Vrtss. MONDAY, NAY 5 2 1862. THE LATEST WAR NEWS The Old Dominion has been wrested from the usurped dominion of traitors, and restored to the dominion of the Union flag. Yorktown, which, in a strategic sense, is acknowledged by the rebels to be synonymous with Norfolk, Petersburg, and Diamond, has been abandoned as untenable by Genet al Lee, and cooupied by the advancing army of McClellan. This news, so startling, so glorious, and, in a degree, so unexpected, will aurprise both loyalists and traitors. But while - the former will hail it as the herald of re turning peace, the promise of a mighty land m etered to greatnere, and {mew proof of the im mutability of the Union, the latter, overwhelmed with dismay, and so terribly awakened to the mad ness of their guilt, must shortly abandon a strug gle ao bopelests in its aspect, and quietly ley down their arms. The army which we have driven from Yorktown can be an army now in little but la ie.:en and numbers_ It is disheartened, dispirited, and defeated. It is convinced that its leaders, to use the language of JeffJrson Davies "have undertaken wore than they can accomplish," and we should not be surprised to hear of its disbandment before many months have passed. The capture of Yorktown points most conclusively to such a termination of the The news from the army of the Mississippi is but little lets encouraging than that frenaClellan'es General nalleek having in a measure reorganized his army, it is now in splendid fighting condition, ready to do anything at the word of its able leader. That commander, instead of rushing his mighty legions blindly against the rebel stronghold, is advancing steadily and surely on that point, Driving the enemy before him. We need not be Surprised to hear at any moment of Corinth being in a era diiion synonymous to that of Yorktown, with army enacting the role of MoClel:' Jan's, and, like the former general, driving the d , enemy to the wall." The affair at Farmington mentioned in our telegraphic column is but tho guarantee of what will follow in that quarter. General Paine's division, having made a reconnois sance to that place, were confronted by nearly 5,000 rebels, but, after a abort skirmish, our troops cleared the field at the point of the bayonet, cap turing a large amount of stores, ammunition, and camp equipage, together with a number of pri- tEL. Another letter from Pittsburg Landing appears on our first page. The successful reconnoissance to Purdy, whereby fifry prisoners were captured, is fully described, and, by way of variety, we have an amusing account of the beauties of Southern li terature as depicted in Confederate paper money. Au incident is related of Gen. Ilalleek, which shows how strict a discipline that officer has introduced ; and, among other matters of peculiar interest, the Thit to the g uard- house, wherein the rebel prison ers and deserters are confined, deserves special mention. The editor of the Memphis Avalanelee has been arrested for be lukewarm to the rebel cause. Some time since. as may be recollected, our special Nashville correspondent stated, on undoubted au thority, that a Union league existed in Memphis, and that the editor of the Avalanche was a mem• her. A desfatch from Point ala Bache, La., on the 24th tat , to the rebel Navy Department, states that , seven of their grehheati bad beefs deed ; hiving been overpowered by our troops. The town of 'Tampa, Fla., - in response to a reasonable request f r om the commander of the blockading fleet s had replied, through Major Thomas : /shall not sur render ! General Mitchell has just made another brilliant i;aav~xiaat_ Hearing that General Kirby Smith was at Bridgeport, Alabama, General Mitchell marched against him, and, after a short engage ment, routed his whole force, capturing 300 era and two cannon. The report that Beauregard was retreating from Corinth has been confirmed by late rein' papgs. The rebel general WAS daily sending his troops southward, part by rail and part on foot, but refuses to make any explanation of his course, stating that Jeff Davis understands big movements. The rebel steamer Isabel, now called the Ella "[rarity, which has made itself notorious in running the blockade, has been captured at last. One Ives taken by the steamer St Jag.o de Cuba, while at- tempting to run the blockade. She was heavily laden with Enfield ridge and other implements of war. The Cuba also chased the Nashville, but without effect. WE no not like the idea of calling a cc Peo ple's State Convention." At a time like this all names appear harsh, and there is nothing particularly euphonious in that selected by Mr. NCOLVIVE. There is a familiar story we commend to our friends of this orgatfirition. In the councils of Rome there was a serious qnar ref In the clays of Roman parti s anship. The merits of it were trifling, the manner of it was angry and unreasonable. Bacrus was clamorous, ANTONY was clamorous, and in the clamors of both the State was sadly suffering. 4 ‘ Citizens," said an old Roman at length, who saw the danger, and was bold enough to tbeet it, tr Citizens, the State commands our patriotism and self-devo tion—our country wants her children to sacrifice themselves to her good—she must not perish to gratify the ambition of her children. AISTONT is a great man, and %tures is a great man, but I belong neither to the party of ART CINV nor the party of Bourns, bet to the party of Rome." It may be that the com mittee of Mr. McCLuns did not feel au thorized to go beyond the limits of its autho rity—that having taken from the Convention of the People's Party" certain powers and duties, it could not transcend them, nor trans gress the laws and customs of the organiza tion. In this view of the case, we may over look the unseemly caption of this call, and make a suggestion or two which its spirit ren dery becoming. There is much propriety in the allusion or the committee to the perils and dangers of our brethren in cze field, Thie may be called a hackneyed phrase, but we like it. The asso ciation of politics with those who are doing the State its greatest service is becoming, and as all feel the deepest and most affectionate interest in the triumph of our soldiers, it is proper that all should unite to make that triumph lasting and thwart the efforts of those who seek to make their victories barren, and their campaigns dishonorable. This is the duty that is before the people of Pennsylva nia. It is sacred, and just, and necessary. Our only enemy is not in the South. We have enemies in our midst as persistent and pernicious as the army now flying up York river, and we must use every exertion to accomplish their down fall. With the many evidences before us we OTC compelled to look upon the Democratic organization, as it is now controlled, as the coul and body of this domestic treason. We see in that organization none of the principles so long and dearly cherished—we see in its high places none of the men so fondly followed. All have been abandoned to the sacrilegious vandals who conspired to bring about the ruin of the country, and now, amid the shame, and horror, and anarchy, existing, they are prosti tuting the DernOCraiic party to the same un holy purpose. Failing in our efforts to cleanse and purify the old sanctuary from the pollu tions of Mr, BUCHANAN 40 his followers, it becomes us, if we would no longer be affiliated with their iniquities, to spurn their fe110w .614. Let Ills convention 7 ALMA to MOM imam the call of Mr. McCtuRE, so shape its platform that men of all parties can stand upon it. It will not do to be exclusive or personal, either in the candidates they select or the principles they present. It will not do to call up old creeds and re-establish old tests of party faith. We must either speak or ON. There is but one banner to be borne ; over its folds we have inscribed ce Devotion to the Union, and to the Adminiatration in the per petuating of the Union." This is the inspira tion of Mr. Illcemms's call. In this he an swers the heartfelt sentiment of every citizen of Pennsylvania. Democrats who love their country—" Constitutional Union men" who love your country—Republicans who love the country, and who have an interest in the Ad ministration they have placed over it, let us all strike hands in this sublime and stirring hour, and swear that by our efforts Pennsyl vania shall be first and foremost in the great political campaign, as she has been first and foremost in the warlike campaign now about to close in glory and in peace. THE REBELS RETREA.TING ! YORKTOWN evacuated! Much sooner than the most sanguine could have anticipated, and much to the astonishment of many, who will scarcely credit the evidence of their eyes upon reading the telegraphic announcement in another column, the grand stronghold, rendez