The New York Herald Newspaper, June 2, 1862, Page 1

THE NEW YORK HERALD. " WHOLE NO. 9396. NEW YORK, MONDAY, JUNE 2,° 1862. a CAPTURE OF THE CAPITAL OF ARKANSAS. SUCCESS OF MCLELLAN. A Desperate Battle Near | Operations of General Samuel R. Curtis?’ Army Wrest of the Mississippi. | Richmond. Savage attack of the Rebels on the Rmht Flank of General McClellan’s Army. Gen. Casey’s Division Broken and t Sorry f Disunited by the Assault, (ERS VILLE ARRIVAL OF UNION REINFORCEMENTS, The Field Won at the Point of the Bayonet. Repulse of the Rebels at Bvery ‘Point with Terrible Slaughter. d tae Splendid Conduct of the Union Troops. Brilliant Bayonet Charges of the Second Regi- ment of the Execlsior Brigade, p Ker key ‘Wasminertox, June 1, 1862, ‘The following despatch was received at the War De- ee Fig! _— - oe Frew or Barrzz, June 1—12 M. ‘We bave haa a desperate battle, in which the corps of Generals Sumner, Heintzleman and Keyes have been en- gaged against greatly superior numbers. ‘Yoaterday at one o’clock the enemy, taking advantago fa territle Storm which had flooded the valley of the “Chickahominy, attacked our troops on the right flank, General Casey’s division, which was in the firet line, gave way uzaccountably and disunitedly. This caused tnt dry pine forest." Inte te other dvwion waren: | NEWS FROM FORTRESS MONROE. IMPORTANT MILITARY CHANGES, | NEWS FROM GENERAL BANKS’ CORPS. imped. On his front was an open plain, a mile in ex- tent in the direction of the road, sad avout half amile | Union Mecting in Norfolk—Enthusiasm | General Dix to Succeed General Wool— Hanpen’s Ferry, June 1, 1862. wide in the other direction. On the side opposite from of the People—Heavy Thunder Storm— Departure of Prominent Female Rebels It is all quiet here. The rebels have evacuated Mar- aoa gonna’ Eis" wo hiesarse gelesen aes Rebel Guerillas=Five Hundred Rebel | for “Dixie,” &e., &o., d&e. tinsburg and Charlestown. The damage done by thom divi + temporary confusion, Prisoners, Captured at Hanover Court Batrmwore, June 1, 1962. to tho Baltimore and Ohio Railroad is trifling. The road s ope ii nmrere grees Hae aq! Tzangements were begun, as soon as the corps rest- | House, eh outs ts aww Fass deat dens Major General Dix left hero this evening in the Old | can be put in opdration to the Ohio river within two ee Benen MOAT te oman tea Ose eee Fournuss Moxnon, May 81,1962. | Poist boat for Fortress Monroe to take command of the | days. Tho Union cavalry on Saturday afternoon occu- ‘Most gallantly brought up their troops, which checked | was to bea battle—and with this conviction all lay ‘A remarkable thunder storm occurred last night, with | Dapartment of Virginia, relieving General Wool, whom | Pied Martinsburg and several miles beyond. te comy. Srp tnt no at uba torrents of rain, which lasted several hours. Shortly | report says comes here. Refugees in large numbers are returnitig to their ‘At the same time, however, we succeeded, by great | ail the rogisents turougheut the CorPene Tn" “° | before eleven o'clock the lightning struck the old wooden | The departure of General Dix from Baltimore will be | homes. ee » poe pts . si GENERAL ORDERS—NO. 128. ‘building on the corner of the road and Camp Hamilton, , greatly regretted by very many of our citizens. He and How General Banks’ Army was Saved. ‘tion, in bringing across po podphi pig ae nee ao = ier, setting it on fire. The building was entirely destroyed; | his staffofficers havemade many very warm friends in ‘Wittiamerort, Md., May 26, 1868. Bichardson’s divisions, who drove enemy at 9 . : Baltimore. A parting salute of thirteen guns was fired | | DEAR Fatnen axp Morwxn:—You have pro 1. Upon advancing beyond the Chickahominy the | others in the vicinity were saved. It was occupied by by this time of the th . F. ‘Strasb' troops will go red for battle at a momanarg alice, the Engineer Department, and contained three horses, n } from the fort on Federal Hill as the steamer left, aad Front Hoyal to Martiebure, oe. company ‘and will be entirely unincumbered, with the exception | quantity of oats and corn, Two horses were got out Mrs. Greenhow, Miss Rose, her daughter, Mrs. Baxley | company B were ordered to Front Royal, im the moun- ofambulances. All vehicles will be left on tlie eastern four female been | tains, twelve milos from Strasburg, last Friday, and side of the Chickahominy, and carefully parked. ‘The | *#foly and the greater part of the oats andcorn. Loss | and Sa. ornate female tenors, who have wher we got withia. two mallee of Str destiuatioa we men will leave their knaj , packed, with the wa- | not over $2,000. imprisoned