The New York Herald Newspaper, April 22, 1863, Page 10

tC) Po sd eaves of the ict smatcoln ch Uhes sien”? and im fall retreat. ven tbe IMPORTANT FROM NORTS CAROLINA. trait hing "hobs ou sak om adres" eu the "net vate” bad. Yoon Tenoved, ‘The wind changed during the wight, the Commodore , fee communication was bad with our forces at the above ‘Hull was towed up by the | age; ovtion bag wow beew pub —piaoe, Ho us there seems to be eo nsiderably mystery to } aboard of ber to protect her machinery. the now frovk «f the enemy, and it cally forth many se | Hen ent 1 Poy gin! rtant of «hich is that thie sive | engage the batery from Rul’s | olot, whict is stfli not ulations tha most importa Nn ie Augusta Dinsmore, Fa (es boais eruuek come uy. Leep Loves fro: ab Washingt m has been @ mere femnt, while tho rea! inet them od Generai rince bave been received, ir V. Gil. fARinelbasies Se I LE, | bert running the blockade and batteries with them ang W840 Procure supplies from the counties adjoinieg, THE SIEGE oF WASHINGTON | ammu ition for the gunb ats, He reports the enemy's 19 Hyde particularly, largo quanties of guppiies havo Arsival of the Adqms Fxpress Steamship batieries as large and their force heavy, their pich®.s been reported, having but on one or two ccoasions been lining the rly er for miles, | visited by either army. ~ This is the construetton placed ABEINGTON, April 3, 1863. ‘ t hacan w. he receut movements of the rebel forces Ly id The enemy ptmnted a battery directiy oppose the | "PR Inside View of the, Operations Under | Commowre faum and And opened upon ihe Hull, | secession sympathizers in ibis place. Uthers are inclined , es Op patting five more shots W'Kb her ard exploding two | to think they have been defeated ab some poiat, or that | Generals Foster. Fee ae ee yar eae eee ce ieicg | Some movement of ‘Hooker's army” kas caused this ~ sheir pieces. ‘The gunboute from below open aguin upon sudden changeof programme, This, however, is all specu- Sue eg Hul’s Poin, dus with what eeet wedo ‘ot know. No | Jation, and tho real truth yet remains to be developed. Fy s indoats OF trauspuris b yet arrived, i The Union Forecs Invested for eeThe Hell hag Wot been ‘siruck in aval part, ‘Too | Thus ends this siego of Washington. which existed eighteen days; and, for whatever purpose the rebeis came, it has shown a courage and indomitable wH! in our | soldiers which finds no superior as yet, A mere handful, much praite caunot be awarded t» Lieutenant Sult. nstall for bia woble conduct, He says as long x8 be bas space enough left to mouut a guu he tutends to fie trom the Hull. Everything is quict again; it 3 midnight. MORN REBEL W5KKS—GENBRAL POSTER'S DETEIOUNATION. ‘The enemy seem to bo attempting to tuiew up some Nearly ‘Three Weeks. ne hn RAISING; OF THE SIEGE. Bt Retreat, of? the Rebels from the Vicinity of the Town. Abandonment of Their Batteries on the Tar River, &., a &ee., ‘The Adams Express steamer Augusta Dinsmore, Captain Crowet!, (rom Port Royal and Beaufort, arrived at this pert resterday morning. ‘The latest news from Newbern was to the 18th inst. ‘The rebels had retreated from the vicinity of Washing- fon, N.C., and had abandoned all the batteries on Tar river. ‘Thesteamer Escort left Newbern for Washington, N.C., ‘sm be 17th, by the Tar river, and had not been molested ou her passage up. General Foster was still at Newbern on the 18th. ‘The Augusta Dinsmore left at Beaufort the United States transport steamers Key West and Expounder, ship Gover- ‘Ror Morton and others. She brings nothing later from Hilton Head, @uar Washington Correspondence. Wasninoto, N. C., March 81, 1868. Information was received at an early hour yesterday morning that the enemy, under command of Geveral Hill, was advancing in heavy force upon the town to attack it. REOONHUISSANCE. Genera! Foster and staff arriving during the forencon, a ‘Yeoonnoltering party was sent over the bridge that spans ‘Yar river on the Newbern road, consisting of two compa- aies-of the Forty-fourth Massachuseits Volunteers, one piece of the Third New York artillery, and one squad of eavairy, under command of Captain Richardson, of the Fourty fourth Massachusetts Volunteors. After proceed- Img nearly two miles an earthwork was discovered on ‘compared with the large force at the enemy’s disposal, b fo Rea. Hill . orate holde at bay a force its superior in numbors 8 ix to one, eeeee Ose De > ame salie, from the far the least caicolation, No doubt the presence of ‘The fort has dpened upon them. All the subsistence has | * 4 rn Jpoom ross you td tha ture, Camere Paster lamer hoiding | General Foster was a tower of strength to the men, act 1h, To toe hia. words, be pestle ligeony yeh nuil'the | he, in return, compliments the forces thero for tho cool- Wal rings” Gand. bagh ore) § put on the puray@'s. | seas evinced by them during the slege, especially the line of ments 8: engtbened. » ia ereocarniaaes ‘Wasamctom, Apel 4, 1863. Twenty-seventh Massachusetts, which was at tho time of The Gant een aon OF Cartan Captain MeDermott, the original ‘Burnside expedition” a part of his brigade, whe ax acoaoat Ayn Veased the enemy's bat. | audhasshared in all the struggles in this departmout. teries from below, without bol g fired upon, he brought | Only twenty companies of troops were there during this wp mene: Bec? » enemy joeriiiad ee siege, and during the whole time lay upon their arms at ir ries without firing remai a mystery. Wo thivk, however, it was.a ruse ov their part. inviting | $e fortifications, waitmg the enemy's attack, ag though ‘as to bring our transports up; but it wouldu’t catch. The | buta commonplace affair. But to single out where every uoboais.and Caviain Wallis battery opened upon them, | man did his duty is rather injustice. it Feceived pu respouse No one Could be eaem ‘at the battery at Roaman’s Poiut. ‘The casualties during this siege amount to only two — the oe ~ ep aig a come el killed and twenty wounded, amongst the Lag of ee t ‘wenly seven: jassncbut teers. are Captain Richardson, of the Forty-fourth Massachu- fi shell out the point and land the_ . foe” companies, “Ou man ‘of the Cores was ‘mor.”