Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-05-02

IL Late Southern papers, With great upanim-
ity, admit that II defeated In the approaching en-.
gagements on the Yorktown, Va, peninsula, and
near Corinth, Miss, nothing will be left to them
but attempt to resort to guerilla warfate, which
they profess to be ready 10 prosecute ''until the
last Southern arm is parslyfei.n
IL 1t Is rumored at Fortress Monroe that
twenty-five men Of the 5th Maryland Regiment,
stationed at Newport News, had deserted and
gone over to the enemy. The 5th was raised In
Baltimore and adjacent counties, as State guard,
but were sent away with their own consent. The
rumor is not generally credited
GENERAL PRIcB-The Memphis Appeal Of the
18th contains the address Of General Sterling Price
TO his troops, on resfgning his command, as also
the letter Of Adjutant General Hough, accepting
the resignation. Houghs letter is dated Des Arc,
Arkansas, April 9Th, and Prices address: Des
Arc, April 9th. -.a....- ... =,
IL John Bright has written letter to James
Forsyth, Of Troy, in which he states that his own
clear opinion Is that an overwhelming majority
Of the English people would rejoice greatly at
the complete success Of our Government and the
restoration Of the Union.
IL The Queen OF Holland Is visiting the
French Court 10 arrange a marriage between her
Holland, and the Princess Anna Murat. So the
daugh hter Of the Napoleon made King Of Naples
will in time be Queen cf Holland.
IL The debt Of Mexico to the Allied Powers
is stated in round numbers as follows: To Eng
land SIS 600 coo; to Spain $40 900 600; to France
IS 90, 600 And yet France refuses to be satisfied
with an arrangement satisfactory to both Eng land
and Spain. - -....s
PAID The 81. Lonis Evening News learns that
the loan Of the Exchange Bank Of ST. Louis. of
$3.50 900, made to Fremont last summer has after
much delay and trouble, caused by General FIRE.
mont'S want Of authority to negotiate such loan.
been finally paid.
IL Rogers sweetly sings
The soul Of music slumbers In the shell, - &c
Wonder IL the rebels at New Orleans thought
so while those 5000 were played" on their
batteries? At all events they'll allow that music
didn't slumber In thas lot Of shells
PREcocIoUs CRIME In the Burlington County
Court, v J., "a little girl named Shaffer Indicted
for an attempt to poison Elizabeth and Anna
Bunting, plead guilty and was sentenced TO ten
years imprisonment in the State Prison.
UJames Early, aged about 60 years, who
has for the last thirty years been a resident of
Martinsburg, Va, committed suicide, by hang
Ing, on Monday, the 2S:h ult No cause 10 as
sig ned for the rash act.
IL The first shipment Of cotton from Arkansas,
since the war, was made from Osceola, on the 2lst
New York, and consisted Of thirty seven bales
Eighty more were ready to be sent forward
FA letter was recently received at the Chica-
90 Post Once saturated with blood. IL was found
In the pocket Of Captain Ferris, 18th Illinois reg
tment, who was MORALLY wounded In the battle
OF Savannah, on the 9Th.
D-It is a singular fact that the msIority OF
children born in war time are boys. A Roman
Catholic clergyman Of BROOKLYN, N. Y, has bap-
tIzed, within short time, IS children, 81 Of
whom are boys.
III The steamer Commodore Perry was lately
seized by u 3. officials at Wheeling, Va, for
running Into the government steamer Eunice a
few days since. She will be held until she gives
security for damage done the EuaIce.
~ Edmond J. Ellis Of the Boone County
me Standard, has been ordered TO leave Mis-
souri,, and his fce 10 coDf.cated for giving "aid
and comfort TO the enemies Of the United States u
IL The English trads with America fell of
last year, to the amount Of ee5 0c0 co., In conse
Quence Of the secession war That 10 what she has
to pay for sYmpathizlng with rebellion.
IE- B. Gratz Brown, well known Western
politician, has written a letter avowing himself
On agitator, and opposing eypatriation as a con.
diiion precedent TO emancipation
~ Colonel Morse Cooper, one Of the few sur.
viving heroes Of Waterloo, has recently died in
England. He was wounded al Bayonne and
w aterloo. -
ID The new steam sIoop- Of war Sacramento
was launched from fhe Portsmouth Navy Yard
on Monday. Thousands witnessed the ceremo.
nies. rrra
III The Path New York Regiment recently
marched 81 miles. In IL hours This indicates
great enduIasce, and 10 quite up to the most cele
brated marches In history. ....-
yID- Mrs. Windbam, the notorious heroine Of
the celebrated Windham lunaey case, is at BARGE.
Iona, "freq uenting the opera there, brilliant with
IL The 18th annual meeting Of the American
Baptist Missionary Union will be held in Provi.
dence, r l., May a.. g.. s..rsvE 81. - =
ID The Bellows Falls, VT, Argus estimates
the damage In that Vicinity by the late fre.het al
s50OOO. - =,
IL II Is rumored that the frigate Maced oman,
plated. -.fe. r. =. 60 -
III Thomas Copenhaver, OF Martinsburg, Va,
was run over by the cars on Monday. the 23th
uit and had his leg, just above the aat ,eut or
-lp- Altered 81 note, Of the MechanicJ Bank
OF Philadelphia are In circulation. ~.
W fnfthe London exhibition Bibles will he
exhibited In 100 odiferentlanguages =
IL Three hundred bales Of cotton arrived nj
Cincinnati afew days since, from Nashville.