The New York herald., 1862-03-02
New York, sunday, March q, 1sea.
THE SITUATION.

III Il SITUATION.
Everything ON the Potomac is reported quiet up
to last night
Official dispatches from Commodore Foote. re-
lative to affairs on the Tennessee river, which
were received at the Navy Department yesterday,
give most satisfactory accounts of the Union feel.
ing in Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi, in
which latter State Lieutenant Gwin had penetrated
in the gunboat Taylor as far Eastport. The VIC
tories at Forts Henry and Donelson have impressed
the Unonists with great faith in our army, and have
given them courage to avow their sentiments more
freely. Lieutenant Gwn says that upon learning
that large quantity of wheat and -four, intended
for shipment to the South, was stored at Clifton,
one thousand saks and one hundred barrels of
-four, and some six thousand bushels of wheat, to
prevent its being seized by the rebels or disposed
of In the rebel country.
So anxious is the government to give every aid
to the Unonists of the Southwest, that the War
Department has authorised the raising OF voIun.
teer troops in Tennessee, and il is decided to put
the loyal citizens of the Southwest generally in po
sition to resist the rebels whenever any attempt is
made to coerce the Union people back again into
the thralls of rebellion.
News from Nashville dated on Friday, states that
the rebels at that place are falling back on the
Tennessee river, while the forces which are eva
cuatng Columbus are said to be concentrating at
Chattanooga.
The Navy Department is also in receipt of de-
spatch from Commodore Goldsborough, at Roanoke
Island, giving further details of the accommodating
party up the Chowan river as far as winton. N.
c., where the rebels in large force opened heavy
fire upon the Delaware with battery of artillery
and musketry, which induced our force to attack
it in return, both by landing the New York Ninth
zouaves and with the guns of the vessels that
could be brought to bear upon the enemy. The
rebels soon took to fight, and the houses they oc.
cupied as quarters were burned. No one was hurt
on our side.
The news from the South contained in our Bati.
more correspondence to-day, is very interesting.
It is said that the discomfort of the people with the
course of the rebel Secretary Of War, Mr.. Ben.
jamn Is great that his removal is almost certain
Il. indeed, he has not already resigned. The guns
from Columbus are said to have been removed to
Memphis while those carried off from Bowling
ported either to Decatur, Ala, where General A.
S. Johnston is said to be concentrating large
force to Stephenson, in the northeast corner of
Alabama.
Blythe arrival Of the Arabia at Halifax Yesterday
afternoon we have news from Europe TO the 10th
of February. Nothing Of importance with regard
to American affairs had occurred in England ex.
ccpt that in the House Of Lords Earl Russell. IN
reply TO Lord Stanhope, stated that government
had protested against the permanent destruction
Of any harbors by the stone blockade, and tho
American government had denied any such inten.
ton.
The expense to England Of the Mason ana Sill.
dell affair s understood to he 1894 900 (s1 s2o ooo,
The United States gunboat Tuscarora is reported
to be at Gibraltar, watching the privateer Sumter,
which still remains there without coal.
II is positively stated that the Archdnkc Maxi.
milan has accepted the throne Of Mexico.
The latest Madrid journals publish several arti.
cles relative to the establishment of nonarcrical
government in Mexico, and the Epoca seems to
think that a Spanish prince would enact the
sovereign there just as well as an Austrian or any
other foreigner.
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.
The Cunard steamship Arabia, from LiveTpoo,
the 18th AMI Queenstown the 10th un.. pnt
into Halifax yesterday afternoon on hcr,vay TO
New YORK. The Arabia was sholl Of ooal. layirr
experienced strong westerly gales during the en-.