MBtStoamt 
3L\Xl t 
ram yesterday to within a short distance of the rebel 
batteries, to make a reconnoissanee of the position 
In front 
“ It may also be that the approach of the Federal 
fleet from New Orleans has something to do with 
this new movement of the rebels here. But if they 
expect to hold the place against an attack from 
below as well ns from above and behind, they will 
need to bring hither more than three steamboat 
loads of troops.” 
This movement of General Quin by gives new 
interest to the operations against For t Pillow, the 
dullness of which was relieved by the gunboat fight 
a couple of weeks since, but again settled down 
immediately after. 
Interesting Intelligence from New OrIen.ni*. 
Trade seems to be reviving in the Crescent 
City. The True Delta announces the arrival, on 
the IMh ult., of a load of cotton hy the steamer 
Diana, from Plaquemine. Cattle had come in from 
the lied river, and an arrival from Carolina Bluff is 
reported, with corn. oats, flour and bacon. In order 
to encourage the shipment of cotton, General Butler 
issued the following order, promising protection to 
the cargoes: 
The Commanding General of the Department 
having been informed that rebellious, lying and 
desperate men have represented and are now repre¬ 
senting to the honest planters ami the good people 
of the State of Louisiana, that the United States 
government, hy Its forces, have come here to confis¬ 
cate and destroy their crops of cotton and sugar, it. 
is hereby ordered to lx- made known by publication 
in all the newspapers of this city, that all cargoes of 
cotton and sugar shall receive the safe conduct of 
the forces of the United Stales, and the boats bring- 1 
ing them from beyond the line of the United States 
forces may be allowed to return in safety after a ' 
reasonable delay, if their owners shall so desire, ! 
Provided, they bring no passengers except the own ' 
era (U)d managers of said boats, and of properly so 1 
conveyed, and no other merchandise except provis- i 
ions; of which, such boats are requested to bring < 
a full supply for the benefit of the suffering poor ol 
tho city. 
The city, however, is in a deplorable condition 1 
because of the scarcity of food. To such a stab* of 
want have many of tho citizens been brought that 
Gen. Butler has taken cognizance of the fact and 1 
is doing all in his power to alleviate the distress. 3 
He has issued the following order: 
HBATU(OaSTKUS Dki-AHTMEXT OF TIIK GULF, ) f 
Nkw Oni.EA.Na, May it, 1862. 5 f 
The deplorable state of destitution and hunger of 1 
the mechanics and working classes in this city has 
been brought to the knowledge oJ the Commanding 
General. lie has yielded to every suggestion made 
I Six persons had been sentenced to be shot for 
1 violation of parole given at Fort Jackson, in organ¬ 
izing a military company for service in the rebel 
| army. 
The prize steamer Fox had arrived from Havana, 
alBo the prize steamer Gov. Morton, from Sabine. 
John M. G. Parker, formerly at Ship Island, is 
Postmaster at New Orleans. 
The transport ships Gen. Butler, James llovey, 
City of New York, and steamer Mississippi, from 
Ship Island, arrived on the 12th. The ships Parlia¬ 
ment and Wizard King, from Ship Island, with 
troops, arrived on the 15th. Also the brigs Yankee 
Blade from New York, and Golden Lead from Phil¬ 
adelphia, and the bark Isaac II. Daw, rom Philadel¬ 
phia, are below. 
Some cotton had arrived from Plaqueiniue, and 
considerable provisions from the interior. 
Gen. Butler forbade the observance of Jeff. Davis’ 
day of fasting and prayer. 
Strict health regulations had been established at 
Quarantine. 
Department of ilie Mississippi. 
From the date of the expulsion of reporters 
for the press but little intelligence lias been received 
from Maj.-Gen. Halleck, yet that is of the greatest 
importance. We give it, as follows: 
Headojoautkiik IJim'artmk.vt ok thk Mmsissim, > 
Camp on the Corinth Road, May 28. 
To lion. E. M. iStanton :—Three strong reconnoi- 
tering columns advanced on tho right, center and 
left, to feel the enemy and uumask his batteries. 
The enemy heartily contested his ground at each 
point, but was driven back with considerable loss. 
The column on the left encountered the strongest < 
opposition. Our loss is twenty-live killed and 
wounded. The enemy left thirty dead on the field 
Our losses at other points are not yet ascertained. 
Some live or six officers and a number of privates j 
were captured. The lighting will probably bo re- i 
newed tomorrow at daybreak. The whole country i 
is so thickly wooded that we are compelled to feel < 
our way. 11. W. Ha llkck, Major-General. i 
Nkak COItJ.NTU. May 30. I 
To lion. E. M. Stanton: — Gen. Pope’s heavy j 
batteries opened upon the enemy’s entrenchments i 
yesterday about 10 A. M., and soon drove Hit- rebels 
(rum their advanced batteries. 
least 18,000 well disciplined troops at Harper’s 
Ferry. Several cargoes of siege guns, each weigh¬ 
ing about six tuns, have also been sent up from the 
Washington Navy Yard. 
A dispatch received at the War Department states 
that a brigade of our troops, preceded by four com¬ 
panies of the Rhode island cavalry, under Maj. 
