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TRII WAR
Richmond and Corinth.
The certain evacuation of Corinth by
the rebels, was, on Saturday, followed by
a report that the enemy had abandoned
Richmond. This last announcement has
not been confirmed, so that every day and
hour we may expect to hear of a battle in
Virginia, the most. obstinate, bloody and
terrible of the war. McClellan and his
anxious veterans are eager for the encoun
ter, although the rebels are in great num
bers, and commanded by their ablest
Generals. Davis himself, Lee, and John
ston, and, it is said, Beauregard, too, are
all in Richmond. A - terrible battle. there
fore, is every moment imminent, which
may go far to decide the fate of the rebel
lion.
From the Memphis Argus of May 16th,
we learn that on the 10th, Gen. Beauregard
issued an order to his army at Corinth, in
which the following paragraph occurs:
"From the difficulty of communicating
orders in the country in which we are op
erating it is necessary that each division.
brigade and regimental commander should
clearly understand that, when without,
orders, or at a loss to know what to do in
action, they must rapidly advance in the
direction of the heaviest firing; for the art
of War consists in the concentration of
masses. Moreover, our motto should he.
'Forward, arid always forward!' until vic
tory may perch decisively upon our ban
ners. 'the more rapid the attack. the
weaker, habitually, the resistance.'"
Instead of this "Forward and always
forward!" it now turns out that the rebels'
tactics were backward. It was well for
them= that they did go backward. One
hundred thousand effective soldiers in
Halleck!s army, under the command of
his four Major Generals, would have proven
too great for Beauregard's lean and hun
gry followers. The country will regret
this retreat, for had a fight taken place at
Corinth, it and the dressing we all expect
McClellan to give Davis would doubtless
have been the snide,, frastration of the
rebel leaders.
FORNEY ON BUCHANAN.
On Friday last, the virtuous Forney re
turned to the abue of the old man at
Wheatland. In the column and a quarter
devoted to his ftuhject, we -find the col-
"James Buchanan has always ba , l
wealcuees for a new:Taper, egpeeially if he
could induce the to assume his edi
torials. To down a rival fur the
Senate or the Presidency, how easy ! To
write up himself, how cutivenient !"
From this it will be seen that. Buchanan
always had a creature, willing to step for
ward and assume such acts as he was him
self ashamed of. Being a shrewd old fel
low, he generally made good selections.—
For about fifteen years Forney, him7elf,
occupied this position, of a common
sewer, through which all of Buebanan's
political corruptions were conveyed to the
public. How tho old Pennsylvanian
newspaper used to be burthened with
these infamies' One column eulogizing
Buchanan and another one scarifying
Cameron for his opposition to him, used
to be the standing themes of honest John's
inflated editorials. How strangely times
have changed? Now instead of being the
Creature of Buchanan, Forney is the
meaner tool of Cameron; instead of beina
the-ler:ant of the one he has become the
lackey of the other.
But Mr. Buchanan was not the only gen
tleman who has discovered the real point
of Forney's character. When - Forre9t,the
tragedian; found himself hard up for suf
ficient testimony to secure a divorce from
his wife, Forney was the chap he immedi
ately applied to. The honest Jokn, the
virtuous John, always full of resources, at
once went to work to encompass the dis
grace of the wife; but unfortunately for
him he did not succeed. Nay, more, For
ney's infamy was exposed, by the very
person to whom he applied for assistance;
and the result was the development of the
true character of John W. Forney. Bu
chanan and Forrest must, therefore, be
blessed with similar penetration of char
acter, to have both selected for their tool
the chevalier Forney.
PRESIDENT LINCOLN
Judging by a picture in last week's
"Vanity Fair," we should judge President
Lincoln?s legs of sufficient dimensions to
straddle the Atlantic; or bestride this nar
row world-"like a rollossns." His ghoul
den, however, are not of the bearing
character, likely to hear up under the
weight of responsibility which he has,
lately, voluntarily—assumed. That he has
spirit and pluck to undertake and endure
is evident from his readiness to assume the
enormities of his late War Minister; if
he survives that assumption, and induces
Congress to revoke its vote of censure, it
will be an exploit equal to the expunging
resolution of Col. Benton. The President
having undertaken the protracted labor of
relieving Cameron, in order to secure that
gentleman's admission to the Court of
Russia, should now send another message
-40 Congress, asking that the vote of cen
sure passed upon him be instantly revoked.
Unless the President does this he will
fall shoriof his whole duty to his absent
friend. That solemn decision of the
House of Represented,* deliberately re
corded, branding a cabinet officer with
lasting infamy, is no trigling . or usral cir
cumstance; and the President of the
United States, hiving gone as far as he has,
in defense of" is bound to con
tinue Silas behalf, until those
who named him are - caesinced of
the injustice they have • iqiicted.
