The New York Herald Newspaper, June 3, 1862, Page 6

8 NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. OFFICE N. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU STS, AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING.§ MIBLO"S GARDEN, Brosdway.—Tux /:xCuANTREss, ,WauLaon's THEATRE, 544 Broadway.—-Evanrsopy's fer ,REW BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—Bxonantno GRT—PO- A MON-TAS—LANKBE Suh AMD Yaneus Cucw—Cousican ViNDer tien 1 BOWERY’ THEATRE, I a be _ E, Bowery.—Buine or Vrwice- UKLRD ALIVE, BARNUM’S AMERICAN MUSEUM. Broadway,—Rasy Suow—Com ‘Habe, &0., at all hours.— ngtharee OF DuxsDEH—VOUN Jonis, afternoon and even- BRYANTS’ MINSTRELS, Mechanics’ ‘way.—Wo Stavck Buty Patrerson. GATETIES CONCERT HALL, 616 Broadway.Dzawixa Burestaumenta, Hall.—t72 Broad- Roou PEOPLE'S MUSIC H. 45 Bor z Bi = [ALL, wery.—Soncs, Dances, PARISIAN CABINET OF WONDERS, 563 Broads Open daily from 10.4. M. wil) P.M. —y TRIPLE SHEET. New York, Tucsday, June 3, 1962, _—— THE SITUATION. We give to-day a full detailed account of the battle in front of Richmond on Saturday from our special correspondent, who was in the action. The attack on General Casey's division, which it <SPpears numbered only about six thousand men, was made suddenly by a force of about thirty-five thousand rebels. General Casey’s camp was lo” cated in a cornfield, surrounded by woods, and the enemy, after driving in his pickets, which were s mile in advance, made a sudden dash on the camp with the above named immensely superior force. The troops of General Casey fought splendidly, the General himself and his field officers braving danger without flinching; bat, in the face of overwhelming numbers they were forced’ to fall back until reinforcements ar- rived, a8 mentioned in General McClellan’s official report, when the fortunes of the field were speedi- ly turned by the action of Heintzleman’s, Richard, son's, Sedgwick’s, Kearney’s and Keyes’ corps, and a complete victory of the Union army was the result. All despatches received since show the importance of that victory, though our loss was undoubtedly heavy. The bayonet charges made by Richardson’s and Sedgwick’s divisions on the flower of the rebel army, commanded by Generals Huger, Longstreet and Rains, were magnificently executed, and although the enemy stood the fire of our troops bravely, they broke before the vehe- ment charge of the bayonet at every point. The foes on both sides during this portion of the ac- tion was very serious, the rebels suffering terribly. The intelligence received from General McClel- Jan’s column at the War Department yesterday is of a most cheering character. No fight had oc- curred yesterday. The position of our army is some miles nearer to Richmond than it was on Sunday. We publish in another column a list of the killed and wounded in Saturday’s conflict as far as they have reached us. We give some interesting particulars to-day of the retreat of General Banks’ army from Winches- ter to Harper's Ferry. The conduct of the medi- cal staff in the emergency, in taking care of the sick and wounded, is worthy of all praise. Dr. Tho" mas Antisell, the Medical Director of Gen. Williams’ division, and Dr. King, succeeded in bringing off safely from Winchester and Strasburg nearly a thou- sand sick who were in hospital at those places. Our list of the killed, wounded and missing will be Perused with interest. It will be seen by a des- patch in another column that General Fremont made 8 forced march across the Shenandoah Moun- tain passes, and reached Strasburg on Saturday, thus forming a connection with General Banks’ column in the valley. In occupying this position General Fremont’s men had a brush with Ashby’s sebel cavalry, whom they repulsed. A reconnoissance from General Banks’ division re made at Front Royal on Saturday afternoon, aigoovering a large force of the enemy, consisting of infantry, artillery and cavalry, some six or seven miles of the Winchester road. Our troops opened fire on them, and drove them some dis- tance, taking seven prisoners and one eleven- pounder cannon, manufactured in Liverpool in 1861, and twelve wagons, several horses and mules, and also recapturing six men of the Mary- land regiment, who had been left ins house in the vicinity. The rear guard of Jackson's army retreated through Strasburg the same evening. ‘The news from General Halleck’s army is in- tensely exciting. General Pope despatches the news of a brilliant affair accomplished by Colonel Elliott, of the Second Iowa cavalry, who, he says, after forced marches, day and night, through o very difficult country, and obstructed by the ene- my, succeeded in reaching the Mobile and Ohio Railroad at Booneville, at two o’clock P. M., on the 30th. He destroyed the track in many places, both south and north of the town, blew up one culvert, destroyed the switch and track, burned up the depot and locomotives, and 8 train of twenty-six ears loaded with supplies of every kind; destroyed ten thousand stand of small arms, three pieces of artillery, and a great quan- tity of clothing and ammunition, and parolled two thousand prisoners, which he could not keep with his cavalry. ‘The army of General Beauregard was