The New York Herald Newspaper, June 4, 1863, Page 2

~— works thrown up in rear of the line of intrenchments. On s Powt is @ naive gun battery commanding tho ine Of obstructious and one of the channels approaching the city. Al Garvow’s Bend is @ five gun battery, also commanding the obstructions and the main ship channel for a distance of nearly threo miles. The remaining earthwork ta the vicinity of the city are intended more particularly to repulse a landing of troops » westers shores, or a land attack which could be i Portersyille, on the Mississippi sound, and marching up by the road to Spring Hill. The in- cochinents are about Sfteen miles in Jength, and were (ime ago, and at various points Zsigual guns ul canonades have been mounted so that they can throw sof grapeand canister amoug the advaneing foe. ste, A Wagt of marshy laud bas been made solid by moans o 2 and earth, and on this made ground @ ated battery has been, built, armed with 1 pow viz; thres rifled pieces, four Dabl- grens aud ree jong thirty two-pousders. Between this battery ana thi abama river, near the latter, is a redoubt which s 2 the level plateau, over which it koe;s guard, as well as commanding the bay. Passing further to the worth another vedoubé is met ata village on tho raitvoad, and this work is armed with four beavy guns, Sul another redoubt or earthwo k guards the railroad bridge at Ghree and to the west of Mobile is a series of earthw ‘ai milos fu extent, further de- feoded by a series of formidable broastworks, extending from the sholl road entirely around the city to the river. Between the Alabama river avd the shell road a six-gun battery commands the position. Yort Morgaa, the main protection of the city of Mobile, Ala, 13 located on a loag, low, sandy peninsula, called Mo- bile Point, at the eutrance of the bay,+ It cost the gov- erument in its construction and armament nearly a million and 4 Lal’ of dollars, and is capable of mounting one hun- dred and thirty-two guns and of garrisoning seven hun- deolmen, It is built upow the site of old Fort Boyer, which was noted for its successful resistance of a British on the Lith of September, 1614, The oid fort was a emall redoubt, with aa armament of twenty short car- ynades, and garrigoned by only one hundred and twenty all told. On the day above mevtioned four British s, carrying ninety guns, sailed up and opened fire upon the fort, baving previously prepared a land force, | of over seven busdred and fty men, with a Dattery of two pieces of artillery. After a sharp cagage- mout the Pritish were completely repulsed, with a loss of two bundred and thirty-two killed and wounded aad the Commodore's ship entirely destroyed. The accompanying map gives ail the locations of the rebel lines of dofence, and tho position of a portion of their deet. Tho rebel troops of this vicinity wers formerly un- dor tho command of Major General Simon Bolivar Buck- nor, ¢ but on the 8th of Fobruary last ‘Major Genera! iby Smith went to Mobily to take eharge ot th: ‘© to command a portion of Buckner’s army: Subse; catty Majof General Dabney 8. Maury relieved bim, and is now in command of tho forces at tho eity. Tho garrisou of Fort Gaines falls far short of one Chousand men, while that of Fort Morgau is about fifteen luuadred, About two thous:nd mea have charge of the city, and with the exception of the simple garrisons of the on ng earthworks this forc? constitutes all tho troops iu that vicinity. There is a garrison at Meridian, at the junction of the Montgomery Rallroad with the Jo and 0 A there with the doub‘e object of 1 Mobile of Vieksbarg. It is the rebels that their commander s last, and rather than surrender the city pil to ashes, The citizens, however, object to suc! , and thredten to shoot the first man (hat dares to set fire to their property, Jefergon Davis visited Mobile shortly bsfore Now Yoar’s, but his visit was far from being ove of enthysiasm . He made a pointed and pathetic address to the pedpte, but the apatuy with which it was received rather discouraged him in his bopes of holding the hearts of tle Guard Mobile. Not long since the French Consul commnicated with the senior oMicer of the blekading squadron, He staced that, owing to the arbitrary proceedings of the military ofiicers of Rebeldom, it was impossible for the citizons of Mobile to get any supplies of provisions from the country; that’all tbe railroads were in the pos- sessiou of the governmént, and that not a pound of pro- vision or anything else that was not for the army was allowed to pass over the railroads; hence starvation was staring the people in the face. He wanted permission from the Commodore for a steamer to be allowed to make a passage to New Orleans, with several hundred persons of foreign birth, principally French and Spanish subjects, that they might avoid abso- lute starvation. The matter was referred to Admiral Farragut, at New Orleans, for bs decision, It seems that it would not be exactly right to permit the rebels to rid themselvos of a starving populition, and saddle them on us in the condition of paupers; for things of all kinds hayo boon so vory high in price for a long time tBat the people in question who want to escape must be about penniless; but whatever decision the Admiral makes will of course be correct. Thore was an old gentleman in company with the Con- sul who wes very chatty and communicative. He said the people of Mobile were growing very restive under the pressure of their military despots, and that they longed to see once more the glorious oid banner of free- dom float proudly again over their starving city. He said that it was common to bear men and women taik over the blessings they enjoyed under the old government, and ask themselves what they bad to fight about and for whom were they fighting. Also that if they had the power they would drive out their oppressors and surrender the city and fortifications to the fleet at once. Such is an inside picture of the city of Mobile,and a sorry one it is; and it is far to suppose that whem so much want exists there many other places in Rebeldom must be about as bad; and if Jeff. Davis don’t look to the matter in time be may some fine morning have a countor revolution on bis hands. The old geutleman mentioned that several ladies whom he kvew to be violent secessionists at the commencement were now as meek as lambs and wanted peace on any terms, They have verified the old adage—viz; people who will dance must pay the fiddler, ~ Yt fa rumored that the railroad from Mobile northward 88 