Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1862-04-03

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concentrating the forces Of their car
nv Of the Mississippi at the point on
the Memphis & Charleston Railroad
nearest to our positions on the river,
and are preparing to move rapidly TO
the defense Of the road, ct any poict We
NAV threaten it. That railroad con-
stitutes the base Of their new kne Of
defenses.
REPORTS FROM SCOUTS.
--Ie less than three Of our scouts
came in this morning. each reporting
that he. had been miles inside the rebel
lines. They concur in estimating the
rebel force at Coriuth and vicinity at
over seventy. FIVE thousand. and re-
porting the daily arrival Of more troops
IRON all the Gulf States. Impress
ment is going vigorously forward; the
Purdy Court House is full OF Union
men; the advanced posts are gathering
them up throughout the country. and
willing or unwilling they are hurried
into the ranks at Corinth. Deserters
say the army is full of such men, and
that they only remain in the service
through the difficulty OF getting away.
BEAuREeARD RoRTIFTIEG.
Meantime Beauregard is pushing for
ward every preparation Tor fornida-
be resistance. Outposts are established
at Purdy, Iuca and elsewhere along the
railroad, at and above Chickssaw, on
the river, and six miles in front OF
Corinth, directly toward our advance
from Pittsburg landing. FOrti6cations
are being erected at Corinth and the
raw levies are being put into as eff
cient state as possible. Fortunately
there is no occasion for being uneasy
about the Corinth Notifications. They
are like the pot-hsndle-it is no farther
around than over them.
There is no need to disguise the fact
that we have serious work ahead Of ms.
! The rebels are not well posted, but they
have the most skiIlful engineers from
the old United States army. They are
not inspired by success, but they have
their pet General at their head, and
desperation must nerve them for lasI
terrible struggle. Not only does Mem
phis fall with Corinth, but defeat here
opens to an army larger than that oI
the Potomac, the whole Territory oi
Gulf States, and the rebels are not ig.
norant Of the extremity Of their peril
SECESSION DEsPoEDENcY.
Through the entire region Of coun-
trv adjacent to our extended lines, the
Secessionists talk despondingly. Many
active rebels do not hesitate to admit
their failure, and are only anxious that
their leaders. while arms still make
them formidable, even in defeat, should
use their power TO secure favorable
terms from the victorious enemy. Al
Purdy, in spite of rebel garrison o.
nearly three regiments, the resident
rebels are utterly refusing the Confed
crate bonds in any form, or at any rate
of discount.
/ II - a nllstahO " soPPOSO efoN '"e
people are not informed Of their disas'
ters. have found none, in the course
Of conversations with scores Of them
at different points outside our lines, who
we're ignorant Of the retreat from Co
lumbus and Manassas, the magnitude
Of the Henry and Donelson defeats,
the occupation Of Nashville. the cap,
ture Of Roanoke Island. Winchester,
and even New Madrid-of which last
they had Inflammation about as soon as
we had 1t has been supposed that
the common people have been kept in
ignorance Of these disasters. nut have
always found them fully alive TO their
magnitude.