DAILY POST. The Colon as it was; The Constitution as it la! WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 21 WV, S. M. PETTENGILL & CO., NO. 117 "Ir PARK ROW, NEW YORK. and i STATE STREET, BOSTON are our agents for the Daft and-Weekly Peat-in those cities, and are au thorised to take Advertisements and Subseriptions for us at our Lowest Rates. air Reagdag setter ea every page. OUR GENERALS When we read the sharp strictures, the groundless charges, the malicious slan ders that are poured forth continually, from press and lip, upon many of the men who have been chosen to lead our armies, we cannot believe that epauletstAnd emol uments constitute the ambition of any con siderable number of our militiry leaders in this conflict. It is evident that it is patriotism, end not the truncheon of com mand, nor military baubles, nor presenta tion swords, nor large pay, which induces the most and the best of our Union gene rals to covet and retain their commissions. Let us consider, for a moment, what is expected of them, and how they are and have been furnished, externally and per sonally, for the task they have been called to. • At the commencement of the war, the professional soldiers of the country—the rank and file of the army of the United States—amounted to about ten thousand men. These were dispersed over the vast extent of the Union, to garrison forts and to guard frOntiers. Munitions of war were by no means plentiful, and many of the arms placed in the hands of the soldiers were unfit for use. If we compare the practical military experience of our regu lar army officers with that of the military men in the English, French, Austrian or Russian armies, we shall find that ours were and are at signal disadvantage. The brief war with Mexico, and an Indian campaign or two, were all the chances our officers have had, for over fifty years past, to learn the hardest part of their profes sion; while, as schools for military edu cation, England has had India; France has had Algiers; Austria has had Italy and Hungary; Russia has had Turkey and Cireassia - ; and England. France and Rus sia, jointly, have had the Crimea. Be sides, these various powers maintain large armies, who are thoroughly and constantly drilled in bodies of every number, from a squad to a division, or even a grand army. The officers of the United States army, save and except what they learned at West Point, (which made them excellent theo- retied warriors no doubt,) had none of , the opportunities for perfecting themselves in their profession which abounded in other countries. Many competent and meritorious men, educated at West Point, seeing that in the dullness of a "calm world and a long peace" they could not hope for more than a lieutenant's commis sion at forty or forty-five, resigned, and went into civil employments. These two classes, with the civilians who, without any military education or experience, were bold enough to undertake to lead armies—which armies were yet to be re cruited and drilled—were the materials out of which the Government had to make officers for six hundred thousand men. These leaders were expected, some times, to recruit their own ranks; to drill them; to arm them; to Prepare them with clothing, transportation, and all their oth er needs, or to assist the War Department in doing so. Our Generals were expected, too, to know when to declare and how to admin ister martial law. The just, conservative, patriotic masses of their countrymen ex pectedthem to wage War with an eye single to the maintenance of the Constitution and the restoration of the Union—the ex• treme abolition party expected and in- sisted that they should wage a war to des troy the Constitution, and to free and to arm the slaves as they progressed. What the government wanted (from which their specific instructions should have been de rived,) it was and still is hard for them to determine. General Fremont issued an abolition order, and he was made to modi fy it, and then his command was taken from him. General Phelps issued at Ship Island an anti-Slavery and anti-Catho lic Proclamation, and he keeps his com mand! General Fremont is re-invested with the control of an army, and now Gen. Hunter has issued a thorough abolition manifesto Under these perplexing circumstances, how can any General acquit himself so as to meet the expectations of the public ? Who does not see how difficult it is to com mand an important department in this war? Nor have we mentioned all the trials to_wkich our Generals are subject— Almost ' 00! wholepopulation Swho can read'," end many of the strong-minded Women, too, have become fully versed in military science, and know exactly what every General might, could, would or should have done! One General is falsely charged on the floor of Congress with being drunk while on duty—another is charged with disloyalty—another is charg ed with corruption, and all are unspar ingly abused if they suffer any reverse, and -the doctrine has been broached that any General who may meet with defeat, or even *pulse, shall be driven from the service ! It is very certain that the Generals of our armies do not repose "on Bowery beds of ease." 'rske them all in all, we sub- mit that they merit infinitely more praise than blame. While the' European Gen eral proceeds in hie plans without deign ing to consider the wishes of his trained _ and bumble legions, habituated to obey, the American Getieral has to deal with a Lost, every one of whom thinks himself the Genersl's equal, and he is compelled do pay more or less attention to the neer gained. wishes of hireopsmlin& The Zero.