Newbern weekly progress., 1862-04-26
sEGEssrON VICTORIES.

8 SECESSION VICTORIES.
8. On Monday, the 7th inst, the Rebel
main Army of the West fed ia dismay
from the battlefield of Pittsburg Land |
ing, leaving behind its COMMANDMENTS IN 1
Chiefs dead body where it had lain for
hours, abandoning 1 ,2oo of its wound
ed, breaking down a bridge eight miles
from the Landing to stop the pursuit
of our victorious troops, and making
tracks for its stronghold at Corinth,
whence Beanregard dispatched to
Richmond the following bulletin
CoRrNrH, Tuesday, April 8, 1864.
To the Secretary Of War, Richmond:
We have gained great and glori-
GUS victory. Eight to fen thousand
prisoners and thirty-six pieces of can
non. Buell. reinforced Grant, and sce
retired to our iatre,achme,ts at COra,ath,
which we can hold. Loss heavy on
both sides. BEAUREGARD.
In this dispatch he claims COM
plvte victory, and says that after cap
turing thirty-six of our guns, and eight
thousand prisoners, his forces fell back
upon the works at Corinth, which they
were fully able to hold. That the rebels
captured thirty-six of our guns is true,
but Beauregard fails to- note the impor-
tant fact that they were recaptured by
our forces, together with forty belong
ing to the rebels. The statement that
eight thousand of our men were taken
prisoners is a great exaggeration-two
thousand being the true number. And
it certainly is curious victory which
eliminates in the retreat Of the victo-
rious army to fortified position, which
they believe themselves fully able to
hold. Beauregard's claim to victory
has very poor foundation. All re-
ports received at the National War De-
partment confirm the statements that
5 the enemy were routed, and pursued
: as far as the previous orders of Gen.
Grant would permit; and that the rebel
army is now shut up in Corinth, with
! all chance Of reinforcement from the
North and East cut off by the occupa-
ton of Huntsville, by Gen. MitchePs
, forces.
| Two days after writing and sending
$ the above lying dispatch, Beauregard
2 ton Thursday the 1Oth) sent flag o.
? truce to our commander, still in undis
; puted possession of the battlefield, re
r questimg permission to bury has dead
!, and saying:
"Owing to the heavy reinforcement
YOU received Sunday night and Mon
= = day, and the fatigue of my meh,
- deemed it prudent to retire and not re
= new the battle"
r. That is to say, he "deemed it pru
: dent'' not to fight any more, lest h
r, should catch still severer thrashin
e than that he ran away from on Nor
: day. All that is perfectly REASONABLE
and consistent but how does itcoher
l. with his despatch "To the Secretary c
d War, at Richm ond," intended for tn
d Rebel newspapers If he had all hi
'e own cannon and thirty-six of ours
n. with "eight to ten thousand prisoners,
lc why should he have ''retired to his il
1. trenchments e. L that the way victor
er are apt to improve their advantage?
or On Sunday night, he telegraphe
or that he had won glorious victor.
" and his Secretary added:
"NIauT.-The enemy are in full r
~ treat, and the Confederates in hot pu
suit. write from the enemy's CAM
,rs and on Federal paper. Large numbe
,w of Federal prisoners have already bee
he taken, and we expect to capture tt
greater part of the Federal army. n
are dr5ving them back on thea'aUe', an
!; shall Kill or copture the entire army
Whereupon the apostate Aschnon
sss sss Wing of Tuesday morning (not havir
a, vet heard from the second days ba
se, pe,, tle) added:
+ ina 1t may safely be concluded tn
after the lesson of Manassas (for whi'
we do not charge him with the resPo
se sibilities1 Gen. Beauregard aoaH Pu
I of the victo,-y to all ATTAINABLE conseque
!s nH ces of profit and advantage"
. Which, you see, he did, by retiring
rr p. to Corinth and boasting of his ability
sht stay there within his IS intrenchments
1t will be seen that we have quot
none but secession authorities to elu'
date the problem" Which side w