March 5.—A fight occurred at Thompson’s Station, a few miles south of Franklin, Tenn., between a considerable body of Union troops under the command of Colonel John Coburn, and a large rebel force under General Van Dorn, resulting, after a desperate conflict of four hours’ duration, in the rout or capture of the whole Union force.—(Doc. 130.)
—The editorial office of the Crisis at Columbus, Ohio, was visited by a body of soldiers who destroyed every thing they could find in it.— Gold sold in Richmond, Va., at three hundred per cent advance.—The rebels at Vicksburgh during the day threw shells occasionally at the National forces engaged in digging the canal opposite that place, doing no damage.
