The Colon ao it was;
The Constitution as it is!
TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 20.
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THE NEWS
The news from Tennessee and North
Carolina is cheering; the Union senti_
meat in both is spreading rapidly; the old
North State, through her Governor, has in
formed Jeff. Davis that he can receive no
more aid from him.
The latest from Washington in relation
to - fien. Hunter looks as if that individual
will soon have leave to retire to private
life. . -
The manner in which our fleet of gun
boati were repulsed ..t Fort Darling is ea
planted by the fact of the Fort being two
hundred feet above the river.
Rumors of foreign intervention are
again rife, but nothing of an alarming
character has come to light.
HUNTER'S PROCLAMATION.
The Abolitionists are evidently beeom
. ing alarmed, lest the war should be brought
to a termination without freeing the slave
population South. Having no interest
in the present contest, in which the nation
is engaged for the preservation of its au
thority,- except the letting loose _of mil
lions ofslaves, to overrun the country and
jostle white labor in its struggles for sub
sistence, these Abolitionists are becoming
restless, for fear of the failure of their
agitation to effect their purpose. These
zealots, consequently; think Hunter'iproc
imitation, is a step in the right direction ;
although that document can have no pos
sible effect outside of where Hunter has
military power to enforce it; that is, with
in the line of his pickets ; ; no further.
But it is probable that Gen. Hunter will
not be sustained by the Government in his
sudden and sweeping notions about "sla
very and martial law being incompatible
in a free country." The President can
never givz , his assent to Hunter's procla
mation unless he
_is prepared to forfeit
the good opinion formed of- him for his
promptitude in curtailing Fremont's hi
falutin edict in Missouri. The fact is, the
President should dismiss any General from ,
the service when he is found departing
from his legitimate duties, without instruc
tions; and particularly when he runs
counter to a known policy of the Govern
ment, in order to pander to a popular
frenzy, which is to the permanency of
our Government as dangerous as secession.
If the war lasts six months longer the'
President will be compelled to takeground
against the extreme measures, or become
their champion : and, he might as well
take a decided stand upon them now. If
he is bound to prosecute hostilities for the'
restoration of the Union and the Coned
tution, let him indignantly spurn these
mousing politicians, and their tools in the
army, who desire no Union and no Con
stitution, unless they be remodeled to suit
their narrow and proscriptive doctrines.
If, on the other hand, he is about to yield
to the demands of the Northern Abolition I
disunioniste, let him do so at once, that the
American people may prepare for the worst.
e army and navy understand that
they have been "kidnapped, by false pre
tences, to fight the battles of abolitionism,
under the pretext of lighting for their coun
try; let our millions of laboring tax-payers
be informed that they are furnishing, not
only their sone and brothers, but the pro
duct of their sweat and labor to free four 1
millions of degraded slaves, instead of fur-
mashing these sinews of war to restore the
Weeding Constitution, and we may well
"my havoc and let slip the dogs of war."
Let it be proclaimed that the intention of
our government is to elevate an inferiar
race to terms of "natural and political
equality" with the freemen of this Repub
lic and a civil strife will be inaugurated
which will encumber every portion of the
land.
But, we have some faith in the President
yet; although hemmed inby extreme men,
our reliance upon- his former promises to
pursue the war for the restoration of the
Union has not yet forsaken us. He has
no political future; he has attained the
highest honors of the Republic; hie only
ambition now should be to restore his coun
try. • In trying to do this let him surmount
all obstacles; let him hang up Southern
conspirators, and with firm grip, drag
Northern treason from its lurking place;
let him soar above the influences of cabals
and treachery, and boldly strike down all
who
rta V o
' the way ofhis stupendoui on
de ' .... i the rgettlijition of a COltry
envirdred "'upon all sides by tniitori. Let
hiurreereate ourliirion, and his mime must :
take its place along side ofthat ',think who
was its Father. Let him neglect this iiiiii= .
ous opportunity -and give way to the ',
Schemes of lurking treason in our midst, 1
and his name will descend to posterity, I
like that of the youth .who gained an im
mortality of infamy when he set fire to . ,
and consumed the Ephesian dome,
ler The Eastern papers are all laugh
ing at Gem Hunter's announcement tha t
"slavery and martial law in a free country
are altogetherincompatible." Some of
these papers say that Hunter is CraiY; oth-,
ers, morelenient, simply acknowledge their
want of comprohension to understand him.
In this dilemnia our neighbor of the Gra:
Bette very opportunely steps in and rev
the true meaning of , the . General, in the
following brief paragraph, which the read.
er will observe is much "cleafer than mud."
It says: " .
"But this does not prove the fallacy. or
Gen. Hunter's Wk. Thin' Ls thatantia.
compatiblemay - ititi, 4.61410=mm, eniaa
together. Gem •ibugar(klespotargataiat
Martini Law3projiido *bags' ahtveryi
but, that, the tyro being incompatible, le
abolishes aja.very,",
iffirYonng Wade, a son of "Old Ben
Wade," is said to have dOli s im
Lim
self in the late battle of:: , urg.—
Upon this intelligence the P*TewgGa
zetie3reawrks, "Brave 511$ don't gender
cowards."
