The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-01-31
THE SITUATION.


The news from Kentucky tells Of disaster to a
small portion Of the Union troops at scottsvile,
in which small part Of the Forty eighth Ken
lucky. numbering about enc hundred and fifty
men, were compelled to surrender to the rebels,
Ave hundred strong, under Colonel Hamilton The
rebel officer. contrary to an agreement with Cap
tain Gillum, the commander of the Union troops,
destroyed the court house with all the public doc
uments, and robbed several stores in the town.
Official dispatches from General Foster yestcr.
day report pretty fully and satisfactorily the pro-
ceedIngs of the rebel cavalry whose operations
in the vicinity Of Knoxville We noted yesterday.
Our cavalry. under General Sturges, met them at
Fair Gardens, ten miles east OF Senervile and
drove them back, after fight which lasted from
daylight until four O'Clock in the afternoon,
taking two Of their rifed guns and one hundred
prisoners. The enemy left sixty-fve killed and
wounded on the field after the charge Of General
McCook's division.
An attack Of the enemy, six hundred strong,
was made on Athens, Ala, on the 25th instant.
We had only about one hundred men there, but,
according to the report, sAe Union troops drove
back the enemy after fight Of two hours, with
+ the loss Of twenty men.
The rebels were also driven from Tunnel Hill
In Alabama by General Palmer. A company Of
their cavalry was captured and thirtytwo Of their
men were killed and wounded.
The news from the Potomac Army Is entirely uu.
important. few guerilla raids of very little
sequence are the only incidents which break the
moaotony of the situation.
We publish some very interesting news to-day
from New Orleans and the Gulf up TO the 2eth inst
Admiral Farrsgut had arrived ct New Orleans.
Deserticns from the enemy at Mobile were very
large, many Of them joining our feet while
lying OF that port. Two OF the HERALD cor.
respondents, we are glad to say, are abou, 10
return from the hands OF the Philistines. Mr..
0stchell has been exchanged and IL now 10 New
Orleans. Mr.. Finley Anderson, after q tedious
captivity Of nearly rear, will, it lie said. be also
released when the cartel for the exchange Of pri
soners in Texas, where Mr.. Anderson now 10, can
be arranged.
The rebel news relative 70 affairs a, Charleston
is 70 the 2stb instant. Five shells were fred into
the city on that day, and poor old dnapidated
Sumter returned Eve shots, all Of which are said
to have struck our batteries at Fort Gregg and
Cummings Point.
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.
We are in possession Of very important news
nom Mexico. Another revolution had broken out
IN the city Of Matsmoros, resulting In the over.
throw q the existing authorities and the establish
ment Of Cortinas in the supreme though doubtless
temporary power. Governor Ruiz and his princi.
pal offcers had been compelled 70 Zee for protec.
tion 70 the federal camps, and there thew were a,
last accounts. In state Of safety. Tia deaths ~
both Csrdenas and Lopez are reported As xsu a.
another hegrs Of the hunted Jusrez The ss,a,,ss
account Of our correspondent is highly interesting
A stay OF proceedings Was granted In II. cas.
Of John B. Holmes yesterday, by Judge Leonard
OF the Court Of Oyer and Terminsr, and the case viii
now come up for Argument before the supreme
Court, general term.
There wiz be no Hamburg steamship from Ham.
burg and Southampton Of January 20, in conse.
qnence Of the Ice In the river Elbe The first
steamer due from those ports Is the Hsmmonis,