THE PHEML PUBLISHED Daily (SUNDaYS EXCEPTED,) BY JOHN W FORNEY. Office Ho. 11l SOUTH FOURTH STREET THE DAILY PRESS, Tir*LT* Cknts Pbk Wkkk, payable to the Carrier. Mimed lo BuDßcriDdn out the Citi at Six Dollars |?ir Anndm, Fopb Dollah« for Eight Months, Trrrs Dollars for Six Months —invariably in ad vance for the time ordered. THE TRI-WEEKLY FBLSS, Mailed to Subscribers out of the City at Ter a b Dol lars Pxa Annum, in advance. that he was English. Crossing over t 6 Hessina, he made a tour of Sicily, examining all curious objects very carefully, the Ear of Dionysius included. Thence to Naples, and forward to the acquaintance of Alistoi), the poet-painter, in the Eternal City. A thorough friendship arose and ripened, and atone time Irving was strongly pos- _ gossed with the idea i>f fAMAUHIIg in ROMO, and Washington Irving.* becoming an artist, really having a strong feeling . . ~ . ... for the Beautiful in Art and Nature. All whodeiight id good bunks, well got up w.B At Komo> , lotter t 0 Tor , oniSi the bankW) pro . nthniming lliut ii corgis l i Futfitiin, duo)id uiwapactcd imapiwiities from the millionaire, ■Of New York, » ag.iu porous, again m the but n having, it turned ouUhatthe man of money field ns a judicious publisher, whose name upon a &neieJj from b!a namoj tbat he mnst bo „ title-page inaj e tab hi as an assurance o a of fteorge Washington, and had honored him ralndot the booh. In former days, when he was • ~ 1 » . tr . .» • , „ . . . A . ,« . *K - „ - a . accordingly. As a set-off to this, when an English the Murray of American publishers, doing a great waa 6 paBsi b , bust of Washington, in an ■business and employing a little army 01-authore Italian gallery, her daughter asked, "Mother, who Mr. Putnam was a gentle anlourat. He had groat a % h mJ da „ don , t hnowlcdse of thoEuroprnn bonK trade, and having .. - . . . , ~ , . "Carried the war into Africa," (i. a. having per- ™ a “ ed thc sonally superintended » o' t. | " on to Paris, which he “J I SKti ! ««.■ »7 ™ aw. « foreign for repubiication. The commercial crisis regret bemg that, for the sake of a pleasant compa of ISS7 injured bin., as it injured many others, but to Prance he sacrificed the chance of visit.ng there is a strong recuperative quality in American Florence and A enioe. Ilia four months residence enterprise, and he managed to “still live.” Ho- “ P *” B P' eB3 “ l ’ an , w”!’ ta ’ Sketch Book," likely to take rank as the most indulged his dramatic tastes With John „„ j {s&is&^srirsJSKr rica. Next cornea the Oaxtca edition of Bayard q«uw «iuau*u. e*» • .. _ . . .. . _ , —but considered him a master of declamation. Of Tavlor s prose wruiDEfs, in ten volumes, of which , i r a a- - icm (i 7'hoai.wt annRAVMi Mrs, Siddons, his cxiuoum, in a letter homo, was £ESrCK».HS32Si l ■“» “*■ «?*:■ -®-rr* ? L ”" •of the works of lhotnas Hood, with wood-cuts from I d »“ at thls wa3 I : m ‘ ted ’ h,s letters of intro the author's own designs, and vignettes on steel, of j dnetton .haying miscarned-and the only one he which two monthly volume, have been publisbod. had betng to M.ss De Camp afterwards mamod to “Various antiquarian and literary works, (Including | Oh«l-B~fc «>• vhrvugi, he ■both series of John Jay Smith’s splendid folio j of England, Irving abandoned hts projected " American Historical and Literary Curiosities;" visit to Scotland and returned home, reaching Now •Bic'nard E. Kimbaira liorols, and, to crown all, i Tork m March, !SOC. after a d»ys T9y . the 11 Rebellion Record,” edited by Frank Moore, | *S“- , , which relates, ns it occurs, the history of the pre- »«, ■* the age of 23, he gathered around him sent war) these are some of Mr. Putnam’s pub- j of relatives and friends, a select and intellectual ■iu.Ha.., and are distinguished by good papas, ! society. Among these were tionverneur Kemble, •clear type, fine illustrations, and handsome oxte- } Henry Brevoort, and James Paulding. He rs . vr sumed his law studies m Hoffman s office, aAd, m Tl °«r , v c 7 .t>„j. I November, ISO 6, was admitted to the bar, though We have now before us, the latest of Mr. But- i „ ,_ * . . . . 1T .. *» s . __ , . , , ! satllv aencrent in leurtii lore. He soaeht office at .uam’s boohs—namelTj the Ursi volume . t- i - iaA7 .to be completed in three) of the Life and Loticrs i Albany, and happily iaded Early in 1807 ap of Washington Irving, by his nephew, Pierre M. i P' arcd ‘ he nutnb p er Sal “ a S" ndl ’ th ! -oi «cbuiu 6 iuu j r writers forwhich were Faulding, with William and *Thjjj gentleman was specially namod by gentle ; Washington Irvmg. I gei-utmai. ,ic* y ° far ■ It appeared in numbers, twenty of which were tSeoffry Crayon, os is mgr p , ’ ; p„t,i,sl,ed in one year, when it was di3aontinned. fulfilled the du’y w.ch ah.hty and dol.oacy. The j Tas at onC o a hit- a palpable hit;” the more materials placed m n> an, P- , - - ' s& bcoaußS the authorship was conoo&lod. Allthat ioo of "iournnis, nolo books, diaries at scattered i”"’”," . ‘i . _ ... . intervals and a large collecrion of family letters, the outnors ever received from tho publisher was .ntervais, uo , * $100: he, however, is estimated to have made -with files of others trom various correspondents, j j $lO 000 to $ l5 0 00 out of it. Fall particulars -which, as he said, be bad ncuher time uorsp.rit to . AuAwKlji &f irt ;l 3 w!u u examine or airunge, hosldos, is correapon mioe | f OUIld ; n the last issue of Salmagundi,” Issued by with his life-long inend, »nry rev r , i , jj r Putnam, a couple of years ago, edited by York, and numerous letters to peraons in is coun- j j, T£rt Duyckinck, who has prefixed an enter tiy and Europe. Out Of the?e, ■ j tafning preface. During the publication, Irying has made a book of much lutertst and value. It , ?isite | Philadelphia several times, and there met rtmindsus, in plan and execution, of Lockhart s , DeDi(i# 00Bductcr u f " The Portfolio," and hit Xife of Scott—tho au'hor s persona m ores anc happily and pleasantly, in thp cha knowledge inspiriting the narrative, in whioh as “ aeler o bong B taffin the eighth nnmher. xnuch os possible, the story rs told in ka [ 'Tcnrious episcde in Irving’s life, during the T*»rv words, his own letters and memo* . . „, _ . ~ ~ , . , , -very wwrus, u ... .. . • rublicatiozi of “ Salmagundi,-’ was his being taken ▼oTiiia of thc distin£cuu*hed subject. Ihe 1 p uwil ' flllpu o Tanda, or me = „ ; down to Richmond, on a retainer from one of the non of the wort extends oner mere than half a , of Ru rr ,.whose trial was then coming century, dnrmg more than thirty years of which , off Ihe adTooate , s law waB so small that any Irving was on familiar terms with the leading men , gd aid must httTe been from his pen. In of letters of his own country and of Europe. The ; ftthM died present volume brings the story down to the autumn ; discontinnallce of " Salmagundi ” arose of 1820, when Irving, then 87 years old, started | ftom no of 3ubjeet3i but beoau3e of a dif . from London on his second toiirtrougconmen | j w ith the publisher, who took upon himself tal Europe. At that tune, his " Sketch BooV had j & The rßl , rin ted in Been republished by Murray, of London, wrth r«- i London in 1811 j , after the suoceaa of Knioker markable success-his prevmnsliterary performance . b€cker ) and wa3 favorabl , notioed therB . having been a share in <> Salmagundi thewholo m , goon J aftcr „ SalmagnEd p> ce&S ei, Washington .Knickerbocker s \ entable is ory o , IrviEß find his biother Peter, commenced the His &fid> for a lime, xfae J 1 9 .. 