The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1862-05-22

grave and here shoe and buried With him. ohaA h
sars to Advantage" fAs vas sssssily psrSormsd,
A Mn. KEiAoao, . brother-inlaw Of tho
President Of the Uahed etates wss arrested In
Richmond day or two ance, and placed In the
| Confsdersae States prison. lie has been resdin ny
wHh his wife formerly Mss Lncolnl in the South.
NEBRASKA looks for great bcneet from the
Homeuead bill. The Sswa printed at NebrAska
City, believes "thers are biDdred aud fNy thou.
sad persons In the fres and border slave states,
Who will Immediately seet Dew homes In Nsbrsska,
where land can BE- had FREE"
THI Homestead bill 10 signed BY the Presi.
nent, and "a now law Hereaner any man with
Gao enter into possessIon u farm Of his own, and
make Of ha home Tor himself and his children
"i,h moderate aud well directed Industry.
A coRRksPoSpRST with Gen. McClellan's
ihn iuohmund u absndonsd by the enemy With.
OUT hs aud that We occupy Il within forty eight
hours w 10 Yesterday there was every reason "
tr.sve 'hst 'ha enemy would hsht. There II nov
u" a. much reason W believe Mat he will noN
Az official dispatch from Lord LYONS. At
Washington. 10 Earl Rissel, In LONDON, s.ys, "ths
power " make arbitrary political arrests has not
Ueeh formally denounced by tie American Govern.
heL.; s'ho ish u has not been recently eIerciset,"
AMI y ~ he = 10 not swsrs OF any British subject
now being arbitrarily detained ss . pohsieal pris-
oueT."
GovrRyoR RncroR, Of Arkansas, has Issued
sr'oclSusnon, calling the " freemen Of Arkansss'
D. srus against the " dstsstalle Lincoln ,Soyern.
merit" and stating Tat ~ thu requisite number "
met. = not made up ~ tie 25,h Of Msy, the den-
cieuDy will he drafted. The Atksnsss STATE GA.
Of usrfr''on, treason and trash" The Little Rock
TAGS DEsooRsr entefs I've " earnest and most
solemn protest against IT,"
Tug Newborn (N. C.) PRoGn.ss, Of the 18th,
says that 81 meeting % a.. Unou citizens Of Cate
re- ",uh'y, resolutions were passed that the war
was utonthto on y sfew hasty politicians, and not
~ any At Of tir feleral government; desiring tie
protect on ~ federal IL ends aud concurring In the
appointment, Of Hon. Edward stanley A. Military
6'y'rnor Of ne - -, meeting Of citizens Il Ora
ven '".uty was h,d On the "a May, who cheerfully
I'e Nf,d thet purpose TO cooperate With tie Union
frsts 10 complete tie rcstorsto on u tue Constitution
All laws of', United states 10 eastern North Car.
ulGn. and hailed with 10y att at sf.etion tho an.
( intneut, b tho Pr,sdent, o: Edward Stanley a.
ffV'i'sousl Governor VI North Carolina.
NonroLK looks as If It's houses might be
Mod rom cel.1r g. VarrUt with DEAD men. Tie
rs aHd "iul'w ,. att ~ nlo closed al tie way
Y. Dust -, T. upon item. Gates are closed "
h'.i oien' a. u 40 As'ug being was near g. att nI
J. ultih. Gal lcLs are Running to weeds and the
streets are itsr.,l, save Is our soldiers wh, are
b. ~ "d h'r- nud tI,fe ia little knots. Here
'ni there You meet tnon man who whispers
!" NH'' 'Ht4lg drri tp s1r-k b., lest tie haunting
f.'-i ~ t..Hr Nl,.h has st,lked the doomed city
since tie a4,'tt Of tAc De, tr.rls might overhrnr
1rI report . ti1srr 90 Davis. Tie yai men Lave
D. . : NJ,
!,t' H'..' O. ..I Ht.mtut-.
GrsLlAL MCCLELLAN lately made speech
81 .''H t.c itH Main, AMI alI ScS York r..
: 'fit' which IIt.o that "htllisut hNyuuct
,l"tr' a W t.iHi1shurs. 'ui gave - tie vi,t1ry;
SpIr.i.e haN- come 1. tItf,. vau q y..,r . 81
'D....i .ud ,ultuttr Ou Vat tile plan yol
~.''1 "at amy i,mn ci.lfaccfll defeat. Yu
ID .Hgc ir' rf,d g. isl rr. so Ind son teen
.'f.' ',i lF 80 iuas,0, Tat veie hurled
t.l't e. \ 90 Ics'ftc tH iIelft u.ttkh -
3 .-t tH..ut, h.d yHlr site ri.oad jusity lie
IT, i ~ lpA. h'sr Do. "r yolt c.'Yrs its.r Ition
W. th't.'...' 3D. ~,n u y,.t bravery, and AS
IT, iiAl eft honor TIT ! can coulter ur YOU sol.