- pan Goma !sag !jeAlded by his troops and they - aill 6shr4s itinder him any other. The American General must be popular with his troops—he must have their confidenoe and theiginld or he cannot lead them sufaiiiisfalV_, Weep fore to the conclampithattoo much wi":::cipeeted,of outGenerale-they have done wonder's with'' the kfiowledge they had and the material they wielded— and we make tor them'die 'ianteet'plea that they should not be harshly • censured, but shall have every encouragement from their fellow citizens, and large and timely praise for their warlike achievements. "WAS NOT THAT THUNDER?" The imaginary thunder which so affect ed the weak nerves of the "Foundling of Argos" was nothing to the clap heard yesterday from "Old Abe," which is now re verberating throughout Abolition creation; it has demolished Gen. Hunter's procla mation, and our ears are still "drinking in" theconusie of its lingering sounds. Yesterday, alluding to this nonsensical proclamation, we remarked that "we have some faith in the President yet; although hemmed in by extreme men, our reliance upon his former promise- to pursue the war for the restoration of the Union has not yet forsaken us." And scarcely had we finished writing the sentence ere the President's proclamation, condemning Hunter's, arrived. We should judge, from this hasty and emphatic condemnation of General Hunter's assumption of power, that we shall not, for some time to come, be troubled with similar productions trout the army. Hunter is a good soldier, and we regret that he has stepped nut of his legitimate field, only to incur censure; but he should have considered that what Fremont and Cameron were not permit ted to do he could not, with impunity, ex pect to accomplish. This demolition of General Hunter's announcement that "slavery and martial law arejncompatible," also upsets all the calculations of the Abolitionists. The New York Tribune declared that Hunter's edict "struck slavery between the eyes" —a most tender locality in the human face divine Forney's P,-e.s pronounced il "a right step, in the right direction, and at the right time;" and the old Oa :elle, of this city, came limping after, sniffling something about the eonstoonta tion of "political and natural equality:" We can't help republishing the following brief paragraph from the President's rely of wholesale emancipation by our aspiring generals, declaring it, in the language of Forney, to be "a right step, in the right direction, and in time right time." says the President: "1 further make known that whet Itor it be competent for me, as Commander-in- Chief of the Army and Navy, to declare the slaves of any State tree, and whether at any time, in any case. it shall become a necessity indispensable to the maintenance of the Government, to exercise such sup posed power, are questions which, under every responsibility, I reserve to myself, anti which I cannot feel justified in leaving to the decision of commanders in the tield.• • der Hon. Edward Stanley. lately 'ap pointed Governor of North Carlina, is in Washington, although he is wanted badly in the North State. He was always popular, not only among his immediate neighbors, but throughout the entire Com monwealth. During the extra session of Congress, following the election of Gen. Harrison, in 1841, Stanley and Henry A. Wise, both at that time belonging to the dominant party, got into a personal dis cussion, in which Stanley got the better of the swarthy representative from A ceqmac. The next day, returning from it horse-race, Wise slipped up behind Stanley, and "handed one" from a loadened whip, which almost knocked him front his pranc ing charger. We revive this Congress ional reminiscence now in order to stimu late Stanley with proper indignation against the signer of the death warrant of "old John Brown." We expect him, as Military Governor of the old North State, to dash across the line into Virginia, seize old Wise, and see that he is properly punished for his treason, his long speeches, and his crimes, generally, including that committed upon Stanley's person, while he was lost in pleasant contemplation of the Bladensburg races. A Faithful Dog on the Battle Lieutenant Pfieff, killed at the battle of Shiloh, was buried at Chicago a few days ago. In speaking of the funeral, the Times, of that city, remarks: A beautiful and touching incident is connected with the manner in whch Mrs. I Pfieff was enabled to discover the place where her husband had been buried upon the battle field. She visited the field, armed with a pass from General Halleck, but no one could possibly inform her of the place where he had been buried, as such a large number, of both friend and foe, had been interred upon the same ground. She remained about a half a day, and was about giving up in despair, when she espied, at the distance of nearly half a mile, a large dog, coming rapidly towards her, which she immediately recog nized as the same which had accompanied her husband to the war. Ife approachad her with the most intense manifestations' of joy, and immediately indicated to her, as well as he was able, his desire that she should follow him. She did so, and he' led the way to a distant part of the field, and stopped before a single grave. She caused it to be opened, and there found the _body of her dead husband. It appears from the statement of