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IMPORTER AND MANUFACTURER OP
ECENTLE*EN'S FURNISHING GOODS
GREAT VARIETY AND AT MODERATE,PRICEEL
N.8.-Particular attention given to the . makiitg of:Shirts.
lelollars, Drawerx,
WOOD &• CARY.
No. IPA CHESTNUTISTREET,
/WO nosy in store a complete stock of
....STRAW AND. MILLINERY GOODS,
11TCLIMING
STRAW HATS AND BONNETS. •
MISSES' AND CHILDREN'S STRAW GOODS.
FANCY 'AND CRAPE BONNETS.
FRENCH FLOWERS, RIBBONS, Sic,
To which they respectfully invite the attention of Mar
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CASH BUYERS will find special advantage in examin
ing tide stock before purchasing. fe2B-2m
PAPER .HANGINGS.
p L ADELP HI A
PAPER HANGINGS.
HO W.eLL & BOURKE,
CORNER OF
FOURTH AND ,MARKET STREETS,
MANUFACTURERS OF
PAPER HANGINGS
ND WINDOW CURTAIN PAPERS,
•.oder to the Trade a LARGE AND ELEGANT ASSORT
IELENT OF GOODE, from the cheeped Brown Stock to
<• the Flout Decorattome.
N. E. COR.FOURT3I AND IeTARRET STREET'S.
is_ is n4Ollll INN Rita ?A
rno ¢t OTOIT CU% ",
orm - rrifu
TILL THERE!
AT THE OLD STAND,
028 CHESTNUT STREET,
Second door > opposite Jayne's Hall.
WHEELER t WILSON
SEWING MACHINES.
The itudersigaed has not removed, but is ready at bis
Old OfUce to supply customers, at the lowest prices, with
every style and quality of
WHEELER, St WILSON SEWING MACHINES.
Machines to hireralso, with first•class operators, to
private [anal lee and hotels, by the day,
Machine stitching done at short notice, in any quantity.
Machines repaired and operators taught.
de2.l-len HENRY COY.
SINGER'S
SEWING MACHINES,
For Family Sawing and Manufactur.ring Purposes
810 CHESTNUT STREET.
istl3-sto
TIIE WILCOX Sz GIBBS
4.01111.1,
Ellin MEI
hive bgen greatIv.VIIDTON ed. making it
f(OI6FiLESS,
and with SolUatlju.sting, 'Remmers, axe now readj for
rale by FAIRBAIIICR EWIN
mm. 4,
PAINTINGS, ENGRAVINGS, &c.
TAMES S. 'EARLE 455 SON,
IMPORTERS AND MANUFACTURERS OF
LOOKING GLASSES.
DEALERS IN
OIL PAINTINGS,
ENGRAVINGS,
•POIITRAIT, .
PICTURE, and _
PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES,
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS.
I,IIXTBISIVB LOOKING GLASS WAREROOMS AND
GALLERY 'OF PAINTINGS,
deBl-tt 81.5 CHESTNI7I' Street, Philadelphia.
DRUGS AND CHEMICALS.
IROBERTSITOEMAKER & CO.,
Northeast Corner FOURTH and, RACE Streets.
PHILADELPHIA,
WHOLESA'I.E DRUGGISTS,
IMPORTERS AND DEALERS
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
'WINDOW' AND PLATE GLASS,
ILLVIiIifITDINDO nu
W.EUTS zrico
AOEHTE FOE THE OELEEHATED.
FRENCH ZINC PAINTS.
r_Dealets and Tontttraerg ettpplied at
VERY LOW 'PRICES FOR CAUL',
r!M
ARMY CLOTMNG,tac.
A A OPPENHEIMER,
N3II.OITURCH Alley. Philadelphia,
CONTRACTOR AND DIANITRACTURTA OF
ARMY 'CLOTHING
Of Rver7 Deßcription.
Akio,
ILATSRSAOICS,
• ''PONCHOS,
CAMP BLANKETS,
KNAPSACKS. Ana -'
BED TICKING'S FOR HOSPITALS.
MATERIAL BOUGHT FOB CONTRACTORS.
All goodimade will be guarantied regulation in ere.
111. B. Orders of any size llHeti with "despatch. 187-3 m
C,tS yIXTURES,
L3] 7 , ABO II , EITBBET,
O. 4. VlNliaigt-- ti 3 00_
susuraininufititour
at:TA NP.] LIERS
AND:OTHEIL
.GAS• . I I IXITIMS
• Also,Treach'Brenserheares and Orsuusents,Poreelals
t asid Mies Shades, 'tad a vadat/ of
FANCY GOODS,
IikrTIOLESALE AND RETAIL.
Please all and examine Roods
- 'FAIRBANKS' SCALES.
i C .A , U' T I 0 N ,
The well-earned reputation of
FAIRBANKS'. -SCALES
'Bas induced the makers of imperfect balances to offer
'them as "FAIRBANKS' SCALES, and Purchasers have
thereby, in many instances, been snbjected to fraud and
imposition. Fairbanks' Scales are manufactured only
by the original inventors, E. &T. FAIRBANKS 8' CO.,
and are adapted to every branch of the business, where
s.correct and durable Scales is desired.
FAIRBANKA'db-EWING,
. • Geneva Agents,
aplO-If MASONIC NAM 71STHESTNUT ST
* IIIF.
laliC ARMY AND TOILET HIRItORS,
the beet in the world for dulelt and durebtlikr. •
•
B. M. S.
The beet brand Silk Finished
VELVET RIBBONS.
lob Monk- BENJAMIN M. SMITH,
up DUANE Street, near West Broadway
New TaAr.
gni 'DR FINE, PRAOTIOAV 'DM ?
►the leaf
below. rte the in tv gi d gega r ft 2 11TH R
on flue Gold Platina, Silver, V aleanite,Go.
taitte, Am r. &0., at prises, for neat and enbistantlal
'work, more reasonable than ally dentlet in this city or
Teeth plugged to last for life. Artificial Teeth re•
patredtpindr,. Nh pain In extracting. No charges un
til materna all b right. Reference, beet families,. jaie-itin
A GARRETT,
GENERAL CONDSIO RNiK MRCRANT; AND.
Akent for Lilly Pond Ice Company, Maine, •.
118 SOUTH WHARVES, Philadelphia.
inf. 0 Otint!ALAS,
Commlaslon chants,
Havana,Oubi. --
Advances made, when toothed: on saleable consign-
OW to the above house. . • feellet*
tBEST UMBRELLAS, SLEEPER'S
make strong a nd neat,' at TENTH and HAR-
M Stmts. tozs-r
VOL. 6.-NO. 183.
B=SIZEM
IMPORTERS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
CASSIMERES,
MANTILLA GOODS,
GROS DE RHINES,
VELVET RIBBONS,
FRENCH CORSETS, &C.
nib3.lm.
is 24-tarYi
ACTORY.
mud°. to wtt
;HIRT% a
`lnsintess.
WELLING, COFFIN, & CO.,
tEll'S WEAR,
[NG STORE,
fTREET,
• the Continental.
(War for male, by the Package—
PRINTS. BROWN AND BLEACHED SHEETINGS AND
SHIRTINGS:
BRILLS, CANTON FLANNELS.
COTTONADES, COVSET JEANS,
SILESIAS, NANKEENS.
COLORED CAMBRICS, SEAMLESS BAGS.
VSYRAIR Aui) 94AktitiPli%
EtilAt'itt 031§0g.
RENTIVRY JPINg. '
G 1863.
ALSO.
SRY-RETTR KRRSEYS, INFANTRY CLOTHS.
ARMY FLANNELS. 10 and 12-ounce DUCK. &a., age.
deb-mwr Sm
ALTEMUS 65 COZENS.
Pronounced one of the bast makes in the market. fel4-1m
OUR SPRING STOCK IS NOW' AR
RANGED.
80,000 DOZEN
H OSIER Y.
AT LOWER PRICES THAN PRESENT COST OF DE
PORTATION.
THOS. MELLOR & CO.,
40 AND 41 NORTH THIRD STREET,
PHMAIMPALL
Ji a c►_
1•1•10.111111111
BAGS AND BAGGING
OP EVERT DESCRIPTION, '
NO. na NORTH FRONT STREET,
WOOL BAGS . FOR SALE.
0.21.8 m
FHIL ADELPHIA
BAG
MANUFACTORY.
EU AF E A S; OP ALL SIZES,
POE CIORE, OATS, COi , BONE.DIIST, Ito.
ALso,
SEAMLESS BAGS,
Of standard makes, ALL BIM, for sato cheap. for net
MIL 031 delivery.
GEO. GRIGG.
219 and. 221. CHTIROEf ALLEY.
rec
ITT U.T.M.O 3
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in, - mg y.Ii...SITTUT S.CP.EEr a •
COMMISSION MERCILINTS,
FOR THE SALE OF -
.I L E
5e2643m• •
GRIGG & I - lARMSTEAD,
No. t3l STRAWBERRY STREET,
Offer for sale, hi the Package,
RIPKA'S OOTTONADES,
SUFFOLK BLUE DRILLS,
STANDARD BROWN DRILLS,
STANDARD BROWN SHEETINGS,
LONSDALE NANKEENS, &e., &c. rch3
EDWIN HILL & CO
ge, South SECOND Street, will open this morning
The new shades of Alpacas.
New style of plaid and stripe Poil de Chevron.
Figured and etriped Mohair Lustres.
Iliozambiaties and Arabian Lastres.
Vatenelas and Nubian.
New styles of Dress Goods of various names.
Fine Black Alpacas.
saltatf Modes, Blues, Magentas, and Black de Lathes.
IRDWIN HALL & CO.
E{
2 South MONT) Street, have on hand the fol
lowing Goods, imported. last year, and for sale much be
low the present cost of importation:
Brown. Blue, and Green Cored. Silks.
Black Ottoman or Corded Silks.
Black Armnres and Ponit de. Soles.
Browns, Blues, Greens, Mode, and Cuir or Leather
. color Thrall de Soles.
Brown, Blue, and Green Figured Silks.
Black Figured Silks.
Black Taffeta Silks,
Black Gros de Rhine Silks.
Foulard Silks, ite, MILS
T AMUR , CILOAILLATQW_
isnaillob - o ottatitun
Spring - Colors, 6-4 "Katona.
6-4 Cloths and Cassitneres.
Boys' Cloths and Cassimees.
Tailors' Linings. .
COOPER &CONARD,
rah 3 S. E. earner NINTH and MARKET Streets
•fl 2, &aj
R,PRING CLO.ARS.':
N. , Water-Proof Cloaks
. _
Black Cloth Cloaks.
Cloaks made to order.
Best 110 op Skirts.
1100 PER CONARD,
rohS S, E. corner NINTH . and. MARKET Streets
WIDE SHEETLNGS.
Good Shirting Singling by the Piece.
Fine and low.prieed 'Flannels. '
Table Damasks and Napkins.
Spring Prints and Delainea.
COOPER & COWARD,
mh3 S. E. corner MTH and MARKET Streets
B LACK S
Lustrings, Mircelines. •
ldourningPo de Soiee.
Gros (drains.
Bonnet Taffetas.
Moire Antiques. _
Double-faced Brocades,
Rich, neat Figures.
- ._SHARPLESS BROTHERS.
• SPRING DRESS 'GOODS.
Foil de Chevres, Ristoris.
Adriennes, Worsted Crepes.
Fil de Chevres, liohairs.
Chintzes,' Lawns, Organdies.
Flain Silks,Plow Foulards.
Plai All-wool Cashmeres,
SHARPLESS BROTHERS.
; CHESTNUT and. RIGHT.Ef. Streets.