In Old Ben's case the c re' verie of the Ca
. . .
zefte's position is true--cowardfrilieilider
brave men. In the particult4•:.! case in
question, we suspect that young Wade's
highly respectable mother is entitled to
' all the credit of having gendered so brave
a son. " Old Ben" is not entitled to a bit
of it; he is a humbug, a blustering bully.
Why don't he notice Vallandingham's sal
utation of. " liar, scoundrel and coward,"
if he affects to pass for a man of plu k.
Ben Wade has traveled long enough o
the reputation of his shape and muscle ;
let him now do something, and show him
self the father of the brave young man
whit fought so bravely in the bloody battle'
at Williamsburg. Vallandingham, it is said,
is anxious to meet Wade in any way, with
muskets, pistols, swords or handsaws; and
rather than disappoint an expectant pub- ,
lic, he will not decline Wade's favorite
mode, the old fashioned Buckeye "rough
and tumble."
ifirWe were not prepared for the fol
lowing announcement from our Aholition
ieighbor, the Dispatch. It truly says:
"The cry of Abolitionism is very much
like the music of a hand organ—very
good in its way, but a wearisome bore when
persisted in too long."
Our repentant friend speaks of what he
knows; twenty-five years of his valuable
life have been spent in the agitation of the
Abolition question; and now he deliber
ately informs us that it is u "bore when
persisted in too long." We welcome our
spicy little cotemporary to the reposses
sion of its senses, and take pleasure in
noticing his implied promise to sin no,
While the lamp holds out to burn." Ace
lair' That heavy humbug, Senator Wil
son, of Massachusetts, is out in a letter
denying that he has ever interfered, in
any way, in Gen. McClellan's military
operations. This is a good sign : Meelel
lan's triumph over Abolitionism is more
astounding than his victories 41‘ t-r the
rebels. This Senator Wilson, however,
does not deny having gone round the
hotels and restaurants of Washington,
ridiculing McClellan and his plans during
the whole of last winter. The Pittsburgh
Gazelle might also truly say that it never
interfered with the Major General's plans,
but it did employ its penny instrument in
giving tone to every petty slander in
tended to bring him into contempt. The
General has for the present lived down de
traction ; his brilliant achievements have
brought his slanderers to their knees: but
give them the slightest cause for a renewal
of hostilities, and, like ravenous fishes
after a vessel newly trimmed, they will
pursue him to his distruction it' they can.
At present he occupies a lofty position,
while his pursuers are denying everhaving
opposed him.
THE UNION IN TENNESSEE.
Glorious old Tennessee is rushing back
to the arms of the Union. The Union
Convention held in Nashville the other
day was a glorious demonstration. A mong
the leading members was Colonel Win. H.
Polk, brother of the hx-President. The
following is a condensed accomit of his
speech on the occasion:
Speech of Colonel Win. H. Polk.
There were then loud cries for "Polk!"
"Polk!" and Colonel Win. H. Polk, of
Columbia, brother of ex-President Polk,
came before the Convention. iTe said:
FELLOW - CITIZENS.—.As the hour is up•
preaching that is usually devoted to din
ner, and as you have already been listening
to several interesting speeches. I propose
that we now adjourn until after dinner.
Cries of "No!" "No!''
Cot,. POLO. Then you prefer dining on
patriotism. (Laughter and cheers.) Cu!.
P. proceeded to say that a year ugo he (lid
not know whether it would be a year or
ten years before he could again address an
audience in Tennessee. He charmed to be
in Nashville when the State was stampeded
out of the Union. He heard the song of
the inebriate in the streets, and saw the
glorious old flag dragged through the
streets and trampled in the dust. He saw
tears in the eyes of an old man as lie wit
nessed the scene, and he then swore that
he would never cease in his efforts till the
flag was restored. It is now restored. It
flies over us. And he swore now, and he
asked his audience to join him in the oath,
never again to see it torn down. (Ap
plause.) He appealed to them as Tonnes
seems to say to their wives and children to
stand by the altars baptized by the blood
of their forefathers. We know, he said,
what the past has been; but what of the
future—w - hat shall the future be? That is
the question which addresses itself to the
people of Tennessee at this time, while
their homes are menaced by bands of ma
rauders and thieves. He saw before him
many manly faces : and he urged his hear
ers to gird on their armor and drive these
depredators away. If
.the heart of the
people of Tennessee will respond to it, he
would go as a private in the ranks and
drive the marauders from the confines of
the State. (Applause.) There was a
hazard in the result if nothing was done.
To-day the safety of the wife and babes of
many a loyal Tennesseean is hazarded,
and he is a coward who will not fly to de
fend them. The time has come, said Col.
P., when one or the other must he pnt
down; when the loyal or disloyal must
triumph. There is no half way in the
matter. Our heel must be put upon the
necks of the enemy, or their heel will le
put uponour necks. We must keep them
;down until they ask - forgiveness for their
transgressions of the Father who has given
them all they have possessed. They must
go down. (Voice-"to the bottom of the
ocean.") Aye, and deeper than that,
(pointing below,) if Satan will take them,
(Laughter.)
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LETTER PRONE MI:LW BRI
GADE. Vr
Below we give a letter fr o our esteem.
ed correspondent "R.. 0. Oing
account of the battle of , Williamsbu g.
