New-York daily tribune., 1862-04-26

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were recorded would probal ly suTars those % ~.
oandt Morgan. Before our troops re.cIe ,,".
Will, lie had been taking observations ,nI"' -
all the region OF country sor'oanu"s J,,s1,
He was returning toward SbebyViue' 1i III
nornipg when hs met three WAGONS l'ducu ".
bseon. The dri,nra informed NJ that Ihc mea' u'
longed 10 the Conf deyate army. lhir War eN""t,,
for Corporal Pike Ordering tho thrse 'ehnls 70 ~
driven abreast of eaeb other, ne tooh nun H., @
rsils placed them nnder ine wuHons' -" ,or.
fire aud waited until rails, waeons' aho picon ~
au conanmed. A hslf-dozen Rebel acon's were u
tie vicinity While the operation WIS soln oh'
HusrsynLs. Ao April 70, 1852.
Today I really feel Ike exniling; We have
achieved victory which, although oiooaiess' nigs1
I at,enJed by snch import ant results as can hardly
hc overesiuated. The main linc, and for 8ii prac-
itirel military purposes the amy lire OF copmnuicn-
lion. between the Eastern and Western aIues oi
tbe enemy is IN Unr LANDS. To Gen. Mitchell and
Lia brave troOps belong the distinguished honor n
b,iug the G7l 10 penetrate 10 ihe great Charleston
and Memphis Railroad and the trst 20 break through
II Rebels boasied line of deGcnse, extending from
Chai i.suOoga 10 COfinth.
The adv snce from Fayetteville 70 IIuntsyi 10 was
made with the full expectation that at The latter
lace there would be q terrible struggle. Every one
knew the importance Of tbe Chs ieslOn ana lenp'is
Railroad to the enemy; every one suploted thal
they would guard il 9 ith the utmost Vi4lance, ahd
every one predicted that the diyi-ion Of oor army
winch rhOud frat reach II would lie met Wild the
- dclefusb'lOI. ana WOMB oDi.ih Ip"rFfi'
Of this great channel ol oOmn unicsiion only hy q
costly expenditure of blood We all perfectly uIi-
derst4ud too that the Rebels had accumulated npnn
IL road nearly all The rolling stock OF all tie rli-
roads from Bowling Green southWard, btslue " '',
legiLima,ely teicn2cd 10 the road r@H; hnd lab
they could therefore, with the nimost ia0h'y. coz
cenirate ~ any tlre,t.ntd point whatever FORCES
th.v had 10 command. We did not know but tie
r. 6el army Of the Potomac concluding to abandon
Yirg ia, and cscaiirg from the apparently nerve
less lTas} o. McCicliap, w0nd be pouring III over
Ybelrirg force down tie tAst Tennessee md Nlr-
ina Raifoad, at the very time when we should te
advancing upon Huptsyil.e. We could not tel but
thar our nain army il tie Deghborhood OF Corlnth
would suffer some eerOus reverse, ia which care We
Were il eyiHbly iost
But. in case we schoull he snccessful-in care VIC
should break the enemys famous lne-we knew
how important would be the consequences. There
was 10 ,iue Tor hesitation, ana Gen. Mitchell n not
th. man 10 hesitate, even II tbefe were.
TIE order TO march from Fayetteville was received
" th pleasure-a pleasure winch was slightly
alloyea with regret that we had not destroyed the
town.
Col Turclin's brigade and Sinonson's battery
itrted From Fayetteville at O'Clock a. n. on
Tharsday md marched diligently until oclock 2.
3D., which brought them 10 within eleven miles Of
Huntsville. Col. Sills bIigGde, with Iooniss
iamoUs battery followed closely, tie other brIeadcs
at a greater distance.
