TICE PIT.EI3,
PUBLISHED DAILY (SUNDAYS EXCEPTED).
"BY4OHN W,FORNEY.
OFFICE. Ito. 111 SOUTH FOURTH STUNT.
whir. DAILY PRESS,
FIFTEEN:CENTS PER WEEIC, payable to the carrier.
Mailed t o tobeoribere out of the City at SEVEN DOLLARS
PER jorNow, TARES DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS FOR Sti.
2tloNrits. ONE DOLLAR -AND SEVENTY-FM, CENTS FOE
*bums Kampf istvariablY in'advaece for the time or
dered.
livertisements inserted at the rental raterf. 8t
tine , CO nB , ti , tW square .
THE TRI-WEEKLY PRESS,
Mailed to subecribera out'of the City at Foul DoLLARB
Paa kairtrit, to Adyauee.
WATCHES AND JEWELRY.'
CLARK'S,
602 CHESTNUT STREET;
IS THE CHEAPEST PLACE IN THE CITY TO BUY
•GOLD -or PLATED JEWELRY. ~8 L WER-PLATED
'WARE, PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS, POCKET-BOOKS,
'TRAVELLING BAGS, Sic: - •
Call and examine our Stock , before purchasing else
where.
The following is a partial list of goods which we are
Awning from 20 to 100 per cent. less than at any other es
dablialunent in the city :
ICE TITO EI ERS.•
SYRUP-PITCHERS.
CREAM PITCHERS. •
SUGAR BOWLS.'-
.EI I TTER COOLERS.
cors.
CASTORS.
t 'WAITERS.
CAKE BASKETS.
CARD BASKETS.
' SALT.STANDS.
TOBACCO BOXES.
' NAPKIN RINGS.
FRUIT KNIVES.
"TABLE SPOONS.
DESSERT SPOONS.
'TEA SPOONS. •
SUGAR SPOONS.
.SALT SPOONS.
• DINNER and TEAJORKS.
k. - BUTTER KNIVES.'
CYSTER LADLES.;
, GRAVY LADLES.
SETS IN GREAT VARIETY.
- 113BACELETS. . , .
BRNASTPINS.
•CHATALAINE CHAINS.
M
OII EDAL ABO
LIONS CH aINS.
-CHARMS,
• •TBIMB
R LES. ‘i• -
INGS. • „i t .
` , GOLD pnis.
COLD,PENCILS.
COLD TOOTHPICKS. '
CENTS' PINS, beautiful styleti.
GENTS'.CBAINS. •
SLEEVE .BUTTONS.
STUDS.
" . •
- ARMLETS.
NECK-CHAINS.
POCKET-BOOKS.
TRAVELLING BAGS. . • -
ALBUMS. •
OMAR GASES.
.- CARD CASES, &a. •
Cail-early and examine the largest and cheapest stock
-*I Goods in the city.
D. W.....CLARK'S. -
602V.CIIES MUT STREET.I
SF - IP - LEY, HAZARD. &
N4.":11.11 CHESTPTHT STREET,
1:10 4 ,1r.,:111ISSION DIEROHANTS,
FOR THE SALE OP
PIIILiDELPHIL.ILDE GOODS.
mh.4l-6m .
PLATED I,SCREgin s aIINDEES, I JOHN T. BAILEY & CO.
W A-TC?
. 11 E L S ,
411:113T EMT* Pliß STEAMER. BIIROPA.
WATCHES. ,
• LADIES' SIZES, OT NEW STYLES.
• SILVER ANORREI AND CYLWABES.
GILT .iINORES AND CYLINDERS
Tor 'Sale at Low Rates to the Trade, by
D.• T. PRATT;
60.7 CHESTNUT STREET.
F I .Isr , B WATCH „REPAIRING
46111 Mg attendeitto, by the most experiencedworluiez
sad even , welsh warranted for one year. '
G. INISSNLL,
111 North SIXTH Street.
VULCANITE JEWELRY: JUSTEII
oetvid. a handsome assortment of Chatelatri Amd
Vest Chains. PinsaPensils, , and for sale at very low
Priced. , RIISSOL,
ap2ls-tf . A2l North SIXTILIRn*. -
O.
"N„Ls.
• Impoiter and Wholesale ' Dealer in r -
FINE WAT.CHE§ AND JEWELRY,,.7 . ? -
• 'No 7L7 CHESTNUT Stiliet.
. .
(3p-stairs, opposite Misonie Temple.)
—l3es now open A .
LARGE AND COMPLETE sToolr;- - ; ,....
EMBRACING.
...B. HOWARD & CO.'S PINE AMERICAN WATRES.
GOLD . CHAINS, GOLD SPECTACLES, THIMBLES,
AND
PINE ',TBWELRY OP EVERY DESCRIPTION.
m927-tanT2 - .
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J . CI: FINAIEWS . t
. 1
F E GOD ?ENS;
_
THEEST ~I'.pit, l N USE,
.014.A_LE N. ;ALL Sin & znyM-Sm '
,
'TINE 'GILT , Q.ONEBS
IN wirgrby VARIETY.
IMITATIONS OF:PEARL ANDiSPORAL.
3. CL'F
No. 71% C4S,SiittrT Street
my22-atil
LeArTgk
♦ full itwortraent,,all sizes and style&
J. O. FULLER,
zro: m ELESTatrT Street my22-Sixt
MUSICAL BOXES.
I.,pr.SHELL AND ROSEWOOD. OASES;
playing. from Ito 12 hums. otoiceSVera midAmeri.
eau melodies. FARE & BBOTHER„ ImPorters.
art 3A4 CHESTNUT Street. below Fourth.
GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS.
" - NOS. 1 AND 3 N. SIXTH STREET,
PHILADELPHIA,
JOHN-O. AIIRISOII,
(ioninuisx 7. BURR ROORICI
IMPORTER AND DEALER IA
GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING GOODS,
MEAPTUFACTURER
OF THE IMPROVED
WBAPPERS,.
COLLARS, -
BATIRFACITION GUARANTIED. m3,22-too4
VINE SHIRT AIANUFACTORY.
The enbfieriber would invite attention to hie
IMPROVED OUT OF SHIRTS, •
leh he makes a specialty in hie business. Also, 11011,.
ntantly_receiving,
NOVELTIES FOR GENTLEMEN'S WEAR. • .
J. W: SCOTT,
GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING STORE,
No. Sl4. 'CHESTNUT STREET,
ja.lo-tf - Four doors below the Continental.
SEWING MACHINES.
SEWING. MACHINES.
THE " SLQAT" MA.OHTNE,
WITHGRAM PRESSER FOOT.
• NEW STYLE BRAIDNIL
aid other valuable improvements.
/LSO, -
THE TAGGART & FARR MACHINES.'
airmey -- 0991 CHESTNUT Street mh.9-tf
"PAINTINGS, ENGRAVINGS;' asc.
TAXES S. EARLE & SON,
aikrt4),BTBRI3A.XD NAAIIYAMT,IIRIIRS 01
LOOKING GLASSES.
OIL PAINTINGS.
•
ENGRAVINGS,
, • ,PORTRAIT, -
• • PICTURE, And .
• • . • . PROTO.ORAPE MUM
PHOTOGRAPH. ALBUMS.
SMESIVIL LOOKING GLASS WAREROOES AND
GALLERY OF .PAINTINGS, .
:11111 pIIESTNIIT 6trest..Philadelphis..l
FAS FIXTURES, dm.
617 "On SWIRL
O. A.. VANlgall & 004
..xpqrIA,OVOBRO OF
OIBA•ND'ELIEES
. AND ,CITHEE
OAS FIXTURES.
Alco, Preach Bronze rotes and On:temente, Tortola*
dad /111.6 Betides. end a variety of
FANCY GOOD S; '
. ; ,.
WHOLESALE AND BETAI-L.
Mass all and szandse tooh
HARDWARE AND CUTLERY. "'':
4RD W AREI
11
" CLOSING OCT AT
OLD PRICES;
or a *HEM
Tho ,MALI HOIJSE, oClMPrising a
14.1161 ASSORTMBNT
Ax.p KINDS OF GOOD&
4111-31ARKET and 416 COMMERCE Strode. '
FURNITURE age
PABINET FURNITURE AND -
%I 'psi) TABrati. - ' - • -
'• ' , MOORE it CAMPIO - bi:
• • ,
11114: 151 South .nI.OOICD 'Street'
somseetton With their extensive Cabinet bus iness,
,liese, are
.
MeV aufacturinat a superior article of ; 7
BILLIARD TABLES ,
end have now on hand a tall supply, finished With - th e
MOORS & CAISPIOST'S imrstovED cusmoNs, _
Which are pronounced by all who have need them to be
superior to all others.
Yor.tha quality and finish of these Tables, the mann
ft, darns refer to their numerous patrons throughout the
Union; WWI' me familiar with the shame* of -Ahab'
Work. migi-fin •
MMADEIRA WINE.-175 QUARTER
AT+=•aithicalind toota*es, kid received per "Lana.
and for sale in bondby • -
.1511.A8. B. & JAMES OARSTAIRS.
ap24 Isl 6 and 2/ GRAMM etteetik
PATTERN SHIRT.
UNDERCLOTHING, dre.
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VOL. 6.7-NO. 269.
WOOD AND WILLOW WARE.
FRY &
•"- WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
WOODiAND WILLOW WARE,
01" NORTH FuURTH STREET,
Nearly opposite the Merchants , Rotel,
. ' PHILADELPHIA.
Where they hit . ye just opened. with a large and entire new
stockof goods in their line, consistin A in part, of
Broome, Oil Clothe, uhilOren'a Gigs,
Buckets, Floor Cloths, Tor Wagons and
Tubs. • - Window Shades, Carts,
Chortle; Curtain Fixtures, Hobby Horses,
Baskets, Mats. ' Velocopadee,
'Bruehes, Clocks, Fly Nets,
Wash Boards, Bird Cages.. Wrapping Paper.
Clothea Pins, t.ieves, - • Paper Bags.
Measures, - Tie Yarn, Blacking,
Cordage, Wick, Matches,
Sm., &a., ,ko."
We also keep 'an assortment of R
WATER COOLERS, and . rktovni ,
which we offer at the lowest market pi
CLOTHE.* WRINGERS.
CLOTHES WIIINGERSi CLOTHES
WRINGERS !
The andersigned have been appointed sole ag,ents for
the sale of the " EMPIRE CLOTHES WRINGER," the
latest improved cheapest, and most darable Wringer
made; warrented in all cases. An examination will con
vince any-person -, Ligltheir,,,superharity over all others.
Price ss,andeS6.i,Person — niving : at- a:distance can have
them forwardedby P&piess ;Or , otlietWise, by . remitting
the priceof-theiirAtMilyzitalit'.
.461 A libere3Afeconnt made to Agents and those who
purchase to sell again.-
FRY 8,7
31 NORTH FOURTH_ S'rERET,
Philadelphia, -
COMMISS ON ROUSES
PHILADELPHIA
- "BAG
MANUFACTORY
BURLAP BAGS OF ALL SIZES,
FOR CORN, OATS, COFFEE, BONE DUST, Eco.
SEAMLESS-'BAGS,
Of standard makes. ALL SIZES, .for gale cheap, for net
sash on delivery. • .
- - --:GEO„"GRIGA3',
slas-sm mi. 1119 aitd . ll . CHTFRCH Alley
SAGA AND BAGGING
-0? EVERY DBIiORIFTION.
N 0.113 NORTH FRONT STREET,
WOOL BAGS FOB SALE.
.148-ths
CLOTHING.
JOHN KELLY, JR.,
TAILOR,
REMOVED FROM WM CHESTNUT sizunrn
EDWARD P. KELLY'S.
14% South THIRD Street.
Where he presents to former patrons and the public
the advantages of a STOCK OF GOODS, equal if not an-
Parlor, to any in the city—the skill and taste of himself
sad EDWARD P. KELLY, the two hest Tailors of the
eity-rat pricee much lower than any other Arst-elass esta
blishment of the city. apl-tf
Fine di;thing,
• - . FOE
. -
Spring end Summer..
