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!>v Joseph Cubby.
MACON, FRIDAY, 3 O’CLOCK, P. M., MAY 9, 1862.
NORTHERS NEWS.
\\ c have »n omnium gatherum from the
Northern pa|H-r>-, of the 30th, in the despatch
es of to-day. Tlie capture of New Oilcans, it
a -rms, as might* hare been anticipated, has
raised Lincoln enthusiasm altovj the clouds,
but it will be noticed that U. S. stocks felt the
impetus only to the extent of a half td three-
quarters, nolwithstan ling the buoyancy of the
market. They evidently carry leaden wings.
It would appear from the extraordinary pre
parations at Yorktown—the Stevens battery—
the enormous seige guns—the ‘‘large staffs of
Surgeons detailed from several States to take
care of the wounded”—the arrangements to
identify the dead—the flotilla ol steamers to
carry ofT the wounded U> hospitals at five or six
different cities—that all ideas of a feint upon
the part of the enemy at Yorktown must he
dismissed, and they really do mean to give the
“gland and terrific' hattle” which the Herald
describes. It is highly prohahle from their
movements that McClellan intends to make it
u hattle of cannon, and relies mainly upon his
fortifications and iron gunboats.
The Herald gleefully announces that the war
will end (by the subjugation of 'he South) in
the course ofa month or perhaps in a fortnight.
More than one year ago the same paper made
the same prediction, and lias been asking ex
tensions ever since.
PRISONERS OF WAR.
At a time when it is difficult to feed our own
population, we are to be blessed with the pres
ence and custody of 900 prisoners of war !
We have no place to hold them—no food to
give them—nobody whose lime can well he
spared to guard them—nor, except in the mere
matter of hostages lor the safely of our own
liters in Lincoln’s dominions, can we con-
> of any object in holding them as prison
ers. If we are successful iu our efforts to save
ourselves from the clutches of the ruthless in
vader, prisoners will he as plen^* as blackber
ries in Juno. II we do not succeed, then we
»:,all in vain attempt to hold prisoners. The
Lincoln armie
in mi,i our territory that they are ho—d aith
or to succeed or to he cut off. lu either case
the prisoners will be of no value iu the one
because we*shall have more than we can pro
vide for, and in the other because we cannot
hold any at all.
All exchange of prisoners has been practically
refused by the Lincolnites. They made ar
rangements for such art exchange by a duly
autharir.i-d agent, and subsequently violated
them, in the most shameful am. digraceful
manner, alter the Confederacy had forwarded
in advance a large number of prisoners in pur
suance of the terms of the hargai i. Under
I these circumstances, it became apparent that
no bargain which could he made with the lies
sians would hold. Exchange being out of the
question, then, and it being more than proba
hie the Confederacy will have more prisoners
than they can feed, if we can hold any at all,
it seems to us the true policy would he u> put
the privates on parole ami keep the officers.
Why should it burden' itselt and the people
with such an expense and trouble ?
RAINS AND PENALTIES.
It will he seen that Collamer, in the Yankee
Senate, has introduced a bill to hang or tine and
pri- s
THE BATTLE OF YORKTOWN.
From the extraordinary preparations made
by the enemy an I the degree of labor and at
tention they are bestowing upon every possible
contingency of the hat'le to takeplace at York-
town, it is evident they regard it as the great
crisis of the struggle, ami a defeat there will be
totally destructive of their overweening confi
dence of subjugating the South, either speedi
jv or remotely. Defeat, indeed, is a contingen
cy which never crosses their minds. Not for
a moment do thev admit the possibility of suc
cessfully meeting their young Napoleon and
his grand army, hacked with such an array of
enormous seige guns and jron-clad gunboats
ami-lint tones. With the impatience of a child
at a frolic they are awaiting the opening of the
bloody drama, every preparation completed be
forehand for a grand and triumphant feu de
joie at the close. Whether their “grand ar
my” shares in this'‘grand ennfidence" we have
no means of knowing. A friend suggests that
all this unusual parade ol Surgeons for the liv
ing and inspectors of the dead is, at least, not
well c dculuted to keep up their spirits But
we take it for granted that "the army corres
pondents have foil the newspapers—the news
papers the army—the (ienerals the soldiers,
and the soldiers the tienerals, till all are in the
pleasurable enjoyment of a certain and un
clouded anticipation of success—ao perfect that
it w ill destroy the rebel army—reduce the reb
el capital—bag the rebel government—windup
the whole concern ; ami this is the basis, upon
which the Herald’s prognostications of the end
of the war in a fortnight, are founded.
Meunwnile, we poor mortals on this side of
the line, dependent ultimately (it may possibly
be) on the result of this hattle for liberty,
honor, life ami property, know nothing of the
preparations of our little force to withstand
the shock. We know that what brave men
can do will he done. We feel persuaded that
if it were a contest of mere land forces the en-
emv would be beaten back; but what advanta
ges beyond mere numbers ne may obtain from
s of fnvasion are penetrating so | the cooperation ot his irod clad gunboats and
batteries, we know nothing about. It ia more
than probable that the exated confidence ol
the Lincolnites has one of its main Inunda
tions in the "support they expect to derive from
their marine auxiliaries.
Whatever we may think and feel and hope
about it, however, it is clear that the Yankees
regard the Yorktown fight as a test struggle.
It will, iu their judgment, pr»vo a death blow
to the rebellion. Deleat they do not think of,
but by so much more, should it come, will it
‘ with crashing effect upon their confident hope
! of lidmg rough-shod over the South. In the
order of Providence we should pronounce that
they were Just now in ‘.hat vain glorious and
over-confident mood, which history records ti
the perilous prelude to disgrace, defeat and
disaster. But the event will s on he known.
