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We have last received, by lots 11[TIVIall from - 11nrolPti
tome new and °hole° varieties of , OAIIPTIT/NG, com
prising •
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or assortment comprises all the beet makes of Three.
VEY and Ingrain Carpeting, which, together with a gene.
Pal variety of goods in our line, will be offered at the
Pat possible price&
OIL CLOTh FOR FLOORS,
Stow one to eight yards wide, ant to may Size.
FRESH MATTINGS.
By late arrivals from Mina we have a full assortment
WHITE AND OOLORED
MATTINGS
OF ALL WIDTHS.
JAMES H. ORNE,
spl6-2m
GLEN ECHO MILLS,
MoOALLUM Fa Co-.
WaiISITPFACTDBIBS, thIPORTEDii, AND DEALDBB
SOO 0/IEBTNIIT STREET.
(Oppotite Independence Hal,)
CARPET IN GS.
OIL CLOTHS, &o.
We have now on hand an extensive kook of Oarpottnat,
, a, Coitt own awl other makes, to which we call the Men-
lion of cash and short-time buyers.
FOURTH -STREET
CARPET STORE,
ABOVE 141/113T1PIT, No. 47
3. T. DELACROIX
Invitee attention to lila Spring Importation of
CARPETING-S,
•Comprielo g every style of the Newest Patterns and
Detrigne, in VELVET, BRUSSELS, TAPES TRY 43BUS
-BEL& IMPERIAL THREE-PLY, and INGRAIN
-CARPETING&
VENETIAN and DAMASK STAIR ckitprriliGS.
SCOTCH BAG and LIST CARPE PINGS.
FLOOR OIL CLOTHS ' In every width.
, COCOA and CANTON MATTING&
DOOB-DIATI3, Rims, SHEEP SKINS.
DRUGOETS, and CRUMB CLOTHS.
AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL,
LOW FOR CASH.
J. T. DELA.OROIX,
47 South FaitIRTH Street
MILLINERY GtIODS.
SPRING 1862 .
1862.
WOOD & OARY,
(Sucoemeore to Lincoln, Wood, di Nichols,)
725 CHESTNUT STREET,
Nate now is More a complete stook
STRAW AlsiD MILLINERY GOODS,
SILK BONNETS,
STRAW AND PALM•LEAF HATS, &o
To lett they respectfully Invite the attention of the
ismer yetrous of the house and the trade generally.
marl94lm •
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KABErrACTURIIII Or
VENETIAN BLINDS
WINDOW SHADES.
The lowed owl flood assortment to the Olty et the
LOWEST PRICIEB.
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HereMAR promptly' attended to.
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' MANUFACTURERS OF
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lIIF6WINDOW CURTAIN PAPERS,
be Trade a LABOR AND ELEGANT A El-
I:JO/MS:INT OF GOODS, tzom the cheapest Drown
Stook to ttie Finest Decorations.
V. B. COR. FOURTH AND MARKET STREETS.
N.B.—Solid Green, Blue, end Buff WINDOW PAPERS
of tem grade. salit-3a
REFRIGERATORS AND VOOLERS
frME tg DR: HAYES' REFRIGERA
'a. Tow ,
Vbeee are, beyond doubt, the meet edentiflo and efficient
REFRIGERATORS
Ma being WeitittlaND to
KEEP PROVISIONS LONGER,
WITH•• LESS 10E,
-THAN ANY OTHERS.
MAILING: AT WHOLESALE PRICES.
Also, • brio aisortment of the most *moved
WATER • COOLE RS.
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STATIONERY AND FANCY GOODS.
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BLACKSMITHS' BELLOWS,
ICEMBLE -.WAN HORN.
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fIOTTON Eta DIYOIC AND CAN
...a , VAB, of all nwitilieta and brands.
RlVen'll Duck Aw Twills, of all detiorlrtkuis, far
Tents , ,,Arninge, Trial, Wagon Corers.
Also, rarer Manntsetnrene Drier Felts, from Ito
Feet wide. Tarpauling, Belting, Bail Twine ao.
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FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 1862
01111 VAR CORRESPONDENCE,
'FROM GENERAL BANKS' DIVISION.
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[Special Correspondence of The Pram]
Williamsport is a fair specimen of a Maryland turn.
It is situated on the banks of the Potomac river, about
,twenty-seveu miles from Harper's Ferry, and aye miles
from llegeretown—the nearest railroad station The
streets aro not near so regularly laid out Si may little
towns I have been in, and aro not paved. It his three
or four churches, a school-house, a bank celled the
it Union," and two or three hotels, which are inferior to
the public houses of Darby, Germantown, or other
suburban towns of Philadelphia. It contain!, 031111,200
Inhabitants, among whom there are very few Seoession
lets. From conversations with numerous residents bore,
I em convinced that they are Union to the core, and be
lieve thet the harsher the measures adopted to put down
the rebellion the better. They are very kind to oar
soldiers, generously tendering thoso who have lost their
camps the comforts of a home.
The headqnarters of General Banks are situated almut
two gumtree north of the town, on an open lot. There
are two rows of tents, the General occupying one of the
very plainest tents in the field. The only furniture it
content is n camp cot, two or three camp chairs, a small
secretAry, and ono or two knick-knacks. Tho Gieeerel
may be seen at any moment within big tont, writing or
conversing to some members of hie atoll. Re dramas in
a plain regulation coat, with high top boots and a lea
tber.covered fatigue cap. If it were not for the two
stare on hie shoulder-strap any one would take him for a
plain lieutenant, and I am sure he is not so egotistic and
pompous as many of I have nut is my iourneyings
with the army. Col Clarke, hie aid-dr-camp, is one of
the most courteous and obliging soldiers in the army.
628 C HIISTNIIT
aNBMANTOWN, PA.
Tolled out the popularity of General Banks, one sbond
make a visit to the numerous camps in this vicinity.
Ever since he has taken command he has been the idol
of his soldiers, but there were many before the battle at
Winchester who doubted his ability as a soldier; but
tinge hays changed their minds, and they now think ho
has very few superiors in the army. As General Banks
got them out of one of the worst scrapes our soldiers
were ever in, they are not afraid to follow the same
loader when he again takes up hie line of march.
THE TREAT3IEFT OF OUR SOLDIERS AT WINCHESTER
The barbarous treatment the sick and wounded of oar
troops, and °there, who fell into the hands of the rebels
received, has greatly incensed our soldiers against some of
the principal towns of Virginia, especially Winchester,
and threats are habitually made that the next Limo they
visit Virginia they will make all the Secession part of it a
hoWling wilderness. Most of the troops paid particular
attention to those houses whore the woman sod men fired
down upon our retreating troops, and it will take all the
sagacity and attention of Grin. Banks to prevent said
houses being levelled with the pound.
Several incidents have been related to me, which, if
their genuineness were not roaffirmed by so many, I would
hesitate to publish. The men of the town of Winchester
were barbarous enough, but the conduct erase women, or
rather fiends in woman's shape, was far worse. Daring
all the time our troops were in the town the people were
protected in their rights and property, and were as well
treated as any Union people in Virginia. But the way
they reciprocated this is a blot upon /American history—
which will not be effaced for centuries to come. As our
soldiers were retreating through the city they were fired
upon from the windows, and bottles of vitriol and other
explosive materials were thrown down upon their heads.
In order to show that what I have stated above is
the troth, I will relates dory told to me by a prominent
officer of the army, and who vouched (Or its truth.
soldier was wounded in the foot, and kad sat down
on the steps of one of the kouses of Winchester. He had
not been Bitting there long when a " woman " carne out,
and asked him if he wore not able to walk? He replied
that he was not. The woman, Nosing a revolver in his
belt, asked him to let her look at it. The men, inspect
ing nothing wrong, handed it to her, but she heri not bad
It in her bands a few minutes when she presented it to his
head, and demanded that he should leave the steps. Ile
did so, end, after he had walked a few Mem she tired
limo pistol, the ball entering his wide, and he fell on the
street, where he instantly expired. This is bat a speci
men of the numerous incidents I have heard, and I only
give it as one which I know comes from a reliable S3llllO.
Yesterday afternoon and this morning sharp cannon.
ailing has been heard io the direction of Ilarper's Ferry
and Maftinsburg, and ft is generally supposed that a
battle has taken place in that vicinity.
NEWS FROM cancanALs M'DOWHLL AND FREMONT
I understand from Colonel Clark, of Goneral Banks'
staff, that McDowell has recaptured Front Royal, and
that our forces bare the rebelgeb surrounded that enc.
ceaaful retreat is nowt to Impossible. it is dada currently
rumored and haltered that General Fremont is In full
poeseaslon of Straeburg.
I paid a visit to the principal hospital .of this depart•
ment at this town, and, on entering it, was really ear- .
priced to find it filch a neat and comfortable place. The
is in a email but neat church on ono of the prin
cipal ttretic (.1 Williamsport. It contains at present
forty-three patients, among whom is a Confederate, woo
receives the same treatment as the Union soldier. The
hospital Is under the direction of Dr. Edward Warner,
assisted by Assistant Surgeon Coover, of the 46th Penn
eylvania, and two more skilful surgeons and courteous
gentlemen cannot be found in tho army. When our forces
arrived hero, on Monday, the sick and wounded had
not any place to go to, in consequence of its being
very difficult to find any eligible situation in a private
house, but Dr. Warner took possession of their present
position, and in an incredible short space of time, turned
it Into one of the beet hospitale I ever visited. When
our forces arrived they bad scarcely any marginal Meru
merits, and no bedclothing or cots with them, but this
was soon remedied. Several difficult surgical operations
have been performed Ma skilful and acceptable inannr . r.
The culinary arrangements, mid the clean and comforta
ble bedcluthing, are worthy of special notice. These who
have frit nds in this hospital reed not be afraid of them
not being well taken care of, for everything that will
comfort them, or alleviate their sufferings, is done. The
following is a list of those who have received treatment,
and those at present confined In the hospital:
LIST OF PENNSYLVANIA SOLDIERS SENT TO VIZ
GENERAL HOSPITAL AT !ERDREICH.
Sent to Genl.
Name. Begl. C. Comp Pt. Hospigar.
Priyato F. Bißhop, 46, H, wounded, Ile, 26.
4, P. Burke, 46, I, 41
P. Lynn, 40, I, u
Is: D. DeerooD, 46, , 0, st tt
4, A. Illuek in, 29, 0,
S' 0. Swank, 46, H, wounded, "
44 H. Oununins, 46,
List of the patients belonging to Pennsylvania regi
ments at present in the principal hoepital at Williams
port:
Nano. Co. Nature of Wound
Private H. Jerwilliger, 46, 0, Wound in log.
A. J. Wiee, 46, A, Wound in arm.
J. Baker, 46, B, Catarrh.
C. Morgan, 46, K, D 7 sentory.
G. W. Pbillips, 29, K, Wound in log.
Conrad Bbipp, 46, B, Debility.
" W. J. Rowan, 29, A, Wound in foot.
