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ID the following narration, which they are
sl11ing to maintain on any occasion and be-
ore any. tribunal
They affirm that Gen. Prentiss, SO far from
3ring surprised for want Of adequate plckets,
Ras the only General who had any piekets out
It al, and that these were stationed mile
aud quarter beyond the lines on the road to
Corinth, consisting Of five companies uudcr
Col. Moore Of the 21st Missouri From Pitts
burg Landing to Co1inth are two roads, Due
called the Pnrdy road, and the other the Spring
Greek road. Gen. ". T. Sherman held the
Gen. Prentiss wac similarly posted on the
other. The army had been there three weeks,
but not & spade had been lifted, rot m in
trenchment dug, not a motion of any kind
made to meet the enemy in case Of an attack.
Gen. Grants headquarters we're at Savannah,
eight miles below, sud Gen. Lew. Wallace
was stationed al. Grump's Landing with 10000
ing. Col. Morgan, the rebel partisan scout,
had brought Information TO Gcn. Albert Sid
lcE Johnston at Corinth, that General Buell.
c9uld not possibly reach Pist=burg Landing
~! effect junction with Grant before Tues:
Jay, the stl OF ApziL The rebel army, Is, 900
*:song according TO the admission ot their own
officers, was put in motion On Wednesday the
I'd, and Gen. Johnston expected to make his
attack on Saturday, oVcrwhe1m Grant, and
then peat Buell. on Tuesday, or prevent his
crossing the river and turn him back upon
Nashville. The distance from Corinth to our
advance d;vifions was twenty miles. In CON
Of heavy rains Johnston md to
q corduroy" all tic low ground to get his ar
tl1lery over, and his progress vas very SLOW.
On the first day he marched ten miles TO Mem
terey, on the second he moved only three
miles, on the ,s third six miles. On
and and he eu'1a did t'oSuas5S lot 5oge " his 'nsn, msn
force at o1l, but General Hardee's corps
WAS advanced On the Purdy road to zrih!n 500
CARDS Of Sher7s1ans $ camp. and In this proximity
they biyouackcd Saturday night. The rebel
officers told Major Stone that they could dis
camp that night. They occupied a dense
fhfekct In raTinc, and after the battle Of the
first day onr of1icerswere shown the spot where
they had slept and eaten their breakfast It
had every appearance Of having been used for
that purpose, and, astounding as it may ap-
pear, they dc not doubt that Hardee's corps
passed the night within 1nuskct nmge Of Gen.
bhcrman's tent. while the latter never dream
cd Of their being W enemy within twenty
miles Of him. But this is not more amazing
than the fact admitted By a]l that Is, 600 men
were moved against us at an average rate Of
only five miles per day, without the whisper
or suspicion Of it being known to our own
4HC(C HECA u oh
Elish on Friday night. bnt General Sherman
pronounced the enemy's force only recon-
noiterlnE party. On Saturday the common
soldiers became, By some sort Of clarivov-
ance, fully Impressed with the fact that the re-
bel army was close upon them, aud it was the
topic ef general conversation among tllen1-
Gen. P1eutlss lad arrived at the same suspi-
cion, aud he suggested to Gen Sherman, who
Was the ranking officer, and who had com
mand Of the Whe1e advance line, the propriety
Of takipg small cavalry force and riding out
towards Corinth to see what was the cOudi-
ton OF the country in that direction. Gen.
&. replied lhat lie would not go taat day, but
be would 60 early on the following morning
(Eundsy-) Sunday morning found his camp
il Possession Of the enemy, lis men shot or
layonettd in their tents, or driven in the
widest confusion towards the river.
simultaneously the attack vas made upon
Col. Moore's i've companies. .perforaaing
Spring Greek road. Col. n. at once sent
word hack that be was assailed by superior
force, but he thought, promptly assisted by
his other five companies, be could hold his
position Gen. Prentlss seut forward the
i've companies and immediately put his divis-
IGN IN order Of battle. e. also sent word to
Gen. Hurlhut and Gen. ". Il. l.. Wallace,
wbcEe divisions lay between himself aud tue
Landing, that he expected an attack momeu-
ta1ily. These two divisions were then 81
once formed and put IN motion up the Spring
Greek road, Gen. H4T1bnt taking position on
Gen. Prsatiss. Before they reached ths
ground, however, Col. Moore's regiment had
been driven hack BY an overwhelming force
and the whole wight OF Jolanstons rigbi
wing, commanded by himself in person, 'rss
thrown upon PEcnsis5, who received ths
shock firnlY and sent back withe1iBg fire
1t Is not necessary to 60 over the descrip
tion Of the battle as detailed with great mia
uttness BY MINOR Stone and his companions
Il is eIoush to say that Prentiss and Wallace
side hy side, held tbeiT ground, not chaugin.
