The New York Herald Newspaper, June 15, 1862, Page 4

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This is the largest circulation of any daily jour- ‘gal in the world, and the largest inthe history of the newspaper press. It is equal to the aggre- gate circulation of all the other daily journals in New York. The Herald Up the Hudson. There will be a newspaper express train over the Hudson River Railroad this morning, leaving at half-past four o'clock. It will carry the Henaup of this morning, to be distributed at every town along the line from New York to Troy. THE SITUATION. We have nothing new from Generak McClellan’s army. The state of the country on the Peninsula precludes the possibility of any military move- ments. Nothing of importance has occurred re- cently in the commands of General Banks or General Halleck. An officer who has just arrived at Washington, and who was engaged with General Shields’ brigade at the battle near Port Republic, reports that the total loss of our troops in that fight, which resulted in scattering Jackson's army, was less than a thousand in killed, wounded and missing. The Fifth, Seventh and Twenty-ninth regiments of Ohio, and the Seventh Indiana were in the action, The Killed amounted to 156, the wounded to 300. All the rest were among the missing. The Union feeling in Norfolk is progressing. Trade is reviving there, and the sentiments of the citizens in favor of the flag is becoming manifest im public meetings and processions. Gen. Viele has been offered end has accepted a fine house for his headquarters. Our correspondence from Newbern, to-day, is very interesting, showing the progress of events in North Carolina. The course of Governor Stanly is working well. In military movements in that direction there is little to report. The news from Memphis is cheering. General Pope had reached Okalona, and reports that Beau- regard is still retreating. General Price was with him, and Jeff. Thompson was at Grenada. General Hindman was said to have gone into Arkansas. Many of the citizens of Memphis continue to come North on business. The Post Office and Adams’ express office have been opened and business resumed. The state of affairs in the city were thus much improved. The details of the recent operations of our forces in Charleston harbor, which brought our gunboats ‘within five miles of the city, will be found in our correspondence from the Stono river, and they are deserving of close attention by our readers. The Spanish Cortes had ordered all the docu- ments connected with the Mexioan expedition to be laid before its members. CONGRESS. inthe Senate yesterday, @ message was received from the President; calling attention to the subject of enlarging the Erie and Oswego canals and locks, so as to admit of the passage of gunboats. The House bill providing for the more prompt pay- ment of the volunteers was passed. The bill in- demnifying J. F. Simmons for the wrongful seizare of the schooner Charity, was passed. Petitions in favor of s Bankrupt law, in favor of establishing a branch mint at St. Louis, and in favor of a ship canal from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi, were appropriately referred. The consideration of the Naval appropriation bill was resumed, and after some debate was reported to the Senate, and {aid aside informally. An executive session was then held, and the Senate adjourned. ‘The House of Representatives was not in session yosterday. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. ‘The steamships Bavaria and China, from South- ampton on the 4th and Queenstown on the Sth of June, passed Cape Race yesterday (Saturday) morning, on their way to New York. Both ves- pels ware boasded hy our news agent at that point, ult., bya party of rebels who are there denomi- terday in the Spanish frigate San Juan de Ulloa. A deputation of Spanish citizens and of the South American reptblics escorted him down the bay. We have a full report of his movements yesterday in type, but we are obliged to defer its publication until to-morrow. week, yesterday, after thirty minutes’ delibera- tion, renderod a verdict against the prisoner on years, and five thousand dollars fine, and one year’s imprisonment for each one thousand dol- lars of the fine not paid. the remains of Mr. Peter C. Real, who was shot dead by his wife, at his place of business in Broadway, on Friday last. A full report of the testimony is given in another part of to-day’s paper. The Jury rendered a verdict against the wife of the deceased, and she was committed to the Tombs, to await the action of the Grand Jury. demy of Music, Philadelphia, on Friday night tinguished patriot received in this city some upon the occasion was General Hiram Walbridge. John Osmers, for selling liquor on Sunday. These were selected out of number of indictments, as test cases, the object being to secure an early de- cision of the constitutional questions involved by the Court of Appeals. The indictments were and a telegraphic synopsis of their news, for- warded from St. Johns, Newfoundland, appears in the Henaup this morning. The advices by the China are @ week later than those received by the Africa at Halifax; but, owing to an iaterruption in the working of the telegraph wire east of Ban- gor, we did not receive our full report in season for publication to-day. On the 31 of June the Liverpool cotton market closed firm at an advance of from