Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-04-18

upon Corinth, on Monday evening, because they
had run snort OF ammunition. The prisoners aiken
on sunday were sent under guard towards CoGinth.
Buell. sent brigade Of cavalry 10 attempt to res
cue them, but body Of Confederate cavalry and
artillery, from Cofinth, not only frustrated the
movement, but also captured the whole brigade
OF Federal cavalry. -
The 18th Tennessee regiment are said to have
captured the entire 22d Illinois regiment
The following dispatches we also ind In the
Register:
SHILOH, April s.-Both side. are too badly
wonted to renew the fight this morning. The
enemy fell back last night, and to-day we are
returning to our former lines.n.
Inc Memphis Appeal, Of the 9Th, gives the
l5UOi 1000 to O0 prisoners, abou, 100 pieces of
artillery, and 10000 small arms, with tents.
wagons, &c. The rebel loss 10 given at S ,Oo0
slnea, wounded and missing. The capture Of
s s mississippi Battery, except one gun,
A dispatch to the Atlanta Commonwealth give.
the rebel loss at 20 600. Up to the night Of the
S " instant; 900 Union prisoners had reached
stroyed for want OF transportation
BEAURReARD AT PITTssuRe.
correspondent Of the Memphis Avalanche,
writing OF the Sunday battle, says &c I moved 10
the left, where General Beauregsrd sat on a stumn
moving the whole scene.' Bring up that artii
lery, and we will soon break their lines, be ex
claimed. Feeling that his words Were words of
doom, l asked Col. Tate the hour IL was lust
one minute after TO- HIndman receives his am.
muntion; the foe file, before him; she'll burnt.
IN his horse and hurts him in the air. The vic.
tory ID ours.n
FURTHER FROM PIrrsBuRs
A member CT the 5th Texas regiment. who had
arrived at Richmond from Pittsburg states that
e.0oo Union prisoners had been taken, part Of
tion to Memphis. He passed Corinth on Tuesday
evening. Eighty canaon belonging to the Union
troops were captured. "One Of the Tennessee
regiments had suffered most severely of all, and
X aOf No Eu niroon nf o..
extolled by every one. Its noble commander won
for himself q name which can never perish Anoth-
er fight Is expected, but the belief was that the
entire army OF the enemy could be captured, with
all their boats. Batteries had been erected which
would prevent their escape. General Van Dorm
with the army Of the brave Price, Is approach
Ing
who arrived in Richmond from Chattanooga on
Saturday evening, reports the victory at Pitts
burg, or Shiloh, as the Rebels term IT, tor have
been most gratifying, not less than Is 600 of the
Union troops had been killed and wounded and
1900 prisoners He also states that nearly all the
ammunition and stores captured from the Union
troops on Sunday, and which Gen. Beauregard
left behind him when he retired to Corinth, had
been saved by the 'tgallant and indefatigable
Morgan" The Dispatch thinks the rich fruits
of the fight almost incalculable and the blow in
nicted perhaps the most stunning which the
Union have yet received.
AB.CK-DowN.
The Day BOOK terms the refusal Of the Monitor
TO attack the Merrimac on Friday, "a Yankee
back-down,n and says that on her last two trips
she occupied the same position she did before,
and was net under the guns Of Sewall's Point
SPY CAUGHT.
Last night some OF our men caua ht a spy, two
miles above Falmouth, on a stolen horse lie had
on Union uniform under his outside suit. He
left Washington week ago. He was broug ht to
town to-day. Hang him
ARRIVAL FROM MEXICO.
Inc New orleans Delta announces the arrival
OF Col. Pickett, from Mexico, who confirms the
report Of the Withdrawal Of England from the
tipdrtite Intervention In Mexico.
The Mexican authorities have imposed a tar Of
$40 u bale on cotton brought to Matamoras i'm
trans'tu. There is also charge Of IS bale FOR
lGLtefage.
ARREsTs.
Five citizens OF Orange Court House have been
taken to Richmond for disloyalty.
GEN PRBNTIss PROBABLY TO BE- SENT TO RICH
MOND.
The Dispatch states that Gen. Prentiss and his
fellow prisoners were sent down the Mississippi
to go to New Orleans, but that II was rumored
that there was probability that the General and
forty other officers would be sent to Richmond