The New York Herald Newspaper, June 1, 1862, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, FPTIOR AND PROPRISTOR. OFPIORN. W. CORNER OF PULTON AND NASSAU MS, 2 —— = Volume XXII — AMUSEMENTS To- ow BVENING, MOR NIBLO’S GARDEN, Bronaway. Tar Excw urrrims, WALLACK’S THEATRE, S14 Brosdway.—Tus Love Cron. LAURA & Gusio—Tu NEW BOWERY THEA’ CHawoorr be rt on N 3 THEATRE, Broadway.—Tus Oup Bowery, Cosi oLaxus— Orin BOWERY THEATRE, Friox’s Dazax—Borrer ery.—Tux Dracow Kmgnt— BARNUM'S AMERICAN MUSEUM. Broadway, —Baar Su s—Com Nert—Livixe Waaux, &c., at all hour.— Faso or Dkmsosy— oun Jooes, afternoon and even- ng. BRYANTS’ MINSTRELS, Mechanic? Hall—t72 Brond- way.—W 40 Srauck SLY ParreRsoN. CATETIES CONCERT HALL, 616 Broadway.—DRiwing Room Ewrentainaexts, “ PEOPLE USIC HALL, 45 Bowery.—Somas, Daycus, Borcesqves, PARISIAN CABINET OF WONDE 563 Broad Open daily from 10 A. M. tilllu P.M. <6 ‘sais New York, Sunday, Jane 1, 186%, ‘HE SITUATION. The retreat of the rebels from Corinth would seem to be, from the latest accounts, more of a rout than a retreat. The woods around were filled with stragglers; the roads were strewn with knapsacks and accoutrements, indicating a hurried flight. Some thousands of the rebels have fallen into the hands of our troops, and, according to the official statement of General Halleck, Beauregard must hayc lost confidence in his army, or he would not have d ng a position as Corinth has proved to be. The flying rebel army have fied southwards on the Jackson Railroad, as far as their destination could be ascertained. We give to-day a fine map, showing the whole field of operations inthe West arougd Corinth, and the important points which have become historic in the recent military movements in thatregion. The history of the advance upon Corinth which we furnish in con- nection with the map will put our readers in pos- session of the most intelligent description yet pub- lished of that interesting and important affair. The intelligence from General Banks’ column retrieves in a great measure the recent disaster, if it may be so called, of his retreat from Front Royal. A despatch to the War Department states that a brigade of our troops, with four companies of the Rhode Island cavalry in advance, under Major Nelson, entered Front Royal on Friday morning and drove the enemy, consisting of the Eighth Louisiana, four companies of the Twelfth Georgia and a body of cavalry, out of the town, and now occupy it. Our advance was so rapid that the enemy was surprised, and was therefore not enabled to burn the bridges across the Shenandoah. A despatch from General Banks himself states that the Fifth New York cav- alry, Colonel De Forest commanding, entered Mar- tinsburg yesterday morning, and passed several miles beyond, where they encountered the enemy's cavalry, captured several prisoners, a wagon, sev- eral muskets, ammunition, and an American flag. Thus it appears that a large portion of the ground lost by the recent attack of the rebels upon the reduced forces of General Banks has been re- covered. The news from Norfolk to-day is interesting. Refugees who arrived from Richmond report that an army of 200,000 men is located in the vicinity of the rebel capital. The report that Richmond was evacuated is therefore improbable. The same parties, however, state that the rebel army was put upon half rations of bacon and bread, and that both officers and men were greatly demo- ralized and dissatisfied. General Viele, the Military Governor of Norfolk, had visited the British war ship Rinaldo, on invitation from her officers, and was received with all due honors. A great Union ~~ :- oe: se =~ — meeting is being organized in Norfolk, and from the number of citizens who are daily flocking in to take the oath of allegiance to the government, it is extremely probable that the meeting will be a Jarge and influential gathering of the loyal people of Norfolk, Refugees who have just arrived at Cairo state ‘that Little Rock, the capftal of Arkansas, is in Possession of our troops. The Governor and the members of the Legislature had fled to parts un- known. Our Key West news relative to the capture of the rebel steamer Swan, with a cargo valued at $200,000, and the account of the condemnation of the British steamer Circassian, valued, with her cargo, at $1,200,000, forms the most interesting Portion of our intelligence to-day, which will be found in full in another column. The European news by the City of New York off Cape Race, published in our columns this morning, is four days later than our advices by the Europa. The news of the evacuation of Yorktown by the rebels, following close on the comfirmation of the report of the capture of New Orleans by the Union troops, had been published in England. Both events were commented on almost singultaneously dso st by the London press, to the evident chagrin gf | the sympathizers with the rebel ‘states. Tho 7 iaan- don Times thinks that the operators of “ine rebel officers in the Mississippi ignic é sod very poor generalship, and that the = ~*~ Her A must have a very dep~ + fall of Ne = athome and ah —_-*¢S#ing effect on their friends sea -¢ paper speaks in a similar strain about - ovement from Yorktown, and almost acknow- ledges that, should Richmond be taken, the rebel cause would be at an end. The Times, however, in ita usual spirit, conjures up the difficulty which, it says, the United States government will find in ruling the Southern States when the war is ended. ‘The Liverpool Post thinks that the struggle is virtually at an end now, while the London Post— the organ of Lord Palmerston—and the London Herald—which speaks for the Derbyites and extreme aristocrats—continue to talk about medi- ation, foreign negotiation and a ‘‘ settlement.” The French advance on Mexico city, and the implied intention of Napoleon te hold the territory of that republi@, attracted much attention in the London journals, and had been spoken of in Par- liament. The London Times an 1 Lord Palmerston are very cautions not to openly cousure the action @& the Emperor, and ail partis seomed inclined to e ee | teave Mexico to her fate, provided Spain could be | deiached from the French ailiauce, Au important letter from General Prim, Com- maniler-in-Chief of the Spanish army, lately in Mexico, on this subject, appears in our columns to- day, and will, no doubt, be perused with the in- terest it merits. CONGRESS. In the Senate yesterday, Mr. Wilson introduced a8 bill to enable slaves to establish their right to ; freedom, under the act of August 6, 1861. A resolution for the appointment of a select com- mittee to inquire into the official conduct of Adju- | tant General Thomas wae offered and laid over. The bill giving compensation to the crew of the gunboat Varuna was passed. The memorial for the admission of Western Virginia as a eeparate State was considered; but no final action on it was taken. The House bill to allow California three representatives was passed: The bill to legalize all the President's acceptances of volunteers was taken up and consi d for some time, some amendments being proposed; but a vote on the subject was not reached at the hour of one o’clock, the time for taking up the Tax bill, when the consideration of that subject was resumed, which, without any definite result, continued till the adjournment. The House of Representatives was not in s¢s- sion. "* MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. The Spanish sloop-of-war Antonio Ulloa arrived in this port yesterday, bringing as passengers General Prim and suite, of the Spanish army, re- cently operating in Mexico. General Prim intends to remain in this country a few weeks. An in- teresting letter from him, in reference to the pre- sent troubles in Mexico, will be found in another column of our paper this morning. The steamship City of New York, from Liver- pool the 2ist and Queenstown the 22d of May, passed Cape Race yesterday afternoon, on her voyage to New York. Our telegraphic summary from St. Johns, Newfoundland, given in the Heratp this morning, contains news four days later than the advices by the Europa. The Liverpool cotton market had, on the 21st of May, advanced from one-half of a penny from a previous decline to the same amount experienced on the days from the 16th ultimo. Breadstuifs were’ at nominal quotations after a slight fall. Provi- sions continved dull. Consois closed in London at 9334 a 93%. The aspect of affairs on the continent of Europe looked threatening. The German Confederation was still agitated and divided on some political question, and diplomatic relations had been sus- pended between Prussia and Hesse-Cassel. An Austrian army is reported to have occupied the line of the Lagode-Garda. The Right Reverend Bishops Domenec, Timon, Laughlin, MacFarland, MacIntyre, Horan and Baillarzeon, from America, had embarked safely at Marseilles for Civita Vecchia and Rome, in com- pany with-a number of foreign prelates of the Catholic church. The steamer Northern Light, which arrived at this port yesterday afternoon, brought us later dates from Aspinwall and the South Pacific. On the passage to this port the Northern Light cap- tured a rebel vessel, with a valuable cargo, the circumstances of which are fully detailed in our correspondénce. Our dates from Panama are to the 22d ult. By this arrival we learn that an attempt at revolution had been set on foot in Guatemala, but was discoy- ered in time to prevent any serious results. A party of laboring men set on foota plot to destroy the city by fire—probably for the purpose of pil. jage—and with this object they attempted to ex- plode the powder magazine in the Government House, which contained some sixty thousand pounds of powder. The fire was discovered just in time to prevent an explosion of several of the barrels, which were already charred. Several hundred carpenters had been arrested as being engaged init. The crop of coffee in Costa Rica is spoken of as being large and valuable, and the other products of the country were in equal pro- portions. Our correspondence contains full de- tails of everything new, and is of considerable public interest. By the bark Urania, Captain Cooper, at this port, we have news from South America dated at Montevideo on the 4th, and Buenos Ayres on the llth