The New York Herald Newspaper, May 15, 1862, Page 1

WHOLE NO. 9378. . NEWS FROM THE SOUTH. THE EVACUATION OF MEMPILS. The Fall of Norfolk Makes Richmond Indefensible. BURNSIDE STILL “MARCHING ON.” GENERAL SICKLES REPORTED -KILLED. FORT WRIGHT MUST FALL. Ge., ° &e., &e, Highly Importamt from Memphis. WRVIEGUISED PLBVALENCB OF UNION BeNTIMENTS— GONFEDERATE MONEY WORTHLESS—-rIre UNION PORCKES TO BY CORDIALLY WELCOWED—sHE ‘‘8E- CESH’” OTTIZENS AND NEWSPAPERS '‘KEDAD- DLING, ETC. [Correspondence of the Charleston Courier.) Mewrins, Apri} 27, 1862, Phe occupation of New Orleans, of course, opens the Mouth of ihe Miseisaippi, and federal gunboats have #t- Deady started up the river in chase of ono of our oscaping Meamers. They are looked for in the vicinity of Mem. phis within four daye~a contingency which your corres- pondent will sagsclously anticipate by “pegging out.’s & majority of theresidents of the city will remain and lake Meir chances under federal dominion. Those most clove! Rdentified with the Southern cause have already gone, and i¥ Wha end of this week that sterling paper, the Memphis Appeal, WH tts hive of workers, will nave followed in the wake. Me Avalanche will continue its publication in Memphis: Donfederate money is refused here im dozens of places, and For small articles it is tmpossible to make usd of this class of Tomnessee money is ata premium of from Afteen twenty per cont. At Nathvilie it is selling at the Bame rate, Some y the merchants have closed their stores gather than sel their goods for Confederate money, which Mey cannot use; and whenever it ts accepted, the surplus Of cach is being invested in real etute, jeweiry, plate and fiamonds. Sugar bas risen two cents and a half, Those who will remain in Memphieare generally the financial opicge whose property and pecuniary interests are stake, and they have been the first on the black list at the of danger lo sound the wiasm, produce panic, and hs success of the confederacy. 4 large portion of the so-called “Home Quard” are Pmong thore who will tender their respects to the federal sol- ery. The ladies, as ever, are true as stecl, together ‘with hundreds of brave men who cannot leave; but, bo- ides thene, the fighting population being largely repre: ted in the field, few can de singled cud with whom th® dollar ts not of vastly more rensequernice than the y of the confederacy, "Mlb the specie of the Memphis banks is in one of the Prenchdanks of New Orleans. ‘What the Loss of Norfolk Wii) Do For * the Rebellion. from the Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle and Sentinel, May 8.} t ANOTHER EVAGUATION. ‘The Richmond Examiner gives us the announcement of evacuation of Norfolk. This takee us rather by sur- }, and wo hope it may not be true, as the Hraminer Rot assert it positively, and the Norfolk Day Book, Pe the 5th, the day after the evacuation is anid to have |, Makes no meution of it. The fact that the brings us no news of tho occurrence argues rs an mat Of importance comes to tho press that medium. If Norfolk is evacuated we think 4g more involved than the consequences mentionod Dy the Braminer. Wh the eaception of New Orleans and Bichmond, is is the most imporiant city of the confederacy, losing it we should be more crippled than by the loss of other city. Indeed, we do not perceive how Richmond We tobe defended after Norfolk has fallen, the James river ‘Gpemed to the enemy's flect and McClellan and Burnside per- bo unite their forces. Tho Merrimac may not be lost the loss of Norfolk, but her inactivity since her famous battle leads us to think that she was s0 badly tnjured in the PRoounter as to be useless, except as a sarecrow. If, how- ‘Bver, she is only Leki back by a string of ‘‘red tape” frem Richmond, we may yet hear good tidings of hi ‘We hope the information of the Kramincr may prove un- tree, The Union Fleet Off Mobile. ‘The Modite Regie’er of the Sth inet. states that five Union hed appeared of Dauphin Island; that Joe ’s army was os large as Boanregard’s, and that he rebels at Corinth await the attack, ” Burnside « Moving On.” (Prom the Wilmington Journal, May 8. A report reached here this morning wo tly fect that the enemy had thrown forwardjto Greenville, it! county, m the Tar river, « force of 3,000 men, @ poruonof them , ‘This report is brought by a passenger, and ap- Nikely to be correct. @ Raleigh Iepist-r says that reached that city on Tuesday morning that the 1068 had landed & considerabie force at tho town of Washington. Mt is barely porsivie that Ure enemy snould pany wep edeny npprned on the rmiroad at Wiis; but we Mhink the object is simply to plunder ard ennoy the poo- ane ingare that section of country by .vter-oring with iting, thus heping to embarrass oyr cause by dimi- Bishing our supplies. Wepelessness of Rebel Success at Fort ? Wright. {Correspondence of the Charleston Ceurier.] + Mamvme, Tenu,, April 28, 1862 ‘The news from Fort Wiight is encouraging only w the thal we stil bravely mainiain she deferme. Tue enemy ten mortar boats and a numberof transports. From fermer heavy firing is unevasingly kept up night and day. Thus far the only casuaities are the loss of a leg ‘and an arm, one of (he sufierers being au aged citizen of ps Belghiborhoed who was present to furnieh aswistance the disabled, if !t should be required. It is woported feo that we burst one of our moi The enemy are Supposed to have burst three, the p rity of the At the several times, and the (ai.ure of the shells their acoustomet places, indicating this t in ability. Bince then only seven mortar boats have im use. ul Jb ta my own impression Cad the fail of Fort ght ta oni ci, and that the enemy are cut prepared to take it atil after the coming ba:tie at Cormth. Only two of heir gavboate remain, with the mortars, aud the me ESS. their troope have departed up the Tonnoswes to the work of fine, as was the care with fh wana Nows. [From mond Loqirer May 9.) ‘We learn from @ courier, who arrived here yerterday, ‘Wat the enemy landed at Woet Poi.t, bus were rep. ised pee Whiting’s division, with email logs ou beth The evemy as usua! fled iv their gunboats. ‘This same courier informe us that “!