Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-06-03
Affairs before Corinth.

HALLEcK s HEADQUARTERS May 3l.-Our cav
airy found all the tents of the enemy standing.
They took hundreds of barrels of beef and Z 200
stand of arms in large encampment on the Mo-
bile and Ohio railroad, said to belong to Price
and Van Dorn's forces who left on last Thursday
night.
The rebels are being brought in in squads of
forty or fifty.
Our cavalry found the rebels on several roads
in strong position, with artillery supported by in
fantry.
The rebels commenced moving their sick last
Monday.
Beauregard and Bragg were at Coriuth on last
Thursday afternoon.
The recently published card of the army news
paper correspondents gives an erroneous impress
sion that Gen. Halleck has prohibited the report
er of the New York Associated Press with the
army from telegraphing anything even when not
contraband except such items as lie approves.
Gen. Haeck has never used such influence over
the Associated Press dispatches and grasses only
such items are of contraband character
HALLECK HEADQU ARrERs, June Residents
say that the rebels burnt Cypress creek railroad
bridge by misapprehenson, causing the detention
of seven locomotives and rs many trains loaded
with Commissary and Quartermasters stores.
This accounts for the smoke seen by the signal
corps from the tree tops.
Col Elliott and command returned after'de-
stroying the Mobile and Ohio railroad in several
places and large amount OF stores. He captured
three pieces of artillery, thirty mounted prisoners
and about 600 infantry with but little loss
side.
He found 9 500 sick and wounded at Boonville.
Memphis refugees report that all the newspa-
pers have been removed to Granada Miss
Gen. Pope congratuates Col. Elliott for the
brilliant success of his expedition, saying he
reached Boonsville on the morning of the 3t'th
and destroyed the track both north and south of
the town, blew Up the culyert and destroyed the
switches He burned the depot and several 10
comOtives and twenty six cars loaded with pro-
visions of every kind He also destroyed ten
thousand stand of small arms, three pieces of ar
tillerv and great quantities OF clothing and am
muntion. He paroled = 900 prisoners who could
not keep up with his cavalry
The enemy heard OF his movements and had a
train of cars with flying artillery and 5000 in
ftntr- moving up and down the road TO prevent
Elliott from reaching it.
The whole road was lined with rebel pickets.
Elliott reports the roBis full of small parties
of the retreating enemy. scattering in all drec-
tious
A special to the Tribune, from Corinth the
3lst, via Cairo the LIST, says:
Yesterday morning our reserve divisions were
brought Up, and our entire front moved forward,
the men having two days rations in their haver-
sacks
During the day We kept up tremendous can
nonade, Smelling the woods furiously. The reb
els hardly showed themselves, but replied feebly
with few shots
Last night we threw up breastworks along the
entire front, and slept on our arms within uOU
yards OF the enemy ; breastworks.
AT six this moraing Gen. Pope entered Cor
NTH without the slightest opposition, and took
possession. At the same time, the Mayor, who
had come up on different road, met Gen. Viii
son, and surrendered the town TO him. There
were no inhabitants remaining except the women
and children and old men.
The rebels succeeded in CARRYING away abso
lutely every thing. except few provisions. hich.
with the warehouses, were burned before We ar
rived.
They also took every invalid from the hospi-
tai, and every letter from the Postoffice. They
did not leave a single gun. and had been moving
away troops more than six days, and stores more
than two weeks
The most OF the troops have gone towards
Grand Junction.
The rebel rear guard, under Bragg, 10 900
strong, marched southwark at midnight.
Citizens assert positively that Bcluregard was
there in person, and left with the army.
All concur that there were never more than
90 600 troops there at once. usually much less.
The rebel Notifications were five miles long.
and extended from the Memphis and Charleston
10 the Mobile and Ohio railroad, but they were
much weaker than supposed. They could
have been carried by storm at any time.
The few prisoners we have deserters from,
the rebel rear guard.
There is great modification in Our army.
have these details from one who was there ir
person.
The following Vas received at the War De
partment thu morning: