Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-07-04
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LATEST FROM TnE NORTH.
From Baltimore papers Of Tuesday, the I'd, We make
% The following ntws coup,std fs the most part, Of
Yankee accounts Of matters tA
FORTRESS k0YRoE.
The stesmer Adelaide. OapsAia CsAaen, ARRIVED yes
tsrday from Old Point Comfort bot brought 20 ns.s Of
interest Among her ps sengers vese Thufiov Weed.
~ Albany and Senator Wilson, Of Massachusetts,. We
learn from passengers that tso Oonfedsrste pckets were
captured on Saturday night and brought into Fortress
Monroe. -.
where they we're throwing up entrenchmen's. =,
The battery at Pigs Point, opposite Newport News
Point had been firing on the latter, and causd the
era troops to remove their positions mile back from the
ercampmens they had occupied for some time.
vorrespondsucs Ct The Associated Pfss
ToRrsEss NoHaoK, June 80, l P. A.-The ceIsbrated
steam gun arrived here last night and Professor Love
ced here to-day With bis monster BALLOON 70 re'
oonnoitrs the position of the rebels.
The Union gun Is not yet mounted. -
The assistant Of Thomas 4. Scott arrived here this
morning from Washington superutend the erection OF
the proposed railroad and telegraph
Il was originally intended 70 connect Fortrefs Monroe
with Newport News BY means Of submarine cable, but
the line will extend Overland via Hampton, aud be 10 or
ctate the transportation Of stores from the Fortress
Hampton ard ultimately 1t may be hoped, to Yorktown.
The guubost Mount Vernon he's just arrived from New.
port News with two desertes from the Eeeela and two
prisonerS all belonging to tie Louisiana zousvt. The
former into tho camp at Newport News yesterday
morning They INTELLIGENT Germans, and state that
having been impressed int service they escaped on the
first oppor unity Most Of the company 10 which they
belong uuwlingy. Their uniform 10 closely ro
seubles that Of Co Duryea's aqays that tle describes
came into ssap sttdui being ytOpped by the guard.
Tho other two we're taken prisoners about o'clock r
H. and we're strsgglers from scouting party Of 200
who came within three miles Of Newport News, The
fJLrsges IN The stsle,ent lsa a. attack UPON Newport
Ncss spiended the night before last aud only pre.
vented by tho lncesssp rain. About 500 msn inelud
iug strong body Of cavalry with IL pieces Of
artillery advanced from Yorktown where there are over
1900 secession i5oos froa o.s-aa ssa;e o'soliAa,
Tho cavalyis MADE upo the elite Of Vrsiais and sx.
ceodius, vei pcalted, bus the Infantry 10 not we'll
equipped, and provisions .oarce at yorktown. The
two pri,opeTs were origa-li iron Mo- w. a.. H..
WA Sere a. Psns4coa, aud their regiment having
Amos: mutinied, the men paid 50 each, the ony
money yetrecved BY then They we're then cent 10 Rich.
mond ard lastly caEis TO Yorktown In consequence Of
these movements Of the enemy, the 4th Massachusetts,
still remain a. Newport News. The I'd Massachusetts,
and the Naval Brigade sill remaia here.
LATER. |s.
June 20, GP. MI have Just retgroed from Newport
Nsws with party accompanying Gcpr Butler, and con-
sistipg of Col Dimmick, Tburow Weed Dr. Lieber Col
Taylor, of Washington, Senator Wilson. Hon. H. j. Ray.
mond, r. O. Mccormick, Lieut. Butler, Mr.. Carnegis,
and others grand review Was intended bu. the rain
prevented.
Three shots were fred from Sawyers r'aed gun, the
mate Of that the II Raps, OF which reached the
opposted bank Of the James river, Al miles Distant
TROOPS IN AND MAR wAsHISoros.
Since the war commenced Of $50 yoiunteers and 1000
regulars have arrived at Misunderstanding, With
900 District volunteers, Al aggregate Of Gs8 This
is exclusive Of tho Baltimore division, and all these
are now epcsmped around Washington, within circuit
of ten miles, with the exception Of some 1000 near
Poolesville.
