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THE NEW YORK HERALD.
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WHOLE NO. 9414. NEW YORK, THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 1862. PRICE TWO CENTS.
IMPORTANT FROM THE SOUTH.
Escape of a Union Refugee
from Richmond.
Ski Impressions end Observations
While Within the Rebel Xtmes.
What Hie Rebel Army Think ef Jeff*
Davis and Beauregard.
Hie Rebel President Branded as*a
Tyrant and Blamed for the
lorn of the Merrimae.
/
iytag Reports Published in Che Sr/nthm
Papers to Mislead the Korth.
The New York Tribune Giving lid
and Comfort to the Enemy.
Tlie Rebels DetermdneO to
InY&de tbe Worth.
Cnrioas Pacts Respectrag the Retreat
from WanaTsas.
OORMNSVILLB A ffiPOT KB RBBEL SUPPLIES
Estimate of the Force Opposed
So McCAellan,
he., Ac., Ac.
"lb* following interesting and elaborate statement hoc
JaM<baon made to ue by an intelligent Union refugee,
wbobae, with the greatest difficulty, eucoeeded in effect
gag bis escape from Richmond. It will be seen by any
Owe Who has travelled in the neighborhood that he is
ywll.tly acquainted with the country; and, as he has
had every opportunity to inquire into the matters of
trhfeh ho gives the information, there is every reason
>te believe the atateanent to be correct in all ite^oints >?
XHS BBBB7. iSST,
9be leaders of the rebellion, as well as ofSoers of dif
nt commands, unanimously claim that they hove ot
at a larger amy than at any pravioua Ume.
omncRAt* urn's snuranr pouot.
Stcoo the appointment of General Lee aa Oommandar
In-Chief of the rebel army, aa entirely new policy has been
Wugurated in the military affairs South, more rigorous
hi every branch The eoneentration ef the ecattered
commands of their armies has been vigorously adopted ;
?sen fourteen regiments of Alabama and Mississippi sol
dters, which were sent seme ten weeks ago against fljrn
SMc, have been recalled,, end the troops from nearly all
parts of Virginia and North Carolina have boos concen
trated in lbs neighborhood of Richmond. Cenencl Leo
was appointed Commander-in-Chief in March last.
tbs comcsirnox law
taeo rigidly enforced that in a Journey of throe hundred
?Sloe through the agricultural districts of Virginia fcfcave
not met with mora than six or eight white men, and
these only old people, Bio conscripts are placed imme
diately in the field, in th* midst of the thinned raafcs of
wall disciplined veteran regiments. This Is one of ?utn
mander loss plans, who tabes Napoleon, and sometimes
Chrnot, ns his prototypes in this as well ss in mast ef his
military movements.
ma too culls kblativb to tub irroixmrr or cmar.AL
tag.
When Congress appointed/Curing a turbulent session,
Goaeral Leo es Commander-iu-Chiel", after Senator Foots
had oo violently denounced Eocretary Benjamin?which
?enunciation was uttered i el anything but gentle terms?
Jeff. Davis vetoed that biU, much to the dissatisfaction
ef the army. Davis, however, plead that if Coi.gaoen
would create the office of Commandir-in-Chief ho should
ho guided by their choice/ and appoint that worthy
voter en. The reason of sucfe procedure is obvious, for Jt
gave Davis the powor to displace Mm if he saw fit.
Ttrr. dav? ratio by mm soilness. '
Jeff. Davis is universally hated by the army, and loritcd
upon aa.a thMom, trlf-willed tvranl. Men who claim.
to ho intimateiy acquainted with him say bo is of aa 09.
?slanting and unforgiving character, besides being a
hypocritical, bigoted devotee. If Jeff. Davis had not ?
feterforod oo the memorable eve of thohattlo of Manassas,
Mte reserve or the*rebel army would, instead of falling
hash sine.miles, have steadily advanced. This was what
Beauregard had Intended, sad .the corses new uttered
against that" weaxen (heed devotee " are loud and uai
mut a thotobt or ?u?mgjju>.
Tha rdhels do not bold Beauregard is loch an exalted
estimation as 4a manifested by tfco Northern press. In
military elrolae ft* a not looked upon, aw entirely re
liable in any eery sadden emergency. A aoalar and
mere axpartaaaad gaaaral, aucli as Albert ar Joseph
Johnston, ar aaan Bragg, baa baae censidorod, might
aara tha dag whan Bannrcgard voald tail. Tbanuaa
atU1 holism In biagreat rictory at 8hiloli,i to which tho
jraaanea Booth of Oaaaral Prantlaaand hiaaaaamand, aa
jrlnoasra aT war, aantributaa aat a lrteie.
now ma stoma atn m host or a utna nun.
Tba laaatadrantaga, la point of prisoners or caanoa
naptorod from tho Union army, Is largely and frequently
Awelt apoa in tho rabal press.
nam wwnata joa wtvm rvi ix wcatbc,
sad when any signal advantage, like tha talcing ot Nor
gah or New Orlaana. la gained, tha Machtareiios-of tha
flonth predict that they can recapture Bach places when
ever their army desJccato.do so.
na.ar.SKL rncsi pcswchrh falss Aononrra ar narniBS.
Wh.ia speaking ar the .rebel proas I will hare sum
Aat in creen mo.it ha I have aat seen a single publiaLod
account, either bof.ire or after a battle, thstttave try
parttcaiars which eoald lie of advantage to she tisioa
war msnrsroxriinni rxawvnn from tmr cm*.
Their Mrreepond^^ ace, without an excepUun, ex
- - - - xnjw.
eluded frosi the i;nm|
Mean, sold mm xor aixowt? to van* to main msxos.
r.ves mmon post office privileges art not ? us ruled
te the oampc, for fear that conimuolc iliojin should eon
tain any information of the true fasts of the carte. The
piVH has becisn* and is ttia real prop of Mis whole re
Mtliou. I hivvc frequently ssan art'.ciM and notices
lu lbs pe-iers which evidently bora the sUaip
ef falsehood an them, which tore inrtritd unth
tti rofe otpeof *f mUUadiufi the A'nrtk?for in
stance, the arrival or Men. it>j.utre?ird was quoted at
the SpotUrwood, when that general had not left his quar
ters west. A stndlar report, which I bare seen, had ap
peared relative tottencral Trice and others.
TUB OCKH1M A'? A Nil TllK RGKKL PRMW.
The Richmond daiUrw abound with Mattering notices of
the exploits of the divers gu"rlli*s,who are daily iuereae
tag. These marauders am ?ar to be quite i>ets with the
press Tiie Moceaaia Ucoguni of lireetibriar county re
saive particular and fraquoat attention; their eucceeses
are lauds 1 t<> the ekiee, especially the fact of their not
taking a single Yankee prisoner, in am/en-jitimmu when
Jfarthtrn truopt fall into Ihti. ? handt, the kit're art MM
Ou wood j arid lurnnt p>me. fonknra/tu tholi, tunitht
Tmnkmt areparol'd. ?? If enr armies,' they say, '? would
all adopt.such a plan, the country would eoou be dear of
the Hessians."
^tm ' RMS moors sv**twrK?n ittrur.D iit vnr.it ruses.
Tlie Opines of hatred ere fanned da ly hy new deacrlp.
llona < f the "atrotitlee sut outrtgp. ontn'aittsd hy the
ruthless in vaster#." and ail (lie papeu .hreethlug a spirit
eferuelatid relentless veag.iaa.M, ralldmlyou tie tu
fiab touts for thd parpen* or rousing their .ill over the
land. fhbJkaetf/t tr, tmtl: tery stelj stood at thn head
creuer ?i,l
et the jackal* in His duty exhortation t > .-re
MM and pucirhaei.t of trait ..a 'o llieSouth.
SXSOCTinN O* A t
A |wl and tine iija'i, a patrol of noble near* w?n
Sthiii K executed ?? tM oltj of ic iRmod st the Kelt
ruuni.t, oe the30th of A;-1 d.nta t!jr it ongh tho mitti
teee of ihPjt'wdthle *y e'er i i the f. .tV ii? >( -i
heroically atvt in elleiMe?? i aaliy ,)t!eni al * re
setting the h'b eref appro* ,hf. ; .Jerth TbOf*< >!? .r
Vie bm h may return to their ance agauij the
Is Kb rr- neter
ft *11. one w a ?**'? "? le^eortcvarmjr,
These* ? psiceytibie gbet jC m lbs {emtauor of Its
aegroes, who aro about Richmond in nlsrmfng numbers,
liters is a spirit of iusufeordiustioii daily developing
itself that to the inh*btuatn becomes truly alarming. 1
think from this and other causes, which I shall allude to
later, (hoi the bun,ins "f Richmond may be calculated upom
with some certainly. Wkolher the property holders wgl
he powerful enough t? del end their hemes is a problem
the future alone will solve. The Union army will be receiv
ed intrluinphant jey by the maJorWy of the remaiulag
populace, which, thinned by conusant draft and 'con
script ion, is nearly all rednesd to foreigners and refugees,
w he one and all ma heartily tired of the hard times or
Retaldom. ??