fonnd to be scattered through the country in small bodies, with infantry and artillery in position. General Halleck says that Beauregard is certainly in the viotiity, as he has received letters from him every ay fefitding the exchange of prisoners. Our correspondence from Hilton Head gives the particulars of the approach of the Union fleet of gunboats Pembina, Unadilla and Ottawa to a point within-seven miles of Charleston, in the waters of the Stono, They are fall of interest. ‘Oar news from Fortress Monroe is interesting. The,Unton meeting held at Norfolk on Saturday night was'@° great mecess, some eight hundred people being present. The rebel fortifications and barracks at Pig Point were blown up by our navy. ‘peconnolssance was made by General Viele to nton, North @arolina; with a large force on Gatarday, but the result has not yet transpired, NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 186%—TRIPLE SHEET. so linen eee ti ete CONGRESS. In the Senate yesterday, petitions were present- ed in favor of » sufficient enlargement of the canals of this State to fit them for being navigated by gunboats, A resolution was offered calling on the Secretary of War for copies of the instructions furnished to Governor Johnson, of Tennessee, and Governor Stanly, of North Carolina. The bill pro- viding for the collection of direct taxes in the re- bellious States was returned from the House with amendments, and all the amendments excepting one were adopted. The despatches from Generals Halleck and Pope, announcing the recent brilliant army movements in the Southwest, were read from the Clerk's desk. A resolution was adopted in- structing the Public Lands Committee to inquire into the expediency of a bill for confiscating the public lands of Texas. The bili prescribing an additional oath for jurors of the United States courts was then discussed till ome o'clock, the hour for considering the Tax bill, when the latter subject was resumed. Different amendments were acted on, when the bili was reported complete, and the Senate adjourned. In the House of Representatives, Mr. Allen, elected to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resig- nation of Colonel Logan, was qualified and took his seat. Some discussion took place on the Senate’s amendments to the Indian Appropriation bill. A resolution similar to that offered in the Senate, calling for copies of the instructions to the Provisional Governors of Tennessee and North Carolina, was adopted. Bills were introduced for the organization of the Territory of Lanawa; to prohibit the reduction of free persons to slavery; for the emancipation of Robert Small and the other colored men who recently brought the rebel steamer Planter out of Charleston harbor and de- livered her to the United States naval forces, and making additional appropriations for the postal service, all of which were referred to the sppro- priate committees. A resolution: calliitg on the Secretary of the Treasury for information in reference to the establishment of a branch mint in Nevada Territory was adopted, as also a joint resolution changing the name of the bark Quebec to that of the General Burnside. The Senate bill for the appointment of diplomatic agents to Hayti and Liberia was introduced and discussed till the adjournment, without any decision on it being arrived at. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. Aregular meeting of the Board of Aldermen was held yesterday afternoon. A resolution was adopt- ed directing the Committee on Ordinances to make @ report at the next meeting on the subject of the storage of explosive oils and fluids. The report of the Joint Special Committee on National Affairs of the two boards, recommending the purchase of the Mount St. Vincent buildings, in Central Park, for the purposes of a soldiers’ hospital, was presented and read, and an ordinance was reported authoriz- ing the Comptroller to borrow money for the pur- ohase of the necessary supplies to fit the hospital for the reception of patients. The report and or- dinance were ordered to be printed, and further consideration of the subject was laid over till the next meeting. A‘resolution was adopted tender- ing the freedom of the city anda public reception to Mr. Thurlow Weed on his return from Europe. A resolution, reported by the Committee on Lands and Places, to appropriate twelve thousand dol- lars for the opening of two parks on Fourth ave- nue, gave rise to some discussion; but the Board adjourned without taking final action in the mat- ter. % The Board of Councilmen were in session last evening, and adopted resolutions expressive of their esteem for Councilmen Stephenson and Bab- cock, who have gone to defend the “old flag.” The Committee on Finance reported in favor of appropriating $12,000 to complete the Fourth Dis- trict. Police Court. A communication was re- ceived from his Honor the Mayor, announcing the arrival of Gen. Prim, and intimating that the Com- mon Council should recognize his presence; where- upon a special committee was appointed to tender him the hospitalities of the city. A resolution making the Staats Zeitung a Corporation paper was concurred in. A resolution from the Alder- men, in favor of extending