'THE PRESS, YTIRLDIRED" DAILY (SUNDAYS EXCEPTED,) BY JOHN W.. FORNEY. 407310 E, No. Hi SOUTH FOURTH STREET. THE DAILY PRESS, Eicarnnar thiirs Psx WEEK, PftSable to the Carrier. Nailed to Subscribers out of the. City. at EIGELT DOLLAAB rim AN NUN, - YOUR DOLLARS FOIL Six MONTHS, Two DOL ZARB OR TEass Morms7invat iably in advance for the time onions'. skip A.dvertbiements inserted at the usual rates. Six 4.llkes constitute a square. THE ,TRI-WEEKLY PRESS, Waled to Einbieribere out of the City at FOUR DOLLARS RER ANNUL in advance. 'WARNS,. BATTING, AND . WADDING. A. H. FB,ANC)ISOVS,, No. 433 MARKET, INO. 5 NORTH FIFTH STREET, Has - ill: store the , lat:liest,sto . Ole tri thlt 'City bf YARNS, • • BATTING, WADDING, - YARNS, , .B,ATTING, WADDING, YARNS, BATTING ; WADDING, YARNS, ' BATTING, WAD DING, TARNS, - BATTING, WADDING, YARNS, BATTING, WADDING, Cotton Batting, Wadding, Carpet Chain, Cotton. Yarn, ; Twines, Wicking, Ropes, &c. Goods Sold at Lowest Cash Prices. WOODEN AND WILLOW . WARE. - • • . - Of vorY.Pretty light Colors, suitable for Spring or Sum . mer: As.the cloths of which these Cloaks are made were Purchased- yery•early in the season, "and some of them last season: we are able to sell our Cloaks at lower prices than we can buy the material that is in them. A. H. FRANCISOTJS, • -438 MARKET, and 5 North FIFTH Street, Calls the attention of dealers to his IMMENSE STOCK WOODEN c. - W 'LUMP WARE, WOODEN 'AND= WILLOW WARE, WOODEN AND WITILOW •WARE, WOODEN AND WILLOW- WARE, WOODEN AND WILL(MIWARE, WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE, WOODEN AND" WILLOW WARE, WOODEN ANDL wiLLOW WARE, WOODEN AND WILLOW , WARE, WOODEN AND W4LOW WARE, BUCKETS, TUBS, ontrw BRIM EMS, .BASKETS; LOOKING-GLASSES, TABLE ANTYI:OISIt WINDOW-SHADES,; . . CLOCKS, • _ FANCY BAS*ETS,. &C. -air A LARGER STOCK OF THE.ABOVE GOODS THAN ANY OTHER HOUSE IN THE COUNTRY. CLOTHES THE GREAT CLOTHES WRINGER. PTJTNAM Lst=~ ~r n~ : ~ ~u~~wwctaay~ .➢ u;l~-a~.i . ~..tce~;~u le warranted to be superior to any other in use EVERY FAMILY SHOULD POSSESS A CLOTHES WRINGER. BECAUSE, Ist. It is a relief to the hardeist part of washing day. 2d. It enables the washing to be done in one-third less time. 3d. It saves clothes from the injury always given by twisting. 4th. It helps to wash the clothes as well as`dry them. WE RELIEVE IT ADVISABLE TO PROCURE PUTNAM SELFADJUSTING CLOTHES WRINGER, PUTNAM SELF-ADJUSTING CLOTHES WRINGER. PUTNAM SELF-ADJUSTING CLOTHES WRINGER, PUTNAM SELF-ADJUSTING CLOTHES WRINGER, PUTNAM SELF-ADJUSTING CLOTHES WRINGER, PUTNAM SELF-ADJUSTING CLOTHES WRINGER, EOM EDW.. The rolls, being of vulcanized. rubber, will bear hot and cold water, and will neither breaksnor tear off buttons. SECOND. The frame being of iron, thoroughly galva nized, all danger from rest is removed, and the liability to shrink, swell, spilt, , so unavoidable in wooden machines, is prevented. • ' TRIAD. The spiral springs over the rolls render this machine self-adjusting, so that small and large articles, as well as articles uneven in thickness, are certain to receive uniform pressure. FOURTH. The 'patent fastening by which the machine Is tightened to the tub, webelleve to be superior in sim plicity and efliciency to any yet offered. Firmr. It will di any tub, round or square, from one half to one-and-a-quarter inches in tluckness, without the least 'alteration. • -- _ RETAIL PRICE No. 1, to No. 2. 85 . . *a- Agents wanted in every county. 4fir Reliable and energetic men will be liberally dealt . For sale at the "WOODENWARE ESTABLTSTINTENT" A. rH. FRANCISCO'S, No. 433 MARKET St and No. 5 North 'FIFTH St. , rahl4-2m Wholasale Agent for Pennsylvania. E2=l PHILADELPHIA • PAPER H . ANGINGS. HOWELL & BOURKE, 13011NER OF _FOURTH ILND MARKET STREETS, NANUFACTITREES OF PAPER 'HANGINGS .AND WINDOW CURTAIN PAPERS, ~O ffer to the Trade a .LARGE AND ELEGANT ASSORT -.2(ENT OF GOODS, from the , cheapest Brown Stock to —the Finset Decorations. `N. E. UOR. FOURTH AND MARKET STREETS. N. Green. Blue; and Buff WINDOW PA -IERS of every trade. fel3-2m cirALL PAPERS WALL PAPERS. Attention is invited to our new stock of Wall Pa- Assre new being daily received from factory; all new 'de - signefor spring.'which will be sold at right prices. JOHN LONGSTRETN,' • No. North THIRD Street. - Rooms Papered by efficient workmen. fe2B-Ims SEWING MACHINES. STILL' THERE! —AT THE OLD STAND, 628 CHESTNUT STREET, .• Second Door, opposite -Jayne's Hall. • WHEELER 8c WILSON SEWING MACHINES. The nndersigned has not removed, but is ready at his 'Old Office to supply - customers, at the lowest prices, with eayery style_ and Quality of , , WHEELER 6; :WILSON SEWING MACHINES. Machines to hire; also, with first - class operators, to ' , Private familles•and hotels, by the day. Machine stitching done at short notice, in any quantity. Machines repaired and operators taught. de26-3m HENRY COY. SEWING MACHINES.. THE "BLOAT" MACHINE, WITH GLASS PRESSER FOOT, Sj em iIE te HEIIIIF,R, BRAIDER, ecnd'other ;ralnable N trpro ~u.so; THE TAGGART & :FARR MACHINES.' frit L corner NINTH and CHERRY Streets. S.IrN G- E'Br' 6- • • • SEWING .MACHINES, For Faxnili BewiUg and: Manufacturing Purposes 810. CHESTNUT STREET. 10.13-33 u TIER WILCOX & GIBBS • • FAMILY „ SEWING MACHINES 'Livia been greetl3r improved, making it , ENTIRELY :NOISELESS, mud solvadjneting Hemmers, are now ready o for tale by FAIRBANKS & BWIN se27-t( 715 CHESTNUT Street. DRUGS AND CHEMICALS. ROBERT SHOEMAKER & CO., Northeast Corner TOITETH and RACE Streets, PHILADELPHIA. WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS, IMPORTERS AND DEALERS FOREIGN AND DOBIESTIO WINDOW AND PLATE GLASS, ':IIIINUFAOTOOPRO OP WNW& LEAD AND ZINC PAINTS, PDTTY. AGENTS FOR. TER CELEBRATED FRENCH ZINC PAINTS. Dealers and consumers supplied at NALS-Snu. VERY LOW PRICES FOR CASH PERPETUAL BEAUTY.- RUNT'S WHIT& LIQUID ENAMEL, prepared from the re• 6410 of Madam Rachel Leverson, the celebrated Parielau Ladies' Enameller. :It whitens the skin, giving it a soft, satin-like texture said imparts a.freehnese, smoothness. , peariAike tint andtransparancy to the complexion which Mt unite natural, without injury_ to the skin. and cannot Possibly.'.be detected. • Price 25 cents: Lath e , ' are , re _. quested wean for a circular, and try the enamel before, pombegigg, Tbls preparation is indispensable for the altama.4 l Bolt only at ;it '00.'78, Perfumers _ , • boutit.-EIGHTO: treet, ,tWo , doors, a bove Chestnut,. std 133 BolttlifirMFLlE! Street. aboyaWeanal." tea4m wevy3:c 7.;••I ti• • VOL. 6. ,NO. (07. H . _STEEL & SON, Nos. 713 AND 715 N. TENTH Sr., ABovz COATES, Have Just received a' small lot of those very desirable styles of WHITE A E D BLACK, WHITE AND PURPLE, MODE AND WHITE BLACK GrRENADIN-ES, We have now open a splendid assortment embracing aII'thgIOVELTISB that can be found in the'New.York and Philadelphia markets of - . LIGHT SH A W , Suitable for Spring and Summer; BLACKWATER-PROOF CLOAKS, .• BROWN. WATER-PROOF CLOAKS;' , • .„ • :; BLACK RACIT-CLOTH CLOAKS T:IGHT * CLOTH CLdAKS, 66 12 i T A IL." JAMES R. CAMPBELL & ca, OFFER AT , -MODERATE PRICES IN THEIR • RETAIL-DEPARTMENT,` Blank and Fancy Silks, ILinen Shootings and Shirt- Black and Colored lugs, cas,. •• • . • Damasks, a Napkins, and Poplins Fantasia; Doylies, TaffetaA'Annessey; Table Cloths and Towel- French; Lawns and Organ- Digs,. Counterpanes and • . Furniture - French- Chintzes and Pei- „WHITE GOODS. miss: ' Jaconets, and Cambrics, 'Brilliants and Piques, Softy Cambrics - and 'Rain- Spring Shawls, new color- soolss; • lugs, ' - Tarletons and Swiss Hulls, - Black- Tidbet and Merino Fancy Muslims and Dimities, Shawls, L. C. Handkerchiefs, Square and Long ShaWls: Gloves. Hosiery, And a general assortment of. DRY GOODS in desirable styles and qualities. mhd-..m: At priceskenerally belqw present cost of [impor WRITE GOODS, all descriptions. EMBROIDERIES, do do LACES. do do LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS, do VEILS, '&c.; &c And respectfallk invites an inspection of his 1863. "SPRING - TRADE." I6 -if - % 63. 