Tide afternoon eleven rebel prisoners belonging to the
let Maryland (rebel) Cavalry Regiment and Colonel
Ashby's Cavalry Regiment, arrived In this city from
ertinsburg, in charge of a squad of moa. As our !recipe
enastrod the place they could not find any rebels, but a
Short . dietence out the road they captured these eleven,
together Wisk.x.borse, a wagon, and a number of gems,
rifles, camp ntensila,"&z. The prisoners are the hardest
looking men, both in features and clothing, that I ever
beheld. They have a regular desperado look about them,
and acted in a Tory nonchalant manner. They told the
old story of being preesed into the service, and that they
were glad they were captured by our soldiers. This
might have answered several days ago, but by this time
our soldiers, from the treatment they have received from
the rebels, have had their eyes opened, and it will be
very bard to make them believe such stories. When the
rebel soldiers arrived at Williamsport the Union men of
this place and the refugees from Martinsburg were
greatly excited, and it took a strong guard of soldiers to
keep thins from killing them.
The prisoners were taken possession of by General
Hatch, and they were confined in a two-story wooden
home, a few doors above the provost marshal's house.
Among the guard of the prisoners wee a Union est.
dier, who, during the pant week, bee undergone many
changes and made tome narrow escapes. File name is
Joseph S. Merrill, and he le • native of Lewiston, Blaine.
Be la sergeant in Company F, 10th Maine Regiment, and
was with that regiment at the time of its retreat from
Wincluater. On Sunday morning, at 6 o'cisck, the 10th
Maine wan drawn np in line of battle IA short distance
front Wilcherter, anxiontly awaiting orders. They did
not receive any, and stood their ground until moat of the
army had pa s...sti through the town on its retreat. They
then thought it was about time for them - to leave, when
they tuck up the line of retreat. Sergeant Merrill, in
cons«inence of haying sprained kis ankle some time be
fore, while trying to save same toldiers confined in a
burning hospital, was unable to follow the army Quickly,
and therefore was obliged to trudge along slowly and
alone along the turnpike road, until be nearly reached
Martin, burg. Milan within three mil• sof the Vac., he
became t o faint and tired that he could not walk any
' farther, aid so sat down on a stone by the roadside and
abalone', awaited bin doom, for be did not expoet that
be would live long if be got into the halide of the'rebole.
I'rteet tit , a teamster came along and threw. Sergeant
-Merrill into his wagon and drove him to Martinsburg.
Sergeant at. entered a house, and it proved to be that of a
strong Union man, who gave him plenty to eat, and Sid
evert thing in big power to• help him. This was about
five &clerk in the afternoon, and about seven tho last of
our, army pawed through the place. Shortly after our
forces had vacated tko place, Colonel (now Garters!)
Aehby's commend entered the place. Immediately all
the Union men hid. Sergeant M.. and his host were
poked into a entail hole called a collar, but which after-%
verde nearly proved their graven.
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VOL. 5.-- - NO. 20.
WILLIAMSPORT, Jane 2, 1862
TLS TOWN OF WILLIAMSPORT.
OEN. BANKS' HEADQUARTERS
TUE POPULARITY Or GEN. BANES
CANNONADING GRAND
A VISIT TO TEE HOSPITAL
w. Fox, • 46, , tt
0. Bbenkle, 46, 31r,
1, H. (Halton, 46, , H,
.. J. Roberts, 45, H, continued fever, ..
IV Beigle, 40,' D, 16
N. H. thultze, 48, • H, 66 66
4 . J Danbark, 48, H, 4 t 6
4, J. Cocbrane„46, I, wounded, Nay 29.
4 4 P. Mouagan, 29, 0, 66
" 0. Mathews, 29 , I, 66
0. Potter, 29, I,
41 L. Johnson, 40, 0, wounded, '
.. J. Iroland, 29, D, it
C. Brandt, 46, H, wounded, 66
ARRIVAL OF SECESII PRISONERS
TIIII PERILS O➢ A UNION SOLDIER
The only entrance to the place was through a trap
door, and after this was abut, the floor was covered by
the ladles with carpet. The next day an officer,
named George W. Murphy, was made provost marshal of
the place, and he immediately gave orders to search the
place. This order was carried ant to the letter. That
same day (Monday) the search commenced, and every
house in Martinsburg, known to be inhabited by Union
people, was visited, and all their goods and provi
sions taken away from them, and given to the sol
diers. Tboee goods which ware of no use to the soldiers,
such as dry goods, silks, &c., &c., were given to the
Socessionieta of the town. The place of Sergeant Mer
rill and his host was searched several times by the rebels,
but they could not find thaidding-place of the refugees.
Col. Ashby was in the house five timer, and several
times was within two or thaee feet of the refugees.
Sergeant M. and his companion, when the rebels left
the house, came out of their hieing place and obtained
something to appease their appetites. During the time
they also observed several barbarous acts of the rebels,
and at onetime Sergeant M. would have shot Provost
Martha' Murphy, if he had not been prevented by
his cellar companion ecizing the gun. Ho mentioned to
me several incidenta which he saw himself. The rebels,
after seizing everything they could lay their hands on,
took the men and pressed them into the rebel service at
the point of the bayonet. Ono man, when he made an
objection to the seizure of his goods, bad a randier
oared at Its head, and was told by Murphy to keep quiet
or he would blow his head oft. He wee then marched off
am) made to join a regiment. While they ware taking
another man to the guard house his wife and children
clung to him and wept bitterly, when the rebel soldiers
tore Lis wife from him, and hit the children Fuoh a
bard blow that they fell into the Mot.
Dfy icfmment was in Martinsburg, setreted, five days,
Ind during that time there were only two regiments of
carelry, one belonging to Ashby's' Command and the
other to Ettiort's, and a Maryland (rebel) and Virginia
regiment of infantry there. The principal force of the
rebels was at lininsville, a distance of three miles from
Martinsburg, but on Wednesday the moth body, under
Jackson, went to Charlestown, to form a junction with
Ewell, nod to be better prepared for an attack from our
forces.. They ate said to be very strong, although they
to y to conceal, as much as possible, their strength. •
This morning, at 6 o'clock, tk body of our cavalry made
dash into the town, bat the rebels 4 ' ekodaddled" on
their appearance. Sergeant Merrill immediately left his
bidiug•place, *rad, observing a body of robet cavalry
going a certain road, be informed our cavalry, who wont
fn pursuit, and succeeded in capturing the eleven priso
ners mentioned above.
It was reported in Martinsburg that after being ten
voiles out they wore attacked by our tercet, probably
Gen McDowell'a and driven back ; but not bo
foro some of our soldiers were recaptured.
Tnr. ROADS.
It has beat raining for two days, and ill° roads are in
n horrible condition,
ALL QUIET
Aq remains quiet here, and a moyement la not expected
to take place coon. I am going, to-morrow, to ller
per's Ferry.
THE PENNSYLVANIA. SICK
Governor Curtin lute despatched eeveral medical gen-
Semen of your State to the hospitals of this department,
end they have made arrangements to remove all of the
Bich and wonnded. J. M. C.
FROM GEN. M'CLELLAN'S DIVISION.
Description of a Congressional Trip to
Fortress Monroe, Norfolk, Portsmouth,
Yorktown, West Point, White House,
dre.—lnterview with Commodore Golds
borough on board the Minnesota—His
Great Arrnada—Tits Printing Press—His
Confidence that the Minnesota Gould
Have Destroyed the Merrimac—Compli
ment to General. Meelellan's Strategic
Genies—Within Sound of the Battle of
Chickahominy The Arrival of our
Wounded—Necessity of Immediate At
tention to Prevent Death by Neglect of
the Brave Men who Fall Fighting for
the Flag.
For the following graphic sketch we are indebted to
one of the gentlemen who composed the Congroesional
party that loft Washington on Friday list, for the scene
cf General McOlellan's operations:
EDITOR OF Tun PRESS: At your rennest, / proceed to
give you a brief account of the expedition got up under
the auspices of the Naval Committee of the House of Re
presentatives. The party consisted of Messrs. Sedgwick,
Bice, Iloreht ad, and English, of the Naval Committee;
and Messrs. Dawes, Delano, Alloy, Train, of Massachu
setts; Corning and Odell, of Now York; McKnight and
Patton, of Pennsylvania; and Potter, of Wisconsin, of
the House of Representatives, with the ladies of their fa
milies, and General Wetmore, of New York; and Mr. and
Ire. Heard, of Massachusetts, who embarked on the
Ring Philip, nt the Washington navy yard, at one
o'clock on Friday last. Wo had a pleasant sail down the
Potomac until the shades of night closed around' ns, and
we were visited by a terrible storm of rain, lightning, and
thunder. Rude Boreal tossed and sported with old Nep
tune to such a degree that some of the ladies of the party
became dissasted and spat upon him.
We arrived at Old Point Comfort on Saturday, and
appointed a committee, composed of Mesas. Rico, Odell,
and McKnight, to wait upon General Wool, and invite
him to come on board, that the party might pay their
respects to him. The old hero responded promptly to the
invitation, and received the greetings and congratula
tions of the party, and sailed with into Norfolk, at which
city we disembarked, the party dispersing about, accord
lug to their various tastes and inclinations—seine to the
market for the pm chase of flowers and strawberries,
some to visit the churches, and most to General Viele'e
headqueilers. The General received us cordially, and
while there we saw brought in a militia officer, who had
been taken prisoner in North Carolina a few days be.
fore. lie was a fine-looking fellow, with a frank and
ingenuous expression of countenance. He seemed to
titbit be was improperly captured, because he hod not
taken up arms against the Government. General Vials
presented to Hon. M.T. Potter a Bowie-knife, or ..Arkan
sae tooth-pick," which had been taken from the person
of one of the celebrated Louisiana prisoners captured.
From None& we stoma) over to Portsmouth to in
spect the late navy yard. We found it the very desola
tion of destruction. Some of the party were thence
rowed out the United States ship Minnesota, a noble
specimen of naval architecture—a little world of itself.
We were welcomed by Captain Van Brant, Commodore
Goldsborongb, whose broad pennant. is, carried on the
Idinuesota, and the subordinate cfficere, and were shown
to all parts of the vessel. Commodore Goideborough is a
magnificent specimen of the naval hero, such as Said
among the naval prophets, and General Scott among the
military ones. Von will remember that he Is a eou7in
law, and was the favorite of, the into William Wirt. The
Commodore exhibited to us a complete printiog press and
apparatus en board, by means of which be strikes off
copies of all his orders, letters, and despatches for the
seventy resettle of his fleet, thereby economizing time and
labor, end avoiding errors. He informed us that he
dittillsd all the water used on board from sea water,
if bich wan much more healthful than the river water,
which always affected the ship's crew alter a sea voyage.
The Commodore is very proud of his gallant ship, and
euid that had not the great bugbear, Merrimac, commit
ted felt) de se, the Minnesota would have soon blown her
to pieces: for, after being lightened so as to elevate her
pist d armor above the water line, she could not have
escaped him, and be would have made short work abet..
