New-York daily tribune., 1862-04-22
TUH ALLEGED DIsPATCH FROM
BEAUREGARD.
NAsHYILIE. Tenn. !.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, April 10, 1907
Tbs latest information from the South is OF the ut
most Importance. Beauregards army hes been ter
ribIy demoralzed, and according to bis own confess
sion. be has now only IS, 900 men. The following
telegram has been intercepted by Gen. Mitchell, aud
10 full confession of the bopeessness OF the Rebel
cause in the West / append it verbatim, leaving
you TO comment on its importance:
CoEIsTH, April 9, 1862.
To Ger. SAursL COOPER, Richmond, Po.
All present probabilities are that, whenever tns
enemy moves this position, he VIII DO 70 Win an
overwhelming force Of not less than 80 0oO men,
We can Low muster only about 80 ,oOo eiiectives'
Van Dorm may possibly Join MS IN a few days WIN
about Is 900 more Can we not be re-entorced from
Pembertons armyl II defeated here we lose the
Mississippi Valley and probably our cause. whereas
". could even afford to lose, for while, Charleston
and Savannah, for the purpose of defeating Buell.
army. which would not only psnre Us the Valley Of
WIG '''''''''rP' O.. 7. BEAUREGARD.
We copy the above from The Herald Of Mon
day morning. It should be received with great
caution. The Western dispatches published BY
us tho same morning state:
Wh. Gen Mehsi ysgessd Deavr 40 10 his late bridge
expedition he took po'e'ion Of the telegraph omee ana cu
lmpOr.n, have taken plsee the particulars Of
which not allowed To publssh at present
Afer the latest dates the two armies al PhouIg were
nearing each other ,9 NJ. y..J..,
Gen BeawegGrd ',std n'et'dgs 10 Jef Dar" demonang
,,Sntsnen. Tor (oin d>erring oihryos. he could not
hold me position Gen. Mtehd pronid the reeVo smtH"
Now, Bsauregard's dispatch is dated April
9. According to the report of Gen. Mitchell
to the Secretary of War, as published by us
in our Evening Edition of Saturday, the 18th
inst, Huntsville was not occupied till the llth
inst:
WARRINGTON, Saturday, April l2. l962
The Secretary Of War hss received Information thst uts
VILE Ala va. occupied yesterday BY Gen. Mitchell without
much Te,itsnce Two bnndlrd prisoners were taken aso
fifteen locomotives end large amour, ofroiOs stock
In our Morning Edition of Tuesday, the 18th,
appeared the following:
w,sHIsGros Monday. April Il. 1862
The foovins dispatch has been received by the Secretary
OF War. d,ed Nashville Tenn, lfh:
On ssiurday morning tl7th n'l two expedition, wer.
t.d nom Huntsville IN the cars one under Col si oi
tie d Ohio Stevens tho junction OF the Chat
isuooss wi the hempli, and Chare'ton hafosd "lich
point they seized of tn enemy reesng without hrns
shot Col Sl captured i've locomotive. and large amount
IN. oesr rIped.tion under Col Turchin Of tho 18th Hi
uoi. went arrived Decatur in time to save tue
railroad bridge. viii va. in flames, go ,,.,. -
Cen Mitchell holds lUO miles oi the memPhi' ana
Chafle.ton Railroad
liz il very certain that Gen. Mitchell, who
only reached Decatur on Saturday, the 18th,
could not have intercepted dispatch sent there
on Wednesday, three days bct0re. 1t is possible
that he may have found such dispatch there,
but it is not probable. Only the day before.
on the 9Th inst, according TO The NOJok Day
Booh-copied into The TRiBUSE Of Wednesday
lass-Beauregnrd telegraphed to tie Confederate
Secretary of War at Norfolk, a. follows:
Coeisrn Tue,dAy April q. 1902.
10 ne S>crsiary Of Wd', k.du0ad.
h,,. s.iu-d great aud goriou' victory Eight 20 Ten
th susand p.ob.u and thiry.sir pieces ~ cannon b-f -
,,,,4 ,gnf r,frsd % az CJfnh
'"'" ''-@ N''1' L0'' n'''' ~ '''' 'BEAuREGARD.
1t is incredible that be would cnly on the
next day after this boast send so despa'rlng
message as that his force was reduced 10
5000 men, and that If he was not re-
enfprted not only tho Mississippi Valley but
the cause itself was lost. Why, moreover,
should he designate Charleston aud Savannah
a. piaucs uh-iy 10 Uo rr-enorccd IN preference
10 hi. own army II is Yorktown aud Rich
mond, aud not the cities of Georgia and South
Carolina, to the defense of Which the Rebel
energies are devoted. Whether or not, or
whore. this assumed dispatch of the Rebel
General was forged, We, Of course, do not
know; but, ns undertaking the position and
the force OF the insurgent army at Corlnth, Il
i. calculated to do their cause more good than