Fora subeepient Congress te.draw black
lines around this vote of een ee i v will not
answer she•purposei it must be enpunited
by those who passed it, or the reparation
will not be sufficient. The p ra id en s ;
therefore, having so o,yly 4-4,1
monstrated that Cameron is not d •
of censure, exclusively; should Ary
upon the present House of Repreintiti
ack*yledging their error, by !Jibing beidt
its allindeiniiitien of his raeoriteAtinh*
Unless he iecomplishes this his efforts "in
the Oeneres behalf will not be -consider
ediufficient by that geetlenian'tteeisiti4
and exacting followers. If the President
win just. give Mr. Seward the points that
astute gentleman will pen an elaborate ar
gument upon the injustice of the vote al
luded to, which will not only induce Con
gress to revise its decision, but be the prob
able means of securing for Simon the aboli
tion nomination for the Presidency in 1861
The notoriety he acquired up to - 181t0 se
cured him the favor of the Pennsylvania
delegation in the Chicago Convention ; who
knows but that four years more of back
ing and filling may render him so attrac
ite Abolition esiii.::dion e:.te,,
the immediate and premature supplanting
of Sumner and Fremont. Much, it will
be seen, depends upon the President ; if
that high functionary will only use his
power he may immortalize himself by se
curing a successor in the person of the
virtuous, though much abused Chief of
the W ;nnebagoes."
A PREDICTION
Henry Clay as early as 1839, made a
speech in the Senate, i❑ which the follow
ing occurred. A portion of this prophecy
has been already fulfilled; and if the hatred
even now engendered increases for another
year in the same ratio that it has for the
past, and abolitionism possesses the power,
we may see the further fulfillment of his
additional words that "beneath the ruins
of the Union would be buried, sooner or
later, the liberty of both races." Mr.
Clay said :
" The abolitionists, let Inc suppose, suc
ceed in their present aim of uniting the
inhabitants of the free States as one man
against the inhabitapts of the slave States.
Union on the one side will beget union on
the other. And the process of consolida
tion will he attended with all the violent
prejudices, embittered and implacable an
imosities, which ever degraded or deform
ed human nature. A virtual dissolution of
the Union will have taken ;deem, whilst
the forms of its existence remain. The
most valuable element of union—mutual
kindness, the feelings of sympathy, the
fraternal bonds which now happily unite
will have been extinguished forever. One
section will stand in menacing, and hostile
array against the other. The collision of
opinion will be quiekly followed liv the
clash of arms.' •
Defense of Richmond
The Itiehmond • Dispateh of !stay 22.1
9ays:
."The determination on the part of the
people and their representatives to defend
Richmond at any and all hazards meets the
unquallitied approbation, not only of all
Virginians, but the people of the South.
A Charleston paper, commenting on the
resolve, says, the words of Virginia's Gov
ernor and of the citizens of Richmond,
are those of earnest men. Her legislature
has resolved that the capital must never
be given up. It is settled that neither the
threat of bombardment nor bombardment
itself is to induce a surrender, and. that
the honor of the Old Dominion must l ,
preserved, though her fair capital iu ashes
I•s the sacrifice. This, it is said, is also
the determination of the President. and
CO we. will cling to the hope that Richmond
will be saved—or that if it should fall, it
will only he after a desperate struggle,
worthy the interests that are at stake."
•°The Plan of the Enemy."
The ['Lip - deli has discovered General
MeClellan's plan:
"The plan of tin- enemy has been fully
unfolded by his press, as well as by his
demonstration at Yorktown immediately
upon his advance there. He will essay to
take this city by encroachment. with the
protection of parallel lines. He will throw
up dirt as soon as he reaches the proper
point, and he will try to reach the heart
of the city with the spade. If he is allow
ed to proceed in this why he will most Rs'
!itiredly get here. His advance is not far
from Richmond. and, if not molested, we
shall soon see that he is flinging up dirt.
But we do not apprehend that he will be
allowed to go on undisturbed in this kind
of strategy. He will never get to Rich
mond with that economy of bloodshed and
life imagined by McClellan."
General Butler and the Women of
New Orleans.
We clip the following from the editorial
columns of the New York Herald:
"Our advices from New Orleans, pub
lished in another column, confirm the re
port which reached us from reLel sources,
that General Butler had issued an order
commanding that all women who insulted
nur soldiers should he treated 'as women
of the town plying their trade.' With this
confirmation, however, comes an explana
tion of the meaning of the order.
It seems that Mayor Monroe at first
regarded the order as an outrage upon the
women of the South, and remonstrated
against it in an insulting letter. The
Mayor soon after recalled what be had
said. Then he repeated his remonstrance.
To this General Butler replied by an order
deposing Mayor Monroe and sending him
to Fort Jackson—the Fort. Lafayette of
Gen. Butler's department. This brought
the Mayor to his senses. and' he immedi
ately managed to construe the offensive
order correctly, and begged General But
ler's pardon for his mistake.
"In New Orleans, by a municipal regu
lation, women of the town found plying
their trade upon the streets are liable to
imprisonment in the calaboose. The mat
ter amounts simply to this, therefore : that
if any woman in New Orleans shall so far
lower herself as to behave like a degraded
courtezan upon the public street, she shall
be arrested and imprisoned like any other
woman of the town. No true woman,
then, need be alarmed by this order, for i
she cannot by any chance be interfered
with by it. How General Butler treats a
lady may be seen from his action in regard
to Mrs.-General Beauregard, who is now
stopping at Slidell's house in New Orleans.
As soon as General Butler heard of her
presence he withdrew the guards about her
house, and ordered that she should be al
lowed the fullest liberty. General Beau
regard, whose wife is thus cared for by our
soldiers, did not, it seems, concoct this
order in regard to women, but he has
grossly misrepresented it. He knows the
customs of New Orleans quite *as well as
Mayor Monroe, and he was aware, from
the first, of the correct interpretation of
General Butlet's order: His proclama
tion upon the subject, therefore, is of a''
piece with the other devices he has been
obliged to employ to inspire his soldiers
with courage."