of April. Our réports state that the violent secession speeches of a few rebel Americans in Buenos Ayres, on Washington's birthday, at a public dinner, provoked some confusion, ending in a thelee, during which a secessionist had one of his arms broken. The shipping trade was dull in Buenos Ayres. Montevideo was exporting live stock tg Brazil in such numbers jt the govern- ment was about to contract the trade by the im- position of an export duty. The newspapers of Buenos Ayres are seriously alarmed at the idea of a foreign invasion of the old Spanish-American territories, now included in the republics. It was generally thought that Napoleon would induce Spain and England to favor a grand movement to- wards their reconqnést, in order to stave off, by atransatlantic war, revolutionary troubles in Europe. A closer and more intimate union of all the South American countries, on a plan of fede- ration similar to the German Untion, is recommend- ed as & means of safety. The writers regret the existence of the rebellion in the United States, as it induces a temporary suspension of the spirit of the Monroe doctrine in the “only country hitherto able to prevent European invasion in any part of North or South America.” For the last aix days there hae been unwonted activity in the shipment of breadstufis to Europe, there having been exported from tlis port during that period, 917,223 bushels of whent, 178,545 bushels of corn, and 31,540 bushels of rye, making in the aggregate 1,127,618 bushels of grain and 27,018 barrels of flour, principally to Great Britain. The Great Eastern took out as froight 98,241 bushels of wheat and about 350 tons of as- sorted provisions. This sudden and extraordinary demand for breadstuffs by our English cousins leads us to believe that they are not yet fully pre- Pare for the deposition of King Corn in favor of King Cotton. The case of Mr. Edwin James wae before a full bench of the Supreme Court, general term, on Saturday. In response to the Court, Mr. James read a statement of facts upon which he relies, sworn to by himself, and embodying the principp), {atures of his speech delivered at the Astor Mouse two weeks ago. Mr, James’ explanations were ample, and mus prove satisfactory t6 all" who hear them. Mr. Brady appeared as hie counsel to apeak 2 the subject of * gliennge;” but it was not called for by the committee or the Court. The committee of the Law Institute were for some time silent after Mr. James had concluded; some conversation irrelevant to the subject matter en- sued; but it was more of-an exculpatory nature for their own movements in the matter than an attempt to criminate Mr. James. The Court took the papers read by Mr. James, and in- timated that they would confer, and pronounce upon them on Saturday next, on which day no argument would be heard. If the Court should be satisfied, then the matter would be at an end; if they'deemed any argument on the other points necessary, they would so intimate and designate members of the committee to speak to the sub- jects on a future day. ‘The stock market was very by advapce in governments bein, to % per cent, Pacific Mail to 14, and in the general railway list to 4 a1 percent. Every one seoms to be a buyer, and thé bears aro again in trouble. Money was casy at 3 a4 per cent. Exchange closed steady at 114% a %. Gold 1084. Tho export of treasure was $316,860; the receipt trom | Californin, $225,000. gut yesterday, the The cotion markat was firm yesterday, with 9 good de NEW YORK HERALD, mand. Tho sales footed mp about 1,200 bales . ing on the basis for middling uplands of Sle. @ 2114. A con- siderable part of the purchases w27 mado by spinners. Flour was heavy, and ¢otmmoa and medium grades of State and Western were lower. The high grades were quiet aud prices steady, while salos of all kinds were moderate and chiefly to the home trade, the demend for export being quite limited. Wheat was irregular; the low and medinm qualities hervy and lower, while prime to choice were ficm, with sales at full prices, Corn was less active, and closed dull, The sales were made at 46c. a 4740. fo! , and at 49¢, for old Western mixed, with some le iver sat 49ie. Rye was firmer ana mot with sales at 65c, a 660. for Western, aud T2c. for State, $12, Pork was very dull, with sales of mes? at $11 874; ng at the inside figure; and prime at $9 60 a $0 6244. Sugars wore steady, with sules of 420 hhds. and 783 boxes. ‘The stock comprised 33,706 bhds., against 66,609 at the game time last year. Cotfee was quiet, while prices wore steady. A sale of 200 mats of Java were made at 26, Freights were less active and buoyant. Wheat was engaged at 9}¢d., in ship's bags, for Liverpool; and corn 94., do. ; and flour at 2s,a 28, 34., with some lots re- ported—probably to fill up—at 1s. 9d. Wheat to London wag engaged at 10}4d.a 11d., in ship's bags, and flour at 23. 