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WEEKLY REPUBLICAN TUe Enemy Below. Two or three ot he enemy's gunboats wp.re on Thursday lying in the Savannah river just belhw Fort Jackson. They were in motion occasionally, but mostly at anchor. From this approach and the recent balloon observations bdow, the enemy may be preparing to execute his long threatened attack. For the benelit of those who surmise that this movement is a feint, while the attack will be made on Charleston, we will rein irk that at no time during the war has the enemy made a feint by w iter. Conti lent of his strength, he h 'S invariably advanced baldly up to the maik. ,|3f* We learn mat Gen Drayton’s pickets rep. it that about forty of the enemy’s Vesteis were at Red Bluff, coming towards the Savan nah liver, at sun set last evening. J-igT’ The Yankees at Cockspur were balloon ing again this week. We learn that an ascen sion was made in the morning, and another in the afternoon. Report op a Figiit in South Carolina.—lt was currently rumored on the streets Thursday afternoon, that a skirmish or a battle took place at some point ou or near the Savannah anti Charleston Railroad, it was supposed in the vicinity of Pocotaligo. We have no reliable information on the subject but w- credit the report. The train due Iroiu Charleston at SP. M., did not arrive. A Voice from over the Sea. A gentleman of this city, who has very re cently i* ccived a letter from a friend in Ireland, It** kindly permitted us to iimke the following tetrad. It confirms what nas been so often Inserted, that the hearts of the people of the t'hd World are in sympathy with the South : WiTEP.roiiD, (Ireland.) [ 23d March, 18'12. j * * > * * I cannot tell you liow often I think of you and your family, particularly since I saw it re ported the Ft-derals had got above Savannah, aud cut off communication between country uud city. What will become of you all and your beautiiul places, to think of the possibility ot these rullianly Northerners pillaging and de stroying your homes? Oh, it is terrible Would to God the accursed war was over, and the South free from the yoke of Northern ly ran ny. The noble stand the South Ins made has won the entire sympathy of Great Britain, and now a defender of the infamous North would be almost spit ou, if he opened out amongst respectable people. People could not believe tbe South had means or men, in laet, to m ike any stand; now they say the Southerners are noble fellows, and n.,e won a Spartan kune. Of course I watch with painful anxiety for each s earner’s arrival, hoping to see the hated Federuls driven away front Sav..nuah. If it lias to be abandoned, I would far raihor know it was burned to the ground than tail into Yan kee hands. • The only news we Lear is thiough northern sources, and of course all one sided. We ex pect a steamer in to-Juy, aud it is thought she will bring news of a bailie ou the Potomac flow alt, but especially Southern connected people here, will njoi 'e to hear of a S intheru Victory; but even if defeated, no one ever doubts the final success of the Si#ith. The Loudon Times is writing up the Southern causa very strong. They c-ay the North is ut terly bankrupt and demoraliz'd; the South only finding out its power; and the defeat of Doneisou only a warning not to relax discipline or ellort. While the South is willing to make suek sacrifices, and the negro population re main faithful, they can resist all attacks, except on the seaboard under cover of the heavy guns ot the ships—in fact subjugation is an impossi bility. G. (Jen. IScClellan’i Army-'l'lie Cantts of McDowell’* Withdrawal, Mr. Henry J. Raymond, editor of the JJrw York Times, in a recent letter from Yorhtc-wn, writes as follows: Gen. McClellan's numbers have been strangely overstated in many quar ters, and I heard an Inltueutial member ot Con - gre#s,wbo had been yehetnent in his complaints of McClellan’s inactivity, insist that he had over 300,000 men under his command on the Peninsula. Now, I have the figures for an ex act statement ot bis force, by corps (I'armce , divisions and brigades ; and if it were prudent even yet to slate these details of his force, 1 should be very glad to give them, by way of refuting this, opinion. I can say, however, without impropriety, that his effective force is Just about one-half the number assigned—a little more, pi rhaps, but not much. His original plan, as I have already staled, was to send a corps u'armee to the rear of Glou cester, to reach West Point, twenty-live miles above Yorktown, and then, by combined attack in rear, in front, and on tbe 11 utk bom our gunboats, to compel a surrender. This plan he was under the necessity of changing when (Jen. McDowell’s corps was withdrawn and sent to the Rappahannock, because be was then left without a force sutlicient to warrant the detachment of so large a body as this operation would have required. Ills only resource, there lore, was to make tiie attack in regular form and by regular siege operation, running no risk of defeat by unduo baste or inadequate prepa ration, aud making it absolutely certain that he could hold every step he might take iu advance. And here let me say one word as to the rea sons for the withdiawal of General McDowell from his command. Tics very remarkable step has very frt quenlly been assigned to very un worthy motives on tile part ot Gen. MnDowt 11, who is charged with having desired and sought an independent command. I believe this to tie grossly unjust ud utterly untrue. Gen. Mc- Dowell is as honorable and high-toned a gen tleman as there is in the army, and I believe him to be utterly incapable ol any such un worthy conduct; iu polut ol tact, moreover, 1 happen to know that Geu. McDowell did not seek or desire a separate command —that he desired, above all things, to co-operate with MeCiil'an in Uiu ex.-euuou ot thograud scheme assigned to him, and that ho was surprised, chagrined and bitterly disappointed, when he received the orders which detached him from that army. The reason for the change, which was made tty the Secretary of War, with the assent ot the President, was lear for the safety ot Washing t tt. The battle at Winchester had startled them, by revealing a much stronger rebel lorce iti their Immediate front than they had supposed —aud, upon inquiry, they found that rhe troops left tor the protection of the capital were b->s • effective than had been assumed. It was there upon decided that one of the two corps re maining, either McDowell’s or Sumner's should he withheld, aud tlie choice tell upon the ter mer. This is a very simple explanation of an i.flair which has been invested by rumor with a great deal of’poUllcal importance, aud which lias occasioned a good deal of bitterntss of feel ing. Hut 1 believe it to be tbo true oue. Enough on this subject for the present. Tub Latest from Corinth.—The following, which wo tiud in the Jackson Misaiaeippian of the Odd instant, is the latest we hear from Cor inth, at the time w>> write. Since the 21*t, telegraphic news trout that point has failed to reach us: '* The interest in the Important and bloody events pending at Corinth heightens aud iuteu sities. A private despatch was received in this City yesterday, trout M.-j. Gen. Van l)orn. stating the light would commence yesterday. A despatch w.. s also received from Gen. Beau regard making enquiries as to the hospitals at this place for the accommodation of the wound ed. The despatches which we published yes terday showed that the enemy was heavily re- Intoreed. Everything seemed to iudicate the proximity ot the conflict. To-dav our reliable, special correspondent is, up to this hour, (12 o’clock) ominously silent. We would uot oe surprised it the battle had commenced this rooming. It would have commenced yesterday morning In all probability, it the heavy rains had not prevented. From this cause a general engagement may be postponed for some days to cotue, but it cannot be put off much longer.” Is it a Yankee Trick?