Steaming back to Old Point Comfort, we landed and
inspected the fortifications of fortress Monroe, whilst
some a us visited tbo new gunboat Sebago, commanded
by a gallant Peonsylvanian, Captain Alexander Murray'
His 'vessel 18 complete in model and armament, and she
and her commander will doubtless give a good account of
tlismfelves.
At daybreak next morning, we steamed for York river,
ny whose majestic bosom we sailed as far as West Point,
and were astonished at the magnitude of this stream,
which seems to be ratter an arm of the sea than a river.
With such streams as the James, the York, the Flap
pahrumock, and the Potomac, and the magnificent coasts
nod harbors of Virgiois, and hor rich soil; abounding in
mineral wealth, why is it that she, who once led all her
dieter ktatee, ie falling so far behind her juniors? The
negro quarters on some of her plantations suggest a
Palpable answer.
From West Point we ascended the left fork known as
the Pammiky, which is a very tortnoue stream, about the
veldt"' of the river Schuylkill. For the last twenty miles
of our progress, we passed perhaps thousand'a vessels,
of all atom, from bark to ship, loaded with forage, pro-.
visions, males, horses, lumber, ammunition, and locomo.:
tivee for the supply of our army in that vicinity, while
some tugs from Boston, New York and Philadelphia
plied to and fro as In their own harbors. Never before
did wo realize the magnitude of this war. Millions of
property were embarked on this little inland river; and,
doubtless, it was to seize this, as well as to cut off oar
my from this outlet, that the flower of the rebel army
wee precipitated in an attack upon Cassyis division, with
the hope of cutting through our lines, and reaching
Acute landing. But Jeff Davis reckoned without
his hest coming ap to the reckoning, and, besides, there
were several gunboats to protect this valuable propOrty
scattered along the river.
On reaching White House landing wo found• about
clevenliundred of those wounded in the late engagement
on tie Chick abominy, on board two stenmeir, the Whit
din end the Commodore, the latter haying seven hundred
and no roan for another man. And yet the officers could
get no orders to depart and remove their valuable cargo
of human beings from the close heat and malarions at
=sphere so deeiructive I. life, Dr. Tripler, the medical
t 'rioter, being in the advance with General McClellan,
sad no person feeling anthorized to cut the red tape
which detained these vessels: On being appealed to, our
pat ty took the responsibility of suggesting to the captain
to mill np anchor aed pull down stream.
shortly after landing, while , we could hear the sonnd of
the cannon in the battle then raging (Sunday), a train of
cora arrived from the Chickshominy with another load
of wounded heroes. Never before bad we realized the
hot rore of war. There were men with mittilitedstrimes;
seine with their ores shot out; Boras with their jaws
blown off; some shot through the body, and one with hie
noes off, and yet not a groan nor a nanrinnr from any.
Three, brothers were successively carried fioni the can
to the boat.
Finding that we could not reach the battle field, we
left In the night, and returned to Yorktown, where we
loppected the fortifications and entronchmenta around
that ancient city, which is said to have had no house
built since the Revolution. We found the old fortifica
tions of Cornwallis, and the vastly more extensive and
complete moot the rebels and of Gen. McClellan. If any
man doubts tho strategic skill and ability of our young com
mander, he should vbelt the plains of Yorktown. He will
there see ent renclunee to which bore thrown upm one night
which will astound him, as they &Mounded the enemy
when, at dawn, they found their fortification., which
they had supposed impregnablo, completely commanded.
We visited the house occupied by Cornwallis, and, after;
wards, by General. Webbingtou ; and also the hospital
where to many of our brave lads are pining and wasting
in this hot climate. Thin is no place for our sick North-
PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 1862.
ern men, and they eliotdd at once be transferred to the
bracing atmosphere to which they have boon nocustomol.
Returning to the boat, we steamed for Washington,
and before reaching the navy yard, a meeting was ergs.
nivod in the cabin, calling Hon. Erastus Corning to the
chair, and appointing Hon. A. 11. Rice secretary. After
an interchange of views, a committee was appointed.
Messrs. Sedgwick, of NorrYork, McKnight, of Pennsyl
vania, and Dawes, of Massachusette, to visit the Sur
geon General and Secretary of War, to represent the
wants and necessities of our sick and wounded. Soon
after which wo reached Washington, delighted and pro
filed by our pie:moot excursion.
And when next the Naval Committee do sail abroadNV
May I be there to sea.
INTERESTING LETTER FROM I RIME
SOLDIER.
We are indebted to the Ron. Jacob M. noward, Sena
tor in Congress from Michigan, for the (*Mowing very
interestieg extracts from a private totter addreseed to
him by Col. Terry, of the sth Michigan Infantry, giv
ing an account of •the part taken by that brave corps
in the battle of Williamsburg. Doubtless, the gallant
Colonel will be surprised to see his letter in print, but the
spirited manner in which he describes the engagement,
end the modesty with which ho alludes to his own bear
ing, must be onr excuse for malting it public :
BEADQUARTRItS FIFTH NIORIGAN INFANTRY
Oomp n miles from Richmond, Virginia,
May 28, 1862
Hon. J. N. Howard, United 'Valet Senate:
Mr DEAR Bin Tour bind letter of the 21st instant
wee net received until this day. It did me moro good
then all the quinine I have takon for the last five days,
during which time I have been unable to be in command
of tho regiment. The milli-rabbi swamp intermittent bee
got bold of me, but I am bolter now, and shall resume
command in a day or two.
Fully citicercd, as you doubtless know, a regiment
should have 10 captains, 10 fleet and 10 second liente-
Dante. The battle of Williamsburg and sicknois have
reduced MR to 6 captains, 0 flettand 8 second lieutenants.
the table of companies stands:
A BO D EF IK
Cap'alm. ..... 0 1 0 0 1 0 -1 1 1 1 0
First lieutenants 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 ..
second lioutenante. 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .. 8
The sth.of Hay was a rainy, chilly, muddy day. About
B A. H. we left our camp, two (idles this aide of York.
town, for Williamsburg. At once passed !limey's and
.Tamisores Brigades, so that our brigade (Barry's) led the
division, and the sth Michigan led, our brigade all the
day.
We arrived at a place known settee Brick Uhurch
about noon, and after a abort halt we were ordered to
hurry on and take the road to the left.
We turned to the left nt the brick church, and increased
our speed to No. 2 (the place we left our knapsacks),
about ono and one•thlyd miles, mud knee deep, deeper
than it wee at any time last December or January, be
tween Alexandria and Bigelow:eta.
At No. 2 we met General Kearney, who said to me,
Colonel, I have work for you to do. There is a work
of the enemy I expect your regiment to carry this after
noon." We Will try, sir," was my reply. 4 4 lon are
the senior colonel .of the brigade, eir 1" 4 ' Yes, sir."
ii . Very well, young is the leading regiment, and will ho
first in the work."
"Lot the men unsling their knapsacks and pile them
here. Let them rest a moment, and then pneh on the
column."
After waiting a few minuted, we pushed on at double
r:mkt almost. We soon began to meet the wounded being
carried down the road from the battle-field, from which
the sound of artillery and musketry CBO3O nearer and
nearer distinctly. We were soon met by the chief of
Gen. Heintzelman's staff, who said, 4 . The general says
you must hurry on—you may be too late!" I then said,
"Fifth Michigan—double-onicki march!" On they
pressed to the scene. We reached a epet in the road,
with standing woods on both sties, my regiment ahead;
the New York 37th, Col. Hayman, (as good an officer as
ever lived,) nest to us, and the Michigan 2d next to the
37th. The other regiment of our brigade, the 3d Michi
gan, was detached for some other iutended work, and
was not In the action.
We Bled to the left into the woods about 3 I'. M.
Only two of the companies had filed in before the phut
came thick and fast.
Captain Le Favour, of the second company, fell
wounded. We hurried the regiment on (Company A
having been detached as skirmishers,) and on ar
riving at the spot assigned ns to move to the
front, and drive the enemy from the woods. I ordered a
halt and front, which brought our backs to the foe.
Thorn was no time to be lost, and, of course, no lime to
countermarch, and lat once faced by the rear rank, a
tennoduvre which was, at the time, the only safety for
the regiment. We remained so faced, by the rear rank,
during the entire fight.
The 87th New York Bled past us, and took position on
our left, and came Intl:Cline of battle on the right by file,
which ttey could do, having a definite spot for their
right to rest.
When we were thus formed, my right (artificial right)
reeled about twenty or twenty-five rode from the road.
where we entered. I was then ordered to attack the
enemy in front. I ordered our advance in litre of battle,
which the men executed beyond my expectations. Be
fore this, however, I made a short—very short—address
to the command, not to forget the promiee we had made
when we received the national Bag at Fort Wayne—that
-it should never trail in the dust. There-was no response,
bat there was a eilence more emphatic than any response
the tongue can make—a bilenze that spoke a determina
tion to defend the old flag or die. We advanced, as I
said, in line of battle steadily and firmly. Oa coming in
sight of the enemy through the thick woods, I ordered a
ball and a fire by file. No better fire was ever executed
by any regiment, regulem or irregular. General Heintzel
men himself will say so. The enemy retired quietly
under cover of the trees, and " Cease firing" was or
dered, and another advance; we soon came in sight.
Then another fire by file of some minutes, when they
again retired, end we ceased firing and made another ad
vance. This was repeated two or throe times, when I
found they did not retire as before, and their fire was
very destructive. I ordered a charge with the bayonet.
At that moment I received notice from the loft that the
New York 37th wore firing into us. As the men were
advancing to tho charge, I turned my horse and rode
rapidly to Colonel Hayman, (whose regiment had not
advanced as far as ours, and whose left wing was kept
back to protect our left Bank,) about six rode from the
line, and told him what had been said. He replied,
"Never fear, colonel, we shall not hit your men,"
I tinned my horse to the regiment, still advancing,
with a yell, to the charge, and was struck in the instep
by a ball, and fainted for . a moment, and was helped
oft' the home by Colonel Hayman. Two men took off my
belt and carried me back tabards the road. I eat on a
leg a moment, recovered &ate the faintness and returned
to the regiment as I could beet get there—perhaps the
whole distance I retired altogether was 15 or 20 rods.
I woe gone from the regiment altogether not to exceed
ton minutes. When I returned, the regiment was just
closing the good work of the charge at and in a strong
breastwozk, of (I think) Revolutionary construction.
This is the spot that happened in the fight to cover
the whole front of our regiment, and this is the work we'
carried by the bayonet—the enemy leaving :Wit-three
dead upon the spot.
I had omitted to state that when I returned to the
regiment, alter my slight injury, I met Lieutenant Colo
nel Beach being brought oft' the field, wounded in the
thigh. In the meantime, Major Falrbauk's horse had
boon shot under him, and lie was in the immediate com
mand when I reached the regiment, The firing soon be- .
gan to cease, and the enemy retired in great confusion
into the fallen timber, from which they were finally most
gallantly driven by the New York 38th, Colonel Ward, by
an attack from the road.
