The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-05-21

Uent Up to the present writing no
positive Information has been received
concerning the movements of CoIon;aI
hateh: but 1t has since been rehnrted ~
rebel newspapers that he wss s,leeessf,,j
IN reducing Columbus, and had reacl,ad
Lagrange in safety. = & = = : -,-'''>A
49, -, LATEEo bC51 4
:, Colonel Hatch S forces we're successful
In 'nelr operations, and returned north
Fel0ining Si the forces under Gen. lDe3ge,,
MS movement, entirely deceived the
teoei GENERAL Chalmers, who was ON the
lookout Tor Colonel Grierson, and tbps
'he man body of cavalry obtained two
or three days the start. The forcas -.
naming continued their march 10 S,ar[.
vie, where another mail was csntnrsa
ana destroyed. -Four miles from StarIo
Viile, at Dismal Swamp, a halt was ar.
dered, and half the Command left, Tba
resi- continued on southward for abont
nYe miles, and after swimming bavons
ana FadIng through almost iinnassa bla.
sWamps, reached one of the nrinc;noi
tanneries in the county. which vas ga
and completely DESTROYED The bn;fS
lhss at the time of their destruction con-
tanned ;lned very large stock of boots and
shoes, saddles, brides, etc, and several
thousand dollars worth of leather The
destruction of this property inflicted =
severe olow upon the rebel army. which
VIA De most severely felt, as eyerv art;.
cie was Immediately needed. and had
peen packed for delivery with dispatcb
Ailer uniting commands, on the ODD
a iurther march was made to within one
mile of Louisville, Miss. an advance of
twenty-seven miles. The route tIrongh
this part of the country was anything but
pleasant ''i7 s@s
lpnany instances men, were scomne,.-
Ied TO swim their horses over stree ms o- ~
lead them through blind marshes and
many OF the animals sank. so deeplin thu
muo ana water that it was impossible to
eStficate them, and they we're left to
PERISH. frequently horse and rider.
would go down together, the horse drown
ing, and the rider barrel y escaping with
his HE. No written account can con-
vey tar idea of the perilous march on.
tae "a. Our men, however, with nm
Paralleied fortitude and determination
oFefcame all obstacles, continued tbeir
march until ten o'clock next r1nornif,og
"hen' alter short halt, they proceeded
toward Philadelphia, Miss. Before tbeT
reached that place they crossed a bridga
over Pearl River, which was reuorted
DESTROYED. 1t was found, on examina.
non, that the rebels had attemnted n
nre the structure, but were driven fro,,
thelr work by news of our approach
At Philadelphia, as well as at ssv.,.1
passed, the mail was taken from the
NlgS&fG5l,s f6IIe piTe -9sstrerea --As4~=akr;---
q short time the main force took up the
line of march, and, following the ad-
vance, reached Newton about daylight.
At Newton two trains of cars were cap
tured-one of twenty-five and the other.
of thirteen-loaded with all kinds Of
quartermasters' and commissary stores;
also large quantity of ammunition and
loaded she'll. The cars, with their con-
tents, were destroyed, and locomotives
rendered useless .r.5a -1g izn
After this our troops fred bridge
about half mile east of this place, and
three heavy trestle work bridges ten
miles further up the road in the same
direction. In this manner the time of
our troops were occupied on the 25th
inst, when the force reached Nichols
plantation, about seven miles west OF,
Montrose. Here the course of the caval-
ry was slightly changed, they moving in
a more southerly direction. On reach
ing Raleigh halt was ordered for the
night Here single scout was detailed
10 cut the telegraph wires ON the SOUTH
ern Railroad between Lake Station and
jackson. The man who was sent out
after arriving within about-seven miles
of the railroad, came upon a regiment
of the enemys cavalry who had left
Brandon in search Of Col Griersons
forces. Our cavalry scout was closely
questioned. and although the enemy was
on direct road TO our camp, which was
but fourteen miles distant, he succeeded
in misleading them, and returned to give
information of their approach E
Colonel Grierson Immediately, upon
ascertaining that the enemy were so near,
him, moved his command over Leaf
river bridge, which he destroyed, thereby
Bbp BbpT,s5ptilRqg. ,5p .otba uassibility-Of a sunrise
crossed Pearl river by swimming their
horses and ferrying themselves over st q
noint about ten miles distant from Weee--
erv;Ile The two battalions in advance,
under command of Colonel Prince.Ith
illinois, made rapid march to the rail-
road at Hazlehurst station,f where our
men captured forty cars, four of which
were loaded with shell and ammunition,
the balance with army and commissary
stores. Had our troops been few mo-
ments earlier they would have succeeded
in capturing another train, which left
about FIVE minutes before their arrival.
CAPTAIN Forbes, Company B, Seventh
Illinois, was detached south to Starkville,
with orders to proceed to Macon. ar
He made rapid march within short
distance of that place, when he found
that bridge had been destroyed, and
that Macon was occupied by q considers'
ble force of rebels. He then moved tc
Newton, after which he proceeded to En-
terprise, nearly one hundred miles eas'
of the main body of our forces. eUPoT
reaching enterprise, Captain Forbes sem
flag Of truce TO Colonel Goodwin, com
msnding the -enemys forces in tha
place, demanding the surrender OF tn
town. The rebel Colonel required 81
hour in which to determine upon bis re
ply. Captain Forbes, finding the enem
, stronger than he had supposed, and haS