some of the soldiers that at the time Lieutenant Pfieff fell this dog was.by:kia aide, and: there remained, licking his wounds, until he was ',alien from the field and buried. Be then took his station by the grave, and, nothing could induce him to abandon it but for a sufficient length of time each day to satis fy his hunger, until, by some means, lie was made aware of the presence of his mis tress. Thus had he watched for twelve days by the grave of hie slain master. This is certainly - one of the most-Wonder fulinstances of e.anine sagacity on record. When the body was being conveyed to this city this wonderful animal took up his position by the box containing the re mains, and no, persuasions could induce him to leave it Ana its arrival here. The Comm Great Battle. The feeling of suspense in Washington, is very profound in regard to the two gest battles soon to be fooght for the Union, at Richmond and Corinth. In re-• gard to Richmond there is comparatively no uneasiness, though the interest "is ab sorbing, McClellan's policy- is yielding its excellent fruits, in the country 's con fidence that all will go right where be com mands. He is always sure; makes 'ad vance till he is ready to hold it, and "wins his;battles before he fights,them." • Rich-' mond isdosiiatd'everybody ows it. In regird to COAtt i pre is more nnes- I n nen, thaw*, ...think of the armies bid by Pops. - mad -mod Timms. kedwoh ey 0„ -bootee. This week is bacilli*, will o o! , .* ! ,42 0 1 *i; IDA Pomr,l44* ruin on the 'P. )41-1.1104e..!: AN OUTLINE OT NAPOLEON% PLAN Or INTERVENTION. Tile War to be Itualtatmladl. and a Vitit, by Statai ea Talkie& From the Edinburg Seotsnup. Maw let: Private information from Perko coin ciding with certain signs and symptoms, leads to the conviction that a strong desire to make an effort towards some kind of in terposition has long been entertained by the Emperor, and that, unless some settle ment shall have been reached or brought within sight a few weeks hence, he will scarcely be restrained frOm the attempt. If, when the advance of the season ren ders military movements impracticable in the Southern States, at least by Northern troops, the position of the belligerents shall be anything like what it was at the last advises, or if, indeed, the position is not much more entirely altered than it would now be rational to expect, the facts will be regarded as insuring, in the absence of any new element, another year's war. Against such a result it is understood that the 'French Emperor is now more than inclined not. only to protest but to act. More than probably he will first pro pose to move in concert with Great Britain —but we may assume, at least, in passing, that any such proposal would be declined by our Government. The Emperor would, in that case, go to work himself. He will, perhaps, begin by a mere friendly remon strance, addressed ostensibly to both par ties, but practically meant or needed only for the Noith—a remonstrance which there is desperately little chance of pro ducing any effect beyond, at the best, a civil expression of resentment at foreign intermeddling. The course to which the Emperor would then resort is believed to be this—he would throw out something quite capable of being interpreted as a threat against whichever party should resume hostilities ; and he would then formally propound an advice that the whole should be referred to his favorite tribunal, " universal suffrage " the vote to he taken en masse. but each State to vote separately, declaring for itself whether it desire reunion under one fed eral or central governmeht, or reconstruc lion tinder two or more such governments. Whether or not the visit of the French Minister at Washington to the' Confeder 7 ate t overnment tit Riehmond hasauy con nection with these intentions is a matter only of unassisted conjecture ; but there is more than conjecture as to something like what has been indicated being at I resent not only the desire but the deign of the Fr. , 11,11 (;,,,,linient. The plox pwt is nil is eheet:lit/ user. Though the proposal of r..fi•rrin g th.• matter to univer sal mull-age is .•11.- Which, in itself, it ?with- Pr unfitting in France to make, nor would he unreasonable in the States to accept. it is, after all, but a proposal to have done over again what the Confederate States did in the spring of last year.— They did then, as they would regain do now, vote themselves out of the Union and that is just the result the North has, been fighting. In a word. for the North to accede to the French proposal would just be certainly, though indirectly, to con cede separation. It is dittieult to conclude that that which the North has refused and resisted at such enormous cost, it would grant at t 11.9 request. or menace of France: . and it is equally difficult to St.e what effec tive steps France eould take were she denied and defied. As to this country, there seems no course open to her but its action and almost silence. Wl' have no right to venture beyond friendly advice ; and lII.' fact that our interests are deeply concerned in a Speedy settlement of the American strife subjects to suspicion and aversion anything we say, even in the most friendly and respectful tone and form. A collation of the recent accounts, public and private, regarding' the war, tends to strengthen the conclusion that the struggle will not be ended this campaign, and con sequently that the state of things for which the French Emperor is understood to