\ckies’ Drunken yigade’” was in the engagemont near Williamsburg on jopday, aud «fered severely, Sickles himself being Farther Rebol ate aunts from a New Or- {From the Witmingten (N. 0.) Journal, May 7.) ad the pleasure this morning of | a briet Wersatiog with two highly intelligent g n from Frv Orleans, from whom we obtained eome tems of in twn upon seroral doubtful petnis son, which we ¢ was garrisoned a regulars, and had mainly by a roy fought with great courage and endurance; indeed Dowwan given them ¢ \ghest prase as fighting men; ot when hs enemy @ fees had got past, they thought the game was up, and audderly determined (a fight no more. So unerpeciad was Ue mutiny that no measures hud Deon Cavern (o yueli uf, aod when it developed \teelf, at em- raved nearly every company. Fort Si. Poilip,on the let wide of the river, Was token in the roar by forces About the location of at the ybarany bilp there ud not frou Gs Lis woopa tn Above the had passed wp the river, very St, Philly wore tho only river de. ko one bundred guns that were id 40 bo on the river banks above were vot there, At Imetio there were works mounting guns for laud ser op, fay twenty fours and thirty-twon, Bat these didi ot do much, aud could Met do much againet naval iimpreeston that the naval forces 6 with the other forces and it not have fuil control, and ona dora fomw Riau , OF some Other Place, eeemed to wart tim in regard to the navy, The men and officers board air boate fonght desperately. 1 The peopld ef New Orieane are gown’! to the core. Gon modore Parraght i# spoken of As eminently cour. Pause sod aautrigt vy auBious to avoid al) muyparmoae of oY 4 NEW YORK HERALD. Some of his subordjuates seem anxious to im to a different courre, A good deal of bitterners is fell (owards Generak Lovell taid abe should {dpe that the min'e intelligent acquis hime :f amy eusyicton of treachery, Hin force had been very much weakened to reinforce our army at Corinth, We will not aay what Lis present force is, but is is nol twenty thou: sand. Mayor Monroe i#a native of Virginia, Mr, Tift, the comtactor for the burned steamer, the Mississippi, ie aa anion friend, but no relative or connection of Mr. Mille lory’s. Gen, Butler and the New Orleans Aue thorities. ‘The Now Orleans Deita of the 4th inst. records an inter view going on between Gen. Butler and the Mayor and City Council, and staios that the ojyil authorities contiaae functions, except upon political and military No oath of allegiance had been required.— counts xtate that the Mayor aud Council bave been arrepted.—Ep. Harp). Lnteresting News from Memphis. Cuicaco, May 14, 1862. Memphis papers of the 11th are received, A despatch from Natchez states that the federal fleet has returned to New Orleans, ‘he Appeal, commenting on the growing disposition ou the part of the citizens to refuse the Confederate notes, chaructizes the parties a8 traitors. ‘Tho seme journal says that the only condition ppon which the south will agcept peace is recoxn'tion and in- dependence, not cniy of the common States, but of very bord i Stits whose people desire an aliiance with the Con'eders Tho Provert Mavshal of Momphis has or@eved the arrest ofl! pereons refusing to take Confederate money im pay- ment of goods, The 4;qral of the 11th says:—-We have certain inte!)t- gence that General Hutieck’s army have lost over 5,000 by desertion, the country between the Tennessee river an’ Kentuesy being full of them. The whole of the Fertioth Ohio deserted and disbanded after the battle of the 7th. Numbers of Kentuekians and Missourians fol- lowed their xemple, in consequence of disaflection pre- duced by the lare anti-slavery movements in Lov gress. A report has been brought from Little Rock that Gene- re) Curtis’ divigion of the federal army bas commenced to inarcn upon the capitalof Arkansas,and says that Seneca Steele is marching to the same point from Poca- hontas. The following rebel official despatches are pub!ished:—- Drsanc, Ark., May 10, 1862. ihe enemy are reported to have been in Augusta, Jackson county, They took possession of ‘ar oe cotton in the neighborhood. ‘They ed in considerable force at Jacksonport and Bates- ville, Their destination la unkuown, They are reported to be from 8,000 to 10,00 eirong, Seventeen hundred bales of cotton were burned he: day. Conn, May 10, 1862, | since bp terrible satuehing a¢mmtstarea to teneral Pepe's" cofmmand esterday, by Generals Price aud Vap Porn, we have bad no farther demonstrations, Matters are. accordingly, quiet thie mornitig, The ‘oliowing characteristic mesxage from Jeff Thomp- son 1s published :— Fort Want, May 10, 1862. The Missourians concluded to celebrate to-day, the auniversary of the Camp Jackson massacre. Wo have shown the enemy that we still own the Mississippi, aud cap ran the blockade whenever we choose, We gave them # few builets this morning to show them our power, and after a buudsome scrimmage of thirty minutes, we beoked down the river with two killed and eight slightly wounded. Our oflicers are all safe and our gunboats un- injured. All,from the Commodore down to the powder boys, behaved like soldiers ‘The Appeal published thy CAPTURE CF SUFFOLK, VA. Fortress Moxror, Hox, FE. M. Snantox, Secretary of War : despatch without comment, y 14, 1862, ‘We have Suffolk. It was taken last eveuing by Major Dodge, Allis quiet, Major General MeClollan’s troops are at Cumberiand, JOUN F. WOOL, Mator General Commanding, IMPORTANT FROM NASHVILLE, - Union Mase Mecti: of the People—Pre= Mminary Stcps to the Readmission ef Tennessee tg the Union. Nasuvine, May 13, 1862, ‘The Union demonstration to-day was a complete suc. cess. The meeting was held in the hall ef the House of Bepresentatives, and comprised at least fifteen hundred persons, together witha band of music, Ex-Governor Campbell presided, assisted by Vice Presidents from va- rious districts and counties, meluding Memphis. Speeches were made by Governor Campbell, Governor Johnson, Mesars. W. B. Stokes, William H. Polk, W. H. Werens» Edmand Cooper and John 8. Brien. The tenor of al) the speeches was an earnest appeal to the deluded Tennessce- ans who have embraced the cause of the rebels to re. turn to loyalty to the Union. The evening meeting was attended by Colonel Lewis D. Campbell, Hon. Jordan Stokes and others. Resolu- tions setting forth that the safety