the hospitslities of the city to Thurlow Weed, was opposed by Mr. Lent, because he believed that Mr. Weed had not ren- dered such service to the United States in Europe as would warrant the city in spending money to receivehim. After s lengthy debate, the resolu- tion was concurredin. The majority and minority reports of the Committee on National Affairs, re- lative to the passage of an ordinance making a further appropriation for the relief of the families of New York city volunteers, were discussed. The minority report, proposing to appropriate $250,000, was lost, and the majority report, sppropriating $500,000 for this purpose, was con- curred in. In consequence of a slight amendment to one of the sections, the ordinance will have to go back to the Aldermen for their approval. The Commissioners of the Central Park, in reply to resolution asking what the bridges in the Park cost, sent in a statement, from which it ap- peared that twenty-three ornamental archways cost the enormous sum of $335,407 80. The Joint Special Committee of the Common Council on National Affairs met at eleven o’clock yesterday morning, in room No. 8 City Hall. A sub-committee had been appointed to prepare a report in reference to the establishment of a hos- pital in the Central Park. The report was present- ed, and adopted by a Committee of the Whole, and ordered to be presented to the Board of Alder- men at their next session. The committee then adjourned. The June term of the General Sessions com- menced yesterday, his Honor Recorder Hoffman presiding. A quorum of grand jurors not being present, those who answered to their names were discharged till this (Tuesday) morning. On mo- tionof Mr. Edmon Blankman, Dr. Charles Cobell was discharged. It will be remembered that Dr. Cobell, who was indicted for manslaughter, in causing the death of a child by producing an abor- tion, was convicted of a misdemeanor; but through the efforts of his counsel a new trial was granted by the Supreme Court. As the evidence against him was slight, the prosecuting officer consented to his discharge. On motion of Judge Stuart, the bail of Benjamin De Forest, charged with embezzling a large sum of money from Duncan, Sherman & Co., was reduced from $11,000 to $5,000. A number of cases put on the calendar for trial were postponed, on mo- tion of counsel. John E. Campbell was placed on trial, chafged with a felonious assault and battery upon Thomas Carroll, on the 24th of May, at 116 Pitt street. It appeared that the defendant, who was mate of a ship, strack Carroll with a pistol, without provocation. The Court instructed the jury to convict the accused of assault and battery, which was the verdict. He was remanded for sentence. It appears, from a statement sent to the Clerk of the Sessions, that the number of prisoners now awaiting trial in the Tombs is less than at any other period since the organization of the Court. Such has been the efficiency of the District Attor- ney’s burean that accused parties have had speedy trials since the commencement of the present year, Among the sick and wounded arrived here in the transport Kennebec the following names were in- correctly printed:—Assistant Surgeon W. H. Hall, jnstead of Adjutant of Thirty-sixth regiment New York Volunteers; Assistant Surgeon Von Steen- burgh, instead of Van Sleenborg; Dr. Cormac, in- stead of Garmore; Dr. Davis, instead of Devis. The number of vessels entered at this port from foreign porta during the month of May is four hundred and sixty-eight, and the number cleared for foreign ports daring the same period is four hundred and nine, A gorresponding period The Abolition Conspirators at the North in 1861 gives five hundred and ninety-five arrivals Again Flaunting Their Disloyalty. and three hundred and fifty-five clearances. ‘The stock market opened with a doubtful tone yester- day, people not feeling generally certain what interpre- tation should be put on tho nows from Virginia, As soon as it was understood that McClellan had won am important victory, buyers again took courage, and the market became bueyant and remained #0 throughout the day, closing firm atan advance of % a i per cent on the zailway lst, of 3 im Pacific Mail, and of \ a i in governments. Money was abundant at 3 a5 per cent. Exchange dull at 11414 a. The bauk statement shows & decrease of $278,735 in loans, and an increase of $714,524 in specie and $2,831,891 in deposita, ‘The cotton market was firm yesterday, with sales of other how! of exultation from the abolition press. They see in the triumph of McClellan’s strate- gical plans the certain defeat of their own trai- torous designs; and, accordingly, the Tribune turns to account in the following execrable and atrocious article what it is pleased to call “The Reverse Before Richmond:”— ‘The news from the army, before Richmond, which we Publish this morning, though not disastrous, is not The check before Richmond on Saturday, though it ended with a brilliant victory and solid advantages to the federal arms, has elicited an- * IMPORTANT FROM. HALLE, °K’S ARMY. The Brilliant A“-ir 0, ‘ Colonel Elliott at Boonevi, ‘le. What the Gallant Second Iowa Cavalry , Accomplished. Another Phase of the Mexican