The New York Herald Newspaper, May 24, 1862, Page 2

IMPORTANT FROM NEW ORLEANS. sion, and it was ali | heard from him. brought before Gene: when Edwards mad he was on his way (rom his dinner to ness whep le was intercepted by the Awfil State of Affairs in That City Under Secession Rule. VIEWS OF A JOURNAL OF THAT CITY. tioned above. Upom this of all intention of comutti apology to good order, who had never taken this rebellion, he was released. A Steamer Loaded with Cotton on Mer Way to New York. ‘Vide the peopio in this unhappy city. called in question. They have Lover fully, yours, Mew Okiwans, May 5, 1862. THE CITY QUIET AND TRANQUIL. ABOUT TO LEAVE. The Conciliatory Policy of General Tecognition and not opprobivm. I heard that expres- Oa Saturday morning Edwards and myself were butler, at the St. Charles Hotel, Statement t> this eifect>—That me surrounded by soldiers was vory mueb surprised, which caused him to make use of the exp:esston meu- tement, with a disclaimer ‘any disorder, aud am) for the expression, being vouched for by a gon- Homan of this city as a peaceable citizen, well disposed ‘That portion of the report in which Edwards excuses himself for using the word traitor towards We had Lereiviore.co operated together tn cause, is false; for I never exchanged one word of opinion, pro or com,, with him upon the questions which now di- My opinions have been too freely expressed to be now ask, sirs, you give this a place in your paper. bs H. M. SU! The United States Troops tobe Removed to the City Environs. [From the New Orlvaus Bee, May 6.] It is ramored that most of the United States troops in the city are to be withdrawn to the environs, and that NEW “YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, MAY 24, 1862—TRIPLE SHERT. discharge of their faithful and oneross duties, requested THE ‘UMES RIVER IBON-CLAD EXPEDITION. not to disband his brigades until order was com- ‘ly restored aud vo fear entertained for life and pro- anna Our Fortress Monroe Correspondence. Forrasss Mowaon, May 20, 1862. @eiictous atmosphere, and to view the trans sold Who are to be soon in avery direstion, promenading she streets and regarding with characteristic curiosity the many pecullarities of our city. There was in the deport- ment Of our peopie a reaction tor- periy. Genoral Jugs ceturaed his thanks for the com- plimeot paid to bimse! nnd his soldiers, and added thas his piace of busi- | the latter were tired down, but would remainunder arms | row, gloom and mortification, which, ‘for ‘days d, and if'an arrangemont to which the Mayor bad proviously ot darkengd tho minas and. | 7M Hzpedition in the James River Not Repuls:d—Prromcous crowd, and seving [7 da de tabgament bs Kone Ca eT y piepeptarett ine oy ened Se ae was & eo Sieonlyand iammmtan te the dteeceees of allciomen A Prize Stéamer Loaded with Cotton more General Butler had taken possession of the city and was responsible, be thougitt, for the preservation of good cer. Tho Mayor subse juentiy had av interview at the A. Stevens—Order of the Advance—Bire from the Hebel Battery—Rebel Vessels Suk in tha Channa to Rich- federal headquarters. with General Buber, who, declared Coming to New York. mond—The Kitled and Wounded—The Work of the that be bad only come here to restore New Orleans: {From the New ‘Crescent, May 8.' Monitor—Sketch of the Scene of Action, dc, dc. ‘any active part in | aad Louisiana t0 the Union; that ho bad no desire | Weobseryed at anchor off Gravier street the ‘The greatest indignation and astonisbrnont are exprossed yesterday steamship Tennessee, lately captured in this port. If we by tha navy oificer: are correctly advised, she was loaded several woeks to reort to hard measures, but t be concili- atory as for as possible; that he was willing to t the random statements published because | facilitate, as far as he could, the transit of provisious | since with cotton, and,’ unfortunately for those interest- | tp relation . ip the James the'southorn | to the city, and wished the Mayor's co-operation ia | ed, did uot succeed in gotting to sea. We are informod pot reehyy the ee et the 16th ae y pe aM the government of the city. This proposition wag | that she was under sai: dere for New York. It must a3 operations of our fleet beyon y declined by his Honor, as was also that to rate | be nesriy one ww York was greeted with a | Were nothing more than a reconnoissazce in force; and, since direct arrival from the C: with the Provost Marsha}, and @ third proposition that the police should report direetly to the federal head- quarters, It was Sally agreed that the Mayor and Com- mon Council should meet-Geveral Butler in tho evening. At the appointed Lime the views of tho authorities as to the terms which they would continue to adininiste: the ailatrs of the city were made known to the federal com- having accomplished the object the naval authorities had in view, our vessels fell back to a position, but were by no means repulsed, ‘The statemont that the Parrott gum of the £. A. Ste- vons (late Naugatuck) burst after the first fire is do- . 1 Respect- been 8. ishing of the crowds on tie flags yer there were moro gatherings than neces- Prominent corners continued to,be thronged, , mander Pierre Soule, A third interview was reat deatOf unnecessary curiosity appears tostill | ing the commander, D; C. Constable, officers and crew an er ad Satnrians peel i result is that the Sys eat poten Nee ~~ erent er aeee es Bes injustice, inasmuch ag nineteen rounds were fired, with uneil remaia perfectly untrameled—free to act = irect intel- formorly, an far as municizal affairs are concerned: but | ligence {rom any part of the world. Wp cannct obtain « | £04 effect, before the weapon burvt. ‘The cause assigned ‘tho right to deal with parties charged with political of- | word of thagetions market of Eugiand, nor the position | for this catastrophe is, that the gun, being the very first fences, or ini longa | of affairs in . ‘The first intelligence from the out- | one made by Mr. Parrott, bad stood too much severe with the milit jor, bi Marshal. We under- we he ide world will be byarrivals from New York mmply a guard will be left. Report hikowise staces that | ¢Xélusively to the federal Provost 4 ee, journais in | *@8ting, and, in consequence, two flaws were mado in the Butler Working Well. this movement is the resulé 0! a plodge on the part of the | 8 tnd that other important matters. including the supply eerie cam ae Tees DET RCD Jomraals ey vecechs, ons, near. 4be Vee}, and While’ trained to seven : city authorities for the gafety of the officers and soldiers | Provisions, were also sa\ ui “ Quid nuncs and anxious inquirers wil! get the desired | degroes elevation the accident occurred, of the federal army while passing through our streets. tian aed 1 quantum of news. ‘When the order was dy Ceciahendey! to , [From the Now Orleans Bullotin, May 6.) Pres ey mete aes 5.) fae und prhgtoet of the » Resgpa EVACUATION OF BATON ROUGE. MEMOVAL OF TROOPS. Late on Thursday multancousy with the | Fe@ximg am Overfow of the Mississippi | Ee under weigh, s ~ In consequence of arrangements entered into between | janding of the federal General Butler in New Orleans River. fi Were required to advance. The Stevons, therefore, was the city authorities and Genera! Butler, most of the | the twenty-first Ind ler Colonel McMil- (From the New Crescent, May 8.