, 1862-05-20
porfe-A Grand KeFleSE-ProtecftnE
Rebel Property-The White House
Estate-Etc., Etc.


niles distant from that city, and the main |
body five or six miles tartler. New
Kent Court House is likewise. thirty !
niles from Richmond, instead Of TWEEN |
ty-seyen; and the reconnaissance allu- |
3ed to as having taken place on Saturday
bp the Eighth Illinois cavalry, did not occur
until Sunday afternoon, and was in q direc-
lion Southeast, toward the Cliekahomiuy,
distant at that point eight miles, and resulted
in finding Jones Bridge destroyed, aud the
enemy On the opposite side in considerable
force. Stonehaln pushes the advance with
great yjgor, but the Associated Press, on re-
porting progress more rapidly than is actually
the case, does great injury; for people set it
down that the army was then and there at
such time, and wonder and grumble at what
they conceive to be delay, when the army is
actually performing the work they have been
informed was long ago accomplished.
Correspondence came, Cumberland f5thl
ride down here Ito Cumberland Landing,)
through the rain yesterday afternoon brought
me in just at the close Of q grand review Of
the 81 Reserve" under command Of Gen. Fitz
John Porter, In presence of Secretary seward
and Gen. Mcclellan. The honorable secre-
tary rode with Gen. Porter along the solid and
terrific cheers. He expressed his admiration
Of the high discipline and excellent spirits Of
the men, and paid marked compliment to
this corps, which holds the issue ofthe comidg
contest in its hands. They and their com
1nander are worthy Of their trust.
THIS place is now made depot Of supplies,
and will probably be the main point on the Pa
nlunky for this purpose. There is good
landing and plenty OF room in the channel,
with ample water. The river bears fourteen
feet of water at White House. but the channel
is narrowssand crooked The qu2rtermaster'
depot will be established here, the express Of
fee arrived tonight, and the Old Point boats
1Eo7yo InS MT Hr+ IInr%
Point and Yorktown. Ship Point and Cheese
mans are once more sunk in their original OBJ
security.
PROTECTING THE PROPERTY OF RDBELs.
LCorresr rondcrcc New York Tribunal
Gen. Mcclellan has Issued the following
order:
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE PoToxAc, |
RorEN's CHURCH, May TO- 1862.
SrEcAL ORpDEns No. 144.-Thc Commanding
Gencrnl learns with regret that notwithstanding,
lhc orders already issued on tho subject the men
dations s1ncc leaving Yorktown.
Tie General has trustworthy information tha.
kclue Of the officers connected wlti the command,
arc guilty Of them themselves. The attention OF
the Division Commanders Is ca1lcd to this subject,
and the etrictest measures will be taken to pre-
hereafter found guilty stealing, will be immedi-
ate1y placed in irons. tried by Military Commits
s7oA and punished to the extent fthe Law.
Division Commanders will be held strictly re.
nEGers with respect to stra=.lers and rear guard
have not hcen obeyed Division and Brigade
Lolnnanders will be 4eld responsible that the Or
Gers arc carried out in future. When the head o1
aDi,ie:on approaches house the Provost Mar. r
shal will eend guard to lel.ain at 1t, until the
next Division arrives # the Provost Guard Is
not large enough. more will be furnished and o
the best troops in the command.
By command Of Major General MCCLELLAN.
S. WILLIAMS, a. A. General.
4 Colonel Of New York regiment is nov
in close arrest, and will soon be tried befor,
this Commission for picking up and appro
and Indian meal abandoned by the Rebe7
army in its tiight; also for attaching his horse
to :: deserted secession ambulance with thu
stamp. "G- H. Hutton, maker, Fifth St, Rich
mond," on its side, and hauling up in it to hi:
! camp TWO Of his Lieutenants, exhausted b,
being nsedlessly crushed" Oh the march DAY
before yesterday, and the knapsacks Of mau5
Of lis men who fell out Of the ranks and sunI
BY the waysldc; also, for taking Il mule ant
two secesn horses, said to have been in th'
rebel army, and to have been found in th'
keeping Of struggling seccsl soldiers in th,
Union repeating guns.
