The New York Herald Newspaper, May 16, 1862, Page 1

THE NEW YORK HERALD. eee WHOLE NO. 9379. eet - PAPORTANT FROM PORT ROYAL. Arrival of the Transport Cahawba. Startling Order from General Hunter. Abolition of Slavery in South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, Rey Rey kee ‘Tho United States steam transport Cahawba, Captain Baker, arrtved at this port yesterday morning, in eighty hours from Port Royal. She has 6,982 bags of unginned cotton on board, consigned to H. Barney, Collector of the port, ‘The news is unimportant, nothing of account having transpired since our last advices. ‘The steamer Atlantic arrived at Port Royal on the ‘Morning of the 9th inst., and would sail for New York on or about the 14th. The Cahawba brings twenty- seven cabin and fifty-seven steerage passengors. The following ig a list of the passengers brought by ‘the Cabawba:— Colonel Noble, Colonel Woodman, Captain Hemming- way, Captain C. Perry, Captain Banen, Captain C. Smith, Captain A. Blaney, Captain Moore, Dr. Mullford, Lieuten- McDonald, F. W. Wheeler, Mrs. Beard, Mr. Longfellow, of the United States Coast Survey; N.' Bel- Jows, Mr, Dulleraro, Wm. Wright, Wm. D. Urann, Acting Master United States Navy; Dr. Houghton and servant, United States Army;8. J. Smith, E. Aborn, F. Kilton, Captain Ackerman, Wm. H. Degraw, Mr. Kates, Dr. Bundy, United States Army. Our Hilton Head Correspondence. Huron Heap, 8. C., May 10,1862, The Failure in Enlisting Megroes—Important Order—Gen. Hunter Declares Martial Law Over South Carolina, Georyia and Plorida—Alt Slaves in South Carclina, Georgia and Florida Declared Free—Mr. Missionary Pierce Gets a Drubbing—Court Martials, dc. ‘There is a terrible dearth of news in the northern dis- trict of the Department of the South. There is nothing going on in the military line, except an occasional com- munication with the rebel authorities under a flag of truce, looking towards an exchange of prisoners. A flag went up tho Savannah river yesterday on the MAttano, Captain Kearney, in charge of Captain Ely, ‘Adjutant General of this district; but as the party has not yet re- turned I am unable to give the results of the movement. If Captain Ely should return beforo the sailing of the Cahawba this afternoon, I will endeavor to communicate the answer of General Lawton to General Benham's pro- positions. Nothing else is transpiring of interest, and I cannot discover any fact to lead me to su or hope that anything will occur for some time. General Hunter bas seventy-five thousand men in front of him, sixty thousand of whom may be concentrated at any given point in forty-eight hours. The-enWsting of negroes as soldiors, with the pay and rations of volunteers, i going on tn this district with no great success. A company of contrabands was formea hore three or four weeks since, and numbered at one time, when the intensity and zeal of the “innocents” cul- minated, nearly ope bundred and Atty men, ‘Since then the Pag * Rae te ethcs Saneee ners ene Céontrabands) courage, like that ‘of Bob Acres’, has 06204 out of their fingers’ ends , and the company could scarcely turn outa corporal’s guard. The contrabands have no beart for the business, when they reflect upon the possibility of being punctured by cold steel, or perforated by bullets, with the additional risk of shuflling off this:mortal coil through the simpie and expoditious aid of a hangman's nvose; and their fears, which increase m the same ratio that they reflect And inwardly digest, are rapidly changing their anxiety to take up arms to a deep-seated disinclination to place themselves in positions of danger. They are fond of the « pomp aud circumstance of war,’’ but prefer to eujoy it under more favorable auspices than those likely to be afforded them in this department. So the experiment is aot likely to prove a brilliant success. There are enough arms here now to arm all the contrabands in the depart- ment; but it is exceedingly questionable whether they will eyer be placed in their hands. But we shall sco what we shall see. Isend you some general orders, issued by the Com- manding General of tho department, and alse by the General commanding the northern district. General Or- der No. 8, dated Hea:quartsrs, Department of the South, ke.s, April 26, 1862, while applying generally to an indi- vidual caso of alleged crucity to negroes, proclaims, inci dontally, martial law in the States of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. This has no particular signifi. cance in itself; but, as a basis for General Orders No. 11, it assumes great importance, and will doubtless receive great and unive sql atte General Orders No. 11 declaresall slaves in the Sta'es of South Carcdini, Grorda oni Farida forever free. The proposition upon which General Huuter draws the conciusion and bases the declaration that all slaves in the three States named above are froe is ‘that slavery and martial law in a free country are altogether incompatible.” He has cer, tainly succeeded in placing the question before the ovuntry in a way most favorable to his side, and tho @iscusgion must bo had on that proposition. As it is ot legitimately in my provinee to discuss the bearings and effects of this most important order, nor to combat the General's avsumption that slavery and martial law are incompatible, I forbear, and leave it to be treated in tho proper columns of the Herat. The orders are as follows:— GENERAL ORDERS—NO. 8 Heapauanrens, Di Hinton Hea 7 dlecharged at der gamle evens, to the Provort Marshal at this Marshal will send away sald Broad, by the tirat vessel going North, The Commanding General as heard with deep regres ©! several Instances of gross cruelty towards the unpr barbarity 18 only worthy of @ past ace itiver, or citizen herealter offending in thi Will be punished to the fwi) exent o. martial law, js hereby proclaimed in the Departay mt of the South, HUNTER, Major Genevai Communding. Ep. W. Sains, Acting Assistant Adjutant General, Heap ciXEhAt, QRDKNS—NO. 9. RADQTARTERS, Deranruent oF tire Sourw Tinap, Pont Rovat, S&C. April 37, Taga,” ¢ commanding havirg been satished by the re. Port of Hirix. Gen, Stevens comarn ng the alleged crvelly of r agent of thg Quarte: master at Beaufort, to the negroes under his cuarge, deh of General Orders No. 8, from ‘hese headquarters, relates to Mr. Broad, is hereby vountermanded. By command of Maj. Gen, D, HUNTER, Bo, W. Surrn, Acting Assistant Adjutant General. charge, will be rom the service, and sont In charge of a guard, by General ace, The Provost 1 oF te Sourn, ‘AD, May 9, 1802, The following communica. on from the Secretary of War is pubiiehert to the troops in this departnent <= ane Wasutnotox Crry, D. ©... Apr Gedenar—Lonr despa'ches relating to the Pulaski were duly received, and the cong tha: sof the gov. Mp ment are wendered to you and the forces Jor your command for that brillant achievement, Yours t EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War. Major