Nelson, entered Front Royal on the 30th ult., and 
drove out the enemy, consisting of the 8lh Louisiana 
and four companies of the 12th Georgia and a body 
of cavalry. Our loss was 8 killed, 5 wounded and 
1 missing, all of the Rhode Island cavalry. We 
captured G officers and 150 privates. 
Among the officers are Capt Beckwith West, of 
the 18th Virginia; 1st Lieut. Genwell, of the 8th 
Louisiana; Lieute. J. K. Dickinson and Waterman, 
of the 12th Georgia. 
We recaptured 18 of our troojiB taken by the 
enemy at Front Royal a week ago, among whom 
The Secretary of the Interior responds to a reso¬ 
lution ot the Senate for information relative to per¬ 
sons who have been arrested in the Southern District 
of New York, from the first of May, IR52. to the first 
of May, 1KG2, charged with being engaged in the 
slave trade, with tho names and number of vessels 
arrested and bonded, charged with being engaged 
in that traffic. Forty-one persons are named, none 
of wbont were convicted, or their bonds forfeited, 
which ranged from $250 to $20,000. In some cases 
they were tried and acquitted; one or two escaped, 
but most of the cases are marked “bond not for¬ 
feited, complaints dismissed.” The number of ves¬ 
sels is forty-six. 
A gentleman just arrived here on official business 
from the city of Mexico, having left, on the 5t.h inst., 
reports that toward the latter part of last month the 
British Minister, Sir Churlea Wyke, concluded a 
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IMh I Notes gnd Postage Htanipi.it Half l’rice-S r . 
A Beautiful Microscope—JP, JI. Rosen -•1 
&l)c Jmus Condenser 
— Fugar mills have just been established at Cedar ] 
Iowa. 
— The President has signed the Homestead bill 
now law. ’’ is 
Gen. Curtis has succeeded in forming a junetl, m • 
Gen. Halleck. ) Um w “>> 
— There was a Union meeting at Murfreesboro 
Saturday week. ’ ,0B 
— forty rebel naval officers, captured at New Orle«„« «. 
reached Boston. ’ haTe 
— The liabilities of rebeldom are reported at $410 ooo nr. a 
Who will pay them? ’ m 
— A tornado swept over Wheeling, Va., May 21; 3 s-w, 
children were killed. 0 
— John Hickman, of Pennsylvania, positively decline* 
re-nomination for Congress. 
— There is to bo a grand “ general trainin’ ” of the niiift, 
of Ireland, this summer, for 21 days. 
An earthquake shock has been experienced in the South 
of France. It was particularly severe at Dijon. 
— Sir Thomas Wyee. the English Minister to Athens, has 
recently died. He was a brilliantly educated man. 
enemy til Front Loyal a week ago, among whom treaty at Puebla with Son or Doblado. by which all 
were Map \Y m. I\ Collins, 1st Vermont cavalry; difficulties with the English were amicably settled, 
Geo. II, Griffin, Adjutant 5th New York cavalry; and had It not been for the sudden action of the 
LienL Dryee, 6th New York cavalry; Lieut. Farr, French, a treaty with Spain would have been con- 
j djutant Maryland infantry. eluded also with Senor Doblado and General Prim. 
Me captured a large amount of transportation, The latter person, however, left, the shores of Mexico 
including live engines and eleven railroad cars, on good terms with the Juarez Government, and 
Our advance was so rapid that tho enemy was snr- a Minister will be sent to Madrid to arrange satia- 
pnsed. and therefore not enabled to burn the bridge factorily all matters in dispute 
across the Shenandoah. . The President of the United States, in reply to a 
T lie following order relative to the publication resolution of the House, asking, if not incompatible 
ol array news, was issued by Maj.-Gen. McClellan: w *lb the public, interests, to be furnished with copies 
UK-uiqt-AKTERs Armv of tub Potomac, > Rl,c ^ correspondence as may have been received 
... c “' np ne *f Whuchouw), v *-< is. 5 since the late message relative to the condition of 
General Orders, Bo. 125.-—1. The attention of the affairs in Mexico, and the breaking un of the treaty 
General commanding has been called to the nubll- .LJ I v 01 .® . y 
Maj.-Gen. Sherninu established another heavy 
battery yesterday afternoon within one thousand 
yards of their works, and skirmishing parties 
advanced at daybreak this morning. 
Three of our divisions are. already in the enemy’s 
advanced works, about three-quarters of a mile 
from Corinth, which is in (lames. The enemy has 
fallen back on the Mobile ami Ohio Railroad. 
U. W. Halleck, Major-General. 
cation of lettere from 0®Mr8 and otheris connected with Mter the powers, says it is not ™ . brilliantly edited man. 
with the army, containing information which must expedient to comply with the requirement at the ~ According to advices from Havana, Gen. Santa Anna i* 
have been of much value to the enemy, should it, present time. about to enter upon tho troubled scene to Mexico. 