Numerous other arrests Of Co1oncls, Cap
tllrs, Ieutenants and priyates have beer
+, made on charges, the statement Of which
! have only heard cr T'arte, and which I reirai,
from publishing But one thing is certain
TIE highest power in the land should in
b1antly settle the relations to us which thes
rebels bear. What arc they?' Arc they enc
m1cs? Are they friends? This ques1io
should not be left to the determination of au
commander in the field, or any indiyidua
man in office. Congress, and Congress alone
with.
i THE WHITE HOUSE ESTATE.
! Correspondence Of the n 7, World, dated l4th.
The White House estate is five thousan
acres in extent. It has come down throuy
| the last century as an heirloom of the Gust
fanily: It belonged, ifI mistake not, to Dar
Washington, who died and was buried nea
Williamsburg in 1854. Here, not in this hous,
but in the one burned on the same site thirt
F! Years ago, Washington wooed, won, aud lna
1icd his = ifc, and spent the early years of h
welded Life. Subsequently, through the IN,
the property of George Washington Park
Gusts, who, upon his death, bequcathed it t
Charlotte Wickham, of the branch of the fau
1ly, who is the wife Of William Fitzhugh Lei
son of the rebel General Lee, and preset
Qate) occupant Of this magnificent estat.
hugh Lee, cousin of ". Fitzhugh, aud no
colonel Of the First Virginia {Stuart's) cavalr
The estate is called tue s'White House,
from the color of the original residence
which, when burned, Was almost entirely col
snnayd, i few pieces only being saved, SON
present mansion. Though built thirty yea
ago, the house has very modern appearance
il evidently having BEEN recently repaired IN
: improved. It is very neat and modest in q
pearance, partly Of the Downing style
architecture, aud Of clear, neutral tint tn
makes it hardly p"rceiyab!e among the hn
} drcd-year 1oeusts that clnbowe7 it among the
branches.
The Pamunkey River skirts nearly Il
: whole farm, aHording facilities for nayigatit
| rs we'll as III abundant stock of most exec
! lent fish and oysters. The Richmond Al
. York River Railroad crosses here, and q st
tiun and telegraph Office, as well as q wat
1an1ing, are a fart of the estate.
There are, or hare been, three hundr
! slaEcs here They are now all present sa
: the houec servants, who went last week nj
Mrs. General and Mrs ". Fitzhugh Lee
Richmond. TIE oycrsccr Of the plantati
E still 1clnains. The negroes nave quit wor
c and are now engaged in ministering to t
, wants OF the soldiers, who are eager p1
I chasere Of all the fish, flesh, fowl and yes
tables that can be procured The overse
a threatened thu slaves with severe pcnaltl
II for this, Of which the soldiers were at on
= informed The encouragement given by t
AALtNA 41AAICA aAE ~ AoA >A"<t8 AHA
"Jedo' Ohe orerseeT) intcrfcres, there II
q be one 1ees s1ave-driycr.
q 4 broad, hard and smooth carTfase-way, II
. leads down to the main road, sk1rted by m!
= nificent old ]ocusts, is fianked on one side
~ q clover meadow of niue hundred acres, 4
IS on the other by field of 1uxurtnnt win
Il wheat, now just in the blossom, covering 9
- thousand acres. In this meadow are encamE
twenty thousand soldiers, who are consecr
10 Ing the sacred soil to freedom anew.
% Around the house is d large garden, "
10 small fruits and growing vegetables, In M
= or less profusion. The horticultural tastes
I'll the occupants do not seem to have been =
varied or ambitious, and after vigorous sea
find but one small conservatory, and a
d, Shrubs and flowers IN the garden of sponta
re ous growth. The soil is verT good, and co
n. be made to produce almost anything desir
The slaves on the plantation seem to
u little disposed to abandon the place. T
he cook, fish, and traffic with the men, and SC
he still continue their work. By tho proyisi
Of the will Of their former owner, Gu:
Us they become free in October next. Prob:
n this is why they choose to remain.
OF sAy1eAT1os OF rANUSKET RIVER
- Correspondence n 7. Times, dated 1s.h.]
Previous to the rebels leaving this sectic
the country, then contemplated building
q gunboats, Two Of which they had entirely e
- ple1ed ut the time Of their departure. In
oe- der to save these five vessels from alllng
I'm our hands, they were burnt to the wa
th- edge. aud what machinery they contained
ncr strnc,;on occurT,.d lat Fr;daT nipht
md H>Fc aud