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TUESDAY, MAY 36, 1883.
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' THE - NEWS.
Fubther news from the Army of the Mississippi
confirms and enlarges previous accounts of the rapid
and general success of the operations of Grant upon
Vicksburg. Admiral Porter, in an official despatch
to the Secretary of the Navy, dated Haines’Bluff,
the 29th, relates the oapture of that remarkable: po
sition by the joint efforts of the navy , and army.
Hainea'. Bluff, with, fourteen forts, comprising an
extraordinary network of defences', Same into
our possession, along with a numerous armament
of the heaviest guns,' and large quantities of
camp equipage and ammunition. Upon this tri
umph, following “ a series of the most brilliant suc
cesses that ever., attended an army,’,’the capture of
Vicksburg and the main rebel force, so often beaten
and at last oireumyaUated by the army of Grant,
was imminent and certain. Details of the desperate
battle at Champion Hill, (Incorrectly called the bat
tle of Baker’s Greek,) which was fought on the ICtli,
have also reaphed us, and add another page of glory
to J,he record of Western valor. In this battle Pem
berton’s whole army was engaged. General Lloyd
Tilghmanwas and the rebels lost 4,000 men.
Pemberton having been driven to the Black river
a number of miles from the scene of the opening
encounter, on the nth occurred the battle of Black
river, near the bridge of that name, and again
the. total defeat of Pemberton, who retreated
across the river, burned the bridge, and returned
to -Vickßburg. Grant immediately constructed
four new bridges, and crossed in pursuit. On the
iSth he arrived in the vicinity of Vicksburg, opened
a, line. of supply by jyay of. Chickasaw Bayou, and,
on the 20th, captured Haines! Bluff. From this
point of progress, letters from Grant, Sherman, and
Steele, inform Admiral Porter of their vast success;
and a little later, we have reason to believe from
the character of our news, the greater part of
the Vicksburg fortifications was carried. Johnston
had been out off from all junction with Pemberton’s
forces, and the army of .Vicksburg was surrounded.
The Army of the Mississippi, under the daring, and
skilful command’of'Grant, has accomplished, the
moßt instant, versatile, and successful campaign
Of the war, graduating with oelerity from victory
to greater victory, culminating in triumph greater
than all. In twenty-one days the army of General
Grant, which, at the outset of the campaign, num
bered about sixty thouasnd men, has marched over
a hundred and twenty-five miles, fought seven or
eight of 'the severest battles of the war, put hors ile
combat nearly the entire Confederate forces of Mis
sissippi, estimated at upwards of fifty thousand,
.and probably captured the strongest fortified posi
tion of the rebellion. In this extraordinary cam
paign Grant has outgeneralled two commanders
heretofore regarded as among the ablest of the
South.
Ik the Confederate service there are five full gene
rals, ranking as we print their names, thus: Cooper,
Dec, Johnston, Beauregard, and Bragg. They have
seven lieutenant generals, ranking as follovys:
Longetreet, Polk. E. K. Smith, Hardee, Jackson
(now dead), Pemberton, and Holmes. And there
’ are over two hundred major generals and brigadiers.
This is stated from a rebel newspaper, but it seems
questionable that Cooper (commonly regarded as
Daviß’ adjutant general) is a fall general over Lee,
unless he occupies in the rebel army the office
which Halleok.holds in our own. The rebels have
loßt the following generals during the war : Lieu
tenat General Albert Sydney Johnston, Lieutenant
General “ Stonewall" Jackson, Major General Earl
Van Dorn, Brigadier Generals McCulloch, Zolli
cofler, Bee, Barlow, Gregg, Paxton, Hope, Branch,
TilghmaD, and half a . score of less distinguished.
The rebel loss In principal ofllcers is far greater than
our own. s
Ail the Indians are how removed from Minne
sota, except in the Cedar Valley. According to the
St. Paul Press not an Indian lodge is to be found be
tween the lonative and the Otter Tail river, except’
a few stragglers, who will very soon be compelled to
foliow in the footsteps of their illustrious predeces -
both. The entire agricultural area of the State is now
practically clear of Indians,, and in., three or four
weeks from this time will be as secure to settlement
as the neighborhood of St. Paul. For this happy
deliveranceby the military power, a heavysaorifice
in the late massacres has been made to civil, au
thority.
A-FReedman’s Aid Socibtt, of which Sir Thos.
Fowell Buxton is President, has been organized in
London;in view of emancipationin America. Oh
motion of Mr. Thomas Hughes, author of “Tom
Brown’s School Days at Hugby,” the. society re
solved to record its detestation of the. particular
atrocities of American slavery, its internal slave
trade exposing 23,600-men, women, and children,
every year to the experience of new cruelties of the
violation of sacred family relations; its denial to
nearly four millions of people, living in the midst of
a professedly Christian land, of the common ele
ments of knowledge, and of the reading of,the Word
of God, which hringeth salvation; and its Impious
pretence of justifying'all this by the sanction of the
Divine will.
Genekai. TtnumiN, long persecuted under the
military administration of Buell, has been recently
appointed to the command of the lst-Division of
Cavalry in the Department of the Cumberland. The
division is made 1 up of twelve regiments of horse
and parts of two batteries of flying artillery. In
the division are the 4th Regulars, 4th Michigan, 4th
Ohio, Hi Pennsylvania, and others equally distin
guished for their share in the great battle of Stone
river. General Turchin is a Russian, and a skilful
and energetic officer, highly valued by General
Mitchell, in whose command on the Alabama line he
served, and especially obnoxious to the rebels whom
he showed no favor.
Tbe enrolment began yesterday in New York, tin
<!er order ofProvost Marshal General Nugent. In
the Fourth Congressional district, says the Post, the
enrolling officers commenced with the election dis
tricts for the First ward, and in one or two diatricts
of the Second ward. At leaßt one month will be re
quired for the collection of the names. The colored
men are regularly enrolled and described on the lists.
No opposition to the work of enrolment is mani
fested ; on the contrary, good feeling is more general
than was expected. *
Uh’iomsm iq Nashville has increased since the
President’s emancipation proclamation. The Nash
ville Union instances the Union Club of that city.
Previous to the proclamation the applications for
membership averaged about twenty-two per week
for four weeks; since- that time the applications
have numbered forty per week. Slaveholders, who
have never been suspected of harboring a thought
adverse tu the ” divine institution,” have come for
ward and avowed their firm conviotion that the sys
tem was an unmitigated curse, and incompatible
with our Government.
Tan African Methodist Episcopal Conference has
had a very interesting session in New York. A
series of resolutions, declaring confidence in the
Administration, and calling upon the colored popu
lation to. show their courage and patriotism by
flocking to the recruiting offices and enrolling them
selves in the army of the Union, were unanimously
adopted. Representatives from some fifty African
churches from all parts of the country were in
attendance.
The Springfield correspondent of the St. Louis
Democrat publishes a very large number of extracts
from letters in the possession of the State offices,
which show that formidable preparations are making
in that State to resist the draft, secret military or
ganizations, &0., having been formed for that pur
pose. / The State will be ready to meet any treason
able-demonstration. Soon, it is hoped, the con
spiracy, will be more thoroughly revealed, and its
authors punished.
A bijit has been commenced on behalf of the
United States Government, for the possession of the
famous quicksilver mines in California, whieh have
been the subject of so much litigation between the
Quicksilver and New Almaden companies. It is
well known that grants of land in California, either
by the Mexican or United States Governments, do
not comprise the minerals found within them, but
that the title to these remains vested in the Govern
ment. It is upon this ground that‘this suit has been
brought.
At the Utica reception festivities tjp returned
New York volunteers, Gen. McClellan was toasted
as the only successful general of the American
aAy, and Gem Fitz John Porter aa the man who
commanded at Yorktown, planned, fought, and won
the battles at Gaines’ Mills, Hanover Court House,
and bloody Malvern, a patriot, a soldier, and a gen
tleman.
Gov. Wright h#» notifleci the inventors and
manufacturer* of America of his wiUingneaa to re
present their intereata in the great National Fair, to
gome oil' in Hamburg, and haa iaaued a letter of in- ;
atruotions to those wishing to send contributions to,-
an exhibition 'that cannot fair to introduce their',.:
wares to the vast multitudes of continental Europe.
SixTY-vivE railroad companies, controlling an ag-
gregate of 10,713 miles of railroad, have agreed to
carry delegates to the Chicago Ship Canal Conven
tion at half price. The tent where the Convention
will sit is large enough to hold six thousand per
sons, Money is raising, by subscription of the citi
sens, to “provide the most liberal and ample ac
commodations for the Convention.”
Thr Bath Paper Mill, situated on the South Caro
lina railroad, six miles from Charleston, was lately
destroyed by fire. 'Southern papers speak of this as
a very severe lobs, and one wliioh will severely in
terfere with the publication of many; journals. The
ladies of South Carolina are bestirring themselves
as rag-pickers, to supply the raw material for the
manufacture of paper.
Thb rebel debt, if divided equally among the in
habitants of the Confederacy, would amount to $163
for each person. The portion of the debt which a I
married man, with a family of six children, may be
said to owe, is $1,300, The Confederacy, according
to its own calculation,' owes by tbis time nearly a
billion of dollars, which, notwithstanding its pro
missory notes, It does not promise to pay. ■
Notice has been given through the Cincinnati
papers that the plates of the Provincial Bank of
Darmstadt, Germany, have been stolen, and bills of
the denomination' of five guilders printed from them
v . in large quantities for circulation in this country.
German citizens may find it .worth while to keep
this notification in mind.
THEpresbyterlan General Assembly, Old School,
wit at Peoria,Til., on Thursday. Two hundred and
twenty-five commissioners-are in attendance. Dr.
Morrison, of Northern India, has been chosen Mo.
derator; and Dr. Knox, of Philadelphia, temporary
clerk i and Boston has been selected as the place of
meeting next year.
A STHOiAL despatch to the Cincinnati Commercial
from Columbus, Ohio, says that the members of the
3d Ohio Regiment, now here, give full details of the
capture of Colonel Straight and his forces near
Borne, Georgia, They say the surrender was justi
fl.ble and unavoidable, the enemy occupying an im
pregnable position, with overwhelming numbers.
A NrW-York Counollman has > introduod a reso
lution to pay the exemption fee.of every citizen
drafted who is not able to pay the money himMlt
It would cost the city $3,000,000 to carry out this
proposition.
The number of our vessels taken by Southern pri
vate* s 1b 106, and the property lost was of the value
of $10,000,000. The loss iB still greater in regard to
the insecurity of our flag, whereby business is thrown
into the bands of foreign ship-owners.
Texan crops promise to be immense, which, ren
ders it all the more necessary for us to get command
of the Mississippi, so that they may not be used to
feed rebellion.
Six Monitors are building at St. Louis, large and
Btrong, and promising to be most useful in giving us
command of the Mississippi and its tributaries.
Five-twehties to the amount of $100,000,000 have
been converted into stock.
Tile Victory and its Results.