Question— Movements of Santa Anzs. We have very important letters from St. , conveying the intelligence that the renewned Don Antonio Lopes de Sante Anna is once more on the track for Mexico. As yet we have not been made fully, acquainted with his designs; but it is sufficient to know that he has suddenly left his retirement at St. Thomas to take am active partin the Mexican imbroglio: This is most significant move. We sll: know what sort ofa man is this Santa Anns; and his purpose in going to Mexico at this june» 800 @ 900 bales, closing stiff on the basis of Slo, a 31}<c. for middling uplands, with increased supplies and mode- rate demand for export. The market for flour was heavy, and from 60. to 10, per barrel lower. Wheat was also heavy, and closed at a falling off of 2c. per bushel, while sales were tolerably active at tho eon- cession, Corn was about le. per bushel lower, while @ good demand prevailed at the conces- Sion. The stock of pork in this market on the 1st inst. was the largest in amount ever before held at one time ia the city of New York; the total amount embraced 155,415 bbis., against 88,099 on the Ist.of last month, ‘and 70,554 bbls, at the same time last year. In addition tothe above there were held 4,670 bbls. in yard pur- chased by government. The stock of beef on the Ist fostant embraced 27,818 packages, against 44,700 same date last moath, and 44,456 at the same date last yoar. In addition to the above there were 15,740 packages in yard held by government. The market for pork in the face of such a stock as this was decidedly lower, with sales of moss at $11 50 a'$1 6234, and prime at $0 a 90 25. Boot was dull and unchanged. Sugars were active and steady, with sales of 1,733 hhds. and 150 boxes. Coffee was quiet; 180 mats Java were sold at 2430. Freights were unchanged, while engagements were mo- derate at 9d.a9}¢d. for corn and wheat in ships’ bags to Liverpool, and flour at 2s. a 2s, 13¢d.. Ta London flour was taken at 3s., and by the British steamer Laban 12,000 bushels wheat at 12344. in bags, and 200 tons.pro- ‘visions, &o., at 50s. : { Richmond and Corinth—General McClel> lan and General Halleck. The general results of the fighting in front of Richmond, on Saturday and Sunday last, amount to nothing less than a great Union triumph and a disastrous and demoralizing rebel defeat. Their sortie of Saturday, followed up by the more extended engagement of Sunday, satisfies us that their fate is sealed. General McClellan had drawn his lines so close around the “Con- federate capital” that a desperate effort to break through those lines or a hasty evacuation had become an imperative necessity to the op- posing army. The alternative adopted was that of Buckner, Floyd and Pillow at Fort Donelson, and of Sidney Johnston and Beau- regard at Shiloh, and of Jo. Johnston and his associate generals at Yorktown and Williams- burg—a desperate sortie or battle, at all hazards, as their only chance. We pre- sume, too, that the same result will very soon follow these last battles from Richmond as that of Fort Donelson, or that of Shiloh—a capitulation or an evacuation. Then, with their “Confederate capital” gone, their spurious government adrift, their swindling rulers, as fugitives from justice, pursued by the strong arm of the government of the United States, and with that paper rubbish known as Con- federate money made redeemable only by the man in the moon, what further purpose, or hope, or possible encouragement, or’ means of defence, or of subsistence, will there be left to the demoralized fragments of the rebel army of the East and West? A few days more and all these questions will be in course of a prac- tical and satisfactory solution. That seditious abolition disunion organ, the New York Tribune, has promptly availed itself of the temporary check of General Casey’s divi- sion of our troops, on Saturday last, for an in- sidious and malignant fling or two at General McClellan. But the simple truth is that the abolition radicals of that journal and its tribe do not desire the success of this officer. He has refused to bow down and worship the abolition negro brigade at Washington; and General Halleck, being in the same category, is subject tothe same abolition assaults and misrepre- sentations. Thus the Evening Post, the other day, could find nothing very gratifying in Beauregard’s evacuation of Corinth. He should have been attacked in his works, according to the amiable poets of the Post, and the bloodier the consequences the better, whatever the final issue of the engagement. ’ And this is the relentless and ferocious spirit of our disorganizing abolition faction. They would make this a war of remorseless extermi- nation against the rebel armies and the State lines and State institutions of the South. But President Lincoln adheres to a different policy, and such of his generals in the field as McClellan, Halleck, Burnside, Butler and Banks understand it thoroughly. It is not the policy of destruction, but of salvation, as far as possible, to the South in saving the Union. We contend, too, that General Hal- leck has won s greater victory at Corinth, in driving off Beauregard and in breaking up and \demoralizing his army without a bloody