The New York Herald Newspaper, April 26, 1862, Page 2

bo " iy = re, ond willl d bt Fer jee, Sunilar iso al o “a clad batterics, sunilor t@ the : p ins ogee” we ‘nar! y Three more new i at Monitor, are ordered to be Dat ab ihe Comtinoatal leon ly to boat She ta ordored to be y fitted outemmertint ‘Works, Greenpoint, for tho Unwed States government. m ; ly. They are to be much lurger (han the Monitor, and to car* @M ANDsLiA—Sloop-of-war.—Agnesed 1s 4 list of her off. ry a more formidable art each boat to have two | cérs:— Lieutenant Commanding—C. 1. Wells. p fate Lieulenant and Ba.cu usb, Acting Masters—Horace E. Mullen, W. HB. Grozier, Ed- ward M. King, and Alfred Washburn. Assistant Paymaster—Rutus Parks. Second Lieutenan! of Mar ineiemCharties HeMye. Surgeon—A. C. Gora. a8 Camain's Cle k—-Wilham J. Finnigan, Paymasicr’s Clert—Henry A. Gleason. Beatswain—P. J. Miller. Sailmake’—Willlam Rogers. Gunner—William Cheney ee Actang Mas er's Mates—David Mason, Charioa N. and Francis H. Bacoa. Bae} ; Ware Wrrou,—This vessel arrived at the Philadel paia yard last woek, from Key West. She ts a side- whool steamer; was built in the Washington Navy Yard Boe a thorough renovation, and is now covusdered @ | jy 1845; 1s 378 tons burthen, and carrigs three guns. Her very formidable acquisition to the Ravy. Her officers areas follows Koel is 154 feet, breadth of beam twenty oight feet ton L ink C: s * Fe ommanding—A. K. Hughes. inches, and depth of old nine feot eight inches. She is a Land mee eS cae Joa. A. Titoomb, Screw Steamer, was formerly owned by Parstow & Poy Wa. R. Rudes Thomas Chishol:n. and sailed between New York: and Providence, Her list | geting Zagmasicr—Joe. 8 Harvey, Of officers, as far ag appoiniod, are aa follows:— i ‘econd Assistant, W. ACR, Latimer; Third Lieutenant Commaniing—a. °. Clary. Assistapls, A. H. Ablo, T. M. Mitchell, H. D. Potts. Acting Masters and *rccwive gicer—James Brown . _ Paymaster’s Clork—Thos. E, Hatvey. ‘Acting Masier—J. W. Saunders. Master's Ma'e—O. &. Norbery. Acting Paymaster—ior bes! Wranpawx.—This voasel is at the Washington Navy Acting 3 Fron Pot aan R. Yard, having hermachinory overhauled. / a Thind asscant cre—Daui@ Tomlinson, W. P. W.(G, Awpgacox.—This gunboat, Lieutenant William yres, and M. V. B. Darling Rogorg oommaniing, arrived at Bostom’reooatly. She welding, Moters, Maces—voun Barrett, Py Mogan, C- | jore thevport of Boston on the 11th Of last @ctober, Daw, —This aterm givabowt will soon be ready to be | *isewhiclttime she has sailed 20,300 miles, seen 216 os. Putin commission. lier officers, ag far as ordered, con- | *¢48,and'boardod’68, Sho ts under orflers to sail again 45 3008 a8 She Can replenish her stock of provisions and turrets, The work on them has already been com menced. The Comm’ acl, on Monday nigh! Gave (ho contractors privilege to enclose Ub of Colyer strect,ia order io facilitate the co’ whese batt Cxumapen.—The United strugtioa of States steam gunboat Crusader was blockading off Novih Fiisto om tho 12th inst, An- Dexed is a list of her of\cers:— Liewenant Commancing—A. ©. Shin, Lisutenani—R. Prentiss. Assisiant Paymasier—1. MoCauley Browne, Assistan: Surgeon—J. Hi. 1! Brvensmal) Acting Masers—Wm. 0. Uravm and D. 8. Collins) Bngincer—G. H. Veunis. Dakux.—This guoboat was put into commission on Thureday, at the Navy Yard, Brooklyn. She b. er: ker. Ames. an}. ates, sist a3 follows:—= Lieutenant Commanling—s. . Cleary. si | tid Assistant Paywnast”r—F0: boa Parker. , “ Acting, Master's Mote. n Barrett, Poleg Morgan, Nayy, Yards. , Myers. Tux Brooxiry NAVY YaRD.—Th? gum sof $120,080 has lat@ly been paid to tha. mechanicsand laborers of thia yard. ,mouth of March. Tho marines. stationed hero orealso paid, for the first quarter, by Lieutenaut liar- Tho avaifWble crow on the North Garolina’nambers 1,000 men. * , Tax Wascunarow.—This naval etation has Becomo ono of tho prilmgipal placos of attraction in the national motropoll%. For many yoars It bas beon known as the manufacturing yard, aud is at presont furnishing a largo portion of the ordnance atores, anchors, chaim cablos; powder tanks, caboogos, iron tankg for watér, supplies of copper of every deserip tomy steam machinery of all kinds; in fact, every- thing ‘necessary for soa sorvice.is hero skilfully and promplly wrought and furnished toother wavy yards, as well.as vessels of war. Siuco the establishment of the yard soven first class vessels have beon it there, viz:eTho Potomac, {n 1821; the Brandywino, in 1825; the St, Louis, in 1823; the St. Marys, in 1844: ‘the Wator in 1848; the Minnesota, in 1855, and tho Pensadola, finished—al] of which have reflected groat, credit pon the naval architecture of the country. Shipwrights ave algo beon constantly employed repairing vessels of every class. ‘The prosent force is something over 1,200 mech representing Washiagton, Baltimore, Philadelphia aud P. Ayres and Martin V. B. Deriing. Kaysworen.—This new irouciad frigate ta belag co structed at Philadelphia. Hor dimensions will bo—L over all, 230 fest; breadih of beam, six'y fect, dy hold, twenty-two feet, dranght of water, fiftoon £ and burthen, 3,509 tons. ecidod on; but sho wil guns. Macxposiax.—It igs rumored that this vessel is’ to t troa plated at the Charlestown yard. is a sid steamer of about 1,200 tons hea; draws only oig feet, and, from hor build, promis9s to ba very swift. Massacuvertrs.—This vessel has undergone a tho: renovation, and is pow one of the most commodious comfortable and tasie fitted out vessels in the ser. vice. She was built in Hoston about fifteen montlis ago, to ply between that port and Charleston, South Caroliva, but was subsequently purchased by the goverament? She has already sen considerable service. Her mon surement is about 1,500 tous, and she carries fouteight tnoh guns on her spar deck, one thirty-pound rifled gut forward, and ono six-pound brass howitzer al crew numbers 140 men, of which the following is a cor rected list of the officers: — carry eighteen formidabic Her ies, Lieutenant Commandiny—G. 1. Cooper. : Acting Master and Exrertiliv« fica >. C. Gray. other citias. They aro evusidered first class in their re. Acting Masiers—A. D. Littletiaid, Benjamin Whitm spective professions. prea oe oie eal me idea may Qe formed of tho extent of the work at resent W! Acting Pirst Assistant and Acting Chief Engincer—S. N. on the Pay roll for the (short) month of Fe. Hartw: es bruary amounts to $72,218 78. For March at least Acting Masters’ Mates—J. McDonald, J. H. Cox (Mail | g5¢ Ye 1 rate. “ ¢ Sizes) Sittin: Sacderion. Caasiee iueses $30,000 wif B® requiged, the extra workin the ‘ordnance ‘Engineers—Actil division” alone amoanting to $5,45) shcroft, Sec: The admirable ordnance department, with boaut! brass cannongeh 1, cap end bulict machines, ofty ship houses, will well repay avisit, as indeed, othor departments not here oaumerated Cuartestox. The pay roll for March amounted to + Cooper. nship. nant of the yard, and wa ers who ever His sudden departure is much r Paymaster’s Lisut. Cooper was First I looked upon as one of the mo: filled that position. 3 20 47. The M ‘ gretted in the yard, and wo venture to eay that nor pit 4 fai wat of men employed during Cfleient or active officer could have been selected for the | Mom was 3,579. There are now employed about 2,004 " i OMcors still continue to report at. the Commandant’s command of the Massachusetts. ‘The Massachusetts is destined for the Atlantic block @Aing squadrons North end South, not going beyond Ca- naveral, cast coast of Florida, where she will deliver mails. Monoxcamm.s.