The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-01-25

WAR MAIERa
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INST. /; WIN ~ 1o1Dd 81 - interesting shae
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AcooUB1.
e(HroivvAy1. Jan. n -Ofspo1eh91 AGvo oooa
received As headquarters u 1ouisvlue -.
noassine that the bAttle ct Somerset did nos
~ ~ ~! rth a Cen. Tnom0 eonunas6i ia pm.
rpit u the robels untfl ntght.
,f,rr fcrceo followed the rebels, Who ran b.
fore mon il the widest e0nfusiou, NE
oss q sassp Sas;: ~. e !. e ~ sns lvs
II 'front.' Of their enrsnchNsAts toe fe0els
laid eIl night, expecting that We would storm
then In the morning; bat WITH thc ala OF
their boaw and 6eEses they nanAssd TO got
They LEFT behind al their ARTILLERY, ammu-
MON, horses, and tsnts,. and eighty wagon
ioeds Of quarters sssers' and medical stores
fell into our hands.
Urr troops lad ronesston OF thsr en-
Af:sr reaching the opposite side Of the
river The rsbols dispersed IN every direction.
Two hundred dad and wounded rebels
wOfe picked mp on the dsld.
Opr Ices 10 not dslnitsly ascsrtainsd. batit
must b considerable.
me Surgeon Of the Tenth IAdiana rsgimsnt
telexrs phed that his regiment had 20 killed
and wounded.
Tsnsral Thomss' division embraces some
Of 60 best rog.msntsin this department.
A fhr - can learn, the Ninth Ohio, the
Tenth Indiana, the Second 0tnneeota, the
Eiehteenth kegnlars, the Fourth Kentucky
and the Tenth kentucky regiments were
among those engaged.
1Soionol Nanson's b iAade, including the
Tenth Indiana, the EaghteeIth Regulars, and
some Ksnsueky regiments, reinforced Cen.
Thoms: during saturday night They mads
heavy roads, and managed 70 arrive three
houIs before the commencement Of the night,
in which they took glorious part, in spite
u r rn. tenor s Of ali the .olacial dispatches
goes to show that the a6air re.
suited In the most brilliant victory OF the
war.
ON our side
General SehospH was unable to out OF
the retreat Of the snsmy. owing 10 the oluRy
character Of the country ana the obstruction
VI the roads by jelisd timber.
LoesvlLLn, Jan. 2l.-Thsro 10 no news
rom General Thoma. to-day.
No details OF me Federal loss have yet been
General Thomas has taken the steamer
and the 1ins bsrges IN which shs rebels con-
veysd their forces acrOs the Uumbsriand,
and which in their precipitate night they
ed to destroy.
the tnsory a. headquarters 10, that using
that boat &c convoy his troops across tho river
south ward, and providing Other means OF
tion, 0eherxi Thomas has been
too busy to send the details OF the recent
light.
tary ma tiers can come over the southern line
70 Louisville, and ne private Information
has been received.
INTERESTING 1RoA Few xE1Io0-TH8 Texas
cVH1n1EKArDs TAR8ArBx An ATTACK on f~sf
CRAIG.
KAssAs CRY, No.. Jan. N.-Ths Santa 70
mail. with dates to the 7th inst, has arYi we'd.
An express from MesiilA arrived At santa
Fe on the evening OF the 4th inst, bringing
news that fifteen hundfeA Texans, with seven
pieces Of artillery, were marching on Fort
OraiG. and were within thirty miles Of that
post.
IN. A.
4 severe battle u expected. - the Texans
Governor -Uonnelly had called out the On.
tire militia.
A letter express arrived the night Of the
Sth inst, which says that tho enemy had re-
treated without making IN attack on the
fort.
1t was not known whether Coli Oanby In.
tended TO follow him or not
The scouts from Pscots had not arrived
when the mail left
Colonel Uanby has 1000 regulazs and 800
volunteers and militia In his command.
All u excitement 1T Santa Fs.
Martial law has been declared In the dis.
Among the through passengers By the mail
coseh are COL Street, j. Howe Watts, and
John 2winna
9H1 Y1MALA PRlsoHBRs IN WASXIHa1oS.
From the special Warrington correspon.
dsncs Of the Philadelphia Pres, under date
OF the 10th, " make the following extract:
On SATURDAY afternoon, at nvs o'olock. the
female traitors confined IN the Sixteenth IT..
forssr, rsnsvsd to tho Old Capitol Phi
for them. Before entering the carriage
that was TO convey them TO tneir new
sssrtsr., n. pstson.srs .s took an .RprSRri-
"Good Sys, stf; trust that in tho future you
may have nobler employment than that OF
guarding asfs.osis.s wom.n. !. mFs: 1sss1r
Sheldon. who Had charge Of the prison quar-
ters, and thanked him for tho uniform co1r.
tesy ana kindness he had shown them during
their confinement; while little Rose Green
how, who, 1t the rec uest Of her mother, will
be imprisoned with her, threw her arms
around the Lisutonant's neck and embraced
HIM.
at Old Capitol Hin she naively remarked to
Lieutenant Wood, /" You have got one Of the
hardest little rebels here that you ever saw.
But," said she. " II you get along With mo ~
n sronsi /: Mr. then surn a1s 70
her dau ghtsr, said to her, Rose, you must
b careful what you say here" Rose, how.
ever. did not seem to think that the caution
was at al necessary. and that she would fare
The prisoners are CHARTERED on the second
door, In the northeast end Of the jail. Each
room 10 furn1hsd with . round table, two
chairs, and . bed-comfortabls. though not
sxtravagant in style. The prisoners are In.
caresratsd In separate rooms, and t. Mrs.
0reenhow was given the choice OF her &C.
commodations-thsd daughter being provided
for In the same room with her mother. Each
Of the apartments contains grate 1rs. In
comfortable character, and, although not 20
rich in aAornment - those Of the Sixteonfh
street prison, still they will have NO causo OF
complaint
TIE HRw YoRK MHnALD UPoH re DEATH or N !.
HRDoIDEuT fYLu1.
The New York Herald, OF the AID inst. has
. long editorial apen the death Of ex.Rrssi.
dent Tyler, from which w make the follow.
Ing extract:
Gr. Tylsr's course In advoeatsng rsbsllion
has long since ultenAted from him all per-
sonal % mpAfhy and Tespect-that due 20 are
alons excepted. TO the usual comparative
oosc uriiy which awaits the u. Prestdents Of
this rel ublic, aud 70 the shades Of declining
years, MIR. Tyler addsa the darker gloom Of
treason, and ol0eed his lifo In the capital OF
the rehsls, surrounded BY armed traitors,
And making the Last WoafY dAvs OF hfa l0ne