and welfare of their relatives and friends in the rebel army and prisons can only be assured by the return of Tennessee to the Union: shat Congrees be appealed to to end the war; compliment- ing the Union officers and soldiers on their considerate conduct, and approving of Governor Johnson's address of March 18, were adopted by aeclamation. The greatest enthusiasm wag manifeeted throughout the entire proceedings. Everything here bears an auspi- ous aspect for the Udion caui Gov. Andrew Johngon, of Tenness: the Guerillas, {From the Nashville Union, May 10.) We give below a highly important prociamatien from Gov. Johuson. In our judgment it meets tho case exact. ly. Itisa well timed and well aimed biow, and will place ® wholesome restraint on those freebooters and marauders who are pow carrying on the chief work of the rebeilion:— Execurvs Orricr, Natrvitie, Tenn., May 9, 1662. Whereas, certain persons unfrieodiy and hostile to the goverhment of the United States have banded themselves together, and are now going at large through many of the counties 4 ing, Maitreating and piunder- tog Union found Now, therefore, 1, Andrew Juhuson, Governor of the Stato of Tennessee, by virtue of the power and authority in me vested, do hereby proclaim that in every tnstance ia which & Union man is arrested and maltreated by the marauding bands aforesaid, five or more rebels from the most prominent in the iunmediate nelghdorhoed s! be arrested, imprigoned and otherwise dealt with asthe nature of the case may require, And further, in all cases in which property of citizens loyal to the govern. ment of tue United States is taken or destroyed, full and ample remuneration shall be made out of the property of such rebels the vicinity as have sympa- thized with, and given aid, comfort, information or en- couragement to the parties committing such depreda- tions. This or: will be executed tm letter and spirit. All citizens are hercby warned, under heavy penalties, from eutertaining, receiving or encouraging such persons no vanded together or in any wite connected therewith. ANDREW JOHNSON. Epwaro H. Ext, Secretary of State. THE SIEGE OF FORT WRIGHT, Caino, May 14, 1862. A despatch from Fort Wright, dated" yesterday at noon, says that a rebel tug has this moment roonded the Point to reconnoitre everything, which seems to indicate re- newed activity, Both sides were expecting an attack momentarily. ‘ . A deserter came on board the fiag boat Benton yerter- day, He states that the rebolram, in the engagement Saturday, was not sunk as reported, but was terribly ehatt Our gunners undoubtedly fired most of their shote above the water line, They struck where the ram was heavily pinted, Experienced naval men are of the opinion that, bad the game number of shote been fired at the water line or below, they would have sent every rebel craft to the bottom. The deserter reported that the rebel fleet lays of the fort buwily engaged ia repair ing the damages, promising faithfully to retarn in exact- iy forty-oight hours, Caio, May 13, 1869. In the naval engagement on Saturday the gunboat Cin clunati wae more seriously damaged by the frequent but tings she received from tho rebel rame than was at drst reported, Sho was compelied to ran into shoal water en the Tennessee shore, where sho grounded, and had, atthe last account from the fleot, four feet of water ou ber gun dock, Tbe government wrecking derrick had goue down to raise her. It ja supposed she would be afloat again towdiay, The Union gunboat Mound City did exeellont service during the engagement. She was etruck in a similar manner to the Cincinnati, but not so badly damaged, She was run Jato shoal water, whon shesettied to the botion, ‘She bas been pumped out and arrived here to-day for re paira, During tho beat of the engagoment one of the rebel gunboats got hold of one of the Usion Bomb ketones, and wae towing it away, when the Benton bore down upon ber, and after a brief skirmish compelled the rebel gunboat to relence the prize. The casualtion on board the Cincinnat! are Ce Sterobel, ghot throngh the neck, the wound not ex. pected Lo prove serio Fourth Masver Reynolds. shot throngh the abdomen, sided dead, and two seamen names nos kovva, eiahily wounded ia the kane tata pe ren NEW YORK,-THURSDAY, MAY 15, 1862. WEWS FROM THE PENINSULA. The Main Body of General McClelilan’s Army Still at Cumberland. Continual Skirmishing with the Enemy. 4 The New Defensive Line of the Rebels, &e., &e., &e. Wasamator, May 14, 1862. ‘The information from the main body of Geveral Me- Cielian’s army at Comberland is up to nine o’clock yes- terday. dl In the course of the day they had several inconsider- able skirmishes with the rebels, who were in their immediate front, War Drvarnrerr, Wasmnator, May 14, 1562. Owlug to the storm but one boat cams to-day from For- trees Monroe to Cherrystone. There was but little news brought, and that was sent to the progs at noon, ‘There wag no change of importance in the position of General Haueck’s army yesterday. Our Army Correspondence. Winisamesvra, May 10,1862, Williamsburg Under Milta-y Law—The Rebel Prisoners— ‘Effect of Our Sharpthooters, tc, General McClellan and staff having gone forwards General C. Grover, Firat brigade, Hooker’s divigion, bas been appointed Military Governor, and Judge George D. Wells, Lieutenant Colonel First Massachusetts Volunteers, has been appointed Provost Marshal, and the rebel pri- soners placed under his charge, a8 well as the general police of the town. Among the prisoners is Dr. Maury, &0n of ex-Mayor Maury, of Washington, surgeon in the rebel army. A ‘ieutenant of the Fourteenth Loulgiana regiment (Now Oricans Tiger#) ts also a prisoner, with a large number of other commissioned office ‘They inform me that on the Friday before the evacua- tion of Yorktown, when a largo gun was reported by our men to have burst, “as noticed by one of your corres pondents, it killed threo and wounded fifteen of the rebels. The dread of our sharpshootera is very great throughout the whole rebel army. The prisoners gpeak of their fire as very deadly. Our artillery fire was aiso very accurate, and on ono occasion they struck all their tente, under the impression that we couR! see them and use them as a mark to