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...': -'.-- . .... . . J'V - ' -, i r i , rryT y ..jLtJi'ii' i'-L,ii.Li.,i . CLARKSVILLEk iENN., FRIDAY. JANUARY 3b, l8Cl VOLUME 13. NUMBER 8, v 4 ; (Ulaitoillr GJntmtitU, R. V. THOMAS, Editor, 'TERMS 2 FEB 4AA"CiT jjv ADVANCE . , . tl :.; TW0 ADVERTISING, . 5. voa one squASi or twilvi uxia oh m ' We insertion 1 Two Insertions . I 40 three insertions 2 CO tjne month a 60 Twa motMks Three niontiia Six months Twelve monlht 4 u 5 00 . 9 00 II 00 Friday, January 'ajit, 1862, ' tPs-The severe indisposition cf our senior Edi tor, and bis. confinement to bed tb past week, la titi ricase foe lack of editorial Wtter. ' r - -' . .. - ' 1 , xsutUe of Flhln t r'eeft. 'A'tlEXO MAS HLIT.X." It) the tattle pf FiabinR Creek we hv to chroniclo tlo rst defeat of Southern troops, worthy of pbte, during the present war. ,Tl9 people truggling for liberty, and upon whose banner victory has here : Wore almost invariably pcfrchea lo( tri uqsph, the .lifiwa of, def at eomet doubly " chilling, and a reverse of fortuno, though it be but temporary, falls with double se verity upon the ear which in days past had teanght only the sound of Victory and the exultant shouts of a peace-conquering soldici-yV Our loss, in point or. huuibcrs, we have reason to hope, is not so heavy ns at first anticipated; but wr have little left ns from which to draw connotation, when we re member that upon the bunk a of Fisliinp Creek perished one of Tennessee's nobleat one Fxi. K. Zni.Lif OFKKB. Park rumors are afloat in regard to the General coniiuuiiiiinix, who ordered the attack, and drove flen 'A. and his devoted little band, like sheep to tho slaughter, into the jaws of death into an unequal conflict with overwhelming ouinberg, with death or displace as their only alter'na Vivco i but we await, with a, feverish anx iety, an investigation of the affair, and for 'the present forbear giving further publici ty to accusations which may prove nujust, , ungenerous, mid unfounded. .We hope that Uen. Crittenden bus not acted with that degree of realities or insincerity of i motive imputed to him ; hut should it prove true, there are none more ready to pronounce a deserved censure tipori a raoklcss exposure of tho lives of those who protect us and ours. But we lenvo thin for rliseiissldii nt a future period, tthnuld occasion require it. ; At prosent, wo have a more puiuful duty to discharge. Zolmcofpkk has fallen ! A patriot, statesman, christian, and warrior, hag per ished perished at the head of a brave co'um, beating back the vandal hordes who seek to pollute our soil with their un billowrd tread.. Hie blood staineil wind ing sheet en veU pen n form Upon which PjDiiessccans were wont to asio with ad WUat'iou a voice to which they hnve of- 'ten listened with respect and cntccm is forever hushed, and tho pride of a noble soldiery. "Klcops the bleep that knows no waking." Wc pause amid the progress of mighty revolution to pay the lust sad tribute of respect to a hern upon whose brow, in years agonu, fudclcsH wreathes of honor were entwined ana jurt acknowl edgement of services rendered an appre ciative people. Tho death of (Jen. Zollieoffer loaves a void in the hearts of the people of Ten nessee, and ere it 08 a vaoaney in the Con federate army which can hover be filled. 1 Others of equal military merit and quali fication may bo found to' supply bys ta 6i)nt place in tho service, but there is no One to whom tho people would look with so much confidence, and in whom Ti'uncs eq troops would placo (hoir trubt and so Implicitly rely as their late and lamented commander no ono to whoso command of ''forward'' they Would so cheerfully re spond no oho under whom they would fight with such determination and untir ing teal no one frOm whose voice they Would catch such inspiration no 6no whom they would 10 gallantly sustain in a charge, and no One whose loss they would eo much deplore. ' In all the relation's Of life, Gen. Zolli coffer was the same high-tortod, christian gentleman. But it is useless for us to . talk of him to those who knew him so well, for with all hi name bus been fuiuil- isr as household worda ever aince tbrisi j .-.,'" , . , . . ... The conitnctioo of fortifications opposite De. trugclo began, and deep down tn heirltrMl cimot for Avi&iiiLui. hoart of hearts they will chbrfaft hTa'mo'm- j little tHSre ts defcad, and that would lie uo bettsr r fpi i. . a j place fcr an htvading rbree 16' eAler Canada tlma ory forevor. There beata not a true lou- maliy Other.on th'.rlv.r. The f .riiflratiu Jsmere Ihcrn heat which does not throb with -UU- 'v o tlir-aten letroit, by placing guns within shell ..tcrablo grief for the loss of .U5"ff-r!5 and those who perished with him in that.of national comity, and a hutile o-;t, aud should death-oharge. Withered be tho h.nj ! !' by P"-""! protest .ad den.and for .xi.l D j nation by our Government. which does not tho more firmly grasp the! - averting aaord I sWi. We learn that eier will betaken torecovei . the ivil.t f lien. Znlliiod'i r and briiij it to Nfc,h- I'f , Tf rincfSccarVt. f antavtn-c tlienv ! iile for iiuna'. t Dr. Cheever, in lata lecture, took tie position that be success will attend Northern arms until their whole force is laoacbed against slavery, and that the palsy of fear and, imbecility wiQ be upoq them until they get marching orders from God. VTben such orders are recotVed, ft will be to march to another climate than ttiat of the South. H&" The Nashville papers announce the decease of Mrs. Elizabeth A. Bucknerrtaother of Gen, 8. B. Bnrkner." (She died in TJnion county, Aikimu,Jof Pneumonia, On the 6th Inst. tST The Nashville Gazette says that Enoiville, Tettn., baa 600 soldiers la the Confeder ate