, THE PKEBB, PUBLISHED DAILY (SUNDAYS EXCEPTED, I * BY JOHN W. FORSEV, OFFICE. No. 11l SOUTH FOURTH STREET. THE DAILY PRESS) Eighteen Cents Pes Week, payable to the Carrier. Mailed to Snbwribers oat of the City at Eight Dollars I*be Akvvk. Pour Dollars for Six Months, Two Dol jZULßsros Three Months—invaiiably in advancs for the tame'ordered. AiTOrtinmehta Inserted at tHa usual rates. Biz ftfass eomtltute a square. THE TRI WEEKLY PRESS, Bulled to BttbiMri'bers out of thß City at Fona DoiuAßa Cbb Ahhum, In advance. YARNS, BATTING. & WADDING^ A. H. FRANOISOUS,' No, 433 MARKET, STo, 6 NORTH FIFTH STREET, mv& tnutere the largest stock in thia City of IE&KNB, batting, wadding, ITARNS, BATTING, WADDING, TARNS, BATTING, WADDING, TARNS, BATTING, WADDING, TARNS, : BATTING, WADDING, TARNS, BATTING, WADDING, Cotton Batting, Wadding, Carpet Chain, Cotton. Yam, Twines, Wicking, Ropes, &c. Goods Sold at Lowest Cash Prices. WOODEE AND WILLOW WARE, A- H.' FRANOISOUS* 488 MARKET, and 5 .North FIFTH Street, OaUb the attention of dealers to hi* IMMENSE STOCK WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE, WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE, WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE, WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE, WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE, WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE, WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE, WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE, WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE, WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE, BUCKETS, TUBS, CHURNS, BRUSHES, BASKETS, BROOMS, LOOKING-GLASSES, TABLE AND FLOOR OIL-CLOTHS, * WINDOW-SHADES, CLOCKS, ( FANCY BASKETS, AO. A LARGER STOCK OF. THE ABOVE GOODS THAN ANT OTHER HOUSE IN THE COUNTRY. t CLOTHES WRINGERS. TELiTGREAT CLOTHES WRINGER. " PUTNAM « SEIiFADJUSTING OIiOTHES WHINGER” Is warranted to be superior to any other in use. EVERT FAMILY SHOULD POSSESS A CLOTHES WRINGER. BECAUSE, Ist. It is a relief to the hardest part of washing day. 2d. It enables the washing. to be done in one-third less * 6lme. ' ■■ Sd. It saves clothe* from the injury always given by v fcwisting. 4th. It helps to wash the clothes as well as dry them. WE BELIEVE IT ADVISABLE TO PROCURE THE PTJTNAM SELT-ADJUSTING CLOTHES WRINGER. PUTNAM SELF-ADJUSTING CLOTHES WRINGER. * PUTNAM SELT-ADJUSTING CLOTHES WRINGER, PUTNAM SELF-ADJUSTING CLOTHES WRINGER, PUTNAM' SELF-ADJUSTING CLOTHES WRINGER, PUTNAM SELF-ADJUSTING CLOTHES WRINGER, '"’M:,-.. BECAUSE, • ' Fihst. The roller being of vulcanized rubber, will bear hot and cold water, and will neither break nor tear offbuttons. Second. The frame being of iron, thoroughly galva bized, all danger from rust is removed, and the liability fKrvhidnk, swell, split, &c. « so unavoidable in wooden xnacnme»T^raT>x^--^7vt-»n_ J . -— — , Third. The spiral springs over the rolls machine self-adjusting, so that small and large arttcTes, as well as articles uneven iu thickness, are certain to receive uniform pressure. .. Fourth. The patent fastening by which the machine • tightened to the tub, webeiieve to be mperiorinsim plicity and efficiency to any yet offered. Fifth. It will fit any tub, round or square, from one half to one-and-a-quarter inches in thickness, without he least alteration. RETAIL PRICE: - So, 1, SO ..No. 2,85-50...... Letter "A," 18. Agents wanted.in every county. Reliable and energetic men will be liberally dealt < With. ' For sale at the s 6 WOODEKWARE ESTABLISHMENT” OF A. H. FRANOISOUS, No. 433 MARKET St. and No. 5 North FIFTH St., mhl7-2m Wholesale Agent for Pennsylvania. COMMISSION HOUSES. JELLING, COFFIN, & CO., - ; #3O CHESTNUT STREET. : Have for sale by the Package a good assortment of Staple PRINTS, LAWNS, BROWN AND BLEACHED MUSLINS, COTTONADES, PRINTED LININGS, SILESIAS, NANKEENS, CORSET JEANS. ALSO, * G-4 BLACK AND MIXED BROADCLOTHS, UNION CASSIMEBES; EXTRA, -MEDIUM, AND LOW QUALITY SATINETS, NEGRO KERSEYS, PLAID LINSEYS, ARMY GOODS, &0. 9 &G~ Bp2l-tuths3m FLANNELS, Heavy and Medium. NEGRO KERSEYS, Plain add Twilled. LINSEYS, White Rock, Westerly, &c., Ac. BROWN DRILLS, On hand, and for sale by HAZARD, & HUTCHINSON, ap22-12t . 113 CHESTNUT.STREET. '; •p HI LAD ELP HI A “BAG” MANUFACTOEY. BURLAP BAGS OP ALL SIZES, IFOR CORN, OATS, COFFEE, BONE DUST, Sea. SEAMLESS BAGS, «Of standard makes, ALL SIZES, for sale cheap, for net ■ cask on delivery. GEO. GRIGG, Nos. 319 and 381 CHURCH Alley. gHIPLEY, HAZARD, & HUTCHINSON, No.. 119 CHESTNUT STREET, COMMISSION MERCHANTS, FOK THE SALE OF iff HILADE L P n IA -MA D E 600 D S . mh3l-Cm * JOHN T. BAILEY 4 GO. SBAGB AND BAGGING OF EVER! DESCRIPTION, NO. 113 NORTH FRONT STREET, WOOL BAGS FOR SALE. SEWING MACHINES, JEWING MACHINES. THE “ BLOAT” MACHINE, WITH GLASS PRES6ER FOOT, NEW STYLE HEMMEB, BRAIDER, ■ftad oilier valuable Improvements, ■ ALSO, THE TAGGART & PARR MACHINES. Anency—933 CHESTNUT Street. mhß-tf snn DOZ. CANS FRESH peaches, oSWUmo do;., cans Cranberry Sauce, Oysters, Pears, Apple Snuoe, Adams county Peaches, Cherries, - and ISiackberries. For sale by JAS W CAMPBELL, No. 115 South WATER Street, TAMES ECJOLES,, MACHINIST AND ENGINEER, ISM BEACH Street, Manufactures :ghafting and Mill gearing, Lift and Force Pumps, on tfche most approved principles. Heavy and light Planing and 1 Turning executed with despatch. : ap22 3m* TUCK IK'S A. PATENT SPRING BED, „ Patented July 3,1866. Universally acknowledged for Neatness, Comfort, and Durability to he the Standard Spring Bed. . The above are manufactured an 4 for sale by •mM6-3m No. a VTEW GOODS ! NEW GOODS!—WE ■*•l, are daily receiving from factory new natternßof WALL PAPERS, to which we invite the aulnUon of dealers In Paper Hangings. -■ In ; onr vretail department we have paid special atten tion to. tasteful designs suiting Philadelphia taste Rooms: papered by and warranted to give sattflfection; ape-lmf \ , - No. 13 North THIRD Street.: VOL. 6-NO. 234. SPRING MiI,LINERY. 1863 R IN « 1863 WOOD & GARY. No. 725 CHESTNUT STREET, Have now In store a complete stock of STRAW and millinery goods, • INCLUDING STRAW HATS Ain) BONNETS. MISSES' AND CHILDREN’S STBAW GOODS. FANCY AND CRAPE BONNETS. FRENCH FLOWERS.-RIBBONS, Ac, To which , they respectfully invite the attention of Mer chants and Milliner#. CASB BUYERS will find special advantage in examin lngthls stock befofe'pnrchasiajc. mh2-3m SPRING MILLINERY. The undersigned has now open a HANDSOME STOCK OF RIBBONS, SILKS, CRAPES, ILLUSIONS AND LACES, Also, a splendid assortment of FRENCH FIOWERS, Consisting of fine ROSES, ROSE BUDS, fine GRAPES. and FRUITS,- - . All of the most fosuioaable shadesaad styles, A LOT OP RIBBONS AND FLOWERS Of last season's importation, will be . CLOSED OUT VERY CHEAP. M. BERNHEIM, No. 726 CHESTNUT STREET. tah3a-2ra ~ O - f|Q STRAW GOODS, 1863. FRENCH FLOWERS, LACES AND RIBBONS, OF THE LATEST FASHIONS, JUST OPENED THOS. KENNEDY & BRO.’S, No. TS9 CHESTNUT Street* below EIGHTH. mh3l-2m 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 •' ■*•... JHIIDTESr GOODS IN GENERAL, to which the attention of the trade is respectfully soil cited. , mhlB-2m fr-T\ MISSES O’BRYAN, 1107 WAL- JsaiJNUT Street, will open PARTS MILLINERY; lP“*F0B THE SPRING, on THURSDAY, April 9th,* 1863. ap7-lm* I L LIN E R Y STRAW GOODS. JOSEPH HAMBURGER, 35 South SECOND Street, ' Has now open a large stock of Ribbons, Artificial Flowers. &c., to which he respectfully invites the attention or Milliners and Merchants, Goods received daily from New York auctions. . mh24-2m* Gebat excitement—still GREATER BARGAlNS.—Received immense lots of New Goods at BAMBERGER BROS., No. 105 North EIGHTH Street, much lower than they, have been for a long time. • READ, READ, BEAD ALL. LINEN HDKFS., LINENHDKFS.— Splendid Linen Hdk/s., at Sand 10 cents, some very fine at 12 cents, sold a week ago atlficents; still finer at!3 cents, worth 20; jsome extra fine at 14, 10, 16, and IS cents, all much below the present price. MEN’S LINEN HDKFB.—Men’s Linen Hdkfs., very fine quality, at 25 cents, sold last week for SSc.; soma very fli eat 31 cents, worth 44c.; some extra fine at 38 cents, worth 60c. by the dozen. B BM-STITCHED' HDKFS., very fine, at 25, 31, and 35 cents; broad terns from 31 cents upwards, extra GLOVES. GLOVES —The largest assortment of La dies’. Men*s, and. Children’s Lisle, Thread, and Silk .Gloves, pln- iu T'^i«reare«i A w^_ , backs, and kid finish,new •escfc-syies,muchlo wer.thanthey calfWvv-««».