Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1861-11-20
Whole Number, 475.

ihe ilh ieHnsssee TegimenI, commanded
by Liuet, Col, u, T., siTahl, Was also order
ed over but Was held ia ressr,e and did
not actively engage in the tight Iii, vas
owing 10 simultaneous attack nala 0R
tie batteries 10y the gun boats ss we'll a.
the apprehensions that land force vas
moving on as from the kentuek side A
portion Of this regiment however was de-
'alled TO bring in ,he wounded nl the I.in-
eolnlies, who were len ON the feld. a great
namber were ihus'taken and ca tl fof and
the nen are just now returning TO ihU en-
eampmeni,
The scene Is sad spectacle enough hy
moonlight, and how much worsa u viii 30
in daylight, cannot tell. Our ls.. Is con,
siderable, the heaviest being sustained by
the four regiments first engaged Cant. ].
Welby Armstrong Of the 2d regiment was
killed, and Capt. SaiiarTans MORALLY wound.
ell, No other commissioned otisrts, ereepi
Lieut., Walker, either killed or usuHaed --
Lieut., Walkers wound not considered dave
geTous. Wm. Taylor, OF Pickett regiment,
and Capt, VIM, Jackson, Of Jaefs0ns hat
terry, are both dangerously WOUNDED. Capt
BuTIon's company, OF tho 18th rcgimeut,
was literally Gu 10 pieces, Lieut. Ray Lcing
killed. We have lost but few ,onmissi0H-
ell officers, but am unable TO learn thciT
names to-day, Our total loss xii e,, wound
ed and missing, will amount TO liD. Wh.lo
that Of the enemy, killed, wounded and
prisoners, is from 800 TO 800, at least. We
also captured several wagons, tvn stands
OF cclors, and some pieces arli' TLu
battle lasted nearly all day, ana VAS tsr-
rifle throughout.
Fight at Port ROyaI.
SAVANNAH, Nov. o, q y. M.,-The GteGmeu
Sampson has arrived here from Port Royal
with wounded from the engagen cut ycstcs-
day, which was between Fort Walker aud
Bay Point-iinecn vessels inside the bars,
and several outside the point There were
full five hundred men at Fort Walker, aud
thirteen hundred outside on hilton p'"h
Island. Tho steamer Minnesota vas mo
| first to enter. She was followed raIidly
by others. The attack on the Port Was
from three sides. Amer the second round
from the fleet three of the principal guns IN
the battery were dismouted. Engagement
lasted hours, and during its continuance
all our guns save two were dism0upted.
These two being no longer tcnalle we're dis.
mounted. The magazine was arranged u
blow up when the enemy entered. Tho
total Confederate loss is set down NJ 100
Dispatches to the Charleston paIefs 5ey our
batteries were worked badly, and LhGl the
cncmy's firing was excellent.
Important from POcahGgiaS.
A dispatch from Des Arc on thobtt inst,
reports the Federal forces 5000 strong, "a
advancing on Pocahon,as rapid md were
expected 10 mako an attack on tho towu on
that day. Col. Borland thinks these 1000
Fedcrals are the advance guard of n much
larger army.
There is tremendous eXcitemens through
ont the country. The women and children
were All hcing removed from Plcahor tRs,
and active prrparations are making for n
stern rcsistancc to the invaders. Borlani's
/ command has retrcated from Pit.mau's Fer
rs 70 within mile Of Pocahontas, where
/ thcy nave made stand.
FRUM TnG Rru-WEsT.-Advices FROM
Fort Smith Of The 9th state 'hat Gen. Price,
I with his @ nimand, is encamped near CGss-
/ Vile, 50 miles ibis side Of Springfield. Gen.
flcJUlocb is encampcd at Harhiu, ~ miles
/ this side OF Price. A portion Of Frcmonts
army is in Springfield, and the rest OF The
force is OH the march for that place. Price
was eager for fight and urgently solicit
ing McCulloch to join him ana thrash tho
Hessians, but pc was holding oH, A battlo
was not expected for several days a Texas
regiment has been ordered to move into
Kansas at once and co-operath with tic
Indian regiments in that region, to clean
out the iavlnwkers.