nothing-to encourage us,- or to give is
any hone of a victory, - -as yet; and .atler
five days fighting, the,. enemy still have
possession of their entrenchments back of
Fredericksburg. We occupy the extreme
left, of- the army, whieh noy¢ lies below,
Fredericksburg on- this aide of theriver.
'The left wing-re-crossed theriver night :
before last. , What the issueof this battle
will be, God only knows. The 'rebels
.dare everything in their favor, and I think,
- aomeether ,plan would work better than
to fight themin theirentrenchments; The
battle conimeneed fast- Thursday..' We
brokeeamp at:Drool:Es Station the day be
fore and verb .lying in the woods some
five miles from , Falmouth • when the tan
onadiug commenced,: I , hare heard ar
tilleryliefore, but never. heard the like .of
this. One - would , think. that the destroying
Angel had started his fearful 'engines ot,
. destruction and 'death. - The cannonading
continued nearly all -day. Friday morn
ing; about 10 o'clock, - we crossed the riv
er about two:miles below Fredericksburg,
and were ordered to. the front as skirmish,
ers, but were ordered to the rear .again
by the General, in command ; and we stay
ed in - the rear
. all through . the, . fighting,
now-and-then a - atrayshell - strikina in.a,
naongit us, but without doing any Linage
to speak of. The fighting continued Oro' ,
the afternoon of Friday,- and all day Sat
urday; and Sanday morning we re-erosg
ed the river- and came dovn here on the.
old - ground we occupied last spring: We
have a fuir . tiew of the hills back of Fred
'ericksburg, which is swarming •:with reb=
els... Gen. Bayard . waS killed by-a shellori,
Siturday,, and our Lieut.-Col. was pli cel ik
command' of the cavalry._ It .1A
cnld to,day and look's like a storm. We
Nave. to keep our horses saddled-all tie,
_while, and are liable to get Mit of here
any minute.- Good bye. • IL C.
FROM T. 15,-kru,s.
CAMP N.W;el.i ELLE PLArss, , Tra.
fering is inter Dec. 22, 1862.. •
If they atteinEn . :--*_ * *. I suppose
in thevetilard of our performance here.
dmieed to say is that I am still among
having. passed . through
,anoth
et storm- of ;death ;shots. The report of
the affair in the papers, so far as I have
seen, give a very poor chance to judge of
what occurred. The main facts that we
, crossed the river, fighting, all the time—
did some desperate lighting While there—
re-crossed in the night—completely. Out
witting the rebels—in these points at Id it
\are true,. - but as to how the fighting was
done, and who 'did it, you can form but
little idea. The reports are given by per
sons Nrishilifi to give credit to particular
parties, making of some veterans - an.d he
roes, and seeing nothing of :otters., Of
course, it I were'to try any description, it
:would be liable to the same objection. I.
. will not offer any more than this:
The P:3nrisylvania Reserve, as usual, had
tolead in the work—went in supposing
(=that a general fight was to ensue, and as
the enemies line was to be • broken, we
meant to do it,. But we were disappoint- .
ed- 7. the. *bole litio did not advance. The
whole three miles of the left looked on to
see what we would do, and the right-did
_about4he same ; thing by the Irish brigade.
Virell4 , e wentF,forWard,, and why in
reach of %he -rebels, went at them ; 'drove
them .&ross, narrow strip of woods,
across.the rai-lroad track; which was the
.complefest kind of work for defenee: - -up
a hill, in another piece of woods' captured
four pieces of artillery, and properly sop
port,edi•. would have held , all and taken
'more. But not so. The: divisions on both
right.andleft advanced till in good range
of the. rebels,- who..lay concealed; and
there stood and . took it, they firing at
random.. , This - left both our flanks-ex,
posed, and allowed the rebels to .coneen
:i, -trate . .too heavily upon us. The conse
.quence. was that .when the Jaen found
themselves' overpowered, they fell back
confusedly=-not able even to carry offthe
battery. We had the whole ground to
• pass over again • under a destructive fire
from the now -elated rebels. Were not
,relieved till we arrived at the place of
starting, _under cover of our batteries. The
credit is, all claimed by thoie who reliev=
. ed.uS there—they " saved• our. batteries,".
d; c. But no subsequent' advance was
'made over that ground. Our failing back,
as related by some, looksu. little discred
aable. Gen. 'Arcade's remark hits the.