in Washington for some time, were roloased | heard cannonading. ‘The Major ordered the baggage 10 gons mye carry — very coe rine ese ‘There are large numbers of deserters from the enemy | nd sent to Baltimore last evening undor # guard, and | stop, ae Coo Soo pranceaias panee onpad fou nay oe y arms wi put in re tl ‘his place and Richmond, who, while professing | left in this afternoon’s boat for Old Point, to be sent | Compantos of our infantry and two pieces of arti! en- troops march, and a careful inspection made of them, as | between this p Peon, : le with several thousand of the enemy. Just as we well as of the cartridge boxes, hich, in all cases, will | tobe Union men, insisting tnat they were reluctantly | South. The officer having charge of these women took Sire ite field, Colonel Parem, vio hed command ey at be’ a ete Prag! eg — forced into the rebel ranks, still retain all their bitter. | them to the Gilmore House, where, strange to say, they | of barge ad a up to be eae me to a = will be carried by the men in their pockets. Command- 4 make it almost dangerous | were permitted to hold a regular levee, and to-day they | Man wo fastest horses in our company and ride of batteries will ness against the federals, an » > Doxes are filled lo thelr nimoat capacity. Gortniartors | for a solitary traveller to mest one or two of them. Our | received quite an ovation from the secession women of | {or ¢etrruoantee Tieakech Mas aire an Doms pe ae a gi oem to = cavalry scouts are out, however, in the direction of Big | Baltimore,much to the disgust. of tho Union people of Peco — enemy, sol — oes to ios round by ment of ene orders, and will personally see thst | potnel and Baek river, and frequent arrests are mado of | the city. - Seventeen miles. seventeen the proper ar: ents are made fe cit ind pro- = miles in fifty-flyo mivutes. General Banks didn’t perly guarding the treins and surplus baggese, taking | these fellows, who are,no doubt, guoriliss. They are # Piety beck - heme to think it very serious, but ordered one regiment all ‘the steps necessary to insure their being | extremely ignorant, ugly looking, and miserably clad. NEWS FROM NORFOLK. of infantry aid two plecos of artillery off. I the point of the bayonet, covering the ground with his Goad. This morning the enemy attempted to renew the con- Dict, but was everywhere repulsed, ‘We have taken many prisoners, among whom is Gen. Pottigrew and Col. Long. Our loss is heavy, but that of the enemy must be ‘@ormous. With the exception of General Casey's division, the men behaved splendidly. Severab fine bayonet cbarges have been made. The Second Excelsior regiment made two to-day. free ae at onectaia, sheoen ieceeeasnees cor Many of the depredations and outrages are also com au ab ae yma caer pent gga pe Se beaee te ete GEORGE B. McCLELLAN, lances from interfering with the movement of any | mitted by runaway contrabands, who roam over the jpondence. tarsed back,’1 caine outon ve Bvons Ropal troops. These vehicles must follow in the rear of all | country and do pretty much as they please. ott as Nonporx, May 27, 1862. ,about two miles this side of where} left our men. SPE Gece cater nce | the eoveramen stuener Rig PRD, sime-tova | “nn Denemiein- Pee Deg Beh te Sree de | Saw ove mem, zeae te re waka ders. ‘The ammunition wagons will be In readiness to | from Washington this morning, having en board a Con- | “alt x sce i caries tiie be nih goin (CR They didn't hale me, s0 Tasked them if they were march to their respective brigades and batteries at a | grossional committee, naval officers and a party of ladies. A really pleasant incident occurred at General Viele's | pickets? ‘they said no. Says], “Whoare you? “Wo offeorsure fo retaain with thelr trains. ordnance | hole party visited Norfolk, accompanied by General | tiless northeast storm, a deputation of citizens, com- | They Wen n'y Jeng 4 hewas in the advance, I lott 4 pproaching battle the General Command- | Wool. posed of some of tho most respectable persons in the | 4).