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CANTON MATTING-S.
J. F. & E. B. ORNE„
ST O. 619 CHESTNUT STREET,
tOPPOBITB STATE 1101:3E0
Hama now open
/FRESH IMPORTATIONS
!WHITE,
RED GEMMED,
Awl FANCY COLORED
CANTON IVIANTINGS.
ALso,
500 PS. CROSSLEY a SON'S
ENGLISH TAPESTRY BRUSSELS;
FROM 87i TO SIL PR. YD,
T. F. & E. B. ORNE.
m 2401
'ATEW CARPETING.
JAMES H. ORNE, ,
'626 CHESTNUT STREET,
BELOW sEVIWTH.
We have just received, by late arrivals from NuroPe•
11Kene new and choice varieties of OA.IITETINO, con
itching
irRENCII AUBITSON Square Carpets.
IIDIGLISH AXMINSTER% by, the Yard and In
entire Carpets.
CROSSLEY'S 6.4 and 3-4 wide Velvets.
cc Tapestry Brussels.
cc Brussels Carpeting.
Also, a large variety of O)IOISSLEY'S and other makes.
TAPESTRY BRUSSELS,
From 871 e. to $1 Per Yd.
Our assortment comprises all the best makes of Throa
tily and ingrain Carpeting, which, together with a gene
ra variety of goods in our tine, will be offered at the fow
l* possible prices.
OIL CLOTH FOR FLOORS,
Prom one to eight yards wide, out to any Siva.
FRESH MATTI.NGS.
By late arrivals from Mina we haiM a litif assortment
WHITE AND COLOR - FM
• Tvl TT - I N S •
OF ALL WLDTHS.
JAMES H. ORNE,
spl6.2m 626 CHESTNUT. .
GLEN EC3IIO MILLS,
GEILMANTOWN, FL
IVIcOALLUNI & Co.„
iiiWinITAGTI3II3I43,IMPOILTERS, AND IMALZEO
609 - CHESTNUT STREET.
(01)Posite 'lndependence Hall,)
CARFE.TINCiSi
OIL CLOTHS, fae.
'We have flaw on hand an extensive starker Cliovitinis,.
our own end other makes, to which we e&1 the atten
tion or omit and ahort-time buyers. mta-8m
FOURTH -STREET
CARPET STORE,
10. 47 &HOYE CHESTNUT, No. 47.
J. T. DELACROIX
banal attention Utile Bering Inreortainii of
C3ARPETIN 4I :3B.
0001Indsling every etyle, of the Newest Tatterne and
]designs, in VELVET, RRUSSELS, TAPESTRY BRIJ&
BELO, IMPERIAL - THIME-PLY,
.and vague=
WORMING&
YELAN and DASK S.
S NMP OOTOH BAG and AM LISTTAIR
OARPETINGSOARPETINGS.
ILOOB OIL CLOTHS, In every width.
COCOA and CANTON MATT/NOB.
14008-NATB, BUGS, SHEEP SKINS,
DRUGGEPS, and CRUMB CLOTHS.
AT 47110LE5A11111 AND RETAIL,
LOW FOR OASR. ,
.1. T. DELAOII.OIIC,
11114.4 in 47 &watt rOISI3TE Street.
MILLINERY GOODS,
1862. SPRING ' 1862.
WOOD & CARY,
1813=6580re to Lincoln, Wood, & Nichole;)
725 CHESTNUT . STREET',
Hare now In Store a complete dock
or
13TRAW AND MILLINERY GOODS,
t SILK BONNETS,
STRAW AND PALM-LEAF RATS, 50
To which they respectfully invite the attention of the
•ormer patrons of the house and the trade generally.
inarl9-din
THOMAS KENNEDY & BRO.,
Tste CHESTNUT Street, below Eighth.
Oboloe Stook o 1
SPRING MMLINERY GOODS,
Di618.11m3 AT LOW MOBS.
BLINDS AND SHADES
BLINDS AND SHADES.
B. a. WILLIAM'S,
1t0.1.0 'KORTH SIXTH BTREITI
liditurAtrrittom car
VENETIAN BLINDS
AXI)
WINDOW, NUDES.'
The largeet and - finest easortment in the City at the
ILAWEBT PRICER.
KOBE SHAD= LETTEBED. rt '
itepairtag promptly attended to. ap3-Bstt
LOOKING GLASSES
;TAMES O. EARLE & 80N,
DIANUEADTUREBB AND DEPORTERE
or
LOOSING GLASSES.
OIL PAINTING%
PINS; ENGRAVINGS,
PIOTUBE AND PORTRAIT mango,
PHOTOGRAPH FRAME%
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS,
GSZTE-DR-VISITX ROBTRAITHI
EARLE'S GALLERIES.
916 CHESTNUT STREET,
WO PHILADELPHIA.
PAPER. HANGINGS
rHILADELPHI.A.
IPAPEIt, HANGINGS:
HOWELL BOU.RICE,
CORNER OF
.tFOURTH .ASIND MARKET STREETS,
MANUFACTURERS OF
PAPER HANGINGS
raND WINDOW CURTAIN PAPERS
tOffer to the Trade a LARGE AND ELEGANT AS
ISORTHENT OF GOODS,', from the cheesed Drown
took
to the Mast Decorations.
E. COR. FOURTH AND MARKET STREETS.
N. 11.—Bolld Green, Rine, and Buff WINDOW PAPERS
DT every grade. • • ar2B.2m
STATIONERY AND FANC Y •GOODS.
rikjrARTIN -it QUAYLE'S
OTATiONEDY, TOY, AND FANG! GOODS
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VOL. 5.-NO. 258.
JEWELRY,
CLARKII3
ONE DOLLAR STORE.
802 CHESTNUT STREET.
NEW GOODS,
NEW STYLES,
AND NEW PRICES.
Per BNB DOLLAR you an buy any one of the fol.
Win; artielea:
to of Sliver Plated:Tea Spoon&
a a II Desert It
it " Table 44
41 44 11 14 peek&
44 14 44 'Desert
Pair 66 44 Knife and Pork.
44 44 44 Napki n mugs.
" Is Butter Sutter.
Oliver Plated lingar Bowl.
44 44 Butter Glob. .
4 1 it Molasses Pitcher.
K 4 1 Cream
1 1 64 Cagier.
u it W a it er ,
44 a Goblet.
• " Drinking Guy.
• " sugar Sifter. ,
Bold Plated 'Vest Chain, all idyls.
a a Gua r d 44 It it
44 41 Neck '4 44 14
44 44 Ohatelaine, tt "
. II B race l e t" IC 44
Medallion, ft II
it' Armlets, Si -
a a Breast Pin, tt -vt
• E ar Binge, 44
It a Pin and Drone, all ei7lBll.
14 K Studs and Buttons, " "
Solitary Sleeve Button, fin StAN
“ Bosom Studs, ~ 4,
~ Binger Binge, "
Pencils, «"
4, a Pen with Pencil Casa.
Ladles' or, Gentlenten'a Port Monnede, Onbas, Bags,
Purses, dzo., dto. All Goods warranted as repre
sented. We have on hand a large assortment of Photo..
graph Allnuns, Mantel Clocks, Travelling Bags, and
Rohl Jewelry, which we are closing off at cost. The at
tention of the trade respectfully solicited. •
D. W. CLARK'S
ONE DOLLAR STORR,
8111-2 m 602 CHESTNUT Street.
DRY-GOODS JOBBERS.
N EW IMPORTATIONS.
HOSIERY, GLOVES.
GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS,
LINENS, SHIRT FRONTS,
WHITE GOODS, AND
EMBROIDERIES.
THOS. MELLOR Sc Co..
mh194311 40 and 40 North TRIAD Street.
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1862. SF NEL. _1862.
ABBOTT. JOHNES. &
tort MARKET STREET,
Have now oven an entirely new end attractive stook in
ENGLISH, FRENCH, GERMAN, AND
AMERICAN
DRESS GOODS.
ao, e fall assortment in
WHITE GOODS, RIBBONS, GLOVES,
SHAWLS, &O, &0.,
To which they invite the attention of the' trade.
mh24-tiol
1862. sPRI 1%1 G. 1862.
S.; STEWATIT & 00.,
ntronnus AND - JOBBERS OF
BLLKS'AND FANCY DRESS.GOODS,
NO. 301 MARKET 13TEJOBT.
Now In store,
POULT DE SOTS,
dll Shade&
BLACK AND WHITE CHECKS,
In SILKS and OTHER FABRICS.
ALSO, A PULL LINE OP
CLOAKINe CLOTHS, PLAIDS, STRIPES,
And &Arable
PLAIN COLORS.
apIT - .
SPRING STOOK
STT•K AND FANCY DRESS GOODS.
A.- W. LITTLE & Om*
kublls-4f No. 32.5 111.ABNNT ST.
COMMISSION MOUSES
HAZARD. &
BUTPHINSON,
No. 112 CHESTNUT STREET,
COMMISSION NLNROHA.ISfTS
PHIE4DELPHIAMADE GOODS.
mbS9-8m
NATIONAL FLAGS.
U. S. FLAG EMPORIUM,
418 ARCH STREET.
BUNTING AND SILK. FLAGS,
REGIMENTAL STANDARDS,
NATIONAL ENSIGNS,
CAVALRY GUIDONS,
PRESENTATION FLAGS.
EVANS & HASSALL,
No. 415 ARM Street, above FOURTH.
my29.21t
GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS.
FLANNEL OVER-SHIRTS
POI THE ARMY.
FINE SHIRTS,
COLLARS STOOKS AND.'
WRAPPERS- -
Hatoafootared at
G. A. HOFFMAN'S,
(111100ESSOR TO W. w. B.IiIOUT.)
