, 1862-06-13
FROM CT NEhAL MTTCHEl.I'S
COL UMN.
GEN. NECLEY'S EXPEDITION 4
SUCCESS.
BE Defeats General Adams at
Sweeden's Grove.
THE REBELS DRIVEN OUT Of CHAT
AE00EA, TENN.
The Fast Tennes5eanS are
Highly Delighted.


The Fast Tennes5eans are
Highly Delighted.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, June Ia dispatch
from Gen. Nes1ey to Gov. Johnson announces
the success Of his expedition to East Ten
nesEec.
Hc took eighty prisoners, including num-
Der Of prominent o11icers-a drove Of cattle
and large number of horses intended for the
rebel army. The defeat Of Gen. Adams rebel
force In Swceden's Cove was more complete
than Was at first represented Adams escaped
without his hat, sword or horse.
The rebel batteries at Chattanooga were
silcnced On the seventh inst, after heavy
cannonading Of three hours.
Our forces opened fire the next day, and
continued six hours upon the town and rine
pits, driving the enemy out OF his works. and
forcing him to eyaeuate the city.
They burned all the railroad bridges TO pre-
vent pursuit. The East Tennes5can. came
cut in crowds along the marsh, and cheerea
our troops enthusiastically.
Agreat many applications are made Ut the
executive Office for passes to Memphis.
THE FORCE At CHATTANOOGA,
Huntsville Cor, Cincinnati Gazettc.7
Scarcely day passes over our heads in
which the enemy's cavalry do not make some
demonstration against our lines, and each time
they are met and driven back By opponents
who scem to them really ubiquitous. It is
perhaps fact not generally kno#n, that for
three or four weeks large body Of rebel cav
alry has been stationed in the vicinity of Chat
taDooga, WHITTIER they went from Corint!1
alter lie battle Of Pittsburg Landing, o@ing
to the impossibility Of obt,ining forage in the
neightorhood Of that place. Their numbers
are VA iou6y estimated at g1om 900 to TO- 600,
ard, in TACT, I conyersed with q gcntlenlln ia
she1byVille not long since, who PLACED them
still higher He was in company with Mr.
Stamps Of Shelhyvilc, which latter gen
tlenlan Was engaged in purchasing cotton
near Winchester, Tennessee, when both wire
pounced npon by the rebels and made prison
cTE, their cotton at the same time being COM
n1ittcd to the 1lames. They we're taken to
Chattanooga, and, after day or two, the gen
t1emen with whom I conytrsed was released.
Dir. Stamps, being well known Union man,
was retained. The released individual consid-
ers that he had some opportunity for estima-
ting the numbers Of the enemy, and gives it
as his candid belief that be saw ut Chattanooga
20 less than 5000 hcrsemen. We
must, of course, take this account with some
EIA1HS VI dl!ohauEE5 DuI u LIE presence OF 4
large force there, there can be no reasonable
doubt.
GEN. NEGLEF's LATE EXPEDITION.
Huntsville Cor. Cincinnati Commercial. 1th-7
Under an order from Gen. Mitchell, Gen
Neg1ey, in charge of heavy force, LETT Fay
etteyille on Monday last, to pay q friendly
visit to the large bodies Of guerri1las intestin
Tennessee, with additional instructions to
call Oh Chattanooga, if possible, and Mitchell
seldom deems any thin. impossible in his de-
| partment
These gucrrillas have been making sad
| havoc among the people Of that section, de-
| those who will not yield to the cdicts of the
| barbarous CONSUMPTION act Hundreds Of men
| have taken refuge in the mountains to escape
| imprisonment into the rebel seIyice-not only
| white, but black mf7a-lcaying their new crops
| unattended, their families subjected to every
aud peck OF meal taken, horses and cattle car
ricd oil, and they left in comparative dcstisu-
! Gon.
| Mitchell has been aware Of these facts for
| portunity to surprise them TO ecco,n plish
this, it needed the right kind OF q leader
that leader was Gen. NcSley. Neg1ey is bold,
brave, and ardent in his attachment to the
| cause that has called him out from his Peun-
| eylvania home. His worth is known and
highly appreciated by our commanding zen
eTal. He is l PcnnsFlyanian, and reflects great
honor on the old Keystone State. He found
! no Tehcl forces between Fayetteville and Win
i chester. On reaching Winchester, lie learned
| that the rebel general Adams was in command
Of heavy force Of rebels at Jasper, some
thirty miles distant: He at once determined
to surprise them. In order to do this, he w;lE
!: compelled to make forced march, some
twenty miles, over rough, mountainous
country. This was accomplished. He soot
/ r. tf11tx, 1$n n1-.H{1 :.
plan, succeeded in capturing them. H. i'm
ulediately moved on, and within q few mile;
Of Jasper, came upon d large force Of tht
| enemy.
