The national Republican., 1862-04-25
BY TELEGRAPH.
FROM PITTsBURG, TENN.
The Bait field after the Fight.
1000 Graves Of the Fallen.
rRom onu. mlTcnELL's CoLU m.

tCesrssposdsncs Of The Chissso Tribune
PirrsBuRa LANDING, April l6.-On Sunday
afternoon rode over the battle field, which ex.
tends over an area Of twenty miles. The earth
b ploughed up with shot and shell the trees
are marked with musket balls In some In.
stances found % many as ffty imbeeded In q
single tree foot 10 diameter; cartridge boxes
haversacks, clothing, and guns, are strewn all
over the field; and everything bears abundant
testimony to the terrible strife waging on those
dreadful days Of April. 10 the hollows and
streams, and entaugled in the dense underhrush,
are many Of the rebel dead rotting In the hot
sun.
Gen. Grant reports 10 Gov. Yates that his
details hdue buried ouer 1000 bodies Of he slain
There is no doubt that the rebels lost many
more killed than We did, for our men fired to
kill, and theirs 10 wound, and b .'th carrie ont
their orders 70 the letter. II any one has doub 0
whether the battle Of Monday was defeat 10
the enemy, one glance al the field from which
they were driven. aud the horrors II presented,
will settle the question. They ran, and iran
we'll for season." until far within their lines
but, 10 do them justice, Il was not until after
they had fought we'll.
We have already collected 10000 stands Of
arms, few Of them OF the old Rlnt-lock pat.
tero, but mostly Of good quality and effective.
II Ii mistaken idea that the rebels are desti
tute Of arms. They have an abundance Of the
most approved and modern patterns, and arc
BY no means ignorant Of their use.
Our leaders have been considerably exsrcis
cd concerning the whereabouts OF the division
Of the army under General Mitchell. He ha.
been heard from al luka, Mississippi. 1t will
be recollected that he left Nashville and pro.
ceeded southwark, by way Of Murfreesboro, at
TIE same time that Buell. started acroes the cour.
try from Nashville 10 Columbia and Pittsburg
Nothing was heard from him for several weeks
outside Of military at least. Yesterday intel
ligence was brought that he had arrived al
Decatur, OF the head Of Muscle Shoals, forty
| four miles by railroad above Tuscumbia, where
l there Is bridge acros. the Tennessee river
used by the Memphis and Charleston Railroad
Crossing this bridge to the western eide Of tbt
river with his division, be burned the bridge
and thus destroyed the communication will
Virginia, whence the rebels have for week.
past brought immense supplies and large mum
bere Of troops. The bridge across Bear Creei
Lexington and Tyler and detachment o
| troops from this post, but the breaking off o
| the communication was necessarily but tempo
| rary, as the str cam was comparatively an In
| significant one. and cJuld b. easily spauued BY
| 4 temporary structure, or, II neces Try fordsd
| The destruction Of the Decatur bridge mus
be exceedingly annoying to the rebels. neccs-
stating the employment Of steamers and fla
boats 10 ferry over their troops. A gentleman
familiar with the region, Informs me that ther'
are three steamers above the shoals, and an!
I quantity Of barges, 30 that the mere destruc
tion Of the bridge does not absolutely destro.
communication. Gen. Mitchell, TO make hi
work altogether etftctual, has torn up the rail
road track rs far us 1uka, which is twent
miles east Of Corinlh, near the Alabama line
From Decatur he proceeded TO Florence, an
destroyed the railroad bridge there. tn
wreck has bcen n ,ating down the Tennesse
for twenty four hours, furnishing incont stibl
evidence Of the thoroughne Of It's destruc
tion.