--ase well; He-said: "He could take that
sill every 'day, but he could not hold it
vith hiS division alone." We only had
one man killed and one wounded of our
company. The one killed waS:A. T. Ely.
We were very lucky. - In the 'advance we
were not muelf exposed, and yet we had a
little - the - best show at the rebs: we ever
had: The - right •of our regiment got a
cross fire on them as they lay on the rail
road bank firing at another regithe,mt,-
- They:bore it Without :turning on us `till it
became too hot, and then got, off into the
woods "right -smart." We got them so
close as to take thirty prisoners for our
regiment. But this is all past, nd all is,
quiet on-the Rappahannock..
llarThe POttstown Ledger says, two
negro& in that county r-ecently visited a
house in the absence of the men, knocked
Sown a girl and plundered the house.—
Father Abraham, take the people's mon-
Pr give us four millions morel
,IJ . qntroii ptbicnt. °,
ee ' led4 icy2l
THE lINION AS IT WAS;
Before abolition, secession-, etc., disturbed ita berm'ony i
THE CONSTITITTIOIi AS S IT IS; I
Enforced and respected ectiona of the coantrs"
I 1
M — Yoxing men desiring to attend a Commercialmc Col
lege at Binghamton. Pittsburgh; or at Philadelphia, Noir
York, etc.. can obtain informatien .of practical pecuniary
value by calling upon or addredaing the . editor of this
paper. ° ' ' trs
"All priyaie :t,etter i s intended for th!
edittir of this paper shduldi Until -furthe•
notice, be addressed te)
A. J.-prztiurrsos,
House of R4ptesentatives,
IHarrisburg,-Pa.
Jan. 13.
During our absOce at Harrisbur
Mr. Boyd, Foreman in the office, is a
thorized fo attend to ;the books' and a l
counts. _
THE LATEST NEWS.
Up to the Ist inst. 'Vicksburg bad n
kie t eiqakeu_by our ftirds.. If this is t
sole extent of our Misfortune
,we shall
in luck, for at the last accounts nothii
Tess thdn the total demolition .ft
ces, or a-disasttous retreat on their p
seemed left to us.
Gen. Rosecrans has left ° Alurfreesbo 0
ten - miles behind him, and is moving laS
fast as circumstances will Allow after the
enemy,. ho,, it seems to be generally cow :
ceded, has fallen back upon Tullahoma---L
Thomas's division is in the advance. Gen.
Rosecrans has ordered rebel officers into
custody in view* of Jeff. Davis' recent
orders.
From Springfield, „M 0 .., we learn that
the rebels on the Oth succeeded in getting
inside_our stockade,- and that our com
manding general is severely if not fatally
wounded. Springfield is a very large_ de
pot for the munitions of war, and has pro
bably fallen into,tl - xe hands of 'the rebelS.
NV,i . propose to publish, the first week.
in FOarnary,a list of the names of ihoSe
who pay for the DgMOCRAT during the
month of .Ta, - nuary-p with the amount paid
by each; in cash. Tj ilt show who are
our friends—who, aresaiding ns to- sustain
the paper. Those who pa 3 --fo - r„ . the year
in advance will be duly accredited for
their generosity in the printed list. Give
us a good list forl'anuary. , NeWSubsCri :
'berg. will loOk well in this Roll or :116N
, or- Shall we have.soun name,- friend?
