The Titoism as it was; ' The Ceastitation as It Ist MONDAY MORNING, MAY 19. WWII'. a. PETTENOILL & CO., as *7 wor PARK ROW. NEW YORK. ands STATE STREW. BOSTON are our 'gents for the Daily and Weekly PIO& in those cities. and are au &imbed to take Advertisements and Subscriptions ism us at our Lo - 1 ion Rote. air Readlag attar ea every page A SLIGHT REVERSE By a telegraphic communication from Colonel David Campbell to the War De partment, by order.of General McClellan, it will be seen that our gunboat fleet was repulsed at Fort Darling, seven miles be low Richmond. GEN. HUNTER ON SLAVERY. Extreme Abolitionism has been thrown into a state of ecstasy, by the appearance of a proclamation from Gen. Hunter, giving, as they suppose, freedom by a sin gle dash of the pen, to the slave popula tion of South CaroHIM, Georgia and Flor ida. The following is the General's proc lamation : MEADQUABTUIS DRPARTMENT OF Tag SOUTII,} MILTON ME iD, S. C., May 9.1862. GENERAL ORDERS, No. 11.—The three States of Georgia, Florida and South Carolina, comprising the military depart ment of the South, having deliberately declared themselves no longer under the protection of the United States of Amer- Ica, and having taken up arms against the said United States, it becomes a military necessily to declare them under Martial law. This was accordingly_ done on the 25th day of April. 1862. Slavery and afartial_laur in a free country are altogeth er incompatable, the persons in these three States, Georgia, Florida and South Carolina, heretofore held as slaves, are therefore declared forever free. [Official] DAVID HUNTER, Major General Commanding. En. W. Sam, Assist. Adjt. General. This proclamation, like that of Fre mont's in Missouri, and Phelps' in Louis iana, is precisely so much nonsense • its authority will extend to his pickets and no further. Its effect, however, like that produced by the manifestos of the Gen erals alluded to, will be to satisfy the Union men of the South, that the in tention of the Government in the pros secution of hostilities against the rebels is, not to restore the Union, but to keep It forever asunder. Hunter's de claration that "slavery and martial law -in a free country are altogether incompatible," is quite original. We were, until now, under the impression that some sort of force was necessary to hold slaves in bondage; and nothing ren. ders martial law so easily enforced as the very state of servitude which Hunter de clares incompatible with military author ity. But it is useless to comment upon a document :so glaringly silly anti unneces sary?. _ Will the Administration endorse this absurd proclamation, or will the author of it be requested to withdraw it? We do not believe that President. Lincoln will stultify himself by giving countenance to it. He should immediately dismiss Hun ter, or at least inform him that he had better wait - instructions before taking upon himself the functions of the powers at Washington. The President has -given the world his plan for the settlement of the slavery question, and if he permits these restless generals to run counter to his avowed policy, he will exhibit a weak ness which will be humiliating, not only in the eyes of his countrymen, but in the estimation of the governments throughout the world. A day or two will decide what action the President will take. THE HOMESTEAD BILL On the 15th a committee of conference agreed upon the Homestead Bill, and both Houses of Congress have adopted their report, thus securing the passage of the bill. This bill provideS "that every person who is the head of a family, or who has arrived at the age of twenty-one, and is a citizen of the United States, or who shall have filed his declaration of his intention to become a citizen, and who has never borne arms against the United States, or given aid and comfort to the enemy, shall, after January 1, 1863, be entitled to enter one-quarter section (160 acres) of the un appropriated public lands, upon which said person may have filed a pre-emption claim. It is also provided that all com missioned and non-commissioned officers, musicians, privates, dc., in the military or naval service of the United States during the present war, shall be entitled to the right of homestead secured by the act, with out any limitation. The other features ofthe act simply relate to the legal course to he pursued in entering the land." . This bill now bufiteeds the President's signature to make it a law, which there is no doubtof its receiving. The account lof the passage of this long considered measure of "free homes" closes by saying that "great credit is due to Messrs. Aldrich and Potter, who were on the committee of conference, and who have ever been among the most active laborers in behalf of this measure, which has been pending in Congress so' many years." When any great measure of public con cern, is about being consummated, there are, always, an abundance of gentlemen anxious to appropriate to themselves the honor therof. We have no desire to de tract from the credit due the gentlemen above mentioned, fortheir efforts to secure readybut justice to others, not now in the of the nation, require that their early orts for the same purpose should not be rgotten. 1 When the H*n estead principle had but few advocates, side an association of Land reformers pdasessing but little influ ence, the Hon. Joh Dawson, of Fayette County, becameits eh' 'II in the U. S. House of Itepresentativ -, . with that indomitable energy which e • tensed his congrearional career, he stn • to it until it pa seed the House in 1862 ten years ego. Although the Homeliest,' principle had been discussed prior to" the. ponied alluded to, it never had an earned and indtistrious advocate until Mr. Hawsers assumed its championship. In the distri- 1 beim of honoisl thetas*f -- . . lying F .0 1 fr ee homes to the honielessi • free lands to4lie t buldj#4.4phe ir.j,)DiAPe nn . silver* is entitled toithe : '"' chire.