1024 CHESTNUT STREET. E. M. NEEDLES Hasinst received, and offers at moderate prices, 100 printed LINEN CAMBRIC DRESSES, choice styles and extra quality . ; also 25 pieces Printed Linens for boys' wear.JUST OPENED. 100 dozen.LINEN HANDKERCHIEF'S, at 12K cents 100 do do do at 15 cents. E. M. NEEDLES, 100 pieces WHITE PIQUES; 50c to $l.OO. 100 BUFF and FIGURED, 600 to $l.OO. _ The above are now mach in demand for. LADIES' and _CHILDREN'S WEAR, and are offered at very mode rate prices. JUST RECEIVED, Anewlot of Lace Trimmed and Muslin BOWS, latest styles and very moderate prices. E. M. NEEDLES. _ 1024 CEIESTDOM STREET. E. M. NEEDLES, Has received 100 THREAD VEILS,, from 'ES to $3.2 eaoh. These goods are offered at prices mach below present market rates. mhll-11a Letter • ' A," $B. k,PRING CLOAKS. N-7 - • • ' Blabk. Cloth Cloaks. -,.-AmotorsmartencrardOr:' Best Hoop ,Skirts. COOPER & CONARD, "mb.3 - E. corner 'NINTH and MARKET Streets WIDE SHEETINGS. • r ' Good Shirting Iflnslins by the piece. Pine and I ow-priced Flannels. Table Damasks and Napkins. , . Spring Prints and Delaines. COOPER & COWARD, .mh3 S. E. corner NINTH and MARKET Streets MARSEILLES MARSEILLES I-A _good assortment of Corded, Printed, and Figured MARSEILLES, for Basques, Children's Wear &c. SHEPPARD, VAN HARLINGEN, & ARRISON,' Inhd 1008 CHESTNUT Street. WHITEIGO OD S EMBROIDERED .TRINMINGS, So.—The subscribers have a large assortment of all descriptions of White Goods for Ladies' Wear; also of Embroidered Jaconet, Cambric, and Swiss Trimbings—the choicest goods in the market. - SHEPPARD, VAN HARLINGEN, ARRISON, mh4 „. 100 S CHESTNUT Street. B SILKS. Gros du Rhinos.. -Lustrings, Marcelines. . 'Mourning Po de Soles. . -Gros.Grains..- Bonnet Taffetas. Moire Antiques, Double-faced Brocades, Rich, neat TIMM SHARPLESS BROTHERS. SPRING DRESS GOODS. Poll de Chevres, Rigor's. Adriennes, Worsted Crepes. FA de Chevres, Mohairs. Chintzes, Lawns, Organdies.. . .. 'Plain Silks, New Foulards. Plaid All-wool Cagane res. SHARPLESS ' BROTHERS. fe29 CHESTNUT and 'EIGHTH Streets. JAMES S. EARLS & SON, IMPORTERS- ND MANUFACTURERS 07 OIL PAINTINGS, ENGRAVINGS,. PORTRAIT, PORTRAIT, PICTURE, and PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES. PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS. EXTENSIVE LOOKING GLASS WAREROOMS AND GALLERY OF PAINTIN GS, de3I-tf 816 CHESTNUT Street, Philadelphia. FURNITURE. A .-LARGE ASSORTMENT, W. & J. ALLEN & BROTHER, CABINE LIAR] T.TBLYS URNITURE AND- BIL. MOORE .8c CAMPION, No. 201 South SECOND Stieet, In connection with their extensive Cabinet business, are now manufacturing a superior article of BILLIARD TABLES, and have now on hand a full supply, finished with the MOORE & CAMPION'S IMPROVED CUSHIONS, Which are pronounced by all who lame used them to be superior to all others. _ ' - For the quality and finish of these Tables, the manu facturers refer to their numerous patrons throughout the. Union, who are familiar with the character of their work. mh.3.6.m 517 ARCH STREET. VANKIRK do CO., Mso,French Bronze Figures and Ornaments,Porcelain and Mica Shades, and a variety(); FANCY ockops. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. Pleade call and examine goods CAUTION. FAIRBANKS' SCALES Has Induced the makers of imperfect balances to offer them as "FAIRBANKS' SCALES." and purchasers hays thereby, in many instances, teen subjected to fraud'and imposition. Fairbanks' Scales"-are manufactured only bYllie original inventors, E &T. FAIRBANKS & and'are adapted to every branch of the business; where a correct and durable Scales is de'sired: FAIRBANKS,* ;EWING, • . General agents. Apl.o-tt • batiONIC HALL, IIkGIUSTI= ST. • . . 4:. _. .... . _ . . . . . , . , t . i , - • • . . , ... ........ w..,11,, 7 .... 1" ' •• ..?-.- • . . - .- _____ ...i........„ . „ . 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CHESTNUT STREET __IOSI9LCHESpitrT STRBET, LOOKING GLASSES. CaMMIZI FURNITURE, &c. 12109 CHESTNUT STREET GAS FIXTURES, &c. MAYITPAOTURERS OP CHANDELIERS AND OTHER GAS FIXTURES FAIRBANKS' SCALES. The well-earned repidation of commisslow 110 USES. S U RNW AG', IMPORTERS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 5642 AND 244 CHESTNUT STREET. BILKS AND OLOTIISI CASSIMERES, MANTILLA GOODS, GROS DE RHINES, VELVET RIBBONS, FRENCH CORSETS, &a. SPRING STOCK. IS NOW AR 'L." RANGED. • 80,000 DOZEN $ O Et 4', I E R Y. LOWER PRICES THAN PRESENT COST OF-IN? - - FORMATION. •' THOS. MELLOR. 00., 40 AND 4111.NORTH,THIRD:ATABET. JOHN T. BAILEY tri BAGS , AND BAGGING OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. NO. 113 NORTH FRONT= STREET, WOOL BAGS FOR SALE. ia27-em p H I L ADELPHIA -...,, "Aa• " MANUFACTORY B AP BAG S, OF ALL BIZEB„ TOE coax. OATS, COFFEE, BONEDUST, dra. ' . ALSO, SEAMLESS. I ' . Of standard mate., JILL SIZES, for sale cheap, for net Sash on deliver? GEO. - GRIGG- No. Zl9 and 221:13HtLECI1 ALLEY SIIIPhEY, HAZARD, & • "HUTCHINSON, No. u 2 dRESTRUT STREET, COMMISSION MERCHANTS, FOR THE SALE OF PHILADELPHIA-MADE GOODS, FINANCIALS: JOHN C. CAPP & SON, ST•aCK_AND IsTOTE BIt'OKER'Si No. 23 Song'. THIRD Street, Directly opposite the Mechanics' Bank. STOCKS AND 'BONDS 'BOUGHT AND -SOLD' ON COMMISSION, AT Tgs , BbARD. pf pßomni. Y I N-V E ,NOTES AND LOANS NEGOTIATED mbl2-Sin - ON THE BEST TERMS THE HIGHEST =MARKET VALUE PAID FOR GOLD AND SILVER, DIAMONDS, PEARLS, AND OTHER PRECIOUS S TON't Ss .W.. SIMONS & BROTHER S ' • Mannfactnting 'Jewellers, RANSOM-STREET HALL, " PIIILADELPHIA fe26-1m U.S. FIVE-TWENTIES, rwENTT-YEAR SIX PER CENT. BONES. PAYABLE AT THE OPTION.OF THE HOVUMEIIn AFTEE FIVE YEARS. , lam Instructed bY the-SZCEETAItY OF THII TRIA. SUET to receive wabecriptioni for the above .LOAN ATs PAR. Interest will commence from the DATE 07 SUBSONI7. TION, and is "PAYABLE IX GOLD at the Mint. or any Sub-Treasury of Depository of the United States, on the drat days of May and November of each year. At the present mostrox ox GOLD. these Bond% yield - abont NIGHT per cent. per annum. Mull supply alwayi on hand. JAY COOICE,; SUBSCRIPTION:AG/SAT, 114 SOUTH THIRD SPURT SPECIAL NOTICE. On and after JULY lst, 1863, the privilege of convert- Ipg the present issue of LEGAL-TENDER NOTES INTO THE NATIONAL SIX FEE CENT. LOAN (com monly called "Five-Twenties ") Will cease. All who wish to invest in the Five-Twenty, Loan. trout, therefore, apply before the let `of TIILY next. • • JAY COOKE,. Subsdiption Agent, in13.4-tiyl u 4 South TRIED Street, Phllada. CARPETS AND OIL-CLOTHS. ARCH -ST. CARPET WAREHOUSE. JOS. BLA.OKWOOD, 832 ARCH STREET, -TWO DOORS BELOW. NINTH (South Side], IS NOW REGEIVINO FOR SPRING TRADE, A rich and extensive assortment of - ENGLISH AND AMERICAN CARPETING% • Of the best makes, Embracing all the new kyles, whichare offered. AT LOW PRICES FOR CASH. JUST RECEIVED, 3,000 ROLLS - . - CANTON MATTINGS To which we invite the attention of the trade. M'CALLUM to 00.; NO. 509 CHESTNUT STREET, mhll-tt PHILADELPHIA. • R E M - 0 - A. • L =J. T. DEI.,AOROIX; has removed his STOCK OF CAREETINGS,, From 47 South FOURTH Street, to his N R No; 37 SOUTH SECOND. STREET, -Where he offers .to hie, old customers, and: purchasers ,generally, a LARGE AND DESIRABLE STOCE Or CARPET.INGS, of all grades, and best known makes. ' OIL CLOTHS, MATTINGS, AND. WINDOW SHADES, ''WHOLESALE AND , RETAIL, AT THE LOWEST PRICES. . . J. T. DELACROIX, . . No. 37 SOUTH SECOND STREET, aboi7e Chestnut. inh7-3m GLEN • ECHO MIL L S, M'CALLUM 83 CO., IUINDTAOTURERS, IMPORTERS, AND DEALERS, ' 509 CHESTNUT ,STREET, (OpPosit* Independence Hall,) CARPE TING k 3; OIL CLOTHS, ilia We Jim now on hand an extensive stock of MOM- . , ENOI3, of our own and other makes, to Whish we call the attention of cash and eltort-tinie busier& fell-8m FITRNISRING, CHINA AND..' GLASS ESTABLISH CHINA-HALL,.'S2I9 CHESTNUT STREET, . .DIRE,CTLY OPPOSITE IN - DEPENDENCE HALL, PHILADBLPHIA. Hotels, :restaurants, - And 'shiPPlini'Osnronlied.