the press,
rOBLISHKD DAILY (SUNDAYS EXCEPTED. >
0V JOIIS VV. FORKEY.
-OPPIOB. No. *0 SOUTH FOURTH STREET.
WHB DAILY PRESS,
JSiohtbbj* Cents Pbr W&k, payable to the Carrier.
Hailed to Subscribers out of the City at Bight Dollars
•£»br avuvil Four Dollars for Six Months. Two Dol
j&abB for Thru Months— invariably in advance for the
films ordered.
Advertisements inserted at the usual rates. Biz
dines constitute a square.
THE TRI WEEKLY PRESS,
Mailed to Subscrfbera out of the City at Four Dollars
Pbr Annum, In advance. - -
dry-goods jobbers.
jy| L. HALLOWELL. & GO.,
NO.* 615 CHESTNUT STREET,
(JAYNE’S MARBLE BUILDING,)
Save now in stock, and are daily receiving, a handsome
assortment of New Foreign
FANCY DRY GOODS
SIX K S ,
purchased since the recent
DECLINE IN GOLD AND EXCHANGE,
*and which will he sold at a
SMALL ADVANCE FOR CASH.
;apl-2m . -
SPRING 1863.
1863.
DRY GOODS.
BEOOD, BONBRIGHT. & 00.,
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
DEI GOODS,
No. #35 MARKET -STREET, PHILADELPHIA.
The attention of the TRADE is invited to their large
Sfcodkof
STAPLE AM) FAJTCY GOODS,
Among which are' choice brands of Sheet
’■ ing and Shirting Muslins,
• Madder Prints, De Lames,
Ginghams, Lawns, and
Mbwest St3ti.es Dress Goods.
-'MEN’S WEAR,
IN '.R*.AT VARIETY.
■GREAT INDUCEMENTS OFFERED TO
CASH-BUYERS. •
mbl3-2m... ,
JAMES R. CAMPBEIX & 00.,
IMPORTERS. JOBBERS, AND RETAILERS OF
DRY GOODS.
727 CHESTNUT STREET.
luyito the attention of Cash Bayers to their
ffULL AND COMPLETE STOCK,
Embracing the most desirable styles of
eiLSS AND DRESS GOODS,
IN ANY MARKET,
MODERATE PRICES
mh7-tap26
J) 4. VI D R OGE RS,
Nr. 45 SOUTH FOURTH STREET,
Importer and Jobber of
&lEST AND BOYS’ WEAR,
IfADIES’ CLOAKINGS, &c.
ttu23'2m*
gPRING STOCK
(SILK AND FANCY DRESS GOODS.
A; W. LITTLE & 00.,
ph3-2m r No. 335 MAEKET STREET.
863. Bpein«:. 1863 _
/'■ " ' ' ■
SIEGEL, WIEST, <6 ERVIN,,
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS
...
DR Y GOODS,
SIo. ‘‘47 -NORTH THIRD STREET,
FEIBADEIiPHIA.
■ vlalfing tM« «lty to pnrohaae Dkt
' - Goods will find our Stock large
and admirably assorted, and at
Low Fisubbs. In certain ~ classes
of Goods we offer Inducements to
iSPurekaser* unequalled by any other house in
Philadelphia. felB-2m
JAMES, KENT,
SANTEE, & 00.,
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS
OPS
DRY GOODS,
ijot. *39 and *4IN. THIRD STREET. ABOVE RACI,
PHILADELPHIA,
■-Have now open theirmcnal .
LARGE AND COMPLETE STOCK
OP
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC DRY GOODS,
aAjQong which will befound a more than usually attrac
tive variety of
LADIES' DRESS GOODS;
Also, a full Assortment of
MERRIMACK AND COCHECO PEINTS,
and
PHILADELPHIA-MADE GOODS.
which they invite the special attention of cash buyers,
fe!B-2m ■ . - •
. 1863.
YARD, GILLMOEE, & 00.,
Importers and Jobbers of
SILKS
AND
FANCY DRY GOODS,
« TOS. SIT OHESTNTJT AKX> 614 JAYNE STS.,
*CIaYe now open, of THEIR OWN IMPORTATION, a
LARGE* AND HANDSOME STOCK
OF
SPRING GOO OS,
COMPRISING
DRESS GOODS, SHAWLS. RIBBONS,
GLOVES, &C.
Also, a fall aeaortment of
GOODS, LINENS, FURNISHING GOODS, EM
BROIDERIES, AND LAdES.
The attention of the trade is requested,
SPRING.
*863.-
JOHNBS, BERRY, * 00.,
(Successors to Abbott, Johnes, A Co.)
*»1 MARKET, and 53* COMMERCE Streets.
PHILADELPHIA.
nePOKTBBS ANB JOBBEBS OF
SI L K
FANCY DRY GOODS,
«3aT« now open a LARGE AND ATTRACTIVE BTOOK
DRESS GOODS,
. s *
■Adapted to the Season. Also, a Pull Assortment In
WHITE GOODS, RIBBONS, GLOVES,
SHAWLS, &0.,
'Which they offer to the trade at the LOWEST PRICES.
CASH BUYERS
/Jtre particularly Invited to examine our Stock, fell-tf
GAS FIXTURES, Ac.
gj27 arch street.
CL A. VANKIBK & CO.,
KAKUFAOTUSBSS OF
•OH A NDE LIE R S
AND OTHER
GAS FIXTURES.
Also,French Bronze Figures and Ornaments,Porcelain
«md Mica Shades, and a variety of ':■
FANCY GOODS,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL,
{■lease call and examine goods.
VOL. li.-h'O. 211.
miLINERY GOODS.
S£h STBAW GOODS, 1563.
“ FRENCH FLOWERS,
LACES AND RIBBONS,
OF THE LATEST FASHIONS,
JUST OPENED
AT
THOS. KENNEDY & BRO.'S,
No. 739 CHESTNUT Street, below EIGHTH.
mh3l-2iu
SPRING MILLINERY.
The undersigned lias now open a
HANDSOME STOCK OF
RIBBONS, SILKS, CRAPES,
ILLUSIONS AND LACES.
Also, a splendid assortment of
% FRENCH FLOWER^,
Consisting of fine HOSES, ROSE BUDS, fine GRAPES,
and FRUITS,
All of the most fashionable shades and styles.
A LOT OF
RIBBONS AND FLOWERS
Of laßt season’s importation, will be
CLOSED OUT VERY CHEAP.
M. BERNHEIM,
No. 726 CHESTNUT STREET.
mh3o-tf
spring 1863.
BROOKS & ROSENHEIM,
(Late Rosenheim, Brooks, & Co.),
No. 431 MARKET STREET, North Side,
Have now open, and are daily making additions thereto,
A HANDSOME VARIETY OF
RIBBONS, BONNETS,
MISSES’ AND CHILDREN'S HATS, FLOWERS.
AND
mimur GOODS IY GENERAL,
to which the attention.of the trade is respectfully soli
cited. mhlB-tf
1863. e 1 b b ° N s
AND
MILLINERY GOODS.
IL. .DANNENBAUM & CO.,
No. 57 North SECOND Street,
Have now open a large and admirably-assorted stock
of the above goods.
MERCHANTS and MILLINERS
will find inducements in styles and prices unequalled in
this market. mhl7-lm*
1863 8 p R 1 N G 1863
WOOD & GARY.
No. 725 CHESTNUT STREET,
Have now In store a complete stock of
straw and millinery goods,
INCLUDING .
STRAW HATS AND BONNETS.
MISSES’ AND CHILDREN’S STRAW GOODS.
FANCY AND CRAPE BONNETS.
FRENCH FLOWERS, RIBBONS, &c,
To which they respectfully invite the attention of Mer
chants and Milliners.
CASH BUYERS will find special advantage in examin
ing this stock before purchasing. fe2B-2m
MIUINEKY
"- 1 -. AND
STRAW GOODS.
JOSEPH HAMBURGER,
35 South SECOND Street,
Has now open alarge stock of Ribbons, Artificial Flowers,
&c., to wnich'he respectfully, invites the attention of
Milliners and Merchants. Goods'received daily from
New York auctions.- mh24-2m*
T7IGHTH-STREET RIBBON STORE,
L No. 107 North EIGHTH Street.
Wewould inform onr customers, and the ladies gene
rally, that we open this day a full and uery superior
stock of MILLINERY.; AND STRAW GOODS, for the
Spring and Summer seasons, which we are prepared to '
offer, wholesale end retail, at the most reasonable price#*-
No. 4 CORD-EDGE RIBBONS, aU.color^^i
No. 6 COKD-EDGE .RIBBONS—’■’’""I ’ *““???
k'tS--—- yc.u VET“KTKSONS, every width, superior
-quality.
BEST BLACK VELVET RIBBONS, with white edges,
every width, at last season’s priceH.
BONNET RIBBONS, plain and fancy, every shade,
.width, and quality—an immense variety to suit all
BONNET SILKS of every shade, plain and plaid.
BONNET CRAPES, LACES, ILLUSIONS, BLONDES,
ORNAMENTS, &c
FRENCH ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS, a superb variety,
at the usual prices.
STRAW. BONNETS, the fashionable shape, in braid,
split straw, and hair; white, gray, and black.
INFANTS’ HATS AND CAPS, every new ‘design, all
qualities.
LADIES’ AND CHILDREN’S SHAKER HOODS.
THE BEST NEW YORK AND FRENCH BONNET
FRAMES, lower than they can be bought elsewhere, by
the dozen or single.
Giv« us’a call- SICHEL & WEYL, : .
mh27-lm . _ No. 107 North EIGHTH Street.
commssHm houses.
gHIPLEY, HAZARD, &
HUTCHINSON,
No. 113 CHESTNUT STREET, .
COMMISSION MEECHANTS,
POR THE SALE OF /
■p n 11A DEI) P HIA - MAD E GOODS.
mh3l-6m
OUR SPRING STOCK IS NOW AR
BANGED
80,000 DOZEN
HOSI E R Y ,
AT LOWER PRICES THAN PRESENT COST OP IM
PORTATION.
THOS. MBLLOR & 00.,
*0 AND 4* NORTH THIRD STREET,
Q.RIGG & HARMSTEAD,
No. 31 STRAWBERRY STREET.
Offer for sale, by the Package,
BIPKA’S COTTONADES,
SUFFOLK BLUE DRILLS,
STANDARD, BROWN DRILLS,
STANDARD BROWN.SHEETINGS,
LONSDALE NANKEENS, &c., Sea. mhS
JOHN T. BAILEY & 00.
BAGS AND BAGGING
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, '
NO. 113 NORTH FRONT STREET,
’ WOOL BAGS FOB SALE.
