DAILY POST.
The adieu ea it wars
The Ceastitatien ma It Ist
SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 17
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v..' PARK ROW, NEW YORK. and • STATE
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STREET, BOSTON are our sande for the Daily
and Weekly Pest in those cities, and are an
thorned to take Advarthiements and Subsetiptiotui
kr us at our Loren Rates.
aeadllag matter an every page
PICAYUNE BUTLER
" The selection of the St. Charles Hotel
by • Gen. Butler as his headquarters, must
be, to the residents of New Orleani, " the
unkindest cut of au." Only a few months
since, the journals of that city positively
slanted the General was no more nor less
than an aged colored barber named Pica
yune Butler, who some years previously
kept a shop under the hotel which then
occupied the site upon which the present
St. Charles Hotel was subsequently built.
The story was widely circulated through
the South and as widely believed."—ln
wirer.
This General Butler appears to be one
of the hardest headed officers in the ser
vice; from his first achievement at
Hatteras, until his entrance into New
Orleans, he has not made a single blunder.
While our fussy, blatherskite pretenders
ma- demagogues, like Fremont, John
Cochrane and Cameron, were indulging
in empty speeches and proclamations,
Butler, and other sensible men like him,
were making an impression upon the rebel
strongholds. Although a capital talker,
he has refrained from making speeches,
except to encourage his countrymen in
joining the service and crush the rebellion.
He is just the kind of stuff required for war
purposes.
Gen. Butler is an ugly creature, but he
can't help it t any more than the country
editor of the Gazette can prevent his being
handsome. The homeliest feature of the
General is his eyes ; they are quite small
and, sunken and provokingly . crooked.
They point right in towards the point of
his nose, and when gating right at one, he
seems to be looking out like a fowl in a
thunder storm. In this way he fools the
rebels, beerinse, when apparently looking
out for squalls, he makes out to see "all
that's going on " among them. He is
just the man for New Orleans 5 full of re
sources, and havinra previous knowledge
of Southern character, together with polit
ical antecedents, not objectionable to
Sonthern.politicians, we should'nt be sur
prised to hear of him within a few weeks
ironer supplanted the rebel chieftains in
the affections of the people, and bringing
back the folds of the Union the erring
though repentant State of Louisiana.—
Shoalii _be accomplish 410-7-thereby . . re
dicing the present absurd price of sugar—
we will be the first to order out our Home
(laird Invineiblex, and give hi tn a triumphal
entry into our city upon his return to his
tranqiil home in Massachusetts. There,
in, his native New England, he can, like a
true - Democrat, spend the remainder of
his . days, in the sweet contemplation of
issOng .. , reclaimed a commonwealth fr om
rebellion, the acquisition of which, by
President Jefferion, *as by that great man
repelled as the crowning act of his mag
nificent administration.
Ma STANTON.
The,New York ,papers are still dial*
it into:the Beeretary . of War. One paper
says that although he was always burly
ano bulky, requiring an unusual amount
of cassimere to properly embellish his fair
proportions, of late he has swelled to such
an extent as to be entirely too ponderous
for the latest fashions; which means, we
presume, getting too big for his breeches.
The Worktsays:
"The country will learn with profound astonishment that, the correspondents-of
newers will not be permitted to tele-
Srsh au of the coming bode at
Uonnthilitterlt - has taken place, until
the. , report islirst revised by a military
censor at Cairo. Mr. Stanton is evidently
d!temined to doctor the news before it is
given to. the country, but why he should
want to do so is a mystery that passes
comprehension. If we are beaten the
fact must come - out. It cannot be con
cealed. -If we ire victorious the sooner it
is know* the better."
WHITE . DESTITUTION.
The New 'York World contains the fol
lowing, and we direct the attention of the
Pittsburgh Casette to it especially. That
paper'is in Lvor of bringing four millions
of slam into the Free States, because
"therein enough for us all," and because
they are 'entitled to "natural and political
equality." The World says :
"Rig a saindialtothe city that thousands
of women should be daily besieging the
Major's•office fin. money to support them
selves aad families in the absence of their
husbands at the seat of war. It is quite
tithirtlits — matter was understood, and if the
soldiers-WI not provide for their wives
and &Wm they mart - apply for relief to
the us 'llokitj , charities."
Whaidoee our abolition philanthropist say .
_to this ? No word about "lordly masters,",
"cringing slaves," and "clanking chains;"
as is its sympathy is all reserved for imag
inary evils at, a convenient distance.
ilk. The Garet*, having killed off Mc-
Clellan, is now engaged in the congenial
tackofpliinizingthat virtuous man, Cam
eron. An editor who could slander a gal
lant'and successful soldier, and then prop
Cameron, aftorthereport of &Congression
al Committee on his official oonduct, is be
yond hope of forgiveneas in "this world, or
the world to come."-
Bereti Howard on VionirCloUan
Wisemerow, May 14.
Senator Howard of Michigan ; mites to
the 'National Int e ligeacer of to-diyto con
tradict its statement that the Military pom
mittee of the Senate,. who lately visited
Yorktown, were 1 11111,111mous in the opinion
that the L.