The fiarl'ul -trugglo woa-onolttdo is in the uns
developed events ol the coming fortnight.
THE PENINSULA.
It is extremely probable from the outgivings
ol the Richmond papers and correspondents
that our troops at Yorktown are preparing to
fall back to a position in which the enemy will
he deprived ot the use of his powerful adjuncts,
the gunboats, in the ann’O ehing fight.
impri-in all who confess or are proved to have
, Genera! nTClollan's Army—Its Comman-
lieen rebels \\ e refer for the facts and a pro- j n
per expression of indignation to the article Irom
the Memphis Appeal. This bill puis the pro
position of “Liberty or Death" in a distinct and
tangible shape. It is no longer i figure of
rhetoric.
In the Lincoln House we are surprised to see
that the rebel confiscation hill was lost on the
2:>d, by a vote of 58 to 52. The vote was up
on sustaining the report of the committee,
which reported hack all the confiscation hills
to the House, with the recommendation that
they do not pass. The committee could not
agree upon the- terms of a hill, and the House
was also widely divided upon the nature and
extent of the confiscation to be niadtp
THE MACON POST OFFICE.
We understand that the lion. Washington
Poi: has been nominated and confirmed Post
Master of Macon, and will probably assume
the duties of the office in a few days.
■
“Br Authority"—We copy a leader from the
Richmond Enquirer of the 29th ult., to which
\t is perhaps well tb direct attention. The En
quirer is the known government organ, ami the
.one and style of this article indicate that its
paternity is not probably restricted to the edi
tors’ office. It may well he suspected of indi
rectly intimating the nature of the recent er
rand of M. Mercier, the French minister, to
Richmond—the probable views of onr govern
ment in respect to foreign intervention, and the
manner in which it has determined to prosecute
the war.
The yimiururlun-r*' IImil. of Uncoil.
We arc informed it is the intention ol this
Bank to resume operations during the current
week, nnd the very few of its liabilities now
outstanding will be redeemed on demand at its
counter in the currency of the State. A large
portion of the capital stock has been purchas
ed by new and responsible parties. 1 he Pres
idency will giyss' into the hands of W. A.
Cherry, Esq., well known by all acquainted
with the city, as a highly responsible gentle
man, and Mr.'Geo. W. Hardie will conynue at
his old post as Cashier. The corporation feels
itself amply able to maintain the credit o( its
currency on a par tjith that of the other bonks
of the State, and will do so. It has a large
number of small notes, which, pot in circula
tion, will relieve the great pressure now lelt for
the bills of small denomination, and will al
ways be convertible into Treasury notes, and
other currency, on demand of the holder.
The Manuft’ers’ Bank suspended aycar ago,
a few days before the law authorizing a general
suspension, as we stated at the time, not on
account of insolvency. The run for specie
upon a bank located among bank-agencie- do
ing the principal business ol the place, and yet
not subject to demands for specie, was very
heavy, and in the universal derangement of
business growing out of the disorders of the
times, the Bank could not realize upon its as
sets with sufficient rapidity to meet the press
ure. The great hulk of its old liabilities hav
ing now been retired, it will, under the general
suspension bill, hold an equal footing with the
other banks, and we doubt not sustain its
credit with the best of them.
dors and Prospects
(From tin- London rimes, Apiil 9.]
The Federals are making their way down
the Mississippi just as they arc making incur
sions from the coast, and the doubtful attack
we hear of near Memphis is one in which again
their naval supremacy and their superior re
sources give them a ri-htto victory. The last
new land victory, however, startles us rather
by its locality than by its magnitude. While
we hear ol Feder 1 successes in distant States,
it seems that it has been necessary to resist an
attack and*to defeat a Confederate army even
in the northeast of Virginia and on the banks
of the Potomac. There is a great deal of Con
federate American soil which docs not lie upon
the sea coast or upon the banks-of gryat navi
gable rivers, and, if the Southerners are in earn
est not to he conquered, the Northerners must
do more than keep within reach of their gun
boats. This is what the army of the Potomac
is now shout to attempt. In addition to the
various expeditions which are creating diver
sions from the sea upon the East and from the
rivers on the West, General McClellan is now
advancing with an army of 80,000 jnfantry,
4,000 cavalry and one hundred guns. This is
the result of all the energies ol the North and
all of the mountain of debt which has been
piled up. To clothe and pay and discipline
these troops, and to provide them with the best
arms which the world can yield, is the great
achievement of the last ten months. We are
now to see what this army will ell-ct Noth
ing in the South ought to be abb to withstand
it. It ought to march on till it finds an enemy,
and to crush him wherever it finds him. All
the armories of Europe have been open to the
invaders—every, means of supply has been
closed to the invaded. If they do not now
succeed they never can. They are a fully
armed and disciplined host against an insurgent
population. The state of that army, as it is
described by onr correspondent, represent* ihe
advantages of tnon y ’ c e ■* and ...o com
mand of the sen. Vet the eontest is not over,
nor the victory sure. A Washington or
Wellington might give victory to either side.
Up to this tinib the crisis has produced no
strategic genius. There has been no inspira
tion, no aggressive enterprise, no brilliant hand
ling of troops, no prompt improvement ol suc
cess on either side. The generals seem to have
no fit it It either in themselves or in their then
and if they get the better in a skirmish, they
seem satisfied with what they have done, and
glad they are well nut of it This is war as
war ;.- caAued on by commonplace, cau'ious of
ficers; hut such a war is the opportunity of a
man of genius. America has not yet shown
us such a man. It is time for him to appear if
he anywhere exists. We shall see whether he
can he produced between Manassas and Rich
mond.
