TI-130 PIRESSI,
PUBLISHED DAILY (SUNDAYS EXOEPTED).
BY JOHN W. FORNEY.
OPTION. Nu. 11.1. SOUTH FOURTH STEER.
TIM DAILY PRESS,
FIFTEEN °Erre PER WEER, payable to the Carrion
••Nailed to linbecribere ont of the City at Smrsx DOLLARS
'PHIL ANNUM. THREE DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS FOR SIR
MONTHS, ONE DOLLAR AIAD SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS FOR
'THREE MONTHS Invariably in advance for the time or
dered.
air Advertisements inserted at the usual rates. Biz
w lines eoru3titnte a square.
THE TRI-WEEKLY PRESS,
Nailed to subsuriboro out of the City at FOUR DOLLARS
FrBR ARNIM. 10 advance.
COMMISSION MOUSES.
IpHILADELPHIA
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MANUFACTORY.
BURLAP BAGS OF ALL SIZES,
proß CORN, OATS, COFFEE, BONE DUST, &a
SEAMLESS BAGS;
-Of standard makes, ALL SIZES, for sale cheap, for ne
•sash on deliverr%
GEO. GRIGG.;
apls-9m No 219 and Rin CHURCH alley.
lv - Er,EM.lck, COFFIN, &
ANO CHESTNUT STREET,
Have for sale by the Package a good assortment of Staple
iIkINTS. LAWNS.
BROWN AND BLEACHED MUSLIMS.
COTTONADES, PRINTED LININGS,
SILESIAS, NANKEENS, CORSET JEANS.
ALSO.
5-4 BLACK AND MIXED BROADCLOTHS,
UNION CASSIMERES,
EXTRA, MEDIIIAL AND LOW QUALITY SATINETS.
- NEGRO RERUNS, PLAID LINSEYS.
ARMY GOODS, &0., &O.
apBl•tuths3m
STAIPLEY, HAZARD`. da
lIIUTCHINSONI
No: 112 CHESTNUT STREET,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS '
FOR THE SALE OF
PHILADELyIIIA-MADE GOODS:
ixibM-6m
„OHN 1 1”. BAILEY it CO-
BAGS A:'ND BAGGING
' OF EVERY DESCRIPTION,
NO. 118 NORTH FRONT STREET,
WOOL BAGS FOR SALE.
10341a'
WATCHES AND JEWELRY.
i t WATCHES 1 WATCHES 1
" 1 ' 411 "
AMERICAN WATCH COMPANY'
GOLD AND. SILVER WATCHES.
COMPANY'S SALESROOM
EGUTHEAST CORNER EIGHTH AND CHESTNUT. ST.
B. MARTER,
AGENT.
These watches have now been in use over twelve years,
tad, for
ACCURACY, DURABILITY, AND RELIABILITY,
In every conceivable manner,- have, proved themselves
to be the most satisfactory time-pieces ever offered to the
Dublin, •
This result has been brought about by a strict appli
eation of mechanical science to the construction of the
Watch from its very inception, rendering it, when
Mated.
MATHEMATICALLY CORRECT
in all its proportions, and necessarily as perfect a time
keeper as it is possible to make.
The Company have tested their Watches, in many in
stances, by actual daily noting, and the- result of this
test has been that they have exhibited a rate equal in
regularity to the best marine chronometer.
We invite attention to the
LADIES' WATCHES,
elaborately finished, and thinner than any 'We have
heretofore produced, 'with several 'improvements calcu
lated to secure the greatest a ccnrady of performance.and
to prevent the usual accidents and derangements to
which foreign watches are liable. • mylls-1m
WATOITBS,
.1176TREaElTED PER STEAMER EUROPE.
GOLD WATCHES,
Lams , SIZES, OP NEW STYLES.
SILVER ANORES AND CYLINDRES.
GILT AIiCENB AND C:IYLINDRES.
PLATED ANGERS AND CYLINDERS,
For Sale at Low Bates to the Trade, by
D. T. PRATT;
607 CHESTNPT STREET- -
•F IN E WATCH REPAIRING
Mr attended to, by the most experienced workmen,
and.every wateh warranted for one year.
G. RUSSELL.
RINI North SIXTH Street.
VULCANITE JEWELRY.—JUST
aH-
V calved, a handsome assortment of Chatelaln and
Vest Chains, Ptns. Penaile, &c., and for saleat very low
toricem. G IaNSELL,
5p9.541 `32 North Street.
J. O. FULLER,
Importer and Wholesale Dealer
:FINE WATCHES AND JEWELRY,
NO. 712 CHESTNUT Street,
Gip-stairs, opposite Masonic Temple,)
Rea now open a
LARGE AND COMPLETE STOCK,
BAIBRAOIND
ROWARD & 'S AMERICAN
GOLD CHAINS, CO. GOLD'FINE
SPECTACLES, TRIMBLE%WATERS,
AND
FINE JEWELRY OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
1n3 , 27-ten22
310. FULLER'S''
tlf •
FINE GOLD . PENS,
THE BEET PEN IN ÜBE,
FOR SALE IN ALL SIZES. myE-Sm
FINE GILT COMBS
IN EVERY VARIETY
IMITATIONS OF PEARL AND OORAL.
J. FULLER.
No. 712 CHESTNUT Street
ury22-3m
VULCANITE RINGS
-• full assortment, all sizes and styles.
J. C. ,FULLER,
No. 714 CHEST (UT Street. m312-3m
MUSICAL BOXES.
TN SHELL AND ROSEWOOD CASES,
playing from 1 to 12 Pines, cboice Opera and A mer ! .
fan Melodies . FARR & BROTHER, Importers.
ap4 324 CHESTNUT Stpet. Iminw Vonyttt.
CARPETS AND OIL-CLOTHS.
OIL - CLOTHS AND
WINDOW SHADES_
OAREIAGE I TABLE, STAIR, AND FLOOR
OIL, CLOTHS,
IN COTTON AND LINEN FABRICS,
QUALITY_ AND STYLE UNStIIPASSED.
WINDOW SIIIDES •
COMPRISING EVERY VARIETY OP NEW AND ORD.
GMAT. DESIGNS. PLAIN and ORNAMENTAL,.
These goods will be sold to Dealers and Manufacturers
atveleati much, below the present price of stock.
THOMAS POTTER;
WIAIWFAOTCYRER OF OIL CLOTHS AND
WINDOW SIIADES, ,
999 ARCH Street, Philadelphia, and
49 MITUR and 95 LIBERTY Streets. New York
imy7l-2,m
BEM() VALI
J. T. DELAOROIXi
kM removed hloi
STOCK OF, CARPETING-a,
*OM ET South rowan Street. to hie -
NEW STORE.
N 0.37 SOUTH SECOND. STREET,
Where he offers to hie old enatontess, ourohaaars
Beaerally. a LARGE AND DESLRABLPETOOK OY
•
CIARPETINGS;
at all trades, and best known makes.
OIL CLOTHS, MATTINGS, AND WINDOW SHAMA
WHOLESALE" AND RETAIL.
AT THE LOWEST PRICES.
J. T. DELACROIX;.
Itre NT SOUTH SECOND STREET, abeve Chestnut:
add...4°
U. 9. INTERN Ald REVENUE.
-v. .
rvENO3 FOR TRE SALE OF
tiN E 47 9 STATES TAX
6' - TAMPS,
No. 57 South THIRI Street, liret door above Chestnut
):
fall supply Of all it, 'ids of TAX STAMPS constant") ,
A untities to snit.
o, A h u a t n e d ral . an t d ia fooorusnalt I on amounts of $6O and up-
Wards.
!Dillon by Mail promptly attm. "lama to.
0200 Hours from 9 A. M. to 6 P.
JACOB E. RIEk - ' ..v "
den-tie 10 Nn. 57 south THIRD Street
SEWING MACHIN
SMITING MACHINES
THE 46
BLOAT " 117.A.OHINE,*
'PITH cuss PRESSER POOP,
STEW STYLE llENfitalt, BRAIDEB.
and other valuable Inorovements.
!JOETA.GGART & FARR MACIRINEB.
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VOL. 6.-NO. 264
WOOD AND WILLOW WARE.
F RY k
WOOD
iq ear)o
SMITH,
HOLESALE DEALERS IN
AND WILLOW WARE,
31 NORTH uURTH STREET,-
r opposite the Merchants' Hotel,
PHILADELPHIA'
Where they have just opened with a large and entire new
stock of goods in their line, consistin, in part, of
Brooms, Oil Cloths, Children's Gigs - ,
Buckets, Floor Cloths, Toy Wagons and
Tube, Window Shades, Carts, • - ..
Churns.- Curtain Fixtures, llobby Horses, . ,
Baskets. . Mats, Velocopedes, ,
Brushes, - - Clocks. Fly Nets. • • -
Wash Boards, Bird Cages, Wrapping Paper,'
Clothes Pins, sieves, Paper Bags,"
Measures, Tie Yarn, Blacking, .-.. . - • -
Cordage. Wick. Matches,
&c., &c. , &c. .
We also keep 'an assortment of REFRIGERATORS,—
WATER COOLERS, and PROVISION SAFES, all of
which we offer at the lowest market prices. jel4m*
GLOTREm' WRINGERS.
CLOTHES WRINGERS I CLOTHES
WRINGERS !!
The undersigned haye been appointed sole' agents for
the sale of the "EMPIRE CLOTHES -WRINGER, ". the
latest improved; cheapest, and mast durable Wringer
made; warrented in all cases. An examination will con
vince any person of their superiority over all others.
Price $5 and $6. Persons living at a distance can have
them-forwarded"by Express or otherwise, by -remitting
-the price of-the size they want.
- Sir A liberal:discount made to Agents and those who
purchase to sell again. _ _ - •
FRY & ` SMIT H
31 NORTH POURT STHRRT.
Philadelphia
GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS.
NOP. 1 AND `3 N. SIXTH STREET,
PHILADELPHIA.