vous, and reliance of the rebels—the right Whig of their defences—has been abandoned! After months of confident preparation, af ter the laborious building of fortifications, and the mounting of hundreds of heavy guns, after the transportation of thousands of trains of supplies and ammunition to this depot, after the concentration of the c , flower" of rebeldom into one of the grandest armies, in point of numbers, that the world has ever wit nessed—after all the boastings of the South, and the anxiety, not to say trepidation, of the more desponding in the Korth, the prospect of a bloody victory has passed away, with the flight of a wily and craven enemy. That the laurels of our conquest arc not bloodied can take but little from their brightness; though, had it been our destiny to have made the peninsula of Yorktown a terrible Aceldama, no son or brother, or father, in the besieging army would not have gladly made himself a martyr in the van; no mother, wife, or sister, but would have heard the worst with more than resigna tion. It will not be pretended that this achievement, which must stand unparalleled in ancient or modern warfare, could not have bout still more disastrous to the foe—more inglo rious it scarcely could have been. But the dooni of the Confederacy is now irrevoca bly sealed, and whether its demise becomes a question of months or weeks can matter little, in so far as the great result—the re storation of the Union and of peace—is concerned. The army of the Potomac has done nobly ; possibly it has surprised itself with the sudden success which has crowned its anxious, patient weeks of seeming inac= tivity ; and if results more startling and com plete might possibly have been attained, it will likewise reflect that unforeseen events, or un expected succor to the enemy, might at the same time have made the issue much more hazardous. We see the beginning Of the and mete elosyly now than we could a week ago, or even yesterday. We knew a grand movement was to be made; but we feared to think that a grand risk must likewise be incurred. Therefore the capture of Yorktown will surprise us. Yorktown in itself is of small account, but its occupa tion, which the telegraph reports, confessedly restores to us the entire State of Virginia— providing, however, that the blow is followed up, before the enemy can gain time to esta blish themselves in a new position. Pennsyl vania feels proud of her gene:al, whose skill has compassed what might else have dearly cost the nation's blood and valor, and she feels sure that his pledge to "pursue the enemy to the wall" will be speedily and sublimely redeemed. LET us pause a moment and see what we have done, and what we are doing. In the light of present triumphs we can distinguish the path we have followed through the gloomy months now passed, and see the new one opening into the speedy future. The tall of New Orleans is an era in this war. It is not simply the taking of a large city, or the occu pation of an - important military position. That is a material advantage, and we look upon it as we would look upon the capture of so many cannon, or the destruction of so much ord llanCe. It has moral and political advantages, less obvious, perhaps, but more important. It is so unaccountable, too, that we do not yet nit. realize 11. It Is the hest afilFeeable sur prise of the war. Manassas was very dis• agreeable. If any one can understand from the multiplied accounts already printed how New Orleans was taken, we give him credit for an unusual degree of ingenuity. New Orleans was to be the Sebastopol of this war. According to its newspapers, and that übiquitous gentleman, the , C escaped Union man, lately arrived at Cairo," and et the intelligent contrabands who eame from Norfolk in arow-boat," it was surrounded with batteries, and garrisoned by an army anxious to die in its defence. There were water bat teries and torpedoes, iron-clad gunboats and infernal machines—forts on Lakes Borgne and Pontchartrain—forts at every bend and pass in the Mississippi river—every Means and appli• ance for offensive and defensive war. We ex pected a desperate resistance, a large loss of life, and a barren, because a dearly-bought, victory. In the iniclst of our anxiety we are startled by a simple announcement that Com modore FARRAGUT is in the river opposite the city, and ranging his guns at its modest and pretty City Hall. How he got there is the mystery, and the cost of his journey is the sub ject of much solicitude, The ga,loomling of Mr. Mayor MosnoE only increases our curi osity, and we must be therefore patient, and await the seas and winds. The occupation of New Orleans is the turn• ing point of the war. It slices the Confede racy in half, and restores to the Union the richer portion. With BUTLER at New Orleans, and 11,....r.Eck . at Nashville—we may- lirtually say at Memphis—and FARRAGVT and FoorE on the river, endeavoring to meet, the rebel lion can have no existence beyond the sippi. It is at an end in Arkansas, Missouri, and Louisiana. Texas is as securely a part of the Union as California, the rebellion having dwindivd away - into a mere faction of rangers and guerillas. The Indian country is again loyal, and we may look, at any time, for retri butive Yengeallee upon ALBSRT riKE and his friends from the savages they have betrayed and ruined. Mobile becomes the extreme Southern port—the metropolis of the rebel Southwest. Sugar has been conquered, and the rich cotton regions of Mississippi and Ala bama are already within the range of Elam.- GVT's Mortars? The Vlll4lll bayonets are under King Cotton's throne, and we may soon expect to see it tilted into the Gulf. Let Lan cashire rejoice. The roar of our guns beneath Fort Jackson's low and nestling walls is the sweetest sound that ever mingled with the hum and bustle of its spinning -wheels. The misery of the English spinners will soon end. Half time and idle mills and black bread are among the things we have conque red. FARRAGLIT is the best policeman, for he has restored order in Manchester, and suppressed the dreaded bread riots. Mr. MASON can no longer carry King Cotton into Downing street, and endeavor to sell him to Earl RUSSELL as the price of recog nition. We have broken the old monarch's sceptre, and fettered his limbs, and England and France may have his halidom for the askin g . The capture of New Orleans Will actually terminate the resources of the rebellion. That port was the fountain of the Southern strength. It was constantly replenished from France, and England, and Cuba. It was almost im possible to maintain a permanent an gffigiot blockade. There are so many passes into the Mississippi, so many intricate outlets and in lets known only to those who live on the Isiah& around ; MO Many ways of communi cation through the lakes, that to, prevent the entrance and exit of vessels would have re quired a little navy. New Orleans sent the Stempter out into the seas to destroy our com- MOMS. It sustained the army of BEAUREGARD, and held us at bay in Fort Pickens. From New Orleans the rebel emissaries sailed, and so constant was the communication that regular mails wore advertised for Cuba, Mexico, and Europe. In capturing New Orleans we take por - beseion of the Mexican coast—the Atlantic coast is ours almost absolutely. Charleston is the only harbor where the blockade can be avoided with any &tree of certainty-. Sa vannah is an inland town securely invested; Richmond and Norfolk have not seen a mer chantman sineelast year's fruit . was blossoming_ Mobile is accessible only to coasting schooners and fishing-smacks, and if BUTLER crosses the lake and sends a division in its rear, Mr. Mayor PoII.SYTH may have the ehanee of imitating the classical style of his New Or leans fellow-magistrate. LOVELL has started up the Jackson Railroad, some think to join BEAU REaAnn—others, to assist in the defence of Memphis, but certainly to get out of the reach of danger. That army of LOVELL'S has had more newspaper fame than any Southern com. mend. It has been honored in poetry and I prose; its praises have been chronicled and chaunted ; and now it flies along the morasses and swamps into the more fertile counties of 1 Mississippi, "out of regard for the lives of women and children." It neither struck a blow nor received one, but after capturing the brass bells, kettles, and old iron, left the me. tropolis defenceless. The work of the navy is almost at an end. That branch of our public service has done magnificently. However we may criticise individual conduct, or regret such mistakes a the occupation of Norfolk, and the escape of the Nashville and Sumpter, it must be ad mitted that many of the most brilliant tri umphs of the war have been ettajetel by the men in blue•jackets. And if New Orleans has