} ‘ahead most of the time, and, by a code of signa's, kept United States troops bave been removed from La’ayette | jan, landed at the Opeiousip Ballroad depot, in Algiers. | yo re"® Wa# ©: oF an. gharaoter in regard | Captain Rodgers posted on the depth of the channel. square and other central places im the city to the envi | the Superiatandent of thoroad, gor, was ab: | Sanouncod, ‘Phe vty trout can very wall ber rtonet | When our vessols came into position the practice of their THE EUROPEAN BRIGADE DISBANDED, atracied to take Copuizance ‘tal outrages committed | 4amu,tut Delux set for, was Intersed that hey desir Seine Saxe Lape, Six cevvemnny wien here | Bick cogat seven willed from Bichwald, cadewing to by i 0 were . a 1 Ker, Rey ee Andis is tobe hoped. share wil be novaocesity for Gen: | Nevertheless took possession oth of the building ie crevasse of 116 occurred ai | it immenso height, 120 feet, did a great of The Woful Condition of New Orleans. TESTIMONY OF A JOURNAL IN THAT CITY—MURDER, ASSASSINATION AND ROWDYISM RAMPANT AND UN- CHECKED, ETO., BTC. 4{¥rom the New Orleans True Delta, May 6.) GENERAL BUTLER’S PROCLAMATION, ‘The reproduction of the proclamation of General But fer—cfficially promulgated in handbill form—in our col- urns would place it in the hands of the entire population. It differs in little from similar documents issued on like occasions by the dominant power in cities and districts of country, and therefore requires no other explanation of its requiremevts than that itself conveys. Ono para- graph it contains, however, which wiil challenge much attention at home and abroad, and we cannot aliew it to go forth without accompanying illustration, the’more es- pecially 98 our contemporaries, for reasons they will comprehend, may not find the topic imviting,nor the Teminiscences it revives cousclatory. The paragraph ‘we allude to is in these words, to wit:— “Thrice before has the city of New Orleans been res- cnod from the hand of a foreign government, and still more calamitous domestic iusurrection, by the money and arms ofthe United States It has, of late, been under the military contro! of the rebel forces claiming to be the pecutar iriend of its citizeus, aad at each time, in the Judgment of the commander of the military forces holding it, thas Deen found necessary to preserve order and maintain quiet by the administration of law martial. Eventuring the interim from its evacuation by the rebel soldiers and its actual possession by the soldiers of the United States, the civil authorities of the city have found it pecessary to call for the intervention of an armed body ‘known as the ‘Enropean Legion,’ to preserve public tran- poge The commanding Genera!, therefore, will cause city to begoverned until the restoration of municipal auihorityfand bis furthor ord: without interference with the other. with a small penkn wound. Dr, Hensle jeod he morse at the evormity of ho was not at the time conscious of w! on Sunday night. Gen. Butier sent an oflicer yester: that the hotel was closed—that th: their boarders had leit. opened the house willingly to General The particular portion of the above extract from the proclamation, which we desire to make the text of this article, is that which states that the “civil author iti of the city have found it necessary to cal! for the in vention of an armed body known as the European Legion, net, Gi by H. M. Summers, tucme: Butler to again place his men in such inconvenient num- bers in our most frequented streets as have appeared there during the past few days. There will beno such necessity if each party quietly pursues its own business Murder at a Club Meeting. [From the New Orieans Bulletin, May 6.) DISTRESSING OCCURRENCE, On Saturday eveuing, as soine gentlomen, all intimate friends, were coilectod together in one of the club rooms on Canal street, they got into a military discussion in re- lation to the merits or the defences of the city, during whicb Dr. Hensiey, un old resident and highly esteemed man, became iuvolved in a hasty and violent altercation with Judge John W. Price, of the Fourth District Court, which resulied in the stabbing of the former Immediately after receiving the xclaimed that he was dying, and proceeded to dress the wound and give directions how ho should be disposed. Judge Price was seized with re- and besought the dying man’s forgiveness, declaring that Judge Price bas always gentleman of high standing, and it is thooght he was iucapable of such a deed whon in possession of his propor faculties. Dr. Hensley died Seizure of the St. Charles Hotel. {From the New Orieans Delta, Siay 4, 1862.) for himself and staif at the St. Charles Hotel. The agent of the proprictors, who are absent, informed the officer 9 proprietors and all Hs was informed that if he that they would take care of the prope ‘ietors (or what thoy used; . ral Butler aud staf would occupy it anyhow. We do not know whut was the conclusion of the agent. but at two o'clock Generai Butler and staff, accompanied y of this city, but who, tor necessity for Gen, of the rolling stock of the road. As ® uence BO traivs have since gone out. Their pickets are stationed some distance below the town and up tho ratiroad as far back as there are buildings, but not above the square this side of the depot. We have not hoard of any other seizure of private property except that a hogshead of sugar lying at the warehouse was unooremonious!y taken to sweeten their coilee @gainst the consent of the persons in whose chargo it had been placed. undated 1816, and May, 1843. The Maoarty point—uow Carrollton—asix niles above the city proper. The water flowed towards the lake, and gradu- ascended to the corner of Canal and Royal streets, formerly ,and for years known as Shepherd's cornor. From ko back to the swamp was under water duly. Tho crovasse of was at Sauve point, twolve miles ubove the city. The ‘water came upin tho rear of the city to the corner of Dauphine and Canal streets, but did not penetrate the lower district, aleveo having been constructed on the bayou St. John. Tho crevasse of 1860, at Bonnet Carre point, though doing great injury, did not reach the city. At inundated the Jackson Railroad and stopped travelling for two mouths. As wo before remarked, unless the and Arkansas rivers are throwing out large volumes of water, or are unusually high, we have very little toapprehend from a greater surplus of water; and it only requires attention on ube part of the several police juries of the a/jacent parishes to prevent the much dreaded crevasses. Unfortunately human nature is 80 ovnatituted that one particular individua! having a weak levee will not place sufficiung§ force to protect it; but if &@ break occars the impression prevails that if his neigh- bors do not assist Him he 1s willing to succumb, and all go to universal ruin together. Tne oct Quiet and Tranqail. (From the New Orleans Bee, May 8.) ‘The Mayor and municipal authorities have been allowed to retain Saale gower and privileges in everything uncon- nected with military affairs. The federal soldiers do not seem to tnterfere with the private propzrty of the citiecns, and have done nothing thai we are aware of to provoke diffi- When the Northampton and Curtis Peck came from Richmond last week with released Union prisoners, under a ting of truce, they wero boarded by our vessels. The channel near Richmond had been obstructed with the exception of suflicient room for one vessel to mov: Finding our veaseis in such close proximity to the cupital, the rebels closed their port effectually, and the Jamestown and Patrick Henry wore scuttled and susk, and when the Curtis Peck and Northampton rettrnod from Oid Poiat they sharod the same fate. The rebel gunboat Teaser, which i have once described, haying boarded a flag of truce ia the James river, being inside of the obstructions, showed fight; but the stern ‘one hundred-pounder of the Galena, shortly after engag- ing, sunk her, ‘Tho casuaities are about twenty wounded, all of whom will shortly recover, and fourteen killed, The Galena was fought by Captain Rodgers with great kill and bravery, and, notwithstanding his vessel stood the brunt of the rebel Ore, he did not withdraw until the almost exhausted magazine admonished him to .0 x0. ‘the Monitor did most excelient service. One of her shoils was seen to explode about fiitecn feet over the rebel battery. For such practice her guns must havy” attained considerable elevation. J ‘On the Purt Royal none were wounded except Captain G. U. Morris, her com: der, ‘The wounded from the K. A. Stevens were James Wil- ton, shot through the arm,at present in the marine hospital at Norfolk. Peter Dixon, captain of the one hundred-pound Parrott gun, severe concussion (will recover in about two From Baton mange -lraaunsion of the it; ys [From the New Orieana Picayune of May 1.) ‘We have intelligence trom Rouge as late as Mon- day morning. A gentleman who left ‘hore on that morn- skit’, arriving