The New York Herald Newspaper, May 3, 1862, Page 1

a Bh prog BST) a eo nearly’ ready 10 pluck, the enemy w = wu ‘ow ‘WHOLE NO, 9367. WEWS FROM NORTH @AROLINA. The Capture of Fort Macon Officially Confirmed. All the Guns on the Side At- ’ tacked Dismounted. Wilmington, N. C., Reported Captured by Gen. Burnside. Details of the Battle Near Eliza- beth City, eo, he, fe, Fonraecs Mownon, May 1, 1862. ‘Hon. BE. M. Srarrow, Becretary of War:— Sm—Captain Worden, of the navy, with despatches from General Burnside, has just arrived. He reports Bort Macon taken after eleven hours’ bombardment, Four hundred prisoners were taxon. Colonel White, late ef the Ordnance Department, commanded Fort Macon. ons on our side one killed and eleven wounded. JNO. E. WOOL, Major General. Fonrasss Monon, May 2, 1802. fhe steamer Julia Farren arrived from Newborn this Morning, having left that place on Tuesday. She brings ‘he mails and official despatches. All the previously reported particulars of the sapture sere aen a confirmed. The fort surrendered on @vening, and all the stores and amzunition, the Jattor in large quantity, were captured, The fort was (garrisoned immediately by Union troops. Everything was quiet when the Julia Farson left. ‘Where was no other nows in that vicinity. Only one man {s roportod killed on our side during the Sombardment, The enemy lost seven. ‘The Wilmington Journal of Wednesday has the follow- Ang in confirmation of the fall of Fort Macon, telegraphed frem here yesterday:— ‘Wehave just learned that the fireupon the fort was @pened at'a quarter before six o’clock on Friday morn- fing, and that the engagement between the fort and tho federal batseries was kept up until seven o’clock that @vening, when the fort ‘became wholly untenable, and ‘was surrendered,as before stated. All the guns inside Une fort, opposite to the side attacked, were dismounted, nd all but three of the guns bearing upoa the eneiny’s were also Cismounted. The ~enemy’s central of breaching guns was within eleven hundred yards of the fort. The right and left flauking Datierics ‘were moro distant. It turns out that the report ef fifteen of our men having teen killed in @ scout some days eince @gainst the enemy's pickets is untrue. One man only ‘was even wounded, and none were*killed until Friday €aat, the day of the attack upon the fert. From other covounts it is gathered that during the ‘Wombardment of Fort Macon seven rebels wero kilied s@nd a great many wounded. Colonel White and one hundred and fifty men ware ve- ‘eased on parole by General Burnside, ‘The Petersburg (Vs.) Hypres,;of May 1, ssys thata @eport was current there of the capture of Wilmingten, W. 0., by Genera! Burnside, By the Julie Farren we have the Union accounts of the GEght above Klizaboth City, previoesly reported. General! Reno was Gespatched by Goneral Burnside on the 7th, ‘with five regiments and four pieses of artillery, as pre wiously stated, to Elizabeth City thence io move in tho Grection of Norfolk, + General Reno landed at Flicabeth City, and sent Colo- @01 Hawkinedy acircuitous route to get in fremt of the! @memy, and followed with a part of the remaining force. After marcbing twenty miles the enemy was found in” @renchod, with batteries in position in the edgoof es ‘wood, which commanded the approaches over the open @elds. Colonel Howard, of the marino artillery, in ad. ‘vance, fired upon the enemy, sud our pieces were put in Position for.e three nours’ artillery drill. Colonel Haw- Bins’ force got astray, and found themselves four miies to General Rono’s rear. Goneral Reno sent regiments to the right aud lett, to eutflank the enemy, the movemant being finely executed, nd there was @ prospect of bagging the whole rebel force. When Colonel Hawkins came up, Goneral Reno rdered him to the right; but coming into the open felt, he charged on the enemy with the bayonet, appoared in the clearing, and received the fire of both patteries and fll the rebel infantry. Colonel Hasrkina was wounded in the arm, and Adjutant Gadsden killed, A charge was then made by the othor rogiments oa oth flanks of the enemy, who was put to routand re Yroated to the canal locks, ani thence to Norfolk. General Reno pronounces this ous of the most brilliany @ffairs ho