wait will soon arise. M. Merelec•s Visible *n English Point of View. Firm the Immlon Times, May 1. The departure of M. Mercier for Rich mond. announced by telegraph, may well affect. the Northern world a, ith strong emo tion, if he has really 'gone there. The Minister of France Lila gentleman who has never for a moment concealed his be lief that the North cannot succeed in the object it proposes to itSelf, and who natu rally regards the loss and inconveniences caused to France by the prolongation of this strife as very useless concessions to the pride and lust of plower of the people of the Northern States, who are neither grateful nor just towards those who main tain a strict. neutrality; regardless of their material interests. M Mercier has always acted with the most perfect good feeling and cordiality in his irelations with Lord Lyons, although he May not share the English Minister's kindly sympathies for the country to which ihe is accredited.-- There has been no Treat affair to stir up the passionti — of the unbridled Democracy of the United Stateti, or to turn thethlsotne eulogiums of France lin which their press indulged, into rabid abuse 1 but the Minis ter of France has not been without evi dence of the shallowness of friendship which once nearly astonished the world with a display of its: ngratitude,. nor can he have quite forgotten that in one of his buncombe proclamations Mr. Stanton in sulted his country hr calling her " infidel France." Nevertheless, if 11. M errier has gone to Iticlumind to open negotiations—and it may be remembered that our correspond ent. in his 'last letter*ated that the Con federate Congress was reported to be sit ting in secret session!to Consider the pro priety of sending another envoy to Path( —it will be said, in all probability, that! England has instigatied the Emperor to interfere, and France at the same time he threatened with destruction if she at tempts to act as mediator. As yet the story is improbable, but is not so much so as the report that France was about to re voke her concession 'of belligerent rights to the South in consequence of the recent defeats of the Confederates. Narrow Escape ofiGeneral MeCle lan from Capture. An attempt was recently made, by the rebels on our left, to capture some of our -wagons, hundreds of which line roads be tireen here:and Buck-House Point; but up to thiswriting (half past eleven o'clock I'. M.) I cannot learn that they have suc ceeded in taking any, although there area number of wagons till on the road, and some within two or three miles of the ene my's pickets. Two men of the 2d United States cavalry were shot in the skirmish. The men rest on their arms, sleeping on a field of recently ploughed ground, where, at every little puff of wind, the dust goes whirling through the air in clouds, render ing everything about as miserable as can be well imagined. During the time the rebels made the at tack on our wagon train, Genial McClel lan, accompanied by his staff, was making a recoinnotsance, and,Came in sight of the rebel cavalry before he was aware of his proximity. By dint of hard riding he escaped, and taking Command of what foroe there was at hand he dispersed the rebels. Had they known • what a prize they had so near ,thein; in all probability they would have worked harder to have 'Obtained possession of it. "As it was the situation was rather a precarious one for the General at best While the skirmish .was going on the fact was Made known to, the general of the Second 41 whose command had just gone - itssong and tedious march ; yet, with 'used mottptiterdei the Gee eallibmidet -ireeetell , wee Rue *rheuSritittilikelethiietialYifisithigthe asst . teluideddied i etx: • First Edi ti.i. LUTIST NIWS - BY TILIGIAIt THE JAMES RIVER ENGAGEMENT. How the Rebel Steel-Pointed Balls Penetrated the Galena. THE FIGHT TO BE RENEWED SHORTLY Rebel Cavalry thrown Into Guerrilla Random ! ! THEIR UNCIVILIZED SYSTEM OF WARFARE. Military Governor of North Carolina OUR ARMY ON THE MOVE &c FORTR ESS MONROE, May 18.—The Ste vens' battery, known as the Naugatuck, has just arrived here from the scene of ac tion in front of Richmond, anti I have some interesting details of the important operations of Commodore Rodgers' fleet in the npoer , water s of the James river.— t seems .thai our iron clad sloop of war Galena proceeded up the river, leading the fleet and sileakttg the many minor batter ies that lined the shore, until t he fleet had arrived at a point on the .lames river about eight miles below Richmond, where there is a bluff, upon wh'eli a series of strong batteries have been constructed up to the city. These butteries were all found to be mounted with superior rifled guns of very heavy ralibre. The'Galeuu was moored in close to these shore batteries yesterday morning and opened a territie fire upon them, the Mon itor Naugat tick and other vessels assisting. At first the shot of the rebel guns rolled off the sides of the Galena, making only dents in her mail, but gradually, after five hours' fighting, it was found that the steel pointed balls used by the rebels were piercing her. Thirty shots struck her and lodged, whilst two went entirely through her, tumbling out on the other side. A shell burst in the Galena during the en gagement, which unfortunately killed sev enteen of the crew and wounded nineteen. But even this did not dishearten the brave Captain Rodgers and his crew. The, Mught on until dark and until their am .itiOn hail nearly given