settle, and that every secession family la the county 1; rcyeeeated in the army. Nassa, N. P. As the name 'of thia place frequently occurs la in items of Important news, says an exchange, it may be interesting to some of our readars to khoW its locality. ' It Is the chief seaport town of the Bahama (British West India) islands, lying op'paslte the southern coast of Florida being the capital of New ProVfdencB Is land. It ha a convenient harbor, opening Into the main channel that makes In from the waters of the Gulf of Mexico, through the Bahamas to the outer ocean. It ifr-aWwa of considerable trade, and has about 10,000 inhabitants. Yakker Cottoh Baos. The New York papers have been making a great jubilee over the vast quantity of cotton taken at Hinton Head and adja cent islands, said to be several thonrand 'JsAee, and carried to the North. The "baps" of which they have boasted so loudly, turn out to be small tand bugs, and they filled with cotton in the teed, weigh ing each from eight to twelve pounds ! Twelve pounds of seed cotton will turn out about three and a half pounds of ths merchantable article and this tnree ana a nnir pounds tue l ankers are parading before the world as a bale of cotton I Did tho Lord ever make the duplicate of such a people ? Mem. Appeal. , Whether be ever did or not, we have uncontro vertible evidence thnt they are possessed of the wherewith to DCPK-Zifcatc themselves. MAftYLAk'ri.-h appears from the pro ceedings of the Maryland Lrpislature, which we Bpd hi lute Northern papers, tlmt it is proposed that every person holding office under the State, and all traders and dealers shall be compelled to take an onth of allegiance to the Lincoln Govern ment. The hill to repeal the act releasing the MeA-or and other officials of the city of Raltimore, from proxecution for their acts growing oul of the I! th of April Hot, Wan passed in Uie Senate". 'tfST The Loulftvillb Ddmocrat Bays that in the recent Indiana Suite Democratic Convention, resolutions complementary to the late Senator Douglas; ntid to Ex-Uov. Jos. A. Wright, were pro posed, hilt tlie "ltreckinridge-Bright-element'' would not allow then! to be rea1 and Voted them down. Vaxkku IxiiiTMAxirv. We uiiike the following ci'tnict from lli'c correspondence of tlic Memphis Appetil. iii regard to the cruelly of the cowardly ll. liMlmi ilt the Untile of Fishing Creek : .Soon afier the light began, no, far from tho en trenchments of the enemy, on SupdHy morning, Gen. ZoilicoiTor mistook a regiment of Kentnekiain for one of his own command. He rode iip very mnr the Colonel Of the reglmobt,.ahd. ordered him not to fire upon our troop?: The Colonel rode aw ay from Gen. Zollieofler, anc" nt a short distance turned in hu middle and shot him through the body. At thu siune time three men sci.ed the bridle of Gen. Zollicorter s hoise : with the heavy- sabre which he wore he nevered he head of one of these mev. I'roui liis shoulders. The General was sliot in olanllv. Three balls entered his body. Tift Colo nel who fiit fue'd npoK him Was, lnitaiitly killed by a sergeant -the other two who had seized the bri dle fell dead beside him. Our the roadside near the eiot where the fight began, n bouse wo tired by our troops ib 4 hospi tal, to which the killed aid wounded Vera borne during the pendency of the fight. When our troops were outflanked nue compelled to retreat, uiahy of the wounded and slain were left in this building. No sooner had the barbarous enemy acquired pos session than they set it on fira, aud the living, the h!plei, and the dead, were all coneunicd together. When shall this barbarity l)e avenged, lldw loiifr hIuiII the aslies of the dead heroes of this territic struggle cull in vain upon ths South to avenge the cruelly of our heaitlcss, brutal foes? We would liiing Northern oflicers thould Southern privateers men ne Hanged. This is pant obedience to the "lex ItilioHit' implanted in our natures by Deity. Shall the victim of this unheard of cruelty remain una veimcd.' Shall not armed men, a countless multi tude, frl'B tip everyw here in Tennessee to avenge the death of the hero olliiofluf: A Pihaitoutment. The Chicngo Tribune thinks that the work of subjugation iv progressing ba:k wards. It says : fu theie months pat, while this war has been in progress, the South has been developing new reounvs, and mnscularizing its power of self itupiiort and resistance. It is stronger to-day than it was six mouths ago. And the St. Louis Demod'at observes: W were going to starve out ths Southern Con- lederacy once. It does not look much like It now. New Orleans is supposed to have fitly thousand or sixty thousand barrels of flour on hand, and it can not be sold at an)' price at present. The amount of Hour in Memphis ii estimated at from tweaty.uve thousand to thirty thousand barrels, and there ti little changing bands at present X Call roa Sswabu's Rsmqvai. The Boston Traveler, s prominent Republican paper, indignant ly calls for the resignation or else the prompt re moval of Secretary Seward. The Trovidence rust, Democratic paper, heartily endorses the call of the Ilostoij ejito'r. Among the reasons' urged by ths Traveler for the removal of Sew aid are bis alleged mismanagement of our foreign relations, the "additional causes of dlsfrust fcbicb is felt iu regard to lu's temper and habits," and the alleged foct'that "the country is oVgiiKOtl by the w tone of etatetiuantbip mani fested t'y Mr. Seward." Hartford (Conn.) f iwtt. ti'the Yankees are cboing under 'the con strut-lion of fortiticalions by the British opposite r,n,r.i!l Oka ..f tli.iiv n.LM ... . AMY CORRESPONDENCE ! CotrWpoudeace of tha Clarksvllle Chronicle. Letter from Western Virginia. BaroADt HsADqtAaTtna, 1 , Nbah Rosks Va, V January 19, 182. j P(ar CAroniVis .