— And, that :la *- 41 -•••• r ~• . 1- "'" c • ~... , now that he IVO sent, the passage of iihfrdarlinerrol r so much discussion and pideriatiniiiiiiit will be doubly gratifying to him :and those who aided his early struggle for Home- stead exemption. THE O'GALLAGHERS AND THE ILILLONES. A discussion has recently arisen in Ire land, in relation to the origin of some an cient Celtic clans, which ruled, alternately, in - Ireland, prior to the reign of the famous Brien Borieugh. Among the names, men tioned are two euphonious ones, quite familiar to American ears—we mean the Gallaghers and the Melones. An Irish friend of ours; who devotes nearly ell the liesure time he can spare from a pressing business, to the exploration of Irish his tory, furnishes us the following in relation to the names alluded to : " GALLsoaEa.—The O'Gallaghers are descended from Conal Guiban, son of Ni • al the Great, of the race of Fleremon. They were lords of the lands of Astragh, county Donegal, and hereditary Marshalls ' of Ulster." " MALoxE. —The Melones are of the same descent with the O'llanlyns (ride Supra). The Malones are numbered amongst the principal chiefs of `fettle. Yankee innovation has dispensed with the 0' in the name of O'Gallagher, but we are pleased to see that Malone has not been abreviated by our modern lexico graphers. The old , Irish families, whose names be gan with 0, have'furnished to the world some of its brightest statesmen, and in trepid soldiers. And, after centuries of exile, in foreign lands, the prefix wherever preserved, shows itself worthy of its high descent. Look at Marshall 0' Donnel, now the ruling spirit in Spain see Mar ' shall O'Niel, who, in Italy, led Napoleon's French legions to victory upon the bloody: field of Solferino. Irish history is full of achievements by the o's, and by the is Niels, especially, from whom it ,will be seen the O'Gallaghers descended. Should Ireland, at some future day when Napoleon is ready to avenge Water loo—gain her independence and take her stand among the nations of the earth, and choose a monarchical form of government. a nice point would arise as to the true heir to the Irish throne. That the claim would rest in the O'Neil family is pretty certain : but the branches of that luxuriant tree be ing so extensive, nothing, we fear, could decide it save the bloody arbitrament of the sword. Should peaceful counsels pre vail, however, it is not impossible, in this rapid age, to see Ireland her own mistress and governed by one of our American al laghers, or O'Neils. Should that event take place in our day, we shall spend the few remaining years of our life in " that sea-girt Isle," "the gem of the Ocean." We shall probably locate in the ancient city of Dublin, and our first business will be, after examining the castle attacked by the patriots of '9B, to commence the writ ing of that long-deferred document, the ' epitaph of Robert Emmet: and in it we shall take occasion to frequently allude to that judicial trtenster, Lord Norbury, who sentenced so many Irish patriots to exe cation IRELAND In large sections of Ireland there hes been for months a dearth of food, scarce short of famine, with general distres, and even many deaths from pure starvation.-- Private charity does what it can, or will, while the Irish papers mourn, and the English "sympathize," bet England pro- poses no relief. In the British rr ouse of Commons, on May 2d, Mr. Maguire spoke of that distress and those deaths, and asked "what Government proposed doing r Sirliobert Peel, in the name of Govern ment, admitted the "existence of some dis tress, though greatly "exaggerated,'.' and said that "Government deeply regrettedit, but could not attempt to alleviate it by in- discriminate relief." Thus Governmen turned a deaf ear to thousands of its stare ing subjects." Of course, why should England do any thing for starving Ireland. Her budget of sympathy is only,for the black man and her money, to gratify her lust for power. Let the poor famished Irish exhibit symp toms of rebellion. the "cold stream guards" soon answer the attempt—just complaints and long suffering are not permitted to form a count in the indictment, but let rebellion with or without cause be initia ted in any other quarter of the globe, the evangelical hypocrisy; of the English policy crops out under the guise of philau throphy or the rights of humanity. We hear much of the rights of nations and peoples to institute their own form of gov ernment and make their own laws. Ile complaints of all nations are listened to by Whigs and torys, ins and outs, always save and except Ireland. How long, oh how long. The Manassas Gap Railroad Held by Gen. Geary 's Command. Special Dispatch to the Inquirer. MANASSAS GAP, May 13.