New-York daily tribune., 1862-05-09
NEWS OF THE DAY.
THE WAR.

THE WAR.
The important intsliigeuce is reported from Cor
intb, by way Of Cairo. mat three brgades OF Cen
Buell's army hed seized that part of the hsupd.s
and Charleston Railroad midway between Corinth
and Grand Junction, thus cutting of the Rebel CON-
nunicotion between The two points. 1t rs a''o re-
ported that detachment. Of Gen. Poqes army N'@
sezcd ,he road sou,h Of Corintb The Rctei'' &c
cording to these accounts, appear 10 oe 50 0oH
benped in that escape seems 10 be Impossible
In reca,d TO The Williamsburg engagement, the /
ponts which seemf specially TO deserve nouce III the
additional intelligence which We pul lsh ths morn
ing are those which refer 70 The part taken III The
fgbs by tbe Excelsior Brigade and Gen. Hcoker's
Division generally II II reported that ;hcy bore
the gros, brunt Of tie battle mos, valianty through
out. though greatly oyerpowered by numbers and
the superior position and earlworks of tie enemy.
The approaches to their works series ofravines
and swampe, while r.aa fell in torrents throughout
the day. The men had also been lying their arms
sll tie prev one night in wood, and were soaked
with the rain, and chilled with cold. The battle
rs4ed from early in the morning til 3 oc'cck IN Tie
afternoon, when Gen. Mcclellan arrived wi;1 fresh
troops aud relieved the Division OF Gen. Hooker,
who were ne,rly pr@Jae with fatigue and exposure,
Nyhie the 81 Lxcclsior Regimen; Of Sckiess brigade
had IT, r.lAs terribly tluned b. the balls OF tho
enemy. They are Iepfe.enied aa having fought with
such treat bravery that uoi 'ess tLso go Of them
were Killed and wounded.
-The Navy Deyartren, Lad yesterday dispatches
,f,1 d. .t.gil I'd
MAY in which be give particulars Of an expedition
OH the l9t, Of April 10 capture battery on one Of
the rart4ions ia the nesAhorlood. The enemy
opened on the national vessel when within 500 yards
and continued their lge as she wound her way to
engage them at close quarters; but when the
national vessel reached the last lend, and was
making straight cCuse iof tie battery, the Rebels
fled ia haste. Lieut. oilis landed with party Of
men and destroyed it. Ihe work was about $50
wards from the riyer bank and mounted two long
hne 2!-pCundors on excellent feldcsriages. So
rapid was the flight # the Rebels thst Of the
guns WAS lett loaded and primed.
Commodore rOIisr sends a dispatch TO the Navy
Department, dated O., boGri the Harriet Lane, Mis-
sisspy River Apiil p, in which lie reports the ad
vance of Capt FaTragui beyond Forls jackson and
ST. Philip. lie states that al if0n-clad Ram has been
left behind at Fort Jackson aud it = question az
the date Of the dsratch whether this Re bel engine
might not prove mischievous to that portion Of our
feet siill below the forte. Commodore Porter
20 be we'll prepared fer contingencies, but be speaks
O, the fact Of such vessel being left behiud the adj
yaDcing na0nal force, Illustration oi The evil
oflesSins an enemy Al The rear.
II dispatch from Fortress Monroe dated yesier
day SAY that the iron-cad ship-o.-war G4eua, and
the gunboa,s AIoostook aud Port Royal started up
tho James River az 8 o'cloc'; yesterday noIniLg.
AT tie date Of tie dispatch they had Passed Days
Poin, Battery, and Leavy firing heard up the
River after their departure. Il IL believed they win
cut of communication with tlo Rebel army south
OF the Chiekahominy.
--CaIt. Bailey, the bearer Of dispatches fiOm the
Lower Mississippi feet arrived yesterday at Fortress
Monroe bringing Official intelligence OF the capture
OF all the forts below New-Ofiean-, aud Of Of
those aboye sso, OF the buruiag and destruction Of
a large amount Of cotton and olAsg properly by the
Rebels. Tie amount thus destroyed IS estimated at
fFom eight to ten millions.
n report from Gen. Fremont, commanding The
Mountain Department, says he Las news from Gen.
Cox, announcing that lis advance, consisting OF
part Of the Z;id Ohio, unGer MAJOR Cowley, have
occupied Ghes CogIt House and driven ont the
RebeIs VINO left behind them considerable quantity
OF oomnizsary s.CIes
"A dispatch from CaiIoto The CAicGgo Times Elys
that refugee from jackson, Miss reports that the
headquarters OF Beaarecerd afe Il. Poeahontas, and
that not far from - 600 hoops are concentrated
around him. Gen. Loyeils army, al tie last ad.
vices, was at Patolapahoe, tie New Orleans ans
Jackson Railroad, 20 miles north Of New. Ofleans.
An order fiom the War Department rays tina;
upon requisi.iors made ty commanders o. armies IL
the field authority will be given by tho Depatmeut
70 the Governors Of tlIe various States 70 Recruit
regiments now in the service.
Gen. Banks, under dnte Of Newmarket. May
8, reports skirniishing tie east eide of tie
Shenandoah. between cur advance and the Rebels.
The National force aIlelrs to have suffered spail
loss.
-Tclegusphc conn an'cation between Washing.
ton AMI Fredericksburg wac completed yesterday.
tIOre stores have been opened in Tie place, and
Union paper has been Ic, s:ablsLsd.
GENERAL NEWS.
"A Cincinnati dipaicl says TIA. in tie United