, 1862-04-25
The Flood in the Western
Rivers.
4 skirmish at Pittsburg Landing.
The Charges against Gen. Grant
WHAT 4 1EkNESsEEAN SAYS OF
THE LATE BATTLE,
How the Rebels Ran. and
the Result,

[SFec!al Dispatch to the Chicago Tribunc.1
CaIso, april 9Th
The aYant courier Of tae Tennessee HotiIla,
reached Us last night. The Ohio has increased
in yo1nmn m inch and is still rising. Des-
patches received from the Cumberland repre-
sent that river Ycry rapidly missing. From
Pittsburg VIC, learn that the Ohio rose Il feet
Tuesday, and from different points along the
river the food is equally potent. The in
mensc country to the rear Of us between Cairo
and Mound City is go iuundated that large
vo1umn Of water in the upprr rivers affects
us slightly. There is but little doubt, ho wey-
er, of the final overflow.
There a1e said to be 5000 rebel troops in the
rear Of Chlckasaw Bluffs and at Randolph.
Gen. Bragg has transferred the command
Of Ft. Wright to Gen. Price.
From P:tlsburg, I hive intelligence of
skirmish with the enemy in which Gen.
Granger, with 5000 cavalry, portion Of the
recent rein'orcemepts sent up the Tennessee,
participated. About two miles from our pick
cts they came in contact with the rebel
pickets, drove them in and encountered
strong force Of rebel cavalry. which they en-
gagged. After fighting briskly for All hour,
both sides retired, with inconsidcrablc loss.
This was OIL Wednesday. There has been
no attempt to move the main body Of the
army.
The embargo laid upon our movements by
the rain and mud still continues. When the
advance Nll take place is all matter Of con
lecture.
Gen. Grant and his conduct during the ter
1iblc days Of april are still the subjects Of
criticism, and am told that charges are being
daily preferred against him for Incompetence
ant reckivssness. Gen. Halleck pays no al
tcntion to the charges, but leaves the inyesti-
CATION Of the whole af;lir to Congress.
A gentleman from Northern Tennessee,
whose unioni5m is unqucstioncd, says that
the whole country below him is full of wound
cd soldiers and lugitiyes from the battle Of
Plttsburg. The returned rebels say that after
the arrival tf BueH's troops On Sunday, and
the attack en- Monday, Beauregard made i.
spirited appeal to lis men, acknowledging the
arrival Of Federal reinfo1cemeuts, but said
The arnlics vi Price and Van Dorm we're On the
way and would arrive before nightfall. Subse-
quently be brought troops from the rear Of his
own force, representing them as the expected
arrivals. After the final rout, the enemy be-
came very much den,oralized and ran tic fif-
teen miles Intervening between the battle
iield ard Cori1lth, in three hours The panic
aud fight Of our soldiers at Bull Run, was
nothing compared with it. Arriving at Corinth
they found the town deserted and left imlnc-
diately for Tennessee without further hinder
ance.
There is bitter feud between the remefnin
Mississippi and Tennessee regiments. in con-
sequence ofthe former clubbing the Tennes-
seeans towards, and they do not recognize
there social equality. Ny informant says the
latter will not fight in the coming battle. The
federal5 have nearly surrounded them, aud
they consider their case settled RS soon as the
captu1c Of Fl. Pillow and Memphis shall be
accomplished.
The Mississippi flood is seriously cndapger-
iEg property beloH, and Gen. Strong with an
energy highly con1mdndah1e, and which mi.ht
he inlitattd in other quarttre, bus sent several
steamers to sucurc it.
tri-wcckly packet is now running between
Cairo and Tipsonville, carrying the mails aud
passengers. This experiment in reyisng com
Herclal intercourse with the rebel States, is
likely to Prove successful. The entire track
Of the Cairo and Fulton Railroad between
Birds Point and Charleston, is washed away
AID destroyed.
Superintendent Arthur of the Illinois Cen
tral Railroad. and President Osborn passed
over the track III hand car from, Cache River
this morning. They say the track is covered
with water to the depth Of two feet.
There is no prospect Of the Immediate IT,
sumption of Railroad communication with
The rest Of the world.
The steamer "B" from Fort Pillow, 1
o'clock yesterday, reports 10 change in the
condition of affairs. The mortars fired regu
1ar1y every halfhour. The gunboats are quiet,
The rebel batteries do not reply.