The New York Herald Newspaper, June 23, 1863, Page 4

4 NEWS FROM NEW ORLEANS. Arri at of the Steamship Lo- cust Point. 238 of the Siege of Port Hudson. tinuous Rain of Shot and Shell Pouring Jato the Rebel Works. AY The Garrison on Short Allow- ance of Provisions. Amputation of General Sher- man’s Right Leg. Daring Capture ef the Steamtug Boston by Rebels. She is Converted Into a Privateer and Destroys the Barks Lenox and Texana, Reported Destruction of Another Bark and a Transport Steamer. Suicide of Commander John E, Hart, of the Navy, ac, &e., ae. ‘The steamship Locust Point, Captain Wallace, from New Orleans 15th tost., arrived at this port last evening. Our New Ork Correspondence. New Or.xans, June 13, 1868, Port Hudson Not Yet Fallen—Silence on the Subject of Mili. (ary Operations—All that Can be Obtained — General Sher- man’s Condition—His Leg Amputated by Dr. Stone— ‘The Gperation—His Recovery Promises to be Rapid—An tract Applicable to the Present War—Lieutenant Colo- net Smith and Captain Badeau—Capture of the Steamtug Boston at Pass a la Outre—Death of Lieutenant Comman- dev J. K. Hart—He Commits Suicide—Reported Vapture and Destruction of the Bark: Lenox by the Captured Tug Boston, dic., de. Port Hudson has not yet fallen, The news of its sur- render and occupation by our forces has been looked for hourly; but nothing yet bas been received that would Iead us to suppose that we are more advanced than we were ton days since. The authorities keep everything #3 quiet as death, Nota word from the front is allowed to be published, and we are yet entirely in the dark respect- ing our loss in the battle of the 27th ult. All information that can be obtained is from those officers who return from the army, and they appear to be informed only in regard to the movements of the regiment or battery to which they are attached. It is known, however, that our siege batteries are opened, and that a continuous rain of shot and shell is be ing poured into the enemy's works. Several of their b ildings, supposed to contain commissary stores, have been destroyed, and they are known to be suffering some in killed and wounded. We also learn that an expedition visited Clinton a few days since and drove away a force of the enemy that had collected at that point. In the skir- mish that cccurred atthe time Captain Perkins, of the Sccond Louisiana cavalry, was killed. He was ono of the most active and daring officers in this department, and had gained a high reputation m the battles and skirmishes in the Attakapas country, and his loss will be much felt fad deeply regretted in the army. Deserters from the epemy come into our lines nearly every night. They report that the garrison of Port Hudson is at loast ten thousand men, and that they are in good condition 90 far as clothing is concerned, but suffering for something to eat. They are now feeding on eorn meal and molasses, and have very little of that. ‘The above is all we know respecting affairs at Port Hud- son, except that about twenty five or thirty men are daily added to our list of killed amd wounded. These casualties occur along our picket line, and are the result of the work of the enemy’s sharpshooters. ‘They 4o not suffer as much, Delo. better protected. The people of the North may be satistled at bei thus kept in the dark re- tions before Port Hudson, but | shall be surprised if they are. It is a mystery to us, and must be to them; and a good reason for the silence thus observed will no doubt be required, and, if necessary, demanded. In my letter of Saturday last I stated that in all pro! bility General Sherman’s leg, as well as his life, would be saved. Such, however, did not prove to be the case, for the wound became of such @ nature that ampu- tation was determined upon as the only means of saving hisiife The jon was performed by Dr. Stone on Sunday morning last, and as I was present an account of it will not be uninteresting. The wound was in the right leg, some distance below the knee joint. The shot in Ppsssing through fractured and splintered in a shocking manner both , and where it passed out lacerated the flesh to a great extent. The painful nature of the injury and the removal from the battle fleld to the hospital bere was a great shock to the (eneral’s system, and it was feared impossible to bring him toa Proper condition to bear the operation. When he was carried from his room and placed upon the amputating tmble his face wore an anxious expression that spoke in- tense suffering; and I thought that, no matter bow success ful the operation might be, his days wer account of his extreme prdStration. In a few seconds after being viaced upon the table he was fully under the eff cts of chloroform, and in ® minute after the leg was taken off above the knee. The arteries had been tied, and the stump was being washed, preparatory to dress. ing it, when he recovered his consciousness. At that time Dr. Foltz, fleet surgeon of the West- ern squadron, who kindly assisted Dr. Stone in performing the operation, was leaning over the General fanning him. He recognized bim at once, and asked, ‘Doctor, when are you going to commence?” The Doctor replied, ‘General, the operation is over: your log is of” “What!” said’ the General; ‘*you don't’ say so; T thought you were about to administer the chloro- form.’ As svon as he was fully conscious of his si tion his face brightened np, bis oye spark ud. from bis expression, i felt that Le bad changed jor the better The wound was soon dressed and he was carried to his room, fecling more comfortable than at any time since he was injured. Last Tuesday bis symptoins arm. ing. but they passed off, and since that time he has im proved rapidly, bie is ‘gaining strength, his appetite is excellent , and his wound is healing finely. If he continues to improve in the same manver be will be able to move about on crutches in five or six weeks more. T.o much praise cannot be bestowed upon fir. St the manver in which he has attouded Genera! Sherman's He has given it his constant attention, and has garding the case. been rewarded by seeing bis pauient in a (air way to re- cover. [also must speak of those ivestimable women, the Sisters of Charity, who have, by their uncersing care and watchfulness, materially aided Dr. Stone in his exer. tions to save bis patient. General Sherman's recovery is considered wonderful, for none thought it possible, from the condition he was in a week since, He had the sym pathy of this community, for he was looked upon as au upright man and gallant soldier. The True Delta of this morning thus speaks of bim:— Our readers will sbare the sincere pleasure we ourselves enjoy in imparting to them the glad tidings that Gen. Sher. mau is pronounced by his medical attendante as out of dan- ger. Hie high and hon: sense oF honor, his enero cial positions of