—Now sloop-of-war, It was expected that this vessel would be ready to bo launched from the Philadelphia Navy Yard by the Ist of May; but as the entire force of carpenters are employed fitting out the frigate Powhatan, she will be detained some weeks. Monuicaito—Steam gunboat—Carries six guns. Sho thas undergone somo repairs at Baltimore, and is ready for service. Annexed is a list of her offlcers:— Lieutenant Commanding—D. 1. Braine. Acting Master and Executive Oficer—J. F. Winchsator Acting Masters—L. A. Brown, Richard Hustace. i . 0. E. F. Barton. Potter. office for duty. Thore are plenty of offleers o!fering their services to the government, bul seamen are scarce. THE COMING CROPS. ‘We havo gathered a few items in relation to the condi- tion of the crops from our exchanges, which we give below. It will be seen that no éncouragement can be extracted from the representations of their present ap- pearance, as far as our searches extend; but yet the knowledge thus far obtained is too limited to cause the joast alarm, The prospect at’ first sight may appear gloomy, but it must be borne im mind that in most of the Eastern Staios and in portion# of Michigan, Iowa, Wiscon” sin and Minnesota tho snow hag not yet left, the ground, and no idea can be formed of the condition of the winter wheat. After the sin has cleared the flelds of their frosty covering, and the freshets subside from tho bot. tom lands in the valleys of the rivers and creeks, we “Acting Second Assistant Engincer—Wm. 3. Montgomery. ay look for more dednite, and we hopo more encourag- a —_ —_ A om Eng ners—Harty Webster, Chas, | ing, intelligence. beanies Oleriea deren New Junszy.—Look for an uncommonly large poach raymaster’s Clerk-—Josaph B. Coe. Fol - ie Ree. ees crop in New Jersey. Doctor’ justav Dettloff. Vineuwxta.—The prospect in all portions of Virginia is, of Acting DM transferred to the Monitor Pownatax—Steamer—Arrivod last summer, and un~ derwent a thorough examination to test her condition It was found that hor planking was much decayed, and it was accordingly stripped off almost to tho koe! portion of it has been put on, and new boilers have been put into her. It is believed she can be got ready for sea by the 1st of May, Port Royvat—This new steam gunboat, will bo put in commission to-day or Monday. Ler armament was put on board last Wednesday. It consists of six brass how- itzers broadside, a 100 pounder Parrot gun aft, and one ten inch Dahigren gun forward, She is a fac simile of $) Octarvia, having rudders fore and aft, and is fitted o with a view to the comfort of the offleers and crow. An woxed is a list of Ler cficors:— Commander—Lieutenant Morris (late of the Camber land) ndsina Masters—Eagar Van Siych and L.D. D. Voor Assistant Surgeom—W. 8. Forst. Asridtan: Paymaster—Jobn A. Bates, Jr. Acting Master's Mates—Jolin H. Marvel, James Hunter Benjamin Wood and Wm. F. Reynolds. ‘ Second Assistant Engincer:—George W. Sensner and W. . Selden, Third Assistant Engineers—E. M. Bresso, Oscar C. Lewis and Francis B. Allyn. wer, of this vessel, hag bee: course, not very cheering. We hear of a gentleman who ‘eiled from Martinsburg, Berkeley county, to Eden- rg, a distance of ifty-four miles, and saw only two ploughed fields on the whole route. Maryiaxp.—The peach crop of Prince George's county gives promise of being a very abundant one. Omo.—The wheat crop in many parts of Ohio is not so promising as it wag at this season for many years Intrx013,—Mueh alarm begins to be manifested through- out Northern and Central Illinois with regard to tho coming crops of spring grain. During the last four or five weeks it has rained almost daily, till the soil is so thoroughly saturated with water as to preclude the pos- sibility for some time of either ploughing, sowing or planting. The danger of this shortening of the season is felt doubly at this time, in consequence of about fifty thousand Milinoig farmers being now withdrawn from the Stato to fight for the Union. In ordinary times, even whenghe spring work is forced close upon the summer, by the employment of extra help much of the danger is averted; but at present the prospect is gloomy enough. In some parte of tho State the snow has not yot entirely disappeared. IvpiaNs.—The reporté from Southern Indiana are very encouraging. The grain and fruit crops give promise of Roasoxe—This vessel is still undergoing alterations ia | g more abundant yield than for many years past. thedry dock. Her air partsjhave been removed, the ‘Texwesats.—The same may bo said of Tennesseo, as far cavaties planked up. The men are now at work upon the | ag our knowledge extends over thst State. Steam part and propeller bed, and caulking her. Sanmve—This frigate is still anchored off the buoy in tho Navy Yard, Biooklyn. In addition to her 100 pound Par rott gun, she has received nine nine-inch Dahigren guns, in place of the old fashioned oight-inch guns which formed partof hor armament, She is ready for sea and will probably sail to-day. It was intended to send her to th, Mediterranean, but her’destination bas been changed. Suxwanpoan.—The moulds for a new sloop-of-war,t, be called the Shenandoah, are being prepared at tho Philadelphia yard, which will be commenced as soon as work more pressing has been finished. Sovrm Canotura—Steam gunboat—Arrived recently at the Charlestown Navy Yard. She sailed from non Uho 24th of Inst May, and has been engaged in active Diockade duty in the Gulf. She is to undergo repairs, Ror boiler and machinery boing in a very bad condition from goustant use for so long time, She has taken a large number of prizes, among which was the Con- federate steamer Magnolia, with 1,060 bales of cotton April 12, says:—The weather continues awful. Rain, mud, snow and blow are the variations. In Northern Iowa there is probably not an acre of wheat yet sown. At this time last year and the yoar before wheat was up, and the fields were carpeted with green, Pro now are that we will have no proper weather for seeding fill May 1, and then 49 will be too Inte to seed. Many farmers have given up the ffea of sewing atall, If this state of affairs covers much of the oy gpa territory of the Northwest, you may calcul ‘On a very small supply of flour from Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Luinois for the coming season. Letter from Colonel Corcoran, Ructonp, Va., April 19, 1862. My Evan Duar Friewp—Your letter of the’ 8th instant reached me,andI avail myrelfof the earliest opportu. nity to reply. I feel deep which it conveyéd to my highly csteomed friend and fellow prizoner, Lioutenant Dempsey. 1 have been vaing my best endeavors to console him, and I am happy tosay that be looks upon the matter in @ truly Christian man- om board. Her crew, consisting of onehundrod and nine We havo been eed wn wo are now ‘men detained in consequence of General Wool having failed to aad thirteen marines, have been transferr@s to eomply with torms of agreement. Jo say that I am the receiving ship Obie, and sho will be repaired with all possible despatch. The following is a list of her off. cors, many Of those who left this port in ber having beon promoted OF transferred to other yossels ia the Gulf:— honorably reloase from my present othing more than might be expect. but to say that I am not periectiy tly await proper action would be equally not anxious to bi untrue. and my spirite buoyant, and F hope I may h Lieutenant ‘Wm. E. Hopkine, profit by my present exporience. I know and ap) ‘Acting Master and Brecutive Officer—Sones 1. Sa the vast amount of trouble, &e., that my friends have “iting Masicrs-Noah L. Alien, Walker Hi Gerken, | taken in order to obtain my roleage, and I trust all semnoe W. Magune. 