JOHN 0. ARRISONg
(FORAfEHLT J. BURR . MORE,)
ESIPQRTER AND• DEALER IA
GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING GOODS,
MANUFACTURER
OF THE IMPROVED
PATTERN SHIRT.
WRAPPERS,
coLLIRs,
BATIST4CTEON OtrAROITIED.
GEORGE GRANT, •
NO. 610 CHESTNUT STREET;
Has now ready
A LARGE AND COMPLETE STOCK
OF
GENTS' FURNISHING - GOODS,
of hie own Importation and manufacture.
His celebrated
"PRIZE MEDAL SHIRTS,"
manufactired under the superintendence of
- JOHN F. TAGGERT,
(FORMERLY OF OLDEREERG d: TA GMERTO
are the most perfect-fitting Shirts of the age.
SZ- Orders promptly attended to. ralt26-thsto3M
OLD ESTABLISHED SHIRT, STOCK,
AND COLLAR ` EMPORIUM,
O. 146 NORTH FOURTH STREET
CHARLES L. ORUM & CO.
Are prepared to execute all orders for their celebrated
make of ShirtB, on short notice, in the most satisfactory
manner. These Shirts are cut by measurement, on sci
entific principles, and surpass any other Shirt for neat
-11636 offit on the Bread, comfort in the Neck, and ease on
the Shoulder. aplB-stuth6m
VINE SHIRE MANUFACTORY..
The sub:Z . :Aber would. 'invite attention to his "
IMPROVED CUT OF SHIRTS,
Whien he makes a specialty in his business. Also, con-
ZIOMTIES FOR GEIMEMEN'S WEAR.
J. W..SCOTT
GENTLEMEN'S YURNISHING'STORE.
- No. 614 CHESTNUT STREET, •
la2o-tf Tour doors below the Continentil
FURNITURE, &c.
F U R NITUR, 7
A LARGE ASSORTMTINT,
W. & AIALEN& mviackm-tv.R._
nAt9-SM
1%09 CHESTNUT. STREET
CABINET FURNITURE AND BIIt
LIARD TABLES.-
MOORE
dB OAIVIPION
so. sea South SECOND Street,
In connection with their extensive Cabinet business, Sr.
sow manufacturing a superior article of
BILLIARD TABLES
.i.nd have now on hand full supply, flnished„yri.th •the
MOORS. 8: CAMPION'S EMOTED CIISHIII.NS,
which are pronounced by ail who have used them to' be
warier to all others. • _ •
Tor .the Uualtty and dutch of these Tables, the manu
facturers refer to their nnmerone patrons throughout the
Union. who axe familiar with the character of their
work. • tah9-8m
CLOTHING.
JOHN KELLY, JR.,
TAILOR;
HAS REMOVED FROM 1022 CRRSTRUT STRUT:
EDWARD P. KELLY'S,
MI South THIRD Street.
Where he presents to former patrons and the public
the advantages of a STOCK OF GOODS, equal if not-su
perior, to any in the city—the skill and taste of himself
and EDWARD P. KELLY, the two best Tailors of the
eity—at prices much lower than any other first -glass esta
blishment of the city. aPI-tf
Fine Clothing,
FOR
"Spring and Summer.
AVAIIIMARER & BROWN
cor. 6th 8g Market.
Medium and Common
•
GRADES,
Cut a»d Made In
Fault:to - nab)le Style
SOLD AT LOW -PRICES
BLACK CASS. PANTS, $5.50,
- At 704 MAR ST Strad.
BLACK CASS. PANTS, .60, At 704 MARKET Street.
BLACK CASS. PANTS, . .
60, At 704 MARKET Street.
BLACK CASS. PANTS, p
.60. At 704 MARKET Street.
BLACK CASS. PANTS, 5.60. At 704 MARKET Street.
GRIGG
&&- VAN
GUNTEN'S, No. 704 MARKET Street.
GRIGG & VAN GIINTEN'S, No. 704 MARKET Street.
GRIGG & VAN GIINTEN'S, No. 704 MARKET Street.
G GRI G GG &
VA A R N
G GU IIN NT R N N'S,.
N No.
7 0 04
M MAR RK KE T T
S St t r r e e et t.
mli22-6m ..
GAS FIXTURES, Arc.
to n ARCH STREET.
0_ A_ VANKIRK & 004
XARMLOTITHERIS
CHANDELIERS!
AND OTHER •
GAS FIXTURES.
Also,Franah Bronze Pitons and Ornamenta. /*ambits
and Mei Shades: and a variety of
FANCY GOODS]
WHOLESALE ANDT'EETAI/G.
Meese gall and examine roods.
DRUGS AND CHEMICALS.
ROBERT SHOEMAKER ati CO.i
Northeast Goriter FOURTH and RACE Strode.
PHILADELPHIA.
WIEOLESALE DRUGGIST%
IMPORTERS 42iD DEALERS
PODIMGM ADD DOMESTIO
WINDOW AND PLATE GLASS
WiIfO7ACTILEBEf OP
WEITZ LEAD AND ZING ri4wra, PUTTY, 40.1
/AVM 301 TIEN OBLIBRATRD
VRENCH ZINO . i'AINTEL
pol io and sonannann AMPDIIBa at
TARY LOW PRIM lOU UASL
abl2-ha
LADIES preparing for their Bummer TOURS cau be
Suited in Dry Goods adapted to their wants.'
7'Br.,A.q.K LACE POINTS.-
TdRIST DRESS GOODS.
BATHING DRESS-GOODS
R e pwiN HALL dr CO.,
404
NO. 26 S. SECOND STREET,
' Would call the attention of the LADIES to their
stock of
•
.FINE DRESS GOODS, -4 :
WIDE MANTLE SILKS,
ORGANDIES AND JACONETS,
, GRENADINES AND BAREGES,
BLACK HERNANI,
BLACK GRENADINE BAREGES,
SUMMER SILKS,
FOULARD SILKS,
BLACK CORDED SILKS,
PLAIN POULT DE SOIES,
MODES AND BLUES TAMARTINES,
MODES AND BLUES BAREGES,
PLAIN PINK AND BLUE LAWNS,
SILK CIRCULARS,
WHITE BAREGE CIRCULARS,
WHITE I3AREGE SHAWLS,
SUMMER SHAWLS.
N. B.—A large lot of White and Black Shawl Barege
by the yard. " jeS-4t
B.LAOR SILK' MANTLES_
UNDERCLOTHING. &c
KOMMER SHAWLS.
MOZAMBIQUE&
BLACK DRESS GOODS.
FANCY CASSIMERES.
FINS CLOTHS,
BOYS' WEAR. -
DOMESTIC GOODS.
BOYS' CLOTHING.
COOPER & CONARD_
je6•tl6 S. E. corner NINTH AND MARKET Ste
RAPSON'S, CORNER OF EIGHTH
. .
ONE LOT ALPACA BRAIDS, plain colon
ONE LOT ALL-SLta BELTING%
BUGLE BUTTONS,
BUGLE GIMPS,
BRARRipAg i vo,
-- xAPSON'S -TRIMMING STORE
my27-12t Corner of EIGHTH_ and CHERRK Sts.
PARIS CLOAK. AND MAN
'TILLA STORE. Northeast corner of EIGHTH and.
WALNUT, have opened with a -
LARGE STOCK OF SPRING GOODS.
MOST FASHIONABLE MAKS,
and respectfully ask the early attention of lathes wishing'
to purchase.
CLOAKS AND MANTILLAS.
'-' IVENS & co., No. 23 - Smith NINTH Street, have
now on hand an extensive assortment of
of the Attest enalitiee, at the
80-178% MISSES', AND CHILDREN'S,
CLOTHING, CLOAKS, ate.
IN ENDLESS VARIETY,
AT LOW PRICES,
No. 137 South EIGHTH Street,
Three doom above Walnut.
B ARGAINS FROM AUOTION:q. , x,
One lot 01 Black and White Plaids at 26 centS:worth
373;=a decided bargain.
One lot of large-lignre - Grenndines at 46 cents. worth
6234 cents: ..
One lot of Lawns, fast colors, 1831-
One lot of Bleached Muslins at IS3.i •
One lot of Gin sham Lawns at STX. worth 43.
OPEN THIS MORNING, at
JOHN B.
je6 TO% KROH Street.
DRESS <GOODS AT REDUCED
PRICES.-H. STEEL & SON,
No. 713 and 715 North TENTH Street,
are now closing out the balance of their stock'of
Poil de Ch crest all Wool Delaines. Poplins.
Cballies. Delaines, Mozambique. ' Taffeta d'Etds,
-...Frenchlawns, French. English, andAxnericanChintzes,
Bareges, Silk Tissues, bilk Grenadines.
Fancy Silks, and all kinds of
Summer DrEss Goods, at extremely low prices.
- SUMMER sHAWLS AT REDUCED PRICES.
BAEO AINS IN BLACK SILKS.
CHOICE STYLES PACIFIC LAWNS at 19‘c.
I lot 2 yards square Table Cloths, Snow Drop and
Damask, all Lint-n, at 51.50.
FLININ HALL & 001, 26 SOUTH SE
COND STREET, will open this morning a large lot
of the following named Dry Goods:
Pacific Lawns, at 13 cents; Pacific Prints, at4lS3f
cents; Good Prints, at 15 and 16 cents; one lot of Chenia
Mozambiques, 20 cents: several. styles Mozambiques, 25;
several styles Mozambiques. 31 and 5736 ; two lots of
double width -573; ; fine quality Plaid Antietams, 373%
one lot of PlaidllohairS, 37% cents.
N. B. Williamsville, Wamsutta, and other popular
makes of blusllns, &wales for sale at the lowest prices
sold by any other storekeeper. 9e6
THIN DRESS GOODS.
20 and 25 cent Lawns.
\25-cent Challies and Mozambiques.
Drab solid-color Mozambiques.
Camels' hair black Bareges. •
MODE WOOL DELAINES.
A cheap auction lot,- 44 cents.