ever saw. Our loss in comraissiotiod ofcers war—killed one, | joned officers, killed two, | Wounded seven; non-commi: ‘Wounded thirteen; privates killed six, wounded forty. General Burnside positively ordered General Reno nos @e advance any further toward Norfolk, the object being ‘We feel the strength of the enomy im the rear; so, after emaining six bours on the field of battle, he returned to Blizabeth City. Having not enough wagons, and the men @eing exhausted by o severe march, seventeen of our ‘wounded wero:left on the field in chargs of x surgeon, ‘with @ fiag of truce. These have since arrived at For ress Monroe. The enemy's loss is !arger than oure. ‘The fiag Of truce of to-day has not yet returoed IMPORTANT FROM THE MISSISSIPPI. Geported Capture of Baton Rouge, the Capital of Loulslana--Preparations sor a General Attack on Fort Wright, &e., &0., ae. Onioago, May 3, 1862 Aapecial despatch tothe Chicago Tribune, from Cairo @o-day, may0:— From the fleet we learn of the capiure of Badon unge and She Confederam areenal. Oaino, May 8, 1869. ‘The mortars below continue firing at Fort Wright at Motervais of ten minutes. Commodore Foote is prepar. ‘tng for a general attack on the rebel works. An ettack em our feet was expected on Tuesday from the rebel @undoats. Our flotilia formed io line of battle, but no @emonetrations were mace. ‘The river ie stationary, end eight inehes higher than ever before known, Whe Rebel “ Situ: ts (Correspotence of the Kiekinond Examiner, april 4} Mesut, April 13, 1862. A Inland No. 10, a0 far as regards its futare relations to the Southern confederacy, is also among * the things Phat wore.” its eighty point and eleven gundoats and pms nod have teen mink, twelve or fifteen hundred nen have made prisoners, together with General Moekall, 1, and the remainder, who escaped, are @ow straggling into Memphis iv squads of five, ten or Atty, as the case be. Scores will doubtless be drowned in the bayous or lort in the canebraker, where, Sa many instances, the ron have to wade for miles up @0 their armpits in water. All our forces had boen removed to the main Jand from tho island, and here they were surrounded by the enemy and hemined in beyond the hope of ercape, ox @eyt in jodividual cases. he surrender took place on lay morn Rotification of danger was the presence of a gunboat, which tn a daring manner had wun the gaunttet of the batterie: during a storm on Saturday Wy. Then trangports and troops were thrown throug @ canal that hal dex sourl side and merged nd. Then fell our bat. itronghold itnelf, is Fort Pillow, and ry i yesterday. Its poe! fea strong vio, and, with a sufidiency of troops, may te Go usidered impregandle, but afier the ory, dso, Weare living, therefore, upon that i “ He,@ whieh springs eternal io (he human Digam.” If Fort’ Pillow falls, of course Memj'hie oes with it, and Mew Ortea.\s, the grand prise of the Federals, comes nevi on ram“ 18 ts nos provable that with the rich iat forte demonstration, or that a stupeneons i nob be vt forth to pecure the keystone of end West, POOP IAyory Mittle poole Jo Memobie, Sowa ae Dowever. ™u zecnle ara putely, of nob alimosd eallously [Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch, April 27.] Of the water. The covoperaie with: on the Mississi Pillew, as you have horetofore been Parnanons situated jus? above tha mouth of the Hatchie river, Ja seventy milo3 adovs Momphis by water and thirty y land. ‘The enemy iy moriny vu3.aic— vom the lower Tennes- , aisaippi. 2; depot buildings at the Henry station, on the Nonphis and Ohferoad, on Satur. day, together with v2 oar loada of government st ‘Their intention 13 auppaaed $9 bo to that part the State lying abov9 Yor} Pillow and between the lower ‘Tennessee and Miszisz:yp) tivera, and gradually to ad- ‘vance 0b Memphis. NEWS FROM *ORTRESS MONROE. Reporte! “ivaonation of Co- rinth and Meomplits. The Rebeis insonzeladle Over the Los9 of Vow Orleans. Lene re Execution of a Union Man as a Spy ia Richmond. Resignation of Rebel Naval he, ,, &o ‘Youznaa¢Mownog, May 1, 1862. ‘Tho weatber sv-c2y '9 warm and clear, and highly favorable for the operation3 of thearmy. Three or four rebel boats mado thoir appsaranse off Sewall’s Point this morning, 024 saccte 1 to de plootag