- We. have completed the last ptdestrian feat, much to the gratificition of pri vates and other mulet. Some obscure individual of tha "dark ages" dfscVercd that taws a tide In the affair of men which led 'WarsO , We baVe certainly gotten Into that prophetic tide, and "pretty severe one It (e, I can assure you ; 'for vely it 'does lead onward, ohwasd, through raia, htll, snow, calm or storm over Ice covered roads, mountains, Ac, Jtc. An obstacles ire overcome, yet Nature'! barrhrrs are .more formidable than any intrrfosed by Abe the First. , You bsvs denblfess heard of the eVactaatoh of Romney by the enemy, on the tb ' The hane of our General certainly possesses some terror tc the cowardly hearts of Abe's subjects, else they wuld not fuV been frightened away froia a 'strmghild, heretofore the terror of our little army. Romiey is naturally a stronghold' yet fortified with cahnm' as it was, the eight thousand cowards who beld t, had they fought at all, might hare " rendered it t second Monterey. Yet we are gratified to know that "prating ergagements" demanded their de parture too soon. . ' : Thev left a considerable quantity of Commissary stores, oysters, crackers, butter, &c The last nam ed article, We are happy to tsay, was added to tour rations' yesterday. We could hardly believe-our four senses, which testified that it was real, good, rich, yellxnt bmtttr. Only think of H : .Soldiers enduring the severities of Valley Forge, and "draw-' i'V butter! ' "' ' .', ') 1 . - Eight miles east Of Romney, on the Martinsburg and Winchester rondo, signs of Vitnfce'4 destructibil ty are visible in the chaos of once happy homes. Two men and one child, if we may believe the story of a womau living in the neighborhood, were mur drril ahfl tli'eh ura( in, their own hottest Fair womeo, I have heard, did not escape their insults. These stories, ahd the solemn, lone chimneys, called forth from tlie soldiers, as they passed, "curses, not loud, but deep." Such atrocities now and then are specific antidotes, awakening the dreamy valor of lethargic patriots. A lew more fuch barbarous acts, Gen. Hanks, and the war may be tarried Into Ituiy, and a flag hoisted, the prestige of which shall strike terrr to the heart of Abe's last adt and nbctfir. ' : ' . ' ' : This campaign has been one of no ordinary in terest or achievement True, the fighting propens ities 'of the boys have not been gratified, which might have made it more interesting to tlun ; yet, almost Without the firing of a gun, we drove the enemy across the Potomac at one point, and by the same movement frightened him from an Important stronghold and possessed it ourselves. This has- been done, too, in mid-winter, despite tho worst kind of weather, t'ertalnly demonstrating to the NoTth-lanihut that Southern mlamnndtrt are as imiiervious to cold as heat. Great praise is certain ly due to the noble soldiery which have so gallant ly stood the severities of the campaign and who are yet willing, as a military necessity, to "suffer and be tlill." Yours truly, Culm. Ip-I'roiii Tort Henry. Fobt Hknby, Jan. 23, 1802. Ienr Chronicle: Since ray last letter we have arrived here, and are now camping in our tents again, and as the weather has been very cold for some time, we miss our comfortable cabins very much. Our company (A) of Col. Bailey's Regi ment, and one from Col. Sugg's (formerly Stack er's) Regiment are now encamped her, together. PADDim' TtCKTAeas: Since our arrival we have rxen furnished with side arms tpadet and thoveltl and are now drilling in that manual. Our boys were greatly disappointed at not meeting the ene my here, and now feel that they have been badly sold, or taken in to tU dikhet instead of among the eftmy. The day after our arrival, tha gunboat "Coneslo ga" chased the steamer Dunbar 14 miles tip the river until within sight of the Fort, and then fired her seveuth shot and ran up behind the Island, two miles below the Fort. She afterwards fired three shots at the Fort and meeting no response, she re tired with a white flag flying to the breeze. No damage Was dene by her shots as they all fell short However, she again made her appearance with the stars and stripes dying and ojiened fire on the Fort, As soon as the first shot was fired by her tlie Con federate flag was raised in tlie Fort, and we all ex pocted to have a brush with the "Feds,'1 but as soon as we fired one shot, she responded with a shell (which burst soma yards below the Fort,) and re tired behind the Island. Nobody hurt. We are now under command of Meut-Col. Sugg t ol. Stacker having resigned the command of the 50th Regiment, . The enemy are reported to be 15,000 strong at Highland, 35 miles below here. They were 10 miles from here a few days ago, but are now falling back. Little prospect of a sgwirmiii. Wii-t. tlisy Xdoit it. Mr. Dovle has introduced a hilf In the New York assembly, resolving that "while we are in favor of sustaining the adminis tration in a vigorous prosecution ot the war, and and furnishing more than our share of men and money, wa are also opposed to seeing U.S. Senators and Representatives Cling precioUs lime i' advoca ting the aliolitlort Of slavery,' vmaiicTpatioh of slaves, aud other unconstitutional measure." , jni Gcs Bo'at. The Confederate gunboat, flerron, built at Suiarden's ship yard in this place, is ons among the most substantial and staunch built vessels that we have ever looked upou. Wa shall nut meuliou her speed lor noas would belie vs us were we to do so. Sulfite it tq say she is 'aster by far tlutu aiu- craft thai has ever apcared ou the waluraof the lathe. franklin (.a.) Jtrgitter. nurnlna; of (he Steamer Calhouu. V learned hut night of this unfortunate occur rence, which took place in East iiaf on Tuesday STiT.. , 77if stealer was on pr Kluru voysge from Havana, with i cargo' of valuable gooi's, and bad evaded the blockade aud eukired Eoi-t Hay, or the Louisiana coast, when one pf. her uoilrrs burst, rendering bet damahafrrabla. Tbe Caplaie seeing that he could make no turtiier headway, and tear ing that if ha atu-uipu4 to remain thant to repair damagfa he would be raptured bt the enemy's Heel, dociiiud to dosarl and bnra the vessel, which was accordingly done. This is a severe loss, as the cargo of the steamer was very valuable and mm h lneelfd, but wear i;lad to know that (he Captain was tio smart to In her fall into tho. h.ujdj oi lite 'llessi.inj.