Gen. Hunren, Comiannding epariment of the South, Ky order on Major Gonersi D. HUNTER, Bb. W. Suitm, Acting Assieiant Adjutant General, IMPORTANT ORDER—AROLITION OF SLAVERY, ARAL ORDERE—NO, 1. Heapquanrens, Durartaxnt or te Sours, ilieton Hen, 8. C., May 9, 1902, ‘The threr S:ates of Goorgia, Florida and South Carolina, comprising the Military Department of the South having de Ubetately declared thetnselves no longer under the protec: tiow of the Unived States of Ameriva, and having taken up caving against said United States, it became a military ne- vensily fo feclare martial law, This was accordingly done on the 26th day of April, 1862, Slavery and martial lane, in 44 free country, cre altogether incompatible, The persons th thers threx States, Georgia, Floridu and South Carolina, hereto. fore held as slaves, are thereyore dectared forever free DAVID HUNTER, Major Genoral Commanding. Ko. W. Surrit, Acting Assistant Adjuiont General, ye tho civil department affairs are as doll and stupid ne @ver, cowusionally relicved, of course, by some evyhepieral excitement, which affords « momentary pieasare and @ rich fund of talk for a jong time afterwards, An affair of that character cane off a few days since, in which our old friend Lieree, of ngrievity ta! missionary and avtocratical fume, figur. d o# party of tXe second part, and a gentleman who has cared a Ono rep. tation as a folthiul servant of the 4} asury Department, ,Com the earliest days of occupa. tion of this. State oF forces, wos the party of the fret part. The al was Of brief duration, but tehmi- nated in the inglorions retre'é! ef the party of (he second Parl, who fell back with a b.*whe! countnance to bis @iton, who cars jel and protect, him from toe advane. of direction. Bat not to . oF it io an oppesi ality ‘be matter farther | must sa,” [bat Mr, Pierce ro. jived at the hands of sootewen: @sound and richly merited flogging. From what Icgn gather the cause of offence i . Plerce’s appending. saddle and Property of one of the treasury agents though politely and frequently request to return the same, to give any aceount of their where- abouts, and refusing in 80 aggravating and insolent a manner as to make it utterly impossible for any gentle- man to bear quietly with him. However, his imperious manner and insolent language were suffered to pass in silence. The other day he was requested in a gentieman- Jy manner to designate the place where the articles above mentioned could be found and he again positively refused Wo give any satisfactory answer, with tl superciliousness and impudence whieh characterizes his demeanor towards those who do not travel with the Gideonites. This was quickly resented by a blow, and Mr. Pierce went to the earth, ‘Two or three other blows tocry, ““Halp,” “Police,” “Wateb,” “Pro- vost,” “Friends,’”? and made other appeals for assist- chastiser retired, after apologizing to the bystanders for striking him. Mr. Pierce retired with a battered coun- tenance and a new ideaor two of things im general. He the instant arrest of his opponent: but, de arrested press the claim, How tbe affair will terminate is not known as yet; but itself. It still remains a fruitful topic sion in camp; and the almost universal be that Pierce was served about right. for youreelf. In a recent letter I staved that er, Assistant Quartermaster full ‘soldier's rations to the contrabauds, and drew a comparison between thatsystem and the one pursued by Captain Lilley, Commissary, which might seem un- favorable to the former. 1 have siiice learned that I was in error in making that statement, and that Captain Fuller carried out the same system inaugurated by Cap- tain Lilley. I very cheerfully make the above correc- lk aud discus- inion seems to in Charles E. Full+ mo from making before. If any injury was done by my letter to this officer, who has faithfully performed his duty, it was certainly unintentional on my part, and must be considered in that light. Several court martial trials have taken place here late- ly, the most important of which was that of private George A. Tarbox, Company K, Third regimont New eee Volunteers, charged with “sleeping upon his post.”? He was sentenced “tobe shot at such time and place as tho Commanding General may direct.” Brigadier General Benham approved the finding and sentence in this case, but ‘reforred the sentence of the court tor a remission to the consideration of the General command- ing the department.” Hiton Heap, 8. C., May 10, 1962. Insubordination in Colonel Serrel’s Regiment of Engi- neers—The Mutinous Soldiers Sent to Key West—Condi- tion of the Patients in the Rospital—Will the Coutra- bands Make Good Fighting Men? de. Forty-four men of Colonel Serrell’s Engineer regimone were yesterday sent to Key Wost and the Dry Tortugas for mutinous behavior, For several weeks past—owing to the refusal of the Paymaster’s Department to recog nize the regiment as engineors—a spirit of insubordina- tion has manifested itself among the men, and culminated @ few «days since in what the guilty soldiers and their sympathizing comrades called @ “strike,” but which was nothing more nor less than open mutiny, As your readers are probably aware, Col. Serrell’s regiment has deen doing duty for nearly seven months, without having received during that time a single cent of pay. This bas deen, I think, partially the fault of the authorities at Washington, who have neglected to provide for this im- portant branch of the service, and partially that of the men themselves, who, having been mustered {nto the service as engincers, have steadily and uniformly re- fused to prejudice their claims as such by receiving the pay of infantry, which the department has at all times been willing to accord to them. ‘This state of things has resulted in deep and almost universal distress among the families of the volunteers, the greater part of whom left Yernanerativé situations to serve their country in the most useful and honorable capacity open to them. Having been #0 long without funds, & number of men, whose families were suffering most keouly, undertook to bring the government to terms by laying down their arms, and refusing to serve until they were recognized 4 paid as engineers. In vain Col. Sorrell appealed to shew to vonaiaer their determination and return to duty ;.in vain the mpeg enero: errno. the disastrous consequences, maselves and to their families, which their insubordination involved; they ad- hored to their position with a reciclens disrogard of re- sults; and accordingly Gencral Hunter made the abvve disposition of them. sailed yosterday a! ergo i the schooner James M. iy lor. pat te ‘Yhos, W. Fry, of the Third Rhode Island Volunteers, and a provost guard, ‘The following are the names of ihe mutincers, all of whom are from New York city:— Company A.—Privates Francis Green, ‘Thomas Quinn, John Robertson, John Wilson. Company D.