Black Wool Delaines, 00 and 60 cents.
Lupin's double-width black Delaines.
Mohair Checks and Plaids, in colors.
Black and white Mohair Checks, 26 cents.
THIN. SHAWLS.
Mozambique Shawls for $ . ,3.50.
Grenadine Shawls. -
- -
White Barege Shawls. -
Thin Mantles. -with Dresses to match.
BLACK SILK MANTLES.
Handsome black Taffeta Mantles.
FANCY CAsSIMERES.
Several new patterns.
Novel styles for young men.
- A mammoth stock, at moderate prices.
. COOPER & CONARD,
50-tf S. B, collage NINTH. and MARKET Streets.
YARD -WIDE CHINTZES. .
THREE HUNDRED PIECES
COLORED G
PLAIN BAREM.
French Silk and Worsted:
Neat Figures and Stripes.
Checked Mozambiques and Lenos,
At Very Low races."P
SHARPLESS BROTHERS,
CHESTNUT and EIGHTH Streets.
BLINDS AND SHADES.
VENETIAN BLINDS
jpgr The Largest end 'Finest Aegertmentte the city, itt
the Loweg Prices. Blinds Painted and Trimmed equal
to new. Store Shades Made and Lettered. aplo-2m
RETAIL DRY GOODS.
EYRE & LANDELL,
FOURTH AND ARCH
FINE ORGANDY LAWNS. k.
SPANISH' LINENS. FOR SUITS.
SEA-SHORE SHAWLS
SUPER MOHAIR MITTS
E GRENADINE VEILS.
BLACK DRESS GRENADINE.
STEEL SKIRTS, BEST ONLY.
SUMMER SILKS LOW.
DRESS 'GOODS REDUCED.
54thstutr
AND CHERRY STREETS.
Offer to the Ladies, at very low prices.
1.024 CHEST TUT STREET.
E. M. NEEDLES
OFFERS FOR SALE
At prkesigenerally below present cost of limper
tation.
WHITE GOODS, all descriptions.
EMBROIDERIES.
LIDTEN HAINTDKEECIHIEFS, diF
&a., ace.
And 'respectfully invites an inspection of his
1024 OBESTNIIT STREET.
SPRING STYLES,
• LOWEST PRICES
Ladles, do not fail to give no a call.
Extra quality English Chintzes.•
Yard-wide Fast Colors.
At 25 Cents a Yard,
Same as before the War.
SEAR - PLEBS BROTHERS,
CHESTNUT and EIGHTH Streets
BLINDS AND SHADES.
B. J. WILLIAMSI
NO. 16 NORTH BIRTH STRUT.
116.A0ACTURER 01
WINDOW SHADES
BARDW ARE AND CUTLERY.
HARDWARE_
CLOSING OUT AT
OLD PRICES,
'he Stock of a WHOLESALE HOUSE. comprising II
LAMB ASSORTISiENT-OF
ALL RINDS OF GOODS.
4-21 r MARKET and 410 COMMERCE Street&
sur2 ( .)-lm: 1' ' '
PHILADELP [ILA, TUYS]AY, JUNE 9. 1863.
Ct't VrtSS.
TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 1863.
DEPARTMENT OF VIRGINIA.
Travels Yaitiree Girl.
[Special Correspondence of The Fresii.J
Noneor,R, ;Tune 5, ISO.
I have had the honor of meeting a lady who has
just arrived from Elizabeth City, and the story of
her wanderings is full of interest As her naive is
hardly necessary, I will merely call her Miss 8., and
say that she Is twenty years old, a little over the
medium size of women, and though graceful and
elender, is by no meamrsylph-like, angelic, or radiant'
Her features are strong for a woman,-but her mouth
is rosy and small, always dompresifed with air of
savage firmness, except When tile lips axe parted to
display a very fine Set of dazzling white teeth. Her
eyes are large and fullof a deep hazel color, and
have a strange way of looking at one. wonderingly ;
above them is an ample forehead, much whiter than
the rest of her face, which is very much. embrowned
by the burning sun and exposure. Above all are
her ebon elfin locks, which are correctly shaded in
the middle of the head, and smoothed down the side.
of the face after the style of a Madonna. At times n
alight tinge of sadness is perceptible, but it is ordered
down as peremptorily by this dating girl as the
Ghost of Ban quo was by the terrified Macbeth.
A native of Boston, she married, at the early age
,of fourteen, a youth of seventeen. The ceremony
took place in Dr. Sharp's Church, at Boston. For
five years the young couple lived together, and had
two children. But a cloud began to overshadow
their haPpiness. There was, living . in the same
family a lady friend of Miss 8., who listened to the
entreaties of her husband, and deliberated upon his
argumente. Of course, she fell. They could not re
main longer in Boston, Bo : the first steamboat on
which they could obtain passage carrie‘the guilty
couple to New Orleans. Three niontheoafter this
clandestine departure, the injured wife followed
them to New Orleans, breathing vengeance against
the one who had robbed her of a husband. The in
constant husband, the injured wife, and- the para
mour, all met at the theatre one night. An angry
altercation took place, and the forsaken one de
parted after showering bitter imprecations on those
who had 'wrecked her youthful hopes, and blasted
her future life. As might have been expected, the
man whii would not remain with a loving wife could
not stay long with a mistress. He left her alone
with her- child—helpless, homeless, friendless, pen
niless. The rebel army was glad to have hie name,
upon the muster•rolls of their conflict with the-
Government which bore them: All scoundrels
found an- asylum in their ranks. The young and
erring mother grew weary of life, and death came,
sure and soon, and pangless. In the hospital which
charity has erected for the- wretched poor, on the
]lard, narrow cot, with its - scanty pillow, far from
her childhood's home, the sinned against and sin
ning meet. "Do you forgive me, Mary?" feebly in.
quired the dying girl? " No; I cannot'? "Wont
you see me properly buried then, eh? It's hard to
think of being thrown into the bare pine coffin, by
the cold, penurious hands of charity—no one to even
look sorrowfully upon the lid as the falling dirt
covers it and me from view." The dying shuddered,
and exclaimed, "It's horrible !" But the heart of
the woman who sat by her side was petrified—stone
could not be more cold, impassible, impenetrable. •
She had prayed that she might witness this hour,
and, with savage joy, she saw the fruition - of her
vengeful hopes. The wan sufferer on the poor house
cot died, was buried, and forgotten. The little blos
som, having lost its parent stem, faded, withered,
decayed.
In the rneantimb, a decree of divorcement had
been granted to the lady, and she was known as
Miss 8,, "the live Yankee, from Boston." Looked
on by all with enmity, her comfort lost, and , her life
daily threatened, shenever faltered in her allegiance
to her country—never ceased to venerate. the flag
which her old father sailed under so long. She was
fiercely ordered - to quit the city, just before it was
captured.' Ascending the Mississippi a distance,
she travelled as best she could to Memphis, where
her former husband savilier, and made overtures of
marriage to her again. She - scorned him. He
pleaded with her as only he could, who knew her
weakness', but she was firm, and would not . allow
herself to be trampled upon again.
From Memphis she travelled to Murfreesboro,
from there to Weldon.' ScOnethnes she succeeded in
getting into the cars; occasionally a Beat in a pri-.
obliged to Walk; with all her Ward - robe fn the shape
o f a small compact bundle in her hand. All the email
creeks in her path were waded, by this girl. Once
she availed herself of a canoe, to cross Sayers'
Ferry into Woodyille, North Carolina. At neither
of these places did this irrepressible Bostonian
linger, but, wearied and foot-sore she, travelled all
day, eating what she could -obtain, but frequently
fasting. At night she crawled into the swamp, or
lay concealed in the entangled forest till daylight.
She speaks wit -h enthusiasm of the delicious sleep
which visited her
at nights, while she reposed under
_the waking, watching moon. Having arrived at
'Woodville, she straightway started for Gatesville,
and from there to Elizabeth City. Miss B. remain
ed for some time at the latter place, and stopped
with a Dr. C. Elizabeth City is in the midst of the
nentral grounds, and has been fearfully ravaged by"
both aides. Miss B. manufactured a small Union
flag, during her idle hours, and placed it on the roof
of the Doctoris house, where it floated night and
day to the great annoyance of the guerillas, who,
upon one inauspicious day, undertook to lower the
beautiful emblem of our nation; Miss B. paased tier
arm gracefully round the staff, and, with eloquent
looks, dared them to take the colors down while
she had an arm to support them. One or two Union
men rallied to our heroine's assistance, and the loud
language promised to end 'in hard blows. But
the guerillas caw approathing a number of our
cavalry, and speedily ran away, while the im
promptu flag continued in triumph to wave.
A Mrs. Campbell is well known in Elizabeth
City, and though ale protested with tears in her
lovely eyes that she was a good Union woman and
never was a rebel, MissVlelates how Mrs. Camp
bell's hestelry was the pleasant and secure, retreat
of all the guerillas about Elizabeth City. Two la
dies are conning within our lines on mission of
observation, and to purchase a change of clothing.
One of them," Mrs. Maguire, has a husband in the
rebel army. Mrs. Maguire travels iicognita, under
the name of MIS. Marseilles. Mrs. Culpepper is be
lieved to be within our lines at this present time.
Imagine a handsome- young woman, who begs for a
company of cavalry to capture salt and contripand
goods ; listen to her constant, prattle of dead rebels,
and look at the white bone ring on the middle finger
of her left hand, which she declares was made from
a bone taken from the skeleton of a rebel, mad say
you never saw an Amazon. The swimming of a
narrow stream she calls a mere bagatelle, and her
walk from Elizabeth City here, a distance of forty
five miles, she performed in a day and a half—upon
two meals! 'Whatever morbid Vengeful feelings she
may have had toward the young creature who sup
planted her with her husband, all seemed transferred
to the rebels. Oftimes does she converse with
glowing eyes of the glorious times she spent'on the
deck of her father's small craft ; and she cannot for
get how proudly he would point to the handsome
bunting that fluttered at the masthead. A. gentle
man who is secretly friendly to our cause begged her
t o convey to Gen. Yiele intelligence of a movement
which the rebels talked of making against West
Point. All through the SOuth she found good'
Union people, who • had been terrified into submis
sion, and who looked with wonder upon her bold
demeanor. They renderedher every service in their
power.