here at @ foliowing {acts:— sing of the Federal floct above our forts was announced at the capital on Thursday morning, aud im- mediatly thereupon preparativas were made fur the re- moval of the State archives, and for the dostruction of cotton and sugar. The archives have been removed to a place in the jaterior whore the enemy is by no means likely to dud them, and all the cotton at Baton Rouge and along the river is now a mass of smouldering fire. All the sugar, too, has either been carried to a place of security, or destroyed. Our informant did not visit the Arsenal, and Armory and other Confederate buildings, and therefore cannot speak positively on the point, but his impression is that all the government stores, machinery, ammunition, &c., have ocither been removed or left in such a condition ag to be valueless to the cnemy. Immodiately upon his arrival at tho capital, Governor y the laiter had committed, be was doing. Moore issued @ proclamation, announcing the great dis- | cul'y The usual uightly re; of arrests for vagrancy, aster to our arms, and counselling the people in patriotic seach, wounsling and killing have ux: iy been | Guuner Shankland, shot through the log by a rifle ‘day to secure rooms | janguace as to their duty in this their door of adversity, diminished. The city is as tranzuil and podceatle as in the | ball; only a flesh wound. The Governor does not attempt to depreciate the enemy's | most quict times. ‘the pilot on board of the Stevens, Mr. C. 8. Barklew, is success, butat the same time he upon all citizens completely dea from the effects of the bursting of the of the State to do all in their power torender that success as fruitiess.and as short lived as possibie. With this view bo enjoins the destruction of cotton, sugar, and other property liable to seizure and appropiation by the enemy. Colonels of militia are enjoined to soe to the ‘execution of this order. ‘There was quite a fermont among the people of Baton Rouge when it was announced that the enemy’s flect haa The Federal Troops Not to be Insulted. (From the New Orleans Dolta, May 6.] Tho city authorities have plodged themselves in behalf of our citizens for the satety of the oilicers and soidiers of the United States Army when moviug through the streets, and that our poopie would refrain from molest- ing or insulting them. The Fall of New Orleans—Genoral Lovell un. , ‘The most miraculous affair, however, is the escape of Captain Constable, the commander of the Stevens. He was standing ou the port side of the gun when it burst, anda piece weighing at least one thousand uve hundred Pounds lew about ten feet over his head, and the concus- sion caused a rent in his coat and’ dizziness in the hoad. Tho broken piece of the cannon {ell harmlessly at the side Butler and staif rty, and compen- iat if they did agents of the Confederate government,” &e. upwards of three-quarters of an hour. 1? f . passed the forts. Preparations were made for a goneral of Capsain Constable; but the captain of the gun, Peter Sook wah a Lrong and twin hasct she cuptinnr, | Some time past, resided on the Jackson Rajiroad, rode | Yoparture to-the Interder, and, though all excitement had In His Own Defence. Dixon} was whirled ia (ho air to ua e.ovatiou o1 twelve or ‘Andigenous and exotic, which jas been fostered by au- up to the hotel in carriages, accompanied by ® | passed away when our informant left. still numbers con- {From the New Orloans Delta, May 1. filteon feet. thoray in this cily uniil it has Lecom: Duperior to the | SCM+ They went into the hotel and took poswes- | sinued to leave, both by landand water, in anticipation of a New Onizaxs) April 29, 1962. “In my account of tho affair, dated from hore on Sunday, wretched elrmenis it has put into Ssapels glece.. To. sion. Meantime, an immense crowd of ce POT8°DB | visit from the fleet, no portion of which, we are assured, | To Judge Watxan:— I forebore mentioning the tact of tho Stevens’ gun burst- Diunt the sting of this truthful and biving rebuke is our | Msembled around the botol,and hurraed for *Beacro- | contrary to city reports, had visited the capital. Deak Sim—In the Ev-ning Delta, in an article hoaded | ing. Had Captain Constable been able to work the same Present purpose. Hae Whe taeinod Shacs ie ta Tome, various | “Gur informant is positive that none of the ieet have | ‘Fallen, but not Disgraced,” this’ oxpreasion ocours:— | vuly bait an hour ionger, the rebel batteries would have a € 4 : een evacuated. it Was, Our vessel ac! un £01 Tuo fact stated by General Brtler, itis, unfortunately, | Ger ots the hotel and procceded. to tho Custom House, | Peed higher.up than Carrollton, | He sew none on Monday | & The lek of esiy ae eoyernincntr eee ee ‘ ee , is either to pauliate or deny—it is affic!- 5 liatingly true. It is true that this great Ame- Yin the day of her great humiliation and dis. 8 trees, Seck 10 the ranks of adopted | federal scidiers of citizens im the crowd for giving ex- Citizens the talents, the courage and the man- | pression to their feelings. Among those was Mr. Daniel hood the emergency required, t enable the pos- | Kdwards, am old citizen and proprietor of the large sessors of is power, unrighteously obtained, to | foundry on the lever. resign her sceptre with some degree of dignity aud de- We zeizo the occasion again to counsel and urge upon ceucy to the army and navy of her successful invader Our citizens the mmpolicy of large assemblies, and of all and to find among the foreign residents of the place, r: violent manifestations of feeliag. They should remain 3 ied from vaturalization, safety and security in the d: of her darkest aud direst neod. The spectacie was sad and degrading, truly, but let its explanation be beard. Bor seven years pst, the world knows, this city, in all its de- for severe und violent proceedings on partments— jwihcial, legislative and exe-utine—has been at the Absolute disposal of the most godless, brutal, ignorant and ruthless ruffiaminy: the world has ever heard of since the days Of the great Reman conspira'or. By means of a secrot or- ganization emanating from that fecund source of every politica! infamy, New England and named Know Nothiug- ism or “‘Sammyisin"’—from the boasted exclusive devo- tion of the fraternity to the United States—our city, from being the abode of decency, of liberality, generosity and justice, has become a perfect hell; the = Popo - fox croyaded tor crime; the minis- jaws, the nomine:s of blood-stained, vuicar, sibald eabaliers: Mmesd wardens shot innocrnt blocd. on most public thoroughfares with impunity; witnesses of the most atrocious traiere ier spirken orig: soneneat or from es pojured associates are retained to prow alibis,and ready bail is always procuratle for the use of those wiwm tt is not immediotely prudent lo enlarge otherwise. The electoral system is a farceand a fraud; the denife, the slung shot, the brass knuckles determining, while the sham is being enacted, who shall occupy and administer the the municipality and the commmnceak:h. Can our condition then surprice any man? Is it, oither, a fair ground for @ reproach to the weil disposed, kind- hoarted and intelligent fixed population of New Orieans ‘that institutions and offices designed for the safety of their Persons, the security of their property. and maintenance Of their far repute and unsullied honor, should, by of conspirators, in possession by force and fraud of the electoral machinery, be diverted from their legitimate uses and made engines of the most insupport- able oppression? We accept the reproach in the proclama- tion as every Lowisianian, ative to the honor and fair fame Of his State and chief city must accept it, with bowed heads and brie: abashed; but let the humiliation and disgrace be im principal part by that Massachusetts which engendered in her treasonable heart the heli-be- ee of Krow Nothing thugsery, and which permaneally bere, through ther industrious propaganda, ly here, throu,’ ir industrious propagan tn high and low places. Governors, judges, magistrates, iors, forgetful of the constitution and iaws, and the oaths they had voluntarily taken, went inte the dark lantern couclives, there