/11.01114114 1 amIIUUr
/eke the Branum 'Arrinerrozr of the Ladien to hie'
LARGE STOCK of
WHITE GOODS, LACES, EMBROIDERIES.
• HANDKERCHINWS, dec.
A greater part aids goods have been purchased
previous to the recent GREAT ADVA.NCE, and
are now being RTAILED O P ENEDhan whole
sale prices. He b oo JUST.;
100 dozen broad Hematitithed Hdkfe.. at 3110..
and upwards.
300 dozen corded-bordered all-Linen Hdkfs. ,
at 18c., worth Oil cents.
50 pieces plain, buff, and white Piqué. for
Children's wear.
23 pieces printed and fig'd Pique, for Children's
wear.
NOVELTIES IN LADIES' BOWS.
Emb'd Muslin, lace trimmed, Ac., received
every morning, from 50c. to BL felo-tf
SPLENDID STOOK ON HAND.--
All the best makes of Calicoes.
All the best makes of Helaine.
All the beat makes of Linens.
All the host makes of Shootings.
AB the best make a of Napkins.
Together with Towels, Crash, Diaper Hnckaback. Bird
:ye- Burlap, da &c.
White Cambric and Jaeonet, fell line.
liainsooke and Plaid Muslims, full line.
Winter Goods closing out. •
Shawls, Merinoes, eloaing out,
Balmoral Skirts all prices.
•
Bilk and Linen HAkk, nice assortment. At
JOHN H. STOKES'.
I
702 ARCH street. •
:CARPETS AND OIL CLOTHS.
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MAITUFACITEERS, IMPORTERS, AND DEALERB,
We have now on hand an extensive stock of CARPET
MOS. of our own and other makes, to which we cal
the attend on of ash and ebort-tirne buyers. fel4-3m
TROM-SON'S LONDON
KITCHENER, OR EUROPEAN RANGE, for
families, hotels,
_or public Institutions, IN
TWENTY DIFFERENT SIZES. Also
Heaters,
Philadel
phia Ranges. Rot-Air Furnaces, Portable miters, Low
down Grain, Firoboard Stoves, Bath Boilers, Stew-hole
Plates, Broilers, Cooking Stowe, &c., at Wholesale and
Retail, by the manufacturers,
NORTH. CHASE, & NORTH,
fatfi-NrEI6IU Zro. RO9 SICOIiD Street.
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COMMISSION HOUSES.
212 AND 21.1 CHESTNUT STREET,
SILKS AND CLOTHS
Fl3O CHESTITIJT STREET,
241 CHESTNUT 6TREET
!SOLE AGENTS FOE
DANIELS',
CELEBRATED IVORY FINISH
SPOOL COTTON,
WARRANTED 200 YARDS.
RETAIL DRY GOODS.
El. M.. INTEEDLEMI --- •
No. 1024 CHESTNUT BT EM
102* CHESTNUT snuarr
811011lialkiliti. 14-
M'OALLUM &
509 CHESTNUT STREET,
(Opposite Independence Hall, )''
CARPETINGS,
OIL OLOTHS, &c.
Eljt Vress.
FRIDAY, MARCH 0, 1803
DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTHWEST.
The following has been forwarded to the head.
quarters of the army :
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT of CORINTH,
CORINTH, MSS, Jan. 21„ 1863,
CAPTAIN: I have the honor to submit a statement
of a few of the outrages committed upon citizens of
Alabama by the Confederate troops.
While all their leaders, from the President down,
are boasting of their carrying on this war in accord
once with the laws that govern nature in such cases,
and are charging upon our troops all kinds of depre
dations and outrages, I . think a few simple facts
must put them to blush, and make those parties, and
our press and. people who are "seconding the efforts
of Davis to east stigma upon us, ashamed of the
work they are doing.
I will merely state what I know to be true. Abe
Canadi and 'Mr. Mitchell were hung two weeks ago
for being Union men They lived on the Hackleboro
settlement, Marion county, Ala. Mr. Haliwork
and daughter, of the same county, were both shot
for the same cause, the latter instantly killed, the
dive, bid w.lll Pole=
Law, and Ditaa 61' hia ini% hunted
down by one hundred bloodhounds, and captured.
The houses of Means. Palmer, Welaby, Williams,
and the three Weightmans, and some thirty others,
were burnt over-their heads, the women and child
ren turned out of doors, and the community notified
that! they allowed them them to go into other
houses, or fed or harbored them in any manner, they
would be served Hie same.
alr.Peterson, living at the head of Bull lllountain,
was shot. •
I am now feeding some one hundred of these fami.
lies, who, with their women and children, some gray
haired old men, and even cripples on crutches, were
driven out, and found ;their way here, through the
woods and byways, without food and shelter, all
done for :the simple reason they were Union men,
or that thew had brothers or relatives in our army.
The statements of theae people are almost beyond,
belief, did we not have the evidence before us.
I am informed by them that there are hundreds of
loyal men and women in the woods of Alabama
waiting for an opportunity to escape. .
I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant )
G. AI. DODGE, Brigadier General
Captain R. M. SAWYER, A. A. G.,-Memphis
Mr. Frank Moore, of the "Rebellion Record, ,,
came to Washington recently to urge the establish.
meta of a bureau of information;and statistics, etc.
He has been drithorized to prepare, for the library
of Congress, a collection of documents on there-bellion from its commencement. Any documents
can be forwarded to him at New York.
Special Correspontleace of The Press.]
LEBANON, LACLEDE COUNTY, MO.,
February 25,1863
BUSINESS OF L'EBANON.
This place / famous not for its cedars / or arrinb
las.seasas;;;ac,
mad ! is imparts..t now shica r as a Sara for Sarn er
and a station for troops, needful as escorts to trains
from Rolla to Springfield. The former place, most
of your readers kpow, is the terminus of the South
west branch of the Pacific Railroad, the latter the
depot of supplies for the Army of the Frontier. It
is astonishing. what an amount of transportation is
required for this purpose. Think of supplying an
army in a country almost eaten out over_ a road one
hundred and fifteen miles in Irngth, most of which,
for some time, has been hub deep, and parts of it to
which you can scarcely find bottom. For twenty
miles, on each side of this road, forage , has been ex
hausted, and this known, it may well 'be supposed
that the labor of supplying cavalry and trains along
the route must be great.. Could all this have been
foreseen eighteen months since, it would have been
a good investment for the Government to have ex
tended the railroad to Springfield.
SOLDIERS' -REST
Besides the posh quartermaiterM establishment
here, there is a post hospital, where the sick sol-i
dier, on his way to or from the army, finds a resting
place and medical attention—in some instances a
grave. Most of the wounded in the Hartsville fight,
where Emmet McDonald and Major Wimer received
their dues, were brought here. Nearly all are now
quite recovered. Only one case proved fatal. It was
pleasant to visit them and witness the fortitude and
Ainpfulnan. with. IMO flier bait Hatt ttiattlftfiA
!ma gantinomont.
But imaging from local to manor); of more amoral
interest, I propose to give your readers the observa
tions of one who has not been a mere "looker-on in
Venice." If not 4 . to the manor born," he hos be
and passed with her
through all her stirring history:—
THE REBELLION ONLY "SOOTOHED."
You will scarcely hail as 330149 the mention of the
fact, that affairs in this State are still in a canal
tion of considerable entanglement. To use the origi
nal figure, the serpent of rebellion here has only been
'scotched, not killed. It has received a heavy blow,
but still it wriggles, and even drags its hideous
length along. In addition to the thousands who
have taken a direct part lathe rebellion, there is a
large and thoroughly disloyal element, and one that
will remain so until the rebels are completely de
feated and disarmed. Above this class is another,
represented by the St. Louis Republican, wko range
themselves on the side of the Union, simply because
they suppose it to be the safer. Their interests, they
think, lie on the side of right; their sympathies,
others know to be with traitors. This class is not
very large ; but it has its representatives in the halls
of. Congress and in the State Government; and it is
doubly dangerous, because it wears the garb, and, to
some extent, receives the confidence of loyalists.
Still another class, larger and better than the last,
have no affiliations with rebels ; and yet theyeannot
be considered unconditionally for the Union. They
are men of the past—good in ordinary-times, but
who fail to appreciate the crisis through which the
nation is passing. They are behind the times—like
men walking- about with their lanterns when the
east is flashing with the day-spring.
POLITICAL MATTERS
This class includes many who, through the stress
a ArAit&tlklilAt. till { laittiolli k,u1.4,-_ , At414.,.
fitly rannfiill ty ttignitmiz
AT/In, Safltsiii ea slaw kiillfahtilla
facile and hypocritical. -
The emancipationists proper—the hes men of the
State—are now the dominant party ; and they could
easily shape both legistation and public opinion,
Were they not most unfortunately diVided among
themselves. Agreed upon the importance and ne
emits' of emancipation, they yet differ upon ques
tions connected with it, or hitched to it, to'so shame
ful and ruinous a degree as to destroy all harmony
of action, and to imperil the cause itself. Here
Blair and Brown are the representative men, and
the Unica and Democrat, respectively, the, organs.
The Union owes its origin to the Fremont-Blair im
broglio, and their eruption has infected the party
and broken out, in several places in blotches most
foul and noisome.
The Democrat stigmatizes it as a brat born of cor
ruption—feeding on . Government pap—and yet, in
grate like, opposing the Government in its policy—
or, at least, only damning the "proclamation' with
faint praise. On the other hand, the 'Union speaks
out ad nauseam, upon the Democrat and its party, the
stale and odious epithets of the pro-slavery school.
They are "Abolitionists," (a word of terrible import
in slave States,) " Radicals," "Jacobins," and
whatever other - term is' supposed , to be most
damaging. The Democrat itself, and the St. Louis
delegation In the Legislature—chosen In opposition
to the Blair party—it charges with mercenary mo
tives, desiring only to share among themselves the
mils of learnt ofilsos_ Matignon thorn It toll! Iv
fostutints if thoTimitneititttion moan In not Itilltal!
already it is so crippled as to make but slow pro.
the tOward_theuroal. The quarrel has defeated, for
- "".-- 4 -Qtates Senators ;
•
and the bad op tri..... d by that con
kept hot by these papers, it marwill pre
vent speedy action upon the great ques"--.an
cipation.
But notwithstanding their differences, it is, in
deed, grateful and refreshing to compare the whole
scaled patriotism of the assembly with miserable,
partisan, craven, and contemptible, so-called Demo
cracy, now dominant in the Legislatures of Illinois,
Indiana, and New Jersey, and almost In the aSeen,
dancy in New York and Pennsylvania. With such
creatures there is but little sympathy in the Legisla
ture of MisaoUri. This State has learned something
from her Buffering. And -if the despicable spirit of
the Democracy is not shamed by the rebuffs of the
rebels; nor cowed by the indignant voices coming
from the soldiers, or put down by the strong arm of
Federal power—if none of these will kill or cure it,
then let them know that they must and will be
-scourged as Missouri has been, until the demon is
.destroyed. To hold now, when the rebellion la tot
tering, and needing only a few months of nailed and
determined effort for its overthrow, is a crime too
great, I fear, for a righteous God to pus unpunidi
ed. The rebellion will be put down; but it is for the
people of the loyal States to crush it speedily by
their union, or to bring its horrors home to their
own doors by disaffection, inaction, or delay.
WHAT MUST BE DONE
How slow some men are to learn the great truths
which the last few years have been teaching—that
the Bin) ingr mug be d e e tr 9Y ea PAM Or that the
ilitllfi tor 111111111111 ITN it - Ffiniii I' - tlfth'..gf' -
11O118i PlolloPiefOita Ills Alfa 94 iIYIR6 rti pv , wv)
except as slaves, with men yho arc animated by the
spirit which breathes In the words of the Rev. Dr.