fallen in the manner we anticipate, they may add a crescent to the trophies in their laurel crowns. With ottr ships on the acs and our gunboats on the rivers, we have drawn the cords of Federal power so tightly around the rebellion that it seems about to anticipate its fate and die from inanition: The navy can do but little more. Its duty now will be to bold and possess the coasts and towns it has captured ; to revivify and strengthen the commerce which the war prostrated ; to open up the captured ports to trade; to maintain the necessary police of the seam, and to prevent the leaders of this re , hellion from escaping our just vengeance. With the fall of New Orleans the war changes its character. The blue coats have the battle to light. It cannot be a war of armies or of nations. We have taken the sources of their power, and their power must pass away. The Confederacy is now a nation without cities, and its armies without supplies. It is nothing more than two large armies, one or two small ones, and a company of gentle inett at Richmond, 'with trunks packed and horses saddled, ready to fly at the coming Of MCCLELLAN OT MCDOWELL. BUTLER ad vances, and LOVELL retreats on BEAURE (IA Act. 5 Thir.i.Seac advances,a an_ BEAUREGARD retreats on LOVELL. As lIALLECK and BUT LER will certainly keep on advancing, the rebel army of the Southwest must sooner or later be crushed. There may be another great battle—it may be more bloody and terrible than any we have fought, but it will end the rebellion in the Mississippi valley. The other army under JOHNSTON is really the great obstacle in the way of crushing out the rebellion. It is the last pillar of the Secession cause, and the strongest. It is the soul of the conspiracy—the armies in the West and South are but the limbs and flourishes. On that army 111cCLELLAx, MCDOWELL, BANKS, and FREMONT, are advancing. Two hundred thou sand men have undertaken its destruction. They are trained, clothed, equipped, and strengthened, by months of arduous toil on the part of their commanders, by the most lavish outlay on the part of the people. On these men we rest our hopes. We are overwhelming the South. We do not claim these results as military conse quences alone. We do not look upon our tri umphs as the mere effects of strategy or gene ralship. The North gathered up its strength, and is now leisurely crushing the South by natural and inherent power. This rebellion has been the cc Battle of Shiloh" on a larger scale. The South came upon the North with a forced march. The North was unprepared and weak. It fell back to the river. BUELL arrived next morning. The work of conquest has yet to begin. That task will be committed to our statesmen. When we have put away the sword, and limbered our cannon, it will he time to conquer these people. We must crush their treason, and conquer their prejudices. We must conquer old and pernicious theories. We must teach them what, we are sorry to say, our republic has thus far failed to teach—the responsibility of citizenship and the power of government; that allegiance is not a mere garment to be changed with the wearer's fancy, but a bond of faith and duty, as sensitive as our heart-strings, and as sacred as life. Liberty and law, independence and power, must be the atiributea and principles of our country. Then will Democracy no longer be a name, but a thing of life and strength and beauty, TuE ANSWER of the Mayor of New Orleans to the demand of Commodore FARRAGUT for the surrender of that city is a model of rebel insolence, falsehood, and folly. While the great municipality over which lie officially presides lay helpless before the fleet of Its lawful Government, he seems to have had no higher ambition than to air his senseless pride, and to win the applause of traitors by ill timed impudence. He did not even attempt to deny, or to apologize for, the grave offence against all the laws of humanity which had been committed by the departing rebel army when they fired upon Union citizens, nor to exhibit ordinary civility to an officer upon whose for bearance the very existence of New Orleans depended. It is the custom of all truly brave men en gaged in warfare to fight as gallantly as they can, but, when they are compelled to submit, to do so as gracefully as possible. Those op posed to Commodore FARRAGUT did neither. They abandoned their posts without any such effort to maintain them as was expected, and, after exhibiting their cowardice, they bad not the good taste to surrender in a be coming manner. They seem to have been equally incapable of holding or of properly giving up their metropolis. Mayor MOBROU is also guilty of a transparent falsehood. In reply to the request to hoist the Union flag over the City Hall, Mint, and Custom House, he said As to hoisting any dug rot of our toiopti9a tied allegiance, let me say to you, that the man lives , not in our midst whose hand and heart would not be paralysed at the mere thought of such am act, nor could I find in my entire constituency so wretched and desperate a renegade as would dare to profane with his hand the sacred emblem of our asprations." This is a splendid specimen of rebel mag niloquence. It will, doubtless, be republished with delight by the Southern journals as an outburst worthy of the brightest genius of So eessia. But that it is absolutely untrue must be known to every intelligent reader. The existence of a strong Union sentiment at New Orleans has never been seriously questioned, and numerous eyideticou of it have been con stantly afforded. Thousands of its citizens neither hate the old flag of their country, nor regard with any other fooling§ than those of loathing and contempt the flaunting bars and stars of treason. Mayor Monitor, indeed, vir tually concedes this fact in the very letter in - which he so bombastically denies it, fur he says " In conclusion, I beg you to understand that the people of. New Orleans, while unable to resist your force, do not allow themselves to be insulted by the interference of such as have rendered themselves odious and contemptible by their dastardly desertion of our cause to the mighty .ilHiegilh tat iskioh-ta are am,p,aga, or seek as might remind them too powerfully that they are the conquered, and you the conquerors." Thus, then, there are men who have to de serted" the Secession cause, and enough of them to be considered worthy of special re ference. Enough too, as the sequel will doubtless show, when the reign of terror and Mayor Monnoit's rule are ended, to destroy all the emblems of Secession tyranny in their midst, and to hoist the beautiful banner of their country over all, the public and many of' their private buildings. Pride, cruelty, ignorance, indolence, impu donee, dishonesty, cowardice, and all the baser traits of humanity were never so fully de veloped as by those who are engaged in the existing rebellion. They are the most boast ful of arrant braggart% and yet have repeatedly shown by their precipitate flights the most ab ject cowardice. They claim that all their forts are hupvegnable, and yet they are all rapidly falling into our hands. They assert that their armies are invincible, and yet we have whipped them all except that over which a thunderbolt is about to bract at toot - town. they whimper like spoiled children about imaginary Union outrages, and yet they do not hesitate to eorn mit, upon the faithful citizens of the South, and upon our wounded men on the battle-fields, or the prisoners that fall into their hands, the most fearful injuries that their imaginations can conceive. They are proud as Lucifer, but it is tho pride of vanity, ignorance, and self-sufficiency—of an aristocracy- based neither On talent, noble birth, nor real wealth. HATING BROUGHT the people into a war as causeless as it is cruel ; the Breckinridgora desire to signalize their last moments by forcing a peace, which, under the most favor able circumstances, they could not preserve -under J.mblEft BucuAlc.A.N. Gov. CURTIN has issued his proclamation fixing the 24th day of May for the election of a member of Congress in the district composed of the counties of Bucks and Lehigh, in place of Dr. COOPER, deceased. THE PRESS. -- .PHILA_DELPHIA, MONDAY, MAY 5, 1862. LETTER FROM "OCCASIONAL." "The rebellion is a failure," were the last words of the counterfeit Governor of Ken tucky, George W. Johnson, as he was bleed ing to death from his wounds received in the battle of Shiloh. Never have the hopes of the traitors been more completely dissipated, never have the prophecies of good men been more completely fulfilled, than in the rapid downward progress of the groat organized assault upon the Government of the United States. There is not a Seceision paper that does not admit the truth of the confession of the dying rebel. The