The New York Herald Newspaper, May 7, 1862, Page 10

dare expected 40 MMPORTANT FROM THE PENINSULA. Mshed last February, when they said thit McClollan They have @ this that the leveage is now being applied with vigor, and soon the jaws of the vice will have its object tightly compressed beyond all hope of re- bad them discovered “tier. CONTINUED FROM THIRD PAGE, ‘sas it were, in a vice.”’ government might force foreign mtervention. “bieutenant (colonel Eagan, of the Forty-second New Yerk, or Mozart regiment, was arrested on Sunday, near Yorktowo, by order of General McClellan, charged with | Gloucester, and in and about Yorktown, with a profuse- the high crime of treason. evening previous to his arrest he signalled the enemy by means of rockets, showing them our most vuinerably Poiuta, which were, after a while, attacked by a terrific storm of shot and sh the prasguer’s own comrades. The rebel army retreated from Yorktown solely be- .@ause the members thereof have begun to awake to a vonse of their folly, Since McClellan has appeared before their lines they bave heard nothing but a succession of vietories against them. Shiloh, Island No. 10, Fort Pu- -4aski, Fort Macon, and lastly, their own retreat has operated to demoralize them, and mutiny, open mutiny, assures their desperate leaders that to have met a large Union army, inspired by @ young, skilful and noble qoader, would only end in their total annihilation. They @hoose now Ww fall back, not with any ulterior hopes of exccess, but merely to gain time and prolong the strug- lo, in the hopes that, at the eleventh hour, some mis- management or false step on the part of ‘the federal The charge is that on the ell, many of which proved fatal to ‘i i ‘The pris was brooght columns of cavalry, starting after the flying enemy. NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 1862.—TRIPLE SHEET.\ Ipust not write mucn if I expect my letter to pass through—long letters have no chance. Dear sister Josey, I sometimes sicken with eager desire to hear from you all. If letters can be sent hither per flag of truce as they are forwarded hence—via Old Point and Norfolk. peay do, write me a few ‘ines, telling me of your heaith aud fortunes, of Fred. aud John’s business, of all, in short, that can be compressed into a brief let That your old love for me has not been weakened nts [feelsure. Mine for youall seems m I love the South and her « journ of many years in Now Orle ° kindness and appreciation; but though Mason line may politically sever us, it opposes no lor imaginary, to the union of fraternal hearts. Ever your aflectionate brother, GEO. SEYMOUR. The following document, with the endorsements, wil! explain the reason of Captain Seymour's resigaation and the proceedings connected therewith:— In Camp, Near Lxs’s Miz, Nov. 6, 1861. Major Joun Jones, Aesistant Adjutant General, York- town, Va.:— Sun—Special Order No, 481, dated October 30, 1861, was this day promulgated, and, in prompt abedience thereto, I have received the men therein ordered to be released. Circumstances of a peculiar nature prior to the re- lease of these men, induce the belief that the charg ‘against thom had been represented as of a frivolo character, That sentence, too, in the special order which directs me to “treat them with mpartiality” naturally suggests the inference that an erroneous imn- pression has been created of my conduct as an officer. Believing that, I take leave respectfully to submit the following remarks for the consideration of the Command- ing General:— On the 8th of October, at ‘an election for company of- ficers, I was promoted to the captaincy from the ollice of first lieutenant. On the 10th of October an eiection for important position in the further conduct of the war- On this account General Porter may have his hands full of important work, and it may be necessary such au im- portant man as be should be placed in charge. The bri gades and regiments constituting his division, however, Thear, will complain sorely if they are kept in the back ground through bis appointment. Thus fur his division has occupied the post of honor in leading the advance, and it will be a grievous trial to them to be kept in the roar. CHANGED ASPRCT OF THE TOWN, Iam writing this communication in the dwelling re- cently oecupied by General Hills as his headquarters. It isa one story and a half brick house, painted white, with green bliuds and pertico, and altogether one of the neat- est houses in theplace. The General, who had charge of the rebel left wing, bas left nothing possessing either value or capability of giving intelligence, aid or comfort to those coming after him. From the front windows is obtained, through a deop gorge running up from the rive fine view of York river and Gloucester Point. Several of our gunboats are vow advancing up the river with flags flying. They will soon have an opportunity to see something of the effect produced here and in Gloucester of their past month’s shooting. The Stars and Stripes are also floating in ness calling to mind the flag crowned dwellings and flag festooned streets in New York following the fall of Fort Sumter. In the distant approaches to the town are ere under a sti d, and was subsequently placed | This sudden and unlooked for evacuation of the rebels : im cloge.contivement'in Fort Wool, on the Rip Raps, He | has started upe visible activity. For weeks our men ipenentr pirating gai =nnptenercee rane Fr —— pe a ante —— < ion should bo sum- | have beem working in the trenches, under cover of dark- | election all of the members of the company partici- me Morniog a rebel schooner, laden | B88 and pickets, riflemen and guns; now they are coming | pated, yet no objection to the previous election was with coal, whie cn roufe from Richmond for | out with new hopes and new endeavors. Se eal Sie mien st paged: that afew on vie _ Fasten pata aera is THE REBEL LOSSES, of my men were in secret communication with the Com- wmpize the schooner. Being unarmed the rebel vessel Jas easily captured, her crew made prisoners and the Nessel fired. The cargo of coal was for the use of the Laebel battery Merrimac. Bie weather iieno is very rainy, and consequently the @Oads are in a muddy condition. A.cabel steumer made its appearance off Sewall’s Point ‘at nous to-ay, eppareatly on a reconnoissance. ea doaed toox am unobstructed and unmolested view of eur tieet in the Roads.and subsequently returned to Nor- The stemmboat New Haven went up the James ri ander aia of triice to receive on board five hundred ex- change? Unien prisoners. Jp to the time of closing this letter she baé not ."eturned to this pyint. HARBOS REG.ILATIQNS—HAMPTON ROADS. (All caytas are required to report Ope srriving, their Hiden ve of the Captain of.the Port, who } Richmond; bat will halt at Williamsburg just long ir papers ins OF mner Chans vicsseis of e: will endorse, tue same is foundcorrect. Vesseis eat delay. All vessels will anchor on \‘he“‘Shoe,” easterly Me tort, beore making their 'epars, and not lesve there cunsigned 10 ansil permitted to do so. Having been registered by tne'Captain of the Port, he Wil theu desigaute their proper nh Aji masters of inerchant vessels a, “€ Feuuired to report io Captain of the Port every 1, WrEing, between the vurs of nine and tweive, and ali co Wigned to the Quar- Clearance tic “et Sar the day. rage aud lay da, YS will be based Sermaster will receiv: Ailowance for