I was ordered to hold the breastwork all night. We
did so. Isent mit, as soon as dark, vedettes to the front,
' With orders to report the least movement. The regiment
remained under arms the whole night; it was raining
dining the entire time, and wo had nothing to eat or
drink; No man complained. Of coarse I suffered much
with my ankle, and' could only change my location by
thiz aid of the shoulders of some of themes,. The worst
thing to me, personally, was the meantime(' our wounded
enemies in front during the entire night. " Water "
" help ?'—‘i for Cod sake help me," came from every
quarter.
But every man was kept at his post. The day dawned,
and then I learned that, during the darkness of the night,
we bad been drinking water brought by eoldtere from the
ditch in which lay a score of dead rebels. Captain Tra
verse, of Company E, emptied the balance of hie canteen
out, and it was quite red.
It was required of the Michigan sth to carry the breast
works—they did it with the bayonet. They. had no
support but the 37th New York, which prevented their
being flanked on the left.. •
• But lam spinning this out too long. We are reduced
sadly in numbers; but are ready for the work again,
whenever the work is ready for us. We have been here
' some days. I do not know how long we shall remain.
This Is a hasty hotchpotch, (as Balton spelled it,)
gotten up by a sick man, on the cleanest paper he could
find in camp. Your true friend, TERRY.
DETAILS OF TOE LATE BATTLES.
Bayonet. Charges by. our Men.
Developments.
, The developments regarding the great fight of Satur
day and Sunday show it to be a greater and more im
portant victory than at first supposed. We have occa
sion for great rejoicing at the fact that the great attempt
of the enemy to defeat that portiou of the army across
the river, and thus permanently disable it, has been most
completely foiled, and the attacking party thrown back
upon his original position with a force which staggered
and greatly weakens, if it does not entirely paralyze, litm.
Seven Pines.
From a short distance beyond the Chickahominy river
e highway to Richmond, known as-the Williamsburg ,
road, rope directly west to the rebel capital. Seven miles
east of Richmond, on this road, is the place known as the
Seven Pines. Near to.the Seven Pines a oommon country
road, known to its as the Nine Mile road, creams a main
road, and on she left [our left] runs through the woods
towards White Oak Swamp. On the right the road rang
In a northwesterly direction .by Fair Oak station, by the
Richmond rails oad to Richmond. BY this road it is nine
miles from the Seven Pines 'to the city. Towards Rich-1
mond the fields are sarronniled by tbicli woods, the edge
:of stbich had been felled to form au abattis, and obscured
the approach of the enemy. Dense woods run all along
cur left, but nearly all the battle field has once been cul
tivated, though in parts.of it there was a high growth . of
wood when we came up. This was felled and formed
erattia.
How the Fight Began.
It, was about noon when we first heard the acattered
fire of our pickets in front. For two or three der; be
fore there bad been skirmishes between the pickets near
the rood in front, and this was mistaken for another'
affair of the same kind, and thus twine timo was loat ; for,-
instead of the dispositions tint should biro been made,
a regiment was ,limply ordered out—the 11)3d Pennaylve
nie,-to support the pickets This, regiment wont out
quickly, was formed neer the road, and almost stumbled
upon the enemy river cing in line of battle. Before the
men bad even loaded thelr pieces, the 1034 received a full
nr) steady volley, from the Mete of which ft @id not ro
cover. That one flre—deUvered almost as a complete
surprise, end which our men could nut return--ent down,
: y.erlmps, one-fifth of the regiment, tend demoralized the
rtmah,der.
Nu more service was had from the 103 d that day, and,
what was worse, the moo began to stream to the roar
with the old story of t. eta to pieces." It ought to be a
crime punishable with death in our army for any soldier
to say that bit regiment was "Cut to pions;" it le a
shibboleth with many in which they boast their own dis•
grace, though in this case it was somewhat different. Of
course, this stream of men had no good effect upon the
spirits of their follows, and thus the day began in mis
lettuce.
The Engagement.
Soratt'c battery, which was poked in a field to the
right of tho road and near the edge of the wood, and
Itegan's battery, which was also in the same field, got
into action immediately, and wore supported by the 100 th
New York in the road to the loft, by the 11th Maine arid
104th Pennsylvania on their right, and by tho 92d New
York in the rear. Both batteries did splendid execution.
The enemy advanced silently and steadily, receiving the
fire with apparent perfect coolness, and firing in return
with great effect.
JOHN GILPIN
As the onemy.'a line came into fire of our Infantry,
regiment after regiment gave it to them In fine style;
but et 11, though there was mtny a gap in their lines,
there was no break. Fire after tire. tore through their
rants, brit could not break them, and one three rogl.
mente, engaged at that point, fell back, a little shaky,
perhaps, but still in order.
Spratt's battery was composed of Napoleon gone. Four
hundred yards in front of the place where it was posted
there wee a rather difficult rail fence, which the rebel
line bad to cross. As they came up to It, the four Na
poleons' played anon them fearfully with grape and
canister. They could 'not pees the fence. Every time
that they CMG up to it, the new discharge tore their
lines asunder, mowed wide gaps through their forme-
Con, end hold them there beyond the fence. They did
not pass the fence until Spratt'e grape and canister were
gone. lla could not be supplied again, for the wagons
were beyond the Ohickshoniiny. So the, rebels passed
the fence, and Sprott, with his four Napoleons, fell back
to the redcnht.
The cernoge by the bayonet upon this field probably
exclude auyihing recorded in history for many a score
of ygleke..; Tbe.finglish could fled but half a dozen men
kilted . bY the bayonet nt Waterloo. The Bz-easior bri-
!lode and the Irish brigade, both from New York, ells-
titquished themselves greatly by Um impetuosity of
thew' onslaughts with this terrible weapon. They wore
maddened by the persistency. with welch the enemy
sought every cover and shelter, from which they drove
them repeatedly. At every charge the enemy reeled and
fled before the unwavering line of flashing steel. Fre
nnehtly the conflicts would be band to hand, but the -
groat ardor and superior muscle of our men overpowered
the cadaverous and weik-kneed Southerners, and they
fell pierced with the glittering blade. Glue them 'the
bayonet.
There was a silence of a few moments, and the rebel
line again began its terrible advance. Bates' and Fitch's
Lotteries bad already opened, and now also the four rebel
batteries did the some, and the rebel WORRY nal. our
own ltalitry. Never since this war began his there
ban heard a more terrible fmilado. At this time, the
left of the rebel line wee termed of Jenkins' Palmetto
Shsrpebooters (South Carolluians), the 6th South Caro
line Regiment, and tt e 6th North Carolina. A fair view
of the lino was obstructed by the aliattis of fallen timber
tetwten us and it; but we knew they were comiog
steadily on.
The Enemy Storm the Redoubt
no enemy soon reached and storm - xl the redoubt and
tulle pita. Bates' whole battery and two of epratt's guns
were left in the redoubt. The guns, however, wore
spiked.'
essay% bath rice were all ssnt to the rear, and his rent
monte were completely broken.
Hour Long the Battle Continued.
The attack began shortly after twelve o'clmk, and the
battle was in jell I ary at two. Thus, for three hours and
a half General Casey, with six thousand raw troops, had
sustained the whole weight of the rebel onset, against a
force at least triple his own, and with the Rower of the
lionthern army. From Oasey's front to the point of his
last resistance it is not half a mile, and it had taken the
enemy three hours and a half to advance that half mile.
It will be seen that Casey stood in the way to some pur
pose. He bad given the enemy three hourrand a half of
bard fight; he had.lost, by casualties, nearly every
fourth matt that he had in the field—a large percentage.
He had lost many of his best °Blown, including his gal
lant and capable chief of arbliery, Colonel Bailey, and
now, at last, he was compelled, with a heavy heart, to
relinquish the unequal struggle.
It wan a little more than half peat four when the 'ro
newed advance of the enemy brought them to Conoll's
line; His line was not drawn exactly parallel to the
enemy's ar.ver ce, but was obliqued in such a meaner
that its right become first engaged. Once more the
woods were elfin with fire..-Gallant Colonel Neile with
the 21W Pennsylvania, was first into 14 and' by ' ble
pretetc?; kept up the spirits of hie men. Hereserved his
fire until the enemy were very near to him, and only six
rounds bad been discharged when his own men and the
enemy were fairly face to face.
Then the - gallant 'Colonel gave his mon the word to
charge, and went in ahead to show them how to do it.
Again the cold eteel wee offered, and again the man of
the eolith refused it. They gave way and scattered be
fore the 23d, and the way was clear ; but now None had
UM fire of the enemy upon Me right and left, and began
to suffer severely as he fell back to hie place. Many of
We men also had gone down in the charge, beside those
that were bit, for It was over difficult ground, and as
they came tip again did not find their regiment. Tbns,,
the 23d was weakened, but fell back fighting, and Colonel
Neils, with his colors and less than a hundred men,
formed on the Ist Long Island, the next regiment to hie
line. -
And in a few minutes later our whole right was in hot
battle There the fight seemed to have formed a et:miens,
and supports were pound in.. From the left the 93d and
102 d Penneylvania, sad the 62d were hurried across, and
a brigade of Kearney's division—Birnoy's brigade—then
cm.th•rrailroed,-was ordered to push ahead and get into
action at that point.
After the brilliant fight at tlie.23d Pennsylvania, which
tie have described above, the enemy brought up a large
reinforcement of fresh troops and advanced again In the
Banat good order that had been observed La his line
throughout the battle. Miller's battery, a splendid
battery of Napoleon's, formed in a field in advance of the
Nine Mile road, and tore the rebel ranks terribly until
the rebel artillery got the exact range of It, and hit the
pieces every time. Then it changed its place, and
Brady's battery, farther to the right, kept up a rapid.
fire. Soon the 36th Now York, the 7th Massachusetts,
and let Long Island, the Ist Chseseur, the 61st, 31st, 3311,
and 10'ld Pentis3lvenia, the 62d New York, and the 10th
Massachusetts, wore all hotly engaged at that point.
Three batteriee also played on the advancing line, and
atilt it came on. It eeerued ae if nothing could atop IL
A Terrible Contest.
The scene at this time was awfully magnificent. The
faint smoke of the musketry. fire arose lightly all along
the line, Mat solhat the heads of the men could be seen
through it; sudden gusts of intense white smoke burst
up irate the mouth of cannon all around; bullets shred
ded the air, sad whistled swiftly by, or struck into trees,
fences, boxes, wagons, or with their peculiar w chuck,"
into men; and far up in the air shells buret into sudden
flame like shattered stars, and passed away in little
clouds of white vapor, while others filled the air with a
shrill scream, and hurried on to burst far is tho rear.
ICTery second of time had its especial tone, and every
inch of space was packed with dead.