TBS (fTlZENS OF KIOoafllTB W rKISOW.
There are not lees than from four hundred 'to
free hundred of the citisens of Richmond lan
guishing in prison on aceouut -Of disloyalty to the rebel
government,?od their friends, ss wsll M themselves,
all swait IBs coming of the union troops wisb grant
impatience.
castle sot wis.
This political prison of Kicbmond is situated la then al
ley bet wean Broad and Franklin streets, and is an xntk)ua
ted negiochart, withsmaR windows stronglygreted emd a
yard with very high walls, guarded by sentinels. It
lies some fifty or sixty feet beneath Broad street, from
which afiglit of wooden-etejis in the lieigtibr Hieod of
the lfanaoeas depot leads loss to that msjarSble Abode.
tun PRiMsreK caret ctub
contains not only Union prisoners, but also el*. 1 sens
from the interior villages, who, by tlwir etmd'ict to
wards tko advanced ('men army, had made themselves
?'sneasiesof the South." 'The reoccupatteo of pfcoes by
the rebels, howsver brier and temporary,'works for
the Union cause South utimeasurable neischlof, as it is
obvious for every reileoting mind at oaod to perceive,
vss vuwimia moors.
Vtrjinia has now one hundred and weeeKty-five regi
?tents in the Held, ?including militia. Vtnia Is some
scarcity of efficient arms, with which the rbbel govern
ment could at one time have easily supplied
itself. The last arrival took place some two
?tenths ago. Sluoo 'that time their ended vmel*
ton> all fallen into otsl handi, muck to 'their chagrin, but
? tare ore Ml tome eUamert on their umy to a rebel port
OOLOSRL OORUORA*. ASK WHY lid WAS rmiSKD.
I saw Colonel (Jorcoran, on Carey JSSrset, In April
tart. He was in good spirits, and ( heard from his owu
lips the reason ol his detention, cm nis way from tho
South to Richmond-wad to the North. iwgreat many of his
ecuiitrymen and others gave him teMer'j to lh?ir friends,
??T/hich bo, as tmual n such cases, acoep'.ed. Among the
letters was found, on examination by the police
-rT Henrico Department, cno which contained sonio
drawings and information contraband, and on this
frivolous charge Colonel Corcoran was and is now de
tained. On his wr.y through Fetemburg, from one de
pot to the othe:vt>3 was surrounded by his enthusiastic
countrymen, who thronged around him, all eager to
grasp the brave patriot by the band, to the great disgust
of the loyal citizens of that vigilant village. One even
fell upon bis nasi:, wsepmg bitterly. A great many of
his sympathizer# rrere promptly arrested.
COLOSSI. CORCORAN speaks pubsly AS I) BOLDLY
his opinion concerning the bogus rebel government, and
is greativ admired for hie manly frankness. 1 do not
thiuk the robots will let what eliey consider to be a
valuable boeiogu slip easily from their grasp, after
having authorized their agents evidently to commit for
gery to detain She noble captive. Colonel Corcoran seeks
In religion the scls comfort and halm of nis unjust im
prisonment. ,
COLOSKb COnrOKAB'F! RCLATlTV.lMFRISONRD.
A relative of Colonel Corcosnn, an opulent grocery
merchant of Richmond, shares his captivity, thanks to
an intriguo of .a noted Richmond detective, named tfar
nuy Shaw, a fonuor Baltimore Plug Ugly, who assumed
the character-of a paroled Uiu> n eiilcev named Colonel
.Vndrows. and a* tempted to obtain money on a forged
letter, which purported to come from his relative, the
plot failadj b*Pthe unfortunate Higgles is still imprlsor.sd
ss a character ct suKjiectcd loyalty.
DtKM HTlMl. CniZKVK HI'IITOHI.
Ilsiiy inlluuutial citizen*, such as Valentine Staarna,
Humphreys, West ft Johnson, the booksellers, Hechler
and unmwou,: others, mat or high position, have lan
guished Tor months in jail. Heats hue been paroled. Th?
entire club of members of the German lurnvcrwin bal
been in prison for nearly sixty days, up to the limo I
left, as also several employes ef the HicinnonU Laborato
ry, on charge ef disloyalty and conspiracy. A private
dwelling bouse on Grace street was discovered Ailed
from cellar to garret with cutlasses r ed tlreartu*. :iu<l
the detective police of General Winder bavo been very
buey in arresting persons concerned in a ''diabolical
plot." There is no reliance placed in the foreign ele- j
ment South.
gjlnkpal ituvninghkn
walks thestroets of Bichmomi in charming solitude, wear
ing * hat a hi continental. 1 think he is in ill odor among
the ruling jxiKors here since the Roanoke fight. The
North Carolina troo,? are countedwnas the least reliable
in the whole of the rebel service, and the feeling be
tween them and other Confederate troops is by no
Bieans amicable.
Tits moors in fucnxo.vD?vjiimml law.
There are not more than live regiments stationed in
the city of Richmond, and all thaie are patrolling the
city and suburb.', toads loading to it. ,Vc. The sir; ;inest
of the enlorcwipnt of trtariiul law, under Gouerul
John H. Winder, is complete. Kvery bololgand
every boardieghoua* keeper is, under heavy
penalties and imprisonment, daby enjoined
to report at the Provost's office every arrival and dopur
turu; each hark ai.d iivcry stable proprietor rn-. t give
the name and dff.tinatiafi of every person riding bryuud
the city limits, tic. The patrols uto.i every traveller on
the road, and passes are requisite,
IMK LSiWEB OF GENUAL WTSDm,
civil and tniliuxy, is perfectly ubaolute. He hac a de
tective force of sume iurty men under his immediate
con trot.
ercnimos of bis itmo.v.
General Winder is a man of some seventy year*
of age, with a bead cove rod with thick, long white
hair, which has a scrtnicg Undencyto stand upright
over his hign forehead. He carries li.uiseii very
erect, and is always dressed ia full uniform, bed attuned
with the many layer- of gold braid so passionately
sported by me Southern chivalry. He has a Roman
noso, but small, cruel, twinkling eyes, and is the most
energetic ofiicer, uxccpi ticn. Lee. in the capital.
TliX VARIOUS MXAIlUl'AKTKMS.
Tbe headquarters of Gen. Winder at g lu the War De
partment?a large three story .building, finished souie
three years since, aaJ bout of brown sandstone, front
ing tbe west side ef Capitol square, whero are also the
Custom House, Treaaxry Department, Vost Office, Quar
termaster's Department, Transportation office, he. These
all adjoin one another.
xiutakt nitron.
Tbe depots ef the dtrtorunt butes?such as the Texas
depot, Mississippi Voluateer and Alabama Volunteer
dapots?all aJjoin eacUotlier ana long row, the troops
front their respective titalon making snob place* the reu
dtc oub for joining Uictr regiments and receiving tbesr
? extra appropriations, parcel", ,k?.
ras'naw nxuu:ra?Y or was.
.Gas. Randolph, of Virginia, the new Secretary of War?
a?,lnslgnlfisant lawyer, greatly beneath Secretary'
benjamin in every attribute.or qualification?occupier
A wing of the War Department, lis-re -is no confidencei
.whatever placed in Uis a'plity or genius. The
appointment seems, had is looked upos, at a:
political one entirely Ceo. Lee is the real
{Secretary ef War, as wad aa Uommander in Chief. ?|
J have alludsJ to his indefatigable energy elsewhere.
S have met hint novom! ttnee.i ,11# looks very robust ,
and is incJined to a rotundity ef person. He seems te tee!
no apprebeiokin lor tbe iut.uvs,aud moves about with
perfect MaigftWd aa to tiie cuiniug "tojmorrew." Jeif.
Davis utakes a complete coupes ion of the old commander,
and tbey-bctk paas through tho etreeta without exciting
aaueh attention, if any.
juiw jrav. oavis neeca and nanus.
Jeff. Davis looks haggard and pale. Up dresneo vjery
plainly, audita# overcoat 1 last saw bin, wear had a
faded, brown, tinxwora lock, lie wears a steep silk
hat (halter kD?wa aa a stovepipe), also uot
very UMffimus in color and ahape. He fr? tuently takes
equeetriau exercise through the less.frepieirted part* ef
the city, ia which neighborhood (Harnhall street J ha re
?Idea.
now "i.ady hmm swvuovti ate nint.
