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Napoleon's Discourtesy to Queen Victoria—
Palmerston Snub! o It; a polc..a
Back to Caprera—The. Papacy: A French
man not El igilile—ra Ime rst on' o Anti-Papal
and Pro-Italian Speech—G relit Co:4 of Naval
Ship Chtin..les— Captain Coles—Mr. Train's
Conviction Confirmed—Tele g raph Poi 1.1 , 1 Cos,
drained as OitStrae I i Ve—(llatlstour at Mail-
13/32E21
chester—Believes in !Southern Independence
—Mr. Russell Prefers the North and De
clines an Ovation —TPIIIIP4011•4 EtrlDbitian
Ode—Literary News: isfil.e Taylor: Ales.
Henry 'Woods , Novel—Miss Martineau: Cu
rious Edition of La Fontat e—A 'Dog rap hs
Eyron , r. lAMuld
American Books iirEn4litnit—Atiother "Spe
cial Correspondent "—The it igiow Pa pf.rs—
Do eisillu—Thuelterny Opera
Dlisl Kellogg—W[lollw , ton lvving.
[Corresyoutieueo of Tho nem.]
LONDON, April 26, 1562.
Napoleon, probably suffering an indiction of in
dig.stiob, bee enulahed Qttoen %lowan, ' and, to
balance the account, Lord Palmerston h.ts given
Napoleon a pretty smart knock on the knuckles.
It happened in this vase. Acting under Metres
tines, of course, Lord Cowley, Erlto , li Minister at
Paris, had an audience with Napoleon. in which he
intimated that, if his Imperial Majesty had any
purpose of visiting London during the Great Ex
hibition' Queen Victoria desired to place Bucking-
ham Palace at his disposal, though she could not,
even for him, deviate from her resolve not to re
ceive strangers durinz her first year of widowhood.
In the matter of this c,eitanunication surely all was
friendly and well-meaning. Perhaps Lard tlowley's
manner made it loss pleasant. At any rate, the on.
dit is that Napoleon, having heard Lord tlawlay
out, curtly answered that he did not intend visiting
London, and, with a short bow, turned on his heel
and stalked out of the room, leaving the poir
wretch of an imbitaaadee lunch *stool:shod
and considerably incensed. Next day, the Mum
tear had a paragraph stating, rather contemptu
ously, that there was nu foundation for the report
that the Emperor intended to honor London with
his presence. This was the cause, the story runs,
of Paln,erston's making such a decided speech,
just before Parliament adjourned, in favor of the
- whole of Italy. the Popedout included, being under
the sceptre of Vic.or-Enakanuel. Napoleon atone
has stood in the way, Bingo the war of 1859, of this
unity of Italy being effected. Palmerston, if all
this be true, has cleverly paid off Napoleon's want
of manners.
Garibaldi has returned to Caprera, at the request
of Victor Emmanuel, it is I).ltieved, whie't request
was but the echo of one from the Tuileries.
Ilaptleom since Palmerstou's fling at him, is
more anti•ltalian than ever. It has been said that
be is intriguing for the election of a Bonaparte to
the Papacy, on the death of Pio Nona. But this
clerical Bonaparte should be a Cardinal to qualify
him for the candidature ; and he is only a priest in
otters. He should be an Italian, but is a French
man. For several centuries the rule has been not
to place the triple tiara on the head of any but an
Italian,
Several million copies of Palmerston's speech,
strongly sympathizing with Italy, bare been circu
lated, by means of a good translation, all over
Italy, the Papal dominions csooptecl. 'Fiore it
- would boLatily recolvod, for Palmerston's strong
point was his firm belief that it was utterly im
possible that the temporal power of the Pope could
last.
Thorn is no political stir hero, jug. now. 3.1.,
hers of Parliament have scattered themselves in all
direetions,—the Commons being adjourned to the
28th, and the. Lords reassembling a day later.
There is a growing belief that Ministers must bring
out a new Budget, or else raise some millions by
loan, to meet the enormous cost of building iron
war-ships, and cutting down " the Wooden Walls"
into ironclad batteries. England is about incur
ring, in the neat two years, an outly of twenty mil
lions sterling. Captain Coles, of the British navy,
who claims the invention of Ciptain Ericsson's cu
pola war-steamers,-is a cousin of Lord Lyons, now
British Minister at Washington, and served from.
1831 to 1831, under his uncle, the late Admiral
Lyons. Ile has seen a great deal of serviao,—in.
Egypt, India, and the Crimean war. lie is about
4f, and, apart from his wanting to claim the merit
of another's invention, is a modest and unassuming
gentleman.
Mr. Gladstone has been making one of his great
speeches at Manchester. Ho is a man who rarely
speaks rashly, but he told the cotton lords, that, in
his opinion, if the Southern States were resolved to
become independent, the North could not subdue
them back into the Union. This is the gist of a
very elaborate statement, which, many think, a
BrlLlah Ceblicet should not hare no Roo&
lessly made.
W. 11. Russell, of The Times, is said to hare
Elated, on his first visit to the Reform Club after his
return, that the total discomfiture of the South is as
certain as fate,—that the Southern soldiers remind
ed him of Falstaff's ragged regiment,--that the
Federal troops are now equal to any in the world,—
and thaa the future stunning Vatted Suites army
cannot be less, considering that the leading rebel
cities must be garrisoned, than 200,000 men. Mr.
Russell, with much good taste. has put his foot up=
a proposition to give him a public dinner.
Mr. Train complains that in the late trial, he was
not allowed, as a foreigner, a jury half English. and
half foreign. Ills counsel should have asked for
it, and did not. In the Court of Queen's Bench,
yesterday, motions were made, on behalf of Mr.
Train and the Vestry, to enter a verdict of "not
s nilly," and also, IF that wore refused, for a new
trial, on the ground of misdirection by the judge.
The Court decided that the verdict against Mr.
Train could not be disturbed. A rule MSS granted
to ascertain hew the COMB were 10 fall on the ves
try—as a corporation or as individuals. The Judge
(Crompton) considered the tramway, on a highway
or street, a decided obstruction. At the same time
be affirmed a recent decision, by Baron Martin,
that erecting telegraph posts on the public high
way was a nuisance and obstruction!
Were is TcPTITSOR'S ode, , Thiett Sterudule Sennett
has set to music, which is to be sung, by 2,500
chorus vocalists, at the opening of the International
Exhibition, neat Thursday, As customary, it eon,
tains come Albert adulation. As a whole, it is not
worthy of Tennyson's unquestionable genius. The
task words of the mind are difficult to exec ate :
triplet a ihoneand Voices full ant sweer,
In this wide ha.l with .'arch's inventions stored,
Aud praise th' invisible, universal L, ,rd,
Who lets once mole in peace the nations meet,
Where Science, Art, and Lacer have cottoned
Matt of plenty at our fast_
0, i4lent father nrour Kings to be,
iltourn'd in this golden hour of jubilee,
For this, for all, we weep our Maims to thee
The world-compelling plan was thine,
Aud, lo! the cone laborious miles
Ta lace i lo ! the giant aisles,
V Thai in model and design ;
For Isaac Taylor, the venerable author of 4, Na
tural History of Enthusiasm, — and "The Physical
Theory of Another World," (a much better batten
known book,) a subscription is now on foot, to raise
a fund to be invested for the benefit of himself and
family. He Is now seventy-five years old, and hie
writings have never brought him in more than a
bare income, not at all commensurate with the
place they have held as incitements and guides to
thought. Isaac Taylor is what we here call a Dis
senter—that is, he does not belong to the Church of
England. Yet, with a liberality so unusual that it
induces me thus specially to draw attention to t,
several ministers of that Church, headed by Dr.
Thompson, (the new Bishop of Gloucester and
Bristol,) Dean Milman, and Dr. Whewell, are ad.
vertised as on the committee. So are Dr. Hanna,
Chalmers' son-in-law and biographer, Sir David
Brewster, Professor Fraser, and other magnates of
the Scottish Church. Several nal...n ere able
active in promoting this subscription, which is ex
pected to realise several thousand pounds.
Mrs Henry Wood, author of half a score of no
vels, before z‘ Vast fo - nne," which has made her fa
mous all at once, must be a sort of writing ma
chine. At present, she has two novels in course of
serial publication—one in the New Monthly
Maga
ziiie and the other in a weekly little paper called
The Quiver. In addition, it is now announced
that she will soon commence a new novel, illustra-
V 4 by J. E Milhtith in Once a Week—in which, by
the way, Miss Barrie} Martineau has just concluded
a remarkably stupid tale, in seven chapters, called
°• Sister Anna's Probation," and pretending to show
E/ILVent-life in the time of Henry ths Eighth, ja4
at the time he broke with the Pope, threw retie-
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VOL. 5.-NO. 2:37.
FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1862.
OUR FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE.
LETTER FRoll LONDON
liarve.it-tool and hubbandry,
loom and wheel and tongiu'ry,
Secrets of the sullen mite, '
Steel a. 1.3 gold, and corn arol wintry
Fabric rough, or Fairy fine,
funny tokens of the Line,
Polar marvels, and a rvast
Of wonder, oat of West and Sant, "
And shapes and bees of Fart divine:
All of beauty, all of use,
That one fair planet can produce,
Brought from under every star,
Blown from over every main,
And mixt, UN life is rfitZt with pisim
The works of peace with corks of war.
0 ye, the wise who think, the wise who reign,
From growing commerce loose her latest chain
And let the lair white , wiugtd peacemaker fly
To havens under all the sky,
And mix the seasons and the golden hours,
Till each man finds his own in all men's good,
And all men work in noble brotherhood, •
Breaking their mailed fleets and armed towers,
And ruling by obeying nature's powers,
And gathering all the fratie of peace, and crowa'd
with all her riowere."
ous bouses into pt, appropriated their revenues,
anti sot up as fiend of the Chureli, on his own 14.41-
count.
It may excite envy among some of the Ameri
can book collectors, but I must mention that I
bed a truneurn in my bands to day, at Upham and
Beet's, booksellers, in Now Bond street. This
is a copy of Contes de La Fontaine," printed
on vellutu, with all the penliar engravings. Of
tills yen= I atria only six copies Wore printed.
It has berm remarked that the London sales of
autographs, by auction, have been fewer this season
than at any other time for years. The (thief sales
men are Puttiek and Simplon, Leicester-Square
Southgate, Fleet street; and Sotheby, Wellington
street, Waterloo Bridge.
lime bus lately been an exhihitiAn of English
autographs, contributed by numerous collectors.