¢in and rove towards Front Royal, ill Toverteok a sol- ing trusts that the troops will preserve tho dis:ipine | "the despatch steamer Fastern State ails for Hatteras | community, eaMed upon the General and desired to take | dier,andnaked him what regiivent’ he belonged to. He Have so generally observed, "He calls: oot eit ine gp, | this afternoon, with mails, despatches and passengers, | thooath of allegiance to the government. A more im | fuid he pelenged to bie KIRIN Teams, ‘ctwenty thea ficers and soldiers to obey promptly and iutelligently ali | ‘The steamboat Ariel arrived this morning from White | Pressive scene can scarcely be imagined than that pro- | gina. Tturued back and drew my revolver, expecting orders that they may receive. House, having on board the prisoners captured by Gen. sentod in the General’s room on the occasion aliuded to. | either a dasperate fight or a Southern jail; but the officers a beac peer eee Sage byron thaced ranger | McClellan at Hanover Court House the other day, They | About forty persons wore there assembled, embracing a hs ie cam re ; ye oa a ew ee” 9 perfect coolness and confidence, the sure forerunners of | came in charge of Lieutenant Mehaifey, First United | {air representation of the solid men of the place, and | 4 narrow cecape, then I don’t know what is. success. States infantry, Aid-de-Camp to General Porter, Provost the heartfelt earnestness with which they pledged them- | When I got out’ of the enemy's lines, I rode é eer, Cory Seog seeeter, Poel rird mee pes Marshal of the Army of the Potomac. They proceed to | S¢lves to bene ted ae me Ang here States = Rag a ison bog at ony, me pay os upon the bayonet. Commanders of regiments are New York this afternoon, in the steamer Star of the | Gv evidence that loyalty was the sole incontive | Hie said I had. sayed the army. fa lees that minded of the great responsibility that rests upon them. | couth, in charge of Company D, Ninety-ninth New York | '° the renewal of their plighted faith. Some were | op hour the whole army was in motion towards Win- oh na tr cepa cite any ailiees Volunteers, Captain McIntyre. ‘They muster in all 541, | *6°4 citizens who had passed long years of their life ester, After 1 et Front Baya e take the fiat des. pend. By command of Major Geno: and iticlude @ Major and about a dozen other officers. under the blessings of the Union, and who were anxious | \y, ering the retreat of the infantry.and bag Forrnass Moxnor, Juno 1, 1962, | to close their days in the enjoyment of the bendiits 80 8. Wrisams, Assistant Adjutant Ger tacked on three sides bj i ‘The steamer 8. R. Spaulding arrived this afternoon | !ong veuchsafed to them, but of which they have been ral. On Monday at an early hour word came {i enemy's cavalry. Our boy: nearly half of them were killed or wounded, and then othe Ricbenees fend, AL Me ta woatinots ante. | trom New York, with privateersmon and others from | 80 ruthlessly deprived by this existing infamous rebel- | > etronted to Winchester: Captain White, William Wat- Fort, Hamilton, and will probably go up the James river lion, Others were in the meridian of life, while others som, Hgury Appleby and nine or ten men of our company and the remainder of that division and ali of ours were | 44 morrow . wore just entering upon the stage of active duty, and all | are kil 1 or taken Willem Darebalt ‘se ail right, ec. é " . re woul er. Macatake sisrm, ‘Tho: brigade that went forward in | Atthe Union mesting at Norfolk last night, Hon. zo- | were deeply impressed by the importance of the act in! SRS AUGvinchestar, got ticked, and retreated. "Our ‘such gay good humor found no one and returned. Later,'| soph Segar made ® speech. Thore were cheers for the | which they were engaged. General Viele addrossed } » company and Company E were ordered to cover a Par. tho whore division was moved forward two miles further | sary aiid @tripes, and great enthusiasm was manifested. | them afew words of encouragement, and assured them | rottgun battery, and bringlup the rear, | We rodo al the Sion, wen iicrenaning totin' a ange uta, ond The meeting was arranged at short notiee, ‘Thore will | that the protecting arm of the government would be | nY shell ying around us faster thapit did at Bull ran, that night and the next day (Tuesday) completed a line | be more éxtensive demonstrations ina few days. effectively extended over them in the future. After a | We crossed the Potomac last night. It was-so dark that of ride pits all the front the jate camps, — — pleasant interview of half an hour, the party departed; | we couldn’t find the ford and had to ewim our horses and also copstructed several redoubts for cannen.