- China and Maas packed in a proper manner. . . -N.' B:—China;decorated ..to corder; also initials and crests elenantlycongraved.on table glasa. Ordese brutal/ proisivtly A ottenAod.to. • z0.i.1.7z144 Weak . 1.4".64 PHILADELPatA. MONDAY, MARCH 23. 1863. 1863. HOOD, BC)NBRIGHT, dk, The attention of the TRADE is invited to their large Among which are choice brands of Sheet ing and Shirting Muslins; Madder Prints, De Lames, Ginghams,Lawns and , . NE*EST STYLPI4 DRESS GOODS. IN GREAT VARIETY. GREAT INDUCEMENTS OFFERED TO JAMES R. CAMPBELL ed CO., SPRING STOCK SILK AND FANCY DRESS GOODS 1863. RIEGEL, WIEST, de' ERVIN, Merchants visiting this city to purchase DRY GOODS * Will find our Stock large' and admirably assorted, and at Low., FIGURES. In certain classes of Goods we offer inducements to purchasers unequalled by any other house ba Philadelphia. fel9-2nv JAMES, KENT, Noe. 1139 and 2411 P. THIRD STREET. ABOVE RACE, PHILADELPIII4. Have now open their usual LARGE AND COMPLETE STOCK To which they invite th e special attention of cash buyers. SPRING-, 1863. YARD, GILLMORE, CO., Importers and Jobbers of SILKS AND FANCY DRY GOODS, NOS. 617 CHESTNUT AND 614 JAYNE ST'S., Nave now open. of THEIR OWN IMPORTATION, a LARGE AND HANDSOME STOOK . " GLOVES, &c. Also, a full assortment of WHITS GOODS, LINENS, FURNISHING GOODS. EN• 1863. SPRING. iptg vv. JOHNES, BERRY, tfa 00., ' (Successors to Abbott. Johnek & Co.) Jo. .627 MARKET, and 5214 gomiancs Street.. PHILADELPHIA. 111PORTFAS AND 40133311128 - 0, S I • FANCY DRY . GOODS, Hay. now opens LARGE AND ATTRACTIVE. STOCK . DRESS GOODS, Adapted to the Season. Also, a Full AssortMent to WHITE GOODS, RIBBONS, GLOVES, SHAWLS, &a., . - Which they offer to the trade at the LOWEST PRNHIS. CASH BUYERS • Are particularly invited to examine our Stock. fell-tf Also, .a full assortment of BERLIN ZEPHYR WORSTED GERMANTOWN. 'L DRY-GOODS JOBBERS. SPRING 1 863. DRY GOODS. WHOLESALE DEALERS IN FOREIGN AMY DOMESTIC DRY. GOODS, No. 435 MARkET §TREET, PHILADELPHIA. STAPLE Al FANCY COM, MEN'S WE AR CASH BUYERS m l / 1 3-7m IMPORTERS, JOBBERS, AND RETAILERS OF D RGOODS. 727 CHESTNUT STREET Invite the attention of Gish Buyers to their FULL AND COMPLETE STOCK; *ibraeing the'most desirable styles of SILKS AND DRESS GOODSI IN ANY . MARKET, MODERATE: mh7-tipie ' - - A. W. LITTLE & 00., soh.972ra Na. 323 MARKET STREET. SPRINGF. 1863. IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS DRY GOODS, No.. 47 NORTH THIRD. STREET, PHILADELPHIA. & Co., IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS DRY GOODSi OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC DRY GOODE,:' S which will he found a more fOS.suasskallseat , IbIES! DRESS 'Eacippwt -, - Also, a Dill Assortment of MERRIMACK AND COCHECO PRINTS, and PHILADELPHIA-MADE GOODS. SPRING GOODS, COMPRISING DRZSS GOODS, BRAWLS, RIBBON* BROItogRIES, AND LACES. The attention of the trade Is requested. TRIMMINGS, &e. LADIES' DRESS AND , MANTILLA TRIMMING& Bugle Gimps, Embroidering Braids. Bead and Bugle Ornaments, Silk Gimps, . - 'Sontache Trimming, Cotton and Silk . Zonave Alpaca Braide, Silk Ribhons, [Braids, Guipure Laces. Silk and llnionßeltings, And a variety of other fashiemibbiTziromings. .SMALL WARES. The goods behig 'fin our own manufacture and -impor tation, we can offer particular' advantages in prices, and, invite the attention of the trade. WM. 11.7IORSTMANN & SONS . ; Manufactory and Store, :FIFTH and CHERRY Ste., Pililadelpitia. U. S.INTERNAL-REVENUE. A aENOY FOR THE SALE` OF UNITED STATES TAX STAMPS. No: PT Routh THIRD Street. first door' above Chestnut. . fan supply of all kinds of TAVEITAMPS constantly on hand; and for Well quantities to anit. A liberardhamunt allowed on amounts of 650 and up wards. _ Orderib7 MN Promptlyattended to.: Olive Hours from 9 A.M. to 51',61.. JACOB E. RIDGWAY, SeiNtjek No. 57,§outh THIRD Street. POWEN tk CO.'S LITHOGRAPHIC ESTABLISHMENT, Sentitweet Coiner of ELEVENTH and. CHESTNUT Ste., N . O .515 .mixoß4Titzlz'.. • PRILADBLTH44. •Every description of '"'"• LITHOGRAPHY, PL&T,ERItIiTTNCt. and COLORMIZI ,•. ,BXECUTED IN TEA -.IIIO3TAUP.EBWR! .M ANN E4t `l.lrtss. MONDAY, MARCH 23, 1833 ARMY - OF THE POTOMAC. Peuusylvartiti Regtments—llow Much - Does eu ArmyEnt,t—Transportation—Negro piekets — Negro"Tearastere4The Regulars —Twenty-seven Years a Soldier—Green backs—Hospitals—The Women. of Arne areclal Correspondence of The Press.) 'HEADQUARTERS FIFTH ARMY. CORPS, March 18, 1863. Early in the nionth of February General Hooker ordered an inspection of. the Army of the Potomac. The result of that inspeCtion you already know. Serne two dozen regiments Were'coademned on vari ous grounds. Several were lacking in that soldierly attribute of punctuality, promptness, snap, so es sential, to military well-being. Some .were lax in discipline, prone to disobedience, : and Wanting., in "many of those little virtues without which regi ments, as well aa families, are never esteemed by their neighbors. Many were dirty. Of these last, many members have, time and again, been taken,or mistaken, for contrabands. Their faces and hands wereunwashed, their heads and chins uniternpt, their • Clothing much soiled, and their:Government shoes etringless and down at heel. Various were "their garments in color, cut, and quality. Their camps Were unclean, huts filthy,%una rusty, and accoutre ments gleOrning with the borrowed lustieof elOy: -There were twenty:five. of these .regiments _under ban—fifteen lrom New York, one each, from Indiana and Massachusetts,-and eighi 'from Penn sylvania. This number. bears - a Vary small propor , lion to the grand total of Keystoneregiments in,this army, and shows as plainly as anything can 'shOW, 'that our old Statefurnislies goodmaterial.• The punishment inflicted upon those - regiments whose' 'general appearance, drill, do : emetic eeoricimy, , and reputation for order-and discipline, were not ex- I fictly what the inspectera .considered the standard, , hoe already produced a good effect. Dilatory officers ' whose frequent libatione to Bacchus have taken-up too much of the time so well paid for by our respect d Unole, and which should haVe been'devoted to ; Alm :betterment of the sons of Maio, are now exert ring themselves wonderfully., The men are infected ,with 'a Strong desire to do better, and there can be no doubt of their ultimate success: I do :not , remember ever having seen in your co lunanst-it list of Pennsylvania regiments in this corn. mend. , , That the Keystone State has an important 'part to play in,the drama of " The Rappahannock," flwhich, I venture to predict, will be produced before ''long,'-is evident from the folloWing list Of her regi ments in the 3d and 6th corps: • Sd Corps-41 'Regiments, sth Corps—fiS Regiments, 26th Pennsylvania. 628 'Pennsylvania. 7 : 088 do. - 01st do. - -68th - do. -- 'llBth do. ''B4th do. 123 d do. 99th do. - 129th' do. 106th . • do. 131st do. • 110th., ,• do. • 133 d . do. • 114th - do. 134th do 116th- do. 155th do. ' The other commands, of which it would not be. opine me to speak too definitely, are equally indebted to the same Berme for their fighting stock. - - ,Have yon ever ealculated the net weight of pork, beef, flour, sugar, coffee, salt,- and potatoes daily Consumed by the hungry patriots On the Rappahan nock 'F' Fancy a Mountain' of " hard tack," twenty four feet high, thirty feet long, and twenty-six feet wide! Piles of, pork, far surpassing in magnitude •the most' extravagant heaps accumulated by the heaviest dealer in Delaware Avenue, asleep or awake! Hillocks of eranulated sweetness, over topping knolls of fragrant Mocha ! Salt enough to rendeitsaline.half the branches- of. the Potomac for a week together! Flour and potatoes, bacon and pnions; in quantities to suit the most ravenous appe tite ! This at every, station on the railroad which supplies us with food by day and unearthly sounds during the lonely watches of the night. You havelteartl farmers discourse eloquently con cerning graski.ftelds. 