country. captured several guerrillas and two politi¬ 
cal prisoners, took a Colonel named Carter, of the 
13th N. C. volunteers, paroled him. and a Sergeant 
of the 4th N. C. cavalry; also scared the people out 
of Fairfax, destroyed 13 bridges, some of them very 
large ones, met the gunboats and transports at 
Yoking Landing, re-embarked by the aid of flat- 
boats in eight hours, and thus reached Newbern at 
daylight. 
A Fortress Monroe letter of the 14th says Ply¬ 
mouth, N. C.j bad been destroyed by fire, but by 
wbat division of the Federal army was net known. 
The Lynchburg Daily Republican of the 11th 
says Governor Vance, of North Carolina, has issued 
a proclamation, prohibiting for thirty days the 
transportation from the State of the. following arti¬ 
cles:— Salt, bacon, corn, meal, flour, potatoes, 
leather, hides, cotton cloth, yarn, or woolen cloth. 
than battalions. The Illinois regiment was nearly 
full. The cavalry numbered about three hundred 
and fifty; and the sum total of the force captured is 
mentioned in an official dispatch at 2,800. 
The camp was on a high hill, an insolated knob 
near the river, from which the country could be 
seeu lor miles around. Col. S. formed his camp with 
his rear resting on the river, as any attack from the 
enemy would, on account of the nature of the 
topography of the opposite shore, have to be made 
from the north side of the river. In other words, 
the rebels would, before they could make an attack 
likely to succeed, have to cross the river and attack 
from the direction of HarisTille. The camp was in 
open fields, but in the front of it was an extensive 
wood, in which splendid abattis could have been 
formed had Col. Moore iakeD the precaution. The 
cavalry videttes and infantry pickets were thrown 
out to about a mile from camp, but though upon the 
extreme left and flanking the brigade, the cavalry 
furnished Col. Moore, were not used by him as 
scouts. Instead of being employed by him as 
such, and advising hint of the enemy's approach, the 
cavalry was kept in camp, and the enemy crossed 
the river before it was known that he was in the 
vicinity, although forewarned by the post command¬ 
ant of Nashville that his spies had informed him of 
the intention to atthek the brigade at Hartsville. 
There were several lines of retreat and attack, bat 
it seems that Col. Moore never thought to use any 
of them. A largo force was stationed six miles off 
under Col. John Harlaud, bat the telegraph line 
communicating with Col. II. was never used. 
The rebels attacked, after crossing tbo river above 
and below the camp. A ford, seven miles down the 
river, was used by a part of tho force, and the 
numerous fords a mile and a half up the stream 
from our camp, were used by the other part. The 
force crossing below did not reach the scene until 
our force had surrendered. 
The attack was made at daylight. The second 
Indiana cavalry did not have time to mount ere 
they lound the inlantry pickets flying in confusion 
through their camp. Major Ilill immediately 
formed them in line as Infantry, and ordered them 
to deploy as skirmishers. This they did, in hand¬ 
some style, and they soon became engaged with the 
enemy. Major Hill informed Colonel Moore of the 
necessity for prompt action, and asked for re-en¬ 
forcements. The infantry was enabled at last to 
form in line, and were soon advanced to the relief 
of the cavalry. Major Hill was enabled to retire 
his cavalry, and moved them, but much to Lis sur¬ 
prise to find that the whole force had been surren¬ 
dered. 
The action, subsequent to the retirement of the 
cavalry, is inexplicable. They had been engaged 
for half an hour, during which they had repulsed 
the enemy completely. The infantry came in, and 
were engaged for fifteen minutes, when the firing 
ceased, and tho whole force had been surrendered. 
The rebels took possession, destroyed the camp, car¬ 
ried off two pieces of artillery and the arms, and 
paroled the men. These are all the particulars 
of the affair at, hand, and they are certainly dis¬ 
graceful enough. 