^#v, r ,«(. anv store in the city. *■ LADIES’, MEN’S, AND CHILDREN’S Gauze, .Merino, and Lif-le Thread Vests, verycheap. - GAUZE AND GRENADINE VEILS, Brown, Blue,Mode, Drab, and all other colors, splendid quality, only 75 cents; some extra fine at SI, worth $1.60. HOSIERY, HOSlERYTbelargestandbestassortment ol Lfcdiej 1 , Men’s, and Children’s Stockings of every de scription, positively mnch lower than any other store in the city sells them. HOOP SKIRTS : A very large assortment of the best make trail and other styles of Hoop Skirts, very cheap. INVISIBLE HAIR NETS, plain and with steel beads; Corsets, Linen Bosoms, French Morocco Travelling Satchels, and all other goods much lower than they can be bought for in other stores. ALL THE STAPLE TRIMMINGS still at nearly half the regular prices, such as the very best Pins ana Nee dles, onJy -4 cents a paper; best Pearl Buttons, 3 and 4 cents a dozen; very best Italian Sewing Silk, only 75 cents an ounce: best Tooth Brushes, 6, S, and 10 cents; new and splendid lot of Hair Brushes, 12, 18, and 25 cents; widest and finest Skirt Braids, .foil 5 yards, only 9 cents; India Rubber Combs, 8. and 10 cents; best India Rubber Hair Pins, 18 cents a dozen; Spool Cotton, Cotton Cord, Hooks and Eyes, Twilled Tape. &c. ,all much lower than-in any other stora. in the' city. BAMBERGER BROS., 105 North EIGHTH Street, third store above Arch. ap'23-tf CtOTHING. Fine Clothing, Miule up early, for Spring and Summer Sales, uott ready, WANAMAKM & MOWN, “OAK lIALL,” S. E. cor. 6th & Market. DESIRABLE PROPERTY *“ poa INVESTMENT. PRICES SUKB TO AD7ANCE, JOHN KELLY, JR., TAILOR, HAS REMOVED FROM 1022 CHESTNUT STREET, ■ 4k / EDWARD P. KEIiILY'S, 14:3 South THIRD Street, Where he presents to former, patrons and the pnbllr the advantages of a STOCK OF GOODS,equal if not su perior, to any in the city—the skill and taste of-himself and ED WARD. P., KELLY, the two best Tailors of the city—at prices much lower than any other first-class esta blishment of the city. . apl-tf DLACK CASS. PANTS, $5.50, At 704 MARKET Street. BLACK CABS. PANTS, *6.60, At 701 MARKET Street. BLACK CASS. PANTS, $6.60, At 704 MARKET Street. BLACK CASS. PANTS, I&60. At 7M MARKET Street. BLACK CASS. PANTS, $6.60. At 704 MARKET Street. GBIGG &. VAN GUNTEN’S, No. 704 MARKET Street. GRIGG A VAN: GUNTEN’S, No. 704 MARKET Street. GRIGG A VAN GUNTEN’S, No. 704 MARKET Street. GRIGG A VAN GUNTEN’S. No. 704 MARKET Street. GRIGS A VAN GUNTEN’S, Mo. 704 MARKET Street xnh22-6m TRIMMINGS, dec. -gVANS & HASSALL, MILITARY FURNISHERS,’ No. 418 ARCH STREET, PHILADELPHIA. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. hardware: and cutlery. HARDWARE. CLOSING OUT AT OLD PRICES, The Stock of & WHOLESALE HOUSE, compihiiir & LARGE ASSORTMENT OF ALL KINDS OF GOODS. 437 mSrKET aad 416 COMMERCE Streets. apl6-lm CHERRY WINE.—IOO QUARTER Casks .inst received per ship “Laura.” for sale in bond, by CHA.S. 8. & JAB. CARSTAIRd,' . ap24 .136 WALNUT and 31 GRANITRIStreek - THE PARIS CLOjSK AND 'MAN ■ TILLA STOKE, Northeast corner of EIGHTH and WALHUT, have opened with a LARGE STOCK OF SPRING GOODS. of the MOST FASHIONABLE MAKE," , and respectfully ask the early attention of ladies wishing to purchase. pLOAKS AND MANTILLAS. IVENS & CO., No. 33 South NINTH Street, liave now on handCn extensive assortment of . SPRING STYLES, of the finest qualities, at the LOWEST PRICES. ;Ladies, do not fail to give us a call. . TSOYS', MISSES', AND CHILDREN’S, " CLOTHING,'CLOAKS, &c., . in ENi>LEss variety, AT LOW PRICES, No. 13? South EIGHTH Street, Throe doors above Walnut, RETAIL.” JAMES R. CAMPBELL & CO., OFFER AT MODERATE PRICES IN THEIR RETAIL DEPARTMENT, Black and Fancy Silks. Linen Sheetings and Shirt- Black and Colored Alpa* lags, cas, Damasks, . Napkins, , and Poplins Fantasie, Doylies, Taffeta d’Annessey. Table Cloths and Towel- French Lawns and Organ- ings, Counterpanes and dies, : Furniture Dimities. French Chintzes and Per- . WHITE GOODS. cales, Jaconets, and Cambrics, Brilliants and Piques, Soft Cambrics and Nala- Spring Shawls, new color- socks, ings, Tarletons and Swiss Mulls, Black Thibet and Merino Fancy Muslins and Dimities* Shawls, L. 0. Handkerchiefs, Square and Long Shawls. Gloves, Hosiery, And a general assortment of DRY GOODS in desirable styles and qualities. mh6-2m At below present cost of Simp ci tation, And respectfully Invites an inspection of his stock. Ji M. NEEDLES, 1024 CHESTNUT STREET, / HAS JUST RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING: m W GOODS FOR GAKIBALDFS. PUFFED LINEN CAMBRICS, A NEW A RTICLE. PUFFED AND TUCKED MUSLTNB. PLAIN FRENCH MUSLINS, 2 YARDS WIDE. : STRIPED. PLAID, AND FIGURED MUSLINS. A SUPERIOR ARTICLE OF GRENADINE VEIL, $1 UP. A LARGE ASSORTMENT NEEDLE-WORK EDG INGS. INSERTINGS, FLOUNCINGS, AND BANDS, AT OLD PRICE VALENCIENNES AND GUIPURE - EDGINGS AND INSERTINGS. 50 PS. OF PIQUES, AT REDUCED PRICES. 6TO NEW STYLE NECK-TIES FOR LADIES. 6 PRINCESS ALEXANDRA, &c., &c., &c. The attention of the Ladies is respectfully asked. - ,E- M. NEED LE S. ap2o-Im ’.-v T)RESS GOODS AT REDUCED A' PRICES, from the recent Auction Saleß. Black and White Plaid Alpacas at 37c, worth 60, Choice Colored Alpacas at 60c, .worth 62c. Plaid Mozambuiues 15 to 60c. PlainMozamDiques 16t050c. . Plaid Poil De Chevres, all colors, at 50c. New Styles Figured; All-Wool Delaines at 50c, Light Cballi Delaines at 25c. 4-4 French Chintzes at 31&c. . Jaconet Lawns ai 12^c.. Black and White Organdies at 25c. H. STEEL & SON, Nos. 713 and 715 North TENTH Street. CHARPLESS BROTHERS. Mode-colored Silks, Foulards, Checked Silks, India Silks, Mantle Silks, Black Figures,' Bareges, Challies. Imperatrice, Poplins, Organdies, Chintzes,. Zephyr and Barege Shawls. CHESTNUT and EIGHTH Streets, rtt'OTHS, CASSIMERES, AND TEST v/ INGS. . • , Cassimeres for Boys. Caesstmeresfor Young Gents. : Cassimeres for suits. Cassimeres for everybody. Cas6hheres, mixed and plain. I Cassimeres. striped and plaid. Cassimeres, Black and Brown, - i'•■“•TACO: , JOHN3-STOKES’, ap9 - • •irn«ivAacaJßteast2.;-- QLARK’S, HOOP SKIRTS. 602 CHESTNUT STREET, IS THE CHEAPEST PLACE IN THE CITY TO BUY GOLD or ELATED JEWELRY, SILVER-PLATED WARE, PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS, POCKET-BOOKS, TRAVELLING BAGS, &c. : - Call and examine our stock before purchasing'else where. - ‘ The following is a partial list of goods which we are selling from 20 to 100 per cent, less than at any other es tablishment in the city: ICE PITCHERS.. SYRUP PITCHERS. CREAM PITCHERS. SUGAR BOWLS. • BUTTER COOLERS. GOBLETS. CUPS. CASTORS. ' WAITERS. CAKE BASKETS. CARD BASKETS. SALT STANDS. - TOBACCO BOXES. . * NAPKIN RINGS. FBUjT-KNIVES. table spoons. DESSERTSPOONS. TEASPOONS. SUGAR SPOONS. SALT SPOONS. DINNER and TEA FORKS. BUTTER KNIVES. OYSTER LADLES. GRAVY LADLES. SETS IN GREAT VARIETY. BRACELETS. BREAST PINS, CHATALAINE CHAINS. . GUARD CHAINS. 'MEDALLIONS. CHARMS. •THIMBLES. • . RINGS. GOLD PENS. GOLD. PENCILS. GOLD TOOTH PICKS. • GENTS’ PiNS, beautiful styles. GENTS’ CHAINS, “ “ SLEEVE BUTTONS, * l “ STUDS. • ARMLETS. •- NECK CHAINS. POCKET-BOOKS. TRAVELLING BAGS. "ALBUMS. CIGAR CASES. CARD CASES, &c. Call early and examine the largest and cheapest stock of goods in the city. WATCHES, JUST RECEIVED PER STEAMER EUHOPA. GOLD WATCHES, LADIES’ SIZES, OF NEW STYLES. * SILVER ANCRES AND CYLINDRES. GILT ANCRES AND CYLINDRES. For Sale at Low Rates to the Trade^by D. T . PR ATT, Ep3tf 607 CHESTNUT STREET. J- c- fuller, Jhj Importer and Wholesale Dealer in : FINE WATCHES AHD JEWELRY. " No. 713 CHESTNUT Street, (Up-staire, opposite Masonic Temple), Ha» now open a LARGE AND COMPLETE STOCK, BMBRACINB AMERICAN AND SWISS WATCHES. Z. HOWARD & CO. ’S FINE AMERICAN WATCHES. GOLD CHAINS, GOLD SPECTACLES, THIMBLES, - AND- -■••••.■ FINE JEWELRY OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. feld-3m A FIND WATCH REPAIRING ■ttK attended to, by themost experienced workmen, end every watch warranted for one year. Q. BUSSELL, 33 Worth SIXTH Street J 0. FULLER’S fINE GILT COMBS IMITATIONS OF PEARL AND CORAL. mhl3'2m yULCANITE RINGS. TN SHELL AND ROSEWOOD CASES, • Pjaylng from Ito 12 tunes, choice Opera and Amerl ean'Melodiee. . FARR A BROTHER,. Importers, ; • • ap4 .• . 3£d- CHESTNUT Street. below'Fonrth. 'yULCANITE JEWELRY.—JUST RE » ceived, ;a,handsome assortment of Cltatelaln aba Vest Chains, Pins, Pencils, 4c., and for sale at very lovr prices. G RUSSELL, ; 33 North SIXTH Street. riOFFEE! COFFEE! I COFFEE I] 1— V The best and cheapest prepared Coffee In the city. A trial will convince the most skeptical. No charge if satisfaction is not rendered. Prepared and for sale at the _ ,■ Eagle Steam Spice and Coffee Works, "M 44 and North FRONT Street. fols-3m HOWARI)WOBBEU* RET All* DRY GOODS. 