"
WINAMASER.kgROWN
S. E. eor- 6th _Ss Market.
ALSO.
Medium . and • Common
cOrRADES,
cut I,..and Blade in
Fashionable Style.
'SOLD AT LOW . PRIM
BLACK CAS& PANTS, $5.50,
- -At -70 e MARKET. Street.
BLACK CASS. PANTS, :50, At 704 MARKET Street.
BLACK CASS. PANTS, 50, 'AL - 704 MARKET Street.'
BLACK-CASS. PANTS,' 50. 'At 704. MARKET Street.
BLACK CASS. PANTS . *5. 50. At 104 MARKET• Street.
GRIGG • & VAN elm N'S. No. 704 MARKET Street.
GRIGG A VAN GIINTEN'S, , No. 704 MARKET Street.
GRIGG & VAN GIINTEN'S, No.' 704 MARKET Street.
GRIGG & VAN GUNTEN'S,., No. 704 MARKET Street.
GRIGG A . 'VAN GUNTENTI. No. 704 NARK= Street.
mh22-6m . ' - . :
CARPETS AND OIL-CLOTES.,
CLOTHS AND
WINDOW SHADES.
PABRIAGE, TABLE, - STATE, ANIY.FLOOR
OIL CLOTHS,
IN COTTON AND LINEN FABRICS
QUALITY•AIm STYLE UNSURPASSED.
WINDOW SHADES,
COMPRISING EVERY VARIETY Of RR* AND ORI
GINAL DESIGNS. PLAIN and ORNAMENTAL.
.Thesagoods will be mold to Dealers and Manufacturers
at much' below the _present swim of stock,
THOMAS' POTTER,
MANUFAOTURER OF OIL CLOTHS AND
WINDOW
,SHADES,'
999 ARCH Street, Philadelphia. and
49 CEDAR and 95 LIBERTY Streets:New York.
myl2-2m
H B
r EXCELSIOR" HAM§
ARE THE BEST IN THIS WORLD
NONE GENUINE UNLESS BRANDED
"3. L M. & CO. PRIMA. EXCELSIOR."
J. 33c. DEECIAMNEII
CiENERAL PROVISION DEALERS,
.OIIRERS OF THE CELEBRATED
P..2r- 4C 3EI S "
- .
.
BIIGAB-CURBD- HAMS,
Nos. 14% and 144 NOrth non Street.
Between Arch and Race streets, Philadelphia: '
The justly-celebrated "EXCELSIOR" HAMS are wed
hi J. H. M. k Co. Ca a style peculiar to themselves) ex-
Pressly for FAMILY USE, are of delicious flavor, free'
from the unpleasant taste of salt, andnre pronounced by
epicures superior to any now offered for '
40,0001b5. TUB,
• .s. PULLED,
Common, Medium and Find
-.
PELTS.
1,000 DRY WESTERN. •
AU will be - sold lOW. to'ClosiiOnsignMerita,
WOOLEN YARNS.
30,000 km 20 to 30 cents; superior makes.
COTTON YARNS.
40,003 lbs. Nos. 10 to 20,-in wan...bundle, and
4.7% . oop.; best standard makes. •
N. Et-lt:nrnif at:e9st of Oredrietion day of pirchasing
ALEx:,..tivitriaiDlN do SONS,
. 18 NORTH - .FRONT , STREET.
UMBRELLA ; - CLOTHS.
&eases 80-Inch Biclisione Co.
~, 5 cases 27-inch Social ; Co.
.8 cases 27-inch Plain Print
MATT HE W BINNEY'S SONS',
My29-Int BOSTON. NM
t-A
• 441 r t
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THE REBEL PIRATE COQUETTE.
Fonr Vessels Decoyed by a Signal of Dis
tress a:ifd - Afterwards Burned off the
Virginia Capes.
THE VESSELS BOUND FOR PHILADELPHIA,
' EFRIGERLTORS.
I ON SAFES, all of
prices jel-lm*
[Frcm Philadelphia Excliange Books
Captains Munday, Prohcick, and Ireland arrived
at this port yesterday afternoon, and make the fol
lowing reports regarding the .capture of their re
spective vessels by the Confederate privateer, for
merly the brig Clarence, of Baltimore. Capt. Fro
hock, of the brig Mary /Urine, says he sailed from
Boston June Ist, with 3,200bb15. commissary stores,
bound to New Orleans ;atB A. M., on the morning
of the 9th inst., lat. 34.25, lon. 74.23, saw a brig
standing westward. When she came in our range
she set - the American flag at half-mast. Taking it
as a signal of distresie I stood, for her and hove to.
She sent on board; a : boat with six men, who said
their .vessel was the brig Clarence, of' Baltimore,
forty days out from Rio de Janeiro, for Baltimore,
and wanted pork, beef, and bread.
'While the officer in command was Making these
requests, he was approaching the quarter-deck with
his rtAn, and having reached it they dnew theft. revol
vers, and said that myself and crew_ 'were prisoners,
and my vessel a prize to the Confederate States . ; they
gave us fifteen minutes -to' leave the brig, with the
privilege of taking each a small bag of ,clothes rad
soon al we were traniferred to the privateer my ves
sel waihurned ; they took nothing from her except
' nautical instruments. Soon after a ,brig from the
.North hove in sight; the privateer gave chase till
dark, without catching her; while.on board the Co
quette
..
(or Clarence) T was informed of - the capture
of the baOL Whistling Wind (before, reported) ; also,
that they had a- few, days previously captured and
burned a'schooner whose name was not mentioned.
Captain Munday, of the bark Tacony, reports :
Sailed from Port Royal on the 7th inst. for Phila.
delphia,in ballast.!?. On the morning of the 12th,nat
5.30 A. ,111., lat. 37, lo .nt 75 W.; madea brig ahead With
fl
the American" flag 'set in diatress.', After 'getting
underher stern he hailed the bark and asked if we
could furnish him with one day's water, laying he
was flfty.tive days put from Rio de Janeiro, and en
firely, out of weter t mfd Ifwould do him a great - favor
IT giving him.encnigh.to last till he got to the Chesa
peake. Seeing nothing' auspicious -looking about
`him, I told him I would grafit his request with plea
sure. We hove to, and he Senta boat with an officer
and five men, whom the,officersaid he-had brought
to assist in getting-out the water, so as to cause us
no detention.
At this time all my men were on deck, when the
officer turned on me and, with his, men, drew their
revolvers. The"ollicer put his revolter to my face,
saying I was a prisoner and my vessel a prize to the
Confederate States. We were then ordered on
board the: brig, which was called the Clarence, of
Baltimore.
Captain Ireland, of the schooner BT. A. Shindler,
reports : Left North Edisto, C., on. the 9th inst.,
in ballast, for Philadelphia ; on the morning of the
9th inst. made` brig and bark ahead, both hove to . ;
came up with, them about 7-A. M., when the brig set
the American flag at the main topmast head; I paid
no attention to her till she fired a gun; I then hove
to, and was boarded by an armed boat's crew from
the brig, who, with revolvers in hand; tole= w'e
were prisoners, and my vessel .a prize to* the. Cor
i-federate States. We were then sent on boar:111u;
brig, with the vessel's paiciers, which were'not ex
'mined. Soon' after 'my vessel was set on flre:,..and'
was still inflames,when last I saw her.
In addition to the'above we learn From Captain
Frobock that the Clarence or Coquette privateer
was armed with. four 12-pound guns. On the night
of the lath inst., , a lead•colored steamer was sighted
by the privateer, and -supposing her to be a Federal
cruiser, they hove overboard three of their guns, and
hid the fourth in the cabin to avoid suspicion, in case
of being overhauled ; but the steamer passed without
noticing the rebel.
All the daptains agree that while
of
they
were welitreated, but receivednone'ef their - clothes,
which were promised them. Captain . Shindler says
they even kept his watch.
We have no statement yet of the captain of the
schooner-Kate Stewart, of and for Philadelphia,
from Key West, but we are informed by the parties
above mentioned that his vessel was captured eta
the 12th instant, and all the prisoners from the other
vessels' were put on board, and probably arrived in
tbis city during the night. • • •
It is alio importaid to mention that the crew of
the
,privateer, with and all her Ema il ..
nition,ilee., were transferred' life barkinTacony,
which ii 3 now a privateer. She is a vessel of 37 . 5
tone, painted black, with bright masts, Very raking,
and Moak' tops,,, in her , present trim she is a fast
sEdler,; She hailed froniFhiladelphia, and was valued
The .brig Mary, Alvina; hailed; from Boston, was
266 tons burden, and valued at $14,000.
The M. A. Sheudler was .100 tone burden, hailed
from Philadelphia, and was valued at about $lB,OOO.
, .
The Bate Stewart was released, upon giving a
bond for $7,000.
Captains Munday, Frohobk, and Ireland, landed
at Cohansey, from the Kate Stewart, and arrived in
this city after much difficulty. They return their
sincere thanks to the captain of the Kate Stewart
for the kindness shown themselvei and their crews
while on board his vessel.
The commander of, the pirate is Charles W. Reed,
Of Jackson, Bliss., 'Who represented himself as .a
lieutenant commanding. He is a light-built man,
and light complexioned, and not disposed to be com
municative. _ • -
We learn that the • brig Clarence, captured by the
Florida, and made a tender to her,. changing her
name to Coquette, was armed at this port by Mr.
Joseph Crosby. She was bound f.mm Rio de Janeiro
With only 230 bags coffee to Baltimore, having sailed
onsthe 17th April.. .
Se the-Floridaand Coquette have been sailing i n
company, and the direction of the latter was north
east from the scene of the recent captures, and,
therefore, towards our own coast vicinity, this last
naval demonstration of the rebels may reasonably
inspire some apprehension.
A Flag of Truce—Abusing the Mall—Rebel -
Reports' of the Cavalry Battle—A Heavy
Loss Admitted Stuart's Headquarters
WASHINGTON, "June 13.—The latest information
from the Rappahannock is up to noon , to-day.
A letter sent by Stuart in response to .one from
General Pleasanton, asking for a flag of truce, in or
der to bury our dead,and proVide for the.wounded,
says, in effect, that the have been bttried, and
the wounded well cared for. The prisoners have
sheen sent to Richmond, but no report of their names
had been kept in camp. He therefore declined the
fiag'of truce for suchTurposes.
Yesterday morning one of our balloons was fired
at by the rebel's near Banks' ford. No harni was
done, but a sudden descent was the consequence.
The mail privileges to the Ariny of the POtomac
hate been greatlyabused by unprincipled specula
tors. Two days ago,Gen. Patrick seized five or six
large bags of obscene books, gift packages, and other
articles of similar character,nthiah, it was elairnet
by the senders, - the Post Office Department was
obliged to forward by mail.
There wail a roll of sololeather, weighing proba
bly forty pounds, for a private in one of the batte
ries, for - his own With a cent stamp: only upon
it. . Such practices .will " be prevented and puniehed
in the future. .
The execution of Private Woods, of the 19th In
diana Regiment; for desertion, was fixed for to-day,
but' Was postponed; owing to his regiment being in
motion: r
A - despatch from General Lee, dated Culpeper
Court House 'June 9, claims that Stuart drove the
Federals back on that a day, after hard fight all day.
G
eneral Fitzhugh Lee is reported severely wound
ed ; , Colonel Williams,`of the North`Carolina naval-
: ry, Colonel, Hampton; a brother of Wade Hampton,
anffbaptain Harley, of Stuart's staff,' killed on the
Mh.. , A loss of prisoners is also admitted. -
The rebel loss at Brandy - Station is variously,.
stated. The informatiOn it the provost marshant
office at Culpeper on tite:Morning of the Bth• says-
"about Iwo hundredrebelS were killed, wounded, or
prisoners ; but some put the figures higher and some'
lower'
The Federais gained so much ground as to capture
Genital Stuart's
. headqUarters, near Brandy, andF.
also Brandy Station, and, We. , understand, destroyed
some stores there. • . • _
SKIRMISH AND CAPTURE'BY' PENNSYL-,
VABIA REGIMENTS.