Arkansas, — Gen. Herron’s forces, en route to re¬ 
enforce Blunt, met the enemy on the 7th inst, on 
Crawford Prairie, ten miles south of Fayetteville, 
Arkansas, and won a decisive victory. The enemy, 
2L000 strong, was divided into four divisions, under 
Marmaduke, Frost, and Rains, all under Hindman, 
and embraced the flower of the trans-Mississippi 
army well supported by 18 pieces of artillery. The 
enemy flanked Blunt’s positions at Cave Hill, and 
suddenly attacked Herron to prevent his union 
with Blunt. Herron’s force consisted of the 94th and 
37th Illinois, 19th and 20th Iowa, 2Gt.h Indiana, 20th 
Wisconsin, and a battalion or two of cavalry—in all 
6,500 to 7,000 men, and 24 pieces of artillery. 
The battle raged from 10 o'clock in the morning 
till dark, and was desperately fought throughout. 
Our artillery drove the enemy from two strong 
positions, and kept overwhelming numbers at bay. 
The 20th Wisconsin captured a rebel battery of 
four heavy guns, but were forced to abandon them 
under a murderous fire. The 19th Iowa also took 
the same battery and fought most desperately, but 
were also obliged to yield it. Almost every regi¬ 
ment distinguished itself. 
About 4 o’clock Blunt arrived at Cave Hill, with 
5.000 men uud a strong force of artillery, and 
attacked the enemy in the rear. The rebels made a 
desperate effort to capture their batteries, but were 
repulsed with terrible slaughter. We held the 
whole field at dusk, and before 9 o’clock that night 
t.he entire rebel force was in full retreat over the 
Boston mountains. 
Our loss in killed and wounded is COO, that of the 
rebels is 1,500, according to their own admission. 
Several of the enemy’s field officers were killed— 
among them Col. Stein, commanding a brigade, 
formerly a Brig.-General of the Missouri troops. 
Few prisoners were taken. We captured four cais¬ 
sons filled with ammunition. Lieutenant-Colonel 
McTaylor, of the 17ih Indiana, was the only field 
officer killed on our side. Maj. Hubbard, of the 1st 
Missouri cavalry, is a prisoner. 
The following official dispatch of the battle at 
Fayetteville, has been received at the headquarters 
of the army: 
St. Lotus, Mo., Dec. 10. 
To Major-General IlalleeJc :— My forces of the 
army of the frontier united near Fayetteville in the 
midst of a hard foughl battle. Gen Blunt bad sus¬ 
tained his position at Cave Hill Saturday night, 
when the enemy, 21 060 strong, under Gen. nind- 
man. attempted’ a flank movement on his left, to 
prevent the arrival of Gen llei run’s forces, which 
had been approaching tor four davs, by forced 
marches. On Monday, about 10 A. M,, the enemy 
attacked Gen. Herron, near Fayetteville, who by 
gallant, and desperate lighting held him in check fur 
three hours, until Gen. Blunt’s division came up 
and attacked him in the rear. The fight continued 
desperaiely until dark. Onr troops then bivouacked 
on the battle field, while the enemy retreated across 
the Boston mountain. The loss’on both sides is 
heavy, but is much the greatest, on the side of the 
enemy. Our artillery created terrible slaughter in 
their greater numbers. The enemy had greatly the 
advantage in position. Both Generals Blunt and 
Herron deserve special commendation lor their 
gallantry at the battle of Fayetteville. 
R. S. Curtis, Maj.-Gen. Com. 
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brought back. From that time the fire was spirit¬ 
edly carried on. and never ceased until after dark. 
Franklin, who commanded tho attack on the left, 
met with much better success. He succeeded, after 
a bard day’s fight, in driving the rebels one mile. 
At one time the rebels advanced to attack him, but 
were handsomely repulsed, with terrible slaughter, 
and a loss of between 400 and 500 prisoners, belong¬ 
ing to A. P. Hill’s command. 