--Gen. Gear' command, threatened by large forces of guerrilla cavalry, has put the Manassas Gap Railroad into complete runningorder to Front Royal, and has guarded thirty two miles of the mountain passes for five weeks past. and reconstructed all the de stroyed bridges. They were attacked by, and had almost dady skirmishes, for twelve successive days, with bodies of guerrilla cavalry, whose object was to ob struct the road. Several of the rebels have been wounded, and a number of prisoners taken. Guerrillas have crept up at night upon the infantry pickets, under 'cover of the darkness, and attempted to murder them, but have been foiled by constant watchful. netts. Several of these desperaders have been ca ptured and sent to Washitlgton. The Twenty:eighthPennsylvama Volun teers are now in General McDowell's Di vision. They hay.e explored all the moun tain recesses of 'the Blue Ridge, from Paris to Manassas' G! _., aid driven the guerrillas, which had threatened de struction to the newly constructed bridges and the railroad, South of Manassas Gap. The Grave of Abraham. A correspondent, who met the Prince of Wales while travelling in the East, says:. "The Prince was at. Hebron while we were there. He and his suite obtained parmis- lion to visit the Cave of Mochpelah, Abra• place. They are the first , • vets allowed to enter it siacetheemiades, .4,700 years ago . Dr. Stanley AVM du air is kept in the most beaded order, • sad' iterating could be inOrerretishretotA4ol the state in which -th e jiimgeb t Ara ormsn e d. Isaac, Jambsd ri Tt ize illnlh, 1 1 4 4wmat, and Leah are • OUR ARMY 00R HEADQUARTERS WBIST.TWCPIESTrzr2N!" CAMP NEAR EST POINT, May Dna POST :—TwO daykortskort rations (caused by our servants (getting ~i telsind hand) gave us an . appetite twlenjoy a . sumptuous repast, viz : Fried crackers, fried beef, cold boiled beef, veal and vine gar, a little butter, do. catsup, coffee with sugar, etc, with a gusto. A mug of vine-. gar and water sweetened , with currant jel ly; is carefully stowed in one corner to quench our thirst in the afternoon. We left Williamsburg on Friday mor ning, halted here last night and are wait ing for orders. The most of us have as certained that a soldier's duty consists in moving when he is ordered, taking no time to get ready and asking no questions. We shall probably move to-morrow morning at daylight. 'Within a halfmile of where we are encamped is a Virginia village, con sisting of two houses, about half a mile apart and plenty of room for more houses, not yet laid out into city lots. From some rebel post bills, we ascertained that the post town is known as "Buret Ordinary." "Hell' s swamp," so called by the inhabi tants here, is hut a short distance.. The country is really most delightful, having wontierftilly improved since we crossed the Warwick, (pronounced War wick and from the battle ground near Williamsburg hither is truly magnificent. From the 1% arwick to Hampton once the garden of Virginia, the country is truly God-forsaken in appearance, the soil being a sour clay, the stunted pines and other scrubby timber gradually encroach ing upon the cultivated lands. The weather since Monday last has been very tine, and our men feel the in spiriting influences of oursuccesses and the balmy atmosphere. We left a low swampy woods at Warwick, where "military neces sity'. required we shouldlteencamped, and rolling grassy fields whic . h have since been our resting places (with One dreadful ex ception, to•wit : last Monday night, mole a pleasing, cheering and healthful contrast. Our brigade was not engaged in the bat tle on Monday last. but Peck's brigade, of o u r Division , (not Nets'. as spelled in the 1 1 dispatches was. The P.th Pennsylvania t Rowley's t Regiment was and front the hest information I can obtain, they sus• tained themselve s nobly, being a long time under fire without flinching and doing the work for which others rei. - ,ived. the , •redit. I obtain this information from the best authority outside their regiment or brigade. No censure is intended upon any dispatch sent North. Be..atise it ii tilinost impossible so stain after such an engagement to ascer tain all the fact and give equal and exact praise to those who merit it. I only Tito!, nun the circum-gance. beentire. n-t a l'itts burgher. I want our people to receive the praise to whit!' they are justly entitled. (Jur General tGrabaut t is sick at For tress Monroe, which undoubtedly impairs the efficiency of our brigade, but I know we still stand high at headquarters. lam very anxious that General Graham shmild be with us, inasmuch as he is cool and experie nce d. W e have become areitStom ed to hint end have every confidence i n him. I neglected to say what I suppose is well known to you. that the battle at Wil liamsburg was only with the rear guard of the rebel army, they having some Indus , or 15,thal Men engaged, lio,itcd instrong entrenchments, making them equal to filly thousand inert in 1411 open 1101.1. It wits IleliieStiOnably well managed On their pat, and enabled their main army to get well beyond us. Their foss of stores, artillery. tier , was not more than could be reason], 11y Vs pected of even a well managed re treat, pressed as they were by our troops. We are now within thirty miles of Melt inOnil. and I hear guns to the front which would indicate that the criciny are wit far distant. Yours, Extract From a Letter Dated ItrArriirtT, S. C.. May 8, 11,Q DEArc . F . -almic: --I perceive by some news papers, and other channels, that On "Roundhead Regiment' . is reported su ITer ing much from sicithesit, causing much un easiness :intone fur friends at . home, be sides 'loin'', 11, injustice. This yon have corrected. The fii , t is, we never on joyed berter !width, and at evidence Race but three on the list, two of whom r,tull do duty if required. '1 he heat to times is oppressive, but a tint hreClZe heti: in towards eve n i ng which is quite refreshing. B.ninfort is a didigi tful. healthy plate. to whir! W. have just re turned. being some time-out on Ei'Vrre picket duty. Asnro our friends in Pius burgh aod