When the enemy Busily forced our position on the
Nine Mile road, the greater part of Couch's division fell
back in the direction of the Williamsburg road i but the
general himself, ..mith a smaller body, being nearer to
Pair Oak station, fell back across the railroad, and was
thus cut off from the army. • As soon as this was ascer
tained hstpreparid to make the best of it. He examined
big position carefully, sent men to beat up all the roads,
and especially along the New Bridge road, to see If Sam
ner might not be near. The Rims with Couch was found
to consist of four regiments—the let New York 0 hassea re,
Col. Cochrane; the 62d New York (Anderson Zonaves,)
Colonel Riker; the ith Blassachnsetts, Colonel Russell,
and the 3let Pennsylvania, Col. Williams, and Brady's
battery of four pieces. His trositiou was in a large open
field, in au angle between this:railroad and a road that
rune from the Fair Oak station northward tetrarch' New
Bridge.
On the west was a dense wood, from which the enemy
might emerge at any moment, at don the south was the
railroad and a fringe of wood through which they could
cross for a flack attack. Whether he hid any road for re
triat the general did not yetknow, eoheformod two Hoes of
battle—ono towards' the railroad, with a section of Bra
dy's battery, supported by the Massachusetts 7th;
another towards the woods •to the west, with ths other
section of the - batter, supported by the Anderson
Zeuerfs, with the 31st Pennsylvania and the Ist
Chimaera formed close in the edge of the wood, under
cover of a rail fence.
At night both armies lay Upon the field. Many wounds
were - drobeed at Savage's house; which bad been imme
diately made a hospital.
Brigadier General Devens received a bulled in the right
ley, but kept the field for two hours after it. Brigadier
General Weeds wee • struck by a ball in the shoulder,
but not disabled. A musket bell passed across General
Eionch's breast, and only out his coat. Colonel Briggs,
of the Massachusetts 10th, was efruck in three places,
and disabled finally by a rifle ball that passed through
both thighs. Colonels Biker, of the 62d New York ;
Dodge. of the 87th New York; Bailey, of the lit New
York Artillery. and Risley. of 61st POIMBYIVRIIift, were
all killed. Colonel. Metrarter, of the 031 Penns y lvania;
Rowley. of the 102 d Pennsy lvania; Van Wyck, of the
60th New York.' and Hunt, of the 92d New York, wore
wounded. Majors Ely, of the 23d Pennsylvania, and
King, of the 86th New York, wero also wounded.
The loss of horses tells where the officers who rale
there.wore. (loners' Keyes had a horse hit, and Captain
Etatlam, of his staff, had his horse Wed. All the gen
tlemen of Conch's staff—Captain Walker and Lieutenao so
Edwards and Burt—bad horses shot. General PoLk's
was hit three times. General Casey 'a horse was hit, and
General Detens' also.
The bulk of the losses on both *ldes took place on
Saturday. Our loss for that day will scarcely fall short
of 3,000, In killed nod wounded. The enemy's loss was
estimated as probably two to ene of ' our owu, and the
appearenco of the field made the estintate eoom reason.
able.
Sunday's Fight.
On Sunday our men stood to their arms before day.
light.
On the left, stretched across tho tichmond road, the
Slake brigade was in face of the enemy, at namely two
bandred yards distance. •
. To the right of Sickles, in a thick swamp, was Patter
eon's New Jersey brigade. Both of these brigade.
faced toward Richmond, and this was the point at
which our men bad been pushed the hardest and far
thest
To the right of Patterion was Richardson's brigade,
the line of which was drawn at right angles with the line
of Sickles and Patterson. Richardson faced towards the
flank of the force, in front of those two brigades. Sang
wick joined on to Richardson, and part of his division as
sisted to strengthen °ouch's line in the wood from which
the rebels had been driven on Monday afternoon.
The. Rebels Commence the Fight,
Our first anticipation bad scarcely settled into tho con
♦tctlon that the enemy Intended to give Sunday to care
for the dying and dead, than we beard the pickets at it.
It was in front of libibardson'e division. The enemy
were in a strong position, covered by a swamp . Foie.°
was immediately sent forward to support the pickets, and
became engem din Its turn. The enemy formed his men
in line, and was cllsposed.to feel en again:
The Irish and other .Brzgades.
The Bring noon became general, and spread along the
lines of the Irish brigade, French's brigade, and the bri
gade of tbe gallant Howard. This day also the enemy's
fire was well directed. and severe. But it wail returned
with certainly equal effect, and our men pushed forward,
. across the railroad •aud downinto the swampond now
the - enemy in hie turn gai , s way. It was very difficult
ground, and the men - could not el all times keep the line,
and were often up to their waists in water% theladvance
through the swamp. Yet still they kept on. Sometimes,
too, there may havebeen. a abeknees under the fire, but
the gallantry of the
- officers kept the men up to It. This
was once or twice the cats in Howard's brigade; but the
lonng bozo, by hie own gallantry, gave an example that
'restored - 4dt Two horses a ere shot under him in this
advance, and he received two rifle balls in his right arm;
but he .bound up the shattered limb In a handkerchief
and kept the field. With the continual din'of the mus
ketry, as It peeled up and down the lines on either side,
no order could be beard, and only example served. Thus
the monnted officers were compelled to keep ahead in the
advance to show the men wlket was wanted. ,•
There was the liish.Brigade , in all the glory of a fair,
free fight. Other men go into lights finely, sternly, or in
differently, but the only man that really loves it, after
all, ie the "green immortal" Irishman. So there the
brave lads from the old sod, with the chosen Heasber at
their bead, laughed, and fought, and joked, as if it were
the finest fun in the world. Wo saw one sitting on the
side of a dada, with his feet in the water—end, the sun.
Rea/ DaTone; charge,,,
The Rebels Again Advance
Another Bayonet Charge
The Enemy Reinforced
General Conches Division
Night on the Battle Field
Losses
Disposition of onr Troops.
and Iho water, too. vory tot—sod he apparently wounded.
As we rode by he called out to know if we ~ had overseen
a In - dled Iriebmen."
The fire soon 'mead around to the New Jersey Brigade,
on the front which the enemy had pushed so far the day
before. Nobly did the Jorsoyrnen stand up to it, and
push on clew and defier, and the enemy fell back,
through the thick mama, Slowly and steadily. On this
front the the was not so severe as on Richardson's, bat
still it told heavily on our brave fellows, though it did not
prevent the advance.
The Excelsior Brigade was still farther to the left.
General Sickles was all activity. Sickles' men apparent
ly lost their patience, and we suppose the officers did, and
General Sickles, especially. When men advance across
and the Sickles Brigade Totsi
r a an ba r tt d l o oli n e o ld t ,
glooa,deinryg
fast and firing as th.-y go, they natu
the gait to be decidedly slow, PO the order was given to
fix bayonets and charge, and they did it not mincingly at
all, but in teniblo earnest and with a glorious cheer.
Some of the rebels stood It add held their places; some
stood long enough to flro their pieces, anal than ran ; but
the mass ran at once, scampering through the woods like
BO many Winirreig•
• That ended the tight for Sunday in that direction, for
It weold not do to let the men go rashly too far Into the
woods. We didn't know what little arrangements of sir.
tillery, &c., the enemy might have' ramie • there in our
absence; so, with a visa caution, the Sickles Brigade
was drawn back to the edge of the wood; and laid away
there snugly; and there it spent its Sunday ready for
visitors, though none came, if we except several inno
cuous obeli that Cte enemy threw into the wood over
their beads.
quiet Again.
Oe Richardson's front, also, the fight drown] off very
Much as it bad begun. It was apparenUY not the design
that wo should make any general advance on Sunday, so
we merely drove the enemy away as he came up, sod
then fell - into our places again with a true Sunday calm.
The Losses.
It was only 9 A. M. when the calm came, hat' in this
short light much had been done. liowsyd's brigadealone
lcst in ibis frcalt, in killed dlid wounded, fire hundre4
and thirty-elg men.
Rebel Losses on Sunday.
The scene in the woods on'tithnday told a story that
will be betted with sad earioth dor.bt, throughout the
South. There lay in - hcare.lbe dead -and those in mortal
agony terribly thingled=tuen, `young and old—ssoatlY
young—from every Southern State.
All day Sunday, after our own men.had been Been to,
we bed out puttee in the woods with stretchers bringing
in the wounded rebels, and other parties engaged in
bun log them. Our imemiee, tired of the fight, employed
the greater part of the day in the same way. And so
went out the second day of the battle of the ae►en
PiPO.
The Third Day
Oh Monday morning our Mon pushed on, step by step,
pushing the rebels on Wore, with a light exchange of
tire, but no serious resistance, until we were once more
entirety at home.
Near Richmond
Then they pushed on again, through camp and beyond
it, and once more they were on tt a rota to It (Almond ;
and they kept on it, and that night our pickets were
posted within four miles of the rebel capital, and near to.
a Ilea of works that we fancy is, or represents, the cele
brated last ditch where the rebels are to make a anal
stand,
LATE FROM THE ,SOUTIL
Rebel Accounts from Vicksburg.
GIN. BUTLER AND THE NEW ORLEANS PRESS
INTERESTIPIG FROM CIIARLE 3TON
The Proclamation of Gov. Letcher.
REBEL ADVICES FROM MOBILE
&c., &c., &c.
The Great Scare at Charleston
[From the Charleston Mercury, May 23 .1
On Wednesday three of the enemy's gunboats shelled
the picketaon Battery Island, six of whom, mistaking t talc
orders, took refuge in a bombproof, whore they were
captured by a large party. Doles' and Battery Islands
were [evacuated, everything movable being carried off,
and the barracks on the latter island burned. In the
afternoon the enemy noosed through the nnfinished piling
to a point above Battery Island. At night one Sergeant
Wilson was caught by the Confederate pickets in the aot
of deserting to the snooty. It is said that two heavy
gone were abandoned on our outer lines of defence. The
enemy are vigilantly observed, and all their movements
reported ; but the general optuion is that half a dozen
heavy grins on Coles' Island could have kept them out of
the river. Their presence has occasioned the removal of
a large force of negroes, and the lose of the crops and
stock on several plantations.
By the possession of Stone. only James' Island inter
venes between the enemy and the city of Charleston,
from which they are distant eight miles as the crow flies.
lalp Rebel Accounts from Vicksburg.
We take the following items of interest from the Vicke.
burg Odieaissippi) Citizen of Friday, May 23:
Destruction of President Davis' Property.
We learn that the vandals have come off their boats,
and battered down and utterly destroyed the reehtence of
Jeff Davis, and also that of Joe Davis. Their acts of
d. &traction and vandalism in that neighborhood were
complete, leaving nothing but a bleak and desolated
track behind them.
Sickness in the Gunboats
We are informed that there is an immense amount of
sickness among the Federal troops on the transports. It
appears that they have run short of medicines, and a
party of them made a visit to a drug store in Warrenton,
and eacked it of all its contents. One-beat is said to be
filled entirely with their sick.
It is the general impression that the enemy has landed
the troops from the transports at some point below this
city. We do most ardently hope this - may be so. But
few rif . them will over get home again to tell the fate of
their companionr, if they venture upon the soil of old
Warren.
The Gunboats
Since'the loot communication by flag of truce, yester
day morning, no change has been made in the fleet. They
atilt maintain their old posit ion. out of reach of our guns.