SceTlhe strength^ poStidn amf Kemedtetff „ 0n th<? 2< L th ult ’ the Resident sent the following " ^ ^ York “ of »" d 
the array, in private letters not designed tor pul,H- McBSU K e Congress. As it is part and parcel ol the d g <or N, ' w ° 1 ‘ lmw mUl “■«** cargoes, 
cation, is itself highly improper, and liable to prove history of the rebellion, we give it in full: — Tht Nashville Union reports the return of targe numbers 
Ot serious disadvantage to our operations; but when l),., j tt sn , .. m , of Tennesseeans who have served in the rebel army, 
such Intelligence is allowed to pass into the nubiie . To lhe and Ewise oJ Representatives :-^The , 
printe, the proceedings deserve grave ecusnre if winch is yet existing in the United ... ' ’ ‘ f ' iaid - wlM rlilht ‘ fo ’ 11 ' t,mrH ni *' rf ' tobacco 
indeed the offense does not become one demandinir u ” d !Uln . H Rt Dn 1 overthrow of the Federal this year than she has done m any preceding 12 months, 
the exaction of the penalty pronounced bv the law Gonstltiition and the Union, was clandestinely pre- — At an auction sale of n grocer's stock in Richmond 
lor giving information to the enemy. Henceforth p ' ir ? d d ” r,u £ the winter of i 860 and 1861, and the 1st ult., butter sold at a dollar and a quarter per pound, 
the communication, tor publication, of any jntclli , tin °P , : n . ('Uto'uzation Ii, the form of a _ f per pound, 
gence likely to prove of advantage to the onem v U f rcasonable provisional government ni Montgomery, 1 he .utempt is to he made, hy a French expedition, to 
prohibited, and the utmost circumspection ‘ in em pb da Y <d F «bru“ry. 1861, and April ob “ l " w »ter in the desert of Sahara hy lairing Artesian wells 
joined upon correspondents in their private letters. T‘ h i , ii ’ 1'. 1 "i committed the flagrant act - Gen. Butler has about seven thousand troops 
by the city government, and ordered every method 
of furnishing food to the people of New Orleans 
that that government desired. No relief hy those 
officials bus yet been afforded. This hunger does 
not pinch the wealthy and influential, the leaders of 
the rebellion, who have gotten up this war. and are 
endeavoring to prosecute it. without regard to the 
starving poor, the working rnan, his wile and child. 
Unmindful of their suffering fellow citizens at home, 
they have caused or suffered provisions to lie carried 
out of the city for Confederate service since the 
occupation by the United States forces. 
Lafayette Square, their home of affluence, was 
made lhe depot of stores mid munitions of war for 
the rebel armies, and not of provisions tor their poor 
neighbors. Striking hands with the vile, the Juni- 
bler, tho idler, and the ruffian, they have destroyed 
the sugar and cotton which might have been ex¬ 
changed for food for the industrious and good, and 
regulated the price ol that which Is left by discred¬ 
iting the very currency they had tornishod, while 
they eloped with the specie, as well that stolen 
from the United States as the banks, the property 
of the good people of NeflT Orleans, thus leaving 
them to ruin and starvation. 
Fugiti ves from justice are many of them, while 
others, their associates, stay because too puerile and 
laMgmficant to bo object* of punfehniont bv the 
element government of the United States. ‘They 
have betrayed their country. They have been false 
to every trust. They have shown themselves Incur 
pable of defending the State they have seized upon, 
although they have forced every poor man’s child 
into their service as soldiers for that purpose, while 
they made their sons arid nephews officers. They 
cannot protect those whom they have ruined, but 
have left them to the mercies and assassinations of 
a chronic mob. They will not feed those whom they 
are starving. Mostly without, property themselves, 
they have plundered, stolen and destroyed the 
means of those who had property, leaving children 
penniless and old age hopeless. 
Men of Louisiana, Workiug men. Properly hold¬ 
ers, merchants and citizens ol the United .States, of 
whatever nation yon may have hud birth, how long 
will you uphold these flagrant wrongs, and Gy inac¬ 
tion suffer yourselves to be made the Herts or those 
leaders I 
umeial reports are the property of the government- 1 u “ , “"“'geiiis, ana military amt naval 
Near Column, May 30 they cannot lie published or put in circulation with- ‘ orc< ; s WmCb had been called out by the Govcrn- 
Our advance guard are in Corinth. Out the consent of the proper authorities. ment, for the defense of Washington, were prevented 
Accounts are conflicting as to the enemy's move- '* be forces commanded hy Brigadier-Generals ! rom reanmig the city by organized and combined 
meats, but be is believed to be in force oil onrloft F; ■ * “ rt f r oud W. JL Franklin are designated the * , '‘ af,onn , f ‘ resistance in the State of Maryland, 
flank, some four or live miles south of Corinth, near ,lf, F and Klx, -h provisional army corps. ,T^ cre julequate and effective organization for 
tho Mobile and Ohio I toil road. By command of Major-General M oCi.kli.an the public defense. Congress had indefinitely ad- 
11. W. Halleck, Major-General lS - Wiliams. Assistant Adjutant-General. ' loumed. and there was no time to convene them. It 
