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THE 'PRESS.
PUBLISICED DAILY (SUNDAYS EXOEPTED,)
RV JOHN W. FORNEY.
OFFICE, Ro. ill SOUTH FOURTH STREET.
THE 'DAILY PRESS,
Oinera Pea WEEK, payable to the Carrier.
Mailed to Sabscribera'oot of the City at Six , DOLLARS
PER ANNUM, FOUR. DOLLARS POR - Y,IGFIT MOSTAR,
THREE DOLLARS POR SIR litOSVlS—rißigkriably in ad
vance lbr the time ordered. .
THE TRI-WEEKLY PRESS,
Motled to Bulmeribees out or the City at TIMEX, DOL-
Pma A1411E134 in advance.
COMMISSION HOUSES. :
ELLING, COFFIN, 86::904
S2O CHESTNUT STREET*
AlLgingn for ilie following makes of goons
PRINTS.
IDUNWILL MFG. 00.... MPG. 00.
LAWNS.
DITNNNLIf hypo: co
BLEACHED COTTONS
stuOaldals, Forestdale, Auburn Matorsvilbs, Oentredals,
Jamestown, BlaCkstone, Bone; Bad Bank, Dorchester,
Newboxiport, Bayoness, :Zonava, Burton, Greene
Mfg. C).'s A. A.., B. A., 0. A., and other styles.
BROWN COTTONS.
vanruside, 'Front,' Groton,. Ashland, Olmsted, Glen,
Mechanics' and Farmers'.
OOREIBLJBANO.--.Glasgew, Manchester.
FFNIMIS AND BTBLPl3B.—Graften Jewett Olt,
s
+Gletitson, diatoms-Me, Ag&W&M, Keystone, Choctaw.
OANTON FLAWNSl.S.—Statersvllle, Agawam.
siissw.—Stalth's, Social Co., Lansdale Co.:
WOOLENS.
ABM BLOIS OLOTNS, KIORSNYS," and, WAX.;
vaELB.
RllO/4.D CLOTHS.---Plunirette, Olenham
OACSINRItES.—Cay & don, daiton'e River, fee.
SATINNTEL—Base River, Oonvereville, Lower Va!-
, fey, Core, Stalicvdvitio, Oonveree and ityde, Convent,
tiros. & 00., Shaw Mtg. Co.
NICITTIICINY JBANS.—lttodrnan, tlidin, Cold ktedai.
FLANNELS.—WILLIANNI I Angola, Box
., our, Merino, end other styles: •
' LONSDALEI Nankeens and Colored Oamhrlos. •
PLATO LINBEYB, OOTTONAVOIS, kn. ffe28.430
tVITIPLEY, HAZARD, &
A.O
I-IT.JTOHINS ON,
No. 112 OUNSTNUT UNMET,
UONNISSION NEROHANTO
IfOlt TON BALI Or
PHILADELPHIA-MADE GOODS.
mb2B.6m
CA.R.PETS 4 AN7) OIL (ThOl'HS.
I ,CANTON MATTINGS.
J. F.' & E. B. ORN.E,,
ao. 519 OITEST'NUT 'STREET,
(OPPOIRTE 13TATIO 110IIBB,)
Have now open
)FRESH ItPORTATIONS
TWRITE,
RED CHECKED,
And FANCY COLORED
CANTON. MATTINGS
500 PS. J! CROSSLEY do SON'S
lENOLISH TAPESTRY BRUSSELS;
FROM 87/ TO . 1. PR. YD.,
.27. F. & E. B. ORNE.
0371-. 03
N EW, CARPETING.
JAMES H. ORNE.,
b 326 CHESTNUT STREET,
", * BELOW .t3EVS.RTH.
We have juatreeeiTed, by late ,arrivale from Europe,
•
io®o new and choice varieties of CiEPISTINti, cam.
R'srising
t:YRENCII ATIBUSON Near. Carpets.
. _
V.ENGLIB3I. .3.X.MINCTERS, by the ,Yard and
entire Carpets. '
IM9SECA.F.APEC6-4 and 3-4 wide, Velvets.
Tapestry Brussels.
a ,BrusieLs Carpeting,
- , 3.150, slaw variety of CROSSLEY'S and other makes.
TAPESTRY. BRUSSELS
From 87ic. to 61 Per Yd
-1 Our assortment comprises ail the beat wakes of Three-
I , . t •ply and Ingrain Carpeting, which, together with a gone.
...rat variety of goods In our line, will beoffered at the kW
poseible prima.
OIL CLOTH FOR FLOORS,
from one to alight yards ride, out to any SIZO.
.
GS.•
By late arrivals from .China ws have a full leettritias
WEILITE . :-.AND:.:OO I I O RED
• • T.1.N..G
• wants.
j'AIitEI3:H;:ORN - 1 7
apllL2m. 626 .0111113TNIIT.
GLEN ECHO MILLS.
MeCAISAITM ea 00,
, MAISTUrACTUEZBEI, IMP ISM DEALER.
1109 CHESTNUT STREET.
(oP9Oilte Independence Hall,)
CARPETINGS
OIL CLOTHS, &o.
We have now on hand an extensive stook of Clarpetlnii,;,
Aar our own awl other makes, to which we call the Eaten-
lion of coeb and short time buyers.
FOURTH -STREET
OARPET STORE'
410. 47 ABOVR ORIBTITUT,' -So. 47.
J. T. DEEM:MOTS
Invites attention to hie Spring Importation of
CIARPETINGS. •
Comprising every style, of the Neweet Patterns and
Designs, In VITIAN% BIiTISSELS, TAPESTRY BRCS
-44411% IRIVERIAL TREIMPLY, and INGRAIN
CLAP EYING% - •
VENETIAN and DAMASK. STALE OARPETINOS.
tiOOTOIT BAG and LIST OA RPIPPINOS.
IfLOOB OIL CLOTHS, in every width.
COCOA and OANION OTATTINGS.
DOOR-YAM BUGS, fiIIESP SKINS,
DELMONT% and CRUMB CLOTHE.
AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL,
LOW FOR CASH.
J. T. DELACTIOTK, .•
47 &nth 11'01111TH Street.
MILLINERY .134 IQ DS
162. SPRING' 1862.
WOOD & CARY,
(Sucacesore to Lincoln, Wood, & Niotiola,)
725 OHESTIIIT STREET,
Have now in Store a complete stook
W A?i MILLINERY GOODS,
'IN. BONNETS,
STRAW AND PALM•LEAF RATS, Ao
To ailitob ther reepectfnlly Invite the attention of the
mar patrons of the house and the trade generally.
sarlP-3m
SPRING.
M. BERNHEIM,
No-728 CHESTNUT STREET,
Has saw to store, end 1111 daily receiving, the latest
In
K.. FRENCH FLOWERS,
WREATHS; BILKS, (nuns,
LACES,
AND OTHVI
MILLINERY GOODS.
which he respectfully Invitee the attention of the
TRAMI. •
PRIDES LOW:
ibLAB KENNEDY & BRO.,
129 4:111128TNIIT Street, below Illghth.
'toe Stock
PRING' MILLINERY GOODS,
I AT LOW YILIOH&
LAB,
ONE DoLLAR STORE.
(02 082STNUT STRUT,
NEW GOODS,
NEW STYLES,
AND NEW PRICES.
Yor SNR DOLLAR yen • can buy-any one of the foi
sting articles:
to of Silver Plated Tea Spoons..
to
<4. Desert gt
" Table a
44 44 4, It . Forks.
Pair 44' Knife and row&
la at to Napkin
Binge. -
a it u Butter Knives:.
Silver Plated Sugar
••,• 44 1 , Butter Dish.
4 44 Molasses Pitcher.
, 4
41 41 0111L0r.
4 , " Waiter: •
1 ,4, Drinking Cup.
41 11 Sugar Sifter. , .
Gold Plated Vest Chain, all 'styles.
" " Chatelaine, 41 44 ,.
" Medallion, a "
" " Breast Pin, 14 14
• . It j ar Bi nge , 44 -
- Pin and Droll, all Arise. '
84 Studs and Buttons, a 4,
Ladles'• or Gentlemen'e• Port donnale, (Mate, Bags,
Purees, &0., ao., &o. All Goode warranted as regal-
Rented. We have on hand a large accortment of Photo
graph Albinte, Mantel Clocks, Travelling Raga, and
Gold Jewelry, which we are ctoeing oft at coat. The at—
tention of the trade reepectfally ealfctted.
D. W. (;LARK'S
PAPER HANGINGS.
p HILADELPHIA
PAPER HANGINGS.
PAPER HANGINGS
AND WINDOW CURTAIN PAPERS,
Offer to the Trade a LARGE AND ELEGANT' AS
SORTATENT OF GOODS, from the cheapest crown
Mack to the Finest Decorations.
N. E. COR. FOURTH AND MARKET STREETS
11*. 8.---Solld Green, Blue, and Buff WINDOW PAPERS
or every grade. - snl3-2m
ARMY- GOODS
DASH AND LIGHT. BLUE REBUTS.
STANDARD 8-4 AND 8-4 INDIGO WOOL-DYED
BLUE FLANNELS.
INDIGO BLUE MIXTURES. -
COTTON DUOS, 10, 12, AND 15-OUNCE.
FARNHAM, KIRKHAM, &.CO.,
5p26.2m 225 CHESTNUT STREET.
BLINDS' AND_SHADES.
B. WILLIAMS,
R 0.16 NORTH SIXTH STREET,
wriacuTAcTuitEß or
VENETIAN
WINDOW SHADES. :.
The largest and finest assortment in the. City s at the
LOWEST mom&
43TORE WADES LETTERED.
Repairing promptly attended to. an3.3nt
'JAMES S. EARLE & SON,
GEIIMANTOWN, FA.
WHEELER & WILSON
_
SEWING MA.OMNES,
628 CHESTNUT STREET,
ipbmago " PIIMADICLPTIRA.
FRESH ASSORTMENT, at LE
M
A MAN FORMER PRICES. •
CABINC• •
ET FURNITURE AND 13/li.
LUND TABLES.
MOORE & CAMPION, ••
No. 261 South SECOND street,
In connection with their extensive Cabinet Straining ers
now manufacturing a superior article of
BILLIARD TABLES,
and have now on. hand a full supply, dniehed with the,
1100 P-11 & (IAMPION'B IMPROVED CUSHIONS,
which are pronounced, by all who have need them, to be
puperior to all others.
Nor the duality and finish of these tables the manu
facturers refer to their nnmerooa patrons throughout
the Union, who are familiar with the obaracter of their
work. fe26-6m
oqa pit.