9d. To Havre wheat was at 20c. per bushel. Beauregard Broken Up—The Rebclion All Adrift. Peauregard’s evacuation of Corinth substan- tially finishes the rebellion in the Valley of the Mississippi. General Halleck says that “the enemy’s posi- tion and works in front of Corinth were exceed- ingly strong; that he cannot occupy a stronger position in his flight,” and that on the morning of bis departure “he destroyed an immense amount of public and private property—stores, provisions, wagons, tents, &c.;” that “for miles out of the town the roads are filled with arms, haversacks, &c., thrown away by his fleeing troops,” and that several thousand prisoners and deserters have been captured; that demo- ralization exists to a great extent among Beau- regard’s troops, and that “he distrusts his army, or he would have defended so sirong a position” as that which he has so hurriedly abandoned. In these brief but comprehensive and’ very suggestive facts we find sufficient evidence to justify our conclusion that the rebellion is sub- stantially crushed outin the Mississippi valley. Beauregard abandoned his strong position at Ccriuth because he was convinced that he could not hold it against the army of General Halleck. The only strategy in this retreat is that of self- preservation. His withdrawal was not an orderly retrogade movement, but a somewhat precipitate and very disorderly flight, and very disastrous withal in the loss of his supplies and transportation. “He destroyed an immense amount,” from which it would appear that our heavy siege batteries, having come up to close quarters and having given Monsieur Beauregard a taste of their quality, he was sa- tisfied that it was time to be off, without risk- ing even another day to secure the valuable stores and materials which he gave to the fire. Whither is he bound? He endeavored first to take the easterly one of the two railroads which, from sixty to eighty miles apart, run down through the State of Mississippi from the transverse Corinth and Memphis road; but, being here arrested by a bridge destroyed, he was compelled to turn back and take the road to the westward. From this we may infer that his design was to work his way eastwardly to the chances of a junction with the rebel army of Richmond; but by the western road, to which he was driven, he can, after descending it two hundred miles to Jackson, turn by another road to the eastward, thence down the road to Mo- bile, and from Mobile he can ascend by steam- boats the Alabama river to Montgomery, where he will strike a network of railroads communicating with the North. This detour may be his object, or he may be driven to the desperate attempt of a passage across the Mis- sissippi at or near Vicksburg, to which point he commands the necessary railway facilities. A few miles above Vicksburg the Yazoo river—a large tributary of the Mississippi—would doubt- less, if he could open a passage, furnish him the necessary steamboats and barges for crossing the remnant of his army over into Northern Louisiana, en route for Texas and Mexico. But, whatever may be the designs of Beaure- gard, we think that Gen. Halleck has substan- tially accomplished his work in the Mississippi Valley, and that Beauregard’s greatest difficulty now will be to keep an army of any strength 6F cohesiveness In the field. bat it is rumored that he has been compelled to retreat only be. cause of the depletion of bis army to strengthen the rebel camp at Richmond; and that thus from Corinth, Richmond has been strengthen- ed so fav that it has a defensive rebel force in front of Gen. McClellan of two hundred thou- sand men, We are not alarmed, however, by any such repofts. The retreatand demorali- zation of the great rebel Army of the West will unquestionably demoralize their Army of the East, raised as it has been, to a very great extent, by press gangs, and fed as it is upon half rations, with daily diminishing supplies. In a word, the rebellion is all adrift, and with the occupation of Richmond by General McClellan, which will most probably be the next great event, we shall have nothing more todo than to gather up the fragments, that nothing may be lost. Meantime, the good re- sults of immediately reinforcing our armies in the rear of McClellan, after this late repulse of General Banks, are beginning to appear in the recapture of Front Royal, and in other co- operative movements, which will make a short- lived rebel jmbi¥ee Over the late expulsion of the old flag %om the Valley of Virginia. Let our horet and patri P dent ge forward in %iis good work, turning neither to the right “nor to the left to pay any attentio# to the ad- vice or clamors of our abolition disorganizers, and we niay still hope by the Fourth of July to celebrate the extinction of this rebellion and the complete triumph of the Union. Tue Evacuation or Contra.—The fine map which we publish to-day of Corinth and vici- nity was drawn by one of our war correspond- ents with General Halleck’s army, after a careful survey of the whole country repre- sented. As soon as it became obvious, from the preparations then being made, that the movement would culminate in a protracted siege, and terminate, perhaps, in a disgraceful evacuation of the locality by the rebels, he came on here with such dataas he could gather, leaving in the field others who will give our reallers, in due time, the particulars of the whole matter. By this means we are again enabled to lay before the world another instal- wer oF Wplgetle inex mei 2.06 wey i advance of all contemporaries. Wat Dows He Mean?