’ J general. . ' J Weame ni-eesrary for me to choose whether, using 
Headquarters Cams .nkah Ojiunth. May 30 1862. 1 he tollowing dispatch was received at the War only the existing means, agencies and processes 
To Hon. E. if. Stanton, Secretary of IVar;— The Department on Sunday, June 1st, from the field of wluc}l Congress hud provided, I should let the Gov- 
enemy’s position and works in front of Corinth were battle: ernment fall into ruin, or whether, availing myself 
exceedingly strong. He cannot occupy a stronger w- v.,,, „ . ., , ,,, . ,. . 4 . , pf the broader powers conferred by the Constitution 
position fu Ills flight. h c,, 1 T. • l , p r 1 0 battle, in which the corps of in cases of insurrection, i should make an effort to 
This morning he destroyed an immense amount «’V Keyeehave been engaged save it, with all its blessings, for the present age and 
of public and private property, stores, provisions n l h r<>a y superior numbera, Y esterday at I for posterity. 1 thereupon summoned my Constitu- 
wagons, tents, Ac. For miles out of the town 11m ^g advantage of tt terrible tion.il Advisers, the Heads of the Deparimenta, to 
roads are tilled with arms, haversacks, A c., thrown fir 'iUT iflooded the valley of the Chicka- meet nu* on Sunday, tho 20th day of April. 1861, at 
away by his fleeing troops. A large number o( FI'b C ,h’‘ 1 -°" r tr , 0 .°V f? on th, ‘ r, g bt flunk, the office of the Navy Department, and then and 
prisoners and deserters have been captured, estl- FfF’Tn 1 v W ? n n Wlll Vm- wa ^ 1,1 P 10 . ,inc ‘> fkere, with their noaiumous concurrence, I directed 
mated by Gen. Pope at 2.000. unaccountably. I Ins caused a temporary that ah armed revenue cutter should proceed to sea 
Beauregard evidently distrusts Mb army or he l''-’ 1 ' p \ J'-‘ , h^u iin f* wlntdi the giins and baggage were to afford protection to the commercial marine, 
would have defended so strong a Monition Ilia if , * f 0, i J a Ueint/.lcmiui and Keyvs most especially to the California Immure -hips then on 
troops are poncli discouraged and demoralized in Sf anl ! y brought, up their troops, which checked (heir way to this coast. I also directed tho com¬ 
all the engagements for tho last lew da vs ihelr lhe enemy. lbe same time* however, we sue- mandant ot the Navy Yard at Boston ti) purchase 
mente, but he is believed to be in force oh our left Ft ' ■ °rier mid YV. B. Fran 
flank, some four or live miles south of Corinth, near and Kixt - 1 ' pi’OviBional ai 
the Mobile and Ohio Railroad. By eommand of Major-1 
H. YV. Uallkok, Major-General. ^Vill/ams, Assistant A 
Headquarters Camt .near Czuunth. May 30.1862. Tte' following dispatch W 
To Hon. E. M. Stanton. Secretary of War; _The Department on Sunday, Jui 
enemy’s position and works in front of Corinth were battle: 
IsrMik.. 11 '' cu "" 01 oocu " j ' a stro “' OT 
Tbi, momi"* be doriroyed an limnedM amour,l ^ iu „ 
of public and private property, stores, oroviaions „r„. , h ” superior nu 
wagons, tents, ,tc. For miles out of the town the storm wldeh^lmd^lo^^h' 
roads are tilled with arms, haversacks, <to., tlirown i I?.! »ii. i i Jr , 
away by his fleeing troops. A large number ot (JaseY’s divtioi r whir 
prisoners and deserters have been captured, estl- ™ w^unaSJuSlv ^1 
mated by Gen. Pope at 2.000. ^ uv r - v 1 a .' ul .8'v • 1 
Beauregard evidont.lv distrusts bi< •n-m-tr r.r im ccuAisIon, during wliicli the 
ment. for the defense ot Washington, were prevented 
from reaching the city by organized and combined 
treasonable resistance jri the State of Maryland. 
There was no adequate and effective organization for 
the public defense. Congress had Indefinitely ad¬ 
journed. and there was no time to convene them. It 
became necessary for me to choose whether, using 
onlv the existing means, agencies and processes 
which Congress hud provided, I should let the Gov¬ 
ernment fall into ruin, or whether, availing myself 
of the broader powers conferred by the Constitution 
in cases of insurrection, 1 should make an effort to 
save it, with all its blessings, tor the present age and 
tor posterity. 1 thereupon summoned my Constitu¬ 
tional Advisers, the Heads of the Departments, (o 
meet me on Sutiduv, the 20th day of April. 1801, at 
tho office of the Nuv.V Department, and then and 
there, with their unanimous concurrence, I directed 
troops are much discouraged ana demoralized. In 
all the engagements for the last tow days their 
resistance lias been slight, 
11. YV. Halleck, Major-General. 
Beauregard’s official report of the battle of Shiloh 
states his losses in killed outright, 1,728; wounded, 
8,012; missing, 957, making the aggregate of 10,699. 
The following was received at the War Depart¬ 
ment on the 2d instant: 
11 ai. luck's Headquarters, Dkp’t of Mississim ,) 
Camp near Corinth. 5 
To Hon. E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War:- The 
annexed dispatch has been received from Gen. Pope: 
To Major-General Halleck:— It gives me pleasure 
to report the brilliant success of the expedition sent 
out on the 2Ktb inst. under Col. Elliot, with the 2d 
Iowa cavalry. After forced marches day and night 
through a very difficult country, and obstructed by 
the enemy, he finally succeeded in reaching the 
Mobile A Ohio Railroad, al Hooneville, at 2 A. M. 