'You have often entered with Spirit into a discussion touching the relative Merits of clover first crop and clover second crop.. Timothy has doubtless claimed much of your attention, and ;blue-grass likewise; 'mayhap you have cultivated Thenyou have sown oats. Now, how many acres of grass land will, in one season, produce hay enough to feed 14,000 animals for one day, allowing each animal 14 pounds for his ration? What will this amount of hay, sold to -Uncle Samuel, bring at $l6 per told Allowing an average of 1034 pounds of :eats per diem as a ration, how many bags, each holding 2% bushels, will be required to contain the said' oats, counting 32 pounds to'the bushel?. Al! this forage, short and long, (I mean for the 14,000 horses and mules,) is left at depots above. Falmouth _Station, where Captain Peirce does the honors. I 'would not dare•to guess even at the amount of hay, corn; oats, flour, potatoes, bacon, Pork-, sugar, coffee; and salt left there; for the reason that the figures would 'stagger you and your belief. I might put it ~cateehetically, as did MT: Purnblechook, the seeds. man r whose prenllses were of a peppercorny and • farinaceoos character, giving yoke base of, horses, men; and mules to start from; but for prudential reasons I refrain, trusting that; like Horace's trip to *Brundusiumi,my account of "plenty of wine" and the number orb -6 tuest - tirr...-hp....takenWithout The Transportation Circular of Col. Ingalls; Offer' Q. M. of ,the Anay of the Potomac, issued on the 10th inst., comes in- good time to check a growing evil. ,This paper reduces the means of, land trans.: - portation 20 per cent.--maklng it necessary for oiti_ cers to diminish their wardrobes, drop superfluous articles of convenience, and deny themselves many unwholesome luxuries which have tended materially to effeminate their possess - ors and friends, render subordinates more keenly sensitive to-their priva tions, and monopolize wagon-room, to the exclusion of, commissary ."stores and sick soldiers. If your readers could estimate the labor required to move the wagons, of an army like this, the delays of com— manding generals would not appear so unaccounta ble, and they would no longer wonder that the an eients—with the exception, perhaps, of the Hamax- Obioi—considered all vehicles impediments to an ar my—the Romans, particularly, whose rapid marches were always made retictis impeclimentis, that is, with Wagons left behind. Uncle Joseph, who has charge of : us now, is a foe to superfluities, and he has been heard to remark, more thait siice," that he would like nothing better than a modeinte-sized army which . -Should require no wagons and no cologne. Grant this. simple boon, ye gods !• and we shall at.length break the back-bone of rebellion—finally. The negro pickets, of whom one of our correspond enia.wrote you a short time ago, are seen now quite often. One colored "reb." was noticed yesterday, to the right of Fredericksburg. He -was dressed in Union garb, and carried a musket with bayonet fixed. As -he trod his lonely beat, he used his wea pon as he would his hoehandle after a hard day's work• in the corn-field. Then he would sometimes .'reverse the gun, and drive the bayonet into the soft earth, seeming to count his steps as he moved from it, quite puzzled when he got above ten, as you 'Could tell by his hesitating gait. I wonder if he is aware that his brethren, employed as teamsters on this side, knowing nothing of murderous guns, nor „Politics, having no ideas on the subject of currency, and, no acquaintance with the alphabet to prickle them down withal (to the confusion of better brains than their own), are in the monthly receipt of twenty dollars in. green-backs, and of pork, rice, flour, arid molasses to their hearts' content? If he does, I expect to see hiin, before many days, astraddle of one "of ' Uncle Samuel's ludibrious mules, both man and beast making - the welkin ring with sounds peculiar to the sympathetic pair. That there is a sympathy between the long-eared brute and the thick-lipped man, no one who has seen the two together can for a moment doubt. A white man, whose tastes lead him into daily contact with the animal most of us, loathe, is apt to misunder stand the beast's humors, and inclined to visit, upon it too much of that hickory ointment, in whose vir- Mes his own parents, perhaps, had abiding faith. The mule suffers much in body and, spirit, but im proves none in disposition. He droops like a with ering -dandelion, and dies a miserable death—the victim of abuse and neglect. Not so with the lucky one who pulls hard to the cheering tones of Abra ham's or Isaiah's voice. I." Ho, Illy, I caw yer is . sweeemusici and lightens his thereof the load, and :.compensates him for the pain inflicted by the tap his drive: had to give him 'when there was danger of " stalling" in the last mud hole. He will survive the war, that mule, and all'others who, like him, have Abrahams and Isalahs to mind era. - _ Blest with divine immunity from ills, - Long centuries they live; their only fate - Is ripe old age, and rather sleep than death." The patience of these contrabands is only equalled by their personalappearEmce. "Digne, indignapati" seems to have been the precept impressed ripen their humble minds by dame 'Nature, and well they prac tise what she has taught. "I'd rarder not go no mee %yid dem. provose, folks, sah ; dey done chuck me • ' twell I mope `mad,,, was the complaint made a few days ago by one of the colored teamsters,` who had been ill-used by some of thee provost guard:::' They ' had chucked" hint, • tripped him • up, pushed,- ponched; pecked at, and (pounded -him, ' twell he was mese mad.' " Not angry with theta; but fearful that he should"be. The eonscription act, which seems to meet with general approbation here, has already had the effect of "encouraging enlistments " in the, regular 'army. Almost every day Some veteran who has braved the heat of Fort Yuma, _the cold of " Utah, and, the thousand other hardships endured by our little band of regulars within the past - seven years, receives his .diseheige, and hies to " the States" to' Spend hie • money. His place is not hang vecant. Some timid -wight, fearing the effect .of a draft, finds his way to a recruiting,office, and pies himself in.pledge for a' term of •yeari. NeW "recruits Are coming in every day. No one can recall the 12th of April, 1861; Withont picturing.to himself the handful-of brave men who defended Fort Sumpter, and whose courage so -won upon' the foe:that her. , would not- detain them as prisoners; but ,allowed them to- go out with the honors-'of 'War. These men are with us, 'To be sure, we lack Anderson, and Doubleday, and Davis, ,but we-have all that are left of Company E, hat United States Artillery, and we;feekproudofthem. (The Davis mentioned above is 'Colonel . .Tefrerion 0. ,Davis, well knOwn .to _ the rebels of the West. He was .a,lieutenerit When . SUmpter fell)" vba sati;rdiiii*; a member 61:14,'01 I t'was discharged the service. He had *bein - iy, seven gars the. army .- 'Think of that, ylw sok . .. # rites who NI Ouki ,be,patriotic but for the want of laundreases, and barbere and gantiers, in the field I " ,Tivinlat-seven y(ar; said I. "Yes, sir, and to bre- vet corporal, at lasceie." He told me that he loved the service, and, seid he, ". I may get back—that is, if I happen to take too much.'