The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-01-20

.rr xORTmERN NEWS.


.rc yORTmERN NEWS.
,,s New York Herald, of the 18th
:, @. make up the following interesting
ummary of news ..
~, ,ars BATTLE xEAx RoNNRv, VA
,.,,er in the wheeling (va.) Pysss,
-, Romney, January Sd, we extract the
blowing
N it MOVE on Biue's Gap during the night.
os ,of,rmation Of the country and OF the
,ae. of the enemy was meagre and uncer-
ssn AT about midnight the regiments De.
~ "a mus.er and form. and by naif' past IL
an Ia,nmn ~ wss ia mouon. The night was
as asss.,xeiy ao cold, and We suffered not little
rom that cause .., .,,,,,L VIA .rr;v>d
an',sht from which we could sse the gap
~ bridge GI. DunninG, who com.
~ A., the ex pedi tion, seeing al AT empI De-
81. y, sds to burn the bridge, ordered the
k,i,n Ohio regiment 10 advance a. 0ouo'e
,,"s Tnis was done with shout. and In a
m ntrutes ,ney were on bank within two
nnarad yards OF tn. bridge, pouring III bni-
- at such 4 rate tnat The attempt 70 ourn
" . ,s.r up the floor were both abandoned.
80 Ahs Thinning fusn ordered his men men TO
20. on the Gridse and over II, and COM
II,sg negro woman at Btne's house TO
- him the road up TO the lett. lie Leo the
lXs
n,Hb tbs rebels had He'd. There a snarp
nsspm.pt ensued whole yolieys OF mus
fI-y we're heard, aud II was soon dlscovereo
+hst the repels were nring from Dehino u
e-aaetwork on the top OF the mountain. AS
"" as col Dunning Uncovered This he or
sIsr.d his men TO Tx bayonets anu chdI Ige-
49,. rh,s was beng lone the rebels lett i'll
he for their camp, at the 1901 OF Inc noun
So and back OF The Gap.
While the above action was going on Col.
Mason charged up the mountain 10 the night
With th- Fourth Ohio, ano drove the Ieoeis
from the rocks on that side. Some sharp
n,nu occurred in that direction. In the
.nntjme but when the firing had nearly
1aassI on The mo un tains, tn. Fig tn Ohio led
.n. way down the Gap, followed oy tie First
IIrgiuia, Seventh ONO and the Fourth In
Colonel Dunning having passed on and
.as.n the two pieces OF ARTILLERY, with their
cnlssoLs AID horses also wagon ana horses,
with the ONO regimen returned and ordered
,,s cavalry to charge, His orders were
hsvad with promptness, but the Rebels had
taken to the mountains. Vhe artillery could
not be used and not shot was fired from
cannon Oh either side during the action. The
,shels we're surprised, and 1t was O complete
INT We found eight dead bodies on the nell, !,
ar rather amongst the rocks there may have
been more, but they were not reported, and,
singular IS ii may appear, not u man OF ours
t.erl we'd even Il scratch from Il bullet. can
accoaut for this only upon the ground that
our guns were some OF The best in the world,
While theirs were probably inferior arms
The whole thing was a brilliant affair, and
was over In half an hour after the action
commenced on the mountain.
our force consisted Of detachments of the
4,h, ith, 7th and eLh Ohio the lith Indiana
and Inc lst Virginia, together with two COM
panies OF cavalry and Uaum S battery, with
q section OF HoWardS ba attery-in all about
two thousand iiye hundred men. Our in
formation led Us 10 expect abouttwo thousand
rebels but the citizens and negroes agreed
In stating their force at eight hundred. All
went on well until some crazy soldiers, ell.
couraged by some OF the officers, comm n ced
burning houses, and am sorry to say tnat
several houses were burned along the road
Is they returned. The mill and Blues house,
which were used for soldiers quarters, were
burned, perhaps properly, as they constituted
q shelter. and might have been used again
for nest of bushwhackers; but the burning
OF dwellings along the road was piece OF
vandalism which should be punished with
death, not only of the men who did it, but
the officers who countenanced and encour.
aged it.
RpDERAL REPORT rIohr AT PRBsTON.
BURG.
LovIsvILLs, Jan. 1.-THE following off
siAl documents have Just been received at
headq aar ieIs here:
PAIsTvILLR, Jan. 6, 1861.
Capt j. B. FAY,
Assistant Adjutant General:
entered this place yesterday with the
Forty.second Ohio regiment, Fourteenth
kentucky regiment, and three hundred OF
the Second Virginia cavalry. On hearing OF
my approach the main rebel force left tn ell
strongly entrenched camp and fed. sen,
my cavalry to the mouth of Jennis Creek
where they attacked and drove the rebe
cavalry, which had been left as vanguard
distance of five miles, killing three and
wonnding a considerable mum ber. Mar
shall's whole army is now flying in uttel
confusion. He had abandoned and burned q
large quantity Of stores. We have taken fif
teen prisoners. Our loss was TIVE killed and
ore wounded. start In pursuit to morrow
morning. j. A. GARFIELD,
Commanding Brigade.
BaIaADR, PREsToEsBURs, KY, Jan II, '62.
Capt. J. B. Fay, Assistant Adj't- Gen
l left Paintyille on Thursday noon with
loo men, and drove in the enemy's pickets
two miles below Pres.onburg The men
slept on their arms. At four o'clock yeSter-
day morning We moved towards the main
body Of the enemy at the forks OF Middle
Skirmishing with his outposts began at eight
O'clock, and at one O'Clock p. NJ. We engaged
his force Of 300, with three cannon posted
on the hill. We fought them until dark,
having been reinforced by about 700 men
from Pantville, and drove the enemy from
all his positions. He carried of the msjority
OF his dead and all his wounded. This morn :
Ing We found twenty seven Of his dead on
the field. His killed cannot be less than sixty,
We have taken twenty five prisoners, ten
norsts and quantity OF stores. The enemy
burned most Of his stores, and fed precipi-
lately IN the night. To-day l have crossed
the river, and am now occupying Pres ton :
burg Our loss is two killed and twenty five
wounded. j. A. GARFIEip
Colonel Commanding Brigade,
hIEkksTINd PROM EIssoCRf-TROCPs ORDBRED
TO MARCH IRON koLLA-k0vEMENTs OF GEN.
PRfeB, &C.
s8DAiIA, NO., Jan. IA -Advices have
reached here that the lst Kansas regimen
which was sent from here some days since
arrived at Lexington on Friday last, where
.ney arrested several of the most prominent
ana active rebels Oh the town. They also
sooK and destroyed about 800 hogs, being
packed for the use OF Prices rebels, and a
Aooa Zeal OF other valuable property.
ABOUT sixty rebels, belonging TO the regi-
g. en'o OF Coi. Alexander, now prisoner at
o. LOUIS were captured about six miles
Hom mere on Saturday last.
FROM an Interesting correspondence In the
new York Herald. dated Rolla, January 9th,
we ga'her the following items
;, Ane troops here, numbering some twelve
noasshd, are under orders for marching at
aamoiaent warning In the present condi-
Aon OF the roads such q movement would be
ns ns.. 10 an impossibiliiy. This morning rode
sas 70 tue camps. two miles west OF town,
anu. nnu .oeaa the highways thither, as we'll as
.ose Iesding in other directions, little else
~" contlnuous lines Of mud, varying from
no s"C 70 stx inches in depth 1t is Of that
Icy nature peculiar TO the mud of the
n.a. ea' " est, and would be most serious i'm
rsurment ronn 10 the march Of infantry or the
iossmsnt 1--we OF transportation trains. Cavalry
Sne Soae could get through II without breaking 2
~. on tns nrstAay's march, and even to
tE uing. ~ wy IA
-, 1e e nave positive Information from Gene.
.S.a.s army up 10 the Sd instant. II
ara aateo o Springfield On New Years day,
n.tua mped ON Wilson creek, near the old
Sr.,n ground, also taking q position At Pond
vph,ne, ~hae, Twelve miles west Of Springfield,
Ss~a zen. Lyons army halted for several
sns On On tts arrival from Boonville. A picket
S.,a lorafinx party held possession of Marsh
soas On tne oth, but force Of our troops had