fear of starvation hangs like an apparition over every Southern city. "The Confederacy" is taunted by the Richmond papers for making preparations to retreat ; Charleston has become the ghost of its former self; Wilmington, North Carolina, trembles before the approach of the conquer ing army of Burnside; Pensacola has been or will he evacuated ; Mobile is terrified at the cer tainty of its capture; and nothing is left to the two rebel armies at Corinth and Yorktown bat to fight or to yield. I learn that our highest mili tary authorities freely express the opinion that the days of the great conspiracy are numbered ; and intelligence has been received this morn ing to the effect that the demoralization among the rebel troops has become so exten sive that fears are entertained that they will not make a stand when attacked by Halleek and McClellan. This seems all the more probable in contrast with the moderation and generosity of the Federal Government. Andrew Johnson sends word that the loyal sentiment in Tennessee will presently become irresistible, and the Administration have long been in possession of information that a large body of the people of New Orleans have only awaited the opportunity to manifest their affection for the Constitution of their fathers, These demonstrations are the daily proofs of' the weakness and decay of the rebellion, and of the strength and majesty of the Federal power. Among other nations, it cannot fail to be productive of extraordinary conse quences. New Orleans has been regarded by the English people 45 a much more important city than New York itself, and when they hear that it has fallen into otir hands, they will be impressed with the enor mous resources of the American people, and with the fact that they have committed a blunder in refusing to take the right side in this our great struggle. Do not be surprised if two or three of the Southern ports are again opened under the auspices of the American flag. The experiment will undoubtedly be made at New Orleans, and then the question will be tested whether the people of that see= tion arc willing to continue the work of self-destruction in order to sustain a few des perate men, or whether they will accept the liberal allure of the Administration, and seek prosperity and peace by resuming their for mer avocations. It is estimated that only an inconsiderable quantity of cotton has been consumed, aid one writer asserts that the at tempt to fire the large amount of that staple now stored in the Crescent City could only he neeomplished by destroying, the city itself. Should this policy prevail, the peo ple of the loyal States may anticipate a de gree of unprecedented prosperity. The failure of the foreign crops will create an unusual demand for our breadstuff's, and if the cotton trade can be reopened; the precious metals will pour upon us in one con tinued stream. That this theory is a reasona ble one may be seen by a glance at the money market, as set forth in any of the newspapers of the Northern Atlantic rides. All deserip lions of stocks are appreciating, and the secu rities of the General Government are being sought after with avidity by those who, not many weeks ago, were reluctant to believe that the war could be prosecuted to a speedy conclusion. One circumstance may be men tioned, which the history of no nation engaged in war can parallel, that a Government loan in the midst not simply of a civil conflict, but of a suspension of specie payments, has attained a Frei - atom whia 4 , 4 P d 9. np♦;' - iP{i{ - lnand. It ought also to be borne in mind, as another of the reasons that induce the people of the South to submit to their destiny, that they have no actual redeemable currency in any portion of the Seceded States, and that if they desire to subsist at all, they must eon- , tent to an exchange of their products for the money of the Government, and for the articles which are so necessary to their existence. OCCASIONAL. THE SPEECH by Senator WILMOT, published to-day, needs no allusion of ours to commend it to the careful eoh§lderatioh of the people. The talents of the speaker, his groat reputa tion for statesmanship, and his connection with the radical sentiment of the Republican party, give his words more than usual weight at the present time. Although bold and earn est in the defence of his peculiar views, no one hag been more anxious to have a union of all sentiments in this Country ; indeed, his in fluence has been devoted to the purpose of building up a great Union party, and inviting the co-operation of all loyal citizens. its views, therefore, upon one of the most important questions that ever engaged the delibera tions of a legislative body will be received with interest. HUMAN NATURE, in extremis, is pretty much the tame everywhere. Drowning meal milt catch at straws, and the revival of vital energies just before dissolution is sometimes terrific. The last effort of expiring human or brute nature usually is ono of seeming desperation. Thus, we see the Southern rebel press bewailing these - rious reverses to the rebel arms, and confessing their inability to defend their firesides and their fatuities against the (‘ ruthless invader," in one sentence, and in the next, threatening to turn the tables against the North and West by crossing the Ohio and the Potomac with immense invading armies. LAIIOI SA! Of PRGICE FRENCH DRESS 9-coopN, SHAWLS, VBIL GOODS, RIBBONS, ()Loves, Es. BRMIDERIES, TRIMMINGS . , &C.—We invite the early attention of purchasers to the large and seasonable OSoortnavat of trench, German, Swiss, and Britt* dry-goods, dress goods, silks, Paris ribbons, em• broideries, Balmorals, gloves, trimmings, umbrellas and parasols, fancy goods, to ; also, a special line of Fr9riChi coollPl.cle 4(414o) T4i4et and merin9, and Stella shawls ; also, veil goods, being of a well• known and favorite importation, embracing about 1,000 lots of choice articles; to be peremptorily sold, by catalogue, on a credit of four month, com mencing with the shawls., this morning at 10 o'clock, and to be continued, without intermission, all day and part of the evening, by John B. Myers & CO., SM6IioSSIMS, Nos. 222 and 9.3.1 Market street. EXTRA. VALUABLE REAL. KSTATE AND STOCKS— LAMLE SALE TO•MOBROW (TEBBdAy), 6th May. Thum aDd g9116' ±1 1 49 t 4 -morrow s at the change, will comprise the largest amount and most valuable property offered this season. W - See pamphlet catalogue, 16 pages, and ad vertisements. Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Conway, two of the most merito rious and industrious of artistes, open to-night at Walnut set Theatre, when they will She vine of their charge. terlstleally correct and pow.rfnl portraitures, commenc ing with Talfourd'a classical poem of "Ion," in which Mrs Conway will play the young hero. She is now, we bellow., the only great imeeraonation of this moat delicate and effective conception, and has received the plaudits of the renowned author for her faithfulness in the part. She played it in Boston to line and appreciative midi snag, John Drew, tie prince or comedians, the realization of our fondestland quaintest dreams of Irish humor, is about to leave us. We shall not witness for many moons his mirthful, truthful, and powerful renditions of peasants, gentltmen, and knights i for be sails again for Lampe, where his fame is established, to delight the Londoners and play to his own countrymen and townsmen. We are loth to let him go i for he is not one of a clam, but indi vidual, alma, and unrivalled. He illegals our oldest friends of the drama with new humor and hue, se that we recall them more fondly than before, and identify than forever with his face and name. Ho plays Captain Murphy Mavuire :o-night, and appears as Dromio of EPIC Me . in tile - Comedy of krrore." The fine vocal and instrumental concert of Birgfeld'e Erigade Rand will mine off to-night at Wuaical Fund Hall GOTTSCHALK'S Liar Comelier will take place at Medi a-1 Food 11.11 to-raloe26lA. (THemid.y) f•VCVdng, vAten this great pianist - will be assisted by Mias Carlotta Pala, that nioet admirable concert prima donna, soprano; bignor Ferri, the great and justly-esteemed ; and Sig. T heel, the hel-W tenor of the HAVASU neer& Troupe—. all of tt luau leave nest Sodu , da;. for Europa. Patii and Ferri we all know, and shall be pleased to welcome back. Tumbrel has yet to make his reputation here, though, sc • aerd6g to the Now York critics, ha hoe haieled Brignoll from the lyric throne he has so long cornmeal; but we can give no opinion until we have heard hi m Hr. 11. kfollenhauer, an excellent violoncellist, also an r:;s in mu s ica l ge m s. andSernor kfuzlo is conductor. The !ercy/ramme Tuts LAUGHING GAL—If any one is troubled with low spirits, he should attend the exhibition of the