Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-06-09
EVACUATION or ConINrI1.

has Teen mace 10 th8 long Isl OF Dutt6ihut Sc G.
dsddles that already ad0rn tho history Of the
W.T.
Oar troops had been alvaucing cautiously
upon tho rebel position for six weeks, building
bTeastworks and entrenchmenis st every change
| Of camp, aud msking every preparation both
| for offense and defense. On Frilay monEHg,
| The 30th inst, the Commanding GeueTHl Of The
| Western Department was arouscd frual lgis
! slumbers at an unusually early hour, by tbs
! explosion Of the Rebel pow Der mag zine, and
was shortly afterwards officially notified that
! Corinth had been takeR-withOUt stTUggis.--
TIE LAST or TIE SIGHTING.
| For Two weeks previous 10 the occupation Of
/ Corin!h bv cur forces the picket kiunish'ng
! h.d been Increasing daily, in extent Com
nencinQ with n. Popes division or the l-iS
it gradually extended along the whole line, uaiii
a. times she noise was so great few miles ci!
as 70 induce ths belief that gensTal engage
meut was in progress. We lOst IS many as
| forty men in Filed and wounded on some days.
| We probably killed greater number Of ihe
enemy. Tie rebel piekets HON cur first aP-
! rroach - when we got beyond honteEsy-
cviuced 70 great desire 70 hold their grouu, cX-
eept on one OF two ocess ous when ihe contest
il vowed lhe possession Of astroan % wster, OF
which bo.h were much in. noed. Oar rcconnni-
tsTinz parties experienced very lit difficulty in
approaching the enenl 5 works, and returning
| % report pUg7ess-
On Tueslay, Wednesday, and Thursday Of
the present week, - good deal of artillery was
erg' ged on both sides, and to al appearance :
| general engagement was iEevltahle On several
occasions The firing would continue uninter-
rupted all along the liEos Of Generals Pope and
| Sherman Tor an b0U at time, and The rebel re-
sponse VAS on I scale equally extensive. Little
execution was done on either side owing to the
| denseness @. the brush or ''UndeIgroWth,' which
prevented tie kseEest eye from laking in cir
| e,.it Of hundred yaFJs The rebels believed
the Iigh. and eit wings Of Gen. ualleck army
were moving TO surrouud 3h,m, and their whole
attention WAS diverted from the center and bent
on driving back these wings. They found our
forces gaining on tLem gradually, ,fecting their
object, and thinking il impossible to prevent ghe
capture Of their eItiTo army, they Withdrew
On Tre.day afternoon thHy made desperate et-
fort 70 fcTce back cur left wing, and tOE time
they succ5ed,d, but soon found it impossible 80
hold out against Gen. Pope, and their fire slack
enCd.
THE FORCES ON BOTH SIDES.
AZ, according to She Chicago papers, Gen.
5 Torg, az a time when : battle was thought to
be imminent, approved dispatch purportng t3
give corltc: estimate of Gen Halieck' 5 forces,
il cannot lie improper just now shat the rebels
have gone beyond hearing distsn,e, TO state as
nearly as possible ih7 rea! strength Of the my
collected fer the defeat of B-AUegard at CgEiuih.
In tlrs three diYisions-Gen. Pope's Gen Buel's
and Gen Tn Eas'-there were about enc hun
dred aud ninety reg ments Of infantry, including
The recent addition made 10 the lslI wing by the
arrivals frcn Gen. Curtis command. These
Will average sbout five hundred men to the rsgi-
meni-certainly not moTe-many regiments will
fall short OF four hundrcd Our great hope
A1rr in h inf h7rti IN fttg
artillery, Of which we had over four hundred
pitc-s largo number Of them heavy siege
guns Of heavy clubcF. The cavalry fOTCs was
Iarec-abous J 600 all told; bus the topography
Of the Un,Ty rendered it comparatively useless
ssye 70; reconuOissancss and skiImishe,.
Il is difficult OF course, TO make = correct c.
timAte Of the 5tgc9nded rebel fUTce. From the
best information 10 be obtained, from I:azsns Of
C5:inih, dfserters and sIaggleTs, il may be st
down at 50 Geo ,ifsciual men.
