, 1862-04-15

t,c1;1z ,ca1zo ,2 AgFa 1T is reported on good an
war % OF N The best rebel generals, before the
There were present, PILLOW, Floyd, Breckfn.
tndge, Aardee Bragg, .chea8han, SID. Johns
gentlemen. " fha fhsf1ig fo1iowing ana pocT Isw o1sE ss
fixed on: # theJ beat Us, they would
follow up and drive Us North, IS far as DOS
sihle; Il beaten they would withdraw their
forces from The border States, and make q
desperate stand in the Gulf States,
Federal wounded soldier, LEFT in our camp
and captured by the rebels, and afterwards
retaken, reports that he heard Beauregard
make speech to his men on Sunday nfght.
assuring them they would capture all our
army On Monday. He told them not to
tt; destroy ~ anythipgItents, provisions or any.
them handsomely. as next days work showed.
This is confirmed By several wounded rebels,
taken prisoners.
Yam Dom did not reach Corinth TIL the
fight was over. It is now believed bY men.
iatest returning from Pittasburg, a that the rebel
monyof rebel prisoners, also.
Our force was not over 45, GOO.
Col John Davis, Of Frecport, is not dead.
He is at Padncah, and says be will recover.
Gen. Humboldt lost ], ,2S3 men out Of I, 600,
on Monday.
The 9th Illinois regiment could count but
18th Illinois, a; the 18th Iowa, II men.
lient. Col. Tnpper, Of Decatur, and Lieut. Col.
Ross we're killed.
DR.. Corning Of St. Louis found one of Mat
teson's 64poand guns deserted He sighted
ard fired sixty.fire shots with it, doing terri
bic execution. He had had no military expe-
rierce.
The gunboats had gone up the river to barn
the bridge at Corintl.
General Grant is reported not to have been
q On the field I'LL 70 o'clock Sunday morning:
1t is also reported that Buell's men heard
firing 40 miles off, and made a forced
march of thirty miles on Saturday, reaching
Pittsburg Sunday, after marchilg ninetee1
miles, in time to euccor our troops. Nash
vile was one hundred miles distant.
The aid OF the gunboats, MattesoDs aud Sill
verspaf7e's batteries, and thea1riyal Of BuelTs
men, saved the day, and turned the tide Of
victory in our favor.
It is believed Halleck's plan was for Grant
to land on the opposite side Of fhe Tennessee
and stay mostly on transports till Buen came
march rapidly to Corinth.
The rebel loss is not known, but believed to
be much Mrger than ours.
Auditor Dubois and General Cook
came down this morning. Fhey report the
sick and wounded provided for as well as
PeSSiolSs oA Liz adusppIls ala Ii Tue parT1ckS
at Pittsburg.
Nothing new from above. No battle is ex-
pected for several days. Heavy rains make
the roads impossible for artillery and army
wagons.
ST. Louis, April 1.-THE steamer January
arrived at our wharf last evening, with sever
Al hundred Of our sick and wounded from
Pittsburgh. Capt. Bartlett of the January,
reports that the Minuehaha, laden With
wounded, has gone up the Ohio. The CITY Of
Memphis landed 1000 wounded at Mound
City.
Among the wounded is Capt. VIM. Copp Of
the 9Th Ind, who says there is no doubt Of the
death Of Gen. Bragg in Mondays fight; also
that johnston, so called Provisional Coy
ernor Of Kentucky, is dead He died as be
Lay, Eithin six feet Of Capt. Copp, on board
the Hannibal.
The whole rebel army in battle was 123
regiments, or about 5000 men. These facts
are obtained from Brigadier Quartermastcr,
named Wintermouth, who was taken pris-
oner.
Our total in killed and wounded is now esti-
mated at 5000.
The name Of Col McHenry, Of the 18th
Kentucky, wounded at Pittsburg, was erro-
neously printed In the first dispatches as C.
McKindry.
The steamer Woodford arrived last night
with about 800 prisoners from Pittsburg.