—Sergernt Gotleib Scheerer; Corporals Franz Kirschenheuter, Charles Frank, John Hennes, Frederic Simon; privates Franz Kaiser, Frederic til chwoitz, James Mooney, Adolph Schram, Frederic ner, Anton Woebker, William Wehmeyer, David David Bechdoif, Charles Sebneider, Fmil Eckert, John Philip Schafer, Albert Knack, Franz Her- mann, Ludwig Reich, Louis Loftier, Conrad Pilger, Peter’ Weimer, William Schmidt, “Andrew Knawer, Gustav Ulrich, John Goebring, David Schmidt, Henry Kniger, Christian Schwargmeier, John Hocker. Valentine Repp, John Martini, John Scbmidt, Henry Wagener, Nicholas Ott, Jacob Scheer, Joho Scheer, Govt lub Haydel, Eugene Burnzeil. ‘The appea ance of the misguided wien as they were marched under guard down to the sehooner was sadden- ingin theextreme. At the parade of the Engineers last evening Lieutenant Colonel Hall, who roturued on the ‘Avantie, feclingly addressed the command on the subject of their difficulties, and spoke hopefully of the passage by Congress ofa bill for their relief. It is hoped that the enactinent coutemplated may be speedily carried through that body, Justice to a corps whore services to the government have been invaluable, av’ whose flag first floated over Pulaski since’ its occupation by the fede. ral forces, requi vbat its pay shall not longer be with- wie patients at the general hospital number at present about one hundred aad fifty. Nowe — Soom are danger ‘ly ill, and one of the sw 8 inc is my author fy for the statement that all of tern * beable to re- turn to their duty or their homes within the coming month, ‘A call has been made in several regiments for volunteer drillmasters, to.undertake the instruction of the contra- bands in military duties. It has been responded to by 6 z is ambitious young men, and the supply @t pre- fant svems likely to exceed the demand. 1 ao not think, from all I can ook are gather, that “3 freed oh : desirous of military distinetion; “burn” 80 ardently as I had been led to suppose fer the honors and the glories of war, but rather T easily and lazily to « mer” in the glaring sanhght o1 elter’’ in the ‘ateful shade. ey never will make good soldiers. ey have not that appreciation of the cause which would nerve them to the dangers of a contest in the field, They have no confidence in themselves, nor are they fitted for the trust which the country should and does now repose in its gallant armios. They like freedom than slavery, becaure freedom here ix jor than sla mut they think very little more of a Union man than they do of a rebel. Their ambition is to bo clothed return for whieh they do not care to give of their labor than y are compelled to. ide that exacts least and affords them the cast their Jot and their fortunes. As field nd servants they may be uvefatly and profitably ployed, but for the men to fight our battles, win our vies and put to fight the rebel hosts now io arms against the Union, 4 constitution and the laws, we can not look to the slavelluts of the South. Release of Major Coffey; Loumvitun, Ky., May 14, 1862 Major (not Colonel) Coffey, who wns released by Colonel Morgan on parole, has arrived hore, en rowe to Washing- ton, toendeavor to effect the exchange of himself for Lieutenant Colonel Wood, of Morgan's band, The Exce'! Brigade. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD, MetRoro.itaN Hore, May 16, 1862. Ap article in thie morning's paper i# caleulated to con- ‘vey false hopes to the familios of seme of those who fell in tho fight at Williameburg. From all the testimony | could gather from my wound” od officers and soldiers, the following ia @ correct list of the killed and wounded officers of my regiment:— um Capt. J. Bronn, pany B. Capt. Baybee, Company H. Capt. Mitchell, Company 1 Capt. O'Reilley, Company G. Second Lieut. Miller, Company Second Lieut, Kilburn, Com; Second Lieut, Howe, Company Second Lieut. Nelson, Company F. Second Lieut. Haynor, Company B. WOUNDED, Colonel Ww. Dwight. Lieut, Col. J. Bgbert Farnum. Capt. Ben, Price, Company D. First Lieut. Denstisan Company B, Capt. Denny Mahan a First Lient. Mites, Company B, First Lieut. Hoxey, Company A Second Lieut. Rddiegston, Company G, First Lieut. Zoigier, Company 1, First Lrent, Dodge, Company F. Capt. MeCauly, Company F. First Lieut, Robinwon, Company K. Secoud Lieut. Stevene , Company C. The foregoing liet, T am aseur gounre, is correct from every reliable Very respectfully, J. BGBERT FARNUM, AJout, CO} First regiment Excelstor Brigade. NEW YORK, FRIDAY, MAY 16, 1962. NEWS FROM GEN. HALLECK’S ARMY. Attempted Desertion of the Rebels by Re- giments—Demoralization of the Ene my’s Forces—The Rebel General Bragg Reported Killed, &e. : Careaco, May 15, 1862. A special despatch from Cairo, giving intelligence brought by the City of Memphis, from Pittsburg Landing, habituat air of | S8ys:— We learn that on Monday two rebel regiments from Kentucky and Tennessee attempted to desert their cause and come over en masse to the federal army, The enemy Pyeng ele Mr. Pierce was sent down each time. He | held them in check, aud mutiny ensued. A strong force from our advanced tines was gent over to interfere» ‘anc; but ho had been sufficiently’ punished, and his | ®N4 in a short time returned with about sixty prisoners, mostly from the ranks of the deserting regiments. They give a dojeful account of affairs in Beauregard’s army. They confirm the previous statements thai the troops demanded both being civilians, he was assured that he could also | from the border States are anxious toreturn to their on a counter charge, and he concluded uot to | giegiance. The story of the enemy's lack of provisions is denied by the deserters, who say that there is plonty I will keep you fully posted ou the affair as it developes | of subsistence at Corinth. Carro, May 15, 1862. ‘You oan judge When General Mitchel joined his forces with those of General Pope, he brought with him two thousand five Captai at Beaufort, was giving | hundred prisoners, They will be sent to Cairo ag goon as transportation can be obtained. In the battle of Parmington one rebel General, supposed to be Bragg, was killed. Fiftven deserters came into our lines from Corinth. They report that several more regiments mutinied, tion, which absence from the ‘department hax prevented | among them the First Loussiana, First Alabama and two ‘Tennessee regiments, THE SIEGE OF FORT WRIGHT. Our Mortar Boats Shelled by the Rebels— The Gunboats Ready for Another Bat- tle, d&c., &e. Cuncaco, May 15, 1862. Acivices from Fort Wright to the 13th inst. say:— Last evening tho rebels commenced shelling this place from behind Craighead Point, which untii yesterday was occupied by our mortar boats, They kept up a fire during the night, the shells exploding wide of the mark. They ave provided with mortars equal in weight of metal to those used by the Union fleet. Captain Winslow was despatched by the mail steamer yesterday to St. Louis, for the purpose of bringing our rams to this place as soon as possible, The gunboat Louisville, which has been