..reatsat possible credit was due to
General Mc Clellan for compelling the iintc
nation of so importanta stronghold with so
iftde of Mk; and that they umpressed
the utitinitkoonfidence in - the complete suc
cess of his plans for the subjugation of the
rebellk, e. The Senator says th a t, so fir ,
asheis chniernedi thestatentent is with ti
authority. The frie - 141 of Gen. !Catal an
to act feel
AIMING 'TEM =MOW
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Al ar m
Notwithstanding the tire - helm
ing triumphs of theltaign d the
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striking indicationiCt
.iiim of•dannbelliabt • in still
insists upon l a n nin glit• -.1 :di*, if fir no
&Mil purposithanhAskii dim our heroic
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soldiers a portion ottheigloitY achieved by
their effortiffo destroythe hiniteeltion.—
This questbn being up for _Consideration
in Congress, on Wednesday !mt. Mr.
Phelps, of Missouri, said:
"This is a war of white men, not of Indi
ans and negroes, and the proposition to
employ negroes to fight against white men
is worse than one to employ Indians to
fight against white men. During the
American Revolution, when a proposition
was made to employ savages for the pur
pose of putting down the rebellion of the
thirteen colonies, it was denounced in the
British Parliament. The slaveholders, or
a majority of them, were the last to give in
to this rebellion, but those who from the
first plotted this rebellion placed them
selves at once at the head of the State gov
ernments in nearly all the Southern States.
They had the executive and other State
officers, andtheycontrolled the legislature,
and they could do, therefore, whatever
they saw fit to do. When the people of
the seceding States met in convention and
passed the ordinance of secession, by
which they declared that they no longer
owed allegiance to this government, they
enacted the necessary ordinances to adapt
themselves to the condition in which they
were then placed. There are laws on the
statute books of every State pnnishingper
sons for treason against their State gov
ernments, and a Union man in anyone of
these rebellious States, if he had risen up
to assert the supremacyof the United
States, and declared allegiance to the gov
ernment, would thereby subject himself to
threefold punishment: First, the punish.
ment oftreason against the so-called Con
federate government; secondly, for trea
son against the government of his State;
and, third, the punishment of being ar
rested by the military authorities, of the
Confederate government, either to do ser
vice or be despoiled of his property. As
to the employment of negroes, the people
were compelled to give the labor of their
servants to aid in the construction of for
tifications and intrenchments in the vicini
ty of the rebel armies. They did not do
so willingly. They were coerced by mili
tary authority, for the people themselves.
or a majority of them, were opposed to
the rebellion. It would be wicked and
unjust to turn the arms of these negroes
against their former owners on the plea
thit they were opposed to and in arms
against the government.
.Chaa. H. Foster Snubbed
The following letter from General Burn
side shows that he is as good a civil as he
is a military manager:
HEADQCARTERS DEPARTMENT OF N. C.,
NRWEERN, April 21. 1862.
Chas. Henry Foster, Esq.:
SIR :-I see by the Newbern Progress of
Saturday morning that you propose to
speak to a political assemblage in this
place on Wednesday next, which I think
would be very . unwise in you to do, and
decidedly unwise in me to allow.
You occupy no official political position
in the State, as was evinced by the refusal
of the House of Representatives to grant
you a seat in that body.
The President of the United States has
very wisely appointed a Provisional Gov
ernor for this State, who is a native there
of, and was at oue time•.one of its most
prominent and influential citizens, and
represents at this moment the views and
feelings of a majority of the people of the
State of North Carolina. •
The Government will•doubtless indicate
its civil policy to Governor Stanley, and I
cannot consent, in the meantime, to em
barrass either hint or the Government by
initiating myself, or allowing, any one else
to initiate any civil policy. From my own
experience in matters of this kind, I am
sufficiently embarrassed .already in ts king
note of civil cases that absolutely require
immediate attention. The occupation of
North Carolina, thus far, is: purely military.
Another very serious objection to tile
assembling of such a meeting as you pro
pose is that I have never beeni nformed
by any one that it was in contemplation.
None of the citizens have represented to
me that they desire a,meeting of this kind,
and officers and soldiers of the army have
no right to originate or organize political '
assemblages.
I beg to say that I do net question the
honesty or disinterestedness of yonr inten
tion, but the wisdom of your course is to
me clearly open to criticism, and the meet
ing cannot be allowed to assemble.
(Signed) A. E. BURNSIDE,
Maj. Gen. Commanding Department, N. ('.
The Williamsburg Battle..
A correspondent "states : Hre'we got
the first Philadelphia newspaper which
professes to publish accounts from the
ground of the recent battle near Williams.
burg. It is astonishing that even Ameri
can history can be written so falsely and
so unjustly. The reader of the reports in
The Philadelphia Inquirer would certain
ly suppose that Gen. Hancock's tight on
our right was the principal battle. Hew
easy it is to correct this error. Hancock
had only between twenty and thirty killed
and wounded, and only four regiments en
gaged. His,affair was but & skirmish. On
the left, Heintzelman was compelled to
fight- a great battle of vastly more con
sequence than Bull Run, and he won it,
too. He bad seventeen regiments engaged
from first to last—twelve of Hooker's and
five of Kearney'n; and his loss in killed,
wounded and missing, was two thousand
andfortyliz ! I have told the story of
this bloody battle that the'conrage of our
men enabled Heintzelman to fight for six
hours against the odds of , three to one,
and against other and greater odds. than
disciplined troops ever before encountered.