3 ’ | will be guide by past experience and Jet the mat Paymaster—Elisha W. Dana, ter rest for the futur am without knowledge of Acting Assistant Surgeon—weorge A. Pro it. mueh that transpires, [ ean porh form no real idea Pirst Assistant Engineer—Richar:! Lavery. nts my exchange, yet I know that ciréam. ‘Acting Second Assistant Engineere—Bonjninin Carney iy to arise, from timo to time, whieh may nd John H. Rowe. erable diplomacy to arrange, and I aio require cont know the mattor is entitled to the consideration of our government, in which Ihave the most unbounded confidence. I received a lotter from Captain Mclvor t day, dated at Salisbury, N.C., 17th inst. He mentio that bimaelf, ee ‘and Gagnon, and ali our men, are in good health. I hope you will write very reach ene ere eke ae how feel, Cagtain's George P, Kimball. Paymaster’s Clerk—3. Gridley Hyde. Tioas.—This side-whee! gunboat, the third and Jast of ‘this class of steamers to be built at the Charlestown | often; some fad Navy Yard, was launched on Friday afternoon. The | 7° o%" Touch !t relieves the dull monoton: this prison life. launch was very successful, and the customary obrist- | Ths mailer of tho election of Liewtenant Colonel might, @ning was performed by Mre. H. P. Grace, wife of the Peers nM ua tau visit pi boatewain of the yard. Among those on board atthe | O'Gorman has not aceepted. J enclose a letter to + time of the launch wore Governor Andrew and wife, | Comer Me ever mow uiteshed treme tenet Colonel Lee, Lieutenant Colonel Browne, and other offl- a cont MICHAEL CORCORAN cials. The length of the Tioga is 207 foot 9 inches; | _ Colonel —— State militia, im Jane B. Ki » y Dreadth of bam, 94 feet 11 inches; dopth of bold, 12 | “rove io Lieutenant Consely. Will write (o Wa i 6 e068 inches. She is 1,215 tous capacity, goverament | few days, of as soon a8 an opportunity permite. “car J. N, Quacken~ | Iows.—< letter frofm MoGrogor, Clayton county, dated | fore be not uneasy, for my health is good areal ter» Bare IeLaep, Derarrwmnr ov THe — Mare 26, 1802 Accident to the Steamer Mississippi—Landdi of General Buler—The Residence of Mrs. Butler—The Convenicnce ff Seosh Furmicure—Operations of the New Pust Office Arran yementa— Extensive Correspondence of the Soldvers— Duserters from Secessia—Whas They Keport—A Smatt Naval Engagement, dc. , de. My last brief letter brought up the incidents of the passage of General Butler aad staff, and tho Thirty-firat , Odtonel Goding, with four com- panies of the Thirteenth Maine regiment, Colonel Dow, from the 25th of February, when wo loft Fortress Mon- foe, to the 12th of March, when Colonel Dow and his Magsaghusotts regiment, commaud were transferred to tho Matanzas at Seabrook. On the 10th, the leak tn tho Mississippi having b eon finally plugged from the inside, an attempt was made to got her off from Seabrook Landing, when sho ran aground the second time, backed against « pil, jammed ber rudder round, broke hor tiller chains, and was bronght up ‘al! standing,’ Sho was thon unloaded by three steamers from Port Royal, and, being finalig{got off, loft for Ship Islandat nv00 on Thursday, the -13tn, with the Matanzas, Captain Liesegang, in company. Both steamers’ made a slow, but pleasant passage, arriving hore on Thursday, the 20th. A heavy oorther blowing: none of the troops were landed till Saturday, the 22d, when the four companics of tho Maine Thirteeatir the 3d, General Butler landed, and was received with » came ashore. At moon on Sunday, satuto, The Thirty-Oret Massachusetis wore landed on the 26th and went into camp at the extreme right, some two miles from the wharf, Oa the 25th Mrs. Butler came ashore, anditook up her quarters at th fhouse on the wharf formerly occupied by the Adams press Company, the building having been very com- fortably fitted up with furniture recently captured on a rebel schooner, She will probably ‘romain here during tho occupation @f the island by General Butler. We found upon reaching horea great degroe of eonfu- sion, Owing to the rapid arrival of various regimonts and par tents, equipage, &c., and to the lack of fac sandy waste to the farther regimon' also to raft down the wood from the upper end of the island. In consequence of the exposure resulting from thig iabor tany of the mem are on tho sick list who would probably otherwise haye been in good hoalth.» There is, however, & small proportion of serious illness here, there having boon only about thirty deaths since the occupation of the ySland, The Ninth Connecticut, Colone! Cahill, which was one of the first regiments to land here early last December, hag lost only one man. For four or five wooks past the woather hag been col! and wet, and the recent arrivals are more or leas uit’ | with slight at- tacks of dysentery, sore throat, ut the health on ‘he island is generally good, and ‘no serious at- tacks of diseaso are anticipated. J. M. G. Par ker, Esq., late Quartormaster of tho Thirtieth Massachusotts regiment, who has been recently appointed postmaster hore, is doing wonders in the m of the postal service. Farly on the moriing of thi the first regular mail that ever loft the island w on tho Santiago de Cuba, which took ten seventeen letters, tho result of two days’ a by the soldiers. ‘It is a singular fact that the “ soldiers’ letters” which are paid at the other end of the line are always evidently of lees importance than those that are paid hero; the letters being put up in bundles containing one hundred eagh, there whieh are unpaid ocoupy only about two-thirdd the spaco of the propaid let t Of the mail that went on the Santiagy de Cuba 6. tters were puid, and 3,850 wero unpaid. On the afterucon of the 24th throe Germans, ¢ from Sacessin, who had managed to excape ‘vom Pess Chcistinn (p Cat Island, and thence to this. island ina small sailing boat, were picked up by the New London (known here end hereabouts es the Sound’), aud brought im. They report by the rebels, and severe ," who are not allowed wo ge i Any other little indiscretion exoept cu, tho subse juemt alternative of th "’ or the ariny of theeuntederacy. Not relishing this state of affairs, the Ger —originally from Peansylvania—mauaged to e3- cape. ‘They State that great fears are entertained for the safety of Mobile, to which point a large number of treops are being transported from New Orleans. Whether hese feers are well founded @ few days will show. They also report two mew gunboats recently built at Pass Christian, mounting, one seven guns, the othor ive, all heavy, and tho boats in good order; also that there was an iatention on the part of the rebe!s to run out and shell this island, mosi of the navy having left. Tt was the purpogeof thegallant'‘secesh’ fleet to come down here on Saturday, the 22d; but the weathor was not favorable to We enterprise, Since then thay haye probably concluded not to come on account of some other cause—possibly a foar (well grounded enough) o: New dow. At allevents they have not appeared. erday, to be sure, the Oregon, rebel gunboat, came about ncon. The New London got up steam when sho w the smoke of the rebel, and at about half-past ono o'clock putoutfor ber. At about two o'clock the rebel fired a slot by way of challevge, which the New London immediately accepted. She got within two miles of the enemy when the rebel gunboat Pamlico appeared and a figut commenced, ‘The rebels wore inshore of a shoa! the New Tendon could not pass, and she was ‘Sho fired a hundred 3 fight lasting from a three to a quarter past five), which were from ibe two heavy armed. The shot feli it without doing any da- mage, while two of her shot Rigolets in time to “save