Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-04-07
LATEST NEWS.
BY TELEGRAPH
TO THE WORCESTER DAILY SPY
FROM TENNESSEE RIVER.
Beauregard Outf1anked


BILE source, has reached here that Beauregard
has been outhanked near Corinth, and com.
PEELED to fall back, and that a heavy body of
troops is between Elmra and Memphis, and
not far from Mississippi. Glorious news, adds
the World, may be expected in day or two
CAIRO, April 4-ReliabIe intelligence has
been received from the Tennessee river. The
gunbuats Cairo, Lexington, and Taylor, and
the transport TigTess have made a reconnes.
sance as far as Florence. Ala They met with
r no resistance on the way, but discovered one
deserted battery, where the enemy had nine
guns planted.
CINCINNATI, April ga dispatch from Sa
vannah says the rebels have advanced their
camps at COrinth, where Beauregard is in
command, within six miles of our advance
from Pittsburg, and there are but five miles
between the pickets of the respective forces at
Purdy, where The rebels have four or five reg
iments. The rebels claim force OF 100000
men, all told.
On Sunday last one division of Gen. Buells
army was within days march of Savannah.
Reports are in circulation that Immediately
up0h uIlleck's assuming command in person,
four or five corps da,mee will DO organized,
under Gems. Grant. Smith, Wallace, Buell.,
and McClernand. There is now and then
little skirmishing with the rebel batteries at
Eastport.
A gentleman of New Albany, Indiana, who
arrived on Tuesday, states that on the evening
OF March 18th the advance of Buell's army
arrived on the Tennessee opposite Savannah,
and commenced crossing the river on Sunday
morning, thus forming junction with Grant.
General Grant, in the early part of last week,
sent force TO destroy the Memphis and
Charleston railroad, which accomplished the
tearing up of ten miles OF the track, and the
breaking OF the connections between the rebel
lines; bat before Saturday morning the rebels
had repaired the track, and were receiving
rein0rcements of men and munitions via this
road
The enemy are said by scouts to be strongly
fortified at Corinth, and among the hills lnr
sixteen or eighteen miles toward the national
camps at Pttsburg landing. Their available
force is believed to be from rs 600 to 81 900
The united forces OF Buell. and Grant are suifi.
Gent to meet and conquer this large army,
and the national supply of artillery is superior
both in caber and number OF pieces 10 that
OF the enemy.
CAIRO, April 6.-Danel Wright, formerly
sailor at OSweg0, arrived here to day, having
deserted from Gen. Beauregard'S army, a
week since. lie says there were abOug sixty
thousand troops at Corinth, but no heavy
guns around the works. Que regiment was
under arrest, for being dsloyal and IebelIious.
Their army presented a state bordering on in
subOrdinatiGn Our informant thinks there
will be a stampede if they are attacked.
FROM MADRID AND ISLAND NO. 10.
MADRID, April 3.-The telegraph line was
to-day discovered to be cut in q dozen places
between here and Sykestown. Gen. Pope i'm.
mediately issued special order to the resi-.
dents along the route that he would hold them
responsible for the safety OF the Telegraph line,
and if any damage was done to it near their
houses and farms he would have their houses
burned and themselves and families arrested
and brought to camp and visited with the Sc
verest punishment.
CAIRO April 5.--The firing at Island No.
10, last night, disabled the floating battery of
the rebels. One shell struck directly in it,
killing three men, aud disabling it SO that it
foated down toward the foot of the island.
The firing today has been more active and
has done good execution.
A messenger from New Madrid this evening
reports that the rebels erected battery last
night opposite Point Pleasant, and this morn
ing opened fire on our works. After some
time the battery was silenced b. our guns,
and warehouse on the Kentucky shore was
set on fire by our shells. It's contents were
consumed. No casualties on our side are re.
ported. The loss of the rebels is unknown,
but several must have been killed.
ST. Louis, April ga correspondent of
the Republican, writing from the flagship
Benton, OH the evening of the 81 inst, says
an attempt was made this morning to tow the
rebel floating lattery to a point where it
could command our mortar boats. A brisk
fire was opened by our mortars and in the
course of half an hour the battery was struck
several times. Splinters were thrown in all
directions, and several beams displaced. One
shell exploded directly inside the battery,
when it was immediately submerged to the