one-eighth to one-fourth ofa penny from i’riday, the 30th of May. Breadstu!f’ were dull and provisions looking downward, with a dull market. The London mo- ney market account did not reach the HanaLp office last night. Garibaldi had been fully reconciled to the Italian government. He was abvut to leave Italy for Belgrade, Three brigades of French troops remained in Rome. The silk crop of France pro- mised a very good result. The Turks had burned four Montenegrin vil- lages, after defeating the Montenegrin troops on the frontier. The British Admiralty lords were about to afford the services of ships and men to the Atlantic Telegraph Company, in order to revive and extend the former surveys of the route westward. By way of Havana we have news of an attempt- edcapture of Laguayra, Venezuela, on the 16th nated federalists. The insurrection was begun by a part of the garrison, who released and armed all the prisoners in the common jail. They seized several loyal officers, and attempted, with their whole force—some two hundred men—to get pos- session of the barracks, which were bravely de- fended by only twenty soldiers. In this attempt the insurgents lost five’killed and a number wound- ed, and were obliged to retire. A similar rising was to have taken place at Caracas on the same day; but the courage of the leaders failed, and nothing was done. Prompt measures were taken by the government of Gen. Paez, who issued a proclamation to the people, telling them to keep quiet and not be alarmed. The Laguayrian insur- gents left that city, and have probably before now been captured or dispersed. General Prim and suite took their departure yes- The jury in the case of Appleton Oaksmith, whose trial at Boston, upon the charge of fitting ont @ slaver, has been in progress during the past eight out of the ten countsin the indictment. The penalty for the crime is imprisonment for five Coroner Collin held an inquest yesterday upon The reception of Parson Brownlow at the Aca- last, was fully equal to the ovation which that dis. weeks since. Among those who made speeches The Board of Excise held its twenty-third ses- sion yesterday, and, after granting a number of licenses, adjourned to to-morrow at half-past one o’clock P.M. Thus far only one hundred and forty-nine licenses have been granted. A resolu- tion was adopted that the Board hold its sessions daily, and close the commission as soon as possi- ble. If the police intend to enforce this law, they should commence immediately. In the Court of General Sessions yesterday, Ro- bert Shannon, who was convicted of grand larce- ny, was sent to the State Prison for two years. Jalia McDonald and Eliza McCarthy, who pleaded guilty to forgery in the fourth degree, having been indicted for passing a $5 counterfeit bill on the Bank of North America, were sent to the Peniten- tiaryfor six months. Jacob A. Hensen pleaded guilty of bigamy, in marrying Harriet Glim on the 22d of February last, and subsequently, on the 16th of May, uniting in wedlock with Rosann® Leddy, his first wife being alive. He was sent to the State Prison for two years and three months. After these prisoners were sentenced, the Re- corder read an argument demurring against in- dictments found against Nicholas Jantzen and drawn ander the Metropolitan Police act, and one of the strong points made by ex-Re. corder Smith was, that, it being @ police re- gulation, the object of the act was accom- Plished whenever the public exposure and pab- io sale of liquor on Sunday was prevente by closing up these establishments on that day. He contended that the Legislature did not intend to prohibit the sale of liquor on Sunday, and thus legislate for the morals of the people, but simply to prevent the public exposure of intoxicating liquor on the Sabbath. Mr. Smith made an elabo- pate argument, which was replied to by District Attorney Hal, who dwelt with great force upon the fact that the law in relation to the sale of merchandise on Sunday made it a misdemeanor to dispose of anything in public on that day; so that the passage of the act preventing the sale of liquor on Sunday created no new offence. Mr. Hall maintained that, no matter in what part of the premises liquor was kept, if the public knew that access could be had to it, it was @ public exposure within the meaning of the statute. The Recorder took the briefs of the counsel, and reserved his decision. ‘The stock market was again very active and excited yesterday, and Central rose % per cent—the whole mar- ket closing higher than on Friday evening. Money was abundant at 3a 4. Gold rose to 10634. Exchange, 116°. The bullion export of the day was $1,776,000. The cotton market opened without animation yester- day, with limited sales, which embraced about 200 bales in small lots, at 31c. @ 31}¢0. for middling uplands. af. tor the receipt of the foreign news, announcing an ad- vance in Liverpool, holders manifested increased confidence and firmness. The continued upward ten- dency in freighte depressed the flour market, which again closed at a decline of bc. per bbi., while sales moderate. Wheat, for good shipping qualities, was rather firmer, with a fair demand, while the market generally closed quiet and without change of importance in prices. Corn was easier, while the demand was good at the concession, with sales at Wc, @ bic. for now, amd at Giige. & 6590. for old, im store and delivered. Pork was heavy and lower, but more active at the concession, with sales of mess at $10 80 0 $1087, the inside figure for check on the day, and prime at $9 a $0 12/4. Sugars were quiet, while prices were unchanged. The sales were confined to 200 hhds. Cubas and 76 boxes. Coffee was steady. The cargo of the Zingarella was sold, comprising 4,500 bags Rio, at about 2010. wheat, in bulk and bags, was and corn do. at 4. Rates wore also firm to Londen and Giaagow. A Queny ror GreeLey.