The Sun.
London, England, 1862-02-11 00:00:00

FRANCE.

F jURSE, Feb. 10.—The market at the opening
~owed an upward tendency, and Threes were done
at 71f. 55c. The improvement was not, however,
long maintained, and the quotation is now at 71f.
40c. Railways quiet, but petty firm.
The following are the last quotations :-
41 per per Cents ... 100 10 Credit Fancier 1355
Do end month.... 101 25 Belgian 41 lOl 25
3 per Cents
Do. end month 7l 40' Roman
Bank Shares 3070 Austrian
Credit Mobilier.... 766 25 Spanish Threes 49 50
Do. Account 772 50 , Home Debt

He intends falling back on Pineville, unless speedily rein-
forced. He has a large number of men on the sick list, also
foraging parties capturing men, Many Union men were de-
stroying their property. He has also fifteen days' supplies
on hand. Each rebel regiment has an organised corps of
the best marksmen to pick off field officers. A large amount

of property was seized by the Provost-Marshal, to pay the
amount assessed against prominent Secessionists by Gen.
Halleck, for the benefit of the Union refugees, and will be
sold at auction on Monday, February 3."
The correspondence of the Cincinnatti Gazette
contains a lengthened account of the battle of Mill
Creek:—

" The enemy, under the immediate command of Major-
General Crittenden, marched, eight regiments strong, from
their camp, last Saturday night. Their mounted grand
guards were skirmishing through the greater part of the
night with ours. Colonel Wolford's cavalry were doing
out-post duty that night, and by their behaviour then, and
in the battle afterwards, completely cleared away the re-
proach which some unworthy officers have brought upon
them. They will always fight well when Wolford is with
them. The 10th Indiana occupied a wooden hill on the

right of the road. On the left was a field, stretching down
the hill for several hundred yards. In front of the woods

was another field of about 20 acres.

" Tho enemy formed in these two fields, attacking the
Indiana troops both in front and upon their left flank. A
section of Captain Standart's battery had been brought up,
and was stationed in the road. The attack here was made
about 7 o'clock in the morning. Colonel Manson coming

up to the position just after the attack begun, and seeing
that his men nctust be overpowered before the other regi-

ments could come up, ordered his men to fall back, which
they did in good order, fighting as they went. Captain
Standart reluctantly gave up the privilege of ' giving
the enemy one good blizzard' from that point, and retired
too

"Immediately to the rear of the woods, where the 10th
were stationed, is another field, with a steep descent to a
ravine, and then comes another dense forest. On the left
of the road the clearings continue to the ravine, the sides of
which at that point are covered with a growth of scrub oaks

and other timber.
"After crossing the river another field lies on the left of
the road. The 10th retired through the field on the righ
of a road, and through the woods for about 150 yards to the
rear of the ravine. At this point Col. Fry's 4th Kentucky
came up, and formed along the fence which separates the
road from the field on the left. There is no fence on the
right of the road at t hat point. Ihe two regiments here
formed in the shape of a V, its point towards the enemy
advancing from the ravine, behind which they had re-
formed after their temporary success in the first attack.
For nearly an hour they tried to break that V, but failed.
"What rebel regiments came through the weeds to attack
the 10th at this place I have not learned. Those which
attacked Colonel Fry were Battle's Tennessee and the 15th
Mississipi, the ' Wigfal Rifles,' and the Mississipi Tigers,'
as they loved to call themselves. These were the crack
regiments of the enemy, and they sustained their reputa-
tion. Again and again they charged across the field, but
were always met by the terrible fire of the Kentucky 4th,
and were driven back.
"At the point of the V died General Zollicoffer. He
fell nearer our camp than any other man of his army. He
was with Battle's Regiment, his own home friends, born
and brought up around him at Nashville. A short
distance from him, to his right, a party of his men had
been broken from their comrades, and were herding
together like frightened deer. Col. Fry's men were just
about to fire on them. Col. Fry himself was at the right
of his regiment, at the point of greatest danger. General
Zollicoffer was on foot, and within a few feet of the colonel.
A gum coat concealed his uniform. Seeing the condition of
his men, as the colonel rode up General Zollicoffer said to
Colonel Fry, Colonel, you would not fire upon your friends
would you ?' Colonel Fry supposed, from the general's
manner and remark, that he was one of our own officers, and
at once replied, ' Certainly not, Sir; I have no such inten-
tion.' He turned and rode a few steps, when one of the
general's aids fired at him, wounding his horse. Believing
that he was tricked, Colonel Fry at once wheeled and fired
at the General. The latter raised his hand to his breast and
fell dead, Another ball struck him at the same moment,
I believe, in the arm.
" The death of their general does not seem to have
greatly disheartened the enemy. They continued their at-
tack with as much vehemence as ever. The 2d Minne-
sota Regiment came up and formed along the fence, on the
left of the 4th Kentucky. The rebels still extended their
line to flank us on that side. The 15th Mississippi charged
up to the fence, and the men in the two regiments fought
hand to hand, catching hold of each other's guns, and try-
ng to drag them through and over the fence ; but it was

all in vain.
"On they went. The enemy is driven through the
woods, where an hour and a-half before they nearly sur-
rounded the 10th, the heroes of Rich Mountain. Many
regiments are completely broken, and run for the forests
on the left. Wood's Alabama regiment breaks for a swamp,
and scatter there. It has a home look to them, and is a
safer place than the road er the fields. Some regiments act
together, and form in a field a mile to the rear of their first
position. But Standart's shells, thrown from the hill where
the section was so nearly taken, begin to fall among them.
They fly again, pursued by our victorious troops. For the
third and last time they form, only to be scattered as before.
" After this the route is complete. Panic-stricken, they
fly in all directions. The pursuit is pressed up to the
very intrenchments of the enemy. Two of their pieces
have been taken. The third, which they took with them,
is only saved to be left behind in their flight across the
river. Our cannon open on their camp, our shells falling
into their most effectual battery, killing four of the men at
their guns and driving the rest away. The darkness of
nightfall only prevents a general assault, and our troops lie
down, hoping in the morning to complete the good work of
that Sabbath, a work 'they had not sought, for they were
resting that day, preparatory to the attack which General
Thomas had intended to make on Monday."