The New York herald., 1862-04-03

such msn, and that they only remain In The SERVED
through the difnculty Of getting away
Meantime Beauregard Ia pushing forwrd every pre-
paration for o formidable resistance Outp0s0 are
established At Purdy Inca and elsewhere along sne rs
road at and above Chckasaw, on the river, and s1
mi es in front Of Cornth directly toward our advance
from Pisburg Landing Fortiacstons are being erected
atCorinth and the eviss being into ~ eccn
state possible Fortunately there no occasion fos
being uneasy about the Corinth oracatons. They are
Ike the pothandle-it no farther around than over
them. There u need 10 disguise the fact that We
have serious work ahead Of u.s. The rebels are not well
posted but they have the most sklfu engineers from
successes they have their pet General at their head
and desperation must them for last terrible
straggs Not only does Memphis fall with Corinth, but
defeat here army larger than that OF the Po
tomac the whole territory Of the Gulf States, and the
rebels not ignorant Of the extremity Of their peril
SECESSION DRsPosDENtY.
Through the entire region Of the country adjacent to
vui eA,endsd lines, the secessopsts talk despondngy
acvs rebels do not hesitate to admit their failure
snu io ony anxious that their leaders, while arms sti
make lnem formidable, in defeat should use their
power W secure favorable terms from the victorious
three regiments the resident rebels are utterly re-
fusng the Confederate bonds in any form, or AZ
any rate of discount II Ia MISTAKE TO suppose thai the
people not informed OF their disasters have found
none the of conversations scores Of them
at different points outside our lines who ignorant OF
the from Columbus and Mauassss the magnitude
Of the the Henry and Doneson defeats the occul alton Of
Nashville, the capture OF Roanoke Island Winchester,
and even New Madrid-0f which last they had n'orma-
ton about had. II has been supposed that
the people have been kept in norance OF these
disasters, but have always found them fully alive 70
their magnitude.
MISSISSIPPI PRISONERS.
Prisoners brought in occasionally from sne rspei
pckets The well known Indiana scout Horace Be-, ana
couple Of our Fifth Ohio cavalry men, made dash on
rebel picket yesterday and brought away couple OF
Mssissppans They were wei dressed In gray uniforms
and appeared intelligent. General Wallace asked they
disposed tell anything about the position or
numbers OF their army "No, sir p promptly responded
the elder of the W do not think IL would be honora
BILE, aud won't toll anything about t' They wore
with short rhed, muzzle loading carbine, very
OF q Now Orleans manufacturer.
Union refugees from the various counties round aDous
herc-and some from Mssissppi-contnue 70 pre-
sent themselves here seeking the profession o eur army
all probably Ave hundred Of these men have arrived
the various divisions OF army at savannah ABOUT
hundred and ffty-soI am nformsd-have enlisted
In various OF regiments These fugitives have the
old stories to tell OF mpressments into SERVICE and
the general reign OF terror existing in their respective
neiShborhoods To be Union man is only to subject
person all sorts of persocution beginning with me
larceny OF their property Vt rs and finally ending with
a complete bsnishment from their homes and hresides
these refugees leave to doubt the existence
worry strong Union sentiment throughout this portion
the OF the I'VE six counties Immediately sur
rounding Savannah every Of them gave large maJo
rites tho Union candidates. In one district of tns
county (dardin) out OF Q tota Of 600 votes 00V
were casto the Union nominee for Mayor. IL should
be stated that this before the advent OF our
army and when there nothing 10 prevent FREQ ex
precision Of opinion, save In tho presence OF lev ma
rauding rebel cavalry companies, but for which the
popular expression would doubtless have been sth mofs
emphatic. t