Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-01-27
RlTLIEaRE OORREsPoNDRNCR.
From she Advance.
4 ZA1tEU2-- 6REEN RIvHl, KY,
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/ EDS. LHADARi ss4 500
Yesterday the eorder'' was issued ss Head
Quarters for commanders Of Companies tc
prepare three dayS cooked rasiOns, and be
ready 70 march At q moments nosice. Thir
order gave great Hstisfaction to the soldiers,
They have besn here Solobg that the thought
Of an adUaaoe flls them with enthusiasm.
But Whsro they. were 70 go, or where
they were 70 do, no one could tell. The
telegraph had informed US in the morning
that . great battle was being fought st or
near Somerset. and that being within two
days march OF our camp, We imagined that
possibly our force Ehs to act as q reinforce
ment 70 General Thomas. We knew, too,
that twelve miles from US passed the "Old
Nsshville State Road, !" connecting Bowling
Green and Somerset. And this army, once
on that road, would efoctually cut off the
retreat Of ZOllicofer on the ono hand, and
his reinforcement By Buekner on the other.
The news Of this morning, however, renders
such 3 move unnecessary. It Is that the
rebel forces under zOllicofier have been ut
terly and hopelessly routed. ~
Il iS said our fOrces have taken 1900 head
Of CATTLE seven hundred horses, wagons,
guns, camp equipage, &c, &c, besides hav-
ing taken more prisoners than thoy had had
time TO count. You can't imagIne the ef-
feet sf the intelligence upon our men. For
time they seemed perfectly wild with ex-
element Cheer after cheer rose from all
parts Of the camp; caps were seen filling
the siF In all directions, and in a variety of
ways, the men expressed their great Joy
Col. Gibson speaking of the effects of such
news on his men, said the 49Eh could whip
Eve hundred more men now than they could
have whipped three days sgo.
What stunning bl " this must be 10 the
rebels, Beaides the loss Of BtoFes, guns, &C.,
10 have lost two such men ss Zollicoffer and
Peyton, is Indeed to them an awful cstas-
hophe. These men once possessed rare in
tellectusl endowments, and many noble,
manly virtues. Living in the confidence
and affections Of AOasGads, and with all our
contempt for the leaders Of this uuholy re-
bollion, We find it hard, peyy hard, to feel
that these men did not deserve better fate.
How many warm hearted, impulsive, yet
noble sspiFits, will be ruined BY the willy
sophisms and determined hate, the art
full Davis, Yancey, Wigfall 4 Co.
We regard this 70 bethe N ost decisive bat
tie Of The wsr, aud firmly believe that It
virtually ends the struggle in Kentucky
The insurgents msy hold out o little longer
bore in some places, but that the giant is
shorn Of his strength there cannot be
doubt.
saw 10 day quite an intelligent slave,
Just from Bell Tavern" sixteen miles
south Of as. He says that Last Saturday
evening he overheard his master and mis-
tress in conversation heard his master say
that on Monday Gen Hindmsn was to fall
back upon Bowling Green, and that they
must take their slaves into Tennessee, for
they would not be safe in Kentucky. SAID
the slave, I" thought they should 60 with
one 'niggsF' less" and about midnight
started for our camp, where ne arrived yes
terday. He is in good hands. The Ohio
regiments in this division, are, as q general
thing, in fine condition. Yours ever,
EuRoTUs.
P. P.s.-Nine O'Clock P. N. The heartless
villains have set FIRE to Hewlett station, and
the flames appear as l write. E.