Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1862-05-22

| Dut Inc rnccSsant ram OF yesterday ana last
night has made the roads impossible, and
made 1t necessary to postpone the move
inent, which will certainly take place at a
very ea:ly period, ~ ''alo,g5 a.i T
Our Army, since the 2sd ult,, has been
daily closing in on the enemy, until it now
occupiesa position Oh a sfdgsin She shape
Of croscent, within six to hine miles Of
Corinth, Gen. Thomas formerly Grant's)
division resting Northwest of Monterey,
Gen. Buoll's division at Monterey, Gen
Pope sdivision near Pennington, and Mitch.
ellis division between Boonville and Glen
dale, on the Memphis and Charleston Rail-
road, where, 1t IS sreported, it is Joined on
the left by Gen. Rosecrans. With this dis
position Of our forces, we only await the
drying operation of day or two S sun, such
as we have at this time, upon the mud,
when we will move forward with such over
whelming and crushing force, and yet with
that caution and prudence that have char,
acterized the movements of the commander
of the "District of the Mississippi" and
which will-Ao matter how determined the
enemy may be to battle us in our object or
defeat our purposes--resultin in glorious and
triumphant victory '" D. ' "f
From present indications, the fight will be
one of artillery, unless the enemy shall de-
termine to have it otherwise, and our heavy
seige guns, of the most effective kind, are
here and ready to be moved forward and
placed in position, and our light artillery,
almost numberless, will be found occupying
the right positions to sustain them, and
render all the aid that can be rendered in
the contest, while the hosts of Infantry, all
eager for tie issue, will be on hand to do
their part in repellng any effort that may be
made to silence either, or to make any de-
monstrations necessary to secure glorious
triumph. ...,. III. ,... ......
Much of what I hive written may be re-
garded as speculation l have given tho
position Of our forces at this writing. In or.
der that the readers of THE CuRoNicLE.
when they shall hear the resat of tho '.grent
battle,' as it is termed, in prospective, may
have better understanding of the opera
tions Of the different divisions composing
this amy, as the telcgiaphic reports will
OF course be very vague and unsatisfactory
We moved to our present position yester-
day morning, and before we hal time to
pitch our tents, or rather before our tents
arrived, Gen. Stanley directed Col. Smith
to take the 43d and 63d Ohio Rcgim ents
and 60 to fording on fork of Chester
Creek, between Pennington and Monterey,
where large body of the enemies Cavalry
were repor:ed to be, and drive them away.
We started amidst a.heavy and drenehine
rain about ! J, p. NJ, and after abont two
hours marching over very crooked, muddy
road, we arrived at the place, to find the
enemy gone. They had made foray il
the morning in this direction, and destroyed
some cotton belonging to the farmers in thu
neighborhood, and then returned to thei
camp before our arrival. We remainet
there, however, until about clock, P. NJ
when we were relieved by the 9Th Wiscon
sin Regiment, and we started for our camp
and such march as we had mist be ex
perienced before it can be appreciated.
The country here, in Northeastern Missis
sippi is somewhat hilly, but the hills ar
neither SO large or close together as the
are in Belmont county, and they are, man.
of them, nearly level on their SUBMITS, wher
there are farms containing hundreds ofacres
on which the land would all be tillable i
cleared. The soil is rich, but very thin
sandy loan, with clay subsoi, and woul'
require great attention in the way of alterna
ton of crops or manuring. 60 prevent it
soon wearing out. think it would be wei
adapted to grazing, and is said to be yer
good wheat land. The wheat here, by tn
way, is in blossom. The corn, where plant
ed, from three to eight inches high; an
potatoes about the same. The climate j
y delightful at this season Of the year; tn
= nights cold enough to make one sleep yer
il comfortable under blankets, and the day
not so warm as to make it very uncomfor
able marching. Peach trees are abundan
and literally breaking down with fruit, ii
size Of full grown cherries. apples are NJ
very plenty, and the trees seem to be sui
r ject to early decay. Of the inhabitants v
ls Of course know but little, save of the W
men and children, as the men are nearly o
! absent from home, las they, in the langual
Of the women, went to town yesterday.
o The women nearly all look alike,-sallov
: complicated, sunksn-eyed sickly creature
J. without any of the life and spirit Of Il
Northern women Their bloodless appea
.r- ance, their detected look, however, may
- the result Of their grieving over the caiar
tiles OF the war that they now feel was wit
2. out cause, and promises to yield many
- them the sorrows Of widowhood. An
tohIvho can estimate the extent Of d
r suffering, tho sorrow, the anguish Of heai
! the deep, bitter weeping Of the "Rseht