| Setts, and Captain Lyon, of the First North Carolina tally wounded, and three men of the Twenty seventh | Union Volunteers, The names of the others I have not signe nee, - soon oe the ond _ int© | een able to learn. batter openc: Several sholis directly over the boat, wounding five of our | Large numbers of the rebels are continually deserting, pre = of them Ewes sere. ee pay and some nine prisoners have been brought in by our opened on the battery. The troops 2 scouts within the past twenty-four hours, who report con- boat ound, owing to one of her rudder cha! 4 feing shot nwags, About eight o'clock in the evening she | siderable disaffection among the ‘‘rank and file” of the eae ede te eaectasel seacaeeey, enemy. Our forces are now trying to ascertain their nearly all been w: gun 5 opened at about two P.M, with two small series upon whereabouts since their retreat from Washington. oue of our uses te w Fe. shots from the fort caused them to cease firing. No Return of Gen. Foster to Washington. casualties on our side. w Aprine, 1868. Fortress foe aga 20, 1863. ‘ABHINGTON ; uy at This afternoon the steamer Expouni arrived from Yesterday passed without anything of intorest oocur- ring, the eoetny seemingly ‘buny int preparing forthe | Newbern,10th nat. and reporte that she eft Hilton coming conflict. The w: continues clear pleasant. | Heed on the 16th, in company with @ brigade irom the ‘ERS RENEE: AGATE CONN YiRE latter place for Newbern; and that General Foster left opened at clock this morning from @ atRodman’s Polut. The ps: ball mile | Newbern yesterday with that brigade tor Washington, Commodore Hull, sile one si . ‘The Captain of the Expounder aleo,reports that when mile above the woods battery, and within one .balf mile of the boats. A few well directed shots from the Hull | Sbe left Hilton Head on the 10th our Monitors were all and Eagle silenced it, or rather kept him from manning | off that place, and the Ironsides and the blockading fleet his gun, which is a thirty.two-pounaer. at their former anchorage. The penssupiaeee tien an teeeioae: enemy 0} est form on the south side ol the river’ upon the boats aud Fort | THE PETERHOFF CASE IN COURT. Humiiton, an earthwork thrown up, mounting four guns, ed in hovor of Lieutenant Hamilton, of the Third New Yk artillery, who is in command of it, and Deing the The United States Government Propose terminus of our line of defences on ee \3 to Give Up the Mails to H. B. M.’ of the river, After one hour’s trregular the enemy damage works, and po Consul, ut the Capters will not Con- the read. The artillery opened upon It; but, receiving no | Seared. No bit can dtadlsct sent=—The Proceedings Postponed. Fesponee, and seeing no one, the advance guard moved Fay ti mpertrscayrendegypr yt cee me ‘UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT. for: When within five rods the enemy rose from ‘He open morning from batteries on Before Hon. Judge Betts. Debind is ntrtochioots and poured two heavy volleys | Ui*| andthe brawenorks, mount one CUR meh O28 | ran a1. mh Uni late we the Bri Seamer Pee iato cur forces, wounding Captain Richardson twice in | jine of intrenchments and the fort. After one hour's ir- ‘Vhe arm, and Captain Hunv’s orderly sergeant, two cor- | regular firing he ceases. No injuries or casualties on our Porais and one private. The sergeant and two corpo- | *ide. ~ Fale fell into the hands of the enemy. Finding it impos- ible to dislodge him from his position, and the object of hoff, her Cargo, de. The United States District attorney, ‘i A * is, heretofore ex) onl; Fe the reconnoiseunce being accomplished, Capista Richard. | $000 simeseiven, now afe open aid. avowed, | They | feuation to the public mail found ou board this atearuer, on retarned with his command. Bk nds await the retarn of the ion. 1 now renew it. The ‘THE INVESTMENT. He pon testimony in preparatorio shows that = wa During this time the enemy made his appearance on all | over, watched w! withdraw bis | lar ship's enwacon iain! in Pana ‘the roads on this side of the river, driving in our pickets. forces many of them wi - im in is brought this port as ‘Thinking the att:ck was to be made simultancous and at & maritime prize of war, captured upon the seas ‘all points, the the ‘ = ‘by a public armed sbip of the United States. The search Points, the troops were properly disposed along tories, »}60 from one new one on the ‘red hill” and one oF | and seigure are upon the ground that the vessel is coutre- iatre.chinents and our line of defences, while the gun- | two guus on a farm bebind a hedge one half a mile from | band, hich may be deemed contraband of war Doais Louisiana, Commodore Hull and Kaglo were imme- | our }, but did no par- sre teendintbe ahie. A small part—a minute portion— Gately Drought into position for action. CONTEST AT RODMAN’S QUARTER. Captain Charles A. Lyon, First North Carolina Volan- | the bill upon the Jeot of the venture was to carry, dil or indirectly, teers. and his command, with one plece of artillery, were Sabie the fect aut banned epasea toe pe came aes this subject is nee we beecbenicd x ordered to go down the river two miles, on the south | boats, with ammunition, aph Coumtines have libelied the ship and cargo, and sido, o point Kaown as Rodman’s Qoarier, skirting | Deze fn sale FG at rg eyed gs the ri 80 ag to prevent the enemy from planting a | ni), and also irom Rodman’ one | appear calied for by the case as it shall be developed. bau duri ng the it. He found the cnemy in larger 7 and | 4 public mail was upon the ship. It consists of a force tl Die, eS. own upon Lit. and he engaged bit. | the troops in excellent epirite. Every confidence is felt | number of se:led ‘packages up in the form pre- Be was repul five times, but; galiantly rallying hie | that we can hold out. scribed by the laws of Great Britain relating to mailable men, would advance upon them. ing it impossible WaAsurratow, 12, 1863. matter. ‘hue packages are stamped withathe arme of the a ee, ee himeelf wounded and one At eight A. M. five gunboats batteries at | country whence they come. Sane (ea emirested So Meas, of bis men kil and oi wounded, be withdrew | fiji’s Puint, and after one hour’s jing sell back. moras. They are authenticated in the most formal and early in the morving on a fiat Owing to a ANOTHER REVBL BAITERY UNMASKED. carefal manner. An external view of these packages re- heavy westerly wind prevailing, blowing fide | the enemy from an: ther new bastery this morn- | veaisno ground to suspect that they