New-York daily tribune., 1862-05-09
vpOw THR ARMY OF WEST
TENNESSEE.
. Forward mcnt-Demous;rnfson I'm
vorcc-surprise Of n Rebel Camp
The Work OF Eepuirins the go'se-
.f tbc 9th aud sth-The CoMiUs 3


A. ,tsted in previous letter. tie oncainpmenls OF
a4 different divisions Of Gen. Buells army corps eX-
.d.d after tie laltle, in front Of aud almost pan
susl 10 hose of Gen. Grauts, from the river u the
.c,, Of the upper road TO Corintb. AEer the trans
,c,,,on Of the former, in the latter pant Of last
,roel from he battlefield to tie ridges dividing
Lick Creek from SuaEe Creek, Il forward shifting
II Ia, latter also became necessary. In tie couree
of yeselday q large Caval-y force, numberia about
3OQO. toee,cr wih about 80 coo nien,ry, consisting
Of the whole Of Gen. NJ Cooks Division,
rsris of gen. Thomass and Gen. Grants COM
mauds and siX batteries, moved out alone
the upper CoIuth road, TO clesr the way
for an extension Of our lines, in order 10 make room
fox neN ercarrmeuts Of Gen. Grants divisions be-
tween those OF Gen. Buell. aud the present line ol
outpus,s. Headed 10y tie cavalry, tie column moved
quickly toward the int hoiilai &c crbed in my last,
wien tie cavaly was deIioyed 10 the nSnt ana ioi'
Of the road, an ordered TO advance in rot upon
the cavalry and ni. uty camps known 10 lie Short
distance south Of toe second hospital On tl.er way
they outaanbod and captured several pickcs, num-
herring together some twenty odd, among whom
snerward recognized the imy-eageg ArAausas RINGER
whose acquaintance ] Lad made ,ho day before.
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tle enemy had been alarmed and WAS beating pre-
eipiate retreat. TIE cavalry rushed on, and quickly
bad possession of tie camps About 10 tents, a
nuahlr Of wagons .aId mules, and a considerable
qraniity Of Commisaary and quarermascI'e stores
were found, a OF " hioh were il.ucd.;eiy consigned
to flames. TIE Rebel infantry, Stout one thou.ar1
IN number. making a slow Of q si,nd urOu q neigh
boyiug eminouce one Of our batteries ordered
IN and opened uron il with shells. At dispensing
about dozen Of ihess, tie Rebels continued tbeir
eleIt, wheu, The object OF Our Generals having teen
,e.omrlished our forces wheeled about and returned
70 theis several encampucrfs. Meantime, five
divisions Oh Geac,al Grant bad struck their tent
AID marched 20 lie uc camping EToGhGs seicc'en
crthtn on the upper road, and before Cd c0uailes'
villages OF canvas he'd sprung az along II as thong
bv magic. \ corresponding advance o. our oujg.tts
has of course, taken place. ard the Outmpet cavalry
yaeltos are LOW within twelve niles oi Cormih.
If the Union arms en- justly claim a oOHQ fds
victory on the 1th, IL Is 10 DE hoped that no more
sueh Will be won IL tie OF tbe lis cost
vss 20 hi1h shat another 81 the E8ne character
uiIhj prove disastrous 10 the NicioTs az TO Tic
vanqaisned. ! think i involves 10 exa2gsrati n TO
esllate the reduction oI the numerical strength Of
or forces 1ifecl!y traccable 10 the elec; ~ the
pernra lle TWO davs struggle at % 001 The list f
Killed wounCed, and missing viii not fall short Of
IlCOJ aud the continued exposure of the tIools TO
r,in sud mud, the bad water aud general nDheath-
uess Of thie section o. Touneseee, have rendered
slmOst an equal number unfit Tor activs service by
sekress. Were the army moving not q 1.-THE Of this
tckness would probably prevail; bat, Under tie
present compulsory inactivity, Until the necessary re-
organization OF The statiored command OF Gen.
