--We are gratified to see that the
Government has at last done justice to this gallant soldier.
He has been turned loose, it is said, with instructions to report to no one but
Gen. Johnston.
We have the first fruits of the movement in the following dispatch from
Morgan himself, dated
Monticello, Ky., May 12th, 8 A. M.:
"I have met the enemy, 10,000 strong — the cavalry under
Woolford, the infantry under
Gen. Carter--and have repulsed them, with heavy loss.
They retreated across the
Cumberland, leaving their baggage, camp equipage, etc., in my hands.
They lost 300 drowned while crossing the river.
I am on the field burying dead Yankees.
My loss is light, considering two days engagement."