The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1862-07-10

Gen. Beauregards Account OF his Re
treat from Corinth.
We find the following in the Mobile New
of the 10Th: g
HEADQUARTERS OF WESTERN DEP'T)
June II, 1862. {
GENrLEMES:-Mv attention has just been
called to the following dispatch-pubilShed
in YOUR issue of yesterday-of M jor General
Halleck commanding enemv's forces, which +,
coming from such source. is most remark
able in one respect: that 1t contains as many
misrepresentation as lines:
WASHINGTON. June 5. lS62.-The follow
ing dispatch was received THIS afternoon at
the War Departments:
HALLECK's HEADQUARTERs,}
June lst, 1862.
Hon. e. N. Stanton. Secretary Of Var:
Gen. Pope, with 10000 men, is 80 miles
south of Corinth, pushing the enemy hard
He already reports 10000 prisoners and de :
sertsrs from the enemy, aud -, 900 stand OF
arms captured
Thousands of the enemy, are throwing
away their arms. A farmer says that when
Beaureg ard learned that Col. Elliott had cut
the railroad on his line OF retreat, he became
frantic, and told his men to save themselve
selves the best way they could.
We have captured nine LOGON olives and as
mum Der of cars. One of the former Is alreaty
repaired. and is running TO-DAY. Several
more will be in rum ,ng order in two or three
days. The result is all could possibly de-
sire. II. w. HALLECk,
Major General Commanding.
Gen. Pope did not "push hard" upon me
with 40 900 men. thirty miles from Corinth
on the 4th inst, for my troops occupied a
defensive line in the rear Of Twenty Mile
Creek, less than twenty five miles from Cor
NTH until the Sth inst, when the want oil
good water induced me to retire at my leisure
to a better position; moreover. if Gen. Pope
had attempted at any time during the retreat
from Cornth to push hard upon me,
would have given him lesson that would
have checked his ardor. but he careful
to advance only after my troops had retire ]
from each successive position.
The retreat conducted with great
order and precision, doing much credit to the
officers and men under my orders, and m 49,
be locke upon in every respect by the cOun-
try a. equivalent to brilliant victory.
Gen. Pope mus: certainly have dreamed OF
having taken 10000 prisoners and $1,000
stand Of arms, for we positively never lost
them; about one or two hundred stra cge-s
would probably cover all the prisoners he
took and about five hundred damaged mus
lets all the arms he got; these belonged &c
a convalescent camp Gour miles north of
Cor;nth) evacuated during the night, and
were overooke ed on accounted the 'rkness
The actual number of prisoners taken
during the retreat was about equal on both
sides, and they were but few
Major General Halleck must be very
cred ulous man to believe the absurd story OF
that farmer He ought to know that the
burning Of two or more cars on railroad /:
not sufficient to make 'Beauregard frantic
and ridiculous, especially when | expected
to hear every moment of the capture of his
marauding party, whose departure from
Pennington had been communicated to m
the day before. and l had given in conse-
quence all necessary orders; but part of
my forces passed Bronville an hour befor
the arrival of Colonel EIliot's comm aud and
the other part arrived just in time to drive
it away, and liberate the convalescents cap
tured unfortunately, however, not in time to
save four OF the sick who were barb irou 81 Y
consumed in the station house. Let Col.
Ellott's name descend to infamy as the au
thor of such revolving deed. Gen. Hal
leck did not capture nine locomotives 1t
was only by the accidental destruction of a
bridge before some trains had passed that
he got seven engines in damaged condi-
ton, the cars having been burned by my
orders.
1t is indeed lamentable to see how little
our enemies respect truth aud justice when
speaking of their military operations, es-
pecially when, through inability or over
confidence, they meet with deserved fail
ure.
If the result be call he desired" it can
be said he is easily satisfied; it remains to
be seen whether his Gov erumens and peo-
| pie are of the like opinion.
l attest that all we lost at Corinth, and
during the retreat. would not amount to one
days expenses of his army
Respectfully. your obedent servant,
G. II. BEAUREGARD.