On the 30th he destroyed the track in many places 
north and south of the town, blew up one culvert, 
destroyed tho switch track, burned up the depot 
ami locomotives and a train of 26 ears loaded with 
supplies of every kind, destroyed 10,000 stand ol 
small arms, three pieces of artillery, and a great 
The l ni led States have sent landand naval forces small arms, three pieces of artillery, and a great 
here to tight and subdue rebellious armies in array quantity of clothing and ammunition, and paroled 
against her authority. \Y r e find, substantially, only 2,00(1 prisoners whieli he could not keep with !uh 
fugitive masses, runaway property owners, a whisky cavalry. The enemy had heard of his movements 
drinking mob, nud starving citizens with their wives and had a train ol box earn and tint curs, with llyine 
and children. It is our duty to cull back the first, artillery and 5.000 infantry, running up and down 
to punish the second, root out the third, feed and the road to prevent him from reaching it. The 
protect the last. whole road was lined with pickets for several days. 
Ready only for what we had prepared ourselves. Col. Elliot’s command subsisted upon meats alone, 
but not to feed the hungry and relieve the distressed «neh us they could find in the country. For daring 
with provisions, still to the extent possible within and dispatch this expedition has been distinguished 
the power of the Commanding General it shall be >« the highest degree, and entitles Col. Klliot and 
done, lie has captured a quantity of beef and his eommand 10 high distinction. The results will 
sugar intended for the rebels in tho fiald. A thou- be embarrassing io the enemy, and contribute 
sand barrels of those stores will be distributed greatly to their loss and demoralization, lie reports 
among the deserving poor of this city, from whom the road lull of small parties of the retreating enemy 
the rebels had plundered it, even although some of scattering in all directions, 
the loud will go fo supply the craving wants of tho Major-General John Fork. 
wives and children of those how herding at u Caiun -n., i , , ,, * , . , 
Moore and elsewhere, in arms against the United Rumor has had Beauregard in Richmond for the 
States. ‘ past ten days. The following has been received at 
Cajitain John Clark, Acting Chief Commissary of the War Department, in reply to an inquiry from 
bubfcisteuoe, will be charged with the execution of General Meins* 
this order, and will give public notice of the place ‘ ' n '' * Corinth Mav ai «tni 
and manner of distribution, which will be arranged , r . ,, . ... , 'f 
as far as possible so that the unworthy and dhv-ointe ° ,, L " ^ KU J^ Quartermaster-General:— if Boau- 
Will not share itelmnofiL nrnvorUi y and dissolute regard litis been at Richmond, others have forged 
By commanded' Maior-Gonnral Butler his signature, as I have received letters from him 
GKO. C. Htuoxg A \ G Chief of about exchanging ot prisoners nearly every day for 
™. . ’ ' ‘ the last fortnight. The evacuation of Corinth eom- 
Wc also gather the following items I'mm the mails nmnoed on Wednesday and was completed on 
of the steamer Mantonzas. which left New Orleans Thursday night, but in much haste, as an immense 
on the 18th ulL- amount of property was destroyed and abandoned. 
a itfimmiintnaiiA f , , No troops have gone from here to Richmond, unless 
A communication from Jacob Barker to the press within tne last two days. H. YV. Halleck, 
argues against the destruction of cotton. It also Major-General Commanding. 
says it our brave soldiers don’t win for us satislac- ~- 
tory peace we must fall buck on the ballot box, and Department of the Eu*t. 
suggentH an amendment to the constitution so as to Further accounts are received of Col. Crooks’ 
allow people to vote for a J’resident. brilliant victory at Lewisburg, Groenbriar county. 
Au order from Provost Marshal French says that On the 23d Gen. Heath attacked Col. Crooks with 
all coffee houses, bar rooms, hotels, gaining estab- 3,000 infantry and cavalry and six cannon. Alter a 
lishmentR and billiard saloons must procure licenses spirited fight of an hour, the rebels were put to 
immediately, under penalty Of confiscation. flight in utter confusion, and their flight soon be- 
Gen. Butler ordered the circulation of Uonted- came a rout Col. Crooks captured four rifled 
erate note bills to cease on the 29th. cannon, one so near his position that it was loaded 
All sales or transfers of property on and after that with cammter, and caissons with eight rounds of 
day, m consideration of such notes or bills, will he ammunition. The rebels in the early part of the 
void and property confiscated to the United States, tight curried off’ their killed and wounded, but left 
one-tourtl. to go to the informer. on the field 38 dead, including several officers, and 
Another order is to suppress the Bee for an article GO wounded. One hundred prisoners were cap- 
in favor ol the cotton burning mob. tured, among them Lient,-Col. Finney, Maj. Edgar, 
The office ol the Delta was taken possession of for and other officers. Three hundred stand of arms 
publishing an article discussing the cotton question were taken. The enemy, to secure their retreat, 
in violation ol Gen. Butler’s proclamation of the 1st. burned Greenbriar bridge, beyond which they could 
Its business is to he conducted by the United States not be pursued. Col. Crooks’ viclory was only won 
authorities. ))y har(1 lighting against greatly superior numbers. 
