The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-05-02
= THR CAhPAIaS IN THE WHIST.
Prom the Uincinns sti Gazetts. April %

Miss, may be expected hourly Extepsivs
preparations are being made on our sids. The
enemy Ia doubtless equally active. Both sides
fully comprehe nd he Importance Of the i'm
pending engagement II the rebels should
be de feated, the fate Of the Mississi ppi Valley
and. in great measure, OF the rebellion, viii
be decided.
Beauregard is Lot inaensible to this His
army IL not ignorant OF 1t. General Halleck
aud fhe brave defenders VINO maze up the
grand army undsr his command, entertain
similar views. The approaching battle, If
wcn by our troops, will bs the last great bat
tie, in all probability, that will bs fought in
the cotton States. 1t is not to be ex pected,
theIe efore. that the fight will bs ANYTHING
short Of desperate struggle.
We do not anticipate retreat on the part
Ct Beauregard without a battle, because the
moral effect Of this would be quite as bad on
the cause, now desperate, which he rspre.
sents, as q defeat. That under tha.e circnm-
star ces he will highland fight desperately
trugzling ns m ian In the agonies Of death,
we are bound to believe.
Correspondence Of the st. Louis Republican
PITfsBURa LANDIss, April 10.
PreIarations go steadily forward here,
division now are posted within a mile of the
rebel pickets; numbers Of new batteries and
fresh soldiers have arrived, and evidently
before another week the fate Of Corinth will
be decided. General Mitchell has reached
Decatur, holding the bridge there, and cap.
turing some siege guns on their wsy tc B.au.
regard. Hundreds OF wounded COnfederates
have been found BY parties be ween here and
Cortnth the lost day or two, and brought in
hero. So energetic have been the mea sures
taken by General Halleck that the army here
is prepared to Immediately assume the ofYen.
siVe General buell's troops are In excellent
condition Bodies ofOur cavalry da ly meet
and skirMish with the enemy. Eiom present
appearances Gn immediate advance will take
plaee upon Corinth On socouu: Of the de.
struction Of the reilroad BRIGGS. II Is now i'm.
DOsSlhl0 for A6hur6Har0
ments
Before another week closes Uorinth will
probably be won or lost, the two great armies
Of the Sou n and West Bgain meet together.
and Haileck conquer Beauregard or Beaure-
gard conquer haileck. These two Generals,
who. 10 far, have proved themselves the best
on their respective sides. will In a few days
meet where merit IL bes. tested-0n the Held Of
COZ fict The coming contest will bo one OF
terri. BILE nterest. The Union army ts in a po-
sltion from which 1t cannot retreat. The ad-
vance must be STEADY and uninterrupted. A
reverse aust prove almost fatal, at least as far
as tne spring campaign Is concerned. Bot of
thls tnere IL little danger General Halleck
nas @ tne troops for success, and they have the
pon, rah But oppos ed 70 our army 10 the
Dest IeotI talent and the finest soldiers In the
Ccniedeiae service They are well discip pin.
ed ana thoroughly armed facts which the
iate enea& sbundantly proved Their
BOyn. and Breckinridge. the four fnrmsr NIL
itary strategtsts Of the hrst order.
The Confederate Gevernment 10 bending Tia
energies with desperate sarnestness 10 main
tain its pt sition ut Corinth. With the ioss of
the latter that OF Mobile, New Orieans ana
thet Gulf States eouid immediateIy folIow ~
IT would no longer be uestion with them
where to make stand, but whittier to A ' for
escaps kichmond's g throne, cut OF from its
Sou nern dependencies, would tottsr, and the
Confederate fabric on the Potomac occupy
deserted defsnoes At their leisure. Here win
BE- the gls' str ugsie, aud that before many
days. Unless Halleck Immediately takes the
o6ensive Hsauregafd will The latter 10 now
Commander. In Chief, and his views on at
tacting instead Of defer ding are well known.
Other circumstances are combining to make
the coming battle fearful one +a.
The friendly feeling lately increasing be.
tween the ccmbatantA has fsd, and bitter
bate rapidly. taking It's place Hardly sol.
der now bnt what has buried Z friend, and
the thought that death smots them through
brothers, while defending the common nag OF
both, las proved maddening towards who
ned when thsir companions fought havs besa-
reproached NATL they are brave in despair,
ana seem anxl0us 70 wipe away the disgrace.
Q Our army here. for 6ghsing purpose. ID
more Feed - than before the battle, Panlcs,
there II good reason to believe, have ended
and the troops, tpstsad OF having to dstsnd,
will hsssafter press stsadily. constantly on.
ward.
Gen. HAileck - been busily engaged since
his srrivaI, In dsstroytnG tie snsmy's means