The position of the rebels was as follows: 
Gen. Longetreet on the left, and holding the main 
works, Gen. A. P. Hill and Stonewall Jackson are 
in front of Franklin, with Jackson’s right resting 
on the Rappahannock, and Hill’s forces acting as a 
reserve. 
The N. Y. lit raid's special, dated Fredericksburg, 
Dec. 13th. at night, says: It is ascertained beyond a 
doubt, that the rebel force is nearly 200 . 01 k). Jack¬ 
son commands the rebel right, extending from Gur- 
ney’B station to Port RoyaL Longstreet has the 
center, extending from the station to Telegraph 
Road. Lee and Stuart are on tho left. 
Gen. Franklin’s line was moved forward at sun¬ 
rise, with his right resting on the river, three miles 
below. Skirmishing commenced about daylight 
Soon after, a rebel battery opened on our lines, and 
the 9th Now York Militia was ordered to charge, 
but after a fierce struggle was compelled to retire. 
The remainder of the brigade, under Gen. Tyler, 
then charged on tho enemy’s guns, when the light 
became general on the extreme left. Generals 
Mead and Gibbons encountered the right of Gen, 
A. P. Hill’s men. The cannonading was terrific, 
though our troops suflered but little from the ene¬ 
my’s artillery. Gradual ly the fight extended on the 
right. Gen. Howe’s division then went in, ami 
then Gen. Brooks’ division. About ten o’clock 
Gen. Sumner’s troops engaged the enemy back ol 
the city. Since than the battle raged furiously 
along the whole line, the enemy occupying the 
woods and hills at a much more advantageous posi¬ 
tion, but were driven back on their right a mile and 
a half early in the day. About noon. Gibbons was 
relieved by Donbleday, and Meade by .Stoneman. 
Afterwards Gen. Morton’s division went around to 
the support of the left, when the firing ceased for a 
short time, and broke out with greater fierceness in 
the center, where our troops were exposed to a 
plunging fire from the enemy’s gunsand earthworks 
on the hills. Along the whole line the battle had 
been fierce all day, with great loss on both sides. 
To-night each army holds its first position, except a 
slight advance of our left. Cannonading is still 
going on, and musketry breaks out at intervals, and 
quite fiercely. 
The telegraph informs us that there was no gen¬ 
era! engagement, on Sunday, the object of both par¬ 
ties evidently being to feel each other. During 
Saturday night and Sunday morning the rebels 
considerably extended their works and strengthened 
their position. Large bodies of troops are now to 
be seen where but few were to be found on Satur¬ 
day. Our dead which were killed on Saturday 
while charging in front of the enemy's works, still 
remaiu where they fell. When attempting their 
removal, the rebels opened fire with their infantry, 
but the wounded have all been removed from the 
field, and all the dead obtained are now being 
buried. It is impossible to form an accurate idea of 
the loss on either side. 
About daybreak on the 12th inst., between 1,000 
and 1,500 of Gen. Stuart’s cavalry dashed into Dum¬ 
fries, captured 10 sutlers and 25 pickets, and Wm. 
McIntosh, telegraph repairer. They also cut down 
a telegraph pole, cut the wire, destroyed several 
sutler wagons, and then hastily retreated. The 
wires were subsequently repaired. Brig-Gen. 
Stciuvvehr has since occupied Dumfries. 
Gen. Dix, at Fortress Monroe, has issued a pro¬ 
clamation, declaring that an election, by ballot, 
shall be held Monday, the 22d inst., for election, to 
fill a vacancy in the 37th Congress, in the 2d district 
of Virginia, All persons entitled and declining to 
vote, and perform their duty as citizens, will be 
regarded liable to all the penalties of disloyalty. 
A telegram received this (Tuesday) 1’. M. says 
that Burnside has withdrawn the entire army to the 
north side of the Rappahannock, 
Glorious flag ! thy folds shall shelter 
AU that tread this hallowed shore, 
Till “suns shall rise and set” no longer, 
And “till time shall be no more.” 