-.V. O. I V -t rut, '.'tA. ' " Vor tha Chronicle. Life aud Times of Jefferson Freeirade triiA m hit Will imd Tet lament Annexed. He was born in the "Sunny South," and although in the midst of 'cotton bafes, Was wrapped In swad dling cloths of Massachusetts manufacture was surrounded by a wilderness of fchbice timber, yet he was rocked in a Cincinnati cradle, to the tune of Yankee Doodle. ' In process of time he wended his way to school with a Boston primer in his satchel, and the first words he learned to spell were h-o-r-s-ej pronounced 'hoa,"and o-e-w, pronounced "keouw.1 As be waxed in age, abd in strength' of body and mind, he received front his maternal parent a theo retical contempt for all Southern handicraft and me chanical inventions. Front his paternal guide, he learned It practical illustration. Arriving at ma jority, he embraced the political dogma of freetrade, and pursued it as ha polar star. Consequently, when settled upon his paternal estate, he at once developed a mind at war with the best Interests of the South he became a radical freetiade politician! and as a consequence (tho' unwillingly) subservient to a ruoniei power at the North, and to a great ex tent a dependant upoa It, But he was honest in this strange, hallucination, and practiced what he preached : for be was unf formly clothed from the crown of bis bead to the soles of bis feet, in Northern manufactures. His threshing machine, wagons, carts, ploughs, barrows, hoes, pitchforks, axes, axe-handles, goose yokes. dog collars, mouse traps, and fly traps, were all of Yankee manufacture . His carriage bailed from New York, and the shoes and nails, upon his hones' reet, were made in Pittsburg. His whiskey -war of the Improved Cincinnati poison, and it was a great satisfaction to him to believe that he bought them "theap," and that they were not madt at horn. lis financiering and commercial talents were eltt idated when he-sold his tobacco at 10 cts. per lb. b a New York merchant, and after it had there beet rolled up in the shape of Havana segars, 8priakied with rose Water, or ' acamoravalus, pur chase! tha same tobacco at the rate of $20 per lb. . but he bad the pleasure of knowing that they were from ibi-oad. He also sold hickory wood to id lcrs in )bio at $7 per cord, and bought it back in the slnpn of axe-handles at the rate of $50 pef cord, b (act, he lived, moved, and transformed his original Using into bis favorite theme. But hewas hospitable to a fault his latch string was ever outside to welcome the peregrinating Yankee potter to bis hearth-stone, with free1 access to his barn land after his guest had retired, he found that 1 e had anight a wagon with raw-hide tires oh the wheels, 'ind nutmegs made of hickory wood .. hut he prcscr ed his temper, by remembering that they were "vry cheap," and the threwdnrtt wliich bad gulled hie excited his astonishment, if not ad miration, as hewas wont to relate It In social cir cles, for tho anusement of his friends. But iu ilie course of humai events, his favorite policy swal lowed up many rf the mechanical workshops of bis native South, an. bresihed a sickly nfluerfce. Into those which labori to exist, followed by the block ade of tbe dictatoiof tha Jiortli, by which he was cut off from his fo ner Unfile and associations.. Jefferson now be une fttfioos in the defense of Southern rights, at I with his sword in one hand, and the bauner of f strode ia the other, he rushed forward to the butt-field, where be gallantly fought, bled, and dioi to secure the independence of his beloved South,. As be was a man of fore thought, and the rulit - poos km being stronger at death, ho was careful, I fore that time arrived, to procure a Yankee coffin nd tomb-stone, the former in which he waa burid,and tho latter now marks the spot, and "Conslsteicy thou a"rt a 3ewel" is the epitaph. Reader, Ttara, mark, and inwardly digest the history of his deiulori.' ' Oveb JoJibAS, 18C2. I, JErrsaso.v FaKrnuoE, Vufg of sound miud, and delivered from my mortal body, and as a con sequence happily removed fro the demagoguism of politicians, the noise and confuion of military as pirants, the tyranuy and insoince of an accursed priestcraftj and having seriously eflocted upon my past life while on the lerraqueoi! globe, am now fully convinced that I pursued c fatal error (the dogma of Freetrade) which is a J.llaey, a humbug, impoverishing communities and Sites, and derog atory and humiliating to national eiaracter; there fore most solemnly renounce that fral delusion. Hoping that my children may avoid hs same, and that the Confederate States may becojie truly iWe fendent, I record this as my hut will Sd testament: First After my just debts have beq paid, I de sire that tho residue of my estate shoilbc divided into two equal parts the one part to'je equally divided between my wife and children) the other part to he Invested in Confederate stocks,; he inter est of w hicb shall be loaned to Mechanice,uid Man ufactures, on the express condition that tbs-are, at thu time, citizens of tho Confederate Staes, aud