her bacon,” accepts 4 Sound.” DsvagTMent OF Taz Guir, Sm? Istayp, Miss.,"April 3, 1862. Irregularity in the Mailo—2he Want of Proper Pransporia" tion—Large Surhs of Money Sent Home by the Troops f tha Commanter of the Mississippi—The De- gree of Sickness Prevailing—Activity of the Medical Ofi- cert—Curious Surgical Operations—List of the Deaths onthe Island—The Crew of the Black Joker—Strange Cir- cumsdances Arising Out of the CatemThe Shelling of a, The Co Rebel Steamer—N aval Movements, fo. ‘As the transport ship Black [’rince, Captain 7. P. Howes, will probably sail to-day for Havana for coal for the navy, lombrace tho opportunity of sending a letter in advance of the regular mail line, Captain Howes has been detained here now for over three months, and, by his urbanity and ready willingness to accommodate, bas made for himself « host of warm friends. Owing to the short stay of the Santiago de Cuba— which arrived bere on the 24th ult. and left early on the morning of the 26th—my ast was necessarily brief. Tho Santiago was bound for Havana via Key West, and carried with ber the first regular mail under the authori- ty of our new and efficient Postmaster, Mr. J. M. G. Parker. Upwards of ten thousand letters wore sent in this mail. Apropos of the mails, itis too bad the way we are treated about this important matter, Officers and men continually complain that they receive an occa- sional letter montioning large numbers of others written ,hat have never been received, Then we got letters and papers of a late date brought by a fast steamer, like the Constitution, and two weeks afterwards we cet a mail two or three weeks old by some sailing transport thirty or forty days on the passage. It seems-as though the postal department might make some arrangement by which so large @ body of men, to whom a letter ‘Is worth its weight im gold,’ may be able to got the letters written them. It speaks very woll for the charactor of the treops hero, | that out of four roginéuta—the Adame Express Company have received for transmission to the soldiers’ families about a quarter of & million of dollar: these regiments had allotted from fifty to thousand dollars. Fhis outerprige of the exp is proving very In ineulng the & stop in the rigl fruitful evil of the army. The best 80) liquor they want, and many regiments prove, when they are ‘ived of it, thats former bad reputation was due entirely to ihe Curse of intemtperance. But here is the order—l6 speaks for \teelf— Hitbarg -ARTMEST OF Tim Gour, }" nvarconas none naar ates a oy. ral that, notwithatand| | bis efforts to: the OE ape of sntox| “4 into this ish 2 among hie commant, used as & Dover i still followed ‘by this curse of the army, For! by 'y regulation, prohibited by authority, con- demned ‘tence, it sti!l cli per te ir, al 6 rifle. Sangh more deadly in this climate t! All sales, tl , Within this department, will be punished by instant expulsion of the party-offending, ifa civilian, or by court martial if an officer or private. All eerie byte gba —, to be asa beverage wiil be sei rey' or confiscated to hospital uses. By command of . BUTLER. Major General Guo. C, Srnova, Assistant Adjutant Goneral. the arrival of the steam transport Matanzas, Captain Fulton , of the steamer Miesissippi, who bad beon under arrest for running bis we Aha three times, ha gg a oe eee but he ‘since been arrested wi wi in, tard the 0 He is closely con! I , and is to be held for trial. He haa strict sur; for some boon quite sick, but is now improving, brotenta bia entire snocenee fal (be chatgee peared deavoring to incite mutin; ised in.s tent, under & of regiments, many of them poorly provided with ex for land transportation. Consequently the mén have boon obliged to earry all baggage, stores, Kc. , from the wharf up this, @ supposed to have taken effect on the Parco, which ran away towards Pass Christian, disabled apparently (jacging from the confu- sion ou her deck), while the Oregon departed for the Thus “Abner” challenges from the onemy. Cortain prison- ere, Tecently taken, fought gallantly for the Union, and Captain Reed put some of bis own mon in irons for dodg- ing the close tlying shot. Ho is, indeed, the “Terror of ihe n towards abating the most ra in the world will become utterly demoralized if allowed t get ah the asserts vestigated by a ob have been sent, ~ » pro- 08 iry, 10 NOW we bel =e ay me bs ae: =, Sew in runs #4 pm Aas cot) gs of) against Captain gulton will pro court martial provided by tho special order. ‘The entire chan, in the climate aud mannor of living wd @ very consid~ rent regiments. The men ave ali from theextrome Northeastern and North- wostern ofour country, and requirea residence of some little time in this zoba to become acclimated. ‘The diseases seat pranaiens are typhoid fever, dysen- tery, diarrhea and affections of the throat. ‘ne eur- sec have their hands full of Vantens. and havo sitend. ed to their numerous patients with a cheerfulness and Votion moat creditable to their humane profession, and the result is,that tho ratio of deaths to the amount of sickness? is very gratifyingly small. to tho fact that the Twelfth Maine wero so crowded and conflued for six weoks, off aud on, on the Constitution, and that they are mostly men who been acoustomed to pure air and hea.thy living all thoir lives, thia regiment has proba- biy su@ered more from sickuess than any other corps here. All but about two hundred Lave boeu more or less itt, and typhoid fover has prevailed to quite an extent. Drs, @nd Black have been unremitting 1m their attention to the sick, and the frionds of tho regiment will he glad to learn that from tho timo of its inception to the present, there bavo been but oleven deaths in the regi- meat. In thiaconneotion I wish to call ition to the moderate quantities of with which tili- tary dispensaries, at so &@ diatance'from home, are goons are ol to substitute comparatively ine effectual for thogs which age desired, aud, in fact, neces- sary. Ibavo knowna follow to suffer sevorai days ges covgh, , from the entirelack of sugar with which 1 yrup. re. Moore aad of the Thirtieth Massachusetts Imeat, have two cases Of surgery in their practice. The first case is) of private Geo. Alexander, of Capt. Ferris’ Sameera: On the 19th of March ho ‘acciden‘ally shot bimse! instep with his musket. “It was feared at firat that emputation of the foot would be neceasary; but the surgeous have since removed one of the bones leading from the toes to the , And he is now doing very well. The other is that of a privats named Williams. Hoe has had a severo Siege of typhoid fever, and recent necrosis of tho By his foot had get in.. Amputation of part of his foot will bo nocessary to save his Iie, but until within a fow days his oe was so reduced by fever that it was thought be could not survive tho operation, Now, however, he is gaining’ ‘ength so rapid!y that the sur- goons feel confident of a successful result of the amputa- tion. ‘The annoxed is @ list of deaths in the department since my last record of yo og yg ‘On the 16th ult. George H. Libby, a private in Capt. ‘Thor ton’s Company C, Twelfth Maing regiment, died of typhoid tever. He was eightoon years of age, and was a residentof Falmouth, Me, On the 2% Thomas Crowley, ® private in Capt. Yea- ton’s Company G, Thirtioth Massachusetts regiment, died of hasty consumption. He was thirty-four years of age, and resided in Boston. ‘On the 24th Geo. Weeks, aged sree yoars, a native of Acton, Masa,, died in the camp of the Twenty-sixth Massachusetts regiment. B)s demiso-was from brain fever, and he lived only one day after he was attacked. ‘He was uot