Wasnii&rox, June 13 The' Pennsylvania
Cavalry and Sith-Pennsylvania. Infantry, with one
section of artillery, hid a skirmish-. With some four
hundred rebel cavalry yesterday afterneon near
Middletown, Va. The 13th,,skirmished with the
rebels fora short time, and drew them into an am
buseade of the 87th'Infantry and the artillery. Eight
of therebels were killed, -a nUmbeiwounded, and
thirty-seven, including a captain and tWo lieu
tenants, taken Prisoner!. There were no casualties
on our side. s- •
[ Middletown is between Front Royal - and Win
chester, about twelve miles'south of the latter place.]
THE REBELS AT ' CULPEPER
NEw Yrtn, June 13 .=-:A special despatch from.
,o
Washington to the Esening Post says : "The enemy
have made no demonstration at . Culpeper, though it
is certain they are in heavy force. Their design will
probably be disclosed in "a dalcer,
THE CAVALRY BATTLE.
- General Hooker has ; published the fellowing
cular•to his soldiers :
HEADQUARTERS AIMYOI, THE P0T011.4.0,== =
' Wednesday, June 10, 1863.
Brigadier General Pleasantowin command of a•
cavalry force numbering, about 6,000, supported by,
the column of infantry under theeommand of Gene
rals Russell,and Ames, yeaterdayled a~ severe en
gagement,near Brandy Statiou r with .the enemy's;
cavalry, estimated at 12,000 men, in,whiph he so se.,
riously crippled the enemy that.they were Unable to
follow. him, when, atthe close of the; day, he re ,
.turned - to' the north at ;
side of the RaPpediannock.
General Pleasanton reports , that hie men behaved in'
the 'Most gallant_ manner; handsoniely`driving. baok.:
'superior forces of the enemy . Over two"' hundred".prisoners and one battle 7 fiag were captured.
'WILLIAMS • -
= • Militant`Adjutant' Gerieral;''
MONDAY, JUNE 15, 1863
THE CREWS ARRIVED
PHILADELPHIA, June 13
ARMY OF THE POTONAL
PIIILA_DELPHIA., MONDAY, JUNE 15, 1863.
THE SIEGE OF VICKSBURG.
Congratulatory Order of General Mc.
Clernand.
HEADQUARTERS 13T11 ARMY CORPS, Battle-field,
In rear of Vicksburg, May 30, 1863.
[GENERAL ORDERS, NO. 72.]
COMRADES : As your commander, I am proud to
congratulate you upon your constancy, valor, and
success. History affords no more brilliant example
of soldierly qualities. Your victories have followed in
such rapid succession that their echoes have not yet
reached the country. They will challenge its grate
ful and enthusiastic applause. Yourselves striking
out anew path, your comrades or the Army of the
Tennessee follo,wed, and a way was thus opened for
there - to redeem previous disappointments. Your
march through Louisiana, from Milliken'a Bend, to
New Carthage and Perkins plantation;on the Missis
sippi river, is one of the most remarkableion record:
Bayous and miry roads threatened with momentary
inundations obstructed your progress. All these
were overcome by unceasing Tabor and unflagging
energy. The two thousand feet of bridging which
was hastily improvised out of materials created on
the spot, and over which you passed, must long be
remembered as a. marvel. Descending the Missis
sippi still lower, you were the first to cross the river
at Bruin's Landing, and to plant our colors - in the
Stateof Missiesippi,belowWarrenton. Resuming the'
advance the same day, you pushed on until you
came up to the enemy near Port. Gibson. Only re
strained by the darkness of-the night, you-hastened
to attack him on the morning of the Ist of May, nd,
by vigorously pressing him at all points, drove him
from his position, taking a large number of prisoners
and small arms and five pieces of cannon. General
Logan's division came up in time to gallantly share
in consummating themost valuable Tictoryworlsince
the capture of Fort Donelson.. •
Taking the. lead on the morning ,of the 2d- you
were the first-to enter Port Gibson, and to . hasten
the retreat of the .enemy from the vicirritY of that
place. 'During *the'enauing night, as a consequence*
-of the victory at Port Gibson, the enemy spiked his
guns at Grand Gulf and evacuated that place, re
ming upon Vicksburg and Edwards'. Station. . The
fall of Grand Gulf was solely the result of the vic- .
tory achieved by the land- forces at- Port Gibson.
The armament, and public stores captured there are'
but thejusttrophies of. that victory. - -
Hastening to bridge the south branch of Bayou
Pierre st Port Gibson, you crossed on the morning
of the 3d, and pushed on to Willow Springs; Big
Sandy, and the main crossing of Fourteen-mile
creek, four miles from Edwards' Station. -A de
detachment of the enemy was immediately driven
away from the crossing,' and- you advanced,.passed
over, :and rested during the •night of the 12th within
three miles of the enemy, in large force at the sta
tion.
On the morning of the lath, the objective point of
the army's movements 'having
. been changed - from
Edward's Station to Jackson '
in pursuance of an
order from the commander of the department, you
moved on the north side of Fourteemmile creek
toward Fraymond.
This delicate - and hazardous movement Was exe
cuted by a portion of your mumbers under cover of:
Bovey's,Division, which made a, feint of attack in •
line nf battle upon Edwards" Station. Too late to
harm you, the enemy attacked the rear of that divi
sion, butwas promptly and,deciaively repulsed.
Reeling near Raymond that - night, on the morning
of the 14th you entered that ' , place; one division
moving on to Mississippi ppringe, near Jackson, in
support of Gen. Sherman, another to Clinton in
support of Gen. McPherson. a third remaining -at
Baymond, - and.a fourth at Old Auburn to bring up
the army trains. '
On the:lsth you again led the advance toward
Edwards' Station, which once more becanie the ob
jective point: -Expelling the enemy's picket- from
Bolton the- same .day, you seized and held that im
portant position.
On the 16th you led the advance in three.columns,
upon three roads, against Edwards' Station, Meet
ing the enemy on the way, in strong force, you hea
vily engaged him near 'Champion Hill; and after a
sanguinary and obstinate battle, with the assistance
of General MePherson's corps, beat and routed him,
taking-many prisoners and small arms, and. 'several
pieces' of cannon.
_Continuing to lead the advance, you rapidly pur
sued the enemy to Edwards' Station, capturing that
large quantity of public stores, and many
prisoners and small arms. Night only stopped you.
At day dawn on the 11th you resumed the adiande,
and , early comlng upon the enemy, strcinly en
trenched in elaborate works both before and behind'
'Big Black river, immediately opened with artillery.
upon him, followed by a daring and heroic charge at
the point of the bayonet, which, put hint to rout;
leaving eighteen pieces of cannon and more than a
thousand prisoners in your hands. . .
By an early hour on the morning of the lath you
had constructed a bridge across the Big Bladk, and
had commenced the advance upon Vicksburg.
On the /9th, 20th, and 21st, you continued to recon
noitre and skirmish, until you had gained a near ap
proach'to the enemy's works.
On the 22d, in 'pursuance of the order of the
commander of the department, you assaulted the
enemy's defences in front at 10 o'clock A. M. and
within thirty minutes hid' made a lodgement and.
planted your colors upon two of his bastions: This
partial success called into execeise the highest
heroism, and was only gained by a bloody and pro
tracted struggle. .Yet it was , gained, and-was the
first and largest success gained anywhere along the
whole line of our army. , -
For nearly eight hours, Under a scorChing sun and
destructive lire, you' firmly held your footing; and
only withdrew when the enemy had largely massed
4heir forcea, and concentrated their 'attack upon
How and why the general assault failed it would
be useless now to explain. The lath - army corps,
acknowledging the -good intentions of all, would
scorn indulgence in weak regrets and -idle crimina
tions. According justice to all, it would only, de
fend itself. If,' while the enemy was massing to
mush it, assistance was asked for by a diversion at
other points,: or by reinrorcement, it - only:asked
what, in one case, Major Genered Grant,had f speui l
finally • amrperemptorily ‘ ordered, namely,.simulta
neous and - persistent-attack all. along our lines, un:,
til Abe enemy's outer.worksshoUld'lMearried;;•and
what In the other, hy roassing,a strong;force in,ttme
upon a weakened point,would . brave- probably in
surecisuccess. - •
COMRADES :-You-have done much, yet something
more, remains to be_done. - The== enemy's` odious de- .
fenceststill block youraceess Ao Vicksburg.. Trea
son still - rules that 'rebellious city, and closes the
Mississippi river against rightful use by the millions
who inhabitits' sources and the great Northwest:
Shall nut the flag float over Vicksburg? Shall not
the great," Father of Waters" be opened to lawful
commerce? "Methinks the emphatic response of one
and all of you is, "It shall be so !" Then let us
rise to the level of a crowning trial! Let our com
mon sufferings and glories, while uniting us as-a
band of brothers, rouse -us to - new and surpassing
efforts ! Let us resolve upon success, God helping.
VS. . - -
I join with you, comrades, in your sympathy for
the wounded and sorrow for the dead. May we not
trust—nay, is it not so—that history will associate
the martyrs of this sacred struggle -for law and
order, liberty'and justice, with the honored martyrs
of Monmouth and Bunker Hill?
JOHN A: ITCOLEBNAND,
Major,General Commanding._
THE"MARCH :BETWEEN: THE. BLACK AND
YAZOO
WASHINGTON, June 13.—The following,extracts
are from the letter of an officer, dated Haines' Bluff,
Miss., June 1, and which to-day was received in this
" We reached here yesterday after'a week's march
up between the Black and Yazoo rivers. The object
of the expedition was to destroy the resources-of the
country to prevent the enemy from subsisting. their
armies ; and to drive , out any force he might have in
that region, and, ifpossible, to ascertain it the enemy
was concentrating in any considerable force for the
purpose of raising the siege of•Yicksburg.
" We had six brigades, numbering something over
ten thousand men. We have Marched 'over a hun
dred- miles in, a• week, during the hottest kind of
weather.. We destroyed all the forage and supplies
and cotton, and
,drove. : off all the cattle, horse% and
mules, between.the two lines, for a distance Of fifty
miles. We met-no considerable body of the enemy;
and had only one or two slight skirmishes ; but we
ascertained _where the enemy were concentrating,
and gained much valuable information, which mar
be of use hereafter.
"The commanding general - having .
reported" to
General Grant, the latter came this morning to
Hain& Bluff, and seemed well, satisfied with , our
operations. • '
"It was made our'painful but imperative duty to
destroy everything—corn, cotton, meat, mills, and
cotton gins—that-we could find, sparing only the
dwellings, and .a small supply of provisions for each
family. This is bringing the war, home to, the
people, and making them realize their own crime in
bringing its calamities upon the country:
" The conamand will rest here for a day orlo and
then, return , . to Vicksburg; which' cannot hold: out,
very Jong against _our forces. .They. can raise no
force to make natively the
REBEL. REPORTS.
W.saurrraTOrr, June 13..-L-Thefolicivring despatches
are taken from the Richmond papers of the'llth
instant
• JacKsOrr; June 9.—Oufscouts report that the ene
mrs pickets around Vicksburg are ten miles deep,
and every mean% of approach isclosel guarded.
The greatest courage and care is required -to reach
Vicksburg.. Grant communicates with :the fleet by,
signals, seen night and day, betokening movementa,
it is thought. -
The firing of the enemy's mortars has been heard
at intervals of two seconds, all night, and continued
this morning
MURFREESBORO, -June la. —,The Chattanooga.