Two years in coining from New. Orleans to Nor
folk !' This was as long a walk, comparatively, as
that taken by the enfranchised Imaelties through
desert places. "Her life will be short; theirs:was
long. But the ingenious, careless Yankee girl made
her way over all obstacles, braved every danger, and
at last is In a fair way of seeing Boston. B.
[Special Correspondence of The Press.) .
NOILYOLK, June 6, 1863
The steamer John Rice arrived from Baltimore to
day,.and is now et Norfolk. Steamers Silvan Shore
and Hero came from Aconie, but the moat leading
questiona failed to bring forth a - single answer
worthy of publication. The steamer .Tohn -Parren
started from Newbein on the 4th instant, "and
touched here. Passengers report everything quiet
in that department. The ICennebec started for Bal
timore this morning, and the Planet for Washing
tom ,
Ia place of the old flag-of-truce boat State of -
Maine, we will now have -the beautiful ocean
steamer New York, Captain Chosalin commanding.
This boat has been to Philadelphia, and returns to
her former business of carrying-exchanged prisoners
between here and City Point. AU the rebels who go
in her to City Point will have a chance to see how
beautifully we can furnish and decorate our steamers
in Philadelphia. Instead of having all the men in
the Northern States impressed into our large armies,
`as they suppose, we have thousands of•men in the
peaceful walks of life, who, amid the clangor of
war, the thunder of artillery, the steady tramp Of
armed legions, have not forgot their cunning. ;It is
really amusing to hear some of these rebels talk of
our growing weakness. lint last week one of them
remarked, with an air of sincerity, why, sir, we are
ruining the Northern States. The mechanics
are all in the army ; the wives and daughters of
these mechanics have always depended on the scanty
pittance they have had doled out to them by the pro 7
prietors of the factories where they' were so forth
nate as to be employed. These factories are now
silenced by us, who burnt our cotton that the
operatives might starve. We have succeeded be
yond.our most sanguine expectations, and it is . my
'opinion, and the belief of the majority of our men,
that by worrying you constantly, - we will complete
your ruin, and see the grass growing luxuriantly hi
the thoroughfaresof NeW York and Philadelphia.
The peace-parties are spoken of triumphantly.
Great things are expected from them, though they
denounce the weak, unmanly, knavish way these
treasonable bands have of sympathizing with them,
- and the caution they use to not offend the Litsoola
Government. The rebels want these peOple.who
effer them their kind and - sincere sympathielf to
come over and be for them; that being here they
may not be confounded with Mc. 'As long as these
squalid rebel eoldiers talk to us of ruin, starvation,
oblequy, we can answer them• eloquently, by point
ing qatiently tti-the elegant beats which transport
their front Fortress Monroe to City Point, and they
cannot say, ." We have such as these.", Even our
well-dressed, sleek, and good-natured-looking sol
diers mikes them feel envious and jealous; but when
they mention the copperheads, we can say naught
for meitification -Yet these same advocates for
, •
peace are always true men and loyal—yea, very
good patriots, when there is any Government money
to handle.
I gazkon the ruins of the great fire which was
maliciously kindled in Norfolk Wm days ago. The
havoc among _the buildinge is immense. Bur fortu
nately the, warehouses did not belong to the Go
vernment, and the Ouartermaster's stores consumed
was very trifling. The loss suffered by the Sanitary
Commies/on will not amount to over $2OO. Dr. Ni
choltz assured .me that it would not be over this es
timate,* they were now in possession of almost
everything they had before the conflagration, 'Save
- some iiipiore which the men drank who were en=
gaged in carrying out the
,goode. No clue has yet
•beeri'discovered of the incendiary, but I hope they
will not - relinquish thesearch till he is safe in Nor
folk jail. '} Our authorities should never lose an oP
pertuqty,ef making an example Of such villains.
_Every time a crime like this is Permitted to go un
punishedadds to the elation and watchfulness of
our enemies in this place. There is no use of deal-.
ing kindlylwith these people,* trying to win their
esteem afteeall your labor you find thpm in the
• conditibii4- the pig whom the good-hearted roan
educated and brought up in hin family, nothing but
a brute still. Love will not restrain them neither
will kisdneee win them, and all that IS left us: is to
overa4 them. -
The riew„arrny gunboat, Genthml Sesstip, made her
-trial trip td,..day froMlTorfolk to Old Point. A few
days ago she ran a, short distance up the Elizabeth
and worked admirably. Today she took on her
guns atTort Norfolk, and, with everything in per
fect ordei;. she steamed off; making the trip of -15
miles in the remarkably short time of 45 minutes:
This halidseme little gunboat is 150 feet long, mounts
3 guns, 11 12...p0und brass boat howitzers and 1 31 -
pound red.parrott. Her commander, Lieut. Col.
"Whippl of the 19th Wisconsin, besides his experi
ence on 'the Mississippi river, which is a splendid
school for gunboat eaptain, has the credit of being
a good military officer. It . is presumed she go
to West'POint, running up and down the .YOrk
ver to destroy rebel batteries. •
Brecial Correspondence of-The Press. 3
FORTRESS FIONEOE, June 8, 1863
. Flag-of-truce boat State of Maine has * just re
turned from City 'Point, and brings four hundred
and - ninety-eight oichanged prisoners and two
women. She - brings Richmond papers as late as
Saturday, the eth instant. They contain telegrams
from Jackson; - dated May 3d, which report "All
quiet at Vicksburg." The Vich - sburgers and the
rebels Without the doomed city are eidffently fearful
that Grant is making preparations for a new move
. rnent of some kind, and they look with great appre
hension upon every new demonstration of his, for
they are; generally- directed against some unex
pected points, and with greater fierceness than the
last • attack. On the next day a - courier came into
Jackson, . - and said General Kirby Smith crossed
to Port Hudson on Sunday. The gunboats made a
furious assault, sinking one steamer and drowping
seven h4dred. General Grant used cotton - bales
for notable -breastworks, when h, made the at
tack, yet: with this impervious defence, the rebels
set his loss•down at 48,000 3 while their own is md - -
deafly enumerated at 6,000. From Art Hudson
they are iejoiced to hear. the
.. intelligence of a victo-
Ty—El:solitary success at last for them in the 'West:
Reftigeetcome into Mobile and report a rebel vic
tory—effirtliant victory—at Port Hudson, where
General Banks is said to have lost an arm. They
will begin to look for conarmation of these tidings.
but I hopet they will discover they were gazing -fool
ishly upon a mirage. From Charleston there is an
official - dispatch from Gen. Walker at Pocotaligo,
telling bow Union troops tired on the town of
Bluffton, on the 4th of May. The rebels made a
stand for a short time, but "the town of Bluffton is
admitted to have been fired by the enemy." We are
charged with having destroyed, by the raid on the
Cornbabee, about a million dollars' worth of pro
perty, beside carrying off 1,000 negroes.
One thing is certain—Gen. Grant has not retired
from before`Vicksburg, and the denizens of PTOrfolk
will begin at last to see how worthless their under
ground communications are.
kf Francis P. Blair, Jr., son of the Yankee Post
ma'ster :General, who deserted our troops in Virgi
nia, some time ago, and joined the Maryland line,
has gotten himself into sundry scandalous scrapes
recently, While ha'nginF around the city. He was
put in Castle Thunder.
Any comment upon. this small parazrapa, which
is contained in the Richmond Enquirer of the 611 i
inst., would‘be •
without a qualm of conscience, fights
sowttry, need not shudder when confined
.in Criitlehtmidei. • - ' • B.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE OHIO.
Genestil Burnside and Dieloyalists in Kell.
[Ppecial:Correspoodeoce of The Press. ]
NEAR STANFORD, Ky., June 3, 1863
Whatever may be Gen. Burnside's distrust of his
own Rbility, or Whatever is his real capacity, he has,
certainly, the happy faculty of energy. For the
government of Kentucky he issued one order, No.
38, so brief that it would take but a minute's peru
sal, and so comprehensive, that rebellion in thought,
word, and deed, is suppressed in Kentucky. We had
the opportunity to observed its workings in parts of
the State where - the majority was sometimes on the
one side and sometimes on. the other. Two other
orders rendered effectual assistance to that one—one
that all who had ever been connectedwith the rebel
army should be arrested, and another, the treatment
of all- rebels dressed in our uniform as spies: All
soldiers, rebels,-home on furlough, as well as officers,
or pretending to be,Were treated as - spies. When
we first came into Kentucky, gangs of horse-thieves
infested the country, alleging, of course, that they
belonged to the rebel army ; sympathy was open
mouthed ; aid and succor openly given. Officers and
soldiers from the rebel army recruited men, visited
and went about the country openly; contraband
goods and :all the news wanted openly and freely
conveyed to the rebel lines. So mush has it changed,
that you now hear not a whimper of sympathy ; no
news is conveyed or told ; no rebels are harbored,
and no horses are stolen. So much is this the case,
that - we are now,. much better informed as to news
than , the rebels are. The refugees from East Ten
nessee bring daily information, and people here that
used to harbor spies, won't do it, and won't tell a
word. Some rebel lad, however, got the better of us
the other day. Dressed as a cavalry soldier, bearing
a sealed envelope, marked official business, and di
rected to some one of our officers on the Cumber
land, he boldly rode into Ifustonville, represented
- himself as an orderly of General Carter, got a pass
from theprevoet marshal, and rode out—not without
leaving a bequest in the shape of a big scare—for he
informed them that the rebels were in force at Li
. ,
berty and marching on iluetonville. The regiment
stationed thnre were on the OW vive all night, and-the
whole department was disturbed. But a despatch
from General Carter that he had sent no such orderly
and return pf scolts assured them of the hoax.
