Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1862-06-18
Evacuation in the HGst--Probabilie.
of the Future.
AInuILr. June 4,

II would appear the :iatementthat the cvac
u,ti,n of Corinth was effected without loss "i
Iii. on, our part was not literally true. Yum
have already been informed that detachment
of Federal cavalry made dush. by clrc'il-
lou, route, y; B,muSvillc, on Friday last, AI'i
sci lire 10 :: train u. cars loaded with arm,
and the sick men to whom they belonged.
The limel appearance ot a Sluel Confederate
force prevented the destruction Of tie train.
thouuh several hundred musErls Of an iuetior
description were DESTROYED, and ils many more
badly dumaged. Unfortunately, five or SIX
wounded soldiers aud several dead bodies,
which were being removed for interment:
were ais, burnt. Several officers among the
sick were taken prisoner, but were sahse-
,,uentlr rescued, ard a number OF their captors
seized and brought in.
priyste letters con:irm the statement of the
abandonment Of Fort Pillow. 1t is believed
that the entire garrison got away ia safety,
and that most Of the ammunition, baggage,
Ec., was saved The guns Of the Tort, | pre-
<ume, Were all lost, rs it would have been
exceedingly difficult, if nc. impossible, to re-
move them in presence Of a..hosr!le fleet, /
a1u not informed Of tue frtc Of our gunboa'S
They probably escaped down the river, and
sought safety in Some Of the western tributa-
ries Of the Mississippi.
II il believed also tllut lll the machinery,
stores, aud other government property at
Nernphis were saved, and that all the locomo
tives aud cars on the Memphis and Charleston,
Memphis and Ohio, snd Mobile and Ohio,
Railroads, (except the train" which arrived
too late at the Elatchie bridge and were dc.
,troyed by ourselves were reno" iown TO
Grenada and Jackson, aud III .lrecli ~.
All the office books and ps aud other
movable property belonging TO .ne Roads, were
likewise saved Sach drugs in Memphis as
would be useful tn the army were removed,
as we'll as the specie in the banks. The,co!ton,
sugar. ruoas,eS and tohsccu, AZ you have a.
r, sdy been informed, were destroyed.
I, will require several weekS 70 replace the
bridges on tie railroads, including ,ha; across
the Tennessee liver at Decaturl and When
that shall have bren done, it will be neceSsa,
ry for the Frlerals TO bring cars and locomo-
tives from the North telurs they can avail
themselves Of the road.
1t IS too early to say what course llallsek
will probably pursue. Our hope IL tnat lie
will follow Beauregard up. 1t may be how
ever, he-will seek to cross the country IN the
direction Of Memphis: or, ii that SHOULD aP-
pear too hazardous to him, helnay re;race his
steps to the Tennessee, aud come around by
water. But either one Of these movements
would seem 10 involve the loss of Middle
! Tennessee, aud to leave open the road tu to
Nashville and Louisville. 1t is more likely
,ha, be will maintain his present position
until he eau rebuild the b;dseS and put the
railroads in running order, hoping, in the
meantime, that the Mississippi will be opened
and Mobile reduced and occupied, Any move
lnenl just now would bc full OF daiscs To him
self.
Tile country need not be surprised il tn.
hold movement of Stonewall jackson upon
the Potomac should be initiated III the West
Whether it will be on the east or west aide O
the Mississippi, or both: shall not undertake
To say. We are PCT without troops towards
the setting sqn, u: in the diracEou o. CIlnbsr
! laud Gsp.-Cor. Savannah Republican,