*do If tin gay, The Victory hi lientlitky! :lore about the Battle of Mill Orsek-• Ho* Zollicoffer was gilled--A Dosimrati &millet—To Whom the Orediile Iseb WASHINGTON CITY, Jan. 22.—The following han_jnat been received .at Headquarters to-night : LOUISVILLE, Jan. 22, 1862. MAJ. GEN. MCCLELAN, 097422tand ing U. S. Army : The following has just been received from General TholnaA: The route of the enemy was com plete. After succeeding in getting tire pieces of artillery across the river, aucl upwards of fifty wagons,' they were abandoned, with all the ammunition in the depot at Mill Spring. They then threw away their arms and dispersed, through the mountain by-ways, in the direc tion of Monticello, but are so com pletely demoralised that I do not believe they will make a stand short of Tennessee. The property cap tured on this side of the river is of great value, consisting of 80 six pounders and two Parrot guns, with caissons, filled with ammunition, about 104 horse wagons, and upwards of 1,200 horses and mules, several boxes of „arms, which have never been opeped, and from 500 to 1,000 muskets, : mostly flint locks, bat in good order, subsistence stores enough to serve the entire command for three days, also a large amount of hospital stores. As soon as I re ceive the reports of the brigade com manders, I will furnish a detailed re port of the battle. Our loss is 30 killed and 127 wounded. Among the wounded were Colonel McCook, of -the 9th Ohio, commanding the brigade, and his Aid Lieut. Burt, of the 18th 11. S. Infantry. The loss of the rebels was Zollicoffer and 114 others, killed and buried, 116 wound .ecl, and .15' prisoners, not wounded, Ave.Ofwhom are surgeons, and Lieut. .Qel. Carter, of the 17th Tennessee miment. /Signed] Gr.EN. THOMAS. [Signed] D. C. BUELL, Brig. Com' g. LOUISVILLE, Jan. 22.—Gen. Thomas • now-reports the Federal loss at 39 *Bled and 127 wounded. Among .the wounded are Col. McCook, of the .9th Ohio, and his aid Lieut. Burt, 18th U. S. Infantry. The rebel .Zollicoffer and 114 others were killed and buried, 116 wounded, 35 prison ers not wounded, five of whom were aurgeons, and Lieut. Col. Carter, of the 17th Tennessee. The prisoners nay that Geo. B. Crittenden was first in command and Zollicoffer second. .Crittenden fled to the woods, taking ;the wrong road It is supposed that Ole will be captured. The Federal :farces actively engaged were the - 110th Indiana, 4th Kentucky, 2nd Minnesota and 9th Ohio. Their res vective loss is in the order named.— They were reinforced after the first And severest engagement, by the 12th and 10th Kentucky, Ist and 2nd 'Tennessee, 14th, 31st and 35th Ohio, itnd Standart's, Whitmore's and Ken ney's batteries. The rebel forces were estimated at 10,000. According to rebel accounts, their force consisted of ten infantry regi ments, three batteries and some cav alry=altogether about ten thoUsand aim They fought in the bushwhack ing • - g style, from ravines, and behind trees and bushes and rocks. The brunt of the battle devolved ,on the Fourth Kentucky, the Second Minnesota, the Ninth Ohio and the Tenth Indiana regiments. Fornear- Iy three hours the roar of musketry was heard. Shortly after eleven o'clock Col. Haskins succeeded in flanking the enemy on his extreme right, when the Ninth Ohio, and the second Min *iesota charged with the bayonet ,with triumphant yells, which broke .the 1.4 el ranks, and the route began. They fled .pell mell to their camp, strewing the road with muskets, blankets, overcoats and knapsacks, and abandoned their guns and cais . sOs a. Gen. Zollicoffer was shot through the heart at the head of his staff by Col. Fry, of the Fourth Kentucky.— It, appears that Gen. Zollicoffer lost his way in the bushes, and suddenly . emerged before Col. Fry, who was accompanied by some of his staff ;officers. The two parties mistook each other for friends, and approach 4ng within a few yards of each other, when, /finding their mutual mistake, .both haltnd and prepared for a hand .to hand .conflict. One ; of Gen. Zollicoffer's aids shot At Colonel Fry, but only brought his horse down. The Federal Colonel immediately drew his six shooter and brought Zollicoffer from his sad dle at the first fire. The rebel staff then deserted their chief's body, which was taken to Somerset the day after the battle. An East Tennessean, writing to /the Cincinnati Commercial, says : All the credit and honor of this bat tle is due to the Tenth Indiana, the Xintli Ohio, the Fourth Kentucky, apd the Second Minnesota, for they did all the fighting single-handed, the exception of what support they received from the artillery.