and doubtful assault. upon his works, than he w. have achieved in marching into Corinth the dead bodies of thousands of loyal and rebel soldiers. Once ina battle, the destruction of life is the word; but with the men and the means at hand to make our advances upon the rebels at every point absolutely overwhelm- ing, even if a little more time be required, this course is surely to be preferred over that of a hap-hazard and revengeful extermination. General Halleck is satisfactorily closing up his work of suppressing the rebellion in the Valley of the Mississippi; then McClellan is satisfactorily progressing with his important task of the expulsion of the rebel army and govern- ment from Richmond. Both these able and trusty officers, strong in the confidence of the country, are equally strong in the confidence of the administration. They are working out the Union-saving policy of President Lincoln, and his and their reward approaches in the gratitude of the American people over a great rebellion extinguished, and “the integrity of the Union” restored. cheerful. ‘fo be surprised again by a superior force, if not an evidence of a waut of careful generalsbip on our side, is, at least, a proof that the enemy is ever vigilant, and never permits an opportunity to escape when he ma: strike au eilectual blow. To a wary general,a dar! night or a time of violent storm is tho moment when he by arunoing stream anda swamp from imwediate as- sistance. It was such @ moment that was chosen tor the attack, on Saturday, on a portion of General MeClelian’s-army on the Chickahomivy. The mistake seoms to have beon committed on our sido—by no means for the first time—of so placing our troops as to invite such an attack. That succor finally arrived, onl, great exertion and the mcet determined bravery oe saved from a signal defeat; that one division was overwhelmed * be ey numbers, and is convicted before the country, by Cor ‘General, of want ot bravery. Arg he re have availed them, whether tho fault was not rai that they wore put ina Position so exposed that the inovitabie result was that they should be scattered like chaff when an overwhelm- ing force came suddenly down upon them—on this Point we bave oot details enough to decide. But while we that there are cxtenuating circum- stances, and the event will show either that the frusrded against, ot that Goveral Casoy's division tough guarded against, or y's divi a8 well as men could in their wo novertheless York, the Seventy-seventh New York, the Eighty-ninth New ‘York, the Sixty-fourth New York und Fourth United Staces infantry. Whother this was still the con- stitution of the division at the time of its defeat we, of tially changed. "We trust that details yer to come, muy errena the dereee that seems to have fallen upon i. Such an article as the above, under the short and sharp regime of General Butler, would, at New Orleans, subject the paper publishing it to instant suppression. Here at the North it is tolerated, for no other reason, we presume, than that itis no worse than the many other overt acts of treason of which Greeley and his associates have been guilty. When the rebel- lion first broke out they undertook to show that, according to the principles of the Declara- tion of Independence, the South had a right to secede. They next precipitated the advance of our raw troops upon Manassas, in the expecta- tion that the defeat of the federal army would secure the consummation of their disunion schemes and effect a radical change in the government, Finding their hopes baffied by the great military abilities and energy of McClellan, they turned their batteries upon him and endeavored .to crush him. Failing in that they weakened his command by taking McDowell’s and Banks’ divisions from him, cal- culating that, thus reduced in strength, the ene- my would outflank and destroy him. Against the President, whose firm con. servative policy and unswerving support of the General of: his choice constituted insurmountable ‘obstacles to the accom- plishment of their wishes, they waged a war of petty malice, extending even to his family circle and domestic arrangements. And now, when success bas nearly crowned our efforts to put down the rebellion, they seize upon & momentary check caused by the waver- ing of one. of McClellan’s divisions to make another onslaught upon the gallant young sol- dier who, under God’s providence, has been the means of saving the republic. The meanness and malignancy of this system of political war- fare are exhausting the patience of the country. If persevered in longer it will bring its authors to a terrible reckoning. Governor Stanty, or Norta Canouiva— Tar Ricur Man mw THe Riout Prace.