, 1861-10-30
Correspondents Of the Chicago Tribune.]

the other disputants to report themselves to
tie Adjutant General st Spring field, for which
place they will start in day or two.
An attempt is being made to enroll the 18th
Hliroie, Col. TurchiD, anong the regiments Of
the regular army. It is understood that the
suggestion and the movement to effect this
came from Gen. Mcclellan, who Is strong
personal friend and former associate, In the
Illinois Central Railroad, Of the gallant Colo.
Del. This regiment, he Is aware, is one Of the
finest In the volunteer service, having attained
a proficiency in the manual which is attrib.
uted to the Efficiency Of the officers formerly
belonging to the original ZouaVe CORPS. With
many Of the men Of the regiment the proposi-
ton hns become quite popular, ,whi1e many 9th
ers dlslike the idea Of swearing In for more than
three EeaEs. Oflcers Of the regiment inform
ne, however, that It is highly probable tue
majority of the reg iment will muster into and
i'll up some Of the incomplete regular regi
Meuts.
Col. Wilson, Of Carter county, who is in the
city for the purpose Of obtaining rifles for q
regiment Of sharpshooters, whom he has
raised IN the short space OF one week In the
county named, informs me that nowhere In
the State or In the country is guerilla warfare
p7actieed with more bitterness OF animosity
than in the strong secession counties immed1-
ste1y south Of Carter and surrounding the
rebl camp at Prestonburg. The whole
country is in arms, and neighbors are arrayed
against each other In warfare, the more terri
ble f1cm the absence Of all honorable rules Of
war, AEEasslnatlons occur daily, and fights
from behind trees and from the houses are of
common occurrence, It would seem as if
again the forests were infested with sayagea.
The greatest cruelty and the most bea5tly
out1age5 are Rractlceo By both sides. So
desire to aye1ge each others' wrongs that they
have excelled their rebel tutors il excuses
and in cruelty. 4 short time SINCE, rebel
leader named MarEmen, Of Lawrence county,
was caught By party Of Union men, who pro-
eeeqed ea Se, 70 1,.p punish him as thty thought
Els own hands. They ted hin naked
10 tr5e and deliberately stabbed him about
the ar1ns, thighss, legs, and in such places as
were NOT thought fatal, TIL The wounds had
reached the number Of thirty nine and the
man etill alive. At this point somebody sug
geeted that the Law did not ALLOW negro to
ct iashed more than thirEy-aiae times On the
bare back (There is such law In this State.)
One OF the men raised bis gun aud exclaiming
ttA1k LII AENNA5 024 Au14AtA Liz 1hHE4 Q4UDER0
the bayo2et to Maskm~n's heart. His body
~aa left tied to the tree until in the darkness
Ct the light 6one Of his rebel friends remoy-
ed it. This terrible state of affAirs, am happy
to Eay, Is mainly confined to the region
named, though Generals Zollicoffer and Buck
| ner have permitted their men to practice
I1any o1srages and cruelties On the unpro-
! tecteu Un:ouiGts in the yicinities in which
| THEY are located. How long Gen. Sherman will
permit BucELer to rayage Southern and Cent
| TAI Kentucky, it is impossible to tell. He
nov taa force l am confident which maet be
Us large as Buekner's.
| The retreat Of Gen Zol1icofar hos proved to
| b. nlcst disastrous and bloody. A letter from
Csn ? Wild Cat, da:ed Friday last, says he hai
!et1 l.s dead and dying s:rewn along the road
! htn fHat Point to Bartonreyi]le.. It is estima-
tee tia. 1000 men persisted in the retreat
alcne, ind ttat Ills loss in the battle and the
Tt:rt ut will smear. tc 1,50O men. The retreat
| began e5rly OF IGeEtE : morning. The dead
s.:e left cn H. Esis. to be buried BIZ the
GE,or troops. Tic field vas literally streEn
Hl1h then. @ They must have fought like
fshcs. The execution vas terrible, aad the
~enr dc were few. The effects of the long
ba-6-the M!uie-are represented to have
oetn mcst tsrEible. Bodies we're perfnrated
Eng sEu1!s wire broken into half q dozan
I:ecee: May features it Was impossible to
Ieeogalze. The grape and canister Of the ar
t'Aery rad also found many victims. Thsy
We7e focnd lying On the hill eidcs in groups.
It appeared a il the bodies on falling had roll
Cd down The steep sides Of the hill, and thus
pned up cn one another. The road WAS
plccked with them, aid the Tennessee regi-
ments in pursuit rushed over the bodies Of
tGelr former tHends and ecquanta1ces. Two
ple;es OF artillery and all the camp equtpage,
| win many aEms, knapsacks, and other mite
1'a's: we're left By the rebels in their precipi
ts1e flight.
