THE PRESS. FUBLIBHKD DAILY (BUNDAYB HXOTPMD,) BY JOHN W. FORNEY, OFFICE If.. 11l SOUTH FOURTH STREET. THE OAI Ij Y FRESS| Tmn Cshts Pkr Wkek, payable to the Carrier. Slatted to eubacribor. ont ml the City at Six Faa Atnrnst, Fooa Bollarb for Siam MOSTHJi ~%uku Pobuka ran Bin Mouths—invariably in ad- Tan re for the time ordered. THE TRI-WEEKLY PRESS, Hailed to Snbscribera oat of the City nt Tunm 801. £,m Pii JjraruH, in uiTAneo. IMPORTERS ANII JOBBERS. JJAZLETT, LATHKOP, & LYONS, JJfo. 411 MARKET and 409 MERCHANT STREETS, IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OF ENGLISH, FRENCH, GERMAN FANCY GOODS. 'WHITK GOODS, KMBEOIDBIUSS, GLOVBB, HO SIERY, LACES, TRIMMINGS, RIBBONS, COMBS, BRUSHES, Ac , Are now opening and receiving a ww And choice stock £n the above line, to which AtUutiou of buyers la ln- -mUSB-lm MILLINEUY GOODS BPKINO 1862 1862. WOOD & OAKY. (Bnccoeonra to Lincoln, Wood, & Nichols,) No. »94 CHESTNUT STREET, Hava now In Store a complete stock <3TRAW AND MILLINERY GOODS, SILK BONNETS, STRAW AND PALM-LEAP HATS, *O. To which they respectfully inYite the actontlou of toe former patrona of the house and the trado generally. m*rl2-2m ge erniNO. 18 g 3i M. BERN HEIM, NO. 726 CHESTNUT STREET, Has now in ftore, and is daily receiving, the latest m GIBBONS, FRENCH FLOWERS, WREATHS, SILKS, ORATES, LACES, AND OTHTSB GOODS. *£ o which he respectfully invitee the attention of the TRADE. PRICES LOW. mb24>tm <£ BKUKa - 1862. ribbons, millinery. 4HD STRAW GOODS. BROOKS, & Go., NO. 431 MARKET STREET, cHave now open—and to whieh dally addition* are made— lyuk ÜBUAIi HANDSOME YABTBTY or RIBBONS. BONNET MATERIALS, FLOWERS, RUCHES. STRAW AND FANCY BONNETS, MISSES’ AND CHILDREN’S HATS, FLATS, SHAKER HOODS, and .jAT.T. OTHER ARTICLES IN THE MILLINERY LINE, Whioh will be offered at the LOWEST MARKET FRIGES. The attention of the trade is respectfully invited. 19” Particular attention given to filling orders. mhl3-2m »rpHOMAS KENNEDY & BRO., T 39 CHESTNUT Street, below Eighth. A (Moe Stock c 4 SPRING MILLINERY GOODS, mhlS-3m} AT LOW PRICKS. CARFETS AMD Oil, CLOTHS. CARPETING. JAMES ORNE, -626 CF^« TNUT STREET, BBLOW BETBNTH. w» have juflt received, by late arrivale from Earo^, and choice varieties of CARPETING) WW : Jrieto* _ . . FRENCH AITBUSON Square Carpets. ‘ENGLISH AXMESSTERS, by the Yard and in Caxpeta- OROSSLEY’B 6-4 sad 3-4 wide Velvets, ii Tapestry Brussels, it Brussels Carpeting. AUO, .MrgeTUriOT ef OWUSLOI* eftss makes. TAPESTRY BRUSSELS, From 871 c. to Per Yd. Onr assortment compn.e. »u «fa= bet »f Ti..~- ult and Ingrain Carpeting, which, together vmh a gene ra W i«y goods in onr line, will be offered at the low -ost possible prices. . . OIL CLOTH FOR FLOORS, Trom one to eight yards wide, out to any Site. fRESH MATTINGS. BT late arrivals from China vre have a full assortment 'WHITE AND COLORED MATT I N O S OF ALL WIDTHS. JAMES H. ORNE, wfi* jQT .TT/Nr ECHO MILLS, McOALLTJM fi! CO, •jbahufaotdbjebs, importers, anddkalhbs JP9 CHESTNUT STREET. (Opposite Independent* Hall,) OABPETINfIS. OIL CLOTHS, WvbST* uowoubandanextMHdwsteekof OarjeHn*., «( OUT OWB »na «®«r uw*«s, L» n«fb w» «•“**" ***”"' of ctih Mid short- time buyer*- ttourth-stseet CARPET store, ■®o. *7 ABOVE CHESTNUT, No. 4T. J. T. DELACROIX ißTlte* attention to hia Spring Importation ot CARPETINGS, OmiwMm weir atyle, or the Waweat patte™ ana B^rSvKLYKT,BEDSBJLB T APEBTRY BRUB - THKEE-PLY, and INGBAIH *^**™*"*»^*™ I *°gS‘£* aa - SCOTCH SAC »i»i Its* ■ FLOOR OIL CLOTHS, In eTerf width. COCOA and CAMION MATTINGS. shins, OLOTHJI A* WHOLESALE AND NET AIL. LOW FOR CASH. J. T. DELAOBOIX, 47 Sooth TOUBTH Btrooi. CAHPETINGB. J. F. & E. B. ORNE. ]KO. 619 CHESTNUT STREET, (OFfOBIT* BTATB HOUH*,) Hm received, per eteemer Eiinbvrgh, ml otter P * "* iT * to, w*WQ rST OBTATIO* 0» NEW CAKPETINQS: CROBSLET’S YARD’AND-A-HALF* WIDE YMbTBTH, 9.4 MEDALLION D 0„ ENGLISH BRUSSELS, EXTRA-OVALITY TAPESTRY, BRUSSELS CARPETS, WITH BORDERS, (of new [iitniiini, for Helle end Stain). IKOEAIN ANB 'rUUSB-PLI OABPBTINOB, ol Kin ouolltr SQQ PS. J- CROSSLEY if SOS’S TAPXSTST BRUSSELS OJLRPtTa, jFROM 874 TO ffil PR YD, Together with» «ompiete aHortm6 “‘ of OUi FLOOB puXTOGBTQ, , 8008, MATB, *o, j&ll or saw, choice selection*, and AT MODERATE PRICES. J. P. & E. B. OENE, mhS-tf OPPOSITK BTATE HOPSB- H ARMORY SHERRY—For sale in b f OHAS. 8. OABSTAIBB. •d 9 Ho. UO WALNCT Bt. and 21 GBAHIXB St. VOL. 5-NO. m coffin, & CO., Agents tor the following make, of geode PRINTS. PUXflflliEi UTfii UUi QfilftlS KFQt 00* Lonsdale, Forostdalo, Auburn, Siatersville, Oentredale, Jamestown, Blacketone, Hope, Red‘Bank., DorChMtoTi Hewburyport, Haumeag, Zouaye, Burton, Groens Mfg. Go.’a A. A., B. A., 0. A., and othor etylea. BhrnSide, Trent, Groton, Ashland, Chestnut, Glenvitte, Mechanics’ and Faimcrs’. CORSET JEANS.— Glasgow, Manchester. DENIMS AND STRIPES.—Grafton, Jewott Olty, Madison, SlatersTlUe, Agawam, Keyuurao, Choctaw. CANTON FLANNELS.—Slatersville, Agawam. SILESIAS.—Smith’s, Social Co., Lonsdale 00. ARMY BLUB CLOTHS, KERSEYS, and FLAN NELS. BBOAD CLOTHS.—Plunketts', Glnnham Oe., Ae. CABSTMERES—Gay A Son, Saxton’s River. Ac. SATINETS.—Bass River, OonversviHe. Lower Val ley, Hone, Staffordville, Converse and Hyde. Convene Bros. A Co., Shaw Mfg, Co. KENTUCKY JEANS.—Hodman, Mystic, Hold Modal. DOMET FLANNELS.—WILLIAMS’S Angola, Sax ony, Merino, and other stylos: LONSDALE Nankeens and Colored Cambrics PLAID LIHBKY9. COTTONADE9. A«- [MW-Sa, HEUSSNER. & CO.. IMPORTERS OF CLOTHS, DOESKINS, CASSIMERES, So., So., OFFER THEIR VERY LARGE STOCK AT CON SIDERABLY REDUCED PRICES, Also, just received, A LARGE INVOICE OF SAXONY 13 AM ASICS, Which will be sold VEBT LOW, And to which w© call attention of buyers. No- 200 CHESTNUT STREET. aps-lm QARPETINGS; OIL CLOTHS, AND MATTINGS. WOLFE & GO., COMMISSION MERCHANTS, NO. 132 CHESTNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA. A full aasortmout of Philadelphia-mod* Carpet* always in Store. Apl-rlm gHIPLEY, HAZARD. & HUTCHINSON. No. 113 CHESTNUT STREET, COMMISSION MERCHANTS FOB TZXM SALE OF PHILADELPHIA-MADE GOODS. mli2B-6m YARNS, BATTS, A CARPET CHAINS. H. FBANGISCUS. WHOLESALE DEALER IN YARNS, 483 MA.BK.ET and 8 North FIJfTH Street. DHILADWt^MHIA. Bayers will find a full Stock of COTTON, LINEN, AND WOOLLEN carpet chain, COTTON YARN. TWIST, FILLING, WADDING. BATTING. COTTON LAPS, TU TARES, TWIIfES, CAUDLE WICK. OOVHLH YARD, BROOM TWINXB, BH6* FORI ARB, OILLUIO AttD UUII TWINKS, BED COIIDS, WASH AND PLOUGH LINES, *.