Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1862-04-21
The News Of the Week.


we are in receipt of no news Of great battles
having occurred since our last issue. We
are also without extended and connected adj
vices of the battles near Corinth, reported IN
our last but from what has been received,
the enemy if not defeated, was badly wors-
ted, sustaining much greater injury than did
our forces. The following extracts from the
Memphis Appeal, taken from letters from the
battle field, give perhaps the most correct
summary of the condition Of both armies, of
any thing we have seen. Speaking of the
first days battle, the writer says:
We took 1000 prisoners yesterday, who
are now at Corinih. To-day We captured
several batteries and lost some. 1t is impos-
sible, in the roai and confusion of battle, to
1--WE particulars. General ~Beauregard Is In
command of the Confederate army, assisted
by Generals Polk, Bragg, Hardee, Breckin-
ridge and others. Generals Cheatham, Bow
en- and Clarke are slightly wounded. 1t
rained hard last night, and considerably to-
day.
SHILOH, Monday Night, 9 o'clock.
The battle has ragged all day, and night
alone DuL u ySuSieUSlOn " IL VI Il
fight was more obstinate and furious than
hat of yesterday, and the loss on both sides
is very heavy. The enemy were heavily re-
inforced throughout the day. Seeing this,
General Beauregard withdrew his troops
back of the FtGeral encampment. The ene-
my followed ur, when the battle was renew
ed and continued until night, each side main
tanning its position. The Confederates fought
CO.. tw,0 vrhoIo lave Without " acClcfancn
whatever, whilst the enemy was constantly
reinforced with fresh troops.
TUESDAY, 10 o'clock, A. M.
Both sides ere too badly worsted to renew
the fight this morning. The enemy fell back
last night and to-day we are returning to
our former lncs. The Confederates are con-
fdent and in fine spirits.
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
We still hold the battlefield. 1t is not
thought that the enemy will advance. The
weather is bad and the roads mpassable.-
We possess all the captured property. Nor
gan's cavalry, yesterday (Tuesday) morning,
attacked a considerable force of the enemy In
one of their camps and killed a large number
of them, besides burning the tents our army
were unable to bring away with them.
The wounded are pouring in. Our loss Is
probably three thousand. The most OF the
wounded were shot in the limbs. Colonel
Blythe, of Mississippi, and Captain Hampton,
Alexaud, ia, were killed. Lieutenant Storum,
f the Washington Artillery, was shot
through the body.
The fight of Monday was less decisive than
that OF Sunday. The firing ceased mutually
about two o'clock, both armies falling back.
BuelIs reinforcements on Monday are esl-
mated at thirty thousand.
THURSDAY MORNING.
Immediately after the battle General Beaure
gard sent q flag of truce to- General Gram
concerning the burialof their dead. Genera
Grant replied yesterday that, because OF tn
warm weather, he had made heavy details to-
the purpose of burying the dead of both par
ties, and that the work was already accom-
plished. He therefore refused to recelV'
Confederate parties within the Federal line
for that pui pose. His hete was respectful,
addressed as follows General Beauregaro
commanding the Confederate army, Mis-
sissippi.'
At Monterey our courier found the Fed
erals busy rutting their camps in order an
looking aft. r the dead and wounded. Tn
Confederate killed are much less than acas a
.SrSt supposed, and the wounded are compal
atiVely Slightly hurt, as they We e well pre-
tected by the timber. The prisoners are sti
coming in, and number nearly four Thousand
including about two hundred officers. Tn
Federals daily send out strong reconneiterin
parties, which are constantly surprised by tn
Oonfederates, and many of them either kille
OF captured.
The Confederates are holding firmly the
old lines, and the mon are in good conditio
and ready for another fight. Our wounae
have al arrived, many of them have been ser
to NJ, mphis and Oxford.
Since our last, Fort Pulaski, near Savar
nah, Ga, which was holding out so bravel,
has been compelled to surrender to the en-,
my. See account under War News Head
But a writer from Savannah says the takir
of that city will be a far more serious unde
taking. 1t is true, his large vessels ms
come up into the river, but there are nun
bers of formidable batteries, Numbers
powerful breastworks, and thousands of bra
hearts, to resist his passage and impede /
progress, and, ere he reaches the city, shou
he make the effort, be will mark his way W.
sreams of his own blood and the bodies
thousands of his men.
Nothing new from Newbern or any part
the coast of North Carolina. Exaggerat
reports and many falsehoods have been
circulation concerning a skirmish between I
I'd n. G. Cavalry and the enemy's pickle
below Kinston, on Monday last. At O
time q considerable engagement was report
and some hundred or more of our soldie