Quite a number of agents, who were trying to
pass pereons through, to enter the Service of the
rebels as mechanics and otherwise, have been ar
rested. A party who were engaged to go south to
'build iron-clnds, whose rendezvous was near Mount
Sterling, were arrested. The man who was to meet
them.' foundhimself too closely watched; anoBlcer
of the rebel service happened to come through from
Tullahom4whom he deputized. The officer went so
fares to furnish the horses, when he was arrested,and
on hirn were found a rebel mail, and $5,000 in rebel
scrip, and he haisince suffered the penalty of death.
A notoriouShorse stealer, who publicly went about
the country 1 along the Kentucky river, was found
secreted on the:roof of a house where a lady and
two daughteia resided, who had been all along bitter
rebels, an were regular postmasters. He was dis
posed of
,aWspy, rind.the 'ladies put under bonds of
Whole communities have been ar
reek And made to take oath rand give bond. I
mentiornthese, among a thousand instances, to show
the working Of the order ; and if ever a country was
thoroughly subdued, I mean the rebel element, Ken
tucky is now ) under, these orders. The State has
lost one of her best citizens in the death of Mr. Ap
person, of Mount Sterling. He was thoroughly ac
quainted-with the Statei'its condition, and its Teo
ple. He 'Was consulted with by Gen. Burnside, be
fore Order N. 38 was issued; and his advice was re
lied upon as the best SHAMROCK.
.. •
Senates. Trumbull on Disloyal Speech
At the recent Union Mass Meeting in Phicago,
Judge Truml6ll said : . . .- - '
~
Be did not desire - to influence the passions of the
audience. Ili wished to appeal to reason and ask
the people to think soberly and earnestly upon the
great questions that agitated the country.' He would .
not heap adjePtives of 'abuse against the enemy or
call men copperheads or wild' beasts, as such pro
ceeding would not conquer the.rebellion or put down
theftaitore. lie desired the 'Peeple to swear before
Heaven thatthey would never cease in-,theif devo
tion to the Union, and never falterin their determi
nation to putdown the rebellion. . ; .-
The Constitution protects us all in time of war as
well as peace;; The Constitution expressly gives the
power to supPiees insurrection and put down-rebel
lion. There is no' question but that a general has
authority, but it is a question how far that authority
extends. There is no war in Illinois. Have not the
people and the papers in this city a right to discuss
. and criticise the measures of this wart It is a right
which.yOu claim—every one Of you. There is not a
man of•you but has discussed and criticised the acts
of the Administration. ~".There is not a man who has
not blamed this Government for certain acts, and if
you deny newspapers the - right to express their
opinions, Mien you are subjects of military authority.
There is civil law in operation here. A newspaper
has been suppOssed in your city, and it is claimed
that that paper has attempted to discourage our,
soldiere, opposed-the acts of the Administration,
and encouraged resistance to the draft. Now, if
that paper is guilty of such acts, its editors couldte
arrested and' hrown into prison. The law should'
be enforced.,'t . , - . ._...
[Here _he reud from the statute a section fixing
the manner of proceeding ara penalty against all
who should oppose the GoverYtnent or sympathize
with the enemy in time of war.] - ~ -.:
These is a renedy provided by statute for those
who abuse the light of free speech.. Anti instead of
suppressing. newspapers' that sympathize with the
enemy, let the paper go and take hold of the man
who publishes . Arrest him and take him before
Judge Drumni nil.-tomorrow ;', let him sue out a
Villit' of behest corpus, and :mynlife upon it the
ii
Presidentlwill rder the proceeding discharged and
bold the prison ' 'lsnot this the beet wayl (Yea.)
is.
Enforce it in hie' cityto-morrow; Because the
President has yoked the order of Gen. Burnside,
it does not foil v that the man who publishes the
paper which i 'annoying; the Government is die.
chargedlroni civii.proceedings. If he is, guilty he
can be airested4omight , and imprisoned. Do you
, not think that he , civil law is the best after alll
KLET . I;EIt, froth firiEihear say"iithat the value
of the coitert r ar v
ured by Geri:Saul:ls, will cover the
expense 0 tax campaign.;
NEW YORK CITY.
[Special Correspondence . of The Press.)
Nzw'Yourr, June 8, 1863
POLITICAL MATTERS
wear a decidedly unsettled aspect in this vicinity,
the antagonistic Spirits of loyal war and disloyal
peace having gone as far towards a warlike collision
as the lovers of law and order care to see them go,
and now confronting each other, at short range, to
wait until the next important war news shall de•
cide which is to adopt the positive aggressive.
Should Grant be finally foiled at Vicksburg, and
Benito at Port Hudson, or should the Army of the
Potomac fail to make - another advance before the
end of July, this new "peace " party of ours
will assuredly attempt to give the Administration
serious trouble. Its present aim is - , to induce the
declaration of an armistice before Vicksburg can be
captured, and before Lee can stir up another "up
rising of the North;" by a march toward Washing
ton. Should the Western Sebastopol be captured,
and the Mississippi rid of all rebel control, the pence
men would find themselves driven to the wall for
three months, at least; should the rebel Virginia
'army attempt to menace the capital, the insult
would so stir the blood of the loyal that he who
talked of peace would be in danger of lynch
law ; but should Grant be compelled to with
" draw from 'Vicksburg, am! the Army-Alf - .the
Potomac show signs of remaining inactive this
summer, Copperheadism would gather converts by
thousands. The cool audacity of Fernando Wood's
recent visit to the President, right upon the heels of
his harangue to an armed mob in this city on the im
becility and despotism of that President, shows
plainly enough that he - and his followers consider
themselves powerful enough already to adopt the
boldest measures = with the Government. The - dif
ferent stories told by the newspapers here of the
object of Wood's visit to the White HOUBE—tdat he
went to "explain" his recent speech at the Peace
Convention in this city, or that he went to persuade
_Messrs. Lincoln and Stanton to test the temper of
the Southern masses with the offer of an armistice--
are all wide of the truth. There is another rumor
that Wood went to Washington because he was
called thither- , by curious people, and that the con
ference ensuing related to that "letter" naming con
ditions of peace from Richmond, which Wood has
more than once asserted to be in his possession, and'
which he has pretended to withhold from publication
at the express 'desire of a member of the Cabinet. It
is a belief not reatricted to one person, that if this
"Stonewall Jackson of the Democracy," who cer
tainly holds more intimate relations with the rebel
chiefs than any other Southern sympathizer in the
North, can at any time exhibit a sufficiently definite
and official peace offering from the South to make a
mission or secret service seem likely to pay, he will
be semi-officially deputed to visit Richmond upon
an amiable errand. If you invest the man with less
diplomatic and inter-politithal importance than this
theory implies, how can .york account for the free
dom with which he proceeds to. a conference with
the Admihistration immediately after inaugurating
a movement directly hostile to the Administration
and all its actkof war? Would even his notorious
impudence be equal to this, but for some circum
stance not visible to the public eye? Let Thurlow
'Weed's recent seemingly-inexplicable affiliation
with him be remeinbered, too, in this connection,
and still more light is thrown upon the enigma.
REBEL SPIES',
who reach here by way of Havana principally, arc
more numerous in this city and vicinity than the
public imagine. The Custom House oflicers catch
one oh shipboard every few days, and he is quickly
hustled off to safe quarters without notice to the re
porteis. Marshal Nugent's detectives, top, manage
to nab about a dozen per week, and 'it is a satisfac
tion to know that very few of the prowling sneaks
manage to escape the meshes skilfully prepared for
their whole fraternity. There is a secret club up
town, composed principally of Southern residents
and sympathizers, who make it their business to
keep watch at the hotels and at certain rebel board
ing-houses, for rebels 'arriving in town from Havana,
New Orleans, Naseau, - and other . places. A rebel
spy going to a hotel has but to be a little bright in
taking hints, and he will quickly find a gentlemanly
lounger in the reading-room, or hili r to offer him a
cigar, draw him into a prearranged conversation,
and finally invite him to visit a place where he will
be treated to champagne and oysters, advised how
to elude the provost guard, and put upon the right
track for safely transacting the contraband business
he has on, hand. This nice., little arrangement,
though permitted, for reasons, to go on for a while
longer, is under police surveillance, and more than
one peripetetic ambaeeador francl---.------
so - rsr - sr ° e,
e - rnese arrears nom ein made public, that
none are published which can be kept from print ;
for so pertinacious are our courts in their "conser
vative determination to make
. /labeas Corim-s. a .
loop.hole through which `the Spy 'can promptly es
cape, that the military authorities must either make
arrests privately, or give up making them altogeth
er • or the President must declare the much-abused
writ suspended.
THE RETURNING REGIMENTS
have not stopped coming yet, it appears, and I must
-
retract what I wrote you a few days ago concerning
the cessation of the military influx: - The 37th and
3Stlfltegiments, which came through from your city
shortly after midnight, are having the usual formal
reception at the hands of the authorities, and being
worried through the streets between crowds of
gaping servant girls , and, crowing urchins. The
next regiment expected to arrive is " The Bloody
Sixth," or Billy Wilson's Zousves, who had their
first brush Ai a surprise on Santa Rosa Island,
.during,the siege of Fort Pickens, and now come
from garrison duty at Baton Rouge. The illustrious
Billy brings back six hundred of his close-cropped
warriors, a majority of whom will undoubtedly re
enlist.
WORKINGBIEN
of the various different trades are striving to
organize a protective union amongst themselves,
and will probably . he successful' in their laudable
purpose, though at present their meetings have all
the discordant elements supposed to be peculiar to
Democratic ward meetings. Bogus delegates are
detected and summarily turned out; natural ora
tors insinuate unsettled accounts against' other
orators who are .too ambitious t 6 be honest, and
there is a stormy time generally. The politicians,
as a matter of course, are already laying their plans
to obtain - influence'in the approp.chOg Union., but
none of them have any chance in competition with
the wily and omnipresent Fernando Wood, who is
ever ready to "pay for the Hall" whenever the
Workingmen feel like holding a mass meeting.
