Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-05-31
TELEGRAPHlO NEWS.
THE EVACUATION OF CORINTH.
Csrinth Captured, and the "Oid Flag'' wav.
ing over the Epemy's Works-The r ebel,
Driven from their Fsrtific ations

BEFORE CoRINTH, May 29-Midnight- ad-
ditional movements day except picket skirm-
ishing and strengthening our position. Gen.
Halleck moved his crmp two miles forward to-
day. Lieut. Webb, an aid to the rebel Gen
Donel'on, was among the prisoners captured yes
terday.
NEAR CoRIxrH,. May 30, A. NJ Zen. 'Popes
advance, the 3sth Ohio, occupied Corinth at G 40
this morning and placed the fag on the court
house. The enemy evacuated last night aud 10
retreating down the Mobile and Ohio railroad.
The line Ia occupied with military business
PARTICULARS VIII be forwarded soon. r
OFFICIAL DISPATCHES.
The following dispatches were received at the
War Department yesterday afternoon:
Mar CORINTH, May 50.-Hon Edwin M Stan
ton, Secretary of War: Gen Popt's heavy bate
ries opened upon the enemyis entertainments yes
tsrdsy about 10 O'Clock a. m, and soon drove the
rebels from their advanced batteries
Maj. Gen. W. L. Sherman established another
heavy battery yesterday afternoon within | 900
yards OF their works, and diminishing parties ad-
vanced at daybreak this morning.
Three OF our divisions are already in the ene-
my's advanced works within about three quarters
Of mile Of Corinth, which is in flames
The enemy has fallen back on the Mobile all
road. IT, w, HAIIrcK'
Mej. Gen. Commanding.
IsECOND DIspArCnI
NEAR CoRINTu, May 30-Hon r.. NJ. Stanton,
Secretary of War; Our advanced guard are in Co.
rinth Conflicting accounts as to tire enemy's
on our left hank, some four five miles south Of
COrlnth, near the Mobile and Ohio Railroad
H. W. HALLEcK, Maj. Gen.
Particulars of the Evacuation.
GEN. HALLRck's HRADQUARTERs, May 30
During nearly all last night the noise of tue ov-
tives sounding from the direction of Corinth, be-
tokened some movement going on, but not being
any extraordinary occurrence was not considered
WortAy or more than passing remark.
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explosions were distinctly heard; and immedi-
ately after skirmishers were thrown out and a
general advance of our army was commenced
when IL was found that the place was deserted
A very large amount OF railroad iron was found
untouched, there being some twelve or fifteen
tracks Of railroad from the depot to the entrench
ments with side track and switches enabling
them to move troops with great rapidity
From all the information CLEANED from nri.on
ers, IL Is thought that the evacuation commenced
at sundo"n last night, the enemy retreatlnp In
three objections east, west and south
Beaure9ard stated 70 the citizens last niObt that
both our TANKS
Al this hCar COrinth is held as our outpost.
Our cavalry are out seeking for the enemy.
That force gent out by Gen. Pope came upon ard
dispersed the enemy, eight miles below Corintb,
on the Mobile and Ohio railroad, In the act of
burning bridge. They captured forty prisoners
The enemY's rear guard DESTROYED the railroad
depot, Few bales of cotton, and a church They
intended destroying the entire village, but the
ciuzens saved II. Some fifty Of the houses were
also broken open, and stores were burned, with
their contents.
large cavalry force under Colonel Elliott was
sent out on Wednesday morning, by circuitous
route, 10 destroy the bridge ON the Mobile and
Ohio railroad south OF Corinth ThOunh thev
have not yet returned We learn from prisoners
taken that II was known in Corinth last night
that a large bridge had been destroyed forty miles
south by body OF our cavalry, and II was ascer-
tanned that Gen. Pope's 300 pounder PARROTS yes
terday enhladed their camps, killing 80 men and
100 horses; also, that a 30 pound Parrott she'll,
thrown into Corinth as an experiment, destroy ed
locomotive and killed the engineer -
IL 10 thought among military men that the
destruction OF the bridge south Of Corinth, and
the uncomfortable proximity of our falling shells,
ana the possibility OF Federal success the Mis-
slsslppl, were the causes Of the eyacu ition
The enemy's works here are certainly Of GREAT
strength, and capable Of stout resistance.