The New York herald., 1862-12-25

datey whietled down brakes, ,aad reversed bis orde
proceeding. Notwithstanding this Captain Iacobs wa
enabled TO bring his pieces Of artillery into such posi
Ion TO give the reteatng aran the force Of thre
shells After doing his business, ard well and ably de
velopig tbe bump OF destruction ia North Carolina ~
sjoned at Mount Olive Station tst about sundsvn.
IS MORE RAILROAD TRACK DESTROYED.
By THE time Mcrns Olive Station had taken up
large extent OF the track destroyed the switches and d0
all the damage could then, aeout eight o'clock, We
set out for change or base made several s,rategsa
movements through woods and swanps and reached the
camp OF the great army about midnight, having GU
ACROSS, explained above. without moving any main
road more than sye minutes q a time.
a vIrv or w.As WAS DoSs
On leaving Mount olive paused for TO behold
tho sight presented - our view saw tie rarsai
appasantly IRE miles extent huge fires OF ties
and warpng rails, and the blank smazsnent that was bt
TOO evident in the face OF released prisoners
The woods were bright and radiant with tbs reflected
light; our hidden road aiso Illuminated and ~
aaiure seemed shsngsc--ss The light reelected On the
xatefs in the swAnp not 10 sne Of beauty, Al least
tos great degree OF attrscysness Al we eft tbs p
ne boys gave thsree cheers the Iaors success aud
ths highly sompiimened by General T. oD mai
lg bis report to that officer.
szBsts AarIvx
We bad hardly isn Mount Olive etatior over an hour
whsn the enemy came down he could with
sosaissd Mcrrimac Railroad Car" and shcd the woods
Cor quite while.
SEVENTH DAY.
SATTLR OF GoLDsBoBo BaIDoE
Oh TIE Fisip, Dec. 81. 1852.
AGAIN ON MAncn.
We resumed line Of march this morning and got
high hill and in full Sigh, Of large force the
snGrDy drawn up in Zine the railroad without sc.ns
anything Of importance 20 impede progress.
ARsIisyRy YiRB--rgBgL sIraHn
IIsvins the advantage Of posi-, HILL over
ue from the railroad, with entirely open cosniry
before us, the riv right and dense wood the
Ieft--we opened she enemy with she'll Tor very
short space or time the rebels s;ocd their ground
but so accurately cid We get the range Of
ther position, rapidly throwing in the shells thu,
the enemy broke and line, and commenced precIp
tate retreat the river the rsrosd brloge VIC
kept up firing with derabie ,sn6 by that
means OF the retreat Of rebel regiments VINO fs
back into thick Soods the other side Of the railroad
u1r xovposT.
Col Ledley then moved battery 70 within less than
half mile Of the enemey'e position The Ninth Now
Jersey ssni TO support the battery open
Geld and fterward beyond H. until the regiment SOL close
" the right Of the rs ad bridge and short distance
rom the enemy snd the river. While these operations
being carried out tho Seventeenth Massachusetts,,
under command o Lieut.. Col Fellows, moved 10 the cft
iuto the woods, waded through mil stream, and
spt ihs vsroad line directly In from; OF enemy
TEE aDwte orw
By tbis time, and while the Seventeenth slowly
advancing, the enemy commenced rapid nrs shot aud
shell rsom battery concealed IN the woods The
river aad 20 the left OF the bridge looking from our
position. ss also from ther iron clad rsrvsd car
cccup, Ing poson the other side Of The river cesc
to entrance 10 the bridge Al this point they sso had
sAarpshcotsrs, who sisd herd bat DID well succeed
IN yiokins OF sur Ioeu.
IsaivAI o. zHs Rxsr assrpal rsynanzw.
BY the time the action had become iosraby heavy We
bssra the whlse Of approaching raiu and soon after
learned from prisoners that the rebel General Pssrer
bs<5lp arrived with renf0rcemonts in the way sl III.
br,gaeT
yuaA saBlJA GsxsT ae APPROACH
pps Of oar shsSs was seen y pass soqs platform car,
tVsaby creating sanuch coafson As 70 delay asnefal
psysfev frcua somiha lmmedis,ss iDto aslos hsvips
,ot de range o. The wsn We throw the ahsjt ~ sY fsst
hN ,Ose nbis wpiIo j rAOvsa fpsAsv "a aAS W y ~
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