.YO. 606 ARCH STREET.
)%r A full line of
TIES, SOARES, GLOVES, SUSPENDERS,
HOSIERY, AND UNDBROLOTHING,.
Always cm band. ray23-13io
GEORGE GRANT,
MANUFACTURER OF AND REAMER IN
GENTS' FITRNISHING GOODS,
No., 810 CHESTNUT STREET.
mb2O4m
liIINE SHIRT MANITE'AOTORY.
The onbecriber Would invite attention to big
IMPROVRD OUT OF SHIRTS,
Which be makee a epecialty In Ide buelnees, Allo t oone
Stoutly receiving •
IiOVILTIMS YOB OBETTIrZALENT WZAB.
J. W. SCOTT,
GINTLEMEN'S FURNISHING STORM,
,Iro. 814 auzszwur 8 Wall
160-t3 Poor deers below the Detainees!.
REFRIGERATO S AND COOLERS
.....
DR. HAYES' REFRIGERA
-11 TOR." . •
These are, beyond doubt, the most scientific and efficient
REFRIGERATORS
In - use, being ,WARWTED to
PROVISIONS LONGER
WITH T•FiSS ICE,
THAN ANY OTHERS.
RETAILING AT WHOLESALE PRICES.
Also, a large assortment of the moat approved
WATER COOLERS.
3 . . S. CLARK,
ray23-tf , No. 1008 MAlllllll' Street.
BRUSHES
aaa
BLACKSMITHS' BELLOWS,
REIVIBLE , & VAN HORN.
mh2O &u No. 321 111ANNET street, ` Plaids
( Elljt rtss.
TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 1862.
War Literature.
From J. D. Lippincott & Co., we have received
several new works, evidently suggested by, or
arising out of, the war, published by Air. Van
Nostrand, New York.
"The C. S. A. and the Battle of Bull. Run" is a
handsome octavo, illustrated with fine maps, and,
written by G. G. Barnard, Major - of 'Engineers,
U. S. A., Brigadier General and Chief Engineer
Army of the Potomac. In the familiar form of a
letter to an English friend, it opens with a view,
condensed but clear, of the conduct and character of
Secession, and then, from various narratives,
chiefly official, gives a fuller and more lucid ac
count of the Battle of Bull Run than has yet been
published. The maps 'consist of the plans which
accompanied General McDowell's official report:
a new and exact one, by„Lieut. R. L. Abbott, who
served with General Tyler in the battle ; a plan
by General W. F. Barry, now Chief of Artillery,
Army of the Potomac, and a curious map pub
lished in Richmond soon after the battle. This
book has been much required and is satisfactorily
executed.
` Captain S. V. Benht, of the Ordnance Depart
ment, and late Assistant Professor of Ethics, Law,
Military Academy, West Point, has produced
" A Treatise on Military Law and the Praotice of
Courts-Martial," which will be found useful, espe
cially to young officers. Our only objection to it
is that the author quotes his references too briefly
and slovenly. Thus "Grant vs. Gould,
Blacks, 69, 98, 100,"- or "De Hart, p: 38," or
"Simmons, p. 34," can he useful only to lawyers,
who-know what books De Hart, or Simmons, or
other barely named parties have written. This
treatise on Courts Martial convinces us that the
system is susceptible of much improvement. That
the judge-advocate, who is official prosecutor, shall
be allowed to advise, and therefore often influence
the military jury in secret session, is such a strange
anomaly, that one is disposed to wonder how the
accused can ever be acquitted. .
Captain J. C. Duane's "Manual. for Engineer
Troops," also published by Van Nostrand, is cont.
piled from various foreign' military works of re
pute, adapted to the United States service.
__lt
specifically treats, with numerous engravings, of
Penton Drill, Rules for Conducting a Siege, School
of the Sap, Military Mining, and. Construction of
Batteries. The first part, showing how to carry
troops across rivers under almost every contin
gency, is all that we have read, but it teaches a
great deal, very practically.
Most of the War Pnetry of the period is conside
rably " under proof." Not that the writers do
not throw their feelings Into verse, but because
Patriotism is not Poetry. "Our Flag," in four
cantos, by T. K. Underwood, published by Carle
ton, New Fork, and sent us'by G. W. Pitcher (late
G. G. Evans), is no exception to the rule of medio
crity. Its details, put into a mulatto's mouth., are
simply' horrible—worse than then most revolting
scenes of " Uncle Tom's Cabin." The author has
some curious phrases, such as " The red-heroic,
black-sublime of Treason;" "phrenetic- odes,"
" blare prate ;" " sinapistio pharmaoy ;" and so
on. When will authors learn that, whether in
prose or verse, the simplest language is ever the
most forcible and correct ?
From. Willis P. Hazard, we have the "Journal
of Alfred Ely," Member of Congress, from his cap
ture after the Battle of Bull Run, July, 1861, to his
release from Richmond at Christmas in, the same
year. It appears as edited by Charles Lanman,
and is published by Messrs. Appleton, New York.
The most valuable, as well as most interesting part
of this volume is the copious Appendix, of 80 pages,'
giving a complete list, chiefly alphabetical, of Union
officers and soldiers " who have been, and are now"
(up to the beginning of March) imprisoned in the
Rebel States. We must confess that Mr. Ely's
Journal has much disappointed us. Its details are
chiefly personal, and it is fay inferior in interest to
a much less imposing volume, previously published
here—" Prison Life at Richmond," by Lieut. W.
C. Harris, a Philadelphian, of Col. Baker's Cali
fornia Regiment, which gives a very unpretentious
but highly instructive view of, prison -life in the
rebel capital. Mr. Ely's Journal may interest his
friends, but Lieut. Harris gives valuable informa
tion,which the public very much desired.
" The Boy Soldier," by the author of. School
Amusements," is a small gplume of infantry tac
tics for &heels, in which, by moans of plain in
structions and numerous engravings, the whole of
infantry tactics'are so clearly laid down that teach
era and pupils can acquire the principles of soldier
ing without °ailing in a drill-master. We strongly
recommend the book. It is published by Barnes cfs
Burr, New York, and reached us through J. B.
Lippincott Ai Co.
A: Bankrupt Law
To THE EDITOR. OF THE PRESS Sydney Smith
has somewhere said in illustration of the value of
life, that " it has been terribly abridged since the
flood." It would almost seem that our national le
gislators overlook so important a fact in the history
of the race, so dilatory and hesitating are theyion
the subject of a national bankruptlaw. True, we are
living in limes which require all the wisdom and
prudence of our present Congress;;but it is equal
ly patent that these times demand for all men an
emarcipation from all disabilities and trammels—
an emancipation which shall restore to us the ex
perience, wisdom, and energy of all our people.
The country has passed through three of the
most terrible financial and commercial revulsions
on record in less than seven, consecutive years; from
any one of which our people might reasonably have
demanded some mitigating legislation from Con
grees. We have had the revulsions of 1851, 1857,
and this last of 1880-1, ushered in by a rebellion so
gigantic that the whole world is affected by it. The
change of value in railway property alone in 1854
was counted by hundreds of millions of dollars, and
the wide-spread ruin and disaster would be consi
dered fabulous were not that of 1857 so immeasura
bly greater.
Onr country is different from the old Govern
ments of Europe—we change our laws and policy
So radically and suddenly as to quite astonish them.'
In 1848 we changed from a;lnghly,prote.ctive tariff
to a decidedly free-trade one, and though the ef
fects of so great and sudden a change were miti
gated by various calves, such as the discovery of
gold in California, the famine in Europe, with
minor causes, still in 1857, the drain of gold having
been a long time against us, the whole effect burst
on us in fullforce---4en long years rolled into one
We haegone on trading, manufacturing, and im
porting, quite unaware of what vas ' really our true
position. In afew short months, in feet in a few
weeks, our whole country was bankrupt—Govern
ment and all. Banks and indiViduals were ruined
in a moment _almost; no forethought, or wisdom
could save them; the country had been under
mined by a long series of years of foreign-trading,
the balance being against us, which we had made
good by exporting our precious metals*f : The best
talent, the most energetic and bravest - morehants
were peculiarly unfortunate. But it !irtiseless to
dwell even on 1857., Before we had-Item tore
cover from vo sad wreck of that afrulsion, we
are again huned into ruin by a rebellion-ea parti
san war, followed by all its horrors of persoaal
hatred, repudiation of debts, and indiscriminate re
taliation, that affects all who, an be affected.
Under this state of facts our merchants petition
Congress for relief. It does not seem importunate
for the people to ask to be released from obligationS
that no power can ever render them able to meet,
especially whOri they are hampered and excluded
from all oppoittinity to engage in business. Oar
country, of all the civilized nations of the earth, is
the only one that has not legislated - on the subject
of bankruptcy. At present each State passes its
limited laws, but as a nation we are behind the
rest of the world. And yet, at this time there is no
nation that more needs the experience, energy, and
Services of all its citizens, of this particular class
above all others, than does our own. We are now
debating the tax bill that is to try our national
capacity b exist under such loads 'as the old mo
narchies of Europe have grown acqnstomed to, and
we want live, unlettered, courageous, enterprising
citizens to meet the emergency. If our Congress
Will give to these the power re-enter
business free, to be counted as men, not as trustees,
agents, and such under-cover kind of men—if Con
gress will do wisely in this matter, it may look for a
renewal of the prompt rising of our nation from
commercial embarrassments, as it did in 1842,- for
to the former bankrupt law more.than to any other
one thing, is attributable that sadden improvement.
-Commercial emancipation is what 'our country
needa now, and its importance should not be Over
leaked. ": V.