| Qyr Fortress Monroe Correspondence. | highly gratified with their visit, and confident that other | ScToss. Wo have got our batteries in position on this works made the position a strong one. jh f side, and the vear of the army ii . From your fail confidence in their meu, our generals yet" wiesly Forrnass Mownos, May 27,1862. | deputations of like eharacter would soon follow their | $c® CHARLEY , GREENLLAP? considered the chances 0! the present advance as at best | The Late News at Fortress Monroo—Later from the James | example. Company D, Fifth New York cavalry. no more than even. They gave the foe full credit forhie | —River—‘The Massachusetts Men and Governor Andrew, dc. Last evening the Day Book, which has for a week past Major General Commanding. Reception of the News in Washington. ‘Wasmoton, June 1, 1862. The usual Sunday excitement has been intensified this by the despatches from General McClellan an- Bouncing a desperate battle and a splendid Union victory {a front of Richmond. It is evident that the rebels there have been largely reinforced, and thus emboldened, taking advantage of the flooded condition of the valley of the Chickahominy, made the at . The result, as de- tailed by General McClellan, shows that a splendid vie- tory has been achieved, and that no apprehensions neod now be entertained for the result at Richmond. It will te remembered that # similar assault was made Dy Beauregard’s army at Shiloh, but its re- Pulse so disheartened and demoralized his army that the evacuation of Corinth was the con- sequence. The victory at Richmond is more de- elded than that at Shiloh, The bayonet charges of our troops were irresistible. ‘was a brilliant one, ‘that mast and will result speedy occupation of Richmond by McClellan’s army. The publication of the ‘mows here has created the wildest excitement. For sev- @ral hours rumors were flying thick and fast, conveying exaggerations of the real facts. When copies of the offi- @ial despatch were read to the expectant crowds at tho z ‘8, till hotels, the air was rent with cheor upon cheer for the np thats the howl succeed, vei "7 well bute caus ‘Aheavy storm, with copious rain, has made this vicinity. | abused the indulgence accorded to it by General Viele by Riot in a Jail in Bal Atimore, ties 5 , juno 1, 1862. gallant ‘Little Mao” and bis glorious army. For one poe bad something to fi back on to give | very gloomy for the past forty-eight hours. Added to | systematically disseminating treason, and circulating On Saturday evening, at the private slave’ jail of th to go forward once again. In the same | this is the unpleasant news from eur tronps under Gen. | rumors calculated to distract the community, ventured | Mes-rs, Campbell, on Pratt street, near How. aihbs saul 8 Big Amy up oon ole Banks. The secessionists here—for we have them—are | to be more open in its distoysity by uttoring the follow. | ard, some sixty’ slaves sent to’ the jail by Sauces were made—one with three squadrons of cavairy | rejoicing over our misfortunes, and do all they can to | ing from a correspondent, who once bt their owners for fear they would abscoud, mani- ; ' inva mean fling at the military authorities fested vicious conduct and refused to be ' locked ie ootaae team; dancaee nae tar eameonie at to, the'| dispisit the eronkers who infest thie place, The storm Bt is due to justice to say that, a8 a genoral thing, the | up.as usualat dark. ‘The police had tobe called in, aud and unpleasant weatherare clearing up, and with it we | officers and soldiers wh» occupy the city are orderly and | not until after a sevore struggle, in which the police had Fy on a by road towards Richmond, and sncther with | vi will come @ brighter day in the history of our | wel Dehaved. Instances of rudeness are rare, to use thelr pistols, was order restored, The keeper of General McClellan 1d examine the R aoe ageroed. army movements. The wildest ramors havo been frecly 10 high fog ¥ pom beg! a omtoer, whi — mocked down during the fight. No one was : » wishes to think well of his species, will derive auy seriously injured. Se dates ek ne circulated here in reference to the news of the past few | t\ication from admiuistoring the oath of aliogians ap Earn nea nage” Arrival of Another Valuable Prize=The days; but I think that those faces, now so radiant with | any of our citioenps He must feel nothing but contempt | The Term of the Law Courts for June. cami edeh, ob ieenes joys! soon be changed, and that « miserable shade | OCR Nr wolumtarliy. and sympathy for those | 4 An the gummer vacation approaches strenuous efforts The prize stoamship Patras, of London, in charge of | ‘wil take ite placo, Yesterday but seven paasengors came | “O*." forced to do. 80 fron inevitable becessity. He | Will be made to dispose of many long ponding causes be- Acting Master Upham, whieh left Charleston bar on the | sown trom Baltimore; but this morning the tide of tra- | would groatly prefer conquering one brave'man than to | fore the adjournment of the eourts There is nothing 27th ult., arrived at this port yesterday. This vessel administer the oath to a thousand cowards. new to demand a special