—Will ‘poor Greeley be kind enough to inform us whether the ac. count current between the Tribune and the United States government, published in the Heraip of Tuesday last, was correct? If it was, what bas he to say about it? If it was not we will cheerfully corregt it for him, will be virtually at an end. then nothing left to do but to settle with a few ineonsiderable fragments of the two great routed and broken up rebel armies; and these demoralized fragments will dissolve and disap- pear, at the approach of our superior forces. from Raleigh to Montgomery and Mobile. We hear of some idle rumors that Beauregard is strengthening the rebel defensive army of Mobile, Savannah and Charleston; but with all his disposable forces thrown into either of those places he would be as powerless against our gunboats as was General Lovell with his defensive army at New Orleans. Napoleon, England NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, JUNE 15, 1862. The Impending Capture of Richmond and Final Rout of the Rebels. All quiet in front of Richmond. Hardly a musket shot from our advanced pickets has been reported for several days. In sullen si- lence the two hostile armies there confront each other. A dead calm prevails; but it is that ominous and awful calm which immediately precedes the outbreak and the swift, terrible and irresistible march of a summer hurricane- Thus the army of General McClellan hangs, like a mass of heavy clouds, still thickening, darkening and extending around Richmond, and the moment approaches when its elements of destruction will break forth upon and sweep from that devoted city the last remaining or. ganized vestiges of that great rebellious con- spiracy stili feebly flaunting itself before the world as an independent Southern confedora- tion. Let our patriotic readers patiently await the appointed hour. It canaot be much longer de- layed. In the meantime, as every day’s prepa- ration serves to strengthen and consolidate the army of the Union, while it inevitably weakens and demoralizes the forces of the rebellion, we are steadily gaining ground. Thus, the great victory which General McClellan could win to- day will be a greater victory if postponed till to-morrow; for we know that another of those a0-called strategical retreats of the rebel armies is utterly out of the question in reference to Richmond. That place is their chosen “Con federate”’ capital; their last remaining army of any moment is there concentrated to defend their capital, and Davis and his ruling asso- ciates are too well informed, by late events, not to know that if they are driven out of Richmond they cannot undertake to set up their tabernacle in any other city, town or hamlet of the South. No fears need be entertained, therefore, that the rebel army of Richmond one of these fine mornings will be reported missing, like that of Beafregard at Corinth. If they aban- don Richmond they abandon Virginia; and, with that obstruction out of the way, North Carolina instantly wheels back into the Union, anda hundred thousand fighting men of those two States will thus be lost to the rebel army with the evacuation of Richmond. According- ly, we may entertain no doubt of a desperate struggleby the rebels to hold their capital; and, in this view, the more complete we make our preparations for a decisive victory the more decisive it will be. We are assured, too, that the government and Gencral McCtellan are acting upon this idea, end that we may expec; when the final assault is made upon this last rebel stronghold we shall not only carry the city, but capture the bulk of the enemy's forces, and perhaps, too, without any very seri- ous destruction of human life. With the fall of Richmond this rebellion We shall have Richmond, in a word, is the last forlorn hope of the rebellion. With the loss of Richmond, whether the army of Johnston is captured or driven off, the armed forces of the rebellion will be broken to pieces, and those two or three hundred millions of spurious paper mo- ney known as Confederate bonds and Treasury notes will cease to be worth ten cents on the dollar, even in Charleston. and the rebel treasury depend upon Richmond. Davis wil! fight, therefore, to hold it; and so let us await in patience the great impending struggle, under the assurance that the more complete are our preparations the more com- prehensive and conclusive will be our crown. ing success. The rebel army Mexilco—Myate- rious Preparations iu France. The defeat of the French arms in Mexico ap- parently places Napoleon in « very difficult and dangerous dilemma. He must soon re- trieve the position he has lost or be exposed to the perils of revolution. He must send an overwhelming expedition to Mexico, at an enormous expense, with the risk of ultimate failure and of war with the United States, or he must quickly do something equivalent, to satis- fy the wounded amour propre of the French people and soothe the morbid sentiment of the army. He must