Ja2B-6m . ? .
QAN T O N FL A N-N ELS,
NEGRO KERSEYS,
LINSEYS,
White Rock, Westerley &c., &c.
BROWN DRILLS.
On hand, and for sale by
1863.
SHIPLEY, HAZARD, * HUTCHINSON,
pHILAD E L P H I A
“BAG”
MANUFACTORY.
BURLAP BAGS, OF ALL BIZEB,
FOB COED. OATS, COFFEE, BONE DUST. h.
ALSO,
SEAMLESS BAOS,
Of standard makes, ALL SIZES, for sale cheap, for net
wh on delivery.
GEO. GRIGG.
lall-tf ffo.alOand 331CHITBOH ALLEY.
PAINTINGS, ENGRAVINGS, Arc.
JAMES S. EARLE & SON,
[HFOBTEEB AND BIInUFACTUREBB OF
LOOKING'GLASSES.
DBALRSS IF .
OIL PAINTINGS, ' *
ENGRAVINGS,
PORTRAIT,
PICTURE, and
PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES,
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS.
EXTENSIVE LOOKING GLASS WAREROOMB AND
QALLEBY OF PAINTINGS,
SIO CHESTNUT Btreet, Philadelphia.
F. ' I. G.
ZINC ARMY AND .TOILET MIRRORS,
The beet in the world tor finish and durability.
B. M. s.
The best brand Silk Finished
VELVET RIBBONS.
Sole Agent, ■ ■■ BENJAMIN M. SMITH, •
15® DUANE Street, near West Broadway,
foo-am New lock.
PHILADELPHIA.
Heavy, and Medium.
Plain and Twilled.
113 CHESTNUT Street,
RET All. DRY GOUOS.
Jg M* NEEDLES,
102# CHESTNUT STREET,
Has just received NEW GOODS as follows
PUFFED MUSLINS, striped, figured, Bayadere, and
other fancy SHEER MUSLINS, for waists, bodies, and
dresses.- ?• - -
10 pieces pure white, plaid, and BAYADERE FRENCH
ORGANDIES.
. 40 pieces real FRENCH MUSLINS, 2 yards wide, 75
cents up.
60 pieces PIQUES, .in fancj and plain buff and white,
40 cents up, ’ .
JACONETS, CAMBRICS, NAINSOOKS, MULLS,
SWISSES, etc., in all their varieties of plain, striped, and
plaids.
LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS in all varieties,
100 pieces Now Styles PRINTED LINEN CAMBRICS
for dresses.
NEW EMBROIDERIES, INFANT’S ROBES, COL
LARS.and SETS, EDGINGS, INSERTINGS, FLOUNC
INGS, &c.
NEW LACES, VEILS, COLLARS, SETS, &c, -
100 dozen GRENADINE VEILS.
NEW LACE, Embroidered and Raffled HDKFS.
• The above, with many other goods, are offered at very
LOW PRICES, many of them much below present cost
of importation, and at a very.small advance on prices of
a year ago. An inspection of my Btock is respectfully
solicited.
- . E. M. NEEDLES,
mhSl-taplO
gPUN PLAID SILKS.
BLUE AND WHITE PLAIDS.
FEARL AND WHITE PLAIDS. '
LEATHER AND WHITE PLAIDS.
WHITE AND BLACK PLAIDS.
ONE DOLLAR..
PLAIN: SILKS, CHOICE COLORS.
PLAIN REP SILKS, SMALL FIGURES.
FANCY SILKS.
PLAIN BLACK SILKS, A LARGE STOCK.
- FIGURED BLACK SILKS, AT THE OLD PRICE.
SMALL CHECK,SILKS.
We are telling all our Silks at lower prices than we can
replace.them.
PLAIN ALL WOOL DELAINES.
In Modes,Drabs,Tans, Leather. Sol ferine, and Violet.
COLORED ALPACAS,
• In Choice Colors. %
LIGHT FIGURED aLL-WOOL DELAINES.
Figured all-wool delaines at 50, 66, G2c.
SHEPHERD’S PLAIDS, 25 toSOc.
Light Spring Delaines, at Me.
FRENCH LAWNS, AT OLD PRICES;
Fine French Organdies at 50, 62, 75c.
Fine French Jaconets at 5O, 62c.
Good StyU s of Lawns at 25, 28, 31c.
A large assortment of Spring and Summer Dress Goods,
at less than wholesale prices.
DARK DELAINES at *2sc.
MERRIMAC CHINTZES at 25c.
ENGLISH CHINTZES at 25c.
GOOD CHINTZES at 22c.
YARD WIDE ENGLISH CHINTZES at 37&C.
FINE FRENCH CHINTZES at 50c.
A large assortment of
LIGHT SPRING CLOAKS,
SHAWLS, MANTLES, and
SACQUES.
SPRING AND SUMMER SHAWLS, .*
. At our usual low prices.
40-spring Skeleton Skills at $1.25.
Ames’Paient cJasp Gore Trail Skirts.
600 Hemstitched Handkerchiefs, broad hems, at 50c.
COATS’ SPOOL COTTON at $1.05 per doz.
CLARK’S ENAMELLED COTTON, colored, at $l.
PI. STEEL & SON,
ap2 Nos. Tl 3 and Tl 5 North TENTH Street.
RETAIL.”
JAMES R. CAMPBELL & CO.,
727 CHESTNUT STREET,
OFFER AT MODERATE PRICES IN THEIR
RETAIL DEPARTMENT,
Linen Sheetings and Shirt
ings,
Damaskß, v Napkins, and
Doylies,
Table Cloths and Towel
ings, Counterpanes and
Furniture Dimities.
WHITE GOODS.
Jaconets; and Cambrics,
Soft Cambrics and Nain
sooks, >
Tarletons and Swiss Mulls,
Fancy Muslins and Dimities*
L. C. Handkerchiefs,
Gloves. Hosiery,
of DBY GOODS in desirable
mh6-2m
Black and Fancy Silks,
Black and Colored Alpa
cas,
Poplins Fantasia,
Taffeta d’Annessey.
French Lawns and Organ
dies.
French Chintzes and Per
cales,
Brilliants and Piques,
Spring Shawls, new color
ings,
Black Thibet and Merino
Shawls, •
Square and Long Shawls.
And a general' assortment
styles and qualities.
1031 CHESTNUT STREET.
E. M. NEEDLES
OFFERS FOR SALE
below preset*- -***■—■
TT-M-rtriS'GfOODS, all descriptions.
EMBROIDERIES, do
LACbS, do
LIKEN HANDKERCHIEFS.. dc
VEILS, &c., &c.
And resrectfnlly Invites an inspection of his
1031 CHESTNUT STREET.
■VHEW GOODS! NEW GOODS !—WE
-L * are daily receiving from factory new. patterns of
■WALL PAPERS, to which we invite .the attention of
dealers in Paper Hangings.
In our retail department we have paid special atten
tion to tasteful designs suiting Philadelphia taste.
Rooms papered by selected men, and warranted to give
satisfaction. JOHN H. LONGSTRETH,
ap4-lm* No. 13 North THIRD Street.
TXARGAINS IN DRY GOODS, PROM
•U AUCTION—To be opened this morning—
One lot of Figured Grenadine Bareges, 12% cts.
One lot of Shepherd’s Plaids, Mohairs, 25 cts.
One lot of very fine quality do. Slots.
One lot of Chene Mohairs, 31 cts.
ED WIN HALL & CO.,
iNo. 26 S. SECOND St.
N. B.—The above goods are from twenty-five to fifty
per cent lower than they have been selling.
Spring styles of De Laines reduced to 25 cts. : ap3-tf
riHEOK SILKS REDUCED TO $1.25.
Vy Shepherd’s Pla id Silks, $1.25.
Brown and White Plaids, $1.25.
Lilac and ."White Plaids, $1.25.
Spun Silk Plaids, at $l. .
Foulard Silks, at $1 and $l.lS£.
EDWIN HALL & HO.,
No. 26 S. SECOND St.
N. B.—S5 dozen Grenadine Veils, at $1 a piece, beauti
fulstyles. ■ ■ , • ap3-tf
CPBING CLOAKS.
NEW CLOAKS, •••••.••
NEW CLOTHS,
SPUING SHAWLS,'
HOOP SKIRTS.
Cloaks ready made or made to order.
Large stock of Cloths to select from.
Ladies’ Cloakings at the right prices.
NEWCASSIMERES.
Bo3 r s’Cassimeves,
The new colors. .
■ Gents’Fancv Mixtures,
6-4 Coatings.
Boys’ ClothiDg ready made or made to order.
Large stock Cassimeres to select from.
Fine Black Cloths and Cassimeves.
WILLIAMSVTLLE3,
WAMSUTTAS,
Wide Sheetings, Flannels, Linens, Towels.
Muslins and woolens at WHO UESALE.
COOPER & CONARD,
ap4-> S. E. corner NINTH and MARKET Streets,
maize, and leather.COLOß
LiX DRESS GOODS.
Mode and Tan Wool De Laines:
Deuble-width De Laines and Mohairs;
Plaid Valencias, all colors;
A great variety of Dress Goods for suits,
Small black and white,* and brown and white, Plaid
Silks;
Brown Silks, dark shades;
Plaid Olive Foulard Silk, for Friends;
One piece of Olive Summer Silk, wide and good, for
Friends;
Together with Williamsville, Wamsutta, and all the
best makes of Muslins, at 1
JOHN H, STOKES’,
mh23 r TOa ARCH Street.
TgLACK SILKS.
Groa du Rhinoa.
Lustrings, Marcelines. <
Mourning Po de Soles.
Gros Grains. -
Bonnet Taffetas. .
Moire Antiques.
Double-faced Brocades.
Rich, neat Figures.
SHARPLESS BROTHERS.
SPRING-DRESS GOODS.
Poll de Chevres, Ristoris. . ■
Adriennes, Worsted Crepes.
Fil de Ohevree, Mohairs.
Chintzes, Lawns, Organdies.
Plain Silks, New Foulards.
Plaid All-wool Cashmeres.
SHARPLESS BROTHERS.
fe23 . CHESTNUT and EIGHTH Streets.
DRUGS AND CHEMICALS.
SHOEMAKER & 00.,
Northeast Corner FOUETH and RACE Streets,
PHILADELPHIA,
WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS,
IMPOBTEES AND DEALERS .
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
WINDOW AND PLATE GLASS,
XAKCFAOTUREnS OF
WHITE LEAD AND ZINC PAINTS, PUTTY, ha. I
AUKNTS FOR TUB CELEBRATED
FRENCH ZINO PAINTS.
