True Democrat., 1862-12-31
BY TELEG k A ? Il

DEs AHc. Dee. 26.--we take he lollowing from the Memphis Bulletin of Dec 2lst:
 Direct intelligence from Rnm-ide's headAuarters as late a, the stb. re,suts much activity camp The army is reported ln .od condition. w. r. DeunS, agent of inc ~ta z Cf indiana reports Burn .i,le's total los. at 750 killed 900 wounded and 5bD missing. The N ashington Star O. Mon day saws it was reported at G n. Summers head quarters that there were l0D DD0 wounded in Ere der cksburg on sunday It thinks this an exag- ger tion, but stil indicates that loss was over 3,UB0, as few or none of those wounded III Frank lin, division, were embraced iii the latter estimate, The eaemy's loss was much less. Gen. Lees official dispatch, however, acknowledges heavy loss. including Gen. Cobb. Gen. Campbell, Of Tenn, was among the wounded at fredericksburg.
 Hon. W. II. Polk, died in Nashville last week.
 According 10 our Nashville dispatches Gen. w. H. Carroll, of this city, his resigned his position. We shall soon expect to see h nm home again.
 The victory al Prairie Grove, Arkansas, was one of the most terrible defeats that the rebels have vet encountered. Gen. HeIron's loss as officially stated was e43 killed and wounded-Gen. Blunt l52--,otal union loss 995. The rebel loss about 2.700. Their wounded were scattered for miles through the woods, abandoned by their flying comrades. A out 6,000 of Hi dman's men are said to have taken advantage Of the retreat to de- sert him. Hindman has rereated 10 the south side of the Arkansas river.
 NEW YORK, Dec. lS The correspondents of the Tribune thus describes the carnage ,f Satur day. It is not u-ing too strong an expression 10 say that in this battle We butchered. Tbe loss of the enemy in comparison with our own, must be insignificant. More than half the divi,- ion of Gen. French were placed hors de combat, before they had fired shot, having orders to with hold their fire, charge bayone :, and rush upon the entrenchments. They anticipated no obstacle until they should meet in a hand to hand fight, for the crest of the first range of hills; but how little they knew the foe they had to deal with Lying close upon the soft earth behind low stone wal, , a half destroyed fence, which we had not taken into our calculations, AS obstacles, the enemy watched the approach of French until every man in battle line came under the aim of the best sharpshooters in the rebel army-(o (or the world? ?? In an instant, almost before tue fence itself was dis covered to be an obstacle, a long thick line of fame and smoke streamed above the wall and fence, and the moment the first volley fired, sxt, pieces of artillery, charged with grape and canister, sent their internal contents straight through our advancing lines, ranking them ill front and upon both Hanks. Destruction so terrible ne yer before has been seen during this war. French went into the battle with seven thousand men, Two uays aftei the battle only twelve hundred men have reported to him."
 Here the writer proceeds to give the losses Of the several divisions in detail, which makes their total loss thirteen tEOus and and fifty five men, and adds: " It is believed that these figures will fall under rather than exceed the official"
 WASHINGTON, Dec. l8.-Mr. Williamson offered a resolution in the Senate to day, that the com mi tee on the conduct of the be directed to enquire i to the facts relative to the recent battle at Freder cksburg, particularly to what officer or officers are respons ble for the assault; also, for the ay which occurred in preparing to meet the enemy.
 NEW YoRK, Dec. 1.-The Philadelphia Press pub ihe> q disp itch from Burns de to. Halleck, ccived at 9 o'clock Tuesday nj ,fr; Burnside says: .'Feelng fully convince that the position in front uld not be cirne it was military necessity either to tck or retreat. repalse would htve been disastrous under the circumstances. The army was withdrawn with put the loss of man, of property" On the Hun, lrns de's headquar- ters were al Falmouth.