delicacy and pro’ ound interest for him in this opinion of him asa soldier and In connection with Geo. Sherman's case extract from * tb ot be out of place. eptertained. the followi Military Surgery,” page 621, wi will apply 1y, 1 think, io ir cases, he says — |. Who was killed at ough the common tliac deen twice shot through the neck ine shot, which went through the ueck leit, tuned his heada litie to the ibe left to the the present war. In mentioning pecul Sir Etward Pack sand o 2 8 of that regard, and the advantage ed irom it, have made me sometimes think it might be advantageous for the unfortu well us for the doctors, if evary general could be at once through the neck or the body, before he was he command of an army fn the field, for there is actual experience of suffering to make wen feel inirene. A Secretary of War mt perhaps be the woree ror a Tithe pervomal expe in this mater, wowd rime Lieutenant Colonel Smith and Captain Badeau, both of whom are at the Hotel Dieu, aud wader the care of Dr. Stone and the Sisters of Charity, are also doing well Their wounds are of that character tbat will reader re covery slow, but they are very comfortable, are in ex cellent quarters and as weil cared for as at bome it wii) be some time, however, before they can move about, for im connection with other matters. the climate is much Against a vory speedy recovery. The Hotel Wieu jaa hos pital, built by and under the entire control of the Sisters of Charity. It is ® small building, but admirably con. structed for ite present use. it is in all respects a model boapital, and upon entering it every one is impressed with the appearance of neatness and order that prevails in all iY ts. The patents pay from one dollar and a Dall to five dollars per day, according to their accotmo. dations. This charge includes everything, aud ix neces. @ary Cor the support of the institution. One of the Sisters numbered, on | | | eee remarked to me.on my firnt visit, was (ocir inabitty (© merease the tuke their pavieuts without ebarge Tho Hiott's readers will remember the olroumstance of the captain of the kleamer Fox at one of the pasus of the Mississippi river, by a party of daring rebele ‘rom Mobile, a fow weeks ince, and her sa ¢ arrival ab the lat ter port, baving rup the gauntlet of our blockading equad. ron 1 safety. Well, we bave had another ose precisely Uke it. The stew tug Boston, a fow days since, when towing » bark over the bar at Pass a Outro, waa board cd by a boat © taining a number of men, and forcibly taken possesson Of; the fasts that secured her to the bark were (ben cul, and the last seen of the tug she was stouming rapidly towards Mobile, Captain Tibbits, who commanded the tug, bad gone on board the bark to pitot her, and thus escaped capture: the rest of the crew were taken prisoners. No tidings of the stolen boat have yet been had, but she is, no doubt, before this, undor the pro- Wetton of the guns ef Fort Morgan, if not at Mobile; for with her light draught of water and speed, she will doubt- less be able to run through one of the many channels into that harbor, undiscovered. The United States steamer Holyoke was despatched from here immediately on the news being received, in Pursuit, but too tate, I fear, to be of any use. Wo bave at the Southwest Pass au old sailing ship called the Pam vero, which is used asa coal and guardahip, and at (he head of the Passes the sioop-of-war lortamouth ts moored. These vessels are all the protection our commerce haa trom raidé of the above description; and a number of de- termined fellows. like those who captured the Boavon and Fox, could visit the Southwest Pass, and capture and de- stroy an immense amount of shipping without our being able vo prevent it. Pass-a-l'Outre bas had mo veasel ata- tioned ro, and any vessel entering the river through {nat channel rung more or teas risk of capture, ” It 18 to be closed hereafter, I undoratand, or, in other worda, the onse* locked, now that the horse is out of the stable. The party who captured the Boston are, no doubt, tno samo who captured the Fox. They realized a sum by their first exploit, and will no doubt be equally for- tunate with the looked upon by second, and they will be the citizena of Mobile’ as ‘ing more than human. very noses, e-pecially w! © have the to vent it, Noone, T anpenk. 's to blame in inatior, and in a fow it will caase to be of. Wher the poor fellows who composed her crow Merten seg EE} i i bed eeaeee ‘vessel on fire anc destroyed her, their way to Mobile. If this is ‘son to doubdt it, we have at last a case of piracy without doubt, and should the perpetrators be t they ought to be hung on short notice, notwithstanding avy threats that may be made by Jeff. Davis & Co. of re- taliation. “These men were nothing but a band of maraud- ers; they held no commission or any authority from the rebel government to sink, burn and destroy. Conse- quently they ought not to ve treated as prisoners of war. ‘The City of New Orleans is very, very dull. It is al- moat deserted by the army, and nearly all the civilians have left for the North that will leave, unless the fever should make its appearance. The rotunda of the St. Charles Hotel presents a melancholy appearance: ‘it is deserted by nine o’clock im the evening. The health of the city is still excellent and may continue so, the weather thus far giving every promise that such will ' be the case. We have, however, a singular state of affairs at Quaran- tine station. A naval transport from Key West, without sickness on board, is,quarantined ten days; whereas an army trangport from the same place is allowed to come up to the city without quarantine. Is this fair, and is it @ proper course to pursue’ New Ontxans, Juve 14--7 A, M News of importance was expected last night from Port Hudson, but it bas uot yet arrived, although it may be- fore the steamer sails for New York this morning. It was confidently expected that the assault would be made last evening or this morning at daylight. ‘The capture of the bark Lenox by the steamer Boston isconfirmed. She was from New York, with afcargo of assorted merchandise, for this port. There is a chance of the Boston being captured in attempting to run into Mo. bile; if she should be, there will be some neck stretching here before the season is over. Arrangements bave been made by the Medical Director toreceive and ‘a large number of sick and wounded, the St. Louis been taken for # hos- Pital. ‘This is in view, no doubt, of the assault upon Port Hudsen, which will add largely to our present list of men. ‘The steamer Creole from New York, with dates to the 6th inst, is now looked for, but as yet has not New Onieaxs, June 14—10:30 A. M. One of the Pass pilots, Mr. E. C. Bannon, has just been to see me, and from him I have information which mere than confirms the destruction