Gel ALIENS LRRYsr.
Tho following are said 10 be the grounds upon which
Col Alev Of ths First New York Regiment, hss been
placed under arrest ut Fortress Monroe by General But
Ter:
On Thursiay afternoon Information reached Ccl9pel
Alien that pum'er Of negroes aud white men were
gathering In field Of wheat five miles distant belong.
Ing to Mor Thompson, Of tire Southern army and were
going to convey the same Yoiktown for the aid Of the
Conicderates Some Of them demanded from Gel Allen
the horses previously conscated from the COME derae
,diers 10 convey the wheat to the army. Col Allen
refused give up the horses and sent squad OF sol.
ders to prevent them from taking the wheat Soon after.
wards the wheat field took FIRE, aud twenty aeres were
buraed by Col Aliens ord.r he received the following
note frcm Gen. Butler:
'Col Alien commanding Fire. Regiment New York
Volunteers ia ordered 10 report himself to me- under
rest at these quarter forthwith The command OF bis
regiment will deyove upon Lieut. Col pyckman Of bis
regimen who will report to me for further orders.
Charges and specifications FOR trial will be furnished Col
Allen at the earliest possible moment"
Thus affairs rest present Great dissatisfaction at
General Buffers movements and deep suspicion as to his
loyalty, which fer some time have been smoldering are
now beginning to burn. Especially do the New York
troops manifest these feelings. The press has been
threatened with osracsm and kept quiet for long time
Big Be,he AMIR as well as on this topfc II the
tath be known it has nty appeared here, Gen.
Butler AID not Gen. PIERCE is to be censured for the
magnificent blunder Of the l0h Of June. Tho orders
given Gen. Pierce for tho engagement were protested
against by lin Us npotic The carrying them forward
wss i'm oerousIy demanded by Gen. Butler, and in obed
they executed to the letter By the unfortunate
cen. Pierce, upon whom the storm Of public oensure
Q nee has beea turned.
There ID rumor here that the officers Of the regular
service within the fort preparing petition which will
b. sigej and presented to the proper authorities dcsr
ing tie removal of Gen Butler from this posi- In this
the New York troops will most certainly join they
clamorous that Mejor General from their own State
should be set them here am assured that many
Of the officers of both the volunteer and regular service
will decline to act again in battle planned by him.
ARCHBISHOP HUGHES ON CIVIL WAR.
Archbishop Hughes, who, some weeks Ego, made .
Union speech 10 New York. has published bis views Of
civil in the Metropolitan Record. We make Q few
cItracs:
Above al the wars civil war is the most deplorable
aud the mos. destructive 10 It's consequences both TO
tee victor and vanquished Ir progress Is marked by
~ and desolstion. /; gives loose rein to the worst
passions Of human nature, rapne aud carnage, though
horrible to gazs upon though terrible witness
be compared to tie mcrl evils which nicts upon socie
IT, II is in civil strife that the nober attributes Of
our nature are show the mind of becomes harden.
ed aud callous amid scenes Of blood and devastation.
The Transition from peaceful republic TO military des
potism is more essly effected through such medium
than people generally suppose Mankind pretty much
the sane n every age Of the world. Material civI ,ion,
1t il true may develop the mind and sharpen the intel
c but it does not purify the aspiration nor elevate the
moral nature Of the race.
We have heard proposition mlds by prominent
soeak,r at the great demonstration which lately
held at Union Squire that trust was either not seri-
ousy entertained bsd its origin In the excitement Of
the moment. 1t nothing more or less than recon-
mendation Of the policy which England has pursued TO-
wards Ireland Tue speaker expressed himself 10 favor
Of taking away the plantations from the Southern
era, and bestowipg them land bounes upon Northern
soldiers The Id a. as we have intimaed, Ia not ORR
gins one as 1t was partially carried into effect against
the people OF Ireland, and as means by which
that people were to be utterly exterminsted For our
part, protest against such q vtolesae spstem OF
spoiacn-l system which Is calculated TO plunge the
country irremcdiablS into that this generation
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