A POD OWING CASE .
of singular character is in course of investigation in
the United States Circuit Court, and may be'deemed
worthy of special note. The persons supposed to
,have been poisoned were three successive captains
Of a vessel called the Betsy Williams, sailing be
tween this port and Havana, and the person charged
with the poisoning is one Griffin, the first mate. A
seaman named Lees was first arrested upon sus
picion, but on his volunteering to turn States' evi
dence against the mate he was acquitted by per
mission of the District Attorney, and now testifies
against his former superior. The facts thus far
elicited seem to prove that the captains found their
deaths in some brandy kept in the cabin, and that
said brandy was prepared for the purpose by the
accused. The case is still on. ,
THE MOCK AUCTIONEERS,
who not long age were a plentiful disgrace to this
city, have faded from publit, one after another,
under - the vigilant pressure of the police, until only
one of the whole tribe remains, and he is in a feeble
state., of business in Park Row. And here let me
say that our present police force is by far the finest
looking and most efficient constabulary organization
this city ever knew. They are soldierly in their
prim and manly bearing, and to theta we owe such a
condition of public peace 'and quiet as New York
never enjoyed under any previous regulation. The
Board of Police Commissioners, headed by the loyal
and indefatigable Kennedy, holds each man to strict
account of his prescribed duty, and the manner in
which strict order has been preserved at all the ex
citing public meetings of the past year, no less than
the almost miraculous suppression of the scoundrelly
army of Peter Funks, attests the virtue of a depart
ment which the Copperheads are now petitioning
our weak-minded Governor to - overthrow.
THE "LEGAL-TENDER" DECISION
of the Supreme Court of the State of New York,
First district, whereby greenbacks are pronounced
not to be legal tender, occasions considerable discus
sion amongst the lawyers and students of the Con
stitution. The court affixing that . Government's
power is delegated from the Constitution; that the
Constitution prohibits the States from making any
thing but gold and silver coin a tender for. debt;
that the Constitution empowers the Governinent to
"coin money," but not to issue paper money ; and
that the act bf Congress empowering the Govern
ment to make a paper legal-tender, impairs the obli
gation of contracts, and is; therefore, unconstitu
tional. The principal and strongest point made
against this important decision is based upon the
argument that the permission from the Constitution
to "coin money" does not necessarily refer to metal
money alone, but must be taken in a widerconstruc
tion. ' •
THE THEATRES
begin to show slim audiences, save at the few
houses where sensational plays attract the bulk of
the guests of the hotels, "..The Duke's Motto," at
Niblo's, is drawing.about twenty-five hundred spec
tators per night, and does equally well at either of
the Bowery theatres, whei - e -it is given under
slightly different titles. Miss Catharine Selden's
venture. at 'Winter Garden, with Pray's translation
of IVlesenthal's iO Deborah," has proved an unfortu
nate speculation. Miss Selden appears to be no
thing more than an amateur, and the piece is
clumsy and miserably put upon the stage. Vestvali's
opera season came to an untimely end in , the mid
dle of the week, and is not likely to be renewed.
.HILTON'S CEIVIENT.-:- . -Had the seceded St.%Tes
adhered as closely to the good .old Union, as the
above•named preparation will adhere. to oily sub
stancee, even, ouvwhole country would now be in
the enjo3ment of peace and unprecedented prosperi
ty. The insoluble cement of the Messrs. Hilton
Brothers is certainly the beet article of the kind
ever invented. It should be kept in every manufac
tory, workshop, and house, everywhere. By its use
many dollars can be saved in the run of a year. This
Cement cannot decoinpose onbecome corrupt, as its
combination is on scientific principles, and under no
circumstances or change of temperature will it emit
any offensive smell. The various uses to which it
can be successfully applied renders it invaluable to
all classes. For particulars see advertisement.—
Providence Adtertivr. ' 1 •
A PARIS correspondent represents that the health
rf the Emperor Napoleon -ix failing. He is care
worn, wrinkled, end pale, and, it is said that his
long threatened spine: disease is gradually develop-
. .
A " great open-air meeting " was held at Sheffield
on the 26th, to consider memorializing the British
Government to " use ita good offices to, procure a
suspension of hostilities between the North and
South, with a view to arrangement of the difficulties
between them." The,Tirnes states that 10,000 people
were present. The meeting was by no means unani
mous. Mr. Roebuck, whose recent choleric speech
in Parliament, favoring of Southern recognition,
appear); to have provoked general ridicu'e, made
also a speech on this occasion. This speech, neither
eloquent nor able, is absurdly incorrect in its state-
Mente and inferences. Contradictory interruptions
were very frequent, and Mr. Roebuck's declamatory
gossip had difficult progress. We present a sample
of Mr. Roebuck's speech, as reported by the Times:
Gentlemen, the question we are about to discuss
Is one of the highest possible importance. I look
upon it simply as an. English question. Whale for
the interest of England, that we should do.- What,
then, are the circumstances under which we are
called upon to act? I will briefly describe there,
and beg you to bear, with - me while I do so, and
freely express my opinions to you. These opinions
have not been hastily formed ; they are not crotchets
of mine. They are the result of long consideration
of all the difficulties by which the question is ster
rounded. And, therefore, if I -have come to an in
correct conclusion, the fault is not one of want of
care that I have devoted to it. It is that in the weak-.
nese of my judgment I have come to error. Judge
for yourselves whether I am in error; but listen ,
while I explain myself. [Hear, hear.] Many - years
ago England .planted great colonies in America.
They raised themselves up to a great height. They
became three millions of people, and they then de-.
termined to separate from England. They declared
that they had a right to separate when they thought
fit• to do so.. [Hear, heard. They supported that
judgment of theirs by arms. They fought England ;
they beat England—[hear, hear)--they declared
themselves independent. [Hear, hear.] The' con
sequence of that is, that they established this
great principle among mankind, and when a people
are determined to throw off a yoke, whatever that
yoke may be, if they have the power, they have the
right to do so. [Cheers, and "no, no."] As many as
please may cry " No, rio." 'I am merely stating what I
believe. England resisted these peOple. Then came
France to aid them. France entered into an alli
ance with our revolted colonies. Thereupon we de
clared war against France. We carried on that war.
We were again beaten. We yielded the indepen
dence of America, and we made peace with France.
Then again we established another great principle—,
that when a people are fighting for their liberty it is
in the power of any other State—any neutral Power
—to ally themselves with the so fighting body. They
have a right to do so, and if they have the power to
maintain :themselves they are justified in doing
so. lam appealing to history. lam not talking
wildly. The facts are as I state them. The con
clusions have been drawn by mankind. Now,
after about eighty,, years of alliance, . the
. United States of America have separated in two. Al.
large body of these States, calling ,themselves the
Confederate States, declared that they would no
longer be allied to these United States, but would
make themselves independent. [Hear, hear.] They
are exactly in the position of the 'American colonies
with regard to England in the 1777. [No, no.] All
I ask is that you still hear me.. ["What caused the
eeparationW] I am accustomed to speak in a'de
liberative assembly, and the character of that as
sembly is this—that I may say things which the
great majority of them dislike ; but there is that
courtesy in that assembly, that they don't interrupt.
[Cheers,] They wait till I have done, and if they
think me wrong they endeavor to answer, me;
but they are not discourteous, -and they do not
interrupt me. [Cheers.] Then, I say, returning
to my argument, the Confederate States, when
they determined to secede, were in the condi
tion of the American colonies when they declared
that they were determined to be independent.
[" Slavery l"] I'll come to that by-and-by; but
don't be in such a mighty hurry. [Laughter.] They
separated ; and what was the feeling in England?
I'll tell you what my feeling was. • I know that
country. I have been there many years of my life,
and I learned a great deal while I was there. They
bad a future before them such as no people ever had
before. They bad a wonderfully fertile country,
intersected with great rivers. They began a free
people. They continued a free people. They
had English law, the English language, Eng
lish literature; and they were-placed in a position
such as was never occupied before. 'Their career for
eighty years was one of unparalleled prosperity.
But between them there has grown up a feeling of
antagonism. The South were determined to sepa
rate. They did- separate ;. and men in . England
mourned that separation ; and none more than my
self, because I believed:that if they did separate a
great check would be given to the advancement of
mankind. The North was separated from the
South, and the North began to act. And here b . :-
ginsthe lesson I want to read to you. I say I
mourned at that separation. But the North them
selves, from the very commencement, were so cruel,
so determined on empire—("hear, hear," and "no,
no")—so determined on maintaining empire, that
they forgot charity, they forgot Christianity;
they made themselves a spectacle to the world
of-cruelty, corruption and horror. (Cheers.) That
being the case, my melings changed; but I did ex-
Peet that the great power - e
denglisbmen. (Hear, hear.)
hey said, "We will vindicate to ourselves the
right to govern ourselves; and we will fight to the
deatit for our independetice." And they have fought
to the death. (Cheers. A voice—" Slavery.") They
hive conquered the North. (" Hear, hear," and
cheersi - and cries of No, no,ti) - i - And now I ask my
self if the time has come when Surrounding nations
shall do what we ought to do now—acknowledge the
South as an independent nation. (Great cheering,
and cries of "Never," and " Slavery.")
A resolution proposed by the Rev. - Mr. Hopps,
favoring Southern recognition, was carried (says, the
I d ondon Times) by an overwhelding majority.
BRITISH EULOGY OF STONEWALL JACK-
CFrem the London Times, May 26.]
The Confederate laurels won on the field of Chan
cellorvilie must be twined with the cypress. Proba
bly no disaster of the war will have carried such
grief to Southern hearts as the death of Gen. Jack
son, who has succumbed to the wounds received
in the great battle of the 3d of May. Even on
this side of- - the ocean the gallant soldier's fate
will everywhere be heard of with pity, and sym
pathy. , Not only as a brave man, fighting for his
country's independence, but as one of the most con
summate generals that this century has produced,
"Stonewall" Jackson will carry with him to his
early grave the regrets of all who can admire great
ness and genius. From the earliest days of the war
he has been , conspicuous for the most remarkable
military - qualities. That mixture of daring and
judgment which is the mark of " heaven born" gene
rals distinguished him beyond any man of his time.