— They all fought nobly, and never wavered from a fixed determination to gain the victory. The combat tants were so near each other at one time, that the powde,r ,darned their faces in discharging their pieces. Green C. Clay, of Bourbon 41olutty, son of Brutus, and aid to Gee.. Sehoepff, but with Gen. The guts in the engagement, has just ar rived, )ringing an elegant silk flag, inscribed and presented to the moun tain rangers, Capt. F. Ashford, by Mr. W.' D Chardevoyne. The first breaking of the mho] ;links was effected by Col. R. S. Mc pear, of 9th Ohio, Await Briks dier °riving his - rnidientfie ohaige bayonet } wbUk- tit' b 1 to ht • e ' re ". 00.i.x • - The last order issued, found in the rebel encampment, was signed Col. Cummins, senior in command, direct ing thurehels to chews% an* give theniselveli the beat way they could. rheilotiradt says thatiaten.Tnoinas, With * large force l crossed the. Cum berland, and is ittinttng the flying rebel's through Wayne county. A. private letter from Somerset says that the citizens and soldiers are straggling in loaded with trophies of the battle. Our bullets were sent with unerring aim ; many rebels were shot in the forehead, breast and stomach. The Union people here flocked to the battle-field in droves, and are jubilant at the result. It is thought that Gen. Crittenden is taken, disguised as a surgeon. Important News from Missouri. ST. Louis, January 24.—Several of the secessionists of this city who were recently assessed for the bene fit of the South western fugitives, by order of Gen. Halleck, having failed to pay their assessments, their property bas been seized within a day or two past, and is now under ex ecution, to satisfy the claims of the assessments, with twenty-five per cent. additional, according to general order No. 21, Yesterday, Samuel Engler, a prom inent merchant, and one of the as sessed, had a writ of replevin served on the Provost Marshal General for property seized from him, whereupon he and his attorney, Nathaniel Cox, were arrested and lodged in the mili tary prison. To-day General Halleck issued a special order, directing the Provost Marshal General to convey said Engler beyond the limits of the De partthent of Missouri, and notify him not to return without permission from the Commanding General, un der punishment according to the law of war. General Halleck also adds :—"Mar tial law having been declared in this City by authority of the President of the United States, all rival authori ties, of whatever name or office, are hereby notified that any attempt on their part to interfere with the exe cution of any order issued from head quarters, or impede, molest, or trou ble any officer duly appointed to car ry such orders into effect, will be re garded as a military offence, and punishable accordingly." The Provost Marshal General will arrest each and every person, of whatever rank or office, who at tempts in any way to prevent or in terfere with the execution of any or der issued from these headquarters. He will call upon the commanding officer of the Department of St. Louis for any military assistance he may require. The Burnside Expedition. From rebel sources we learn that the Burnside fleet has rendezvoused in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina, and that Newborn is indicated as the point of attack. The town of New bern is situated at the head of the Neuse river or estuary emptying into Pamlico Sound, and is an important station on Atlantic and North Caro lina Railroad. This railroad con nects the town with Goldsboro, fifty miles, and with Raleigh, the Capital of the State, one hundred miles dis tant. ' By occupying these two last named places, all railroad connection between the regions north and south of these places would be cut off, ex cept by way of the Virginia Valley, which will soon fall into our hands. Newbern is one of the oldest towns in the State, and has a population of from five to six thousand. Any good map will show our readers its impor tant position, and the power which an army will have of striking heavy blows to the rebellion, while encour aging the Union sentiment believed to exist in that State. The rebels have a strong force there, and will probably make a desperate stand.