Rebel of the - 11th contains the following despatch
JACKSON, Miss., June 9.—As officer who was cap
tured by Grant, but who subsequently made his
escape, arrived here this morning. He reports that
the Yankee army is muchilepressal in consequence
of Johnston massing a heavy force, and , by the fact:
that certain death awaits them. - Their -officers ac
knowledge certain defeat or annihilation. •
VICKSBURG: A SEBASTOPOL. . •
A. letter has been received in Washington from
Admiral Porter, bearing witness.lo the desperate
fighting qualities of General-. Grant's; army: He
says that Vicksburg is as strong as Sebastopol, and
this judgment , is based upon actual observation there
'after the :taking of the Malakoff. - - •
JOHNSTON IN- POSSESSION OF YAZOO
CITY-rAi LARG-E • FORCE SENT TO DIE.
LODOR HIM.; •
k Special despatih; .1 - unesth, to the Chicago Tri
bune,from Walnut' Hills, near Vicksburg, contains
the following:"
•
Joe Johnston took possession of Yazoo - Oity on
Sunday last. .General Grant Bent a large force to
dislodge.him, and a skirmish took place between
our infantry and the rebel cavalry under' Gen. John
Davis, at Satartia, on the east shore of, the Yazoo,
fifty miles. above the mouth. • -We. took thirty or
forty prisoners, and" had a few wounded: Our
cavalry are in hot pursuit-of the rebels, who only
fired one volley, and then fled.
This news is doubtless'kindred to that of General
Kimball's" expedition, which encountered` Wirt
Adams' cavalry, but appears to . ,be a more significant
statement.
DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF.
THE SIEGE OF PORT HODSON;
Marina Order by Gen. Banks—A Rebel Ca.
Nxw Tenn, June 13.—The steamer George Wash
ington arrived to-night from New Orleans. She
brings no news, except an order from Gen. Banks
that no steamers from New York will be allowed to
pass the quarantine without a special-order' from
'the commanding general, unlosa it be a Mail ship . ,or
transporting - stores for the Government. This It
made necessriry by the continued refusal to transport
the soldiers ) mails except upon inadVeable condi
tions. The orde,r will be rigorously enforced. There
is no further nevi's Mini Port Hudson,
Mr: urine, June th—The 211ississimitss of> the:4th
and M details b the ht at Port Hudson,• and says
that Kirby Smith drove .Banks in confusion, he
leaving his dead and wounded on the field. Accord
ing to that paper Smith was pursuing Banks on the
sth instant. . •p; • • . '• • • • .
The above report it wbolly:ttabr,i,s,Proili l l
adviceas by yrailiflretir:Cigeans,,aad .
.thelllebbmind of W 1 . 11 1 11 .10*
no Breiii Port:BUONO* •)“
, TRE.STOII , MINGVOF-PORT- HUDSOKV:
our it
fought with•great courage and determination, but
the negroes, on trial for their race, and subjected . to
the fiercest ordeal, are, from the nature of circum
stances * conspicueue.. Since the first, account of
their heroic conduct, there have been many ungene
rout attempts to disparage them, but General
Banks, in his official report, gives them the highest
praise, and, in a fuller narrative of the siege ttian
has - yet been published, the correspondent of the
Times describes their terrible valor :
THE BLACK REGIMENTS.
Hearing. the firing, apparently more fierce and
continuous to the right than any where else, I hur:
tied in that direction past the sugar house of Crili
Chambers, where I had before slept, and advanced
,to near the pontoon bridge across the Big Sandy
bayou, which , the negro regiments had erected, and
where they were fighting most desperately. I had
seen these brave and hitherto despised fellows the
day before, as I rode along the lines, and 'I had seen
Gen. Banks acknowledge their respectful salute as he
would have done that of any white troops ; but still
the question was, with too many, "Will they fight?"
The black race was, on.this eventful day, to be put
to the test, and the questiod to, be settled, now and
forever, Whether or not they are entitled to assert
their right to manhood,
Nobly; indeed, have they acquitted. themselves,'
and proudly l may every colored man hereafter hold
up hie head and point to the' , record of those whO
fell on that bloody field. - JJ
Gen. Dwight, at least, must have.had the idea not
only that they were men, but something more than
men, from the _terrific teat to which ,he put their
valor. Before any impression had been made upon
the earthWorke of the enemy, and in frill face of bat.
teries belching forth their 62-pounders, theie devoted
people. were rushed forward to encounter grape,
canister,' shell,..and musketry, with no artillery, but
twoemall howitzers—that seemed mere popluns to
. their adversariel=and :no reserve whatever.
Their , forcesconsieted of the Ist Louisiana Native:
' Guards,,(With colored field officers,) under Lieuten
ant Colonel Bassett, and the 3d Louisiana Native
GuardsoColonel Nelson; (with white -field officers,)'
the whole under the charge of the latter officer. -
On going into action they were 1,080 strong, and
formed into four lines, Lieutenant Colonel Bassett,
Ist - Louisiana,'forming the first line, and Lieutenant .
Finnigas the second. When ordered to
. charge unto theworks, they did -so with the skill
and nerve of eld veterans,(black people, be,_it
membered, who had never been in action hefore,) brit
the fire from the rebel guns was so terrible upon the
-.unprotected =masses that the first few shbt. mowed
th mdown like grass, and so continued.
- Colonel Bassett being driven back, Colonel Mim
i.
gas took his. place, and his men being similarly cut
to 'Vices, Colonel Bassett reformed'. and recom-,
menced ; and thus these brave people:went on from
morning until 3,1c.P. M. under the' most hideous
- carnage that men ever had to withstand, and that
very few white ones would have had nerve enough
to encounter, even if ordered to. During this time,
they ',rallied, - and - were ordered to paha sin distinct
charges; losing 37 killed, and had 165 wounded, and
116 niissing,the majority; if - not all, of these being,
in alb Probability, nowlying dead on.the gory field,
and'Withoutthe rites of sepulture for when, by a,
flag,of truce, our forces in other directions were per
rnitted, to reclaim their dead, the benefit, through
some neglect, was not extended to these black regi
ments.
The deeds of heroism performed by these colored
'men. were such .as the proudest white men might
emulate. Their colore are torn to
and
by shot,
and literally bespattered' by blood and brains. The
color sergeant of the lit Louisiana, on being mor
tally. ivounded, hugged the colors to his-breast, when
a struggle ensued between the two color corporals,
on each side of him, as to who should have the honor
of bearing the sacred standard, and during this gene
muff ;contention, one was seriously wounded. One
black lieutenant actually mounted the enemy's
works three or four times, and in one charge the-as
saulting party came within fifty paces of them. In
deed,- if only ordinarily supported by artillery and
reserve, no one can convince us that they would not
have opened a passage through the enemy's works.
Captain Cailloux, of the Ist Louisiana, amen eo
black - that heactually prided himself upon his black
ness, di&the death of a hero, leading on hie men in
the thickest of the fight. One poor wounded fellow
canikalong with one arm shattered by a shell, and
jauntily swinging it with the other, as he said to a
friend - of mine "Massa, guessl earn fight no - rnore."
I was with one of theircaptainslooking niter the
wounded going in the rear
of the hospital, whenwe
nuft'one limping along toward the front. On being
asked where' he was going, he said : "I been shot
bad-in de leg, captain, 'and dey want•me to go to de
hospital, but--I-guess I can gib 'mil some more yet."
I could go on filling your columns with startling facts
of this kind, but I hope I have told enough to prove
that we can henceforth rely upon blackarms as well
aa white in crushing this infernal rebellion. I long
ago.told you there was an army of 250,1300 men ready
to, leap forward in defence of freedom atthe first call.
You now know where to' find them; and what they
afe , worth.
, Whose fault it is. I know nocbut it is painful to
state that in the midst of all this carnage, when men
in eVery form of horrible mutilation. were being.
sent to the rear, after fighting as very few white
Men could have fought, not a single ambulance or
stretcher was there to gather theWtorn and lace
rated bodies.`. These men are soldiers of the United
Stites, bravely fighting, for their country, and. not
bee stfl, being, sent to the shambles. I muah
mistake the character of our peeinle if -they do not
henceforth insist that: they shall have the humane
treatment due to every soldier, no -matter-what the
color of his Orin:
:Although% repulsed in an . attempt which, aline - led
asthings swore, was all but 'impossible, these regi
ments, though badly cut up, are still on hand, and
burning.with a passion ten times'-hotter; from their
fierce baptism of blood. Who knoWs but that it.is a
black hand which shall first plant the standard of
the Bepublie upon,the doomed-ramparts of Port
Hudson 3.
AUGUR'S ASSAULT—COL. BARTLETT'S .
Having arrived at the edge of the woods, a large
open field presented itself to view, about a mile in
"length from left 'to right, and "ak..least half st_mile
A11.1)010 . 6 where the rebel' batteriere stood bristling
With , meriand cannon::-Across - thiefieldlhe assault
WasJo be made. _ A more difficult and hcirrible teak
was never: required , of brave men. Ther entire sur
face of the field was recently a dense forest, and the
trees, fallen in places, had ao interlaced 'their stumps
and branches'with the thick brushwood beneath 'as
to form 'EL barrier all but inipassable.' But there lay
the enemy's works right in front, stretching entirely
across the open'space, and across that dreadful inter
val of half a mile was the only approach to them.
Such an• impediment was enough to daunt the
stoutest hearts, but our men•are not made of ordi
nary stuf. They had been told "..Port Hudson must
be taken to- daft," and at it,thiy - went, in highest
spirits, their brave general go,big into the thick of it
on foot, as it did , notseem possible for &horse to'ad
vance one step through such rubbish.
As soon, as the men emerged from the wood, the
enemy, no doubt delighted at..finding them in the
very trap they had laid for thairiso invitingly, com
menced upon them a murderous tire from three
pieces, of artillery, with grape and shell, accompanied
by musketry. So incessantly was the latter kept up
that it was evident they. Led two whole regiments
lining the:fortifications, one to fire while the other
was loading..
The result is easily imagined. =lt was not war, but
downright slaughter ;;• as much so as when a battue
of pheasents are driven into an enclosure for sports
men's practice.
Amazing as the story will sound, one man was
found dauntless enough to enter that dreadful place
on horseback, and that .was that brave youngofficer,
Col. Bartlett, of the 49th Massachusetts. Having
previously lost.' a leg'on the peninsula, he was una
-
Ole to go on foot, and therefore ventured on horse
back, where it, might- have been difficult to:get any
' sane man to follow, end was to be seen floundering,
among the interlacing . rubbish to his horse' neck, in
the thickest of the fray, and 'waving his sword to
cheer on -his men, who were dashing forward with
impetuosity, and returning fire• as best they could.
Even the rebels were awed into respect by so sub
' lime an exhibition of valor. ." Who, in God's name,
-.was tliatinan on horseback 1" inquired the rebel offi
cer, of Captain Cutting,
,nne-of General Augur's
staff, during an interview respecting the burial of
our dead. On being told his, name, "That walla
brave man," said the rebel 'officer; "we were so
strUck by his conduct that we gave orders not to
shoot him." He was shot, however, one"ball pene
trating his, wrist, and another his other leg, but for
tunately only, slight wounds. • .
Our men - had not adVanced'far before it was seen
that they had an impossible taslebefore them. Still
, on they tvent,some of-.them coming.% within a-few
yardi of the batteries 'only to meet certain .death.
' The mortality was fearful. The gallant and much
beloved Colonel 'Chapin, after getting nearly up, to
the brerietworks, was -shot in the leg, but still went
onward, and received a mortal wound in the breast.
Lieutenant Colonel: O'Brien also fell while bravely
leading oxilds men'.
THE SITUATION.
Lit not' your readers ,be, distrustful of success
merelyon account 'of these temporary reriulaes,,and
imagine that they fortrode anything'likefaidure.