The grandest victory of the war has been
achieved. If ever we had cause to rejoice
and give thanks, as a nation, for the triumph
of our flag, we haye it now in the stirring
sentences that have announced to the world
the fall of Vicksburg. There might be vic
tories, perhaps, that would thrill the popular
heart with 1 a sense of greater retributive
character, and be accepted as worthier con
cessions to the pride of our arms. It might
he conceived that there would be more of
poetic justice in the capture of Charleston
or Richmond, where rebellion sprang into
existence, and where it had assumed
the head and front of its offending. -The
fall of either of these points would
have been appropriately heralded by
the ringing' of bells, the waving of flags,
the blazing of bonfires, and the other ele
ments that go to make a popular demonstra
tion of rejoicing. Yet, in moral and mate
rial results, affecting lisas a people, imme
diately or remotely, at home or abroad, the
taking of Vicksburg is of infinitely greater
importance than a success at any other point
within the whole area of the seceded States
could be. The keystone of the rebellion has
fallen, and the arch upon which the super
structure rests must soon crumble into frag
ments, before the ponderous and well
directed blows of our mighty armies. And
from these, shattered fragments, the possi
bility of reconstructing our modern Ephe
sus, that sacred temple which only madness
could ever have attempted to destroy, is no
longer questionable. The smoke of the
terrible struggle begins to roll away, and by
the clear light of the sun we can see that the
limits of the battle-field have been greatly
contracted. The foe is being pressed to : his
mountain fastnesses ; his haughty'banner
.trails amid the dust, and the blood is trick-
ling from his clcalh-'syound. He may make
a few more convulsive struggles, but the ap
proaching dissolution can neither be averted
nor postponed.
Who shall estimate the value of a triumph
such as this, over a foe'haughty, insolent,
and deemed to be impregnable ? The finan
cier, who pledges all his worldly wealth upon
the existence of the Government; the agri
culturist of- the West, who seeks a market
for his grain; the soldier, who needs the
stimulus of some great victory to nerve his
arm and inspirit his heart; the merchant,
whose business transactions are never too
extensive; the patriot, who hails with de
light every new assurance that the Govern
ment of his fathers shall be the Government
of his children —in short, every lover of his
country, every lover of prosperity,- every
lover of peace—must be jubilant over the
glorious news we print to-day. To the skill
of General Quant, the bravery of his hgroic
command, and the favor of Almighty God, we
owe this splendid victory—this culmination
of a series of splendid victories. The mea
sure of our gratitude should be as boundless
as the results of our success are incalculable.
They cannot be expressed in dollars and
cents; they cannot be figured up by states
men ; or statisticians ; they cannot be pro
pounded in military formula by skilful stra
tegists. The calculating machines, that
Paschal and Babbage contrived would be
found at fault in such a task. How much
has been saved to the natio.nl treasury by
this victory, who shall say? How much
has been saved to the wearied patience of
the people, who can imagine ? How many
y ears of war have been averted ; how many
foreign complications avoided; how much
precious blood saved—these things wo can
not know- But we know that this victory,
striven for month after month, in heat and
cold, in rains and snows, is the seed and
not the harvest. We know that it must
germinate a renewed confidence in the suc
cess of the cause in every loyal inn,
som. We know that it must unite'
sentiments now divergent, and awaken
sympathy where before there - was only
coldness. We know that it is the best
endorsement that could he offered of the
Government credit, financial and politi
cal; and that the idol gold must no .v come
down from its pedestal. We know that our
armies, hitherto merely carrying on a border
war, can now be concentrated, and traverse
the whole area of the rebellion, carrying
victory and freedom inscribed upon their
banners. And, finally, we know that re
cruiting will once more become active, and,
perhaps, sufficiently so to render a draft un
necessary ; and that every branch of busi
ness will receive quch an impetus that the
burden of taxation will scarcely he felt.
These are the inevitable results of victory,
and such a grand as that which has
just been achieved has never before figured
in bur history.
Nor can we tell what we hare gained
by looking at the. map. It is more than
a mighty river—the largest on the face
of the earth; it is more than thousands of
miles of territory; it is more than a strategic
position, and a great army-with its cannon;—
these are great advantages, hut they are
simply material. They are gained to-day,
and might be lost to-morrow. We have
shown to the world that we are still a na
tion, and have the power to command its
respect if we cannot have its .friendship.
We exemplify the justice of our cause in
its success to-day, as we exemplified; it in
the gloomy days of the past, by our confi
ding. and patient endurance of misfortune.
We have dissipated the so fondly
nursed by our enemies abroad, that supe
riority of a?ms lay with the rebels, and that
they were impregnable. Our task is almost
finished, and the day of peace must dawn
now very soon. .
The New Yoke World, a journal pub
lished in a loyal State, and pretending to be
a friend of the Government, the Constitu
tion, and the laws,- and to have some respect
for the American name, thus deliberately
and wantonly slanders the Republic. We
can imagine the joy with which a paragraph
like the following would be read by every
traitor and tyrant in the world:
“A general Btrikes down the very pillars which
protect the hbmes of us all; and shouts, as from
some Circe-smitten and unreasoning horde, hail the
fatal blow. Men are seized without warrant of law,
and sent into exile, but no gleam of awakening rea
, son lights these stolid and besotted eyes. A Federal
.officer' at one swoop orders the whole adult male
population of a flourishing town to cease the pursuit
of their daily avocations, and converts a city prac
tically Into a prison for its whole population: but
still the glasses clink, and the bacchanalian chorus
rings out loud above the sorrow and the shame, tho
wantonness and the wrong. All the signs: which
portend a supreme social catastrophe gather In the
air—the passions of political oalumny and intole
rance creep Into every household, pollute the ordi
nary Intercourse, and poison the common relations
of men. The machinery which has made the worst
Governments of history execrable in the eyes of
mankind is openly set up in our streets; Spies go
about the land; the drum usurps the forum; the
bayonet supplants the prcßH. Men are taken from
their beds under cover of the night, to vanish alike
beyond the control of law' and the consolations
love, the ostracism of ancient Greece is publicly re-,
commended, the deportations of modern Russia_ are
openly practised. And all these things are done
with jubilation and applause, without shame as
without remorse, without respect ..for, the insult
ed past, without consideration for the imperilled
future.” .
! An evening tapeh, called The Dial, and
published by Mr. S..E. Cohen, made its ap
pearance yesterday. It is a medium-sized
sheet, and will be sold at the price of two
cents. The DM has tferetofore been a small
financial sheet, or stock bulletin, and the
success it thus received has led Mr. Co item
to enter the regular field of journalism. The
first number iB bright, readable, edited with
care and taste, loyal to the Administration,
and-filled with news. There is a field foT a
good evening paper, and. we wish Mr.
Cohen all possible success.
Miss Anna E. Dickinson, tho brave
and gifted, champion of freedom, will make
an address at the Academy of Music this
evening. She speaks in behalf of a noble
charity ; and for this Teason, as well as for
the good and true words shejwill utter, we
ask a great audience. We may. say, that on
the occasion of Miss Dickinson’s delivery
of this address in New York, recently, it
was received with'great enthusiasm.-
Tlie French Beaten in Mexico.
If the intelligence from Mexico, via Ha
vana, be true, the, French troops have sus
tained a very serious defeat beforo Puebla.
General Forky, a gallant and experienced
commander, has been beaten by an enemy
who, it was expected, would have been con
quered with the “ Veni, vidi, vici” rapidity
of Caesar’s facile campaign; in Pontus
against the son of mighty Mithridates.
At first, only 8,000 men were detailed for the
new conquest of Mexico, but, ere long, it
was found necessary to send.such large re
inforcements that General Forey’s com
'mand lately numbered 30,000 men. After
six weeks’ investment of the city of Puebla,
the French have been compelled to retire
upon Orizaba with such great loss that it
was believed*tkcy could do nothing further
without getting more troops from France.
From all the provinces of Mexico native
troops were coming in to swell the number
of the national army, commanded by Or
tega and Comonfort, and it is probable
that the invaders will have to act on the de
fensive against this patriotic forced Indeed,
dispirited and reduced as they-are, the
French are likely to be driven back to their
■ ships. In a word, this Mexican expedition
promises to bo as great a fiasco as the first
Napoleon’s invasion of Egypt was at the
close of the last century. After eighteen
months' warfare in Mexico, the French
army is reduced and demoralized. v
The effect of, the disasters in Mexico may
be very prejudicial to the Emperor Napo
leon. Frenchmen are easily elevated by
success, and grievously depressed by failure.
Napoleon has succeeded in the Crimea, in
China, in Italy, in Cochin-China, but liis
defeat in Mexico might cause all these tri
umphs to be forgotten. -To prevent French
men from thinking, from grumbling, per
haps from conspiring—for there are Bourbon
and Orleanist as well as Red Republican
enemies of the Empire in Paris— Napoleon
must do something that will atone for the
defeat in Mexico. He committed the error
of undervaluing his opponents there. He
calculated on easily routing an armed rab
ble, ('probably misinformed on that point by
his ill-adviseT, General' Almonte, ) and was
repelled by brave men, whom danger and
patriotism have disciplined into formidable
soldiers. He must either send vast rein
forcements to Mexico or withdraw the rem
nant of his army from that fatal shore., To
advance will be costly and hazardous, to re
tire will he disgraceful and alarming.
This invasion of Mexico, it: should be re
membered, was hot an original Napoleonic
idea. As early as the summer of 1861 it
was secretly agitated first in England, under
the especial auspices of Lord John Rus
sell. ' A few creditors of Mexico met, in
Liverpool and London, and entreated Lord
Russell to take some strong measure to
recover from Mexico what was there due to
them. Lord Russell answered plausibly,
and suggested to Franc.e a joint action in
the-case.- Spain was subsequently taken in,
and the expedition which ' reached Yera
Cruz in November, 1861, consisted of
French, English, and Spanish troops and
ships. Yery soon, England and Spain
hacked out, leaving France to carry on the
war single-handed. Of course, Napoleon
cannot feel particularly indebted'to Lord
Russell for. having put him into this strait.
It will not fake much time nor any very
great cause, we suspect, to destroy • the
•political ties which have united France and
England since 1848. ‘
If Napoleon takes any step to get rid of
the disgrace of defeat-in Mexico, it will
probably he a war with Russia, without, if
not with, the co-operation of England. He
care's as little for Polish nationality as his
uncle did ("who merely turned over the
Duchy of Warsaw to the King of Saxony),
Hut Poland would make a popular casus
belli. He has lately appeared disposed, to
give employment to his vast anny, and he
has built up one of the finest war-navies in
the world. Russia is assailable by sea as
well as by land. England, in the'event of
war, would -try and remain neutral, but
would soon drift into war, and the conscious
ness of this probability may be the secret
of the mitigated tone of Palmerston’s
Government and newspapers toward the
United States. Wax in Europe is much
more likely now than it was in the summer
of 1853, and Prance has an old grudge
against Russia for the disasters sustained
by the first Napoleon and his mighty army
in the campaign of 1812. It seems scarcely
possible, with the Polish revolt assuming
)vast proportions, for Russia to avoid losing
Poland or fighting France.
WASHINGTON.
Special Despatches to. K Tile Press.”
Washington, May 26, 1863,
From Richmond.