ENGLISH PICTORIALS.--Fr011i" S. C. Upham,
newspaper agent, Chestnut street, we have ,Eng
lish pictorials of the 17th May. The Illustrated
London News low numerous illustrations, chiefly
of the Great Exhibition -and of the Prime of
Wales' Tour in Egypt and Arabia, and the Illus
trated News of the World, with a few engravings
on wood, and a splendid portrait, on steel, of the
Rev. Samuel Martin, a popular English Dissenter.
A CAriTE 1 E VISITE OF THE REV. W. J. It.
TAYLOB, D. D., of this city, has .just been handed
to us by Messrs. McAllister & Brother, No. 728
Chestnut street. It is a faithful portrait, in
vignette, taken by G utekunat, in'the highest style
s of the art. It will prove a very acceptable ac
cession to their gallery of clergymen, especially as
Dr. Taylor is "soon to leave this city, to reside in
— New' York'.
PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 1862.
Secessionists in the North.
[For The Press.)
In your paper of the —, I noticed an article with
a caption as above written, and thought I recog
nized the hand of the gallant colonel of the
Pennsylvania Regiment, as I have often heard him
express similar sentiments, with equal, if not
greater, energy..
I do not object to the strong language which the
writer uses, although it is more full of epithets than
I indulge iu myself, but I can imagine the whole
some indignation of the honest, outspoken officer,
when ho hears, in clubs and private houses, the
Govetronent he serves abused and sneered at by
cravens, while he daily and hourly exposes his life
in the face of the, enemy.
There are several classes of Secessionists in our
city, with various causes for their sentiments.
Some are men bred to the bar, at which they have
only nominally practised, and others almost brief
less. These men axe always talking of the Consti
tution, which they profess only to understand, and
deny that the venerable Money has any knowledge
of "habeas corpus." Will the great public ever
believe that Mr. Dedimus, who has a third of an
office with Mr. Capius, who also is a profound
lawyer without practice, and half a dozen others of
the same class, are better judges of constitutional
law than Ilorace Binney? '
One bitter and malignant sympathizer with the
rebel South bad the, feetgee to be born unon the
" Jemes" river, which is a patent of nobility, and.
to have been taught the rudiments of literatare at
"William and Mary." Another has been "left
out in the cold" from a lucrative office, by the in
voters of the society; and a loyal man,
whose son has earned honors in the field, put in the
place that aball know him no more. -
They all - talk with respect of the Confederate
States (God save the mark !) and of Mr. Davis, and
have .a vocabulary in common, and profess to con
sider themselves gentlemen and members of the
aristooracy. Shall they be tolerated? Vaunt.
Ocean Steamships—Can we . Afford to do
without'them - 1 •
[For The Press.)
The tendency of trade is to centralize, and the
focus at present is New York. The commerce of
a continent flows through her arteries ; her gates
are thrown wide open to the currents of tradi; her
ships whiten every sea, and are found in every
port. She even does our carrying, transports our,
citizens, imports our goods, and for the service re
ceives our money. The reoffrdsof imports of dry
goods and general merchandise by our merchants
show that about $32,000.000 per annum are entered
at the port of New York, and, of course, freights,
&e., are paid to the owners of New York ocean
steamships. „Allowing but 6f per cent. as the
average cost for carrying, and we have the modest
Brim of $2,000,000. Add to this the passage money
paid by our citizens, and the amount paid for freight
and passage over the New Jersey railroads, and
we have the enormous aggregate of over $2,500,
000 as the yearly tribute that we pay for our ne-.
gloat to provide proper steamships-of our own,
not to mention the millions lost to the business of
our city yearly on account of the absence of the
thousands of strangers and' others that would come
here and spend their money with our merchants or
manufacturers, only for the want of directsteam
communication with foreign ports, but who now, of
necessity, must `land at New York, Boston, or
other places, or, if leaving the 'country, must seek
those points from which to embark.
The great law of gravitation never fella; and it
is just as certain that trade and commerce will not
fail to follow in the channels of business travel,
which now gravitates towards New York. Conic
quently, it is to na a matter of thefirst importance
to 'draw hither the tra,vel, not only of the West
and South, but of Europe; and how can it be done
but by means ef steamships, of a class and speed
superior to • any now known? There is no other
way, and there never was a time in the history of
Philadelphia so propitious as the present to accom
plish this great end, nor yet, a time when a delay
or neglect to do would prove so unfortunate to her
commercial future.
This is no idle assertion;' it is a decree of em
pire. The commercial life of Philadelphia de
pends on its accomplishment nom, and the sooner
we recognize it the better. It will not do for us
to put-it off, and wait until some other city has in
cured to itself the latest improvements of the day
through our neglect, or all our visiting and court
ing of Western trade will be in vain. We shall
never see in our city more than a fraction of the
$160,000,000 exports that are sent eastward'- from
the ports of Chicago and Milwaukee alone; the
$600,000,000 commerce of, the Northern lakes, and.
the immense trade of the great and growing West,
will find the seaboard through - the same familiar
channels it has stravelled before—will empty
wealth into the Same` great distributing reservoir,'
giving profitable employment to hundreds of ships,
thousands of seamen, laborers, artisans; and mar
- chants If we would obtain an influence over --
even a portion of -his immense commerce, this eit
haustless source of wealth and power which seems
ready to come to us, but for the absence of proper
means of exportation on the ocean; if we would
have our beautiful city grow and increase in wealth,
numbers, and influence to the first position, the
hundreds of buildings now posted in every;part of
the city " to let," occupied by intelligent and en
terprising citizens, and real estate, with the general
tide of progress, advance in its aggregate value to
the amount of a hundred or more millions, we
must do something ourselves to bring it about,
commensurate with the magnitude and importance
of the result desired to be realized.
We must show to our Western friends that we
can supply them, not only with foreign merehaii
dise as well 'as articles of domestic manufactures,
machinery, &e., on as favorable terms as our ri
vals, but that we can offer them batter, quicker,
cheaper, and safer means of transit on'the ocean;
for themselves or their products, than can be ob
tained at any ether port'on the continent. And
let it not be forgotten that' one quarter the sum.
we now pay yearly for freight on goods imported
byway of . New York, is sufficient to introduce and
inaugurate a class of steamships, that will at no
distant day revolutionize the whole o: can steam
marine;.that will be the ruling ships of the seas;
whose superior speed and accommodations Will
command the best paying freight, passengers,Mails,
treasures, ao., beyond the reach of rivalry or corn='
petition.^ If they are built here before others avail
themselves of imaortankimprovements in naval ar
chitectire now within out reach, and which may
be secured to us, they will assuredly give to Phila
delphia an immediate .prestige, power, and supre
macy, she can gain in no other way, nor at any other
time ; for, should they be built and run first out
of New York, Boston, or Baltimore, Phila,;
delphia _can never recover the opportunity she
now has, to revive, establish, and perpetuate her
-foreign commerce. - When once the opportunity is
lopt, it is forever . gone. No such -improvements as
are now proposed may ever be looked for again
here, even if it were possible for them to be made,
(which is not admitted,), for New York will not
always have $15,4),000 to $20,000,000 in old-fogy
steamers to protect from becoming comparatively
worthlias by the introduction on the ooean of these
improvements. To redacts the expenses one-half,
the distanc_e or time one-third, and increase the
safety anernffinfort tenfold,' are not every -day ac
complish:Die—Eta; they are the result of fifty years'
experiment, observation, and study. Speed ruld
the world ; to attain it, however. vessels must be
formed in perfect' obedience to 'the great ruling
principle and, laws governing the elements through
which they
.. move. The- steamship world must
recognize this principle; otherwise, ocean speed is
impossible. Ptnsinin.,
8 00 . John Itorve--Union for the Sake of
the,ljnion.
per The Press.]
The people of the State of Pennsylvania, while their
eons and brothers are contending nobly for the Union
against a desperate hand of armed conspirators and bar
barians, will be shorn- called upon to contend fie; aye
Mimi result which Inuit hate en important influence on
the contest of arms which our brothers are so valiantly
waging. in tide contest one of the first great objects to
be achieved is the selection of proper leaders or esnli
detes. When this has been ,accomplished, and wherfa
fair and definite understanding hae been had among all'.
loyal men, I have no fear as to the triumph that will be
won at the ballot-box. view of this understanding,
then, as I to candidates, I rejoice to note the unanimity
with which the Immo of Hon. John BOWO, of Franklin
county; is hailed as a candidate for Surveyor General,
because it, indicates a desire to, harmonize on a sound
Union man, while such a union foreshadows a victory as
certain as the day of election approaches.
Nr. John Howe is a Union Democrat. Haring the last'
session of the Legislature he was Speaker of the House,
and in that position supported all the measures of legis—
lation calculated to sustain the National Administration.
In the beginning of the, struggle to crash rebellion he:
was among the first to declare against the traitors, and
took a prompt and positive part in the active measures:
then devised by the Government_for, its own preserva-.
item He made an issue with every man who refneed a
full and cordial support of the war measures of Presi
dent Lincoln, and while he did tide, he incurred the re
sentment of that portion of the Hemocratie party who had
determined to make their support of Iw ee ki ar ig g e a
blind to conceal their own treasonr•
Would it not be sound Policy for the. Convention that
meets in Harrisburg, July 17th, 1882, to nomi n at e J o h n
Bowe as the Union candidate for Surveyor Geseral ?: Of
his popularity and ability there is no question, while, as
a man of integrity, his character will compare favorably
with that of any other luso in the State.
I n mulling these anggestions, I feel that I respond- to
the preference of a large majority of the real Union-lov
ing people of Pennsylvania. A UNION VOTBR.