Adams Express office had been opened. YVe lost 11 killed, 70 wounded, and 5 pickets enp- 
Th.omas Luster was announced as a Union tured. Some of our wounded were shot in the 
candidate for Recorder in the 4th District Victor streets of Lewisburg, as they were returning to the 
Wilte was announced as the candidate for Mayor, hospital, by citizens of the town, 
irrespective of party. Gen. Banks has received re-enforcements of at 
cavalry. The enemy had heard of his movements rc I ,ort tllc movements of the enemy and the pro- 
and had a train oi box cura and flat cars, with living gresn of the battle. 
artillery and 5.000 infantry, running up and down The prize steamer Stotton, of London, arrived to 
the road to prevent him (mm reaching it. The xr „„ v„„i- „„ u • , , 
whole road was lined with pickets for several days. vv ^ 0 v on Rp Adh ult., in charge of a prize 
Col. Elliot’s command subsisted upon meats alonej crew from the gunboat Bienville, She was captured 
such us they could find in the country. For daring on the morning of the 24th off Cape Romaine, white 
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his eommand to high distinction. The results will c ' ar 8'° brandy, wine, saltpeter, Ac., is valued at 
be embarrassing to the enemy, and contribute one-half million dollars. She was from Nassau, 
greatly to their loss and demoralization, lie reports New Providence, and her crow reported another 
tbe road lull of anmll narttectof (ho retreating enemy . . . r XT j . t . 
scattering in all directions' y Iar 8 ft Earner expected (rom Nassau the same night 
Major-General John Pope. to rau the blockade. The Stetton is only six months 
Rumor has had Beauregard in Richmond for the old *~ an iron P™P pller of J -000 horsepower and 800 
past ten days. The following has been received at f "" R !^' lW ' U ‘ n ' , 
the War Department, in reply to an inquiry from McC,el,an telegraphed to the Secretary of War on 
General Meigs: 29th, that the battle at Hanover Court House 
Corinth. May 81, IHfll. resulted in a Complete rout, of tho enemy. It is 
To M. C. Meujs, Quartermaster-General:- If Beau- stated that he had taken 500 prisoners, and more are 
regard hits been at Richmond, others have forged coming. The enemy’s loss is set down at 1,000. 
<*"•»« >» » r 0««1- 0„r low i, .170 
the last fortnight. The evacuation of Corinlh com- ‘ u killed, wounded and missing, of which 53 were 
menced on Wednesday and was completed on killed. The forces opposed to UB weru princinallv 
' ilicvilnt' m/vhf i n I., .... .... .. . 1 1 l J 
ceeded, by great exertion, in bringing across Gen¬ 
erals Sedgftwiok’# and Richardson s divisions, who 
drove back the enemy at the point of the bayonet, 
covering the ground with his dead. 
This A. M. tin- enemy attempted to renew the 
conflict, but was everywhere repulsed. We have 
taken many prisoners, among whom are General 
Pettigrew and Colonel Long. Our loss is heavy, 
but that ot the enemy must be enormous. 
With the exception of General Casey’s divisions, 
the men behaved splendidly. Sevcral'line bayonet 
charges have been made. Tho 2d Excelsior regi¬ 
ment made two. G. B. McClellan, 
Major-General Commanding. 
During the whole of the battle on the 1st inst., 
Prof. Lowe’s balloon was overlooking the terrific 
scene of carnage from an altitude of about 2,000 
feet. Telegraphic communication from the balloon 
to Gen. McClellan, by tho military wires, was main¬ 
tained. Mr. Parke Spring, of Philadelphia, acting 
as operator. Every movement of tho enemy was 
instantly reported. This is believed to be the first 
time a balloon reconnoissanee bus been successfully 
made during a battle, and certainly tho first time a 
telegraph station has been established in tho air to 
report the movements of the enemy and the pro¬ 
gress of tbe battle. 
The prize steamer Stetton, of London, arrived to 
New York on the 29th ult., in charge of a prize 
crew from tho gunboat Bienville. She was captured 
on the morning of the 24th off Cape Romaine, while 
attempting to run the blockade at Charleston. Her 
cargo of brandy, wine, saltpeter, &c., is valued at 
one-halt million dollars. She was from Nassau, 
New Providence, and her crow reported another 
large steamer expected from Nassau the same night 
to run the blockade. The Stetton is only six months 
old—an iron propeller of 1,000 horsepower and 800 
tuns burthen. 
McClellan telegraphed to the Secretary of War on 
the 29th, that tho battle at Hanover Court House 
resulted in a complete rout of the enemy. It is 
stated that he had taken 500 prisoners, and more are 
coming. The enemy’s loss is set down at J.000. 
Our men hurled 100 of their dead. Our loss is 379 
Thursday ntoiit hut in i,. w i„ UH ... , ‘ ,7 " *- 7 . .i am nor, aware max a dollar oi tne public Hindi 
nraooDt of XV* Z, 7","' "* “*“«">• Tllc > ,ri “ n< “ ?“• «•*>"•. »T, °f>", "■ «•**. 
No troops have gone from hereto Richmond unless from 1110 termer State express themselves very tired tenons, was cither lost or wasted, although uppro 
■wit,hin t.hn Iasi iwn iiuvu ii w ii., ■ i.,.,- of the war. Tlmv nier, iimt ii,..in ,inc,Di ...:n hension of Buoh nusdircctiouH occurred to me ui 
their way to this coast. 1 also directed the com¬ 
mandant of the Navy Yard at Boston to purchase 
or charter, and arm. as quicky ns possible, five 
steamships, for purposes of public defense. I 
directed the commandant of the Navy Yard at 
Philadelphia to rmrehase an equal number for the 
mime purpose. J directed the commandant at New 
York to purchase or charter an equal number. I 
directed Commander Gillia to purchase or charter, 
and arm and put to sea, iwo other vessels. Similar 
directions were given to Commodore Dupont, with 
a view to opening the passages by water to and from 
the Capital. 