Oealsrs and consumers supplied at
VERY LOW PEICBS-FOE CASH.
mhs-8m
PAPER HANGINGS.
PHILADELPHIA
paper hangings.
HOWELL & BOURKE,
CORNER OF
FOURTH AND MARKET STREETS,
MANUFACTURERS OF
PAPER HANGINGS
AND WINDOW CURTAIN PAPERS,
Offer to ths Trade a LARGE AND ELEGANT ASSORT.
HENT OF GOODS, from the cheapest Brown Stock to
the Finest Decorations.
N.E. COE. FOURTH AND MARKET STREETS.
N. 8.-Solid Green, Blue, and Buff WINDOW PA
PEES ol every grade. - tels-2a
PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1863.
WEDNESDAY. APRIL ». 1863.
DEPARTMENT OF THE '.SODTHi
Capture of Another Important and Valua
ble Prize—Some Particulars" Concerning
Her—Pleasurable Excitement Obcaslottcd
by her Arrival— l The Comitig struggle at
Charlcston-The Troops bclng.EffiticntJy
Armed—Dismal Weather, etc;
CSpecial Correspondence of The Pres i. ]
Port Eoval, S. 6., March;2o; 1863 i
I rejoice to be able to inform you- that our block
ading fleet oil* Charleston have captured- another,
valuable prize—the most valuable, it issaiil, that
has yet been taken—eclipsing even the’ Princess
Royal.' She is, of course, an English steamer, of re
cent construction, and is iron-olad. She'wAß taken*
off Bull’s Bay a day or two since, while endeavoring
to steam out of Charleston undiscovered, and arrived*
here about eight o’clock this (Sunday) morning in
tow of the gunboat Stettin, by whom she was- over-'
hauled, . It was* raiuing furiously at the time; as it
has been , raining all the afternoon, and the craft'
upon the bay were almost hidden from view ia-the'
thick mist that wrapped itself about them as* a*gar
ment. Nevertheless, some sharp* sighted people hap-'
pened to be out on the pier, and noticed the
Etranger as she came into port. Nothing, but
her dark hull; was . visible ; . no. masts, nor
Bpars of any description were to ! be seen. Some
how it came to be'inferred from this sole fact that,
she had been engaged by the , rebel batteries *at
Charleston, that she was the United'States gunboat
Florida, and that she had been badly worsted. Frdm*
Florida to Alabama the transition was quite na
tural, and so, in the surprising space of half an' hour,
raining torrents though it was,.the astounding news
was spread throughout the island that the famous
pirate had at length been captured. Of course, the
dock was speedily thronged with anxious spectators,
dimly straining their eyes se'award in vain attempts
to pierce the veil of mißt, or deluging their neighbors
, who happened to be armed with spy-glasses with a
hundred eager questions. After speculation had
exhausted itself, that is to say, shortly before noon,
the mists all rolled away,;and became ap-.
parent.. The prize steamer (her name has not been
ascertained by land folks at this writing) had twice
before succeeded in running the blockade, and get
ting into Charleston with valuable cargoes. About
twenty days ago she steamed out of that harbor un
detected, but on her return trip was captured, as
stated.
That she had succeeded twice before in eluding'
the blockaders, was due Jess to their lack of vigi
lance than to an Ingenious idea carried out in her
construction. Her masts, : instead of' being sta
tionary, could be lowered to the deck, and in foggy
weather, notwithstanding the '.'cloeehess^of-the
blockading veßselß, she managed to escape their ob
servation. When it is remembered that the masts
of a vessel are the parts which are first seen, and
come most prominently in view on the ocean, the
advantage gained by our'last prize, in this respect,
will be seen to have been of great importance, but
not sufficiently important, however, to avail against
her capture. She now lies at anchor in the bay,
about three miles from here, directly astern of Ad
miral Dupont’s flag-ship,' the Wabash. I ain in
formed that she will speedily leave for your city or
New York, although I should not be astonished if
she should be impressed at once into loyal service,
sans cercmonie, aa a transport, in view, of the fact
that the services of all such craft will shortly be
needed.
Some well-meaning but rather sanguine, people
here—rthere are Buch people everywhere I suppose—
have expreseed a conviction that they will take din--
ner in Charleston on Sunday next. Gen. Hunter’s
expectations do not stretch gin’/ethatrfar. He is con
fident of eating said dinner at said place, but has not
named the happy day. Nearly all the great strug
gles of the war have occurred on Sunday, and it may
be that, on some April Sunday, (I do not think next
Sunday,) the greatest struggle in our national re
cord will be taking place. I do not profess to know
the plan of attack, but this I know—the Ironsides,
of Philadelphia, .will be allotted an ample share of
the work. It is positively stated by many officers
and others, that Admiral Dupont will make her his
flag ship. Perhaps the statement originated from
the inference that the Wabash, although a splendid
and formidable man-of-war, is disqualified from bear
ing a hand in the game, becauseof her wooden walls,
which would certainly be .shivered into fragments
by the rebel batteries. It *s an unpleasant reflection
noble a ship, so mighty according to'our old
notions of' formidableness, has .been shorn of her
preotigo by the hand of science, and is noyr. hufe.
'little else, in fact. u
.yjireirTfiul vii<c.- u»jipcr Keokuk, or any other of the’
monitors. , . . .
The troops are being as efficiently armed as possi
bleforthcoming fight; andl.do not think, when
the record of it comes to be written, that there will
be found any complaints of ineffective weapons, as
has been tne case before. The 78th New York Regi
ment were being furnished with new
day, which had just arrived from Northern manu
factories. The 100th New York has already been
ie-armedin the same , manner ; and the .Slst New
York expect to receive new arms this week.
It is universally conceded by dwellers on this .be
nighted island,.that to-day has been the dullest, drea
riest, wettest Sunday ever they experienced.- The
soldiers,, usually stirring about, strolling on the
beach, or hunting through the woods for “briar
wood” to carve smoking-pipes from, have remained
persistently in tent to-day, and none have beeir so
pitied as the luckless picketß. But there is too
much sand lying around loose for the rain to spoil’
the walking, and . to-morrow, when the sun shines
out, no traces of the deluge will be seen. C. E. S.
A Regular Nor’easter—Serious Damage by
the Storm— I The Expedition Delayed.—Tlie
Artists. on Hand-Thc English Prize-
Steamer—Accident to Quartermaster El
\vril-Talk of a Home- Guard—Are there
Spies Around!
Port Kotai, S. C., March 30.
The anticipations of pleasant weather to-day,
with which I wound up yesterday’s letter, have not
been verified. On the contrary, the storm lasted
with unabated violence all through the night, and
still prevails to-day. Some anxiety is therefore felt
for the Fah-kee and Arago, both of which Bailed for
the North on Saturday. It is inferred that they
must have suffered some, from the effect wrought
in this locality by the : gale. We have sus
tained serious damage, and the movement against
Charleston will probably have to be delayed a week
longer -than would otherwise have been the case.
The mishap occurred in this way: A number of
surf-boats—at least fifty, I should judge— commonly
used for landing troops from the transports; had
been ranged side by side, and moored to the Go
vernment dock y esterday, that they might be afchand
when needed. Last night they were tossed about in
the storm, broke away from their mooringß, and
were dashed against the breakwaters, or thrown far
up on the beach. About a dozen of them were badly
stove in, and the rest were of course greatly strain
ed. They will all have to be overhauled and
repaired, which cannot be done in a* day.
The scene upon the beach this morning—-the
fragments of the wreck—the floating oars and boat
liooks, the curious crowds collected to the spot, and
the rough waters and leaden-sky for a background
would have formed a worthy subject for an artist’s
pencil. And speaking of artists, reminds me that
the illustrated papers of New York and Philadelphia
have not failed to have their representatives in this
locality. Army officers regard this as an indication
of the approach of stirring times, and several ot
them are endeavoring ;to negotiate for sketches of
themselves, 1 mounted on fiery chargers, and lead
ing the van.. How it will end time must deter
mine. •
The prize-steamer, whose capture formed the sta
ple of my yesterday’s letter, was taken, I am happy
to say, hy the Stettin, herself a' prize. Her smoke
stack bears evidence that the Stettin handled her
without gloves, being pretty well' riddled. ; She hails,
as a matter of course, from Nassau, and is named
Aries, the Latin term.for “ram.” On account of
the high wind, and boisterous weather, I have been'
unable to board. For the Bame reason, X doubt
Whether she will leave for the North to-day, although
such was the intention. Her cargo includes ma
chinery,* ammunition, provisions, etc.
Col. Elwell, U. S. A. quartermaster of this de
partment, has met with a serious and painful acci
dent, which is peculiarly unfortunate at the present
juncture, when his services are so much’in request.
This afternoon, attempting to ride his horse over a
small foot-bridge, which spans a gully eight or nine
feet deep, near “Battery Hunter,” one of theplaDks
gave way, and horse, and rider were precipitated to
the ground, in such manner that the Colonel’s' leg
was broken. The horse escaped with some slight
bruises. This accident, in connection with the mis
hap to the surf-boatß, it is feared will occasion some
delay. =
"Within the last two weeks, I have seyeral.times
heard it stated that rebel Bpieß were known to be
on the island; but as it was likewise stated that the
authorities had knowledge of the fact, and were
. makibg an effolt to catch .the interlopers, I did not
trouble myself to mention the circumstance in my
Oh the authority of an army officer, it is
now asserted that five men-yesterday endeavored fco
hire a negro at Pope’s plantation to row them across
to the mainland. If such was the fact, and the offl
- cer heard the negro make the declaration, there is
no room to doubt the character or intentions of the
five men. Nor, in my opinion, i 3 there any room to
doubt that they will be ,caught. The police regula
tions arebeiDg more strictly carried out than ever.
A person cannot go to Beaufort or-St. Helena, or on
board any of the vessels lying in the harbor, without
a pass from the provost marshal. .The other day I
was even refused permission to cross the crazy
wooden bridge‘that spans a creek four feet wide;
within a quarter of a mile of the heart of the
town!
Property owners, and others employed here, are
apprehensive that theipost may be attacked as soon
as the expedition leaves, and a Home Guard is se
riously talked of. A first-rate regiment of civilian
Boldiers could be turned out; and there is nothing to
hinder immediate organization and drill. Of course,
the feeling of uneasiness rests upon the assumption
that all the troops will be withdrawn, an assump
tion which I happen to know is false. After having
fortified the post in*the most perfect manner with
palisades, earthworks, and ditches; after having
mounted heavy Dahlgrea guns, so as tq qouiowad &U
the approaches gaffer having constructed railroads,
and extensive. (JdpOtsY it not even conceivable
that General Hunter would leave the - post exposed
to danger. If the rebelß they will not so
easily'retuifc. Stilli the Home-Guard idea ia a good
one, and should be'earried C. E. S.
