The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-05-19
Colonel Morgan In Tsnnsssee.
ma MARROW Ea0zPX RON CAPrUaE


Colonel Morgan In Tsnnsssee.
HIS MARROW Eaux Px FROM CAPrUak
The xsoxvtlls R1gl.s~, q wednesday, hes
an later esting letter from ~ army corrssPoh'
dens, giving IN account Of Oel. Mosgans a.
pedition from Uorinth into Tennsssees which
wo transfer 70 our columns. II VIII b seen
that the gallant Morgan came nser being cap.
tured BY An overwhelming foEcs o. the en-
envy: as ,s-
We left Corinth on the 3oth Of April, and
crossed the Tennessee river on the 1otn ara
learned ths Fsdsrals were in possession OF
Pulaski, and on "Any day" We had irnIic
with them, In which We took 200, and y ON.
Gers. including q IN. Mitchell's son, killed IL.
ala, med, and troops were sent to this Teunes-
go river to cut ~ on. We contiu usd on the
next morning, and sucamped Is miles nom
0helbyviile that night. Marched the j and
encampsd wkhin 8 miles OF Marfressooro' a.
Al dawn on The 4.h our plckess and the Fsd.
eroi ricketts, had an engagement We passed
around the place and crossed the NasAvtIie
nd Murfreesboro' pike to Smyrna, whore We
tore M the railroad track and cut tho tels.
sranh wire. attacked battery and received
dispatch that was being trA1smttted to CoI.
Mathews, comm andtrg az Nasnviiie, reia'
airy that had been sentin pursuit OF as. Dol.
morgan answered II in Col. Matrews' name,
and ordered the cavalry to Shelbyvills say.
lug that 1t was about TO Do attacKsd Dy Zen.
PTice. We arrived at Lebanon At MA h on
the h, tbs men and horses being greatly ia.
tixued, and considered that we had Gu led
pursuit for the present.
At dawn, on the oh, our pickets were
driven In, LEd before our men could get 10
horse, the enemy was upon rs In ovsrwheim'
log numbers. Col. Morgan and Lieut. C0i.
Wood, (of West Adams's regiment, after most
desperate efforts, succeeded IN gst.ink inc
men collected and the most desperate fight
ing onsued that is on record, bns oil OF no
avail. Our small force Of 800 men, though
the bravest Of the brave, were surrounded BY
legions, estimated and since known t. be ON
strong. Dol. Morgan charged through them
with about 100 men ana took the road leading
to Oarthsge, which 10 on the Curnbsrland
river 20 miles distant Col. Wood aud men
were driven to the college where they fought
until IL O'Clock, refusing to surrender. al.
though they were we'll aware that they were
cut of from all passes Of escspe, and that ar
tillery would be brought 10 bear on them In
short time, until their ammunition gave
out, and the citizens had begged tnem TO give
up, for the Fsderals were about ~ burn me
Town.
Col Morgan arrived at this place with 40
men the next day. arrived some four hours
later with 81. Our men have been coming
In at ell hours since we have now here
something over leo. and are expecting moro.
Gen. Dumoat, Dol. Woolford, and Penn
sylvania Colonel were taken prisoners early
In the action in town, and o. soon as they
made known their rank. their swords were
restored 10 them again BY our gallant 20.
lionel n.
The Tight was kept up the VIII ole stance
from Lebanon to Carthage, and voiley of %
guns were hred at Colonel Morgan as he
Climbed the bank after crossing the river.
The account !: necessarily very imperfect IN
was allotted for writing before the leaving of
the gentleman who Is to be the bearer is 50
short that It excludes all OF particular char.
acter. In haste. 0oRDoH <. Mills,
Refugee, Editor and Publisher Of the Lock.
port, n. T., Daily Adv. and Dem.
p. S.-Ool. Morgan and men are In good
health and spirits, but greatly fatigued. and 1t
Will not be but q shsrt time before the Yankees
will hear from us agaic.
ScsHEs At OokIsrH-Ths army corrsspcn.
dent Of the Charleston Mercury writes as fol.
lows:
have seldom seen q more beautiful sky
than that under which CorintA reposed last
night. The moon is still yourg, yet the hsa.
vens were bathed with q tender iigb t, in VIII oh
there was that barely percspibie fl ash which
Is only 70 DO observed in Southern cline -
The night, toe, was unusually quiet; Lot
sound was to be heard, except the occasional
fall Of q voice from watch .fire hard ~ or
now and then the PASTORAL tink!s OF u cow
bell from q neighhorinE green. was at my
window enjoying the tranquil time, and mus
ing, OF course canning or home, when, after
brief while, the strains OF band of music
broke upon the silence. They came from
party sersnading Beaursgard. who, it Is said,
loves mustj like q soldier. ano, I suppose from
his French and I Italian lineage, appreciat'sf IKE
an artist. II was cif1cult, under the infi1
the distance from which listened, seemed
very sweet and soft, to realixe that not
many miles away lay hottie army await.
ing the FRS: favorabis opportunity to turn the
scene OF peace into one CT bloodshed and
mourning.
III mention this incident to show you that
even 6mid the dangers that encompass us, We
still enjoy some OF the amenities OF life.
But If We are some times led by the spells Of
m oOnlight and music to forget the volcano
upon the brink Of which we tread. we are by
no means permitted to do so ut any time dur
Ing the day. From morning to night the
streets of Corinth teem with every sight and
sound that car be suggestive Of warfare. At
early dawn / em awakened by tho notes Of
drum and fife, accompanying some regiment
that 10 marching TO assume position soms-
leys OF muaketry are rolling oil along the
front. 1t is the pickets discharging their
guns ON their return to camp. There Is
sm no r sn By the tssaa of sf.n
try, the clash and chatter Of cavalry, or the
deep, low rum bling Of the artillery, that a IN
In the midst of vast army, amply provided
with Its duo proportion Of the three elem en- t.
OF which an army should bs composed. Wag.
ons laden with stores, ambuiances, oh1csrs
squirting hither and thither, soldiers on leave
and soldiers on duty, Captains In Uon tolerate
gray and gold, and privates In dirty home
spun, tents, gan-carriagss, flags, ard boxes
Of newly arrived Z. uskets. are encountered in
every direction. Ever and anon one is stopped
at the corner Of some street by loud "halt ~
and the demand, "aave You a pass, sir f'-
Yonder il the post.o11ce, around the one
small window Of which crowds Of anxious
faces are waiting the allow distribution Of the
dilatory mails. Under An oak, At no great
distance from the post.ofice, eneirclsd by q
rude counter OF boards, Is The "Southern
News DEPOT" where the latest papers ars
purchased at tho price of ton cents piece.
Ix7BREsTIEe EAoN k8NsAcoLA.-A special
dispa.ch to the Noodle Advertiser, dated Pen
sacola, May 10th, says:
Attweive O'Clock last night the Pens acola
Navy Yard and forts were set on Are ana de.
stroyed
Fort Pickens, when the enemy discovered
what was going on, opened fartOus bonn.
hardnent, which was kept mp during the con.
Migration, but without doing dAu.nge to any.
body at Pensacola.
All tho public property, excepting the Gus
tom house, incapable Of being moved, was
burnt; but all movable Confederate property
has besn saved.
Tha raIlyoad track LEADING on NJ tina ri v