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SENSATIONAL DISPATCHES.
The public are so frequently tantalized and
vexed by dispatches known as sensational an
by bogus news, that we are constantly on our
guard for something of the kind, and wo ne\t r
like to publish anything that looks of that na
ture without a protest. A specimen of the
sensational we look upon the oum J*
patch to be, which announces the recognition
by France of the Southern Confederacy. It
probably only the current rumor at Havana
which was afloat in that city some weeks ago,
which has got into the shape of a dispatch
from Richmond, “founded on official informa
tion ” This information is improbable in itself,
is unlooked for affiong us, and is inconsistent
with previous reports from Europe. It would
have seemed less improbable a few weeks ago,
before the news of the grave disasters wiiich
have overtaken the Confederate cause in the
West. But it is wholly unreasonable to ex
pect French recognition in the face of that
crowning misfortune, the loss of New Orleans,
and the full possession by the enemy’s gun
boats of the Mississippi and its tributaries.
France may, by this time, regret as seriously
as we do that she has postponed the recogni
tion so long. But now there is no hope for it,
but for her to wait until the South retrieves
her lost ground, or achieves some great and
compensating advantage. As good opportuni
ties will again occur as have been lost ; for
brilliant victories are yet m store for Southern
arms.
INTERESTING LETTER.
Many of our city readers will peruse with in
terest the following private letter to our fellow
citizen, J. C. Dawson, Esq. It is from Mr. Harvey
Bawtree, pleasantly remembered by many of
us tor his genial qualities, and by the public for
his tasteful and attractive “readings” contrib
uted while here in aid of benevolent objects.—
He was unexpectedly called from here, at a
critical time last year, by an urgent appeal
from his mother, of whom he is the only child,
to go to her, as his step-father, Mr. Van
Bibber, was thought to be at the point of
deata. His personal history since is given in
the letter. Except to the personal friends and
acquaintances of Mr. Bawtree, this letter wil
possess but little as it has been so long
in running the blockade fSjat it brings no news.
But to them it will be acceptable as showing
that Mr. B. is still true to the political sympa
thies which have marked his life, and that he
is an exile on account of them.
Mr. Bawtree is a young man of superior tal
ents. He graduated at Georgetown College,
D. C., in 1855 or 6, with the first honor. Har
vey is a genial good fellow—fond of his friends,
and of a social glass with them occasionally.—
Long may he wave:
Donbgana Hotel, Montreal, i
February 12, 1862. [
My Dear Friend : This is the first time I have
had a chance of writing to you since I left, and
this will be, perhaps, a month en route to you.
I proceeded direct from Louisville to Niagara,
via Cleveland aud Buflilo, crossed into Canada ,
hurrahed three times for Jeff. Davis; hired a
fiddler by the day (which, of course, includes the
night,) to play Dixie, and as it was an English
Steamer, God Save the Queen mingled with it as
we glided down the St. Lawrence River. I st
rived in Montreal on the 6th of September, and
have been here ever since. I found Air. Van
Bibbers’ health so bad that it was impossible for
him to move out of the house. I was delighted
to find that the feeling was almost unanimous in
favor of the South. By the advice of some friends,
I became particularly cautious of spies and agents
of the Lincoln dynasty who were hovering about
all the hotels, and who had control of all the
stations through which the public travelled into
the States. I got my mother to write to Colonel
Thomas. Adjutant General at Washington, and
formerly a personal friend of mme, to procure a
iass from Seward for me to visit my father. The
answer my mother received was, that if she
could answer for my loyalty, I should not be dis
turbed—a sensible answer that; just as it I couldn’t
have told him that before, and about on a par
» iti all State documents that have lately emanated
from the brain of that notorious individual.
About December, my parents visited me in
this city, but the climate being too severe, they
were obliged to return. They had no -sooner
reached tbeir destination than Mr. V. B. became
so feeble that he has been confined to his bed
ever since. A few days ago I received a dis*
patch, saying he was sinking fast, and to come if
possible; but all my friends thought it would be
madness to venture; so that I am obliged to re*
main within 150 miles of, perhaps, my
father’s death-bed, a silent and anxious moutner.
