From The Third Michigan Cavalry

CoRiNTn, Dec. 15th, 1863. Editor Argds : As it has been a very long lime since I have had the pk'asuro oi seeing nnvthing in your paper pertaining to the 3d Michigan Cavalry. I will mycelf attempt to give you a fow pwlicntirs pertaining to the wliereabouts and weliare of tliis regiment. They have just returned from a long "scout and a fight," and as many of the readers of the Argus have friends in this regiment, it may be somewhat interesting to somo of them, altliongli it is but a slight detail of what they have done and can do. On the evening of the 26th uit., we received orders to be ready in the morniDg at 4 o'ulock to march with five d-ays rations. Every one was jubilaut over the prospect of once more ehotoing the Southern Chivalry the Yankee pluck of the "revolving devili," (as the reba choose to cali us on account of the revolving rifles tliat we carry,) and four o'clock in the raorning found us in the saddle ready for a dush into no matter where, if the bold and gallant Col. Mizner was at our head. We marched all day, taking the sieny road, camped over night nbout 25 miles from here, and early n the morning f tarted iigain. Alter marching about 15 miles we were informed that there were some " secesh " a little further on in a email place called Ellistown. We advanced cautiously until within about one roile of the town when we started off on one of those break-neek chargns that the old Third is so noted for, and entered the town whene we capturod thir'y five privates and three lioutenants, they all snrrendering without showing any resistance. Thoy were indeed the worst looking Bet of fellows I eversaw, bfting ragged and dirty Oeyond discription. Froui there we started for a email place called Ripley. On arriving at the place we met about 7,000 rebels under command of Brig. Gen. Lee, who were advancing. on the Railroad leadiug from Memphia to Corinth. - Here ths reb3 showed fight, as wel! thev might, for they outnuirbered us five to one. We gave them a long and hard contested fight for about four hours, when tho ever-watchful Colonel Mizner discovered that they were trying to surround us. He knowing that a fight would termínate seriously to us under such circumstances, ordered a retreat. As soon ns the rebs discorered that we were faliing back, they dashed ou to us with soine of tho most hideoue and unearthiy yells that ever carne from the throats of mortal men. Then carne a running fight, the rebs eneouraged by their seeming victory, pressed up to our rear guard which as iinder command of the fighting Maj. Wilcox. As often as they would come up withiri a few rods of us we would wheel our horses into line and pour into their crowdtid ranks such a volley that would mako them recoil in terror and disrnay. They would immediately be (ormed again, and sent forward to be again sent howling back every time with some of their eaddles emptied. In this way they followed us nim; miles, when night intervening put a stíp to the contest. Helo we camped for the night. In the morning at about 3 o'clock we were again ordered oto the saddle ready for another "brush,1" nol hearing anything from nwx neighbora, the Cobnel conoluded he would sce what they were about, and accordingly again started for Ripluy, but tlio rebs had retreated. On nearing Ripluy our scouts carne in with the intelligence that they were trying to draw us into an ambush and then surround Uf. The Colonel concliïding a " retreat was the beter part of valor," aocordingly did so. From thence we feil back to Pocahontas, a small town situated on the Memphis and Charleston Railroad. - From Pocahontas we started again to Ripley and from thence to Salsbury. On the way to Salsbury vo overtookthe rear of the rebs, and captured an ammnnition wagon, 8,000 roiindx of ammunition, several stacks of arms, and about twenty prisoners. Tho jaded condition of our horses forbado our pursuing thoui any further, and they crossed the Railroad at Salsbury into Tennessce. We now turned our eourso tovvards LaGrange, and from thence to Grand Junction, whero ve rernaioed two dayp. At tbo tion wo todk the sars for Corinlh, where we arrived " safo and sound " aiter being out fifteen days. We could not acertain how many ot tbe rebs were killed, but jiidging from the varioii9 oonflicting repons it is supposed that soinething over a hundred feil a viotim to Yankee lead. Strange to we liad but tvvo men killed and three wounded and lost no prisoners. We are now in camp anxiously waititig lor an other chance at them, wliich probablv will be as s(on as we can be gnpplied with a new lot of horses. - Our ca.np is about one half mile outsidu the breast woiks at Corinth, wherë we flourish in uil the style and elegance tlüit a soldier can wish for. We have got shanties built oi " shakes " that we s)1t out oí trees, nnd as we get a plenty f good wliotesome rationa we cannot complain. But enough for this tinieasyou are probably sick of what lias tilrafidy been written. Yours truly,