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Stw York, Saturday, illajr 10, 186X,
CIRCULATION OF THE DAILY HERALD LAST WEEK.
Batarday, May 3 115.218
Bunday," " 4 JDO,.5GO
Monday, " 5 122,472
Tu;-3i!ay, " C, 120,009
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THE SITUATION.
Another conflict and another victory for the
government has to be recorded to-day. Th* divi
sion of General Franklin, despatched to West
Point by General McClcllan, hud a brisk content
with tUe enemy and defeated them with great
?laughter on Wednesday. Our troop* effected a
landing at Brick House Point, adjoining West
Point, and although only numbering twenty
thousand men, while the portion of the rebel army
they encountered amounted to thirty thousand,
our troops completely defeated them. We
give to-day a full and highly graphic account
of this action from our special correspondent.
General Lee commanded the rebels, who were en
deavoring to push on to Richmond; but the result
of this fight has been to drive them back towards
the Chickahominy, where General Johnston is con
centrating his army. It is due to President Lincoln
to state here that he sustained the proposal of
General McClcllan to forward Franklin's division
op the rirer to West Point, against the opinion of
other members of his Cabinet; and the crcdit of
this brilliant affair at West Point ia therefore just
ly to be awarded to the sagacity of General Uc
Clellan and the firmness of President Lincoln.
A tall acount of the shelling of Sewall's Point,
and the tkirmiah between the Mcrrimac aud our
gunboats and iron-clad vessels, the Monitor and
Naugatuck, in Hampton Roads, will be found
ia another column. Beyond the evacuation of
Sewall's Point and Pig Point, and the .shelling of
Norfolk, this engagement ha.', up to latest ac
counts, produced no very important results. The
Merrimac appears to be playing a vciy cautious
game; but if her intention is to g"t out of Eliza
beth river, she ia likely to be defeated '>y the
watchfulness of our feet.
Further details of tlie capture of New Or!-aus
will be found In our columns to-'ay. Tho ques
tion of the supremacy of iron over woolen wa!l.?,
formed ? matter of speculation wiMi some Krifi?h
naval officers there, who w.tnessed the exploit of
the Varuna and the Webster.
-We ar* competed, from want of space, to leave
tV <-. . . ..
oat to-day two or three pages of news, descriptive
of tbe battle of Yerktown snd other important
nfikirs. together with a number of plana and map*;
but, upon the whole, we think that our columns
contain enough of stirring news for one day.
A proclamation, announcing that the port of
)f?w Orleans ia open to the commerce of all na
tion* will be Issued as soon as tbe President re
turns from Fortress Monroe to Washington, and
that will probably b? to-day or to morrow.
OOVQftZM.
In the Senate yesterday, petitions la favor of a
ship eml from Lake KIclgaa to the Mississippi
rtm, Mil in favor ofth? pa*?ag* of * Confiscation
bill. w?va preaented. The bill giving the
Prseid?t additional poorer in^feraaaa to the
reatriction of import and export trade intended to
?M the rebellion waa reported trim the Committee
oa Ooasserea. The resolution calling on the
QsarsUry of War for ths reports of the offWrs
?oauaanding at the battle of Fhiloh was taken up,
when s dlacnaslon, somewhat personal in its cha
racter, easaed between several Penators ss to the
eOoiency and braaary of the troops from different
Slates and the ability of the principal generals
engaged in that, battle. Tha resolution was finally
?doffted. A bill was reported from the Nav*i
Committee relative to appolutmenls in the Marine
Oorpa. A r*p<v*t was received from the seleo^
oommitteo having aader consider:'ilon the proposed
impeachment of Jadge Humphreys, of Tennessee'
stating that they wjjl taUo proper action in tLe
case, and that duo notice of tb? results of their
examination wlU be given hereafter. TLe rerolu
tioa wm adapted. Tha bill providing for the edu
cation of the coined '?h'ldren of the I>ls!r;U Of
Columbia whs pasted The Mil loakicg appropria
tions for vari m? civil e.*n^jjn?s of the government
was taken op, b-Jt final action on it was postpone 1.
The bill making provision for the diachnrgo of
anrt d'?abled colliers wis pcp.cfl. T!io 8enatc
then, alter holding an aseeaMve *<?eptan. aljonrned.
In the Ilotise of Repr ^entatlvos, re olutioos ol
thank* to Oenersl McOlellan fo his?r ent brilliant
oondu?tin the field, and ?x{ ressing th? highest
confidence in his great military abilities, were
adopted. TLe presence in the h-11 of the H>>u?e
of Captain* Kailey and Boggs, who participated
iu the recent brilliant naval operations near New
Orleans, was announced, und they were imme
diately, by a unanimous vote, invited to aeata ou
the fioor. Mr. hovejoy otfered a snibstitute for the
bill acted upon the previous day, to secure free
1 dom for all persona within the exclusive jurisdic
tion of the federal government. On this a long
debate ensued, which was participated in by va
rioua members, consuming the remainder of the
day's session. No final vote .was had on the
subject.
Both houses adjourned till Monday.
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.
We think we have succeeded in making np ?
table of our loss in killed, wonnded and missing in
the late great battle at I'ittsbnrg Landing, or
Shiloh. It is derived partly from official sources
and partly from information derived from the
several division offiaera. The second division of
Grant's corps is not exact, as the full reports are
not yet in, but is very nearly so. The sixth divi
sion of Grant's army is made up partly from con
jecture of the remaining officers and partly from
the few reports that have come in. This division
was peculiarly unfortunate in the loss by death or
capture of its general and most of his staff, and
the capture of many of ita men. Ita loss in field
snd line officers was very heavy. This table is as
full and accurate as it can possibly b? under the
circumstances, and any subsequent developments
can vary it but little.
I LOSS O* TIB CMOS ARMY AT THE RimJ or RITSBUM
LAUDING, AVltlt 0 AM 7k 18(52.
Grnrml Granl't Army Ourjr.
IHtuv.ni. Kill. a. Wmmdrd. Mi....-inf. Total.
1?Vc 'lcrnand 251 1,331 236 1,84#
2?V. H. L. Wallace.... 228 1,033 1,163 2,434
3?I-ew. Walluo* 43 257 5 306
4?llunb'. t 813 1,449 233 1,78?
6?i-hoi man .... 318 1.275 411 2 0.14
e?I'reutL-s 198 562 1,80* 2,760
Total. 1,34# 6,927 3,870 11,36?
G- n ral Biirll't Aimy Corf*.