five at. ‘One ball passed through the tent of a major, barely mis jug his head, Another passed into atent where three privates oping, and took oif the head of the mid. die one, dashing. his brains over bie comrades and «il about the tent, but doing them no injury. The officors generally exprees tho strongact belief tn the ‘ultimate success of their cause; but tho feeling among the privates seems to be quite the roverse. In fact many of the Virginiang are decidedly pleased to be well out of the rebel army. It was currently reported here before the firht shat the battle would tuke piace in the town, and it wos on this account that many of the inhabitants fied who would not otherwire have left. They are beginning to return, but show their secession feelings. Two men of the wwn have held out Urroughovs the whole reign of secessionism hereas Union men. For this they have been subjectet to indignities of every kind, from insulting wi wo attacks upon them in their houses. Mr. BOwdin, the prominent lawyer of the town and county, is one of them. Ho says the ontrages committed by a ringle rebel regiment while quartered here were daily far greater than that of our whole army. Everything about the town is perfectly quiet and orderly, aud very few indications remain of the passage of two ercat armies through the ‘The prisouers taken are representatives of dyer forty rebel regiments of infamry, besides indapendent bai- talions, corps, batteries, cavalry, &c. ‘ihe Fifth and Thirteenth North Carolina and Twenty-fourth Virginia aro largely represented. The oo remaining in the hospitals are doing well erally. Seprivare Thorne, of tho Eleventh Alabama regiment® died in the hospital last night from his wound: A young man, living vear tbe cily on a farm, r appiied to one of the rebel surgeons to aitend bi who was taken dangerously il}, ‘Are yoo in the army!’ says the surgeon. ‘‘No,sir.” ‘Then why ti you?’ was the only assistance he conld Bick woman wag left within two miles of Williamsburg, without medical attendance, until the aryival of the Union army on Monday. Tinanqvanrans, Vitt.ace op Raxwauvinie, Srxcreew Micke Norte oy Witisamanvne, May 11, 1362. March of the Army from Williamsburg towards Kich. mond—Junction of the Various Corpe d’ Armee near West Point—The Whole Army Now Pogether—Forward to Richmond—Incidents of the Battle af Williamsburg— Gallant Conduct of Hooker's and Kearney’s Dwisions— Stirring Speech of General McClellan, de., de. + The firet duty of the Army of the Potomac, since the evacuation of Yorktown, has been to overtake and fight theenemy. The army of General McCicilan has been preseing hard after the rebels ever since last Sunday. During all that time our cavalry have been almost in eight of their rear guard, end prigoners have been falling into our hands conetantly. We are now within five miles of West Poiat, which lies to the north, and it is under- stood that those divisions of the army which went to ‘Weet Point by water have effected @ junction with our advanced divirion: ix miles west of that place and twelve miles north of thie, #0 that our whole army iv now together. it is understood that the euemy has made a stand on the opposite side of a swamp about ft teen miles south of Richmond, @ short distance above City Point, on the James river.” If the Navy Department done its duty it would have bad guphoate 4 t Cit, Point long ago, which could throw ehelia into that p tien of the enemy. Ita fasrure to do ° that work work of the army harder; y and thoroughly done. There is fo army in 1 Rebeldom, nor sii their armies combined, that can staad for @ moment before the in vineible legions of the Army of the Potomac. I say thie hing a full knowledge of the officers and men comyoeing the army. ny During the march from Wil/iameburg hore | have co! lected following facta respecting the batile of that lace :— ‘ The Kxceleior brigade, commanded by Colonel Nelson Taylor, Acting Brigadier Geueral, ali iought gallantly, and lort more men any others. Some of the newspapers have very wrongly attributed the victory at Wiilainsburg to Hancock's troops. This ig @ great misiake. Hancock's conduct was, ae Genera’ MoCiellan observes in lespatches, brilliant and au. perb; but, compared to the buik of the hard Sigh: log of the day, it was a mere dash of a few minutes. hard fighting was do Kearney and & oy seven o'clock iu the morni und wore eng: wntii half-past two o'clock P.M. Their lose, as is shown by the offic ial reports, is over 2,000 kilied and wounded—to beexact, 2,073. General Kearney’s division, too, was the first w enter Williamsburg. His division alone lost 411 mon killed and wounded. in Heucock's whole ai: Vision there were not over thirty meu killed and ind most of them were only woundes isiona of Hooker on the enemy y to the heat of ‘he %, the divisions of General Philip ook. ‘Thi to fight at gagement. the trees are riven tato splinters by ine storm of tron and jeacen ba}! which reined among \ While quartered at Williamsburg General MeCleilan rode out on Wednesday, while the L copa were on dress parade, He rode along the lines of Hooker's division wn. Ul he reached the brigade in which the Fifth Wisconsin regiment was drawn up, and near whore I wae stuading ‘Then, ome hie cap, he pronounced ip clear and sono. rour tones the following words:— CENAKAL M’CLELLAN'S ADDRENE TO THK TROOPS THAT [POUGET AT WILLIAMSBURG #, Thaveoome to thank you fer your gallant he otuer day. By your bravery and steady jue you eaved the day. “You have gained b nor for army, for yourselves aod for the States which are proud © ows you as their sons. You shall have Wil Name borg @ro biagoned on your banners. You have stood by me faivhfo Continie todo so, aud your grateful country will never forget you, 1 peed out say that this stirring Hitle speech called forth (he utino®t enthusiasm, The woole army idolines McClellan, and to be thus conrplimented by him was felt to be an honor indeed, . Tho army begav to move forward from Williamsburg immediately after the battle, The roads b jow and marshy spots, whe only with the greatest acuity. We are here ith onrarms and our rations, The state of the such that our baggage wagous could not keep god it was witb the greatest difficulty that even the anuon and