The information it contains has been
mostly anticipated by the telegraph,. but
we consider it due to our correspondent to
give his letter in full, omitting only the
list of killed and wounded, which it is
unnecessary to republish:
WILLIAM: 4 BI'Ra, VA., May 8, 1862.
EDITOR POST:—I seize the first oppor
tunity I have had since leaving Camp
Winfield Scott to write you a brief letter,
informatory of' recent movements herea
bout. Early on the morning of Sunday,
May 4th, deserters from the enemy entered
our lines, bringing intelligence of the evac
mation of Yorktown. As soon as this
news was confirmed, several of our regi
ments, who were on picket at the time,
marched into the enemy's works. A Mas
sachusetts regiment was first inside the
works; but the credit of first raising the
old flag over the fortifications is rightfully
claimed by the Fourth regiment of our
brigade (2d Fire Zouaves) as will be seen
by a note from Colonel Brewster to A. A.
-D ickins on , dated Yorktown, May 4th,
M. This regiment brought hack in
triumph a wretched specimen of a rebel
flag, which they had torn from some part
of the rebel fortifications, besides any
quantity of other trophies, of various
kinds. When the news spread through
the camps thevildest excitement prevail:
ed among the troops, and such shouting
and cheering as then rent the air I never
heard before. At BA. M. an order was
issued by General McClellan to the com
mandants of the respective corps and divi
sions to hold their men in readiness to
move immediately. The scene upon this
morning presented a striking contrast to
that of the preceding days of our sojourn.
Heretofore everything was kept as quiet
death; but on this eventful morn the re
striction which had been imposed upon
the brass bands was removed, and on all
sides "Hail Columbia," "Star-Spangled
Banner t " and good old "Yankee Doodle"
were being blown, I might say, to the four
winds of heaven—a perfect Pandemonium
being created by the enthusiastic demon
strations of the men and the exertions of
the musicians combined.
At. 9 oclock our division (Hooker's) re
ceived orders to pack up for a move. It"
was noon, however, before we got fairly
started in pursuit of the panic-stricken
Davisites. Our division followed the artil
lery, constituting the infantry advance.—
We took the road lemling to Williamsburg,
passing on our war through the works
lately ocoupied by the enemy, which were
indeed upon a tremendous scale. The
set - TA, in the hurry of heir leave-taking,
had left hundreds of tents behind, togeth
er with all their heavyguns,and an immense
amount of camp equipage of all kinds.—
Most of the tents were slit in various
places, so as to prevent their being of any
use to the "Yankees," and many of them
were adorned with caricatures of the same
curious species of the human race. Nearly
all the guns had been loaded to the muz
zle, though some of them were fiiund
spiked, strange as it. may appear. Tokens
of secesh were scattered around in beauti
ful contusion all through the works, and
many of the men picked up as they "went
marching on," trifles to send to friends at
home, to be kept as mementoes of the
War for the Irnion. The day was very
warm, and the roads, owing to being cut
up by artillery, in anything but the very
best of condition. However, we managed
by dint of perseverance, to reach Falls
Curch (11 miles.) where we were compel
led, by reason of darkness and a
heavy rain which had come up after dusk,
to halt at 10 p. m. Early on the morn
ing of the nth, amidst a pouring rain; we
again started off in hot pursuit, driving in
the rebel pickets as we advanced. Earth
works were encountered almost every half
mile along the road between Falls Church
and Williamsburg ; we were now fast ap
proaching 'Williamsburg, and the men
nerved themselves for the struggle, which
they knew roust soon take place, as the
rebels were determined to make a stand at
'that place. We pressed them close , and
at 8 o clock the battle commenced, the Ist
brigade—consisting of the Ist and 11th
Massachusetts, 2d New Hampshire and
26th Pennsylvania regiments—commune
ing the attack, supported' by the 3d
brigade, commanded by General Nargley,
and composed principally of New Jersey
troops; our brigade was held in reserve a
short distance from the scene of action.
The Ist and 3d brigades kept the enemy
at bay from 8 until 10 a. m., when Our
brigade was ordered to the front, and took
up a position Oh the extreme left, among
some fallen timber and underbrush. In
the woods immediately in front of us were
the rebels, yelling and shouting like very
demons: while in the open field, ou the
right, were the rifle pits, filled with sharp
,
; shooters, and three or four batteries,
mounted with howitzers and rifled cannon,
! which poured a destructive fire of shell,
grape and canister upon our ranks, mow
ing us down at a fearful rate. Though re
pulsed several times we were rallied again,
and the division held their ground, the
men fighting with the greatest bravery,
until three o'clock, unsupported. About
this time General Peck's brigade arrived
upon the ground and took up a position
upon the extreme right, and immediately
opened a galling lire upon the enemy.—
Our Brigade was now withdrawn from the.
field, its place being supplied by David
son's Brigade, which arrived shortly after
Peck's. The battle coat inued until dusk,
when the enemy retreated _towards
Wil
liamsburg, closely pursued by the Feder
als.
