The War.
late and interesting news.
The Southern and Western mails yesterday brought a large number of papers, which contain highly interesting details of recent events.
We append a summary:
The battle of Shiloh.
The Memphis papers, of the 7th, con nothing in addition to what we have already published concerning the great battle of Shiloh. The Knoxville Register, of Thursday, however, contains some additional particulars, which we copy: ‘ We received yesterday but mergre details from the battle of Shiloh, near Corinth.--What we gather from passengers who left Corinth on Tuesday morning is somewhat vague. The victory of the Confederates on Sunday is fully confirmed. Our troops pursued the routed Federal army to the Tennessee river, where great numbers of them were drowned endeavoring to embark upon their gunboats. One of their transports, it is said, was capsized, consigning its human freight to a watery grave. Our army slept in the enemy's tents on Sunday night. During the night Buell's army of 80,000 reached and crossed the river, and on Monday morning attacked our forces. The battle of Monday is said to have been as desperate and bloody as that of Sunday, but our troops, running short of ammunition, were compelled to fall back upon Corinth, which at last accounts, they were doing in good order, having taken a large additional number of prisoners. A private dispatch, received yesterday, says that the enemy retreated to their gunboats on Monday, and there has been no fight since. The prisoners taken on Sunday were sent under guard towards Corinth. Buell sent a brigade of cavalry to attempt to rescue them, but a ody of Confederate cavalry and artillery from Corinth, not only frustrated the movement, but also captured the whole of the brigade of Federal cavalry. Our informant saw Gen. Prontise a prisoner at Corinth, and saw him meeting with his command who were brought in prisoners after him. He made a speech on Monday night to his fellow-captives. Several of the flags borne by the prisoners were inscribed.-- ’‘"To Corinth or Hell."’
Our troops were compelled to abandon a portion of the cannon captured on Sunday, we presume, owing to their crippled condition, but spiked them before leaving them. The following dispatch was received yesterday in this city from a member of Colonel Cammings's regiment: ‘ "The 18th Tennessee regiment captured an entire Federal regiment — the 221 Illinois. --Col. Cummings and Major Fulkerson both slightly wounded. Capts. Walker and Wille both wounded — the latter since dead.--Lieut. Gregg, of Jonesboro', and Lieut. hea, of Blountville, both wounded. Knoxville boys all safe." ’ It appears from a statement in the Memphis Avalanche that Governor Harris, of Tennessee, was in the battle. That paper says: ‘ This is a spirit worthy of the ancient and best days of our Commonwealth. Let those who a short while since were so ready to censure Gov. Harris go and do likewise. We wonder where the Military Governor, Andy Johnson, was when the trenchant steel shimmered 'neath the April sun, and the death shot hurled in battle on the banks of the broad Tennessee? Was he near the front of danger then as the Governor of our choice? ’ The Atlanta Confederacy gathers the following items about the battle of Monday from a gentleman just arrived from Chattanooga: ‘ Buell's army numbered some 64,000 men, and ours 35,000. We took between 6,000 and 7,000 prisoners and all the batteries of the enemy on sunday. The fight on Monday was furious and cooperate for a time; the right wing of our army forced a whole brigade into the Tennessee river, Leesburg, but our left wing was overpowered with overwhelming numbers and had to fall back, when our whole army was ordered to retreat, without being pursued. In this retreat we lost some four pieces of artillery and all the commissary stores we had captured. ’Island ten.