Lord Stanhope (known best among you as Lord
Mahon.) showed the original first draught of By
ron's "Maid of Athens," or, as it there commences,
, t Girl of Athens." Freely us the lines now flow,
the poem as it stands is almost wholly different
from the original transcript. Now-a-days verse
lise oh lAA good tniu, with thcownlygo
that they aisdaiu the labor of correction aud curtail
ment, which even such true pouts as Pope and
Bi you carefully undertoek boiare communicatind
with the FOAM,
Your Atlantic Monthly is now to bo purchased
here, about the widtile of each mouth, tit Triitiner's
it, Paternoster Row. The misfortune is Om the
English price is precisely double the American.
These is no reason, except the vendor's cupidity,
for this extortion. The allowance to " the trade"
by American is at least seven per omit. greater
than by English publishers, and this dillerende
should pay cost of freight and insurance. Since
the duty on paper ha- been abolished in this coun
try, there has not been any duty on imported Ame.
neap publications, and if Mr. Triilmer would on ly
charge a British shilling, (the American price,)
for the Atlantic Monthly and other of your papa
hr i,erlc.dicals, her would still have MI , or coat.
rat, with the certainty of a large instead of a
now limited sale.
Macmillan's Magazine, started in Cambridge,
about the Ciil749 time as the GornittlY
ai.d very well conducted by David Masson, has sent
a sp.cial correspondent to America, the first of
chose articles, describing the voyage and thy Nod
111 at New Turk. appeared in !Mg month's num
ber. As a eozurnotecruent, it shows little ability.
In the hlay number a further portion is advertised,
as " Washington during the War; the Houses of
Cimgress ; President Lincoln, and other Political
Celebrities."
The Athena-win of last week gave a second and
highly eulogistic notice of the new series of Lowell's
Biglow Papers," republished here—which some,
at least, esteem the perfection of diligent and wil
ful bad spelling. It says; " The American dis
pute has given US so mudh that is tragic and
dolorous, that ono feels especially grateful when
the comic muse steps in with her more sprightly
reading of events. Mr. Lowell continues the
liiglow Papers,' and we should think that in the
liquid light of leughtor lit by these plat - 1,321.'1[6°S
many persons of good feeling on the other side of
the Atlantic will learn to view the actions of their
enemies in a less hateful spirit."
Du Chaillu has been better received in Paris
than in London He read a paper ; on his African
explorations, before the tloeiete de la Ueographie,
and Nynß en much applauded that lANI. Michel
fieres, have undertaken to publish a French
traLelation of his Gorilla book.
The new volume of Carlyle's Frederick the
Great will appear on Wednesday, with portrait and.
maps.
Thackeray's Adventures of Philip will be re
publiated, when finished, not in three, but, from
is length, in four volumes. There are guesses at
the way in which Philip finally becomes rich. One
is that Dr. Firmin, the father, makes a fortune in
America, by inventing some popular quack mecli
eine. Another guess is that, by some fortunate
deaths, (novelists are relentless murderers at the
wind up of a story.) Philip succeeds to Lord Ring
wood's title and vast estates. My own opinion no
one shall know—until after Thaekeray has con
cluded the tale. Then, one can safely declare it.
Hargrave Jennings, long the secretary of Mr.
Lumley, es-lessee of Her Majesty's theatre, will
hold the same position with Mr. blapleson the new
lessee. There are hints end whispers that Miss
Kellog, whose appearance in Italian opera has been
advertised as to take place in May, has declined
the liberal terms offered her, preferring another
year's study before she tries her fate with a London
audience. All Americans here who have heard
Miss Kellog, say that Miss Patti, whose voice has
been so much and so long worked, will have no
chance in competition with her.. We must wait
arid hear.
This le.ter must close rather abruptly, for here,
fresh from the binder, is the first volume Qf the
Life of Washington Irving, by his nephew. It is
published hero by Bentley, who has purchased the
right, and charges a moderate price. Irving's
" Sketch-Book" is so popular among the British
Quakers, that a large sale of the Life may be ex
pected among that class. I have heard Thomas
Campbell say that, fur many years, the chief pur
chasers of his "Pleasures of Hops" were Quakers;
wbo used to get nicely-bound copies as wedding
gilts to brides.
LETTER FROM FORTRESS MONROE.
President Lincoln nt Fortress Monroe—
Reception by General Wool—tu the
Fortress—Trying the Big Gnus-Visit to
tort Wool—To the Iron Clads—Nor
wegian Frigate Here—The itirrrimao's
Foutitt Visit—She _Enters Hampton
Roads Again—Occupation of Williams.
burg as the Headquarters Army of Po
tomac.
(Corresoondenee of The Preset
FORTRESS MONRO 6, May 7, P.
our.
About half past eight o'clock this morning we were
somewhat surprised to see the revenue steamer Miami
11931 up our harbor and around the iron-clads now here.
236 6174 could divine what wag her minion 6r what ohe
bad on board.
It was soon evident that the strange but beautiful yes
err' ,v t aa consluff In AL Ate lons .111.1 se Pliv 1751/M1
the landing we could plainly distinguish the form of his
'Excellency Abrat am Lincoln. President of the United
States.
RECEPTION PT GENERAL WOOL
The President was only subjected to the staring of a
large crowd of inter, sted fellow-citizens, for a few mo
mente, when Major General John E. Wool appeared,
aaff, and t 1,6 3, the
President and finite, They were very cordially received.
General Wool then personally conducted the Presi
dent to the main emrance of the Fortrosa. Colonel
Whit.ala aceonapanka SeerettLey Ski:triton, sod eeleael
Cannon walked with Secretary Chase. Colonel Tacker,
Assistant Secretary of War, followed with the "lesser
lighte."
REDEPTION IN THE FORTREER
As the President entered the main gate of Fortress
Monroe, a salute of twenty -one guns was fired from the
water battery, and the guard was a turned out to receive
the President of the United States." The entire garrison
of the fortress, - under command of Major Itoberts, was
drawn up in line, dressed in their most attractive ant
forms, and presented arms in an artistic manner, as the
distinguished gentlemen passed through the parade
groutd. Fortress Monroe was then examined by the
Preeidett, under the ditection of Gen. Wool, who Rein
ed young again when describing the (to him) familiar
Implements of warfare.
TRYING THE PIG clump
Passing through the water-battery of the fortress, the
Preeident was much interested in the performance of the
tremendous Lincoln and Union guns. With the latter,
sergeant Welsh, of the Regular Artillery. Reed a shall
which burst upon Sewell's Point, five miles distant, and,
upon a second trial, made the handsomest ricochet shot
on record, the shell striking in the water six times with
in the "dietance of Three miles, and buret on its seventh
baptIPID matting Yin' load report _and casting up a
volume of eater nit) feet high.
VISIT TO FORT WOOL
At half met tt.n eleleelt the Eliasunm , Jam.A.4 IL Sl.in4A4
wee in waiting at the Stone wharf to convey the execu
tive visitors to Fort Wool on the Itip Rape. Here they
were received by the garrison, consieting, in the main
Dart, of the Ileion coaat guard (Ninty.ninth Sew York
State volunteers), in handsome style. No salute wee
tired, but the Sawyer gun was put on trial. The that
shell fired fell nearly a mile beyond and over Beweit'a
Points and was ninth admired.
VISIT TO THE. IRON-CLADS
About noon the steamer left Fort Wool, with the
Presidential party for a visit to the Monitor, and other
ironclad vessels at present In the harbor here. To the
officers and crews of each, the President delivered a few
brief and felicitous remarks, and in return received three
cheers from the men.
Zit trio q's , incli the party rewarvil to Fortriu '2lonroei
and took dinner With Moior General Wool, at head
quarters.
About noon the Norwegian frigate, the Dahill at New
York of which Ms been recently noticed in the vipers,
atrivtd in nib Boeds here aud anchored, saluting the
fortress with thirteen gone and receiving a eiudlar ea
ltlie in ft 414112, The eAllliral9l4 hcard SAMS and
wee eteelved by General Wool With MI the honors due to
hie exalted elation.
THE MERRIMAC OET AGAIN
About half put twelve o'clock the Merrimac came
creeping out of Elinaboth Ara, detormlned to know
what all tho firing of cannons was about. Our duet was
soon ready to receive her, but she would not venture bo
ychd the range of the guns on Cranny "filand. She is
now lying at anchor (4 ➢1) off Ulan] Point, hut
sill no doubt 'Muni to Norfolk to-night without giving
us a chance to capture her.
FROM WILLIAIISBURG.
Our 11 . 00Ds bow uruuDY WilliamtiUurg, and am fol.
k wing the rebels PHIL Our loss in the skirmishes of
ye:to me y wits slight Our forces took over two hundred
Libel prisoners within the last forty-eight hours.
The rresident II still byre to the mail clones.
MORE ANON.
PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1862.
FROM GEN. HALLECK'S ARMY,
FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS.
Our Aunty slowly Advaneing—What Ener
getic, 1 /dicers can do—When we may ax--
puct to have Corinth—lmmense Amount
of Stores collecting at Pittsburg—flow
424,ittuirt; of New 011t111111
Alas received—The Rebels sending
Troops Smith word—ltenuregard in a
6 , fix "—The Ilealth of oar Troops rapidly
Improviv g—Trie Benefit of hliving, a Sit•
bite, y Commission.
[Correopowlence of The Prom ]
rITTBBURG LANDING, April 29,1893
After several days of inaction, or rather, of immobility,
for the organization and furnishing of the army has been
got, g or with the greatest energy and activity, matters
brain now to look like an advance. All the divisions of
army, and &Moo of thn-ii or Graot'e, have moved
fora aid two or three miles, and Gen. Pope's corps, which
bee joined us under the name of the Army of the Thesis-
Flint& hue, it in reported, moved some miles out on the
road V 4, (!orkth, Jttrt where we are mono MO MA IS
(la) ey. the wool's, in ninny places, have a goal deal of
tialerlqueb. and the ravines are drop and MLitt' ; but
the recounniesances which have be n lately matte tiara
F rai-lly roml and ot• - or
It bid) yon could drive a buggy for miles. So there is no
use awitieg for rotate. In fact, there has never been any
real need cf waiting on the weather. During the long
mouths that Buell was ;BD! y dawn ih the and ILt C 16 4 ,11
river, he might have been approaching Bowling Green,
end why be did not do co is mid one of the mysteries. A.
portion of his army made the march to Somerset, where
the cbstm lee INCTO slant to he llTlCAllplerabla, fought and
won a Intent., trial maintained their position, all by their
own energy and powers of endurance, without the
GI ner al having anything to do with the
and the day after hie division
mitred here, I maw a captain of one of the batteries
a hitch was in that fight, ant asked him how the roads
from Nashville to Savannah were, compared to those in
Rentut ky. lie said they were a great deal worse, but,
tit virtheWee, he made ri /notch cr forty-two miles in
twenty tour hours ; and though the principal part of
General Buell's, army thought it necessary to wait two
us eke. until IS eCook 's divhion had built a bridge. Gen.