buoys to mark ‘ho channel. . A fag of & Creasey Island this afternoon Drought dewn an podloman end several newspa- pers. By this arrival wo ore faraivhed with further par- ticulare of the onpinrd of Fors Macon and sometaing | eiditional with roy3rd 49 the fell of New Orleans, to- getherwith othoy fnteraziing toms. ‘The Norfolk Dsoy Bock of this (Thursday) morning says that no telograph!s dospatohes wore received Ins’ night, An order fo;e Pvo7v0as Marshal Pashew pro- hibits all huckstoring with Mio military in the district ef Norfolk, and tho wrtv#ege of sailing poultry, game, fish, frats, vegetabies, *s.,19 resiricted to those who raise or eatch thesame, Arst\or orlor extends the privilege of bringing oysters 69 rewiko} irom May 1 to June, and -etlows butchers $o Duy por’ In rogard to $h9 Zor: the Petersburg a88,9 Daffoll eorrespondsat or wie? date of the Sot of “April, ‘What the rumorz reforred to in the above peragraph are may possibly be inferred from the tact that © rumor ‘was taken from Noriets to Petersburg y« very prominev: sazal ¢Mzor had resigued Isis ommis- sion. The Peteredary Mews Of to-day says thet many ramors were in nation yosterday,amoug thom are port of the evacuation of Momphis asd Corinth. ‘The Richmond Pi:paich of to-day says ‘tha the panic ef the most on the subject of ascnreity of food ts 01 causelegs imagiuadlo, Tho road from Danville to Greens. orough is rapidly censtructing, and will epen North Carolina, Tennessee 6Dd 9762 Georgia and South Carolina for suppiles to feed sho whole State of Virginia.” How causelose the panto 970 alluded to is may de inferred from the fact (hatin an sAjointag column ef tho samo paper is chronicls eale of butter at $4 d@ per pound in the city market. Six Yankeos, eovon domoatic traitors and ere recusant Confederate soldier arrivad im Richmond yesterday. The former belongs’ 1202 Ohio rogimegt, and were cap- tured in Bath covaty, Virgiaia. The Richmond Digpat of yosterday records the exo- cution, ag @epy, on tho 20th of April, of ‘Timothy Web- ster. Mra. Web: , Who waz arrested with her hus- band, is stillet Castle Godwin, Webster {s eaid to be the firet spy yet oxocuted by the rebels. What if the federal governmon’ should oommence hanging spies? Thore are no solegraphia doapatches in any of tho morning papora of to-day. The following « ) aM that can De gleaned from the rregat had proposed” terms ¢f eapitula- ion to Mayor Monros, which tho latter had accepted, and the city of Now Orloans was at last accounts helt by # battalion of marinas fom the squadron. lev’s forces were witlin 5 forty miles of the city, havin landed on Lake Pontchartrain, Anote from Oapiain Tleary A. Gadsden, of the stoam- Crosby, in re So the attompt of two boats’ crows from that vessel to © Dattory on Sewall’s Point a few nights gingo, the boate—-Meners “lobtinon and Beckett—are aillcers on the Arago; but cco person fa known on board ay I, B. Cronby Information was received at Norfolk yesterday that Cap? he SappoIed comumander of the gun. boat Louisiona, 0 e223, had been badly wound- ed—whon or whore Dot otated. From tio same maga Ghat Ssptaty Thomas Huger, supposed to be the wae tor- tally weuod From the to-€ny I gioay the ° privates to Mentgen . fro eccorrod fa Abordegn op Friduy test, by yuo) mackine she p was cestroysd. The editor states thet an cnomy hath «one t) ‘Tho rebels ors toons0labia in tholr erailing over tho fall of New Oviowes, some charging Gerernl Fovell wish Commodore Holling passed through Colum. bia, 8. C., neous Sor Richmond, om Saturday. Ile ox- i himtel? as perfootly amazed at tho fall of the Crescent City, tanto’ that thore wore ono hundred heavy guns to postion on thsteveobetwoen Mort Jackson and the city; thet the Loctsiamp vas ready and wailing thot aumerous Ddoarding parties, eemposed of activo young taen, were organised to board a dl take the nation. al vessolsent al! bozarda,aad that the Bicsi ippl, the consort of the Virzinia, although warninted, could, necessary, be bro-glt inso action, The rebel Brigadier Genoval Gladden was announced to have died from vrounds received at Shilon, aznnes Mora yn, May 2, 1802. The Preneh wav atoamer Gassondi arrived from \ush- ington this afternoon, Three refugees from Norfolk loft lart night in a row