laughing gas, by Dr. Colton, to morrow evening, at Concert Hall. We Minuet suggest a more 'sovereign remedy. Kir Hum phrey Davy, speaking of the effect of this gas, says: dg feverish glow overspreads the system, a thousand delight ful visions pats before the mind, the man lives a year in a minute, and that year is the seventh heaven's." [Speaking of the same gas, Profeseor Millman says, "In at least one case in the laboratory of Yale College, it pro ducid a joyous exhilaration of spirits, which continued for months, and permanent restoration of health." WA91113107017, May 4, 1882. Public Amusements. FROM WASHINGTON. Probable adjournment of Conrail In July. IMPORTANT CIRCULARS FROM SECRETARY SEWARD. The Mails Extended to New Orleans. Dignifies= Despatch from Goa, BRUNIE IMPORTANT EVENTS TO HAPPEN SHORTLY ARMY AND NAVY CHANGES CAPTURE OF THE STEAMER BERMUDA, OPERATIONS ON THE TENNESSEE Report of Linutanfoit Gain Special Despatches to 44 The Prem." WAVITIN4T9N7 May 4 1 841 The Probable Adjournment of Congress. The long time taken by the Senate Finance Committee to consider ti e House tax bill settles the question of an early adjournment of . Congrese. It will take into July at ieeet to finish the important legioiation strand, blocked out. The tax bill will aeon go to the Senate- The tariff bill is flni,lied, and simply waits in the Ways and Meant Committee room to ere what changes may become ne mary to DI It to the tax bill at it will finally put Cdn• greet. The various steps taken hi the Finance Com mittee are not of vital importance, as it is imposiible to know what disposition the Senate will make of the amend mvota, Important Circulars from the Secretary of stare—The Mails Extended to New Orleans. The following two important circulars have been ed dy/papa to the, foreign ministers, anuonneina the re= opening of cerprounicathm with Southern localities re cougucred from the Ineurgentl : DEPARTMENT OF STATE, WASUINEToN, May 1. 180:. : I Lave !be boner to akate, for Yoiir that the mails are now allowed to pass to and from New orleal.s, and other places which having heretofore been seized by the insurgent forces, have since been recovered, and are now occupied by the land and naval forces of the 'United States It is proper, howevt r, to add that a military fu r veil - lance is zualutained over such mails, so far as the Go- I - errant:o pods it necessary for the public safety. I am, air, your otutliuut permit, WILLIAM. H. SEWAED LIMITED SHIPMENTS TO NEW ORLEANS AND OTHER llgovvilgp rc.wrp 1.9, BE PERMITTED. I'EPARTMENT OF STATE, WASHINGTON, fatty 3, 1862 Sin : I have the honor to state, for the information of your Government, that a collector has been appointed by tho Proeidonl for tho port or New Ptioarts, and ‘* the necessary preparations are being made to mo lity the blockade so as to permit limited shipments to be made to and from that and one or more other owns which are now closed by blockade, at times and upon conditions which ittil be mado known by proclamation. I am, sir, your obedient servant, WK. If. SCWARD. The Movement of Troops. In the contusion of moving large bodies of troops from ono point to another, it is. of conrao expect.d Mutt mistakes will occur, tint some which hove recently taken place tax one's ingenuity in the attempt to accuuut for them. For instance, two or three weeks ago a company of non of the Ira Harrill Carnirr Beglinent3 Were ordered with their hones Its rn Washington to Fortress Monroe. Man and horses were put aboard of transports at Alexandria.eud taken - to Perryville, Maryland. They were then, without transition'. ut, taken down to Fortress Monroe! tiers. were two trips paid for when but one was neveettry. Washington and Perryville are farther apart by water than Washington and 'Fortress Monroe. Whether it was a blunder or a " mistake - on puma." 110 one gym§ Is linsw. Ths , comp a ny ?tin found themselves in front of Torktiwu without a single pistol in the entire company. Of course, this was an oversight. Operations on the Tennessee River—Re port of Lieut. Coin. Via li 11. The following (tom a rap rt of Lieutenant Command leg GRINN, of the United States gunboat Taylor, ad dressed to Commodore FOOTS, has been received at the nay Popartinant, r9p9rt is dated 11 ' , TOUT, Ten nessee, A pril have to inform you that on the 21st I proceeded on this vessel as high up the Tenneesee river as Florence, Alabama, capturing the steamer Alfred Robb, which bee been i.e.,' Ar, i-ehtb *Mahan on the upper part of this river, not having been sunk, as we supposed. The reported binning of the Dunbar, which bad been used as a gunboat previous to the fall of Fort Henry, was also incorrect. I found the Dunbar 8,,M0 distance up Cypress creek, which is two miles below Florence, Ala., stink The water being above her guards, it woe impossible for me to raise her. I am happy to inform you that the rebels have neither a boat nor a tam on thin firm'. I capturod glair hoot gun at Matta , . It is now on board the LadylFoote, late Robb. I learned at Florence that their bridge was de stroyed by order of General Beauregard. The inhaol iiikiS wor9 irry Winn; 11% §1194 P. )91M911,1911499f19111 Military and Naval Changes The War Department has made the following appoint ments: Ji.siga SEAMAN to ba Acting Third Altiotant Reim gineer of the H. S. steamer Dragon, at Hampton Roads. Commander JOHN A. WINSLOW is ordered to report to Flog Officer Foorn for duty - . O. J. Rruani.t., of Michigan, has been annointad Act. log Af.sh.tant Surgeon, and ordered to report to Oommo dot e PAULDING for duty. Acting Master IBA.kO Warier has been detatehed f .om the Flag, and ordered to the U. S. oh hum' Fort ffortry. Acting Noot , T P. Fr ine.s,‘Pqf has been detached from the Fort Henry, and ordered to the U S. steamer Flag. Acting blaster's Mate C J. HUBBELL, of Janesville, Wis., has deserted, after baying drawn two months' ad batten pay. Nail Regulations with Nova Scotia On and after the first of Jnne next, all letters mailed in the United States add addressed to Nova Scotia will be reeuired to be nre , naid by United Stetee outage stamps, at the existing rates, namely = ten oents for all dietauces not over 3,000 milee from the frontier line, and fifteen cents for greater distances. All lettere received from Nova Scotia after that date, will coma fully prepaid, and are Su 17u OvliTuriril wrgront further charge. The Number of Major and Brigadier Ge- HMO in the &nice, The latest account allows that there are new DB bri gadier generals, and 28 in addition await Senatorial ac tion. A favorable report has been made on the nomina tion of Daniel E. Sickles, and tnere seems to be no cl i ubt that be will soon be confirmed. Tbo bill proposing to li mit the number to 200. and of major generals to 20, will, in all probability, become a law. Capture of the Steamer Bermuda The Mere,daz..oomma.cter 3c..,llvragon., on the 27th ult., about fifteen miles north of "Role in the Wall," captured the steamer Bermuda, laden with articles contraband of war, among whit h are forty-two thouland pounda of powder, seven field carriages, and a minter of cannon, swords, pistols, shells, fuses, car tridgeP, military stores, saltpetre, saddles, ingots, tin, iac. Ehe has been taken to Philadelphia for adjudication. The Armistice canard, There is authority for stating that there is not a shadow of foundation for the story in circulation rela tive to French intervention, an armistice with the rebels, &c. The Evacuation of Yerhtown. The intelligence of the evacuation of Yorktown has occasioned mingled surprise, excitement, and rejoicing, and intensified the public mind to hear further respect ing the movements of the army of the Putouts& Smite of those who most freely criticise affairs in that quarter bad predicted this event. The friends and opponents of General AloCt.nta.sx differ widely in opinion, while others are disputed to wait and Judge the merits of the question by the results. Appointment. WBLLINGTON S. SOLOMON.