But this is not all—my absence from the South in
this hour of her trials, and especially from the
State at this moment that the invader is on her
soil furnish ample and unremitting cause of re
gret and chagrin, 1 had written to Rost in Paris,
(son of the Commiseioner,) in reference to get
ting South via Europe ; and he said by the time
1 could get there the difficulties most likely would
be over. As I had to travel from here to Halifax
io a sleigh some seven or eight hundred miles by
mvself, 1 gave up the idea; but this letter is to
be” carried by a gentleman who is going to Charles
ton via Havana. ...
This house is filled with Southern families—
Mr. Sou her,of Va.,former President of the Bank of
the Republic; Mr. Westfeldt, formerly of Mobile;
F. P. Corbin, of Ga., though residing for the last
twenty years in Paris; Capt. Magruder, brother
of the General; J. C. Brune, secession member
of the last Maryland Legislature, and upon whose
head a price has been set by the Federal Oli
garchy ; Messrs. Dugan & Meeker, of New
Orleans; and several sympathizers from the
Northern States. There is a Mr. Yonge in the
city who has a brother in Augusta. A great
many families have passed through here on tbeir
way to Europe, 1 got a letter a few days since
from Mrs. Mulford, a daughter of Col. Mott, of
Columbus. It would, perhaps, be gratifying to
him if you could let him know that all his family
are weft. She came on with me, and has been in
New York ever since.
The opinion here is, that France and EnglaJd
will soon put an end to the war. God grant it
am°afraid 1 have bored you with my
personal history since I left, but as 1 frequently
see extracts from Southern papers, I suppose you
are supplied with Northern journals; if so, you
may have seen the abuse heaped upon the “nest of
secessionists,” as the papers term us, that have
settled in Montreal, and contaminated sbciety.and
my love to all my friends. I think of
them all the time; and my prayers, such as they
are, are offered up for the speedy success of the
Confederate States.
If I have a half a chance I will be with you m
a iiffy I burnt my old hat the night before last
in honor of the news that Napolean wa- urging
immediate interference. And now, old fellow,
with best wishes to all friends, suppose you and
I take a drink. God bless you !
Yours truly and sincerely,
Harvey Bawtree.
An impatient youth at a wedding party the
other day, after an awful silence, suddenly ex
claimed, " don’t be so unspeakably happy.”
From the New York Herald, June 9th,
IMPORTANT REBEL CORRESPONDENCE.
Washington, June 8, 1862.
The documents given below by some means
failed to reach their destination, aud came in*
stead into the hands of the State Department here.
They afford some curious light upou the inside of
the affairs of the sham government at Richmond.
They are not likely to teach the persons to whom
thevaie address* d, unless it be in this printed
tor in.
JUDGE ROST TO R. M. T- HUNTER.
INTERVIEW WITH THE SPANISH MINISTER OP FOREIGN
AFFAIRS —“THE SOUTH CLEARLY RIGHT.”
Com. of tbo Confederate States of America, '(
Madrid, March 21, 1362. t
Hon. R. M. T. Hunter, &c., &c. :
Sir—l have tne honor to inform you that I ar
rived in Madrid, accompanied by Mr. Fearn, as
the news of our reverses was being received. Al
ter waiting some time m the expectation • f learn
ing its real nature aud extent through Southern
papers, I applied for and obtained an interview
with Mr. Calderon Collantes, the Spanish Secre
tary of Foreign Affairs, whose reception was
kind and friendly. I told him at the outset that
m y government had been anxious from the be
ginning to form friendly relations with Spain,
aud had sent me in August last instructions to
proceed to this court, which the arrest and deten
tion of Alessrs. Mason and Slidell had prevented
me from obeying sooner. I stated the nature of
those instructions, and ventured the hope that
the object of my mission might be attained with
out too great a delay. After expressing his grati
fication at my safe arrival, an J the assurance that
I would be pleased with the society of Madrid, as
all previous American envoys had been, he asked
me whether I had any authentic accounts of our re
cent reverses, and expressed great surprise that
fifteen thousand Confederates should have surren
dered without greater resistance, regretting tne
effect that such a disaster was calculated to have
upon the morale of our troops.