Er ken found a ford, and emoted theatre= without an,
briege, and thereby arrived in time to save, perhaps, our
whole army from destruction—all which goes to show
that ne.h of tine ebergy are not going to be daunted by
any such ebelarlea al flit mere fume of nature opposed to
opr taunt, they desire to make Whenever Conceal
li alleck gets ready to move, he will move. A rain storm
IS DO- gon g to keep him tack. Experience has proved,
abut everybody knew before, that mud is no excuse or
reuion for rot moving ahead, provided anything is to be
geined by going forward. Even if it were an obstacle,
it bee no longer so palpable AM existence as once daunted
our 'Wave tramstera -, for the weather, during the last
week or ton deyo, bee loan warn.. and F lom :mot more than
belt the time, and the mud has so much dried up that,
even in Go old cot- vp roads, heavily loadisi teams pass
without difficulty farm the landing to the various camps.
I think that a week. Or, at the outside, ten days front
thin date, will find as at Corinth. Both the middle and
the lower landings (the upper fa entirely 'overilrwed)
are taxi dto their utmost ceptieity to deliver stores. It
LO exaggeration to say thatl maw at both these places
liandred PrllrY Smite, waiting patiently in line or
rtreivit-g their loads front the boats. Ever) thing, how
ever, wee orderly and quiet, and a vast deal of business
wan do: e. At we get further inland, and have to draw
Out impthes twenty five miles, we shall need more teams,
arid more lamtingsomiess we can supply ourselves by
railroad farm mphis.
'The news of the tak:ng of New Orleans reached us
yes!er day General Ilaßeck, so one of the guards about
hie quarters raid, was SO happy about it, that he threw
hie bar up in the air and hurrahed with alt his might.
It must have a great effect ou operations hero. It will
tither paralyze the rebel energies t r incite them to matte
a firm end desperate stand here, or delve them home to
pr , tect their rearibstones from the pollution of the in
vader. Our adrices appear to be pointing towards the
latter mull. All the prisenera who have lately tome in
—end there ar, quite a member t f item—assert that the
rd , els are seeding great numbers of troops to the Sooth—
e, me say for the protection of Memphis, some of Mobile,
and s‘ tee of Now Orle an& Other reports have also come
in of fortifications building at and behind Corinth, but
the torn er are much more peuistent and frequent—so
much cc, that ninny are inclined to bell. ve that no stand
\sill re made at Corinth. There are arguments, or rather
at ounce, on both sides, of F,etturegard's force being demo
elizen by his not lollowit g up his re splendid victory,"
and by the bad tidings that must continually be reaching
the ni from Mitchell, Foote, Butler, and Curtis. He can
not make any stand against us, much lets attack us. On
the their Land, it he br.alis up he is utterly lust, for
there is only a handful of itlis,iesip;dans and Lottisia-
List s who have so much heart n 1,,, the contest that they
would withstand any such confession of the utter weak
ness and desperation of their cause. If they fail back
aid four a new line, therefore, they will have but few,
it any, to maintain it with, arid the mere advance Of oar
army will sweep them from the face of the earth. It
!eines to me that the whole concern is gone beyond a per
ativento to A few days now will bring no very near to
some relation of the matter, and the Mississippi river
will once more be open to navigation, as before, for the
sh.pa if all the world.
Ihe weather here is still very delightful, and the health
of our troops ietapiclly improving. At the same time our
hospital arranaements are more perfect, anti those who
ore kith can, notwithatanaing the scarcity or sur
ge ems, have excellent attention. The sanitary commis
sins Still ender most efficient. service. They admints:er
comfort
in overflowing measure. I saw a sergeant the
tiler day, who was affected almost to tears in relating
the treatment his brother received at their hands. 14
had been watching and terming Mtn all Ida specs time for
stvera, day a, at d, as he grew worse, tried to get him a
passage on board one of the hospital boats, but the stir
eon of the regiment was a nincompoop, and did not
lams , how to tffect it. The man was lying in a hospital
tent, on the wound, and would inevitably die if not
moved. The me was a bad one, but one day when re
tinning from drill to his brother's bedside the sergeant
feutd that he had been sent en board a boat. aid when
the man who took him down described how the sanitary
nurses look off his old clothes and blanket, and threw
them in a corner, washed him, put on him a new clean
cotton thirt, and a pair of drawers, and put him in a bed
fur rimier] with clean am Mend gave hint a cooling drink,
it was too much for the poor fellow, and he broke down
entirely. As au offset to this thlightc . al instance of care
and sympathy, it is disgusting to relate that some ignelno
.otvant.E.Ge of the sanitary basis to
get a passage to the battle ground, and hunt trophies
which they take home and sell, without having lifted a
to acre these whose lives have bean committed to
their core. VI all eneaking meantime, this is, I think,
the worst that ever Chinn under my notice. Of course,
every good thing which is carried out on so extensive a
scale as the sanitary conmtheion is liable to be abused for
bilk It :,111 be a lea s while before Roy of
there wretches get another chance to swindle the charita-
Lie public. CASCO.
The Capture of Monterey — of
General Ilalleck's whole Army—A Camp
Seene—Reorganization of the Arm y
The Decimated Condition of some of
our Regiments lowa Regiment Re•
fusing to be Consolidated—Prompt Ac
tion of General Davies—How General
Italica Treated a Cowardly Battery
Company.
[Correspondence of The Prem.]
l'irrssunc, Tenn., April 30, 1832
Scarcely had I transmitted my letter of yesterday
when I heard that, this morning, General Pope had
taken Monterey, which is only seven or eight miles from
Corinth. There was no fighting, but he prooeeded a
vile and a halt beyond Vorinth, where .he found rebel
batteries in position, and retired to Monterey. Rebel
prieoners and deserters still affirm that troops are leaving
Corinth, and are either dispersing to their homes to do
fend their " firesides," or being concentrated to form a
new line. To-day or tomorrow the whole army move
forward five or six miles, and General Halleck's head
quarters are to be moved seven miles out. General
Ilcelernand wee yesterday ordered to move out some
six miles. He moved only about three, and sent back
word that he could Mil no camping grimed at the plane
indicated by General Croat The latter, therefore, or
dercd General Sherman's and Davies' divisions to pass
biro, thud throwing Lim in the rear, The country growl]
finer and finer as We advance, and the only fear now is
that we shall not have a crack at the enemy.
rode, yesterday, down to the landing, and though
perfectly familiar with the rend, nearly loet my way.
Some twenty or thirty camps that I had been 'need to
passing, bad disappeared from the face of the earth, sad'
nothing was left but stakes; rage, old clothing, boxes of
water-eoeked hard bread, and old hay, togothor with the
ditches thathad surrounded the tank It le very strange
to see bow the apparently permanent homes of the sol
diers can be moved at a moment's notice, and a whole
city, buetling with life and music, and cooking, is cow
- early removed from the eight, and nothing but a desert
left. The camps looks no regular, and substantial, and
real, that one can scarcity believe hie eyes, when he per-
CeIYVIS nothing but the bate 5T94114, where, the day before,
honw a village of ten thousand men. The thousand little
conveniences which this necessity of quick moving has
unearthed from the vision of 'Yankee invention, where
they lay pending; laOYable table equipage, atm claire
and cote, combination teapots, and miraculous gridirons,
are as plenty as blackberrier, and a man may, even now,
Truth the whole of a magnificent castle and the furniture
thereof, in the box of a buggy-eeat, or strap it on the
back of his caddie. What future improvements may pro
duce, I tremble to think of.
A good deal of attention has been paid by General
Balleck to the question of the reorganizatien of the
piny, Mine of our Western regithents, which have
been the longest in the service, and have seen several
battles, are now very small. In the first place, no ads
quote system of inspection was practised in the first or
eani.etion of most of the regiments, The Principal ob
ject was to fill rip the regiments. Nothing else was
thought of. The consequence was, that after a regiment
had been in service three months, even if it hadseen no
A, E hring, and hot little Reld-vervico, its tarvctiTO Men for
a battle dwindled down to six hundred. When you add
to this lose the casualties of battle and campaigning, it Is
not surprising . that such regiments as the Second and
Seventh lose, and the Slave:Ali Illinois, wir--- 1.1
c.t. wore in
the hottest parts of the battles of Belmont, Douch:in,
and Pittsburg, have no more than 250 to 350 effective
men, who can be watered for duty. Indeed, it is said,
that the Eleventh Illinois eau now Bauder but aboutone
hundred and twenty-five men on the field. Now, such
regiments have a geed reputation, which they have Well
by hard fighting, and which they glory in, and
more unjust than to merge thoza
r i: i to l"g uid be
tech oilier, thm destroying their identity.
The practice of putting raw recruits into old regi
ment has always been productive of good reeulte.
Ent recruiting has been clopped, and no such filling up
can be get, except by taking the remains of such regt-
Lamle as were badly cut up in the late battle. But of
those, the regiments which fought well want to preserve
Sore i.'cikitt r , at.,l ncuc et Omit, which 41a l tpy A s h, Si nit
remain, except the Anthers mid runaways. To fill a
good regiment from such materials would be like putting
new wine into old bottles—bmh would be rendered use
teEe. Whet, then, is to be clonal Gan. linficch has tried
an experiment. 1141 joined the Eighth, Twelfth, Four
teenth, and Sixteenth lowa regiments together in a sort
of brigade organization, which will amount to about the
mime Hai g os i,...hto u ono s-s- K ismet out or A.m. The
b•>> s rittuted to coalesce. Neither 'would go to the camp
of the other, tied so they were at a dead-lock. Ben.
Davies therennon ordered up the Sccsnd mud Seventh
jowl), who surrounded the mune of the Eighth, mid thee
he fold the mutinous men teat he should thou and there
institute a drum-head court martial, and every man who
in fused to obey ercers would he shot. The boys caved.
They will melsably be a sort of a wooden-gam regi
nt— ttridgc.linilders, road-makers, hewers of wood and
drawers of water—milass, as is not at all impossible,
they believe so gallantly, in the next battle they partici
ciente its. as to wipe out the cloud which now hang.
ever theifferne. If remains to he seen how the experiment
N% fit succeed. Avs ry proper example. was also made ley
General ltalleck of the Thirteenth Ohio Battery, which
left its gill's* on the field, and ran away without firing a
The ellicere were Mustered mit or the service, awl
Oho meh divided up among three other batteries. A very
quiet and etleetual way of disposing of a set of parasites.
