The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-05-01
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Cs,oAso, April IA special from Cairo
TO ths 7fmss saye:
Passengers from Pitsburg report ihEs on
Thursday over thirty dsserteYs II I'M the rebel
army entered oar camps ana begged TO be
eprc lied amoS our tTooCs. They all ccrrobo-
rated The ststs msnt received he Gay before,
ating to the evacuation by the rebels OF
their present position, and asserted that
BeeureEerd Etd Withdrawn q consider able
portion OF his forces for the csfeEca OF Mem.
phis
The Memphis AsslaneAs, CT ths 23d. says tn ct
| on the ll.h eighty Federal oavslry took pos:
| session Of Pocehontas, Ark There are 10, 900
Federal troops at Doniphan, Mo .engsged IN
building fGtboats on Current river, Wtn
which 70 descend Black and White rivers
Martfsl law bas been declared a. FicKs-
| barg and Ave miles around.
A large body CT TEXANS are In memphis ~
| yonts fpr Coriuth.
Wr Ds Bow, the solicitor for the Don fsder.
ate cosssn loans wants 1 nsr sot spe
| Amutipy has broken out in Mash vile, In
| conssQ neni . OF the late abolition messsge OF
| A Kentucky regiment L. u.inied, and had a
| pitched battle with two Indiana regiments.
The Federal steamer Montgomery burned
! the schooner Columbia, loaded with cotton,
inside St. Louis PAS, west Of 0alves.on.
| OAIKo, April q, lse2.-The river In still ris-
| Ing, and in some places gradually making its
way over the leves.
The steamer MoCI,Ilan, from Pittebu!g
| Lapdir G at four O'Clock on Saturday last, ar.
rived
| The rebels are inacgurating a system OF
guerrilla warfare along tbs Tennessee river.
Bouts were fired On yesterday short dis
! lance flom Fort Hssry.
| Our army is steacily advancing toward
l Cofinth. General Pope's division 10 on the
extreme left, four miles above Pittsburg
Landing.
recSnpotaapca IN koyca IN rhrr.dav NJ,
coultarsd larGs force Of rebel infantry snd
cavalry eight miles from the landing. The
rebels formed in line of battle, and after firing
one voley retreated IN great disorder with
considerable loss. Fifty nire prisoners were
taken. he roads have been iu proving, hut
the rains on Friday rendered them again i'm.
passai,ie.
The NctneIt'n brought down the body OF
Gen. q. K. Smith.
Generals x,Q IA aud seaare gard had sEsoted
Arrangements for Aa elchalixs OK wounded
pr sO2erS
PasseE gers by tbs Mcclellan bring further
accounts OF Corinth being evacuated by The
RS bells. who will m ,Ae their next stand at Co.
Inmhus, Eississppi
Colonel TurcEia's brigade had moved becA
from 1u.cun oia 10 HUI tsvilie, where Gen.
YttCh6iI Is eECam ped.
GEE. EEAUSEsAAp's INTERCEPTED IIaPAroH.
From the Cir CHINA 9asette, Of the 23d, we
find the following original end translated
dispatch Of Gen. Beauregayd, which was
intercepted by the Yankees:
lOri6inaiJ
CoKIHrH. ArIil ..
To Gen Sanuel Cooy~, Richmond, Va:
All present Prob Utilities are that whenever
tbs enemy moy5s IN this position he will do
So with an Overwhelming force Ct ct -
than yrzote rriy t0hhjncS msl. By ora abe rki-
iyt hae sghkt iortte army tohVSaD yr3 pfrm2j MA
pAsa Inay !o'eihly shraHsrs rvs P",sc 70 SAsI
" ly 81 lohj sap chn.y Tan We OF Us sluforcso
shin cyeeylaaj n.Us If defe tod here ~ thy
10y ,rs, sasyc nsp dchs7 Xxi emily whereas -
O. I'D even afford to loss aCr awhile essilSjlhs
nap ism<utyl fer the purpose Of defeating
Shyt4,Nsse v nich would NOT only insute rs the
valley of the 81 ssss tppl, hu: our II dspsn-
dsEce. p. u. T BBAuRkaARB.
[Yyonslatton
CoRrHrB, Aprils.