—We have setu a specimen shitiplaster purporting to be i#>u,-d iu this city, and circulated in Western Virginia. The following is a copy ot the bill: V ship j No. 194, Augusta, Ga, March 11,1562 i,! , > Joseph D. Clark, full sail, ) will pay 1 (OX8) (ONE DOLLAR) (ons) 1 Oa demand at hts office on Broad street, opposite the Augusta Hotel, iu any current circulating medium, * heu presented iu sums ot Five Dol lars or its multiple. _ J D Clark. .Q. t or s /W, WAyfmkV, Vo, Ii t public abroad should be careful not to receive these nates, as they are ot no value w h*t ever.—* 'otuiit uti anaiut. Hou. R Hawes has been looted Provisional Governor for the State ot Kentucky, to fill the vacancy occasioned ty the death ot Hon. Geo. W. Johnson, who fell gloriously fighting iu the ranks at Corinth. TEEIEj WEEKLY UVC-ALT 31, 1862. Our Vi ©rmpondoECi*. [From i/y Regular t orn’, pamlrii .] Near Richmond. Va , I yay 23d, 1862. \ Our camp hiiLertu about four miles uorth oast ol the eapiml, has born moved shout one mile east of the last position, and neater the line of the enemy’s advanced guards. Since my last, tl e C nlcdeia’e forces have slept on their arms and incessantly r< quir- and to be visa laiit. No doubt of lasge forces of McClellan being qow within five mdes of m steadily re connoitering and continually advancing by gradual steps. Whether he intends to attack our forces drawn up to oppose his "onward to Richmond,” in a short lime, is known only to himself; Notwithstanding indications of that nature, it is not believed he will, without pre paration by which he can in some measure as sure his soldiers of safety, ri.-k a general en gagement. Adequate breastwoiks are to be raised as a place of refuge ior his Hessians, and points of protection where bis forces may rally in ease of defeat. With him this matter is one of serious importance, on which much time will be spent in order to obtain entire satislac tiOD. There is little doubt in his mind about the fiet that his soldiers tight better when couvine eJ breastworks are ready to receive them it the fire gets too hot elsewhere. This u.ay assure them, but if tbeir dependence is placed in bat teries and earthworks behind, to which ea h Yankee may flee wheu his cowardly heels prompt, it seems that a eonlusion might begot up in their ranks aud closely followed lhatwoUld produce favorable results to our arms. It is hoped, however, that they m.iy not be permited to fortify and consume their time while our troops are inspirited and in good health. I£ tbe toe is tar enough from successful escape now is the time to strike, and on and i ; if it is leit to Johnston a battle will be hazirded. To day just as we moved into our biavouac and got fairiy under cover at a thick wood, a balloon majestically arose in the east, about live miles distant away Its bright exterior glistened in the morning’s suq as it ascended dancing to aud fro with the breeze, and went up apparently 30) feet high. After a fifteen minutes survey ot our lines, and, no doubt,,a covetous giauoe at our Capita), it descended, but came up again in a few minutes to take a more satisfoctoiy inspection. It looked very like the one thi took a bird’s eye view of us from Washington when our lines reached to Muusou’s Hill. — One day there, they venlured up in it to some considerable heigbth, and seemed to be very busily masking out the different positions oi our forces, upon which a fine rifle piece belong ing i o tbe Washington Artillery of N. O. was turned and fired. The whizzing shot tied through ihe air, passing with its peculiar shriek somewhere in the neighborhood of the hostile seror oats, and only a few seconds elapsed before balloon and contents were gone from our view. Alter that the Confederate movements were not subjected to any more bird’s eye serut euizmg. To morrow the same minute inspec tion will be made again, and I believe a trick is on foot to run a rifle pieee in as near as possible to-night in order to take a shot :A it. I hope to see a hole made through the “concern.” This seems to be a favorite mode of reeon uoitering, which could be practised advantage ously by our side, and why it is not used more frequently is hard to understand. We had a balloon in operation at Yorktowu, with good effect, exposing in inv of the enemy’s works and encampments. It seems to me one might be kept constantly in the clouds watching every movement of his forces, conveying the intel ligence by telegraph to headquarters, and facil itating the process of giving information. I The panic, which at first threatened to tak e | place iu Richmond, when the army fell back ! and the forces of McClellan were know n to be j advancing both by land and water, h s, to a l great extent, subsided. The great dread seenud ! to be ot the gunboats, which have been hereto fore unsuccessfully resisted everywhere, but thoec that came up to the batteries below tbe city, having been repulsed, the fears of the eiti zei s have been greatly aiiaved. Another thing ten iing to restore continence is the careless indifference of our soldiery to the enemy’s ap proach, presenting,as they do, that, daring front which assures the people of a perfect willing ness to try tiie wager of battle in this question of right. A few days ago the prospects were promising to have the city materially depopu lated. Many wagons, drays, &c., loaded with furniture, bestraddled with men, women and children, with an occasional sprinkle of darkies could be seen taking tbe way that leads west ward. Tiie class that were so ready to leave were mostly those strictly loyal to the South. I am sorry to believe, many a traitor and spy has his abiding place in the very heart of our Con federacy, aud at this hour and perilous moment, are aiding the enemy with their nefarious pur poses of subjugation. This class remain to re ceive the gracious thanks of an enemy, who is of the right, stamp to appreciate and foster such cowardly villiaus—the only nation, making pretences to national honor, that would take Arnolds to its bosom and nurture them with distinctions. Unfortunately," Beudictoniy reap ed the just scorn of his debased aud contemp tible deed, but tbe, surest mark of potior among those who would enslave us, is to know that one is a traitor to bis home—the murderer of bis own fireside. The old gray haired wretch— the imbecile and demeuted Scott, is \ e". an ob ject of veneration among those who threw him away on account of his imbecility, but still can bow at tbe shrine of meanness, because of hearts that flow with congeuhti villainy. Just at this period in tiie progress of my let ter some heavy tiring of field pieces, discharge following after discharge in very close succes sion, was heard towards the north east of our po sition. Remember, we are now always in line of battle. Going to the edge of the wood and looking across a wide field over towards some hills about three miles distant in the direction | named, the smoke of each gun could be plainly | seen, and that of tbs shells which in due time j were followed by reports. I’ve uot heard | whether any pieces ou our side were engaged or not, but it seemed that large volumes of j white smoke rose from a valley between us aud I the first, aud this may have been our guns re i plying. Probably the enemy was shelling a piece of wood into which lie designs throwing j pickets to-night, or it may have been an artille j ry duello got up for the purpose of drawing our ] taco from the cover of the wood tbat he might I learn their exact locality. In this he was foiled, j although the balloon was seen cautiously and j slyly peering above tbe tree tops w idle the tiring I was in progress, lor our Colonel is-tied orders | lor every man to remain under cover of the wood. Now this little skirmish may, audit I may uot, portend a tight to-morrow. It may be the objqct of the enemy to come as close as po sible before attempting to build entrench ments. 1 shall not venture aa opinion now, but wait until further developments warrant the propriety of hazarding oae; at which time, j if all Intermediate contingencies are survived, : I may have something of more importance to write than has been recorded in this letter. Tvaft i.s Monos. Later from Nawxn. Information has reached this city from Nas ■ sau (N. P ) up to the 2t).h instant. The following vessels were at that port: -‘ Sehrs. W. Y. Leilch, Experiment, Harriet Lowndes. Julia Marshall, Morning Star, Adela ; and Patriot; British steamer# Thomas L. 