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THE TERMS ON WHICH MASSACHUSETTS
WILL FURNISH RECRUITS.
In reply to the call of the Federal Secretary
of War for three or four more regiments, Gov •
Andrew makes the following response:
“A call so sudden and unexpected finds mo
■without an^elligent reply■
young men ar P three regim€ntg IS
Zo I can raise them in forty days.
The arms and equipments would need to be
fomiS here. Our people have never
marched without them. They go mto camp
while forming into regiments, a.d are drilled
and practiced with arms, and march as soldiers.
To attempt the other course, would be to dampen
enthusiasm, and make the men feel that they
were not soldiers, but a mob.
“Again, if our people feel that they are go
ing into the South to help fight rebels, who
will kill and destroy them by all means known
to savages as well as civilized men ; who will
drive them by fraudulent flags of truce and
lying pretences, as they did Massachusetts boys
at Williamsburg, will use their negro slaves
against them, both as laborers and as well as
fighting men, while they themselves must never
fire at the enemy’s magazine, I think they
will feel the draft is heavy on their patriotism ;
but if the President will sustain Gen. Hunter,
recognize ■ man, even black men, as legally
capable of loyalty, which the black are wait
ing to manifest —and let them fight with God
and human nature on their side —the roads
will swarm, if need be, with a multitude
whom New England would pour out to obey
your call.
“Always ready to do my utmost,
“I remain most respectfully, ’
“Your obedient servant,
[Signed] John A. Andrew.
This fitly expresses the fanatical and atro
cious spirit of New England. How far it is in
sympathy with other sections of the North, at
this time, is not yet apparent. The struggle
there is between the so-called conservatives,
who fight for the restoration of the old Union,
and to preserve the Constitution, and the Abo
litionists, who fight for the liberty of the slave,
and for making him, politically, the equal of the
white man. Which party will ultimately con
-trol the Federal Government, it is difficult now
to conjecture. But both factions combined will
Jfsuj to achieve the’conquest of the South; for
our people will contemplate eternal war, and
resistance, to the last man and to the last dol
lar, as preferable to being domineered over by
Yankees—and especially such Yankees as the
Massachusetts school furnishes. It seems to
be the pet delight of Lincoln to send New
England Yankees into the South to lord it over
its captured cities. This is a refinement of
,cruelty ani revenge.
THE ARREST OF MAYOR MONROE.
The New Orleans' Delta, wnich is now edited
bv some minion of Picayune Butler, gives the
following history of the arrest and incarceration
of Mayor Monroe:
State cf Louisiana, 5
Mayoralty of New Orleans, >
City Hall, May 16th, 1862. )
. General Benjamin F. Butler, Commanding
U S. Forces:
Sir: Your general order No. 28, of date of
15th inst. is oi a character so extraordinary and
astounding, that I cannot, holding the office oi
Chief Magistrate of this city, chargeable with its
peace and dignity, suffer it to be promulgated in
our presence without protesting against the
threat it contains, which has already aroused the
passions of our people, and must exasperate
them to a degree beyond control. Your officers
and soldiers are permitted, by the terms of this
order, to place any construction thev may please
upon the conduct‘of our wives and daughters,
and upon such construction to offer them atro
. clous insults.
The peace of the city and the safety of your
officers and soldiers trom harm or insult, have, I
affiroi been successfully secured, to an extent
enabling them to move through our streets al
most unnoticed, according to the understanding
and agreement entered into between yourself and
’he city authorities. I did not, however, anticis
pate a war upon women and children, who, so
tar as I am aware, have only manifested their
displeasure at the occupation of their city by
those whom they believe to be their enemies, and
■ i will never undertake to be responsible for the
peace ot New Orleans while such an edict, which
infuriates our citizens, remains in force.
To give a license to the officers and soldiers of.
vour command to commit outrages such a* are
indicated in your order, upon detenceless women,
is-in my judgment, a reproach to the civiliza
tion, not to say to the Christianity, of the age,
m whose name I make thi.* protest.
I am sir. your obedient servant,
’ John T. Monroe, Mayor.