CONFEDERATE Upham has just
published fac-sianiles of $lO and $5 Confederate
notes issued at Richmond and redeemable" Six
months after the ratifieition of ;a Treaty,of;.Poace
between the Confederate Stites and the' fruited
States," The, imitations' are precisely as valuable
as the real notes'. The holders of the latter-will
'have to wait a long time to have . them cashed.
OUR ARMY CORRESPONDENCE,
ADVANCE OF THE JAMES-RIVER
FLOTILLA.
A REBEL GUNBOAT.
HOW A SECESSIONIST WAS norm.
The Norfolk Herald Revived.
RECONNOISSANCE TO EDENTON, N. C.
CAPTURE OF A REBEL COLONEL AND HIS STAFF.
WHAT HAS BEEN DONE IN THREE WEEKS.
A BATTLE IN PROSPECT.
&c., &c., &c.
FROM GEN. McCLELLAN'S DIVISION.
[Sreci#l Correepondeneepf The Prase.]
OAKLAND, May 30, 1862
Hatt that there is a slight lull in the tido of raging war,
it would not, perhapa, be improper to indulge in a brief
I
reviewof the military advances made during the last
few dive. On the .11th of. May, General McClellan's
• •
furthest advance Trost was at .White House en the Pa
munky river, twenty=three miles from , Itichinond; his
headquarters being at New Kent Court House, seven
miles flutter distant by a straight line, and his army ex
tending in a bro`ad belt from Cumberland, two miles .be
yond New Kent to West Point at the head of York river:
the entire length being some twenty-five or thirty miles.
White House bad been Joker' but a few bouts before,
General Storiernan'e advance having orders to retreat in
case, the rebels made any demonstration, and the steamer
Huriter's Woodson sent up with sturdiest° White Home,
behig anchored at the wharf, head down stream, with a
full head of steam on, ready at any moment to slip cable
On 'the 12th of ILLY White House was occupied in
faro., and headquarters moved forward two miles, to
°timberland, which point was also taken as the place for
landing commissary supplies. On the 16th of May bead.
quarters were moved to White House; the advance
lthitqc - tierces Black creek and on the line of the Rich
mond and York River Railroad, some four miles from
While Home. On the 14th White Home was taken for
the:Commissary's poet; work was commenced on the
railroad, and a reconnoissance made some eighteen miles
UP the Patnunky; On the 19th of Hay General Stone
mans advance was nine miles beyond White House.
On the 20th the army was moved forward six miles to
Tunstell's Station, headquarters coming up on the 21st.
The army moved forward three miles on the 22A, and six
miles on the 23d.. On the afternoon of the 23A Alecha-
Micsville was occupied by the advance, which was thus
within five miles of Richmond; the troops retreated,
however, in the'eveniog abandoning the position, which
wee reoccupied the next day, and secured by a strong
force. On the`24th Bottom's Bridge was secured by Gen.
"Keyes, placing the left wing within seven miles of Rich.
mond. On the 25th the army was advanced three miles
more, and on the next day headquarters came up to Coal
Harbor, ten ! miles from Richmond, by a round-about
course, but not niece than eight in a straight line. - On
the 27th, a - streag force sent out the right wing se
cured Ashland, the railroad having previously been cat
by oor troops in three or leer pieces.
'TEE SITUATION
The position now seems to - be this :an occupation in
force ef the southeast bank of the Chichnhominy from
Bottom'sllrldgeto its source near the Virginia Central
Railroad. At Mechanicsville and Bottom's Dridge our
pickets extend a abort distance icross the river.
From the 11th daY of klay to the 30th, the entire army
•
has advanced twenty three miles, or an average of about
one and one-fonith milei a day. Commissary stores for
the whole force have been transported, artillery moved,
forage Bemired, and all has been effectually done. Not a
mingle defeat his been suffered in the many skirmishes
which have biteis fought,' but ail luive resulted in tri
umplas to the Union arms. . All'this has been done, too,
in the face of desperate and wily foe, whose force is
larger than our own, and who has all the advantages of
an army acting on the defensive . and having possession,
of en easilY-defended country, covered all over with'
woods; swamps hills, and naturally impregnable posi
tions Every advantage, as soon as gained by the Fade
,
ral troops, has been effectually secured by the advance of
the main body, and officers and men; act harmoniously
together in spite of all sorts of petty jealousies, which at
beta ee 12 e Inm uWk
meet are but rivalrieso or ers against
d.RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW
. .
I left - Fbiladelpitia'far.the .seat of war nearly three
. ,
weeks since, that itireefttlly expected on my con
timplated arrival there:. to find' the army in triumphant
possession of Richmond. Such was the belief of every
one 1 left behind..l found elOgientokand his entire army
30 miles from the prize. Peopledistant from the Aug of
war, who knew nothing of the great labor required to
advance a grandthrmy, must naturally fall into an error
as to its progress: Fortin those who are on the spot be
come impatient at the frequentdelAYS. Bet the majority,
if not all of them, are'unavoidable.. Failure of junctions;
rains, swollen rivers, burned bridges, obstructed roads,
want of minute knowledge of the; country, all, enhanced
by the necessity of extreme caution when invading an
enmity's countrydel'ended by - a superiorforce, must ne
cessarily retard' the army. fAnd after to-day our pro
gress must become slower and. slower, until that great
battle which' seems so imminent, hnd which will decide
the fate of Virginia:
I am no eulogist of General Tani:Sellali, and would not
wish to be one—but the conclusions of my judgment,
gradmilly formed on the spot, are, that since leaving
Cumberland lie could not have advanced faster than he
were be ever so much disposed to do so. As to
,events before his l arrival at Onmberiand, not having been
present, I withisild any Opinion. The hour of the fall of
Richmond is near at hand, though a carnage such as has
scarcely over beek dreamed of may prectde it.
' THE REBELS - WILL FIGHT.
Rumors no doillit reach you that there will be no battle
here, but that tie rebels will evacuate Richmond. The
opinion of the cdnmanding general seems to be'different.
In a general miler, issued from headgnartere at (foal
'Tfarbor, on, TilOtday last, he urged the troops to be
.manly and courogeons in the coining battle—to depend
in all cases upon the bayonet—to be cool, relying upon
the ability of thlir commending officers—to carry them
seises like men-lbeing hilmane, charitable, and, above
all, true soldiers, Bghtiog in a, glorious cause; in short,
,the oiff er recited everything which was expected of men
wheligoinginbc;a most desperate engagement, and it an
ticipated a "general battle." Evidence stronger than
this of Cu event yet veiled in the future could net be
required.
GENERAL SYKEs' BEM:MAR-TP.OOn.
General Sykes' regulars, advanced on. Wednesday
morning as a supporting column- to aid General Porter,
last evening passed down from Ashland to their proper
position in the army, having performed !hat was re
quired of them. They are composed of all three arms of
the service-"-mivalri, infantry, and artillery—and are a
most soldierly-body of men. Several Philadelphians are
0113011 g the offmers- - - - Lieutenants Sheridan and htalhone,
both of your city, holding positions in the regiments
wider General Sykes. The General looks hal.Yand hearty,
and no doubt will be yet heard of on many a glorious
General Sykes' men report the abandonment or the
line of the. Virginia Central Railroad- by the United
States troops; and the destruction of all the bridges and
Useful property on the route. General Stoneman'a forces
were not advanced to the railroad during the fight, but
were encamped within eight miles of Coal Harbor
General Porter's entire division passed down last eve
-nhig, and encamped near. Coal Harbor.
Yesterday morning, General Stoneman broke up his
camp, and marched around Richmond towards Peters
He had with him a force of 25,000 men, I am
unable to tell the object of this movement. There is a
rumor hero that. Psterabnrg has been surrendered to the
United States troops. J. C.
FROM GEN. WOOL'S DIVISION,
[Special. Correspondence or The Press.]
FORTRESS MONROE., JURE 1-P. M
rum CITY POINT, VA.
By the arrival of the nanboat•Bragon the Navy Do.
partment bee late despatches from our fleet near Bich.
mond, in the James river.
I learn that en advance has been mode by our fleet,
but in what direction it is not proper at present to speak.
Stake it to say that all goes well, and the blow will be
etrack nt the proper 'moment. The rebels continue to
contract and occupy ride-pits along the south bank of
the • James river, and annoy our gunboats' crews con
siderably. Bewail of our sailors have been killed and
wounded by the rebel marksmen.
STATERENT OF A REFUGEE. .
A refugee, that arrived to-Ley from Richmond, In
forms me that the rebels estimate their force In the State
of Virginia at 160,600 men, but they acknowledge that
there is a vast amount of suffering among the troops, and
probably more then one third were really unfit for active
duty. There were no batteries to be seen on the river
.road'•from Manchester to City Point. It was believed
that Magellan's spies were everywhere, and desertions
from the rebel ranks were numerous.
GUNBOATS AT RIGIIMOND
The rebels have a small iron-clad battering ram which
mounts one large rifledlinn forward, and is said to be
very formidable. The gunboat Patrick Henry is not
wankhs big beenreported. She mounts fonr rifled guns,
supposed to be tiCand 80-ponnders. The Jamestown has
been Sunk in Consequence of injuries inflicted upon her
by the Union gunboats. Her guns have been transferred
to the Patrick Henry, formerly the Yorktown. The re
bels think that the Tearer has been captured by the
Union gunboats. (She was sunk by a single shell from
the Galena a few days before the battle of Drury's Bluff,
and went doWn with all bands on board.]
