, 1865-02-02

taat OF the Army c1 tennessee. II was an evil
dny for the country and the cause that Witnessed
his removal hom Its command, but now that the
wrong has been rightcd, let MS hope that all will
asain move On smoothly, zcalous1y and eue1gei.
We trnst that Gen. Johnston will meet with the
hearty and active corporation Of tho whole conn.
Try IN bringing up md restoring the army to Its
former efficiency. Aside from patrlotlc consider,
ations, ard Us purely matter OF selEprotection,
the people owe this much to him al well AZ them.
selves. With its strength recuporatel, and it
70 stand Us an invInc.bIo buIwark between rs and
our ruthless invaders. Only some three months
are now left IN which to prepare for The spring and
1n Fad sn Il a to e
duty ahc great crisis imposes upon Them.
GEN. HOOPS ARMY.
Under the above caption, a Mississippi pa
per has the following:
We lavc information, through gentleman whc
came down By the last evenings train from 1Icri
din, that Ger Hood'a army i5 at and in the neigh
borhood Of Cor1pth. As VIC predicted, his losse:
poriz. T. has halctsa ss nueh III III % not more' IS
damage upon the enemy as he has received In TIC
River, His total losses from all caueee, including
deseriion, Will not exceed len or twelve thousand
and about fty pieces Of artillery. The stories &C
freely circulated TINT the Federal army had
the river, and were pushing on his hanks and In
the rear, arc fables. There was no pursuit. except
by the eacmy'd c1Snlry. and that Was quite man
agcable by Gen. Forrest, who covered the retreat
The road to corinth was to have been opened yos
tetday, thus rc-essablishfng Communication, and
showing that LLe late raid near Yezona md Okla,
looua did not DO much damage. When Gen. Hood
teries Of artillery in Georgia. and these will cup.
ply all his loses in the Tenncaace campaign.
REBEL BRAVERY AT WILMINGTON.
The Mobile Adlertiser, speaking Of rebel
bravery at Wilmington, says:
The gallantry OF the Confederate arms has &c.
successful defense Of Wilmington. It ought 10
e1alt both the pride and courage of tho people.
Il shows what bravery and conduct can accom-
ever &c: on foot By our etcmy. Tlo naval arma.
ment was double that which reduced the forty Of
our own bay. and c9psisted Of orer fifty ships Of
at he rate ef $500 in l!o hours. ouT admirable
correspondent, a." has gwen oar readers q
history Of the battle On land and water, which re-
suited il the discontinue of the fog. The expe'
dition seas 4 complete failure, and ought to In,
spte renewed hops IN our cause. md courage IN
and hs ret hs bs The
assigned to that command. exclaimed, "Pooz
Wilmingtont r.
GRlEnsoS's GREAT RAID THROUGH MISSISSIPPI
The following is from the Nississipplau oi
the 5th instant, In reference to Gricrson's cx.
pedition:
The engagement. at Egypt Station on the asth
hall. Our men fought nntii the last round Of IN.
munition waa exploded before surrcrdcring,
though repe:tedly ordered to Cease firing. Ggicf.
son !ast fn hlled thissossn M men Witch were
1fty wounded. Our loss was four killed, eight
wounded and four hundred prisoners. General
saa Gfton o bays 9s ~ .sisa bs9 2R r. q h cs
around the honae Of the eecsion master or Tie
1oed; The inmates Of this house, M.s. Kellian
and Mrs Brown, renamed Indoors all the tine,
nd R4v rpr {1fr tvttt
etandfn: the house was perforated with balls. The
enemy LETT between thirty and forty Of their
wounded IN our hanGf. some aixty OF the men
captured BY Grlczson havo eincc made their es.
On the subject the editors Of the Mobile
Register and Adyxrtistr extract the following
newsttom private letter:
The Yankees entered Doonvillo Sunday morn
Cd he ealdlnse % used bS ths @ eovefansnl anl p5
car containing supplies for the h1a1s engaged in
repairing the road, tore rp 4 Email piece OF the
tack a9d Sat ths be- telegraph wire The party Goa.
the west side Of the road, and united with another
party 1ear Tupelo. AZ th1s latter point they com:
meneed ths destruction m Of the road. br5dses ard
party who had entered that place Sunday evening,
surprising and capturing number Of men, and
dcstreying fifteen car, nino Of whichever loaded
The whole force then came down the road,
burning tho bridges md occasionally tearing up
the tFask md wT1e net at Eggpt 6y aooas go
coi. BarE, Who is fsprcscntca as very eal1aat
and good officer. Tho fight Commenced at tho
eonth end Of the statton grounds, and ons men 1c-
uaater's house, which formed IN excellent stock
ade. For want Of rails to fence In his lot the sta
tlon master had collected the partially dccayed
about two feet deep, which left them a6ou: eix
feet above ground, md Afforded ample protection
against Charge, Of from Mimic balls. From BE-
af re oa5 orGss
YVES shGt away. 1t fe said thai thirty -seYen Of tic
enemy were ki11ed, eis hteen or twenty have since
died, thirty,aye have been carried down to the
Our loss i said to be two Killed, or died Of their
wounds, s4d four woandsd-Gen. aho!son &C.
vefefy. While the action Was going on, a few
ehelIs were tired Ut the enemy from gun On 4
platform car IN q train about a quarter Of mile
south OF tho station. This train had been rnn 10
the top Of the grade. so as to run down hill, bat
having been detained 50 long BY tho officer in COM
mnnd, and beng too heavy. Il BECAME necessary
TO detach part Of It containing three passengers
immcdiaiely destroyed By Tic enemy. There
were number OF eoleIers, about seventy.0ye,
and citizens IN tho cars detached and ley, the
About two mics from tho station the retrcating
SO n men, eh Who ID dscmbarEed in email exeayation,
thcy wers Charged By tic enemy win force est,-
mated At eo0 Col Welr says they were easily r1-
pulsed. and Immediately moved westward on the
Houston road,
4 private letter from Canton, Miss, having
reference to the same topic, says the enemy
burned the most Of the business part Of Gre
NADIA and 4 vast amount Of Government stores,
three engines and tratns, and destroyed, more
or less, some thirty miles Of road. Gen. Ad-
ans fought them successfully at some point
west OF Goodman. With 800 he fought 8, 500,
losing some five or six killed and ten or fif-
teen wounded, who will be down on train
this evening""
REBEL LOSS IN LATE FIGHTS UNDER 900.
The Montgomery Hal has official informa-
tion, us follows, in regard to Hoods losses in
his terrible defeats in Tennessee, aud writes:
Gen. food tas Ealely reached the southern bank
OF the Tennessee with his army. He Was at Batn-
nit, Containing Thomas oiiickfal di.patehes CON
Atm this intelligence. Thomas In bis dispatches
states that Hood Is at Batphsidge. This potnt IL
not marked on the map. and NJ one appears to
have egweGs s e: e bs .. Sh
than whst is gi.en IN the Federal dispatches.
rum parties who came from Columbia since the
aeht At hat Place: ore = came by way & Of coriDth'
tains, the latter. arriving at Selma on Saturday
evening.
The ia,ter LETT Fayetteville on the Goth, and was
ovelsaken before he crossed the Tennessee. by a
who WIS IN the battle near Columbia. lie inform
ed our informant that the battle took place on
RrthcIforu' g creek, about four mtles from Colum-
bia. Forrest had captusel brigade OF Yankee
also been captured. Our entire loss from the time
We crossed The Tennessee, up to and including
The fight at Ruthcrtortl's creek, waa estimated at
four thousand. In the last nsht ia aaid the enc
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