The Richmond Enquire)' of the 23d has been re
ceived, but contains nothing of importance beyond
the despatches in relation to Vicksburg quoted else
where.--
The> Enquirer defends Pemberton’s course on the
Big Black ; thinks he is entitled to a candid and in
telligent criticism, and not to be blamed rashly.
Twenty-aeven Yankee prisoners, captured at Jack
son, MißßiEßippi, arrived at Libby prison on the 22d,
but the Enquirer does not seem to think it a show
big enough to brag about.
Settlement of a Fugitive-Slave Case.
The fugitive slave Hall, whose case has excited
8D much interest'in this community, and about
whose custody a conflict existed between the civil
and military authorities, waß to-day enlisted in the
army, thus escaping further pursuit by his owner.
i- " •
Our Foreign Relations.
There is reason to believe that the present condi
tion of our affairs abroad is regarded as very satis
factory by the State Department.
Payment of the Army.
The Secretary of the Treasury signed warrants
to-day placing funds in the hands of the paymasters
for the pay of the entire army of the United States
to the first of this month. No further payments will
be due until July next.
Pardon by the President.
The President to-day granted an unconditional
pardon to Wm. Hayden, who was convicted, at
the October term of the Cireuit Court of the United
States for the district of Massachusetts, of aiding.in
destroying letters stolen from the mails.
Blockade Runner Captured on the Potomac.
- The schooner Emily, which iB supposed by her log
sJate to be from New York;, was captured by the Po
tomac flotilla, above TJrbana, on the Rappahannock,
on Friday, and arrived here to-day. The officers and
crew, on her oliaraoter being discovered, set fire to
the vessel and escaped. The flames were soon ex-
She is supposed to be a regular block
ade runner, and her cargo is worth $50,000. 1
Fortress Monroe.
FoitTßP.ss Monroe, May 23.—The flag-of-truce
steamerß Maple Leaf and John Bioe have arrived;
the latter brought down 400 paroled prisoners. Dr.
Hand, medical director at Suffolk, the crew of the
Ihdianola, and a reporter from the New York worlds
: are among the number. .
Col. Ludlow, commissioner for the exchange of
prisoners, returned this morning from Oity Point, in
the steamer O.W. Thomas.
[From the Richmond JDispatcli, May 23 1 v
“ Two Yankee officers, who were captured near
Jackson, Miss., while en route for Atlanta, Ga.,
succeeded in bribing two of the guard and made their
escape, their, custodians leaving with them. V
Captain Arnold, of the rebel army, haß been con
demned by court martial at Knoxville, and sen
tenced to be shot. He is a young man and a brave
soldier. Much sympathy fs felt for him, and the
entire Congressional delegation from Tennessee
have interested.themselves to procure his pardon.
There are three men in Columbia, S, C., under
sentence of death for having in their possession
counterfeit Confederate notes.
Fortress Monroe, May 24—5 *l\ M.—The
steamer Swan into yesterday afternoon
by a rebel battery opposite tbe.mouth of the Matta
pony river, three miles bejow West Point; only one
rhot took effect. The gunboat S. G. Morse was sent
up and drove the battery from its position.
Discussion between Wendell Phillips and
Senator Wilson.
Boston, May 25.—At a meeting of the Emancipa
tion League, held at the Tremont Temple thiß after
noon, a discussion took place between Senator Wil
son and/Wendell Phillips, on the action of the Se
nate and the Administration relative to officers who
had manifested unfriendly feelings toward negro
enlistments and the emancipation policy. Phillips
charged that the Senate had never put its ban on
any such officers; which, assertion Mr. Wilson de
nied, saying that it had often done so. • Mr. Phillips
said that if suoh was the case, the public had no
knowledge of it, and therefore it was of no public
value. The only case that had come to the public
knowledge waß that of Gen. Stevenson, and he was
promoted, instead of being rejected. ; Mr. Wilson
said Gen. Stevenson was confirmed at the express
and urgent recommendation of Gen. Hunter, in
whom the anti-slavery men had great confidence.
The discussion was quite lengthy and spirited, but
conducted in a friendly manner. 1
Larue Positive Sale op Boots and Shoes,
Gaiter Uppers, Straw Goods, &c.—The early
attention of purchasers is requested to the large as
sortment of boots and shoes, stock of shoes, men’s
and boys’ Leghorn and Panama hats, Shaker hoods,
soft hats, etc., embracing about 900 packages of first
class city and Eastern manufacture, to be perempto
rily sold by catalogue, on four months’ credit, com
mencing this morning,, at 10 o’olock, by John B.
Myers A Co/, auctioneers, Nos. 232 and 234 Market
street. ■.
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THE PRESS -PHTr.AnET.PmA. TUESDAY, MAY 26, 1863.
THE HEWS FROM VICKSBURG.
Official Despatch from Admiral Porter.
laplnre of Haines' Bluff and Fourteen Forts,
with Guns and Gamp Equipage.
A SEEMS OF BRILLIANT VICTORIES.
Sherman’s Attack on Haines’ Bluff,
THE BATTLE OF CHAMPION HILL
Official Despatch from Admiral Porter.
Washington, May 25.—The following has been,
received at the Navy Department:
Cairo, 111., May 25.— T0 the Hon. Giokon
Wkllrs, Secretary of the Navy:
The following despatch has just been received:
, . ; A. M. PENNOOK,
. Fleet Captain Mississippi Squadron.
- ' Flag Ship Black Hawk, ,
Haines’Bluff Yazoo River/May 20. '
To the Hon. Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy:
On the morning of the 15th. I came over to'the
Yazoo river, to be ready to co-operate with General
Grant, leaving two of the iron-dads at Red river,-
' one at Grand Gulf, one at Carthage, three at War
rentori, and two in the Yazoo, which left me a
small force. Still I disposed of them to the best ad
vantage. On the 18th, at meridian, firing was heard
in the rear of Vicksburg, 'which: assured me that
General Grant was approaching the city.
The cannonading was kept up furiously for some
time, when, by the aid of glasses, t discerned a com
pany of our artillery advancing, taking a position,
and driving the rebels before them.
I immediately saw that Gen. Sherman’B division
had come into the left of Snyder’s bluff,’and that the
rebels at that place had been cut off from joining the
forces in the city.
I despatched the De Kalb, Lieut. Commander
Walker ; the Choctaw, Lieut. Cooi’r Ramsay \ and
the Reno, Petrel, and Forest Rose, all under com
mand of Lieut. Com’r Breeze, up the Yazoo, to open
communication in that way with Geus. Grant and
Sherman.
This I succeeded in doing, and in three hours re
ceived letters from General Grant, Sherman, and
Steele, informing me of their vast success, and ask
ing me to send up provisions, which w;as at onoe
done;
l'n the meantime Lieutenant Commander Walker,
in the De Kalb, pushed on to Haines’ Bluff,-which
the enemy, commenced evacuating the day before,
and a party remained behind in hopes of taking
away or destroying the large amountof ammunition
on hand. . -
When they saw the gunboats they ran, and left
everything in good order—gunß, forts, tents, and
equipage of all kinds, which fell into our hands. As
toon as the capture of Haines’ Bluff ahd fourteen
forts was reported to’mej'Tffibved the gunboats
from below VicksbuTg.to Gre at the hill batteries,
•which was kept up for two or three hours.
.At midnight they moved.up to the town and opened
upon it for about an hour, and continued at intervals
during the night, to annoy the garrison. '
On the 19th I placed six mortars in position,
with orders to fire night and day aa rapidly as they
could.
The works at Haines’ Bluff are very formi
dable. There are’ fourteen of the heaviest kind of
mounted eight , and .ten-inch and seven-'and-a-half
inch rifled guns, with ammunition enough to last a
long siege. _ , r
• As the gun-carriages might again fall into the
hands of the enemy, I had them burnt, blew up the
magazine, and destroyed ; the works generally. I
also burnt up the encampments, which were perma
nently and remarkably well constructed, looking as
if the rebels intended to stay for some time.
These works and encampments covered many
acres of ground, and the fortifications and the rifle
pits proper of Haines’ Bluff extend about a mile and
a quarter.
" Such a network of defences I never saw. The
rebels were a year constructing them, and all were
rendered useless in ah hour. -
As soon as I got through with the destruction of
the masrazineß and other works, I started \Lieut.
Com. Walker up the Yazoo river, with a sufficient
force to destroy all the enemy’s property-in that
direction, with orders to proceed as far as Yazoo
City, where the rebels have a navy yard and store
houses. In the meantime, Gen. Grant has closely
invested Vicksburg, and has possession of the best
commanding points. \ .
In a very short time a - general assault will be
made, when I hope to announce that Vicksburg has
fallen, after a series of the moat brilliant successes
that ever attended an army. There has never been,
a case during the war where the rebels have been so
successfully beaten at all points, aud the patience
and endurance shown by our army and navy for bo
many months are about to be rewarded.
It is a mere question of a few hours, and then,
withJthe exception of port Hudson, which will fol
low Vicksburg, the Mississippi will be open its en
tire length. ; D. D. PORTER,
Acting Rear Admiral, commanding the Mississippi
Squadron;
Cincinnati, May 26. —T be Commercial*s special,
dated Memphis, May 23d, says : .
As soon as it was known that Jackson was taken,
a movement was made on Haines’ and Chickasaw
Bluffs, the Unionists being under the command of
Gen. Sherman. The rebels were thoroughly en
trenched, and determined to dispute the occupation
oftheßluffß to the last. Gen. Sherman made the
attack in the most brilliant manner. After a severe
fight, with heavy loss, he occupied the field, captur
ing 8,000 prisoners, 100 heavy guns, 1,000 animals,
camp ammunition, and large quantities of. corn and
stores. Theloss to the rebels in killed and wounded
is awful. The prisoners were paroled and sent
across the Yazoo river. [This does not agree with
Com. Porter’ll despatch, whorepresents that the re
bels evaluated Haines’Bluff.] <
,On Sunday Gen. Grant directed an attack to be
made on the upper batteries at Vicksburg, and si
multaneously the gunboats commenced bombarding
the water batteries at that place.
It is stated by gentlemen who stood on the De
Soto, at a point immediately opposite Vicksburg,
that on Tuesday Gen. Grant,took the rebel guns on
the hill and turned them on the rebels, who were
at the water batteries. Paroled prisoners state that
Gen. Giant had possession of the entire line.of forti
fications surrounding Vicksburg, and that rebel offi
cers told them it was impossible, Biri'ce the capture of
HatnesV Bluff, for them to escape.
It is stated that General Johnston had started to
Vickßburg with 19,000 men, but had been cut off and
driven back. , r v .
When the Empress arrived at MilUken’s bend, on
Wednesday, the firing at Vicksburg and up the
Yazoo had entirely ceased, which leaves no doubt of
the occupation of ,the entire Vicksburg fortifica
tions, as well as all the surrounding points, by Ge
neral Grant.
General Frank P. Blair had sent down to the
point for quartermaster’s stores, stating that his
division rested on Chickasaw bluffb.
The 12th Missouri came out of the engagement
with 0n1y.84 fighting men.
Battle of Champion Hill*
The decisive battle seems to have' been fought at
Champion Hill, near Baker’s creek, on the 16th.