are, or and rater out of the river, the gunboats | ing on the right of the Jamestown road, ona direct line | Simulated’ or otherwise than genuine. }, the evi- were all aground, and his boat floaied down river | trom the fort All of his batteries were brought into dence in the cause is ample all letters and papers come fiteen miles, from which place he aud his wounded play, be now having six breastworks, ee in all relating to this voyage have been produced, opened and were taken to Newberu on the transport sylvan Shore. vied guns, in our front, ali of which are of small on, examined, so far as the witnesses have any knowledge on The gunboat Comma ro Hutl changed her position mid- | 9, being over twenty-four-pounders, and only one the subject. The master, three mates, and two > = way between Kodman’s Quarter and the town, $0 i) to | the latter. + | gers (the latter agents cf’ the entire cargo) testity that prevent the enemy trom planting a battery, The WE OPEN FIRE—TBK BRNEL LOSS. so far as they know the papers produced are the only ‘Still Continues to (ake the water out of the river, The fort, and the batteries on the Jamestown road and rs bearing upon the ent The question, then, RELIEV IN SIGHT , BUT CANNO! BRAM UB. Plymouth opened, throwing shell directly into their Feta we open and violate public mai! in order to At seven clock this morning tho enemy sent | works and silencing two of their guns. The epemy ‘hus ure @ chance to discover evidence against the vessel? wa, lag of trace, ‘leinanding («surrender of | the | far has received more injury than we have. The enemy, | {have dilicently examined all the authorities, both ele. oN 48 wo supposed, which General Foster refused | qu, ing the night, cotton bales on bis battery op: | mentary treatises adj cases, and | confess that I ceive. The General, learning bow things were posite the Hull and kagle, and opened briskly at ten | gna no precedent to justify such a . Repre- ‘bero, immediately on his azrival desiatched bis voat, the | Giciock A. M. The shells from the Hull and Eugle silenced sonting the government, as Ido, 1 ask that my consent ‘ohn Farren, to Newbern for reiptovcements, and we | i, and fired the couou, may be entered upou the minutes of the Court, and that were now hourly expecting them We board the glad OUK DAMAGE AND CASUALTIES an order may be granted to release this mail and put it up to the hour of writing aro — eye ee map ‘on its way to its original destination. Co Nu ‘m struck one pears captors, tie enemy, previous to our cocapation wf tbe place, had a | yt2@,B,.uieat Commodore Hull has Cg fen eran ng te Mew ae Bn pent hun red snd five times, wounding three ¢( the mon, none severe'y. Tho Eagle bas been struck five times, wound. ing noone, Tho Louisiana had one shot pul surough one of her masts, The Cores bas bees struck coven times, wounding one man, who has since died, Nono of the boats are in any way unfit for service here, as fur as their guos ond ma- chinery are concerned. ‘The flull’s woodwork is terribly out up, but will do good service, though not seaworthy. ‘THM CASUALTING OF THR LAND FORCES, The following are in the Twenty-saventh Massachu setts, and were kindly furnished me by Adjutant Fow- ler:— K—Wi Fuller eats Min heek. Company K—Wm. Fuller, ; EB. Minor, ¢! 4 Company I—R. W. Curler, thigh; H. posed the motion of the District Attorney for the surren- der, without examinamon, of the mail found on board the captured steauner. He expressed regret that there should be even the 61) rance of contlict between himeelf and the District Avlorney; but he had his duty to perform to bis clients, and that duty required him to insist upon @ firma adherence in this cise to the established rule cf in- ternational law, which authorized and required the deten- tiou and examination of everything found on board a uen- tral vessel cuptured by a belligerent cruiser which might have avy wergbt in the determination of tbe question of prize or no prize, to be adjudicated in the court of the eaptors. Mr. Upton said that he desired the Court to pass upon the questivn of the surrender of the mail on the mo- tion of the District Atto ney as one of law purely, saviery. A ray of pleasure ill.inined the countenances ‘ai! Tor we had learned through a deserter and contra- nd that the enemy were in heavy force, with torty pieces cf artilery. The it biiming of a connoD Swoke us to the Gnpleasint though: that the enemy had planted a battery wpou 1111's Point, ao us to prevent our uc boats and transports from ci up. TER GUNNOATS ALROUS Car gunboats being all hard aground, no assistance couia be rendered our transports nor the battery mlienced Ab this crisis something bad ty be dene, communtertion mut be cpened witlt cur trensports and the batteries must be passed. KONNING THR RATTERIF®-—EXOINNG SCENR, Virgil Gilbert, @ young man of nerve ava daring, un. W. Walters, thigh; Hy ai eb oc Dee fuander Neshucy to Deve the teapatenae He: meved ay | Wd: Derry, sigh. policy, ore of aay, opinion er csomat of omy ali-past twelve o'clock, in a lighter, with two men and | cei, Meany f—9 ©. Baker, eye and finger; A. Holcomb, | p,pijc'ofteor, of what position soever, and he believed such to be the desire of the Navy Lepartment of the gov- three negroes We watched with inteose anxiety to see dir, Upton first denied whether the battery {rom Hill's Pot woud men urn | gyi'e cory fourth Massachusetts Volunteers have had five wounded, bes Pas It Names will be given in my next. r ‘A that he, t j peat nas rcs fom eine sha arate | ime ira North Curtin Vouutenrs Capua Chan. a. | Ln 'ion hada St, aftr te, misono Us proceed : ao on was twice woun arm. f. torvel Coysna bi —cixht shuts are Sred—out bis cay the wn pan ‘Company G, Third Now York Volanteors, | {ee eee to ee ieee anee ‘of the, pode crit, with its brave crew, moves on aud passes the bat | way wounded by 4 prowature discharge of a cannon. and a gurrender of the capture. Conceding that the iaw tery lo safety, Waem Aprit 1, 1868 Uur casuaities thus far have been merely nominal. The | casts the District Attorney tho management of the THE FANG OF THR GUN OATS AND Font.” enemy must Lave sulfared severely, for his breastworks | Cause, fh is by no moana & hogical sequitar: that he .has could prctect bim but iittle from our shells. THE REURL © MMANDERS. An far a8 we can uscertin, the