New-York daily tribune., 1862-04-18


second Kentucky, and in the Regulnrs.
,coo,scOndeDce OF The Cincinnati Gazette.
PiTrsBuRs LANDING Tenn
Wednesday Evening, April 3. 1867
OPERATIONS ON TUESDAY.
The days after the battle have been spent in bury
mo the dead and collecting the wounded. Mean
fine no operations Of any Importance have been at
s.mn,ed against the enemy. Last night their rear
ruard was still within eight miles OF If cavalry
p ever TO be of any use 10 us then was the time TO
Let il ont. But no pursuit has been made Several
regiments were ordered out yesterday, on what
suppose wss intended az reconnaissance. They
came up 10 the Rebel rear-gusrd, made pusb at 1t,
and-came back something the wor'e for wear.
There were certainly no signs IN the movements
there tina, the retreat was rout.
RyBEEs ABANDONING PROVISION TRAINS AND
THROWING AWAY ARMS.
Yet the Rebels abandoned large quantities of prop
srty. mile two ont from Shiloh (the church In
the edge of our lines, where Beauregard had his
headquarters long trains of wagons, mostly loaded
with provisions got fast in the mud. They aban-
doned them bu, took 10 60 along before leaving
and break of all the tOngnes. They seemed to i'm
sgine that that would serve, like spiking gun TO
disable il efeetually. The amount OF provisions
abandoned was immense.
The Rebels had evidently come TO stay. Flour
was scattered over acres on acres on either side OF
the road till in places looked if il had showed
Aour and that tho storm was heavier than had ever
been seen before by the Oldest inbabitaut.
There were some signs, too, Of rapid retreat Mon
day evening. In one place, sabers muskets, and
accouirements could be picked up in any quantity.
Elsew here, through the woods and along the road
were abandoned blankets Clothes and arms OF every
description.
AT one point, in the fields mile or two beyond
eur lines, they seemed 10 have carried out most of
their dead who were killed in the battle Sunday,
for burial. Acres were thickly dotted with the
bodies
FUTURE MOVEMENTS.
There ere no present indications that we are 70
follow up our victory with the vigor many Will
doubtless expect. The army has passed through
very severe battle, in which some OF us bngades
and regiments and nearly all of its divisions were
more or less disorganlzed. Weeks Will be required
20 put the army in good shape az 1t was IN before
the battle The roads, too. just now, are lmpassaoe.
And it s understood that en-. Grant s not permitted
by his orders to pursue, 10 move from his present
positions j, is said he could MT have moved ont 20
attack Johnston if the latter bad even come aud
leisuIey ohed bis tenls within three miles OF our
lines.
We are expecting Gen. HalleCk, BY Friday night
OF Saturday morning, to take the command in per-
ron He may go into things with dash, but should
doubt ii yet. lie is taking command Of q somewhat
disorganBed army. He will hardly risk his first
movement with il till It is again in good condition 10
meet the enemy. L. will take come time too, for
him fsuiiarize himself with the minuter details
of has position, to learn bis officers, and, in general,
get bis bearings. At any rate, there ia possibility
ABOUT RUFrr'o rvn,Es.
Gen. Nelson's Division, forming the advance,
rived at Sayapnsh, Saturday nIg6t and Sunday
-1,s~Dqsg. Cri,teuden's followed after.
AcCcoks marched all day Sunday, To get up in time
for the hkht on Monday. Woods got in Just as the
battle was closing. Gen. Garfield now has brigade
u il. rhomass division brought up the rear, and
got in on Tuesday.
Thus. all the divisions Of Buens army ere here,
excepting Mitchels. You, doubtless, know better
where it Id than we DO.
MAyOR-GEN. c. +. SMITH.
1t was matter OF universal regret that this brl-
Liant officer not able 10 participate III the battle.
For several weeks he has been confined to bis room,
and sometimes to bis bed, by severe attack OF gout
and combination Of other diseases. His dis:in-
ruisbed coolness on the battlefield biz than
third Of u century's active experience, would have
gone largely to prevent the disas.ers OF Sunday.
TIE GUNBOATs.
1t ia barely possible there may be some complaint
about the gnnboats killing our own men in the can
nonade on sunday night. II is true, believe that
they did. An officer Of one Of them Informs me hat
he estimates the number thus Killed at twenty; bnt
II was better lose those twenty than 10 lose the
cannonsde. Firing in the dark, and in the general
confusion Of our lines, and the advance and change
OF positions during the night, 1t II only wonderful
that they did n0t do more of this unavoidable dam
ato thar they did
UNDER WHAT NAME.
There ie no tooa Of PIttsburg where the battle
fought. There IL simply tOleraby good place for
boats 10 land az which much OF the freight for the
lower Tennessee coming from Memphis and Cornth
by rail seems 10 bsye been shipped. The place is
known 10 the people of the country simply as, ,PItts
burg Landing, and Pittsburg Landing should be the
name of the battle. As the greatest fought on
tbis continent, with len times many troops en-
gagged as at New Orleans thirteen times as many as
~ Buena Vista, and nearly twenty thousand more
than the Allies had a. the Alms it deserves al least
ITS proper name
WHAT 1T ALL AMOUNTS TO.
| Was it defeat Certainly not. II man at
tempts to knock me down, and the matter ends in
my knocking him down, Pan not defeated AT the
same time, mus; know how much I've hurt him,
land how badly I'm hurt myself, before can deter
kmne whether I'd better gorify over il much not.
II Johnston and Beauregard attempted TO drlve us
nto the river, and the matter ended IN driving
them off the field. Certainly II not defeat.
kBut was II decisive Yictoryi We are yet without
haets sufficient TO form satisfactory opinion. II
khey were defeated 20 badly on Monday rs TO turn
kheir retreat into rOut If the killing Of Johns
lon, the repulse Of the great army on which their
past spasmodic efforts have been concentrated, and
the defeat Of the pc. Beauregard, whom they looked
bpon as inyincible should produce encouragement
bud decentralization enough in their ranks to prevent
tbeir making firm stand at Corinth, then the VIC
kory wSs-O Mlght be maGe-tbe most decisive OF
be war. But il az if insisted by those who ought
p know best, and ss seemed TO me, Judging from all
Icculd and learn TO be the case) their retreat
Pas conducted in good order and without confusion,
pa If they are able TO perfect their defeuses st Cor
fh, and prepare for vigorous resis.Gnce before We
Pack them, the greatest battle of the war, instead
4 deciding anything, will become mainly q success
ttegaining camps from which we bad been driven
D asurpTise.
kAs 10 the fighting, the case ia greatly in our favor.
Ee Rebels selected their time aud place Of attack. |
toneed upon far inferior force, and performed
tt that military writers declare l. imnossible in a
ll.d i,lin rfe1 .