Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1863-01-14
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y coTTfslhlufnt n' 'lie NthHlr lpplNu NC
cords The praise Of saving Grenada to n
Texas cavalry brigade, under Col. John s.
Grtiths. Ee says;
"This brigade though small, when it was
known the enemy were lanking our army
NJ Abheyille, was ordered TO move NJ once
TO "pauola,n aud from thence to flank the
enemy If he should he making toward the
Central Railroad. When Col q. arrived at
Pamela, he found that such was the case,
aud by his indefitigable will, he moved ut
once, trayclina day aud night, If possible
10 Intercept the enemy s force then moving
toward Grenada. This was eaectually Gc-
I cOmpl E.--the lst inst. Learning ihat
the feolernls had fallen back to Charleston
for reinforcement, Col. G. left Grenada on
The morning Of the I'd for Oakland, deter
mined TO strike them blow al all hazards,
aud furthermore cover our then retreatlng
army. On tho m0rning of the Sd, the enc
my were found at Oakland, moving in
sroug force toward Coiieevillc. No sooner
were they found than the brave "Tcxans,"
distinguished in many hard fought field,
determined if possible to cheek their on
ward movements, and how soon was this
Effected, fighting them half hour, captur-
ing their cannon and number of prison.
ers; at ouce cast a damper over their appa-
rent good success, and they were forced to
fall back TO their base of operations
it seems to be pretty well understood,
that Gems. Van Dorm and Forrest, with n
cavalry force, Of 5000, has gotten in tho
rear OF Grants array, and report has il that
they lave destroyed immense quantities of
stores, ard captured large number Of pris-
oucrs. The Houston Telegraph says that
fol rest, before lie formed junction with
Van Dorm, captured 2000 prisoners.
Gen. LoriHg Of Western Virginia notori-
ey. sunerceded Van Dorm in command ct
his CORPS de drmie, the latter taking COM
nand of q the cavalry.
1t is said tIiat Morgan is again in Ken
tuck v, aud we may expect to hear Of bridge
burning and telegraph feats criraOrdnaire
in n short time.
Gen John II. Morgan, the guerrilla Chief
tain, was married at Chattanooga, on the
18th Dec, to Miss Matte Ready, eldest
daughter Of Hon. Chas. Ready Of Tennes-
see.
Heavy rains have occurred in Tennessee,
and all the rivers are rising. This viii en-
able he Federal gunboots to get up the
Cumberland and Tennessee. The Cipcin-
mali Commercial says the gunboats viii as
cend the Tennessee TO Decatur and get in
Blage's rear.
Andy Johnson has issued an order asses
sing the secession citizens Of Nashville,
$4,000, on the plea Of providing for the
poor.
Wm. II. Polk, the traitor, died at Nash
vile, on the 18Th ult.
EFEroyTERY.-A correspondent of n
Nor. hern Journal, from Bulnsidcs army,
SAYS hat The "rebels continue 10 face us
unou the other sice of the river with the
greatest eiIrontcry."
10 face Yankee in defence of your
own soil from invasion is, in his opinion,
the height Of eifrontery IF human i'm
rudencc has ever gone further than that
lhe annals Of mankind I ave failed TO re-
cord the mstance--&rhmoRd Dis
patch. :,
Mrs. Prentice wife of the Yahkee editor
of ihe Louisville journal, reached Muriies-
boro' on the 1st inst on visit TO her son,
Major Clarence Prentice, and her brothe~,
Captain CalhounDenham, one of the most
able and gallant officers in the Confederate
service.
The Mobile News is OF opinion that the
Emperor Of France is not man to be ath-
wnrtei in purpose he has onc6 deliberntc-
ly undertaken to accomplish, and that when
he has once said to the other powers OF Eu-
rope that it was time for the bloody wGr of
America to stop, we may be sure he knows
he is backed by the public opinion and the
interest of Europe; and is not to be turned
aside by such nambr-pamby answer as
;hat given by Earl Russell. The News
says il is now known there is rejoindcr to
Earl Russell, and The probability is that
the latter is prepared to - convinced, and
only wants little more argument and per-
srasion. The London Saturday Review ex-
presses the opinion ihat the Emperor's de-
signs upon Mexico are complicated with
his present movement in behalf Of our re-
cognition. and that while he is determined
TO dictate new form Of government IN
Mexico, or rather some forts OF stable gov
ernment, in place Of the anarchy that has
prevailed there for so many years, he knows
he may look with certainty for an enemy
in the Yankee Government, and with equal
certainty for friend in our Confedeacy.
No step could be better calculated to Sc
crrc our friendship than his movement in
behalf Of our recognition. The News fur
ther suggests that the Rio Grande is not
by any means so. desirable Southern
boundary to The Confederate States, as =
line along the. Sierra Madre, whisi would
give 10 orr Confederacy several Of the rich
Mexican States, such as part Of San louis
Paosi Nueva Leon, Coahuila, and Chihua-
hua. This it is thought, viii soon be seen
TO be an important acquisition 10 us while
to secure our trade in The great staples Of
cotton. tobacco, &c, with a uatket here FOR