notice. Me o “! vel was again up to ite usual atandard. An oFder was Immediately issued to Major Nixon, the - Gight, at least, the assailants of General McClellan are etruck dumb, and are forced to endure the almost uni- ‘versal expression of confidence and admiration for the Oommander of the Army of the Potomac. During the whole of the battle of this morning, Pro- fessor Lowe's balloon was overlooking the terrific scene ffm an altitude of about two thousand feet. Tele. @rajMo communication from the balloon to General McClellan, and im direct connestion with tho military ‘wires, was suecessfully maintained, Mr. Park Spring, was captured on the niglit of the 26th of May, twenty-two 1 bave heard this forenoon from the James river. . CALENDAR FOR THIS DAY. “4 . | Provost Marshal, to close the vile coneefn, and this c © Philadelphia, aoting as operator. Every movement | miles southwest by west of Charleston bar, by the Uuiited | everything is quiet up there, and the gunboat Mahaska | morning tho establishment was tuken possession of by | , ,oy?Mmme Coun. — Part 1 noe, 01, 178, 1108, 1289, of the enemy was obvious, and instantly reported, | States gunboat Bienville, Commander Mullaney, while | js again it and ready to do duty. The rain hassome- | that indefatigable and truly ellicient officer. Bubse- m1. ened . , score is, who are | quently the proprietor of the paper called wpon 2115, 2191, 2127, #129 21313, 95, 1928. Part'2—Nor win | oR Se esa, Sou2 attempting to rum into Charleston. what interfered with the work of the r ae, Bet 00 1162, 1410, 1654 ‘Feconhoissance has been successfully made during @ bat- | steam propeller of shree hundred and fifty tons burthen, | huis at intervals; but we return the compliment with a | the persons who are dependent ‘pon the eirculnt™h of aera La ge tle, and certainly the first time in which a telegraph sta- | with engines of one hundred horse power. Her cargo Ls or Mb] and bc ~ be Legs tad pag te ae Se tgell scad tte aa 2354" 2286, 2260, 2204 , 2396, 416, 418, 426, 272, 258, 1992" co in jourly expected , | cation. 01 a x 01 ba, S280, re nase h eras , 272, } Mon has been established in the air te report the move. | consists of 1,400 Kegs of gunpowder, 60 cases rifles, 800 | 4, ny ft ‘we oxpect to get some important news, and | Uaion men in Norfolk by the slur eaat upon them by the | .,cOMxON Pieas.—P.t. Nos. ta aise tad, wont bags coffee and a large quantity of quinine, Sho took in | trust we may again sce Colonel Corco! the pubiie poms | 110%. 1000, 1092, 1094, 410,,1118, 1114, 1115, 414, 608, ‘ments of the enemy and the progress of a battle. The ? bln = sh, mga ser 955 art 2—Nog, 647, 489,’ 1814, 601, 070, 686, apart of her cargo at London and the balance at Ha- ‘The proclamation, or rather tetter, of Governor An- Wing of the vana, She had no papers on board showing her nation- drew, of Massachusett: the Seoretary of War, in nd the rep. | 1047, 090, 973, 678, 746, 77, 2141, 2040.9 advantage to General MoUlellan must have been im- answor to his telegraph rence to @ further enilst- a for a spate. mense, vality or port of destination. Captain Elliot, her former | ment of troops, has made quite a sensation here, especially Bay Hook is the secersion organ for this portion City Inte}ligence, i the commander, the first assistant engineor and,one sailor | among the New Kugland men. They denounce him in | of Virginia, ‘and has done «considerable amount of dirty Aw Apratn oF Honom.—On Friiay evening last « hos Our Special Army Correspondence. , | argon board. The remainder of her crew, nideteen in | UHmonsured terms, and despise the course he has taken. | ‘work ih thxt line invite day. mocting took place between two gentlemen, one of whom shman just returned (rem £urope, @ mem. Scotch family, and an gontle- received his adversary’s snot in the Cmoxanomm River, May 27, 1862. Our March—Our Camping Grownd—A Marching Order— . Iwas & little surprised at it at first, but soon learned Several business men iu this city have mate arrange. number, are on beard the United States gunboat Jamos | that although he wus the Governor of Massachusetts her | mienta'to have a Union paper published hore, and Lave Adger. people did not think he had a shadow of right thus to use |.contributed the means mevesary for the enterprise. A | man. ‘The iat ~ Preparations for the Rapected: Battle, de., dec. ‘The vessel and cargo are valued at $900,000, She now i eee x Riek, Fae negro rabipping Journal Properly condvered wilt @o ‘much pod here, ete ‘The ree a toe whl wag en arose Upon the passage of the Chickahominy river, on Fri- | i199 at the Navy Yard, Brooklyn. own