wilderness was
progressing there wa- some skirmishing, also
some artillery duelling about Fredericks
burg, detail? of tfhieh have not yet come to
hand.
The Ground *»u Which the f.ate fttattle
was I'ougitt.
lather by design of the military authorities or
owing to the interruption of the lines of commu
nication, no news of the movement 1 ? on the Rap
pahannock had reached Richmond for several data
before the late battle, and, until after the intelli
gence of the victory had reached us by telegraph,
scarcely anything was known of the "positions of
the lespective armies or of the ground on which
the battle was fought. The following from the
Richmond Examiner of Saturday will give the
reader an idea oi the movements immediately
preceding the battle. The editor says :
The passage of the Rappahannock on Wednes
day was a teiut. ihe bulk of the ankee army
moved up the river while the Confederate atten
tion was fixed on the detachment which had cross
ed at Deep Run. The detachment was then with
drawn to Meanwhile Hooker passed the
Rappahannock at Kelly’s and other lords, marched
through that portion of Culpepper which fills the
fork of the river till he reached the Rapidaa at
Uermauna Mills and Ely s Foard, skirmished with
our cavalry near Chancellorsville, and having
possession of that place is said to have reached a
point very near to Spotsylvania Court House.
1 he line of battle has "been completely changed.
It stretches from Ely’s lord, on the Rapidau, to
Spotsylvania Court House. The Federal army is
uow on the south side of both branches of the
Rappahannock, and its front is parallel with the
railroad from Fredericksburg to Richmond. It i
'upon the fiauk, and partly upon the rear of the
position defended by the army under Lee in last
December.
According to this statement, which we consider
exact, Hooker has turned the famous hills of Fred
ericksburg. It is evident that this mano?uvre will
necessitate a corresponding alteration in the dis
position of the Conferieraie troops, and that the
new battle will be fought in the country between
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania t’ourt House,
unless the enemy should endeavor to continue hi 9
timk movement beyond the last named place to
cut the Ceutral Railroad.
Whether the enemv has gained an advantage by
the execution of this movement is qui>o doubtful.
It is true that the deadly slopes around Fredericks
burg, and the well contrived fortifications which
defended them, are avoided. The ground on whi-h
the battle is now to be fought is without a fortifi
cation, and offers no remarkable advantage of po
sition to either party. This much Hooker has
gained. But in other respects, his shnation is far
worse than before. His supplies must come either
by wagon all the way from Alexandria, or follow
him through the circuit he has made from Acquia
Creek. Our own army still commands the supplies
of the railroads, the Richmond and Fredericksburg
and the Central road. Both pass within ten imL*
of Spotsylvania Court House. Supposing that to
be the point of contact h-twepn the two armies, it
is evident that our supplies will have to bo wagon
ed only ten miles, while those of the enemy must
be wagoned thirty-five miles at len«t.
The whole country is more or l?** wooded, and,
except that part of it close to the rivers, is red
clay. A tain will render it bad. A heavy rain
will raise the Rapidau and Rappahannock in one
night, till they are nnfordable, ard thus cut off the
supply of the Federal army altogether. Hooker
must force & fight immediately, or incur great risk
from the«e causes.
But a hazirdous and difficult supply is not the
only thing to be balanced againat the rpparent
success of hi? flunk moveinenr. In this new posl
tion his army stands in very grear danger of beieg
itself flanked. He la now thirty-five miles from
his bs.«e ; his communication pass along the arc of
a circle, while the Confederate army holds the
diameter One operates on the ionv line, the
other oo the short, and In theory, at Lasr, the
advantage is decisive.
The Late Bailies.
The following is the most particular ac
count of the details of them that we have
spen, and is from a correspondent of the
Richmond Enquirer', of the 6th.
I propose to give a history of the whole
fight, beginning with the crossing below
town on Wednesday morning last and bring
ing it down to rhe brilliant charge of Mon
day evening, when the enemy we;e driven
in confusion across the river, their midnight
cry being “retreat to Banks’ Ford.”
The first movement of the enemy, i. e.,
the crossing below town, can hardly be said
to have been a feint. It. would be perhaps
; more proper to speak of it as a movement
designed to co-operate,with the main attack
at. Ohancellorsville, or it is possible that
this force was left iu front of Fredericks
burg to prevent a rear movement on our
part, which, if successful, and the liver
once crossed by our troops, at a point near
town, their access to the railway could have
been cut off and their base of supplies ren
dered useless to them. To guard his rear
and protect bis base, rhe force, which after
wards operated offensively, was ar first in
tended to arff defensively, in all probability.