2?McCooif 95 793 ? 8%
4?Xelsoo 90 691 68 739
6?CriUcutieu 80 410 27 517
Total ?#5 1,704 93 2,152
Tutsi cl'lho entire army. 1,614 7,721 S 963 13.508
AVe have also taken much pains to learn the
number of rebel dead buried by our men. But few
of the details from the various brigades reported
the number bu.led. Those that did make return
&r#> 11 follow* ! --
\o. of Dead
Rebels Burii-d.
Sherman's division COO
McClvrnaad's 638
N-'.^n's 263
Ibayer's brignrt# of Lew. Wallacu's division 123
Total reported 1,624
Th ? above, it will be perceived, is tlie number
buried by three divisions and one brigade of the
tile nine divisiana engaged. Of the nine divisions
one (W. U. L. Wallace's) camped near the river,
snd probably did not barv more than twenty-five or
tifty at the farthest. Taking the above aa a basis,
we can construct a table like the following:?
J'nmy'i D-mt.
Buriort by Sherman 800
i:ui ie<l by McCleiiwiid
Burlsd by Hurlbut (esiiinatod) 5-0
Bsr eil t>y L'v.-. V. allaco (rsi itnatod) 36!)
Hum d by \V, H. L. Waltnc* 30
H'lriod by J?rontiss [Tttln*?1) 300
Rt;ri?>! by >?'nltui:i a&i
Rirlcd by McC<x-k (e.-> imuud) 2fi0
BuiUxi by Crliieuden (ee lunated} ZOO
TbtM r*bel? buried by our ir.en 3,200
AdJcd to this, tlia number they took from the
ground and buried on Sunday night, while t'uey
held our camp, would S'ceO. their killed to not far
from four thousand. Their wounded is probably
less than ours. It will be recollected that Beaure
gard issued a general order beforo the battle for
the rebels to fire low in order to wound our troops,
and tlm3 impede the operations of our army.
A Union mass meeting of the people of Missourj
will be held in Boonevllle on Saturday, the 17th
instant.
The Republican State Convention of Maine wil1
meet in Portland on the 5th of June.
The Ohio Legislature refused to pass a law
allowing the troops of that Stat* to vote while at
the seat of war.
A little dead contraband was found in a bale Of
cotton on Tuesday, at the Harmony Mills, at Co
hoes, N. Y.
The Ouo Hundred and First New York regiment,
it is reported, has not come up to expectation,
fhroug!; desertions, arronta and sicknces, it is re*
duood^o about four hundred effective men, and it
is proposed to consolidate them with aoinc other
incomplete regiment.
Charles Ready, who formerly represented the
Fifth district of Tennessee in the United States
Congress; Joseph C. Rye, cashier of the Branch
Uauk of Tennessee at Columbia; Major William
Ledbettcr and D. D. Wcndel.of Murfreesboro, have
been arrested for treason, and are now confined at
Nashville.
A ma? m"cting for the restoration of the
Stuie government of Tennessee will be h>.!d in
Hash* ille nest Monday. The call is signed by
nearly oue Uuudrod of the promin nt citizens of
the S.'tate.
The We .tern Virginia Legislature assembled in
Wheeling on the 5thinst.,ana Gov. Pcirpoint deli
vcred his m<?s-< on the same day. The message
is almost entirely ilevoted to the m-w State ques
tion, and takes strong ground in avor of the par
tition of the Old Dominion.
The nsnally complicated Jle'd orders in ths two
opposing armies In Virginia have r cently under
gone considerable mod'.'cnton. In the Union
army they are simp'e:?"Attention! double-quick!
march!'* while with the rebels the orders are
juct as simple, and as easily understood. They
are:?"Attention! skedaddle! run!"
Governor Johnson, of Tennessee, has informed
the directors of the SUte Bank at Nushvillo, who
gave up the assets of the institution to the rebel
leaders, that tliey must make a rtturn of every
cent of the amount which belonged to the tkata*
The directors are wealthy, and have large inte
rests in and around Na.'hville.
Henry Kuhl, a German, and Hamilton W, Wil
don, a Virginian?both strong secession farmers?
were to have been hung yesterday at Rrarton
Court House, Virginia, for murdering a young man
who was on bis wsy to join the Union camp in
Braxton county, and had stopped at the house of
Kohl to rest. The murderers cut las bead off with
one stroke of a scythe.
In the General Scions yesterday, Wa-diin-jton
Simms, indicted for entering the honse of Jo?*ph
Ellis, Wo. 31 East Broadway, with intent to stool,
pleaded guilty to an attempt st burglary, and was
sent to the State Prison for two yenrs. John
nice snd William Kirk, charged with stealing
from Catherine Larney, of No. 35 Cherry afreet,
on the Ktta of April, 1100 worth of clothing,
pleaded guilty, and were each sent to ths Peni
tentiary for six months. Michael lirennan, is*
dieted for burglary in tfie second degree, having
entered the dwelling house of KlUa Greene, No.
431 West Forty-second street, on the 24th of April,
pleaded guilty to burglar/ in the third degree.
He attempted to take $4?0 worth of watches.
Judge Mct'onn sent h!*n t,o th# State Pi ison ror
t three yrsrs. George A!<cn, a yo??ng nun Jointly
charged with tiro conf? d"raV >tb bnr^ttlonsly
ect.'rfng the hou?-> of Ja> ? ? i ffmao, No. 210
IllvLig'oti street, oj the 4th of January, pleaded
gu.Ity W an attempt. Those titleo-.r attempted to
tsrry away #000 worth of grocere*. Allen was
3out to Lue Penitentiary for t? > years.
Ub tea States Depity Marshal Charles McC^y
vras deputed yesterday to prvcccd to tin ,>a?y
Yai I Brooklyn, and convey the following istute
I>r.?< a' to Fort l aiayettw?Captnln J. k, of
the jMp Pell*; the rsptiin, insie, Hlewnrd and
four f. fTfon of the sh'p M<-ney.
p.* ?f<k ? ?r' ?< *M ?< rjnirr.ea ?
i( at.d ll'.U d Riter SX ft o'jut(b ,t th-rtwuiu
excitement in the market, which closed Irm. Gold r?e
to lOS^J, dining 108^ t?W. Kxcliangn stead/ at 114.
Money vtry eaay. The 3..b-Tfeasurer recei\ ed three or
fo<ir uiore oppiiciit.o&a from parties who are anxious to
convert their currency into Ave year 0 per cent Muck
of the United State*.
The cotton market was much Mitaled and exi'ited
yeaterd iy by the reported destruction of large <|iuu>t<liee
of the siapio in New Orleans, slated by soma deapatche*
to amounted to tho large qanntity of 11,000 bales, or to
ab.Hit ths total stock in that market. Statements were
aUo ourrent that a similar fate had befallen the ootton at
the river landings for a long distance above New Orleans.