to conspire to rob loyal citi- zoos of rights sacredly guaranteed by the genius of Amorican liberty, and to shelter and scroen, if did not stim or suborn, the assassing wo aimed, throvgh the life biood of innocent victime, doadly stabs at American freedom and equality. Pierre Soule. (From the New Orleaus Delta, a character that give him new claims fraiued from should not be compromised, and the mere than one-cccaswwn has Mr. $ou! and ability, induced the abandonmen' of the demands uf th same miiuence has arrested and conti » and social du’ rious. When, om tue 26th of April, at tain public tranquillity, the portion of under arms was small; huucred men appeared armed Picture overcharged or exagerated? let those who hav: taken refuge in the camp of the invading army be colled | ed vo your General, which to him was indispensabie. General Buller tw answer yea or nay. The Your thanks are also due to the xood citizens who re- by federak ‘Cenerah commandiag herebas nar bron @ ‘snine Seching or an acolitienist; his hands and his conscience are wn- | rauks, and turvers of public alway peace for whom a far ag they aro concerned he is free from@he guilt, we honestly betieve, of connivance and complicity; but ‘can he utter, without mortification, that which is #0 crush- ing to the heart of every true Louisianian—naiuely , a re- ‘oach for a state of things solely created and sustained New England machinations ? wicked, abominable ond insupportalle than has been prac tised im this city for the lat sevn years, cannot be found in the darkest hours of the middle ages in Taly; aud {rom the signs abroad, wo see that the authors of the calamities we depiore are ging by some new effort of treason to re. tain the power inilvence they have, through blood, hitherto posseseod and enjoyo!. It is due to the trath to record that the infamous presidency of the loathsome Buchanan, in ite offects here, worta:ly kept pace in tur+ pitude with Know Nothingistn, for his stipendiaries were equally eager as the Semmyites to obtain and uphold powor by the agency of the bravo or the devil when they wore to be suecesaiully invoked. It was only the honest and upright citizen who had anything to fear from either Bochinanism or thuggery—the rascals enjoyed the full liceuse and immunities of fraternization. We offer these remarks by way of deprecation of the tenor of the passage in the prociaination we bave cited for our text, we offer no opinion upon any other issue in this connection. We admit, with am unulterable sense of shame, the «(iting justice of the cliusion of General Butler, wut we ask the rewiing world to cousider ali the facts before they apportion the tgnominy aud the dis- grace. Lat tho galled jade wince, our withers are un- ‘wrung. a Ly assistance. arduous duties. ssion wii D we. By order of A Manx Quaviz, Brigade diwor. We are surprised w nuice wo few ade notes. every whwre that no other currency is meul. But suil offers through of the press vo deal for Confe.leri many a trade which might not ot ess. dise, by ali means to advertise. Taken Posse: [From the New Ur. as Bee , Sensible Advice, [From the New Orleans Picay ‘We cannot to often or too eommendation to ail our storeks men to reopen their stores and ‘of business. it cannot be long bei will begin to seek its old chann and wo give employment to those who pursue it, and great thousands who are sulfering from ita suspension. Another beseficial result that will flow from this course will be the removal (rom our streets of crowds of idiers, who now give the city so much the appearance of ry and jl regulated metropolis, ‘The facts mentioned in the following letter were pub- lished im a letter (rom one ef our own New Orleans cor- troups and other baginess ‘The sentries our citizens so unexpec hops and other places the course of traae ‘The Upelousas and Jackson ‘ion of the poss! rolling stock had been ‘The Canal streot and Al rin@s on board and are now runn! Use , the chie¢ rendezvous of the United States troops, and returned with a squad of svidiera who formed @ cordon around the hotel. Several arrests were made by the as much as possible at home, and afford no provocation who bave military occupation of tue city. ‘The services of this distinguished citizen in the main- tenance of tho honor and rights of our poople, during the troubles which have recently come upon us, have been of esteem aud coniideuce of our people. Whilst so many prowinent gentlemen of talent and influence have re- incurring respousibiiity, the daties devolving upon them m this crisis, this courageous and manly citizen has placed him- self im the front ranks of those whv were deter- mined that the dignity and homor of New Oricans of the people imperiied by improper concessions on the one band or & vain rosistance ou the other. Jeral authorities, add by the rolled the violent tendencies of the peop.e. We trust that dr, Sozte will coutigus his duties aud services in behalf of our unior- tuuste city. It iano time now for prominent citizens, disconnec.ed from the military service, to abandon their proper duties as citizens and shirk the responsi bilities which attach to their position. There are civil which cannot be neglected with houor, and which are obiigacory on all patriotic citizens. The European Brigade Officially Dis- . pai "- {From the New Orivans True Delta of May 4.) GENERAL OKDER NO. —. ‘Hxabyvakrens Evxorsax Barcave, Naw On.sans, May 2, 1362—6 P. M. be ey AND DOLDIARs OF THK EUROPEAN AND F RANCH ADI Comnaves—Your mission is accomplished, and I am bapyy to say that your conduct has bees most merito- bis Honor the Mayor mvesied me with the supreme cor mand of the two brigades to suppress the riot ana main- fn the evening more than fifteen the ext day nearly all, and {rom that moment the city was protected frei pil- lage and fire. Your thanks are due w the Mayor and to the members of the ity Council for their pt ready assistance, both moral and material, extend- sponded to my appeal, They placeu themselves in our marched together with us against thoss dis- & pretext to plunder and desi mauder-in-Chief I address my sincere thanks to Brigadier General Maignan, communaing the French brigade, to staif aud to ‘all his vlicers and soldiers, fur « 1 thank all tho vilicers and soldiers of Huropean brigade, my Brigade Major and my persoual staff for the zeal with which they have performed twit It was only by the prompt and cumti- ayed actiun of the two brigudes under mny comaud thas h successiuily, without irritating JUGE ®1LS, Gen. Comd g. Small Demand for Confederate Notes. (From the New Orleans Bulletin, May 5. CONPSRDELATE NOTES, ties wishing to sell their goods or property for Confederate ‘We are aware this may beascrived w its not not being deemed necessary, since it is weil understood 19 advertising colu paper wouid lead to Such advertisements wonld bave the good effect of spiring increased conudence as weil as promoting busi- Wo advise our friends, whatever they have w sell fur Confederate notes, whether slaves, lauds or merchan- of. The Evans Hoase, on Poyd.vs street, wh.ch we have already referred to, is now & Bospital for the federal Friday morning, on the sidewalk of tho City Hail, are no louger to be seen there, but troops are occupying the — of the building. read ‘ellows’ Hall was taken possesion of on Saturday, for the use of a large number of federal soldiers. Lycoum Hall has been foto o mitnary hospital, federals since Saturday moraing. The ously removed. 