Farm Hedges—Honey Locust
' We have,among other varieties, suggest
ed the honey locust as a plant worthy of
pretty general trial for a farm hedge. It
is a strong-growing plant, forming, in its
natural eondition, a tree of good size,
and, therefore, will require severe prun
ing to form a hedge. Some have tried it
and Wed, perhaps from too cloleplanting.
It requires considerable room, and if
grown as close as the hawthorn or osage
orange will become choked. Dr. Warder'
recommends it - as the most promising
hedge-plant we have; and Win. Reid,
Elizabethtown, New Jersey, who has many
fine hedges, is satisfied, atter twenty-five
years' trial, that it is more easily kept and
better adapted fora farm fence than any
othe r A la s that has yet been used. Those,
however . , who - - eft to Mahe a pall
hedge in a few jail or this or say :othit
t that we areampiatsitwith Will be
eieekodisippointed.—LiAwwilreat Team.
• • et the New rent.
General Butler—Thd Conn* and
Bankers at New OrleansE
?"-'-- Tho communication from the Asksesateti
Banks of this city in answer to tioneng
Antler's propositions was received at head-
Vtarters yesterday, and the General's r e
ply to it was sent to-day. I append
both documents, and commend them to
your readers as an opportunity to in
form themselves as to the position of
financial matters in this city in the
future :
New ORLEANS, May 13, 1862.
To Major Gen. BUTLER, U. S. A., com
mending'', the Department of the Gulf:
Siu—To avoid misapprehension we
take the liberty to state to you the impres
sion made upon us during the interview
of yesterday. We understood you to say
,hat v..zi u t :;.: dispe,-,1 to ri.1C7.."; tile ,i.
claration made in your first proclamation,
that private property of all kinds should
be respected. You added that if the trea
sure withdrawn by the banks should be re
stored to their vaults, you would not only
abstain from interference, but that you
would give it safe conduct and use all your
power individually, as well as the forces of
the United States under your command,
for its protection; that the question as to
theproper time of di, resumption of
lt
speed payments shout left entirely to
the judgment and dis of the bunks
themselves, with the Mending on
your part and ours tha Ili oin should he
held in good faith for the-VrOtection of the
billholders and depositorri. iOn their part
the banks promised to act with scrupulous
good faith to carry out their understand
ing with you: that is to iestore a sound
currency as soon as possille, and to pro
vide for the resumption of regular busi
ness as soon as the exigencies of our trade
require it. You are aware ihat a largo por
tion of the ‘•oin of the banks is beyond
their control, and that we can only pro
mise to use our best exertions for its re
turn. Should we thil we will immediately
advi , e you of the fact. In the meantime
we request of you the favor to give its att•
thority to bring hack the treasure within
your lines, with the safe conduct of the
same front that point to thiscity. We have
the honor to be, it c., A - e., sir. ynur most
obedient em-Int.
W. NEWT(O,I AIER4:Eir
.1. M. LA PEYR E.
Es 1) CARTERS bEk's•rIIENT Or Tilt I
tl NEw Om FANS, May 14. ,
Mt:sscwits :—1 have given very careful
consideration to the matter of the commu
nication handed me, through you, from the
banks of the city. With a slight variation,
to which I called your attention, you were
correct in your understanding of the inter
view had by me with the banks. Specie or
bullion, coin or ingot, is entitled to the
same protection as other property under
the same uses, and will he FOprotected by
the United States forces under my eom
mend. If, therefore, the banks bring back
their specie, which they have so unadvised
ly carried away, it shall have sale conduct
through my lines, and be fully protected
here, so long as it is used in good faith to
make good the obligations of the banks to
their credit ors by bills and deposits. Now,
us-in the present disturbed state of the
publie mind, specie, if paid out, would be
at mire hoarded, I am content to leave the
time of redemption of all bills to the good
j judgement of the banks themselves, gov
erned in it by the analogy of the laws of
the State and the fullest good faith. In•
;Ia ed. the exercise of that, on both tars,
relieves every difficulty and ends at once
all negotiation. In order that there may
be no misunderstanding, it must he oh
served that. I by no means mean to pledge
myself that the banks, like other persons,
shall not return to the United States all the
property of the United States which they
may have received. I come to "retake,
repossess and occupy" all and singular,
the property of the United States of what
ever name and nature. Farther than that
I shall not go, save upon the most urgent
military necessity, under which right every
citizen holds all his possessions. Rut ns
any claim which the United States may
hare against the hanks can be easily en
forced against the personnel, as well as the
property of the corporations, such claims
need not enter into this discussion. In
such form, therefore, as in good faith safe
conducts may he needed for agents of
the banks to go and return with property
of the banks, and for no other purpose
whatever, such safe conducts will be grant
ed for a limited but reasonable period of
time. Personal illness has caused the
slight delay which has attended this reply.
I have the honor to he your most obedient
servant. BENJ. F. BUTLER,
Major Gen. Com'g.
WM. MERCER,
, Committee
J. M. LAPEYRE.
NEW OH.LEA.Ns, May 13, 1862.
-Major General B. F. Butler, United State,
Army, commanding Department of the
Gulf:
Gesen_ii.—lt having come to the know
ledge of the undersigned that the Consulate
of his Majesty the King of the Netherlands,
1 in this city, had been forcibly enteied by
your order by some personX in uniforms of
soldiers of the United States Government,
the person of the Consul subjected to in
dignity and severe ill usage, and kept pris
oner for several hours, it. becomes the duty
of the undersigned, in view of treaties now
existing between the governments which
we represent and that of the United States,
to formally protest against such action,
and against any act authorized by you or
any authority of the United States that
may be in contravention of such treaties.