evemy on the south sido of the river, between Newbern and thie place, are in bevy force, and under of General Ransom. aright to abandon it. ip the second place, Mr. Uj fusisted that, even though it were admitted, for argu- ment’s suke, that the District Attorney mht, of his own motion and after the interests of -ibtorvenors bad at- tached, discontinue @ prize proceeding and abandon a Yesterday passed without anything more of special inte rest occurring, ihe gunboats and tort kept up an irregu ‘ar fring all Dight, sas w prevent the exemy from pulg sing up any batteries. a ee Cone ae Siete 5 Seca y) this pide their forces are under the command “ open , Gb-~ re exeys Feu or his determination to proceed with the adjudication, to de- ass quarter, and ed upon the Commudore Hall, 4 ¥ 8 determ pro adj y Sourratter anoiuor wad discovered, bali ‘a mive abuve the | (CUrms. Leunesseo aad North varolina men, Our pickets’ | termine capricivusly, and arbitrarily - what. evidence e conversed with thelrs, and agreed not to fire upon =a very praenten, should be admitted and what should be excluded, NO REINFOR! BMEN 8 YET. Court ie 1 ehould “be Svandentt. of sane setter This is tho fourte.ntus day ot be siege. and thus far 00 | sorregaered to ie poseoceia uf the eatinaats, Tie right feinfurcements bare been received. 'y wo have nO | ana power to cmduct the trial of a prize cause, to dic: been reiniorced remains tous a mystery. We think ® | aie ihe order, ad method, and \ime for the introduction court o” tuuuiry will be called after this is over, and our | 6. the evidence, carried with it no euch arbiurary power Nittle garrison is released from the tightening folds of the | 95 inas of the Utter destraction of the evitenee which rebel suaconda, Waser April 19, 1808, might be Vitaly, aaseatins the question at issue, sain til mane a . Mr. Upton argued thats prizd caure bore no analogy to an vidiuary admiralty proceeding, for the forieiture to ‘Tho enemy opened again from all his batteries at an - i fa Mm ah peg nay k - teriog at an | ho government of property seized for tho violation of & velock P. M., wheu he opened Arst..sa the 0a Laurol Mul’ the tall was bard aground (the wind stil’ bioaing the waver out of the river), which gave the enemy oxy aad good range, ihe guns of the tial) were worked manfully and with scilball day. She was strvck aboot oinety tims, the omy ® prajectilea, trom Whitwo. th gaus, passing clear chrvugh her. Her up] k and all above water are torn vit shattered beyond, desoription, aad omy one of ber xwns was dismounted. she most miraceivus thing is that oety Uiree mnen of the Hull were wounded, ard thove but slightly, 2m « ‘ERS AND MEN OF THR COMMODORE BFLI. J ‘eutenaut Seitonstall displayed great coolness, luspir- ® and men wiih coutidooce. I do not municipal law, and to whic i #bovs be coased until 1 fede w devurienses tho istrict Attorney or the t order @ release, Lotwith- with a tairy-pounder Parrott iu the wouds, one mile . e o Sie sar pty oy a from the south shore of the river, upon the gavboat og ny sak, Sleese pak gr cpa 0 onal two pounder teak oe hae. Loutsana. The Louiana and Cores vigorous'y, | tue of the seizure. A prize court, he said, does or Joug “= Sccy eee Sending beir abelle through the woods at a furlous rate, aileucing the bow Dittery Just in hot sk to hear aud daermine questions between ja ty © cvemy fred avout three han. he nick of time, for his jeadl a in bots, tue Hull about the same. The Louisiane | shots were be ymuing (0 toll. . and party upon pleadings apd previs. isa high court oi h el : MY miquiry, gun under. ihe direction 8 Mr- Sota hay, hoy | tbe Lilie’ Sates steamer iecort hie ran the blockade | fo “aw ot balks, ike ‘eed that tS Avuing chielencineo’ of the Lowuslere Ante Of | by the rebel baitery at Uiil's Point, Rodman’, Swone's | O° ae” Censor’ sub, of @ neutral nadou mee A duty At Chie Post, by Adiniees ey glk | Voine and the woods batiery, witu’ tho Fifth ‘regi taay be proveeted by ihe beiligcrens power, It we mane Ur. Wiliaihs, pay roaster of the Tr. lelana mace Rh do Isiand Voluntews on board. The batte:y, | estanitetied for the execution O @ gole.in compact, wince opus tie battery ,and " “ deoprat at, | %, well as the evemy's sharpehnovers, oyened Ore | Sir1, indopeoiout pation of the world has enterel ito “iy into t brea’ nciug fait aki ag | UP the Dow, bat abo stonmed along unharm- | $j), every other, that in time of war the vessels aud ela wf orien Were Wak f -# J , and arrived at the what at tweive o'clock | es captured by c upon the high seus shalt | at mldoighty owl was greeted with the wildest ebeees | ici"be c ndeinned a ies witsout fuquiry and ror growl ® | from the «upboats aud those on the wharves making | 2" vay bth lng the water, ricsebetted, anvea be duty, na is be duty, as it is the te the weikin ring. hese are our first rein'orcomoen's since wo haye bean besieged, ond the gallant Fi th, with tuoi brave Col, Cle | roa, have added a new lauret to then already imperishable fauc, The enemy kept up an drregwar tiring from tw batteries all night & ways been b the @ @stlon oF the vi ue ul, seat @ boat, pnder ted waneperts yy ny ng Wasinworon, A eit 14, 1863, iin govers | The battery at one +h The enemy opened this morning With Feven rom the Red Hii) batteries, upon the fort and imtrevehmenis, Ac , firing eve hu.dred aud sevelitoun slits, doing is vo damage. the F-cort wil ron the bleckade to-night , nad more re inforeeweuts wih be brovght ap Lo-morrow. ‘ va. Foster has thos far manviesied the greavoct ore. Ever Ir & IM COL bbivking that che enemy : She battery at Hill's Me Heperves great praiso for bis d we hove tosee bun pee ewe thet oar Raceewses o wtranaed of | coal! take the p Lio Hap e'e (he orth cations every . - ovtatcben, irom General footer to | Si% Mul was overs yet ¢wteegahencd malo our sino | Po cw veonlwnaage | anew fan tened and gunthate. He | 22e0Gw iu Impreddabic, Mis presenee ulovg the | ferae He 18 1iFOe the eb oer am well ae oceans MLM Re g eae 8 Fo Widenwe In bis Cond undaunted ow Ngo | cements Bo ammatitnls at Yor loug range. THE VERY LATEST. 