3w. •
' Now is the time to subscribe for the
Montrose Democrat; ...Our recent. vi4o-_
Ties thrtaighoutVw country, in the State,
and in ouLneivArsii:ict, must tend.toin--
'spire" our friends;with new ieal in suppor
ting their-paper. The necessity of main
tairiingnur party ascendency in Ithe dis
-triet against. Grow •ez Co., should nerve.
every,true Democrat to active exertion;
Without a well 'sustained paper in this
-county, we may soon' lose our recent glo f.
rious triumph; Semlon yonr name
$1,50 for the coming year, and urge etery
Demecrat to do likewise. We ought to
b i
have one thousand new anscribers ; this
year; and 'we could get'out a paper that
wouldplease and surprise our friends,' and
largely increase our .party vote: Let us
all go to work to redeem old Susciuehan
na from the chains worn so long. :Theskies brighten. on *every hand-=-•we have
felt much encouraged. during Abe': last
month by our - receipts, andkour prospects.
.Let Court -Week be a tinitAn enter pew
names, and credits. -
•
t The message of -.Gov. §eymoUr 9f
New York it" an admirgale document,
7orthy the careful,reading and approval
of all loyal °citizens. Our; first page is
partly occupied by The excellent speech of
- C. E. 'Wright; and'in our next we shall
copy those portions of seyntour's message
--that relate, to national toince, and , trust
our, readers will give it their careful at-,
I tendon; We will speak -more fully on'
this,subject in our'next. -
T. P. MILLS.
* *
A. J. 11=t1T_SOO ) *ditori
The Roll of Honor.
Subscribe for-the Democrat.
outi=munta LETmL
Coenrl, HILL, JAN. 8,1863.
Having gonh into winter quarters on
the site of the famous buck-shot war ; We
propose to keep our readers pestedjia_re
ference tQ affairs here; through the medi
um of a-letter each week, which. shall"cOv-
er a brief outline of public business of im-
portance, and all :matters of local interest
-to the people of our county:
43oth branches of the General Assein-
blir organized on the ail the members
being prsent. In the Senate, the follow
ing officers were elected : Speaker, Geo.
'V. Lawrence, Of Washington ;le-Jerk, G.
W. Hamniersli-, of Philadelpitiai Assist-
antA --- G.• S. B9rry; Transcribers, W. W.
Watt, J. R. McAfee, 0: N. Worden,
Huddieson i Sergeat-at•arms,;' J. G.
Martin, with two 'assistants.
;
In the house, 'the ofb.'eers elected arel
Speaker,'3olinCessna, of Bedfor4 ;•Clerk,
Jacob .Zeiglpt, of. Butler.; Assistant, R.
Milton Spear, of Huntingdon; Ti'anserib
err, S. Ralston,' Artnsfrong,.Win..
Gregory, of Philla, A., 'Sanderson, of
Lancaster, -11 1 , C. • Keyser, of Franklin ;
Sergeant-at-arms,3..F. 'Kelly, of ..JUN;
Asssistants; Jacob Paul; Benj. Bennett,
W. W. McClellan, J. Gerard; Doorkeep-.
er, Sebastian Lieber, 'orßerks, with four
assistants; Nessenger; J. R. Tynplin, of
Northainpton, With fottr aSsistants; . Post . -
maSter, A..J, Gerritson, of Susquehanna.
On the 7th the Gov_einor's MeSsage and;
the reporti of. the State treasurer and, At
torney General were presented. Our
Speaker and Clerk, in *point of ability and'
experience, are second L tio none; and will,
enable the House - to transact business)
promptly and correctly. With most of
the other offices of the house, and thoSe
.of the Senate, we hrelmot sufficiently ac,'
.quainted to speak de,t`ely at -present:
The - address of Speaker Cessna, (which
we append,) on taking the chair, elicits
the praise of all liberallminded gentle - Men ;
and exhibits a-spirit o fairness and
pblrti
cal generosity in perfect keeping With Mir.
Cessna's imicorm hab4,—and is in striking
contrast with the vindictiveness exhibited'
by the. Speaker of the Senate, who took
the. occasion to _allegelthat -not to endorse .