But the retreat was the most irving ordeal
Which the rebels had to undergo. The far
| Ee,e, Ehum for weeks past they had on.
| pressed aroused By the report Of the victory,
gathered along the road to give PARTING
bloW, and from Wild Cat TO BarboursYille tic
{enel 1tas a9d efy Ut 1un The gauntlet From
crack of the farmers rifle greeted them IN {
scaled rebels fate It is enid that the retre It
vas enc continued fight, in which the poor
devils nad no chance whatever. Ambuscadss
cpen.d their fires npon them from evcry eide
a1d qus1ter, and they felt what it was to re-
| 15eat through hostile country. Like the
English who came to sutjugate 1t Lexington.
| NseE, they pushed On In haste, flvinr 7roo'
tie STERN Ct bn1lets that beat in upon them
a. every step. They needed not who fell
lhey [nshsG oo, each man for himself, seek
OF The famous rifle sped on its mission. The
dooned man sank without murmur, IS if
exhausted. His following fellows eLepned
over his bocy end hurried on, nor stopped to
Llnck bis Wtapon from bis dying grasp. They
ngesly g sp1aSg over the fallen body Of steed
that but moment before with dilated uos-
tf!!s Ehutied danger to its mater, ald then fell
uIheeeed BY him who bad ridden him, The
1sttlhrtion fer onr retreat of thr5a months
eco hae eome. On the 21st Of the month,
IEree months ago, our men had rstrcated to
| Washington; on the 21st Of the month they
alto re:Iea1ed. But this retreat was far more nl
terrible. The shame Of Ger arms in Yirgin;a
nhE been wiped out il Kentucky
1t Is not improbable that Gen. Zallicoffar
| mas 1ailen, though tlere is 10 Information to
tlat suSGt. Lie vas well known in lhe noun-
falns. His features ard form are net Uke1y to
ne forgotten by those vino have seen Iim.
eFen Hhen they have less incentive to remem
pr hlm than Lave the moun:aineers Of Ken
| tneby. 1'>SA
There are other mourtaineess that Geu.
Tel Ton1cGnsf ana hts band have need to fear.
lsseee are again armed. A lsdy from Knov
Vile reports that since the departure Of Z31li.
ctnsr for Kentucky, the Union men haya Or
EsA,zcc ard IN a measure armed themselves.
.NIen the ger1iEons with which Zollicoffar
Witb iii xh;alp Ghe;eaplea Fat @ Tennessee and
the strorg Union feeling there, Rere
Withdrawn for the purpose~of lnyc1ging kan
1peEy, tnete rnloniEts again put On theiF form
er toldneEe. Deprived OF srms, they made
rough Weapons for themselves. It looks Ike
N-ee6@A1.1ott ~ say VI HAat LIE weapons were
Mase and Of What they mainly consisted, Ii
mas been SO common to talk Of our fathers
tu1nlDg their ploWRhares into swords TINT IL
sFpea1s ridiculous in this age to assert That
these men :are made knives and swords out
OF the Ecyahe blades. But my lady informaut
"a fair rebel herseH-states positively that
such is the case. Every blacksmith shop in
Inc ccounhy Is engaged in shaping these az
f:cultuTal implements into huge Knives that
appear horrible in her eyes, and not only had
eneee men made preparations, but emboIdened
teey baa made demonstrations father terrific
II IN their nature, In Sewer county. two
weeks since, the Union men had seized. tried
condemned and publicly hung four men char7.
Cd with prosecuting Union citizens, Manv 6f
IEe mole prominent rebels have fed finn
hnox91ue: No rebel suspects Brownlow If
4onsssy ae.na q purpose N supporting the candi-
Of Ne1EoD, Badger, and others, they thInI tx.
ceeoirgly momentous. ''N1 -
H1aseYer msy be the facts in regard to the
supplg ot the necesEafies Of life in the morn
Northern Ststes Of The Confederacv. there il
little doRbt that much suffering Ia occasioned
In the Gulf States from tie scarcity and hiph
prices OF food Of every kind. Al iustan3s
tcld me bye Nashville gentleman viii fllas-
t1ate this better than can describe Il, Jceenh
= Ack1in, Of Nashville, has three Iarze pIan-
tanons IN Louisiana. on which he has 1000
negroes engaged mainly in growing and /
~ SSaalstnntIs Sugar. For tWo months past he has
/ n the eouth consists Of but little meat soi1
plenty Ct mo1asses and sugar. Half "a:
t!ons you can easily imagine wouIi he
fer from sufficient, when the half ratious hive
to consist Of salt meat at that As A cnnse.
4uenee, bis slaves have been Killing tha