I told him I bad no authentic informati n,
but bad no doubt the number of prisoners was
grossly exaggerated, as from what I had seen in
rarions American papers the real number must
te under six thousand; that the enemy was
vastly superior in numbers and the resistance of
Gen. Buckner all that could be desired. I un
folded before him a map of the United States,
and pointed out the localities of Somerset, Fort
Henry, and Fort Donelson, showed him the dis*
tances from those points to New Orleans and
Texas, along the line of the Mississippi river,
which the invading army intended to follow, and
stated that throughout this distance there were
no roads upon which the transport of the materi"
al of an army could be effected, while we had
reariy three thousand leagues of railway which
could be used for purposes of defence, and de®
stroyed as the enemy advanced, and that, besides
the Northern troops could stand neither the heat
' of our summer nor the maladies incident to the
climate. I concluded by saying that, even with
out these naturd obstacles, I need not tell a
Spanish minister that a brave and united people
fighting for their nationality and independence
could not be subjugated ; the armies of Napoleon
gained many important victories in Spain, and
for years occupied its capital and fortresses, but
when the Spanish armies had been nearly des
stroyed, the entire people rose in their might
and drove the imperial legions beyond the Pyre
nees, so it would be with us in the end.
He was well pleased with the allusion, and said
he had no doubt of our ultimate success,provided
our people could stand the privations which a
protracted contest would bring upon them. He
went on to say, that on the question s»f right he
had no doubt it is clearly with the South, as much
as it had been with Spain in the French invasion,
or with the present Queen in the contest with Don
Carlos; but the question with which foreign gov
ernments had to deal was a question of fact, not
of right; we asked to be recognized as a govern
ment de facto ; we must show, as Spain and the
Queen’s party had shown, not only that we had
the right to establish and had established a gov
ernment, but that we had the power to maintain
it against all efforts of our opponents, and,
as thus far it could not be said we bad made that
proof, further time must elapse before the Queen’s
government could recognize ours. Continuing
the conversation, he asked me what had been the
result of the interview of Messrs. Mason and Sli
dell and M. Thouvenel.
I said these interviews had led to no result;
that the Emperor Napoleon considered the dis
ruption of the Union and of its rising navy as a
great misfortune to France, and was, of late, in
clined to hope that it might be reconstruct
ed; and further that he would, under no circums
stances, incur the enmity of the North by taking
the lead m recognizing us; while the present ad
ministration in England was, to a great extent,
composed of aboljtionists, and wanted ,the sup
port of the abolition faction for the maintenance
in power, deluding itself at the same time with
the vain hope that if the civil war was protracted
and the culture of cotton ceased, in whole or In
part, the monopoly of that staple would pass from
the Confederate States to India, as a compensa
tion for the present sufferings of the British man
ufacturing population. But Spain was differently
situated; her interest was that Nopth America
should be possessed by two great Powers, who
would balance each oiher; her counsels were
not tainted with Puritan fanaticism, and surely
she had no interest that the monopciy of the cot
ton supply should pass from us to England.
Spain was our natural aliy and friend, and her
paramount interest was that we should become
an independent Power. When we were recog
nized , similarity of institutions, ideas, and social
habits’ would form between us a more cordial
friendship and alliance than had ever existed
between two people. He .-aid he hoped it might
be so, but he would not conceal the fact that Mr.
Seward was taking great pains to convince him
that the North had always been friendly, while
the South was hostile to Spain ; that while the
North was their best customer for the sugar of
their colonies, and supplied them with all they
wanted in exchange, no private expeditions had
ever sailed from tbeir ports for the invax
sion of Cuba, but invariably from those of
the South, and that if the Confederate States be
comes hereafter a strong government, their first
attempt at conquest would be upon that island. —
I answered that the representations of Mr Seward
were disingenuous and untrue; formerly the
North, as well as the South, wanted Cuba. The
North wanted it, and will ever want it, tor the
profits of its commerce; the South wanted it to
make three new States of it, and thus obtain in
the Federal Senate six mote members, which
would have for a time have equalized the power
of the free and slaveholding States
in that body. With the reconstruction of the
Union, the motives of the South would necssarily
revive; but it does not now, and never
will//again exist, provided that the inde
pendence of the Confederate Slates is re
cognized and securely established. The South
would then deem it its interest that a great coun
try like Spam should continue a slave power.
The two, together with Brazil, would have the
monoply of the system of labor which alone can
make intertropical America and the regions ad
joining it available to the uses of man, and to a
great extent of the rich products of that labor.