— Our gun-boats, however, will soon shell them out. Vessels of large size cannot go up to Newbern, and Pam lico Sound itself only affords twenty feet of water. This is the reason why so many small vessels were ta ken with the expedition. We may expect news from reliable sources from the fleet and army every hour. The Capture of Cedar Keys. A late Savannah despatch an nounces that "the Yankees have cap tured Cedar Keys," Levy county, Florida. The chief value of Cedar Keys consists in the very excellent timber they produce, for ship build ing purposes. Some of the best ves sels in the United States Navy are built of that timber, and as Uncle Sam is bound to keep on adding to that Navy it is of the first impor tance that the source of supply should be secured. With the Tortugas, Key West, Cedar Keys, and Fort Pickens in our possession, there is not much of the sovereign State of Florida left, worth having. Cedar Keys is a small group of islands on the West Coast of Florida, near the entrance of Waca-Sassa Bay—=a Bay much used by the rebels running in goods from Havanna, Nassau, Ber muda, &c. It is also here where the railroad terminates which runs straight across the State in a North Eastern direction to Fernandina.— This road was built to transport goods from ship to ship without ren dering it necessary to go all the way around Cape Sable or Key West. RESULT OF SECESSIONISM.—Before the warbegan there were in Missouri no less than one hundred and thir teen thousand slaves, but such have been the ravages of contending arm ies, the desolatictne.9f guerilla bands 04 . 1900 spy . cpmmittees, that it, is said .there avatains but thirty—five tionsand slaves, 'or, as one account has it, 80,060. 00 maioodeaxiirder. A corravoistent qt eire Wheeling Press, Writing from Randolph Co., *a:, gives th 4 following account of a cold-blooded and Cowardly murder, committed by a party of rebels : Capt. Latham, of Co. B, 2d Vir ginia regiment, with seventeen of Lis men, while scouting on Cheat river, Randolph county, Va., came upon a party. of rebel "bush-whackers," 44 or 50 in number, and after a severe skirmish succeeded in putting them to flight. The rebels lost six killed and several wounded. The Captain had no men killed in the action, and but six - wounded. Frederick Dopp was shot through the breast and was unable to get to camp. He was left at a place known as "Soldier Whites," and after the Captain and his men returned there were three or four rebels came to the house and delib erately dragged him from his dying couch, carried him out iu the yard and with an old axe murdered him, , and then fled to their dens in the I mountains. Railroad Accident. TROY, N. Y., January 25.—A tre mendous gale prevailed all through Western Vermont this morning. The train that :left Troy for Rut land at 6: 15 this morning encoun tered the gale in the town of Shafts burg, and while passing an embark ment thirty feet high, a fierce wind broke one of the cars front the coup ling and threw it down the embank ment. Dr. H. Dwight, of Boston, was instantly killed, and J ohn Robinson, the road master, was severely in jured and cannot survive, and two ladies were severely injured. WASHINGTON, January 27. —The War Department has. received a dis patch from General Halleek announ cing the capture of Lieutenant Colo nel Tanner and seventy-nine officers of Jeff. Thompson's command, by the expedition lately sent out from Cape Girardeau. Vrit gri,s,sDrs. It is admitted by the Richmond journals that the inertia and ennui which have fallen upon the rebel troops, is workingout terrible results. The Richmond Examiner says that, while the rebel army is accomplishing nothing, the Northern Government has been making movements and as saults, and carrying on plans of at tack to suit themselves, without any delays or alarms, ever since they were compelled to make hasty prep arations for the defence of Washing ton several months ago. The whole tone of the Southern papers would seem to indicate a fear that the rebel lion is in imminent danger of break ing up. IMPORTANT FROM BOWLING GREEN. —The Louisville Journal claims that General Hardee has arrested General Hickman for burning houses at Cave City, and other places on the Nash ville Railroad. It also learns, and credits, that General Buckner has re signed his commission. The rebels at Bowling Green are suffering terri bly for money. It is reported that Buckner's children are running about there barefooted. Hardee, second in command, could not pay a colored woman employed by him, and gave her a pass through the Confederate lines as the only means of liquidating her demand. A LAND OF PLENTY.—A letter writer from Danville, lowa, at the close of December says The farmers are plowing their ground and husk ing their corn in the field. Every thing is very cheap—corn from 10 to 13 cents a bushel; wheat 45 to 50 cents a bushel; oats, 8 and 10 cents a bushel; butter, 5 to 7 cents per pound; eggs, 6 cents a dozen ; chick ens, 50 cents a doz ; turkeys 35 cents a piece; beef, 3 to 4 cents a pound; hogs $2,55 to 2,75 per hundred; hay, $7 per ton; apples very plenty, 20 to 24 cents per bushel; cider, 15 cents per gallon. 