9 ! torv of New York, to ridioale a somewhat grandi- Magazine, published in Philadelphia, , * eDt picture of New York, recently published, by our excellent friend and busmess-naig or, p eter Xiving soon went to Europe, leaving his Moses Thomas, of South Fourth street. Mr. Put- , to wrila tt e bock. Ere it was csmploUd, aiaia'a catalogue states that Irving’s life K‘ P ro * ■ sustained the heaviest misfortune of his life —the .bably be completed in three volumes but wedoubfc ; of whom ke yilfii Nor, to own the is it desira- ,|y su&ODtd] rapiu oonsumpiiou at the age of i>U ih.t the blog, >4-1-, ur our first and best origmal j gaventeell Hlg biographer tells the story with prose-writer should be contracted. ! simple and tender pathos. Amid the poignancy of Washington Irving, born at New dork, on the I big „ r i e r the desolated lover had to prooeed with 3d of April, 1783, (he died at Tarrytown,,. ovom or | writing,—and this OCCUpHtlon WOS pOSSibly & re -23, 18SO,) was the con of a Scotchman. irom the ; I|rf to hig mind M g,;, time (1809) the portrait Orkneys and of an English lady from Cornwa j . wa3 painted, the sad expression of which his parents thus coming from the extreme north of . bsg becn often not iced. It is oneof theillustra- Sootland, and southwest of England. They reach- j tiol|S Q j tbia volume, which also has as a frontia' «d New York in 1783, wh.ro they remained; Hie , portrait by Vandcrlyn, taken in Paris, -father, who had been a sailor, entenng into trade. ; lg^ 5 r .During the Kevolution, the Irving family were j Knickerbocker’* History of New York was pub staunch Whigs, and, ill November 1783, soon after j „ Bhad in philadelnhia. and prefaced, ia the New Washington’s entry »» No. York, the boy, born , pa p er 9 by various ingenious notices, drawing some months bofore, was baptised. •• Washmgton s , atteD tion, in a covert manner, to the work and its work is ended," said the mother, “and the child , ■lt was published in two volumes, 12m0., shall be samed after him.’’ Borne tat. after, a j 1809, and its true chat as ter—ts Scotch nurse-maid who saw'Washinpm enter a ; a comb ination of humor, satire, fancy, and ludicrous shop, followed him wuh her «lo .oharge saying, , deac ri p tion—was soon appreciated. It offended -“Please your Honor, sne sm here s a bairn ; some 0 f tbe o i d Dutch New Yorkers, but the general WAS named after you. Has log rq did not dll j admirutlcti and a ccnvlotion that here, data the delicate affinity, aßd P hand on , &t lgBtj wa3 a native writer, with wit, genius, and .the head of her little oharge, g is blessing. ; .j jj t p be second edition was presented to Wsshtagton Irving received the usuaUoaerata ; * - n 1813 b Irvin g. 3 frie nd, Henry education of the tuna, Whieh e e liltlo ; Brevoori, and the Great Unknown warmly praised, iatin, and quitW school at about the age < ’ h reminding him of Swift, but teen. He red a great deal of m.s c lancous qte- : Lme tauches resemlling Sterne’s. The first edi :tiouhrougut $3,000 to the a .trong desire then to go to B ea At the age of 12, ed] ’ popu Sr author, at the early age of twenty- X, 3jZeZl S 7 n L*rZ r .vwe 4to 4we fihall leeve him mnr, eompleUng our notice •period 'M of the day. At 13, he wrote a play, of tO-hbrroUL , says : “It is fair to prasnme hsd dramatic demerit.” All the time he ..at At ahoci, he wa3 remarkahle for the ease and fiuency oihis pen, writing other boys’ “themes,” while the Worked out his “ sums,” his taste for arithmetieibeing smalt. Ho furtively learned anuric and cmcing—hia faxhor, a fine oid Presbyte rian Puritanpaviiig a holy horror of such mundane accomplishmhts. He delighted in visits to the theatre, —bufthese were stolen delights, the dis -eipltae of th( household being decidedly opposed to any famifiaity with Thalia or Melpomene. He took enthusiiaioally to poetry, and had a good ■memory as wel a 3 good taste. At 16, instead of going to ColumW College, like his elder brothers, Peter and Johr, he was placed to study law, a profession whichjhe disliked. His brothers’ tastes Were decidedly literary, and the youngster fol lowed the family l>igg,' At the age of 17, an incident occurred,to which, no donbt, the world has been indebted for a great deal of pleasure. This was his first voyage up the the bej^tjw--4fi i ll’‘tlp West odestel—cotan.y, Mew York, and explored the recesses of Sleepy Hollow, but the oumey he now took was to the frontier region of New York, beyond Albany, where his two married sisters were settled. The Smpreeßion made on him by the Highlands of the Hudson seems to have been deep and permanent, amd, it may be saul, in the language of Wordsworth, lhat tha Enaiskiil Monntains 11 haunted him like a jassion.” At the age of 19, Washington Irving became a law-student under Josiah Ogden Hoffman, (father of the gifted and unfortunate author Charles Fenno Hoffman, still surviving at Harrisburg,) and was lappily placed, though his legal knowledge did not largely increase. In the winter, (1802,) he first -regularly broke into authorship. Hig elder brother, Peter, had then established a daily paper, the New Tori Morning Chronicle , to which Washington contributed a series of papers upon ■local Subjects, over the signature Jonathan Qld- Atyle. They attracted attention, were much copied, rand obtained for the author a visit from Charlesi Brocden Brown, the novelist, with a request that the would write for a magazine he had established 3n Philadelphia. The Oldstyle papers were col lected and republished, in 1823, without the au thor’s knowledge or consent, and a good deal to tais regret, and curious critics have traced iu them, however crude', the elements of that geniality •which constitutes the charm of his matured -writings. A Journey to Canada, as far as Montreal, in ISO 3 (probably led Irving to write “Astoria" In later Tsars. In April, ISO 4, he came of age. By that time, the usual symptoms of consumption had appeared, and hiß brothers, who entertained the greatest affection for him, sent him to Europe. His .early love of travel remained unabated, mid he eagerly embraced the proffered opportunity of vi siting the Old World. Starting for Bordeaux, in May, 19M, tL.e captain of tho Tcseol predicted) as ihe inrxlid stepped on deck, that he would certainly die ere the end of the voyage. But his health im proved from the day he left New York) and he ar rived at Bordeaux much recovered—met there by the startling new* of Napoleon 1 * election to the Im perial dignity. Pis biographer give* a detailed account of this Europttn tour, whiohlaatod over a year and a half. J3e travelled through the south of France, in com pany with an eccentrio and kind-hearted little being, Dr. Henry, of Lancaster, whose knowledge *?f foreign luguagefl sad of travel as of great uso todum. By way of Nice ho want to Genoa, and was detained a long time at the latter place, by difficult ties about his passport, a complete system of espio nage' being established over hlm ? on the suspicion * tbe Life »od Letters of Washington Irving. By bis Nephew Pierre M. Irving. Volume 1« PP» 403. New York: George P. Puluwn. Philadelphia; George W Childs. MONDAY, %FKIL. 14, 1862. VOL. S.