Grant is effected. the IN wholesome surroundings
render q decimailon by disease unavoidable.
Tie stated lrs in numbers IS now more han made MP
ty the addition of further divisions from Cen Blels
army aud lie arrival OF the greater part OF the roopr
leiv oeeriing in the MIss,eipTi Valley under Gln.
Pope Tha aggregate strength OF tie army is now
NJ eas, ons-ttiid lSrger than immCdltely after the
bate Bot lunbsis alone do not insure euccess IL
war, aud / ar happy 10 state that every eior 10
beiug made uuoer the snifeme direction oi Gen.
uo! eek 70 increase the efficiency OF the army IN
every resDect rs lar "a time and circumstances viii
slloyv previous to the resumption of the offensive.
Infantry cavalry and artillery are una Feoing NOR
oagh il tctions, and detects beng AMENDED oHi-
es,, thai uaulested cowaldlce or deTehclon Ol Ouy
IN the irving hours Of battle required 10 resign.
Wcrtbirss repimentp are sent Ch on garrison duly.
The tfanspor. ation comniss2Ty and quarternasiers
deparimeats are better Fystemailze.. Ia short, In
eyery branch Of the service the wsichiui presence
of An exaetng, energetic head l. felt
Nnch OF Lii work hss already been done, and the
tine of opeDiug Aggressive operations againss the
enemy depends DOW more upon the weather 'han
Gen. Halleck. Tue first days OF this week were
fair and the sun apidly drylng the roads, When
rain again set in mos nexpectedly last evening IL
continued TO iIl ali day to-day, and The whole
ground encOmpassed by tie srDy In again reduced 10
an eudleaness OF deep mud Present appearances
90 not warrant belief that the army viii be m rlo
tion upon Corinth before the lat Irox.
Thee is much Ii feeling perceputle between tho
re,rectye commands Of Gene ais Grant aud Bnel,
on the score OF tie great fent. The ofhcers and
uen Of the divi ops OF the latter engaged on Mon
6ay contend with Jnstness, as no one eonNersani
with th, history Of that day will deny, that while
the credit for the final repulse Of the Rebels Ia
Irinoipaly due TO then neither Gen. Grant nor any
OF nis CIVisiou commanders, with the eXcel loh OF
Gen. Lewis Wallace, recognized Ia Their thciai re-
ports the fact Of tAe rescue bY 'beh ase-cI
Of tie trOole threatened with inter Cestruc-
ton on sunday afternoon. Gen. Wallace, alone,
win creCitable geneTCsity, aCknOwIe IeOgee that but
for the qallantry and superior dlsci line o. Gen.
Baels troops, the army deie4ted on Sunday would
have been annibliated on Monday. 10 must certainly
seem strange that Gen. Grant should not only oher
no explanations for the gross negligence and bl1ndcr-
ing resulting in the rout Of Sunday but also with
bold well-d.served praise from those whose succor
alone saved him aud the country from disaster
worse than Bull Run and Ball BLUM.
This afternoon sOme twenty-five deseTters came
into our lines in a body. They were all Germans,
and belonged TO the i0th Louisiana regiment, which
ia mainly composed Of foreign Iesidents Of New
Orleans, and commanded by one ReiChard, formerly
Prdsian Consul IN that city. They rpresented that
they were forciby enlisted and thS, all their conn
try;nen 10 the ranks were anxious 20 follow them.
They ceuied that any troops bad been moved away
from Cornh, asserted thst the general belief IN
The army that a determined stand would be
rla1e at that point.
During the first two weeks after the battle huDd-
reds Of relatives and friends of the soldiers and
e8m seers arrived daily from the North 10 search
o aho remove the bodies Of the fseo, take care OF
tne "ounced, or merely CRAFTY their curlo,ity. The
iust .oo M no" 10 be over, and only here aud there
oni1e" urese relieves the uniformity OF the tens
the Tennessee.