Another Ohio battery, which wee in the battle, and did
not do any thing, to sues the day, were found, on OVUM'
10 have been in the service five menthe without
any of the officers having opened a hook, or attempted to
drill the men, netwithbtlaiding they had been three
months furnished with horses and all their eunipments.
Throe of vittrionteg,huuttrctle or Mountain Or dollars'
worth of property to ouch hands, to say nothing of the
fearful results th.t might follow if they were ordered to
maintain an important position even for fifteen minutes !
BASCO.
Reconnoitring Expedition Sent out Every
Day—Our Peculiar Situation—What our
Army ftliiht. Accomplish—The Secret of
Our Delay—Our Forces Burn Two
Bridges on the Corinth and Columbus
Roiiioad—Beauregard in a Tight Piace
—The Small- Pox in Some of unr Cattitits.
[Correspondence of The Press.]
PITTSBURG LANDING, May 1, 1901.
A great many expeditious are continually being sent
fa the front and ihrouah else Adiinir s , of our posi
tion, of which nothing can be known, unless you happen
to be close at band when the expedition returns. Oar
apparent inacti rity conceals' a goo] deal of weak that is
being mildly dote, and of which those engaged in it
14,rdly understand the purport, while those, woo have
not actually al en it move. know nothing about it. You
see a few regiments of infantry and a body of cavalry,
with 6cca , iouttlly a battery of artillery, winding its way
through the camps, and, by at d by, the same men re
turn, the ambulances, fortunately, being empty. Shy the
way, it al ways sends a cold chill through me to see those
hideout black ambulances lying about every camp, and
accompanying every expedition, They seem like the
grim shadow
of Fate, throwing a sombre hue over the
se.; est hours of east p life, atway a present, never ceasing
their dark unwelcome warning Why are the miserable
things made to look so much
like a hearse '1 Why eao
- they be painted white, at least I Their appearance
wt yid be much lees disagreeable, and, in a hot day, they
would be ustiiitely cooler. As they are, they seem to be
a cross between a hearee and a baker's cart.
Cur situation here is p.cnlier. We are jiht entering
upon new and tinacenatunied conditions of warfare.
Heretofore the immediate scenes of war have been close
to our own borders; within rapid, short, and easy cote
linudeation through a loyal, or not particularly hostile
country, of large supply depute, situated in locatiena
which are secute from any possible attack. The seaport
exp. ditions, io be sure, have bad to be supplied from
afar off, hut we are masters of the sea, and fear
no interruption there. But now, and here in the
West, we are about marching through the midst of
an enemy's country, surrounded by a hostile people,
who will hang upon our rear and thinks, and do us
all the mischief they can, without any regard to the
laws of war. The people of this neighborhood are not
only excessively bitter, but they live in a continual
ecstasy of terror and apprehension, which amounts to a
sort of insanity, and nickel any possible injury they
can contrive to do us appear justifiable. The enor
mous resources of the first Napoleon, and hie vast ex yeti-.
tame ill the art of war, as applied to invading foreign
countries, could Mil nothing against the universal and
adicable detestation which his Presemm excited
throughout the Peninsula. Spies of the country were
worse than useless. All the information gained from.
them was given in the interest of the enemy, and by the
time he bad been deceived a few times he abandoned
them altogether. But his own soldiers could get no relia
ble information, and on several occasions his supply trains,
which were, as far as they could learn, perfectly secure,
would be 'suddenly surrounded by an overwhelming force
that eetmed to spring out of the ground, and the whole
party would be taken prisoners and the stores destroyed.
Now, the people of the South hate us as bitterly as the
kpanitude bated the French.. They have a bigoted
and unscrupulous preen and priesthood, which iodate°
the passions and pander to the prenidicea of an igno
rant and debated population. 'They believe they are
fighting for national existence, and they have come at
last to the almost incredible delusion that their cause is
a holy canes, a defence of their religious as well as their
secular rights—and really I. am not- sure but they- aro
right. Thus far the parallel holds. lint we have not,
as Napoleon had, a foreign foe to encounter, and we have,
if 'fie cll49§V iv Millie Ilea 4f Ihem, any number we may
desire, of reliable, well-informed and active spies, of
whose des °thin to our cause and hatred of the enemy
there can be no manner of doubt. To refuse, from any
squeamish motives of propriety, to use this effectual
weapon against our foe, would be a military blunder of
the meet aggravated sort which would cost hundreds of
lives and millions of dollars, We hem not so hard a
tack as Napoleon bad, but it is hard enough to tax our
powers severely. This country is netlike Europe, where
you can attend to elevated sites and see for twenty or
even a hundred miles. The country is all fiat, and all
heavily wooded, Yee tat, toll nothing about the pre
sence of an enemy - without continual scouting, and that,
too, in tolerably large force. Your enemy may hover
within five roiled of your lines without your knowieg
&Ls:thing elbow. Isla presence_ It la .goo f to t.tes.r half
a 'milt , from the pickets. Think of our reducing and oc
cupying a tract of country of this chat actor embraced in
fourteen degrees of latitude, and twenty-two degrees of
longitude An Mr_ Lincoln Ray a big job.is We
must bring to our aid every possible force. We must
do every thing that will cripple and impoverish the ene
my, in order to reduce the expenses and save our own
pro , perty.
As l have said, we are just entering upon these new
conditions of the war, aid we ate beginning to feel the
necessity of cleaning up an we go along. The rebels still
have roetmehon of the railroad running northfromGratd -
Junction to Uoinnibus. They might at any time send
two or three thousand men forty tulles up, and make a
march on to some convenient point on the Tennessee
river, blow our transports out of water and take any
enautity of stores. I wonder they have net done it be
fore. This is probably the secret of our delay. When
we get to atonable we than have communication by way
of the Mississippi river. Yesterday an expedition re-
I turned from II successful enact on the 1 atiroad between
I Corinth and Columbus. A large force of cavalry west
out and acoured the whole country. The wont about
five miles west of Purdy and burned two bridges; one
110 feet long, the other 130 feet long, and destroyed a
considerable amount of track. They took an engine and
its operatois, and ran the engine through the debris of
the burned bridge into the creek. So that route is
effectually broken np, and when we get the road from
Grand Junction to Columbus fixed in the same way, we
eaten have Me. Tuntant in a tight place. The weather
still promises to continue clear, and though we have a
little min about every night, the sun does a "good straits
of business" dating the day, and generally comes out a
little ahead. To-day is the cay fixed for the moving out
of General Halleck's headquarters to Weir's, seven miles
Item the river, and if nothing new happens it will Do
done. I saw the General yesterday strolling about his
float door yard in quite a sportive mood. He evidently
feels pretty well about something., I suppose it is New
Orleans- The rol.A. knew or that tong before we did, bail
several days after the fall of Island No. 10, we:took some
prisoners who bad not heard of it, and could scarcely be
made to believe it.
Thee aro several cases of smallpox In some of the
camps, I saw one man, on a stretcher, being carried
to the boats, and his skin was as full of pastilles as a
nutmeg grater. Not a pleasant eight by any means.
Fortunately, that scourge has no terrors for nstiow, and
the feet Feweeo very 1 1 0/..x..lt'.nnf In Camp,
CASCO.
[FROM ANOTHER coRnEsPoNDENT,]
TenneTennessee Pets—A Visit to Confederate
ssee
with a Rebel
Surgeon—Pickets Exchanging Shots—
Heavy Cannonading at Hamburg—Gen.
Crittenden Dangerously Ill—His Com.
mend Temporarily Assigned to General
Van Cleve—Felling of Trees by the
Rebels—What it Menus,
[Coxreeponaence of The Prem.]
NINE MILES FROM CORINTH, May 2, 1862,
I have jag arrived at a beautiful stopping place for
the night, it'd ee I am not eaVllell'elf fatigued, L will
Indulge in a brief epistle. I left an encampment in Gen.
Crittenden's division this morning, andihave journeyed
about nine miles; you can judge of the nature of the
roads by the time I guide. lam stopping in Oen, Me-
Cook's division to-night. The land hereabouts abounds
far the most part in hickory and white and red oak tim
ber. The roads are in an awful condition, and in some
places almost impassable, Tito weather is creditable to
day, but a drenching rain last night leaves the ground
in a condition not suggestive of health. I have not Been
• solitary habitation upon the route, and nothing of a do
mestic nature disconnected with the army of Uncle Seth.
The pets or a 'luminesce camp may be eniersiced to the
names of snakes of all descriptions, wood-ticks, etc.
The lizards are plenty, but do not seem to be trouble
some. They scamper for a tree, and climb it at the ap
proach of any object.
aLaßt night I bivouacked with the outer pickets, anti
was permitted to cross the line, and visit a hospital de
puted to Confederate wounded. There were eighty-
Aye ....led, two of whom died list eVetillig.
A physician came from Corinth, protected by a flag
of truce, to see the wounded, and care for them. Ile
was quite talkative, and I had an agreeable converse.
lion with him, but could not ascertain the number of the
rebel killed and wounded. Ife woo dressed in a gray uni
form, with a plain star on the collar. I learned from him
the mark of rank among the officers, and remember the
following; Major general, one large Mar pod two small one d
enclosed in a wreath upon the collar; brigadier general,
one large star and two small ones, not enclosed in A
wreath, upon the collar, colonel, two" small stars upon
09 99041 Held eflic.VlNl 4114 OW MP" the collar I ee P .
lain, three bare; tint lieutenant, two hers; second
lieu
tenant, one bar, upon the collar.
This morning the pickets fired upon each other save
tat times Upon the rebel side there was ft tremendous
noise ill the way of falling trees, and several brigades
were formed In lino of battle r but no display took place.
itinnituirg Ulm mornino, :via it wan or ohorL duration, Ii
'There bas been a Leavy cannonading in the direction of
1$ belifvod to ho Gene' command driving in
pickets.
General Crittenden IN dal% vonnly 111, and General Van
GMT Ms been BaNignrd 10 lua PIM.