•»».,, 4innn*nia Also, a full aseortroent of pi,Y NETS, WLlch he offers at Manufacturer* LOWEST NET CASH PRICES. \ H. FBANGISGUS. 433 MARKET and 5 North FIFTH Street, PHILADELPHIA, WHOLHSALR DBAIiBB IH WOODEN AND WILLOW WAKE. Always on hen a full Stock of TUBS. BUCKETS, CHURNS, MEASURES, BROOMS, WHISKB, FANCY BASKETS, WAM., SOME, SWEEPING BRUSHES. WWKING-GLASSBa and WINDOW PAPER, Mate, Keelers, Flour Buckets, Host Boxes, ! WASH BOARDS, BOLLING and CLOTHES PINS. ! FLOOR and TABLE OIL CLOTHS. ! SCHOOL, MARKET, and DINNER BASKETS. ! Hul* Datio'wo, C»rri»6o», Sob b T ft—, L, *«• AU Goode sold at LOWEST NET CASH PRICES. mhll*2m 628 GHESTNUT. gLINDS AND SHADES. B. J. WILLIAMS, HO. 10 NORTH SIXTH STREET, kahofactup.br of VENETIAN BLINDS AMD WINDOW SHADES. The largest and finest assortment In the City at the LOWEST PRICES. STORE SHADES LETTERED. Repairing promptly attended to. ap3-3aa^ OBBMAKTOTm, PA> COMMISSION HOUSES, 990 CHESTNUT STREET, LAWNS. DUNNKLL MFG. 00. BLEACHED COTTONS. BROWN COTTONS. WOOLENS. WOODEN AND WILLOW WAKE, BLINDS AND SHADES UMBRELLAS AND PARASOLS. H. RICHARDSON HAfi REMOVED TO #OO MABKKT STREET, Sonthweet cornet of Firth, And offers a beautiful assortment si UMBRELLAS, PARASOLS, TENTS, AND CANES, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. mhZg-lm MILITARY GOODS. GKY-BLUE KERSEYS. («T ut SA-INCH.) DARK-BLUfi KEBSHTB, DARK-BLUB IMF AUTRY OLOTHB, INDI9O-BLUB CAP CLOTHS, BKT-BLUfI CABSIMBRBS, (New Regulation, for Offloer*’ Panto-) WHITB DOMBT FLANWBLB, CARTON FLANNELS, 10m., Moo., A IRoI. TBNT DtJOK. jlii werrented United State* Army Rtendsrd. fob salb by ALFRED SLADE & 0O.» 40 Sontb FRONT Street, and 39 LBMXLA ««<>», Philadelphia. feU-tmyl CABINET FURNITURE. fIABINET FURNITURE AND Bllr W LIARD TABLXS. MOORE & CAMPION, Ho. 261 Booth BBOOND Strut, connection with their exteMive Oeblnet BoatneM aow airrpf»^Tir c t superior srtioh of BILLIARD TABLES, And hay. now on band a fulls!£?l&JSs l, si??swTOT4PL UOOBB A CAMPION’S IMPBOVBDOUSHIOWS, which or* pronounced, by *U who h»T« used them, to b« finish of umw »ww hotareH refer to their numerona patron* throngtout who ara tanlltor with to. character tf thrf. work. riOTTON SAIL DUCK AND CAN \J YAS. of eU nwribei* and brand*. •• _ Raven's Duck Awning Twill*, of aU deocriptloM, for Tents* Awnings* Trunks, And Wftgon voYert, _ Also, Pidm Mumracturers 7 sr!5 r !J r -5« l ? J^ omltoB feet wide. Belttog.SaUTwlne^Ao.^^ mi . U 4 103 JONBB Alley. JEWELRY. &c. ONE DOLLAR STORE, 002 CHESTNUT STREET. NEW GOODS, NEW STYLES, AND NEW PRICES. For ONE DOLLAR you can buy any one of the fol lowing article.: Betaoi Hirer Flatod Tea Snoont. » « it Rsaart “ 14 44 44 Table u (4 *4 «< 44 Forks. <« <« «« Desert «• Pair « « Knife And Work. ’ 44 ‘4 44 Napkin Bings. « 44 (( Butter Koives. Silver Plated Sugar Bowl. “ «« Butter Pish. i« 44 MolaasOß Pitcher. « 44 Crnam 4i t< 44 castor. i 4 44 Waiter « ** G sontod. We haroou hand a large assortment ot Photo- Alhtiitt*, Mantel Clock*, Travelling Bags, *u4 Gold Jewelry, which we are closing off at coat. The at tention of the trade respectfully solicited. D. W. CLARK’S Olfß POLIi&R STORE) 602 OHKHTNnT Street DKY-tJOOOS JOHHEKS, 1862. srBIHO - 1862. ABBOTT. JOHLNES.& CO., 427 MARKET STREET, Have now open an entirely new and attractive stock In ENGLISH, FKENGH, GERMAN, AND AMERICAN DRESS GOODS. Also, a foil assortment in ' WHITE GOODS, RIBBONS, GLOVES, SHAWLS, &0., to., To which they invite the attQu£9R 9f the tr&de. mh'44-ijei gPIiING STOCK HTT.N AND FANCY DRESS GOODS. A. W. LITTLE & Co. mhlG-tf Ro, 3*9 MARKET BT. 1862. spring. 1862. RIEGEL. BAIRD. & GO.. IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS 61 DRY GO O D S. HO. *T NORTH IHIBB BTSIIT. MlLibiLpsiL Merchant* visiting this eity to pnrohaM Drt and admirably aborted, and at Low Fiatnws, to ««»«““ « ,MS “ of Oooda wo offer induoemant* to imrehasors unequalled by any otter boosa in ? hlB ' 2 "?- TAMES, KENT, ° SANTEE. * GO -» importers and jobbers DRY GOODS. Hoe. 289 and 241 K. THIRD STREET, ABOVI RACE, PHILADELPHIA, Havo now open their nsnal LARGE AND COMPLETE STOCK or foreign and domestic dry goods, Among which will he round a more than uauauy mtwtr Uve yariety of LADIES’ DRESS GOODS; Al~, a full aaserbnent at MERRIMACK AND OOCHKCO PRINTS, ami PHILADELPHIA,MADE GOODS. To which they invite the tyecial attention of Went mh2i-2m ' - ■ 1862. SPKINO - 1862. W. S. STEWART & 00., IMPCBTEBS A hd JOBBERS OF PTT/KS AND FANCY DRESS GOODS, NO. 30# MARKET STREET. Now in store, POULT DE SOIE, AU Shades. „„ BLACK AND WHITE CHECKS, Xn BILKS and OTHER FABRICS. ALSO, A FULL LIN* OF CDDAKING CLOTHS, PLAIDS, STRIPES, “ ,a PLAIN COLORS. >p!7 WHOLESALE HOUSES. AND 54-INCH SKY-BLUE KERSEYS, SUPERFINE INDIGO-BLUE SATINETS, BLACK CADET AND OXFORD Do. PRINTED Do, In variety. BLACK AND FANCY MIXED DOESKINS. FANCY CASSIMERES AND MELTONS. tm #T«BE| AHB F9R .Ah* * T Joseph lea, fc29-tf 198 AND 130 CHYBTNUT BTBEW LOOKING GLASSES. JAMES 8. EARLE & SON, HANCFAOTCBBBB AND IMPOBTSBB OP LOOKING- GLASSES. OH. PA IN TIN 08, FINN KNGBAVINQB, FICTUBB AMD FOBTBAIT FRAHWB, PHOTOGRAPH FBAMBB, PHOTOGRAPH ALBDMB, OABTB-DB-VII3ITB PORTRAITS, EARLE’S GALLERIES, gld OHBBTNUT BTRSMTj j,li PHILADELPHIA. CHINA AND ftUEENSWARE. DOYD & STROUD, HO. 32 HOBTH FOUBTH STBBBT, (Four doors below the Mereliaiiti’ Hotel*) Now offer to country merchants a large stock of CHINA, GLASS, & QUEENSWARE. WATCHES, JEWELRY, &o. ] Afresh assortment,»tless than fobmkb bbothbr. Importer*! SM OHBBTNUT Street, below Fourth. DilSO-tf PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 1862. % 1 t |) rts s. TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 1862. Highly ImpAUftttt L£Uer from the ef 1 Mexico Descriptive of the Preparations Itlnde for the Attack on New Orleans, [Special Correupoudence of The Press.] (lur.r DLOrKAPINr. St was, the swift current of