ammunition wagons have becn drawn along. Many are the eooasions that i have come up with cannon and caissous *tuck fast im the mud, iv spite of ali care to prevent it, with all hands engaged, with levers made of (he trunks of small trees, prying out the guns, rows New Kat Court House, Va., May 11, 1862, Skirmish Between the Siash United States Cavalry and Stew. art's Rebel Cavairy—A Trap—Lis of Killed and Wound ai, ‘Tho Sighh regiment of regular cavalry had quite o PRICE TWO CENTS. epirited skirmish on Friday, with a eavalry regiment of ‘the enemy under Colonel Stewart, They wore out in ad- ‘vaiice of our army, scouting, aud had approached within five miles of New Kent Court House, whon the encounter wok piace. A squadron of our men charged opon a whole regiment of the enomy, capturing two, killing some twelve or fourteen, and wounding a large number. Oar loss is five in kilied aud missing and nine wounded, @ list Of whom Teuclose, Our Sixth regiment is one of the finest In tho servico, and has been on duty constantly winds wo have boon in this part of Virginia. It is com. mended by Major Williams, of the regular army. The wounded are all dotng woll at the house of a Mr. Morris, near where the engayement took place, which is being ‘Used a8 & hospital for these men, and ig under the imme. diate oare of Dr. Puoloy,of the reentur army, Before the engagement was chded Capt. Gibson arrived upon the ground with his battory, and quickly disversed what remained of the enomy. Our men subsequently found the body of Charl*s O'Hara, of Columbus, Ohiv, in the woods. The rebels bad cut o!f his little finger to get possession of a gold ring. . ‘They are also reported to have taken a prisoner cap- tured from the Sixth cavalry into tho woods, tied him to @ tree, and shot him through the head. if this last report should prove true, and become generally known toour soldiers, it will have a tendoney to imoke perfect savages of thom, as they bave hither been very and vo tho rebel wounded and prisoners, aud con- dneted the war according tothe rules and usages of civi- lized warfare; but if the enemy 3 Lo make ita war to the death, they will dnd that our suidiers can play at the same gain. ‘A private 1” the Second Rhode Island. i . Com- pavy A, was woundall ina very singular mannor uring the engagement. He had gore into a deseried house $n the reighbortood, and wax investigating the contents of a flour barrel, when he was shot throngh the leg by & gov, which had been placed there purposely ag a trap. His name is Owen Martin 2d, ite will probably be caro- fu! in future how he enters rebel houses. The following is alist at killed, wounded and missiog of the Sixth reguiar cavalry :— ILD. Charles O'Hara, Co. E, Columbus, Obio. — Ciine, —, MISSING. A. Jrieh, taken prisoner and reported shot by the exemy, P. French, Adrian, Michigan. Robert Craig, Tecumeeb, Michigan. WOUNDED. Corporal Morris, Ca. B, shot through the wriat. —— Netf, Co. KE, shot throvgh both lega, — Alstall, Co. B, slightly in foot, —— Kennedy Co. b, in cheat. Corporal Campbell, Co. E, in the back. —— Palmer, Co. £, in the ankle. — Curthers, Co. K, dangerously, ip tho chest, —— Moowell, Co. F, ehoulder, siightly. ‘olunteers, slightly, Owen Martin, 24 regiment R. T. Huanquakrers; Nak New Kent Corer Hoves, May 13, 1882. ‘the Advance Upon Richmond— Another New Line of De_ fence Taken Up by the Rebels—The Relel Army Demo- ralieetand ina State of Mutiny—A Negro Murderer Punished—A Skirmish, dc. We have advanced *‘thus far into the bowels of the land” without particniar incident, excopt the coming into onr lines of numerous deserters from the enemy and negroes from the surrounding delectable country. ‘The news brought by these individuals is interesting, and, iftrue, 1s important, The deserters represent the enemy a8 intreaching in front of Richmond, and between that city and the swamps that lie between it and ouradvance. The intrenchments, however, are repre- sonied to be of quite recent constraction, and to be far inferlor, both in actoal strength afid position, to those at Yorktown and Williamsburg. But it is the unanimous opinion of our officers that it makes uo difference at all whether these intrenchments are extensive and for- midable or tie contrary. Whetber strong or weak, they cannot stand before our troeps. Indeed, my exje- rience with the army, both im battle, on the march and in encampment, har led me tw the deliberate conviction that there are no obstacies, whether formed of armies, of men of the most formidable intrenchments, that can withstand their rogresy. With General McClellan at its head, the Army of the Potomac could march victoriously from one end of the continent totheother. These deserters likewise say that the Qon- federate army is completely demoralized; that there is no heart ieft in it; that the soldiers, tor o tired of ‘he war, are now utterly sick of their leaders, and sre watching for an opportunity to desert the unworthy caugo for which they have boen fighting. They say tat the offivers are willing to Sight, and that sonw o: them are as bold and dedant in thetr language »= oy but that there is not one man in three of the rank file who wil willingly pull @ trigger « y that the men of the army generaily are iny on account of the arrearsof thoir pay wi withbeld, and because ef the scarcity and inet! cient feod doled out to them. They say further that the defences of Richmond are vory pooriy supplied with capuon, and that many of those which they have are suspected by artillery officers of being made of wuch in ferior materials that it will be unsaie to fre them, aud that their supply of guapowder for the cannon is excecd- iegly mall—so much #0 that none can be used for experimental firing. The megrocs say that the talk among the civil officers of the Confederate overnment ai Ricuunond is, that it 18 idle to think of ie- fine that city with the forees which they have (0 that purpose, aid that it would be wiser to abandon it. y that it ts understood there that on the appronoh Drrned and blown up. They also rate troops, in their retreat from this point towar and making a de country can. Even if thie be true it makes no difference to our army. All our stores are now with ué, aod, as our waver communication