Shout, ye people—let the echoes 
Ring far over land and sea— 
For (heflag that ne’er was conquered,, 
For the banner of the free ! 
Department of I ho Gnlf. 
New Orleans advices report the rebels pre¬ 
paring to attack our guuboals at Galveston with 
five light draft, heavily armed river steamers, their 
sides fortified with cotton bales. Another report 
says the rebel troops, who number 3.000 to 5,000. 
intend to come down under cover of the night, and 
hoard the gunboats. The Tebels are, quite lately, 
entering the city at night, and seize and press into 
service all they can find capable of bearing arms. 
Gen, Magruder has assumed command of the rebel 
troops. Our fleet was kept ready for instant action. 
A boat’s crew of the O wasco had been made pris¬ 
oners. 
Gen. Butler extended his confiscation order to all 
the State of Louisiana west of the Mississippi, 
except parishes of Orleans, St. Bernard and Pla- 
quemine. 
The Navy Department has received dispatches 
from Rear-Admiral Farragut, enclosing a report 
from Lieut. Commander McKean Buchanan, oi the 
Ik S. gunboat Calhoun, dated off Brashaw City, 
Nov. 2Slh, stating that an expedition started on the 
25th ult. up Bell river, and returned on the morning 
of the 29th, with a launch mounting a 12-ponnder 
Dahlgren howitzer, and two prisoners. The re¬ 
mainder of her crew escaped. She had on board 60 
tents and a few worthless shot guns. 
Commander Buchanan states that he learned the 
rebel steamer Victoria was set fire to and blown up, 
off Last, fslaud, about two weeks before the date of 
his report- It appears that she broke her piston 
rod, and sent a boat up for assistance, when hearing 
that our forces were in possession of the place, they 
went back and set, her on fire and deserted her. 
Commander Buchanan learned from a rebel officer 
who came up with a flag of truce, that her crew had 
arrived in Franklin, La., and that tho steamer was 
loaded with arms, ammunition, clothing, &a, 
Acting-Master Frederick Crocker, commanding 
C. S. steamer Kensington, in Pensacola Bay, re¬ 
ports to the Navy Department, under date of 25th 
of' November, that on the 12th ult, the British 
schooner Maria, from Balize, Honduras, and on the 
11th the rebel schooner Covuse, from Havana, were 
taken while attempting to run the blockade at 
Sabine Pass, and sent to Key West for adjudication. 
Commodore Caldwell, of the iron-clad gunboat 
Essex, reports to the Navy Department, off New 
Orleans, under date of Dec. 3d, that he seized, at 
ROCHESTER, N. Y.. DECEMBERS, 1862, 
The Army in Virginia—Severe Fighting. 
Ox the Uth hi6t., between 4 and 5 o’clock. 
A.M., the pontoon train in charge of the 17th and 
50th New York Engineers, and under command of 
Gen. Woodbury, proceeded to ibe river bank, oppo¬ 
site Fredericksburg, where, with inlantry supports, 
an attempt was made to throw three bridges across 
the river—one at the point whore the railroad bridge 
formerly crossed, and two more opposite the city, 
but nearer Falmouth. A dull haze so obscured the 
movement that for a time it was not observed by the 
rebel pickets. The pontoniers had succeeded in par¬ 
tially constructing tho bridges, when the rebels 
suddenly opened a very brisk and deadly lire of 
musketry from along the banks ot the river and the 
windows of the houses, compelling a cessation of 
the work. Some of our men were shot midway in 
the stream, and falling overboard from the boats, 
floated down the river. Returning to the cover of 
the surrounding hills, the men were again formed, 
and about six o’clock the attempt to bridge the river 
was again renewed ; but the rebels had now been 
thoroughly aroused to a sense of what was going 
forward, and with re-enforcements of sharpshooters 
manned the opposite hanks and shores. Nothing 
daunted by the hot fire which they poured in at the 
re-appearance of our troops, the pontoniers went 
gallantly to work, but in vain. A storm of bullets 
enveloped them. The airwas alive with the leaden 
messengers of death. The planks and boats were 
riddled by every volley. Once more they were 
compelled to withdraw, and they fell buck to the 
cover of the ridge of hills running parallel with 
the river. 