E.IIIMIIRT & BRODHEAD,
Having opened a General Depot for the Sale of Extra
Refined and Lubricating COAL OILS, would call the
special attention of dealers and coneumers to their
refined ILLUMINATING OIL, as It possesses merit
beyond anything heretofore offered in this market, being
entirely free from that gluey substance and bad odor
which characterize that commonly sold in this market,
Produces no smoke, and is free from all explosive
properties.
Kr - Orders from - City or . Counky promptly at
tended to. •:..
• • myl6•lm
1862.
" LUOIFER W 6triVORKEIe
100 Bbl.. ilk Lucifer" Blurting OS on hand.
We guarantee tido oil tote non-explosive, to born all
the oil in the lamp with a Weedy, brilliant flame, without
ornatlnk the wick, and but etouly. Bble, lined with
/lam enamel. WEIGHT, SMITH, A PiIIABSALL.
feal-tf Office 616 ILLEHAIT Street.
CARBON OIL-100, . = Natrona
Oil in store and for male '
WILLIAM M. WILSON,
mhlB4l ,1108.111AMINT Street
STATIONERY-AND FANCY GOODS:
AitTIN. .QuirioB ' . •
OTATIONZION TOY, AND . FANOT.DOODS
BRUSHES
AND
BLAarannorlizwyg i i
FzEiriBLE , As , TAN - Hoßtr,
,i1;20-tio N0:412/ . .l6Sinffl 84!-14:VidiPP;
TAMES HOMER & 1301TWOHOIOE
ey new crop Teas. SEVENTH iiittOßLß.Stresta:
and KITH and WOOD Street"... IniMarati
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VOL. 5.'-NO. 249.
JEWELRY, cc.
a . Solitary Sleeve Button, all styles.
Bonom Studs,
Finger 'a a
St 44 p enc ils,
" Pen with Pena. Owei.
ONE DoLIAR. STOWE,
,602 OEIESTNUT Street.
HOWELL & BOURKE,
CORNER OP
FOURTH AHD MARKET STREETS,
MANUFACTURERS OF
MILITARY GOODS.
ON HAND
BLINDS AND SHADES
LOOKING GLASSES
*ANUF&CTVBKBB AND 400111111111
o•
LOOKING. GLASSES.
• OIL PAINTINGS,
FINN iNGBAVINGS,
nOTDRR AND PORTRAIT FILM'S.
PHOTOGRAPH FRAUDS,
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS, .
OARTE-DRAMITZ PORTRAITS,
EARLE'S G:AT.T;FIRIES.
816 CHRBTNtfT STRBAT,
14:o.1,10 1114;i1.1
SEWING MACIIIIVES
WATCHES, JEWELRY, do.
FARB 8 BROTHER, '
Importers, 824 CHIETKIIT Street. below Bourtb.
roh2o-tt
CABINET FIIRXITUKE.
ILLEIMINATLN6 OILS
No. ) 240-ARCH STEBET,
NMPORIUM,
' 10.1086 WALNUT STREET, . T •
siairir Awsviara,
u l y6-1 m fp : • • . • PHILADIILPIRA
DRY-OCHMS JOBBERS.
NEW IMPORTATIONS.
HOSIERY. GLOVES,
GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS,
LINEN'S, SHIRT FRONTS,
WHITE GOODS, AND
EMBROIDERIES.
THOS.MELLOR & 0o.„
mhl9-3m _ 40 and 42 North THIRD Stmt.
1862. . 1 862
ABBOTT. arOI3.NES„
£27 .M ARKET STREET.•
Have now open en entirely new and attractive stook in
, . . .
ENGLISH, FRENCH, GERMAN, ANA
- -
AMERMAN
• - '
' DRESS GOODS. •
iiaee .rail sesorttneut hi 4 •
...,• , • ..
WHITE GOODS, "'RIBBONS, GLOVES,
SHAWLS, &0.,
To which they invite the attention of the trade.
NEW - SPRING AND SUMMER
GOOD 3.
M:. HALLOWELL &
333 MARKET and WT imian FOURTH
Wholetade Dealers in/
SILKS AND FANCY DRY GOODS,
Desirous of selling off their stock of goods, previous to
removing to their New Store, in
" JAYNE'S MARBLE BUILDING,"
CHESTNUT. STREET,
Offer for the remainder of the season, at Wholesale only,
their Al TRACTIVE STOCK of recently-purchesed
DRESS GOODS,
•
At prices generally much under
COST OF IMPORTATION.
Tney will also offer, at'
LOW PRICES.
well-selected assortment of other goods in their line,
many of which will be sold at a
GREAT SACRIFICE
wpI9-mwf-tJe5
1862; sPRING - 1862.
S. STEWART & CO,'
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OF
SILKS AND FANCY DRESS GOODS
SO. 306 MAREET STREET.
Rowin AO*, • •
POUT DE SGIE,
Ali Shades.
BLACK AND WRITE CHKOKS,
Di BILKS arid OTHER ' FABRICS.
ALSO, A PULL Linn OP.
CLOAKING. CLOTHS, PLAIDS, STRIPES,
And desirable
PLAIN COLORS.
apl7 ' • • ,
SPRING STOCK
MAK AND FANCY DRESS GOODS.
A. W. LITTLE & 00.
at4ls-111 to 326AKKEXZT ST.
COP.WEIVERSHIP NOTICES.
T EI,E COPARTNERSHIP HERE
.
TOFORE existing between the undersigne4nnder
the name of 'STITT & BROWN, has been this day dis
solved by
,inntlial consent. The business of the house
will be settled by BETH B. STITT and GEO. H.
BEIBBLE, who are shine authorized to sign the name of
the "Arm in liquidation. •
SITU B. STITT, .
JAR. hf. BROWN,
GICO. 11. SA ABTA,
Jaß. L. SOUTHWICK.
EDWD.. a.. GREENE. .
PIIILADELPHLL, May 20, 1852.
THE UNDERSIGNED HAVE THIS
.1. day formed a Ikopartnershio for the purpose of
trausactieg a goreral WOOL BUSINESS, wider the
name of SOUTB WICK, BUBBLE. & 00, as successors
to STITT ,t BROWN, at their old Amid. No. 68 South
/FRONT Street.
BDWII, - A.'„:6ltllN NE,
GZO. •EL-SHNBL
s. J A.S.. la 13017ra wicK.
PRILADISI.IIIIA, Nay 20,18t12. • . my24:l2ti
NOTICE. THE COPARTNER . -
SHIP heretofore existing between the ander...Noel
under the firm of PRATT & REATH, has been dissolved
by its own limitation and by mutual consent.
D. T Pratt is alone authorized to collect the out
standing debit, and to 11:14) the firm name in lapodation.
„ DONBASS T. PRATT,
BENJAMIN B. RE ATM,
Phila., May 10, 1862. WILLIAM G. BILLIN.
T. PRATT wiII continue the
D
nortation of WATCHES, of the principal Fo
reign lianufacturea. Also, as wholesale dealer in
WATCHES of. American Fabrication, Jewelry. Plated-
Ws tee,. fie-, Az., at the old stand, N. W. car. turra
and NABEIVE Streets. • 1 1 13,20 6I
DISSOLUTION OF PARTNER.'
SHlP.—Notice is hereby given - that the firm of .
CHARLES E. SMITH & CO., at . the Fairmount Irma
Works, has been dissolved by mutual consent. The
babiness will bo settled and closed by
hlay 10, 1882. .011.A.BLES E. SMITH..
The butiness will be contipued by the undersigned
odder tbs. Etna of MORRIS, TASKER, er. CO. Ofdee
No. 208 South THIRD Street.
m738-lm MORRIS. TAMER, It CO. ,
DREGS AND .capanitiLs.
ROBERT 1313OENTAREA
& CO,
Roraima Corner FOURTH:NA TiAOll lireets,
PHEEJADELPHLI,
WHOLFSALE DRUGGISTS,
IMPORTERS AND DEALERS
tr
•VOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
WINDOW AND PLATE GLASS.
MANUFAOTORZBEI OF
WRITE LEAD AND ZENO PAINTS, PUTTY, dro.
AGENTO FOR Fall 0111LIBILTBD •
FRENCH ZINC PAINTS.
Dealers and mummers Ininaed at
VERY LOW PRICES FOR DASH.
an29.2m
•
WHITE LEAD, DRY AND IN
OlL.—Bed Lead, White Lead, Litharge, Sugar
of Lead, Copperas, Oil of Vitriol, Calomel, Patent Yel
low, Chrome Bed, Chrome Yellow, Aqua Fortis, Ma
rietta Acid Epsom Salts, Hachette Salts, Tartaric Acid,
Orange Mineral, Soluble Tart, Sub. Carb. Sods. White
Vitriol, Bed Precipituto, White Precipitate, Lunar
Caustic, Narcottne, Sulpb. Morphine, Morphine, Acetate
Morphine, Lac. graph., Ether Sulphuric, Ether Nitric,
Sulphate Quinine, Cone; Sublen., Denarcotised Opium,
Chloride of Soda, WetheriWe Ext. (Bache, Tartar
Emetic, Chloride of Lime, Crude Home, Refined Borax,
Camphor, Basin elopavia.
WILTHERILL & BBOTH2B,
Druggists and Manufacturing Chomists,
Nos. 47 and 4P North SECOND Street,
- PHILADELPHIA.
CAUTION.
. .
•
The well-earned reputation of
FAIRBANKS' SOALES
Has indtmed the makers of Imperfect balances to offer
them as ...FAIRBANKS' SOARES," and purchasers
have thereby, In many instances, been eubjocted to trawl
and Impoettion. FAIBBANHIR WALES are manufac
tured only by the original inventors, R. & T. FAIR
BANKS & 00., and are adapted to every branch of the
budgies/1 i where a correct and durable Scales le required.
FAIRBANKS & EWING, -
apPa.tf *A.1.1.4118
.0111118TNIIT .ST.
• • - • •
T .ATOUR,OLIVROIL.L-463 basket
-IL4 LAV OU3 0L1V21.0114,4wit received, and for sale
by JAIIBITOI32 . ilf.Tarll.llBNl4, 202 and 204 South
FRONT Street. . .
CAllTlOri.—Navinn seen a rpnrions article of Oil
branded Latour," we caution the public against
purcheelng ;the same, as the genuine J. Latour 011
iwoonyed only from cm
JARRIITOIIR & LAVERGNE!,
•„140&Y.•: •02 and 204 South FRONT Street.
- , A
• •
ENING OF. SUMMER • GAR
vv
OPENING
undersigned begs leave to inform the
public that he hes opened for the season tile FINN GAR.
