New-York daily tribune., 1862-04-22

Tot. killed, wounded and missing .............loa,
Children and fools tell the truth. Washington
bow of II. who was on Of the gunboas 81 Pitt
burg. tells Whist he saw, without reservation IN .
letter TO his father:
We saw soldiers coming bv twos and threes all
along the bank Of the river with guns aud 9TH
ers without. The cannOnading IN the mean tlhs
was incessan., apparently abont TWO mics DdcA Oh
the river, and occasional discharges OF musNeuf !.
We sent n boa ashore al pittsbnre, bat they eonid
tell M nothing bat that Gen. Prcntss bad been sur
nrised and six Of his batteries taken. We hailed the
men ON shore but they n told different ftories rome
ssyng that our troops were beng cui ai' 70 pe'ob'
When asked why they had leii the ieid, 'hey r.
uled that thew Lad been sent beck NJ beng unable
70 do dutv. Zone OF them, evidently, knew any
tbipg for they had run away without hflhga q gun
la about two hours as many az two hundred came
through tho woods to the river bank, aud seeing the
Punboats felt that they were saie, and most oi them
.tre,ch Themselves out 10 take n snooZe.
Every body on board wns highly eNpaspcreied
with them. We returned tO CmmpH Landing about
II O'Clock 10 zee il we colld hear anything OF Gen
Wsace's division. The banks Of the Hver from
T.t,aburg 10 Crumps were lined with The cowards'
some lOungiug along toward trumpe, ana Others
iying in the sbade under the trees aud bushes Very
few of them had gunr, as they had thrown away
everything TO riin faster. One big silaplng ieHO"
was standing staring stupidly at the bo, WIN noun
lug in the world on but II whiie hAhnei uhdcrmf''
| glfl 10 ltllto clE AhlhEf tst' -
single officer could be seen among item. ARMED al
Crump's no news OF Gen. Wallace. Tor not Inelc
one of biz men had come back. we lay there uhiii
H. H.. when hearing the roar Oi cannon increase,
If possible, we got under way aud STOOD up tns
river; banks lined before with our bFare .oidsers
On The second day he raw different scene:
About 10 clock we saw q suan going on all-fo1rs
alowly and painfully, through the bruslwood skirt
ing tic Hill beyond Pi1sbu.T. lie must have seen
~ foI a considerable tine. hut preferred fDng II ou
lis own hook; bot GB We saw his I11rney would
soon come 10 end, for the path 20 bad been pnr-
suing was broken, a iew yards further Ou by laud-
slide and the l was top tloep for Inn 10 crawl up.
VIC sent boat on shore and conveyet him 10 q h0.
rial boat. lie nd been shot through The ieG st =
y. n. on Sunday; had crfwiet 4 miles ~ tIo ryer.
and had slept iu The swamp during u rain, aud bad
se out for li,toburg IN the mOmin5; had "a Old
piece Of cracker hid ~ his shirt.
About u observed man with mutkct, sul port
ing a comladc, who, with his head falling on his
breast and biz long and matted loir entirely conceal
ing his face. was staggering slOwly along.
The soldier bad bis nuskot in orc hand with the
otf or ann round the wounded mans want, and every
ten or twelve steps he would lay him gently on the
ground 20 rest. lie 6Oon came 10 the place That had
stopped the other man, when he went and bid his
lnusket, aud attempted TO drag tho wounded man up
tho hill. The Captain said he would wait and roe
il Le could get along before sending boat Oh shore
but az he only got about ten steps IN quarter Of Nh
hour, be sent IOr bln, ar lhe man "ts eNldcnlly
badly wounded. We saw them get him with diil-
Guilty into the beat and the other 90 up the hill
yet his muaket and strike bee-linc for the fight.
When the boat returned we learned that the mar
bad been shot Sunday afternoon through the
mouth the bullet coming out at the back OF hs head
and also through the right breast. The man that
went back had mad nothing TO eat since early Sunday
lie asked the officer in the boat If he had
apythpg with him to eat for he said he had no time
10 20 70 P'tsburg. Tie officer had nothing with
him. SO tie man, although he said he was very
hungry went 10 fight again.
The banks Of the river at Pttsburg were strewn
with the dead and dying.
HOW THE REBELS WERE INSTRUCTED TO ACT
IN BATTLE.
Tho following general order from Beauregard was
picked up Oh tbe battlefield Of Shiloh (Pittsbug