Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-06-04

AH0oR0. HDIT01o -(eSnSpS before
Won receive lis spistls the grand strug-
ele bstweea Loyalty and treason will
have taken place, nd world have been
redeemed. AZ it 10, the armies Of the
North and South are lying opposite
each other, like two monsters suIlenly
gaining strength for each others des-
truction.
For nearly . week we have been
camped within cannon shot of each
other, each imagining that time gains
him strength and weakens bis adversary.
Our advance upon CoFinth has been .
long and cantious one; month ago the
movement commenced; every two
miles extensive breast. works were
thrown up, suitable for . beaten army to
rally by, and new, before the walls Of
Corinth, We are intrenched waiting the
opening Of the bloody drama.
Some may take exceptions TO the
cautious policy of Gen. Halleck, bot
those who witness the horrible effects
Of the recklessness Of Grant, will never
venture word against it. The gene
ralship of Halleck much resembles that
Of Scott in Mexico there is no ambi-
ton for brilliant actions, won by the
blood Of generous warriors, but eau
tious. patriotic aim for the good Of the
country. Halleck aims to conquer
a peace" not to gather personal renown.
Bot idle as our army may seem to be,
there are movements Of vast import on
foot. 1t seems to be the aim Of our
General to cut off Beauregsrd's sup.
plies, and force him to either attack us
behind our breast. works, or surrender
his whole force. At all events the bat.
tie will be fought with IS little blood
shed q. possible on our side, and with
the intention Of crushing the enemy at
q blow. The war has continued long
enough enough blood has been poured
out, and enough tears shed. Our troops
are willing to face any danger or hard.
ships to build up the military fame OF
The North, but they are as sensible of
The alarming financial state ofthe coun-
try a. the citizens at home, and are
therefore as anxious to bring the conflict
10 close. They are in the highest
spirits, confident Of success and eager
for the advance. On the contrary,
Beauregard's army is as nearly democrat
zed as any army can be, without break
ing up entirely. Not day passes that
more or less deserters do not arrive in
our lines, who always report the same
story Of half rations, impressments and
military executions. In addition to all
,hese, Beauregard's usual supplies of
good water have been cut of, causing
great sickness among. bis men. This
ack Of water gave rise to a bloody
,kirmish yesterday between q party Of
men from each army for the possession
# creek a short distance from our
picket lines. Our men we're successful,
irving the enemy from the field, and
ire now in possession of it.
Perhaps there never was, in the an.
,als Of warfare, such an example of per-
onal hostility among the pickets of two
lrmies as is now exhibited by those Of
Northern and Southern soldiers. All
lay long, from the early dawn to the
husky eve, are they battling with one
another along the entire line, their mus.
zets firing sipgly and in volleys, till fire.
1uently the conflict rises to the dignity
# a battle. Frequently artillery is
brought into requisition to prevent the
pickets of one side driving their adver.
,aries back upon the main tody. This
was the case few days ago, when our
men we're pressing the rebels backward;
a battery opened on them, the shells
passing over their heads and falling in
our camp, a battery of Parrot guns
was Immediately wheeled into position
and began to pour its thunder Corinth.
ward. Not content with this, the 18th
Kentucky regiment was dispatched to
dislodge the enemy. They marched 81
lently through the woods until they
came in view of the battery, and then,
by q brilliant bayonet charge they car
ried the rebel position, capturing the
entire battery without the loss Of man.
These Kentuckiahs are gallant fellows,
truly, and hate the bogus Confederacy
with more intense hatred than even
the Iowa boys are capable of. If the
treason mongers who steal away misc
rablc existence in Iowa could see the
gallant volunteers from Missouri and
Kentucky, who arc doing such noble
service in the cause Of the government,
they would never again thunder about
"Northcrn conquest" Dcserters com.
ing in next day state that the shells
from our guns burst 10 Coriuth, causing
considerable excitement.
The climate Of Mississippi is at the
present time one Of the most delightful
imaginable. Tents are almost wholly
discarded by the troops, except in vet
weather. When a camp is made, the
first work the men engage in is to erect
rustic bowers from the branches Of the
trees, and these constitute the sleeping
apartments of the army Of the Tennes.
see. 1t not uufrequentIy happens, how
ever, that when the sleeping soldier il
quietly dreaming of his distant home
aud almost forgotten friends, some
rambling snake or lizard intrudes his
ungainly form into his bed, and mars
the gay visions by bis travelling propen-
sites.
1t seems that the planters in this sec.
ton OF the country have had forebod-
ing Of conquest, as not one field 10 a
dozen has any grain growing. We have
passed through several fields in which