The Shasta courier., 1863-03-14

RUsE OF RosEcRANs AT MURrREEsBoRo.-A
cunning ruse-a Roland for Bragg's Oliver
wa practiced upon the enemy, Friday
night, Jan. ID. 1t was apparent that their
numbers exceeded ours. Major General
Thomas, who is habitually deliberate, said
the enemy outnumbered US some 5000 or
5000 men. Afterwe occupied Murfreesboro
We ascertained beyond n doubt that Kirby
Smiths 10000 men, which we knew had
been detached from Bragg, ostensibly to 60
to Mississippi, had been quietly bivouaked
among the mountains within call of Muir.
freesboro, and when the Army of the Cum.
bcrland moved upon Bragg, they were order.
ed back to the 'front.' 1t was cunning ruse
Bragg did it to bring on an engagement,
vainly imagining that his reinfoscements
would turn the scale of victory in his favor.
But Fridays night Gen. Rorecrans directed
Lieat. Col. Langdon. of Gen. McCook's staff,
and Captain G. Il. Thompson, Of his own,
each possessing voices Of fine volume, to
''move the Fourteenth Division to the right
of onr line as demonstratively as possible.
You will understand that the Fourteenth
Division was myth. There was none such
in the army. Langdon and Thompson, how
ever, with powerful yocalization, deployed
its columns into line. and illuminated tho
woods with blazing bivouac fires Subse.
quently General Rosecrans visited the camp
OF the Fourteenth Division" and taking q
lot of orderies, each with fire brand in his
hand, he laid out a long line of battle, with
glowing picket stations, completely overlap
ping the left wing of the enemy. Bragg, in
his jubilant dispatch to JEFF. Davis, said that
I" the enemy having received heavy reinforce.
ments, he deemed it prudent to retire" The
" Fourteenth Division consisted of Lieut..
Col. Langdon, Capt. Thompson. Captain
Fisher and the General commanding, with
his orderlies, and a few fambeaus, were all
the reinforcements cur army had received.
Moscow.-The city of Moscow, render d
famous by Napoleon's celebrated expedition,
was built in the twelfth century, and now
contains 400, 900 inhabitants. It is situated
in great valley. and the houses are mostly
built Of wood, with roofs of sheet iron. In
the center Of the city stands the walled hill
of kremlin. which is surrounded by brick
wall so to IS feet high, and a mile and half
in circumference. Within these limits ara
several public buildings. The popular opin-
ion that the Kremlin is palace, is erroneous.
1t is simply, as its name signifies, walled
enclosure, and was built as q defence against
domestic insurrectiin. 1t would no more be
blown up by powder than could a great hill.
In the church which stands within its limits
is bell weighing lao, 900 pounds but this
is eclipsed by the great bell which stands at
the foot of the tower. This is 19 feet high,
IS feet in circumference, Is inches thick. and
weighs 400, 900 pounds avoirdupois. A large
niece has been broken out of it, and it is
sometimes used as a chapel. Around tho
city stretches public garden or Boulevard,
and outside of this wall of turf 80 or 40
feet in hight. Three hundred churches, each
with five or six domes, are scattered through.
out the city. The domes are pear-shaped,
and are surmounted by a spire and cross,
with the crescent beneath It. They are pain
ted sometimes brown, and often bright blue
color, with large spangles of gold. As there
nre from 1900 to 1000 domes in the city, the
effect when the sun is shining upon them is
extremely brilliant. About nine-tenths of
the city was burnt by the Russians, when
they evacuated it in 1872.
BEFORE . the gI rious old party" can con.
sistentiy call upon citizens to rally to the
support of its principles would it not bs
we'll to settle precisely what those principles
are? There is popular bewildermont on
this subject that should be dissipated. For
instance, they say that the - glorious old par.
ty" is in favor of the 50 constitution as it is"
but Vallandigham, who carries the Davis
wing in his breeches pocket, wants to
change it to something else. to make 1t, in
point of fact, sort of sugar coated capsule,
non-irritant to the epig gottis of the s. erring
sisters" They furthermore declare that
they are in favor of the Union as it was."
but vallandigham, Sunset Cox, TRAY,
Blanche and Sweetheart, with all the little
dogs" want latterly, an Union, with New
England left +" out in the cold.'' Major Gen.
eral Butler, Mr.. Wright, of Pennsylvania.
and a large number of other prominent DEM
ocrats. are in favor of phlebotomy as reme-
dy for our national disease. The Woods, for
instance. on the contrary, favor cooling
draugbts and an antiphlogistic treatment
generally. Take it altogether. there seems
to be quite as great lack Of harmony as