Lincoln's proclamation, a is little short of
I treason.." We had hOlied. that the rebut
given by a majority -- of the six great cen-.
tral States of - the . korth, at the polls;
would induce our poiitical opponents. to.
manifest a little 'beater temper; but if
such is not to be the ase, and they . choo - se
to spit against the - wind, let them take
the consequences-
The Governor's AI - Osage is a rather do-
cile affair; and the President's' insane is,
sue is coolly dodgedl, •
Some unimportant• bills were offered,
and to-day an adjournment takes place to
afford. time for forming the Committees,
and preparing for - the election of Senator,
- which - occurs: next Tuesday;
_when we
shall.be able to inform our readers wheth
er any Democratic Member can be induced
to vote for taMeron in consideration of
the uncounted pile - Of . " green-backs'''
which it is confidently alleged are at the
disposal of any .Co4rupt villain who may.
have crept into office by.deeeptiOn. Prom
inent politicians of both parties from all
quarteis are coming in to seethe contest
through. - I trust that all will go *ell. .1"
am too busy arranging affairs for my-win-.
ter labori to write )more than these hasty
roes to-day, . 1 A. J. G.
•
6,
ArCbriESS OF SrEAKEII, CESg.NA.'"
Gentlemen of the ibuse - of. Representa lives:
Ireturn to ydu mY sincere and heartfelt
thanks for the honer you have just con
ferred upon me, am about to assume .'
the discharge of the duties of-presiding
officer.of your body; with a, full sense of
the many difficulties and responsi,_
bilities' attending the pesition.
.I pledge
to you,.one and all, my
.firm-:deterniina
tion to perform those duties with. strict
impartiality, according to the utmost of
my ability. , 'Without your aid, and eor
-dial .and.generoui forbearance.' and assis-tance., soccesg.will beimpossible. -These
eamestlyirivitelat.yonr hands. May I
not confidently.eipress the hope' and be
t lief ; that, in the discharge of - our several
duties, all personal and political ditferen..
oes .- Will be bitried,.and that all will be ac
tuated by an earnest determination to pro
mote the_ welfare and prosperity of our
,noble State, and the
uphold the Constitu
tion and restore the Union of our belov
ed country; nowidistracted by an unjust.
but. disastrous civil war.
- The, 'session of the Legislature now.
bout to. commence May, , and probably
I will be•one - of the' most important ever as-
I sembled- in the State. The eyes of oar
_constituents andief the whole nation will
he upon us. PennsYliania contains With
in herself all the resources. of 4 .great
powerfufnatioth She iELto-day : almost e
qual in
. pepnlatiod i 'mid
of strength,. to the whole nation in 'the
tlays,;ofits - jtitAitcy„ .3"he,conserVatiiitt and
patrietiinvbf pur,peopte have it all times
had - , an juiportant and controlling influ
ence in moulding: the _Public sentiment of
the nation. May we not reasonably hope
'that, in this hour of our national troubles
and national peril, the conservative views
of ourpeOple;,sustained airid slippOriPd by,
the wise:andpatriotie action of theirlrep
resentativesonay.o„.far,to,allay, and
bake the wild failaticisiii'lif alli extremists,
and restore to the country its ? I former - don,•
4ition of peace, :prosperity and: national
greatness.. [Applause -on the l bemocratic
side] While we are justly p ion of_ our
State, of herpower and .n.reattiesk,' let [ us
itiot fOrget that all thesedepend - upon her
connection With the Federal - Union: The
[ destruction of the latter-wOuld[soonei: - or :
[later prove the overthrow Ofitho forhmi
!The true greatness and prosperity of
[ Piinnsylvania[carG-only he secured and pre
served' [while our whole: Union remains
and we continue to exist as' one people,
with one, government, one Constitution, •
and one set of Jaws. [ApplanSe.]- I
I sincerely trust that in ourasSociiitioUs
and deliberations during 'the coming'seS . -
sion, those. friendly,and -kindly - feelings
which should prevai . among gentlemen,
wilt` be so far obServed. that When- we,
come, to separate, we '111 . 4 topic back up,
our past -course without a single regret,—..