—NO. 215. The Clianniugst* Mia. Iknry Wood, the new novelist, is a trump, card in th\ hands of two publishers—Bentley, of London, and*!. B. Peterson, of Philadelphia. The former ran “ E> Lynne*’ through four editions in 95 many months, but tho UU«f sold throe editions of “The Earl’s Heirs” in three weeks. This writer, about whose personality nobody seems to have any information, sustains the mystery of a denouement to th® it so adroitly as to puaaU th® conjectures of even determined novel-readers, who are familiar with the unravelment of ordinary | plots. She appears rather to observe than create | characters, for the personages of her stories are 1 downright, ml, actual flesh and blood people. She j also eßchews the ordinary English practice of intro- : ducing & crowd of titled and fashionable” folks. No —she deals with realities, and though there is j (of course) a certain degree of mystery inker plots, there never is the slightest improbability. This novelist’s peculiar merits have been impressed " W »F» irblcb T. B. Petersen & Brothers will publish this week. It is entitled “ The Channings,” andmainly relates the domestic life of one family, so named. The two main incidents upon whioh hangs a story of great merit and well-sustained interest, are ; simple enough—the spoiling, by ink, of a ohorister’a 1 white surplice iu an English cathedral, and the ab ! B[notion of a bank-note from a letter, before it was i deposited iu the post office. Oat of theße grow a ■ variety of natural circumstances, nearly all oocur ring iu an English provincial city, and, of oourse, . there is a- Slight ihfusion of romance, for what is a novel worth if it has no love-making in it? Mrs. Wood seems to have a fairy loom for weaving no tion, for she cas produce cloth of gold whore others weave only cloth of frieze, At all events, Jet oar j readers take our word for it, that “The Chan j nings” is one of the most readable novels of the | day, and that, however they may guess at the wind i ing-up, they will be surprised at its thorough UQ i expectedness. “ The Channings” is not yet pub lished in England, being printed here from ad vance-sheets. H 0 lie a Domestic Novel Of Bfittl liite. By Mrs. Heory Weod, author of “The Earl’s Heirs/’ “ East Lynne/’ Ac. Svo. Philadelphia: T. B. Peter son A Brothers. Stkamkr Amkkica Lobt. —The N. 0. Crescent ears: The steamship America, outward bound, with a cargo of 1,300 bales of cotton, was announced as having been lost. The Yankees, however, did not obtain the coveted vessel and cargo, finding the blockade tolerably effectual at tbe mouth of the river, the America put back and came in contact with a snag below the forts, and surrendered to the arms of old Father Mississippi. No one hurt sp far as we could learn, the owners of both vessel and cargo being in a piw-tfnn to withstand the loss and not have the least effeet on their bank account. Onb of the HEEQfI-j or Pittsburg.—Among tbe killed on tbe National side, at the late bloody victory in Tennessee, was Acting Brig. Oen William Pegram. lie was a brother of Hubert Pegram, cununander of the Nashville, who bas rendered bis name forever infamous. Though born in Virginia, be bad resided fOI a number of years in Kentucky, and was never se duced from bis loyalty by the poor sophisms that led bis brother into treason. From the first he was a staunch loyalist, raising a regiment of cavalry, whioh wai in the engagement at Pittsburg Banding, and has new offered up bis life in defenoa of the eountry against which his brother has lifted up a traitor’s hand. At the siege of Yorktown the bands of tbe rebel regiments saucily play the air of “Dixie," and the lines are so close together that the musio is distinctly heard in our eamp, while we send baok the glorious strains of the “Star-spangled Banner.” Tits owners of missing slaves have been making eager applications to Gen. Wadsworth to aid them in the recovery of missing property. The general, however, declines. BATTLE OF PITTSBURG LANBING. the nnurerimg retails of tbs terrible * CONFLICT. FORCES ENCAGED AND THE LOSSES. THE SCENE BY DAY AND NIGHT. MEMOKABI.I3 INCIDENTS. OUR CAVALRY’S GALLANT CHARGE. A STAND AT COBIHTH IMPROBABLE JTwo the COrr?SpraiOTOO «f tbs Cincinnati Times, nr* obtain the most complete account yet furnished of the lato terrific battle in Tennessee. It possesses a fearful interest, independently of its being a s&nfinuatisn of the completeness of on* victory, and of tho valor which .deserved and achieved it. Position of the Forces, The battle ground ebosou Tor tho struggle of to day occupied a semi-circle of about three and a-half miles from the town of Pittsburg, our forces being stationed in the form of a semi circle, the right resting on a point north of Crump’s Landing, onr centre being directly in front of the main road to Corinth, and our left extending to the river, in the direction of Hamburg, a small place four miles north of Pittsburg Landing. It lias been Known) for Boms days past, that pro per attention lias not been paid to tho placing of pickets a sufficient distance from our front linos to insure against surprise, and in some cases it had even been negleott d altogether, No pickets, it is said, have ever been placed in front of General Prentiss’ division, although it was known that the Stcesh spies and scouting parties were continually b overing even near to the outside row of the tents vf his regiments. They were to he met by every scouting party which left our camps, and the ren contres of tho last fow days have proven so disas trous to them that they determined to repay them with interest. The First Attack. At two o’clook this morniDg, Colonel Peabody, of Prentiss’ division, fearing that everything was set right, despatched a body of four hundred meu beyond the camp, ror the purpose of looking after any force which might bo lurking in that direction. The step was wisely taken, for a half mile’s ad vance showed a heavy force approaching, who fired tipsa thsm with great slaughter. These »he escaped, fell back to the Twenty-fifth Missouri Re giment, swiftly pursued by the enemy. Tho con test had been of but short duration, and the advance of tho Secessionists reached the brigade of Colonel Peabody just as the long roll was sounded and the men were falling into line. Their resistance, taken so unawares, was of but short duration, and they retreated in as good order as was possible under a gulling fire, until they reached the lines of the Second division. At six o’clock the attack had become general along the entire front of our line. The enemy, in large force, bad driven in the pickets oi General Sherman’s division} and fallen with vengeance on the Forty-eight Regiment 0- V. M., Col. Sullivan, the Seventieth, Col. Cockerell, and the Seventy second, Col. Buckland. The troops here had never before been in action, and being so unexpectedly atisehed, ere they could fully understand their position, or get into file, they made as able a resist ance ns was possible, but were, in common with the force of General Prentiss, forced to seek support on tho troops immediately in their rear. The Fifth Ohio formerly belonging to itw diYinoQj had been removed to General Hurlbut’s command the day before yesterday, and their place supplied and camp occupied by the Second Illinois Cavalry. Tbeße latter knew nothing of the approach of the enemy until they weie in their miast, firing into their tents and applying the torch as they came. The slaughter on this first onslaught of the enemy was very severe, scores falling at every discharge of tho enemy’s guns, and all making their best effort to escape, or repel the foe. It, however, soon became evident that the Secession force was overpowering, and nothing was left for the advance lino bat retreat. TOswa? done in considerable disorder, both officers and men losing every particle of their baggage, it, of course, falling into the enemy’s hands. The Frospect at that Hour. At Lair past elgbfc o-olock the flgbl Lai become quite general, the second line of divisions having rtoeivea the advance in good order, and made every preparation for a suitable reception of the foe. As J9W wrreepe«4en,lt fiftvhv4 ik? lk*Jf4 iiu? ?i our forces, he met several thousands of stragglers, many of them from the hospitals, but many more who had never before witnessed the service in the batMe of tJB city, has returned from Pittsburg with cheers from those on shore, and returned rending, afi furnishes the following intelligence lustily by those who had so opportunely arrived to - • iuui i b»u u tafee pan iu the battle to day. Aa the boats reach- * ,f 1 § ; ed the shore the troops immediately left, and, Tayler’jand Waterhouse s batteries, supported without musio, took their way to the advance on by the Tjfenty-third Illinois and the Seventy-Be the left wing of our forces. They had received yenth an/Twenty-third Ohio Regiments, were first marching orders at a late hour m the afternoon, _ .. thw ohinriTmmp.r.tß ran-thn aid had come on a « double quick" from Savannah. > n lbe n » l ' Botll tbo „ OWo "S 1 ” 61118 rw— Wilh the first hours of daylight it was