Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1862-05-20
Prom the Atlanta cOn'ed sr1ey.
NORGAN,S LATE MOVEMENTS.


Iohn H Morgan recently performed some OF bis char
asterstic exploits at and Pulaski Giles county, Ten
ne,see What he accomplished there an incident
chance accident that arose in his way, and was by no
means the OF Iect which he set out 10 accomplish.
When he seGtOul on his expedition from Cornth, he
had acme 400 men along With him. They we're not all
fighting men, however for all their baggage proTender,
&, were carried pack mules instead oil by wagons,
and those 10 charge of the mules went along 10 that ca
racity ouly When they came into Pulaski, il was a
complete surprise They charging into town, and
oanturipE the struggling Federas every point. The
son Of General Mtchell-a Major In the Federal army
WAS at c hotel there He was prisoner before be knew
that aay danger was nigh. battalion OF infantry was
some few miles of the road towards Huntsville
They were sent for in haste TO the relief OF their
brother Feds then in Morgans clutches but Morgan has
yay of knowing things unlike that practiced by any
one else and soon knew of the approaching Yankees
He divided his forces into three parties dispatched them
on either side Of the road towards Huntsville, aud one
down the road to meet them Soon they were met and
simultaneously the on either side came up, com
nsey surrounding the Feds which when they perceiv
ed they hoisted white flag and surrendered at once
The whole batch Of them had be turned loose pa
role as Morgan had started to go somewhere else than
that pout and had quite different object in view. The
men we're opposed to bcirg paroled but wanted to re-
main prison ers that they would not have TO hgnt
agsps ia any more After burning up cars and trains
Of Federal property and doing such other little tricks as
| il usual for Morgan, he departed on his way.
He vert out by Lawsburg and Pennington, in Mar
sbau county, aud from theOcs TO Unionvlle on the
Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad, which is perhaps
some ten or twelve mics above Ssssyylle and few
miles above Warace There he cut the telegraph vine,
ard having an operator and battery along, be tee'
grsuhtd 20 the Federal Commander a. Nashville that
M,resp and his ege cavalry we're advancing on Shelby
vile and 10 end al the cavalry they hid 10 that poiG
Tho OF, ect o. this to draw the cavalry down this
Wv ,6o be mads SIal IN BE 2.hcr direction 20 some
point where he hs- important work &c Pe.iorm This
would no doubt hsYe been uccesiu but by some means
most likely rom ZONE oi those whom he paroled at
Pulaa the enemy at Nashville had clue 10 his fur.
thrf DESIGNS and not led astray by this device,
which proved very unfortunate afterwards.
After sending this N sage Ee pushed on by Versa.
les and Eaglesyillr in Williamson county, leaving Hur.
freesboro some eight ten miles to the right, and
crossed the riroad a. Smyrna, some eight miles above
Nurfrsesborc and from thence pushed on to Lebanon,
ia Wilson county soe 20 mlies 10 the east oil Nashville,
arriving lst at night
In al aer travels they ps'ed as Union men, belonging
TO the LlOoil cavalry ard cCni 70 difficulty In doing so
Al Uniouvile one old gentleman "A good southerner
uy the b. said yon need not tell that tale TO me- I've
| .een you before, you're Aorgan's men"-but no one
believed him. ill he Was about leaving, and they ga"
, lAat be had cut the wires
| AIt-I,,on ueAt morning be was attacked by very
large cavalry iofCv-.-I5o times that OF his own de
ordered bis ueu to INT 70 ;ae y,e9ts OF the village
aud most them SEW; hind fierce ana watt WITH good
i MI
let them approach within een steps, when be ordered
his men TO dee Il is toll a. By gentlemen, who WA
10 the a. 0n tttt be never sac As 1any Llen tumb
at one fire in his lie Every gun brought down Hes
| SIAN They turned and ned p5ecp!tately,
Just then the keen eye Of Morgan deserted Ia the dis
taucr on the top OF ridge, what be gu ssed Was large
rspiorcements Of the ny, but could rot certainly
= r,ste cut that Il wac; sent forward one OF bis
men 10 r5eoua.ire ~ho vkly returned With the iIor
rl,tin that overwhelming a1-le-s OF cavalry and Ill
fsutrv we're aIo-oaoAug-the cavalry 1t h oHafeS md
es the word was spoken the, almost upon them
Morgan is,s his TO save themselves as best they
could Those Who!s horses he'd not been killed, mouut-
ed and fsd How many Of these ioet escs pc g no.
kuown--though some did, they have size Joined theiI
chief fnCTo ere gene sJ'y o. seventy missing, ie"
! nj whom are kaoEq 10 lie llllsd and Wouh .ed. The
pteate, part Of ts went OF in bOsy, end escaped to
| Sparta, IN White equity, Teua.
| As Morgan and his men were retreating, they
me; By party Of Federss who misook them for their
own men, and ia Tired where Morgan Was aud why
they reuese6 They were az once called upon to sur.
rendet which they did, wh6E they found themselves in
Morgtns presence. Most OF hem, however, escaped,
they could not be well kept in retreat. Amorg them
was Gen. Dumont. This Morgan did not know (he bad
represented himself as a colone till after he had es-
capped.
Morgan lost that fac dashng black of bis, which
Ia nv no a smGl loss. She fell with him in charg-
ing down steep place and was disabled.
he collected sufficient force at Sparta, and ia
now on hH way to some place. Before long We
shall hear Of him again.