, 1864-08-25


rrardsr: as Coils Starr, Prince, and WIas'ow, the,
were tosts n themselves. Fur more than twe
hours the rebels fuucht desperately, and ID it no.
been for The determination Of the Union forcet
the. might hure held their ground nov.
While forces u expe1ience were engaged At tbt
on 1tn md eas! q u the ey Gen nustan
bis staT held the no11h Gnd northeast Of the city
but 1t is proper TO state th,t they operated in con
@ Re q The
AZ our forces advanced under heavy fire, cover
cd by battery g, 2a Illinois Artillery and 7th Wis.
eops1n,. ~ho cid nublY, The raiders fell back, and
BY O'clock they we're in fall relreat, cfuse1y fol
lowed BY our cavalry. By u O'Clock all was quiet
II onr trout: To prevent a aauk movement, al.
thong holding our o. ginal line, fvtce WAS eeut
to our left but We found that part Of our ltne We'll
protected BY forces camped In the vicinity, ably
Lieut.. Irwin, Of the sth Iowa, was wounded by
| The rebel raiders and has since died 4 soldier
hsmed junk, q the same regiment, Is said to
Rea s,!ey w9snqed 1a Anohet n p.tvste h
shots. Mt Reeves who was taken psisonsf, a Il
o n1a 90 shos t. bis t rstu5aed
lying at Mrs. Tufts, is reported dead. The men
who were taken prisoners by the rebels at the cor
are back in tie c,ty. The body Of JOIN J stofss.
the rebel who was killed ut the postoce, was yes.
T taaTu te essa = %sS.h
handled at the Gayoso House, but was not taken
prisoner It is eatd one Of the most efficient guides
who comes very frequently into the CITY With Waeoa
lo2ds Of WateInlelons for sale.
hal. ". r. Lakeland, Chief Of Pickets, started
at ~ early hour for headquarters and the camp oil
the 18Th illinois regiment, on The Fernando road.
| He had gone half OF thlee-quazte.s Of mile on
the fernando road, when be WAS informed by cIti.
further. be met one Of our NEG, who informed
him that our cavalry were a little way befora
h9. Putting splrs to hts horse, he rode forward
| and econ overlook and rode into the line, which
be- then discovered was not our men, But the
| rebel. IN retreat They had number OF prison.
ers, mostly blacks, whom they were hurryfny for
| ward. The rehels were In considerable disorder.
The teero prisoners were mainly from the G1st
SIoj. Isekland, when he diacovercd his mistake,
fhreugh 1e rebel Ines. n Ho M lad gs gone but bEn.
short distance when rebel Officer made pass
At eth him Win sabre, which fortunately infused him.
big horse. The Major kept on trying to force bis
dsiea ut that place. Many Of ibe rebels called to
and not q Tie rebes Il mipd IL E
eelze the bride or his horse or to ehoot at him
%hen he got thforsh the linss be Pat spurs tq hls
np. but four kept on Tor about 40 sa,dt. lie had
to leap deep ditch. This somewbat checked the
Iebsls rebel bHt they Kept on until solsy fron seven
hold up. just at this point the body Of rebel
Captain {Lurdy) was subsequently soand, and the
inference is thai he was killed by the vot1ey that
gave relief to Mai Lsck1and
When the rebels came toward cur pickets they
seemed to have a body ofpicked men in. 'front.' and
we're not perceived until within three or four him.
dIed yards Ct ogr pickets, who had only time to
fire twice before the rebels were upon them There
wefetbree OF four hundred who rode straight for.
@ @Ma1d; others turned Into the camp of the 18th
Illinois, and began firing promiscuous}y. Our men
returned the fife. and fell back to form, which
they dld promptly. They then took good posi-
ton. and coon drove the rebels from the camp into
tie Wood, part OF The 1etintnt then taking 4
defensible position held It, ana the rebels made
three desperate charges. coming within four feet
OF our a men; nut m W wsre driven back IN dlsorde1.
the place Many Of the rebels were wounded.