Nothing in the past could give an idea of the
career of prosperity and power which would thus
be opened to us. The time at which our recog.
nit ion should take place, was, of course, exclus
ively w.thin the discretion of her Majesty’s gov
ernment; but could I be assured that, when that
time arrived, our recognition would not be made
dependent upon the action of other powers ? At
the time of the insurrection of the Spanish! col
onies, the United States had recognized their
independence long before any other power, and
there is no doubt that the moral and material
influence derived from that recognition greatly
aided them in achieving then independence.
Could I assure my Government that her Majesty’s
Government would follow this example in their
own good time, without regard to the course of
other nations ? Te this question he would not
make a positive answer, but simply said:
“Spain as you are aware, is slow—slower,
perhaps than other nations, in coming to a de
cision in matters of importance; but, after she
does she carries that decision through without
regard to consequences.” He left me under the
impression that this government would not be
the first to recognize us. I then observed that
the threat of Mr. Seward that our recognition by
foreign Powers would oe considered a cause le'di
had beeu falsified by the subsequent declaration
of Mr. Lincoln that be could not carry on two
wars at a time, and that if her Majesty’s govern
ment bad Deen accessible to such rears it would
not have reannexed St. Domingo to the crown
aud taken .ead in the Mexican exepeditions ; that
those measures had created in the North a deep
feeling of hostility against Spain, und that while
the recognition of our government would not in
volve this country in war, no delay would dimin*
ten the intensity of that feeling. He said they
had no fear from that quarter, and werq fully
prepared for any emergency, as they bad dqna
no act which was not m strict conformity with
the law of nations.
After he had explained to me the circumstances
which led to the annexation of St. Domingo and
the object of the Mexican expedition, I handed
him a printed list, sent to me by Mr. Heim, of the
vessels which bad entered the ports of Cuba after
breaking the blockade, and of those which left
Cuba and entered Southern ports, and stated to
him the blockade was surely ineffective, both from
the number of vessels which had violated it, and
from the fact that it was a blockade maintained
by cruisers, and not by ships-of-war permanently
stationed at the mouth ol Southern rivers and
harbors. He said differences of opinion might be
entertained as to its effectiveness; but this was
one of ihose questions in which oue nation could
not act alone; and, as England and France
agreed in the opinion that the blockade could not
be considered ineffectual, Spain would not differ
from them.
Before taking leave I handed to Mr. Collantes
a copy of the communication to Earl Russell,
and his answer, which had been pub
lished in the Parliamentary papers and also
a copy of my instructions for which he
was thankful. He expressed the hope that
we might have frequent con vei Bations together,
and appeared anxious to obtain correct informa*
tion through Southern sources. He was aston
ished that our Government tad not provided
means for transmitting that inform »tion, and re
quested me, when I received any that was im
portant, to impart it to him.
This is the s’ubstaccc of what may be consid
ered of some importance in a long and cordial
interview. I infer from it that the Government
will not act separately from England and France.
Owing to the enormous preparations made by
the North to subjugate us, I believe that nothing
is now to be expected from any of them until
the Northern Government is ready to treat with
us as an independent power. If it be so, and
the war is to last many years, as the President
intimates in his inaugural, it will be for him to
determine whether it is consistent with our dig
nity to keep longer abroad commissioners, who
he knows are, under no circumstances, to be re
ceived or listened to.
1 have the honor to be, sir,
Very respectfully,
Your obed’t serv’t,
P. J. Rost.
We clip the following paragraphs from
the Richmond “Dispatch” of June 14;
The Lines.—The weather, yesterday, morning
being unusually beautiful and inviting, it was
universally believed that military operations of
some kind would take place along our lines; and
the loud reports of ordnance heard near the cen -
tre of our position, early in the day, seemed to
corroborate the general rumor. Upon enquiry,
however, we learned that an artillery company j
had simply been amusing itself by shelling the |
enemy out of the woods and trying their range.
More than this nothing occurred, and all sub
sided again into the lazy sunshine and monotony
of usual daily routine aird the uninviting com
monplaces of camp life.
Whatever may be the expectations and prepara
tions of the foe, they may rest assured our noble
army is not idle, and whenever an onset begins
again, they will find that our men and Generals
are really in earnest, and, if possible, unusually
so. All are anxious for a resumption of active
operations, for the troops feel confident of victory,
and are desirous of being led forward to fresh
triumphs. This sentiment is universal in all
branches of the service, and doubtless fully known
to those commanding.