destruction. When will thore ‘idluded fanesice verre oan ve mode remunerative, There le n deep rican deregatory to bis charao- day, May 23, our division was in advance. Nearly smile | 4 xageau letter of the 28d of May gives the following | learn common sense ? Footed prejudioe to overcome in the oommunhy, ane hia by birth, but not now real. Beyond the river the Richmond road turns very sud- | in relation to the movemonts of vessels seeking to elude | _ There 19 but little news her publie im. | there is, beside, no busifiess upon which a papor’ can ai, had something to do with the @only to the north, and the Charles City road runs away he ings, there | rely for’ support beyond its circulation” #0: that those | matter. Kyery effort was made to keep the affair sesret, portance, the blockade:— will be @ departure of the Balti. | who are interested in the project cannot be accused of On Ribas eeare fl May 21, bor Majesty’s gunboat the | more boat. We are oxpecting news via White | self interest in tho matter. A patriotic desire toaid the | The Hastern, from it in @ nearly opposite direction. As this latter turers in Faver of ead ren in to the rear of our advance on the other, it jes bape ames ‘@ cruist —— ne mes a Houwe Point, ony ny os Ag ero not | government in brimging about a healthy bey in this suf. . R i eertig } ‘was_nosossary to guard it, and our div: sent | ¢¢ off this port, ignais; 8 iy after which four | give us much margin for believing uch can be | fering city is te ouly incentive to the establishment of [rom the Boston Traveller, 5 Gow! and encamped on ft at about a fi frees ius of the rebel blockade rants: pd ae pe fone. appara ‘hat wil dieseraitnate truth, andnot falsehood, | In (reation with sous of oar large 3 England June- | and Nellu—got under ji nen weather has cleared off beautifully this afternoon, | in the gpmaunity. manuftoturers, we loarn that India cotton is getting tion, and another division, following behind, rested at | tral al hp, and, after eommunioaling with her, oy steered | and assoon as the wind modorates the tel cable | An official inspection of the onemy’s works around | much in favor withthem, and some of them have sent the junction, and almost on the Richmond road. Our | off to eo noe PB pleyery Mary non ‘the posi. | will be laid across the Roads. The end this ‘side is al- | Norfolk was mode yesterday by Colonel Cram’and Adjn- | large tejponpie, oh cotton, preferring it at the pre. ymander thus lost (to the intense chagrin of his tion of our cruisers, sev which have beou reported | ready landed and secured. The cable used is of the same | tant General Whipple, of General Wool's staif, 9 | sent prices to . They regard it more favorabi aa off Abaeo. kind as that which spans the bay above here, officers visited the intrenched camp north of Norfolk, | than the spinners, sin y have Had 4 Sole division) the wivenee, whieh: he ‘tad ns recently Our stok are getting along very nicely now. Much of | Indian Poll bridge—which was burned inthe face of ou it AS to the Diraing of the otton at gained, and which he ao well deserved to have; fi Arrest of a Promin 2 Secessionist in ~=3 eae haete AO GAICARINn Ua to >= fo ape ong hoe be iene Point aim I. woah bes pes — hs > operate corps joved ermar. » lelphin, whose labors ana to him | tery on ‘Ve Point works were found to no: therm if one: @ crop is burned. ‘Whee the corge again moved 1 was net eountormarched, Sr. Lovws, June 1, 1862. | many owo their lives, Such philanthropy is solgom soon,| \n'perfect condision, and the-oMcers Pronounced therm | ‘Tho stocks of goods on hand are #0 large that there is no ‘but moved on the Richmond road in the order in which @t hed lain, with the other division first. This latter gaaroh was begun on Sunday, at ten o'clock A. M., and it ‘was intended to hal} at the Pines, & point within @even milos of Richmond; but owing to the nature of the country this intention was relingniched, and the Tad be ped has been stumping the Siateas a | asis manifested by this: gentleman, is 1 phiy’ I PP acentin ae te jed. A survoy of tho | doubt of an amplosupply of cotton to meet the consamp- candhiate overnor for some time past, was arrested | devoted to his mission vals | varie le, ra r: “i night and day; and it would wes y direction of General Vi tion for many months to come, and the manufacturers at Rolia, on Friday, by order of Col Boyd, command- | surprise any one to see amount of nourishing food id the statistics githered by Liou- | will be benofitted -rather than injured eet ‘the ving that post, for’ uttering disloyal sentiments while | he dispenses in twenty-four