And wider and wider spreads the opinion
through the army every hour that it only
needed that Sumner should have spared
Heintzelman a third or a half of his force,
standing idle in the woods, only a mile off,
to have enabled him to crush the enemy
right at Williamsburg, and have taken or
dispersed the great Williamsburg ,
which we may
now have to fight again on Sunday in the
Chicahominy swamp. .
While quartered at Williamsburg, Gen.
...McClellan rode out on Wednesday, while
the troops were on dress parade. He rode
along the lines of Hooker's division until
he.reaohad the brigade in which the -Fifth
,Wisconsin regiment was drawn up, and
near where I was standing. Then, rais
ing his cap, he pronounce(' in clear and
sonorous tones the followingirords :
General McClellan's; Address to
Me Troops that Fought at
Wilhowiallourg.
My lads, I have come to thank you for
your gallant conduct the other day. By
your bravery and steady discipline you
saved the day. You have gained honor
for the army, for yourselves and for the
States which are proud .to own you as
their sons. You shall-lime Williamsburg
emblazoned m 3 .1 your banners .. You have
stood by me f aithfully: Continue todo so,
and your gfstefnl country will never forget
you.
I neet , pot say that this stirring
. ..li . ttle
speech allied forth the utmost enthus iasm : '
I whole iy idolizes McClellan, and to
be thin oompented by him was felt
be as honor indeed.
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GREAT NAVAis mir TIOTORT AT PORT
Narrative of Um) Engagement :
PARTICULARS AND INCIDENTS;
The special correspondent of the Chica
go Times gives a graphic description of the
engagement at Fort Pillow, under date of
May 11th. We give a few extracts:
The Attack.
The sun rose clear yesterday morning,
though its early rays scarcely penetrated
the heavy haze that spread over the entire
surface of the river. The morning air was
hot and murkish, inducing lassitude, and
almost faintness withal. It was after six
&clock when the mortar boats---but two
this time—were towed down to their posi
tion. The haze still covered the river,
making it impossible to see with distinct
ness more than half across the river. Cap
tain Davis, for prudential tOasons, ordered
the.gunboat Cincinnati, Captain Stetnhel
commanding, to convoy the mortars down,
and remain with them as u guard. The
mortars reached their positions, and were
moored to the timber, the Cincinnati also
running her bow into the shore near them
and making fast to the trees. Having ob
tained what she bad reason to consider
her position for the day, the awnings of
the gunboat were spread, and the crew
were set to work washing down her decks.
In the midst of this occupation, the look
out discovered the enemy coming around
the 'point only a mile astern. The boat
was immediately cut loose from her moor
ings, the crew beat to quarters, and such
preparations as could thus quickly be
made for action were made.
The enemy appeared with three gunboats
and a ram—the latter a powerful contri•
ranee, combining immense weight and
strength with high speed and admirable
steering facilities. ller hull and boilers.
as those of all the rebel rains, were those
of old New Orleans' tow-boats. The up
per works of these -were cut away; their
sides protected, in some instances with a
laYer of railroad iron, and in .other:i only
with bales of tightly compressed cotton,
hooped and bound together, one -to the
other, with iron bands. Their bows are
pointed and sharp, and apparently of solid
iron.
At their first appearance, the gunboats
manifested no disposition to come up the
river, but sent the ram ahead to tackle and
destroy the Cincinnati, thinking then,
doubtless, to run up and make easy prey
of the defenceless mortar boats. The Cin
cinnati perceived the movement and ap
prehended its intent. The ram was already
half way up to her before she was cut loose,
and then the accumulated drift-wood on
her bows prevented her getting out into the
stream. fo back out would be to run di•
rectly upon the enemy while they were
seeking to run into her, thus adding to the
force of the blow with which they would
strike her. In this dilemma, she let fly
her stern guns full into the face of the reb
el, and at the same time attempted to
crowd along up the shore, hoping. before
moving far, to succeed in getting tier head
out. Her guns made not the slightest ap
parent impression upon the ram, which
still held its course and was rapidly coming
upon the entangled gunboat.
Again the steam guns were let go full
into the face of the enemy, but still her
progress ; was not retarded in the slightest.
A moment more and her tremendous weight
came with terrific force upon the starboard
stern quarter of the gunboat, but, without
inflicting any serious damage. The three
of the blow, however, threw the stern of the
vessel in and enabled her to get headway
from the shore. Then, in tnrning out,
bang,,bang, went herbroadside, directly in
to the saucy rebel craft, which was hacking
off preparatory to renewing the assault.
The Engageinent.
The heavy and frequent firing of the
Cincinnati quickly attracted the attention
of the rest of the fleet, lying from two to
four miles above. These and all vessels in
the service are required to have fire - in their
furnaces eonstantly, and a low head of
steam on. On this occasion it seemed a
long time while they were firing up and in
creasing their steam and getting under way.
