Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1862-06-05
TIE LATEST wAa NEWS

OF desperate battle fought on saturday on
the banks OF the Chickahominy. Gen. Nc.
Cleilan dates his despatch from tie field of
battle" at noon Saturday, and says -" We
have had desperate battle; in which tie corps
of Generals Sumner, Heintzleman and Keyes
have been engaged against greatly superior
numbers Saturday at one o'clock the en,m,,
taking advantage Of a terrible storm, whici
had flooded the valley of the Chickahomity
attacked our troops on the right flank. Gen.
Casey's division, which was in the first line,
gave way unaccountabIy and disunitedly. This
caused temporary confusion, during which
the guns and baggage were lost, but Generals
Heitzleman and Kearney most gallautly
brought up their troops, which checked the
enemy. At the same time however, We sue
ceeded, by great exertion, in bringing across
Generals Sedgwick and Richardson's divisions,
who drove back the enemy at the point of the
bayonet, covering the ground witch his dead
This morning Sunday the enemy attempted
to renew the coDfict, but was everywhere re-
pulsed. We have taken many prisoners, among
whom is Gen. Pettigrew and Col. Long. Our
loss is heavy, bat that of the enemy must be
enormous. With the exception of Gen. Casey'8
division the mea behaved splendidly. Several
fine bayouet charges have been made"
1t is evident from this dispatch that the bat
tie was indeed a terrible one and the victory
complete, although, ia the absence of details,
it is impossible to giTe the exact location of
the field or the extent Of the loss.
The evacuation of Corinth by the rebal army
under Gen. Beauregard is announced officially
by Gen. Haleck, 10 q despatch received at
the War Department Friday evening. The
Thirty-nnth Ohio regiment, the advance guard
OF Gen. Popes' brigade, entered the city at
few minutes before seven o'clock Friday morn
ing, and planted the Union Gag on the doam
of the Court House. The enemy had aband
oned the place previously The last display of
resistance they made was in responding to the
batteries of General Pope on Thursday morn
ing. To what point the rebels have retreated
remains, up to this time, uncertain. Rumors
are ahoat that Beanregard has made march
upon Richmond to join General Johnston
1t is possible that he may have been forward
ing portion CT his force, in small! bodies, in
that direction for some time past /; but it is
quite probably that the main force Of his army
is still in the vicinity of Corinth. at some
point on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad. In
one OF his despa tched to the War Department
General Haleck says that the enemy are evi-
IDENTIFY in strong position some four or five
miles south OF Cor iHth, on the Mobile and
Ohio Railroad, and that he Halleck-antic-
ipates flank movement from Beauregard.--
This surmse of General Halleck is based ev.
IDENTITY upon the knowledge he has gained from
contrabands and prisoners from Corinth, to
the effect that General Beauregard had been
for the past two months fortfying the hills on
the line Of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad for
twenty five miles south of Coritnh The OBJ
iect in thus inrenching himself can only he
explained by supposing that General Beaure-
gard hopes to entice General. Halleck's forces
far enough from the river, so that o fank
movement from the direction of jackson, Tenn,
would compel the federal army to retreat and
fight their way back to the river at Pttsburg
Landing and Hamburg.
Another report says that the reoelS are
falling back to Oko!oua but the latest news
by telegraph does not seem to cooirm it.
However, as the strategy of the leaders Of
the rebellion has been all through so mystic
rious, it would not seem strange if such was.
the fact
Okolona. to which place Beaur regard is re-
ported TO have gone, is small station on the
Mobile and Ohio Railroad, sixty seven miles
south of Corinth, and two hundred and sixty
one miles north Of Mobile. About ten miles
south of OkoloDa, at West Point, the Nash
vile and Jackson Bailroad leaves the line of
the Mobile and Ohio road, and runs south
westerly to Canton, Miss, few miles north
of jackson. The only advantage to be OBJ
taireo by the occupation Of this position is s,that
there are two roads leading southwark from it
one to Mobile and the other to Jackson.-
There the Tiubigbee river and swamp Aauks
the position upon the east, making it necessa.
ry for Gen. ualIeck to march down from the
north via Cornth All the events the rebels
thus gain time, and unless they are, as Gener
al Halleck supposes. in force upon his flank,
no news Of great interest need be looked for
from this quarter for some time.
We have highly interesting intelligence from
Gen. Banks's Department On Saturday our
troops at Front Royal made an excursion FIVE
miles out on the road toward Winchester