Smyth, Of Charleston. " What," says he, "is the
difficulty, and what the remedy? Not in the election
of Republican Presidents. No I Not in the non
execution of the fugitive-slave bill. No! But if is
back of these. It is found in the atheistic, red repub
lican doctrine of the Declaration of Independence. Until
that is tramped underfoot there can be no peace."
This, let us learn at once, is the natural and neces
sary outgrowth of slavery as a system, and what
other remedy can there be for_ such a spirit but to
exterminate the system which has bred itl In this
view, the enforcement of the "proclamation," asian
irrevocable policy, is as necessary as the war for the
Union. Slavery sad republican Government are
irreconcilable. What freeman worthy: of the name
should hesitate one moment in choosing which shall
perish I
In this mighty revolution, the greatest of political
revolutions the world has ever seen, Missouri has the
proud pre-eminence of leading the way. Let her
have the sympathies, the prayers, the aid , if need
be, of all who love freedom and would see her
triumph. MISSOURIAN.
THE ATTITUDE OF AFFAIRS IN MISSOURI
[EXTRACT FROM A PRIVATE LETTER.] „,
# • We Are a people paeelog through gKea
PHILADELPHLA. FRID&Y, MARCH 6. 1863.
trials ; may we be wiser and better by this discipline'
The present is a time of great darkness ; yet we need
not despair. Our cause is just,- and this war is to be
carried on until the Union is restored, even through
many difficulties. The loyal people of Missouri are
astonished at the course pursued Per many of our
Northern men. They must be traitors of the deepest
dye, or they are entirely ignorant of the nature of
this rebellion. I wish they could spend a, few ]
months, or even a few weeks in Missouri, where
the fires of secession are smouldering,. but not ex
tinguished ; where the guerillas are rejoicing over
peace speeches and the divisions of the free States,
and boast that Illinois and New Jersey are joining
hands with the it bels and' becoming their warmest
friends and advocates. The Union-loving people'of
Missouri have not anticipated this discouragement
at the North ; they have, on the contrary, hoped for
their entire. support, and ought to have it, as they
have borne the burden of this war willingly, having
contributed their property and given their sons to
the army for the support of our GoVernment.
DEPAR T EMENT OF THE MISSISSIPPI.
The Great Yazoo Pass Expedition—Strength
of tont' .Forces—Descrlption of /If oon Lake,.
the, RendezN'ons Desperate Character
the Enterprisibout to Advance, ho.
SKETCH OF MOCK LAKE.
MOON LAILE, Mies., Fe1).2.--The anniversary'of ,
the birthday of the immortal Washington—a day ea
ereit in the estimation of every true American. The ,
bbtalld thiu junta , hunatail fled uhurtuhull
holiday elnot Thu great Mallon Moho out, Two
years of war s and what has been accomplished
Row much nearer the subjugation of' the South are
we ..to.day than we'were two years since? What
have we gained by our immense Sacrifices °Hire and
untold expenditures of treasure? Pertinent ques
tions, these, and appropriate to the day. - - Who can
I imagine not a little inquiry will be exalted at
the 'date of a communication from Moon Lake.
Maps will be consulted in vain to find it: • True, the
lake appears on good maps of the . Mississippi
river, and of the State of Blleslasippl, but
no name is given it. The map•makers never
dreamed that thia little sheet of water would ever
rise to importance in the history of •our country;
yet it is destined to have some notoriety hereafter as
the rendezvous of the Yazoo Pass expedition. Moon
Lake is a small Inflated sheet of water, about eight
miles in length, with an average width of half or
two-thirds of a mile, and bearing unmistakable in
dicatione of having at some past time been a section
of the bed of the Mississippi river. It lies directly
east of the Mississippi, and is reached through a
very narrow and difficult pass, about - a mile In
length, forming the westerft end of the Yazoo Pass.
To speak as intelligently as possible, I should say
that the Yazoo Pass rune through this lake. It
enters it from the Mississippi at the northern end,
and leaves it again at about its centre. .In . passing
from the river into the pass, there is d ridge, or nar
row bar, to be crossed, immediately beyond which
the pass makes a short, right-angular bend to the
left. The water flows over this ridge with wonder
ful velocity, almost resembling a cataract, and a
steamer has to be nicely handled to prevent its being
thrown into the woods just beyond the ridge by the
velocity of the current. But, after crossing this
ridge, and turning the bend to the left, the channel
to the lake is very straight and easy of navigation,
having a uniform depth of about three fathoms,
with a current at the present time of not farfrom four
miles an hour. The only trouble is in the narrow
ness of the stream, which affords no opportunity for
vessels moving in opposite directions .to pass each
other, and requires skilful piloting to keep them out
f the woods that line its edge s ' it has no banks.
••
taliiiiittA mAxtiantrlFFlLl
round, of Burt length. whore Among out:to a hun•
Bred feet.
About midway of tide pass is the great Mississippi
levee, built by, the State in 1856 •to shut up this
channel, and reclaim large tracts of land in the in
terior of the State that had formerly been annually
inundated by the water of . the Mississippi river
flowing off through this outlt. This levee is one of
the largest and finest to be seen in the Mississippi
Valley. It was built at a greatexpense, and with
an outlay of a vast amount of labor. Its destruction
at the point where it crosses the channel of this
pass was but the work of a day. by a small detach
ment of our troops. They had • only to out a
small hole in it to start the water, .when • the rapid
current and vast volume of water soon tore away
the rest, making the gap of equal . width with the
pass itself. . ..... , .
After reaching the lake there is no further trouble
until we again enter the pass leading on to the
Coldwater river. The lake, as I have said above,
has about the same width as the Mississippi river,
and has now a uniform depth over its whole area..
sufficient to float the largest class of steamers. It
is a very picturesque and beautiful sheet of Water, _
the entrance to and exit from which, both being so
very narrow and through thick woods, can scarcely
be seen a hundred yards away from their mouths.
The shores are high and dry. On the eastern bank
there are two or three fine plantations ;tout, with
these exceptions, the surroundings are an unbroken
forest. Its isolation, and consequent quiet, have
made it a great resort' for aquatic birds of all kinds.
Wild ducks and geese abound here in profusion.
occasionally a swan is seen. Pelicans and gulls By
about over its surface with the utmost freedom.
The ecvoi. a acronapesa-avtilrely
gISAA sisaagBlWith flak of till Jlisii la f&A, fha
place la ti 'very paritaltie for &pontoon, or rather, I
Mould have said, was , prior to the advent of this
fleet into its ,quiet waters. So unusual a sight as
large steamers, putnne and snorting about, has
frightened much of the game away and even the
i
fishes manifest a shyness now, as f they too had .
become alarmed by the disturbance of the waters.
• lon
but about Waro IgrOlffiliat44l/4,4M141V..... It la
vessels cano e sent nt any time as they may be got
ready, and avoid exposure to the investigations and
observations of spies. A casual observer at Helena
can form no possible idea of the character or magni
tude of this expedition, as he can sea but one or two
boats at a time, and even then /Jr loft to g u ess
whether they are intended for this movement or not.
And on this I base my strongest hopes for the sue-.
cess of the movement.
The enemy, through our own recklessness, care
lessness, or treachery, have had timely information
of our intention to send an expedition down this
pass ; but as yet we have every reason to believe
that they are in total ignorance of the magnitude
, and formidable character of the expedition. I do
' not give them credit for sufficient gullibility to be
lieve that we contemplate sending heavy iron-clad
gunboats-some of the largest of our fleet-down
this narrow and tortuous pass; - nor do I believe
they will be prepared to Bee us approach with any
great number of gunboats of any kind. Nor yet'ean
they be expected to anticipate the approach of large
steamers, loaded with soldiers and artillery, thmugh
this route, which has never before been navigated
by anything but flatboats propelled by • the forte of
the current and gpided by hand. Rendezvouting,
therefore, in this secluded - spot, where there is no
likelihood of being seen by the enemy, there is every
reason to anticipate that, when we move forwrfrd in
a body and come upon them, we shall take hem
completely by surprise. At least I hope so.
WHAT THIS EXPEDITION IS TO AC OM
. -L.!, - PLISH.
If we iT6 not take the enemy by surprise-it they
shall chance to be fully informed of the nature and
extent of our preparations, and shall be ful pre
pared to meat us, God help - us ! There will e no
1
t,_!.!.9:11 Idt , abti Al' fit_ • Made um kilthiliall lig,pa 1 Ala
•RwICIIIOIII. lIIPPO II 110 intilill 10I: 111: rill illill
:from "Um 2f tiehilyeler to isimti anireircr a ma
i
, nicely more tortuous, with a more rapid rrent
•
then that leading from the Mississippi into lake.
(Once through that, we can never get thes boats
!' back again through it. The current itself uld be
a sufficient impediment to our return, d none
other exist. Our only chance, then, is to ght our
t li
way through to Vicksburg. The only w chword
we can have will be "Fight or die." . i • ..
ADVANCE AND SKIRMISH WIT THE
' REBELS.
.
It was in. the stretch beyond this lake, 1 ading to
the Coldwater river, that the enemy sou it to ob
struct the channel so as to prevent our ate from •
getting through. The distance is not far from fifteen •
miles by the course of the pass. Throughout this
distance they filled the channel withgo, trees,
)
stumps,.and all - manner of obstacles. r troops •
have been at work nearly three weeks clearing
out these obstructions, and in cutting al y the tint
. ber _that overhangs the stream. Thor are not
through with this labor yet, though
I T t how far
they have got lam not able to say. Th have been
much annoyed in their labors by am parties of
. rebels, who hover about in the woods sad fire upon
them. So great did this annoyance b ome, that a
battalion of the 6th Illinois cavalry w finally Sent
down to scour the banks, and drive ba the enemy..
A detachment of this cavalry had quit a brisk skit-,
midi, on Friday, with A company o about sixty.
annoyance b
rebel!, finally dispersing th after killing
six of their number, wounding sec 1 more,-and
capturing twenty-six prisoners. Our wn loss was
but trilling, amounting to but five or x wounded.
STRENGTH OF THE EXPEDITION. .
I leave it to your -correspondent( higher up the
river to give you such statements aii.they please of
the strength of this expedition. it would be dis
t.-- M
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thA all Ofilfillail aft I`llll 6011111151 Of ,
1181V111)!Illail nAli_
1 ,
' respondents with the army - , to meat n the names or
number of gunboats Detailed for t 0 movement or
. the army force that will accompao the expedition.
All this will come in due time: L it suffice for the.
}rditv.i 1%11 Ty" that the expediti is a larger one
- , ...snoposed.-Chica rimer. •
raw intudgfaulpi-ZAKADRON. •
•Lest Cruise of the" queen of the West"-
The Good Work she Acdomplished pre
.-- "Fions to her Capture-Fell and Interest
ing Particulars of her Loe-Operations in
the Atchafalaya and Red ivers--Capture
of the Rebel Steamer "
.ra No. 5 "-The
Rebel Attack-Arrival o he "Indianola, ,
die., Ace. . • • . .
STEAMER ERA NO,'6, IN RED Raven,
lebruary 15,1663.
The career of the gallant
e peen of the West is
ended. Her crew are diapers ; some are wounded,.
some are killed, and more RP taken prisoners. A
small remnant, so far escapedfrom death and cap- !
a
tom-the ture, are now twenty miles o the mouth of Red i
river, moving as rapidly Providence permits,
from the scene of one of thi Most thrilling incidents
of the rebellion, towards thriar-famed city of Vicks
burg.