Although the young Confederacy has been illustrated
by a ntitnber of eminent soldiers, yet the applause
and devotion of his countrymen, confirmed by the
judgment of European nations, have given the
first place to General Jackson. The military
feats lie accomplished moved the minds of peo
ple with an astonishment which it is only
given to the highest genius to produce. The
blows he struck at the enemy were as terrible
and decisive as those of Bonaparte himself. The
march by which he surprised the army of Pope last
year; would be enough in itself to give him a high
place in military history. But perhaps the crown
ing glory of his life was the, great battle in which he
fell. When the Federal commander, by crossing the
river twelve miles above his camp, ana pressing on,
as he thought to the rear of the Confederates, had
placed them between -two- bodies of his army', he
was so confident of success as to boast that the
enemy was the property of the Army of the Poto
.mac. It was reserved to Jackson by a swift and secret
march to fall upon his right wing, crush it, and, by
an attack unsurpassed in fierceness and.pertinacity,
to drive his very superior forces lack into a posi
tion from which he could not extricate himself ex
cept by flight across the river. In the battle of Sun
day Jackson received two wounds, one in the left
arm, the other in the right hand. Amputation of
the arm was necessary, and the Southern hero sank
under the effect of it, supported to the last blehis
simple and noble character and strong religious
faith.
[From the London Telegraph. May 27.
Add to the splendid valor of a Mu
rat the fervid faith of a Cromwell, andthe unbroken
success of a Havelock, and we have the captain
whose waiving sword and fearless voice the South
ern whites would have followed "to the pit." That
he never lived to exchange a. division for an army,
a flying corps for the massed columns of the field of
battle, may perhaps have been good for his•fame ;
but the leader who could find the weak place in
Hooker's line at Ohancellorsville, and hurle his
twenty-five thousand troops upon it so soon as found,
as Jackson did, would surely have ripened into a
renowned general. Assuredly the most fatal shot of
the war to the Confederates, whether fired by friend
or foe, wan that,which struck down the life of Stone
wall Jackson — a' soldiers every inch, of him, for
whatever cause he, contended.
TERRITORIAL DIVISION.
The Hon. Spencer:Walpole, M. P., speaking at
the annual dinner of the Royal Geographical Society
in London, alluded to the probable territorial di.
vision of the United States thus:. This he would
say, that if that contest which was now going on in
North America could ever be settled, it should be
settled by moral s social and political considerations
—by considerations, too, of a geographical (Maras.
ter, for States must be free to choose for themselves
the governments they - will have, and the only settle.
ment of boundaries they could make would be that
adopted by the 'treaty of Vienna, by which the
great rivers dividing States should be free. [Cheers.];
LFroirt the London Times (city article), May 27. J
The Confederate loan was dull during the morning
at 2 to 1 discount, but after regular hours the price
was 1 di.scotuat to par. It appears that liTr. Mason,
the Confederate commissioner, left London yester
day evening (25th) for Paris, and consequently in
creased strength has been imparted to- the rumors
lately circulated regardivy the probability.of Flinch me
diation. From Federal sources in London, there is
as yet, however, no symptom of 'an alteration itytone
such as to encourage a hope of the probability of an
early and reasonable efibrtfor a pacific adjustment.
- - - - -
CRACOW, May 23.—The Russians are concentra
ting troops along the line of the Petrikau, Cuens
-
tochowa, and Skierniwiee Railway.
It is rumored that Drenowsklstffered•a defeat on
the 18th instant, in the environs Of, (tersk.
The insurgents have had successful- encounters
with the BUSS tans at Babako, in the- district, of
Rawa, on the 13th, and at Resniewicze, In the same
district, on the 14th inst.
CRACOW, May 24.—Upon the 1541, Debrowolski
nad R desperate encounter with the Rutudana%at.
Lourko, hutwas compelled to retreat before supe
rior force..
After a sanguinary engagement, the insurgents
occupied Bawa, upon the 17th-inst.
The Rueeiane tied in disorderfrom Czerek toward
Warsaw upon the 19th.
Two engagemtnte, disastrous to the insurgents,
took place in the Palatinate of LUblin upon the 10th
and 20th instant. .
The Russians have committed barbarons atro
cities, and; are, plundering the whole of the Pala-
BRODY, May N.—The insurgents have gained con
siderable-advantages over the Russians in Volhynia.
They beat the Russians on the 15th at kfacknowka,
on the 3611 at Samordic on the 17th at Kamiaka
at the latter place a body of 800 Russians were
entirely cut to pieces. In the neighborhood of
Chmielniki 200 Cossacks were driven into - a - lake,
and moat of them drowned.
At Zytamir the peasants are so hostile to, the
Russians that they, lay hold of all who are sus
pected to be favorable to the Russian Government
and lodge them in the nubliejail. '2
Posuu, May, 23.—Two encounters have taken
place between the insu in
the district - of Kalisch. Russians
The fi and rst the
battle waa rgents :at
Klodawa. The Poles under Oborski, on this mica
sion inflicted great lose upon the Russians under
001.'llilferding. The other encounter took place
at Kleczew, "Where the Russians also lost- great num
bers in killed and wounded. The Polish leader here
was Dombrowski.
FRARKFORT, May :23:—The Europe of Frankfort
of this morning affirms.-that the proposal for a
European Congress has within the last four days
gained - ground. The three Powers will immediately
settle in London the- terms of prcipositions tp be
presented to Russia. ,
In a Cabinet Connell held
on the Kith, at Tienna,
under the presidency of the Emperor, it was re
solved that Austria will continue to adwith Eng
land and France.
STTJYVESANT
„ PRUSSIA.
BERLIN, May 21.—The Bitting of the Chamber of
Deputies WM opened", thia.morniug by President
THREE CENTS.
3BUTtOPE.
The American Question.
THE CONFEDERATE LOAN.
THE POLISH REVOLUTION
TIME WAR PREIS%
`'‘FHimasasp
Twa Was Pities will be sent to enbaeribms by
mall (per annum In advance) at' os
Three copier `!„ " 500
Five coins - 8 00
Ten .. • • • •• ' 15 00
Larger Clubs than Tett FIR be charged, at the semi
rate. $1.50 per copy.
The money must alwage accompany the order, and
in SO instances can these terms be &Mated from. as
they afore/ eery little more than the cost at the Taper.
Postmaeters are reaneeted. to set as /Ideate for
Tmi Wes Pane.
Air To. the getter-up of the Club of ten or Plecaty. an
extra copy at the Paper will be given.
GishOw before 034 o'clock, and immediately after;
wargthere appemeci atthe minister's table his Fa
.celleney IYi. von" Bfarnark. [Sensation in the,
Chamber.] The President announced that he ead
received a written cemnitlniention from the Pie
alter, expressing a wisitto speak before the order of
the day wan - entered upon'. The President aoSeda
to this renhest. Then seta lit. von Bisniark, "I
have a most 3igh message freim lillyrajesty the King
to read to the honorable House.' Thereupon the
honorable House got upon its legkat did' also'the
strangers in the r galleries, anti thentaaster-Presi
dent read as follows:
111=1
• Since that, in the &Ring of the llth the Presi
dents of the House of DC:tuticts claimed a right fo subject'
our ministers to their disciplinary poWer, n't-djtoliapose
silence upon them. the rights are thereby vitiated and
put in question, which pertain to our ministers; accord
ing to Art. 60 of the Constitution.
By their written corns of' the - Eth 'and'
11th inst., our ministers asked to be insured against thei
recurrence of the like lucid enty, and therebythey gave
the Chamber the repeated opportunity to deprive thy oC
currence cf the 11th inst. of all disturbing effect upon the
reciprocal relations, and to leave it only the importance
of an isolated case. The Chamber of Deputies. on Its
Part, has not met this conciliatory step. but has re
fused the [declaration asked for, and has indirectly
adopted the claim (acted upon by the Presidents on the
11th inst.) to a disciplinary power over our ministers."
The King, thereupon, advises the House to correct
its course, consistent with the dignity of the throne,
and the harmony of legislation. No more import
ant developments have yet transpired.' But the
House, no doubt, still insists upon etspericirity; and
the throne will be compelled to compromise;
ITALY,
THE KING OPENING PARLIAIGHtT.
TURIN, May 24.—Prince Humbert arrived here to
day at two-o'clock - from his tour in the Abruzzi.
The Italian Government is highly pleased with the
reception given to the son of Victor Emmanuel from
the day of the opening of the Pescara Railway till
;hp - return home,
Tumor,. May 22.—At eleven o'clock thieoncrrning
his Majesty opened in person the Parliamentitiy ses
sion of 1863 with the following speeCh :
“ :GENTLEMEN SExATORS, GENTLEMEN DEPUTIES:. In
opening the new cession as King. of Italy, I have to
thank YOU for what you have done daring a period of
upwards of two--years. Yon have secured the rights of
the nation to its complete unity, and I shall know how
to•maintain them in their integrity. •
"You first commenced your Parliainentary labors at
the time when Providence had taken from us the illus
trious "man who so powerfully- assisted me in the diffi-'
cult enterprise of our regeneration. All Italy shared the
sorrow which I felt for his loss. -
"Most of the foreign Powers have recognized that new -
kingdom." Our voice will male. itself beard among
theirs, for the triumph of justice and for the defence of
the principles of l i berty and nationality.
' The marriage of my.danghter with the King of Por- -
fugal, while consecrating a useful alliance between two
free States,•bas proved to me, as ever, that the joys of
' family-are also those of the nation.-
Treaties of commerce have been concluded with.
France, Belgium, Sweden. and Turkey, and'others are
abont to be negotiated with England and Holland.
Thus, by community of interests between the peoples.
friendly relations grow up between the Governments.