other place; that, we. as their Agents, — in the "G'rund //moor." now being performed, are ready and trilling to play our part. " Pray for the suceesa of the Roundhead,."' Affectionately, Yours, w. It. Mc Trade to Eastern Virginia We trust. says the New York Times, the policy of relaxing the blockade of the Southern coast will he extended us speed ily as possible to Norfolk. The inhabi tants of that section of Virginia,-and of the whole Peninsula between the dames and York rivers, are actually suffering for the necessaries of life. The rebel armies quar tered among them for the winter consum ed nearly all their grain and other provis ions, and the subsequent passage of the Union troops completed their exhaustion. They need trade more than anything else. They have little money, it is true, that would be available here, mt they have val uable property, and could doubtless obtain credit to an amount that would afford them very great relief. Nothing will strengthen the Union feeling more rapidly than a brisk and active trade with the North. Hollins' Ram Manassas. It was plated with railroad iron of a small pattern and cheap quality. It had a sharp proboscis, partly under water, and over this opened a trap-door. The lid of the door looked as if it might be propped up strongly and used as a bridge for board ing the enemy after he had received a blow of the iron snout.. The whole ma chine was, perhaps, one hundred and ' twenty feet long, and thirty feet in the beam. As she floated slowly down the Mississippi, on fire, two boats from our vessels hoarded her, and attempted, in vain, to move the hot and sinking mass to the bank. While they were so employed, the machine fired a gun from her iron nose. The shell burst harmless over the marsh. The Norfolk Navy Yard. The rebels succeeded in almost com pletely destroying the Navy Yard when they left. Hundreds of theta were busy in setting fire to all the buildings and all the vessels, and next morning little remained but smoking ruins and a dismal desolation. The great eastern and western shiphouses, the marine barracks, officer's quarters, smiths' shops, engine houses, &c.,were all consumed. The rebels had built and launched two iron vessels, mounting four guns each, and built in water tight com partments, so as to be raised or sunk at pleasure These were not intended to be propelled, but used as stationary batteries for harbor defence, or else to be towed out to operate against our wooden vessels.— They were burned, but not so seriously in jured as to be entirely useless. A number of small vessels . and schooners were also burned. - Great. efforts were made to destroy the dry dtda . ;liut th ey were u . ege rressfall• The massuflognknaval hosp ital 'untenitte4. 4 clll* - :.pte vandsbink,whinli has matkimbloo trioy. of the acts of the *O2ll els auiintifai war shrank front the satiffjl ' hie of arm; this splendid structure. PONDEROE. •, - • , s I UM? NEWS IY Ulan LATEST FROM THE ARMY OF THE Gen. Pope's Division Within. Three Miles REFUGEES COMING NORTH. DISSATISFACTION ADM THI UM TROOPS. NEW REBEL RAC AND GUNBOAT. JEFF. TUOMFSON MAKE A DE. FIIE CINCINNATI AFLOAT COLONEL PU ELAN AND ONE UUNDREDPRISONE CAPTURED. CHICAGO, May 17:-Special from Cairo. The steamer Meteor, from Pittsburg, has arrived. General Pope's Division has again ad vaneed and now rests three miles from Corinth. Deserters report that a great deal of hard feeling exists between the Missouri and Tennessee troops awdthose from the Southern States, the former urging that they have nothing to fight for, their Suites having been restored to the •n ion, and see no reason why they should be compelled to tight tltr the independent* of the l'otton States. The steamer Sbinghis3. with forty Mem phis refugees, arrived. They report that hundreds of others are making their way North as best they can. A dispatch, from the fleet deserters, state that the rebid flotilla was reinforeed by the arrival of a new rum, called Gin. Price. and ti e ooelad gunboat Arkansas, from Al Jeff. Thump on landed part ot fori,s on th.• Arkansas hare•, and ' , utile a d,•. Inonstralion nn our land force. li n W.,,b night oar pickets were iiri,en by the CIII.IIIY, who now bold part of Point No. 127. Cs PEG tR. I:DEA L. Mo., May V.—Dis patches, just received frotu Col. headquarters, near Bloomfield, Mo., con tain accounts of the capture of the notori• ou'A rid. Phelan, of JefT. Thomp,ron'g gang of I darauderA and over oat! hundred f his me r, fifty men voluntarily gay. , themselves up, and expreAsed tt de.ire to return to a print and peaceful life. Nka rota[. May Is. 14.2. Leiters from Port Itoval by the steamer Atlantic report that the accession of the negro pilot Small, who ran away fruit Charleston with a rebel tu.. , ' boat, is deem ed ink , re important than the heavy gun, l'olltainetl, us tinutll is thOrollyith' tle quainted with all the intrioacie , of the navigation iu that region. General u q proclamation had been published in Charleston, and a negro in surrection there was imminent. Vast preparations are making to bom bard Savannah. Our gunboat , have pro ceeded np the •river. and our pickets are within four miles of Sr. vannah. Vas,ive Lai reties, mounting Parrot guns. have been erected nil around the city. Our troops have a portion or the rail road iwtwee n Cliarledton unii Savannah in !twit! 104.,:iession. n.,zro regino . ntltruigorganized he Gen. litic.ter, Ir.i edli••ere keing :wk.•fed front ;lie 3lw.s:kchudetts rugintents, and the rnovenient ur.n.tlt••v will he wide to 1...1 form thities re i:eve our troOpw.• Foreign New 1.16 SAN [iv !fool:, May I7.