The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-06-15
NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, JUNE Is, 1861

NEW YORK HERALD,
SUM conpas ed With the delights OF vertical Sun IA
the turbd waters Of the Father OF Floods.
YoRoxs FOE THE PnorxoTIoN or HsrHIs.
Including the forces at Ecrt Wright, there sre no,
within one hundred miles Of Memphis, Arxansss s..ssa
~, and Teucessee. on the -four railroads converrins
this POI nVt iess than afy thsusIud aSa, Aad unao
nents notice. ~ N'''A0' o. "a" w -
WESTERN cYvHs 70 BE TAKEN.
The troops In the Southwest long for an opportunity
towards Cairo and fear their patriotic fervor III
not be much longer repreessd Let the order 70
ny Cincinnati Marietta and whesling win al BE- taken
while the Southern will be placed In charge OF Lou
lse and regular communication be again opened from
~ points.
TIE DEYKECE or MEMPHIS.
The uilary Notifications Of this city progressing
rapidly a battery has been erected At the mouth o.
Wolf river; id0ubt b In the Of erection the
levee front OF the Bradley block wherein several
DAh)gren guns, with otAsrs, ten IN number, viii be
placed Then the bluff has been bAr-cadsd with cotton
bales and plank and s unoerstooi thst every street
below Jefferson far down BeAe ia 70 BE- barrcaded
Thus our thoroughares are growing smaller BY degrees
1t suggested by many that It would be safer for our
fair city In the improbable event OF invasion that all
ted rather than tie city Itself Every aa~iss that
safety is out of the question when becomes
ssy 70 use these fortncat0ns now being erected In our
The earthw0rks along the Mississippi river at Randolph
and on the exterior do MOI der in from
portions OF the rugged heights They from twenty TO
thirty feet in thickness and lees defeasbie the
river than the andwayd SIDE In both directions
has made the Notifications almost inaccessible An assault
upon tie fortress from the side would be simply ri
diculous The paths by which the summit Of the bluff
rs reached are narrow and precipous and thcrs Is
PORTION OF tho ascent which u net commanded by SIX
narrow aee on tine andward side by which il possible
for an attacking force reach the detences this Is DO
Tended by heavy guns which sweep the dene for
than mile This pass Is crossed by an earthen wall
thirty forty feet Ia thickness, and quarter half
mile east OF this the hill commanding the valley
is crescent shaped, wall with the open side next 70 the
ANOTHER BATTERY.
Another battery IS to DO erected al the mouth Of Coal
bare peculiar advantages for the location OF battery
DOUBLE BARHELLKD COMPANY OF aUKRnILLAs.
Captain Charles Hill Of Upton county, Tenn raised
mounted company inhs county for sort OF guerrilla
wa fare. his company is already in camp ana 70 com
posed or about one hundred men. He daily receiving
additions Their weapons will be doubIe barrced shot
OF ground that will have to he passed over and will hang
upon the remy rear and while thoy are pitching their
"fush them and with feet horses escape before the
enemy can have time 70 return the fire.
PLENTY OF MKN.
Union City, Tenn ia said to have very large military
force encamped there-perhsps 20 900 men.
AFFAIEs AT PENSACOLA.
The Richmond IVA Enquirer Of the 9th inst says
colonel W Siarke, who has been connected with the
army at Pensacoa for hroe months past left that post
on the LIST inst and arrived In Richmond yesterday. he
reports General Bragg in good health and fine Spirits and
the army well supplied and in admirable condition every
way General Bragg confident that when he attempts
70 take Fort Pickeps the effort will be successful
when will he make the attemptS-ED. HERALD
HORRIBLE OUTRAGE IN TENNESSEE.
The Baltimore american Of the 18th inst. has teie
graphic despatch dated Louisville KY the 18TH which
says,hree citizens Of this place. who were detained
at Memphis by the secessicnste undertook TO walk here
They were arrested twice on their way and
hung The Others escaped to this city Near the road
with his head shaved his ears and nose cut Off His
crime was that he was Northerner
THE CHARLESTON BLOCKADE.
The following from the Charleston Courier OF the 9Th
instant, shows that that port Is now eecualy block
adedTbe sea front OF our harbor quite an object
Of interest among our citizens yesterday there being In
sight Of our port at time less than four armed
vessels. During the day party went down in the
steamer Charleston, and approached them ss near -
one OF them is the Minnesota, which has been OF
this place over a week; near her was a large steam
fgate apparently OF the first CLASS and about
three miles Off much slightly vessel than the Min
neeota. not the Wabash she s doubt the Roanoke
Colorado. The two fgates anchored quite
The Other two vessels In the morning were steam
ships Of about GOO 10 coo TOMS and both vessels
coins provisional forces Soon after midday one Of the
latter bad disappeared doubt South and at three
seen OF ing s on
Thursday was not sight yesterday but vessels Of
that class are sometimes empoye cd as tenders 70 fee
| she may be one Of that kind.
| OPERATIONS NEAR CAPE HENRY.
The Norfolk Day Book furnishes accounts Of military
operations about Cape aenry. II says Tho steamer
Quaker City captured schooner Off the Capes and carried
her the Roads She returned about four o'clock that
Cavalry stationed on Cape Henry beach She iirsd six
the quarters Of which took effect except In
Which IS thirty possder Tho cavalry, Captain
John Fenress daily exposed to the fire Of the steamer
but 60 far. fortunately no one has been hurt our
long thirty two Founders mounted on large carryall
wheels have suggested and urged repeatedly for
from the position she takes to annoy our troops on the
| beach.
| ANOTHER SOUTHERN DODGE.
The following letter by the Attorney General at New
Orleans is written in answer to inquiry made by o
| bank president In that city,
| ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE,
| NEW ORLEANS, June 8, 1861. :
From the note power Of attorney and statement OF
facts submitted to me- it appears that Mr. W f. Lsve-
rich, citizen Of LOUISIANA domiciied in New Orleans
desires 20 transfer to himself thirty shares Of the capital
stock of your bank standing the books Of the bank
in the name of Henry Leverich, person domciled In
abe State Of New York The power Of attorney under
transfer executed in New York the ed Of May
1851 thai to say since the Of the pre-
sent ard the recognition of its existence by the Con
Ny opinion is that the power OF attorney nullty
and the proposed transfer Of stock Illegal and void and
therefore the bank matter Of public duty, should
refuge recognise the power OF attorney permit the
| transfer to be entered on its books.
No principle Of international law is more firmly es
tabished than that the declaration OF arrests al
Intercourse between the benigerens. War puts
every rdividua OF the respective governments, as wei
the governments themselves, In state Of hostility Il
each other. There is such thing as war for armi
and peace for commerce. The existence Of civil con
tracts and relations contradictory to state Of war
and hence has been held that commercial partnership
existing between the citizens of country and those
another dissolved by the breaking odt Of war be
tween the two countries. Sir William Scott one Of th
most profound urists Of his age repeatedly declared
numerous cases adjudged by him, that by all com
muDcaon between the subjects of the beligerent coun
tries suspended that intercourse be legally
ried without special license from the governsaent
that state of war was s.Ase Of Introduction Of com
| municaiicn."
After citing FUR nsr authorities in support Of this pos
t'on' me ".rney General proceeds ..
IL NJ GEAR, therefore, that the acceptance OF II
| over of attorney BY M. W, z. Leverch frol
Mr. r. 8. Leverich is illegal, and he has
| lawful authority to act In pursuance OF II
mandate. The transfer OF tho stock, or agre