Facility of egress or ingress to our army is a
matter almost of impossibility—none are allowed
to pass the numerous pickets without a Major-
General’s permit ; and Colonels, or whoever they
may be, presenting themselves without'such docu
ments, are denied passage to and fro as summa
rily as the veriest private in the ranks.
We are extremely glad to see such strictness
enforced by our commanders, and trust that the
boasts of. some are not true, viz ; “That little dif
ficulty is experienced in passing to and fro at
night, tor tne guard are either too lazy or care
less’ to carefully examine passes presented to
them,” <fcc. The work of sappers is progressing
admirably, in various directions, and the results,
even now'are perceptible, and meet with the warm
and hearty approbation of all Quartermasters and
Commissaries, whose onerous labors call them in
all directions and through all the by-paths of the
country. If the daily detail was heavier in all
Divisions, the result to health and comfort would
be incalulable.
From Jackson.—Dispatches from Jackson, da
ted June 12tb, state that the enemy have evacu
ated Harrisonburg and are in full retreat down
the Valley. Yesterday there was a report in
town that Jackson had followed up the retreating
armies and had fallen upon Fremont with his
usual success. Several prisoners have been cap*
tured bv our advance forces. Once more “Stone
wall"’ is in pursuit of the retreating Yankees
and we may Soon expect stirring details of his
operations. •
FROM WEST POINT.
From a private letter of very recent date, re -
ceived by a young gentleman in the army from
his mother, at West Point, we are put in posses*
sion of many interesting items. Since the battle
of the 31st, the Yankees have frequently visited
this good lady’s house, and With much shrewd
ness she has elicited tneir true opinions regarding
the state of affairs within the Federal lines. It
is conceded tha» they have now not less than
from three to four thousand sick and wounded at
WeSt Point, besides an additional two thousand
at Annapolis. It is admitted by officers and pri
vates that the conquest of Richmond may be con
sidered hopeless. Large reinforcements are
joining McClellan from the North—the well
known “7th regiment,” of New York, having re
cently joined McClellan at Wesi; Point, besides
much of the .militia from the same State. The
“7th” only volunteered to defend Washington,
(as on a former occasion,) but on their arrival
at the Capital they were shipped immediately to
the Peninsula, and incorporated into the army
nolens nolens. The Federate at West Point are
said to have abducted many slaves, the letter be
fore us stating that some three or four owners
have lost not less than thirty, or more. The let
ter gives names, Ac., but for wise reasons we for
bear mentioning them.
Richmond ( Va.) Dispatch, Jane 14.
Battle in Arkansas —Enbmy Routed. —We are
informed that letters have been received in this
vicinity which leave no doubt that Gov, Roan at
tacked the Federate twelve miles from Little Rock
and routed them, and Hindman pursued them and
routed them again at Jacksonport. The d'ata of
this engagement is not given, but it must have
transpired quite recently.
Jacksou Hississippwn., Jure Ylth..
A youth asked his father's sanction to nis
project of marriage. The old gentleman re
questing his son to pray with him, prayed that
if the match was against the will of the Lord
he would throw obstacles in the way, and make
it impossible. The son interrupting him cried .
“ Oh, Lord, don’t you do it, for I must have
her anyhow!”
A good old Dutchman and his wife had sat
up till gaping time, when the latter, after a
full stretch of the above operation, said, ‘ 1
vish I vash in heben.” Hans yawned and
replied: u I vish I vash in. de stillhouse.
The eyes of Sally flew wide open as she ex
claimed: “ I pe pound you always vish your
self in de pest place!”
LATE NORTHERN NEWS.
We obtain the following items of Northern
news from the Richmond (Va.) “Dispatch,” o 1
June 14th :]
Special Dispatch to the Evening Post.
Stanley’s acts revoked—action of the presi
dent.
Washington, June 5. —The excitr-mont which
was caused by the arbitrary acts of Gov. Stanley,
in North Carolina, is sensibly allayed to-day by
the prompt and decisive action of the Govern
ment.
It is definitely announced to-day that the Pre
sident has instructed Mr. Stanley to recall his
obnox'ous orders, to re-open the schools for the
contrabands, and to stop the remanding of fugi
tive slaves to then- masters.
The friends of Governor Stanley are not at all
pleased with this countermand. ” They declare
that he will resign his office rather than re call
his orders.