stationed at Hickman, has joined the fleet. Preparations bave been completed on all the gunboats: now here, which, in the opinion of the ablest enginecrs, will most effectually render useless any rebel contrivance of the ram speci NEWS FROM NEW MEXICO, The Rebel Texan Rangers Dispersed. Kansas Crrv, May 10, 1862. ‘The Santa Fe mail bas arrived, with Fort Craig dates tothe 34. General Canby was that place with his command, whence it was presumed he would moye to Mesilla in a short time. ‘The Texans were on the retreat down the river. They had abandoned thirty-five of their wagons and buried gome of their guns, When ‘they crossed the Ruerco river, near ite junction with the Rio Grande, they sepa- rated Into smal) parties and fled to the mountains, aban- doning their sick aud all those who could not tré with the requisite speed. It is thought that the evemy will not make another Stand in the Territory, but would endeavor to get home, One hundred wagon loads of provisions, which bad been collected at Santa Fe, wore sent to Fort Union on the 23dult, Sucecssful Expedition Against the Gue- rillas in Missouri. Cairo, May 15, 1891. An expedition, consisting of #ix squadrous of the First Wisconsin cavalry , from Cape Girardeau, went to Bloom- felt on Soturday, and early on Bunday morning fel) “pon the rebel Colonel Phelan's vainp, scattering thom in every direction, with one killed and eleven captured. A large number of horses and a quantity of camp ‘equipage and ammunition were also taken. ‘Arebel force, numbering five or six hundred, infest Chalk and Poplar Bluffs, impressing all the men. country is being swept of horses, cattle and supplies, which are sent South. ‘the country is represented to be im a state of great terror. Opposition to Cotton Burning in Georgia, Lovisvinus, Ky., May 6, 1852. A gentleman leaving Augusta, Ga., on the Sth, says property owners in that State are averse to the destruc- tion of their goods. None bas been destroyed as yet. No body favors such destruction but reckless, property- less persons, whore designs will be thwarted by the owa- ers of cotton, ke. Extraordinary Confecsion ofa Charleston ebei Organ. [From thet harleston Courier, May 9.) THE DUTY OF KHPENTENCE AND HESIGNATION, We have fallen upon troublous times. While some hearts are Bloeding under bereavements caused by the present strife, others are aching with anxiety for the ob- jecta of their love who are beter for the battle, aud pre- pared to goforth to the eld of blood. First obliged to part with luxaries, comforts were afterwards removed from beyond our reach, and now we must be content with homely necessaries. Homesteads have been aban- doned and the inmates obliged to tako refuge from the spoiler under the roofs of strangers, Those who vounted their possessions by thousands have been reduced to waut, and maby ¢ontemplate with disyuieted minds the probability of being deprived of those means whereby They maintain wife and child. 6 now experiencing some of the evils of wa ‘we feel that they are the most torrible of the rods God stretches out over a people in punishment of their wickedness. We muss not overlook the vital fact that our tranggressions, and obstinacy , and iugratitude nave caused the Judge of all the earth to inflict upon us this, the heaviest of ali calamities. It is true that ali are not uilty to the same extent, many are free from the moro Eeiadus imiquities, and ia comparison with atrocions offenders unaccused by gonscia kindles the wrath of pear righteous and holy. But wone of us are ‘and the smallest transgression deserves eterna) punish- ment, Mere temporary evil#, auch as ailect the body — no matter how numerous and how grievous—cannot alone for the piost indifferent misdemeanor or delin- quency: for every fin is an insult and indignity offered to Jeliovah, an open expression of contempt for His au- thority, a breach on his honor, Every infraction of the Divine law is an act of rebellion, whic lems ted of and forgiven, the Almighty ‘Sovereigu must punish ith fitting retribution. be ‘The judgmente we are groaning under have bean visited upon us in our national capacity. The transgressions which have cried to Heaven a weyand made the Divine auger to burn av adevouring’ lame, are the iniquities and omission of @ people. And tvs terrible Togate is made wp of individual sivs. How incalou- iaile their nomber! What a tem foree stande arrayed agninat as! If we are appalled and distressed hon we + j ° fay . ard guilty, what terror must seize our souls when we contemplate the lor k catalogue of crimes whieh the recording, angel has written down agwinst us aaa nation | If God permitted his chosen people to flee before their enemies because 01 their number bad indulged bis sordid love for lucre, and slew seventy thousand persois because their king Mad yis d to the evil promptings of pride and vain glory, of how severe ponishment are wo worthy who have piled up gins till they reach to heaven? When’ we coneider the number and enormity of our transgressions, we are obliged to acknowledge that our suflerings have thos far been iight—(hat there is nogre portion between our crimes and the strokes of the afflict ing rod. And this knowledge should cause us. to appre- hend yet many direful calamities, if we continue to. pro- voke God to anger by breaking His holy commandments ‘and refusing to amend our ways. It is made the bounden duty of as all to coufess and forsake our sing, We must Drewk in pieces the idols we are worshipping in the stead of God; we must sever the bonds that bind us to vicious habits; we must weep bitter tears over our transgres- sions aud shortcomings, aud beseech God, wth strong PRICE TWO CENTS. NEWS FROM THE PENINSULA. The Advance Guard of the Union Army Within Sight of the Enemy. The Main Body of Our Forces Rapidly Concentrating. The Rebels in Large Foree Between Richmond and the Chickahominy, de, Comprn.anp, Va., May 14, 1862, &e., &.. before the war—Whites, 2,472; slaves, 3,385; free color- @d, 373. Total, 6,250, New Kent Court House, or Bassettville, is thirty miles enatof Riebmond and three miles south of the Pamunke: It contains several stores, & tavern ani about a dozen dwellings. + Beautifully the mans’ situated on the banks of the Pamunkoy is ion known as the “White House.”’ It stands on the site of the one in which Washington was married. It was supposed the enemy intended to makea stand in this vicinity; but they leit as we approached, aud will proba- bly retreat. somewhere in the vicinity of Richmond, where they are expected to give us battle. It being Sunday, our army does not march to-day, but lies still in order to give the men rest aud to get forward good supply of provisions for future use. Our supplies can now be brought by the way of West Point, which is only ten miles distant. Wecame across y curious relics upon our march fom Williamsburg®hore, some of which may be inte- resting. About four miles this side of Williamsburg, upon the loft of the main road, in the centre of a very largo wheat field, we saw a clump of trees surrounded bya brick wail about four feet high, having evidently been built many years. Hitching our horses and passing through gaping angle of the wall, we found the burial place of one of the oldest familics in Virginia. ‘There were two raised tombs, and by their side the re- Genera) MoeClellan’s headquarters wore established | mains of what appoared to have been & handsome marble here yesterday, and are now pleasantly located on the banks of the Pamunkey river. ‘The main body of the army is rapidly concentrating at the point designated by the Commanding General. ‘The quartermaster and commissary stores are in abundance. es ‘The advance guard of the army, under General Stone- man, still remaing at White House, within sight of the enemy’s position. Acontraband, who arrived from Richmond yesterday, states that between that city and the Chickahominy | *F'Pt Tiver—a distance of some seventeen miles—the enemy are encamped in large force, where they expect to await the arrival of the Army of the Potomac. As the rebels fall back they drive before them most of the cattle, sheep and hogs, leaving only such things as they cannot re- move, Two explosions were heard yest orday in the direction of the Chickahominy, which yere supposed to have been caused by the blowing up of railroad bridge. Our New Kent Court House Correspond- ence. New Kanr Court Hovse, Va., May 11, 1862. the Start from Wiltiamsburg—Poor Virginia—Our Sol- diers and the Inhabitants—General McClellan and the Troops—Dercription of New Kent County and Court House—White House, déc., de. On Friday morning our army left Williamsburg and took up its line of march for Richmond. The day was shaft, With somo difficulty wo were enabled to make out the following inscription:— ONLINE NEE IO DOOD DEIDIODELIDESELE LODE DOLE DE Hore lyeth the body of Danio! Parke Custis, of New Kent county, who departed this lifeon the 19th of February, 1764, aged 2 years and 3 months. Under this also lies MNterrea the body of Frances Parke Custis, daughter of Daniel Parke Custis, Esq., and Martha, bis wife, born April 12th, 1763. Die April Ist, 1757. DOO OLLL SE AAIE SE EODOIOLE DIDS DE DELDIEEEDDEDDE DOSS. By aad ‘was another grave, with the following in- AL OOOO OOOO OE LEOON ONLI DNNOLAODONNIEONIDONE DE Hero lies tho body of Mrs, Frances Parke eis daughter of Daniel Parke Custis, Fsq., who departed 3 this life March 14th, I. J., eA in the 29th year of her 5 I QO enn Des tae neee POOL ELT DLTIETODEEE. By the side of these two graves was this richly and elaborately carved shaft, the monolith gone, while near hem were the base and urn, also richly carved, lying in the midst of rank and tangled weeds. Within the old brick wall enclosure (about thirty fect square) were large trees, evidently of modern growth. The wall itself was covered with wild ivy. We also passed the burial ground of tho Talliafero .| family, whose remains lie buried in what was formerly the old churchyard, but recently desecrated by being made the nog he aap of rebel soldiers. Some of the inscriptions date back as fur as 1748. Tcan hardly be made to believe, as I look out upon this vast army, quietly encamped, that-we are in an enemy's country, aud soon probably to be epgaged in deadly strife with many of thos? residing in this very neighbor- hood. As I write a regiment is.engaged holding religious services in front of the house; and, as the band piays Deantiful, and no more splendid sight can be imagined | #rious “Old Hundred,” maby of them aro doubtless than was presented ag the long line of infantry and cavalry filed through the street and started upon their carried back in imagination to their far distant homes, where they wore accustomed to hear it sing by the vil- lage choir or by their own firesides. Many of them, I journey. The faces of the inhabitants who were visible | fr, have heard it at home for the last time. presented anything bat cheerful appearances as they saw thom marching toward “Dixie,” and many of them doubtless offered up am inward prayer'that they might never live to return. I, for one, was sorry to leave Wil- Jiamsburg ,as it is really a delightful town, and 1 had FROM GENERAL VIELE’S DIVISION. Oar Norfolk Correspondence. Norroux, Va., May 14, 1862. ‘been fortunate enough to secure accommodations at the | Particulars of the Brilliant Dash upon Suffolk—The Citi- honse of Mr. Bowden, @ thoroughgoing Union man, and had énjoyed the luxury of sleeping in anice clean bed for the first time since leaving Washington. Mr. Bow- den is one of the few influential men in Virginia who have remaiued loyal throughout the whole of these troubi¢s, and has suffered ai] manner of persecution in consequence® ‘He was for several yoaraa member of the Legislature’ and bap fought agains secession from ite commence. zens of Norfolk Hoist the Union Flag of their Own Voli. tion—the People of that City Becoming Reconcited—A Union Mass Meeting in Embryo There—Norfolk Ladies Loyal—The Insolence of the Negroes—The Cuisines of the Citizens Under Miliary Protection—The People of Suffolk Growing More Sociable— Who Lieutenant Colonel Dodge is—The Rebel Force at Edenton, dc. On Monday evening report reached General Viele's ment. He not only voted against it at the imminent | headquarters that the enemy's pickets were discovered peril of his life, but gave up @ practice of Jaw worth | within seven miles of Portemouth, apparently watching @ight thousand dollars @ year rather than practise in their courte, and bag steadfastly refused to receive or recognize their paper currency. His life was frequently threatened, and for two months for any movement from this direction. A detachmont of cavalry (the First battalion New York Mounted Rifles), under command of Lieutenant Colonel Dodge, of New York city, was' immediately despatched to look after the he siept with his doors and windows barricaded and | gentiemen, with a view to their capture.