Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-05-15
Matters at Fort Wright-The Impend.
leg Battle at COIinth-ItemS fE ON
Southern Papers.


Matters at Fort wright-The Impend.
leg Battle at COIinth-Items fr 0m
Southern Papers.
CHICAGO, May IA "A special to the Tribune
from Cairo says: A dispatch from Fort Wright
at noon yesterday. says rebel tug has this mo.
ment rounded the point to reconnoiter. Ev.
erything seems to indicate renewed activity
Both sides were expecting On attack momenta-
rily.
A deserter who came on board the aag.boat
Benton yesterday, states that the rebel ram, In
the engagement on Saturday, was not sunk as
reported, but was terribly shattered. Our gun.
neIs undoubtedly fired most of their shot above
the water-line; they struck where the ram was
heavily plated. Experienced naval men are of
the opinion that had the same number of shots
been fred on the water line, or below, they
would have sent every rebel craft to the bottom.
The deserter reported that the rebel feet lay
off the fort, busily engaged in repairing dam
ages, promising faithfully to return in exactly
forty-eighC hours.
At Pittsburg it is not expected that an attack
would be made on the enemy for several days,
our siege guns not yet being in position.
General Halleck is still advancing cautiously
and carefully, fostiiying as he advances. All
his movements are pTedcated on the suppostion
that the enemy is 10 large force at Corinth, and
that he intends making stand.
Grand Junction 10 being fortified by Beaure
gard, with the evident intention of falling back
there, II beaten OF C0rnth.
The number Of the enemy's troops is esGi-
mated at Halleck's headquarters from one hund
red and twenty to one hundred and seventy
thousand.
| Memphis papers of the 1llh are received
A dispatch from Natchez states that the
Federal feet had returned to New Orleans.
The Appeal, commenting upon the growing
disposition on the part of the citizens in refus-
ing to take Confederate notes, oharacterizes the
parties as traitors.
The same Journal says: The only condition
upon which the South will accept peace, is the
recognition Of the independence not only of the
Cotton States, but of every Border State whose
people desire allegiance with the Confederacy,
The following dispatch is taken from the
Appeal:
The Provost Marshal Of Memphis has order.
ed the arrest Of all persons refusing to take
Confederate money in payment of goods.
The Appeal of the llth says: We have GER
tain intelligence that Halleck's army has lost
over FIVE thousand men by desertion, the country
between the Tennessee river and Kentucky be.
| ing full Of them. The whole OF the Fortieth
Ohio deserted and disbanded after the battle ol
the 7th ult. Numbers Of Kentuckians and
Missourisns followed their example, in conse.
quence of disaffection produced by late anti
slavery movements in Congress- lkl
! A report brought from Little Rock, says Gen
Curtis's division of the Federal army has com
menced marching upon the Capital of Arkan
sas. Gen. Steele was marching upon the Cap
ital from Pocahonsas.
The following Official dispatch is published
DEsARc, ARK, May l0-The enemy are re-
ported to be at Augusta, jackson county They
took possession Of oil the cotton in the neigh
borhood. They are reported In conaiderabl,
force at JacksonpOrt and Batesville. Theil
destination is unknown. They are reported Il
be eight to ten thousand strong.
Seventeen hundred bales of cotton wer'
burned here to-day. C Hc