New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-12-14
TRIPLE SH Il e Z.
NEWS OF THE DAY.
THE WAR.

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tons employed in Strengthening inc "oiA'' 49,
reat interior fort and in clearing the eouhlI! nrouu
f,om rperrillas There are twenty regiments DIVIDED
&c., e. higades and two divisions, the whole under
oo,,,,and of Brig Gen L. Andrews the LIST Division
,;,c commanded by Brig. Gen. Ulmann OF Ne"
york On the 18th inst. very interesting ceremony
.o,l MACE beautiful stand of colors had been pre-
n,red by MeSsrs. George 0pdyke A. L. stewart a.
A. Low. Moses Ii. Grinnel. Edgar ketchum' ana
other prominent citizens Of New-No1k. and on the
above. mentioned day presented to the 'th hegi
ment by Chaplain Conway The varions regiments
were in line and after eyoluons, the presentation
was made An address from the donors was read py
Dr Conway to which the Colonel made lifting re-
sponse A short address made by Brig ten An
drews, after which Brig Gen. Ullmann by request o.
the Colonel commanding the regiment, made an excel
lent concluding speech.
Later news from Texas reached Washington
on Saturday Gen. Banks that forces under
Major Gen washburne have seized the approaches to
Matagorda The Rebel garrison of Fort Espcr"nIa'
consisting of 1900 men, lied at the approach OF eh'
troops first blowing up the magazines hish gaze
prevented the cooperation Of the gunboat with the and
forces or the enemy would probably have ien INTO our
hands Ten guns captured ranging nom - 10
Jos pounders. The command Of Matagorda Boy sub
Texas and all the important points the east coast ex
ccpt Galveston The town Of Matagorda' situated on
the bay. at the mouth of the Colorado River, has
large trade and is tie depot for The produce Of the Col
orado Valley which is one Of the richest parts OF Texas
The LouisriNc Journoi has some particulars OF
ye hattie of Kingston on Nov. 81 between part 81
Col. Motifs brigade and wheelers casalry. who were
repulsed with heavy loss The fight continued WIN
,ut intcrmissioR for hours and was participated
IN on our side By TIE 10th Kentucky 18th Michigan
and six companies Of tie % Tennessee Cavalry Aiui
ery was brought into action on bo'h SIDES ana 'ho
shells Of the enemy were thrown into the town Inc
casualties on our side were comparatively slight The
brigade Of Col Mott numbers 100 but only the above
mentioned regiments engaged-the others being
oted in the rear Of the town to prevent tie enemy
eankHg them.
At midnight on the 10th about thirty
Vnerillas made dash at our picket lines, three
miles from the Chain Bridge and five from GeoIg' town
and captured one and six horses The picket re-
serve rallied and fred three yoleys into them killing
enc and capturing another. Before coming into oul
rcket lines they stopped the house Of one Griffith.
and representing themselves Union cavalry. he told
them where our posted. and in few minutes
aacrward they were in fgl retreat evidently having
walked up the wrong cavalry.
Richmond papers say that L0ngs.reet'G com
raand is at Euilodge % miles northwest Of Knoxville,
on The road to Bristol South. Western VrGn, and In
comparatively safe position. His rear WAS skrTnish'
ing with cavalry but pursuit IS said not 10 have
been vigorous. Rebel raiding party had penetrated
to Mount Sterling. Ky. encountering body o. our
troops whom it claims have routed ait stout fight
The Rebels then burned the Court House and jai and
returned to Abingdon. Va. with $4,000 in green
backs in the way of booty.
There was a raid to Mount Sterling Ken
tgcky. on Tuesday night. under command OF Mayor
Chenoweth Of about w They burned the Court
House, took about 20 horses what coiissary stores
they wanted and left or Dixie in haste. IL, toll Ken
tacky camped about mile from tie place and by
the time they got ready to come the Rebels had fed
toward the 0ympian Spring. They took along the
road all the horses they could catch The records Of
tie Clerks offices were partially destroyed
Louisville dispatch says the guerrillss in
Cumberland. Wayne. and Clinton Counties very
troublesome and often make raids the Cumber
land destroying property stealing horses, and con
scrptiDg citizens They generally believed TO be
Rebel citizens who take this method Of robbing the
Union men, -Four thousand and two hundred Cha!ta-
Dooga prisoners have passed through Louisville.
On Thursday night about 5000 horses STAN
peded from the cavalry camp at Giesboro near Wash
ington. An attempt made 70 stop them, while
passing over the bridge communicating with Wash
iagton but did not succeed. Some Of them fel into
the river and were drowned. There is busy work
pursuing ard catching the runaways number Of
them are making a hurried visit to Maryland.
Gen. Mcpherson, commanding at Vcksburg,
has issued orders for changing Col H. g. Farrars I'd
Mississippi Artillery into cavalry. 10 operate against
the gaerrias which infcst the lower part Of the river
The large steamer ChOuteau has been placed at Col
Tarrars disposal and several pieces Of artillery have
been furnished.
The Washington Star says three Rebel spies
captured in that city Wednesday. Their names
are Henry Marston and David and Robert Boyle Letters
from various parties in New York were found upon
Marston.
The prize steamer MinDa was on Saturday
towed into Fortress Monroe by the u s. supply steamer
Crcassan having been captured by that vessel On the
9th inst. in the latitude Of Wilmington.
Gen. Gilmore threw few more shells into
Charleston on Thursday last which (he Rebels say
did 10 damage worth noting.
Tho latest news from the Chesapeake is that
she left Sheburne Nova Scotia Saturday morning.
after shipping some and taking in coal
GENERAL NEWS.
The monitor Wechawken, Commander Dun