the river carried it out of i reach. The plan of tho attack I have not yet although numerous reports are In circula tion, one of which is, that the mortar fleet is to be gin the attack, and after partly silencing the first fort, Jackson, at a given signal the shjpf-of-ffflr are tv advance; the flagship Hartford in the Centre, the Brooklyn, on the right, the Rtchmond on the loft, the Pensacola and Mississippi bring ing up the roarj taking up their position in tha manner described. The gunboats scatter here and there, making themselves generally useful. The result will he, that, after the forte have fallen into our hands, and are left in the rear, ether obsta cles will spring up to obstruct the passage of the ships. Englishtown, fifteen miles from the oity, on a very narrow bend of the river, with deep water, forty to fifty fathoms, strong current, U supposed to be well fortified. With that capture, an easy passage to New Orleans is beforo us, and thon, and not till then, can w® proclaim the victory. MARCH 25.—The fihipa ara all preparing with vigor for the engagement, improving the guns, placing howitzers in the tops, and putting a jacket of iron chain on the side of the ship for the protec tion of the boilers and steam J?u m—tho vulnerable points of a man-of-war, and if left exposed may be greatly injured. March 28. —Gapt. Bell, of the fleet, in the gun boat JZefiitebec, ventured within four miles of the forts, when thefortsepened upon him, and to bis as tonishment the shot struck alongside of the gunboat — evidently a 100-ppqpd rifle ball. He bad hardly changed his position when a shell burst on it. He then beat a retreat, after finding out as much as he could obtain. This shows that their guns arc four or five miles'range, Gapt. 801 l assorts that tho shots that were fired—amounting in all to sixty— were fired with great precision, as if directed by experienced gunners. It is thought that Gen. Dwell or Gen. Duncan is in command of tha forts. One of their contrivances is that ail the log* and branches which float down the river in enormous quantities should be collected, and made ready to let down on tho float, to retard then* headway. It is scarcely possible that any power can hold us long back—we must go ahead. Marcii 20 —Tho gunboat Winona leaves for Ship Island in tt couple of hours. I will take ad vantage of tho opportunity and send you what I have written. You may be prepared to hear from me again. Ma.niii tb« afternoon prior te removed, of » score of women, fully proved* On Monday orders were issued by General Wright for the troops to prepare two days' rations, and be in readiness to embark at daylight next morning. The officers I afed inoii if IL& iJllfabekts wer« al*o notified hATC i everything on board ready for a f addon start. j Monday was principally occupied in cooking, packing j up, bidding “ adieu,” and other preliminaries to a de pfrpfiivfl- Many nfthi male lßliAbliAbU, su»st favorable to our cause, and who had abetted ua too much to risk the ire of the rebels, were engaged seeking weens of transportation for themselves and families, wili |? g tq rpjlnquiflh all their property in preference to ro* maiultfgi ivery facility anil kind attention was extends 1 to th<£i desiring to leave \ accommodations were provided in tbe transport steamers and schooners for as many as poMible, and the remainder taken aboatf the fflf'O'Of* war, In tbie ©vmv fw*w*rnr thlrtv raut-ULu, n «.J number of individuals managed to escape. Among those . known to ns are Col. Sarnmis and family, Messrs. Robin- | son, Fairchilds, Mather, Stevens, Fairbanks, Clark, I JXuxriG, Fr»a!w Mad families f htvOSTO, Fftllj, Frateau, Bemingtou, Dr. Mitchell, and others. None of j moaning! one after another, each^ryinrtodSWte , preciona to forsake. Books, boxes, valises, portraits, pictures, pacKagon of clothing, pe« oauartoo, ana mocking birds were most frequently seen; stout hearted and BlTlieh oflioere, relieving overloaded Dinahs of tneir little rhar*?9, and leading Uttle two, three, and four-year old* along Vho docka added a huwauo and prolßowortliy ludi crontpes# to the melancholy scene. The negroes, with their small carts and stonted ponies, were busily en -4 bringing down trunks, oarpet-bags, and tho lighter, Stable, and more T-WAte article, of furniture, wad nutting them on the respective vessels, pell-mell, to be stowed for sea at some more convenient season. Haste and bustle were everywhere prevalent, tbe moat streau oratfferh* '" ! “S (A a ASUH tA thA fn«lBM“ SilUfiS tory "portions of their personal property. Of course, much very mnch, was abandoned, yet by the noble ex ertion’s of our soldiers and sailors, a great deal was se- Ml „j in the name ot the people, wo thank them for their manly conduct Oh that trying occasion. During the morning, the outer pickels were witbdrawn and the embaikation of troops began. This continued auietly lor several houre, end by 8 ft M, all the veßsels bad received their cargoes ana paajengers, and were ready to haul out into the stream. The wind, which had been quite fresh during tbe forenoon, grew stronger, and eventually increased no much that it was with the great est difficulty the steamers BtUiim and Pembina aue eeedfd in towing the sailing vesseie into the channel, and a sale distance from tbe shore. At lengih all were clear and securely anchored, but, owing to the gale and the lateness of the hour, it wan determined to remain until morning At this hour, 10 P. M., the rebels are already in the town, and within musket-shot of our anchorage, »mther proof of the intimate knowledge they possess of ah onr movements. Oen Wright sent ins compliments to Gen Trapier this evening. Informing him officially of what he bad done, Inviting him to come and ro-occnpy the town, and requesting him to take care of the women ai d children remaining. This mteaage was sourtrouslr replied to by Gon. Trapier or 001. Davis, I cannot say which. Haypoht, Wednesday P. M., > April 9th. J At six o’clock this morning the evacuating fleet, in ail eleven sail, got under way in regular order, and started down tbe St. John’s river, a part bound to St. Augustine, and