Several shots have boon tired by the gunboats at our men
on the shore, between the lower batteries and Warren
ton, but no one has been hart by them. One heavy shell,
that did not ex p'ode, lies in the Warrenton road, and Is
an object of much curiosity to all who ease that way.
. . Captured.
The Federal fleet in front of Warrenton is committing
all sorts of depredations upon the people along the shore.
Two citizens of Warrenton, Mr. Walker and Mr. Gard
ner, have been captured and carried off.te thoir boats.
Burning of the De Soto Depot
This building, located immediately opposite Vicksburg,
cn the Louisiana shore, was set on fire last , night sad
entirely consumed. No attention was paid to the fire,
every yersou thinking that the conflagration was ordered
by our military authorities as a beacon light by which
to watch the movements of, the enemy. The story now
runs that the 'Yankee scouts dime up through the awn so,
surprised the guard on watch, and sot tire to the build:.
The guard escaped to the point of the river above,
and made their way over MAIL° city this morning.
[Telegram to the Mobile News, May 2t
JACKSON, May 24—Night. —MI quiet at Vicksburg;
No atoned of an immediate attack.
Our Prospects
Whatever doubts we have had as to the merits of our
defencee hero are now rapidly disappearing, and we are
assured by the most competent and experienced military
judges that our wozke are of such a character as to bid
defiance to the enemy. Every day is adding to our
etret3gth.
General Duncan in Town.
•
The gallant J. K. Dnncan, who vo heroically defended
the forts below New Orleans, bee arrived in our city.
No man could bo more welcome at this tuna.
Scouting Parties
Onr scouting tattles have thus far effected but very
little in harassing the enemy. In a little skirmish on
Monday they succeeded in .wounding five Yankees, but
we also had one of our badmen seriously wounded. So
far the Yankees have had things their own way, having
taken one of our cavalry prieoner, captured several citi
zens of Warrenton, killed Mr. Johnston, destroyed Joff
Davis' and Joe Davis' farms, and committing depreda
tions ad libitum everywhere. Why is it that our scouts
cannot cot off these vandal parties
A Caution..
Have our military authorities taken any means to gut
a guard on the river above this city 7 Is it safe for our
steamers to keep plying: between this and the mouth of
the Yazoo? The enemy can easily, by means of yawls
mid small boats, eend a force across the swamp opposite
this city to capture an unarmed steamer. This could be
effected with very little trouble, and the enemy has the
means and the men to do it i and strategy and trickery
are the means by which they bare accomplished every
success heretofore. Let it not be said that they outwit
ted us at Vicksburg.
Reported Surrender of Vicksburg.
[Prom the Missouri Democrat, Jurie 2 j
A private letter,. dated May 28, contains the follow
ing :
Twenty-nine refugees havejnst C , lllO in from a point
about ten miles from Memphis, which place they left
last Thursday. They came in with their shotguns and
titles, and said they were running from the conscript
law and hanging. A more miserable set you never saw.
They bad to travel kneeodeep im water about twenty-four
miles.
Farragnt , s advance was at Napoleon when they loft.
Vicksburg surrendered without firing the city. Farra
gut will likely be at Memphis this week.
The Defences of Mobile.
[From the Mobile brows, May 28.]
APPEAL PO ONE CITIZENS
WA call particular attention to the earnest appeal to
our citizens, by order of the Commanding General, for
the labor required to complete the fortifications in pro
gress for the defence of the city. These, we are glad to
know, are rapidly progressing, and it only needs a strong,
hearty and united effort to bring them to speedy comple
tion.
Let this effort and the labor required be given without
stint. Let every citizen promptly place all•the negro la
bor he has, that ean'powiblY be °pared, eta° disposal of
our officers. and then we will not have onreel.rea to blame
if we are not prepared to give a imitable welcome to the
foe, should be attempt to add thin city to the number of
his conquests.
/Every consideration of interest, justice, patriotlim,
and manliness urges prompt and energetic action on our
lart,.and we pity tbo man alio can be laggard or deaf to
such a call.
Deaths of 'Union Soldiersat Mobile.
In the Mobile News, of May 26, we find noticed the
following interments of 'Union prisoners who died In that
city :
James Rands, thirty-tire Yeats orYtriPalaa.
Allen. Wier, thirty. four years, debility.
T. N. Campbell, forty-fire year'', pneumonia.
[From ta Mobilo Nowa, May 26.]
SPROUL WM:IR-NO. 116
HEADQUARTIIIISj•DAPARTICT ALA. AND WIIST FLA, /
fdonma, May 21, 1862 5
'l. Application having been made to the commanding
general of this department for eighty men to nerve on
board the Confederate filtatee steamer Baltic, the com
n,anding officers of regiments, battalions, or companies,
stationed in this .vicinity, are repaired to furnish to thin
office lists of MC under their respective commands who
may volunteer for thin ' • •
The men will be detailed for temporary duty, or dis
charged noon condition Of their immediate enlistment in
the naval eervice. for• three years or the war, as
may elect. * * * * -41<
BY command of Brigadier General John 11. Forney
8. GROOM, Antenna Adjutant Genera
.Affaire Below , Mobile.
(From the Mobile . IteEteter
FORT 0112iRS, May 9.—There la, of course, very little
of interest Occurring bore as a general thing, but yester
day the people who go "down to the sea in ships " made
their appearance, to the number of tan, and two of them
ventured en near Fortidorgsa 110 the latter paid its re
, swots to them with those ~ mortal engines whose rade
throats Jove's dead clamor imitate." Some dozen shots,
were fired, struck very clore, as wo could see, but, un:'
fortunately, did not bit the mark. It seemed to as they
were taking soundings, and wore within range half the
day.' The excitement, or rather interest,•Was lively at
Fort Gaines, and our guns were trained on tho insolent
foe," but to no purpose, as we have not yet Bred a shot.
This morning a Schooner ran the blockade, and, at this
writing, is moored under the guns of Fort Morgan ; how
she managed is hard to tell.
We all like our colonel here—a man of few;worde, very
courteous, and .approacbable . to,a11;- be commands our
respect, and will bo well supported in anything he under•
fakes. That fa one good thing of Fort Qatar%
TWO CENTS.
But. Jerusalem ! were you ever in the countries where
morquithee carry brickbats under their wings to sharpen
their bills? or in that where "chintzes " pull the cover
off before making an attack? or in that other where
monkeys are employed instead of tine toothcombs? or
yet In that other whore profs and brimstone are staples of
production and consumption ? Weil, Dauphin Island is
as far ahead of them all as the girl who said " yea" is to
the one who answered "ask mamma." The fleas hero
are about the size of a marketable shrimp, and the sand
flies as hungry us soldiers. Jost imagine the " situa
tion," and give ns a leader on the subject. But I drop
the subject, and wish I could the fleas us easily.
draw blood, if the Yankees do tot.
We have reseed two nights at theme, and no signs of
an attack yet. They ate evidently shy e f us, but I ex
pect, their arrangements completed, we will have an ex
change of pills: " Dr. Lincoln's to Dr. Davis'." Any
him, our leek and disabled have all been moved, and we
aro ready. •
P. B.—All the gunboats have left. supposed they have
got oto Ship Island. iho attack is evidently Postponed
unlit they are stronger or more favorable weather. The
channel between the forte may prove a modern Thermo-
Pelle yet.
What Should be Done to Defend Mobile.
[Correspondence of the Mobile ReOter
Bionnos - D, flay 17,1862.
I am glad to learn, from private letters from home,
that General Forney bait determined to light to the bitter
tur for Mobile. This is as it thould be. I have always
doubted whether it could he taken by water, with the
bay properly fortified and obstructed. Place water bat
teries, will estomated, with heavy guns, a few hundred
,lards • from the obstruceona and it is impaenble for
wooden vemela to remove the obstructions, or peas them
There is no officer in the service who understEnda finch
work bettor than Generel Forney. Some of the best
batteries in Pensacola were erected by 11.111, and if our
people at home will cooperate fully with. him., mobile
will he more difficult to take than New Orleans. The
natural defences aro better than those of the Crescent
City, inasmuch as la ,- go Teasels cannot go up to Mobile.
/ do hors that the fear of losing a little property will not
deter blobilease from defending the city. If they make
up their minds to fight to the last, Mobile will not fall.
Which is better, to let our army have the property, or
give it to the Yankees'? The alternative Is plain, and
we mu't armee between the two. Take off tho women
and children and Government atom, and, if necessary,,
let them take the city in maths. Obstruction; should be
ready to sink, in the rivers in case Mobile falls, and the
high bluffs lined with ride pits t 3 pick off the pilots. Tee
time has acme for vigorous action, and the people out—
Mee of the army can do a great deal in partisan warfare.
Gen. Butler and the New Orleans Press.
Major General Butler does tl ings promptly and Emc
ees:gully in him dealings with all dames In Now Orleans,
the press included. The editor of the True Della,
having publithed some contraband sentiments in his
money utile. GenAntier sent hint the following curt
and pithy order:
READQVAUTERS DEPARTXRNT OP TRZ GULP, t
NEW Qfq•EANs? Mar 10 ; 182
To the Proprietor of the Nei) Orleans True Della
Ste: The remarks in your money article of today are
inadmissible.
Wanton, rimless ' and criminal acts of destruction
of property , generally by tho mob, who do not own It,
are not acts of patriotism, but vandal incendiarism, which
pill be pubibbed.
Ton s ill not receive further caution, but punishment,
fora lilts offence.
Pub;lob this coneelecottell.
By order of Pinky General BUTLER.
Grin. C. STROSG, Aveietant adjutant General.
Tim editor as promptly ri sponded by ,‘ priblmhing con
epieuenely,,, on the very seine evening, the above order
at the bead of the editorial page.
LATER NEWS FROM EUROPE.
Arrival of the Steamship Persia.
CHANGE OF TONE IN THE LONDON TEfda
THE CASES OF THE BERMUDA AND EMILY ST. PIERRE,
EUROPEAN POLITICAL 'NEWS
NEW YORK, June s.—The stenznerlierida arrived this
morning, with Liverpool dates to the Rith and 25th ult.,
ria Qtmenetown.
The Persia reports the America as having arrived at
Queenstown on the 25th ult. She passed the Au stralastau
on the 28th. and the Edinburgh on the 30th ult. .
2ltulow Weed is a passenger on board the Persia.
The anxiety relative to ZIOIVB from Amnion was daily
two, ming moro and more intense among the commercial
classes of England, and false rumors were in constant
circulation.
The Times publiebes, witbout Touching for its authen
ticity, a private deaparch received by the atemor Bre
men to the effect that w the Oonfoderatee in Virginia had
been defeated and eurroundfd .
The Daily Armor had also given currency to a report
that a private despatch, dated New York, (fey 12, hal
been received per North Atfieriam via Cape Rece, and
that it quoted U. B_ Sixes of 'Bl at 1053( . No confirma
tion of either of - these despatches had been received
through the regular channele, and the arrival of the
America wan anxiously awaited that they might be either
cootinnedur disproved.
The Times remarks that it is now dept ived of any in
formation from the scat of war except that which the
Federal Government is pleased to prepare for home and
foreign consumption. The Army and Navy Gazette re
grets that a British military commissioner hoe not been
appointed to the headquarters of the Federal army.
