New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-01-14

lected here With tue intention OF keeping Now
Years, and tie farmers had q great 9uantity Of
failed q little. Forests forces consisted OF about
5000 men, oil mounted, armed with divers weapons
ard many sho. guns. Uc vas taken By surprise.
The battle commenced on Wednesday at III o'clock,
Dee. 81.
ret il he underetcod that this action was fought
By pats Of four seiments, viz: 18th Iowa, I'D
Illinois, 5lh Indiana, and Company IL Of the 18th
Illinoil-in all about 900, Of whom about 1900
were baoun,ed. Gen. Sullivan, commanding in per..
SON. WIS several miles in the rear with the rest OF
his army. TIE action commenced By our advancing
" ia orc cannon. and shelling tie Sccesh across
I'LL. A'ter half an hours work il was found that
lly were too pluc, for us, they had at Least ten
guas, which they lad posted admirably. BIZ. Freq,
sage thai these pieces were 20 wen 1anoieu thaS
their gunners could have killed squirrel Win them
at an ordinary distance r. u
We had Only three gnng, which were poorly man
as;od and they We're soon sisenced By the Aihag Of
he horses aud the woandng OF the men. we
fosced to fan back to the cross roads, from
which we had advanced half mile, when the
, IL bells cana forward aud surrounding as, made
charges upon onr center, flank, AID rear. Toe
main Of tue country is tuch hat they found il C
icu!t to make a,laeks The ground il broken into
hiIls, between which lie FL nsssAoderaLely level
ani there ARE many patches OF woJds through
which the cavalry could not operate, and both par
ties ii<9aoutly OisnJaDted.
On one occasion he enemy came through an o2ar-
~ IN Tho wood. hardly wide enough for one 70 NE;
anu IN they dId 80 every man WIS slot lasy SIle0
lex. come otaor rolte. They would then como up
a il!la hollow or sloa, TIE edge OF wood, a! ut
oLce gsdriu n great lctce iroUi an UNLOCKED ior
d!iecilOn; bu6 IN every instance they 'scse o.HSe.
% ret.eas I. ON tAe deadly &c OF oar len
ii nIic The battle was rs.iIs IL tbJ manner, rev.
efai of tic soldiers went lnto waite houao near by,
md L. ke open tie eairy,' aad were i-flpmg
M mseiges 10 milk, when, my Informant coming IA
ora Ass e.rlpd, tue dy OF ie lcuAe rem sAed shGt
y was cruel .ilg FOR oar so.diers to oieaH 9pea
hy. dCiTy tais manner, :va sic STA mat tue NOl-
ieler.tes, tLoGgh they had bren al Moahi, hal
nev 81 a.temp,e, sIsa tbipg. NJ. Freeze remarked
t4. lLey had cause 10 10 50, ecc .lo Lad Wiling
ly provided them with every t1mg. Upon Ibio zoe
G.oupLt o.; 1. large quantity ot hss ard COOKED
ylo.uu.s and ed or seldIDrs wlaS they wished
Just thsn o slot from TIC bcJci batteries Wtns
uifouat me house and n.ac the fy,lntegs By.
Iue battle stiil rsgeG thrOugA the whole viciLity,
all coussill " attempts - i)cce ouT ceR.eror
10 falls us uniw ares. great cal Oh ig"tluy vas
doLe by Individual sylGcTs, Ing ~ sOmpslIsi con
e,asd IN uli es aVnB enco o. other i2ca, and IN
tiit Say a gseat many ReJcls weIe killed OGtnGht
= meme yer ley showed even part Vi intIr 6olie-'
Abou . Geek lhoy coiley,ed together, and made
a Rrlnd ChaTge IN our center IA Tue load, 4hG hAae
ds, p.rtts e.J.ts 20 carry the Position. But thty
yeis M bic D. do 20, and at ha-past Iaree riHG AZ
nOsJ wholly coascd. Ny h.i)relaht SIT q tnat lie
NV n..Iy instances Of tue K-Le.s teinR ehos WHO
we're picked up ia the thick OF The heht aai thrown
l h. a LOrfc EtipIt Al lleSE, tAt ~ 'daIi'A
A Lille alter the hour just named G,n. Sullivan
eou,es in ~ he keJols from Tho NORTH, while the
lo.ces lbut had bceu ilsAtiag LIN i!ou'si Din ron
I tue soath. AZ cncs JIG tooG Over Jby lHs0neisG ld
ten c..hE D, % well as hsr, when had ours.