'Vragg, Hero, Minbo, Minna, Sidling, Cambria, Mirxmen, Ovelo and Nelly. The British steamships South trick and Gladi ator had sailed for Europe, the former with HOC and the latter with '.OO bales Cotton, j A rumor prevailed at Nassau that the steam j ship Bermuda had been re'eased by the Yankees. j The brig Fanny Lewis, Mitchell, from Liver p '!, and schr Albert Ernekson, from Havana, : had arrtv. and at Nassau. Some Egyptian Cotton seed and several Cot -1 ton gins have lately arrived at the Bahamas, and the v v hope to cultivate Cotton with success. The Bii ish steamship Tubal Cain was espect | ed at Nassau from Liverpool. The ship Elisa Bonsai! had arrived at Liver pool from Nassau. —Charleston Courier. The British steam sloop Racer, from Port Royal and Tvbee, touched off this bar yester day afternoon, ar.d left again for Ham toon Roads.— Charleston Courier. Letter fritiii IVa&aii. [ ■’•orrespondence Savannah Republican.] Nassau, N. P., May 20th, 1863. EJ for Savannah Republican : Dear Sir : We arrived hare last Saturday from England, in the fine iron steamer Hero, alter an excellent tun ol IS days. So miles E. N. E., oil Abueo light, we wci bonded three times.by the U. 8. steamer Moce.iita. She approached us with the'British ensign flying, but soon run up the Stars and S tipes and tired a blank shot. We at once stopped tbe engine, when the first officer came on board, the boat’s crew being armed to the teeth ; after having looked through all our papers, he asked our Captain to go with him ou board of Ihe Mercedita, which ol course was declined; he then asked permission to take our papers to the Captain of the Mere dita, but also, that request was not granted. The officer went onboard of the Mercedita and returned with the 21 Lieut., and once more our papers underwent a thorough scrutiny; they then told us that they had to submit the matter to the Captain, and after a long consultation, they re turned once more, telling us that we might proceed. This certainly is an outrage on the British flig. You recollect that the U. S. gov ernment threatened England with war a few months ago, only because British cruizsrs had boarded vessels, that showed the American colors in order to ascertain that they were sail ing under the law!ul flag, but the Washington government declared that no foreign man-of war must stop a vessel showing the Stars aud Stripes, thereby giving a free passport to ail slavers. We were detained iJ-yj hours, after the U. 8. officers hud ascertained the legality of our papers. The steamer Win. Seabroo’c arrived here yes day from Santee river, bringing'us the glad tidings that, the Confederates achieved glorious victories at Vy’iliiamsburg and Iluutsvilie, but we regretted much to hear of the loss of the Virginia. Nassau is quite a busy place now. The feeling in England is entirely in favor of the South, and on the continent also popular opinions have greatly chang'd—almost every body sees the folly if the attempt to force the South back into the Union. A Prussian officer of cav lry, who is anxious to join the Southern army, I learn is on his way to the Confederate States. This officer is ag< n rnaii ot high connection, and every inch or L,m a good and brave soldier. 11. B. M. ship Bulldog, went to -ta on a ertrze !a-t Saturday. I trust she may fall in with the Me reed U a Yours Iruly, W. loiter from I'ort Koyal. AKIUViLOF THE STEAM SHIP C.UUlVl!.t—6 952 liVGS OF COTTON ON liOAHI)—“CHNTItIIitNOs” RUNNING WILD—ONE Of THEM K.I.L2D liY A UNION SENTINEL. The United State s steam trait snort Cauawba, Captain Barker, arrived at New Yo k on J hurs duy morning, in eighty hours from Port Royal. She has 0,982 bugs of unginned Colton on b ai d, consigned to 11. Barney, Collector of New York. Experienced heavy Northeast gales the entire passage. Tiie news of the Cahawba is unimportant. No raovi meets u! the troops at. Port Royal have taken place, except tiie removal of some ol the regiments from tbe former encampments to more ■li vated ground iu the immediate vicinity. The large buildings which have been in course of erection for some time past as store houses tor the Quartermaster and Comtnfss ry, are nearly fiaisae ", and have been partially taken posession of by iho?e officers. Large quantities of stores, and camp equip age, Ac., that have encumbered tiie wharf of late, have all been stored away, and as soon as a transport arrives the supplies an- immediately carried off' to the stole houses and placed under guard. While the stores were on the wharf large quantities mysteriously disappeared Whole oarrels of bread, pork, nee, Ac., were stolen, chit lly by the ‘"contrabands,” who are running wild through the whole region. Ii seems impossible to bring these people into a proper state ot discipline, as they reject no rule that isnot backed by a bayonet or revolver. They have given our troops much annoyance lately, lay straying from tiie camp at night and returning at all hours of the night and morning. A week before the Cahawba left, a contraband was shot by a sentinel of the Sixth Connecticut Regiment. It appears tbat while on duty, about 1 o’- clock in tbe morning, the sentinel saw some object approaching his post very cautiously.— He challenged three times, bu- received no answer and tired. This aroused the whole camp, and on search being instituted, an unknown negro was found, shot through the head and breathing bis last. He was speechles s , aud bis presence on that, spot, aud at that unseemly hour, is a mystery. The soldier was exonerated from ail blame in the matter. The health of the troops was comparatively good. The weather was excessively hot, and many of the iatc arrivals at Port Royal had suf fered severely. The acclimated troops do not feel the etf ictsof tiie heat so much. Sea bath ing is indulged in to a great extent, but is only available for those troops encamped near the shore. No news of any importance had been received from the advance in the direction of Savannah when the Cahawba left, although every prepara tion lor an early move was being made. Geu. Hunter, accompanied by bis Staff, visited tiie advance outposts of the army lately, and was received with enthusiasm by the troops. It was thought that The next steamer will bring the news of the tall of Savauuah. The news of the capture of New Orleans had inspir ed the troops with the greatest enthusiasm, and they are all impatient for an advance. General Hunter was organizing a negro brigade, and bad detailed some officers to train tiie contrabands to tiie use of arms. Consid erable progress was making. The number of negroes at the different points was so great that no difficulty was apprehended in enlisting a corps sufficiently large to garrison all the forti fications at uud near Port Royal. Tiie move ment was viewed with some distrust by the oi fieers of our regiments. In addition to the considerable amount of cotton brought by the Cahawba, about 10,000 bags and bales yet remain in store, and will be brought forward. The Cahawba’s cargo is to bo taken to tbe Atlantic Dock, Brooklyn. Tle Fight near liarliamsvllle. We publish tiie following as tbe best account we have seen of this long doubted engagement: It was stated, aud theu positively denied in Richmond, that a severe encounter had taken place at Barhamsville, near West Point, on the Peninsula, two days after tiie battle at William-- burg. Recently we have both Confederate and j Yankee accounts of it. Why it was denied we j cannot tell, as it was evidently a Confederate success. The Richmond Whig has been favor ed bv one engaged in it with an account, front which we extract—premisif’S". tbat the (Lit North Carolina Regiment, Col. Pender’s though not mentioned iu this Texan acount of the en gagement, was in it, and lias the credit, by one of high position and undoubted qualifications to judge, of having done some ol the best fight ing in the war. Riley’s battery, which is inci dentally