Tile SEIZI3OI OP Ttlit lIERIUDA.—Ia the House. of
Common!, on the 23d, Mr. Mitdmay asked what Mops the
Government- intended to take in tho ease of the steamer
Bermuda, which had been. seized by a Federal ehip•of
war, on her Damage from one British colony to another.
Layard said Government had received information
of the seizure mil the ease bad been referred to the Law
Officers cf the Crown.
The London Times says that the details ofthecapture
of New Orleans show fhe surrender of the city in a light
more credible to the defenders—and the surrender, after
such a contest as took place, is divested of any reproach
it argues that the subsenuent occurrences plainly show
the fierce and resolute spirit of the Southern people, and
says: " From this we are to conclude that a stubborn
defensive warfare, a campaign of positions, will be car
ried on by skilful and desperate men, who rule the
Southern Confederation. it may be so, but certainly the
progress of the North, though sometimes slow, has been
hitherto sore i and if place e'er place be abandoned,
there must come a time when Unrest will be hardly worth
defending. Of the future, we know little; it can only be
raid that the Smith has fanaticism and desperation to op.
pose the superior numbers, wealth, and the military ap—
pliances of tt.e North, and that the contest may rage with,
greater fury than ever during the next few weeks."
. -
The Paris Canslitutionnef in a conspicuous leading
article on the actual slate of the civil war says: tt The
capture of New Orleans ie a great victory for the North,
but it has not modified the struggle. The North, ad
vancing deep into the Meth, will meet with insurmount
able obstacles The end is further off than ever. Those
who urge the Knuth to establish its away on sanguinary
ruins and devastation are not aware °Ube sad future
they would prepare for the whole of Ametica—namely,
emancipation for four inglton negroes, and slavery for
six million of whites."
Arguments relative to the restitution of the ship
Emily St. Piffle" to the Federal Government were
being carried on, pro and con, in the columns of the
Liverpool journals, end while it wee urged by some
writers that the demand of the American Government
for the restitution ought to be complied witb, it was
maintained by others that the demand could nit be
lesally sustained.
The shipwrights in the'varieue royal dockyards are to
be employed in building iron vessels, if they desire such
employment, as it is [outriders(' that the general work of
iron ship•buildicg will be better performed by ship
wrights then ty any other mon.
The London Globe Jaya that England has washed her
bands of the Mexican business, and retains only that
bold ovi r the customs of Vera Cruz essential to compel
the Mexican Government to discharge its debts to Eng
lish subjects.
PARLIAMENTAJIT d VI/AIRS —ln the lionse of Mut
mono on the 22d ultimo, the bill giving certain powers to
the United Kingdom Telegraph Co., to whom the intro
duction of. the uniform chilling tariff is due, was passed
to a nand reeding.
lord Palmenton elated, In reply to 5 John.,Paklng
fon, that Government wee not prepared to Introanco any
measure on the suhAt of church rates.
Mr. Lat ard, in reply to Mr. Gritfah, said the continu
ance on the part of the facia of Egypt of the employ
ment of forced labor on the Suez canal was a matter
width had been diacnesed and settled between the Go
veznmeute which wets interested in the notation.
Mr. Malcolm staked whether the attention of Her Ma
est, 's Government has been directed to an advertisement
of the British Colombia Ovcriand Transit Company, in
which offers are meat to convey 500 emigrants from
England to British Columbia direct, the passage money to
bia.f.42, and the journey to occupy five weeks; whether
it was aware that a vessel is to start from Glasgow on the
81st of May with a large number of persons who have en
gaged their passage on the terms of such advertisement;
whether Her Majecty's emigration commissioners have
satisfied themselves that the British . Columbia Transit
Company liatenmele arrangements, and have it in their
power to carry the emigrants to British Colombia in
terms of their advertisement, and whether they have con
idered the probability of the intending emigrants being
starved between Montreal and British Columbia 'I
Mr. C. Fortescue said that the attention of the Go.
vernment bad been directed tc the prospectus in question,
and some inquiries had Deed made in reference to it. He
believed that arrangements were being made, and as the
emigrants were principally young men, he believed they
were likely to accomplish the journey In tarot,.
In the House of Commone, on the 28d, Mr. Horsman
gave notice that when the proposed motion for retrench
ment comes op Le will move an amendment, assertiog
that the sums voted for themilitary and naval services of
the country have not been greater than its requirements.
Bir Hobert Peel reasserted, in response to Mr. Maguire,
that the distress In Ireland bad not been nearly so great
as represented ,• that it was on the decline, and that Go
vernment bad done its duty in the matter.
Sir Hobert Clifton c.lled attention to the increasing
expenditure for national defences in time of peace. Ho
referred to the statement given by Lord Palmerston of
thsstietigth of the army and navy, and ensiled that the
French Emperor was animated with the most friendly
feelings towards England and sincerely desirous of re
ducing his expenditure. He had the best authority for
stating that the French army and navy.had been greatly
reduced, and that the Emperor had ordered his ministers
to inform the English Government of their extent and
character, for he wished the English public to be fully
Informed of the facts of the ease. He moved for those
Dithers which had been forwarded to the Government re,
apecting the armaments of. France. He charged the Go-
Ternment with getting np panics, and obliging the House
of Commons to vote the estimates in the dark.
. • .
Lord Palmerston denied that there bad been any
panics, but the country bad, midsr the guidance of the
late Government, deliberately adopted its police, and the
present Government bad only carried it out. Be had no
objection to give whatever Information the Government
coda obtain from official sources In France, but he must
decline to produce the reports of the officere of the Eng
lish Governmeet, which had been made confidentially.
Mr. 11. Osborne complained of the treatment of Capt.
Cobs, and contrasted it with that of Sir William Arm
strong. Ile asserted that the experiment& with the mon
ster Armstrong gun had been a perfect delusion, and
that the Warrior target had never been fairly penetra
ted. Be asserted the Armstrong gun to be a failure. as
a naval gun, and that it would be found so after millions
had been wasted. •
Sir 1. be Hay explained that the effects of the monster
Armstrong gun on the Warrior target were found not to
be so great on examination as they appeared to be at
first, when they could only observe the front of IL He
admitted that on . the 20th, the gun, although it bad
pierced the armor plates, bad only bulged in the akin of
the ship, without doing any damage. He believed the
Armstrong to be the beat gun in the world.
Lord 0. Paget denied that Haat. Coles had been un
fairly treated. He would receive a royalty , for every
cupola need in the navy, and it wee only a fair remune
ration for bis valuable Invention.
' The resolution to present Mr. George Peabody with the
freedom of - the city of London, in response to b.is noble
gift of £150,000 for the. benefit of the •poor, had been
adopted by the Common Council, after a debate, In which
the highest coretillments were.pald to Mr. Peabody.
It is stated thatthe Admiralty have settled with Capt.
Coles for his cupola patents. The nation it to receive the
exclusive pone/salon of the Inventions in consideration of
paying down £5,000, and. granting to Capt. Coles £lOO
for every cupola brought into the service for the nez
fourteen years.•• .
FRANCS
The correspondent of the London Globe says, in retard
to the French occupation of Mexico; that the plan of
operations has been fully decided upon in the Imperial
Councils and Cabinet. The 'metropolis 'or 'Mexico is to
be occupied under every contingency, and garrisoned un
til the 20th of the coming October, when ' the yellow-fe
ier ammo being over, fresh army Is to be forthcoming
and .every strategic position in the whole country
seized on. There is to be a three-yearo , occopaney by
French troops, to allow time for the development of the
national will.
The Esprit ratio, In a measure, confirms .this. It
believes a Council of Ministers bad deliberated on Mexi
can affairs, and decidod Abet the expedition should be
pursued and that the Cabinets of Madrid and London
wore made acquainted with the reeolution.
THE WAR PRESS.
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Larger Claba will be charged at the mums rate, thus
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For a Club of Twenty-ow or over, we will send as
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THE WAR PREBB.
Wir Advertisements Inserted at the usual ratoe.
lines constitute RKnare.
The same journal says the Cabinets or Paris and Turf&
are negotiating the plan of an arrangement for reor
ganizing the Government of the Pontifical States. The
Romans are to .send deputies to the Italian Parliament.
The Evrit ratio further states that Manilla is eon
cealed at Mdan, and that the Government is endeavor
ing to discover his hiding place.
At Paris there is touch talk of an autograph letter
from the 'Empress to the Pope, in which she le said to
urge Lim to Le resigned to a prox.imate solution or the
Roman question.
It was repotted atParis that General Goyon would go
back to ?Route within a month, the Raribaldian move
ment in Italy 11%1111g been eaten! upon as an excuse for
portpouing the evacuation of Rome.
The Archduke Maximilian, of Acuities, WM Boon ex
pected in Pieria. •
In the Corps Legielatlf a bill bed been Introduced for
combining the variolll3 three per cent. routes into a uni
form fund.
The Itonrae on the 234 was firmer and higher. Rentoo
cloud at 70.40,
According to the Faris correspondent of the Loudon
Times, a formai demand, couched in gentle terms, has
hf en made at Rome for the exputlion of the King of Na
ples. The French troons, an the ultimatnm tars, are
eofficient to protect the Holy Father, but not sufficient
to out down brigandage in the Neapolitan States.
Victor Emmanuel returned to Turin on the Vat.
. . , .
The Fungoid, of 31ilam.publIsbes the following letter
from General Garibaldi: "Some persona have wrongly
interpreted my protest published in the Thrifts. As an.
Italian soldier, I could never have entertained the inten
tion of ineultit g the Italian army, the glory and hops of
the nation I desired to say that soldiers ouc e rbt to com
bat the enetnias Of the country, not to massacre and.
nound nnsurrud citizens. If the commander of Brescia
had been free to act according to the dictates of hit heart,
we ebonld not now bare to lament victims among the
peop!e. The poet of generals is upon the frontier and the
field of battle, end nowhere else."
It in ,tared that the Italian Minister of /unties bad or
dered the canons of St. Jannarins to be pronecut.d foe
baying abut up the cathedral the moment that Victx•
Emmanuel has left it, and proceeded to perform the rite*
of puri fi cation of the holy place, which, in their optaton,
bad been polluted by the foot of a sacrilegious usurper.
General Turr had gone' to visit Gatibedi, it was be
lieved, In the name of the King.
'I Ito Democratic Club of Milan PLO preparing a demon
stration.in favor of Garibaldi.
At a coreistory held at Itome on the 22d, the canonize
lion of the Japanese martyrs, was unanimously voted.
Twenty-three cardinals and one hundred and twenty
bishops were present. • dimouree was afterwards pro
nounced by the Pope, who di• played much emotion.
The official - Turin Gazette repels the insinuatlone
against the Government reepectlne its conduct in late
arcade at Brescia and Bergamo, and defends its course.
• A Madrid derrpatch says : A telegram received hers
from London stales Mat Nngland and Spain have both
entirely approved the conduct of their plenipotentiaries
in Mexico. The English Cabinet is said to have invited
the Cabinet of Madrid to declare the treaty concluded at
London to hay° laPeed."