by two rivers ie perfect, we shall want for nothing. Berides, the battle of Williamsburg was fought and won by meu who bad lived on hard crackers for forty-eight hours, and had Been ail that time in ihe rain and mad, Men who cau go through that are in- * grO, & Very desperate character, was hung at Weet Ou Friday for the cold blooded murder of two Maseacharetis eoldier. Ho caught them asleep alone and murdered thom for their money. He was caught ;and was made to jump off the limb al a x. This murder, and other instances of atrocity, cruelty, deceit and ingratit :de on the part of uegroes in eamp, Lave eoinplevely cured the Masaaclusctts soldiers of that negro worshipping manta of which they bave hitherto been possessed. Thay lave repeatedly declared, in my hearing, that they wisled that tue war could be conducted in Puch # manuer ae would baye the status of slavery Just as it was before the war; for the slaves Lave proved themselves utterly unworthy of frecdum and utterly aufit to befree. Ana such, too, has been my experionce im regard to Tomiftted to slate above our advanced troops up the Pamunkey found « kawmil! ab a convenient point up that stream, with plenty of lumber sawed aad @ large quantity of gawlogs all ready for the saw, Lhave just learned of a brisk little skirmish which took place at Slater's Mill, two miles from here, on Friday las, between the Sixth’ regiment cavalry, the Second Rhode Island regiment, the Ninety-eighth Peunsylvania regiment and Major Robinson's battery of #ix pieces on our pide, and teu regiments of infantry, two regiments of avalry nod three atterios.of artillery on the part of the Our foree engaged was at that time ten miles to advance of any supports, yet it gallantly attacked and utterly routed the enemy The Killed ‘Wounded in the Battle of Willtamabarg. Witsamepurs, May 15,3862. ‘The reporte of the Killed and wounded in the battle of ‘Williamabarg are very incorrect. I have the authority of Lieut. Col. Welles, the Provost Marshal of this city, for eaying that the roport of ca os in his regiment (Firet Massachuretts) is inaccurate, and I know by the graves now here that the loss of the Ex- colsior Drigade is aleo incorrect, particuarly in reference tothe First regiment of that brigage. For inston Colonel Dwight is not killed, but badly wounded, and om his way to New York. The list of captains is also wrong. ‘The only captain killed in the First Exoeisior (Dwight’« regiment) i® not meutioned, nameiy, Captain Henry Brooks O'Reiliey, Three other captains reported killed, namely, Captain Boun, net Bruno, a# printed; Capt, Bagbeo and Capt. Price, of New York, are missing, and are reported pr ison- ere at Richmond. Capt. Maban has gone bome wounded to New York, Li Raynor, commanding ® company in that regiment, was also killed, He was a fou of Major Haynor, of Geo, Wools staff. Point Srnassuno, Va., May 14 A northeaster set in last might, It ie & God. agricultare apd the sanitary condition of our troep: Deserters and prisoners continue to come in and aro consigned to the charge of Colones! Batcheldor, Provost Marebal., Several important cases bave been forwarded wo Washington to-day, by order of Colonel Clarke, Chiof Aid of eneral Banks, for final disposal, News from Ship Island, Boston, May 14, 186 ‘The ship Undaunted, which arrived at this port to. from Ship Island 2ist ult., brings thirty officers and toroe bundred aud twenty sick and disabled soidie: Two hundred sick soldiers wero left at inland to b8 for. warded by the nextsbip. The Undaunted also brings 720 bales of Cotton and 1,000 barrels of turpeutine. There sit regiments of infantry and two batteries of artillery On the igiag@ when she left, The weather wag vary Lot IMPORTANT FROM EUROPE. The Niagara at Halifax with Two Days Later News. Foreign Intervention in Amerioa - §$till Canvassed. England and France Converted to the “Moral Foree”’ Principle. Slavery to Be Gradually Abolished at the South and in Cuba, and Engiaund Set Right in Mexico by the New . System. Tho Destitute Artisans Call on Great Eri- tain and France to Aid Mr. Lincoln in “Crushing Out’ the Rebellion, The Poor Law Inadequate to Relieve the Operatives of Great Britain, NAPOLEON'S ITALIAN POLICY BAFFLED, Sardinian Troops Expected in Rome, &e., ec. Hanyax, May 14,1802. ‘Tbe steamship Niagara, Onptain Stone, which left Liverpool at half-past ten A. M. of the 3d, and Queens town 4th, arrivea this evening, with thirty-five passen- gers for Boston and fifty-eight for Halifax, together with £4,000 in specie for Halifax. She will sail at nine o'clock for Boston. May 4,at five P. M., paased the Asia eight miles west of Roche Point. ‘The Hibernian arrived off Londd@derry on the forenoon of the 2: instant. ‘The steamship Bavaria, from New York, arrived off Cowes on the 8d ingant in the evening. The American War Question. PROGKESS OF THE INTERVENTION REPORT—FRANCE AND ENGLAND TO AOT BY MORAL, NOT FORCIBLE MEANS—A GRADUAL ABOLITION OF SLAVERY IN ‘THE REBEL STATSS TO BE NDED—"'BULL RUN” RUSSELL AGAIN AT Hi# SNOBBKRY—A BRITIBH PRO- POSITION FOR FRANCE AND ENGLAND TO AID PRE- SIDENT LINCOLN IN “CRUSHING” OUT THB REBEL- LION. BTC. Vague rumors of threatened intervention in America continue in circnlation, and the dulness and dechue tp cotten is attributed to them, The Paris correspondent of the London News, writing on the (et, eays:—It is positively stated to-day in offictal cireles + the French and English ministers at Wash jugion have received Mentical instrnetions to attempt a moral inicrs ntion, exclusive of any idea of forcible inter” vention, the hope of putting an ond to the civil war. the} ‘orrespondent of the Independance Belg: re torte: Ls statement relative to the contemplated inter- vention ne news which he sent respecting thy evvention by France and England, for ent(?) in the mest absolute manner, and have reavop to bolieve the project will very soon be made known officially to the public. It t# sald that certain convilions will be imposed on the South, having for ite olject the gradual’ emancipation of ite plaves Tam sseured the “ler to generalize the measure for the abolition of sia~r-y, Pravce and Spain bave made secret treaty by which this unnatural institution would disappear from Cuba in a short time, A