Two Captains and SlxjMcn supposed to be
Captnred—A Mall ini Rebel Hmxds-Tbe
“Heads” ofOejmrtxmntin.Consultation—
Tbe Press Gang-Tbc feurf Boatsßep&trcd.
CSpocial Correspondence of Tie- Pre'ss.3
Fort Kovax, &. C. r , March-31*, f 863.
•I regret to have to inform you of an unpleasant
and painful affair, the flnal| of .which remaih&to'be
seen. On Wednesday last Captains Eddy and Arnold,
•respectively of companies land K, 47th NeW York
Regiment, arrived here in kn open boat froth Fort'
Fulftski, accompanied bya detachment of ftVe'ment
They were bearers of official despatches'to'Major'
General Hunter. After hiving accomplished their'
mission they returned. Ox Thursday afternoon, at*
six o’clock, they again left Fort Pulaski in the boat,-
willi a valuable mail from the regiment, containing
sqme $3,000 in.money, and Information which would
be of .infinitely greater value in the hands of the
enemy. Both officers nnd>men were fully armed, and :
the former were distinguished for the faithful man
ner. in whi<Sh they had Always attended to their
duties. Their destination was ..Ossawa Island.
Since their departure, however, nothing has been
heard from them, &h(j it is evident either that the
boat hBß‘foundered,axd its occupants been drowned,
or th'atthey haveioatjtheir course, run by mistake
into some of the creeks of the Savannah, and been
captured. by;the; rebels. The latter explanation is
thought tcfcbe the truf one, aml fiags of tiuoe have
been Behftl) several rfebel posts in that vicinity to
-ascertain if there be any tidings of the missing. • If
taken -prisoners, they would hardly have yielded
without resistance; aiVd at any rate the Savannah
papers should have ma(le some mention of the sub
ject; . The greatest anxiety is felt to learn their fate
DOfcqnly in official quarters, but among their com
rades: and ij is;hoped k that' the 'next arrival from
Pulaski w : iU\olye the [mystery. '
Admiral Dupont, accompanied bythe captains .of
Mb fleet, .visited General Hunter, at his headquar
ters, l»Bt evening, upon business, the tenor of which
it is unnecessary I should explain. A consultation
of over an h'ouFwaa held, and unanimity prevailed.
The splendid,.side-wheel steamer Nantasket, now
doing. excellVfit'service as a transport, has been
designated byOol; H'alpine (Gen. Hunter’B adjutant)
as a sort oLflag-sliip for the news correspondents,
where they are privileged to rendezvous, and where
equal facilities will! be extended to all. The num
ber of “ knights of the quill” continues to de
velop by; arithmetical progression. The future his
torian, coining to writs the fall ,of Charleston, will
have no causeto complain of scanty materials.
The troops to-day are in. better spirits than they
have been &r. months. Most of them, employed
upon the-beach and upon the dock, in various occu
pations, launching boats, unloading stores, freighting
transports', &.C., are singing their gayest songs. The
surf-boals mentioned in my previous letters as hav
ing been -badly’stove-in, are nearly, if not wholly,
repaired ; all'the carpenters on the island having
•*been immediately set to . work upon them. The cap
tain, throughs-whoae negligence they were damaged,
has been piaded under arrest. C. E. S.
PARTICULARS OF THE CAPTURE OF THE
• (• STEAMER ARIES.
Pout RofAL, March 31.—The Stettin (herself a
prize, caught, last July) was lying on guard at the
entrance Of Bull’s Bay, to the north of Charleston.
Her lookouts saw the Aries at a quarter past one
o’clock on|The-morning of March 28th; She was
then quietly slipping past and into the bay; her
masts lowered to the deck, not a light showing, and
looking, in suit,like the ghost of a
ship. Cayt. Devens, of the Stettin, a watchful and
skilful officer, suffered the Aries to run by him be
fore he Arid. He was then sure of her, for he could
prevent her from riinning out to sea again, and Bull’s
Bay is a shoal place, where he felt pretty secure of
hiaprize... At daylight he saw her aground on Pe
: trel/Bank,’ about five miles from Bull’s Island en
trance. ’ 1
HOW THE CREW AND PASSENGERS WERE
CAUGHT.
As soprfas hecoiild see her he lowered his gig and
cutter 4nd went aboard to take possession. He
found tle.crew lowering boats to make their escape
ashore, knd everything prepared by them for aban
doning [he ship. But the blockade runners were
not quitk enough, and were all taken prisoners.
They intended to abandon the ship at
once.: was strewn with emptied boxes,
the contents of -which had disappeared—probably
thrown overboard. The hatches were off, and there
had been rummaging in the hold. A good deal of
her carso had been destroyed. She had a ship’s
company of twenty-four men, besides fourpasseDgers
—Spaniards—who professed to own the cargo, and a
pilot, Simpson Adkins, well known in'New York as
formerly on the steamer Marion, in the New York
and Charleston trade. Tliis Adkins and the Spaniards
are now prisoners on board the steamer Bibb.
THE OARGO. *
The ship was got off by shifting part of her cargo.
SbgAs not at-ftH injured. She is- a fine propeller, of
hundred tons, magnificently fitted in
r fisgriffii£specf,_and with a cabin which" shows that
intended to.carry chiefly, passen
;
to make her earily convertible riritova gun
boat. ' Captain'Devins' reports that she has made a
speed oPthirteen miles an hour since he captured
-|her. Her cargo consists chiefly of-lead, liquors,
. .clothes, coffee, salt, soap, candles, shoes, aud dry
goods., • .
THE TRICKS OF A BLOCKADE-RUNNER.
The following facts, concerning the ship, which I
have obtained, from one ofhepiofficei:s, l are, i qf fiDie
rest, as showing some of the manoeuvres of the sys
tematic blockade-runner. .The Aries is owned in
Su: derland ; she was built by James lifting, and he
is believed to be also part owner of her. She took
in last fall an assorted cargo at Sunderland, for
Charleston, and it is a curious fact that she got a
Charleston pilot at the same place. She ran the
blockade, and her cargo was sold at a great profit,
‘for Confederate money. With'this a return cargo
was, bought of over eleven hundred bales of cotton,
for Which'+he captain paid sixteen cents per pound
in Confederate money. The enormous gains of asuo
cessful venture of this kind need not be explained;
they'must equal even those of -the most remune
rative ventures in the African slave trade.
The Aries lay eight weeks in Charleston. 1 The
rebel authorities wanted much to purchase her en
gines, but the captain refused to sell.. She received
her cotton slowly. It. was while lying “on” the
rebel port that her masts were sawed near the deck,
and so fitted as to be readily lowered. On them she
now carries leg-of-mutton 'sails. She ran out one
eveningjust at eight o’clock, the tide serving her,
and the moon having notyetfisen. She ranover to
Porto Rico, where she landed her cotton, and took
insome five hundred bags of coffee. Thence she
sailed to St. Thomas, where she coaled, was hauled
on the ways, repaired and cleaned. Thence she pro
ceeded to an obscure port in Cuba, named Gibawa,
where she took in the remainder of her cargo, and
the man Adkins, who was her pilot.
From Gibawa she sailed for Charleston, and was
caught in Bull’s Bav. Her captain, Richards, was
a desperate man. He was sick at the time of her
capture, but it is believed that he has formed a plan
for her recapture. He wanted much to go to New
York in the vessel, and he repeatedly assured an of
ficer that he had no arms; but when he was removed
from the ship, six-loaded and capped revolvers were
found in his berth, under his mattress.
It is told me that in ships intended to run the
blockade, when the fact is made known to the crew,
they are promised double wages—that is to say, the
'crew of the Aries were to receive .£6 instead of £3
per month. Her mate* waß promised £lo instead of
£6.—N, Y, :Evening Post.
The Battle of Point Pleasant.
The Point Pleasant (Ya.) Weekly Register of April
4th, a staunch Union and/rce-Sfc/e newspaper, gives
the following racy account of the guerilla attack
upon that place:
On Monday last, at 10 A. M., this Pom/ wa3 sur
prised by Jenkins’ scurvy, thieving, ragamuffins.
Captain Carter, with his company (E), took position
in the court-house, and maintained the unequalled
contest till near 3P. M., and all .their attacks upon
him being repulsed, and reinforcements coming by
boat from Gallipolis, the thieves beat a hasty anil
inglorious retreat. 1 Captain 0., when summoned to
surrender the town, told them to .“go to h—ll,”
whither twenty (that we know of) unwillingly went.
The casualties on .our side, considering the dura
tion of tlie fight, are remarkably small, viz: Lieut. -
Hawkins severely!wounded, one private killed, one
mortally wounded; thirteen taken prisoners and pa
roled, and one citizen Blightly Wounded.’ Rebel loss
twenty killed,, twenty-five wounded, and twenty
seven prisoners—Lieutenant Colonel Samuels, two
captains, two lieutenants, and one surgeon; while
dead rebels still are being brought in, and scores of
wounded were carried “to Dixie.” The rebels were
commanded by the renegades Jenkins and Fitz
Hugh. They burned two cribs of com and one
stable, and stole a small amount of Government
clothing- and a quantity of goods from two Union
stores (B. Gilmore and Leonard & Gates), part of
which has already been recovered.
Our town militia wer e mostly without arms, or more
•vbf thd.filthy vagabonds would have, bit the dust.”
, Long have these “gallant, chivalrous friends” of
some of our townsmen, desired and threatened to
take Point Pleasant, but this is their first attempt at
capturing it, and ati they received ao. thorough a
thrashing, we doubt hot they will hereafter “ iet us
alone.’’ -
■ Hurrah for. Captain O. and company E, and those
of the Point Pleasantmilitia that could find a gun to
use! •; r :
We thus, for want of time, briefly chronicle the
second battle and second victory of Point Pleasant.
Hurrah for the Union, West Virginia, and Point
Pleasant! , .
s N. B—The most dastardly act of all, was the cold
blooded murder (about one-fourth of a mile out of
town) oi'Major Waggaaer, for refusing to giveuphis
'horse. Major Waggoner was eighty-two years of
age, and one of our most beloved citizens. He re
pulsed the British at Craney Island in the war of
1812, and died for the Union in 1563. Brave oldhero,
requiem pace, est dulcemora pairie.
Wlio is Lieut. G* Pemble I
TheYorkvilleXS. C.) Enquirer says that. “ Lieut.
