Daily Nashville union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1862, 1862-04-15

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! aDtellHfteH HllEil iNlt ~ our linpa, anu re-
mained there; bot General Sherman, who
/ bad occupied the advance, had bSen ordered
not 10 briug on an engagement. CoDse-
/ quenlly be sent out no corresp Inding force
to meet them. They remainel Ia position
! until Saturday morning. and served as a
! screen behind which Beauregard formed bis
I troops in line Of battle, undiscovered. When
/ the ratiack was first made, the Fifty-lhird,
1 Fiity'eevenih, Seventy. fret, and Seventy
seventh Ohio regiments, displayed inexcusa
| bic ineficiency. The latter fed without fir
| ing a gun. The others fred one or two
rounds and then fed. The cowardice Of
OF these regiments Left the point undelended.
I The enemy Immediately c I'd in and sur
rounded the more Observation-Disclosures IL is
also stated that the Eighteenth Wisconsin and
/ Sixteenth iowa He'd, after firing two or three
] rounds When the enemy tied, they burned
their wagons and left theft wounded behind,
| all Of whom are prisoners. Waterhouse's
battery lost Que killed aud sixteen wounded,
aud Willard's Chicago battery five killed
aud thirty wounded. One New Orleans reg
ment, the Louisiana Tigers, were almost en-.
tIrely Left on the battle fld, killed or wound
ed. They were nearly all wealthy men aud
dres oil in the Z)uave uniform.
General tPfentiss eseapsd GU Tuesday a:;;:a
! came into camp alone In the confusion Of
the retreat, be managed to elude the rebels,
vigilance.
Beauregaid intended to make his attack
two days previously, but extraordinary rains
impeded his progress and delayed his arri-
val. Hud the attack been made at the time
intended, Buell. could not possibly have
reached here 10 time TO save us from defeat.
ST. Lotus, April II.
Major Mcdonald, Of the 9Th Missouri, ARR.
we'd here last night direct from Pittsburg
Landing. He confirms the death OF Gen. A.
:. Johnston, ana Wsst sla b 3 prisoner,
Lieutenant. that BushrOd Johnston who es-
capped from Fort DOnelson, was also killed.
He thinks ali reports about Beauregard
being lwounded are, in his opini N, un.
reliable. An officer of the New Orleans
Creole battalion, taken prisoner, says Beau.
regard made speech on the Saturday be-
fore the battle, in which he told them that
the result was sure thing, and could not
tail-ihat they would capture Grants army,
aud then whip Buell., and thus hold their
railroads Il they lost the day, he said they
might as well lay down their arms and go
home.
The story OF the escape of Gen. Preniss is
not True. The greater part of his brigade
were taken prisc1egs se2rly in the ight
on Sunday. Our gunboats did fine work
and saved our army from total destruction
On Sunday.
The beginning OF the fight on Sunday
was complete surprise, many ofiic srs aud
sc ldiers being overtaken in their tents and
slaughtered or taken prisoners.
Gen. Smith was not in the fight, but lying
| i'll at Savannah, not being able to get out
Z Of bed.
Our forces, on Sunday, were not over
| $4,000, the eneiny's not less than 10000.
| A rebel quartetmaster says that 80 900 ra-
liOos were issued before they left CUrinth.
The second days fight was not halt SO bad
as the first day's. The rebels soon gave
! way before fresh troops. The pursuit was
not continued far.
Major Mcdonald thinks our killed were
at least 900, alO wounded, 5000 BE says
! that l,400 TO LOGO rebels, wounded, were
| LETT on the tield, and thinks their killed
amount to 5000, besides the wounded We
! did not take more than 500 prisoners.
| Major Mcdonald thinks BsaGgeglrd is not
| prepared TO make stand at COrinth, and
! # pushed viii retreat to jackson, Mississ-
/ ippi.
! Arrivals from Ironton, Mo, say that Van
| Dorm is at Pittmos Ferry, on Currant river,
near the Missouri line, with ten or twelve
thousand men, awaiting achievements,
1t is reported that the rebels ale with
drawing their forces from Northwestern
! Arkansas, and concent ing them q. P0ca
hontas 10 the Northeastern portion of the
State. Their forces at that point is repre-
septed to be 10000. The Federal forces
under Gen. Steele are between Greenwich,
Mo-, and Arkansas line, rtady to meet any
move ment the rebels may make. General
| Sigol has arrived from the Southwest, hav-
| ing been compelled to leave his command
| for time on account OF i'll health.
Samuel Euyler, who was banished from
/ this city some time ago by Ges, HallecG,
! tor attempted resistance to military anthori-
| ty, as returned to live undisturbeG IN the
! cOmmunityin which he lad so long prosper
/ ed. Euyler is said TO have token the oath
! Of allegiance, and to have given every assn
rance OF lutare loyalty 10 the Government
FORTRESS MoNRor, April IL, IL Pm.
The relurn of pleasant weather to-day
brought the Merrimac, as was generally an
/ ticipated. She h d been seen three days ago
under s,ean, at Craney Island, aud " the
! evening Of yesterday promised that the
] storm nad exhausted itself, few were sur
! prised, this morning, at the announcement
/ ihat sh was in sight, coming down. TIE
I alarm qua was fred az twenty minutes past
! z O'Clock, and as soon as the appearances Of
/ the Merrimac was generally known, the
! docks, beach and rampars Of the Fortress,
aud other points commanding view, were
! crowded with spectators.
TIT MerFmae, after showing herself be-
/ yond Sewell's Point, appeared 10 be headiag
/ this way she did not long continue on this
/ course, however, but turned towards James
river followed by six gunboats, which had
cume round the point IN her company. OF
the latter, Tue Yorktown and jamestown
/ were recognized. The others were Supposed
( tobs the Raleigh and the Teaser. Arriving
al a point midway between oewells Poinl
D and NaNrorL NaWa Point near the Mace