l El),e Cob e. HUNTINGDON, PA Wednesday morning, Jan. 7, 1863. W. Lewis, Editor and Proprietor l/4 Our Flag Forever " I know of no mode in which a loyal citi zen may so well demonstrate his devotion to his country ac by sustaining the Flay, tha Constitution and the U ion, nods all eireum -stances, and UNDER EVERY ADMINI:,TRATION, REGARDLESS or PARTY . FOLITICS, AGAINST ALI ASSAILANTS, AT WIELAND ABROAD." A. DOUGI,A9 GLORIOUS NEWS ! Capture of Vicksburg ! The Missis sippi opened ! Great victory over the Rebels at Murfreesboro ! Read the news. A few more such victories and the Rebels North and South will be -very sick. THE ARMY OF TUE POTOMAC. — We have no news of importance from Burnside's army. The enemy have dug new rifle-pits along the river to provide against our crossing again. THE LEGISLATURE.—The PClMSylVa uia Legislature met to-day, (Tues day.) The Democratic members of the House met in caucus on Monday evenino, and made the following nom inations: For Speaker, John Cessna of Bedford; for Clerk, Jacob Ziegler of Butler; for Assistant Clerk, B. Milton Speer of Huntingdon. The Democrats having ty majority in the House, these caucus nominees will be elected. The Republicans will elect the offi cers in the Senate and have agreed up on the following: For Speaker, Gco. V. Lawrence of Washington; for Clerk, George W. llamersly of Germantown; Asst. Clerk, Gurdon S. Berry. SELLING OFF ANT) SETTLING UP.-M. 'Strous will commence on Tuesday, Jan. 13th, selling off his entire stock of store goods and household furniture by public auction. One Piano will al so be sold. Everybody should attend to get bargains. All persons holding scrip issued by Air. Strolls, are request ed to return them as soon as possible. ON Thursday last, Peter Yandevan der of Petersburg, in company with another man, went to the woods to hunt. Arriving in the woods they met two others. After some conver sation, the men scattered. In the evening Mr. Yandevander was repor ted missing. Search was made, but he was not found until Sunday.— When found he was dead. A bullet bad entered the back part of his head and lodged near the left eye. When found ho had both hands in the pock ets of his pantaloons, and his gun was lying beside him, loaded. No doubt the ball that struck him was a spent 'ball from the rifle of one of the three other gunners in the woods at the time. ILINTINcawoN, Jan. 5, 1803 Mr. EDITOR :—You will allow my self and family to acknowledge this in your columns: The reception of a handsome donation from a number of our friends in this place. This was made on New Year Eve, and consisted of a variety of articles well suited to our wants, and for which we would thus extend our sin cere thanks. We at the same time hope that the kind donors may be richly rewarded for their kind remem brance of us. Yours, respectfully, List of Pilled, Wounded and _Hiss ing in Company G, sth Regt.—Lienten ant C. M. Hildebrand, in a letter dated Dec. 23, gives the following informa tion Killed Privates Luther Coi.bot, Walter Everett and Geo. Edwards. Wounded—Capt. Wolfe, Sergt. It Meredith, Augustus Hawn, Sohn Da vis, Wm. Gilliland and Fred. Fouse. Missing—Lieut. S. A. Willoughby, Corp. Wm. Corbin, and private Jas. Moore. "A reliable rebel officer told me that they had got sonic five or six of our lieutenants, slightly wounded. and a Major belonging to the sth P. R. C., who gave his name as Zentmyer. llc could not remember the names of the lieutenants. We got the body of Lt. David Zentmyer. We have all come to the conclusion that J. A. Willough by,is slightly wounded and a prison- STUART'S GUIDES A RRESTED.—Two of the guides of Stuart, in his late raid, were arrested on Friday-, near Burke's Station, Virginia. These men were but recently rote:l4od from the Old Capitol. This is but another proof of .ho disastrous effects of the leniency , xercised by the Government toward I=lE3 g-!-Z-- The public schools of this place :ere opened on Monday last, after ,aving been closed for two weeks. COURT.