a portion to Fernandina. The vessels formed a long lie a theD. S steamer Ottawa, Senior Lieutcnauv Com. mending T. H Stevens, leading off, with the army trani- in her wake. These Steamers towed the schooners Chat. M. Steal, James G. munachilS. Miller, and dfagnam Brnum. Then followed tbe gunboat Pembina, Lieutenant Commanding J p Bankhead, with the schooner Anna C. Leaverett; and last, le«d, but not most unimportant, came the use m little Ellen, Anting tfwtvr ®» JJ - **” prize yacht America in tow. The If. S. steamer Seneca , Lieutenant Commanding Ammen, with several families aboard, iert Jacksonville twenty.two boar, in «4y—“ of **” 6 °°° to sea. bound to Fort Koy al, when wo got here. Tno Ot tawa brought down Ihe families of Mr. Frazer, a lawyer, formerly from Montrose, Snsquoh.nnah county, Penn and JwJ B v ", - <■“ dent of Florida. Last night tho rebel officers went to the Judge’s house, and Invited him to remain, but he didn’t see it ” Uiß kind entertainment of Captains Stevens, AmMSd Bankhead, and Burtfi, together with the milita. ry officers during their stay, made his chances of protec tion from the rebels rery doubtful. Tht cosmopolitan bore, in addition to the Niuoty-»- Hth Pennsylvania Baaaeent, noveral companies of tho Fourth How Hampshire ltegiment, all the reghaontal equi ' MS a lar.e number of the refugees with their bag gage’ The Beleidere had a eection of Sherman’s cele brated battery, under Cant. Ransom, Portion of the Fourth New Hampshire Begiment and several famihei J’tmbina carried Gen. Wright and part of staff, while the £H«I was freighted with the valuable law and literary libfarlßS ef Judgo Burrttt. We ascertained this morning that a company of rebel cavalry, acting as escort to the -Mcesh” commander, h»l been In the city all night, and as we passed the lo wer path of th. place, saw their saddled horses hitched within two hundred and fifty yards of ns, and several uniformed offl cereand priv atea came on the wharf to see the Tan keee” off Truly, this is at times a very « civil war. Our sassage down the W«k« (the !■«•» name Of the riser) W as several times interrupted »F tnßuig caMM. dr. ter f aperiencing several emails, however, and “helling the woods and yellow bluff, where the Seneca was attached a taw days since, we reached Mayport, an TOmv! “g little hamlet, from which, X believe, I once wrote yon an account of onr entering this river. Mere we found the Sschoonerxruefd Faust, and the Aialca, the latter from St. Augustine. At 1.30 the en (ire Heel anchored to awaii calmer the bar. have ontered the city, and as soon as K-ntaiitjoa Tbs ducting mem«elves^n|an 4 inhuman who“bad th^ProTOet which, however, was indefinitely „a General Wright. This list “"»‘“\h“rty remain. Of twenty n »" ie V D « n ? Southern birth have been notified their number, those of Southern Dirt „ hot , with in leave the tUcp) or be huopi ’ tl ts rAa the —— Northerners they are now himtlPH The t rtMae(in Srted that one man bu been alreafly Bboi.. t , udr £dWholderswbhus.have t X°S?ev„ n s to «“«?» property and t>venut;ht(.srtaiu hwbor and shell the town, thereby destroying » r oi)ftWo th#t UM of rendezvous of the outlaws. It i» P su.mil . the gunboats may remain to # fcw anything important occur, 1 util write i I day*. THE CAPTURE OF M ORLEANS. Description of the City and its Defences. TBS COTTON AND TOBACCO DESTROYED. IMPORTANCE AND VALUE OF THE TRIUMPH. Few events, since tho commencement ef the war, have occasioned more wide-spread gratification, or are destined to lead to more startling results than the taking of New Orleans. Events Preceding the Capture. Commodore Farragut’s expedition, consisting of at least fifty-four sail, with a very heavy armament, appeared before Fort J&okson on the 28th ultimo, and two of th© Federal gunboats took up a position within convenient range and commenced the bom bardment. The firing was heavy throughout the daj, and at its close the Confederates telegraphed tb&t nobody on tbelr side had been hurt. Of the subsequent proceedings, up to the 2lf J instant, we are not informed. On that day a telegram was sent from that city to the Norfolk Day* Book, statiDg that there bad been a heavy and continued bombardment of Fort Jackson all night, and it was still progressing. The rebels in the fort re presented themselves as cheerful, with an abiding faith in ultimate success. They were making re pairs as best they could. Their barbette guns were still in workios order, though most of them had been disabled at times. They asserted that we had fired 25,000 thirteen-inch shells, of which 1,000 fell in the fort. They then professed to believe that our ammunition must soon become exhausted, and boastfully Asserted that tk&y could sUml it long as we could. The next information we had appeared in the Havana Diario, to the effect that persons who bad lately arrived atilavan* from New Orleans said th»t the rebel defences were much exaggerated; that Forts Jackson and Philip had boon abandoned by the troops without taking away their cannon; and thfti there was nothing to prevent the Federal fleet from sailing directly up to New Orleans. Defences of the City. In addition 16 Forte Philip aqd Jackson, do scribed in yesterday's I’ress, the following fortiG cationß were erected: Fort Livingston. This large Port is situated on Grand Terre Island, at the mouth of Barrataria bay, and commands the approach to New Orleans by the bayou of that name. It is near Lho site of the celebrated Aid L&fiLto fort. The work stood fora number of years in an unfinished state; but after the rebels seized it they finished it as far as their means would per mit, and gAVA it a garrison of not J«S9 ttITOB hundred men. The fort is large, and capablo of mounting fifty-two guns on parapet walls. It cost the Government over three hundred thousand dol lar?, and no doubt a great deal of money has been expended upon it since it fell into the hands of tho Union breakers, in grading the parapets, laying platforms for additional gunsj repairing soldiura* (Quarters, building a drawbridge, and completing the magazine Fort Pike. This is sJsa & Coscmnlcd fortification, situated