of the New York bark Leoox, for the day following the Boston also destroyed dark Texana, Captain Wolfe, forty-five days from New York, and bound for New Orleans. Pilot Bannon had been on board the Texana five days when she was overbauled by the Boston. I give you his narrative:—The Texana was thirty-five miles distant from Pass ®\’Outre, and Bannon, ae pilot, was bringing her in, when the tug Boston ran alongside, as the Captain of the Texana supposed, to tender her services as a tow. ‘The Boston was flying the United States flag; but when she was close to the bark she pulled down the Stars and Stripes and ran up the Stars and Bars. Then came the hail, ‘Heave to. Back your main topsail.’” complied, and Captain James Duke, with a the entire crew of the Boston, boarded and took posses- sion of the bark. Captain Wolfe and his two mates were taken on board the Poston, and the crew were offered the | choice of going to Mobile on the tng or of going to shore in the long boat. Pilot Bannon, the eook and two of the crew left the bark in the Jong boat. The rest of the crew pre‘errod to go as prisoners en the Boston The pilot b= od they were well treated and were allowed to take out all their ‘private traps.’’ He saw Captain Cole and the first and second mates of the Lenox (burned the day before) on board the Boston. When the crew were out of the Texana she was set on fire Duke took no property from tbe bark. All this bappened early last Wednesday morning, for she was seton fire about six o’clock. As 800n as the Texana was well on fire the Boaton sailed away for the Chandelier. Mr, Bannon says that Duke and crew came over from Mobile in a lannch, and hung aronnd the Passes eight or ten days to catch the Boston. These men wero armed oaly with Richmond-made revolvers, navy size. This is Mr. Bannon's statement and it is perfectly trust- worthy. He is now going to Com, Morris and Collector | Bnllett to muke the same statement on oath. The Creole is in the river coming up. A rumor reaches us from Balize that the Boston has destroyed still another bark and a transport steamer. It is also reported that the Creole saw the Boston. For a small boat she is evi- dently doing a large business. Nothing as yet from above. Dr. Foltz has just seen | General Shermin and reports him as doing well. REBEL ACCOUNTS FROM PORT HUDSON. The Rebels Report that the Garrison | Makes a Sor from their Intrenchments and Spike their Guns— Reported Capture of Union Cavalry, &. {From the Richmond Enqvirer, June 19.) ANOTHER DEBPERATE ENGAGEMENT——THE BNEMY RE- PULSED IN ALL HI8 ATTEMPTS, Mowe, June A special to the Tribune, dated Jackson, Miss,, June 17, Says a courier arrived at Brook Haven last night from Port Hodson, who reports that our troops are jn fine spirits, \bat they have repulsed the enemy twenty-seven timer, and the attack eaccessfully. Aid was close at hand. Jackson, June 17, 1865, A courier from Port Hudson has arrived. He states ‘that the ecemy has been punished severely, His compa. ier ip front (a Zouave regiment) made good matks, and our boys took deliberate aim, and killed and wout im- mense Dumbers. The courier says they have sixty days Provisions, and have po fear, but are determined tw bold out to the last. Osyna, June 16, 1863, A desperate fight toek place at Port Hudeon on the 12tb. ‘The Confederates left \heir intrenchmente, bese tbe enemy and drove bim from his fortifications and spiked bis “Fa But the situation at Viekeburg still en- TORReR the eolicitation of the country. Heavy ret foreements are pouring ip Fort Grant, aud large inetal- ments from the command of Rovecrans have been trans- ferred to the great aay, investing Vicksburg. Whether Johnston has at the last hour been invested with authori- ty to concentrate the troops of tbe Wert, ie the anxious topic of inquiry and the vital question of the crisis, A citizen from New Orleape, Saturday, reports that many regiments are arriving from Kaun Rouge, The federnle are depondent because they cannot take Port Hudson by sesault. Provision are bigh and riting in New Orieane. The river is very low. There is other cheer: but contraband news. @ St. Charles Hote! is filled wit wounded from Port Hudton. They are brought by beet loads at night. Seam, Mise., June 37, 186. A courier from Logan's headquarters states that |ogan dashed into Jackson, La., on Monday, and captnred one hundred Yankees of the Fertieth New York cavairy iwonty negroes, with their wagone and arms, and ove bondred and twenty borres, A major and other officers are among the prisoners The Fight with rles—Con. 1865. A letter in the Jirald, from the blockading squadron off Charleston. save —(n the afternoon of the 19th inet. the nd Drive Our Troops | SHEET. | rebel batteries on Morris Island opened a fire upon the troops on Folly Peland, and (or half ao hour ne notice was taken of the firing by our forces. Presently the guuboats Pawnee and Commodore Molenough seamed up to withio | 200d range of the rebel baiteries, and poured in a deadly | fue from their beavy guns. ‘The Union batiorios of Folly Island now opened their fire, and for three hours the shot and sbelt thew. timok and fast. We could see that the rebel. shot fell short, «bite those from our batteries aud gunboats burst in the midst Of the rebel batteries ted until sunset, but the result of the ea not fully known, were sock firing the rebel rams camo out from behind Sumter and proceeded down about two milea from that fort, where they remained until the engagomont was over, not daring to Luke part in the fight. ‘The same aight the whole roadstend and sbipping wore brithanty illuminated for several hours by an extensive conflagration raging in Charleston. The heavens were lighted up for miles around, and tho destruction of pro- perty inust have been very heavy. NEWS FROM GEN. DIX’S DEPARTMENT. Our Fortress Monroe Correapendence. Forrauss Mownor, June 20, 1863. Skedaddle of General Wise and His Army=A Scarecrow for the Rebels—Probable Dengns of Lee—Opinions of | Officers—English Vesuels in Holiday Riga-Arrival of Sick and Disabled Soldiers, dc., dc It soems, from late reconnoissances made by our Loops, that theeenemy, under Wise, bas retired to the defences of Richmond or their immediate vicinity; for it ia quite certain now that the road us clear and unobstructed homce to within nine miles of that city. Whether the rebels de- sire t0 lure us om soto one.of their military traps or not I camnot say; neither can l\state whether or not General Bix intends’ to make any use of this open road, Military necessity may make bim powerless to do go, or his own judgmont may dictate a wise delay, which the experience of our people must have taight them is sometimes the Very thing in war, notwithstanding it would not answer tall in business pursuits, In either case, the public may rest assured that everyting