The New York herald., 1862-02-17
IMPORTANT FROM The SOUTH.

Late News from Richmond-Eneet there
OF the Recent Union victories-Collapse
OF the Southern Confederacy-Dcjection
of .JeE. Davis-Foreisn Aid no Longer
Expected-Tho Limo or the Potomac and
OF the Ohio to he Abandon ed II &c hmond
TO be Defended-Desire OF the Southern
People to Return to the Union, &C.. sc.
OUR BALTIMORE CORRESPONDENCE.
BALTIMORE Feb. Is, 1862
By a arrival yesterday from Norfolk have been put
in possession Of details OF from Richmond up
Feb II. II 10 Of the most important nature, as will
readily be It furnishes abundant confirmation of
tho following facts-Firs that the rebellion is the
point pershng; second that the recent Union vieto
res at Somerset at Fort Henry and at Roanoke Island
wore entirely unexpected in the South third that tho
effects OF these victories will Oe to dispel the Illusion
der which the people Of the South have been aborng
until now fourth that they convinced that it
will become military necessity to abandon both Coum
bus and Bowling Green and 10 give up all hopes Of
trapping kentucky into the Southern confcderacy fifth
that the much vauntod defensive policy OF tha South
which they depended to all the territory south
OF the Ohio river from invasion cannst be relied and
that they unable TO the o1ensive sixth that
they.no longer depend upon the active Intervention OF
fsregn nations in their behalf seeing that the conditions
which ntsrvcntion had been promised longer
exist seventh that owing to the expiration Of the
Of the enlistment Of Of the rsbe regiments
service and the mpossibty Of either inducing them
snhst Of filing their places with recruits there
viii be armies worthy Of the in tho field a;ter
next May eighth that the leaders Of tho rebellion
longer indulge the hope OF being able to make the Ohio
and the Potomac rivers the northern boundaries of their
confsderacy but admit the necessity Of retiring to a
more southern ne susceptible defence than cther
OF those rivers.
]; confidently expected by the military autLor,c'
Richmond that General Bcauresard would have been
able not only to have held Fort Henry but also hold
the whole Of the defensive limo between Bowling Green
and Columbus Tho fact that he has failed to do 70 ha
excited the greatest surprise II known tha, he had
his muand TROOPS enough. and that he did make
such dis sors Of them prevent the capture Fort
Henry has greatly shaken the public estimation TO his
aDtcs general. Gene ~ Albert =. Johns ton aud
Gene s ok also greatly blamed at Echn, pJ for the
No empt made Richmond make li;ht of the
ccnssq which must result from the loss Fort
Henry is acknowledged that it breaks the G nee
ton Columbus and Bjwliug Groon AMI that al
though II neither isoht them then on iom
| saoc0r yet it rondors them both far diGc,t TO
hold esides this IL IL said that opeas the ioray
0. tie I'M nsts the whole valley Of the Tenosseo river
with all It's cag pont treasures Of Tobacco aud cuttcn
Extrao. dlnofy c.ertions, however will he nnaic 10
hold beth Columbus ald Bowling Green and ~ capt or
drive frod Kentutky the Union amy ope aiug be.
fore Fort D,neson To effect these ends large rcniosce.
nents Of troops have been sent TO al those three pcn,s
There no idea whatever at RichmJ JIid before last
Saiday that any attack 90 Roanoke s an could b.
cesscl. Tie strength Of The TO- tincatons the r
Of the troops by whom they woIe d!ended Seemed to
precrdc tho dea that the iormcr could be rcdaced By
EaTnsides ten thousand tempest ssei troops. When
therefore, " became known IN kohnord ou nay AID
Monday sft that oeroke .snd had fallen occssion,d
| uaiyersa gloom aud de,res=fsn.
The Lcai!o from HON this inorniatis1 is derived
has long been in public life. and Is good fudge OF the
cbaraet.r and disposition ,r tito people tue sccth,
having lived among them al bic life. lie has ana
conysrseG with at kichnc Id, during the last munth in
Ioental men from all parls OF the South aud Is repaired
~ say their authority, that there is ut this
vast maerity % the people OF tho south (probaby nve
eghths OF the ~ puatirn. but he puts il high six
glance II they that the old Union could be ~
slored It's original basis, aud that their property Id
be protected under IL. II the southern people could
assured Shat such would be tao they would lay down
their in instant ana joy fully return their al
lee anee the constitution. 1t only their fears
that the aboonist faction Congress will gain the as
cendecy, and will control such legislation a. will take
rway their equal rights members Of the Union that
nov prevent thon rom returning to their allegiance
Should the ne :ccsued for the avowci porpuse of
cmabcipstsg or mBg their slaves, should the repub
lcsa or abortion patty in Congress at.snt to impose
upon them any unjust or unequal conditions the lrico
Of their readmssion the Union the whole %, as one
man, viii h4ht III they are exterminacd before they
will yield. On this point there diererce OF oyni,n
from Norfolk to the Rio Gfaiide.
The efforts that had been made by General Johnston
Genefal BucKner and General iolk To- persuade the so
dicrs enlist had been seconded by Jen Svis ard
General Bcauregrd and bad been NJ ended w,h partial
success. The following eyim MS announced a. hav-
ing reesiisted to serve " the end Ur The war:-ihe
Ninth Mississippi regiment, the Second ami Thirteenth
Arkansas regiments, the Ffb sixth, seventh, Ninth
Twenty.hfs nad Tnry nth Georgia regiments and the
Georgia Logon; the Tenth net Lou voup,oers
the First, second and Third ragvenjb Maryland voIun
teers; the First (or Nneeonth) North Carolina reg
mcnt, and the First regiment South Carolina Artillery.
Othor reg n nis have positively refused TO re enlist u.
less they could first have long furough IN which 10
home aud sec their foliies which vss OF ccurss mad
mssibe. " is unlersiood at Richmond that drafting
will have TO be resoied 10 in order 10 OIL up the
Of the Amy
II was expected at Richmond that orders would 10
Immediately sent 70 the commanders oS the troops
Mepassas and Cenreilo TO abandon the line OF tho 10.
tonac and retire TO fredericksburg with the view OK
copccnt aing the Confederate army of the Potomac for
the immediate defence of Richmond II wa believed
that the next movement of General Brnside'e army
would render this necessary The orders however, had
not yet been ssnt