PABSSI&,
The setni•ofilcial Prussian Gazelie saye " The Gat;
sil Gazette contaios the etrango statement that Come
Bernstroff, in reyls to an inquiry made by the minister of
Electoral Besse, declared that the late military movements
pf "...g9 neither -Irtienterly directed against
Electoral Mtge bor intended as a demonstration against
the Government of the Electorate." We are enabled to
slate that the expressions used by Count Bernstroff were
such that the ministers of Electo'ral Hesse could not be
left in any doubt as to the serious state of affairs, and
the determined internion of the Prussian Govgrnment to
bring the conflict in Electoral Hesse to an end.
An Imperial decree entirely exempts from customs
duties all Chinese productions, except tea and corn
brandy, imported into RUFEIia across the Asiatic frontier.
A Constantinople despatch says:
"Russia has renewed her propositions felr :making
Montenegro independent, and extending the Montene
grin tertitory, without. however, ;mewing it any sea
port; and also for effecting referms in Bosnia and
the Herzegovina. The Porto has refused to grant the
first two points, but admits the necessity of the third,
relative to Bosnia and Herzegovina."
TURKEY
The recapture of Nlckeicb, by Dervish Pasha, is con
firmed. The Montenegrins made three assaults on Znbai,
but each time were repulsed by the Turks.
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• INDIA AND OIIINA.
The Calcutta and China mails reached Marseilles ow
the morning of the 24th. The American portion will
come by next steamer.l
LONDON MONEY MARKET —The fends on the
28d were quiet but stationary—closing, however, firm at
a slight improvement.', Oon POLS 93X o x
At the Bank of England there was a rather full demand
for discount at the increased rate, and in the open mar
km there was also considerable activity. On the Stook
Exchange advances were offered at IX m 2 per cent.
The weekly,bank returns show a decrease in the bul
lion of 1414.207, owing to the withdrawals for the Turk
ish loans. On the 23(1, however, about £120,000 in gait
was taken to the bank.
Brews. "Baring Bros. Co. Quote bar silver at 53 13 d;
dollars ' 5s 1% (1 eagles, 78s 2X d.
LAIEST ..-.SarunnaY RTSZIING, 24th.--Ooroas firmer
to-day—dosing at 93X
;THE LATEST.
laYsarooL, May 25 —Calcutta, April2s, (via Trfeete.)
The Pao, nephew of Ilena Habib, bee been captured ba.
Cleebtnere territory. "
CHINA
Busgousis ' Ap (via Triette.)—The rebels were
driven out ofThugjadja on the 3d. The Waco is in the
bands of the Allies. Admiral Holm and Dr. Heskett
slightly 'wounded. Troop. have been ordered from Tien
Teen to this place. Nankin is surrounded by superior
forces. Foreigners are allom ed to visit Pekin tinder the
pasepert system. The foreign Allies are gaining favor in
the eyes of the Chinese.
Nothing important from Japan.
BELGRADE, ? fey 23 .— The Turks have taken two
criminals by force from the Servien police. A gen d'arms
wee badly wounded in the Fen Me. The popular excite
went bail been appeared by the authorities..
SCUTARI; 23d - fday.—Two assaults by Vuicalevink
upon the forte of albs, have been repulsed with groat
Ices, and the powder and tools for undermining the wads
remained in the bands of the Turks.
The Montemegrine, after taking and burning a few
houses in Picksicb, attempted a penerni attack upon the
town, but were driven back by the garrison and the in
habilante, with the lots of 424.
Upon the 1.8111, Dervish Pasha beat the Montenegrins
at Doug... Next day, the tatter having received consider
able reit:Sot cmentr, accepted battle, and were, again com
pletely defeated, leaving several flags and a quantity of
arms In the possession of the Turks.
Upon the 19th Hussein Pasha, who had occupied the
right bank of the Limm, threw a bridge across the river.
Ito crossed on the 20th with seven battalions of infantry
and 4,000 irregular troops, and attacked the village and
convent of Berane, a naturally strong position, recently
fortified by the Montenegrins. The Turks dislodged the
insurgents from their poste with the baronet, and pu
nned them for three boars. The Montenegrins' loss is
thought to be very large; that of the Turks small. The
Turks, numbering 14 batteries and 3,000 irregulars, en
tered the Montenegrin territory to-day, in the neighbor
hoed of Bonsai.
Tits Bonner ELMLEI.-80IITITAMPTON, 24th.—The P.
St 0. Co.'s eteamer Purina, with the hoary portion of
the Mediterranean aid 'Bombay matte, arrived this af
ternoon. '
MARKETS.—LIVIMPOOL, May 24—P.M —Corros
The Brokers' Circular envy. torbe market opened
heavily, and when the accounts per Persia were known,
somevery low ra/es were made, particularly in &orate,
at X old, decline. On Monday the desire to cell out
American increased, and on Tuesday the decline reached
%old 41 0 lb, in all descriptions. On Wednesday there
was a good attendance of the trade, but in conaequesice
of the reports of the planters burning their cotton, the
reaction was nearly as vapid ad the decline had been,
which checked bruin's& and the sales haviisince been
only to &moderate extent; prices claw fuily
V' lb loser f.r Anurican than last Fridays XeXd
for most kinds of Burets, at least Kd for Brasil.
and Xd for Egyptian. The sales of the week have been
33,580 bales incindirg 10.380 to speculator., and 3,320 to
exporters. Yesterday Friday, the business was com
puted at 4 , 000 bales, wi th n very Quiet tone. The quota
tions are—
Fair. Mid.
Orleans 13X d 12,0
Mobile 133 i 12)
'Upland' , 121 i 12
7he stock on hand is estimated at 378,050 bales, or
which 109,020 are American. At son from India, 190,000
bales. -
SATURDAY, P. M.—Sales today 2,000 bales, including
500 on speculation and for export. The markot is very
flat, and prices lower for inferior kinds, but steady for
choice lots.
TRADE AT MANOMESTER keeps inactive, bat
prices are firmer, and the tendency is towards a further
advance. The irregularity at Livei pool exerts a cog
respending, influence at Manchester.
BREADSTUFFS.—MeaSYS. 'Richardson. Spence, & Co..
Bigler:ld, Athya, & Co., and Wakefield, Nash & Co.,
report : Flour again easier, and prices nominal ; quota,.
tions 23e 6d raft Wheat very quiet, and again in favor
of buyers; red Western 9a 6do1012r1; Southern 106 6d•
white Western lie 9rl; Southern Odelits 3d.
air cents'. Corn dull, and again rather lower; mixed
26s 9d wale ; white 31e232e #l, 480 lbs.
SATUUDAY, P. DX —The market 1e entirely without
change Basinees is very dull.
PBOVISIONS.—The same authorities quote Beef Vary
dull and partially 25 6d lower. Pork slow of sale at 60se
Ns. Bacon very dull and rather lower; prices range
from 300345. Lard quiet but steady at 405a4.3a Ad.
Tallow steady. Butchers' Association 45e.
PRODUCE.—The Brokers' Circular tomes Ashes Ls
2s dearer ; sales of Pole at 38m355, and Pearls at 33e,
and higher prices asked. Rosin—Common sealed° easier ;
sales at 13s &tibias 9d. Spirits of Turpentine quiet but
firmly beklat 755. Sugars steady bat inanimate. Coffee
quiet Eke dull; Carolina 3ls 6de 37a 6d. Olive Oil 10
ertle per tun higher Flab Oils quiet and unchanged.
Livered Oil in good request at 40a Petroleum Oil le 84
els 7d Aiir gallon for refined, and .£BOlO ifr . ton for
crude.
LONDON NARRNTS.—Mesas. Baring Brothere
Co 'it report : The Corn markeDeentinues depressed, and
Wheat is 3e95 lower: White American 56056 e; red
5f 055 e. Flour 14028 e. Iron, Weleh, dull ; bare and
rails £ses se; Scotch Pig 52.rnee52a 3d. Sugar in good
demand at full pricee. Coffee quiet. Tea doll; Congou le.
Rice gnu. Tallow quiet; Y. Cl. 466 6(1. Spirits of Tor
rentiLe in limited supply at 755 for American in barrels.
United mites continued to decline; New York in bble
£lO. Flab Oile without improvement; Sperm £90092;
Cod 39e40e; Linseed Oil very scarce mid in active in
quiry at 39see39a 6d.
AMERICAN SECURITIES.—Mesers Baring Bros.
say : The improvement in prices has broueht sellers, end
the purchases are chiefly confined to those which can
lio remitted to the united States. There is little Tarla
' lion from the last quotations.
LATEST —S-171IXDAX Evaxmc, May 24.—American
securities better.
Illinois Central
31 4 . 13 i m 4234 dia.
m3Sx
GLASGOW MARKET.—Menrs. John M c Call A Co.
report: The market continues depressed for all articles
or breadsiuffe, and prices are easier. Ex. State Flour
24s 9c102.5s . Milwaukee white nominally 235e23a 6d Yr
240 She. Mixed Corn 10a 9d 990 The.
Justice to the Brave
.
To Tlre ZDITOR OP rsa Plums From the foliowing
despatch; received yesterday from Washington by a friend
of the distinguished alter referred re, it will be seen that
the President has , promptly . and properly responded to
the popular impulse, in recognizing the importance of
the recent brilliant and anooessfol exploit of Colonel
Watbington L. Ellicittiat Booneville, Hiss., by promoting
him to the rank of brigadier general.
WASHINGTON, Juno 5, 1862.
Present my congratniations to your friend,lErltladint
General Elliott. W. D. KELLEY.
" To Henry 0. Townsend, Philadelphia."
Brigadier General Elliott, the brave and accomplished
soldier, who has so nobly woe this aew honor, has been
for many years actlyily engaged in • the • United States
service, chiefly upon the frontiers, first ac a lieutenant,
then ae.captein, and, upon the breaking out of the pre-
Bent rebellion, was appointed colonel of an lowa regi-
Ment of cavalry by the Governor of that State, and wee
neerunY employed in Missoirt until his recent cMsneo-
Hon with. General Hallett's army In- !Ha is
a son of the late Commodore Jesse• D. Elliott, U: 8. N.,
an ardent patriot and life•longfriend of General Jackson.
Be was for many years a resident of Weet.Ohester, Pa..
where the youth of Colonel •
(now Brigadier General)
Elliott was passed. . .
CHESTER.
DEAT 11. OF A PIIILA.p.ELPHIAN.
Amongst those who gave their lives to their country on
Saturday last, near Richmond, was Samuel P. Bolton,
colOfeergeant of the 23d Regiment Pennsylvania Volun
teers. ' Mr. BOlton was about 24 years of ago, and had
enlisted as a corporal in the" autumn of last year . . Re
wee made color sergeant yll-fie his regiment was encamped.
near Arlington Heights... Previous to his enlistment. ha
was enpegod in the book-store of the'American Stinday
school Union, in %mita% Itreet.