New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-05-28
NEWS OF THE DAY.
THE WAR.

-(Yep. Mcclellan 'ne
Court House. eighteen miles north OF h'."
the railroad from Richmond to FredericKsouig No
particulars are given beyond the statement 'na' o'
Ioss ia said to be small, and that OF the heoeis
considerable. This ought to cut OIL all railroad
accommodation between the Rebel army at Rich-
,rord If indeed there be an army there) and the
forces of Ewell and jackson IN the shenandoah
Vo,lev If So the pursuers of Gen. Banks must
look barp and travel the back track quickly or their
escape will be impossible.
AT the various armories of our city militia regi-
mep,s Yesterday, all was business. Companies were
filed up, and hundreds of volunteers declined. The
Fifth, Sixth Eighth, Twelfth, Thirteenth, Nineteenth
Twenty-second, Twenty.eighth, Thirty.seventh,
Forty-seventh, Sixty.ninth and Seventy-first Reg-
ments are all under orders to prepare for marching
Last evening special order was issued, lnstructlng
all commandments Of Regiments under marching Or
ders to report their rolls for muster at the Military
Headquarters, No. 81 Walker street. Immediately.
The Constitution of the United States has again
been fractured and our Southern brethren insulted
by certain black chattel This law-defying negro
carried load of Gen. Banks's men to Winchester
but it NAV be consoling to some people TO know that
the chivalry, under Ewell, paused in their work OF
killing helpless sick and wounded Yankees long
enough to shoot and capture the black fellow.
From sick and wounded men escaped from Stras-
burg, we learn some interesting facts worth putting
on record They say that the Rebels deliberately
attacked our sick train, firing into the ambulances
and upon the faintiug by the way-side, killing
in cold blood men incapable of making resistance.
Ito Gof, ,risb loci
"A letter from Union prisoner at Richmond, dated
the fret days of May describes with graphic force the
terrible barbarites inflicted upon our men now in
Rebel hands. A Felee cannibal would blush to have
such charges made Of his behavior toward his human
food.
Our first account yesterday from Gen. Banks
command indicated that the Rebels were retreatnl
toward Winchester. All was quiet at Martnsbu'j
and Willismsport.
The rumor that the 18Th New-York Regimen
(under Gen. Banks had been cut to pieces, wa in
correct The regiment has not been in action al all
and is now in good order.
Gen. Siccl reached Washington yesterday, ant
met warm welcome from the President Rumol
has that he is to have a command with, or near,
Mcdowell.
We have heard once more of the Navy Of the
Confederate States of America. 1t consists OF a
steamer of eight guns, and is on piratica expedi-
ton in the Chinese
Washington loyal men and papers say that their
city is not, and has not been, in danger from the
Rebels that the great that troubled the North
was not shared in by the Capital.
The Baltimore Rebels were more civil yesterday.
strong police force, well distributed through the
city, kept the traitors in check.
The 10th Maine Regiment reports fifty men
missing, upon taking count after crossing the
Potomac at Wiiamsport. All the officers were safe.
The Thirty-secoad Massachusetts Regiment ar
rived at jersey City yesterday, and proceeded
toward Washington by the Jersey Railroad.
Up to O'Clock this morning there had been no
news sent us from Washington from Gen. Banks or
from Gen. Halleck's Department.
Gov. Curtin of Pennsylvania has counter
manded the order TO enlist three.months volunteers,
the occasion for their services having passed.