New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-05-22
FROM GEN. mALLECK,s ARMY.
Closing in-The Situation.
From Our Special Correspondent

GEN PoPE's CoRPs Right Wisg Of Army I
Before CoRISrH Mics, Thursday, May Is, 62, 10 IA
Our army line still forms the arc Of O circle, and
is nearly ten miles in length. The left rests on
Farming on, sprawling village Of half dozen
houses, four miles due east Of Corinh. Here ia no
movement but on the right Gen. Granite divisions
are gaining ground. The grand army is like huge
serpent, with his head pinned at Pennington, and
his tail sweeping around toward CoriDth. The
monster moves slowly and ponderously; but the
Rebels shrink before his majestic sweep. Tonight
some Of Grants troops are only two miles and q
half north Of Cornh, and the Corinthians are liable
at any moment to receive the compliments of Major
Lavender, in the form Of shell from one Of his
20 pound PARROTS.
THE SITUATION AT CORINTH.
Speculation ID rife upon this topic, but, truth to
tell, the New-York papers are a good deal wiser
on the subject than we. Gen. Haeck, OF course, If
retcent, but suspect that even he finds our scout
system, here as elsewhere, utterly worthless. The
reports at corps and division headquarters are udi
crously conflicting. One General has positive iofor
nation that the Rebels are evacuatng Corinth; an
other knows TO dead certainty that they are there
30 600 strong, and receiving heavy re-enforcements
Our sources Of Trustworthy information are amenta
bly, decreasing. Those great truth-teers, the Mem
phis papers, cane 10 us promptly awhile, from the
pastme which trought them have ceased, and they
gladden. more.
The Reliable Gentleman is becoming a dim tradi.
ton. The Intelligent Cont raband has faded into a
myth, since the orders repelDg him from our lines
We had an approximation to him last night In u {
shape of negro servant Of captain in the 46tt
Ohio who fell int q the hands Of the Pllistincs a
the battle Of Pttsburg Landing. The Rebels took
HIM to Corinth, and kept him in the guord-house
until ten days ago, when no was assigned to the
Commi,sary Of Gen. Breckinridge's brigade. He
escaped from Corn,h at = p. III. yesterday and made
bis way through the swamps to Gen. Pope's lines
lie reports that many troops are moving southwark
from Corinth, and several deserters and prisoners
corrobor-te The statement.
HEAVY GUNS COMING UP.
The enemy pickets skirmih little as they art
driven in by Gen. Grants advance, and yesterday
on the extreme right, they made faiut stand with
artillery; but they 40 not dispute the ground witt
any tenacity. Tie enemy may be falling back from
Corinth, TO make stand further South but he act
as II he wanted 10 ontice forward TO attack hin
in his iDtrenchmens ~ soon as possible. Gen. Hal
leck does not seem likely To accommodate him by
attacking before he is ready for we move with I'll,
slowness Of Gerry large body, and heavy tiege gun
sent out TO the advance, ready TO commence
regular approaches, If necertary
GLIMPSE AT TIE REBEL PICKETs.
Gen. Popes camps are more symmetric ard clean
" than any others i have seen IN the army. 1h'
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ground carefully swept, and the cl0thng and person.
az the men indicate unusual sanitary precautions
In passing ont toward tie front, you 90 through
.wamp nearly nile wide, which was almost i'm
yassable when tie army came here. Now, high
excellent road OF logs and feuceras, with two feet
Of dirt thrown upon them, has been made through
il By the untiring Engineer Regiment. Beyond II
are revsral hundred Of cotton-feds and sward
streaked and dotted with lt,ls graves where the
hot hght of the 9Th inst. occurred. Here the car.
/. L.. - 4. II. II. -
are slowly burning under piles Of rails covered
with LAYER If earth, that their decayiIg may
mol faint the atmosphere. Beyond are our infantry
pic kets Ioeted along the Purdy and Pennington road
Tney present. muskets and order " Ia - ss you
approach tits Ruoicon you can pare if accompanied
by II field officer, or bearing pass duly signed
"By order Of Mai. Gen. llalleok." A third OF a
mile further ven reach our yidettes-some of them
mounted. others lounging IN the shade beside their
grazing horses, but all Keeping sharp lookout IN
iroli Bring yonr glass To bear Oh the west and, a.
the distance Of thrcc-fourlhs OF "a mi G. in little
driil Of thswOods which bound the view, You n
solitary hOfseman-a gentleman in bntiernuts. Wait
few minutes, and detect one or two more Ju-t
m sight but siIl keeping close 10 their An
hour ago" says the CAPTAIN Of the guard, "you
rught have teen f.ty Of them ride of the woods
but, after reconnoering q little, they all went
back" You feel no curiosity 10 venture further; but
Won can hear the drumbeat IN the euemys ines, and
the shrill whistle Of the locomotives at Coriuth,
three mIles distant.
DESTRUCTION or A RAILROAD BRIDGE.
Before daylight yesterday morning, two compa-
mics Of the 4lh Regular Cavalry. under Capt. Lewis
Marrhal made quite unlooked-for Writ u the enc
mys lines, and burned bridge 60 feet long on the
Memphis and Charleston Kalroad, three miles south
east OF Corinth. Their approach was 30 quiet that
they drove in the bridge ickets, who lied without
firing gun, aud then destroyed the bridge before
Gen, II ndmans brigade which was posted less than
a mi e distant, on picket duty could come to the
rescae. The party returned with loss Of only
three men--two who ran into the enemy's pckels
aud were captured, and the third, Sergeant named
Gordon a native OF South Carolina, who deserted to
the enemy.
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