Ct. Pemble, one of the officers captured on board of
the United States gunboat Isaac P. Smith, off Stono,
and who had been confined with his companions in
the jail at Columbia, has renounced the old Union
and taken the oath of allegiance to his proper moth
er—the Southern Confederacy—afld was discharged
from custody. Q,uitc a scene occurred on the occa
sion, and varied phrases were exchanged—rather
more of the marine than the moral school.”-
Whether Pemble has been guilty of falsehood* cm*
whether the rebel reporter has been misinformed, we
do not know, but the facts in this case are as follows:
There is. ho lieutenant in our navy bearing the name
of Pemble; but there is ah acting first assistant en
gincerof that name on the list of officers of the gun
boat Flambeau.. This vessel lost some of her officers
and men who went ashore, to forage: among that
number was an engineer, and, if memory serves us,
his name was Albert G. Pemble. The capture of
the Isaac P. Smith, and of the men belonging to the
Flambeau, occurred within a few days of each other,,
f o that it is Dot unlikely that the Lieut. G. Pemble
of the rebel accounts is none other than Albert G.
Pemble, late acting first assistant engineer of the
Flambeau. ; -
It is due to the officers and men of . the Smith to
make this lengthy explanation. He evidently is a
coward and a traitor, and the service will be bene
fited by his leaving it. This fellow, was evidently
badly scared, and to gain his liberty sold himself to
a bad cause. ' . .
Bis comrades, true and loyal men evidently, from.
the statement of the rebel journal, gave vent to their
outraged feelings in true nautical terms. They felt
aggrieved to think that a shipmate and a messmate
should act Ihuß treasonably and cowardly. But the
conduct of thiß mean fellow only serves to place
those who are steadfast to their flag higher in the
estimation of their friends, and they wili be respect
ed by even their enemies. Pemble’s name should
be immediately placed upon the roll of the Confede
rate States navy, among those honored offloera whose
names~make up ope of the greatest records of shame
ai<y coustiy ever produced,—N: T. HerG;d.
HEW TORE CITY.
Nbw Yoek, April 6, 1863.
CCorresponderictf'fcf’The Press. 1 T .
. THE CDNSG-BESSIONTAIi REPORT
on the war in ie attracting more attention
here than is orten gi vets to Cohgresadonal lucu
brationß; andsftl&btigh it serves to shew clearly
that our many reveraesfn the Old Dominion have
been altogether due 'to' the inefficiency of major gene
rals, and the criminal'careltfraness, incapacity; or
insubordination of division' 1 commanders, I do* not
think that the publication of'tlje-curious document'
is having the most' wholesome effect in the worSi’
From the perusal of such a 1 pitiable- catalogue & !
blunders, chronic stupidity; and costly failures,-’
people of all parties and up' with vague
fears of fresh disaster to an army which haß been
so demoralizingly mismanaged- ; as that of the Poto
mac. The largest army on cortfpCßed of the
finest troops the world eye:? saw, cftnftt not be
blunderingly subjected to disappointment after dis
appointment, and mistake after mistake, without
losing forever much of that moral • stamina re
quisite for discipline and success-in battle, and it is
this reflection that follows closely upon readirrg the
report in question.
New Yorkers, as a general thing, have every con
fidence in the soldierly pluck and disciplinarian skill
; of the brave Hooker; and certainly ifcer'misjudged
Pope,* the chivalrous Burnside, and the Methodical
. lialleck,.are legitimately entitled to the vindication
they, find in the report ; yet it is still questionable
whether'such a humiliating expose of at least- one
man’s-unvarying incompetency can be published*
just'now* without exciting a Bpirit of public distrust;-
which the Copperheads may turn to ultimate na
tional disadvantage. .1 advance this idea solelyon'
my own responsibility, and without expecting <rfie >
Press to endorse it. As for,McClellan’s counter--
statement, it is received with general indifference;
Little Mac’setar has set; the political-tricksters of j:
Mozart and Tammany no longer mention him, nor •
use his name as their point d’appui; and popular
intuition had estimated his exact worth as a mili
tary leader long-before the Congressional committee
were ready with their present clincher.
THE STORM
of Saturday night and • yesterday morning, was the
severest tempest we have experienced in this locali
ty for twenty years-, and rose to the height of a per
fect tornado at times/ From eight o’clock on Satur
day evening to daylight, the bay was in a state of
commotion not often exceeded by the ocean 'at this
time of year, and a person might cross the Atlantic
two or three times without seeing, or feeling, such
waves as made sport of the few staunch ferry-boats
whose pilots were venturesome enough to keep up
their regular trips. Your correspondent crossed to
Jersey City at about eleven o’clock, when heavy
seas not only made - clean sweeps over the whole
deck of the boat, but actually swept over the cabins
once or twice, filling the-la-tter with water, and com
pelling the badly-frightened! passengers to cling to
their iron-armed seats with hands and feet. To-day,
however, the air is cloudless and fuil of sunlight
and the Easter holidays come in clear.
AN ADVENTUROUS PARTY
of naval officers, inventors of iron-clads, and citi
zens, set sail from this port in a steamer, on Satur
day, with the intent of witnessing the . fight at
Charleston, and if they have passed safely through
the storm they must>be pretty near the scene of
action by this time. They appeared to have definite
information that Dupont was to make his attack by
sea to-morrow f and their course is another circum
stance going to prove that this is certainly the week
appointed for the great asaault. The papers to-day
give rumors from Washington that Charleston is
already captured, but this is hardly likely to be true.
It is enough to hope that the infamous cradle of Se
cession will be captured in time for itß downfall to
be celebrated at the great Sumpter meeting of the
Loyal Leagues oh Saturday next—the anniversary
of the fall of Sumpter. Should such be the fortunate
event, that “meeting wifi be something without equal
in the history of our country.
EASTER SUNDAY
was celebrated in all the churches with special cere
mony, and the Episcopal and Catholic were brilliant
with floral and other decorations. At St. Patrick’s
Cathedral the venerable Archbishop Hughes was
present at high mass, and pronounced the benedic
tion. Some of the altars were entirely covered with
the choicest flowers, exquisitely arranged. At the
Church; of the Holy Redeemer a superb representa
tion of the Holy Sepulchre at Jerusalem was ex
hibited in the basement, guarded by a full company
of chasseurs, • and magnificently illuminated. ' On
Saturday night a grand procession of the Redemp
torist Fathers, soldiers, and priestly societies
marched around the sepulchre, with bands of music,
banners, and chanting. At a given signal; a veil
fell from before the mimic tomb, from which a statue,
crowned with a halo and surrounded by scintillating-
Btars (of gas), was seen, slowly rising.. The ensemble
was brilliant, and worthy a foreign cathedral.
POLITICS
The result in Rhode Island threw a damper'over the
hopes of our Copperhead friends, and it can he Been
plainly enough that they are not over-hopeful of
hearing to-night that the Wooden-nutmeg State has
has elected Seymour. A Co. The aforesaid copper
headed gentlemen propose to hold an extensive mass
meeting at Cooper Institute, to-morrow evening, of
“ all wholire opposed to the conscript act; all who
are opposed to" the war- for the negroall tvho are
opposed to the Administration”—in fact,-all who are
opposed to everything and everybody save Fernando
Wood. In an appropriate daily paper I find an ad
vertisement commencing thus:
“CorPEKHEADS, Attention !—The undersigned
are the original manufacturers of the genuine Cop
perhead, or Badge of Liberty, made of pure copper,
polished and artistic. Every person in favor of free
speech, a free press, and the rights of white men, is
wearing the Badge of Liberty.” -
This style of jewelry is slowly but surely super
seding pinchbeck in the market, and beams with
much lustre upon numerous manly bosoms. " It is a
head cut out of an old copper cent and mounted as a
scaif-pin.
A BIT OF GOSSIP
is current about the recent mysterious disappearance
of a beautiful daughter of the divorced wife of a
noted criminal lawyer, who has lately come before
the public as the authoress of a new ; and striking
novel. The daughter, who is a Catholic, haa taken
refuge in a convent, it is said, in order to avoid.a
marriage with a suitor of her mother’s selection.
Another “ mysterious disappearance” is also.re
corded. On Friday, a fine-looking woman about
thirty-four years of age, a boarder at a hotel in Park
Row, where she had registered her “Miss
White,” disappeared from that establishment, leav
ing her trunk behind her, and has not since been
heard of. v Who she is, or where she h»3 gone to,
nobody knowß, but the proprietor of the hotel seem 3
inclined to think that she wandered away in a fit of
temporary insanity, and offers a reward for informa
tion respecting her whereabouts.
A DEMENTED GENIUS,
who exults in a prodigious crop of red whiskers,
and a rather seedy costume, is haunting the leading
newspaper offices of this city, in the hope of in
ducing some patriotic editor to advocate his
original new plan for ending the war, and rais
ing the republic to an entirely new pinnacle of bliss.
He proposes to have a Dictator and Cabinet selected
from heaven, and believes that he can reconcile Mr.
Lincoln to the devout reform by him,to
an office not quite so high as his present one, but
endowed with a larger salary.
AMUSEMENTS
announced for Easter week are numerous and varied:
enough to suit all taßtes and idiosyncrasies. At the
Academy of Music, Petrella’s opera of-1 4 The Last-
Days, of Pompeii ’’ willbe produced this-evening, for
the firßt time in America. Miss Heron repeats, her
version of at Niblo’s, and-Miss West
ern «hers at Winter Garden. Wallack. produces a-,
new adaptation from the French, styled “My Royal
Brother-In-Law,” (probably “ The Duke’s Motto,”),
on Tuesday evening. Laura Keene announces “ The
Bay of Bantry,” a new Irish revolutionary comedy
intwoact3. At the New Bowery. Theatre we have
an extensive spectacular drama, founded on the
opera of “ Satanella.” Atthe Old Bowery, a magic
pantomime. Mr. and Mrß. Barney. Williams are at
the Brooklyn Academy of Music;
STUYYESANT;
Ninth Pennsylvania Reserves*
By a letter received in this oity, we learn- that
the following promotions have been made in the
9th Pennsylvania Reserve Regiment:: Major Snod
grass, owing to the resignation of Lieutenant Co
lonel Anderson, has been appointed to the lieu
tenant colonelcy, and Captain. Barnes, of Co. E,
promoted to the majorship. Lieutenant R. 'M.
Snodgrass, formerly quartermaster; has been ap
pointed by the President quartermaster, with the
rank of captain, and assigned to the 3d Brigade.
Second Lieutenant J M. Sowers, acting quarter
master, to be first lieutenant <jf Co. A, and First Ser
geant Clement Hlncman to be Bccond lieutenant of
Co. A.
Company B—Second Sergeant L. Brack to be se
cond lieutenant.
Company C—First Lieutenant It, Taggart to be
captain; First Sergeant L. Richards to be first
lieutenant, and Second Sergeant H. Shemarto be
second lieutenant.
