New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-01-06


in anticipation Of battle, has died swAy. y
WAS my OPTION, "a expressed in TIE 1isbote, tkas
there would not hs any great battle on that field,
,Otwithstgo6Sg the demonstrations made by the
fcnemy and buster by the Northern press neec
not Tepeat the argument made. Facts snow my
reasons were well founded. Gen. bueli wouii hsso
accented battle had Gea. Johnston been foolish
enough 10 have offered IT, with half the ioree OF the
enemy. and before their intTeuchnen's IL ~ not
there we sonll attempt 10 force orr way u LezingI
ton, Frankfort aud tie Ohio. lie llme nss paesec
for such nOYemest unless we can draw on tAe iui'
mense Union army there to some ONE, Po. ~.
though rave 10 idea the Unionsts viii presume to
march or Bowling Green, still we ere much better
prepared to receive item now, and there ID iess
calse for uneasiness than there Was wneh 'ney
threatened 10 do 40 a few days ogo. =. 80
| Gen. Floyds brigade j. expected IN NashVihe 70"
day, en- route FOR Kentucky The people gre pre-
raIod 10 give hearty welcome 10 this noble corps.
No troops have done better or Suffered more In tho
war nan Gen. Flcyd's. TIE number Of the brs3de
aad It's destination 40 not made public. wherever
IL Qoes il will do 20 d service Il might be rendered
mos. efficient IN coo e alton with Zolicoder and
/ MsrshalI 10 n movement toward Lexington ana
Frankfort The line a conn 4nicati0u 10 Nashville
/ by way az Bowling Green Is ws defended. Tho
active campaign should be no Tue biue Giass Tesion
apf most populous part o. hea,uosyC
Rcports continue to come in, which eppear wei
founded III 4 Gen. Crit,cnden, with i2,oJO Union
is arc threatening HopliBsvil.e. l. Il stated mat
this force IS divided into three c9lnmns. 10 march
from CLINTON, Gre-uville, aud h.d.sonville a. the
same tine Coz. Jacktous command - uni,ed WIZ
that OF Cri'teoden Gen. Clrk Is near Hopkins
Vile with 1900 10 900 troops. There s great eX-
citcnent In that section Of tie STATE. GIeal DGalf
hers OF Keutuckiaus were lockllg 10 10 Coined.
crate flag with whateyer arms tley had CT could
find, while others were moving Their stock ard o'nor
property farther south. We hall hcss acon ploos-
by, OF desperate fighting in the neighboShood ~
! IfOpkDsVille
NE recen, FIRE here in The ordnance stores Of he
Confederate Government ia less di.afsfou, aen IL
was supposed 10 be n first. IL Will not be Of &C
nucp Inconvenience to tae service. 20 doubt Is enc
ertsined now OF il being he work OF az inceniiarys
4 thorough though secret investigation u gong Oh
"a 10 the cause. Tie city auttOrliics are pia-ing
'"O w NAsigiLLE Teen Dec. 81. Zen.
| snsc;sl disDatch to TIE L0NisriHs C0tisS
iron, rootoevi le GAYS taei Col Forests Cavalry,
laFou, 800 strong and Union Cavalry about The sane
humber met 20 Sacramento, on tue Green River, ON
Saturday, when skrnish ensued. About ~
Ulior s,s were klied, wonnoeo thd ,dAe pr.tone's;
Our loss consists Of Capt Cly nefriweather OF
Louisiana, and one private, killed, ana one wounded
The enemy fled in great con'os'9o'
THR FATE OF THE FRIDGE pURNlRs.
= correspondent Of m. N5strihc Patriot rebeisj,
wriing from Rockville, Tenn, under dlte 81
/ December IL, gives the following account Oh no
lhangrr, e the bridge burners:
| ca Iresdsy lat, the execution Of Charles Alex.
ouder Iicnp convicted o. being IN eyed in tie re-
cent couspi-aey % burn tie bidges on the TaiiTo3d
n East Torressee, took Iace Just outside ne cor
pOrstiou Limits Of tie cy, N tie presence o. large
coucourss OF ci izens and soldiers. =,
/ Afar a most Impressive prayer for the spiritual
welfare of tie culprt by the Chaplain, me hiaeg
CAD WAS rlaced on tue plsoners hsac, ADJUSTED ~
ilself ana the r0po t.elteneg aOoG' Lls neck th'
trap.5oor fe-a Shrek. shu5der, and 81 "is oYef.
J The KE0EUNe hegist'T Of Dec. IL gives ihe is'
IloWiuy account Of another execution:
Henry and Jacob Harm on, father aud son, OF Green
Cornfv- an.,Bcci in burning Lick Creek Dudse, or
the Est TenHessee and Virginia Rairos3, were te'
cuted here Yesterday by baogng, sgree2b,[ TO asn-
tenee passed by the couii-a',ai cohfSIe5 " o.ue.
of Gen. Carroll A. the scslold they stated, througa
the Chaplain oil iaiug that they have been not only
ld.lpded out forced 20 commit the crime ;or WI
they were stout to sufer, oy representation thl M
les they made this denonstrhtlon 81 aueahe5 70
Lincoln dyrg-ty their yes aud tIeir property N0lo
Ia In GRE Ter topaIdy IL ga tie Comic iefages.
TIE vCulrer Harmon stated fadLer that IDS ~ moa-
llissiad teen originally with the Confederate Cow
eminent aud b. bad az O-e ilue c0l.enl Noiul~
teel.ug in tie Confederate army, un.I re Was per-
snadsd and msled by tue misrepresentation above
stafed The gpectacle Of their execution Was tefnolo
enough and should be sufficient warning 70 any one
Who nav lend TOO credui0us ear TO ne iaisrnocle
az incclns euissaries OF Of The tofy leaasfs OK me
Il lafo Union party Harmon go yo-nse We
frat while hs Ia,ler ~ AZ tie loot OF the gai"Ns
av ting bis turn 10 that awful leap from iiae 20
rterrity which justice demanded. Toe elder Harmon
Il reported 70 have been man OF considerable prop
cry.
PROM COLUMBUS.
We CLEAN the following from The Columns ,hy3
MRS OF tue 18Th: " %.
The military authorities Of city have laid tari
on spiTuous liquors. 49,
the various hospitals improving very iast; bua
few deaths OF hre.
Tie present de!ightfll weather las enabled our
troops at his 20 nj TO prepare wci for the WINTER
ILty have erected ye'y nortabie ants; IN iaet
majority Of them are as rice ard clearly rs many of
The bast dive ling houses in Columbus. 10 many Of
these luts .Te most oxcelen, ir---.l2ss stoves.
GREAT FthE IN RICHMOND.
rrraIFR nFsTnnILD.