Considering the number of troops engag
ed this was one of the bloodiest battles
which has taken placesince thecommenee
ment of the rebellion. There were alto
gether not above- 20,000 troops engaged
upon our side, opposed to a force of hilly
60,000, under Gen. Joe Johnston. The loss
in killed, wounded and missing on ourside
is estimated at• 1,400; the rebels acknowl
edge a loss of 1,200, but it is believed their
loss was greater than ours, as nearly nine
hundred of their wounded are lying at Wil
liamsburg, while some halt dozen barns
standing on the field of battle are filled
with them; their dead were strewn thickly
through the woods, where they did most
of their fighting. A great many have also
been taken prisoners, and are confined in
Williamsburg and other places. Hooker's
Division antlered dreadfully; our Brigade
was in the very hottest of the fight,: and are
the most used up of any in the. Division,
being literally cut to pieces. The heaviest
blow, however,' -has failed upon our (the
Ist) regiment, which is now but a shadow
of what it once was. The following will
show you how we stand at present; I fur
nish the names of those only in our own
company :
[Here our correspondent gives a list of
killed and wounded, which, having already
published, we omit.]
This makes a total of 94 killed, 124•
wounded and` l73missing, making an ag
gregate of 331 killed, wounded and Miss
mg from the regiment. Most, if not all,
of our missing, men were taken pris
oners, at times when our regi ment sustain
ed repulses - during the fig ht. Our regi
ment was in the engagement three hours;
our, position being on the left of the line
among the underbrush and felled timber.
We were subjected to a severe cross-fire
front the sharpshooters in the rifie-pits and
others posted in the tree tops, while'the
woods immedietely in front of us were
swarming_ with the enemy. The officers
Ind :msoksell,fenilit with the cadent bra
:rpm:nem:
,wming• once. Twice were
we rep- -- dirallied again and drove
Vie the Colonel
eeived three wounds. He started for New
York to-day. 11 . „ ,
Gen. McClellan visitelt Cot. Dwight ;In
Person as WilliamsbargCollege on Wed
nesdayitind , tkanhaft hint for the manner
in which his . regiMent. conducted them
selves during the' battle. The 4th regi
ment (2d Fire Zonaves) were very badly
cut Up also; they fought with the utmost
courage, and covered themselves with
glory.
At first the wounded were placed in hos
pitals at Williamsburg, but they are now
nearly all removed to Queen's Creek, from
whence they will be taken to Fortress Mon
roe, and thence conveyed home.
Williamsburg is, if anything, stronger
fortified than Yorktown, and it is a mys
tery to me why they did not make a firm
stand here, as General Magruder is report
ed to have said, "if they cold not make a
stand here or at. Yorktown, they certainly
never can anywhere else on the Peninsula.
Our division has been ordered, so under
stand, to West Point, for which place we
start to-morrow. "Taps" have beaten,
so I must end this dot by subscribing my
self, Yours, ever, R. C. 11.
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Southern Currency.
The New York Tribune throws out Home
sensible views in relation to the monetary
prospect of the South, which may also
serve as a warning to our government.—
Th. , facts in reference to the Continental
money are worth remembering:
The Continental currency had value at
the beginning—even the French assignats
were the representatives of a vast tangible
property—but this whole • Rebel currency
has been the most stupendous swindle from
the start the world has ever beheld. It
falls .lead upon the hands of every man
who holds it, and $300,01at,000 of loss
cannot he so distributed in any community
as not to impoverish thousands by the ex
plosion. What other generations suffered
from Continental notes and assignats, the
South must suffer with far greater severity
by this universal collapse.
No history of the Continental currency
has yet been written, and what we know
concerning it. must be gathered up front
eutemporaneous records in which it is acci
dentally referred to. Neither has a history
of the Colonial paper currency been writ
ten; but enough has been preserved to
give us some idea of the wide-spread ruin
which has in every instance swept over the
- community which may have plunged into
great issues of irredeemable paper. Even'
cautious, prudent Massachusetts was com
pelled; in 1751, to redeem X 1,792,931; of
her paper, at a loss of 90 per cent. to the
holders: In 1;12, South Carolina issued
£48,001 in bills, which depreciated one
third the first year, one-half the second,
and gradually sunk to almost nothing.
Only Six months after the Declaration of
Independence, public confidence in the
continental money was seriously impaired.
The Tories sneered at it, and the 'British
counterfeited it. In October, 1777, it hail
depreciated to three ti r one. The belief
was that, even if independence were secur
ed! the country would he found too poor
to pay its debt; while domestic enemies
declared, and the army unfortunately he-
Leved. that if ever able to pay it did not
intend to. I'p to September, 1779. Con
gress had issued $ 16 0,000,000 of paper,
and then resolved that the issues should
at no time exceed $200,000.1 - 00. Rat once
entered on the career, its issues soon ex-'
seeded this limit, and the next year its pa
per sunk to . seventy-five fin. one. Coin
was impossible to be had, and taxes could
not lie collected. In Ertl, Congress had
issued ti359,000,0(10 of paper. and at that
iiii date the earlier notes had sunk to tire
hundred for one of hard money. Thence,
forward, the depreciation went rapidly
towards utter worthlessness. It is known
that millions of this paper were never re
deemed, and that depreciation and repu
diation combined inflicted untold distress
upon the people. • Taxation followed, and
this culminated in the Whisky Insurrection
in Pennsylvania and in Shay s ' s Reb e lli on
in Massachusetts, with alarming symptoms
of an outbreak in New - Hampshire and
Connecticut.
