, 1862-12-27

LATE EASTERN NEWS.
Dates TO Dec. o.

St. Louis, Dec. "a dispatch from the battle
field near Fayetteville ARK dated the 8th, says:
Gen. Herron's force en- route to reinforce General
Blunt, met the enemy yesterday, at Prairie Grove
and won a decisive victory over them The ene-
my were 24,O00 strong, divided into four divisions
under Marmaduke, Frost, Parsons and Rains
all under Gen, Hindman, and supported by IS
pieces of artillery. The enemy had Aanked
Bunt's position at Cave Hill, and made a sudden
dash on Heron to prevent him from uniting with
Blunt. Herron's force consisted of six regiments
of infantry and two battallions Of cavalry, in all
about 1000 men, with "a pieces ofartillery. The
battle ragged from l0.A. N. till dark and was des-
perately fought througout. Our artillery drove
the enemy from two strong positions, and Kept
their overwhelming numbers at bay.
The Goth Wisconsin regiment captured one
rebel battery Of four heavy guns, but were forced
to abandon it under a murderous fire.
The 10Th Iowa afterwards took the same bat
terry and fought desperately to retain it. bat we're
also obliged to yield it. At 4 o'clock, General
Blunt arrived with 1000 men and a strong force
of artillery. He attacked the enemy in the rear;
they made tremendous efforts to capture his bat
teries, but were repulsed with terrible slaughter.
We held the whole field at dark, and before 8
o'clock the rebels were in full retreat over the
Boston mountains. Our loss in killed and wound
ed is stated to be GOO; that of the enemy 1900,
by their own admission
Several rebel field officers were killed, among
them Col Stein, formerly of Missouri But few
+ prisoners were taken. We captured four caissions
filled with ammunition. ..., .
Lieut.. Col McFarlin, was the only field officer
on our side killed. Maj. Hubbard of the First
Missouri Cavalry was taken prisoner.
New York, Dec. 9.-The weather at Falmouth
is intensely cold with two to four inches of ice in
the Rappahannock and Potomac Rivers.
Fortress Monroe, Dec. 7--Informaton from
Newbern, N. e., dated December lst, says it is
discovered that the intenton of the rebels is to
abandon Immediately all that portion of North
Carolina lying east of Weldon and Wilmington
railroad. l e ID I1ua.rrt
Louisville, Dec. Sth.--We have but little in re-
/ gard to Federal defeat mentioned in Philadelphia
dispatch of to-day 1t seems one brigade under
Gen. Dumont, was surprised at Hartsville by
Col. Morgan, commanding three regiments Of in
fantry and two of cavalry After an hours des-
perate fighting the Federals were captured
Sixty killed and wounded on our side ANN a.
milton and stores in abundance were taken by the
enemy. A heavy force was sent in pursuit Of
Morgan, but he will probably make good his es-
cape.
Washington, Dec. lO.-No. change of Com
mander-n-Chief to-day
How Mr.. LINCOLN TOOK THE ELECTION News.
Senator Wilson of Massachusetts, in a speech
at Cambridgeport Mass, made the following
statements The other day called upon the Pres
ident with an earnest Douglas Democrat of Mas
sachusetts. The news had just come to the Pres
ident of the defeat of his supporters in those
States, and the President seemed bowed down, as
I have seen him bowed when intelligence of the
defeat of our ranks in the field came upon him,
and he said 81 confess that / am grieved at the
results of these elections This intelligence will
GO to Europe it will be construed there as a con-
demnation of the war it will go into the land of
the rebellion, and will encourage the leading reb-
els and nerve the arms of the rebel soldiers fight
ing our men in the field ut is true, 4" said the
President, "many Of these men elected profess to
be war Democrats but the resolutions of their
conventions the tone of their leading presses and
their general action, will be construed every
where against the cause of our country.
BISHOP RosENKRANs-As Bishop Resemblance
(brother to the GeneraD was at dinner recently,
the conversation reverted to the war.
at would seem to me, Bishop, that you and
your brother the General, are engaged in very
different callings'
eyes, it appears So" returned the Bishop. "And
yet" he continued, eve are both fighting men,
While the General is welding the sword of the
flesh, trust that l am using the sword Of the
Spirit. He is fighting the rebels and ! am fight
ing the spirits of darkness There is the differ
ence in the terms of onr service he is fighting
with Price, while am fighting without price"
THE EXPENSE OF SHoorINa.-some idea of
the amount of ammunition required to. sipfiy an
army such as General McClelian's d5sfFhfIe heavy
fight like that of Antietam, may be gained from
the fact that thirty-eight tons of AMMUNITION was
forwarded to General Mcclellan from Washing
ton, Uia Baltimore, Harrisburg and Harristowu
on the day on which that battle was fought Wed
nesday 18th ut. An eye witness Of the battle
states that he counted four different times during
the day, the number Of dischargesfrom our artil-
lery, and found that they were made at the rate
of IS to the minute
APPLES are SO plenty in Western New York
that they can be bought for fifty cents barrel
Potatoes show no symptoms of disease, and the
best ones are sold for a dollar barrel, including
package. One farmer has an orchard of grated
fruit, and offered the whole of his Of apples at
l2 l-2 cents bushel the purchaser to gather the
fruit and select only such as be wanted and could
sell.
MAJOR GENERALs-The following Major Gen.
erals are now without a command:
George B. Mcclellan, John c. Fremont, Geo.
Cadwallader Edwin d. Morgan, Irwin Mcdowell,
Cassius NJ Clay, Ethan A. Hitchcock and Fitz
John Porter. rr.
To ENJOY the society of friend we should
limit our intercourse with him We have pushed
our companioHship too far when we feel ourselves
sharing each others dullness.
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