The Daily Wabash Express

Beauregard Apologizing for his Defeat.

Sensitively tender of his lost prestige Beauregard appears to be straining every point to give his defeat at Pittsburg the appearance of victory; but through all his braggart despatches it is clear enough that he foresees the general verdict that he was badly whipped. The "falling inflection" from his telegraph to Richmond, to his flag of truce note to General Grant, published this morning, is significant. To the rebel authorities he claims "a complete victory," but to General Grant he says: "Owing to the heavy reinforcements you received, and to the exhausted condition of my men, I deemed it prudent to retire." Is this the tone in which to sing Io triumphe? Who ever heard the shout of victory pitched in such a peccavi key as this?

The victor in a pitched battle encamps upon the battle-field, or marches on in pursuit of the vanquished and flying foe, and needs to ask no man's permission to stay and bury his dead; and least of all does he indulge in apologetic whines about the particulars of a fight from which he "deemed it prudent to retire."