How it afterwards acted on the offensive,
aud succeeded in carrying by storm ‘Ala
rye’s Heights,” can probably be explained
by the fact that Hooker had been hard
pressed and whi ped in the fight of Saturday
and Sunday morning at (.■hancellorsville,
and made this in order to create a diversion,
and enable him to cover his retreat.
Cbancellorsville having been the real
point of battle it will be most fitting to treat,
of it first.
On Thursday evening Gen. Anderson,
who was holding a position iu front of the
United States Mine Ford, twelve miles
above Fredericksburg, ascertained that the
Yankees, numbering five army corps, with
at least eighty thousand men, crossed the
Ilappidan at Kelley’s and Gerinanna Fords,
having previously crossed the North Fork
of the Rappahannock, at Eiley’s Ford, in
Culpepper county, and were advancing down
the plank road. Gen. Anderson at. once
fell back to Chanceltorsville, and took up a
line of battle in front of the plank road, and
extending to the river, and reaching over
to the old Catherine Furnace. Gen. An
derson, however, having too small a force
to hold the enemy at this point, fell back
to a position some four miles below Chan
cellorsville, and fronting the old mine road.
On Friday morning Gen. Anderson was re
inforced on the right by Gen. MeLaws, and
on the left by Gen. A. P. Hill. At this
peuod Gen. Jackson, took command, and
ordered au advance, himself leading it. and
I succeeded during the day in driving the ene
| my hack, they making but slight resistan t.
On Friday night our force rested fullv two
miles beyond the ground occupied by the
Yankee forces on the previous evening.—
The forces principally engaged thus far in
this quarter, belonged to .Semmcs’ brigade
of MeLaws’ division, and Mahone’s brig
ade, of Anderson’s division.
Saturday morning wore away without
important results. There was some artillery
firiug and a little skirmishing, but the en
gagement did not become general until
abcut five o’clock in the afternoon, from
which, hour the fight raged furiously until
about eight o’clock. Jackson at this time,
had thrown a force on their upper flank and
was driving them fiercely down upon our
lower line, which, in turn, was hurling them
back, rendering futile all their efforts to
break through our lower lines, and making
necessary for them to give back towards the
river.
There was an intermission in the firing
from eight o’clock until about nine. But
from nine until long -past midnight the
sound of artillery and small arms was well
nigh deefening. Ihe explanation was ready.
Jackson was pressing them w r ith a night fight.
Our boys drove the Yankees, who stoutly
held their ground, until near day; and at
early dawn of the holy of holies, the fight
began on bosh ends of the line, and by ele
ven o'clock the firing had ceased. On the
upper eud of the line, near Chaneeliorsvilio,
the Yankees were badly whipped, and were
in full retreat towaids the river« Ou the
lower line, near Fredericksburg, however,
they had succeeded in carrying Marye’s
Heights, and were rioting the wild excess of
joy. They had stormed, they said, the Gi
bralter or America, and their route to Rich
mond was plain and easy, little remembering
that they had hurled a column of fullv ten
thousand upon one regiment i, ,
thus gaining the rear of th e T ANARUS, V .
dale’s brigade. ‘Ut;
But “the heat laid schemes v
mice gang aft agree,” and whil t ,}
kees were felicitating- tfaeaiscL . t * 4 *-
splendid (successes, and imaghiim»° 0
pelves to be in the rear of our > r - ~
Lee was so manoeuverinp a s
enemy, who were now throwing • V
forward from the town on . •
road. About four o’clock on bur, i ‘ 3t ' k
mg, Mt*Laws’ division, including \Ji
brigade, of Anderson’s division i ; , / .
vance column of the Yankee V-* l ' e,;
Sedgwick, at Salem Cnurcb r
vond Freder'ck-hurg, on th
and our hue of battle was U: ,-i
angles with the Flank road. TU* '
here raged for about two h a „ k * ’
Yankees were repulsed with ,V
: loss including some five or six h un . ,
| oners. Our line on the Telegrn-- ‘
j meantime, had been formed m ,> i.V,
about three and a halt miles out iV i **.
■ Early on Monday morning. Law
1 Brigade, now Gen. Gonion’s, t-upj-n,,■ ,
j General Smith and Gen. ii iyes, fl \
■ ly’s Division, advanced toward?
Heights” and charged thorn witbnv,* V
tiring of a gun, driving the tnnj;\ f-vr
, position which less than twenty fo Ur and
■ before he had dislodged Barksdale’s •
Mississippians; after a most heron
tenee, in which the enemy’a Lv, f.
