The daily Wabash express. (Terre-Haute, Ind.) 1857-1867, 1862-04-14

tAnify OF cavalry " press through them and
- the same tns preserve sey kind Of order.
IN TIN scrub cal, or ''blask jack, the sue.
my kGpt themselves a. much hidden from
! sight - possible. from the river bank 60
TIE iurtherest end OF the National camps
there were bat three open fields, Of from ne
teen TO twenty-five acres each, and il was
WIEN the enemy endcasosed TO cross these,
tue heavier forest on the top OF the ridge.
MAJ our troops we're enabled 10 do them
the most damage.
The rebel loss Ia killed must have been
nearly doubles the estimass | have made "A
TO our own. The wounded l. also very great
N numbers. although perhaps not 20 great
~ proportion. AZ the Minnie balls are more
iatai than those usually fred from Misssssip-
pi rines. the Old HArper's Ferry, or even Al
siess rsie, OF which they seemed TO have n
large number.
No STAND AZ CoRINTn.
am OF opinion that the rebels have
fought their last grand fight Ia this vicinity.
That they viii make no stand M Corinth h
evident nom the fact that the surrender OF
Island No. ~ must Immediately follow this
-aofeat-beczuse with the Memphis I'D
Charleston railway ia our possession, we
shall be able 10 throw the force Of General
Pope on their left. while tho entire force
nov here will be la ffsnt Of them, cage. loo
another trial a. % bravery. eninrancs aud
military skill.
Their last effort may he 60 make q rsib
In come nors southern portion If either Ala
bans or mississippi, where the hotter climate
may make it unsafe foI out troops To pursue
them. This IS, however, 9 matter for Gen.
beauregsrd and circumstances 20 determine,
Gen Algernon Sidney Johnston not being
In the consultation. having been sent by
some we'll directed shot to a hotter climate
Than that even OF the cotton growing States
Of the Gulf bonier
FEW ~PnTsoEFRs TAKEN.
One strange feature Of the battle vac that
neither yesterday nor to-day have | seen
many prisoners. On our side 10 did not seem
to be a contest for c~aptives. II was a life
and death struggle 10 us, and the rebel
seemed 10 entertain the same idea as 10 then
selves. l do not behave that more than one
hundred prisoners were taken 10 the rear du.
ring the battle Of both days. All | know il
that If prisoners we're taken. | do not see
ho~ they disposed Of them.
YouR coRREsPoSn1x1
La furnishing the above outline OF ths
great battle az P,tisburg Landing. sour cor
respondent has been guided by his own oh
servations. and Inns set down nothing bur
such matters as came under HE own views
In regard 20 the disposal Of the troops. ans
the different movements of the army. the,
are recorded as he could Judge of them him
self without counsel IRON any o fthe general
of the day. they having sufficient TO occup,
their attention without being bothered b.
newspaper correspondents of any characte
or caliber Tho field of occupation. though
not large. Was the hotter ia consequence
and at times il was found necessary 10 retire
in erder 10 obtain a little air not quite 81
much i~mpregnated with the flavor Of gun
powder or lead.
One thing has struck me as being yer
strange. aad that IL. that l hrye been able /,
lind but few representatives of the press il
this vicinity. Mr.. Henry Bently, Of tn
Philadelphia Inquirer. Mr.. Misener. of tn
Chicago Times. a correspondent OF the Lou
isville Journal and New York Herald an
myself. are the only specials ] have vet seen
Whether an order has interlicted them
cannot say. for men are not expected, ia thi
wilderness, to know much OF what is goinl
on IN the civilized world T.. MS.