' DEN aud ROTSL, at the toot of °OATES Street. °mo
ttle Fairmount Perk. Fatuities are particularly invited.
Ice Create, Cake*, excellent Lager Beer of Baler's brew
ery, Wines, arc., always on hand.
lIENEY FRIBBA,
inyB.Bn? TWIENTY.SEVZNTH and COATES Ste.
E
• .
1)(T E HAVE:. JUST RECEIVED
T I • froth London.dlrent•i•
. lerge lot of Orme and
- Dlackwell'a cotetnatod Ptoklat,c - . • . •
JAItICB HO ER dc SONS,;
REVENTD and NOBLD and SIXTEI and WOOD.
Int al•tf
PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY,
_MAY 23, 1862.
Uljt
FRTDAY,' MAY 23, 1862
A Genuine Secession Letter.
First Lieu'enant JAMES FORNEY, of the
United States Marines, picked up the follow
ing letter while on duty with his corps, stand
ing guard, in the city of New Orleans, after
the capture of that city by our naval forces.
The writer may be known in Washington,
where, it is supposed, some of the parties
alluded to still reside :
RunutoNp, Va., Sept. 3.1881.
Mn. CLEGEIORE—Ary Dear Sir: I wrote you some
time before I left Warhington, but received no answer.
I prom= you did not receive it, on account of the
irreguletity of the mail, gtc. I Inve not, had the pleasure
of a letter from you for a longtime. on have net for
gotten me I hope. Will 3 oo remain in New Orleans du
ring the coming winter, and if not, where do yon extern,:
to 7 I would like very much, indeed, to see and
talk:with you, for I am in great trouble just now.
To what a lamentable state the affairs'of the country
have arrived t A civil • war raging between the two
sections of this once glorious and happy country. When
will those vile fanatics of the-North come to a realizing
sense of the enormity of ti is unholy war they are waging
against, us 7 Are they not yet satisfied of the hopeless
tees of subjugating the South 1 Who are the South '1
I answer, the only true gentlemen upon the' continent,
and as gentlemen they carry With them that refinement
'o'f feeling and nice sense of honor whieh is entirely
wanting in the Hessian hordes who now invade our sail.
Born of Virginia parents, em proud to be a Southerner.
I always MU Smitherner, 'and I hope I may die one.
I had to isave Washington for this melon, and here 'I
am, with no n.oney and no employment My poor father
resigned his office rather ohm take the obnoxious oath,
and is new without a dollar for support of 'himself and
family. What he wall do I cannot Bay, General Casa -
wished and begged me to accompany him home ; but I
said. no, air. Ile had not done tower& me and my auf=
tering father what I and all my friends thought wee
just. I held on to my office after he departed, for' the
purpose of saving sufficient money to bring *Me South
but so soon as his hack was turned I was removed, and,
collecting what little money together I had; I alerted for
and,arrived here. And here lam without a dollar, and
my board hill due. %Vhat lam to' dei's cannot tell. I•
did not mean to beg,when I commenced with this litter;
but since I have started, 1 ovill ask a favor of you, and be
under laeting obligations while I live; ann that: Is - to
ascertain if you cannot get me a situation in a banking
house, or bre e wholesale commission house, on- Any,
znixd ELSE. Necessity knows no law, and poverty is
the wrest of masters. Can get• you •to do . : this,
more than favor.:-this cbariii for ime 7 havo nothing
bet a gord 'conscience and a stout heart to aid me in this,
y first, embarkation on the great voyage of life. lam
now starling to work for a tiring. For the first time in
my life do I now know what it is to want, and that; trio,
at the very'rneetr Can I bPg of on to assist me in ob •
.
laming
such a position 7 Ido not dealre a Government
cifice if-I can do without it, as I am sick of public,em
ployment. There 18 EDchance of promotion, no reward
for industry, and nothing to be learned foe flume hens
frt...ls it not so 1 The reason I now would take it is
because I can get nothing else, and I Ado not wish to
starve, though matters tend strongly That way at pre
sent. Will you not help me In this my great trouble
Your many ,kindnesses to me in former days will never
be forgotten. But, oh, please help me slow ! My last
defier has gene, where the next .will come Iron I know
I,will do any kind of work which will earn me an
honest living. You will assist me 1 If you cannot find
such a position immediately, I will wait a time in pa
tien co. Can I not work for, you in some manner i Any
thing now, anything I
I heard from 333% and pa some time since. They wore
all very well, and praying for Gen. Beauregard to hurry
- and enter Washington, that ho :might drive out old Lin
. coln and hiscrowd. She said it 'was an awful day the
next day after the Manassas battle. Every one ex
pected to see the advance of our arcuyentering the city.
Please write one soon. Give me some. hope, if not A
promise, of certainly ProcEring some emploYment.
- NO war news of interest to-day.
Very truly, your humble friend, • 2 -
General Birney
We take pleasure in publishing the follow
ing letter from Brig. Gen. KEARNEY, to Frank
Leslie's Illustrated, in reference to the conduct
of Gen. BIRNEY at the battle of Williamsburg.
It puts to rest the , c absurd and groundlesssin"-:
einuation against. Gen. BIRNEY" started by
acme iudiscrtet correspondent:
BDADQUARTBRS 3D DIVISION, 3D 4.30 DP51
X1914,188} S
Mr. Prank Leslie, of Leslie's illustrated Irowspciver
_
SIR: In sour paper of itawy 24th I regret to ftad amost
improper, absurd, and grounnless insinuation, against
General Biriaoy. -
The . ease is this: Iffy division was marched by its left
on the day of the sth inst., Berry's Brigade loading,
Birney , sneit, and Jamesants third.
Getters' Berry did his duty to his brigade: followed
tne as rapidly asma could postibly effect; uot one mo
ment wetted. General Bliney fully kept his pittce, and
there le no roortreuergetic officer than him in our serriCe.
It is an injuttice to Genoral Beiry, a worthy of
e slur by indiscreet reporters should be oast on an
other General, fully as meritorious, and who rendered,
on that day, so ample for all, equally at divtingaishol
services. P. KEARNEY, .
Brig Gen. Commending 3d Division, dd Corpd
OUR ARMY CORRESPONDENCE.
LETTER FROM GEN. ITALLECIR'S
ARtIY
BEFORE CORINTH, Miss., Mu 16, 1862
[Speciul Correspondence of The Press.]
Those who, a fevr weeks ago, were lend in their denun
ciations of the unceasing rains water-soaked , s
Markeep,” Fremont's" and Is ;" muddy roads
and slimy surfaces, generally, are now an_clously looking
and playing for something from abcive substantially.
moist.. At best, this is a torrid region, and as nothing of
a vapory nature has descended upon us in this portion . of
the hemisphere for some time, it would be folly for you be
hazard p conjectrire as to the true otaleof the atmosphere.
Indeed, it Is oppressively hot; and no recoarse can be
bad to such beverages as sherry cobblers, mini Juleps,
and lager beer ; to no such articles of apparel as linen
pants, dusters, and palm-leaf or Panama hate.
FEVER AND AGUE ON THE INCREASE
Theo to no redeeming quality to this warm weather,
'except the cool nights, which constitute a strong contrast
.with the excessive heat of the days, so much BO that re
. ver and ague accompaniments are on the increase. But
large and nunicions doses of quinine hnock the spots out
• of the !they's-named disagreeable malady, if resorted to in
time. By the way, all the soldiers take quinine and mor
phine—one an efficacious tonic, and the other a mild oar
colic. Ergo, I annihilate huge doses of the former and
huge doses of the latter daily.
A STRANGE 81811 T AT CORINTO
For the peat three weeks we—meaning everybody—
have been on the qui vies daily, our close proximity to
the enemy naturally suggesting that we could not neces
sarily remain in Ste quo lung. Met here we are, and
history will yet inform us that the world never saw such
a sight, which is an undeniable fact. Only think of it—
within the hearing of each other's martial music are two
opposing armies stationed, the composition of- both ma
terially the sansethe manners and customs of both sub
stantially the iame—both well clothed and equipped, and
provided with in adequate supply of the munitions of
war of the latest invention and most improved quality,
and both conducted by generals of 12I1Q ueetion able ability
and military science p and both of these grand armies
are composed of Americana—Americana on the one side,
wbo are nobly contending for the preaervation of the
Jaws which euccessfnlly maintain tte only free Govern
ment in the world—and Americans on the other side,
who are fiercely resisting laws of a great, good, and
powerful nation:
NO APOLOGISTS FOB.
.111 E REBELLION
I base 3 et to meet the man south of :flagon and Dixon's .
line who can offer to give the why and Wherefore of the
rebellion ; they not attempt it.
CNN. BALLIICK'S POLICY-RUMORS IN CAMP
But no one doubts the malt of Gan. lialleck's move:
• Merits, They are plow, to ho sure, but of Entailing. Some
think we can starve the enemy out, if it can be possible to
throw a force South far Enough to but off bupplies, by
capturing the Mobile and Jackson•Railrowl. Yon know
we iii . sve possession of the Charleston Railroad east of
Corinth; and a northern road is cut off at • Purdy. One
dey we hear that Curtis has landed with 36,000 men
that Stiel had arrived with 20,0001 and that Fremont
had alto reinforced Ceti - . Ballook , a army with a large
force. Now it le rumored that den; Butler will soon er
rive with a force or 26,000 soldterd, and make a tiaiik
movement upon the Mira at Corinth.
lI:TERYIEWS BETW ESN RiIIEL AND PEDBRiii;
The pickets of the two armies meet and discuss 'mat
ters of the day with no symptoms of a malignant nature.
Yesterday, in company with Lieutenant Ross, of the 2d
Indiana Cavalry, I approached a captain of the rebel
army, and entered into conversation with him; Re in
footled me that he had forbidden his meu to shoot at our
pickets ; he oleo informed me that he bad not heard of
the fall of Yorktown, or of the operations against Nor:
folk ; he had beard a rumor to the effect that New Or
leant had fallen into our hands, but had eeen no details;
and, having In my possession a St, Louis Republican of
the 11th, I presented it to Sim. Be would not allow
himself to be drawn minutely into conversation In regard
to the impending battle, but, remarked, uneaten tatiouily,•
however, that he haltered we shock] be driven, better
ikelter. intoTennownia. To-day, Colonel &ought)°, of.
an Indiana Regiment, also bad nu agreeable conversa
tion with anepauletted rebel, who Informed him that the
fortificatitms in and around.Cortuth were of a formidable •
character, end that . many batterioa were nonsked.