boat, arrivin; alf-pagt oevon this porning. There is Little nows, excep! o repetition of previous reports. Commodore Tatnail recotvod aealed ordere on Monday, ond sailed; but, opening thom im Elizabeth ri found he was ordered to run Sho blockade ami procoed to York river, He theranpoa roturnod to Nerfulk, and imine. oly resigned Bis commicaton, togetuer with his chief officera, ‘There was general @xpootation in Norfolk that the Mor- rimac would come out for tho Ingt three or four days, Refugees say thot thorearo several bundred Union mon in Norfolk knows $0 bopuch, oad many others, who keop quiet, {nclucing many of tho soldiers. Thoro are six or seven thousand troops under General Huger betwoon Pig Point and Norfol, companits in Portamouth rebelled and atacked few days ainoe, Tt io also reported that part of dagruder’a foroog had mutinied at Williamaburg. A torpedo has boon constructed at Norfolk—whether recently or not is not statod—caleulated to be managed noder water Sy ono man, aud de propelled by him under the vosee! to be dastroyot. Ib 9 said to bo Aye or six fons tong. mal itema regurding the fail of gextiomen aamed as in charge of NEW YORK, SATURDAY, MAY 3, 1862. PROBABLE RETREAT OF BEAUREGARD 10 GRAND JUNCTION. THE NEW YORK HERALD. PRICE TWO CENTS. Map Showing the Position of Grand Junction and the Different Routes Leading Therefrom. THE FLIGHT OF THE REBEL CONGRESS. The Rtchmond Press on the * Skedad- dle” of the Members, @ thud, he can rhare nay to give ovence ‘rave man in the nation), fox “ather, L whisper, eis an ignora a nor ¥Irgil, no apy, that he i i ma living, who, du: bi away, the Lord knows how far, , to thesurpriss of their riends and ihe enter of their enemies By such reas the ‘felling h Good plea for the dispersion 0° csr « man-—Senate, we ean find ni b ave as lions, ene, as ti noves why) Wt Piey, they, foo, Tt would bowinusings hoar thelr protests that prehension” was altog their adj the @mple fe Congress haa“ seampering earth to do with elicve, then th nd the Lord !.nowss We hapa that all of to pretersfight to ti t ti vie Abiundat.t time fi by the qperat in the «ield. Imes snd several can be surpr open en 91 got on No larg heads of cape & crush the ever ruled the that will ‘ter people-er the eity and tho cot the oeoupalion ef Richmond, u ment would euffer more thah any oi if they havo a Hence it may bo safely p wow the Many a nation etory before the lias owed its reder Walls of its capitel, ‘persion of Congress Po than as @ mort p sof those very Six fp Richinond wight @ fow v ives, with what 19 1e plan diged more prudent soo, uragecus eoursa of is certain bono longer ef it is mo fonger vce wil! be avolled in be nded. It -ibie to f prene einiug 12.) ra the snakes and bullfroga al, General Winder ba h in ndrance gf the be regiment Tho lwiiow ment of tnt clear the towps with popeunn ¢ per to let them come f fence of their oountry. orem, forcibly of the citivs eu of in the Oi From all part lor auc! seas fugess are flocking ty this point y the howls and private bourdiog houew. pated auch an oecession to thelr + haying ant ut citizens had not leidinsuch « population, the res all inny b seatablea ge tendoney. around is rich and yard tubs fa I all purposos with th k, peas, potatoc oul than the weed, Synwoust, N. ¥., May 2, 1962, The mud locke on tho Oswogo Canal is in cony order, and three loaded bouts from Uswego rem hed city Inge night. bid Mr. David Ke of Crown Points 4s. De 1 Joues, of Vonnsyivuwia; H, M. Ste V. Aiken, United States Arr ington; J. He h, T. Pa Chanpbertin, of Boston, are r Howl, an, 0 Tonis, amt B, ty Soe publio © fi oping wb bhe Mettopolitun | Grant, 0 whi | fowad dei | wemtert for his now ye Le” ALABAMA WATERSOSON NEWS FROM GEN, HALLECK’S ARMY. Kighly Important Intelligence Not Allowed to be Telegraphed. Statement of the Union and Rebel Losses in the Great Battle. Reply of Gen. Grant to the Criticisms on Hts Management of the Battle, &o., &e., &e. Oauno, May 2, 1862. ho news from Pistaburg Landing ig of the highest portance, Its tranainisnion over the wires is probit Genera) |. Walla: jon has teken p Purdy ‘who onemy’s left flank had rested in iat town, Governor Yates lefs towight for Pittsburg with the hospital steamer and a larg: ihe river {3 piaulonary