New-York daily tribune., 1862-04-14
..u. .ond.ns.s what was doubtless the current

,,u. .ondouses what was doubtless the current
talk among our officers there:
az . Si,pstch to TAs Gasets from ssvsnnsh saytnG
~. e,h, vat. Il might have addod. Nor Tor ten days YET
Na .ns can haze idea Of he f"~e"ss preparation
needed IN prospect Of q eoraHt .
Tn. tr.n,postion Of supplies the disposal Of the SICK
m. o.ips In Of oil officers ana soldiers absent shors distance
on fuopsh the distribution OF Ammunition the examination
~ arms the getting rid OF ali their extra baggage the repair
ips Of wagons. and the distrbuon OF ssms-a thess
incidental to pitched battle and where immsnse force
to be brought forward requres days TO perfect the
arrangements.
"In connection with ths may add the report that Cen
Hseck will be here to supervise the movement toward
Cornth The entire army anxious that he should come
slthough uneasy TO the result even he should
not make his appearance In this qusrter."
Was there ever before such hallucination :
"No fight yet" because We were nowise
ready for it, and because our Commanding
General still remained in ST. Louis, several
hundred miles away How could any one fail
to see that these facts afforded the strongest
possible assurances that there nould bs fight
our necessity being plainly the Rebel'' oppor'
tunity Why under tho sun should they wait
till we could bring up our struggling columns
call in our furloughed soldiers, distribute our
ammunition, &C., &C., and till our Command
ing General should arrive from st. Louis
However necessary Commanding General
might be to our raw levies, they could well
afford to let us fight without one.
Five days before this, we had written and on
the 3lst ult.--six days prior to the Rebel at-
tack-wo had printed an editorial entitled
"Tbe Expected Blow" warning against tbs
very dash that was made by the Rebel chiefs.
That article reads as follows:
ave see much lhs, indicates, Dissemination ou the part
OF tho alton chiefs .hc ridden cHd hsasy t!7 IA
e South They evidently concentrating the forces
Coraft sthor point the south Hue o len
ae,soe Aui the great " thea 'sdaeiy u
s9.,d de s,sss' f thus reIestisE The lessen OIL
Bull Run, wilson, CrceI and Lexington. We trust they
srs 20 bs bsied IN this rsie b. The csoa energy OF h'n
Halle sud thsy should hot be ebl. to g. a. The adT'n-
ts.o the, mediate. VIC believe lhsy vii make virtue of
necessity and 6ght desperate battle any how hoping o'
rcs,s 20 recover Ter nos-es Any Iae project INC
south proper. GuIl iuysi,n Sad reessren 70 ine "'o
The vsor snd skill of General, are quii- hEsy 70 iH-
zero with these c.cuson bat we are ,,li'aea ;na'' u -s
10 their own Geyicts the Rebel ohefs vii not oen nt
sst battle VI ,nia. bu, el fgh one IL ih- -oa'i'" '
Again on .he I'd inst. wo wrote, and ou the ID
(the day before the above letter wo' written
at Pittsburgh Landing, proving thai there
would be 40 battle for ten days yet because We
,eere not ready for on,) published another article
with the same purpose, which says;
Tie c iha tho Csn;odoa;', d-a-irE h''' i'oo..
fom 81 quarters the uar,h Psl o. ass n? and A."''
wher. tbcy intend s in overwhelming iocs uGen u
Union .l.scs uri-r CEN, 0nLt sud buell. '5s Js'pa'.'
Wl.s Bs,urrss,d Is 10 Their hcst Iead.T hs - l''
tze .clu.d - go Sumter ,nd II Bull nu. 81 he do'ri'
l- dies:ins - aorts concentration In aciise Po
ec Bfs.s already brought gp hs fo.ca tofa fenI.'o
abandoning tie siege Of For Pcssns Van Dom .nd srs
Prce se h1y!s foTssFi from ersr ATtan's aided y
resnbo.;s o. tie Artsuas srd wAo RiVs no. Of Hel'
hsbe., .ug. sod Virginia being striped Of Rebel
solder. 20 sg. the OTsrd Amy Of tho Wet 1as Intent
srideny 20 il upon erDe..se army with ~ nns's
force suddenly gA,hered nom ell q4arrs,r Nh'oh TIE
R.bs cowm.ld Of TIE Railroad oi Tia. reg sive- them
great cs-snd repeat lhs le'Ons Of Wn.oa' oT,ss and
Lexington Bot Gen Hteck of hss b. eye on ihese
op-lstiousf
/ What we thus confidently inferred from
premises open Ia Nil was kHopp among the
! Unienists in Tennessee. Jk Nd,hriN PG,rlpf
I of the -lh nst. (ssil in uttsr ignorance that
desperate fighting had been in progress through
out the two prcediDg days Of and near Fits
burgh Landing) thus speaks:
"Tnr IxrsNprse r-Evegyboty -rp.s-i 70 be on
the gsi ,i-e tie daily expected bait. Co'niA
and unur.T.ble pa. acct spraIonuy fer the
purpo.. Of testing the yubity Of tho psbie "o have
deemed I. daty 10 make mention o'unor ho~"f'
plausible ,I-fsrns ws, and Jet ,he refo Of tho ooao;
,psss or iof v may nevertheless, b- padon-a or in'n
onins ts, sen.lenA no s. the ns45hooThood OF tho
Coude.e army Of the West last Thur'dAy '.stes It AL fse'
Known TO himself that B.auregsrd ip Cor'a naf day isf
bic command fer Psy4y and thai Johnston ih h" !! Dc
c1tur ~, day or PpGv via Hamburg tra' s7se'sd
,af ey uo.ld Lrsg o battle Fyddy a,yno,n Or Sat
urday. u tA>1 nr,eh Ta' nof 'HSedsd B, 'aH'
Proyidentially, their march nas mpeded
BIZ rain," so that they were not ready to
attack until Sunday morning the 9th, when
Gen. Buell's forces we're 30 near that they
E by forced marches reached the opposite baDk
, of the Tennessee that evening, were ferried
across during the night, and by their aid and
I that Of the guhbosts which were brought up
in the very rick OF time, Gen. Grants army
vas saved from total destruction. But for
, these re-enforcements, every regiment would
, have been killed or captured. As it vas, We
lost Gen. Prentisss Brgede forming tho Id
vance (,oith 10 piessis hJOrH om) which was
completely surprised on the morning Of the 9Th
, and nearly all taken prisoners, including their
brgadier. Our troops mainly fought gaIaniy
through the day, but were outnunbered and
|, steadily pressed back, lo'ing six batteries OF
artillery (36 guns), most Of their tents and
camp furniture, their field hospital, with their