The New York herald., 1862-12-30

By law Of Congress the port Of entry or the district
Of Drunswck Ga vas established Brunswick. and hs
port OF parion sbosheds ~ t
Two rebel divsoas. under Generals stonewsi Jackson
and Hugsr attacked General McCleans st wing Tur
key Bend. on James river seventeen miles below
Richmond, and the enemy were repu,sed with great
slaughter. the Union gunboAs taking part in the fight
One Virginia rebel regiment the thirteenth almost
entirely cut to pieces.
The President made another call on the country for
additional three hundred thousand volunteers put
the rebellion.
Sd-rne President signed the following bils;fhc Tax
BILL the Pacific Railroad b and the bill to prohib poly
gamy and annul the poygamc laws Of the Territory Of
The enemy again advanced, about eigh, O'Clock in
the morning and opened lrs General Actlean's
troops 90 the James river which instantly eturaed
and fighting both sides kept up for three
hours when the rebels retrcaed with considerable loss
and badly cat up by our artillery;
4th.-Cen Mcclellan issued address TO the Array
OF the Potomac, congraulaing them on their .'yaor
and having succeeded IN changing Their base
tina our nations birthday we declare to our roes, who
are rehes against the best Interest Of mankind that hs
army shall enter the capital Of the called cnnederacy
tnas o6 RATIONAL constitution shalt prevail and that tne
Union WHICH can alone internal peace aad exier
nal security toeach state Must aa Shall be Preseryen -
cost what y may IN time treasure aud blood
tho Eishty sixth anniversary of American iudepsa
dence was celebrated n the eandcst sys in all parts Of
| 6thTwo hundred or ca,cne si,ch-s command bad an
engagement Win the rebels numbering oar hundred aud
ffy pcar Duvais Butts The Uaion loss was twenty two
killed and wounaed The rebels had etgh; y.four Killed
1 wounded aud missing
yth--1be advance guard OF General Curi,s' army
under ,oonsl c. f. Hovey. encountered about 6ieen
hundred rebels, undor Albert Rust at Bayou do Caie
Ark, and after desperate tight OF an hour aud sH
the enemy put TO fight leaving hundred and
dead bodies on the field The Union loss was seven Killed
| and lfty wounded.
The command OF Colonel Fitch had another engagement
with the rebels about ten miles from Duyats Bluffs and
captured all the enemys camp equipage and provisions
Oh.-Three Union gunboats and company OF HaW.
kns Iouaves attacked the rebel batteries and force at
Hamilton, n. c.. tho Roanoke After short
gagement the enemy was completely routed leaving the
town OF Hamilton with two or three steamers and schoon
ers with considerable amount of comnssary stores
and cotton In the hands OF the unonsts. The rebels LETT
forty trty dead the Held The Union loss two
| killed and eight or ten wounded
1lth.-General Curtis army. about which some apIre
henson had been felt, arrived safely at Helena. Ark.
| The President appointed Major General Henry ". Hal
eck commander Of all the land forces Of the United states
| as General IN hief
An engagement took place between company OF State
militia aud Quantrc's band Pleasant Hi Missouri
The rebels finally repulscd with six killed and i've
mortay wounded Our loss is nine killed. aud atteon
wounded
| l3th-An attack was made BY four thousand rebe
cavalry upon the Union troops at Murfreesb0ro. Tnt
Unonsts made good defence but ovorpowered b.
| ngmbers and forced to surrender, after losing
| thirty three mon killed and sixty two wounded. The
rebel loss Gfty killed and ono hundred wounded
General L. 4. Crittenden waa among the prisoners.
1Jth-rhe rebel iron plated steam battery Arkansas
came down the Yazoo river aud ran the Upper hssis
sippi Union lotla During her passage number oi
shots exchanged by which the Arkansas consdc
rbly damaged and three Of vessels completely
disabled, having received shot in her boiler. The
tsfai tho number OF shots received by each
! se will be found IN the following table,