Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-05-26

The Confederate army here are all in fine
spirits and anxious for decisive contest TO come
on They seem confident Of a favorable result.
Jeh Thompson has taken command Of the
confederate gunbOats. and commenced opera
uons on the Mississippi Tie attacked the Fede-
raj feet 70 day above Fort Pillow destroying one
mortar vessel and damaging two others. The
confederate loss in the action was four killed
and eight wounded
MoBILE. Nay IA special dispatch to the
Advertiser and REGISTER from Corinlh, the 18th,
says the enemy i drawing nearer to our right,
center, and LETT, as if for general advance upon
our position.
The weather Is dry and hot
On the 9th inst. Col. Woodward, with the lst
Kentucky cavalry. and detachment of Texas
Rangers, attacked the Federals at Elk river and
killed several. captured two captains, two lieu
tenants, and 40 privates prisoners; also eight ne
groes The Confederate loss is FIVE killed, in
GLIDING Capt. Harris. of the Rangers, and seven
wounded. This official
col. MORGAN AND THE ENEMY AT LEBANON. TENN
PARTICULARS OF THE sKIRMIsH.
The Atlanta Confederaey, of the 18th, gives the
following account Of Morgan's skirmish with the
Federals at Lebanon, Tennessee, already alluded
To IN the Northern kilograms. The account
mentions his adventures after leaving Pulaski:
He went 70 Lewisburg and Pennington, in Mar
shall county, and from Unionville on the Nash
vile and Chattanooga railroad. which Is perhaps
some ten miles above Variance. There he cut
the telegraph wire: and having All operator and
battery along. he teleSraphed to the Federal
commander at Nashville that Morgan and his
rebel cavalry were advan ing on Shelbyyille,
and to send all the cavalry they had at that
point.
The Object Of this was TO draw the cavalry down
this way, while he made tracks in the other di
recuon to some point where he has an importtnt
work To perform. This would, no doubt have
been successful, but 10y some meanS-most likely
from some OF IN ise whom he paroled nj Pulaski
the enemy AZ Nashville had some clue to
his further design, and were not led astray by
this device, which proved very unfortunate az
forwards
After sending this message he pushed on by
Versailles and Egsle.yile, in Williamson coun-
ty, leaving MurlreesbOro some eight ten miles
10 the right, and crossed the railroad at Smyrna.
some eight miles above MurlreesbOr0, and from
thence pushed to Lebanon, in Wilson county,
some twenty five miles to the east OF Nashville,
arriving just at night
At Lebanon next morning he attacked by
very large cavalry force, three times that of his
own DE ordered his men to dismount in the
streets OF the village and post themselves behind
fence and wait, with good aim drawn Oh the foe,
TIL he should give the word. He let them APP
proach within fifteen steps, when he ordered his
men to Ire. TWAS told Us by gentleman who
Was in the action that he never saw as many men
"tumblel'' ut one fire in ms life Every gun
brought down HeSSan. They turned and fed
precpitately
just then the keen eve of Morgan detected in
the distance. on the top of a ridge, what he
guessed was large reintO cementS of the enemy.
but he cold not certainly make out what it was;
so he sent forward one of his men to rec0nnOiter,
who quickly returned with the inform ltion that
overwhelming numbers of cavalry and infantry
were approachng-tbe cavalry at full charge;
and as the word was spoken they were almost up
o them
Morgan told his men 10 save themselves as best
they could Those whose horses had not been
killed. mounted ami fed. How many of those on
foot escaped IS not known. though some did, as
they have since joined their chief There are
some sixty or seventy missing, few of whom are
known TO be killed and wounded The greater
part of them went off in a body, and escaped to
Sparta, in White county, Tennessee.
As Morgan and his men were retreating they
were met by party of Federals, who mistoOk
them for their own men, and inquired where
Morgan was and why he retrearedr They were
~ once called upon to surrender, which they did
when the; found themselves IN Morgan's pres
ence. Most of them. however escaped rs they
could not well he kapt while retrelling Among
them was Gen. Dumont. This Morgan did not
know (he had represented himself as "A CuloneD
till alter he had escaped.
Morgan lost that fine, dashing black mare Of
his. which Is by no means a small loss. She fell
with him in charging down Il steep place, and was
disabled.
REVIEW or THE SITUATION.
The following is from the Charleston Mercury
of late date:
The evacuation OF Norfolk. of which we have
intelligence this morning has been determined
upon, we presume. by Generals Randolph. Lee
and Johnston. alter a full and careful cOnSulta-
ton. 1t - doubtless considered "A military neces-
sity, the grounds whereof, as do not know, we
shall not undertake u critcise If a necessity. il
Is very sad and humiliating one-the loss of the
only great navy yard in the Confederate States
We trust however, We shall soon see the good
results gained BY this important step. If it iudi-
Gates the sagacity of Selling the most important
OF two incompatible objects, and sacrificing the
other II may be great resolve. Our renders
will remember that Bonaparte, after besieging
Mantua with 10 900 men for months, with a great
train of artillery, and when about To reap the fruit
OF long toll IN an almost certain prey, on the 3lst
OF July ordered Serrurier to burn his gun car
riages spike his cannon, bury his projectiles and
throw his powder into the river, tor the purpose
OF Joining the besieging force to the active army
Concentrating on the Upper Mincio, Bonaparte
fought, in SIX days. with $4,000 men, three bril- 4
liant battles, which put g. 900 men hors Gu com
bat. Wurmser lost %. 900 men 900 or 5000 .
killed, and 1900 TO 1900 prisoners He was
driven out OF the field into the mountains. If +
similar results follow the evacuation OF Norfolk,
the people OF the Confederate States will be
recOnciled even 10 the temporary sacrifice Of
Nor,o K
Jlekson'S victory in the Valley of Virginia is
an encouraging ana important event. The re-
gion Is important. The killed and wounded are
But. aS the enemy is pursued, We hope it will en-
able that valiant and capable commander to take
the field North of Mason and Dixon's line F
Such 4 diversion would b. timely and bene-
hcld Ia Johnston and Beauregard, whose only
fear Is the inequality of arms and men they
have 10 meet
! he strategy OF the commanders of both grand
armies of the Confederate States appears to be
the same. General Johnston strives to get the
Northern forces away fran their Notifications
and then gunbOats up the ChlokahOminy swamp
or near Richmond Gen. Beaaregard awaits the
grand attack of Hllieck az Corinth away from
the Tennessee river, beating back Their corps OF
observation, anu re ,dy Tor the combat McClel-
Ian and Haieck are cautious though thar 0rces
largely outRUmbsr the troops Of the South They
are feeling their Way with large accommodating
bodies, or approaching With trenches.
Johusions rear gulrd. in falling back before
the earth approaches and cannon. has been at
tackled ami II would seem has at Williamsburg