The result was that the market here specdHy advanced
from lc. to l^o. per lb. It closed the day be
fore at MXc. for middling uplands. Yesterday
It dosed stiff at STXe. a 2Sc., with sales to the trade of
1,075 bales. A government public auction sale also same
off earlier in the day, aad before the effect of the news
was developed. It comprised 400 bales of Sea Island, of
small weight, at an average price of 61J{o. It was taken
ch ofly for export; and 88 bales of Gulf cotton flow
miMlinj) were sold at 24Xc; and 68 bales Sea Island, of
inferior quality, oa account of private owaars,
wan sold at ths same time, chiefly at
34c. a 30c., and lis bales Golf cotton do. at
34c. a 37c. Flour was heavy and dull, aad declined
to. a 10c. par bM., with rather mora doing at
the concession. Wheat was heavy and lower, though
with some larger salsa. Cora waa heavy aad lower,
though tolerably active at the decline, .iih sales of
Western mixed at 63c. a 44c. in store and delivered.
Pork was len active and buoyant, with sales at |13 8T
a $13 for meet and at $10 for prime. The government
contract for 9,460 bMs. of primo mesa was taken at
$12 80n$13 34, average $12 76 per bbL.and 1,200do.
meas at $13 26 a $13 60. Sugars were firmer and active
Fair to primo refining Cubae sold at 7c. a7Jfo; prime pro
eery grades were firm, and the stock of all kinds was
light. The saica embraced 1,660 khds. and 1,390 boxes,
800 of which were sold at 7>{c. Freights wete firmer,
with more doing for English ports.
Prog re as of the War In a Commercial
View?The Reopening of Onr Southern
Ports.
While our loyal people are rejoicing in the
full belief that the glorious victories of our
land and naval forces over this Southern rebel
lion indicate its speedy extinction, our federal
administration is not unmindful of the measures
required for the restoration of the rights, the
power and the blessings of the Union, as rapid
ly as possible, in the wake of our advancing
fleets and armies.
In connection with an offioial circular of Mr.
Seward to the diplomatic corps at Washington
on the subject, we published on Monday last
a leading editorial announcing that within a
few days a proclamation would be issued by
President Lincoln, reopening to foreign and
domestic commerce our Southern ports of Bean
fort, Newbern, Savannah, Fernandina and New
Orleans. It is possible now, however, that the
proclamation may be delayed a few days
longer, in anticipation of embracing in it the
additional Southern ports of Norfolk and Rich
mond, and perhaps some others. Mr. Seward?
in annonncing that a collector has already
been appointed for New Orleans, says " that
the necessary preparations are being made to
modify the blockade so far as to permit limited
shipments to and from that and one or more
other porta which are now closed by blockade,
at times and upon conditions which will be
made known by proclamation;" and we have no
doubt that those " other ports" are those which
we have indicated.
The great commercial Powers of Europe
cannot fail to appreciate the objects of the ad
ministration in this proceeding. England and
France, for example, are sorely pinched for
cotton in oonsequenoe of onr Southern block
ade. President Lincoln avails himself of the
first opportunity to make manifest to those
Powers his anxiety to remove the restrictions
of this blockade to the fullest extent consistent
with that paramount object?the suppression of
this Southern rebellion. Secondly, to the
fullest extent which the necessities of this war
against the rebel government of Jeff. Davis
will warrant, President Lincoln is anxious to
prove to the people of the So?th his desire to
relieve them of their commercial privations
and distresses resulting from this blockade.
Thus the commercial wants of foreign natio is
and of our Southern people will soon be met by
some liberal commercial concessions on the
part of our government?concessions which we
are enabled to grant l'rcin tho recent splendid
victories of our army and navy over the armed
forces of this rebellion.
With the leaders or this rebellion? second
only to the idea of an unmixed and continually
expanding pro-slavery confederation?baa been
this other Southern revolutionary hallucination
of an independent Southern commercial sys.
t<*ni. The conviction fixed in tho public mind
of South Carolina by Mr. Calhoun and his
dinciplcs, thai under the tarifl's of the govern
ment of the Utiion the South wad impoverished
to enrich the North, brought about that fc'oufli
Carolina nullification rebellion of 1832-3. Alter
that day. although tho safety of the Southern
institution of slavery apparently superseded*
among our Southern revolutionary leaders, the
issue of a commercial separation from the
North, this commercial question in reality was
the most powerful element employed in the or
ganization of this rebellion. Thus tho people
of the South, and especially of South Carolina,
were taught to believe that, if released from
their commercial dependence upon the North?
our Northern seaports would speedily sink into
decay, and Charleston, like Venice In lior glory,
would soon become the choacn bride of the sea
"King Cotton" wen Id bold the balance of
commercial powor against the North and all
the nations of the earth, and a purely pro
slavery Southern confederacy would extond
indefinitely the reign, the dominions and the
power of "Ring Cotton." A year of this re.
bellion has scattered the sapporting columns
of this magnificent fabric of a Southern pro
slavery confederation in ruins upon the ground.
"King Cotton" has failed to meet the expecta
tions of his subjects, and, under the proesare of
our federal blockade, they pronounce him a
failure. And so all this vast commercial sys*
tetn of Southern independence, direct traffic
and fr^e trade with Kurope is exploded, and
the government of the United States vindicates
its right and its power to maintain its political
and commercial authority over tho South, cot
ton and all.
England and France, in the Veopening of our
Southern ports, with tfcair occupation by our
armed fortes, will be compelled to recognize the
macmanlmous principles by which Mr. Lincoln's
udministrat'on Is g.tided; ami the suffering peo
ple of the South will soon disevrer that only
under the protection of the -'oH lUg"' can their
present privations and sufferings be ended. We
await the President's comracrc'al proclamation
w'.lh the fullest asmirance that !t will command
the respect of foreign Powers, aud bo pro
ductive of the be-t results among the Southern
peeple, wIiomi groat distresses he Is thus pre
nared to relieve, even In advance of a complete
suppression of the sp'i :ou* despotism of Davis
and in* confederates.
The Great Federal Victory ot Hew Or
Piogrtx *f (lit B?*oliitlw? In
*???1 Warfnre.