amd eight ever before kuown, aantily of sanitary stores. es higher shan sponta Lape, May 2, 1802, azote ng as? division from the Ariny of the jor General T al erder wae # Major ub Obie bo Ute Army astakes co’ 7) Mou Wallace ai rai Me- Clernand. amoand of his district, including the ariny corps of Lenne in the present movements will act as second in a he Major General commanaing the Deparimont. mayan, May 2, 1862. sfvom {us correspondent with the the following official Sgures of The Commerviat General Fi 4 ave tho batil 4,044 About ey Ov 1,735 7,882 J killed, wounde'l and ralssing is 13,661 the wounded have sine vial parties report between 2,500 and 3,000 rebels Lon the te Peanrogard lost not losa than 20,0 in killed waunded and prisoners, and tho sick, used up and panic n during his from Corinth upon Pitter nore ages of @ Setter trom ving him of the nt of the battle pay ‘al Gr anddo my duty te the very bent of rey tpreise, snd dO wil Tean to bring the war jam nob hing at armed iby witin arrested Theso men, the tale rd where could not ug had been g day at Titteburg. Viag to be acnigned tod dered to report t eo and 50 gone there. ad it waa com plete for ‘orincl by erplanation of this are yet no 4:tittonal trang. , nnd pre tof the fuga. are iinished it is thorgl condition for travel, and, as ‘ev/liness to mare), 4 will not be dela gue than way be re t o extra wag i aye toon nate to de estebiisbed ff eyard has siaed vation for OM & he has geo! om “for back and shangs hough they aro not apparent, unlews he ta en ng to gain time, | | in tne hope « elving additional relator ita. The statement thot he was outflanked by General Mit ot Huntsville and Decatur, is unworthy of being ret down ag ® reason for thi: retrograle tnovement, for Gen. Mitchel’a foree alone c i not have inspired Beaura- army with any senco of dangor, Ly wlihdrawing from Corinth, the enemy surrenders one of his lines of retrest--namely, via the Mobile and Obfo Railroad, leaving hin only the Mississippt Central Tailvoad and the Mississippi river, Both of these will goon bo precarious resorts, if, as we anticipate, the late suceessiul operations of the naval fleet of Porter and Farrage’ aro energotically followed wp. Indoed, tt is not aliogethor out of the range of probability that these operations have been the cause of the alterations in Beau. reyard’s plana, aud pousibly he may at once yansport his forces to the far South, with the design of making @ grand coup for she rovayt ana, surrender. fog Memphis as @ milit wity; though wecan hardly think he would do that, At best, the retreat of the @ mn of my from Corinth tea hia weal In the Wer:, completely cornered, One of three altornatives 's sptance, He must fight at Grand June furrender tho groater part of Arkavaua, Misvissippt end @ his forcem, The dilenanva ts fated, whi 0 is made, We believe (het the public expectation of a great hatte ton of Memph Ife is | on the borders of Tennessse and Mississippi will not be unfulfiied. ‘The Renghty and hitherto boastful army of Beauregard wi be Brought te a stand, and pursued so clonely that 1 muet asoeps the chaljenge of Halleck’s in- vincible troope, We hewe net the atightost fears for the result when thas evens happem, for the secession hordes will Do driven frem pola to potst until they are com- Pelled to give Up entirely, . Destroying the fallroad as ho retrenia, it will be ex- coedtngly itiiews tofeliew him, while he cap, if again deciding not to make a stand, retreat at pleasure towards elthor New Orfeans or Mobile, compe!ling the Union army to make Ks adyanee by slew marches, whilo he mqyes by ratlroad. IMPORTANT FROM YORKTOWN. Opening Fire of the Big Siege Batteries owthe Enomy’s Works. Bombartiuent 4 Forkiown and the v.. jrobelAldyecls at Gloucester, Bureting-of a Bifled Sixty-eight Pounder om the Heights of the Town. ‘The Rebels Scattered and Their Fire Silemced, Key hen ke Bawean Younutowy, May 1, 1862. On Tucelay @ pteambost was seen with a load of troops at Yorktown. They prebably camo trom West Point, thirty miles above, indicating that the enemy aro being 4, instead of preparing to evacuate. No. 1, a¢ the mouth of Worisley’s creek, and commanding’ the rebel water batteries at Yorktown and Gloucester, opened yesterday