OUR DEPIRTURE. ,
We had intended to lave on Monday, the 9th
inst., but certain repairs rem, at the last moment,
found necessary, and we %ere compelled to remain -
over the succeeding day. "
Col. Filet decided to run e batteries by star-light,
day.
Col.
just at dark the chi eye of the Queen of the
West and the De Soto b nto vomit forth huge
columns of dense black s oke, and we knew that
the time of our departu was approaching. Pre
cisely at 9 o'clock we s pinto the stream, the De
Soto, around whose boil I and machinery bales of
NAM lad beeli IlitiniiilTE l On 10 5 3 ° • I M l i r I P"
ilifiltiq it 4;n7: f l:rii t.?! !" - V — C T- 1"4: -- 41 . 1
..-1 , Ifie Ct,uecas v <Tv .... (1V.% .31 /1 C....
ha ''' 4as IS tha ..tala all. hishad trothap. In this
ax7tion we floated down,he river. At the risk of
beaux considered a 'cows!, that regard for truth,
proud which lam te say, as always been a distin
guishing feature of my rreapondence, compels me
to write that I sough he starboard side of the
Queen of the West; ere the thickness of four.
bales of cotton and fou eet of wood might reasons-.
' bly be supposed to ins e comparative safety.
Silently we floated' Y,' every moment expecting
i f
"to hear the screifieljaViss of shot and shelf, every
moment lookieg-tiji tj explosion of the ugly rail',
- Wes over our het. /We were abreast of the bat
tenter, and began to under at their reticence. We
were sit point blank nge, the night was fine, why
' did they not iltel T e suspense was terrible. Pre
sently some one can out :.." We are out of danger,,
we are below the batteries." It is wonderful how
i
this announcement ffected us, SOme who were
crouching in abject terror became Valiant in an
instant. They mounted the hurricane deck and
snapped their fingers for joy. What cared they for
rebel batteries I
THE "QUEEN" IN THE ATCHAFALAYA.
lt,was at the mouth of Old river that we tied up
Wednesday night, sending the De Soto to, do - pieket -
duty a mile in advance. The night *stied quietly,
and at daybreak Thursday we started up Old river,
moving cautiously and Galling at the .plantations on
the way. At 9 o'clock,wo entered the mouth of the
Atchafalaya. Four aides down the river, a long . train
of heavy army wagons , driven by negro teamsters
and gnawed by a squad of soldiers, was discovered
moving along the river bank. We halted them,
landed, and took possession. The soldiers escaped
to the forest skirting the'plantafions. A. detachment
of Federal soldiers commenced the work of destruc
tjon, Mules were unharnessed and turned adrift,
harnesses wove thrown into the river, and 'a few
of the wagons ant down and rendered worthless.
The rest were lett until evening. The " Quema ,, '
then moved down the river to Simmesport, four
miles ;below, where Col. Ellet had heard of a rebel;
transport. -
We arrived too late to capture her, but not too
late to seize seventy barrels of beef .belonging to the
- Valverde Battery," which the Minerva in her
anxiety to .escape had left behind. This was de
stroyed by nutting the hoops of the barrels and him- ,
Ming their contents into the river. Colonel Ellet
also captured a rebel mail and important letters and
despatches at Simmesport, from one of which he
learned of the occupation of 13ertvick Bay. by Com
modore Parragut. A few Confederate cavalry were
quietly watching our movements from the bayou to
theyear of the village, but a shell from our, rifled
Parrot:bursting over their heads caused them to
hunt their holes. From Simmeoport we moved down
the riveralew -Miles and came in sight of another
heavily ladened train, - which-the negroes from the
bank said also belonged to the Texas battery. Upon
our approach. the teamsters turned into the swamps
just within reach of our shells. We had not men
enough, scarcely twenty all told, to send them after
the fugitives, and were compelled to fire at them
from the boat. This We did - till the shades of eve
ning . began to gather, with' what effect as regards ,
wounding and killing we.were unable to learn. One
wagon leden with ammunition and officers , baggage
fell into our hands. This was burned.
, GUERILLAS FIRE INTO THE QUEEN.
Night was approaching; and we turned the steam
l's mow again towards Old river, where during the
day the De Satoh/RI waited for 11E1. Just as_we had
IEIO4II tho hdllll Whillin thQ tlift/altit tiMea Altatwxd,
WhCfc lYil ffiltililGlllllB lodnatray
xrhrie the most at 1.1121 were at su - pper, all at once we
Maki the sharp report of musketry, and immediately
First blaster Thomas fell to the deck seriously
wounded ; a musket-ball had passed upward, break
ing his shin-bones, and making its exit through the
3 itnee. Prom one of the brass guns on deck we
'replled, and also_tired several ritle•shota but, pro.
teeted by the levee, the rascals escapen injury.ive
4.liandoned our intention of landing, and kept on up
/Ve river,' the colonel muttering -threats of yen-
COLONEL ELLET'S VENGEANCE
On Friday morning a person came aboard the
o,imen and informed Col. Ellet that the firing the
• preceding night was done by the citizens living
along the Atchafalaya, between its mouth and
Bimmesport. Col. Ellet 'accordingly determined to
pay them a visit. Be rounded to near Simmesport,
luni calling at the plantation of one Graves, who
t.slraost acknowledged that he fired at us, he allowed
him time to remove his family and furniture, and
then burned the house, sheds, - , and quarters to the
The next plantation had, beside the dwelling
house and negro quarters, a magnificent sugar mill
upon it. These buildings were also burned.
' The third belonged to an old gentleman, who,
with his son and two daughters, carried on the farm
and worked the niggers. One of the young ladies
admitted tbat the brother had fired upon the Queen,
and only wished the one had not been a dozen. She
abused the colonel, and berated the Yankees. When
she discovered that her abuse failed to move Colonel
Filet, mates the flames began to curl around the
liousetop, like a brave anti galkint girl, as she was,
she sang, in a ringing, defiant tone, the ."Bonnie
Blue Flag," until forest and river echoed and re
nclined with sweet melody,
UP RED RIVER
Colonel Ellet, on leaving the Atchafalaya, an
nounced Ms intention to go down the Mississippi
and attempt to open communication with Commo
dore Farragut, below Port Hudson ; but on reach
ing the mouth this intention was abandoned, and
we turned our vessel into Red river. The nir was
• ' "3. • • X...—. IL
ttfoft Ithrnoniiiiiv ammo] Witll ocorrmat
mu mining canna ihr nation =kin thou [shirt,
eleevee ne the enteral the /ice. We could not help
commiserating poor Northerners, shivering before
coal fires and freezing—" on ice." When we return
ed we would willingly have exchanged positions.
Late Friday night we anchored at the mouth of
Black river, as before, the De Soto thrown out as
our advance picket.
TEE CAPTURE OF THE "ERA No. 6."
Saturday morning at dayliOt we raised anchor
and proceeded up the river. We had heard that the
enemy had lately constructed fortifications at Gor
don's Landing, eighty-five miles from the mouth,
called Fort Taylor. We had heard also that there
were heavy guns at Harrisonburg, near the head of
navigation on Black river, and for a time Col. Filet
was undetermined which to attack. He finally set
tled upon the former, and we moved as rapidly as the
tortuous nature of the stream and the ignorance of
our pilots would admit, in the hope that we should
reach the position and commence the attack before
ni: htfall.
he steamer Louisville, we also learned, had, - Just
before we reached the mouth of the Blank, passed up
the Red with a 32-pounder rated gun, intended for
the gunboat W. H. Webb, then lying at - Alexandria.
We had, therefore, incentives for speed. At ten
O'clock the lookout reported a steamer descending
the river, and shortly after the " Era... No. ii " hove
in sight. She saw us as quickly as we discovered
her, and was half turned around as if attempting to
escape, when Odlonel Ellet ordered a shot to be
sent after her. This took effect in her stern; pass
ing through the cook-room, demolishing a stove and
slightly wounding the negro cook. The officers and
FiROWISciI Ili% va %Oak! Loloteil nito
_
'FLO
posmailon. The Is Er No. b" is a tine boat of a
hundred and fifty tons burden, belonging to the
Tteditiver Packet Company, and heretofore engaged
in transporting supplies for the Confederate army.
At that time she was laden with 4,500 "bushels of
corn intended for the Quartermaster's Department at
--T a iTiiihrjr.atilii was to be taken to Camden, Ark.,
Among the pas - seriliitVWarrrnetZ rarmY wagons.
14th Texas Cavalry, and- three belonging Inge:s t a.
Louisiana, Lieut. Daly of the Texas State troops,
and Lient. Doyle of the 14th Texas. The citizens
on board were set on shore without parole, the sol
diers wese set on shore with parole, and the officers
Were retained., Among_ the parties retained was a
German Jew named Elsasser, who had upon his
person $32,000 in Confederate money. Cot. Ellet
thought he was a Confederate Quartermaster,
although he strongly insisted to the contrary, and
brought him along. One man dressed in citizen's
clothing and claiming to be a non-combatant, and on
that account, released without parole. 'WO have
since learned that he was one of Oen. Eindmates
brigadier generals. His name I did not learn. Our
prisoners beingthus disposed of, the fleet, now num
bering three steamers, moved towards Gordon's
Landing. Four miles from the landing, in a direst
line across the country but fifteen miles as the river
runs, we left the Era with three or four men to guard
the boat and prisoners.
THE _ATTACH.. UPON THE QUEEN OF THE
We moved slowly up the channel, making the bend
With considerable difficulty, until we reached the
point below the negro . quarters where the land is
cleared, when we discovered a long line of. dense
black smoke moving up the river beyond the fort,
indicating the hasty departure of a .transport._ Our
gun upon the bow was immediately placed in posi
tion, and two percussion shells were sent in that
direction. These exploding in the vicinity of the
transport, which we afterwards learned was the
Doubloon coming down the river with corn, caused
her to disappear towards Alexandria.
The land make. out into the river on the_point,
M
ieavin fi rl 4 / pitiV2 WNW lOGI Or
3.6.0 ],06066. 060 06160 0 60
mit flu: !;113,
I know not, an the Qum around, neirek !g3 atm
instant the batteries opened tire upon no. Recollect,
we were not four hundred yards from the fort, and
iMmovable. The pilots tried in vain to back her oft
but she would not badge an inch. Shot were flyingg,
shell were bursting, and, worse than all, we could
not. reply. The enemy had our exact range, and
every explosion told with fearful erect. Your cor
respondent sought the pilot house, and thus became
an unwilling witness of the terrible ninth.. Three
huge 32 pounder shells exploded on the deck and be
tween the smoke-stacks, not twenty feet from our
heads.
THE EXPLOSION.
- -
The Mr was tilled with fragments and. exploding
shells, which flew before, behind, and all about us.
Soon we heard a crash among the machinery below.
Word was passed up that the lever which regulates
the engines was shot away. Another crash, and we
learned the escape pipe was gone. Stilt another,
and the steam chest was fractured. The whole boat
shook with the rush of the escaping steam which
penetrated every nook and cranny. The engine
room was crowded with engineers, firemen, negroes
and prisonersovho had sought that place under the
impreision that it was the safest. All this time,
while we supposed we were blown up, and looked
every moment to be launched into eternity, the
batteries played upon the unfortunate verse ', and
pierced her through and through. Men crowded to
the after part of 'the vessel. Some tumbled cotton
bales into the river, and getting astride of them
sought to reach the De Soto a mile below. The
yawl was tied to the stern, and a man stood there
with a loaded pistol threatening to shoot the first
one who. entered it. The cry was raised for Col.
Ellet, and men were sent forward to look after him.
