New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-05-27

Continued Preparations for Another bn'"e
An Early Engagement Expettcd-toh-
ai.icn of the two Grent Armies near
Corin:h-Exchangc OF Rebel Prisoners
singular situation of Affairs Sc Pii'
Iow-ProbcbIc Abandonment by 'hc
Encn,y of ticir Fosition-Extrene e1i'
e,ness on she Flcct-Our Disabled Gum
bonts-Alnrrn and Distress in secessfn-
wherein out of Fnrrnguf's Ficei-Forf
Pillow soon TO be Ours.
From Our Special Correspondent
NATioy,I FIOrrrrA near Fort Pillow.
TrKsDAY Midnight May ~, lb2
During The present week the Flotilla has con-
timed it's nrepara,ions for another engagement, and
orr gnnboats are now, I think it may be safely
stated fully capacated TO resist any further attacks
from the hostile rams.
ANOTHER BATTLE SOON EXPECTED.
A second battle is still looked for; but it Is not
now believed rs it generally was last week, that the
enemy will be the aggressive party. Certain move
ments on our part yet lead us TO think we shall have
a Gqb, before Pillow in few days; though many
opine we have been preparing ourselves for defense
onlv and that we will undertake 10 offensive opera
tons until after the anxiousy -ezpected battle OF
/ Corin.h.
THE SITUATION AT COIlNTi.
Every one is very DESTROYS of learning the prospect
Of great battle at Ccrnth but on the iotilla we
have 10 positive information beyond that received
through the arrival here of a gentleman who has
been up the Tennessee during the past five weeks,
and left Gen. Halleck's army last Saturday. lie
thinks there can be no reasonable doubt of our sue
cess there, especallyas the Union amy must exceed
in elective and entirely available force that OF Beau
regard by at least %, 900 to 10000.
Our men are now in good spirits and excellent dis
cipline; and though there is considerable sickness
most of the being slight and easily and quickly
cured the health of the National troops il favora-
be "a could under the circumstances, be expected.
He is convinced that the greater the delay before
Cornth the more advantage will accrue 10 us, and
the larger the detIiment TO the enemy whose dlsi-
lection, there Is every reason 10 believe, daly IN
creases, and whose cause hourly grows weaker.
The evacuation of COrinth by Beauregard he deems
an event by 10 mesns improbable, supposiDg, If the
Rebel chieitain had intended TO hold the place, he
would have opposed more energeticaly our ap-
proaches TO the town.
! STRANGE CONDITION or AFFAIRS AT PILLOW.
The steamer l.. VI. Kenneth arrived here yesterday
morning from St. Louis with l05 Secession prisoners
who were 10 be left at Pillow and exchanged Tor the
same number of Union captives now held IN Men,
phs The steamer went down the river oppo-i'e
= Cragnea Point about y O'Clock, under flag OF
truce and blew her whistle number OF times Win
out sesing any number OF men or single boat III the
vicinity of the fort and for some time IL was be-
lieved the enemy had evacuated, which they are
likely TO do AT any hour. After remaining there until
nearly noon, the konnett came up The Mlsrisslplh
and returned to the Point between and o clock,
and after a long delay Rebel transport wa per-
ceived on her way up from Fulton and, finally
reaching Craigbead received the prisoners with the
usual forms, aud steamed down the riy.r again.
That here should have been but few straeglers
in SIGHT at the fort yesterday morning, and that the
place should bear all the appearance OF deserion,
with no gunboat or ram, or transport TO answer
flag OF truce for seven or eight hours, Is something
singular, and would indicate that the report have
mentioned Of the intention Of the enemy TO withdraw
to Randolph and fortify thereihe fret point they
thought of preparing for de,ense-was not without
foundation.
EXTREME QUIETNEss on THE RIVER.
The Rebels have not fired gun for the past seven
DAYS and have not made their appearance above
tie Point since Saturday last. We have been az
quiet "a they. Our gunboats lie IN their old po-
siions and mortars remain above them, idle and
echoless. Our apparent retirement from the siege
has a meaning, and there is purpose in the mega
tive course we have adopted.
That the foe is occupied with some new scheme,
or designs to abandon bis position, seems at present
matter of little question. Perhaps he designs 10
strengthen his cause by allowing - Lincoln's hire
liugs " 10 occupy Memphis, which be can doubtless
prove according TO LIS peculiar logic, must rebound
10 the ultimate good Of the Confederate cause.
THE DISABLED GUNBOATs.
The Union ganboat Mound City, Capt. A. ii
Kitty has been fully repaired, and will leave there,
we understand, for the io'ila to-day. The Cincin-
natl is the stocks at Mound City, and will not re-
ion the feet before the close of next week
ALARM AND DISTRESS IN SECESsh.
Refugees from Memphis state that all along the
river hundreds Of persons flying from then homes
on account OF the CONSUMPTION, aud that Tennessee
and Arkansas are in a state Of terror and dsaiecon,
and the people DESTROYS OF escaping from the evils OF
Secession at all hazards.
| From above we learn there not less than a
thousand refugees-men, women, and children
along the banks, between Plum Point acd New
Madrid, and that they wave white handkerchief TO
every boat that passes, DESTROYS to be taken on
board and to get beyond the of the persecution
and the tyranny that have been praciced upon them
for months by the ninions of JEFF Davis.
Secessa is represented in Fad condition from lack
Of food money, and general supplies, and IN all com
munties distress and alarm prevail, and the people
are in a state OF mind bordering on frenzy. They
fear their own rulers and demsgogues far more than
the terrible Yankees for they have at least begun TO
perceive the North is not fighting for their ensave-
nent, but for their emancipation from terrorism and
oppression.
wHEREABOUT OF FARRAGUT'S FLEET.
| The refugee. state 1t was known in Memphis that
Com Farraguf, portion OF his ileet-which, ac-
cording to reports in the newspapers has returned 10
New Orleaus-lef Vickburg last Saturday en- route
to the metropolis Of Tennessee II this be correct,
the Union boats ought to DO there by this time but
if they had reached there certainly would have
been acquainted with the fact.
FORT PILLOW SOON TO BE OURS.
Yesterday afternoon, eight companies of the 41th
Illinois. Col. Clark seven Of the 4ith Illinois COL
Morton, four Of the I'd Illinois Cavalry, Lieut.. Col
Hogg, and one battery of the 9Th Michigan Artillery
CAPT. b. Wood, some 1900 men in all arrived here
from Columbus New-Madrid, and other points along