727, CHESTNUT STREET, lOai CHESTNUT STREET. E. M. NEEDLES OFFERS FOR SALS WHITE GOODS, all description*. EMBROIDERIES, do LIKEN HANDKERCHIEFS, do VEILS, &c. , &c. 1034; CHESTNUT STREET. WATCIIJES AND JEWELRY. E>. W. CLARK’S, COa CHESTNUT STHEET. PLATED ANCEES AND CTLINDEES. . FINE GOLD PENS, THE BEST PEN IN USE, FOB SALE IN ALL SIZES. fe!3-3m IN EVERT VARIETY. J. O. FULLER, No. Tl 3 CHESTNUT Street; A fall assortment, all sizes and stylet- J.‘ O. FULLER, Ko. ■,!!» CHESTNUT Street fe!3-3m MUSICAL BOXES. PHILADELPHIA., TUESDAY. MAT 5. ]863. DRY GOODS JOBBERS, JQAWSON, BRANSON, * OO;, N.'W. CORNER MARKET AND FIFTH STB.. ~ (501 Market Street,) JOBBERS OF ENGLISH, FRENCH, AND GERMAN DRESS FABRICS, SHAWLS, &c. We invite the attention of the RETAIL TRADE to oar well-assorted stock of FOREIGN DRESS GOODS AND SHAWLS, which wo will sell at the .very lowest market price. We pay especial attention to the large Auction Sales, and Buyers can find Goods in our Store, at much lees than cost of Importation, and as cheap as they can be found anywhere. T. R. Dawson, J. G. Bomgaudner.* 0. Buanson. ap!3-36t L. HALLO WELL & CO, NO. 615 CHESTNUT STREET, (JAYNE’S MARBLE BUILDING,) Hayo now in stock, and are daily receiving, a handsome assortment of-New Foreign FANCY DRY GOODS SILKS; All purchased since the recent DECLINE IN GOLD AND EXCHANGE. and which will be sold at a SMALL ADVANCE FOR CASH. ap3-2m - 1863. SPEING 18 63. DRY GOODS. HOOD, BONBEIGHT, JOHNBB, BERRY, & CO., (Successor, to Abbott, Jobnes, ft Co.) No. in MARKET, sad 534 COMMERCE Streets. PHILADELPHIA, IKPOKTBEB AMB JOBBERS O, S I Tu K ABB , FANCY DRY GOODS, H»t» now open s LARGB AND ATTRACTIVE STOCK is DRESS GOODS, Adspted to the Season. Also, s Pall Assortment In WHITE GOODS, RIBBONS, GLOVES, SHAWLS, &0., Which, they offer to the trade at the LOWEST PRICES. CASH BUYERS Are particularly invited to examine onr Stock. fe!3-tf CAKPETS AM) 011-CLOTHS. CARPET WAREHOUSE. JOS. BLACKWOOD, 833 ARCH STREET, TWO DOORS BELOW NINTH (South. Side], IS SOW KKCEIVINO FOB SPRING TRADE, A rich arid extensive assortment of ENGLISH AKD AMERICAN CARPETINGS, Of the best makes,. Embracing all the new styles, which are offered AT LOW PRICES FOR CASH. mhl3-2m. JUST RECEIVED, 3,000 ROILS CANTON MATTINGS, To which we invite the attention of the trade, M’CALLUM EMO V A L . J. T. DELACROIX, has removed hie STOCK OF CARPETINGS, from 4t7 South FOURTH Street, to his NEW gTOBE, No. 37 SOUTH SECOND STREET, Where lie offers to bis old customers, and purchasers tenerally, a LARGE AND DESIRABLE STOCK 07 CARPETINGS, of all grades, and best known makes. , OIL CLOTHS, MATTINGS, AND WINDOW SHADES, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, AT THE LOWEST PRICES. 4r J. T. DELACROIX, No. 37 SOUTH SECOND STREET, above Chestnut mh9-3m QLEN ECHO MILLS, : GERMANTOWN.. PA, M'OALLUM * 00., MANDPACTDREES, IMPORTERS, AND DEALERS. 800 CHESTNUT STREET, (Opposite Independence Hall,) O A R P E T I NG S, OIL CLOTHS, As. .We have now on band an extensive stock of CARPET- INGS, of ouz own. and other makes, to which we call Ike attention of eash and short-time buyers. fel6-3m % p ftt SI. , ARMY OF THE POTOMAC. The Situation—Feeling the Enemy’s Posl lion-A Rceonnoissance in Force l>y the Enemy GnUautly Encountered—Hooker and Ills Army. [Special Correspondence of The Press. 3 * . . OHANCBLLOEVrLLB,;yA., Saturday Morning, May 2,'1863. _ THE RIGHT WING ACROSS. Hooker’s army has moved. A large detaohinent marched to Kelly?s Ford, crossed the Rappahannock on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning' and on Wednesday evening erhssed the Rapidan at Germa nia and Ely’s Fords. There was no resistance at Kelly’s ; at Germania the enemy was building a; bridge, and so unexpected was the arrival of the National troopß that the workmen were tasln pri soners, and the bridge completed' for the use of the army. 1 On Thureday evening the detachment arrived at ( hancellorville, ten miles west from Frede ricksburg, having accomplished a great march in a short time and with but -little friction. Three hundred rebel prisoners were taken and but one man lost.; "At Ohanceliorville, a column march ing trom United States Ford, joined the columns from Germania and Ely’s Fords! While this was transpiring on the right, the left wing of the army was also in motion. On Wednes day morning' four pontoon bridges wefe thrown across the Rappahannock, five miles below Frede ricksburg. Tlib men first crossed .in pontoon boats and seized the position. The- Il9th Pennsylvania- Volunteers were the first to cross. The enemy fired a volley in the dark which wounded about twenty men, among them Colonel Ellmaker, whose injuries arc reported serious. ’ The badges were completed at daylight, and a sufficient force to hold the position was sent oyer. Eighty-three prisoners were captured from the 13th Georgia and 6th Louisiana Regiments. Thepriso.a ers reported that Jackson is in command below;■ the report, however, is believed to be false, as more re cent and reliable information places Jackson’s com mand at Gordonsville. DEMONSTRATION AGAINST THE ENEMY’S OnFiiday morning more troops crossed at United States Ford, and marched into position near Chan cellorville. At 2 P. M. General Sykes, with his division bf Regulars, made a demonstration against the enemy’s right, drove him back a mile, capturing over one hundred prisoners. The casualties in killed and wounded are unknown. The casualties in Sykes’ division were IeBB than thirty wounded. - Gen, Slocum, at the: same time, moved on the Plank road towards Fiederiokßburg, some distance to the right of Sylcea, Here nothing was done but slightly'shelling the woods. AWAITING BESULTS-THE MOVEMENT A Having felt the enemy’s position, and tested-his disposition to light, General Hooker determined to await the result of other movements, before making his general attack. The army is in* fine condition, and the men are in excellent spirits. The fact that thelcommanding general preserved, in the profound est secrecy, the plan of liis operations, until they were in actual progress of execution, gives great confidence to the corps and division commanders. The evidence everywhere found that .the enemy is taken by surprise, is one other source of encourage ment.: .Thus far, then, the campagn has opened most auspiciously. ,« • Gen;’Stoneman has fallen far short ofthe reasona ble expectations of his’-friends,, and beyond doubt has’.incurred the displeasure ofthe Commanding General. There is still, however, a prospect of his retrieving this lost ;conAdence of his associate offi cers, and your correspondent would much prefer to record of him gallant deedß bravely done, than to Write his valedictory, to honor, confidence, and fame. Before another sun shall rise and set, the “stars ” of this" tardy officer will shine out brightly through the‘clouds, or disappear in total and perpetual eclipse.' "While General Hooker was thus quietly awaiting results, the nervous enemy was meditating wrath against the army encamped in Ms fr,ont. At. four o’clock an attach was made on the right centre of the line, and was met by General Williams, of Geii. Slocum’s corps.. The attack gradually extended along nearly the entire front, amounting to a recon noissance in. force, feeling along the line from right to left. /•PENNSYLVANIA ARTILLERY. Just opposite Hooker’s headquarters, the enemy made a vigorous charge oh Knapp’s and Hampden’s Pittsburg batteries. however, was c.paoTßortfl-tr. resisted and repeired'thc-yeilirig rebels.