at the Rigolots or North Pass, between Lake Borgne and Lake Pontchartr&in, and commands the en trance to tho main channel to the Gulf in that di rection- It win in good condition when it waj seized bj the State authorities; but it has since been strengthened by substituting columbiads and sea coast howitzers for the pounders with which it was in part armed. It cost nearly five hnndred thousand dollars, is capable of mounting forty-nine guns, and can garrison three hundred men, By the reduction of this fortification Uu lake is made open to our fleet, and the passage is clear to Lake Port, whioh is situated in the rear of New Orleans, distant ten miles, and only six miles from Carrelten, is each tf which places h a Hue of rail* road. Fort Macomb Is on the South Pass, between Lakeg PoatChftrtraifl and Sorgno. It ib, like the three preceding, case mated and in good condition, but at the time of its seizure had no guns mounted. It was intended to support an armament of forty-nine twenty-four pounder guns; but the State reduced the number and substituted columbiads and howitzers. It cost four hundred and forty-seven thousand dollars, and fan accommodate a garrison of throe hundred mss. •Tower Dupre. This work of defence was built to command the navigation of Bayou Dupre into Lake Borgne. It Was in good order when in tho hands Of the Govern ment, bnt had no armament. The rebels have given - the end Of the Mexican liinr-irtiuydilr—irnnrr bo direct information concerning it, but presume that it has been brought sufficiently near completion to admit of proper armament. D&tt&Op lliiiiivcn lie Ib near the entrance of Bayou Bienvenue into Lake Borgne, and commands an important approach to New Orleans. At the commencement of the year 1861 it had no guns mounted, hut was in good con dition for theii recaption. It has since been fully armed, and a br»aet<-Bigh briek wall built around it. Sketch of the Fortifications Around tfeur Orleans. There are masked batteries on either side of the river extending eight miles. These batteries are built* in the form of triangles, base to baa?, Tbs rebels have thrown chains across the river, which are held by rafts at each end. and then anchored. They also have rafts loaded with turpentine in rea diness te use against the soldiers of the Union, by floating them, whan set on fire, m proximity to tha Union fleet ■Within about nine miles of the cit? of New Or leans, on the old bittle ground of the lost war with Englaad, there is a fortification extending from the liver to the lake and the Mexican Gulf Railroad. This fortification is built on a ridge, and after it crosses the Mexioan Gulf Railroad it emerges into a swamp, where it is interrupted, and again com mences on the other side, where the Louisiana r -ce course formerly was, extending to the lake. This fortification mounts forty-two guns, several of which were spiked one nightTby the Union soldiers while the sentinels were “ on duty.” Within about four to six miles of New Orleans, near Algiers, which is situated on a road back of the river, two forts aro now built, large enough to hold from twelve to fifteen guns each. There is an 4Btf4fcdhni4fet tkfAwfc op opposite the Mint, Ve have heard a good T er ? i x «imboats and expect to hear ssoiotliiiig luora. if this city and Mobile can be V h ut open with the gunboats now on tho lakes and m »KhHs Bay We are credibly Informed that there are twenty-hum gins on three gunboats in Mobile, considered aSe to Bebd Art* « ivwHvir Uck from Southern sbotes. Description of the City. The population or Now Orleans, by the last ifiH 472. This has, undoubtedly, been largely ue fs'built on the -nv.x .Wo o a bsud orjhe^ver^wbioh here sweeps armmd m a w? _ “° rll ®: lll the pcoEross of its brlMuel lk ;’ ‘„ t“c!ty h.s new So extended Itself as ffinrtehofloworaourreln the opposite direction, so to fill the ho ureeenta an outline somewhat resam- lt etreiches or straggles along the him* tho »ig ui uei'im luilna, with au depth of one mile, it only being pos « “* Uuild on the narrow Btrip of land lying im %f£Z i“ rr^uVthen 0 in SPilHil r-SrSlK&\^hS-o^: slsssss rear, the weakest and least mnte’eted place of any commercial importance m the P r .m What has become of the rebel gunboats and ram i, r Li.ich we have heard so much, it is hard to conjecture. of ;“"Cut skUsamLlesmliiatiag at Raw Or leans. are the New Orleans, Jackson, and Great North ern, which, until lately,united it with the great railroad etenis or the Eastern and Northern States, and tho Ne (Means, Opelousas, and Great Western, extending west "?XL.£r€distance Into Texas. Tbegreataveuus. however, of the trade and commerce of thadtyl- SS* river. Along the river trout of the etty the TWO CENTS. lev fee, or artificial embankment to keep the city from in undation, is exteaded by a continuous series of wooden wharves. A sort of espanade is thus formed, several miles in extent, which, during the busy season, presents A bf WdltdeFißl Variety &nJ Animation. Motion bales, sugar hogsheads, negroes, and raule-draye are In great abundance. Among the notable buildings are the branch mint of the United states—which the rebels seized a year ago and stole a part of the-coin—-the custom house, CB& &f the nioet bimr!v« alraelare»in America, boi not completed: the tiathedral of Bk. Louts, and sixty other churches; the St» Oh*rles Hotel, which cost ©000,000; the hospital, banks, and benevolent instituting. On Jackson Square is a bronze equestrian statue of General Jackin, by Clark MilJfi. The New Orloaniiaiw with now remember General dar.Koon M Uie man wUo Hftid, “ The Union must and shall be preserved. 