WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 28 neadling matter on every page President Lincoln has, of late, been ex posing himself quite unnecessarily; he has been t o Norfolk and Fredericksburg ; and has given out his intention to be present at the surrender of Richmond. The New York Times very properly objects to the head •of the governmebt running such risks as these visits into the rebel country !nusii*Vssltrily subject him to, and says, that "the whole country" has a stake in preserying hii existence. This is a sober and I°lol6 truth, for were the President just now called to his final aceciunt, the cause of the Union would not long survive him. He is the only break-water between the abolition disunienists and the preser vation of the Republic. Were he gone and that fierce Abolitionist, Vice Presi dent. Hamlin, in his place, there would be no check to the mad schemes concocted for the permanent disruption of this bleed ing Uniou. The war would then be speed ily divested from its original intention.; Hunter might ,re-issue hi§ prochtmation, not only giving freedom to a million of slaves, more than the_white population of ' tiff States they inhabit, but these newly created freemen might, with impunity, ex ercise.their freedom, even to the excess hinted at in Gen. Butler's reputed procla mation to the women of New Orleans. The horrors and atrocities of San Domingo would "pale their ineffectual fires" before the conflagrations, massacres and outrages perpetrated by these infuriated negroes. The scalping knife and tomahawk of the drunken Indians in Missouri was excusa ble in atrocity, compared to the bloody and merciless scones which would follow in the district mentioned. Two races, a million eacki - struggling for life and death, would end only in the utter annihilation of one or the other. - And, before that end was reached, what unheard of hor rorswould be perpetrated ; the acts of a a . ruffian soldiery under Cromwell, in Ire land, violating purity that had taken to the altar for protection ; the horrors commit ted by the Moors in Spain; the Roman mas sacre of the Thracians, •when upon every cross there hung a gladiator;" the brutal and bloody scenes of the French revolu tion, would all be repeated in Georgia, South Carolinia and Florida, were it pos sible for Hunter's proclamation to be en forced.. Truly the nation has a stake in the liferttf its President, and we fervently hope that be may not be taken from us, now...that it so much needs his services.. The whole people are entirely aware of the intentions of the rebels, and all are determined to pursue them until rebel lion is crushed. The President alone pos sesses the, power to curtail, modify, or de feat the Conspiracies of abolitionism, which are equally. destructive and:criminal - as open, defiant secession and rebellion. BOUND ON THE WAIL The Rev. Robert J. Breckinridge is sound to the core on the prosecution:of hostilities against the rebel leaders. The other evening,-in Cincinnati, he delivered a disconrse upon the condition of the country, in the course of which he said . that the war should be prosecuted wit h slich_vigor and effectiveness that it should be ktecrible,lesson for all time to come, and such a vindication of nationality as that there 'shall be no more. rebellion and treason in all the future. There had been, in his opinion, several mistakes committed in the management of this war, and the first and most enormous was in supposing that it is possible to conciliate those who have banded themselves in arms against the country. It is impossible to conciliate them. They have no desire for it, and do not propose conciliation. The war was commenced by them to divide and de stroy the nation, and set up an incompati ble government. He knew whereof he asserted-it when he said that the men now in arms against the Government were incapible - of being conciliated. The only way to deal with them is to crush them Late from Nashville. The .Nashville Union of the 22d inst., publishes the following communication: Pouszi, Tenn., May 21, 1862. To ifiv.ifaxdkney, Gov. Johnson ,irinitsly Commission was held here yesterday, to inquire into the destruction of the .merchandise of J. 11. Pioner, a Union man by Morgan and his crew, on the fi rst of May. The commission assess ed the damages at $1,262 88, which they ordered me to collect from the authorities of thetown, •or Ailing in- that to make the amount from the sale of the.property of certainisara to be afterwards designated. be facts of the case are not coninniffited. The Mayor and; council menegiqnsia*Lme to put off the execution of tikei:ifeit, HOB they could see you,' whielfa granted.