—The abolition papers are opening their batteries on Governor Stanly, of North Carolina, because he has very properly shut up a nigger school opened by some Northern fanatics, and advised the directors to set the contrabands to work, instead of training them to be philosophers, poets, orators, logicians and metaphysicians. It seems plain that Governor Stanly is carrying out the views and ideas of the administration, much to the sorrow and disgust of the abolition school, but to the full satisfaction of all loyal and conservative citizens. He is just such another “right man in the right place” as Go- vernor Johnson, of Tennessee, and his acts offer @ strong contrast to the doings of “the wrong man in the wrong place’—the pious blockhead Pearce—who was sent into South Carolina by Secretary Chase to look after the niggers. We wish all our governors and other officers to be of the Johnson and Stanly stamp, for they are the right kind of men to aid in preserving the Union. Mr. Secretary Chase, who has made such & great reputation by his dexterous management of the almighty dollar, seems to have forgotten all his former proficiency in this line, and has instead become absorbed with the almighty nigger. To this we are indebted for the pranks of the nigger worshipping Pearce at Port Royal. Secretary Stanton Lost¥a Grouxp Avoya His Frrenps?—For some time past the Hzratp and Wendell Phillips have been strong sup- porters of Secretary Stanton. Since the bril- liant retreat of Banks from the Shenandoah Phillips bas backed out, and left the whole weight of Secretary Stanton’s cause upon the shoulders of the Heratp. Never mind. Our shoulders are broad, and when we can no longer stagger under the load, we will call in the aid of the President, who will prove a generous friend in need, as he was in the case of Mr. Cameron, and help us to aid the present head of the War Department out of his manifold and increasing difficulties. Prery tv A Passtox—The Rey. Aminadab Sleek, of the pious World, denies that the fa- mous Cummings has anything to do with that evangelical concern. But he cannot deny that Cummings was the man midwife of the World, which was brought into existence by the profits derived from porter and white pantaloons, red herrings and straw hats, shoved off from a hardware store upon the innocent government. Wuerr Are tae Patiors?—Two-thirds of the patriots who are fighting the battles of the Union in the bloody fields of Virginia and Mis- sissippi are democrats. Two-thirds of the men in Congress who are injuring the cause of the Union and railing at our generals gre narrow- minded abolitioniats, would be most likely to attack an inferior force, cut of Anna is going back on the faith of a of getting the reins of power into his hands, he milian, or any other Duke, to snateh them from always uses to insure success. finally subdued him. ject of his sudden departure from St. Thomas. Tue Frenca Squapron iv Our Hargor.— There are now some five or six French sbips- of-war in our harbor, and the number is gra- dually being increased. Some of these veasels are large frigates and others are fine gunboats, It is a long time since so many French vessels- of-war have been seen at one time in our port. The question is, What are they doing here? Have their officers come to this metropolis to go to the opera, or to see the airy dancers of Do they intend to patronize the summer drives of the Central Park, or to go into the country during the warm season? Have they any undiscovered purpose, or have they come here to aid the We cannot attempt to answer; but, whatever may be their views, there is one thing we can tell them, and that is, that if they do not return at once to Vera Cruz to save the remnant of the French army in Mexico, there will very soon be no army to save. We advise them to lose no time in getting back to receive the leaders of the French expedition and the rest of their countrymen. If not, the French army in Mexico will be reduced to the pitiable condition of their predecessors in Moscow. General Prim, like a wise statesman and soldier, has seen the danger ahead, and, with his English allies, has backed out of this com- plicated game. The French will soon have to do the same thing, so we think the fleet in our the New York stages? rebels? harbor will find exceedingly useful occupation at Sacrificios. Poruar Ovrsurst AGAINST GREELEY &Co— A feeling of intense indignation was kindled among the people of this city yesterday against the New York Tribune, in consequence of its attack on General McClellan touching the re- cent battle on the Chickahominy. It is high time for Greeley to be thinking of Fort Lafay- ette. Let him prepare his “traps” at once, and be sure to pack up at least one clean shirt. Payine Tae Orvr.—For thirty years past the Southern politicians have ruled the Northern democrats with a rod of iron. The Northern democrats are now paying them off in the bat- tle fields of Virginia, and taking the starch out of their shirt collars. Broox.ry ACADEMY oF Music.—The combination from Niblo's commenced a short series of performances a this establishment last evening, opening with Bulwer’s play of ‘‘ Money.” The cast was an admirable ono, embracing Mrs. W.C. Gladstone, Miss Mary Wells, Miss Emma Taylor and Messrs. W. Wheatley, KE. L. Daven- port, Jobn Gilbert, George Ryer, and John E. Owens, the well known comedian, being his first appearance before & New York or Brooklyn audience for many years. We Qeed not say that, thus sustained, the play gave unmixed satisfaction, the scene between Graves (Mr. Jobn Owens) and Iady Franklin (Miss Mary Wells) being par. ticularly relished, and convulsing the house with laugh. ter. Tt would bedificult, in fact, to find the piece better Played on any stage, the parts being all filled by artists Of more than average merit. To-morrow Holcroft’s fine comedy of ‘ The Road to Ruin’? will be given, and on Friday “The Poor Gentieman’”’ and “ Married Life.”" Lavra Keenn's THmatas.