The daily bulletin. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn) 1862-1863, 1863-01-14


garth than the pen of newspaper cor
respondent,
The surprised camp surrendered
1900 men and $50 commissioned Off
GERS, who were Immediately parolod.
And .hen commenced the work of de.
stTuction. The extensive buildings of
the Mississippi Central depot, the sta
tion house, the engine houses, and i'm
m0nsc store houses were filled with
supplies OF clothing and commissary
stores. Outside of the depot the bar.
rolS of -four, estimated half mile in
length, one hundred and fifty feet
through and fifteen feet high: Turpep,
tine was thrown over this, and the
whole amount destroyed. Up town,
the court house and public buildings,
livery stables and all capacious estab.
lishments were filled, ceiling high, with
medical and ordnance stores. These
were all fired, and the explosion of one
OF the buildings, iii which was stored
one hundred barrel Of powder, knock.
ed down nearly all the houses on the
south side Of the square. Surely such
scene of destruction was never before
presented to the eye of man. Glance
ut the gigantic estimates:
100000 fixed cartridges and other
ordnance stores, valued at $1,000, 900,
including 5000 rifles and 1000 revol.
vOrS.
100000 suits of clothing and other
quartcrmaster stores, valued at $780,.
900; 5000 barrel four and other com.
missary stores, aud about Sl,000,000
worth Of medical stores, Tor which in
voices to tina, amount were exhibited
and 1000 bales Of cotton and 100000
worth of sutters stores.
As there was no time to remove their
immense stores from the buildings con.
tanning them they were all destroyed,
comprising the Mississippi Central de
pot, engine houses and store houses,
the most elegent and capacious in all
the South, the Courthouse, livery stg+
BILE and the largest buildings on the
public square
WhIle the capture Of the camp, pa.
rolling Of the prisoners and destroying.
Of the stores were going on, the Texas
Rangers, comprising the 9th, 9th, and,
3D. legions, became engaged with the
Michigan cavalry, and drove them pell.
neil through town, and run them off
North with considerable loss to the
AbolitiOnists, and loss Of thirty in
killed and wounded on our part. 4
The ladies rushed out from the houses,
wild with joy. crying out! "There's
some at the fair ground. Chase thems
kill them for Gods sake %. One lady
said: "Ihe Yankee Commandant OF
the Post is in my house; come and
catch him )" and search was instiga-
ted but without success, when the noble
woman insisted that he ,0dS there, con,
cealed ; and finally, aftor much ado, the
gallant (savc the mark) Colonel Muir.
phy, the intrepid Yankee Commadant
OF Holly Springs, was pulled out from
under his bed, and presented himself
in his nocturnal habiliments to his
captOrs.
The Provost Marshal was also taken,
and addressing Gen. Van Dorm, said
Well, General, you've got us fairly
this time. | was in bed with my wife
when ! heard tho firing, and | at once
said, "WeII, wife, it's no use closing
our eyes or hiding under the cover;
we've gone up" II
Our attention was given to Grants
headquarters, which he had left twenty.
four hours before All his papers,,
charts, maps, etc., wero captured, to-.
gether with his splendid carriage, which
was burned. Among his papers was
found u pass, to pass the bearer over
all the railroad and steamboats, in the
United States, at Government expense; !;
to pass all pickets and guards, and other.
papers, at once interesting and valua-
bio. Mrs. Grant was also captured,
but no indignity was offered to her.
Nearly every store on the public
square was filled with suffers stores.
and after our men had helped them 4
selves tho ho In nCc Of tho trOOds xorn