The loss Of a por'ion of the 1sTth in
these the desptrate sonteats e, there va killed
inc eou1d he more determined than the conduct Of
the members Of the 18th, who participated In the
fighting yesterday.
The Majors horse was shot. The Qusrtcrmas-
now alive.
T '5s eht hs;s yss:sday 9s,s ysss snssa
ZIP. sth Iowa, 1tsth illinois, Hath nlinoisa and
They all acted with the utmostcoolness and brave
~ and no officers and men could have done thsir
duty better than ours yesterday without SINGLE
exception: Perhaps The ath Iowa and 1a!th MI
cavalry acted nobly. The cooluess and bravery Of
the hui dred days men WAS me.ter Of general
conmenGufOn.
4 email body Of the yth Illinois cavalry behaved
admirably.
An otieer rode oveE The whole ted and Wis
tied eye1y point where fighting had taken place
yesterday. lie says that two Of the enemy we're
killed OF: wounded TO ore OF ours.
Capt. Cock, Of Gen. Hurlbut's staff was robbed
of $S,c01 b. The Eeba1s who entered his room at
A paea was found upon the body OF the rebel
soldier Stokeft who, was kil1ed q. the postotlee,
AId It Is said that he has been IL and out Of the
ffpNuAnf1r nF mn ri
$. G: Hardwick and F. T. Edwar1a. With n1ner-
ous other citizens, we're lodged IN the Block yes
They said they hoped that Forreat wouid taze
Memphis and XII or dEiTe gut every damned Yam
The Block was comfortably nl1ed last night With
traitors and secesh sympathizefs not wise enough
TO hold Their tongues. No steamboats, were a.
lowed to nn!oad freight yesterday. It wss repor-
tery, but It Il entirely without foundation. They
never epiked Or moved gun, 90 soon were they
5o hs q bs apy yt Ss
ordnance tor home defense
4, gotd many wero acared, but come wanted
with portions Of his own regiment and the 11Yth
Illinois. 10 men all told, pursued the enemy down
The Hernanio road. skirmlshlne for come distauce
n severe d.ht eneued, The rebels suffered heavily
and Col. Bells men scarcely at all. Fearing that
his ree1ment would be surrounded and oyefpow-
cred, Col. Bell made flank movement, and when
be supposed he Was beyond mnsket range, he again
formed 'front.'. but reoel volley killed Lieut. r.
win and wounded several men. Col. Be1ls loss
altogether, ene Killed and about fourteen wounded.
The bar a. the Gayoso House was not molested bY
heretels The cigar stand in the Office WAS plum
dered. The sate was untouched. The teieeraphtc
communication between this city and Collierville
wss broken yesterday morning, but Is now re-
stored, and all Is quiet in that direction.
a soldier near Gen. WAshburn's headquarters,
When he found he Was surrounded and unarmed.
threw himself into lot Of weeds and eacaped OBJ
Fervance. While lying hid he heard rebel sympa- |
!hfzing citizens Of Memphis near him expressing
their qualification at the raid aud their hopes that
It would be successful in capturing Gen. Wash |
burn. and their good wishes for the rebel cauae
Last evening three citizens were locked up IN |
Irving Block
John Stacks, who was killed at the Postoface,
was one Of three or four who had just been made
prisoners BY the guard at Gen. Grfesspn's head
quarters. When Stacks and his horse fell the 9TH
er tebela became scared and no othey1 prisoners |
effected their escape. 4 rebel who had his leg |
shattered begged the officers who found him not to
let the pee1ues murder him. he seemed to be in |
1Etense fear OF this, and when taken to the honse
Of Mr. J0hnson Wis very grateful. He states that |
he was one Of Gen. Forests body guard. and that
Forrest has $50 men, all mounted and efficient.
The rebels carried Oft ]. Benson, one gentleman,
q teleersph operator, whom they found at bead
lu1rtcre.
at the latest accounts received Inst night, the
rebels were SIX or eight miles from the city.
LATER.
have bern enabled to obtain a copy Of the fol-
lowing, being Col T. r. Robins report Of the Losses