We have the honor to be, General, your
most obedient servants.
MezzN, Consul of France.
LoazNzo CALLEtio, Consul of Spain.
Consul of Belgium. Consul of Portugal.
consul of Hanover. Vice• Consul of Italy.
Consul of Brazil. Consul of England.
Consul of Nassau & Consul of Austria.
Brunswick. Consul of Hamburg.
Consul of Greece. Consul of Wurtemb g
Consul of Bremen. Consul of Russia.
Consul of Sweden & Consul of Denmark.
Norway. Consul of Switzerl' d.
HEADQVARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE
GULF, NEW ORLEANS, May 12, 1862. f
MESSRS.-I have the protest which you
have thought it. proper to make in regard
to the action of my officers towards the
Consul of the Netherlands, which I ap
prove and sustain. I am grieved that
without investigation of the &cis, you,
Messrs., should have thought it your duty
to take action in the matter. The fact
will appear to be, and easily to be demonf
stinted at the proper time, that the flag o
the Netherlands was made to cover and
conceal property of an incorporated com
pany of Louisiana, secreted under it, from
the operation of the laws of the 'United
States. That the supposed fact that the
Consul had under the flag only the property
of Hope & Co., citizens of the Nether
lands, is untrue. He had other property
which could not by law be his property orl
the property of Hope & Co.; of this I have
abundant proof In my own hands. No
person can exceed me in the respect I shall
pay to the flags of all nations and to the
Consulate authority, even while I do not
recognize many claims under them; but I
wish it most distinctly understood that, in
order to be respected, the Consul, his of
fice and the use of his flag, must each and
all be respected. I have the honor to be,
very respectfully, your obedient servant,
BENJ. F. BUTLER,
Major General Commanding.
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OUR - ABET IN CORINTH.
Rebels Destroy immense Prop
erty Before Leaving.
BEAURECARD FEARS YANKEES.
111 'rrocirple Inewouraged and
Ilemarnlized.
VER 2000 STRA ER34 ND DESER TEES
HA PE lOME INTO OUR CA MI
IMPORTANT FRO][ NORFOLK. Re
WA.SIII/1;(110::, Ality folluiv;rig
dispatch was received this morning at the
War Department :
HEADQUARTIMS CAMP Ni.:.111. CORP: n.l, 1
May 30th, 1862.
To the Hon. E. M. ;iTANTON. Secretary of
War:
The enemy's position and works in
front of Corinth were exceedingly strong,
and he cannot occupy a stronger position
in his flight. This morning he destroyed
an immense amount of public and private
property, stores, wagon.-:, tents, &c. For
miles out of the town the road.; are filled
with arms, haversacks, &c., thrown away
by his flying troops. A large number of
persons and deserters have been captured,
end estimated by Gen. Pope, at 2,000.
Gen. Iteauregard evidently distrusts his
army or he would have defended so strong
a position. His troops are generally much
discouraged and demoralized. In all their
engagements for the l.•ast few days their re
sistunce has been weak.
1-Signed I H. W. H AI.I.ECK ;
faj. Gen. Commanding.
rofti , :ro. May 30.—1 t di now reo•ertain.
eil that the evacuation commenced night
before last, the enemy retreating Snuth
wardl• until they reached the railroad
bridge, which was burned, wnen they went
to (;rand Junction, and thence South
wardl•. Some ladies and several citizen?
remain bore. Citizens inform ns that
Richmond is evacuated, and that Memphis
is almoit wholly deserted, all r.tores be•
ing 00,,ed with the exception of a few gnu-
It is ascertained that Van Dorn bud n
baud of Indians under him.
Col..larkson reports finding the• road.
for Several miles, strewn with knapsacks
and haversacks, arms, canteens, etc..
showing very great demoralization. The
woods are full of stragglers, bring broil:1111
in as fast as possible, probably between
two and three thousand. Almost the
entire Indi Louisiana is now within our
lines, from deserters and those recently
captured.
The Federal telegraph line will I.e f,,m
pleted here to-night.
NmtroLL May 1 0.—Colonel Hawkins,
of the Ninth New York Regiment, with
twenty men, arrived here front Port Royal
last night, having left Roanoke island yes
terday morning, and passed up by way of
Currituck Sound, and thence h. canal to
Elizabeth riser. Thus the inland route is
opened by which General iturnside's Do
partthent may communicate with the capi
tal without the risks of the passage outside
of Hatteras. Colonel Hawkins is not the
first to arrive here by the canal, several
schooners and sloops flying the American
flag having already come through and
been allowed to proceed to Baltimore.—
There we- no late news from Newhern or
other po.nti in the department of North
Carolina.
Preparations are making On an exten
sive scale for a grand union demonstra
tion here shortly. The oath of allegiance
has been administered up to this time to
nearly two thousand citizens. They offer
themselves in large numbers every day t o
take it voluntarily, andit is not made coin
: pulsory upon any one. If the sentiment
of the proposed meeting should be satis
factory to Gen. Wool, it will probably in
duce the President to open the port.
A report came in from our scouts, who
are advanced some miles beyond Suffolk,
that the city of Petersburg is to be, or has
been evacuated by the reltel.4.
The Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad is
in good order as far as Black Water river.