"Then, we must unmask theta,P remarked Colonel
•
Stoughton'.
A FALSE ALARM.
St was thought last' evening, about nlem . O'clock, that
the ball would open, about the time, too, thet Ternei.
thereon exerciece general , y commence. It testae that
McCook, „tieleon, and Wood sent out yesterday's Lt vy'
reconcoleear ce. Io coming in, hilt evening, runtime of
the three divii-long got mixed un. each diviaion 'thinking
the ether en enemy, and, but for politivo_ orders ire-
Whiting a general engegement, the iinogt. disastrous . re-,.
sults might have occurred in consequence. freieutly,_
the brigade belonging to Nelson's div&lOderriied at We
beidoiisrteril of the general, and reverted thit the enemy
Were in d front in great force. Nelwin" IMinediatelY'dMi•
patclud to the headquarters of General Crittenden a note
urging the necessity of his placing his entire division In
lice of battle. Immediately the long roll haat through•
out the whole line of General Butars army, and in a few
moments every regiment was moving noiselessly toward
Corinth—and Presently 'they cane =wing hack, the
great error having been discoverol.. - It has occasioned
coMiderable laughter in Buell's army, mad much futi
the army under Grant. B. 0. T.
Letter from Gneral Aimy
[Special Correspondence or The Press ]
Winn; EOM POINT, Va., Alay 18,1882:`
SUNDAY IN CAMP:_..,..
To.day is have had the warmest weather-that the
army bait experienced slice it left Willbunsburg; but as
it is thd Sabbath, the men rested from their serial toil' of
drill and: preparation, and spent the day In as appro
priate manner as possible. There was no nuivement of
any lair.bodiesof troops, ire accordancewith General
hleChilan'is directions as to .
the Observance of the day.
It is but Proper that the soldier 'should hail) a day of
rest after his wearying six days' labor on the march and
in the camp The men show the .benefit of this wise
provision; by their improved condition for the next
week's fatten% and in using the time thus, allowed thorn
to the best advantage, in providing somewhat for their
own creature comforts. This morning, after the . reli
gious novices of the morning were over, the neighboring
springs end banks of the river were crowded by the sol
diers, some with handkerchiefs, others with Altai, etc.,
fa the p4poreO of washing them ; and'as' soon One
set wt ulittimith and move away their places would be
Mid by fresh arrivals. As a general rule, the soldiers
pay much rsgioxl to cleanliness of person and habit.
ARIISEIISIITS Or VIE, SOLDIERS
Am thing affording amusement is eagerly
,sought for
by the men. Quoits is a favorite game, and but . few of
the regiments in thie section are not supplied with several
sets. They find time tho 'egereisiti of the 'day
for practice, and much rivalry. already exists between
different errammies of the same regiments as to which
company contains the most accomphated players. 'have
seen neither' checkers nor chess, asyet. Cards are plenty,
but not in mach vogue, except after pay.day. Then
they make their appearance for a few slays; and dbiap
pear mail the next Thrit of the; paymastor. It must not
be thought for an instant that our array has any.number
of men in a fair way of becoming accomplished gam - Mere,
lerd it is impossible to collect any great nurri" , er of mania
the manner in which these were gathered, without ad.
mining such characters. The.snms played for are small,
as moat of their pay is immediately sent home by the
men to their families. Whenever the army is encamped
pear - any river or large creek, the Men take advantage of
it, and are soon in the water, bathing
Great complaint is stilt made by the soldiers at the ex
orbitant.prices charged by the sutlerefor all the articles
cold in camp.. A loaf of bread, which sells for five cents
in Newt ork or PhilMlelphia, could slat be .purchsseil a.
week ego for less than twenty . five cents, kut Capt. Boyd,
of the Lincoln Cavalry, and now provost marshal, inter
fered for the protection of. the men, and the same can
now he purchased for twelve cents. But the hig'i price
of Mead is not all that requires remedy. Sugar is sold
at from fifty cents to a dollar per pound. Butter cannot
be had, nor is it wanted. Pies, which are made in Bal..
timore. and sold there at five dollars per hundred, are
retailed here ar twenty-five cents each. Lemons, which
are greatly hi dtniand among the soldiers, are sold at
five cents each♦ Gingerbread, which retails at six - cents
a dozen in Philadelphia, rare sold here at twentrlilve
cents per dozen. Cheese, or which large guntitities are
used, retails at. twenty-five to fifty cents per pound.
These prices allow too large a margin for the sutlers.
THE APPEARANCE Hr THE PLACE
West Point and its vicinity begins to show' a military
appearance: A space of ober& four square miles is en
closed between the banks of the river and the wooda t
which extend in a rend-circle around the encampment.
Tbe opposite side of the river is cavered with a dense
forest, end nothing can be seen exctpt the universal
green of the, foliage of the trees and matted vines. The,.
ahem on each' side of the river are lined with the charred
timbers'of the burnt in idge, and pieces of vessels, masts,
and spare. In every 'direction can be seen the sad re
sults ef thee - ph-It of devastation which urges the rebelsto .
destroy vsbat they are unable or too, cowardly to defend.
The whole apace between the woods and river it .now
covered with diviaiona of the army, long arrays of - hag ! .
gage wagons and mule teams, and large numbers of am
bulancvs, a , large supply of which will be on hand if
needed for the - wounded in tho battle for the possession .
of 'Richmond, if one is ever fought. The telegraph'poles
are up, but the wires - were carried away ify the rebate.
We have a poet office and news depot, which constantly
accaopany the
,peneral - headguartera. Pipers may be
had at the nom depot out paying five or six times the
.price naked in Philadelphia. .
L. H. TROOK
Oiling to the constant change takingptsce among the
divisior P, the orders of the generaCofficers often are in
open conflict Pliti each o.ber.. All marauding is . forbid
den by the articles of war and a SON'ore penalty provided.
To-day., bmwever, one of the regiments bad struck their
tents and had packed everything up ready to march, and
had been waltieg sense time. The captain of a company
in therigimont, wishing to provide for his men, ordered
some potatoes, and wentto a neighboring negro hut and
purchased a pig, Pa 3 !Ili for it' at the time. He then
pent to the DroYost marshal anal obtained permission to
shoot it, and as be wee doing eo a general officer rode up
end ordered his arrest,
.and the captain was placed..Mitis
tent under guard, on the charge of marauding. The
charge cannot be substantiated, as he bought and paid
for the pig, and obtained the provost nmrshalis permis.
.sion to shoot it. There is no doubt, however, that the
Captain will ba released when the facts are brought to
lig.gowatoiSsANCES AND
Armied reconnoissancee are now being made with a
view to the ascertainment of the preparations in front of
us, lint thus far nothing formidable hie yet been
vend, although they bare Lieu made to within about
sixteen miles of Richmond. We are now about twenty
five miles from Richmond, and from the character of the
preparations which are now being made, the people at
the North will not be required to wait much longer be
fore the rebel force at the rebel capital will bays been
completely routed, or else will have made another eva
cuation. "I lib gunboats have advanced about seven
miles above bete, and keep plying between the two
points. Skirinishlng atilt takes place, but not as fro*
Quently as usual, as the armed reconnoissances have
driven them some distance fie ward, awl they fall hack
without disputing tho passage of our parties: If no nn
fereseen circumstance happens to impede our advance,
our army will be in Richmond by'Sunday next. So be
on the qui vivo for early and exciting news of the pro
gress of the army of the Potomac. M.
JUSTICE TO PENNSYLVANIA SOL
DIERS.
The Skirmish on Edisto Island, S. C.
[Corres&mdenco or The rreaa
NORTiI EDISTO ISLAND, S. o.,May 13, 188
In your paper of tho 29th of April last I saw an ac
count of the skirmish on St. John's Island, written by
the Edisto correspondent of the New York Herald.
Ifaving been in the engagement myeelf, I can safely any
that the whole stetement is a falsehood; and %lint tho
praise is not attributed to thoec who really deserve. It.
I will give you a few details of the affair, and you can
rely upon it as being the truth. '
On the 17th of April last Judge Reynolds, Govern
melt agent at this place, made application to the United
States gunboat Crusader to have a party . of men to go
for some cotton from the brig Empire. The party, con
sisting of six sailors, Lieut. Ural], master, in command,
and Judge Reynolds,, left the gunboat Crusader in a
small boat, when, approaching the shores of St. John's
island, the boat was' fired on by the rebels, wounding
Mr. Min in both hands.• • The crew of the boat'reliarned
the fire, and seeing that their party wan footman 'to ad
vance,any further they returned to our side, keeping up
it constant fire until they landed. Col. Fellows, of the 3d
New Ilampehire Regiment, then commanding this poet,
was informed of - the news, and he ordered Captain Down
to get a party of thirty.five or forty men, and to report
to the commander of the United States 'guntioai Cru
sader. 'The party, consisting . of Limit. E. Boadall and
twenty-five men of Co: D, of the 55111 Pennsylvania voluo
teere, Capt. Down and thirteen men of tho3d Now 'Hemp:
shire volnuteers, left, Seabrook Landing for the gunbeat
Crusader.,..At 11 o'clock, P. M., the party, COI/Slain of
Capt. ithflid, Dr. Brltwall, -Master-mate Nelson; twenty
twornen,P'entl. a howitzer from the gunboat Crinader.
Lient.'lluddell of 55th Pennsylvania volunteers, twenty
five mon of Co. D, of the 55th Pennsylvania volunteers,
Capt. Down with thirteen men of the 3d New Gampshirs
volunteers, making in all sixty men and five officers, left
the gunboat Crurnder and landed at Bay Point, leaving
Rockville 6PCITIE two#lolloll our left.- The party marched
aloiig shindy and quietly through a dense swampof about
four miles, when they arrived at Mr. Seabrook's plants:.
lion.
The t ebels not being vieible, oar trams moved onto Wm.
Seabroolr's plantation, a few miles forther,`but the rebels
having been apprised of our approach,-Made a hasty re
trim, but not before they received a parting volley from
our freer*. pin' troops then encamped for the night, and
on the first dawn of day they eaco unterod a force of
about thirty-five rebel cavalry. As soon as Capt. Mind
saw the enemy apmoaching, he Ordered the men under
arms, and the howitzer to be manned. The BOOM?, proba
bly, es eing our howitzer, made a charge upon u•, but they
were soon • brought to their: vases by a bail of the
howitzer exploding 1n their midst. A party of the rebel
cavalry made a flank movement, in order to cut off one.
retreat, but they wete foiled, as Capt. Down and,hie
men . outflanked them immediately. The main body
keeping up a_ steady firing, and the howitzer Put
ting shells in 'their midst, forced: them to retreat In
confusion. Again they ad sauced,.. and again we
gave . thorn a hot reception • which caused them
to fall back Bud retreat, but this Dme.they did not•
rehire: It 'is difficult to judge • how many of . the
rebels were killed, but it is stated by, good judges predoat•
that not--less than twenty-five or, thirty men lost their
lives.'. The :rebels numbered at least 200. Only two of
our party pot wounded, both belonging to the crew of the
gunboat' Crusader, and they aro fast recovering. A
saddle was captured by Jacob Kegg of po. D, 55th Penn
sylvania; a sabre by Jelin Bennett, of the same corps,
and are now in the possession of , the provost marshal.
