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LONG ISLAND TUESDAY.; MAY « 0 . 18K n r “ LOT ill BAT* F a ith t h a t right makes MIGHT, AND IN' THAT FAITH tET US, TO THE END, DARK TO \ PO OTJR DUTY, AS WE UNDERSTAND IT.”— A b r a h a m L i n c o l n . ■ ____________ - Forever float that Standard Sheet! W here breathes the foe but falls before us? With Freedom’s soil beneath our feet, And Freedom’s Banner streaming o’er u s ! Barbarism «f tlie Rebels. E tery day w e haye some new developments o f the hellish ferocity at the rebels. Tlieir conduct of Y ork- ttw n was most outrageous. Our troops found scat tered about, not at random, but carefully placed, so as t o be the most destructive—great numbers o f tor pedoes, charged with explosives, and so arranged with wires that oa being handled or stepped on they would explode, A large tree, around which horsemen would naturally congregate for shelter, was completely sur rounded by them. They were placed in narrow por tions of the road, a t or near wells; and wherever indi viduals were most likely to go. They were found in carpet bags, in flour barrels, in corn and coffee sacks, ia officers’ trunks, &c. One was placed just where the telegraph wire, which had been cut, entered the ground, and exploded as the new telegraph operator went to take possession, killing him instantly. Seven or eight of our men lost their lives from this cause.-— The entrances to the magazines had been so arranged as to make it almost certain that an explosion would .follow any attempt to open them ; they have, there fore, been placed under guard, and have not yet been disturbed. In the first fury o f the Revolution through ivbicb tbe French Bation succeeded in throwing off the ty ranny wbich had oppressed them for ages, scenes o f bloodshed and crime occurred which humanity shud ders to contemplate. But it was reserved for a por tion cf the American people, i» the Nineteenth Cen tury, engaged in a desperate effort to overthrow the- free institutions under which they have lived and pros pered, tn furnish examples o f cruelty and outrage not to be pam lleled in the history o f the French Revolu tion.. T h e civilized world has just learned with hor ror* through the report ofSenator Wade, wbat sort o f treatment the remains o f our gallant dead, who fell St Sfsnatew,‘met with at the hands of She-victors, and as th* Rebel hosts are swept back toward the Gulf the Secrets o f the tyranny which has for so many months crushed the spirits and broken the hearts o f the loyal inhabitants o fthe South, are beginning to be divulged. T h e se remarks have been suggested by a letter published in a late number of the C in c i n n a ti Ga zette, from Mr. John McLean Collins, who-was in Memphis at the tim e o f the occurrences he describes, and was an eye-witness of them. W e republish the following passage from his letter: “ On the 25th o f April, 1861, I was-arrested upon the allegation that I was a correspondent o f the T r i bune, and thrown ints a dark and loathsome dungeon, where th'e accumulated filth o f years rendered exis tence for any length Of time impossible. This arrest the Avalanche was exceedingly jubilant over, and had their counsels for summary execution been acted upon I would not now be writing this letter. While confined in that city, I was compelled to witness the enormities perpetrated in obedience to the behests of those who ruled the mob. One hour in the morning, from six to seven, was allowed.me to stand at the wiadow-grate, and at such times their whippings and headshavings were indulged. Here I cater, from ihe 11th, o f April to ths 6th o f June, eighty-jive, men Drhipped and their heads shaved, and forty-three hung, because they refused io take a n oath o f alle giance to the Southern Confederacy. And on the lith o f May last, otle o fthe most beautiful and ac complished young ladies this County can boast of, was stripped to Hie waist, thirteen lashes laid upon her hack, a n d the right h a lf o f her head shaved, simply because she had purchased a ticket for Cairo, and was congratulating herself that she would soon be in a land of freedom. These crimes, which make the blood curdle in our veins, “,and rouse a vengeance blood alone can quell,” were regarded as small mat ter* by the Avalanche, altogether too insignificant to be .noticed.” ■M- * I f any