Immediately upon the receipt of this epistle
the Provost Marshal brought the Mayor betore
•Gen. Butler. The Mayor was then told that the
language of the letter would not be tolerated, and
that if he behoved that he could no longer con
trol the “aroused passions of the people,” he
would be relieved of any responsibility for the
tranquility ot the city, and sent to a place of
safety himself, to wit—Fort Jackson. The Mayor
said he only desired to vindicate the honor of
the virtuous women of the city. He was inform*
ed chat there was no vindication needed, beeause
the order did not contemplate any virtuous wo
man for the General did not believe that such a
person, by word, gesture, or movement, meant
to insult any of bis officers or soldiers. And the
order implied no others, save these that had in
sulted the troops. The Mayor said that with this
explanation he was satisfied, and would withdraw
his letter. He, therefore, signed the following
written apology and left for his home ;
General Butler; This communication having
been sent under a mistake of fact, and being ims
proper tn language, I desire to apologise for the
same and to withdraw it.
• John T. Monroe, Mayor.
May 16, 1862.
Now the matter touching order No. 28 was
supposed to have been ended. But this course
did not suit the keepers of John T. Monroe, and,
on the evening of the same day, General Butler
received the following letter :
Mayoralty of New Orleans, )
City Hall, May 16, 1862. f
Major-General Butler :
bin: Having misunderstood you yesterday in
relation to your General Order, No. 28, 1 wish to
withdraw the endorsement I made on the letter
addressed to you yesterday. Please deliver the
letter to my Secretary, Mr. Duncan, who will hand
you this note.
Your obedient servant,
m ... „ . „ John T. Mokroe, Mayor.
To this General Butler returned the following
answer: 6
Headquarters Department of the Gulf 1
o -n New Orleans May 16,1 862 . ’ f
Sir: There can be, there has been, no room for
misunderstanding of General Orders No 23 No
lady will take any notice of a strange gentleman
and a fortiori of a stranger simply ln such form
as to attract attention. Common women do
Therefore, whenever women, lady or mistress
gentle or simple, who, byguesture look or word’
insults, shows contempt for, thus attracting to
herself the notice of my officers and soldiers will
be deemed to act as becomes her vocation as a
common woman, and will be liable to be treated
accordingly. This was most fully explained to
my office. I shall not, as I have not, abate
a single word of that order; it was well consider
ed; if obeyed, will protect the true aad modest
women trom all possible insults. The others will
take care of themselves.
You can publish your letter, if you publish this
note, and your apology. Respectfully,
Bknj. F. Butler,
Major General Commanding.
John T. Monroe, Mayor of New Orleans.
At the time ot the delivery of the Mayor’s
second letter to the General, Mr. Monroe asked
leave to pubi.sh it. On the following day the
Mayor sent again a duplicate of his first letter.
Immediately his presence was required before the
General. He came, accompanied by Duncan, and
was then asked to retract the insulting language
of the letter. He said he did not wish to send
the letter, if he was at liberty to publish what
the General had said to him betore—that Order
No. 28 did not refer to all the ladies of New Or
leans. The General, thereupon, told him that, in
order to prevent any misapprehension, he would
put in writing on the bottom of a copy of the
Order exactly to whom it did refer, so as to make
it plain to the meanest capacity, and he’thereupon
wrote the foliewing memorandum on the bottom
of the Order:
You may say that this Order refers to those
women who have shown contempt for and insult
ed my soldiers, by words, gestures and movements
in their presence.
On Sunday morning the Mayor, accompanied
by several persons, called on Gen. Butler at his
lodging, and the Mayor then said that he desired
to withdraw his apology. He was informed
that the Sabbath was not a business day with
the General. But if he desired to withdraw his
apology, and would place himself next day on the
chair where he sat when he signed it, he” should
have full opportunity. He was told by the Gen.
too, that he would be glad to see him with as
many friends as he could bring on that errand,
On Monday, the Mayor went to Gen. Butler’s
headquarters, attended by half a dozen other per
sons, and said that he "came to withdraw the
apology. He was told that he was at liberty io
do so, but that graver matters now claimed his
attention. He was informed that the General had
learned that upon the trial of six men before the
Military Commission that a military organization
—to be named the Monroe Life Guard—had been
formed by the paroled soldiers captured at Fort
Jackson, and that these deluded men relied upon
the aid of the Mayor and other influential citizens
to supply them with arms with which to force the
United States pickets, get out of the city, and
join Beauregard. He was also told of the
breaches of good faith on tne part of the city
government, which we have enumerated in this
article. And then, each one of the party with
him being asked the question, whether they were
citizens of the United States, and, having taken
the oath of allegiance to the Confederate States
had in any way renounced or would not renounce
that allegiance, they all answerea in the nega
tive.
They were then informed that they came with
in that part of the proclamation which treats
such persons as rebels and enemies of the United
States. The terms of the Mayor’s letter were
then discussed at the request of one of his com
panions, and only one—the Chief of Police—
who endorsed the action of the Mayor in writing
such a letter. And he subsequently desired to
qualify his endorsement.