As it was evident that tho rebels were determined 
to use the houses of the city for a defence, contrary 
to an implied agreement in the correspondence 
which recently passed by flag of truce, orders were, 
given to our artillerymen to open lire upon the city. 
Accordingly. Benjamin’s, Edward's, .Muhlenberg’s 
and other batteries of the ninth corps, together with 
the batteries of the corps to the right and left of the 
city, commenced an almost simultaneous bombard¬ 
ment. The fog was so dense that it was impossible 
to see but a short distance beyond the edge of tho 
river. The houses, however, in which the rebel 
sharpshooters had ensconced themselves were 
plainly visible, and to them the fire was for a time 
particularly directed. The effect was their partial 
demolition In a short time. After tho first tire they 
became untenable by the rebel riflemen, who re¬ 
treated to the rear of the town, where they took 
shelter behind the as yet unharmed buildings. By 
seven o'clock the bombardment had become general, 
and from that time until one o’clock the roar of ar¬ 
tillery was incessant, while the shot and shell fell 
thick and fast into the doomed city. From the vi¬ 
cinity of the 1 .acey House, a brick building over¬ 
looking the centre of the city, the batteries of the 
9th corps raked the streets with shell, iscbrapnel 
and grape. Though the fog still continued to ob¬ 
scure in a manner the results of these discharges, 
yet the walls could be heard crumbling, and the 
timbers cracking. 
About 10 o’clock the engineers were formed for a 
third attempt to construct the bridge. Tho 8th 
Connecticut, regiment, under the command of Major 
■mu nuniiiecB, h is b;uu, nearly two thousand men. 
— Two members hare been fleeted to the Federal Congress 
from Louisiana—in tlie First and Second Districts. 
— A contract for 3,000 horses for the Government was made 
last week at Indianapolis, at an aTrrge price of $90. 
— General Churchill, of the United Slates Army, late In¬ 
spector General, died at Washington Monday week. 
— The Mrrerd (Cal.) Banner Office is adorned wilh a sweet 
potato which measures 2 feet and S inches in length. 
— Cotton is arriving at Cairo from Memphis so fast that 
speculators have been glad lo reniire'at reduced figures. 
— Late advices from Mexico represent the position of the 
French at Vera Cruz and Orizaba as being very critical. 
— The price of (lax seed has advanced from SI 35 to $2.75 
per bushel—tlie highest rate ever realized in this country. 
— Vermont has just sold $10,000 of her 6 per cent. State 
bonds at private sale in Boston, for 10 per cent, premium. 
— A famine is at present desolating Finland. Out of a pop¬ 
ulation of two millions, nearly half a million arc starving. 
— The counties of Warrick, Spencer and Dubois, Tnd , have 
produced a tobacco crop the present year valued at $600,000. 
— The Japanese Government announces its intention to 
buy and fit out vessels for the exteusion of native commerce. 
— The young Mortara, who has made such a noise in tlie 
world, is, according to aecounts from Rome, quite Christian¬ 
ized. 
— An old lady named Davis, died in Jefferson county, N.- 
Y , November 28th. at the remarkable age of one hundred and 
fifteen. 
— It is stated that the citizenship of colored persons is about 
to be re asserted in a decision by the United States Attorney 
General. 
— John S. Rarey, the horse tamer, has been sent to the 
Army of the Potomac to Inquire into the sanitary condition of 
its horses. 
— At least six hundred car loads of lire hogs are now at 
Buffalo and Suspension Bridge, waiting for a movement 
eastward. 
— Prussia is in a ferment. The Volk-Zeitung of Berlin 
says (hat quarrels for political motives are becoming frequent 
in that city. 
