Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-04-16
LATE AND IMPORTANT FROM THE
sOTTH

The Baltimore News sheet Of this morning cen
tains two or three columns Of extracts from late
Southern papers, the Richmond Dispatch. and
the Examiner, Of the 7;b, g h, ard 10Th instant
and the Norfolk Day Book Of the 18th instant.
The Southern journs Is claIm ss 'san Immensely
important victory" the battle Of shiloh or 60.
riath, as Il s vaTlouslV designated; but they as
sumo as still fact not TO be disgnised that lote
heavy e. hting Will have 10 take place before tha
enemy in ihstregion may Be considered as snakeR
OIL" The later dispatches from Atlanta and
Corinth, reduce oon,i derab,y the number 81 Prise
ners iahsn In the battle on Sunday, and also
Ialify the earlier statements IN regard to the
caPtUfed property, which 10 alluded 70 oaly IN
general terms The telegram from CorIDtb oT
April 9th states that ON Tuesday morning Me-
gan's cavalry attacked considerable force cs
large number Of them, and burned the teqis
which, on retiring the previous DAY TIC Confcde-
raies were unable to bring away with them
Tine Southern papers admit that Gen. Bushrod
Johnson was oUnded. In the Confederate Senate
IN Richmond, on tuesday last, resolutions IN
regard 70 the victory near Ccfinth. and lament
Ing the death of General Albert sidney Johnston.
were introduced and passed, and mirage from
President Davis wac read, in which be depict. 10
glowing terms the manly virtues and heroic ch,r-
acter Of the deceased General
letter from Savannah, dated April IsE, d.
scrihss the preparations thut were then mutlrr
by the Federal forces, ard their steady advspce
upon and occupation of various poIsts where
batteries might be brought to bear upon Fort
the Fort and It's condition to Withstand tie bon.
bardment, the writer says "lt may he said that
Pulaski is completely Invested, aud though ths
distance lie great, yet they have meers Of reach
log greater range by thei. improved ordnance
Some scots hred at the Fort have rsssed over 4.
and nearly half a Rile beyond DC,
lieve the Fort capable of resisting, or rsthsr en-
during, bombardmen. successfully, but the Be
al iren
Ike Norfolk DGy Beck Of the 1e;h hss teic-
IN Arnrra rfN.NA
two DAYS had been agreed upon between q enerals
0Tant ana Buell. FOR the purpose Of burning the
dead. In an interview, which IL said to have
Gken place between General Btauregard and
General Prentss, the force Of the Confederate at
the battle OF PItlsburg Landing Is stated by tb-
former 70 have bern but tnirtY-eight Thousand
men. The number OF prisoners taken 10 now put
down al four thousand, Inclusive OF two hundred
orhcers.
THE BATTLE OF riTTsBURG LANDlEG-THE LATEST
SOUTHERN DISPATCHES.
From the Richmond Examiner, April o.
FR,fhsy pavfieEtdYg ~ Lhs bafti. Of Skiiok.
ATLANTA, April s.-private DISPATCHER 10 a,
say that We have gained the most complete vic,ory
Of the war. We have driven the enemy into their
s tam We have 500 prisoners SeeersI
won immortal honoTs; his clothes were shot o.
and two horses were killed under him Cereal
Prentiss and other generals are among the pfis-
oners.
From the Richmond Dispatch, April 10
Especial dsspateA 20 ths RiehnHoad Dfspatcs
CoRINrH, April Owe t,IIl hold the bate
field. Its not thought the eaemy viii advance
The weather Is bad and the roads impossible
We possess all the captured ptop4riy
Morganis cavalry yesterday TUESDAY norr-
ing attacked a considerable force af The enemy
la one Of their camps, and killed large nymeef
OF them, oesdes burning the tents our army
were unable 70 bring away with them.
Tne wounded are pouring In. Our los 10 pTte-
so.y three thoussnd. The most Of the vousdtd
wee shot In the limbs.
Generals GLADDEN., Bushrod johnson and Had.
maa are wounded Colonel Blythe, of MissiSsip-
pl, and Capt. Hampton, OF Alexandria, WIRE
killed. Lieut.. Storm, Of the Washlngton sriil-
lerv, was shet through the tody.
The hght a Monday was less decisive than
that OF Sunday. The firing ceased mutually
about O'Clock, both armies railing back
The enemys loss In prisoners is between four
and six thousand.
Buells reinforcemenis on Monday are estimated
at thirty thousand. r'sli--'