THE NORTHERN PRISONF.UC.
The deponent spent an hour or two with the
Nortln-i n pi isoncra who arrived hero Sunday
morning and are now comfortably quartered^
much to their satisfaction, at CainpOglethorpe.
They started from Mobile with 893, ’ >ut sixtv
were left on the way,' at different (mints, sick
and unable to proceed further. Eight hundred
and thirty-three was consequently tlu sum to
tal turned over to the custody ot the officer of
the guard. Ol this number we learned up
wards of three hundred were volunteers from
northern Missouri—seine were Irom Tennes
see—three are reported (we know not how cor
rectly) to be Georgians by birth, only one from
Ihe Eastern States, not probably tnoi e than a
tenth of the whole number foreigners, and the
remainder ftom Northwestern States and New
York.
They arc all, or nearly all, laboring men, ac
customed, probably, to earn from ten to twen
ty dollars a month, and made little o-.- no pecu
niary sacrifice in volunteering All (that is
all we heard speak upon the subject) profess
themselves heartily sick of the war—say it was
the woik of extremists North and South, hut
the South begun the tight and forced the North
to the issue, or to submit to disunion, which
would he fatal to lp-r. If they coul(1 he parol
ed, they would gladly embrace that plan of
getting out of military service, but they do not
want to be exchanged and sent back to the Fed
eral camps to fight. They have had enough of
it, and rather remain her.-, piisoners of war,
than go back in that way.
They wonder they should he called "Yan
kees,’’ and take the name in dudgeon, declar
ing there is hut one Yankee in the crowd. They
repudiate with equal spirit the charge of being
aholitiiudsts, and say there are seveial sons ol
slaveholders in Missouri among them, but not
a single abolitionist.
A- to the personnel of the prisoners it would
be unfair to hold them to present appearances.
They were captured just a month ago at Shi
loh, and marchei^tQ the rear with nothing more
than the clothing they wore, which has pioha
bly never been washed since that time. They
wore first sent to Corinth, then to Memphis,
then to Cali iba and lastly to Macon, with little
or no chance at any place, to attend to person
al cleanliness. But making due allowance for
all this, though many pronounce them physi
cally superior to onr own men, we failed alto
gether to detect ihe superiority, eithei in stat
ura, weight, or intelligence and coinliness of
countenance. We are confident the same nuni
her of Georgians would outweigh them and cut
a better figure every way in the same condi
tion.
All the prisoners appear to he very doei e
and well behaved. 'I hey have been told that
the measure of liberty and privilege granted
them will be graduated hy their own demeanor,
anil thoy pr**o*»«* fairly* a;« men call. Ill ro
card to the hattle in which tlivy were taken
ihose with whom we conversed were under the
impression that they weic victimized to supe
rior numbers. They said the whole force of
Grant (lid not exceed twenty-five thousand
men, while they wi re confident that Beauregard
had at least eighty thousand. Nevertheless,
they say our m n fought like furies, and they
never wish to see another battle of that
kind.
They report all the privates of the Federal
army heartilv sick of the war and anxious
above all things for peace, and say this is-the
general sentiment of the western people.
All these prisoners were in both the fights of
Donelson and Shiloh, and have lively impres
sions of the horrors of war. One among them
nvs he was in ten battles against Price in Mis
souri and whipped every time.
Frcm the Mobile Tribune Extra, April 27th.
FROM NEW ORLEANS.
Lake Shore toils I>e<Mroye<l ami
Evacuated by our Forces.
Important Particulars.
CONFEDERATES AT CAMP MOORE.
Enemy at New Orleans.
Bay St. Loci?, April 26.—I arrived here to
night on the Dorrar.ce, on which I turned back
Irom the Rigolettes this morning, and as the
A ankces were waiting for us in the pass oppo
site ChrisUar, CapL Hopkins and thu Robert
\N at-on, from the pickets near New Orleans,
to day, anchored in the mouth of Jordan ltiv-
The Forts on the Lake shore were all evacu
ated last night in haste, and with considerable
loss of supplies, disinoiintino- but notdestrov-
iug Uietr guns.
At Fort Pike ail the buildings were burnt
yesterday, including our telegraph office.
I connected the wires tflrough, hut suppose
the same caution was not observed at Fort Ma
comb as we ceased to get anything from the
South at 2 P. M. yesterday
I sent Reed (an operator up this morning 10
open an office outside of the city, if we are not
permitted to keep open in the city. Everything
ot purs was saved in the city and at the Fort.
The news from the city this morning was
conflicting.
There was a large fire in the lower part of
the city yesterday evening, perhaps the bum
ing of cotton and goods, as the stores were be
ing emptied and their contents burnt.
Sugar and molasses were being thrown into
the streets and river Irom the levees.
The city was to be formally surrendered to
day at 2 o’clock IV M., but I learn the time has
extended.
It's reported the Louisiana was sunk by the
enemy with all on hoard, and that the Chal
incite battery was destroyed with heavy loss.
All the gunboats on the lake have been burnt
hy our people.
The Mobile boats, Whiteman, Brown and
another, namtf not remembered, w ilh several
others, are removing troops, stores and ord
anca to Manschac, afur which I fear these
so will be burnt.
