, 1863-05-04
CHICAGO, MONDAY. NAY 4. 1868.

tents and camp equiragc Of the post. he
then Ieisurcly withdrew his men, and Win
prisoners and plunder rejoined the main com-
mand. The whole force vas back IN eaarters
at franklin BY 8 o'clock, not man LOST or
wounded, and every one, Of COURSE Jubiant
oyer the mornings achievements.
One hundred md eightJ-tno prisoners we're
captured, among them eight commissioned
officers. Over three hundredgood horses and
mules, every one Of which has been turned
over 10 the Quartermaster as serviceabie, we're
taken, and an ambulance, ian old one OF Col
Coburn's, By the'by) well laaen with yalua-
bic medicines. The figures will say 10000
worth Il rebel property destroyed and leap
tu1cd.
One Of the incidents Of the "dash'' cost
the Confcderacy tie paper upon which $40 600
Of their promises to pay we're printed a
rebel ra4 master, attending to pay the lie
cion.'5 WAS constrained to the destruction Of
that amount If tile precious " stun
truce that Van Dom is terribly exercised at
tie audacity and success OF the exploit. The
Ttxan Colonel who was in command Of the
post, is urder arrest, and upon trial By court
martial, If convicted Of derilictions charged,
! j. to Ee shot.
Rebel authorities hare way OF dealing with
| delinquent officers that nigh: be probably
initiated this side of the fight.
| My visit here has been profitable and most
! PLEASANT Certainly, I have never seen n :
| army 60 finely located rs this. The village o.
| Frai,klin lies upon the south bank Of the aar-
| neth River, at point where 1t winds through
orc Of the most lovely valleys in the state.
Tic hills around are covered with gieat for;
es: trees, grounds underbrushed, and dotted
Will elegant country houses. Tue ltnd Is
| = 1,:v1,o Hfn
7u,ion, and one standing upon the bluffs north
# the illagc looks at every quarter upon a:
fair garden as was ever shaped By the hane
CT n,aii. Trees in full leaf, howers abloom
Cround newly plowtd, greet ones view a.
each hard, aud, thongh standing npon at tnt
gguus, II is hard to realize that but yesserda!
Il,at Wiley YVES the scene Of battle; that bnt
ysete1day, across its quiet plain men "cr'
hu,lng death-dc:lling missiles at each other:
The Union troops are e't.amped upon IN
north bank Of the stream, opposite the low
having the choicest grounds for quarter!
| Gen, G,anger'e command was said By the a:
! sjstant Surgeon General, Dr.. Hamilton, to
the healtlcst body OF troops he had lnspet
It'd, condition attributable in the main, Pc
5 haps, to the sp1cudidEiocat:on Of tau camp
After all, however splsndIls4l localons vi
lad it not been for the admirable police reg' @
j. latjous Of General Granges's command, tou
e geon General Hamilton would hare doubtlc
bccn 1tsb complimentary.
= Readers Of the Chicago TRIBUNE have
s. large interest in this extreme right Of Il
j. arniy Of The Cumberland, Miler's Chicass
Battery, and the 18th, :'2d, @tl, and li5
Illinois infantry, and tie I'd Michigan eaval,
n constituting portion Of tile command. Al
If am prepared 10 say that this military rep
sentationi Of the Northwest is fully VI, 10 tn
r fellows OF the main army, in drill and gene
IN There is not much danger Of a repetition
the Brentwood and uarpeth Bridge aIalrs,
- an ample protecting force, under command q
e. Col. Dan McCook, Is entrcnched at the Il
" peth crossing. Van Dorm understands,
~ position, no doubt, and will be slow at max
e his accustomed dash.
L. return to Mu1ffcesboro tomorrow, r
whence come rumors Of advancing rebels
n. all sorts of stories Of impending battles,
>, where will stake my prof ssio1ral reputat
~ there will be nothing Of the kind within !
oe next four weeks. L.