A strong Union feeling was manifested after we
entered tas STATE Of AlaDama, but II was mlpgled
vi msny fase MOTORS concerning STATE sovereignty,
and The duly OF submission thereto. One old gen
fiemaD % i4ufer witt an extensive estate, eNprtSed
The views Of lhe majority Of the people Of Madison
county. '' 10 seemed like tearing Cnt my heart
7,id be, 90 Civ, 10 tie old tDion, but when Ala.
tame voted 20 SEPARATE, thought Il my duty 10 eus-
.aiu her" " Bot" / reminded BIN, " Alabama IN
attempting 10 break Dp The nation did What she had
no rielt 70 do" Z" All, sad the old gentleman,
paseion ana preiudi,e blinded our eye. 10 thai
truth. " Are YOU tLen wiling | askcd " 10 zee
tie authority Of me .tiousl Government restored -
Yes" he replied and 90 pray from this tine
torb tLst all her soPle may he willing 10 return to
/ ,Le,r allegiance
Tre pegoes lhat ~e saw were kind and friendly,
and pe0erous aud benevolent. even when their mas-
teIs were most strongly Secesh.
/ Shortly after entering tie State, we passed the
vast plantation OF the StcesslOn General, ~. /.
Walker extending along the road for miles. The
maueOu was utterly deserted and all the furniture
reuOy cd. a perfect hOst OF negr"cs cane down 10
see aud 20 welcome us. They laughed, they sang
they danced, D their glee. stolttd ms'HeI' I"
rc,ve,ae with them BIZ gOlly,' said nne.look-
iHg houe,t youag negro. "I,e great notion ~ 90
along wiu. ihis crowd What DO you rhy, matsa
ly Ic0r fiend,' Iepllso, ~ you co. You .'n
II JbGbly be turned or. Of onr lil,s ihe hfst lAe
VIC encnmD; GOi0ebOCy who claims ycn VIII c)i.e
aod take you back a0d then Decide beiig severely
punished Tor Tnnuiug away, you wIh ib every i''
Epoct be wore of than before He negro uhu,i
GOOd me. " II "a very bard, m8ssn, "-id ne. I8
/ voice inltcrod, I saw at tears were Eahe1ug Ia
his eyes, aud rode away, as my own wefe growing
/ moist ANA uim.
A oe,acled honse upon Gen. Walkers plantation
was IN faines when passed. IL hed been eet on
rs NJ some Of soldiers hut whether accidentally
of not did not stop 20 lngiie. One Oi tne negroes
had heavy iron ring and bolt fastened 10 his leg.
lie said he bad worn them iOr moro Than three
months. 4 oavailyman descended quietly rom me
horse, knocked OH the fo'ters, fastened them 70 il'
Il IL. - Hon %
'uwicr II would forfeit years. pay Tor p,iyi-
eye vi transit Dg these TO tie leg Oi thc rascal who
lut them on that mani!
The Sh brigade, Col Turchin, with Simonson'e
Battery, did not speEj much time IN siumber Thurs
day night. Amer four h0uIs TEST, tLey recOmmcnoed
'.eir march, aud reached Huntsville al O'clock Oh
, i'TiIiy ni5rnllg
/ An advance force Of 10 cavalry, together with
seftion OF tbe battery in charge OF Capt. SimOnson
/ imsell assisted by Lieut.. ~. Allen, commanding
the section the whole directed by Col keuneit' htl
caught sieht OF Huntsville and he lovely cedar sur
rounding il. They were advancing upon The double
quick Wte1 two locomotives, Wlih Trains attached,
suddenly made their appearance cpCn the failrOad.
They were moving III The direction OF SepLensOD.
shot from one Of SimOu6On'r gnnf brought The hrst
10. The Captain then turned 10 pay his respects
10 the second. 81 OF or two induced II also TO haul
up IN th- mean t1.e the engineer OF the lint train
was quietly getting on full head Of steam, ana
NlCu nobody was ru-pe ting such thiug, he SUD
Ge'ly started oil The cavalry wen. IN pursuit, aud
actually chased tbe locomotive for distance Of ten
n..cs
4 few hor.emen tried their cGrtiues upon the
second train, ind unfortunate cOiOced persOn
received of the bullets IN his neck. Il was said
too by the Secesh that a Rebel from CoriuIh, going
h0ule nlightly wounded, War Instantly killed. ans
10 certain Whc.ber tbis is true or not. presume,
However, tlat il ID.
The infantry bad come mp while tis going
on, ana Col. MiAalotn, Of tie Nib Illinois, sent
ts.achnent 20 tear up portion Of the track in the