The following is the .Commercial's special aocount:
Champion Hill Battle-Field, 26 miles east of
Vickßburg, May 16, 9.30 P. M.—The Union army,
under General Grant, has won another glorious
victory t A furious battle, lasting nearly five hours,
resulted in the defeat of the enemy at all-points,
with a loss of from 2,000 to 3,oookilled and wounded.
Three complete batteries of heavy rifled cannon, be
sides several single pieces, and from 1,500 to 2,000
prisoners, fell into our hands, and an immense
quantity'of small arms and camp equipage. Our
success is signal and complete. Nothing mars the
intense satisfaction of officers and men but the
heavy sacrifice of life by which.it was achieved.
Early this morning, General McClernand’s corps
was put in motion, General Hovey’s division on the
main-road from Jackson to Vioksburg, but the ba
lance of the corps was a few miles southward, on a
parallel road. General McPherson’s corps followed
Hovey’s division closely. At nine o’clock General
Hovey discovered the enemy in front, on Champion
Hill, to the left; of the road, near creek,
apparently in force. Skirmishers were thrown,
out, and the division advanced cautiously and
Blowly, to give General McPherson’s advance di
vision, under General Logan, time to come within
supporting distance. General Hovjey’a division
advanced across-the open field to the foot of Cham-’
pion Hill, incline of battle, at eleven o’clock, and
commenced the battle. The hill itself is covered
with timber, and is but the abrupt terminus of the
high ridge running north and south, flanked on both
sides with deep ravines and gullies; in many places
covered with ah almost impenetrable growth of
scrubby white-oak bushes. The rebels appeared to
be deficient in artillery throughout the battle, but,
opened with a rather heavy fife from a four-gun bat-,
tery of rifled 6-poundcrs, planted about four hundred
yaids back from the brow of the hill. The woods!
on both sides.of the road leading , up the hill And
winding back on the ridge a mile or more, was
filled with sharpshooters, supported , by infantry;
Here the battle began in earnest, as our men en
tered the edge of the timber, and it raged terribly
from ll o’clock till between-three and four. General
. A. P. Hovey’s division carried the heights in gallant
style, and, making a dash on the first battery, cap
tured it. The rebels lay thick in the vicinity of the
guns, and their horses were more than; half killed.
Gun carriages and caissons, broken and overturned, v
with knapsacks, blankets, small arms/and other
debris, attested the struggle for the ground. The
colors of the 3lst Alabama Regiment were captured
there. At this juncture Mitchell’s Ohio battery was;
opened eighty yards from the brow of tae hill. The
rebels made a dash for it, and nothing but the fteet
ness of the horses prevented its capture.
Capt. MitobeUbvas wounded, and is believed to
havetfaUeninto rae enemy’s hands. At thiß juncture
the rebels appeared to receive reinforcements of
freßh troops on the hill.; Gen. : Hovey was slowly
driven back, but a brigade from Gen. Quimby was
ordered to his support, and the ground was speedily
reoccupied by us, and the rebels were finally re
pulsed.
At the commencement of the engagement, Gene
- ral Logan’s division marched; past the broWsOPthe
bill, and forming in line of battle on the right of
Hovey, advanced in gallant style, sweeping every
thing before them to the edge of the woods in front
of General Logan. The battle was of
desperate character imaginable. The rattle of
musketry was incessant from the first moment of
the engagement, and a continuous and deadly roar,
in which the reports were so blended that a single
discharge w aß rarely heard. Not a man flinched, or
a single line wavered. Two batteries were captured
by this division, and enough hard fighting done to
immortalize it. Besides this, it captured a large
portion of the piisoners, small arms, &c. "
Between 3 and 4 o’clock, General Osterhaus’ and
McArtliui’s divisions, which were miles away when
the battle began, came up and finished the work.
The enemy were in full retreat soon afterj and these
divisions pursued them Till 9 o’clock, and are now
encamped at Edwards’ Station, five miles beyond
the battle ground. We had no cavalry, so that pur
suit was out ol the question. From prisoners we;
learn that Pemberton commanded in person. Great
dissatisfaction existed.
The rebels charged Pemberton with selling out to
. Grant, and planning military operations during the
past four weekß to insure defeat.
The same-paper has a despatch dated headquar
ters of Gen. Logan, sixteen miles from Jackson,
May 16, which says: Immediately on entering Jack
son, on Thursday, Gen. Grant despatched orderlies
to McOlerhand’s corps, which were eomingupin
the rear, to countermarch and get on the main road
to Vicksburg and Clinton. Gen. McPherson’s corps
i r >V as put in motion, and in the same direction with
Gen. Logan’s in advance, and reached this point at
» lour o’clock.
• Intercepted despatches from ordered
• the lebel force to fall back to the entrenchments at
. Vicksburg, when hard pressed. This will no doubt
; be done. • ' v
The battle at Jackson was short bu/spirited.
Reports from Vicksburg.
General Croker’a division had the advance. But
two brigades were under fire. The 43d Illinois, 18th
Wisconsin, 80th Ohio, Uth Missouri, 4th Maine, 24th
Missouri, and sth an<T-nth lowa, composed them.
No Illinois or Wisconsin commissioned officers were
iDjured.
Our loss in killed will not be far from 70; the
wounded may number 200, though I could obtain but
170 names. General Shermah’B corps will lose about
a dozen men, all told.
The enemy were in full retreat Boon after, and
these divisions pursued till nine o’clock, and are
now encamped at Wood’s station, eight miles be
yond the battle-ground.
EUROPE.
later by the Hibernian.
Pout au Basque, May 25. —The steamship Hibernian,
from.Liverppol'on the 24tti : instant, was boarded by the
Associated Press' yacht on Saturday night;
Liverpool, May 14.—Bainbas been falling in consi
derable quantities lately. t
The breadstuff's market is inactive, and transactions in
wheat are limited. . . •
There have been no sales in provisions.
The sugar market isdull. .. *. -
London, :May 14.—Consols are quoted at 9o>£ for ac
count.
[second DESPATCH.']
Port au Basque, May 23, via Sackyille, May 25.
The steamship Hibernian passed this point on Saturday
eV Milnfr Gibson, in tho House of Commons,; explained
that the application of the New York Associated , Press
to erect a fog trumpet at Cape Racewas rejected because
it was not thought fit to allow a foreign, company to do
it. The matter was under consideration, out the gun
was thought to he the best signal. , _• ,
The bullion in the Bank of England has decreased
,£4?8,000 during the week.
The stearoeTs Jnra and Edinburg arrived out on the
13th, and the Hammonia on the 14th. „
•It lie reported that the merchants and shipowners ;ol
London intend to memorialize the Government tb put an
end at once to the pretentions of the Federal Govern
ment, ip seizing neutral ships bound to neutral ports.
The London Times says the merchants and shipown
ers appear toregard the order of the Federal Govern
ment to discharge the cargo of the Peterhaff.as merely a
pretence to gain time and dela-*. " - •
The London Shipping Gazette says it can see nothing
in the evidence of the witnesses' in the Peterhoff case to
have justifieddhe seizure of that vessel, unless it was the
.alleged throwing overboard of a box dr parcel of papers.
The London journals generally regard the latest Ame
rican advices as unfavorable for the prospect of an early
peace. The advices had the effect of sending the Con
federate loan to a slight, discount. ■>:v ; = ■
It is rumored that the. Confederates have sent another
commission to'Europe, to press the subject of mediation
on the Governments of England and France. - • r
The London Observer looks on the mission of Mr.
Evarts to London as an earnest of the good feeling which
animates the Washington Government,
The Times' city article argues that' a protraction of.the
war. or even the subjugation of the South, will involve
the Union finances in ruin. It says these facts are being
recognized in Europe, and render the possibility of a
Union loan beiog negotiated as entirely out of the
question. . . „ . , ■ ■ _ '
The Polish question remains .unchanged. The Go-,
yeniments of France and Rusaiawere negotiating upon
a scheme for a European Congress, . Russia having ac
cepted. in the project,for,such a conference.
The Prussian Chamber of Deputies and the. ministers
are at loggerheads.. The latte'r having had their freedom
of speech limited by the President of the Chamber, re
tired, and refused to attend any more sittings.
A sanguinary battle is said to have taken place on the
12th inst at Ifalish. The Russians are said to have been
victorious, but Buffered great loss. - ;
The secret,Provisional Government of Poland has pro
claimed severe penalties against the collection of taxes in
PolandfoT the Russian Government.
The insurgents have beendispersed at Glinka The in
surrection is gainingground'in the province ofVolhynia*
The Russians were repulsed at KoLo, but the Poles have
been defeated near Korin.
: . ENGLAND,
The latest American- advices, caused Borne. fall in. the
rebel'loan.- The price at one time descended to 4 per
cent, discount, but subsequently closing at 3#
to 3 per cent, discount, being a fall of 3 per cent, as com
pared with the previous day.
Mr. John White Aspinal, commissioner from North
Carolina, had issued, at Manchester, an.invitation for
. Mibscriptions to cotton bonds : of that State for the sum of
£BCO,OCO sterling.
The New York correspondent of the London Times , m
his message to that journal per the Jura, announces that
a telegram, which he wished to send taHalifax, per tho
Amelia, on the 29th ultimo,was not allowed to be trans
mitted from New York, the military censor stating that
his orders from Washington were imperative to permit
no information whatever, in relation to the army or
General Hooker, to be given to the public. This despatch
Id question merely gave the commencement of General
Hooker’s army to cross the Rappahannock, aud the pro
bability of an immediate battle.
At a meeting of the Liverpool Town Council, the Mayor
and Mr. Clint, Chairman of the Watch Committee, re
ferred to the statements that the local authorities had
actively exerted themselves in hunting down the al
leged. Confederate agents in the matter of the Alexan-
The Mayor said that it was true that one detective had:
been employed, at the request of the Home Secretary, to
make inquiries whetherthe foreign enlistment act was
being respected in Liverpool. Beyond that he was not
aware of any system of espionage by the polise. _
Mr. Clint denied ihe insinuations made against .him.
He had not in any way assisted detectives. He believed
that the reports respecting the employment of the police
in tracking the supposed Cdnfederate»agents, arose from
the circumstance that a private inquiry was being made
by officers set to work by Federal officials in England.
The London Morning Herald , in speculating upon
General Hooker’s advance, in Virginia, expects that the
conflict, if decided in favor of the South, will go far to
end the war ■' : • , . .. ' .
.Parliamentary proceedings had not been particularly
>' Mr. Dawson gave notice in tho House of Commons that
he would ask for the particulars of the loss of the Anglo-
Saxon, and whetherthe Government had refused per:
mission for tho use of Daboll’s fogtrumpet at Cape Race,
and if so, what were the grounds of refusal.
The Shim)ing Gazette has an editorial on the same
subject, in a tone.of censure upon the Government for
refusing-such a great advantage to shipping. •
The Continental political news Swas generally unim-
April 27.—Skirtings and : twist are dulL
Exchange, 2t?£d.
FRANCE.
The Paris journals announce that M. Thiers, yielding - ,
to the importunities of electors, has resolved to become
a candidate for representative for the second district of
Paris, and also for two provincial districts.
AUSTRIA.
An Imperial decree Btates that, in order to throw into
oblivion the events in. Transylvania betweenlB44 and
3863, the Emperor relieves those who have passed their
term of imprisonment for high treasonfrom ulterior legal
consequences. .
