, 1862-01-31
CONFEDERATE ACCOUNTS OF THE Battle
OF SOMERSET, KY.


lFrcm t:lr Pe.e1sburgh Gazette, January 26th.1
7':c tidings Of the heavy reverse which our
arG;s have met with in Kentucky are gloomy,
but do not depress or discourage us. Proyi-
dence l4as for some wise purpose checked
the current Of victory which has so
subnlissiyely to the dispensation. We belieyeit
will be ultimately for our good, although at
present VIC may not be atlc to see how. We
believe that Heaven is directing events SO rs
to secure in the cud grand and glorious issue
to t1c struggle in the complete demolition Of
q firm and listing foundation Of the indepen-
dcrcr aud sovereignty Of the Southern Con
1cderacy and its incorporation in the family Of
nations. Our first and full trust is in the Df-
vine fayor-in the oyeTuling Providence Of
Him, without whose smiles no cause on earth
can prosper.
dcnces that BE is on our side, and in the re-
cent disaster at Somerset We sec nothing to
shake our faith or trust in His protection. On
the contrary, VIC are more deeply impressed
than ever with the thought that He is direct
ing the course Of this ubiquitous var in way
to confound its guilty authors, and to plunge
them in irredeemablc ruin and shame. 1Wo
t7ao4aitures are not to 6e aecigAel against nearly
Il dozen single rictorics.
The Lincoln journals ,rin mo,o spread the''s-
ss1ses. At last Aas been achieved q success aehicA
gizrS fht7n Il margin for emulation. We QUA up
Ike to The bon 7cieA Adse yeesieed, out aos
not ! make summer" and this Yankee til
nmph does not begin to make con-
quest OF tue South. It will only serve
to rouse and strengthen the energies
Of her sons, and give new ylsor and impe-
tus to their onslaughts. We have lost
battle, but We are not in the least dispirited
by it. Defeat has no terror for US any more
than it had for the Romans when, almost un-
der the walls Of their city, their armies were
beaten by Pyrrhus and afterwards By Hanni-
| bal Not one Of the Generals who lead the
armies Of Lincoln is a Pyrrlus or Hannibal,
| or tile shadow Of either, whilst we have many
| commanders worthy Of comparison with the
! Scipios and Alarcelluscs vino achieved tic de-
| livcrancc Of Rome from Infinitely more for
midahle inyasions than this Of the Yankees.
We feel unutterablc sorrow for the loss Of
the brave Zollicufer, who, like the lalncntcd
, Garnett, has fallen L martyr to the glorious
CAUSE for which he SO fearlessly fought, and
! whose memory will be emb1ncd in the affcc-
tions Of his country FOR generations to come.
| He WAS noble specimen of tue patriot and
/ hero, and his loss is .rieyously to be deplorcd
and sternly to be avenged.
From the Lynchburgh Eirgiuian. Jan. 2l.l
A lady who reached tlis city yesterday
evening from Winchester, reports that she
read 1l1c Baltimore papers at that place, III
Which Il loss Of seven or eight hundred Of the
enemy is conceded. They are not jubilant,
;flU ADMIT [llIE their 1oSS IN KILLED. ana WOUND
cd is greater than ours.
! A:BluLLIANT VICTORY IN MISSOURI.
[From tho l'ctersbtirgn Express, 25th-1
simultaneously with the news of General
Crittcnden's defeat and Zollicof1er's death,
came the :,ccount Of brilliant victory in Mis-
souri,, gained by Gen JEFF. Thompson, neal
Ironton, Mo, We have not get received the
details Of this battle, but from what We read
ef it in the Northern journals, VIC have very
little doubt that Gen Jctl. gave the Yankees i
sound thrashing. The old song Of greatly su'
pcrior numbers on tile side ot the rebels il
! sung By the lying For11cys and Bcnnetts Of the
Lincoln Prcss. They say that JeI. had ,00(
men, and their force was only GOO! Precisely
the reverse Of this statement is most probably
the truth, as NC think will bc shown by tAt
oficill report from our side when it is re
| ccivcd.
Il is I: somewhat curious circumstance tia
scarcely any Of our Journals have said 4 wort
about this Missouri victory, nor has it czcitet
any special attention III our community Til
puo1ic mind seems to be so wholly absorbet
| ut present with the res It Of the battle nca
Somerset, as to be incapable Of apprcciatin!
so important and splendid feat as Gen
Tho1nrsons, in this hour Of trouble and sor
row, caused by the loss OF dcscrvedly. favor
tic commander
We shall have occasion to speak Of tn
1ronton fight again, when wc get fuller infol
uil7ion about it, which will bc il Il day or two
II is hardly necessary 10 remark that theE
is not word Of ! truth i'll this trenendou
victory. No such battle was fought. Jef
Thompson is ut the head Of Il few hundre
lurking, thicvi1g yaga5onds, who would nc
venture to give battle to fifty Federal soldiers