-With-such, means of encompassing our object;,as` I'
now . see passing around me, there can be no such word
as:fizit: The - .unsuccessful.efforts of the 27th were
only reconnoissances in force—far, Coitlier, certainly,
_ than - they need have been -, —but still only reconnois
sances.- Our army is literally under the walls of Port
Hudson, in some cases so near:that the enemyfs guns
cannot point them, and every time a rebel gunner
" dates to show his -head he is popped off as surely, as
We have .silenced several of their guns, killed and
wounded some 280 (so deserters -report), taken neve
ralprisohers, Ind jiave:been for, several days and
nights keeping:up an incessant fire upon them with
- our skirmishers, and breaking - their„slumbers with
' shells spasmodieally. bursting; among them. One
poor officer told one of ours that he had been - on duty
eighteen nights in succession, and that no relief could
be - allowed'. to the , garrison. :They seem - to have'
plenty to eat, and the men look uncommonly well"
• but they are sadly•in want of. ammunition; as they
bang at us with , railway iron,, challis, ten-penny
nails,' serew-heads, and, any piece of,
metal they can
find-I-not neglecting either to pick the powder,
from theiinexploded shells which our river " buin
mers >, treat them to from-timato
Putting these facts together, and adding - to thern
those tremendous engines and schemes of destruc
tion—which I know are in preparation, but to which
I must not allude—nobody here doubts what is to be
the ultimate fate of Port Hudson. Their stubborn
-resistance -can :be attributed.to only one of two
things=either to tire us out, and then cut their way
through us - (as they . haVe attempted 'once or twice,.
but failed),nr to ' the hope , of being able to hold out
-.till reinforceMents come up to them: But both these
anticipations are futile,.and we feel scriVell prepared
:for the one emergencYas the other.' Again, I repeat;
I hope to find my way:back to :New York via Cin
cinnati, and to. come along the mighty Mississippi,
once again opened to . ..commerce and prosperity..:
ARMY .OF THE CUMBERLAND,
The Executed:Sides
.X1:111FE.RES130110, June 13:—Captain Thompson,
of General 'Rosemarie , "staff, under a 'flag 'of truce,
delivered the effecter of the two spies Ming at Frank
lin,"TennesSee, to Lieutenant Colonel Webb, of the
61st Alabama, this .evening.., One of the party rte.
'ceiving the flag remarked, See, you have hung two
. of our spies.' , He then added that one of them,-Or
ten, was his particular friend, and Inspector Of-Con
structions on Wheeler's stalf,'but as Orten , was pot
entitled to an adjutant, he - did - not <know the man
Peters. Be also, admitted that the execution, wail'
just and in accordance with military-law.
Ilichmond papers received .in Washington report
all quiet at ,Shelbyville„,
Kentucky.
LoursvlLLE,'June 13.—About one hundred rebel:
cavalry intercepted a train of-cars- carrying. horses
belonging to.the Government: at Elizabethtown to- ,
day, and captured sixty of the horses and: , burned
three cars.. The ,othce of ,the Adams Express Was
broken open, and sl,7ooin Money, a gold watch; and :
a diamond ring' stolen They - then fled , ; while
troops are in pursuit
,The Stevedoies ,,, Strike,.
NEw , , Yonic, June -13:—The Government official'
lave set the deserters to work•loading thetransporte
.have
strike ot,the stevedores, and have a con-.
pany,of rmulare to protect thtm. • •
FOitiess-1 10 44 - r9P. • •
PorrrnEss Mormoic, June 13.—The flag-of-truce
steamer• 'New York,: from Oity Point, has, arrived.
Sh‘6 tillage the 'Engin& and Austrian.oonsala.
Wood Race.
CINCINNATI,
—•• . .
raciasravr, June 13.—The Woodlawn MC* ,at
'Louisville, yesterday, was won bl the Maid of Ash
land in two straNght heats, Time 5,36 and 6, 36,
Pi ESIDENT LINCOLN ON ARBITRARY
_ _
ARRESTS. •
The President, the Democracy, and Mr'
Vallandigham.
The President of the United States, in .answer
to a memorial of the meeting held at Albany on the
16th, to protest against the seizure and confinement
GI Mr. VallandighaM, has addressed a remarkable
I letter to Non. Erastus Corning and other represen
tatives of the meeting. The resolutions of this
meeting declare that Democrats are determined, in
despite of adverse and disheartening circumstances;
to de - vote every energy to sustain the eauee.of Union,
and to • secure peace through victory, but demand
.
that the Administration shall be, rne to, the Condi.
tution, and everywhere outside of the lines of neces
sary. military occupation, exert all its .powers to.
. . ,
Maintain the supremacy of civil over militaryslawe
The President's- reply, characterized by hie, well
.
known sincerity, answers the question of the neces
sity,, constitutionality, and-atriotism of hie acts
• ExNenTIVE MANSION,
WAsnilrroN, June 12, 1863.
Hon. Erastua Corning and others:
GENTLEKE.N; Your letter of May 19,, enclosing the reso
lutions of a public meeting held in Albany, New York,
on the 16th of the same month, was received several days
. -
. n
The resolutions, as I understand them, are reeoly'aere"
into two prepositiens—nrst, the expression of, a purpose
,to sustain the cause of the Union, to secure peace through
victory, and to support the administration- in every con
stitutional and lawful measure to suppress the rebellions
and secondly, a declaration of Censure upon, the Adminis
. tration -for supposed unconeitutional action, such as the
making of military arrests. And, from the two propo
. sitione, a third is deduced, which is that the gentlemen
composing the meeting are resolved on doing their part
to maintain our common Government and country, de--
spite the folly or, wickedness, as they may conceive, of
any Administration. This position is' eminently patri
otic, and as such, Ithank the meeting, and congratulate'
the nation for it. My own purpose is the same, so that
the meeting and 'myself havea common object; and can
have no difference, except in the choice of mane or
measures for effecting ehat object.
And here Fought to close this paper, and would close
it, it' there were no apprehension that more injurious
consequences than any merely personal to myself might
follow the ceneures systematically cast - upon um for do
ing wb at, in my view of duty, hoould not forbear. .The.
resolutions promise to support me in every constitutional
and lawful measure to , suppress the rebellion; and I
have not knowingly employed, nor shall knowingly em
play, any other. But the meeting, by their resolutions,
assert, and argue that certain military arrests, and pro-
ceedings following them, for, which I am .ultimately re
sponsible. are unconstitutional. I think they are not.
The resolutions quote from the Constitution the defini
' lion of:treason, and' also the. limiting safeguards and
guarantees therein provided for the citizen on trials for _
treason, and on his being held to answer for capital or
otherwise infamous crimes. and in criminal prosecutions,
his right to -a speedy and public trial,by an impartial •
Y. They proceed to resolve " that these safeguards .
of the eights of the, citizen against the pretensions of
arbitrary' power were intended more especially for his
protection: in times of civil commotion:".And, appa
rently to demonstrate the proposition, the resolutione
proceed: "They were secured substantially to the Eag
les-1i people after years of protracted civil war, and were
adopted into one Constitution - at- the close of the Reap-
Julien." Would not the demonstration have been better
if it could have been truly said that these safeguards
had been adopted and ap plied during :the civil wars
and during our Revolution, instead-of- after the one
and at the close of the other ? - I, too, am devotedly for
them after 'civil war and before civil war, and at all
timas, " except when, in cases of rebellion and inva
sion, the public safety may require" their suspension.
The resolutions proceedito tell us that these sefeguards
'Shave stood the test of seventy-six-years-of trial, under
our republican system„ under circumstances which
I show that, n bile they constitute :the. foundation of all
free government, they are the elements of the enduring
stability of the. Republic.” - -No. one denies that they
have so stood the test up, to the beginning of. the present
rebellion, if we except a certain occurrence at New Or
leans ; nor does any one question that they will stand
the same teat much - tenger safter the rebellion closes.
But these provisions of the Constitution have no applica
tion to the case we have'in hand-, because the arrests
complained of were not Made for treasone that is, not
for the treason defined in the Constitution, and upon the
conviction of which, the-punishment is death; nor yet
were they made to hold persons to answer for any-cap:-
tat or ctherw ise infamous crimes; nor were the pro
ceedings following, in any constitutional - or legal sense,
criminal prosecutions. The arrests were made 'on
totally different grounds, and the proceedings following
accorded with the grounds of the arrests. Let ui Gen
eider the real case with - which we are keeling, and ap
ply to it the parts of the Constitution plainly made for
each chem. - . .
Prior to my installation here it had_ been inculcated
that any State had a lawful right to secede from the na
tional Union, and that it, would he expedient to exercise
the right whenever the devotees of the doctrine should .
fail to elect a President to their, own liking. I was-elect
ed contrary to their liking; and, accordingly, so far as
it was legally possible, "they had taken seven States out
of the Union ehad seized many of the United States forts,
and had tired upon the. United States flag, all before
-was inaugurated, and. of corse, before I had done any
'official 'act whatever. The'rebellion' thus Mein soon
ran into the present civil war; and, in certain respects,
it began on very unequal terms between the parties.
The insurgents bad -been preparing for it more than
thirty years, white the Government had taken no steps
to resist them. The .former had carefully considered all
the means which could be turned-to their account. It
undoubtedly was a well-pondered reliance with them
that in their own- - unrestricted efforts to destros'
Union,- Constitution, and, law, all together; the::
GOvernment would, in -great degree, be restrained by
the same Constitution and law from arresting their pro
gress. Their sympathizers. pervaded all departments of
the Government and nearly all communities of the peo
ple. 'From this .material, undercover of "-liberty of
speech," • • liberty o f . the press..' and :habeas corpus, "
they hoped- - to keep on foot' amongst us a most efficient
. corns of epieseinfoemers, suppliers, and eiders and abet- -
tors of their. cause . in a thousand ways. They-knew.
that in times' such as they were. inaugurating ' by the
Constitution itself. _the- habeas oneness might be ens
pen ded ; but they-also knew they had friends who would -
make a question as to t 01,20 was to suspend it; meanwhile
their spies and others might-remain at large to help
on then-cause. Or if, as -has lippened,, the Execu
tive should suspend the writ, without ruinous waste
of time, instances of arresting innocent persons might -
occur, occur, as are always likely to occur in . such cases;
and then a clamor could be raised in regard to this,
which might bee at least of some service to the
insurgent,cause. It - needed .no-very keen perception
to ,discover.this part of the enemy's programme. so
soon as by open hostilities their : machinery was fairly
put in motion. Yet, thoroughlyimbued with a reve
rence for .the. guaranteed, rights, of individuals, I was
slow to adopt the, strong - measures which by degrees I
have been forcedto regard as being within.the exceptions
of the Constitution, and as indispensable- to the public
-safety. Nothing is better known_ to history than - that -
courts ofjustice are . utterly incompetent to' such cases..
Civil courts , are organized chiefly for: trials of indin
viduals, or, at most, a few individuals acting in concert,
and this in quiet times; and 'on charges of crimes well
defined in - the law._ Even. in, times of peace bands of '-
horse-thieves and robbers frequently grow too minter
out and powerful for the ordinary courts ofjustice. But
what comparison in numbers have such' bands ever -
borne-to .the insurgent sympathizers, even:in many of
tam loyal States? Again, a jury too frequently has at
least one member more ready to hang the panel than to
hang the traitor. And yet, again, he who dasundes one
man from volunteering, or induces one soldier to desert,
weakens the Union 'cause as much as he who kills a
Union soldier in battle. Yet this disseasion or induce
ment may be so conducted as to be no defined crime of -
which any civil court;would take cognizance.
Ours is a case of rebellion—so called by the resolntions
before me—in fact, a clear, flagrant, and gigantic case of
rebellion; and the provision of the Const - tution that
." the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be
snspeeded, unless when; in case of rebellion or invasion,
the nubile safety may require it." is the provision which -
specially applies to our - present case; This provision
plainly attests the understanding of those who made
the Constitution, that ordinary courts of justice are in- -
adequate to " cases of rebellion;" attests their purpose
that, in such cases; men may be held-in custody whom
the conrte, acting: on ordinary, rules, would discharge.