The negroes in their fright jumped overboard and
nian7 of the rax)r creatures were dn?rraeth o ffiv 9 1 -
1.1 •
gatil IA /minx else/111a
near as she dare, and sent her yawl, but before it rao
turned, the herself was compelled to move down the
river out of range.
PERSONAL EXPERIENCES.
As I have before stated, I was in the pilot house
when the explosion occurred; and took the precast
breatFii°~~e the thus keeping out a quan
windows in front or ifir.Was still enough to make
mind to cram the tail of conidtfp rou h the
thus avoid scalding. Shortly we discovered art&
remain would induce eullbcation, and we . opened
the trap-door, and, blinded by steam, sought the stern
of the vessel. Groping about the cabin, tumbling
over chairs and negroes, I sought my berth, seized
an overcoat, leaving an .entire suit of clothes, my
haversack, and some valuable papers behind, and
emerged upon the hurricane deck. The she3l were
flying over my, head, and here was obviously no
place for me to remain. Looking over I saw the
woolly pate of a negro pre ecting over the stern bo
low me, and, calling to him to catch my coat, I swung
myself over by a rope, and landed directly upon the
rudder. At this time Awes suggested that a boat be
sent to hurry up the De Soto, and among those who
entered it was your correspondent. We reached it
in about ten minutes, passing on the way several
men on cotton bales, among them Col. I.:net and
hlcCullogh of the Commercial. Almost exhausted,
the occupants remained behind, while another crew
was sent up to pick up survivors.
BOARDING TILE QUEEN.
The yawl had reached the boat and was busily
engaged in picking up the crew, when three boat
loads of.Contederate soldiers cautiously approached
the vessel' and boarded her. Of course, there was
no resistance, and our boys became their prisoners.
The De Soto hearing several men shout from the
shore "surrender" was allowed to float down
stream, picking up as she floated several who had
escaped on cotton hales. When she reached a point
ten miles below, the yawl overtook her with others
tuba had hull vanila.plu nvortaruol _
BAIIIIIIITPER OF TIE DIE KOTO.
We rraeh2U the lemt No. 5 anti fount! her all right.
Our coal barge was leaking badly and hard aground.
Or course, we had to leave it. The De Soto had un
shipped both rudders and became unmanageable,
and it was oonoluded to destroy her, lest, with her
valuable gun, she should fall into the enemy's
hands. Her pipes were knocked out, a shovelful or
live coils placed in her cabins, and she was soon de
stroy_ed.
ATTEMPTED ESCAPE.
It was now ten o'clock Saturday night, and if we
would escape more intimate acquaintance with
Southern society and Southern prison life, we must
make every exertion now. With a sigh for the poor
fellows left behind, and a hope that our enemies
would be merciful, the prow of the Era was turned
towards the Mississippi. The night was a terrible
one, thunder, lightning, rain, and fog. I doubt if
under any other circumstances Red river would be
deemed navigable. All hands were set to work to
throw overboard the corn to lighten her up, and we
are slowly crawling down the river. We know to a
certainty that we shall be pursued.• The gunboat
Webb Is lying at Alexandria, and we know that She
will Start in pursuit of us whenever she learns of
the destruction of the Queen and of the escape of a
portion other crew. Our only hope lies in reaching
"the Mississippi quickly, whence we shall make the
best of our way to Vicksburg. The Webb is a
model of speed, and can make fourteen miles: an
hour against the current. If we do not get aground,
and if our machinery does not break,ive hope to out.
run her. If I am captured, a visit to Vicksburg
will be my portion. We shall see.
OUN‘LOSSES
The following is . the loss by the capture of the
i Queen of the West, as fad as I can ascertain
] PutsomEns.—Cy. Eddisom, second master; Henry
Duncan, third master; DavidTayfor engineer (scald.
ed); D. S. Bootl,'eurgeon ; :First Viseter Thoinpaort
(wounded on the Atchafalaya);;: Adjutant C. W.
1 Bailey; one blacksmith, - name* unknown ; George
Andrews, James Foster, carpenters ;7 ZA C. Jarbou,
1 Thomas Williams, David McOtabm; Ohne. Limner,
Carrel Smith, Ed. Hazleton, Charles Faulkner,
John A. Rates, Norton P. Rice, WM. Brawn, Gely.
1
1 W. Hill, soldiers ; Mr. Anderson, of the Herald, and
about thirty negroes.
HILLRD.—George Davis - jumped oTerboaro from
the De Soto, and is supposed drowned.
The above Het are the names of those Wholionted
down the river and were not picked` up. by the De
Soto. They will probably be captured by the - next
Confederate steamer in these waters, probably+the
Webb, as she pureues Us. . .
.
- " ' ESCAPE TO BIEMPIIIS.
__
STBANZit ERA No. 5, ix THE Miss issirpr,
NEAR. VICASBRIiO, Pet), 21, i k leg;
We arrived ;in the Mississippi Sunday morning,,
about lito'clock, without serious accident Al) day
the rain and log continued, and such was the thick
ness of the weather that we did not make thirty
miles for twenty.four hours. The river was filled ,
with drift and logs, which impeded our progress and
broke the buckets of our wheels. We were ehort of
fuel,- and were compelled to touch at Union Point
and take on a few cords of wet, soggy wood, with
which we found it imposeibletomake steam enough
to carry us two miles an hour.
When opposite Ellis Cliffs, our pilot, theseme who
ran the ttueen aground at Goriltin'S Landing, and
thue caused her capture, ran the Era, although she
was drawing but eighteen inches of water, hard
upon { the opposite point. Here 14T loy for four
rd.„„,i 1„(...,13 ~,Ilid.-........f.,./ c.i easore, list:10 to °op
tion At Any moment from guorian, milli alit 60-
peater could go into tile woods, !select a tree, and
fashion a epar to above us off. To crown our We.
fortunes, the starboard . wheel was dropping in
pieces. We had decided that to be captured was our
destiny, and Colonel Ellet was discussing the prac
ticability of seizing skiffs and dug-oute and attempt
, _infl to run by_the_batterlea_sa_pmq.,!Uxtgiaisan.-.3.1,-
As soon as we were otf the point, Col. Ellet placed
the pilot who had caused our troubles in arrest, and
ordered Dlr. McKay, the other pilot, to take the
wheel. I had, towards morning, thrown myself
upon a mattress in the cabin, In the hopes of snatch
ing a moment's rest, and bad just dropped .off Into
most refreshing slumber when I heard some one
ehout, "Theresa gunboat ahead of us." We a
first supposed the Webb had passed us during the
night and was lying to above to capture us. I
rushed on deck, but - as soon as I saw the smoke
stacks, jast then visible through the lift of the fog,
I knew we had escaped. It was the Federal gun
boat Indianola Sent down to co.operate' with the
queen. You may be sure no men- ever witnessed a
more welcome eight than this same good steamer
Indianola. It was a miraculous escape, as you will
See._ From the depths of despair we were raised to
the heights of exaltation.
. The ebb, we have since learned, was accompa
nied by three large first-class steamers, the Grand
Duke, Grand. Era, and Doubloon, each laden with
soldiers, and each protected, as to her machinery.
with cotton bales. The Webb turned back these
also, and together they steamed up Red river.
Fog coming on, we were obliged to cast anchor,
and were not able to move . again until late on Tues
day afternoon. At 8 o'clock we were again under
weigh, and anchored for the night at the plantation
of Col. Ackley, near the mouth of Old river. This
is one of the largest plantations on the blississippi
river, containing in its area over 20,000 acres of til
lable land, and worked by over 1,000 negroes. • The
colonel has 1,200 bales of cotton which he would like
to sell. Although claiming to be a rebel, it is plain
that his interests would be materially advanced by
the opening of the Mississippi.
At noon to-da ff y we started again to. return to
DP. 11111(111. - KVA MAP A An/ of 111.1
iiveri tatting unite Era 300 tilde,' of cotton, wilful
will be placed about our chimney and used as a pro
tection against rebel sharp-shooters.
The Indianola, just as we left her anchorage, en
tered the mouth of Old river, and shortly after we
heard the report of four of her heavy guns. We sus
pect she has taken a prize.
We left. Dr. :Jenkins' plaiitation on Wednesday
evening. Friday morning the Era stopped abreast
of .St. Josephs, Louisiana , and Col. Ellet seized a
rebel mail, from one of the letters of which, dated
the 17th inst., we learned that since coming down the
river the enemy had planted a battery at Grand
Gulf, and proposed , to dlspitte our passage. Sure
enough, when opposite the- bluffs, a battery of two
field.pieces opened upon• us, and fired thirty shots,
6.pountiers,all but one of which fell from five feet to
a hundred short. That one struck a cotton bale, and
glanced harmlessly off' into the water.
At New. Carthage, La., twenty miles north of
Grand Gulf, the river is very wide, with a large
island in its centre. Both sides of the island can he
navigated, but it is usual for boats to take the shute
nearest New Carthage. We were intending to do so
in This instance, and were just turning the point of
the island, when we NM a white puff of smoke and
at once a minie bullet came whizzing through the
cabin. This was followed by others in quick suc
cession. Under most any other circumstances we
should have thought the main attack was here, but
it occurred to us that it was a ruse to drive us near
New Carthage.. We suspected they had a battery
there, and concluded to take the other shute. For
three miles we were followed by twenty-five men
who neglected no opportunity to fire their deadly
rifles at us. Fortunately we were protected br cot,
t..i Liss, A.u.l
Whlln 'bruit of thin gtvo nut iuui
we were tereea tv !Step The casino and clean Out.
This took an hour. Steam was raised again, and We
had just passed the upper point of the island when a
battery of three 12-pounders opened upon us moat
furiously. This time forty-six shots were fired.
They passed before, behind, and over us, but not one
struck us. There was a camp here—Camp Perkins
—upon the plantation of Judge Perkins, member of
the Confederate Congress, and several thousand
me
_lt deserves to he cleaned out, and I judge
wi be attempted speedily.
. e 1 , /xis A until
ewe reached the vicinity
of Warrenton.. " " •
Wehad hardly come within range before - The-snot
and shells began to fall around us like haiL The
night was somewhat dark, and the rebels did not
shoot well. At all events, although we received
twenty-four shots, not one of them injured us, and
not a man was hurt. •
The Era No. 5 now lice at the old anchorage of the
Queen of- the West, having accomplished a feat, the
like of which has not been performed since the its:
ception of the rebellion. One hundred . shots for an
unarmed steamer, within thirtyftve miles, is no
trite. She bears a charmed exiatelace.—azicago Tri
bune.
Invasion of Texas by the Mexicans.
The Brownsville Flag gives the following account
of the late invasion of Texas from Mexico, and of
the events consequent thereupon :
The long-expected outbreak on this frontier has
at last made headway, and our gallant troops now
find some occupation. On the 29th of December, a
party of Mexicans, having organized in Guerrero,
invaded the State of Texas, under the leadership of
a half Indian named Munoz, and stole forty horses
and fifty head of cattle from a rancho in Zapata
county. Demand was made through our military au
thorities for the arrest and punishment of the rob
bers by the Mexican officers, and alto for the resti
tution of the
. property. Gov. Lopez, of Tamauli
pas, had the cr iminals arrested, but they subsequent
ly escaped. The property was never returned. This
was the first act.
llonllatnlaell 110111 IfDPI BBniug R Itottici
wit rntlonn and clothing for the 101(118111 at that
post. The train consisted or three Wagons, escortel
by four or five soldiers. When the trainhe
the Soledad Branch, about fifteen miles below Ring
gold, it was suddenly surrounded by a party of Mexi
cane, variously estimated at from fifty to one hun
dred and fifty, who immediately commenced tiring
upon the party.. The soldiers and teamsters were
completely taken by surprise, and made no resist
since, with the exception of one man; who drew hie
revolver and killed two of the robbers. He and all
the balance were killed except one man, who made
his escape and succeeded in reaching Ringgold Bar
racks. The train was robbed, and all the goods and
provisions and the wagons were carried to the bank
of the river preparatory to being sent into Mexico.