■ As the sun went;down and darknesß closed oh theßcene; the firing .ceased, and the enemy retired, with know ledge either satisfactory or otherwise. By sunrise this morning we may know his intents. It is not yet time to say what corps are here and how disposed. To-morrow it may be proper to make it public. Till then, wait. -MAXWELL. - - THE ACTIONS NEAR CHANCELLORVILLE— - THE.STRATEGIC POSITION. Headquarters near Chancei.i.orvii.i.e, May I,—Writing under thiß date, the Times' corre spondent says': The great strategic importance of .this position grows more and more apparent every hour. We hold the GordonsvilJe road securely. By going half a mile ,to the rear, we find a country road leading to Spoftsylyania Court House; four miles to the rear is another. Their flank is thus dangerously ex posed, for if they retreat they are. harassed by flank . and rear 3 if they .fight, they must fight in an open field on equal termSj,with perhaps great advantages "in our favor. ' . Evidences hourly accumulate of the fact that the enemy is totally surprised at our vigorous opera tions, and, in a great measure, unprepared to meet us. That he is very nervous is evident from the manner in which he falls to digging rifle-pits in every convenient location. If any further evidence of this fact were it is found in the capture at this point, yesterday, of a despatch from Gen. Lee to an engineer officer; here, saying, in substance, that hewasvet'y much surprised at this movement, had not anticipated it, . and was unprepared to give him, in structions. This despatch was dated April 29. One more fact. McVicar captured, in his charge, last night, a despatch ; from Gen. Lee to Fitzhugh Lee, ordering his cavalry brigade to be at Spdttsyl vania Court House on April 30. Thus Lee came in upon McVicar’s rear,; who was also bound to-Spotfcsyl vania. THE CHANCELLORVILLE CROSS-ROADS. Eight here let me, if I caa, give an idea of our exact location. On your maps you will perceive Chancellorville, a few miles west of Fredericksburg, a true style of Virginia.village, consisting of one house and a cross-roads—albeit, the house, in this instance, is a fine large structure, and will accom modate a great many wounded, to which purpose it is already devoted.. But the cross-roads is the mat ter of vital importance here. From this point the plank-road runs directly west, to Culpeper, byway of Germanna Ford, or by turnpike via ElyVFord. The Gordonsviile turnpike diverges to the left, four miles in our rear. The plank-road to Fredericks burg runs nearly due east, making an elbow bend to the south here, but regaining its easterly direction Within.four miles. Nearly east, or about cast-north east, funs the old turnpike to Fredericksburg, which intersects the plank-road again, about three miles from here. Near this intersection a road bears to the left, and goes to Banks’ Ford,'six miles, direc tion northeast. United States Ford lies' north northwest, and the road thereto leaves the Ely’s Ford road . and bears to the right, about one mile from this point. This road winds through the tim ber, and is very indifferent at the beat. THE ENEMY ATTACKED BY SYKES, At about twelve o’clock Gen. Sykes’ division was sent forward on the left, by the Banks’ ford road, to make an attack and compel the enemy to develop his strength en that.bank. He moved promptly into position, with Weed’s (now Watson’s) regular tery. Heavy skirmishing commenced, our men entering the field with much enthusiasm. The Bth Pennsylvania Cavalry skirmished in the very front l'or ; some time, and sustained a galling fire from the enemy’s infantry, butbehavedwithgreatintrepidity. They charged and recharged upon the infantry,- only to be in turn driven back. Gen. Sykes then threw forward two companies oi infantry, without knap sacks, on: the._double-quick, who supported the ! cavalry, and checked the further pursutvof The ene-~ my. The action now became quite general between the two forces, each seeming to be about' the same strength. The rebel division thU3 engaged was that of Anderson , part of Longstreet’sold corps, and eon-- aisting of the brigades of Pasey, Mahone and Wil-; cox. ' Sykes fought the latter brigade at Gaines’ Mill, The rebels contested the -ground very vigo rously, giving way. only when, pressed very hard. Our troops fought for fully an hour with great spirit and drove .the enemy from two successive and strong positions upon ridges ofiand which run parallel with the R appahannock. The distahee thus gained was nearly one mile, and some fifty* prisoncrß, mostly be longing to Virginia regiments, were captured. TH!E FIGHT SUSPENDED—HQOKER’S T AC- PHILADELPHIA : About o’clock, an. order was received by Gen. Sykes. from General Hooker, to suspend the attack, and.retire neatly ta his former position. This ap peared inexplicable to both.officers and men, and as the latter caine back slowly and in good ; order, fre quent. mutterings were heard among them about. being “on the, retreat again.” But the sequel proved that there was. a mind over all, who di rected what 'was beßt for them. The-cause for tbiß movement - was the fact that General Hooker had received information from his head quarters that the enemy had thrown the greater part of.his force oyer on this side of the fortifications, and had also removed many of the guns in the lower batteries, and placed them In position, at the upper end of the town, thus indicating an intention of ma king an attack on us. lie, therefore, suspended this preliminaiy attack at ODce, which had been arranged as a prelude .to important operations elsewhere, and.rightly surmised that if the. enemy did really mean to attack us they would follow up our retire ment. At 2 P. M. he remarked : I think I can make them come out find fight me on my own ground.” In two hours the assertion was proven. The enemy mistook .our voluntary retirement for a check, and followed us rapidly as we fell back. - ATTACK BY THE REBELS IN' FOROE FIEROE ONSLAUGHT AND OUIUK RE PULSE-HOOKER IN-THE SADDLE. : • General Sykes* division had got in their old posi tion, and pickets thrown out, when the enemy appeared in t force .on the ridge, .at the foot of which we lay. Our men had stacKed arms, .and were at, rest. The whole division ? eave'the Duryea Zouaves, were lying at nearly, nsrht, angles with the road. The Zouaves were, parallel with the road. Q,uick as t thought General Sykes brought his men into line. ; the Zouaves on ; the left half wheeling into’ line'of battle like a machine.. The rebels paused a moment on the top of the-iidge, and, as.if to nerve them for the onset, gave one of their scattering de moniac yells,‘and. then came down on the quick, shooting, capturing, and literally running over 1 our poor ,pickets,wli.o' scrambled behind all sorts of obstructions. But in an Instant more, a tenible crash reaounded-from the Zouive end of the line, and down the column foiled the most deafening .roar-of nuiaketiythat, in aUmy. war ex cxpeiienco, has ever met my ears. It did not last, apparently, two minutes, but its work was effective. TUESDAY, MAY 5, 1863. AT CHANOELLORVILLE. CROSSING OF THE LEFT. RIGHT. SUCCESS. GEN. STONEMAN. AN ATTACK FROM- THE ENEMY. GENERAL LEE UNPREPARED. This attack was very fierce, and. being bo much nearer than the previous firing had been, created considerable commotion around the cross-roads. It at once brought Gen. Hooker into the saddle, for the first time during the day, and things were speedily in shape. This onslaught was for the purpose of re taking-this very important point. Thefirst thing dose was the massing of artillery near the roads, and in fifteen minutes twenty-two guns were send ing shell into the woods, and the roar of artillery became ten times more deafening than that of the mußketry had been. The .work was soon done. The contest lasted three-quarters of an hour, and the enemy ignominiously retired. THE REBELS AGAIN DRIVEN OFF. . Although this attack was bo handsomely repulsed, it proved to be only preliminary to stilllgreater ope rations. At 4.30 P. M., 061.- Diven, who had caval ry skirmishers on the plank ’ road, reported the ene my advancing in force and driving* in his pickets. He was soon discovered deploying to the right, and Gen. Slocum protnptly metthe.moye by Geary’s division and Hampton’s at tack proved to be only a next thiDg was a development still further on o.qtt r right, which was again check-mated by-Gen. W-il-;v liams, who, with three batteries of artillery andhis own division, replied very effectively to the enemy’s fire, which }vas sometimes brißk, but never heavy. Beyond this he did not go, except to occasionally shell our extreme, right, under Gen. Howard, v but histroops were very placid, and the Bhells did no damage. ; THE THIRD' REPULSE—GALLANTRY, OF THE .PENNSYLVANIANS—REBEL LOSS AND SUFFERING! For a while there was a cessation of the desultory and spasmodic firing, which had been going on for two hours. But at 6% o’clock a desperate charge was made for our batteries commanding the plank road. The rebels advanced through the woods at a rapid pace, and got within, point-blank canister range of our guns.