All American history is full of warning
as to the certain ruin to follow the gorging.
of a community with a paper currency for
whose early redemption no certain pros-is
ion may have been made. The South can
hope for no exemption from a Similar fate. 1
Her currency began to depreviate front the
moment it was issued. fhe Continental
Congress bore up for eight years under the
waning value of its currency, but a single
year has been sufficient to wipe out hun
dreds of millions in the South. That Con
gress did repay many millions of its war
debt by bonds which have long since been
liquidated, but not a dollar of the enor
mous issues of the Southern Confederacy
1 1 will he paid. If a successful rebellion im
poverished so many of our fathers, how
many will an unsuccessful one convert
into paupers! The stake, moreover, which
!the South has hazarded in provoking this,
contest is immeasurably greater than that
1 which all the Colonies possessed. They
had no banks, no railroads, no canals, no
telegraphs, no steamers, no furnaces nor
mines, nor any of the multiplied appliances
of modern civilization into which the
South has concentrated millions of capital.
All these have been dangerously crippled,
some nearly ruined, others annihilated.—
Her banks must be hopelessly insolvent ;
her State bonds may continue as footballs
at the Stock Board, but redemption is
almost impossible; while the . great bulk •f
her Corporation stock is comparatively
worthless. Thousands depended upon in
comes thus derived, but now swept away..
Other thousands have meanly fattened
upon slave labor; but, under the stunning
blows rained down upon it by the stalwart
North and . West, this dependence now
reels to its dissolution. No coupon in paid,
no corporation declares a dividend. Slaves
are unsaleable, while the title to all real
estate is doubtful under the_prospect of a
wholesale sequestration. Every prop on
which her deluded people rested has been
knocked away. Agriculture produces no
crops, while every cannon fired by our ad
vancing armies drives hundreds of families
as fugitives from their homes. Of all
wars, those g r invasion are the most fright
ful, and this the righteously desolated
South has fully realized. The crash must
be proportioned to the magnitude of the
interests involved.
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LATEST NEWS BY TELEGRAPH.
CAUSE OF THE JAMES RIVER
REPULSE.
GENERAL HUNTER TO BE
UPERCEDED.
TONE OF THE SOUTHERN PAPERS.
FRENCii MARCHING
ON MEXICO.
FROM CALIFORNIA, (Le., dm.
IVAsmxorox, May 18.—No official re
port of the gunboat affair on James river
has been received at the Navy Depart
ment. The messages received on the sub
ject indicate an opportunity to do better
in the future.
The river is now clear of obstruction to
within eight miles of Richmond. At that
Point there is a heavy battery mounted on
a high bluff, and the river is temporarily
closed to navigation by sunken vessels,
among which are said to be the Yorktown
and Jamestown, and by piles, chains, &c.
The Monitor could not elevate her guns
sufficiently to reach the higher battery,
which rendered her useless. The banks of
the river were filled with rille-pits, from
which an incessant fire was poured upon
the fleet, a part of which wag engaged
at from six hundied to one thousand yards
of the main battery.
After an action of four hours, the fleet
finding it impossible to silence the battery
on the bluff, under the circumstances,
withdrew. Our loss was thirteen killed
and eleven wounded ; among the latter is
Lieut. Morris, in the leg, by a Minnie ball,
but not seriousl y. M.tv Ist.—lt
is unofficially stated that
Commodore Goldsborongh has taken pos
session of the two batteries on James
river, one of which was silenced by the
Galena on her way to Richmond.
New YORK, May 19.—The Herald's
Washington dispatches say the reoall of
General Hunter is fully determined on.—
His proclamation will be made the subject
of a communication by the President to
Congress, and in that way to the country,
unmistakably condemning the course of
Gen. Hunter, and clearly announcing the I
policy of the administration in the con
duct of the war.
An effort has been made hp have Gener
al Benham placed in command of the De
partment of the South, instead of General
Hunter.
The Tribune's dispatch says it is confi
dently ascertained that the President has
determined to modify Gen. Hunter's order
of freedom, by requiring him to conform
to the aet of Congress passed at the extra
session, by which only the slaves actually
enn,loyed in military service by the rebels
are liberated. There is reason to believe,
however, that whatever the inclination of
the President's mind may have been at the
reception Of the order, or whatever he may
have said to anxious querists, the decision
is yet to be announced, and will he post
poned until those members of the Cabinet
who are now absent return.
I .ot. ts v May '19.-9:40 a. M.—Be
fore Corinth, May 17.—The Macon (Ga.,)
Telegraph condemns in severe language the
conduct of therebel troops at Bridgeport,
"by which a most important gateway to
our State was opened to the enemy and
the possessions of all rich mines and de
posits of coal, iron and saltpeter placed in
imminent danger."
Martial law has been proclaimed over
Charleston and for ten miles surrounding.
The Memphis Appeal says: "The Gov
ernment wants and must have all tin roofs
on cot ton sheds in the 'city."