About the same time a party of Mexicans crossed
into Zapata county, and attacked Captain Bena
vide,s company, from which they stampeded all the
available horses belonging to the company. At
least this is the report, but the news from above is
so confused that we cannot give anything as trust
worthy.
•
Another party subsequently crossed, in number
about two hundred, according to report, and having
captured Isidro Vela, chief justice of Zapata county,
hung him to a tree, and pasted a placard on the body
that the penalty of death would be indicted on any
person who dared to take the body down for burial.
Vela was well known as a good man, and a friend to
the Americans.
• Subsequently the same party made another attack
on Captain Benavide's company, and after a sharp
fight fled having killed two of our men, one of whom
was Mr. H. Redmond.
These occurrences succeeded each other so rapidly,
and were so contrary to what was to have been ex
pected from the Mexican border, that our troops
were uncertain in which direction to move. Colonel
MOW conplat Tito fliffinnittr. howann. fro hn
unvtgly TO woric, afla
the result so for has Ueen satlaftlOtOry.
Captain Borden, with his company, went as far no
the Soledad rancho, where be found a portion of the
stolen property concealed in Mexican houses. With
a promptness deserving of all credit, the company
ransacked the whole neighborhood, and wherever
they found property that had been stolen, they
burned the ranches and captured the owners. The
retribution followed close after the crime, and those
.who winked at rascality were taught that they had
caught themselves in favoring the escape of the
our frontier, anettlaakfrorn 300 to 600 Mexicans
carrying on their otrensive — nreas , s , df_olunclering
knowledge, and probably with the approv , •
authorities of Mexico. This much is certain, that
these scoundrels have procured their ammunition in
Matamoros, and the custom-house was not particu
lar about preventing its exportation through legiti
mate channels to the right bank of the Rio Grande.
The latest accounts represent that these armed
bands are still upon the Texas side of the Rio
Grande.
We hear it stated that The party Which crossed at
Guerrero carried the United States flag and that
they declared their intention to revolutionize the
country. . .
In the midst of these sudden and somewhat alarm
ing events, Col. Buchel has acted with the greatest
promptness, and with consummate intelligence.
The Galveston Nines of.Tanuary 26 says : The tele
graph gives an extract from a letter, dated Browns
ville, the 6th Mat, from which it appears that the
Mexicans are being organized in robbing parties.
under the auspices and proclamation of the United
States consul at Matamoros, Mr. Pierce. A party
of 100 of them lately came , over and attacked a train
of wagons, killing six men and carrying off the
mules and goods. They were under the Federal
nag. News has since come in that a party of our
men crossed the river and attacked 75 Mexicans,
killing IS of them, and capturing 62 horses and other
prncrty, ?ears arc entertained that they may at
-1:111.1011==till.t.as &asp asa nil' fuses Malt VI 1M
1 1 6111. H.
De itowstou mgrapri uny4
rinkeis bulletin informs ea tts,st &olc nore a
nag of truce to the Union fleet on the 20th, chiefly
for the purpose of transmitting lettere from Union
prisoners here to their friends. lie also bore a com
munication from the consuls, protesting against the
late bombardment, and another from Gen. 151agru
der.
Col. Cook was kindly received, and met many of
hie old acquaintances. They assured him that Corn.
Renshaw, with three officers and nine men, were
blown up on the Westfield ;'and they say the firing
heard on the 11th was from two Union men-of-war
in chase of another vessel, but seemed reserved on
this sulteet
Com. Bc.ll assured Col. Cook that the firing into
the city the other day was unintentional, that they
were aiming at the Ilarriet Lane and the batteries.
A NEW ROMANCE OF REAL LlFE—Alexandre Dumas is engaged at this moment at Naples
in publishing the adventures 'of 'a child of eleven
years old, son of the Baron de Felvella, who disap
peared from his home last August, and who was sup
posed to have fallen into the bawls of brigands.
Robbers, indeed, they were, but the band consisted
of a captain. of 'the National Guard, a magistrate,
and the Municipal, Registrar! After forty days ,
captivity:the childrwas bought back by his father for
the sum of 46,000 f. and forty mules laden witjl, pro
visions and clothing. This is a strange, story. The
result has been that the judge in the criminal court
at Potenza has condemned the three child-stealers to
fifteen years'. imprisonment,
THREE CENTS.
East Baltimore Conference.
(Special Correspondence of The Press.)
Yong, Pit., Maroh . 4, 1863
The sixth annual session of the East Baltimore
Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church met
this morning, in this borough, in the audience•room
of the Methodist Episcopal church. Rev. Levi Scott,
D. D., of Delaware, called the Conference to order,
the devotional exercises consisting of reading the
third and fourth chapters of 241 Corinthians, singing
the hymn commenoing
"I love thy kingdom, Lord,
The house of thine abode," U.,
after width was offered a fervent appeal to God for
r-lis blessing upon the Conference, the families of the
brethren, the hind friends who have opened their
houses . and bid us partake of their hospitality, and,
especially, for our bleeding and distracted country.
The roll was then called by the secretary of the
last Conference.
On motion, a committee wasappointed, eonsisting
of Jacob McMurray, Thomae Sherlock, and R. E.
Wilson, to nominate one secretary, together with
three assistants.
The report from the committee was as follows
Secretary, J. H. 0. Doshl; assistants, H. S. Menden
hal, J. A. Demozer, E. D. Chambers.
On motion, the presiding elders of the several dia.
triota composed a committee on nominations, and
reported the same as last year, with the exception
of the committee on lay delegation, which is unne
cessary.
iier, &I Thelma' the dieelitat editor °lngalls'
rises +WWI introducal to . tric Gong
rcrence, and desired to express his kindest thanlOr FA
the brethren for the deep interest taken by them Ins
this journal, and remarked that a steady increase of
subscribers marks the history of the pest year within
the bounds of the Conference.
read, exhibiting great skill and care in the manage;
ment of the Book Concern, answering by figures-the
unkind thrust of a good Philadelphia brother in
" Methodist," and proving its healthy ane prospe
rous condition. Four hundred dollars is to-be distri
buted to each annual Conference from its assets, for
the support of the superannuated preachers, their
widows and orphans. No doubt this will be increased
from year to year, producing a fund adequate to
meet the wants of these aged servants of Jesus
Christ.
May God's blessings rest upon the concern from
whence this fund shall emanate, and grant the
Christian Advocate and Journal, together with all our
other periodicals, success commensurate with their
worth.
It was then moved that a United States flag
be unfurled to the breeze in front of the church in
which we are holding our eession, indicative of the
spirit of loyalty pervading our ranks. Motion
carried.
The Bishop desired to make a few remarks in re
gard to punctuality of the brethren in the opening
of each session, and also to remind them that they
were Christian brethren, that no unkind personali
ties should be indulged in during debates. The hour
for meeting and adjournment was then fixed—Con
ference to open sj,f, A. M., close 12 M.
The time having arrived for closing, on motion,
the Conference adjourned with the benediction.
MIRIAM.
ANY IitiiiINGINIALs
THE MONEY MARKET.
Pirmun:LPHlA. Marchs, 1:
This has been the most exciting day Third street has
known for a long while, and, to use the words of an ex
tensive operator, gold has fallen down stairs.". When
it reached the bottom, at .150, it picked itself up, and
struggled to 157, but the supports were too weak to main
tain the market, and down it fell to 154, fighting again
up to 157, at which figure it closed. This amazing de
cline in gold, at one time reaching a point fifteen per
cent. below yesterday's closing fig ures, is entirely the
effect of the bill taxing operations, and the prohibition
Placed upon banks and bankers, which prevents them
from lending on gold except at par. The details of the
bill have not yet come to hand, and it is not certainly
known if it annuls existing contracts, although we can
not see hew beaks, carrying gold, can evade the penal
ties, because they "are lending on gold," notwith
standing the mere contract was made some days or
weeks ago—they offend the spirit of the law if not the
letter. We should not be greatly surprised to see gold
fall to 140, or oven 130, if the law is sufficiently severe as
to allow of no evasion, the last figure named being
about the proper value of gold. It is generally
believed that at least three-fourths of those who
have been speculating, are parsons of small
means, perhaps just able to pay a ten or fifteen per cent.
margin. (If course, they are entirely cutoff from the mar
ket, as sixty per cent. would be beyond their means.
The IMT may be ceillehlhileil 911 Dui u - isßio not eve uIT
iillitilt!!'r±'"'"‘ . "‘"""' toe!Te ft•-atel
puta-r, urysenapulous dealer., who are bagglngtaravy.
yrofitS.
The market was unsettled at the close, the advance
later In the day being attributed to a reaction Consequent
upon sudden and heavy changes. At the moment of
writing, dealers are anxious to sell at 136. with no:takers;
therefore, at 3 P. M., the buying price may be set down
at 155, a decline of ten per cent. on yesterday's closing
figures. A toll later deepatch places the figure at 133,
market very unsettled. Old demands fluctuated with
gold, and closed at same figures. Government secnri
ties may be quoted as arm, ISSi sixes Mating and five
- kz,_sey.en-.thirties steady. Money is
in more active demand at six per cent, _
The Stock markef was a little unsteady in conselaffimb
of the excitement in gold, but prices close without much
change. 1381 sixes sold at 101; five-twenties at 1013 f.
State fives fell off %, City sixes remaining steady. Penn
sylvania Railroad first-mortgage bonds sold at 11331, an
advance of X ; second do. were steady. Reading sixes
were firm. Sunbury and Erie sevens sold at 113. !Youth
Pennsylvania sixes fell 31. Philadelphia and Brie sixes
sold at 110. Elmira sevens improved 1. Schuylkill Ifs
vigation. sixes Ito 2 fell %. Susouelianna Canal bonds at
403,. Catawissa preferred was active and excited, closing
at 043; the common sold at 7%. Reading fell off X;
Pennsylvania 34. Elmira. advanced X; the preferred 1.
Norristown sold at 62; Camden and Amboy at HO; Nine:
hill at 5331; Little Schuylkill at 46X; Philadelphia and
Erie at 37%. Passenger railways were weak. 41 was
bid for Tenth and Eleventh. Fifth and Sixth sold at 61.
Thirteenth sad Fifteenth rose 131. Seventeenth and'
Nineteenth was steady at 123. Green and Coates sold
at 49%. Spruce and Pine fell off X: Arch:street X. -
Big Mountain was in demand at d ; Schuylkill 'Naviga
tion sold at 73.1, the preferred at 133: Susquehanna fell
off ; Lehigh Navigation sold at so. the scrip advanced
; Delaware Division sold at 44% ; Pennsylvania
Mining at 2; 'New Creek at %. Commonwealth Bank
sold at 37 ; Girard at 42 ; Penn Township at ; Northern
Bank of Kentucky MlO3. The market closed nasist
tied. 670,0041 1 in bonds and 6,500 shares changing. hauds.
Iltiti.:l piolt Dili!. 1B II
united eit fort' Mitt of inggilltuloo n,;l I 1 NA t ir
otco
United states 7 J-10 Noses 104 movir.
Quartermasters' Vouchers • • - -
Orders for Certificates of Indebtedness "•:: • '''
fold
Demand Notes
Jay Cooke & Co. quote Government eerarittee, &e., as
follows:
gaited States Sixes 1531.
