Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-12-19

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Charleston.


New YoRK. December lS-The correspondent
of the Irtune thus describes the carnage OF Sat
urday:
Ii Is not using too strong an expression To say
that ia this battle ne we're butchered The loss
OF the enemy, IN COMPARISON with our own. must
be insignificant. M,ie tbs half OF Gen Frenchs
div lson were placed hors du combat beiUre they
had fired shot, havIng Oriers % withhold Their
hse charge ba, onet-, ana rush apOn the ehtrench-
meuts. They ANTICIPATED 40 obstacle uHiii they
should meet ia ha,d-to hand fight tor the crest
of tie first range OF hills; nut how little they knew
the foe they had to deal With.
Laying clnse upon The colt earth behind 10"
stone wall and half destroyed fence, which We
did NOT take INTO consideration as obstacles, the
enemv watched the approach OF French until
every man ina battle lIue came under the aim oi
the best shtrpsh0Olers IN the reos army In an
instant almost before the fence itself was dis
covered To be an obstacle, "a long, thick line OF
flame and smoke streamed above the leiice ana
u all and the moment first volley was fired
sixty pieces OF artillery. charged With grale ana
canister, sent their internal contents straight
through our advancing lines, raking them IN front
and upon both hahks. Destruction so terrible
never before has been seen during this
French went into battle With IOlO men; two days
ai,er the battle only 200 men have reported to
him.
The entire loss of the corps of Couch. consist
inc OF the divisions oil Howard. French aud Han
cock, and which, up to the morning oi the battle,
contained forty regiments, OH ana new, amount
inp to al least 90 100, is now 10000 | think tie
official list will not vary from this estimate more
than 500 over or under.
The losses in Reynolds corps, of Franklin's
grand division. which at first supposed To be
but 1000, are % night considered by some OF
Frank lin's staff officers To- be nearly 4.OOO
The following is based upon official reports, as
far as made out. aud upon estimates oil those who
have the best facilities for Judging, is rs near cor
rect as can be obtained up TO this time:
Right Grand Division, Somners: Second
cor,s-C nuch's and Howard divisions, $50; Han
cock : DIVISION, 3 ,3O0; Fronch's division, 900.
Ninth corps-W ilcox's and Sturgis' divisions,
925. Getty's division. 400 Total 7,515.
Center Grand Division Hooker: Fiith corps
Butierfeld's ami Humphrey divisions, $40;
GriIiin's division, $40; Sykes, $50. Total,
2,95O
Lett Grand Division. Franklms: First corps--
Reynolds and Gr,ffins divisions. 800; Mead's
division, 1900; Doubleday division. $50. Total.
2,e5O.
Sixth corps-Smith's division, 300
Grand total. $50
Ii is believed that the above figures will fall
under rather than exceed the Official report
A special from ,shsille dated the l7th. gives
a dsiatch from Charleston ot the l4th, which
says: The enemys sulbOais III Stone river, a
few miles beow the city, this morning opened
he on our pickeIs on James Island. The dem
onstratiun Is considered a TENT to occupy the at
tenton OF this neghborhoOd.
General Evans, commanding the rebels at
Kingston. North Carolina Photographed Ia Rich
niond ON the l4tn that General Foster attacked
Kingston Yesterday with $4,000 men and nine
gunboats
After a fight of ten hours Foster was driven
back to his gunLoats. Foster and his army il
st,i in Evans front
| The Herald's Washington dispatch says that
Kerrigan, OF North Carolina, was arrested last
evening. He was denouncing Mr.. Lincoln us a
/ traitor
A steamer from Bermuda reports several YES
! sells there loaded with arms, ammunition aud
stores for the rebels The steamer Cornucopia,
painted lead color, had sailed. doubtless to run
/ the blockade