The Yankee fleet at Ship Island is again re
turning to 'hat station. Tinmen vessels are
opposite New Orleans and some gone up the
river.
[T e above inlormStion was sent to us by
• I. Tanner, onr Superintendent—Opciator.]
We lc: rn Irom iheoperator here, that every
thing moveabic had been taken from the city
,y our people to Manschac, and luat General
Lovell would make a stan.i at Camp Moore, oil
the N. O., J. & G. N. R. R.
ieitanent a-much as possi >le, and cherish
l-nfidence. There is no cause for despondency.
, From the Vicksburg Evening Citizen, ot Sat
urday.
New Orleans.—The accounts which we have
from New Orleans are the most distressing that
have yet belallen us during the progress of this
war. According to a dispatch to the telegraph
operator at this place, there were yesterday at
12J o’c'ock seventeen Federal gunboats at the
landing—that the city would undoubtedly sur-
i'ir«Cj»ejg*wej
TELEGRAPHf
INTERESTING NEWS.
Richmond, 1st.—A despatch re
from Knoxville, states that a gener.
tnent occurred at Cumberland GapoiNoret
uR. Confederate loss trifling. The mr;ar. 4
were repulsed with considerable loss.
Federals have been reinforced by eigh' Regi
render, and that the telegraph operator was mentgj and have comp i ete d a floating bridge
over the ''umberland river. Gen. Morgan is
other news here.
NORTHERN NEWS.
Norfolk, 1st. —Noi them papers of law dat
were received Yesterday. A despatch from ! “I Stevenson.
Fort Wright fui nishes-ome particulars rela
tive to rorts JacKson ami St. Philip, nnd ihe
capture of New l irleans. The engageinem la-t
eJ two days. One Union’vessel was sunk
Federal loss very heavy. New Orleans tel!
i^ithout a struggle. Intortnation via Fortress
Mom.,- states that the Confederate gun boat
yed by.llie Federal steam
attempting to escape. No
ort of the surrender had been re
Special Disp&'ch lo the Southern onledet 1 ^^,
Chattanooga, May 3 —N"\ .nke stli pud
All gone lo Huntsville,
t-ral Price is alter them there. This ip i
M „ —’LLljll*'
Correspondent ol the Charleston W' «»1 >
Richmond. WednesdT * * c * fit
packing up the apparatus to move to safer
quarters. This morning the rumor is in town . _
to the effect that 1 -en. Lovell refuses to surren- j commanding. .It ia^ believed that the enemy
der the city, and that the Federals have given j will attempt to make a flank movement. No
notice to remove the women and children from
the city in four days. However this may be,
we have hut little hope for the safety of the
city under the threatening proximity of the
enemv’s gunboats. •
The forts below the city are still safe, and
able to prevent the passage of the enemy’s
which have got in having come by different
passes and avoided the forts. If Gen. Lovell
refuses a surrender, there umut still be a great
reason to hope for a successful defen©-. In the
absence of any knowledge of the real stale .if i
affairs, and the presumption that Geo. I*'«eU
is fully competent to his duty, we indul ff® w ' u
hope that he may yet he able to circumv‘!cr v -Y. h> get ^he
destroy the enemy. .ncap«.
Latest from New Orleans.—The f’eiWions have
dispatch seems to he the latest newsias ibultiplii
from New Orleans, and indicates thai>d * itnprov
not so badly off as is generally suppofrcP 103 of
aie more hopelul now than when the Kto VJean
cume here yesterday. A thousand rufther side
afloat lo the effect that the city will be detenu'-"
ed to the last exit entity, and reduced to ashes
before it will be surrendered to the enemy
Aran. 25.—The enemy has landed and de
inaaded a surrender ol the city. Gen Lovell
refuses, and is allowed four day’s time to re
move the women, children and troops. There
is no cause to be alarined. ... ,
ADDITIONAL. .
The s.eatnci C. W Dorvence, Captain Hop
ins, arrived this morning from the Rigolets,
Probable Evacuation of Y<
Range Tac ics of the Enemy-
Lor,d”n—British Intervention-Yanks,
fiscal ion BUI—Young (ijficiils Consci,
cd—Hang—Eggs Exempted, etc., etc.
The evacuation of Yorktown m y bet]
Ashington. Gen Lovell had retired j f or a' an eai Iv day In ti e fir
kee gunboats in Yoi k river are
te|V u "dmy
I <v^pl !1 at
•ort of the
•ashington.
fck on the
ks at Yorktown are progressing un- polind conical shell it our snore baii<^ tl " into tTB
»jr the fire of the Confederates. A, - "listanceof.hr. e and a h.ilfmiles-f \ ai.J thi
, - thv r v ach ol any cannon we have—tIV De r * J
ck on the Jackson Railroad.
preparations for a heavy seipw^and grand
encounter j ;g ^Wig^r ’ u ^iW 1- ’ of
Surgeons hiv* They v. ere also fu
Slates to tak'Virginia, ar
., th*cled anff lettered,
mentshajr^ beaten with more strips,Z*
anri* ilo<7<up« he is " - fal
•ti Forties” r . i, » l>urp.
Wa-hingtJdjof
The Herat,
From the Mobile Evening News, 8Slh.
FR. M NEW ORLEANS.
We have conversed with a very "intelligent
Iriend who mime passenger by the last train
from New Oriems that has reached this city.
That train left at 6 o’clock on Friday morning.