out. The Nauga. tick was ably handled by Captain Consta de, but after firing seven splendid shots ter magnificent bow gun burst, killing ao men and wounding three others, in ;biding 'aptatn Rogers, who was hit in the head by a piece of the flying metal. We are happy to learn that he is not seriously injured. A Haw was discovered in the metal, and this - wanly" doubt the cause of the explosion. Lieut. Morris, in com mand of the gunboat Port Royal, and late of the Cumberland, was slightly wounded. Com. (lodgers was wounded painfully but not seriously inn the left cheek. These are all the casmilities heard of up to the sail ing of the Naugatuck for Fortress Monroe. The slaughter among the rebels in the bat terlPS is said to hove been terrible, al. though they had the advantage of 11111" gun boats in having their . batteries situated on a bluff. Tlo• light will be renewed shortly, whom Commodore Rodgers hopes to silenee the rebel forts, and if . he can laiss the ob strnetimis known to be placed in the river shove the the ;batteries: he will take the city. A aiortar boat was greatly needed during the eugagement, as with it the bat teries could have been taken quite easily. The Monitor was at last accounts ahead, no ball tirod by the enemy haring any effect upon her iron-clad turret. WASIIINOTON, May 20.—A private letter from an officer on one of the vessel:4 of Commodore Rodgers' flotilla, speaking of the recent engagement, says The “alenti, iron-clad, was admirably 11111.11teuvored, and so beautifully satioy that she passed live or six times as close as she could get and silenced one of the batter ies. She then passed and repassed the sec ond battery six times, bit finding t hat they were using so much ammunition, for which we have a better use higher up, Commo (bre Rodgers ordered the wooden vessels to run up, while he, in the Valens, lay abreast of the battery and disconcerted the rebel gunners, The. Galena then followed, but the buoys are misplaced so that the pi lots, last evening, run the Delimit ashore and she is still aground.. None of our ves sels were seriously injured. A dispatch to the Baltimore American says that many of the shot thrown at the gunboats front Fort Darling were of very heavy calibre, and fell almost in a direct angle upon the decks of the vessels. One struck the top of the turret of the Monitor and made a very considerable indentation. STRAUSIIITU, May 19.-11 is currently reported and credited in military circles that 2,9 M) rebel cavalry, attached to the different commamia,-have been disbanded and formed into guerrilla bands, occupy ing the various mountain ranges and fast • nesses. Gen. Geary afew days since learned that one of these ban& was in a cave, five miles from Hectortown; and made arrange ments to surprise and'capture them. On reaching the cave he ascertained that they had vacated it the 'previous day. A party of forty men with horses, hail evidently been there for some time, living sumptu ously, judging from the empty bottles, boxes, cans, &c. It is probable they were a portion of the force which captured Geary's guard train, near Linden, last week, and retreated towards Warrentown on Gen. Shields' approach. General Geary has been ordered to re port to Gen. Banks in future. lie has been relieved from guarding the lower por• tion of the Manassas road, which duty he has performed for seieml weeks to the ex tent of fifty miles. Blue Ridge and adjacent ranges and spurs, are infested with guerrillas, who watch every opportunity to shoot and cap ture our pickets and foraging parties.— Their familiarity with the mountain defiles and passes enables them to elude pursuit. WAsnixavox, May 20.—The Hon. Ed wait! Stanley is on the eve of departure for North Carolina. He to-day received his commission as Military Governor of that State. He isinvested with the powers, duties and functions of that station, in cluding the power to establish all neces sary offices and tribunals and to suspend the writ of habeas corpus, during the pleasure of the President, or until the loyal inhabitants shall organize a State government in accordance with the Con- . stitution of the United : States. His powers are exactly similar to those with which Johnson, of Tennessee is invested. WHITE HOUSE. V.A. May 10.- 1 -The army commenced moving at an early hour this morning, in the direction of Richmond, and will encamp Some miles in advance of this place. The advance of General Stoneman reached the railroad bridge over the Chiekahominy 'yesterday. It is a long trestle bridge, two spans of which only are burned. It can be rebuilt in a very short time. The enemy's pickets are guarding the whole line of the river in front, making it very difficult to obtain any information from that city. General'irelellan went on a reconnois sance to the Chickshominz to-day, and the programme of operations in front of Rich td will loom bedeci4ed upon. . , mrit,„ • " r•L' , _,................ _ • 1irt.0:,.,,,' . 1 . .,Wn * voir::Tormsamiu. •• air the James River Battle. • WASRINTON, May 20.-Ahefollowing re ports have been received at the Navy De partment, having been forwarded by Commodore Goldsborough : CsITED TATES STEAMER GALENA. OFF CITY POINT, S JAM ES RIVES. May HUM Sin : I have the honor to report that this vessel. the Aroostook, the Monitor and Port Royal, with the Naugatuck, moved up the river, getting aground sever al times, but meeting with no artificial im pediments until we arrived at Wood's bluff about eight miles from Richmond, where we encountered a heavy battery and two separate barriers, found formed of piles, steamboats and sail vessels. The pilots both say that they saw the Jamestown and Yorktown among the number. The banks of the river were• found lined with rifle pits from which sharpshooters annoved the men at the guns. 