—Greeley declares that “every defeat of our armies helps emanci- pation.” Does he not mean that it helps the Tribune gun manufacturing company to obtain a contract? SUNDAY, JUNE 1, 1862. Tox Recexr Pre w Win.iasssvra.—On. or Pernotxem.—aA terrible conflagration occurred in Williamsburg a few days ago, by which much damage was done and great danger exist- ed of an almost universal conflagration along the wharves. A similar fire from the same cause happened only a few weeks before at Philadelphia, when several ships were de- stvoyed. In both these cases the fire origina- ted from petrolenm conveyed in lighters. This subs: is of such a gaseous and volatile na- ture that it is said to be liable to ignition from a candle being held within a short distance of the casks. It seems that in the Williamsburg fire the vapor from the barrels permeated from the hold of the vessel which contained the casks and penetrated into a small cubin in the fron part of the lighter, where there was a stove, and the conflagration arose in consequence. One would have thought that the disaster at Philadelphia would have been a sufficient warning, but it seems not. Now, it is well known that a cargo of this description is much more dangerous than a cargo of gunpewder would be, for a barrel of gunpowder would not ignite and ex- plode if a candle were applied so near as within aninch or more, but a barrel of petro- leum will take fire by a light of any kind being brought within a foot of it. The reason is, that an atmosphere of highly inflammable gas sur- rounds every barrel containing this substance. It is evident, therefore, that no fire of any kind ought to be allowed on board vessels or light- era carrying such @ dangerous load. Even the simple smoking of a pipe ina cabin remote from the cargo would be dangerous, inasmuch as the inflammable vapor would penetrate through the minutest crevices and travel to the pipe, where it would quickly take fire. It be- comes, therefore, the bounden duty of the proper authorities to take precautions against the happening of such events in future. A sin- gle lighter, carrying only a few barrels of this highly volatile substance, would be sufficient to kindle such a fire as might destroy ina few hours, under favorable circuinstances, half of the wharves and shipping of our city, aud even a great part of the city itself. Anntvan ov GexeraL Pam in tas Crry.— General Prim arrived here yesterday in the Spanish frigate Don Antonio Ulloa. The high- ly important letter from him, which we repro- duce in another column from the London Post —the last that General Prim wrote—wiltl show very plainly the reasons which induced the Spaniards and English to withdraw from the Mexican expedition. He says “the triple al- liance no longer exists,” and that “the soldiers of the Freach Emperor remain in Mexico to establish a throne for the Archduke Maxi- milian.” Well may he exclaim “what mad- ness!” for, as General Prim well knows, a day of reckoning will yet come when the United States Will have Something to say, and, if necossary, something to do, about this pretty afrngemént of Louis Napoleon, which is intended as a set off for his policy in Italy. General Prim charges that the Commissioners of the Emperor haye departed entirely from the Convention of London, and are acting on their own ac- count. Is England prepared to submit to this insult? If she is,it only proves that she is ready to bear any humiliation Napoleon may inflict. But the American government has not fallen so low as to permit the final consum- mation of the Emperor’s scheme in Mexico—a scheme which shows that while, with one hand, in Europe he assists a nation to assert its free- dom and independence, with the other he aims at the destruction of the freedom and indepen- dence of another nation upon the American continent. But he will soon find out whata grave mistake he has made. fa. 2 wed More Cartvnes or Prizes From Tae Reners.— It is clear that the Confederates have complete- ly lost whatever footing they possessed on the high seas. Their privateers are all captured, and every ship that attempts to run the block- nde becomes a prize. The capture of New Or- leans, Pensacola and other ports of the South, sets free an immense fleet to scour the ocean. Even our merchant vessels are making prizes, It will be seen by our news in another pert of the Heraiv, brought by the Northern Light, that that vessel captured on her way to this port the schooner Agnes H. Ward, which hed tun the blockade from Wilmington, North Carolina, for Nassau, with fifteen bales of cot- ton and a quantity of turpentine. But the news brought by the Baltic tells of more valua- ble prizes. The steamer Swan, from Mobile, having one thousand bales of cotton and a quantity of rosin, is, with her cargo, worth a quarter of a million of dollars, and the Circas- sian and her cargo, taken to Key West, are worth a million and a quarter of dollars. For- tunately, in her case, the wrong papers were thrown overboard by mistake, and those were retained which make outs clear case against her. The Bermuda, taken to Philadelphia, be- longs to the same owners, and the same judg- ment probably awaits her. Thus are the rebels completely crippled on the ocean and on the navigable rivers, and nothing is wanting to complete their overthrow on the land but the fighting of two battles, which they cannot much longer postpone. Recarturr oy Front Royat.