, 1862-05-09
The False Reports From Cor1nth--No
Rebel Fsv3cuatIon-.00r Army Going
AhAad..Hait for the NaRa.

lshi1oh Cor. St. Louis Democrat. 7th inst.1
In these troub1ous times, when the country
is rent with intense strife, and Its soil moist
with fraternal blood, what high carnival is bu-
81 body Madame Rumor holding. We here's
bouts have for some days past been not little
astonished to learn from the newspapers COM
ing up to us that for at least week past the
army here has been engaged in mortal strife
with the enemy at Corinth. Now &c have It
that nc have attacked the enemy, and now
that the enemy has attacked us. Now the pas
etDgerB On some steamboat aver that when
short distance below here their ears were
greeted with most furious caDnonading,
which could only be the result Of a tsgencrI
engagement Agsin, some curious member
Of sanitary commission. Who has managed
to connect himself With a recounoitering par
ty, and for the fret time takes glance at the
operations of an army in the field, penetrates
Hclose to Corinth," !" distinctly hears the whist
ling Of locomotives somewh where In the distance
and forthwith sagely concludes with logic
most surprising, tna1 engines wouldn't whistle
if they we're goisg to instead Of departing
from Corinth, and that ergo the rcbels we, {
evacuat1Dg" and slipping out Of Gen, Hal
lcck's fingers,
The logic Of these amateur collators is only
equal to their geographical and military 81
talnments- The maneusering Of our divisions
according to their representations could not
be equaled if the divisions OF an army could be
moved with the facility Of the u2orc eccentric
pieces On the chess-board, while the positions
in which they are accustomed to lodge some
Of our prominent Generals must be as sur
prisiDg to them, as the aforesaid ecceutricitlcs
uf knights, bishops, etc, are to the chess tyro
for the first time heholdiug them. Disregard
| ipg the old philosophical axiom as to t 80
| time, they have General Mitchell first burning
| down all the bridges behind him, and then To-
| G tied lplumP, in the euemy's camp) at 1nk..
| Gen. Pope, In the meantime. is executing Il
mastery flank movement at Eas'port, Will
tie remainder Of our army (cosily lying In
| camp is lndu]gipg in equally strange move
/ u.euts in frons-at one time engaging the
| enemy at Corinth, and again " only having 4
brisk ekirmish with the rebel pickets, !" dozen
| miles this side.
| What particularly wish to impress upon
! the public, is the fact that all roundsbout ac
| counts Of military movements in this diFtc
tion, especially the ones cmanating from tho Vt
who know nothing about them TO begin With
| and transmitted from points a hundred o.
more miles distant, must b. received with :
the case now, when the telegraph here put:
our leading Generals in constant aud d'rect
communication with the "outslde world
# there ia any engagement hereabougs, Civ
ing rise to such terrific caEnonading as thai
spoken Of recently 10 the Cairo dispatches, i
frst informed OF It, not from point 40 or .;
hours' ride distant from the Scene. Inasmuct
| as doubles ere this may he In print, tho pub
lie will be convulsed with 3 Thousand iH1pcr
feet tales Of 8 terrible contest, consider tut
| aboVe warning worth remembering
| The central movement Of the army to ward
Corinth has steadily progressed the last twt
| days Our forces are gradually getting int<
position prepared for ''graud swtop" upo'
| the rebel foe. The old saying that lar,
bodies move slowly, is verified in the mo 7e
mehts Of a large army. Tho huge uass.s @
mtn lying here in camp sre not to b. put i,
| mo'fon aud launched ont towards Corlntl
With the same facility that q train of cac
would be etarted from the depo. 1t is nj
| until We SEE the grouping together Of heav,
masses OF troops That We begin to fulf apprc
ciate the necessity Of perfect organization
| and rigid discipline.