The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1862-05-20
SOUTHERN NEWS.
The Petersburg (Va.) Express Of the 9th
publishes the following:

publishes the following:
It MOBILE, May s.
Q The advance of Commodore Porters feet
$ consisting Of seven vessels, is off Fort Nor.
K gan; 10 more are off Horn Island moving
It eastward. They are firing occasionally, ap.
parently feeling for masked batteries. Our
r forces are confident of holding the enemy in
e. check.
=. SAVANNAH, May 8.
Tho Republican says the Yankees were re-.
= connoitering the river and coast batteries all
the morning with gunboats. a balloon came
up nearly at the mouth Of Augusta Creek
and then de; ;cended
AUGUSTA, May7
The Mobile Tribune of the 4th has n dis.
patch from Jackson, Mississippi, dated 2d inst.
f The Delta Of Thursday last (May lst) says
business in New Orleans is generally suspend
J ed. Most OF tho Banks are closed. and the
city everywhere presents sad appearance -
The Post Office remains open, guarded by
marines. The telegraph offices are closed and
railroad travel stopped
The mutiny at the Fort was caused by the
false news that the city hal surrendered. The
Delta says that $50 men mutnied and march
ed off to the enemy from the Fort. One com
pany stood firm.
In answer to the foreign consuls, Comman.
der Farragut said he would allow them per.
miss ion to reach the city Oh flatboats and
skiiis, but no steamboats, would be allowed.
NEW YORK, May l3.
The advance Of the iron clad gunboat Ga.
lena up James River. created the utmost con-
sternalion in Petersburg, Virginia. The fact
that she had sienced the rebel batteries at
Days Point and was approaching Petersburg,
caused complete panic there. The Peters
burg Erpress Of the 9th ssys. "There is aru.
NOR that the Yankees were landing force
yesterday at Burwe's Bay or Smtbfield, and
their intention will be doubtless to march
across the county, distance Of some IS or
90 miles, and take possession of Suffolk
The Lynchburg Vrginiaa of May Sth says,
jackson WAS still at Staunton at last accounts.
A .oro,' m.s h,o"oh. L~-~ ~ oaiseI ~c
The 18th Mississip ppi regiment that a detsch.
ment, constituting the ADVANCE corps Of Ew.
ellis army at Swift Run Gap had been driven
in by the enemy, and that battle was i'm
pending. We received intelligence yesterday
to The effect that our troops were falling back
from Greeubrier to Bonsack's Depot, in Ro.
anoke county.
The Atlanta Confederacy Of the 4h says:
"lndca,ious point strongly to battle coming
off at Coruth at an early day, which, for the
magnitude Of the forces engaged, will eclipse
any that ever transpircd in America. Our
! judgment is that the Yankees have nearly
i5O, 900 men. Beauregard is well nigh flank
ed on all sides. He has an immense army,
but not so large rs the enemy. 1t were idle
to conceal the fact that we have some fears
for the result There is such thing as being
utterly overwhelmed with numbers against
which we can provide no remedy.
CINCISNATI, May l3.
The Commercial has the following South
ern news:
The Memphis dvaianche of the 9th SAYS:
"Teleg'aphic news from Richmond is painful.
ly significant. Mcclellan seems to have been
preparing the same fate for Richmond that
Butler and Porter got up for New Orleans"
The dvalanehe of the same date says of af-
fairs in New Orleans: Mayor Monroe and
all the Aldermen have been arrested and on
refusing to take oath were sent to prison -
Great distress prevails 10 the city; food of all
kinds extremely scarce-tlour not to he had
at any price. There is more of the Federal
force yet to be landed and the river is full of
Federal gunbosts, mortars and transports"
The AralQnche says; The Congressional
stampede from Richmond had q very dcpress
ing effect, aud it is believed it foreshadows the
early evacuation Of Virginia. The policy of
evacuating is nea y played out. We have
but precious little more territory to spare
The Memphis Argus says the Confederate
loss at Shiloh was 1000 killed and wounded
The same paper in an article on gunboats,
says: "Thus far, it must be confessed our at
tcmpts with gunbost- on Rivers, have been
disgusting izzle. The people know it, aud
so does the Government.
The correspondent Of the Memphis AUd.
ldneHe says 33 per cent. OF Bishop Polk's ar
my were killed and wounded at Shiloh.
The Avalanche of the 7th says: ave have .
advices from New Orleans up to Saturday at .
IL A. NJ. General Butter has taken the st. {
Charles Hotel for his headquarters. TIE Ev .
ans House, on Poydrss street has been convert.
ed into hospital. Jackson Railroad Depot .
was taken possession Of on Saturday morning.
Federal pickcts have been extonled out as far
as the crossing Of the Jefferson IL Jackson
Railroad.
Four gunbcats and one transport started for
Baton Rouge on Saturday morning. Several
Federal regiments had been landed at New
Orleans.
All the newspapers IN New Orleans are still .
published, though Federal ceusor is placed
over every Office, to examine all matter and
exclude whatever may prove inimical to the
Federal cause. The proclamation Of General
Butler was handed in &C all the offices and ro-
fused When the guard came to the True
Delta office and were refused, they took pos
session and sent for Northern printers, who set
it up and worked i, of in the edition,
Memphis papers of the lth arrived. A
dispatch from Matches states that tho Federal
feet had returned to New Orleans.
The Appeal, commenting upon the growing
disposition on the part Of citizens to refuse
Confederate notes, oharacterises the parties as
trait ors.
The same Journal Gays the only condition
upon which the South will accept peace is
the recognition Of the independence, not only |
OF The Cotton States, but Of every Border
States whose people desire an alliance with
the Confederacy.
The following dispatches are takec from
the Appeal:
Tho Provost Marshall os Memphis ia order.