Yet within ten minutes after the time the
first gun was fired, the Benton was in ino
tion,headed for the scene of action, and
before twenty minutes had elapsed both
she and the St. Louis were engaged. The
Carondelet and Mound City were:not far
behind: The Pittsburgh was moored high
the stream, and was longer in getting to
the scene of aetiom . The' Cairo ' through
some misunderstanding of signals did not
leave her moorings.
While our boats, were thus falling into
line,
one after the 'other, the rebels were
also being reinforced. Three more rains
soon appeared around the point and also
the gunboat Van Dorn. The rebel gun
boats steamed off into the hay cau ,, ed by
the abrupt bend in the river at this point,
and lay off as a reserve corps, while the
rants alone• were sent forward for close
action
The Cincinnati and the Mon.
Again the gunboat prepares to open fire
on her assailant, and the ram seeks an op
portunity to renew the assault. The Cin
cinnati has worked herself away from the
shore, and is now afore easily handled.—
Turning to and fro. she ,gives her antago
nist broadside after broadside, with no ap
parent result. Still be comes on. As he
nears his object, his'steam apparatus . is .
gcit 'ready, and his - crew, armed with small.
arms, prepare to board the Federal craft.
Captain Stembel, seeing these demonstra
tions, orders out carbines, boarding-pikes. -
and cutlasses, and also put his steam bat
tery in readiness to give thwrebels a warps
reception. On they come, closerand closer,
and chug! The boats collide with fearful
violence, followed by the crashing of tim
bers, and the bending of iron, and the
shouts of men, and the discharge of mus
ketry, and, above all, another broadside
directly into the enemy, now immediately
alongside. Amid this general uproar,
Capt. Stembel rushes upon deck, and,
seizing a pistol, with admirable aim dis
charges its contents into the head of the
rebel pilot, killing him instantly. The
pilot's mate seized a gun, in retaliation,
and shot. the gallant Captain, just as he
was turning to give his attention to some
other-duty, the ball entering high up on
his shoulder behind, and, passing in an
upward direction through Ins 'neck, came
ourunder his ehin. lie fell instantly; and
was carried below.
In the meantime, the.enemy, in attempt
ing to get their steam battery. into play,
met with a serious casualty by its:explos
sion, by which a large number of their
crew were badly scalded.
To add 'to their consternation and dis
comfiture at this unlooked-for catastrophe,
the steam battery of the Cincinnati was
opened upon them, deluging the craft
with scalding water and steam, in the
midst of which they were glad to withdraw.
There were probably not enough men
on hoard the ram left unhurt to work
her, as she did not again come into ac
tion.
Sinking of the Mallory.
The Cincinnati, thus released from her
butting antogonist, was left free to pay her
respects to the rest of the strange visitors.
Although leaking badly from the effect of
'the concussions of the ram, her first offi
cer, who assumed command when Captain
-Stembel was wounded, kept her in action,
sad did;excellent execution' with her long
range . guns against the rebel gunboat fleet
Ipat off in the bay. I wish I could recall
.this name. which has now
escaped me.. 4e s a gallant fellow, and
deserves eilnaltiL natation- On "win"
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termined bravery werenever compressed
into so few words. +a
It was soon aiterthis withdrawal the
ram that the Mall*, which is also'-ffitted
Oa WillUM l ol/041111 - carrying a heavy
.Mina
mthig, moved its and singlid out the.crip-
Cliteintidt as'. her special victim.—
Thiicraft; was morlumbering and slower
than the ramaproper, and could not be so
easily worked about. She worked very
hard to get her nose into the Cincinnati's
side, but every time was foiled by the
movements of the latter. At last she had
apparently secured the desired opportuni
ty, and was crowding all steam to make
good headway, when an unlooked for ad
versary appeared. The St. Louis bore
down upon her, unseen until close to her,
and then the came the unavoidable collis
ion—the rebel was cut half in two „and
sunk immediately. Her ere* perished
with her, but half a dozen or so escaping
by clinging to the St. Louis. This Was a
most brilliant manoeuvre on the part of the
St. Louis, relieving and probably saving
the Cincinnati, whieh was already halt
sunk and almost unmanageable from the
weight of water in her hold. Seeing her
condition, the Acting Flag-Officer signaled
her to withdraw, and she . 141.4 run upon
the shoal at the foot of the island, where
she now lays upon the bottom.
The General Engagement.
Language is insufficient to do justice to
the general engagement" which was in pro
gress while the incidents narrated above
were enacting. The .rebel gunboats fired
but few shots, and those fell harmlessly
about our boats, or if striking them glanced
off without damage. Their rams, on the
contrary, were constantly busy, flying about
in all directions, seeking opportunities
everywhere to do some butting. Indeed,
this was the main reliance of the enemy ;
they had calculated, with these heavy and
swift vessels, to ride our fleet down with
little or no difficulty. But they had a big
job on hand. The Federal fleet was averse
to being thus summarily disposed of.