demu: Upon these ‘No vessels wiil be allowed to leave the “Beads without Aaving their papers endorsed by the Capta. ‘8 the Por:, and none clearance tickets. after dark or before dayiight No vessel ‘of any description” aliowed tc * #achar in Fange of the parapet 0: casemate guns of the F. No Doats Jeave their yessels after dark. Boats landing * he | Louisiana Tiger caps and bowic knives were abundant, Steps at the wharf will not lay there any longer ‘with- | ®8lso cartridge boxes, bayonets, old pistols and old Recessary to land their crew, and no boat to be left allowed to communicate with the eat a boatkeeper. ‘No perscns allowed to dredge, drag or trail in t Wf arbor without special permission from 2 the Port, or remove anythin, a them on ao, All persons conn. cted with vessels in this harbor are | winae. strictly forbidden to furnish liquor to any person what- | - Ali persons violating the abovi dealt with. By order of SCENES IN AND AROUND YORKTOWN. @ur Speciel Army Correspond: QHYEREST OF OUR TROOPS IN EXAMINING THE WORKS AT YORK- ‘The special correspondent of the Henatp, who sent you the war.” ‘his for exoon full details of the evacuation of Yorktown by the robels and its occupancy by the Union troops, after his thorough inspection of the town and the encom. passing fortificati.ns and the opportunities be had for | yy rsx FuTURR YaNgER OCCUPANTS OF THIS Piace:— guch examinations, has left but little, in the way of Bleanings for me, as material for the present lette: ‘town has been a scene of constant excitement all day: From our highest genevals to our lowost privates there has been intense cageruess to inspect the earthworks, ‘with their mounted guns, which have 80 long looked out with such menacing wrath upon our troops, and the y preience whatever. ry description hOut delay. with aistans Quartermaster “Wnited States Army, will a Wo neport to that olficer with. || ide of permancnt .avhorage. owtnass. shore or 6 that does not belong to * @ rules will be strictly Major General JUHN E. WOOL, Yorxtown, May TOWN, BIC. Commanding Department of Virginia. Juxms Muzwaxp, Jr., Captain of the Port and Harbor | and aske.S#hesarporal to pass them, saying that they Cee 1862. Those or The mander of the l’ost, Colonel Hunt, with reference to al- legedt informalities in the election. ‘Having assembled my company, I pointed out to them the impropriety of their course, aud, advising them of the proper course to pursue, avowed my wiilinguess to forward through the prescribed channels any protest or petition the majority of my company might present tome. At the same time | stated my determination to mvoke military law against those who should persist in encou- raging secret cabals or again place themselves in direct communication with the Commander of the Post. ‘The course I suggested aud invited was not pursued. With the Colonel on their side, the Captain's anthority might with impunity be defled, and accordingly, Frank Moore, the defeated candidate for captain, left camp without leave, and visited Colonel Hunt; I arrested him. The following day private Read—defeated candidate for second lieatenant—with privates Straube and Ciifford, soured themselves without leave and for a similar pur- ; I arrested them algo, and at ounce preferred charges It is the unanimous etory of the negroes and otersh left behiud that during the seige the rebels lost a good many killed and wounded. According to their accounts their loss cannot have been less than three hundred killed, and among them three colonels. Our gunboais have been an eyesore to them, as they were unable to make any effective retaliatioa. Our large siege guns got the most perfect range upon them on the day before the evacuation. Their jarge one hundred pounder gun, which burst three or four days ago,Iam told, exploded through their using one of our unexploded shells, which proved too heavy for it. At this explosion six rebels were killed outright and seven wounded. Those remain- ing here further say that the rebels have started for enough to annoy us. They say that the fortifications of the latter place do not compare with those of Yorktown. RELICS. The seacching after relics has been unremitted. To commence with the oldest that has come to my know. ledge, I have seen a sword dug from near a rifle pit that must have belonged to a British officer in the old siege. jis gold mounted and shows the English crown and With every encouragement from me to an open and manly course, the very opposite was, in preference, adopted by these men, aud persisted in, even alter their arrest; for, three days subsequeut thereto, a petition was presented me for a new election, with their names at its head, supported by but fourteen other signatures— in all, eighteex—about one-lifth of my company. This document was, Iam informed, drawn up at the sugges- tion of Colonel Hunt, to whom a copy was, at the same time, aud without my knowledge, transmitted. This copy the Colone) forwarded to the Adjutant General of Louisiana, omitting the courtesy of informing me hereof, ‘or alfording an opportunity for the ‘imultuneous transmission of counter statements. I remoustrated with Colonel Hunt, and, oBtginiug no sa- tisfaction, avowed my intention of addressidg myself to the Commanding General. To the repeated réqueste of Colone! Hunt in person, and by his adjutant, I pei atly refused the release of the prisouers, feeling the stern né- cossity for at once asserting and ‘proving that I could maintain my authority as captain. The accompanying note from Colonel Hunt, addressed to me, spoaks for it- self. Ican,I believe, also prove that the colonel visited the prisoners aud assured them aoay should not be hurt.” ‘Their release is now regarded y them aa tri umph over discipline, for they feel satisfied that the charges, being ¢ hands of their friond, Colonel Hunt, will be quietly suppressed. — mas be necessary to explain that these men were part of forty-nice of my company, who, at Camp Moore, Fangipaho, La., addressed @ letter of condolence to the colonel, and condemning the action of the line officers in inviting him to resign on the ground of military incom- potency. . J now respectfully ask leave to withdraw the charges againgt these men, believing that the anomalous posi- tions they and | now hoid must be subversive of the true interests of the service. In laying the toregoing facts before the Commanding General | ain actuated by but one motive—that of assert- bo Fae meer be accor office! ad the ir9P0r} of their superiors in the enforcement of i has faired other marks of its antiquity and genuineness. Captain Hollingwood, of the Fourteenth New York Volunteers, Jbad-the good luck to forage the sleeping cot of General Magruder. ‘The tick part is made of rich tapestry carpet, and on it is Written his full name. One of the Sixty-second Pennsylvania boys got hold of the dressing gawn.of the rebel.commander, also iddhtifled by being marked with the full name of its recent owner. The swords. At three o'clock this afternoon 4 heavy smoke was geen,in the direction of Williamsburg. It is supposed what the cebels are burning the large bridge near that 4ONGRESSMEN AND TORPEDOES. A @08 joke occurred about Congressmen this after- _ A Michigan Colonel was in command of the guard. Citizens “ere prohibited admittance. Several came up were Congr WHDeR. ‘The corporal stated the case to the Colonel. ‘They are Cc Wreaamen, are they?” asked the Colonel. «So they say.”