do something that will baffle the intrigues of the Bourbons and the church against his dynasty. Whether the invasion of Mexico has been @ bona fide policy, or whether it was only a trap to spring a war upon Eng. land or Spain, makes no essential difference. In either case he must continue the struggle and fight it out on Mexican soil, or transfer the war to Europe. That the latter is his design secme highly probable, not only from the vastly superior advantages to be gained by success, but from extraordinary facts which have just been brought to our knowledge, and are now, for the first time, brought to the light of day. It appears from the statement of Mr. Fleurat, who has just returned from Bordeaux, where he has been lately United States Consul, that five transports for cavalry, capable of eon- taining ten thousand men, with their horses, have been in progress of construction at that port for aycar past; that the fourth of these been already launched, and that the whole would beready by the middle of summer. Nor is this all. {mn each of four other ports the same number are on the stocke—twenty-five in all—caleulated to transport fifty thousand ca- valry, with their horses and rations for thirty- six hours or two days. This expedition cannot be intended for Mexico. It cannot be intended for the United States or any point so distant, It is destined to cross the British Channel. The number of cavalry is truly fommidable, and, witha due proportion of infantry always on hand, would constitute an expedition which would effect the conquest of England in a few days. This expedition would of course be protected and landed under the guns of an iron-clad navy—the grand point which makes the scheme practicable. He has fifteen iron-clad vessels of the largest class and some fifty gunboats of light draught. England has only five or six, and these, by the confession of the British journals, are failures, He has, therefore, the means of success; and that he bas the will for the enterorise, who cap doubt! Englaud is at his morcy now. Will he wait till she has him in her power? All the antecedents of Napoleon contradict the supposition. It was only the naval power of England that prevented its con- quest by the elder Napoleon ; on land he was always her master. By her naval pre-eminence she held him at bay, and finally conquered him: Her naval power has now received its death blow by steam and the invention of iron-clad vessels-of-war. The supremacy of Britannia at sea is at an end. No longer can she rule the waves. Tho war in the United States has taught Napoleon thé secret of his success, and has reduced to practice what was before a theory. By means of his iron-clad vessels he can land at two opposite points in England— London on the east and Liverpool on the west. England is one plain—a country without any natural defences and easy to be overrun by cavalry. Heretofore its defence lay in its wooden walls, now useless hulks, antiquated by the progress of science. lts conquest by Napoleon would be an easier task than the conquest of Mexico. His programme to attain the same end as his uncle is the reversal of the order. The first Napoleon began his conquests on the land,and was eminently successful. But British superi- ority at sea defeated him at last. The Napo- leon of the present day has taken the precau- tion of first securing the supremacy of France at sea. He holds in the hollow of his hand the control of the Baltic and the Mediterranean, and that gives him the mastery of Europe. He will begin with England first. He will probably make the cause of war her perfidy in the Mexi- can expedition. Spain will be toe glad to be let alone instead of attempting to interfere. Even the favor of being swallowed up last, like the privilege of Ulysses in the cave of Poly. phemus, would purchase her inaction. By invad- ing England with success all Europe would become subservient to Napeieon s designs. By Napoleon’s striking at the heart the British empire would fall to pieces. The ex- tremities would be paralyzed, and either set up for themselves or seek the protection of more powerful nelghbors. In that event Ca- nada, the West Indies and the greater part of the British colonies would be absorbed by the United States—a nation of the same race and speaking the same language. Thus would the empire of the young giant of the West- ern World be built up out of the effete British empire, whose day is gone by, because, like Tyre, Carthage, Venice and other great commercial Powers, ite strength is artificial, and it must succumb to the force of circum- stances which it cannot control. Mexico Six Easy Lessons. It is an ill wind which blows nobody any good. The winds from Mexico blow foul for the Emperor Napoleon, but fair for the advo- cates of republican institutions. The reports from our own correspondents and from official sources in regard to the repulse of the French army at Pucbla have created the greatest excitement in diplomatic and military circles here. They will doubt- less create a still more intense feeling among the quidnuncs of Europe. Napoleon’s Mexican intrigues have been watched with the closest and most jealous interest by the people of this country, an@- the intelligence that his first move towards the Mexican capital has been checked by a signal reverse is received here with emotions of gratification. How it will be received in Europe is quite another affair. As