, 1862-06-25

REBEL VERSIONS OF THE
C0RINTH AFEAIR,
TIE RICHMOND EXAMINER ON
TIE WAR.
VARIOUS MS.

AlsTeu1JF-s1JE:
Iwent to Co1inth on Tucsdsy to get with
my regiment, the 41st Mississippi, but when I
arrived there found everything in confusion
and bustle-the streets filled 10 overaowfuE
with sick and disabled soldiers, as we'll as
thousands well and hearty, all crowding, rush
II 6 like mighty avalanche towards the cars.
L wss some little time before We could learn
the meaning OF the strange scene enacted be-
fore rs, ard when We did, We were surprised
to learn that orders had been given for the
evacuation Of the place. We were forbid leav-
ing the cars, and it is we'll we Eere, for If we
bad got of We would have had the pleasure OF
walking hnck down the road. The tents had
all been struck, and the maia part of the army
Tas reported to be sleeping on their arms il
the intrenchments, and it would have been as
easy to find needle in . hay stack" Is to
have found any parfc1t AZ regiment in this vast
army, while in line of battle; Large .quanti-
ties Of tents and ordnance stores that could
not be rer'oyed from Corinth we're ordered
burned, which order Tas put in execution on
Friday All the houses in the business part Of
the town, az well as the railroad depots and
hotels, were fired, and at last accounts, Cor
lLth was Leap OF su1ouldering ruins. Our
aru.E has fallen back to Bonneville, twenty
two miles this side OF Corinth, on the Mobile
road, where it will probably make stand
until Ha11eck advances.
1t is not for ule to say whether the move
from Corlnth be Q good one or not AL
know is, that it In. terribly demoralizing
elect upon our army, and mauy declare they
will quit tue service and go home. Indeed
the Tennesseau6 arc now deserving every dsR
The move has taken some OF Beauregard7s
hurels away from him, and not few Of those
who heretofore we're foremost in his praise,
are now the most bitter in 1enouncing him.
Our army has suffered immensely from sick
ness ut CoEinth, aud the whole country from
there te Columbus, Miss, IS as oae vast hospi-
tal. We have some 2, GOO sick here alone, It
is heart-rendipg to witness the suffering our
POOR soldiers erdura
4 correspondent OF reliable paper-the
letter is also copied INTO the Charlc-ton lt=r-
eury-says:
will pursue Our hope is that he will follow
Be.uregsrd up. It may be, however, he Hill
seek to cross the county in. the direction Of
Memphis; OF, il that should appear too has
eerdous to him, he may retrace his steps to the
Tennessee, and come round by uater. But
either one OF the5e movements would seem to
involve the loss Of Middle Tennessee, and
leave opcn the road TO Nashville and Louis
vile. II is mere likely that lie will maintain
Ills present position untii hs can rebuild the
bridges and put the railroads in running order.
hoping, in tue meantime, that the Mississippi
will be opened, aud Mobile reduced and o:ca-
Pied Any movement just now, would be full
Of danger to himself
The country need not be surprised II the
to1d movements OF Stouewan J1ckson upon
lIE i otoG1aG aAbu1u UE iGlltlLtu III L1e TCSG.
Whether it will be upon the east or west side
Of tie Mississippi. or both, I shall not under
take to say. We are :.ot 5,itucut Troops
tssHazcs +Ac scttiug suu, or ia tbs !i7cc:ion OF
CunberlHndGsp. Aug par: ef Virginia is para
u?scto Co11nth aud tue ADJ sccnt country. The
uiuo, when 1t laintu, and tic dust whea.iL did
not, together with the r'csalliuy scarcity OF
wattr, rtnstFtd it impossible for the Arun} Of
ihe Mississippi: to maintain tlcse habits Of
clra:'i1scss SO essential 10 heal1h. The salt
tGtf and bacon the men we're compelled to
ttf, tliacConral!ed with fresh meats, ysyeta-
ples 'r fruits, weTt productive OF thirst, and
| The Lore water they drank the worse it was
| For them. That there should be scor5utic
| dIstasts, ubdrr these circumst ,nce:, should
| OCCASION no surprise, though it should in
ducc every 1nau anu Wo1nan N1io has the
1nca2's. to contribute villa: they c;.1 to prevent
| tic spread Of such disorders. All the fresh
meats, vegetables, fruits, green aud dried, aud
! pickles that eau possibly he spared, should
ba immediately sen: to th. West. 1t is too
far ft'r the people Of Georgia to send fresh
can 1urDisn dried fruit and pickles. This
| should be dane st once, il order to preserve
| the health OF tue arny, and to save the men
who are already in hospital. Il pound Of dried
I fruit is worth more just now than ten ponds
| OF salt provisions, and jar Of pickles than
I barrel Of flour.