entirely andegoled except by small squads of cavalry; Dutas it leads away rol tue front of the Union advance it does not require so strong a gird a3 It otherwise would. Botween Grant's forces at Qorinth and Mobile is broken track of several miles extent, many bridges Jostroyed, and @ distance of 328 miles to travel—no easy march even in a frieudly country. Therefore the guard » the vicinity of Mobile is eutficient. It is said that the aon combatants would gladly welcome tho Union troops Many of the rebel offic ors who own property in and around ‘Mobile have transferred their rights to the foreigu con- suls, for fear of the result of the attack when it shall come. The fight will be a deaperate one if only one-half ix done by the rebels that is threatened by their generals. Nous verrons, Jersey City Iron-Ciads, ‘Tue three Ericsson batteries now bufiding at Fulton ndry Shipyard, Jersey Clty, are fast nearing com. , and if the engines were ready could soon be aon dl. They are the Tecumseh, Manhattan and Na- hopac. Theirlength is 225 feet, breadth of beam 40 feet, and 13); feet deep, and will draw when ready for sea about nioe feet six inches, They are built upon an im proved plan, and, baying more engine and boiler, will far oxeol former iron-clads in respect to speed. One cannot but be struck with the beauty of model and quality of workmaoship and fioish. It is expected that at least leven or twelve iniles an bour can be obtained, No pains nor expense are spared by the contractor to make those vessels second to noue, The cocks will be of oak, instead of pine, and will also be heavier plated. The pre.cotion of the deck is unlike the other Monitors, but gradually rises from the bull to the deck, in such a man- cor om not to be affected by the sea, or in the least endan- ger her in a sea way, All do’e:ts in other iron clade have teen carefully avowed and prevented. The officers’ quarters will be forward, and very roomy, and will be higher, they being some eighteen inches deeper than the others. It ts astonishing with what rapidity these ves- sel have been ballt, considering thse number of unplea- it days we bave had this spring. The Tocamseb ie now waiting for her engines, and will be ready to inunch avout the Ist of July, and the others are being (nished rapidly, and will follow soon alter her Theynre being built by Zeno Secor, and are under the immediate super: vision of Ceorge Birkbeck, Jr. tion her up cor Fe pie tie Fearfal Catastrophe at Loutaville, ne 2, 186 & building on storiug corn an oata, fell bonenth bis rutne. kolled, Wo. kmen are making cxvations to reseue the wounded. thie Gon, VF. Meagher arrived in this city on Saturday, an! i now the guest of Daniel Reviin, ay., at Manbate aervit hia beatae, MM. Thiers Denounce. EUROPE. Arrival of the Persia and Edinburg. TWO DAYS LATER Ni 78. Our London, Paris and Berlin Correspondence. British Opinion of Hooker’s Retreat and Losses. Lord Brougham Thinks Abolitionism Inconsistent with Neutrality. English Property Destroyed by the Alabama. ‘The Irish Emigration and Ale leged Enlistments. THE POLISH REVOLUTION EXTENDING. Severe Fighting and Triumphs on Both Sides. { ELECTION AGITATION IN FRANCE. by Ane Governm:..., weer tee George Jordan and Diok Bourigentt cn the Matrimonial ‘Relations, i THE SOURCE OF THE &o., . ; NILE, &e. “ i Captain Lott, which left Tho'Cunard stoamship Liverpool ateleven o’élock.on'the morning of the 23d A. M., twelve “from the. Australian Comm itte and Queenstown on the 24th ult., arrived at this/port early yesterday morning. On the 244 ol May, at eighteen minutes past ten iles west of Fastuet, pnssed stedmship Europa; 26th, at six A. M., lat. 50.45, long. 21, passed bark Arbitrator ; 23th, at baif-past eleven A, M.,Jat. 47.14, long. 37.34, passed American ship James Foster, Jr. The Inman steamer Edinburgh, which sailed from Liv- e7poul at noon on the 20th, and from Queenstown on the 2ist ultimo, arrived at this port early yesterday morning. Tho news by the Persia is two days later than the ad- vices of the Jura off Vape Race. ' Parliament was not in session in London, owing tothe Whitsun holidays, and the Eugiish political news is conse- quetitiy unimportapt. ~ The Septem. * sosdjon of-italy Was closed by royal decree on the 21st; but a ngw session was called for the 25th ult. Ss Another new ministry ad been formed, with M. Rufos as President of cil. ‘The National Assembly had voted an address of thanks to the three protecting Powers, for the benefits they have hitherto conferred upon Greece. ‘he United States steam corvette Mohican, was at St. Vincenfeon the 24 of May. It is reported that the Liverpool Trinity Board have! resolved to establiah a floating besoon off the extreme southern print of Cape Raoe, The Dublin correspondent of the London Times, writing cm the 224 of May, says:— At a meeting of the Central Committee for the Relief of Trish Distress. esterday the Chairman road atetter ane 10 the pod wt of 5,0 in aunt the ebjects: or the committee. ‘Phere were a wan subse Sptions which, witn the sums already mentioucd, nade 838 Is. Ta. There was avother Jott read freluneieg rr ‘with the view of bringing from Ireland 300 women and 100 men, the snip to at the port of to be supplied with small sums to assist them to prepare for the passage. The committee declined the proposed ‘‘relie(” by way of emigration to Australia. A public meeting on behalf of the distressed handloom weavers was held in Belfast, the Mayor presidivg. The object was to enable one hundred and seven families, com- prising four hundred and seventy-nine persons, to emt- grate. It would gequire, the Mayor said, about £1,500 to send them out, or J}<d. in the pound on the valuation of property in tho Belfast electoral division. Tho health of Lord Clyde was rapidly improving and not the remotest danger was anticipated. ‘ Sir Culling Eardley Smith, a prominent and influential member of religious circles, is dead. ‘The race for the Oaks,at Epsom, was won by Queen Bertha, Marigold second, and Vivid third. It is stated that Mr. Naylor, the owner of Maccaroni, won £70,000 sterling on the Derby. Lord Lyndhurst, * the Nestor of the House of Lords,” completed bis 91st year on the 31st of May. The officers of artillery of the Imperial Guard of France have ordered afuneral service in the Jathedral of Ver- sailles for Gen. Vernbet de Laumiere, killed in the trenches bevore Puebia. The Jean, French steam liner, and the Urenaque, steam frigate, have arrived at Brest from Mexico, having a num- ber of conwalescents on board. The crews of these yos- sels aro in excellent health. The Glasgow called at Queenstown at about half-past eight o'clock on the evening of the 2ist, and reached Liverpool at three o'clock in the morning on the 234 of May. The New York arrived at Southampton, and the City of Manchester at Quoenstown, on the evening of the 22d of May. Oar London Correspondence. Loxvon, May 28, 1863. Parlioment Adjourned—The American War Fire Extin- guishtl—Has John Bull Calculated the Cost?