The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-01-06

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were shot at for I've hosrs are willing 10 for.
9ive, those Who didn't sand ths Aro might
1prbsag . Hale. -
low, and a. soon ~ 1t arrives W1ll siars his
sxpedition. Our troops are IN excellent paaxhs
and ext1omeiy desiroas OF Saying. Ie will
not b long hsfc9s Ne hear The end Of the
may regard 1c.ro.iltn -is. .. So.io = doom.
ed 6ontlemsn. In = nv days, p6cbab1y. ho
viii -. lying In the sDbraces ef death, ont
on the cold prairie, and hungry coyote
may sxpsct to ses our victorious soldiers rs.
turn, frssNse and disaeresable - the weaihse
and wtnd nag -. covered With thick over.
coets Of glory.
ZEE YAsxs1 cHvIsIns eSs .Il COAST OF Soarn
cAAoLIHA.
We copy the following from the Wiimias.
ton Jossssl, Of The lst instant: sa
We learn that ON night befors last the lfsht
ship ''Frying Pan Sn0al'' anchored Aos far
from Fort Caswell-1ndsed, under the Runs OF
that work, was set on fre and burned ~ far
q she could before she wss.:snk by the ssst
ut the point she Occu pied with the view OF
being sunk at any time when an attack might
be m ~de, 80 that In n i her prt m aturs ank.
ing d".s NO: iov1.vs any very rrsss loss
Goth regiment North Carolina troops, 10th
volun teers) have been since missing, ans, Of
course, good deal OF anxiety II felt as TO
ther fate. Their old comrades would much
rather know that they were dead than even
TO suspect that they were traitors and had
gone over IA the enemy.
Yssterdxy. while the stAamer Mariner vas
engaged In sinking certain crihs az or near
New Inlet, ten shot and shell were nBsd upon
her by the Lincoln bloekadeFs. None OF their
prof sctilss came within half = mile Of her.
p. S.-Sincs writing the above, we are re-
liasly informed that the pickets reported to
be miesips above have ali returned to Fort
Cxsweli.
FIGHT At eAc1AMEHfo, KY.-HIYfY YAEKRBs XII.
LID, WOUNDED AID PxIsoH1hs.
The following special dispatch has bsen
ru ublished in the Louisville (bowling 0resD)
Courier
HoPKrssvrLLx, Dec. Yesterday fSatur.
day. evening u detachment Of COl. FORESTS
cavalry met he enemy at sacramento, nine
miles from RuMsay, on Green hiver, and
defeated them after sharp engagement Of
half an hour.
The Y Ankees lett ten dead on the field, and
we took eighteen prisoners, meet Of them
wounded.
Tsey had Uapt Bacon aud one lisutsuaut
killed, and Capt DAVIS aud one lieutenant
W. uuued, and four prisoners, their total loss
being nos less than fif'y.
Our less ID Capt. Nleri wether and one prl
vate killed, ana one private wounded.
I The enemy fled in confusioa towards Rum
soy.
FATAL CONSEQUENCES OF A YASKsH's INPIRrI-
NxEcR-AovEARxrs OF aRH. BRgCKIHK KIDaB's
BkI0ADB, 30.
The Bowling Green Ky correspondent Of
the New Orleans Picayune communicates the
following items Of interest to that paper, IN
der date Of December 25th:
In Elizabethtown, q few days since, a Fede-
raj soldier stepped up to a citizen named
QuiR&en and demanded to know his politics.
QnigSen replied In firing terms, respectfully
rat Ermiy. The soldier cprsed him, when
Z uiggen slruck him on tn 70 head with stone,
crushing his skull. killing AiEa instantly He
then turned to another solder, the oomrade
OF the hrst, and inquired il he wished also to
know his political opinions. The soldier was
satisii ID, and replied In the negative. Quiggen
then escaped.
Federals with ex Gov. Morehead and Nj. W !,
Barr, At Louisville, aud with them has been
fca 8 nce lbOut the Goth OF Septemb. r in
Fort Lafayette, has bee1>fslsased, it is said,
at the instance Of q. ID. PrentTce, re-
turned to louisville on the 18th.
Breckinridge's brigade 10 yet at Woodland,
ten or twelve miles distant On Sunday, in
cold and heavy rain, falling during the
whole day, they were marched twelve miles
in the direction Of GLASGOW, orders HAVING
been issued by General Johnston, on Sunday
evening, for Buckaey's division, OF which
this brig ade forms a part, requiring such q
mOvem- mt. But this order WAS counter.
manded on Sunday; and on Monday Breck-
INK ldge marched back again" to his former
camp.
1t is understood here that General N T.
Ward, one OF tho Kentucky Federal Brign-
on as aesonns Of 1ns the
Presidentf emancipation po@ifI 80.
|h{kkcz Of ss.. BULL ..l.o. ,as..;,n,sles,
1ovsAB'a IL ~ =
The Frankfort correspond ht Of the Lou
isville Courier says TIE following is cey5asisu
ct lissrs.iss COPY Of 9aa. NelaoR,s address, de-
4vered 70 hts7 iers on leaving that place.
I< was copied nom a hy-lsaf on which the
talented 0eAerai bad yatten it:
Men aud Feilosc- Soldisrs! lam s.Bowt to take
my final lave Of you But Before paftiEe /
fOfthe pfemptness with which you have dis
charnfd your duty AZ soldiers you have Been
70 %n1s ~;,soas 1o5osa for
Chilling rains of november and without the
necessary Clothing for this season Of the year
you have Been successful driving the enemy
from Kentucky and again rsstoning her to
Brig general Nelson
2s~U 8. A.
| LA-IR FROM H1w HADRID, NO -,z1r. rAoMr-
.sOH At WORK.
The Memphis Aralancss, of the 3lst ult
has the following information from New
Madrid. MO-: ~s~
| From passengers who reached the city last
night, ON the steamer DE Soto, we learn that
| Cen. Je6 Thompson left New Madrid last
| Saturday with q body Of cavalry to attack
! miles from New Madrid. On sunday morn
ing Gen. JEFF. Thompson sent back for . regi-
ment OF Infantry and deld pieces, which were
| cent. About 2 O'Clock Sunday afternoon the
| firing commenced, and was heard at New
| Eadrid. The fight was said to be n progress
| when the De Soto left New Madrid Sunday
night. The result of tho encounter will be
looked for with interest.
/ AxoTHAR INc0LN RAID II SCOTT AND CAMP BxLI
coUN1IEs, 1ssB.
The Knoxville Resissey, Of the ID inst, oh.
| tains the following information from GEN
tleman Of good standing at Jacksboro',
Campbell coua ~, Tenn:
A few days since body Of Hessians from
| Whitley county entered Oampbsll county
| near the Scott county line, ant forcibIy car
| rtsd away SON of Mr. William Hsrring, who
! was absent ut the tine in attendance on the
| Clrcnit Court At Jacksboro'. They also stole
| all Of Mr. H. = live stock, and consumed his
grain. Mr.. H was formerly Union man
but more recently Southern Rights In his
| procliyitiss,. dealing largely with the
southern army when located In his neigh. !.
borhood.
| 6Ron TIE PoTonAc-R1sIkG IyTo YAyK.x vxs-
Hf eBLs.
| The Fredericksburg Recorder, Of the Sd Inst.
has the following In regard to an .irs ON thu
/ Potomac:
Yesterday moyning several discharges o,
loud -mouthed cannon weFe heard reverbera.
ting along the sir. evidently from the direc.
statsmsnts In regaSd 70 tt, both Of which W
viii give without vouchtng eithI. Ths Afyt,
.thAs tAs Psnsacola attempted 70 paas down