"Lady IDims" In ihd tverjr line day in .a moot gor
geona logksng carriage, dra.*n by two tnanniaeetit bays
Oedizsenm! with ft 1*1111114 white ttrd aad .ribboned cock
ades. When taking an evening tide afceis generally ac
companied by an elderly lady?the tvheie a regular
Central hark turnout.
now w ai'Bptese i-ohtjov or mcthioxi> look.*.
Moat of the etui as arc closed, the wholesale ualablia h
ments bavuig all been aold out at souii-m, and
injiiy of the ettuik eatab lebntcnla, and istr.Uculur
ly drug lores, ore slut up, 0:1 account of lite absence
of the clerks and ptcprielerK having ail necessarily
obeyed the sirith enfuroenviiit of Hie conrcript law.
Napoleon's Ideas of xoatsription are frequently quoted
And powerfully endorevd. They Halter thews'iivc* in smu
having an army of 7Qo,UUdelTecliveiueii i.tuerarms such
are the delusions of this terribly excited |>eopl >. Never
in modern history wee a natien more inexorably blind to
the surrounding signs of the tiruee and to their Interest
loan :he unfo.tsn ita race who, no self-willed and used
to role, know not he* 10 succumb to superior power.
Tbrrw i* lees de>iruiileM y niuuug the rebel army at this
Critical pvr.nd tLae 1 ora r?i monUia ago, particu
larly ?t that time, Imnsadiataly afier tliequieMy sneered*
lug victories vt hieb fell utdapid strokes on their loo con
tinent >: adore.
tux mrrnsttyvnoM uaha^ui.
There was a time when, after the Roanoke and
JKaebew flghu and tie retneat from Manassas,
v! irb era* perfectly unexpected, tba robol heart
fell b"!ow cor", lhxt movement was kept so pro
fo'inQiy aee et ih'-tt colonels of regiments stationed at
Jfnlrlal, tu iuy ktioWcdje, then vi-tiug Richmond, ootild
not believj It. oveu three days after its arcotni lishmcnt.
There w?.a a universal murmur through the whole robel
artnv.au ' etaryone, evo 1 the j "iruulisic, seetned to ad
mit the iMipelaeuaaa of the <'<nfi,ct.
rr w ot a T>i-<Oi:riEBiv nr. b?ut, axb wnv.
The retro it iM have boen accomplished very
orderly lid ti<4 the rebel government taken possession
01 tba rstltvsdA, uid put over them a military con
trol, with men wiso ki ow nothing of the state of the
d.l'.e -nt switches. The road was a mn lite scans of
the u'tit f t e> f isfon, 1 stngehtlrciy blocked up,and be
into perfectly uaalei - an J valteloes. end the troops made
ahfiy march, In tl?- is cotuatos, by dUereut rumla, to
UurhoctviUCk
rroetts ten i-wrs owtsotto.
All the ?'oi?ii aa l : elite- the Inller uew, and equal
to it y In I be Vtiloa a.1 my?were rtesu?yed.
Pr.perl/ valusu at t,?c ulllion dolla.s wns
r?cil1n"l, tin ding the two crowded Warcfeocset
.1 the 1 o lUietn i\; .e-s C'ntt iny formerly owned by
Adaiiiv, but a> \* It. he pov ,?-?*'ou ef a n n 1 a me 1 IP en
r.r ,nr. .has; '-vj rura
Tint m. ?? than at! 's die'osi lr*.< to the ?onth,
%V|u 1 >#l toii t'entfCTu.e, whivh, 19 U?? SNiihfr the
rebel army bail occupied It, waa perfectly impregnable,
had been evacuated, cast a heavy gloom on the oIUuerH
and their command*. It waa true that Quaker guns
were here uaed, anil the fact waa kaown to tuners! Mc
CteUea The rebels too* good car; be should be well
informed, so that he might be tcirpted to advance. At
Ihts time the state of the roads would have impeded (he
passage of the Union artillery, arid the rebels had in po
sition such a supply of Held pieces as would have
easily repelled the advance of three hundred thousand
?sen.
THE HEW YOB It TRIBTO* (ilWW AID TO TEE EEHEIS.
Thanks to a malign .rot, poisonous stuck ef the Now
York Ti-itmne on tieoernl McOlellau, which soon after this
got abundantly copied through the press South, tho
rebel army saw in the famous stampede I'rdm Mtuuissaa
only a masterly ret- cat, sad tktre was the -most undenya
ble JVurtltern mvthi/rity thai Central McClfdan had bam
cowt/'/eMy </?; rU-Vo. his mpa ior. .'thn- on. soon after that
other ifuotaituns and joycus anucuucemSMs of the dacs
piution ofUoiierel McrliVJan asc iiuiiaiidir-iuCtaKf, *wd
reducing him to rank equal w h UsUowell, looked as >
corroboration ef the guasi victory ef that strategical
evacuali??. The mora1 ellcct of wttuSk* and disparage-1
ments of aeon like MfcCielian apjieared to show that there ,
eras a dnspositimi to ^rve up, which their leaders sweeess- i
fully strove?end still strive- -to nuke tho masses be 1
lleve. The moraloDdit of such attacks can roaroely be
understoodus the free North, where the euoraaaos list
of the rebel presarappour as my the oily.
the iWax raw-En m Tkz tkbhtwe.
The disheartenhg; raidniorlii>ing e libels of UudTnOMm
ehnty instance of Northern dunmicism wilt he ever
remembered by the thousand ss.x'.eue Union hearts "who
in breathless saopoDso watched the movemewts ef their
yeuthfuldehvseer.
gti "wufPTua Htiunt'1
Riohmond dent a ins an enermoaa shore ef thi aouatled
"Ham)non sufferers," who, iMuseieas and penniless,
wondered aboat the city al ter the destruction' oP their
beaullftjl viMoge, to which they readily acquiesced
IBS oonw EOIIJIEHS.
Sever nor Albert i rown, of Mississipfii, omHieneraUl
Singleton era two of the Tnost ar.ieul defenders oty
thucoitou burning and general destroying policy, efi '
that the "ruthless invades" may ted a perfect {
Moecow in ths country wMbh they seek to conquer. i\
anight. however, ask, where is the climatef That policy
is-not us popular as it woesome few weeks-since.
1'i.tju nouasw uL the onma.
The departments of different bureaus -cPthe ri jbol
?lates here are ainroet all filled with Mary lenders, i tho,
beiug called refugees, are uioue exempted freer the /odi
ous, iuueh hated conscription law.
the Fttowiit pciJCK rearm.
Thero iea gn at dealef ill fechng agninst-Bie Baltl
moreans, who sway ibeuity, from (JeaeialWtodcr down
to tho native Plugs and'Nirdoos who ?compeee 1 lis de
lectable police. They are execrated, and if dtic hmond
falls a prey to the incendiary's torch H WiUtm lighted
?by three gentry.
GOVERNOR I.KTT-tK A.VD THB UqOOR Mf,
I.iquor if not to be obtained exoept by -pei sni?sioa :
of GeRotal Winder,aad then only to ca*?sr-af ucknera. '
Governor Letcher, whoso ruby face aadv.vwll ,piuipk4
nose shine ins bright ac famed ristol'a over <!id, rreoeivac ?
uoarly daily, of his old antagonmt?Ska*Hm?itn tr stsao :
vary so vera cuts. Among other things -tho txaminer 1
says:?"Ibat old gentleman is very popular now, tho
walks to his mansion being iiued constantly wit h geutia-'
men of higu standing in the city. The neon tof IiiR'pupu-'
Urity la a cargo ot ill teen barrels of Bnumgaerti ter whig-!
hey the Governor had received some few days i (go." J
HARD WORK FOR TOR WEOBSSy.
Early in the morning the streets are Itosd wi th (tags ,<
or negroes, who go daily to work, and h?76 b a?a doing
so for lour montlis at letst. they are kept sic adily ran-'
ployed on the fortifications below un?l above tha city,
some near ltocketts a .ii others above the new Fan
Grounds, where two regitaenta ana caationed. The ua-.
green do not return until late in thoovaning, * ad, by.at!
anuearances. are worked "unr imaion-hurd >>
appearances, are worked "uncommon-hard.
OOVkHNOR wax,
As?spectre, walks the streets of CMehmond , his hair'
long, white and thiu, bis form not near as e foetus in
former times. The fiuiHral of Jennings Wire \ easavery
insignificant affiiir Governor J .etcher.. And se feral far
ffiAKiiiinn Luinir fho nrrtmfiianf niMmiiarR nf 'hiu gituc
grenmen being the prominent members of his spasc
escort. )
TUB KETIRL WOKEN.
Tha "ladiS** of gcccsb aro as pu'riotio ; tad aatJv:
Biaallc as ever. A song, entitled "Maryland , my Mary
land," Is sung-in every household. It lias bee stne a per
?feci"Marseillaise " 'lbe ancient air-ef the Gcr man duty,!
