New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-01-05
lives on the track .o,5ed The neutrality-suspicious.

4e, corld d;ecoyer az leas'--of whatever money
h,y Ind upon their peTsous some Of them OF so
$40 COO spd ~ hiah - $1o00H 1t i reported, and
tfI al the niscbie i'll their power.
Amos. other buildings 20 wp,ch they orphed the
orch was the Masonic Itst, used ~ an ordnance
,orehouse. and in which there were u million rounds
Of ammunition, with large quantity OF s''els' ADS
leagaznc exploded with tremendous effect, breaking
the wndoDs of half the houses in town, ana eve"
altering the frames TO pieces. The shells hew III
every erection and caused a terrible CONSERVATION
il tho place
Women md children rushed franticaly 1910 Ine
fircet, and screamed IN thee mora's ou'y Va"
sream and sell into the most violent hts oil hyS'er
= a, lecmng their Last hoer at hand.
The entire amount Of property, private ana pun,
lic sroeu and destroyed, cannot fall far sho'' Vi
81 G0O, 900. Tie Co4s:ederaIes Quilted the pace
out dusk on Saturday evening, fearing onr forces
were moving on thepe. They certainly had s"c-
81 AZ brilliant for taem as it is Notifying 10 u.s.
and when might as,d should have been prevented.
The nc CUNT of Col. Murphy's conduct in the ALTAR
s his OWL and hs story is not without P'susioi'y'
for he SAWS he hpi no time 10 make breAstworhs "
the cotton i'll The ubhc square, and place his nue.
force behind 1t 10 repel the enemy Had the Noono'
aaop ed this co,.e he could have drlven the keoe's
ba l. and held his position, provided OF course Ills
trooys had performed their duty, which unq1esoo"-
ably they would have done.
Much i'll feeling exists asyainst Col. Murphy, and
be has been placed under arrest 10y Gen. Grant, VINO
does not seem entirely blameless III the affair Inc
COMMANDMENTS Chief issued an order on the 2ith
inst. in which the following language is employed:
. * with rain and modification that the Gem
eral commanding reflects upon the ds2raceiui sur
rerder Of Holly SPRING. on the 10Th lust, ana mat
without any resie 8nce except by lew men, VINO
form an honorable exception; and tins, too, after
warning had been given Of the advance OF tie enc
NV nor,hward the evening previous. WITH a'l tie
cotton public stores and substantial buildings about
the 30. il would have been perfectly practicable to
have made n few hours defenses suinc'ept 10
ref ist, with small garrison, all the cavalry force
b sht against them, until The reihioIcemtihs'
winch the commanding officer wac n"il-
/ fled were marching 20 their relief could
have reached him. Tue conduct OF officers ana men
in accepting paroles under the circumstances is
highly reprebensible, and, to say the least lnoueo,
less By the terms of the DiX-liil cartel, each
Marty il hound to take care Of his prisoners, ard
send them 10 Vcksburg, Miss, or james River,
Va, for exchange or parole, uners soue other po'
is mutually agreed upon by the Generals command
ING the opporing armies By refnsal 10 he paroled
the enemy, from bis inability oake care of the pris-
ouers would have been COM eled either TO release
them Internationally TO abandon all further az
gres,ive movements for. the time beng, which
would have made their recapcure and the dls
c,mfture of the enemy almost certain. The prison.
ers paroled at Holly Springs will be collected In
CA ~ once by the Post-C Commander, and held un-
Ger close guard until their case can be reported al
Washington for further instructions"
The paroled prisoners will leave this morning.
with large train of wagons escorted by Gen
Quimby's Division, for the purpose Of obsining
supplies. TIE distance il less t!an fifty miles, asd
..l be made with all possible celebrity.
The order have given above h.s been recalled, |
am informed, siuce its rsue, though for what pur-
pose AIN unable 20 state, "a l do not understand
that any OF its charges have been withdraw.
must not fcTset 10 mention, ID connection with
tie enemy's raid, IN instance of extreme meanuess
on the part Of southern officer, other than Gen.
William jackson, regarded as high type OF chlval-
~ in Seceesia One of the prisoaers was Mr. d. W.
Fachild Of Cincinnati, cottou-buyer, who had lost
all he possessed by tie bdrnng o. the royal staple
except sij, which he hsd in bis porte-uounsia.
jackson, learning that he was Spectator, demand
ed Il he a. had any money. a little,' was the
answer, "to deiiay my expenses 10 getting home.
| "IIaiIi it cut, you ID scoundrel!" was the
command of tie "chivslrous' officer; and tie rude
order being obeyed, Jackson, like 3 common aud
vulgar thief received the porenonnae, thrust ii IN
| bis pocket, and silently rode away.
/ So much for tie so.caled ,cbvslry Of the Sjulhl
Jack Sheppard was a Sir Charles Grandson 10 many
Of The staggering brutes and boastiog DULLES here
ahous who style themselves gentlemen and turn
cut-purses upon instinct.
At present all the divisions composing the Army
of the Tennessee this eide Of the Tailahatchie,
most Of Them enesinped near tins town. They began
to leave the vicinity of Oxford Oh Sunday aud Col.
A. L. Lees Cavalry, who had been in the 'front.' went
TO Rocky Ford with the intention OF cuttins oil Van
Dorn's command; but the enemy moved north
from Holly Springs Lee wac unsuccessful. We
Learn, however, that Lee has been skrmshing with
aud driving Van DVrns force to the east OF us for
the past two dsys has killed and wounded a num-
Der of tie enemy and taken six seven hundred
prisoners.
Van Dorm was repulsed at the Coliwater River
ana Davis's Mills az he went nor,hward; but we
have no particulars lie refrigerated when near
Grand Junction, and was moving south when en-
eonntered by Lee.
Gen. Grant has his headquarters here, and 10 likely
to lenain for a week or two from present .2p-ar-
nness. His wife, father and child are still with him,
and have been his constant companions during the
campaign. JuSIUs.
II oi6 Proceedings by British Authorities -
They Sieze Upon and Detain One Of
Our Prizes.
Tie British schooner Emma Tutle, which was
captured willie attempting to ruu the blockade Mt
Wilmington by the United States steamer Cam.