On Tuesday night last, says the Memphis Appeal, of the 7th, one of the enemy's gunboats passed our fortifications and Island 10 during the storm. She passed down under observation, we learn, of our commanders, but was only to be seen by the ashes of lightning. Many shots, we were fired at her, but at random, the instant of light being too transient and fleeting for our gunners to make anything else than a random shot, by guess, in the darkness of the right and the fury of the storm. She is at New Madrid under cover of the enemy's battery. It is believed the Federals are arcuting rafts or boats, upon which they hope, by the assistance and aid of this gunboat, to land their forces on the Tennessee side of the Mississippi river, below Island 10, and at or above Tiptonville, and thus capture, by their large force, our batteries on the Tennessee shore and then Island 10; and thus, at that point, to remove an impassable barrier to the dissor of their boats and transports down the Mississippi, so long as they can hold these positions. The nojacent country affords ample supplies for our forces, and, in many respects, it is a most eligible and commanding situation. The enemy can only capture our forts etc., by creasing the Mississippi below them. A small force, with a vigilant commander, located on the Tennessee shore, can prevent the landing of any large force by the Federals, in any fort of craft or boat which they may construct from the opposite side of the river. What this gunboat may be able to effect towards the landing of the enemy's force on our side of the Mississippi river must be thwarent A rumor of the spiking of a gun, etc., at Hucker's battery, we attach little consequence to. We presume it to be fole and unfounded. Our accounts from Fort Pillow and the Mississippi river are full of encouragement, and quite satisfactory. Let us all ourselves, being hopeful, yea confident, of the final result; success in battle, and the ultimate independence of the Southern Confederacy--with a destiny of wealth, vast power, and sublime grandeur as a nation of freemen! With hope, there must be endeavor, by each and every man. He who is not with the South must be set down as against it. There must be no neutrals in so deadly a contest!The Virginia's second
An account of the Virginia's trip on Friday will be found on the first page of the Dispatch. The Norfolk Day Book quotes from the New York Herald, of March 14th, the following boast: ‘ "The Monitor, which from its defeat of the rebel iron monster, we take to be the most p model of this kind of vessel afloat." ’ Commenting upon which the Day Book says: ‘ Such was the assumption of the wald, such the declaration of all the Northern press. With one voice they claimed a victory at once brilliant and decisive. What then will the world say when it is informed that on the 11th day of April, in the year of grace 1861 the Virginia, in presence of French and English ships of war, went off Old oint and bullyrogged the famous Monitor, who, like an unwarlike and veritable ‘"cheese box,"’ ley in shcal water, without accepting the gage of coment! And, under her vary -water, Capt. Barney, in the Jamestown, ran in and brought off three prizes, which were towed us by the Raleigh about two o'clock, Lieut. Alexander delivering his prisoners, thirteen is number, at the Navy-Yard, and returning. A more egregious affront was never put upon a flag than this, nor doss history record a more past animous place of behavior than that of the triumphant Monitor, in lying at her moonings while the rebels daciously cut out transports before her. Will this be pronounced another victory? The editors and correspondents can with ready ingenuity convert it into one, but the French and Englishmen, who saw with their own eyes this unparalleled affront put upon the invincible ‘" cheese box,"’ will tell a different story. Discretion is the better part of valor, and upon this maxim, more prudent than chivalrous the Monitor saw fit to act yesterday morning. ’The Yankees said in Stafford.
The Fredericksburg News has a long account of the excesses committed by Sickles and his ruffians in Stafford county, a portion of which we copy: ‘ About 1,600 Yankees, with four pieces of artillery, six-pounders, each drawn by sixteen negroes, landed at Evansport on the night of April 2d, by the light of Evana's House, which they set on fire. Thursday morning they went to Capt. Graves's and took all his horses and Mr. Stonnell's. At Mrs. Powers's Sickles asked for ‘"something to drink"’--the thirsty warrior!--and something to eat. The yard was full of men romping and boxing.--One asked Mrs. P. if she had any Confederate money, and on her replying no, that the army had taken it all with them, another said, that was a damned lie. Sickles said he would have to put a guard round the house. After giving him food she begged him to leave her one horse to get meal for her little children, but he refused, and said she would probably get paid when the war was over. Her faithful old negro p aded his rheumatism, and at last was left, but a younger one with her cart and oxen they took, and afterwards hitched to Mrs. Ball's carriage. They took Mr. Party's horses and meat. Finding a cavalry bridle in Sam Griffin's stable, they gave a whoop, and one hundred men entered and seized son-in-law, Jas. Carter, of the Stafford Cavalry, and afterwards caught J. Fraster, of the same company. From Griffin's they also got $500 in gold and silver, and all his horses; from Nat. Ford, all his silver, horses, and two negroes. They broke into J. H. Sutile's and tore up his papers and everything else.