It being evident that a portion of these men
went to the General’s for the deliberate purpose
of making a case by means of which they might
incite their feilow-citizens to disturbance and
riot, the General caused to be arrested—as dans
gerous and disorderly persons, who were then
upholding rebellion —all who were of sufficient
consequence to be taken notice of. and they were
then informed’ that as they had endeavored to
excite riot and disorder they would be held as
hostages for the peace of the city. The Mayor,
upon this, asked if he was at liberty to state the
conditions of arrest, showing by this question
that there was an organized attempt against the
peace of the city, which they did not wish to go
on at their peril. The General informed the
Mayor that he could state the condition of the
arrest. Such is the history of John T. Monroe’s
excursion to Fort Jackson.
From the Charleston Courier, June 2d. t
CAPTURE OF A YANKEE SOLDlfei.
Corporal Frederick Bishop, of Company H,
Captain Doyle, Bth Michigan Regiment, was cap
tured near Garden’s Corner, Friday morning, and
brought to the city Saturday on the train of the
Savannah Railroad in charge of two of the Rut
ledge Mounted Riflemen.
The prisoner is a German and hails from De*
troit. From him we gather the following particu
lars in relation to the late affair.
The regiment, to which be belongs is a portion
of the command of Gen. Stevens, consisting of
lour regiments of infantry, stationed at Beaufort,
where General Stevens has his headquarters. The
expedition to Pocotaliago was made up of twelve
companies of infantry, one company of cavalry
(of the 21st Massachusetts Regiment) and -two
pieces of artillery of the Connecticut battery, the
whole under command of the Lieutenant Colonel
of the 50th Pennsylvania regiment, and number
ing about 900 men. They received marching
orders ten o’cfock Wednesday night, and left
Beaufort about 11 o’clock for Port Royal Ferry.
Arriving at the Ferry, they proceeded immedis
ately as far as Mr. Heyward’s plantation, and
there halted for refreshments, having marched,
he supposes, nearly thirty-five miles.
Their design, the prisoner thinks, was to tear
up the railroad and interrupt communication, but
not to bring on an engagement. They'had been
made to believe by spies that they would meet
with no resistance, the Confederate forces, it was
said, having been withdrawn! Skirmishers were
thrown out from their lines to scour the woods,
and ascertain whether there was any opposing
force in the neighborhood. After the men had
finished their meal, the order for the return march
was given, thy commanding officer saying that
the enemy could bring as many as twenty thous
and of his troops on the ground in less than an
hour, and it was advisable for them, in their ex
hausted condition, to return, or they would be
liable to be cut off.
In the fight with the Rutledge Mounted Rifle*
men one Captain of the 50th Pennsylvania Regi
ment and two privates were killed, and six pris
rates wounded.
On the return march, at Garden’s Corner, they
again halted to rest. Here some of the men fell
asleep, the prisoner among others. On awaking
he found his regiment had left him, and on trying
to find his own way back was captured.
He says he has been told that Gen. Hunter, on
his arrival to take command, brought with him
reinforcements numbering between twentysfive
and thirty thousand men, which, added to the
thirty thousand accompanying the first expedis
tion, gives him.a force of from forty-five to fifty
thousand.
This force he thinks is divided on the coast be
tween Charleston and Savannah.
There is a great deal of sickness among the
men at Hilton Head, mostly fevers. The troops
at Beaufort, however, suffered but little m this
respect, and the general health of the command
there was good. Rumors were plentitul in camp
of an attack to be made on Charleston, but the
prisoners says the men knew nothing d finite in
relation to their future movemenst. The officers
are taciturn and exceedingly reserved.
General Hunter’s proclamation had almost pro
duced a mutiny in the camps. On its appear
ance, seven Captains of the New York Highlanders
hand’ed in their resignations, and the whole army
was dissatisfied. The men say they have seen
enough of negroes, and are heartily sick of them ,
that they would be well satisfied to send some
from their superabundant numbers in the North
to the South, where the climate would be more
congenial to their nature and habits.
He also states that the Federals have pontoon
bridges already prepared for marching through
swamps and marsh land, and whenever they at
tack will attempt it at some point where it might
be least expected, He believes they are well
posted in relation to all the batteries on our
coast, and knows the position of every gun in
Fort Sumter. It was said that three iron clad
vessels hi d joined Commodore Dupont’s squad*-
ron, and a combined land and naval attack on
Fort Sumter is under consideration.