--Court commences on Mon 'ay next, the 12th. DIARIES for 1863, are for tale SG W Lewis' Book Store. =EI === The Condition of the South. A fugitive Louisiana planter has lately published a letter. on the condi tion of the South, in which he corrobo rates all that others have testified on the delusion and ignorance of the Inm,s of the people in the slaveholding States, tho inveterate hatred of the "Yankees" which their wicked lead ers have so carefully trained then up in, and the present destitution which the desolating effects of the war have brought on all classes. Ho closes will: the following remarks, which bear the impress of good sense, and may he read with profit by many at the pres ent ti ne : "Still ; any attempt at conciliation of the South would be utterly thrown away. The only argument N\ hich they understand or respect now is su perior and overwhelming force. Pros trate and break to pieces, this winter, (as you can,) their 0111(01i:eel GO 0711- ;111a, and the whole resistance will fall utterly exhausted and helpless.— The talk of its being impossible to sub jugate the South seems to me very foolish. 1 believe iL the duty of the nation to God and the loyal people, and to the unhappy South itself, in whose welfare I am very deeply inter ested. -STEPHEN " A year ago I had myself given up to the dreadful fact, as I supposed, that the nation was torn asunder.-- But since the events (Whist spring, and what I have seen myself of the pros perity and tremendous power of the Northern States, I have entirely chan ged my mind. It is plain that so far as human prudence can foresee, noth ing can prevent the speedy fall of the Richmond Government but a sudden blindness and cowardice seizing upon our loyal people • just as complete vic tory is within their reach." The Emancipation Proclamation of WASHINGTON, Jan. 1. By the Piesident of the, United States of dnuric A PIZOCLAM AT I 0 g. Wherw.3, on the 22d day of Septem ber, in the year of our Lord one thou sand eight hundred and sixty-two, a proclamation was issued by the President of the United States, con taining, among other things, the fol lowing, to wit : That on the Ist day of January, in the year of our . Lord one thousand eight hundred and six ty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the Uni ted States, shall be thenceforward and forever free. And the Executive Gov ernment of tile• United States, includ ing the military and naval authority thereof, will recognize and' maintain the freedom of such persons, and will do no net or acts to repress such per sons, or any of them, in any effort they may make fin• their active free dom. : That the Executive will, on the first day of January aforesaid, by proclamation, designate the States and parts of States, if any, in which the people therein res...petiveiy, shall then be in rebellion against the United States, and the fact that any State and the people thereof shall, on that day, be in good faith represented in the Congress of the •United States by members chosen thereto at elections, wherein a majority of the qualified vo ters of such States shall have partici pated, shall, in the absence of strong countervailing testimony, be deemed conclusive evidence that such State and the people thereof are not then in rebellion against the United States. NOW, therefore, T, A bralmm Lincoln, President of the United States, by vir tue of the power in me vested, as Commander-in-Chief of the army and navy of the,United States, in time of actual armed rebellion against the au thority and Government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing the said re bellion, do on this, the - first day of Jan unilly, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty three, and in accordance with my pur pose so to do, publicly proclaim, for the full period of one hundred clays from the day linst above mentioned or der, and designate as the States and parts of States wherein the -people thereof respectively, are this day in re bellion against the United States, the following, to wit :—Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, (except the parishes of St. Bernard, Plaquemines, Jefferson, St. James, A sconsion, Assumption, Terre bone, Lafourehe, Saint Martin and Orleans,) including the city of New Orleans, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Caro lina and Virginia, (except the forty eight counties designated as West Virginia, and also the counties of Berk ley, Accomae, Northampton, Eliza beth city, York, Princess Anne and Norfolk,) including the citiestpf Nor folk and Portsmouth ; and which ex cepted parts are for the present left precisely as if the proclamation were not issued ; and by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid, I (to or der and declare that all persons held as slaves, within the said designated States and parts of said States, aro and henceforward shall be free, and that