Oue thousand hOrses alsO were takcI. Eve hundred
OF tuose wee good noIs,s; tho pst @eIo So Jaded,
torn aud used up IS 90 DC worthless.
Ins nauioer II snail arms taken Was great. No
/ osiaaalo j. given, JUt when oar Hen bId 'Oaco!
t,s va gOss wi, all they could hold they Destroyed
to rect ~ ANY way tse! N"HiHI ~su-A'y siaifts q
The ,ar.iamed For.eft Cavalry now started or
the rennes,se River on tie lyeliest dcnble quick,
tie New-ieai'B celebration deferred, whiia Oen'
sullivan pvseuee. IN.
vital re VI four regiments, bad strt,d from Jack
run u!d lea upon Forrest ~ auSanco oil SuiAVH''
Ino geBcra rel OFT a. and II should seem coffsc',
that ten. q rsut h4s cent iOrNe from Iothh 10
the Tennessee AZ P,tt.burg Landing, ana that TIE
,,,t,,, ~ -cnnug I'D and aOwA viii De found ready
tpe theul, while hey have destroyed all Eeahs "
Or loss IN lhis engagement was 81 killed and 500
wounded, ~ Of whom tr,ba1Ij Will G's--~"'y %
tucm arc oniy slightly hurt. The eneny lo'' was
., touud dead Oh tne sld; l. Ii estnated thsy have
$50 wonnded. \ more desperate or.hoOay bstis
has nos AIKEN place IN This war He readef WEI oe
uprsed 20 tie lowneso Of our lorces, aId app'1to
/ hear Ri,si0as success.
~ iufJrmalg, IN giving little of bis expsr5nfe,
b CAV 3.
Rebel disul guithed himself by Ills daring and, Ls
me thins was coming TO clJse, he want,d 10 ray
tb he wac ee, tain lnat he did thing IN fsriin-
lar; 30 he takes sIm in the best po-liIOn le eOui1,
hred ut tits daring Rebel, and brong t. him to tie
ground.
Duc moro incident. He Gays that he got serarn;ed
fom ais company when he went after n!b, ana
l',, he t1li Ia with some Indiana boys W. were
iyl.Vin the shelter OF woods, through Nhlc1 tic
enemy wer. iGying to make theie wayi and he says
Ls never saw iunny set OF men, "a they hay Try
ing to yet IA shot in short, they JoGed about me
htine.s more th.n # they were lilcDinE q1ola,
while u was certain death TO any enemy WHO barely
slowed his head 10 theeo western mhrksmen.
Ny informant states tlat the he9'0 uusiuess Is
uretiy much used up, the Le2roe5 dong WHAT tney
l. eaar lie saw several men with large plantal0ls
vylo arc xoLs 10 got I'D of their sayea tGa there
may be fewer. la cOnSlasoo, have 10 speak Ui
Now aud very important move, anu one which,
il followed up, viii produce Il great change. HE
rail,oad between Columbus and Holy Springs Is
now repurcd and IN running order except DISTANCE
OIL ten mile aotoss OOion Flats The Work required
mere is iMniente.
Tho OH, .ers commanding have seized upon known
svmualblAcrs WIth the Rebellion 40 matter " whether
,ie OF pOor and set them work repairing this part
oI tho road. They guarded by l. g soldiers with
lolLtd musk.,s. Their Union nelghDofs, fidhg
along and ,eeng them ut WORK, ohopping, hewiny
aud hiIiog heavy tmbefs. ufe no gentle language