8 Yorry boat is at prenent ‘under the coutrol of the federais, who have placed ma. ing it. A number of drays and mules have been pressed on his way down; the night unobserved, as he was awake every hour. We conclude, then, that, up to noon Tuesday, Baton Rouge ‘bad not been’ occupicd, nor had the federal flag been hoisted on the Capitol, notwithsianding the positive aver- ments of ail the +reliables”” in she city. Rebel Vandalism—The “Chivalry” at Their Favorite Work. (From the New Orleans Delta, May 8.) It was only yosterday evening that we were informed = the disgraceful uaens the ryt that, sede time, had ir saturnalia in and aroun @ new Custom House Building,on the evoning of tho day that the fede al Tigh Sconctiall etoead coor itis cs forces wok possossion of thet building. Thefacts, as iaid } Corinth, aid’ the dosds of the Louisiana regiments on tho Plonare thesen Tho federal forces took posbossion of | oth and Tchof April, indicated their courage and their ae . training. Our foundries were boginning to turn out the Custom House, Post Uflice, &e, At sundown of tnat | Heavy guns of the best quality, aad a aowly erected day the federal force, was ordered to return to the fest | srycuaffurnishod ua with various implementa of war. pcogenally ae main an ls agate ae Towdiss | ‘Ait this has boen dune since October, besides proparing ae paar ae jot lia in that exialdishment> ‘They took. | #Xtesn vessels for river defence, eight of which pogseasion of everything but the vauit, which they could defending the upper: river, ‘and elght have been Rot enter; they took all the letters they could lay their | i the vain attem; sep back. the enemy hands on, and, we presume, rilled thorn of thei con. | WaF vessels below. | ‘This has been done with no ost of tents; they carried off a vaiuable guid watch, the pri- This includes me in ite sweep, and I think unjustly. When I came hore, but afew short months since, I found tho State defenceless, its ports blockaded, and its young mon gone to other parts of the confederacy in the army. Without apything but what was created, every inlet was Pus in position to offer a protracted and galiaut defence. Forts were armed, powder and munitions of every de- seription were mado, and 1 gallant body of troops organized and drijted. Guns were cast and maiorials of ali kinds exiemporized by incessant labor and activity. ‘Tho river at the forts was twice bridged by obstructions which would have resisted anything but the formidable Enclosed I send you a rough sketch of th» scene of strife. It conveys an idea uader what disadvantages our vessels were coping. hey wore compoiiled to tight at anchor, and the shallowness of the channel compeiled them to maiftaia a steady front or go ashore. The fight at this goint will not be recomineuced on the same terms as that of the 1th insiant; but when next our vessels attempt to go to iticamoud they will have no obstruc- tions Lo encounter. In a day or two Commander Rodgers will make his offi- cial report, from which it will be seen that tho advance of our vessels wags nothing more vor less than a recun- noissance in torce. NEWS FROM THE SOUTH. The Rebel Situation. the Charleston Mercury, May 12. ‘The evacuation of Norfolk, of which we have intelli- gence this morning, has been dotermined upon, we pre- sume, by Gencrals Randolph, Leo and Johnston. after a full and careful consultation.” 1t is, doubtless, censidered a miliary necessity, the grounds whereof, as we do not the part of those May 4.) tothe gratitude, and from generals and staff officers of exprience to assist. Ina short time more I should have had guns enough | know, we shall not undertako to critise. If a necssit: Yate Property of the Postmaster. and 8 large | and men enough to dozend the sumerous approaches Ky | it in a vory sad and butuiliuting one—the loss o: the oniy peace and safety | Amount of specie, Di bees Vantin, PUA: | that element on which the enemy is so pre-eminently | great navy yard in the Confederate Sia:ea. We trust, dered the establishment. sidor for a that the money they stole, or the letter: destroyed, were the rhe k of tho citizens of Ne ‘leans,and not that of the federals? We they did not, and did not care. Were they aware of the incalculable injury they had inilicted on the community by the destruction of the thousands of let- ters then in tho Post Office, many of them, ne donbt, from parties to their friends who were, at the time those Jotters were written, fighting under Beauregard, or some other of the Confederate armies? We do not know whether the ru‘tians who perpetrated the outrage in question were aware of these (acts or not; and we pre sume if they were i would have made no difference to them, as their object was evidently nothing but publie plunder. Our only regret is, that a sufficient force had not been de powerful; and I therefore beg that you will do me the Justice s0 say to the people of New Orleans that I did all that ove man could do to preserve them from au insolent and powerfukice. When thoir fleets passed all our bat- tories, I withdrew my infantry forces beyond the city limits, in order to permit the people of New Orieans to decide whether they would subject themselves and their property to bombardment, in the ondeavor to maintain their freedom intact; and returnod to the city to-day to learn their decision, and to offer myself and my command to stand by them to the last moment in case they should decide to undergo a borabardment. I know that there are many gentlemen hore who will bear me witness that all that 1s here set forth, and much ore, has been done to avert this sad disaster. An ex- ywever, wo shall soon see the good results gained by this important step. If it indicates the sagacity of svizing the most important of two incompativle objects, and sacriticing tho other, it may bo a great resolve. Our readers will remembor that Bonaparte, after besiegiug Mantua with ten thousand men for months, with a great train of artillery, and whon about to reap the fruit of long toil in an almost certain prey, on the 3ist of July, ordered Sorrurier to barn his gua earriages, spike bis canueu, bury his projectiles and throw his powder into the water, for ihe purpuse of join- ing the besieging force to the active army. Conceutrat- ing on tho Upper Mincio, Bonayarto fought, ta six days, with 30,000 men, three brilliant battles, which put 60,000 men hors du com)a!. Warmser lost 20,000 men—7,000 or On by his address ‘or modification | o. oation of my letter and order books and telegraphic | 8,000 killed and 12,000 or 13,000 prisoners. He was tailed by the city authorities to arrest the scoundrels » atches will show that nostone has been-eft unturn- | driven out of the field into the mountains. Ii simular re- the thre they were committing these outrages, and have me to save New Orloans from this humiliation; | sultstoliow the evacuation of Norfolk, the people of the had them tried by a drumneall court martial. Every de- cent man in this community, om their condemnation to tae gallows, would have said aman. What aud Lfcel well convinced that a fow short weeks would have rendered the position impregnable. Ail 1 ask is simply justice and nothing more. In conelusion I will add that terrible as the biow has been, | am neither dis- heartened nor in despair. ‘This war of independence 1s not yet fought out. Our ancestors struggled on against the massive power of Great Britain when Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Charleston and Savannah were alin poxsessiou of the exemy, and gained their liberty. It is a moral and physical impossibility that we can be conquered. Let us be true to ourselves and our canse— never tiring, never despairing—but rising, Acton like, with renewed vigor from every fall, and we shall yet be rewarded with success, Above ail, we should not crush down the spirit and the energies of thors who are using ail the faculties, mental and physical, that God has given them, by making light of their labor, becauso, with lin- ited means and under adverse circumstances, they have not been succossful in resisting at all points a great, wealthy and powerful enomy, with all tho appliances of modern warlare, both military and naval, in great abon- dance at his control. We hav@ never yet sceu such dark ‘sas those which environed George Washington at Valley Forge: and should such be our ot, I trust that the same spirit will autmate us to work out the same successful revults. Respectfully, your obedient servant, {From the Now Orieans Deita, May 8.