™ “Well, let them , 88404 go whore they please,” said the Colonel. “Let 1 Nese tramp on torpedoes, go into the pattslion” commanded by meet “wed in the maguzines and where Were is any prospect of their being | dificult for ond or inore substan smeers blown to the devil, for 1Néab As the quickest way to end | toelevato its character. Whore so uate oficers ich laxat; asa rale, ke who simply docs his duty. y Brovaiis, performance with others, is dedousga ea a ye i With volunteers, martinatism would be justiy, rect: but strict discipline can be enforced if those ih odious, know their duty and have fir:aness to perfor: thority A REBRL’S PARTING WORDS TO THE Yanciys, ‘The following document, fou'd in one of the dwellings, speuks for itself -— defence. Tnow respectfully tender ray resignation 4% A the provisioual army, to take effec on as captain in We bave retired to the country for a short tine to re. | asi aim unwilling ta satuiae pare ' oe Ist proximo, craft gur health. We find that wit Zour two hundred | ja whom should be found its greatest _@*keued by those thousand men you are too modest ip visit tis place, and | the honor to be, sir, your obedient »» _*tength. I have we give you pine oy! to gatisfy your euriosity with s avent, regard to ow upon you soon. We hope a few day8’ reg, Lo ted you that we will eall Captain, Co, D, Fift’ In Camp wear Lr Goorce Seymour, Captain, ¢ isiana Volunteers, tenders b* meut by Colonel Hunt, of hi dence in & house once occu- pied by mea will induce enough courte ip your gallant hearts to enable you to come within at east two miles " have on End g sup. #3 Mii, Nov. 6, 1861. ®. B, Fitth regiment, Lou- 4 weeignation, tor maltreat- tewn itself, whose occupation by our forces | of white mcn hervafter, Be sure to " img vere york'n beaus” when we Tevlrn, also some oR. | Captain Seymour wild | 4™ ‘ Bes so long bagn lopked forward to as | Bel and whaleoll spiced with “apple suss.”” When we | $2f,and,as he appears! #hAiess make & very good of cone conclusion. The revolutionary associa. | Jeath to felish such diet we may become like you—puri- | irritability of temper, 4'Me laboring under a temporary tions connected with added intensity to this eagerness of course. qu features of ‘than most CAUTION CONCERNING THR DESTRUCTIVE CONTRIVANCES OF THE ae persons expected to find. ENEMY, the place had no doubt t It is be- jon that many have been doubly disappointed In the first place there were more strength and durability im the works and their armament to resist attack than 1, in the second place, there are less — ta = pe wee rest in the town, intrinsically considered, _ me - Haier aH who wished to visit the place have been “permitted to do so. The villanous concoctions of faxitive rebels, in the way of “in‘ernal machines’ and ‘other diabolical contrivances to kill our men by whole sale, enforced the necessity of placing a competent guard to protect our men against falling into their fiend The loss of life and the wounding of others eccurring soon after the occupation acted as a salutary warning. Several men were at once detailed to examine the earthworks, strects, houses and fields for some to @iscover these conceaied m: ‘chinations for the destruction of human Afe. They were found scattered ali about in the streets, wijacent to the entrances leading into the towm, through the intrench- ‘ments, along the parapets of the earthworks, by the wiver shore and t the roads and Selds facing the fortis. | little value. ish traps. distance eations. Ido not know how mary were @iseevered altogether ‘Dut there were hosts of (hem. An efficer told me that them win a compass of tom square veu-inch round shell, and se conceal. ed under the ground as 40 leave Wttle, if any, exterual {ndication of their presence. Captain Weeden and Colo- mel Wootbury dissected one and found ® to comain early feur pounds of very coarse and vary fine poarder mixed. Each hasacuil fuse, and adovedta plunger, ‘with knob so constructed that a person walking along ‘and stepping upon § brings ths plungertown with sufl- efent force upon a cap undermeath se-cause it to ex- indicate be found thety of ‘Fods. They are @icde. At present small white flags where they are concealed—that is to say, fer as their presence bas Seem discovered should have steted that a number were found in Only two eeualtios have hep. ened from explosions occurring simce yourcorrespon- dent sent hig account of the evacurtion thie morning. e.. Heintzel. instantly ted. The other ‘casualty consisted happily in only the killing of « horse. deserted Witliam man’s headquarters, stopped on ome, and killed around, officers’ tents. Perkins, « telegraph operator in ¢ His body was fearfully mut TUR NODY OF ONE OF OFR STARPHHOOTERS FOUND. While some of-our men were delving in search of these murderous missile, they came pen the body of young Durkee, one of the sharpshooters, who was killed a few mornings since, as will be remembered, in a slight scrimmage between our pickets few inches below the greund, with his clothes on and ‘, face down—the rebel way of showing their disrespecy He waa buried but a to our dead, when they condescend to bury at ai) {head was riddled by a dasen bullets. The presumption | fo that he must have been shot at after being killed, as fg gratification to dhe fiendish hatreé entertained toward our sharpshooters, who, through their watebful vigi- » lance and umerring rifles, have worked such terribie destruction in their ranks. The remains were taken \eare of by the regiment and will now receive a decent , Burial ‘General Fitz John Porter, aa J just earn, hae been ap- Poiuted Military Governor of Yorktown, and the Forty. fourth New York Volunteers, Colonel Stryker, ordered MILITARY GOVERROR OF YORKTOWN. nation be net accepte By order of ‘Taos, JErFERSON Youxtowy, No nieving, God-iorgotten, devil worship- ing, Afcican-loving, blue bellied Yau ch cloak to hunt sins wocommmended that his resig- Major General MAGRUDER. PR ros, Akt-de-Camp. 732861. tanleal, ssifich, ping, devii-belon Koes. Advise father Abratam to keep his on band, to keep soberer, and your wise Congres up 2,500 miilious of epecie to ‘pay the debt you have in- | Under existir curred ia winning the contempt of every live man. We vted, Th. Af efrewtnstances this resignation cannot be have on band a few too.s which we devote to the | officers fitte _@ /¥blic interest requires the service of all snecial duty of lovsing the links of your steel | — By order Resignation returned. shirts. Coubin’t you get @ few ironclad men githe Secretary of War. tu do your fighting? Are you not horribly afraid that we AkT (UR HW. CHILION, Acting Adjutant General, will shoot you below the shirts? When are you coming Noy 2 to Richmond? Couldn’t you go up the river with us? ahr 86, 1861. There is one score which We will yet segtle with youto | < Qapih On Ske REDE GENEGAL Ramee, : on ORDER NO. “Phanquanrers Fret Dtv. ARMY OF TIE PENINSULA, Yornrown, Va., Dec, 4, 1861. the death. Your fricudj#® (FGalméat of old men aud frelpless Nomen Tela you out of the pale of civilized warfare, and if ries are true aud knives keen we wall nme of you of your beastly inclinali us, 4./ANthe cannon on the land side of the defences, as "nen you arise FA high in the scale of created bel sg, {| wethr:s the mortars, will be removed at once to the water asa Brazilian monkey we will alow you sometin 4. yg ‘CRW. leaving their traverse