The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1862-05-14

comfortable quarters.
doubt very much an advance BY the enemy vfIi ~
attempted In this direction for some time Would MOI
be VOL for authorities TO receive valuable lesson from
the i seport nght aud guard against such ridiculous
much importance TO be loss the Conlsdeacy aud
but little outlay aud labor its approaches be deen
force Infinitely smaller than tho invading party
Rebel Preparations for the Defence es
Savannah.
From tho Savannah Republican MAY d.
Tho fate Of New Orleans has infused spirit iass
the hearts Of people They begin TO comprehend Tie
dangers to which the country 10 exposed and -
pluck and provide the means necessary %
meet them successfully. Many OF our most Important
batteries have been strengthened materially IN the Last
two weeks by the introduction into the earthwoks a
powerful resisting substances Past experience though,
proves that thorough and heavy in the chan
be tho main reliance for safety. II ovsrrowered lei
there be no sefcondemnation nothing TO look back u
With regret Hardness At New Orleans lost thsm tue
city.
Hard HIT nj the Rebel Adm n istratao
(From the Norfolk Day Book. May ~
Wa undoubtedly expected from the Queen city OF the
South some gas disDlay Of resistance than has reached
ears. The abandonment and surrender Of the most
approved formulas Of military science but the people 81
the South would have preferred seeing some more reso
In the nighttime however, a. II may have been an in.
event. ~ defer any structures until there shah
a. s u to IL
That the Navy Department did not know oar forts
were un,snabe, and that completed TIE Gv a. g@~boass
sraaty ia RIM. 10 b. destroyed by ne smesay. raises pre-
sumption of gross ncometsncy o. the part Of the seers
tary and those 70 whom the SUBJECTS had been 9ou-
united. ~ Eas s..so..ts t4
aepvide Of Office and the ayycgoacs Ofes oaI ksoss
isge nns have receised mamy h~eiliesng sscs sa'sy
have 50 greatly deceived others BY asserting New Or
leans to be in1pregnabic, will acknowledge their fasr
hy aud lsten 18th respect in future 70 Suggestions Of
Others.
The Season Ia Western virginis.
[from the Parksrsburg Gazette, May 81 So.
Wuoot
look well, very well; but II is now the first week In May,
and tive ground is in such condition that corn oushs
put into tho ground two weeks yet and very
little bs done for most OF the gardens for several
days 70 cone.
War and the Churches.
From tho North Carolina Presbyter
H0CsT0N Texas, April 3d. 1869.
Many churches vacant thor minister's having gone
10 ns Most Of our Sunday chools are disorganzoa.
incorporates and profanity abound and fcafully
The increaseS religion Is At its lowest sbb SuCh thing
as the conversion Of souls seems scarcely to enter mt
the minds eithcr of clergy or laty. May wo not well
morn tho waste places OF Zion thaa over the
temporal oaiamities Of wary
ry Reported 10 bo Among Them.
from the Richmond Examiner, Mnys.l
Aut California judge. have fallen in our cause and ~
hare heard that Ms Judgs himself expected Ase % sr 81
hos contributed not FEW gallant spirits to bs Tor the
south Judge Porter, Of that STATE who left behind him
posien ami property % join th: cause O. the South wss
Gene al Poks stan 10 tho battle Of Shiloh, and re-
eevsd the most gratifying COMPLIMENTS Of the gsnerAa
Tor his conspicuous gsilsntry that memorable day.
81 A Novelty.
From the Petersburg Express, May o.
% stated. with how much truth We are not prepaesA
the psninsuathe former towards Fortress Monroe, ana
tho other in the direction OF williamsburg true, ~
two grea, armies the combined forces Of which nupbis
6earw $4,000 mon, have run away from each otAes.
H''ss = g, w:.s l,al -.-.xxzesAsSa 90:
APriva1eer OF the Coast OF Borass.
sr0 q: sSfS. 9sy aPsE may =,
reported 70 have been fallen ID with BY her nsiSagy1
ship Pioneer on the coast Of rorneo and there asAt
ships ward bound being just in their trsdk by The
Prlawam passage against the northeastern mcEseoa.
Is rS"or = alarming % American vessels W. hsr:
PARTICULARLY unfortunate for them that tho fsderN
government has not single vessel OF any dsscrip-
zion 10 those waters sxcept the Saginaw, aad she
rcit0n and useless.
Anxious for the R@storatisa Of General
Floyd.
From the Petsrsbul Express, Mayol
In tue State Senate on Wednesday lsst Mr.. Andsfseo
e.soivsd, by the General Assembly Of Virginia, TAas,
without intending or designing IN any way 70 interfere
Inander OF tho Confederate States Army, ~
with design to question the propriety q hn Aeteas
", \
in other respects Incompatible with ths puolis tS-
ests. this restoration OF gader General John b. Foya
By s n s: n ns r.,
western Virginia, will conducs r. the best interests q
this Commonwealth and remove the apprshsnsIea d
ss u s
II lies ever under the rules. for one day.
SOuthwesssrw virgtmis.
(From the Lyncbburg vkgnikn. Nay 81
W. have som. very dhcourasMs rumors again ns.
cug rapidly and in force DaeIin end Wythsyls.
We hiuk thcss rrmors exaggerated. and We aAvseShe
~, The T. 70 p.e.s a
troy of army supplies he can. Oar gov
must prevent at all hazards, and ought .
10 einsst General Floyd to the command 10 thas
Ths Postmaster OF wyhsvc endorses on his post bin
20 this city that the enemy Is 100 STRONG o. Gilss CouG
House. This suppose Is hts strength in that quarter
We esuact believe The umors t there are from tsu -
fifteen thousand Yankees in Western Virginia
re bel We rsioa Of tho Death. or Robert n.
.w scott.
From the sichmona Dspaich May 81
II that band Of marauders who bad desertsA
tho federal army we're pilisgins and committing
every species ~ outrage the czsns Of ths country
u hcn Mr. scott and others complained 10 the Yankee
officer command who took notice. Of the ssatsneu<
pr these gentlemen, and instituted no measures 70 pun
III the thieves As last resort Mr. 81 with number
u his s,bors orsanzed band for tina profession Of
their holmes from tho assaults and anneyalces o. shs3e
uuscrupulots barbarians. On Saturday an sngnsemeas
occurred between the two parties Ia ths
killing of Mr. Scott and another c.szsn named Matthews
Foreigners in vfr 1issia.
Al tNs late term Of the Fulton lacorgia) Superior
Court Judge Hull among other matsrs sivsn ia ohsrss
the grand Jury smmsndsd the prosecution Of all
foreign bora citizens who have exercised tho righs OF
citizens hip and low claim exempt from military
vice ia the Confederate upon the ground that they
are subjects Of D. foreign govern0enf. He contendSd
that they guilty Of msdem and Ought to.be
seat N the psn.ten,iary.
Interesting from. Texas.
rHg uSIsN AND PEACE PA&TY INCehAsfH0.
I From IN Springfield Nissouriap, Mag
Two gcntleen, whose names We did not learn, arrke@
here Thursday direct IRON tsss county Tcxss. wheA
they e ON tas 18th nit We lesrn from them that tbsxe "
strong and grow ing Urion sentiment In that state aud
particularly IN the tern 20, ton. where II h said thse
QUE thousa1dtwo hundred eiyeus came Out openly ana
boldly proclaimed themselves for the Union. m rebs
lion i growing very unpopular; and sce inc aea o.