When were - turri to our constituents ri3ay
we be-gratified With their hearty endorse
.nient of our official conduct, and in the fu
ture may.. it hate. the approval of our Oivn
Conscience - and judgment. Above all, [ may
: our legislatin- bench as to aid - essential=
ly in allaying the, angry pas,[imis - which
now swell the bosom of one Nation ; and
in upholding' and cheering the ..patriot
hosts who'have gone - forth to sustain the;
Government of our flithers, until our glo- [ [
rious old Union shall be pernian [ enily, Fc
Stored, Our whole country once More
peaceffil and powerful, and the . flag Of a
tree,
- happy, and Kilted people again
brightening our skior,from one exti•emity
of this continent to, the other.
_(Applause:)
IC=l:=3
Neetingrof the Democratic County Com-
mittee.
The Democratielace of Siisque
hanna Comity- will meet at the Keystone
Hotel,. in Montrose, on 3lond:iy, Jan. 10th .
1863 ; it being the first week of eourt.---=
A full .attendance of members is earnestly
requested, as business of, unusual impor ,
tance will be prey-ented. The following
Tehtlemen were recommended ac mem
bers of the Committee at the last County
Convention: '
Harford, A. CarPenter-LLetrox ' A. J.
Titus-Clifford, Main NVells—Dundaff,
II:S. Phinne r Herrick, Henry Lyon—
Gibson, Benj. Dix—Arrarat, B. 11. Dix—
Thonison, Chester Stoddard- , --New Nil
-ford, F. W. Boyle, Geo. Hayden—Susq'a
Depot, A. W. Howley—llarnionv, L. Nor
too akl an d,. Levi e t Bend.
boro', Isaac ReekhoW—Gt. Bend tp., W.
D. Lusk—Jackson, 0. H. Perry. . •
If it is - not" convenient for any of the
above to become active members. of the
CoMmittee, they 'confer • a favor by
sending notice' of the fact. Those - not at
tending • this meeting, or sending an ex
planation of their absence, and, expressing
a willingness to act, will be understood as
not desiring to act, and another, person
will be chosen. This will be neeessary
• 7,
as it is desired •to have a full Committee of.
,activeovorkingVernocrats, who clan de
vote some time-and labor to the interests
of their party and\ l country:
The attendance of active Democrats of
the County is also invited- 7 especially from
those towns that are not, represented on
•
the Committee.' • . •.
The Committee will assemble at two
o'clock, in third floor.
FIRE !—About 6 o'clock on Wednesday
moriiiug last, the house. of Dr. E. Patrick,'
in this village, wa.s discovere& to be
in the roof.' The .engines were soon
on hand, and extinguiShed the flames in a
few minutes. The fire caught from a de,
- fectiye stove-pipe, and run up a partition
to the+,roof. The . / house .and furniture
Were badly - used by the fire and water,
brit _we have not learned the amount of
damage.
MF' Col. Madill of the 141st P. V.,
writing to the Bradford Reporter, says :
"To Major Spalding and the Adjutant,
Searle, is due a great deal of credit: 'They
remained at their posts, on their horses,
during most .of the afternoon, ready for
any
. emergency- that might arise. They
evinced great coolness in issisting in form
ing the regiment on the field, and• in en
courageing the men in their extremely
hard march from .the river. The Major
narrowly escaped being hit with a shell,
it glancing by his stirrup. To the, Major
and Adjutant 1 am under great obliga
tions for their assistance, during thedayr
The Governor's ZelOate:
The material points of die:. Governor's
Message 'Nvilf be foinid beta* : , • -_.