a soldier, but came bere ag a friend aud com- panion of Captain Chapman, Company E, Twenty-sixth Massachusetts, Ho was a yo man of fino promise, and his death is dvoply mourned by his frtond, Captain Chapman, Sergeant Aaron Farmer, of Capt. Ross's Comyany 0, ‘Twonty-first Indiana regiment, died of congestion of the brain on the 22d. ‘On the 224 Herbert J.H. Brainerd, a private in Capt. Mullins’ Company B, Fourtecath Maine regiment, died of diptheria. on the 23d Krastus H. Hamilton, alao a private in Capt. Mullins’ Company B, Fourteenth Maine regiment, died of dipthoria. He was thirty-nine years old, and resided in 25th Jobn Chasa, a privato in Capt, Robinson's Company G, Twelfth Maine regitaent, died of infiamma- tion of the bowels. He was from Upton, Me., and was about thirty yoars of age. When the island was taken poegession of by the force the Gulf squadron last fall there was found an old colored woman who had been left behind. She was very aged and infirm, und goon began to exhibit symptoms of pulmonary, diseaso. Kor a little while shu kept about, and washed Clothing for tho officers; but it was not’ long belore she was obliged to go to the hospital, where she gradu- ally w til the 22d, when death cloagi her humbio career. was decoutly buried in tho soldiers: Purial ground, the service being read by Chaplain Bab- bago, of the Twonty-aixth Massachusetts ont. On’ the $d inst. George W. Humphrey, a private in ‘aptain Knight's company (Company E) h Maine ent, tied of typhoid fever. ay, the 30th ult., the gunboat John P. Jackson this port from Key West, and brought the fol- lowing uatued passenger and members of the crew of the English steamer Black Joker, which foundered at sea on tho 15: ull:—Passengers: Cornelius B, Payue, Thomas B, Hart, aud @ little girl, aged four and a half years, named ‘Alma Pennisier.” Parser—Honry H. Ingraham: Chief Enginoor—E. W. Tritt; Second Engineeer—| Larson; Second Mate—Peter Johnson , Carpenter—Frank Cleveland ; ere Harve! eee: James Bernar@?George Daylight; ter B. La Fere; Firemen—Thomas Kunderaon, Hickey, ‘Thomas Uaks, John Berks; Coal ‘les Carloun. The Black Joker, wiich claimed to be a British steamer, jeft Havana on the 12th of March, bound for Matamoros, with an assorted cargo. The pushed her severely, and on the 16th ult., during a le, Wy northwester! » sho sprang aleak and foundered. She had two lifebeats, and they wore lowered, and the above Party got into one, while tho captain, first mate, the balance crew and three passengera—of whom two were the parents of little Miss Alma Penoister—got into the other. The boats just got away from the stern of the ship as sho sank, going down bowsforemost. The boat which arrived here drifted about inthe Gulf for five days, a part of tho time being in sight of:Saata Rosa Isiand, but afraid to attempt a lauding on account of the breakers. They bad but little Yd erty and a small quantity of water and wine in the boat. On the fifth day they were picked up by the United States schooner Maria A. Wood, Capt. Anthony Chase, of Massachusetts, off Santa Rosa, and on the 20th wore trausferred to the United States sloop-of-war Vincennes, from which they were placed on ‘board the Jackson and brought toShiplsiand, The fate of the other boat is unknown; but itis fearod that she went down, Tho separation of the little girl from her parents must have been owing to the confusion at the time of the accident. The child belongs in New Orleans, where hor fatuor is a physiciap, and she had just return- ed from Europe with her parents, who had been making & pleasure trip to the continent. ' Mr. Payne is a resident of New Orleans, but a native of England, and had bis passports about him vised up to the 10th of March by the British Consul at Havana, Ho is supposed to have ‘beea the owner of the cargo, though he protests that he was simply a passenger and had no other connection with the steamer. Mr. Hart resides at Pass Christian, and tj home by means of may have been bound for Matemoros; but no oue here doubts that the argo was intended to find its way to the Southern confederacy. General Butler examined the passengers and crew, and thought it prudent to detain them here for thoprovent, although they (particularly Mr. Payne) think it hard that they cannot return to Havana or be sent to any other place out of the active scenes of war. They haye been confined, or ratherthey have been the guests of Captain T. P. Howes, of the transport ship Black Prince, since they arrived here. Out of the events chronicied above has sprung a matter of mo little importance to the residents of Bilox!, and probably Mississippi City. On Ist of April, General Butler yacht the Jessie L. Cox (recently captured) proceeded under flag of truce to Biloxi to deliver the child, Alma Pennister, to the Major Strong, chiof of Gencral Butier’s staff, weot in command and was accompanied by our Postmaster, Mr. J. M. G. Parker, and two other ofli- cers as guests, After delivering the child, Major Strong returned to his schooner, and in getting a and while in this jicament rol be beach and demanded of Major Strong that he uuld surrender, While m4 ‘wore approaching and within hearing, the Major walked to the hatches and poi’ commanded an imaginary foree below not to move until he gave the word, and then to come up mn meet The ruse tovk fincly , for when, in reply to impudent demand of the febels, be drew his sword and informed them that perhaps they but he hed serious id shortly after the New neval Butler was very 'y at having his flag of truce fired upon, and tho next day he sent an expedition to teach them better manners. The Nivth Connecticut re- giment, Colonel Thomas Cahill, and’ section of artillery ‘wore on the steamer Lewis, and, accompanied Miaut“stjor Strong and Captain gooea #eech, fe, eral Butlo’s staff, acco tion, In my last I mentioned shelling of a rebel steamer. ho Te: Coast, and, as pproached Louisiana, ‘eaw steamboat carryiig two smoke stacks and ee cotton, Tho rebel stoamer had just come outof ti ok indo the river. "th tr . tho river. San hans adiifollowod the‘ soceshor™ ft rf steamer being ‘able to overtake her within the rebel ashore, rew, escaped in Santiago fired shell into the cotton stearher, and soon ip & blaze, but whether frotn the shel or of her officers is a matter of co: ire. As desert Durning their vessels isa faVorite d¢rnier resort the rebels, the latter supposition is the more probable of the two, 26th ult. the gunboat Cayuga, Captain W. B. , from Key West, arrived here and reported it mm ints ; but, aa she ran their boat ali boats. The Tight before, when about one hundred and twen- ware of Ship Island, she overhauled jhe rebel schooner J: bales of cotton and eight barrels of turpentiie. r Lewis Green, formerly of New York city, and of four men made prisoners, Tho ip Mobi seven cents per pound, and the captain expected to sell it in Havana at thirty cents, The invoiced yaluo of tho cargo was two thou- 4 dollars, and the schooner ta appraised Fundred dollars. Bho arrived at Ship island on in fe of & prize master, and will probably remain here until tho return of the flag officer from the Passes, ‘when the disposition of the vosse! and the prisoners will ‘be made. On the 26th tho gunboat Calhoun, Captain J. FE. De- Haven, loft here for the Mississippi river. Sho arrived thero the next day and got aground at the Southwost Pass. At the last intelligence from the Pasces she was still aground; but as she draws only six and a balf feet of waase there will probably be Litile didloulty in getting off, On the 28th the gunboat Hatteras, Captain George F. Emmons, arrived from the Passes. She had been sereend ‘at Vase-a-l’Outre from the 224 to the 26th ult., and had ‘been obliged to throw over fifty thousagd dollars worth id slo L. Cox, laden, with NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 1862.