The weekly Butte record., 1862-01-04
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Eastern News.
ST. LOUIS, April y:

ST. LOUIS. April ,5.
,,.n,pEss MONROE, lathe Merrimac re-
.ioed in her position all day yesterday, until
ln;nc nIa,r when together with the rest of the
III feet. she returned to Norfolk. She is
.rsanerauy supposed to have beeu aground. d..
None of the feet have shown themselves to-
day.
4 Norfolk paper has been received here
to-day, containing a dispa ch from Beauregard
in relation to the two days fight at Pittsbnrg
landing. He says that after capturing Sc OF
our guns and 5000 prisoners. his forces fell
back upon his works at Corinth, which they
are able to hold
BALTIMORE, April l4.-In reference to Beau
regards dispatch alluded to in the Old Point
Dispatch. inquiries have been made OF the =" ar
Department, and we are authorized to say
thai the reports from Pittsburg Landing al
ready given to the public, contradict the report
in the Norfolk papers, aud all The reports
received at the War Department confirm the
statement that the enemy waS routed and pur-
sued as far as the previous orders OF General
Grant would permit. The enemy are now shut
up in Corinih.
New YoRk, April IA correspondent of
the Philadelphia Inquirer, alter being Captured
by The rebels at Pitsburg Landing, and alter
wards escaped and arrived al Cairo, states
their loss 600 killed and 10000 wounded.
We captured all but two or three of their can
non. including the famous Washington Artille
iery. of New ORLEANS.
WAsHINGroN. A pril l1-General Mcclellan
telegraphed to the Secretary OF War last night
that nothing of interest had occurred during
the day. The roads aud weather were better.
Operations were progressing favorably.
FURTHER DETAILS OF THE BATTLE OF PIrrsBURG
LANDING.
CAIRO. April ilth.
We give further details of the battle at Pitts.
burg TaylOrs and Waterhouses batteries,
supported by the Twenty-thrd Illinois and
Fifty-second and Seventy seventh Ohio regi-
ments, oprnel the fight. These regiments
formed part of Sherman's division, and occu-
pied the extreme right. Both the OHIO reg-
ments ran-the Seventy seventh without firing
q gun-leavIng Waierhouse entirely without
support He fought balf an hour however, re
treating with three of his guns. Taylor con-
timed the fight speedily supported by the
Illinois regiment. until his support was out
fanked on both sides. He then retreaied thro'
q cross fire with the loss of one killed and
seventeen wounded. He also lost twelve horses,
his forge and battery wagon. Meantime Wa.
terhouse took a second position with his three
remaining guns, supported by the second
brigade Of McClernand's division. During the
forenoon they were compelled to retire through
their own encampment, with heavy loss, into
the same wood, where they formed second
line of battle. An advance was made, result
ing, after most determined resistance on the
RI of ba hair lrtr al
through our encampment, where they met
strong renforcements The ammunition of our
forces having given out another brigade took
their place. They in turn were driven back
by the rebels to within half mile of the river
Our gunboats then opened fire. throwing shell
over the heads of our men ard covering the
ground with rebel slam. Taylor's battery
having taken a second position. opened on the
rebel battery eight hundred yards distant. A
splendid artillery duel took place, resulting in
silencing the rebel battery and blowing up the
caisson Tayor's Battery was then ordered
into the reserve. During the afternoon. seve
raj Mississippi regiments which arrived Sat
urday night were brought into the fight AT a
dOublt-quick and were almost Immediately
repused. The second day, all the batteries
taken by the enemy on the previous day were
Michigan battery was recapfured by the Six
tenth Wisconsin. There was more fighting
over this than all the other batteries on the
field it was taken and retaken three or four
times. Its second capture was by Beauregard
in person. who commanded three regiments.
In the attack he received a bullet wound in The
arm. Company A. Chicago Light Artillery
was so severely handled on the first day that it
l,- ~ init no Ea11 nm
Monday. With these however. they succeeded
10 completely silencing the rebel battery of six
guns bnr were compelled to leave it on the
field. in consequence of lack of horses to bring
the guns off Their own guns were brought
off by hand.
The general retreat commenced at dark on
Monday. Our cavalry followed but short
distance, beyond the position occupied by our
troops before the battle. Were it not for the
almost impossible condition of the roads the
route would have been made complete. and we
would have occupied their inirenched camp
at Coriuth. The rebel artillery was considered
superior to ours aud their small arms almost
equal. The Eighth Iowa were taken prisoners
almost en- masse The Fifty-sevenfh and
Seventy first Ohio, Eighteenth Wisconsin and
Forth sixth Iowa are reported to have fed
dtftI HflUH Two UT LiFtC TtHtltlN. W Heil lut
enemy fed they burned their wagons and left
tier wounded all of whom are prisoners
Our loss is now stated TO be 10000 killed
and wounded. and the rebel loss $4,000 One
New Orleans regiment. the Louisiana Tigers.
was almost entirely left on the battlefield, either
killed or wounded. General Preniss escaped
Tuesday and came into camp at once. In The
confusion of the retreat he managed to elude
rebel vigilance. He was wounded during the
battle, but not seriously. 1t was the intention
Of Deauregard to make an attack two DAYS be
fore he diG. bnl the extraordinary rains impe-
ded his progress
The responsibility of the surprise rests with
The commanding General On Friday large
force of cavalry appeared within sight of our
lines. Sherman who occupied an advanced
position, had been ordered not to bring on an
engagement. Consequently, he sent ont no
force against them. They remained until Sun
day morning. and served as SCREEN behind
which Beauregard formed bis troops in order
OF battle undiscovered
1t is asserted John C. Breckenridge is taken
prisoner.
A Brave Boy A ST. Louis correspondent