The prisoner speaks very highly of General
Stevens in command at Beaufort, and awards him
the credit of the plan which was carried on. and
led to the reduction of Fort Pulaski. General
Stevens is an old United States officer, and very
much liked by his men.
From the Jackson Mississippian, May 30th.
LATEST NEWS OF THE MOVEMENTS OF THE
ENEMY.
We have this morning many items unofficially
reported. Some of them we believe to be reliable,
others are of more doubtful authenticity. We give
them as we have received them—vouching tor
none of them.
Item first—The bombardment of Vicksburg
was resumed late yesterday evening and con
tinued to what hour of the nigh;, or with what
effect to persons or property, we have not heard.
The supposition is that no serious damage was
done. The best spirit prevails amoogstfour troops
and the citizens of the town. Those having the
largest property interest at stake have devoted
everything with noble zeal and the most disinter
ested devotion to the holy cause. Their motto
is, let it be written of Vicksburg as of Carthage,
"Carthago fuit”—\t need be in defending the
honor ot the State from an ignominious surren
der, and its sacred soil from the polluting tread
of its savage foes. We rejoice, too, to learn that
confidence hourly increases in the ability of our for
tifications, effectually to prevent the lacdina of
their troops,jif not indeed of destroying their ves
se's."
Item second—Gentlemen of intelligence and
veracity, whp came on the cars last evening,
state that an engagement had occured between
one of our companies, and such citizens of Clai
borne a could go armed to their assistance, and
a farce of the enemy which had landed at Grand
Gulf, advancing on port Gibson, with the inten
tion, as it is supposed, of moving forward to
Hazlehurst, on New Orleans railroad, and from
Whence marching to Jackson or to Camp Moon,
probably tne latter, with expectation of uniting
with another Federal force said to have landed at
Baton Rouge, and to be moving forward to Tans
s .paho, a station on the railroad. In the engage
ment, at or near Grand Gulf, the report is that
sixty of the enemy were killed. Our loss is not
stated.
Item third—The Vicksburg Whig of yesterday,
that Capt. Hoskin’s opened his saucy lit
tle battery up»n the enemy’s transports at Grund
Gulf, with such stunning "effect, that they beat a
hasty retreat—that they subsequently shelled the
town, and landing a force, proceeded to break
open.all the houses, and stole and carried away
every thina movable, and of a valuable character.
They stated on leav.ng, that they intended to
invite Rodney and Natchez to a Lincoln enter
tainment—that they were in no hurry about mat
ters at Vicksburg—would probably wait until
their fleet above should pass Fort Pillow, when
they would unite and wipe out also.—
We have only to say to them, “lay on McDuff’,
and damned be he who first cries hold ! enough.”
From the foregoing, it will be perceived that
there is hot work before us. Events are crowd
ing upon each other with startling rapidity—but
thanks to a kind Providence, and to the invinci
ble valor of our troops, they only serve to ani«
mate to deeds of nobler daring. In this trying
hour let the watchword of every man at the gun
be the inspiring address of Nelson at the battle
of Trafalgar—Mississippi “expects every man to
do his duty.” Then, “living we shall be victo
rious, or dying, our death shall oe glorious.”
FROM CORINTH, VICKSBURG, AND FORT
PILLOW.
The Jackson Mississippian, of May 31st, was
led to believe from the reports of a gentleman
from Corinth, that a fight was progressing a
that point. It appeared subsequently, however,
that there was no general engagement, but only
a heavy skirmish at Farmington. The Missiisip*
pian continues;
We have also very late information of a
contemplated movement in the right direction for
carrying the war to the enemy’s own doors, and
making them feel some of the horrors attendant
upon being beleagured and imprisoned in their
own homes, and made to subsist the army which
overruns them. But it would be manifestly inr*
prudent to speak more specifically on the point
at this time. It will break upon the public in a
very few days, if our information proves, as we
believe it will, perfectly reliable.
At Vicksburg all is quiet. The boats have re
tired, to return, doubtless, when the fleet from
above descends the river—which it may do in a
few days, if the reported evacuation of Fort Pil
low should be confirmed.
Later Still—ll o’clock, A. M.—Since the
above was written, the cars have come in, bring*
ing intelligence from Corinth. Instead of the
general engagement, which our intelligent in
formant supposed was in progress—beginning on
Wednesday last—the cannonading proved to be
the heavy skirmishing at Farmington.
The very latest and m.st reliable information
places beyond deubt, we think, that our army is
evacuating Corinth. This should not produce
despondency. Doubtless it is the dictate of mili
tary strategy, intended to force the enemy, by a
flank movement, to quit their entrenchments and
engage us.