- YOuli, truly, CHAS. B. GILLESPIE, Provost Marshal. • Commenting on ihe above; , the Union says: "This dispatch gives a warning to guerrilla sympathizers of what they may expect. Gov. Johnson's proclamation will prove to be no empty threat.- D'Oasar's rival, the wealthy Lord Pem broke, died in Paris a few days ago. He was "immense" on dress, affecting the se verely plain, while D' Orsay favored colors p em b ro k e jiapt k hones and women in abundinie, spent no end of money in Par is where heraiidetall his life considering it only habitable spot on the face of the An /beiaheteimprCliptund. , A Miter from Fort jeffermin, Gulf •of Mexico,. lbakd the 6th inst., says: - "4 % On Mouth 11110,04,.a gunboat brought in a large . ' pirinarommknown) with a mike' - , nponder ind 1 gold, valued; it is ' , at' . '.a" lia' lf a will; lion dollars. She. was Masa- somewhere here and New r *bile at:, -It the 64 The Vaasa Was The Canahlhatier as it fel THE PRESIDENT. M` Ciov. Andrel "The logical consequences of d&ernbr Andrew's course may be stated Air's' : Ist, for war purposes the national Government must only obtain troops by requisition up on the State governments; 2d, when such requisitions are made, the Governors of the States may stipulate in what manner the war shall be conducted, and rethse their troops unless the management be made agreeable to their'views. 'This was precisely the position taken by the recu sant- governors of the - border slave States in the beginning of the war. Responses came back from Kentucky, Missouri; Ten• nessee and other States to the effect that no men would be-furnished for the purpose of coercion, while at the -same time, those States desired to be thought in favor of the preservation of the Union, and to support it in some way which they .could have designated. Had we been willing to make a regular treaty of peace for,the rec ognition of all Ihe 'absurd . 'pretensions of the slavery propagandists, we might have got as many regiments as would have been needed from these border slave States. Governor Andrew tries to make the saute sort of conditions on the other side of the question. If the one is wrong the other certainly must be also. if the Southern border States could make no stipulation in favor of slaVery, surely the North cannot make any against it, If Governor Andrew may criticise the conduct of the war in his response to the national governMent's de mand for troops, and make conditions tier the aid of his State, why may not the Gov ernors of Maryland, Delaware, Kent neky and Missouri, most of whom are willing enough to do it if they only felt free to re fuse troo or to make conditions, or to traverse the orders of the War I /epartment? The precedent, therefore, is a very bad one, whatever may be the views of Gover nor Andrew. It strikes at the root of the national supremacy, and favors that very policy of disintegration which has prude': ed this war." Let Us Croak. The.money article of the Independent of this week contains the following sum mary of the benefits the war has conferred upon the country: Ist. Tnegovernment is ten-fold stronger to-day than ever before. 2d. We are perfectly independent of any and every other power on earth. 3d. We have au army and navy. It feu gh hardly twelve months old, equal to that other nation. 4th The people, having *already furnished $.500,000,01.* to sustain the government. tied themselves stronger and richer than when the war began. sth. Our government slocki have advanced tea per cent since the war commenced, and other se curities in similar proportion. tith. Money, which was raised a year ago at two or three per cent. a month, is now only worth three or four per cent. per annum. 