d.ers u.y words are feeble, Out from tie bottom Of
my heart ihsns YOU"
IItE correspondent Of the Philadelphia PRrss
VITA Gen. McC.cl'n's advance SAYS in one Of the
brisedcs Of the Union army they had guns Of a
new u3truct0n, and terribly elective w. hay.
n yea learned their names. The men designate
thrm "cua,c mills" II Is n heavy ride barrel
mounted on wheels. A. the breech il . Kind Of
clock work machinery, surrounded by q hopper,
similar To- tie hopper OF . colce mill at the side
IL crank. One man turns the crank, while an
other supplies tie hopper with cartridges and a
third six is tie gun. by means Of lever lie moves
II literally vt raises or dcptess.s II at pleasure.
litrows $40 balls per minute Of the size Of an or
binary ME ball Whom operated with, the rebels
were utterly amazed, not knowing what TO make
OF them. One OF these guns properly worked, and
well supplied with eaItris us, Is estim1ooa " 10
equal T. 800 men,
A CORRESPONDENT In Virginia SAYS that
Cumberland, on the Psmunkey river, which IL Q
magnificent plain Of 1000 acres Of cleared land be-
longs TO "a man named Tolsnd, who is u slave breed.
ON bis plantation you have the Institution pre-
sentoi in OF its worst aspects With him hui
man beings have been literally treated cattle, his
whole stock OF seventy -une slaycs springIng from
q single woman, ~he now, at less than sixty years
81 axe, finds herself surrounded 10y tree genera
tlons %. offspring without ever having been bound
by the marriage relation to thwnrt the purpose ot
her muster Ia his anStty t. Improve his stock.
Ha...l
acre, providing the purchaser wall take hi. slaves
OH his hands at a low price.
Al Port Royal there are about Il, 900 contra
bands, VITO have planted some 5000 ncres with
com, potatoes and gctthcs, and 5,o0) with cot
ton. The average yield ~ cotton is 100 lbs. per
scrc worth IS cents per pound thus yielding about
s56l,o,o, besides the vegetables and corn sun lien,
Il supply ts vicinity. Uncle sam allows the Ie-
gro,s one aud quarter acres Of land acre
more t.au VAS allowed by their former masters
RstiOns are served g. them OF bread, hotniny, mo-
Lac rs, AMI some meat. They have 10 regular
gees, but Government las advanced them 81 per
aero for what they have plaLtei II s diiicult to
IL luce them to ptk, Es they tui something 10
eat from Nassa Lincoln, and seem ~ feel they are
not "rrse nl5crs" II they work. Until some meth
obs adopted to make them feel the necessity OF
work for their own good, Government will receive
hut little benefit comparatively. Their ideas of the
value ard uses of money are about vague rs
young cLldrrn's, and Investments in hoop skirts
snd jowelry are isdu.sed; while necessary gar
ave uniforms had been received Tor the negroes,
and as on as a few could be dressed In the new
suit il was expected the enstments would be rap
ia. Few OF them, however, seem " have any de-
sire T. night.
A MR. Dio6s, ono n the head work men In
the sport Navy Yard, under tire United States
Government WAS obliged to continue his occupa-
ton under the Consdarstes or starve, and assisted
Ia cutting down and fttlng up the Merrmac.
lie says her top was fiat and covered with grating
made OF several cross layers Of TX inch squAre
bar iron, strongly riveted and bcltd together. Her
roofing consisted first 81 ionch rsfters Of 1O-inch
thickness. and lying close side by side. Across
lhese, lying fore and sft, was q roofing of FIVE
inch pine plank. NeIt came four inches OF oak
plsnk up and down. This made roof Of two
4 oi thickness Of solid wood, all firmly boltsd and
barred together, the whole being secured and
stsaiieI bS Arons iron braces aud bots, running
crosswise As well As fore and aA. Next the top
~ the oak plank, came = layer Of two inch iron,
Me bars run ug fore and az. Across this was
another layer 81 iron, some thickness, up and
down. In her a sht with tho Monitor one gun was
broken short on near the trunions,' and another
broken obliluey. about eighteen inches from the
nuz1le. Her stem was mashed W that the wood
could be strung out like ball OF thread and
d ey had 10 squeeze . whole bale Of oskum inio
i to stop the iesk-the plaukng being sprung OF
md gazing wide. The Monitors shots ploughed
ip the roofing, 30 that you could lay large water
melon in the spot where the shot had struck. Mr..
Diggs says had the Monitor followed her up, she
,ouid have captured tho rebel busbesr In another