. .
f 'The Treasury commence ll the last fiscal
year withu credit balaneabf *1,05.1,605.7.2
The receipts from 'all sour- ,
oes .thiring.the year r to
Nov: 30,1 86 2, , were,
Maidng a' total of $6,763,353-5
For the same. yeltr Oe-a.ggre
gate expenditures were 4,590,509 i2s
Leaving a balance - in the
atTfe'asitrijklbi: , 3o;f 862 - 61We'r 1 2;444 - tf
The public Dedfi'mber 1,. 1862 i
was $40,40,213, ?Nrhatlitiobstinate sum
is ihat forty.ntillions ! have - been re•
d tieing out tit "for z m ()yet
but.as•it •WaS forty milliOtts--atltlce' , start,so
it is, foriyk Millions still:: Having,- in tithe
of peace, got it doWntds . ...S . 6 - 00 titirtY-eight
millions;` it has" s.Wung ba.cl.; the old
pOint through the necessity arriaking the
patriotic loan of three minions to•artif and.
equip our soldiers,,and- to 'Organize the .
glorious old •Reserves,in the'- 2 :Spiftig, ..and
Summer of 18:61.• '•
Again-the- debt we have intliccSinking
Fund bon& of the:Pennsylvania%tilroad
-Company, thd,Stitibitry.and Etick;ftiiiltoad
Company, and the'lNV,YOniiti . „,ii•catial
pan y, ionoquting • to, . .$10,781;* ; and
from the balance of over two tuillio;tig no*
in , the State TreasueYrand front our in
! Creasing revenue ttgre can spared(if
-
no vinforeseen emefikncy occurs)''- about
one and a half millions in the-current year
towards liquidating the debt. .•:
PenusYlvania's quota of - the' lUnited•
States. dirept. tax, under-the . Acie of Con-.
greys ofA,u - gust
33. This has
. all'heer discharged))) , the
State,"innifily hi\ the fOrni . Of )idvc.nces to
Our voruitteers for the, service .orthe
Tna
:t,ed States, but; in part by a.direet; - approt
priation from the Trpasui lir of $35p,600.•:
.
There is a -sum of three hundred thou
sand dollars still. due the - State / tYom the
United States, which will nearly: Cover
this • direct payment. Our, State was the
first to pay her quota, and this *as doi)e
without adding directly to the btirdens.:of
taxation on real estate,,, which was the
ole subject of the direct tak.:::Utuler the
Excise law of July 1, 1862, the direct tax
is limited to one year, so that the ~people
of Pennsylvania,, through mode • of
liqUidation adOpted by their 1 - authorities,:
are not likely to feel the burdens. that
tat at all.
• In miscellaneous matters we note the,
tollowing subjects treated in thOMessage.
One hundred and blnety-nine miles of idle'
Philadelphia and 'Erieal•elinis.b
ed, leaving to.,be completed eighty-nine.
miles, of Whi . elittearly all , is,: graded and
ready 'for the irop. The Grovernot thinki4
there are more incorporated banki in the
St ate pnblip convenience - requires.--=
tie is of. the opinion however, that . the
existing . provisions.of law-for paying : •the
interest on the State :debt in - a specie
equival_ent ti=lls-too heavily on.the banks,
and lid invites tliC Legislature to their re
cf. •
The. moneys :appropriated by the Muni
ciPal authorities of Philadelphia and the
Commissioners of some_ of the Co.unties,* - as
bounq: to. encourage enlist - DIMAS,. the
Governor suggests should 'receive some
legislative attention with a view to eqnal- .
izing an expense which operated 'equally:
to the advantage of the whole State. -
Prior to the call of the President for
troops; 'in July . last; PenifylVania had,
fitrnished the armies of the tiattoi with
one hundred and .ten thousand inen.'--;
Since that requisition; she llas sent for,_
ward .forty-three additional '--regimentS,
two companies of cavalry and three, bat;
teries of artillery. That is all over an
ab4e:the number furnished by.the; draft, .