} M. LOVELL, slajor General, C. 8. A. ‘There was a now dodge iu tho markets this morning, Providing Small Change Notes. which g1ve great mnuoyance and trouble to persons hav- {From the New Orleans ee, May 8.) ing provisions to buy. Most of the butchers refused to take In yesterday's paper we published the substance of any money but cily no'es and specie, or to make any distinc- | the resolutions adopted by both branches of the City tien Letwren them. Though the city had announced its | Council on Tuosday evening. in reference to the all-im- determination to receive the various issues of individu- } portant subject of providing the community with a car- als, and in their place to pat in circulation its own notes, | reney that will command some degree of contidence. some, and indeed most of the butchers, refuved to take | ‘The resolutions, however, appear to us go specific and the igsues of the most responsible persons in the city, or | definite Liat we subjoin thein in the form in which they to change Confederate nos. There beg a great scarcity | were jasged:— of city notes, but few persons were able to make avy Resolved, That the Finance Committees of the Common purchases. Tho conseqence was that many persons had | Council be, and they are hereby anthorized and em- to go home with empty baskets, and fortunate will bo | powered to earry out aud put iato operation the follow- those who have salt meats for dinner. iepovis: ‘To require from each and every individual or firm Secesh Editors Bearing their Inconves | who has or have sued. his or thoir otes OF checks for miences Patiently. change cireniation a statement, under oath, of the total [From the New Orlexns Delta, May 8.) Amount of his or their issues up to the Oth instant. We expected to be relieved of the annoyance to whieh 2. To require from said party or parties issuing said we have been exposed by tho pubiication of «war news,” | notes a vpecial deposit in the bands of the City Treasu- rumo: lograms, &e., by the prohibition by the United | rer, of ample security, for an amount equal to that of States General commanding in this city. In this hope we | his or their issues, as above sworn to, or such security have been disappointed. conductors of the news | jn favor of the city of New Orleans as shail prove satis- papers are now everywhere badgered with inquiries | factory to the Finance Comunitiees of the Common on the streots, as to what they have heard, or what they | Council. believe of this or that rumor, to & degree which adds | — 3. To require the surrender, by the said party or par- reatly to the other discomforts of their position. We | ties issuing small notes, to the Chairmen of the Finance g to give notice to all such parties that in future, whon Committees of the Common Council, of all plates such badgering is attempted we sball adopt one standing | or bianks in his or their possession, which plates or auswer, and it is this:— ri blanks shall be destroyed by said chairmen. We refor you to General Butler, to be found at the Cus- | 4. That the Chairmen of the Finance Committees of tom House during business hours, at the St. Charles after the Common Council shall cause to be publiehed the business hours. That official bas kindly promised | pames of those who shall comply with the above require- to give us the authentic version of such news as ments, adding thereto the amounts of their respective we will be permitted to publish, and we presume would be equally kind to those who have @ like ouriosity and far more impatience than we permit ourselves to be possessed of. ‘ederate states will be reounciled to the temporary sacritice of Norfolk. Jackson's victory ip the Val of Virginia, isan en- couraging and important event. ihe regicn is im,ortant. The killed and wounded are net so numerous us might have been expected. But, as the enemy is pursued, hope it will evabie that valiant and capable command to take the fold north of Mui and Dixon’s Line. Such a diversion wocld be timely and beneficial to Juhnston and Beaurogard, whose only iear isthe inequality of arms anit men they have to meet. ‘the strategy of the commanders of both grand armies of the Confederrte States appears to be the same, Gen. Johustun strives to get the Northern forces away from their fortifications and their gunboats up the Chicka- hominy swamp, or Bear to Kichmond. Gen. Beauregard awaits the grand attack of Hallock at Corinth, away from tho Tennessee river, Deating back their corps of observation and ready for the combat. McClellan and Halieck are cautious, though their torces jargey out- number tho troops of the South. Thoy are feeling their way with large recpmnoitering bodies, or approaching with trenches, Johoston’s rear guard,in falling back before the earth approaches and cannon, has been attacked, and it would seom has, ut Williamsburg and at iarn- hamsvilie, repulsed ‘the exewy with sanguinary sue- cess, Whether Sohnston will succeed in making them follow, and in bringing on the geneaal action at the desired point, we bave not yet jearned. if he dows not,and MeClellan draws off, dirt will again be deg and big guns mounted, or McClellan will attack at sume other locality—perhaps by crossing James river and attack- ing foum the south, or by way of Fredericksburg on the north. The pressure npon him fs great. Jobnaton cau fall back no further, and will not. [He can ouly chary front now, ‘The strategy of Halleck will be the determination of the procise points of attack, the manner ef attack, and the mancuvring on the deid of batule—the disposition and movements of his troops. With an eye to there thivgs, ho is investigating the localities aud arraugo- ments of bis antagonists, as far as hy is able tease tain, His advance corps of 4,000 had, it seems, pene- trated as far as Farmington, five miles from Corinth, when attacked by a Contedorate foree of equa! numbers, under Generals Bragg aud Yau Dorn, and drivea back with sli ter to the protection of their main body, to whom @ general action is otlered. We trust that, after the preliminary engagements wo have had, decisive battles will soon be foughs in the East and in the West. The susponse is of tho mos and painful kind. On these battles depends the U and triumphant termination of the war, or its protrac- tion, with untold troubles to the South. On them, pro: bably, depe the attack on Charleston. We hoe to gee the Suuth redeemed, and such blows struck as will palsy the arma of onr ruthless assatlants. (From the Vicksburg Whig.) The public mind is fast recov. ing from the panto pro- duced by the fall of Now Orieaus. Considerate men, while deploring the loss of that great southern metropo: lis, think that much good may yet como out of it, as the enemy willbe compelled ty quit their wooden walls and march far into the fterior, when they will be totally destroyed by the malarious diseases of our cimate and the lead and steel of our stalwart soldiers. The enemy will have to greatly augment his forces to through a country every inch hostile; and the more strenyous his efforts, the soover will he exhaust the now overstrainod sinows of war, and, breathiess aud over- spent. will fally Tall ingloriously from the struggle, with the remnants of his little army, shat like the th ye [From the Now Orloans Delta, May 8. ‘The situation of the business community fi ‘The appiebouston of being compelled to sell to the inva- ders, or having their gouds seized, deters many from reopouing their stores, and the retail trade appears to be mainly confined to provision dealers und grocers. ‘The counting rooms of our factors and merchauts generally open, and s0 are the bauks, which contioue to receive aud pay over thoir counters Confeterate treasury notes. KM the federal commander abide by tho tertas of bis proclamation, we can see no good reason why trade should not bo resummed, at least among our own citizens. Tuere are thousands who are willing to receive currency for goods, and ia liquidation of debis, and probably as many who have the currency to spend. But both stand ajvot, and nothing is done. In this connection we would ageia refer our reaters to the advertisement of parties who offer to sell their merchandise and property at reasonable prices. Confederate Notes Not Current. it 11 o'clock A. M. the two brigades yolitical crisis is AS Com- was entrusted Ww ortigements by par- expected im pay- wise be ma May 6.} tedly met with on issues, and the amount on special deposit, or the value of tho security given, to provide for the future payment of ail issues made by said parties. 