mentioned, is also from North Caro lina, and is stated to have done much of the work. Geu. Whiting of Mississippi (and not a native of Massachusetts as was once said ol him,) commanded iu person j Observer.] While the main column, with the 4th Texas in front, and Gen. Hold aud staff at its head, j were marching along the road, the Genera! and ' staff were fired upon by a party of Yankees, j lyiug in ambush. Nobody was hurt. The Geu ; oral waving his hat, the brigade immediately closed us, and the 4th Texas was formed into line of battle. Riley’s Battery, supported by | the 18. h Georgia Regiment, was men left oh | the hill, and the 4th and Ist Texas Regiments pursued the march. After g.ainiug the woods, which had "o be done by marching through an old ft Id, tie skirmishers found the enemy and engaged tin m in the woods, driving them back steadily. They came upon any quantity of knapsacks, haversacks, dec., scattered through the woods, but nothing indicating where the main force ot the enemy lay. Iu the meanwhile, i the Ist Texas came upon them in large force, and being tired upon, were immediately order ed to charge. They did charge theut gallantly, and in a few volleys of musketry, sent them | scattering through the woods to their gunboats, !in close proximity. Promiscuous tiring was | kept up for a while, everywhere a bluejacket I offered, which was but for a short time. * After i the engagement, we found on tbe held some | 250 killed aud wounded Yankees, together with 42 prisoners. Hampton’s Legion, ’ which was j also on the field, bur not engaged, (onr infor mant th.nks,) picked up some 82 more prison j ers. | Our loss was ten killed and twenty-one j wounded, as appears front the bn’-gtoa’s report iof casualities. Among the killed were Lieut. Col Black, of the first Texas, and Capt De- I ealur. Our wounded were alt brought off the ■ field by us, as were the enemy’s wounded, aud all came to Richmond together. This liule skirmish which was not enough to | give our Texas boys an appetite for breakfast has j been magnified by McClellan into a battle, and he has reported that we had a force of oO,OX> troops on the neld while lie had 20,000. the ; prisoners taken represent tbe Both Pennsylvania, 21st and 84th New York, aud Ist California as j in the engagement, ami say that there were fifteen regiments posted in the woods near the scene of the encounter, but who were, it seems, | afraid to come out. The successor of the late Govenor Harvey, ot i Wisconsin, is Edward Solomon, Esq., qf Mil waokie, a Germanium citizen. Slid ftl!s>i.:.sipi>i • |Vi r. Tin Jifksou MJs Csipph.n of the evening of Thuttnoy, the. 3;.i, cimtuins the following des patch ft. ta V i hihurg : Tick. BL'ito, May 22, 12 o’clock M.—l have jfiM i 'e.'iHf: m in-' fl.,g ot trutelrr.m tbe Fed via! n it. Con.mati.ier Leo peremptorily re luV > 'i i an oi nine for the removal of wo rn ei. no . i i.iiin n, i i.cl oi 1 probably < pen fire on 0...' licit i .vr- 2 o’clock P. M. to-day. The land It. rues ol tin tin ii,y are estimated at 8000 or 41'OU, i *;-! .! li litv .1 wi, l venture a laud attain, li mi, mc tic in.i tear tiie result This paragraph n tr..m the editorial columns oi me ; u>ei"*.ppin. : v , ’ A lit Sj.i.tel' h.nu V.cksl.urg to the telegraphic opeiator in Jji kson, wa.. requested to lake no dispnut.es lor Vicksburg aftei 10 o’clock *o- U;ty. 'flit'* indicates the action is near iff. Uai and. Geuei .l Rug ties passed through Jackson ou Thuis tay morning, en route for Vicksburg, The Vuk.burg Whig, ol Thursday morning, Las the following ittms : Gin. Lovell arr.ved in eurcity yesterday troiu Camp Moore. We suppose lie has come to par ticipate in the tight. The Federal frigates, Hanford and Brooklyn, loft Natchez at ii.il ; u-i fi e o’clock on Mon day evening lo join tile licet below ilii- city. Tne following, says me Whig, is the corres respondeneo which.passed between Com. Lee and the Mayor of the city, yesterday. The wo men and children laid belter move to-diy or early to-morrow moruirg : U. S. Steamer Oneida. ) Below Vicksburg, May 21, 1802. \ Sir .-—l', becomes my duty to give y >u notice to remove the women and children beyond the range of our gutis, within twenty-four hours, as it will be impossible to attack the de onces without injuring or destroying the town—a pro feeding which all the authorities of Vicksburg seem determined to require. I bad hoped tmfi the same spirit which induced the mi!i!as>?au— ihorities to retire from the city or New Or-jj leans, rather than wantonly sacrifice the lives* and property of its" inhabitants, would have been followed here. Respectfully j oiva-, 8. Phillips Lee, U 8 N., Commanding Naval Advance D.vi-d on To L Lindsey, E-q., Mayor of City of Vicksburg. Mayor’s Office, ) Vicksburg, Miss., May 21, 18(32. f ToS. Phillips U. 8. N., Commanding Naval Advance Division : Sir: —Your communication of this date was handed to me at a late hour last evening—too late to give public notice to the women and children. In eonst queries thereof, I shall date yoar twenty-four hours’ time (rom to-morrow morning, tbe 22 I inst., a! 8 o’clock, A. M Respectfully, L. Lindsey, Mayor. Mayor’s Office, i Vicksburg, Miss., May 21, iS62 ) To the Citizens of Vicksburg: I call the intention of the eitiz ins to the cor respondence between ihe cothmamfer of the Advance Nival Division of the U. 8. ff *et and myself. The reply to my communication nuy be expected by 1) o’clock to-morrow morning. The citizens must govern ihcmselves according ly. Laz Lindsey, Mayor. FitOM NEW ORLEANS. The Mississippian has this later iateiigence from the captive city : We learn from a gentleman who left New Or leans last Tuesday evening, that the foreign Consuls have protested against Butler’s procla mation in regard to the suppression of ihe Con federate currency, and it is also stated that the crawfishing Yankee will revoke if or material ly modify its purport. The Consuls Say that many subjects of their Governments are in nocent holders of the Confederate notes, juid that they must be paid by one Government or tiie other. It is further stated that I lie English and French who own cotton in New Orleans de stroyed by the rebels, are U 1 iking out tbeir bills against the. United States for their loss. En gland not having reeogniz and the Southern Con fedraev, and the United States ignoring, its existence, it is said that the Governments ot France and England recognize the validity ot these claims and will enforce their adjustment. It will be hard ou the Yankees to 100-e the cotton which they so much coveted aud then be compelled to pay for it. The Vicksburg Whig of the 21st says that Baton Rouge had not been occupied up to tne 20th, there being no Yaukee in the place, nor Yunkt-e ship in sight. The Mississippian has the subjoined special from Corinth : Corintii, May ,21st 188.2.—Denver’s forces arrived from Cairo. Mitchell coining up from Huntsville. Part of Curtis’ army from Mis souri. You can draw yoar conc'astons. Con aid 11 able rain. FROM NEW MEXICO. We have to hand detailed accounts of the battle of Glorietta, in New Mexico, in which Scurry’s “ ragged Texans ” gained one of the most splendid and decisive victories of the war. The crowded state of our columns-com pels us to lay over these accounts, and our reiders-must content themselves lor this edition with the following abstract, being a despatch to Gov. Lubbock, of Texas, published in an extra of tiie Austin State Gazette of April 28 : San Antonio, April 26, IS6‘2. —It affords me great pleasure to announce to you another glorious victory achieved by the Texan Con federate army of New Mexico. The battle of Glorietta was fought on the 2Th of March, by 1.103 Texans, under ( olouel Scurry, and over 2,000 Federal s, under Colonel Slough, of the Pike’s Peak volunteers. We whipped and utterly routed them alter six hours hard lighting. They left live hundred and seventeen dead ami wounded on the field. Tbeir loss, however, is now learned to have been over seven hundred. Victory was gained by the loss of the brave Majors Riguet and Backholls, of the sth, and Major Shropshire of the 4th. Oar loss in killed and wounded being sixty seven.