When Craney Island was evacuated the
cutler loaded his goods on a sloop and en
deavored to save them. The sloop was
found to•day; the goods were a few miles
below on the beach. The property, sap
posed to be worth three or four thousand
dollars, was taken charge of by the Pro
vost Marshal.
Two fugitives arrived here yesterday, di
rect from Richmond. They report the
army as two hundred thousand strong in
that vicinity, among whom, both officers
and men, great dissatisfaction prevailed.
They were living on half rations, bacon
and bread. The fugitives state that Jeff
Davis had been heard to say that he would
make the streets of the city run with blood
before surrendering.
By the special invitation of the officers
of the British war steamer Rinaldo Gen.
eral Vielle, Military Governor of this city,
paid a visit to that • vessel yesterday. lie
was received on board with the greatest
kindness and enthusiasm and with a sa
lute of seventeen guns and with the man
tling of the yards. The American ensign
was displayed at the fore, and no doubt
could remain of the sympathies of the of
ficers in the suppression of the rebellion.
The Missouri Guerrillas and
M==
Sr. Loins, May 30.—Brigadier General
Schofield, commanding the Missouri State
Militia, issued a general order, stating that
hereafter all guerrillas and marauders in
this State, when caught in arms, engaged
in their unlawful warfare, will be shot
down on the spot, and all citizens who
give shelter and protection to these out
laws, or who fail to give all assistance in
their power to the military authorities, in
detecting and bringing them to punish
ment, will be regarded and treated as eiders
and abetters of the criminals.
FORTRESS MONROE, May 30.—The Bra
zilian war steamer Haranea, with the
Brazilian Minister on board, arrived in the
Roads this morning.. This morning the
Minister and Commander_paii their re
spects to General Wool, and salutes were
exchanged at five o'clock this afternoon,
the Paranez wearing the American ensign
at the fore. The 11. S. steamer Minneso
ta, which got aground yesterday . on the
way to Norfolk, got off this morning.
NEN! YORK, May 81.—The steamer Cos
sack has arrived, with 418 released Union
prisoners, belonging to the New York,
New Jersey, Rhode Islind and Connecti
eat regiments. Col. Corcoran is among
the prisoners still detained at Salisbury,
N.C., Se hostages.
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GEN. LEE'S WIFE A- MINTAGE FOR
COL. CORCORAN.
WASITISnTON, May 31.—A dispatch re
ceived this morning at the War Depart
ment states that a brigade of our troops,
Ireceded by four companies of the Rhode
sland Cavalry. under Major Nelson, enter
ed Front. Royal on Monday morning at 11
o'clock and drove the enemy, consisting
of the Bth Louisiana. four companies of
12th Georgia and a body of cavalry. Our
lrms was 8 killed. F, wnended no d 1 mi s si ng ,
all being of lino inland Cavalry.
We captured t officers and 150 prisoners;
among the officers are Captain Beckwith
West, of the 48th Virginia, first Lieuten
ant Gemmall of the Bth Kentucky, Lieut.
J. D. Dickson, of the 12th Georgia. We
recaptured eighteen of our own troops
taken by the enemy at Front Royal a week
ago, among whom are Major WM. F. Col
lins, of the Ist Vermont Cavalry; George
H. Griffin, Adjutant of the Fifth New
York Cavalry; Lieut. Duryea, sth New
York Cavalry and Frederick Farr, Adju
tant of the 2d Infantry. We captured a
large amount of transportation, including
two engines and eleven railroad cars.
Our advance was so rapid that the enemy
was surprised and therefore was not able
to burn the bridge across the Shenan
doah.
A dispatch from tho Associated Press
reporter gives the names of the killed as
follows, all of the Rhode Island Cavalry:
Capt. Wm. Paxmuth, Corporal John C.
Babcock, Corporal 1). B. Barnard, Ed.
K. Barnard, Benjamin I.nshune and E. B.
Allen.
The loss of the enemy is not yet ascer
tained, but it is said to be large, as our
cavalry cut in among them in splendid
style.
AS N, May 31.--A dispatch from
(letter& Banks to the Secretary of War
state.; that the Lth New York Cavalry.
Col. De Forrest, commanding, entered
Martinsburg this morning and passed sev
eral miles beyond, where they encounter
ed the enemy's cavalry and captured sev
eral -prisoner,, a wagon load of muskets
and ammunition and an American flag.
Col. De Forrest reports that Col. Kenley
iq at Winchester, wounded.
SA N FltA NCI it 2.6. --;Three ships
from China have just arrived. They bring
near one thousand Magnolian passengers.
About the same number of Americans ar
rived by to-day's steamer from Panama.
Niue hundred passengers sailed for Oregon
and British Columbia by tiro steamers last
week.
The steamer Oriziha. from Panama,
brings news from the City of Mexico, via
Acapulco, to the sth inst. On that day
the French army commenced retreating
front before Puebla. towards Amesa. It
appears there had previously been some
sighting• The, following is the dispatch
announcing the news to President Juarez,
received at Mexico ou the Bth:
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PCEBLA, May 7th, AL—We have tri
umphed. The French have commenced
rt , tri!ating since we offered battle this
morning. Forming our troops in front of
their camp. they refused to accept our
challenge and have turned back from their
foolish hardihood and unpardonable cre
dulity. Please receive Compliments in the
name of General Sara Gaga and mine.