1 ’ The population of slew Orleans has long been remark able for the diversity of its elements. About one half of the whites are of foreign birtb, and among these the FrOtlCh flnd B punish &££ predominant. There ia- aleo a large number of Northerners. Those who knew the city best believer! that it would surrender when the forts de fending it should fall. The rimes of the permanent popu lation is composed of intelligent men, and the commercial' interests have always had ft more Gle&r idoa Of tb6 folly of this r*i>ortod. Stock, 16,119 hhds. Political Antecedents of the Popnlation. New Orleans baa heretofore been noted as a city con taining a population extremely conservative in their political belief. From the date of the formation of the old \Yt>ig party* up to the hour of ita demise, the city vottd straugly Whig. When the American opga&is&ti&n wag formed* the friends of that party waid always count upon New Orleans as a etrenghotd. In 1856, the city voted by a large majority In favor of Millard Fillmore for President, and, in 1860, for John Bell. At the last residential election, Douglas obtained a email majpj jfy ovtr Breckinridge, and it «»» hardly bcUOUDIOI that two-thixda of the Bupporters of Bull an 1 Douglas were unqualifiedly for the Union. The following was the vote: Beil, 5,215; Douglas, 2,998; Breckinridge, 2.640; —plurality for Bell, Q,QI7. In thtt lf&7 f We kelieye, th? iion to iho American party of New Orleans determined to defeat the candidate for the mayoralty—Mr. Gerard Stith. They got up a reform or vigilance association, barricaded the streets, and declared martial law. Gene ral Jtoaurijn&rd, then in the imibbsp &f Backa.na.Tx «*- perintohdent of the construction at' the United Status Mint, was nominated as the candidate of ths reformers. I^rE* r. ft km: btit to all 7> n , iua gaMaslon tiolcat. iti « SrUgabiit to ftiiiiiUmrtxieHt. .i . -i.y i, waa as muck H» a man 1 , life was wjrtft to ap moMh the ballot-box with a Union ticket. Altogether, wmo nix or eeveu thousand votee were cast out ol more Ilian twelve thouskTiiJ. Results of the Capture. The capture of llie city will compel Iho rebels of the Southwest to Bght their lent battle on their present line of owratiOD, JieMr c S ar ‘ i *• pressed, if not already assailed, bflfXii m UubM Central MlichvU ffl prevem h.s retreat toward Mobile; Butler forbids his approach to Mew Orleans; and our gunboats can pass up the dfuiir siovi and attack Memphis in front— acting in conjunc tiOT With Commodore Foote above The. «»y is atoj o VV ,„nI hr lo p— np tk« Utd elecP iKJ across the entire State of Louisiana to Shreveport; to BBbS up the Arkansas rivor, and through the entire State to Fort Smith; and to pass up the Ya7.no river* and ihrougU ft great part of tbo Stftte of Midsiasip ni in fact- it opens ud a passage IhrougL fliorfl than a h&lf “fth» remnant or a Confederacy sin noun, nally held by the rebel rulers Thus, by this splendid stroke of our river navy, we see uot only the fall of the Southern metropolis, but also a moral and tonitnrial gain for tbo national cause which far cyorr Ihscows in importance oven this; ll mo news no allowed to reach the rebel army at .Jorinlli--and it “rtain y can not be kept from it for more tliau a day or two itmust cemphteUs demoralisation, for it win demoos.ratr. be lond a noradvcniure that the cause m which u fights is hopeles™ Thera can he no piospcut to the roboli or rs capturing the city, tor the railroad leading to it will be destroyed, and a descent by the river is impossible. _ The whole V southern Louisiana is a vast plain, and m no event can the rebels mate ft stand »uy where near the Clt New Orleans is to the Gulf coast what New York is to the Atlantic coast. Its fall will be to the South a worse blow-even than the capture of New York by an enemy j would be t« the North, Through It more than half of | Hie cotton crop or tho entire South paeevsto the world, ; while its Mportß of sugar, molasses, tobacco, and corn j exceed those oT any other Southern city. There is pro- , hahly not much cotton there now, but the fact that we j Pi” , yjrtually possess a great part ot the cotton, growing , wrriiurj will occuiv ire prttdr vitpyrt with vr wttent j lilin will of Ite planter®. . 1 It " nearly half a century since an enemy appeared before Mew Orleans. That enemy was repulsed with a slaughter which renders memorable the plains of Ohat rnotle But this time an army captures the city, almost Without lose of blood, though it has dounied us popula tion many times since then. Such are the advances made by science, and such are the irresistible powers which the nation now brings into the hold against itt enemies. The Mississippi Is now virtually opened throughout its o»H?o length. That was the work which the men or the Northwest laid out for themselves a year ago. The West hM done a good share of the work, but it has been left to the men of the East to complete it. From our Army in South Carolina. A BRILLIANT SKIRMISH ON ST. JOHN’S ISLAND. THE REBELS' BADLY WHIPPED, The Edisto Island correspondent of the New York Herald, writing Under date of April ISth, gives the following account of a skirmish which took place on St. John’s Island between some Federal and rebel soldiers. The correspondent says : Since my last a most brilliant affair has taken i neJiAro resulting in the total rout of two hun* srd bv“k6iit 6 .vty of cur men The nartv consisted of Captain Rhmd, Dr. Briknatl, blister's Mate Nelson, thirty men and a howitxer. ftom the United States gunboat Crusader and thirty men from the Forty«seyenth New York* W«u. Pehhjylvsnifl, and Third Now Harnp shire Regiments, under Captain Dow, ot the lat ter regiment . The expedition was gotten up by Captain Rhind, for the pnrpoße of punishing the for firing upon one of his unarmed boats while going down the North Edisto river to save some cotton from the brig Empire, wrecked on the bar outside of our harbor a few days sinoe. Mr. IJrann, master, and in command of the boat, was Shot in the right wrist and left hand* making am putation of the forefinger of that hand necossary . Judge Reynolds, Government agent, had his hat string cut by a ball, while many of the crew had their clotheß cut considerably by the enemy’s woll iiimeil rifle balls. The safety of the boat and erew is solely due to Mr. Urann for his coolness and courage under these trying circumstances. The expedition left the Cntstuiar »*“iiUwelv o’clock last night, under com»»8d of Capiam Tthlrid and lanW at Rockville, » small village mfroisUe the camp of the New York Forty-seventh, John’s Island, and, immediately throwmg out skirmishers, the main body advanced slowly and