% recently in the quarter miner's Oepartment of Gentual POSTER'S dirieiOn, hos been appointed to a eret•ctene clerliabip in the nrei dime's office, Treasury Department. Miscellaneous Items. iiwye no war news here to-dey, except a contradic tion of the statement that Fredericksburg has been occn• pied by the Union forces. Thus far, or within two days, aiplications havebeen died for compensation for forty-two of the slaves manu mitted in tbo Diotrict or voiumoto, wider the enliniPli. tion act. The President has recognized J. C. KONDRUP as vice consul for Denmark, in and for the District or Columbia, vice, consul foe Denmark, for Pornnwl vents, at Philadelphia. Mr. lovig Dc GIIIOVROY, first secretary of the French legation, and formerly chargé d'affaires to New Granada, having been appointed minister to Greece, is on the eve of having Washington Tor that country. According to reliable information received here Irons Ilichmond, the planters have determined to raise no tobacco this season. The military had seized their stock not on litrucl 09 yrovent ifs failin g into Ate Liman of the Federal. army. Operations of Gen. Mitchell's Division. EINTSVILLII4 Ala., May d,1862 To the Han. E, Manion, Secretary of War :—Your despatch has been received. A soldier's highest reward for se/lice is to merit and receive the approbation of his superior officers. An eniedition from priageport crossed the river on May ht, advanced towards Chattanooga twelve miles, and captured the stores and a Southern mail from. the railroad hands. A panic prevailed at Chattanooga. The ow ere Temeviug all their property in the direction of the Atlantic. Gen. Leadbeater had been chastised for cowardice at Bridgeport. Not more than 91,000 troops were at Chattanooga. They tiostroyol ds saltpetre milisiitSBkOPP in a SW, and returned safely with the captured property. Anoth,r expedition penetrated to Jasper, where the troops Wind a strono Union feeling. On the someday a skirmish occurred with the racially's cavalry at Athens. Our outposts were driven back' bet on being reinawmg, the enemy retreated in the direction of Florence. 'There are streaming hands -f mnnntofi nirn, partly citiaene, along my entire line, threatening the bridges, one of whiCA they enevesdsa 0. M. MITOEIZLL, Brigadier General Canknianding LAM' from Port Royal ittiTAl. 711}1 11{17.11 STNASIRIt 6 .NINSTIS.O SIGNORA DO ItHOLC" New Yoix, May 4.—The steamer Empire City, from Port Royal 40th ultimo, arrived last night, with the prize steamer Notre Signora de Regla. The captains and crews of the prizes Dixie, Wave, and //Ma are prisoners on board the Empire City. Jacksonville, Fla., Ocaupted by the Rebels. Naw YORK, May 4 —The schooner O. M. Neal, from Jacksonville, which she left on the 20th ult., reports that place to be in possession of the rebels, with our gunboats resifting and seism anchored off she town. 11.., gna boat Ottawa had left for Port Royal. Capture of a Rebel Battery near Charles.. CHARLIEBTON, May 1.--The retlerala hare captured a email battery of two gune, near. White Point, tweaty.two mike from Charleston- General Evans has gent a foree to look atter the Yankee.. Yorktown Evacuated! The United 'States Troops Now in Possession. A Large Number of cannon and treat Quantities of Camp Equipage Taken. Despatch from General MoUlellan, OCCUPATION OF YORKTOWN AND GLOUCESTER POINT. The Cavalry and Flying Artillery in Pursuit. GUNBOATS IN YORK RIVER TRANSPORTING TROOPS FORTRESS MONROE, May 4.—Yorktown was eva cuated by the rebels lest night, and our troops now occupy the enemy's works. A large amount of camp equipage and guns, which they oould not destroy for fear of being nen, were left behind, BEARQUARTAS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, May 4-9 o'clock, A. M. To Hon. Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War We have the enemy's ramparts, their guns, am munition, camp equipage, etc , and hold the entire line of his works, which the engineers report as being very strong. I have thrown all my cavalry and horse artil lery in, pursuit, supported by infantry. I move Gen. Franklin's division and as much more as I can by, water up to West Point to•day. No time shall bo lost. Our gunboats have gone up York river. I omitted to state that Gloroexter is also in our possession. I shall pursue the enemy to the wall. G. B. McCLELLAw, Major General. TILE LATEST FROM YORKTOWN, The Rebels Dernora,lized. SYMPTOMS OF MTJTIINT-Y% itikkkiNitS EUhNED 1 TEE ROAD A Telegraph Operator Mortally Wounded GEN. JOHNSTON'S BACCACE CAPTURED HBADQUARTMItS ARMY OF TILE POTOMAC, May 4—Eveuing. It is certain that therebela received reinforcements by donut. from Richmond on Thuigday lagt, but thdy did not dhtemtArk. The rebele are badly demoralized, and evince mop tome of mutiny on account of the retreat. Inside the fortifications, and along the Williamsburg road, on 'which they are retreating, they have burled tor pedoee and percussion shell, which are occasionally ex ploding and injuring persons. General Joseph Johneton'a baggage has just been cap tunth D. B. La'Drop, a tolograph operator, has been mor tally wounded by the explosion of a torpedo Another torpedo, attached to a 13. inch shell, has just been discovered in the telegraph office. [From the Army Correspondent of the easociated Press MEIADQUARTEIia ARMY OF TOR POTOMAC, May 4, 1862. This morning, at five o'clock. your correspondent en teral Lilo toirou'e worhu i which the roar of their army departed four hours before. Byer) thing was foutid to be in utter confusion, as though they lett io great haste. Between forty and fifty pieces of heavy artillery have been left in their works, otter being opiltea, together with a. large amount of am munition, mei:anal gores, camp equipage, tents, and the private property of their officers. A negro, who was left in the town, states that the re belts 040 7 e large amount of OrdFlaincto Sterel into the river to prevent their falling into our bands. Several deserters have succeeded in running into our lines—one of them, a very intelligent man, from New York, who had been connected with the ordnance donut• meat sari: Tinto the Waria at Yorktown Lad boon con structul. lie stated that the rebels evacuated owing to the near approach of cur parallels, covering the immense siege works of our men. That they feared the success of the Veien gunb.sts, in the York enii Ismce rime, by means of winch their communication with the outer world would 'Went off. The order was given to evacuate by Gen. Johnston on 'Monday, to commence the following morning, which was accordingly done. Gem Magruder is said to have moat etrenuously toned the MOULIN, stating that if they could not whip the Federate here, there was no other place in Virginia bere they could, and that he &wore in the presence of his men, wbo vociferously cheered himi losing comolete conirol of T ung4 Gen. Robert E. tee, the cominander•in-chief, arrived in Yorktoau on Wednesday, and miontely examined the works of McClellan, when he le supposed to have reeom. mended the ithatdannient of the wa:ka, deeming them untenable. The deserters all agree in stating that their troops were very much demoralized and diseatisfied when the order Yno made public, as they all anticipatod ha. viug an engagement at that Ddidt. They also agree is the statement that the s ebe-ls had 100,000 men on the Peninsula, with 400 pieces of field artillery. From the best intormatinu received, they have fallen back to Vhickaboudny creek, beyond Williamsburg, where it is expected they will make a stand. The Pursuit Immediately yen the facto becoming known, the troops were ordered under firing. and are now in motion from the right and left wings of the army. A large force, miter General Stoneman, consisting of cavalry, artillery, and infantry, are cm the advance, and will probably come up with the rear of the enemy before night, if they remain near Wiihamburg, The gunboats have passed above Yorktown, and are now shelling the share on their way up Following them is a large steamer anti vessels loaded with troops, who will .Ileat a landing. Gen. Magruder swore he was not afraid of McClellan if Gen. Lee was, and that if be could not successfully fight him here, he could nowhere. Gely ene left la Vcistimea le.l negro. General Jameson and Col. uamuel Black were the first to enter the enemy's works. The only casualty that occurred was the killing of two men and wounding of three by the explosion of a concealed ishell within the enemy's works. The following are their names. They be longed to Co. A, Fortieth New York : Killed—George blcFarland and Michael McDermot. Wounded—Sergeant Jas. Smith, Frederick Sleick, and Lawrence Burns. The works are very extensive, and allow that they were designed by scientific engineers. Later—Seventy-one Guns Abandoned at Gioucebter An vtliciesl report, jut; made to hestlp - mrterta, ObOWO that the enemy lett seventy-one guns in tho works at Gloucester Point. The guns and ordnance stores wore also left. Another deserter has just come In, and reports }last Jeff Davis came with Geo. lee on Wednesday last, and, after a coutultation with the most prominent officers, all agreed as tattle evacuation except Gen. Magruder. Elleet of the Evaeuation. FORTRESS blosnos, May 4 —The news received here •this morning of the evacuation of Yorktown took every body by surprise. For some days we have had evidence 01 the inteetin ci the alit the teetimeur Ifee not strong enough to Induce belief. On its arrival, the news was quickly circulated on shore and through the sleet, and the greatest excitement was manifested. Despatch from Gen. Wool FORTRESS MONROE, May 4-4 o'clock P. M. To Me Hon. E. N. Stanton, Secretary of .111 Tar .