evident, Seventyeventh without firing a gun—leaving Wa however, that the enemy had also been strongly terhouse battery without support, reinforced, for, notwithstanding they must have fought for half an hour, however, known of the arrival of vhs new Union troopß. they CaptaihW’aterhouso retiring with three ,of his wore the first to open the battle, which they did 1 . „ , . , about 7 o’clock, and with considerable alacrity, guns, fe was wounded in the thigh by a Mime The attack then beganfrom the main Corinth road, ball, h' not fatally. His battery was badly cut a point to which they seemed strong]; attached, up. Ovloi’s battery, continued the fight, splen and which at no timo did they leave unproteoted. didly ipportod by the Illinois regiment, until his All the Line again Engaged. euppol iwas outflanked on both sides. He then Within half an hour from the first firing of the retire, through a oross fire, having but one man were actively engaged. The rebels were, how- In meantime, Waterhouse, with his three re ever, not so anxious to fight their way to the river’s mafrbg guns, took a position, supported by the bank as on the previous day, having had a slight g a „bd Brigade of Me demand’s division, 09111- experience of what they might again export jf of 0m aB( l On& T “> slowly along the stream, keeping a careful watoh- totty-nttn, ar.u forty-eighth Illinois Regiments, fulness for any signs they might be able to gather Colonel commanding. During the fight they as to the exact location of the enemy in the dense aoupelied to rytro through their own vu foiest which stretched away to their right. The with a heavy Uoo , iatD , ome woods togeTfeBL‘& wb" 1 formcJ toe seoena dm or battle, still unwearied soldiers of yesterday, with a.; in advance was then ordered by Goneraj energy that they eeuld net h&ea ...At , a hundred rods beyond them, in Sight nine o’clock, the sound of the artillery and mus- i rebels. Here commenced one of the most hetry fully equalled that of tho day previous, v*.„ . ... . though it could not be said to continue so long in freely-contested engagements of the day, result one quarter. It now" became evident that the tj ,n the repulse of the enemy, wi)9 was driven rebels were avoiding the extreme of the left wiag. |k through our encampment. At this point the and endeavoring to find some weak point in the ,my met with reinforcements, and our ammuni- s.,** ■«. » perseverance and determination they adhered to P“ er brigade. They, however, wore compelled this purpose. They left one point bnt to return to retreat within half a mila of the river, it immediately, and then as suddenly would, by At this moment the gunboats, by throwing their some masterly stroke of generalship, direct a most ells , vcr the heads of our men CoTered the P nßd “ ““ with the rebel slain, wnoieu lu *Yieveil O’clock. AM. J sol ' B bal,cr ß B S« n too* » Position on the pa- Notwithstanding the continued rebuff of the re- d « B ronßd of the First division, and opened on bels wherever they had made their assaults, up to J rebel batteiy which had been placed eight hun eleven o’clock they had given no evidence of re- :d yards distant. tiring from the field. Tneir firing had been as ra- [4 splendid artillery duet here took place, re terrible* the previous TJf [ting in the silencing of the rebel batteries and directed, nor so long Confined to one point of attack. explosion of their caissons. Taylor’s battery Still further reinforcements now began to arrive, s then ordered into the reserve during the fight. The steamers Crescent City, Hiawatha, Louis- Several Mississippi regiments, who had arrived ville, John Warner, and others, having left Sa- Saturday night, came into tho fight on “double vannah loaded to the guards with troops belonging r. „ Th v e , , imma diatelv retmlsed to General Buell’s command. These immediately P K - iney were almost immediately repulsed. mounted the hill, and took possession upon the f* Monday a Michigan battery) which was cap. right of the main centre, under Gen. Wallace. id the day before, was retaken by the Fifteenth So tar the fight of the morning had been waged cousin Regiment. The fight over this battery aEdbutVekort H uc,cd 01 *“• P* **• few. adue westerly direction. I ,n person. In hiß efforts to recover it he was Generals Grant, Buell, Nelson, Sherman, and ided in the arm. He was successful in taking Crittenden (I learn, though I have not seen him) iWt it was again taken from him. It was cap were present everywhere, directing the movements A aßd reca p tured n 0 i osB than sir times, W *.«me C mc &g o reinforced, and suddenly both wiDgs of our army sUrely handled on the first day that they were were turned upon the enemy with the intention olable to man three guns on Monday, but with of driving the immense body into an extensive (jj a desperate OODteati they suaoeeded in ravme. Al tho same fame a powerful battery bad ~1 w silencing snd Oapturillg a rebdl battery been stationed near an open field known as the T "... ® V. * ~ , / il battalion drill ground,” for Sherman’s division, ofignns, but they were, however, oompelled to and this, loaded with canister, poured volley after a®n Itfrom lack of horses to draw it off. Their volley upon tbe somewhat disgusted rebels. The oueoeg were brought off. cacnonadiDg of the day previoußhad been mostly general retreat of the enemy commenced at confined to shell and heavy ball, but it was evident \ , _f, . that the change now made was having a telling 4* l Monday, our cavalry following until the e g- eot h( nrere tired out. But for the almost impasaa. At half past eleven o’clock the rear of the battle bl edition of the roads, the rout would have almost shook the earth in this vicinity i for the b< tade complete, and we conld have carried Union guns were being fired. Witt «U flte energy ntranched ca at Corißthi that the prospector the enemy s deteat could m- „ . . _ ... spire. The fire from the rebels was not, however, Mke impossible, on account of the condition so vigorous, and the; began to evince a desire to OvoadS, to do this for some d&;8. withdraw. They fought as they slowly moved rebel artillery was superior to ours, and their back, keeping up their fire from their artillery and „ rjng were a i mo9 [ equal. The rebel loss is SS3 ; IM* * ~ J»«,-UJ ««I. as approximating to a retreat. As they retreated l 1 These will be found moderate estimates, they went in exceUent order, battling at every memy have takeu more prisoners than WO advantageous point, and delivering their fire with j, The Kighth lowa Regiment were captured considerable effect. Moving somewhat in the di- ~... ' . „.wTsrnrSisar reotion of the river, closely followed by our men. Lout ..ooHerleft, on General Grant feared that some mistake flight ■ T_i, the Part of the guuboaf, O«r half messenger was B6fiT,'eruortoK-Am— c or i n tii. The enemy ington to “steam up to Hamburg, foormilo reetr .mbg eWv nerve to get in reinforcements, baf— enemy so far that the shells might injure th ben from then position. wrong party.” Tjjs TtOTex’spiciai says the responsibility of the U,T*e rests vtiih the flcmmatiding officer. On t a large foies ef rebel eavalry appeared ifi if our lines,’and remained there, hut General an, who occupied the advanoe, had been or lotto bring on an engagement. Consequent sent out *o corresponding forpy to At Noonday. It was sow a matter, settled beyond dispute, tbft| the enemy were retreating. They were making but little fire, and beading tbeir entire column foi Corinth, by both roads leading in that direction From all divisions of onr lines they were closely' pursued, a galling fire being kept upon tinge rear, which they still returned at intervals, but with little or no effect. The Charge of the Cavalry. I have neglected heretofore to mention that, from Suedfty neon belli eight, and from hfonday morning up to the time I have now reached, in this outline description of the battle, not less than