New-York daily tribune., 1862-05-02
South Carolina Troops Going to Corinth.
THE EXPENSES OF THE wAA.
The Issue of $25,000,00o sma1
Notes Recommended.
WasRISeTos. Thursday, May J. ieoA
or Ngw-oRI RANS-REBEL COkSok

saffron majesty tie yellow fever, will soon wavo bts
acc pter over the aosptals ia which the raw, unnured
NorLerners will be to him like dry straw TO the
aames." II also 6nds food for joy in the fact thaS
siaior-Gen Lovell's fine army can now JOIN Bcau-
ret1rd in q march across the Ohio as soon as tnas
river tho Tennessee, and the Cumberland become
too shallow for gunboats. II urges that johnson
shall make similar adyance on the east The 1T
lo1,fa Iateliigencer rays:
"Ths elegr .ph advises us that the enemy is proea
ABLY in possession OF the Crescent CITY, having
nassed Fort Jacksnu. 1t gems, from the eDemye
r. hid approach to tho city, bot feeble defense Wa
made on The river fron that point TO the city. We
had locked for different result. lime and agaiA
we bad been vised that the ei.en.ys approach =
scn. would be ho,ly contested; that even stronecs
works OF defense than Fort Jackson had boen
erected, that heavier artillery mas planted on the
batteries upon the banks OF the river, thSs
obsttuctions of most formidable character
we're on the river, and that success
Gl resistance TO its capture would be made.
Ia this, it Eppesrs, Rave been deluded, az IN
every other whore fort has been sssaiied upon
which reliance was PVT for The oetense oi Town o.
city, Modorn Inventions it seems, render fofts use-
~ for dcfrn,e. lIoU-clad gnnboas cestroy OF pass
them by with certainty Memphis, we apprehends
wi share the fate Of New-Orleans. To de,noe QUO
selves WITH any other hole IL spQw 4 lcuy. " Yasns
srd must prsraIe for ms Norst--tlst "orst IL tho
occupation ot most Of our oitics, with water ap'
,'voarbss by tbe enemy. A souod policy woaid die
tate what patro'isia ard eoifpreeeryntion demand.
the destruction of every species of property tbae
would benefit he enemy, ere they get possession Of
auy ctv and the removal theIs from Of everything
Of value to ourselves. Let ncthing lail lpto tneu
hauds Of yaluo to theu-saye all we can OF vr1ne A
up. Charleston Savannah, and Memphis are now
Immediately threatened
REBEL LOSSES At SHILOH.
According to the Rebel official reports, Dreokin-
ridges Brigade consisting Of tle-3d 18th, 9Th, and
9Th Kentucky and three batteries, lost in the battle
Of Shiloh 7O5 men, and the 18th Alabama, number.
ing 800 men lost: killed, 10; wounded 90 miss
ing ~.
SCARCITY or FORAGE Ar CoRINTif.
| The Corinth correspondent Of The tfemptIs AT.
gus says:
An order has recently been issued by Con
Beauregard 10 dismount seyersl thousand cavalry
the men TO DO transferred TO infantry SERVICE Inn
will have the eject Of largely iuc easing the efiee-
tive force OF The army, and becomes necessary from
the great scarcity OF forage the large surplus o.
cavalry, and tue pressing need OF horses or artillery
service. Our cavalry ia this section Of country are
slmost uselcss, and employed TO advantage only
IS scous and on picket duty. OF the 600 cavalry
at Shiloh ON the 9th and 7th instant, but three
charges were made by them, and these only BY
bodies Of 800 TO 500 each"
| The DEATH OF MRS. LlNCOIN's BROTHER.
Mrs. Lincoln's brother, Samuel d. Todd, whose
death has been telegraphed, was, according to The
~ q. Delta, private in the Crescent Regiment.
REBEL REPORTS OF OUR LOSSES.
| The Norfolk Day-Bo speaks Of a current report
that Gen. Reno was killed, and Col. Hawkins
wounded in the recent fight a, South Mills.
PROMOTIONS IN THE REBEL ARMY.
JEFF. Davis has made Braxton Bragg General, aud
Gems. Chea,ham, Hindmsn, and Breckinridge Ma
ior Generals. In ist Of Brigadier-Generals, nos
Of whom were never heard Of before, occurs the
name OF WIN. Preston.
RAILROAD ACCIDENT IN REBELLION.
A telegram dated Mobile, April 26 10 The Peters
burg Eapress, Gays:
The up train on the oJh from Mobile for Corinth,
ran off tie track STEW miles above Enterprise, kill.
ing six persons, among them FIVE soldiers Of the 18th
South Carohns Regiment, Col. Lythgoe, end wound
ing about 20.
This shows whittier South Carolina il sepding hes
regiments.
THE DEBATE ON THE CoSFIsCArIoS BILL.
Tne speech of Senator Morrill, to-day search.
ing crticism of the speeches contrasted with the
bills concerning confscaop, Of Senators Cowpn and
Collamer. Some singular aud radical discrepancies
between the two were shown, and the conclusion
was drawn that the sweeping bills which tbese gen
temen had introduced, framed Il it would
be- impossible ever to carry them into effect. Senator
Howe followed with remarks from which bis hearers
found il difficult 70 deduSe his probable course.
Senator Wilson's speech We. directed TO the points
that, as Slavery caused, it should by abolished By.
the war.
COMBINATIONS.
la executive session tho Senate confirmed, upon
Il recommendation OF den. Halleck, Gen. W. I.
Sherman as Major-Genersl. Gen. Carter, now
watching Cumberland Gap, Was confirmed as
Bdgader General.
The Senate also confirmed the following nomins-
tions;
Charles l.. I.aLIop TO be Collector OF Customs loS
the District of New-Orlcans. La. This gentleman
formerly resided in New-0rlesns, but lett there On
the breaking out OF the rebellion.
Artemas Chapel of Nebraska, and j. rheooore
Heard of Massachusetts, Brigade-swgeons'
CHARLES N. Proyost and Cyrus ). Hsldemsn, both
of Penusylyan and Marcellus v 6. Strong OK
New-York. Assistant Adjatsnt Generals, with rank
Of Captain.
T. - Willard OF the District OF Columbia, Com-
missuy OF Subsistence.
ENTHUSIASM IN ILLINOIS.
| An Illinois Congressman who has recently re-
turned from home, says that although theie ~
nonuiuI in almost every household, the enihusiasn
of the poople for the war was never more ierVen'-
Fifty additional regiments could easily be raisea ia
the State. ,,
/ WHY SHE WANTS 10 BE FREE.
A black woman came to the Emancipation Com
missoners, 30 are holding daily sessions at toe C"y