416 - When Zollicoffer was in Con gress, he used to sit on the Republi can side of the House, in among a small knot of Southern Americans, and fine fellows they were, too. He used to occupy the very seat which Arnold, the member f'rom Chicago, now fills: He was a tall, thin, red haired man, and was generally reck oned a clever politician and a gentle man. sfdrA noble feature of the recent battle in Kentucky, was the splendid behavior of the field officers. There was not a Colonel, Lieutenant Colon el or Major, who did not do his whole duty. This shows an immense stride of improvement since Bull Run, where as a general rule, the field officers were lamentably ineffi cient. „The proposition of imposing a tax of ten per cent. upon the pay of the army, in preference to reducing the rates, meets with favor from officers and men, and will soon be introduced in Congress. It is also proposed to tax at the same rate the pay of all Union employees. BeirA Richmond paper, the Dis patch, says that a large part of the Confederate troops were enlisted for six months, which term is about to expire, and that is a trick to which McClellan looks for their destruction, to let their tiMe run out and their places be filled by raw recruits before he moves. Thercnvon a frantic ap peal is made to the” "Joroes of Bethel, Bull Run," and the like, to re-enlist. akirln large, aristocratic, up-town houses of worship in New York, where the salaries are $5OOO or $6OOO per year, and the aggregate expenses nearly double this amount, there is financial distress. Most of the pew holders Are men of reputed - wealth, but the "fidlures and losses of the war exert a powerfal influence and Areir fAy cripple Akekr rawntro4)ll. THE LATE BATTLE s' KENTAOHT. One never gets tired reading the incidents of a brilliant victory es pecatilrif the victory is on the side we love. The defeat of Zollicoffer and his forces was the most brilliant and moat important battle of the war, and we dwell upon its details with peculiar intOrest. A letter written by an intelligent correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial, who rode upon the field of carnage as the din of battle was dying away, presents a_peculiarly vivid picture of the scent.. We take a few extracts : ZOLLICOFFER Only one dead man had been brought in. The body laid upon the ground in front of one of the Min nesota tents, surrounded by some twenty soldiers. It had been strip ped of all the clothing except the pants, and two soldiers were busy in washing off the mud, with which it had been covered. It was almost as white and transparent as the most delicate wax-work. The fatal wound was in the breast, and was evidently made with a pistol ball, as it could be easily covered with the end of my finger. There was another wound upon the inside of his right arm above the elbow, and still another glancing wound a little above his hip. This was Zollicoffer : He whose name had so long been a terror to men who loved their country, on the banks of the Cumberland. With some doubts at the time in my mind, as to whether this was really the body of the rebel chief, I turned away to visit THE FIELD OF BATTLE The hospital tents had been hasti ly pitched in a small open field at the cross roads, and along the edge of the woods skirting the south side of this field were the first marks of the storm of destruction which had raged so fearfully an hour before.— Nearly through the middle of the field is the road leading to Mill Springs, in a south or southwesterly directicn. I entered the woods on the east side of this road. Along the edge of the open field lay the bodies of four or five of our men.— As I advanced into the woods, the marks of cannon shot could be seen on every side, but I saw none of those marks nearer than twenty feet from the ground, nor did I see a dead or wounded man who had been struck with a cannon shot. Dr. Cliffe, Gen. Zollieoffer's Brigade Surgeon, afterwards told me that among their wounded, so far as they- had come in, only one had been injured by artillery, and he had lost his arm. Passing through the woods from the first open field, a distance of nearly half a mile, we reach another open, half-clearedfield on the left of the road. In this field there stands some deadened timber, many large stumps and trees, some of the latter having been cut down, and some fallen from decay. In this field the ground is quite steep with a southern descent to near the centre of the field, and then rises as rapidly till you reach the woods on the south. In the east ern part of the field is a log house and barn and apple orchard. Eighty five dead rebels lay in this field, which by way of distinction I will call "old field." Further on and to the right of the road, is the cornfield where the brave Indiana 10th suffered so severely. In the woods and along the road, the scene was dreadful.