YOU recollect that 1 stated, 1 . 7 my remarks about the
battle of Pittsburg Landing, that' the countersign must
have been obtain, d by the retails h t savant them in their
Is .expreti, v 4 v.' viTicutthi
and I now reitvrote it on a tact, and i, tform You of a tact
which will no doubt amaze you, that Cu, Countersign for
the night previous to the robot attack Was the P.M() Rs
bad been uErd for fourlegn days hiLT.lg2iolt. This
is from authority. I cannot ex prone to you the estima
tion in which Grant is held by the whole Army. Pot
It Unconditional Surrender" has lately chang4.Yl to , t
, iPetiC)PlOl/ §urprievil " Onnt,
Thu fulling of trees by the rebels is looked zmn by
many here as connected with the evacuation of Clcainth:
If, on the contrary, they make a stand at that pima, I
opine electricity will convey to ton intelligence of a bat
tle ere thin tolunile minim} Philadelphia, B. U. T. A
TILE CAPTURE OF NEW MEANS.
TIH TERRIFIC COIIBAT BETWEEN THE
VAIMNA AND rastil" r.;
THE VARUNA DESTROYS SIX REBEL GU?JBOATS
Fire Sloops and Nine Gunboats pass the
Forts in Safety.
Interesting Letter from Commodore FigrogOt
REBEL FIRE-RAFTS TOWED ASHORE
THE RAM MANASSAS DESTROYED BY
THE MISISSItTI.
The Capture of Four Hundred Prisoners.
eL.. : 2. g a 1 i ! I . i . MIU n '1 t I ' :I .V 4:
A Flag of Truce Fired on by the Forts
THEY REFUSE TO SURRENDER UNCONDITIONALLY
[Corcesponclence c f the New Y or k Times.]
Mmaisstriq BITER, April 18, 1802,
the - work of reducing trio rebel strongholds will be
commenced thin morning. How long the struggle will be
prolonged no one is able to prophesy. We all know that
a formidable task is before us that desperate men,
lighting for the last stake, are our opponents But or our
ultimate success everybody is confident Preparations
for the encounter have been made on a scale CUI1111W1151:1••
rate with the magnitude of the undertaking, and uur
men, prc,fouudly inibuid with the righteousness of their
cause, are tilled with zeal end enthusiasm.
The Fighting Force.
Our bgbring force consists of six sloops-of. war, six
teen gunoeate, and twenty-one ruorte.r-veesult. There
are also a few ships, barks, and schooners, containing
coals, oiduance. and oilier stores, hovering in the resp
our fleet yh,e squadron 15 now at anchor ab gut titres
mitre below Foils Jackson and St Philip, in readiness for
the attack. The advance to this point has been by easy
stages. This was a uecetsity, bec use where concerted ac
lion is required of any large lorce. there are al.vsu e mat
ters qt drtidt to be arranged, and lets and hindrances
to ho oyerconie, 'winch human turegightis - powerless
to anticipate, lint which mind receive attention as tle,y
develop themselves during the successive stages of pre
paration.
Preliminary Incidents.
There have been many exciting incidents connected
with our tuovemtnts. Every day our gunotytts have had
skittnishee with the forte and the arm.' etearnere of the
enemy. hi thee encounters no injury hoe rebutted to tie,
but our meial has teveraL tunes carried de.tructieu with
it, at Iran our lookout. have eo reported. We certainly
know that whenever the rebel veelehs have attempted to
make a reconnoist.ance, they invarialgv have been driven
Hack without accomplishing their purpose. A day or two
sive. I Wrib preeevi. at UllO o fthnttc. entsastaneuta
Exciting Engagement with the Forts.
Captain Better, commanding the mortar flotilla,
being desirous of ascortaiong the range of the mor
tars ta tote stationing his vessel* for the bombardment,
brought np the kclitim,ers Arleta. Captain Thom As
Smith ; Jam G'rfiith, Captain henry Brown, and Or
retta, Captain IQ aitcia Blanchard, anchoring them about
2 miles from the fiats. I availed myself of an oppor
tunity to witness the test trout the gunboat Owasso,
which had followed the schooners no the river. Al
though our vessels took their nutrition. ahont
in plain sight of the rebel forte. neither she opened
Ste until 5 o'clock in the ahern-on. This delay, then
incompret etsible, has nines been explained to me
by the fact that a boat, from the .hrerttsh war-vessel
Barraccada, bad gone to the forts with despatches to
the Brittsti consul, and hostilities could not be com
menced without endangering the lives of those who
had been sent on the 'marten. As soon as she returned
Ming began, the first bomb having been thrown from
the Arlelta Fort Jackson replied with rifle shutout('
for halt au hour and more the affair was exciting. The
Ste of the rebels was directly in the lint, of the mortar
vesEels. but of the I ba . t) shoot none fell nee. er than fifty
yards of the schooners. I observed the effect of our
shells upon the fart. The gunlierp., after the tirst two ex
plosions, retired from their harbette guns, and afterwards
only used th, se in the casematee. Captain Porter ex
pressed himself satisfied with the result , of the practice,
and at roghtfell the schooners retired a short distance,
taking a position under the gone of the large vessels
which were stationed in line close to the west hank of the
river, just out of range. and concenled from the f•ulti, SS
follows: The Oneida, Richmond, Mississippi, Varana,
Iroquois, Ilea - Turd, and Pensacola. This little piece of
practice had been watched from these vessels with great
interest.
Survey of our Distance from the Forts
Prior to this experiment with the mortar veNola,
series et ecieutific operations bad taken place under Cant.
F. G Gurdes, commanding the Coast Survey steamer Si..
chem, assisted by 91r J. G. Ottomans, his topograplical
assistant. Their work was to determine by trtaugula
th n, the distance from the potation at which the Honer
vessels are to be stationed to the forts. Iu conducting
these surveys, a great deal of pluck has to be exhibited .
Going up the river in a small beat, a prominent
ir.e i 01- other object would be nrleciedeou either On Kt CO
mark the point at which the distance was computed, and
alter making the calculations, guide-flags were attached.
Very of ten the re to Ls, aware (.4 the nit suing or these flags,
have cut them down at night, and Mr. Olmianna has had
to replace them. One day, while he watt taking hit final
otter - yam/4 in a boat belonging to tee CR/CISCO, at a
point 2,900 yards below Fort Jackson, where the smoke
stack of a sunken rebel steamer stands above the water,
his party were fired up. n by riflemen concealed in bushes.
A shower of bullets whizzed around them, and two balls
peseta through so saw or she boot, but no one was in.
jutsti. The gallant surveyors returned the lire from their
revolve's, and remained until their work was done.
There are many other incidents which I could narrate,
all of which, in ordinary times, would be considered in
temstipg and important, but they wink tutu imiguirimitica
b es id e th e events el which they were only the precursors,
Ordered up the River
Yesterday morning the mortar fleet was all ordered
up the. river t a stiff Poillhetiqt hied aliertiing the saltiest
Trtatis uu opportunity to come up withotit the aid at
towroats, and the entire squadron is now at anchor, ex.-
ending three of too mortar ,cbr,oners, on the west shore,
the advanced vessels probably a mile did aut from tha
sharp heed in the river, directly above which the enemy
has stretched a chain barrier, supported upon Wks. The
vessels are arranged in parallel ranee. On the outside are
the frigates ana gaunt:oats, and insole, literally moored to
the stumps and margin of the stream, are the mortar
ecticonere,
The L i Sitnation”—Description
As the bombardment is to be made from a point not
more than ball a mile above our present position, I will
attempt to describe the natural features of tne place,
lore is ebvwi tie wevrege trfdth 01
of a mile, and the velocity of the current is from three to
five miles an hour. Commencing near the tons, and ex
tending eight miles below them, ou the west OF left bank
as we ascend, is a dense strip of forest about fifty yards
wide, exe.-piine fora wpm -A , of p q, Brier mile in wipe,
where the river bends in its course, at which the enemy
has clean d away the trees, for the purpose of getting a
better range upon our vessels. Beyond this belt of woods
the land disappears in an impenetrable swamp. Qu Ow
rigils bowl vc ev.vorn bank sutra arc 110 trittlh tlUi a dead
level of marsh, probably half a mile wide, and there is
sufficient water on either shore for vessels of the largest
draught. :from the maftatbeods of alt the vessels the forts
nay be seen plainly, away across the marshes, over the
tops of t h e wiitowa , mangroves, awl trees of largo' STOWith
Masking our Batteries.
The mortar' schooners at beet afford a small mark for
the enemy to fire'at, but the chances of striking them are
dill further &mimed by the screen of woods which hides
the bulls completely from the forte. Still further to con
ceal them from observation, their masts have been &easel
with evergreens. All 3 esterday afternoon, the sailors
were busy In the tangled chapparal cutting the branches
and limbs of the trees for this purpose. It wan great fun
for the tare, who felt no fear, in the glow of their excite•
merit, at disturbing the rattlesnakes and alligators which
infest the morass.
Three of the mortar schooners are stationed on the
east bank of the river in a position where they can best
operate upon Fort St. Philip• These have been
dia
guiaed differently. A covering of foliage would only
render them the more conspicuous as targets. But Yan
kee ingenuity has been exercised, and the reeds and cane
brakes have been compelled to render their assistance.
The hulls of these vessels are covered with it stingy welt
of Aquatic growth, end ore tuns main to Gagtausto ip
color to the vegetation of the marek.
A Fire Haft Destroyed.
An hour after the review, the men had an opportunity to
told, in a practical manner, their meant far doetrayine
fire rafts, and they pr•,ved to be an admirable success.
A turgid column of black smoke, arising from resinous
wood, was seen approaching us from the vicinity of the
forts. fund lights were. made, the varied colors of
which produced a beautiful effect upon the foliage of the
river bank, and rendering the darkness intenser by eon
trait when they disappeared; instantly a hundred boats
shot out toward the raft, which now was blazing fiercely
and casting a wide zone of light n the water. Two or
throe of thegunboats then got under welch and steamed
boldly toward the unknown thing of terror. One of
them, the Wes/fie/a, Captain Renshaw, gallantly opens
her steam 'valves, and dashes furiously upon It, making
the sparks fly and timbers crash with the force of her
blow, Then e, stream of water from her beef Playa uPeti
the blazing mass. blow the emall bouts lay alongside,
coming up helter-skelter, and actively employing their
men. We see everything distinctly in the broad glare—
men, oars, boats, buckets, and ropes. The scene looks
pbentom.like, supernatural; jutrusely interesting, ex.,
Mundy exciting, inextricably contused, But finally the
object is nobly accomplished. The raft, yet fiercely
burning, is taken out of range of the anchored vessels
and towed ashore, where it is slowly consumed. As the
bottle return they are cheered by the fleet, and the Scene
changes to one or ,lnrkuess and repose, broken OVUM
atonally by the gruff hail of a EH amen when a boat, sent
on business from one vessel to another, passes through
the fleet.
The Siege Six Daps Advanced.