7th. We have an abundance of food, at utneh lower than averageppeesorith sPleudid prospects for the coming crop, in even' quarter. Bth. The wheels of business are beginning to start in all directions, and cheerfulness again Pre vails: 9th. Our farmers. tuanufgelurers, welt:inks, and citizens are no longer idle. No distress is seen in any goarter. lOth. The people—the whole North—ore mono united, more courageous. mid inure .1,4 ersuitled than ever before. " Victory or death" is the universal. llth. The whole financial and busbies:- inpcnts of the country. notwithstanding our enormous expenditures, are hopeful and promising. 12th. The people hare a steadily inercuAng faith that the real prosperity of the nation de• mends the entire subjugation of the South. and the overthrow of slavery—the cause of troubles. This is a very pleasant view of the pres ent state of affairs, but is it quite Just? Is there not a reverse to the picture. Let us croak: I. May not. the increased strength ,ot the government be due somewhat to an abridge meta of the rights of the.people? 2. We are net independent of any and every power on earth, as the fears of for , eign intervention prove. 3. The French army is 600,0(0 strong, while ours is less than 300, 3 03. Our navy is not to be compared to the English for numbers, though superior .n ,iono, impor tant particulars. 4. Spending' money is not the way to get rich. Every dollar disbursed in this, war was so much abstracted from indus trial pursuits, and theretbre, lost to the world. , 5. The advance in securities is due in great part to an Unhealthy inflation of the currency, for which . .we must pay the pen alty by and by. 6. The excessive cheapness of money is an - exceedingly had symptom; and shows a "rottenness to Demark." 7. The cheapnesSs of food is due to tlw loss of the Southern market, and the .ecou milieu it will enforce upon the Western farmers'will be felt in the trade of this city next fall. 8. There can be no legitimate reorgani ' tion . - of trade until the war is over and the burdens of taxation readjusted. 9. Our period of reildistress will come when the government ceases to spend three million dollars per day and the paper infla tion stops. Bat enough of this. It is well to be hope ful, but it is better to consider the "situa tion" from every point of view.— Worb/. Letter From,ThurloW Weed, HAItLAEM, April 20. Ninety-two years ago a rich miser named Tylaer lived and died' in this city: His passion for hoarding grew with his years, and became finally intensified. His only - sustenance for two or three years before he died was apint of milk with a piece of dry bread daily. By a law of the city, milk _purchased for servants , and •ta ken in at the back door, was in a larger measure than that - used for the rich. Ty leer, therefore, purchased half a pint at the front, and the same quantity at the back door. He had been twice married, but had lost his wives, and never had chil dren. He lived alone. But the great day of settlement finally came to him, as it comes to all. In his will the estate was tied for a hundred 'years. In amount, competed by weight, it was eqnal to MIITETY-SEVEN97) TONE IN oot n! ills executors were instructed to expend the interest *in erecting suitable buildings for the aged and indigent females of good repute, and in the establiidiment, and maintenance of a philosophical and scientific institution for the instruction of youth and the benefit of all classes. The homes of the old women are most comfortable ones, and their inmates are as cozy and happy, as neat and cheerful as they could be if they were as rich as the miser who endowed them. Several attempts have been made by the heirs to break the will, butwithont success, and as in eight years more the century will -expire, all are now waiting with proverb ial Dutch patience. The heirs number some 120, for each of whom, when the distribution is made, there will be between thirty and forty thousand dollars. The Vomito in Havana. • - A letterirom :Havana . dated the 17th instant, just prior to the sailing of the last steamer, announces the death of Captain Pendleton, of the brig Amanda, of Sears port, of black vomit, which is the first case in Havana this season. In Vent CruArloqt the disease is committing fearful istrageti among the Preach troops, having appear ed early and ins more malignant form than usual. THE' wards of venerable Josiah Quincy, now up nine_ty years of age, baiting, says the *ow been confined to his ht- lac .10,0146, in consequence ofl — 4lO hz r,ecovered that s 'qt