afternoon on the enemy*s shipping at = range of about two miles. The first shot, which wes followed in rapid suc- cosglon by others, camsed the rebel vessels to boat a hasty retreat out of range. No damage was supposed to have been sustained by the enemy’s vessels, os the range had not been obtained. The guns were then directed towards the works at Yorktown and Gloucester, with the view of getting a reply, They were mot long kept waiting, when tho large pivot gun stationed on the Heights of Yorktown sent o messenger which ‘ | every’ one tea jomp for the trenches. The fire was now kept wp qutte briskly for two hours from ‘doth giles, with no damage, so far as we wore concerned, aljhough gome of thetr shells came too close to make ib pleasant. The scourasy of our gunners, considering this being the first attempt with the new siege pieces, wan acknowledged by competent judges to Be most ad- ‘able. ome of our whélls were seen to explode di- ly over the enemy's parapets, which a moment be- fora were lined with men. : About sixty shots wete fired from our one and two hundred pounder Parrotés’ during the afterncon. What damace tha onemp ovetaisea 38 not known. Tho rebels opened om our parallel, where the work- on were employed, sbout dusk, throwing shells, at jntervalz, during the migit. No éne was hurt. Private Charles Young, Company A, Twenty-sixth Venneslvyanias regimes, was severely wounded in the kueo last night, while om picket duty. Heavy Apr: showers still continue to visit us daily, retardivg in a considerable degree military operations. ‘two deserters belonging to the Mississippi battalion, by Colonel Taylor, camped near Yorktown, ried last night while on picket duty. They are both Northern men; bat they can give little or no informa- tion, Generals Johnston and Magrader made speeches last week: to al thelr troops, calling on them to use every exertion to defeat the Northern invaders; that thoy should never surrender #0 long as there was @ man left; ‘hat if they ware Agfeatad at Worktown the cause of the con- Tel racy wee gome, as they were datermined io rest their cause On (his thet last Dette. Se t Piamman, Of the Fortieth United States infan- try, formerly second ftewtenant tn the English army, and who distingutehed himself in the Crimean war, for which hie had meuals, died yesterday from a wound received while on duty im the trenches on Monday night last. Conciterabée alarm ts fels by vur surgeons agto the urability of woands here, owing to the peculiarity of tha climate. In view of this fact, arrangements are being vide to send North al those who may be wounded as julckly as possdblle, NsADQUARTERS ARMY OF THM PoTOMAC, May 2-~2 P. M. Tho rebels opened this morning with their rifled columbiad skxty-elght-pounder, placed on the heights of . | Bastery, of one bundred and two hundred- pounder Parrotte, was then brought to bear upon the only gun which has given us any trouble, our shots falling over and around 1% with every prospect of its dismounted very soon, when, on its twenty- Oharge, he enemy's gum burst inlo c thousand : toaring up the parapet, and making havoo with the crowd who were oalleeted around it at the time. No lee? tian tem persons were standing on the parapet, within sfx feet of i, beaides those that were bid from view by (he works. ‘The destruction of life must have been considarable, This wae the oaly gun which the rebels have shown dotng No. 1 Battery any harm. Allitring ow their sie now ceased, while our guns wore manned with renewed vigor, diréoting their shells thé town. About one hundred shots were fired by to two o*glock this afternoon, when, as if by down (9 river and attempted to land at Yorktowa, but was prevented by afew abote from our bundred-pounder { i Parrott. The rebels kept ape continucas fire all last cight on one men inthe trenches. Theanly casualties were the wounding of James Entlone and Philip Raddien, Com- ony U, Thirteenth New York regiment, The weather fa again pleasant. If it should continue you can look Out for startling news from this quarfBr, aa tho work laid out ts approaching completion. | 9, Docker, Company @, Berdan’s sharpshooters, was yoovde! laet night Om pleket duty, and taken prisoner, ene Moanmtain Department. QATONS OF THB UNION FORCES