The daily Wabash express. (Terre-Haute, Ind.) 1857-1867, 1862-06-03
Noon Dispatches.
PROM ooRIsTH.

May slst.
Our cavalry found all the tents of the en-.
ss4y standing. They took hundreds Of bar
fels Of beef. aud seven thousand stand OF
arms. Ia large eneampment on the Mobile
A Ohio Railroad. said to belong 10 Price aud
Van Dorn's forces. who lef on Thursday
night.
The rebels are being brought in, in squads
Of forip and hffy
Our cavalry found the rebels on several
roads ia strong positions. with artillery sap
The rebels commenced moving their sick
last Monday.
Gems. Beaureparl and Bragg were 40 Cor.
nth on Thursday afternoon.
The recently published card 81 ihr army
Newspaper correspondents. gives ~ CHROME
GA. impression that Gen. Halleck ~ py0hib
tied the reporter of the New York A.-ocia
ted Press. with this army. from tell ga hing
anything. even when not contraband except
such items he approves. Gen. Halleck
has never used such Influence over the As
socialed Press dispatches. and erases only
such items rs are Of contraband character.
HALIKcKs HEADeI ARrKRs, June Resi-
dents say that the rebels burnt Cypress Greek
Railroad Bridge by misapprehsnsion, caus
ing the destruction Of seven locomotives and
msu1 tfalAo ioAtti WIN tVuAltnoate tul
quartermasters stores. This accounts for
the smoke seen from the tree tops.
Col. Elliott and comman returned after de-
stroying the Mobile 4 Ohio Railroad in sew
efal places, and large amount OF stores
lie captured three pieces Of artillery. thirty
mounted prisoners and about COO infantry
with but little loss on our sids. lie found
? 500 sick and wounded at Boonsyile
Memphis refugees report that all the news
papers have been removed to Granada. Mis-
sssppi.
Gen. Pope congratulates Col. Elliott for
the brilliant success of his expedition, saving
he reached Boonsville on the morning Of the
Both, and destroyed the track both north and
south of the town, blew up one culvert and
destroyed the switches. lie burned the de-
pot and several locomotives and 20 cars
loaded with provisions Of every kind. He
also destroyed 10 900 stand of small arms,
three pieces OF artillery and great quantities
Of ammunition and clothing. lie paroled
, 1000 prisoners who could not keep up with
hIs cavalry.
The enemy heard OF his movements and
had a train of cars with flying artillery and
5000 infanlrA moving up and down the road
TO prevent Elliott from reaching IL. The
whole road was lined with the rebels pickets.
Elliott reports the roads full Of small parties
Of the retreating enemy. scattering IN ali di
rections.
SPECIAL TO InE TRIBUNE.
CoRISr, Nav l3.--yis CNRo.-l esterdsy
morning our reserve divisions were brought
up aud our entire front moved forward. The
men having two days rations IN their haver-
sacks.
During the day We kept up tremendous
cannonading, Smelling the wood furously.
The rebels hardly showed themselyCs, but
replied feebiy with few shots.
Last night We threw up brestworks along
the entire front and slept on our arms within
one thousand yards of the enemys breast
works.
At six this morning. Gen. Pope entered
Corinth without tho slightest opposition, and
took possession at the same time
The Mayor who had come up on digre
ept road, met Gen. Nelson and surrendered
the town 10 him.
There were no Inhabitants remaining ex-
cept the women anil children and old men.
The rebels succeeded in carrying away
absolutely everything except few Prisonera
which. With the warehouses. we're burned be
fore We arrived
They took every invalid from the hospital
ami every letter from the Postoffice.
been moving away troops moro than six GAYS
and stores more than two weeks
The most Of the troops have gone toward
Grand Junction.
The rebels rear guard under Bragg, 10000
strong. marched Southwark at midnight
The citizens assert positively that Beaure
gard was there in person. and left with the
| army.
All concur that there never more than
81 900 troops there AZ once and usually much
| less.
The rebel foFtihcations were i've miles
long. and extended from the Memphis aud
| Charleston TO the Mobile and Ohio Railroad
but they we're much weaker than we sup
posed
They could have been carried by storm
any time. The few prisoners We have are
deserter. from the rebel rear guard There
is great modification ia our army. have
these details from one who was there in per
fen