andstopp e d Hewn mpasmis or rag lIRBZL PLANL t'•,r Proposed lavasiou -Me 1. Tanis by way • Irkesolueky aad Ilakiosg- 1 suadeo .r aid Indiana by • • • The following article. - ;:from • thift:4'Shelhy (Ky.) News of last Wedifesday,r will be read with deep interest, especially as throwing so touch light upon the move mentisof the confederate fizirces* in Vir ginia. If the statements of the writer he true we may look for more important movements 'elsewhere within a few days: In our issue of last week we renewed a suggeition that we had on several occa sions, during the paSt few months, urged upon the military. board of this State and the federal authorities, the necessity of raising and'organizing a military force in each county, of one hundred to two hnn d red mounted men, to act iu the several counties, or wheu ()evasion required to unite their commands in defined districts. We monk! again urge this'matter. upon the attention of those who ha vethe author ity to carry the suggestion info practical operation. There were reasons, nine months ago, why this plan—or one analogous to it should have been adopted. At this time there is an absolute necessity for it. Had the suggestion been put into practical op eration, even six months ago, the men composing the companies would have been well drilled and thoroughly under stood their duties. As it is now, however speedily the companies may be organized, it is very probable that before they are sufficiently trained and drilled there may be need of their services; indeed, to our mind, circumstances tend very strongly to induce the conviction that the danger that would demand their services is now immi nent. We are no alarmists. We do not desire to circulate rumors or tears that will cause excitement or increase the. feel ing of unrest which has taken possession' of so many of ottr best citizens. But facts are developing which show that the trai tors are determined to carry out, as fur as possible, their deliberately concocted plans to keep the seat of war from their own peculiar soil—the cotton States. That has been from the first the leading object of the Southern traitors who lead the van in the traitorous attempts to overturn the government and break tip the Foiled in their earlier attempts to carry out this darling object, new plans were re• cently formed, and all the energies of the traitors are expected to carry these plaits into operation—partially, if not thoronm's ly. The measures recently adopted by the traitors, and which they are endeavor ing to carry otft, may be stated : thus: I. Withdraw all the forces trim the Vir ginia and North orolina celiitits,. and con centrate the** eentrill pornt in V i r ginia. Thai foreiclo' tithig the rebel armg, to be placed in einninand (t Jogeph Is. Joh nmtnn, andto in vein the .li reetion of Pittsburgh. Pennsylvania. fhr Ilse purpose of tarn tin t ,' that Stat e . 2d. Withdraw all forces from the coast of South Carolina and I leorgia, and con centrate them at Chattanooga or some ad *Put point. This division 11 , /in'M huh - er the rebel a;•01,11. under c.anman.l tg . Ler 7. and to more in the di reetb.o t; , ). the latryo:P Of in radiny i i hn , and! Kent:why. Withdraw. the forces front the coast of Horida, Alabama, Mississippi, 'l'-vii and Arkansas, arid eoncentranne them at Corinth. This wing to be eniftntantled hrl G. 'l'. fleauregard, and mote in the-direr lion of Padnenkiseith the intent of inva ding :111iWnis anct,lndinna. 'This plan was formed by a full council of leading traitors. It is unnecessary for tit to give the source of our intbrulation.— Suffice it, that our informant obtained it from a native of this State, now a. resident of another State, and whose name has of ten been given' in the newspapers in the Southern States us a trusted and confided agent of the traitors against the l' Socially and politically he stood among the most prominent behire the rebellion. The objects to lie gained in (-allying out the plan was, first; to secure subsistence, .of which there is none, or ut best but very little, in the South—not enough to supply a tithe of the ordinary demand; and second ly, to force into their armies all the field ing men. The several comManders were to push forward their forces with all pos sible dispatch, and possess themselves of all the