We publish this morfitnL"; full dotalls of the
victory gained by our sqnadrort at New Or
leans, tlian which, considering ibe obstacles
eucounlrred, the novel character of *oine of
the vtwsete employed by the rebels. and the
magnitude and importance of the result* reach
ed, no more memorable achievement stands re
corded in the annals of naval w urfare. Ever
since Louisiana ca?t off her allegiance to the
Union the most formidable preparations l>a 1
been made to render New Orleans impregnable
to tbe approach of a federal fleet. Ei ery point
on the Mississippi river below the city was for
tified In a manner that led tbe rebels to enter
tain the fullest confidence in its defences. On
Forts Jackson and St Philip were mounted
one hundred and seventy rifled sixty-eight
pounders broaght from England. About
a quarter of a mile from the forte a chain
was et retched, which it was calculated
would delay the attacking fleet a couple
of hoars, during which time it would ho ex
posed to the fire of all their batteries, several
of which were prepared to discharge red hot
shot at intervals of a few seconds. From tbe
forts to tbe city ran a continuous succession of I
earthworks, and at Chalmotte were redoubts
armed with rifled cannon, tbe balls from which
were said to be effective at a distance
of five miles. In the two forte St. Philip and
Jackson were picked garrisons of three thou
sand men, many of whom wore skilled artille
rists wbo bad served in the navy. In addition
to all this the enemy had from fifteen to twenty
gunboats, three iron rams and several iron
plated floating batteries, and booms, torpedoes,
chains, tire rafts and ships in any quantity.
Such were the obstacles that Commodore
Farragut bad to encounter before he could hope
to make bis way up to the city. Nothing
daunted, be commcnced the bombardment of
Fort Jaoksou on the 18tb, and kept up a most
destructive fire, without intermission, until tbe
principal vessels of tbe squadron were pre
pared to pass tbe- fe*ter which tbey did on the
morning of the 24th. On their way up tbey
riddled' and disabled the famons ram, tho Ma
nassas, which, floating down tbe river, was
again fired into and sunk by the flotilla under
Captain Porter. Then iol lowed the destruction
of thirteen gunboats and three transports be
longing to the rebe!?, together with the lns?s of
hundreds of lives on their side. On the 25tb,
at noon, two more batteries were sileuced, and
in another hour the squadron lay quietly at
anchor near the city. Next day, tbe 2(itb. a
couple of heavy field works, located about nine
miles above New Orleans, wore taken posses
sion of by the federals, the enemy burning
the new ram, tbe Mississippi, mounting
twenty guns, to pro*out bee falling into
our bands. Tho Anglo-Norman, another ram,
was also destroyed, though whether by tbe
rebels or by the iire of onr vessels is not stated.
Tbe floating battery which lay at Algiers, op
posite New Orleans* was suu& on the same
day. General Butler landed his troop* above
Fort Sfc Philip on the 27tb, and on the day fol
lowing both forte surrendered. The floating
battery Louisiana was blown up previous to
the capitulation. In the afternoon Forts Liv
ingston and Piko were abandoned, and thus
was completed the capture of every point
of defence - commanding the approaches to tbe
city. Of the rest our readers mre already in
formed.
A more daring and brilliant hemes of opera
tions than are thus briefly sketched are not to be
found, on record. Considering, as we have
already observed, that new and formidable
element+of defenoe were employed against us.
of which our officers had only a theoretical
knowledge, the boldness and da ?!? displayed by
them am beyond all praise. Tho performances
of the-Merrimao, with hor iron prow, on the first
day of bor sortie in Hampton Hoads, led them
to cx^ect serious disasters in tbsir encounter I
with tbe floating ranis and irou-plated batteries ?
of tbe enemy?a number of which were kaowu
to be prepared to receive them, iustead of
meeting with injury from them* some of onr
wooden vessels succeeded in destroying t.'ieir
monsters?a fact which proves, not that our pre
vious conclusion* in regard to tbo superiority
of iioa-clad ve-vels ar~ erroneous. but that
Southern mechanical skill is unequal to the
task of properly constructing them.
Tbi* victory at Now Orleans, all important
and docisive as it is, derivos additional value
from tbe evidence that it presents us of tbe
real streugth and power of oua navy, if our
gunboata aud mortar ves<?el3 can thus silence
forte aud batter down defence* that were
deemed impregnable by tbe hi^hcat engineer
authorities, what have wo to fear in the future
lrotn tbe hostility of tbe maritime governments
of EurapeT Not only are we in a position to
bid defiance to them on our own coasts, but to
carry the war into thoir colonial dcpendeucios
if necessary. Tbe Amcricau rebellion has been
fruitful in lessons and disooverics to the
European Powers. England and Spain have
wisely taken heodof the in. Let Frauce, more
reckless, take care she does not find a trap in
NEWS FRQN WASHINGTON.
WaanuaTo*, May 9, lWJ.
Tie TltlUMfB or OKXEItAL M'CLKLLAM OTKK IliS
uvtuu.
General Mr.Clellaa ha* ach.eved a victory over hit ra
eaot opponenta and ravtlara la (Jongroan, not Icm apian,
did than that won by hint over the rebel army ou the
boaka of Jamea ri-er. Tbtat who war a ooiy a faw iluys
a;o racer U apply Uw guillotine to his n?ek,aro now
prrsalof forward to pr:ilaa him. The transition from
daouneutiott to pral*e baa been remarkably auddeu.
When tbe n?wa came of tha evacuation of Yorfctowa the
dcuunclatloi:* were of utimixrd bltterneae; but tUoy
rouni. no echo among tho maasea, and were loat id th?
universal public rejoiciutr. When Williamsburg was taken
after a abort, fbnrp ami deadly context, tbe calamnl
,iors were nburhed before tbe loar of popular commenda
tion of tLo coiiimuoiler of tbe Army of tbeI'otumac. When
the pioapatt la ?o Lear that Oik ral MtClellan will oiUie
capt ire or annihilate tbe whole rebel at my ui Virginia,
the bowlers art auddtoly convinced or hia gn at merit
M*(ieuoi-al U<1 a patriot, and hrieten to he before aU
otiitva lu < .fibrlug resolutions \p priine of l.uu ?
few day? ag>> tb?j openly ?ud fiercely deoouuied. Ibe
frlrnda of ibe udiniulatiatton aio gratified at tUla Indioa
tloa that iUo ra-llojil faction ia Leaning to a^precl ite
lb* oTor^i.ulin i S Ton e of public ai.titDeut Uiat la rally
tag to Ih'J lupiort ? f t?iO Pregnant au>Hlen?ral MX'lallau
IHR RKi'OIlTrt KltOM MKVT OfUJJAVa.
Tbe people hero are aoxlouily t.aiUug for Uio iltutaia'a
ncoooiit ot lbs capture o. Near Orleans,bufare they will
pUoe mif vo^tiuctce in ttie lUUiceiiM publish*! onUulr
of the official report*.