— One body was placed in a sitting posture with the back leaning against a tree, the hands crossed in his lap, his eyes partly open and lips slightly parted. The ball had entered his left breast just above the region of the heart. Another laid upon his side with head and arms thrown back ; the ball had cut away a part of his skull over his left eye. Among a score or more of our own noble dead, I saw not one badly mangled body, like those which I saw at Vien na. 1 loved, also, at least, to think that I saw clearly stamped upon each cold face a calm and holy satisfaction in pouring out their blood in a noble cause—to save from ruin the land of our fathers. THRILLING INCIDENTS I passed on in haste, but suddenly felt compelled to stop once more ; against a tree, leanbd back in the most classic composure, was the fair est and most beautiful countenance I ever saw in death. No female complexion could be more spotless.— The silky locks of wavy auburn hair fell in rich profusion upon fair tem ples and a faultless forehead. Some friendly hand had parted his gar ments, baring his breast, from which the red current of life flowed out, and had bathed his temples, which were still warm but had ceased to throb forever. 0, ye winds, bear these tidings softly to the loved ones at home ! Among the wounded of our men, it was really comforting to see with what patient heroism they bore their pains. I said to one poor fellow, with a shattered leg, "You must be in great pain?" He said, "there are others worse off than me; when they are carried in, you tell them where I am if you please."— Another man had a ball through his hand, breaking two of the bones.— He had done it up himself with a wet bandage, and with hisother hand was carrying one corner of a stretch er with a wounded man ; carrying another corner of the same stretcher, was a man with his head and face covered with blood. He said he was not hurt at all; he had only lost a large piece of his hat, and a small piece of his scalp. THE REBEL DEAD AND WOUNDED In the "old fields" among the reb els, some of the scenes were horrid and revolting in the extreme. A large number of the dead were shot in the head. One was shot directly in the eye lied the brain was oozing from the wound. Five dead aedone wounded lay behind one log, all but the wounded one were shot in the head. One rehel had a ball through his sus& which destroyed the power of speech-- troughl don't think him wound was mortal. Several of the dead were old and gray-headed men: j A dark complexioned man with a heavy' black heard, who 'Paid hb Was from Mississippi, was lying on the ground with a broken thigh. He was stern and sullen—he had only one favor to ask—that was that some one of us would kill him. I said to him, we will soon take you to the surgeon, and do all we can to relieve you, for we are satisfied you have been deceived by wicked men, and do not know what you have been doing. TO which he meekly replied that is possible." A young man, quite a boy, begged me not to let the Lincolnites kill him. An elderly man sat with his back against a stump .with a ball directly through the cen tre of the head at the base of the brain. There was a ghastly grin upon his countenance—his eyes were stretched widely open and staring wildly into vacancy, while his breath was rapid, deep and heavy. He was a living death, for he was senseless. A lad of fourteen with a mashed ankle, protested his innocence and begged to be taken care of. He said he was pressed into the service and had never fired a gun at a Union man, and neverwould. Num bers of rebels made in effect the same declaration. HORRORS OF A BATTLE FIELD. I left those fields of human suffer ing with feelings such as I never before experienced. The fresh ness of death seemed to fill the whole atmosphere. It was a scene which a man needs only to look upon once in a life time in order to occupy all his power of reflection. Importance of the Late Battle--Three Hun dred Rebels Killed--A Half Million of Property Lost -- Thomas has 20,000 Men. We devote considerable of our space to-day to interesting details of the late battle at Webb's Cross Roads, the most crushing and depressing de feat to the rebels, by far, since the commencement of the war. The magnitude of our victory and the loss of the enemy grow largely by each account. From all sources we gather that the enemy have lost two hundr6d and eighty-three killed; and two hundred and fifty wounded and prisoners. Win. W. Strew, Gen. Schoepff's Brigade Surgeon, reports officially that our loss was only thir ty-eight killed and one