three' thousand cavalry had remained seated in their saddles on the hill-top overlooking the river, pa tiently And earnestly awaiting the arrival of the tiine when an order should come for them to pursue the flying enemy. That time had now arrived, and a Conner from General Grant had soarcely delivered his message, before the entire body was in motion. Those who have never witnessed a charge of so large a force of horsemen should have been there to have seen the wild tumult of the eager riders, and apparently equally excited steeds. The enemy have been driven beyond our former lines, and are in full retreat in the direction of Corinth. An old surgeon, who has been long in the ser vice, and who has just returned from the field for the first time since the battle began, said to me as he sat down to-night on the river bask, “I have been present at both Bull Bun and Fort Donelson, but they were skirmishes to what I have seen since yesterday morning.” Such, it seems, is the testi mony of all with whom I have conversed in relation to this great eontest. The Force Engaged, and the Killed and As near aB I oan estimate the entire force en gaged in this oonflict, I have set it down at the opening 6f the battle aa being about sixty thou sand on the rebel aide, with a somewhat smaller number, say over fifty thousand, on ours. This morning witnessed an addition to our troops of about twelve thousand men, while from the testimo ny of the rebel prisoners taken to-day, the rein forcements to Ike enemy were about eight thousand men, more than half ox whom had keen left at Co* ricth when the troops moved from that point on Saturday evening last. i The intimate knowledge possessed by the enemy] oC every foot of the contested soil on which thi battle was fought, gave them a greater advents) than was awarded ne by the trilling inoroase numbers, but on either tide the battle was feu) with a d reparation which I could not have ballet to exist in the minds ofmen, unless in oases of si personal grievance. The determination appei even under the most galling fire, to be viotoi death. The UiEUHdppiana, on the aide of the »y, were the ruling epirite, The rebel loss in killed moat have bean ni double the estimate I have made as to our Their wounded are also very great in numbet though perhaps not so great in proportion, as 1 balls are more fatal then those usually fired Wounded. Mississippi rifles, the old Harper's Ferry, or even the Algiers rifle, of which they seemed to hare a large number. In regard to our killed &Bd TfOflßllßfli Ire frain from mentioning anyt&ipg further than I have in former parts of this epistle. The various rumors afloat, without a shadow of foundation, justify me in this determination. As a total, I would setdown our .killed* during the two days? fight, at near one thousand, and our wounded at about thirty-five hundred. I find but few, who have an equal op* portunity of judging, but set my estimate at too low a figure. Many of the wounded are trivially in jured, and will 999 u b« able to egoin perform the duties of the soldier’s life. No correct estimate can be made within the next five days, as it will require some time to gather the wounded to gether. and inter the dead. The confusion of tho hour at which I write, so early after the close of the battle, prevents any more accuracy than I have given in this particular. No Stand, at Corinth. * I am of opinion that the rebels have fought their last grand fight in this vioiohy. That they will make no stand at Corinth is evident from the fact that the surrender of Island No. 10 must immedi ately fellow this defeat—because* with thoMemphls and Cb&Tleston Railway in'.our possession, we shall be able to throw the forces of Gen. Popo on their left, wbile the entire force now here will be in front of them eager for another trial as to bravery, endu rance. and military skill. Their lest effort maybe to make a rally in some more southern portion'of either Alabama or Mis sissippi, where the hotter climate may make it un safe for our troops to pursue them, This is* how ever, a matter for Gen, Beau regard and circumstan ces to determine, Gen. Algernon Sidney Johnston not being in the consultation, having been sent by gome well-directed shot to a hotter climate than that of tven'tha cotton-growing States of the Gulf bolder. Curious Incidents. One Strang feature in the battle that neither yesterday mr to-day have I seen many prisoners. On our &idejt did not seem to be a contest for cap tives. It vftsa life and-death struggle to us, and the rebels stem'ed to entertain the same idea as to themselves. I do nob believe that more than one hundred pmoners were taken to the rear, during the battle ofboth days. All I know is, that, if any prisonenwere taken, I do not see how they disposed of t/cm. I found, eien at the end of the first day’s fight ing, that maty of our surgeons were missing. They were knownto have been at the hospital tents at the period inwhich the battle opened, but after that Itifey w(te not to be fou.od- After the TQVrv«Yt of the .esemii had began, and those of the sick who bad been lefvjn the hospitals were again under tho protection of put troops, they stated that the rebels bad forced tbi surgeons away with them, in order that they migit attend to their wounded. I have no doubt theigreatly needed their services. One eingulr feature was remarkable after the battle, which as it may have some connection with this departmnt, I may mention here. Numbers of .our men wre found with the hair on the top of their heads, heir whiskers, and sometimes a por tion of theirupper clothing, burned away. Thoy presented fj strange and ghastly appearance, M hether thea were mere wanton acts on the part of the eneify or whether the victims were those who had bea inmates of some of the burned hos pital tents, Xcannot say. If the latter, they had piade an atimpt to escape, and bad §9 for suc ceeded that t*y had reached the woods, and there, from sheer ebaustion, had laid them down to die. newfacts of interest, W? : H \4«< remained ia position until Sunday morning' ed az a scre.f] behind which Beauregard id iro'opd in line of battle fiHAisogVOFafi. a attask Waa flifit mallil, the Fifty-third, enth, Saitntj-first, and Seventy-seventh iments, displayed inexousable inefficiency, r fled without firing a gun. ITlio othera or two rounds and then fled. wardice of these regiments left that point Jed. The enemy immediately closed and led the mere edv&need regiments. It ia sd that the Eighteenth Wisconsin and Six owa Regiments fled after firing tiro or unds. the enemy fled they turned their wagons ; their wounded behind, all of whom are house’s battery lost 1 killed and 16 wound ll&rd’s Chiesge battery 5 hilled and SO 'the New Orleans regiments, the Louisiana rere almost entirely left on the battle-field, ' wounded. They were nearly all wealthy ] were dressed in the Zouave uniform, frentiss esoaped on Tuesday, and oarne into lone. In the aonfusion of the retreat he k to elude the rebel rigilanoei !igard intended to make his attack two viously, but the extraordinary rains Im is progress, and delayed his arrival at the. nded. Glen. Buell could not possibly have us in time to save us from defeat had Boau i original plan succeeded. iiNoroit, April 12.—The War Department o’clock to-night received no further in ion from Pittsburg Landing than has already ■ed in the newspapers. As Gen. Halleck is Foethe scone of the last battle, an official account Ifeary soon expected. ■ .tjjo telegraph line to Savannah, Tennessee, waa [completed last Tuesday, but It has been broken, land'the wire carried away, so that the communi bation is not now perfect. ,;g*. Louis, April 12.