‘A column, also, came up the road -wildly... .Geary met them with great prompt ness, and wheeling a regimentintotheroad, a deadly' volley was poured into their advance. j At the same time Knapp and Hampton double-shotted their guns with canißter, and for fifteen minutes there was an other fiery episode. Of course the,enemy were se verely repulsed, and with heavy loss. Their killed aDd wounded fell in the tiinber in front of our bat teries, and the leaves and brush having been set on fire by shells, the poor wretches are suffering a double death. OUR LOSSES—ACTION OF THE TROOPS. Our losses yesterday are not yefc known. We had about one hundred killed and wounded in General Sykes’fight early in the afternoon. Capt. Marsh, of the 17th regulars, was - killed. Captain Overton, of General Sykee’staff, was wounded—not danger ously; Lieutenant, Wells, 14th regulars, wounded ; Lietenant Colonel •W’alker, Assistant Adjutant General to General Couch, was wounded by a piece of shell in the arm—not seriously. The troops acted magnificently. Not a case of misbehavior has come to my, knowledge.:- They go into battle with enthusiasm, and one idea seems to animate every one—the idea of victory. OPERATIONS BELOW FREDERICKSBURG. TWO MILES BELOW FREDERICKSBURG, Saturday Morning; 7% o’clock, May 2, 1863. -The rebels have opened the ball this morning. Fifteen minutes ago a light battery, planted during the night in the rear of the Bernard Houße, tossed a couple of shell among our troops, and was imme diately followed by their ten 10-pound Parrots planted oh the side of the crest, three-quarters of a mile below, which are now concentrating a rapid fire on our lower bridge, with the expectation, doubtless, of destroying it. Our guns ,on theieft are returning the fire vigorously. Owing, to the dense clouds of smoke, I am unable to.malss out all the : batteries participating. Captain Pickett’s Ist Pennsylvania, Captain Edgell’s Ist New Hamp shire, Captain Thomson’s Independent Battery, planted together on a small elevation, are among the number. Fifteen Minutes past Eight.— The rebels have opened their Witworth gun and several others on the extreme- left. Our troops are drawn tup in two lines of battle on this side of the Rappahannock, and have not suffered any as yet. Those on the other side have dropped down under the protection of the river bank, where they are safe from the ene my’s missiles. Last night they were heard opera ting on the railfpad, and this morning a few pieces ofTailroad iron have been thrown. The firing from ourforceß on the right, now directly in the rear of the rebels, can be distinctly heard. A moment ago, I saw one of their shells.explode above the crest. The rebels are thus compelled to fight that wag and face this. The decisive struggle will undoubtedly take place fc-day. If we have a sufficiently heavy force in the rear, victory must crown our efforts. The weather is very mild and balmy. But few rebels can be Been this morning. - /’ Nine O’clock;—The fire has temporarily slack ened on both sides. A BOLD RECONNOISS ANOE —DE ATH. OF COL. McVICKAR. During a brilliant and daring reconnoissance on Thursday evening, the brave Col. McVickar, of the 6th New Y.oik Cavalry, lost his life. He had gone with his cavalry toward Spottsylvania Court House, when, four miles on the road, he was attacked by a large force of, Virginia cavalry. Lieut. Col. Mc- Vickar immediately ordered a charge in columns of fours, and drove them a mile and a quarter, losing two captains and six men, and capturing twelve of the enemy. The enemy then took to the woods, and the New York boys lollowedon both roads, charging the enemy with effect and great loss. In this action the brave McVickar received his death wound, and died instantly, and with him 16 men of Company F. The affair was one ofthe boldest of the advance thus. far. The charge of 200 of our men upon Fitzhugh Lee’s brigade, and the successful escape of our force was a fit and stirring event for th'e openiDg of thiß grand battle. THE FIGHT NEAR WARRENTON . JUNC TION—DEFEAT OF MOSEBY’S GUERIL LAS. Washington, May 4.—The following despatch was received this morning at General Heintzelman’s headquarters, from Gen. Stahl:: Fairfax Station, May 3.— A heavy fight do cnxr.ed.this morning, near Warrenton Junction, be tween a portion o.fmy forces, under Col. De Forrest, and the Black Horse and other guerilla forces.; My forces succeeded in routing the rebels, after a heavy fight. The rebel loss was very heavy in killed and wounded. Tom pleton, the rebel spy, was killed, and several other officers are wounded, but not dangerously. LATER. May 4.—The rebels, who-fled in the direction of Warrenton, were pursued by Major Hammond, of the sth New York Cavalry, who has returned, arid reports our charge at Warrenton Junction as being so terrific rb to have thoroughly routed and scat tered them in every direction. : I have sent in twenty*three prisoners of Moseby’B command, all of whom are wounded, the greater part of them badly. Dick Moran is among the number. There are also three officers of Moßeby’s, The loss of the enemy was very heavy in killed, besides many wounded, who scattered and prevented capture. Our loss was one killed aDd fourteen wounded. Major Steele, of the Ist Virginia Regiment, is slightly wounded.' THE LATEST. Mat 4,10 o’clock 3 minutes.—l have sent in this morning, to .the provost marshal, twenty-eight prisoners and Bixty horses, captured in the late re connoisaance. DEPARTMENT OF VIRGINIA. Outrages of the Rebels lu Williamsburg— A Letter off Rebuke and Warning from General Rix to General Wise-Captured r Guerillas to be Shot. ; Fokteess Moskoe, , May 2.-Oflate the rebels under command of the demagogue Henry A "Wise or, as latterly reported, General Hood (mates the correspondent of the Herald,) have been making- in cureiona to .WiUifimßburg, riot with a view of taking possession of the town, butto harass our troops The last raid thus made by the rebels resulted inthe ab duction of several servants of African persuasion, and even the nurses watching the unfortunate in-. mates of the Insane Asylum were taken prisoners and paroled, and had not Dr. Getty, medical director of the 4th Army Corps, under whose charge the Asylum was placed during the raid,- been absent lrom there, at the residence of one of the Secession inhabitants, whom hp treated for, some sickness, he would likewise have been declared a prisoner of war and paroled. But Major General Dix, who may he termed a second “ Old Hickory,” determined to put an end to future raids of this kind, and in the fol lowing letter, sent to. General Wise, he has pro mulgated a second edition of his memorable message * “ If any one attempts to haul down the American flag shoot him on the spot ” : MAJOR GENERAL DIX TO HENRY A. WISE. Headquarters Department op Virginia, Seventh Army Corps, Fortress Monroe, Va., April 28, 1863. To General Henry A, Wise, or the Commanding Officer of the troops on the Chickahominy: , JSir: The town of Williamsburg has been occu pied, asyou are aware, by the troops under my command as a picket station or outpost of York " town. A largeportion of the inhabitants are kqown not to be well disposed to the Government of the United States. They have, nevertheless, while qui etly pursuing their domestic avocations, been unmo lested, and-have beeh; permitted to supply them selves with the necessaries and comforts of life at Yorktown and Fortress Monroe. The Inßahe Asy lum at Williamsburg has been put' under the super intendence of an army surgeon, and its three hun dred helpless inmates, supplied, at the expense of the United States with, everything necessa ry to their comfort, and with the remedial treat ment-they require. While exercising these offices of humanity, the troops at Williamsburg have been several times attacked by your ibices, not witha.view to gain and hold possession of the place and to as sume the guardianship which has been extended to the inhabitants and the tenants of the asylum by uaj but ior the purpose of harassing those who were —poi-foiTOiner-thio-gonorouBj!eadce._: On the 3lSt ult. your forces entered and endeavored ro~taKe~pbSses~" sion of the town, occupy ingeeveral houses and firing upon the troops, and in this, as I am informed, they were aided by some ofthe inhabitants, who have been living for nearly a year under our. protection. More recently your forces entered the town and took possession of it,' placing our employees in the Insane Asylum under pai ole, carrying off some of the ser vants, and Ueprivingits inmates ofthe care to which they have been accustomed, arid which; their help less condition renders indispensable. You have, by withdrawing your forces, left the asylum again to our charity, and compelled Major General Keyes, the commanding officer of the troops at Yorktown and Fort Magi uder,to supply it with'food to save the pat ients from starvation. These raids, under the peculiar circumstances, are in violation of every dictate of humanity. Having no result, and apparently no object but annoyance and a useless sacrifice of life, they are also in viola tion of every principle of honorable warfare. I have directed MajorGeneralKeyes to reoccupy the town, and that the aggressions referred to may cease, Igive you notice, in case of any repetition of them— l. That the inmates of the asylum will be-sent to. Richmond, and the United States relieved of thebur den of their support. : 2. That any house which may be taken possession of for the purpose of firing upon the troopß stationed there; will be razed to the ground 3 and 3; That any citizen of Williamsburg not belonging io a regularly organized corps, who shall be found co-operating in these attacks and rising in arms against the occupying troops, will be put to death as a violator Of the laws of civilized warfare. I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, JOHN A. DIX 3 Major General. ! As the above letter was transmitted to the rebel lines ODly a'tlay or two ago, it is hardly timetoexpect an answer yet. Wise or his successor will have to submit tlie letter of General Dix to the rebel autho rities at Richmond, and from that source the answer thereto will be framed and returned to these head quarters.