Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-06-10
rmE WAR NEws IN ENGLAND
Y'Ar Er9erahon or I'sykior".

:, | new Orleans. The Confederate army evaCuate
" Yorktown en- the 4!h Of May, abandoning
a number of its guns, together with its stores an
ammunition, and Ietreated to Williamsburg
few miles up the peninsula. Here they seem I
purpose making stand. and Gen. Nicola
anticipates al obstinate contest.
, The object OF this change of tactics we ca
: only guess from the subsequent operations. o
the morning Of thr Ssh instant the COnfe6cratef
who appear to Lave Leen reinforced made
Il rcs attack On the advancing Fedcrsls, and
ssnguiuary combat took place, the result Q
which, according to the Federal dispatch, wa
that Gen. Hancock succeeded in turning the lef
wing of the CJnfederates' line Of works, aut
feTcsd them to abandon their position during tbt
night, thus giving the FedeTals possession o
Williamsburg, which they entered on the 9TH
very large number Of Confederate prisoners
was also taken, and he battle appears to have
been ole of the mort important in which the ar
mics Of the Potomac have yet been engaged
There is, therefore, no reason to suppose that
the southern generals have abandoned the idea
Of continuing The struggle and, as General
! Mcclellan expresses i, disputng every step to
/ Richmond" Gne news Of the ial of New Or
leans, aud Of ihs serious danger Of Gen. Beau
rega.d, must lave lad i.s due effect upon them.
! TIE chance of the Federal army not only taking
complete possession Of Tennessee, but driving
BsauregaId into the widest regions Of Alaba-
ma aud Georgia, must have Leel present to the
! mind OF every Confederate general for days be-
! fore the retreat from Yorktown. But, as far as
we can see the mOvemen! was uncOnnected with
/ any military events, except those occurring IN
mediatey 10 ihe neighbOThoOd
The CunfedcIa:es abandoned Yorktown, doubt
less, because the superiority OF the FcdeTals in
gunboa.s and iron clad vesssls made il unlikely
that even the MeTTimAe and her isters would be
ob' ha 4
coming up the rivers OF each side, and making
their position Et'nsbe, The one iron-thsch1d
vessel, the AeHimsc, ID said to have cooled the
courage OF the Federals mere than any other de-
trEse # their enemies, and we may well con-
eeive that as soon rs the Merr;mac was il ured
or oYerma.cl4ed the CoufcGe.ates woul believe
themselves in danger from holding 80 advanced
q position. York river is now in possession OF
The F,dersls. their gunbOrts havirg goue up
simultaneously with the land forces. In spite
Of the MeTimsc, it is probable that the James
river will be soon equally in the hands Of the
invaders, and the Conlederates are therefore w;ss
in retrea;ing 10 place, if they can find any
such on the road to Richmond, where their great
army may be established in some advantageous
position, and enable them 10 defend the capital
oi the Confrderacy until the advancing summer
bids the inv adeTs use. It must be said for the
South, that The capture Of D0nelson made the |
people Cnly more determine in resistance, aud !
that they Ie- rr enlisted in suth massCs and |
made such eIeltions in the cause cf indepen- |
dence as since their first great misfortune. 1t !
remains 10 be en- whether the fall Of New Or |
Jeans viii produce any thing like the ssme ef |
feet. The spirit OF secession must be strong in
deed, II this be the cage, and the people who |
furnish the armies of Yorktown and CoIinth /,
must be mads of serner stuff than the Louis- |
anians, who have suffered the enemy to take |
possession Of New Orleans and Baton Rouge |
without striking bow.