Capt.. -Bhind awaited a renewal : of the aleck, but the
enemy failing to show himself, he returned slowly to the
gunisdat,Cruseder. . . -
On having the gunboat to rtiolu our roßimort, Captain
Abinde congratulated Lieut. B. 13uddolt upon tho g4ltttiot
betwelor of Ms men, and the crow gavo tbroo loud °boors
for the 56th remsylvaottx.
• • Recruiting in New Hampshire.
• ~Conoonn, N. H., gay 22 —Another regiment or In
fontry.is beiug recruited in . tbie city for active service,
.uutter OoIone! Gilmore, in compliance with auorder from
the Eecretary of War.
Arrival of Sick Soldiers:at ,Baltintore..
, BALTIMORN, bitty. 21.—Tliti Moonier Lonisians has' ar:
rived with 260 eicletuildiera: With but few exceptions
they ere couvaleieent, end as lively M. criokota:
The Angto • a` azon at Montreal.
MONTREAL, BY 22.—The btfallatir AllitiO•3aXoll but
arrived. Htr advices bard been autleipatod.
EMIEMEM
CORF LIMING ORDERS
IMPORTANT SOUTHERN NEWS.
Interesting News from New Orleans
Papers.
Gen, Butlees Agreement with the City Caronila.
REBEL REPORTS OF :OUR .FLEETANJAMES RIVER
A GREAT PANIC IN. RICTIMOND.
. . -
MESSAGE OF GOVERNOR RECTOR, OF ARKANSAS,
It is Denounced. as Treasonable by the Rebels
We have 'received from our correspondents in the
Wert, in New Orleans, and Virginia, Wee of Bentham
palters, extracts from which will be found below:
The City Government and Gen. Butler.
The Picayune of the Bth inst contains the following
correspondence between General 'Butler and the authori
ties.
Of New Orleans: The Picayune says:
Being desirous of laying before our readers all the in
formation wo have obtained that wit show the nature of
the arrangement.mtide between °oriole' Butler and the
city government, we. now eV() the 'following resolutions,
which were adopted by the City Council iu secret session
on Saturday last, and tare been since made public:
Besoteed, That the municipal authoriiitis wilt cot:None
their normal functions, With the understanding that they
shall not be interfered with in all mattersof police proper,
unless disturbances should.occur calculated to endanger
the relations created by the existing state of things bo. ,
tween the city and , the Invading army.
The necoleities of the people require that the circa's
thin created NY the city authorities' in the name of the
city 'remain _undisturbed. .
The city authotities should have power to organize
citizen patrols, in lieu of en additional force of police
men, that th-y may be enabled .to maintain and protect
the put be tranquillity.
It is expected tbarim nediate provision will be made.
to: procure those articles of subsistence most needed, mid
that such u easnres will 00 tatem :13 Witt !mare safe
nicatigof transporing them from the place where they
may, be had to the city . of New Orleans.
The City Council would remind the Commanding Gene
ral of the promisehe made to Pitt% Soule to remove the
guard from the avenues of the City Hall, upon the pledge,
taken by hlr. Soule and ratified by the Council, that the
public archives ehali remain intact.
Resolved,. That a copy of these resolutions be trans.
witted by thi Secretaries of the . Common Council to the
Commanding General of the. United Kates arms in pos
session of the city, and that the same be offered as an
embodiment of the answer of the municipal antitori.ies to
the suggestions discussed in the conference had between
the General and said authorities. .
Tbe above r.sohitions hevo'roceived the approval and
endorsement' of General Butler, as appears _ .by' the fa'-
READQI76.RTERS REPARTMIiNT OF THE GULF,./
NEW ORLEANS, Nay 3, 1862
The commanding general believes the 'action contem
plated by these resolutions to be substantially within the
toms and spirit Of his proclaination. Tho 'European
Brigude -having b, en relieved from duty, a patrol of
.citizens, armed with sabres Cr revolvers, or both, may be
added to the police, not to exceed 2fio,
The general has already takeia snob measures to aid
the city authorith a in procuring fowl, in the extremity of
suffering, as, In bie judgment, and upon consultation with
the"committee of the citizens, have been deemed suffi
cient, - and has traneinitted copies of the accempansing
By command of Major General Butler. • •
GEO. G. ST &ONG,. A. A.-er
, 'The orders in relation to the supplies of food, which
Beyond Butler refers to in the above &cadent; are se
BEADQIIAETERS DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF, }
. ' EW OELEANS, 3 /86 9
GENERAL ORZERS No. 19.—The cemmanding general
of this llopartment hash on informed that there is now
at Mobile a stook of flour, 'porch:teed by.the city of New
OTI.FRR3 for the subsistence of he citizens. The suffering
condition of the poor of this city for want of this flour
appeals to the humanity of those having authority upon
For the porn - ewe of the safe transmission of this flour
to this city,. the'commanding general orders and directs
that a safe conduct tte afforded to :, a a steamb At, to us
latltn with the same, to this Waco
This safe conduct shalt extend to the entire. plotiction
of the boat in coining, rep,sonable delay for discharge
and ietu+n to Mobile. ‘.1 , "
The boat will take no paesengers, save the owners and
keepers of the flour, and will be subject to the strict in
spection of he harbor master, detailed from thew, head
quarters, to.whom its master will report its arrival.
'the faith of the city ia pledged for the faithful per
il:nom:ice of the, rioldrementsof this order, on tbe part of
tbo`agent of the city authorities t who will be allowed to
pass each way with the boat, giving no intelligence to
By conunaud of Major General Butler.
asdriqtrdWraltS TJT'•raRTMEtT OF-Tng GOLF,
NEW ORLEANS, May 3,_1862,
GENERAL °Jonas No. 20.--The president, directora,•
and company of the Opelonsai Railroad are authorized
and, required to run their care over th.ir road, for the
purpose of bringing to tbe city of Now Orleans all mate
rials ter provisions,` marketing, and supplies of food,
which may be °Sexed, in eider.to supply the wants of
AU other supplies are prohibited transportation over .
the road, either way, except cotton andsugar, which may
be safeiy 'brought over the road, and will be purchwed at
their fair market value by the United States, in specie.
The transmission of live stock is specially emohaed. An
Kent of the city government wilt be.permitted to pass
over the road, either way, stopping at all point% on the
faith of. a pledge of such Government that he transmits
no intelligence, and that he :affords no aid to the Coale!
` Byy cointnand of Major 'General Butler. '
GEO.-O. tsTRONG, A A.. G.
•
"HEADQUARTERS .DEPARTMENT OP-..TRE GULF,
Now Orleans, Hay 3,1582.
GENERAL ORDERS, NO. 21.....:-The commanding general
of the department of the. Guff has been informed that live
steclri.flour and
L provisions, purehomed ter subsistence, of
the inbabitanti of the city of-New Orleans, are now'at
the junction of the Bed and Mississippi rivers.
suffering condition of the poOr of the city, for . ',, , taixt
- of times stipplieu, appeals to.- the humanity of those hav
ing autborfty on eiteer side. - -
For the tnurpore, therefore of the safe tratiknissien of
thole supplies to the city, the commanding general orders
and directs fiat a safe conduct be afforded for two steam
ers, to be loaded with provisions, cattle and supplies of
food, either alive or siaoghtered,:each day, if so many
choose to come.
This safe conduct shall extend to their entire protec
tion by the force!, of the United States during their °ora
tes—reasonable delay for discharge, not exceeding six
day 5, Drams in case of accident to their machinery, and
in returning to go near the junction of tba lied and Mis
sissippi rivers.
• Atd safe conduct is further grantedlo heats laden, its
in fore stated, with provisions for Now Orleans, from any
point abovethejunctlon of such rivers, if at at any time
during which theme tumefies are needed the forces of the
United States should be nt or above such junction. •
The boats will take no pimp angers save the ownora and
keepers of freight aforesaid; stud will be subject to strict
inspection of the harbormaster, detailed from these head
quarters, to whom they will report their arrival.
Tee faith of tne city is pledged for the ftittffnl execu
tion of the re tuirements of this order, on the part of the
agent of the city authorities, who will be all .wed to pass
with the boats either way, he giving no intelligence or
aid to the Confederates.
•By command of Major General Butler.
GRO. C. STRONG, A. A. G.
General Biller having approPed and endorsed the
action of the City Councils, that body met in special
scseitn on Sunday inorniug. and adopted the following
resolution; which has been officially promulgated:
AIAYORALTY OP NSW °PLEAS/31i
• CITY BALL, hay 4, 1882.
That in accordance with general orler No.
19, issued by Major General Butler, with regard to the
importation from the city of Mobile to the city r of New
Orleans of a boat-load of flour for the use of the' citizens
of New Orleans, Mr. Mases Greenwood be, .and he it
hereby, appointed the agent of the city of Nee; Orleans,
to attend to the shipment of said cargo of flour, and that
he is also authorized to • take all the neceetary scope to
carry this resolution into effect. '
• , S P. BYL AB &REV,
President pre tern. Board of Aldermen.
, • 3. ItiteGiONl, •
President Board of Assistant Aldermen.
Approved May 4,1562.
JOHN T. Ve/NROR, Mayor.
• Our readers, we are aura, will be pleased to ace that,
thus far, prompt measures have been taken for procuring
food, and that there is a 'good prospect of quick relief
from the apprehensions of scarcity of proviaioos which
have been entertained, and which heartless dealers and
speculators have hastened to profit by. •
the' New Orleans Journaluts in a
Dilemma.