'these would hinder the removal of the obstructions unless driven away by a land three. The Galena ran within about. six hundred yards of the bat tery, as near the piles as it was deemed proper to let go her anchor and with a spring swing across the stream, not more than twice as wide as the ship is long. Then, at seven forty-five M , opened fire upon the battery. The wooden vessels, as directed, anchored about thirteen hundred yards below; the Monitor anchored near and at nine o'clock she passed just above the above the Galena, but found her guns could not he elevated enough to reach the battery. She then dropped a little below us and made her shots effective. At five minutes after eleven the Galena had ex pended nearly all her ammunition, and I made signal to discontinue the action. We had but six Parrott charges and not a single tilled nine inch shell. We had thirteen killed and eleven wounded. The rifled one hundred pound Parrott of the - Naugatuck burst, half the part abaft the trunnions going overboard. She is therefore disabled. Lieutenant Newman, the executive officer, was conspicuous for his gallant and effective services. Mr. Washburne. acting master, behaved ad mirably. These two :re selected from among the number. The Aroostook, Port Royal and Naugatuck took the stations previously assigned them, and did every thing that was possible. The Monitor could not have done better. The barrier is such that vessels of the enemy, even if they have any, cannot possibly pass out, as ours cannot pass in. I have the honor. [Signed) JOHN RODGERS. Commander IT. S. A. The (Mowing is the report of Lieut. Wt N. Jeffers, commanding the Moni tor, in the late engagement near Rich mond. It is addressed to Commander Rialgers: D. S. luttx-Ci..to STEAMER MONITOR, A M F. 9 R v Eft, VA., May 16. j Sin:-1 submit the following report of the movements of this vessel during the action of yesterday. Shortly after weigh ing anchor from our position near Kings land creek, a sharp tire of musketry was cam meneed from both banks on ull the ships At half past seven I discovered an exten sive fortification on an elevation of about two hundred teat with several smaller bat teries, all apparently mounting guns of the heaviest calibre. At the foot of the bluff in the river, an obstruction formed of sunken steamers and vessels secured with chains, and the shallow water piled across the river. The Galena having anchored at about one thousand yards distant from the fort, and being warmly engaged, I endeavored to pass ahead of her to take otf some of the fire, but found that my guns could not be elevated sufficiently to point at the fort. 1 then took a position on the line with the Galena, aud-. main tained a deliberate fire until the close of the action. 11'hen in company with the other vessels I dropped down to the an chorage of the morning. The fire of the enemy was remarkably well directed, but vainly towards this vessel. She was struck three times by one solid eight-inch shot square on the turret, and by two solid shot in the side armor, forward of the pilot house, but neither caused any damage be yond bending the plates. I am happy to report no casualties. In conclusion, per mit me to say that the action was most gal lantly fought against great odds and with the usual - effect against earthworks. So long as our vessels kept up a rapid fire, they rarely returned our fire; but the mo ment our fire slackened they remanned their gnus. It was impossible to reduce such works except with the (aid of a land force. The following is the report of Assistant Surgeon Van Gilson, of the Galena, giving neenunt of the killed and wounded in the late action at. Ward's Bluff: I inited States Steamer Galena.—Killed. —Thinnas Ready, Captain of the foretop; James 11. Welter, 8d class boy; Michael Maney, landsman; Martin Millberry, lands man ; Robert Boyd, ordinary seaman ; Richard A. Adams, seamen ; John Quig, ordinary seamen John Russell, lands man Wm. H. Horton, ordinary seamen ; Joseph Johnston, private of the marines; Jared D. Booroom, gunner ; David Pat terson, landsman. Wounded—John O'Connor, 3d class boy, burned and wounded in ankle joint; Win. Stevens. seaman, not seriously; Geo. McDonnell seaman, slightly • Thomas innigan, seaman, arm, seriouslyinjured ; Henry Watson, ordinary seamen, slightly ; W. Harrison, landsiiran ; Rich ard Visser, seaman, s lightly; Andrew McCleary, acting master's mate, not seri ously ;- Owen Doherty, (foal heaver, mor tally ; Fred. W. Johnson, lst class boy, not seriously. - Port. Royal—Wounded--George Morris, commander, flesh wound in right leg. Naugatuck—Wounded—Peter Dixon, not seriously ; Jas. Wilson, musket shot, not seriously. From New Orleaks. FT. MONROE, YA., May 20.—United States despatch boat Rhode Island,CapC Treuchard, arrived hese this morning.