, 1863-06-15
FROM RGSEcRaNS' ARMY,
Il Cavalry Fight Between Nit
cheU and Forrest.
The Rebels Driven Six Miles with q
Loss Of about 100 Men.

] AFRllkEfsauuhu, JULIE IL, 48d3.
! The following designations have been ex-
| cepttd to. day :-Lieut, Juo Geirts, 18th Pa. :;
Lieut. A. J. luminous, s0th Ohio, Assistant
Surgeon; ". .Ames, 9Th Ohio; Capt. ]. R.
jameson, 2lst Kentucky; Lieut.. G. N. Jones,
3oth Ind; Capt. P. II, Barmon, o3d Ohio;
Lieut.. Thos. Webb, 18th Ind. Lieut.. Thos.
Tension, 10th Ohio cavalry; Colonel
c. 4. Bormnn, 9th Ohio; Lieutenant
Il. R. Willet, 5th Kentucky, the last for
confirmed drunkenness Thornton Thomas,
10th Ohio, now in the pioneer brigade, being
promoted, is ordered to Join Ills regiment,
and Lieut.. Henry Bar1ow, Of tue same reg1-
n,ent, takes his place with tue pioneers.
No news tonight. SAu is intensely quiet
On Stone river. The weather is somewhat
warmer. There was magnificent picket
skirnlish at Turin yesterday and last night.
VIM. II. Woodbury., I'd Minnesota, sen
fenced to be dismissed from the service for
insubozdinatfon and dialoyalty, has had Lie
sentence committed to- the loss Of three
months pay,
Michael Nash, Co. c, G5th Ohio, is sentenced
by court martial TO be shot on the 18th Of
June, for desertion on the battle field, In the
face Of the enemy.
NASHVILLE, June 13.-The rebels made an-
other attack OH Triune, Tenn, yesterday, at
about s q. m. Gen. Forrest, with 5000 rebel
cavalry and two batteries, attacked the cavalry
division, commanded by Gen. Mitchell. The
,Federals formed in line Of battle, and replied
vigorously to the fire ot the rebels, who re-
treated as the Fcderals advanced. The Fed
erals pursued the rebels six miles. The
rebels lost twcnty.ono killed, sixty or
screnty wounded, and 10 prisoners. TheFed-
cral loss was six killed, among them Lieut.. N.
c. Blair, Of the Indiana cavalry. Lieutenant
Blair's body arrived here tonight
Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune.l
MuRyREEsnoEo, Tenu., June 13, 1868.
The Chattanooga Reid Of the 18th, just re-
ceived, has not a word regarding Port Hud-
son, alld nothing Of speciul interest from any
quarter.
It contains long acc0unt OF the dcstruc-
tion OF property in Northern A1abama, by
Col. Cornyn. Property Of immense value
WIS destroyed. Cotton mills which furnished
a large quantity Of Osnaburgs and jeans, were
burned, and an immense amount Of grain de-
stroyed.
There ia great scarcity Of negroes to bar
rest the crops. They lAye all gone with the
Federal raiders.
A short dispatch from jackson, Miss, OF
June 10th, says there was skirmishing be-
tween Johnson's and Grants torces all day
yesterday. The latter's pickets are ten miles
deep. Grant slgnalled the gunboats last
might, probably preparing for some new
move,
All Is quiet at Murfreesboro.
Assistant Surgeon U. G. Mcdonald, U. 8.
A., is assigned to dnty with cavalry under Gen.
ral Stanley. Col. John c. starkweather, COM
mandiug brigade, has leave Of absence for
twenty days to recruit his health. The fol-
lowing designations were accepted to-day
Col. Robert s. Moore, 55th Ills; Major G. F.
Walker, 21st Ohio; Captains c. Atkins, 9sth
Ind, " E Littlejohu, 18th Ky; Lieut.. Robt,
Davidson, IS Ohio. Of these, Walkers and
Dayidson's are for the good ofthe service.
The following were accepted ycsterday:-
Capts. Augustus c. Paul, esd Kentucky, Da-
vid Stanford, z 5th Ills, Lieut. Geo. Doubleday,
124th Ohio; Capt. B. NJ. Heath, 59lh Ills
Capt. j. J. S'arks, assigned to
duty as Commisaary Of Subsistence to the pi-
oneer brigade. The resignation Of Licnt. Col.
Murray, I'D Ohio, was accepted recently for
the good of the service.
Col. J. D. Wilder went out on scout Tues
day, and returned yesterday. The 1ith and
osth Illinois regiments, under Col. Wilder,
secuted tie whole country, through Liberty