position more than twenty rods the whol
day, and maintained the battle against vAstI
superior numbers from eight O'clock lin III
morning till .1i,e in the ojlf1no.n. During al
this time they received no orders from any
body, and knew nothing CT what was going o.
at other paris Of the field. Gsneral Huribut
| who ncld the extreme left, fought with grca
bravery and eflect, but was gradually pu she
| back By tile masses thrown upon him so tha
iEg battery on Prenuss' lcft. The great mi:
I Gilt Of the day, however, was the surpris
| and rout Of sherman's division on the right
| for although gall4nt1y supported by McClel
| nand, they were driven back 50 far that Gez
eral Polk got directly in Prcntiss' rear, All
! Wbeil the iA1ter fell back, at five D clock, t
axoid the flarking battery on his left he wg
net BY furious fire from ridge betwce
bins. II and Pittsbur5 Landing. Riding to 6
e1nincnce from which the strength OF this u.
eSptcttd force could be aScerl2incd le 50
1haE it world be nl:ldncss to attempt to CT
bis way through, with still superior for,
ifesslng after HIM. and hence there ":
DotliDg to do but surrender. General Joh1
stc1, .e,l, in sight Of both Prcntiss' and Wa
lacc's divisions, about half past two o'clocI
Rli1c rall:iiga Q Tennessec rtsi1neat that ht
bccn thrown lnte confusion. General Wall II
tin:ss II I'LL bttwesn four and five and n:
Smiths aid, Captain McMicAael OF Phiadc
phia, All Of our officers, captured in th
part Of the field, concur in saying that 4
more Intrepid spirit ever went on tic field
battle than General Wallace Of Illinois.
I Major stoEn believing firmly that il Gcl
P1tntjss had been SURPRISED, as it is sup.osc
he VIE. If he had given way Us il Is SUPPOSE
he did, if he had surrendered Ut the time - it
supposed be did, the whole army would hay
hcen captured or driven into the Tennesse
Major Stone vas not in Gen. Prcntiss' divisfo
though vtry MAR it during the battle, ana |
has no purpose to serve in setlins The f,c
bravo and t1lcIent officer whose rcpusaiie
has been assailcd where could not speak in b
own Gcfcnsr. It was known among our p.i
oners ut Selma that the rcpo,t Was current
the North that Gen Prcn;iss was surprise
| but it Tas not known that it was acrompanf.
| VI LILO Hk%nEA SsobAN4 tuAt 44E y - LlCHldC
Il surrounded and captured. 1t is not Thol
surprising, however, that these stories ss,ou
have been circulated and believed, Tor If Ge
Ircntlss could not kl,ow what was goIug
ut his rear, those in the rear could not be e
pected to know what he WAS doing, aud
course the easiest way for those who wers. n
cA1tured to account tGr their own liscomf
} uEe was 10 set down the surrender Of Genel
Prtnt3ss' division at the earliest hour possibl
, The rebels, alter their retreat to Corfnt
clsined that they. had retired in good ord
,. f1em SUPERIOR ferce. but these gentlem
say tFat BeanreEaE1 rode into Corinth p!f
: 1er,d ni:h EauG from the cro:n OF bis head
q tie sc1.s Of his feet. bc!okcning great cclcri
:, oiu-ovcE:ent, and thut those who canc vi
: b!T Lad = Wild and disorganized aspect. No
Z ofthe1n bad the impudence to Claim the ext
1 dition as victory although they called 1t sIl
!, in their official dispatches to Richmond, a
!. the Southern people believe 1t to haYc beer
!" victory to their oHD arms, altboaeh not du
E SO fruitful in results as could lave been
4 sired. AS the prisoners came up through I
n Ca.olines and Virginia the people were
C 1egsrd, namely his Evacuation Of Corfu
r Everybody seemed to consider 1t the great
triumph OF the war. They Learned il Ri!
uond also that Gen Joe Johnston WAS 81
through the Shoulder bS Il musket ball at
e battle Of Fair Oaks.
Il TIE sergeant~at-arms Of the Senate. +
- was sent to Nashville to summon aut
z humphreys to appear and answer to cl4-
g Of high crimes and misd uleanors. foEnd
n body at home but The nlulatto children Of !,
:. high functionary. Therefore the trial had
y proceed without him. An Impeachment c
ID in the Sepate of the United States is 3 move
"a to this generation. Tnc last one on rec
II vas that Of Judge Peck. Of Missouri, thi,
- two years ago, and the rules adopted By
two houses in that case are followed in Il
81 The Senators, after being sworn By the Y
{. President to do impartial justice according
~ Of the prcsidipr officer and the member: