, 1862-05-17
FROM THE SOUTH.
ALL D PENDS ON RICHMOND.
Lose the Capital a:d Lose All.
Comments Upon New Orleans.
Rebel Officers Charged with
GOHarGiice,

Rebel Officers Charged with
COWzarG1ice.
IFtom the Richmond Examiner, Maya1
The battles in the peninsula, which may
be now considered as Joined, are the most
important events that have trApspired since
the settlement of America
;, II we are successful, and retain Richmond,
there will be foreign Intervention and peace
without the possibility Of disappointment,
before the month Of June. If We are defeat
cd and lose Richmond the Confederacy is
launched on q wide, troubled and uncertain
sea OF accident.
Eoreign governments can delay action now
only on the ground of great Federal SUCCESS.
Seward is st the end of his promises. It the
United States fails to take the capital of this
country on the present trial, aud immediately,
the game is up. Already it is declared ID
New York that the Southern Contederacy has
Ecen recognized by France This news NAV
not be true, but it is the shadow of the COM
ing cyent-the event that stands at the door.
But il Richmond is taken the United States
can again plead for and again get delay. The
fall Of the capital and the fight Of the govern
mtnt would be . striking evidence OF power.
They would declare that before midsummer
they would subdue the remnant Of tue South !:
they would be believed Alt the world would
turn deaf ear to our arguments, md shut
their eyes on painful struggle which they
would regard as certain to arrive at traglcal
conclusion: The success OF the South would
1Mn tc difficult, and to be attained By desptr-
ate means only.
All depends on the preservation of this ctty,
Which depends in tnrn on the obstinacy and
persistence of the fighting in the Pcuin5ull.
Nothing should he allo1cd.to justify az eyac-
ustio1l Of Richmond. If beaten in one battle
a1.o: her should hc begun, d, spite all tho rules
Of West Point and practice OF the present war.
No expense Ct life, uo danger Of destruction
should enter into The calculation No effort
should bc spared to inspiris the troops, to en-
courage and hold them up, to rive. Their de-
termination not to quit the ground between
York River and Richmond. Let US hone that
President Davis and the Generals will be cqual
to this great crisis. Let them show them
SELVES in person to the troops, sharc their toll,
fire their hearts and lead them to victory.
THE VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE WANT TO GO
HONE.
fFrom the Richmond Examiner, May8.1
Mr. Voolfolk offered the following:
RSsoived, By the General Assembly OF the State
Of Virginia, that the constitution proposed by tbs
late convention having been rejected and the
Congress OF the toltcGerate StateH having passed
the ,consetiption set, therefore, III our opinion
tAere exists no longer necessity that the General
Assembly sho11d extend It's extra session, then il
will adjourn sine die on Saturday next, the 10th
Instant.
DEPRECIATION OF CONFEDERATE sH1sp1As
TIERS.
[From the Richmond Examiner, May ST
At tho last meeting of the City Council Mr.,
James i. Scott proposed an ordinance instruct
ing the City Chamberlain to limit the numbe1
q notes to be paid ut one time to one person.
Mr. Thomas hynne advocated the pa5sare o1
this ordinance, bnt the other members, with.
out exception, voted against it, and it was
consequently lost. The wisdom Of that ordi.
nance is now manifest to the most stupid O,
City Fathers; and, in its absence, an abuse oi
:; grieyous character is being perpctratcd on
our citizens. The Jews and other money
grubbcrs throng the Chamberlain's Office daily,
! converting every Confederate note they can
get hold Of irto>city notes for the purpose o1
hoarding then, against the arrival Of the Yam.
KEGS, whom they certainly expect It is said
tLc same fellows apply for these notes every
| day. II something is not done to put check
OIL this abnsc, ono Of the great objects pro
posed by the issue, the affordiug of citizens 8
good and convenient circulating medium, will
oe utterly defeated. In three months the
Jews and m'scrs Will have every city note il
their strong boxes.
a SHORT BCT SUGGESTIVE ITEM.
From the Richmond Examiner, May 81
DIDN'T ARRIvE-A great number Of peo
pie went down in the direction Of Rockets
yesterday to see the nine hundred Yankees
arrive who we're reported to lave been take1
jn the engagement ut williamsburg on Mon
day. Tue prisoners did not arrive.
SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA
lFrom the Lynchburg Yirginian, May 81
Ne have some very discouraging rumon
again from Southwestern Virginia. The enc
my Is said to be advancing rapidly and in fore,
OH Dublin and WytGeyi1c We think thest
Tunors exasga rated, and We advise the peo
Die not to h.A a1arr,cf r. ia f1.a
pose, however, Of The enemy to cut to piece:
our railroad, and destroy our sources of arm,
supplies if he clu. Our government mus
prevent it at all hazards, and it ought at ouct
TO reinstatc General Floyd to the command il
that quarter.
The P.'sfmas'cf of Wytheyi1lc endorses OF
Lis post bill to this city that the enemy is 1,20
stto, at G'1cs Cuntt House. This We suppos'
! ,s Lis strength in That quarter. We cannot be
lleve the rnihoTS that thtre arc from tn to fiji
teen thousand in Western Virginia.
REBEL VERSION OF THE DEATH OF ROBERT E
SCOTT.
[Fro1n the Richmond Dispatch Mays.7
It seems that 4 band of maraudcrs who hai
deserted from the Federal army, were pillaetus
| and committing every species OF Outrage Gpoi
the cltizcns OF the country, when Mr Scut
and ethcrs complained to the Yankee office
in command who took no notice of the state
ment OF these gentlemen, and Instituted III
measures TO PUNISH 1hG thieves. AS a1ast rl
! sort, Mr.. S., with 4 number Of his neiyhbors
! organize 4 baud for The protection Of thei
! htn:es from the assaults and annoyances O
| these unscrurulous barbarians. On Saturda,
| an engagement occurred between the two par
| tics, Which resulted in the killing of Mr. Scot
| and another citizen named Mathews
| COMMENTS UPON TIE FALL OF NEW
t. ORLEANS.
| lFrom the Charleston Mercury, May ST
The defense ofNeW Orleans rested upou twt
| fcrts, Jackson and st. Philip, few intcrio
| batteries above the forts, and fleet Of tweut,
boats, the strongest Of which were the McRa.
! carrying ecyen 1hirty-two Founders and on,
! nine-inch gun} and the Manassas ram. Tn,
Louisiana, carrying eight large guns, was :
complete failure. She had to be fowed 1owr
the liver and used as battery, for the two
| large wheels working In the middle of tht
| boat interttrcd with each other and rendered.
| her unmnnageable- She was an oak hulk rooted
| with iron.
Three OF the enemy $ boats were said to have
passed without the knowledge Of the forts
t The river is about mile wide, and covered
| with heavy fog at night. The naval engage
! ment extended for some miles up the + iri,1,
Exchanges Of broadkides and collisions ycrf
continuous, until hut one Of the Confederate
boats, steam hulk, with but one gun, re-
turned 10 the city, and was burned and turned
| ndr7ft.
| a Galveston steamer sunk one Of the best
| OF the iarkee gunboats after running into
| her three times. She WAS soou sunk herself
| The Mclsae vas seen g:allant1y exchanging