UNIVID STAINS il/RIMMTIIO2
Mississirrt Ilivgn, Wednesday, April 21, 1802.
The siege of Forts Jackson and St. Philip has been in
progress almost uninterruptedly during the past six days
and five nights, and still are not reduced_ All this time I
have been patiently waiting the end, convinced that a
succinct narrative of operations, after KIICCIISS had boon
achieved, would be far more acceptable to you than a
diffused statement of events in the order of their occur
rence.
The Forts Passed—Enemy Refuse to
Surrender
I will premise with the statement that to-day—the 231
day of April—will henceforth be remembered as the date
Of mar ot the most desperate of naval battles. At 3 o'clock
in the morning the greeter part of Commodore Farragut's
squadron—consisting of live sloops• of-war and nine gun
boats—successfully phased up the river, running through
a fearful fire, and are now above the forts. The mortar
flotilla and eight armed steamers are atilt below the
on, toy, who are thus placed between two tires, with his
supplies from New Orleans cut off, and rendering his sur
rtmeer merely a mention of time. Of the damage that
has resulted to either side, I have at present little know
ledge. Front my petition with the mortar valuate I can
see the masts of our nett, apparently three or font miles
beymd the forte, and the flag of the Union id dying from
the top of every spar.
The burning hulls of three.- rebel steamers have
tamed by us down the rim, and that fatuous bugbears
the tam Manassas, it C. estrOYell. I Raw it amkioß, a
burning wreck, its two smote stacks tottering, lie cyliu•
TWO CENTS.
drical sides piers. d with yawning holes made by dr:led
and in ite, -when, I nrn VIOVV . at r ivi rm 0 s lug=
taken from her der k just Wore she sank by
Geo. W. Sumner, the ommitive officer of this vemel. The
edges anirfrnme of the slate aro charred, but not so Melly
at to prevent our reading on the nowise them words:
Maim r t t logo ti *, etroiner ataaamrar. 4 ' fill the inside
in written : " From 6to S evening, kept int fires. At 7.30,
Steamer Diana passed - up " Signed "It T. 41 7 ," which
are probably the initials of the name of the °Meer
1%1,0 had the Watch. Al hough the lost; of the rebels
eettid Inn+. bore teen #.l3n. nnve .- 1 1,1 key refn,ni
to sort, toter. Communication hod been had with them
bl retake of a ling of tt nee, when Capt. Porter demanded
that they ebould yield unconditionally. 'Their reply was
find the Inuits w, re and until tba last man
fell they stituld fight
Fire Openrd.
Fire was opened on the moraine of Good Rrh A pri
18. At an early hour the twenty leanh-vensols were
toe ed by the steamers Wentfie if?, city jtm, tefkpai to
the positions which had been selected for thein. Four
teen of the schooners were moved to the western Ltitle of
the river, close to the hack, where they were hidden by
the trees trent the obnervist ton, mat the remain
hip six, instead of three only 11.21 Wag ut first intended,
were placed ht u more expos,. II position on the oPp7Sita
side of nib ctreeio. lrbe first E , G1 , 91t11131 - In Mu ulna on :fie
NE stern Mlle was statit.heil a litt}l, li Than IL Mil.. Mid
lb ree.euartera front Fort Jackson, and the thine:a
others tar astern of her, with the bowsprit of each over ,
lapping the talf ,2l I of the' ottO tint:U . o4l(44Y in utivanem.
scram, fits flier wen' in Mil VIM,/ or ir irt Si.
Philip, - A - hence they were distant nearly two miles and a
half.
Commencement of the Siege.
The engagement wee opened by Fort Ltettonn a few
711911198 heh re 9 o'clock, nod the gunboat Owasco, which
Mfg gone . a length or two Aped of the mortar vessels,
von the first to reply. Presently the bomb flotilla com
mented Ihi cating its shells. somewhat slowly at first, but
with ittcrl'hhill trftPldifY he tin %Wore honing arena.
tomtit TO their Wilt. Mtn Et Deal) wee cont from each
yct,,ci r 071 an average, once in live minutes. There wore
allots fired from the forts during rho first hour and a
half, tt a larger number of vi hieh came from Fort Jack
eon. Moot of them passed over the manta of the schoon
tits 69 ni9 loft, drugging in +mlllo of dine!• 60 tin &the:-
chore, hut frond" 50 to 200 yards short. After awhile,
Lou evt r, the rebels got the range of these six vessels,
urately, and the bath fell about them, especially from
Fort Philip,terriLly thick and fret Iu return, the bombs
were nit - evict/ spiritedly upon the fort, and with a_ch
effect that the enemy alneketed hie fire. It Is
wonderful that our vessels were n••t emzehed to places .
Solid shat struck the water close beanie them, trotting the
men with the spray, or lodging in the Holt mud of the
flyer bank, directly between the echoonere; throw a thick
Column of earth high up above their mutt Thoie v ee-
Bele till Pelonged to the second division of the flotilla.
The danger to which these vessels were exposed far out
weighed the advantages which might result from retain
ing the position, and in the evening, Captain P trt•r oc
elot/41 ft,om to iotreot. manni ng-they-ors towed into the rear of the line of reerieln on the left, whore
they remair.rd until the end of the bombardment. Only
three et' them were struck, and not a soul war injured on
board of them Captain Queen's vessel, the T. M. Ward,
had a large bole made in her by a ten,ineh Lion. It ;,,n
-ttred her euu•hoard uttarter, einitehoig the oohin, sad
pettifog directly over the top of the magazine, through
the port side, into the water. Another etc t entered the
deck of the ddolph Bagel, forward, and lodged in the .
1104. Still another carried away the cutwater of the
Sydney C. Jones.
A Scene from the Masthead.
The liarlford, Pensacola, Richmond. Brooklyn, Rod
Mississippi bad cone up close to the tear line of mortar
rewdEn dust without the PRIME of the eneh..r. o, nd
More k.tearnin2 Only enough to keep their relative positions
against fie Hires of the current. A loon another steam.
veseeis dotted the smooth surface of the river_ like the
rhetsmen upon a board when the game is nearly finished.
01 These gunboßto no Omani), liennetiec, Wissahickon,
Cayuga, act &OM, wore at the head of °Helloes. belch
log Oct chill upon the enemy from their 11 inch pivot
gums with tortoni rapidity. and with them the sloop•of
war Iroquois, Captain tie romp, whose eallentry is
ever> where admitted The Iroquois seemed to he a spe
cial target for the enemy. and shells pleughed up the water
all larallllo hal% but she escaped With only i:To of the crow
slightly wounded.
More Fire Rnfts.
Over the woods, we can count seven or eight moving
columns of smoke, which indicate that the rebel steam
ers are passing about, prebaFly plotting some mhichief
against us. soon one, and then another, and afterwards
a third, appear in view, steering toward the forts. Be.
fore reaching them, however, the oteameni dash to cqver
again, and we see that three huge burning raf 14 have been
net adrift. The swift current sweeps them toward us.
nater and nearer these sem/duel v formidable rafts ap•
preach, but they occasion very little anxiety. We know
how to dispose of them. The mann trot" the large ehi ea
tt , e cal ed out or the rigizine, which they have boon pa,
mitt,',] to occupy as interested spectators of the battle,
and, in a short time, DORN have the rafts in tow, and
they are lai.thd ou the river bank to burn away.
Firing Ceased for the Night
The o l lb way all day, at intervals rho
fire of the roster was brisker than at others. As nearly
ab we could judge she rebels wets unable to stand long
under our fire at their barhette gnus, but retreated to
their taFeniates, where. has ing gained rent and a fresh
suprly of courage, they would return w)ly to be driven
away again after firing a fon - rounds. about ure o'clock
P. we observed apparently in the centre of.
Fort Jackson, and after it broke out there was no further
firing from either fort At nightfall a bigntd was male
from the Harriet Lane for tile schooners to cease opera
tiol.s, and the night was passed in quiet, without even a
fire-raft appearing to Wallah our repose.
General Butler Heard From—A Canard.
I had almost forgotten to mention an incident of the
first day 'e tight, which had an in4triting, effect upyn
the men. The steam yacht Saxon, a diApateh boat be
longing to lieu. Butler's Expedition, arrived with infor
mation that The General was below with 8.000 troops for
the purpose of occupying the forte after the navy bad
taken them. Fdie brought news which we were all cre
dulous enough to swallow without a grain of salt, to the
eft. et that Blume:de had cep.ured Norfolk, and the .Itsr
rimer Had teen sunk by the Monitor. Commodore For
tson telegraphed the statement to the entire fleet, and
its circulation occasioned such en outburst of enthusiasm,
which found vent in cheering of the kid that men of.
war's-n...n only know how to give, as I have never be
fore witnessed.
List of the Troops on Shipboard.
Fo!loving is a list of the troopo now in the river:.
On the steam-tranapoit Mississippi—Mai Gen. EltiVer
and ataff. Twenty-math Mitemtelitig-tte Regiment, Col.
Junta; Thirty.tirot Mamsastinsettg, Col. Goading; Ey. -
rett'n Si , h Maraachuso , to batte'.
On the eteam•trarinport Matanzas—Brig. Gen. Phelps
and mall. Ninth Connecticut Regiment, Col. Cahill, and
Elnicinib'e Second I tnent battery.
Ou the eailing.transport Great Republic, towed hi
ther by the 'United tittit,rs gunboat J. P. Jackson—Brig.
Gen. Williams and staff'. Meaty-first Indiana Regi
ment, Col. McMillan ; Fourth Wi4COUSiII Reg:4mM,
Cc•l• Pal..i aa‘l glixdi Michigan lirgimout, 'Gott GOT.
tl)
On the sailing...transa , ,rt ..Verth, America, towed hither
by the steamer LFississippi—Tha•tieth Massachusetts
Regiment, Col. Dueley ; ono company Reed's and one
company of Ifuri7age's Cavalry
On the transport chip E. Wade Farley, towed hither
by the Matanzas—Tweifth Connecticut Regiment, Col.
Derma.
All these vesrels are now at the bead tf the Passes save
the Great Republic, whose great draug l 4 prvrented ber
pa.ugt , t.F dm; in-,
Immense Rebel Floating Battery
UNITED STATES Senomint riaa Ssirru,
OFF PILOT-TOWN, 11 , 11SSISE43E1 Thvea.
Friday uruning, Ansil feel.