important military posts on the riv ers and-in the loyal States, before these posts could be occupied by Federal forces, and thus, while the union armies held and occupied the 1,0.081 of importanee in the States in rebellion; the forees of t h e trait ors would advaneelinto the very heart of our country. ' We think' the-reader will agree with us that the recent movements of the forces of the traitors show that this development of their plan is correct.. It is true that their attempt in forming the middle wing under Lane, at Chattanoogo, has been, at. least for the present, foiled, by the energetic move ments of McClellan; but news from West ern Virginia "show that Jo. E. Johnston is concentrating all the forces he can bring against Bremont's command in that direc tion---leuning- directly toward Pittsburgh. And the evidence is overwhelming that all the forces from those States to constitute Beanregard's army at Corinth are concen trating there rapidly, with the design and kopti of' Overpowering General army, and if successful in the object then moving according to their plan. They will, by thia means ; cause the federal ..an• thorities to move an army in that direction to meet them, during which time the traitors will ra lly, by persuasion, impress ment, and underthem,conscription law , to their army, every traitor and rebel in Ten nessee and Kentucky. l. : With these facts before us we, and the reader also, can see why it is that Morgan, Wood, King, and Scott, with their .ma rauding bands, are thrown forward into Tennessee and Kentudky. They are ready to act in gathering up all :the rebel forces that: can be mustered, folly enforc ing the conscription law in the States whenever Beauregard moves fOrward, and alSo to cut off the small detachments of Union forces stationed at various points in Kentucky anti Tennessee, and small ;bodies that may be sent out. They are, further, to steal and intimidate arid despoil loyal citizens, and act in con junction with the traitors in the varione communities in suppressing the Union element, and giving encouragement to the drooping spirits of ' the secession traitors. That all the leading rebels and traitors in this State, and:we also believe in Tennes see, are tidy cognizant of the plans and operations' f then-traitorous leaders, is ev ident. We need but to refer to their threats and attempts at intimidation toward Union men, and theif recent open avowal of treas onable sentiments. We might refer to the fact that in this county, NA a few days ago, a violent:traitor and rebel went to an old gentlegnan,Ate of the, most deservedly re elected citizens in, the county, and advised tum to no longer express his love for the Union he had fiiught to maintain, and his hatred of tbe treason that was attempting to destroy that Union, but, if he could not and would not take sides with the "South ern rights men," to keep his tongne still to refuse-to express his opinion in op position to rebellion, for it would he but a short time before the Union men is this section would be overpowered, and those who were known as avowedly attached to the Union siroold be dealt tkith, and as he had very.great respect for this old gentle man., hirthiCiot wish to see him .11 1 / 1 010/ , the iptiftitoti titiol v tirid ifikewouV. keep quoptr)ool4o4o;wpght escape ! Or," wO -, miftWesamiktikeLlawate mode 1- • ea - - Eget that the abolition taraitors and the se- cession traitors are wo ' to reach the same end—the destructio ,of the Union The s trait d lared the, time • neer longentimain • .. th , oOnkr 7#vorr: th Begrime thiiie is no n arty :; of jigerring to these things, ,en. ro,oth ers M like - The thing is patent to '-very observing person taut the traitors . are aware of the designa of the leaders. Their randuet betrays the fact; anti it. should be received and acted upon as an indisputable Net hi , the Union men. • Guerrilla Bands in' Virginia. The rebels in the Lihenandoah Valley, in obedience to the proclamation of the infa- MMUS Ekeher, are actively engaged in . forming guerrilla bands for bushwhacking —or. in other words, for robbing and mur dering Union men. The Richmond pa pers contain advertiseme . nta,.earnestly in viting all who wish to join the •t Partisan Raugers. — to form themselves into cors. pane's and battalions. (hie "J o h n