DRUMM A REBEL SENTINEL
The refugee above mentioned is a native of Ohio, and
went South in 18M. lie was drafted for service in the
rebel army some fifteen months ago, but continualy re
fusing to serve, ho was 'finally arrested and put into
prison es a traitor, and dangerous enemy_ to the South,
Ilia sufferings were almost unbearable.. On Thursday
sight Ave of Ids fellow-prisoners met with him and con
cocted a plan of escape. Each member of this self-con
stituted committee was to offer the sentinel the sum of
fifty dollars, which he accepted, thus
. obtaining a purse
of three hundred dollars in Confederate money, and let
the sls prisoners slide in the night. The party walked
out of' town rapidly by different routes, and our in
formant walked twenty miles by daybreak. At a point
not far from where one .of the Federal gunboats was
'lying he observed a rebel picket, but, by creeping around
through the underbrush, he succeeded in" eluding the
atteation'of the robe's, gained the shore of the ;sines
river, Wheie he signalled our gunboats, and, as soon as
it was dark, was rescued. go has no idea where the
other refugees are, but be thinks they will all succeed in
genius out of Simnelit.
AN IMPORTANT CAPTURE
Early on Friday morning a squadron of cavalry were
taken from Jamestown Island, on the James river, and
landed at Sandy Point, on the opposite shore, under cover
of the guns of the gunboat Dragon. They proceeded to
the house of Mr. Baylor, and in his barns they found
52,000 bushels of wheat ready for destruction, together
with a large quantity of corn, oats, and-corn fodder.
the 'Plantation of this wealtbY rebel was docked with
two hundred and fifty likely negro men, horsea, cattle,
swine, and dc.meatic fowls. in profusion. The negrees
were declared contraband, and the "forage" was seized
for the benefit of the 'Government. It was shipped, at
once, and conveyed to Jamestown, where it will be con
mimed bye Colonel Campbell's Sixth Pennsylvania Ca
valry, who were greatly in want of forage and fresh
meat. 'Mile is the way to make wealthy," Somata" help
to support our army. Let more such expeditions be sent
out when safe and practicable.
For the information of the Government, I will hint that
just above Sandy Point lio the immense plantations of
the notorious 4 . Buck Allen," who is said to be the
wealthiest man south of Mason and Dixon. He owns
nearly 3,000 nevem, four or Ave plantations, and there
is no telling hOW mno forage." Above this, again,
are the large glebes of. Dandridge Elves, Robert and
William Bolling, Eugene Sayree, W. 11. Harrison, Ed
mund and Julian C. Buffin, Edward Marks, and many
others, any one of which would 40 doubt repay a brief
Visitolti sufficient contrabands could be totted to do the
heavy work.
ANOTHER CAPTURE.
An old dismantled scbooner, lying back of Craney
Island, close in ahem, was visited yerterdas by our gun
boats, and found to contain rebel entices stores, of con
siderable value, supposed to have been left by the rebels
Miring their hasty evacuation of these parts.
CONE TO YORKTOWN
The steamboat King Philip returned to this point last
night' with the Home Naval Committee. We hope the
honorable gentlemen have been very observant and criti
cal concerning naval matters, in these parts, as there is
room for any amount of improvement and reform. The
King Philip proceeded to Yorktown last night.
NORFOLK' HERALD. REDIFIVUS
The old Norfolk Herald is to be resnsciated on 'Monday,
I understand, as a Union paper, under the management,
of Alt. Shore, correspondent of the New York Herald,.
and eoveral other literary Gentlemen, at Present In
Norfolk, will assist. As the Northern daily journals are
not allowed a market in Norfolk, the sales of the Herald
will no doubt be large and remunerative. The traitorous
.Day Book will be filially squelched by GonerarYiele
to-morrow, -and Mr. Hathaway, the editor, should be
tr.ade to, swallow a whole edition of hie printed treason ,
in order to hide;lifromn the world's gaze forever.
vuolt GENERAL At'CLELLAN'S
The boat from White Bons° Point did not arrive until
eight o'clock last evening. There is nothing new to be
reported from the army of the Potemac. There is con
tinual skirmishing alone our entire lines , in consequence
of the proximity of the two grand armies. It iabelieved
that the rebels will precipitate an attack; and bring on a
general engagement during the present week. The rebel
army is assuredly becoming greatly demoralized, and the
rebellion leaders 8113 getting deaperate and anxious to
hurry up the future, in order to behold the inevitable
fate of alt traitors. If is a horrible panorama they will
oxen up to their view, but, like dying infidels, they want
to see the bades to which they are doomed, if it is to have
any existence.
AN IMPORTANT RECONNOISSANCE -
Waa made yeaterday by a portion of Gen. Wool's &vi
sion, towards :Edenton, North Carolina, and was most
satisfactory. The rebels have abandoned the State of
North Carolina almost entirely, and there is every rea
son to believe that Governor Stanley will be the execu
tive officer of a large portion of the a Good Old Sandy
State," before many weeks pass away:
The indomitable and gallant Gen. Burnside will not fall
to take advantage of these things at the Proper time.
Olio poeitions of Burnside and Wool are valuable and
important wards in Gen. MCO/eilan ' S «Key of Promise,"
with vihicla he will open the gates of the last rebel strong
hold, and enter therein triumphantly.
CATTGIIT NAPPING
Dnring the reconnoissance into North Carolina, al
luded to above, a midnight descent was made upon a
farm house in whieh a colonel and his staff were resting,
and the whole of the inmates were captured, with ver7
valuable papers, including recruiting iegulations of a
homely sort. The Oolonel captured was Colonel E. 8
Williams of the 14th North Carolina. Re was sent over
to the Rip Raps last night and desired tO know whether
he would be put to breaking stone along with the officers
of his staff. When informed that he would be treated
with all the respect dne to his rank as a prisoner of war
he seemed much surprised and very grateful.
FURTHER FROM OUR ADVANCE
I learn, this morning, that skirmishing was going on
all along our lines yesterday, and that during the after
neeil the enemy made a sortie, in groat force, against
our extreme left. Fighting was Icent up until eight
o'clock lest night,whin it ceased, to be -recommenced at
daylight this morning. The 4 . nemy: gained no material
advantage, our artillery creating terrible havoc and Con
fusion in his ranks.- Rumor says that one of our generals
was killed in the action` and another mortally wounded,
but of this I have no reliable intelligence. A bfFttle is
probably going on to-day, of which your correspondents
with the army of the Potomac will forward you fall Par-
LATE SOUTHERN NEWS,
INTERESTING FRODI NEW OREEINS
THE NEW CITY GOVERNIVIENT.
LATE INTELLIGENCE FROM CORINTH AND
MOBILE,
c t o ., &0., &a.
The Military Commandant Assumes the
Duties of Mayor.
We have New Orleans papers to May 22. _ Nothing of
importance had occurred during the two weeks subse
quent to - our previous dates, except the issuing of the
fallowing order by General Shepley, the military corn-
NOTICE
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY COMMANDANT OF
NEW ORLEANS, CUSTOM HoPsn, May 20. S
In the absence of the late mayor of . New Orleans, by
order of Major General E. N. Dotter, commanding the
Department of the that, the military commandant of New
Orleans will, for the present and until such time as the
citizens of New Orleans shall elecfa loyal citizen of New
Orleans and of the United States as mayor. of the city;
discharge the functions which have hitherto appertained
Be assures the - peaceable citizens of New Orleans that
be sill afford the most Staple vroteetioa to their , persons
and property
and their bpaor.-
No °Meer or soldier of the United States army will be
permitted to insult or annoy any peateable citizen, or
in any way to invade his personal rights or rights of
No citizen, will bo permitted, to insult or interfere
with any officer or soldier in the discharge of hie duty.
No person 'hereafter will denounce or threaten with
personal violence any citizen of the United States for the
expression of Union and loyal sentiments. The pu
nishment for these offences will be speedy and effectual.
The functions of the chief of police will be exercieed by
Capt. James 11. French, provost marshal, to whom all
police officers will report immediately. Ile is entrusted
with the duty of organizlng the police force of the °ay,
and will continue in Mae these found to be trustworthy,
honest, and loyal. "
The several recorders of the city are herebt suspended
from the discharge of the functions of their offices, and
Major Joscph M. Bell, Provost. Judge, will hear and de
termine all complaints for the violation of the peace and
good order of the city, of its ordinances, or of the laws of
the United States.
The Jaws and general ordinances of the city of New
Orleans, excepting such as may be inconsistent with the
Constitution and laws of the *United States, or with any
general order issued by the commanding general of this
department, or with this order, are, hereby continued in
All contracts and engagements heretofore legally en.
tered into by the city of New Orleans, or under the au
thority thereof, aubjectio the limitations of the foregoing
paragraph, ehall be held Inviolate, and faithfully carried
It is =booted, and will be required, that all °outran.
tors shall continue to perform tbe duties and obligations
.resting mien them by-contracts now in force, and all
such parties will be bald to rigid accountability.
The military commandant desires the do-operation of
all good citizens to enable him to carry out the duties as-
Us 'invites, and will speedily ask, the nid of a number
of citizens of respectability and character to aid in the
di partmexit of the city finances, as well as what pertains
to health, lighting, paving, cleansing, drainage, wharves,
levees, and generally all municipal affairs not exempted
frc re civil control by the proclamation of the command
ing general or, by this order; and in the meantime all
officers uow charged wills such functions arc retained in
their respective employments until further orders.
In all questions of the construction and interpretation
of the Wars pertaining to the city and Ms government and
of theedinances thereof, the military commandant will
seek the guidance of a professional man of known probity
and intelligence.
The militswy commandant will bo moat happy to re.
CdTO from. any citizen of New Orleans written or oral
suggestions touching the welfare and good government
thereof.
