New-York daily tribune., 1862-05-05

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Sailipc through niles Of the heaviest artillc ~ it
does not appear that much as a single shot WIS
fired at these TWO little steamers. On the contrary
everything scems to have been prepared beforehand
for their quiet rece ption. The troops were imDed
ately withdrawn iest they might feel disposed to de-
mur, ell the defenses on the lake were dsDaniled,
the gums were thrown down without teing injured,
tie steamers, whicn could have gotten up steam III
an hour and been of, were burned and Ae defenders
were drawn Otto distant point.
Never SINCE the world began was there snch
trausacticn-so dark, 80 mysterious, 80 altogether
unaccouuable.
TIE telegraph, TINS far. gives a very confused ac
count of this NEST mysteri0us aud most deplorabo
affair. Terrible suspieions aoai, but we hold II
beet not 10 give voice them 10 until something more
definite shall have reached us
AFFAIRS AT RICHMOND.
NORFOLK AND RICHMOND MUST BE DEPENDED
JEFF. DAVIS SAYS HE WILL NEVER SURRENDER.
'''''' '"''''' | RicnuowD, Aail 81, 1869.
The News from Newt Orleans, confirming the fall
of that city, has been read here with sorow, butt we
are not dsprited and do not doubt our final success
Norfolk and Richmond must be defended At ali
hazards and it is high time your forces should he
more than doubled. Your city and the Navy Yard
are OF equal importance with Richmond. Not only
IL Norfolk aud tie Navy Yard Of inestimabie value
US but the county oi Princess Anne Is lhdspen''-
bic IN THIS crlsls.
Tie delegation from South Carolina aud Georgia
waited on tie President before Congress adjourned,
and urged him 10 withdraw the troops from those
States and at all hazards defend Norfolk and Rich
mUud ana / think they are coming Indeed, you
would have thought so II yOl had sceD as Gid, on
Wednesday last, the South Carolina regiment from
Sullivans Island 800 strong, pass Chester, twelve
miles from Richmond, and heard cheer after cheer
Iesonnd through the forest for Old Niiginla--she
must and shall he freel' / conyeIsed with South
Carolina officer the same trip. who said that Sa.
vanuah may be surrendered, and Charleston, too
but Richmond never. He sand, defend Richmond
anO Norfolk cost what II may
Iou have noticed in the papers short account OF
President Dayiss speeeh. lately made at Rockets
10 the soldiers passing to Yorktown. Ii was the
test short speech ever heard him make. lie .said,
10 FAR as lie was concerned, he would continue this
war for twenty years. rather than inch OF Nir-
,uis sod shonld be surrendered. SO let us hear no
mere about surrendering Virginia.
FROM SAVANNAH.
4 Savannah correspondent of I1e augusta Con-
Sttat,onditN, writes as follows:
"While FoIt Pulaski has fallen, and while our
river batteries could not stand long against ronclad
gunbOats or batteries on the adjacent Islands, still
TIE force of the Yankees in this vicinity lie not SUI
fcent 10 take Savannah, for land force is too
large to allow an attempted landing to be either
pleasant profitable TO them. Nor can they easily
pass the river to the city, for while they may bave
boats that will be invulnerable TO balls, which is
doubtful We, the distractions III the river, however
easily removed by quiet working party. will be
very hard 10 move under the storm Of shot, shell
ana grape that we can rain upon them from dozen
] places.
! FREDERICK SBURC.
/ The enemy do not, yet, oecrpy the City Of
| Fredericksburg, but are said to DO concentrating
heavy forces in the vicinity TO facilitate their antc
pated march TO Richmond. Some of their soliers
have stolen oil and gone to the city, rollcked around
and returned, without doing any damage. They
rarely escape, however being escorted back under "a
| guard cent especially after them lEnquirer
THE QUESTION OF COTTON.
From The Montgomery (Als fGrerthsr( ADyi2s.
! As the Yankees have succeeded III their purpose Of
making demonstration up the NlssisslpIi River, lt
is at all unlikely that they may before very long
| make a similar attempt on Mobile, with view Of
the capture of that city and the ascent Of the Ma
bama River, and in The event of their success 10
passing the defenses below Mobile, they may venture
far up the Alabama River as 1t s navigable for
We have understood tia, an agent Of the French
Government lis i'll this city, authorized 10 purchase ~
indefinite amount Of cotton.
The defigns are evidently this: The agent Is 10
purchase a large supply Of cotton, and then in ca-e
of threatened Yankee occupation Of the city, he
would hoist the French iiag over II to prevent 1t
from being destroyed by our authorities and the citi-
zens. With Montgomery and the Alabama Rlver IN
| the hands OF the Yankees, and the cotton IN the
hands OF the French agent, it could be Al once chip
ped TO Europe and the necessities OF the mEpuiac-
| tulcrB lleTt IcICNtl, tIlc lhAhttr NNulu HOt VI
course object to such d cute scheme seeing at once,
that with supply of cot ION sufficient 20 meet their
requirements, England ard France wouid lose all
their interest IN the American question: aud Lincoln
would no longer be troubled with feaTs q foreign
] Intervention
II il doubtless r very nice arrangement on the part
Of those VINO wish 70 rflieve themselves from very
disagreeabe dilemma, bot assure the French
aeent and al Others that tie scheme won, work.
The question concerning the protection Of foreign
L II a i.., h. Eax~-
ing authorized Gen. Lowell at NewOrleans, to de-
soy all cotton aud tobacco belonging 70 citizens
foreign resdsntf, Unfortunately where il in
danger OF falling into the LANDS Of the enemy. Ihe
saue course viii be pursued here, and the French
flag OF .nv other will not eaye the cotton from de-
-,ucton in the enemy threatens 10 land at this
point.
THE INIONiSTS DEMAND THE SURRENDER OF
TAMPA, FLORIDA.
From. IAe E,cipgoad EzQB.i1,y
SAVANNAH, April ~, 1862.
Tie post-bin from Tampa, Florida, has the follow
ipp announcement endorsed on IL:
The commander OF the blockading feet, within
two miles Of Tampa. Las cent boat here and or
deled the town 10 surrender or be b0mbarded. Major
Thomas replied:
Cone on then, and take US; / shall not surrender.
REBEL BARBARITrEs ~ EAST TENNESSEE.
IIc kAo1Ciiie KcPistcr of the Doth ult. thus an
no'mccs The arrival there Of number Of pris-
oncrs:
Yesterday afternoon the streets Of Knoxville
had quite o martial appearance. Abont o'clock III
tie afternoon Captain Asbby's command brought III
tie four hundred and tweniythree prisoners cap
iuIed in Campbell County East-Tennessee rene
pades, making their way to Kentucky 10 Join the
cuthroat invaders OF their homes. We have never
seen a more Impressive sOrrowful cavalcade upon
the streets OF Knoxville than was presented by tlesc
cieriallen and delgded men, and the brave capiols
ana guards"
We have tho particulars from officers engaged in
IL L. -. andn Of ~