— Dates and mails from New Orleans tathe Bth. She brine Naval officers captured on the Mississippi below New Orleans. ; Among -them are seyeral Lieutenants of our Navy, including J. 11.1fiteltell, Com-. iiianding Confederate Naval forces on ant Mississippi; J. W. Wilkinson, second in command on board the Louisiana; 'Dever ty Cannon, of the Gov. Moore destroyed, and A. F. Worley, commanding ram Ma. nassas. On the passage passengers were obliged to take their turn doing guard du ty over the prisoners. The news from New Orleans is not of special interest. Gen. Butler commenced landing on the Ist of May. He established his headquar ters at the Custom House and took posses sion of the City Hall, Mint, &c., and compelled the St. Charles Hotel; which Was closed, to open for the accommoda tion of himself and staff. A conference had been had between Gen. Butler . and the authorities of the city, with. Pierre Soule. The proclamation was discussed in some particulars. Allan act of human ity to the suffering inhabitants boats and railroads were allowed to brink supplies to. the city. The steamer Rhode Island has sniied. Negotiations for confederate scrip is . 'Ai: bidden, but other species of currency in: circulation is allowe& Newspapers continue 4*T/41i but the New Orleans Delta was wpp - for refusing to publish , the prosdenation i but subeequentallaired to go on. Algiers is occupied by „our forces and Forts Jackson and St . .Phillip . garrie9ned - I),f our troops' W tsar& A Osielonei and Jackie zwrooft is possession of and all 414Wtkolvse ' e ; taty.cst of . TA,I, Gen. Phelps has at 25 miles up the Hirt place• Very little of Union &clinic was of uncertainty In rel Great wantofikenfu but miter the ness is slowly . reviling. The City is griffin' and affairs genertillY isfactory state. Porter's mortar fleet hid been off Mo bile and in the Bay, and soundings had been made in the channel on the 7th. The fleet was fired on while engaged in this warkbyPt. Morgan, but did not reply. The fleet afterwards returned te;Shio- 1 1 11 On the night of the 9th of May thy enepy evacuated Pensacola and let fin 6oe forts, Navy Yard, Barrancas and Milne Hospitals. Gee. Arnold commenced the bombardment when the destruction ofprop erty was began with a hope ofsaving a por tion of the fort and property. The steamers Bradford and Neaffie were burned at Fort Mcßee; the Hospital and Navy Yard was destroyed. The Barrancas barracks was saved, also the foundry and blacksmith shops in the yard. The city and forts had been occupied by General Jones, with three thousand troops. Gen. Arnold was to establisk his headquarters in the city on the lt!th, and occupy the city with 1,200 men. Nothing of importance from Key West or Port Royal. Some days ago the gun boat Wamsutta lost two men in a skirmish in Warsaw Sound. From MeCiellan's Division. Tr:NATALIE:3 STATION, Va., May 20.--The advance under. General Stoneman reached Coal Harbor, on the road to. Richmond by way of Newbridge, yesterday, where he found the enemy to'be in force. He drove their pickets in to with in two miles of their main body and en camped for the night. Everything indi cates that the rebels intend to defend Rich mond with all the available force they are able to bring forward. Congressmen and representatives from every Southern State are there encourag ing their troops by their presence, and counsel a determined resistance to an ad vance of the Union troops. Two officers who came within our lines with a Bag of truce about a week since on a trivial pretense, were allowed to return yesterday. Commodore Goldsborough paid a visit to headquarters last night, for the purpose, of an interview with General McClellan. The Richmond papers of the 16th have been received. They contain a correspon dence between the Virginia Legislature and-Jeff. Davis, in relation to the recent movements of the rebel army. He stated that he had never entertained a thought of withdrawing the army from Virginia and abandoning the State; that if in the course of events the capital should fall, the neces sity of which he did not see or anticipate. that would be no reason for withdrawing the army from Virginia; and that the war could be successfully maintained on Vir ginia soil for twenty years. The rebel General, J. B. Floyd, has been appointed Major General of Virginia forces, with authority to raise a force of twenty thousand menoiew conscripts, for the defense of Western Virginia. The engagement. on Thursday at Durys* Bluff, seven miles below Richmond, be tween four gunboats and the enemy's bat teries on James' river, produced a great panic among the people of Richmond.— They acknowledge a loss of 6 killed and 7 wounded. Thirty-Seventh Congress. WASHINGTON, May 19th.—RorsE.--Mr. Noell, of Mo., argued the constitutional question, remarking that rebellion usually succeeds in despotic countries, because the masses are against one man. With us success in rebellion is morally, politically and physically impossible, because it is the few against the many to destroy the government of the whole. It was in this view that he held that although the Con stitution was the same in peace as in war; yet its slumbering power would be awak ened in time of danger for any emergency. As to the policy of confiscation, he was willing to say that those who had under taken to destroy the beat government on the earth, "1 forgive you, sir, no more." But he was not willing to spend the whole stock of his charity on those who are rob bing his constituents. Mr. Riddle, of Ohio, discussed the gen eral question of rebellion. lie would pun ish traitors, and strip them of all their property, and preclude them forever from holding offices of emolument and honor under this government. Strike down sla very and you will strike down the possi bility of insurrection. Mr. Windom, of Minn., had no patience