, 1862-05-23
FROM THE 1ENNKsSEE ARMY.

Especial Correspondence Of the Chicago Trihune.]
CANT SHILOH. May 49, 1852
To-day line Of entertainments reaching
from right TO left along tho entire front, ex-
tends from Gtn- 6hsrmsn's division to Gen.
fere's. The eEtrcncbmcpts arc very finely
hujlt, particularly thoee III GEN. Pope's diYis-
ion, which have received the commendation
0! Gen. Halleck, as hare also oil OF Gen. Pope's
movements 60 fa1. III G1ct, Gen. Pope, al
though having arrived Later on the ground
than Gen. Grant OR Buell., nss pushed lis lines
forward even taster than either Of thelatser:
Our lines arr ROW within as least two or two
and a half miles of the enemy's, snd a further
lnovt ment is Impossible Without i collision.
In front Of our lines ia an almost mpeuetrahle
growth Of timber and underbrusb. So thick
Is t5is that 1t is impossible to See an eue,ny
1t distance Of over thirty OF forty rods: As
sou tide along the front Of the lines, yon hear
fhe n.psketrI and rifles const1ntay crackiu.s
awsy IN the brush and timber, tho p1ckets on
both sides beirg engsged Ia "poppiog'' at
each other from oeh,ad trees, logs, g..
The divisions in tic frunt are con-
tsant1y on the q4l t'ivs. Tins long roll
is being beaten every few honrs, often
in from the front and announcing that the
enemy are coming on In full torce. This hap-
rened to-day in Gen. Judalrs division, which
wa Under ar11s ncar1y ali'the afternoon from
yesterday Gen Sherman lost eleven men in
4 -kirmieh, and the day before, four OF five,
tus Killed Qnite d large number of the enemy.
among them Captain aud q Lieutenant.
These ekiImishes occur daily, and even hour
y, along The line, and keep up constant ex-
citement in the advanced divisions Of the
Tie stampede Of oxen ut Hamburg yester-
day Was caused BY careless drivers, not BY tho
enemy. The gpnb0at went up, however, to
srt 10 matters, hut soon returned, having
found everything quiet There Is no place il
tile world y here panic Is SO easily started,
or On such Hitney prctexts, as In q camp. Ru-
mors are constantly floating around; and soms
| u them are OF the most preposterous charAc-
r. Apparently the more nonsensicl the
t1s1y, tie more easiiy Is it Swallowed. !.
| Rtintorcenlents are expected here daily
| from quarter u which am not a. Jst At Nberry
| 70 mention. Ali the rnmoFs aud statements
atout Gen. M1tcaell's union: with this army
I arr premature: Notwithstanding they we're for
Il time confidently Inserted, in the highest
| The latest > rnu1or from Corinth is
| that the rebels 'art' Withdrawing their pro-
visions fnpm there. : But all such rspoFss
are nnryliable:s1 Il is cerain, however, IN 1t
/ pfactaTJ At Columbus, }: Mississippi, and that
large numbers OF muEkets Of the latest pat
| TEN, and smmunition 70 match, are being
i Turned Nut there. -:.:s~al -
f. sodmpsne1rable is tho timber: and brush iu'
'tIontof Eorinth, that noshiag of. the rebel
i <EHskH.caR boseen 1t any reasonable distance.
Ift Hhiatee Of zhe locomotives cau Constant
Dc heard7 but that is ALL. Is: ID asserted,
however, by The pickets, that they havu ad-'
Fanesd heakenong b 7toseoe an lmmense chs
tHhz d. JEstse Sotnposeo Ut l,gs and: trees wish
tic bFauches turut:d mt #srds. x! An infantry
eha5en thEn1 sheuch au uhastusti0ui ID simply
+ inpossihla--= Ii hss besnfaond that th. sim-
ber:ts Jeetsso green to eeer oto the ~po1s,
or: this might be dono- Their, ia: bat little
doubt lhat t!e defenaes Of : Corlnsh ara. foE:
mld.f1e, ard if Beanrrgard chooses to- do %
h csu naka 4 -Fesy obstinate Teaistauea there.
un thenshsn lhah4; ;7na= Accdun Of tha dense
Il, tint eE and un1esgraxtl making It impossible
III r. K41fh tEe :eneMy'ss mavenents3 h might
4 stan{ tine withdraw BIZ entirs f9Ete ID Grand
Il JAnetiGn ax other poipfa, ,;s This ha Mi;nt da
did be perceis. that ho was being outa aAnket
or biz communications threatened
onr troops arc we'll supplied with anmuni-