- •- •••; That Major General Dix will do all he. says in his correspondence may be taken as a Gospel fact. Never was humanity more grossly outraged than by the in human and brutal raid of the rebels upon the devoted town where.three hundred poor, helpless, insane, and idictß received the beneficent care of an indulgent and ; generous Administration ; . and -our warm-hearted General, than whom no,one is more humane, will wreak a terrible vengeance on the rebellious hordes, who neither' respect nor care for the exercise of the finer feelings. If General Dix’s propositions are ac cepted, and Williamsburg is vacated altogether by the enemy, the town will be in as flourishing a con dition as in times,of.yore. If .it is not vacated, the ancient site of Willinm;and Mary College, f tlie Alma l-Mater of Virginia’s best* representatives, will be a smouldering mass 61 ruins, and thelocality a desert. Buruiu" ol* the Steamer Moro. • Nkw York, JVlay 4.—The steamer Moro, henoe on the ißt instant for Havanai has been burned at sea. Her crew arrived at Bremen by the Dolphin, THREE CENTS. ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND, Gen* Kwrllrat’s Mississippi Raid-Daring Enterprise «if Col* Grierson—Expedition ■Down tike Mobile and Ohio Railroad— Another Expedition from Rosecrans Rebel Communications Destroyed* • Cairo. April 28th, 186 s. By the time this letter reaches you it will be no longer contraband, I preaumefto throw a little light on the nature and extent of the “raid’* which has just been made under the orders of Major General Hurlbut, commanding the 16th army corps, upon the rebel lines of communication between Vicksburg and Gen. Johnston’s army. If your readers will - take a map of Mississippi, they will see that be tween the head-waters of the streams which flow west,'toward the Mississippi river, and those which flow , east, toward the Tombigbee, there runs a ridge of country marked by the to wns of Ripley, Pontotoc, and and leading to the line of the •Mississippi Railway, which connects at Meridian with the Selma and Meridian Railroad,and the first link in the long chain between the rebel fortress of Vicksburg and the rebel strongholds in the moun tains of Eaßt Tennessee and Georgia. On the 17th instant, General Hurlbut, acting in concert with General Rosecrans, despatched a force ..of cavalry, under Colonel Grierson, of the 6th Illinois cavalry, with orders to follow this ridge as far south as Can ton, where he was to burn the great depot of rolling stock accumulated at that point, thence to follow the line of the Mississippi and Decatur , railroad, burning all the bridges on his way, and particularly the Important bridge over Chunky creek, near New ton, and so to reach Meridian. From this point, if successful so far, he was to strike for the high bridge over th'e Tombigbee river, on: the Selma and Meri dian railway, and return to Memphis by way of Co lumbuß, in Mississippi. The Bweep of this “raid,” it will be seen, is only to be compared for extent and importance to the dash of Carter through East Ten nessee, and its results, if successful, promise to be a _great “demoralization M of. the rebels in regions hitherto unvisited by'our aruiß,'-iv"£njrio%i«-in.t.oßrjin» of the planß of G-eneral .TdHhstonp'wtiwtcrror they may be, and such an isolation of Vicksburg from the forces in it 3 rear as must materially ad vance the objects which General Grant is so ener getically pursuing. Simultaneously with this expedition, a movement of a somewhat similar character was set on foot by order of General Rosecrans from Tuscumbia, where a detachment from his army joined a small force frpm the command of General-Hurlbut, The direction of this expedition I think itbest to suppress, as no news from it has yet reached me. From General Hurlbut’s Mississippi “ raid” I have such news, down to the 23d instant, as warrants me in believing that it is likely to have alreadyresulted in a.brilliant success, which will entitle Colonel Grieason to the admira tion'of the country. New&.of its results’ia pretty sure to come in upon the South before this can come to hand, and the rebels of Mobile and Montgomery have doubtless come to tke conclusion that “somethingis happening.” KEBEL REPORTS OF RESULTS. The Jackson (Miss.,) Appeal, of the 24th instore ported a Yankee cavalry expedition in Central Mis sissippi, threatening Columbus and Grenada, which, it. eaye, exceeds in daring and boldness all former Yankee raids. Reports have reached Memphis that the expedi tion hap destroyed 20 miles of the Mississippi Cen tral Raffsoad and a large quantity of arms andstorea. DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTHWEST. Incidents of Uic Fight at Cape Girardeau. A correspondent of the Missouri Democrat , giving an account of the late battle at Cape Girardeau, mentions the following: , “ One of the interesting incidents of this affair was the answer of Colonel Strahan, on behalf of General McNeil, to the rebel flag of truce, demanding the surrenderof the town, and allowing half an hour for an answer. In returning the written answer. Colonel Strahan remarked to the rebel officers : “ * I want you to set down twenty-nine minufceßto the credit of General McNeil. It took him but one minute to give his answer, and he expects to hold, the poat of Cape Girardeau himself/ ” The same correspondent gives the following addi tional incidents : “ Among those that were killed was Christopher Johnson, Company G, let Wisconsin cavalry, his leg having been shot off* near the thigh. The cool ness ahd nerve evinced by this young man, on- the brink of death, was remarkable beyond anything we ever, heard of. He was struck by a BhelJ, which nearly severed the leg from bis body, leaving it dan gling by a narrow piece of the flesh and skin. Gath erings the severed member up in his arms, he endea vored to get into an ambulance without assistance, and announced his determination, and actually did perfonn the feat of carrying the shattered limb in his arms a distance of-two-miles, to the hospital, after being assisted into an ambulance. “One of the rebels stated thatthe firstgun fired from the Cape, shot off both Ills arm, and that of his brother, one losing the right, and the other the left arm!” EETUBK OF. VANDEVER AND McNEIL. St. Louis, May 3.—Generals Yandever and Mc- Neil have returned from the pursuit of Marmaduke, and are no w at Cape Girardeau. Reports of a battle at Bloomfield are unfounded. A military commission was organized, yesterday, for the trial of all cases arising under Gen. Curtis’ recent general order looking to the punishment of spies, rebel correspondents, mail carriers, military insurgents,'guerillas, banishment of rebel sympa thizers, &c. ARMY OF THE MISSISSIPPI, Col. Wood’s Expedition—Tlie Negro Regi- menis—Plugging a Wood Train. Cincinnati, May 4.—The 76th 'Ohio Regiment. Col. Wood, returned on the 29th ult. to Milliken’s Bend from an expedition into Mississippi. They vißited the corn-growing region on Deer Creek, and destroyed 350,000 bushels of corn and thirtv cotton gins and grist mills in rebel employ. Three full re giments of negroes are now organized at Milliken’s. Bend, and a fourth is nearly full. There is a pros pect of raising six or seven thousand able-bodied men in a lew days. . . On the 2d inst. thirty rebels, in Federal disguise, flagged a wood train on the Memphis and Chester Railroad, near Grand Junction. The train stopped and a number of prisoners were taken. The engineer managed to detach the engine, and escaped with it. STATES IN REBELLION. Washington, May 3.