\V> gather the following. Up to about two
o’clock Thursday morning, universal confi
dence was lelt in the power of the Forts cbm
maided by Gen. Duncan to resist the passage
of the enemy’s fleet. At that hour the start
g news w-.e Iis-eivt-d tha> some of the gnn
boats had passed the ;< i ts, and would reach
the city in 24 hours. Soon iHer, Gen. Lovell,
who lmd been below, and narrow ly escaped
captuie hy the Fedcial gunboats, arrived. Iiu
mediately all the stores were closed, the ware
houses were emptied "of their contents, the
Colton burnt on the levee, and the gu^.-ir rolled
into the river, file specie in the banks, saiu
tjjbc $13,000,01)0, and the government aminu
mlinn, was sent off hy rail—the former guard
ed hy the “Confederate Guards,” of New Or
leans. Our informant sta'es that in many
places along the road, the ascending smoke
from the plantations showed the work of cotton
burning going on. 'A hen our inlurmant reach-
I Jackson, Miss, the same reporLs of the ca
p t .htion of the city weie current as we have
had here.
The prisoners are much pleased with their
locality and treatment at Camp Oglethorpe, and
the officer who brought them is so well satis
fit-d with the place that he says he shall bring
on a thousand more. We hope not. If it weic
left with us, we would put every one of them
officers excepted, on parole and send them out
of the country. •
♦-«
Judge Inferior Court.—Lewis J. Grorc was
unanimously elected Judge of Bibb Interior
Court, yesterday, rice Woodward resigned.
—
THE GEORGIA BAPTISTS.
The Georgia Baptist Convention at its recent
session al LaGrartge, adopted the following pa
triotic resolutions:
Resolred, That this Convention, heartily,
solemnly and unanimously, re-assert the senti
ments, so far as applicable to the present cir-
cumsta ices, of the resolutions on the state of
the country, passed at the last session of this
body.
Reso'ttd, That while profoundly feeling that
our case is just, we, nevertheless, have great
reason to humble ourselves before Almighty
God, and to acknowledge His chastening hand
in our late reverses.
Resolved, That we find in the present cir
cumstances of the country no causa for dis
couragement; that God, our Heavenly Father,
often chastises most promptly those whom He
most loves; and that trusting in Him with the
whole heart, we are more and more determined
by his blessing, to oppose the invader on out
soil by even means placed in our power, and
to the last extremity.
The Fresco Ministers Visit to Richmond.
— We have it from pretty good authority that
the object of the French Minister's visit to Rich
mond was tb see if there was any probability of
tiuth in Seward's a-surances to him that the
rebellion would be “crushed" in s;\)y days.—
He had been so repeatedly assured hy Seivard
that the rebellion was “crushed,” that Johnny
Crapau felt great curiosity to see what sort of a
thing a “crushed” rebellion looked like ; so he
took the liberty of coming to Richmond toVee
the curiosity, and went hack perfectly satisfied
that.he had been made the object df a “true
Y'ankee trick.” It is said he was convinced,
from what he saw, that there Was no probabil
ity of this “ crushing”, process even' being
brought aV>ut; and it us believed he has repor
ted to his Emperor accordingly; for, after sat
isfying himself as to the vitality of the Confed
eracy, he commenced “looking after the dimes,”
by inquiring about treaties he could get with
u*.—Day Book.
A New Confiscation Bill-
Senator Cowan, of Pennsylvania, lias intro
duced a new confiscation hill, which, upon his
motion, was, together with all bills, substitutes
and amendments relating to the punishment of
rebels and the forfeiture of confiscation ol their
.property, referred to a Stlect committee of five,
who are not yet named Mr. Cowan's hill is
supplementary to the existing act relating to
trca.-on, and provides that, in addition to capi
tal punishment, the goods, chattels, rights and
credits of the person convicted of the crime
shall be iminediStely forfeited, ami sold at pub
lic sale for the benefit ol the United States, and
also the use of his real estate during his life
time. Also, that when a true bill of indict
ment for treason eas been, found by a grand ju
ry against a person not yet arrested, or who,
hiving hee'n arres'eil, has escaped, process of
outlawry shall be issued, under the rules to be
prescribed by the Supreme Court; and it not
tovnd and arrested within three months’ no
ti:e, their property shall be forfeited as afore
said. The rights of such persons to service
and labor of slaves is also forfeited, and the
slaves set free. This 4ct is to apply to persons
who may be guilty of treason alter the 1st day
of May next.
Fp.nTiNG at Yorktown.—Under this head,
the Norfolk (Va) Day Book, of April 29th,
says: “News has reached us that the enemy
•were vigorously bombarding Yorktown yester
day, with what effect we are unable to say.”
. latest.
We learn oil undoubted authority that Maj.
Gen. Jones received a despatch yesterday, da
ted at Camp Moore, from Major Gen. Lovell,
stating that he (Gen. L.) had evacuated the
citv. Caniji Moore is about60 miles from New
Orleans.
FROM NEW ORLEANS
By the mails by the cars last evening, we
have copies of the New Orleans Picayune, of
Friday morning, and “The Evening Citizen,”
Vickshu g, ol Saturday evening, Irom which
ive subjoin all that we find hearing upon th ■
important question which has so’deeply exci
ted our city for the last two or three days. The
Picayune, of Friday, jias these editorial le
marks:
The city was very naturally excited yester
day by the tidings which arrived early in the
morning, that the enemy had succeeded in get
ting several of their gunboats past Forts Jack
son and St. Phillips, and, later in the day, that
some of our gunboats had been destroyed by
them. As was perfectly proper, the autliori
ties took the necessary measures to put the
military in the city on the alert lor whatever
orders it might be necessary to give, to meet
the exigency, and the city, in consequence, had
during the day a hustling and excited appear
ance.