—The Great Eas tern, from Miltla-d Ifaven. has passed here on leer way to New York. The Paris Petrie says that the visit of the French Minister to Richmond was en tirely political, and its purport wit.' known to President Lincoln. The following news is obtained from files of foreign papers brought The London Times, in an editorial on American affairs. says thetrue test of pub ' lie feeling in the North will come albeit the taxes are collected. In the meantime, so long as the Federals are not absolutely winning, they are losers, whereas, so long as the Confederates are not actually sub dued, they may regard themselves as win ning. These are considerations which counterbalance the superiority of the North. Captain Wilson, who captured the ship Emily St. Pierre, from a prize crew, has been formally presented by numerous Liv , erpool merchants With a valuable service of plate and gold chronometer, also with a sextant. from his crew, with two thous and pounds by the owners of the ship. The Mercantile Marine Association of Liv erpool had announced their intention to present hint with a gold medal, and his cook and steward with silver medals.— Valuable money presents were also ,made to the cook and steward. Speeches, eu logistic of the Captain's act, were made on the occasion by several prominent mer chants. Additional arrests had been made a Warsaw for singing prohibited songs: LosnoN, May 7.—Parliament is engage( in discussing the educational question. The government views are generally ac cepted. The Morning Herald argues Iron, the report of M, Merciet's mission to Rich mond, that the beginning of the end is not far distant. It „says that France and Eng land wider more than neutrals ever suffer ed from any contest. I,II 'ERP OO L. Tuesday, May s.—The sales of cotton yesterday were 5,000 bales, the market,being easier and from Kiiic lower. Breadstuffs are still declining. LONDON, May-6.—Consuls American securities quiet bat steady. From IFortrom Monroe. Fowreasa Moseme, May K.—A recent order appoints Major Richard Nixon, of the 99th New York Volunteers, Assistant / Provost Marshal of the District of Vir ginia, for the city of Norfolk and the murenindiag country. Capt. Tallnuidge, until recently Chief Quartermaster of this Department, has been ordered to relieve Captain Sawtelle, whe has been performing the duties of the office for weeks past. Captain Sawtille being a member of the staff of General McClellan, and at the re quest of the Chief Quartermaster of the Army of the Potomac is 'relieved, and will report to General isle. Thirty-one rank and file,and three offi cers, taken prisoners by ieneral McClel lan, are on board the steamer Jno. Trucks, and will probably leave for Fort Delaware to-morrow morning. The same boat also takes north a number of sick and wounded soldiers. General Wool visited Norfolk again to day. It is in , contemplation to remove the General' Headquarters - of this department to-Notts/It— - •es •- 1. is amps fea l is:osis k ijk aa_k lan" lepushiag on filet as praetinsb e. TENNESSEE, of Corinth. NOIISTRATION Important from the South. C.sittl, May 17.—The Diligent, from ilivkitian, brought up the second load of refugees from Memphis and other points South to•day; all tell the same story of hardships end.:red in traveling by foot through wood . and swamps, and subsisting upon such p; ovisions as could be carried in their pockets. They were altnost.entire lv composed of men in the prime of life. They bring Memphis papers of the 13th. We learn from the telegraphic columns of t hese papers that Pensacola was evacuated on the 1•21.11. On the morning of that day the batteries of Santa Rosa Island, togeth er with the fleet, commenced shelling the Rebel works, but there was no response.— After a short but vigorous cannonading, a j flag of truce was sent ashore to discover the cause. No enemy whatever was found, and the Federal troops were to take pos session the following day. No mention is made of the direction taken by the rebels. Memphis papers contain accounts of the' late naval engagement, but deny the loss of any boats, though they confess their fleet was badly cut up. The evacuation of 1 Yorktown and Norfolk is pronounced a strategetical movement., by no means indi eating a rebel defeat. Williamsburg is claimed as a rebel victory. According to their accounts, the Yankees were repulsed with great loss. Refugees say military officers from Cor inth, who are frequently in Memphis, complain bitteily of the loss the Southern cause sustains by Halleck's delay in at tacking them. Beauregard has been ready for a week, and every day's delay weak ens him. lie has received all the men it is possible for him to procure all raw levies, while sickness rages through his camp to an alarming extent. Beauregard has placed an imperativeembargo on letter writing from his camps. No soldier is per mitted to send any written communication to friends. Union people in Memphis are reportedsorely disheartened at the deliqr of our fleets. Anticipations of their arrival have been emboldened thC utterance of, Union sentiments, which got them into se rious trouble. It is asserted that the fleet will have no difficulty after passing Fort Wright and the rebel fleet, while the coml. try tor a hundred miles about Corinth can be swept and obtained. The subsistence of the rebel artily now it nearlyeahausted, Serious embarrassments from this cause is expected. &lionise Expedition. WASHIN•TON, May 17.