, 1862-05-07
Sharp Skirmish at Monterey.
Federal Advance on Pennington.
500 Rebel Prisoners Captured.

CA1no, May 6, 1862,
Nothing Of importance has trsnspired here
to-day. There has been but one arrival from
the Tennessee River, bringing no news Of im~
por'ance-
Our forces arc still advancing gradually
on the tnemy. 4 fight OF general staaa~
pcde of the enemy must certaiuly take
place in the next forty eight hours. All Was
quiet at the fleet
4 small boat with three persons On board
was capsizel this afternoon. One OF them,
II o1nsn, was drowned before assistance could
be rendered.
ITO the Associated Prcss,1
CAIRO, May 6.-Up to Monday night, no
general engagement had taken place at
Corinth. Orders had been Issued to the troops
to march on Sunday, but the movement was
prevented By the condition OF the roads,
which heavy rains had made impossible.
| Several deserters came into our camp On
Monday and report that great dissatisfaction
exists in the rebel army, both among officers
and men- Beaurcgard had made speech to
| come Of his troops that he would make des~
peratc stand and force the Federal army to re-
! trtat, and appealed to them to stand By bin
| 4 band OF guerrillas still maintain warfare
On all passing steamboats,, and Oh suuday
drove IN our pckets around Savannah, but
| fled OIL approach Of our intlEtry. The gunooat
| Tyler is now plying between Clifton aud Pitts
| burg Landing, shclIing the woods whore the
rebels are supposed to be located.
CAIRO, Nay G1h.-The steamer Antelope
reached here last night, with Pittsburg Laud~
ing adyiccs up to Sunday afternoon.
at Two o'clock on Saturday afternoon, Us
Potrs forces were slowly advancing gu the
.xtt.r.e lett, from Monterey, IN advance col
u,,sn If the Teb.ls was suddenly encountered
in the woods. The latter opened fire on our
troops, who stood their ground firmly. Gen.
Pope ordered out threc batteries of artillery,
whicl, were speedily unlimhere3 and prepared
for action. Fire was opened on tue rebels who
replied with spirit. The fire faStcd three
quarters Of an hour, sharply contested On hoth
sides, aud threatening every moment to bring
prevailed. The divisions aud brigades were
formed into line, and there was general cal
to arms.
!. Both eides, however, seemed :lyer=e to bring
ipg on . general conflict, and ths re5els finally
| broke and fed In confusion, lea1iDs q Iarss,
: number killed on the leld. Pope's army fol
/ lowed III purzuit, and chased the runaways n
far as Pennington, 4 small settlement nea
| Corinth.
On Sunday morning Gen Pope, By pl .cin.
S 3 battery of artillery in an open field at Farm
jngton, in sight Of three regiments of rebels
| succeeded il lu1lng them on to take tue bat
tery, and took the whole force prisoners
: numbering nearly 2o0.
: We lost twenty killed and forty wounded
l. The enemy suffered much lno7c, as our arti1
L 1cry placed them under heavy fire for half Il
: hour. Their loss, however, could not be a.
ccrtained, iuasmuch as they succeeded in tax
ing away many Of their dead.
About three hundred prisoners were caI
= tured.
0 The rest Of Saturday WAS quietly spent in
|. gradual advance Of our forces, General HI
i | leck being present all along the lines, chcc
j ing and aniulating the troops.
o On Sunday morning loud and continuot
), artillery firing was heard at the Landing, b1
0 It was not kuown whether or not q gener
r fight was provoked
r. There are rumors here tonight that ba
t, tie has been fought today, but they are ge
y orally discrcdltcd.
. Steamers passed here to day on their way
= Pittsburg Landing, with the I'd Missouri, II
II Iowa, and 18th Minnesota regiments on boar
a MONTEREY, Tenn, Missy Drain has fall
q in torrents for the past thirty hours puttil
Of the roads in horrible condition.
Yesterday the Commanding General arriv
ID from camp near Pittsburg Landing aud e
ID camped near here Onr ptckets can distin<
l. y hear the drums beat and locomotives VIII
" tic at Corinth.
re- Because Of the horrible condition Of t
ID roads the army has not moved. The enen
d. are receiving heavy reinforcements daily {
I'd Sunday last Bragg made speech to his tr0o
m sssnring them that 1t was the intention
~ BeaurrEard and bis Generals to have bati
ID at Corinth. Great dissatisfaction preSa
IN among the II months men on account Of t
OF Conscription Law, The roads arc improvi
- fast.
CAIRO, May Cit raincd perfect de1ugc
AZ Pittsburg from Sunday noon uu1il mtdnig1
70 rendering the roads utterly impassahlc, whi
No. fact would considerably rctard the o2eratio
% Of Gen. Halleck's army
~ Three thousand rifled muskets, recently
Ist cetved by Gov. Yates, we're distributed ano
We Illinois troops by A6jutant General Fuller,
e. his r. cent visit to PjttshurG. All the Hin
hc soldiers now In the field Arc armed with gr
he of new patterns.
he The report is current, and believed, Il
re Corfnth WAS eracuated on Monday and oc'
of pied By Gen. Pope's division.
ke PApucAu, May 6-12;S0 P. M.-Tbe report
&C. current here, and generally believed, that c
infh was evacuated last night, and tbs: {
lat | troops are nov in full possession. Two b.
- drcd and twenty prisoners were taken iu
'u- engagement yesterday morning,