United States 7 3-10 Notes
Cortificatea of Indobteinola
Quartermasters' Vouchers
Demand Notea.
The following is'a statement of the deposits and coin
age at the United States Mint fur the month of February,
EEC=
Gold deposits from all sources
Silver, including purcluuses.—
Total depoelte $2-1-1,291 21
*Copper cents (0. E N ) received In exchange for
new Vi6oo • 99 00
GOLD COINAOS.
No. or p,9Boiece&
17 •
10
Double eagles
Fine bare
17,990 0367,068 15
SILYZIC COIXAOM
103,600
llalf dollars...
RECAPITULATION.
Pieces. Value.
17,990 $367,068 13
14X1.600 aLa3O 00
•
4.950.000 49,600 00
Total 5,071,900 *468,30315
. -.111 ....1.:3 —A
Pao MAU. MAO. le fielea ef Oa fa Mla
The following is the statement of ooal transported
over the Hazleton Railroad for the week ending Febru
ary 28,1563
Gold coinage.
Silver
Copper
Weeks. Previous. Total.
Tone. Cwt. Tons. Cwt. Tons. Cwt.
• 2,7F0 17 20,904 01 27,703 01
927 07 ' 10,187 U 11,014 19
7 0 . 01 5,370 t 3
~6.62.4 10
Hazleton lanes
Cranberry
Diamond
East Sugar L0af......, 19.454 10 2L747 02
council Ridge 2,762 15 12,784 IS 15,517 08
atorint P1ea5ant.......785 14 2,767 13 3,653 07
Eborvale ....... 1,138 CO 7,891 16 .9,671 05
Harleigh 1,2110 08 - 8,875 01 10,144 19
13111neaville 825 18 7,067 01 7,892 19
Jeddo.. 2.177 CS 14,668 16 17,236 03
15,566 as /16.550 11 126,516 19
Increase. _ .
• ---- -505mi11.....62 209 10
•
The New York Evening Poet of to-day saYsT —.-- --- .
On the Stock Exchange' yesterday, the breakdown in
gold produced almost as much impression for the time am .
a victory to our arms. For abrief interval we observed
a complete stampede among the disciplined band of gee
tills speculators, who have often displayed an adroit
ness, activity. and pluck which would do honor to a
better cause. The reaction having set in, the apprehen
sion was that it would be kept up until the market fo r .
the precious metals should have resumed its normal,
equilibrium. It is rumored that some of the quick-wit- •
ted gamblers in gold express, sub road, their confident
anticipations of finding a way to creep (Weide the stern
sweep of the new law, but mere adroitness pitted anlnst
tbepational bill, and flagrantly violative to the national
interest, can eventuate in but one result. •
The following table shows the principal movements as
compared with the latest prices last evening: •
Thu. Wed. Adv. Dec.
U. B. Bs, laql . rag 99 90X
U.S. tie, issi,cou loom Da(
U. 5..7. 3o P. C NH 100
U. S. 1 yr. cent WI . • 9S3i •• • •
American gold Vie 100 , • .. 9
Demand notes NI • 166.. 10
az 62
&AI 61
.1604 :I§9S
Tennessee 6s.
Missouri 65..
Pacific Mail.
N.Y. a Gl l ; l arill
116' I.P.tt
VD: ' _
a rni ti.•
Haiinm preferredEß
Mich. Central 97% W.%
Mich. Southern B 9 59% ' .•
Mich. So. guar 102 5 4 10354 • •
Illinois Central ecp Si% 92 • .
Cloy. and Pittsburg 6734 66%
Galena and Chicago...... 92 93 - •
they. and .. . 945: 95 IY4
Chicago and Rock Ilsd.. 913. e 92 .• • .4
The overpowering depression which has canoed sechc
dismay in the gold market has operated less on the bond
end chars lists then might have been anticipated. •
There ie a fair inquiry for loans on demand at pre-
Vious rates, but the suspense attaching to the nearstemp
arrangements effecting can transactions dries up some
-the innumerable sources from which Hews the business
done by come of Use large lending institutions. Capital
seeking employment is plentiful. Gold. speculation has
need a very large sum of money, which wilt now retch
other channels more useful both to the Government and
to thepeople.
While in Befriend our securities are rising in value to
so stratifyiug an extent, we find that the rebels have ut
terly failed in their efforts to raise money on the London
Stock Exchange. The statement is, however, Indust:l;
tingly propagated. that between .65010,020 and 1.60.2409 of
a contemplated advance of £9,000,1100 to the Confederate
Government, has been negotiated at Paris and Prenlrfort
by, Messrs. Erlanger & Co. The amount is to be secured
at option, by cotton at sd. per pound. which Is to be de
. liVered on the cessation of the blockade. .We have heard
fri.m a private source that the price at which the bonds
use offered is fifty cents on the dollar, : but that the
knissunt already taken bar been very much exaggerated.
By the New York; which arrived at this port this
morning, we have received advices to the Mtn of Febru
ary. yr( zu the Louden Times of that date we find that
THE WAR PRESS,
Tun WAR PREne Will be gent to subscribers by
mail (per annum in advance) at 32.90
Five Conies " 9.00
Ten " • • • • 17.09
Twenty " •• 321.08
Larger Clubs than Twenty will be charged at the
suns rate. 81.50 per copy.
The money mat caux9B aeeompanY the order. and .
in no instance can theeaterma be deviated from, as they
aford very lila:more than the Cost of the paper.
oce- Poßtmastere are requested to not as Agents fel
:THE WAR. PRESS.
eir To the getter-up of the Club of ten or twrty. arc
e xt ri cCopy of the Paper will be Oven.
while CoNMIN had declined to 023,A92%, American,
Erlosharee and 4th and 6th mortgages advanced 14 , land
3X respectiN'ClY: Michigan, South and North Indiana,
235,• Virginia ',Per cont., and Illinois Central shares of
both descriptions . 35 each: and Pennsylvania Railroad
(2d mortgage) a further ,q; while Erie (34 mortgage),
and New York Central shares receded leach.
Phila. Stock IS:melange Sales, March 5.
(Reported by B. B. SLA TPA
S %Eft. Pii iladelphia Exchange.'
FIRST OAR.D.
182 Lehigh 5crip....... ;mi. 100 New Creek .. . .
_..
62 Philo & Erie R .... 3•44 S 76 Arch-et R. • • 10t5.. 1 / 6 ?Xi
26 do l o t s gm 1M 17th & 19th-ste R.- I2E
4000 US 7.20 TN. Wank iv do .. -_,.. . - ... 1)32 iraE
Ap&Oct.losE 6VEIm Inc Übst(los.... 79
7000 U S. 68 reg '81..10t5.100 7 Fenno. R. ......, gr
4000 do slwn . loo 100 Ei tile Soh 1 it..... tig) ggE
2500 American Doll ....162 150 do— ••-•-
-630 46g
1000 do 158 E 91R Bk of Kentucky lei
1000 do 165 4 f_proce & Pine - R..• 17
1002 do OS MO ~.. ding R 453‘
1000 •do 15234 150 clo cash ME
1000 do - 152 100 deb 5 45E,
1 S BigM o onntain 6
211 do-- ....... 45
- i 1045
E
570 Elmira R Pref 64 1000 U.S 6-y . ftr option-100g'
206.0 Reading Se 236 106 10) Cetriv mew it....... 73‘
S Norristown R 62 1 ()Irani Bk. 42
100 Catatris R Prf..b3o 2434 100 Schuyl NaY
Prof.. lill
100 do Pref.bl6 2434 SO do
06 do Pref.... 24g 1 Blinebill R.— .... 6334
500 do Pref.... 24 woo phila & 8rie65....110
200 do Pref.s.2o 24 2600 It Penna. 6s 89E
100 do Pref.s3o 24E 150 If Pen na Mtg. Scp.. 86
200 do Pref.b.6o 24E 100 Penn Mining IE.
200 do Pref. b6O 24E 60 Omen 6fountain....... SE
100 do Prof .. •. WE 26 Cam &Am R PO
3600 Penne R let in..... 11821 1000 U S 7.30 Tr Pi..blk • 100's
. 1013 k of Penn Ti St 11200 Penns 5s 103 E
BETWEEN BOARDS.
SOO Catawis R Pref..s3o 24E;3110 Sell Nay Bs 13 0 73-
100 do Pre! „...A.L2 4 4›, I ii?..6th & 01h-sta R 61
SECO, 12
4000 Sunb & Erie 7s ....113
gOlll6lOllll rti II tri
2
Rehr
Z !Julius lV a 9
le, do .3iOs
100 Catawis R Pref.ble 24X
100 do Prof .831224 X
360 do Pref.s3G 24X
100 do— .Pref .2d yS 2434
_ §VdrUtif AD' t
1000 Penna It lot m..,..1189t
19 Green & Coatee. R . 4311
4600 U S 6e'Bl rag 109 I
40 SO nyl Nay. 7 AFTERX:
6 Commonwealth Ilk.. 37
CLOSING PRIC
Bid. Asked.
11 Sex rpn BOX
S 7.80 D hlk —705 105 X i
American Gold--15634 159
Phila 6s old 106 X 1.073
Do new 1.3434 315
Alle co 6s It 65 70
Penne 65 104 1013
Reading 453 40
Do bds '9O —ll4 115
Do bds 'lO-.IOIX 11191
Do bda '56 104 104 X,
Penna R 66% 66X
Do Ist m65..11834 110
Do 2d m es. 11515 116
Morris Canal.... GS 653 X
Do prfd 105.133 ISO
Do S 4
Do 2d mtg ....
Susq Cana1...... ..
Do Os
Bebuyl av 7 7%
Do red 18 NIX
Do 66 '82.... 72 73
Elmira It
rfd 53 64 39X SPX
Do 7s '73.-113 114
Do ltk • ..... 78 79
N Penne R es 89
Do X G9l;
Do 100 113 115
Ph ila, Ger &Nor. 62 64
Lehigh Val R....
Do bde .....
Philadelphia. Markets.
• MUM filiTonlmt,
.11? fTf'r 77 - s 4 '”l""!'''ff.lllllliNif IEYVVIIit
,0 -ea r , ouaer :be vibleazg Acct...lons ollfold,w4b2 bur
era of Floor are holding off for lower prima Sales ary
mostly in a small way. to 'supply the trade, at prima;
ranging at from $6.1234©6.37R; for superfine; $6.7507.2$
for extras; 67.t0@&25 for extra family, and t5.59(ge3.60
bbl for fancy brands, according to quality, A isle of
400 bbls fancy Ohio Is reported for shipment at $lO/4 bbl.
Rye Flour is quiet at $5 bbl.
Corn Meal is steady, and Pennsylvania is scarce at $t
bbl.
GRAIN. Wheat is dull and prices tending downward,
with small sales of Pennsylvania red at 170@173c, the
latter for prime, and white at lS02)200c bn, the latter
ter for prime. Rye is scarce, and Pennsylvania is wanted
at 10fier by. Corn is drill, and only about 8,000 bus new
yellow sold at SSc afloat and in the cars, and damp at too
bu. Oats are in demand, and good Ponnsylvartfa
scarce at 6aigi6oc for 52 lbe ; light Oats are selling at 40(4
42c ibu.
BARK is wanted, and Ist No. I is scarce at BYT per ion.
• COTTON is very dull, and prices are - unsettled. Wei
quote Middlings at 68:440c east!.
GROCERIES.—The market is firm, but less active:
small sales of Sugars are making at 11©12c ilb for
Cnbas and New Orleans.
r.Rovisio.n.—There is less demand for salt meats
and Lard; sales of the latter at 12c for bbla and tierces.