the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will re cognize and maintain the freedom of said persons. And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free, to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self-defence; and I recom mend to them that in all cases, when allowed, they labor faithfully for reas onable wages. and I further declare and make known that such persons of suitable condition will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions, stations and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in the said service; and upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by Constitu tion upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment, of mankind and the gracious ihvo• of Almighty God. S. IL REID In witness whereof, I have herewith set my hand and cauhcd the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the city of Washington . , this, the First Day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and of the Independence of the United States of America the eighty-seventh. By the President, ABRAHAM LINCOLN. Will1;1111 IJ. -iew.vard, S,')/ of Sfitte. Mi the President, lIM!ISI4MI72I33IINIMeRMIRRIneIIEgIItEPIII,MT WAR EMI ARMY OF THE FRONTIER. A Dillict(lt awl Daring Rrtirl Made by the Foiers—raidure , :l* Van Buren, Arl,.-021iebi1 Repert ( y' ac i d. ,S'lceinibairt Equipaye, PAyETTEvi ',La, Ark., Dec. Llfl.—One of the most difieult and daring raids of the war ha; just been made by a part of the Army of the frontier. On Saturday General Herron start ed with a portion of his cavalry and infantry forces for the other side of the Boston Mountains. Gent. Blunt loft Cane 11111 at the same time by an other route, the two columns being about six thousand strong. They started in light, marching ordei, with six days' cooked rations, and marched forty-two mites without stop page. General Merton took v,ith hi o tAvo batteric-3 without eah,f,ons. The artil lory and baggage, wagons were arawil acres; the mountains by twelvo-horsi) teams. At daylight yesterday morning the two command.; joined at Lee's Creek, three miles south of the mountains, from whence the cavalry and artillery, no abering 1000 men, started lbr Van Buren, leaving the infantry to follow as Cast as possible. Two rebelegi men 1-I of cavalry wore encountered at Dripping Spring. Af ter a short skirmish, they were pat to flight, leaving seven killed and a num ber wounded. Our Threes in followed the rebels fleeing to Van Buren, when a splendid charge was made, led by Generals Blunt and Iler ron in person, resulting in a complete victory over the enemy. The rebel cavalry rushed aboard some steamers which NVCI'V lying at the wharf, and escaped to the other side of the river. Two of the steamers, with over a hun dred prisoners among them, were cap tured. A third boat was run ashore, which, with the others, will be de stroyed. A large quantity of corn, camp equipage. transportation, and a number of mules and horses, were also seized. The Cull extent of the captures is not yet known. When the messenger left, the infan try and artillery were about eight miles in the rear, hastening Thrward as fast as the nearly impassable roads would allow. The people of that section were ta ken entirely by sarprial and terribly frightkned. General Hindman is on the other side of the river with his whole force, unable and unwilling to engago us. The pathway to the Arkansas river has now been opened, and if tho gun boats will open the lower end of it, the. winter's work of the army of the Fron tier is clearly marked out. I= lir..veguAßTmts, Sr. touts, Dee. 2(.1. Gerwiat Oenl. in Chitlf:—The Army of the Frontier under Generals hunt and Herron, moved over the Lorton tnountains on Saturday, and ti4vallet.d, ithoni halt ing, to Van Boron. They drove the enemy- across the A rkam,n,i, 1:U1.2(111nd wounded a few, took three :tea inhoatp., camp equipinenL.,and I_oo pri.ionera. The march of with arias of service over the umuntains and 'Caro' the deep mud of the valley was a most arduous and "galltdtt afrAir. IL CLTIZTIS, Maj. Great Batt a' at 12,1alphreos!)oro'. ~ißJi.ll' T 0 ! [Spieia/ neapOtelt to 17„; Pru3s.] 13.1.12LE-FIELI) N1:.11: - 1V1 1 :11r , " , :tir,OIZO, IDOCellther :J1 P. M. The great battle of the war in the Southwest is now being fought here. It is raging furiously as I write. Thu entire lino has suifored terribly this morning, and the loss on both sides has been heavy. The rebels held an