— Mo'jltc Advertiser, 25th. Fiom New Orleans. Through tiie politeness of an esteemed friend, says tbe Mobile Advertiser of Saturday, weave in possession of the New Orleans Bulletin of Tuesday, 20th inst. Tiie “Leader” is devoted to the discussion of “The Law of Free Labor,” showing the superiority of slave labor, particu. larly in the South. The news columns of the Bulletin are bare enough ; not a single item of interest appears in them. In the local column, however, we find tiie following paragraphs, which will be read with interest: Sent to Fou r Jackson.—Last evening, about G l .! o’clock, we saw Mayor Monroe, chief of Police McClellan, Lucien Adams, Recorder o! the Fourth D.strict, Berj. S. Harrison, ex tnetn ber of Council, aud Lieut, of Police Muz irut, on board the towboat Anglo American, about to depart for Fort Jackson, to which piace they have been sent by the linked Stales military au thorities. The advertising columns of the Bulletin con tain the following special orders from Gen. Pic ayune Butler: Headquarters Dept, of the Gulf, ) New Orleans, May 10, ISO 2. i Special Orders No. 39. I. The New Orleans Bee newspaper having published an elaborate, though covert argument in favor of the cotton burning mob, is hereby suppressed. No publication oi any description will i-sue from that office until further orders. 11. The New Orleans Delta newspaper having in an article of to-day's issue, discussed the cotton question in a manner which violates the terms ot the Proclamation of Ist May instant, from these headquarters, the office of the pa per will be taken possession of, and its busi ness conducted under direction ol the United Stales authorities. By command of Mi jor General Butler. Geo. C. Strong, A. A General. General Okdf.bs No 29 L It is hereby ordere'd that neither the city of New Orleans, nor the banks thereof, ex change their Notes, B.lls or obligations for Confederate Notes, Bills or Bonds, nor issue Bill, Note or any obligation payable in Confed erate Notes, If. On tbe twenty-seventh day of May inst,, all circulation of or trade in Confederate Notes and Bills will cease within this Department, and all sales or tiansfers of property made on or after that day, in consideration ot such Notes or B.iis, directly or indirectly, will be void, aud the property confiscated to the United States—one fourth thereat to go the informer. By commmd of Major General Butler. Geo. C. Strong, A. A. General. Tue banks, iu consequence of tbe foregoing i order, give notice to their depositors to with | draw their deposits of Confederate notes, prior i to the 27th, else they will be hold at their own ! risk. | James Sinclair, lately Colonel of the 35th Regiment, N. C. V., takes issue in some im ' portant points with the official report nf Gen -1 era! L. O’B. Branch, concerning the battle of i Newborn, aud pledges himself to prove, as soon as circumstances permit investigation, “That the battle ot Xewourn was lost, Ist, By drunk enness. 2d, Incorapetency. 3d, Personal lack of courage and presence of’miad in the presence of the enemy. Planters Beware —We have been requested to caution planters not to turn their stock into wheat or oauieids affected with the rust or mil dew. It has already Droved fata! to stock in several instances. —Macon Telegraph. George Schley, of Augusta, Georgia, will soou be able to supply piasters with rust proof seed wheat —not less than two bushels to each order. I 'f lic New American Steam Gunboat Naugatuck. | The steam gunboat Naugatuck, which bas i been fitted up aud presented to the government j by Mr. F.. A. Stevens, is finished. The Nuugalui.k, about which so much Las been said and written, ud from which so much is expected, is an iron screw bteamer, constructed in the usual way, ail being secured with btatns and angle bars of the be;t material. The lines of the bull are not unusually sharp, as in the case with the famed Stevens buttery, but pre sent very much the appearance of one of our old-fashioned Sound propellers. She is not, us is generally supposed, intended to be a model ot tne Stevens battery, but it is merely design ed to illustrate some of the novel ideas con ;-Heeled with that monster engine of war— ■namely, the ability to sink and raise a vessel .with great rapidity; to steer and manage her by means of two propellers placed at each side of tbe rudder, and taking up the recoil of the run by means of India rubber. Experiments already made have proved tbe successful at tainment of these points to her constructors, but yet remain unsatisfactory on the mind of the public. The hut! of the ve.?sel is constructed of iron, 101 feet in length, 20 feet beam, aud 7 feet depth o: hold. She draws feet light and 9 feet when submerged, and her speed it is cal culated will bq It miles per hour wheu light, hod Sj-jj when submerged. The principal features for her protection from shot and shell are, first, the setting of the _ve-sol two feet lower in the water when going into action by moans of water tight compart ments two lcet deep between tbe rnaiu deck and outer covering, so arranged as to be rapid ly titled or emptied by powerful steam putnp?. Ibis does away with ihe necessity of carrying the weight of two feet of iron armour, wuif'e it substitutes to the greatest possible extent tbe hen known armour—water; tor experience iias taught thay wuea a ball strikes water it L fakes an upward direction, and will therefore ' Drove perfectly harmless; aud in this instance ( stiould a ball pass through the deck it must pass thiough the. bulwarks unseen and unheard by those between decks. This very peculiar arrangement will also give far greater speed to the vessel while cruising, chasing, or retreating,, inasmuch as it will be able to throw overboard the weight of the two feet of water between J decks, a;.d for tbe same reason to pass over bus and into harbors which she could not | otherwise reach. Second, the use of an iron ! clad bow, curved inwards, and plated with two j layers of half-inch piates, strongly rivetled and bolted, presents the appearmce of a ram, which, no doubt, could be effectively used for running down wooden vessels. The curving on. tbe bow is so admirably arranged that only by the merest chance would a bail strike any spot at right angles, and so must glance off; and whi n submerged she presents but a small sur face upon which tbe enemy eau bring tbeir eaunon to bear. Her sides above water-line | a e made ot white cedar, fully one loot thick, 1 whieu is so soli in ils nature as to allow a ball ! to p iss through without splintering. The machinery, which is situated abaft tnid j ship, consists of two horizontal high-preasure j engines, 14 inch cylinder, and 24 inch stroke, | wor king independent of each other, and driving ! the two propepers at either side of the rudder'; I an ordinary locomotive boiler, two double os- j j dilating donkey engines, driving two of An | drew’s pumps, capable of throwing out 909 | gallons ot water per minute. Ihe ability ol | Miis vessel to round rapidly on her own centre, | without making headway, by means of the two j screws, instead of the ordinary means employed j in making the circuit of a vessel, gives tier re ( markable aud important facilities for man tea v ; r ug in action. In connection with her speed, it w-H enable her to overhaul one after another or the enemy ; run close alongside ; present herself J-r action in the most effective posi tion ; bring tier guu to bear in any direction ; turn i narrow channels, and if necessary, re treat in any direction with facility. The two screws form two distinct means ot propulsion that of driving the vessel auj enabling her to be steered in ease oi accident to the rudder, which is double the ordinary security against the breaking of machinery in action or otherwise. Tito armament consists of one 100 pound rifted gun and two of James’s 12 pound howit zers? The heavy gun is mounted amidships, pointed towards tiie bow, and ts loaded from below by depressing the muzzol downwards, which is effected by means of pulleys ingenious ly constructed for that purpose. Tbe gun is loaded by means of a moveable charger, which can be raised and lowered at pleasure The ramming is accomplished by a sort of piston rod. elevated on a line with the muzzel ot the gun, which is also worked by pulleys, thus affording tbe celerity ol loading aud firing every half minute. This gun rests on a shot proof iron carriage, of which the recoil (only six inch es) is taken up by the employment of large india rubber springs. The hull is divided into four water tight com partments, and on descending the gangway of either of these compartments you find yourself [ upon the second deck, in a small iron box, yet j iiaving ample accommodation lor the purposes for which they have beeu assigned. The cook’s galley is situated at the bow ; next come me sailors’ apartments, then tiie magazine and ren dezvous for action; and next to Lin# the engiue room, which is ahatt mid-ship. The officers’ quarters are on deck, comfortable lookiug, but rather Incited. When iu action but one person is necessarily exposed.