In conclusion, the military commandant assures the
entire population of the city that the re3toration of the
authority of the United States is the re-establisbmett of
peace, order and morality; safety to life, liberty, and
property under the law, and a guarantee of the future
prosperity and glory of the Crescent City under the pro
tection of the American Government and Constitution.
To promote these ends his own most strenuous efforts
will 'be unceasingly devoted, and to their consummation
be earnestly invites the co-operation of his fellow-citi
zen, of New Orleans. G. F. SHEPLEY,
Military Commandant of New Orleans.
EDWIN IcshEr, A. A. A. G.
The New City Government.
[From the New Orleans True Delta, May 21.]
Tux PanotsgArtor OF GENERAL SIIEPLEY.—WO can
not today make a review of the able, temperate, emi
nently proper, and most acceptable proclamation of Gen.
G. F. Shepley,. the Federal military commandant of New
Orleans. We shall do so, however, if possible, to-mor
row. The difficulties we labor under for want of mate
rial are known, and we are sure are fully appreciated by
the thousuands of citizens who daily welcome the True
Delta in flair houses; and to this cause solely is it owing
that many matters of urgent publio Importance must now
go uncomzuented on and unexplained to the public in our
columns. The exceptional condi. ion of our city at this
time all must deplore; but regrets are at once useless and
onava`ling ; let us, on the contrary, exhibit neither de
spondency nor sulkiness, but rather an earnest desire to
repair what is amendable and make military domination
as mild and supportable to ourselves as the good feeling
expressed by General Shepley and his announced resp3ct
for our lam and institutions warrant us in believing at-
Commercial Affairs in Neiv Orleans.
[From the. New Oriente° Commercial Bulletin.)
• WEDNESDAY MOUSING, May 21,186
There were soyerel sales of anger yesterday, payable
in Confederate treasury notes, but the prices showed a
market fallioz off from figures previously realized. The
public sales on the levee, which were made in retail lots
of two hogsheads or more, to suit - purchasers, wore at
rates ranging from 80+10c. Some other lota were offered;
but withdrawn, in consequence of their pot bringing aft
tiefactory prices Eight hogsheads, of a quality which
had previously sold nt 12c, brought 10c. There were
also some other transactions, none of the Particulars of
whlch.were reported. ' '
.
The receipts for the poet three der; comprise 101 hhdo.
sugar, 215 DUI. molassoe, 1.20 bble •rum, 2,384 sacks of
corn, 416 Ws. and a small lot of flour, 0 bbls. pork, 30
Ude., 1 tierce, and 390 plecee of bacon ; 7 bble. lard, and
214 sacks and one or two mall lots of peas.
TWO CENTS.
Collision and Steamer Sunk intim River.
[From the Picayune of the 22d.)
We learn by the arrival of the United Shies steamship
McClellan, Capt. Gray, from New York, In coming up
the TIYEr sight before last, about 12 o'clock, when op.
posits Mcball'a Flats, the steamer cams in contact with
the prize steamer Goy. Mouton, Capt. Goodspeed, hence
for Ship Island, by which accident the Gov. Mouton
aunk in about three minutes, anti is a total km. Two
persons on board the Gov. Mouton lost their lives—one
a soldier of one of the 'Massachusetts regiments, and the
other a prisoner by the nsme of Tiernan. The crew and
other persons on board wore rescued and brought up to
the city by tho McClellan. 4
The Currency Order of General Butler.
MIAOW:7.IE7EL% DEPARTMENT OF TRH GULF,
NEW ORLEANS, May 19, 1862.
GENERAL ORDERS, No. 30
It is represented to the commanding general that great
dletrees, privation, suffering, hunger, and even starva
tion has been brought upon the people of New Orleans
and its vicinity by the course taken by the banks and
dealers in currency. •
Ire has been urged to take measure, to provide al far
as may be for tbo relief of the citizens, so that the lose
may fall, in part, at least, on thoee who have calmed and
ought to bear it.
The General sees with regret that the banks and bank
ers causele , ssly suspended specie payments in September
last, in contravention of the lawe of the State and of the
United States. Efaviag done so, they introduced Confe
derate notes as currency, which they bought at a die
cooncin place of their own bills, receiving them on de
posit, paying them out for their discounts, and collecting
their onetoneere' notes and drafts in them as money, some
times even against their will, thus giving then notes cre
dit and a wide general circulation, so that they were
AlthidttUted In the hands of the middling men, the poor,
and unwary, an ontrency, In place of that provided by
the Constitution nudism of the country, or of any valua
ble equivalent.
7lie banks and bankers now endeavor to take advan
tage of the re-establishment of the United States here, to
throw the depreciation awl low from thie worthlele Muff
of their own creation and fostering upon their creditors,
depositors and bill-holders.
They ratite to receive these bills, while they pay them
over their vomiters.
They require their depositors to take them.
They change the obligation of currency by stamping
their bills 0 redeemable in Confederate notes."
They haw invested the savings of labor and the pit.
tance of the widow Sn this paper.
They sent sway or hid their specie, so that the people
could hare nothing but these notes, which they now de
predate, with which to buy bread.
- All other property has become nearly valueless from
the calamities of this iniquitous and unjust war, began
by rebellious guns, turned on the flag of our prosperous
and happy country, floating over Fort Sumpter. gaged
from tbo general rain by this system of financiering,
their stocks alone are now seeing at great premiums in
the market, while the stockholders have received large
dividends.
To eunalize as far as may be this goneral tom, to have
it fall at least in part where It might to be, to enable the
people of this city and vicinity to have a currency which
shell at least be a semblance to that which the wisdom of
the Constitation'provides for all citizens of the United
States, it is therefore
Ordered, 1. That the several incorporatid banks pay
out no more Confederate notes to their depositors or
creditors, but that all deposits be psid in the bills of
the bank, United States treasury notes, gold or silver.
2. That all private bankers ' receivieg deposits, pay
ant to them depositors only the current bills of city
banks, or United States treasury notes, gold, or silver.
3. That the savings banks par to their depositors or
creditors only gold, Piker, or United States treasury
notes, current bills of city banks, or their own bills, to
amomount not exceeding one-third of their deposits, and
of denominations not less than one dollar, which they
are authorized to hone, and for the redempt ion of which
their assets shall be held liable.
4. '1 he incorporated banks are nnthorized to tune bills
of alum denomination than five dollars, but not lest than
one dollar, anything In their charters to the contrary
notwithstanding, lad aro authorized to receive Confede
rate notes for any of their bills till the 27th day of May
next.
IL That all persons and firma having Wised small notes,
or "shinplasters," so called, aro required to redeem
them on presentation at their place of businese, between
tho hours of 9 A. M. and 3 P. M., either in gold, silver,
United States treasury notes, or current bills of city
banks, tinder penalty of confiscation of their property
and sale thereof for the purpose of redemption of the
notes so issued, and imprisoned for a term of hard labor.
6. Private banters may issue notes of denominations
rot less than one nor more than ten dollars, to twe• thirds
of the amount of specie which they allow to a commis •
stoner, appointed from these headquarters, In their vaults,
and actually kept there for the redemption of each notes.
By command of Major General BUTLER.
Ogo. 0. STRONG, Assistant Adjutant General
The Currency.
The Bank of Commerce has opened its doors and coin
monced business. Announcement was made that it would
receive no more Confederate notes, and that its own la
nee would be promptly redeemed by city and State notes
and current bank notes, until each time as the banks ge
nerally should reenme specie payments. -
The Federal Fleet Left.
From the Mobile Evening News, May 10.]
We learn that the Federal iteet, which made Its ap
pearance near Fort Morgan a day or two since, took .
French leave yesterday. The last seen of them they
were sailing in the direction of Ship Island. Whether
they were disgusted with the substential appiarance and
Serve-looking guns of the fort, or merely cams on a re- -
connoissance, and went back to report what they saw,
or were summoned to some other point and intend
giving us the go.by, we are unable to say ; but, in any
case, they ore a " good riddance," and the movement
indicates that we are not to be molested hero for some
time to come.
[From the Mobile Advertiser, 11th.]
At the time yesterday's steamer left the fort-2 o'clock
P. K.—everything there was quiet. Ooly two ships (no
steamers) were off the bar and these had their topgal
lant meets honied, the win di blowing bard and a Leary
Bea runbiag.
Rebel Emigration froin Pensacola
[From the Mobile Register.]
The greater portion of the population of the city of
Pensacola, es well as of the settlements above, on Back
water bay and river. and on Escatabia bay, loft their
homes and sought the interior .with their negroes and
inch of their movable property as they could transport.
The munitions, gnus, and other public property were
carefully and effectually removed, and the enemy fell
heir to a barren aceubition, save that the harbor will be
of some value to them as a nsval rendezvous, and lta
thores as a bobpital station for fleet MO army when Yel
low Jack and other little ailments incidental to the so
journ of the unacellmated at less healthful localities on
the Gulf shores begin their work among the invaders, as
they assuredly will ere long. Is thus evacuating its
roost positions our Government is puritan, a stern but
wise policy. The more positions they possess the more
men will the enemy require to Denney, and the more
forces we withdraw the more we will have to add to the
force of our grand armies, in whose etrength our cause
has vital existence. We trust that ere long our armies
of Virginia owl the iffiecissippi Valley wilt conquer back
'Pensacola by great victories, and omitting peace and prod
peril], make her all she over wax—yea, more.
Corinth Before the Evacuation.
°RBA?. BOASTING.