—The news which we publish this morning from the valley of the Shenandoah is highly interesting. It shows that the raid of Jackson was of short ‘continuance, and that the Union troops have recaptured Front Royal, recovering eighteen primomiers from the enemy, besides capturing six officers and one hundred and fifty privates of the rebel force, together with a large amount of transportation wagons, and five engines and eleven railroad cars. The enemy was cempletely surprised. This brilliant feat was effected by the Rhode Island cavalry, under Major Nelson, and a brigade of infantry. The column of Gen. Banks had already advanced beyond Martinsburg, where the ene- my’s cavalry were encountered and several prisoners captured. It appears that the brave Col. Kenly, of the First Maryland regiment, still lives, and that he lies wounded at Winchester. Thus is it made evident that the Confederates cannot hold the ground upon which they make sudden incursions, and that continual falling back is their normal condition, Advancing is but the exception to the rule, and whon it is attempted the rebels are punished severely for it. : Quany.—Doos Greeley’s anxiety for the de- feat of our armies arise from a love of the negro or gun contracts? fue Brack Man's Onoan—The Tribune, whose editor has forgotten that there is # white race IMPORTANT NEW. The Reoccupation of Shenan- doah Valley. Front Royal Recaptured by the ~~ Qnion Troops. The Rebels Driven from the Place. THE UNION LOSS SLIGHT, &., &e., &e, be ‘Wasuatow, May 31, 1862. A despatch received at the War Department states that a brigade of our troops, preceded by four companies of the Rhode Island cavalry, under Major Nelson, entered Front Royal yesterday morning at eleven o’clock, and drove out the enemy, consisting of the Eighth Louisiana, four companies of the Twolfth Georgia and a body of cavalry. Our loss is eight killed, five wounded and one missing, alifrem the Rhode Island cavalry, We captured six officers and one hundred and fifty privates. Among the officers are Captain Beckwith West, of the Forty-eighth Virginia regiment; First Lieutonant Grin- nell, of the Fighth Louisiana regiment; Lieutenants J. R. Dickson and Waterman, of the Twelfth Georgia rogi- ment. We recaptured eighteen of our own troops, taken by the enemy at Front Royal a week ago, among whom were Major Wm. F, Collins, of the First Vermont cavalry; George H. Griflin, Adjutant of the Fifth New York caval- ry; Lieutenant Duryea, of the Fifth New York cavalry, and Frederic Farr, Adjutant of tho First Maryland in- fantry. We captured @ large amount of transportation wagons, and also ongines and eleven railroad cars, Our advance was so rapid that the enemy was sur- prised, and was therefore not enabled to burn tho bridges across the Shenandoah, ‘A despatch gives the names of our killed as follows:— Captain Wm. P. Ainsworth, Corporal John C. Babcock, Corporal D. Barnard, Edward K. Barnard, Cyrus A. Brackett, Calvin Cushman, Ben. Dashure and E. B. Allen, all of the Rhode Island cavalry. ‘The loss of the enemy is not yet ascertained, but is said to be large, as our cavalry cut in among them in splendid style. Baurmone, May 81, 1862. A despatch just received here says that Coionel De For- rest, of the Ira Harris cavalry, of General Banks’ corps @armec, has advanced beyond Martinsburg. He reports this morning that Colonel Kenly is at Winchester, wounded, Wasuincton, May 31, 1862. A despatch from General Banks to the Secretary of War states that the Fifth New York cavalry, Colonel De Forrest commanding, entered Martinsburg this porning, and passed several miles beyond, wh§re they encounter- ed the enemy's cavalry, Saptured several prisoners, a wagop, 2"Skets, ammunition and an American flag. Colonel De Forrest reports that Colonel Kenly is at Win- chester, wounded. ARRIVAL OF GENERAL PRIM. Interesting Letter from the General Rela. } tive to the Mcaican War, a The Spanfsh Beam sloop-of.war Don Bese Gus Commander Serar, arrived yesterday from Havana, after @ passage of five days. She brings as ,passengors Genoral Prim, of the Spanish army, his sonand suite, en route for Eurepe. It is their intention to remain a few weeks in this country. They are stopping at the Clarendon Hotel. The Don Antonio Ulloa bas a crew of one hundred and thirty-flyo men, mounts six guns, and is of threo hundrod and fifty horse power. Apropos of the arrival of General Prim, we find in the London Post, of the 17th of May, just received by the Europa, the following interesting letter from the Count de Reus to,a friend in Londod. Onraana, April 14, 1862. Inflexible destiny is stronger than the will of man, Could I have doubted it, what has just occurred here would have convinced me. The triple alliance no longer oxists. The soldiers of the Emperor remain in this country to establish a throne ter a Archduke Maximitian—what madness !