’ considerable. In this condition nutter! r .
i maiued until about five o’clock in th.*
ing, when a general advance r'.s order,xi 1
At firing ol a signal gun, On s Jr ;
moved upon the enemy from th - ri
Gvns. Anderson and MeLaws free tb* i € --
The enemy, who hold a position * L , f
Finnk road., extending np and and, wr, ?
quickly dislodged and driven wi-hgreat !e*
Irom the' field. Their resistance wus Ugh
The charge was grand. Eiriy’s men, *v
especially the Louisianians, under R .t*
vralked over the enemy as giant? o yjig
mica, while from above, the men of A*kA
son and Me Law* Who had been c i: tU.-
uiarching and fighting for five day?,
no signs of relaxation but marched U
and fearlessly up to their appoint. ] r rk
The res dr. was the enemy w dii; n »r*
confusion towards Banks’ Ford, aero- \>L :
he succeeded in making his way dnri:,; th
night—not, however, without serion i .
killed, wounded and prisoners. G**n. Hoke,
of the North Carolina Brigade, in 1 rh
Division, was wounded in this —
Whilst this wns going on, meu
were holding the stone wall, Mary bii.
and the heights commanding the Flat:,
road, so as to prevent a movement on r, ,i
rear out from Fredericksburg. But th:
was hardly necessary. Yankee desire f
a general advance had been satisfied aid t,\
nightfall the Y'ankces had begun to p tpai
for the third afftl last time to evacuate i o i
ericksburg—and by day-break ojir piikc
were iu the town, which is once ngal * i:
flie hands of Barksdale’s men.
The prisoners captured were mostly two
years and nine mounths men, whoso term
of service will soon expire. They say they
were put in front, by Hooker at every poiu*
<«rUvgoti’» Raid—Additional lsar
ticiilars.
A correspondent pf the Mi*&Usini.iar,
who was captured at Hazlehurst, gives .-out
additional particulars- of the conduct &c;
r.ivageii of this roving party at that pLce.—
He says:
The advance, under Col. Prince, took tie
writer prisoner. Col. Prince and all hi*
men assured every one that they w and ■ i /
rob citizens, or interfere with priva- j ; -op
erty. But the guard, nevcrthel *s, robbed
rne while I was their prisoner
They robbed evbry store in town, took
whatever pleased their fancy, and ra! ! o i up*
on the negroes and rabble to **hc:p t erc
selves to whatever they and i pleas*:-,
Col. Prince saw this wholesale n \ her en
acted in his own immediate presence, ari
offered no remonstrance. They robbed pri
vate houses—Mrs. PI vans’, Mr. Alvord'*,
Dr. Garner’s etc. —and by terrible threats
and by presenting cocked repe a rsto it. ie
frightened them,into bringing their wnt< he
jeweiry and money they had secured Pr
safety. They robbed many plant?.' )D‘
those of the poor as well of the rich, oi
ry horse and mule upon them.
They shoot every citizen fLev can T br s
tempts to escape with his watch and in.it
on their approach.
They killed, by shooting five times the
only negro man belonging' to Mr. Bar:?*
because he refused to go off with them.-'
He whs plowing in ihe field and the coward
shot and killed him there.
Their officers assert, that they diJcc:
der the burning of the town of Hazleh’rs
but there were five of them present w.;:
that barbarie acrocity was perpetrates
Perhaps the commander who was - fc
present, the sleek, plausible, hyporri »•
demagogue, Prince, did not 'specialty ■ -d- :
his noble captain (Sallow) to bum -
towD, without turning his back- wr: r. ttr
matches were applied, but ho Beern«:d <- r
complacent, and gratified, when th< fi v*
were destroying the only means of so
fence of many women and children —— £ -
cumulation of many years of econ no) in
toil.
When he was swearing most loudly b:0
he would have the rascal who did it, f ■
if he only knew who did, I heard one :
own men say “bosh That man kn y
what his colonel means when he tali -
an honest man.
The vandal Prince has since beeu
in the fight with Wert Adams, at Ann:
Receipt to cure Hog Cholera. —P s
one bushel corn in a barrel, add wat :
the corn is covered, then dissolve three --
ces blue stone in it, let it soak twentyy
hours—Teed the corn to your hogs. »
you take all the corn out of the water,
one and a half ounces blue stone tot!**'
ter, and soak the corn as before, ano
tinue to feed till the hogs are cured.
REMEDY TO PREVENT CHOLDRA.
Get poke root, boil till you get a 1 3
tea, take out the roots, then place in )
corn ; boil two to thre hours until it
to soften, then feed to the hogs for ten *>
then stop for ten days and commence
ing again as above.