that transpires or does got transpire wilt have been brought about, or avoided, as the case may be, simply for the good of our cause. General Keyes is in fine spirits, and attaches but alight importance to the rebel raid into Pennsylvania; and 1 must remark that many officers of high and long ex- pertence, whose opinions in amilitary way aro, like his, werth baving, agree with him, that the rebels simply intend this threatened invasion as @ ruse, to cover more important designs elsewhere. But whatif this invasion of Pennsylvania were meraly a shallow mask to cover the retreat of Lee and his army, and the evacuation of Rich- mond for some more interior point as the capital of the deed has oy oe of if Lee be now meditating a movement en masie, sending of reinforcements to Johnston, against are only suppositions, I know ; but how are we to know that te a ‘not entertaining our veteran Army of the of bis emt the rest have Really, viewed from ‘& prodigious farce, gotten up by manager Lee, whom I can ine standing by the side scenes laugh- ing in his sleeve at the gullibility of the Northern public, whom be is entertaining according to hia annual custom. pee. the English vessels lying off the fort wero dis- covered to be ri out in full regalia of signal and na- tional flags, in colebration of the enthroning of the Queen. At twelve o’clock noon a salute was fired by them and answered by the fort. ‘To-day the steamer Thomas Morgan brought down from Yorktown about one hundrea invalid soldiers, consisting of members of the Une Hundred and Thirticth New York, Twenty-sixth Michigan and Third United States Sharp- shooters. The poor fellows were janded at the govern- ment wharf, to await the orders of the Medical Director. Everything ts quiet in the department as far as I can learn. “There has been no fighting lately either at Suffolic or at Yorktown. Forrnese Siownok, June 21, 1863. The propeller John Rice arrived here last evening from Baltimore with 1,100 rebel prisoners, em route for City Point. - ‘The flag of truce steamer Pecouic arrived this morning from City Point, in charge of Major Mulford. They brought back four rebel officera, as the rebels refused to eg our officers for them. They have been sent to Fort Norfolk. Ninety-four rebel prisoners arrived on the Baltimore ‘boat this morning, under of a detachment of the Seventh New York militia. Our Williamsburg Correspondence: Is Caap, Wiezsaspera, Va., June 11, 1863. During last night an expedition, composed of portions of the One Hundred and Thirty-ninth New York, Fortieth Massachusetts and One Hundred and Seventy-eighth Ponnsylvania drafted militia, under command of Colonel Johnson, of the latter regiment, marched to Jamestown Teland Landing, on James river. ‘THE MOVEMENTS. Major General Keyes, after starting General Gordon’s Givision, im command of Colonel West’s brigade com- mander, up the old Williamsburg stage road, at once pro- ceeded to the spot where Colonel Johnson’s expedition was encamped, instead of going up the peninsula with the main column, and ordered his wagons containing forage to the rear until the wonjoint expedition up the James river bad safely embarked and started. THE PLAN OF ATTACK. ‘Tt was intended to strike the rebel rear (of Wise's force) while our main column engaged their attention in front, and by landing on the Chickahomiay 80 distract Gen. Wise apeither toforce him to abandon the i sula or lead to the capture of his whole force. ery- thing on land which was under the eye of Gen. Keyes had gone on with satisfaction. No delay or mistake had beer committed to mar his operations. GMNERAL GORDON’S ADVANCE. Early in the afternoon 1 went up and joined General Gordon's advance. The troops arrived at the Twelve Mile Urdivary about two o’clock P.M, and immediately the General started an expedition—one regiment of in- fantry, two squadrons of cavalry and one section of ar tillery; under Col. R. M. West—to \d bridge. At the same time two regiments of infantry, under Col. Burr Porter, went up the Centreville road to remain while Col. West and his troops drove the rebel regiment (said to be | on picket near Diascond bridge) back on Col. Porter's | column, who will thus be enabled. as we hope, to bag a number of them. To-morrow will show the result, THR TROOPS are all in fine spirite and anxious for a fight. Under | General Keyes they fee! as if they were in good hands, ready for any emergency he considers necessary. tosay, vet it is true, I did not meeta single straggier on tay way up to Join General Gordon, and this | tweive miles (rom Williamsburg, and the second day's march. Where eise can such « record be shown’ GENERAL PECK MOVIN ‘To-morrow wilt in ali probability give us some stirring news. We near that General Peck has also moved from Soffolk up the south site of James river. ‘The rebele will have their hands full. By to-morrow’s or next day’s mail I hope to send you @ | fuller and more satisfactory account of our movemente, and possibly success, The Rebel Invasi Me! [From the Balt ipper.) ‘The invasion of the loyal States of Maryland and Penn- syivania by the rebels has aroused the patriotism of the people of the North toa high pitch, and in a very few days an immense torce will be in the fleld, whieh, if ly directed, will crush the impudent invaders, and be the means of the more readily ending the war. rebels have evidently gathered their whole strength from one end of the Senth, cast of the Mississippi river, | to the borders of Marytand and Western Virginia, with & desperate effort to in- fore their final doom is ‘They find their strength in the “outhwest e been dissipated, and unless they make some ent in this direction, before Grant's army is re lieved from the necessity of continuing m the | vicinity of the Mississippi, their whole fabric will tumble to pieves, on the annunciation of the loss of the Western | half of their Confederacy. ¥, | It therefore becomes the people of the Northern States to this crisis now upon them, w York the work is going on Jo good earnest. The | the fall determination of maki flict vengeauce upon the North Jed aq with Hooker, but the arm: now to be gathered could be placed under bir conuend, and the moment euch ap announcement is made, it would be found that public confidence would settle down upon | the assurance of a speedy driving of the rebels back, or ' of their capture or destroction | We hope the President will forego bit feelings, it he has aby, of an unkind character towards geveral MoCiel | Jon, and’ respond to the universal wishes of the army and the nation, again to place him in the field. This is no time to indulge in antipathies or diecontents ; facts syeak loud. | er than words, and the manifestation of the feelings of the soldiers towards Metlelian would soon convincetthe President of their affection and rd for that officer, by ® general flocking to his standard once more Court of Appeals. ‘Atuany, June 22, 1863. The following \« the calendar of the Court of Appeais | for June 23:—Nos. 9, 22, 23, 29, 96, 26, 27, 11, 31 and 32. rebels mber of killed and wounded. During the | Tp Pennsylvania | NEWS FROM THE REBEL STATES. | IMPORTANT FROM THE MISSISSIPPL |” ns eee Bragg and Rosecrans Check- mating Each Other. OPERATIONS OF ELLET'S MARINE FLEET. APATHY OF THE MISSISSIPPLANS Vicksburg and Port Hudson Doomed, ‘Ren &e., ke Bichmond Not Considered Safe. Barrimona, June 22, 1863. Tho Richmond Dispatch of the 19th bas the following Gignificant paragraph:— Richmond ig about to to uncovered of the dofence afforded by the proximity of Goneral Lee’s army—a part of which is already in the valley of Virginia and probably in Maryland—and the rest will probably follow on whence they cannot be brought instently to our assist- ‘ance, if assistance we should need. The Rebel Representatives Abroad. ey oo pee, Same 7) » Spence, rerpool, our - cial a that city, we said be bad his from the <4 ent.” We were aware that it was at that things are Gone, and in the estimates furnished to Congress <‘for ap- ry required 5 the of State for aix. 81, 1863," we find an item of $6,150 (| in gold) “for salaries of consuls and shampion Apparently those supposed to have ‘“‘appointed’”’ this man, are desirous to get rid of the responsibility; they are ashamed of him, Perhaps; and, accor the Sentinel, which seems to be tbe “organ” of the Department of State, bids us observe that it was Mr. Memminger who ap- pointed Spence; that it was on the recommend- ation of Mr. Mason, and that all this a) by an in- roepted letter of Mr. Memminger to Mr. Magon, in which be says “I have appointed him ’’ We take the correction, and give the State department the full benefit of it. Yet after all, the iments of consuls and commerci agents, provi for by law, are made, like other appoint- ments, through the appropriate department; and finding the appropriation to pay them called for by Mr. Benjamin under the head of Department of , We not unpatur. ally used the exprossion—speaking loosely, bowever— that Mr. Spence had been appointed by that department. If this gentleman were nothing more, or other, than a commercial en . doing financial business for us in Liver- pool, it would, signify little what his private opinions might be; but he is more, and his opinions are not pri- vate. He has published a book advocating recognition of the confederacy, aud demonstrating very well too, the Tight of secession. Further , he has the eniree of the Zimes newspaper, which is considered in this country to be a great mattor,and has advocated the samo cause in its columns. He has come to be accepted as our cham- pion in England, and his championship is supposed ‘to be sanctioned by us, on account of his baving been re- warded for it with an official appointment. Thus, as wo have heretofore shown, the serious admissions he makes against us are taken as our admissions, especialy as there is no official disavowal of them, either by Mr. Mason or even by the ‘Index,’” These admissions amount to this: That slavery is a ‘moral evil;? that it ought to be abolished; that the independence of the confederacy ought to be acknow- knowledged, because that is the way to ensure the ultimate extinction of slavery: and especially that ‘tit will be clearly allowable to our (the [ nglish) government to decline to acknowledge their in- dependence without express conditions on the subject of slavery.’’ Next, the same Spence, in a letter to Mr. Pat- terson, of the Liverpool Board of Trade, (which we re- printed some time ago) said this, speaking of his afore. said work: You will find that I held, as I now hold, slavery to be not only a “great moral wrong,” repugnant to the age we live Jn, but alto moat injurtous to the, white people of the South, especially class. I then heli, as I do now, that tie independence of the South would inevitably end slavery under the force of public opinion. And the letter ends with a suggestion that the power of granting or withholding recognition Is a power which the British government ‘might offectively use to the extir- pation of this evil.” Mr. Mason js it Londop. He has not in any way repu- fort ed Co mente ee aes A i. a our recognition, may properly exact conditions yy which we are to condemn admit im a ipon this important point. We si orely ea we q poi fe nincorely it tg not considered ‘‘politic” to encouragn this delusion in the lish mind by way of disposing them to consent to us. There would be both humiliation and ‘ad faith in this; and, in the end, bad pol too. There is no meed that we should use any mean art or ‘sanction any misrepresentation in order to win our abso- lute independence. We are not so weak, not so in spirit, that we should stoop Prejudice of Exter Hall b this voluntary and gratuitous abassment 1 pemreng sh maeig-treremrcteregmenieraa ap md an humble beggar "8 gate, saying—I have sinned against Heaven and before thee: correct and chastise me as thou wilt; only look down with co1 sion on the low estate of thine handmaiden! Greut Bri- ton! be merciful to me, a sinner’ ‘This will not do. Mr. Spence may be a good mercial agent, but he is a most damagin; ee, advocate. This people hough = Mr. recommend him, though Secretary of the Treasury appoint him, though the State Department may get an appropriation for him, though we pay bim in solid gold—yet, the Enquirer, pre: suming, in this matter, to be the “organ” of the Conte derate people, will venture to declare to the British pub- Ne that it is grossly deceived if it imagines that the slightest interference will ever be permitted, or so much as the faintest suggestion listened to, coming from abroad, bearing in the remotest way upon the domestic institutions of these States. Frgland will recognize, or not, just as she pleases; bat we will suffer none of her philanthropy in these parte. A Rebel View of the Present Situation. [Frem the Richmond Fxaminer, Jane 19 | ‘The news from Port Hudson is cheering, and imparte a more promising aspect to affairs on the Mississippi. But the situation at Vicksburg still engrosses ail the solici- tude of the country. It is kvown that heavy reinforce. mente are pouring in to Grant, and that large instalments from the command of R-secrans have been transierred to the great army investing Vicksburg Whether Johnston has, at the last hour, been invested with authority to concentrate the troops of the West, is the anxious topic of inquiry apd the vital question of the crisis. If full wers have been conferred at the jast moment, and if Vicksburg can hod out until the concentration'can be | effected, then all will be well. The folly of attempting to manage from Richmond a distant campaign of ivfvite importance has become most painfully