New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-01-23
rBow GEN. GRANTS AwNy.

Sen. ssrysis Attached by the Whole Of
uouas,rcoI'. Cavalry and II Brigade of
tasauu,-s six Hours ConGiet-The
Rc5eis Finally Drsyen Three Miles
trson Los. nboas Eighty in Killed and
Wounded.
Srep Cor Special Correspondent.
STRAWBERRY PLANS /. r.. Dec. %. lsC1.
oar advance force, under command OF Gen.
sulgis Of the Gaya'Ty Corps have to-day Lad another
arrangement with The Rebel forces in front al Messy
Ir,ck tie enemy making The attack in the forenoon
and the hight ooltlraug for six hodrs with ohst
sscy greater than upon tie previous occasion the
same place resulting however in tho final rcpulsc and
d;sConitne OF the Rebels, with heavy loEs-our own
s,e il .ica and wounded amounting 10 ahO1t 100 men,
- p-oissaroes made from time 10 time have discov-
s,si Ia .c Rebel a.a!S. end considerable portion
al II .ijaaty, had .rrctcd To- Dandridee IOWA neaf
i.c l4aca il0-d ii e. o0nsd ra9iy 10 ol right inc
object "a pa-suuy being - mass their f-ces IN that
nsccliot IN te view NJ making Sudden and pow
eTi H. ycl.ent upon lefl and pOssib! dash upon
Rrcxs."e. IL meet and thWau this sehele- ano ~
he ,rc ther uncover our Communications With
rumb,r~rd CAP has apparently been Tie design during
Tie las fec agge. accordingly the iaI1n Poriaon 81
thcir Az, aat sufficient cooperating force u the
Infant hsve moved from The noEt 10 The south
side I,r Vc'sioI and careful watch has been keId
o. TO q GUYS movements. cavalry almost daiy
being in .'si Ct 'hat of the cnGny and more or less
skirnish'n .oug Gen Sturgis had bis Advance al
herr ''e.Es md AiuTrsiogn Col AlotSs brigade o.
inlastly was a. New Market, within saPpoI-ns dis
TO-DAY. about II o'clock The enemy attacked Us With
rrpg,any bis whole cavalry force and bT gede OF m
fts. At NOISY .Ieek We were not sSrlI1sS9 s.s sr
in t. {. the toree making the attach which az hrs
rroy 4 To-, .sch fof men, WHO fell back short ds
isa C. l.st'ny .iesdy az 1ey dld so. Gen, SseTg
ii :lie, ~ sde oS infantry turned the tide of battle
and C-uy, nack three miles The light sste'
a anvil snfa A 4
,eyep,,.Gy, lAv. .sfn taken 10 the hospital, which
vii thcle ss6, Tclably fifteen or twenty in all vii
mate O.: 1 - r.a-y hundred men.
- -vppo.ea g.tTeet expected by this attack u
Mn Tie uila.ng nj he bridge at NOISY Creek which
uui ic aaa pr.-iensly Destroyed, end are now en-
gag, in restoring and, possibly capture more wagon
trains Se ret %.h q much warmer reception than he
anticipate, No sra to accomplish his PmPoe.
7 ne r, .n.rt. t-.sced were al Of The sd Army
rorps on \. regiments hope 70 have i1ll LEI
sftke casiaia.s ~ TIE for the next mall
NJ jo..con. Grant and staff have arrived, via the
rteem ara ne Tennessee River. and will be received
st knon,nc e sen. Foster ia the morning.
p. S-h,0~../. Dec. 3l.--Geneial Grant aud Stat
ere rsntal expected at the depot and the White
Horse Ce,4ry ri is already mounted together with
General Poster a.. STAT, in readiness 10 receive him.
We ha, nd 10 ia~ard mail ion about nne days
The smell, Jz prevailing here To an unusual extent
Tor the Gsscral vaccination is ordered and is
being resorted 70 by Officers and men.
REBEL NORTH cA@oLfSA INDIANS AND THEIR
LEADKEs.