— The Richmond Enquirer, of April 30, contains the following telegraphic de spatch: . Jackson, Miss., April 27.—The enemy have left Kosciußko. None were at Louisville; but a few Yankees were at Lagrange. The Yankees have stopped repairing the railroad at Grand Junction and Corinth, but are guarding the lines closdly, .. Jackson, Tenn., is reported to have been evacuated by the enemy. They passed Raleigh in the direction of the New Orleans and Jackson Railroad, burned a bridge after passing Leaf river, and were reinforced near Corinth with cavalry. j. . ' ' Yicksbuko, April27.— A tugboat, withtwo barges, fan past the batteries this morning at 2 o’clock. The batteries opened fire on her, but with what effect is not known. All tranquil here to-night. ■ Jackson, Miss., April 37,—A very large covered fiat, either towed by a tug or propelled by machinery inside, passed Yicksburglast night. Gen. Stevenson report s that he struck her several times, but she was not stopped. NEWS FROM SOUTHERN PAPERS. The following items, are condensed from late Southern papers: . The .Raleigh Standard contains accounts of nume rous country meetings of planters in response-to Governor Vance’s 1 Ate proclamation discouraging cotton planting, and urging the production of bread stuffs. .. . V The Richmond Whig of the 22d says that several hundred thousand negroes have been stolen by the Yankees, and thatthey constitute the black elephant which Jonathan is puzzled to dispose of. The- Whig of the 23d contains Gov. Letcher’s card of that date, announcing his candidacy for the rebel Congress from the Eleventh district of Virginia. The Tories of Laurel county, N. C.,' are accused of disloyal outbreaks, and the Standard cemplaina that some of them were brutally butchered in cold blood, and that a Col. Thomas,. Confederate States army, who hunted them with Indians, permitted scalping. “Disloyal” demonstrations in the coun ties borderingupon Tennessee are severely rebuked. The Raleigh State Journal says, in commenting upon an article from the Cleveland (Ohio) Leader, upon John S. Carlile, of Virginia, “that it is the doom of a traitor everywhere to be despised.” The Progress of the 23a regards the recent peace resolutions of the New Jersey Legislature as ahope upon the other Northern States through their Legislatureno~BpeaßroaTp«Kt~ biing a pressure to bear upon Lincoln and Seward that they cannot resist, and the hand of the de stroyer may be stayed. Coin meal was selling at Raleigh on the 23d inst. at $6 per bushel, and scarce at that. Several persons announcing themselves as candi dates, for the rebel Congress from districts lying within the Union lines call upon the soldiers and re fugees from those districts for their suffrages; The Richmond Whig of the 23d utt. bitterly abuses Gens. Hill and Longstreet for not taking Washing ton, N. C., and Suffolk, Va. It Bays: “Ifcnowap pears that Longstreet laid siege to Suffolk only to cover a forage party. So far the cost has been'7s men killed and wounded, and a fine battery of five pieces captured, a number of deserters, and we know not how many prisoners. Confederate sieges ap pear to be very profitable investments—very.” - The'Charlotte (N. C.) Demoa'at sayß that M-ajor Connington, of the Confederate army, addressed a large public meeting at that place upon the wants of the aimy in Virginia. He said their forces had con sumed all the food , that it was possible to procure for, seventy miles around the point where they are now stationed, and that unless more com and meat wftß furnished from North Carolina, they would be obliged to fall back into this State. The Fayetteville (N. C.) Observer says: A few days ago a North Carolina soldier, near Charleston,* wrote to his father, saying that he had received five pounds of meat as the allowance,of seven men for a week. The Rev. R. J. Grans, of Hillsborough, N. C., in dicted some months ago for disloyalty to the rebel Government, is to berried-at Richmond, May 10. Escape of Marmaduke. St. Louis, May 4.—Advices from Cape Girardeau state that thefebels under Marmaduke, after haviag their rear assailed twice and suffering severe loss, finally escaped across White Water River, burning all the bridges behind them, disappearing by the va rious roads in the direction of Chalk limits, on the Arkansas line. The. result of this raid to; the ; enemy is repeated humiliations, disasters,. and a cowardly flight before greatly inferior numbers. The Atlantic TcldgrapU Project. Boston, May 4.-TCyrus W. Meld, Esq., addressed the merchants and citizens of Boston, at the Board of Trade rooms, in this city, thiß afternoon, on the important subject of the Atlantic Telegraph.' The attendance was large. A committee ot nine, consisting of some of the leading bankers and merchants, was appointed. The Anglo-Saxon’s Passengers. St, Johns, N. F., May 4.—The steamer Blood hound, with 8 cabin, and all of the crew and the steerage pasßeDgers who were saved- from the Anglo- SaxoD, left, for ,Quebec this afternoon. .The re maining cabin passengers will leave, on Wednesday, in the steamer Merlin> for Halifax and Portland. THE WAR rRESS, (PUBLISHED WEEKLY.) Yhb Wax Press will be sent to subscribers by mail (per annum in advance) at*............... $3 00 Threocopies “ “ ................ 500 Jive copies “ “ 800 Ten “ “ ,c ; 15 00 Larger Clubs than Ten will be charged at the same rate, $1.50 per copy. The money must always accompany the order , and in no instances can these terms he deviated from* as they afford very little more than the cost of the paper. m Postmasters are requested to act as Agents for The War Press. To the getter-up of the Club of ton or twenty, an extra copy of the Paper will be given. NEW TORE HITT. CCorrespondence ofThe Press. J New York, May 2,1863. ' THE EXCITEMENT about the great battle, supposed to be now fighting somewhere along the Rappahannock, runs very high afternoon, and is all the more intense; from the fact that the telegraph, upto this hour (three P. M.> remßinß silent. Some little talk and conjecture are occasioned by the report of General Mulligan’s de feat in Western Virginia} but people generally seem resolved not to comment upon anything until something d'finite is beard from Hooker; and pa tient crowds have been standing expectantly around the bulletin boards of the newspaper offices ever since ten o’clock this morning. It is noticeable that General Hooker and the Government together, have managed very effectively to put a. stop to the trans mission of premature news privately, as well as publicly; for the officers’ families residing in this city have received none of those significant private telegrams with which they were duly warned of all the previous great battles in Virginia. Some merriment is excited amongst the newsnaper people here by the promulgation of General Hooker’s new order, requiring all the telegraphic war news in the papers hereefter to have the full names of the cor respondents sending it printed with it. This saga ci°Ps order, I am afraid, will wofully cut down the war* telegrams of Borne of our reliable journals, unless they publish the interesting war news in vented and made up in their offices over the handy Dames of John Doe and Richard Roe. It is, I sus pect, to suppress this, sort of news that the re doubtable “Joe” issues his order; but, a*yousee there is a way of getting around it, and if the Gene ral fails to whip the rebels, the editorial fraternity will be very apt to make him suffer for his rigor with them. It_is needless to Bay that all manner of rumors are floating;about town this afternoon, the one particularly leveled at ; Wall street being that Dee haß defeated our army and driven half of it into the river. The speculators cannot bear the Zldeaof a fall in .gold to-day. General Franklin’s repTy'TO'The ■ ■ » . -.._ __ is out, but attracts scarcely any attention. The public verdict against shelved generals can seldom be reversed. THE ANNIVERSARIES, which commence with that'of the Presbyterian - Board of Foreign Missions to-morrow (Sunday,) have drawn a vast number of clerical visiters to the city, and the spotless white heck-tie and irreproacha ble black gloves of the orthodox divine are plenti fully apparent in the gay procession of Broadway this afternoon. Th® anniversaries to take place are—on Wednesday, the Institution for the Children of Sick and Disabled Soldiers; on Thursday, the New York Magdalen Society; on Sunday, May 10th f the YouDg Men’s Christian Association, Church Anti-Slavery Society, and American Female Guar dian Society, and Home for the Friendless; on Mon day following, the Union Theological Seminary, and American Seamen’s Friend Society ; on’.Tuesday, the American Anti-Slavery Society, and the New York Sunday-School Union; on Wednesday, Ame rican Tract Society, Tract Society of Boston, Ame rican Home Missionary Society, National Conven tion of the Laymen of the Methodist Episcopal • Church, and the Congregational Union; on Thurs day, the American Bible Society, American Tem perance Union, American and Foreign Bible Socie- : ty, Deaf and Dumb Asylum, and the American and Foreign Christian Union; on Friday, the New York' Institution for the Blind, and American Board of Foreign Missions; on Tuesday, *May ftfch, Orphan Asylum Society ; on Wednesday, May 20, the Gene ra! Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian Church ; on Thursday, the 21st, General Assembly of the Old School Presbyterian . Church ; on Wednesday, May 2Sth,the American Baptist Free Mission Society. CENTRAL PARK is just beginning to be pleasant again, though a friend who has returned from a ride thither informs me that the dust there' tx-day is almost, equal to a heavy fog. The mall is in an excellent condition, and since the commencement of clear weather it has been numerously frequented by the owners of ex pensive horseflesh, and the various fashionable Di Vernons who take particular pleasure in edifying the poor, plodding pedestrians with specimens of their skill in teaching sleek palfreys to prance. The most fashionable riding habits are made with a basque-waist of blue military cloth, lapping m&scu linely open in.front, to display a pretty little neck tie and plaited kerchief, and sufficiently slashed with sqlferino trimmings and brass buttons to look mili tary. Hiding hats are varied to suit wearers, the English “pork-pie,” with a feather in it, alterna ting with a fanciful French-rimmed hat, supposed to he something like those worn by the court ladies in the days of Madame Pompadour. We have Bomc really fine equestriennes among our fair New_ Yorkers, but no young Lochinvar has yet appeared upon the mall to vindicate his sex in horsemanship. Indeed, our masculines never did take kindly to the saddle; they seem to know instinctively that the present civilian costume of mankind has a very footmanish look in the stir rups, and when they have fine horses they want; to ride behind them, in spider-like wagons, at a pace sufficiently “killing” to .repel the foul aspersion r a livery turnout. They can hardly be blamed for this peculiar bent of their equestrian dispositions; for a broad-bloth coat and stove-pipe hat on horse back, beside a.“postilion” fancy basque and “pork pie” apotheosis, give a spectator the impression of a respectable groom in attendance on his young mis tress. It is no unusual sight tp see a gaily-dressed Di Vernon prancing along on a glossy steed, while a genuine groom, or “tiger,” rides at a respectable distance behind her, on a dignified coach horse, with white gloves, broad hat-band, boots with yellow tops, and silver buttons on his coat; and this veritable groom has a look of far more intense respectability than it is possible for any modernly-dressed gentle man to present on horseback. - , THE OPERA is to venture upon another season with us, com mencing on the coming Monday evening, when Max IVlaretzek proposes to make our American public ac quainted with Verdi’s new opera of “ Aroldo.’* This composition, as you are -probably aware, is founded upon the story of a Saxon Knight of Kent, who returns home to his castle from the crusades to find that his wife has permitted one Godwin, who ie a chivalric adventurer, to make love to her in her husband’s absence. The-first discoverer of the in tiigue, though, is a stern old Baron, the father of the compromised lady, who thereupon challenge* Godwin to mortal.combat. The duel has just com menced, when Harold, the crusader, chances upon the combatants, and so gains his first knowledge of his lady’s reproach. He therefore takes the quarrel upon hiznself, and is about to finish the battle with Godwinj when his wife makes her appearance and implores that no blood shall be shed. Overmastered by her prayers, but enraged at her dissimulation,. Harold sheathes his sword and renounces his wife. The old Baron, however, kills the perfidious Godicin. All the characters being thus brought to misery, they take measures to seek the relief of .new scenes, Harold and his family priest, who had been with him. in Palestine, retire to monastic sackcloth and ashes at some distant place on the seacoast, and the Baron flies to a foreign land with his disgraced daughter. Time passes on, and the Baron and his daughter are on their way back home again, when they are ship wrecked upon the coast where Harold and the monk are located. The family party are thus brought together again, and after a while there is effected a general reconciliation, with which the opera happily ends. THE BROADWAY RAILROAD WAR still exhibits more “consummate strategy” than definite results, and the parties on either side seem to he contented that the ending should be what our military critics call a question of time. It yet re mains to be seen what judgment Governor Seymour will render on the corrupt bill of the Legislature, after the able manner in which it waa argued pro and con before him yesterday. A. T. Stewart, of course, still leads the opposition, and, in any event, deserves well of this’ city for his truly Herculean exertions to. preserve the street of which it'is so proud from infamous confiscation to a gang of auda cious speculators. We are all hoping that the pre sent contest between the city and the State on the question, will avail to at least defer the s railroadfora year or two; or until we can elect legislators to re voke the bill. THE PRIZE FIGHT, to take place between the two brutes known as Co burn and; McCoole, on the' sth, is creating a. great —e ui-r» o _c_of__this_ city, and the gamblers and other personages of their &x&mp~are — betting freely upon the result. As far as I can as certain from the outside talk about the matter, the largest betting is in favor of Coburn, who is sup posed to possess greater powers of endurance, if not more “ scienee,” than the other brute. I understand that a majority of our City-Fathers, who would at any time rather get drunk at a beastly prize-fight than hear of a Union victory, have sent in their ap plications'for tickets to admit them to the show*. This is not at aU surprising in the men who passed resolutions of condolence with Fitz John Porter. WORKS OF ART, like books, are meeting with liberal appreciation here just now, and extensive sales. The exhibition of the National Academy of Design is constantly thronged with fashionable company, and many of the finer pictures on the walls have been. purchased at good prices. On Thursday evening we are to have an auction sale of all of Leutze’s recent works, including his striking picture of Lafayette visited by his family in the prison of Olmutz; Ichabod Crane and Headless Horseman, of Sleepy Hollow ; the “Unexpected Friends,” representing an impri soned knight liberated from durance vile by hiß lady love: an oil sketch of Leutze’s great picture in the Capitol, representing Emigration to the West, and various other fine examples of character and land scape painting. Some of your Philadelphia con noisseurs should attend this sale, for Leutze-3 pic tures will probably be more valuable fifty years'' hence than those of any other American artist. . THEATRICALS are about as lively as ever in this dramatically-* abused town, where our only alternative from the rubbish of the French third-class theatres is an oc casional new comedy from some penny-a-liner of the minor press, or an old comedy revamped under a new name. ITo-morrow—that is to say, on Monday evening—Miss Bateman will reappear at Niblo’s as s Leahs a new comedy styled “Lost and Won”-will be produced at Wallack’s, and a burlesque thing called “Tibby; Or, The Cat in Crinoline” (asuffi cienily vulgar title), will be introduced at Laura Keene’s. Mr. J. S. Clarke iB doing very fairly at the Winter Garden with a translation, by De Wal den, called “Luck,” and a shortened version of the “ Toodles.” STUYVESANT. The Champlain Canal. Albany, N; Y., May 4.— Champlain Canal is na vigable* .