"UtaT.innenliauml ohTanneubaum! wis groen laindhaina
Blatter)'' is a tapud to that com|?wltton.
SO KVKlOOtlllS Aixowm.
All the furlouglis grunted to o Ulcere and r ten uf .the
army havo- boon, by order of General toper, un '
?coniWinaally. revoked, and uo one, except > in case
of sickness, sen be absent from his corps.
TICK RKHKIA AMD TUB RClTMlI <"0*310 .
There Is e gi -ial deal of ill feeling iie'.wccu t M miidtary
authorities and the British Consul, on accc unt of tee
many perrons to whom that individual gr. atsaMBip
tioiacfrom inilitary duty, and by giving tbei npniwireoi
HriUhli protection The! ?? was at one time a a open rup
ture betweeu liuncral Winder and that uugist persona#..,,
tiie.former refusing te reeogutee the amb< irity or l' -i
latter, who. General Winder ciaimud, <-vee no hiug Gut a
tool of Liucola; furthermore, as > llnglund . had not
recognizvd the Southern confederacy, her ' miuiatoru.
bad no business in Secaxeia. Hie ultras al' f reptullate
tho idea of gtv mg foreign Powers id and ' privflggea
when the same grant none, in return. Tho pn pore men-,
tioined nothing of that quarrel. Through tho kiflucnun of
SatKtary Bennunin and Senator J Icater, ti?o cuatro
var.sy was I'll Ally allay eh. A number of fore ianrr*. ?k.o
km - atetiied briny civ r uat uemlifM, *'ere *'IUV u th- pau en
tiargsfor three arn'Jiu ye tut, it -Briny tract tthlluu. tueh LmI
toted at toiucof thi ioi-oi?|*rti /.?.
the cmvimai ok-bh iiaonti.
ir. C'inversAUon generally, if Uiu Yaflkeeswshould com
to .Richmond. the gmmi ba deaire aurl hilention el
burning the c-ty ie free tyaxpMNNt. 'ten AdverM to
auol'.aonduct have In s reeral instAaoes been < onhued.
mde Mr. <'roues, Mr. Wa gmnr fkc. Many of the ci! iieans
wul lift their Lands as o. ton .oie you tr lease, nm sme.r
Any OAth required of the ha Kxpi esoicns to such elte-.-r
tloixarpieatlful through Ainvetsalior oa leaflets iu ths
lalh
mE-oor.TniY ? tortn-fn rkra ?sr>.
Gi jidonsvaU" is au insig nuican: little vdlage, lying ia ?.
broken country, seventy- sax mJes Xr?n Kicumond, ?? ?
the Virginia Cettr.il Kail read. At the Junction of the:
orange and Alexandria Ra ilroad It, iadaa ter du pon' uf ?
operxixjCB in thutsvetion of caintyy. At this p nut k>
located the CortnniFR.iiy if lite troupe nndor Geuei-al;
L-aa>?b1aj unri ll rBa I Est INll 'n fGrnmh vIq Tlmro ka.i d .
Jack era-a und General Swwfl'R comma vis. Tlmrr hud
been no warthworks lonstrt rtet at this place as late ac
the 10th of May, though a g awatoU-al of. dggtcg towards -
Stanton is carried on, but tasealy. tog the extent a> nag '
railroad facilities. Newlswiitohee aro.being built for tha
aeoumuiudaUon < fears atd atom vabielgs. At this plaea
tho quantotv stored ia ' imieauac. Sevetal mammoth
frame warehouotikhava Keen orcuted AtJOiie point.
thx oaaDoyyriux jKkAp* mom ah juitkobd.
I leeracd. us I pasecd turn<(gb this plaov, thattall tha
army former i/ iacated he la haavedaed Johnston.
liia wjiuja of uenerai. Auamnon
art to be amymm/el iiarle/ WMMp from entry murctmmil
able, Otmerug. Umgitrvf 'ti Utitami OuUocui Smith *,
General Earife, Get teal AsaVom't amd.. other diebianr,
even part ot Gate rat Jhrly Sm&JPe brigade, from Matt
Tenneue, teUng tab If jeimrd that cmrtand. Tha
oencan trutioa of .the reiv I army, area to the total abaa
jdonaMut of al mlaar ptNAia, is an eetahhahed-'aet.
TBi: vt-mune orroato 10 urbbaac k'ukuf.
That McCiellem boa arermg of one be ml rod and fifty
Utinitand ef well diteifltend and armed troupe nppotea to
Mm poor leadmcom tafelp retg upon, and iiit aUe un
gvuilknable tha aaaaaiaw* of the Aortb.amipa" it i:arl p
.the eecaftwof the I'oLamat/kuo Marptamd, it mill a fund
mrtom Out a juctn rww<n> vg uu rtoa Army.
ran tfouwTnr or raovMosa
through theeouitryackjerb** rebel armyfcadbeen *u
iioet-dia really distraedag. Alltiiereocea base bran d?
ctroyei rod all the oaatle daiighlered.
rkkkl ot ruoao i/iua owx raorut.
The outrages of fume <>f Uie Jamisana brigade .en the
country |?o|><? are uneianipleA, uud agreei [111047.of tba
beat lamia near tbe Rayedan and Rappitluu.mick rivera
are perfectly desolated. Tbe uaual dulieaof the farmer
appear te have beeu entwoly suspended, owlnr to tbe
terror arising from (lie pnalmMe approach of the a out ,
wbted iwrin remains unabated. Th. y alao tear H10 ap
proach of the I'nioti foreee, oaacoount of the rebc.lt ui
ries aboutkuuaaa being horned, peoplo dragged off to
prUon. le., because tbatr retat.ope are serving in the
rebel rautn. Much terror* are general, and cattle of ail
deem** I'ma are amiounlv a old lor ' <nfederi?tr icrip, in
antlelpatieu sf the occupation ?f "Uie Hessians." wit
ure reported to take every thing a* they go along. J
have uet seen A il.iglo exception of paojile informed to
tbe contrary.
tm nutrm or thb invaayjiMt
in the district* oooupled already by our tuion troope ,F
something Kiy*7 to be itriiuve'i. Du9y iicn hare th'tr
hemm urine iMt.l nifii linn t > irrtrel jar t'tiy* 1 > fh. reUt
keadrpiiirUri fur tke furp?e of tarry/nj tale ma i"a a'eiui
the. mutmtvU of Uu (Liian arms, and at an 4WMW risk
of d inger such feats are performed. Our 001 iiinauoera
ehaerve tie role that n# mm teHi-mt a /an
rhnulti b* aUaicmi la leave any )**tiono1 (Ae I.'nvm line,
n tkoul bring tntalai at an <rut*<iry if ChtConfidently
trrvirt, ant tbe proof of a man going Into the
rebel llnea and returning in a bona .tf.tr evidence
that be is oonaeclad with the enemy, either as a e:>y
or Kvmetliingaguallyaabnd. Tiieleniancyol tdtegovrutt
meet towards, and thegieriect immunity of, such domes
tie traitorscouirusta strangely with tbe nummary man
ner of procedure of the rebel*, and it would ted very
pornlclouefy oa tbe welfare of our armies but for eur
?uperior number* aiuf more righteous aauae. Out there
Is no doubt, and it la but natural to suppose, that It a
proper rigor end more severe dlsc lpltua regarding ftar
loughs, *c, bad beau otiloroed in eur arm let, tbe war
would ere this have been eadod.
riia mil iMKovMorr ixouut or nr. win.
The eceexronitta of the South are not eo much to
bo feared ae tbe ?ec> ssk/iiletc af the North, who form
now tbe only dangerous element of this great republic,
run uK'imf rbon utct a corny MM, MMmenritA*,
Tmottan to Luatv,
abound* witb fomi'dntile defllea, which, with a handful
or inen, could Indefinitely be Iteld against an army. The
rebel* argue that a' njr d.jftrriU c n.qiiett* art t>u< Iruiyi
rary <vi"? inlagrt. ebiotl they cm wrast,front us whrneve.'
tli?y ieel Inclined, 'lull argument liudBb great ileal of
credence thr ugh <ut the I mj.
an:; oui'tnur nurut wixk w? ertct'UTora tab ki.vj.vo
tiw wtn onixu.
The people of thee, untry, thouyb?partimt trly among
the x nor ui clr.w *, tue majority, tboreforeaa*think thai
lit fr u'Ol.ry o*-' mmhania art* gnu!.leal ih*rutei in
It:), tng iKi mtr j <???. t? >!>at f/.c.* i.'.vV /? ') u> %t &>" In at
tkt uurUAint pri ti ilit'/ rraluin./. It i* rt Hi. ult to
??o cetvs ihn ST..: c KgyHi n <lu.nea* of Igro unca
that 1 inn sl.l*"* Uric veil over list beauti:wl'atd.
in* Haruu n ).** 11 . vr virin .* a*i> ym wta.