Yours forever.
t Signed i
General Dievego A lvers, who has taken
et,mmand of the State Gueriers, successor
to old Juan Alverso, has issued, in conse
quence of the above news, a decree threat
ening the penalty of death upon all those
who should give any information or assist
ance in any wav to the French; also, ad
vising the residents of Acapulco to retire
ten leagues into the interior, thus abaft
doninF the post to the commander of the
first I; retch man-of-war who may come in.
A British squadron, consisting of four
men-oi- war, were at Acapulco on the 17th.
Carer, May 31.—A Memphis refugee.
who left Fort Wright on Tuesday, and ar
rived here to-day, says the rebels have
fifteen hundred artillerists garrisoning the
fort, and that in consequence of the scar•
city of coal most of the rebel gunboats
have been abandoned and the guns taken
to Fulton and Fort Randolph. A strong
pontoon bridge has been constructed by
the rebels near Fort Wright, over which
a retreat can be made when necessary.
May :11.—A special from Cairo
sap an A rkansas refugee arrivederom the
fleet to-day reports Little Rock fully occu
pied by the I•ederals; that what citizens
remained were decidedly loyal; that the
Arkansas State Legislature had scattered,
and that Governor Rector had fled from
the State and is now at Jackson, Miss.
He also reports that Vicksburg had sur
rendered to the Federal fleet.
Four Days Later From Europe
DECLINE IN COTTON AND BREADSTCFFS.
CAP): RACE, May 31.—The steamship
City of New York, from Liverpool, 2lst,
via Queenstown 22d, passed Cape Race
at 1 r. .m. to-day.
The North American, front Quebec, ar
rived out on the 20th.
The City of Washington arrived out on
the 21st.
The news is not important.
Hesse-Cassel has refused Prussia's ulti
matum, and diplomatic relationshave been
suspended.
Mr. Disraeli had again asserted, in the
House of Commons, that a rivalry ex
isted at Washington between Lord Lyons
and M. Mercier. Lord Palmerston em
phatically contradicted it.
The English journals continue to expa
tiate on the fall of Yorktown.
The Times treats the retreat from York-
town as a great reverse to the Confederates
and says if Richmond is captured it will
he a tremendous victory for the Federal..
It metaphorically enlarges upon
,thidiffi
culties that must arise •in governing the
South when the Fedora's, by continue d .
victories, have brought the secessionists
within their power.
The Bremen arrived out on the 22d.
The Bank of England has increased its
minimum rate of interest to three per
cent.
-" tATEST via Qi•Errs•rows.—The cotton
market recovered under the North . Amer
ican's advises, and prices were one.half
pence higher than on Tuesday.' .gales,
Wednesday and Thursday,. 9000 'bales ;
Breadstuffs nominal; provisions dull and
unchanged ; • Consuls 931®94.
The London Post thinks the present the
time for compromise. •
The Liverpool Post regards the war
virtually over.
Earl Russel, in submitting the sewtresty
with America on the slave trade, to the
House of Lords, bore testimony to the ef•
forts of President Lincoln's government
to put a stop to the traffic.
It was ru that Fnch troops
were to bemored
withdrawn the
fromre MeZieo.
Doubtful.
The Austrian troops are repOrtedto have
occupied the line of the Ligada Garda:
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TH: VERY LATisfqt, .: - :_,. r ..-,.•...-,..
Sunday Eveithia:
NO NEWS FROM THE POTOMAC.
Raglish Vessel Captured with a
Cargo Valued at $300,000.
RUDDER DEATH OF SENATOR E. S.
WHARTON.
STRA3fER BALTIC 'GRANTING FILER
PASSAGE TO SECESSIONISTS
New York Regiment Refuse to be Sworn
for throe Years.
Special dispatch to the Now York Evesins Post,
WA SE iNuTos, May U.—The news of the
evacuation of Corinth and the recapture
of Front Royal causes much enthusiasm
here.
At the latest advices. the rebels were
above Front Royal in considerable force,
and Gen. Banks' forces were still pushing
on, having fought a brisk battle and cpm
pletely defeated the enemy.
it is safe for loyal people to aet (IA if
they had heard more gond news..
It is reported here to-day that the wife of
the rebel General Lee will not be released
until the rebels' fulfil their agreement to
give up Colonel Corcoran.
WASHINGTON, May 31.—N0 news of im
portance has been received at the War
Department to-day from the army of the
Potomac. The progress of movements is
impeded by late heavy rains and the had
condition of the roads. No further
intel
ligence from Corinth, the storm of this af
ternoon has interrupted the telegraphic
communication with the west.
EfrvrmrroN, Pa., Juno I.—The 111
S. S. Wharton, Senator from this distrie
died suddenly at his residence this wore
NMI' YORK, June I.—The prize steamer
Patras, of London, arrived this morning,
having been captured off Charleston bar
by the United States steamer Bienville,
while aftemptingto ran the blockade. She
is -an iron steamer.and has on board 1,400
kegs of powder, 50 casesofritles , 800 bags
of coffee and a quantity of quinine. The
vessel aad cargo are valued at 8:100,000.
She had nopapers on hoard.
The 11th l*iew York State Militia had ar
rived there butrefused to beaworn in much
to the disgust of their commander, Colonel
Maedhoff. The men saying that they wan
ted to go to Washington. Major Bower
of Gen. Saxton's staff addressed them as
follows : "Those of you willing to show
yourselves cowards here in the face of the
enemy step out of the ranks." They did
ao and were ordered to leave, and pay their
own way back to New York. But few re
mained at Harper's Ferry. It isa German'
regiment. Gen. Sexton rejected the whole
regiment saying he did not want cowards
in his command.'
