New-York daily tribune., 1861-12-30

Let ~ lcok at them. Nov. s-5 r. m, ne says u
Gen Rosecrsns: If you can throw over 8, coo men.
Same day at pm. to sane, he w,ies shat bis brlg
ade eau wDirl into the enemy, 9 II they ~ can b.
supported" Nov. TO- ii a. H.. he proposes some
ibirg dc perste, I" Ii you ean give me, TWO ne
mems more Again on tie same III erDoon h
writes: 81 will he iuto item ty moruing. onsh
| 10 have few more mtn 10 make cure TING oi II
say tie llth and ID relimeDis"
| There lie great virrues IN your "N," ard iu tn
view Gen. B- sham is a yirIuons MAD, for The -
sDiers largely ufo lis conf IoeitioD. lie be.ins II
N .if." and ends IN a bat" What a slrikins
'esemblaDce "to tile gallant Lyon, 10 whom be wa
Of ell CON pared at the Wesi.' Poor west wha
! .i,s you have TO answer Tor.
Bat then tie aer-birh Of this tIeech presentation
WI. 8 wonderful piece Of work. That pursuit O.
Floyd was 90 daring. peItiaaeious and vigorous
Let Us look into that.
From tie I'd until the 18th Of November, Gen.
Beni am remained idle st the mouth OF Loup Creek
On the i1h Floyd fell back from CottoI liil u
Dick. son's farrn Gen. Benbam laTUing this iict,
rushed 70 CoitoD-hiD. Here be net a few Of TIE
enemy, and a slight skirIn,h chez ked hin. MAJOR
L.rer, with only IjC men, had teen In sdvance o'
s.s same positien the day teiore, ano held II until
evening. And We mast keep in mind tiat the enemy
had been driven from Cotton II ii by detachment,
from Cox's brigade, under Col. De Vilers snG
Major Ie,er, and this brigade was witt IN support
,sg distance, lad any e.ious resistance Lsen L.eoe
70 an alta kiug iO'ce. Gen. Eeuhain reniained H.
active on Cotton II with coo uen, from o clos
o. N. OF tee l2Lb, until p. OF the lolh. IL lie
,.i. that LIE isiooa dead ir.e for AN abais, anG
| lost all that ii1e in irving TO circumvent n. Al
niSnight of tie 18th. Floyd retreaIed, and ,e Gen
Beubem rested all day OF the 18th, until 10 TIE
| aiterpoou although q company from Cassidy Mills
nsd marched into Fay etteville al in tic liorring.
and re urrng, reportee no enemy there Az :, then,
| be msrcLed into the ererys hireGchments, al .
iapc, OF about thIee miles aud rested two bonrs.
7 IL. sd fr Eex xaffe will
Iwo les, and rested i've hours. lie then pursued
| Floyd short distance aoDg the Raleigh Pike, abo
again took rest Of four Donrs, aud taos gives tie
enetny twenty-tour hQars tie start. He then tore
along the pike Ike sn insaus bull, or 10 ase his own
words, =" Ike d.ers."
Abl General, General when you compare your
self 10 hs gaiIan, Lyon, did you not really mean
tbat her liUn which is TO Q down with the hmb,
aud not to ii al hervic man, VIII memory yet h'es
in tie hesrts Of The people. meeting every ore to
great deeds tor our dear old flag
From tlis Astounding pursuit, General sebenck,
fearing tba, the vslorous beulam woGd oVertAss
comu,..ion as MsIor. General, suddenly recalled
lin. Tie fact IL, General Schencs I'D potfing To
do with I'll Iscall and N giving It's history pro-
ro,e settling question Of veracity existing between
the Bngaoer and myself
IA,e in tue afternoon Of the l4th I was sent down
tie Raleigh Pike in search Of General Benhain.
Ills ois,etcbes were 20 confused that no one couio
make out where he was, or what he wss aoeot'
Some nine or ten miles from, Fayetteville found Tue
borre ia which was tie body Of Colonel CroghaD,
rrd which was ssid to have occurred we thlr-
mish VI the morning From the peQfle In ihi-
house. good, single folk, / learned that the last
wagon OF floyd's train had pa,sed the house ,ome
twelve or fourteen hours beiore Gen ersi Bephani
cane up. | saw at once what periet farce the
puisuit WIS., and determined to recall the impetuous
General aud very frankly set forth the reasons Tor
,tat recall In q oisI cb the Gene al has already
I al al O
heni however t~o obp1iohes reached II from iui.
OF tie fret lie has published part. The nblest
s,rptcgist Of the age" being the sane man that Is
,,d 10 resemble the gallant Lyon. &c., never pub
Ii bee I'll q a dispatch. vi eourse LOT; That uigh'
u.y The devil with Lis pos,ion. will publish some
mcIe Of II. He ssys:
have rre..d forward with nv command ia this point
6s--u ni r.. rom r2.Sl mite. io.esa q ,hrrs %,
se, 10 Yf .rd many of ry nisnd. the rosds
rs led lie fatigue Of nen Ia so great Is to make
Now. IL rnust be remembered that the General bad
20 provision Tor Ills force and IN my ispaicb he
WAC IN orsaed lvlich dispatch, by the by, be mutt
sies in the publcstion that "a u1in oi pack mules
with one days proSi,ion Tor The uss OF one OF your
regiments. is BOW ell rOnie 20 you.
The following disy-t h, however, which the Gene
rnl In III. learned essay, h-ginbing aud ending In
y nham. 4ys no,hiDg, closes this question OF ve'
Iaci.y:
b,, va have sent up To ne reports that ~he coming
riae miles fayee b.. sac distinctly stross
.ysud Bov ss trs o wsssn, hye OF sir OF which
10 cod -. once. guide Eius. lac could not see he
.rrv or ond H. any oirt of which he spak' Lui
Bowers to Re rtie -bee on are,
ao thought proper to send you this iir -ilou a. m
B,cted With frr ut negro gave 80 ns al Mcco)sf "
nj bach here tbs. he heard yeiefosy fioya ie NJ
u..,sr b. coming down with 1900 men 10 asck u
ti, were tue h a. possible lie msy aicHPt o crus' 10
attach you and In that in.esd Of soiuC t. follow
yo,d st long ron may h,es he better that should 80
back tLsl " may nnite TO drive h m.
III. w. BENHAM, Bfe. Gem
Comment on this is unnecessary. will add, how
ever that theie dispatches greece with broad
grins at headquarters Ia Fayetie. lear had been
exwerssd by a verdant gentleman That General
Benlsm woald run lis lead agaipst ss'ope wal:
near Raleigh. TIE sIonse was Oh / never fear,
the old fellow y ~ fDd excuse enough Ier return
seso!s Re reaches danger" Ii Was very unchaflta'
ble but Iul il TO your general can You ook sooer
nsn In lbe flce ard say that you believe t;l mar
v,lous story about Lee and Boyer Ferry.
Let me sssure you, Sir, tnat have no feeling
In ali tLis. I rather Ike Old Benbap. In orai.
nary times, taken in susn qusn,,ies, lie would be
meat aud drink TO me. On New-liver in the desc
Late vids of the pountsins be was our only amu,e-
Ine,d and enioy this hlle fkrnifh vi b the heavy
,orces immeb,~Iy. want IL understood that 1t Is
nv own fight. Generals Rosecrsns, Coe aud
Schenk have no hand in il. They appesl TO court
,aartial, but think joarnai Ike uIto TIE TRIBUNE
infinitely better. ,
Ha.hisgtoa, Dec a. 1851. Dunn fAIf