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

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ting inside opened nae ON Hilton battery
| The batteries al lay Point and Hilton re-
turned the fire several guns dlsmounled in
our batteries. ResHlt To tho vessels un,
| known. The firing ceased at dark. Tie
| enemy will attempt TO land tonight, when
warm work is expected.
COLuNRus, Ky, Nov, Especial dispatch
10 the Avalanche; A night begun at eleven
to-day and lasted till Eve o'clock, p. N. Gen
Pillow with Tappaas, Wrighis, riekeits
and Russclls regiments numbering 2,bDI
men, were attacked by 5000 iederals, under
Grant, MeClelnand aud lluford. Till one
o'clock there were alterations OF success,
aud reyerSesi Pillow was then reinforced
successfully by Walkers, Carrolls and
Marks regimentss, under Gen. Chea,ham
Gen. Pillow ordered flank movement
which was made, supported by Smiths and
Blyihes regiments, under tie immediate
command OF Gen. Polk. The enemy fled
aud were pursued 10 their gunboats in a
complete rout. ihe woods are filed will
dead, wounded, guns, ammunition aud
knApsacks for miles 10 their transports
and gun boaIs-atIaekedb by sharp-shooteis
their cables were cut and precipitate EN-
barkalion ensucd, Waison's battery, under
Belzooycr, was immortaliEcd. II was cap,
! tuIcl and retaken. Our loss Il heavy, but
less than that of tho enemys. We have
90 prisoners. Tho enemy's loss Is from I0C
to 900. Gen. Grant is repor,e killed. We
recaptnrcd most of our men taken.
MEMPmIs, Nov. S.-Pariicu'ars OF the
fight at Columbus, necessarily come very
slowly. The telegraph is completely occu'
4 nj ~ n Oh af Ilstv al n al Ia
patches to friends and relations of those
engaged in the battle. Tennessee suffered
sevcrely-also, Louisiana. Our loss II
seems is very nearly equal to that of the
enemy.
bus yesterday was on tho west side OF III,
Mississippi, which was the cause of so few
of our troops being engaged.
RICHMOND, Nov. THE Whig this morn
ing publishes the following: "Centreville
within hearing Of the cnemy's guns, Nov
3rd-to Editors Of the Whig-Gent: My
attention has just been called to an unfor
tmnate controversy now going on relative
to the publication of the synopsis Of my re-
port OF the battle Of Manassas. None car
regret this more than | do. With tho
knowledge that the authority Of the Presi
dent is the sole judge of when and wba
parts of the report of commanding olhcer'
shall be made public, individually do no
object to delaying its publication as long a'
the war department thinks proper or neces
snry for the success of our cause. Mean
while cntreat my friends not to trouble
themselves about rciuting ISLANDERS ant
calumnies aimed at me. Alcinhiudcs on {
certain occasion resorted to an extlaordlLa
'no'"o1 ~ v0oupt wv 'nt"t' VI no w."
u"'o's' Leu '''oil 'n"U 'yi"pn."."v -
1i:e sane puIio 'or me IN 1,.i VIA. ,na"I ~,
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m;te in - sncrrd conse and assisted to IN,
host of INV oh;litv in secnr;ng our RIGHT,
al ;ndo,ondan,.o ~. n no,;on ia 70 retir,
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"d Gau p;,iow,s hriaade oh,,0 strong
comnosed of Tonnon's Russelrs Wrirht's
and Pickett's regiments has crossed the
river-the nurnose of which movement VIC
are not ofvisrd of-ond encountered the
enemy 7OOJ s,rong not far above Columbus
mis- BRIGADE (Piilows( not anticipating SC
heavy vnn attack. we're poorly supplied with
ommnn;t;on
/ They were attacked nv the full force Of
tbc enemy and fought onllantly until theil
ommunit;on was exhousted They were
! then overwbelmed and driven back with
rrrat loss to the yery verge of the river
Where thew arain made a. stand fighting
with their bayonets. At this time Gen.
| Cheatbam's brigade was sent over, and
with the assistance of Gen. Polk's small
command viz : Smiths CTenn.,) and
R,in,bn's rociments carried tic fortunes of
,ha d"v Jebn q Finnie of this city was
sovorain au ~ay womndeJ having his Jaw badly
,.i,ot.1 so,Gno,y wv slell Cant. Saffarrans was
i.;I,aI y
Ai'ie"' ,,, co,,r,hrs
correspondent VI t'' nppe;a,, ;us, ratmrned
uh, I. NJ says; iu'' J"'s - CO..;
fro'n .he oailie peio; an, Am wv t n .f .ho
gued 10 give you ue.aiiou "Yooun. T oh; VI ,n0
great ana glorious VICTORY We h"'' "0N'''
ed here to-day.