-TRIPLZ SHEET. ‘of prop tence and ord nanos: oe, ina ing ‘three of, nd one hundre:! y tons of eoal.g Lieut Cofpmanding Gs E. Welch, of the sehoonargnnvongitianuny, agdstod a roichatln 0 the 23d uit. ‘Tue eanse of Comm: hs resignation is a8 follows:—Ho has had on board lis vessel, a8 surgeon, Dr, M. T, Houry,an Englishman. For several months—in- deed, ever since the Kittatinny has been attached to the Gulf equadron—there has been a bitter fecling between those two officers, owing to a quarrel between Dr. Henry and Mr. O'Grady, Master’s Mate on the Kittatinny, in which Commander Welch took the part of O'Grady, who Was @ favorite with bim. Commander Welch on several Occasions sent Dr. Henry to his quarters for some petty misdemeanor, and on tbe 22d of February he sent w his room | apentry at the coor—the doctor hav- ane fh api y charges, induced; the officers of the vessel to and Bing ‘God Save the Queen." Dr, Henry, finding his room close, broke the window for veu- tiation. Captain Welch charged him with having broken up the furniture and trying to mutiny, and him in fons. A board of inquiry was held on the sloop.of-war Pere tn Se dor haga and 224 ult.,and the above ited. on Gaptaia Welsh was censured for having exceeded his au- thority in plactag aa officer in trons. He felt so injured the verdics shat om the 23d _he resigned his comm: sion, and will return to the North in the Connecticut, The court acquitted Dr. Henry, t they thought him nob altogether free from blame. He has beentransferred ag Omoer ‘Farragut: refused to accept Capt. Welch's at 5 romiguation, aud it ts hoped that he may bg induced to recull It, for be is undoubtedly one of the Thost earnest loyaltate in the service. At the first symptom of war he sprang froma sick bed and wrote to the government, offering to furnish @ ship, garrison and provision Fort Sumter, if they would permit him todoso, Tho Secretary of the Navy was ao pleased with the letter that hewrote to Capt, Welch, declining his proposal, but of- foring him tho command of a gunboat, ‘The service oan- not SMbed 0 lose euch @ man just for x trifling slight. Welch is.a resident of lyn, N.Y, - the 26th ult. tho transport ship Western Empire Capt. McLaughlin, from Boston on the 1st March, arr! at thiq point, laden with government stores and one hun- dred abd oue borsea, all that wero loft out of two hundred with which she started, The loss is not owing to im- proper stowing or treatment, but resulted from lung fever, contracted from cold taken during tho transporta- tion on the cars from the country to Boston. The horses Fomainingalive have boon safely landed, and aro in pretty goodcondition. Tne Western Empire reports having soon off Mobile tho transport ship Ella & Kliza, which loft Boston in Fobrusry with four companies of the Eighth New Hampshire regiment on board. ‘The Fila & Eliza arrived safely on the 29th ult., after @ most tedious passago of thirty-oight days from Hogton. Sho has engountored almost continual bad weather.: Captain Lunt, of the Ella & Eliza, dipd just before reaching this point, and was buried in the soldiers’ ceme- tery on the island, 4 James Loth, first officer of the ship, is now in'com- mand, ‘The gunboat Calhoun, which arrived here on the 2d inst., (rom the Passes, reports the sloop.of-war l’stisaco- ground on the bar, but with @ good prospect of being speedily lightered over. OPERATIONS IN NORTH CAROLINA. Our Beaufort Correspondence. Buavrorr, April 17, 1862. Continued Skirmishing between the Pickets—The Rebels Con structing Rifle Pits—Additional Guns on Fort Macon— Capture of Rebel Cavalry—A Short Tour Around the Country, dc. ‘The receipt of the news of the victory at Corinth has elated the troops in this vicinity. Wo obtained papers with the intelligonce by the steamer Rhode Island, which arrived on Sunday, with provisions and supplies for the blockading fleet. Small boats came in through the surf, with papers for Gen, Parko, and from tho island the news spread throughout our lines. On Monday last three more of our men (belonging to the Eighth Connecticut) were wounded in an encounter with the enemy’s pickets outside of the fort, The robels did not escape unharmed, however ,as they were obeerved to bear off several men, one of whom it is thought was dead. On Tuesday morning Lieutenant Androws, tho ‘signal officer of this station, with his usual watchfulness, dis- covered that the rebels had over night constructed rifle pits near.our lines, which they attempted to concea} with little bushes of shrubbery. He immediately sent word around to the isiand, via Carolina City, aud so gave our men timoly warning of the trap. ‘The-rebels in the fort have boon busy during the past few days in elevating more guns on the side towards the position of our forces on “ the spit,” as the narrow strip of land known as Pogue Island is now familiarly called. (Those who wit! follow up the history of our operations about Fort Macon would do well to remember this namo, as it will, no doubt, horeafter frequently ap- pear in the accounts from this point.) Tho hoisting ap- paratus, or derrick, is plainly visible on the ramparts, ®ad it is conjectured that one additional gun has been placed in position. Yesterday morning they fired two guns at an ele vated angle, aa if to test their range preparatory to the coming bombardment. The shells burst at a height of about five hundred feet in the air—one at a distance of a mile and the other two miles from the fort. Inthe afternoon the fort fired three or four more she! our troops among the sandhills, whose proximity still continues to annoy them yery much. ‘A Body of eighty cavalry, who havo been in the habit of disturbing our pickets between hore and Now! iy wore captured near Newpert by a well contrived ambush whieh had been set for them. The news of the capture bas just reached us, and I am unablo to give fuller de- tails at present. in company with Acting Assistant Surgeon Waterman, of the Fourth Khode Isiand, I mac hort tour of the country ) here yesterday. Major Allen, Military Governor of Beaufort and vicinity, kindly furnished the necessary horsetiesh. Leaving the city and its suburbs of straggling cottages and swamps, we struck the old post road which leads to Nywbern, aad, following it out some distanco, encountered tho picket, who permitted us to pass after the exhibition of the requisite documents, ‘We were now without our lines, though the fact occa- sioned but little apprehension, as it was known that the robel solaiery had entirely left the neighborhood, and the only danger to be feared was from some hot headed and rash secession farmer or rustic, who might be in- 8 at the two ‘solitary horsemen.” 