The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-04-17

] FORCES nave n0afo n6 was at NASHVILLE
axd then at Col am bia, aud also tn at be was
on the roat. We do no: Jok for him uBder
| forty eight hours. ! fear you will capture
| tins gren sef par, Of oar army on this side 0 /:
| the river. You have me. and overcome to-
| day tn 9 best trooI we have
Bsaurckard.-lam slsd to hear 1t, and trust
that the result OF this days work may bring
your Government to "a frame of mir more
| Prentiss.--rhat con hardly be, sir. II
| your army had pushed after the bat
| tie of Manassas, 1t might have taken
Wellington, and overrnn the North, aS q
| cient supply OF arms thes, ana we,o
| not prepared. The masksts purchased In
| Belgium BY Fremont were Of but iittie nc
count; you could turn your tnnmn IN rae
muzz e, the bore WIS 80 large. We also pro-
| cared from England the Old Grlns tun' nas
| oeen stored away Us useles IA Lonu"n ,9ss
| or ever since the war with Napoieet, - 81,
| Chey are Of no value Whatever. II IS only
| villain the last SIX days ina We nave De
come thoroughly aud efficiently armed. our
| su pply is now ample, ana We cannot % over
come Your Go vera ment has made TWO mis-
Iakes-first in not avaiing itself OF the fra! Is
of the battle Of Manas :as ana secondly, IL
waiting until we had beco ne We'll armed ana
| org anz'd We have now zoo 900 men in camps
| iels as they may be nesded. We do not doubt
| Inc final result.
Beauregard Nor 10 We Our cause is just,
aud God viii yet give as me victory.
Prentiss.-Ue know you have Die officers,
and spirited army to back the m, but our
| con II iance Is nrnl. Aao permit rue TO add,
General, tnas among all the Confederate eff.
GERS NO one is SO great iav5 rite With Us rs
yourse!f. Such Is my OWE 1eeiing, and thas
OF our army and people.
BeaureSard -Iou are very kind, sir /; but
we aaye much better officers than am.
Gen. sidney Johnston aud Gen. Jos. John.
ston are both my superiors ia ability as we'll
as Ia RANK. have served under both OF them
| .nost chs lr:ulIy, and kaow them we'll. ] care
nothing for rang; the god OF my country is
what lock to.
going embraces the chief poin;s of the inter.
visw. ten. Prentiss was easy and pleasant,
and not at all depressed. Apparently, too, he
was quite cludio and yet bought de sect-
cd uisp,si.,on To eva ls, II not to deceive, in
MS reIly as to the whereabouts and forces of
Buell.. L believe that Baeii Is near at hand
Ii Is to be hoped am mistaken, and that our
men, wh0 have already fought twelve long
hours may nGt have to encounter y flesh force
e.rnurroW.
I am unable to approximate the num Der
killed ana wounded un Ell her side. ! be loss
upon the part of pofa muss be very heavy,
tlough not SO great IS it would have heen bat
tor tas protection affordc u by The TIRE
Among our wounded are 4ens. Caeatham,
Hu.hrod Johnlon, Bowen, Clark, aud Glad
d3a-thc first five not seriously. gen. q ad-
aen, who commanded the right wing OF Har-
dee's corps, lost his left ann. Gen. Cheath9m
received ball in the shoulder, and Gen.
Johnson one III Inc s1ue- 03ueTai
Bowen was wounded in the neck, and doing
well 1t last accounts Colonat adams, of the
Ist L0atstana regulars, succeeded General
Glldd IN in the command OF the right wing,
a al WAS soon after shoT, the Dali striking MN
jass above the eye and ming cat tehind
me ear. Colonel KitE Wilsiasas, If sMemphi
nd Gel. BIZ the, OF Mississippi, formerly sion-
sui 10 Havana. were kiilei. Many other
Off ers were WGunUed ana allied, Tut lly
oWiedgs Of the reg IN oats is too limited,
and the ccpiution too great TO procure re-
ijable details. The mlssissiD.ian Tennes-
sesans, aad Louisiauiaas suffered terribly.
All tbs troops bsnaved II ost CALAMITY, Never
did m en- fight bstteT; and get many OF them
were "a tro.ps f,esn from their homes. The
2ist Hlaeama regiment TOOK two batteries,
and the lst Louisiana a'sec iies OF artillery.
O;hsr regiments did equally Well.
The battle was foush: around Shiloh
Churca, the place of worship of the sur
r1undir country, and will De Known in his
torv II the Battls OF shiloh.
Iwrite in CaptIin EHiton's ten, Quartsr.
rl.s 81 o. the t3d Ohio regina ent, which Gen.