Company D—First Sergeant N. Forgey to be
captain.
Company E— Second Lieutenant William Erwin
to be captain; First Sergeant J. Arbernethy to be.
first lieutenant, and Second Sergeant H. Hollings
head to be second lieutenant.
Company F—First Sergeant J. Reynolds to be
captain, and Second Sergeant Wm. Quail to be first
lieutenant. ..
Company G—Second Sergeant R. McMunn to be
second lieutenant. . /
Company H—First Lieutenant John S. Winans.
to be captain; Second Lieutenant Charles Chamber-,
lain to be first lieutenant, and Second Sergeant T.
Marshall, to be second lieutenant.
Company I—First Sergeant Henry Spratt to. be
first lieutenant, and Second Sergeant Ed. Mcmck to
be second lieutenant. _
Company K—Second Sergeant of Company O* to
be second lieutenant of Company K. .
Testimonial to a Philadelphia Sea
Gai'T.ain.— ln the spring of 1862, Captain Joseph
Elwell, of this city, was instruments* in saving tb.®
lives of the master and crew of the British bark W.
B. Dean, of Nova Scotia, which bad- been wrecked.
That the humane act was not forgotten, the follow
ing letter from the acting consul will show:
Her MAjESTY’&Pno-CbNSUJi.ATE, •,
Sjn: I have the honor to- inform you that her
Majesty’s Government have awarded you a gold
chronometer, as a mark of gratitude for your gal
lant and humane conduct in saving the master add
crew of the British baik W. B. Dean, of Yarmouth,
Nova. Scotia, in the spring of 1862. ■'
The chronometer will be delivered to you by her
Majesty’s minister at Washington, through the
\Jnited States Government. I am, &c.,
GEORGE CRUMP,
Captaia, Joseph EtwEr.h, &'Q,; PhUadelphia l -
THREE CENTS.
AMERICA# INTERNAL AND COASTWISE
TBADE.
Suspension of Commercial Intersperse
with the Bebels.
PROCLAMATION ORDERS, AND REGULATION^
PROCLAMATION BY THE- PRESIDENT.
Whereas, in pursuance of the act of Congress,
proved July 13, IBGf T I‘ did, by proclamation, dated
August 16,1861, declare' that the inhabitants of the
States of Georgia, South Carolina,-Virginia, North
Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas,
Arkansas, Mississippi, and Florida'(except the in
habitants of that part c£ Virginia lying west of the
Alleghany Mountains, »sd of such other parts of
that State, and the other States hereinbefore named,
as might maintain a loyfit’adhesion tb’ the Union
and the Constitution, or might be froo? time to time
Occupied and controlled by*- forces of the United
Dtates engaged in the disperafon of Baig insurgents)
wse in s stale of insurrection againsTthe - United
States, and that all commercsztintercourserbetween
the same and the inhabitants thereof, with* the ex
ceptions aforesaid, and the citizens of other States
and other parts of the United Slates, was unlawful,
and wtnfld jestain unlawful until such insurrection
should cease o? be suppressed, all goods'and
and merchandise'CO'cCiing any
of said States, with the exception's 'afoi esaidy-info*
other pautS'of the United States, without the lisense
and permission of the President, through the Secre*
tary of the Treasury, or proceeding to any of said
States, witif the-exceptions aforesaid, by land or
water, together with the vessel or vehicle Conveying
the game to on from said States, with
afoiesaid, would be forfeited to the Unitsd'Statesj
'And w/ic?-cas, experience has shown ua -tfiat'the ex
ceptions made in and by said proclamation emb’ar
raes the due enforcement of said act of 'lB6V,'-'
and the proper regulation of the commercial inter
course authorized'by said act with the loyal citizens ‘
of said States:
Now, therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, President'of
the United States, <3© hereby revoke the saidexcep-'
lions, and declare that the inhabitants of the States
; of Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Ten* 1 -
ineasee, Alabama, Louisiana, Texaß, Arkansas, Mis-*
•Bissippi, Florida, and Virginia, (except the' fortjv
'eight counties of Virginia designated as West Vir
ginia, and except, also, the ports of New Orleans, 1
Key West, Port Royal, and Beaufort, in North Ca
rolina,) are in a state of insurrection against the
United States, and that all commercial intercourse,
not licensed and conducted as provided in said act,
between the said States and the inhabitants thereof,
with ; the exceptions aforesaid, : and the citizens of
other States and other parts of the United Statesfiß
unlawful, and will remain unlawful until such in*
surcection shall cease or has been suppressed, hud
notice thereof has been duly given by proclamation;
end all cotton, tobacco, and other products, and all
other goods and chattels, wares, and merchandise
coming from aDy of said States, with the excep
tions aforesaid, into other parts of the United States,
or proceeding to any of said States, with the excep
tions aforesaid, without the license and permission
:of the Preßident, through the Secretary of the Trea-'
•sury, "will, together with the vessel or vehicle'
conveying the same, be forfeited to the United
States.
In witness whereof! have hereunto set my hand
and caused the seal oF the United States to
[l. s,]be affixed. Done at the city.of-Washington,'
this thirty-first day of March, A. D. 1563, and,
of the independence of the United States of
America the eighty-seventh.
By the President, ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
■William H. Seward, > ecretary of State.
CIRCULAR FROM SECRETARY CHASE.
TREASURY; DEPARTMENT,
Washington; March 31,1863.
The President of the United- Statesj in pursuance
of the act of Congreßß approved July 13,1861, en
titled “An act further to provide for the collection
of dutiep on imports, and for other purposes. ,, hav
ing declared that the inhabitants of the States of
Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennes
see, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Missis
sippi, Florida, and Virginia, except the forty-cight
counties of Virginia designated as West Virginia,
and except the ports ot New Orleans, Key West,
Port Royal, and Beaufort, in North Carolina, are in
insurrection against the United States, and that all
commercial intercourse between the same and the
inhabitants thereof, except aB aforesaid, and the
citizens of other States and' other parts of the United
States, is unlawful, except as licensed and permitted -
by the President, and conducted under the regula
tions of the Secretary of the Treasury, as provided
by said act:
Now, therefore, for the purpose of securing the
due execution -of the said act, and the supple
mentary act approved May 20,1862, and for the pur
pose of safely and properly conducting such com
mercial intercourse as may be licensed and permit,
ted by the President; pursuant to the provisions of
said acts, and also for the purpose of preventing the
conveyance of arms and ojther munitions of war and
supplies to persons in insurrection against' the
United States, the following regulations are hereby
prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury in pur
suance of the authority conferred upon him by' the ■
said acts. * S.P. CHASE,
Seeretary of the Treasury.
REGULATIONS,
Section 1. No goods, wares, or merchandise, what
ever may be the ostensible destination thereof, shall be
transported to any place now under the control of the
insurgents; nor to any place on the north of the Po
tomac and south of the Washington and Annapolis Rail
road; nor to any place on the eastern shore of the Che
sapeake ; nor to any -place on the south side of the Ohio
river below Wheeling, except Louisville; nor to any
place on the west side of the Mississippi river below the
mouth, of the Des Moines, except St. Louis, without a
pen-nit of a duly authorized officer ofthe Treasury De
partment. - - ■ -
Sec. 2. All transportation of coin or bullion to any:
State or section heretofore declared to he in insurrection
is absolutely prohibited, except for military purposes
and under military orders, or under the special license
of the President. Andnopaymenfc of gold or silver shall*
-be_made for cotton or other merchandise within any
dise purchased'ln auy^ndir a idfi^^?r^eCthftr-iP'Vfe s iJa,’2>r:
for therein, directly.or indirectly, in gold or silver, or
foreign bills of exchange, shall be forfeited to the United
States. . ...
Sec. 3- No clearance or permit whatsoever will > be
granted for any.shipment to any port or place affected by
the existing blockade, except for military purposes, and.
upon the certificate and request of the Department of War
or the Department of the Navy.
Sec. 4. All.applications for permits to transport goods
or property under these regulations shall state the cha
racter and .value of the merchandise to be transported,
; the place from’and to which such transportation is to be
made, the names of the owner and shipper and Consignee
thereof, and the number and description of the pack
ages, with: the marks thereon. *.
Sec. 5. Every applicant for a permit to transport goods,
wares, or merchandise for purposes of trade into or
within any place or section named in the first section of
these regulations, shall present with his application the
. original invoices of the goods, wares, and merchandise
to be transported, and shall make and file with the offi
cer granting the permit an affidavit that the names of the
owners, the quantities, descriptions, and values of the
merchandise are correctly stated in said invoices, true
copies of whiph shall he annexed to and filed with the
affidavit ; and that the marks on the packages are cor
rectly stated in the application, and that tne packages
contain nothing except as stated in the invoices ; that
the merchandise so permitted shall not, nor shall
any part thereof, be disposed of by him or by his
authority, connivance, or consent, in violation
of the terms of the permit, and that neither the
permit so granted nor the merchandise to be trans
ported shall he so used or disposed of by him or
by his authority, connivance, or assent, as in any way
to give aid, comfort, information, or encouragement to
persons in insurrection against the United States. And
iurtheimore. that the applicant is loyal to the Govern
mmt of the United States and will in all things so deport
himself.
.Sec. 6. Whenever commercial intercourse with any
part or section of a State heretofore declared iu insurrec
tion, is permitted by the Secretary of the Treasury, under
tie Jiceuse-of the President, in pursuance of the said act,
approved; July 13, IS6I, notice thereof and of the condi
tions under .which the same mar be conducted, shall be
published in such papers as the Secretary may think ex
pedient, in order to the general information orpartiesin
terested..
Sec. 7. After commercial intercourse with any part or
section of an insurrectionary State has been permitted
as aforesaid, permits to transport to or from any place
therein, .or to purchase or sell in any place therein for
use in any other place, shall be granted ouly by such
persons as shall he specially authorized by t ie Secretary
of the Treasury after life date hereof. And no permit
shallbe-granied by anv such person to transport to or
from, or to purchase or sell in any place or section what
ever not within the military lines of the United States
army.
Seg. S;-Every permit to purchase cotton, tobacco, or
other merchandise within an}* place or section iii a State
heretofore declared in insurrection, after commercial in
tercourse therewith shall have been' permitted by the
Secretary of the Treasury, under the license of the Presi
dent as aforesaid, and every permit to transport the same,
thereto, therein, or therefrom, shall clearly define the
character and quantity of the merchandise so permitted
to be- sold, purchased, or transported, aud ihe place or
section within which the samemay bepurchased or sold,
and to and from which the same maybe transported.