soon as the Southern rebellion against our government assumed a definite shape and ap- pealed to arms, the diplomats of Europe, and especially of England and France, began to display their gross ignorance of the affairs o/ this continent. So long as this ignorance was passive it amounted merely to « prejudice; but as soon as it became active it took the form of hostility to the United States. Contrary to all precedent and to all justice, the pseudo South- ern confederacy was recognized as a bellige- rent power. In the Trent difficulty England meanly attempted to preface diplomacy by force, and sené usa proclamation prohibiting the export of munitions of war by the same steamer which Brought her formal demand for the release of Mason and Slidell. It isneedless, however, to recapitulate the various counts of the long indictment against Europe which the United States will one day press to trial. We have to speak now only of that convention against Mexico which was arranged by France, England and Spein, and which was, in concep- tion and execution, a deliberate and intentional insult to our own country. The Uniied States bas always been the champion of republican- ism. An outrage upon any republic on earth forces a quarrel upon us. The design of estab- lishing ® European monarchy upon our very borders was inimical, not friendly. The invi_ tation to us to assist in imposing an obnoxious and foreign government upon the Mexican people was @ courteous and studied affront. The choice of » period when our hands were tled by internal revolutions for the accom- plishment of such projects upon this continent may be thought shrewd; but it cannot certainly be pronounced amicable. In short, then, the scheme of intervention in Mexico was a scheme for the humiliation of the United States. England and Spain, in effect, confess this by suddenly withdrawing from the tripartite alli- ance when this country, by a series of brilliant victories over the rebels, began to demonstrate ite integrity and its power. The diplomats of England and Spain had neither knowledge nor prescience sufficient to enable them to discov- er the winning side at the first; but they were at least aagacious enough to learn the lesson taught by the splendid feats of our army and navy as our civil war progressed. Therefore, Palmerston and Russell, fearful of Canada, withdrew the English army from the Mexican alliance, and England has assumed a friendly tone towards us. Therefore, Marshal O’Don- nell, fearful of Cuba, already threatened by our Monitors, withdrew the Spanish forces from Mexico, and now Spain endorses the cordial wish of General Prim for the “success of the United States and « prosperous issue to the efforts of her arms.” European diplomacy has always been more a matter of coward- ly fears and selfish policy than of honest amity and simple, straightforward statesman- ship. Mentally or morally, one of our unso- phisticated, well meaning statesmen is worth a thousand sneaking, intriguing, Jesuitical Eu- ropean diplomatists. We have always erred hitherto in believing European politicians as honest as ourselves, and at last we begin to un- derstand our error, and shall be careful not to repeat it, We see clearly that the way to im- press European governments favorably is not to ask sympathy, but to compel respect. This plan has succeeded in breaking up the tripar- rn AL LL A, strances could have done. Two out of the three Powers concerned have ingloriously withdrawn from the alfair, as a frightened tres passer takes to bis heels at the approach of the gamekeeper with his cudgel. Only France remains, and only Napoleon can tell why she remains. It is impossible to believe Napoleon less sagacious than Palmerston and O'Donnell. Are we to believe, then, that he is less fearful of provoking a war with this country? Let Napoleon weigh well this news from Puebla. He has underestimated both the Mexi- cans and the Americans. We conquered Mexi- co with thirty thousand men, only thirteen thousand of whom were ever engaged in battle. Napoleon thought that he could conquer Mexi- co with half this number; and how has he suc- coeded? We took the city of Mexico with eleven thousand Americans. Napoleon will never be able to capture it unless he shall send over fifty thousand more Frenchmen. We ad- vanced from Vera Cruz by the National Bridge to Puebla. The French generals took a dif- ferent road, by way of Orizaba, We lost very few men by the yellow fever or vomito. The French have lost hundreds. We never were repulsed and never were defeated. ‘The French have been beaten in their very first en- gagement. Such a record is disgraceful to Napo- leon and his generals. Instead of half our force, it seems that they should have sent dou. ble the number. Let the leaders of the French army come over and learn how to take Mexico, in six easy lessons, from our veteran General Scott, who is now reposing upon his laurels at West Point. It is a reflection upon civilization that the flower of the French army, the heroes of Solferino and Magenta, of the Crimea and of Algiers, should be whipped by a handful of Mexican greasers, with no assistance but that which comes from a good cause. It will be hard for Napoleon to withdraw whipped. He must send over reinforcements, take lessons from Scott, and push on to the Mexican capital- By the time his army reaches there we shall have subdued our rebellion, and may be ready to