Habeas corpus does not discharge men who are proved
to be guilty of defined crime; and its suspension is al
lowed by the Constitution on purpose that men may be
arrested and held who cannot be proved to be guilty of
defined crime. when, in cases of rebellion or invasion,
the public safety may require it. " This is precisely our
Present case, a case of rebellion, -wherein the public
safety does require the suspension. Indeed, arrests by
proces of courts. and . arrests in cases of rebellion, do
not pro ceed. altogether upon the same basis. The former..
is directed at the smell percentage of ordinary and con- _
tinuous perpetration of , crime, - while the latter is
reeled at sudden. and extensive - uprisings- against the -
Government, which, at most, will succeed or :fail in no
great length Of time. In the latter , case, arrests are
made, not so much for what has been done, as for what'
Probably would. be done. The latter is more for. the
preventive and less for the vindictive than the former.
neneh cases the purposes of are much-more easily
understood than in cases of ordinary crime. ; The roan
who stands by and says nothing when the Peril of his
Government is diecuse.ed, cannot be misunderstood. If
not hindered, he is sure. to help the enemy ; much-more,-
if he talks anthigootisly, talks for his country with
- "buts" and "ifs" and." ands. " Of - hoer little value the
constitutional provisions P have quoted will be ren
ders d, if arrests shall never - be made until defined crimes
shall have been committed, may be illustrated by a few
. notable examplee. General John C. Breckin_ridgee Gene
ral Robert E.. Lc*, General Joseph E.-Johnston, General
John Magruder, General William B. Preston, General
Simon - B. Buckner, and Commodore Franklin Buchanan,
now occupying theesery,highest places in the rebel war
service, were all within the power of the Government
• since the rebellion began, and were nearly as welt known
. to be - traitors then as now. Unquestionably, if -we had
seized and held them, the insurgent cause , would be
- much weaker. -Bet no one of them had then committed
any crime defined in the law. Eyery one of them, if
arrested, would have been discharged on habeas corpus
were the writ allowed to operate. In view of these and
similar cases,- I think the• time not unlikely to come
when I shall be blamed for having made too few . arrests .
rather tb au too many. n e e -
By the third resolution the; meeting, indicate their
opinion that military arrestie May -be , constitutional in
localities where rebellion actually-exists,
.but that such
arrests are-unconstitutional in, localities where yebel
ineurrectinn -does .not --actually - exist.' They
insist that such-arrests shall. not be. made "outside of
the 'lines of necessary "Ailitary. occupation, - and the
, scenes of :inairrection." Inasmuch, leawever, 'as the
Constitution- itself makes, no-such distinction, I am"
' unable to believe that there is any micheconstitutional
, distinction. 4"
I connede that the class of arrests com
plained, of can be constitutional only when, - in -cases
of rebellion or invaeion e: the -public safety may require - _
them: and I insist that, in' such cases, they are consti
, national:wherever thepublic safety ,doessrequire them e
as ;well in places tcswhich they may- Prevent the rebel
' lion 'extending, asnii those where it may ,he already
Prevailing; as well where they may restrain• mischie
vous interference, with, the raising and- supplying- of:
armies tO suppress the eebellion, as where the rebel
lion - may actually be f'as .where ..they may - ree
strain the enticing ,men outo of the , army, es where
they would prevent mutiny inethe army; equally con
. stitutional at all places. where they .will conduce to
the public safety; as' - against the' dangers of rebellion
or invasion,- Take the particular case mentioned by the'
' Meeting. it is asserted, is substance, that Mr. Yellen
< digham waseby a military coirrmander, seized and tried,
".for me ether reason than words addressed - to a:public
' meeting, in criticism of the course of the Administration.
:sand in condemnation of the military orders of the gene-,
rel."- Nowe le there bey no - mistake . about this; if this .
, assertion is the truth, and the whole truth;, if there was
'Me other reason - for the`arrest: then I' Concede' that the
arrest:wait wrong.: •But iliearreet; as I understand, was
made for a very different, reason. Mr. Vallandigham
. 1 avows his hostlity 'to the war on the' part of the Union;
and his arrest was-made - because he was laboring( with
&arm effect,' to prevent .the raising of troops: - to encon
rage desertions fronithe'army, and to leave the rebellion
without an adequate military force to suPpreseit He
was not arrested because he was damaging the political
prospecte of the Administration; or the personal intercistse
of the commanding general, but because he was damaging
e the army, upon the existence and vigor of which the life of,
themation - depends. - Hewes warring upon the military,-
and : this gave tie military constitutionaleurisdiction to
;lay hands upon him. If Mr. Vallandigham was notda
;Diluting the Military power of 'the country, then his . ar
- rest was melte ontriistakeof fact, which I amulet be glad
com act on resmonably satisfactory evidence.
I understand the meeting, whose resolutions I am con
sidnringe to be in favor of suppressing the 'rebellion by
.military force—by armies. Long experience has' shown
;that armies cant ot be' maintained unless desertion shall
he puniehedeby the severer penalty . of death. - The case
requires, end the law and the Constitution sanction,
thieepunishment. Must I- shoot a simple-minded, sol
dier linywho deserts, 'while I must not touch a hair of a
agititor.who induces him tOdeeert? This is none
the less injurious when effected: by,getting a father, or
brother,. or friend,- into ' a public meeting; and there
working upon his feelings till he is persuaded to' write
:the soldier boy that he is fighting in. a had - cause; for a
wicked Administration or a comemptibleeGovernment.
too weak, to arrest and punish him if he shall desert. I
think that-in 'inch aecase, to silence. the agitator. and
save the boy is Tee only: constitutional, but withal a
If - I be wrong on this question of Constitutional power, ,
my error lies nn believing• thatmertain proceedings are
- constitutional. ewlmensin• cases.of rebellion or invasion, --
the , Public safety requires; them, which.would -not be::
(institutional when, in absence of- rebellion or invasion.
the nubile safety doeStiotrequires them; in ether words,,
that the Censtitutionis mit. - in its application, in all re- ,
epects the same, hicaetis of rebellion or invasion involving
Mlle eublic - safety, ad it is in times of Profound nonce and
security.'eThe Constitution itself makes the-die-
tinctioe ; and I can no more be persuaded that the Go-.;
vernment can constitutionallytake nestrongmeesures
in time ofreitiellion e bticauee it can be shown , that the,
nin time. of Peace, than.
; I sa ctl e rp l pe d egad t-b e e d l . a tta f t ul ..a rY . ' p l it a r k ticular drug ie net : good . '
medicine for a elerrriati, l because it can be shown to not
he good foodfor awell'one"Nbrani I able to appreciate the ,
n:t
danger apprehendetbby theenting _that - the 'American sf
people will, by means-of inilitarrarrests during the re
bellion. lose theright„ , of public diseussionnthe liberty ;
of, speech and the . mess. the law of evidence; trial .hy
jury. anetaudieas - corrneihronghout the indefinite pettee
jut future (which, I trust, -lies before e thenr, eanye more;,
7Sthan; Istmlahleto believe that a man could pentractlso.
, strong an.appetitn - for emetiiseduring temporary un e a s e
~ a s to persist in feeding upcin them during thenemainder
of his healthful life. ,
the ineolutione that earliest aoriaideration
which you 'request of Ins; I' cannot' overlook the fact
- the t , the meeting e Speak as 'Democrats, Nor can-I,
, switlCrell respect foe thei',,lt
r known,ntelligence, and the,
fairlycpreaumell 'deliberetion with which they prepared
-' their resolutions, be permitted -to :suppose 'that this or
mined by accident,- or in any-way other than that they
preferred to,designatenhemeelyes.n.n.Democrats." rather
than " American , citizens." In thiseime °relational peril„
- I avntildlhave prefeirsidlcieneetyounpon a leverone step ,
higher tharnalaYlearteiniatforniebecausel ara anee that, .
from such more eleveted s posi s tiona. cow,,- bettee.
THREE CENTS.
•
battle for the country we all love than we possibly can
from those lower ones where, from theforee of habit, the
prejudices of the past, and - selfish hopes of the future , . We
are sure to expend much of our ingenuity and strength in
- finding fault with, and aiming blows at, each other.
But, since you have deraied me this, I will yet be thank
ful, for the country's salve, that not all Democrats have
done so. He on whose discretionaryjndgment Mr.. Val
landigham wee arrested and tri.d is a Democrat, having
no old party affinity with me f and the judge who. re
jected the constitutional view expressed in' theserescia
lions, by refusing to discharge Mr. Vallandigharn on ,
habeas corpus, is a Democrat of better days than these;
having received his judicial appointment at the hands.
of President Jackson. And still more, of all those De
mocrats who are nobly exposing their lives and shedding
their blood on the battle-field, I have learned that many
approve - the course taken withVallandiOsar, while
I have not heard of a single one condemning- it. I cannot
assert that there are none each. And the nameof Presi,
dent Jackson recalls an instance of pertinent history.
After the battle of New Orleane, and while the.faet that
the treaty of peace had been concluded was well known.
in the city, but before official knowledge of it had ar
rived, General Jackson still maintained martial .or
military law. Now, that it. could be said the war was.
over, the clamor against martial law, which had existed
Irma the first, grew more furious. Among other things-,
a Mr. Lonaillierpublished a-denunciatory newspaper
article. General Jackson arrested him: A lawyer by the.
name of Morel procured the United States'Aplge Hall to
order a writ of habeas corpus to relieve Mr. Lonaillier.
General Jackson arrested both the lawyer and the
judge.- A Mr. Hollander ventured to say of
some part of the matter that "it was a - dirty.
trick." General Jackson arrested him When 'the
e/licer undertook to serve tte writ of habeas
COIPUR. General 'Jackson took it from him, andi
sent him away with a copy.- Holding the judge. in
custody a few .days, the General sent him beyond the
limits of the encampment, and set him at liberty. with'
au order to remain till the ratification of peace should,
be regularly announced, of until the British- shonld,
have left the Southern coast. A day or two more elapsed,
the ratification of the treaty of peace was. regularly an
nounced. and the judge and others-were fully-liberated. :
A few days more, and - the judge called- General Jackson
into court and fined hiin a thousand , dollars•for having,
arrested him and rhe•others named.. The General paid
the, fine, and there the matter rested. for nearly thirty
years,. when Congress refunded principal and interest.
The late Senator Douglas, then in the House of. Repre-:
sentatives, took a leading part in the debates, in which
the constitutional question wa.s/xtuch discussed. lam
net prepared to say whom the journals would show ta
have voted for the measure. . •- -
.It may be remarked first,. that we had the same Con
stitution then as now secondly, that we then' had a,
case of invasion, and now we .have a case of rebellion;
and_thirdly, that the permanent right of the' people , to.
Public discussion; the liberty of speech and of the-Press, ~
the- trial - by jury,' the law of , evidence, and the. habeas..'
corpus, suffered no detriment whatever by that conduct
,of General Jackson, or its subsequent, approval by. the -
American Congress. -
- And yet, - let me say, That, in my own discretion, I do.
not know whether Lwonld=have ordered the arrest of -
Mr. Vallandigham While I cannot shift the reaponsi
bility front myself, I hold that, as a general- rule, the.'
commander imthe field is the better judge of the neces
sity in any particular case. Of course; 1 must practise-a
generaldirectory andrevisory power in the matter.-
- One of the resolutions expresses the opinion . of the.
meeting-that at arbitrary arrests will have the effect to di-.
vide and distract those who Sherd t be nirited.in suppress-
ing the rebellion, an d.l am specifically called,lon td d is
charge Mr. Vallandigham. I regard.this act as, at least,
a fair appeal to me on the expediency of exercising a
constitutional power which I think exists. Istresponse
to such appeal I have only to, say, it gave me pelf' when
I learned that Yallandigham had. been arrested—
that ir, I-was pained that there should - have seemei to
'be .a necessity for arresting him—and that it will afford
me great pleasure to disehae him' s° soon as can, by
any means, believe the puMic safety will -not suffer by.-
it. I further say, that as the war progresses, it appears
to. me, opinion and action, which were in great confusion
at first, take shape and, fall into more regular channels, -
solhat the necessity for strong dealing with them gra
dually decreases. I have every reseon to desire that, '
should cease altogether, and far from the least is my Te
gard for the opinions and wishes of those Vsehq, like the
meeting at Albany, declare their purpose to sustain the
Government in evqry constitutions' and lawful measure
to suppress the relfellion, Still, I most continue to do so ,
much as may seem to be required hi the public safety. - I
A. LINO AN.
The - Ohio Pemocracy.