-. Yosterday with loaded guns and pistols by his side, which he and afternoon ® despatch was received from Colonel Dodge, his two sons bad provided to protect themselves against | announcing that ho had pushed on his force, without assa remove with his family to the country for safety, and About three months since he was obliged to meeting the picket Suffolk, and had taken the place without resistance. Suffolk is about twenty-five miles has remained there till the entrance of our army into | distant from this place, and the brilliant dash of the Witiamsburg, when he was able to return and prociaim Lis sentiments without fear of being molested. His ac- couutol tie rise and progress of the rebellion in Virgi- ia is very interesting, and the atrocities committed by the rebels would be almost beyond belief had we not Colonel has received the commendations of the Command. ing General, although the occupation of the place has now ‘Do particular strategic importancoy Tre town t# situatent upou the Nansemond river, and ia represented to bo a very pleasant place, containing some twelve hundred in- heard of so many similar instances. He deserves | habitants, While the rebel force occupied Norfolk, especial praise for ponrse he has taken, as he is a bative of Virginia, a large slave and land owner, and bas Derr robbed of about thirty tho dollars in conse. hie fidelity to the old Un General Joho. made the house where be was concealed his head- quarters during the retreat of the rebel army from Wil Namsburg, and wonld doubtless have carried him a prisoner to the South had he kaown of his presence. Mr. Bowden owns a beautiful residence in Williams borg, and a farm of nineteen hundred acres nine miles from town. His family consists of two sons and a dean- tifa! dayghter, all staunch Union people, Many of bis nejghbors, lows fortunate than hignself, have been arrest. ed and carried as prisoners 16 the South for expressing Union sentiments, there to be confined in loathsome dungeons until the triumph of the Union army shall have put an end to this unholy and unnatural war, The war has lasted so long Suffolk was a very important point to them, as it controlled the communication between this city and Petersburg, and also that with North Ca- rolina and the far South. The Norfolk and Petersburg Railroad and the Seaboard Railroad pass through the town, Cul. Dodge reports that the inhabi- tants have treated him with a surly kind of respect, but are not disposed to afford him much accommodation in the way of food and forage for his comman® Within the last ten days upwards of thirty thousand rebel soldiers have passed through Saffolk on the way to Richmond, ‘A marked improvement in the temper of the peopie of Norfolk is apparent this morning. Many stores have been opened, and some of the establishments are re- suming opeFations. The market is better supplied than on Monday and yesterday, and the poople generally whom we meet in the streets seem more sociable and cheerful. The American flag has been raised upon the that many who were at first strongly in favor of the | Court House by some of the citizens, of their oon volition, Vion have been drawn into the rebellion from having | and from several private residences, in various parts of ‘sons and friends in the rebel army and from pecuniary the city, the Star Spangled Banner has been tung motives, as the value of the Confederate money depends | to the breeze. The novelty of the change in city upon the success of their army, and many of them have sold everything they possessed to the army and taken thie payer in exchange, afirs is rapidly dissipating, and the people Dogin to realize tho stern realities which round them, aml appear disposed to make the If the past year could be blotted out and Virginia | pest of everything. The indisposition to do business placed back where she was before the war, and the vote | pag completely played itself out, and a more wholeseme union, the result would be very different. The country through which we bave passed in coming from Williams’ burg to New Kent Court House surpasses anything we much superior, _ the non eg a | larger, esenting more the appearance wifty Northern hrm thot those beyond Yorktown. iJ Many of the hoases were closed and the places deserted except by the blacks, who seemed to s c the Yankees, flying 1m front of their houses a4 peace offerings, which as far as I could learn, were religiously respected UF ge ier Winiemat d he in Williamsburg and upon the journey here, by their Dohavior, ‘than they ‘would have done by a doven victories in battle, Not a thing have they taken [rom any one, as far as I could learn, without pay ing for it, and have presented to the inhabitants such a striking contrast tothe behavior of the Southern army that many of them speak of it of their own accord, What if to become of the inhabitants residing thin rond it is hard to teX; for many of them areactual! almost a st fully r ving condition, ag they have beon unmerei- bed by the Southern soldiers, leaving them with- outhful of food and nothing to bay with excopt hern shinplasters, which are of course now of them will doubt suffer, as thoy a condition. distance of thirteen miles, o'clock P. M. Although many from the regiments (rom fatigue and came on at their leisure, the most of them stood it been more proud of thearmy than during Instoad of ‘booty and beauty’ being their as been told the inhabitants by thoir leaders, T ha to sve the first instance of any one, either male or female, being insulted by any of our soldiers, On the contrary, they have treated the in- habitants with the utmost’ kindness in every instance. for « day or two from the want of proper medical attend. ange, as the surgeons who came in from the enemy under a fag Of truce neglected to do their duty, and our ‘cries oud groans, (0 blot out our Saiquities, and grant ux grace whereby we may walk before Him in the exercise of a lively faith—in the practive of every virtue—in the fornance of every duty. ‘We are disposed tO murmur at the evils we are called upon te bear. It seems bard, according to our foolish way of thinking, that ia the prosecution of a purpose ro nobie and just ae the one which has forced us into the prevent contest we should be required to.endure so many Pfivations, bardshi; s.and woes. If we will consider ihe iniquitior and eine which baye lighted the fire of God's anger—their number, thew blackness, their wanten- Nese—we will be amitten with dambness, and dur mur- muting will appear 10 Us we MC really is—oue of the mort enormous of en transgressions, Jusiead of charging God withfarchners and erueity, and wickedly ing in question hie justice and loving kindnegs, trem bling under a sense of our rp We wonld fall prostrate in the dust, bewail our offences and doprecaie severor cbagtivement. Profound and ‘hearty conviction will fik our hearts with adoring gratitude to for Wt having mesad out to ws the full measure of the punixhment we deserve, and make HF AKhamed of Oar eoMplaint=® and we rha.l be “esigned to whatever eyjie He shall seo proper to visit upon uF. own Furgeons had all they could attend to in taking care of ourowm men; but! believe they are all now doing | must not omit to allude to the devotion of the Indies to well, It was undoubtedly one or the most desperately fought battles that has oocurred during the war, and the loss on beth sides is much heavier than was at first supposed, ‘The hardest fighting and greatest loss took place upon ‘the left of our line, in the woods: bat the battle was un. doubtediy decided’ py the magniiicent charge made by ‘he troops under General Hancock , the speech made by General MeCielian to the troops en there will show. The advance of our army now ceoupies New Kent Court Bouse, ‘the county seat of New Kent. New Kent was formed jn 1664 from York. The bown- davies were then defined as foHows:— “nt re rdored that the upper part ef York county shall be & distinet county, called New Kent, frei west side of emmy reck to the beads of Panu and Matta. yom. Hivers, smd down to the west side of Poropotanko k hominy on fis southern boundary. To each of these the reepective portions 'f (he county incline, New Kent is about twenty-six miles long abd nie broad, Popalation Our army has made more Union | jg too insignificant to cause very serious inconvenience. y soidiors lay all night in the rain npon the | Union here been go oppressed—#o neariy crushed The rebel wounded who feli into our hands have | they cannot yet testified to the “Khidness with which they had been treated — b: our mon, and many of our wear battle fleld, having wrapped their only blanket around | oui—that ft dares hardly ri the body of some wounded enemy. Many of the wound. ed who were left at Williamsburg by the robels suffered | working actively, and before jong. there will bea mi The fauwmkey rune on ve northern and the Chicka. | not ov ‘be again taken whether or no she would remain in the | tone has taken its place. The stores, it must be con- feesed, do not present a very attractive appearance; the stocks are meagre and prices very unceftain as yet; but a few days of patience and forbearance will settie mat- have yet seen in oid Virginia. The quality of the land is | ters satisfactorily all round. The bills issued by the cities of Norfolk and Portemouth, the savings institu tions and banks and insurance corporations, pass readily , and there appears to be less difficulty im the matier of currency than was at first apprebended, The paper mo- ney from other places and the iseues of irrespousible in- dividuals are thrown out of circulation, but the amount Silver change is still a novelty to the people, and is grasped with the greatest avidity; io fact, from the man- Der in which it is seized upon, one would almost be in- Glined to believe that the inhabitants here have for a Jong time regarded @ live cent piece a8 something about as large as a cart wheel, aud very nearly as heavy. The influx of silver cannot fail ultimately to work consides bie depreciation im the paper cirgulatien, if the banks do not come to the relief of the citizens, and it is confiderftly asserted that these institutions will sutisfatorily meet the exigencies of the times very early day. up @ meeting at which ghe An opportunity to express ht @ large assemblage can ministration of city affairs Will warrant the movement. Some are for pressing the matter immediately, but the mor in the ability of the remacy in this quarter, & that a greater number of waver. re fully demonst noracy is indulged in by otherwise that Norfoik will be retaken by the viour darkness or brHliancy of the present light blinds: hem. €oufidence is slow of growth, and the love of the its head from the dust But the deaven is into which it has been crow: ‘old fashioned Union meeting beld in Norfolk, at which such men as General Millson and others can be heard for the geveral weal of the Union and the Old Dominion. Speaking of the Union sentiment among the men, I tl cause, On Saturday evening, as the Command. jug General was passing through the streets, attonding to the disposition of his troops, several ladies oxpreseed their delight at the vance of the Union soldiers by waving their handkerchle's and sayitg in the most musi- enl of voices, ‘* We are very to s¢@ you, sir.” As afMire grow more calm the in ce Of the Union women of Nortolk will be made more and more ay rit. The ‘irrepressible negro” begins to me trouble some hereaheut. Many worthless servants have become inavlent, and improving the unsettled state of admire have transformed themselves into gangs of vagabonds, hang ing about the streets to the aunoyance and disgust of everybody but themscives. Some of inem absent them. selvesfror their usual employments, but they do not forget to get into their customary eating places about meal time, Several compiaints have beeu made to Gen, Viele, trom ladies who have had then weer I have montioued; and while Nstently with (Qe muttipricity devolve upon Him, turd his attention ¢ tory darkior go to work, has mi in thee cisen by protecting the cw families from the intrusive its of dissobe- dient tz, Ho stops the supplieg, and if the ‘ir- repre: won't work he won't be allowed to eat, General Viele méets the negro question here very judi- cios\y,and in the eases where owners have ealled upon him {i iegard to runaways he has assured them that ha has other and inore important duties elaiming attention. He hax bis part in the mission, to suppress the rebellion, to perform, and cannot spare valuable time to bother about insabord: and unreasonable personal property. ‘The pnbiie ex; he probably tbinke, is sufficient excuse for his not meddling with such uncertain com- modities as migratory contrabands. At least he has acted as if thus impressed, for certainly he has placed the duty of overtouming the armed host opposed to the government paramount to all other considera. tions, and while he has aesured the applicants for aid, in the case of runaways, that he is disposed to give them all the protection in hiv power 60 far as their persons are concerned, he is not inclined to allow himself to be drawn into a decision upon the negro question, and he therefore refuses to inte:fore in thatquestion in any man- ner, In the meantime many of the darkies, getting bi are returning to their wonted avocations. Of cour innately lazy and worthless will remain vagabonds til ‘they become a nuisance, and the military government wil be compelled to punish them. Ast close my letter Major Dodge’s command has re- turned. His appearance ia most grateful, since a painful rumor reached headquarters late last night that he had been cut off. The result of the reconnoissance has been meat valuable in results. The city was surrendered to the Major yesterday by the Mayor, who guve up the keys of the buildings, and the place passed logitimately into the possession of the government without a strug- Jo. Major Dodge informs me that upon his entrance into the city the inhabitants treated him and bie ee mand with marked repugnance, and some of them éven refused to give the soldiers adrink of water. H¢ was assured that the rebels “would return in about six ks and give the Yankees hell.” The retreating robelt the neople of Suffolk notice that they were ‘cor ing back,” and hence the impudence towards our troops. The benightea people in the ‘confede- racy” soem to be troubled with a hallucination akin to that indulged by the Jews in regard to their coming Messiah. ‘They looked upon Jeff. Davis a8 @ sort of political Saviokr; and, notwithstanding that he is al- ways running away, and continually upsetting their hopes, they nourish an anticipation that he is coming back sometime to perform a mirecie for them. Soare deceived the people of Spflulk, and they yielded at firat with an indifferent grace to an inevitable nec ssity. In the course of theday they grew raore gracious, and