meeting atten Jout six thousand people war hold at Aston-vud er © to concider the crisis in the @otton districts. A tint alling on the government to recognize the Confederni “tates, and adopt Mr, Cobden’s propoeed alteration in me law was proposed. An amendment was offered valliig on the governments of Ame- rica, England and France (> vrush the retellion. bat on a division the original motion was carried by a considers ‘The London Times Publishes s letter trom Mr. Russel explaining the difficulties thrown wm his way by Seere tary Stanton when he sought to visit the British man of war Rinaldo, He said the diffloulties amounted virtually to prohibition, aud thinks Secretary Stanton would order away the Riuaido if he dared, Mr. Ruegel) further says in couclusion:— I may be permitted te add that} have received an. wurauces that Ceveral McCellan has expresse? hinself Strongly ib reference to tecretary Stanton’s condact 1 himself and ‘o me iv tho matter, aud that he and all his sta? have been kind enough to deciare tomy fronds how deeply they regret my absence from their cam: An fuftuential dey (fon waited on the President o the Poor Law Board, relative to the distress in cotton manufacturing districis, and pointed out the inadejuc y of the poor saw to meet it, The President explained to what extent the poor law guardians could depart from the provisions of the law. Ho thought the matter shoul bo left inthe bands of the guardians, who were doing their duties very effictent!, The Invasion of Mexico. DIPFERENCR OF ACTION OF THE MOKAL FORCE POWERS. ‘The London Pimes says: —Our government bas gradually withdrawn even ite originally emall stake in the military partot the eaterpriso in Mexies, and we have now lide beyond a moral participation in the matter, Wo shail ge! suoh redress for the past and guarantees for the future ag are Cound to be obtainable, and we want nothing more, Tt is stated that further reinforcements of French troops and war material aro to be eent t Mexico, Great Britat ‘On the 2d instant Sir G. C. Lewis said the House would soon have ample opportunity to discuss the question of defen, as it woald be his duty shortly to ask leave to bring in a bill for another loan for national defences, Mr. Layard stated iat the Italian government had sent Over Commist loners to Negotiate & treaty of commerce, In the House of Commons on the let inst, some ex planations were mace es to the delay in the Amerivaa maila laude! at Queenstown, The principal 4ificuity wae in catching steamers from Dablin for Hovy heat, and the government #iated that arrangemouts were bolug made to remove the dieulty. Colonel Patten, who had iutended to cali attention to the distres# in the cotton manufacturing districts, joss poned tho matter for a few days, Mr. Maguire caited attention to the distres#, and re. ported deaths from 1, Ho asked what the government proposed de Sir Robert Peel aamitted that the some extent, but the accounts were greatly exaggerated The goverument deeply regreited the distress, Dut could Aol aiteinpt to alleviate (t by indiscriminate relief, Mr. Layard explained inet the wilitary arrangements at Shanghao were purely of n deiensive characters Graphic details are published of the opening cfremo. Ries at the great exhivition, which paseed of with per fect success The num ber preseus Was 35,000, ali bowg soason ticket herders ‘Yhe London Times pronounces the ceremonial empha: tically tho grandest, best managed and inost impowing poblic for years Matters were of cour building, but cers tainly forward state than at the opening i 1861, 4 with 1861 the mere spectacle was an much moro gorgeous as the oxhibition itaelf is better, Commissioners, Bart Gran vill in the name of the Preseuied an address to the Duke of Cambridge, as ® representative of the Queen, and the Dnke made a suitable iy, the death Of Prince Albert being fee!) upon by both. The Duke of Cambridg proinimed, by command of the Queen opened, araidat enti nd, ‘torial on the opening, mo- ralizos and deploe# the end epectacls preseuted uy tue American attendance st the exhibition. The second day the adiwission was ore guinea, The anm ber of people was 82,606. dho extraprduwry Yelverton oasg bee beeo axaia very opened at Dub!in, the argumonts on the bill of exceptions taken by Major Y-lverton haying commenced iv the Court of Common Pleas, Foor deputations (rom Liverpool bad an interview on the ad with the members of the goverument on the qnet- {ip relating to the shipping interest, Tho objecta wore not utatod, France. The recall of General Goyon from Rome is oonfirmed. The Paris correspondent of the London ines saysi— “Tt was after much time and hesitation that the Emperor decided on the step, and the people say |t prod-oed suol effect on the Emprese that eho could not, or would not appear at the dinuer given to the Queen of Holland on the 28h, at the Du'leries, nor did sho appear at the bal: which fotlowed the dinner.” It is believed by the Italians in Paris that Rome wil) soon be cecupiat by the Pedmontese troonm Tho Oomsiit'ionn-l agserts that the reea!! of General Goyon will not change the French policy at Rome, The Bourse was firm. Rentes had advauovd to T1f, ‘The King of Italy, to reply to an adress presented at Naples on (he Ut, expressed bis erautude for its recop- toa, and anid the public works witl incre ise Mm vetty The public prifety is not yet re-establicb beewn: Rome is the centre of conspiracies but believ: I say that, ae much ag Jinitus wish bo recover Rome; the Propch wish quite aa meh to terininate the occupa ton of it, ¢ Tho King remuired at N nd to Le en thugieeticaily received. 