The New York herald., 1862-04-27
New York. Sunday, April AZ, 1894.
THE SITUATION.

THE SITUATION.
The news from Corinth is highly important
Our troops have had another conflict with the ene-
my, and have gained another victory Dispatches
received in st. Louis yesterday state that the ad-
vance guard of the Union army attacked the rebels
on Thursday and drove them back towards Co
rinth. General Halleck was, according to this
account. at the last dates pushing his entire army
vigorously forward. Another despatch, received
in Chicago from Cairo yesterday, describes re-
conAoissance N force which took place on the same
day. Thursday. when our troops surprised a rebel
camp. and had advanced to within six miles of
Corinth. They remained at this point from eleven
O'Clock in the morning until three, and saw no
sign of the rebels in front. The continual rattle of
cars and sounding Of steam whistles on the road
towards Memphis were heard, giving ground to
the impression that the rebels were evacuating
Corinth and pushing on towards Memphis
1t is probable that both these accounts refer to
the same thing-the attack upon the camp consti.
tuting the substance of the despatch sent from
Pittsburg Landing to st. Louis. a. the despatch
rom Cairo to Chicago smbodies, in all probability,
The 6nal result Of tho operations. This no doubt
accounts for the fact which we published yester-
day that heavy firing was heard on Thursday in
the neighborhood Of Pittsburg Landing.
The intelligence from Yorktown to-day is con-
fined to the fact that one of our gunboats whose
namc is not mentioned opened FIRE with shells
Yorktown. on Thursday. The rebels answered
promptly. The gunbost fell of to q further dis.
tance. but continued to pour shells into the enc.
my's batteries.
The news from General Banks corps reports the
rebel leader Jackson has pushed his whole force
forward to Harrisonburg and finding our troops in
possession of Staunton, took the turnpike road to
Gordonsvile. and at last accounts had reached as
Ear as McGaughsystown.
despatch received ct the War Department
yesterday from Fortress Monroe, says that Rich
mond despatch Of the 25th states that federal
gunboat had succeeded in passing Fort jackson,
below New Orleans; but the rebels add they re-
gard IL Of little importance, as they have other
defences to depend upon.
Dispatches received at the Navy Department
yesterday from Commodore Foote contain the
official report of the expedition of Lieutenant
Gwin with the transports Tyler and Lexington to
Chickssaw, Alabama, containing two thousand
troops, infantry and cavalry, under command of
General Sherman, where they disembarked,
and proceeded rapidly to Bear Creek Bridge
at the crossing Of the Memphis and Charles
ton Railroad, for the purpose of destroying IT and
as much of the tressel work as they could fnd
Lieutenant Gwin reports that the expedition was
entirely successful. The bridge, consisting of two
spans Of one hundred and ten feet each, was com.
pletely destroyed, together with some five hundred
feet Of tressel work and half mile Of telegraph
cavalry. one hundred and twenty in number, but
soon hastily retreated, losing four killed None
Of our troops we're killed.
The correspondence of certain rebels, now %.
iourning In Europe, some Of an aspiring, some of
hopeful nature, which We publish to-day, will be
found exceedingly interesting. The letters were
found on the rebel steamer Calhoun, which at
tempted TO run the blockade Of the Mississippi in
January last and was captured by our aeet.
HIsCELLANEOUS MEWS.
The batch Of rebel correspondence captured
with the steamer Calhoun, which we publish this
morning. contains many facts that will cast true
light upon the impious aims Of the Southern con-
spirators and their European myrmidons. Thegreat
design Of the rebels Is clearly shown TO be to
misrepresent the true condition Of things here.
and thus to bring about recognition of the bas.
tard confederacy. Every false assertion has been
made, and no base action spared, that could affect
Che status Of the legitimate Northern government.
Spies and traitors have been freely employed to
aid the traitors, and even the Emperor Of the
French, and the other sovereigns Of Europe, have
been approached with the bait of exclusive
Southern trade, TO entrap them into a sco-niton