[Correspondence of the Mobile Evening News, May 101
Couaru, Wednesday night, Mity 7, 1562.—The idea
seems to have prevailed at Pittsburg some days :age
that Beauregard was about to retire from Corinth, and la
fa possible that the late demonstrations by the Federate
were made, among other things, for the purpose of amt.
taming his movements. I seed not estnre your readers
that General Beauregarti Ms no thought of quiltivey
this place, unless it be to pursue the enemy Mick to the
river.
it is evident. if reports be true in part, that Weßook
does not consider his defeat impontible, or even kuprobse.
ble i otherwise, t•o would not bo preparing to defend the
roads after he shell have advanced over them. What
ever be hie plans, however, whether a bold and manty
attack, and a fair stand-up fight, or en attempted siege,
or a movement on our Sankt!, lir will fiod Beauregard
and his bravo officers and men prepared to dispute every
inch of ground to the very last ditch.. The truth is, the .
Confederates do not intend to be whipped at Corinth,
either by arms or stratagem. When they do fight, it
will be, as it were. in front of their own doors, - with
their mothers, wives, and little ones looking on,
and praying for their success. To suffer defeat' In
such a presence, and upon their own soil, with
the full knewledge that their hearthstones will be dese
crated, and their helpless families driven from their
homes, is slate too horrid to be thought of. Better that
every mart should perish, end the last one of us be
swept from the earth, than that the vile monsters who
now hover around our homes should conquer this fate
land. Defeat TS death—or, what is worse, player).- Col.'
Adams. who was captured a few days ago, declared that
rt the 'Federal army does not come to coax and persuade,'
brit to force and subjugate us to our duty."
Think of thie, ye men of the South. and be sure to
give that insolent army a blow from which it shall never
recover.
Rumors in Richmond.
[From the Petersburg Exprose.)
We understand that a most terrific rumor prevailed
in Richmond . on Saturday, relative to Petersburg.
Some re(tie)able parson appeared in the streets of the
former city, almost out of breath, and scarcely able to
articulate for the time, Yet managed to gasp forth to his
hearers, that twenty thousand Yankees had landed at
City Point, and marched straight ahead and captured
our beautiful city. ' , This re(lie)able person had no time
to wait for the departing trains, but started at a rapid
double-quick on the railroad, and arrived in Richmond
ahead of all the engines and telegraph too. We are in
formed that the good sense of the people of Richmond
prevented their believing any such news. No, gentle
men, we have not twenty thousand Yankees among us
yet, and from present appearances are not likely to have
them shortly.
Richmond to be Laid in Ashes.
(From the Richmond Dirnatch, ]loy lO.}
The plan of the enemy has been fully unfolded by his
press, es well as by his demonstrations at Yorktown, im
mediately upon his advence there. He will essay to take
this city by encroachment, with the protection of parallel
lines. -He will throw up dirt as soon as he reaches tho
proper point, and he will try to reach the heart of the
city with the spade. If he is allowed to proceed in this
way, he toad most assuredly yet here. His advance is
not far from Richmond, and, if not molested, we shall
soon see that ho' is flinging up dirt. But we do not ap
prehend that ho will be allowed to go on undisturbed in
this kind of strategy. He will never get to Richmond
with that economy of bloodshed and life imagined by Mc-
Clellan.
[From the Richmond Dispatch, May 22 ]
The determination, on the part of the people and their
repreaeutatives, to defend Richmond at any and all ha
zards, meets the unqualified approbation, not only of all
Virginians, but the people of the South. A Charleston
paper, commenting on ttio resolve, can the words of Vir
ginia's Governor and of the citizens of Richmond are
those of earneet men. Fier Legislature has resolved
that the Capital must never be given up. It is settled
that neither the threat of bombardment, nor bombard
ment itself, is to induce a surrender, and that the honor
of the Old Dominion must be preserved though her fair
Capital in ashes be the sacrifite. This, it is said, is also
the determination of the President, and eo.we will cling to
the hope that Richmond will be saved, or that, if should
fall, it will only bo after a desperate struggle, worthy the
Interests that aro at stake.
From Corinth to Richmond.
If any of the truo and loyal mon of the North bave en
tertained fears that the rebels might, in evacuating Co
rinth, throw heavy rotnforcemeute into Richmond, they
may give up such apprehensions. A careful examina
tion shows that elicit a proceeding would be impossible,
except at the sacrifice of much more time than the rebel
commander would be willing to devote to ouch a move
ment. The Mournhis and Charleston railroad being held
by General Mitchel], between Florence , and Stevenson,
that route would be unavailable. There is no other di
rect and continuous line to the Noith and East. The
enemy would, therefore, have to patron° the following
course:
From Corinth to Meridian, 794 miles; thence march to
Uniontown, Alabama, about 60 miles; thence by the Ala-
bama and Mississippi road to Selma, 30 miles; thence by
the Alabama and Tennessee road to Talladega, 110 miles;
thence march to Rome, about 20 raga; thence via
Western and Atlantic road to Atlantic, 79 miles; thence
by: the Georgia road to Augatta, 171 miles thence via
South Carotins road to Brandywine, 76 miles; thence by
rail to Colombia, 68 miles ; thence by rail to Chaidatto,
169 miles ; thence to Goldeboro'; 223 miles ; amid thence
via Weldon to Richmond, 163 miles. Making a total of
'1,282 miles of railroad and 70 miles of common road.
To accomplish this distance with the imperfect railroad
faFilitits common to Southern roads would occupy neatly
three weeks. Again, such a step would be attended with
mncli danger. Before the retreating army could reach
some they could be cut off at Talladega, or between that
point and Rome. Failing in this, Gem. Burnside could
check them at Goldsboro' or Weldon. When all these
circumatances are considered a retreat from Corinth to
Richmond would be impossible.—N. Y. Com. Advertiser.
TEE APPOINTMENT OF SUPERVISORS.
—Yeeterrdai afternoon Mayor Henry commenced to con
eidersthe applications of candidates for superylsors. The
appointments will not be made for a week or two yet. the
lime of the present incumbents not explring until July.
THE WAR PRESS.
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mail (per annum in advance) at 82.00
Three Copies " itt 6.00
Five " " II 8.00
Ten ''' " ig 12.00
Larger Clubs will bo charged at the Kuno rate, thus :
20 copies will coat $24; 50 copies will cost ; and 10X1
copies $l2O.
For a Club of Twenty-one or over, we will send as
Extra Copy to the getter-up of the Club.
Er Postmasters are requested to act ea Agent" foe
Tea WAR PRINS.
scurAdrertimmests inserted at the mei rates. Six
lines constitute a square.
FOREIGN MISCELLANY.
The Mexican Invasion
FRENCH ACCOUNT OF TUE POLICY OF SPAIN'.
[From the Paris Moniteur of May 35.)
Accounts from Mexico to the llth nit. , received via
Havana, date that, atter conferencee in which the pleni
potentiaries of the allied Powers could not come to an
understanding, General Prim announced his determina
tion to ro.embork with his troops, and applict to the
Captain Generator (Juba to send him the necewery trans
port°. Marshal Serrano, atter having consulted with the
civil and military authorities of Ifavena, did not think
proper to accede to the applicellm, and requested General
de Ceeeett to return to Mexico and assume the commend
of the Spanish expeditionary corps, in coos General Prim
should persist in hie project. The French troops wore to
repeat the Chieulhuite on the 20th, to Immediately com
mence bottilitied.
LORD PALMERSTON EXPLAINS THE LATE lilt‘
GOnkrrows
In the House of Commons, on the 16th of Mar, Sir G.
Bowyer asked the First Lord of the Treesnry what fn=
formation her Majesty's Government bad received re
specting the occupation of Mexico by France, and the
Intentions of the French Government regarding Mexico:
Lord Palmerston. By the latent accounts which wo
have re - eived from Sir Charles Wyke, our miolster at
Mexico, it appears that it was the intention of the French
corps to advance to the city of Mexico. NO advance, how
ever, up to that time, had been made; but that was
their intention. With regard to what the Wen
lion of the French Government may be, 1 can
only refer the honorable baronet to the convention of
October, as recording tho intentions of tho three Powers
to undertake to make common action in Mexico. It is not
for a minister of the British crown to speak In any way
other than this of the intention.' of a,fereign Govern
ment. [Hear, heard Foliage it may be satisfactory to
add to my answer that, by a despatch from Sir Charles
W) ice. dated the lath of last month, it appears he ex
pected, on the lith of that month, to barn an interview.
v ilk the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Mexican
Government, for the purpose of concluding a convention
for tie Fatfefaction of the British claims , [Bear, h sari
My noble friend at the head of the Foreign Department
considers he will be Quite prepared to lay the liners con
nected with the transactions In Mexico upon the table of
the Bones ; and, that being the case, perhaps the hono
rable gentleman, the member for Horsham (Mr. Fitzge
rald), who boa given notice of a motion on this subject,
will consent to postpone the motion.
Mr. Fitzgerald webbed to know whether tiler might ex
pect the papers to be laid on tho table within a abort
time 7
Lord Palmerston. Yes, I should say so.
NAPOLEON'S CAMPAIGN.
(From the London Times, May 15 3
Thus, by this sadden and unlooked-for transformation,
France finds herself alone on the contiiiint of America,
committed to a war with a vast empire, wbote very nuns
excites the inmeination and quickens the pulse. France
has an undoubted casus betti against Mexico, which. she
may, without any violation of the two of nations, pro
secute to the utmost extremity. The difficulty which the
dislike of the United States to the intervention of other
turopeen Powers would once have prevented is for the
present xemoved. Absorbed in their own intestine brawls,
the Anglo Americana can do nothing to prevent the es
tablishment on their fronttere of the moot formidable
neighbor who could possibly place himself there.
