The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1862-05-30
CORINTH EVACUATED!
The Rebels gone to Ok
aloha.
JACKSON CUT OFF FROM
RICHMOND.
1000 GEORGIA REBELS HAS
QUIT"

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Headquarters department OF the M-sl,-
sippi camp On the Cprinth road, May %
70 i. NJ, Stanton, Secretary If war ihrro
strong accommodating columns advanced TINS
morning On the right ccntr" and left to feel
the enemy and unmask his batteries. The
enemy holly contested his ground at every
point, but was driven back with considerable
loss. The column on the left encountered the
strongest opposition. Oar loss /, - Killed
and wounded. The enemy left ~ dead and
wounded on the field,
Oar losses at otherPolnt' arc not yet aseer-
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Major General.
N,snI<GToN, May 10Th, a Dispatch Just
ce!Fed at the war department. lnlIy corroh.
crates the former report that Corlnth IS eYac-
""''' ny the feDeIS' ana occ"plea ny our
troops. Persons say the enemy leit last
night Tor OkoIona point about 1910 miles
southol Corlnth, on the Mobile and ONO
railroad
IIcoaouorter. Armv IF III. poton,oc Nav
90 4 lr;dye 5oO C,nt Ian, ovcr tbe SouIi,
ANN croak >. ,rihn,,ry e the panunLev
riyor on ,Ln lima nr thc D;chmnnd Erogor;ck: :,
hnra and pa,amoc ra;,rnoJ ,yns lnrn.J ~ w..
Jav 1,r thn ,,h royaIry Ihis cn,s nF an
communication between Richmond and Gen.
Jackson's command.
The 9th cavalry went to Ashland, IS miles
from Richmond On the same road, and burn.
ed all the enrmy's commiasary and quarter
master supplies stored there which is u Sc
rious loss 10 the rebels.
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Special TO Tribune
Mississippi FlotilIa, May 28.-The siege
which was resumed hv our FlotilIa vcsterdp
afternoon, wa, kent IN nil after t O'Clock hy
continuou, firing by t he two mortars located
off Craicnead.
/ They sent their iron shell over toward. III,
.namT mar, haing directed toward. th.;r
/ fleet, about once in minutes.
The range was good, and the enemy
returned the fire, and the mortar
practice was Kept up until some e Of thci
missiles had exploded III tho vicinity Of oul
steamers, but doing no damage. Many o
their shells dad not explode at all.
W,eulrsruy Now 90 -Tbo c,IIo,,;,,,, ;
rornivrJ t,.ni,Lt frop, ,h, JJnr,lT. .a,.o,
nopjcnt nj lIorncr's Fprrv
In vn4torday,. Reconnaissance ot cLorIos
fam Gont Vontcyor nn g l.t MI cauairr
who vo. srontin,, to,otbor ,,;tb & nrh;, ,an,,
yos raItnrrJ aI7nt m;las heronJ W. rba 'I,
,nw, Inv tho rnLnIs ''''>' ''' ~''''' IL :
\ rebel soldier was brought IN prisoner to
day who says ne deserted. lie is an Irish.
man, h@a IiVcd IL CINCINNATI, and went to \
Orleans gust beior" the war broke out to find
work and was pressed into the service.
lie complains OF the treatment he received
IN ms regiment (thr 9TH La The ration:
were one pound OF Hour ana man pound o'
lrr-h n'ri and ne called tins starving. In
rrhel forces at all points IN tins region he es
Inmates at -o,0"l or "0,oo', but evidently b
Is not well posted
Several sccosh citizens. men and women
are Mt present in durcss here rs spje..
The ul,nnra of the rebeI f,rcns in front a
our battle line here made tbe cxuorimc,t a
firing Mt MS for nm hour and . half ot into,
walls Of A few minutes, their shell. falliu
. short quarter Of mile. We repliei. an
they retired behind hill
We continued half an hour uftcrword.
} having range ENOUGH to follow Thorn m,
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