—A Noble Ally for Jeff. Davis—Eari Russell Demolishes the New Po- sition—Fecling Regarding Gen. Hooker— What Horse Guards’ Think of Stoneman—Polish Affairs at a Halt, ‘Tins ts Derby week, and as next week is Whitsuntide, Parliament bas adjourned for ten days. Then, as the Derby day was ali a pouring rain and asea of slush, you may judge the week has been a dull one here in Londen town. Believing that Jupiter Pluvius would be the reiga- tog cod on the occasion, your correspondent staid at home. As the columns of the Hxxauy wil testify years back 1 am no stranger to the great horse race, when half a mil- lion of people, from princes and members of Parliament to costermongers and Gypsies, meet on Epsom Downs to see a three year old cok win half « milion dotiars. It is a groat occasion, but it requires fair weather to seo and enjoy it. 7 ‘The rampant war spirit which blazed forth so flercely a few weeks ago has gone entirely out, liko a flickering candle, Probably they have calculated the cost, and do not like to contemplate universal bankruptcy cause. by a conflict of years, and that conflict brought on because they are the aggressors. ‘You will see how desperately put to it the rebels and revel sympathizers are for champions to ther rotten | cause when they put forward in the House of Lords a man | like the Marquis of Clanricarde, All the spechvus ayn | | | | ot up for the poor, miserable, losing blockade re utteriy demolished by Kari Russell, wud this xl by the liberal Koglieh press egory atid Koebuck ja the Commons, and Clon Lords, secesh has champions quite wortay e the ty Liverpool and the sece h circles of “the city" were jubilant the first bait of this week with the ews that a Liveryool house had recived @ civate telogram that Hooker and hie army were prisoners, Reatly New York aud the American people owe much to q of American liberty broaths frect » news arrived of Hooker's sn: cilia, where he will remain fora short time w re | that creat town oa tho Mersey that has heen Weil uo aud enriched by American trade Tho brilliant cavatry exploits of Geveral Stoneman exetles great adwirat 49 among British army officers, who know something of the art of war. I beard one eminant cavalry officer remark that Stoneman was 4 6e- Thee fon b the military history of the last con- familar with t tary will remomber thas Henapel Neliiies ‘memorabie battie of Hosbach, in 1767, and gnined the day for his King. He was a colonel of cuirassiers at the battles of Lowositz and Collin, He drove Marshal Soubise out of Gotha in such a hurry that he was able to entertain bis King with the dinner that had been propared for the ity ¥reuchman. Frederick, in ecknor i of his brilliant and invaluable services, made @ Heu- tenant general at the age of 35, and alsoa Knight of the Black Eagle, He took several formidable batteries of ar- tillery with his cavalry at the battle of Zoendorf, cove the retreat of Hochkirk, and was finally wounded at Kua- meredorf. Seidlitz diea in 1773 at the age ot fifty-one, and has a statue erocted to his memory at Berlin, It would be inv’ in to say that the two years’ war in the United States has doveloped a cavalry officer equal to Seidlitz, who was in all the wars of Frederick the Great; but I do not doubt that General Stoneman has shown the same kind of stuff, and that he is in every way desorving the comp!imentary comparison. Lwas grieved to bear the report that General Sickles had been killed, and greatly rejoiced when I saw it con- tradicted. He soems to be one of your beat generals. ‘The Polish insurrection drags siowly on; but as for nows of any special interest this week, either Eaglish or Continental, we have absolutely none. Our Paris Correspondence. , Panis, May 22, 1803. Paris on the Eve of an Election—Opposition Candidates— The Rothschilds Refuse o Engineer a New Gonfelerate Loan—Merican Conspiracy—The “Rejected” Pictures— ©. P, Cranch, the American Artist—An American ‘Tur out!’ Appearance of the Emperor—The Empress, &c- Paris more nearly resembles one of our American cities ‘on the eve of an important election than it has before in several yoars, Not that the tikeness is very striking, but all the biank walls are covered with handbills of the can- didates, either of the government or opposition, who pro- scDt tholr claims for the Legislative Assombly.. In some of tho districts the struggle will be a very severe one. In tho Sixth, for instance, in addition to the ono re- commended by the government, thore are five other. M. A. Guerott, editor of the Opinion Nationale, is considered the regular opposition candidate, and besides him are M. Augustin Cochin (author of a work on L'Eechanage en Amerique), M. Pregort Paradol, one of tho editors of the Presse, and three others’ not’ made known, In the Second, M. Laboulaye has withdrawn since M. Thiers consented to run; and the Mitister of the Interior fulminates a bull against M, Thiers in the columns of the Moniteur this mornitg:’*One of the funniest episodes in this electioncering system upon which the government bas entered more determinedly this year than ever before is an address, published by a number of radical democrats, red ropublicans and the like, recommending their, wesipaee, in the faith to ai- lently but olequentiy protaet ‘agafost the entire present systom by depositing blank ballots in the box. 18 ap- peal, which, ander ordinary circumstances ,;would be cons sidored ag almost treagonable, and would, at least, ca down @ warni the journal which gavo it publicity, appears now: Patrie, ® semi-oflictal paper. ‘* Div! and Conquor” is the motto now adopted by the govern- ment, which 1s throwing all the elements of discontent possible into the’ general opposition camp. _.The Confederate government, through its agents hore, hav’ beén endeavoring toraiso another cotton loan of five millions of pounds sterling, Mr. Slidell last week fnada.a formal proposition to the, of Rotchschilas’ to give them a clear bonus of fifty thousand pounds cash if they would put the loan upon the market and obtain it. The celebrated bankers not wi to link their nainesat this late day with so palpable @ humbug asthe govern- ment ¢f Jol. Davis, respectfully ‘bat of degtined, and the confederate «gents are now waltisg for more favorable news belore they try elsewhere E-lunger & Co, are saldto be sick of their bargain, and do not desire to make another of a similar description. ; A cise came up before tho Tribunal of Police yesterday, in which M. Monthue, the Consul General of Moxfto +i! France; M. Manoro, Mexican Consul at Havre, anéthi other persons, were charged with*paving ‘entertained! intelligences with the exterior ving a tendency to. trouble the public peace and to excite hatred against | the government of the Emperor.’ It is said they haye been giving ‘mation to the Mexican government which 18 considered contraband, at the same time thut. they hg judiscretely here relative to the Mext-- can Oxper . The case, at the request of the defend- ants, wag pnt off till Saturday. ri ‘The exhibition of pictures rejected by the juryi#-how o; en in same buildiog with the regular exhibition. With areserve in one or two cases, the verdict of the ubiic ip‘the same as that of jury—tbat they should have yTeected. . P. Cranch, the American artist, wh> hadsesided some fifteen years in Paris, and whose pictures ol Venice have been particularly admired, bas just gone to Venice to make some new studies, aud intends returning to America to reside during the coming summer. | The “turn out” wh os the greatest admiration laa in the Elysees andat Bois do logne is that of G. P. or, Esq., @ wealthy retired San Francisco merchant’ Mr. Baker has two pairs of | American horses, which can do it in ‘two forty,’ and his light and beautiful Philadelphia wagons the natives here, who Cannot understand much strength and lightposs can be c.mbined. 1! peror, 1 ir Of American horses. learn, bas just ord , arm in arm with General Fleury. the five years | have resided in Parig;"and in wi ‘time I have so seen the Em; 1 bave ‘eon bim looking so badly as at present. "His tace pale and careworn, and the wrinkles in it are deyolop- ing strongly. He clearly si the marks of age and 4 and iis vaid that bis Jong threatened spinal distase ig rapidly developing. * indisp , and the hich is to be performed ‘upor ity by Dr. of New York, will, I un- derstand, take place early iu the wook . Americans are: Paris. Most of them are returning their winter tours in the South of Europe. Our Berlin Correspendence. Brau, May 20, 1863. Affairs in Mezico—Dispute Between the Prussian. Govern- ‘ment and the Chambers—Dangerous Position of the Country—Negotiations with Austria—The Revolition in Poland, éc. ‘Tho two Prussian officers, Major Kaminski and Captain Roseyborg, who were sent to Mexico to improve them- selves im the art of war by taking part in the seige of Puebla, are said to have distinguished themeelves greatly in the operations against that city, and have been pre- sonted by Goueral Forey for the. Order of the Legion of Honor, If private accounts are to be trusted the suc- cesses obtained by tho French have been very much ex- aggerated in the official bulietins, and a great part of the fortifications of Puebia are etiil in tho hands of the Mexi- cans ; but it is useless to trouble you with any specula. tions on this subject, as you must have much later news from the seat of war than have been received here. ‘The war between the Prussian government and the Prussian Legislature ts raging with tremendous fury—not on the field of battle, but on the floor of the House and in the newspapers. In any other country there would have long since been an open revolution or a forcible dissolu- tion of the Chambers—a 24th of February or a 2d of Ie cember; but things are managed differently here, although there is no telling what it may end to, Ever since the opening of the session tho Ministers and tbe liberal majority have been abusing each otber in the choicest Pickwickian terms, after which they continued their de Mberations as if nothing had happened. It was reserved for General Roon, the most able, but at the samo time the most overbearing, member of the Cabi. net, to bring matters to « crisis. The difficulty originated in a violent and insulting speech of his against M. deSybol, the reporter on the military budget, for which he was called to order by the President pro tem., who happened to be M. Byckuen Dolfl, the same gentle- man who was exiled to the wilds of East Prossia auring the wars ip punishment tor bis opposition to the Ministry. General Koop requested the President not to Sue him, as he had a constitutional right to speak, and woul not be put known, The President rep that it was his province to mainiaid order in the House: bat the General went on talking, without paying the slightest attention to bis remonstrances, until tnnily his voice was drowned by a burst of indiguation from all sides of the House, and the President cailed for bis hat and closed tho aitting. Now, by av article of the constitution, Ministers are oe tainly ontitled to appear in the Chombers and t be beard ro whenever they wish toapek, und it is fortunate for them thot there is seb a law, ax not one of them is @ inember of the Houwe of Hepaties, the few who ventured to present themselves toa constitiency at the Jast ole including Genoral Root himsel!, having been raject- they should be allowed to violate the rules of an assembly into which they are only admitted ae it were by courtesy. | ‘According to their theory, however, the “d vinity that hedges in a King’ extends to his advisers, and tt ts rank Diasphemy to attempt {0 subject them to the fegulations devised for ordinary mortals, The next day, therefore, a meseace was sent dewn to the House statiog that Mmisters coud not attend th sittings as tong »® their freedom of specch was intoriered with, and requiting, as a conditiosine qua nen of their re- appearance, ai express declaration Unit the authority of the President did not extend to the members of the gow ernment. This, of course, Was bot acceeded to, amd Minis. tera were auinimoned to be preseut—as prescribed by the | samo paragraph of the eonstitution—ot the approachi dobrte on the ariny estimates, Tbe Mitistors refused, alter some further partying & resolution was paswod ad- the «aid debate sine die, avd «ppointiog a xpectal ee to draw ap an address to the King, setiag forth th: deplorable cundition Ia which the country ts piaced by to uncoustituth mal proeeedings of the Ministry, and appealing from Bismark and oon to Majesty yeelr, What cilect Unis will save remains te be seen. The Cate of former o8 8 |S BOt Very encouraging, and it 1s (he question ber the ouae would not consult its dignity better by anoring the Ministers altogether and continaing ite de~ Hiberations without them, in Which case they would have bo alterna’ 2 but to dissolve the Chan, bor Tt is ramore A irritabiity hes Fr Joagwes, Whi be seat on a journey," tot his houith,” aud bo succeeded by au OMecr of more coucilia- | tory cllaractor, Dut while M. de Bieerarh rergeins ab tha overwhelming majorities, but this is no reason why | g NEW YORs HERALD, THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1853.