New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1862-04-25
Ero,,, the Enemy,s Papers.

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Every one desires to hear what the enemy's
papers have to say concerning victory at Shiloh
We find extracts from the New York Herald enc
of which is as follows:
Where can the Rebels now hope to make Il sue
cessful stand? 1t was hoped that, with their idol,
Beauregard, at their head, they would reverse the !
tide of victory at Corinth, and give US there The
check of another Bull Run deteut; that Corinth |
was splendid defensive position : that |
could be made to annihate an attacking force i; !
that Beau,egard had 80 to Go,O0o Of the finest
fighting material in the South around him, with re-
Inducements by thousands pouring in every day.
But there is another side 10 this picture. The !
victory of Generals Grant and Buell. on Sunday, |
| which drove Beluregard baekin confusion towards
Corinth has changed all the scene, and dashed the
hopes OF the Rebels for successful defence u the
| Mississp pi. From intelligent sources we learn
that large part Of this great Rebel army At
Corintl is composed of mere strlpplnss raw re-
| cruts and badly armed; and there are Whole resl'
ments of pixies and shot-guns.
| 1t is impossible that this hurriedy collected and
| badly, equipped Rebel army, dispirited by 1 sue.
cession OF Crushing Rebel defeats, can stand
against anything like equal force q their dis
| cipned, well armed, enthusiastic and Tlctorions
ad,>arsaries. Assuming, too, that the tugitves
from Island No. TO- and that even the Rebel troops
from Memphis will push forward now to a junction
| with Reauregard, his retreat from Corinth will
only be rendered so much the more disastrous and
demoralizing to the Rebel cause. Briefly, the bot
| tom has been knocked out of the tub of this re-
belllon, and all the contents are adrlft upon the
waves.
Before the Rebel army of Corinth will have re-
covered from the dispirting loss OF Island No 10,
and this disaster Of Sunday they will hear Of the
| loss OF Richmond; and then we predict d stam-
pedo among the Southern COME deraie rulers mil
ltary leaders, demagogues and hrebrands IN
southwestery direction, towards the sacred SOL OF
| Mexico; and then all the remaining strengthens OF
the rebellion win fall with little Or nc resistance
Meantime, the suffering producing classes OF me
Southern people will rise against the destruction
of their cotton, rice sugar and tobacco, and save
themselves from beggary and their. peculiar instr
tutions from ruin. by a timely submission to the
Union Let us rejoice at this cheering prospect,
and that in President Lincoln we have found the
true and trusy pilot demanded By the crisis to save
the country.
S This would be bad, if it were true. Tie Circin-
matt Enquirer, of the 10th inst, is not confident
i 1t says:
: TIE GREAT BATTLE OF pIrrsBURG, Tenn. Tie
ntegenqs yesterday o OF Sysat of b a 3eng
mics of Buell. and Grant and Bcauregard, turns on
s. to be truetoo true, alas for thousands and tens
Of thousands who have lost relations ard deal
:, in the bloody encounter. The Intelligence wa
~ first published in the afternoon papers, and created
. as it rapidly spread through the city Intense sen
y sation. The report Of 5000 killed and wound
he ed on both sides was Incredible, and the genera
belief and hope was that there must be in it grea
> exaggeration. No such a loss, or anything ap
pro3imatng 10 it. was ever heard Of on this CONT
nsnt, and seldom in modern times, even in Europe
a
in found TO be much less than was reported, there
y. can be no doubt that it was desperate an(
: sdoody struggle OF immense masses Of armed men
IL and it will long figure as the great event Of GU
4 military history. We appear to have given the Ell
hs envy signal repuse, but the advantage has beef
til dearly purchased by the death Of so large mum
: her OF the best and brayest spirits il the army.
~ The feeling of rejoicing over the victory will b
painfully mingled with the sadness of eNteisiv
j. a rational bereavement. The most energetic Ct
~ forts should be made in all the large cities an
| tnyCp in tn aft Hold and IN
wounded and to alleviate the distress caused b;
Is this great battle.
lie The Norfolk Day Book extracts from the follow
n ing from the New York Herald, of April Il. w
/, | would remind our readers Of the fact that tn
Heralds announced the steamer to leave for Europ'
- on the 10th instant The fact will explain the hi:
y lie abort Island Ne. TO-
Te The Herald says: 90 A vague uneasiness with re
. gard to the Merrinac and the success Of Major
3' General McCleilan's operations on the peninsul
operates to check business
TIE steamers Bermuda and Herald under Ell
- gsh colors, were recently loading ct Bermud
lie with military stores intending to the bl0chad
- at some Southern port.
Ct The prisoners aud property captured by Ger
on Pope and commodore Foote, at and in the vicipt
g. of Island No 10, are summed up as follows:
~ Maior-GeneraI, l; Brig Generals g. Cclonels
of TO- Lieut.. Colonels and Majors, Is Captains, 81
Lienteuants, Gi Second Lieutennnts, 81: Privates
at 5,500 cannon, l25 arms, 1000 steamboats,, 10
floating battery, l; horses and mules, 2C00 wag
ons, IOO0--btsides $40 600 worth Of provision
k and ammunition unesmated.
Some other statements, as follows, are Of il
to terest:
al New HAVEN. April s, lS62--The election in thi
al State is Overwhelmingly Union and Republican,
r. much so as make the details uniInportant te
al night. More than two-thirds Of the Legislature
I'd supposed to be Union Republican, Notsone Demo
OF cratic Senator is known to be elected The Who'll
I'd Union Republican State ticket is supposed to b
W elected BY over Eve Thousand majority.
IN The New York Herald Of the 6th instant say
:" the Grand Jury OF Washington City has pretere
au indictment against Greeley for something Thu
Y. has been published in the Tribune.
N 10, We suppose that this audes TO very sharp al
ers eontempuous criticism which it recently publi.h
ons il respect 10 Gen. Mcclellan.
eat OF the Southern coast expedition tl.a Hcra
II says:
has Later intelligence from Port Royal Indicates th
the operations of Gen. Hunters department a
the progressing tavoraby; but to enable Airl 10 car
ocs ont TO the fullest extent his programme, and
ent facilitate matters the coast, it is necessary t
hen he should be speedily reinforced with fresh troop
ale ana we presume the War Department is HOT b!i
The to the necessity.
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