— Government officers have seized four hundred bales of 
cotton, valued at upwards of one hundred thousand dollars, 
at St. Louis. 
— Tho steamer Lady Jackson arrived at Cincinnati on 
Tuesday week from Memphis with 221 bales of cotton and 366 
bales of rags. 
— The colored people are to celebrate New Year's day more 
than usual, on account of the anticipated taking effect of the 
emancipation act. 
— The Grand Jury of Westchester County have indicted 
the late County Treasurer, Henry Wlllets, for the alleged de¬ 
falcation of $128,000. 
— The Springfield (Mass.) Republican records the death in 
that city on Monday week of Rev. Samuel Osgood, 1). I)., aged 
78 years and 10 months. 
— The number of vessels seized by the blockading rquad- 
ron is 543. Their value, with their cargoes, is estimated at 
forty millions of dollars. 
— Mrs. Secretary Smith is endeavoring to raise money 
enough to give a good Christmas dinner to the sick and wound¬ 
ed soldiers in Washington. 
— Seventeen suits lmve been commenced at Norfolk, Va., 
ugainst the Wise family, for the recovery of debts varying in 
amounts from $250 to $1,000. 
— There is fueh a glut of silver coin in Canada that the 
Banks will uol receive it except at 2@3 per cent, discount. It 
is not a legal tender beyond $10. 
— Miss Olive Fuller, of Marston'* Mills, Mass., wiio had at¬ 
tained tho great age of one hundred and three years and seven 
months, died on Thursday week 
— Nikels are coined at the Philadelphia mint at the rate of 
$2,500 a day. Nevertheless they are so scarce eight per cent, 
premium is often paid for them. 
— About the 8th of January the Treasury Department will 
tisue $200 000 daily in postugo currency, and more than that 
sum in one and two dollar notes. 
— Senator Wilson is about to introduce a bill into the Sen¬ 
ate, to aid Missouri to abolish Slavery. The bill will offer 
$10,000,000 as a first installment. 
— The hook publishers in New York are to make an agree¬ 
ment not to puldisb any books for six months, or until there 
is a reduction in the cost of paper. 
— The English people anticipate evil to their Queen because 
for the first time in her royal life she failed to keep her ap¬ 
pointment to prorogue Paillament. 
— The overland emigration to California has been immenso 
this year; 25,000 travelers, with 6,000 wagons, have passed into 
the Bolden State by the Laramie route, 
— The business of counterfeiting rebel State Treasury notes, 
lately detected at Richmond, was traced to some negroes who 
were engaged to sweep tlie treasury department. 
— The government of Guadaloupe has contracted with the 
Transatlantic Company for the convey ance o: coolies to the 
number of two thousand to three thousand yearly. 
— The Bed River Nor’wester of Oct, 9, states that gold has 
been found on the banks of the Saskatchewan, near Fort Ed¬ 
monton, in quantities to pay each rocker $5 per day. 
— A writer iu the Edinburg Review estimates the property 
of Great Britain and Irelaud in 1858 at twenty-nine thousand 
millions of dollars, which is about $1,000 to each inhabitant. 
Movements at tho West. 
Kentucky.— On the 11th inst., Gen. Boyle, in 
Louisville, ordered the Provost Marshal to empty 
the negro jails or pens of runaway contrabands, 
and has placed the negroes at work around the 
military prison, and will also employ them in other 
ways. 
Tennessee.— Reports from below say that Gen. 
Bragg has gone to the Mississippi, and that General 
Joe. Johnson is commander of the army of East 
Tennessee. Small pox is raging at Chattanooga, 
East Tennessee bas rebelled to avoid the conscrip¬ 
tion, and large numbers are near Charlotte. 