General Samusl Cooper, Ric. mord, Vat,
All present probabilities are that whenever
the enemy moves on this position &c wiz do
so with Overwhelming force Of not lass
than eighty five housan nd Tsn. Ve can row
oniy mnstec about eighty Ave thousand az
fectiys tmen). Van-Dor0 may possibly jois
us in II few aays with nfaen thousand more
Can " Q ROT ne reinforced from Pemher:on's
armyi IF defeated htrs we lose the ntissis-
sip;I Valley, End probably our "a uss; where's
we could oven afford 70 lose, for y while,
Charleston and Savannah, tor he purpose OF
defeating Bueti's army ,whi,h would not only
insore Us the Valley If the Mississippi, bat
our ndePend eAce.
p. g. T. BBAvHxcARD.
DIsxIssxh OF An ALARxIsr.
The Washington Star says:
BY General Orders issued from the War DE.
D tTImeat, AGjuthnt Generals GEiee, A pril
Is, by dircetitn Of the President, Brigade Sur
g9on J h Tho mpson, United Sta 'es VcIun.
csrrs, Is lIsroisseu tho service as en- aihrmist.
or TIE recon- mencation Of bis commanding
General. Major General Burnside.
DEATH OF MAJoa rALr)T.
The Washington Star, ot he 2tth ult.. says ::
Major Talbot, one OF tee heroes OF Fort
Sumter, died in Washingtcn city on Wednes
| dIy uight, aged about SS years. HIS funeral
! took place yesterday. After the fall OF sum.
| ter, Talbot, who was then First lieutenant
| Of the regular army, was promoted to a Ma
| ior Talbcts health was seriously Injured
l while on duty at Fort Sumter, and he never
| afterwards recovered.
| MARYLAND AND MASSACHUSETTS LlaIslAfuRRs.
A telegraphio dispatch from Boston, dated
April q, says:
The resolution adopted by the Legislature
| of Maryland, and signed by Governor Brad.
ford. appropriasins seven lnousand dollars
disabled mem bers OF the Massa CD usetts Sixth
| regiment who were attacked by the mob Ia
Bsit,mors on the lsth Of April, l5ol, was read
| this afternoon in the House of Ksprensen,a.
| tiyss, and referred to the Comm ittee on Y ed.
| eral Relations. The fesolu ltons caused
msrzed sen lion, and tho e,dIng was fellow.
ed by nsarty applause.
| Why fHB wonlB sYNPArHISB WITH xsBsLL IOS.
| correspondent Of the Baltimore Anls,tcon
! III Us attempts TO explain why the ladies are 70
universally sympathissrs with the South In
the holy cause Of independence for which
| they are battling:
tits an updsniabls fact that In this com.
| q unity, where large majority Of the men
! are Union In their sen timsn Is, the sentiments
OF at least four.fifth Of the gentler sex are on
the other side. II 10 also ottceab BILE circu UNI
| stance that In all those localities where the
| followers Of secession are but few, you Will
| dnd that for every male convert who en-.
braces is tenets, at least half dcSsn fair dc.
| voices axe kneeiiEg in humble devotion Ct Its
! shrine.
| This state of things has very naturally at.
| trac,ed consider able attention, 6nd has been
| tae subject Ct much comment, Whilet origin
| has furnished matter for speculation both to
! the public prints and In private circles. So
| far however, no satisfactory exI lanatlon OF
| this rem bic propensity which the ladies
| exhibit for re bellion has y Ut been BfY3rsd
Many ascribs it TO a patriotic election fol
| that section Of country 70 which they owe 4
birthplace and homs5 bat. unfortunately
tor this theory, we know how kindly many
ladie 90 hu. com ( ar atively recent arrived from
the North take TO the doctrines Of secession
and southern rights, willie very few Of sha
"Souths IN exc tics transported 70 q colder
! cline" can be convinced that "ths Federal
| Untcn must and shall be preserved At al
hazards" Humsn nature being tho sam,
everywhere, the rule ought to work bod
| Why's.
Cthers think II owing to . natural sympa.
! thy with the causs In which their frispd
ana relatives are engage; but this expiapa
ton will not do. for although every cousin
lhowever distartly related he may bel WIZ
leaves for "Dlxie' carries with him 10 II,
/ nv N9t ~ las. q
! d. 1en Of his female Ein, who ever heard OF /
/ u tneE or orQther .aatQIiIR fair YAhAl II hAJ