They obstinately avoided their assailants
whenever it was possible, and, when this
was impossible and they were struck, they
refused to sink. All this was doubtless
very provokingto the rebels, as it was grati
tying to the Unionists. It was the more
galling to the enemy . because of the per
sistency of our boats in firing heavy broad
sides in quick succession, and then follow
ing it up with bow and stern guns, creating
a din and roar, terrific, grand and destruc
tive. The sixteen guns of the gehtou, and
the thirteen of the other boats of our fleet
that were engaged, nearly seventy guns in
all, and all in constant play it may be well
, be imagined caused au uproar in which a
single report was scarcely distinguishable.
In the midst of all this din and apparent
confusion two of the rebel boats were
wholly destroyed. Who or what boat
should have the honor of destroying them
cannot well be determined. Shells were
Hying thick and fast from all our boats.
The denseness of the smoke rendered ac
curate aiming an impossibility. Suddenly
there was an explosion which proved to be '
one of the rebel gunboats. A shell had
reached her magazine, and exploding
there had blown the craft to atoms. Her
crew were all lost. Scarcely was the ex
tent of this disaster realized, when another i
of the same fleet met an almost similar I
fate. In this case the shell struck her
boiler, causing a steam explosion, scalding
and burning the crew, and turning the vessel
into a wreck. Many of the crew jumped
overboard, but the majority perished with
the boat.
The Mound City and McCrae.
During the engagement of the McCrae—
ex-revenue cutter at New Orleans, a pow
erful three masted screw steamer, now the
rebel flag-ship—attacked the Mound City.
As she came upon the little Yankee gun
boat she seemed like a huge elephant at-
I tacking a horse, so great was the disparity
in their sizes. On she came at full speed,
headed directly upon the Federal boat.
The Meant! City greetotherwith a broad
! side, without in the least checking her
advance. Her bows had evidently been
i greatly strengthened inside, and were
I plated with heavy iron, furnishing a per
' feet resistance to our missiles. The. Mound
City was put about, and another broadside
fired, this time at very close range; but
with no better success. Her head was put
about, and her three bow guns had scarce
!ly discharged their huge missiles cruse
against the huge prow ot. the vessel, with
out producing the slightest damage, when
the boats struck.with a tremendous crash,
making a bad breach in the starboard quar
ter of the Mound City. The McCrae then
backed off not daring to expose her sides
until a sale distance was put between her
and her adversary. It is supposed ; that
she was herself damaged, us in backing off
she hauled down her flag and did not again
come into action. The Mound city was
ran upon the shoals to prevent hsr sink
ing. She has been pumped out tn-day,
and is now on her way to Cairo for repairs.
The Euewy Retire.
The action hid now lasted about forty
five minutes. One of the enemy's boats
had been sunk and two blown up. The
rest of their fleet was sadly crippled.
They had lost huudreds—perhaps three or
four hundred—of men. •To prolong the
fight was to ensure the destruction of their
entire fleet, and the sacrifice of hundreds
of more men. They therefore gradually
fell hack under cover of the smoke, and
what was left of them skedaddled around
the point to the protection of their land
batterie, and we were left the undisputed
victors.
The Cost.
The cost of this most signal victory was
but trifling. We lost one man—one of the
gallant officers of the Cincinnati. He was
her fourth master, Mr. Jennings, shot by
a musket ball through his abdomen. He
lingered until to-day, when he died. The
brave Captain Stembel also received a
most severe wound. He has been sent to
Cairo and will recover, should there be no
further hemorrhage from his wound. Two
seamen on the same boat received slight
wounds. This is the complete list of our
casualties throughout the fleet.
The only boats that sustained any dam
age were the Cincinnati and Mound City
the latter is already afloat and will be re
paired within a week. She has been sent
to the government ship-yard at Mound
City. The Cincinnati lays with four feet of
water on her gun-deck. The only pump
here has been at work on the Mound City,
but being released there will go to work
at the Cincinnati immediately. That ves
sel will be afloat by to-morrow or next
day, and can probably he very quickly re
paired.
PROM WASHINGTON
The Hopes and Fears and Plots
of the Radicals.
The breakdown of the Arnold-Lovejoy
bill is the cause of 'exultation with all
border State Unionists; but other schemes
to Africanize the South are in the abolition
budget. Fears begin to be expressed that
General Halleek may have to wage an un
equal contest at Corinth, and that General
McClellan must fight a desperate battle at
Richmond ; yet the radicals insist that the
war is substantially at an end. At one
moment they are depressed by fears, and
at another wild with schemes to confiscate
property in States which have not yet
been recovered.
It was not from principle, but policy,
that many radical republicans signified to i
Mr. Lovejoy that he must abandon his 1
.sweeping measures of abolitionism. They I
had ascertained they would be beaten bya
small vote; but so far from giving up their
cherished schemes they will Prosecute
them ander other foram
The abolition of slavery here has made
Washinotin, the *glum of riatma
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LATEST NEWS BY TELEGRAPH.
Preparations far Battle by the
two alaAd Armies.
WASHINGTON, May 15.—The news re
ceived-at the War . Department to-day,
dated yesterday, from the armies of Gen
erals McClellan and RaHeck, indicate
preparation, but no movements or engage
ments of importance bad taken place.
The News from Corinth.