1 fears which this recital may arouse y of your correspondent, nobody did oR tae ‘we were surprised to to allay ing the sate tus. The re jelightful one for equestrianism—wound over & groves find a slightly undulating stretch of country, through 5 of firand pine. The sweet smelling bi of the poison vine” and other plamts filled a delicious fragrance, and I began to think t Carolina had been dreadfully siandered. But it may be that the loamy, swampy ground in this particular part of tho State has made it an exception to Test in the way of richuess and fertility. Judging from the ap- pearance of the goil in and about ufort, Lwas not prepared to meet with such an oasis outside the city, I did not start out to give you a lecture on North Caroli- ba agriculture, 60 let me resume our journey. A finger- board at a fork of the road indicated the direction of Newbern, but as we “had been there’ we took the + band road for variety. Bome mischie- yous (?) idividuals reversed the board when the rebel troops were in Beaufort, and while it remained so it was the source of no little mistakes. The farm houses on either side of the road now grew more and more distant frem each other, and we ly ped at thom, under the of taking a drink of milk or water, for the of satisfying our carlosity a re to modes of living, &o. Everywhere was the of war apparent. Twoor three families were gonerally huddled into ono house, the extra cocupants Doing fugitives from that part of the State where the sokiiery, hostile or friendly, had through. Crops were unsown, and the people mow eke out scanty liveli- hood by the sale of eggs, vegetables and poultry, which they send inte town. The poor wretches were partiou- larly indignant at the lawless conduct of the rebel troops. Our ride terminated at a cotton plantation of some even hundred acres, upon which we found three decrepid old slaves, & hired mau and the proprietor’s son. The three slaves wore all that were left of some fifteen who had worked the plantation in good times. ‘The cotton and inning apparatus were idie, and the cottle bi ton seed was in,the ground; the propritor’s son and the help were pi ing the ground proparatory toa nt Pek gear wo wheat, and the whole place teemed with weeds, wild grass and stub- blo. After the inspection we turned back to Beaufort, Baavvont, N. C., April 20, 1862. A Sutpicious Craft Off the Harbor—She is Chased by One of the Blockading Pleci—General Burnside at Carolina City—The Rebels Open Fireon His Arrival—Suspicious Doings Among Revele Who Had “Taken the Oath,’ de. A little incident has occurred within the past fow days whieh served to break in upon the monotony of affairs her@, for monotony it is and will be untit the bombard- menteommences. On Thursday last a suspicions looking steamer, supposed by some to be the Nashville, mado her appearance off the entrance to the harbor, and, after dollying about a little while, sailed away in a southeast. orly direction, Of course one of tho blockading ficet went tn purauit, and both vessels disappeared from our ight about four o'clock in the afternoon. Now, speculation is universal as to who she was and what was hor object, Some think that shé was the Nashville; but as the sus. picious craft was painted a yellow or brown color, and as the Nashville.is black, the supposition is hardly correet. Others, again, think iat her object was to run the blockade and roinforce the garrison in Fort Macon th ficient to withstand the the lenat eredited sont hore from the ty of Wilmington to reconnoitro the position of things and ascertain tho fate of Fort Macon. Still her surmise i#, that she was bound jn from some foreign port, and was frightened away by the presence of o many blockaders. The whole matter isa perfect puzzle and myatery to and until the pursu- ing stoainer returns we shall be wable to solye or pene- trate it Goneral Burneide arrived at Carolina City tho night bde- foro last,and yesterday went over to Bogue Island, where he pepeien i ogress of the works now going on for the reduction of the fort, He was reoolved by the different regimente stationed there with many flattering ‘exhibitions of their esteem for and devotion to thoir Commanding i General, During his stay the (ort opened nd the probabiliiy of suah a by other ciroumstangce of whidh Ihave bofore last it was Observed that some twenty of the residents of Lhispiace, Known to be w! heart re beis, though they have taken the oath of nou!rality, mot in conclave at the house of & ng. whose disloyal venti se a wel es i too, 18 shielded by a similar cath. It te not tude pubite what busivess transpired; but towards midnight on (he Satae evtning one of the sentries discovers eiygnals passing between somobody im the upper part of tne town and the fort, The signals wore being mado with red and blue japterns in av obscure locality, aud an en- Swer was observed to be made with lights weross the harbor from the tort. The sentry, instoad of upea indus' ly em: or be spin) Bray! individual! who was eo gaged, Out for the sergeant of the | |, and when the latter appeared lizhtg and all had di red. Yesterday morning a cou; of young ladies, ikewse known to be of rebel prociivitios, were discovered mak- ing signala—one viewing the fort through a telescope, and the other waving @ picce of muslin horizontally and , in @ regular and systematic manner, Allen, our Military Governor, immedia! N, ete. tioned guards over the suspected houses and ia the vie oinity of suspected individuals, while commubication wu intercourse is inierdicted between al! se sispected. Is may be that the red and blue lanterns above reverred to communicated the inteliigonce of General Burnsite’s arrival here, and hence the fring from the fort when be visited Island yosterday. Thope in my uoxt te tell youthat the bombardment bas commenced. The Union Refugees from Milorida MEETING OF TEE CHAMBER OF COAMMBROR. At an adjourned meoting of the committed in ald of the Union refugees from Floride, held on Wednosday, at the Chamber of Commerce, Wm. A. Booth, Esq., was caited to the chair, and Wm. Barton appointed secretary. ‘The following statement and appeal to the citizens of Now York was propared, aud ordered to be published io the daily papers:— TO THE CITIZENS OF NEW YORK. The committee for the relief of the loyal refugees from Jacksonville, Florida, appoinied at a meeting of citizens holdat the Merchants’ Exchange on the 19th inst, , have inquired into the circumstances under which the porsoms referred to have arriyed iu Now York, and loa to present tho case to their. {glow ajtizona aa which demands the most prompt ‘and generougiact Tho city of Jacksonvilio, on the eastern coast of Florida, ¢wenty-live milos from the mouth of tho St Jobn’s river, was, prior to tho outbreak of the prasent reveliion, the most activo aud important commercial port in Kast Florida, A large propostion of the..citizens wore men of Northern origin and determined adhorentt to the federal cause; but, overwhelmed by numbers and awed iato swbmission by the near presence of large bo. dies of rebel troops, during twelve terrible months they were constrained to hold ufeir peaco, aud wero stripped of large portions of their property by forced leyios for the support of a cause which they heartily abhorred Early m the month of March the occupation of Femaadt. na by the federal forces under Goneral Sherman put « new face upon the condition of things in Florida ane revealed the existence of a wide apread sentiment o# loyalty throughout the eastorn portion of the State; and suoh of the inhabitants as had taken @. willt part in the Confederate cause were seized wit immediate alarm, and began to fly from their homes, in fear of that just punishtment which they had broughtupon their rebellious beads. They did not, hew: ever, cease until tho natiovai gunboats and regiments were immediately upon them, to harass and persocute those Union loving citizens who refused to fly with thors, aud chose rather to wait and welcome the power whic was coming to put an end to the reign of terror, to rer establish the authority of the United States on the oof of Florida, and to set up among them once more the time-honored flag which in the darkest hours of the past year they have cherished in their hearts as the ouly emblem of hope. Fornandiua ig only Afty milex distant, and its fall was the immediate signal for