We have further intelligence from the Cincinnati
papers of the Convention at Columbus. Accounts
agree that the assemblage was very large.
Among the speakers was Dr. Olds. He, in the
course of his speech, said that the present ground
swell of the people, of Ohio reminded him of the
campaign of 1828, when Jackson was the nominee
for President. As then, so it is now—the people are
here instead of the politicians. Then every bush
that was shook ejected a Jackson Democrat. Now,
every bash shaken casts forth a Vallandighanarner.
[Cheers.] He would , rather throw himself beneath
the car of Juggernaut than to be beneath the bil
lows against Yallandigham. The people of New
York, Indiana, Illinois, and the entire North were
watching eagerly for the result of to-day's work in
Ohio, and it was important that the issue be 'met
boldly, fairly, and with determination.
The speakv then referred to the decision of Judge=
Leavitt, of Cincinnati, (groans,) whom he declared
to be beneath the dignity of.the American people.
There was a writ of,habeati corpus for David Tod,
but none for Clement L. Vallandigham.
An elegant bouquet,. from a lady of Hamilton
county, in honor or .111.. r„ Vallandigham, wad prekent
ed to the Convention. -
. .
: The following despatch Was then directed by he
Convention to be sent to Mrs..Vallandigham
CoLummus, June 11, 1863.
Mrs. Trallandigham, Dayton. Ohio:
" .111AnAm : By the unanimous request of the
greatest convention ever held in Ohio, I have the
honor of sendingyou the glad tidings that your hus
band has been 'nominated - by acclamation as - our
candidate tot Governor.
MEDIL, President,'
In the preamble to the platform adopted, the De
mocracy is declared a law-abiding party, and seeks
accomplish peaceable changes by the ballot-box.
It has a 'right to propose and advocate the policy
which it deems best for the nation.- The following
resolutions are part of the platform
6. That in the exercise of the right to-differ with
the Federal Executhe, we enter our solemn protest
against the proclamation of the President of the
United States. datOd the first day of January, one
thousand eight hundred- and sixty-three, by which
he assumes to emancipate slaves in certain States,
holding the same to be unwise, unconstitutional,
-8. That we declare that the power which has re
cently been assumed by the President of the United
States, whereby under, the .guise of military iteces=
sity: he has .proclaimed and extended—or asserts the
right to proclaim or extend—martial law over States
where-war.does not- exist, and has suspended4he
writof habeas 'corpus; is 'unwarranted by the Con
ititution, and its tendency is to 'Subordinate civil to
military authority, and to subvert our system of
free government.
9. That we deem it propereurther to declare that
we, together with the truly loyal people of the. State,
would hail with pleasure and delight any . manifesta
tions of a desire on the part of the seceded States to
returnlo their allegiance to the Government of the
Union, and -in such event we would cordially and
earnestly co.operate with them in the restoration of
peace and the procurement cif such - proper guarantees
as.,would give, security 'to all their interests and
rights.
13; That whenever it becoMes practicable to ob
tain a Convention of all .or of three•fourths of the
States,such body should be convened for the pur
pose of proposing such amendments'to the Federal-
Constitution as experience has proved to= be neces
sary to maintain that instrument in the spirit and
meaning intended •by its founders, and to provide
against future convulsions and wars. -
14. That we will earnestly support every consti- -
tutional measure tending to , preserve the Union of
the States. No men have a greater interest in' its
preservation than we have—none desire it more ;
there are none who .will make greater sacrifices or
endure more than we will to accomplish that end.
We are, as we ever have been, the devoted friends of
the. Constitution and the Union, and we have .no
sympathy with the enemies of either.
CALIFORNIA,
Threatened War by. France and England
against Japan—BaisinesS"
„Eiran,
SAN FRANCISCO, June 12.—The markets are quiet
and money easy. Two millions two hundred thou
sand dollars in treasure have been received here since
theist
Atlantic Currency Exchange is at the rate of 30©35
per cent. premium for gold in. New York. Legal
fender notes 66@61e. Sterling Exchange is without
The bark Eldridge has arrived . here, with advises
froni - Japan to the llth . of May. At Kanagawa there
were thirteen British war ships, two-Dutch vessels,
the flagship of the French Admiral, and, the United
States steamer Wyoming.
The English Admiralty had demanded of the Ja
panese. Government a large indemnity and the sur
render of the; murderers of Dlr. B. Richardson. If
they failed in complying with this demand,Erance
and England_would declare war against Japan.
The 3apanfie had nearly all left Kanagawa.
All the merchant vessels have been detained to
take on board the foreign residents in case a war
en sued Lwhich.was considered. quite probable.
SAN Fitarrpisoo, June 13.-The steamer Coniti
tution will sail this morning'with upwards of two
hundred,passengers for New York., She also takes
$886,000 in treasure, of -whick,5623,900 are for Eng- ,
land, and 040,000 for New'York.
The steamship Moses-Taylor sailed at the same
time with a..large• number. of ,passengers for New
Sex FRANCISCO, June b.—There is an apathy in
business. ' The week elesei quietly. There are a
number of buyers,-but nothing', is doing in other
Metals are advlincing, owing to the liaairy lOeses
sustained - bythe destruction of-the Commonwealth
,
-Private:"letters express great fears that all fo-.
reigners must speedily leave Japan.
The Frerich = and English fleets have determined to
commence hostilities miles. the Japanese Govern
ment acceded to the demands of England before the
Nth of May. The American minister was Andes
voring to reconcile matters . ; Eight American mer
chant vessels were awaiting the result of the affair
at Kanagawa on the,llth of. May.
REPUBLIC :9F: mEnco.
, .
The Surrender ofPuebla—Suicide of Gen.
Regules—The . Traitor Marquez...
The -Herald°, of - Mexico city, 'gives a narrative of
the surrender, from which we extract: -
Perhaps to gain time, on the 16th the Quartermas
ter General, Gonzalez Mendoza, went to the French
camp to pro Pose to its commander-in-cider the aban.„
donment of the city by its g;arrison, the soldiers
being allowed to carry away their arms, and, with;
unfurled flags, to proceed to the seat of the supreme
Government. It is said that F6rey, appreciating,
the indomitable courage of our soldiers, allowed
_the
honor, but required that the march should be to
Orizaba, where they were to ,remain remain-till the termi
nation of the war, without ,taking any part in -it.
General Mendoza withdrew after fulfilling his-coat
At 4P. 31• of the same day, the 16th, Gen. Ortega
held a meeting of generale in the Government•houee,
where he lived. Having heard the opinion of his
comrades, he resolved and so declared, in iegeneral ,
order, published for the purpose, that on that night
all the arms should be broken and rendered useless;
the cannon that. remained ,should ,be spiked and .
thrown into the ditches; and the flags _of the corps
collected;which some asserted were Mirned. All was
done according to order, the soldiers disbanding'a&
cording to the same regulation. At 6 A. M. a white:.
flag was raised, and the commander-in-chief, com
manders and °facers awaited the enemy with firm- -
nese, resolved not to ask any kind of pledge, , as in
fact they did. The French army, full, of admiration
at an act so sublime and unparalleled, could nothelp
showing themselves affected and respectful. Glory
'to the hero of Puebla in May, 1863 ! Glory to the
unconquered army of his command !
Some gangs of traitors were the first who entered
the city, and giving proofs , of"their vandal-like in
stincts;took out of the houses the horses of the
commanders of the Araby of ttie Emit, and began to .
'_commit excesses: , Fortunately, some Zouaves en
tered, and with their.weapons foreed.themo desist,
showing, as did all the French army, the ontempt
with which they looked upon the spurious lffexicans
wholave sold , their country. , • .
The; generals , commanders, and officers ; were:
treateiLwith'some consideration-at firit„perhans
with the hope that they would sign a declaration or
oath that was presented to them', but all indignantly'
refused to'. sign it. We have;heard that generals
had not even a chair to sit down.upon; what must
•be the lot that fell to theeibEilternst '
• Several conimanders, officers, anctsoldiers escaped
from Puebla v whohrought the. news; confirmed a by:„<
the general order published by Gen. prtega on, the ;
17th„ as we, have Mentioned,. and which the Su
,preme 'Gover - nithent reeelved the 'day before yester-
General Comonforthaving given , up the command
of the Army of, the Centre, after the, battle of the -
6th, it 'Wes "accepted 'by the ' Government,' and' the
young and-valiiint'Gen...loso de la Garza , was - tip;
f pointedin his stead.-':: . As wow &lithe , latter had ; in
formation
,of the surrender of Puebla to the French, i
he gavoi,the orders lie thought necessary to attack_
- TILE WAR Pre.,EBffs-
CITIBLIEHAD WEEItIiF.) '
Tag RAE ?am will be ssent to eubsortbers by
.Inall (Per annum 11l advance) at IX 00
Three copies " 500
Five copies "
8 00
Ten " " " 15 00
Larger Clubs than Ten will be charged at the Nara"
rate, .1.50 per coPY. -
The money mud altoaye accompany the order, and
In no instance& can theee terms be &Mated from, tee
thes/ afford very little more than the cost of the Raper.
*IP Poetmaetera are requested to art es asents for
TRH 'WAR Pawn
OP To the getter-np of the Club of ten or Went,. Ai
Tatra copy of the Paper will be given.
the enemy if they advanced, and to avoid being cut
off in-the place which they occupied. Gen. Garza
has given proofs of intelligence and great activity,
FOREY'S ETTTREE.
• On the 37th Marquez's forces entered. They cora ,
Drifted every kind of excesses until ten o'clock in,
the morning, when the French gendarmes entered,
who, after putting a atop to the outrages , of IVlar
quezre followers; surrounded the palace and received
the list of those who surrendered, which they sent to
General Forey. Shortly after Forey same, and re
nulled of them: First, torgive their word of hetnor
not to take up arms again against France. Semond,
to proceed to the place indicated to them, and pre.
sent themselves immediately after being - called for.
All, with one voice, answered ) Nol and then Forey
declared that "They were prisoners of France," when,
General Regales and two captains of Durango , *
force blew out their brains, saying that they were
the prisoners of no one. -
The 51st and 99th regiments of the lineimmedi.
ately entered, aid 29 generals, 1,2i.0 colonels, lieu
tenant colonels, and others of an inferior rank, were
put in prison. They then began to look after the
soldiers, and were able to get about 4,600 i. whOweret
immediately united to .114 - arquez's forces.
Of the twenty-nine generals, Diaz, Gtosnano, An
tillon, and Pinzon, succeeded M making their escape,.
as well as Negrete. The remaining 23 gene
rals and 1,131 commanders and officers left Puebla..
on the 21st for Orizahis, guarded by the Egyptians
the generals go in carriages and the others on foot,
horses not being allowed them. They say that Ge
neral Forey has given orders that all shall receive
their rations and $2O per month for their clothing,
and that he intends to leave in Orizaba theenbal--
terns, and send the generals and colonels to France.
THE PLEDGE SURIWITTED BY POKEY'
PUTIet..A. DE 'AATIAGOEA.
EXPEDITIONARY CORPS ON MEXICO.
GENERA2.-I.N.OHLEF V The undersigned, officers of
the Army of the East, deelare by ourword of honor :
L Not to take part again in the polities of the
country,' and to be neutral in the present struggle.
2. Not to go out of the liMits of the place that the
commander-in-chief of, the Frerich army may-ap
point for ua.
3. Not to hold communication, with anybody, nor
with our families, without his previous consent..-
FirEBLA, Dray.lB, 1863.