advantage in position this morning, but are now suilhring terribly under the galling tire of our destructive ar tillery, which was got into good posi tion about noon to-day. The forlorn hope of this army, com prising four regiments of regular in fantry (including the 16th regulars, 2,200 strong,)'and two batteries, lost all of their field officers, two-thirds of their line officers, and half of the en listed men killed and wounded, The Anderson troop (a Philadelphia regiment,) of Colonel Wyncoop's light cavalry brigade, also suffered severely. Majors Itosengarten and Ward were both killed during a charge. The cav alry behaved and math.euvred under fire with the steadiness of veteran reg ular dragoons, and much of our success is due to this. Can. flou , Aeau was wounded at the head of his splendid division, after making two bayonet charges, and fighting for nearly five hours. Gen. Stanley is seriously wounded in the low. General Palmer is danger ously wounded. [SECOND DISPATCH.] 31-22.30 P. 31:— I have just returned from the front again, where Gen. Rosecrans is direct ing the gigantic field operations of the day in person. Gen. Joseph Johnston directs the movements of the enemy in person. About one o'clock General Thomas threw his entire corps d'armee against the centre of the enemy's forces, and breaking it, drove it back over a mile in great confusion. Rebels, killed and wounded,lay in heaps upon this ground. Gen. Rosecrans then ordered an ad vance of the entire line of his army in support of Gen. Thomas, and we soon engaged the enemy at close quarters for the first time in the history of the rebellion. At one time Gen. Rosecrans observed his troops wavering, when he dashed rapidly to the front, followed by his stain This coup created a tre mendous enthusiasm amongst the sol diers, who rallied at every point, and drove the enemy for some distance with excellent results. Two of Cenl. Rosecrans' aids were killed at the time by the explosion of a shell. Gen..Negley's division, with its ex cellent artillery, is causing great de struction among the rebels on the left of the centre. Gen. Crittenden, with his corps d'armee, forming the left wing of our army, has gained the ene my's entrenchments,. and is driving the rebels through the town, which is now in plain view before us. The logs on either side has been very heavy We have Ilthen nearly Ihreo ..x - :ae- .. -.- - - - _ thousand prisoners, and our loss is not near so heavy as that of the rebels.— We are following the enemy 11p, and will drive him into Alabama before wo give him any rest. - Gen. Cheatham, the greatest blow er, and General liains, of Arkansas, the hanikomest man in the rebel army, are both killed, and their bodies are in Our We have takc , i over "My guns and even shook of state colors. [rin rT) the A•sl;')Cia/C , / R r a•Shid9loii, Jan. 2.—The SeerOary or War was to-day advised as follows: Cierctroci, Jan. :2.—The lb'lowing has jln,t, been received by telegraph from Cincinnati. dated : ,lhoficeosburo Jan. terrible battle was fought ye:,terday. The la test from the lid(' is up to noon. The rebel centre had been broken, and things looked Ili7orable. The loses are reported to have been en oxllloll9. Stanley, .flon , - , eau, and Palmer are wounded, and the rebels Cheatham and Rains are killed. l'.. , TAnnvir.LE, Jan, 2.—A terrible bat tle has been fought at - Murfreesboro. involvin the teverest carnage of thi. war.- The United States forces encounter ed the rebels on the 8011: ult.. Hear Stewart's Creek. After heavy iddr mishing on both sides the rebel were driven back. We captured a hundred prisoners, anil killed and wounded a larg. - : number. Our lo ;s on this occa sion was 70 killed and wounded. At daybreak on the :list the light was renewed with great fury. General McCook's corps being opposed to Har dee's. ..\fter desperate fighting. with heavy to s on both sides, General McCook retreated two miles. Ile soon rallied his men, but was again driven hack. and at nighi WaS cUIII'ICS this Side of the gnallifi occupied in the The'ilght continued until ten o'clock; at night, at time we hal main tained our position. The Federal loss was very heavy.— inong the billed are : 'Brigadier General Sill. Lieut. Col. Garesche, chief of Gen. Rosecrans Staff. Brig. ((en. Minch, of Indiana. Col. Kell. of the 20th Ohio Shaffor, acting brigadier gen. Col. Farmer, of the 15th Kentucky Regiment. Col. Jones, of the 2-ilh Ohio Regt. Lieut. Col. Cotton, of the Gth Ken tucky Regiment. Lieut. Col. Jones, of the 30th In:H aim Regiment. Maj. 