seoil, rampfier county, Captain ('. ti. ad vertises his intention of raking a carpi of . mounted riflemen. ti , operate trt - thin the ('Fiettilis lid guarani veS a Inoro life than Mlk tie the lot of th,• regular dier. Another, It. Imhoden, Captain C. S. A.. — advertises his intention of raising a corps under the style of the Blue Ridge Rangers. — and among other things ) he says: "The object of the campaign is simple; I do not intend to rely much on military science, but mainly on great ce lerity of movement, sleepless vigilance. good marksmanship, and plenty' of old fashioned rough lighting and bushwhack ing, to make our country too hot for our eneiny, the Yankees. I therefore want men who will march all night or sit behind a Itusb all day, and a good marksman with a douide•barrelled shot-gun. Stich a man can consider all the arms captured so nou•h clear gain. My head-quarters will be at Staunton tin• the present, where I will remain during the organization." The worst passions are appealed to, and men are invoked to join this service, not through motives of patriotism, but to grat ify their hatred and malice, and fill their pockets with the proceeds of their plunder. How far they will succeed in their devilish designs time will tell; but we venture to predict that their Wall rauding "within the eneun•'s lines" will prove the most haz• ardour busiflesA they ha v.• yet undertaken. Au Aggressive Policy. Thor is little doubt but that the desper tte condition of tl u • rebels, has c,uts,•d heat to consider the fea.ibility of an ag , ri•sN'itt Prow the Menipliis Ara (incite of the edlt we copy the following gum the idea of such a forlorn under aking : "It is said that if the enemy give us bat e at Coniuth, that we shall first whip and len eaptqra hi. army; and, these adrant -1/61 attained, we shall adapt an aggrex iwli,y/ amt earn!, the wan tat,, the e S 111.11 I :(ltintry. It WOlllll liar Lieu well for us if we had adopted this course long ;since. 1 hit- troops, instead of lead ing inactive livrs in camp, would have !Well greatly delighted at the opportunity of glory on such a field. Still it may not he too late to adopt this policy now. It in our opinion, the only way to put an end to the war. As long as the foderals can sit quietly at home and escape the arils I.f the Vblli they inflict 11111111 others, thl.l'l! i.a 11.1tlittre prribithility of their agree ing to tiny proposition for peace wide}, does not involve our humiliation. ISM war at their own doors--au invasion of their own lamb and 611:4!!1 —eould not fail to have a beneficial_ indnence upon their I nunds - towar4s a sprredy peace. Now that the ideal that; "c o tton is kink . ' has ei ploded. alter inflicting upon us all the ill, under whiCh we sutler. it Seems to us to hi' digs high est dictate Of iSdOiii to hang , our tactics and ad, 'pi tin aggress'', e wartitre, We have tried the defensive policy. and it has rosalied in materially 11#11111gillg . 115. Let ti; now try the aggres !sive. „Let its try it, too, at ...nee. What • ever is done should be done speedily : for there is now less than two months iu which to turn the tide in our favor, and ',trite a httlanee.-sheet with the North, before Europe intervenes. The Nations And Their Debts When ME. Wilkins Alieawber was all io set sail for Australia, in the hope of repairing his dilapidated fortmies in that new land, lie favored his friend David Coppertield the younger with a pieee of advice, which may be said to have em bodied the ripe fruits of his experience on the subject of littinatt happiness and misery. "Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen pounds nineteen shillings and sixpence-- net result happiness; annual income twenty pounds, 'annual expenditure twenty pounds and sixpence—result misery." If the sage maxim of the philosophic Micawber were as true of nations us of men, the present condition of the civil ized world would be pitiable indeed. Civilization and debt seem to go hand in hand, and when we hear of one we may infer the other, like the standard sailor, who, when lie saw a gallows, knew at. once that he was among a Christian people. The command, "Owe no man anything," is so little- heeded- by gOvernments that there iaiseakeili.