PRUSSIA.
• -The Prussian conflict between the chambers and the
ministers is not yef adjusted. The House had resolved,
to support the President against the Cabinet, and was
preparing an address. to the king, praying him to set
aside persons and policy, which threaten to bring ruin,
upon them and the country, and declaring that the -
House will use every constitutional means to avert war.
INDIA.
Bombay mails to April 28th had reached ..Suez. Shirt-,
inga and twist firm and unchanged. Cotton dull; Ex-'
change 2s %d. Freights quiet. _ '
Arrived from New York, May 1, New York, atMalaga;
Expedient,.at Oporto ; 9th..Milhewana, at Antwerp;
Kesigna, at Falmouth; 11th, Dido, (88)at Deal; 12tb,
Charlotte' at do ; 11th, :Bell Wood, at Liverpool;
13th, Admiral, Columbia, Ernestine, Cynosure, aad
Milita, (SS) at do. ;
Arrived irom Boston,March 31st, Conqueror, at Singa
pore.
Arrived fro'm Philadelphia, May 13th, J,W\ Webster,
at Deal ■*'*'*
: Arrived from Baltimore, May 13th, John Clark, at Li
verpool. - -
v.Arrived from Callao. May 11th. Hamlin, at Deal;" -
Arrived, from San Francisco, March 3ht, Leontine, a/
Singapore! .
Sailed for New York May lßt, Lady Alice and Bolivia,"
from Lisbon; Saguenay, from:Gibraltar ;-9th, Pavidge
nite, from Cardiff;' Ida Mathilda, from Limerick; 9th,
Charlotte aßd Emma, and Adelaide, from Liverpool; lltb,
Amazon, from Plvmouth.
later toy the Asia at Halifax*
Halifax, May 25—The royal mail steamship Asia,
from Liverpool on the lflth-Tnstant, via Queenstown on
the 37th,‘ arrived at this port at 8K o’clock this evening.
The steamship Persia arrived at Liverpool on the 16th.
■ The steamship Great Eastern was passed in Queens
town harbor on the afternoon of the 16th.;
The Americanhews brought by the steamer Persia was
eagerly canvassed, and generally regarded as indecisive.
It had no effect at London, but in Liverpool it caused a
depression in the cotton .market, and the strengthening
of the breadstuff's market. : v - .
: Letters "from - Jamaica, received in England by the
W*sfc India mail, report that on the 7th of April a sea
fight took'place at Pedro Bluff, between a large war
steamer, which strikingly resembled the pirate Ala
bama, and three other vessels. Heavy firing was heard
at ,9 o’clock A. M , and the vessels were distinctly soon
from the shore pouring broadsides into each other. The
firing lasted until 2 o’clock P. M., but the result was not
known
The Parliamentary estimates for the postal subsidies
will' be moved in the House of Commons on the 18th,
and rinclude £58,500 for the Galway line,'commencing
on the Ist of July.
It is reported that Captain Bullock was to leave Liver
pool on the 16th for the Clyde, to tako command of ano
ther rebel pirate cruiser, which was ready for depar
ture from that river.
T b&Army and Navt/ Gazette says the Federal efforts
recently made in London to raise a loan have not been
successful.
Commercial Intelligence.
• " : [By the Asia.]
Liverpool, May.l6. —Cotton—The sales to-dav amount
to s,ooobales, themarket closing unsettled, with a slight
decline in all qualities under the Persia’s adyices.
The Manchester market); are quiet but firm.
The Liverpool Breadstuff's market closed firmer.' Pro
visions continue quiet' Bacon is still declining.
MONEY MARKET.-Consols closed at
@93%. The bank minimum was advanced to- day to 3H
percent. '
- AMERICAN SECURITIES.—Erie Railroad 50@51; Illi
nois Central 41@40 per cent. discount.
„;BAVRK MARKETS,—SaIes for the week 12,500 bales.
The market is active ana advancing. Stock in port 35,000
bale?. • ~ :
ttay 16.—The Paris Bourse is heavy. Rentes
wi i)DC. ... . . .. .
Further from Europe—The Haiisa at New
New York, May 25. —The steamer Hansa, from South
impton May 13, arrived at this port this afternoon :
Her papers contain the following additional foreign
lews; - ' • - ■
The Arabia arrived on the 30th of May.
The Gazelle, for Donegal, with Indian corn, has sank
on the North. Bank.
: The Paris Galignani says: “An application was made
to, the president of the-Civil Tribunal by MM. Erlan-
Q°- ». brokers, under the following circumstances:
In the beginning of 186 a the undertaken
the negotiation of a loan for the Confederates, but their
operations.were suddenly paralyzed by, a notice of seizure
oi its proceeds served on them at th e instance of MM Dn-
PasseurS Co., shipowners;’.of Havre, who allegfdthat
they had a claim on the' Confederate Government for a
million of francs, as an indemnity for the wilful do*
sjrucuon of their ship,, the Lemuel Dyer, with a cargo
of 2,683 bales of cotton, when leaving New Orleans, in
April, 1862. Prance not having recognized the Confede
rate States, Dupasseur & Co. could not obtain a remedy
by diplomatic means, and, therefore, adopted the ex
pedients seizing the proceeds of the loan.' Erlanger
now applied- for an order to annul the*seizure, on the
ground that it interfered with their frightß as negotiators
of the loan, and that the guestion involved points of in
ternational law not within the competence of the tribu
nal which granted the or.der for seizure.^
The application was opposed by, Dupasseur & Co.,
■whose counsel argued that the Confederate government
was the only party entitled to dem a nd annulment of the
seizure, hut the president decided that,'as the seizure
had impeded Er! anger & Co.’s operations, they had a
right to demand its suppression, especially as the claim
oi Dupasseur & Co. haa not been legally established;
and'he,accordingly granted the order demanded by the
applicants. 4 ■ v '
v The Times says: The Confederate loan receded to' par
on the later news from America announcing further Fed
eral successes on the Mississippi, but these accounts
must he deceived with caution, siuce little is.known,
with regard to the strategy of the Confederates, and it
was certain that every effort would be made before the
first'of May to create a favorable impression in . New
York, not merely to facilitate the financial operations of
Mr.. Chase; bnt lo mitigate the difficulties of the con
scription question.
SRANCE. . •
The jifonffewr. says: The Empress being slightly in
dhposed, the evening par«y which waß; to have taken
place s t the Tuileries on the 11th, has been adjourned to
ihelSth.” • - - , " . . ;.r. '
La Franca asserts that Russia accepts, in principle,,
the project of a conference for the settlement of the
affairs of Poland. • ' ' • , .
The Pays announces that the Swedish fleet is expect
ed to arrive at Cherbourg at the end of the present
month.
Official despatches received here, from Cochin China,
March hi, state that public order was re-established
in the colony. A great number of villages had given in
their submission. Admiral Bonnard and a Spanish pleni
potentiary were to leave for Hue on April 3, to exchange
the ratifications of the treaty of peace of 1862 All the
Spanish troops were to re-embark on the 2d of April, to
return to Manilla. . .
The insurrection pains considerable ground in the en
virooa of Lubar, in Volhynia; The Russians have been
attacked in the palatinate of Sandomir. Taezanowski,
the Polish leader, who had been , surrounded by a hos
tile force near Konin, on the Wartha, gave battle at
Ko‘o, near Kalish. and repulsed the Russians.
The Berlin Ueue Prtnissicht Zeituna sajß: Trust-,
worthy opinions of the provincial authorities think it
unnecessary at present to proclaim a state of siege iafthe
Grand Duchy of Posen. This is believed the less requi
site for the entire province, as discouragement has been
caused by the recent domiciliary visits and arrests.”
; 'at&ieß, qu '* reliable au
thority, .”,»bat.negotiations are being carried on between
tlie Prench' aiid Russian Governments 'relative .to the
. Fcheme ofa-. European Congress for' the settlement of
the Polish question:
. The same journal thicks that both cabinets are favora
ble to the scheme. ■
A despatch from Lemberg, of May 11th. says: battle
took place yesterday ini the district of ulanow, between
the insnTgents and the Russian troops. . ,
: The insurgents crossed the Galician frontier the same
evening,
PRUSSIA.
At the sitting of the Deputies, on May 12. the President
rei»d a letter signed by tlieJMinisters. stating that so long
as'the House supports the assumption made yesterday by
the President for right to limit the Ministers' freedom of
speech, the members of the Cabinet should no longer be
presint at tbesitting of the Chamber.,
POLAND.
The Oet. Deutsche Zeitunp, of May 12th, says: 1 Upon
the Bth, eighteen companies-of Russian lufansry, with
eight guns and live .squadrons of cavalry, attacicoi
Nazanow*->i. near Konin. After a stubborn resistance
the assailants eucoeeded in' ; Btorining the place, which
had fceen strongly, barricaded,(and the Foies retreated
towards Silisia.
Arrival of the City of Baltimore.
New Yokk, May 26.—The steamer Oity of Baltic
more arrived at Quarantine at 2 o'clock tiiis morn
ing. news has been anticipated. .
SECOND EDITION.
FOUR O’CLOCK A. M.
THE VICTORY AT VICKSBURG-
Further Details of the Battle of Champion
Chicago, May 25. —The special despatches re
ceived here contain the following information:
From the rebel prisoners we learn that Gen. Pem
berton commanded in person. Fitzhugh Lee (?) and
Gregg, who commanded at the battle near Ray*
mond, and others of note, had subordinate com’
xnands. >
It is impossible yet to more than approximate our
loss, which is supposed to be about 1,000 killed and
wounded. It may prove less, but cannot be -much
more. But few officers of distinction were injured.
The 24th Indiana Regiment lost 100 men, and
Lieutenant Colonel Swain, commanding, was killed.
Not a general nor staff officer on our aide haß been
hurt.
This haß been the hottest and mOBt brilliant fight
in the Southwest for several months. Gen. Grant
is everywhere received with enthusiasm. His reck
less exposure on the field begets unbounded admira
tion among the privates.
Well authenticated cases of rebel barbarity to our
wounded men can be enumerated. Three different
men, who were shot down in battle, were subse
quently sabred by the rebels, when they temporarily
retook the ground. The men lived to narrate the
atrocity, but will scarcely recover. >,
Bl ack River Bridge,
Twelve miles east of Vicksburg, May 17.
General McClernahd’s corps marched to thiß place
early thiß motning. Osterhaus was in the advance,
and found the rebels strongly entrenched on the east
bank of the river batteries. He was soon in posi
tion, playing on the enemy’s workß.
At 10 o’clock, Lawler’s brigade, of Carr’s division,
charged across the .open fields, two hundred yards in
width, wading the bayou, and swarmed over into
the entrenchmenrs. Seventeen cannon were taken
inside of the earthworks, and from five hundred to
two thousand prisoners captured.
No description can do justice to the intrepedity of
the regiments comprising this brigade. The rebel
fire was appalling, but they rushed on to victory re
gardless of death, and literally swept everything
before 'them. General Mart Green’s Missouri
(rebel) Brigade, over 1,200 strong, was cut off by the
llth Wisconsin and surrendered. The principal part
of Gen. Vaughan’s Brigade were also ccptured.