circies and beds undisturbed, oe mi ‘use of in case of need. 2. It is desirable, should the enemy's ships approach, to use as far as possible sells and red-hot shot ; and to procure these luter, the furnaces rust be kept full of ‘wood and a fow shot, the wood to be kindied immediately te with our negroes; but witil then South’ ogous wiil be too hot for the sous of the Pilgrims. "ge oniy. |. dealing we will have with you is, hencetorths warty ane! Knife. We despise you as heartily 45 W® ¢ 4n whip yur, eastiy on apy equal feild, fe our service whene coffer , | At aby moment, and each furnace to be attended by three ght. ones A J.TRAY pee Beart ® | men detailed for this purse, one w kindle the fire Company A, SIxih GF orgin Volunteers, | SUPPIying the fuel ‘and placing the cold | shot o in ri part ‘urnace. leavin; a Documents of diferent descrip’ ions \were fovad in| small space. in’ front. for fuel; another to take out the not shot, and place hem ‘upon a stand to be scraped, and the third to scrape them, patting them in a ladie to be travsported tothe guns. The commanders of ‘vatteries will see to this matter,and also to the proper wads. 3. Elongated shells, such as are thrown from eight and ten ineh rifled guns, are fonnd to be the most destructive missiles against woodwork,and will undoubtedly be against shipping, especially ‘when they explode by per- cussion (they are effective at more than 3,000 yards at a ricochet) and it i# believed that the jamming of theso sholis can be relieved by greasing them; this had better be provided for, and can be done rapidly just at the moment of inserting them. 3. Atany momeut of alarm, each man must repair speedily to his gun, not waiting for rollcall or anything else, supplyiug himself quickly with bis proper imple- ments; every man beforehand having had his posi- tion and duties designated at the battery by the com- mandaat thereof, 5. The fire of @ cannon, with one or more rockets sent up, and the ringing of a bell, will be the eignais of alarm at night generally, and the bell aloue by day ‘or the post. 6, Woe haveevidence that the enemy's plan of attack, if made, will be by water, in their ships, approaching 80 as Lo throw a lacge number of shelis; aud when the troops are driven away or su render, they land and take peaceable several of the houses. In th@t "hich tinad been used by tie cngineers there were Copy eg, of United Stz.tes coast survey mays, and in others 7 voks and papers which were Among Hem were copies of a treatise against gambling, and of regulations (or the commissary departunent of the robe’. army. INTERESTING DOC! MENTS FROM THE REUEL CAME. Among the paper’, found im the rebel cam, were seve ra) belonging to C’sptain Seymour, of the Fifth Louisiana regiment. A l¢? tor from his sister, living in the North an extract {row, which we give below, and the accompa nying letter te, her, which it appoars did not go by flag of truce as lve expected, show how some families are di- vided on the war question: — EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM A SISTER TO HER UROTHER. Movs Pirasant, May 19, 1861. My Dean Brorame Groxor—We have been expecting to hear from you for several days, and from your silence judge that you are still in New Orleans, and very busy. You #ay that you en) y receiving my letters, ana I am sure that I enjoy writing you, #01 will promise to write you as often as (can, although in these times I hardly as 1 know what to say, for tue subject that we do not, and 1 | possession. His weakest \ime is when part land suppose canuot, agree upon at present, is always upper- | 7. Gur plan of defence and offence must be ar- most in my mind. it seems imposwib.e to | ranged accordingly; the artillerymen, as far as hot accustom argu- | possible, not required at the guns, to be in the t myself with the hope that you will | bombproote, the infantry to be formed in companies yo. soe The right willcertawly triumph in | at the breast heights of the works by their com- the end; and, although it seems ditferent to you, 1 feel that the Sov th is fighting for despotisin under the name of hiberty, wuile the North is only seeking to maintain the glorious liberty of the original constitution. I know that you will be defeated, aud wouki give anytiing that you, at least, should be undeceived belore it is tv late. hut if it must be otherwise, 1 shal: still be your loving nd must leave the issue of * mand ing otheors aud alsoat the batteries to defend them ; but to be kept away from the shells as much as possible, and, if neceseary, on one side of their position at the works, but in sich proximity as to be able to approach during the action. a &. The rifle company of Col. Fry's regiment, aud ino the Mississippi battalion, Lieut. Col. Taylor ‘com- mancling, will practice twice daily, once in the morning and ones in the afternoon, at a target on land, placed just half the distance that it is between this and Glow caster Voit, and their business will be to pick off the men ou shipboard, particularly the pilots and steersmen, if they can be when the ships come within range, or attampt to pass up the river; also os skirmishers to harass the enemy marching or landing, wherever that may be. By order of Brigadier General RAINS, commanding. a} THE ADVANCE OF CENERAL SMUTH ON THY LEFT. Gon. Smith having ascertained the report of the evaeu. ation of the rebel fortifications in his frontto be true, seut the brigade under Gen. Hancock across the dam where the battle of the 16th of April was fougut, an took peaceable possession of the fortifications at that place. As the column was pushed forward immediately in pursuit of the retreating enemy, I cannot give you a full description of tho extensive fortifications at this sister tw our Heavenly Father. T remain your loving sister. JOSEY. LETTYR FROM. CAPTAIN PEYMOCR TO M8 stTKR, Rsnet Camp, Dare Creex, Va., Jan. 3, 1862. My Drax Steren Josmy—For the hundredth time you this terri “ * @ contlict * * His tie avd obildren; and of my few kind friends in Massachusetts, | have not before beev impelied by irresistibie impuise to write you what may prove to be the last allever indite. To-night you dear ' ones fillmy heart and monopolize every thought. night I (rel im keenly than! have ever feit befo: nddrnees the tull of n love for these dear brothers tenderness has boon so freely and so y lavished on your isolated, rar distant brotier. Thus alive tu the oneness of feeing between us, it is @ source of bitter regret that our political views shuld be fo widely dissimilar; you, the earnest supporter of what Teannot but regard ag the vilest despotism, 1, the en thusiastic revoliuvionist, the ardent supporter of a cause which I esteem holy, and a Orm bei) ver in ‘he great and glorious destiny that awaits the tourbern evntederacy. here as present guard, and to put the place in.» condi. | jamella go ot Seorrmcvonteices for ae atreed | point, bat can only say that they are of the most labo. tion, if porsible, bordering on respectability, The place | were \t never so able, would be useless where cach are | rate and ecientific character. is certainly very filthy now, with the refuse of | so firmly and fj scieritionrly § = wedi From two deserters of the Tenth Georgia regimont we every imaginable ebaracter left bebind by the | 9pinions. Twi ney anaring terme an lonrned that (he rebels commenced evacuating Pome two _gebols, and the muititudinows specimens