, 1862-04-28
THE VERY LATEST News.
H0ND4Y, 8 O'CLOCK T. H.
FROM THE SOUTH VIA
CAIRO.
The Federal Occupation of
P0eah0ntas.
VARIOUS RUHoRS FROM REBEL
SOURCES.
TEXAS AND; THE REBELLION.
REPORTED TROUBLE At
NASHVILLE.
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LATEST FROM PITTsBURG
LANDING.
| sKIRMIsHINGIN PROGRESSS---
THE SITUATION.
THE BAIT LE NEARAV HAND.
FROM GEN. MITCHELL'S COLUME,
VARIOUS RUMoRs FROM REBEL
SOURCES.
TEXAS AND; THE REBELLION.
REPORTED TROUBLE AT
NASHVILLE.
LATEST FROM PITTsBURG
LANDING.
SKIRMIsHINGIN PROGRESS--
THE SITUATION,
THE BAIT LE NEARAT HAND.


FROM GEN. MITCHELL's COLUMN.
Especial Dispatch to Chicago TEIbune.}
CAIRO, April q, 1862.
A copy Of the Memphis Aualaache Of the
ed inst, just received, contains the following
items of intelligence:
4 week ago Inst Friday eighty Federal cav
airy took possession Of Pocahontas, ARK.
There are 10, GOO Federal troops at Doniphan,
Missouri, engaged In building fat-boats On
Current river, with which to descend Black
and White rivers. a raft built By the Fed
erals above Fort Pillow, and mounted with
large field piece s1nd q l3.inch mortar, Was
captured by the Confedcratcs. The condition
Of the roads will prevent the Federa1s from
making any move upon Coriuth for some
time to come. The enemy arc making no
move in the direction OF Humboldt. TIE
Federa1g continue to shell Forts Jackson and
Phillips, below New Orleans, slowly, at long
range Every dhy the shells full around
the forts, but have as yet done no damage.
New Orleans it is conceded, Is safe. Martial
law has been declared in Vicl1sburg and for
five miles outside thereof.
The druzanehe thinks the lower branch Of
the Confederate Congress about the weakest
body Of men ever assembled in legislative ca
/ pacity. The Senate, however is body Of able
and patriotic statesmen.
a large body Of Texans arc in Memphis en-
| route for CoEinth.
In this war Texans will make record wor-
thy the heroes Of San Jacinto.
J.D. z. DeBow, Solicitor for Confederate
I Cotton Com. rants e, 600 bales cetton for
| specific purpose, In exchange for the eight
peTc ent bonds Of the Confederate States. A
mutiuy had broken out in Nashville in consc-
| quence Of the late abolition message Of Pres
ident Lincoln. Nineteen Federal officers had
| resigned. Kentucky regiments mutinied and
had pitched battle with two Indiana .regl-
mcnts.
Texas has ffty-nine regiments in the field,
alive to the necessity Of defending her sea-
board. She ID building two gunboats. A
score Of English and French vessels are at
Natamora 1oadtng with cotton upon which
the Mexican Government have, by proclama.
tiou, imposed an import duty Of one cent aud 8
Lalf a pound and IN export duty Of 25 pei
cent. upon all goods shipped from Mexico tt
Texas. Galveston has ,394 men in the army
Twenty regiments Of rangers are being Taisei
in Texas. The Federal steamer Montgomery
burned the schooner Columbia, loaded will
cotton, inside the st. Louis pass, west Of Gal
| weston.
4 telegraphic dispatch from Richmond, 22d
states that Gen. Fremont has left Easton, KF-
with his whole, 20, 900 strong, for Corinth.
Lieut.. Holt, did to General Strong, received
this morning Lieut. Coloners commission
from Gov. Yates. The body of Gen. snitl
arrived here to-day, en-routc for st. Louis.
The steamer Platte Valley arrived here to
day with later news from Pittsburg Landing
Gen. Hallcck is pushing forward his forces a
rapidly as possible in the present state Of tn
roads, and will have the transportation at hi
: command The roads arc still cxccrable bu
. | rapidly improving.
On the eth, Gen McCook's division mad
Reconnaissance In force@as far IS Monterey
, , | Oh the road to Corinth. The rebels appeare
J in great numbers, but such Was the imPetuo:
) ity Of our forces that they carried everythin
before them, and incontincntly put the rebel
to flight. Two Of cur people were wounded
G We captured ten Or twelve rebels, but none
their dead and wounded : ere left on the f1elt
! The rebels were armed with the Enfield rifle
r At tile time this reconnaissance Was mad
T similar affair was in progress on the Purd
: road. At the time our informant left nothin
t definite had been heard from them cxcel
: that there was heavy firing in that direction
4 evidently artillery. Captured rebels say It
i | Coniederatcs have plenty Of provisions an
supplies The Confcdcrates had not forttit
Monterey, but they had extensive works
CorintD and 150, ,0C0 men, Our advance picl
cts are near enough to hear the shrieks Of tt
T. locomotive whistles at Corinth.
L The term Of the enlistment of many Of tt
IL Il rebel troops having expired since the late ba
d | tie, they are coming forward to q man to r
enlist Recruits are arriving from al parts
= the South for Beauregard's army. One OF OF
a own hospital stewards who was sent
= Corinth With wounded rebel prisoners to c
change for our own wounded, brings simii
g. news. Our men who were not wounded La
d been sent to New Orleans. The clerk Of Il
steamer Saline, who arrived at Pittsburg fro
"a "a Tuscumbia just before our informant, sa
" that the 18th Illinois, Col Turchin, b
evacuated tI1at place and fallen back upt
Il Huntsville, Col. MItchel's headquarters. II
n rebels invested Tuscumbia with ), 600 infant
E and cavalry. Col. Turchin before he retir
OF laid the town In ashes.
~ The gunboat Tyler Immediately after recei
te ing tho intelligence started from Pittsburg
Tuecumbia.
y When the Platte Valley left nothing h
in | been heard from her.
T. Gen. Smith died at his residence, at Saw
q nah, Friday evening at o'clock.
;s Tic river has risen two inches within
last twenty four hours. No news from t
y fleet.
\. n LATER.
. DY private letter just received from Pit
in burg Landing, dated evening Of the 25th ins
Ilearn that the entire army is advancing q
the battle cannot be long delayed unless
r. in by deserters, that Beaugard WAS eEacuati
as Corintb, and had retreated towards Ora
.as na Junction, between Corinth and Memph
q. The recent reconnaissance would serve to d
er- credit this statement. The grand army is
~ the move.
The steamer Planet was fired into on
recent trip, md two men wounded. 7
steamer Choteun was also fired into by b.
'ed Of rebel guesillas, while ascending the Tenn
see, yesterday, between Fort Henry and
ZEN Tennessee river bridge, twenty miles above
Ism indebted to Capt. Wilcox of the Ph
no no Valley, for Interesting intelligence. !
steamer Black Hawk left there this morni
with Aaj't Gea'l Fuller in charge of 3 Ia
H. quantity Of improved fire arms for the use
~ n Illinois troops, and namber Of surgeons
md charge Of Dr.. Isham, Of Chicago.
had Gen. Pope's division Of the army Of
oM s1 Tennessee, now occupies the entire left Of
her advance.
The stesmsr Empress, hospital bo.t fl
St. Louis, arrived this afternoon, en-route
v,v Pittsburg, with Col Ke1ton and Brig. Geu'
the Tyler and staff On board
lies Col Quinn Of the 18th Michigan, il said
have been suspended iron his comua