'Carpenter, the 10th Regulars. Major llikengarten, of Philadelphia, (Anderson Troop.) Capt. Garrett, of the 10th Illinois Roginient. Col. Carpenter, of (lie 15th Wiscon- sin fluttery. Lieut. Co] McKee, of the 15ii Wis con il'. 1.00 -. .1.}1 Drig. (;en. E. M. Kirk, of I ; Gen. Wood, of 1 ndi.tna ; Brig. Van Clove, of Minnesota; Ca: , , , nle, of Ohio; Maj. (l en. Rout,sean, of ja.nttn ; Lieu!. Col. Berrv, ; F,:entiner;l , ;lll - 1 - 11Argn: late; Ma . j. 1 510 ain! many (Alleys. The 21. .251.11 and .',sth I ilinoi, Rog iments lo hvo-thirdsoftheir number., and the 15th iinrl 4 one-halt. The 101,t 01110 121 men; the Indiana lo .1 about the same nuim Lon The total number orkined and woun ded is cl:•timated at, '2,500. The rubel e::co.ed:3 our:;. (ion. J. E. Rain , ' was killed. Gen. elloatlam was Violl.lldA and talcou priamer =I The tight was reliewed at 3 o'clock on the morning of J:wuary 7r 41.. Can nonading was heard at _Nashville at 10 o'cloelz Wood's and Van Clove's division were in Murfreesboro driving the tine .oly, who were in full retreat. The followiN rebel eon mk,iioned officers have been captured : Jiaj 3..1. Franklin, 20th Arkan , ,a , ;; Captain W. E. Johnson, 2.d Arkansas; Captain .1. P. Eagle, 2d Arkansas, and Captain S. C. Stone, bit Tennessee Cavalry. Many buildings have been taken in this city for liospitnl purpo...e.i. Great, numbers of the wounded are now be ing brought, in. [Speciitt DeTatch to The Pics,;.] .13xrrun-rt ELI) Jan. 3, P. M.—. Our army bivouacked on the same ground I a:A 012;itt, that occupied by our forces on the night of the 31st ultimo. Our army gained some advantage in the battle of yes terday, but not without terrible car nage. The loss on both sides can only be described as absolutely tremendous. Gen. Negley fought his division all day yesterday splendidly. and lost very heavily in men, but saved his ar tillery. Con. IZousseau immortalized himself long Letbre he fell severely wounded. lie is set down as ono of the great heroes of the battle. The enemy was heavily reinforced from some direction last. Maj. General McCook had his horse blown to atoms by a shell yesterday afternoon, and, although severely bruised, soon remounted and rode to the front of his gallant division. Gen. Ilosccrans, everywhere, and at all times, exhibited great coolness ai.d moral courage, exposing himself con tinually at critical periods. Ito gave orders incessantly, in a firm manner. The fight was renewed this morn ing with great ferocity. Gen. Rose erans collected his scattered troops and reorganised them last night. To-day we have driven the enemy nearly two miles. The reserve brigades are get ting into line as I write. Reinfbree ments are arriving, and Genei'al I?ose erans is determined to destroy the reb els at any cost. All the houses in ..\.[urcreusboro a n d the neighboring. villages are occupied as hospitals. We are sending many - wounded men to Nashville by rail.— Our arrangements for the care of the Wounded are being completed, and every effort is made to make the suG fcrers as comfortable as pos3ible. Philadelphia may «•ell be proud of the Anderson Cavalry. The men and officers have covered themselves with glory. The following is a list of the killed in the Anderson Cavalry : Sergeant Kimber, Alexander Drake, F. Herring, A. H. Kendrick, A. W. Chase. I will Rend more names as 1 obtain them. Louisrit/P, January 3.—Telegraphic communication has been restored be tween here and Nashville, and the fol lowing important dispatches have been received: il'ashville, January 3.—lt is reported that Gen. Bragg wit , ' killed in the fight to-day. There has been fighting all day, but no particulars are received.— nut' forces are advancing, and the relic's arc fhlling back. across Stone river. A heavy rain has fallen all day. The following ollicen; are amon , 4 the slightly wounded : Col. hiller, Col. Blake, of the Indiana; Lieuten ant Colonel Neff, Col Ilull. Capt. Pate. [secoxo il'a4trille, Jan..;.—heavy eannona ding has been heard to-day up till noon. The relic's attacked our left, but wore terribly repulsed. There was very little fighting yesterday.