We are also led to believe that we have been, or
will be, competed to evacuate Fort Pillow. In
that event, our readers should not be surprised,
before our next issue, to hear that Memphis has
fallen into the hands of the enemy.
THE SKIRMISH NEAR POCOTALIGO.
We with great pleasure insert the following
note, correcting, in one important respect, the ac
count that reached us, with regard to the recent
affair with the Yankees in South Carolina:—
[Ed. Rep.l
Camp Rutledge Mounted Riflemen. )
McPhersonville, Ist June, 1862. )
Mr. Editor; In your .account of the recent
skirmish at Pocotaligo, which I see copied into
the Charleston papers of the 31st ult., it is men
tioned that the Rutledge Mounted Riflemen were
the on’y troops engaged upon our side.
Permit me to perform an act of justice to
brave and zealous soldiers by correcting this
error.
Two companies of Major Morgan’s Ist Battalion
S. C. Cavalry, d.smounted and armed with double
barreled guns, also took part in the fight; and 1
have it from high authority that one of these, Co.
A, Lieut. Skinner, commanding, maintained its
ground with unflinching courage, until its am
munition was expended, and when, to have re*
mained longer, would have been sheer folly.
The gallant Lieutenant was himself wounded
while withdrawing his men.
I hope this correction will be copied by ail the
papers which copied the paragraph which has
elicited it.
Very respectfully your ob’t serv’t,
W. L. Trenholm,
Captain Com’dg R. M. R.
We clip the following paragraphs from
the Jackson Mississippian, of May 28th :
Late from Corinth.—We have seen a gentle
man direct from Corinth. He corrects the im
pression that prevailed to some extent that the
enemy had fallen back. Our line had advanced
about half a mile on the right.
Gen. Beauregard has issued an order requiring
the burning of all extra tents—officers are allow*
ed only 16 pounds of baggage. He declared that
the Confederate army had assumed the offensive,
and that he did not wish it to be encumbered
with unnecessary baggage or tents.
Gen. Beauregard has also issued an order ex
cluding all correspondents from the lines—ma
king a penalty ot death if improper news be
transmitted. This fact accounts for the failure
of our special correspondent at Corinth to supply
us with late dispatches from that interesting lo
cality. /
Skirmishing is going on daily with slight casual
ties on both sides. /
Old Lawerrncb Forever.—CapA James A.
Hoskins was stationed with his famous artillery
company from Lawrence county, on the heights
near Grand Gulf. A day or so ago the enemy s
transports attempted to pass. Capt, Hoskins
planted his battery in a favorable position and
paused a volley into them, completely disabling
one of them and turning the course of them all.
Three cheers for lawerence I Three cheers for
Capt. Hoskins and his gallant men !
It is reported that the enemy will attempt to
land at Grand Gulf with the view of penetrating
the interior of our State byway of Port Gibson.
If this is his intention, Capt. Hoskins and his
men will have ample opportunity to win a name
for themselves, and thev are the men to contest
every inch of ground and make themselves a
perfect terror to the dastards. We predict a bril
liant career for this artillery company.
FROM THE NORTH- LATE ANI INTEREST
ING INTELLIGENCE.
The Memphis Appeal, has Northern papers as
late as the 23d maUnt, from which we glean the
following intelligence:
Deserters are said to report to McCieLan that
Johnston’s army in front of Richmond is over
100,0000 —some say 150,000 —and “refugees to
Halleck’s camp, that Beauregard'has 130,000 men
at Corinth, of whom 30,000 are held in the rear,
under Breckinridge, as a reserve. They also re*
port Gen. Lovell’s army as having arrived at
Corinth from below.
Washington despatches of the 21st state that
Lincoln has called upon the different States for
a large number of additional volunteers to fill up
the ranks ot the Federal army, which have been
de«'mated by disease and battle. Alluding to the
matter, the New York Tribune’s special Wash
ington despatch, dated May 21st, says : “It is not
vet precisely deterniined what number of volun*
teers to call for, but it will not be tar from
100,000, including those needed to til! up old reg
iments.”
The Herald’s special says:
“The President has decided that 50,000 more
volunteers shall be accepted. This is to fill up
regiments which have been thinned out by
wounds and sickness, and to form a reserve, un
der drill, for the future, which may be ready at
the decisive moment.”
The Post’s Washington dispatches (special)
give the following startling intelligence :
“The city is full of excitement consequent
upon reported battles; also the report that the
Governor of one of the New England States flatly
refused to call for more troops until the govern*
ment agrees to arm and employ’ the slaves where
it is dangerous for white men to perform mili
tary duty.”
