, 1862-02-07

Effect Of the KIN Spring TcEo,y-Bightening
1Tospec1s for U,sio,.iam-A D6dd Lock from
-Aad-efzendd Action q our Troops III the
f'gas--Aspecfs cf the Country.
Especial Correspondence Of the Chicago Tribune.
Lou1svn1E, Feb. 4, 1869.
In the first place, the MIL Spring victory
has opened to ourstrategetic operations, with
out further fighting, all those points in East
Tennessee and Kentucky occupied by Zolli-
Golfer during his antHmn campaign, and has
sent down through that whole region 4 host
Of terrified and dishcartened soldiers, who
were never half converted to secession, and
who Will welcome our advance among them.
provided they eau be sure Of being protected
from harm, while it has struck the chains
from thousands who were silently suffering in
bondage, waiting for the coming day. ALI the
main roads leading to Cumberland Gap will
soon be in our possession; Knoxville
with its important railroad commu-
nications must follow. We are slowly
and cautiously moving South, and
before any force can be brought over the
mountains from Virginia, nc shall have cstab-
Ilshed ourselves firmly in such positions as
Will flank Buckner at Bowling Green. Neither
side can move now on these roads, and as soon
as they become passablc, nc shall be on the
move, with larger force than they can bring
arc loud in their praises Of these three reyi-
mcnts, but they say very truly that there are
not many volunteer regiments who would
have done as well.
That portion Of Kentucky through which
ny way to Summit and back lay, is the most
Ia f91f T
points on the tuInpikes that wind about the
mountain sides, the scenery, even now, is very
fine, and in summer must be eycccdinnlT
beautiful Such J. country is worth fighting
Tor, to rescue it from the barbarism Of slavery.
could ill volume with the evidences saw
Of ignorancc and thriftlessness. Think, for
one tamg, OF a boy seventeen years old, ask
ing If Chicago was not in Minnesota. But
such things are familiar to every one.
There is little prospect Of news for some
tine to come. The general stagnation which
has covered every part Of the country was
tie moral effect Of this victory viii be irnmensc,
on both sides. The rebels were beaten on their
own ground, and bya little more than half their
own force They were beaten, too, because
Inc regiments they happened to encounter
were well disciplined and well drilled, as well
as composed Of brave men. The good regi-
ments among the volunteers Will emulate tic
splendid example set them BY the 10th In
diana, the 9th Ohio, and the ed Minnesota.
Every officer in these regiments was at his
post, looking after his men, keeping them in
anc Of battle as far Us possible, and watching
Tor the orders from superior officers.
Every man was in his place and minded lis
own business. That was the reason our line.
When VIC formed, never wayercd. That is the
reason that nineteen men Of the Minnesota
2pd we're found lying on one spot-not more
than twenty yards squarc-wlerc the BATTLE
bad ragged the hottest, and that very spot was
right in the front edge of their line Of battle
within ten yards Of where Zo11icotftr fell.
That was the reason why the rebels, though
ontnnmberlnS us, could not outf1ank us /; and
why the 9th Ohio drove from the field, at the
point Of the bayonct, men who were as brave
us themselves. -