6. The Chairmen of the Finance Committees of the Common Council are hereby authorized to institute pro- ceedings, through t y Attorney, in the name of the city of New Orleans, inst individual or frm who shall hereafter 1as' or their notes or checks for small change circulation. Resolved further; 1. That the Finance Committees of the Common Council are hereby authorized to issuecity notes, signed by tho City Treasurer and Comptrolier or depots are in the About Yellow Fever. [From the New Orleans Delta, May 8.) “Talk on ‘Change’ ridicules the idea, so common among new comers, and #0 little regarded by oid resi- dents, that filth and ofl are producing causes of yellow fover, and asserts, from an experience ity years, that this mysterious epidemic assails equally th and hovel—the cleanest and into the service of the military occupante of the city. the airiest as well as the | their ‘deputies, ual in denominations and ‘waves of the vcoan on the rock, by walla of true and in- fo ™: OF THE Daily pELTA. pat le of tue 4 ‘These and the st. Charles Hotel, the headquarters of | closest and fithiest places. This is doubtless true; but to ene small change circulation of individuam or | vinetbie patricts, fighting for home aad cauntry amd. In- In your edition of ‘tie 41h inst. i ud an entire misre- | gies Butters are, the only ‘up to this time, | ith ard offal are objectionable on other and | eros, as above sworn ‘9, and the paymont thereof | aliebableighis.” Lot nove. despair or relinquish one of facts of the case cuunected with the Preece men ol Deuistbtnaran Os Friday or ‘arrest and release of y aven. | Of Private property seized by the was gent from the St. Charies Hotel to the Cus be ope wig ad sees , guarded a yp pet Resume of the hott of Affairs in the troops to protect me ‘mob. ‘way down a swan joered at, and the word traitor was freely used [From the New Orloans Bee, May 6.] toward me by many im the crowd. Soveral arresis were Wo give to-day, for the beneit of those among our made by the soldiers. Among them was Edwards. Gn | citizens who may yet be ignorant of the roal state of eur arrival at the Custom House the commanding officer | affuirs—amd we lave reason to believe that the number asked me rikuew Edwards, and what kind of a man he | is not vi limited—a brief history of what bas oc- ‘was. Linformed him | bad known Edwards for a number | curred in the city einee Friday last. On the morning of of years ; | bad always esteemed bim a gentleman, and | that day, federal sentries having been placed at each that [ thought him incapadie of fending inself to ald is | entrance to the City Hall, Caplan Fronch, Geueral But countenance to such Cutrayes as Were perpetrated A mob om that evening, nud asked the commpaudiog otlwer, <3 pot incompatible with his duty, to allow Kdwards od. “i t for @nd most emphatically diselaim- © Word traitor on the cocasion, Eile eatd the only remark made by hin w I pas was, Lavo, Summers,” Bad Wet only ee @ term of dave ad (eterview with bim and Goner iatter was Sont for and promptly ans tion, His Honor, after warmiy th valuable services he and his command Orleans, for the geal aad devotion bey ler’s Provost Marsial, proceeded to the Mayor's parlor, where he met the magistrate and informed }im that the genotal would soon issue @ prociamat) will, we trust, be removed. Our population having little else to do, ight be most usefully employed in aiding the purification of the city. . Provisions to be Brou; to the City. Vs rokg lays Astros ita, May 6.) General Butler has consented that communication be opened with Mobile for the purpose of procuring a boat Joad of flour in that market for the use vf our people; also, that the Opelousas Railroad may transport hither provisions of all kinds; and communication may ve had with the mouth of Red river, by means of sten #0 tat the live stock and provisions there acc may be transported to New Orleacs, For the jota of their faith in our ultimate suconss for the suip of liberty will be sat sloered the Seylia und Chary bdis of ‘tdeubt, bepene which is the proud haven of indepenvence and undeiiled liberty, With Semper Para- tus for our motto, let us work ongMctuatod by that sa. cred feeling of liberty that lies tg Koen ines im the Southern heart, and those whom we placed at the hoad of our affairs will bring our infant the flery ordeal in safety. It was but natural that all Soushorn hearts, and par- cularly those of the Mississippi valley, should deeply ol the sorious reverse Vistted upon us ab No’ for all (elt the blow aad Raw what it lost to us. fro to confess that for a short time the conto secured, which city notes shall be redeemed with the proceeds of the securities received from mare gt bef parties issuing said small ch: circulation, and which proceeds shali remain pledged and be specially appro- priated for the redemption of said small change circula- pn. * ‘That as soon as the city notes are roady for ciroul tion the Chairmen of the Finance Committees shull give hotice in the public prints the individual notes or checks, a8 above name no longer currency, and must be presented for redemption and exchange for city novos at the City Troasury. i has pardon rnor 3 Parpoxen. on, ani wished to | Result of this treaty, our citizens are largely indovied to sbund and fatier of the Mri that wnoxpected disaster filed our own mind wisi a titulo ai Pan! Jnge, ‘The | the good offices of Hon. Pierre Soule, to death by the fire in Troy, w oly, And yet, soris: 46 tha ered to the invita — nasinog Of AMasswult upon his bi iy for de aking him for the A Healthy Reaction. Jurtangh, and senieaced to the I Wo nay lose cities, we inay lose the entire Missis had rendored Now {Frum the Now Orlews Delta, May 6.) rove year, Huniop was ta prigou at the tune of | vs s far from being subjugated y, but we wil b as had browgut 10 tue the vecurreude 0 the calamity. ‘Our vrosvects fur witimate victory wud ty conse ‘The peovio turwed Ub WM arKe UotdbErs Lo enjoy tho a the world those oppressed ma- fir liberty against the tyrancy We atrugy! of despots, have been constrained to win the glitteri Prize after much suffering, many privations, the lows z many cities, immense amounts of property and many valuable lives; but when an intelligent and brave nation po aa to be free they have almost always s26- 4s Freodom’s battle once ’ Begueathed from bieeding sire to son, ‘Tho’ baile: oft, is ever won.” The Northern dream of Southern subjugation is as idiotic as it is exocrable. As Mr. Ma-sey recently re- arked in a speech in the British Parliament, If the leven Confederate States were determined to be free, ‘no power on earth could reduce them again tos tion, No high spirited people. no people of the An; Saxon race, had ever been lield down to slavery, how- mall might be the area of their country or the military force that overshadowed it, He defied any man to put his finger on any State in Europe and say that it was so, An exception might be made regard Poland, but he bolieved that before this generation passed away they would see a free and united Poland” — @deciaration which his audience received with cheers, showing that the generous heart of mankind always sympathizes with the weaker purty, even if borne to the earth, so long as it retains its honor, and despises and abominates the vile brute who has triumplied, not by reason of his superior courage, but because of his greater hysical strength. Let those whose hearts have grows Faint ‘at our recent disaster take new hope and courage from facts gleaned from the past history of the world, and realize thas it is under reverses that # bravo people ascend to higher and nobler deeds. Washington won our first independence by retreats and sudden sur- pep ‘iliiam, Prince of Orange, with only four mil- of people, ought the Spanish empire, with its forty’ ‘millions of people, for thirty years, and fiually cameout vietcrious. History is replete with examples worthy of our imitation. Let us labor on. us continue in the oud work of freedom, and not permit the glorious cause 1 human liberty, the right of self-government and the religion of Christ to go back upon the dial-plate of time, Jeaving mankind in a pall of universal darkness. Our cause is still hopeful, and if we continuo firm to it we a ila a the storm a free and indo| peop! The Rebels Losing Hepe. (From the Memphis Avalanche, May 6.] THE CAPITAL IN DANGER. ‘The telegraphic news from Richmond is painfully sig- nificant. MeClel!an secms to have been preparing the same fate for Richmond that Butler and Porler got up for New Orleans, The enemy’s gunboats ascended York rivor om Sunday to within thirty-five miles of Richmond, and im- mediately Yorktown was evacuated by our troupe. Where or in what direction our troops retroated is not stated; but we prosume, judging of the future by the past, i is only a question of time asto when the gunboats will get to Richmend. 