Butler is ve scarce at 20®25c lb.
SEEDS.—'here is more doing in Clover: about 50a.
bushels sold at 66.50@6.87 per bushel. Timothy is worth.
e 2. NV, and Flaxseed VI 75 per bushel. .
WEISKY.—Tbe market is at'a stand-still, and prices
nominal at 52(454c -for barrels, and olc per gallon for
drudge.
The following are the receipts of Flour and:drain at
this port to-day:
Flour 740 ls.
'Wheat S b,a.
a MS
51111.115F152111 MIMI% 111
51.
nut Leather lievorter. Marsh oth % 111113 Sinai our last
review the Leather market has peen as active as the
limited stork in store would allow. The bad weather
has reduced the receipts in all descriptions of Leather,
and the demand has been on the increase. The large
call upon a bare market has undoubtedly induced a lit
tle speculative feeling to the trade, and prices have been
pushed rapidly up.
SLATGATEIt bOLE.--7'hoeoWlTeilielOri houses are almost
entirely bare of stock, but the inquiry has been largo
and she small lots coming in from country tanyards
have found ready buyers at Sitg4oe lb ; very few sales
have been made as hish as 40c, and those of SWUM and
choice lots of light weights • wequote medium to prime.
rough and rolled country at..36ll@lic.
HEMLOCK SOLE.—The call for hemlock has been large.
wShiolemkeeesar sm:lyang
a t g h e e s m s ha ve u msuoare
abundantly
-
treme. Et:emits or oak slaughter. drives them to other'
sources; prices of the leading • descriptions have ad
vanced from one to two cents per lb within the week.
Prime Buenos Ayres is now selling at 32@3l cents ; Ori
noco and California at Ugt.33 cents.
PHILADELPHIA HIDE MARiaT.—Tho Shoe and
Leather Reporter, March sth, says:
There has been an arrival of Pernambuco Hides,
which are yet in Importers' hands. The Caraecas Hides,
• leas than 210 in number, in the last importation from.
Porto Cabello have been sold at about 290. Dealers have
roads some considerable purchases of Hides, in other
markets, adapted to the wants of Pennsylvania tanners,
in anticipation of the spring demand. .No considerable
number of dry hide tanners have yet been in town. but
more favorable weather for dying out leather and mend
ing the highways Will increase the number of applicants.
In green slaughter the market is active, and all the
stock offering Inds ready buyers at 11@12c 'f lb.
BOSTON BREADSTUFFS MARKET. March ‘ith.-
Fl.Ontr.—The market Las been quite firm throughout the
week, but the sales have been moderate. There has been
Some export inquiry, but the •transaetions have been
principally to supply the wants of the trade. The sales
of western superfine have been at $7 25• common ex
tras at. .750:4§; medium extras at fat - ZS-75, and good
and choice, including Genesee, Canada, Ohio and
Michigan, at $9. `..11(§10 bbl. Illinois and Southern.
Ohio round hoop choice extras.bave been sold at $9.750
10.50 El bbl ; St. Louts Flour is scarce and firm, with
sales of good and chdice extras at moon MI, and
some favorite brands at $ll 2501150 it bbL The stock
of Southern Flour is light,. and very little has been done.
pratlytrino horn, iirijamspi!ft MK DI
„L t73:111
tu Kl''4Elllll
•• AN. le market for Corn is quite firm, and frill
prices continue to be realized. The sties of Western
mixed have been at 900g351, and Southern yellow at $1
- $ - bushel. Oats are firm, and prices have advanced,
with a good demand for shipment South. The sales have
been at l'aigiSe sl bushel for Northern and Canada, but
now held principally at fee El bushel. In Nye the sales
have been small at sl.frligil.o6 "ii bushel. White Beans
are firm, and continue in good demand; sales of bine-pod
at 62),@2.75, and marrow and extra pea at $2. VAS Er
busheL Canada Peas are firm, and bare been in demand
at sl.lNal. 20 El bushel. Shorts are firm at $33(Nf3l, and
fine Feed and Middlings at *35§36 Ea ton.
,~ ~,
9490
154
• 114*.
CINCINNATI PROVISION MARKET, March 3.—A
good demand for Mess Pork, with ealee of 2,500 bbis, part
on private terms, and part at $ll5O for old and d.14.3.i for
new city mesa. A good demand for bulk Sides at 650..
6Ylc for. heavy rib in, and 71St for clear, with sales of
trio,oOo dear in bas are wanted at. Sc, and rib at
6X@ON,c. Shoulders are in demand at .t!.;:c, packed in
hide. An active demand for Lard, and SOO tee head and
irutisohl at 10e, and 2,200 do prime country at le4@lo3lc.
delivered where made. Prime city could not have been
bought below 10Xc, and not much even at this rate.
The market closes buoyant and not a little unsettled.
n. 5391 12
• Z3,M 12
Value.
559.000 00
7,463 Id
Tli,t FOLLOWING'. are some of the princi
pal articles exported from this port to foreign ports
for the week ending March 4, 1863:
ENGLAYD,
Beef, bble.... 430 $6,594 Lard, lbs... 20,917 $2,163
Books
410,500 00
Butter. lbs... 7,677 1,66
Cheese, lbs —26,050 3,963
Clovers'd, bu 7,166 44,749
Cr Coal Oil, —32,637 16,446
Refined, do-23.631 11,090
Hams, 1b5..143,320 9,887
HOMO furniture. 100
IpTISH 1
o.prlO
Eaaf. labl4 Mrs
eer, og •w
Dutttr, ;4240 WO
lietcoal oil, gal 000 50
Lard, lbs 4 MO 5Si
DANISH 'WEST INDIES.
Coals, tone
Beef,bble
Boards ...
Coal Oil, retina
gallons 2,203
Baru, lbs .•• .10,142 1,166
Iron Castings- /AM
Iron Nails..:.
Alantitsct'ra of
Wood.
VENEZ:
Candlee,ibs, 15,674, %MI I:
Betf, bids, • • 6 93,
294.
13 .7502.7631 .
name, rbs••••
Horse ....• 1
Lord, 1h5.....106,010 12,723
Forks, bble.. 157 2.493
BRA
1.32 513
Iliacuit, bole
Coal Oil, re
flned,galls... 500 265
Lumber, 164
.
The following are so
imported into this port fo
6, 1863:
POR CONS
Su..ar, bads.. 2,469
Do 1ea.... 240
Do bbls.. V.1151,9M
Do boxes. 1131
Do sacks.. 2.7751
Molasses, bhd 3,710
Do t 163 } 55,3
Sods
64
So D ds asb, bb ls
3(.:6 5.656
Bleach'g row
dors, casks.. 71 1,263
Di Carb Suds,
kegs• • 270 715
Caustic P.411h1.
DtIF. - • 3
EITC 7 .iri
tantivawarti
pls Fa • - irk
.3. - 472
iron. tone.... 2.56 BAG
Pia iron'. tons. lOC UN
Fes, casks— 2 721
Filberts; begs to 441
•WLREII
Sugar, ]Aida. ESO) $36 210
.Do 1ux6... goi ,
UNSEASONABLE SALMON.—A few months
ago, a man bearing the name of Rocket was con
victed by the Newcastle magistrates of attempting
to export unwholesome salmon to Paris. It oc
curred to Mr. Glynn, who conducted the prosecution
on behalf or the Tyne Fisheries Association, that
the ease might form the text of a few seasonable
words of advice to our neighbors across the Chan
nel, and with this intent he selected as the medium
or his communication M. Vaucer de Mean, the
French vice consul at -Blyth. AL Drouyn de Minya
states in reply that the matter, for which is appears
the law of France affords no remedy, is one which
affects the police of the Markets; and, in the absence
of any complaint madeon' the score of the public..
health t the Governmeat'of,the Emperor can take no
steps for the suppression of the evil. While the
question in an °Mail point of view, is thus sum
=silly disposed of, U. de Mean suggests the trial of
a little moral suasion, and for this purpose he pro
poses to 'address the " well-to.doo clawes, with the
view of convincing them of the dangerous nature of
ouch food.
(PUBLISHED WEEKLY.)
BOARD.
2000 U S 6a 'SI cent , • • ;KOK
EX) ill tigi
4.1 .. " -
I SoBFiru,=l6l--. 7 1
66 Ponc
a) Delima R
66re Div.", 4411
a
fl6OO Soso Canal Gs „b 5 403 % 4
42 17th & lath R •125‘
47 13th & lath It ati ye 336
50 Green Mo. at',Own 3.16
1 - 10 - telittitMN it ; ....._m - - 61
1000 E Brand yw 7, awn ii------
151X1 Soh' Nay& '82.... 706
10000 Penne Conp 5a..• MIN.
:OARDS.
160 Catawis R Prf.s3Own 241‘
11X1 do Pref 213 f
. ' UNSEITLED.
I Bid. Asked.
Catawissa R 734 73f
Do prfd 14 24 1
Beaver Mead R.. 66 66
MinenUlß 5:114 53
'Harrisburg 1t..• • 66 67
Wllmington R.- .. ..
Lehigh :fay 65....
Do ahares • • &OM itli
Do scrip..• • 3734 .:17%
Cam & Amb R- -160 161
Phila & Elio 6s. • 110 111
Sun & Erie 7s.
L !Blend R•-•
Do bds. •
Delaware Div.- .•
Do bds ..-.. .. 112
Sprat:a-street R-. 1634' IT
Chet tnnt-st R • • • 56 60
Arch-street It.. • • ISM 2856
Race-street R •-• 10 11.
Tenth-street It- 41 42
Thirteenth•st R. 133...% 101/f.
W Phila R. - •••• MX 66
Do bonds..... -
1 Green-street R• • 433 E 44
Do bonds— -
Second-street R.. SS Si
Do bonds-, • • ..
Fifth-street 11... 61 65
Do bonds. • •.
Girard College it 273 6 2S
Seventeenth •st R 125( 1214
'Little Schuyl R. • 4634 461 f.
37 38
IDI 1D44
Ra kork , bbla. • 261 4.
ga 600
Starch . • •. .. 1,500
Tallow, 1ba..161;211 1.7.7• E
Wheat, bash 60,00 S 54 ,112
Flour, bbls.- 6.0:b3 53.644
Other articles. 2./25
sr liq" 141
fill altA
4 lA§
1b8.,U113 Dit
Vinegar, gall* 906 140
Flour, bb10... 701 8,210
, $1.750
$533
CUBA.
4 40331Tr0n niannf's.
193 Manufactured.
Tobacco,lbs 3,0]9 1,312
Pr 3 - 3)
'. bbls ..•
IShooks, heads
Brooms
Other articles.
3. 504
22
s,o
IOC)
Manufactures
of Hem.
_. ... 10
Potatoes p , gas.. 15 53
Rye Meal, bets zet 105
Oats, bus 153 LS
II 000 610
Flour, bbls...
Otherartioles
Lard, lbs. • ••• 6.15 16/
'Paper 2411
Flour, bbL3. • • 40/4 0,191
e of the principal articles
the week ending March
Oranneiand Le
mon• bonen 4,81:0 $6,87
Almonds.bags 306
Corkwood,
cantors. 293 27
Sumac, begs.. 200 667
Brimstone-
cantaxs..l.3 2,51.5
111,14 r: 1,650 7,354
Calfskins,cse. 1 667
Rags, bales— 70 1.2123
Coffee, 1b5.... 70 14
i s m d atk ,,,l3 . 7 1 111
plyille7l23C 1 r.V
I.
.2[2(121 211
•
isuky stua,‘,..
Ciibtra
I USED.
Honey. Ibis