New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-06-04

stolen. Regularly seven mornings in the week, our
African factOtum, Johnny, would thrust bis woolly
head into the tent, aud wake with the same salu-
tation "Mr. r., breakfast is ready. Mr.. c., your
horse Ia gone again - During the forenoon be
would usually be reclaimed from cavalry SOL
der, who ayerred that he had found him running
loose AT last, during a gallon, he was lmpaled
upon rakehandle, aud nearly killed. The poor
brute could hardly walk ten PAGES but even IN that
condition he was actually stolen again, the night be-
fore we accepted Gen. Hallecks pressing invitation
to withdraw from the lines. My friends latest rec
objection touching the army is OF his snowy morse
and five dollar note sent in fruiess pursuit, both
Of which be now numbers among dressings that
frightened they took their flight
FROM CORINTH To PITTSBURG LANDING.
great many roads have been opened through the
woods from the army to the river 10 mles ana all
exhibit clouds Of dust and caravans OF wagons
When you the immense labor OF transporting pro-
vhions few miles for thess troops, you wonder
how the great armies of antiquity ever subslsted-
what was the length of Xerxes' supply trans. ana
whether Hannibal was delayed by Inadequate
transportation
Many of the farm-houses are deserted; some are
in ruins. When Napoleon saw the mop IN rms uiie
streets mown down by bis artillery, he sAid his
is my seal, impressed upon PARIS. 90 tDe sean "a
Freedom is being stamped into the reoslnous oG1
not merely i'll abandoned houses ana hyie ia''''o''
but also in deep letters of blood -.
Some OF the houses are s'llI tenah.eu, ou' 'cey
belong mostly to the poorer class. the four anu hVe
"bale" men These small cotton growers, who
have no slayes profess TO be Union men; and though
thew have SO long been led by the heavy Shareholders
that they do little thinking for themselves they seem
TO feel that the Rebellion is not the poor nans war;
A COMMUNITY OF WIDOWS"
Still they have contributed largely TO Beauregards
army. AT many Of the dwellings you find only a
slarternly woman, with three or four tow-headed
chilorsn. Ask where her husband is, and she
plies, Dead, Sir" The number of widows is GER.
tainly astonishing; bnt there will he great resur-
recton of husbands, when they all return home from
the Rebel army.
At a few of the houses YOU find neatly dressed Ia.
a es whose locks bctokcu some refinement, even II
they do dip " snuff If belonging to the wealthy
families, they are pretty sure 10 be ardent Rebels.
They always complain: We OF the South aions
feel the burdens aud horrors Of the war. We are
the sufferers while your homes are secure, and your
wives and mothers away from these scenes Of
trouble"
RUMORED EVACUATION OF COElNTH.
As close, "a report comes to us that the Rebels
have Been for two weeks evacuating Corinth, with
out Gen. Haecks discovering it until be found the
place quite deserted So we 60, cropping blinGly
along, and permitting the enemy to escape safely
after he is within range of our guns. SO It VIII con-
suue so long repel our only sure friends from
our camps. Bowling Green, Columbus, Corinth
Possibly few more such experiences will teach even
Gen. Halleck that his Order No. Is ~ impoh,ic as
il is unwise A. d. H.