—Major. McDonald, of the Eighth Missouri, arrived last night, direet from Pittsburg Landing. He confirms the death of A. 8. Johnson, and was told by a prisoner, a lieute nant, th»t Swhwd Johnson, wh» eeoapefl frym Fort Donelson, was also killed. He thinks ail the reports about Beauregard being wounded to bo un* reliable. -Aw effieer of It. Me Orleans Creole battalion., who was taken prisoner, says Beauregard made a speeoh on Saturday, the day before the battle, in which he told the troops that the result was a sure tbiogi and they could not fall to capture Grant’s army and then whip Buell, and thus hold their rail reads. If they lost the day, he said they might as well lay down their arms and gq bOBOi The story of the escape of General Prentiss is not believed. The greater part of his brigade were taken prisoners early in the fight of Sun day. The gunboats did fine work, and probably saved our army from total disaster on Sunday. The beginning of the fight on that day was a to tal SUfprisO, many officers Mil soldiers being over taken in their tents and slaughtered or taken prisoners. Gen. Smith was not in the fight, but lying sick at Savannah, not being able to get out q£ bed.’ Our forces on Sunday were not over 35,080. The enemy 's force was not less than 90,000. lho rebel quartermaster says 90,000 rations were issued be fore they left Corinth. The second day’s fight was not half as desperate as the first. The rebels soon gave way before our fresh troops. Tho pursuit was not continued. Major McDonald thinks our killed was at loast 1,000, and wounded 3,000. He says fourteen or sixteen hundred of the rebel wounded wore loft on the field, and tbiska their killed amount to 3,000, besides the wounded. Wo did not take more than 500 prisoners. Major McDonald thinks Beauregard was not pre pared to mako a stand at Corinth, and, if pushed, will retreat to Jackson, Miss. Arrivals from fronton say Gen. Van Dorn is at Pittman’s Perry, on Current river, near the Mis souri line, with 10,000 or 13,000 men, awaiting re inforcements. LATEST SOUTHERN NEWS. THE REBEL ACCOUNTS OF THE PITTSBURG BATTLE. THE DEATH OF SEVERAL JOBITSTOiT ADMITTED NQ MENTION OF THE SECOND DAY'S STRUGGLE, RESOLUTION OF THANKS IN THE REBEL CONGRESS. Posthumous Letter of Ctn, Johnston. HIS EXPLANATION OF THE FALL OF FORT UONELSON, SOUTHERN ACCOUNTS OF GEN. BURNSIDE'S MOVEMENTS. FORT MACON PROVISIONED FOR Si\ MONTHS. Itebel Accounts of tne Attack on Yorktown. NARROW ESCAPE OF GEN, HIAGRFDERi FALL OF FORT CRAIG, NEW MEXICO THE FEDERAL ATTACK ON FORT PASS CHRISTIAN. Richmond papers of Wednesday lost Contain much interesting Southern news. Its main features are herewith presented. Rebel Accounts of the Great Battle on the Tennessee. [From tho Richmond Whig of Friday.] The following despatch, reoeived at the Adjutant General’s office, yesterday, gives glorious coDfirma tiou of our victory on the Tennessee river, Sunday last: Battle of Shiloh, April 6tb, via Corinth, Mississippi, and Chattanooga, 7th. To General J 3. Cooper, Adjutant General: T«, this attacked ttmeneiujr >o ft 9tT9Q£ s99l* tion ia front of Pittsburg, and after a severe batUo of ten 'hoars, thauks to the Almighty, gained a complete victory, driving the enemy from every position. The lost on both sides is heavy, includingourCoffiigftnflerTifl?ClUeft Gene, rat Albert Sidney Johnston) who fell gallantly lending HlB troops into the thickest of the fight. O. T. BEAUREGARD, The fall of a military ohieftain on ths honor and victory, at the head of his rushing columns, fighting for liberty, is the death the soldier moat covets, and the country most laments. Such has been the fate of General Albert Sidney John ston. A despatch from General Bsftursg&rd BayB he fell “gallantly leading his troops into the thickest of the fight. 9 ’ Better information in re* gard to his recent retirement from Bowling Green, and his presumed responsibility for the disasters at Forts Henry and Ponelsoa, had already cleared him uf the haaiy and unjust censure visited upon him for these oocurrenees, and now his splendid victory and glorious death oome to canonize Ids name for history. His countryman, in their ra joioingg, Will not withhold the tribute Of their tears, and coming generations will keep his memory fresh. This battle, the importance of which cannot well be over estimated, was fought in Southwest Tennes see, in Hardin county, on or near the Tennessee river. We are without information as to the forces engaged, though they are known to have been large on both sides, or particulars as to casualties, which must hare been heavy. It may safely be concluded that after the lessen of Manassas (for which we do not charge him with the responsibili ties), General Beauregard will push the victory to all attainable consequences of profit and advantage. It will be some days before we get full ejetaii?, In the meantime we fiirnish sueil as WQ tIUYO. The following is tho telegram for the newspapers, received last night: _ [pinar despatch] Mobile, April 7.—Special despatches to tho JU vtrtiser and Register, dated Corinth, yesterday afternoon, say that the battle continues fierce and furious, the enemy stubbornly resisting their fate, while the Southerners continue to press upon them With VOSlStieSa determination, siowiy but) SUrely forcing them back. Our loss is heavy, but our men are in good spirits, and are thoroughly warmed up to the work in hand. All fight well; but the Ala bama, Mississippi, and Louisiana troops display splendid- gallantry. Tho Twenty-first Alabama covered themselves with glory. This regiment captured two batteries. The First Louisiana Regi ment of regulars took a battery. General Bushrod Johnson, on? of the Donelson prisoners who sub sequently escaped, is wonnded. Night. The enemy are in full retreat, and the Confede rates in hot pursuit. I write from the enemy’s camp, and on Federal paper. Large numbers of Federal prisoners have already been taken, and we expect to capture the greater part of the Federal army. We are driving them back on the river, and shall kill or capture the entire army. The battle is still raging with terrible fury. We have oaptured Gen. Prentiss and a large number of offl- in , the'"sosyr~Sfl~dled while gallantly and steadily leading our victorious troops. Gen. Beauregard now commands the army- H© says this Is a seooud Manassas fight. G«u*ral Buell was not in time to take pert in the notion. Gen. Grant was in command of the Federal forces. [SECOND DESPATCH ) MEMPHIS, April 7.—A despoteh from Corinth, dated yesterday, says: The great battle commenced at daylight this morning. The Yankees were driven back two miles. Our victorious columns are still advancing. Tbs First Louisiana Regiment has taken one Federal battery, and several others have been captured. Colonel Williams, of Memphis, was killed. General Prentiss was captured. He says they bed thirty-five thousand men in the field, and eighteen batteries, nearly all of which have been captured. Gen. Buell had a portion of his lorOl Duck river. wYlave &• ehtmy’z camp, saw nH SOTH' nitica, stores, Ac. The battle Was k very oiveffi one j less on both sides heavy. The fighting is still going on. General Polk is in the advanoe. Gens. Prentiss, Grant, Sherman, McClernsnd, Wallace, and Smith, commanded the Federals. Gen. Smith was sick. Two thousand prisoners have been taken, and sent to our rear. It is reported that our forces are fighting Buell to-day. Gen. Clark and Col. Brown, of Mississippi, and Col. Richards, of Mis souri, were wonnded. The Federals have been driven to the river, and are attempting to oross on transports. Many prisoners arc still being brought in. The Rebel Congress—Johnston’s Explana- tion of the Fall of Donelson. In the rebel Houle at Richmond, on Monday last, the “ great victory” was announced, and the follow ing resolutions introduced: Resolved, That Congress has learned, with feelings of deep joy and gratitude to the Divio© Baler of nation©) tho news of the recent glorious victory of our arms in Ten* neasee. Resolved, That the death of General Albert Sidney Johnston* the commander of our forces, whilo leading hi» troop© to victory f cannot but temper our exultation with a ©hade