The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-11-07

already in supporting distance Of Hold, with
whom he IS 20 }. in his command. IL seems 10 be
pretty uerClly understood that there Is q fJrcs
Of Rebels ON Bear creek, but what ih9ir strength
or intention is, no one seems to know.
In all probability the attacks upon Decatur
we've mll by de'aChments from General ROidy' 3
command. On Friday night last the first attack
was npd", which WAS handsomely renulscd by
G Cpgl Morgan, commanding ColOred requiem
The Reh Is rode into our skirmsh line IN
d avn 50. res, and with yell dashed toward
our line # blt.IC. According to C)lo1el MOI
gals report, the regiment fred vol ay Into tle
party undressing MY OF them, third Of Thom
were killed,
Nothing dauntcd, no veycr, the exasp.rlad
survivors dashed into Ihc bRyon.ts % tne brave
blacks, who, after half hours dyg ing, sue.
Cycded in rcpulsiug She dcspcu,dors, AT or killing
andwounding some eighty OF them, ald aapturny
one hundred and tOry.
Colonel Morgan was again attacked on S10i y
morning, and again rcpuscd The attacking plr.y,
aud captured a few prisoners.
The loss in both ights, on the Rebel side, VIII
pioba ly reach three hundred in Nlcd, wJun ted
and prisoners. Our own loss apprOXimltH7 \
hundred in killed and wounded, Including l. "a
tenant WoOdwUrth among the 'Ir ner, aul lf'l-
tenants GiIen and Salisbury among the latter
severely.
On Saturday,, quito large force attacked onr
piCkets along the line OF railroad b3swc1n D.
Catur and Huntsville. Oar ydettr9 were Ora
driven IN, and in company With the infancy
pickets, kept up a lively skrmish with the oucmy
until General Granger arrived with a brigade
infantry. SO rapid and sharp was tho m lvcncn
on the part OF the general, that he routed the
whole force in great disorder, driving il in SCAT
tered fragments across Cypress creek.
Here the Rebels were reinforced with % reg-
mCnt of iGfintTy and section of artillery bu:
before they had time to attack us, General Bob
Granger again moved upon the party, driving
them in greater confusion than before, and can
turing over hundred prisoners, aud two pieces
of artillery. Our loss was triiliug compared with
the enemY's, on account OF the celerity aud sue
cess Of our movements. | understand that we
lost colonel, killed, but l could not learn his
name.
PROM EAST rENNEssEE-HIuLLINNr VICTORY or
GENERAL GILLEW.
| Immediately after Burbridgc's defoa. ~ salt.
vile, General Gillem was advised ot the heavy
reinfOrcements sent into Tennessee, and the
| change of commanders. lie therefore fell back
| from Greenvie t. Bulr5 GAP, which ldtt r pllr,
| is So miles from Knoxville. AZ this place a pOr.
ton of his forces were temporarily detached anl
| he again tell back 10 Morr>town pleasantly
| located village AZ miles from Knoxville.
The Rebels followed him mp closely, an GU
| deayored to make demonstrations upon MS aiuks.
| The bulk Of the army nnder General Vaughn,
consisting Of three brigades he ascertainel to be
| between Russcyillo and Bulls Gap, and also
asceriaiued that the party annoying him a. Nor,
| ristOWn was small brigade, commanded by
| Colonel Day.
On the 2Gth, therefore, General Gillem ordered
his whole force 10 fall back to small town called
| TalbOit5 rs a teint at the same time placing
! Colonies Parsons and Brownow's regiments In A
! position 10 deliver some stunning blows in case
the enemy should he so unwise rs to hurriedly
| follow.
That's just whnttho enemy did and when within
| half o mile Of town. Parsons and Browulow
! turned their commands about and made furious
| dash into the bowels of the Il bel brig de, driving
! it in confusion nine miles, killing Colonel Dty,
! the commander, capturing about forty prs soners
! and killing and wOundiHg about the same mum
| Der, among them brother of Colonel Day and q
| surgeon.
AftCr the disaster to Colonel Day, General
! Gillem made disposition of his forces in aud
around Morristown, with the calculation Of
making an attack upon two hrgades under
Vaughn, which were located at Russellville, six
| miles distant, respectively commanded by
| Colonies Ross and Duke.
| Vaughn anticipated Gilcm, for on the mo nns
| Of the 2Sth he drove in our pckets aud drew up
| In line Of battle about half mile of town.
| About half hour had expired, when General
Gillem moved ont his forces in line of battle with
| his tanks covered by two regiments with sabre'
As soon as the lines met nc q fighting distance,
! GillGm gave an order to charge, when the centre
| poured a dreadful yOllcy into tho Rebel line, one
| regiment being armed wi'h the Spencer ri 10, aud
| the regiments armed with tho sabre dashe into
! the confused enemy, amidst vOlley Of grape
! from Nj Clung's celebrated battery.
| The charge was SO well planned, and executed
| With such masterly gallantry, that before the
! guns were htcd large portion OF our men were
az the breaches Of them, and In an instant afCer,
| the battery and its entire complement of officers
! and mon were captured
By this time the whole force was retcea,iug in
! great disorder, and General Gillcm and his COM
| msnd in close pursuit. During the chase the
| sabre was used to great advantage, and the pur-
| suit was kept mp until our forces passed lar
| beyond Russeville. The summing up Of this
| affair gives IL u tone unsurpassed by any cavalry
| or infantry fight during the war.
The fight and pursuit lasted vigorously for
| nearly four hours. Our entire loss was nine
| killed and twen'y-One wounded, the lat or
49,
killed and two hundred wounded, all Of whom
fell into our hands We captured three hundred
prisoners, including Colonel Ross, commanding
brigade, two Majors, six Captains, and thirteen
Lieuteuants. We also captured the celebrated
| Meetings. battery and caissons compe.e, with
out njuTng il or the horses attached to il in the
east.
Correspondence ofne Cincinnati Commercial
RoWF, Ca, October 80.-The promise made
Hoods army by jeff Davis renders IL necessary
that their ",eet should again press the soil O'
| Tennessee" To compass this impOrtint pc Idl
necessity Hood, no doubt, IL endeavOring to cross.
We have good evidence that nc has all three Oi
his corps with Iim. In the me elntime the milt a
OF Georgia, their sorghum gathered are being
| remarshaled to drive the 2l'h Corps from Atlanta,
probably by a grand hanliug movement, for
which militia are admirably calculated.
Now Sherman Is lyerse to permit Hood to have
the planning OF his fall campaign, and 50 day
before yesterday he broke up camp west of Rome,
and while the - took up the line of march for
Chattanooga the - headed -OuthwIrd for
Atlanta, where they will arrive November or 2
Sherman therefore Ignores the existence oi
Hoods army, 10 the extent Of five heavy corps,
which, we may be sure will not DO idle. The
4th OOrps General Stanley, will be In Decatur,
Alabama, by the time this reaches you. II pro-
Cceds on loot, via Latay cite and ROssyilc "a
Chattanooga, where trains for Dec ,tur await H.
Thepay masters have reached Atlanta and will
pay the troops there before they embark in any
further movement The late pursuit has con
y.nCcd Sherman that he can move q great di5-
tance into the enemy's territory and suD,isl
mninly on fOragug
Hood, hereafter, will fight troops under com
mand of General Thomas (yhO Is still at Nash
yille) if he fights at all, and there eau be uo.hin
comforting 10 the enemy in the statement that h
will find an army Of United States soldiers &
prcventhm treading the soil of Tennessee - q
| reckless extent.
FROM BALTIMORE TODAY.
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