FROM FORTRESS MONROE—ARRIVAL OF MORE PRISON
ERS FROM BEFORE RICHMOND.
Fortress Monroe, June-5. —The steamer Mystic
arrived this morning with two hundred and forty
one prisoners, recently captured by General Mc-
Clellan, including eleven officers.
The English sloop ol war Racer sailed hence
this morning.
The hulks used as storeships and hospital ships,
which were towed down outside the point when
fears of the Merrimac were uppermost in the
minds of the naval commanders here, were towed
up again, to-day, and resumed their old anchor
age ground in the Roads.
Newport News has been abandoned as a military
post, and the ordnance stores will be removed to
this place by the Quartermaster.
Fortress Monroe, June 6. The steamer Massa,
chusetts, which went up the James river on Sun,
day night last with the privateers to be exchang
ed for Col. Corcoran and others held as**
tbeir hostages,’ returned this morning,
bringing back the privateers with her. General
Huger promised on behalf of the rebel Govern
ment that the hostages would be exchanged for
the privateers. Acting upon this infinaaticn, the
privateers were sent up, and on their arrival at
City Points train of cars came down from Peters
burg with a flag of truce to jeceive them.
The expected hostages not being on board,
however, the privateers were not given up, but a
communication was sent to the rebel Government
asking an explanation. An answer shortly came
back to the effect that Gen. Huger exceeded his
authority, and a further conference would be
necessary betore an exchange could be complete.
It was immediately replied by flag of truce that
the boat would remain at 4 City Point a reasonable
time in order that the proposed further confer
ence could be Lad This was sent to the War
Department at Richmond and an immediate an*
swer promised.
The Massachusetts waited till next day without
receiving any further communication, when, after
sending a boat ashore and learning that nothing
was expected from Richmond, she started on her
return down the river.
During her stay at Cify Po : nt some privateers
were very indignant at the delay to which we
were obliged to submit, and an intention secretly
was expressed to seize the boat on the passage
down. Necessary precautions were taken, how
ever. by Col. Whipple, who was in command of
the flag, and no trouble arose,
important from charleston.
Philadeephia, June 7.—The . United States
gunboat Bienville arrived last night with three
steamers in tow, which were captured off Charles
ton, in attempting to run the blockade. Their
names are the Providence, Lacroilla and Rebecca,
all from Nassau.
She left Port Royal on Monday last. The
President’s revocal of Gen. Hunter’s proclama*
tiou was well received at Port Royal.
A sharp engagement had occurred with the
rebel batteries at Stono.
The Union forces were virtually investing
Charleston.
Gen. Hunter had organized a brigade of con*
trabands, and was about to assign them to build
ing entrenchments and fortifications.
A rebel steamer was run ashore on William’s
Island, while being chased by the blockading
vessels, and is still aground.
The schooner Cora, prize to the Keystone
Stare, is below.
useless labor.
Beauregard’s evacuation of Corinth haja ren
dered uselss all the vast labor the Yankees have
expended in preparation to reduce the fortifications
prepared by him at Conth. To show what has
been done, a correspondent of a Northern paper
says:
Since Gen. Halleck took command at Pittsburg
Landing, our army has built, incredible as the
story may sound, more than fifty miles of en
trenchments, and full two hundred miles of ■
wagon roads! Four parallels, each more than
twelve miles in length, three or four roads—wide,
corduroyed and bridged—leading from the land-,
tag to each corps d’armee— all the works of our
men, many of whom never before handled a spade
or an axe in all tbeir lives.
The Baltimore “Clipper” of the 9th inst., has
been received, containing two days* later advi
ces than those given above. The bridges on the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, between Baltimore
and Wheeling, have been repaired, and the por
tion of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad destroyed
by Jackson again put in working order.
LATEST FROM FORTRESS MONROB.
Fortress Monroe, June 7—Major-General
Wool and staff left to night by the regular boat
for Baltimore. The whole garrison paraded in
the Fortress, end escorted the General and staff,
together with General Dix and staff, to the wharf.
Nine of the Southern wounded on board the
State of Maiße passed themselves off for Union
men When interrogated by the surgeons, buttheir
deception was discovered this morning. All the
wounded prisoners on board have been put
ashore.
The steamer S. B. Spaulding has sailed with a
number of wounded for Philadelphia.