WHOM many years ago tie United States Govern
ment undertook he task OF removing the CheTokees 10
hon Nest 4 re Missouri, considerable community
ii 80 toe sho inAGbed the mouutan ranges ard
Sild alds NOr;h Carolina permitted 10 remain
lie PCS, II remember rightly, for this exemption in
III ~ r. tureriOr civilization and the fact
ihstt4-y hau recoTs Undermined 10 considerable
g. wa vhits Tsee, with which they had inter
snalri. ttes possessed extensive tracts OF other
xi usi~,, al ~ tae mountain regions. and among
fle cr'--s aEG l,lucine rplands OF the state from
whi 9ts.r'e. IN connection with hunting toll
cradle b For these lands the L. ;. Govern
meat pr. Eo-th Carolina large sum, probably ten
tim at is ene could have been sold ioT under any
9th + g oel:'anccs
''old - RAJ" srgeed, dimlnutiye, swGrthy
creature, earee cross beta cen the whites aud
rs SCI, ,g Ns,acd and shop goods % the tribes
and al =. Enormous profits, aud by pocAotIng
i.rge bo-s..e, AID eommissions ont OF Government
alio a"ees. HAslg by these ana kindred acts OBJ
:ained strong innnence over these people, Thomas
took ID @s Sccssion which offered upon tine breaking
out OF gs,elon 90 draw these simple people into
Abe ,atio work Of fighting against the Government
whicn ~ s,ercd and protected them. Cooperating
with 1 i3i9ss vas Wash Morgan ieputed relative
Of job . 49, great RAIDER asi's mother is said u
have Ie.1 CHaGToon. hafbreed. and having
mi glcG ard hunted with them until le considered
ab VI hal !ndian himself he easily persuaded by
1homas 20 unite With hIm organizing regiments "
Indians.
When Rosecrars first appeared before Chattanooga,
and bUntsIded T. a ca was made for reenlOrcemcnts
for ra2g ar thomas VITA his Indians were sent for
W I'd. They came from North Carolina down the val
ley Of the French Broad ryer and for short time dis
u'yed t1sI issiteis ana waT-plint 10 The people of
kno vile. The regiment was not al Indian, bat the
paint served 10 give homogeneous saYagesn to the
crowd. "Wsst Morgan" was officer in this regi.
met lie afterwards Joined his illuslIiOus namcsasc in
his celeb. isl aid Though Kentucky and Ohio While
on the way 10 Kentucky ." Wash" undertook 10 rob a
bans and snderiy obtained his rights and his que,us
together from some officers in charge OF the institution
During lie recent Siege OF Knoxville a regiment at
least, of these REDSKINS engaged in the operations
Against the place among other semsayag e forces OF
Iorgstrect 11ey We've employed in the preliminary
assaults upon the town. A person wearing 4 CANDY
and very Singular uniform, supposed 10 be the com.
man Ing Officer, shot, and officer Of TIE 18th
OHIO wlO witnessed the light gays strong effort WIS
ma Z, 20 obtain his Uniform a trophy of the field
TIE party making the attempt however, obliged
10 retire under Dcayy IRE which was opened upon
fher having succeeded In obtaining only the head.
drsss which was 0rnamcBed with feathers beads, and
Other tr.nkeis LIS gady character and trapping at.
tfacied much ltteation. m
Wbi'e these cIolkiiOns going on, Thomas, with
his regiment OF Indians, lad approached from North
Caroline 20 po..t within less than ilfiy miles at
plaes called Newport. upoa the French Broad Eiser.
and rade raids 40 az Seyeryllle.
ILe,e Indians are not all Rebels, and those who nne
seouainted with them assert that many OF them are
sLrswd and nt ieeut 70 remarkable degree, deiylDg
ths ipgennty of Rebel agents 10 draw them away from
fbsiy allegiance Tie old flag Some Of these have
zee, mvseif Oh their way 10 Gen BnrDsides Hcadfnu
seu 10 scci arms acd uGcyns with which TO tsbi IN