Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-05-03

We oiu extracts from the laIeaI NOrthefn pApsEs
received:
YoKKTOwS-A PARADISE or PROFESSIONALLY or
PICKETs
A letter in the New YORK Herald from the Camp
Gear yorktown, says:
The map OF the sic &c Of yorktown 10 l7Sl published
10 the Herald forms ec. OF interesting study 10 the
off aud here. The fidelity OF its outline OF York
and the creeks IEyluts ewamps and land on al
about which encanped, apparent TO the most
casual observer The road TO Hampton still used
aud the house occupied hospital is not far ev
IDENTIFY, from where the hospital stood a. the reV1ld'ioh
arg siege.
IL is true the aspect OF the country has changed src
tbs time the commander Of cur revolutionary hroes
pied this ground. But there the wndngs o. the
river and creeks and rocks and raynes aud nils and
plains the same then-the broad, bold ald in
dell ole stamp Of nature present aud upchangesoe
The memory aud thought inspires patriotic fell z aud
there is that in It and all the corcident Circumstances
OF national gs ami purpos. that carries confidence
Of cory in the days OF coming contest.
The z, nilsu!a may be termed Tbs paradise OF frogs
AL night long the country around ia scarcely bterIoe
account OF the Internal rack: which goes contin
Laly the nsisy deriz Of the marshes aud pondl
wlch CbJuLd th!s tongue OF Virginia territory Ba
eIe escape from this nuisance, and the camps en-
iuTe best tn Toe weather here has become
suddenly JuOs Ike. Toe days as warm a. IN Nee
York curing that month, while The rig t. in the clear
q, are Us cool 10 October. strsnge comonau1n
OF weather 10 prevail aud there are dppTehensops
the health OF The troops viii suffer IN consequs &C
oil mo sudden changes from neat TO cold Array te'e
ace appearances OF 4 slight increase in yphod cisee,
bus Il rlay be that, with proper pecauton, the threat
en-, evils will be ayerted poor country decidedly Is
tas Peninsula hich the Federal troops are called
upon 10 INT FOR Flat and unateresling, ubprod1cuve
and Improbable impassable in rainy weather, and al
most inbaJabls in dry, il affords very lille IN the
way OF attraction to stranger. The former iAbsb-
iagts have all Jeff and in view o. the apparently GJd
fcrsaken condition OF the locality they can SCARCE be
3lamed for taking ihemsely,s Of 10 anywhere es".-
| Toe G1Serumsn; viii have TO take possession OF TIE
shoe Peninsula under tbs condscatsn &C cut do not
& nix tie whole country will pay The expenses, however
disposed Of
ae piokets of one Of our regiments aud these OF the
Tgeuy.niuth SouIh CarOiinS volunteers 10 have
established q1ite friendly intercourse with cash other.
Con, know -hethsr there twenty uiRe regiments
from South Carolina o, hot; SuG thy tell Us they
he Tsentylintb ed are irCm near Columbia. Most ci
| them are s.oue cutes and have qle Lumber OF &C
ordinances in our regiment, who we're working II
Charleston aud Coll mSg about the time Of the bonbart-
nrnt OF Fort Sumter They cay thcy much in wan
Of eo e and salt AMI OF them offers & come over
IN canoe If We viii egrse not to mska prisoner o.
hin aad tr.ds u ttbaccO and whisky for ccf
alJe.t Or boys WGd not agree t. tAS proposal, tut
lrre.e that ID, rorG fce them they cam.
dom and sss the banks Of the river which at that
p,a, Is Dot abou, huudrod aud City yards vide, aud
chic som coniaucd the ccEvtrs:tCn sih Is Oihsrr
reHt !ato he riv,r ba,hg cur boys doicR the same
Tar Gsuatss Of thsr forces vary !rcm 10 coo 10 as
600 When IepSpachct for the burning OF Hampton,
aud FOR their vatious o. vandalism thry replied that
th.re wCud be greater aving and burning here in
few daysn The impression left minds was thst
thc- ILtsLd 10 bum nj evacuHe yorktown shortly.