of sadness at the loss of so stile, skilful, and gal* lout uu officer. Resolved, That, in respect to tho memory of General Joliuhton—the Se: nte concurring—Congress do now ad journ until twelve o’clock to-morrow. The Senate, however, thought there might be some error in the announcement, refugee! to act on the resolution, and it was afterwards adopted as a House resolve© In the course of the debate, Mr. Barksdale, of Mississippi, said: I hold in my hand on unofficial letter, probably the last written by the lamented deceased, to the Chief Executive of the Confederacy, to whom he bad long been united by the ties of friendship© and with whom be had enlisted at an early day under ‘tbeflag of a Government, which, together, they abandoned when it became the symbol of a mon strous despotism - This letter has been given me to be used as I might think proper for tho vindication of recent sets of General Johnston, not fully under* stood by the pub Ho. I will, therefore, by the in* dulgence of tne House, reed this letter, that they tuay see the facts in the light by which his course was shaped previous and subsequent to the fall of Donelson These facts triumphantly vindicate his fame as a true patriot and an. able and skilful mi litary leader. This letter, written under most try* ing circumstances, Bhowe that no trace of passion was visible in the awful severity of the pure, wave, and undaunted spirit in which it originated. # It is a simple recital of facts in justification of his ac* Mono before which (he salunmiee of the ignorant or the wicked will (lee like mist before the brow of day. He has left a noble example of magnanimity in tbe midst of unjust complaint, and of courage and fortitude amid disaster. His fame rises bright er from the severe ordeal through which he has passed, and his name will live green and fresh for* ever in the hearts of a grateful people. Mr. Speak* ei, I will close by reading the letter to which I referred i Unofficial letter of General A. S Johnston to President Davis. JSUdiAU» r ALA. r 19* 1943. DtHV General: 1 received the despatches from Bicbmcnd, with y-'-.ur private letter by Captain \Viekll3e, three days since; but the pressure of aflawe and the necessity of getting my CODlEDftnd APFfISS tb& Tehnesag. prereated ato from oettd ina you Ah earlier reply. I anticipated all that yon have told me ae to the cen tnre which tbs fall of Fort Doneleon drew upon me, and tbe attacks to which yon might be subjected, hut it was ?®pwsiblp for me to gather the facto for adntfiiteti report; or to spare time which was required to extrtcuts the re* meinder of my troops, and save the large accumulation of stores and provisions after that disheartening disas ter. . I transmitted the report tf Geawklfl Floyd ftni Pii* low without examining or analyzing the lacts+ and scarcely with time to read them. When about to assume command of this department, the- Government charged me with the dirty of deciding the question of occupying Bowling Green, Kenlgpfcy, wlfiCli lza-vciT«d TH>t oniy' inihiary out politicolsonaiacratiout AC the time of my arrival at Nashville, the action of the Le gislature of Kentucky had put an end te the latter by sanctioning the formation of companies-menacing Teu co see, b 7 asßuniiig the cause of the Governitjept gt Washington, end by abandoning HOGtrftlity It prQ» leased, and in consequence of their action tbe occupation of Bowling Orion beotmo necessary as-an act of self-de fence, at least in the first step. Afcout the middle of September Gen. Buckner ad- VftbCCrf tt-jih & $&>&ll force of ntoal 4,655 men, whioil WW9 increased by the 15th of October to 12; GQO. and though accessions of force were received, it continued at about tbe same strength until tbe end of November, measles and other diseases keeping down the effective force. The enemy’s force waa then rup&rttd i& the Was- D«parineni 50,000, &hd Ah advance was impossible. & * * * * * * * * Believing it to bo of the greatest moment to protract the campaign, as the dearth oi cotton might brinj airesgth from abroad and discourage tho> North, and to gain time to strengthen myself by new troop* from Ten* ctEtkte and other States, I magnified my forces to the en Mn Mestrwd there. The capitulation W«sTUnsoDdltionai. Colonel Canty, tho Federal commander, proposed that himself and command .be permitted to depart, on condition that tbey pledge themselves not tw serve again during ftp vfftr, but General Biblej in. mated upon on unconditional BD77enrlßr. With l tha fall of Fort Craig, the lust vestige of Federal rule vanishes from Hew Mexico. We are now masters of that vast and wealthy re gion. have takes ail the enemy's strongholds,‘oop tubed some four thousand of his men, besides aw immense amount of provisions for man and horse, and large stores of ammunition and arms, Tbs quantities of provisions am} ammunition must be luTgs, as Fort Craig waß said to be in condition for a six months’ siege. All honor to the Texan Ban gers!' The Steamer “ NflhllVille, ” PA7TONSBUKG, N. 0., March 29,1342 To vns Editor or the Wins : In your issue of the 26th of this month, I see a notice in which yew make a slight mistake as regards the person whp was left in skiff. ®f tho sfcosmrr NtiihviUr,,' efio was left m command of Lieutenant William C. Whittle, Confederate Statos navy, son of Captain William C. Whittle, Confederate States navy. On hearing ftgt the enrmy had taken Newborn, he, rather than burn the gallant little ship, de termined, on his own responsibility, to run the blookade again and take her into another pert. Ha was successful, and ran out under a hot fire from tha tvhoia hostile fleet. The hoe new been sold, and Lieutenant Whittle has been sent ta Charleston to deliver her to her owners, I hop* this mistake will-be corrected .nd honor ba given to whom honor jg dUSi g Federal Attack on Pass Christian. Monies, April s.—The operator at Bay of has telegraphed as follows : “ The enemy shelled Pass Christian yesterday, They landed 2MB wovps, ran attached ub Tritft tiro tboniaari men an/! twelve brass 4'pouoder howitzers. Our fores wm three hundred men and two 0-pounder howitzers. I was in ibe party and had a narrow escape.’ 1 THE VICTORY AT [SLAV’D 1. 10. Gen. Pope s Official Report. EXPKDITIOXAEY Force*, > Hkw Madrid, Mo , April !>. J Major GeneralH. IT. ZTalleck ; The canal across the peninsula opposite Island No Id—. and for the idea of which I am indebted to Gen. Schuyler Hamilton—was completed by Col. Bissell’B Engineer Be* giment, and four steamero were brought through on the night of the otht The heavy batteries I hod thrown up below Tiptonvillo completely commandod the lowest point of the high ground on the Tennessee shore, entiroly cut* tiDg off the enemy’s retreat by water; hiß retreat by laud has never been possible through the swamps. On tli> night of the 4th, Capt. Walke, of the navy, t&9 «*r ity’s batteriea at Ibl»n4 Ho. 10, with gUnPQRt (7*B ronaelct, and reported to me here. On the night of the 6th the gunboat Pittsburg also ran the blockade. Our transports wero brought into the river from the bayou, where they hadbeen kept concealed* and at daylight on tha 7th btyl Faina 1 ! division loaded. The aa&ol had t>»en A prodigiously laborious Work. It Was twelve miles lon*, six miles of which were through heavy timber which had to be sawed off by hand four feet under water. The enemy has lined the opposite shore with batteries, 9Bts?nsing from Island No. 10 to Tiplonville* Merriweath» Landing, to prevent the passage or tbe river by this army. I directed Gapt. Walke to run down with the two gun* boats at daylight en tbe 7th to the point selected for 9F9S?ing» silence tlieenemy’H batteries near it Ha performed the service gallantly* and I bers bear teste moDy to tbe thorough and brilliant manner in which thtc officer discharged his difficult duties* with me, and to tbe hearty and earnest zeal with which, at all hazards, he cooperated with me. AA