additional proof were needed o fthe effect o f slavery i s giving birth to habits o f cruelty and brutal ferocity, it was fom shed on Thursday evening in the very remarkable speech of Dr. Brownlow, delivered in the Academy o f Music. New York. In Tennessee, under the rule o f the aeceOHionists, some o f the most frightful scenes o f the French Bevolutian have been acted ever again. Number* o f the most respectable man o f the state, guilty of no Crime save attachment to the government under wbieh they w ere born and whioh had never oppressed them, wereimmured for months in a filthy jail, where they had net e v e n roflm lo lie down all at once; with no bed hut the bare floor, and no food but o f the most wretched kind, and In that foul cell they waited tbe summons o fdeath.— Bough coffins were brought as the signal of the ap- pr'esChing murder—sometimes singly and sometimes tir e together, and day after day, some b f tlie prisoners were take* out and led to the gallows. The dead bod ies of t h a t iel* men were sometimes, hy order o f the rebel au(borfti<N, kept for days suspended from the gallows, where they were kicked by the rebels and ftTuck with their (»*#*< - After the battle o f Bull Run th e rebels brought tb Tennessee the heads of north ern soldiers killed in thateogagcdient, and swinging Ibem about by the beards, with cerses, displayed them ** irophtebof tbeir victory. . Uni Ih e wanton indignities shown to the dead, sharAeful iS we must regard them, Ore rdttO becom pared t o the savage cruelty inflicted on the living.— Jliiftpcclahti inen; guiltless of a n y offence save a refu sa l to join tb* rebellion, Were scourged without tttfer- c y UU thtir biefcs were sue livo bleeding wound ; ond respectable women Were whipped forth * crimp of being the wives and daughters sf U n ite When the Austrian General Haynau eansedp woman to be scourged, the whole clvilixed world cried ioutin indignation at the barbarity, end the wretch who wa* its author was obliged-to skulk from public notice to avoid public insult,. But here Is a whole race o f Hay- naus inhabiting one ofthe most beautiful states in tbe Union, and the deed which made that man-infamous' had been perpetrated again and again by those who now tyrannize oveV Tennessee. The testimony of Dr. Brownlow in regard to these atrocities confirms the statement o f Mr, John McLecn Collins, given above. In Advance o f t h e i r L e a d ers.—In t h e great rev olution that has been going On in regard to the ques tion o f Slavery, the people have been in advance e v erywhere of their leaders. In Virginia, particularly, we see this. While Messrs. Carlisle and Willey, the Senators who represent that State in th e Federal Con gress, have been using their influence against eman cipation, the people who sent them to that same Con gress have voted twenty to one tp exterminate Sla very from that section of the State. The people themselves are astonished. In counties where, a few months ago, to question the divinity s f Slavery was to court at least political martyrdom, the sovereigns have voted one hundred to one to get rid o f the insti tution. In . actions where a northerner was On aboli tionist and pH m a f a c i e an outlaw that could be rob bed and maltreated with impunity by the scum and dregs o f the slaveholding oligarchy, they have voted themselves free-soilers by tremendous majorities, When the official vote comes to he published, those who have doubted the liberalizing effect of the war upon the. minds of the people on the subject wili be astounded A C uriosity .— A few members of Congress, says the Christian Intelligencer, recently issued a long address in favor of a reorganization of the Democratic party, canvassing the entire aspect o f affairs at the present time, but uttering not orac word'in reproba tion o f the rebellion. We arc far from believing a revival o f the Democrats improbable, much less im possible; but such a tiling is literally out o f question on the ground assumed by this handful o f semi-traitors. No man or set of men. can henceforth expect favor at the hands o f the people, who refuse to denounce the Southern conspiracy. The hones of the martyred dead and the tears o f tlie bereaved living cry out witb trumpet tongue against such weak dalliance with trea son. The means and agents of the existing Adminis tration are, or soon will be, a fair subject o f criticism; but its resolute front for the Union and against the rebels will be a watchword o f political orthodoxy for generations. They who think otherwise will not need to wait long t o learn their mistake. Our G a l l a n t Navy.