The mortar &tin, with which Y. have been more es
pecially connected, was ordered ft:meanly, alma 5 o'clock
in the utterucam, tr- get under way, and repair to this
place, •where mow of the vessels are now at anchor. The
reenoo iur this mien*, elta erasr 10 wipleitml la the Uir'
c.")/[0..7/Ge ow ten manomo latatiog uatteryi iron•elad
and heavily armed, emvivett the lire of our th.et as it
ran toe gauntlet of the fate, and could be Seen a mile or
two above ue, with no adeepale force to interpose, should
its rebel flatters attoruot to clear us out of the river_
This formidable battery at the forts la au Utiwleldy coo
-11 iVabre. It ie conetrueted of a New Orleans dry-dock,
and is unmanageable iu a lid, -way. Should it venture
down the river, we have an open sea by which to avoid
it. As it would be impossible to get it, gach aptly, a sol e
Aelent ferve could be brought to ueetrOY
Despatch from Farragut.
There is no doubt that Commodore Farragut, with a
large ionsdion, is now at New Orleans Read tire Ad
-I‘,.:es ,4.4 t wee monied to utratioi
It was written when the flag officer was warm from the
conflict, and the waffle have the ring of true metal in
tbm:
DEAR Pop en : We had a rough time of it, as Boggs
will Mt you, but, thank- Cod, the ntuothyr of MOW and
wounded was very small, considering. This ship had two
killed and eight wounded. We di stroyed the rain in a
single combat between her at d the old Mississippi, but
the rani backed out when she saw the Mississippi COMiEff
IS her stud ran on 011UTUI
whereupon Smith put two or three broadsides through
him, and knocked him all to pieces The ram pushed a
fire raft on to me, and, in trying to ovoid it,
I ran the
ship on shore. Be again pushed the lire raft on me,
and got the itlklo on fire all along ono aide. I
thought it was all up with us, but we put it out
and got off again, proceeding up the river, fighting our
way. We have destroyed all but two of the gunboats,
and these will have to surrender with the forts. I intend
to follow up Mg Nieman and Duet, foe Near Oelnaes, and
then come down and attend to the forte, eo you bold them
in statu quo until I came back. I think if you send a
Hag of truce and demand their surrender they will yield,
for their intercourse with the city is cut eff. We have
cut the wires abovethe Quarantine, and ate now going
ahead. I took NO or 400 prisoners at the Quarantine.
They surrendered, and I paroled them not to take up
Brine again. I could sot atop to take care of them. If
the General will come up to the bayou and land a few
men or as many as he pleases, he will find two gunboats
there to protect him from tee gunboats that are at the
fort., I 'Fish to gel to the Magnet. Turn, where they eiv
they have not placed a battery yet, but have two above
tearer New Orleans. They will not be the, and neither
n lit I. You supported us moat nobly. Very truly yours,
P, a, iittlifFilgtiro
To Capt, Di VA "'Math cowman* norm nouns.
Splendid Fight of the Varuna
This despatch was brought to Captain Porter this af
ternoon by Captain Boggs, late commander of the Viz
runes, whose vessel was sunk in the notion. Prom dept.
Beggs I obtained some further information. Ile stated
that, before the Parana sunk, she destroyed alone six of
the rebel steamer., of which be learned the names of
four,
viz: The William. 11. Webb, Palmetto, Pluenix,
and Jackson. As he bussed the Sorb. ? Ca n t. Iknig, as
Weil as all the other vessels, received their lire. The
/tic/emend and one or two more of the large steam
sloops, slowed down and poured three or four broadsides
each into the enemy. The 'Parana did not wait after
d..tl-...riog two brei..3.11.., hot pressed dirocth on
into a hornet's nest of rebel gunboats which
were a mile or two above. She was assailed by
these two or three at a time, in rant-fashion, but
ting at her with their iron-cased: prows, and seve
ral largo holca were made in her. As long as hit
creed floated tientain Marge fought gallaiittY with kind
guor, and drove the enemy's steamers ashore, where
they were Bred by their own crews. One of the Vara
na's shot disabled still another steamer by making a hole
in her Utter, and this vowel surrendered to the Oneida,
who took her oilletwe abd crew prisoners. The rtertenea
last guns were fired 'erten her decks were under wet )r,
sod no clothing or other property was saved by a soul
on board. There were three of the Varuna's crew killed
in tho action, and seven wounded, two of whom aro not
expected to survive their injuries. 'Minding the rani,
there were eleven of the rebel steamers destroyed, and
the cc plait' of the ram is a immoner on board the Mis
sissippi.
Our Loss, and the Enemy's
Atter the tight, the whole squadron repaired to the
quarantine anchorage, which is seven miles above the
forte. There the dead were buried and the wounded
made as comfortable as circumstances would permit.
The number of our killed and wounded Is ...theeeked by
Captain Rogan at about 1:11, and 17 of these belonged to
the Richmond. Ile thinks that the loss on the side of
the rebels was enormous. The chain cables which were
fastened ou the outside of our vessels proved au admira
ble protection to their 1110h111411- An in every moo where
the shot struck them it bounded off without penetrating.
A great deal of damage was dune to us by the floating
dock of the rebels to which I have before adverted ; and
although many broadsides wero discharged at it, they
had no effect whatever upon its iron aides.
The Mortar Fleet Exhausted
Having related all that I have heard of our movements
above the term t must now return to what occurred be•
low before the fleet started. This, however, is ono of the
casee to which it is excusable to begin a ktOPY at the
IA rung end. The mortar Ileet, worn out by unceasing
toil, had been greatly dissatisfied for the past day or two,
because the large vessels took no part in the action. The
men acre completely jaded with their labors, without re •
eviving much anenuiravvinnot at to the advantage Wh , Cil
had romilted therefrom It wee really a pitiful eight to
gw 011 Nand the gam mere and look at film. 1 have tt en
the m when relieved from duty ro exlnuetori that they did
not attempt to go below, but, dropping upon the deck,
oak sleep amid the tetanal din of the think. There
it owed to be no excuse for the delay. Tho chain barrier
had been cut three nights before, and the old hulks which
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lines constitute • equette.
i'uPPoTted it w9rp trH#tieB !Ong the riTer•bauk, where
icy taw hog dwept them iltinu is trOVIIIIIB kuu /in poet
tivAr on Weenetdny night that Commalure ra,,tmitt
Moro Jai Win niin,n flit two (,'clack the
110Xt 1. - tornlntz, over) body was made bApPY, and the wee-
TIN nit v ipuhrri totally for trio trannont which was to
rig ii, rtliti
The Conboatx Under Weigh
The eight was (mho kr.d elerlight, Tltn tobolet, 01l (Inn
hod prefierve.l ne ex itre, rs nittow. Not n single gnn
her) hem. firm! Irtset t-itht4 folk
ad.} /00l • Wier l-Vietnoted tlicir p"-ittnn 4 r were re•
tlo.ir on, tenbitioe I ooth•ipotiou of the aruni
at , ttek. at two o're4-1. two atvo.ll lootorto,
were ho/ot,il oleo. l'harep,-rd'a peak, and. In el
few rut Plit.nnO the vi Veen et the beetle:RW.l van.: haNiKit
over the 'jeer, II tie I In heettleiellit," timat
th e tllt . n ',ere to I,,rea °their r.ieer, and get the wee On
dery eigh. There wee ?wee delay .1n meal gno 'webers,
and ranping Into pesiraw.', end It wag n,,t vent am
(Aleck that the Ireeeelp hoinn Me 1 , 07 %law they
in three div W7otaa, in order an
••
x ell own
The Plait tor Attach.
710 ateant-etertne Ilartfor,,,.. Brooklyn, lug Iti,flevond
nod the gni.b , ate &lola. Reav!..bcc,
Wi ^Mg. Thetto %%anted.; were yepecially an.
41.-r tz.s, .1 Oc...modui-e wniroip
fire 13 11),31 ‘lr tjAttt SOT , .
stptim.soWs Pensacola., WiS3i4sipT
and ra.'ltaa, and tho annboats A' andin, ACt•ettn, -
.so/richo: ,- , *9.d Car ja r under fbipt" Bailey, of 7 , Ale c'9ll
- crlnvoriva tar trcoua niyreha, co opunitv sow%
Port Phi'lp.
Ihe Il6' Tiet Lone; ITeAtilehl, 0; taco,
ht,ll J.ick son, cc. - Ztpriwni the TOW Dtvrnion, nurser
tatytt. Perth. 7 hepe vivre to take a tot *llion Ts oto which
,S 8 . 1":“?0 nod
into Port jikelcisov, nod they were joinad by the ?Gels
areafh. alnoly-etwar, Attlfag vrhael, ',Men oolv could
rt tiah ht.r pos!rinn in F131,T of rho , -•xertioalvf her olltaore
and r,rele t in time to deiner one broadside:
"Wit ing in Zurucht
Ae soon as the , veesole adder head w.. a furious
fire V 0.411 thrown 311' the du :mho, of the rotes from the
whole yu l e of mormr vessiehil stitch reierned *halm the
very wel ere, and ise time's, I reuld remit fd , lie.eshe atones
it. theist tti.il_vy tllot,lss4 thrcu K h the airryteliatitly
se iallive stare. ebeleSeeSeedr cognizant 0 , tar COM.
thg. for :ho foremost of the then , had scarcely got stirs set
at the lion of tire I'lo9 the forte when Flues' rord:tte were
made iron St. Philip,-ml. ehat `*min to tall rapidly upon
11,enb bur a tins, titres as notcpur t but gilllll e‘e could
hear the mile of the I.toadeidee, Hounded, in: oom
pullet witti the botntLey pack of Chinese- fire
crock. re let elf topetlits. A tire raft cast a lurid' glare
near Fort St: Philip, rust for tialr`r.ve , hour the dirt was
tt9ll6l@. Pil3dPl7llJlltllo7Weillid geg9MIEY he moss swg in_
t? pit Itig. At V. 14, etAl i.f Etas Hies it Seutiti to grow lighter,
11111 I Pit/ft saw the Ilirr:let Captain Porters
mid ell 'the vowels of hie division, esuslog rapidly dews
the river.
Ittbind them 'were the ourboats• Tcatrbec, worn
hail bruu hrotticiu pond otryunq the Wt[,
The /tasca et the time wen under u showtr ut stleh from
Fort ht, Philip. 1 afterwarls IVlCorth:tml that whim bile
N, dirrctly nudes the guns oh tho . f 01.2 a 'that paseed
through her hollervhd Mb, rendered her-Doable to proceed:
Oh Fite way than e:ar. to > ii.kt 4 A F ,,,
..cei , ..athrrtcen shot • below her wean. nee, eliogularly
enough. only two men were injured mmt board of her.
Their ItvotheEl are Richard Kuno, ear,ood'a the hold, who
awl struck by a splinter, awl hanDy. a fireman, who
was ecalded upon his arra and face by the escuee of
steam
Cheering News—The Forts• Passed.