— Our forces do nut yet occupy Murfrees boro the rebek, attacked and destroy ed the hospital buildings on Thursday. The rebel army at Hichniond are fur nishing :strong reinforcements LO the 0110111 y. [TI, 1):-1..1TC11-.4 .1 a ntutry , pirited en gagoideni took plave at Lavergne, be tVieell a party of ineelianie-, and engi neer.: ill the United C lee, un der the command of Colonel _Raines, and tleneral Wheaten's rebel cavalry. The latter wt:Te routed, with the lo,s of thirty-three killed. All the contrabands captured by the, yneiny on the United Btates wagon trains, are shot. Twenty of their dead hodie-; are lying on the Murfreesboro pike. ::dajor Hindman and Captain king. \yin, were wounded, wero cap hired by the rebels elude in aii ambu lance. 'flue y\\ ere talien• lour mile, away and lien and th , owo out on the road ;)! ;,, killed, but xvoul.d ind nor, yesterday. General Ito, ~,;; of the, -I th U. S. Ht.\ 1, attacked t ;en. ‘Vhccn•,..., who Were cut to piect routed. Captain Mack. CM ac; tiller}' on Cki. Thomm; staff. is tally wounded. Colonel Anderson has sent a dispatch to the Head Quarters. saying, "we have whipped the rebels decidedly and are at Christiana, nine miles south of Murfreesboro, on the lino of the railroad." EFOURTII I)IPAICI[.] a'itshville, Jan. 3.—Col.,lichee is reported killed. Our loss of °likens is heart-rending. There was fighting from daylight yesterday till this morn ing. At live o'clock last evening, the enemy were being terribly slaughtered. In the first day's light, we had it all our own way, but Ihe right wing fought iL,elfinto a hat pmition. On the third day, we reptik..,d the enemy with ter rible slaughter, *rt , laining but slight loss ourselves. [To the As,:ocia Per:,;.] Nnw VorK. Jan. 4. A special dis patch from Murfreesboro, dated. Friday eveniPg, states that, the rebel; were tv, - ice repulsed On Thursday, in fierce attack, on our centr,! and on Thursday night Gen. IZosecraos onlered I.2atty's briga4e aoross Stone river on our 10ft, hich Nva-4 accoui plished. On afternoon the le'neis made a tremendous attack on our center, lint were handotnely re pul .00. At the same time they threw an imme,lo mass of inlimtry against Beatty's brigade. (hiving it across the river, when Negley's aml Davis' divi smm; went to their aid. A most des perate struggle emmed, and all the ar tillery of both armies was brought to bear. Oar men sufired terribly, but unflinchingly. At last Uencral Xtigley ordered a Charge, WllOll the rebels gave way. The!)tith Pennsylvania charged home on the2Gth Tennessee capturing its color;. Huffier regiment charted, 11111 seized a whole rebel b a ttery. A grand shout, ni vioory ai (He, along the « hole whim 6,111. Uftt;ecirans advanced his wll,llo line. the left estab lishing it 'elf on the cast bank 01 the river, the centre holding the enemy's former position, and the right holding its original position of Wednesday.— The iolvantage i•-; with us. Tho, battle is to be renewed on Sat urday, and all feel confident of victory. OFFICIAL REPORT OF MAJOR GENERAL ROSEC.RANS. Full Details of the Battle. THE EYHYK IN PULL RE In l'rwa t . v i a Xe YL (107 ,a( 11. On the 2fith or 14, ',- ed from Nmshviile General MeCook's corps 1,11 villa pike. Gen. Thomas, from its eneammnent on the Franklin pike, via the Wilson pike, and Gen. Crittenden's on the main Murfreesboro pike. The left and centre net with a strong resist ance, such as the nature of the coun try, rolling or hilly routes skirted by cedar thickets and thrills, and inter sected by small streams with rocky bluff' banks, forming serious obsta cles. Gen. McCook drove llardee's corps a mile and a half from Nolinsville, and occupied the place. Gen. Crittenden reached within one mile and a half of Lavergne. General Thomas reached the Wilson pike. meeting with no serious opposition. On the 27th ult. Gen. McCook drove liardee from Nolinsville, and pushed a reconnoitering division six miles to wards Shelbyville, and found ilardee had retreated towards Mumfroesboro. Gen. Crittenden fought and drove the enemy bchn'e him, occupying the line of Steward's Creek, capturing some prisoners with slight loss. General Thomas occupied the vicin ity of Nolinsville. where he was parti ally surprised, thrown into contusion, and driven bank. Genet Sheridan's division repulsed the enemy fbur times, protected the flank of the centre, which not only held its own, but advanced. This un toward event compelled me to retain the left wing to support the right, un til it should be rallied and assume a new position. First, The rebels opened by an at tack on us, and were again 'repulsed. Second, Skirmishing along the front with threats of attack until about three