—A new two act drama, on. titled ‘The Old Post Boy, or the Pride of Rank,” was produced at this establishment last evening before a very fair audience, Mr. J. Nickinson playing the prin« cipal character, The play is just the kind suited to the peculiar talents of Mr. Nickinson, whose forte lies in the portrayal of old men of the school of Grandfather Whitehead, Haversack, the Old Guard, &. Tho part of Joe Spurrit, an old post boy, aged seventy years, affords him full scope for the display of his uncommon genius in the line mentioned, and when we say that his acting in it is fully equal to his other impersonations, we can bestow no higher praise. The moral of the piece is, ‘Always do tho thing as is right, and you've something to give you a leg up when you're flung.” This moral the old pest boy proves, to the satisfaction of the audience, in the excellont character he performed last evening. The plot is comprised in a few words. The granddaughter of the old postman is married to the son of a lord (Sir John Bingiy), who opposes the humble alliance, and forces the son to discard the choice of his heart. Son and father are omy lectured by honest old JoeSpurrit, who takes his granddaughter under his protection, and works with his own hands to support her. Son repents of his crue! ‘and takes back his lowly wife. Father becomes in- consed and caste off son, but is softened by an anecdote of the old postboy, whose son, it seems, saved at one time the life of Sir John Bingley, while hunting. The scting of Mr, Nickinson in the last act, when everythi ‘ends happily, ts one of the very best things of the kin wo have ever witnessed, Altogether tho ‘Post Boy” was in fine style, and may be considered a great ‘The part of Meria, tho granddaughter, was ox. Oy Mis Gurion, wo ewoaived 9 god (be oroataa, " ture seems very plain. He now sees an excel- lent opportunity for the re-establishment of his former influence in that country, and he is not the man to allow such » golden chance to slip by. without profit. His relations with Almonte, the protege of the French Emperor, and the so- called newly-elected President of Mexico, are of the most intimate and friendly character; and there is good reason to believe that Santa ranged plan with his ancien ministre. ‘ond in the old land of the Aztecs, with full power to exercise his” craftiness: and duplicity, the old General will-be more than a match for all his opponents, and he will skilfully use French troops and Fren¢h influence for the furtherance: of his own views. If he only have a fair chance will be the last man to‘allow Archduke Maxi- him. Certainly he can and will promise, and cheat, and deceive, but these are the means he The shrewdness with which Santa Anna, dealt with President Polk is @ good illustration of the hypocrisy which characterizes him. During the war between Mexico and the United States it, will be remembered that he made pro- positions to our government, through his secret agents, that if he could be restored to his coun- try he would use his influence for the settle- ment of the claims of this republic. President Polk was so far deceived by his hypocritical pretences as to cause him to be smuggled into Mexico. But he had not been long there be- fore he set about raising a large army to ope- rate against his benefactors; and it was not without a severe struggle that our generals History repeats itself, and so does Santa Anna. The French cannot forget the desperate resistance he made to them at Very Cruz in 1848, when he lost his leg. He wears a wooden memorial of that event; and we feel convinced that his return to Mexico this time will be marked by the expulsion of his former antago- nists and his own elevation to the supreme gov- ernment of the republic. This is the only ob- say not over THE RAILROAD TRACK TOBA UP. Arms, Ammunition, Locomotives, 4 Vars and Clothing Destroyed. TWO THOUSAND PRISONERS TARR N. General Pope’s Despatch to Gems - ral Halleck. SEE, MAP_ON FIRST. PACE, Bee hey Ree Gen. Halleck to Secretary Stantow ‘Wasmuaron, Jane'2; 186%; The following was received at the War'Department this morning:— DEPARTMENT rey MississiPPt, 5 Came Nwan Consett, Jamo 1, 1868. To Hon. Epwin M. Stanton; Secrotary:of War: ‘The following despatch has been! received: from Gen. Pope:— To H. W. Haueck, Major General Commanding:— It gives me pleasure to report the briljjag, success: of; the expedition sent out on the 28th: of. , under Gol, Elliott. With the Second Iowa cavalry, after forced marches, day and hight, through a very difficult country; ‘and ebstructed by the enemy, ho final!y succooded! im reaching the Mobile and Ohio Railroad at Boonville as two o'clock P. M. on the 30th. He destroyoa the track in many places, both south and north of the town, blew up one culvert, destroyed the switch and track, burned up the depot and locomotives, and a train of twenty-six cars loaded with supplies of every kind; destroyed ten thousand stand of small arms, three pieces of