IY THE Ka- WAWHA VALLEY. Wuaaatmo, May 2, 1862. \ dea atch recetved last night at headquarters from jenersi Cox, of the Kanawha Department, speaks of still continued storm, ‘Phe roads are frightful. ‘The nows that the enemy ise abandoning Greenbrier county ‘s credited, as the movement {s an inevitable con- vejuence of demonstrations making in the Valley. Schenck progresses steadily bat slowly, owing to high wate ol STAFY OF GENERAL FREMONT. Chief of Stal. ceeeeees + Oolone! Anselm Albert. Vopographical Engineer. ..,, Colonel John T. Fiala, Asst, Adjutant General « Oolonel Albert Tracy. Chief of Cavalr, + Colonel Charles Zageny!. Chief of Artul . Liat, Colonel John Tica. Judge Advocate General. . R. M, Corwin. . R. W. Hudson, + Lieut. Colonel J. W. Savage, T. J. Weed. in J. R. Howard, R. W. Raymond, John C, per, ain Cyrus Hamlin, Captain —— Nordendorp, \ane encamped had become separated from their tents and sup- J Lad been forty days and ni without cever- had eaten iy everyhing the country ex- 1 ou ther heard to Say that Be Red waver teen « better Soly of nek OF Ao amg’ more capable of endurl dorishie to whieh they were 6: ye oneal Fremont i @bowt to jon ( et af said that 8 division, Highly Important Diplomatic Move- ments {m Washington. Results of M. Mercier’s Visit to Richmond. Reported Consultation Between the Cabi- net and the Diplomatic Corps. AMNESTY UNDER CONSIDERATION. NAPOLEON'S SECRET DESIGNS. Another Effort to be Made to Seeure the Re- eoguition of Southern Nationality, kk, &e., he Our W! ington Correspondence. ‘Wasmncron, May 1, 1862, About two months ago stated that there was in cou” templation by the goverument an ‘‘amnesty” moasure; that then it was proposed to offer said amnesty ae soo as our power extended over Richmond anda few other specified places. Now,1 Jearn—not in so many words directly, but in inference indirectiy—that the ‘subject matter” of such ‘‘amnesty” measure is actually under consideration,and may soon be issued, the whole do- pending on the immedi juccess or defeat of our arme. I was told some time ago that such amnesty would be extended to all except Davis and his Cabinet and the Confederate major and brigadier generals, with » fow prominent and eminent civilians. ‘This {s all that I know on the subject, and this I learned by careful, covert, and not direct inquiry. Wasisyaron, May 1, 1862. ‘The evening before last gat eight o’clock, there was an extraordinary gathering, not in the form of » dinner party, or an official reception, but in the shape of a grave consultation on our national sroubles, between the Pres\- dent, his Cabinet and the diplomatic corps. The impres, sion given to me is that the business in hand was drawu from the late visit of the Fronch Minister to Richmond, and that at the bottom of it lies the question of au arinis- tice. It is believed that Mone. Mercier and Lord Lyons are very anxious to save the cotton and tobacco of the South, and they think {t can be saved throngh an a: tice with Jeff. Davis, asa first step toa treaty of peace, It is bolieved, too, that Mons. Mercier, with the ovoups- tiom of New Orleans by the United States forces, haa concluded that the time has come when, under the instructions of the Emperor, he may step forward os 8 mediator. ‘Waswnaton, May 1, 1862 Ihave deemed it best to communicate the following facta to you, that they may be used or not,at your dis- cretion, Someof them seem somewhat in conflict with the views editorially expressed in the Hunan; but I pre- sent them just as I learned them. ‘The most intelligent Fronch residents here are positive that the visit of M. Morcier to Richmond was of the gravest diplomatic character. I am convinced, from what I have learned from these French people, that tie Emperor’s designson Mexico are at the bottom of the whole afftir, and that in regard to this war all his sym, pathies are with the South, and not with the United States government. These French people bolicve thas M. Mercier has madea secret treaty with the Confederate government, which is both political and commercial in its character. According to advices received here from Paris, it is believed by the French government that the turning point in the war has now been reached—that the tide of successes