Major Dodge was well received everywhere. ‘The rear guard of the rebels was only ten miles beyond Suflolk, and Major Dodge having but two hundred men with him, was in danger of being cut off if the enemy had had the courage tocome back upon him. ‘The reconnoiasance having been accomplishod , Lieutenant Colonel D, was or- dered to return, which ho did in fine condition and in most excellent spirits. Major Dodge is @ most eficient officer, and his qualities as a soldier are only oqualled by his modesty and courtesy as a gentleman. He is the son of the eminent banker in New York. When the war broke out he was travelling in Europe, and when the intelligence roached him, \inder the impulse ef uncoptroliable patri- otiem, he made his way to London and placed bimselt wnder tuition at the Horse Guards for cavalry service. Upon his return to this country ho offered his services to the government, and, boiug accepted, raived, as a. inde ndent command, his batialion of mounted ritks. He ie been indefatigable in the organization of bis corps. aud the men are so well drilled that they aro as good shots on horseback a@riflemen are upon idot. They are, infact, sharpshooters mounted. Colonel Dodge bas the “dash and dare”’ about him which cannot fail to distin- guish him wherever ne may be d, and, in addition to his natural characteristics, he seems to be imb.ed with something of the spirit which actuates the Com- manding General (General Viele), and his movements will be marked by the celerity and audacity s0 essentiad to success, tempered by good judgment and consider: tion for the men who foliow him. ‘The schooner Mary Eliza, Captain Thompson, an@ schocner Florence, Captain C. Koons, have arrived from. Currituck Sound. ‘They came through the canal. It is reported that the rebels have thirty thousand troops at Edenton, N. C., waiting ior General Burnside, NEWS FROM GENERAL BANKS’ CORPS. ~~ Srrassuno, May 16, 1862. The rebel cavalry in small parties hang around our front, apparently watchiog our movements and hunting up deserters, An attempt to flank our advanced post at ‘Narrow Passage creek was frustrated last night by Gen. Hatch, Chief of Cavairy, without an engagement. There is nothing later from Genera] Milroy than pub- lished. ‘The skies are clouded, threatening rain. Railroad building is progressing rapidly ana varougo communication will be had this week, IMPORTANT FROM WESTERN VIRGINIA, Ravages of the Rebel Gucrillas-The Towns of Burning Springs, Palestine and Elizabeth Burned, &e. Waswincrox, May 15, 1862, Ton. Jacob B. Blair, of Western Virginia, toceived this morning the following startling communication from on® of his constituents in Western Virginia:— . Pankensnons, May 19, 1862. We are all ina great state of excitement here, The town of Burning Springs, in West coonty, was burnt yes- terday afternoon by the Morcassier Rangers, also Pates- tine. Everything at the former place dostroyed, This town is full of fugitives. 1t is not known who have been killed, though many are mis: . Charley Shattuck was: shot at twice across the river, The last seen of the Mor- cassiers by fugitives here they wero taking the goods out of the boats in the river. It is not known what has be- come of the smail military force in that region. The number of Morcassiers is not known, though some fix it at six hundred. Where the devil did they come from? The town of Elizabeth is deserted, and by this time proba- bly burned. Some consider this place in imminent dan- ger. They have but one company of soldiers here. The citizens would turn out to @ considerable extent if they only had arme. The Success of the Galena. WHAT SHE ACCOMPLISHED IN THE PAGSAGE OP THE JAMES RIVER. Guynos Barmna, May 11, 18€2. T suppose by this time you Ime heard of the Gelena Joaving Hampton Roads. 1 was glad of it; for such a fine ship as this ought net to be kept idle in such times as these, and the boys were all anxious for a Mgnt, We got under weigh and left the Roads fiftoen mime‘es past seven o’cloek on the morning of the 8th, and & was not long till we passed Sowall’s Point, without ome slot being fred atus, As we passed Newport's News we were hailed by loud and long cheers from the men of the fort, who were glad to see us make a move to help their brother soldiers But we had only passed them about twenty five minutes when, to our great joy, a battery hove in sight, It was first seen by the well experienced eye of our gallant exptain. He gave orders to Lieutenant Newman to cail all hands to quarters, which he did in his usual cool way; for he is. always cool and brave. ‘This order was promptly obeyed by the crew, who thought every minute an hour, go anxious were they to try their skill on the robels. They soon had a chance, for fifteen minutes to ton o'clock the bail was opened by our pivot gun forward. The shot fell snort. The sccond aod third weredired; but thore was no reply. We ran in under their gan range, and then they opened on us from six or eight guns; bat all of the shot fell harmless agains our tron sudes. 1 hard- y think they knew what was comingat them, We let iy from our whole battery, and mado it pretty warm for them. We sailed back and forward by the fort three or four times, and oon levelled their flag and made it drag inthe dust, After an action of forty minutes they ran like ‘red slicks,’ as they always do from the well db reoted fire of our brave sailors, Net one shit up to the end of the ‘The action at fort No. 2 commenced about one o'clock, three-quarters of an hour r we had silenoed the first battery. In this fort we found a more formidable opponent than (he first. It mounted twelve guus,and after an and fifteen minutes bombardment @ silenced, The remaining one fought ward, making this bombardment of two hours and fifteen minutes duration. The gut is Aroostook and Port Royal were with as, bat did not take an active part in the engagement, though they did some execution with their long guns. The gunboats Jamestown and Pateick Henry were lying under the guns of the second fort; bat, instead of assisting in its defence, they got up steam aod ran away with all speed towards Richmond. Qur damage in the: engagement was small, One shot struck the Al anf went throngh her balwarks under the hammock nete. One or two shots tings. No one was injured. truck ws, bu only left their mark onour iron mat! a gf. After passing the second fort wo started ap river; but the buoys had been removed, uod (here we stuck, The hard and t, waiting for byh t batteries silenced wore called the Upper and Lower Shoal Bate: ries. Grea! praise is given to in Rodgers, it Lieutenant Newman aud Kogineer-in-Chief Thompson, nivth regiment, Inco Pg Clarke, whe commagded Sixty-ninth regiment, at Bull run, ed sword, sash and belt to Lieutenant Michae! Maguire as mark of the respeet and esteem of his nant Magvire is the second in command of Company D, tthe iment paid him by bie (friends is richly merited. eword ja the gift of es ae