take a hand in at the little game of Mexican monte, with clubs for trumps. Acapeny ov Musio—Tue Marinne. uatinee at the Acadomy was very largely attended yesterday, the honso being filled almos¢ to its entire capacity. Mme. Borchard sang splendidly, seoming more at home in Lucrezia than on the first occasion, D’Angri was, as usual, admi- rable. Brignoli having been indisposed, the Gennaro was taken, very kindly, at a brief notice, by Signor Sbriglia, who sang the part very well, and was bighly applauded. In the last scene he was particularly excel- lent. To-morrow night, Tucsday and Wednesday will be the three last of the seagon, the operas being: on Mon- diy, “Trovatore;"’ on Tuesday, “Linda di Chamounix”’ and scenes from “'L'Elisere @’Amore.” On Wednesday Mr, Ullman takes his benefit with a grand programme, to cloge the fifty cent opera season. The Saturday Afternoon Amusements. HOW THR PEOPLE ENJOY THYMSELVES DURING WAR TIME—THE CENTRAL PARK—JONES’ WOOD—NIXON’S CREMORNE GARDENS, BIC. ‘The weather being so charming yesterday drew forth from all parts of the city a large number of persons of all clases of society, Although the horrors of war are daily recorded, still, to judge by the dresses of those who promenaded the open air places of amusement, they, at least, did not appear to suffer from the effcis thereof. CENTRAL PARK, At the Central Park a very large concourse of persons were gathered together, to listen tothe concert. Dod- worth's Band was located on an elevated platform ou the green, to the west of the promenade, and discoursed some excellent music, The grass was thrown open for the use of the visiters, which accommodation was doubtless very welcome to them, when the roughness o! the gravel was taken into consideration. The ‘drive’ aud the circles in the neighborhood of the musio were thronged with carriages, whieh, by the new police regu- lations, have to stand quite still during the performance of each piece. A little Croton sprinkled about would have coutributed materially to the pleasure of the ocot- pants of the vehicles. The equestrians were out in goodly numbers, especially the ladics, and many a pretty face and sparkling eye were seen under the becoming riding huts. To add to the beauty of the scene, a cornet band was stationed in one of the boats, and rowed about the lake, accompanied by a large number of pleasure boats. These boats, which are neat, comfortable and clean, are provided Cor the use of visiters at a reasonable rate, and the row- ers are each neatly attired in a sailor's uniform, witha monographic C. P. on the collar instead of a star. A row around the lake is pleasant in itself, but when accompa- nied by music is really enchauting. Refreshments bave not yet beew provided, but have been promised. Two lofty flagstafis are in the course of erection near the ter- race water steps. In the ramble flowers are in full bloom, and over the rocks honeysuckle and other creep- jug plants delight the eye. Uniniormed persons often attempt to pluck these flowers; but a watchful police officer soon conflecates their ill gotten prize. The Con- tral Park is fast becoming one of the finest pleasure gar- dene of the world. To enable visiters to reach the Park on gala days with comfort, the Third avenue raiiroad have placed on the line au extra number of cars, and small cars ron from Fifth street to the Park, so that uptown persons now have the opportunity of obtaining seats which could not always be had in the City Hall carsat that pont. The Sixth avenue railread alse run extra cars on those days. JONES’ WOOD. There was no concert in the wood yesterday, in conse- quence of the former concert not having paid forty per cent of the expenses. ‘Ihe grounds were, however, thrown open, and a large number of persons and chil- dren enjoyed the other pleasures of the place. Ploasure boats were on the river, and in many other ways the visiters amused themselves. Ibe wood will be opened to-day in ail its glory, aud steamboats will ron atinter- vais Detween Peck slip and the Jones’ Wood pier. CREMORNE GARDENS. This charming place was opened yesterday shortly after noon to enable the vigitors to have an opportunity to stroll about the grounds before the commencement of the amusements. The place being kept very seleot was visited by a first class assemblage, and alihough the number present was not so large as it might have boon, still, for the first Saturday, the audience was fair. The floral department was very fine. The promenade con- cert was conducted by Thos. Baker, late of Laura Keene's, and the vocal concert embraced Carlotta Patti, dame Strakosch, Signori Ardavani, Sbriglia and Du- . The ballet entertainment was also performed by Spanish, French and Italian se rincipal dancers being the beautiful Cubas and Signor imenes. The equestrian school formed a pieasant por- tion of the entertainment, and the dwarfs, Commodore Foote aud Colonel Small, held a weil attendod levee, The Waele ete it were in the open air, although under cover, es this place, as a Saturday afternoon resort, as pleasant as any in the city. The Sixth avenue cars take visitors to the entrance to the Grounds. T Prarananioss roR THE Races at Pmtapeiema,—The race meeting to come off over the Suffolk Park Course, will commence of the 224 instant, and eontinue four days. Already several stables have arrived from Ken- tucky, consisting of Captain Moore's string, including Idlewild, Mollie