of the | privation with my gallant comrades, I am, if possible, | OT three days since, and that the inet of them in that * porcine species, who wallow about in a luxuriousness | more earnest, mo hopeful than when the flag of our | vicinity left about dark last might. They removed all of new nationalit firat unfurled. What acuange the et dirt and mire that to them is the culmination of For the present this will be the Appot for government stores, the army post affice and port from which daily steamboat communication will be $had with Fortress Monroe, Baltimore and Washiogto ud in consequence Hie towg fora Hane will occupy aa sumptuous regality their gung, but loft a large number of tents uninjured. At one battery they had placed stove pipes in the embra- sures; but we could plainly see where they had use ar- tillery. After taking a hasty look at.their works, the bri- face was pushed forward, the Fifth W.seonsin in advance ae skirmishers, supported by the Forty ue ond Forty ~~ ae past seven noffths must have male in my dear litue nephew, Filis. Fourteen months old! Tean fancy your litvle dariiug toddling aroun: and just begiuuing to shape his mouth into the dear worvs ma and pa. God only knows when, fever, Ishaii ‘each him to love his olf » | upvle George: bat you, perhaps, dear Josey, wMl teach Dig thot, although you pegm mea misguided ‘rebe) )”* ninth New York regiments. Before we got outside of the rebel works we discovered quite a number of per- cussion shell which the enemy had buried in the sand, the cap being covered by a small patch of rubbor blan- ket, with which they intended to blow up our pursuing forces. But our boys were too intelligent to be caught {# any such trap, and groups of them could be scen ia ‘All directions digging up the shells and laying them aside where they could do no injury. PLACES PASSED AND SCENES ALONG THR ROUTE. After advancing about a mile we came to a house which had been used as the headquarters of oue of the rebel generals, The housois a fine large two story brick house, and inside presented every appearance of having been left hastily. Everything had been removed that could be carried easily; but they loft some fine heavy furniture, such as marble top tables, bureaus, &c., to the tender lie opinion of the city pronounces in favor of the measure and the press, which is the embodiment and expression of public opinion, has done its duty in urging the snbject upon oificial attention. IMPORTANT FROM THE SOUTHWEST: Reported Occupation of Corinth by Union Troops—The Rebel Jeff. Thomyé son in Western K eky, dic., dco CuicaGo, May 6, 1862. Aspecial despatch from Paducah (6th inst.) says Jeff Thompson is in Western Kentucky with one thousand cavalry- He eame across a company of Curtis’ Nebraska horse yesterday, near Dresden, and scattered them im every direction, No loss of life. Quite an excitement exists in this county in relation to this raid of Jeff, . A report is current here that General Pope's army oc+ eupied Corinth on Sunday. Only a few rebel regimenta were posted im front, who aresaid to have been takeg prisoners. A despatch from Cairo of the 6th says:— i Norfolk and Richmond Must Be De- fonded—Jeff. Davis Says He Will Never Surrender. (Correspondence of the Norfolk Day Book.) Ricuaon, April 27, 1862. The news from New Orleans, contirming the full of that city, has been read here with sorrow; but we are not dispirited, and do not doubt our final suc Norfolk and Richmond must be deiended at all ha- zards,and itis high time your forces should be more than ‘doubled. Your city ana the Navy Yard are of equal impo: ..ace with Richmond. Not only is Norfolk an the Navy Yard of inestimable value to us, but the county of Pri ‘Anne is indispensable in this crisis. ‘The delegation from South Carolina and Georgia waited on the President before Congress adjourned, and urged him to withdraw the troops from those States, and, at all ha- zards, defend Richmond and Norfolk, and | think they are mercies of our army, When I ieft nothing had been dis- turbed. The country on this side of Warwick creek we found far superior to anything we had before seen in Old Virginia. The fields in every direction were covered with grain just springing up, and the houses present more the appear- ance of a civilized country than most of those we had seen before, ‘The headquarters of the rebel General Johnston wer in sight of those of Magruder. As our column pushed steadily on we found every little distance tents, boxes of muskets, cartridge boxes filled with ammunition, Xc., which the enemy had thrown away in their haste and to lighten their labors. After leaving Magruder’s headquarters we soon came in sight of the cavalry of the enemy, who wore hovoring in the rear to watch our movements, Our cavalry, who were the advance pickets, soon made them leave at double quick, and nothing more was seen of them for Some time. Two men who had managed to stay be- hind at their homes were now drought in, who gave some valuable information. They say that the enemy have been evacuating this line for a weok, and that the last of them had passed only a short time previous to our advance. According to their state- ment, it is the intention of the rebels to make their final stand at New Kent Court House, about thirty miles this side of Richmond. They represent the force of the enemy at from seventy-five to one hundred thousand. Abont five miles from Warwick creek we came to L:banon, which consisis of a brick church and three houses. Here we were joined by the troops which were immediately in front of Yorktown, and the line of march was again taken up for Williamsburg. MEETING THE ENEMY—BRILLIANT CAVALRY CHARGE—FIRING YROM ARTILLERY. Nothing important happened until we reached our present location, about two miles from Williamsburg» when our cavalry encountered a body of the enemy’s cavalry and charged upon them, routing them completely, At the same time a rebel battery, concealed in the woods, opened upon our cavalry and Gibson's battery, with grape and canister, killing and wounding some twonty of our men. In the confusion which ensued in getting them to the rear, it was impossible to ascertain their names} but I will send them as soon as they can be learned re. Jjavly. Preparations were immediately made to charge upon the Qattery, but darkness coming on it was deferred till me ig. If we can get up with the enemy to- morrow there will, undoubtedly, bea great battle, as our troops aré anxious to moet them. We have marched ten miles to-day) .and at that rate we shall bo in Rich- mond by next Sundey. Much speculation is indulged in as to where the enemy intend to make their final stand, and the gouera! Jjmpression seoms to be that somewhere in the penny fof Byebmond will be the point, ifthey can be induced to” fight gz atall. The reason* they give, in order to satis People for falling ‘back is, that they wi ph to got us away frem our gunkoats. fi soeins’s Tittle Sie Mt joey should Rave ch-fen just the time to evacuate that, we bad selected to open our batteries upon them, It weuld geom that thoy must have some friend in our army occupying & high position: en are sleeping upon their arms te-pight, prepara” ~lv start inthe morning, The enemy have tory wilishod ‘why qe7 wadoubtedly jatoudod at thie point, vi:—Keep ue Were alt ight, 1a order to give them anight’s start of us, am ” “ Conf fe in General McClellan, One of our loyal citizens some time since had a splendid silk flag matte, but refused to hoist it until, as he said, “General McClellan should take possession of Yorktown,’ preferring to keep up the old bunting that had been over his house since the day of the President’s proclamation. s friends laughed at him for his ** confidence in a gen- ‘al who had done nothing,”” but he stood by his det mination, stating that he*‘should hoist his silken flag be- fore long.’ Before daylight on Monday the silken flag was aloft, and his friends were early galuted with tho words, ‘ Whose turn is it to laugh now? I told youl should soon hoist my silken flag, and there itis.’ This is not the only one who has placed confidence in General Goorge B. McClellan, and they will not be deceived, de- pend upon it. The Approaches to Richmond—Fears of the Rebels. (From the Richmond Examiner, April 30.) No one can rely on the fortunes of war, and the brave as well as the wise neglect no preparations which a timely prudence can provide against the vicissitudes of a campaign, The greatest battles ever tought have turned upon accident, and the bravest armies have often been defeated by the chances of fortune. To risk a great cause vpon the bravery of troops is to throw all upon a single hazard, and often to court destruction by neglect. ing and despising the incans of averting it. The fate of Richmond depends, in the present posture of affairs, upon the army at Yorktown and the efficiency of the Merrimac. If McDowell is concentrating a force of fifty thousand for a march from the Rappahannock upon Richmond, there is daugeraiso in that direction; but it is a danger against which tie government, being forewarned, we havea right to believe will be forearmed. ‘Taking it for granted that a demonstration from the di- rection of the Rappahannock, being foreseen, is provided for, we return to the proposition, or rather the fact, that the safety of Richmond depends upon our army at York- town, and the obstruction which lies in the channel of the James river in the form of the Merrima ‘This vessel may be set upon by not only one Monitor, but by a fleet of them, ina very short time. It may be overcome in regular combat, or it may, by a spark fall- ing into its magazine, or by the accident of fire, be put out of the way at any moment. If 0, Rich ie atonce approachable by guntoats, under an attack from wisieh it is perfectly untenable, and indefensible by land forces. Is it the part of wisdom to risk the great interests of such a city as ours upon a tenure so frail and uncertain as the hall of a single vesselr Not only is the city of Richmond hazarded upon such a contingency, but with i ‘also ts hatarded the safety of our armies onthe peninsula and northside; for if Richmond were taken by naval as- sault, and the enemy’s fleets should bring a tand force to occupy and hold the city, our armies north of the James river would be penned in and endangered Against (hece cusuaities, which every one must see are of the gravest character, it certainly behooves thé aut! rities to provide promptly and effectually, Our gum rous batteries on tho banks of the river, experience has shown, are utterly incapable of bea’ing off the enemy's boats. if two vessels could run the gauntlet of two formidable forts on the lower Mississippi, and entire miles of batteries on its banks, surely i would be madness to place any reliance’ upon similar anil, we have no ‘duult, inferior defences on the James. Happily there is ‘one expedient practicable tor the defence the James river, which could not w provided in the case of the Missixsippi. The flow of the stream in our river is slow, and the depth of the channol comparatively slight. Tt admits of easy ob struction, whereas the Mississipp! did not admit of such a thing exeept at the cost of immense labor, time and ex. nse Various modes have been suggested for obstructing the chanuel of the Ja Some recommend the plan of ratts constructed of eutire trees dug up by the roots, and thrown, roots and branches, into the stream. The roots sink Uo the bottom, the branches point down stream an abattis is thus formed of thickly studded trees distance up and down tks channel of the stream, euemy have engines for removing promptly al- most iy wort of obstructions im the channeis of riv ut the removal of a ralt of trove, matted together by the pressure of the steam, and held tw the bottom by accumulated sand and earth washed agaipst them, is found to be @ work requiring the most powerful and expensive machinery. ‘Another plan of obstruction is that of filling the chan- nel with stones large aud small, the smalier the better, as the work of removal is thus rendered more tedious. ‘The obstruction of the channel! for a few handred yards by this means would effyctually stop tho ageent of gun- boats; and, if protected on eveh side by bombproot batterios, they could be put beyond the possibility of being removed by theeaemy ‘ Many other modes of obstructing the channel of t! river tight be suggested, any of which would be eflective to check the passage ¢f gunboats; and, even if they should bo such as would admit of removal, still other # higher up the ebannei, i bo interpesed by our own j@ tally as rapiiiy as those below could be removed, yy the enemy. * * T * * * * . An obstruction in the channel of the river, interposed would asa part of the line of defences on this stre newer the double purpose of protecting th pporting the land d gencies, to all present bie; but the interests at stake in this city and its vici- nity, both local and general, are too great to be hazarded upon any chances of war that may, by timely prudence, bo provided for. It seems to us that no proposition could be plainer than that of tue duty of obstracting the James river channel; ner would any probable cost of the undertaking be a wasteful or as¢jeas expenditure, Ap allovents, tae pub | coming. Indeed, you would have thought so, if you had seen, as 1 did, on Wednesday last, the South Carolina regiment, from Sullivan Island, thirteen hundred strong, pass Chester, twelve miles from Richmond, and heard cheer atter cheer resound through the forest for “Old Virginia—she must and shall be free.” I conversed with a South Carolina officer on the same trip, who said that Savannah may be surrendercd, and Charlesion, too but Richmond never. He said, defend Richmond’ and Norfolk, cost what it may. You have notic:d in the papers a short account of President Davis’ 8; ecch, lately made at Rocketts, to the soldicrs passing to Yorktown, It was the best short speech I ever ‘d him make. He said, so far as ho was concerned, he would continue this war for twenty years, rather than one inch of Virginia soi] should be surrendered, So let us hear no more about surrendering Virginia. The steamer Ed. Walsh reached here this morning from Pittsburg Landing. The army had advanced from the river, but nothing was known of its movements. A drenching rain was falling, which had continued twen- ty-four hours without intermission. Areport is genorally believed that Corinth was eva- cuated last night, and that our troops are now in full) ¥ at Mowrerey, Tenn., May 6, 1862.9 Rain has fallen in torrents for the past thirty hours, putting the roads in a horribie condition. Yesterday the Commanding General arrived from the camp near Pitts- burg Landing and encamped near here. Our pickets cam distinctly hear the beat of drums and the whistle of locomotives at