in the afternoon, when the ene my advanced in a small division 11 0. T IME MIMI T/'l'lT. thrown across Stone river to occupy commanding ground. While recon noitering the ground occupied by this division which had no artillery, I saw a heavy force emerging from the woods and advancing in line of battle three lines deep. They drove our lit tle division hetore them after a sharp contest, in which we lost 7U or so kill ed, and :;75 wounded, but they were repulsed by Gen'. Negley s and the remaining troops of the left `i iug. headed by Morton's pioneer brigade, and fled far t,eer the field and b e y o nd their entrenchments. The officers ral lying them with great difficulty they lost heavily. We occupied the grou n d with the left wing last night. The lines were completed at four in the morning. This occupied my time un til four o'clock ; and fatigued the troops. The commencement of the retreat was known to me at seven o'clock this morning Oar ammunition train rived during the night. To-day Was engaged in distributing the ammunition. burying the dead, and collecting at ins from the field of battle. The pur. , ,uit was commenced by the centre, the two leading brigades arri ving at the we:4 side of Stone river this morning. The railroad bridge was saved, but in what condition is not known. We shall occupy the town, and push . the pursuit to-morrow. Our medical director estimates the wounded in the hospital at 5,500, and our dead at 1,000. We have to deplore the loss of lit. Col. Garsche, whOse capacity and gen tlemanly deportment had already en deared {Ain to all the, officers of this command. and who , e gallantry in the field had c::cited their admiration. (Signed) W. S. IlozlcaANB, Maj. Ckn. Commanding Farther Details. a 1 "Mica: : " p ifra ITurficestwo, Jan. 4. :0 cal—Following my despatch of i,t- vt•ning I have to announce that twiny are in full retreat. They let't List night. The rain having raised he river, and the bridge across it be t wee') the left and centre, being incom plete, I deemed it prudent to withdraw that wing during the night. [We arc unable to procure the bal ance of this despatch. The operator here informs us that the line is occu pied by government despatches.—&/i -tor HarriBbarg Telegraph.] 61licial Despatch from Tennessee, To 'lib.; Ifon. .Etwia 31. Stanton, AS:Tre tary of Mu': IL:ADQUAIITEES, NASHVILLE, J:111.4 Skirmi:-,hing commenced on the even ing of the '2oth, our forces following the enemy cht,.ely and driving them, to the evening of the 10th. On the morning of the 31,t, the ene my altacked oar forces at daylight.— Ever :,lnee that time the 11 . 2,111, has been progre,,ing—this is the fifth day—in the If the whole Richmond army doe, not get here o,u success i, certaim— The fightin fighting ha , , been terrible. Our atnly has the advantage and - win hold it, God eilllllol give Our Oili eevs have snared ftrrihly I have heard nothing of im::ortance since 10 o'clock la , L evening. that time every thing wai favor:l.l.de ihr lion r. General Commanding. Official News from Mississippi, AYAsuix6rON, Jan. 3.—The, Ibl:ow ing has been received at headquar ters : SPRING:;, HiSi., San 2, 1803. To illajor- General IL tllcek, Cl.Jaeral 711 -oth f. "Gen. Sullivan has succeeded in getting a fight out of Forest, and whipped him badly. Ile captured six pieces of artillery and a great many horses and prisoners. " Van Dorn was repulsed at every point, except this, and with heavy loss. U. S. GIZANT; " ll,ijor General Commanding." " o.tuto, Jan. 2. " To CU ,Stager : "Oar telegraph line to Thlly Springs and Corinth is working. " Gen. Sullivan has whipped Forest at Spring llill, and routed , his entire force, capturing all his artillery and stand of arms. " The raid Colonel Napier was kill eih.and the rebel Colonel De Shay is a pri,oner. (Signed) " W. G. T UTTLE, "Brigailier General." Another Important Eqedition. L.7 , peci,ll7)e-ratolt to tb rtes.] jirarne, Jan. I.—There have been stirring times here fbr some days pant, among the troops and war vessels. General iN;oglee's division was em barked on transports at Yorktown and Gloucester Point, yesterday, and have , :pent their New Year's day rid ing the billows in Hampton Beads. Many other transports, loaded with troops, stores, ik:7c., arrived, and have joined the expedition. The fleet is now putting to sea, and comprises about enough men of all arms to take and hold any point on the Southern coast, 'rho destination of this expedition is supposed to be North Carolina ; bitt, as a Humber of iron-clads accompany it, i presume it will go to some impor tant Southern port—say Charleston, Georgetown, Savannah or Mobile. At any rate, it will soon he at it., destination, and, wherever it goe , 7 a heavy blow will be 'track. FROM THE SOUTHWEST. Great Battle at Vicksburg, Miss, Pic Drirci+ wk. After ,1 oon d;ct uj FWe' VW%i'rGrtPni tiOn Ca/ CA 100, Jan. 3.