will now turn, and that the summer « paign will result disastrously to the federal arms. So far as I can learn, this view is partly based upon the fact that the Union forces will now have to operate so Mach further from their base of operations, ia a hostile - try,and generally whore,th-ir gunboats cannot co-ops! aud will also have te eucounter the dreaded climatic features of tho South, They inform me also that they know that within a few days assurances have buen sent to the French government from the highest authority, both hero and in Baltimore, that will coniirm this view, and that foreshadow a certain Union defeat, both ot Yorktown and at Corinth. They bolieve that tho ratia- cation of this treaty may depend upon the result of (hese two engagements; But they bolloye that, in eonsidera- tion of @ monopoly of commercial advantages, aud also m consideration of aid of some kind in his Mexican scheme, Napoleon has agreed to use his good offices witiy tho United States government in putting an end to Lie war on terms which will secure to the Southern Staies an independent nationality, and that on the failure of the United States to accept his mediation he will himeelf acknowledge tho independeuce of the Southera « } raey. (From the Richmond Dispatch, April 28.) “THE SECRET.’” The Charleston Mercury is informed, on undoubtew authority, that Monsieur Merctor visited Richmynd for the purpose of ascertaining thetruth in regard to the Yankee promises to conquer the Confederate States ia sixty days, The Mercury learns that he is pretty well satisfied of the absurdity of Yankeo expectations, aud of the ability of the Confederate States to maintain themselves. His visit was made at the suggestion of Mr. Slidell. > ‘We have beard nothing of th!s previously. GEN. MITCHEL’S OPERATIONS. The Expedition to Bridgeport, Ala.—How Beauregard’s Despatch to J Davis was Taken, dc. Howtevitis, Ala., May 1, 1662. How. £, M. Starton, Secretary ef War:— Early yesterday morning my troops crossed from (he island tothe mainland and captured two six pounder cannon and their ammunition, The inhabitants repors the enemy to hove retreated in great confusion. 0. M. MITCHEL, Brigadier Genera! Bruparrort, Ala., April 29, 1862. General Mitchel attacked the foros of General F. Kirby Smith at this point thia afternoon, and, after half aa hour’s shelling, routed them, with the loss of sixty-threo killed and a large number wounded. Three hunirea prisoners and two pieces of artillery were taken. rebels fled across the bridge, burning & span beyond t) island, abandoning arms and supplies and cutting oo their advance, which had been flanked, Civomsmatr, May 2, 1862. ‘The Commercial’s correspondent, with Gen. Mitchel's army, gives the following explanation of the mauner tn which Gen, Beauregard’s despatch was takon at Hunts- villes—The wires were broken ata point beyond Jiu‘ »- ville, and Beauregard’s despatch was received at Huuls ville, and was being prepared by the oporator there tv be forwarded by locomotive to Chattanooga, and thence repeated by telegraph to Richmond, when Gen, Mite surprised the town, and {nstantly seized the tologra; h: office. Gen. Mitchel himself solved the cypher after hours of study. There ia no doubt as to the gonuinenovs Interesting from Memphis. APPREAENDSD ATTACK PROM THE FEDERAL FLEETS THE CITY TO BY BURNED, BTC. Camo, May 2, 1862. ‘The latest news from the fleot say it wae generally ve Hoved that a simultaneous attack would be made by ‘he fleet before the close of the week. Mompbis papers of the 20th say a mocting held the night before had concluded to bura the city ia case of the approach of the federal fleet. Baitorials urgently call on the people to reinforce Price at Fort Wright, as the only hope and salvation of the city. eco ae camers. Movements of Bu oni any rs am ‘ ica Sa at nine o’clo hast mite etramehip Canad, from Toston, a halt-past twooclvek this moruing aid five o'clock for Liverpool. The freight stoamer Britich Queen, from Liverpoo! on tho 10th April, has arrived here, She brings @ dup'eate of the America’s newr, ed here at ied agai as The steatnship Canada, hence for Liverpool, will cal off Cape Rice, weather permitting, for despatches, she ja due there about midnight to miurrow night,