that they be bona fide practical men. Ambeliev. nig that indedcndi-nce is not an abstraction f one idea that is, of merely driving the Invader iff our soil but that to le triily independent, a nalon must be self-reliant, together with the cnjoymeitof civil and religious liberty, and as the Coiifedaats States abound in all tha uauralt and other tiw material necessary for its consummation, ( deans that four of my sons shall be engaged in agricul. tare ; that at least one of the others shall lean some useful trade (I will designate my son John, si be possesses menial tulcnfsof a high ocder.) And recollecting that for many years past my son Peter has lived under my roof, that his horse bos fed at his father's crib, and that he has worn out bis boot in fruitlessly chasing after office aod its emoluments, and as there are no more boots for sale, I require that be shall at once begin to learn the shoemakiug business. Fourth It is my desire that all my daughters (who will soon have "nothing to wear") shall each be furnished" wHlb a full Set of lloyd's dpln'ufng wheels, and a loom for all of them, and that they be instructed In tlie art oi spinning and weaving, from tlie legends and traditions of their grand mothers. ... Aod lastly, it is my sincere request that tha La- gUlature w'iU ecdlly change the name of my film- ily, to any other that is consistent with the true In- . . .i o .u ' i' . . teresu of the South, aud cause y own name to be obliterated frout my touib-stoue, as a lasting erl deuce tif my political recanUtion as aliove de scribed. i!ir. i Whiss AK TlilT T AU but one of oil A I '"wali-r caiut'' bve left the l-ar aud gone, for parts iiukuow ii.tim e out la. I notii.euf tht-in.- lu-.vcola 1 l -r-ci". B 'TEEfiGR AT ti; Great Battle in Kentucky t TBE CokrEdERATES DEFEATED Overwhelming Nuinbert of the Federals. GENERAL ZOLL1COFFER KILLED ! lar ftcaflart of th lungagtment! NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN ACCOUNT I i From our Extra of Jan. It is with pain and mortification that we lay bo rn re onr readers tbe following accounts of the seri ous disaster to our army under .Qeu. Crittenden. With pala at tbe loss of litis and prestige, and mortification at the criminal negligence if not worae which brought that dofeat upon us. The death of Gen. Zollicofler is a national calamity, and the loss is bitterly aggravated by the kna vledge that, bad he' been supreme In command, no such folly and disaster would have wrapped the nation in gloom. But we bare not the patience to enlarge upon a theme that awakens so much sorrow and indignation. - . - Special dispatch to the Union and American. Knoxvillk, Jan. 13. Lieut. Jackson has just ar rived from the scene of our late disaster, aod reports that the fight occurred on Sanday mottilnjr about daylight. It was Be ported that tbe enemy's force, about fourteen hundred strong, was .divided .by Fishing Creek, and that they could not be a hi ted ia consequence of the swollen condition of the creek from late rains. " .. i . i ; It was under this ImprcSsidh ihat Gen. Critten den ordered our forces to more forward and attack the enemy, wben they met tbe entire federal force, and after fighting for more than two hours, our forces were repulsed and fell back to their entrench ments. Late in the evening they were again attacked by the Federals, and after a slmrt cannonading, night came on and tbe fireinr ceased. Then tha order was given fur ohr forces to retreat across the river. Geo, ?olli coffer waa killed. Major Fogg wound- mujur umvtus muni, uniiro c..vu, v.,, iva.va, Col. Stanton wounded in the arm, and Col. Powell bad It WotfndbiL Our toss is variously estimated, but is undobted- Iv large. The Mississippi regiment fought bravely, and was cut up badly. Battle's regiment fought gallantly. . PiTItatc tlpatcti. KKoxrrLLS, Jan. J3. Crittqndcti p'njered tlie at tack atjo o'clock Saturday plghVsupposing.that the enemv was onlv fifteen buiidrca strong. After the repulse onr forces retreated in confusion across the river, losing their horses, baggage, tents, Ac Tbe Mississippi and Battle's regiment fought bravely ami sustained a heavv loss. Zollieofrer mistook a regiment or the enemy for ... . - . .. - onr men. and when he rode up to there waa shot dead. Gen. Critenden Is reported wounded. Gen, Carroll rallied the troops and fell back to our en trenchments. Rutledge s battery was lost. The Confederates Defeated in Kentucky liSn. ZoUlcoffer Killed Great Loss. RnntMOxn, Jan. 23. The flag of truce bronght to Norfolk yesterday Northern papers of the 20tn and 2 1st, but tbe news reached Richmond too late lart night to send it South. The Philadelphia Press of tbe 21st reports the defeat or zollicolter on the 19th inst., at Somerset, .Kentucky, by tbe Federals, Zollicoffer was killed, and, his.hody is in the pos session of the Federals. Bailie Peyton, Jr, is also amonz the killed. The (Joufederatea lost two bun dred r.h'd jeverity-Gve killed and wounded, and they are reported to have deserted their entrenchments on Sunday. Tbe battle lasted all of Saturday. The Federals lost seventy-five men in the tenth Iridiana regirlent. Their other losses are not re ported ' . . Latbb. Fnrther Intelligence received here con firms ZollicofTers defeat and death. Geueral Crittenden was in command, and with eight, regiments and six pieces of artillery, attacked the Federals in a strong position at .Fishing Creek, and was repulsed with heavy loss". Gen. Zollicoffer was killed and on his death the army became con fused and utterly routed, losing sill their artillery, baggage, eqnipmenta, fic. lbe probable loss ol the Confederates is five hundred killed and woun ded, . : . - A dispach from Dr. Cbaille, of New Orleans, who is a member of