—TRIPLE bead of (he Cabinet it would be vain to expect a change of | Eiiez, which 6.080 con)! produce 0 better undesstanding ween the government and the Houge of Deputies. ‘That the feudal party wm Prussia, of whom the Ministry arejmere tools, should moment uke ‘present for & war the knife wi cor men show: of infatastion a Jel in the annals of history. There ‘to equal it Lower Empire, but the conduct of the Greeks of the were squabbling about Homsusias aud Hom@usius the Turks were thundering at their gates, Lotters Paris assert in the most positive mauner that Louis Na- Voges 1s _resulved to carry into execution his projects for the reannexstion of the Provinces coded to Prussia ee ee ae the treaty of Vienna, which has and that the uestion is Serve as 8 Operations for tho attainment of this cherished ‘The King is quite aware of the dangers that menace him in that quarter; but instead of taking the best and surest Reanack srertieg Linge by {neoning himsolf = the cn [oouioDs peovle, he endeavors bry -himse by an alliance with Austria, for the sake of which he is ready to submit to a second Olinutz. But ttis doubtful whether even the most humihating will enable him to overcome the repugnance of Austria to take any step that may ombroil her with Frauce. It is true that the Cabinet of Vienna is greatly alarmed at the turn given to the Polish question, and a very remarkable article has just been published in the official tho position of fn or any otber combination that may lead to a disturb: tn the territorial arrangements of Europe; but Louis poloon has it in hia power to exorcise a pressure upon her which, if it does not induce her to co o,erate with him in realizing his.plans, will effectually preclude the possibility of bor doing anything to counteract them A word from him would guttice to hurl the armies of Piedmont and the revolutionary bands of Garibaldi against Venitia. Hun- gary is only waiting an opportunity to throw olf the yoke, ‘and in the event of @ war Austria would bo by far too vusy koeping down her own subjects to trouble herself about her neighbors. In all probability, therefore, Prussia will be loft to her own resources to defend the Khine agaiast a Fronch tayasion, and, instead of reeeiving assistance from Austria, she may think herself fortunate, perbaps, if the slippery and unscrupulous Power goes not finally join hands with Napoleon, who is well known to have offered Silesia and the crown of Germany as a compensation (ur the prospective loas of Galicia. ‘The 18th of May has passed off in Warsaw without any apt te head Tt was aflicm- been lormined, and that at signal given by ths Secret Committee it woulda be blown into the air, with ite whole garrison; but this appears to have been one of the Pes tuat have beea ig oye lately, ling t© seme accounts the Poles are discouraged by tho succession of dia they bave met with gince the..¢nd of month, and to which is’-now added the breaking up of the corps of Jezwinskt, In the procia- mations of the Secret Committee, however, which em- — the title of national same sizoegle io which Poland is her liberty and.independence. tho recovery of never lay down our arms,” they say, ‘‘until the last Polish heart has Coakod to beat, or until the last Muscovite has been. driven beyond the Dwina and the Dneiper.” If the intelligence ofa formidable outbreak ia ia and i , who are the chief representa. tives of the Polish elemgnt, and from whom they are di- vided not only by the antipathies of race aud réligion, but by the hatred whi the serf naturally feels for his master. On the other hand it mugf be recollected that these, wire mot very si from the Turkish frontier, ant juently more @asy of access than !’o- land Prope where 8} and recruits can ovly be in- troduced by’ stealth from Prusais, and Austria, while they will be encouraged, or at léxst-connived at, by the iurks, who would be glad of un opporti of annoying tne hated Moskoff. In factyit 1s that a band of sym- pathizers has alr 1 organized” In) Mol- commanded by davia, and will by Zure, who has arrived at Galatz for that purpose.’ From Lithuania we have nothing but Russian b:lietins, which state that Narbutt and Sierakowski, better known by the nom de guerre of Dobega, have both lost their lives; but there, too, it is evident that the ‘far tro: being quelled.’ 1n somo parts the peasants have joined the tosargents, while in others they haye taken up arms. against the nobility, burnt their castles) and committed excosses siinilar to those that were perpetrated in Galicia under tho aus}ices of the Austrian government in 1545, THE AMERICAN QUESTION, Hooker’s Across the Ra: neck Anudeiieed in England of His Advance, Strat ana pinio egy and Losscs. (From the London Times, May 23.) \ After a series of defeats as calamitous as any that lave Preceded them in the war, the federal atiny has retreated | acrugs the Rappabannock and returned t0.its former po- sitiomat Falmouth. Thus eads the Virginian campaign of 11863, ‘Wter five months of preparation, Operations, rated. | more than the usual wading, have been Jollowed twual miserable failure. Yeb joverninent oe ty admiuister gome comfort to its ‘Jackson; ground to which it had been driven in two da; disistrous fight. Itbas placed the river det to and the enemy. Favored by a very Di General ‘Tiooker has escaped the Sword of the ‘once ‘more ,ained the samp from which nine he had gone forth for the ‘ General Hooks attacked by bye hia army must lupe of Fesaing Hold the a indicates back in struggle their retreat was some- thing like§a rout. The shattered army consequently bad to be wi ven with ‘the wimost ution, and in the night it sueceeded in getting away, the Contede: eiyher outwitted by the rapidity of movement, or not desiring to exnend Geen a flying enemy. Wecapnot but think that the former is the more probable solution, ‘Much allowance must, how- ever, be made for men who had been engaged in one of Unter cae itaag bd