A YANKEE ACCOUNT oFTss rHE LIEUTENANT OF
THE sUHTER
The Northern papers report The priyiteer Sumter al
~ n .,-.t
rom CadE, ia Spain, says;
She 81 lsey ctd by the Tuscarori and Kearsage,
which are both az < clras Ia Spanish waters aud
sCfore al lib r,y pGrrue her size attempts
u get away when thy could lot d1 they auchor
ID Wilin British jlIi,dicLol. TIE English authorities
, are ungcGetous and dscourtous enough 10 deny ou'
me si war the privilege If rImtliDg orgcr tEan TWEEN
tyiour hours In their ports 0u the Yankees have out
g ed hsn even this uue and thNarted the grea: Ok
ct Of their regulation Uur seam lcps al AgscrGs,
hlugh in Spanish Wa!ers, Fever lose sight OF tho sa-
pag al Gibraltar Ole Of them occasionally III over
20 brllar add Is relieved the following day ty the
oheF aud though che would not be abs 20 pursue the
Su npeI ior twenty four hours after her departure rem
the British port the other gunb5at ct Algeria, being
Al hIu, Spanish jurisdiction, 10 bould by no suca re-
slrc ion.
thirteen days and thirteen hours fro BoFcr cruising
abou; the ulhern coast OF the peninsula. H'r pei
- rstr seuted as marvellous Snc is sa'd 10 have
down heie from Cape S. Vincent 10 eight hours. She
has already done good service in Tesng the traitor
Ayes the pas master CT the Sumter sud 80 tp5s;at, ns-
val III ssr and C0rsnl OF Cad Tuus.al, whom
Won haya probably, nov amUsg you TGase Wcrthist
are iodeb!ed 20 The An'iiGsa consul AZ Targ'ers to-
.ssr arrest which ,mpshed sith the conavance
A ID Assstai &c OF tie Cover neut OF Morocco. Com
lpd,r Cr4vn OF the TuscIrora, being elcgmPhsd VI
rbe ir dspa ch0d the lao 20 take them Iuto custody.
her arrival at T,ngier her commander was nch I'd
Il At tSo hundred E1gshmen bad signed IA sGroemoGt
resist nv 10 &c any attempt ut their absuetoS, eAd
ass ul h, OInsulats.
1, Iepy, pa Greasy assured them that wSrs their
rur,b.r Two hundred or Two thGnsabd or any multiple
OF IT al, black guards should be taken away by hin
nd piekiag out party OF .etefmined Mos lie armed
ON with rnyO.ve.s and c1:lssscs formed them into
hollow squire placed the prisoners 10 tie oeh5, AM
further p,O .c.,d y quad o! hoossA s>.drr' ipr
nshtd los thu aatLoritfR marched them soieT on
hoard Arryii " fl JAdZ and not desiring 10 give oc.
cs iol for ary embarrassing QIGsou ,i international
richs he rIuln,d olstc .nd sen his be y IN To- the
uriclu Consul, through whose irh1encH tie pi'cou9
Dair OF ina .iiC were tacserIed IN nons 10 an ~
r an v esel, thea underway and bound Tor Boston'
where IL i. hoped they will receive the AIenn'h '''
d we.
Li.coLSs VISIT To TaE SRskcz snlPcr'rha dAsskSpi'
Tsc flo wing tme.aerying article ia from the WASH
iot ton Ca5oniely, Of the an
For % iss. lime siuca the orgsniE sti'n OF our VI"
t5, national ospita il VISITED By Fretcl V's-
.. OF war and FOR the ie5i tins IN our history hai
Pr sdt of The Ulite1 Ate4 serpsd on foreign soil.
mi, Increasing ceremony ok plsss a, the EaSy
vyd la homo. Of the dJ.ir glShed visitors, all tho
en- ,rs and o.hcr vs'seii Wer, gAi'v cjr'ed with
fl o tha ,rius Gu rd4 AID Marine "a! appeared in
f,l upo.m. EhS. lie later performed admirably sew
er,l national hirs.
A,tao a;p1i1tod hour, President L5coin accompanied
by NE ac ,upisled lady and hes ss,er Ars E1gafds.
arrived in their carriage, which at onSs contiuuei
through The princips gateway aud eleog the horrun
re - the wla;i ThAy SION till0ssd by the
hontrasls 5 c.et,ry of alta, With NJ. s. W. Se~srl,
Asa staui S cfe,sry, aud "a LADY.
Th- French hilisisr wss also n p'omp: Attendance,
aud he parry received ia handsome stye by Ca
,lsren, the gs!an. end FcieDtfj cjm1andsr Of cur
get ravei s,siSr. PnsleIt Lie la alglted ir. N
b ) carriage but tis =ise acd i Ed s.Ids REMAIN
sea-, du-luq the entire Ceremony