Other precautionary measures of a judicious
character were adopted oil the occasion, and to
which ills not necessary to'refer particulaily.
All in authority are doing, as they have con
stantly done up to this time, their full duty,
and may be confidently rcl'ed upon to do so to
the end.
The accounts towards evening were more
encouiaging than th<ce received in the earlier
portion ot the day. A steamer which left Fort
Jackson early in the morning reports having
passed but two of the enemy’s gunboats in the
river on her way up, and one of them was in a
sinking condition, with one of our gunboats in
pursuit ot her •
Up to the time of writing this, we have not
heard of t .e surrender, eapture, capitulation
or reduction cf either of the forts, nor indeed
any authentic intelligence of the actual force
of the armament that has passed them.
Until we receivo from.the proper authority
an authentic account of the situation of affairs,
and are advi>ed as to what is to be done to
meet it, we won d counsel abstinence on the
part of our fellow cil zens from undue excite
ment. We shall he all the better enabled to
discharge the duties that lie before us to per
form, (and which we believe the patriotic peo
pie ot New Orleans are ready' to perform, at
whatever cost) hy bringing to tlrcir discharge
calm and collected minds.
Meantime we learn with satisfaction and con
fidence that eveiything is being done bv the
authorities that can possibly be done for the
best interests ol the city and its people.
In the local column of the same paper we
find the following paragraph :
Yesterday.—A day ol great excitement was
yesterday, and one that will long be remem
bered in New Orleans. Business was almost
entirely suspended, and hardly anything but
the state of affairs below the city- and the pro-
babil'.lies ot future events occupied any one’s
attention. Rumor, with her thousand tongues,
was busy, and, as usual, contributed greatly to
the creation of needless and unprofitable ex
citement. We need not refer more particular
ly to th* «*enes and occurrences of the day,
the movements that took place, or the precau
tions adopted. Let our people guard against
which she reached at 8 o’clock Saturday uiorn '•SjWrj'kJx |r Jf i -
ing, and left in the evening, putting’ into P+jdfid St. !. wax^hjj
t’lirlstian to avoid some ol the enem^ber lit- ■ LoJxW 01
were in sight. She left Pass Christian at lvj* w .t^T 10
o’clock f^Bt night.
The if st news she brings is that telegraph
ed to us ’Aim the Bay of St. Louis. It was
undcisUiB that the city weald he occuw; '.at
2 o’clo-'*To morrow. S®,
All.fr, cotton was rolled into w 'lic
squar? .and burned, arid the sugar a-'*’
ses on the levee rolled into the river. I’he dryJ
docks, shipping of every description, and
steamboats were burned, except some of tlicse
last, w hich took troops up the river to destroy
the cotton on the bank.
The gunboats, after making a single trip over
the lake with soldieis, were burned. Capt. II.
is sure they could have been brought to Mobile.
At the last intelligence lighting was still going
on at the Forts.
The enemy fired a few guns at the batteries
at tl»e old battle ground, which were not an
swered for want of ammunition tofit the guns.
The soldiers’ cartridges, also, were unservice
able, being all wet.
By the Robert Watson, whit-h got in at about
12 o’clock, a number of gentlemen from New
Orleans arrived. Their retorts are that there
was a sharp fight at the old battle ground,—
la-t.ng an hour and a half, a good many being
killed and wounded. They do not confirm the
report of wet cartridges, but say there was noi
a round apiece, and that the Ti xas soldiers
cried like children at being caugut in such a
predicament.
At 4 o’clock on Friday when our informants
lelt, there were ten frigates and threg gunboats
opposite the city, and more coming.
The Watson took a load ol passengers across
the Lake before she finally left.
Foit Pike w as evacuated and the gun carria
ges were burning as she passed. .
About 10,000 bales of cotton wore burned
in the citv, and perhaps one thousand escaped
ihe flames. .
A large fire was seen in the city Friday-
night, but what it was could not he made out.
We append Mayor Monroe’s Proclamation^
the citizens:
T» Ihr People of New Orlenn*.
Mayoralty of tw O . ians 1
City Hall, April z5, iSoz. j
After an obstinate an<l heroic Science hy our
troops on the river, tin re appears to be mnni
nerit danger that the insolent enemv win sue
coed in capturing your city, •tie forts have
not 'alien. They have not succumbed even be
neath the terrors of a bombardment unparal
leled in the history of warfare Their defenders
have done all that becomes men fighting for
their homes, their country and their liberty;—
but in spue of their efforts, the ships of Un
enemy have been able to avoid them and now
threaten the city.
n view of this contingency, I call on you to
he calm, not with submissiveness r.or with in-
iccent alacrity, hut if the military authorities
are unable longer to defend you. lo await iviih
hope and confidence the inevitable moment
when the valor of your sons and of your fel
low countrymen will achieve your deliverance.
I shall remain among you to protect you and
your property so far as my power or authority
as Chief Magistrate can avail.
John l. Monroe, Mayor.
,a—tockin 6 ^_ — ...
The M-tides worn byr B»«T'Hf5ombarding fort
Wright*'
A sharp skirmish occurred on Monday at
Pittsburg Landing, between cavalry. Loss
small on both sides.
The Confederates are mounting heavy guns,
and are preparing for a desperate fight.
Col. Slough and Gen. Cauley effected ajunc-
tion at Galeston, on tile 11th, after a skirmish
between two opposing forces.