A dispatch from the Federal fleet above Fort
Pillow, to the Chicago Times, gives the hoax that
the position had certainly been evacuated by the
Confederates, asd that the latter have retired to
Fort Wright, which is stated to be a “far strong
er fortification.”
Five new rams, recently built at New Albany,
were added to the fleet on the 21st inst. A daily
attack is expected from our cotton boat rams.
A dispatch from Cairo says that accounts from
Halleck’s army represent the weather as being
“intensely hot and the men suffering greatly.”
It adds that “sunstrokes are of frequent occur
rence.”
Halleck has expelled all armv correspondents
from his lines, and all this craft left in disgust on
the 20th, en route for some more congenial clime.
A report of the Federal loss at the battle of
Farmington, shows a loss of 133 killed and wound
ed.
Accdunts from English papers represent the
distress in Great Britain and Ireland, in conse*
queuce of the cotton famine, is appaling. The
matter • has been brought before Parliament for
the consideration of that body.
FEDERAL REPORTS FROM THE TENNESSEE RIVER.
We find the following correspondence in the
Chicago Post, of the 20th :
Near Corinth, May 17. ( via. Cairo, May 18.)
On Wednesday morning Gen. Sherman’s advance
encountered the enemy’s pickets near a bridge
over a small creek, on the extreme right of our
line, four miles from Corinth. A brisk skirmish
followed, which was kept up until two o’clock in
the afternoon, when Gen. Sherman brought up
two howitzers and commenced throwing shell
among the rebels. They soon retired but re
newed the attack, and succeeded on Thursday in
burning the bridge, after a brisk skirmish, when
they retreated. Twelve of our men were wounded,
and none killed.
Two pickets of the 11th Louisiana regiment
were captured by our cavalry on Friday, within
three quarters of a mile from the enemy's en i .
trench ments.
Passengers from Pittsburg Landing give cur
rency to a report brought into our camp by des
serters, that Bragg commands the rebel army at
Corinth. Beauregard having gone east. Price
commands the right wing, Polk the centre, and
Van Dorn the letr.
FROM THE FIELD DIRECT.
Before Corinth, May 17.—A* general advance
was made to-day along our line towards Corinth.
‘There has been much skirmishing and several
severe engagements of Gen. Sherman’s division.
Our loss is fortyjfour killed and a considerable
number wounded, in attacking Russell’s house,
which the rebels have occupied for some time
past, worrying our pickets.
We expect an attack to-morrow morning.
Among the killed rebels left on the ground was
one with a sword, supposed to be an officer.
Our forces under General Sherman occupy the
house.
The Bth Missouri has been skirmishing to-day
only about 300 yards from the enemy’s breast
works.
Several rifles were captured in the skirmish on
the right, which are perfectly new, and marked
Bruse & Fryman, Bremen. They are much su
perior to the rifles used by our sharpshooteis,
having a range of from 800 to 1,500 yards, while
ours are only effectual at 1,000 yards.
In all cases the rebels left on the field were
shot in the head, and the wounded shot in neck
and breast. The enemy’s loss on the field is
about 40 killed and 100 wounded. ,
The weather is very warm, and-the roads quite
dusty.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Telegraphed to the Chicago Post. ,
Washington, May 19.—Visitors to Norfolk
represent the city as like a cemetary; grass grow
ing in the streets, stores closed. No sign of
Unionism among the whites. Mr. Millson, hither
to spoken of as an out spoken Unionist, refused
to talk on politics with members of Congress, (
old friends, who call on him, conceealing his real
sentiment.
The fugitive slave law is to bo tested by habeas
corpus,\n the casa of one oi Mr. Lamon’s slaves
to be brought betore Justice Wayne,
Gov. Stanty, of North Carolina, was on the floor
of the House "to-day.
FROM MISSOURI.
[Telegraphed to the Chicago Poet.}
St. Louis, May 19. —The following is by tele
graph to headquarters:
Col. Daniels attacked the rebels under Colonel
Jeffries forty miles from Bloomfield, and reports
from Chalk Bluff that he seized a ferry boat and
crossed under the enemy’s fire, and routed and
pursued them six miles into Arkansas, they fleeing
into the swamps.
We bad two lieutenants wounded—one mortal
ly—one private killed and six wounded. The
enemy lost eleven killed and seventeen wounded,
who were captured—also provisions, horses and
arms.
Lieut. Bacon Montgomery has killed the rebel
Col. Schable.
There are rumors on the street this evening of
a battle having been fought at Corinth, but can*
not trace them to any source worthy of reliance.