"ibe nguftf information aid vt uot uivral fpuit la
Ibesole c*u-e or this unfortunate civil war." Such was
lh? expression eTSAIexuiider Ktepli?t s In alate ecu vers* ?
lion about the melancholy eouditlon of the country,
ma tu ni dwumwd irmitua.
No mm in Kfchmond looks more the shadow of despair
aim ropeulerto tbsn that white hea-'.ed, deeply bowed
little man, who shuffles silently through the streets.
Ills deeply borrowed face, ooco se.-n, no persou
eon evor forget. In my youth I saw a i
man la a glaringly lighted opera house?did '
I say u. man?it was more IHte a resurrected body that
had lain for ladehuite years in a dark duugeen? a was
tlie hollow-eyed, k> wclrs faced Pugnmni whom I at. that ?
time-saw. lie wna performing oa the viollu. His dark 1
?yes bored themselves bsarfully into my iueeost heart,
and when 1 looked at fkepbens met bought Paganmt's
spectral gaze wits revived again.
hTKlMKVH at jmrt. DAVIK* IXACGr RATIO*.
At the inauguration of Jeff. Davis, in febijuary le*t,
Stephens played a very insignificant role. *Th<nigb on I'.o
platform, he was hidden tiebiad tho omne.it /e, and after
Davis had eed.-d the reading * his leugtlry-address, from
(he manuscript iu In* hand,-and Mr. Hmiephad atfnjiu
istored the on; hie him, Hte.'leos stepped forth Mid ffllent
ly kissed tho bock. The crowd witnessed the
whoie cremouy with ceDJ1 indi tier once?ao ewu.rrxtasm
being itieplayed -on that - tecmoi able oecsetor vUw>/nouth
eru fiery heart -being weil extingufcdisd iu/tho lasting
shower. At Stephens' apucaraaoe-noma enlud' y indi
vidual thoutMl "A speech!" Au -tuii-onons-ard inipa
tleat gesture of Jell'. Dams waa the sign or* *?? rapid i
and universad rheetsnt "from the 'platform, w d a sad
Haul* toe an ad ?o tht over tho palefctof Alex*der.
MR VAST DAYS OK JM" PA VIS,
which ocear very frequently, nsr religiously obeyed la
Kiehui ud, without an exoeptioti. Alt pshlic places and
sju cliieod the wbetcday. Praflf .r and hell
rhging, easmpft in tfce UnWerstiiHirf church. are conti
rnoajth - - - n - ...
nuouH fixun/dura UxtuKk The pastor ?r ifr Uuivermd
ret church#!* la (lautle tlodwta lor refwekt^ to pray for
the :?. attorn oouteKHracy.
-WhiiUUi. run juhkm.k; ami urn a*it.
(lewsr John* con is tho dews-gad of the* a beta. It I s
' in hisa-thM-all the rebel oflloct h haw si* n unbounded
ci u hue nee. and "?old Joe," v> ,o is usaaliy .ind-familtniy
< alls.., is the ?sort popular man si' tin whole army,
bt-aeregard hair ids par tisane, but croud oy readily ud
iiiiithdtl.iJohnswm is bis MMW ior in Mratigic moveuionu
and that rare * 'genius ofs-var," asNciiclevn call* it.
Ttw late retroo#* and evaodhliou's are all explained uwuy
asintasiurly trievoinents.ebo result ol'Wiich wiU at once
dhow theuKOii-es us i-'?m his (neat generalship will
liavtxfarzted and confound -d the due ,ry fee. All his
atxtetuOiefi* -at<! ezplaitoul at mxtmr ponds toward* fixe
wrttt frfiiN </wal?c?wff l*cJ r.o ronfdciu ' n ow ?. mi/ Jar <
I, Ami
into rite inter mt, uiiiU owhtttittg ewryepoir.t to the Out,
<7<MWMv'tm? wtii ft. iVim ?ci;-?e?a vf tfot traron omU
jtriCpnimpaHetw, ik gnuiter of A? *? .-.ott f?*pt ilance,
ton Dufmnuxa ov msnussais.
'While the drill of Use enemy hi greatly inferior to tin
?entry o. tee Union, u?c <iisciphm<>ut' ihtsr forces is su
perti, and positively hotter than In the latter Tho
rigidity off no cou-criptiun iaw,%obftl abseuce of ail alec
'colic liquors, us well oh the frugality of the rebol
commissary: 'all contribute Che r snare, which -is
'?by n? tann* iDKlgnihcaul. Often quoted Napoleon has
said, "want ano misery are -tto.fecut school teachertPM
iuakegowl sotdicrs."
toil VWI O.N V JKJUY MHIW JHHJMKVTKC. | j
Ihorwvt no slaekiwg oil' in thwaily augmentation ?f
Johnstons winy. All the tow co. scripts we bwttig
placed in the^nlilstPf the rankuef men- drilled regiments
<ib : act au they are gathered im. They claim one flimdritf
and tnomimd men opposed to JifcClellan; but I uu
coulident that one hnudmd aauU'/ty thousand is tfMPuitl
inaturavf oil the forces about ftar tinned. i know pew-'
tuvelj <A?t Hoabam'ft, G. smfflbrc.Hill's, Huger'a, Baily's
and laMigstreers divisions we there.
TUB Tjk'.KKT op essoc AL n'maxa*
is generally acknowledged by vne rebels, sml there-ie so
doubt that while they reepect McCleliati they detiptso
Mclkwrcllt Put t-tauVn they lotto, and his utter anuihiia
tton ?every where vowed upon.
> tdk nrmai vmon sue this niu:uinm
ilt is difficult to ?conceive <the unabated ardor with
?whidtttiheeoldiers from the co'ton States 8(ieak ol prose
> cut nig the war to the bitter #1. Thev mum see it out
uow,iie>tbey are fighting for rtlieir homes and families.
Woe to turn who woulii dire-to talk to them of the *tcon->
dilatory policy*' of the Union government. Thanks lor
i Ur.s feeing : heuldixi awarded to the diabolical press or:
?tlteiSotaih, who. arith their perversions and most out-'
nacrous accounts of t he actings of the Northern govern
. meuVJtud armies, which, they bavo daily ciroulaled,
have faculed tiiv spirit ofbatvtd with most indefatigable
industry. The inarch of the Union army in Tennessee
atid along the iltee ssippi is described as one constant
eeccoee'.nn of outrages * which the Union army
commM* on pwtxitui and property of Southern people.
. They slate (h it all their property is beingcondacatrd and
.. all tliu slaves ? ? run oil'." It 'Cornell met-, as unavoidable,
aotue correspondent relates an act ol clemency and
geceroui* conduct of the Xankee army, they follow ;
. li-.o.account speedily wtli innumerable attacks and
explanations if such "hypucritipai couuuct, which is but
a < art of the Yankee policy at 'entice that eonfidingtgmo
rutfiptupU into c.u easy subiu salon, lor thii purpose of
Untidy dioggmg tliem a* inhered captives behind tlie
car of Northern commerce." It would be hut natural to
r iiwoec u.i A such duplicity of tlm rebel press would not
inipi ne upon llie whole army , but the belief i.i"Northern I
? r tribunal and cruelty ' u- numeral among the natives.
With the exception of the-tieri hauls and in.el.aerc,
mere ace ro Union meu South,oxcopt flume very isolated
eniflcs, tb> t'gli the 1 tnou army fnds a pre..t many Union
men, who throw their maak readily olf when amupg
their neighbors.
nnc roRKicvKjts arm MflW'iA s*tm or rmiuond,
ac iti'U as of all theSuulueriacCitics, await the a,rival cf
our O'uues with groat impatience. The heavy list ol'
moh rule, and the uueaslncMiAif guaroiug piles of uccu
in dated ape io. lay like a nigltfirace upon them.
WIIY THk ' UMSH or catrt'ltljl I lilies ARK He LOMi BBAMt
THEV SHOW 1'KtOfl.ttfcxTltlft.VlK
ll'lie great uncertainty of the constantly uninterrupted
ncrytpaliou of ihe raptured r> giou.'i by i(ie Uilmi troopa
watts very perniciously ugaimlsit early restoration of
I iiiun kebtiincnis: fur the never tailing brutal retalia
tion of the ever scouting rebelmvalry hstigs like n ler
. ribta > yc.ophi airover the whoh' populaiion. to mako
inyreli cut'tpkUiiy uuderstisid, it Is as ?r;i to vt.itc
plainly that lUu people of Uo Suattie: n cily dure feel en
tirely liberated irom rebel rule or fiom the violence of
the'rebel sold lory.
tar awuivkk rxraEp ir Ajnt man ri' riRtnr.it Hon it.