The other warlike movements, though import !
ant, lose their interest in comparison with the |
great cor h;ct which is imminent in Virginia
but there is Ole political event which evidently !
in the opinion of the Federal government, is of |
great moment This is the opening of certain |
5 utheIn ports TO European trade. 1t has been |
officially notified TO foreign ministers that FEEDER |
a. mails, under military supervision, will be al /
lowed 30 pass TO New o lesns and otker places |
lately occupied by the Coniederates. A collec-
tJr hss bsen appointed 10 New Orleans, and prep
sraiiOnS were being made to raise the blockade |
aGd permit limited shipments A later telegram |
says the President had resolved to raise the |
blockade Of New Orleans, Savannah. Nswbern,
Beaufort and Fern II lima. hs object of this pro-
cseding is obvious Since the beginning of the
war, both North and South have had comm N
idea, which has f led the one with anxiety and
ihs other with hope. The Americans have not
b een able to free themselves from the susp ion
that cotton is really king, and that England
would gotO any extremity 10 show her Allegi-
ancs to the sovereign lord of her manufacturers.
The attitude of the French Emperor, and the
mu-nuring Of the French operatives, have also
given the North serious feas We are almost in
justic in saying that the expeditions to various
points Of The Atlantic coast such as Beaufort
HstteTss, and NeWbern, and the occupation OF
these places. without hope of producing the
smallest effect en- the war, have been measures
really prompted by desire to open cotton port,
and thus take away the pIete1t OF European
powers for intervening in The affairs of the war
The capture Of New O.leans makes that easy
which before would have hardly been possible
1t would have been but mockery TO ask Lanca-
shire to send ships to Beaufort for cotton; but
now that the great emporium Of the Mississippi
and the access to millions OF acres OF cotton
growing land are in the power Of the FederA!s
i is their obvious policy to declare the trade with
New OIleaI open, and 10 let the refusal 10 sup
ply cotton for the wants Of Europe, lio Oh the
planters who still assert their allegiance 30 The
Southern RepubE;.
Prom Tie Pest, Nsy Il
The ConirdeTates evscustud Yorktown on tho
; inst aud ones mors gave Mcclellan The 4'ip
4 more glorious termination OF his extensive
might easily be imagined but net
according 10 his view Of matters, more prstcal-
3 us-fIl ons. 1t would, Of course be pre-
to pronounce at this instance, and
his generslship; bat the fact that the Confed-
rates once more gained the start # him,
although tkcir evacuation occupied them two
lays does not say much for il. The general,
lowever is evidently man TO whom it is an
intense cor 'lation to have done what is right,
md to have Ide no military mistake lie is
,ssentiallT q very safe man. IL not a very bril-
liant one; and, after surveying the foIlif -a:iJns
u the enemy, he wrote with hearty satisfaction
10 the War Il patment, that his whole course
was tst.fed by the result, that the success
gained wss brilliant, and that its fleet would
certainly be Of the greatest importance What
ever may be said cf tt brilliancy ,f an achieve
nent which hft the sword Of the young Ma
Doleon unAe,hed, and which added another to
he &. Of his failures to get good blow at the
n'my, there is no reason to question his hopeful
s)rclusion as to the ptobRble rcsul, OF il.
Thess operations being in the direction of
I ehmond, and the capital being a very short
distance removed, the result to the power Of tie
South must be exceedingly serious and embsr-
-sssing The strength Of Yorktown was yzunt.
ID in tho most unreserved terms. 1t was called
4 second Sebastopol, and Gen. hcClellan's sx-
did not in th instance discoyeF that
The defenses were shams. Williamsburg. again.
was much talked Of; aud even last night Sben
only the frs. part Of the swift Persia's telegram
had been received, it was suggested that tho re-
treat upon that place was piece Of strategy il.
tendcd to draw Mcclellan after thorouVhiT fir.
ing his men out by frutless labors at YorktoTn.
to that place. We were told that Leo had long
been extensively foitfying it, and that as it was
placed beyond reach Of gunboats from either ci
The two Heighborlng rivers, q H. Mcclellan
would be completely foiled. Bat the la.er tell.
gram brought word that Williamsburg too had
fallen. We may, therefore, without lea Of rx-
ageration, assume that the excavations, tAouoh
eieveily accomplished, give very important a.
vantages 10 the great army whose real bnsincs,
il is to reduce the capital OF The new Confederarv
and to re tore the "Ol3 D eminion to the old Fed.
erstion.
ALL INTERVENTION STOPPED