Col. Stanley Mathews, commanding a brigade in 
Vancouver's division, bad a short, fight on the 9th 
inst., five miles north of Lavergne, while foraging, 
lie commanded the List Ohio and 36th Indiana 
regiments and the 21st Kentucky infantry, with one 
gun of Swallow's Indiana battery, escorting fifty for¬ 
age wagons. Ten men and a sergeant of the 21st 
Ky. Avere left for guard at Dobbyn's Ferry, and the 
wagons were tilled, when Wheeler's rebel cavalry 
brigade, the 12th Tenn. infantry and a full battery, 
attacked in the rear. The 51st Ohio and the 35th 
Indiana were taken back by Mathews at double 
quick, and in thirty minutes the enemy were re¬ 
pulsed, The wagons were returned rapidly to 
camp, escorted by the. 51st Ohio, the 8th Ky. fortn- 
Half an hour later the enemy 
Ward, was lying at this time near the river, in sup¬ 
port of one of our batteries. After the previous 
ineffectual attempts on the part of the engineers to 
cross, a party of 80 men from the regiment, under 
Capt, Marsh, volunteered to assist in this new 
endeavor to finish laying the bridge; and once 
more the column, with this re-enforcement, started 
down the river. Under the direction of Col. Wood¬ 
bury, they seized the planks and carried out some 
dozen to the end of the string of boats, placed a 
part of them, and were then compelled to retire 
under a very galling lire from the rebel sharp¬ 
shooters, who were ensconced securely in rifle pi is 
below the range of the artillery, and within fifteen 
or twenty feet of the river's edge. The movement 
having been thus interrupted, the whole party vvere 
ordered back to their original position. At 11 
o’clock it was discovered that one of the houses was 
on fire. The flames, Avhich began in the westerly 
part of the city, soon spread, and Fredericksburg 
was enveloped in fire and smoke. An enfilading 
fire had been opened upon the rebel rifle pits from 
our batteries up the river, and was successful in 
driving the rebels from the vicinity of the railroad 
depot. The engineers then constructed the bridges 
without interruption. In this work they were 
earnestly and gallantly supported by :he 89th New 
York, Col. Fairchild, and at 11 o’clock P. M. the 
bulk of our forces had crossed and were in posses¬ 
sion of Fredericksburg. 
The rebels being driven from the city, fell back 
to their line of intrenchments. Here they remained, 
with but slight skirmishing between the contending 
armies, until Saturday morning, the 13th. when the 
fog disappeared early, affording an unobstructed 
view of our own and 'he rebel posilions. It being 
evident that the first ridge ot hills in the rear of the 
city, on Avhich the enemy had guns posted behind 
works Avhich could not he carried except by the 
charge of the infantry, Gen, Sumner assigned that 
duty to Gen, French's division, supported by How¬ 
ard's. They advanced to their work at 10 minutes 
before 12 : at a brisk run. The enemy's gnng opened 
upon them a very rapid fire. When within musket 
range, at the base of the ridge, our troops were met 
by a terrible tire from the rebel infantry, who were 
posted behind a stone-wall and some houses on the 
right of the line. This checked the advance of our 
men, and they fell back to a small ravine, but not 
out.of musket range. At this time another body of 
Tbe report from 
Franklin’s Grand Division places his loss in the 
battle of Saturday at 5,932. 
Department of the South. 
The IT. S. steamer Rienville arrived in New 
York on the 15th inst., from North Carolina. We 
gather tbe following items from the mass of intelli¬ 
gence received: 
The free labor movement, Avhicb has been exten¬ 
sively and quietly organized in Eastern North 
Carolina, is understood to be preparatory to ibe 
re-organization of the government on a loyal basis, 
so that North Carolina may accept the President's 
policy of compensated emancipation. 
The rebels in the vicinity of Hilton Head have 
erected powerful batteries on James and Sullivan 
Islands, and along the coast as far as Bull’s Bay. 
Beauregard is entrenching at Charleston with 
40,090 men under him. 
Great dissatisfaction exists in the interior of 
North Carolina, and an impression prevails there 
that a signal victory under Burnside will be Al¬ 
lowed by an immediate and entire abandonment of 
the Border States—including North Caroiiua and 
Tennessee. 