CAMP ON CORINTH ROAD, Mi 55., May IE4
—The following ; is a paragraph of a special
Gehl order just issued:
" Guards will be immediately placed
along the line to Chambers' creek. No
officers or, soldiers will be permitted to
pass to the rear, and no citizens to the
frontef the line, without special authority.
Commanders of army corps and divisions
will see their camp cleared of all unauthor
ized hangers-on, and any one attempting
to evade this order will be compelled to
work on the entrenehinents, batteries, or
in the construction of roads."
This is understood to apply to all per
sons, correspondents•included.
Fifty-three privates, three corporals and
one sergeant, captured at Dresden, Tenn.,
are coming in this morning under a flag of
truce. An equal number will be sent to
morrow in exchange.
Colonel Jacob Thompson, of Beaure
gard's staff, formerly Secretary of the In
terior, accompanied the flag of truce, and
admits the fall of Norfolk, New Orleans
and Pensacola, but denies the fall of
Richmond.
Deserters are coming in by squads daily.
All agree iu stating that the rebels are still
there fortifying.
The pickets skirmished all day—half a
dozen were wounded on our side.. The
weather is very warm.
From Fi. Monroe and Norfolk.
FottritEssMoNtmE,Mayl6.—Coldnorth
east wind and rain. In consequence of the
'storm no dispatch was sent to Cherrystone
this afternoon.
Secretaries Seward and Welles l and At
torney-General Bates, arrived this morn
ing. and proceeded to Noyfolk with Com
modore Goldsburough. General Woo
also visited Norfulk to-day. All quie
there.
Orders bare been issued by thine&
Wool, prohibiting the sale or distribution
of newspapers in Norfolk or surrounding
country, and prohibiting the transporta
tion of supplies or merchandise of any
kind, whether by sutlers or otherwise,
and prohibiting officers, soldiers and citi
zens f'rom visiting the city, except on bu
siness connected with the troops belong
ing to the Department of Virginia.
We understand that the embargo upon
travel to Fortress Monroe will soon be
removed, and free transit to and fro re
sumed.
The Adams Express Company having
secured a location in Norfolk, will open
an office to-day in that city.
Lieutenant Carncross, one of the most
useful members of the staff of General
Wool, has been appointed Acting Assist
ant Adjutant. General.
Thirty-Seventh Congress.
WASHINGTON, May IG.—gorse.—The
Speaker laid before the Rouse a:commu
mention from the Secretary of War, em
bracing a report from General Geary, con
cerning the homicide of Robert E. Scott
and a man named Matthews, reCently in
Farquicr county, Virginia, from which it
appears that they were killed by two pri-
Yates of a Wisconsin regiment, as they,
with arms in their hands, were entering a
house where the soldiers had taken shelter
to capture them. One of the latter was
shot and tile other escaped. It ie added
that they had been guilty of marauding in
the section through 'which they ;passed,
while seeking to join their regiment.
SENATE. —Mr. Sherman, of OhiO, made
a statement in reference to a remark made
by Mr. Holman, of Indiana, in the House,
who said, speaking of investigating com
mittees, that Mr. Sherman's committee
received eight dollars per dad•. Mr. Sher
man said!that he had been into two com
mittees, one the Kansas Committee, and
the other called Naval Investigating Com
mittee, but neither committee ever charged
or received a cent of compeisation or
Mr. King, of New York, presented the
memorial of merchants of New York,
asking the speedy passage of the Pacific
Railroad bill.
The resolution offered by Mr. Sumner,
of Mass., that the bills of the Senate and
House be enrolled on paper instead of
parchment, was taken up, and Mr. Sum
ner spoke in favor of the adoption of the
resolution.
Georgians Oppose Destruetion
of their Property.
LOUISVILLE, May 16.—A gentleman liv
ing at Augusta,
Georgia, says property
owners in that State are adverse to the
destruction of their goods. None has, as
yet, been destroyed. Nobody favors such
destruction but reckless and propertyless
persons, whose designs will . be thwarted
by owners of cotton, &c.
Jell: Davis' Secret Circular.
CHICAGO, May 16.—A special to the
Times from Cairo, says: The famous se
cret circular, purporting to emanate from
Jeff. Davis, was gotten up in this city by a
reporter as a sell.
On Friday morning, May 16th. of Infiamation
of the Lungs. ELMER Euswoirre. aired 10 months,
son of Henry and Jane E. Rea, Jr.
The funeral will take place this afternoon at
two o'clOck. The friends and acquaintances are
invited In attend without further notice.
On the 14th inst... at
_Harrisburg of Typhoid
Fever, Capt. WILLIAM HAYSBROWN. eldest
son of Mansfield B. and Jane W. Brown, of Com
pany R.. tad regiment. Pennsylvania Volunteers,
iu the 225 year of his age.
The funeral Will take place from the residence
of his grandfather. James Brown, Eeq., South .
Commons, Allegheny city, on Saturday. 17th in
stant at s o'clock r. m. Funeral service at the.
house will take place at .2% o'clock.
On Friday morning 16th inst.. at 134 o'clock
Mr. JAMES HOLMES. in thedith year of his age.
His funeral will take place from his late resi
dence South Common, Allegheny,City, it 4 o'clock
P. M., to-day. The friends of the. family are re.
spectfully invited to attend.