In the Lincoln Senate on Tuesday, bills cre
ating a Clothing Bureau, and authorising the
appointment of a Medical Inspector General,
were reported by the Committee on Military
Affairs.
Speeches in the House of Represent. tives
show the most shameless and wholesale plun
der of the public treasury, and yet members
best guns having burst during the la-,
1 Another gun was received on Monday^
wnich results were expected. My
savs that seven of these great shells v
i ed into the battery while he was pres if
1 exploded, killing only one man, a Georgijcta
> dier, wtio was standing in the door of hi.- 1111
some distance in the roar of onr batteries,
the two that did not explode, one buried it
nine and the other twelve feet in the earth,
the next place, the Yankees have been perrri
ted to throw up breastworks a mile long v-*(
in twelve hundred yards of the village 1 ^ (
Yorktown. Given the gunuoats and the
trenehments, wiih their long range ordn^'
and the evacuation of Yorktown follows b. ^ j_
cessity. The Enquirer of this morning conh
the conclusions drawn from the statem iheSSj
made to mi lt.st evening, by a gentleman
Irom /he Peninsula, and which have just
narrated. Oursoldiers have bard work in i.^‘ es
trenches, and many sick nave been moved ttby
the rear. The artillery practice of the enemy
is said to be splendid. The probabilities in--
crease daily of a decisive battle near the Chick-
a,hominy Swamp, some ten or twelve miles
from the city, i he nearer the better for us.—
In that event, several, weeks will be consumed
by the enemv’s advance.
The Enquirer publishes a letter from Lon
don, dated on the 19th of March, in which the
views expressed in various letters from your
correspondent are sustained, viz ; that our te-
verses are more likely to induce British inter-
| vention than our successes. A quotation from
the London Post (Government organ) is given
of the House are anxious to screen the robbers j in a morning paper, in which the ground is t*
FROM CORINTH.
We had an interview last evening with Col.
A. IV Markeof Alabama, who has just return
ed Irom Corinth, Mississippi. He reports that
our army has Buffered’ much from sickness,
but tliei'e are about 75,000 effective fighting
men and reinforcements were constantly com
ing in. Gen’s Price and Van Dorn were there
with their veterans of the Missouri campaign,
who he represents to be the finest looking body
of men h“ ever saw. The enemy are supposed
to have about 12",000 men, and had advanced
three miles on our front from their former po
gition. Our oflirers and men are confident and
sanguine of whipping the enemy in the next
fight, particularly if wc are first attacked.
From what Col. Starke says of the reported
movement of one of our Generals with a body
of men towards Tuscumbia and Decatur, we
place confidence in the truth of the dispatch
published this morning, that wo have retaken
Tuscumbia and Decatur. I he belief was gen
era , and we trust, is well founded, that th*
enemy will bo driven from the Tennessee.
Columbus Bun, 3rd.
A Quick Way to End the War.—An old
friend of ours, who always has his own views
about matters and things, and when his opin
ions are formed stands firm hy them, even if
he goes in a gang by himseif, said to us the
other day, that if he had the power delegated
to him he could end this war in a short time,
with equal justice to both sides. We asked
him how he would do it 11c said he would
take Mr. Lincoln, his cabinet and Congress and
place them in a line, then he would take Pres
ident Davis, his cabinet and Congress, and
place them in a similar line 20 feet from Lin
coln and his men ; he would furnish them with
supplies^ and give his orders thus: Gentle
men, you have pen, ink and paper : you have
powder, ball and musket, now settle this war
in 24 hours on pain of death. Our friend is
even alter their conviction.
In New York, on th*. 29th ult,, th© stq^k
mai ker. was buoyant. Government 6’s rose f-om
oneha f to three quarters per cent; the general
Railway List i a J per cent., on account of the
fall of New Orleans. Exchange 1121-a 1121-
Gold 1(>2. The cotton market was irregular.
Movements of small lots at unchanged prices
Sales 530 bales, closing on a basis ol 294 cents
fur Middling Up ands.
The Herald says the svJff will end in a month,
perhaps in two weeks, notwithstanding its
magnitude.
Lt. Robinson has been ordered to command
the Stevens’ Battery at Foitr« ss Monroe.
San Francisco, Cal., 26th April.—Genera;
.Wright has issued an order to arrest all per
sons charged with aiding and abetting the re
bellion, and cither to take the oath of allegi
ance, or be confined.
New York.—The steamship Bremen, from
Soulhampten,-arrived at New York on Wed
nesday. • .
The construction of iron clad ships was en
gaging the minds of the people oi the various
parts of Europe.
London, 16th.—The Japanese Ambassadors
were received by Napoleon on Sunday at the
I'udlerii-s, with a brilliant display. Napoleon
was addressed by the Chief of the Embassy,
and replied relative to the treaty, and extend-
d to them the hospitality of the French na
tion, and promised to send them back in a war
vessel.
Great, distress prevails in Lancishire In
the town of Blackburn alone, there are 15,000
people suffering from scarcity of food, cloth
ing, bedding and furniture, on account or the
-toppage of the mills.
It is reported that the i‘ on cased frigates,
erine, Sullivan, and Solferino, will be launch
ed in France, soon.
ken that in spite of the Yankee triumphs at
Donelson ami Nashville, the restoration of the
Union is imposaib.e—the separation final and
irrevocable. Tnese view- will be greatly
strengthonoe when foreign nations hear that
the loss *.- New Orleans, so far Irom disheart
ening us, but adds to our determination to win
or die. •
Even were honor out of the question, no
other course left us bur to tignt to the last
gasp. Subju r lion implies lie . ss of all we
possess in t! world, a sun; e ion to the Yan
kees, as o superior an i master race—
i tate fa wi ■ an itest'i. Trim, the Yan
kee ConU-ca ion .ill has oteii tabled, but that
is nothing. L was lo.-t hy only six votes, can
easily be taken up again and passed, and will
he as surel as we are overpowered. Happily,
Yankee occupation leaves ne room for doubt.