!, Whisky he meant, of course, so his remark needed no comment, and none was made. He was a fine-looking man, of forty-four or six, and had at hand a store of remi niecences and anecdotes of not, , d military men-- ` - „Magrimer, Beituregarci, Scott, Taylor, McClellan, Tiviggs, Kearney, Ringgold, , Wheat,, and other's. Money seems plenty out here., Greenbacks and postage currencynbound. We are not 'of the' tribe of drispus Salluatius ". . foe to the bullion "hidden in „ the ifiggardearth," but would like exceedingly, next to the pOssessiOn thereof, a near view of sundry old fashioned eaglea, dimes, quarters, threeLcent pieces, and evenniekels'. The pospession of one or more of these relics of a bygone age entitles the bearer ' to the freedom of all our camps. Sutlers open their tents to him, and majorgenerals benignantly ea he pasaes. No commissary can withstand the influence of the numismatic 'curiosities; and no provost marshal would think of refusing their owner'a pass, even unto Jericho. Great is gold. In my next, I wish to tell you something about ' army hoapitals, into which so many men force them selves before a battle, thereby reversing the foolish exercise of the fish in the fairy -talejunaPinz out of the fire into the frying pan. Many a sound man Whose sands 'of life are running out in the shade of ireOtton maisort de soli, might well employ his re maining bourn 'in elaborating an advertisement to be hung over his bed for the edification of visitors, and put on his head-board after his departure, as a warning to,his friends. Let it be in the words of tee Italian nobleman, who, having neither Radway, nor Brandreth, nor Jayne, nor Belmbold, to relieve the misery entailed upon him by quacks, yielded up the ghost, after settling.with his butler and limiting -his epitaph. Here it is : - Stays ben, Ms per star agile Sto qui. This means 'in' - plain English, "I was well enough; Mit wishing to be better—here I am." "About the women ''of' Ainerica, too, who come downliere as bridesmaids, nurses, visitors, peti tioners;: how one drives us distracted with her winning- voice, another with her parasol;how one nioves among armed men like another Hypolit% and rides a brigadier's war-steed across some mimic Thermododn like a lenthesilea ; hoWs fair:haired lassie brings us news from home, and a blue-eyed maid pocket-handkerchiels and temperance tracts; how' we think intensely of home to please the Saxon girl; and ail takethe pledge (mentally) for the eake of blue eyes this and more; when time serves. ARMY. OF THE CUMBERLAND. Cautiii at Trtnui.—Jeff.*C.Davia' Another .. 4acouuoisaance Soutlt RtverS,lierkidau,s TRIUNE, Tenn., March 14, 1663 The seasonis bright and beautiful; nearly all the traces of winter arelone; the sun shines warm; the birds begin :to sing; the, green grass begins to put forth; and all nature seems to smile upon our efforts to Move southward and crush out rebellion. What is called the, ",bully brigade'' of Brig. General J. B. Steednian's 3d dirieion,:and :stile one the General himself stays with, is,-,encarapednt this town; Con eisiinq of the 2d Minnesota, '9,th 'Ohio, both old. Mill Ohio,B7th the 35th 87th Indana, Battery; I of 4tk Regulars, Lieut. F. G. Smith—commanding; the ist East TennesSee Cavalry. Col: Robert Johnson, and some 'others not . necessary , to.mention, for it won't 'dole tell everything one ltinfvs'all atonce. The condition of the troOns tieifi'le unsurpassed by any in the service; their general health very, gCod; and there are very few deaths Occurring. "f The men can do almost anything in the working line, or' any other line; the regiments have perfect confidence in each other. They are all eager to get into good' solid, fighting, and have the most unbounded confi dence inthe ability of General Steedmin to Carry them' successfully through any encounter and Early yesterday morning Major Tracy was sent out with four squadrons of the First East Tennes see cavalry to act as an advance for General Jeff. C. Davis' division, which- was encamped just below Triune, and was, going to move out in a south easterly direction, on the Eagleville pike. This division is another splendid fragment of Rosecrans army, in good health and conditiOn, whose spirits are right for the work that is before them, and who are commanded by an able man,- a first:class officer who thoroughly understands his business. The whole division moved out to Eagleville, nine miles from Triune, reaching there about noon, and took up camps to remain for the night. The cavalry was sent forward to see what discoveries could be made. One of Van Dorn's men, who had come home to see his wife in Eagleville, having been captured, gave the information that Van Dorn had not crossed Duck river at Columbia, but had come east on the north side of, that river, and was encamped with his whole force in and about Chapel - Hill. The cavalry moved out and came upon a rebel pickets not three quarters of a mile from Eagleville, which was, run hack, the rebels not tarrying long enough to get in range of our guns. The cavalry then took Riggs' Cross-road to go over to the Triune and Chapel Hill pike, which was three miles. About midway between the two pikes, the advance scouts came in sight of some' forty of the, rebel cavalry, who immediately took tke_haush_aud&th e ti t imlitipyheu iv ,i iii --- that: Wwao i-PP°F .2l°l "" h to P ok to their wereAwo rebel cavalry scouts, w o, f our boVs the junction of the cross road with , the ike, there after thenou a ‘ half dozen o picket of four men was jumped anti - tihey their heels. Our boys fired at them, got a hat and pocketbook, with a five-dollar Confederate note in it, that one of the gentlemen dropped, and was in too much of a hurry to pick up; and ran them two. miles further down the pike to a third picket, which, being too strong for them, they haltedand returned, having chased these pickets within three miles of Chapel Hill, where. Van Dorn's whole army was-en camped, which information was - confirmed on the road. Riggs' Cross Roads Is seven miles south of Harpeth - river, and' six miles north of Chapel Hill, `where Van Dorn has at least fifteen hundred or two , thopsand cavalry. The reconnoitring party then returned without further incident, anti were glad to come in sight of the pickets of the 2d Minnesota at Harpeth river, where_ . that reginient is at work re building the bridge over the river that the rebels destroyed several months ago. This pike,- all the way from Nashville to Chapel Hill, is very smooth; very level, has been but little used, and is one of the most perfect roads in this or any other section of the country. "We followed it below Chapel Hill about a week ago, when we drove General Whaiton and his cavalry out of their Camps below. the town, burning several of the buildings whiih had been use ful to - the rebels ;so we know the country, him ob- As we returned to camp, we met Sherridan's Divi sion just going into camps a mile or so below Triune. This division is on its return from Franklin, where it went to reinforce, after Coburn was gobbled up with his brigade. Now would be a good time 'to make Van Dorn take water, or surrender one, for Duck river, which' is only two miles below Chapel Hill, is not fordable : -now. And there is abundant force in this vicinity now to make him do it. The 'ist East Tennessee this are perfect whales,,and are the pets of this division. When they are ordered to scout;` hey scout ; and when theY are Ordered to dos anything else, they do it. - And some way, the rebels seem afraid of them, and keep out of their reach. They handle the rebels'without gloves . on all occasions. They go in on the principle that "those who are not for me are against me," and deal with them accordingly. Their idea is to put down the rebellion.. Everything that is useful to the enemy is taken or destroyed, whether of any benefit to us or not. The people in this section of the