Newbern weekly progress., 1862-06-14

| Corinth at that time for the final evacuation
A large number of side tracks Al been laid
| laid down for the accommodation of so many
! cars. At sundown on Thursday there were
seventeen long trains standing upon these
! tracks ready to move. They all left loaded to
! the full that evening.
Accounts are conflicting as to the route they
| took. Some reports say they all went directly
west toward Grand junction, while others in
SISt that portion OF the trains ran cut on the
Mobile and Ohio Road, Sou!waId. |! tLc lat
ter should be correct, those nbo iOoll that route
nay Yet be captured, there is no doubt OF
! he success OF Col EII.IoTT>s c2 etsItior, which
! would have rendered ltat roaI ImraSsable at
! r before tic tiiue tie trains could reach the
| D. int which he waS sent.
/ Acting npen tie informs! ion that some did
! lake that road, and thsrsf)r, would be stopped
at distance ut forty mics, Gcner4l H>Iieck
! lad sent s;Ious torc& in pursuit.
An impression prevails u al the dcStinat ca
Of the whole force is Riclmana Va, which
| they can reach by the way Of Mobile.
! Those who were LETT 4 Ca'ia;h on account
| OF the lnsuihclency OF the railroad aecommoda
tons, and who subsequently fed TO kossuth,
will be captured
| To the Eighth Missouri unquestionably be-
| longs the honor of first entering the town. As
memento of this fact, t"sy have secured 4
beautiful rebel flag, bearing life-like portrait
OF jeff Davis.
| Gen. Sh~rlnan's division was the first to en-
! ter the rebel works distinction which was
closely contested by Gen. Pope, the two divis-
ions moving in almost simultaneously, though
from opposite directions.
A dispatch to the Chicago Tribune srys:
''W Wednesday moInia. a Council OF War was
called, in which all the Generals participated
One result reached, the determination to
make general advance on Thursday Another
i
Second Iowa cavalry, with eleven companies
of his own COM and, and eight companies o
the Second II chigan Cavalry, upon an expetil
ii to the south OF Corinth. lis instruct ions
were toe se the left of the Federal Ines and
proceed easlward!v, ill near the Alabama line
thence in a southerly direction until he reached
u railroad bridg. on the Mobile and Ohio Rail
road, " here the road crosses Of the branch
es OF the Little yombigbee River, 10 burn the
bridge and destroy the railroad for mile IN
either direction thence 10 move Dorthward !
make the circuit of the country around Cor
NTH, and report to Gen. Sherman on the rght |
In the event that he found his progress North
mpedcd by any considerable Confederate army,
he ordered to make the best OF his way to
the Mississippi River and join and cooperate
with Commodore Farragut's gunhoat fleet. 1t
was to cover this NOV ement of Col. Elliott that
the entire line vas to make a demonstra ton up
OH Corinth."
A Correspondent Of the Chicago Posi-
writes:
- temporary stand will be made the
Mobile and Ohio Road untit-the main body OF
the army can complete Jhe fortifica ton of Co
lum5uS. A this p0lst they have concentra-
ted and are still gathering all the supplies to
be found IN the Cotton States. 1t will be the
last ditch. If attacked soon, they will fight
until their provisions are exhauStcd if not at
| had tItayy
but few weeks. In either even: they viii
break up into guerrilla bands, and prolang the
after the manner Of their more Southern
ncighbors the AeXicans.
A gentleman who has just arrived here con
versed with elegraph operator who was i'm
pressed INTO the rebel service, and has been
stationed AT Gorinth. lis made made his es-
cape about ten days ago. and says that the
day he lett message sent to Mobile to
hold that place ali hazards, as it would be
the base OF future operations. Large reinforce
ments were sent there the same Gay
It seems that the first telegrams received
from Gen. HAlLEcK last Sunday June 1, were
correct, that the rebel army of the Southwest,
when driven from Corirth had broken up irl-
to two or three columns, each column taking
different direction, and fleeing for life. A
great body began to move southvard over the
Mobile and ONO Railroad but before the whole
OF it had effected its escape, cavalry force
sent out from Gen. PoPEs command, !
which, by dashlng nanmuvre, got in be-
tween the moving mass, broke up the railroad, !
and thus cut off the retreat Of the main force !
who had intended to move in this line. Gen. |
Pope (who commanded the left wing of the
National army at once pushed forward, with
forty th0usaQd men, against this diserganized
rabhle; and the splendid triumph recorded
this evening is he fist fruits Of his movement.
There IS doubt that, inspired by this result,
he other Two corps d'Grmee of " estern
Arn,y w.II @t,eeatiy discover and destroy the
remaining rebel attachments wherever they
may be- If, d. We believe was The case one O:
them made for Memphis, the 'orces Of BUELL.
aud Thomas are 50 placed that their capture
will be both easy and speedy.
Gen. PORE will now receive, more than ever,
the admiration and applause Of the natIen.-
His present achievement is but the last Of
four great trumphs OF The same kind. His
favorite work seems to be the baggn@" Of
great bodies of rebsls. He it was, already
mentioned and The public will remember,
who turned the tide Of rebellion in Missouri by
" baggiue three or four thousand of PRICE's
men early last Winter. He it was who took
NewMadrid, and the rebel force there. He it
was who, by his scientific genius and by gi
gantie labe.s, reduced Island Number Ten,
aud captured six thousand rcbsis, half dozen
Generals, and untold munitions of war. His
last achievement is his most gloriouS and foots