.The Uparlrucu'4 of the rebel Trmuory, and alio part of
Uu- (iaxral fori i'flier. Orjartmerd^ hare katt c*iet cf ma
tn.ult picked for utr.eks ready to mom at short notice: aim.
there.Mae ledi thf'munU of mytleriom botes ami vrdnan c
frou* - -
sufiAUt oeru fr> Ifuenilit made. The desUtux*v.n of ttmk
anvrl*! at univeinliy Columbus, Cc-.rgia, or luscaitmsa,
Ala. . via Montuumeoij. How such things nerrenpoud wuh
tho unabated anil daily avowed catihuent r.-rolutiou of
the rehw) te hold Kichtnond till the last, and to iuvadu
.the North, kcannot e*t lain.
lint I/net or.rut exanmac ixnjmw our.iu.Mi.
The Ums ol I tie. Mammae anil of Urn city of New Or
iaaua.are &e two tar cftat b.ows thyy have felt. ? ? Now
.Orleans, that Pari* ei'the South, to .tw Ui the hands of
the Koundhcad*," is." blow thuy can scarcely bear; but
they gomoV' ihtimsef*' s with the axueeWU and apeedy
Aixir.*! of their powerful auxiliary, King "bronze Jack,"
or we I law fever, to aitccor them, and who, tliey believe,
er.llldecluian the Union army, and leave New Orleans
aa easy conquest for lh< ir"acclimated maldleta.
JRW. H4VW IS BLAKKI) KoS TlUt LOTS Ol' TH* llWIIViC,
by jiiactpg her under the command of .that old logy Tat
nalt,.*nd depriving ('apt. Buciiauaa ot.lhc command,
wUi.thay consider was well seconded by hie "very able
lieeteoaut." they eay. fboee oilleera kqw more about
the weeeel than any other peraon, bsviugnkpcrtutcDded
her sMfOatructian from.the commencement. and would
surety have farther distinguished theaasclvea with that
, ne wvataor op Tim norm
U dill uummallyjtarjttl up+n by Uir wbole i ?M vrttt,
and lhat.mJt o atonement,, At u?-i*r rmkUa arid .fat imp it
it, it r*illp/.utni!mfd*U4 <Utd retoited upon, I, Jjun/; it Ot
y<*ut all <y iiff*"*1
Hucb is*.brief (yseptlsof^aiprasriotisgathered while
lu the retanlhfiea; and while the conciliatory jiolicy to
wards Hie tnae.es will un.picet. inably re-dura.Uu V own,
I think thvefcaaera nod abeuoif of this cc nsinracy uhinild
be aaveraly* dr.iltwiifj, or the paternal ucf iona of the
government wall.bt ne it rallied, lu all inatoaoes.
i Arrival of the I'nllcil Slater MauMr
.Coiwck.
The United Staler iteam tcmapcrt Cossack, John T
ltenuett comminuting, arrived at this port yah t err. ay
morning from New hern, N. C., June 1ft, via Hat tern* end
l'ortrnes Monroe, with sick and Bounded mddiera, ,iu
charge of IV L'plrana. She rtperleaejd on the 10th iu*t.,
when between IfaoMrar and Capo li'ory, a heavy gale ,
from the northeast, with a croge act, which damaged
her steam pipe, stive bulwarks, and aerioiisly atrafewd
(he "hip. She will be compelled to gu into dock for re
pair!.
Among the wounded-by the Ceesack &vj Adjutant Ilor
t 41 and l.lonteiiaut Jarvie, of Ho-den.
(lie fniluwing la a list ei her passangars*?
lf?S?r V uleomv.viator Veiiiier, Dr. L nh im. Captain Rai
iuv.CaptainC. r. .Martina, hieutcmait Kick?rda<>t>, I.leu
troast Norton, I.teuten.mt .Urris, Lleuten.mf .Vudrewv,
Mil Horioti and sen aul.M?"<?riiI.'me. Knirbi.uk" .Kiahur,
I'ail?och, TlUten. Kdinonda. hbaugh, Hippie, Jjdd.
The Tarf.
UNION COPkaK, tit I.?TSOTTlNll.
War MHWar, Juiia 18.?Match $200; two mile beata, to '
wagonj.
il. WVxlrnlf named Mumbv'a brown mar! 12 1
1'. J. Mediae nain?d Hiuo Posy o j 2
Time, 6:40,S?6:38 -ft'JO.
Tboee who wart lucky eaoegii Intake ul van tare of the
"free blow" ie the Union Oo-irre yesterday #fu rn.on
witnessed one of the boat content -A trd? that has takes
plaee this eeaeoo. The race w*? two miles and repeat,
every foot of thot r"i?tsni ? b Ingro ilea eg for three
times over In an ejiavrlthgly aleftiu ? manner ibe Cine
V<mf was the laviriie previous in i; ? atari, atebi t
two to on?, with isip otJOrers than lalturs. Tim
Pony being i nth r queer Jn dlhuorltlun, hismr ier a Wed
thc'iHVor oi his being rtarte I uia first time h' can j to
the eccnt, even If he wote halt' a d *-n lengths I' d: ml.
T"ia word was glvt-n as do drnd, and thu liti lo lit r- o una
beaten shout tat MWtunoe hie owner th 11* away at tl>e
atari. On ihe sec md heat I iw* hors' W#ro ?iar ?d with
UMii* beads pardlei. end aiteraaevre struggle ";i.ie
Pnnv won ihesecondhes*,thetuare having ants ho.*
OS the list ml e. i'n. id id heat v. n.i in: J oorite ted
fromtNiHiniiiiigttiai.il I no Pony m.i -d ?? p the
lend b> a lew le-1 <? ty I i . in ,a nnd hree ,j m; erm
b it there no, # io -a ? ?r, and could no ..n\wr k?ep
an.'"t o -it ntar*. rbe went up, to k Ma aid,
ai.d > n no U .an ?? \ icd'C >f t.io brat and rv <i t, atwupie
?f ievgiU,''t.ii?l itw -hoarser ihewuoM I'.twsrvwtl*
NEWS FR2M THE PENINSULA.
Saevenfal Okvalry Expeditions to tlta
Matt a pony and CHarlea City Court
House?Capture of Mules, Wagons aud
Sappilea-luiyortaat Ptiaoucn Taken,
vNc., Ac.
Waraworo*, June 18,1882.
A despatch regalved at the War Department from
General McClell an tMs aTternoea, atates that Colons1
Averiil had just returned from a'scout to the Mattapony
In search of a taxed of guerillas; but they were round to
have left tho previous day.
Ha daatroyad -the bridge, took a number of wagons
and carta loaded* with supplies for Kirbmond, destroyed
a large amount,?f rebel grain, and captured several im
portant prlaeaasrs. .
Col, Gregg tr.id made a Koonnoisrauce to Charles CHy
Ooert Houm, and re coveted some mules which were
, driven off hycol. Stewart in the Pamunkey raid.
?en. MoC&elan eouiplimeuta Colonels Averlll awl Gregg
?Per tho heatisiime tnanner in which the expeditions were
f eeada
I'Hlt.iOSI.FHU, June T8, 18*52.
A vrmnprnmi fcf Bio Prrrs, writing from Central
UcOoMan's tnnjr, ptv?! an account of the IiKjnrslon by
tb? ?floemy in the vicinity of White House on Friday
afternoon, which indyates that it was more tbo reaufc
ofa m.p take than an exhibition of daringTockloiwneaa,
?e'generally e.ipp< tM
lit say*, -8|>e>lcM of tha reinforcements to r.ho
f.iarjy, thai on F ridiy afternoon a detachment of ,Pxk
?on* i foroa corn* ny town from Gordonvtlleand atone, tho
line of tha j'uptix Crook Railroad, mistook their
?eonrse, when '.*!*?/ struck tho hood srstters or ihe
Ohiokabominy, Isoaut too far to Ibe'ldTi, and pre ceded
-on, cavalry in Wr .t and infantry foBowing, tfi they
?oamoHuodonly pnyen the Union pickets . luctanttj Qndieg
'their mistake, fU* / draw up in order of battle, and en
gaged our car aJryvdetto, who gradually reitrwl befolro
superior forces.
Tho -wr iter 1fcoe*narrates the fright of the teamsters
and subt etpient vwentn, as already g-.ven,?without seem
ing to-be aware" Off the different versieo given- fj this raK
bf the enemy.
Wi WSFfJJM FORTRESS WOK ROE.
Foctrev* Monroe, Jots 17, 1SA2
' Ite goverrmac t-at earn derrick T>?rigo arrlr/ed here ttrjs
morning, and W.I 1 - proceed shortly to ratio vossel!; re
cently sunk tier4 t.
Tho Fernandr j .t< arrived here yesterday from TfilBrtDg
ton, N. C. -Sheer sport, all quiet wi tho coast.