-10:30. To Hon. E. M. STANTON, Secretary of War : A combined navy and army expedition under Capt. Murray, U. S. N. with troops and artillery under Maj. Willard and Capt. Ayers of the army, went some twenty-five miles up the Pomonkey to-day and forced the rebels to destroy two steamers and some twenty schooners. The expedition was admirably managed and all concerned deserve great credit. We have anvanced considerably to-day. The roads are now improving. [Signed_.] • G. B. DIPCLELLAN, Major General Commanding. Weldon IlkeemistaiL BALliaoes, May 18:—The. boata basarrived. It istmeand ebbe Ilreldostbambesa . noted by tie rebels. Our Gunboats Galena, Mont. tor, Aroostook, _ Nauga tuck and Port Royal Repulsed. THE NUMBER OF KILLED AND WOUNDED NOT MENTIONED LIEUT. MORRIS WOUNDED Skirmlsh at Linden, Va. WASHINGTON', May 17. 11 o'clock P. M.— The following dispatch has just been re ceived at the War Department: To Hon. EowiN M. STANTON, Secretary of War: WlLLlA•userito, May 17.—Tho gunboats Galena. Monitor, Aroostook, Naugatuck and Port Royal, were repulsed float Fort. Darling, seven miles below Richmond yesterday. A portion of them have returned to Jamestown Island, near this place, on the James river. Lieut. Morris, commanding the Port Royal, sent overland to us this morning for intelligence in regard to the forts below the Island, and also to assist in burying the dead, which he brought down with- him. Seventeen bodies have been interred on the banks of the river, and there are a nutu her of wounded on board, including Lieut. Morris himself. The 1(N0 pound gun of the Naugatuck exploded at the first fire. t . Signetl) DAVID CAMPBNI.I., Col. of the r,th Cavalry, By authority of (ten. 0. B. McCl.Emax. WASIHNOToN, slay 17,11. o'clock P. 11.— Ad vices from (*reit. Fialleck's army, dated yesterday, and from Gen. McClellan's, dated to-day, have been received at the War Departeent. The former was in close proximity to the enemy, but no en gagement had taken place. The latter was eimeentrating and bringing up supplies, preparatory to a movement. WA,:iaNtiros. May 17.—The following is ,r).tracted from a dispatch to the Secre tary of War, by General John IV. Geary. datf,l lttx•roO:rows, Va. May 11.1 th. A comp:my of infantry of my com mand was yesterday ordered to Linden to remain stationed there. A detachment of seventeen, guarding thecotupany wagon, reached there a short. time.before the main body of the company, which was on a train, were attacked by a body of cavalry, vari ously estimated at front /:0 4. 1 to 600, coal ing upon them from four different direc li,,as. t liar men resisted them, keeping up a sharp tiring, under shelter of the depot, whidi was riddled with bullets. 3fy men were overpowered, One wall killed, and 14 taken prisoners, three of whom were wounded, when the enemy hastily retired under lire and sumo loss. I have been in fornifl that a portion of Gen. Shi e ld s ' command had a skirmish with them. k Signed Jolts W. GEARY, Brig.• General Commanding. REctowrowN. Va„ May 17. via Wash ngton, IBth.—A detachment of seventeen men of Company 0, 28th regiment P. V., who reached Linden, Vii., on the 15th, a short time in advance of reinforcements to that place, was attacked by a body of about four hundred and fifty cavalry, who dashed upon them from four directions. The men resisted them with sharp firing, under shelter of a depot, which hears Se vere marks of the contest. They were overpowered. and lost one killed and four tem' taken prisoners. The balance of the company came op, charged the cavalry, and compelled them to heat a hasty re treat. with some loss. Killed. Corporal smith: captured, Corporal E. Dosen, and privates W. Glazer, J. Salkeld, T. whit, ,;. 8.,,,,..:,, .1. M. Funk, W. Cane, ( Snyder, A. Miles. S. Rimini, C. Maxwell company NI. and three privates ISt Mich gan Cavalry. companies H a n d I NE UP Qt' tRT . ERS ARMY Or THE POTOMAt \ \ iIITE Iltir:iE (Signed) :o. B. McCmim.as, :Maj. Gen. Commanding CAMINO. 1111 MT OUR ANMY AN ATTACK EXPECTED ON SUN DAY-YESTERDAY. NKIRMISHING EVERT'DAY Beauregard Reported Gone Rid to BEFORE CORINTH, May 17.—Latest ad vices from General Curtis, are that his forces, between Searcy and Little ROck, Arkansas, are rapidly marching on the Capital. General Rector called out the militia and people generally to come out. Large numbers applied tt. Curtiss for pro tection and desire to come under the old flag. A general advance was made along our lines to-day towards Corinth. There was much skirmishing and several severe engagements. Gen. Sherman's Division lost forty-four killed and a considerable number of wounded, in attacking Rus sell's House, which the rebels occu pied for some time past. Worrying pick ets, we succeeded in driving the enemy from their position back to their works.— Our men are under arms, expecting an at tack on Sunday morning. Among the kill ed which the rebels left on the tield, was one with a sword supposed to be an otli cer. Major General Sherman still occupies the Russell House. There was skirmish. ing with the Eighth Missouri only about three hundred yards from the enemy's breastworks. Several rifles captured in the skirmish on the right perfectly new, mark ed Breeze and 1• riemen, Bremen much superior to the rides used by our sharp shooters, having range of from twelve to fifteen hundm•i yards, while ours are only effective about a thousand yards. In all cases the reb :s left on the field were shot in the head, the wounded were shot in the neck and „mast. The enemy left on the field about forty killed, and one hundred wounded. Deserters from r!orinth all report an en tire absence of villoroform in the medi cal stores. The..- is probably none in the Confederacy. Weather very Farm. Roads quite dusty: - - - . . BEFORE CORLICTIT, May 15.