ulbiolfihe GOvernor says ivas entirely
successful. His statement of the aggre-
OW nuMber of troops furnished- . by the '
Stitt° is two hundred thousand. r . r:
'A number of other matters are Ooticed,
in the 3fessage which-we mnst dispose of,
briefly. Acknowledgments' 'are: made ; to
the Militia who respoudeir with such • pa
triotic prhinotitude during the threatened
invasion, of the State by . Lee's army.—
There was fifty thousand. of these,, and
measures are in progress for their' • par;
•ment. * ,,;Credit is given to the Anderson
CaValry, and : to Generals Reynolds and
Andrew Porter, - for their \services on, this
-occasion: The. militia law ..needs; *recon
struction. This should have been. .dedie
in 1 S6l, if not befsre.* Captain ti' rigliiy;
of Philadelphia has made • a report, "upon
the defences' of the Delaware. The Nn n
,silvania Railroad-- Company's - Contribu
tion of fifty thousaOd dollars to tl o Bonn
j
ty Fund was declined: by, the
J OVernor.
for. Want of authority to. accept, J.l-1e :silk
gests that it should_be :. devoted*-!'.o the
erection . of an asylum -for our . 'disabled
soldiers., -inViteS, the,. 0f.,,
teutiOn-of the* Legislature to .an i' Ad,' Of
Cengreks doubting lands to , such .States
as Pray provide colleges for the -benefit of
Agriculture and'Mechanics..' _ 1
~]. .-
' This,message-6f Governor Curtin is a
clear, plain and unpAtentious dOeiifent,-
l't deserves credit on two accounts; first, it
meddles with . little, or Oothitig.bilf4the
business of the Comitionw'oOlth *-irao i'so,-
,tind i it is almost wholly free froumt4some-
What turgid rhetoric affected by! flie Go'ir
ernor,irf his earlier St4te- papers.-r—fitfia
deliiita Inquirer: , : ' i ! ' '
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OfficigDispitch frail) Gen.
Aluityir.sabito'L jan:
To - General : ll. W.. Halfeek, Getietal;
in;Cliief e--On th e 26th - Decerriber
marched fiont NaShvilfe: iii Area
-L-MlCCciok's corriS•by• Ahe Nash - via pike ;. ••
T 1 onias,. front iis "encampment _on (Frank= •
Eli pike ; via Wilson pike,andCrittnden's
on the main 'Murfreesboro'. pike. , The left
and cientre met •with. a : -strong' resistance; •
such ns - the.riature of the country ;ironing
"or bilLyrontes_skirted
.by . cedar thickets
-and ;fltinzi . ,-_ - • ADA. InterSpersed . : :bi
streams with rocky bluff banks,' for Ming •
McCook drove-Ilardee's corps" -
aml' , 4. - hdlf from NolanSitille•and" occupied,
the place. Oritteuden 'readied Within: it
mile and a half of laVergne. , thomal..
reached. the Wilson pike,. meeting -
nirs&leuS opp osi t i.
On - the 27th McCook. drove llardee
Trott) N'olansviite - , and pushed a ;r4centf l oP
tering!division six miles tOwards,lShelnY; •
and founkthat Hardee - hadiretreat-!, --
•ed towards ,Murfreesboro.. &Mended
foil: ht:and - _dreve•the - enemy befOre .
Occupying th e line of Stewart's cleek,eap•
turing,:some - prisOners, with slight
Thomas occupied thevieiriity of'Nolans- •
Ville ; where b .-Nc;ias, partially - surprised,.
throWn.,int.o_cOnfuSion' and drivim" back.,
Slieridan'S Division repulsed the enemy - . -
fear times,: protected the br. the k
centre, Which not_enly hel&itS clwn; 'but
advanced until Lids - tilitoward v t,which _
Compelled,me to retain, the left 'wing-lei
support the right, until it should: be rat, 2
lied and at.qpnare anew position. • - •
Or(Jmittary ISt, the Rebels opened,' by
:an attack on us, and were again ; repulsed, '
,sOn the ?..q, there was
. skirinishing - aleno
the front, with threats of. attack,
Wont three in. the. afternoon, -When the •
•
• enemy- advanced •in • a small ! division -
thrown .across
.:_stone River to occupy
cornnianding.ground.
reconnoitering the ground oc 7
etipied by , this division; which had no a'v
tillery; I saw a•heav;i,foree. emerge' from
the woods,.and' advanci ng .in line of bat- -
Ale three lines deep, they.drove our, little.
division before thkin after.a sharp contest,
in;ahich
we lost .seventy or eighty killed
and three hundred ' and. seiventv:-tive r . -
wounded ; but they were repulsed ,by .
