The sun., 1862-04-05

Anoyr I~rN>r So. tn.)
March H. l~H3.
Since my last have hni tine pleasure Of -cc-
INK the cleaning out Of tina, c,uuelot ol treason.
nion City.
II may perhaps lo rccollectcd that when the
National tlcct first came down here it found
Hickman IN possession Of = company IT Con.
tolerate ,nsinonls who plundcrcd. m.ultul
and outraged the citizens ot III, kman IN every
way. In a week however, after tho ariyrl ol
flv Federal fleet, the .,uuhuat /m,sNi,lr. Cant.
p'uD, together with hnttnll.u 1T the 2-d No.
uidcr Col. Foster, tv,k ros.css u tlc town.
Last week .cNrtHl citizens ut Hickman visited
I,mmu lore loolo aul askel rcuf t,.,u,u's. A.
hey i'uul that % body ui rebels At Union city
N'rc hciuE largely reinforced aud might event
ully prove tuuhlus,Wr. The ttuucst N.l. at
,'uiad tu, AMI on sunday two transport, utti,cl
| 90 tie lev,c at Hickman with tho .tth Illinois.
| under col. lIuiurl. and the ij,h Wisconsin. Col.
| llIst, the thing hciuE 1cd very qui. IT'S.
N"n m,cr arriving, Col. Bmurd gave ouj that
| hc had come Co the town merely To- show the p.u.
| ~, \ 4 e,nn,n II Federal trouI,.; and further.
more tllI lie would trent the citizens toa ,ttuu
re' Jew - Oh" national forces AMI when the p'uIl,
hat assent led, "A battery # SIX rIilcd pieces
w't" 'uH.up'd ON the out .kitts 1t the town th,
| guns uuamh,ted and pushrl along the 'iuwst
| r"ut, iu tho direction of uiou CIV. An hour
| nt -' alter they bad gone, the forces ON the
| ir'i i"ii~ were disc mNtkcd, aud, ,.eth,r with
| .hr n,tt lion under col. Foster, matched around
| town. Auuut 3 l.. NJ, corcoivius tnat the gl,, -
| dry sud artillery had obtained a -rtl..cii start
| tul Ntl,rl struck for Union civ, col. Foster
| remaining h,hlud, w.lh or.rs tu allow 10 ON,
| .o leave the city. Nu.u within tour miles ,i
| uiuu Gay, % was determined to camp ir the
| might and make the attack early In the IN, ruiug.
| In thr morning at hin" O',uvl, the truyp, were
| lui,il, gotten IN order, and the march Mhs r,-
| Wn"i Not M" slightest symptom IT hostility
! slowed i.oli I'll We rra,hcdi point about two
! miles th., .'c ot lui,u civ. ll,fs iust Wh,T,
| Er road crosses the railway, our aI,.tn,, en-
couutrIrl strong picket guard of the rebels
| Both pIrlics Immediate, opened 1T long range
| ut aii,r lrIu., come twenty shots. the ouru,
| 'urncd and ID nppcat,d in q cloud ui ju.t If
fu.ir uWu "a sim. ~ they He'd utn i,,itN tu xiv,
| bee alarm. lle f~l,tll column ium..! .i,ly
pushed uu after thrm Su vigorously that q ., had
| scarcely given the alarm to tho main luI,. ere
| .ur men W'r" uu them.
! lui'u tlt, Is at the junction of tho railroads
| ..W columbus and Hickman. AND consists ut 4
| pot NrG u iuyeu Indifferent Wopl,u Luillug-
| J." whole situated IN c',ntiu.. les han u ir.ls
| % dian ter. As We reached within ll.i %
! n.. or .' 4" the clcnriug thl road wp',u,l
'm'Nmu, the trrcs became thinner, enabling
'In to sc" the settlement. A. We reached Ini.
BE to the LETT ~ the town, aud nest the
r''. els thymr.lvss drawn up iu line Of battle
.c.rst tla ROAD, with h.s wings extending into
! .'' t'uh"fs pp either siIC.
lie culumu was Instantly turned into lin,
t battle a,rr. the road, and the result wac u %
100 l.W moments the city was ours, the rebel.
ltcuS iu all directions