The Sun.
London, England, 1863-01-15 00:00:00

To THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.

Washington, lan. 2.
The Secretary of War to-day r€ceived the follow.

ing advices :

" Cleveland, Friday, Jan. 2,

" The following has just been received by tele-
gram from Cincinnatti, dated Murfreesborough,
January 1:

" A terrible battle was fought yesterday. The
latest from the field is up to noon. The Rebel
centre had been broken, and things looked favour-
able. The losses are reported to be enormous.
Stanley, Rousseau, and Palmer are wounded, and
the Rebels Cheatham and Rains are killed."

Near Murfreesborough, Dec. 31, 1862,

Our whole line suffered terribly this morning.
Four regiments of regulars lost half their men and
all their commanding officers. General Anderson's
troops suffered severely. Majors Resengarten and
Ward are killed. Generals Stanley, Rousseau, and
Palmer are wounded.

2 o'clock, p.m.

General Thomas has just broken the rebel centre,
and driven the enemy a mile. We are advancing
our whole line. General R9secrans is personally
superintending the movements. One shot killed two
of his staff officers. The 15th Wisconsin Regiment
has lost several captains. General Negley's Artil-
lery is still mowing the rebels in the centre. Gen.
Crittenden's left wing has taken the entrenchments
at Murfreesborough. The Rebel Generals Cheatham
and Rains are killed.

Nashville, Friday, Jan. 3.

The Unionisto encountered the Rebels on the 30th
ult. near Stewart's Creek. After heavy skirmish-
ing the rebels were driven back. We captured 100
prisoners and killed and wounded a large number
of rebels. Our loss was 70 killed and wounded.
At daybreak on the 31st the fight was renewed
with great fury. M'Coak's corps was opposed to
Hardee. After desperate fighting, with heavy loss
on both sides, M'Cook retreated two miles back. At
night he was four miles this side of the ground oc-
cupied in the morning. The fight continued until
10 o'clock p.m., at which time we had maintained
our position. The Union losses were heavy. The
following is a partial list of our casualties :
Killed—Brigadier-General Sill; Lient.-Colonel
Garesehe, chief of General Rosecrans's staff;Brid-
gadier-General Willick, of Indiana
Ohio; Col. Shaffer. Acting Brigadier; Col. Kill,
.G;
2
Col.
Farmer, 15th Kentucky; Col. jones, 24th Ohio;
Brigadier-General;
Lieut.-Colonel Cotton,ene
6th Kentucky ; Lieut. Jones,
39th Indiana; Major Carpenter, 19th Regulars ;
Major Rosengarten, of. Philadelphia; Capt. Gar-

rett, 19th Illinois; Colonel Carpenter, 18th Wis-
consin ; and Lieut.-Colonel M'Kee, 15th Wisconsin.

Wounded.--Brigadier-General. E. M. Kirk, of

Illinois ; Brigadier-General Wood, of Indiana ;
Brigadier-General Van Cleve, of Minnesota ; Col.
Cassole, of Ohio; Major-General Rousseau, of Ken-
tucky ; Lieutenant-Colonel Berry, sth Kentucky ;
Major Slemmer, 16th Regulars; Major King, 15th
Regulars; and many others.
The 21st, 25th, and 35th Illinois had lost two-
thirds, and the 15th and 38th Ohio one-third their
number. The 101st Ohio lost 125 men, the 38th
Indiana about the same number. The total killed
and wounded is estimated at 2,500. The rebel loss
exceeds ours. Gen. J. E. Rains was killed. Gen.
Cheatham was wounded and taken prisoner. We
have captured 500 prisoners. The fight was re-
newed at 3 a.m. on the Ist of January, and the
cannonading was heard at Nashville. At 10 a.m.
Wood's and Van Cleve's divisions were in Murfrees-
borough driving the enemy, who were in full re-
treat. Three hundred prisoners reached Nashville
at 6 p.m. on the Ist of January, including the fol-
lowing commissioned officers :—Major J. J. Frank-
lin, 30th Arkansas; Captain W. E. Johnson, 2d
Arkansas; Captain J. P. Eagle, 2d Arkansas;
Captain S. C. Stone, Ist Tennessee Cavalry. Many
buildings have been taken for hospital purposes.
Great numbers of wounded have been brought in
now. The river has fallen eighteen inches on the
shoals. The startling reports which reached here
about midnight, and caused considerable commo-
tion throughout the city, of the approach of For-
rest, from the direction of Salt River, with a large
body of cavalry, are entirely false.