The loss of the llth Wisconsin Regiment was
slight. The 2lst and the 23d lowa led in the charge,
and sustained the principal loss. The llth Wiscon
sin also captured a Btand of colors^
A furious cannonading was continued all day from
the rebel batteries on-the other side of the river.
They fired the bridge, to prevent our crossing’ Pon
toons have been sent’to Sherman’s corps, and he
will probably cross a few miles above and attack
them'in the flank.
The force opposite is thought to number 25,000.
Our army are in excellent fighting condition, and
think themselves invincible.
As General Grant rode to the front to-day he was
everywhere greeted with tremendous and uproarious
cheering. *
This morning two 4-pound howitzers and two
6-pounder rifled gunß were surrendered, with their
horseß, harness, and ammunition complete, without
a shot being fired.
miles back on the road these guns became
separated from the main body of the rebel army, and
yesterday, on the retreat, were cutoff by our ad
vance.
Our loss to-day was not heavy.
The Tebel killed and wounded is unknown. Their
troops did not fight as obstinately as yesterday.
They seemed to expect defeat. The wonder is that
they had not totally withdrawn to the other side,
without an engagement. . Gen. Osterhaus was
slightly wounded, but rode on the field again.
The Latest from Vicksburg.
Washington, May 26.— -General Dix telegraphed
from Fortress Monroe, to-night, that a flag-of-truce
boat is expected to arrive to-jnorrow, and that a de
serter, who came into Suffolk to day from Frank
lin, Btated that Vicksburg has been taken. If this
. is the case, the General adds, additional facts will be
known to-monow with certainty. It may be a mere
rumor.
The following, which is procured from a high offi
cial source, is the. very latest from Vicksburg. The
despatch is dated . Memphis, at 10% o’clock this
morning, and was received here to-night, It is from
Gen. Hurlbut. He encloses a statement from an
ordnance officer, showing the condition of affairs
at nine o’clock on Friday night. The city
of Vicksburg was not at that time taken. Great
advantages had, however, been gained, although
the enemy made a firm resistance. The im
pression prevailed that our forces would take Vicks
burg'the next day, as at that time we completely
commanded the town. Our men had their colors
planted on the enemy’s works, and wfire lying on
the extreme slope. /
Our captures were about 6,000 prisoners and 74
pieces of artillery, some of which had been de
stroyed. The position of our troops was within a
g mile or a mile and a half of the court house.
General Grant is represented to be in good spirits,
and is confident of more brilliant results.
It is supposed that there are 15,000 rebel troops at
Vicksburg, who will doubtless be made prisoners in
the event of the capture of the town.
The despatch further says that the'mortar |and
gunboats were in front of Vicksburg, hard at work.
Cairo, May 25—10 o’clock M.—No boat from be_
low had arrived at Memphis up to 9 o’clock to-night.
All the boats at Milliken’s Bend had been sent up
the Yazoo, for the- purpose, doubtless, of meeting
any possible contingency. It. may, therefore, be
twenty-four hourß before we have anything definite.
The last positive , despatches came to-day by the
! steamer Polar Star, which left the mouth of the
Yazoo at 1 o’clock on Thursday, when the battle
was still raging with the land forces in the rear,.
Porter’s mortar boats below and mortar boats above
were engaged. It is believed that a large number of
women and children still remain in Vicksburg.
Chicago, May 26.—A special despatch from Cairo
says:
Dates from below to the morning of the 22d have
arrived.
The bombardment of the enemy’s upper works was
continued by the mortar fleet.
Persons who saw the operations through a glass
say they are satisfied that Grant has captured a bat
tery on Walnut Hill. A furious cannonading is go
ing on all around.
From the Army ol'tlie Potomac*
Headquarters Alßhy of the PotcAiac, May 25.
—The following orders were promulgated to-day:
Headquarters Armt of the Potosiac, No.
66. —lii consequence of the gross abuses that
are practised. upon the" Government and the
army by registered purveyors, the Command
ing General directs that all permits of this
class of persons be revoked and the office
.abolished. To avoid inconvenience
to officers, and loss to purveyors, such articles
aB had been inspected by the United States offi
cers at Sixth-street wharf, and are n©w in transit
from Washington, may,be brought to the army, but
no new orders will be filled.
Regularly appointed sutlers, under existing regu
lations, can furnish by private conveyance such air
ticleß as are necessary for the commands to which
they are respectively attached. But public trans
portation will not hereafter be granted nor privi
lege bestowed to any trader whatever.
The commanding officer of every regiment and de-,
tachinent to which a sutler is legally appointed,
will be held responsible that hia duties, as defined
in the 30th article of war of the revised army regu
lations, and the act to provide for the appointment
of sutlers, &c., published in General Order No, 27,
War Department, 186&, are properly performed.
The large number of persons following this army,
and thereby escaping taxation, conscription, and the
burden that falls upon their fei low-citizens, is a great
and growing evil, and every commanding officer will
reduce to the smallest possible number Mb own camp
fSllowers, by sending to these headquarters every
citizen found within these lines without the permits
required in paragraph 3 of General Order No, 18,
Army of the Potomac.
By order of Major General Hooker.
S. WILLIAMS,'
Assistant Adjutant General.
Paragraph 3d of General‘Orders No. 18, referred
to above, iB as follows:
“Citizenß not resident will not be allowed'to re
main within the lines or camp of this army without
a permit from the Provoßt Marshal General. Com
manding officers will cause all such persons within
this command to be brought before the provoßt mar
shal for his decision and action.”
The sultry heat of the previous two days was
changed last night to a chilling wind from the north
east, accompanied by a slight mist.'
There are no events of importance to report to
night.
The War in Tennessee.
; OiKcns'NATi, May 25.—Ferguson’s and Ohalmce’s
guerillas have been operating near Memphis, and,
last week, were within a mile of the city. They
captured a few pickets and mules, and wounded two
or three men. •,
A skiriniHh took place near Fort Donclaon, last
week, in which the rebels were routed: We brought
in Beven thousand pounds of bacon after the affair.
Our lossJwas one lieutenant and.two privates
wounded. All if quietin Murfreesboro and in South
ern Kentucky. No rebels are north of .the Cumber
land. Humphrey Marshall has been arrested, and
sent to Bichmond, on charges of disloyalty and trea
son to the rebel Confederacy. Marshall is said to
be at heart a Union man. If so, he has a queer way
of showing it.
Murfreesboro, May 25.— The indications are
that large bodies of rebel cavalry are going south
ward, and that Breckinridge’s force haß fallen back,
and there are now no rebel troops between Mur
freesboro and Manchester.
The rebels assert that Grant has been beaten, but
give no particulars. w
v The.War in Kanawha County*
/CiNCiKKATi,: May 26.— I The Gazette, has intelli
gence from Charleston, Va., to the elFeot that our
pickets on the road between rßaleigh and Fayette
ville were surrounded and attacked on the 17fch.
All but one escaped.: Skirmishing continued till the
19tb, when our pickets were all driven in. They
then attacked our forces under Col. White.: The
fight lasted till the following-day, when the enemy
fell back. ' It is believed to be a feint to cover ope*
rations elsewhere. We *iad one killed and. nine
wounded. The rebels under the command of Gena.
Goslin, Imboden, and Eokler, were at Lewlsburg
With a force lately, operating on the Baltimore and
Ohio £ Ail road. ' .
Confession and Sentence of a Murderer,
. Albany, May 25.—'Wm. F. Church, who mur
dered his wife at West Troy last winter, pleaded
guilty to*day of murder in the second degree, and
was sentenced to the State prison for twenty years.
Admiral Wilkes’ Fleet.
New York, May 26, —The United States ships
VaDderbilt, Wacliusetts,' Alabama, Oneida, Chip
pewa, Sheppard Knap, and Gemebok, were at Sb.
ThomasonMay 16th. A number of vessels .were
also there discharging coal for the United States
Government. *
Arrival of Vallandigham witUln the Refcel
lines.
New York, May 26,—A despatch to the Herald,
dated Murfreesboro, to-day, Bays:
“Vallandigham arrived here on an exs?a train
from Nashville last night. After a conversation
with General Kosecrans, he was put into ao open
wagon, and escorted by a body of cavalry to therout
posts, and delivered to the enemy this morning.- A
single rebel private received him, Mr. Yallandigham-
Baying, <1 am a citizen of Ohio and the United*
States. lam here against my will. I surrender my
self as a prisoner of war.* »*
Prisoners Paroled,
Cincinnati, May 25.—A special despatch from
Columbus, Ohio, to the Commercial , says: “The
members of, the 3d Ohio regiment are now, here.
They were a portion ; of Colonel Straight’s force,
captured by the rebels near Home, Georgia. The
surrender was perfectly justifiable, having been un
avoidable, the enemy occupying an impregnable
position with overpowering numbers.”
United States Steamer Hartford,
Baltimore, May 26.—A letter received from an
officer on board the United States steamer Hartford,
dated the 12th of May, says she was still afloat, not
withstanding the numerous rebel reports of her de
struction ana capture/ arid still maintains her posi
tion at the mouth of Ked river, in defiance of their
threats.
Return of the Second New Hampshire Re-
gimeiit to the War..
Boston, May 26.— The 2d New Hampshire Regi
ment left Concord this morning to return to the
seat, of war, having been recruited and put in the
beflt fighting condition. .
The Second Maine Regiment*
Boston, May 25.—The steamer Expounder, from
'Washington for Bangor, with the 2d Maine Regi
ment aboard, passed Cape Cod at noon to-day.
Funeral of Capt. Temple, U. S. A.
Albany, N. Y., May 26.— The remains of the late
Capt. Temple, who was killed at Chancellorville,
were buried here to- day. They were followed to the
cemetery by Gov. Seymour and staff and a laTge
number of army officers. Capt. Temple was the
youDgCßt captain in the regular service.
Public Entertainments,
'Walnut-street Theatre.—This establishment
closes itß career this week. The, engagement of
Baura Keene and company was a dead failure. "We
neither hope nor believe that this was altogether the
fault of that admirable actress. She did her best in
what she had to do. The shabby support she re
ceived,'both from her own company and from the
management, which should, at least, have made the
attempt to produce new plays in a decent manner,
was enough to consign any dramatic production to
speedy oblivion.
This week several benefits will be given. Mr. E.
li/Tilton, Dr. Ounnington, and Mr. B. Youog, appeal
to, and deserve, the kind remembrances of the pub
lic. These gentlemen are of much private and pro
fessional worth. They are painstaking and success"
ful, and will, without doubt, be saluted by full au
diences.
Swisa Bell Ringers. —The Peak Family Swiss
Bell Ringers hold forth at Concert Hall, for one
week longer. Their entertainments, when they
were last here, were well attended, and were of a
character to insure a continuance of such evidences
of public good will. r
THE CITY.
