New-York daily tribune., 1862-05-02
NEWS OF THE DAY.
THE WAR.

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-Wo tublsh this morning the text Of the corre'
seoudepce between Flag-0l6cer Farraeut IN eoh''
usud Of tie national squadron off Ncw-Orlean'' anu
the Mayor Of that city. The correspondence IN qief
ton appears to have been fgst pabshed IN hieH'
uopd naper. Commodore Fauaguts letter, 1t VIII
be seen is dated the Goth ult. Saturday, previous 70
which, however, Capt. Bailey, second in command
bad been sent to require tie unconditional surrender
Of the city. The demand made in Commodore Far
caguts letter, a, appears was expressed in deeided
but conciistory terms and the Mayors reply al
though evidently that of disoyal en-, shows that
the city had DO mesns Of defense, ard that the de-
.sion Of the Council was at once made b submit to
the lewful authority Of the Government.
The surrender of Fort Macon 10 reported in
Richmond papers, and comes to us this morning
through dispatches received at the Navy Depart
uent.
Brig. Gen. w. T. SberuU was yesterday con-
6med by the Senate as O Msjor-General Of Volan-
teers.
The latest disp stch received from Pittsburg
Landing says that Gen. Besuegsrd has retired foro
Corinth in the direction of Memphis.
Cen Mitohels last report from Huntsville shows
that he ia still making active advances on the hne OF
the Memphis and Charleston Road.
Memphis papers of Saturday last say, that at a
convention of cotton planters held at Selma, Alaba-
ma it was unanimously resolved to restrict the pro-
duction of cotton to 500 pounds for each hand en-
ployed, and ad ising the cultivation OF breadnule
instead. 1t wss recommended to levy tax Of -
per bale on all grown over that amount.
The intelligence received from our Special Cor
respondent at fredericksburg, indicates that the
Rebel force at ths, place have had temporary ad-
vantage in the capture Of considerable amount OF
Government stores and that, for the time, the Union
men Of the place are under harr"ssng surveil.
lance.
Gen. Beauregard, according to q Memphis pa
Dor, has ordered the disbanding Of a number o
Rebel cavalry regiments on account of the scarcity
Of forage. 1t complains likewise that by the eight
cavalry regiments in the battle near Pttsburg Land
ing only three charges were made, and these only
by bodies Of from 300 10 800 each.
We have a report from Pittsburg Landing, by
way Of Cairo. which says that. on Tuesday lest,
reconnaissance made in force by our troops and
that they advanced 40 far as Purdy destroying two
bridges and some railway property BY which the
Rsbels were enabled to receive supplies from the
North for the army at Corinth.
There Ia strong air of probability about the
news which We publish to-day from the Department
Of Gen. Haleck, to The effect that Gen. Popes divi
sion on the Tennessee River did not halt at Ptts-
burg Landing but that his troops continued their
voyage up to Eastp0rt some 20 miles, whore it 10
likely they will act in cooperation with Gen. Mitch
sl in flank movement on Corinth.
The report from Fort Wright this morning says
that there was no change in the aspect Of things up
to the 3Otb ult. On that day deserter from the
Rebel feet had stated that Southern gunboats were
employed In destroying cotton depots the river,
where these were likely to fall into the hands Of our
troops MOntgOmery's Rebel feet from Nsw-Or-
leans had arrived, and joined Hollins's al Fort
Wright.
"A Rebel journal, The Petersburg E1pres', I'D
mting tie capture Of New-Orlesns, coDgratulstes
its readers that yellow fever will do the work which
the Rebel General was unable TO perform. II finds
likewise consolation In the fact that Lowell the leader
Of the Rebel band at New-Orleans, will be able 70
join his forces with those Of Beauregsrd at Corinh
and thence march into Ohio az a. the Tennessee
and Cumberland become fordable. Other Rebel
Journals from which extracts are made, speak Of the
SURRENDER Of New-Orleans in similar terms but ad-
NIT that different result was expected One of
these Rebel journals apprehends tha, Memphis will
share the fate of NewOrleans.