Arkansas true Democrat., 1862-05-08
Interesting Particulars of Flag of Truce
 tom Gen. Beauregard to Gen. Buell..
Special Correspondence of the Picayume

Special Correspondence of the Picayume.
 eNoNTH, Miss, April 22.-I have already lllorni' you that on the l7th inst, Gen. Beau Tesalu , flag of truce to Gen. Buell., in re- la'ioI .o ~ wounded, and making inquiry con- celni"8 ooA missing officers from the Lou lSial" reglinel The answer of Buell. I sent you py 'eiegIa stating that as soon as the in Iuilles 'oIiu pe sde the information would
 'e SeHe' ns''e o"ufMed the following very in~ cae eaeo'I"6 ont Som visit of the flag of truce from Lieut.; t Sam os, ,, haNs, of the l st Alabama Iine rt" as M the bearer of Gsa t to the enemyS patch.
 Lieut.. Harris, on reachiny ,bo l;no or ,bo enemys pickets, which are la'. liI hnif ;io 'n northeast from the neutral ho,;aI 'I ha1+od ili bs escort when he was approached v, I ;o.ora,,t Wicklife, of the lst Kentucky re- iraon+ rnbo
 sked for his dispatch. Harris said; orderS hl
 We to deliver them to Gen. Buell. !, o,ia nf
 histaf. sergeant within the lines VI, nI thon
 disPtched for Gen. Buell.. In about haSP on
 hour Ae messenger returned with Gen. McCCi
 and stay, who said he would receive the dispatc.
 for Gen.Puell, as no flag of truce could be ad
 mltted lnt their lines, but that if Harris haC
 come lltp> sooner he would have seen Gen
 Buell. hlmsef The dispatch was then sent by
 McCook, throGrh messenger, to Gen. Buell. and Tn the mea.lime a conversation took place
 between Harris, NcCook, and several other fed. eral officers who wele present, of which the fol lowing is the substantq:
 Gen. McCook asked f we had the body of Gen. Johnston, and beins told that we certain ly had McCook said that an officer was found dead on the field who was said by many to be Gen. Johnston, and that the dead officer must have been of high rank as he had a star in the collar of his coat. Harris replied that no of fcer of even considerable rank had ,een left on the field.
 McCook then asked where and how Gen. Prentiss was, and remarked with grett profani. ty and bad language that he hoped he would keep him and his brigade, and that hey had many generals of the same kind whom he wish ed we had captured. He expressed great sur prise at the manner in which our army was armed, saying that he expected to met only Hint lock muskets, but that he found instead the finest Mimic muskets and European Enfield rifles with far superior ordnance than they had, and suggested that they had been bpught over by the Nashville
 Lieut.. Harris smiled and said, not by the Nashville but that many other vessels had brought us arms.
 McCook then asked where the Nashville was at this time? Harris replied thai 1t was very 
 McCook then remarked that we must have had large portion of the army of Manassas present at the battle of Shiloh.
 Harris replied that not man of it was there Then" said McCook, "where under heaven iid yonr troops come from, and where were they 1rliied?' adding that the attack on Sunday was most brilliantly planned and splendidly execu- ed, and that we came near gaining a comnlete | 'lctory over them. He was exceedingly severe | ,n many Ohio and Iowa regiments. remarkino hat he supposed we considered them the oreat' | st towards in the world. He spoke in inc ighest terms of our officers, and said that our overnment had made its appointments much lore dscreetly than his. He then asked how IT it was to Corinth.