S6ofo &e he elgnaled me, the boats containing Paine’s division moved out from the landing aod begaa to cross the river. “The passage of this aide, furioaa river* by our Urge force, was one of the most magnificent spectacles I ever witnessed. By twelve o’clock that gigki, ID® ?ti>, gU lb* fortes tairned to Growths rim were over, without Otlay or accident* As soon as we commenced to cross, the enemy begaa tn evacuate Island No. 10 and bis batteries along the shore. The divisions were pushed forward to Tiptonrille as fiat as they landed* Paine’s leading. The enemy was drivaa beforo him; and; although they made several attempts U form in line of battle and make a stand* P&lh* did bet once deploy his columns. The enemy was pushed aB night vigorously, until* at 4 o’clock A. M , he was drive* back upon the swamps and forced to surrender. Three generals, seven colony, #nn regiments, several batta* hoc* of jnfacvryjfive companies or artillery, over one hundred heavy iiege guns, twenty-four pieces of fieM artillery, an inuneuKe quantity of ammunition aod sap* plies, several thousand stand of small arms* a great nun bsrjf tents, benes. wasons, etc., etc,, hare falisn into our bantu, Before abandoning Island Ho. 10, tbe enemy sunk tha gnnboat Grampus an 1 six of his transports. These last I am raising* and expect to have ready for service la a few daye. The Ijunous floating battery was SCflttleO, Mi turoed adrift with all her guos aboard ; she was Capture# and run aground in shoal water, by our forces, at Now Madrid. Our success is complete and overwhelming. Oar troops, as I expected, behaved gloriously. I will* in my full report, endeavor to do full justice to all; Brigadier Generals Paine, Stanley, and Hamilton crossed therlvee* and conducted their divisions with untiring activity and shill. lam especially indebted to them. General Paine, fortunate in having the advance, exhibited unusual rigor and courage, and had tbe satisfaction to receive the but fif tha Of Oolo&el Blasell, of the eugineor regiment* 1 Cab hardly say too much. Full of resource* untiring and determined, he labored night and day, and completed a work which will be a monument of enter prise and skill. Wo have crossed this great river with a ta?g& afmr. the banks of which were lined with batteries of the efte my to oppose our passage ; have pursued and oaptured. all his forces and material' of war, and have not tost a man, nor met with an accident. JOHN POPEi Major General. The Iron-clad Monitor. At the last stated monthly meeting of the Frank- Hi Institute, 03 we leorj) from the Journal of that Association, some statements were made on the Monitor and other iron-olad stenmers, which Me interesting just now. We subjoin the report: hir. B. ii. Bartoi exhibited to the meeting seve ral diagrams of the iron-clad steamer Monitor, a sectien of the vessel building at Mystic, Conn., and a model of the one now being built by Merriok A gos?, 9f this Jjiy, He stated that, while the credit of designing and coDstruoting the Monitor belonged to CAptain Ericsson, it was bat just to say that the plan of a. revolving turret was not his. In fact, Captain B. had himself, in Aneaent letter to tbs editor of th* New York Titites, specially disclaimed being tha originator of it, but claiming the peculiar detail! of the vessel as his. The recent trial of the Mo nitor with the Merrimac , while it proved tha ability of the former to resist the shot of the tatteif and in so fax was a success, yet her ability to at tack and capture has yet to be proved. A perfectly successful iron*p!ated war steamer must not be simply a vessel for harbor defence; she mudt, -with certainty, be able to go ftlQSg OUr coast unaided, and in moderately rough weather; and her accommodations must not be a dungeon, requiring artificial light and ventilation. Comfort in time of peaoe, seourity in war, and a fair Spaed, th& feSS&fcllal elements of a war vessel. The three vessels now building by the Navy De partment were authorized by a law of CongreM passed last August, appropriating $1,500,000 for iron* clad vessels. Flans and proposals wuni pflm Vertifltd fay, and a hnnr J 1 T '' ,l II W rasmine plans and report. This hoard reoom mended the three vessels that have been mentioned, of which the Monitor is the first. The Mystic versel will probably be out in May. She is a wooden vessel, plated with two tbioknesses at bars, running longitudinally, secured to the wood by through bolts with nuts on the inside. 4’hOM plates lap on each other in such a way that tha head of the bolt is protected op thft outside from .hot. HO? guria itrb bp bor dock, find ahpTO it is a covering of moderately thick sheet iron, which cannot, bc proof, but will no doubt resist musket or fine balls. The vessel building in this oitv, by Merrick & Sons, is of timber, plated with iron. She is 240 feet long on deck, Mi feet beam, and 25 feet hold; 5,500 ifflia; greatest draft of water,ls feet. She has a berth, gun, gpd jpar Si? w with 4i inch iron, her whole length for 1 feet below and 4 feet above load line. From that point to spat deck, she is plated 170 feet amidships, and has iron plated. bulkheads across ship at the termination of the eide.plaiipg, per spar deck consists of 3 inf. of wood and 1 in. of iron j thus, a clear space on tho gun-deck, 170 feet long by 54 foot wide, is im pervious to shot, unless one enters at the porthole. The battery of thi. vessel will consist of sixteen 9- Inch guns, eight on a side, and a couple of light rise guns at how anti stern on her spar-deck, for ohasing and bringing to distant vessels, while her large gnns are for engaging war vessels or land batteries. It is believed that her powers of resistance will enable hep to go alongside of any vessel or fort with impunity, while, from her large size, Bhe ean carry a sufficient forca to capture the vessel she may disable. Her speed is to be 94 knots per hour ; at which, with her iron prow is front, she would sink nay vessel with whioh she might come in contact. She is to hare three masts, and to be bark-rigged. Her spars are so arranged that, when in notion, they all oome down to the apax deck. Ilex machinery consists of two horizontal condensing engines, with oylindors 50* inch diameter by 30-inoh stroke, to make 85 revo lutions turning a 13-foot propeller. Four horizon tal tubular boilers, capable of developing 1,600- borse power. Coal bunks for ten days' steaming. From whioh it will be seen that this vessel is a cruising ship that may bo sent under steam or sail to any part of tho world, requiring neither artifi cial light or ventilation; while those vessels whioh are purely floating batteries will rust out at anohor in times of pesos. The construction of iron>olad vessels will make an entire change in naval warfare; and, while it ia positive that our reliance for safety is to bo in ves sels of this class, yet at the 3&me time we should proceed with cautiop, epd pot rush headlong into the construction of a largo number of vessels, before any one plan has been fully-tested. At the preaont crisis. We should build about a dozen vessels of from ■ ten to fifteen feet draft of water, each of which should h»v? f»»r speed, and carry in front bflow the water line an iron prow, for penetrating any vessel with whioh they may come in contact. . Revolving turrets or towers, similar to that on the Monitor,_ were patented by Captain C. P. Coles, of the English navy, M&roh 30th, 1859, and experimentally applied to the Bteamer TrtiVty tit August, 1800. Mr. B. also exhibited to the meeting a model of a Plata for closing porta (when the gnn wks run in), designed by Chief Engineer W. W. Wood, of tbn United States navy, and remarked that it.« very desirable to have some convenient and aeeure wuy of rendering ports ball-proof; but it waa exceed* lingly difficult to devUe a plan without having the doors exceedingly heavy, aud consequently un wieldy, **.oo IIIIIMIMIIIi tltOtf B.OO 12.00