Aiu'uto ran
It Is hinted tlint ? portion of the extra appropriation
cf H i. / tiil!:i"iia, whl p vried the Sonata } ?,?orUuy, :a
covet i-y Ur .lgnfd to defray the expenso ?4 uniforming
nud arui ;ig negnx s to fight ou tbe 1,'plntt aide du. :ng I he
fever seat <? rfanth. It la "?i'l ifeat ws shpjl hrw<^
under lb ? appropriation, a margin of fifteen ti illion; fa
trtbrsetUw$ni ftr?Jo?tu tor ti.? yr^loy Bri^ale,
lovhjoy'b urnyi.i'Tun? ov thank* to OEWKiL
MOMH'LAN.
Mr. U>vej'ty'a re?>Iutiou-<>f tfcaoks io General McClel.
tan ofTtrod m tj,0 Uooso to .(ay ir?ci u-dOc-^a <derable oom
in -nt ?? theCa;:u>1. So?r?c rnjardcl * :?Jir ?Jca! in Its sp*.
rit and ? othars uvuslrue MMi place of political
strategy or rc attcuii t to i?yike Uw l/vtm of Clecernl Mc
CljI'Au'a friendr hefoiv thoy b id as opportunity to fir?
a solute in houor of hut vicUivtae. n au/ visw of ill*
caae D iii triumph for Geneva! MeCla*ian,for a m' -utli
ag' suet a resolution cum lug fro* the other side of the
llou.-o would have met with Here# opposition fi no wain
bars of tl?? hovejoy school.*
mokr abolition or biavkby.
The House wua refreshed this afternoon by a debate
upon the negro It appear* that sc^?e ofllcura of the
army and navy have in 8outhorn Idealities adopted
themselves to sarnxiading circumstance, aud employed
slaves as aerrautst Aooorti tngly, a bill !-?*? bean n amed
and piaced before tbvllouae by soma country politruns,
providing for the abolition of slavery In all tha dock
yarda and arsenals, witb their outbuildings, under tha
axciufaivc jurist!iction of the United States. Jndge.Thomas,
ot Massachusetts, Isltrpaiid aotna constitutional objec.
tiona againat this aort of legislation upon aoil which
has in most instances been ceded and sold to tba govern
?sat with a reservation of all local municipal right*.
Sevens, of Pennsylvania. trsated all constitutional dim
cuMien with oontsmpt, and encored bitterly at thegot
tleankn from Massac husot is,.who had dared to oppwe
abolishing tba constitution lor tha sake of abolishing
aia??ry in Southern dockyards.
MR. CAMRKON'd KEfc'eST SPKWm.
Tba Parthian arrow * hat bjOliaiiMr O nr. or on at ear.
tain members of Oousress.in tau lata dinner speech at
Harrietarg, hoa can.-ad soma flul taring licre. The (liair
man of tha Committee on Government Cntraets, Colonel
Vau Wyck, who.mcortllng to ?x-9eerutary (Xaieron, was
espoiled from the War Otlice lor ap;dyinir for arms and
muiiitionaCar a regiment, is in the peninsula with hl4
command, n?d tho other memt-ers of tha oommittce.
laugh at tha attack made upon thom by tiao ex-Secretary.
Some of ttio -e who voted to c.'r.sure Mr. Cameron are
angry at his atieeeh. and the repsbiic.n inembem goue
rally lament tho exposures 01* rank corruption umoiiC
Congressmen of that |?r(y which have been made by tho
Investigating Comuiitloa and ex-Secretary Camrron.
CHKVALlEll OL'LSKUASK'S HKTIJltN TO AtfaTHXA.
Tho Austrian Minister, Chevalier HuUemenn, ia about
to return home for a summer sojourn.
CONDITION ov CGUONEL. fcOI/OPN-TKIN.
Colonel Fgloftbtein, accnnling to a lata latter from
North Carolina, is rccovoi-ing from tlto eCects or the
woucd ho rece.ved iu North Caroiiua. Tha amputation
of bin lej will not, at; at flri>; thought, beoomai.eces-ary.
ItEtWVKItT OF COI.ONEI. POTTBIU
I jeutcnant C'olonjl Potter u now hore, coikvaleiceut,
en r<m e to rejoin bis-iegimont m Nortli' Carohua. Uotb
the?e oHirerj command Now York troopi.
Tim KKY WliST MAII.9.
Key West, Florida, has b?'?u made a distributing post
office. Hy tins aivuDjvineut olDcial deepatilics us well
as private com'spoiirtooon. will be regularlv^'atMt (|iiickl/
tracamittod in every direction.
naval ash apioint;.sm Sv
The foiiov. iiig uavalaf^lntir-onts have becu mad??:?
John M. Bitllnr, of New York, appointed Acting Master
at the Now Y< rk Navy "Vnird.
Permission lus boon givou to tho following t? nfjiort
at Iiost< n for t U.niiriatxm o? ma ter's irvatoa:?<^>or?o
W. Cleaver, of ltockport, Ma?s.; Albert Taylor, of I:? s
ton; John Griffin, of Ronton; Otis TV. 'ilioo:pe' u,ot'Uuf.
Icn; William C. Littlellold, of Newburyport; CherlM H.
LittleOeld.cf li-ingor, Mp ; Willis O. I'erry,of I'angor,
Me.; KH.is Stowi'll, of Pari?, lie.; S. C. Heath, of Bel
fast, Nathaniel R. Tavis, of Oreenfleht, Mas.-.; Sidney F.
Gray,of Wesiport, 5>as?.; John S. Vennard,.of Parts
moii'li. N. H.
IU-) following are to reix>rt at New Yoik for- exmatiia
tion as muster's mates:?Kilmuud Pays, of Now-York;
Thos. II. Mcllride, Chas. Subden and K. U. G. ! inglotoa,
of TIrooklyn; Francis Adliogton, Jr.,of Fdgartowu, Mas?.; |
Jas. C. Crocker ,of Burn stable, Mass.; Jno. T. Thompcoa,
of New Haven, Own.; Jno. B. E. Stalth, of Newport,
Rhode Island; Iiunt. noiJli?raaa, Jr., uuj Jos. C. Htitior,
or Philadelphia; Klijsh S. IK Howlond, of Now? I9?dl'ord.
Mass.
Dr. ."am'iel L. Goa'd, Jr., of Boatoo, ^ppoiutaJ Acimg
Aafistant Surgeon, and ordered to-report to Oocuntdore
rauidm0'.
