The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-04-28

Iore Il can b VIZ tuYOi on. The army must |
Do re0rgauiz I'd. Bat Bsauregari viii rot b
= 10 had lesson. And Will BE- wary how he /
moves In the future.
rHs YAHx1ss ooussnLLED 70 LEAaB wIsDon.
when shall We learn wisdom Whom ehail |
va undsrstsnd thai great events hang on lit.
tie thinfsf All hands concur that o grava
rests with those In conmand |
In not h. vins ptcke:s posted ~ hey should
have been IL ront OF Premises command
the pieks,s were not . half mile distsut.-
beauregard's advance slept vi Thu ! 200 yards
Ct Prsntiss's camp on Saturday night. j am
Inform Cd ,aiso, that 4sn. Grant was informed
BY the residsn u that BsaureGard intended 70
attack him, bat the report was not believed
No steps were taken TO ascer tain the correct.
made. The enemy selected his time. made his
advance with 10 600 Iner, and the army OF
Gen. Grant ested unsuspectingiy. ~ wss
supposed that BaAuregard would ooiig,xg'y
Another mist0xe was the position Of the
army. It wSs On the west bank OF the river,
without means OF escape II attacked ny 81.
perior force. Il Is presumed that 0snefAI
Grant supposed his force on he west oanx
was ST fiiclentiY large, inasM UGH as NJ IA no
expectation Of Al attack from BsaureEafd:
Another admitted mistafs Vas the placing OF |
raw regiments IN the advance. Inc atoops
composing P.satisss division we're mainly
raw. WAREHOUSES battery received their
guns aud horses Only the week previous. !
am informed that several OF the regiments
first al tao xsd I'd with precipitate haste, car.
ryins opfusion to others in the rear. Nat the
troops Which had Doe0 longer In the service
IN arched boldly to tho attack. II seems thar
thsre was no superior officer Ga the Held In
the forenoon OF sunday. The divistonary
commanders OF course gave orders to their
several commands but there was no unity
Of az ton, and OF co urse there was confusion.
Not expecting an attack, there had been no
forethought for such contiDksncy. We
have had Big Bethel and Balls Biu1, which
were CQt and out blunders and We I'D sup
posed the day Of blunders past. Let rs hope
that this 10 the last. Eternal vigilance is the
An attention to one Of the flrst rules govern
ing an army in the field, would have saved
thousands OF lives.
Sincs wrttiug the above, have learned that
the battle really commenced at half pass one
In the morning. 1t seams that Major Poveli,
OF the Twenty. eth Missouri, was sent on.
with three hundred men to capture a body OF
rebel cavalry which for three days hat been
in sight about q mile from General Frentiss's
camp. Major Powell was an OLD Texan
Ranger, and fought with Sam Houston
against the Mexicans. He understood border
warfare and 1t was his intention 70 sweep
round tbs rsbels as fisherman stretches his
seine. 1nste.d Of fin ding q sm ell force Of cav.
airy. he foand three regiments Of infantry.
He was driven back, and strange as 1t may
appear II have the Information from gem
tisman who was in Prentiis's camp at the
time) NO alarm was given. The division was
not called to arms; hut officers and men
slept ~ soundly as though the enemy were Il
thousand miles of. At seven O'Clock the en-,
envy were close upon Prentiss. That General
rode mp to Colonel Peabody. OF the Twenty
ffta Missouri, and Teprimanded him In these
words "Sir, you have brought on an attack
that time, had not dewned upon the mind Of
General PreLtiss. &c evidently was not
aware that the entire army OF Bsaureg .rd was
bearing down upon him 10 cieave Ills force
has lott tn m fA<
later and General Pren,is WIS a prisoner and
colonel Peabody was killed Ths whole sf-
fair dem ande an investigation.
XxPsorArIos OF ATTACK.
But it is astonishing that higher ofncsr,.