—Reviewing the official ac counts of tho capture o f New Orleans, the country will bo convinced tbat our Navy has added a tall feath er to its cap. A more desperate naval encounter than that which took place after our force passedVorts Jackson and St. Philip, has perhaps never occurred. The rebels made such a desperate defence as it was to bo supposed they- would. - T h e y ga (hared 0 ibrnnUl- abld fleet of gunboats and rams; they stretched A heavy chain across the river below the two forts, and these forts were fully manned arid armed. They sent fire-rafts down to destroy our fleet, but our jolly tart towed them to shore, out o f the way; they sent rifle men to kill tbe engineers engaged in measurements for placing the mortar-boats—and the engineers fired back with revolvers and drove off the riflemen. They had the current and a thorough knowledge o f the land iu their favor, and when our ships had passed the forts they were attacked by the rebel fleet with a vigor which left the victory for a while doubtful. The plan o f the rebel commander was worthy o f imitation. He caused the iron-clad rams to push fire-rafts against different vessels of our fleet. Only those who know the peculiar horror with which seamen regard fire- ships, Und the helplessness of. wooden vessels against sucii means o f attack, can appreciate the force o f this manoeuvre. Our flag-ship was run aground to escape fire; no sooner was she off than the rebel ram pushed against her another fire-raft, and Commodore Farra- gut writes that the whole side of his ship was in a blaze before the Manassas bud to fly in her turn. No obstacles seemed to stay tbe progress o f our brave tars until NewOrleanssurrendered, and the Stars and Stripes once more waved in triumph over the rebel city. C o n servatory i n th e C e n t r a l ParR.—The Cen tral Park Commissioners have contracted with Messrs. Parsons & Co., of Flushing, says the Scientific Ame rican, for the construction o f a grand conservatory, the largest in the United States, upon ' the Park grounds. The building is to be a “ Crystal Palaqe,” of iron and glass, 200 feet long, 70 feet wide, and about.50 feet high. Its base will be a parallelogram, and there will be threo stories, curving inward like the successive folds of a turban, ffhe conservatory will front Fifth avenue; its cenrte being opposite Seventy-fourth street; and directly in its rear will be a beautiful little pond, with walled sides o f a symme trical shape, which will be built daring the coming two years. When the Fifth Avenue is graded to its proper height, it will be on a level With the second story of the proposed conservatory; and the main entrance to the edifice will therefore be on that Stairs and balconies will give access te every of the building. T h e contract provides that the gran tees must erect tho building entirely at their own ex pense, after the plans already agreed upon; that they must place in it nothing but flowers or rare frees or plant*; that they shall be allowed to sell bouquet*, Ac., tn, visitors; that th'e publicmhali always h e .ad mitted free; that good order shall always be main, tairied inside* at the expense of the grantee*; and that the work shall he completed by the first of Janu ary, 1864. The epecifications of the contract sire minuts, rind are believed to cover the objection* which might be -made to the granting of a monopoly of such a character. T b e grantee* on their parts; agree to pay a rent wkloh wili add considerably to the revenues of the Pork. T h i conservatory will cost about 600. ; i * Come Ovjer.—TheJBlmira A d rcrJissr 1* informed that the Hon. John Js Taylor,; o f <RwesVbti*tofore a Hard Democrat of the most ultra ly expressed himself ae a'fifta and dCcldcd supporter of the Administration and its policy o u theS&seOT i*- m e in tbo 8outh*ra States. - atttary, r portion '-..0*3 tioui bktft W 2n«tid,i and where i Flushing tn Palntm«t'4b at the* . the L I. on IU way, The locofibh direct l/k g t ia from, the trac the f o n t much o f a t terribly tit* Thtwngii was killed in gi*«r wbe*l The by-BtahSi under fhfc'r broken. H e in whose nmj him in the hh Every other hurt. .The), . sengera/andja-j have brought the loss o f llfh i enough, as i t . , tKfe train espaf The Cprone body to blatnetfl saying that public to kee|i,jt| at any other j their engine freight trairisi on-the Long; careful men,1* are very partfoij accidents,: e * | valuable- life i heavily'upOa iful will not unde hope that th e ne dent like w ill nevCT i ‘ • * '■} C r u e l.