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A Unionist among the “Tbaitoks”—
A Singular Scene.— Last evening, at the Union
League House, Mr. Porter, of Waynesburg,
Green county, Pa., delivered a spirited and patriotic
address, in the course of which he related a highly
amusing and singularly novel incident which took
place on Saturday evening, and of which he was in
part the innocent occasion. Mr. Porter is a Demo*
crat of long standing, though most ardently and
fervidly attached to the Union causej and resolutely
in favor of the war for the crushing-out of the re
bellion. A short time ago, Mr. Porter was invited
by Mr. Chas. Ingersoll to deliver, on last Saturday
evening, an address r before the Democratic Cen
tral Club. Mr. Porter accepted and was re
ceived with great cordiality by the audience.
In the course of his speech he took occasion to
say, unequivocally, that he was a “ fighting Demo
crat, and,-for one, determined to support the Admi
nistration in itß efforts to suppress the rebellion.”
He further declared that he would never permit any
one to call him a “ Copperhead,” a name which sug
gested treason to the country and hostility to its glo
rious institutions. At this a number of persons in
the audience, surprised that loyalty should have
dared thus to speak within the sacred precincts of
the Democratic Club room, rose to their feet, crying,
“We are Copperheads!” “No such talk in this
room !” “ Put him out!”. and other choice phrases.
Mr, Porter’s voice was completely drowned by the
louder noise of the audience, and he was finally coni-'
pelled to retire. The narration of this incident, to
gether with the reading of the letters of invitation,
couched in the chaste and perspicuous style of Mr.
Ingersoll, was the subject of no little merriment at
the League. / •
Sixty-ninth Annual Session'of the
New School Presbyterian General Assem
bly—Fourth Day—Morning Session.—The ses
sion commenced at nine o’clock. The services were
opened with devotional exercises. Prayer was
ofi'efed asking God’s blessing upon all the interests
and feelings of the Assembly. The hour of business
having arrived, it was moved that threading of the
roll Bhould be dispensed with for the future. The
minutes of the previous. meeting were read, correct
ed, and approved. The Moderator read the follow
ing telegram: ' 1 . " •
.. \ . 4 * Peoria, 111., May. 23.
“To the Moderator of the New School Presbyterian
General Assembly , now in session at Philadelphia:
“The General Assembly of the Old School Presbyte
rian Church, now in session at Peoria, have unanimous
ly elected delegates to represent them in your body. ”
(Signed by the committee of conference.)
This despatch was received, accepted, and ordered to
be placed upon the minute book. ,
The reports of delegates to corresponding bodies were
read. Rev. FrancisB McCabe, delegate to-the General
Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, re
ported the existence of a fraternal and Christian feeling
evident in the body.
Eev, A,. Itoftrdman hambert, b f>., delegate to the
General Association of Massachusetts, reports. that he
was well and cordially received. He remarks a tho
roughly patriotic and religions feeling in the association.
Rev. J. B. Condit reported the history of his visit to
the General Conference of Maine, which was gratifying
to him. •' . v
Rev. Peter Snyder, delegated to the General Conven
tion of Vermont, speaks encouragingly of the work of
this body at its session last year. v
Rev. Mr. Hyde, from Vermont, addressed the Assem
bly relative to the affairs of the General'Convention of
that State. He saio that he could bring with him the
Christian and fraternal salutation of his brethren to this
Assembly. The Convention was only nominally divided
from the Assembly They were one in effort, in hope,
in feeling, and in general management. This Conven
tion has jurisdiction over two hundred churches, with
about seventy-live members each in good standing.
All but thirty of these churches have settled pastors.
Tb e total membership of this branch of the Church is set
down at 14,500. Last year this community contributed
the sum of #28,000 for mis nonary purposes. The Sunday
school system is progressing with great success. Middle
bnry College is in good condition.-'" Within the smarter
of a century of its existence it has graduated one thou
sand persons; half of this number have become minis
ters, forty have been professors, and ten presidents of in
stitutions of learning, ten. have been.iudges, and anum
ber have been elected Governors of Slates.
The Moderator, on behalf of the Assembly,reciprocated
the feelings of fraternal regard and patriotism expressed
by tlie General Convention of Vermont through. Mr.
Byde.
A communication was received from Mir George M.
Adams, delegate from the General Association of Massa
chusetts, which was accepted and ordered to be recorded
on the minutes with other communications of the same
character.
The Standing Committee on Foreign Missions made a
report through Rev. Albert Barnes, chairman. The re
port alludes to the fact that the whole world is now open
to the preaching of the Gospel; that this work has been
successfully entered upon; that we have the means ne
cessary for the prosecution of the great-work; thatthe
great Head of the Chutch was mercifully inclined toward
us. The report concludes with a series of resolutions
proposin g renewed and continued effort in the work of
Foreign Missions. The resolutions read as follows:
Resolved, That the removal oSevery obstacle to the
preaching of the Gospel there is abundant cause for gra
titude and encouragement, and the strongest appeal to
every friend of the Redeemer to enlist to the extent of his
ability in the work of evangelizing a lost world/
Resolved, That the fact, so painfully evident, that as a
Christian people we are not properly awake.to the claims
of the heathen, and are doing little for their a . salvation,
compared with the ability which God has given us, is
one that should humble ns, instruct us n and induce ns to
devote ourselves henceforth while we live, our sons and
our daughters, our means and our prayers, to this great
Resolved, That this General Assembly and the churches
we represent are called upon to cherish and manifest the
deepest interest in the work of foreign missions, as con
ducted by the American Board of Commissioners for
Foreign Missions, with which we have been so long and
so happily connecied. and which has given us such
abundant proofs of the skill and fidelity which have
marked the management of its great trust, and of the
entire fairness of all its arrangements relating to the lo
cation of ihe missionaries connected with our Presbyte
ries; and their freedom to act according to the dictates of 1
their own judgment as to the formation of Presbyteries !
in their respective fields. ' i
‘ Resolved, That the General Assembly regard with
great satisfaction the result of measures calculated to
keep mpre'fresh and enduring that bond which unites •
us with peculiar regard to our own ministers and their
beloved partners in the missionary field; and we trust
that those dear brethren will permit us to hear from
them occasionally, hereafter, within each year, and that
they will appoint one of Iheir ministers or elders as the
pxesby terial agent for. foreign-missions, - whose duty it
shall be to see that the cause is presented to each church,
to report at each meeting of the Presbytery, and also to
report annually to the Permanent Committee of the As
sembly what each church in the Presbytery has done
for the cause during the year, and that the stated clerk
of each presbytery oe requested to furnish to the Perma
nent Committee the name of the minister or elder who
shall he appointed the presbyterial agent tor foreign mis
sions. .
Resolved, That the stated clerk of-fche Assembly be di
rected to supply each of our Foreign Missionaries with
a copy oJ the minutes of each General Assembly.
The term of office of Wm. E. ; Dodge, Jos. H. Tattle,
Thomas Bond, Ed. A. Lambert, and W. S. Griffith, as
members of the Permanent Committee, expires, at this
time, the committoa recommend that they be re-elected.
Mr. Barnes spoke at some length in regard to the pro
posed individual effort of the Assembly in the. Foreign
Missionary lervice, and action independentstho Ameri
can Board ofForeign Missions. :He thought tho Church
was fairly represented in the American Board, and that
this Board had agreed that it was proper and right that
presbyteries should be erected in foreign fields/ It is de
sirable to bring. the subject of Foreign Missions-’ before
every church and every church member, annually, in
older that the Foreign Missionary work may be in
creased and the influence o‘f the Church extended. El
der Griffith read from the report of 'the Permanent Com
mittee the fact that the Church has a constitutional quo
rum of ministers in every field necessary, to establish a
presbytery.
’ Mr. Griffith read a highly-interesting letter from the
Rev Dr. Williamson, missionary to the Dakotah In
dians, alluding especially,to the recent-troubles and
noatsacre of Mankato, Minnesota. From this letter it
appears that the loss at the massacre was only about 600
or 7(.0 persons. Tne real cause of this rebellion was set
down a$ the hatred of our religion by theTndiahs. _
The report was received, accepted, and referred to the
standing Committee on Foreign Missions. . '
A telegram was received and read from Peona, dated
May'SEd; as follows: •• ; -v/ ‘ ; „„ . ••.
“ Rev. Dr Tustin, Mr. Hall, and Judge Sharswood.
have been elected delegates to -•
5 “Permanent SecretaryO- 8. P.^GLA.
On motion, these gentlemen were recognized and .ad
mitted to seats as duly accredited representatives of the,
Old School-branch of the Church; 'Brief addresses were
made on the progress of the mis iouary work among tho;
Indians by Rev. Messrs. Johnston, Freat. and Coan.
These gentlemen alluded to the great revival of religion
now gting on among the Indians, and a&ked-that renew
ed eflortf should be made bj the Church to extend the
dissemination of the Gospel throughout the world. Re
maiks were also made'by Rev. Mr. Hyde"and Elder
Griffith After which the refcolutions appended to the
report of the Committee on Foreign Missions were taken
upserfattm, and considered ~. ... - •«- .
The consideration of 'tbeso resolutions, created some
debate, in which Rev. Mr. Parker, of Indiana; Roy. Mr.
hkeiTctt, Rev Mr. Williams, of--Iowa; and, others,
participated. .Dr. Cox read a report of the Judicial Com-'
mittee, in the.caee -of D. S. Oodd, of the Presbytery of
Chvcga, hew the return of the case
to the fora new decision, anir a proper one.
Dr. Srear opposul tne J-ecommitniUto the Presbytery.
iTofestor Day supported the disposition made of the
bflair by the Judicial Committee. •• Dr. ; Cox defended the
re*u it tithe committee. Duiing the consideration of the
fuhiect, the Assembly adjourned, with prayer by tne
Moderator.-until•‘•1 o’clock m the afternoon.
AFTEBNOOX SKSSJOX. -V -X :
-The Assembly held a session in the afternoon.
Personal —Hon. William H. Seward,
Secretary of State, was in the city yesterday. He
vißiteci the Boidieis’ Refreshment Saloons, at the
foot of Washington etrcet, and was received with
the uaual honors-by cho managers of' those institu
tions.
Magnificent Flag- FGK the ISThtett
sixth Pekitbylvania. —The fadies ot Fcrttaville
have performed a patriotic act is ordering for pro*
sentation t<r the 96th Regiment P. V- a superb Sag,
riahly mounted, and suitably inscribed. This'-is*
S chuy lkiU-county regiment, commanded* by Major
William Lesßig, and the praiseworthy aervicea
which it has rendered on many a well-fought field
richly entitle it to this graceful recognition Use?
flag was got up at the military establishment of
Messrs Evans & Hassell, and was seen and adintred
by hundreds of our citizens at their large cream*
colored warehouse, No, 418 Arch Btreet, yesterday.
