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

vision IL making history faster than can write IL.
In the midst Of it ALL glorious news from Coiipib IL
egnnipg 20 sw III npon US, aud We senslbly reailze
that another ao. 10 the great drama Of the Rebellion
il about drawing 70 close.
DLoAruR Al.-, April IA, 1864
am at Decatur. tie county seat Of Limestone
County, and having finished ny business there, am
waiting for tram Uf 10 take back 10 Hunls-
vll,.
Decatur Il faded town, containing about eight
bundled inhabitants, tie must of whom arc deeply
infected W III the maduess Of Secession; not"rh-
standing, when Alabama voted TO 60 out OF the
Uuion, Limestone County gave a majority oil TWO 70
one in favor Of ivysly and peace. Tue toWns ~
lhis part of the country all seem 10 have been hI
centeTe OF diSahecion, IN which the doctrines oi
treason FIRST obtained ioo'hod, and whence t!ey
were gradually difused throughout the surrounding
country In eacn q the t0wns especially ID tbe
Gouriy ,Opus was q knot OF third or fOuflh-isl-
deuagoyues, who unable 10 obi ain position ~ tne
of duisluess and peace, boIei that the \ hif ai'd
surge Of revolution might elevate them above Tue
heads OF their tcll 'wmen. Their calculations were
10. Altogether incorrect. The mastes o sh0 oouth-
EN- re0pe are very liable TO be deceived by a
toneu-y politician; and thee irotly, ga.ey scdmps
have "a a result OF the Rebs Zion, mostly OBTAIN ei
The ,iares end the D0tCri.;y which they co'eled'
But they aIe rally the most cownrdy portion Oi me
Southern Ieol-; aid, as the colnmns oi Tue bhioh
army Rdvabce, Trey uiyersaly fly before The storm
they have themselves c0uInr,d up, snd leave he
rOor, dale1, deludsi uasses, TO suiler The conso-
qnences Of their leaders ciminalty and their own
folly.
Thus il has been IN every town we have ne yet
yisi ed in Alabama or Tennessee. The people soe
how they have been betrayed they heartily curte
thtir heirayers; aud yet, doeily arr tIoy under
tie nueLce Of the lhieehoods aud ropbsms Of Their
.aaorS, that many Of them cure Ito latter aud the
National Government in ihe zane breath.
Decatur Was firs. occupied by the eth and two
coupguies OF the 18Th Illinois Regiments, which,
with portion Of Sim0us3n battery, ClL Huntsville
on q srsn OF ears Saturday morning lasi, recovered
piece of cauuon which bad losi The aigbt be.
tore. and procet ded onward % the Tennessee River
Osr OBJECT Of the eXl ell ton 20 burn the bridge
over the Tennessee al Decatur In order TO prevent
our being 8ssailed by force from tie neighb0rhOod
OF COriuh. But the fight near that place on Mon
day had rendered the Rebels as ie irful Of an ap-
rToach from the east ~ We were OF Il movement
from the west; that when Cob. iurchrn aud Ken
nett, who commando the eXI XIedion, arrived At the
bridge, they found that il had been fired by tho Rob-
els themselves.
Deciding instinctv,ly that il was always proper
TO do ju.t tue oppo.te Of what There seronn'
drels were about, our leaders wisely determined,
ustend Of bnnirg the bridge, 20 put ont the lames
which the Rebels bad already kndlrd. Thls was
done in a twinkhng; end our gallant ieOws bore
and foot, rushed through tie town TO assail a body
Of mounted Rebels who they uncerstoOd were
enclmped there. But The bird was flown. Col
Bel Nith battalion Of cavalry had been there
bui he first faint and distant rte OF The train had
cent him and all his Command 4 yiug hel'er-ekel,er
toward Iuscuubia esviag tent, provisions, sabers
and everything, except their precious carcasses,
ebiud them. "Goly, ns7sa," taid en old Ethiopian
10 NE, a few bOuTs, sgo, " GClly, massa, Iye feed
gft races afore but uet ar anything 10 equal dat -
Siuce We hsve leariei that TIE Rebels Ia tho VI
cim'y Of C0fiuth VIII have nC troops 10 -lale 70
The purpose Of asstilug us, We trr all heartily Rla
thai tie bnlge at Decatur was saved. 1t Is mag
ni, ent siructare AID ha, ever since iis erection,
been On object Of pride TO tie PEOPLE Of North Ala.
