New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-05-19
.,o,1 GEN. nAxxECK's ARMY.

xpeuts for Ibe Exchange OF 20
C,IcAoo Saturday, Nay IL, 1872
A dispatch from Caro- says;
The steamer Meteor, from FiitSbaTg Landing h.'
arrived. Gen. Popes Division has again advanced
..,a NOW rests three miles from Corn'A- Desef'ers
.e,ort that great deal Of hard Seeing exists De-
tween the Missouri aud Tennessee troops and those
from the Southern States. The former were urging
that they have nothing 20 fight for 'heir States nav
inc been restored 70 the Union ard they see no Ie-
.on why they shoald he compelled to fight Tor the
;ndepeudence Of the Cotton States.
Tie steamer Shanghai, with 10 Memphis refugees
has arrived They report thas hundreds OF Diners
are making their way North as they best can.
Gov. Morton and AdjutantGen. Noble OF lno'"'i'
arrived to-day. y.v,7 1862.
The steamer Diheent, from Hickman, brought "P
second load of refugees from Memphis ana o'iei
noints souh to-day All tell the same story u h"iu
sbirs endured in travelling on foot through 'e "'oD'
and swamps, and subsstiDg on snch PROVISIONS Hs
eould be carried in their pockets. The party ID az
mott entirely composed Of men in the PRIME oil me-
Thew bring Memphis papers OF the 18th.
We learn from the telegiaphic columns of these
o.,e,s that Pensacola was evacuated on the Eth.
On the morning Of that day the batteries OF Santa
Rosa Island together with the fleet commenced
Smelling the works, but no response was mace. aiter
a short but vigorous cannonade, a flag OF truce was
cent ashore to discover the cause No enemy what
ever was found. The Union troops were to take
possession the following day. No mention is made
Of the direction taken by the Rebels.
The evacuation OF Yorktown and Norfolk 10 pro-
nounced sirategeal movement, by no means indcat-
ing Rebel defeat. Williamsburg is claimed as a
Rebel victory According to their accounts the Yam
KEGS were repused with great loss.
Refugees saw that officers from Corinth, who are
frequently in Memphis, complain bitterly Of the loss
the Southern cause sustained by the delay of Gen.
Haileck in making an attack upon them. Beaure-
gard has been waiting for q week. Every day that
passes weakens him. lie has received al the re-
enforeernents shat it is possible for lin to procure
except raw leves, while sickness rages throughout
his camp to alarming extent.
Beauregard has placed an imperative embargo on
letter writing from his camp. No solder IS permit
ted 10 send any written communication 10 his friends
The whole country Tor 100 miles below Corin,h
has been swept TO obtain supplies for tue Rebel
army, and is now nearly exhausted Serious em'
barrassments from this cause are anticipated.
ARRANGEMENTS have been effected between Gems.
Halleck and Beauregsrd for an exchange OF sur
geons. One hundred and fourteen prisoners were
sent on by Bcauregard to-day, under flag Of truce,
borne by Col. Pegram, of the Army OF Western
Virginia Not only these prisoners but others, have
been confined at Columbus, Mississippi. Some OF
them were taken in Missouri last Sumner. Before
leaving Corinth one Of them was recognized by one
Of Prices a member Of the 18th Illinois,
paroled at Lexington, and Beauregard ordered him
to be heavily ironed.
The Union people in Memphis are reported sorely
dspirited at the delay of fleets. Many in au-
ticipaon of their arrival have been emboldened 10
the utteIance Of Union sentiments, which got them
into serious trouble
Speaking of the fall of Norfolk, The memphis
Avalanche Of the 18th iust. sage.
"But worse than all, the Virginia, on which we
so confidently rested, burned at Craney Island
on Saturday night. Slch is the tenor OF the bnef
but painful Intelligence flushed over the wires.
There Were three CAGES Of yellow fever at New
Orleans at last accouns-two at the Charity Hospl'
tai and one in the French Hospital.
The A1aiGache says il has been formally decided
that Savannah is never TO be surrendered.
The PrOyOst-MaIshsl Of Memphis has received
instructions from the military authorities to take
Confederate currency, and 10 arrest as dis
loyal all persons no refuse 10 receive them In or
binary business TRANSACTIONS.
Flour was quoted so, S2l and w. bacon y
cents for sides and hams; sugar cents moaf SEES =
cents; of cotton and tobacco no sales, receipts o.
shipments; corn 81 10; oats 81 %.
Notwithstanding the Union progress" says tn
hvaiGnche, we feel all confidence that Magfude
will get 70 Richmond some time before Mcclellan
Advance is il thinks our real and best security. |
urges money holders 10 invest IN real estate.
Fror. Our Special Correspondent
RIGHr WISG GRx. GRANTS CORPS.
SIX MILES FROs CoRIsTH, hliss,
MONDAY Msy II, 1862.
The sem-circular line of our consolidated armies
before Corinth, is eight miles long, with Moor-Gen
Shermans Division and Col. McDowells Brigade Oh
the extreme right.
STRENGTH or THE ENEMY's POSITION.
In war it is always difficult to learn the truth ,
said Napoleon, "but It is always possible" In this
ease it has proved especially dicult whether possi-
BILE not, remains 10 he determined. With the
negroes persisently repealed from our lines despite
their invaluable services in Missouri aud at Fort
DonesoD. we have had the most conflicting reports
about tue position and designs Of the Rebels. One
day Beauregard las been Withdrawing his troops
toward Mobile, the next he hes been evacuating
toward Grand Junction; now be has commenced
dispensing his forces 10 fight more and again
he has contemplated attacking us at daylight to-mor-
row morning. His acts have gwen & little color TO
these reports. On Thursday he Permitted General
Pope, on our left ~ reconnoer up 70 his very works
without firing gGn ana the next morning be made
a desperate sortie upon Pores grand guard, with
the apparent design of driving the whole corps
back to the river. But 80 far as the truth
be sifted from the. slatements Of prisoners
and deserters and the observations Of our recon
noissances, the enemy is not only in very strong
force al COrnth but bis Qualifications are of the aosl
formidable character. The approaches TO them iii
front are 80 obstructed b. 0batts, under crossres
OF artillery and musketry that 1t would be impossible