They, the rebels, Immediately formed into
Lac Of battle, and opened with heavy vol
Icy. Gel. Hamhright, who was leading ou
advance, replied from three pieces Of artillery
which had been very r,pidiy placed in posi-
ton. Only one round Was needed to rout them
They becane panic stricken, and commence.
ene Of the most disgraceful retreats eve
known. They took up 4 narrow lane, towar.
coop, the former Of the 5th Kentucky cav
airy, the latter Of the 7th Pennsylyani cav
airy. They gained upun them, aud comin
into narrow dellle, they closed with them
Then commenced enc Of the tierce5t ski
| nsishes OF the war. Our charge Of cayalr
was led on By Ncgley's escort, Commanded b
Lieuts. Wharton and Funk. The contest wa
eevcre. Hand to hand WAS the terrible sahe
duel, ending in the death Of 20 rebel cavalry
many badly wounded, and some twenty pris
cners, among them Major Adams, brother {
the General, and also two other commission
cd officers The road for miles wa5 srrewe
with guns saberE, caFtines, knapsacks, tSt
Some 80 or GO horses were also taken, togcthe
with Il large train Of comnissa1y stores, an
muuition and camp equipaGe-
| The flying rtbels passed On through Ja:pc
| | Notwithstanding the great efforts used b
their officers in trying to stop them The
cursed Adams and their Ill luck, and onl
stopped in their frightened career when the
reached Chattanooga, having placed the IT
ters of the Tenncssce between them and the
! pursuers. Night closed in over the seen
and cur brave but wearied lads rested or Il
north balk Of tie famous Tennessee, o.
causalties we're two killed, Of Negley's escor
! and seven badly wounded Though sma
the enemy's loss, and this only a skirmisl
yet nothing has taken place here, since tt
) future results, as this gallant charge Of tt
: daring Kentuckians and brave pennsS lvanian
: led on by such Us Hag1ard and Wyneool
+ Col. Hambrjght, who led the advance fro
e Winchester 10 Jasper, and received the en-
: my's fist fire, displayed great courage M ar
| rebellion will not be forever crushed, and Q!
+ Uuion sustained, and come ont Of this fearf
: contest like gold tried in the fire, when sut
: scenes as the above take p(ace- AWs
] u
b Cumberland, Kentucky and Penrsy1van
shake hands, aud with the love Of the Gnic
4 STRENGTHENING their every slneT, they Fy:
Q on. side by SIDE, with drawn sabre, TO batl
) them alike in the blood Of treason and Coz
ardice.
: The effect of this skir1nish was soon see
c AS the retreatiDg foe disappeared, the per-
b cutcd union men oi Marion began to appct
= Gen. NeglcY's dispatch to Maj. Gen. Mitch
SAYS that hundreds Of Union men have flock
i4,1o Jasper, and, With tears in their eyes, b
Mitchell aud Negley as their defverers. 7
}, day four men came in from Cnattanooga, q
q report that Adams men came into that pl.
q in the utmost confusion, many OF them O.
u stopping for 3 tinae, then continuing theiT
g treat-to the ss]ast ditcn," presume. 7
IL distance over which tc.cy rctreased was for
- three miles
Il RrMoREn ocC.:~pAT1ox OF CHATTANOOGA
ID ltofresp .,ndence Cincinnati Gazettel
I, FAYETTEVILLE. Tenn. June
% Z report hiss Just reached this place, tha
t. force consisting Of Gen. Negley's brigade, {
IL the greater portion Of Col Turchin's, alta
P, cd the rebels yesterday at Chattanooga,
ut rersed them, and took possession Of
IT. town. How much truth there is in the at:
=, ment cannot say, but from some facts in
Il possession I incline to credit it.
y: y; THE REBELS FALL BAL
re- re- FROM CUMBERLAND GAP