apparent Surely we are not at liberty to suppose that ive | period of warning was left unimproved, and that Vic Durg ig not stored with eupplies se abundant that ehe +s may laugh a siege to scorn. All that engineering sk ili and have been achieved defence. Her garrison i# ample to t assault: and the only douMs about st, refer to the authorities at Kichinond bave taken care to provide withm Ler | Magazines ample provisions to sustain a protracted and whether they have supplied eral n fh time with authortty to mass a force | equate (0 cope successfully with the beavy bodies f troops which the enemy have concentrated, and are bringing to bear against the place. The country have viewed with mortification the necessity of organia. ing an army, with its transportation and commisearint in the rears of Wicksburg, after the crisis bad set in, and befcre the very face of the epemy. But all things pomeible to heroie purpose and indomitable energy, and the pablic are st)! actuated with lively hope, that the new army organized in Mississippi will meet the great occasion Dobly, and strike the decisive blow of the ‘war with crowning succer®. Meanwhile @ splendid diversion in favor of Vicksburg ie made on the northeastern frontier, Toe troope, ied by Ube companion of Jackson, are in the van ;and if we our eaterprise ‘ould accomplish seers ‘pon ber works ing up of the campaign from the Rappa- | Frac wend prety J down & vi ae cam- pin Maryland and beyond although Kentucy is again Pre to Bragg , and Brags possibly ie again too inert to secure the inviting field, still the situation is more ad. | ‘vantageous for the South at present than it was twelve | tha ago. ' The from-ciad Monitors of the enemy have od a fail | ure, and the Yankee navy has joet all its factitious ter. rors. It is now only capable of apnoyance and acting as aconvenient auxiliary to armies of occupation. If we bad a particle of in our own Navy lepartment, or a few Semmeses, Maftits and Tuckers in our home navy, the blockade would soon be raised, and nearly ai) our rivers cleared of gunboats. ven 06. 10, the Blockade ny | not much better than nomiasl, AB immense maritime trade between the South and English ports is growing uP, and ‘arrivals and deporiaros of vosmnla are mation, ot dutly cocurrence. Charleston i no longer thicatened Mobile is gafo from the Gulf, and thero ts even & hope that by tho aid of yellow (ever, wo may again secure Now loans At thia period last overrumning large ad it, Praost ' resistance in tbat he bas not aucceeded in really re annexing them to the North, is attested by the large forces which he is to -employ 10 holding them, W tho Yankeo ‘The heavy draft thus Oocasionod upon bis forces, has rendered his principal armies too weak w achiove any new results, #0 woxk indeed, that ovory where, save at Vicksburg, be ia now standing on ‘he defensive. ‘The season of active and progrossive operations im 18s bas passed away from tho Yankees, and the summer solatiga which inaugurates fever and the tropical diseases, finds him’ retreating from the Jinog to which he had advanced last year. ‘Tho Western waters have subsided without any resulta for a tweivemonth to bis arms, and he ia Likely to find General Black Vouait a far more-troublesome customer on the Lower Missi6 sippi to himself, thaa be bad hoped General Starvation would be W us ‘A roview of the preseat situation reveals # condition of See in striking und gratifymg contcaat with that which existed a year ago, even were the relative spirit of the belligerent ‘armies the same aa then, which is far from being the case. The oventsof the it twelve months have established a gort of right in our froopa to year, the enemy had succeeded in ditional districts of our territory past, he bas made ne new oon- ushed, for the time being, the spirit of regions he has thus occupied; but whip the Yankees, and a sort of concession on ther part See Serene to be whipped. ‘in these facts are embodied the only promises of peace which ovist for tho country, Federal and Rebel Movements on the Correspondence of the Kaoxviis Register, Juno 9.] 10@ | OX vi i i . Caur. Bawon Gove Jube 4, 1463, rg : and prompt from Marfreesboro, in rear of Hoover’s Gap, which is fe cars @ strong positton. With a little labor it can be su lly defended against a largely superior force. It would be unnecessary and perhaps unwise for me to tell what little I know with regard to the disposition of our forces here. It wilt be sufficient to say that we await the onset with no for our success. The army Rosecrans has been much depleted to aid Grant, though I think the nature of his defences will enable him to hold Murfreesboro until Pemberton and Johnston gobble Grant in Mississippi, then he will have to fly for safety id. the blue waters of the Ohio; and the character the despatches which we have trom Jackson reduce that to a question of time only. The Mississi pon ben each t wigntine: {Correspondence noxville ter. Mrrrviay, Miss., June 2, 1863. The proclamations of Governor Pettus and General Johnston, urging the people of Mississippi en masse to take up arms, will add but little strength to the Southern armies. By some agency the people were inclined to misconceive the possible results of a revolution in which with unpar- alleled zeal, they embarked their lives and fortunes. An invasion of their own State was not anticipated. They believed that Kentucky and ‘Tennessee would furnish all the battle flelds to become memoravle through all time, and that the actual presence of invading armies was wholly impossible. They succomb to unforeseen circum. stances, while the courage of Tennessee has risen with increased pressure and magnitude. The very barbarities racticed by Rosecrans have augmented our armies, ‘hus will it be even here, when the people have recovered from the shock which has temporarily paralyzed their energies. A few counties will respond nobly to the call for volunteers. The whole militia force will move to Jackson ; but from all indications it will be found impossible to arouse the. on povcened . No feature of the legislation of our Congress has opera- ted more detrimentally among this oe than that enactment which enables men to furnish substitutes. I was wont to inveigh against }t months ago, bat now the effects of the meusure are everywhere apparent. Men who haye secured substitutes by heavy ures conceive themselves under no obligations to do more. It bappens, too, that most of those who have sold their ser- vices desert as soon aa they reach the army. Ri and Mobile are the great markete in which substitutes are bought and sold = The su! of dargains in most instances join our army with the original purpose of deserting the service. They not only weaken our force ju the field. but convey all conceivable information to our enemies, The number of substitutes employed