—On j J. O. Pnlver ofj for driving* hpf| ver, on Sunday, the Livery S t go to Yonkers s) turn, On &W crossing the ii* York, andthefll Rockaway.atkfl the horses fell.- tance, which sixty miles. Pit remained SPOT he is insati^ i coi aPi i. ofa «t- _ Railroad, at nUat «*at Mtpie*’* Point, ifohd M lfltp d toMfcerobes the i /rota the -Flosblinfl (ft^ 'fU p sJ**,. a* the tide*of pLflm'ftekiatfind* oontlnuea ofliiloitwaatb# oensaqMoce.,- ; Island s t f K b ^ F l f t k i n g roilef ita* *«»t the latter flying King *n#*#mi% jpfHiy^OT-’lk' ^ ~ I hlflfc i* tlie air, riot qhite so |the ether locomotive, but bath r i s :F l ? i r i i^ g * ^ m D O l '$ p r l u ^ e a ih ; j h e hadjjnifcjumped from the en- bma»smMrie.tiwbU*g upoa him. |e compeRed to-dKg him Out from |h e a3 wiiibbehirigly bririsedand lipital engieeerjarid the cotjilpany p a d heei.V ^ r ita y c ^ . speak^of nsasuoarefulandcapablemaii fhpon the. two trains escaped un M trairiooa'tetttgd a^out sixty pas [Wore,turn*of the wheels would its before the Jting Island and i have b^ea .terr[ble. It is bad Ashudder to think how narrowly mruction,' jmdst decked w-iccid|nta!,” “ no- Lmay he so, but w« cannot help ppaniesi owe it t* the travelling ||man at thi* crossing,’ more than i road. They should compel all jilt at this place,'and especially |h e made to stop. Tiie engineers •' road are expected to bo very r'superintendenf tind his assistant ‘“i all their orders so as to avoid ? o f this kind, T h e loss of one # destruction o f property weighs bo have the roads in charge; we P© censure any one, but We do teg at Winfield,, where this acei- i especially guarded, go that the rngalm- ■ ; - ; . ay, the f |t h iast., a man named ;lyn, w,ai arrested in this village sdeath. The facta are that Pul- ||n s t., hired R teariiof horseSfrom t.Seaman Sammis in Brooklyn, to rStnrn that night* but did riot re- orning he started from Yonkers, |Astoria* and drove to East New ugh this village to Hempstead, itegaitt tD.tbls plahe,where ofte of I in the street. The whole dis- |p ren, d t a rapid-rate, was about i'wasplaced in the Cells where he ys. piflver’s friends assert, that i some o f his actidns siuce his |true, Mr, Saramis L'qinst tbe man and the horse to the p r i i .3 |b p B to o i t ^ tr O h H ti bas; been' piSkjrig D0n#| to its rplimg'stocii FaciK tifg. . and Jatnaica R. R. Company falde and splendid additions five Jamaica car s, having seats running cieiss-Wisf;rind having the new and most improved style Of veiitfialiori. This step on the part of the Central eompanjp ft Will another proof that it is trying to merit the commendation o f the travelling publie, Th® rolling stick o f the company now, inclu ding engine* and cars. Js modern, strong and beauti ful; and we have nodffbt but what the patronage of the road Will show thxt the public appreciates such enterprisTftg efforts, */t.. , . , About one year ago, the Central company began to operate Its J iateica route, under the most frying cir cumstances, When tfseLong Island & R. company, left the old route ffor Hunter’s Pdint, the Central had not even a contittndusfrack further than Van Wyck Avenue, nor had it, tb* right of way for one beyond old Rockaway road. hotflmd it any railroad connection wit h the Long Island mirnpany e a s t o f this village.— But, notwithstanding :Such discouraging hihdrances and obstacle*, the oolnpany promptly extended its track to the Rockaway |pad, and from thenc* to Church street, and finally, b y arrangement with the Long Island: company,-lo the oldjrailroad depot. This - V atVn CRtiy- day»- S tea r n s , Esq., a bperator e f the Long island ^rend.’ Wnh ‘f e Sfetris* epjp^rfetrtlyj'Deyer thought (hat ttilroadChArters W*|* given for the pub lic accommodation! ; : ’■ ' ' f •; By the enterprisesBdl liberality o f thh Central com- pany the citizensoi ’ thh village areenjoy ing remark able railrpad' fkidMUih trio’re SO tht* Ih* Inbsbitants o f any villag^nif «ifhlft tb^i *tftie/ By the Central sunset, any party M ttfog N^W Ybdt ftpin Jamaica, ThDftfteet 'it fuck' * iite»ad-fi»ti«ktiii-net confined to, the miehe ****** course which h estabHduscl' and maintained between this tillage and tbeiM tr*polh b y * a clt frequent [rains tb enhance the Taiim «fourpropetiy«4 '>-■ ’■ ' *• <I<»»||1| I ' Hllll|.- W T -A meeting wsj* Held * #h«rt tim e since, at irifigfield, -this towfe-t* t*k* mmuiUre* toward erect- gxC h a p a l for Severtl gentlemen ^te p r « e n t from tbspvlBaga, *ndi * goodly number, from .tb* fotmer pla<k. V Mr. X*ur*ns Reeve was called Ur ibecjudr, « * t| B k loieph JUgWe v L «ho- sea After j|h* *hj«et o f the,-pi*e|[ng was stated l y t b w ebairmaiii* m * *j>pei*t*d t * mbrtiA asitiW iti# * tiK e .tw d iiA t^th* t i r m to the * aapthe't cell in 'qso tor •the Rastcrri and t t « * they give Gen. Mrtlelteufi t*lagn|duh itB«irdiite‘a t flh* l8th in*t., fi*w* whiM:Hd«*iet'^ r ( l * i ^ t* tbeWaw 9*p«rt, meat that the ndiranbe g f c r $ ©f the . NtibMiti Ibices on Ike maiil rw*d to &ichmend by W*y df'Bettom Bridge oa Saturday drove tha enemy *cro*a th* Ctick- ahominy. At that point th* pragreif .of tteNatiaw d troop* was arrested by the destructin* of tb* bridge and by a heavy Rebel artillery force. General Mc Clellan.states that tbe positlan will b« a diffiouR one ta take, a* th* country is low and swampy- A dispatch dated from Wasbingtan an Saturday atght, and forwarded to the W ar Department b y the sanction *f,Ge*. McClellan, say* that an Friday the fanboats Galena, Monitor, and Arboataals, were re- pulsed from Fort Darling, a point seven mi^es below Richmond.' Some ofthe boats, it is reported, return ed to Jamestown Island. Under date o f White House, May 17, Gen. McClel ■ex- Pa- D i d # stern t b a r e h ^ law tcjegrfphi that a combined naval and military jpeddtion Tybnf fbpt day .(^aturdtey) 25 miies np the munkey river; i»nd fotced the rebels to destroy two steamers aud twenty schocners. • A report copfte* by way o f .Baltimore that -Weldon, N. C-, has been abandoned b y the rebels. D eath of R ev . Dr. B ethone .— A recent foreign arrival brought ns from Italy intelligence o f the death of Rev. George W. Betliuno o f New-Yprk city, who was visiting, Europe for his health. H o died at Flo rence on the 28th o f April. Dr. Bethune was born in New York in March, 1805, and entered th e ministry in 1826, officiating first in a Presbyterian church, ,hut soon giving hia preference to the Hutch Reformed. He was first settled at Rhinebeck, afterwards at Utica and Philadelphia, and; in 1848 received a call to Broohlyn, where h e re mained nearly ten years in charge of o n e o f the larg est. congregations In that city. H e resigned this con nection some three years ago, and went to Europe to recuperate his failing health. On his return he be came associate pastor o f the Twenty-first street Re- formed Dutch Church in thi* city, but his health again becoming impaired, he once more left for Europe early last fall. Dr. Bethune was; the son o f parents who were prominent in the philanthropic and charitable move ments in that City in theearly part of the present centu ry, and his adoption o f the clerical profession was in accordance with their wishes. In that profession he ac quired no small reputation.. He had a most melodious voice, read well, and preached often with fervent elo quence. He had a happy facility in extemporaneous and public Speaking, and his last secular effort was at the Union meeting a t Union Square, in April, 1861. T emperance .—A Temperance m eeting will be held in the Lecture Room o f the Presbyterian church,* this village, this (Tuesday) evening, com mencing a t 7 i o’clock. Addresses will ,be delivered by Rev. E . Sands and Lewis L. Fosdick,. Esq. T errible C onflagration .—L ast week we noticed the fact that a destructive firei had been raging in parts of Suffolk Co. W e did not. know then, nor can our readers form a sufficient Idea from' printed ac counts of the terrible conflagration that has , swept over so large a part of Suffolk, bflrning the woods of Smithtown, Jslip, Brcokliaveii, Itiverhead and South- amfiton, including Swellings, barns, outbuildings and fences, destroying and damaging • property to the amount o f between three and four millions of dollars. W ehave not the space to name the persons who suffered b y tjiis fire. But the damage to individuals varies from 100 to loo,000 dollars, e. g . One corres pondent states the loss of Mr. Egbert T . Smith at $75,000.'