, 1863-01-17
Late Eastern News.
Dates to Dec. 29th.

terdence. Everything passed off in an ordel
manner.
Philadep pha, Dec 2S-The Press publishe
what purports to be retalatory proc amaton O
Jeff. Davis. He declares Gen. Butler a felon
deserving capital punishment, and orders that h
no longer be considered or treated as public
enemy but as an outlaw and a common enemy 0
mankind, and when captured, the officers maxim,
the capture will instantly hang him. 1t is alst
ordered, that no commissioned officer of the Uni
ted States taken shall be released or paroled un
I'll Butler shall have met punishment for his crimes
All negroes found with them shall also oe hung
This PROCLAMATION is dated Richmond Decem
her 23d.
New York, Dec. 2Sth.-The Roanoke. from
New Orleans 18th inst, has arrived. The .NortI
Star, with Gen Banks and staff. arrived on tht
18th. The news transpired on the following day
that Gen. Butler had been superseded and occa
stoned utmost surprise among all classes Ga tht
10th, Banks issued an order assuming command
Of the Department of the Gulf and State of Texas
Gen. Butler and staff were TO leave on the 22d
for New York
Gen. Banks acts with characteristic energy
| Fifty thousand troops who accompanied him land
ed at Baton Rouge. The remainder of the expe-
dition would be sent forward as soon as it arrived
Two steamers with cargoes of sugar were cap
tured by an expedition at Atchafalaya river
Rebel schooner Relief, from Mobile arrived with
a cargo of cotton at Havana. She re ports rebe
armed steamer Florida had escaped 18th crew
of 100 men, running past the blockaders during
the night
New York, December 2Sth.-The steamer Arie
arrived from Aspinwa!l, She brought no specie
General Butler is to have command in the field
San Francisco, Dec 29th-Capt Sanman, o.
the flag ship lancaster, Pacific Squadron. has
been promoted TO the rank of Commodore.
Dates to Jan. 1st.
The following is the substance of intelligence
from Mnrfreesboro received at Nashville. Tenn
| The Federals encountered ;he rebels on the Both
ult, and after heavy skirm shing, the rebels were
driven back. We captured 100 prisoners, and
killed and wounded large number of rebels
Our loss was 10 killed and wounded. At day
break of the 3lst the fight was renewed with
great fury. General McCook corps was opposed
To Hardee. and after desperate fighting with heavy
lnss, McCook re.reated two miles, He soon raj.
! lied, but was again driven back at night. One re-
port says he was four m les on this side of the
ground he occup ed in the morning. and another
report SAYS the fight lasted until 10 O'Clock in the
morning. at which time we maintained our posi-
tion. The Federal loss is heavy. Among the
killed are Gems. Sill! Willich and CHATTER Coils.
Kel Farmer and Jones Lirut Coils. GareSche
| Jones'
Nashville, January 1.-Gen. Rosekrans' army.
numbering 10000 effective men and 100 pieces oi
artillery, skirmished all the way 10 the battle
field, the enemy resisting bitterly. The whole OF
Tuesday was spent by our forces accommodating.
The enemy was found strongly posted on a bend
of Stone river on the west side, his flank resting
on Murtreesboro His center, also, had the advan-
tage of high ground, with a dense growth Of
cedar masking completely their position which
gave them the advantage of cross-fre During
the night dispositions were made to attack the en-
emy in the morning. After dark the enemy were
reported moving on McCook, obviously to attack
our right This corresponded with the wishes OF
Rosekrans, who instructed McCook to hold the
enemy in check, while the left wing would be
| thrown into MurfreesbOro behind the enemy.
At daybreak, on the 3lst, everything appe ared
working well. The battle opened on the right,
and by 7 o'clock ominous sour ds indicated that
their fire was approaching our left The fight ragged
furiouSly for some time and the fire continued
to approach on the right with alarming rapidity,
extending TO the centre, and it was clear that the
right was doubling upon the left. The enemy had
compelled us to make complete change Of front
of that wing, and were pressing the center At
this moment six batteries opened on the rebels,
who began TO give way, and were driven back a
! mile. Our whole line advanced and the enemy
| again made formidable demonstrations upon our
left, while they prepared for another onslaught, on
the right Meanwhile orders had been issued to
move our left on the enemy before he had time to
execute them. The enemy again burst upon our
cen,er, and 1t began TO break. Rosekrans' dvis-
ion was thrown into the breach and the enemy
again retreated hastily into dense thicket- =
Again they assailed our right, and again were
driven back. By this time the number of srag-
glers was formidable, and the prospects were rath-
/ er'dlscouragIng, but there was no panic. The
commanding General visited every part of the
field, and seemed confident of success.
Early in the day were severely mbarrassed
| by the enterprise of the rebel cavlry, who made
serious dashes upon McCook's ammunition and
substance train, capturing number of wagons.
Artillery ammunition was very scarce at one time,
as 1t was announced that not wagon load could
! he found. Our batteries were quiet on that ac-
count This misfortune was caused BY the cap
ture Of McCook's train. About 2 o'clock tie
battle had shifted from the right to the left. The
enemy discovering the mpoSsibilitv of succeeding
IN Their main design, had suddenly massed his
forces on tie left, crossing the river or moving
under cover of high bluffs from his right and the
fight ragged unrtmitIihgly for a length of time,
when they were checked by our murderous fire
10th of musketry and artillery.
The scene at this period was magnfcently ter
rible. The whole battle was in fall view; the
enemy dploying right and left, bringing up thei.
batteries in fine style-our own vomiting smoke
and iron missiles upon them with awful fury, and
our gallant fellows moving to the front with un-
flinchng courage, or lying fiat upon their faces to
escape the rebel fire until the moment for ac-
ton. Solid shot, shells and Minnie balls ratified
around like hail. Rosekrans himself was nces-
sanity exposed. His chief Of staff, Lieut.. Col
Garesche, had his head taken off BY a round shot
and the blood spaitered the General and some o
the staff. Three ordellies were killed and moi
ten feet from the General. Five or six horses IN
his staff and escort were struck Between foul
and five O'Clock the enemy were apparently ex.
hausted by the rapid and incessasant assaults, and
took up position not asSailahle without abund-
ant artillery and the fire on both sides Stacked and
finally ceased at dark, the battle having ragged II
hours.
The loss of life on our side, considering the ter
rifle nature of the firing, was comparatively lin
tied in wounded. he casualty list, including
captures, does not exceed perhaps 1000 not, one
fourth of whom were killed. This is attributed
TO the care taken to make our men lie down. The
enemys loss must have been more severe
Among our losses we have to mourn that of sew
eral of our finest officers.
When the battle closed, the enemy occupied
the ground which was ours in the morning, and
the advantage was therefore is their favor.
Rosekrans determined to renew the battle
this morning an opened furously with our left al
the dawn The enemy, however would not re-
tire from our right and the battle worked thai
way. At IL o'clock matters were not verY fatter
ing on their side At IL O'Clock our artillery re-
ceived new supplies of ammunition, and a terrible
fire was opened The enemy then began to give
way. Gen. Thomas pressing their centre and
Crittenden on their left
Dates to Jan. I'd.
Nashville, Jan. 2--1'he battle of Stone Rive