Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1862-04-18
Mt.saoe from President Do,as.

In the House of Representatives on Iuesdsy
the following message was received from the
President
To the Senate and House Of Representatives
of the Confederate States Of Anaeriea
"The great Importance of the news just re-
ceiyed Tennessee induces me to depart from
established usage and to make to you this COM
munication i'm advance of official reports. From
telegraphc dispatches received from OF
fetal sources, | am able to announce to you,
with entire confidence, that it has pleased Al
mighty God to crown the Confederate arms
With glorious and decisive victory over our
invaders.
On the morning of the 9th the converging
columns of our army were combined Dy
it's commander in chief, General A. Sidney
Johnston, in an assault on the Federal army,
then encamped near Pittsburg, on the Tenness'
river
After hard fought battle of ten hours, the
enemy was driven in disorder from his posi-
tion and pursued to the Tennessee river where
under the cover Of the gunboats, he was at the
last accounts erdeavoring to effect his retreat
by aid of his transports. The details OF this
great bat. lie are yet too few and incomplete to
enable me to distinguish with merlted praise
all Of those who may have conspicuously earn
ed the right to such distinction, and prefer to
delay my own qualification in recommending
them to your special notice, rather than incur
the risk of woundiEg the feelings of any by tall
ing to include them in the list. When such
victory has been won over troops as numerous
we'll disciplined, armed, and appointed, as those
which have Just been SO signally routed, we
may we'll conclude that common spirit OF
unfinchng bravery and devotion 80 our coun-
try's cause must have animated every breast
from that of the commanding general to that
of the humblest patriot who served in the
ranks. There is enough h in the continued pres
snce of invaders on our soil to chasten our ex'
ultation over this brilliant success, and to re.
mind u. of the grave duty Of continued exertion
sntil we shall extort from proud and vain glo
I rious enemy the reluctant acknowledgment of
our right to self government.
But an Allwise Creator has been pleased,
while vouchsafng to mis- countenanee in bat
tie, to af1ct Us with severe dispensation, to
which we must bow in humble submission
The last long, lingering hope has disappeared,
and it is but too true that Gen. Albert Sidney
Johnston i. no more. The tale of his death
is simply narrated in dispatch from Col
onel William Preston, in the following
words
Gen. Johnston fell yesterday at half past 2
O'Clock, while leading successful charge, turn
ing the enemy's right, and gaining brilliant
victory. A minnie ball cut the artery of his
leg, but ne rode on until, from loss of blood, he
fell exhausted and died without pain in few
| moments. His body has been entrusted tol
me by General Beauregard, to be taken to New
7 Orleans, and remain until directions are receiy
ed from his family.
My long and close friendship with this de-
parted chieftain and patriot, forbid me to trust
myself in giving vent to the feelings which this
sad intelligence has evoked. Without doing