1% TOF THR RWEMY . e ty be to draw the fife The Siege of Washingion tatsed. idea being fire Lie ex ected Wy mor 1 ehenee the Ta tories, M38 ob eet of MH the geebosts ‘O, then to muke bie the cose £ | dewoted fort by the revels, sority conceded {n overy case in which despatches have bevn found op Board captured vessels, in the Opii us of tue courts, as (0 effect, under the law of nations, of the atfence by aneutalo: currying bo tile despatches ‘The despatches are containe! in a mail, under the the Vost Office Department f the neutral nath they are found and used as evidence ta the prize cours. How found? Of @aurge by an order ter (he Qvening aud ins) ®ction of the contents of the rail. iv many casos, beth in ‘his ouetry and in Englend. dee at-hes have beea found on beard of captu ed veaseis, and the acto q.esthn argued or raised was as to their elect as evi- dence. Sob a dvubt was ever expressed, until now, in any quarter, of the absolute and complete right to search for @es.atches through mails or elsewhere ou board the vessel eaplured. Such was the cvncl sin of Dr. Phillimore, cae learned advocate of her Pritannic Majesty in the ottice of the Admiralty, as the se cessary fplica! ion of the language of his learued treatise on :overnationw) law, (3 Mhill 371.) Such was the cun- clust Bo! Sie Wiliam Seort, so jong the offivial organ of the knglieh Admiralty. (Ibe Maria, 1 Rob. 360. the Ati anta,6 Rob. 440. the Carola, 6 Rob. 464.) That suchie rezarded by thegreat French writer on the law of Bations as the settled doct: ine of the Engiiet ‘aw ts mani- fest trom the kuguage of Hauceleuiile, i commenting in is leaned work upon the opinion of sir William Scott, says--(Lantefeuire Droit des Nations Neutres, 465) :— “Pho opiai n of Sir William Scott ean bave no weight in my eyes, Av the organ of the English Admiralty he was bound to sustain the dootrines of bis country. “He has clothed them with all ‘he prestige of brs leurning and his ‘talent, But if we adopt bis system, all ¢ rres;ondence would beoume impossibio im time of war, between neu- trals aud belligerents, and even very dillicult between nations remaining loyal spectators of the atrigzle, exce:t through the intervention of the belligerent that is most Powerful at sea. No neutral ship would conseut to take charge the postal service.” Why? Because the “mail might be opened and examined in the event of ocapture? Tight 1% conceded without complaint, but upon the dcetrine of the English law, a8 established by Sir Wm. Scott, *for fear that a suspected letter should be found among the des; and paper captu court; and the circular of the Navy Department, dated August, 1862, which directs (in construing this legisiative provisiou) “that mails,or parcels under official seais,’’ found on board a captured vessel, shail, in the discre- “tion of the United States officer to whom they are sent, be Gelivered to the Consul or other representative of the foreign government, ‘‘to be opencd ujon the understand- ing that whatever is contraband or importan videnoe g the character of a-captured vessel ‘be re- mitted to the prize court,’? and the innocent matter for- warded to its tination. Mr. Upton controverted the position taken by the District Attorney, that where the papers of @ captured vessel were found to be fair and correct on their face it was not lawful to continue and jute the searth further for inculpatory papers orev! ; and he contended that the precise reverse of this doctrine had been established in numerous cases, both in Engiand aud in this country, and that the extent of the search, wherever the right existed, was without limitation, and one of the elementary principles ae tee nations. He cited bye ety Rapid, il ob (29. nothing peculiarly sacred in 8 of the British government; any such gov be at onee surrendered. If it centained nothing to implicate the ownvers of this steamer or her cargo, y should-desire and insist hg he ree it Poe ny peentos- tory proofs, the captors have a to thetr production, be J neither the claimants nor the British government can havo the slightest ground of complaint. ‘The United States District Attorney replied as follows:— There may be two aspects of this ication. Should be granted, because the Dist! a gE : se 38 i : é SS the _ District was the wish of violating @ mail made Office of a neutral country, to which bo evidence of auy simulation attached. Mr. Smith cited the seventh Section of the act of third and tourth Victoria, to show that & public mail may be confided, under the laws of Great Brivan, to any |. And, he added, if, upon 4 thorough investigation, this ship, a8 I do not anticipate, shall be found inne cent, she will be released, So with Feapect to this mati. No circomstances of falsity or sima- lation attach to it. It is sealed and authosticated. It ts & public government mail. It must be judged by iteelt, independently, Suspiotous attaching to the vessel or cargo cannot be extended to a public mail which is thrown on ‘d. It must Le judged by itself, and if it presents nothing to impeach its integrity, it ‘must be released, unkss there exists independent and positive testimony to impeach it. The evidence here is quite the othe: It im unwise to press prete sions as belli wo would hesitate to submit as neutrals. This war wil be ended with the vindication of our national power and our territorial integrity. A few years hence will benold us at , contemplating tue ware of {reign nations, Our ehips will ride the ocean, bearing the national maiis of our commercial country. We shall then demuud what the policy of our cabinets and the secrets of our citizeus shall not be divulged to every belligerent cruiser which may rightly or wrongfully suspect tho character of tho ship to which our Postmaster Geveral may chance t con- fide the correspondence of the country. 