hours, Kody @; but the inspection of Colonel | staple come forward for the remainder of the year slow. making ® speech whieh was evidently designed te pro- Great et iy ing made by our volunteer sur- | Crant was the first official visitation to the several points | ly and at high prices. Some of our shrewdest and cure sion votes, if the wants of our wounded in the | ordéred by the commandant of this department. Jar, manufacturers are well convinced of this, and as Quite a number of noisy secessionists of this soy hi body of the army. There is a wido' ‘The Military Govérnor made a visit to the British war | far ae their interest is concerned, woul not be sort; e y boon arrested within a and it seems to urgeons. | Rinaldo this morning, accompanied by Assistant | to see t iIlion bales deats inthe planti jion pop top d U fine enue Ot he Pines, aiid | devermateacten, of th Preven § farahal General to prompt. qolt.s ramered thas che Mianesota willgo up to Norfolk General D8 Lamson and Lisatenants Teoley aud Runesl, | during the coming, summer” Fi, cou Senn om sa he bi q ly suppri iy ver form ft manifests some smaller vesse! v8 been | of General Viel taf, The party was received with | production are very The position in wi the corus now roated wag a very | iveelf, ordered to other places of more active duty, due honors, & salyte being fired on the occasion, a several months, PRICE TWO CENTS. CAPTURE OF LITTLE ROCK, ARK. Gen. Curtis’ Army in Full Pos- session of the City. The Progress of the Army from Missouri through Arkansas, SKETCH OF LITTLE ROCK AND VICINITY, ke ke Aspecial despatch from Cairo on Saturday says:— An Arkansas refugee arrived from the fleet to-day. He says that Little Rock is fully occupied by the Union army, and that what citizens remain are decidedly loyal, Tne Arkansas State Legislature had scattered, and the Governor fled the State. He is now at Jackson, Mis- sissippl. ‘The Union army, under Generals Curtis and Steele, had been steadily advancing upon this city from two north- ern directions, the former arriving at Batesville on the 8d, and the latter at Jackson Port on tho 2d. A junction was afterwards formed between the commends, and they proceeded further south. On the 19th General Os- terhaus, with about two hundred and fifty men, meta superior force of rebels near Searcy, on the Little Rook river, and after a sharp skirmish put them to flight. The chase was kept up with vigor, and the rebels were finally routed. They, however, succeeded in destroying the bridges along the route to the city. It seems, there- fore, to be very certain that General Curtis has over- come all the obstructions placed in his way, and now holds possession of tho capital of the rebel State of Ar- kansas. SKETCH OF LITTLE RQCK AND VICINITY. Little Rock is the capital of the State of Arkansas, and the seat of justice of Pulaski county. It is situated at about the centre of the State; on the right or southern bank of the Arkansas river, at a distance of about three huadred miles from its mouth. It is about one hundred and fifty-five miles, in an air line, west by south, of Mem. phis, with which it is connected partly by rail and partly by turnpike road, and it is over a thousand miles, as the bird flies in a westerly direction from the national capi- tal. The latitude of the eity is $440 north, and the longitude is 83 10 west of Greenwich. Tho city is situ. ated on @ rocky promontory or bluff, about fifty feet high; and as it is the first eminence that occurs in ascend- ing the river, the city commands a delightful and extex- sive view of the surrounding country. The town con- tains some very fine buildings. The State House is an elegant brick edifice, rough cast. The United States Arsenal, State penitentiary (which has been once or twice burned down by the convicts), the six brick built churches and other buildings are very fine. It has also a Masonic Hall,an Odd Fellows’ Hall and several semi- naries. There are two or more newspapers published in tho etty, and previous to the rebellion the United States Court for the Eastern district was held there. Many of the resident citizens were at one time wealthy planters who own large estates in this part of the State. A regu- lar line of steamers was atone time in constant com- munication between Little Rock and the different points on the Arkansas and Mississippi rivers. Good clay foF bricks is to be found in the vicinity, also quarries of fine slate and granite, very like the Quincy granite, but not sohard. Previous to our national troubles a company had been formed by some well-to-do residents of Cincin- nati to work the slate