--Fortunately, he had removed nearly all his property, and sickness prevented his saving all. Our cavalry met them at Austin's run, two miles from Stafford Court-House. After they return Friday morning, three companies went to Mr. Glaescock's and shot all his sheep, hogs, oxen in the cart, hens, &c., and stole all his silver plate, groceries, flour, and even his deceased wife's breastpin and finger rings, and took every shot gun he had. They returned to St. Marysville, E. A. Hore's farm, and set his barn on fire about 10 A. M., and consumed it and the wheat, rye, &c., in it. Then burnt his fish houses — made a raft of some plank and floated part of their plunder to the steamers. The rest they took to Evansport. Horses which hesitated to go on board, were shot. Saturday night they returned to Maryland. Friday morning our scouts fired on them from Dapple Hill and scattered them, although the distance is 1000 yards. ’ Of their doings at Stafford Court-House the News says: ‘ The Zouaves broke off into squads and commenced searching the private houses, stores, Court- house, and jail. At the latter place they sung out, come out ‘"Friends,"’ we are here to relieve you. Here, however, they found none of their friends, they being all removed to a safer place. From the store of G. W. Conway they stole everything of value, and left the molasses running. They also got about $30 in specie and $100 worth of shinplaster currency. From Mr. John M. Conway, a very old gentleman, they stole all the edibles they could find, and some wearing apparel, but left him his silver. From Mr. Henry R. Conway they stole and destroyed almost everything, including edibles, silver, and wearing apparel; they also broke and injured nearly the whole of his furniture. They also stole his pocket book containing some $80.--From W. L. Morgan, tavern-keeper, they stole and injured a good deal of property, and before his wife's face they killed all of his poultry. They stole three horses from W. L. Morgan, James E. Schooler, and Henry A. Conway, respectively. One citizen of the Court-House, a man named Gollihorn made a horse-trade with one of the Yankees. The next day the horse returned to the Court-House. Thus Gollihorn got the rest of the Yankees, and was the only man who did. On the floor of Mr. H. E. Conway's house, they poured as a mixture blackberry wine and ink. One of the means of torture inflicted upon those citizens who were left there, was to place them between a threatened fire in front and rear, with orders from one party to run and the other to bait. At Aquia Church they broke and destroyed everything. From a Mr. Griffin, near this place, they stole $300 in specie. They carried off one person, a Mr. Chewning, of Lancaster, who had that day reached the C. H., to see his son, a member of the Lancaster Cavalry. When taken Mr. C. told them that he was a rebel in every house of the word, and defied, them to do their worst. We came near forgetting one of the chief incidents of this raid, which was the presence of and conspicuous part taken by a buck negro who, with loaded and cocked pistol, demanded free ingress and egress to every part of Mr. Rouzie Conway's private dwelling, being in search, as he said, of rebel officers. To sum up briefly, they stole everything portable and wantonly destroyed everything else. The Zouaves are the worst of thieves and robbers. The officers made a show of being gentlemen, but the role was so unsuited to their characters, that they acted it out very badly. It is said they did not insult any of the ladies save by doubting some of the statements which the ladies made. They agreed, if supper was prepared for them, to protect the houses of Mr. H. E. Conway. This they gave him by stealing all of his property. In regard to the records of the county we have it from Mr. H. R. Conway, clerk, that though the papers have been much damaged and tored, yet it is believed no important book or paper was stolen, carried off, or terially injured. The Bible belonging to Aquia Church was stolen, but luckily found in the ambulance which they were unable to take off. From the servants they stole everything of value. Dan. Sickles certainly was there, as was also a Col. Moses, who said that his friends were all in the South, but that he wanted to crush the rebellion. ’From Missouri.
We have heard, says the Memphis Avalanche, of the 7th, said the exciting news nearer home, that a division of Price's army, under Gen. McBride, had penetrated as far as Rolls, (eighty miles from St. Louis,) which place they burned, and completely the Federals stationed there. McBride's force was about 5,000 strong. We hear, too, that another detachment, numbering 9,000, was advancing on Springfield, with a view to capture the enemy's supplies collected there, which will doubtless be successful. Price is said to be advancing from Clarksville, and will again after Missouri with increasing force.The attack at Bay St. Louis.
Bay St. Louis, April
--About 2,000 Yankees landed yesterday at Christian, and attacked the camp.
Some shots were exchanged.
‘"Nobody hurt"’ on our side.
Our troops in good order.
The enemy burned the tents and everything in the camp.
Several houses have been struck by the shells from the Yankee gunboats.
A launch came in Bay St. Louis and took a schooner and out the telegraph line.