I directed the revenue officers to take the advice 
and obtain the old and efficient services in the mat¬ 
ter, of His Excellency, Ii. I). Morgan, Governor of 
New York, or in his absence, Geo. D. Morgan, YVni. 
M. Evarts, M. lllanchford, and Moses II. Grinnell, 
who were by my direction especially empowered by 
the Secretary of the Navy to act for tils Depart¬ 
ment in that crisis, in matters pertaining to (lie 
forwarding of troops and supplies for the public 
defense. On the same occasion I directed that Gov¬ 
ernor Morgan and Alexander Cummings, of the city 
of New York, should be authorized by tbe Secretary 
of War, Simon Cameron, to make" all necessary 
arrangements for the transportation of troops and 
munitions of war. in aid and assistance of the officers 
or the army of the United States, until communica¬ 
tion by mail and telegraph should be completely 
re-established between the cities of Washington and 
New York. No security was required to be given 
by them, and either of them was authorized to act in 
case of inability to consult with the other. 
On the same occasion, I authorized and directed 
tho Secretary of the Treasury to advance, without 
requiring security, $2,000,000 of public money to 
John A. Dix, Geo. Opdyke, and Richard M. Blatch- 
ford, of New York, to tie used by them in meeting 
such requisitions as should bo directly consequent 
upon the military and naval measures for the de¬ 
fense and support of the Goverumeut, requiring 
them only to uet without compensation, and report 
their transaction when duly called upon. 
The several Departments of Government at that 
time contained su large a number of disloyal per¬ 
sons that it would have been impossible to’provide 
satelv through official agents only, for tin- periorm- 
anceof the duties thus confided to citizens favorably 
known for their ability, loyally, and patriotism. 
The several orders issued upon those occasion? were 
transmitted hy private messengers, who pursued a 
circuitous way to the seaboard cities, inland, across 
the Status of 1'enusylvania and Ohio ami the 
northern lakes. 1 believe that, by these and other 
similar measures taken in that crisis, which were 
without nay authority of law, the Government was 
saved from overthrow. 
1 am not, aware that a dollar of the public funds 
thus confided, without authority of law, to unofficial 
of the war. They also say that their defeat will 
have a very demoralizing effect on the rebel army. 
The prize steamer Patras, of London, arrived on 
the 30th at Philadelphia. She was captured on the 
25th. off'Charleston, by the steamer Bienville, while 
attempting to run the blockade. She is an iron 
steamer, and has 1,400 kegs of powder, 50 cases 
of rifles, 800 bags ol coffee, and a quantity of qui¬ 
nine. The vessel and her cargo are valued at 
$300,000. She had no papers on hoard. 
AFFAIRS AT WASHINGTON. 
A new treaty with Mexico has just been received 
here. Its terms do not meet the views of the Gov¬ 
ernment, and it will undoubtedly be rejected by the 
Senate, when submitted. 
The provisions of the Homestead Bill, as agreed 
upon hy the Committee of Conference and passed 
by both riousoB, are extended to all In the military 
and naval service of the United States, whether 
naturalized or not, and whether 21 years of age or 
not. Disloyal persons are precluded from availing 
themselves of it Forty, eighty, one hundred and 
twenty, or one hundred and sixty acres can be 
located, and the settler of a tract of forty acreB bor¬ 
dering upon Government lands can take enough to 
complete his section. 
objections to these extraordinary proceedings, and 
were necessarily overruled. 
1 recall these transcations now, because my atten¬ 
tion has been directed to a resolution which was 
passed by the House of Representatives on the 30th 
of last month, which 1 b in these words: 
“ Resolved, That Stolon Cameron, late Secretary 
of War, by investing Alex. Cummings wiili tho con¬ 
trol ol large sums of the public money, and with 
authority to purchase military supplies without 
restriction, without requiring from him any guar¬ 
antee for the faithful performance ot his duty, and 
when the services of conineteut public officers were 
available, and by involving tbe Government to a 
rash number of contracts with persons not legiti¬ 
mately engaged in the business pertaining to the 
subject matter of such contracts, especially in the 
purchase oi arms for future delivery, has adopted a 
policy highly injurious to the public service, and 
deserves the censure of the House.” 
Congress will see that I should he wanting equally 
to candor ami in justice if I should leave the cen¬ 
sure expressed to Ibis resolution to rest exclusively 
or chiefly upon Cameron, The same sentiment is 
unanimously entertained by tho Heads ol the De¬ 
partments who participated in the proceedings 
which the House of Representatives lias censured. 
It is due to Cameron to say, that although he fully 
approved the proceedings, they were not moved 
nor suggested l.y himself, and that not only the 
Broadent, hut all (he other Heads of Departments, 
were at least equally responsible with him tor what¬ 
ever error, wrong, or luult, was committed in the 
premises. Auraham Lincoln. 
Washington, May 26, 1862. 
, — AT > ork u minuter of steamers and sailing rttitclg 
’ are loading for New Orleans with assorted cargoes. 
— TIi, Nashville Union reports the return of targe numbers 
of Tennesseeans who have served In tho rebel army. 
