Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-01-18
VERY LATE FROM THE soUrH.
heoel Accounts Of GaFfield's victory-Msr
Prseners Csminx Nsrth-The Rebel Sci
diers indisnant-yAe Blockade On the Pc
tomac


From the Richmond Dispatch and Norfolk Day
Book, Of Thursday last, we obtain the following
Items. The victory here chronicled 10 the STAN.
pede referred to In the ofaciai reports of Colonel
Garfield:
an Engagement By Gen. H Marshaps Fo,es,-
DESPERATE Hand to Hand Confiet-SHeesss Of
Ihe CorysdernttS-7he Enemy on a Bull REa
Trdnp-Fpo Hundred Of the Yankees " SpiksdI,
-OW Loss 25 KILLED, and Is Wounded
BY Telegraph, specially for the Daily Day Book
LSNcBsURe, Jan; i5.-Intelligence has Just
been received here by the Tennessee train, Of a
battle which took place few miles beyond Pres
tonourg, Johnston county, Kentucky between
General humphrey Marshall, with 8 SO men,
ana sne Fedefals numbering 900. General Mar
shall was retreatiDg when be was attacked. The
enemy came upon him while in a narrow gorge
The engagement Is reported to have been one OF
the most desperate that has taken place during
the war. Col. Moore's regiment charged The enc.
my. A hand to- hand conflict ensued. which
lasted half an hour. The Federals fought gal
lantly, but finally broke and In Bull un STYLE
MarShou,s force being exhausted and so much
smaller than enemy, fell back to Pres.onburg
The Confederate loss is twenty FIVE killed and Ar
teen wounded The enemy lost over two hun.
dred. The information was hroughtto Arlington
by participants In the battle.
COL. John 4. JACKSON APPOINTED sR1s.p1KR.
GENERAL
RICHMOND, Jan Is John X. Jackson Colonel
OF the FtffR Georgia, and ConIma nda Mt at pensa.
cola, hss~been appointed a Brigadier-General
He % not graduate of 'west Point but an
emcleht, experlenced military officer, and wal
warmly recommended by Gen. Bragg for pro-
motion.
COTTON AND Sugar GOING NORTH
NASHVILLE, Jan 14.-It has been Distinctly as
certained that considerable quantities of cotton
and sugar have recently been sent In wagons
through Kentucky to the Ohio river for the N orth
1t was supposed to have been sent from Clarks-
Vile.
ESCAPED YANKEE PRISONERS
Two Of the Yankee prisoners, confined in this
city, escaped from prison on Monday. One Of
them was recaptured yesterday.-ERqVirsr, I5th
THE REBEL SOLDIERS INDIGNANT.
Inc pi.i reported IN the Senate by the commit
tee on Military Affairs. for raising and organic.
Ing Nireinia's quota Of the Confederate army
was taken up yesterday, and some few amend.
ments were adopted 1t will hereafter be con.
sidered In secret session, but we will endeayor
10 obtain copy for publication as soon as It is
perfected The volunteers I'm the camps are In a
Of high excitement in regard to the subject and
While they express a willingness to re-enlist
under officers OF their own choosing, IL the State
needs their services, they are indignant at the
prospect OF what they term ''coercive legisla-
uon.n
OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Congress has ordered the publication OF the
Official reports Of all the battles including the r.
ports OF Johnston and Beauregdrd of the battle Of
July 2lst
TO BE REBUILT.
In the State Senate, on Wednesday, the bill to
provide FOR the reconstruction Of the roads be-
tween the Orange and Alexandra and Manassas
Gap railroad, end the Richmond and Frederick
burg and Potomac railroad, was taken up SIEVE
raj amt Moments were deliberately discussed, and
finally the bill was laid on the table
FROM THE Po1oMAc-THE PENSACOLA RUNS rHE
BLOCKADE.
FROM the Frederic ksburg Recorder. Jan. Il
On Saturday morning. the Mount Vernon was
observed 10 be coming up the river just OF the
creek, and our men thinking she ventured In
rather too near, let slip the dogs Of war at her,
fring two shots both OF which missed her; the
Mount Vernon did not respond
The firing, on Surdi y moIning lust before day.
proceeded from the batteries at Transport w hich
had opened on be Pensacola as she attem pted TO
run the blockade Of toe batteries Just bsfore
day our men at the upper batteries heard a sound
OF steam, and commenced firing by sound rio htly
supposing that IL proceeded from the Pensscols
which, having been for some time 'Ecorne redn in
Washington, was trying to make her way out.
This was kept up all the way down as far as
our guns extended, some thirty nine shots I'm all
he'rg thrown, but 70 is be lEvsd without SUI cess
iDasmuch as sne passed Aqua Creek Iuppip o
Ve't swiftly ana without any assistance The
Jugs which were accompanying her by Evans
port batteries and which were observed iust al
they were all getting bY, were doubtless merely
an escort as precautiOn against an accident and
for the purpose OF rendering assistance, should
any b. teded.
AS the Pensacola passed the Greek the batteries
gave her two parting shots, but without doing
any damage. The excuse made by those in charee
OF the guns for the fsiluTe to strike In that the
steamer was running very fast, and that q thick
fog was prevailing at the time Without mean.
Ing to crltcise the blockade, we must be permit.
ted to say that as for efficiency II 10 about as mex.
akin to no blockade at all as could well be.