The New York herald., 1862-03-03
THE SITUATION.

THE SITUATION.
No active operations in the Army of the Poto-
mac were reported last night. Accounts from
every military department received durinsuthe
past week represent the troops as being in good
condition, and that there prevails among them a
vigorous patriotic spirit for action in the field
General Banks division still rests in the vicinity
OF Charestown, Va. No accident or interruption
marred his advance. The condition of the country
from Harpcr's Ferry presents the usual appearance
Of agricultural prosperity. Negroes are focking
IN to the lines of General Banks in large numbers
Various reports as to the movements of the rebels
ct winchester were circulated, but as they come
nom refugees and contrabands, no reliance is
placed On them in the camp at Charlestown.
despach received at headquarters yesterday
evening announces the death of General Lander at
Paw Paw, Virginia, a town between Romney and
Winchester, at five o'clock in the afternoon.
General Landers brilliant conduct at Rich Noun
tain, and his energetic march to open the railroad
TO Hancock, which won for him the special
thanks Of Secretary Stanton recently. will be re-
memberod. General Lander was wounded at the
battle of Balls Bluff from which accident he
never wholly recovered and II is said that his late
sxertions in bringing forward his troops in the
remarkable forced march allnded to, evcntuated
in the total breaking up of his feeble health, on
account Of which he some time since asked to be
relieved temporarily from his command. We give
In another column an interesting sketch of this
gallant soldier. General Shields has been ap-
pointed to succeed General Lander, and will en-
ter upon his duties Immediately.
The evacuation Of Columbus. KY, is officially
announced by a report from Commodore Foote.
Lieutenant Phelps returned to camp Saturday,
and states that the rebels are retreatng from CO.
indicating that they were destroying the military
stores and equipments, il not the town ITSELF The
Union troops were expected TO occupy il yester-
day. The War Department has received such en-
couraging intelligence of the restoration of Ten
nessee to the Union that it is contemplated to ap-
point Senator Andrew Johnson Military Governor
Of the State until the civil government can be re-
organized. With this view it is said that the
to-day, and place in his hands the pleasant duty
Of restoring his old State to its original position
The Treasury Department has ordered the cot
ton taken at Nashville. valued at 500, 900, to be
sent to New York.
As an evidence Of the anxiety Of the sold men
Unionists and ervaiives-of rebeldom TO recon-
struct the business connections between the North
and South st the earlies opportunity, can refer
10 the fact that teIegraphc dispatches of
purely business character were received in this city
on Saturday from Nashville. No sooner do the
people in the capital of Tennessee feel themselves
relieved from the incubus Of secession, by the oc-
cupaticn Of the Union army than they hasten to
restore the old relations with the commercial capi-
sal Of the country. Circumstances like these,
trivial as they may appear, show very forcibly the
disposition Of the oppressed Unionsts Of the South
70 avail themselves Of their dsenthrament. We
may look for similar indications from other parts
Of the South as the soldiers Of the government ad
vance and break the chains OF the overridden
people.
Cotton continues to arrive from the South. Tn.
bark @. W. Hall, commanded by Albert Cook Uni
ted States Sailing Master and Acting Prize Master
arrived at this port yesterday from Key West with
300 bales of the staple taken from the prize schoo
nef Lizzie Weston. captured by the gunboat Itasca
on the Belize. Our news from Key West, which
we publish to-day. contains some interesting facts
concerning the progress of affair in that quarter
Our news from the Southern papers to-day l.
varied and interesting. 1t appears, from the Mem
phis Aro'a iche, that the utmost excitement pre-
vailed in that city upon the receipt Of the news
our recent victories in Tennessee. The people we're
greatly alarmed for their safety, and Q propo.
stion TO burn the city was openly discussed
- the streets. The papers. however. frowned
eswn the project; the Avalanche reminding the