NeZTley's Division -and). the remaining
troops of the left Wing, headed.! by .11,
'or
tan's Pioneer Brigade, and fled l ever' .]
the .field and beyond . their :entreneli- •
meats ; the offiCcrs rallying Ahem
great difficulty. They loSt • heavily NV , s e
occupied, the ground, with the: left wing .
laSt night, The lines were eoMpleted at '
fonr in the Morning. • •
The ad was spent bringing! up and
distributing :provision tind•ammunition. , ,
It has been' raining, all -day,_ and the.
ground is very heavy.
FW.S. It ostORANs.." . •,
Major~;G en eraf4ty COmmand.
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. - 11PattintrEsnotto', .Ino.: 4, 13G'3.—To pia
jor n -General IL W. Halleck,lGeneral-jii 7 •
Chief. --F9ll9sving my -despatch- of !tst
evening Ihave to-ann,otinee that the cue - -
. -.-. .
my are in fall rote:it . !
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• They left last night. The rain bating.
raised the river, the - bride across it
between. the left. and centre king - incom
plete,l deeineclit "prudent to withdraw.
that wing during "the night. . •
This .occiipiecl my time an t 4 four o'clock
and fatigued the troops.
The commencement of the retreat was
itiirewn to inept seven o'clock , this mot ,
ning. Our . ammunition train; ,arrived . du-.
• rinizthe night.
,was engaged in distiibutin c 6. the
ammunition, bitryilip'' the '4le*:id and
leeting nrnis from the field of sbattle.'.
The puits:fiit `ivaSCommeaced. by the
centre, the two leading. hilgtides arrived
at the west side of Stone river this even
.
.
- The railroad bridge was saved, itk,
what condition is not known.
We slilll occupy
.the town ;acid push the
pursuit to r rnotrow. '
• Our. Medical Director: . estimates.
,thee
wonn.ded in the hospitals:at Short of 5,500,
and our dead at 1000. . ,
We have to deplore the lois of Lion
tenant-Colonel Garesche, - Whose capa6ty
and gentlethanly deportment .had 'already
endeared. him-to-all the
. ofiieers oT \ this
-command, - and whose- gallantry in the
field of battle 'excited their. admiration:
(Signed) W. S. ROSS6R-VCS.
.
° Major-General
lairLater,intelligence frOin Gen. Sher - 7 ,
man's expedition _confirms the repo& re
ceived-through rebel sources -that \ Vicks
burg is still in posessjon oithe .rebels, or
was in posession 'at the latest,- accounts
from • that place: .1 The rebels attackA.
General Shertn'hn in overwhelm ing num..
bets on Monday; Dec. 29., - and caused-him
to fall back_ to his first' ,defeffses s ,
after- he ;had foughtbig way ' td . within
two miles _ of_Vicksburg„ . The fighting on'
Sunday was mast. tlesperate,:betteries het'
- ing taken and retaken and the straggle at
times being,. 4.17440-hand:- Gen.; Hovey
was sent out to eieopte a special order.,
brit bed -flat been heard &OM. Gen. Sher-,
than':had - received no reinforcinuentkeith-.,.
er.from.Gen. Grant of Gen: Banks, "whil©
the rebels
.were being conatently reinfore
ed,'So that they had -about 85,000 men.
Gen. Joseph E. Johns - on iSiri command of
the rebels at Vicksburg. , •