Corinth. Because of the horrible condition of the roads the army had not moved, The enemy is receiving heavy reinforcements daily. On Sunday last Bragg made a speech to his troops, as- suring them that it was the intention of Beauregard and. his generals to give the Unionists battle at Corinth. Great dissatis‘action prevails among the twely@ months’ men, on account of the conscription act. ‘The roads are improving rapidly, News from Port Royal, S. C. ARRIVAL OF THE BEN. DEFORD, WITH PASSENGERS AND REFUGEES—CAPTURE OF PON PON BATTERY BY THE GUNBOAT HALE, ETC. ‘The United States steam transport Ben. Deford, Com- mander J. C. Barker, Jr., from Port’Royal, 3d inst., with passengers and refugees, to the United States Assistant Quartermaster, arrived at this port last night. She brings forty-three cabin passengers, five children and eighty-two passengers in the steerage, and a number of refugees from Jacksonville. The health of the troops at that place is excellent. No movement of any consequence has taken place. Pon Pon battery, at the junction of Dahoo and Pon Pon rivers, was taken by the gunboat Hale. The rebels fled as soon as the gunboat came in range of three hundred yards of the battery, leaving one thirty-two-pounder loaded and primed, and one thirty-two-pounder empty. The harbor is clear of vessels. The Ben. Deford brings a small mail. Capt. Geo. Tucker, of the Forty-seventh regiment New York State Volunteers, was accidentally shot through the neck, on Edisto Island, on the 30th ultimo, but fs now ina fair way of recovery, He has resigned, and comes passenger by the Ben Deford. ‘The following isa list of the passengers by the Ben orth, of the Seventy-ninth New York State Volunteers; Lieut. Colonel Eoeklin, of the Third Rhode Island State Volunteers; Liout. Colonel W. G. Ely, of the Sixth Connecticut; Captain Sanford, Capt. Jno, B: Dennis, Lieut. 8. J. Corey, Liout. Wm. Charnley, Lieut. C. H. Keeler, C. W. Dennis (sutler), F. A. Kirt: Jand (sutler)—all the above trom Fort Pulaski. Captain Geo, Tigker, of the Forty-seventh New York Stale Volun- teers; Capt. John N. Traty, of the Sixth Connecticut; Capt. Geo, Proudfit, of the Eighth Michigan; Lieut. Geo. IMPORTANT FROM TENNESSEE. Sharp Fight Between One Thousand of Morgan’s Rebel Cavalry and Two Hun-: dred and Fifty Unionists. Lounsvitix, Ky., May 6, 1862. Captains Hazlett and McKinney, and Lieutenants Carey ,- Chambers, Dial, ihomas and Leonard, of the Second Ohio’ regiment, with seventy privates ; Captain Jenifer and Adjutant Neal, with one hinired and fifteen men of the Eighteenth Obio regiment; lieutenant Mitchel (son of General Mitchel), of Kennett’s cavalry, and Captain Ervine and two Lioutenanis of the Twenty-first Ohio regiment, with fifty-three pri- vates, were taken prisoners at Pulaski, Tennessee, om last Friday, by 1,000 of Morgan’s rebel cavalry, after » fight of two hours and a half. The prisoners were subsequently released on parole, and are now at Nashville. Morgan lost six killodand two wounded. Our loss was. two killed, three wounded and one missing. ~.»=. ~ Defeat of Morgan’s Rebel Cavalry. Macardie, of the Engineer Corps, Uuited States Lov Army; Lieut. John H. Babb, of the Ninety- ivnise, May 6; 1008: seventh Pennsylvania; Lieut. Thos. 8. Taylor, of | General Dumont, with portions of Woolford’s and the Nincty-reventh Pennsylvania; Lieut. Frederick | Smith’s Kentucky cavalry and Wynkoop’s Pennsylvania: Hurst, of the Forty-eighth New York; Adjutan Redfield Duryee, Sixth Connecticut; Assistant Surgeon £4. Bulkley, Sixth Connecticut; Rev.’R. A. Brown, One Hundredth Pennsylvania; Benj. 8, Cooper, Allotment Cammissioner from Pennsyivania; Capt. king, Harbor Master at Port Royal; Davis Crowell, F. H. arms, Jas, Jamieson, Daniel Kilgore, J. Low, Jas.E. Flinn, Wm. F. Yeouard, 'L. D. Newcomb, George H. Wober, H. W. Ma- ther, Capt. Clark, Jos. W. Parker, Jas. Carey. The following are the names of the refugees from Tabisonvinee? taster Sunikt *G. Friegel, lady and three children; Mr. Pretto and Indy, Mr. Redman and two ladies, Mr. Gardiner and two chiidren, Mr. Victoria, Mr. Algo, Mr. J. W. Hol!ida, Owing to the untiring porsevéitncd and Industry of Captain King and his corps of well disciplined assistants, the harbor of Port Royal has been entirely cleared of vessels. Nove are now kept waiting weeks before bamy- discharged, as heretofore, but under the new regime of Major General Hunter seerytniog Fiat gpoothly on, Te Sollee = ‘were 12 the harbor of Port Royal | on May 3d:— Tay Steamers Oriental, Captain Tuzo; Cahawba, Captain Baker: Cosmonolitan, Captain Crooker; Delaware, Cap- cavalry, attacked Morgan’s and Wood’s rebel cavalry, eight hundred in number, at Lebanon, on Monday morn- ing, at four o'clock. The rebels were utterly reuted,s large number slain, one hundred and fifty prisonerg taken, and nearly all their horses and arms eaptured. They fled after fighting for one hour and a half. ~ General Dumont is in full pursuit. He will capture the. whole force. ‘The prisoners will be here this evening. It was a brilliant affair, and was managed with great skill by General Dumont. Frorgan ia Feporéed killed. Colonel Smith is wounded inthe leg. Colonel Woolford is wounded inthe abdo~ men, seriously. The rebels completely surprised and autwitted. Sketch of General Damonty Brigadier Genoval Ebenezer Huinont is 9 citizen of Ip diana, and alttough hot ¢u0 of those who have studied: the Military Acadetiy &) West Point, has distinguished himscif ‘dn ‘niore Yhan one occasion. He served in the Mexictin War 4% Lieutenant Colonel of the Fourth regi, Cap: on; Mattaao, Captain Kearney; Honduras, a ‘ tain Ciiford: ‘Flora, ¢ tain wergang, - The. Bs ais ‘meth of Wdiana Voluntecrs, then commanded by Colone? at in May for sopplies ane . 5 : Lcrig test Pthe ship Willam Cummings,’ Cap- | (™ General) Willis A. Gorman, Thts regiment was: \aken into the United States service on the 17th of June 1847, aud after serving tho twelve months for which its membors enlisted, w: banded in July, 1848, During that time Lieutenant Colonel Dumont distinguished Bim- self in the battle of Huamantla, under Brigadier - ral Josoph Lane, At the breaking out of the rebellion, General Dumont headed the Seventh regimeat of three months’ voluntesr, aad served under Gensrads McClellan in Western Virginia, The regiment foxméd. part of the brigade of Genocal Morris, and was engaged! jn the brilliant operations of General McClellan. im the’ neighborhood of Laurel Hill, Rich Mountain, &x. Ittalsor forme: part of the force which so complstwy routed Garnet's rebels at St. George, or Carrick’s Sord. At the, end of the three months tho regimont.geturned to diana to reorganize for the war; but most of the three months’ men re-enlisted, aud, headed dy Colonel Dumont , again sought the war path. They returned to Virginia andformed part of the force of Acting M:jor General, Joseph J. Reynolds at Cheat Mountain. On the 8d of September Colones! Dumont was made a Briga- dier General of Volunteers, and assumed the com- mand of a brigade with his full rank. He had for some time previous, as Senior Colonel the command of a briga He was engaged! tain Miller, was discharging, and will sail in four day: Barks Itaska, discharging; Eagle, Baker, oallasting; Houston, Share (at Beaufort), discharging; Texa Braut, to sail May 4; brig Albert Adams, Cousins, wait- ing orders; schooners Western Star, Crowell, discharg- ing; Pilot's