The Picayune has the following view of its dales, in
the present ;restore of affairs, in the Crescent city:
It they are - permitted to be conducted on that princi
ple—to bee record of passing events—without compro
uthieg the personal independence of opthion which it is
the prerogative of every man to preserve in conntries uot
avowedly despotic; if their ordinary nueinees can be
rallied on without
.exacting from them positive acts
which conflict with their'ee, se of honor and duty; if,
acknowledging themselves absolntely within the power or
au authority they can not contend with or dispute, they
may be held tomo'morei stringent' pplication of the power
of war than the demand that they should be held by pa
role of honor, as . confee , ed Inisonere might be, to do
nothing as journals to - Riff s :the adversaries of those by
whom they are paroled—they may be able,
without dis
honor, to supply a public want, and to dud employment
for a large body of mechanics, with their families, who
are In a great devise depending on, the nowspapere for.
support. But if 'they are refused that degree of tolera
tion' or are required to employ' , their eidablishthente in
any form to maintain and defend eyettme or acts to which
they are conscientionrly Opposed, 'there is, we believe,
but one sentiment among them. They would refuse and
take, unflinchingly, all the consequences of refusal It
seems to us, however; that all which cad be required of,
jotansdietn, in there circumstances, iesubadeeimi In sexed'
fai,h to the vecOuritiee with which lila euvironed, and the
honorable observance of all the obligations which belong
to the condition of prisoners of war.
, The Crescent takes a similar view of the subject:
Our friends must not expect ue to perform Impostibill
ties, or destroy ourselves in the vain attempt to please.
We have no mail., nor have wo that liberty, vrh c b is *s
amara ,to the satisfactory publication of a newspaper..
Our city is nowin the hands of the conqueror, who shuts
us up as in a lieleagured fortress, ,and we have no re
sources for editorial matter, except the daily occurrences
in the city, rthon.whicti comment is often unnecessery or
unwise.' 'We might , please the toete of some of .our pa-
trona by indulging in diatribes - against the Fiderals ; by
advising remietauce- to their presence and government ;
but we 'would only, involve them and outseives in a rum
which might include the innocent and unproteeted.
If. in our opinion, there WAS use in resistance, or profit.
in violent measures at present, we 1-licitild certainly say
so with' promptness , clearness, and distinctness. But an
we earnestly and sorrowfully believe there is uone,•we
only act with common discretion In counseling iintot and
.order, end to advitiog our people to refrain from conduct .
which might inflame the hatred or excuse the brutality
of an enemy who has not as yet Initiated any policy,
but who may be lying in wait for an opportunity to crush
us to the earth.
As we • advisa• our friends;so will we act ourselves.
We shell not, while in his .power, - court. his .anger by
dentiurit d attack, but shall speak of his acts when they
'might interest - the !'general reader. If he, however,
should iittack'any of the rights of our fellow-citizens--
for although a conquered people,
we have rights poem'•
teed by the law of nations which no power .however
!Moog, dare violate with impunity--we alien leithe world
know it and abide the constquences-
lion. Pierre Soule.
The 'services of this dittingitbthstl citizen in tbe MIShl•
teisuce of the honor end rights of our. people, during the
troubles which have recoutly coins upon .us, hare boon
of a character that give him new cleft& to the gratitude; •
esteem, and cooktiesce of our People. .Whilet so many
prominent gentlemen of talents and influence have re
- frained from incurring responsibility. and from the duties
devolving upon them in this criele,'this courageous and
manly citizen has .placMl: biaselUtin the front ranks - of
.tboso who were determined that the dignity and honor of
65* Orleans should not be corn prorated anti the puce and
safety - of the people imperilled by improper concessions
on the one hand, or a vain resistance on the other. Oa
more then one occasion hue lidr. Boule, by his add re g g
and ability, induced the abandonment or modification of
. the demands of the Federal atithoritles. and; by the' same
ivfluence; his arrested and controlled the violent tenden
cies of the people. We trust that Mr. Soule will eon
into his duties end services' in behalf of our . unfortunete
City: It taro time now.' for prominent 'citizens, (bacon=
n'ected from the military service, to abandon their proper
uties at citizens and shirk the responsibilities which
'`nthich' to thole. position. There are civil and social (la
ths which cannot be neglected with honor. and which
lire obligatory on all patriotic citizens.—Daily Della of
nth.
TWO C ENTS.
Captain Mclntosh.
The gallant Capt. Mclntosh, who wits an dreadfully
wounded in the fight of the gunboats, now lies in a very
critical condition in the Charity fin.pital in this city.
Capt. fdclbtosb occupied the most. promioeot and ex
posed position on the ostler deck of the- Lonistana, and
wh•.n he was struck, the ship which the Grroislans was
fighting neatly touched her sides. He was thrown by
the force of the conmpsion a distance of forty or aft) ,
feet. Both hie arms were bad!) , [motored.; one has bean
amputated, and bin knee•pan WS! cot off. Despite these
terrible wounds, the gallant officer bears himself with.
great fortitude and excellent spirits.— Delia of the 4th.
Rebel Accounts of the Gunboat Rove
nsents on the James River.
TES PANIC IN ItICENOND
Late Bicbmond papers, containing theft:Boeing items
of news in reference to- tbe movements of our fleet in
Tames river, bare been received .
Early yesterday morning Col. Avery and Mr. W.
Harrison. too well known Prince George tdantars • 'lrina
in the immediate 'deka) , of Fort Powbutan, discovered
five formidable loOkiog Yankee gunboat", lying abreast
of that position. The Intention of those thievish marau
ders cannot be divintd. It may be that they are now op
for the sole' purpose of reconnoitring and, maculating the
chances of en ascent as high as Richmond ; or it may be
that the expedition fa purely a stealing raid, to carry off
a few sheep, hogs, poultry, and contrabands. lint that
they ultimately contemplate going as far, at knit, as the
Lunette eeven. billed city, where the very heart of "re
bellion" lies, there is but ittle doubt, and the good people
of our sister city may as well put their houses in order if
the river hos not been effectually obstructed.
So far tut the river "defences" are concerned, we have
the twernranco of a gentleman who recently traversed. the
jams from the hold of tidewater to the vicloily of New
port kiewa,lor stating that there ie not an much ea a pop
gun on either bank. hi the early months of the war we
bad Buoy R frortilleations at Fort "Powbatan, mot-.:Mg
several heavy grins, and garrisoned by many hundred •
brave hearts and stout arms. Thee works have all
long since been . removed. The guns were diernonoted
by order of General Lee, and the moo removed to points
where there was not the remotest possibility of a tight.
The fate of Fort Powhatan has been that of Jatnest•wo,
Mulberry 'lsland, Day's Point, Hanlin's Bluff. and other
fortified positions. The Tanker, gunboats now have
free and unrestricted cootrol of the waters of the James.
pponinfloX, and ChickahOminy rivers. That they have
‘. dark" to go where they list has been men on the Teo
mimeo and ftlissisolppl rivets. On the former river they
near:frau d as far aa Florence, and on the letter they
rushed part Forte Jackson and St. Phillip, tinder a most
suirng and terrific tiro. T'hat they will atterup to go up
the James, no ono doubts, and so birth up, too, as is get
a eight of the capital, anima obstruction' prohibit.
Later.
Edmund Ruffin, Em., of Pri nce George, has hilt rent
as the following notice of the movements of the Federal
flotilla en James river :
• May. 13, 3 A. M.--Five steamers are now 03 A. M.)
slowly passing up the river by Berkley wharf. Four are
large, and one site very low in the water, supposed to be
the Monitor. The atmosphere is hasy, eo that we can
not dirtinguisb their flags, though they are flying.
The 1 , 111.11 boats of the steamers five In number, are
row eounding the channel over 13a:Tivon'e Bar.
Ilarriamo'a Bar is six mites below City Foist. and at
Lich tido v,ersels drawing fifteen feet ran pass over.
It having been uscettained that the fleet could easily
vet over, the vebeele came directly up, heading for City
Pont.
Our pick( t et the Point percelvlog the Intentions and
nearnete of the gunboats fired the depois and warehouses
at the Point, and left on an engine for the city. Several
bendred hogsbende of tobacco and many other valuables
were comm. d.
An engine was gent down about 8 P. M. for tbo pur
pose of rieennoitling, and it µ•ass discovered that the
Deluders had landed, but in what force could not be as
certained. They also had out their pickets in the direc
tion of _Petersburg, a distance of two miles.
The lama from City Point is, that after landing a few
officers and portions of their crew, who cavorted about
for awhile and appeared to be on the best terms with a
'contraband or two who condescended to speak to them,
the party re•embarked, and steamed np the river with
the wows of their vessels pointed Riehmondward.
We do rot believe that these Yankee thieves contem
plate anything more this trip than a general reconnoitt
lame 1 hot should they see oneneb to mitify a favorable
report, the Wend cities of Petersburg and Richmond
may prepare themselves for another vielt atan early day.
Beitg form:treed let us be forearmed.
The Panic in Richmond.
Richmond was terribly frightened at the near ap
proach of our gunboats, and many were the suggestions
offered as to the beet way of saving the city front the
expected bioadtrides of our Alps. Enthusiastic young
chips of chivalry, thinking that-daring the panic was
the beet time to - raiee a company or regiment of which
they might have the command, posted on every lathe
goat and street corner flaming proclamations, printed in
the moot glaring type, and couched in the most "chi
valric" language, calling upon the young, the lame, the
hilt, and the blind, to fly to arms and save their "be
loved city." The Dispatch, in its editorial, says:
flaring the day of yesterday, the greatest anxiety was
manifested by our 'Mizell!, with reference to the approach
of the enemy's gunboats to this city. Early in the day,
the annexed despatch was posted neon the bulletin, ant
road by handry de interested in the fate of the city, who
earnestly long for ITS deliverance from the fare which has
befallen some of our sister Southern cries:
Wimrox, (Jamey river.) 1034 A." 41., May 34, 11162.
Three of the gun boats have Mopped about three miles
below the obstructions. They threw a shell at 9,54 o'clock,,
v hich fell short; and a fetid shot a few minutes later,
, A Web passed over and beyond the fort. They have the
exact ranee of the tort. Three guns in the fo•t and five
iu ttm pits are ready forthem when they get Within range.
The men are all anxious for a fight.
The Thomas Jefferson, the Northampton, and the
Curtis Peck have been sunk ; also the Roanoke and se
veral other canal boats The obstructions arc not so
complete as could be desired ; bat if the gunners do their
duty, the enemy cannot pass.
No one doubts that the gallant gunners will do their
duty faithfully; and if upon them depends the fate of
our loved capital, we bare resson.to hope that Richmond
is Femme.
Late lest evening we wore informed that three gun
boats vele within three miles of the obstractioas is the
James river, with a steamer In front, apparently feeling
the way.. Lost night they lay at anchor. It was thought
that two of the vessels' below were transports, bat it
could not be determined whether or not they had.. troops
on board. Up to nightfall they had thrown but one shell
and three solid shot at our batteries. • • .