Jackson, Laura Farris and a three year old, and Mr. Zeb. Ward’s stable, consisting of Swigert, Sailor, Reporter, Blondin and a Lexington filly. Mr. Clay’s and Dr. Weldon’s stables are expected to arrive there to-day, Messrs. Hunter & Watson’s, and Morris’s and Bush’s ate expected on Monday. These will comprise in al! seven stables ofas fine race horses as the country can produce. The prospects for a brilliant campaign at the North are very encouraging from present appearances. ‘When the races are over at Philadelphia, ail the horses will be Drought on here, and will run for the various purses offered over the Union course. We will have tive days racing, commencing July 2. prmmtcien ht: Net Nenenn) City Intelligence, Tae Bove or Cartan Rosemtt, killed at the battle of Fair Oaks, arrived here yesterday morning, in charge of his father. The funeral ceremonies will take place this (Sunday) afternoon, at two o'clock, from Christ church, corner Fifth avenue and Thirty-ffth street, from whence the remains will be taken to the family vault, at Green. ‘wood, for interment. Tue Dratn or Corrornat Rovert R. Mason, Tumey- mxra Reoiment N. Y. 8. V.—At the resent battle boforo Richmond, among tho names of those brave soldiers who have fallen in defence of the Union will be chronicled that of Corporal Robert B. Mason, of Company M, Thirty- sixth New York Volupteors, who fell by the tolors of his regiment. Li was shot through the Junge on tho firat tite alliance against Mexica as no remon_| day's batts, and died the next mosuing, i NEWS FROM PORT ROYAIn eee oad ARRIVAL OF THE SIP COLOMBO. | Confirmation of the Capture of th( Batteries Along Stono Inl*t. Particulars of the Operations of ‘Ou! Fleet in Those Waters. THE SKIRMISH AT POCATALIGO THE KILLED AND WOUNDED, ke, &e., he. The ship Colombo, Capt. Stewart, arrived to-day from Port Royal, bringing advices to the 7th inst. She hat a carge of cotton and brings sixty five passengers. Hu Bo news of importance except that intelligence has bees received at that place that the Uoion gunboate bad taken possession bf Stono ereek and captured all thé batteries on it,and the Union troops were within fous miles of Charleston. Capt. Stewart reports. thaton the 8th jnst., off Charleston, heard very heavy firing im the direction of that city. ‘The following are the passengers by the Cclombe:— Colonel W. H. Reynolds, United States resident agent; Gideon Reynolds and H. B, Bruston, of Pr» vidance, R. I.; W. Ff. Heger, of New York; F. D. Ourri Assistant Surgeon United States Navy; A. 1. Strick!an: Quartermaster Kighth Maine Volunteers; Wm. H. Doak Sutle:’s Clerk, New Jersey; J. H. Smith and John Sin ith, N. York; Jeremiah Knight, Cupt. Francis Mubibain, Wo Redding, Solomon Fratzer, Patrick Keenan, Asa ih French, Joseph Burke, John’ Shaifol, Charles Drade, Wm- H. Thomson, Lieutenant Otto Vernan, Fssac Fuller, (: py tain Robert McNie, Lawre Butler, Gowan Harm! tuuy G. 8. Cameron, Jobn R. Hunter, C, HM, Taylor, Joseph Laudey, t Mack, D. F ay, C Robbins, J. W. Cole, J. W. Lawrence, 0. Cooper, L. Nolton, H. Rolie, John H, McCrue 0. Jameson,’ Charles D. E. Cole, ‘W. F. Fitz. 6:a'4, W. Smith, Aaron W, Gilbert, Rachel Jenkins, Jno, Wentz, Louis Long, Wm. B. dichoel, Joel A. Gisls-n, Gootrich Farrand, Wm. McGugon, Thos. B, Banck:r, Joe L. Randall, Jacob Colony, Peter Reuscter, Jacob v. Stone, Geo. W. Hilton, Sfadock Jenkins, Jaines Blanchard Henry Edlivg, Jos. 'C. Laraber, Join Beitor, Henr; ba ta eae B. Haines, J. D. Nichols, Heram Heenan, . F, Sul, 4 Our Beaufort Correspondence. Bravrorr, 8. C. June 1, 1862. The Skirmish at Poco'aligy—Phe Rete: Dis'o igel—Parth culars of the Fight—The Route to Pico'aligo—Th: Rebel Reinfcrced—The Killed and Wounded—Death of Vaplain Parker, de. t On Thursday morning last a skirmish Oocurrod at Poe cotaligo, a point near the Charleston and Savannuh Rallé road, between Salcahatchie and Coosahatchie, in whic our forces, under command of Colonel B.C. Christ, of the Fiftieth Pennsylvania Voluntcers, routed about 800 Of the rebels. The engagement was conducted entirely with infantry on our side, and was prolonged for aboug two hours before tho enomy were finally dislodged. The details of the affair, which was, in military parlance, « reconnoissance, are as follows:— On the evening of the 28thult. the Fiftieth Penusyl vania regiment, together with one company of the Eight Michigan Volunteers, Captain Doyle, and one company, of the Seventh-ninth Highlanders, left Beaufort, arriv: at Port Royal Ferry, and crossing over to the main ‘ad at daylight. Thence the line of march for Poootal g% via Garden’s Corners, was instantly taken up, Colonel Christ driving in the enemy’s pickets three times before the latter point was reached, At Garden’s Corners Com- pany E, under the command of Lieutenant Lantz, wag left, and Major Higginson, of the First Massachusets ome valry, came up with a force of eighty men and horses. After a brief halt at this point we again started fer Pocotaligo, via the Sheldon road, and, with the exception of occasionally driving in the enemy's pickets, which des layed our march to aconsiierable degree, wo reached our destination without interruption. Here we were met by the enemy, about eight hundred strong, ine force cousisting, a8 near as we could judge, of six ovme panies of mounted riflemen and four comp.nies of infans try. Among the latter was a considerable number of eclored meu, who fought