-I)ispatelles front Gen. Sherman, dated on the ba t tie field. of Vicksburg, were received at Ifele no on Saturday, the 27th. Gent. Sherman debarked his force on the left bank of the Yazoo river, ten miles 'above the mouth, and tbrming in line of battle, advanced towards Vicksburg. A fter passing beyond the range cif our gunboats, our troops encountered the enemy, who awaited them in force.— A terrific contest ensued, which last ed for live hours. The enemy was driven hack by our shell beyond the bayous that girt the rear of Vicks burg. and from their entrenched works' \Odell were stationed on a hill. On Saturday•night, the two armies lay on their arms, two bayous interve ning between the hostile threes. Dur ing the night pontoons Wore cons,truo-, f .:2 Led, notavitMomnling a territir firti 7 Wati poured lIIHM our men by th e e fie,. my under the cover Orentlec4eowAb, At daylight on Sunday, a contlaked advance was made by Gen. Sherman's entire three; Gen. Steele commanding the left wing, (lens. Morgan and 13Iam the centre. and Cent'. A. L. and M. L. Smith the ritria. Gen. Steele succeeded in turning the enemy's right, so as to communicate with organ's division, which had been separated by the swamps run ning at right angles to the main front. sunset, the whole force was en gaged, and up to 10 o'clock the musk etry and artillery firing was very se vere.. The rebel army, iu flout of Morgan's and Smith's divisions, were entrenched on high rh,ing ground.— This position .. was finally carried by . storm. Our gunboats did not co-operate .with the land forces, but the gun-boat Benton engaged the fortifications on Haines' Bluff during the action. • Sev eral of the crew of the Benton were killed, and Captain Gwinne, her com mander, was mortally wounded. In the action on Saturday, the Fif ty-eighth °Ilk"), Eighth Missouri' and Second Kentucky regiments sustained considerable loss. Gen. Banks' forces with Farragut's fleet were expected to co-operate with Gen. Sherman in the attack, but they had not arrived. CAPTURE OF VICKSBURG,. To -11ojor Gem Holleek, Gent.-in-chief ; liomx Sraimai, Miss., Jan. 4, 1863, —Despatches from Gem Sherman and the Naval Commander were received on the 31st. The gun-boats were engaging the enemy's battery, and Gen. Sherman was inland three miles from Vicksburg and hotly engaged. From rebel sources we learn that the Grenada Appeal of the 31st, says that " the Yankees have got possession of Vicksburg" U. S. GRANT, Major General. A Victory Over Morgan Louisville, Jan. 2.—C01. Hoskins, of the Twelfth Kentucky regiment, com manding the forces at Lebanon, Ky., attacked the rebels under John Mor gan, eight miles south of the Columbia, road. yesterday, killing and wounding several, and capturing sixty of the rebels, together with their caissons, amtnunition wagons, and provisions. Colonel ifolliscy,, Sixth Kentucky Cavalry, was killed" Lieut. Col. Boyle. commanding the filth F:entiteky Cavalry, with the Sixth Ken t in pui.,nit of ;Morgan, the int:miry under Col lio,kinstbliGwing. Morgan i, retreating* rapidly in the di rection of Colinnljia. TEE 1101:11TC. , R. POUNDERLD .1;01. .;.—The thllowhi4 ili.patuh ha- h ~•n received :IL the Na cy• liop.trthi , i'Tt•nm .\lalirat Lee: llon Gi,le(w Vt ilc, , S ti e'y o f N:Lv V9rt, ,%•4, i/fmroe„l an. 3.—The en-M -e tate of Go;;Tgi a reports that the .fonitor Ibundered, on Tuesday night, south of Cape Hatteras, with the loss of two ollieers and thirty-eight men, names not known; belonging- to th Monitor or the lZhodo Island, or both- New Furniture Equblislunent. J. M. WISE, Manufacturer and Dealer in Furniture, Ite-peettallv fin I te-5 tla. attention of the Pnl,lte to MI , tail on Hill mot., lloutanealon, la•Vaeen Canninghany'. Stare and !jean', National !lowa., 111101 e lie inanticactutel tint la, ps all Suit, of 1 . 0,1110110 nt reduced la ices. Per wuy to ton, has, in ill do well to give him n call. It pall tog of all Itnnis attended to pluniptly and chat gas 1,1.0,114 v. 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