The Vicksburg Citizen, of the 9th says:
"Nothing was heard of the Federal fleet at
Tunica yesterday. A large frigate, sup
posed to be the Brooklyn, passed
Bayou Sara at uine o'clock, a. in., on the
Bth, going down."
The Baton Rouge Advocate has closed
doors and suspended publication, on ac
count of the approach of the Federal gun
boats.
Col. Posser, commanding the post at
Memphis, publishes a special order, by
order of Beauregard, requiring all banks,
persons and corporations to take Con
federate money at par, and all persons
will distinctly understand that nothing in
the least degree calculated to discredit the
operations of the government will be tol
erated or treated as anything but disloy
alty.
The Richmond correspondence of the
Appeal mentions with great pain that a
large amount of sick are confined in the
hospitals at Richmond and in the vicinity.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 14.—The trial of
Judge Hardy, of the Sixteenth District
Court, ended to-day before the State Sen
ate. He was convicted by a two-thirds
majority (required by the Constitution) of
disloyalty to the Government in uttering
seditious language. A resolution of expul
sion from his office was passed by a vote
of twenty-one to fourteen. The various oth
er charges brought against him, such as
corruption in office, drunkenness, etc.,
not sustained, although in some cases the
majority were against him. The charges
of misconduct in the trial of Judge Terry,
for killing Senator Broderick, failed by a
tie vote. He was the Judge before whom
Terry was acquitted.
N►:w YORE, May 19.—The steamer
Blackstone has arrived with the First New
York Fire Zonaves, formerly Ellsworth's
regiment, which is to be mustered out of
service.
The French steamer Montezumas, from
Vera Cruz on the Bth inst., arrived at
this port to-day. She reports that the
French army was marching on the City
of Mexico, meeting with but little opposi
tion.
The Old Point Boat Arrived.
BLLTIMORE, May 19.—The Old Point
boat arrived at this_port this morning at
the regular hour. • Her news has been an
ticipated by the telegraphic dispatches re
ceived yesterday, direct from the seat of
war.
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in the beginning wonkl yield to a
mad remedy, if not attended to, soon
attacks the lungs.
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Presidents' Prookuintion.
WASHINGTON, May 19.
ar THE PRESIDENT Or THS UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA.
A Proclamation.
%mass, There appears ia the Wash
ington prints what purports to be a proc
lamation of Major GeneralHunter,in the
words and figures following, to-wit:
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF Tit BOUM}
HILTON HRAD, S. C.. May 9.1962.
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
necessity to declare them under martial
law. This was accordingly done on the
25th day of April, 18e2. Slavery and
martial law in a free country are altogeth
er incompatible. The persons in these
three States, Georgia, Florida and South
Carolina, heretofore held as slaves, are
therefore declared forever free.
[Official] (Signed)
DAVID HUNTER,
Major General Commanding.
ED. W. SMITH, Act. Asst. Adjt. Gen.
AND W/INREAS, The same is producing
some excitement and misunderstanding,
therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, President
of the United States, proclaim and de
clare that the Government of the United
States had no knowledge, information or
belief of an intention, on the part of Gen.
Hunter to issue such a proclamation, 'nor
has it yet any authentic information that
the document is genuine; and further, that
neither General 'Hunter, nor any other
commander or person has been authorized
by the Government of the United States,
to make a proclamation declaring the
slaves of any State free, and that the sup
posed proclamation, now in question,
whether genuine or false, is altogether
void, so far as respects such declaration.
I ;further make known that whether it
be competent for me, as Commander-'
in-Chiet of the Army and Navy, to
declare the slaves of any State
or States free and whether at any time, i n
any case, it shall become a necessity indis
pensible to the maintenance of the govern
ment, to exercise such supposed power,
are questions which, under every respon
sibility I reserve to myself, and which I
cannot feel justified in leaving to the de
cision of commanders in the field. These
are totally different questions from those
of police regulations in armies and eamps.
On the sixth day of March last, by a spe
cial message, I recommended to Congress
the adoption of a joint resolution to be
substantially as follows :
Resolved, That the United States ought
to co-operate with any State which may
adopt a general abolishment of slavery,
giving to such State pecuniary aid to be
used by such state in its discretion to com
pensate for the inconvenience, public and
private, produced by such change of sys
tem,
The resolution in language as above
quoted was adopted by large majorities in
both branches of Congress and now
stands an authentic, definite and solemn
proposal of the nation to the States and
people most immediately interested in the
subject matter.
To the people of those States I now ear
nestly appeal—l do not argue—l beseech
you to make the arguments for yourselves.
You, cannot if you would be blind to the
signi of the times. I beg of you a calm
and enlarged consideration of them, rang
ing if it may be far above personal and
partizan politics. ThiS proposal makes
common cause for a common object, cast
ing no reproaches upon any. It acts not
the Pharisee. The change it contemplates
would comegently as the dews of heaven,
not rending or wrecking anything. Will
you not embrace it? So mach good has
not been done by one effort in all past
time as in the Providence of God it'is now
your high privilege to do. May the vast
future not have to lament that you have
neglected it.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set
Statersnd and caused the seal of the United!,
to.be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington, this
nineteenth day of May, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-two, and of the independ
ence of the United States the eighty
sixth.
