New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-01-29


With daybreak some OF our guns were got in'' a
,oa;, ion commanding the rebel intrepclnens, ana
,.c,e soon bnrliDg shells upon them. Crowds OF ibc
,anv were soon seen hu.ryine DO NO the hills toward
The landing aud ,he little ferry boat was rafid steam
my TO and fro carrying who were ai'er"aro io"nu '"
have been the last Of the Coniederates OH 'he ignt
bank OF the river. No response OelIg eIcited oy
sur shells, the infantry was ordered forward, the
I0th Kentucky in the advance. With ius'y cheers
Che ,roo,s rnshed down the road and up the hills
crowned by Notifications snd climbing over the bar
rics,des Of logs obstructng the approaches on all
s,des. the Kentuckans in q few minutes were on
the parapet shouting, jumping, and waving their
hate and muskets. Hardly five more minutes elapsed
when the rebelcamp teemed with thousands OF frint
ealy excited soldiers. Pell-me they fell upon their
prey. Vainly tried the officers to preserve oder
The bands Of discipline remained lcosened until the
spoils had all been appropriated.
The panic of the rebels had been manfestly un-
paraIleled. Had they made stand, the natural
strength Of their position would have made u marc
work for our troops to drive them out The intTench-
nents were Of very simple description. But they
extended over three hs the steepness aud isolation
Of which made each natural fort But as 1t was'
the enemy, from General down TO prvates seemed
% have out.dope each other in general stampede.
The rebes literally saved nothing but their precious
bodies aud what they wore on them. Eight OF their
guns, including two Parrot lO-pounders, with cais-
eops and Ammunition were left on this side, together
with nearly thousand stand of arms, and hundreds
of boxes Of cartridges, LOO horses and mules, Il
drove Of cattle, 100 wagons, with corresponding
nhas ofs Of arp yqltp of
nissary and Qusrtermssters stores, some twenty
bales Of blankets and quite and tie personal effects
Of officers and men.
Only email number Of tents were found. The
rebels had been nearly all housed in well-built
Shinked and plastered cabins, with chinGeys aad
floors, most of which were erected in the bottom of
the rayines intervening between the fortified hills
The greater number Of the wagons were drawn mp
along the river bank. Eight fine artillery horseS
were found with their hrOais cut-a piece Of barbar-
ism in full keeping with the general practice of the
rebels.
The trunks found in the hu,s were oil forced open,
end their contents closely examined by our men.
IA many Of them gold coin and watches, and large
quantities of Confederate scrip representing thous-
ards of dollars officers uniforms aud valuable cloth
ing, were discovered. About dozen Of Col. Har-
lans men ooh Kentucky dressed themselves mp in
the shining uniforms of rebel field and line officers.
Piles Of correspondence and dagueueotypes were
like wise captured. In the former come very inter-
estng letters from high officials Were included, the
benefs OF some OF which will hereafter transfer TO
your columns. Wonderful to relate, only four
barrels Of whisky were found among the spois.
The scarcity Of this article accounts fer the absence
of rebel valor
When our troops took possession Of the intreneh-
ments, considerable body Of rebels was still Visible
or the LEFT bank. The Stars and Stripes were at
onoe planted or the parapet and as practical
bic another reminder Of The Union victory was I'd
miDistered TO them in the shape of SHELF. At the
FIRST report Of cannon, tie last of tie Confederate
soldery rapidly disappeared from view among the
opposite bluffs. Oar artillery threw q few shells
into large storehouse the other aide, from which
shortly afterward flames were seen to Issue. The
binding war burned TO the GROUND in III hour. In
fortunately. it communicated ERE 10 the sieamloa.
the rebels had been using, which soon consumed H.
IN the afternoon rope ferry was discovered near
Che mouth Of White Oak Creek, on which Cole
Manson and Harlau and many other officers with n
proper Escort, made Trip across They found six
sddtona, pieces of artillery, with caissons making
The tOial number captured sixteen, come fifty odd
wagons, and from - 10 100 head of cattle. Some
residents informed them that the rebels had set fire
70 the starehouse which contained large quantities
OF provisions, before orr shells struck it. They also
stated that when the fret shell came flying across.
the rebel ofcers shouted TO their men to get away "a
best they could, and gallopped OIL Sauve qu peut
II sfIer IL ITO of he Southern chiv
airy.
Inc Vs. - ie..'-
eat Oh the y..,.,e N killed and wounded
was to-day officially reported TO be, on the Union
aide. 80 of the former and ~ Of the latter Among
the killed are Lient. Miller of Wolfords Cavalry;
Lieut.. Smith, of the 10Th Indiana, and Sergeant
Gratzmuller. Of the ftb Kentucky. OF wounded
officers there are Col. McCoob, Second Lieut.
Burt. Major Joseph and Lieut.. Zaf6l, of tie 9Th
Ohio The loss is divided about az follows between
she several regiments engaged:
Fourth Kentncky-S killed; "a wounded.
Ten,t IndiaDa-ll killed: - wounded.
Second Minnesota killed; - wounded.
Ninth Ohio-G killed; IL wounded il
WoIford's Csvalry5 killed; IL wounded.
This list may not be accurate bat an osic.', orc
with the names Of all, viii probably nOtJe cample,ea
foF some days me wounded ere seattle cd in
mFn. -yoses and camps. A few have be brought
IL ,ls town. Fifteen Of the woO- .ded are expected
70 die; but the majority al" only eighty injured.
Nany were shot in tho. hands while taking aim.
The rebels eit al their dead and wounded on the
field bat Eve of their surgeons remained with the
ls'ter. thus far, 10 Of their killed inclusive Of
Zollicelfer), and some 100 Of their wounded have
been found At least twenty Of their wounded will
yet die. Many had limbs amputated. A large ror-
zion of the killed Mere ehnt through the head ThoY