coun try, which is truly beautiful and fertile, have' just waked up, and are finding, to their sorrow and con sternation, that there is a war. They never kneiv until within the last two weeks, what war was ; but they are learning by a bitter experience, mighty fast, what war And Makes the East Tennesseans; who have been driven from home, and robbed of all their property, and had their : wives and children turned shelterless out of doors, to teach , - these rich, landed, aristocratic " Southern Rights " men what war is, and what they, in their stiff-necked selfish nen . , have - pluneed this country into. If'theY had their deserts, every_one of ahem would ung by the neck; but they Won't be hung—their money will save them ; and Yet they deserve hanging or : shoot ! ing four=foldmore than the poor, ignorant soldiers they have 'tired and forced into the rebel army. THE PROCLAMATION The proclamation is right ; its effect is beneficial; it is working well. Every one that knows my ante cedents knows I came from rank old Demociatic stock—Democratic stock of the James K. Polk achOoland I am not ashamed of my antecedents on the contrary, I glory in the stock I came front ; and I was always an ardent admirer of the lamented Stephen A. Douglas, and firmly believe, had God in his infinite mercy seen fit to haire spared the life of that great man until to-day, that the "rebellion, which now is so mighty, would have been•to-day crushed out,' and peace; so bright, so beautiful, so hallowed,, would now reign throughout the land. The proclamation is beneficial in this way—it is un derraining the supporting and maintaining power of the. so- called Southern Confederaey. It has been said, repeatedly, and Written repeatedly, that while the Southern men were, int their army fighting, the negro slaves were at home growing grain, and; fattening beeves and hogs, for the Maintenance of . that army. But while it was said and written, suf ficient weight was not given to •it as .beini a fact. It a fact, and a fact which has become self-evident to us within the past two orthree weeks. On many of the large rich.plantations, in this"section of the coun try, there is not a white male grown person at home but the negroes are there, and the women are there, and until our army rcoVed here the plan tations were :..eing as effectively worked without the males -as with them, and the • productions - of' these plantations went to' help support the rebel army.: Now these plantatione are at a stand-still ;. the machinery tlae4 s lveroovorked,with has been removed.' What removed itl"The procla mation. The negmes areeoming into our camps, where they are jinunediately put to Work; driving teams, cooking, or-something elie which is'useful to us:' And in this, way the proclamation is not only , Rapping the_strengili"of the enemy, but it is helping' ourselves very materially. And for the present time, the answer to the great number_ of querlea and speculations, as to what will we`do with the negiVeat when they flock in to us in too great' unibers to be: used immediately about the army; ilVahroPtle; Thei 4 are great numbers of large plantations;,both , in , the i Staten of 'Kentucky, aud — Tenneasee# which are THREE CENIS. standing idle; whose owners being avowed Seas, sionists, are either in the SOuthern army, or have gone South. Let those estates be confiscated by the Government without delay, and let the Government work these plantations with a sufficient number of . negro laborers, under an agent, for the benefit of the Government and the army in the field. It will pay well, and dispose of the surplus contrabands for the time being, until some final decision - as to their disposition is made by the wise men of the nation. All the vegetables which an army stands so much in 'need of might be raised in this manner, close by_ the army, and do away. with the necessity, of so much transportation. .Now is the season of the year here to plant the seed of all garden truck, onions, .lettuce, potatoes, &c. And as the warm weather comes "on without these things Bickness is bound to increase in a , , most fearful ratio. I repeat again, that although opposed to the proclamation at first on principle, and Opposed to it as considering it a piece of idle bombast at the time it was• issued, I am now for it, after seeing that .the practical results are beneficial. The proclamation is right ; it is working well ; and, like every other , soldier in the field, I am for the Government unconditionally, right or wrong, and wills give cordial r support to every governmental measure to crush out rebellion. FELIX. STATES IN REBELLION. Affairs' at Charleston, Savannah., Rich raond, Predericksbuyg, Vicksburg, and Port Hud.son=olNcial ftePort;ol" :the Cap ture of General Stoughton—The Premium on Gold—General flanks , P..•xpedition ring up the alississipPi, - ,ke. . , • We have received files of' Richmond papers the latest of which are of the 18th instant: THE YAZOO EXPEDITION-BATTLE OE: FORT PEMBERTON-THE ENEMY'S MOVE MENTS. Monir..x., March 16.--A special despatch to the Appeal, dated Fanola, Mississippi, March. 14, says a gentleman direct from Coldwater states that two formidable gunboats, the Chillicothe and De Kalb, two rams, with cotton defences, three gunboats, not deemed formidable, three batteries, three hundred cavalry, and ten thousand men, comprise the Yankee force in the Yazoo. Some boats not loaded accompany the expedition, His thought for the purpose of stealing cotton. They left Helena with one day's rations of ment, plenty of, bread, add other supplies. They rely upon, the resources of the country for meat, which they are The Appeal says a gentleman who witnessed the Eight at — Fort Pemberton (states that our troops waded, to their waists to get a chance at the enemy. The Yankee fleet consists of six gunboats and rams, with an infantry force of from five to eight thou sand. The enemy's movements :indicate -a landing higher up the river, on the opposite bank. Our officers were preparing to frustrate the enemy at all. SALES OF FOREIGN GOODS C/14.11LESTON; March la.—At the large cargo sales to-day, seasonable goods brought an average advance of 16 per cent. All, quiet along the coast to-night. ANTICIPATED ATTACK ON CHARLESTON. CnratuesTox, March' 12.—The news , that Burn side has taken command at Port Royal, and that the attack on Charleston will be made within the next fortnight, - coma from Newbern. Full credit is not given tothe story, but the impression is- very general that the attack will soon take place. REVIEW AT:. - MOBILE • MOBILE, March 13.—Gen. Joe. Johnston reviewed the army of Mobile yeSterday. Brig. Gen. D. W. Adams has arrived, en -route to join his command at Tullahoma. FROM SAVANNAH. SAVANNAH, March 13.—Two small blockaders are visible far out, off the mouth of, the Ogeechee. All quiet here. No signs of the enemy". FROM FREDERIOKSBT_TRGI- Cgrecial Correspondence of the Richmond inquirer.] FREDERICKSBURG, March I6.—Though under, the g,111123 ofJoe Hooker ? the supremacy of the laws triumphed here to-day in - the 'municipal election. M. Slaughter was choaen mayor; W. A. Little, re corder, and L. T. Huffman; H. B. Hall, George W. , J. G. Wallace, John-F. Scott, : James Hi Bradley, J. G. liurkamp D. H. Gordon, John. ht. Glerxidon, John A. Fnglish, and James lloteGuire, 'common councilmen. . . The friends of the Mayor elect, in appreciation of his fidelity and efficiency; 'assembled at his house -this evening to. assure him of their regard, and to tender him their 'congratulation. They were as companied in their call by the excellent band - of the lath Mississippi, under the lead of PrOfessor Natio& whose elegant music broke with fine effect upon -the night air, and made us fora while almost forget that the old town was so much under the weather. 