- .iii, sadanbi, hart haaa Ibisrmbl by Mc- Clellan that hie troops are in Yorktown. JOHN N. WOOL, Major General. The Mertitono off Sowell's Point. SHE GUARDS THE JAMES RIVER. MULBERRY ISLAND AND JAMESTOWN EVACUATED. Fos:muss MONROE, May 4.—The Merrimac made her pprarance beyond Sewell's Point at 1 o'clock to-day. She stopped off the Point, and up to 4 o'clock has not changed her location. She is not attended by any other gunbcats. as usual, and it is supposed does not Intend 'visiting us to-day. The Monitor and other mule of the navel. fleet are all hi readiness for action, on short notice, and hoping that she will come down. The supposed design of the enemy is to endeavor to prevent IMP of our bosh from mitering Jame river, to cut off the retreat from Yorktown. Three deserters, arrived this morning in a rebel schoo ner, report the evacuation of Mulberry Island and Jamestown can! YeatordaY morning, FROM CORINTH. Advance or taeneral filalleck DAILY SKIRMISHING Four Hundred Germans from a Louisiana B,egi• ment Desert in a Body. r CAIRO. t May 4. Intelligence front the army before Go r rinth nee been received to 0 o'clock laist night. General Ifalleck has moved hie headquarters twelve nsilee toward the front ; and our advance is now within two miles of the enemy's works The entire column is still be easing forward. and ekirmiiihee between the Vance Sod the rebels are of daily occurrence. The latter im making a alight phew of roeiehance and then falling beck. t Tlinrsday, 400 Germans from a Louisiana regiment, who bad been sent out from the sebel camp on gaup& duty, came into our lines to aWe with white flags on their guns and gave themselves up as dmerters. Gen, LftVIM a) prenada. Two dogorters Arrived bore elate that Gun. TJAVCira advance was at Grenada, fortifying the place, whichia naturany a strong poeition. They also confirm tho import that Beeurevtrd , la being reinforced frotn all harts or the Gulf Grates, L e raer chants and tweinsal men having closed Muhl-stores ami float(' to his standard. There is no news from the flotilla. All the river towns below TickubOrg are llbrloot vo tirely .usertod, moat of the people haying fled tonic, ill. terlor. Large numbers of rebel steamboats have goes up the White river for safety. It WM believed at idempillo fiat Com. Tarragona float wou ld not come np the river ae far rut that city. The steamer Ed Wilson wee tired on by rebel cavalry. six wilts below Savannah. 'Five eoldiere were wounded. Ina annboat Tpte{ immediately want and shelled the woody in the vicinity, notifying the people that their property would be burned on a repetition of the (new. renee. The river is mill Despatch from Gen. Buller—Operations at Ship Island. / 1 44iNY411711R2 DIWORTMRPT or (PM', fiats Ist.azio, April li t 1802 To the Lion. Seoretary of War: Sin: I have the honor to report my safe arrival at Ship 'eland, on the 2let of March. after a series of casu alties set forth in my last report from Port Royal to the itertWal 6hEetialLiiihs the army, but iron thence no fur ther accident. For three days after my arrival a storm prevented a landing of either troops er stores. Upon consultation with Flag Officer Format, I was informed by him that be would probably be able to move in Nevem days. Accord ingly by dint of tn2Mt strenuous labor of my troops, day and night, I lied embarked and ready for embarka tion six thousatid of my best men to support hie operations, a force judged to be sufficient for the advance, to be at once supported by the remain der of my disposable force. after wailing four days with troops on shipboard, learned frost the Reg affliuf that the storms and low water at the bar had prevents(' his getting hie ship into position. For sanitary re seems I disembarked troops, and Atoll re-embark to morrow, and shall sail for the head of the passes when I am in formed that the navy will be ready for operations. I have pleasure in reporting the safe arrival of 111 the Imps assigned to this department; the last regiment from the North arrived last night. The Thirteenth flounecticut Volnnteers, except Nim's Pottery, 114 the only drilled corps of artillery given me, which had, for es me unexplained reason, been detained at Fortress Aimee. During my enforced di lay by shipwreck, Geo Phelps bad sent away both the Constitution and Fallon steamers, Co that I 1111 much crippled tor transportation. But "where there's a will there's a way," and I shall be able, by meana of sailing vessels under NW, tQ mkt my upthe M1.515-ippt ; but for ulteriOr moyementa on the coast, one at least of thepe *Learners will be of the iaat neceraity, as well se several light draught etearners, ff r which I had made requisition upon the quartermaster general. In the meantime I have giant a roviineet a battery, tird4r the direction of Illajor strong. my chief of staff, to co-op'-rate with the navy, to demand an apology for au insult to our flag of truce, sent on an errs, d of mercy with a shipwrecked pssseuuer, as well to 0040' lila pUbillorl of a redolent of We enemy at Pass Christian. Ttaa service wall gallantly performed; the proper apology was made at Bloat; the town surrendered into our hands; the rebels at Pass Christian had au equal force, with four pieces of artillery. and wore driven from their camp, which, with its material, was burned; Nolierewrrrl et. and only two of our mon were womuleil, I shall transmit not next despatch by the [lrk opportunity of periling b) mail steamer, and will give an account of larger and successful operations. I tbluk it due to the good conduct of the brave men of that expcdition to ask to hsve published the general order upon that subject, enelnee& I have the honor to he, very reerwtfittly, your ob't servant, BE VIA MIN F. BUTLER, . _ Major General Commanding. DEPARTIfFitir OF THE GULF, So ISLAND, April 12, 1062. GENERAL. ORDERS No. 10.—The Major General com manding desires publicly to testify his appreciation of the gallant courage and gond conduct of the Ninth Regi ment of Como cticut volunteers, enlonel Oithiliccillowtotj ins-, and a election of the Sixth Sirialachatietts battery, under Captain Everett, in the recent expedition to Biloxi and Pass Christian, as exhibited hy the re port of the staff officer in command of that expedi tion, of their bravery on the field He Felt astured but anothtr finality more trying to the tioldiLr claims his admiration. After having been for months sub jected to the privations necessarily incident to camp life upon this island, these soldiers, al though for many hours in full possession of rebel vil lages fides/ with what to them were most desirable luxu ries, abstained from the least unmiltu rized interfse rence with private property and all molestations of peaceful citizens. This behavior is worthy of all praise. It robs war of half its horrora It teaches our enemies how much they have been mi . ?, intorne d bs their designing leaders as to the character ppr poictiopi ono the intention of our GlifOrlllfltinit It gives them a lesion and an example in human i ty and civilized *Ware much needed, luaraver little it may lie followed. The. General commanding the action of the met. of this ex pedition, to every soldier in this depart ment. Let it be twderstood by all, in the towns and Cain ITC , l ming, a IlYing witness, that the Milled Dies soldiers fight only for the Union, the Constitution and the enforcement of the laws. By command of MM. GEN. BUTLER CEO. C. BTRONG ‘ A. A. Gen. From oebekiii n.iinside.'s Expedition= Official Report. HEADQUARTERS I , EPA RTM ENT No Fall CAROLINA, t ft NW ISKRN, April 29. 