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of tie Campus has been abandoned, she viii !
be d{smembered and her fragments allowed to I
90 down to Dixie as reminder and WaEu-
Ing. The other boats have been repaired aad |
are nov in the Federal service, With the e1- |
ception Of the John slnonds, which Is too
At Hickman four companies Of tie I'D Mis- !
aourt regiment, Col. Foster; q detachment Of /
the ID illinois cavalry, and one battery are |
stationed the while under the command Of |
Col. Hogg. Many Of the people sre returning |
and quite lively traffic has sprung up.
Columbus is completely oTeraowed, and
our small force Of troops there have taken ref
uge upon the bluff to escape the food.
G. P. q.
FROM COLUMBIA, TENN.
Especial Correspondence OF the Chicago Trlbune1 4
CopuxBzA, Tenn, April II, 1862
The Southern account Of the great battle at
Pittsburg Landing is coming in verbally froma
dozen different sources. Travelling IS per-
fectly open to this point from Decatur, and
persons daily arrive here-persons who say
they are going North to remain, and who are
perfectly willing to take the oath Of allegiance.
don't know but this taking the oath is be-
coming greater hunbug than It IVES in the
three months service. Those taking it pro-
fess to believe that the Constitution is broken
and that it can be violated by them with i'm
punity, and have no hesitation in so express
ing themselves, and, in some cases, in violat-
the oath. "Examp1es have been wanting
in this war-very much so. The spy system is
practiced with impunity, and no hanging as we
did in the revolution-no examples. The two
horsessaud baggage Of a spy were captured
few days since, but General Negley had to con-
tent bimself with confscating.. the team and
making the best use he cou1d Of the letters
captured l think If he had been allowed to
act On his OWL Judgment he would have hung
tue man, and made an example, But this could
not be done without the sanction Of General
Halleck, who has great fault, and that is too
great a leniency. He desires, in my mind, to
conciliate too much, and In the Post Com
mandant at this point he finds fit person to
carry out his views. I do not mean, and do
not wish to be understood as saying, that Gen.
Negley holds the same views that General Hal
lcck and Gen. Mcclellan do. On the contrary,
give him the power and think he wou1l wage
the var to bring it home to those who have
created and supported it. But with all this,
he is gu officer who obeys to the letter, and
Gen. Halleck's policy is consequently follow
ed by Gen. Negley in the administration OF
afIairs at this post He has done 1t in such 3
quiet, gentlemanly manner that he has made
himself popular with all classes. A number
Of soldiers got drunk few days since, and
broke into house near the camp, destroying
large amount OF furniture, &c The man
came to the General and complained that they
had sdone him mighty had, "skeered the
women,' and "broke his dishss.'' The
General told him to name the amount Of dam-
age done cd it should be paid. The amount
named was $150-three times the value Of the
articles broken. General Negley Immediately
| sent for the man who had sold the liquor, and
| stating the case to him, ordered him to pay
the man who had been stdone mighty bad'' the
sum named. The distiller did SO, and offered
! South Carolina money, which the damaged In
diyidual refused to take. The distilleF5, for ten
miles around, have sent in individuals to go
their security that they won't sell q drop Of
liquor to the soldiers The case Of the spy s
baggage and horses came up a day or two after
they were captured. They were owned by a
! firm keeping public stable. One Of the oHn.
| ers was Union naan, and claimed the proper
| ty. Gen. Negley decided that the other partner
! "a Observation-Disclosures pay the Union
partner his share in the property and dismissed
the case. There are instances Of 4 wisdom Us
| sensible as was Solomous.
The Southern accounts which come to us arc
very much mixed. They claim among other
matters to have taken 5000 stand Of arms
| and 10 pieces Of artillery. Gen. Buelps body
lay all the Sunday night of the fight in the
camp Of tile 18th Alabama. Gen. Grant was
made prisoner and Gen Wallace Was killed,
wounded and L., COO prisoners. They say their
loss will not exceed 6,o0o, but is not much
less. Tbey admit that Polk, Jonhstonand 6O(
! other officers were Killed.