Sm 9. A'lee of twenty cents will be charged for each
permit granted for purposes of trade under these-regnla
tions; and, in addition thereto, the following fees shall
be*collected, viz-: For a permit to purchase or sell cotton
or tobacco within any place or section iu a State hereto-,
fore declared'in insurrection, commercial intercourse
with which has been permitted by- the Secretaiy ; of.tha
Treasury, under the license of the President as aforesaid,
and to transport the same therefrom to any place in the
loyal States, fifteen dollars per bale of cotton, and two
dollars per hogshead of tobacco; and for a .permit to
transport any other goods and chattels, 'wares, and mer
chandise, designed for sale, except supplies for officers
and soldiers shipped *by sutlers, to or from any such
place or section in an insurrectionary? State, five per
centum upon the sworn invoice-valae thereof at Ihe place
of shipment.
Sec. 10. Every-officer authorized, by-the Secretary of
the Treasury to grant permits under these regulations
sball keep in his office a record of all his transactions
under such auihority, and especially.he shall keep a re
cord of every permit granted by him* showing the
names of the owner, shipper, ,aiid..consignee* Ihe-places
from and to which each transportation ; is permitted, the
character and invoice value of the merchandise permit
ted to be transported, aud the fees received therefor, an
abstract statement of which, together with the names
and compensation of all aids to the revenue, reporting to
.him, shall be given to the proper supervising special
agent of the Treasury Department on the first o‘i'every
month.
[Sec. 11. Provides tnat no permit shall he.;granted to
trade as aforesaid except to tliosewhy will- make affi
davit to their loyalty.]
Sec. 12. Collectors or surveyors of customs, before
granting clearances, m> y.require bond with reasonable
surety, in such cases as they shall think uectssary, to
protect the public interests, conditioned that there shall
be no violation of the terms or spirit of the clearance, or
of the averments of the affidavit upon which the same is
granted. . .
Sec. 13. No permit shall be granted* to., ship intoxi
cating drinks, or other things prohibited by.the military
authorities, into territory, occupied, by- the military
forces of the United States, pxcept.upon the written re
quest of the commander of tbedepartmemriu which such
territory is embraced, or of some person, duly autho
rized by him lo make suchreqiiest/
Sec. 14. No vessel, boat, or vehicle usedfor transporta
tion upon or south of tliePotomac Riven- or north of the
Potomac and *outhof the 'Washington, and Annapolis
Railroad, or to the eastern, shore of the Chesapeake, or
southwardly on or from the Ohio Riven below Wheel
ing, or-westw-ardly or southwardly on or from the
Mississippi River below the mouth oft&e Des Moines, or
onorfrom the Mississippi River in, any direction below
the mouth of the Ohio,, shall reoeiv.e oacboard.any goods,
wares, or merchandise destined to. anyplace, commer
cial intercourse with which now is,, or hereafter may be,
restricted as aforesaid, unless the same be accompanied
with a permit of, a, duly authorized- officer of the Trea
sury Department, except as-hereinafterproYided in regu
lation No. 18. - - . .. ,
Sec.- Ip. No vessel,, boat,, or.other vehicle used for,
transportation from anyplace tij. the loyal States, shall
carry goods, wares,, or merchandise, into, any place,
section, nr Stater restricted as aforesaid, without the
ptrmit of a duly authorized officer of the Treasnry.De
partment,.application for: which permit may be made to
such authorized officer .near the point of destination as
may, suit the convenience of the shipper. .
. Seq. 16. No.vessel, boat,. or other vehicle uped for
transportation shall put oft* any goods, wares,,or tner
. chandise. at any place other than that named irjvtheper
i mit as the place oi-destination. -
Sec. 17; "Before^any; boat or vessel any of
. the .Western waters south of Louisville on StTLouis, or
:.other.waterswithin or Stataor section,
commercial-intercourse with which now iE>ar may. here
* after be restricted as' aforesaid, shall depart from.any
, port where there is a collector or surveys of custom^,
' llieieshall be exhibited to-the collector-ar. surveyoxv or
such other officer as may : be authorized act inhis.sread, .
a true manifest of its entire cargo and a.aiearance ois&ined
: to proceed on its- voyage; and whemfejaights are received ’
on board.where there is--no collector',or surveyor,
as hereinafter provided iii section' 18, then the same
* exhibit; shall ■he made and iiearance- obtained- at *
iMhc first .port to be passed- where there-is' such
; an officer, and such vessel boat.shall, be--reported,
: and tlie manifest of its cargo tixhibited to the collector or
; surveyor of-every. port to. passed,- on thetrip where
there is such an officer; ,fcat;uo new clearance 3hall be
necessary, unless ftddit’dual freights shall have been
taken onboard atter clearanee. Immediately on
arriving at the portnf final destination, and before dis
chs i'ginff any part of tfjs cargo, the manifest shall he ex
hibited to the surveyor of such port, or other officer au
thorised to act in Ins stead, whose approval for landing
- the cargo shall r.e endorsed on the manifest before any
part tiiercof discharged j- and the clearance ana
perries of ail such .vessels and boats shall ho
exhibited tq the officer in command of any naval vessel
or military post whenever such officer may require it.
sec. In. To facilitate trade and guard against improper
tra»Bj\oyiation “aids to the revenue ” will be appointed
from time to time, on egrs; vessels, and boats, when de-
Bi’.ed by owners, agents, or masters thereof, whioh aids
VlHhave free carriage on the renpootive cars, vessels,
-ntd boats on :which they are placed, will allow
1 jt* per .way freights to be taken ou board wuhout permit,-
|. leaping a Malement thereof, and reporting the same to
l. the first officer to be passed on the trip wlio is authorized
THE W-AJEfc PRESS,
(PUBLISHED WEEKLY.)
The Wak Pbess will be sent to subscribers by
mall (per annum In advance) at
Five Copies ** ««
Ten •• *•
Twenty* l ** •
Larger Ciabs than Twenty will to ctorged at tk«
same rate, $1.50 per copy.
The money must always accompany the order . and
inno instance can theseterms be deviated from, as thek
afford very little more than the cost of the paper.
IWWaa Pazm™ arS ro ‘ laeßtad to act as Aleuts foi
«“ To the *etter-np of tho Club of ton or twenty, M
•xtracopy of the Paper will be given.
to grant the permit desired,.from whom a permit there
for must he obtained, or the'goods shall be roturn&lto
shipper under, his direction. Ifo permit will S
gi -anted for transportation into or within any insuV
rec. lon ary State or district, except on cars, vessels; and*
boatA carrying anch aids.
Sec. • 10- Sapfrvising special agents of the Treasury
Department will be appointed by the Secretary of the'
Treasur vto supervise within designated limits the exe
cution di ihef e regulations, and to make such local rules
and restrictions, not inconsistent with them, as may be’
proper for i'i»t purpose/and to change the same from
time to time,' and temporarily suspend or qualify the au
thority to gralDtpermits,-as the public interests may re
quire. subject the approval of the Secretary of the'
Treasury; and ail-permits and clearances authorized un
der these regnlaWens will be granted only in compliance -
With such locaJ. rules and restrictions as may he approved*
Sec. 29. Boards of Sriide will appointed by the Se-* 1
crfetaryof the Treasury; at such, places as he may think
s»e‘cessa*y, to aid in the-d&e'enforcement of these regula-'
tsorrsyand in properly friftsducting such- commercial in
tercourse wstween the inhabitants of Slates' declared in
ineuStectf»»T and the citiz%tts of -other* States and ether
parft-of the United States, fft-'may be permitted under the
lict D 3$ i of.the’ President.
Sec! 2lr MS vessels, - boatts-and other' vehicles use#
: for
tions, or-'aay o?the local, rule-?"and restrictions made by
a supervising-- special agent, with the - approval-of tho
Secretary of the Treasury, cotton, sobacco, or'
other or ciSnsported. orrmrehased,
or sold iu violation thereof will to the United
Slates. It any.fajtee statement be‘inade,.or deception
practined i*j> obtaining a permit, such, permit and’all
others connysfed therewith, or affferted {hereby, will be
absolutely voM; and all merchandise' shipped Wilder
them shall herforfeite# so tlieUnited States. Inal! oases
ol forfeiture, as aforesaid, immedis-fe seizure wil? be
made and proceedings instituted promptly for
tion. The attention of all officers of tire Government,-
• common carriers,' shippers, consignees?" owners mas-'
ters, agents, driver's; ari3 other personr con fleeted wltL*-
the transportation of or trading, therein, is
particularly direcied*to the.acts of lB6l, and
Kay 20. ]S62j above? referred to, and March'l2, lt6:l, and
; these lcgulations fos'cxfecutrag the same.
Sec. 22. Transportation l * o? supplies belcrfging to or
; contracted for by tbs'United). States, .designed for the
■ military or naval forces thereof, and moving urder
military or naval order*?/-is-excepted from tnyeffect of
these regulations; hut this exception does not extend to
• sutlers’ goodfc or othei~ tlesigr*-d for sale at military
■ posts or camps; •
Sec. 23. 'When any collector; surveyor, speciaPageni,
'or board of trade, charged-With tie execution pf^theSe
■ regulations and the laws- authorkriDg them, shp.3% find
,Wilkin his or their proper limits- any’goods, wares, or
merchandise, which, inhiaorth^iropinion,aremdStn.-
•ger of hem* transported to he or they asay
,r« quire the owner or holdei thereof to give reasunaola
’security that they shall not Be transported to any p ace
‘under insurrectionary shall not in any v.-fty
■Reused to give aid or encouragement to the insurgents.
- Jf the required security be no* given, such officer o*-
.’Officers shall promptly state thefc&tfr to the United State*-
man-hal for the district within which such goods aro*
situated, or, ifheyond the j urisdictibn of a United States -
nla-i-ffhal, then to the commander of- , "fc!te nearest military
post, whose duty it shall be to ta&y-possession thereof,
and hold, them for safe keeping, -reporting the facts
promptly io ihe Secretary of the Treasury, and awaiting
instructions. -
bsc. 24. Where ports heretofore blockaded have:been
opened by the proclamation of the Resident, licenses
wil-i he grantedby.Unitfcd States consul*#, on application
by the proper parties, to vessels clearing from foreign
ports to the ports so opened, upon satisfactory evidence
that the vessel so licensed will convey no person, pro
perty, or inforniath n contraband of'v. r *r, either to or
frem said ports which license shall be shown to the col
lectoi of the port to which tho vessel io hound, and, if
required, to an> officer in charge of the blockade, and
on leaving any port so opened, the vessel must have a
clearance from the collector, according to law, showing
no violation of the conditions of the license. Any viola
tion of the conditions will involve the forfeiture and
condemnation of the vessel and cargo, RDd the exclusion
of all parties concerned from entering the United States
for any during the war.
fcEc. 25. United Mates vessels clearing from domestic
ports to any o! the ports so opened will apply to the
custom-house officers of the proper ports, in. the usual
manner, for licenses or clearances under the regulations
hereto'ore established.
