Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1862-01-29
NEWS OF TIE WEEK.

beside she Intelligence of the BarHsid,
neet being IN Pamlico Sound we are also I
RECEIPT Of news of a terrible battle I'm Ken
sucky which resulted d;sastrously ia on
iorces. We are not disposed to credit th,
news however, as it comes from tia north
and the same papers that bring this news Al
50 makes statements fer facts thai are know,
In tne South to be utterly false.
The Editor Of the Norfolk Day Book is !,
possession of the Philadelphia Press Of tn,
2lst, which says that Gen. Zollieoaer wa
defeated On the 18th, az Somerset. Kentnck '
oy Gens. Schoepf and Thomas and ~.
.hey were m possession of Gen. Zollicoffsr,
aeed o0ay; that Baltic Peyton, ir., was ais,
Killed, and that our troops left their entrsnch
@en1s the next day. Gen. 2. is said tn have
been the attacking party, and that the battle
lkscsd Vfs entire day. Gen. Zollicofer,s ,oss
Is put Gown nt 275 killed and wounded and
ft IS Euritted that the Federal, lovs
h'aSy, rs of the 10Th Indiana regiment alone
beiD killed.
Inc same paper by which these statenon.,
arc oFOaght, also states that the Confederates
A"ve evacuated Manassas, and have fallen
o~ch 70 meet an attack from the FederaIs ~,
the seaboard. This is well known 70 he :.
,slSehood' and the statements about Gen. Zol-
nconer may be equally so. We shall prob
aoly hear something more of the n,,tto~ h
lore going to press.
Inc same paper brings a telegraph;c st,+o
A4'n' rom ot Louis dated the 18th, which
says 20. Miles has been defeated st Tro..a
oy zen. JEFF. Thompson of the rebel service
out nc particulars are given. The s.n a..
pa0ch says the feds. are daily EXPECTING an
attack from JEFF: Thompson, at Pilot Kn.b
Inc Norfolk Day Book has received ;nta,; |
gehce that Mcclellan was PREPARING to cross
the Potomac, (see article from that paner ha
lo"') and the active movements on the M;ss;s-
sippl' IN Kentucky and other points. indicate
ne probabilities Of the general simnlt.noo,.
Engagement at the several points indicated in
our last weeks issue. Perhaps the Burnside
leet IN amllco Sound is only waiting for
ne suspicious day to arrive. on which -
D"Ns demonstrations on the North Carolina !
~
Z. S.-THE DEATH OF Zot11cor,,. O.
dispatch to the Cbar1o+to SuN-
IN rom Richmond dated 23d inst ssvs !. !,
Crittenden was in command says 1nat /
lght regiments and six pieces If a%rt;,,anu U
ttacked the enemy in a strong nos;,;an a
lsning Greek and repulsed him With baau III =
'ss. But upon the death of Gen. ZolI;cogan r
+ d bstgY 4 ~Saggags si aaffaagee r &c. me bbfo6. : :
loss is supposed to be 500 killed and II
1t is also said that the Confeder- fc
troops were in full retreat upon Knoxville. o
enn. .
FROM KENTucKY.-The Fort Henry cor. .,
Of the Union and American, m :,
" date Of January Goth, says that three 81
ederal gunboats came within three or four al
of the fort last Saturday and fired
shots from behind an island three miles .
slow, all of which fell short more than a al
lie. The gunboats then retired. 1t has e.
nee been ascertalned that they landed $500 m
oops at a Ferry % miles below the fort. d,
1t 10 understood that between 5000 and :
200 kederals are marching from Mayfeld. :"
entueky, either upon Fort Henry or Paris, 81
r.
General Van Dorm passed through Nash ;,
lie on the 18th, it is believed, en- route for ="
owing Green.
Passengers who arrived at Nashville. on di
le 21st, report that the Federals to the num- RI
sr OF 10000 or IL, 900 are at Murray. CAL :
way CO., KY, % miles from Paris, Tenn.
is said that they are marching in the di- IL
,ctlon OF the latter place, but nothing def tt
tie is known OF their movements or inten- r,
ons. 1t is supposed that their object is TO s.
'ize the railroad and burn the bridges to .
communication between Columbus 81
nd Bowling Green. s.
A despatch from Memphis, dated the Dist. a
lys the. latest intelligence fromParis isto the Il
1ect that q large Federal force at Murray.
y, IS threatening Fort Henry and the 0
lemphis and Ohio railroad, their object be- C
lg to cut oil communication between Mem f
his and Bowling Green. There is some ex. :;
at Paris, % miles from Murray
everal shareholders have already come to q
lemphis with their negroes. Y
There is nothing new from Columbus
n attack was expected there every moment. Z
From SAvAENAH.--The Savannah News t
| the 22d, learns from a gentleman Just from r
lorida, that. Cedar Keys were captured by 6
he federAls on Thursday. Heavy firing was =,
card in that direction the same day. t
The Norfolk Day Book Of the 22d, saws: ;.
Intelligence has been conveyed to US that
lcClellan was preparing to cross the Pots-
and when our informant left the po;nt
f observation, the necessary preparations b
ere very nearly completed. ]
The Yankees are represented as being about
, make one moro great effort, upon which .
leY rest their ability to SnhinpAte the SIXTH Z