The population snouts to love been divided between a
desire to Tllll and a wish to remain and see the Yankees.
Companies were called together for defence, and much
shunt Was slattern. One ht Want military genius offers to
board our fleet and ostlers the whole lot, including the
Monitor. Here is Ma advertisement:
ber•a will be one of one hundred to the
gunboat to join any party officered by determined and re
rolute °nice's, to board the whole fleet of gm .boats and
take them at all hazards, to save this beAntlfui city from
destruction. lam got a reeideot of this State, but of the
,Confederate Stales, and if such a scheme can be got up,
my name can be had by,applying to tbis office.
PROCLANITION OF THE GOVERNOR OF
- ARKANSAS.
As a specimen of Arkansas literature, we print thefol-
Inning proclamation of Governor Rector, of that State,
and the continents of a paper on it. The. Governor is
not in any way pleased with the treatment Arkansas re
ceived from the Confederates, and he throws out the hint
that tho State cannot ho counted as one of the Con
federacy. Here is the principal portion of the procla
mation :
Orrick 3rILITERT Solari, 1
LITTLE Bocx, May 5, 1862. i
To Me Free:nen of Arkansas: . ..
FELLOW-CITIZENS: Again your authorities; charged
with the duty of preserving and defendiug . your State
Government, deem it impetatively nemssary to call you
to lulus. Ncrthuin troop', tormidnble in numbers and
reparation, are in the" heart of , your State marching
upon your capital with the avowed purpose oiperverting
.your Goverunieut, plundering your people, eating your
subsistence; and 'erecting over your heads, as a tine! Con
evniniation, a d eapoticluler the.measure of whose'Oewer .
.will be the Intrto he bears his anujectit. •
Will the thirty thousand freemen; capable of bearing
arms,- yet in Arkansas, look liitlemily on while chains are
being riveted upon their limbe by a few , thousand Hes
',lane from the north—hireling meroenary cowards as
• they are, seeking to enslave its that they may grow. rich
upon our Buhl/lance, and divide us and our children as ;
conquered subjectel This cannot, will not be. Our peo
ple, in the Government or noir choosing, in the sacred
ri lif
ms of their persons and do t r their property, must
he determined . We can am sno it; unaided, if it
must be so, at every coats
~,,,,, cgs., rather than live
under the domination of 1.110.....mitab1e Lincoln Govern
ment. • -
The enemy
,upon our soil is srusbing to earth the
proud spirit of our people; presumieg upon the tem.
'Kinsey absence of many of our brave-men, they seek to
crush the energy and. courage of the remainder. We
' will drive them from, amongst us. Where there is a will
there is elways a way. An enlightened and brave people
will never be subjugated.
The termites of, the Revolution were iit ono time under
George Washington reduced to 2,500 men, still, with the
blesainge of God, and an undying spirit of resistauee, the
American colonies, ouch upon .its own acconne,•Putdng
forth its entire energies, conquered a peace from ito re,
luctant and powerful Gbreirmuent. ,80, if we of Arkan
sas are trite to oureelvee—true to our professions of ha-.
tred to the Noitb, and devotion to the South—true in our
devotion for constitutional liberty ruin free goveratneat,
the sun will never set upon us as a subjugated and one.
mitred race. Then, by authority and sanction of the
Military Board, 'whelks duty it is to protect the State
from invaslon—whese right 'it is to cell an army in the
field when the Confederate States ' , refuse or neglect" to
protect the people, I mill upon each and every Man, Ca
pable of bearing alms, to prepare et once to must the
enemy, though - it is not contemplated that all will go—
some must=•-a euflicient umber must, to free the State
and repel the tyrant. . .
* * to , If the arteries of the Confederacy do not
•
permeate tom and, the east bank of the Miseiselpoi,let
Southern Missourian', Arkansisur, Texans, and the
Great West know it, and prepare for the future. Ar•
kansaa lost, abandoned, subjugated, is not Arkansas as
she entered the Confederate Government. Nor will she
'remain Arkansas a Confederate State, desolated at a wil
dernees. Her children. tlessitg from the wrath to come,
will build theme new ark and launch It on new waters,
seeking a baron, somewhere, of equality, safety, and
rest. :Be of good cheer, my countrymen; there is -still
& balm in. Gilead.; the good. Samaritan will be found.
Strikii now and-over-for your homes and liberty, against .
•an men who invade the MO or dispute the `other. The
despotic power of the North, which seeks now to crush
you, contains in :rte own creation ripe seeds for itt early
desbuciku.
Stand out me men'and resist that power, until the lud
' lowed light shed by Southern' etafe rights democratic li
belly aball throw. its light back upon the very North,
itself,' ficm the Graudiof the South to the Lake of
: the wooer and westward to the Pacific. The God of
Nations 1.12 s not decreed, I - think, that tyrant halide shell
stay the progreis of civil' nuerroligious liberty upon this
•contineet. The,. right of the people to :govern is as ad
mitted truism . Their capacity, to do so is not a fable;
but the price of Moe -Ey is t ternal vigilance;" Veiniest
of encroachniente, noliulful,of your patelic fervent& Tate
the Conetitntion of you . State as your political text-book.
and regard the defence of soar homes and firesidee as '
duty you' owe to. God and humanity,, and all will be
'
. Correlative with them views, It is by the Ilifilitary Board
of the State of nykanass deemed essential for tte public
tidily that four tboinand live hundred men be culled
es volunteers from the militia :of the. State, to bo or:
gsmized into companies, battalions, and regiments, as
directed by ordinin ces'of' the State Convention, t 0 eerie
for twelve months, in State service unless Bonner die
charged.. Able. boditil men, @lateen . year/ ano upwards,
may be received into service. - the - requisito number
ot men is not made .up, by volunteering by the 25th of
May, the deficiency will bo iletsihd or dratted from the.
Militia bilged' a Tor regiments having the (sweeties:l in'
service.. _Troops raised tinder this call wilimot be trail- •
forredl6 Confederate service under any eh cumstances
wittont.tbeir conaent; and to no 'acteount;.uniesi a Con- -
federate . lorry tullichnt to prevent iiiit6lol3,...is sent into
the Ststo. trliese lip raised exeliisivety for. home pro
tection. Horees,'horse equipeuents,And arms lost by.the
eserialtirs'of war„ will be paid for by Cm State.
• Men of mennsund leisure, altbottelt Mit-mood in years,
now tiara an opfertunity, without • enerifich,lo ga:and
flglittoO old to walie;they can now go onitorsoback. Men
tilling the coil eon be lees conveniently spared ; some- '
thing 'rout be.produced to eat, either tally" or to fight.
.1. say.to the . gentitmen of leisure and wealth, tune no
this cell ; leaving the tiller Of the coil at home to pre
ditce something for our familite and ootintry. There aro
ninny More than the number called for here In Arkansas
who will not rutin furiew.this mounter, nor do anything
else, substantildlyr beneficial .to,the country., Business,:
in WAY of linde, is Iner:sitrably mumenticd, and'
money-stoking fur a time ought to ho. To be !lett now.
is iiiTeseible, for if one owned the whole State it is worth
nothing until freed, The wave of deatruotion lies rolled
THE WAR PRESS.
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Thmeoopies cc 6.00
Vivo " " It 8.00
Ton " " cc 12.00
Lnrger Chiba will be charged at the same rate, thus
29 copies will cost E 24; 60 copies will coat EGO; and DX
copies S]2o.
For a Club of Twenty-one or over, we will bead an
Extra Copy to the getter-up of the Club.
SG - Postmasters are requested to act as Agents for
THE WARTRESPI.
Ilkir Advertisements inserted at the venal rates. SIR
linos constitute a 'square.
over tie northeast portion of the State and will soon
reach the south unless stayed by a rampart of Arkansas
freemen. I inn for defence, the Military Board in for de
fence, and If aided by the people the State Mil be re
deemed. ' H. M. RECTOR,
Governor, and President of Military Board.
Comments of the Arkansas Press on the
Tie Arkansae State Gazette of May 10 am comment*
on the. mtbeaga :
It •is a connound of usurpation, treason, and trash
Attention is alter-tad to it as a curiority.
'Ma True Democrat cf May 8 saya :
In less perilous timel we el toted comment neon thin
prediction more et length; but as it is, let it pass now by
entering our earnett and latoet eokina protest against csr•
lain features in it,
The Freneh Commander's Proclamation
at New Orleans a Forgery.
The document published its the New Oilcans Morning
Delta, poppet tine to be a protest from the comessedtr ut"
the French war Tassel now lylt.g in that port against the
bombardment of the city by the Iredentl flea, is pro
nn•:oce3 a forgery. Tho Evening Data of the sane
says that it is •'n pediated by the Parties in whose
amo It purports to have been addreseed."—Memphis
Evening Appeal.
Rebel Report of a Victory in Virginia
Tho Memphis Appeal of the 12th Contains the follow
ing telegraph deapetch
The telegraph beteg' ne news this morning of a bril
liant victory obtained by , g titonewsti" Ja:kson, over
Bathe' column, in Western Virginia. Though not
stated, the battle occurred at Swift Ron Gap, in the Blue
Ridge, east of Harrisonburg, where General Jacloolt'e
command has been posted for some time. The triumph
is stated to have been complete, and the enemy ranted
and put to flight. Oar lose was forty killed and two
hundred wounded; the erem) 'a not known, though no
ootibttdly heavier. ll Banks is effectually driven from
the valley by this Obtainer, Jackson's wrrny can bo
speedily moved beyotd Itichuond, to riinforcejohosion
and Lee.
Rebel Fears for the Ascent of the IdiSSiS
• tippi River by Commodore Farra;ut.
The Vicksburg Evening Citizen speculates thus on
river theaters:
~ A 'variety of opinions prevail as to the time when the
Federal genlionte will come up the river. Some expect
their advanoe to commence Immediately, if it has not al
ready begun; that roe river is now slangily clear from
elI hindrimces . tor their guabonte to ascend from New
Orleans to Fort Pillow. Others expreql the opinion that
they dare not venture upon the trip until the forts below
New Orleans ere reduced and their trump nler got up.
We . cannot see anything in the way of their gunboats
going up the river immediately. A few of them will be
able to bold New Orleans in nee, whPo a few - others can
go up the river and reduce every town on its batiks."
We moat not bo bled to the fact that trairors are
plenty, and that Abe enemy is kept well informed of the
condition of oar detencee. They know as well Iris , we
ere fixed , along the river as we
.do, and in view of this
they nabs smart enough to take advantage of the time
they have gods.ea, and not wait until we can blockade the
river at awry available Dog with fcrmidable batteries,
and remora or destroy all the WO W& property along the
shore. We don't believe they will delay long in their
trip. and wbatever we may determine to do must be done
immediately.