cautiously through lto unt " ll r whe* the main road. They now rapidly advanced to wuds Mr. Seubrook’s plantation, back and distant from Rockville three miles and a half, where they intended to bag some of the enemy’s payalry tiipkots. wtio'Wei) euppooed to bo atanoned In the bouses' but none were found. They now moved down to William Seabrook’s plantation, about two miles; but, unfortunately, on their approaoh, a belonging to one of the sailors exploded and alarmed the enemy, who retreated m » most urecipitate manner, not, however, without receiv ing the content* of several muskots, whiob brought down one horse and its rider. The saddle and sword were secured by one of tho e»,Wrs vs »trophy, and Moved to have been the equipments ot an officer. TX . -A waiii*Qtinn it was docinod prudent to ro* midHt Seabiook’s until daylight, to glvo tho men « onnoetimity for roposo, u they were muoh fa. rapid march, and laborious work in hfuling the howitser over the wretched sandy loads so peculiar to these islands. Pickets were immediately thrown P«t, and every prepWStiOß inode to reacive tho enemy m tho morning, A jutie before daylight tho men were under arms, and the pickets called in. This was hardly accom plished when the enemy’s cavalry were seen ap- j our men wore iMtohtly in line, end the howitier manned, The enemy perceiving this, THE WAR PRESS. Tb> Wib Fbbbb wfll be sent to enbecribere by mall (per annum iu advance) at. ..,*2.Oft Three Copies „ “ 0,09 XTiye “ “ “ l$,OQ Ten “ 11 “ 18.00 Larger Clubs will be charged at the same rate, thus: 20 copies will cost 824} 60 copies will eppf mfl |Qg Copies £l3O, For a Club of Twenty-one or over, we will send aft Ixfra Copy to the getter-up of the Club. Poalmaatera are rtq««St«d to Kt U Agent* foi THI Wil I’BSSB, Advertisements inserted at the tunal rats*. Biu /Inee constitute a square. dierL’d up the road furiously and in a gallant am uer. .At the same moment about fifty of ths enemy made a . Aank movement, intending to out off oar retreat hi' taking possession of the bridge leading from the pi antation ; but in thin wore anticipated by Caption , ’tow, who ordered Lieutenant Bedell, with a platoi. “u, to oeoupy the bridge. A well directed voile v broke tho 98981j'8 ranks, ffhO immediately re Vented, The main body wen brought to an exceedingly Budden terminus, by a shell from tho howitzer striking square in their ranks, and a perfect storm of riße balls. They root) rallied, however, orid wade another charge. The howitzer now play ed lively on them with it* one and a half seoond sh alls, which burst in their ranks at the rate of seven P*r minute, completely nonplussing them, as they apparently seemed to ex pent nothing worse to oonten’d with than tha faw Springfields” which Floyd forgot to uko away with him. Again they broke ami retreated in dis order, and a third time rallied. Captain Kbiud, seeing hie small force wavering a Dixie when the enemy were making thuir third afld tatioi dau?- ibibed dbki*ge, riithed to the front and cried out, “Now, boys fight or die/’ lie was answered by that gallant baud by one such hurrah ad only pa triots cad give. On came the enemy, dow fuJlj *WS hbiitired slrobg, and again tbeir ranks- W?VV mowed down by our well-directed and better-main tained fire. The carnage was terrible for so small a body to experience ; they wavered, broke and re treated in the greatest disorder, receiving aoreral shun, which increased the panic. Captain Khind waited fox a renewal of the attack for balf an hour, and then returned, bis men singing “ Dixie 11 in m most vociferous manner. LATE SOUTHERN NEWS. Interview Between Beauregard and Prentiss. A SOUTH CABOLIHA EEGIHEHT BEFUBEB TO REBEL ACCOUNT OF THE SOUTH MILLS SKIRMISH, The, Savannah Republican of tha 14th i&Jta&t publishes a letter from its army correspondent, giving a description of the battlo of Shiloh. We make tho following extract; &vv?ra) grands of colors were also captured—tliroi by the First Luuisiana Kegiment alone. X have eeen two of them myself, and was present whom they were brought in and delivered to General XieflUlfeg&fd- X witnessed also tfi© BFTiTfI) flfid prO" sciitaiion o£ General Premies, who was taken by % staff officer or officers of General Polk, and ooa dueted to the latter, who sent him, witn his compli menta, immediately to Gs|}srftl Beauregard. Th« following is the substance of the conversation that ensued after they had shaken hands. Prentiss. Well, sir, we have felt your power to day, and have had to yield. Beauregard. That is natuf&l, sir- Yau a&uU UOt expect It tO bO Otherwise. We are fighting : fcjr our homes, for our wives and ohildren, for genera tions to coiue alter us, and for liberty itself. Why does your Government thus war up9g yg, god aeefc T» s vpv?? 9W 9TTB soil T Prentl&s. Our people have never yet been able to bring themselves to consent to Bee the Union broken up. Such a thing has not entered into our oaleti luvioDf , and cannot. Beauregard. The Union ifl alPt&dy broken, and the Jtut man, woman, and child in the South will willingly perish, before it shall be restored. What force have you bad engaged to*day ? Prentiss, sstX wuwtmiug a little over 7,000 each—the whole not amounting to more thaa 4U.0U0. Gen. Grant commands, assisted by Generali Sherman, McClernand, Hurlbut, Wallace, and my self. Gen. Smith is sick, and has not bsan the field. My division tvas tho first to receive your at tack, and we were not properly supported; if wa had been the day might liavo been otherwise. There has been mismanagement somewhere. Had X bean m il»© ? we hwTi broken your centre at tbe time we stopped your advanoe. Beauregard. You are mistaken, general; my or der of battle was such that if you had even pene trated the 9f our front lino, it would only have been to encounter certain destruction; wt would have cut you to pieces. Had Gen. Buell ar rived, and what are his forces ? Prentiss (hesitatingly). X do not know where Gan. Buell is, nor the RUBabe? of his forces, X have heard he was at Nashville, trad then at Ca lumbus, and also that he was on the road. We da not look for him under forty-eight hoars. I fear you wiu capture