— New York Times. (Special Corre-poudence of tha Constitutionalist.] Terrific Hail Storm in North-western Georgia. Whitfield Cos., North-western Ga., ) May 22J, I 02, f Mr. Editor: This vicinity was visited on yes terday evening, between four arid five o’clock, by one of the most terrific hail storms that has occurred in the recollection of tbe oldest in habitants, in tact, I doubt uot its being tiie most violent that has ever occurred in North western Georgia. The hail stones were, many of them, larger than hen eggs, and some of tiie neighbors say they saw some tbat would weigh' near a half pound The hail was accompanied with a pertect hurricane of wind, tearing up the giants of the forest, which have withstood the blasts of ages. For about five minutes the bail and wind raged with violence. Several .times I spoke, but my voice was lost in the roar ot the storm. To have spoken in the highest pitch of the voice could not have been heard two feet off Wheat and grain ot like species lias suffered immensely ; late wheat was very much injured by the blight or rust, but is improving some now, but the crops over which this storm passed are a pertect wreck. Fruit trees are badly damaged, and it is feared mate rially, the bark being pealed off in many places ; the young truit has literally strewn the ground under the trees. I hope the storm was not much extended, yet I have not ascertained its limits. L. J. S. The Tr'ials and Sufferings of Our Sol diers —A correspondent of tbe Lynchburg Virginian, writing from the “Camp Near liieh moud, May 19. b,” says: To day we are here in sight of the smoke from the chimneys of our capital, and within sound of tiie bum of its busy, moving, anxious popu lation. The brigade to which our little com mand is attached has been constantly on the march tor tire last two weeks. We have cotue through Gloucester, King and Queen, King William, Caroline, Hanover, New Kent, Charles City and Henrico counties, marching frequently all night long through swamps knee deep in mud and water, and without anything to eat but two hard crackers per day. Officers who served through the Mexican war say they Lave never experienced such a march. When the heroic deeds of those who are engaged in this great tight tor freedom shall have been written by the Suture historian, no brighter page will be found thau that which records the heroism of this gaiiant brigade in patiently submitting to this long, tedious and painiul march. Their very pathway in many places wa- stained with blood irom the bruised and swollen ieel of the suffering soldiers. Many gave out on the march, and as we passed them on the roadside, they would beg wi O tears iu tu.ir eyes mu', >ve would send back lor them when wo reached our camping ground. SomeUkd from exhaustion on u,e road side, and we tyere compelled to leave them with no stone to mark meir last resting piace, or tell to lutnre generations how much of worth lies sleeping iu these hastily made graves. We have witnessed death and suffering in aii its forms, but we confess there is nothing that affects us with such a feeling of | sadness, as witnessing the burial of these brave, heroic men, tar from their Homes and kindred, and ofteu times without even a friend near to apprise the loved ones at home ol their late. B it we drop a tear to their memory and pass on. We have marched, the la.-t lew days, with a very large po'rtion of General Johnson’s army. De-truetiou, ruin, and desolation have neces sarily marked our pathway. The tenees have been burned by our troops’tor miles and miles, and everything, animal or vegetable, that would sustain life and satisfy the cravings of hunger, has been indiscriminately seized upon by bout man and beast. All deplore this, bat it could not be well avoided, such is war. Anew mode ol applying water os a motive | power : ! Improvement in Snip Propulsion.— Mr. O : H. Wagner, now ot Dawiish, and who was for ; sometime a clerk in the Telegraph Office, Bris | tol, his invented some improvement iu the [ mode of piopeliicg vessels. \V e are cot aware j precisely ot what his improvement is, but we I believe that the force is to be obtained by pass ] ing the water in some way through the vessel ; On the plan being 6ubmUcd to an eminent ship i builder, that gentleman expressed an opinion j favorable to the principle, but said he should i like to see a model. Upon this Mr. Wagner 1 wrote upoa the subject to Lord Palmerston, ; win sent him an encouraging reply, and a i cheque for £lO towards prepairing one. The j invention of Mr. W. is expected to be of great | eerviee to war vessels, inasmuch as the propell i ing power cannot be injured by projectiles, a i fate to which both screw and paddle are ex posed.—LUcrpooi Journal of Commerce. * Col. JFohn Hf. Morgan’* "JTrip to Ken* tacky. A**j al mt Nil.iq of Morgan’s Cavairv, isgiving the Knoxville Register a detailed account of Morgan’s recent trip from Corinth to Cavo City, Ky. We take from it the following extract. An incident also occurred of painful iitieiest to Col. M. The conductor, ait insolent feiJow, appreached him, not knowing that tic was Mor gan, aud commenced the following conversa tion : Conductor—Captain, one of your d—d rebels is ont of the way, thank God. Morgan— Who do you allude to, sir. Conductor—Morgan, the d—est of all rebels. He was killed at Lebanon, and his mother aud sister, from Lexington, came to Louisville to day to receive his remains. Morgan—Are you telling mo, the truth sir. Couductor—Yes, by G—d, 1 ant. Col. Morgan, turning aside to hide his emo lion, one oi our men came up and addressed him as Col Morgan, asking what he should do with the prisoners. The conductor, for the first time, become aware that Morgan was not dead, but in propria personce before him, and in great trepidation, asked what would become of him. Morgan turned upon him, and in one of his characteristic, sarcastic and searching looks when mad, told him that being worthless as a prisoner, and too mean and contemptible to kill, he was free to go where he.chose. We took from the Express §7,278 in Federal Treasury notes, being the largest size note with capons attached, which were being scut to the army paymaster at Nashville. (Note. Other papers please correct ) All private individual papers were left with the Express agent. After having dstroyed fifty three cars, one engine, and some other government property, estimated in the aggregate to be worth over one million of dollars. Hearing by telegraph that the train from Nashville had been alarmed a few miles below and sent back, we commenced our march lor a return to Sparta, well satisfied that we had given the Northerners proof positive that we were not very badly whipped at Lebanon. And now, having labored through the recital of so much ol our rather exciting adventure, let nie mention a ;ew incidents of devoted pa triotism aud heroism exhibited by our lady friends along tbe rouie. At Lawrwtceburg aud Pulaski we were greeted with the wildest de motistrations of joy; handkfs were waved from wind • <vo by fair hands ; boquets fell thick and ust upon us. Some came out to shake hands wait me boys, while oihers, with a