1 submit then, in conciusion:>—First, that this ts an application agalvet which no one has avy authority to inter. pe ay objection do not. And, oat upon the merits, the application shoul be granted, as no foundation is laid in tiie evidence for breaking the seals and prying into the contents of a public mail of this character. Mr. Smith commented upon the citations medo by Mr. Upton, claiming that they presented no case wherein the course contended for by bim was ever sancti ned or even Tho learned Mistrict Attorney closed by reading (hot at all aa guthoritative upon the Court, but as an fon intrin steally worthy of ‘consideration upon the quest ab issue) an extract from a communication to some of the government, written by the Secretary of state and the Prosident. im OTHER PRIZE VESSELS CONDEMNED. Previows to the caso of the Peterhoff the prize yersel Nicholas the First was called up. No one appeared for claimants (Un motion of the District Attorney a default was taken and (he papers ordered to be opened. In the case of the prize Granite City the same resu! In tho care of oo ee Brewer, @eized under the confiscation act as partly owned in the South, ‘Hoath, on tho part of the claimants, conseuted der for gale. entered accordingly Highly Important Arrest. ‘THE COMMANDER OF ONE OF THK NSW REBEL IRON CLAS 1X CUSTODY—HIS DOINGS IN REBRLDOW, A very highly itnportant arrest has just been made in this city, by Cuited States Marshal Marray, in the person of Captain A, 8. ‘ker, of the rebel navy. Parker had been ip thiscity a fow days, awaiting the arrival of some other parties snd perfecting his arrangemente pre- paratory to leaving for England, he having been com. | giiesioned by the rebels to bring out one of the new irun- clad steamers now In process of construction there, As the time of the memorable attack apon Fort Suiapter, at the Lime of the breaking eat of the reboilion, he com mavded the {rou-plnied fuo!ing brsery went against the wa tock @ very prominent ton, part in that fier the trommerred from the navy to the army, md was ap. po uted captain of ordnance ju the Engineer Department. A take priowes. Bat eubsequentty mate pis exeape and joluon Lragy* army, paseing with him trongh tne Ken veky Comaaign. He Was ut the Corinth battle alko, and | ditectod the working uf a portion of the rebei artillory # the eventht “Shiloh.” For many years provious to gq out of Charleton (4, C.) harbor, and was a man NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2%, 1863—TRIPLE SHEET, | them back im diguter, Gi capture of Fort Sumter Captain Parker wor | He Lime & the surreuder of Fort Bovo'soa be was | however, proved of little avail,and he was yesterday takeo Fort Lafayette, in charge of Deputy Marshal Peel. He was considered one of the abiest volunteer of- of | fleern in the rebel naval service and bad promised great things from the iron-clad#he was to have in charge. CRINOLINE ORATOR AND POLITICIAN. Speech of Miss Anna E. Dickinson at the Cooper Institute. bad In the days of the last fall election, when political ex- citement ran high and when the supporters of Seymonr or of Wadsworth fi-cked in crowds to the Cooper 'netitute to burrab for the candidate of their choice, there was no such popular demonstration, no such pressure to get to the inside of that building, as there was last evening on the occasion of the first public appearance in this city of Miss Anna £. Dickinson, who has recently distinguished herself in the New England States on the political plat- form, After the large ball was crowded there were still hundreds of people cuteide besieging the doors, but un. able to gain an entrance, The sexes were about equally represented in the au- dience, but the political elements were not go evenly balanced. The abolitionist prevailed very largely. Henry Ward Beeoher und other pronyinen! anti-slavery men and ‘women were on the platform, where ex-Goveruor Morgau iso had the honor of a cat. Miss Dickson, the magnet with such a tremendous power of attraction, isa young Vhiledeipbia lady, who has already figured to some extent in tho progressive movements of the day. Recently fhe bas turned her at tention to war politics, and has been speaking with great efiect in Connecticut and some other of the New England States. With youtlrand good looks on her side, a great fluency of language, pootry aud force of expreasion, and a rich powerful voice that masculine stump speakers micht envy, it ts not to be wondered at that Miss Dickiy- son awakens such an interest in ber audionces. She has afull, gracefully rounded figure, is of the medium size of women, bas a well balanced, firmly set head, round oval face, fresh, healthy complexion, inclining to the hue of the bronctie, and wears her dark hatr in ful, heavy clus- ters about her neck, She wore a heavy drab colored si!k dress, with dark facings, aud aiaplasnd on her hair or person no jewelry. In manver of delivery sha is cool and self.) |, Dut occasionaliy warms up to a heat Of civilization wnd the ancouthness of barbaris: tween liberality of sentiment and suppression of opinion— between aristocracy and democracy: in @ word, between liberty and slavery. might be given—whatever the North, symp »thizers with Southern treason—traitors told agafast "the ‘govern bried Tross Ue Keneas troubles to the opening of the P She contrasted the invariable loyally of republicans with the disloyalty of many Wi she asked, had the democrats They gave us, said she, Robert Patterson, Philadel. phia, who refvised to put out the Stars and Stripe was held his men in reserve, brother-in-law, General Johnston, Bull ron and you will fiod no obstr us General Pleasanton, who speedi the war broke out that he was disabled,and who stay: at home to command the Home Guard. (Laughter.) prt us General Buell, whom every loyal newspaper gave usa man who down for six wecks F H i = He camo up to Alexandria to sit in front of me areye an sulked there, and strove to create mutin} Did this man win Antietam? No. Burn: hand, and Hook ‘won (he battle, wh! with his se thousand reserves dripking miut say 04 and sherry cobblers. (Laughter and applavise.) Then waited week after week, and month alter month, Hing every element of secession, treason and meanuess ii the North getting down in the mud at his feet to do him reverence. (Applause.) At this point some person ia the audience seemed to be offended at this rather free treatment of General icCie'tlan and made some movement of disapproval. An excitement ng UP in his vicinity. Some blows were given ‘audience grew oxcited. Women looked nervous, an! shouts of “*Put him out” came from all parts of the house, ‘Mr. Beecume asked the audience to keep quiet, as they bad both officers and friends there to take care of that local businces. Order being partially restored, Mr Beecher announced that the gentlewan was squelche) and that the lady was victorious. (Laughter and ap. nee.) Paine Dickson, returning to the subject of Genori McClellan, said sho had understood he had church—Dr. Adams’, in obey holy orders better (hau Be ever did military orders ‘Lavghter and applause.) On the other hand, tho repub. licans had given to the war Winthrop and’ kileworth, Baker and Saxton, Hunter and Mitchel, Lyon and Rove craps, Sigel and fremont. (Applause.) Coming to the question of arming the negroos, sho suid {rebel siavcholders ebooge to set ihe example of uplawfu rebellion agaiset the rightfully constituted anthorities, they must expect their siaves to learn the iesin and to rebel against unlawful authority. (Appiause.)