The uloop?of.w nr John Adams arrived fromNovvport
this morning,urri Us tho renrorchtsi of this Halted tftates
Vu'/al Aeudcni.' - m board. Tho middles are to-aee a lit- |
tie actual navel \ rarfare, U is auid, before returning. j
The ateamer : Meuunora arm ed from City Point last (
< Bight. She bron ght no passengers. papers or news.
Tho telegraph lino'from Suffolk - to Portsmouth has f
, j*ot been ocjap Meed, and is now in good working^
order. f
The weMkr Istsiill onol and unreasonable.
NEWS FROM ? THE SHENANDCAN. |
7 IwcHDwrK.'-Va., Juno H, 18(12.'' E
Advieeadrom Front P.r T-al. .(Bpfroerired, report every-J
?thing quiet there, and l *> sige.u -of the- enemy in that^
neighborhood. Nearly a I ot <ieiren.l Shields'men had|
-fonr-.d their way there. A .bow etraggierB of tho brigade j
which wu3 forced back foam Port'?Republic-tad made
their way iato General F movent's taea-Bt Meant Jaek
The-temporary .zcltem< ad among the citizen., oatmed
by the appearance of a fa a cebcl gsierilfes a^ar Caslle
m.n'3 (or Saicker's) ferri ?, 'lias oubsidtd. Tho only
effect it produced at hc.dqu B"lere-ra?3 to ctretglhon ?mr
pickets along the line of the Hiieii??-h>ah.
Officers from General Frei er.->ut*s camp ihrv morning
report some heavy llrlng In Ife" "Lcety ? axlleyj opposite
Mount Jackson, laal utglit. *bey?escprcfts tao opinion
that Jackson's- recotinols?anci ? had everiakefi tlie rear
guard of Gen. Shields' comma a<5. '?rn. Fremont's front
rested at Mount Jackson, his Mnuo of pickets extending
from the M-svanutton to the tootaf 'North Mount.in.
south <f Mill Creek. The cnet ?r a picket. woro ft bout
five mi las dblant, consisting euily of -cava'.vy, few in
number.
No danper-wan apprehended of * wn fttaek m force on
either llsnk; but, Iu consequence ??f' tlio belief that tbe
bushwhackers would attempt to- Mtedf fortglng parties
on the wart, precautionary moan. re* eserc adopted.
Gen. R-iyard'e brigade hag been endtred Unreport else
where.
Ninety-three rebel prisoners t erived iter* -to-day
Mett of them were captured at Port iRepwbWouy General
Fremont. They were turnod over to 'the-careof I'roTost
Marshal Catcholdcr. Among them * t? Moutjnant Mur
plty.of the F.ighth i/xitsiana. who rep wta ch it the bri
gade to which be was attached was ba dlycutup by Geo.
Mflroy at PortBepablic.
General Banks, in company with A? <l*f Medical Di
rector Ilelnier, visited all the hospi *o-il.?y, and
found everything in good order. It is i Testtiy to here- !
glutted that the medic*] department ef t hie army nhosld
have been so mi.-represauted as to catue i t Cniied States
Senator in hie seat to denonnea it in tinqi talked terms.
Tins etatamont has been twice contradieu * by ofllcial
investigation-and reports, and emanated, probably, ia
tbe faet that at the firm battle at Wiache-ti * the appli
ances and nwaber of surgeons ware inadeqi tadn da the
immediate necessities or tbe occasion.
Tbe charge of ill treatment te the patients is ' deslared
to bo without tbe least foundation. It has beretofese
been stated in this eorrespondsnee?and tbe i datemsnt
was based open the best medical talent and exp wience?
that an immense number of deaths had occurr *d from
the physical eahaustioa.ef tba wounded, caui.ed by tbe
campaign of laat winter, without shelter and nu bilious
food. The charge, however, coming from eo . Mie
eouree, wttl probably undergo aaethsr ofllcial in rmctl
gaMoo.
Frequewt etateraoats are made her* of'the dentraci *ve
propeasitles-efa large number of men la General HI# tit
er's command, and without discriminating b*i*t\W
friend and too. If all anootints ef tbsir cenduct are tra*^
it cannot hut he rscei rod with great regret h> all deslrou*' j
of ultimately restoring .1 eqrdialWy betwomt-db* prssont 1
conteadiag secUcns of our country. The aaly excuse 1
whl"h cae be offered la, that these icca are eriy initiat
ing tbe barbarities of European warfare in tlud country
ffiwisKi**, June
All is quiet in tbe ?nlley of the Shenandoah, as far aa
heard from, and aJso In tbe Army of the Potomac.
Interesting from Nana<mM<
AN IlirORTAXr CA*TIRN? DCfKltTCM 1UOM JAlV
Wt'? CAMP.
ilA.t.t.?a*. June Id, 1842.
The rebel mail carrier, Graneflie W.Kolly.who wu
captured day barer# yeeterrtny, proves to be a man of
cai'lderablo tm,?ortiiure. Me ia Hie owner of a 1/irge
flovr latill,clotli factory and plantation near Culpepper,
and alnra tlia rebellion ha a been constantly at work for
the pabel confederacy. Ha ray* the rabal corernmenl la
largely indebted to him, and tho $ld,000 in CVinfadarate
bonds found upon his paraou were taken in part payment
id" the debt.
Tw? dexertari-, wlia were formerly from the North,
but ini|>r# sed into the rebel service at New Orlenua,
came w ithiu our Itnoa this morning. They have bean
under .lacWrm, but could give no iniomatlon of any
valiwtn tba<l?iamaudlngUanontl, and woio accordingly
allow ?J to go at larpe.
Ottacisal Halltck'i Drpnrtmrnt,
WAsRjiniToa, Jone 18,1803,
N\> despatches t on Corinth haTa bean received at the
War Department d?>day.
Rmanclpttloa Convention In ninoarlt
Ja>n R??K Par, Jnne lfl, 18H8.
Ttie Fmiuictp?tloo C?n*?ntk>u mot t<<-diy, one hun
dred wuil nincty-ilve drtaa?t<j?, rapreaeuilbp twangr-tlre
eoiatias, belli ( paareat. Ja'tge h. \V. V"e!l?, of Cola
eoant , was reiiortert tor permanent Preatdeut iiy tin
(;.Him.it'?a on UrK?i ; valtOO. ^Itio vlce-preaiilonu aort
taroo f aor .'Uul'.? vera ipiM' tiw4. A tVnnmitu a on Plat*
ftg.vt v*? itp|?ointrfi, w ttt? It. t.rat/Itruwu as ( bairtiMU
il' tjgimmlun a Ijout ?<i till to-morrow.
Promotion of Colonel .Hovria.
lUi.rot u*,,t ,no 18,1882.
Cn'oiel Km. W. Morr:?, of it.e t'rni th I'uiu 1 Mate*
?i lit r\f .unnrtaat ;.t Foil J,',??.< .if, (i.ta
pa. to I lit' otHi'^rtdlktr <lct,e.Al. l.? 1m. ta?u l itf
yrtra In tbt ,.t my.
Rutntm' F lAt.a ItsTtfrra ?The cemvenewncBt af
tl.'a In Ulutlou Ma*r a t "0 ?? it Dr. H?kmu ? ctm. cb,
fv,nn it Madtaau ??tuut and ifeun uul >
AKRIVAL OF THE OCEAN QUEEN.
NINE DAYS LATER FROM NEW ORLEANS.
Partienlars of tbe Execution of William
B. Mumford for Hauling Down
the United States Flag.
The Union Sentiment Still on
the Increase.
Gen* Butler Draws tho Line Between
Treason and loyalty.
Reprieve of tho R4bel Soldiers Con
demned to be Shot.
AN'tfTIiEE UNION fiPEE BEING PUBUMKP.
THE CITY PEACEFUL AND QUIET,
lllll lie*,
Th<y gteamnlw? 0-;ean Queen, P.P. Terry commander,
*Vom. New Wrteang nth met. and Southwest Per*
en The morthug of the 12 th, arrived at this port
3'tffterday Morning. She brings a number of pas
< suigers, a large mail and New Orleans capers to
? the 11th, inclusive. On the passage down the
Mivrdasipj* river, A. P. We d, of Bostou, ar.linp us As
sitrauit Paymaster, United States Navy, last attached to
thisijniwid States steamer John P. Jackson, died on the
lllia. it is remains were interred on the west Uuik, three
.rifles ihnve the head of the pauses. His relatives <an
Tiyhn'iwr further informal! m by addressing Captain P. R.
' fhrry, steamship Ocean Q icen.
i The following is a list of her passengers.?
Xk. BenJ. F. Butler. Capt. Snow, Mrs. J. King. Miss B.
fPluor. Mrs. ti. Cnu field and daughter, Mr. Sullen, J. M.