The ship John J. Boyd. arrived from
Liverpool this morning, having on board
700 Mormons.
The steamer Great. Eastern sailed from
below at 8 o'clock this morning.
The steamer Baltic, which arrived yes
terday, had on board according to the cor
respondent. of the Herald, some half a
dozen persons with free passage, who are
known to have been aiding and abetting
the rebels for a.year, while good L•nion
men were refused and unable to obtain
transportation. -
The evidence against the steamer Cir
cassian is conclusive and she will he con
demned.
Grsicio Mwu
The Pensacola Advertiser states that the
residents welcomed our troops with joy.
Gen. Arnold occupied the house of Major
Chase and Billy Wilson the residence of
S. R. Mallory.
New Orleans dates of May 22d say
that Gen. Shepley has assumed the duties
of Mayor, Major Bell that of the Recor
der of the City, and Capt. Jonas Freneh
has been appointed Chief of Police.
These functionaries will take charge
of the city until some loyal citizens shall
be elected to fill these offices.
The Bank of Commerce had re-opened
its doors and commenced business, re,
fusing the rebel shinpla3ters.
A special dispatch to the Times from
Harper's Ferry, dated Saturday, says that
there was no signs of the enemy.
The Debate in the Senate on the
WASHINGTON, May 30.—A little discus
sion in the Senate during the morning
hour showed the drift of certain Senators.
Mr. Fesseuden wanted speedy action on
the Tax bill, in accordance with the desire
of the country. He was nearly worn out
with labor, night and day, upon the details
of the bill, which has been materially con
sidered by committeesof the two branches
of Congress ! who have been in continual
communication with Secretary. Chase.
The bill is thus pronounced a good meas
ure. Mr. Sumner
. this morning opposed [
' speedy action, saying that the scheme of
Mr. 81111M001 and uof Mr.
required maturecons d ide d
ration. McDou
Mr. Trn ga m- l
bull chimed in with Mr. Sumner, the ob
ject of both being to stay here and agi
tate the slavery question and dragoon the
Executive. These Senators said they were
opposed to tedious sittings of the Senate,
but they are willing to sit out confiscation
and emancipation bills. Mr. Sumner
shows by his action on the Excise bill
that he has lees annpathy for white men
than for negroes. He is for , relieving New
England manufficturing monopolists of a
tax upon cotton that would amount to
several millons of dollars yearly. He is
also for any measure that take of the
burden of supporting the war from men of
property andputa it upon labor. Mr.
Simmons, of Rhode Island, who bad much
to do in fastening the present, protective
bill upon agricultural industry, is now
workingto get . the ianufacturing interest
exempted fr o* its jut share of taxation.
IHe stated yestexdar that the , tariff would
bring in a hundred millions of dollars
!Laxly ; but thio not a man in the
Treasury Department, Secretary
Chase dawn *out; them cis expo
eaced on. the , an who will say that
the Customs yiel fifty millions year
ly. There is not one who will agree that
there is it tooling ihat the national budget
will be wily reduced toa hundred millions
a year, as estimated hy Mr. Simmons.
Nor do...they:agree with hint that th e
national debt can be iini4 off in ten years.
There are not waattog indications that
the domineerleg of:-Wade, Sumner .& C o.
the Senate.
ereatbqr an ill . %diet toward - them 'in
•
The Slut Dili lobby : is. increasing. If the
bill should o al se probably will, go to a ,
conference immunittee, the committee will ,
he basieged,lif an army of agents of every
interest affected-by-the bill. They are pa
triots all, and want ram. a f siilScient
revenue but each one is anxious that the
others shall pax* Tbe.glOntest difilcul
ty egperienadm in so arranging the tax
a. tvatiFitA44 o . :141 0 15041. %stk.*" - wpm
the &iitheni States - this best be.done.
by a capita Saw oa :skiveavbat that
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fir.
Wilk - :rig; , * B3 . L;i.--.I tido Burch, who
hp
has s tn ing the State as a candi
date foiGor ' 'or for some time past. Will
srrigatat -Vs on Friday by Col. Boyd,
eiminuudineffiat post, for uttering disloy
al.' sentioneiti while making a speech at
ROBa;:::Witieli was evidently designed to
procure secession votes. Quite a number
of noisy :...ereaFionists of this City - have Mae
arrested within a few days iniAtiudit mama
to be the determination of the Provat
Marshal General to suppro* k
in whatever form it intinirest itseir :-kok
Neon' New liexlee
KANSAS CITY, May 31.—The Santa Fe
mail with dates to the 19th has arrived,
hut it brings no newcol importance. -
vices from Ft. Craig . are to the 13th, all
was quiet in the territory.
From Gen. MeClellainio Arm - jr.