1862 To the Hon E. H. Stanton, Secretary of War: I have the honor to enclose tieiteral Ituno'd re port of the movements made by him in accordance with my order, for the purp see of accomplishing cor•ain ob jects already indicated in a former despstch, the main order of which was most successfully accomplished. Gen. Reno's report gives a detailed account of his snovernebi, anti i nee4l. only 144 that I feel ae increased, confidence in the breve officers and Er Idlers who accom plished so much in so short a time. Our loss in the en peg, ment was fourteen killed, ninety six wounded, and two taken prisoners. The enemy's loss is much greater, as the chaplain pf H New Y9rli migont.raft in clillrgo reports. Slaving seen on the field thirty gilled, besides several wounded, the main body of the wet - Med having been taken lions the field when they retreated. Our rt rtes drove the enemy from the field in a most gal lant style, buried our dead, bivouacked on the field for seven hnlre, transported nu the wounded' except four. teen, BO severely wounded that they could not bo moved, but who were comfortably provided for and left in charge of a surgeon and chaplain. General Reno then, in obedience to orders, returned to his fleet and embarked his men. llt ft It It mltietafta4 lit Imola/ Waal kliww fit wounded with the surgeon and chaplain, From tt.e fact that I had, but a few days before, released some 80 wounded, with the burgeons, who were left behind by the enemy In Newbetn, and the commanding officer In that neighbor hood would be lees than human were he to refuse to re h see glebe wounded as soon as they can be transported barely. I beg to enclose my congratulatory order with the re port of General Reno. Also the correspondence between the geoeral and the commanding officer at South Mills. honor to be Y9RF obedient servant A: %, PS7I4;IOIPNi Major General Commanding Department of North Carolina PePeTai BenP's 4eP°Ft iINADQUARTERS SELOND NEWBERN, N. U April 22, 1862 Cape Lewis Richmond, Assistant Adjutant General . CAPTAIN : I have the honor in report that, in Obeli• once o .he Order 01 .6.1431 - deIIOTHA /11.2.1.6, proceeded from Neu bero, with the Twenty-first Massachusetts and. Fifty-first Pennsylvania Regiments, to Reianokei and US there jomrd by part of the Ninth and Eighty-ninth New York and Sixth New Hampshire. We proceeded ahccd, omd commenced disemimrking on the itnh inst., at midnight, at a point about three miles below, on the east tide. By 3 o'clock P. ti.. 4 . 01 Hawkins' brigade ' consisting of the Ninth and Eighty•rnuth New York, and Sixth New Hampshire, were landed and ready, to move. I ordered Col. Hawkins to proceed at once with his bri gade towards South Mills, for the purpose of making a demonstration on Norfolk. I remained to bring up the other two regiments, they having been delayed by their vessels getting aground at the mouth of the river. They come up it.k. &S. -light ofd ski. 7 I- IC I proceeded directly Warm& South' Mills. and about twelve miles out met Col. Hawkins' brigade, who it see me bad lost his way, either by treachery or the incoin pct.-lacy of Ma guide, he having marched some ten Pinta out Of bit lfpy, At lilt men MTV TM' much jaded by their long march, I ordered them to follow the second brivade. Proceeding about four miles further, to within a mile and a half of South Mills, the rebels opened upon us with ar• tillery before p y advanced guard discovered them. I ;-„,i c iaAtiat.fy meattaaltesrl teele IMPIRIEB. tad fauna that they were posted in an advantageous position, in a line perpendicular to the road, their infantry in ditches, and their artillery commanding all the approaches. while their real was pi otected by a dense forest. I ordered the Pehit-Pletilifil ihiffiadiathle to ilia ka 0,4 Stahl, sod pass over in the edge of the' woods to turn their left. I also ordered the Twenty first 1114iSYCIIIMOttel to pursue the same course. and when Col Hawking came up with bit brigade, 1 sent him with the Ninth and Eiality. Ninth w York to their support The Sixth Now Hampshire were formed in line to the left of the mad, and ordered to support our four tieces of artillery. Owing to the'excea sive fatigue of the men they could not reach their pat& thms for 801110 time. In the meantime the enemy kept up a brisk artillery eegpooded to hy our smeall pieces under the charge of Colonel Coward, of the coast guard, who, doting the entire engagement, displayed the most conspicuous gallantry, and rendered very of service both during the action and upon the re turn, Int t?rinping np HIV nal'. 110 noon an they Fifty-Urn rennnylrania and Twenty tint astachusette had succeeded in turning their left, they opened a brisk Ere of musketry, and about the name time the Ninth New York nine coming in range, and be ing too eager to engage, unfortunately charged upon the em - rny 4 s artilirry. It 81, mosi gamut chance they were expend to a most deadly tire of grape and' 'nue hefty, aid were forced to retire. but rallied immediately upon the Eighty. ninth New Yolk. I then ordered both regiments to form a junction with the Twenty ..first Illestechusette, In the meantime, the Fifty .first Penneyivania and Twenty.first alastschusetts kept up an incessant fire upon the rebels, who now had witherawn their artillery. and hail commenced to retreat in good order. The Sixth New Hampshire had steadily aovanced in line to the lest of the road, and when within abouf twe I,..msdiad wads, Voiired is e meet &miff eel- Icy, which compleftly demoralized the enemy and ended the battle. Our men were so completely fagged out by the interim heat and their tong march that we could not pursue them. The men rested tinder arms in line of battle until' about 10 o'olock Y OIL, when I ordered a return to our boats, having accomplished the principal object of the expedition, conveying the Idea that the entire Burnside expedition was marching upon Norfolk. Owing to the want of transportation, I was compelled: -to leaveserne elafeenof o ,bst ieVePelP irVetiade.l MAIL evistent Surgeon Warren seasleft with them. leant a flag of truce the next day to ask that they might be re turned to oe, Com Rowan kindly volunteering to attend to it. We took only a few primmer& some ten or fifteen ;, moot of them. belonged to the Third Georgia Regiment. The Ninth New York !offered most severely, owing to their premature charge. Our total loan in killed anal wounded nate about ninety, noose sixty belonging- to. that regiment, The Mesa and men of the several regiments all be , hared with their neual gallantry, and many are worthy of particular mention, and .I presume the brigade and regimental rommauders will ao justice to their respective colentaude. will' forward their reports as soon as- re-. nekvedi. The return march was mode In perfect order, and few, if any, stragglers were left behind. Considering. that during the advance the weather was intensely hot, and that on the return a. severe rain rendered the roads very muddy, and that a portion of the command had to march is miles sail rho others fit. end litchi. a battle. In meantime, and that all this was accomplished in less than 24 hour., I think that the commanding general has every reason ton be stultified with his command. I desire to return my thanks to Com. Rowan, and the officers ancl men iiiteil•Rhini. far their untiring EMMY iu disenit barking end retettibattking my command, and also to Lieut. Flueser for the gallant manner in which Its as sisted us, by proceeding up the riv -r and driving the enemy out of the woods along the banks. Colonel Ilawkine, commanding the First hrimple; and Lieutenant Colonel Ball, commanding the Second, both displayed conspienoue courage, as did also the regi mental commantlers. Lieut. Cot. Clark commanded the Twenty-firet kiateteachnsette Maur Schell the Fifty first Pennsylvania, Limit, Col, Kimball the. Ninth Now "York, nib - Lieut. Col. Griffin the Sixth New Ilamp4ltire, Cattails Fearing, te aid-de-camp of General Burn side, accompanied us as a volunteer aid, and rendered fficient and gallant service. Also, Captain Ritchie, A— V. *1 Rillt VOri9n and Ater , ;', of the Sipe Cerpa, My own aids, Lieutenante Betio end Morrie, behaved , pith their usual gallantry. As soon as the brigade and regimentr.l reports are Sir- Melted I wilt leftward them, together with El complete lie} of hillad and wenuded. The enemy's lose Wits considerable, but they succeeded in care> ins t.lt most of their wounded. Several, howei.er,, were left en. the field, one of whom CWIIB is captain of:the Third Georg!" Re.tirneut. The color bearer of the Third vorgia Reliment wee ,hot down - Ay the Twenty? first aiseseetim.,,m wa-eln a d oatlt9 lila trallnsiina CM'S. The eneaey Bed from 0 to 10 Plettil of artillery-and from Meat. Side[ men. 52itet.relletl to n titan ti it by Judea of Norrilk.„ sad Undoubtedly the detest of one of their best regiments, the Ouargla TLlid, produced considerable panic a Nor folk I have the honor to be, very respectfully, J. L. 'Lletfo, Brigadier General Commanding Second 2i tistonr HEADQUAMISOIS SECOND ERMAINOL D.HP'T OF NORM CAROLINA. April 26$ 1862. To an Commanding Oikter at Elizabeth Cits' oorat South, Mills: &nt.... In the vacant engagement rani Smith Mills, owing to the lack of transportation, I was compelled to leave my wounded under the charge of our surgeons. As it has been larariably our practice to release the wounded on parole, I confidently anticipate that YOU will pursue the same course; in which core you will pitman Worm fiettwegaiii- pewee at 31:t thiaa and glee Hay can be received. I also request permission to remove the belly of Lieu! Gladeden, of the Ninth New York. The surseon wVI point out the place of interment. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant, J. L. BINV I Brigadier getterair DRPARTMEN r OF NORFOLK, r eadquarters Third Brigade Yelnntetrit, Camden county. N. C , April 21,1862. Brig. Gen. J. L. Reno, U. S. Army GI