Crittenden's staff, says the Confed erate army is now Is full retreat on Knoxville. Lat&A froni Gen, Crittenden's Com mand ! ITS POSITIOnTnD CONDITION! HIS FORCES RALLIED AND FUGITIVES RETURNING. Special to the Iouisvil1e courier. Knoxvim-E, Jan. !0, 8 r. kt. Capt. Monsarrat's battery is safe. It did not lose a' man. Two of Rntledge's guns were saved and are now with Gen. Crittenden's command at Liv iagstuu. " ' About two hundred returned soldiers now here will be sent back to tbeifr command to-morrow. Every arrangement has been made to give a com plete r.utfit to all tbat may return. . A list of the Wounded ia tha Iwttle will be furn lsheddirec:!y. Get S. R..indcrson and bis Aid, Col. Smith, are here tonight. Gcnl Crittenden is euca'm'ed at Livingston, hav. ing succeeded in rallying nearly all his forces He had n fallen back to Carthage, as was reported yeslerd. ARRIVAL OF THE WOUNDED. " , Knoxvuls, Jaq, 26, 10 r. at. . Ninety Ail of ths men wounded In the Fishing Creek battfe have arrived here and beep, placed iu ths Hospiti. I will send you a list uf tuuir names to-morrow, THE BURIDE EXPEDITION REPORTED A FA1I.TTRE RiCHMOicu.lan. 25. It was stated in Conirrcss to-day that alispateh had been received herejiy a high Govern nV ut official, statin that tbe Burnslde Expedition' Kaiproved a failu're, and that roost of the vessels hadcen wrecked. . Special lie Union aod American. fCHexrrtt.i, J 25. Capt. Rutledge and all of his command an ll.v Orville Ewing ken a prisoner. as wounded in the thigh and la- Lieut. Shield taken a prisopor. him off the field, is weuuded in the thign and aptaia Warren tried to bring IjB was ueisuccessful. FlDJif CAlR"0. Caiko, Jan. 30. -n. Graiut and staff arrivad in tow s yesterday mo ting. Gen.' Fame's brigade reuches Fort JeftV-i to-morrqw, Tbe object of tne ewdaioa was a inonnoissunua In force of all that pirt of Kentucky pon which a portion of the 0erat,ons against Co tmbus will neeessarily be perlia-a.fd, aud a denio,wrauoa to,,ai.d Uen, Quell s right w.ug. Our force ba beea emineaily suo cessiul. Tha fiiginaera tader Col. Webster. bv now oco-.rals kmwledgttf ths country. . It is uo- )cniUad 'lut Gen. btpid bos taken ths camp equi- woaiever was ,fl tn Uamp iseauregara. I The rebels fled to Cohim a. Mc(?lernaud s brlg- j Wl!nt Ut vllhlo fi ilB) of (jommb,,, ancainped on ThuWai nit t la view of the whole watch-hres, aud alter WKidivuutwi tha towns of Miiburn, Ltttolavevilla, aud Uandvills, surrouudiug all Uie mmIs as they went. V utrtof Ucu.Bmilh couiiuaB'l wui return to l'auab to-day. FEDERAL' HEIGHT OP 1TK BATTLE rr . I i jl jiiUil " r1 FfXlflSG CltKK K m ii..vr-. t.iii " ' I ii" l of the battle ot Fishing Creek, Kyi, bos bsen re ceived. It puts down the Federal Ions at 60 killed and I XT wounded. . Among the wounded la Col. McOook. ., , . . The Confederate loss is put down at 144 kilted, who have been buneu 119 wounded, and 45 prisoners who were not wounded, flvcof whom were surgeons, ana i.iena-naut-voionei uoner, oi ine Seventeenth Tennessee regiment. THE YANKEB FLEET AT LITTLE TYBEK. Atmi-STA, Ga., Jan. 21. The Savannah Repub lican of this morning says six Federal vessels en tered the river yesterday back of LUUe Tybee, aud passed np tn the North end of w ilmmgton Islnuc; cutting off communication between Fort Pulaski . ... . .. . ... . and tbe oity. They shelled Wilmington Island and fired upon the Confederate steamer Ida, but did not injure heK ...- a. . . .... .... . . ComvTatnali's fleet was at Thunderbolt, but ar rived safe at Savannah. Tbe enemy were trying to remove obstructions from the river. - Tue Fort has provisions sufficient for six months. Gunboat Condemned. Cairo, Jan.-IT. The global BetoB, which has heretofore been considered the oett of tbe Missouri flotilla, was condemned, and her commiss ion refused, Cis account of the insufficiency of her machinery: otherwise. tMerterttdn Is ready for ttie flerttdn Is t 7rT tjvrpir AT from f oRf nzxnv KETUEAT THE FEDERALS BY FORCED MAkOHKet. Special Dispatch to tha Union and American.' .. Foht Hsaar, Jan. 28,8 r. A courier , has Jitst arrived from Col. Miller's com maud, wbo.weut in, pursuit or the enemy,. Col. Miller could not come up with the Federals, they having made for ced Biaralies. iboir advance was within twelve mUeaof Podurab this morning at 6 o'clock. Our troops, baited eleven miles from tha enemy's rear, and Col. Miller has determined to return to Fort Henry. FROM NEW ORT.KAKH, Steamer DIsaiicd and Ilurned. New OiaiANH, Jan. 25. Tbe steamer Calhoon from Havana, in endeavoring on- Wednesday to mase.an entrance, was discovered ny tne oiock ading fleet and fired upon in in effbrt to escape, by which her machinery was disabled, when she was abandoned, after being set eq fire The crew have arrived save. - Reaolntlons on the Death of Gen eral Zollicofler. - -There was a large meeting at St Charles Hotel last night, (or tha purrose of expressing regret at tbe death of the distinguished statesman and Sol dier, General Zollicofler. Col, Andrew Ewiug was called to the Chair, and Li. L. Goodrich was ap pointed secretary. On motion, the Chairman appointed the fotloif. ing gentlemen a Committee to draft resolutions ex pressive of tbe sense of tbe meeting: Col. J. U Pickett, Maj. Gen. Lovell, Brig. Gen. Buggies, Com. Hollins, W. A. Johnson, A. L. Davis, W. T. Berry, Alexander Fall. D. M. Hildreth, M. Pilcher and J. C. Goodrich, who reported the following resolution: - Retolrtd, . That we have received the intelligence of the death of Geo. Felix K. Zollicolter with feel ings of the profoundest sorrow, and lament his untimely end as an irreparable loss to tha cause for which be here gave bis life. In private life or In the discharge or public dntfes, we find him tbe in