Beauieaard has kindly assigned 20 two friends
aud myself. Captain f. was good enough 10
leave AN amp supply Of paper, which /
have been using freely. The tenlWas perfo-
rated by twentv-oiis III usket balls.
Isis now raining very hard. Up to sunsa:
saediy vas lovely. the change is sae vssaii,
doubtless, OF the heavy cinnoIadiDs keeps up
stree early Tuorning. The enemy is Sill
throwing shells from mis- Rl1bolts, and some
Of them fall unoomfortabiy near our tents
Whether he fears Il nsgn. a:tack, or is seeking
TO cover the ttanste" OF his army 20 The ota er
bank of the river, it were impossible 20 say.
viii Buell. come ? l have rny fe rs But
let us IeAve the morrow 10 teE :ts own tale.
Meanwhile snail court tGesHeet embrace
Of 3onn1s up0. Capt. Ks:fCa's camp cot
There is many " weary g i&ier lying on the
we. ground toni sht, who is la,ldy 70 Join
vita Slneso FaEZs, and say, 81 blessed De the
man who first III vented sleep" r. Wa.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
We copy from the Charleston Coarisr an 40.
count OF the fight, under date Of Ap lis, writ.
ten by It's correspondent s'Pessoans:''
The FsderLis numbered some sixty thou
sanG, while the total number OF our own
Force engaged was less than forty thousand.
Notwithstanding tdia Immense advantage
held By the enemy, We. carried the day 1T
every point, s}ar troops seemed - DO ire
sjsrible ena oaltery after battery fell before
their i'm petaoUs caars-9, until we b adj sccti-
mulGtad no lesa than eighty guns, oil of
which, with the exception of TWO, we still
retain DU ing the Egat the brigade of Gen.
Prentiss w-s surro urdad Sy the Contcderates
aud captured
Yesterday he made speech 10 his men here
| in Goriuth ia w1ica he said sai. they were il
TIE hands OF 4 high.niaded, honorable people,
and could not nave succumne TO a Drawer
enemy. For himself, he oassr vsd tina. he was
perfectly satisfied with his share CT the war,
| nd did not care how soon II stopped,
Cur comm anders displayed the most gal.
lant daring. heading Successive charges M
person, riding up ana down the iines ,encour-
aging the troops, ana rem aiming in the thick
est of tns fire. THIS "ili account for the
death of Albert Sidney Johnston, the Gene
rai-in-Ghisf. aad tue wounds of BusnrJd
johnson. Hindman, Breckinridge, Gladden.,
and others.
All thee officers covered themselves with
glory. Gleid an oontiu ued TO rally his troops
en usias IDEALLY, after cis arm was shot
away. Srrc5in-idge had three horses killed
| under him. the first eeiag {. s,I.thousaud dol
H. Il tfN al -
job :-as struck no less than three tim es
| while III The set OF leading Il charge upon
| tue ene,ny's camp, twics in ina body ana once
| in the leg. The iatter severed the femoral
| artery, and soon sfter he fell from his horse
| into the arms Of Gov. Harris, or Tennessee,
| who was setting as his aid, and died upon the
| spot. Ills oniy words were: "My Woand is
| mortal" His life oozed away as gsGtiy AS
| that OF an Infant, and with out a struggle the
| great General rested in his last sleep, undis-
| turbed By the sounds of shot and shell and
the shouts OF his owa victorious eolumns.--
| HIS body hiss been sent 10 New Orleans.
Thebltsla OF Monday termins ed about ii We
| O'Clock, the eneny being driven back 20 tae
] river, eLd under cover Of their gunboats. We
| sieptin their camp and captured q lareo
| nun her of stores and arms The mex. me- re-.
ing they newed tae assault with The reie.
fare meats tha. he'd come up during the nigh
| under Buell., and al. day yesterday taa b1tt g
waged ri h derceness which has no parai-
! lei on This co1tiueAt. For ten song hours the
| two armies he enemy row yearly two 10 one
| --snceGatefed each other with variable sue
| esss. Sometimes We gave ack and SO Id asin me-
| they; bui right acpreachet I, the brigade
| IL ader Ereosis ridge sormei in line Of bat
tie, support by artillery, aud made fnal
| charge, which swep. every thing before taen
| aad compelled III federals AGAIN % fall bach
| 70 their guuboats. This tine the fignt wa,
not renewed, AID taking aavahtssa CT tet
! laii, ouroSn army qaie!iy, but with admir-
be orders Ieii back - thetr criglna: pos,tioa
Oar cavalry still occupy the battle III ii
To day aa armistice OF three days hi been
asked ioy by the kedsrais, Tor the purposs o.
h4r4 ing IN cir s,nad Tia cpuaasI -