SURRENDER OF MEMPHIS TO THE FEDERAL FLEET.
New Madrid, June 7.—The steamer Platte
Valley has arrived here from Memphis, and re
ports that the city had surrendered to the Feds
eral flotilla without resistance.
Ail was quiet there.
OFFICIAL BULLETIN.
Washington, June 8 - —Advices have been re
ceived here from Commander Davis, at Memphis,
announcing a battle between his fleet, aided by
Col. Elliott’s ram flotilla, and the rebel fleet of
eight gunboats and rams.
The engagement commenced at 5.30 on the
morning of Friday, the 6th, inst, and ended at 7
o’clock in a running fight, the result of which
was the capture or sinking of seven of the rebel .
fleet. One only escaped, and that by superior ,
speed. Col. Elliott, who is seriously but not dan- 1
gerously wounded, is highly complimented for 1
his gallantry and skill. 1
Memphis surrendered immediately after the j
engagement and was placed under military au
thority. ■
THE EVACUATION OF PORT PILLOW. '
St. Louis, June 7.—A special dispatch to the j
“Republican,” dated Fort Piliow, sth inst., says j
the rebels really evacuated that Fort on Tuesday
night, leaving one mortar and two guns to an* !
swer us on Wednesday. The work of destruction i
has been complete, barracks, hospitals, buildings,
horsetsheds, forage, barns, and three large com- |
missary houses full of stores, were burned. Over
a dozen heavy guns were left—part of them
spiked and the balance burst, and carriages burnt.
A reconnoissance to Fulton, two miles thence, J
dues not reveal the presence of the enemy there.
Combustibles are burning at several points, and
it is feared that mines are underneath.
The fortifications are unusually strong. Several ,
heavy guns werecasemated by heavy wood work
thrown over them on the river bank, all of which
were destroyed. No small arms or camp equpiage
remain.
The “Republican’s” Cairo correspondent says,
from all the information received, there is no
doubt that our fleet steamed directly on to Mem
phis. Refugees lately from Memphis say that Dr.
Eoukes, of the “Avalanche/’ will be one of the
first to hoist the Federal flag on the approach of
the Federal flotilla. He has preached secession
doctrine under protest for some montns, and has
been twice imprisoned for his fearless denuncia
tion of the rebel authorities.
MEMPHIS IN OUR POSSESSION.
St. Louis, June 7.-The operator at New Mad
rid telegraphs that the steamer Platte Valiev had
passed there from Memphis direct, en route to
Cutro Our forces were m indisputable posses?
sion of that city. r °
DETAILS OF THE SURRENDER.
Washington, June B.—The following disoatch
has been received to-day at the War Department ■
, U. S. Steamer Benton i
. Off Memphis, June fl f
To lion. Giditn Wdles, Secretary of the Ra’vu
Sir—l arrived here last evening at 9 o’clock
‘ accompanied by the mortar fleet under Capt’
Maynalder, the ordnance steamers, store ships
- Ac., and anchored a mile and a half above the
city.
. This morning I discovered the rebel fleet
which had been reinforced, and now consisted of
: eight rams and gunboats, laying at the levee.
Ihe engagement, which commenced at 5.30 A.
M., and ended at 7 o'clock, terminated on a run
ning fight.
I was ably supported by the ram fleet, under
; command of Col. Ellet, who was conspicuous
. for bis gallantry, and is seriously but not daa
geroasly wounded,
The result of the action was the capture or de.
struction of seven vessels of the rebel fleet as
follows :
General Beauregard burned and blown up.
General Sterling Price, one wheel carried away.
Jeff. Thompson, set on fire by a shell, burned,
and magazine blown up.
Sutrfter, badly cut up by a shot, but will be re
paired.
Little Rebel, boiler exploded by a shot and
otherwise injured, but will be repaired; besides
this, one of the rebel boats was sunk in the be“
ginning of the action. Her name is not known.
A boat, supposed to be the Van Dorn, escaped
from the flotilla by her superior speed. Two
rams are in pursuit of her.
The officers and crew of tbe rebel boats en
deavored to take to the shore. Many of their
wounded and prisoners are now in our hands.
The Mayor surrendered the city to me after the
engagement.
Col. Fitch came down at 11 o’clock, and haa
taken military possession.