The Raleigh Progress of the 20th ult. has tbe 
following complaint, over the rebel losses in recent 
battles:—It says that the total loss amounts to 
75,000 men. It says that the people of Charleston 
have pulled up lead pipe and contributed 50 000 lbs. 
to the rebel government, who will issue receipts for 
lead pipe and other fixtures, and binds itselt to 
replace them at the end of the Avar. 
Letters from North Carolina give the following: 
We have just finished up an expedition to Hyde 
county, under command of' Major Garrard, of the 
3d N. Y. cavalry. All tho bridges in the country 
are so thoroughly destroyed that it, is more than 
probable that they will not be re-built during the 
Avar. 
Capt. James, of the 3d N. Y. cavalry, with a 
mounted force under his command, lately captured, 
in the neighborhood of Plymouth, 250 horses and 
mules, and took as prisoners ten conscripts and 
twenty-five obnoxious politicians, besides seven 
prisoners of war. 
We landed at Deetsville two days ago, made a 
march of over 100 miles to different parts of the 
ing I he real' gn ai d 
attacked us again in our rear, and alter sharp light¬ 
ing were repulsed, and the brigade returned to 
camp without losing a wagon. 
A special trom Nashville on the 12th inst., says: 
Brigadier-General 1). S. Stanley returned this even¬ 
ing fmm a dashing enterprise into Dixie. He left 
our front yesterday by the Franklin Pike, with a 
strong force of cavalry, and disturbed the enemy 
early in the day, fighting a large cavalry force and 
drove them across roads. After he had bivouacked, 
he intended lo surprise Franklin, but during the 
night he was discovered, and finding a surprise im¬ 
practicable, he made a dash at franklin this morn¬ 
ing, and was strongly resisted by the enemy, shoot¬ 
ing from the houses. Major-General Wyneoop, 
commanding the 7th Pennsylvania cavalry, charged 
brilliantly through the town and drove the rebels 
clean out. After destroying the flour mills and 
other property useful to the rebel army, the expe¬ 
dition, satisfied with the reconnoissance, returned, 
losing only 1 man,— 5 rebels and 1 Lieutenant 
killed, 10 wounded and 12 were taken prisoners,and 
a large drove of secesh horses were captured. It 
was discovered that no lurge force was as far west aw 
Franklin. There Is a large force of rebels.near 
Nolansville, and another near Murfreesboro, and 
another near Stewart’s Creek. 
On the 7th inst,, the 39th brigade, Colonel A. B- 
Moore, commanding, disgracefully surrendered to 
au inferior force of the rebels at Hartsville. This 
brigade has been until lately under the command of 
Col. Joseph R, Scott of the 19th Illinois, and con¬ 
sisted of the following force, all of which has been 
captured:—104th Illinois infantry, Col. A. B. Moore; 
106th Ohio infantry. Col. Tafel; 108th Ohio infantry, 
Capt. Plepho, commanding; 2d Indiana cavalry, 1 
battalion, Maj. Ilill; 11th Kentucky cavalry, 1 com¬ 
pany, Capt Slater; 5th battery Michigan artillery, 
2 guns. The Ohio regiments were nothing more 
A special Oxford (Mils.) dispatch 
of the 7th, says Colonel Dickey’s cavalry bad a two 
hours’ engagement with the rebels near Coffeeville 
on Friday night The rebels, it is said, had 5 000 
infantry, cavalry and artillery. Federal loss nine 
killed, fifty wounded, aud sixty missing. Rebel 
loss three hnmlred killed and wounded. 
The Oxford (Miss.) News of Thursday week states 
that tbe rear guard of the rebels, under command of 
Gen. Jackson, had a skirmish on that morning with 
the Federal advance force near the toAvn. The 
main body of the rebel army, 40,000 strong, passed 
through Oxford 12 hours before. The number of 
rebel Bick and wounded is said to be very large. 