GEN. COX'S DIVISION.
Franklin, Va., May 27.—Unofficial dispatches,
but considered reliable, announce that Princeton,
the capital of Mercer county, Va., where Gen.
Cox’s advance was stationed, was attacked and
captured yesterday by the rebels under Humphrey
Marshall.
SUFFOLK, VA., OCCUPIED.
Suffolk, Va., May 18.—This place, 17 miles
from Norfolk by rail and 25 by road, was occu
pied by Federal troops this A. M. No rebels were
found. Many of the inhabitants had left! Those
remaining were bitter against us. Rsconnois’
ances were made yesterday to Kempviile, Gov.
Wise’s place. The town was found almost de
serted.
The Rome (Ga.) Southerner states that there are
twelve or fifteen salt licks m Floyd county. Good
salt has been made from the water accumulating
in them after a heavy rain.
A Naval general Court of Inquiry, composed
of the following officers—Flag Officer French
Forrest, President; Captains Duncan N. Ingraham,
and Wm. F.'Lynch, members; and Raleigh Tra
vers Daniel, Esq., Judge Advocate, is now in
session in Richmond, for the purpose of ascer
tain ing the cause of the destruction of the great
iron clad steamer Virginia, at or near Craney Is
land, and of the iron clad steam ram Mississippi,
at New Orleans. The public will await with an
impatience only equalled by the importance of
the* subject, the developments that may be made
on the subj ecta referred to.
FROM NEW ORLEANS.
The City Threatened with Inundation. -LaM
i New Orleans papers state that an extensive break
has taken place in the levee above the city nearly
opposite Napoleon Avenue. On the 26th the
water was pouring tn through a crevasse about
one hundred feet wide and twenty feet deep.
The Bulletin says the overflow extends as low
down as the Louisiana Avenue Station, on the
track of the Carrollton Railroad, but nearer to the
river it has not yet overflowed the country lower
down than General Taylor street. The water on
the railroad track appears to be twelve or four*
teen inches deep. The water crosses the track
on the upper side of the Burthe Station, making
the width of the inundation at that distance from
the river about a mile, from which place it gra
dually widensjiintil it finds its way;into the swamp.
Later in the day we learned the water was making
its appearance back of Greenville.
Threatened with Famine. —The Bulletin, of
the 25th, notices the arrival of the Alice Vivian,
from Mobile, on Saturday, with 1,800 barrels of
flour, consigned to the Subsistence Committee,
and the subsequent arrival of the Empire Parish,
from Shreveport, with a large assorted cargo of
provisions, consigned to various parties, and ex
presses the hope that these timely arrivals will
be speedily followed by others, until the present
anxiety on the subject of subsistence shall be
entirely removed. The Bulletin remarks:
Unless something is done speedily to supply
the markets with meat, their condition will re*
lapse into the state prevailing at the beginning
ot the present month. Already the butchers are
asking forty cents per pound for meat which or
dinarily sells at six or eight «> and it is a common
thing to have to pay fifty or seventy five cents
for a small piece of soup meat, usually sold for a
picayune or a dime.
The Heel of the Despot.—Mayor Monroe and
the Chief o! Police, for protesting against But
ler’s infamous order No. 28, have been imprisoned
in Fort Jackson, and the municipal government
is under the control and presided over by Gen*
oral G. F. Shepley, the miltary commandant. Alt
the old police have been discharged, and Yan
kees, or men who take the oath of allegiance,
are to be put in their places. Permission, how
ever, had been granted to the citizens to elect a
loyal citizen of New Orleans and the United
States as Mayor.
Liberty of the Press and Liberty of Speech
under the Yankee Despotism.—The Mobile Ad*
vertiser, speaking of the New Orleans papers,
says:
They are no longer, ala’s what they used to
be. The coil of the tyrant is too plainly around
their tree limits, and their manly voices "are sub*
dued to utterance in “bated breath." Poor New
Orleans ! The fate of Jerusalem, not one stone
of which was left upon another by Titus, had
been better than the living dead of Yankee ser
vitude you now suffer.
We have looked in vain through the papers for
some items of interest, some notes of encour*
agement from the doomed city.
We clip a few local items:"
Provost Court.—Vesterday three men named
Cox, Hill and Reagan, for uttering threats against
Union men, were sent to the Workhouse each
for one month.
Charles Dougherty, for offensive language
against the Union, was sent to the Workhouse
for three months.