by the citizens of Mississippi is enormous, and the effect of the system is everywhere perceptib! ‘isaatrous bas this law proven that many of the officers refuse to in their commands, and it seems to me that the practical abrogation of the act becomes a @ matter of necessity, ts effects upon the army are not worse than those developed here among the people. Rebel instances le results of this event are lore them. yw long can Geveral Jobnston maintain his position in the vicinity of Jackson? Jf Grant holds Vicksburg, reinforced from Por. 7.) Mississippiens iv deem Vicksburg al- ready Tow, and when the t4 contemplated we may well ter’s feet.and Banks, how long can the army, which is now too small to cross the Big Black and assail Grant's rear, bold Jackson? It has been believed that Bapks would not be permitted to join Grant, but we have no news indicating any movement of Johnston to prevent the combination of the two armies. Kirby Smith, it was rumored, has crossed the Mississippi from Louisiana, but this story lacks confirmation. In very truth the from Jackson is conflicting and unsatis- ** T am mot inclined to believe that the garrison will be surrendered, por the place lost. If this must occur, the first stand mude by our forces will be ou the Big Black about fifteen or twenty miles from Vicksburg and at Jackson, which is now being fortified fifty miles. Flank movements from Port Hudson betow and from different points along the Yaz00 above will force our troops to retreat towards Meridian and Mobile, and thus we will be driven from the Miesigsippi, from Memphis and other points above and below Vicksburg; federal troops will advance jnto the interior, Jobnston’s povition will be turned and he ‘Must again retreat. Thus we shall be compeiled to re- tire from the river, and tbus the federal goveroment hopes to reopen trade with New Orleans: thas Cinein nati, St. Louis aud Chicago and tbe whole Northwest are to be appeased; thus the Vallandigham party is to be shorn of its power. Very trutbfally did Generai Thomas aseert, when he induced Gract to return to the assault of Vicksburg, that there were ‘polities! onsiderations” which made the capture of Vicksburg an inevitable ne- cessity pews factory. The Opposing Lines Advancing in Ten- mossee. [From the Mississippi Appeai, June 10. It bas been thodght by many that the advance of the Jiues of tne opposing forces in Middle Tennewsee Indicates that both parties are spoiling for a fight but a letter to the Macon Telegraph thinks the movemente are not at all s@nificant. By way of explanation, it je stated that the onject of bracg i 10 make a Sight in front of Shelbyville, where we have extended Jines of fortifications. The ob ect of Nowecrans »s to make him fight behind Murfrees boro and ov the other side of Stone river where he hae @ strogly prepared position. Nei ther wish to seek an open field encounter. The mere possession of Murfreesboro would prove of no ad- vantage to Bragg, and the withdrawal from it would afiord an opportunity and an excuse to shell it by Kose crane bim Hence be bas made no effort. to enter ibe town. He might have done 80 any time these last three monibe, but bie present attitude. being more deiensibie, would be ily abandoned unlew to some purpose beyond. such as the capture of Nasbville and the extension of our line to the chain of pills which run along the Kentacky border. Wherefore do the commanding generale coquette with each otber? Like cther flirtatious, it may result in | a mateb before it ix done jt at this moment the proe- pect is not particularly favorable. There wre warm ca- resnee of artillery, little rifle eudearments and then short, le of reserve. But the mereet academy girl un tauds al) thie eort of thing. Buckner’s Trowbies in Kast Tennessee. Major General 8. B. Buckner dates General Order No. 43 from Headquarters, Department of East Tennessee, Knoxville, June 8, 1863. The order is « threat to officers ‘and men absent without leave. plication will be made to the War for baving commirsioned officers failing return within fifteen days after thie publication dropped from the rollr of the army Their names will then be furnished to commandante of shall be armed when an action is pending given a chance of redeem! ytd » moet exposed post ” dy V. Sheliba, Chief of Staff, and J. N. Galleber, A A. 6. Desortere from tbe East Tennessee army appear 10 be numerons. Thomas’ Legion, apprebension of twenty eight deserters from his company The Renegade Etheridge's Letter, [From the Chattanooga Rebel, Jane 10. | ‘The letter which we publish this morning from the no torjous Tennessee renegade, whose name heads thie para. » will well It wae written from Vashington, io reply toa letter of invitation from the | Wasbington Union Club, of Memphis, Rear him to join in a public cel of the anniversary of the surren- der of that city to the federal arms, Altogether it ie an eccentric, bitterly sarcastic and most discontented epiatie, and evinces very clearly the Aisappointment "Emerson at the. present. con. ditton of the ‘glorious Union,” and hie mortification at the il! snocess whi¢b hag Bitherto attended the federal Ni Mine Mi apd G A Lewis, Mrs 13, 4 lary ), Rael a Lippincott. Joe 8 Biowt, Mary Mr Mile, Liew $’aucueand and.child, M Crimmen, dark Chevalier, leat on. i arms are giad to perceive that he has at come tho biessings of the ** freest government in the World.” and we betieve he is by this timo satistied that “the finest army on the planet’ is not qui uate to the ¢ask of crushing the reboilion. Kmerson gives it to the abolition, imbecile, Yankee administration ungpar- ingly, and his letter prosents the most glaring ampose of the shallowness of its policy we have yet seen from @ Northera source {From the Chattanooga Kebel.} 18 THIS BOT Our agcount with the United States gives us am exoeee of peisanors mages by. our forces, in all all partayt Cro confederacy, of ahout Beventeen thousand non-commis- bloned officers and privates. The captures of commis. sioned picors about balance. Operations of (¥rom the Mississippi Appeal, June.) The federals destroyed Austin (Miss.), including the records of the Court of Lumos couoty, aud every fmuse tn town except ono, on last Sunday. The force which accom- pushed this achievement of vandaliam wah Eliov’s marie A little Aight took place on Boaver Dain Lake, abvut seven milos {rom town. News from Tennessee. rou the Richmond Kuquirer, June 20. Kiveeything te quiet long our lines io ididdie Tonneswee, and without any prospect of an advance on the part of the enemy. Koseorana, since be bas weakened bis army by sending reinforcements to Grant, bas called to bis aid the forces that have garrisoned posts in Kentucky, General Burnside has removed his boadquarters of tho Depart meat of Ohio to Hickman Bridge, Kentucky, tom miles south of Nicholasville. The