Acting Master Wm. Budd, promoted to Aeling VoUia
teer tiui.touant iu Commodore Hupont's *quadro-Jt
Iho loliowing atrpointinents have been mndo 1? Fl?j
Officer Impont'a squadron?Andrew MrTurk,. Aoliug
Third A-.-istaiit rngiueer on the Adger; David M. iaua,
do. do. do. Florida; Alvio M. Ol"'t, do. do, do. Norwich;
A. H. McCorw-ck and R. B.'Arrauti. Acting Maftera on
the Nor wii'li; Geo. IL Wooo, .Vc'.mg Master's Male on Ma
Wabarli.
NOMMAT.ON OP-COfcO.NK.I. WILLIAMS.
Among tiij recent noinliu: ions of the President- waa
that ol Co onal Robert William*. (Captain of ? tha- KilU*
In.tivl Statea cavalry), now Col'.oel ciMiimanding the
First Massachusetts cavalry, ead al-o the commaitd. r of
the throe refliui-nU of L'u'tod Sti.tos Yitlunicera AVtlila
time occupying the Isl-.n.: of Hilton HeariU Colonel W la
ono ot the most efticicat and acomidishod on cars in- the
regular soi vlue, his present Mas. a<-.hu>-etta cavalry-reft
meni brio< provei bially unai.rpnssc I in soldierly viiali
ties by any othor regiment in either branch of lh?servic?.
It will be rocollocto-l that ha was General Banks' Assist
ant Ad{i:tant (jeuerul at- Baltnitare and oa the Eortfebanic
of tbo Potomac.
INSCIUPi t?)NS ON" K<<<1LMKNTAI. COLONS.
Mr. >umai*r'i rSHoltnion, to for but the m^nplipn at
o'ir victories upon ti.e Hags of ro^tmeu la. cai^ed
10 ssroesgtui Lattice, will . be warmly orpcved in
tbo -Jonatc. The Bocrctary of War ordored that
regiments w ho fought at Done! son should bo allowed t?
writ# "Tort I> ne!?ou'' on .their b irsuorg, ami (lenornl
B"'tiside g.ive his regiment j the privlli^e of inscribing
?ltn?ooke klai.d." ??N'bwUo.d," "Camden'/and '-Kort
lU'on" upon theirs; but wlieu <;? neral JlcCiol'aa. nolu
the wtme privtiejje with rofcn-uce 10 biecomn.a#ti,Sma
tor S'ininjr, who ia devoted to great ideas, inirodu. ?? a
rts >1 iti n 10 cut o.ffrom tlio Army o. ilia IV- una.-. t:>?
coveted Uon >r. Soldier-i lijULIor glory, and tt wouJ.l bo
unjnst, simply to gratify political iralico, to daily <;?tio.
ral MoClelian's army the cUmce to wear the laurels tLqr
ara wtuning is Virginia..
MOVlOUSTd or TFIB D*lMO<'KATtQ POLITICIANS.
Ttio Uaion men and so-called national dAtnocruojr ara
indi'.atriously organizing for tin municipal eloction iaore.
TUo n? j'nal domo-.racy cloak their secee-iion sympathy
und<r a'>?atton' of anlipttby to aboliU.aum. The
Union men preseut a support of the administration
aud maintenance of the Union a* tiui ouly
iao.ex "lie latter wiil nominalo Richard TCuUock for
Mayor. The national domo< rata would not liuve pre
aumr-d to revive their organizallon if a pretext had no"
boon afforded by the mad ultraisms of the radical a bolt1
ti n faction in Congreas, whose a-iauUs upon the sousli
tntton are everywUere reanimating the defunct drnio
oratic party, M w jil aa giving enocitt aggmutt and vitality
t?tbe rebeliim.
Bit AM i-N W ANTiC D IN TUB N1*T.
Tbo Navy Department is in im nedlatawant of seamen*
Extra inducements have bi-?n .iflered la t&e *<y of ad
vances,and lu addition lite StfatuoQ are rttwiag a harvest
ofprl*?mone> A single one of the tcct.,? cvpture* it
is estimated will yield to each .aaman on the captured
vesteto irom twelve to fmiri< en hundred deiiars. A tine
clunce for ttia Now Kaglsnd idhermcm.
mx:;tixo ok thk. uossbhkatitu.
The following notice ?m read front the clerk's de.?k
imtucdiai Jy aftor the adjournment of the Hour* todiy
There viil be a meeting of the c<-ymrvatlve members
of Congt'SM In this hall U- morrow, 8etur<ifiy, May 10, akt
twos'clct^ P. M. All MMwrvtt'.iV* moiubors irom all
the States are Invited to jt.'anri. to counsel together a* *o
ilie'lx'V. means to do, eat the kc hemes cf tbo abolition'sis
and aeoasstnnHts.
APPOIN l ?ttVTS CONI-HMKP.
Tlie Ssn*l?, <n execitivt seamM, ti-day ronlrmed
Jobu J. Cisco as Assl tant lr?. iurer of the UnitedSJiMoa
at N#.? York; Geo. 1>. Cress,>.uxveror of the Customs for
theport oi l'awt'ic'iot, It. J.; Coloaal Georg* W. Taylor,
of the Third New Jeraey til on tear*, to be ?rigiuiter
Otnernl.
AWCtllTY FOB TUB S3UfHjtONUN llWliniO*.
Pr^fonwr ri"tji-y slStoff that no lt^.oy has been left to
thoStvlth .>ol.'.ri In'-.iItntion, out that aa annuity of
about ibrca tUusaud poundt atoning stmeipat but
fallen to tbu.i InstituUun.
1lUim*SKVF.N'fll CONURK.%9.
riH8*
l?lau>
PtTIIUMM. *
Mr. r.ATAPo, (?PT>.) Of Del., prefl *nt?N' ap^titinnfor
011 tSi prtfltflgoa to ?& tbs pi e.-ft of tbo t j .m y
Mr WAta, (rep.) </. V 0, i#n f'*-i . \ ulttons for
Mr. Hh^wivu, (rep ) nf II!., presented * petltiM for ?
ship cauai l<*ku MioMgan ti? ihe Mississippi rtV?r
A C?*<'K r? ik ? in- ?rni WW nillft
Mr CuAAuij*. (run.) of Mich , from the OxnalttW Ml
fomtne c?, rej o/led Uie Howe lull relative lu the batteV
protect it ii of (vvsibe.
The bill authnrixrv ttie President to refuso clcarioce Mr
* y vessel where In ha reason to believe tin cargo
i* Intended to kiio ribel- . It ?la>? jmthoriaM the
iMMWy (f ihn Tro.isary to proh.bit I ho importation <
t ui poriatim on railroads of certain goods which a*
11 cny way re-ch or fall itto the bends of the relieis.
TQK CALL run KHIMKI'S 0? TUB UTTU M I 111?11?
iakmm:.