Within. two years from the campaign of the glorious
Sub-Alpine army, the soldier s of our new provinces have
been organized, and we are now proud of an Italian
armr, brilliant alike by its valor and solid in its disci
pline. , Our navy. rich with so many great elements,
and to the development of which you have devoted oh
nauchfsolicitnde, will equal is progress the renown the
army has attained.
-
ableyos ardent desire is, that the nation. own
to reckon with security upon the force of its
"arias, and that Europe should recognize this fact.
• Laterty'is producing its natural results of order and
prosperity in. all directions. If the public safety re
quires efficacious measures in some provinces, my G o
vermuent shall not fail in this supreme duty. The Na
tional Guards, who have already deserved so well of
their country, will contribate to this object by their
zeal. ."With With this same view France is ready to associate
herself with us in the adoption of military arrange
iannts whenever she perceives the opportunity. •
' Public works are carried on with activity in all the
provinces of .the kingdom. the Tronto has already
been passed by the locomotive, and. all parts of Italy,
already united by, feeling, will be still more berm.d to
gether by facility of commntication_
year most argent task is to consolidate the laws of
the Kingdom, at the same time fatoring the development
of all local forces
"Above all I recommend to the solicitude of Parlia
ment some arrangements relative to the reorganization
of the finances. The capitals of Europe have responded
to our appeal with confidence in the new order ofthings.
It is for us a debt of honor to reply to this confidence by
our promptitude to impose upon ourselves the necessary
sacrifices.
" GENTLF..3I - E3r . S.ENATORii, GENTLEUEN DEPUTTES To
consolidate-liberty, with the Constitution for its base
and by liberty to win the complete independence and
unity of the country—such is the end to which we have
cos sem ate& our life. To attain it, concord, wisdom, and
energy are equally necessary. Italyhas Shown that she
possesses.these qualities in the highest degree. By perse
vering in the - same path no human tome will be able to
destroy-the ediiiee we have raised; and it is with- entire
security and faith that I anticipate the hoar of the an.
complishment of the destinies of Italy."
Napoleon and Thiers.
ar. TRIERS' ADDRESS TO - THE ELECTORS
DZ. 'niers has addressedto the electors of Va
lenciennes the following reply to their invitatimito
come forward• as a candidate for that circum
scription :
GENTLEMEN . : I thank you for the honor- you . have
done me in proposing the candidateship of Valen
ciennes. The moment for deciding having arrived,
I declare to you-that, in spite of my repugnance to
return to public life, I accept that - candidateship
the apirit at once prudent xnd liter -
you to offer._
3C. PERSIGNY'S CII:CITLAR
Count de•Persigny, Minister ,of the Interior, has
a'ddressed the.following letter to the Prefect of the
Seine
PARIS, May 21, 186 S.
MONSIEUR:LE PIiRSET : I hasten to reply to the
report which , you address ro.,me relative to the ru
mors
.which are in ,circulation in the second circum
scription of .Paris, and 'according to which the... G
overnment, hesitating to'oppose M. Thiel's, thinks of
inducing his opponent, M. Devinck, to withdraw.
I authorize you to contradict these rumors in the
most categorical manner.
If 31. Thiers, paying homage to the grandeur of
the new empire, had presented himself to universal
suffrage as the friend of our institutions, the Govern- •
ment would have welcomed with sympathy his re
turn to public life; but from the moment that he •
has consented, at a meeting of the old parties solely
composed of declared enemies of the Emperor and
of the empire, to make himself their champion, he
has himself rendered imposiible the welcome which
the Governmentmight have been disposed to give to
the illustrious historian of the Consulate and of the
Erripire.
Whether 31.-Thiers presents himself to universal
suffrage with or without repugnance; whether he
consents or not to explain his attitude, there is no
longer any doubt possible. He henceforth remains
one of the representatives of a regime which France "
has condemned, and it is in that quality that the -
duty ofthe Government is to oppose hint.
M. Thiers is too honest a man for any one to be
able to accuse him of taking an oath which he does
not intend to keep. What M.. Thiers, however,
desires is the re-establishment of a regime which has -
been fatal to France and to himself—of a regime flat
tering to the vanity"of a few, and disastrous for the
welfare of all—which removes authority from its
natural basis to throw it as food for the passions of
the tribune—which replaces the fruitful movement
of action by the sterile agitation of harangues - -
which for eighteen years produced only impuissance
at home and weakness abroad, and which, having
commenced in street disturbance, continued amidst
the noise of such disturbance and ended in insurrec
tion.
No, Monsieur le Prefet, in face of aggrandized
France—of that France which has never become so
prosperous and so glorious as since M. Thiers and his
party have ceased to be in power ; in the bosom of
this great city, now the most tranquil, the most
wealthy, and the most beautiful:in the universe—
no, universal suffrage will not oppose to the Go
vernment, which has extridated the country from an
abyss, those who had allowed itto fall there.
Accept, &e., F. DE PERSIGNY.
THE WAR EY MEXICO.
General Forey s Reportoto Napoleon
[Paris (May 14) correspondence of the Saint Public of -
Lyons.]
The officer who was the bearer of the despatches
from General Foley, the moment he landed at
St. Nazaire, sent off the substance of them by te
legraph to the Emperor and., Minister of War.
Ae did not himself arrive in Paris until thia.morn--.
ing. He was immediately, received by the Empe
ror and interrogated at great length. The, particu- -
lar causes which retarded.. the success _of . the .
French arms before Puebla . are now known. The -
principal one is humanity. The inoffensive popula
tion had taken refuge in one-of the quarters of the
city, which the commander. of the French -army ~
wished, on that account, to-spare at any price, and
the precautions which he. was obliged to .take
very much impeded his operations. There ..was _
no want of ammunition, but as there is great
difficulty in obtaining• a. fresh supply, every
thing possible was done to husband what,- they
had, and not only-the- artillery but the _infantry
bad the most formal orders to be economical.
Lastly, the city was fortified . in a ;very, formidable
manner, and the siege of 'Saragossa is, perhaps, the only
one that can be comparect.to that of Puebla. Barricades
were thrown up in each street, of which those of
the faubourg St. Antoine, in ISIS, can scarcely .
give an idea. Each house.had its windows-defended
with roath-esses, and.-its flat roof covered a yard .
thick with earth, and. thus made bomb-proof. All
-these innumerable obstacles had to be removed, one
by one; the troops had to stop at every - step, and to.,
- make use alike of the musket, the axe...and dhe
spade. The Mexicangerrison, under the orders of Or
tega, fought with the,greatest bravery, but. aniong:the
besieged those who showed the greatest determina
tion were the condottieri of all nations,.who had
come to support the Juarez Government, or make .
war for their own. pleasure—desertere ..fronts,the
Spanish army of General Prim, English, Americans t .,
soldiers of Garibaldi, and even, it must be admitted,
some n-ench=fers in number certainly—hut led away
by , political passions. All these adventurers fought -
with desperation, and, although many were_ taken.
prisoners, others, preferred to perish rather.than,
-surrender, and blew up the houses in which they
were posted.
The Free Sentiment in Missouri.
In a speech at the Chicago Canal Convention,
Gov. Gamble, on- behalf of-the State of Missouri.
recognized the importance•-ot the .movement, and :
said Missouri desired to sacrifice everything.to the
Union. [Cheers.] Aminstitution which belongs! to
MiBBOUTi , and connects her with the South she her-.
self is about _to remove. [Cheers.] She feels the _
importance of the injunction, ig If thy righthand of
fends cut it. W.?' [Cheers.] That itis a fixed fact
that Ms to be done ' and done so as to be permanent,.
I do not doubt atall. [Cheers.]: Ihope that you.:
will use your influence, not merely to open thatea,
_nal, but that you will give to your people a"true
preesion of the deep, the abiding.detennination.and.
loyalty of Missouri in adhering to the Union, and,
consecrating her all to it. [Cheers.]-
_
Gen.. Schofield, in a letter. to a personal friend,.
writes the following:
-You were right in saying that- LAVSEL an anti-_
slavery man, though not an Abolitionist, before .the .
war. These terms have greatly changed their - rela
tive meaning since the rebellion broke dut
gard universal emancipation as one of thenecessary
consequences of the rebellion, or, rather ; ac. one of-
the means absolutely necessary to , a complete,
restoration of the Union ; -and this becenseclavery -
was the great cause of the rebellion,. and the only
obstaclein -the way of, a perfect Union. Thaper...
ception of these important truths is.spres.ding with,
almost astonishing rapidity in this State. I hare.
great hope that the State Convention, which, meets,
on the lOth inat., will adopt soma measure for the.
speedy emancipation of slaves. If so, our difficulm_
ties here will ba substantially at an end. -
When the popular mind seizes.a great principle.
and resolves to carry it into execution, it hecomes,
impatient of the restraints imposed by:existing ;avec,.
and in its haste to break down the. barrier. which
stands in the way of its darling object becomes, ree.
gardlees of all law, and anarchy is the result. This.
is
-our difficulty here. The people will have freedom.
for the slave. No law of the United States, nor...of
' Nihon:Rai, nor' yet any order of the Rreiddent,
meets the case: The loyal slave owner demands that
his rightalinder the lava be protected. Let sic have
an ordinance of the State Convention- which
satisfy the demands of the popular mind; and no:
loyal manwill murmur. -
You can imagine with what deep interest I look,
forward to the legal settlement of thisuestion, m
deeply involving the success of the grea t cause, for
• the time being entrusted to my care. ,
In Arkansas and other States to.which the Pres/.
dent's Proclamation applies, so far as-I have otk
served, no such difficulty exists. The loyal people
accept the decree without a complaint, perfectly wib,
ling to give up all they have, if must be, for the
Unron. So much the greater honor is due them, for
their cheerful sacrifice, because they do not, and
cannot be expected to appreciate and. understaud
the principle of freedom as it titaprenedNott tit
loyai heart of the North. - • , -
sion of my
A. TRIERS.