Glorification or Haynau Butler by his Min
ions.—The Delta is issued and edited by Yankees,
and is the organ of General Butler—whom it
glorifies in a most wonderful way. The ladies
he has reduced to politeness. “By issuing an
order as ingenious as it has proved effectual,”
says the Delta, “Gen. Butler has transformed
the gentler sex from scowling, aciduous faced
worsen, luto a charming, well conducted and
modest community of ladies.”
Great glory is given to General Butler for
making the city “cheerful” and restoring business
to it.
The same paper publishes a long anonymous
letter addressed to Gen. Butler, by a woman, un
der the signature of “A Mississippian,” threat
ening him with assassination for the biutal order
which the same paper says, as stated above, has
made “modest 'adies” of our own fair and scow!*
ing women. The writer gives it a scurrilous
preface.
The war on the Confederate currency was pro
ducing considerable distress among needy per
sons. Those who have it in possession are
obliged at great depreciation to convert it into
what the enemy will take.
Troops of all arms of service are continually
arriving, in the city. The last arrival we have
heard of is that of Nim’s Battery of Flying Ar
tillery, from Boston, o f which frequent mention
has been made by the Northern press. It arrived
in the river Friday night.— Picayune,
' In reply to the protest of Mayor Monroe, Butler,
after a little characteristic Yankee quibbling, re
iterates his infamous order, subjecting the wives,
mothers and daughters of New Orleans to the
insults and outrages of his brutal soldiery. He
says:
“Whenever a woman, lady, or mistress, gentie
or simple, who, by gesture, look or word, insults,
shows contempt tor, thus attracting to herself
the notice of my soldiers, she will be deemed to
act as becomes her vocation as a common woman,
and will be liable to be treated accordingly.
“I shall not, as I have not, abate a single word
of that order. It was well considered. If obeyed,
it will protect the true and modest women from
all possible insult. The others will take care es
themselves.”
“Are there no stones in Heaven
But what serve for the thunder?”
CAPTURE OF|A STEAMER ON THE ST. ERAIf-
CIS RIVER
Captain R. D. Ball arrived a few days sinceat
Memphis, and reported the capture, on the 201E1
inst., of the steamer Daniel B. Miller, at Horners
ville, on Little River, a tributary of the St. Fran
cis. Captain Ball, who was pilot of the boat, re
ports the particulars to the Appeal. The enemy's
force, consisting of 100 cavalry and artillery,
with two small guns, made a descent upon the
town, and after a furious fire of about five min*
utes, with small arms, gained possession of it,
and seized the steamer which was just about to
leave.
From the eager inquiries of the Federals, it
appears that their special object was to get hold
of CoL Moore, of the Missouri army, who was to
have gone on the boat with a considerable amount
of funds to pay off scrip, but he had been de
tained by sickness.
The approach of the Federals had been »n
--nounced in the morning by a courier, but the
report was disbelieved by all but Captain Bill.
The capture was made at 12 o’clock P. M. Where
the enemy appeared the boat tried to escape, but
was stopped by two cannon shot, besides bang
considerably riddled with small arms. Colonel
E. Alex. Louis, of Jeff. Thompson’s command,
was killed, and two men wounded. About sirty
passengers were taken prisoners—among whom
were Col. Wm. G. Phelan, of Stoddard couity.
Missouri; Col. Jas. A. Walker, Duncan couity,
Missouri; Capt. Galbreath, who had command of
a company in Duncan county, Missouri; Colne!
Brent, Adjutant Gen. of Gen. Green’s staff; fol.
Wm. Davis, aid°de-camp to Gen. Green; W.
Watkins,son of Gen. Watkins, of Cape Girarieatt
county; A. Riley, formerly county judge in Jew
Madrid. Phelan, Chandler, and Walker wennot
taken on board the boat, but in the neighooiin g
country. There were a number of military a»mj
the captives, besides the above.
Capt. Ball was absent at the time of the cajiure
assisting to get a flatboat loaded with biton,
about two miles below, into the channel. Lam
ing what had happened, he made his escapiin a
dug-out through the overflowed lands. Afartv
of Federals came down about two honrsfter
wards in search of the flatboat, but it had-ieen
removed to a place of safety.
Hornersville is about three miles above the An
kaisas line.
Fort Pillow.—Our intelligence by passfllgers
is up to 1 o’clock, P. M., yesterday.
day and Tuesday, up to the hour our infotaan’;
’eft, the enemy were shelling furiously. Mist of
their shots fell inside the works, without,how
ever, doing anv damage. The fire was not re
turned, as the Federal « unboats did not make
their appearance.
Memphis {Tenn.) Appeal,