with those who were ready to plead for murderers and traitors, and- who never uttered a word in condemnation of their crimes. Mr. Voorhees, of Ind., obtained the floor, when the House adjourned. SENATII—The confiscation bill was taken up. Mr. Davis proceeded to review the recent course of England towards this country. He referred to the ill success of the plans of raising cotton in other coun tries and to the intense hate of the cotton States towards the Gkivernatent • which might be overcome by proper measures, and the pres of*. Constitution fistitution , in all its in ' apPose 'every *item - - =thiamin from any quartueeif Wretext. He reported at 801111141 of the Senator from Misiacil Mr:* Wilson. After; having spoken for three hours and over, Mr. Howard, of Michigan, moved to ad journ. Disagreed to, yeas. 17; nays, IS. Mr. Powell, of Ky., moved to postpone the bill till to morrow, to !Mow his col league to finish his speech. BeHe thought it very unusual to refuse such &request. Mr. Fessenden, of Me., said it was very unusual at this period of -the session on a bill which had been discussed so much for a Senator to make a speech on general principles of three hours in length and ask for more time. From our Arany Delhi* Corinth. Bureau CORINTII,_ May 20.—There was skirMishing along the whole line to-day, feeling the enemy'i strength, and seeking more . advantageous poilitions . ... Our loss was small. The army is advanchigtOwly: The 'story about several retiel • regiments attempting a •nutilly, and federaFforces being sent to their essisitaiiee, is false. it has been raining all day, and the prospect is for a *tinynight.. Union chronicles the constant arrival of Tennesseeans sick of the: Southern Confederacy, and says a thorough Union man must be chosen for the approaching Circuit Judge election. Gasibosies Fire. Wssaisarox, Baty 20.—The gunboat Jacob Bell, ly ing at the foot of the Navy Yard whoa, was discovered to be on fire early this morning. She was loaded with ordnance stores; mid some of the boxes of shells were consideribt r ted, hence the vessel barely escaped , blown up. The: origin of the fire has not n ascer tained. • • lhousuelpiailsru ist - IThativisrt • Sr. Lours, Nay 20.- , lllasseonventift of the friends, of the "..144ainistiption. anal those hiniebltiitheemaneipaSbnorehiies in Missourii,..ender the plan sabraitted bj the President, is called to meet `at'Jeffer soSlaten City On the 16th of June, to, nth e ir inate oft•ni• ineketi4 g siege. Our entire line is now advanced to within three miles of Cot ;nth. The enemy's fortifications arena derstood to be about-remileAßtaidest* town. Their outixteta an4nlWille'bf course tteyond these, Along nearly the whole line therfem s picketacand-ioure are nofrnente _ yards apart. For two or three days nag has been constant in the day_timerandob casionallynaharp at night.: • Verwholerpo : sition has been entrenched. . wotighigpar ties are busy through the dayandpentof the night, throwing, up breastworltet Un less the enemy attacks or evacnates, : we, are pretty certain to . advance now only by regular approaches. It is now aseertained-that there are only very few weapons in the hands of rebel sharpshooters of longer range* than ours. These few keep up a galling fire, and at first it ww: naturally supposed that there must be a more general supply of them. As vet, our losses are quite trifling. We have heard of none killed, except:in-oe terday's skirmish in (Ohio) letterman's front, and wounds are mostly slight. The rebels have thrown a few shells into our camps, hut as yet they don't seem much inclined to their artillery. - ' '- Nearly the -entire representation alike loyal Northern newspapers leave-the army lines to-day. Some days ago, General Halleck issued a field order excluding all civilians from camps, which' o beilop plained to apply to newspaper journalists handed him an address repro. seining the injustice the order causes on the eve of a battle, to themselves and the public, saying they would not attempt-to evade the order, but assuring him that some in his camps would, inspite of any Lprecautions he might take ; urging that they were here in accordance with Secre tary Stanton's order, and asking whether' . there was any honorable condition in which journalists could remain. He replied he would exclude all civilians, but would be glad to hear any proposition or suggestion they might make. I hey then ngeeed upon to present the following : That we will all present toeGett. Halleck satisfactory proofs of our loyalty; give him our whereabouts in the army that -htimay know where to find us at all ;ma r ' eat give th e exact parole of honor which the Secretary of War has announced will be re quired of journalists as a condition__ piece dent to their passing within the army lines under his order, which now is in force in all the other Military Departmeats of the 'United States. Halleck refined to acce_pC this. The representatives of the N. Y: Tribune, Herald, Times and World, Bos ton Journal, Philadelphia Press, Cincinna ti Gazette and Commercial, St, Louis He; publican and Democrat, 'Cldeago - Tribiale, and most other -papers represented here, withdrew to-day. After announcing _their, determination, the Prm'ost Mitilhallarrir ed them that such as attempted to gain as unfair advantage by, evading the order, should be diligently hunted out and mas ted, and set to work on the fortifications. 01141 OILS! 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