1 progeed ins few dayt to Paiermo. It was reported that Prince Napoleon would visit tie King at Napies. The omeph acy at Milan was exacgoroted, ! eroy of Fgypt had arsived at Messina ct roudl for Nantos. How 2 most etartl Six thieves, r is and daggers, ete one of the principal banks, garroted the offtcials amd mace off with 806,000 francs. Prussia. A commission bas Leon appomted to proeeed to Eng- Jand Uo collect iwiormacion reiative to iron plated ships. If aaflownt kaow.edye is not obainab o there the cume unigsion will go to Fraves and Awerica, Holland, The Bank of Amsterdam Lad advanced ita rate of dig- count to 4. Cape of Good Hope. Cape of Gool Hope tails to the ead of March have giand. The news 48 uuimportant. There is very littio improvemeut im trade, The drought continued in the Western province. India, China and Australia ‘“ The India, Ciiaw and Ausiralia malls have arrived at nen, ¥ Meibourne dates are to March 26, No fdetaile are ré- ceived. A Bombay telegram of the 12th saya the cotton crop is shorter aad the qfatity worse han last year, ‘The Calcutta merchant: bad peti! joned for and the Bom bay werchants against, the repeal of che import dulies. Commercial Intelligences THR LONDON MONEY MAWKET. Funds ware firmer with more steadiness. There is an increased demand for money, pary i anticipation of h paymonts on u for further instalmonjg on the Turkish loun. aro al Aly a 2%. ! ‘The London Pies says it is reported that the applica. cations for the Russian loan reached nearly four and» half millions, ond in Parise three muilions, leaving only two and a half miltions for the other Continental cities, Lonvon, May 2~Evening.; Amorican securities dull and nominal. ; Jaxvon, May 3—Evening. 34 a 937g for money, RITES, ventral Railroad, 47 a 4634 Congols closed today at ve Aes rt The latest sates wer discouat; Erie, 2a 8244. TKADE REPORT. The Manchoster inurikct was steady, with on earier tendency. LUVERPOOL RRPADSTUFFS MARKET. Messrs. rdeon, Spence & Co., Wakefield, Naeh Co., and otivers report:—F.our dull ‘and declined 6d. Darrei pice Tuesday e, 248. 6.0308. 6d. Whi quiet and declined 2d. per ewt: rod Western, 10%. 9 red Southern, Ie. 9 11s. 24.; white Wester, 111 . 123.; whitu Southern, 128. a 128. 6d. Corn firmer; mixed) Od, @ 2%8.; White, 328. @ ts. SAVER PROVISION MARKET. r ‘sreport beef very duil ata Sole hap a downward tendency. Bacon ined 6d.als. Lard active atdls, a 43% 6d. Tallow steady at 468, td. LIVERPOOL PRODUCE MARKER, Ashes stoidy at S28. 6d. {ov pours and $88, for Rosin active; cammon, 19s. 6d. a lds. Spirits t ad irregular; quoted at 703. Sugar dowaward and deglin 6d. Coilee baoyant. Rice fir ‘ner and more active. seed advancing. Linssed o)) has anupward and $8 quoted at 392, Cod o!!—-No gales, LONDON NARKBTS, Breadataffs dull and quotations are.barely Iron dull for bars and rails; Scotch pig advace! quoted at 688, 64. Sugar quiet and steady, Teabas @ downward tendency. Coffee quiet. Rice quiet, Spirits turpentine firmer at 69s. 6d. Tallow decijaing; at 4s. Linseed cakes nomixal eee soci at £020 £03, Cod oii, £40. Linaved Ol) quiet . 94. d ,000 to speculators and exporters, The marke) close! qulot at unchanged quotations. ‘The breadstuls market is geueraily flat. Corn steady. ‘The provision market is very dull and Inactive, MAVRE MARKET, The salee uf cotton for the week were 6,000 bales. Or jeans tres ordinaire, 166f.; bas, 159f, The market is leag andeasier, The total stock im port is 56,000 bales. Panis, May 3, 1862. lone at Tif. 100, dhe Bourse is firm. Rentes THE IMPENDING BATTLE AT CORINTH. Genern! Haltleck'’s Headquarters Moved the Front-—Skirmish with the Rebel Pickets—Our Army Guly Three Miles from the Dnemy’s Works, &c. Moxrixey, May 12, 1962. To day our pickels took possession of an evacuated revel camp tiree miles. and a balf from Corinth, aud tbe rebel pickets wore riven in, Mowrenny, May 14, 1862. The Commanding General moves bis camp to-day fous miles from bere to the front, Areconvottering party under Brigadier General Smith had a skirmish with the rebel pickets om our right yos- terday, killing two, wounding three and capturing five Our joes was (wo, The party wont within half a mile of arebel battery, supported by® brigade of infantry, just outside the jutrenclments, Our forces average two and @ half to three miles from the intrenchments. ‘Alinough the army {s advaneing slowly because of the nature of the ground, necessitating the building of cordu, roy roads and bridges, st is generally understood that (he engagement will come off in the course of the week, Cano, May 14, 1862. ‘The latest news from Pittsburg says that it is not ex- pected that an attack would bo made om the enemy'é position for several days, Our siege guns are not yes iq position, General Halleck is still advancing esatiously, carefully fortifying as he advances, All his movements are pret dicated on the supposition that the enemy is tn large force at Corinth, and that he iatends making @ stand, Gravd Junction ie belag fortified by General Beaure. gard, with tie evicont intention of falling back there if beaten at Corinth, The number of tho enemy's troope geetimated at General Halieck’s headquarters at from 000 to 00. Cmreaoo, May 14, 1862. A rpécial despatch from Cairo says that General Mitche!\'s divieion has formed @ junction with Genera! Pope, aod mow forme the extreme left of our lime, On Thareday General Pope moved forward bis colume to retake the position lost tn the skirmish ef Friday last, The rewult was Lol knows at the tine the steamer left Pitteburg. Aa the steamer Gisdiator, with the Fonrth Minnesota Teg Ment on board, wae passing Paris Landing, on the ,enroule for Pitteborg, her upper works: ay, killing Sve or @ix and injuring eoveral others. Ten ues ve ri gave News from expondemed of the St veinoerat,} Baresvine, Ark., May 10, " | Davis’ and General Asboih'e and two of General Shiel’s regiments let here for the north, Am adequate force is still here, however, for operations i (his direction. Uur advance, under General Osterhouse, cromsed the White river on the wth, took the read to Little Rock, As many am 160 porvone per Way have come forward and (aken ine oathof allegiance, embracing jadges, mis nd many of the most influential citizens, nv of the people is rapidly becoming more and more loral, News of our occupation of thin plac was received by Governor Rector at Little Rock on ing day the ¢ rovlamation ealling on the State militia to repair tinmediately to the enapital to repel tho fu jauy of the militia ‘were lov special calls < thousand Texan wero daily ex at Little Rock, but they were undor orders for Corinth, Gueril'a bonds were being formed tu eome Rectiy and large hobs may bo mustered at count asnis, Ot ho serious Obsiacies to our advance are feared, Albert like, at last eceouuts, was canipod Boggy dow Bot, Que Hundied gales guuthward of Fors sunith.