, 1862-06-06

eatd by some to be looked upon with greater
degree Of confidence than even Beauregurd
Why did Beauregard Wait q week longer for
Gen. Halleck to make bis attack, surrounded
too as he {B. Hus by 2 demoralized armyf
Our general did notexpect and did not receive
my material reirforcen1ents and the delay was
thus Of no earthly use. Did not the general,
down the Mississippi, thus hoping that the
enemy would be taken In reverse and he
would not be compelled to risk biz zep4tatiou
and battle at the same time?
In the third place, General Halleek' friends
attest that the enemy bad become very much
that they we're being taken too far South, the
Lonisianaius too far north, dc. Also thatee
the rebels were short Of certain kinds Of pro
yisions. Very well, then, why did nos the
general take advantage Of these things, and
falnpon q ademoralized and starving army? But
the truth is, the admissible order in which the
retreat or evacuation Vas conducted ef
fectnal1y refute6 this, which, leayes the gener-
afs friends but their fourth and last point,
which is this, that when Beauregard found
Gen. Ha11eck really intended to attaek him,
ana ~ere bad Il tofah gaS s s a2 R t to poip
main without doing SO or being in turn as
saultcd, he made up his uainGas the boys say
to =" skedadd1e-n Now, it will be seen that
this Last point is SO well taken that it efectu-
ally demolishes all the Others, and thus ire
futably demonstrates that bad Gen. Halleck
only made up his mind to attack Beauregard
weeks sooner than he did, the result would
be precisely what It is now, Or, on the other
hand. might Gauge the utter ro1te and d;scom-
future Of the entire rebel army.
But there are many generals and other Off
Hal]eck's course. They say that had the fight
taken place weeks ago, an immense sacrifice
Of life would have been saved. For twenty
DAYS previously to Thursday week last, l., 600
sick left the army for home, hundreds and
SINCE the battle Of Shiloh. it is safe to say
that the army lost from thirty to thirty FIVE
| Thousand men in this way alone Would al
| attack have cost the lives Of one~eighth
Of this number, Then there is the loss Of all
the mo1al effect Of disastrous defeat upon
the enemy to be put into the scale of Gen.
| Halleck' opponent. Thls is immense. As
| 1t BOW STANDS, the moral effect is against Us,
! and favorable to the enemy.
| The strongest point made by the friends of
Gen Halleck Is, that Oh the issue Of the battle
the fate of the southwest depended: that had
an accident happened, the consequences would
have been fearful. His friends also state that
| the General had received imperative orders at
Washington not to strike blow unless be
Was perfectly sure Of the result That such a
dspatek was sent, !, myself, have had ocular
throws the idea put forth by Gen. Halleck's
| friends, that the decentralization Of Beaure-
CARDS army was tile cause Of the evacuation.
| No one can deny to Beauregard, after this
second exhibition Of bis strageical skill, the
| qualities Of great commander. He has evi-
IDENTIFY the full confidence of his men, in de.
feat as well as victory, In the hour of disaster
| as well as Of triumph. No more pooh, pooh
ing him on your parts, messrs. generals. but
90 to work and exhibit to the people but q
1.-THE Of his skiH and 4 fraction Of his power
to create resources out Of apparently most
limited means, and the people will give you
all the credit you can possibly desire, and
"more too" as the boys SAY.
Gen. Halleck will now doubtless take pos.
session Of the Mobile and Ohio railroad, from
| Columbus to Corinth. I understand it Is tG
be guarded along its whole length by tbs
brigade Of Gen. QuImby Of kansas, who i!
probably cease to use the Tennessee
River to very great extent, and will remove
the depots Of provis ions farther up the stream
in close proximity to the Memphis ant
Charleston Railroad, Which vii ALSO b
hes not done so already, viii be com
PEELED to retire to his last line 0
defense, the Vicksburg and Savanna railroad
running through the middle Of mississippi
Tennessee, and Georgia to Savannah Tn
base of this line will be Mobile. And in thi
connection learn that the operator in th,
Corinth telegraph Office stated that Bcaure
gard had dispatched orders to defend afohil
! lt all hazards, as it Was to he made point O
great strategical importance. In one Of III,
earlier letters stated that this would be th
| rebel generals next move, which turns out Il
| be correct.
In the meantime the boats at the Pittsburg
Hamburg and Buell. Landings, have received Of
, ders not to land any more freight, but to hols
| themselves in readiness to move at any mo
nltnt.
Ono or two amusing Incidents occurred il
| connection with the entire of our troops. i!
rnmbeT Of civilians got in early on Frida
morning with the advanced troops, and jus
as they were climbing over the .breastwork
the rebels blew mp their magazine. Th
blaze and noise OF the explosion were to-
much for the nerves Of the party, and q mos
nndigDified skedaddle was the consequence
Some Of them afterwards said that the
thought the whole rebel batteries had opcne
npon them.
A civilian, who was bound to be in the bal
tie, if battle there WIS TO be, got friend, a
officer Of HaIleck's body guard, to lend hit
the horse, clothing and arms Of sick trooper
He took his place in the ranks and at tira
| attempting By his own unaiaed skill to e
through the eyo1utions, soon found that hi
horse knew more military than he, an
thcnceforth allowed the dumb animal to e
thrcngh the ss motions unalded, which b
| cid without once making d mistake. Ger
ilalech little knew Whtn he rode dow
the line, and glanced ut his well appointe
body guard. that one of those ssd-d nc1l
paper correspondents" looked him right i
| the eye, from under one Of those infernaI
| unlY looking trOODer hats. F.