corruptible patriot. Cool and cullectected amidst troubles, and unfaltering- in tti'e execnt'.on of bis purposes, no man since Gen. Andrew Jackson has enjoyed so completely the confidence and undivided esteem of the people of Tennessee. . We mourn his death as a great public loss, which is only relieved by tbe recollection that he fell fighting bravely at tha head of his columns against the iuvaders of bis country's soil. ANNIVERSARY OF THE SECESSION OF LOU ISIANA. ... Nxw Orleans, Jan. 27. Tbe anniversary of the secession of Louisiaua was celebrated to-day. Tbe military turnea out ia run loree, and there was a grand review of the troops. There were ten thou sand armed and equipped ready to take tiie field. among whom were one ihouauad free colored sol diers. , , DISASTROUS FLOODS IN CALIFORNIA Sao- Frascibco, Jan. IT. The Legislature baa adjourned to the 21st inst, to allow tha water to Subside from sacramento. Tbe whole city has been under water from 2 to It feet deep. Tbe neonle nave oeen unru to toe second stories ot their bou ses, and are unable to build fires to cook their food, Cooked provisions In large quantities bare been sent from San Francisco. Other portions of the State .have autt'or.ed severely, from this unpreceden ted inundation, and millions or property bare bceu destroyed. DEAD FEDERALS PICKED tIP. Mobilk, Jan. 2(5. The Mobile: Tribune of this morning says that tho bodies of nine Federals have been picked up on tbe beach, having been washed ashore. Tbey were killed by our men In tbe fisrht over the srb.oor.rr Wilder, 13 miles below Fort Morgan, on tbe 20th inst. There is no doubt but that there were more than thirty of the eqemy kill ed In tbat eng.igemeht. A BRITISlt VETSEL REACHED. RiCHMo-n, Jan. 20. Intelligence from Wilming ton has been received In ofllciul quarters, announc ing that a British vessel, named the York, has been stranded near the mouth of Cape Fear river. Some of the Federal vessels threw combustible material on board the l ork and set fire to her. Ths crew escaped. WANTS CONFIRMATION. Tbe.reported wrecking ef a laaee Dortioa of the TV r 1 H -. a . . . . , . uurusiue ueei, on iiaueras, neeas continuation. NORTHERN FINANCIAL SCHEMES. . Richmond, Jan. 87. The Now York Herald of the 2Jd and 24th has been received by way of a flag of truce to Norfolk. The Herald states that two financial measures are iefors the Federal Cpn gresa, one of which provides for the issue' of one hundred million, djUar of. dciqond Treasury notes, without interest j and tha other provides , for the issue 6f five, hundred million dollars six per cent, bouds. , Tbe Secretary of thu Treasury approves those measures. The bill has been made the soecial order for tbe Sffth Inst. The estimates of th Naval Committee for the Federal Navy for the present year amount to near fifty millions of dollars.'. , . , Cotton is quoted In Ne York at 3.1 cents jer pound. 1 i ' - The New York ' Herald has no news from the Burnside expedition. A NORTnERNLlK ABOUT MISSOURI A NS. . It Is stated iu Northern pa pent that thlrtr-three thousand Missoari trxi have t ntiued the Lincoln army for the war. , Tt ON NEWSPAPERS. The l(erald jiays Congnea will probably i'nposea tax on hevsiapers of a half a cent on each sheet, which will yiuid five million dollars per year. Later from Europe. A' dispatch from Ca Race states that the steam er Ocean has arrived from Liverpool, bringing dates of the Dili but. The intelligence by tlie Ocean says the news from America hod a avoraloe effect upon the uiarlrl. Consols bad advancad Hu ll. Cotton bod also advanced. THE 80UTH TQ BE IlKCOGNfZED, The tatidun Herald savs tlmt allVVugh Mawn and Slidell may be surrendered, Keg land and France nave commercial liidunwiui to reeugniM the In dependence oi the Suiitlierx Coufodumy, and tbat unless they are ttunediauly rscnga sod by the Bri tish Mialstei, Parliament a ill certainly du su early IB r euua. jr. 'I NORTHERN THREAT T' IDNmcATK ' BRI- Tisil I TKftrsrs. mml I., tn.ii n iiihiiii iiiilim ' era threat to eon Rebate th Government, State and corporation bonds held ia England, if loaUlovem-. ment should recognixt lbs .independence of tbe Southern Cmfederaj or raise, the blockade, 'Jhe isew oik liernld, noticing the article of the London Time, urges the Federal Goomroent to I anticipate the recognition nd raising ofthe block. ijung ciM.na oiocx is urging England i auo iiy puii.-ii)u, ana says 1 ranee u to purefte sulh a coarse THE NASHVILLE. . ' " " ' ' .The (earner Nashville ia nearly ready for sea, ' MoCt,ELLAN .CAN'T 110VE. r . , X Wa-hingtou dispatch Vi the New York Herald .,J'S lb Federal army on the Potomac will not be IKI. tn ..4ni.M n.J... .1 -.1 M w .mmw uiiuu uuirij uaj,- - THE TrOUBLKS fift THE KORTH. . The commercial and financial troubles of Ota North continue to Increase. t t.n , , he Northern journals are much exercised at the threatening aspect of affairs ia England and France. New baLiAva, Jan. 25. A disnstrions lire bee enrred here Ibis morning, destroying two stores on Magaxine street One woe occupied by Char tee ft. Gaines Jt Co, hardware merchants, and tbe othe by H. II. Uansell, as a manufactory of haraase and military equipments. Loss, $150,000, npoa whictt there was an insurance qf only $30,uuei '" - i . . ,;, .