New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-03-21
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| ~ hurriedly, and under such adverse cream
stances, was nv lnst letter written, describing tho
great battle q; this point, that omitted to mention
ysrio1s crcumsances aud incidents connected With
the engaFoncnt Tat win rerye 20 throw additional
light upon the present aspect Of he Wa IN Arkansas
Sterling Plce after flying north for some distance,
turned 20 tie wet. end then re.reaied southwark,
Joining Van Dorm, doubtless according 70 previous
agreement. somewhere in the Boston Mountains.
AsAZfMENT or The REpEis At 1HyIR DFFFAT
From some Of The prisoners learn that TIE Rebel
chiefs wore perfectly sstounded al their defeat, AMI
were nj q total oe 70 comprehend ne cause. Their
disappointment was sl the more bittor, because a.
have said, they regarded their victory a. ta or-
cowBli b. much 20 uast they had agreed upon the
treatment Of their prisoners and the disposition Of
our principal oihcers
The enemy certainly bad ne AZ sres, diSsdysn-
tsge, and the man must have been ssnguine indeed
who, on Saturday morning, could find iooi for hope
BY all military rules and strategic theories, think
it could have been clearly shown on Friday night
that we nu,. be beaten on the following day.
Our forces were no. half so numerous Is those of
the fos they had every advantage of position, full
confdencs and the embarrassment Of Fridays sue
oess; and ye; we logged them magniicentiy in vio-
lation Of all martial ra;iocnation and IN the face OF
their declaration that nothing would save the
trapped Yankees from utter humiliation.
SATURDAYS DECISIVE ACTION.
The nsstorly arrangement of our sis batteries on
the LAT day Of the fight and the ordering forward of
all the infantry 30 NJ 20 bear upon The enemy at a
short range with their death-desling musketry WAS
the movement which gave US cur triumph. The
Rebels could not avoid the dreadful croas.fres Of the
artillery and the continuous yoleys Of musketry.
Their officers besought them 10 stand firm; 10 70.
member tho slcrednc,, Of their csuse and the deadly
wrongs II the South TO recall the yaorous deeds Of
their ancestors other felds tho honor Of Secesss
the reputation of slavcownia for vGlor and ctva,ry
and IL great many other things that would have re-
qured the aid Of a system Of Hnemonics. IN, the
dull fellows would not remember or, II they did
they received benefit from the recollection be, ond
certain excellent performances on i0ot ard in thai
sort OF exercise they actively and promptly ndnlged
Running ia generally advantageous To hygiene aud
there is lutte question II proved so Oh Saturday to
the fugscious Southerners They would haye'found
that remaining much longer behind must have
sofiousy disagreed with their physical well beng.
STERLING PRICE RAyIsG MAD.
Soine Of our officers seom TO think Sterling Price
viii soon organize new force, aud attack us again.
lie may DO ~; but believe his power NJ ouch Grip
pied thai he will not attempt for many weeks 10 tale
the field again. Il McCulloch and Mcintosh are
dend-sDd every one have sosn declares they are
their lo~ will seriously AFFECT the Rebel cause IL
Ar3apsas where the largest confidence was rsposcd
in them. Mcintosh VIA probably tbs best officer in
tho Southwest, snless we except BeauegaId; AMI
Will be very didcult to supply his place in The
army.
Sterling Price is Sad TO have bsspbeued and raved
Ike drnnkeo sailor and mailman SITTER his retreat
from the field on Saturday; swearing shs. bis trcopa