* * © Wheo there , who ach records of barbarism, say to “Why, you would not have the burbarism to get up @ slave insurrection?” I say, yes, when we are Hghting the devil I ain glad ty hear that an insurrection has roken out in hell. ( ndous applause ) Re. erring to the Conscription law she said:—If the demoo atic party attempts to prevent the carrying out of that mowsure the streets will be drenched in blood «r the adminis tration will,have cvery man it needs. If they try that me it will be simply removing tho seat of war from th Carolina, Virginia and Missouri to New England , New York and the ‘Vhwest. An allusion to General Butier drew down and she said, a democrat bearty applause f turned aboltionist, is better tuan @ ‘conservative republican any day, 98 witness New Orleans, Butior verwus Banks. (App Referring to (he task of « al western confederacy, $ Tefuge for dewn-iredden of all races, the home of pilgrime , leader in the tiret revolution, tho jeader in the second revolution, will, if they actempt grind them to eee (Applaune. chusetts, which could send into the felds of, the revoiu tion, 7,888 more troope than ali the Southern’ States com. bined, is enough, wih New At hor back, and the loyal sentiment’ of the country slandiug behind her, to crush ariged robeis at the South, avd put her bec! on the heads of snakes jn the North. (Great applause She ‘recalled Jeff. Lond fw in whi if the Southern peop » ghoose with hyenas and union witn Yunkees, he weuhl fer the hyensa ; aod eho thought it very likely. The two natures 80 thorough y in unison that they might well combine. (Tanglter and appmue). “She bad a fivg at the New Yous Hamat i reference to an article on tho Connecticut cieution, ang made the remark that that artielc proved the Henavo’s pareptage t) the ereat father o lies. . guvean animated sh ho capture of Fort ht and drew an aonbgy from | tu the por So, month afer month, the Union army b : ono, two, three, four, five, six ‘ mp wig long line of the’ batteries of & wal ‘ort Rebellion, hay shot and shell upon um, breax “4 eal alter totems the bovteries of slavery an a ot be token, No word ts eeut ook. Finally, the gw Dave eas Totem. the woyal heart { (u® People has spoken out Mr. President lopger & question whether Fort Rebel! ees the batteries of slavery are wile: ay stands defeated, the Upton ean @ br riven im twatn, The word has come fron to advance on thoee batteries. Aro Fe North? Two anewer te, «Sir, wo are word th Fort ie my Lue Nov! yao Toady 10 sweep over | the piled up mound , np to the wale ot Fort Rebellion, to wreaking ont of the rebellion be was a ship captain, | find the rebel fines Sr ken, the rede! sold) re throw lngdowa thete arene and crying for qoarier, trexson and rebellion orushed, with Lberty for the whole haman race, jaties for all monkiod, ant pormanent peace omvblisbe, (Ape planse.) The President aske you—the goverament of the ipited states arty ‘the two hundred thoasand graves aid trenehor jot with the best ond bravest of the | country + 4ek yor—-the bendreds © thonsapde of brave vho are facing death upon the battle eid, wk yor loyal peejte of the North, Bow will you sae upon the land for 7 OUR NBWEERY CARRION URN e-mobaty such ahiiity, experience and daring as to have beer +48 by citing OT aie Replies Bid rentneg. | Nawnns vet 18, 1803. egnitr eitrusied, «8 stated aboves wish the miesion of bringing neute bo cau Seoomplinh Ue seam witterut ang | Be the Rebete ie Pull Wetec Na? Patecies om Ug | sty ot cngef the new revel Ponctads now buliding ia bag. | < West . 6 reid « ° 18 ig mai@ight, ana Vos nigh i cane, cold add baht Bigr Adinioate Myton occu of Heted | O% wey.ee oh loud. fe!: he mooi shines Uriebtiy, re ecting Mer pubs vaye dear fran ow rh As might have been exypeete!, Parker was viterly as. i he Panie@ rive The | Yogtardap Morning the pintiet venom, Cuptay © . 7 in t A | topishes at dying beed diner vered im imis eity by Mar. . | Pere connnas Fs wai Tha roll bin, alee 5 ee esi ae bya See et stat Stureay and Mnderiock 10 Flow Wat Le was hoe the OTOL TNs tevin WUBieEtA” prating Mie enem) 4 ‘Hie a right weeees ( man thé officers were in geusen of, His protestations, > insurance. ts. ‘or. Lovin, Apri! 21, 1960, eral a agent | } | OBSEQUIES OF LIEUT, COLONEL KIMBALL. — The Programme of the Procession To- Day, &., &e. The remains +f Lie tenant Colonel Edgar A. Kimball, Which arrived here on Monday evening, were treated with all honor yeeterday by the Common Counell Com mittee ou National Aifairs and thousasds of citizens re- Preventing nearly every class in the ommunity. The City Ha. was dried in mourning, its flags were hung 4% ‘half mast and the boly of the iameuted soldier was laid out iu state im the Goveraor’s Room, guarded by & snituble detichnext from tho gallant old Sixty-ninth regiment. From ten o'ekek im the morniug (0 three o'clock in the afterovor 4% constant stream of people passod up and down ther ‘stairs leading to the Governor's Room, for the purpose of gazing Upon Lb” remains previous to tueir removal to-day” to thei iss resting place, The sorrow expressed by aid Was mingled with @ Wich of recret that the gallant Kim- Dall should have met bie desth by om unfortunate rene contre at the hauis o° aman who bas occupied si enviable position in ihe eswem and atiection of the counter ‘th ceeanigienente for the funeral to day were publiahed jw full in yesterday's issue. The First regiment 0 ca- valry and'the Seventy frst and Sixty uinth infaniry will parade, The Seventy firat are to act as & guard of boner: ‘The procession will move at three o’clock in the a{vernvors fu the following order: OBFRQUIES OF LIKUTKNART COLONEL &. A. KIMBALL, NINTID KOMENT NEW YK VOLUNTERRS. The remains of Lieutenant Coionel B A. Khinball, late of the Ninth regiment New Yor Volunteers (Hawkins? Zouases), tare been brought vs thiwelty by the Bul-Com~ muittee or she Committee on National Adaira Of the Commons. nell, ‘The remains will ie in atate in the Governar's Room tondi (Waanendas from 10 A.M. to 1. M., where Uney may ~¥ $isitod by the ‘rleuds of the ceceased'‘and mich citizens ae take place on Wednesday, the 22d inst... at three o'cioe. P. M., from the Clty Malle. ‘The following will be the ne Of progeasion :— Volunteers, im command First regiment of cavalry. °) 1 Sizty-ninth regiment X,Y. 8, Volunteers, in command of jajor Ovicers of ‘the First di: tou N, aD ‘bales r |. G, pot on duty, and. ull officers of (.e Ary of the { nited States now in. the city oF vfeluity, Seventy-firet regiment N.Y. 8. N. G., in Loliow syuare, ag the Guard of Honor, und. ii cominaid of Qulone B. L. Mg the oMlctating clergyman, ine Btyallord, encioni ‘carriage, ond the hearse, drawn by ‘With guard trom Wasbingt-n oneazh side, aud 1 bearers im carris also pail as follows.