Vctimth. J. A. Mi.lei , O. I'etrie, G. R. Downing, Mrs.
Wiur-sis, Miss Burke. Miss Btowe, Mrs. Sloaue, Mrs.
Traeey, J. Hloai o and lady, Miss Regan. Mrs. liinman,G.
IfPorosan, E. M. Daniel and lady.H. McCall, Mr. Davis and
tadv, .1. J. Sy'vesier, two children anil servant; A. San
fori, lady, three childr n and servvnt; W f Horpel and
ledy. Mrs. l'errett, Mrs. M. C. L. Mjult, Mrs. K. Barrett,
? *.?:. J. C. Dull and lady, J. W. Bl.s k, S. Alberga,
,N. Chapman, Mrs. Matthews. S. M Rand. i apt W. 1.. B.
Ruwkius, C. 8. A.; Cap;. Sid wards, U. S. A., J. I'l.iUip*
and J. R. Wood, of New York, Col. Kinsman, U. Si A.,
Limit. Clark, U. S. A.: Pierre Souls. A. Marsuroau, of Now
'Orleans; Rev. H. Osgod. of New York; Mr. Jaain.of
?New Orleans; M. de St. Cyr, French Consul; Dr. W P.
?Bui'l, of New York; Mr. Thos. S. Negus, of Jersey City, J.
M. Den man. wife and sister; J, C. Winston. A. W. Smith,
laity and child; S. S. Booth, Mr*. Fieldins. .Wise Vsigh, F
Sluane and lady. F. Genibiel and lady, Mr. Cook. Mrs. and
Mies Herman, Miss Alketl, I.iont, I arron, V. 8. A., Cap ?
Dprtlott, U.S. A.,J. W. Hnrburt. Lieut. Rryau.U S. A ,
Limit. Milan, U. 8. A., Lieut. Onoley. U.S.A., Rev Mr.
|Ntller, C. 8. A.. Rev. Mr. Colby. Dr. Wcsteou, ti. S. A.,
"J. Northein, or Now York; D C. Baker?and 87 in til*'
steerage, discharged soldiers and refugees.
I Our !f?w Orleans Correspnnd'cure.
R Nsw OhlkakSj June 7,1HC1.
| Exot.ing lime*?Kx-icvtv n of Wtr. B. Muml<md for Haifa
1 w?7 Deem the B?v Vd State* flag?/.out 8* IS S in Hu Cul
j jent's Lite?He Pr eictt Hit Inncence?Bc Return Gee
| jal Mini fa atiom?.i'wt: Inten itw Between Mum ford and
Hit Wife ami Chilar tn?Poriuulart of Ms Proration?
Mo Bint on the Ocean, m?A Curioiu CoihcirUncc?Ebdch
, of Mum ford's Life?\ Vie Union (Cilucn*') At?datum
J la 1st the Start ami .<0r> out an the City Hnlt?Lnlhwiafan
Loyal Dtmrmttra'iont t g the Pitiz,n??Who Compote the
Union Atstrialirn?fail_ iArr*rmltef Prominent North-'
era Merchant*?The Pt).it Geverat Boni s' Hetrntl on
the Public Mind in New Oi *mmt?Arrived of the Mortar
Fbft Cftiotitc the City?All > at Bat,m Gauge?Plan
or Truce from General Jajv M?Umeral liutlcr Order*
Concealed Proftrty of the Co V?drrn!t Mtrwnm'nl toh*
Gin n Vp?Guoli ott and an J ?*>?'?> Bet <?!> the liner?
It union?Jactb Barker'* New fopcr?& ru ral Butler
Draws the Line Between T. ru, n ( LopaUg? I'm Lit*is
of America L emmet Specie Pagm *''? ^ *
W# haro had no lack or excite. ne',t "''??lay flThafc
with raising the Sure andittrlpn on < "*"'0 building,,
and lunging a man for hauling them <!? >*n r,'"n another,
beridaathe arrival of thro# steamer 'fr0f? New York
and Philadelphia, viz: the Ulacksu-ue, U, ? R'J'-tolls and
tho So wanes, we iiave had a pretty lively *'m* *r it.
1 sent yesterday by the Connecticut the *der of den.
Butler for the execution of" Wn. B. Jlumfor 1, ftarlr.tadi
or an overt act of treason, in puliitig down t Aaaon
can flar rrom tiie Mint, after it had hern ratt ed iheve by
Flag Officer Farragut. The soleuic tragedy prov We* for
by that order waa enacted this mornh.g, and the aoW-of"
the rash and guilty man stands now berora Its Man I>
was w ith the doomed man frequently previous to " Us*
execution, and obtained from him some particularsol *?fa
Ufa, which, as thir Is the first Instance la the history ?/
our country where a man has received the punishment
of death for treason, wili possess a strong interest for
your reader? Ou Thursday night Captain Stafford, As
sistant l'rovoft Marshal, acting in place of CutQuel J H.
Vrer.ub, who was confined to the house by eMueaa,
waited oa Mamford and read to him the General's order
for hit execution oa the second morning following. Bo
also urged the prisoner with great earnestness nst to
tadolge la the hope of a reprieve, bat to da vote tho
short lima left him to seeking the tatcreeeataa of
Him who (Mud for man. Mumford listened I*
-him with respectful attention, but maintained the
moat utehd compaeure, merely protecting bit perfect
liuieeenee of the oterp against bin. The next mornlrg
I visited htm it! found htm u eool sod collected en
though there ?u net ft ley to mar the prospect of e toe*
and happy life in store for htm. I ookversad at kagtb
wi'b Iimd, ami found bia mind le he la the meet eelf
complacent frame. lie repeated ever and oeer again
that 1* waa Innocent at the crime imp a ted le him, and
that he had labored,herd le prevent rietoue oonduct
ainoo our occupation of tiiie city, and claimed that ha
had aaved I be life of one at our eoUllers from the henda
of an infuriated mob. He eaid It srae hard far ea inne
rent man te die a felon's death, but that be had no fear,
<u*i dfeuid meet his fate without trembling. Three
t'Xasa.hasaid.he had met the King of Terrors faoe te
fa.se, end never sent for a minister nor offered a prayer
for himeeif, and he did not care to ere a clergyman la
bla present strait; net that ha held the cloth la
contempt, or leolted upon churcbee with disfavor;
but be ba?l a religion ef hie ewn, which ha
iisd practiced threngh tlfe, ead which he hen
perfect eoo.ioei.ee would terry hits asfelv to Heaven
or whatever pla.-e wee appropriated to Ute ether pod
aa n in ttila world. Said he, " 1 never ooatuitted aa In
tuit ion el Flu in my hie, end here alw-ye done net-,
others" * would he de:?e by, end when, to a?row, I
em mr.l'mgor ut thle world, yon cea eey that no joet end
good a .men ae there ia la the city of Vow ot'ean. eas
gene from r?"r midst." He espied great Ohetna
for h? wife tMw1 children, for whom oaly h? .and w lira
In the evening hlskiife and children viaited Mm, and
afterwards Rar. Mr. Salter, ebt; !airef the Thirteenth
CVnneetlcut regiment, called with the ho; ? of ada'als
terlng rome coneeletlen. Mun.fbrd reaairrd Dim yfeae.
ant ly aad ecu versed fee#!/, hot eenlJ not he pevaue-hd
to accept hie mlnletretione, theugh he exf reread himmif
aa '.'leased with the Interview, ttie aoi .logJ ea'led
again on him, and found ifid wife and three rhudraa WtlJe
hini, bid-ling bins the last loag faiwwrll. He had slept
tbrooghont the whole ntght, end wan quite free freea
uervMitna^e Mre. Jfumfhrd le sdeleee, re'i-ee'ihle
|< ok rg ledf.eed the children are f?i la imervttlrg. The
oia.it U a girl of fenrtecn year*, and Vthe (then boy*
of rmie six or eeren j\ sir, cf ere. T!.o mtei \ lew was vl
course extremely electing, at d ?M i* Iscjier, f?^ jijp
lirat mid only time, brake down end iir.t ii<4 intev.uUy.
11 a.ilaui t.titer oi.wo In. end at the req iMt if iln u-.a?.
ford engaged r. nti tsruest p.ayar for tlm ?<iui m t'ra
who weuld to enon be t"?cat the knowledge ef roan.
Hum >rd i "??>? r??tl a rer; ci.'ul ?tt- uiiH, sn i ap| v? *id
uvt dhpleffsed. /""r Ms f.imlly Irft he ju.t.nuvl snoe*
what ^pcitetl, peciug Ihe room eud rrotisti'ig * i? tai?>
can a, hut by t!.i time that he *vte ordered to prepare ia
le e tie ptii'in Ms emotion hart teased,srd kowae
acata auttraiy se'.f-yvtiaevei. At % Vg?:?e ee'ere igg