[L. s.] ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
By the President :
WILLIAM IL SEWARD, Secretary of State.
Particulars of the James River
Expedition.
Wssairorox, May 19.—At the time of
the preparation of this dispatch no official
dispatches had been received regarding
Commodore Goldsborough's expedition
up James river,
.but the following state
ments gleaned from the Evening Star and
other sources ' it is believed embraces the
material firms:
Commodore Goldsborough was accom
panied by the,steam frigate Susquehanna,
and the gunliostelltmotah_, Masitana and
Waelumetteic Csiol,4l424tig Zonave, the lat
ter itionstertpothi*tungl• gun. They
found•theAketel battery, at Day's
Point, deserted: ':.The rebel flag was still
flying over ddilattery at Hardy's Point,
fifteen miles.above Newport News. Com
modore Goldsberough. on arriving within
range, at once Shelled it, and on receiving
no response, after duly reconnoitering;
landed a force of marines, who found .it
deserted and most of its guns dismonnied.
Through a solitary inhAitant picked up
there he ascertained that on t he
. previous
Wednesday night its late not four
hundred' rebels evacuated it. He then
proceeded up the river, finding all 'the
many rebel batteries between Hardy's
Point, Fort Huger and Jamestown de
serted, with their guns mostly dismounted
and rendered temporarily useless. He
took measures for securing all the ord
nance thus left by the rebels.' Near
Jamestown he met the division-of his
squadron that.had previonslytone ti the
i r l
river under Commanders Joftson,. -
era and Leonard . ' Thabintory of Ai t
of the daj , before atFort Darling and A o
of the bursting: of the Nauptuck's large
gun and the evacuation by the rebels of
their - river fortifications and batteries be:
low Fart Darling, supposed to have taken
;dace the previous Wednesday night when
last heard from. On Friday Commodore
Goldaborough was continuing his progress
with most of his squadron up the River
above Jamestown, securing the ordnance,
&c., abandoned by the rebels as he pro
gressed. The mast evacuation of their
works below Fort Darling has doubt
less enabled'Commodore Goldslborougb to
get within range of Fort Darling with cer
tain mortarboata and other vessels likely
to be able to act effectually against, the
work, as well as the supply vessels ne
cessary, to make any future attack upon it
effective. The James River and its banks
are now deli. of rebel vesitela and 'soldiers
in. arms up to a point eight miles below
Richmond. It 'seems that the` 'Monitor
and Galena were :the only vessels of. tam
squadron able to van past the rebel.fortifica.l
tionsdn'DaYli Point audit EtOrinallS .i
1 being 021,715 miles shire Newportigniti,
and all' the way up_to Fort Eted4,:eiedit
miles belomluimmq,Adspra ";Ibtind
INA
.ciiiiiititir - - ' - higetiiiiViiiitated
ma lasi
in range '
morning.
When our troops arrived within , a
mile of the bridge,
which is burned, they
were opened upon by a brisk fire of artil
lery from the opposite side of the , river.
No one was injured. The bridge is fifteen
miles from Richmond. At this point . Our
troops will experience considerable diffi
culty in crossing, as the country fa low
and swampy on both sides of the river.%
A "reconnoissance wastirade Yatmtft , ..
by one of the gunboats, with 'two cronslW
rites of infantry under Major Willardi.' sad
one section of Ayer's battery, up *he Pe
monsky river, a distance of twentjtfive
miles from here, at a point known as Sit;
sells Landing. They found the steelier
Logan, one propeller and one bandied'
schooners on lire. They were.laden most
ly with corn, which was beirilindaridaidP.
Some. contrabands on shore state that whin,
the rebels saw our gunboats coming
-they
commenced putting the corn -on noire
again so as to insure its destruction. A
few shells soon dispersed the remaining
rebels in that locality, when the gunboat
returned to White House.
The roads for the last: three days have_
been almost impassable, owing to recedt,',
heavy rains. A division teammas thirfj 2
si x hours making its way five Miles With
teams doubled, together with assistance
furnished by a large number of troops.—
The advance of the army from this point
must necessarily be slow. Front ber**
loses the benefit of river traiSportatiimie
requiring all the supply trains at the the.
posal of the Quartermaster's Department..
to furnish stivast a body of mew with.seb-
sistence. The bridge between here and
the enemy has been destroyed and ivory::
imaginable obstruction placed' in theirs" ,
of our army. The Richmond. Dispatch of.
the 12th, has a very lengthy article on thee
evacuation of Norfolk and Yorktown, add
the conduct of the war generally. It,serk,...
by abandoning detached posts, which are'
within the reach of the - enemy's fleet and
which it is therefore.impossible to defend,
we are enabled to concentrate poWeiful
forces upon essential' points and to baffle
the enemy in every attack of vital impor-;1
tance.
The setae paper makes mention of a.
terrible panic in Richmond on Friday
the approach of our gunboats. This being
Sunday, the army of the Potomac hae , ftiii.
ed its labors. the troops remain in catnip,
enjoying a day. of rest.