1 is painful to witness the gradual surreuder of our strongholds, after years of toil in fortt- fying, without the striking of a blow by ovr armies. However, the policy of evacuating will soon and of ne- ceasity come to a close. " Predicting the Final Crash. From the Petersburg Exp It ts longer war has entailed upon them. The latest foreign news gives signs of this, and it is believed that the Yankee government have received some very signiticant hints to the same eifect. We may ti be prepared for aw early movement of the enemy a! all points. atonce. ‘hoy cannot long Rebel Success Not Within the Scope of Haman Probability. [From the Wilmington (N. ©.) Journal.} Nover since the world began was such a desperate and reckless effort made as that which the Lincoln govern- ment is now making. Nothing to compare with its waste- ful expenditure is to be found in the records of Oriental or Roman despotism ; nothing in the history of the Brit- ish struggles against Napoleon, when Pitt urgod coalition: after coalition, and subsidizing in turn all Europe, ous- side France, The picture is a gloomy one, but well worthy of study. It is evidently the spasmodic and ex- hausting energy of fover which must result in depression aud feeblevess; but there is no denying the fact while it endures, this enorgy calls for the employment alinnst superhwnan. powers. of resistance upon the part of hose against whom it is directed. What is the Matter at Columbus, Ga.? (From the Petersburg Express, biay 10. The City Council of Columbus, Georgia, has the Hoa. Alfred lyerson to proceed to Kichmond and com- fer with the government in reference to matters of the tat- most to Columbus and the ing country. Tho Sun says the right kind of a man has been selected for this mission, and it has beon undertaken not a minute too soon. Creating a New Officc in North Carolina. {Brom the Norfo'k Day Book, May 13.] ‘Tho North Carolina State Convention has created the office of Lieutenant Governor, and provided that the Governor elected at the coming election in August nex® shail take his seat in Sentember, until which time Governor Ciark will occ@py the exocutive chair. Captain Thomas Leeds, of the Orleans Light Horse, diod at Jackson, Miss., on the 23d ult. The Banks in Possession of the Military Authorities. OUR BANKS. ‘rom the Memphis Avalanche, May 6.] Our banking institutions have been taken possession of by the military authorities, and they are in a condition, we learn, to leave Momphis at an hour's notice. The branches of the Union and Planters’ banks leave under the remonstrances of the officers, wo learn. They have done all that they could to protect the institution and discharge their obligations to the stockholders whose dt- rectories appointed them to office. They have no alterna tive but to yield to military power. Jeff. Davis to Take the Field. {From the Memphis Avalanche, PRESIDENT DAVIS. We loarn from Richmond that Presi pressed his determination to place himself at the hoad of the army in Virginia as soon as the prospect of a batle is rendered certain, and to share its fortunes. The Pre- sident is also reported as in high hopes and quite confl- dent of success. Ths army in Virginia is, perhaps, the best drilled and best appointe! in the confederacy, and we focl a-snred will give @ good account of itself in’ the day of trial. The Aggressive Policy Recommended, {From the Memphis Avalanche, May 6.) It is said that if the enemy give us battic at Corinth, that we shall fird whip and then capture his army; and, these advmntages atiained, we shall adpt an policy and crrry the war into the enemy's own 1 would have been well for us if wo had adopted this course long siace. Our troops, instead of jeading inactive lives: in camp, would have heen greatly delighted at the oppor- tunity of glory on sucha floli, Still it may not be too late to adopt this policy now. It is, in our opiuion, the only way to put an ond to the war. ‘As long as tho fede- rals can sit quictly at homo and the evils of the war thoy inflict upon others, there is but little prababl- eir agreeing to any proposition for peace which conid not failto have a beneficial influence upon thelr minds towards @ spoody peace. Now thatthe idea thas “cotton is king" has exploded, after inflicting upon all the ills under wisich we suffer, it seems to us to the highest dictate of wisdom to change our tactics and adopt an aggressive warfare, We have tried the de fensive policy, and it has resulted in materially damaging us. Let us now try the aggressive. Let us try it, avonce, Whatever is done should be done speedily ; there is now jess tha: two months in which to turn the tide in our favor,and strike a balance-sheet with the North, before Euro, intorvenes. a8 No Prosperity in Secossia. [From the Memphis Avalanche. May 7.1 Musrnis, May 6, 1862. ‘Tho river is rising slowly, but it cortainty cannot ge much higher. Bs oe is ‘played out! — none doing. There are bat very fow steamboats at the lovee. ‘They are all in the employ of the government. ‘What Provisions Cost in Memphis. From the Memphis Avajanche, May 7.] ‘The other day we visited Deal street market and found afow strawberries for gale at very high prices. The show of moats was vory indiiforent, and @ vory sinall amonnt at that, allof which was sold readily at tweuty- five cents per pound. Vegetables brought & big price Cabbages suid for forty, fifty and sixty cents por hoad. Chickens and geeso at adoilar apiece. It will take ab least a ten dots Vill to fill a common basket at the prices articles ave retailing for wae a days. The Oft Repeated » [From the Mempltis Avalmiche, Say 7.) HUNTSVILLE RETAKEN. Wo learn that information uas beon received from per- jon of the facts, that a Oghs itiy at Huntsville resulted in the rotaking of thas place, with a heavy jogs on both sides. The federals are to have fought with great desperation, General BR Kirby Smith is seid to bare beeu ja command of our forces, The roport comes from a source "aoc have dorived it from headquarters at Cortu ‘ LOUISVIELLK. Late advices m Louisville say that a great reaction is going on in that city, anc that the poopie are ready to revolt in Inrge numbers, it they only had arms, foderul force in Kentucky, we also learn, is very smail. FROM Panis. We learn that about one thousand federal cavaley, stationed at Paris, Tonnessoe, on learning that tho mitieee cavalry wore marching upom that town, last Saturday, and supposing that a large force was approaching, stumpoded at once fur Tennessee river. So there were ne fedurals in Paris at last acoounts, The Florida Rebels Anxious for a anf (Vorrespondence of the Sayannah Republican. ‘ Tampa, Fla., May 1 + You have donbtless heard of the demand male ups am a short tine since for an mounditional surromder of place. It was really. yos, coolly and deliberately de. mtonded, but sternly denied by our brave commander, Major R. B. Thomas. They gave us twenty-four hours to get the women and ohildren out of tha way, But t! have taken good care nut to come to see us any mo though thicteon times twenty four hours have pas away. ‘the Major thinks they will yut come, and ts hold. rondiness. Weintetet to Leb afght ysorlof a showing. Our boys aro auxious gma off of Florida. Quite a number of prisoners have ran away from Key Wost and have reached bi War on the Confederate Shinpinasters, rom the Aagusta Copstitutionalist. } He who seeks (0 devreciate the notes isnued oy the re Sera cas —