, 1861-10-28

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Of the fight have not yet been received here,
but interesting facts In regard to = second ~
tack at night are given in letter from Crab
Orchard to a gentleman oithis city. the fight
on Monday WAS ended at about o'clock, By
oes absut ol t1s
victort- It appea1s that Gen. Z9llicoffar, ia
stead Of retreatiDg, Withdrew for short dis
lance and made preparations for an attack In |
foTce at night His previous attacks had been |
in consequence Of the character Of the conn
try In small force, and had been meant, In IA It,
the Union men were without artillery, and hs |
hoped, by brilliant charge, to effscs the cap
ture Of the endenchments But Gan. q 1ll- |
Golfer finds it difficult to keep informed Of the
oSs @esntaa, of that sasy REGION u IL
is hardly reasonable to suppose he was awara |
of the reinforcements which were On the Why
to Col Gar1a1d, or Of their arrival about the
time Of the conclusion Of the fight On Monday.
The March from Camp Dick Robinson Of the
and they were pushed through as rapidly as
possible, These rei1forceneats consisted of
The 18th, 10th and ssh Ohio, SD Indiana, 1st
and 2d Tennessee, and three batteries Of artll-
1e7y. The batteries were enabled By hai 1 1a-
bor to reach the entrsnchments on Monday
evening, and were mounted and in place by
nine O'Clock that night. All the reinforce
ments coming up moved into place noiseless-
ly, and waited the attack, which 1t Waa sur
nIeed Zouicoffer would make at night. About
u O'Clock Gen. Zollicoffer's forces marched to
the alteck, It is said that his intention Was to
storm the place, and it il argued that he could
Eot have known OF the reinforcements Of ar.il-
le1y. The rebels came in to the attack gallant
II, but when the artillery opened upon them
it Ii said the whole column-those on the ex-
treme rear among the rest-tuEned with loud
shouts and fed from the scene, while above
y, rff u dcI he 1aar
yells Of The vanquished, arose the wild shout
Of the TictoIB..
Gen. schoepff, who il In command of Col.
Gar1ard's farces, remained in his entrench-
ments over night aad when the day dawued
the enemy vas gone. 4 wounded rebel chap
tHo fights, to have been 600 killed and wound
| ed- In the last charge, he sayz not less than
| 500 men met their death wound. A vo1ley Of
| grape from artillery Was as unexpected to
| hem Us thunderbolt from heaven. The
East Tenneseee troops engaged in this fight
marched and fought almost literally naked
Their uniforms have never Jet reached them,
| and they fled from East Tennessee with what
they had on. The only clothing they hare
hitherto had has been their blankets and
shoee. Hon. Andrew johnson left Cincinnati,
On Wednesday Lat, with 800, 600 worth Of
| clothing for them. He will be almost as vel.
come to them as an enemy. They are suffer.
ing as much for clothing as foT fight, One
OF the companies in the 1st Tennessee Ia called
BroWDloW's Relief"
"A noVement is being made under Brigadier
General CTittendeD, south from Owensboro'
| ard Henderson, along the line OF the Edgefieid
ard Kentucky railroad. The regiments en-.
| goged in this enterprise, ~ far as know, are
thCte Of Col. Hawkins, Gift and Jones, o5
Indiana, and Col Jackson'e Kentucky cavalry
They hare progressed 60 far as to shield tht
counties north and west Of Green river, ftom
| the deprtdatlons Of Buckner's band of 1,5N
meD, Who formerly we're engaged in rayaSine
these counties. The band is Row at Hopkins
ville, in Christian county, strong
rebel county. rht3 seldom venture a!
themselves to tic fouthera part o
Meek1enbeIg and Hopkins counties. I lea11
frcm reliable authority that o1e-ffth of thit
force is down Witk the black measles, q dis
ease which is making sad havoc among tht
rebel army. The expedition under Genera
it advances, and it Is Thought will prove o
much importance and benefit to the Unio1
cause. lhaYe assurances ttat tho force unde
Ger. CrIttenden has been and is being strong
II re info1ced, and that hia command vii
prove Of much Importance. learn that ol
this expedition much reli2nce is placed AM
much Of the SUCCESS of Gen shezman's plan
depends.