REPLY OF- TETE'IiftEIiIGAPrS.
The above paper having been read by Gen. Llave,
and those present questioned, they all replied unani
mously r Long live Mexico " Down with the
traitors!" -
••Moreover, the generals, commanders, and officers
signed the following answer :
-
"The laws of the country, military honor, and
our private convictions not permitting us to sign the
paper •that has been "presented to us we protest
against it, signing our name as fellows : Puebla."-
. in view of this dignified reply, the commander-in
chief ordered the generals to paeans prisoners to the
house of Isunta, in - Victoria street ; the commanders
to the: suppressed 'monastery of Soledacl, and the
subaltern officers to the custom house, all under
guard, and without being able to go out.
New - York Stock Boar!".
'Nrcwlt our, June 13.—There was no Second Board
to•day, but considerable transactions took place on
the street, the market being strong.
Marine News.
NEW Yonic, June 15.—The steamer Edinburgh
sailed to-day for
.Liverpool, with 64 passengers and
$lO,OOO in specie.
The Hammonia took 125 passengers and $151,000
in specie.
The steamer Melbourne, from Liverpool, and the
French gunboat Catinet, have arrived.
The United States gunboat Sonora has arrived
from Key Went.
Also, the steamer Ellen S. Terry, from Newbern.
The steamer . City of Limerick has arrived from
Liverpool.
BALTIMORE, June 13.—The United States gun
boat Dacotah, of the North Atlantic blockade, ar
rived here to-day. All well.
LEGAL INTELLIGENCE..
Supreme Court at Nisi Priut In Equity=
Justice Read.
Denckla 'vs. The City . of Philadelphia. An application
for an injunction to restrain the city from opening Ox
ford street west of Ridge avenue. Argned by C. Gnil
lon,-Ssq.; for complainant, and by City Solicitor for the
District Caurt inEane—Judges Sharswood,
Stroud, and Hare. -
The court was-engaged daring the day With the motion
Court of Commou•Pleas—audges 'Thoutisoin
and .Ludlow. •
The motion lists were before the court Saturday.
.
court of Oyer and . Teinkiiier and Quarter .
essions—andge Allison. -
WARNING 70 BOYS. -
. .
Horace Bovid, convicted, on Friday of committing at
assault and battery on Conrad Hoff, was sentenced. to
pay a line of fifteen dollars and costs The parties are
both boys, got to fightingin the street, and Hoff has two
teeth knocked out. Evidence was heard on Saturday to
show that Hoff commenced the disturbance by throwing
a stone at Bowd. For this reason Judge Allison till
posed a light sentence,. Had the boy Hoff not been
equally culpable Judge Allison would have sent Bawd
INTERESTING, SIV..-DIIIS-Cf:CA.SE
- •
Henry J. David, who some years ago was admitted to
the bar of this city on the faith of his representation that
he was a member.of the New York bar, was before the
court on Saturday; on a writ of habeas corpus on the
charge of obtaining money underfalse pretences. 0 wing
to the Commonwealth not having received timely notice
of the proposed hearing on the writ, the nes.° went over
until Saturday next.
- . .
The allegation was that a few monlhs after , he. had
been here, he succeeded in obtaining from Jas S. Keen.
se., $5,000 by-means of fraudulent hills - of exchange on
Baring Brothers, and then disappeared. He was t r ace d.
to New York,.where he took passage in the ship Nesto
rian,. for Australia. The Teasel nut into Rio de Janeiro
in -distress' and there the defendant changed his mind.
and took passage for Europe; lathe meantime, Mr. Keen,
in the hope of recovering some of the money, deSpatched
an agent to Australia, but he, of course, was unable to
ded him - latelythe Tetnnied to brew York, where he
was discovered, and. arrested.under fa requisition from
Gl:Nen:Mr' Curtin, and brought on here fUr trial. The
case will be heard on Saturday._ •
- • - •
THE POLIC3E.
[Before Mr. Judge Cadwalader, as Committing Ma
-. gistrate.]
Resisting the Enrolment Aet -Bunk*
County,
Oliver Shillenberger, it• farmer, and Henry Ramat, a
shoemaker, both of Rockville township, Backs county..
were arraigned before Judge Cadwalader, sitting as a
committing magistrate, on Saturday afternoon. They
were charged with resisting Henry W. Bach, entoller
of the Twenty-third sub-dietrict in the Fifth district, of
which Mr. M. Yardley is the provost marshal.
George Coffey, United - States District Attorney;-ap
peared for the Government; Charles Ingersoll, Bug ,
against it.
The following evidence was elicited:
Henry W. Bach sworn. —I am the enrolling officer of
Rockville township; have been inthe army of the United
States; on last Monday (the.Bth' inst.) I was engaged in
enrolling names in Rockville township:l went to tb,e
place of Jacob Sarver, a tannery, about 6 o'clock in the
afternoon; I was in a carriage driven by John Mil- .
ler; when I entered the tan-yard, Mr. Sarver
came from his house, and passed by without
looking at me; I stood` talking . with two men.
carpenters, at - work in the yard; there were three
or four men in the tannery; as soon, as they sap
me they went up stairs. Sarver being with- them; I en
tered the tannery and ascended the stairway: the. only
man at work was Shillenberger; he was in his shirt
sleeves; I said I - was on duty as; the enrolling officer;
Mr. Sarver wanted to know what right I had to enroll
anybody; I replied that I was authorized so to do by the
authority of the United States Government; he
replied, `down. with him, the d—d dirty rascal:"
Sarver advanced towards me with his -fist
clenched, and I stepped backwards, and told - him to
stop; he came, and . - I backed to the stairwayy: the steps
were narrow and greasy; he pressed on, and Intent back
ing; when I reached about half way down the stairs I
slipped the rest of the Warr, but managed to keep my
footing; as. soon as I got outside the building the whole
party came down; none of Thom said anything but Sar
ver; after. I got out he said, "let loose the dog on him"
—a large animal; I went Into the street or road, and Stir
yei followed me told Min that I would have him ar
rested, and he - told me to go to h-- ' " Shil,lenberger
said " I - had better s look sharp, . as lmight not knoW
them again;" I then got into my carriage. and told Miller
to drive on;-as we were' going away, the men cheered...-
wit en we reached 'about forty or fifty yards distant, I
heard the report of fire - aims; I looked back, some of the
wagon curtains .being up, and saw a man standing in
the doorway of the tannery fire two more shots; that
man was in his shirt-sleeves; Sarver was standing a few
feet froni him ; . the smoke of the first discharge partly oh
' scared my vision. but not sufficient to prevent me from
seeing the man in his shirt-sleeves fire the last two shots
that
man was the defendant Shillenberger; at - least I
thought so, ,becanse he was the only one in his shirt
. sleeves; the - remainder of the party were smaller inper
son, and younger; they were slighter in frame than Shil-
Question ti l y Mr. Coffey.- Mr. Sarver is not here, is her
Question. Do you know, why he is not here? -
Answer. . I heard he was wounded last night , -
The witness was cross-examined by Mr.:lngersoll, but
all was simply corroborative of the testimony in chief.
'Mr. Coffey now said he would examine the. same wit
neis in regard to Henry Barnet, the charge against him
being distinct from
. that relative to Shillenberger.
" Very 'well, sir,' said the judge, "proceed with the
case ; let me hear all '
The witness resumed.—l went to the"house of 'kr.
Hermit; the defendant, between two and three' 'o'clock
on Monday afternoon, Bth instant; I was not aware at
the time that he was over age; I told Itim• I hid come
to enroll; saidthe, '`Well,who do yea want, ,my wifetY
he seemed to be very muclddisideased; his brother was
present, tad admonished him to behave better .that
was only in` the discharge of' my duty; Henry became
;easier, and acted gentlemanly; I 'left the house; and,
getting into the road, drove leisurely along, taking the
'right • branch, leading to Rich Valley Church, driving
over the section of conntr yibetween Rockville, Richland,
and Milford; I observed _Henry Barnet going away from
Sarvers with a roll cf leather; everybody was looking
at me, as if they would know nie again when they saw
.me. so that they might avoid me; atleast. this is myjudg
' went; while on my way to Rich-valley Church, Barnet
went ahead of:e; he could go faster because the road.
wa a rocky andhard td travel; and of course I could not
fast; presently I lost sight of him; after a little: bit a.
stone came through the wagon; I looked out and an-.
other stonecame within afeto.inches of. my head; :I saw-.
' , a numb, r of men behind a stone wall ; they threw stones
at me; they came so thick as to be dor gerons;
• driver to drive:as fast as he could, but the crowd came .
after me at a donbleqUick„,ttrowing stones all the time;
'we finally got to Mr. Cressm s house, where I:saw Mr.
Barnet, a brother to the defendent'; - Irslated..the elm:tut
' stances to him; he said hethought it was a great pity for
men to actin that way:" at , this timelheidefeadant many
froze the crowd towards me, and then, went back with.
the crowd , whelfthey. retreated; Henry told us that we
.had better leave as soon as_wecould, as the party would.
Bank us by going into the =woods `back of the rocks; .I
then went home; I had some conversation-with him; at
- first he said he had nothing to do with 'the crowd, that
they got around him ; ; I asked him :who they were,and
he replied he could not tell; there were seven or eight
persona In the crowd. - -
• The evidenee here cloied." Mr. Ingersoll proposed to
-produce direct evidence as , to the person who fired the
pistol from 'the tannery door. The Judge referred the
counsellor to the District Attorney.
Mr. Coffey said he had noobjection to hearing all the
evidence that'could-be adduced. His desire was to elicit
all the truth he "could. I will call the witness myself, if
yonname.him. • . '
At this stage of the proceedings, the Judge left his
chair. and :proceeded to the corner of the room. He
called Messrs. • Coffey and Ingersoll to him. hod had a
private:interview. It was all dumb show to the members
of the press and the few listening spectators. c
The 'witness was not called, and
_the investigation
,closed. The Judge made the following decision Henry:.
Barnet. being afi eeholder: was held to bail in the sum
of $l.OOO in his own recognisance to be 'of future good
'behavior and to keep the peace. Oliver. Stallenberger
was reoaired to enter bail in the cum of $2.000 to await a
further hearing, to take place this afternoon. „01
[Before Mr. Alderman Battler.)
Brutality.
• Patrick Budd was arraigned before Mr. Alderman
Beitler on . Saturday, on the charge of committing an.tut-
Provoked assault and battery upon Henry Crawford. 'a
colored man . : .It seems that Crawford went to Pine and:
Water streets to see - a friend; and, :while standing at the
corner, Budd, and another man came along, and without:
any provocation - Crawford was knocked down and kicked
by both-the men. - He regained - his footing and retreated.. , '
_A police (dicer came to his assistance, and Budd :was
arrested. The other. fellow jumped into the rivimand ~
swsm to a boat, on which he was taken to Jersey. The
defendantwas-reqUired to enter bail in. the sum of UM°
to answer. at court. • .
[Before Sfr..Alderman hloore.3
Shop Lagting.
Mary Barrett was -committed by Alderniah Mootit on.
Saturday on the charge of the larceny of -a piece of goods
fronythe-store of Mrs. - Warden, 'on South street: The ac
cused, in compa,nywi,th another woman, went into the
store and made quite an extensiTe - examination of era . .. ,
dies, ;but did not%pnreliase any. ; After they retired.-
pieteof goods was missed froth the counter. Mary was
arrested; t andk,the , stolen. apiece l eet tired. She was com
mitted to answer at court.. - _
[Before Mr. Alaarman white.
'Asseitilt with a'Raziorr.
Georie Ross was committed; by Alderman wrhue 00 %.
Saturday on the charge of committing - nu assault and
battery - upon a colored:woman at tieve4tti and .Lonibard,
streets. B a knocked her down and flourished a razor over
her. threatening to cot her throat.- A police o9'icer-
' , tram:led one of the tableau. and somewhat interfered with
the,epparentttaign of Lb@ dttklidant.
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