C. H. Davis,
Flag Officer, Commanding pro tern.
BY TELEGRAPH.
Success of General Steuart.
[first dispatch.]
Richmond, Va , June 15th.—Brigadier General
Stewurt made a circuit through the enemy’s lines,
via Honover C. H., Old Church, and Tunstall’s
to James River and back to the city, this morning.
He captured 175 prisoners, 300 horses and mules,
and destroyed three large Federal transports on.
the Pumunky, laden with commissary and ord
nance stores.
[second dispatch.]
Richmond, Va., June 15tb—The force with
which Gen. Steuart accomplished his brilliant
reconnoissance consisted of the Ist and 9th Virs
ginia Cavalry, Jeff. Davis’ Legion of Cavalry
Cobb’s Legion, and three pieces of the Steuart
Artillery. The expedition left Talleysville on
Fridey morning, end routed a squadron of Yan*
kee Cavalry at Did Church, captured and burned
three Federal transports at Putney Mills on the
Pamunkey river, loaded with commissary and
ordnance stores,and thence proceeded to Tunstalls
on the Y ork River railroad, captured a number
of Yankees, and fired into and riddled a train of
cars; the engineer of which was killed and fell
off the engine. After putting on a full bead of
steam, the train dashed on towards the Pamunk
sey river. Near Talleysville. Gen. Steuart
captured and burned 100 wagons loaded with
commissary stores, and returned to Richmond
this morning, bringing 160 prisoners and 300
mules and Dorset*.
From the Columbia South Carolinian, June 15
Recognition by France.
We learn on the authority of a private dw
patch from Richmond, that the authorities have
received official notice ©f the recognition by
France of the Government of the Confederate
S ates of America. We refer to our dispatcher
from Richmond for other matters oi interest.
From the Atlanta Commonwealth, June 13.
FROM STONEWALL JACKSON’S ARMY.
Through the highly appreciated kindness of A.
C. Wyly, Esq,, we are permitted to give the fol.
lowing telegram from his brother-in-law, dated
at Staunton, June 13th:
Jackson whipped Fremont on Sunday, and
Shields on Monday, capturing several hundred
prisoners and many cannon. Our regiment
whipped the Eighth New York—capturing their
colors—and the Twenty-Seventh Pennsvlvan.a.
in less than one hour. Our loss very small.
| Signed [ A. S. Hamilton,
Capt. Co. B, 21st Ga. Regt.
From the Richmond (Va.} Dispatch, June 13.
LATEST FROM THE VALLEY.
Staunton, June 13.—Fremont has certainly re
treated below New Market. His army is almost
entirely Dutch. It consists of Milcher, Blencher's.
and other divisions. Officers of the enemy ad*
mit a loss of 100 killed and 600 wounded in Sun*
day’s fight. They also say that Gen. McDowell
has been arrested for disloyalty and sent to Fort
Lafayette.
Fremont’s officers claim to have 32,000 men and
105 cannon. Their true force at Harrisonburg
was supposed to be about 20,000.
From the Savannah Republican, June 14.
LATE FROM CHATTANOOGA—CH ATTA> OO
GA STILL THREATENED.
Chattanooga, June 14.—Chattanooga is still
threatened by the enemy, who are reported below
Shell Mound on the opposite side of the rever,
at Rankin’s Ferry, supposed to be Mitchell s
forces. A picket skirmish took place at that point
last night.
Col. Starnes’ 3d Tennessee Cavalry, which had
been supposed to be cut off, came in this morn*
ing. They had a skirmish with th© enemy’s caval
ry near Murfreesboro’, in which they captured
sixty-eight prisoners, and killed eight of the ene
my.
A battle is expected between Kirby Smith’s
forces and Gen. Morgan’s in Powell’s Valley.
From the Jackson Mississippian.
FROM VICKSBURG—THE FLEET GONE
BACK.
The “advance division” of the Federal fleet,
which has been lying below Vicksburg for the
last three weeks, weighing anchor early Tuesday
morning started down the river. It is supposed
they have gone to the assistance of the boats re
pulsed at Grand Gulf on Monday.
Gov. Brown vs. President Davis.—The
Richmond “Enquirer,” we understand, has pub
lished the correspondence between President
Davis and Gov. Brown, on the enrollment of
Militia officers ai Conscripts. It is said to be
quite lengthy.