quarry, which is in the immediate neighborhood, and the prospects of its success were very. fair. The population of the city in 1860 was 2,167; but during the next three years it had increased to 3,000 with a rapid and continuous rise in the cengus numbers. The origin of tho name of tho city is explained as fol- lows:—In ascending the river there appears on the south bank, rising out of the water,a bald, igneons slate rock, which at low water is about twenty-five feet above the surface, but at high water is almost hidden from view. This gives the name tothe city, and Is called by the townspeople the ‘Point of Rooks.” Two miles above this, on the northern bank, is another rocky bluff, about two hundred feet high, which is called the *‘Big Rock.’” The county, Pulaski, is situated in the,contral part of Arkansas, and contains about twelve hundred square miles, or about seven hundred and sixty-eight thousand acres. Itis intersected by the Arkangus river, which is navigabio for steamboats, and also drained by the Big Mammelle creek and by the Fourche and Meto Bayous. The surface ef the county is level in tho southern parts and hilly in the northern and western- The soil is moderately fertile, and @ rich mino of lead and silver has been opened about ten miles north of Little Rock. The population of the county at last re- turns was about six thousand, adout one-fifth of whom were slaves. The Released Union Prisoners. PATRIOTIC ACTION OF THE MASSACHUSETTS RELIEV ASSOCIATION, On tho arrival ofthe steamship Cossack at this port on Saturday last, with betwoon four and ffve hundred released Union prisoners on board, it was discovered that no arrangements had been imgde for their accom- modation by the State authorities. Colonel Bliss was obliged to refuse receiving them at the Park Barracks, where a large number of wounded are at present under surgical treatment. Mr. Johnson, the agent of the Mas- sachusetts Relief Association im this city, visited the ship shortly after her arrival, and, that the men would, in all probability, be obliged to re- main on board until instructions were received from i 5 SE & . provided plain, substantial food, and in addi the com- mittee distributed about three hundred suits of clothes among the most ni . The majority ef the men were forwarded to theii yesterday morning. ote Operations in New Mexico. ‘ GENERAL ORDERS—NO. 41. Heapqvartexs, Derartuant or New Mxxico, Sayra Fe, N. M., May 4, 1862, ‘The Colonel commading desires to express his grateful reciation of the conduct and services of the troops in ‘is department, tested as they have been in the four months by two general batties, many skir: » ‘and much toilsome and laborivus service. Daring and energetic tp action; patient and reliant when xy dictated a di equal constancy and fortitude privati¢ns of food, of clothing and of rest, forced marc! the mountains and the sand storms of the plains, they have driven a superior force of the into the moun- tains, forced him to abandon his trains, bis supplies and his plunder, to leave bis sick aud wounded by the way- side without care and stven whens ford, finally to abandoa a country which he had en! to andoccupy,” leaving behind him, in dead and woun “a ‘one aif of his original force. These resuits have not been attained without serious losses, and the laurels won at Valverde and Apache canen, hallowed by the bieod of oa brave and noble men, will ever be a bona of union friendship between those The domtantioat of as arrogant sod repeclous Invader, an arrogant a in RS By order of Colonel B. R. 8. CANBY Gvunogn Cuarm, Captain Seventh Infantry, A. A. A. : Meachendorf, @ groceryman, doing business at No. 74 North Moore street, committed suicide Saturday morn- himself to one,of the beams in his cellar, Pielna od; f ebpenred, ted some treuble‘about the lease 5 of his swore. wi a lowness of Htgandl it suicide. Ye AccivantaL Drowmino.—Coroner Collin held an inquest at the foot of Twelfth street, North river, upon the body of William Ju , a pative of Irel eH five, years, who | ascidentally while ‘about the pier, Deceased wasea married man ‘at the corner of Greenwich and Hammond streets. Suprosep Inranticipm Cas®.—On Friday sight, about nine o’slock,® male child about two monthe old wae in the-aroa way of the dwelling house $0 Vanden On being takon to the Central Police station it Rroome street, it was ascertained that the infant was la poring under the effects ot seme nerertas A wo tor was sent for, and every twas le to wave th life of the Tithe ose, but in vain. pony Sn held a wert upon the body jut mo clue was afore flo the perpetrator of the eriiue.