The New York herald., 1863-05-06

drew from the dsId. Alter this there Aas some d.
firing from the small armS. but was exceedingly ir
gular and In another half hour 70 had ceased atogeth
It was evident that they had given up the egh and We
10 retreat, though some Of opinion that they We
changing their plan and would soon attack on di1sre
portion OF the line.
PURSUING yn RxnHa
The continued silence OF the rebels st esgth oonvinc
Gos Mcneil that they had abanaoned the attack, and
at once sent the cavalry out in pursuit. Tho cavalry
on thss occasion commanded by Col LaGranscp OF q
First Wisconsin. Before the fight opened the savaI
had been placed IN command OF Coz Don Huston, Cot
missary Of Mustsrs, but that officer bad beentranssrr
to the superintendent Of the forts and che cavalry
given 70 Col LAGrauss Col Huston was IN Fort
during the entrs battle and rendered efficient service
Nsxr MORNING,
owing to his small force of cavalry. Generas Mcneil
not order the pursuit further than TO reurn II ID
enemy had actually left Il was ascertaneq chat the
had departed in earnest, leaving many d ths,
wo0nded behind with thor surgeons 10 tax
charge Of them II ascertsned that they mad de
by two roads, the main portion going southwest n "a
direction Of Bloomfield II was th7aghtJhat the bseaac
wouia turn OF from the Jackson rssd at Dallas. a'sa
town about twenty miles out, and JON the main foosA
the lower road:
| ATTACK z1E REAR
On Monday Gsn Mcneil started, win all his cavay
hoping to be able to harass the snemys rear while n
crossing Of the streansi drive him forwrf
into encounter with General vaudsver It was known
that General vandover had started from Pilot Knob OF
Saturday, and at Fredercktowu, forty five mile
from Cape Grardesu Saturday night News arrived
during the day that General vandever upon
camp OF the rebels on Sunday ntghe about nfteen
miles from the Cape and after Smelling them awhile, bad
put them to nght with loss Of fifteen or twenty kist
and wounded aud about thirty prisoners Thsy Left b.
hind much Of their camp equpage and ask muio wagos
load OF saddles. Quito number Of horses wsre taken
but after their hard service and scany fc they
not very valuable.
JUNCTION or GsSERAl vhrDRvKR AND oESEIAU H'rm-
Yesterday Generals Mcneil and vandover joined thsi
commands Whitewater creek, sixteen miles Out-
the latter officer reaching the stream only fifteen minutes
after the rebels had passed The rebels had torn hs
bridge and the cree swollen and too deep to ford
It became necessary to repair the bridge When the
courier left II thougns that the bridge would BE-
passable this morning. the pursuit. h0I
| been resumed this. General vandever is taa1
senior officer and will therefore be the chief In command
There are Indications that Slhpmaduke will stand scout
twelve miles beyond Whitewater where there s satd ee1
be unbridged stream thatis at present almost mpas
able he should do the chances largely iufsvor
Of bis capture or the dispersion OF his forces.
| ~ ARuLLsRY.
Parties living near tho Whitewater say that Manu.
duke had but four pieces Of arsy his retreat snA
| living along tho road. II known that they hsa
twelve pieces when making the attack. and tho ooa
ciusion Is inevitable that they have abandoned etDhs
| OF them the retreat TIE enrolled miire
OF the country is engaged c searching for thess
abandoned guns. One caisson belonging 70 three
inch ried gun has just been brought In, having be8
found concealed In the timber. Il is hoped that the
| tire lot will be unearthed.~
| Posr COMMAND.
During General McNciys absence tho post Is in corr
mand Of Lieutenant Colonel Pomeroy OF the srst wiz
consin cavalry and the post hospital is under Surgeon
Mcclellan OF the First Nebraska. Adjutant Crccmcr. a
the named regiment is Post Adjutant, and Captain
Burroughs resident Of the town. and appointed by ens
raj Curtis is Provost Marshal. To all these gontemsa
| your correspondent Is indebted for manyfavors.
|
The rebels lat about sixty wounded the grouuo
and iu- the houses in the vicinity OF the nshs,
and the country people say that they carried
away about many more. Thor loss In killed was
about thirty Among their wounded arc four onlcerD.
| one major, one ad,utant and two captains We have
forty three prisoners-amopg them them Lieutenans
Colonel Doughsrty OF tho Fifth Missouri (rebe voiun
teers. Our loss the light five killed and twsnsy
wounded being divided In the proportion Of two
between the First Nebraska infantry and tho Frs
Wisconsin cavalry.
| rArnxEsrs or PsfsoxxRs.
During the nght two OF the rebels 10 and gsps
themselves up, stating that they Northern vs
in Tsxas the outbreak Of the war; Tho conscr
ton gathered them up and they forced 70 GO
service. They tsl fghtul stories Of thsdes,tutioa
rsbs6om. No tea, no coffee, no cloth, no slaves.
no whskey. The latter article they aver -
one dollar psr drink in Little Rock, The bsrseepcr msa
suring out In small wine glass. Ono OF the men n
formed me thst while In camp. PinsBua, himssR
and two companions obtained leave TO go town
two hours. During that time they ate. twenty donss
worth ginger cakes and drank eighteen dollars worth
OF whskey, without At all thinking Of "gong spree"
COUNTRY.
They state that the march up from BatosvIe thsy
took ratons with them, but subsisted entsey ~
country. Sometimes they had bacon, sometimes cosu-
meal sometimes corn and at other times nothing Thsy
glad to get anything, and thought themselves fer
tunae with OF raw for a.dnner. They pro
dict much suffering among Marmaduke's this
retreat they stripped the country perfectly osaa
the way up expecting to replenish Caro- GrasAeau
They will nad nothing whatever on the way back.
/ REBEs ARKANSAS.
Those give 1t their belief tina, Price has twenty
ave thousand In Arkansas. in addition 10 tho force
under Marmaduke They state that considerable fo~es
II Pine Bluff but tharthe fortInoatons were COM
menced there given up The rest OF Prices forces
are at Little Rock and Fort Smith. Il Is the general
impression the rebel army that Price will attemps 10
invade the State this season, striking 10 Roa and Jesr-
son City The confidence OF the Missouri troops their
ability 70 reach st. LOWS appears firm ever.
| rfxALE
The prisoners viii be sent 10 St. louis and held for
exchange. They leave tomorrow by the steamer IDsh
We momentarily expecting Of battle -
the creek where Marmaduke 10 reported 10 have made
stand The reoels must be much dsheartened at the
failure Of their enterprise after long march, that hsy
viii not eight with spirit II matter Of surprise To sl
officers that they did contest the ground wish
vIgor. Before reinforcements arrived ths 2
could taken the town. had they shown much de-
psraton did Prices troops Cornth In october ks
L A A. A THAR failura haa hsan cnnanlafc