very com mendable forethought, came with their servants bearing huge baskets ol provisions, &c. At Lebanon also, we were received much after the same cordial fashion, aud when on the s;h inst. the fight was raging hottest, and missiles of de struCiion weae flying in every direction, brave women came out on the street to cheer us on; exposing themselves to danger with as much coolness arid nonchalance as did our own brave boys. Oae little briuhe eyed lad, not more than ten years of age, rushed out into the thickest of the fight, snatched up a gun, and resting it upon a Knee, sent its contents crushing through tiie brain uf .au approaching Yankee. Brave, noble boy. The next moment lie paid the for f< it of his daring with his own precious life We saw him lay with his biigal sunny locks stained with his own watm gore, and tiie eyes that had flashed forth deliance, now looked blank up into heaven. Does not the blood of such innocent martyrs cry aloud for vengeance. And shall not the day of reckoning be a terrible one for our enemies? At Glasgow, Ky., Miss ,-oue of Kentucky’s fairest daughters, be came so overpowered with her emotions when si e fouiid out who we were, she fainted several times. Another, the wife of Judge , shouted and clapped her hands together with such violence a* to make them bleed. God bless the noble women of the South.— Every one wa meet upon onr march deserves particular mention, but our limited time and .-pace forbi), and we must content ourselves by saying that nowhere did we look in vain for bright smiles of approval aud welcome, aud no where did auy one hesitate to sacrifice personal convenience in order to make us comfortable aud happy as possible. Lincoln Proclamations, Some years hence as strange a page of history as this mottled world has ever produced will be composed of the orders and proclamation ol the Lincoln government, from the highest of ficial down. The last performance we have oc casion to chronicle is a proclamation by Andy Johnson, wherein he promises to make good out of the property of his enemies in Tennes see, the losses which shall be sustained by his friends: Executive Office, ( -Nashville, Tenn., May 9 ) Whereas, certain persons, unfriendly and hos tile to the government of the United States, have banded themselves together, and are now gointr at large through many of lliyfbunties in this State, arresting, maltreating and plunder ing Uuion citizens wherever found : Now, therefore, I, Andrew Johnson, Gov ernor or tile State of Tennessee, by virtue of the power and authority in me vested, do hereby proclaim, that in every instance in which a Union man is arrested and maltreated by the marauding bands aforesaid, five or more rebels from the most prominent in the immedi ate neighborhood shall he arrested, imprisoned and otherwise dealt with as the uatute of the case ntay require: And further, in all cas.es iu which the property of citizens loyal to the government of the United States is taken or destroyed, full and ample remuneration shall be made to them out of the property of such rebels in the vicinity as have sympathized with, and have given aid, comfort, information or encouragement to the parties committing cueh depredations. This order will be executed in letter and spirit Ail citizens are hereby wtrned under heavy penalties from entertaining, receiving or encouraging such persons so banded together or in any wise connected therewith. By the Governor, ANDREW JOHNSON. Edward H. East, Secretary ot State. Enlistment at the North. - The enlistment of citizens at the North has beeu stopped, and the emigrant ships which arrive at New York, Philadelphia, and Boston, supply the 'food for Confederate powder and Southern fever. These are the scum ot the earth, but mostly Germans and Italians of the lower eiass. Strong induce ments are held out to them iu Europe by agents to immigrate, and as soon as they arrive they are met by otbqr agents, who, by the promise of food, clothing and pay, force them into the ranks, which is in fact the only thing they could do at the present time. Upon the ac complishment of this, ail the rights of citizen ship are promised them, with a right and title to the unoccupied land of tits reconquered South. The better classes of the North declare tbat enough'of tbe blood of their kindred has been shed, and are resolved that Europe shall expend the balance. Asa distinguished citizen of New York city remarked, “You may kili a thousand Dutchm' n, and who cares in New York. It gives us more room ; .but when a Virginians fails, sorrow goes into a hundred households.” [Richmond Dispatch. “ A Weak Invention of the E\emy.”— The Mobile Advertiser & Register learns that the Yankee miscreant, B. F. Butler, is resort ing to the most absurd expedients to humbug the people o; the interior. A report was sent by him recently up the Mississippi, intended, it is supposed, for the Red river market, that Mobile bad surrendered, and a telegraphic despatch was sent out reporting the talc ot 5,000 bales of cotton in one day at firm prices anil with an advancing tendency. The palpa ble object of these faKehoods was to induce the planters to send down their cotton, Butler not being aware that if had been sent up in another direction, and was irrevocably diverted from the New Orleans market. The only cotton tbat had reached New Orleans since Butler’s occu pation of the city was 300 bales, which a British subject managed to save from the flames. This constituted the cotton, as it is believed that not a bale in the city survived the conflagra tion. Who Wants to Join Morgan’s Regiment ? Here is a chance for the daring soldier who wishes to connect himself with a command sure to win distinction, and at the same time t> serve hts country mast efficiently. Major Waiter H. Weems ol Russell county,-Ala., and Lieut. Van Marcus, of this city, call for re cruits to a company that will form part of Morgan’s Regiment. The officers of the com pany have ait been iu service, ar.d are compe tent men for the command which they will un dertake. If Morgan’s achievements in the future prove as brilliant and successful as those of the past, this company will win an honorable name in the history of our struggle, and will be richly compensated in sproiis wrung from the spoiler. {Columbus Enquirer. The fallowing letter explains itself: Executive Department. 1 Mnledgeville, May 14,15G2. j Editor of the Mountain Signal ;-I have been favored with a efrpy of your paper, by which I learn that the rat Collector Is proceeding to collect the Confederate War Tax in your dis trict. This be has no right to do. As required by tbe act of our last Legislature, I have raised the money aud paid to the Secretary of the Treasury the whole sum due from this State. As over two miliions of dollars of the amount was deposited In the Confederate Treasury, nearly two months before it was due, it was the duty of that government to notify its Collect ors." I am very respectfully, Joseph E. Beown. Sugar and Molasses. —The Provo6t Marshal h4# issued an order that no merchant in phe city, or within live mile3 of it, 6hail be allowed to retain more than fifteen hogsheads of sugar, or more than fifty barrels of molasses. Each merchant is required to furnish a list of what they have, and it is either to be sold or removed. [Memphis Appeal. TELEGRAPHIC , latest. Attack on Vicksburg! THE EKEMY liRiVFN CFF. A special despatch to the AilverUser, from Vicks burg, on the 28 h, r ays: The gunboats have taken a position within range of oar batteries. "We expect them to open on the ehy at any moment. Oar batteries have not yet fired a shot. LATER. Vicksburg, May 29.—About rundown last evening the Federal gunboats and a sloop-of-wsr opened on our batteries at long range. Our batteries drove them back, when the enemy opened on the lower battery. About twenty shots wire exchanged, when the enemy retired. Eioiimond, May 29.