It wee 1)0W about 5 o'clock, and the mortars. which
had kept tin their fire Incessantly, • were Higa.aligad to
Tbea a report wee reread theol - he isrger part
4 the Ptilladroll bed peered b e yo n d • the rant', and
cheere upon cheere of exultation made-the welkin ring.
I visited the Harriet Lane,•and learnelethat, althaugha
/be had been expoet•d to a furious Ilre, no damage of con
al ontrice had vomited to the vetwel. OIVA. ghOt had eta
her ringing, and another 1.,1 struck the brae,
ot. the bridge betaeen her paddle. boxes. d piecn of the
rail about six inches long was broken •off cud forced
thiottt h .the body of Michael Fiazgersl.l. the second cap
tain of the after pivot gun, prouticing a•wottnd which
he did not long survive. The same frar;ment of metal
rib. snitch George W. Huston, On. Of trit, gun's cre ars
breathing his thigh, and making the arupwiacivii of hie
leg necessitry.
A Flag of Truce.
Between Rix and seven o'clock, I went on board the
Oteasco. with Captain Giieet, a Philtuielph!an, who had
been commissioned by Captain Porter to go with a flag
of truce up to the forts, and demand their Ulluoiviitional
burn noi , r, We approached Fort St. Philip, within
mile. when we were fired upon tepidly five tiotad. I
confess that I had anticipated somethiug.of this sort, and
was not, therefore, unprepared. We immediately hauled
down r or flag of truce, returned, but in halt an limit
afterward a gig cam down trow the rebel fort' filing the
ran 1 flag astern and a white flag Io the bow, awl Call
killing a pile yi ling nein, with bushy hair, in the int
tom, coat of a first lieutenant of artillery, with a MM.
Nana seedy cap, and pantaloons of costae corduroy.
Captain Guest went to meet our.vleitor, and their
ference hated a few minutep. The crew of tha oat
titan of nitre motley appearance than I can auncribet
Their clothes were soiltd and ragged. Line wore a red
Wilt, one a white, and the other two gray shirt*. Ono
had a black slouched hat, and the otter. violet colored
military caps. We waited, after the rebels went back to
the fait, With they carat turis with ion mower to our de,
111111111 for surrender, On returning, the rebel wee invited
on beard the Owaueo, and delivered •Lis noessage mere.
Of course he was the cynoture of all el ea, and he appear
ed to be greatly abashed at the poaitiou in which he
found himself.
No Surrender.
He brought word that Col. litogineon, the commander
of Fort Philip, considered our terms inadmissible, and
that tire fort would never surrender Ho also et -red in
apology m behalf of Iris superior officer, for firing upon
the, nag of truce. assuring Ile that it was done by mistake
—rho color of •time flag having been. indistinguishable.
When the young lieutenant, whose name,. I. believe, Iss
Kennedy, of the First Louisiana Artillery, loft the van.
se), he allowed Ina boat to drip down a consider.olo
us
lance into our lures, pretending that lits men were unable
tc row against rho current. Undoubtedly Iris ob3•at was
to mac a reconnoie•sauce of our furces, r and as soon as
his shrewdness woo observed, we ran toward him. (heat.
Guest rentatked, "I must give y 11. a tow," nu l paising
a rune to the boat, eve soon took him near!) rue to the
fart. In this way we eln-mil us much US tie, flee river
being strewed with wrerki of steamers and half. coriqu.
nod fire-rafts. It was not long after the rebel a n sw er
had been returned tu Capt. Porter beton, the bombs
were again howling In the direction of the tort., and the
firing continued until the mortar fleet was ordered down
the river.
Casualties in the Mortar Fleot,
The casualties in the maltase Stet during this gage
have t ten tread k ably rea ;, 0,. it killed mailfird
covers all. Otte of the schooners the Maria J CarUM,
14 . 48 sunk by a round stud the second day of the boos
hat dnient, but nobory was bunt. Her co amender, uapt.
Jack, in a plucky man, but apparently somewhat tzufor-
Neale dating his count ctioti with the imyy, 1114 yrold
ape tilannetr a en Hatteras on her voyage ran from New
e k at Yilet Town his boat capsized awl be was nearly
di owned, and then hie total was emik at her anchorage.
Capt. Jerk's temper is elastic, howev r ' and ho don't
se, ni to care about them Hauge. Since he bas lust his
cchneruAl he bee dieplayril a great deal of mew in
rendering assistance wherever his servieeo were howled.
Collisions.
We have bad more ColliblOON Kauai; the gunboats du
ring the past few days than 1 could count cu the ends of
my imgers, the 4...ieta and Mdmid• hive toot test •
lIMt, and anchors, haste, and bulwarks bare been ten
dered scarce generally. 1111`86 misfortunes aro nt a minor
sort. and art dun almost enttrel) to the hazardous navi
gation, in a strung tideway, unsung so vast a flout. As far
tb, n a, !1. , . 40144* 11.7 Tau
'Teat difference, far nearly all the gunboats have been
deprived et [hell spars on purpose, iu order that they
may not prove so good a mark to fire at. Thee gun
lewd& all look alike, apparently having been cast in toe
faille multi. Thu Livtivr W diotinguidn large uuintiori
ale intintta in white oh their 1,
Saints; 2. Irinono ; Killen ; 4.ol'ihsakiclont ; 6,
Kennebec ; 6, Yinola ; 7, Itasca ; 8, Katandin ; 9,
Cayuga.
The Lora on the Oneida.
The sloop Oneida, Captaie Lee, htt, had some rough
expel iOIICO. On the heCOL d day or the bombardment she
Nl
struck on the b tetrboni d tide 'orward b. a eolid 32-
wonder, which lodged in her waterways, whete it te
thinly imnedded. Tim same day a 10.-iush mild chat
shuck her iv the al ier.pivot port, carrying away the
staocheong. injuring the atter.pivut carriage, and, hound
ing along the deck, seriously injored Moe men.
Seuerely Wounded T. A. Ntltrr, seaman, hand am-
Datattd ukapiag D. Mumbo'. ordinary SPILISIII6. saran
slim amtl fracture Juba Melt., si moan, coniu..ion and
internal injurirs ; George Scott, ordit.itry eeannsu, contu
sion ; Richard Graham, seaman, extensive corttQelon
inward Perry, seaman, contusion.
• • •
Slinkily IVounded.4lnory (loom: marina Hobart
Vatittlf, Jtiliti A. MIRK
The very next dav a shell Deeded through the Oftetida't
smoleFtack, taking on the right arm And tight log of
John Winn, of Brooklyn, signal quartermaster. Winn
will malady 1 , 601711 Tr; although he le maiintd shook:.
From China via San Francisco.
BAN FBASCUM), itlay 'ship Phantom arrived
at this port to. oay, 33 days from long Kong&
The Bong Kong markets, of March 29th, quota
Gallego Flour at Sld per barrel. TM, far the United
Stales, continued in demand at the previous rates.
Tomiikst , will] to DOA dtMMICIT with OM low nubbly
r mule In port,
Funeral of Governor Harvey.
'MADISON, Wis., Nay B.—The funerid of Governor
Iltkret , Y. lesserdity, was Israeli" attended. The
,eara,
Limey was very impressive. The bells were tolled, and
all the business houses in the city were closed. The
hearse was drawn by white horses with black plumes,
and was escorted by the military.
Fire at swiduuky, Ohio
SANnusKY, Ohio, May 6,---About ono o'clock this
n.nruing a fire broke out in Miller's book. binders, to toe
Ilegieter block. The !wilding was dostroyed, it wat oc
cupied by the toiled States Exprem, the ollica of the
gkUilto49 T. llognit.r. tuluat.agau
chart, and itear, gun. pm - lace 11111.1 couitzlint•ln 11,0. re.
The total toes amounted to $85,000, on which there is elm
iu,.urauce of $14,000.
Attempt to Plum Counterfeit Money . in
ICI=EI3
2:E YORK, May B.—A man was arrested, today, et
the Moulaing house of Thompson dr Brother, while offer
ing a large amount of counterfeit $lOO notes on the Al
lrghtey Brads Pt riitob”rff. no Is s‘qop,,se,l to
,I>e l.rs to
the tan to gang that issued Alm groat Shoe anLeather
Bank counterfoils.
AIM/AV/Ng AT Lvonortw_lllr. Andrew j_ Ste.
yens, IL S. Consul, sends us the Indicatore Com
merciale of Leghorn, of the 19th April, giving the
following list of Americans registered at the U. S.
0w4141;4 a# 1..<5130a4 FVi Liss wv9is endigg
Sa sr
day, 19th of April, 1862:
Mr. John W. Lawrence, of Now York; Mrs. J.
W. Lawrence, do.; Miss Emil 7 Lawrence , do..
Mr, Walter b. Lawrence, do, nobvrtl/aW
i
ranee do. ; Miss Fanny Lawrence, do. ; Capt. Isaac
N. Weatherbee, of Bath, master of ship Katandin:
Capt. Theophilus Eaton, of Searsport, master of
bark Swan B. ; Mrs, T. Eaton, of dears.
port; Capt. Edwin IL Thompson, of Topsham, mas
ter of bark Undine.
FORT TIAMILTO: 4 A CHA PLAIN POST.—Fort 11RA
TAIItAA, a abhdlibeEd rro tlao
War Department, some time ago, is now a chaplain
post. There is, however, no chapel, church, or
ether suitable place for public worship, but it is re
ported that ow Will be built as soon as possible,
church and proper burial ground are mush required.
The present burial ground looks like a deserted
potato patch.
Surorep_-=-Mrs. Moiled'''. wife of Mr. Levi Pres.,
cott, a watchman on the Hamilton corporation, at
Lowell, committed suicide by drowning in the
northern canal, Monday afternoon. Nothing un
usual was noticed in her action that day, excepting
that, when she sat down to dinner, ehc ono:in:mooed
crying, and left the table without eating. She
bad been only throe weeks married, and the cause
of her suicide is a mystery to her huthend and
friends,
LARGE lIAUL OF IiERRINGS.—The largest haul
of herrings over made at the "Cove" at ono sweep
was taken yesterday by the "Foundry seine." It
&twisted of about 20,000 [tannins and 11 fina Shad
A large portion of the herring were of the ariseitq
called "blue backs," which indicates JAW the WI
of herrings is nearly over. Tho number of hearing 4
taken at the Cove this season is much larger than
wurd, end already =outdo to nearly 10 1 / 7 UO')--
New Bedford Standard, Ur/t,