It is constructed of the richest silk, and contains on
one side of it the State Arms of Pennsylvania, Bur
rounded by the following inscription: “Presented
to the 96th Regiment Pa. Yols. by the Ladies of
PottsviUe, Schuylkill county, Pa./ 1 together with
tbe names of the battles in which the regiment has
been engaged. The reverse contains tbe United
States coat of Arms, and also the names of the
battles—-to wit: “west Point/ 1 “Gaines 1 Mill,**
* “ Ciiickahominy/ 1 “Charles City CrOBB Roads. 1 *
“Malvern Hill/ 1 “Second Bull Run/ 1 “Cramp
ton’s Pass,” “ Antietam,” and “Fredericksburg. l *
While tbe flag was in the artist’s hands the regi
ment again advanced upon Fredericksburg, under
General Hooker, thuß adding the name of the latter
to their list of engagements a second time. The in
scriptions'are admirably arranged, the effect of the
Bcroll work being decidedly artistic. The flag re
flects much credit upon the - committee of ladies in
Pottsviile to whom the affair was entrusted, whose
names we take the liberty to mention, as follows:
Mißßes Clara Lesßig, Matilda P. Russel, and Maggie
Boyle, the Philadelphia member of the committee
being Mrs. U. P. Taylor. The committee of gentle
men, upon whom the pleasant duty of presenting the
flag to the regiment will* devolve, is composed of
Captain (5. Tower, John Clayton, Esq., and Andrew
Russel, Esq.
The Enlistment Fund.— The following
communication refers to a subject of much interest
to all our citizens:
To the Editor of The Press:
Sir : Last year the City Councils and the citizens
al Philadelphia subscribed upwards of one million
dollars to encourage enlistments. Only a- portion of
the money has been used for that purpose; Where
is the balance of the fund V "Why cannot thi&beußed
4o lessen the number required to be drafted?
Philadelphia, May 24,1863. D; W. P.
In answer to this, we have to say that the City
Councils, by ordinance of July 26, 1862, appropriated
$600,000 to aid the'enlistmentof volunteers. A loan
to meet this appropriation was- authorized. By or
dinance of the 15th of September $50,000 of this fund
was placed at the disposal of the Mayor.toaid tl mi
litary company organizations in the city,” and was
expended for that purpose, under the direction of
the Committee on Defence and Protection. Of the
balance, $382,641.58 was expended by the City
Bounty Commission, leaving, up to the I2tb of Ja
nuary, 1863, when the commission concluded their
i*b°tB> an unexpended balance of $67,358, of which
$50,000 haß since been authorized to be applied to
purposes of city defence.
The Citizens’ Volunteer Bounty Fund Committee
collected, we believe, in the neighborhood of $500,000,
which was mainly expended under the direction of
the committee in filling up old regiments. A report
made some three months since, if-we remember
rightly, exhibited a balance then on hand of $125,000.
Thiß committee, however, acted independently of
and the authorities had no control over
their-fund, which has probably, ere this, been to a
large extent expended by "the public-spirited gentle
men of the committee in the prosecution of their
multiform and arduous duties.
The Chief Engineer and the Ken
sington Water.— lsaac S. Cassin, Eaq., Chief En
gineer of the Water Depaftmenthas used every ex
ertion placed in his power by City Councils to re±
medy the great >Bd growing evil in regard to the
impurity of the water pumped into the Kensington
basin. A resolution was adopted by Councils a
short time since, instructing the Chief Engineer to
drain the Kensington basin of all the water, and re
move all the filth or sediment that has collected
therein. The Chief Engineer addressed a commu
nication to the Committee oh Water, upon the sub
ject, which was concurred in by them, in which he
speaks as follows:
“ I beg leave to say that the impurity of the Dela
ware water and its deleterious properties cannot be
removed byanyprocesa of subsidence in the reser
voirs, nor can the remedy be found in the removal of
deposits caused by this process, from the Kensington
basins. The impurities exist in the water in solu
tion, and the removal of a very small proportion of
its solid matter yearly, or even monthly, would not
produce any desirable result. During the paßt year
the Kensington reservoirs were thoroughly cleaased,
and it was found that the same complaints existed
after as before the removal of the deposits found in.' *
the basins. I beg to say further that I regard the
periodical expenditure of moneyfor this purpose of
extremely dqubtful propriety, as it has been found A
of ho perceptible benefit. *
“No temporary measures can. be resorted to or
adopted that will change the fact that the Delaware
water is entirely unfit for domestic purposes, and the
quantities of impure and objectionable matter are
constantly increasing ; that the health, and even the
life, of the people is endangered by its use, and that
there is the most urgent necessity for the early adop
tion of measures of a permanent character looking
to the discontinuance of the use of water from the
Delaware river.
Lometer.
. “Theimportance of adopting measures that will
afford permanent and substantial relief has long
been apparent, and the best interests of the people
of the Kensington water district and of the whole
city call for the entire abandonment of the use of
Delaware water, the expensive process of furnishing
it, and of any further temporizing in the premises.” .
No definite action as to how the evil shall be re
medied has 'yet been arrived at by Councils. The
suggestion made by the Chief Engineer in the above
communication, and at other times, relative to the
impurity of the Kensington water, should at once be
acted upon by Councils.
Arrival or the Remains of Lieute
nant Colonel George F. Leppien.— Yesterday
afternoon the remains of Lieutenant Colonel G. F.
Leppien, who died in Washington on Sunday morn
ing from wounds received in the Battle of Chancel
lorville, arrived in this city. His right foot was shat*
tered by a shell which rendered amputation neces
sary, from the effects of which he died. Colonel
Leppien was among the first of our gallant defend
ers, and though likemany other brave men who have
gone before him, he was comparatively unnoticed
while taking part in the most Bevere and trying ac
tive operations. Th& deceased was twenty-seven
years of age, and was a native of this city, and was
educated in Europe. He first served'as a lieutenant
of artillery in the .defence of Washington, but was
subsequently commissioned to take command of the
6th Blaine Battery, in which connection he to ok part
in nearly all the principal engagements north of the
Rappahannock.' He received his.death wound at
ChancellorvUle. His funeral will take place to
morrow afternoon, at three o’clock, from the resi
dence of. Mr. Wolf, 909 Walnut street.
' The-City Treasury. receipts at
the office of the City Treasurer last week amounted
to $96,769.08. The following were the items of re
venue '
Taxes of 1868 $21,303 62
Taxes of 1862 8,623 47
Railroad Tolls 4179
City Rental... H 6 24
Water-Rents 4,808 69
City Ice 80at.,...,95 00
C05t5....... , 6 12
City Loans. : 617,770 25
The payments for the same period, independent of
trust funds, amounted to $66,042.42, of which there
waß paid out for sinking, fund and matured loans
$23,687.98j warrants of *6l and *62 amounted to
$754.71, and warrants of’63 to $40,699,73.
Pauient op Captains Mustfived Out
op We learn that the accounts of cap
tains of companies now being mustered out, or here*
after to be mustered out-of the service of the army,
shall not be settled by paymasters until the accounts
of each officer have been approved and settled by
the Ordnance Burea in Washington. It is alleged
that great negligence, has been shown by manyeffi
cers in the enforcement of proper care among the
men under their command of arms belonging to the
Government. In order to correct the evil, all cap
tains are to be held Btrictly reaponsible for such
arms, and until their accounts are -properly adjudi
cated by the Ordnance Bureau, the amount due
them on their pay rolls will be withheld by the Go
vernment,
Cooper-Shop Reebeshment Saloon.—■
In honor of the late victories of General Grant, this
establishment was illuminated on Saturday evening
last. To day will be the second anniversary of the
organization of the Cooper-shop Committee. The
event will be appropriately celebrated at the Sa
loon. A salute will be fired, and the Jefferson Cor
net Band will be present, the members appearing for
the first time in their new uniform. It is expected
that Dr. Andrew Nebinger will deliver an address,
and speeches will, doubtless be made by other mem
bers of the committee. ' • ■
Luke Sheard, a' popular soldier of the
13th Pennsylvania Cavalry, was lately killed by
accident near Harper’s Ferry. He took cars from
Baltimore to his regiment, at Winchester, and ar
rived at Harper’s Ferry at two o’clock on the morn
ing of the 20th. Getting out of the cars without
knowledge of the locality, Mr. Sheard and Charles
Mobs, a fellow-soldier, stepped over : the embank
ment, which is twenty feet high, and without pro
tection. Ee survived the acoident but a few hours.
The members of his company have communicated to
his widow their sincere condolement.
Swoiid Presentation.— Last evening,
Capt. James Gleason, late quartermaster of the 69th
Regiment Pennsylvania Yolunteera, was presents
by hie friends with a handsome sword, in token of
his recent appointment aa brigade quartermaster in.
the Army of the Potomac. The presentation cere*
mony was of an interesting character, and speeches
were made, appropriate to the occasion, by Lieut.
CoV. Tschudy, Capt, Gleason, Capt. Jack, and
others.
; Jay Cooke (general subscription agent),
reports the sale yesterday of $2,286,800 worth of five
twenties in the following localities: ; ...
New York and New Jersey .$1,150,000
Philadelphia and Pennsylvania........ 610,800
Boston and New Eng1and........ 300,000
Washington....
Baltimore
Western States.
Hospital Case.— William Miller, aged
21 years, was admitted into the Pennsylvania Hos
pital, yesterday morning, with several flesh wounds
in his legs. It is alleged that he was shot by hi*
father-in-law, in Warren street, near Thirty-sixth,
West Philadelphia; on Sunday evening last. The
wounds are not dangerous. The father-in-law waa
taken'into custody;last evening. The reason for tae
shooting has not been stated.
; Passing Through.—Tlie 33d New York
Regiment, with the 11th IHaßsachusetts Battery, “B
men in all, will reach the Union Refreshment Sa
loon this morning, on their wav home fromWaA
iDgton. A New Hampshire regiment, of ™
wfll reach the same place latuin the afternoon, going
to the seat of war. '
: a Patriotic Occasion—TheUnion Vo
lunteer Refreshment Committee
«nu«MKSSufS
part of the programme, boldiers and citizens arc
invited to attend. _
Board outbade.— The Board held a
stated meeting last evening, but did not transact any
businhsß of pubiio interest. _Mx. made A
motion that the rule, be so a tered a. to provWe
that the executive council shall meet on the same
evening, as fhe Board of Trade. This was agreed
to, aSd g the meeting adjourneduver until September.
Accident. —A man named Felty, residing
• n the vicinity of Sixth and Green streets, in at
tempting to get on a gravel train on the Reading
Railroad, near Fountain Green, last evening, fell,
and bad one of his arms severed by the wheels.
Professional Pickpockets. 5 — A couple
of female pickpockets—no mote, adroit
known to the police—will v were S arreßtedluL
noon at the Central Station, Thej were arreßrea aa
professional thieves by Deteotn es G. H. Smith and:
Ktvrued —A sailor, named.JoluiKelson, -
w.?».w.'erhnslv stabbed .during a fight at Penn, and
f “ S e S,£ts, »bout eleven 'o’clock last night.
He Was removed to the Penn Hospital.
q AIJS of a Prize Vessel. — Yesterday, by
order of the United- States .marshal,, the- prize
schooner Minnie was sold at public, auction for
$4,600. 1 ' ■■■ ■ - i
Sjgkor Blitz will amuse citizens of
Fmnkford to-day 5 Wednesday at sad,
Thursday at. Bristol., > r/
Markets by
- Baxtimotve, - May- 26,—Flour i» 'Very duU jmd ._
hejivy. : OhioTextrars6.so@6.62K. Wheat aotive."
Kentucky-* white fsLT3@l.Boy /’Pennßyivanta ,re£ ■>
sliS6@l^6oS. tJorh\qpiet white 9lc; yellow yWjh .
Whisky MqPi. and diqupuig v.