The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-05-25

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NEWS OF THE WAR.
The following sur mary - made up from
the latest sousheru pspsrs rscsivsd At tnis
IRON Hcnfu ALBANIA.
A correspondent from meu5sf Of the First
Iouislsn cavalry writes "a Interesting ist-
Ter to the Noble 7sitsss. which W copy:
We ara at present. snoampsd within half
miIe Of the fsnneases river. having bta1 In
e: :ods os sns S: . tie Soss
Of Tsnnesses. During that time ~ have met
the ensm7 In four diR.rsn engagements. nnt
We feel thrill Of Pride In befog able 20 state
81 our ssliaat b,ys have sent them lying
rom the soil which they p'llute with shsir
presence.
The d ut fight occurred near Tascumb,a, la
which Uapt Cannon with hundred IA 70, ten
from each company. engaged force Of the
ensmy's cavalry ana Infantry, 0ntnumbsriDg
him three 10 one. o>e morning about daylight
~ they ware moving On tow .rds Decatur. r
sent the kissing bullets Ia showers amon9st
our boys for while, but were unable TO with.
stand the flsry charge Of Captain Cannon and
his brave troopers. who broke and scattered
number Of them wish.ht losing d single ID an
himself, and rel inning tina main body Of the
regiment the next day. bringing with him
twsusy.seSen prisoners as tror nies Of his vic
fl; " gaIlantry. had thrown aside their plo y.
shares to testify their devotion to Uacle Abe
on tbs "tsnted Held" three of whom Colonel
SCOTT returned TO their owner; the fourth QUE,
anotar'ous villain, Was taken 70 Inc battle
dsic and hung.
Afler tie ats ck Of Capt. Cannon, the enc
M reieased wish such rapidly ths they for.
sos TO Ike their prisoner with them, and
oouud fsr .atur w sI nav nurnt the ns
railroad biIgs which spans the river at shat
place.
We rode leisuseiy sIoi 8 through the hsau'i.
iai sesue.y CT North A;s9sna; me Psopis
And baililg Us as h<ir deliverers from Insult
and outrage, In further quest of ID Use gen.
try that thus maze WAt upon the lovely
isdies es wall as tina en- Of cur tsiosa1
I; II h
On arriving n. this place fUourslsnoj u!
Scvtt learned tEs: tAsTe Vas large nEInosr
IF ths evenly At Athens, about thirty maes
irom b. re, and resolving 70 attack them, We
crossed toe river In hat.bOats, CD Wedass ny,
3o.h April. AID. tra Yelling all night, the dsst
uaaIns of the morning sun fcurd Us within
three miles Of Athena
Col. Scott sent forward an advance guard
throwing TIE rest Of his men In line OF bts-
tie. The advance guard consisted OF son2
forty ineo, uhder Capt. Leake-his o We c1m-
paly and portion Of the Morgan hangers
Capt Leeke rnng out the charge. and away
We went, with the rapidfty Of lightning,
riSa. or them, this Yankees scattsr;r 70 the
fight and Left aud firing volley after voiisy
US hey ran
Capt L AXE hen ordered Us to Is.pra. aud,
ia 2 short time, as was anticipated. here came
the A.aceln chlva!ry, their bright bayonsts
giistsnlng in the sua, breathing vengeance
aga:4es the daring rebels who owned Col
s.to.t Is iheir leader bas our Colonel, not at
ali disina. ed by Ins foa midnbie array, calmly
o.dersn Lieut., Holmes to turn loose mis- how.
;zsIs It tlen, AID with q storm Of shd~aod
sas!i Gs swept the woods ~ the coWaTdiy
hi creaLte.
VS. sursusd them L | hard satiop int aud
through Athens. about 6fty Of the co nm aud,
armed with shot guns and the howitz.r bat
seYsn miles On the Huntsville rCod From
time to iiue they m ouscaaed us and made q
stand, and en- every occasion we d.saodged
them. We returned 10 Athens with the iosa
Of one man killed and two wounded. On oar
way back we passed eighteen or twenty OF
taeir deed bodies.
A. the SANE time that Ocl. Nixon was sent
In rrsuts with tbs SHIT guns, Capt cannon
was placed In command If the T. .fiss, and
sent @ cut off train Q: cars at Limestone.
eighteen miles distant. He reached The place,
and alter sharp nxht whipped the guard.
SUI ioae M ~, ,re,n ad q :. "a., n,,ad
an BEAUTIFULLY. He toox twenty.ore orison.
srs, including two Captains. and burned slev-
IN o.f. iosasu VIA plUvassO1s' snu f0'"'A
col. sact, ,nou@st Il hsst 20 rsoro,s the riysr.
- Wa VIA shoe of ammnnition ard he en-
tcipated An early attack. and sure enough the
49,. 'Ss,o naIr ~ ,hs r"s,want n.t crossed
Eik r,v r. a small sfream' inree mules from
tna rsnnsss.s a nickel csme rushina 10. an
nouncI Thai q lara bodv Of YnnSe. oavai.
~ ~e, q s;eh. on ne Liant .a,o,1 Nixon i'm
maf,"tatr 1,rmsI ns in,o line vrhey, thev
.ams 40 strnuo .wean,nr down an MS 10 a
.,csn S,s:d: hat our novs. cool and co!tscted.
s1at. al M, tit thew Sot v,thin l60 vards OF
,nn,, 80 'h.n ~, - S.aSI- a. =, th.rn
s,n n;vins fifsesn sadniss ot thar r.dsrs. and
~ -, ~ a,a~rds. "a oonf nss"n her
wy .O aer. IN ~ 1870 .onOS 'Ao--
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wy. ou. Wy ~, ~ eS A.o Uas. ~.
oosn Ds.oTs lug ~ "a. ~ a.oae nnn,. ~
OF tnem, James UrAW!0aa, n.avs: nooae d1i.
NV: ~as ~. me. R.so..G M :,S, 90. -
WI ".o n"so N. 10y H';s:. a ~ S,n.vatto,
Lieu ~ 'Ho ~ Nnyu "a hsar.n~
=! ~ "a. W IA: SccIs "A~ SncH ~ osSa..SS
eoth mere ana IN AsnsnS: ~. nnoosa ne otae. c.,
- S,s no,.. norscsornn. wsrE ~ IN
49, .r". , ~, rorreS :ronnd ~. al All
nI 10 ,c..a.."af =. - he .r~rs A. = 1.stiva
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sstasring. --
AVN1 ADoo1 Ii'A '"H' Ao"uA
Everything ID regard &c the heroic partisan
John T. Morgan, IL Inter ss.ing, and we there.
.,.r..,,v. n, M. m,v.msrt. rr,ro
Aos 10y y. AoaA
the montgomery AdvTfts~, OF Inufsdav iast !:
The veritabls Dol. John r. Morgan, Of Ken i.
tucay, who hae produced 20 much copsterna,
ing exploiis, was certainly in this city on
Tuesday evening While In our midst he
visited tina honss Of II II. Vim. p. Uhilton,
whose lady 10 his second cousin. His pres.
tnce at the Exchange attracted large crowd
OF spectators, all eager to see the hero 81 80