1. , It is reported to•night. that the Yankees, in con siderable iorce, are about to attempt the passage of the Rappahannock, twelve miles above here. Seve ral heavy siege guns have been just put in position across the river, in front of the town, within the last few days: The revival still continues. The meetings go on as often as thrice a day. The Rev. Dr. W. J. Hoge and J. Lansing Burrows have been preaching to crowded houses. Daniel G. Read, Esq., an old citizen; I regret to hear, is no more. The conscript officers have been quite busy for the last few days hereabouts, hauling in "the nice young men." AN IMPORTANT RUMOR `A considerable force of the enemy, consistiw of cavalry and artillery, make a demonstration, yester day morning, on the ford over the Rappahannock, near and south of the Orange and Alexandria Rail road. The movement was anticipated, we learn, by General Stuart, who advanced a force sufficient to hold. them In check. at -least until a proper time should 'arrive fora more cheerful greeting. Fighting , was in progress during yesterday, and it was report ed from Gordonsville that the enemy had succeeded in crossing. The result of the engagement did not reach us.—Enuirer, Merch 18. CAPTAIN MOSBY'S LATE RAID TO FAIRFAX - - COURT HOUSE. . A gentleman in Richmond, says the Enquirer, re _ ceived lately the Subjoined letter from Ca .tain John num - Oi of his brilliant act. The letter was entirely private, and is published by us without the knowledge or 'consent of either party: "IIIv'DEAR Six: • * * • * You have'already seen something in the newspapers of my recent raid on the '2: - ....k.ees s _though I see they all call me Aloe -"ley; - instead of _Dios - cr.-1- has-d-oniv.twenty-nine men under my command. I penetrated about ten miles in -their lines, rode right up to the General's headquar , ters, surrounded by infantry, artillery, and cavalryr, took him out of bed and brought:him off. I walked into his room , with two of my men, and, shaking him in bed, said, 'General, get up.' He rose up, rubbing his eyes, and asked what was the meaning of all this. I replied, 'lt means, sir; that Stuart's' cavalry are in possession of this place, and you are a prisoner.' We also surrounded, the headquarters of Col. :Wyndham (acting brigadier of cavalry); but, unfortunately he - had gone down to. Washington ; we got his assistant adjutant general, and also his aid, anAustrian, Baron Wordener. - - "There was an immense amount of all kinds of stores collected there, but I was unable to destroy them, as they were in houses, without. destroying the town. The horses we brought off were mostly very fine, belonging to officers: If I had had enough men I could.have brought off hundreds. It was my purpose to have reached the Court House by twelve o'clock at.night, but it being very dark, and raining, we got lost, and were delayed two hours, so that we did not have over an hour to stay in the town, it "being necessary for us to pass out, of their lines be fore daylight. In coming-out we, passed within two hundred yards of the fortifications at Centreville, and were hailed by a Sentinel from' one of the re doubts. A Captain Barker, from New York, here made a desperate attempt to get away. He dashed out of the ranks and tried hard to reach the fort, but a shot from one of my men convinced him that it was a dangerous undertaking, and he came back. At Centreville there was a force - of about 2,000, con sisting of infantry, artillery, and cavalry. In the vicinity of the Court House one cavalry and one in fantry brigade were camped. There were about 200 just in the town. We easily captured the few guards around the town, as they never dreamed we were anybody but Yankees, until they saw a pistol pointed at their heads, with a demand for a surrender. * * "Yours, truly, JOHN S. MOSBY." The following is Gen. Stuart's order: HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY DIVISION, ARMY OF N. VA, March 12;1663. GENERAL ORDERS No. —.- - --Captain Satin S. 'Moe by has for a long time, attracted the attention of his 'generals by his boldness, skill, and success, so sig nally displayed in his numerous forays upon the in vaders of his native State. None know his daring , enterprise and dashing heroism better than those foul invaders, though strannrs themselves to such noble traits. His late brilliant exploit—the capture of Brigadier General Stoughton, U. S. A., two captains, thirty other rprisoners, together with their arms; equip-. merits, and forty-eight horses—justifies this recogni tion in general orders. This feat, unparalleled in the war, was performed in the midst of the enemy . 's troops, at Fairfax Court House, without loss or injury. The gallant band of Captain Mosby share the glory, as they did the danger, of this enterprise, and are worthy of such a leader. J. E. B. STUART, Major General Commanding.' A SOUTHERN MAN'S XPERIENCE IN THE A gentleman who was in the Northwest recently, and was captured, but afterwards released, writes to the Lynchhuig Virginian some of his experience' there. He says that John Wm. Dudley, formerly of Lynchburg, is provost marshal at Cincinnati. Of his conversations he says: I conversed freely with a number of profesied friends of .the South, beside Abolitionists from dif ferent parts of the North and Northwest, but from none could I gather any tangible gleam of hope for peace upon terms which would be satisfactory to the South. The Democratic members elected to the next Congress are as much committed to the pro secution as the Abolitionists, but they declare that it shall be conducted constitutionally, which,may have more meaning than I can comprehend. The predominant idea among the Conservatives is re•• construction, and, as a gentleman remarked to me, " the Union must be reconstructed, if we, have to adopt the Constitution of the Confederate: States, and if the South' is not then satisfied, well make her, nolens volens." " Our commerce is crippled for ever without the South ; the' navigation of the Mis sissippi must be free; and if the Abolitionists "of the New England States persist in this unholy war, and refuse to give the 'South her rights, then we in the Northwest will.join you and - make them our com mon enemy." I replied that I feared, we could never again entertain a just sympathy toward eacliether in consequence of the Northwest having waged suCh a bitter and relentless war against us • besides, the character of your population is such as'to'debar the possibility of an amicable . adjustment. His reply was "that he feared this might prove a barrier, but in any event an attempt was to belnade." I left them . , fully convinced that their sympathy for us was owing only to the successful resistance of our army in. the field, and but.-little could be hoped for the medium of diplomatists. . • GUNPOWDER EXPLOSION.., The Richmond papers , of the 14th contain full . de tails of an explosion at the rebel laboratory" works near Richmond on the lath. The casualties are summed up as follows - : Females ' . 31 I Males. . . ... Total dead.. Females.... .. .211 Males Missing . .. . f Total wounded ad missing, ggregate . ..... .. . . FROM FREDERICKSBURG. We Saw last night an officer who left Wederloks, burg yesterday morning. He .reports all quiet. There were no indications of. an advance of the ene my, and all the rumors. and talk ng his crossing the river have given way :W . :the impression that there will be no forward movement for $013;10 time to come. An the , stir andtireitle iMthe , enemy's camp have subsided, and everything was quiet. on both sides of the river. _ . Desertions from... p the enemy are becoming very frequent. Not a day esseii but deierters come into our On Saturday night our, sentinels were aroused by a noise in the river, quickly followed 'by several voices, " Don't ' tire," re. - - - a moment or two seventeen men delivered theinselves . Up no desert6rs, Itaving - eliidetltheir guard tOdelliara. Tx-um WAR PatESS, Tax WAR PRESii will be sent to aubacribers by mall{Per annum in advanos) at 82.00 Five Copies " " ' 9410 Ten " ." 