hundred and thirty-four wounded. Of the rebel dead, whom he saw buried, there was one hundred and ninety, and of the wounded, whom he saw dressed, there were seventy-four. And 'at least a half a million dollars worth of property has fallen into our pos session, and enough of guns to arm all the Union fighting men in that district. Seventeen hundred and eighty horses and mules were cap tured; some three hundred wagons; fourteen hogsheads of sugar; a large lot of coffee; about twenty thousand pounds of pork ; sixteen pieces of ar tillery ; all their camp and garrison equipage ; a great number of blan kets, and other Quartermaster and Commissary stores; and just how many stand of small arms it is im possible to tell. Two rebel Captains were killed— Boothe and Willet. The former was a graduate of Kentucky Military In stitute, and the latter of West Point. Lieutenant Colonel M. B. Carter, of East Tennessee, is a prisoner, and we have also about half a dozen sur geons. Many rebel Lieutenants were killed. Many of the rebels tried to swim the Cumberland on their horses, and were drowned.— They tried to carry off their wound ed, but left them on the road at dif ferent points. At one house, on the other side of the river, twenty were found, unattended, and some in wag ons left by teamsters, who cut their horses loose and fled. Others tore off their clothes to swim the river, and were seen ten miles beyond, stark naked, running like wild men. The rebels lay all the blame of their disaster on Gen. Crittenden, and say that a pint of whisky did it all. It is understood that he is under arrest and sent away under guard. On Monday, (the day after the fight,) the citizens state that the soldiers were about to mob Crit tenden. Gen. Zollicoffer and Lieutenant Peyton's bodies are at Somerset, and will be sent to Nashville under care of Zollicoffer's Brigade Surgeon and another with the rank of Captain.— The Surgeons go with the understand ing that they are to be exchanged for Major Heiveti, of Gen. Schoepff's staff, and Capt. Prime, United States Engineer, who were taken prisoners early in December. Arrangements are being made to effect an exchange of the fifteen men of the Thirty-fifth Ohio, taken a short time after Major Helveti and. Capt. Prime. A telegram from Knoxville, which we published yesterday, says that Zollicoffer's flying troops will make a stand at Monticello, about eight miles South of the Cumberland. It is impossible that they could stop at that place. Their momentum must have carried them beyond. Besides, it is supposed that General Thomas' forces are at Monticello, in which case it would be inconvenient for the rebels to stay. The weather and the roads are now so bad that it is utterly impossible to advance, but latest ad vices from Kentucky state that since the late fight no less than nine Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky regiments have reinforced General Thomas, so that he now has an army of more than twenty thousand effective men. This ob viously means business. We must be patient, and have aright to expect exceedingly important operations through the great gap made in the enemy's lines, when the weather will permit. A WARNING.—A little daughter of C, Cleminshaw, of Troy, N. Y., ate a quantity of painted confection ary on Christmas day, which caused her des,th in about a weeks The niatkufsetarie of eget poisoaolar trash, ishoold.be 001._ Flarie Account of Zolliooffeie Death, 'While on the border of "old fields" a stranger in citizen dress rode up bj r his side—so near that he could have put his hand upon his shoulder, and said, "don't let us be firing on our own men—these are our men," pointing at the same time toward our forces. Colonel Fry looked up on him inquiringly a moment, upon which he rode forward not more than fifteen paces, when an officer came dashing up, first recognizing the stranger, and almost at the same in stant firing upon Col. Fry. At the sante moment the stranger wheeled his -horse, facing Colonel Fry, when the Colonel shot him in the breast. The Colonel showed me the field glass which he took from the body, and which was identified as the one owned by Major Ifelvai. at the time he was taken prisoner by the rebels. Col. Fry also has the coat and watch taken from the body. The watch ha the name F. K. Zollicoffer engrav ed upon it. I make this statement in justice to Col. Fry, because there are at least half a dozen different men claiming the honor of killing this famous rebel. The body has other wounds which we have seen, but only one of them, and that the mortal one, is a pistol shot, and Col. Fry is the only one who used a revolver on the occasion. The ball from the rebel officer passed