Rebel News from Corinth
[Deepatches to the state Gazette.]
CORINTH, May G.—Captain Crone, of the One-hundred
and.flity-fmnib Tennessee Regiment, has just coma from
Barbel with three prisoners. They report the ennemy's
force at ninety tboneand, and that Fremont's division
bee come up. The enemy is hard at work on roads, and
are furnished with reedy-built bridges, and are throwing
up works of defence en they advance. Prism re also re
port great disaffection in the Federal army. •
Western men refuse to fight against the South, to put
negroes on a par with whiten. There hes been considera
ble ekirmiebing between pickets to-day.
CORiNIII, 6 P. M.—Evemy is throwing np ent-enth
silents, mailicg plank roads, and bnilding bridges over
swamps and ditches as ke advances.
Generals Beanregard and Polk were sereuadoi last
night by Con. Price's band. The former mado a speech,
in which he said, behoved soon to he in possession of 1r0021)
Northern cities, to compensate for the loss of New Or
leans.
GENERAL NEWS.
A HORRIBLE .MURDER IN II ENTUCKT.—The
Louisville Journal nape that fill awful reorder was cool
milted at Colesburg, IC y., on the 13th inst. Mr. ninnies
Florence, the postmesterof that piece. had commenced to
build a fence on land belonging to Mrs Green, where
noon she. being a woman of spirit, proceeded to tear It
down. While. she was doing no, Mr. F. walked delibe
rately np within twenty-five feet ; without being seen by
her, and rhot her. Thirty-nine buckshot entered her
right arm and bread. She expired in twenty minutes.
Be bed two loaded mutilate with him, and when a young
man in her employ ran down where she was he 'mapped
the other at him. tier husband is sectionforeman on the
railroad, and was four miles front home at the time.
AN UNPRECEDENTED BUN AT It ILLIA.RD3
A treat genre of billiards was played at Owens' billiard
saloon,Syracuse, last Wednesday . The game woe one
of lifpointe, between a Mr. Way and Wm. Owens. the
keeper of the Millard saloon. Owens played carom.; and
dlecourt against hie opponent's full stamp, with 64 to
finish the game. Owens unread the ball,,
got them in
the jam; and retained them there till he had made the
Unprecedented run of 9,005 points, moody up-•n a white
and red ball. The Mat p'ay made by Me. (peens wen a
flee stot. and he thee retiuguieheid the cue from shear
Babel - m*l°n. The play began at EX and ended at BP. M.
—Rochester Union, 19a.
LIEUT. COL. JOHN C. BEYNOLDA.—The Court
Martial whiclthas been in torsion for ten days past for
the tried of Lieutenant Colonel John 0. R.y not le, or the
marine corps, concluded itslabore yesterday. The ver
dict of tie court wee inside up within a few minutes after
the taco wee c'oned. Although it has not yet been pro
=dented. there is reason to believe that It aegattn Colo
nel Reynolds entirely of all the charges preferred agaiost
'hint, and restores him untarnished in name to the posi
tion In which he ban proved himself one of the mod valu
able and efficient officers in the corp...
All ORDNANCE EXPERIMENTAL PARTY'
• There - is at prdeent organizing an experimental party to
test the power of the different kinds of shot on iron
plates. The experiments, which will be similar to those
lately made in England, will take place in a few days,
and, on being mode known to the authorities, will proba
bly be given to the reading public. A target, at which
the ordnance will be tried. is now in protest of con
struction, and guns of proper calibre aro being selected
• for the work.
'.REFORM IN BUSS7A.—Busaia is agitated with
prospects of reform. The postal service, the customs
regulations, and the political condition of the people,
are
enbiecte of immediate concern with the . Emperor, at thin
moment. Petitions for a conftitution am flowing in
upon the heels of the emancipation of the eerie. The
wets is to be granted greater privileges. A'Pwriters are
to be allowed to publish what sentiments they please on
their own reeponelollity.
ELECTION RIOTS IN PRUSSIA —The Prussian
papers teem with accent:lM of the grand triumph
achieved by the Liberals at the late elections. In Ber
lin, 20 Reactioniets, HO old Liberate, and 1300 Pro
gressives were chosen as electors. At afnehlhausen,
where the conservatives were the strangest, serious
riots occurred, and the houses of many prominent
Detcocrate were eacked and pillaged—the mob huazaing
for the Bing.
RUNAWAY AND LOSS OP LIFE.—On Saturday
last, Bartlett Mannion and hie wife, accompanied by an
infant child, sixteen or eighteen months old, and a Mrs.
Carr, mole up from Mohawk to Utica in a buggy. The
horse got frightened and ran into-the canal near Broad
etre( t bridge, and Mr. Mannion and the child wore
drowned. The two women paved themselves by clinging
to the top of the buggy.
CERMA,N EMIGRATION.TO'TIIE WEST —A large
number of Germans arc about to emigrate to this country,
and will settle In Illinois, Wisconsin. and Minnesota.
This immigrating party consists principally of wealthy
land owners, and among them are several barons. About
twenty thousand acres of laud have already been pur
chased for them in the three States named, and zt is ex
pected they will arrive by the middle of July.
EMIGBATION.—A letter from Ireland, dated
in Dublin on the 7th of May, eare : Notwithstanding the
ditheartening intelligence daily received from America,
the peasantry are mill emigrating to that country. On
Tuesday a large nuruher;ef people from Listowel and its
neighborhood naked thiongh Tralee, en route for Ame
rica. .Numbers of the 'peasantry leave for America by
every packet..;.
44 OORTNTri."
HOTEL HATES LT . MEMPHIS.—The proprietors
of the Worsham House, at,slemphis, publish the fillevr
ing card strlngtncy or the provision market com
pels no to advance onr prices to the reneging rates:
Board and lodging per week, $2O; board per day and
lodging, 83; dinner,. 31; breakfast, 75 coots; supper,.
75 cents; board per month, without lodging, SOS."
• A NRW FULMINATING SPUR FOR IRON-CLAD
SHIPS.—A' French naval officer, holding a high com
mand, has tendered his redanation, in order to devote
hinwelf to the completion of a -new fulminating spur,
which ho has invented for iron-clad ships, which will
not • only drlve in the aide of a ship, but will lodge in
its -interior an explosive shell of the most dangerous
character.
COUWIRY NEWSPAPER PRINrING.—The Lon
don systentof prhwing ono aide of country newspapers
in the city, and then sending the edition to the respective
offices in the country, to have the local news and wirer
tisements added, has been adopted by several papers in
Wirconein, the work being performed in the office of the
Slate Jotwytai; at Di adieoD.
:;;PROMOTION OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL J. B.
IlloPHEßSON:—Lientenent Colonel J. B. McPherson,
of the engineer corps, who has performed such im
portant services with General Hafleck's army, bee been
'ncrainited by. the President as a brigadier general.
This will be gratifying news to his many friends.
• IRON-CLAD GUNBOAT-NUMBING IN ST.
LOUlS.—Three iron-clad gnnboate are in course of con
sanction at St. Louis. by bles , rs. Brown. McCord, and
Sanger. , They are to cost altogether 8450.000, and two
of the bulls now on the stocks at Cairo ate nearly com
pleted.
A: FEMALE FORGE R.—A female forger lam tweeted
a good th al of constereatiou among the banks in New
Haven. Six banks cold drat eto her, all of which had
been altered from small to large same. The woman, who
passes under the name of Ilary L. Way, is said to be a
very plausible end suite good-looking person, and has not
yrt been arrested.
. BRITISH STEAMERS AND THE BLOCKADE.—
Captain Dame;;, of the schooner Wonona, which arrived
•at Boston on Friday last, from St. George, Bermuda,
May 8, states that two British steamers left that pot t
few days previous to his sailing, for the purpose of run
ning the Southern Limeade. - •
riGEN. BITORCOOK.—Gen.• E. A. Hitchcock arrived
in New York on Friday, and has left it temporarily, on a
vieit• to friends in New Jersey. It Is uncertain when he
will return to Washineton to resume his labors in the
War'Department, from which be has leave of absence.
STRENGTH. OF HALLEOK'd ARMY—Colonel
.Coler ' of the 25th Illinois Regiment, on a visit home,
anis that Dellect's mmy numbers 155,000 men and
that It is - believed the rebels do not Lumbermen) than
100,000.
THE PROVERBS OF MARTIN LIITITER.—&
bcobstlier in Breslau has found a collection of proverbs
.banderiting of Martin Luther. It contains 33
Itekett in octavo, end about 500 proverb's, and heir never
'appeared In print.
MAJOR ,SLEMMER. AT PITTSBURG LANDING.
Slerenter. c f Fort Pickens fame, Lea arrived at
Pittsburg Landing, having been ordered to take com
mend in Gen. A. McDowell McCook's division of General
Bnivi army corps. , .
(UPTON l'ilUdE,.—Ceptain Prime ' wbo did good
corvine in Kentncky ea enginoer on General B uewe
weft end who wee captured by the rebel,,but &Ren
a nrd exchanged , lnce accepted a potation on General gel
leck's staff.
1 - DISMISSAL M...ACTING MASTER STONE —lt
is stated that Acting Master Stone, who Iva./ iu connuttud
of tPe Erbily St. Pierre when she woo recaptured by en
It ("trier s force, has been dterutesed the service -4
` DISATII • OF BON: Wit. SCOTT.—lien WIZI. Scott,
into .proddeg judge of the Supremo Court of iiissouri,
died at. Its residence io Coles county. on Sunday mora
l/4, May 15th. He had been nick for wore than a year.
MONITORS" FOR THE GER3llibi NAVY.—The
I orninitteo on the fomailon of a German navy have ro
c. ninunded - the .. .construction of ironclad gunboats on
the „ Monitor" Dian.
COL.. ELLSWORTH'S FATHER—The fathir of
Col , Ellsworth hat beer appoluted to take charge of tha
n
uenal at Veigenues, and will shortly wove to that
NoCoaxEr.sacao, Pe., May 22.—One of the twat
teti-itlehailstortne ever ivitoemed palled over 'this town
.bout five o'clock lest evening. hieetly oil the windows
in the idace froutiog iho storm *ere !bivered . The
om leaves and shoots note cot from the trent, and the
giound c,vered several inches 1. op with heilktnneo,
some of which were et hut three inches in dOnnoter,
end weighed seven ounces. The groin fields in the path.
way of the storm were utterly rahrsd.
Proclamation
Destructive Stcirm