***ln of Europe which does hot 4sinstiatlfiße beyond its means. We, totii,..!kfilikfrleason of that part of; our citizens, are far Ced for this year to be large borrowers. But we may point proud ly to the fact that our government alone, of all the governments mike world, needs not, in even this great emergency, appeal to strangers for pecuniary support, but gets from its own citizens all it requires. It is surely no small praise of popular government, that when our government was attacked as no,other government was ever before, and at a time when it was utterly defenceless, the people supported it at once, not only with arms, but with money. Such, moreover is the univer sal confidence to its stability that, in the midst of these unparalleled commotions, its stocka are worth their face in gold.- .Evening Pat. . Security Extraordinary. . An old money grab in the city of Glas gow, who discounted bills fitti his friends on "promise to pay," and who held good "back" security in the shape of indorsa tions, was applied to by a friend to cash a small bill for him,when old "Discount" re quired additional security. ' The friend, who little expected a request of this kind, flew into a violent rage. "Security, air I'll give you thedevil for security 1" "Well then," exclaimed the bill-discounter, "just bring him forward: and as I ne'er ha'e seen the gentleman get two . decent men to say that it's really him, and yell get the siller." • ARCHBISHOP Hircims, on his way to I Itinue, had an interview with the Emperor •Napoleon. After a few commonplaces - On the horrors , of civil war, pronounced in the slow and monotonous tone, of voice peculiar to him, Louis Napoleon abruptly altered his manner. His glassy counten ance lit up, his voice rose, and he proceed ed with marked accentuation: . "But who then advised your President, M. Lincoln ? What induced , him rto. receive...those two , youngsters tees jeans oowens) into his army? Ilre'might have perceived that it is not to his . to encourage pretensions like theirs bygiviorthem an ;opportunity . i f getting theanielves talked of. • The cause of Orleans is not a caustisrbich 'caw be avowed. I _bent lie - >tlWwwe vacant. kl - -4 6 1041401: :04:4kic., the Crows liipecteter ihirillfentelft; - 'll-1 :~~♦~..=r:: F y .+~75.a yK~.~~~~~~ i9t '.r.'.r.. ;..y.;~~,,. ` .. ' =lllt "W I 11 " ' lies Latesi THE REBEL DESIGN 0 CAPTURE BANKS' WHOLE COMMAND. Iris Statement to the War Departinent REBELS RETREATED TO WINCHES' McClellan's Troops Cut the Vir ginia Railroad at Three Points. NO MOVE OF OUR ARMY FEAR RICIIMONIV. EXHUMED BODIE:4 Niv1"10 coN V EYED Al' Prlll.lc EXPENSE WAguisivrox, May 27.--The following was received at tier Wnr Department nt II o'clock, p. m. Wii.i.tamsrotiv, 4v. a., May 27.---To the President—l have the honor to report the safe arrival of my command at this place, last evening at. ten O'clock, and the papa: age of the Fifth Corps across the river to day with comparatively little loss.. The losti of men killed, wounded and missing, in the different combats in which my Command has participated since the march from Straus burg, on the morning of the 24th inst., I•atn now unable to report. but I have great grat- , ifieati on in tieing able to represent that al: though serious it is much less than might have been anticipated, considering the very great disparity of forces engaged, and the long matured plans ofthe enemy, which aimed at nothing less than the capture of our tliree. A detailed statement will be forwarded as soon as possible. My command encountered the enemy in a constant succession of attacks, and in well contested engagements, at Strausburg, Middletown. Newton, at a point between these places, and at. Winchester. The tl.irce of the enemy was estimated at from 15,m° to '20,000 men, with very strong ar tillery and cavalry supports. Ny own force consisted of two Brigades. less than f,mr thousand strong, all told, fifteen bun lred cavalry, ten Parrot guns and six smooth bore. The substantial preservation of the en tire supply is a source of gratification. It unfiltered about five hundred wagons. On a forced march of Afty-three thirty-five of which was performed in one day, subject to constant attack in front, rear and Hank. according to its position, by an enemy in full force,: the panics of teamsters and the mischances of a river passage of more than three hundred yards width, slender preparations ibr food and ferry. it lost not many more than fifty VatgMlS. A full statement of this loss will be forwardeil forthwith. Very great commendation is due Capt. S. B. Mr:third, A. Q. M., and (apt. E. Beckwith. rim the safety of the train. Ihir troops are in good spirits. and occupy -1.001 sides of the river. N. P. Major (eueral Commanding 1:11 son r, May '2..