In regnrd to this last item, improbable as Il
may appear, do not doubt it appzoNulate
rery nearly to the truth. It will be found,
think, on learning the details, that grea
many officers hare fallen On the rebel side O
the field. An army 80 demoralizcd as was tn
rebel army Of the West, must needs be cu
couraged and animated, not only By gallant
but reckless conduct on the part Of tho oil
Gers. They could only place their men il
places Of danger By leading them there The
were not to be pushed where their officer
would not so. So desperate battle cou
only have been fought with Hnmcnse loss +
| both sides, and the officers must have suffered
The statement which commenced Yuotin
above suys that the advance Of Braurcgard Wa
| made the instant he knew that Buell. u
! marched west instead OF south from Columbls
| He knew then that it Was the Intention
!. | form 4 junction with Grant, and his Hank :
= Decatur aud Florence being no longer threa
ened, he determined to attack Graut befol
: the reiniorcenlents could come up He maTche
: from Corinth Immediately, as did Bragg frol
. jackson.
= And think that Gen. Bnell made grar
: mistake in not fastening forward from til
:. point. He tuok the trip ieisurcly, and Lad
i | make forced march from Waynesboro to reat
h the scene in time for tue SECOND days couhic
: Gen. Buell., am Eorrr to say, has shown
j. disposition to be slow in all bis n1aumuye
e in kentucky and this State. His aiminist1
- ton Of affairs in the beginning Was high
couimcndab1e. He placed the army in pe
feet state Of organization, aud sp1endidlY equi
II ped aud armed it. But his movement
d Bowling Green, and his late movement /
Nashville, were very slow ard imbeeile.
= Bishop Polk is dead. He died Of his woun
d on Sunday night, and it is represented in
awful state OF mind. Singular are the coin
h denees Of Events in this singular world Of ou
4 year and ten days previous to the day OF
h dedicatc- an Episcopal College in the naou
o tains Of Southern Tennessee. he was a splc
did orator--a deep thinker-and 4 man
IS splendid military bearing and appearance.
lie Albert Sidney Johnston died as he shot
j, not have persisted. His fats was the galiov
|
% killed in the thickest of the fight. disEl.yiu!
/. recklessHess and courage which was destrvl
n | oi better cause.
1t Bcauregard it is impossible to catch or X
r. They say he is stnot made fvuluertbie stut
a. but is "proof aud bulwark against'-hot Il
t. OF cold steel. TFe have reports Of his bel
in wounded and taken prisoner, but there is no.
irg certain.
e. AFTER the retreat to Coriath, Beauregartl f
d strongly reinforced, and, it Is said. again
Of yahced to the fight, but in contradiction
IS | this, we have statement that he las ask
G. two days armistice iu which.to bury his dc;
y There is little doubt that he has been re
L. forced, however Gen. A1a1ey and all I
at troops from Chattanooga and Huntsville ha
q been withdraw, and are now with Gene
le Beauregard.
Gen. Mitchell has advanced to Fayettayll
and will make demonstration further Sou
= ! He made capture Of 3 train of provisions
~ Fayetteville, which he destroyed. Tou n
~ look for active movements from this quar-
H. in few days. ~
ey OUR NASHVILLE LEFTEl
'E Especial Correspondence Of ehe Chicago Trlbun
II NASHVILLE, TENN, april II, 1856
es | Gen. Turchin has achieved another victo
en- and has " broken the backbone" Of the re
on Confedcracy, SO much talked of, and 50 mi
IN argued about. Penetrating into East Tenr
IN, see and destroying the railroad connecti
ID has been afayoEite project Of "Corresponde
or oa in-Chief" and ''Editorial Generaussimo
en- But the thing has been done By another rol
oT and Chicago General and Chicago Brig