The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-01-08
LATE NORTHERN NEWS.

We SsEtiuEe oiAT extracts from odr a.eat North
ern paoers. Tbs icss Of lie kon.ni ia officially
announced shs veat do~1 of Caps Est.etSg
I'D about thir'r of her ere~ were lost The
steamer Raeds Island wen. to her assistance .sid
saved the greater portion OF hcr 6raw
DESCRIPTION OF rHE RATTLE at 1UaFRgEs soao'
! -pssPERATEF GarthG ALE,E6 I'd ,PfUkA or
CoSFEDkKATg PRIs0NsAS. ARas, AND LORs.
4 correspondent Of Tho Eew York Herald gives
thet pspsr description II she two aays Sssfle ST
Ausfrsesbogo' witch ha says cns of TIE most
saraas battles OF .nodsrn tsoes, "s1s!2as by both
sides with splerd.d Dissemination. Gen. Ecse,
Grams marched from Nashville on :hs Frids sy bsfor
the bst.e with Is 900 effective and 100 pieces
os artillery aud sk.rnshsd ell the way 10 tia bal:
tie asld. ThewriseE ssys;
The whole Of Tuesday " ~ spent by our toscss
eseonnoitering The ensmy ~.s found strongly
posted with artillery 1n the bgns OF SoEes river,
west eide hs tanks resting on MarfressboTo, west
side The center also hsa tho advantage oa h:sa
ground with dense growth OF csssr masEins sken
completely Their poaiticn gave ,hem the sSrau-
tsgs Of cross fire
tisn Mcoook's corps closed In on .hsi, iafl on
Wiikiascn's Pike, Neg,sy fof Tacnasss sosps) work
ed with great difacalg to the fron ut OF the rebel
csntrs, Rousseaas division bsing In ressrvs. Crit.
tsaden's cerps YVES posted 10 comparatively clear
ground On thsir loft Psswefs ana Van CleveA divi
alOH III Lfout, W Opa IN fSS sfyE.
4 battle was expected ss: day On Tuesday, bu.
tbs enemy merely Shirmisaad and threw q lew
sns lis ons OF which Killed Orderly Mcdonald 9TH
Urit-d States uavslry, cot lon feet from Gen
Re sscrxos. That afternoon tho Anderson PeEn-
syivania Capalry, On McCooks aaaks, was arawn
into an AInhuscsds and Its two Hajors Rossgastsn
snd Ward. were killed. Cristsndsn's cofps legt
billed and 81 wounded that dag, .uiiDg kiiG-
taut Elliott of the 57th INDIANA, severely. he
cess = loss was shout 50 Gu the same day the
rete. cavalry Esads dssa in the rear on Lavcrgns
parnoa few wagons. and csIsarsd thirty Eve
pri5g.tszs
eneray Ia the morning. After dark the enssny wss
reported I1axsinG near Mcfook, obviously 70 turn
our right wing. This corrsspendsd with the wishes
Of Gen. RnGserans, who instructed Gen McCook to
bold u.sn IN check stubbofnly while the lest wing
should b. tkfown into M6rfreesboro behind tnS
enemy.
Al daybrssk, on the last day OF Decsmher, every,
taing sppee.si working vol. RE hattie hsd
opene1 on the right, and our Ieft wing wss on hand
AZ ssvsn O'clock ominoas soun's iEdic1tsd that
Dire was epproa shing our isit Aids were dispatched
for iasRmAtion and fornd the forests fll Of Aying
negroes and arssglng soldiers. vino reported whole
saeitasuts tslhpg back. Meantime ane 81 neCooka
eijs had aanounced 70 Gsr. Rosscrsa2 thst Cen
Johnston bad permitted the three batteries Of his
4 vision 10 Oe eaptured by biddsn attack OF the
en.g,y: and thst !. had 60 somewhas demoraiized cur
oar ). o4eefs. wss killed. fsan Kirk wounded,
and 0en. Wilitch killed o. mitsiae, bssidaa othsr
vaiuablo eA1c6es wounded.
0ea MeQeek -. woFd 2 bold ths froes snd he
f7AnerAL eoo6Asnt Of sueesaG oeutinuA - visit
othev poris " shs Aoid snd, with the std II Cana
Tpoxaa1. 0sQueks Us.sssadeu, 1onseean. Heo1ey.
aaA woeG - - g bsltIe wa.ts,ssd.
h d. ssAss1Is6e * psAs esveIsY. whs naAs eeaas
ssssoas - 6se $50 eemese MsQacks asnaaNg sften
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