the romoval of all the rebel families from Jacksonville while for the days that intervened beatae One entrance of the gunbouts into St. John’s river, thé most inhu- man threats wore made and the most barbarous oruel- ties practised upon those who remained bebind. A detachment of five hundred Confederate troops from Tallahassee, tho headquarters of Genera! rapier, Jomed by a ‘guerilla band of outlaws, whom the disor dors of the times have let loge upon socivty, invaded the town, set fre to the principal public buildings, and to many dwellings and a large storehouse, and throater ed to burn over their heads the houses of all who still persisted in awvaiting the arrival of General Sherman, ‘and to put men, women and children to indiscrimijatt slaughter. Fortunately for tho trembling patriota, the guerillas indulged in drunken orgies, which unflited them for the full accomplishment of their barbarous in- tentions until th@arriva! of General Wright, with 1,500 federal troops, a battery of artillery and four gunboate, cleared the whole region of every vestige of treason. Several hundred of the ioyal citizens, who had, for nearly thirty days, been on guard in their houses, in deadly fear of assassination, came forth to weloume the delivorers, and to make manifest the allezianos from which they had never wavered. General Shorman arrived at Jack- sonville on the 20th, and immediately issued a procia- mation, from which the following ts an oxtract — “ To the People of Rast Florida :—The troops of the Uni States have come among you to protect joyal citizens an thelr property from further fuolestation vy the creatures of arebel and usurped authority, and to enable you tor: + tate government which they bave rutulessly endsavoreddo, deatroy. loyal people who return to or remain af their homps, in the quiet pursnits of their lawful cations, shall be protected in all their ri meaning and spirit of the constitution of the United ‘The sole desire and intention of the government is to matutain the integrity of the constitution and the and to jm States which have revolted from th. onal allegiance t thelr former prosperous ‘and haypy * * * J earnestly recommend condition, in every’ city, town and precinct, you assemble in your primary’ capacity, that you there throw off that sham government which has forced upon you, swear true fidelity and allegiance to the constitution of the United States, and organize your government and elect sour ofert in the geod old way of the past. Encouraged by these prom- ises of protection, and doubly asst the immediate presence of the fedoral General, the fe of Jacksonville did assembly in their primary eapaclty, on the Mth of xarch, threw off the sham governinent which hat been imposed apon them, protested agalust every act and measure of the Confederate States, and of the so-called Convention of Flor- fda, and declared their fidelity to feteral principles, and te rnment of the Unived states, At an adjo rned held at the Court House, in Jackson of Mare, arrangements were projected for the tien of the Siale government, under national auspien M the 7th dey of April, was fixed upon for the e.ectiom 0 a Btate Convention, to be held at Jacksonville On the morning before tho day fixed for the election, Genera) Hunter, who had been sent from Washington ta supersede General Sherman, took command of the De- partment of Florida, and immediately, without previous notive, ordered General Wright, who was in command at Jacksonville, to evacuate the city next morning. Gon. Wright at once communicated to the principal citizens ef the place that the troops and gunboats would abandon the place at ten o'clock next morning, and offered to take away tu the tranaports as many families as could be ac- commodated upon them, and at the same time red them that, in his judgmont, if they remained aftor part in the proceedings of the 20th and 24th of they would fall speedy victims to the brutal violeu the enemy. Thus, in a moment, wet just hopes of the g patriots ef Florida crushed of the United States, without a word eur go had publicly given, and onthe strength of wi egsed iuhabitante had relied and acted. Secir ost but death bef maino \ouwit the return of w they took thoir lives in their hauds an hind thom evorything which made life dear, Hundrede of hoyal citizens have thus been driven from homes, and thrown upon the charity of tho people, go. vernment has been constrained, by some unexplained opt | necessity, thus suddenly to abaudon them. Fifty of them, the objects for whose immediate relief this committe was appointed, aro York, and are literally without quisite to keep them alive now in New the means re- until arrive. Among them reflned citizens, with their wives and who have passed their whole lives in Florida, and there enjoyed every comfort. Ihoy do not present themselves as objects of charity, and this committee fully recognize thelr claims upon tho people of New York from higher motives than mere beaevolence. For no other crime than faithful adherence to our government in jour of its greatest need, they have been stripped of evéry thing but life, and landed in our streets neoding bread. It is, of course, impossible for any of thom to find a sustaining Occupation without some bag and, in the meantime, it behooves the citizens ef New York to make hospitable iaion for thom. The Mayor of the elty, on Monday night, re- commended the appropriation df one thourand dollars for their relief, which, we hope, will be made, and will be but the beginning of contributions from public and private sources until @ sufficient sum is realized for the temporary gustenance of the suiforers. The committee do not understand what military necessity required our government to occupy the city of Jacksonville, and hold out liberal and yoluntary promises of protection, and within twenty days afterwards to evacuate it. and a! don the citizens, who are flocking to ther for protection. But we aacept it as one of the irremodiable exigencies Of war, Atthe same time, it is diMeuit to ‘800 how the @nited States oan nope to revive the spirit of loyaity among the seceded States, if the flag is not kopt waving wherever it is onco planted it gouthorn territory; ahd if the assurances of protection to those nvited to come under it are not sacredly On motion R. R. Graves, Esq., was appointed Trea. surer. becriptions to the fand will be recolved by the Trea- purer, et ‘a office, 74 Wall street, or cither of the fol- jowing members of the commitieo-—Moss Taylor, H. G. Stobbins, R. 1, Cutting, Hopkins, Joseph H. e Choate, Samuel Blatchford, Edward Minturn, a. P. ’ Foster, Francis §. Lathrop, Josoph Sampson Walter Bae William Barton, Shephard Ganty, Aug, ©. Rictiards, frown, Chas. Dennis, Alfred Graves, R. J. Thorne, James M. Psy Taba "Ya Sa . B. Dod J. J. Pholps, Jonn 8. Nostra Jomee McBride, 1, MoCready, $.H, Rokenbaugh, B. ‘A. Mumford, Genoral Wm. Hall, M. H. Grinnell, B. B. Morgan, Marcus Hunter, Simeon Baldwin. ‘Tho committee then adjourned to meet at the Chamber of Commerce, on Friday, 25th inst., at twelve o'clock. ‘The Committee on Florida Refugees met at twelve o'clock yesterday, in the room of the Chamber of Com- merce, J. J. Phelps, Esq., in the chair. Captain Fairbanks, ® passenges on beard the schooner A. ©, Leverett, which arrived yesterday morning from Jacksonville, attended, and informed the committee that ninoteen refugees had come on that ‘vessel from Florida, and that, with the homey 4 of two German fomale , were all in @ comfortable condition ‘and did not need any immediate assistance. It oh 4 gested of were ‘an illtog ve reales, igretutoua reise skgula hore