General Totten, Chief of the. EnfArseer
Department, has replied to the Engueserat
on the subject of the changes which may "
have become necessary .in forts, and 'other"'
meanawf defence. He lays down the fol
lowing principles which have always bee* •`
maintained by Engineers, namely: Forte
must fall before a competent land attack -
and forts are competent to resist and 'repel'
vessels. Both of these principlei have,
been well settled by military eNeTteo.oN
atiAliave received fud m illustration are
attack on Fort Pulaski. After an elibor
, ate argument he states the followin ITS=
elusions: that the plans of our seaponitd
batteries ofthe simplest possible cbariiitei;
cannot be improved essentially-64A dice
materials being the strongeet and 04
'l9.
indestructable,imperishable and chiapitti
possibly no change can be• made in diet?"
with advantage; that iron has been frietr'..;', •
used for years past to guard the nihilism:
and most exposed
. parts of these batten*:
and its further use is perfectly easy .on the..
existing works to any extent, and it iill)%
question of economy :merely. - It-161146i
-applied whenever needed. The iriill6-7.
may be entirely iron covered • - and s
that all the changes in ordnance': and. ..;
projectilesare greatly in favor of land , -
batteries and against vessels in any
between the two ; that guns of naliadiett::.
size can easily be mounted and coveretow,,
land - that no vessel can be built:::llblrS':-
floated that will not be penetrable to pre!,i ,,
jectiles from such guns; that one shot, - , , --
rightly delivered, will probably sink the --
vessel, while the fort cannot becerioasly
injured by the-retur naval the vesaftre.
that the methods ofearfiiiviclicibt
avail in such a contest; that all theimiklit
results of modern science, skill and'
rience are incorporated into these defltdoper
as 80113 as those results are found to be
reliable; that while forts cant, now le
r
always heretofore ; be" readily ` fatiredly
I land batteriok they - .atelier; nducecl •
'when duly 'armed and manititiOVelikels ;
that the use .of steam ins aims,/
'and only::exclusive advantag e
modern times have afforded to venal.
That this advantage can be "countervail e d
by increasing the munbertend-eipilri a lly
the tialihres of.the ( ink w--th•
teries; that the weed foeislull intiply of
gnne,for great; the mum
that
• site %lf t i h n e si nt si i el Ikata tiOrn ro il:d a le ;
ntedjittelt, A il tin.k4AiradB4. riot 4 .1.1
been sal to dispense watt the employ. "
sent of loating:ftfences for our coasts at,
the different potato where their- 'Pejo Ad
vantagehns: -
Eetsesnatleota ; of liellrelk.
SC i FFOLE, VA, May 18.
This!)lice is seventeen miles from Nor
,folk by rail and twenty-five byTitail,r, was .
occupied by the Union troops at 8 iickiek
this morning.. No rebel troops !ere fmad,„
in the iieiiiity,.Ond iicroitobsitionielas i" . . 1 4
to the occupation of the city, many of the
inhabitants; have left % those remauungiuro
very bitter in their fetningiCatitresEprinartilisU IN
It is reported that there is but one Union
man in the town, but a othWelkbfoldiattoyft.
ered in day or two. The place was evac
uated by the lebels. oti l Stinday'last. All -,
the troops trom_Norfolk.,passo4l.Abonigh
Suffolk on their' way to Richmo nd
folk is a beautiful town,., ride .streets aid
beautifully shaded with trees. - ' - '.' ''' -'
A reconnoissance pude yesterday by
Dodge's mounted rifle's ' is fa r ' asMaw.
south, Gov. Wiseto:ldiek `'p/0 - WO
taken and little' irifortitati4 'oh ;lh
place was found almost 'deseited . :" .
A flag of truce was sent out yt
.I:lKts'ift.'l..'.
the direction of Suffolk , to returtri4tls l " ''''
oner of,State :released from.Fott -WeIRII4.-.-
The Seaboardand Roanoke Railroad liair.
been found in good- Condition' ti 2 .
_Sulfoßitr '-''''
.
only& single bridge having beerruemelflll; iii
The road will be repitired immediately and LP
rolling stock put on es soon asi . staidbipl -
A largo. quantity of. oqwg
,Ito '
Ag0i1 c. ",,,, r
found stored in the "
..oall iito toso ,-
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News from New Misrles. -
EAmus,Crrr• Apal IM -1,1344',116
Irith_Mo...44o
Tr
day most effectivelysepori ffile
; ; of twenty-eight shot. that
dens, 18 penetrated her . &r
-ot' those striking the Monts,
age whatever, all glancif . goff.
at the armor of the Galena
esigned to resist heavy shots of
.aription fired at her from the fort
It se great an angle of elevation; thus is
the fact that her armor proved inefficient
on this occasion, as accounted for on Fri
day last. The two iron-clad gunboats re
turned down the river. - The flakes,
though pierced eightot,n tintlearls*
, materially injured, and withlife driittlr
Land_ her signal . C o n sorts,.,
Saturday,followed Commodore Geldi
borough and the other portien ofTtffir
squadron up the river. _
Important frO — M - our: `may .
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WASHINGTON, May 18.---Th• Mowing is
from the army correspondent to the luso;6
ciated pres, dated at White House, Va.,
May 18th :
The advance guard of our forces, on the
main road to Richmond by way of Bot
tom's Bridge, drove the enemy across the
Chickahominy river at that point yesterday
mei
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