The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1862-05-01


duced in most astonishing way must await full ex-
plantations before expressing harsh Judgment. In the
absence Of All information as TO particulars
willing 10 denounce in unspaiing terms tho conduct Of
tho garrsons in the forts and Of tho commander OF the
city forces IL will be time enough TO do this after hav
Ing been put in possession OF all the facts Meanwhile We
have 10 look the disaster full In tho face and consider u
In its important connections as 10 the future.
Tho blow which has been struck us ID undoubtedly
very severe one but II General LoreA all his army,
munitions and stores safe al the coton toodcco, de-,
9ers destroyed, the coin Of the banks secured, ad everything
else ai 'cold Of rae 10 Tho enemy put out f his redcA,
the boo has tses stripped of han half Of Us terror
We will be undoubtedly subjected 10 and great neon
venences by tho loss Of that city, but It's occupancy BY
the Yankees win be anything else but agreeable ono
now that the yellow fever is al hand, which
for months Will prove fatafto the Northern unaccmated
troops by which IL win have to 10 held They have got
tho elephant, it Is true, but is prizo which will cost
them vastly 10 keep than the animal s worth, his
Saffron Majesty ss'l mako his usual annual visit 10 ths
city aud wave his scspsrs -. hospitals there.
What dry straw 10 to the flames WIN
raw, uninursd Northorners, be 70 the Gulf pes
thence whom IL breaks out amongst thcm. Even one
half OF the old resident population Of the city have here
tofore Aed every higher attudes 10 escape
its ravsges SO, in this point Of view the enemy has
Noty nttlo cause 10 exult over 0S BuCCo69 VIII po
too, in tho midst Of hostile people, who win not TRADE
with him, and his acquisition will be 40 valuoless IN
commercial az in sanitary sense.
But thore il another aspect Of the matter sin
cheering TO the Confsderatss The large and fine army
w1ch assigned for the defence Of Ns'o Orleans
noto BE- V'sited rith The army at CCrinh in time to
assist ia ne GreGs rork Of oriein0 the Va,,dos oM Of
Tennessee aad Kentucky, and ia a march across Ms
Ohio-a movement which, wc cannot doubt, will BE-
commenced and carried through as as tho Ton.
nessee, Cumberland and Ohio rivers become too
shallow for gunboat navigation. Then will be op-
portunisy for striking crushing blow that will
than redeem all osses We ,0dat to column Of
l50 600 Southern troops led 0v Beaure0ard through the
Northwestern, and another column Of the strength
through the Noyne,r, States By Johnston, that whilst
the Yankees taking and river cities wo
viii be sweeping theirs; and then we would who
would suffer and endure their guferings longest
The Romans in memorable crisis, fought the battles Of
Italy in Numdia, and thus drove thoir Carthagenian
(amosD conquerors from their own gates. Let us fight
the battles of the South upon Northern SOIL The capture
Of Philadelphia Now York would be TO US guarantee
Of peace in thirty days upon terms. We hare
400 900 soldiers IN tie field OF whom Napoleon,
in the zenith OF his glory, might have been
proud. They would movo with alacrity in
the direction OF Yankee land, If the word
was Jusb BIV0u tuem IIOm RicnmoHu VII tnht ~ may
bo given as It ought have been twelve months ago.
Besides this huge which could easily support itself
in the cnemy's country. would have reserve suni-
nianfy nowcrfn TO protect INTERIOR comprising
compact and popuoas terrltory
spp and Atlantic equal in extent to that Of France.
Great Britain Ireland oaving out half Of Virginia
and oil kentucky and Tennessee), whilst Mis-
sssippi territory (eaving out Missouri comprises still
larger Tho idea Of conquest Of snch country
prepcsterousy absurd, and tho fall Of Now Orleans,
although TO be much hmentsd docs put the invaders
an inch nearer the contamination Of their ac-
cursed purpose. u may, in the dispensation Of
Providence. turn out to have been for us an
advantageous event. The ways Of God
mysterious and He directs the affairs Of often
10 lead them TO consider an event calamitous which
Afterwards proves tho happiest that could have
red for their welfare. We have long since "hed
mind" down to the belief that the Of the South
is Divincly favored, II win and must triumph. not, II
will and must perish were IL supported by millions OF
armed and hundreds Of clad Of the
most powerful description 80 far have had alter
nate and which have not been dc.
eisivc. We must Tight with terrible energy
than we have yet done. We must concentrate our
forces fewer points, and hur thom upon the fos We
must abandon the merely defensive policy, and
and maintain at all hazards tho position Of bogcrcnts
lion Of prepared and eager for action, make
ourselves felt beyond tho limits Of the confederacy.
ADDITIONAL.
Since the above was written have received further
intelligence from Now Orleans which represents that al
though the federal fleet before the city the enemy
had not taken possession because they have forces
occupy IL. II is rumorcd that had rery forpid
able gunboots Fort PILLOW hes the 5ederas passed ne
forts blo,c Ne,e Orleans, and that portion Of these haue
b-ea his dispatched to Nao Orleans. They may be
ouablcd destroy portion Of tie YanKse vessels
a and thus the city. We trust that tho rumor
may provo true aud that Hota may accomplish all
that is hoped for.
The rumor regarding the protest Of tho French and
English men of. war, mentioned In dispatches may
bs 1t Is stated that civilized nation
known shell city after IL had boon evacuated by tho
troops collected for its defence. Whether the Ynukee
nation will conform TO usage in this matter remains
be We fear that we havo but ttlo to expect from
so bloodthrsty and unscrupuors foe. At farthest,
the fate Of New Orleans be definitely asceansd in
o day or two
TALK
The common " talk Change Is OF course the cen.
dton OF affairs In and around New Orleans. The official
dcsratch exhibited ON bulletin board yesterday
morning. while it gives ray OF hope, only to in.
crease the anxious interest felt in the OF this great
commercial city. But all is mystery yet and all the
arguments and discussions the street corners and in
the hoss elsewhere, cannot clear away the mpene-
ratls shroud that covers this affair. II is our nature
to cling to the sls host hope for tho best but wa fear
wo are depending upon slender thread indeed IL we
anticipate successful resistance 10 tho Yankees
there. or course trade Is affected by the news but TO
what oct we not at present able TO say. Sugar and
molasses viii undoubtedly advance in price, and the
holders e these articles will pront largely by the aar
News from North Carolina.
sKmMIsR BErwEET THE REBELS AND UNION TROOPS.
Prom the Raleigh Standard, April 26.l
We learn that our g.skets bcoy Snston, near !oscs
rora, Captain Andrews company, Second cavalry, had
Two sharp skirpishes with the enemy pckets Sun
day and Monday last. On Sunday they killed four
Yankees, and three on Monday. Captain Andrews had
his horse shot but we hear Of no other Casualties our