New-York daily tribune., 1862-04-15

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j, I, eoa,aa ao,vn several miles below here, wnen
it struck bar and, as 1t Grew '"'i'1 :, INC in
water, grounded. Three OF our ''a,''to -, psbe,s
the vicinity, went ont to IL ana o'n' behind
had abandoned It so preGpitstey as 10 br,
no. only great supply of smmun''.U" hs1 entitled
also all their clothing end baggage thsy No. .;ab, a,
Ii IL, but i. 10 30 fiat and raithke' '""'
VOL have attempted 10 sinA d oo'A' ,o,,s,
| -, Ma 10 TsxSE.sEr, WEDNESDAY, apr" . '''''
| oprp ATOMS OF THE ARMY. /
| From 10 O'Clock, 4. M, on M'noAy' u"'4, '"'o
! .;.h, our transpors were e"gaged 'n throwing
,"eono ocross TO the Kentucky shore. Aoou' Il oVV
,ro,t over. including one regiment OF cavalry anu
,o or froo battaliops Of artillery. 1ne soldiers
,sho or, among the very best troops in our tervice
,,s,sed forward eagerly, anticipating hard battle
bnt determined TO make II short and decis've.
Early in the afternoon, ,'Gen Pate learned thai the
Rebels had taken the alarm, and were lying from
the island, toward Tptonve.
They were now completely Gagged; the anaconda
encirccd them on all sides. Their advance reachsd
Tipton ie, and to their utter despair, fonnd that
.enue OF escape closed. Onr two gunboals Were
lyins at the town; ALSO few miles below, on Tue
Mipsouri shore were the batteries OF Gen. RUNNER,
commanding the 5.h Division Of Gen. Popes army
which reodered it impossible for Their iraSiie gan'
boats or transports to come up il the vicinity. NO
foolish Quail ever entered more complete trap thsn
the ueSless Rebels had walked into, with their eyes
opeo. In front CT them was Tptcnvilc, with the
tdeer black eyes of the Carondce, and the Pitsburg
reeripg on. ouinously upon them, and forolddng
any further advance. At their left was an iinIassh'
bic line Of lake and slough; q. their right, hsh'
dry region, bounded by tho river shd held by our
E troops; and behind them, Gen. Popes army prese-
inc them closely. If tbey had the faintest lingering
desire to Gle in the last ditch, tie opportunity wae
most brilliant, But they evidently preferred hving
r to Gcbt again. Some leaped into the lake. ana NJ
D tempted TO wade add swim across few ps'sso
over on two little fatboats which were kept PLYING
vigorously during the night. Others plunged into
, tbe sysmp, hoping to make their way through, ana
savera, hundred scattered into the timber on their
right. But the main body were inolosod IN the
Gordon.
Three times their rear drew mp in line Of battle
r ot,emu,inc 10 make stand; but. IN the confuson
thew neglected to bring up their artillery, and after
tle skrmshng broke and moved forward BEFORE
= Ls serried ranks Of Gen. Pope. few men were
wounded on each side, but none killed.
: THE SURRENDER.
4 Thus the night passed away, and lovely Spring
I morning iawned upon the discounted Rebels. They
sent al, officer with their unconditional surrender to
Gen. Pope, who, il the mean time had passed down
c mon steamer and established bis headquarters at
q Tiptonyille 1t was, of course accepted, and two
hours after sunriso the long files Of stained and be-
draggled Rebels, in bu,ernut and jcan', began to
move sadly into hs camp and stack their arnG. No
-. do INIT liz. Iur l.I
II in this body was over 5000, from the following
eeiments Tennessee 10th, 46th, and 55th, Alabama
&c s;. Arasnsss 3D. ,itb and i2,h regiment OF Mssis-
d sippi Tigers number unknown, and Comp NEE
u and of The New Orleans Pelican Guards. Their
commander-inchief was Major General hackali,
formerly lieutenant colonel connected With tie Ad
1 iuisnl- Generals Office in Washington hnd now
esteemed OF the best officers in the Rebel ser-
T. vice. Bugaiier-Generals Marshali % Walker oi
L Tennessee aud J. T. CAN'T OF Arkansas held The
= leading subordinate commands. Thcsc Generals are
al secured; and hear also Of Brigadier General
! Schauul included il the surrender. The New-Or-
% leans troops nearly all FRENCH elegantly uni
u formed tho other forces in civilians dress, eX-
- cept the black stripe the paniaoons. They are
y armed with sho;-slns, bunting ries, and inn-keis
d The quality OF their arms and clothing, lso tho
10 physque OF the prsoners, 10 decidedly superior Il
o. thcse captured Fort Donelscn. Tho officers were
~ allowed to retaia Their sdesrms, aud go about th'
10 camp en- parole. The prisoners kept at Tifon
vile through the night, and Gen. Pope sent hi
cavalry out to scour the country and bring in grag
,e glen.
"o A DESpGyDING REBEI.,
y Tie tone Of the most Of the letters Is e4ceedug
~ despondent indicating great demorsIia alton in h
nc Rebel ranks. One Of them, apparently from 81
py officer and addressed 10 the Hon A. II. Gentry o
Texas, ia thus preSaced: For obvious reasors dc
!" not sign my name 10 this letter; tu, yoa will know
W At once whom it is from" The are reudeIe,
q "obvious" by the following paragraph;
q tell you Colonel, that there is use in fIrthc
C. restance We have neither tie means nor TIE ne!
to carry On The war. Our 'rooI6 are utterly demcr
IL sued, beaIt-sick and home-sick by regiment ha
D, not been paid cent in five montha and I, who
as you know, am worth 10 ordinary times hundred
II thousand dollars am obliged to borrow tho price
the postage upon thi. letter. How nea bt
~ expected 70 fight under fuch circumaances 2"
STEAMERS LOST BY THE HEBELs
Early yesterday morning the large sI6 costly
- Rebel steamer Ohio Belle came floating d0Y!D the
. river, and landed al New-Madrid Our troop made
4 her fagt 10 the shore, and upon examination, found
: bai the enemy had ebandoned and attempted e sink
her, they had the floating battery The previous
D.ght. The soarlng, However, was very iraperf city
done, and there was only little water in her Bold
VIE carpenters took her in hand, and sbe Will soon
h. ready for service again. she bears her WHEEL
bouae tho old lsbei-" Union Zine "-snd evidently
belongs 10 it. Though the has been little slow aleu-;