—The Mem phis Avalanche of the 13th contains the following from Fort Pillow: On the 12th we fought the enemy, with four of our lightest boats, one hour and a half. We sunk one gunboat and two mor tar boats.. Our loss is two killedand eight wounded, that of the enemy very heavy, as onr Sharpshooters literally mowed them down. We fought side by aide with the enemy; not one shot passed through our breastworks; our upper works are riddled, but we are ready to butt again, and will be able to hold the river. Speaking of the fall of Norfolk the Ava lanche mays : But worse than all, the Vir: giuia, on which weso confidently rested, was burnt at Craney's Island on Saturday night. Such is the tenor of the brief and painful intelligence flashed over the wires. There were three cases of yellow fever at New Orleans at last accounts, two at the Charity Hospital and one in the French Hospital. It also says that it has been formally de cided that Savannah will never be surren dered. The Provost Marshal at Memphis has received instructions from the military authorities to require the banks at Mem phis to take Confederate notes as currency and to arrest as disloyal all persons whi) refuse to receive them in ordinary busi ness transactions. The gunboats engaged in the late naval attack on Commodore Foote's fleet was commanded by Montgomery, assisted by Jeff. Thompson. Flour is quoted at s3O&'s22 per barrel, Bacon at $306.:532, Sides and Sugar Cured Hams, $55J,411: Molasses, 2 cents per gallon, Tobacco, no sale ' for receipts or shipment. Corn, $1,40, Oats, $1,25. Notwithstanding the Federal_ progress we have all confidence that Magruder will get to Richmond before M'Clellsn advances. It also thinks that for real and best se curity urges money holders to invest in rea estate. Arrangements have been efl'ec!ed be tween (fen's Halleckaud Beauregard for exchanging surgeons. One hundred and fourteen prisoners were sent in by Beau regard to-day under a flag of truce, borne by . Col. Pegra . m, of the' army of Western N irginia notoriety . These prisoners have been confined at Columbus, Mississippi, some of them were taken in Missouri - last summer. Before leaving Corinth one of their number was recognized by or.e of Price's men as one of the 25th Missouri, who was paroled at Lexington. Beaure gard ordered him to be heavily ironed. Gov. Morton and Adjt. Gen. Noble ar rived to-day. Special to the New York Timer. . CAMP 19 MILOS PROM WILLIAMS NMI, May 11. f To Ron. E. M. STANTON, Secretary of War: - - WithontusiThW#Arther for official re porte.Whiet hakie:iiot yet reached me, I wish:Sibeset iiitsony to the splendid con duct cillkookieifind Kearne y s Division?, under command of Geo. Hantselman, in the battle of Williamsburgh. Their bear. ing was worthy of veterans. .Hook;t' s Division for hours gallantly withst";od the attack of greatly sulerior nue oers w i t h very heavy loss. Kearns?' a arrived in time to restore the fortunes of the day. and came mhintly into action. I shall probabl y occasion to call atten tion to of and do hot wish to do ilinstiee•to them by mentioning them now. If I had bad the full information I now have in regard to the troops above named when I: first telegraphed, they would have been specially mentioned and commended. I spoke ?rib , of what I knew at the tinie, and I O&M rejoice to do full justice to all Giffio_ fiIeOLELLAIf, 2ds,lor Glutei's) Commanding. Federate Taken IPriseners. New Vona, May 18.—A special dis patch to the Tribune from Headquarters Mountain Department, Franklin, Va. .da ted Baltimore, May 17, says . : DiapatChes read this afternoon and evening, not offi cial, but considered trustworthy at Head quarters, 9411101111011 that Princeton, the capital of Mercer county, Vs., where Gen. Cex's advance was stationed, were attack ed and captured bya rebel force under Humphrey nil morning the place was recaptured and the rebels defeat ed by Gen. CCUL No particulars received. Scouts reports that the enemy in front of us have beta reinforced. CAIRO, May 17 .— A special dispatch to the Chicago Tribune says that the gunboat Cincinnati Las been got off the bottom of the river at Fort Wright. It wasp, Bed that she would leave for Wray y. - The Memphis Appeal. of.the .11th states the rebel loss in the late nikvil abgetnent to have been eightkilled amd.014•04 woun ded. Raw Lotas tux, May- tes t r 14 % aw - A , Ve" P N? aut ewo via am* fse;rairl bee stores. Virginia. 1 Rebel Armed Steamer Delliered tip to oar -Fleet by .a Contini. band. a Charleston Pllot. WASHINGTON, May 18.—The following interesting report from Commander Par rott has been received at the Navy Depart ment, having been forwarded by Commas der Dupont: UNITED STATES STEAMSHIP AEGCST4I.I, OFF CHARLESTON. May 13. 