The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1862-05-24

! evnding search, who have joined several COM
pancs and taken the bounty. bcsido- selling
liz, n,ei.o- a. subet'intc. -,Ivcatuf,f- from al
parts oi ihe ni4i.f.cy.
The high prize of provisions is given a, a
| reason why The 40 Union yri oucrs still ia
Richmond should he at once released. II seems
as ii The boys cortriye to learn all " the latest
news" as they are in fii II rate spirit The Rich
mond EXAMINER says The prospect Of a
speedy release had tho most exnilara,ing Of
fec; on the inmates Of the Libby prison. Wien
/ we passed the buihng last evening the prison
ers were singing and Shi-tlins like n cage full
/ of mocking birds. Yankee Doodle was. of course.
/ the iavorite mcloiy
| The same paper has The following chursh
paragraph We loarn that Colonel Colcoran,
! now confined in prison here, has been appointed
I TO lucrative government office IN New York,
his wife to receive his salary during his iinpris-
| onment We suppose his hds ben girea Cor
co,dn as d SIP FIR lis ma,tyrdon ~ The Lincoln
cdus.
| The Richmond papars declared before the
| evacuation Of Yorktown, that the -a'cty Of Rich
mond depended upon two contingcncies--the
holding u Yorktown against Ma 'lcan, and the
prevention by the McrTmac, of Federal gum
boats entering and passing up the James River.
One paper said, that should the Mcrrimac I've
overcome in regular combat, or an accident
cause her destruction, Richmond is at once ap-
proachiblc by gunboats under an attack from
WHltn " u perfectly uHtcnhnhc anu ilutienSlbic
by land forces. Our numerous batteries on the
banks Of the river. experience has shown, are
utterly incapable of beating off the enemys
boats. II two vessels could run the gauntlet Of
two Formidable forts on the lower Mississippi
and entire miles Of batteries on its banks, surely
1t would he madness to place any reliance upon
similar aud we have no doubt, inferior detences
on the James.
The Richmond DISPATCH Of the 9TH says :
II has been deemed advisable, In case a necessity
should arise for the destruction Of the manuiac-
turcd tobacco now stored IN this city, that IL
should all lie gathered together in certain pre-
scribel warehouses, 30 that its destruction might
certainly lie assured il We are ever so unluckv rs
to have visit from the Yankee vandals. When
this course was determined on, all owners were
notified that they could remove their tobacco
from the city. hut would not I've permitted to
spread it about in small lots for the purpose Of
returning 1t here and cvading the order respecting
IT. Yesterday Assistant Provost Marshal Alex
aud.r caused lot ii it to be seized which was
l,ing distributed in the wrong way.
| A letter from Mcmphis to the Richmond Dis
rArCu says Memyhis is IN a state ofpunic.
Er,ry Lyt1 man. ubo ran 10 so consistently nth
| h,s Jcrwnai interests Is tearing The c,ty and H.
t'vp rih him Ii. goois and chdtt,L. The enemy
ar, cfpe,'d ,~ifhin f0ur or IRE days Cont.dr-
dt money /, u~i,ss, and Leing retS,ed BY scores
! Many merchant, have closed their stores rather
than accept 1t in exchange for their good. The
| Tennessee money commands premium Of from
| iiite, u To- twenty per cent. Sugar has advanced
| two and half per cent. This state " affairs i;
Of course due solely to the fact that as soon u,
| the Fcierals arrive, southern funds will lie com
parativcy yaluclcss, while State bills will pas,
here, Il. nj Nashville, with the same facility N
United States Treasury Notes.