The Petersburg, Va, Empress Of the 10Th has
| an ariicl', the initial paragraph Of which We
| reproduce As follows:
| ANOTHER PAINFUL SUSPENSE.
Although VIC believe that most, if not all
Of The Yankee telcgrams to Washington from
tue battlefield and entrenchcd camps are
| either wholly untrue or grossly exaggerated,
| Jtt when We Get it positively asserted BY Gan
! 1ia3feck that 8 column of his army pursued
tic Confedera,es after the evacll ation o1
Cotinth and captured 10,GN, togsther with
| Is, coo stand OF arms and when, ou the other
hand, We see nothing from the department in
! Rich1nund contradictory Of the assertion
We confess that We arc thrown into ii STATE
| OF most unpleasant suspense, and looh
with the Utmost anxiety fur further intell;
| gcnce-
[t'rcm the Richmond Dispatch, Of juno l9.l
| PETTY T1KANSf.
We learn that Mcclellan has removed sun
dry Officials from the Insane Asylum at Vii
lia1nebIrE, on account Of their Loyalty to tht
S::uth, anu put in Union people in tbei1
places.
| SECOND D4LGETTT.
Tic HA8. Of yesterday, says that after th
hattie Of Rich Mountain, both Mcclellan an.
Rosccraus declared to confederate officers
who we're prisortrs of Tar, that they hal
much rather be leading an army against AIass
achusetts than Virginia. This, the 1Fhig says
can be proved by unlmpeaehable authority
denied. We have nothing TO say about Rose
erals. He is not worth tho ink it takes t
Mcclellan, the would be- gentleman soldier
who is now leading 100, coo ruth ms to plunde
, and deTastate The country he oLce offered t.
/ serve, i'll consideration Of higher pay, aud, q
bcsupEose more certain enulunleuts? Wha
hut that he genuine hireling Of the Dagar
DsIgctty pattern-a man that wilt serve ali
cause which pays we'll, and always that caus
| which pays best-a rlAu that puts his homo
: and his conscience alike in his pocket, and ol
{ ftrs himself TO the highest bidder?
rr1, 1f'+ Il re~t$4
common enough in the middle ages in all til
countries Of 11aly. Coudotlieri, who hire
. out their swords like bravoes, and charged
{ certain sum lot each drop Of blood that the
e!n d, arc but too ell known to the history {
that chronically distracted country. BLOOD
hounds who lived upon slaughter long sccn
I'd vultures who snuffvd carnASe from AZ:
. abouudcd in thu thirty ytars' Of war. Dlge
ty was one Of these, and in drawing his cha
actcr, Sir Walter Scott has given us livsl
/. race was extinct, with the Ears and corru|
- - tiols TINT had produced thenl. We had goo
+ reason to hope so, fur in all the wars Of tt
last century, and Of the present, not one
them, so far IS ne know, figured upon Il
r. stage.
L But the character is revived in the persau
'e Lincoln's commandment chief He WIS pre-
idcnt Of railroad in Ohio, and received
salary OF S15, 900. He wrote and offered b
services to the Confederate States when Il
Wi III UhE JUL LIZ Mla Qi1UEu ~ LlllEu
: with q Major Generalship, with its pay 81
n cmolunlents. He accepted on condition th
he was to receive still his salary as preside
| Of the railroad. Ho nfter~arda said he h
l. fatler lead an army against Massachusct
than Virginia. He is now leading mcrcena
= force OF marsuding scoundrels against t
N caI'ital Of Virginia, spreading terror aud {
=. yaetalion around him, encouragi ing the uegfC
- 10 revolt, and doing Ill ha Gun to arm tbs
against the lives Of their masters. Is 1t pos
lie to conceive of 3 character more thorou
mercenarye The Hessians who were 81
q here to cut our throats In the revolution;
war, we're respectable compared to him. II
Fl were bought at the shamblcs, Ito use
strong expression OF Lord Chatham and
no choice in the matter. They were sold
l. an absolute prince. But this man sells blk
9 for money Of his own accord. There Is
co1nrulsion in the case. He comes yolut
rils forward makes his offer Give me
. much money" says he to Lincoln. "and J
shall have the value In blood We have Ne
. rehd Of any character or any transaction VT
1ncre richly deserved the execration Of 4
: kind.
| HOW AsHBY WAS KILLED.
from tho Richmond Examiner, 1lth.1
We haro gleaned from private letter,
ceiyed in Richmond, some particulars Of
:; death Of the lsmeuted AgAby. He was l
KR ing tllay ychargc his cavalry made near H
soDburE. which resulted in the capture O
g. Percy Windham, the British buonet. Flint
So the enemy supported by iofantry, the cav
'as fell back to await a similar support. As II