The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-01-24

INTERESTING FROM MISSOURI.
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INTERESTING FkUM MlSOOOAA.
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From the latest Northern and Southern pa
psrs which have bssn received We make mp
the following interesting summary Of news.
Although the news Of our defeat In Ken
lucky lacks official confirmation, still the
very reliable Information which was received
Yesterday at the War Dspartm snt leaves very
little doubt that We have suffered q severe
reverse In that quarter:
ApyAuoy or TIE rBpyAALs-YA1Is Axp DAyvILLI
II DASsSR.
From the Memphis A,olanehs, Of the Goth
inst, ws take the following:
1t appears to be generally believed, from
all the indications, that the long .thrsa tened
advance Of the Eederals is now in progress.
A gentleman who reached this city. In the
late train last night, states that the feds-
rails, 70 the number OF about 90, 600, were ad.
Yancing upon Paris and Dauvilie, Tenn,
and had already pas sed Farmtngton, KY, on
their way TO the poin Is dosig ated. Farming.
ton is in the vicinity Of Paducah.
when our informant passed Danyille and
Paris great excitement prevailed, and tho
Federals were hourly expected.
1t is supposed that the 20 coo here spoken
OF constitute part OF the immense fcrce
which lately left OaiSo for Tennessee river.
the rem ainde- having probably been detailed
to look after Forts Henry and Uoueisnr
quie. possessio" - 49, sun In the
vur troops, who, confident
y. success, anxiously . wait the approach Of
the enemy.
1.-The fsderals should reach Danville and
Paris, they will undoubtedly seek u destroy
the railroad and tetegra pho lines, and thus
cut or communicate ton between Memphis and
Rowling Green. few days-per haps few
hours-may bring startling intelligence.
REPORTED FEDERAL VICTORY IN KENrucKY-Tuz
CONFEDERATE ESTRsNCHMESIs ATTACKED AID
FoRCKD-DEArH OF GEN. zoLLIcoPFEs.
CINCINNATI, Jan. 2o.--A combined attack
was made to-day on Gen. Zollieoffer's Ell.
trenchments, By Gen. schoetf and t;enssA
Thomas, resulting IL a coGnplet3 victory.
ire Stars aud tTipes how ware over the
rebel f5rtificatious. VAC
Our troops captured all the camp D. opsrtv
and large number CT prisoners.
The loss OF the rebels il heavy. ZJIIicodar,s
dead body is in the possession OF the Federal
considering the boastsd impresnabiiity OF
Zoliicoffer's entrenchments, this Is one OF the
most signal victories OF the war.
FURTHER PARTICULARS OF sAIuRpAF's BATTLE.
UISoIssATI, Jan. a0.-The Lexington, ky,,
correspondent OF the Commercial, OF this city,
gives the following account Of the battle
fought on Saturday:
Gen ZollicoKer, learning that the Federal
forces had appeared IN his rear, marched out
of his entrenCnment 1T O'Clock on saturday
morning, and attacked Gen. SchoepH in his
camp.
Our pickots were driven In at an early hour
on Saturday morning, and before daylight
the attack was made The bx;tlo IL saIo 10
have ragged with great fury until O'clock III
the afternoon, when, Zoilicotter having been
killed, the whole force OF rebels fed III con-
fusion to their camp. The loss is not stated,
but it is thought TO be heavy.
1he Baillie fSytOn, Jr., VINO Is among the
killed is a SON at che listing uisled x-mem-
Der vf Congress OF that name from leunes.
see.
Our victory is said to have been very deci-
sive, and Will result in the rout OF the whole
force defending the right hank OF the rebels
position at B0 wiling Green.
GEN. BUELL's DIVISIONAL BRILLIANT VICTORY
AT soAERsEf, KY.
CIxcI5sATI, jar. 20.--A battle was fought
ut Somerset, KY, on Saturday, between the
Federal troops under Gen. Schosvf, and the
rebels under Genera. Zollicoher.
The engagement was commenced In the
morning, aid lasted I'LL nigh tfau
Cen. Zoliicofer was killed, and his army
entirely defeated.
The loss is heavy on both sides.
ssooxD pIsPAroH-rHs FEDERAL VICTORY CON-
FIRAED.
LOUISVILLE, Jan. 20.-Gener al Thomas tel
agraphs to headq uarters that, on Friday
night, General Zoiicoffer came up to bis en-
campmsnt, and attacked him at six O'Clock
on Saturday morning, near Webk's Cross
roads, in the vicinity of Somerset.
At half-pa O'Clock, on Saturd sy after
neon, Zolicoffer and Bailie Psytsn had been
killed, and the rebels were in full retreat to
their entrcnchments, at Mill Springs. The
Federal troops were in hot pursuit.
No further particulars have been received,
nor any account OF the losses on either side.
LOUISVILLE, Jan. 2o.--The recent Hght took
place on Sunday, instead OF Saturday morn
ing. 49,,
ed up the rebels to their entertainments, six.
teen miles from his own camp, and was about
to attack them this morning. Later adv1-
ces states that this attack was victory
Ed He found their entr enchments desar ted
the rebels having left all their cannon,
quartsrmaster's stores, tents, horses, and
wagons, which fell into our hands.
The rebels, in dispensing, had crossed the
Gum berland river in a steamboat and nine
barges, at White Oak creek, opposite their
encampment at Mill Spring.
Two hundred and sevsnty-fve (27V rebels
were killed and wounded, including ZolH-
Golfer and Psyton. The dead were found On
the field.
The Tenth Indiana Regiment lost rs killed
aud wo unded. No further particulars Of the
Federal loss have yet reached here.
THE SCENE OF THE VICTORY.
The scene Of the late victory is Somerset,
the capital of Pulaski county, KY, and Is
situated six miles north Of the Ga m oerland
river, and ninety miles east of Frankfort, the
capital Of the State.
OFFICIAL DIsPATcHEs--rHs FEELING IN WASH.
INGToH.
WAsHINaTos. Jan. 21.-The Government
has received dispatches fully confirming the
Intelligence from Kentucky. The facts re.
ported in the press dispatches are substau-
TALLY correct.
The news causes inten Sc delight here.
THE POSITION OF TIE FEDERAL TROOPS.
The position Of the troops at Somerset, is
thus described in a letter from there, dated
January is, which we clip from the Phila-
delphia Press, Of the 2lst.
The status ners Is simply this: Crittsndsn
having taken the command of the troops at
Mill Spring, while Zollicoffsr has gone to
Nashville, remains with the bulk of his IL, 900
men, entrenchsd and defended by ii pieces Of
field artillery and some 20 OF the cannon man
ufactured in the Con federacy, nd warranted
to burst on the third discharge. His right
flank is protected by the river, his left by
White Oak Greek, Ia stream with high blnfT
banks, impossible at the camp to our troops,)
while his front rests on a succession Of bills,
not steep, but so commanding that they can.
not be taken without great slaughter, unless
their defenders cut and rrn. With their only
route of escape cut CT by our forces moving
toward Monticello, we maj well imagine that
if the enemy fights at all 1t will BE- with iss-
peratiOn.
On our part. General Boyle II somewhere
on the Uum berland river. near Burkesville,
waiting for artillery. General Thomas Is
fifteen aides this side Of Columbia, or was at
last accounts, waiting till creek runs down,
and we are here waiting fog orders. The
telegraph has caught the general infect ton,
and after getting within eight miles OF ms