—while the soldiers Wr Er gland Znd Spain withdr fr ie Mexican soil. er ‘2 You, who are aware of tne attachment I hive for the Emperor, and the truly frate:nal esteem in which I bold tho brave French and all that relates to them, will readily comprehend the bitterness of my soul when 1 am obliged to quit the battle fleld and to separate myself from my comrades, when the finest dream of my lifo was to combat for the same cause as the French and on the same ground, i" But it was impossible for me to remain without forget- ting altogether what Iam and whatI owe to my Queen and my country. ‘The truth, after all, is that the Commissioners of the Emperor have departed en‘irely from the convention of Lon- don, with the determination of acting on their own accoun only. ‘The pretext was the protection which they insisted on eatending to the Mexican emigrants, Almonte and the rest) who arrived at Vera Crus, asowing that they came with the fized plan of destroying the republic in order to create a monarchy in favor of the Archduke Maximilian, Since then, in the conference of the 10th, five days before the negotiation with the Mexican govormment, M. de Saligny declared that ho would no longer meat with the govern. ment of Juarez. In the last proces verbal all is clearly expressed, clearly established—in extenso, aa the diplomatists say—and that decument alone will saffice for public opimion to de- termine who ia right and who is wrong. As to myself (a Spaniard), you will readiiy understand that I could not sapport this radionl dhange of the politi- eal system of this country if a prince of tho Austrian monarchy was to be imposed on it, ‘The Allies came here bound by the convention of Lon- don, and we could not depart from it without plaong ourselves inthe wreng. I withdraw, then, with my troops, and go to Havana, fo await the orders of my government. Yours, &., PRIM. News from San Francisco. San Francisco, May 26, 1862. Arrived steamer Orizaba, Panama; ships Zimgorin’ Ro- bin Hoodpand Torrent, Hong Kong; Dublin, New York. Sailed ship Doppus, Hong Kong. ‘The three ships from China bring nearly one hundred Mangolims passengers. About the same mamber of Americans arrived by today’s steamer from Panema. Nine hundred passengers sailed for Oregon and British Columbia by two steamers last weols. ‘The Orizaba brings news from the City of Mexico, vig ‘Acapaico, to the 8th inet, ‘On that day the French army commenced retreating from before Puebn toward Ame> om. Ita ‘8 there previously been fighting. ‘The following is a despatch announcing the news to President Juarez:— Prmora, May 8, 1862. Word was roceived at the city of Mexico en the 7th, in the afternoon, that we have triumphed. The Frenon have commenced retroatmg simce we offered them battle this morning. Forming our stoops in front of their eemp, they have refused to our challenge, and have turned their backs ¢0 thefr foslish hardihogd and unpar- donable credulity. Please receive our compliments in the name of ‘Zaragosa and a he forever, General Dieogo Alvarez, who has taken command of the State of Guerro, is successor to Jnan Alvares, Iseues, im consequence of the above, a decree threatening & penalty of death to those who shail give any information or assistance to the French; also advising the residents of Acapulco to retire ten leagues into the interior, thas abandoning Mogg! oe to the first French war who may come in. The ee oe, coca four -of-war, Was at Acapulco on the 17th. TR Prgaw FRanciseo, May 27,1862. , Hamburg; State Newcastle. Arrived, bark Bo Superior Court—Part Two. Before Hon, Judge Barbour. Thomas Costello, Jr., vs. Phillip McCaffrey. —This was tn action ta recover $700, alleged to have been = by tiff to defendant, ‘The defence was @ general do- fa, and an averment that the money really belonged to Rn uncle of the plainthif, who was heavily indebted to the Gefondant, and ho retained it for the payment of the febt. ‘Thero was conflicting testimony. Verdiot for the dofendant. ae Mn, Buscw’s Srauat MaTeR.—This composition will be performed, for the first time to-day, at tho Froneh R. C. Church of St. Vincent de Pahl, Report spedke very feyorably of ite merits, TNPORTANT FROM CORINTE The Retreat of the Rebels. The Complete Demoralization | of Beauregard’s Army, Several Thousand Prisoners in Our Hands. Beauregard’s Distrust of His Own Troops. Official Despatch from General Halleck. The Operations of the Army of the West. { SEE MAP ON FIRST PAGE MEMPHIS DESERTED; &o. &e., &eo, Telegrams to the Press. Conmvra, May 80, 1862. It is now ascertained that the evacuation of Corinth commenced night before last, the enemy retreating southwardly until they reached the railroad bridge burned by a detachment of our forces, whence they went to Grand Junction, and thence southwardly, on the Jack, son Railroad. 