paid thas thorhigeee Matera For three days it may be sai B ing hardly ceased, ‘and it may be that the Confederates were too exhausted te pursue an enemy who. owed his own activity only to the imminent danger of destruction. ‘TheSecretary of War bas proclaimed that the Army of the Potomac will shortly resume 0} erations, a atateinent which those may credit who choose. A more likely event is the of Horker by General Hein's man or some soldier who happens to be the favorite of the hour at We The democrats are urging the claims of McClellan: the republicans are galling for Fremont, There are to denousce the war, and there wil! be, no doubt, meetings to urge the more relentless prosecation of it. Words are cheap, and in.no country.more thaa iu Ameri. ca will people Hock to bear elfective oratory, whatever be subject or the speaker's views. These is also some- ‘thing soothing to the sore vanity of the North in faacy- ing itself determined and obstinate beyond the exam) of any people whom history describes when\striggiing under misfurtune. The ent of this war is not to be Looked for from any redurn to ¢ nact.n'iousness or humanity—any conviction that the cause is w and sucousy jipeless. There will be under any conditions, either of suocess or fai‘ure, a sufticieut number of men interested In the con- tinnapee of hostilities, and able to persuade masses of people that with one effort more the war will close glo- riousty. The end must come by the slower prdcesso! ex- hauaion, either of thon of of that real enthusiasm which tights instead of preaching. The next few mouths must decide whether the war is to end with the present year, or to drag on to the close of I’resident Linco.n's term, or later. From the Loudon Post (government organ), May 23.) i doubts respecting the result of the recent bitties tn Virginia have now beeu cleared away. Geveral Hooker has recrossed the Nap; abacnock, and bas had the satis- tion of reporting the arrivai of the remoant 0: bh at its old encampments at Falmouth. The events of |e cember lost have been repeaiod. A federal commandar- in chief bus for a secoud mme led hisarmy without opyo~ sitlou across the Rappahannock, surprised the ene piekets, taken po en: Prisovers, then met the Cone \ rate battalions in the full shock of bestie, been defeated, and finally. recrcssed the ri nd re-entered his former cantouments. In Weir sev details there may be some discrepancies, but iu their practical result« ihere are nove between the invasions of Desember, 1562, aud May, 1863, * * * e * * * The entire loss iped by the Federal army ts set down at*not more than fi{teen thonsand men,’ but, jarge as this figure is,it i probably under the mark. "Ina do- spaich sent by General Lee to'ichmoud,.ou the afternoon of Sunday, May 3, that oilicer claimed to have tuken up wards of five thousand prison ja the same deg; atch Goveral “Stonewall” Jackson is stated to have been se- versly wounded, and General Paxton killed. The raid of General Stoneman with a force of Bedera! cavairy to the rear of the Confederate army appears to have deen successful. He cut off the railway communica. tion between Fredericks and Richmond, ard even approached within a few miles of the latter city. As, however, General Hooker has heen obtiged to retreat | without taking advantage of the diversi thus made in his | fawn, General Stomeman’s exploit, however brillian! and daring, 2s teen without reaults, The Seoretary of War at | ‘Washington bas pobished an official stasement that ia im ect worthy of the Cabinet to which Mr. | presides 1 Hooker's operations have it is trae, bat with v semione disaster. The | organization and effievsney of the army remvia voimparr ec, and it will apeedily resume offensivooperations. Of a truth, tt nee ts a Sian omer a Seward te yrablish such a state- ment,and @ great demverccy Uke thae of the American Union & accep: it wich wl reproof. . The Emigration from Ireland. OPPOSITION TO THE ALLARD MENTS. (Mlitchelstown (May 18) correspondence of Cork Ex. am) wer) On last Tharsd’ ,Oor market day, this town was visited by a Yankee gout having ail the are Of & military man, | Fie addressed the people assembied at the market from the window of ove ot oar hotels, He told them that be | was red to any young mam, able to work, a pansnge From Queenstown to Now York’ for threspence, | Wath @ certainty of good employment when they arriv: Pero, The consequence wag that he got names and money | from over Sve hundred young men, | This (Tueeday) being the day that he promised to moet | them to ecoompany them to Queenstown In order to meet | | one of the outward bound steamers en Thursday next, | ij crowded with ieioed aes fae PES ree e inst going wi 4 his Advice is not I ‘to have pt By hat is Bey pinniy thre toe doubs bet i wil bo Ube AMENICAN ENLIST. | wa case, that positively will have to peat E poaermy fh x the ‘tongue ting Matomcnte te purnortiog t for the federal army brought them, while Btoutly asserted that their ob,ect was to procure nawded on unfinished eee wi y mgrefaicd 1a cazioue greaps, about, tbe hl, dcsae , in anxious }, abou * ul aing the probable moaning of the strangers visit, and eagerly awaiting an explanation. An office was immediately taken, while the principal of the two commenced to explain from the door ey the object of their coming. Since the first moment of their arrival thounremitting attection of the police was be- stowed upon them, which secmod greatly to incense and irritate sr; for after making a fow explanatory ‘Observations he announced that unless he was prot the intrusive and uncalled for presence of the -‘dogs of tho law”’—by which name he designated the polico— he would not proceed further with his intended business, but leave the town altogether. Ht in the the crowd that surged around him ged of him not to notice the police, loudly vocif rating ti ‘willingness to go wherever he devived them. The police still kept over him the strictest survetilance, which caused him again and again to express the most indignant re- monstrances, and ultimately obliged him to loave. then from tho hall door and from the jaunting car which ho ordered out informed them that bo came from America for a few hundred able coustitutions!l men, not for military purposes, as was asserted, but to take them from this land of bondage aud siayory to “the bome of the brave and tho land of the free,” to work on some rai! 3 which bad remained unfinished in consequence of ail hands having acce ted the high bounty offered by tho federal government and joined ita ranks. He