: auIa. As matters now stand, rs value to ue Vii
be iuoaloulable.
The negroes were gathered in masses sil along the
road. As The passed they bowed, they srflPed,
they Crinnod they pulled oil their hats and ~ every
way tined 10 secure a recognition from thote whOin
they considered their friends. Occaslonrlly gen
erous-heaItod colder would wave bis hand or iunr-
is.i bic sword 10 them, aud then their cllld-llke
manifestations Of delight literally knew DO bounds
Whenever the train siopped tie cOl0led people
would climb on board, aud beg 10 lie taken along.
Ouo .ad earnei i.ce peeped into tie door OF the
IN witch was sitting, aud its owner put ny tie
Wual lri'-" OF down." aid an oihcer on
board; " ret down and 80 ~ ,o,n ,''sst,r. We can
not take YOU Tho ,laSe shuddercd ~ tue a
90 mastcr.' " % for dc CoOd 6Ods sake, sGid be.
90 lot ne 20 wild you and wait on you ~ ~ Ileie
ras Il refrep'bc iIcmOr in tbo officers voice pa be
repeated his command 10 the nesro, and raw that
"A GEAR was stealing down tie cheek Of "a rongh
dras0ou, Who at ulon q teai JUS opposite % ne.
on Sunday, Lcli. Shoemakcf oi Cominp! H. IN
OHIO Cavalry. went ont on y tecOuuOitCrlug @NpelI
ton, with II small squad Of men, aud about Fifteen
miles west Of Decatur, came upon sixteen Of the
cuCmy's cavalry. The mtter immediately Ted toward
a swamp, and, disuouuting, lett their horaes and
plunged in thinking of course, tiht our men would
te silly enough to punue them on horseback. But
Lieut. ShOemakCr ordered his own men 90 difnOuni
. q l. e. fu lf q f4if-
lured five, Sud returned with hts prisoners md d
dozen extra borses 10 camp.
INTERCEPTED DISPATCH FROM BEAuBECARD.
HUNTSVILLE, Ala, Apri. 10, 1862.
The mail will close beioge 1 can finish NY regular
ieter hnt here il something % important, and u The
same tine 50 curious that aye determined 20 send
II 10 Won ~ once. L. il oleTaydc disI atch which
was found in tie Office ~ Huntsville u il 10 a
simple sud easy cipher which required Gen Mitchell
and his Aide about twenty minutes TO trait'afe II
Gen. Beanregard wants his ciphers decicnerec, the
headauarters OF the 81 DIVISION is he place TO send
them.
viii only add in explanation, that tie request If
the General for eniorc.u elis was being compiled
wirh nt tie tine when we made our daring ani cue
cessful dash upon Huntsville. About one third of
the troops which Neiafegaid asked for bad pasee /
down to C0rinth. The remainder axe collected sc
Chattanooga and other poiuts upon the iennessee
River come INT Ob-trucflons being now iu.orpOfed
between them and their destined rendezvous.
OGiCrNAI1 COFS Api q
10 cen. SAsUgL C0oPRE. Richmond Ns.-Au present
plob.H ies that whenever the enemy this po
sitou be- viii do 40 With ~ Overwhelming fore OF not les
sn yzois ri, lohlnap by lhc yEyi Aste ne 80
rte xriny o5siusp y13l wlfmqi pills msy possibly
shraij zyc pu.leo ngkl 1fy "a lohsynrp yny. Cen
SIC not be- ieenorcrd lrhn yvgzhi hive. - I'd hcio
cy thy sy yIq nu5ye nap dchqntr bit WI y whereas
cca eiord a. afr iOr asLu wor lha nap irm,u5y
purpose II dofcaing gky niv which would
insure The valley Of the Msssrp bot our rrni-ur,
+. q. l. BEAtBEohRD.
TRAssLAU0sl COmsrH, Apil9
Gen. SAMUEL CoorrR, Richmond, Va: An preo-
probabilities thai whenever tie enemy ih
rooa he viii DO With overwhelming foce Of 10. lee,