Spain may probably view with ranch discontent the
laireatened occupation by France of a former dependency,
to the loev of which she has never wholly resigned her
mit', and which but a little while ago she entertained ap
parently no anreseonable hope of regaining. Bat Spain,
although risen far above the decrepitude of the earlier
part of the century, is' probably neither able nor willing
to do more than withdraw from partnership in the French
expedition. Three of the great Powers of Europa are, se
Mr. Disraeli ea's. immersed in domestic difliculties, and
unable to assert themselves in controlling the affairs of
foreign countries. * * * We car, however,
with too utmnstsincerlty, assure the French nation that
we view its occupation of Mexico. on whatever terms it
may take place, without the slightest jealousy or iIL
will, and Chat we shalt rejoice in its success. To Mex
ico itself a French occupation winchd be an almost un
mixed benefit.
TUE EVACUATION OF YORKTOWN
(Front the London Times, Hay 17.]
The news from America, which we publish So-day, is
hardly less important than the capture of Hew Orleans.
Ihe Confederate army evacuated Yorktown on Hai 4th
of Nay, abandoning a number of its guns, together with
stores and ammunition, and retreated to Williamsburg,
a few miles up the neninsala. Here they seem to nur.
pose making a atand, and Gen. McClellan anticipates an
obstinate contest.
The object of this change of tactics we can only guess,
from the eubsequent operations. On the morning of the
sth inst. the Confederates, who appear to have been rein
forced, made a fierce attack on the advancing Federate,
and a sanguinary combat took place, the result of which,
according to the Federal despatch, was, that Gen. Hancock
succeeded in turning the left wing of the Confederates' line
of works, and forced them to abandon their position du
ring the night, thus giving the Federate possession of Wil
liamsburg, v hich they entered on the 6th. A large number
of Confederate priaeners was also taken, and the bat
tle appears to have been one of the most important in
which the armies of the Potomac have yet been engaged.
There is, therefore, no reason to EITIPPOSO that the South
ern generals have abandoned the idea of continuing the
straggle, and, as Gen. McClellan expresses it, " dis
puting every step to Richmond.' The news of the fall of
New Orleans, and of the serious danger of Gen. Beau.
regard, imet liege bad its due effect upon them. The
chance of tbo Federal army not only taking complete
Possession of Tennessee but driving Beanregard into the
wildest regions of Afghanis or. Georgia, Mint have
been present to the mind of every Confederate general
for days before the retreat from Yorktown. But,
as far ns we can see, the movement was unconnected
with any military events, except those occurring
immediately in Dm neighborhood. The Confederates
abandoned Yorktown, doubtless, because the superiority
of the Federals in gunboats and iron-clad vessels made it
unlikely that even the Merrimac and her sisters woald bo
able long to prevent the enemy's flotilla from coming up
the riven on each side and making their position un
tenable. The one iron-thatched vessel, the Merrimac,
is &aid to have cooled the courage of the Federate more
than any other defense of their enemies, and we may
well concave that as soon as the Merrimac was injured
or overmatched, the Confederates would believe them
selves in danger from holding so advanced:a position.
York river is now in possession of the Federal,. their
gunboats having gone up simultaneously with the
land forces. in spite of the Merrimac. it is
probable that the James river will be soon
equally in the power of the invaders, and the
Confederates are therefore wise in retreating to a place,
if they can find any such on the road to Richmond,
where their great army may be established in some ad
vantageous position, and enable theta to defend the
capital of the Confederacy until the advancing summer
bids the invaders pause. It must be said for the South
that the capture of Donelson made the people only more
determined to resistance, and that they never enlisted in
such masses, and made such exertions in the cause of
independence as since their first great misfortune. It
remains to be seen whether the fall of New Or:eane will
produce anything like the same effect. The spirit or
/SeCtSBIOII must be strong indeed, if this be the case, and
the people who furnish the armies of Yorktown and
Corinth must be made of sterner stuff than the roubd
aniane, who have suffered the enemy to take possession
of New Orleans and Baton Rouge without striking a
blots. ..
• : The other warlike movements, though important, lose
their interest in comparison with the great conflict which
is imminent in Virginia; but there is one political event
which evidently, in the opinion of the Federal Govern
ment, is of great moment. This is the opening of certain
(tithe Southern ports to European trade. It has been offi
cially notified to foreign ministers that Federal mails, un
der military supervision, will be allowed to pass tel New
Orleans and other places lately occupied by the Confede
rates. A collector has been appointed to New Or
leans, end preparations were being made to raise the
blockade, and to permit Baited shi tenants. A.
later telegram says that the President had resolved to
raise the blockade of New Orleans. Savannah, Newbern,
Beaufort, and Fernandina. The object of this proceed
ing is obvious. Silt= the beginning of the war, both
North and South have had a common idea, which has
tilled the one with anxiety and the other with hope. The
Americans have not been able to free themselves fro=
the snspicion that cotton is really king, and that Eng
land would go to any extremity to show her allegiance to
the sovereign lord of her manufacturers. The attitude of
the French Emperor, and the murmuring of the French
operatives., have also given the North serious fears.
We 'are almost unjust in saying that the expeditions
to various points of the Atlantic coast, such as Beau
• fort, Hatteras, and Newbern. and the occupation of these
places, without a hope of producing the smallest effect on
the war, have been measures really prompted by a their°
to open a cotton port, and thus take away the pretext of
European Powers for intervening is the affairs of the
war. The capture of New Orions makes that easy
which before would have hardly been possible. It would
have been but a mockery to ask Lancashire to send ships
to Beaufort for cotton; but now that the great emporium
of the Missiesippi and the access to millions of acres of
cotton-growing land' re in the power of the Federate, it
is their obvious policy to declare the trade with New Or
leans open, and to let the refusal to supply cotton for the
wants of Europe lie on the planters, who still assert their
allegiance to the Southern republic.
• THE FALL OF NEW OIILEANE3—ALL
VENTION STOPPED.
[From the rxamlner, May 17.1
The fall of New Orleans has, if we are not mistaken,
served to quicken other movements besides those of
troops. The French Gyvernment. It is believed, his for
some time been occupied in preparing a project of inter-
Is:milieu to be mide by severe! European Powers jointly;
the basis of winch was to have been an armistice for
idx months, in order that time might be given for the
adjustment of Anal terms for peaceable separation be
tween North and South. It wad not intended that
any overt stop should bo taken in the matter before
the middle of June, by which period diplomacy had
calculated that the TCSOUTCCS of both sides would have
been sufficiently wasted to bring them to en weenie
dating mood. It is clear, however, that should the Con
federate rower collapse too soon, or should it appear likely
to do so, the intermeddling business of diplomacy would
be at an end. The surrender of New Orleans, if followed
by the less of a battle by Beauregard, would render it
impossible for the Government at Washington to lend
any toleration to hints or suggestions of foreign Inter
ference. After what has just occurred in Mexico,
neither England nor Spain can be supposed to be
in any particularly pliant humor. And what does
it signify whether the King of Holland, the King of the
Belgians, or the King of Italy has committed himself to
simplicity in the French project? The mast will no doubt
be made by M. de Tbonvenel of the menacing attitude of
the French troops in Mexico, whence the promise of their
withdrawal would certainly be awkward among other
conoideteione as en inducement to treat for peace be
tween the States. But Preeident Lincoln, were he so dig
posed, dares not venture to temporise in the face of vic
tory ; and if ho dared, it would not avail. It will take
months of disaster and dissePointment to cool down the
pride of the Federalists in their late successes, or to make
them distrnot their ultimate success.
GENERAL McOIiELLAIi AND YORKTOWN.
[From the Post of May 17.) .
The Confederates evacuated Yorktown on the 3d inst.,
and once more gave McClellan the 'lip. A moreglorione
termination of bit extensive preparations might easily be
imagined, but not, according to his view of matters, a.
more practically useful one. It would, of course, be
presumptuous to pronounce at this distance, and upon
very imperfect information, adversely to his generalship ;
but the fact that the Confederates once more obtained
the start of him, shboogh their evacuation occupied
them two due a, does not say much for it. The
ger trill, however, is evidently a man to whom
it is an intense consolation to have done what
is right, and to have made no military mistake.
H e i s essentially a very safe man, if not a very brilliant
one, sell after surveying the fortifications of the enemy.
he wrote with hearty satisfaction to the War Depart-
meet, that his trbole course wee justified by the remit;
that the success gained was brilliant, and that its effect
would cettainly be of the.greatest importance. What.
ever may be said of the brilliancy of an achievement
which left the sword of the young Napoleon still nn
fleshed, and which added another to the list of his
failures to get a good blow st the enemy, there is no
'reason to queetion his hopeful conclusion as to the
probable result of it.
Three operations being in the direction of Richmond,
and the capital being a very short distance removed, the
result to the power of the South most be exceedingly se.
rime and embarrassing. The strength of Yorktown was
vaunted in the most unreserved terms. It was called a
second Sebastopol, and General McClellan's examination
did not, in this instance, discover that the defences were
theme. Williamsburg, again, was much talked of, and
oven last night, when only the fired part of the swift Per
e heel telegram had been received, it was suggested that
the retreat neon that place was a piece of strategy in
tended to draw McClellan, alter thoroughly tiring
his men out by froitlete labors at Yorktown, to that
place. We were told that Lee hed long been extensively
fortifying it, and that, as it was placed beyond the -each
of gunboats from either of the two .neighboring rivers,
Gen. McClellan would be completely foiled. But the
later telegram brought word that Williamsburg, too, had
fallen. We may, therefore, uitbont fear of exaggera
'too, rtatune that the evacuations, thrugh cleverly sc.
comyliehe d, give Very important advantages to the greet
.nuy whore real busineea it is to reduce the capital of
'lie new Confederacy, and to restore the g , Old Dominion"
to the old federation,