Mr. Sherman's resolution, sailing for lite reports of Mm
officers comm.aiding at the battle at i' iHHbarg landing,
?*?! taVi-n up.
Mr. S.ickmak, (rep.) of Ohio, mid th r hi. in iiiimii
t>n with other citizeoa of Ohio, was pained by the slur*
cu.-.i on esrtaiii Ohio regim.nts ill that battle, especial!?
by tke Chicago papers, aud further" by tha??iMor ftta
Kentucky (Mr. Powell), who wojftot distiugniafte* ftp
hits sympathy with ihe cau.-e Ho aeferrhl l**h4?Ml
had it'>ne in the cause of tho war, sad the glory wen few
her soMiera every wUaie.
Mr. n>wu.L, (opp.) of Ky., aaid tMn
Olio (Mr. Sherman) had referred Ik bin. He (Mr.
rowel!) bad never said anjrthiug against Mr MM
soldiers.
Mr. Ham mm, (re;>.) of Iowa, thought ttuu part of mm
S-mtor's (Mr.Sherman) speech was intended M>
sier up'Ueueral ttraut. it would have a>bad ?
f'lture. Prom all that he (Mr. Harlan) could I
rai Li rant wuh i .?4 At to com maud a large urtsyi
Mr. UMDWBjn, (rop.) of III, said that be?had lit
with pjciigura to> tnerwnailea of the flenatbr from 0Mo.
(Mr. Sherman);, but be \va? sorry tohear thfe 1
fruiu lowa (Mi. Harlan) make aay attack an
Cut.
Mr. Wiiaoa frepo of Maaa., aaid the reaokiMc
for Inlormatienvard' *? one would op pone it.' M? ha
(Mr. Wilson) i.id not think itwiie M disousa. DM. op?
erations on I he ileld, aer the plan* aud Olliit
of generate in tbo'Qo'.di
Ilia rcsolutUiu was adapted.
ma NHwioain.
Mr. Haijt, (rep;).of-from the Naval
reported a bill relative* K>- appointments to the
corps.
Ill* HCMI1IRET8 LMi'EACHMUfr OASS.
Mr. Fot*b. (rep.)'o Conn., from tho select commute*
on the imr**i<:!'n?eni of' W. H. Humphreys, regnrttd ?
resolution tliai il.oSeuate will take proper order thereon^
uud due notice will be girun the House of KcpresuutaMeeat
Adopted.
suet mium ok Tire owmwOTnLonKx or mi maiaicr.
The biilt'or the education of colored children of tin
District o'Columbia tvus taken up..ml passed,as foiloww-?
Ykas?Messrs Anthony, Browning, CliaudlT, Clark, Cell
lamer, Dm u, Dookttln, rVeneiMleu, Fool, Foster, Ort
Hale, ti n tan, U::in vilei.dvrkun. Howe, Kins. I?meoil
l,aneot Kiir.ans, M ritll, Wnuiroy, Shrrinan, Sunnier,
By 'It, Triimbml, Wmtf, Wtlklusnn . YVilxon of Maas.?K
N its?Mcfcsiv UuvIn, Keiiiiedy, 1'oweU, SauUouiy. 1
W iiton oi Mo.. Wrljlit?7.
Tho hi:i, as uuK-ndoii yesterday-, ropoale what In Mlla#
tho black c jds of tho District.
(irit XXII'NTftvS OK COYKRNSIK.VT.
On motion of Mr. l-'Ks-KtPBW) fr?!'-) Ua ? theb??
making appropnati >n I'or Biinury civil exp nae.i at the*
(.ova nmctit Wi.8 taken up, and alter aouui couaiderataae.
was postponed.
KICK AXTt r(*ARtn> HOLniK1t4.
Thn bill to racilltale the di^harge of onlistod netftr
pii< M '"l disability wis t.utou ui>aad passed.
Tho .'jeaato then ha id an cxooutivo m.-siou, aud, en US'
opening o. tho doors, ad.oirmed IU4 Monday.
House of Representatives*
WARiifxi.i i.v. May 0,1M
THAKXS n CKXKIIVI. M'Ul.RlLAX AMP UCt ARMY.
Mr. I.ovbjot, (rep.) of Uli, oitervd ths followiug, <
%ras aiioptcd.?
THJ-: Mk83hNl!KR1 KttOM TPH VICTJHfOVa FOB ITS Al SVS*
ORl.KANS.
Mr. skw.wick, (rep.) or N. i'., jstcted that C'aptaisa
Bogxs iiml railey, Hitach-s<> to the Culf Squadron, brl?g?
lug despatches of tho ui'Mt i:.toref tMiK and important'
eveate, t'ige huj'wiili tropliies,' ware now present, Md '
moved thoy bo admitted to I ho fk ort
This was uuasiimotis'y egroed to. Tho getit omen m>
ccived marked attentions from tUe>?TX*ril>er'j.
it>>.ohe<;. That it is villi fo iinns of-dKou: irratMndets
Almtjilitj GikI lliJit the Iloute of Rintioiiaurei, trom time ?
to time, li hi- oi t.ic ti'icmphk ol tiw Union army ia the
greet ?': tig.' for the aupcetuacy ot the coaeoiuMm ami the -
rDfkTiiTnf tiie Cninn.
i: sulvcii, That we i-eoeiTe with profeimd- gat's action the
tatehigen e ol the reeeni vlouwint nehlewrt t.y ihe armiee ot
th>' 1'ijtuiiuv", uaaociut'nl, /i om mere I CHhltse; with ll cee et
the Hi v. lialon; aud thai llui m.o iv Ui.inta ot Uiie ttoaM ?
aie hereby t^ooer-d to Major Ueueral Owre B. McOiriiaa
;or t'ae cinplsy of tho?( htj.' mtlitiry ttslhua urhl U aecuM
in.I o taut reiulta with biit tittle saeHhoe of human life.
wvwnTlt n'rnrn:n ?*:d puavkxy hiil.
Mr. U>vK'OYof>hi'C(l a :nihstitnte, ElighMy un I dying tks
bi'l act"'! upon j-esteid ty, to gacuro iroett^m to all par
sons wi.hiu the exchisivo juriadictlor cf'lbe federal
govern wetrt.
Mr. Atx a', (opp.) of Ohio,moved tai?yAt?u thataMs>
Dis is're.;d to?-60 agstUBt 65.
Mr. i ov>jov tlen,a: ded tlio previous--tusation. Dun
greed to?42 against Go.
LOVKJOY'S unt, IIBa:'UKD.
Mr. J/OVKfOY moved to recommit thubUL .