1862. Sin :—1 have the honor to inform you that the rebel armed steamer "Planter" was brought out to us this morning; from Charleston, by eight contrabands, and de livered up to the squadron. Five colored women and three children are also on board. She carried one thirty-two pound er and one twenty-four pounder howitzer, and has also on board four larger guns I which she was engaged in transporting. send her to Port Royal at once, in order to take advantage of the present Ateibd weather. I send Charleston paperaofilic 12th, and the very intelligent contraband who was in charge will give you the infor mation which he has brought Off. I Mei the honor to request you will send back as soon as convenient the officer and crew sent on board. Commander Dupont in forwarding this dispatch says, in relation to the rebel steamer Planter: She was the armed dis patch and traniquartation steamer attached to the engineer department at Charleston k , under Brigadier General Triplet', whose bark a short time since was brought out to the blockading fleet by several contra bands. The bringing out of this steamer under _ all the circumstances would have c1.:01d,20,_ credit to any one. At four in the: m ing, in the absence of the was on shore, she left' e-o ;itiin, who her :mart' close to '....ad headqu arters, the Government office ' - nd . Confederate Ire with the Palmetto fiYingtikaating th, P.. suceessiv,e fOrts and la 'Win& as\ usu'...l by blowing her steam whistle. k r aer getting beyondthe range of the !net _gun, she quickly hauled down the 'rebel flags and hoistaug a white one. rue " Onward?' was the inside ship4of the blockading fleet in thenain,clanualt and was :preparing to hie when °h eels mender made out the white.,Thisi armament of the steamer is 'thirtY-tivo f . pounder or pivot gun and a fine 24 pounder howitzer. She has besides on her deck four other guns, one 7 inch, rifled, vaderr was to be taken to the new fort on the middle ground. One of the beloned to Fort Sumter and had beenfour struck in s thurialid attack on the fort ' on the muzzle. Rob ert, the intelligent slave andpilot of the boat, who performed this bold fast stsskill- fully, informed me of this fact, presuming it would be a matter of interest togs to.lmy, possession of this gun. This man Itabeft Small is superior to any who have come into our lines, intelligent as man of them r ~.t have been. His information. has bee s 71' most interesting and portions of it of the Utmost importance. The steamer ia.quite a valuable acquisition to the squadron by her good machinery and verified. draft.- The o ffi cer in charge brought hertirrnigh St. Helena Sound, and by the inland 'pas. sage down Beaufort river,.arriving here at • : ten o'clock last night. There were on board the steamer 1 when she lett Charleston eight men, five 1 women •and three-tehlldren.. •I,10011; board: the ' tinue to emPlcy Robert as Pint:o band the Planter for .the itiland'waters, with, whiCh he appears very familiar.' kdo not know whether in the views °Utile 'Goizt? - " eminent the vessel will beeasuidersit ut , as a prize, but if so I respectfully,- fully submit to the Department the clan` L - I''' of this man Robert and his assoeisaw-6.- Very respectfully, t.s. Your Ob't Servant,. . . ,- S. F. 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Wool. - A mother and three small children, al leged fugitireafromPrince Georgists:emo ty, Md., were seized in the to 'a quarters, on Gaititeri mon, who . , accompanied b re Brad ,sesr4edmas: !ly for - otherarfor, Iturairho lieldprociek• • - r-4 He is said to hare . /wl 4Progeokfar' Y or seraltit•wtOrerikAY.OtikoAkifiro re turned to-dey to i The Presidant.sittaltiider:apaseletia tion was issued lei 'Out hi l l)* „intleage or authority. He is ranch exerclibtiirmind about it, and says he not only hid no au thority to issue proclumations r but was especially enjoined not to meddle with matters political. But some of the most influential members of the Cabinet say it cannot but be endor,ed by Government. Edward Stoottl,y and wife arrived to night on their way from California. The Niagara it mails have not yet arrived here. Neither Mercier nor Lyons has any knowledge of the authenticity of the in tervention rumors. General Hamilton's abrupt dismissal from the command of a division,by•Mc- Clellan, excites much sympathy -.here, where he is now. CAIRO, May 18.—The steamer SWan, from Pittsburg, arrived. The important. A picket skirmish had., agen place, lasting nearly two days; the rebels were 'driven back, but not untillhey bad succeeded in burning a bridge rrrer; a small stream, four miles from - Corinth. Twelve of our men was reported wounded. The deserters continueto report a scraity of provisions in the rebel camp; many of their cattle are starving for want of fop*. Guerrillas infest the country aroupd Hickman, New Madrid, and other pOlhts committing depredations. News from the fleet states that several gunboats came around Craig Head Point yesterday on a reconnoiter. The Benton opened lire as soon as they came in range., when the reb els retired. The gunboat Mound City hiving been thoroughly repaired goes down to-night.. Passengers by the Swan giires - it current rumor that Bragg itiin command ateiniinth, Beauregard having returned to Virginia to reorganize the rebel army in the vicinity of Richmond. Pensacola Navy Yard and Forts Btiinei. BEFORE CORINTH, May 18.—The Mobile Advertiser and Register has the following special dispatch : PEssActn.A. May 10.—At twelve o'clock last .night the Pensacola Navy Yard and forts were set on fire and destroyed. When the enemy discovered what was going on, Fort Pickens opened a furious bombard ment and kept it up during the conflagra tion, but without doing damage to anybody at Pensacola. A Ilpublic property, except :he Custom House, incapable of beingburn ed was moved, but all moveable Confederate peoperty had bgen saved. The railroad track leading out of the city towards Mont gomery had been torn up this morning,, A Federal vessel with a flag af ingle. came up to the city today demanding a air-. render. Major Bollbee refused to - etiattply with the demand, but said thataardt.tha military forces had left he had no *Werra oppose. The Federal officer then replied that he would occupy the city.to-morrow, but that the inhabitants need not ba.alairn ed. lINGTON, May lb. =Won" - confirmed ull Major General-
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