artillery, and a great quantity of cloth- ing and ammunition, and paroled: two thousand pri- soners, which he could not keep with his cavalry. The enemy had hoard of his movements, aud had a train of box cars and flat cars, with flying artillery and five thousand infantry, running*wp and down the road, to prevent him from reachin| was lined with pickets for several days. Col. EilioWe command subsisted upon meat alone; such as they could find in the country. For daring and despatch this expedition has been dis- tinguished in the highest dogree, and entitles Colonet Elliott and bis command to high distinction. Its resulte will be embarrassing to the enemy ,and contribute greatly to their loss and demoralizition. He reports the road full of small partics of the retreating cnomy, scattering in all directions. JOHN POPE, Major General. Telegrams to the Press. TRE EVACUATION OF CORINTH—SEVEN THOUSAMB STAND OF ARMS CAPTURED, ETC. Hatrxce’s Heavquarraxs, May 31, 1862. Our‘ cavairy found all the tents of the enemy standing, and took hundreds of barrelsof beef and geven thousand stand of arms, ina large encampment on the Mobile an@ Ohio Railroad, said to belong to Price’s and Van Dorn’s forces, who left on Thursday night. The rebels are being brought in in squads of forty an@ fifty. Our cavalry found the rebels on several roads, im strong positions, with artillery, supported by infantey. rebels commenced moving their sick last Monday. Beauregard and Bragg were at Corinth on Tuesday after- noon. Jowm 1, 1862. Residents say that the rebel guard burned the Cypress creek railroad bridge by misapprehension, causing the destruction of seven Joc:motives and as many ¢raing laden with commissary and quartermasters’ stores. This accounts for the sinoke rs by the signal corps from the tree tops. Colonel! Elliott and command returned after destroying the railroad in several places, burning a largo amount of stores, capturing three pieces of artillery, thirty mounted prisoners, and about six hundred infantry, with litte loss. He found two thousand five: hundrod: sick end wounded at Booneville. Memphis refugees report that all the newspapers have removed to Granada, Miss. General Pope congratulates Colonel Elliott on the bril- liant success of his expedition. Beauregard Not at Richmond. ‘Wasmww ston, June 2, 1862. ‘The following despatch has been received at the War Department in reply to an inqury from General Meigs:— Coniwrn, May 31, 1862. To M. C. Mmos, Quartermaster Genoral:— If Beauregard has been at Richmond, others have sorged his signature, as I have. received letters from him about the exchange of prisoners neariy every day for the last fortnight. ‘The evacuation of Corinth commenced on Wednesday and was completed on Thursday night; but in greas haste, as an imtnense amount of property was destroyed and abandoned. No troops have gone from here to Kichmond, unless within the last two days. H. W. HALLECK, Major Generel Commanding: The Scene of Colonel Elliott's Expleit. Booneville, Mississippi, the scene of the brilliant ex- ploit of Colonel Elliott and his regiment (Second Iowa cevairy), is one of those insignificant railroad towns which boasts a name, but scarcely a habitation, twenty miles south of Corinth, on s branch of Yellow creek. The gazettoors pass the place by in silent contemptas yet, though another dash of Iowa cavalry would give it sufficient notoriety to. warrant the bookmen in hunting out its peculiarities. Taking General Pope’s report te General Halleck as a criterion to judge by, this feat may be set down as the most important, daring and succeesful, one of the war. The country botween Booneville and General Pope's position at Farmington, is about the bill. ost, most heavily timbered and dificult of access to be found in that hilly, heaviiy timbered and almost impas- sible country. The hardened sinners under Beauregard must bave thought that the Pope (of Tlinois) took a very” roundabout way to present his second epistie to the Corinthians. His first was delivered at Farmington. ‘The following is a list of tho gallant officers of tuis ever to be remembered regiment:— W. P. Brenton, R. M. Hampton, B. ¥. Stiles, 8. Noell, 3. hytra) We tra, Pia 4 earn . P. Sand ly . M. Good 8. H. Bishop, 7 ¥. Bandy,” 9, Crocker, W.S. Belton, ¥.8. Dunham, ’.F. Raton, Samuel Foster, 4. D, MeComba, J. MeConnell Where Is Beauregard? The dospatches from the soat of war in the Wost have boen so vague and contradictory for the last fow days that it seems almost impossible to form a just conclusion either as to the extent of our 8 or the character of the rebel exodus from Corinth. Genera! Halleck fire, telegraphs over bis own signature that the flight or Beauregard’s army was of the character of a first class route second not even to that of our own forces at Bull run; that the rebel works were very strong, their forces immense, and our gains in arms, and stores, and prison- ors enormous. Now comes a telegram, purporting to be direct from Halleck’s headquarters, that the rebe} forces there congregated were comparatively insignificant. sixty thowsand—that the retreag ‘was orderly and well conduoted, that the rebels took all anit arena ond stores awar wish bam shat thoir dotenr,