a»parently with ail the seal their masters. The enemy’s position was exceeding, well chosen,-and was a moot formidable one; but he wi disldged ani compeiled to rotreat. Pocotaligo, from our point of attack, is reached by @ causeway about one-fourth of a mile in length, flanked oneither side by @ marsh, through which a sluggish stream winds its way. Over this stream, and nut more than eighty or a hundred yards from the end of the causes way, was » bridge, sme fifteen feet in width, which the rebels had 80 far destroyed as to make it impassabiey save by crossing on the string pieces. the o e fide of the marsh is @ nirrow atrip of woods, rou which we skirmished, some smart firing ensuing on bots sides, with, however , but littie effect. At this juncture it became evident that the enemy wag posted under cover of the trees and ditches, within good rife range, cn elther side of the causeway, aod that im order to dislodge them we must haves our arms, Capt. Charles Par- accordingly voluntesied to ve narrow string pieces, and let them drop into a diteh on our right, when they wou & Do able to operate under partial cover and utshorter range. The movement was successful, and about thr hundred of the troops were got over. Under comma of Lieut, ColBurnholts, they graduaily approached the opposite side of the marsh, drove back ap myn 4 on onr right, when @ charge was mide om our left, the enemy commenced a rapid retreat to the woods ' As soon as it could bo done, the bridge was repl: and the cavairy were ordered in pursuit; but the, took refnge in a wood, where cavalry could not red with advantage, and recoarse was again had tothe ia- fantry. The tong march of twenty-four miles, however, toget with the fight, had so jaded and fatigued them that they were unabie te pursue the traitors as fast ag they retreated. At this moment Lieut. Cannon, in charge of a section of the First Connecticut battery, reported himself, ‘The action had Jasted nearly two hours; and by the time Colonel Christ could recall the companies in pursuit and ain ready to move, more than three hours had |. Negroes escaping to our lines brought us in- formation that the enemy were being reinforced from MePhersonville and Grabamville, and in view of tha fact, as well as tho scarcity of ammunition, it was deemed prudent to retire, and we accordingly returned to Port Royal Ferry, whore we arrived at eleven P. M. Small detachments of cavalry followed us as faras Gare den’s Corners, whore thoy were repulsed and dri back by the pickets of Company EK, who unhorsed one perio the engagement was two killed ang ur nine wounded, rebel lors it is impossible for me exactly to state, but it must have ‘severe, as seven dead ‘bodies of their men were found upon the field. iso captured twe prisoners, one of whom has been to headquarters, and the other, who was wounded, wag taken to the hospital. ‘The following are the causalties on our side, al! of the killea and belonging to the Fiftieth Pennsylvas nia regiment:— ILLED. Captain Charles Parker, Co. H. Private M, Stevens, Co. K. WOUNDED. R, McClellan, Co. A, shot through the lung: U. Wenrich, Co, A, shot in the right a ae We went D. Shearer, Co, A, three buckshot in wet and Oorporal v. G. Fiafmeisher, Co. B, shot in right dan J. isle, Co. By accidentally wounded by a bayonet, Cc. M. Sneriing, Co. D, shot in the loin; dangoreus. E. 8, Wood, G, shot io the arm. J. Denishe: G, shot in the thigh A. Onrisler, Co, I, shot = shoulder, ‘The name of the woun Prigoner in our hands is @, Hughes, of the Rutietge Mounted Rifles, shot through thearm and wounded in the back. ‘The lous of — Parker is universally lamented throughout the brigade. He was in the three moniha’ service, but re-enlisted, ther with his entire coms pany, at the expiration of his term of service. Modest and unassuming in bis depurtment, ho was yet a brave ‘and accomplished officer. His “7 crossing the frail bridge at Pocotaligo cost him life. He wae pierced by three rifle bal fell while cheering his men on the perilous passage. Our Loy. returned in excellent condition, having alB recrossed the ferry before four o'clock on the morn! of the 80th—thus performing a march of thniyaee miles, fighting twe hours, and making two dificult river tw crossings, in ity seven irs. Their couaeak considering the y wi undertaken at the close of Our Naval Correspondence. Om Boanp THs Uniran States TRaveront Dxtawane, Stono Riven, 8. 0., June 2, 1662, Our Forces Within Five Miles of Charleston—The Baltes rier—Seccarionville—The Rebels Sh Ved Out of N—Tha Obstructions of the River Removed—Contrabande— What they Say, de. Our forces occupy the Stono river to « point distant from Charleston about five miles, Thave just returned from the village of which was abandoned by the rebels a woek ago. The ‘enemy was, apparently in considerable foree there but @ short time since, as fresh horseshoe tracks and other evidences of a hasty retreat were plainly discernible. All the fortifications between this point and the In! are abandoned. At Oid Battery, which the rebels left our approach, we found only ‘a few shotguns and a ammanition. A cory otto Charleston Ov LUA, , Was also pic up. inthate have to Secessior, eh stall faralet, some three miles from lle, have sh6iled the enemy out of the piace. ? ‘Acrada the Stono at Legareville the rabels had con: stru6ted a stockade of plies, intended t mene | 3 proeab. About thirty of thom werg, dulled up.