Bride, Coker, waiting orders; Blackbird, dis- charging coal at Seabrooke; John Rose, Hulse, ‘at Fernandina.” ‘We are indebted to Purser B. M. Bixler, of steamship Bon Deford, for favors. ‘The United States steam transport Belvidere, Captain Sloan, also arrived last night from Port Royal, having loft that port on the 3d inst. She brings the following passengers:—Mrs. C. D, Loring, son and servant; Dr. Beems and son, Miss O’Mera and Miss Lynn frova Fer- nandina, The Union Colors First Hoisted over Fort Pulaski. Avavera, Me., May 6, 1862. ‘The colors of the Eighth Maine regiment, volunteers, which General Benham ordered to be placed first of aly on the walls of Fort Pulaski, in recognizance of the lant conduct of that regiment, were to-day presented to the Governor by J. H. Hamlin, in whose charge they had been placed by the colonel. The Remains of General C. F. Smiths | jp the battle of Cheat Mountain at the time when the PmLapeLruta, May 6, 1862. reboi General Lee’s forces were so severely beaten om. ‘The remains of Genoral C, F. Smith, the Hero of Fort | tho 3d of September, 1861. The Union troops om this: Donelson, ¢ removed from Independence Hall to their Jant resting place at Laurel Hill this afternoon. The cor monios, which were of the most imposing character, wore participated in by a large number of the officers of the army, including General Robert Anderson, and the navy, togothor with all the civie dignitaries. The mili- tary display was very imposing. occasion attacke? Leo's intrenchments, about twelve miles from Beveriey, on the road to Monterey, and the result of the contest was very complimentary to the Union troops, Geaeral Damont’s brigade, witth others, occupied the passes of the Cheat Mountains during the whole of last winter, and in Febrnary last moved to Springfield, Va. When the department was virtually cleared, General Dumont was ordered to Camp Jefferson,, Ky., where he took command of the Seveuteenth bri- gade of the Army of the hie, ‘Thts wasin January last. This brigade next advanced oa Bacon creek, and after- wards went into Tenuessee, where it was appoirted to take military porsession of one of the important neigh— borboods. The above recorded action will add auother sprig to General Dumont’s laure! wreath. ; The Conscription a as Viewed in Vir-- ginia. (From the Richmond kxaminer, April 23.) ess hae passed a law exempting from conserip- of persons similar to those exempted eneral Assembly from the rvice. Tho classes are not y little diminish the number of conscripts. The law of Congress is simple and concise, croating no boards of exemption, and leaving to enrolling officers the decision of claims to exemption, under rules to be prescribed by the Secretary of War. ‘Tho effect of the conscription law x to appropriate directly to the service of the confederacy the males ot the country between the ages of eighteen and thirty- five, leaving for the military establishments of the States such of the remaiuing males ar they may catl into their service. The State af exomption will take eflect upon t { persous, wifle the Confederate law of exemption will be the rule for those between eighteen and thirty five. We give @ copy of the Con- federate law in anoth: " ‘The conseription wether has nor will meet with any difficulty in Virginia or Tennessee. Wo havo yet to hear the first murmur against eas this region, a its to be hoj ed tha. the opposition which it received in ite progress teraugh Congres From core venbers of the Gulf Slates ta no index tu the sentiment of (he counsry they represents Hitherto tho burthen of thie war bas fallen dightly,om thom, they have not yet supplied a number of troops at given by the border States: furnished bean so much superior: to our own men as in counlerbalanes their quantity. For we have yet to hoar of any ye of this war in which Vir- ginia troops either rau or retreated without anorder, or failed to moke a charge when ordered. It is not Vir- ginian manuers to isdulge in se!’-ylorification; but at Joust it may be ©a.4, that in these three particulars, aw ju some others, the yast army wo have given to the cause may safely challenge comparison with all other troops of this confeleracy. Under these cireumstances, it is justthat the Southern States should assume their portion of the icad, and do their equal part in ® war un. dertoken for their sakes moro thaw our own, without muri Municipal Election in Kansas. Atcutson, Kansas, May 6, 1862. ‘The municipal election to-day resulted in the election of most of the Unionjand anti-Jayhawker ticket by a majority of thirty. The Council are Union. Riots of the Miners near Pottsville. Porrsvitie, Va., May 6, 1962. The colliors of the several mines in this vicimity,on a strike to-day, cammitted many high-handed, eutrageou® acts, The pumping engines of some of the Jargest cul. lieries were stopped by them, causing @ serious:destruc tion of property. Heekscher’s mines were the object oF their united violence. The State authorities have been called on to furnish troops. Volunteer companies are organizing. Personal Intelligence. Mrs. General McClellan and Mrs. General Marcy , ac- companied by a number of ladies, yesterday visited thy City Hospital and rhe Soldiers’ Hospital on Broadway t& examin. .we arrangements which have been made tor the reception of sick and wounded soldiers in this city. Mrs. McClellan was cordially welcomed; she ex. pressed her approval of the plan which had been adopted for relieving the necessities of the soldiers. Origin of the Warriors, the Merrimacs and the Monitors. In the Mechanics’ Magazine for February, 1927, the following ar ticle appears: PLAN OF AFLOATING CASTLE TO GO BY STEAM, AND TO RESIST BALLS. rest on flat topped boat them all, to which the boats at T side to be built, in aubstauce and quality, like that of a tmaa-of-war, and to be shielded with iron and steel plates. jates above the ridge A B v0 pois upward, agd those below it downward, so that they may refi all balls directed against structure. ‘The top ts to be ltt open ; but, being above tho hort- no ballean enter it. @ several steam id’ rudder (by which the castle ie to be cou ducted) are to act within it through ings made io the bottom of the castte, betwixt the boats. Hence tho acting part cannot be destroyed by shot. The lower guns are designed to fire at tho hulls of chips, while the upper cut away the masts, rigging, Castios thus made, each to cover an acre of water, wou carry ton thousand men, with provisions for two months, and no doubt would be found better in practice than any other machine for # like purpose. The above ie illustrated by am engraving, and it is quive clear that Captain Coles and Captain Ericsson have _ MISCELLANEOUS+. hones of te Bath ‘Music Hall of America, continue to be 80. THE BEST oth anticipated se As, TRRTALS RAT, Lens A tr waton CANNOT Bit HATCHED. ne your mi db mouth and merriment, ee eee Ona eure. tow. id is and lengthens life, ARRIVALS. wrote the finmortal Shak pere. Liveproot—steamship Bitinburz-Allan Muy, Win F Cass, ‘Ap frame you » auupidity and dulnese, Mz Jolfnston, Martin Lowery, John Lowery, Jas H Quint rd, Whieh shorten: |i ¢ bigots, Paver Bloiny M Marin, 1 Dacchield, Rober white our iosera So reat Canterbury till nsttotonal means, pnster proyramine thie A grand metnes Captain’ Ci anc ina; Jer, Mise Schneider, Mra tro chittreny Mrs Feldmab, Nise and Master Feldman, Mre Waburn, ening, all te om Sawurdey