advance of the enemy's lines are seven miles (rom Mu boro. A Sad Report for the Blockade Runners. The Savannah Repudlicar is informed tnat there are at this time twenty-one cargoes of unsold goods in porta 6f the Confederate States, viz: two at Mobile, five at Wal: mington and {ourteea at Charleston. pace a lh 2 What Rebel Mone: ‘Worth Among the pees Sig mon Bg When the repel steamer Galypao was captured by the United States steamer Ftorida, while on ber wey from Nassau toa port tu North Carolina, a robot mail bag was thie Collowrusg. found.on board, from which curtous tateers, were taken:— dent Confederate money will not be worth the paper it is made on, although I may be mis taxen. * # © J.B. JAQUES. Nassau, June 3, 1363. Wuzsam E. Susons, Richmond, Va.:-— Dear Frmyp— * * © Ihave not been able to tind sale of the bonds, though there have been sales heretofore, but now no one seems ready to buy. {could sell at forty: five cents, but am not willing 10 sell at that figure. f have concluded to deposit them in a house here, to be of at afair price, and proceed mynelf to New York, as we talked of before my departure from Rich mond. Until my return | shall not be able to make any shipment to you. The feeling here by residents seems te be in favor of the South; but I do not think it exists any further than doliars and cents are concerned. They are all making money out of the war, and do not care, in my opinion, how long it may last.’ As to England herself, from what I can see and hear, she is in favor of the South, on account of the gallantry shewn by Southorn sol diers, and would ve willing to recogaise her, providing she would emancipate ber slaves, which can never be done. LJ HENRY WOODARD. Miseclianeous News. ARRIVAL OF PRISONERS AT RICHMOND. Castle Thunder yesterday contained seven hundred and eighty souls, beld as prisoners, A list of three hundred waz being prepared to send away to General Lee’s army this morning. ‘The Libby prison received on yesterday twenty-four Yankees, captured from the region lately occupied by the memny, between Fredericksburg and Culpepper: ©. H., aod three from the vicinity of Suffolk. A small gum ber arrived last evening by the Central train. THREE Sion AND FIFTY DOLLARS. ‘From ynebburg * A el ct vac, algnng 8 pounds here yesterday for $350 per hundred weight—the highest price, for a like quantity, ever paid in tbis or any other market. . It was raised in Halifax county, Va. ‘The Raleigh, N. C., State Journal says that Gov. Vance bas determined to call an extra session of the North Caro- lina Legislature on the 20th of June. A box of tobacco, weighing 282 pounds net, was sold ia Richmond yesterday for owt. Maathinpey toe tne ppapetastons or eotien ontes has beeu Pris in operation ta ts |. Pinckney Walker , her Brittapic Majesty's Vice Con sul at Charleston, having submitted to the oC ‘State satisfactory evidence of his es Actiag Consul for the States of North and th Carolina, is re- cognized as such by the government of the Confederate tate States. Rev. Albert J. Graves, of North Carolina, has been re. leased, the Grand Jury refusing to find a Dill against bim. Coroners’ Inquests. Fata, Resuit or ts Brooms Sraset Suootusa Ar. rray.—Hugh McRoe, ® member of Engine Company No. 84, who was shot in an afiray at the “Monte Cristo,” at No. 450 Broome street, on Sunday morning, died yoster- day atthe New York Hospital from the effectsof the wound, Corouer Naumann was notified of the fect, and was engaged all day in hunting up witnesses, with the view of holding the to-day. Thus far the police bave been unable to find out who tired the fatal shot; but it is hoped the investigation before the Coroner will serve fi Cg up the matter and bring the guilty party to justice. Forrp | Rowxep.—The body of an unknown mi forty years of age, five feet eight inches bigh, with dark hair and red mustacne, was found floating in 1 near pier No. 2 East river yesterday. Coroner held an inquest and sent the remains to the dead house at Bellevue Hospita) for identificat ou. Corouer Collin beld an inquest at the Staten Island fer- ry, foot of Whitehall street, upon the body of an un- known man, about thirty-five years of age, found floating tw the water off the Battery. body bad been in the water about ten days or two weeks. Fata. Accrpexts.—W illiam Henderson, « native of Ire- jand, aged thirty-five years, died at the New York Hoz pital yesterday from the effecte of injuries accidentally received some weeks ago by the explosion of an oven at Wil crackery bakery in Cherry street. Nanmanb held au inquest. Alexander Krug, @ returned volunteer, whose term of service bad expired, wne killed moan 4 by jumping out of @ window, at No 23 Ninth avepue, while un- der @ fi of temporary insanity, Coroner Naumann beld aa inquest. Coroner Collin held wa inquest upon the body of Elien ( Rearp, 9 native of Treland, aged ae years, who wae acevdental'y killed by falling off roof of ber dwelling, No. 99 Madison street. Arrest of a Ferger in New Have: New Haves, June 19, 1865. Matthew €. Cameron, a clerk in a recruiting office for the Eleventh Connecticut Volunteers in this city, was arrested here gon Thursday charged with forging the Connecticut soldiers’ State bounty papers, He is mow in confinement awaiting a hearing m Detector notives two new counterieits, of denominations of hundreds and twenties, on the ry Bauk, Connecticut, They are very well done out tor them Departures. Yora=—Mre Petey P doit dt chi fare oily, nod two children, iter Mr Bhicls and infant, 4 Hamlin, , Rev § Tower A Ben jamin. Captain, Nelson, Geo Croumeyer ety ma four ehitaren; Copies beste oat our children; Captain fea ian ner, A ana. br Priestie} nd ae y : Sky" thomas Haven—and 646 10 the ttoerage nt ey, Onizawe-Rchooner BF Priudle—Ming ary Canni bol, Mre Sproul and three wildness ee Porter chtidren, Mina KO Porter Bark Elisa Baree—J B Nelson, A W Harvey, Phanivin and ihpee chilaree. Mend Tee ARRI venrour~Sieamebtp City Harold, Mr and Mra P Minnie Hi . Jeane: rey, Harriet Banden eg TW Pale, Ju ra sarah Vitetle jorence Hiartue, Mre R Hari Biont, at 2, Geo fakes. Thos Beit. Port Royat—Steamahip Saxon—Dr § Sandt. Mr Thelling and may, Capt BO Paitin, ens Here. GF Jeckman $. DW Davie, H Abel, Lievt Pu Bonnney, & Tear A cloves, J Reeder: WM Fowler, Oapt Mason, Jobn Scanlon Newnens, NC-—Steamer Dndley Bock—Lieuts Pay. Hall, Woodman, } Jobnson, Hows J Botts, rd, Lae amnion | Majer i ine, Mi Hie, Wilkins, and ‘Ben Jos Farretl, inte of the apanse~-Berk Japan; Mra Grito, Mes jog—Capt he coms! of ~ nei ebildres Hawacno—Steamnship Tentonia—Sarab Harborger, J Biephani and wife, Mrs Ca Gruber, Oscar, : rE ‘Winslow and wife. sie. 15, Hes Bi dennitz and wife, Pee ip Thamee—Capts Boyce, Washburn and Ki ‘all of th Merwe wer ar ease oe Be Onn Steamship Lone Potnt=Mr H Fietdini ri Laing. sadn the teerare. ”