1 Some ladies and several citizens remain here. The citizens inform us that Richmond has ben evacuated and that Memphis is almost wholly deserted, all thd stores being closed, § with the exception of a few gre- cor fea, 4 It is ascertained that Van Dorn had a band of be or under him. Colonel Jackson reports finding {he ro-q for several miles strewn with KpaD*-cks, haversacks, arms und can teens, showing great domoralization. | The woods are full of stragglers, who are being brought in as fagt as possible. Probably between two and threg thousand, incladjg almost the entire Thirteouth Louis. ana, are in our lines Dow> wt ‘ Many of themare deserters, and the baiagoe have been captured since,the evacuation. * yg A United States military telegraph line was completed to this point to-night. Camo, May 31, 1862. A Memphis refugep, who left there afortnight ago, Tuesday, arrived to-day. He says tho rebols have 1,500 ( artillerists garrisoning the forts, and says in consequence of a scarcity of coal, most of the rebel gunboats havé ‘been abandoned and their guns taken to Fulton and Fort Randolph. ¢ A strong pontoon bridge has been constructed by the rebels in the rear of Fort Wright, over which a retreat when necessary can be mace. Despatch from General Halleck. Heapguarters, CAMP NEAR ConinTH, May 31, 1862 Hon, F. M. Saxton, Secretary of War:— \ The enemy’s position and works in front of Corinth were oxceedingly strong. He cannot occupy a stronger es a: position in bis fight. ‘This morning he descoyed an immense amount of public and private property, sld?es, Provisions, wagons] tents, &c. For miles out of the town the foaus are filled with arms, baversacks, &c., thrown away bY his fleoing ‘troops. <3 A large number of prisoners and deserters have beet captured, estimated by General Pope at 2,000. General Beauregard evidently distrusts his army, or he would have defended so strong a position. His troops are generally much discouraged and demoralized. In all the engagements for the last few days their re. sistance has been slight. i. W. HALLECK, Major General Commanding. awe, The Operations of the Army of the West. ‘The evacuation of Corinth by the rebels is an event which pute almost aa entire now face upon war matters atthe West. Allhad looked forward to a day of fearfup carnage, when the forces under General Halleck should cross the line of the great Tishemingo swamp, behind which was the rebel Gibraltar, for it was understood that Boauregard’s army was there to make its great and final stand; and now, when it is found that the stronghold has fallen, and that, too, without even the semblance of general battle, tho public wipes ite eyes and wonders to what new surprise the rebel authorities will next treat us. Tho history of General Halleck’s campaign in Tennessee and Mississippi shows it to have been managed with the most adroit skill from first to lest. Arriving upon the ground a few days after tho battle of Shiloh (about the middle of April) he found the army ef General Grant ina most deplorable condidon—the ranks decimated to a fearful extent by the fight upon the 6th and 7th, and by diwenses imcident to exposure and non-accliimation, dostitute of means of trans- portation, wanting in arms, and horses and camp paraphernalia, demoralized by disaster, and as unfit for the fleld as an army well could be. The army of General Buell, however, was i better condition, as was also that divisiog of Grant’s under the eommand of General Lew. Wallace, as neither of them shared m the reverse of the first day's fighting. As soon as General Halleck ar rived at Piteburg he/anw the state of affairs, and imme- diately set about remedying it. New arms, cannon, horses, mules, wagons, tents and field enginery had to be ordered to sapply the place of. those lost; the various regiments, brigades and d%vistone had to be reorganized ‘and placed upon’ ® war footing; tm fact, more labor ha@ to be bestowed than would have beon necessary in order to piace an entire new army in the field. All this con- sumed time, and so General Buell’s corps d’armee wae thrown forward into camp, to wait until an opportunity should arrive for ite further service. General Halleolg saw at once that the furee encamped upon the west bank of the Tennesseo was totally ‘Inadequate to the task before him; so he immediately or- dered General Pope’s splendid army up from’ the vicinity of Fort Piiiow and New Madrid, and the re~ sorves of General Curtis’ army from the interior of Mia~ gouri, All the avattable forces in the Western States | wore also called into active service. General Pope's army arrived and landed at Hamburg, six miles above Pittaburg, on the 24th of April, and went into camp to wai until General Grant’s army should be fitted for the Tho position of our forces at this time was as folio Genoral Grant's army occupied the old battle flets af Shiloh, some stx miles from the river, with its right reste ing upon Owl ereek, Goneral mete army joined that of Geant, oxtending southward to Lich oreek, while Gersoral, Pope’s lino extended from Lich creck to Cham! oreek. On the 27th the entire line of the three corps Warme waa ordered forward. The roads for afew miles toward Corinth bad been repaired, and on the night of that day, wooncamped about seven miles nearer Q/rinth, The onomy’s pickets were almost continually/ in sight of ong 4