The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-06-24
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3esiy.
We copy from the Mobile Eoenfa6 NSrs the com
mnniestion of Gen. Bcauregard. 10 which brief 4
lusion has been made through the nscdlam u the
Telegraph. II viii BE- sccn thar ts optpipu hereto
fore expressed With regard 10 ti,s fnlalty Of Ger
fiailscks dispatches IL fully sussained BY tnis
straight fnrward statement:
HEApo'Rs WEsTxas pEraarnxNr,
juno l7th, 1867 ;
Gentemon: Ny attention i,.m inst hsen r.ll.d n
the following dispatch (putiSiae Il, ysur lsnuc of
Yesterday Of Maior- General Hsllsck, eommandnc
enemy foices, which, corpiBg from such a source
IL most remarkable IN one respcct-that 1t contains
as many misrepresentation lines
WAsHISGToN, June g. 1862 --'rb. folIo,v;pr d;..
patch was received this afternoon at tho War De.
partment:
HALLECKs IEEArouARfFRs.
June 4, 1862.
Hon. E. ~ Stanton, Secretary of Bar:
Gen. Pore, with 40OCO men, is thirtv miles
sou!h OF Cofinfh. pusbing the enemy hard. He al
ready reports 10000 prisoners and deserters from
the enemy, and 5000 stand Of arms captured
thousands of ths enemy throwing away their
arms A farmer says that when Beuregard learned
mat Coz! Elliott had crt the railroad on his line Of
retreat he became frantic, and told his men to cave
themselves the best way they could
We have captured ninc locomotives aud a pur,
Der Of cars One OF the former already repaired
and is running to day. Several more viii be IN
The result is all GOULD possibly desire.
II. W. HALLEcK,
Major General Commanding"
Gen. Pope did ROT "rush hards upou me with
4oDO men. thirty miles from Corinth on the 4th
inst for my troops occupied a defensive line T.,
rear of Twenty Mile Creek" kss than 05 miles
from Cornth, until the 9th inst, when the wau, of
good water induced mo to &s,ire at mn leisure to
est.sr position; n'oreorer. If Con fops had ~
tempted at any time during the retreat from Cor.
!nth. TO Pash hard upon me-, l would have given
MN such lesson as would have checked hs xrdor.
put he was careful to advance on after my troops
had retired from each suscessive position
The retreat was conducted with great order and
precision, doing much credit to the officers and men
under my orders and must be- looked upon in evcry
respect by the country equivalent to brilliant
victory.
Gen Pope must certainly have dreamed of hav-
ing taking 10000 prisoners and 1900 stand of
arms! 1or we positively ncrer los, Mtm about one
or TWO hundred straggcrs would probably cover
All the prisoners he took and about five hundred
n,na9en n.uskets all the arms he got; these be-
ionsed to a eonvalescsnt camp Qcur miles south Of
N"in'bl evacuated Turing the night and were
overlooked Oh account Of the darkness The actual
nninoer OF prisoners taken during the retreat
was about equal on both sides. and they were but
few.
Major General Talleck must be n yerv cred,
ious man indeed to believe the absurd story of
that farmer He ought TO know that the burn.
Ing OF TWO or more cars on railroad is not suffi
clent TO make "Beauregard frantic" aid ridcu.
lOus especially when l expected eyery mome.,t 10
bear OF the capture Of his n,arauding pnrty whose
departure from Pennington had been communicated
to ma the day before and had given in conse-
Guehce all necessary orders but "a part of nv
forces passed Bonneville hour before the arrival
"f Col Elliotts command and the other mart ar.
rived Just in time to drive away and liberatc the
convaiescents captured unfortunately, however
not III time to save four of the sick who were bar
Darousiy consumed in the station-house! Let Col
Elliott name de scend to nfan,y AZ the author of such
revolving deed. Gen. Halleck dit no: capture nias
locomotives. 1t was only by tho accidental des.
| trucfon OF bridge before trains had passed
that he got secen engines in damaged condition
the cars having been burst by my orders
IL Is indeed !amentabIo to how little our ene-
mics respect truth and justice when speaking Of
their military operations especially when through
inaoility or overconfd-nce, they meet with deserv-
Ii the result be 'a he desiyed" it can be said he
Is easily satisfied il remains to be seen wLether his
Government and people will be Of the like opinion
attest that all we lost at Cornt and during the
retreat would not amount to one days expenses of
his army.
Respectfully your ob't servt.
c. T. SEAUREGARD