through the clothing of Col. Fry, upon his right side, slightly fracturing the skin. Effects of 2ollicoffer's Rout. The Richmond Dispatch, in an other editorial comment on Zollicof fer's rout, says : The only serious danger resulting from this defeat is the possibility that the enemy may be able to reach the railroad at some point near Knoxville, and cut oft' our communication. into the Mississippi Valley. The imminence of this dan ger is fully appreciated by the Con federate authorities, and the exigen cy will be promptly met by the prop er measures. There is little danger of any immediate advance of the en emy- in the direction of Cumberland Gap, which is a hundred miles from Somerset ; and if he would undertake such an advance, we have force strong enough, with the aid of the formidable fortifications guarding its passes, to keep an army at bay. The real danger is of his advancing along the route of our own discomfiited army, and of his reaching the rail road in the neighborhood of Knox ville, but this danger may be more easily guarded against. The Burnside Expedition. We have been mistaken and disap pointed as to the destination of the Burnside Expedition. It was not in tended for Savannah or Charleston, as we hoped and believed,. but for Pamlico Sound, to operate against Newborn, Re.. &e. Whether it will proceed now, after the perilous delay caused by the late terrible weather, remains to be seen. The enemy have, doubtless, by this time ccncen trated a large number of troops with in accessible distances of the menaced points, and assert that they are ready to receive us. We have no doubt of it, neither can we see any result to be achieved by an attack on Newborn or Wilmington, commensu rate with the great risk of loss and de feat which will have to be encountered. The reports brought from the expe dition we are very glad to learn by official dispatches received at Wash ington from. General Burnside him self, are grossly exaggerated. Burn side reports only one vessel, and only three lives lost. The men were cheeful and patient, and he would proceed in an effort to relieve the steamer New York. We look with interest for details of the late strug gle with the terrific st)rni off old Hatteras. • Considering the very large number of frail vessels in the armada, their escape, with all on board, from total destruction, is al most miraculous. The Burnside Expedition--Official Report. WASHINGTON, Jan. special messenger with dispatches from Gen. Burnside reached Washington this morning. They are dated : Depart ment of North Carolina, Hatteras Inlet. Tanuary 26. The messenger Jett Hatteras on Sunday. General Burnside states : "We left our anchorage at Annap olis on Tuesday, the 9th, and after a protracted passage owing to dense fogs, we arrived at Fortress Monroe on Friday at 12 o'clock. On Satur day morning, the 10th, we proceed ed at once to sea. But owing to fogs on Saturday and Sunday night our progress was very slow. On Monday, the 13th, the weather cleared with a heavy wind, and the rough sea caused our vessels to labor very heavily, and some were obliged to cut loose from the vessels they were towing. Most of them, however, passed over the bar and anchored in side the harbor about 12 o'clock noon on the 15th, just in time to escape the severe gale of Monday . night and Tuesday. The propellor City of New York ran on the bar at the en trance to the harbor, and owing to the severe weather and want of small boats, we could render her no assist ance. She was laden with stores and was lost. The General also says that he had been led to suppose that he would find experienced pilots at Hatteras, but had great difficulty in accompish ing his wish for want of proper ac commodation. He adds he would commence that day to build a wharf for landing sup plies. The men were cheerful and patient, and he would proceed with confidence. An accident occurred in an effort to relieve the steamer New York: his surgeon, and the mate of the boat, were also lost. After the arrival of the expedition at Hat teras, the enemy made their appear ance in one or two vessels on a re oentioitering expedition. Our boats gave elm* imd droloe them beek.— The transports and vessels aground will be got off by the aid of the tug boats. Only one, the New York, was lost, and no lives lost, the three above referred to excepted. Latest From Europe--Arrival of the Steam- er Europa. HALIFAX, Jan. 26.—The steamship Europa arrived here last night, with dates to the 11th, from Liverpool, and to the 12th by telegraph via Queenstown. GREAT BRlTAlN.