woutd now forego to the accom- Plishment of tho object of his coming, from what he con- sidored the annoying espionage of the police; but alt desicous of leaying his land of misruie and living beneath whose glorious rays shino upon none but freemen, ho wish for ‘constant, unfailing employment, with q ug and remunerative pay, let them follow him to where their paczage tickets would be secu.ed by him, and a few days would soe therm landed on a friendly “goil—a land flowing with milk and honey—the free soil of ‘America. The excited crowd eagerly pressed him to de- sist from going, but to no purpose. The police he con- aldered ag upsurmouptable barrier to the execu- tion of bis intentions; but what these inten: tions aro, every the numbor—haye beon left in a state of pro foumd and Blisaful ignorance, and labor stil! iu the same mystification. He finally took his departure after about an hour's stay, much to the chagrin and d sappoint- ment of many a@ toiling, hardy son of labor, who saw through the dazzliug vista the end and aim which for many years be had struggied for in vain. However, act- ing on his wh lesale invitation, many of the luboriny community followed the next morning to Mallow and Co: (and it is said he-booked three hundred men at the for- amer place at threepe! @ head), while others eagerly prepared themselves, awaiting intelligence from some of the precursory party, who promised to write. Sioce then” peurly three hundred young men, belonging to the labor: ing class, tradesmen, Servant boys, &c., have left hore to Join him, bidding a final adiou to many a sorrowing rela- tive, whose grief is doubied on account of the glorious uncertainty in which their unexpected journey is om shrouded. At present no authentic information has reached from any of thom, but all eagorly expect it to: day. ‘ BY NIAL. P.$.—I take this opportunity of contradicting som, editorial statements in loc:l contemporury which at not in accordance with the facts. (Dublt i (May 20) correspondence of the London Times.j Tho ome constitution states “that two \merican agente paid a visit to Charlesiilc on S:turdiy. They came by the Dublin train, aud brought with them a number of per- B whom they had enlisted for the construction of a ry yy in America, fhey wanted others, howevor, and thoy thought thit Charleville might furnish them. To the pe ple whom attendance at market had bronght into town they accordingly addressed themsgives, presenting most promising prospects, and o‘fermg-aost seducing wages, The thovghttess listeners were soome¢aught, aud “© ready to at once enguge for embarkation. However, Mr. Clancy ,D.L., hearing of it, went to the parish priest (Mr. Leader), who accompaaied bim to the scene of operations told the people that it wes not for a railway, but for war the eclisters wanted them, and informed tho latter that if thoy did not decomp they would be given in charge to police. They took the hint, and fiity persons whom had engaged thus fortunately escaped, The Cork Examiner states that the party who repre- geuted bimself a8 an agent, empowered t0 Ongage a large number of Jaborers in that country to complete some un- finished line of railways, and who offered the intending emigrants @parsage to America on the payment of three pence, turned out to be a swindler, and bad decamped, Lord Brongham Avoids the Negro. At the annual meeting of the British and Foreign Anti- Slavery Society in London, on the 22d of May, it was stated that Lord Brougham had dec/ined to take the chair, on the ground that such acourse was merely consistent with the neutrality which every one ought to observe in the coutest now going on in America. At the mecting a fetter wag read from Mr. Adams, thanking the society, in Mr. Livcoin’s name, for the pro- ceedings in ws oy 4 last. Speeches were made ribet a Sn ee forth, and hopeful of the extinction slavery. Resolutions were rejoicing at the ‘various stops taken by the United States government in furtherance of the emancipation of the slaves of the expreesing the gratefulness of the Anti Slavery Society at being recog- ington government ag the friends of Sonthoro States, and British and Fore! nized by the W: freedom. 180 Hill, also destroyed by the Alabama, was British property. Loud calls pene. ac made upon the British government to take instant action in the matter. The folowing prt oes usted ochange ie was on on the evening of May 23:— La in Liverpool May 1, 1963. Gunriaxex—I write to inform you that the sbips and Charles Hill, being in company on the 25th of in lattitude 1 2, longitude 2630 west, wore by the Alabama, and both burned on the 27th of Match. We were beld a8 prisoners for twenty-one days on board the Alabama, gnd then landel at Fernando ronha, where we remained five days, hundred fifty tons for this port, where we arrived on the 26th of April, more dead than alive. We could not get ready to come by this steamer; but shall sail jn four dayg for Liverpool direct, in the English barkantine Edith. Respectfully, yours, CHARLES E. EDAMS, Master of shtp Nora, To Me ars. E. J. Crocxur & Co., Liverpool. ‘The corgo in both veasels was British property. Both ees, were American and — ‘by the same tide aa the Mersey. shippers taken every ‘precanti against danger from the Alabama. They furnished captains with certificates of ow: ip by the Mayor other authorities, and it is pow ht that ment will take {ystant action Ya toe buxtoens. ‘Thi the Alabama Be j i of may have consequences not thought of by Captam Semmes. THE POLISH REVOLUTION. tt is said that the Eighth corps of Cossacks, form part of the Russian army, bad received orders to themselves io readiness to enter on active service. AD engagement had taken place between Berdyczow and Machnowka, which resulted in favor of the iusar- enis. : Ozinski had a successful engagement with the Russians, jo the environs of Zarki, while Dombrowski was success- ful near Kieszewo. The Csas publiskes a memorandum of M. de Pogodine, poimting out the means jor the extirpation of the Koles in the provinces incor,orated with Ruasia, Intelligence from Gonice states that an insurrection had broken out on the further side of the Doieper at Charkow : Charkow one thousand Rageran officers. ‘aro Jowa says that above one thousand ‘the @acete or imsurgents had occupied Zwiahel and Volhigwa. Near Kiew the insurgents had suffered a defeat A th usand students (rom the University of Kiew had joined the insurrection. The Warsaw Credit Bonk had declined to afford. tho government a lo.nof a million roubles. A repert was generally current at Vienna that the Rus- siw government bad called upon Prussia to be ready. with ‘a military force to assist io putting down the Polish insur- reetion, Four bodies of insurgents wero ander arms in Fastern Podoiia, It is stated that m Littie Russia and in Western Russie eighty-four districts were in a state of insurrection. 