!-, A rrn7 Ippot •
f.k . THE CHWICAIIO.VINTi
NEAft iite/Lurril), May, 26, 1861,
The fonsily of the Gebel Gen, litobe. -
11. or Withiu the f.tviev of the Fettra ai
Arany. *lce.
w,• again E,uflcd up stakes cznit
departed for of the rebel
tal. The 17( , ..1111ry as we progress becoL.
more open and diversified, and
which, since we left the immediate
of Yorktown, 30. ere fen` and far betty: ,
now spring up froxn points on every p. ,
and give to the country an air of civi .
tion which is reillishing to behold.
of these residences stilt retain their
of cheerfulness, and not a few of then.
inhabited by the fainilics of the owt.•
minns the males, with the exceptiel "et
those who are of an advanced ite as
to be unable to enter Thetarmy ofJeffe,
Davis. In one of these houses,
.dh t nt
about set eu (Mies, from Richmond, :.:td
now sotne miles within Our *as .rid
the family of the rebel General It(' ert
Lee. consisting of Mrs. Lee; her, daugl,ters
indaw. the wife of Colonel Lee,_or the
Kent Cavalry, and two nieces. From v.!tat
I can learn concerning them, it, app, ars
that they were sent Itere from Richeo.md .
by General Lee. about six days before our
forces advanced and took possession, and
have been living here under guard of
Union soldiers since the arrival of our ad
vanced gtmd. When the grand army
Came up, one of our generals sent a party
of soldiers to search the house occupied
by Mrs. Lee and family, with a view 10:.
secure some valuable papers which were
supposed to be-secreted in the house..--
The soldiers made the search, and after
haring become satisfied that there was
nothing contraband, except the ladies, on
the premises, were about to depart, when
Mrs. Lee handed a note to the officer in
charge, which was directed to-the com
manding otheer of the division, with 'the
request that it FILOIIId he handed to tun in
person. The note was delivered per in
structions, anti is as follows :
To the General in Command :
Sin: 1 have patiently and humbly sub-
mitted to a search hf my house by men
under your command, who are siatigiet:
that there is nothing here that they want, .
all the plate and other valuables haying
long since been removed to Richintind; '
and are now beyond the reach •of any •
Northern marauders who may wish for
their possession.
• WIrE Or HOBERT LEE ,
General, C. S. A.
What this liotC , was ;mended foris 'plain
ly to be seen, and how it:took the Geaetal
can he better imagined than written; hut
what oceasions must E rp rise is the fact
of their having been sent to this place by.
General Lee, who could not but know
that our troops would take possession of :
the place in a few days, perhaps hours.
Order of General McClellan.
CROSING TUE CHWKANIOMINT.
On the 26t11 General McClellan ignusilt
the following order:
BICADQIIAR'S os rur. Anse OF THE POTOMAC,
CAMP sate COAL ilAplsOlt, Vi.. Malt
I.—Upon advancing beyond the Olsoltak
hominy, the troops will go preparrid fOr
battle at a moment's notice, and will be
entirely unencumbered, with the exception
of ambulances. All vehicles will be. left.
on the eastern side of the Chickalaimisky,
and carefully packed. The men will leave -
their knapsacks, packed, with the areirititY
and will carry three days' rations. Thai
arms will be put in perfect order berm" -
the troops march, and a careful inapeetkiiii.'
made of them, as well as of. the sashwi e
boxes, which, iu all cases, will bontain
'emit forty rounds; twenty add'fional rounds
will be carried by the men in their pockets. .
Commanders of batt , ,,ries will see that
their limber and eaksson boxes are filled to
their utmost carracity, .
Commande'is . of army corps will devote: '
their perSenal attention to the fulfillment
of these orders, and will personally esethat
the liroper arrangements are made for
packing and properly guarding the:trains
and surplus baggage, taking all
A ke kepis
necessary to insure their beiiig: *wit
promptly to the front when• needed; they
will also take steps to preventthe tusiba
lances from interfering with the moveniiiiCi 1 - 1
of any troops which:must follow-in diet
rear of all the troops moving by
same road. Sufficient guards and .
officers will be detailed to carry out theist
orders.
, The ammunition wagons wilt be iiiead
hiess to march to their respective brigades
and batteries at a moment's waraislig,—bat t
will notcross the Chichahominy ,
are sent for. All quartermasters aad ord.
nance officers are to remain with 'their
trains.
ll.—ln the approaching battle the gen-
eral commanding trusts that the troopeirill
preserve the discipline which he lve bees
so anxious to enforce and which they have•
so generally observed.. He, calls upon all
the officers and soldiers to obey promptly:
and intelligently all orders they merits... -
seise; let them bear in mind that the army.
of the Potonme has never yet been check
ed, and let them preserve in battle plitActi.' .
coolness and confidence, the sure forerun-. .-.
ners of success. They must keropyoU
to
gether, throw away no shots, but amt col. rel.,.'„';:..
fully and low, and above all things rely np
dii the bayonet. CoMmanders Or re . ants
s es,
are reminded of thegreat responsib . ' 4 1,11 1 .- -
rests upon them; upon their coo
judgment; and discretion the destinies : of ..<
their regiments and success of theday wilt,:'
depend_ t ..
By command of
Major General McCun.wr,
S. Wit.u.ims, Assistant Adj. Gen. • . .
4- • ' ' v,f, cangh.,,elrneepanninta
8R 0 NCH FAL or .oar-e Oitetaaaf,
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oCv\.`-, , -
whkh, might he , oheakid
with a ainv)/0 , netseifg.
if nagleticd, often. terminates serietteig;
Few are aware of the irnixeleete A7 : .
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afr4t.
stopping a Wasiak pr - - 17: . •
,cdd in , ite
tn the beginning would 3rielitllCii:, -
mild may, 4, not attended gq.,.. - .
aitados the- /unite. '" • '
4.ogneweet.grAfteiridaiSisirAdit . 4
were 0%4 introduomi eleven yilarsiepre.
it has teen proved that they are the
tfardale 4.e.frf f, 11 4 1 ' " Mit a ..fttt 0
a, lade, figaftrA i f fai
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nun-Lerm a affections of the ~/rsomito
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