New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-01-21

es,y! when ii il known that men OF their army are
constantly securing the country for miles around,
stealing everything that they could lay their lande
upon, in the way OF hor.es cattle, forage, hegs'
fowls: and entering dwellings, robbing the widow
and iatheIess Of the very bsdcoibin2 neoess ry 20
keep them from freezing during tie rgors oil winter
and al.o taking tie very food out OF these helpless
people months and in some instances VIOLATE tho
women-nOt even spaiing those who are, Ike tAeni-
selves looking for their Southern nsbts.'
What considerations tlese vlrtuons rsscals
must have TO told in check those poor devils, who
sufic emily loyal TO tbiS monsiIons rebellion
to volunteer their presence 10 shoot Their ilends ana
countrymen. Oh We hypOcrites.
GONE INTO WINTER QUARTERS.
Ny informant also states that the enemy have
gone into snug Winter quarters, bsyiog built suit-
Gent number OF log cabins 10 comfortably louse
themselves 10. They have now also u steamboat ia
their possesfion which efficient and far-sip hted
commanders allowed to ascend the river from Nash
VILE, laden with army stores and in,renehng tools,
VI which they were very much In need. But We
are consoled with the important inioimStion
that our troops hold possession Of point further
down the river, by which they will prevent the es-
cape of the steamboat should she attempt TO return
again below.
You have no doubt heard Of the joke Of locking
the stable door after the horse bad be n stolen 7
Well this is the cream of that joke. In tho lrst
place they do lot wish 10 take this boat down the
liver again, having much more profitable employ
ment for her here And, on The other hand what
would the loss OF one bind-whec steamboat signify
when compared with the acquisition OF most valuable
military storesi
The enemy are strongly intencbed in their present
pOsuon, III a deep bend Of tie Cumberland hiyer,
occupying both sides Of the Iiver. My informant
states that the late unI leasant weather n telling
most forcibly upon the enemy forces Tie Georgia
and Mississippi regiments he represents us having
scarcely twenty men in a company fit for duty.
Great dissatisfaction exists among them. over two
thousand Of their sick in the hospitalr The
Cumberland River Is at present quite high, having
swollen from the late heavy rains.
Conesp ondence Of lie Cincinnati Gazette
CAMP NEAR SosrHsgr. Ky, Jan. IS 1859.
The Status here IL SIMPLY this: Cittencen, hay ing
taken the command OF the troops ut Nil, Spring,
while Zolliconer has gone TO Na.hville rensins It'll
the bulk of bis IL OOj men, ntrenched and defended
by III pieces Of field artillery aud some 20 Of the
cannon manufactured in the Confederacy, aud war
raned 10 burt the third discharge. His night
flank ID protected by tie river bis lett by White Oak
Creek, stream with high bluff banks, inpasfable
at The camp TO our troops, while his front rests
succession OF bills, not steep, but 30 commanding
that they cannot lie taken without great sau hter.
unless their defenders cut and run Will their ouly
route Of escape cut oil by forces moving toward
Monticello, We may well imagine that If the enemy
fgbts at all i. will be with desperation.
On our part, Gen. Boyle is somewhere on tie
Cumberland River, near Barkesville waiting for
artillery Gen. Thomas 10 fifteen miles this side Of
Columbia or at last accounts, waiting till a
SItch fuub uVWhj anu "o "io ucIe Whiting lOE
orders.
Last evening and this morning we have had a
pleasant excitement in our camp in welcoming Ten
nessee refugees. Seventy three came in. having
travelled by night through the mountains. Driven
from their homes by the tyranny which prevails in
their State, they come TO join those who have prom
ed to redeem their fresides from the pollution Of
the oppressor. 1t is most painful to listen 10 their
stories. The conception has been going on in East
Tennessee, forcing brave into the service OF a
cause which they bate, and Of men for whom d cir
OILY prayers are curses. The greater part OF them
had only time 10 bid hurried good-by to their fani-
lies, and leaving them under tie shadows OF untold
perils, to fly TO tie woods.
One man bad lain hidGen for six weeks, a few
mIles from lis own house, waiting till the blood
hounds should leave him free 10 escape. During
that time lie saw bis home but twice. Several hid
been imprisoned, aud used the first hours Of their
freedom in flight 10 seek revenge under the old hag.
They came 10y mountain passes foioWin. the path.
Which they knew, aud then tie North Star. lntheir
night marches not word WAS spoken Their LANDS
On their knives aud pistols, they came on, pre-
pared 10 die raiher than surrender. Hey tell us
that If we reach Tennessee with anna lOuT-ifihs
OF the male population will flock TO onr standard.
Hey promise Us such a reception as only cEn be
given by brave hearis long crushed beneath superior
oIce TO those who bnBg them rescue.
90 moi like 70 excite hopes which may never be
fulfilled, bat il viii perhaps gladden. the hearts Ct
The friends Of tie boys in the 3j,h who were taken
prisoners In the picket fight Of Dee . TO know that
,hese last corners nom Tennessee report that our
BOYS escaped IRON their Nashville prison some days
'e' S'I'e VI the refugees were confined with them,