—NOtWithStaTlfiing the pacific. solution of the American question, warlike preparations were continued at Woolwich. The steam ers Spartan and Agak continued to take in heavy zitores lOr Halifax and Java. Mr. Seward's dispatch was consid ered in Cabinet council:; on the 9th. The Tithes understands that an an swer will be returned, expressing gratification at the disavowal of Com. act and accepting the satis faction rend,•p e d. p, esum i ng that the precedent in the Trent ease will rule the ease of the Eugenie Smith. As to the eeneral discussion of the law of neutrals th,i Government will de cline any answer until they have had an oppuu unity of submitting the whole question to the law officers.— There are propositions on this vote not at all admissable, and after the de livery of the prisoners the points may be perfectly discussed. The London Post announces that a thorough understanding had been arrived at, with the American Gov ernment. Not only had they given the required reparation, but in doing so, Mr. Seward will haVe succeeded in impressing on the English govern ment the notion that they have not only obtained the present indemnity, but no small pledge of future secur ity. The Daily Feiss eulogises the course of the Washington govern ment, and approves of the course of the Tiiee.s and Post. The Times has a strong editorial opposing any ovation to Slidell and Mason. and says they are the most worthless booty it could be possible to extract from the jaws of the Amer ican lion, having been known long as blind and habitual haters and re vilers of England. Other journals advise a similar course. Washington News Items. NEW . ' YORK, January 27. —The Washington correspondence of the New York papers says :—A rebel deserter, who came into our lines last evening, contradicts the report that the rebels have fallen back from Manassas. He says about ten regi ments have gone South, but that the main body of the rebel army has not changed its position. They have nearly abandoned the idea that Gen. McClellan intends to attack them this winter. The rebel line of defence extends upwards of sixty miles. They ex pect the most sanguinary battle to take place at Centreville, for they have that place, for miles around, al most impregnably fortified. He says it was reported for several days that McClellan was dead, and there was great rejoicing. for the rebel Generals have a perfect dread of meeting him in battle. REBELS KILLED. WASHINGTON, January 29.—A dis patch from Gen. Heintzelman, dated Fort*Lyo'n to-day, addressed to As sitant Adjutant General Williams, says that a force of fifty men of the Thirty-seventh New York regiment, under Lieut. Col. Burke, sent out by Col. Hayman, surprised a party of rebel Texan Rangers at Mrs. Lee's house, at the head of Belmont or oe coquan Bay. The rebel force was about thirty men. They fought till all but one was killed, whom Col. Burke took prisoner. Our loss was one killed and four wounded. lie thinks none escaped, as the house was completely surrounded. Bridge Burners Sentenced. ST. Louis, Jau. 28.—The military commission assembled at Palmyra for the trial of bridge burners, found seven persons guilty, and sentenced them to be shot. The sentence was approved by Major General Halleck, and they will be executed at the time and place hereafter designated. A gentlem . an who reached this city yesterday from Palmyra, reports the long bridge on the Hannibal and St. j Joe Railroad as burned by the rebels. On Saturday night the bridge had just been completed. lit(1111 , 11111111111111111_111.1111WIIIIIIIIIlIIIII LATEST MARKET REPORTS. FRIDAY, Jan. 31st, 1862 FLOUR—The flour market remains quiet but steady with no change in prices. The demand is limited, and the transactions are almost entirely restricted to small lots. Sale of 50 bbls Family at $4,90®5,00; 115 do do at 554,5,10 ; 200 do do at $5g5,10. Extra is held at $4,50@4,60, and Fancy brands $5,5045,75. BuTTEs.--Steady, with a demand fully equal to the supply ; sale of 3 bbls prime Roll at 14c, and 5 bxs choice do at 15c. SEEDS.—unchanged; sale of ten bush Timothy at $1,75, and 27 bush Clover at $3,75 BUCKWHEAT FLOUR. — plenty and dull ; sale of 1500 Its in sacks at $1,50 per cwt. GREEN APPLES.—steady, with a limited supply in market; sale of 10 bbls com mon at $2,50, and 10 do. prime at $3,25. BEANS.—firm, with a sale of 80 bushels small White in two lots, at $1,25 per bush. HoinsY.—Sale of 10 bbls. Pearl at $4,50 per bbl. CORN.—unchanged; sale on wharf of 700 bush prime Yellow at 43c. per bush. Batritlc On Thursday, January 2nd, by Jackson Hinderman, Esq., Mr. Aorrno.vr MILLER to Miss Meal . Arming, both of Aleppo township. On the 112 d of Janata", 1862, by Rev. J. Mr.. FRAN= M. Bows', Mils Ammo E. Ossz, both of IrayetAo 06., Ps. CI
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