10K PALMERSTON OF TRE ae (From the London Times, May 19, The deputation appointed at the Trades meet. ing in favor of Poland, hold at St. Jamest on the 25th, of April last, met Lord Palmerston last evening, by ap- porntinent, in the Library ot the House of Commons. Atter bearing their address and Lord Pauwenstow said:—I have considerable plea- sure im listening to the Ge ng have spoken im such clear and which do much credit to their intelligence ing J think ft is always usefal that a its Ay understand the oplaieus so « if mer A aad important class represented tion. I think the geterous miralsn wast te, diaplayed for Polimd highly i \ pathy of Englishmen for the vietims and gor ripened wo - E H i i E & EERE government is «0 verb. No nation Person—your correspondent among, Lraune, May 22, 1868. Bodies of insurgents are said to havo-occupied Constan- tinople, in Volbynia, and Jampol, in Podolia. The inaur- gent corps, under Wysmouski, Zapoiowicz and Cziri- winski, have been completely defeatos. The Narowada Gazelts publishes the statement that a victory was gained by the insurgents on Monday last hear Kamionka, in which eight bunidred Russiaus were alinoat entirely destroyed. Podolis is quiet, THE SOURCE OF THE NILE, the London Times, May 22. _ Nearly two thousand years ago a Roman poet availed himsett of ager hica! fact to give effect to a mytho- logical story. He waa describivg the con‘usion nced in the universe when the horses ran.away with the cba: tot of the Sun, and he stated, as an incident of the papie, that the river Nie flod in dismay to the extremities of the earth and there hid its heat,*'which,” he adds, “re- mains hidden to this day.’ ‘hos? verses of Gvid’ have eon read by thousands who probably never gave ruck: thought to voritabie information which they regorded. Yot we lown from these few words that in the daya of Augustus nol only was the source of tho Nie w known, which was not at all oxtraordimary, but that the fact of its being uukeown was regarded asa extriordivary indeed, Why, if we come to think bout ths matter, shimud the Rowand have troubled themselves about the sources of the Nile? ‘Thoy Were certainly no such geographers as to be provoked by the obscurity of a single problem in the scicuce. Thele impressions of the eartn’s surface xnd of the di-tribution of its territories were loose aud fanciiul in the extreme. It is @ natural thing for us to tak» an ioterest in auch @ question, because wo helieve that we aro acqzalated with the cont of the spbe. and are always ready te despatch an expedition of discovery to any puint unvisited or unknown. Wee nstruct maps of the botiom of the see and of tho face of the moon, so that it isnot surpri we should be curious about the course of au Alrican river. But why should the Romans, who knew not muclriore of geography than they did of electricity ,coucera thomgelvea about ® particular watershed in the mountains of Abys- ginia’ The Nilo was a great riyer,no doubt, aaa. river, but other rivers wero as great, and maoy rivers were sacred. The sources of all of them were pro- bably alike unknown; but in no case, except that of the Nilo, was this highly natural ignorance ever made the subject of observation or explained by a special fable. ‘To understand this anomaly we tten back to early history. The Nile was not Sra vor, bat it was an Egyptian river, and the land of Fgypt was not as other lands. It was the country wonders, associated by its annals and its antiquities with every form of civilization With this the ‘Nile was actually identified; in fact; tho river constituted all the country that was habitabie, What, therefore, Egypt was to the world, the Nile was to Egypt acd the world alao—a species of natural marvel. jeste, w that. their great river had never bee! and they commu- nicated this information, along with the rest of ‘thor learning, to others. So everybody who had heard of any- ‘thing had beard of this, aud Ovid turned the story to account, and his readers accepted the Ulustration just aa ifthe source of all the other rivers of the world bad- a0 regularly focal Lente the Nilo romained a remarte- able and aimost miraculous exception. To plete this story lot us now add that the very peoplo whe tres the proble:n are now the most rejoiced at ite publis! solution. The source of the Nito, it is: ‘believed, has been ascertained at last by the discoveries of Captain Speke and Captain Grant, and the interest/taken by the Fgyptianain the announcement is exiri fe ‘Tho Viceroy considers that his reign has boen ren memorabie by this success, and the whole population ie in s state of excitement at the intelligence. ‘Vhe particulars of the discovery wil! svon be) made known togis, but It is one of the curiosities :¢ this most curlons sibject what has been discovered ia simply what might have been presumed, or, aa we may almoet say , what kad been predicted beforebind. As the Nilo is ascended a mountainvus country 1s reached, and in these mountains tho Nile clearly originated. That mach was known always, ayd not much more, except the Oxact int of the stream’s origi be _kuown now. 8 story told by Herodot and pataral, He says. that, Nile, be never found any man—vither or Libyan, or Greek—who professed to know where 1 lay, Tho stream ; he states, had been tracked a long wi beyond the condoes of Egypt, but it was a stro: and the country above wes such e torrid desert, nobody Knew avything abot it, In later times® fessed goographer placed the sources of the Nile, might very sately do, in what he cailed the Moun! the Moon, and it seems that the final discovery, pityebee? : = é : E i £ = = £ z Po of the eq! chison, is the great ph aud, without entering too nicel: pera cuiel ce coast tae ut confirm what‘was generally A good deal of our curiosity on this subject bly come by tuber It was natural ancient Egyptians should take an inter @ strowm which was sural enough i ? i 7 ti 58 st i | i i E 3 L (itl 4 aiSTt i ij i i : : z é i ‘| Pe i tia BY Hi viet alti fe ia very like oe Wile tate far up the * ‘impracticable, that at it Li ! i 5g of vw general the feeling the natives as to the discovery of the THE LATE THEATRICAL MESALLIANCE. 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