Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1862-05-15

information, however. at least outside of
Official CIRCLES IS still ,yery,1neagerA
Six dezerters from Bouisiana regiments
who came in >l<st night sar their force a,
the very lowest fgp5es Is one hundred
inside Of formidable forti6ca-
tons; also. that their Generals have told
them there is no better natural place for
defense in the whole Southern country
than Corinth.
They report great o. ION am onp
81, ~. lerIF,se f1 's ,hS isl Of
-Four signal guns WAS heard last night
inside thettebel lines. osAI Sorts of speed
tations prevail yabout themo but nobody
seems able TO guess their meaning. +
Pope. has been skirpis hing to- day. The
rebels aiso made a Slight dem onstration on
S Sss ssg,ss s,ss bays !v'nfHs4 4 Chat
shoul&ba ensmy dahd. 'itis very prob
able that the encounter will extend over
several days. and at sGrssAbe nearly rcoiifins
ed to- areilleryst c0fhihs we must have
more than they though i. it is. suspected
they may have few more heavy guns.
The army is in fine condition. All the
officers, alike express the almost confidence
in the result. !. AGAiE.
.a sE0oNDsDfSPATGH. sias
Skirmish IN Pope's Diyision-- Oar loss
y Brisades Efya9ed--Gsoesbeck's Brig.
I aSe MOI In Fiyht-dR 1Nedrness "a
tie Eaeby--esedi lions ss ,,o as a 10 .Ffyft1
lRegHlqr Siege Pro5qJf-7Raia Tnatl
/, ,eneil agaia--SrgsO's .Thseili Taken
81 Prisoher--.yo 4Escbangesa-Bogyege CA
+ l-D0waa. u7aso TENS isQd ,com,Sony. "a
P,sa 81 r. FanM nissT Miss, May II,
Gen: Pope affair, here on the, 9tb re-
sul,ed:n . loss on on, our side Of u killed,
IA Wounded and 10 missing. PInner'.
brigade OF, Staley's division and Palmcr's
brigade OF Paine's division were acme en-
gagged on our side. Gr'oesbcck's brigade
was not engaged, bat was sent TO support
heavy artillery. !, Among tie killed. on qur
sid was Lieutenant Colonel Miles, of the
47,h II ,inois. There, is no sort Of doubt
we could have held olh ground, but Pope
was forbidden to re-enforge. a. that would
have brought; on a general engagement, on
| our left, and 50. had, TO withdraw his brig.
! ale. The. enemy made no pursuit. aud so
occupied. the ground, again next morning
| 0r. left occupies is old position fopl
miles TO the east OF Corihth. Tie center
and right are now not over four or fonr
and q half miles from tue enemy's works.
Pope's advance is hardly three. miles: Il
lis utterly useless to attempt predicting
when an attack may be. made, Extra
supplies are accommodating at Monterey
The r ,ads are excellent. and nothing seem
likely to prolong delay except the wan
of the thorongh knowledge of the, enc
my's position and strength. e.s 81,
The center anil right are advancing to.
day. 1t is not impossible we may 500,
| be engaged in the. const notion of paral lr
trenches anil regular approaches. though
one OF two things. necessary before laying
siege. have not been accomplished.
General Halleck am, his entire staff hav,
been on the front all day today directing
movements in person.
There az indicaiionss'ot rain again which
of course will delay everything.
Surgeon w II. Thr n. OF The Twenty
seventh Ohio son OF .JH,lge Thrall. of Co
lnmbus, was taken prisoner by a strag
CLING party .of the enerny. near Farming
ton, during Pope's reconnaissance of thai
day. while looking feE his ambplapces-
We haze plenty surSaYps to exchange
bpt Beanregard refuses Pope's requests II
exchange few, unless the exchange VA
| to be general. His Object evidently is To
change off our priyates for Bnekner an'
their other Generals 49, = ia ..foa
l. Orr troops are cat down to the leas
possibls baggage, ana cash company Is re
tiqqeed TO two tents-io e-le rel AGATE,
III .dret1 r - T7--TE @ 81, 81 81
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