[ Missouri, it is said, will raise four times mere tobacco 
this year than she has done in any preceding 12 months. 
■ — At an auction sale of a grocer's stock in Richmond, on 
the 1st ult., butler sold at a dollar and ;i quarter per pound. 
I lie attempt is to be madfcj by a French expedition, to 
obtain water in the desert of Sahara by boring Artesian wells 
) — Gen. Butler has about seven thousand troops quartered 
about the city of New Orleans, in public buildings, eqoam 
&c. 1 
— The Shite Treasurer of Illinois denies a report that be 
has ex acted coin from the tax payers instead of taking Treasury 
notes. 
— W. H. Harris, who advertised for bloodhounds to catch 
tee Lincoln bushwhackers, is now a prisoner at Nashville, bis 
home. 
— The Republic of Switzerland is the first nation *f the 
continent to adopt Mr. George Francis Train's plan of horse 
railway. 
— XV. H. Cools' powder mills at Beaver Meadow, I'a , blew 
up Wednesday morning week. Loss about 17,000. No one 
injured, 
— A fine flock of loyal rams have gone down the Mis¬ 
sissippi river to take part in the next naval fight near Fort 
Wright. 
— On May 2d, Mr. Maguire, in the British Commons, 
reported forty recent deaths by starvation in one district in 
Ireland ! 
— The people of Sweden—his native country—have voted 
Captain Ericsson a medal for services in connection with tlie 
Monitor. 
— There arc fifty ships under the English Hag layingoft’New 
Orleans and Mobile, to buy cotton at any price when the porta 
are open. 
— The President has appointed, and the Senate confirmed, 
.lobfi A Hendrick, Collector for the port of Beaufort, North 
Carolina. 
— There is a break in the Champlain canal, at Coveville, 
Saratoga county. Thirty thousand yardsof embankment have 
gone out. 
— There was a sharp frost in some puns of Connecticut on 
Saturday and Sunday night week, and tender vegetation was 
destroyed. 
— Barnura’s last acquisition is a baby eight months old that 
weighs only one pound eight ounces. It was raised in 
Cincinnati. 
— The greatest catch of shad within the memory of old 
fishermen—20,0C0 in one night^-was made at Saybrook, Ct,, 
on the 14th. 
— The Nashville Union of May 22, says: “ Large quantities 
of tobacco arrive here daily from the interior. Cotton keeps 
pouring in." 
— A carrier in the postoflice of Vienna has been detected in 
stealing letters. No less than 62,720 unopened were found at 
his lodgings. 
— Our Government has refused to recognize the revolu- 
tionurv “ government," so called, of Gen. Mosquera, in Cen¬ 
tral America. 
— The crew of the English steamer Bermuda, which was 
captured while trying to run the blockade, have arrived in 
Philadelphia. 
— lion. William Scott, formerly one of the judges of tho 
Supreme Court of Missouri, recently died at his residence near 
Jell'erson City. 
— A shoal of whales ran ashore lately near YVhitencss, on 
the Isle cl' Shetland, and getting into shallow water, some 400 
were captured. 
— The Syracuse Journal says there were one hundred and 
forty-seven salt Mocks in operation in that city and vicinity, 
Thursday week, 
— Tlie corporate title of the Farmers’ High 8chool of Penn¬ 
sylvania has been changed to.that of tlie Agricultural College 
of Pennsylvania 
— Gov. Wns. Sprague, of R. 1., has been elected U. S. Sen¬ 
ator for six years from tlie 4tli of March next. He received 
',12 votes out of 103. 
— A female fanatic at Poilly, France, who thought Bhc 
could live without eating, died on the ninth day of her fast, 
from sheer starvation. 
— The P, O. Department in tlie Union army at Corinth dis¬ 
tributes among tin* soldiers an average of 6,000 letters daily 
aud 2,600 newspapers. 
— General Butler has appointed Acting Brigadier-General 
George T, Sheply, Colonel of the 12th Maine, Military Gov¬ 
ernor of New Orleaus, 
— Beauregard announces that the U. S. Government has 
control of the Mississippi river. What an annunciation for 
the rebel Confederacy! 
— Joshua Allen, Democrat, has been elected to Congress 
from the district known as “ Egypt," (lower Illinois,) in place 
ol' Col. Logon, resigned. 
— The Confederate authorities of Mississippi arc issuing 
notes based upou cotton and then sending out ruffians like 
Morgan to burn the cotton. 
— The Richmond Dispatch speaks in tlie very liigbest terms 
of the kindness shown by the “Yankees” to the wounded 
rebels at taken Williamsburg. 
— A large plot of ground in the Fairmount Cemetery, near 
Newark, has been given hy the trustees for tlie burial of New 
Jersey soldiers fallen in battle. 
— The city of New Orleans is in such extreme destitution 
that Gen. Butler is compelled to take measures to keep tlie 
families of rebels from starving. 
— Tlie French Government is occupied witli a scheme for 
replanting the mountains in France, the diminution of timber ^ 
trees creating considerable alarm. 
— Tlie temporal Emperor of Japan has married the daughter , 
of the spiritual Emperor, the united ages of bride and bride¬ 
groom amounting to only 82 years. 
— John J>. Stiles, Democrat, has been elected to fill the 
vacanoy in Congress occasioned by the death of Thomas 11- 
Cooper, 6th district of Pennsylvania. i 