Knowing the probability OF attack, tooA no
visible measures to prepare for It: have
as early at least as Friday, that he thought an
attack very probable Knowing the forces at
Oorinth, and that his troops thus msnaced
and deep river in rear, probability Of attack
was certainly serious enough matter to de.
mand preparation. A renn,rk of General
Sherman's about the probability OF attack
week or TWO before tho light, " nat he thought
Of The position at Pittspurg landing az
ghina We are IN very great danger OF attsck,"
was his reply, and he went on to give his rsa-
sons. "Why, then, Dc You not urge your
views upon The Commanding General f"--
"ch! with a shIug OF hts shoulders, 'thy'a
coll ne crazy asata -
EkITIsa OFFICERS ErasAHISe BOB TIN SOUTH.
The Baltimore Ax1tesn gets the following
from reliable source:
Annapolis, Nd, April n, 1852.
Fer The last three Weeks our harbJr has
been g-acsd with ths presence of II. a. aioop-
of-war Racer, Captain Lyons, ID. n. This
lie one Of the Fesssla considered REQUESTS Dy
the british Govern inert - look out and
n eva lis la a-o OF nnyp
going or between the Jl-Y"i anc ret- ltious
Statss of the Uuion. AM VIII .e 80 objection
Is MADE to their presence alhC csst Us, Till We
mig ut expect at isast LEat our feelings should
be paid some little respect &c ghi,e eaJoy ing
the Hospitality OF our own ports. But such
has not seen the case here from both officers
andsnen. We have had open and loud syInpa-
taies expressed for the reosis-tae meA hur
raining through our streets for Jef. Davis
and Tidtculing the American flag, and ths
officers expressing very fresly their hcpss
that the south may succeed" 1es all this
may have been done to tickle the secesh fe-
males OF this place, who have made them.
selves ridiculous by the manner In which
they have rnn AFTER these officers until evsry
thar. too, by the We add be +. T. VS. Hereto
fore I have been taught 10 believe that female
society, 20 be appreciated. should be sought
SfseT /; but IN this case things havs beeu re-
veEsed, and these females have put them
selves to every tron6,e " seek II 9 company
Of these cf1esrs. Day sfter day, through
wind and rain. could they Dc seen going to
and fro from thia ship. A friend endeavored
to pailiate their CONDUCT BY saying "thsy
had been 50 long without having aed any NJ
tenuon paid them that they were willing to
sacrifcs even female propYiety and respect
for the sake Of q little attention.
AfrBhP1ED IsaAYB or COL. THOMAS.
Lieut.. Thomas, tho Fran Oh lady," confl ned
In Fort Lafayette for transferring TIT 9 .eamer
- Nicholas to the custody Of the rebels last
or,oAf EsOY n To- ntvon
day night. He had procured u um Der Of tin
cans, which he corked tightly and tied about
his waist, when he took to the water and
swan toward the LoDg Island shore He was
put into req uthuen he was brought back and
conveyed ~ his old quarters. Thomas was
at first confined in Fort ncHsnry, In this city,
but rot succeeding nnally pretended insanity.
At one time his release seemed probable, when
he suddenly resainsd hts faculties, ana was
detained and sent North. The steamer St.
Nicholas, which he managed to transfer TO the
reosl authorities, was committed u the flames
in front Of IredericksburS last week by the
rebels themselves, fearing thu sh Q might tall
into the hands Of Gen. Mcooweu's army.
yAs1 gY1AMlR HTTfID our ~ YRIvAr8AR.
The following correspondence has passed
OF Liverpool, respecting the ntting ont Of q
Confederate vessel for the capture and de-
structon OF Federal vessels.
LLoYD's, April 3.
Sir I am directed to acquaint you that re.
port II current At Lloyd's, which, from the
confident manner IL which IL 10 put forward,
IL believed, Of a vessel having bsen recently
fitted out 1t an expense OF $40, 900, (at what
port IL not known to cruise In the Atlantic
for the express purI ose Of capturing and de-
stroying all vessels bearing the FEDERAL nag
The committee, considering II matter OF the
greate4t importance to all persons engaged In
the trade with America, instruct me - give
You notice OF the fact; and to state that tney