The Portland daily press., 1862-06-24

at FaiJar- Gen. Butler Serenaded-His
Determination TO pindicdfe u. s. -fufhorify
Spanish Consul Making Troubie-Butier
Orders Guerilids Courfmarfiaied and Shot
-Dfenker Remored-7he Rebel Bragg in
Command at Corfnfh-Baftie near Charles
ton--Rebeis attack Gen. Hookev's Dirision.
New York. June %.
The Worlds Washington dispatch says an
important rumor rs in circulation to-day, to the
the charge Of the War Department, and that
Major General Banks will take the place vacated
by him.
The Tribnne's despatch says that Colonel c.
C. Washburn. in command OF four regiments of
cavalry, left Springfield, ILL.,. week ago, to re-
lieve General Curtis, IN Ark.
grand convalescent camp has been estab-
lished at Fairfax Seminary Va, to hold 1000
convalescent patients ftom the Washington hos
pitals.
General Butler was serenaded on the i4th inst
He made a speech, in which he declared that his
feelings towards the South were friendly and
fraternal, but Mt the same time, he was resolved
as matter Of duty inexorably imposed upon
him, to cirry out the laws of the United States
under all circumstances.
In the suit against the bank Of Louisiana, by
depositor OF confederate notes named Durands,
Judge Bell decided that the bank must pay him
in current funds. Gen. Butler sustained the de-
cision. e8E es8G oEf 1aa Fft
The Spanish Vice Consul refused to clear bill
of health to steamer Roanoke, consequently she
did mot stop mt Havana. The refusal was in con-
sequence OF the Spanish steamer Cardenas being
obliged to stop at quarantine, as appeared in
the correspondence on the subject. Gen. Butler
has referred the matter TO the State Department.
There have been no rebel forces near Baton
Rouge, except 200 guerrillas scattered between
that city and Clinton. Gen. Williams sent Col
Mcmillan of the 2lst Indiana regiment with a
guard to seize some property As they were up
on the road they were fired upon by two guer-
rillas, and Col. Mcmillan was slightly wounded
with buck shot. The guard fired upon the ras-
calls and killed one and captnred the other. Gen.
Williams wrote to Gen. Butler for instructions.
The General answered as follows:
HEAD QUARTERS, DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF,
New Orleans, June ~, 1862.
GENERAL You ask what shall be done with
guerrlasl They should be captured, tried at
the drumhead by military commission, and shot,
every man !; their houses burnt, their property
destroyed, and every means taken to show them
that they are enemies of the human race not
soldiers. but murderers and land pirates. There
is only one way in which you can err towards
them, and that is by a want Of severity:
BY order of Gen. Butler.
A letter in the Tribune says Gen. Blcnker has
been removed by Gen. Fremont for insolence and
Gen. Carl Schurz appointed in his place.
CoRISTH, June %.
1t is positively ascertained that Beauregard
has turned his command over to Bragg. On the
15te he left for Montgomery, where he arrived
on the 27th, accompanied only by his personal
staff, and left for Richmond.
Two reports have been received here, one that
he goes to take command, the other that he goes
to explain the evacuation of Corinth. The lat
ter report is considered the most probable, as il
has been known for some time that Beauregard
and Davis anita aOOnistic terms
FORTRESS MONROE, June %.
The Metamoro arrived from City Point last
night Richmond papers of the 2lst contain
brief accounts of bloody battle ON Monday
last between five federal regiments and battery
of parrot guns and parts Of four confederate
regiments and battery. The battle lasted al
day, with heavy loss on both sides. Charleston
Mercury feared the battle would be renewed next
day, and expressed apprehensons for the safety
of the city in consequence of the great exhaus-
tion Of the Southern troops and the loss Of many
| officers q
Gems Evans and Pemberton complmented the
| troops on their bravery in standing under the
sqield Of our gunboats and batteries. The fgh,
was within four miles of Charleston, and from
an editorial in the Mercury I should think th,
rebels had been cut of from retreat from Jame'
Islands by our gunboats. If this is so Charles
ton must fall.
LOUISVILLE, June %.
Steamer Adelaide brought down the wives o
Senators Wilkinson and Harlan, who have pro
ceeded to the White House to visit the arm!
hospitals and minister to the sick and wounded
Yesterday the rebels opened upon Gen. Hooker
advance with shell, but did no serious damage
Gen Hooker answered from our principal new
batteries which have just been completed, th
shells of which were seen to burst among tn
rebel attacking party by persons in one of PROT
| loves balloons causing the rebel artlerymel
to retire. Our men are represented as asenthusias
tic in view of the pruspect Of great and deci
sive buttlc..