i Gen. Sherman yesterday met the loyal 1sdie
Of Louisville in open council, and taxing
, them into his confidence, entrusted them, NC
comfort and health Of his men, and aake
| ! them for their aid. It WAS amusing to see th
| g1uff General RWkwa1aly facing the thousan
+ flashing batteries Of beautiful eyes that beanie
. | on him, harmless though he knew them to b
for they smiled on him. He could with MOI
ease have faced feoWning battery, lookin
: from far more terrible port holes, than he d
L those that were 1eyeled on him yesterday. 2
l. l11't tmid, Of course, but rather modest. =
% made quite o charming speeeh-his broth
+ ladies' his intentions as fully as if they We,
r, not greater gossips than the newspaper T
y EorteIs whom he so terribly denoanecs
such. He asks for the contributions Of 8
loyal people Of clothing for his soldiers. E
= need not doubt that they viii be foftheonlp
K Kentucky hospitality Is not sleeping at th
> | hour, wien her defenders come to clsi
"a it. Not soldier has passed throuE
~ our city without his cup OF hot ct
y fee ard best Of Kentucky ham Al
10 beef Not q nan need to have a.
- been afforded to all who come. They con
III not, in every case, be accepted, but in ma!
Or instances they have been, and common 81
- die1s and officers in hospitable houses ha
had their choice Of feather beds and M
: t1eeees, ai1." To be sure dark skinned 81
L. Tant may have been the one asking the gu
4. tion and showing the soldier to bis room, b
ha who will be factious or particular In 81
.t casee. And not only have private citize
III done this IN innumerable cases, but tho g
90 has given up its hospital to the sick aoldit
he {of whom their are about 200 i'll, lying ther
~ ~ But not content with feeding and nurai
g and clothing the defenders Of her daughte
IN the city has lately appropriated part Of I
Ut City Cemetery, !" Care Hill, i" in which to bi
he the sick sohiefs who die among them.
A. The supeEseding ef Ge2. Mcclellan, as
ck pondent, has excited the rebel eympathiz
ed here, and It is to be known that they are qu
numerous here. doubt much If the Uni
ns minority in this city is now 500 and il Bu
ne uer were twenty miles further north, the re
ng majority, on the fact being known, would
IN twice that number. The truth is, there ne
~ has been majority OF Union men here u
les would fight Tor the principle. They have b
Iad willing to let chance decide for them. If G
McCook is defeated, the j" Union" citizens
-, Louisville will lay down their arms, submit
SIS and cry him welcome" as heartily as it th
rv Has no Indiana shore nor indians sold
within q Thousand miles There Is no city
the Union where martial law Is mora nee
at than here. It was half declared at one til
ted but strange to say, . man long known to b
sympathIzer with the rebels, was appoin
By Gen. Anderson as Provost Marshal
seceesfonists are, as I said, rejoicing over
failure Of Gen. Mcclellan to hold his positi
,ote and are wondering who the, great Major
,.se. EIAl dA1ECA Gt - - t&Nu2t1E kAH$ AAAy al
t1y Eoon snosen fna hara pgIl hao ono =
tern likely to know, TINT Gen. Halleck
be given the command Of the West. It
1. decided some time since to make Briga
General Sherman q Major General, and
a. commission as such was due here, a13 ezpt
the bg htxx a .oeeE sfnee. Tie telegraph did
re- announce his promotion, and the commits
ha has not arrived. Instead thereof, the Cal
~. ~ Elan has been made Major General,
oss General Sherman will remain In statu o.
tho regards his rank.
nm. Hrs. Commodore St1ingham is reporte
- be IN this city, preparing to go South, she
" ing pass from Gen. Scott
arly The city has 1oW An extra police fore
Ing 1G0 infantry and 100 cavalry, under the
de mand Of the Provost Marshal, Henry Den
area The news from Gen. Nelson's Brigade
the the march against Prestonsbusg, Il Of q
line definite and unreliable character.
g3r- The National Loan subs bscripuon books
say opened hare on the 21st inst, with what
acy | cess am not advised.
:, an The proclamation Of Gen. Johnston
1,nt follows
ss PROCLAMATION.
m WHREEAs, the armed occupation Of pa
d It Kentucky by the United States, and the Pre-
sHch lions which manifest the intention OF their
TINT eminent to invade the Confederate States tn.
the that territory, have imposed tt en- these last
'2ys neeess3 ef aedefeac to fntt5 tt III 5h.t Sat-
tion nv and rhpress T. fs nrnnrr thai
/ the mntiYea Of he t1oyexunent of me Coafcd
1t OF States IN taking this step should be fully kpo
resi- this world; now, therefore, ], Albert s. John
wise General and eommaneez Of ne MesteFn ~. u
eos" Amn-sc. dn nrf,f1af1n that thAse States have