tbe greater pan of our army aa this side of the river. Ton have met and overcome to*day the best troops wo have. Beauregard. lam glad to hear it, and trust that the result of this day’s work may bring your Go vernment to & fr&ma of EalnJ. *n?r? fttYVi'aM? ft peaoe. Prentiss. That can hardly be, sir. If your army had pushed on after the battle of Manassas, it might have taken Washington, and overrun the North, &Rd kfougbt u 3 to pea-c©. W? had nu lot sufficient supply of arms then, and were not pre pared. The muskets purchased in Belgium by Fremont were of but little account; you could turn ywr thumb in the muzzle, the bora wtu so large, nemso procured from .England tbs old armi that have been stored away as useless in Londou Tuwer ever since the war with. Napoleon in 1815. They are of no value whatever. It is only within the lost sixty days that we bay 9 btvvwv thoroughly and efficiently armed. Our supply is now ample, b V-" d0 n otdoubt the fi“»* ha nettled. "“ “ • 4 God winjet give us the victory. ' Prentiss We know you have able officers and a spirited army to back them, but our confidence is f™, end ini te kdd, GSMMIj Hill UW»| all the Confederate officers no one is so great a favorite with us as yourself Such is my own feel ing. end that of our army and people, . . Beauregard, Vvu are very tad, m, |Bf ff? lave muoh better officers tnan I »m, Oenoral Sidney Johnston and General Joseph Johnson are both my superiors in ability as well as X have served under both ef them most cheerfully, and know thorn null. loarn nothing for rank i the good of my country is what I look to. 8 Other observations were made, but the foregoing embraces the chief points of the interview. Gene ral Prentiss was easy and pleasant, and not at jut 4« P re..ed. X. f pSii»Uy, iw, ks was H uU ® attß( 4 li r and yet 1 thought I detected a disposition to evade, if not to deceive, in his reply as to the forces of Buell. Ibetieve. that Buell is near at hand. It is to be lioved that lam misliden, am that qw already fought long hours, may not have to encounter afresh Jorce toinot row. Trouble in a South Carolina Regiment. The Augusta Constitntionaiisti «£ the 15th ta- Nineteenth Regiment of South Carolina Vo lunteer State troops, Colonel Memqua. rcached tins oitv on yesterday, on their waj to the n est, After reaching the Georgia Railroad depot, a large nut*, her of them—variously s ated at one to three hun dred—refused to proceed farther, alleging that they were enlisted to servo tho State of South Carolina, La w»ro willing to fight in her delenes but that they would not go out of the State, borne de clared that they would have gone if they had been consulted before starting, but thattheii officer* had not notified them that they Wff? W lj#Y? Stale. Oihers had furloughs, and desired to sea their families. The officers urged in vain the stig ma that would rest upon them for refusing to go where their oountry meet needed their services, and the reproach they would bring upon the feme ft South Carolina, whioh had boon foremost m the work of resistance. Their appeals wero un availing, and the malcontents returned to tho Carolina depot. Wo understand that some of the jTtZtM l- Adjutant Oiuhl GUI f« instructions, and that his reply was, “ Arrest them, they are deserters of tho worst charaoter, General Rinley, we learn, sent similar instructions. About thirty of the mutinists belong to thu oommand of CapSln Gregg, Gf&hiUvUls. Go was protsooding felhn“4*d tlfTenth Rcgu ment, Colonel Manigault. The Skirmish near South Mills. We find tho following in the Norfolk Day Boot afternoon, about 2 o'clock, eight companies oi tho Third Georgia regiment, under command of Colonel Wright, attaskodtlioensmy in an open field about two miles h*low &od«i Mills. The Chorny's foreo was estimated at from 3,ouu to X 000 men, but, notwithstanding the great odds in point of numbers against us, we succeeded in keep ing the enemy at bay for a number of hours. Pi hidly, &wlßg ta the fast that our ammunition had been exhausted, we were compelled to tail hack to South Mills, and from South Mills to the Halt- Way H„ U usofwhere we are now awaiting reinforcement Our informant could not tell us the eia h t fi“ u I of killed and wounded, but says it was at first osii« mated to be about 100. Since then the number haa much decreased, and irutn last accounts, oirr \oS it is thought, will not exceed oil. The eimuiy a oss, it is iuou| , heavy, and is put Wacccuhuruie gr.w Lavoc made among tbe Unionists by our artillery niecss is confirmed by our informant. Thfi Pc# of Johnston, Ths Augusta Commonwealth informs us that the death-wound of Gen Juhuaton was indicted on the calf of his right leg, and was considered by him as only a flesh-wound. Soon alter receiving it, he cave an order to Governor Harris, who was iWMBg as a volunteer aid to him, who, on his return w Gen. Johnston, in a different part of the field, found him exhausted from loss of blood, and reel ?/!” g and ro thon B ,7troi'hiiig outUth arms Wward «ipi« U d’ pn So n othor woTudsLerv liMvrered upon bU perton. „ m A Fight in East Tennessee. The Knoxville Begister of the 18th says: A bushwhacking fight, which lasted throe days, eaino off last vroeh. Between adetachment of Confederate?, under command of Col. Key, and the bimdoitortes from Greene county Tennessee, who have takon re fuse in the mountains of tho North, Carolina border, end who have been moastonallj gallymg down mto Greene, and committing outrages aßd dSprM&nona as w B ero killed, and two killed and three wounded on Circulation of In-g W-l Notes Pro- IIEADQVAHTKHS T>.ra«THE*T op Hraatoo, > HiuilJlONUi Y».i Aurll lOi 188 A l OUBHRS No. 16.-1. tmm ana atttr Util dam tbelesuauce and circulation ofindividual notes are Stripy profiled. Nona of this character are to be redeemed m bankable funds upon presentation, aud mast -i ..nr. b» «lt!iJraeiu feum elreulatlun. ... k Ferbons violating tlile order In any particular »U h* considered guilt) of a grave offence, and will be subject to arrest end such punishment as tuny be impißod b> * court-ruarlial. By order of , wrUnK’R RUS&diw JOHN 11. t, ft. £agk, A.. A. QeLeti^l