. The number o f acres burnt over in a sin gle locality reaches 20,000. The loss exceeds the es timated loss o f the recent great fire .in the City of Troy, and many are suddenly reduced from wealth to poverty.' , - A n I ncident of th e B attle of W illiamsburg .— Shortly after the battle of Williamsburg, the wife o f a soldier in the 87th Regiment (Brooklyn Rifles), under command of Col. Stephen A,]f>odge, w»s called upon by an acquaintance just returned from Fortress Mon roe, and informed tbat h er hiisband was killed in that engagenj|snt. The family, consisting of several chil dren, was o f course greatly distressed, and after giving rent to their feelings mad* preparations for the funer al in anticipation, o f the arrival o f the body, which was eipeeted is a f a * day*. One day laet week a letter was received jnformiug the wife that there was a package ia W ef teotVs Express bffiep to her address. This D ss supposed to be the body, Und she, in com pany Dith some friends, proceeded to bring the re mains to the house. On making inquiry a t the office a parcel -was, handed to her,And on opening it, she found $40 in-Treasury Notes, and a letter from her husband giving an Account o f tha battle aud of his narrow escape, H e whs not- only alive and well, but spoke confidently o f reaching Richmond in a few dayi. Of course the house o f mourning was changed to the house of joy. L arge A spahagus .- A bunch o f the largest aspara gus that we have seen this season urns largest left at our of fice yesterday afternoon. The'bunch contained 24 spears, weighed 5 lbs. and the stalks measured 1$ in ches in length. It wa*tais«d by'Nichola* and Elias C. Everitt, o f this town. They w lll pleaie accept Onr thanks for this present. I f atiy Of our friends can beat this, we can only *»y, “ P rove i t by bringing it along.7 , ' LicBhSES,— T h e Comttiasionars o f Excise for the eounty o f Qqceas, witt Meef at tbe Colirt House day, 26 th,h^^fhf .tiw jp u i^ r o o f grantiog licenees for theensuingytiir. .Ag- pUcatlcws st)B b* r*ceived and licenses granted flwin the MVttid toDnshs follows 3furfhfieinp»tead» Tuesday, 20th. ^ - , 5 , OjtktithKj, Wednesday, 21st. f ' . ' j ' j,.! Jamaica, Friday, 23rd. Flushing, Satarday, 24th. Newtown, Monday, 2flth. The Board will, be in *es^en each Asiy from 16 o’clock, A. M., till 2 o’ciocfej F. M, ’ ‘ -/ ' «■*!> . 13?” FerDms.'miting Jijteer- Y*sk for th* pttrpowtof purchasing Dry Goods, d* wtil Itt o*B*t Locd fc TaylSr’s, where theyem.nuik* *tieoti«wfftti» dweof the moti afcsiilinsnS* to b* f o t s ^ in the- [Ry. Thrfit Stack hsimfoowMv thtir ifimilWe* *»«<•*. AntiMi the iro«ki*m*i| *rh», aaiff their prfco* low .- a At bottom, nmi :*OT 0 i* « bridge, O m jim n a s i h ___ , „ ....... ...... ...... t i m i s H m s M t r t s d i * w s j M n t r o « k n H » S ! (hrough th* hrostiii s m d b e ^ L U > ^ « i a t i m M i ^ especially!* the warm waothar srfswemer—ItoihL . & atop s m d ^ e tbelr>p»6* a ' • •\ •- * to atop draught. ia« j m Z tw r iC '\ r 1 p f l i t e ; lwwr*yer/»i»e p«(»ona bave iaenflt hi de. „ TilAh>ja>v or inifohWifoiieei W W a n m n ihtD owiMrsoflatod* j , joining the broajk by watering horse* in SU* way s^ especially^** i f tb it war* Uie case—no previous owners of-this property have ever before disoovetej it—I beg leave, in * perfectly, friendly a reqwetfuj Woy. tq eiquire through your columns, what right aay individual hna to interfere in thia mauner witli * pub. lie benefit, and convenience so great-and a* Jong en. joyed ? W m not the brook— or that p a fto f it a t lean running across the public highway, pubKe preperty, or at a ll event* tbe proparty o f tM rostiMiMimyt and if .so, by what authority , have these ohstrnctiou beeri-placed across it, for th e first time intho nsesqory o f this generation ? H a v ing be«n aocustotaed ahnoit from my infancy, in common with hnndredi o f others, t® avail tnyaelf o f t h e privileges aflbrded bytM* baau. tiful stream, I cannot see I t taken away without en quiring Why ahd wherefore and by what authority it bas bee* done, I f there exist* a legal right (which has pe ver beeu found out, o r never claimed before)— a legal right clear and unquestiQnable,-r-Well aud good—so let Jt b e -tbqt if not, then t h e publio inter ests demand a reason for this act. Wjll any person acquainted with the facts and the few beariug ORttris case answer and oblige A Grngiw l — - — -*-!»