L’he rapine, the pillage, the insane and wanton
lestruction ot furniture and caule, the outra
ges upon women, show too plainly their infer
nal intentions. The best Yankee haters in the
country are those who live in districts which
they have overrun.
The President wishes to make all young men
in the public offices amenable to the conscrip-
non Jaw. Much commotion ensues in conse
quence. Webster was hung yesterday. Gen.
Winder has exempted eggs and butter from
the cigor of martial law ; also fish, which ena
bles us to eat shad occasionally at the board
ing houses. Jackson sent down 16 Y’ankees
yesterday. Fourteen of our men were captur
ed at Yorktown last Friday. Raining.
Hermes.
The Safety of the Union still Doubtful-
[From tbo London Post (Government organ), April 8.)
Fortune continues to smile on the Federal
arms. Both in Virginia and North Caroiiua
the Southern forces have been compiled to re
tire with loss If victories, such as those which
have been announced to us could, even in con
junction with those which have preceded them,
load us to anticipate a speedy termination of
the civil war, or could raise htfpes ot that :
py oonsuimnaiion looked forward to by the
citizens of the North, seeing once more united
in the same republic its no - divided portions,
we should fiail with satisfaction the intelligence
we have received. The experience of the past,
, as disclosed to us in the pages of history, for-
j bids us entertaining such hopes. m * * * *
We, therefore, whilst acknowledging the
_ | prowess of* the Northern arms, cannot but de-
: plore as objectless the successes which have
been gained. Are the Southern States to be
Richmond, 2d'—An official dispatch ha
been received at the War Department, dated
Corinth. 1st inst., which says “W T c have reta
ken Tuscumbia and Deeatur. Mitchell has not
more than 5000 men, all told, at and around lielcl by armed force in the event of the Feder-
Huntsville.
The enemy are moving on our front; we are
preparing to meet him.”
INTERESTING ITEMS.
Richmond, 3rd.—Authentic information from
al troops rcfit'Cing them to subjection, or will
they once more willingly coalesce with their
conquerors to form a single nation? If these
victories arc to he followed up, it must be the
hopes of securing this much wisheu for sub
jection ; hut, subsequently, let ns ask, how are
the fruits to be retained ? Wc doubt if, even
to
New Orleans received by telegraph, says that f New York or Washington, there are any t
*, be found who seriously imagine that the mil-
the troops at Fort Jackson mutinied anil gpiK-1 both white and black, freemen and slaves,
ed the guns, when Gen. Duncan surrendered, i w | lu compose the population oi the Southern
The Louisiana was at Fort St Philip, unman j States, could b held in submission for any
Hgeable, ami received a broadside at the dis
tance of thirty feet, without injury. She was
Isngth of time. And, if not, to what end the •
projected conquest of the country ? But if the
Southern States are not to be held hy pure mil-
then blown up by Commander Mofntosh, who ;tnry force, will they, when they find the titje
had an arm and leg blown oTT. About lliir- <,f fortune decidedly averse, capitulate and^Rf^,
loen of the enemy’s steamers came up before turn once more to that government frorfi
the surrender of the forts, among Mjemthe , ’'union thaTthey will,
Brooklyn and three others of her class. Ihe suctl a contingency is probable, will .tjrjpaftjr., i
eremy is believed to be in full possession of Lability he much increased hy^tL--, op»m», tl
the city. • which they are now no frequently' v\Jiqp
fer? Are the feelings engender^))) 1 . J-Jk MUJST-
struction of their towns, the.rfC9ti
i city.
The Fffench commander of the Militaire gave
notice that he required sixty days before *e , W
bombardment, to remove the French citizens.
This was before the surrender.
hem to join hands in friends^A 1
The city quiet ; tner brethren? We are nut
Great excitement prevails. The people fully i not and in .each additional bat!
j o y a l . | cord we only see anothyf.'.jjjrue 1
That'BOUuch 1
coiisjBtenta Uic
. „ . „ , « • , v A , severance between ...
All the cotton and shipping at New Orleans a?t€ j irreTO cabl
and Baton Rouge were destroyed. 32,000 bales
of cotton were burned.
Gov. Letcher announces hy a proclamation
religiously of the opinion that the war Wou.d i [hat the amended constitution of Virginia has Dispatch, of the 30th
VuT* “ b °’ h I b— by » -jorttj.
* THE SPAN
The following -iT'T^v
!n Bath county, Va., on the 26th ult^a to-1 “h^bh^a.u'ru.''‘ThoctptiD^-
NITION.
tjuincy, (Fla-,)
;«Hli.—A' vessel from
J3?”Mr. C. B. Rouss, a merchant of Rich- j tachment ol cavalry captured a train ol 26 wa- an( j brought with him a paper frdtn Ca-
mond, is selling salt at $6 per sack, andsugar ! gons, heavily loaded with provisions and stores, ’ containing news that --j anJuil recognized
at low prices. “Faithful among the faithless i stolen by a marauding party <3t Yankees—also the Confederate States, and the >. mister was
he,” to the principle* of right and justice. ' 95 horses. Si* Yankees were killed, s*ven 1 en route to Richmond.