Sec; 26. These regulations shall supersede those of Au
gust *2B, 1562, and all others conflicting herewith, affect
ing commercial intercourse with insurrectionary States,
aud no permits will be hereaftergranted by any officer of
the Treasury Department, except in pursuance hereof,
and of the local rules and restrictions aforesaid, aud by
virtue ofauthority heieafter given by the Secretary of
the Treasury.
ORDERS OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR.
War Department,
‘Washington*, March 31,1863.
General Orders No. 88.—For the purpose of
more effectually preventing all commercial inter
course with insurrectionary States, except such as
shall be authorized in pursuance of law, and of se
curing consistent, uniform,*and efficient action in
conducting such intercourse as shall be so autho
rized, and for the purpose of carrying out the provi
sions of an act of Congress entitled u An act to pro
vide* for the collection of abandoned property, and •
for the prevention of frauds in insurrectionary
States,” approved March 12, 1863; it is hereby or
dered—
That bo officer of the Army of the United States, nor
other person connected therewith, shall authorize or
have any interest in the transportation of any goods,
wares, or merchandise, except supplies belonging to or
contracted for by the United States, designed for the mili
tary or naval forces thereof, aud moving under military
or naval orders; and except, also, sutlers’supplies and
other things necessary for the use and comfort of the
troops of the United States, and moving under permits of
the authorized officers of the Treasury Department into
any State declared by the President to be in insurrection;
nor authorize nor have any interest in the purchase or
sale therein of any goods or chattels, waxes or merchan
dise, cotton, tobacco, or other product of the soil thereof;
iror ihe transportation of the same, except as aforesaid,
therefrom or therein; nor shall any such officer or per
son authorize, prohibit, or in any manner interfere with
any such purchase, or sale, or transportation, which shall
be:cono noted under the regulations of the Secretary of
the. Treasury, unless under some imperative military ne
cessity, in the place or section where the same shall
beconstructed, or unless requested by an. agent, or some
other authorized officer of the Treasury Department, in
which case all commanders of military departments, dis
tricts, and posts will render such aid in carrying out the
provisions of said act, and in enforcing due observance
of ihe said regulations of the Secretary of the Treasury,
as can he given without manifest injury to the public
service.
It is further ordered that every officer or private, or
person employed in or with the regular or volunteer
forces of the United States, who may receive or have un
der his control any property which shall have been aban
doned by the owner or owners or captured in any dis
trict declared to be in insurrection against the United
udinaall property seized under military or
tary use of the United'States for mm.
over ail such property to the agent appointed by the Se
cretary of the -Treasury to receive the same, who shall
give duplicate receipts'therefor. -
And every such officer or private, or person employed
in or with the regular or volunteer forces of the United
Slates, *hall also promptly turn over to such agent, in
like manner, all receipts, bills of lading, and pa
pers, documents, and vouchers showing title to such
property, or the right to the possession, control, or d
rection thereof; and he shall make such order, endorse
ment, or writing as he has power to make to enable
such agent to take possession of such property or
the proceeds thereof. Arms, munitions of war,
forage, horses, mules, wagons, beef cattle, ana
supplies which are necessary in military operations,
shall be turned over, to the proper officers of the ordi
nance, or of the Quartermaster, or of the commissary de
partments, respectively, for'the use ofthearmy. All
other property abandoned, or captured, or seized, as
aforesaid, shall be delivered to the agent appointed.by
the Secretary of the Treasury.
-The officer receiving or turning over such property
shall give the usual and necessary invoices, receipts, or
vouchers therefor, and shall make regular returns
thereof, as prescribed by the arrfiy regulations. The re
ceipts of the agents of the Treasury Department shall be
vouchers ior all property delivered to them, and when
ever called upon by the a gent of the Treasury Depart
ment authorized to receive such abandoned, or captured,
or seized property, as aforesaid, or the proceeds thereof,
all persons employed in the military service will, give
him full information in regard thereto; and if requested
by him so to do, they shall giveVliim duplicates or copies
of the reports thereof, and of the receipts, invoices, and
vouchers therefor.
£ And every officer of the army of the United States here
after receiving abandoned or captured or seized pro
perty, or the proceeds thereof, or under whose order it
may be applied to tbe use of the military forces, as afore
said, shall, upon request of a duly authorized agent of
theßTreasury Department, render a written report
with invoices'thereof, to said agent, in which he will
specify the arms, supplies, or other munitions of war,
retained for themse of the military forces, as aforesaid,
and also separately, the property turned over to said,
agent, or which may have been sold or otherwise dis
posed of.
And in case a sale of any such property shall be made
under his authority, or under the authority of anyone
subject to his order, he will also state, and will describe
.'the property so sold, and will state when and where,
and by and to whom sold, and the amount received,
therefor, and what disposition was made of the pro
ceeds.
And all officers of the army of the United States will
at all times render to the agents appointed by the Secre
tary of ihe Treasury all such aid as may be necessary to
enable them to.take possession of and transport all such
property, so far as can be done without manifest injury
to the public service.
All commanders of military departments, districts, and.
posts; will, upon receipt of this order, revoke all exist
ing orders within their respective commands conflicting,,
or inconsistent herewith, or which permit or prohibit,
or in any manner interfere with any trade or transporta
tion conducted under the regulations of the Secretary of
.the Treasury; and their attention is.partieularly directed
to said regulations, prescribed March 31, lS63 f and .they
ivill respectively make such orders as will insure strict
observance of this order throughout their respective
tommands.-
Al 2 expenses of transporting property herein referred
to will bo reported by the officers of the. Quartermaster’s
Department, who furnish such transportation, to the t
agents of the Treasury Department, aud also, through,
the ordinary channels, to the Quartermaster General at
.'Washington, in order that the said expenses may.be re
imbursed from the proceeds of sales of such transported
property. EDWIN M. STANT.ON,
Secretary of War.
[The orderß regarding this matter, prescribed by:
the Secretary of the Navy for naval officers, sailors,,
marines, commanders of squadrons, .vessels, or sta
tionß, are similar to those prescribed by,the Secre
tary of War for army officers, soldiers, commanders
of military departments, districts, and ; posts. : . The
respective orderß differ only in the use of ..technical
terms.]
Earnest Eoyalty.
The following preamble and resolutions-.were
adopted by the New Jersey Conference„of^the r Me
thodist Episcopal Church, - at itßrecent.eessicn,,by a
count-vote of 102 to 1: .
WJiei'eas, The armed rebellion against the authority
of tbe Government of this land still continue^,
tion in which was declared.by this bp<tr» afrits' last ses
sion, to involve crime against the country, and sin
against God; and ’ ’
Whtreas, A faithful .discharge of oupdjities, reli
giously binding in these circumstances* requires a pro
per recognition, of principles in which-.thhs Ruty is in
volved : Therefore, \
' Resolved, That, as the.pow.erß that .ba*ape ; ordained
of God, and the Discipline of our Church reoogiiizes
the United States of America as a and
independent nation, our supreme- allegiance is
due to the National Government of, said states,
as assumed in: the declaration, of * the Constitu
tion, ratified, and established by. saidiUnited States,
viz: “This Constitution, and. thalaw.@ of-the United
States which shall be mad.e. ih pursuance.- thereof, shall
be the supreme law.or the land, gjyl'.the judges in every
State shall be bound thereby, anythin# in the Constitu
tionorlaws of any.State,to the contrary notwithstand
ing.”
' Resolved, That Christian loyalty, to the- Government
requires submission, to and etf-operation with the au
thorities duly appointed its ailairs within
the limits prescribed byJhi.Constitntion.
Resolved, That the official of the Executive, and
of the national Congress, aija in harmony with.the Con
stitution, and, as.in.cases s.upposed-.to. bedoubtfiil, the
1 Constitution makes provision for, testing; uheir character,
: such acts in their execution are_not to,ha-opposed and re
: sisted, hut respected 2nd suinu.ittedjto,unless annulled or
repealed by the.proper Crinstitutionaitribunal.
Resolved, That while we qq, not deny, but on the
contrary maintain ah,d affirfli the- rughl of our people,
a« citizens, io discuss the mea^^ses-and policy of the
Government,, we feci oalled.upon to.remind them that in
the present critical epuditipn, of public affairs this right
is to be exercised X.itk great prudence and forbearance,
rfineinbering the exhoriatioA of th,e Holy. Scriptures
(Eph- 4, 31), all bitterness,, and- wrath, and anger,
and evil speakiast'be put 1 away from you, with alii
malice.”- '
• Rt&olved, Regarding slavery aA the prime cause ofthoi
war ;hay.in,g Ycuaer-ed.those now in rebellion too
.to bcin* the restraints d£e?distitntional and judicial limi
tations, and as, in t[ho agitations of the times, theeba
l artef of slavery is a sabjcct of much discussion, weieel
called uj on to recall the attention of our people todhe.
fact that the Methodist Episcopal Church, viewing a.
ki cat moralw r ong, has long maintained on the pege$ v ofi
her book of Discipline the question: What shall be'
tlone for the extirpation of the evil of slavery ?” anui her.
,pr< s*nt recorded testimony in regard to it is: ‘‘‘'That we
believo that the buyirg, selling, or
Icings, tobe used as chattels,is contraryto tho. laws of
-God and nature, and inconsistent with the splden vtile,
«n<l'.with the rule of our Discipline,” which: requires,
“ull who desire to continue among us t& 4p.ho .harm,
and to avoid-ovil of everv kind. ”-
Thai we sympathize utih President ana.
hta ds of Departments m this trying state andiconnition
•of i>ur national affaire, and that nothing within our
power to render for the support of Ihe Administration,
and the .most vigorous prosecution, oiVthe. war fbr tha.
conquest and eubjugation of the. shil-l Oft
withheld. . . , ‘ - ‘ .
Rv&oltidy That tbe highest hOSA we entertain, regard:
iDg-the war is, tbat- ihe aqd -will avail
itself of all the means aud
i ower toliasten the conte&s to a conclusion hy crushing
iho rebellion. , 1 ...
Resolved, That we will pray Almighty God, through
Christ Gur Lord, in public aiKlprivatS, tor His bles'ing
upon the President and all in authority, upon our sol
di* rs and sailors, for the speedy ra-restablishmeut qr
• P* aco constitutional jiriuciplnsi and the future pr-uar
tin -tcreiary of the to: tlje qf 6U»*
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