—Private accounts front Martinsburg represent that only a felv rebel scouts arrived in town yesterday, and shortly after retired, without doing . any damage to the town. The indications are that the rebels have retreated to I,Vin, c.l),stor. WAsuroTrov, May '27 athiees here been received a the War De psrtnient to-day trout lien. lialleek. ;.tiiktral NfeClelian telegraplis• that his troops have eat the 1 iriginia Central Railroad at three points lietween4lnnover Conit House and the Chiaulahniny.- Nothing else of interest had transpired. FouraLss Moxitov, May 21:.—The ad viers from our fleet at City Point, James river, received last night, state that no new attack had yet been made upon the rebel fortifications below Richmond. One of the men on the gunboat Port Loyal was wounded in the thigh, on Satur day, by a rifle shot from the shore while on the lookout in the foretop. 'The enemy's sharpshooters make it dangerous to pass from one vessel to another, and their balls frequently strike their sides. All the inhabitants of City Point have been forced to move to Petersburgh and into the interior by the rebels. No dispatches were received from Nor folk to-day. WASHINGTON, May 27.—8 y dispatches received at the War Department we learn that a ff airs are quiet at Harper's Ferry and its vicinity. A message from Gen. Banks, dated 1 o'clock this morning, says Capt. Callis, of the Zonaves D'Afrrque, has brought his command into Hancock, having bad but two killed. A later dispatch from Gen eral Banks says all is quiet at Williams port. FREDKRICKSBURG, VA., May 25.—A- re connoissance in force was made this morn ing ten miles on the Bowling GreenTele. : , graph - andPlaiikroadit bjr:Gen. accompanied by . the Harris Light Cavalry, Major Duffle iu command. battalion of the First Pennsylvania Cavalry, Major Richards also went • out the plankroad 16 miles from Fredericksburvand wen told by the • Union rnen•that no rebel soldiani could be found within thirty miles if we searched the country withirloodhonnds.•• The wealthy planters have all left for Richmond and their dwelling's are :How, used as headquarters for ourothms.- The entire army are' in spleadid,Writt and are eager to overtake the enemy The railroad bridge across the Massapona from. Fredericksburg,' will be ready- for' operation to-morrow. , Gen. Reynold's has been appointe d" Military Governor of Fredericksburg. • 1-k Westin:avow, May 27.---Notice is given by the War Department that the further exhumation of debtialed'aoldiers, where public means of transportation would have to be relied on, cannot be per mitted and has been prohibited. • Late Mexican News. l* A Sill NGTON, May 27.--A gentleman who has just arrived here on othcial :busi ness- from the city of Meiricci, Eaving left there on the sth inst., reports that towards the latter part of last .ineoth=the Britinh' Minister, Sir Charles Wykei 6onelrided• 'a treaty at Puebla with Sr. Doblado, by which all difficulties with, the English were amicably settled, and had it, not been for ; the sudien' talon Of the French, a treaty with Spain=-would have- been` coneludet also by Sr. 'Doblado - auttieuendi PeivatiP The latter person, however,' let.the , 1 shores of Mexico on good terms withlini I Juarez government, and a ministestpill be sent to Madrid to arrange all matters in, he President of the 1 ailed : times, in i reply to a mutation of the'Elopsit Of. Rep reseutatives, Milting if not' ineouipatible, with Pf thi ke - Alti3OßA° b 9 Oindiabed i _ViO copies of said;-corresi4etieWits piky-seve been received sinew ' lotteltooollir rd.!' *To to Ahoetottlidoil - iffidriii 'it ' . d the bretakietimpor r.r u ltA: , =."100,: . ii aim M lIIY LATEST FROM . ,News. HANOVER CO TAKEN. FEDERAL LOSS BUT SMALL REBEL MNIINCONSIDEXAB IN'SILI:EIY, witraliormo - AND PRISONERN. NO MORE MEN REQUIRED FOR LESS THAN THREE YEARS. I.ate Voreigrai "New, NO NEWS FROM C4PRISTR. WASHINGTON, May _,. - -General tiigel was