— Solonel Tompi Sclonel Boome, jonel Tou Colones Bas vo Golonet Ward,” oionel one! a Lieut, Col B:tiony, Lent, Pivuvenant Gol: Gran £9, Suite NYS NAG. Lieutenant Col, Bude, ae ‘olvuel Ma jor Cotten. % “pe! ator Brice” lajor of the deceased, jn cas Officers and mem)ers and ex-members of the Ninth regi- ment New York Volunteers, now in the city, Sergeant-at-Arms of the Common Council, with ttaTs of Tunnmediate reiatives, and friends ollice, in cardages, Barouches containing the Mayors of New Yo.k, Brooklyr and Jersey Cit, Members of the Common C ae staffs of office, in Henda of De The Tammany Hall Boe ety, ots in cs which decrased was Citirens cenerally. ‘The procession will move from 2 a: City Hall at three o'clock precisely The route of procession will be out of the west gate of the nd throwgh Broad: Park row, Chatham: Street and thy Bowery to Boud «tre: uous Bond street, opp under of the Comusittes on Natoual Aisimves the Cooke by order of \ “A on Nati airs o. the Com~ mou Counell, ‘Alerman FARLEY. Tuan LL, Alieruan UBNIY, Ald eva: BOO! Alderman OFMWELL, Committee on National Afairs of Board ot en, unciiman. Covns.iman ue. 7 Committee on National Affairs of Board of Councilmen. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THK BOARD OF ALDERMEN. ‘This Board met yegterday at one o’chck P. M. on am- impromptu call, President Walsh in the chair. Alderman Fanist offered the following resolutions. respecting the late Licutenant Colonel Kimball, of ihe Hawkins Zounver:— Whereas, the Levent of the death of Lieutenant. Colonel a iabell cossnandnt: 6 ibe Mind resimen New York Volunteers, tin ‘apon rammed Coucab.: Lei? po Oo bute o: respect to his memory, aud the for, ‘and take «barge of. the funeral of the decen on bet if of thy municipal authorities of the city; amd Reso ved, Tiat a copy of the f Preamble and reso- lubons, sutlably" racroed and Tiemake be any onthems: - “aie. and trans fitted to the samily of the deceased. THE YUSEKAL OF COLONKL KIMBALL. GENERAL OROLR—NO. 6. Heavquyetens, Sky Rery-rinst Reaiwexr, } New Yors, Apri 20, 1865, brigaie orders, this regiment wil parade Livin tuil futige Over OALR a and belts and bie exc ori t0 bull, of the Ninih re iment New ¥ will be formed in Broome aitvet, right on Broad. twow risely, In purevanee of on Wednesuny, 4 with white Will veyort dietaaunted? to tbe cumn.an- 4 fifteen m'wutes before the hour 0. for- oman: port to thy au YM foned stat, ban! wad ield musi wil me, au At fiteed minuies before two 0: locke re we guard of honor until 2ist, when tuey will ve relieves by & guard of honor from the Sixty ninth ent, In coflweynence of the above onier, so mveh of General « Ord; nsperera Uo w parade ou We dist inst, is hereuy f Lieutenant Colonel B. L, TRAFFORD, Co. mana ns Srenty-dest rechwont N, G. 8 N.Y. Jouw R. Liv waoun, Acting Adjutant, TO Tis BLITOR OF THE HERALD, New Yorx, April 21, 1863, In your issue of today I see it stated that Lieutenst Colonel Sutieriee, of the Eighth regiment New York state Natioual Guard, has been appointed as pall bearer op the ovew tou of the funeral ceremonies of Lieutenant Co- junel Hi I feel culled upon to write the effect thts weit _kaown citizen of New York, nauned@ Oved F. Wentworth i Lieuteuant Colonel of the ++) ighth Now York inte ational Guard,” aod has been com seoted with that weil known and rellabie regiment t the best twenty years and bope he will rewain with . 8 until the oid bightb i 00 ¥. A. VAN TASBEL, Oo. D, Bight regt. N.Y 8. N.G Nora. —Livi ator Satterlee is Licwtenant Cokuel of the Twelith regiment New York state National Guara, Cowue Herat. War..—by. General McClellan Among the Cadets. OUR WAST POINT CORRESPONDENCE. Waet Pot, N. Y., April 19, 1863, Arrival y General McClellan at Wet Point—Enihuriosn of ‘he Cudes—Hus Reception and Serenade— Visit io he Caurts’ New Hal. —Inroductions— Departure, de. On Saturday, the 181d inet., West Pols shook of ite usual apathy, on hearing of tLe arrival of ite honcred son, Major General George B. Meellan, The General «r- rived at e's Hotel at six o'clock P. M.,and wan first dine covered by (be reutinels on“ extra,” when he passed om Hho way to the hotel, After witnensing evening parade from the Superimteudents poreh, be returned to ihe hotel, where be a:@ his lady were the recipients of @ tercnade from the post band, whose enthusiasm caus them to surpaes their uaual efforts, if that were ;oRib'e. During ihe Serenade ‘be ofices if the ¢ resented to him comers wounded do. gero.eiy and taken Pm one, rome months ago, anu oeboey foayh recovery cd Him to get the part of host to his oid che, om ule re ty Atma Maer. M The @ wt of the evening was the tarning out of the corpe «f cadets, om mage, to serenade him with @ bu » amateurs from their own body, who, after the several airs, clored with the song Of ** Benny ’ the lust verse being bnprompta by My. vin th to George McClellan; God bless the young ; ic'o 2) homer to hie and a terror to ber ve. M y be long rest on bis me ger Miss win Bony Har i e f thonsae Hat ive 10 nee a thenssed by ing rf ye f ie init 8 ali hiv words, AN alingion to Line snother rorid Un Bunday Gen. Meletiin viited the Cad Hall, wher wae received by thy battalion with mark ed onth He was introduced to aveh as had dise tingwiel ~pe oe or bhp sata taken any conspicwius part in pronent Alter the ceremon @ he News loom the Geueral withdrew to bis hotel, here he remained vuti! his departure at evening. Las of « Ganboat. boat wan biceeteny i an