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WASHINGTON, May 16.—The following
dispatch has been received at the War De•
partment:
HUD QVARTIVA or THE THUM DIVISION.
llinateritle, cazTai s t . b i t }-
To Hoa. EDWIN H. Sratrins, Secretary of
War:
At six p. m.„on the 13th inst., General
Negley's expedition from Pulaski, sup
ported by Col. Little's expedition from
Athens, entered Rogerville, driving the en
emy across the Tennessee, and destroying
a portion of their ferry boats.
Having learned of the approach of Col.
Little'S forces khe enemy succeeded in re
moving their'artillery, baggage and stores
before the arrival of Gen. Negley's.
I expected an obstinate defense at the
passage of the Elk river and accoMpanied
in person Colonel LittWs expedition, but
without crossing.
The enemy fled as usual at our approach.
I ordered on yesterday an expedition to
move promptly from Rogersville to seize
the bridge across Shad Creek and the fer
ry below the mouth of said stream. This
duty has been promptly executed and the
ferry and bridge; are ours.
No more troops will enter from that re
giontand we have now upon this side of
the river twelve or fifteen hundred cavalry
of the enemy in, bands of three or four
hundred, whom we will endeavor to hunt
down and destrOy or capture. The gun
boat which I have extemporized, will be
ready for service to-day, and I wi ll soon
be able to pay flay respects to the enemy
in the Eastern Side of this region under
my 'command.
Signed, 0. M. MITCHELL,
Major General.
On inquiring of the War Department it
is ascertained that the order of the Assist
ant' Supervisor of dispatches at Cincin
nati to the operate: at Cairo, was not issu
ed by the 'Mil*. Supervisor at Washing
ton. It was issued by the Assistant Su
pervisor at Cincinnati under a misappre
hension of instrue!inus received from the
Military Supervis , which were intended
to stop the forwarding from Cairo to the
newspapers of fa!se and improper military
intelligence and sensational dispatches re
lating to militarymatterssuch as had on
several occasions. created' public anxiety
and alarm, without cause, and of which
great complaint had justly been made.
There has been no change in the orders
of the Department and there is no inten
tion to withhold anyauthentic information
from the public, except such as could not
be published without embarrassment to
military operations and danger to our
armies.
The Secretary of War, upon the appli
cation of Representative Mfy, has ordered
the release of Colonel W. F. Baldwin, of
Va., to exchange for Colonel Corcoran.
Capt. Farrell and Lieut. Dempsey, lately
released as prisoners 'of war from Rich
mond, and who have been a week in Wash
ington, had represented to the Pres;dent
and Secretary of War the necessity and
justice of this arrangement, on account of
Col. Corcoran's health. Aided by Mr.
Ely, they have succeeded.
Representative Kett-igan to-day received
through one of the lately returned Union
prisoners, a letter from Richmond, dated
May 12th, which was hid in apiece of soap
urging him to use his political influence to
effect the release of Capt. Downy and
Griffineand Lieut. Underhill and kap, of
the New York regiments. He also receiv
ed two photographs of Union hostages as
they appeared in Castle Pinckney.
•
Statements of Denorters from
Corinth.
Came :same CORINTH, May 16.—Several
Frenchmen, members of the Thirteenth
Louisiana regiment, have arrived here-
Three companies of that regiment, are
composed of Frenchmen, who, unable to
obtain work, tood or money, were obliged
to enlist for thirty days, and the conscript
law compelled them to re-enlist for the
war. They report the whole army without
coffee, and that at one time it was nearly
three days without rations. They say that
Van Dorn and Price left Corinth eight
days ago, but do not know where they
went. ag o,
weather is very clear and hot;
roads very dusty before Corinth, it having
been satisfactorily Shown that spies have
visited our camps, crossed the Tennessee
river and prooseded in the night by dug
outs to Florence, Ala., where they hold
easy communication with the enemy. It
was deemed necessary . to exclude all civil
ians from the vamps in order to hit spies;
hence the general order mentioned yester
day.
An intelligent Federal Sergeant, captur
ed at Shiloh, escapedyesterfty. He says
he was taken from Corinth to Jackson,
Mississippi, thence to • Jackson, Tennes
see, ind - then back to Corinth again. He
states that from the time he left Corinth
until his return there, he wasguarded by
unarmed men. A contraband, the inti
mate friend of Gen. Hardee's servant
Jack, arrived and reports to have been
told him that Hardee was very Sick of war
and would leave, but Beauregard wouldn't
let him.
Nmidinenions Confirmed.
WASHINGTON,3I4 . I6.—The Senate today
confirmed the nomination of Major Getter
etal Wool to be Major General of the army
for gallant'conduct on the 10th of May, in
taking the city of Norfolk, and other gal
lant services. Also of Charles Chase as
Postmaster at . Manchester, Va.
The mail for New Orleans will be made
up at New York, to be foirarded by sea on
eveiy steamer which may leave for thAt
port, therefore the communication between
these cities will be frequent. Postmasters
are requested to forward all mail matter
for New Orleans to New York Post Office.
