Washington telegraph., 1862-03-26

ling rumors at first sfoat, are daily prov.
ing false. Had not Gen. McCulloch f.lx
len, we would have had a real Oak Hin
victory. The first day be was picked oF
ty sharp shooters whilst reconuoiterin,
the ground before be would lead bis uee
into action. Mcintosh fell while leadin,
his men ,bya vol'ey from the enemy. Gen
Curtis, federal, reported killed aud Seipal
mortally wounded. Gen. Slack, Of n.
Missouri army, killed; Gen. Price sliyhtlv
wounded. The enemy occupied the yer,
ground that Gen. McCulloch selected /.
| fight Fremont on, when he had en- 5O0o
men and Fremont 10000.
Our loss will be in the neighborhood e
800 men in all. Frank Rector's ~;
ment was cut off from our army, and e
order Of Gen. Pike, cooked their gun.
separated, and made good their esc..'
Our army will fall back south of r.,
mountain and reorgauize. The fcder,,.
are said TO be retresting to Cassville. NJ
N. B- FEARCE
| Fort Smith, March 13, 1862 @,
r.. III. Johnson-Gen. Pike and Cnloass
Churchill both unharmed. Col. Irrh.s.
was not killed, but wounded and rr,,o.
er. Enemy 3O,O0O-our force l.. .OOO =
l4,OOO- Our total loss in killed. wouna
ed and prisoners, less than 500. TbeAr-
EN- As loss between 1000 and 3. .OOg W.,
took six guns and caissons-three o,,,.s
afterwards recaptured. Gen'ls Seigei and
Curtis said 70 be killed. We have 9sp
prisoners-amongt them Lics. Col. Chaud.-
be,of the 35th Illinois, and Hewing Of 9th
Iowa, and about 80 other officers. Our
army has fallen back TO the foot of B s,on
Mountain for supplies having par,e3
from his trains We captured a larp.
amount of commissary supplies, unon
which the whole army fed one nicbt
and next morning before falling bach
we destroyed 800 sacks of -four, and
large quantity Of bacon and other store.
The cause of Arkansas is TO be foucb,
over again, aud we want al the helm H..
can be sent us. G. w. CLARKE.
On the night of the 18th the enemx
erected shore battery nearly opposits
Tipionville on the river, for the purnos.
Of cutting of all land communicative h..
tween that place aud Island No. 10
They placed twelve "A Founders in posi-
tion- Our gunboats. The Mira. Hwy, Poncha.
train, Livingston and Manassas, en- dis.
coverings 1t went next morniug and
attacked them. The fight lasted tvo
hours. The Manassas had her fore and
aft chains cut away. The Lady Polk
received shot which compelled her to
Withdraw. The damage was not As ,e.
rious as was at first supposed. The
Manassas received also shot through her
pilot house. All our gunboat. more or
less damaged-not seriously. The enemys
force is estimated at l 900: loss unknowr.
IThey were still engaged throwing up en-
trenchmeuis. The "Argus" of the even.
ing OF the 18th says "Our guuboa,.
captured the eneny's guns planted oppo.
site Tiptonvillr-" A subsequent dispatch
from Memphis, however, Of the 10Th doe,
not allude TO IT, Probably untrue.
On Monday( (l7tb) six Of the enemy's
gunboats came down within I of nile ef
Island Nn.10 and shelled il all day. 6rins
slowly. not at our batteries, but at a plan
tatIon beyand which our troops uer.
supposed to b. c mped Our batteries
returned the fire and struck ,heir run.
boats repeatedly without doing any appa.
rent damage Before night they retired
beyond range The river beyond them
seemed white with transports. Our I,..
killed, 8 wounded. Enemy's luss nut
known.
lhe enemy renewed the attack ne.t
morning, with s guntuats and 3 morttr
boats One of the gunboats came in ranr.
OF our big gun We fired suo shots l.
her, the second Of which crashed through
hcr, from side - side. She was towed
Ut ie way and sunk. Afterwards another
boat renewed the attack We fired seven
shofs at her. -Four missed. two struck
and glanced, and the last bassed through
her, tearing off her iron sheetinp quite
vlslbly. She was towed back, disabled,
put 10 what extent is not known. Our
ofhcerr(up TO half past o'clock Tuesday
loth which j. our latest date) had no idea
OF changing their position on Island No.
lV, and were quite confident Of their
ability to bold it,
| We have the following later dispatches
from Clarksville.
ClarksviIle, Ark, March TO, 10 p. NJ.
MIR. Kittle, orderly sergeant of Captain
Galloway's company, McCulIoch brigade,
who was taken prisoner on the last day Of
the fight at Elk Horn, made safely his
escape 20 miles this side Of Spring field,
Mo, on the 18th inst. From all he could
learn the enemy lost 1000 killed and
wounded, not less than 500 killed. The
Both Illinois regiment, Col Glazier, lost
$50 killed and wounded When Mr.. Kittle
passed through Cassville, there were 3ea
wounded at that place. They took 400
prisoners Of our men--pfhcers, citizens,
Privates and all. Among them were Gel
Mitchell, Of Arkansas; Col. Stone, Of No;
Capt. Galloway, of Little Rock; Captain
Hollowell, of Dardanelle; Capt. Williams,
of Arkansas; Lieut.. Mason, of Texas;
Lieut.. Manuel, Sd La. reg and other Of
ficers. 1t is reported that Col Hebert,
MAJ Lannard and Capt. Viligni were also
prisoners, but have been exchanged.
The rod from Rolla was crowded With
commissary and quarter masters stores
moving In the direction of the federal
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