They had men enough, but had not an ade-
qra,- Supply CT artillery; and to fhis fact their
sudden disappearance may be attributed. They
lasta greet .-lau.s sssss Il Sil.ile -eu1UlubsTet,
On the battle Geld Of Shiloh, and great many
more IL the retreat thCreirom. Both III quantity
and quality, their ordnance department was dC-
Eci~nt They know cur artillery strength very
aell, so an told by one Of their prisoners, and
were not Indebted 10 northern Journals fof their
defamation, either. / remarked to capturt
rebel, yesterday, that DeAuregard must have
feared terrible defeat, OF he would not have left
Curinth "Of course be did" was the reply.
a Lyok at the lot Of guns ycu fellows have.
Oae Of our boys WAS sll through your camps
about week ago, and saw more artillery IN
| p,ges division than We had in cur whole army
/ We knew eli about your strength from the very
| first
The rebels had scarcely any heavy artillery,
4 and could not have resisted determined attack
/ from our side for two hours.
| The RBBgL COAIMASDERs
! A report has been circulating very extensively
within = couple Of weeks, lhsi BeaUgegard had
gene TO r chmord to rally the rebels for The &c
lcuse OF hat place, and to sssume chief com
| Iqsnd CT the troops there. This, learn from
citizens Of Corinih is mistake. Beauregac
has been in X ehmCnd within month past, bU
only remained there few days. lie had Deer
stree q eouTle of weeks previous to tho bAtils o
| Shiloh, f-st in command al CoIinth second
under him was G n, Polk and Gen. IIArdee
Ihcn Geus BTE.g, Van DJrn aud Price POk
commanded the Iighr, Van Dom the centsT, and
I UsTdee the left B-sgg was chief ef artillery
| deseTteT informed Inc, few days ago, tina
the Tetel soldiers had great eOu6deLc, ia al
these geSera,s except Van Dom, about whom
! they knew but little. Polk and Pfic,, next tC
BeaurcgaTd, ere held in high esteem by the
troops under him, and are believed to be beite
6eld officers than any Of The southern generals
| B.suregard is universally voted q Napoleon il
the S9utb. The people admire him ard th'
soldiers respect HIM. 1 d. net know how many
| hriesdier-ceneFals weIo al COTinth, and coul,
| not hear tie names Of any With whom tie north
ern people are familiar Our army had the com
| binrd wisdom Of eight nSj lT-geneTsls and sixty
three bIigadieIs 10 bring TO bear against tn
buaernut leaders.
The rebel e1mmAndersr say The few remaining
q i.-ns cf CoTinlh, were 10 good splits Tor ap
psIenly sol when they left, but The troops wer
not. a great many men he'd enlisted FOR term
Of from ten 10 thirty dsYs, for the sole urpos
Of dJigiaE the invaders iuto the TenressC
rveT," and thus. IS they thought, speedily t9r
mi1sting the war in ia-Or OF the much cseIiskc
lpIineiple saf s-uhsm rights, and their e,sgn
I al finding themselves c0mpeled to lso bctoI
! tire s. hiFelings was great ibdscd
E The troops enlisted for three ySaIs or th
4 | war" also gGunbled. ard showed evident sigU
of LissfTyc'i-n and dCmOrsl zltiOr. They ba
been pTcnircd yic.cTy and a speedy pssc,, h
c nd rot be induced TO regard their hasty J.
trest as irdcaiive Of the approach Cf such
happy state Of affeirs. -Four regiments (tv
lfcom Leu siaaa and two from Tennessee) we
z sent away under guard, having mutinied son
4 weeks ago. Mention Of The particulars Of tbs
ease has already beeu made by the press
Should have mentioned in the list Of M
! generals the name of ex-senator Breckiuridg
Z lie has command Of a division in Gen Ha:des
corps.
FIRST NEWS or THE EVACUATION.
;, The frst indicaiicn our troops had Of the eva
ua!ion Of Corinth was tho blowing Up Of a Tei
powder magazine, at about half past three o'e,0
= or Fn1ay.mOrEing (30th). The noise was i
= Gnctly heard At Pit'sbufg Landing, distsu
OF nearly twenty miles on n straight liLe
There were, apr arently, four different explosion
about minute intervening between each, fig
VIII eli it app -aIs that there were four sepaT'
apartments in the magazine. The reports
sembled that following the discharge Of &
irch mortar, but had not quite as much rev
beTation. After tho fourth explosion the VII
town appraTed from our kncs 20 be cnvelol /
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