Isaac Newton, atpresent connected with
the agricultural br a nch of the Patent Of
fice, has been nominated - by the President
as Commissioner of Agriculture under the
law recently passed Establishing a Depart
ment oi Agriculture.
Benjamin' Wood, not wishing to con
sume the:•Vii II of the house in delivering
a speech oaths . conditions of the Union,
obtained loseitiiiion to print it. He says
.it has been Rd to him to - speak the first
conciliate*, word in behalf of-his suffer
ing countrynten: There were gentleman
within his vision whose swofn purpose and
greatest desire, paramount even to pres
ervation of the Republic, is emancipation.
They, first applied - the torch, and are now
more busy than ever with throwing fresh
fuel to the flames. Should hiitory ever
trace, which God forbid, the record of ,
this country's ruin, that page will seem
the stroegest to thoue-that read, which tell
of the madness and' wickedness of the
arch filiation of Abolitiosism. In the
dark recesses of the teasels of luta
' my, the gloomielt niches'will, bear the
inscription of their' names. In place of
Making the negro question the . subject, .
matter of debate, Congress should taste
into earnest, edema consideration some
expedient for secarinu peace; and be.
lieved success Would crown - limit Oats.
An hOnorable police was withiktheir gesipti:
and when the people`,o44lll4l thaiii IS
only the' inramo4kOtiilP49. - -, ' tlim
slavery movement an sai rt
to °Maier peace, wee to • *WI of th e
abolithin party. Bat, work Are *own
" t re e.
away on stubborsa fbt i - ,.
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IGTON, May 16.—The lion. Hen
has received a letter.from a Mild
his old regiment, the Twenty
_ lassachneetts, claiming the honor
raising the first National mi,c on the
rebel works at Yorktown. At six o'clock
on the morning of that day, Col. Grove
and the Twenty-second relieved Colonel
-Black, and the advance guard. -Soon after
the rebel works were occ upied
. ei
Grove, who planted thiitN be
longing to hisFegimentlipo •
Where ifiemained during
the only,Ystional gag raiaedzi_nimp the
Werke or in the taint until the Foe -!Barth
New York cams nil in the afternoon:- The
officers of the regiment claim thatike offi
cial record will prove this.
The fagitive slave law is being , quietly
enforced in the district to-day, r , The wily
tary authorities are not interfering with
the judicial process. There- are at . least
400 cases pending. It is maid that some of
the uegroes, whose owners or agents from
Maryland are there seeking their recovery,
mysteriously disappeared this morning.
Paragraph two of general ordeas No.
102, dated in November, having bees. re
voked, the o ffi cers and men . transferred to skeleton regiments under its optcration
will be assigned to their original rimiMents
as fast as vacancies occur.
Federal Soldiers Captured by
&lumina, May 16.—Yesterdity' after
noon a band of about 300 mounted:guer
rillas made a dash on the Railroad guard
beyond Front Royal, killed and took 14
prisoners, all belonging to the 28111-Penn
sylvania.
The railroad bridge over the North fork
of the Shenandoah was completed .41;0;64
the track will be laid and traintrpaia to.
morrow forenoon. The bridge is three
hundred and fifty feet long and fi ftyfeet
high, and was constructed in forty ours
under the supervision of G. N. agle,
Government bridge builder •
All is quiet in front to-night.
It is currently reported that GensMil
roy and Schenck are in occupation of Stan
ton.
Beauregard Risks an Ariallattee
of Ten Days.
Cmcsuo, May 16.—The Cairo special to
the Tribune says:
The steamer Gladiator, from Pittsiu rg,
has arrived. There was a rumor at the
Landing that Beanregard had rent &lag
of truce to General Halleck asking an 'ar 7
inistice of ten days. This was subsequent
ly corroborated by deserters. It was an
der consideration when the Gladiator left.
Clearances to Southern Ports,
WAsiiiscaos, May 16.—The Secretary
of the Treasury has issued full instruction
to the various collectors,respecting clear
ances to ports opened y Proclamation of
the President. These instructions author
ize the clearances at any time before the
first of June , but vessels so cleared are not
to enter such ports until on or after , that.
date.
Obituary. :
This community of which be has been felinity
Years an honorable and exemplary mensbarosaa
deeply pained to learn on Friday morning, of the
sudden death of Mr. JAMES HOLMES.
But a few days has pawed mince he was is our
midst in full health and usefulnens, and today h.
lias pale and silent in tho tomb, atricken down in
the prime of manhood by the hand of Provldefte .
Mr. HOLMES was a native_ of Baltimore; Md.
but OMEN to Pittsburgh in his boyhood And
dad here until death, engaged actively as a
business man.
For many years the writer of this was intimatelY
connected in Innineas with the deceased and c
bear testimony to the spotless integrity of his dm
racter the geniality of his friendship. seethe
earnestness and truth which marked all kis haw
course with his fellow men.
He immodest and nnawamiagie hlgdjeteanor,
Prompt and upright in all his deems. a aped Mit
imn, • kind husband and father, and a true Chris
tian gentleman.
The many who have known and este=
in life both in the city and ebewhere
in deep and heartfelt regret for bis mod,
and in kindly sympathy for the laniatird
whom he has left behind. 114 1 3, •
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