—A1l is quiet to-day along the line, and in the city the weather is fine. General MUcUell prepairing to Ascend tRe Tennessee Klver with Gunboat*, and take Clliattanooga and Knoxville* Headquarters Third Division, j Huntsville, Ala., Camp Taylor, May 15. } Son. M. M. Stanton, Secretary of War : At OP. M., on the 13th inst.. Gen. Negley’s expedition from Pulaski, supported by Col. Lytle’.s expedition from Athens, entered Rog ersville, driving the enetny across the Tennesse river and destroying a portion of the ferry boats. Having learned ol the approach of Col. Lytle’s force, the enemy succeeded in removing their artillery, baggage and stores, belore the arrival of Gen. Negley. I expected an obstinate de fence of Elk river, and accompanied Col. Lytle in person ; but without crossing, the enemy, as usual, fled at our approach. I ordered yesterday an expedition to move promptly from Rogeiwille to seize the bridge across Shell Creek arid-the ferry below the mouth of the same stream. This duty has been promptly executed, and the lorry and bridges are ours. No more troops will enter from that region ; and we have now upon this side of the river 1,200 or 1,500 cavairy of the enemy, in bauds of 000 or 400, whom we will endeavor to put down, destroy or capture. The gunboats which we have extemporized will be ready for service to day, and I will soon be able to pay my respects to the enetny in the eastern side of the region and under my com mand. 0. M, MITCHELL, Major General. Col. Jolm 21. Morgan. This distinguished partisan is in the city en route for Corinth, having arrived by boat trom Mont gomery. It detracts from the fame of no one of our most illustrious Generals to say that he has won no nearer place to the hearts of tr.e people than that to which Morgan has fouzht bis way by his gallant and kii ghtly valor and chivalry. The sentiment whicli the people feel for Morgan is the personal affection eoncili laiud by admiration for the man, and hts fa i e will be as enduring as that of the more prominent leaders of oar armies, whose high pos lions charges them with the chief responsibility "of our country’s iortunes.— Their giory will t>e deservedly proportionate ; but the name Morgan will lire in history side by side with theirs, as Marion’s does with Washington. —Mobile Advertiser 24 th. The Bible Among Soldiers.—Generally speaking, there is more immorality, profanity and greater tendency to sin in the armies of a nation than in the nation itself. The army Is the grand nursery of sin and demoralization. — The youth of innocent nature, if he remain any length of time within the pale of its influences, becomes corrupt and desolute. It is only under the strictest care, and the most constant guard ing against the corruptions of evil associations, that even the man of upright and pious habits and principles can escape the contagion around him. We are happy to know that there are many in our army who strive to do right. Placed near their hearts are their precious bibles, from which they instill into their hearts and minds the pure, holy and righteous princi ples of Christianity. We have noticed ot late, and yesterday particularly, numerous instances of this devotion on the part of our soldiers, and could read iti them the signs of better times coming. Oh! that bibles were as plentiful in our army as rifles. The Steamer Nellie. —The steamer Cald well reached the city last evening from the Nellie, having on board a part of the cargo of the latter. Mr. J. A. Enslow, the Agent of the Nellie, also arrived from her, and from him we learn that the steamer has commenced to leak in consequence of the heavy sea to which she was exposed on Sunday night and Monday morning, and that she has worked up on the btach where she is left dry at low water. Much, ol the merchandise has been landed in good o.deJL and it is thought that all will be saved, but some oru may be dum.-.gea. o Monday atternoon two of the Yankee gunboats came within one mile and a half of the beach, and flung shot and shell at the Nellie for several hours, some of them falling short, others pass ing over head, but others came in proximity, both to the Nellie and Caldwell, but no body was hurt so far as we could luara. —Charleston Courier, 27 th. The New York Times states that Capt. Erics son’s model of a Beagoing Monitor, 340 feet long, has reached the Navy Department. It is similar in construction to its liule namesake, now lying in wait for the mailed monster, which is momentarily expected from Norfolk. Like that, it has but one propeller and a single tur ret. The department inclines to favor two pro peller aud two turrets for a vessel of ibis size. A board to examine and report upon tbe num erous plans apd models which have responded to the Secretary of the Navy’s advertisement has been constituted. Miscellaneous Northern Items. —William Orange, late President of the Cincinnati Horti cultural Society, died in Cincinnati recently. George Wolkey has been convicted at St. Louis of counterfeiting treasury notes, and sent to the penitentiary for three years. The entire taxes which the citizens of Massa chusetts will have to pav are estimated to amount to S2O per head,or $75 per poll through out the State. Capt. Jacob L. Clark, of Missouri, who was wounded in the battle of Shiloh, committed suicide in the hosj Ral at St. Louis last Sunday week. __ Gentle Words. —What sweet things are gentle words—sweeter than the first young rose of summer time. Words that breathe ot ten derness and love to the troubled spirit and tbe broken heart, are a soothing balsam, a treasure to be cherished fondly as riches, sweeter than anything earth can bestow. “ It i I not much tho world can give, )A iih ail its subtle art, And gold and gem* are not the things To suits y the heari; But oil, if those ho cluster round Tbe altar and the hearth, Have gentle words and loving smi'es, How beautiful is earth ! Another Bombardment at Fort Pillow.— The gun and mortar boats of the enemy com menced another furious cannonading at Fort Pillow oa Thursday afternoon. Gentlemen who left the fort late in the evening say the fleet occupied about their former position, and tbe shot tell as harmless as before. A private letter from an officer at Fort Wright, dated May 21st, five o’clock, p. m., says: “A big fight ’commenced at Fort Pillow at o’clock, p. m., and is still continued. The cannonading is incessant. — Mernpihis Ap peal, %ld. _____ The jail at Clarkesville, Ga., was burned on Monday night, 19th inst., by Lieut. Johnson, who was iu prison, awaiting trial, on a charge of stealing $2,459 in gold lrom a gentleman in Clarkesville. Johnson was a Lieutenant in the South Carolina service, and hts company is stationed at Sullivan’s Island, Charleston har bor. He effected the robbery while recruiting at Clarkesville. At last accounts he was still at large. If caught, tbe people of Clarkesville intend to hold him securely.— Dafdonega Senti nel. Skirmish near Warrknton. —A ekirptieh occurred yesterday evening near Warrenton between one ot Col. Stark’s cavalry companies, Capt. Mayson, and a body of Federal marines, in which four Federals were killed. Captain Mayson, on our side, was killed in the engage ment. We have no further particulars.—Afts &m>ppian t 20th. Warrenton is on the river, twelve miles below An Irishman having accidently broken a pane of glass, was making the best of his wa if out of sight, but tbe proprietor stole a march upon him, and having seized him by the collar ex claimed : "You broke my window, did you not, sir.” “To be sure I did,” said Pat, “and didn’t yon see me running home to get tbe money to pay you for it ?” Cotton Fire. —The Vicksburg Whig says that already a quarter of a million of bales of cotton have been fired on tbe Mississippi and its tributaries below that place. ODe planter, Judge Perkins, of Grand Gulf, destroyed 1,300 bales of his own crop. These cotton burnings will make no liule sensation in Europe. River News. —The river is faffing a foot in twenty-four hours and was last night more than lour feet below the highest point of Hood, ibe weather was cloudy yesterday with a smart raiu in tbe evening, which was very acceptable. Memphis Appeal , 20th. Why was the surrender of Norfolk a sheepish affair ? Because it was surrendered by Mayor Lamb to Gen. Wool. “Death and the sun are not to be looked at ' steadily. 3