The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1862-04-25

| Run was nothing compared with IT,.
! Arriving NJ Corinth they found the town
deserted and left Immediately for Tennessee,
without let or hindrance,
There is bitter icui between the Misss.
rippi and Tennessee regiments, in consequence
OF the former clubbing the Tcnuesseeans A.
towards, pnd do no, recognize their social
. equality.
He says the latter will not tight in the com.
ing battle,
The lederal' have nearly surrounded them,
and they consider their ease settled n soon
n the capture Of Fort Pillow aud Memphis
shall be accomplished.
The Mississippi food il seriously endangcr.
ing produce and property below, and Gen.
Strong, with an energy highly commend
able, and which might be- properly Initiated
~ other quarters, has sent several steamers
~ secure it.
\ ri.wccky packet il now running bc
tween Cairo and Tiptonvillc, carrying tho
mail, and passengers, This experiment in
rcyiying commercial intercourse with the re.
bel states is likely 10 prove successful
The entire track Of the Cairo 4 Fulton rail.
road, between Birds Point and CharlcstoG,is
washed away aud destroyed,
Superintendent Arthur, Of the Illinois Cen.
trail railroad, and President Osborn, passed
over the track in a haul.car from Coarse
river, this morning. They say the track is
covered with water to the depth Of two feet.
There i, no prospect Of the immediate re
sumption of railroad communication with tho
rest # the world.
The steamer b, from Fort Pillow arrived
at o'clock Yesterday
She reports 40 change in the condition Of
affairs there.
The mortars fire every half hour.
The gunboats are quiet,
The rebel batteries do not reply.
Special to Tribune:
WAsulNGToS. April 2i-An officer from
Corinth, according to the Atlanta Conieder.
acy, reports that the Confederate lines extend
over the recent battle ground, and that the
unionists are 9 miles beyond there.
Active preparations are being made by
both armies Tor the grand decisive struggle at
hand.
Bcauregari il being heavily reinforced.
Skirmshes daily occur between the advance
guards.
\ telegram from Augusta says it is bcliey-
ed at Cornth that the enemy is graduating his
=, sition, and going TO his gunboats.
The Mobile papers assert that Nashville
has been evacuated, and 1000 union prisoners
taken.
Gen. Kirby Smith, with large force, is,
according to the Atlanta Commonwealth. at
Bridgeport, within Il miles Of Huntsville
The evacuation of the latter place by the Yam.
KEGS j. predicted.
Refugees from Norfolk state that the re-
bells have five wooden gunboats completed
there winch are ready for service.
The rebels have also built another Mcrri.
mac, of smaller dimensions, and four more are
now building NJ Norfolk.
The rebel congress adjourned on Monday
last to the second Monday in August.
The oil organizing n battalion of sharp
shooters was passed on the last day.
The tIag aid seal report was indefinitely
postponed.
X. VI. T. Hunter wa, elected president Of
the senate prO tenn.
The rebel senate passed the house bill ap.
propriating SljO,OOO for the construction of
| a railroad between Galveston and New OrIe.
ans.
The president to-day nominated Col. futile,
Of the 2l Iowa, to be u brgadier general Of
volunteers.
Times dispatch.
WAsnNGTox, April PA gentleman ar.
rived here to-day directly from Gen. McClel-
lan's headquarters, and reports that our fore
cs have greatly the advantage Of the enemy,
as time will show.
Our sharpshooters are the terror of the reb.
Ell gunners
Our approaches command the rebel en-.
trenchmcnts, and everything is working rs
well as the most sanguine could wish.
On Monday last there was firing between
two rebel regiments within the rebel works,
causing much commotion il our camp. 1t
continued 50 long and SO severe that it was
mistaken at first for II regular assault ON our
outposts, and the long roll was beaten in our
camp. 1t turned out that one of their regi
ments was firing into another, which return.
cd the fire with equal spirit.
Our forces could distinctly see them carry.
ing off their dead and wounded. The affair
is believed to have been mutinv, and meas.
urcs were taken to quell it. The Nirginians
now being forced into the service Mt the point
| of the bayonet. resist as far n they can
| more especially being drafted and forced into
| regiments from other states to fill the latter
to their respective quotas. 1t is supposed
the mutiny grew out Of something Of this
sort.
Information was received at our hcadquar.
tiers at Yorktown that the rebels We're conSen.
tratlng large force at GordonsvilIe, hoping
to bag Gen. Banks. and that it was their in
tention to allow Mcdowell to get across the
Rappahannock and then to precpitatc a
superior force upon him,
The Richmond Examiner Of the 22d say.
official dispatches received yesterday state
that the b0mbardment Of the forts below
New Orleans continued during the whole Of
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