Mr. Cut, (opp.) nt Ohi ?, satrt ho hoped tbe so-called
eoonei vn'i-.'H men -.vonld hut ao ond tw thlb tamfariag
with (b.? nejrof|nes:t?m.
Tho UUcun>itm was contiaucd at erasWilmglh,sad ?M>
pat ticipated in bv vanottb m.-inhors c/nh coo?IJen)ils ?
spirit; h t, wi!h-"tt takmg further aoMun ou-t!?e. fu?
Hon. tho H >u?e ndjoutncl till Monitay.
NSW8 FROM GEN. M'DOWELL'S ARMT.
Skirmish Hoar VialmouMt?aG?|MnlM For- -
rich, of the Ifew York Si'T?nt^:nl?th,
and Iiicutmiaut Dcwptey, of. th? N?#
York Srcoiul and Otlief Ri'Uoacr* Bo* -
lrn*r<I?Pmilr Among IUc Vit^UUao*
bbiit'iiilldu* iu J?nx? .fUiror toiemod ?
CoKuran in Good Ileal*h, 4U? , dio* ?
W?s?mi..'>N| May 0, INIi
Tbo rsar guard or a brigade was *U?ckeU /oWky ?
by rebel siormuliii.g party, about eight.tniies ftaa?
Ci!l*tt's ?Wilton.
Two Ri'-u aro roporloJ killed, Uiirtjr or -forty wonodad
eud an equal nuuabor miBmug.
Two noaertere from a r'~?'i t rTfimtai millIn
last night to k'almo.ith.
Lieutenant Harnwail, aocorapnuml by Surgoant Bnfe^
ol I lie First reditu ant Jtoutli Caroliu i \ uiuntuars, cans to
our Ilui'sat Frodorick-bjrg to-day, v;iO> a llig of truee,
Iwvlng in charjo Gapuin Ja'noa A. Farrmn, of CompMf
B, be\-emy-aii>U> New York regimeni. and Lieutenant /.
W. botupeoy, company A, Saomd New Vjrk StateMt't
tia, both of whom wore uuen prisoners at Hull rwa? .
Sbey.with eixty-etght otlie a, ware, couttaed la KieO?
mom', in i room fwrty by eighty teet square, all of wtao.
have >;oou subjected to tbe greatest hardships.
Leaving Riclirooud thia raorning, tboy. . cm* ,
as far aa the Summit by raiijued, when tbay jeen ?
p.it into an unb . anco and brot;>t nlinlfi IIml thiaeg^ .
the rebel lines.
Great o?>mmoti?n prevailed tluag the whole ronto.
dit ii'g the latter |t?rl ?>;? la.- r. wuwk. Krery casrlage Ml.
???eh, p'liilio and private, was impiaeeed- Into,
service In Pict .wotiu, and used In tranapoeting bag
gage and the sick. and wouudod from th*. Tapki***.
depot to the sail way statuni.ja the city. The p??piO.
seem to have mcome tired of., the rebellicn^and Many
have etpre^od tiiomaelvoe t^th? priaonera aa-betag (Mb
that the Yanla?"s wore so n?ar.
The reb?'? have sent a large nutr>pc of nantfc
boat* and old vcA?ela loaded with stupe .down tba
Jamee ri>nr, te ol>?:?wjt the or Ogatioa. and
this, wf.lt tbd pas.-y of trot*.. over th?
railroads has proven l? t oor priuon?i? , front , be?se.
sent homn? forty-five I ?e.ug sigaed .heir parole aod>
waiting ft>s transpor tat'm.
The re'truing prisonenwere In the .sanje. ?"tf j
Colonel OBtoeran, and report bun tolerably gfodi>
health.
beve^d attempts b? been made sn .the pntfcnC. that
prtxeoei-a to get up a netiUoa, which tfce Colonel hen ho-,
varif^y refnsod to rlgn, hoping t!?i bis 11 uremia*
bmh!>uv lemiuder his suHbrlngo^
Uroat surprise is e^prw>*e<l by elk the pi laaneM. the#
00k Ml t^rcorsn hej, not been rekjsod, and lbs re la aafc
mil but would lonuia la hlest?t4ir it would Mendh
UtCetonel's diso.'-arae.
Tlioreportsftetr meata! toColA-nfttro-kfehayo besot*
bUtt&Miaroe of gteat mental (ufkrtng since hjj oee*ire.
^pand Major Caaaldy were examining picko?i.ann?rtfeeai
jetagtnpotntedvfflo* of ih? Ony for tbsfolteodnedey,
nxid baa pnsee* . beyond the s^Upp or Htf uaiiy, who
bad Juat been aaptured, aupt>.4ng tbem<wlv??ea*, wMn
ttiey ?(re m*denly surrounaid ana trjaen prie oem by
tbe rebels I* ^abeih
Lieutenant be-apsey is -earer of teaUBMelala wMeh
will relkeweUolonel Orooker from all. odluna whieh oay
have beea ntrcbed to bi? aaroe.
l-rlvaia 3iur?l?i;i,of thi I'irht Olijo oa.valry, who haw
been <v rfljuod some time, Joined the rehat ranks a few
daysiicoe, and Ntn'-loned to g?mrd a portion of tho
prison ivjMre a numbea of his canaradta wore v>uAued
<^,tne '? them reproaubing him from the window, he 4M?
lilr.atrly flrtd nt them, bnt without bitting any one.
Opuin I'arrkh aud Ueuteuajit tOiupsey aro in g*>d
Ue^Uh, the latter having euitrsly rrm>v?re<l from hi*
w?.un<l In the rorehoud, ro eivod nt Hull run.
it is believed tluii the Uag of truoc, U.une by orehdC*
eillier, bringing tvo of oar pr> .-mere from Hlc'raond to
FredericV?b irg, \ra* sft ty!y \ prf{n*t to cnabl? tho o??
cor to tako an ob?oi vaii m c>i iho ?lreu?th ol Gm eral
M<!,nlwi-H'i array, nu i tbi pfi bal lllty of hie *.'? vatw-tng.
Tht prcnntlMl takoti l.'nvo htm go i>n. ic fery little
wiaci than btiiwro, ir any.
(toner il l atrlek iia? been appointed M*J*iaty Oovrrnee
of FrftdfirlckaWrg, atid hat M^niheit t'js duties, aap
ported by a ioroo of uirauiry and o*v?iry.
TUo rnriny'* pickeuaie w.tbin !.?o tnitae and a h-jtf
of tno tow ??
Capuiu i a. rlott and l.^itlenanV bet*p??y arrl?<5rf bera
t<? <i?y irom nicitiW-nd, i.avmgb ?n pa..s?d toeo, "??>
%t the 8J>?n.s-.?oaH.jailer a ??< of truW