* ■; 1 ■ . . W a t C e r r e sponflence. ' ' Co. ® , 3 6 th R egt ., N. Y. S, Y., J May 12 th, 1862. E d ito r l o n g Is l a n d fa r n w r ; • D ear S i r : Shakspeiire say* somewhere, but I am not sure of the e x a ct place—“ I t ’twere-done when it were done, then ’twere w ell that itwere don* quick ly,” and from our movements for the last few days it wentd seem (hat the words were quite applicable to our present position. - Victory on victory crowns us on every side,; and the, demon o f Secession Is being rapidly driven from, the foothold it has held pn this country’s soil for the last y ear; and possibly thi* year w e may celebrate our riatlonal anniversary o f our freedom as another anniversary of this oar first God. send—it rimy be the last rebellis* i* our glorious land. Our troops nre agaiti prepared to do duty, and, notwithstanding pul loss w e a re undaunted,, and will press forward man for man, all ready to die, Jf neces sity calls, iu defence'of out bright stars aad Waving stripes. ** ■ - *. “ Forever float that standard sheet J * Where breathes the foe hut falls before turl With Freedom’s soil beneath our feet, And Freedom’s Banner floating o ’er u s !” Although as y e t no mention has been made \of our Diylsionin tho .latceugsgcm ent (and for a ll accounts w e might have been absent j,'ypt let m e hot* (bat-two, regiments o f Gen. Kearney’s 'Dlvision-H-the 38th and 40th N, Y.—fought, for more than twp hour* and did their part; turning the enemy’s flank arid forciag them to retreat to their wcrks.. A s a markor proaf wheth- er wc had a hand in the fight, the 38th is nOw minus eleven officers, among whom is L ieut.41ai.B trm ,and seventy-nine.privates, this being’ our whole^uumher of killed and,wounded; .facts yvijl tell. Opr Cofohefwas like a lion—in the iriidst o f hi* men, with th* balls whistling around him, he moved a* i f he were merely in some pleasant evening party- cheering bis men at every movement. Our Lieut.-Col, jumped upon a stump Crying to us,. “ Here la in , h o y * -I want you to see m e; there are th e enemy, don’t let them deceive • '*•* R n n f One Lieu- command, in conse quence of the illness o f the Captain, and the loss of (he 1st Lieutenant’s arm) tvas formerly our Orderly Sergeant. In endeavoring to rescue Lieut, Watson, Of Co. A, who was wounded, h e and another of our company were captured by the rebels, and barely es caped being shot. On hearing of their capture our Colonel commanded the regiment to charge, ahdthey did it, driving everything before them, re-capturing the three captives. and forcing the enemy to retreat rapidly in confusion. For Jijs. bravery in endeavoring to convey Lieut.-Watson from the field Sam. JshH- ston, who, b y the by, is d printer, ita* been promoted to 2d Lieutenant.’ H e is a fm e felioW and Worthy; may he y e t go Wgher, Our regiment is awaiting i, ahd may move at any moment, ana * on from not ablo marching orders, , _____ I may yet have the pleasure o f writing to yon from Richmond, L trdst with a free pen, a s I was i to do so befiore. . ’ Yours, etc., . e i v h . & T A letfer^ffdhi W b i^W e make the ,foB**inS I extracts, was recelved by a geptleman i* thil'VilJsg6 from a friend at the oeat o f war. It contaias * capi-! tal and comprehensive sketch of the lat* buttle at Williamsbnrgt . i May D e a d — r-t • . * * . ' I I returned fro in, thither to Witni as to rander itS evacuation inexplicable, cation* were of the most elabwate u d . charaotir. Gtn, MoCleilan’saucOMS cauld been after an_im««n#e Sacrifiew «f ttfe. M plaoation o i thw rebel withdrawal i* tbat f unr gnnW tl.oit the York and. JameaaoA tb! better to attack ni further up the pm: e r it was their iatetotiou tp fixbt a t WiUh . do not know. They made A itubhora tedstam im re, j where their work* wete nearly as toliAOTmeimbeteBd f t s f k s atornw the cotiast vtstiy dtsaFhMiabUh if U m r w w s m ^ ered posU W -tD a d i, ta'tfoe dfocomtbrf iments, in which ay* tiyetid Jam*li»;boy*, * « « '* - n u a tk O T to*S: it * t t o & i b i i: wounded aisd n _ anentialnttmbtsr, then*. . . .... ■ at* battle befor* h*i*th ' i f M r