- ghipisiand: ;:: :Z 4 : The doings of eur neighborly Enemies on Sliipj Island are extremelv mistirring. . A couple of weeki since they were the're ki great wirce. Cf tl!!s there can e ho dobt fHr there Is little difficulty in qbf ttiriing accurate information as to what It going oa. about and on the island. Now, there ess be no doubt but the island has been abandoned by the great body of Barter's forces. This fact hot been ascertained In a -manner which I mlfiht specify, were It politic to do so. There r,ow rcsiaia on thef ' island but abont five thousand men, Over two thou? aod of whom are sick tlie diity of those who arsi able to duty being tcgarrison the fort "Fort Mas sachusetts and attend tha hospitals, crowded Willi the forlorn candidate! for plunder and glory, win erst left Yankeedom In such gallant style, chantioi the abolition "Oamiaguole" about old John Brown'i soul marching on." . The Intelligence of t ie disastrous prevalence c'f disease In the camp of the invaders IS very direct, and 1 believe accurate. It would seem, therefore? that Providence has intetposed directly In our behalf in laving' tlie hand of retribution heavily upon thai assailants who cdme to Bring roth and ruin unoa our firesides. Tbe weather has been rriost unfavor able to health since the debarkation of the Yankee rnMU iru- . i i . . . . . uiiro... xuv iruiimaiure nns oen vne most varQioia that I ran remember, the shifting winds laden with mist And rain, and charged with the verv essence of pneumonia and typhoid. This weather coming upon the weak lunged and narrow chested shoema kers and weavers of Massachusetts in their damp' and exposed campaj la a strange climate, was worse. man grnpesnot ana snelt: 'i ney doubtless fell sick by hundreds and thou-wnds, as though a plaorue bad smitten them, and alarmed by an fearfully appalling a presence ot mm .or the pale horse, I'icayune But-,, ler pulled up stake in a hurry and absconded from, tlie scenes of me litated glory in a panlo enlv second ta tliat of Bull Rpa.: It took some, thirty ships toi carry olf so much of bis grand army, as abequalu-. Uted, and only three or four now remain anchored off the island. It would be Interesting to know how many Ya ikees are now resting ouiet! v Iu their oozy sand beds, doomed to tha inglorious fate of feeding 'sand fiddlers" and crabs. - v n Now the anxiety is to know where Butler and hia, armada will next turn np. Probably bis first buii-'' ness will be to carry to some place, where they can' be care I for, the sivk whom be was unable to re' move. P.erhgns.this Is all, the '-Gram) Expedition, of the 8outhwrst" will attempt or accomplish. , ' MODiie uor. Memphis Appeal. , Cien. II a en's irmy. : . ' A Louisville aorresponient of the New' York' Tribune gives the following estimate of the num.: ber of troops updur tbe command of Gen. Buell : , . . IKrANTHT, N'oJ Regv. 2& No. Rests., . i ' -l a-- Ohio. Michigaii, Wisconsin, Minnesota. Tennessee, Regulars, : Indiuri.i, Kentqcky. . 54 3 Penatylvaniov Illinois, Total number of Infantry 'regiments, ' ' 101) CAVALRY. No. RL'g'ts. I' ' No! Reo-'ls. Kentucky, - Ohio, f" Pemisylvani,. , , , 9 Indiana, n . , . : 1 -Detached companies from Pennsylvania, . , , - , 1 ,' Detached companies from Ohio and Indiana, 1 aouu cavairy rcgiuenta and 8 companies. ABTILLkKV. '$ Bat's. No. Bat's. Ohio',, v Pennsylvania ' r Indian , Kentucky; Michigan, MinntsuUi, ltegulnrs, Total number of batteries, ' ' ' 19 . Making, an aggregate of, about 100,000 Infantry. 11,000 caralry, and 3,00 artillen'sts,' with over 100 guns. .... 1 1 - . V.Tbe Naumkrag (Moss.) Cotton Comnaar sold lost week, one hundred bales of cotton at tbe enormous price of thirty cenla per pound, cosh, ' . This, It is stated, was the highest price, at the time of the sale, thai tha raw matorial has ever been sold for lu Uiis country. ,-.: , . s Yankey Army Frauds. .The Government Contract Investigating Com- ' mittee.are .now engaged uia tiie subject ef the . alleged frauils in tins vicimty, Tbey discover tbat the same horses have' been twfee sold to the gov- ' ernmeni superinter'denu) and iiisTM-ctors have been 1 , bribed to certify to borees, sometimes) selling them to private. individuals, that the enuruious sum uaid by thewar department for transportation has in duced strong competition among railroad compa- ' nies so. that many colonels In the west, in moving ' their regiments East, have received from $1,500 to 2,p00 bonus; that some sutlers are making $;00Q , prcfit per month; thnt nearly all the suttlers south of the Potomac sell liqnor with the knowledge of -the officers; that, it is smuggled In boxes marked . "Government" with Uosilat stores, or pocked in barrels and roarksd "beef." , , . - , VcS"J. B. Jonas, of the lansiiort ofij, writes t the Richmond Kxainlnro-llmt the whole amount of oontributions to tlie Confederate army ia Vlrgintav luring tlie last three uioutbs has not fajlen short at t'nrea millions of dollar. Tlie.sulijoiuud list com-, piiscs almost exclusively the ilonatioiis maile to li e army of tbe Polomae: North' Oarrl;na, I13S.41T; Alabama. 4l7.6u-, Mis.-twiii, 2T'.',S7U; Geor- io, fcoulh t aniliiin, fl7,'JHU; TXK Louisiana eul.tiau-, irgnna, sus.ovo; Tennessee, 47,UtiO; Floiilai"n2t3';.uj Arkansas, 9"i0. Tutai,' 1,515,S'J. - - ... i Tux Exi'k'.kks or tiik t'!ovaaUKXT. Tlie Wash, ington corrwpoiuh-iil of the New York Express ' ay. . " "Th'Trlt'iitie U not Cr out of tbe war, afiiV, all, in- eHtituiiting tha (in-auiit expenditures oH tins -Governmant at three millious pvriiiy, si ft'ivi For QuarleriuuUcr I iK-piiitiui-ut of tlie Arn.y, two, millhai jst'r. d'V. 1,9 slwwii by t.iimml MnigV re-. I,rt to thi" Hecrvtary of '.Yiir; for- Payiiirler, 1718,1100 per daY 'or ' niuis-ary-General's De. (MWtHieut, tltO.Uou per d.ir, for Urduanea Deart , nislit, al,til)0 ier day: m iking total for "-J-a ll'iuuuneiits of thu in. litury service lone of liUU.Ou ; The Diilv etuditiires nt the Navy Dejatrtn ent -aiiuot la, uiuth-l.-M than f U i.O n) mt day, aud of ike other l'i-uii;;iurnlj of .Ilia (i'Mcrniii.-Ml, ur iKi,W)U tin. Tlie a; ;ivuu!, lutui' llilut-, i ;t,'.,'.IO.Uli), n-. iht- daily ii'-n-t of th.1 I'l tej ' SlaH., I . i rin,ii' . i'l i!l"-tl ' ' ! ' r ' 5$ i.'