17,00 Twenty " " ....... ' . ...... . 32.00 Larger Clubs than Twenty will be charged at the The money mud always accompany the order. and .- tn no instance can these terms he deviated from. as they afford very Little more than the cant of thi paper. air Postmasters are reoneated to act: as Agents for Tax WAR Panes. *4- To the getter-np of the Club of ton or twenty, as. extra copy of the Paper will be given. ~ .the river. They said they were tired of the war, and `that there were hundreds in the Yankee camp who N, , ould come over to our - side if they could get the op , Portunity.. They . repeated the old story of de mo:alization in their army, and on being asked when theii army intended to make a forward . movement, they replied, very emphatically, '"lever—our men. are too much dissatisfied, and in tot, bad a fix to The condition of our army is said to be splendid. `Our men ore hopeful, and in the beat of spirits. Our informant :said he had. been in the army since the war began, o,nd that never did he know our men to be in better - trim for battle., Everything wore is cheerful aepeet in camp, and the 'only:unpleasant feeling with ow' man was the thought that while they were doing - Alf the fighting, exposed' to the weather, and bearing- the burden of the field,' Rich ond was filled with!, hundreds of gold-laced ands red.capped - officers,'whe do'n othing but promenade uj and clown the strcetk with their knee-bodts, loll` at the theatre and fsroaianks, and splurge at our first class hotels to the groat admiration of the negro , wailers. In ourpersonaichelief many of these mili tart' wththies are bogus, :Veer Punka, conscripts'in• - disguise, and if they had their -deserts they would be''' hauled out to Camp Lee berme the setting of to-daps , sun. It Would be well if our authorities would look.' to this. slf they will only hold the "conscript-b 00...- per , ' some morning in front a some of oar first-class.' hotels, they will bag some of the finest game they ever saw. _Here is a chance.--,Examiner, THE 11EALTEI OF ,5,.?, ARMIES. We are rejoiced to hear f quarters of the• wonderful healthfulness of tifivinildiers in the field. • Itis comforting to feel. that, however our finances may be wilting under the number of adverse influ ences to which they are now subjected, there is no' depreciation of Confederate bone and muscle: While the enemy is from time to time shipping - from- Stafford and Murfreesboro such largebodies of sick and demoralized troops as to induce the belief that he is changing his base, our, men are enjoying a vigor unprecedented. This difference in the sanitary con dition of the hostile armies is easily accounted for. The 'Yankees are unwilling warriors, and they sleep in tepts. The hearts of our soldiers are in the - non-'. tett; and having, fortunately, worn out all their tents, and being unable to procure new ones, - they take their rest in, the open air, with nothing -above- them but their blankets and, the canopy of heaven, and in their universally robust condition is seen the' wisdom of the words of.the great Napoleon, that "tents destroyed armies, and not artiLlery."—Exarai , _ _ Gold was sold on Saturday at 425 premium, an ad vance of 200 Viper cent. within a week. We make! the announcement with no design. of going into a disquisition on the subject. We simply propose to • state briefly some of the most'obvious causes which have brought about the result: . I. All winter our people believed that peacewould . come with the spring, and that then there would be • a cessation of the issue of Confederate notes. Spring has come, but peace appears more remote than ever. The people, cane see nothing before them. but long years of war and shinplasters. 2. A sudden spring tide of emigration of foreigners is setting from the Confederate States-to the United! States. These persons are converting all their pos.-- sessions, be the same great or small „into gold, re gardlesc of the cost. This large and sudden demand" upon a drained market must have a marked and immediate effect a. The people believe Congress will not pass a tax bill, and every one' eels that to be the only method, by which, our redundant currency can be reduced within healthy bounds. • 4. Smugglers have increased an hundredfold with-- in the past month. Jews and Gentiles are flitting over the border singly and in gangs. These fellows, though they use bank 'fetes and State coupon funds; must have gold, and will payany price for it.. 5. Arbitrary impreisnients in this city, by sending provisions up to famine prices, and producing some- - thing near akin to a panic, have doubtless had sonie effect in depreciating the money'of the Confederacy; but the. above are, we believe, the main causes of the unexampled enhancement of the precious metal; Which we venture to predict will be !wholly tempo*. rary.—Examincr, .16th. MOVEMENTS OF BANKS' ARMY ANDNAVY. ['From the Jackson Mississippian.] ' TEE EXPEDITION PROM ,PTEIV ORLEANS MOVED: . ' ORE.—There can no longer be' any doubt .that the movements of the Federal commander, in Loulci ana, against Port Hudson have commenced. ... -- . Genilemen who left New , Orleans on Friday, March 13, inform us that the last steamer from New York brought out orders to General - Banks to make the movement without delaY,. and 'active' operations were at once commenced. General Weitzel his been reinforced until his command .13 umber s 'fro in eight to ten thousand men, and, from the position het occu pied, it is supposed he will attempt to make a diversion in the rear of his position: The main force under - General Banks is moving by the river, on tran§ports,: and number from seventeen to twenty thousand. The gentlemen -who gave- this information-regard the movement as having commenced in earnest, and make up 'their opinion§ • froth. personal oliserva tion. _ . The attack willyrobably . be made by the combined /and' ' and naval forties of th'e enemy.._ Farragut refused to at tack the batteries with his fleet unless supported by a land force, declaring it would he's useless sacrifice - to, do so. The transport fleet, therefore, accompanied his fleet of war and mortar'vessels: The Mis - sissimdan contains the latest Confederate • intelligence from- New Orleans, furnished by a gen tleman who came direct from that city : He says the Federal' vessel Brooklyn came-up to the city badly riddled. It is supposed the damage was inflicted by Confederate war vessels. Ten of the pilots in the Federal -blockading squadron were confined in the custom house for alleged treachery in permitting two Confederate steamers- to pass the- - blockade and- procure coal from two schooners inside the Yankee lines. FREDERICKSBURG, Va., 'lffarch' 17, 1863.—Frede- • ricksburg has again uttered her denial to the insolent foe of allegiance to the 'United States. Hooker is sent to .eize her, after Burnside's brief, brutal, and inglo.. • rious three days' occupation, and appoint officials to administer her government: But to-day, at the - legally appointed period designated by her charter, her citizens have chosen her municipal officers for the coming year. Protected by Barksdale's -brigade, under the very guns of the the= Yankees, this election was -conducted. with unusual quiet and order. IVI. Slaughter, Esq., = who, for several terms, and especially during the - war, has discharged the onerous and 'important du- ' ties of the office with honor and credit to the corm • munity and himself, .was re-elected mayor. The mayor was serenaded at night by the admire- '- ble band of the lath Mississippi Re_".= ent, whose- , Rooker can get a serenade or reveille whenever he chooses from. several binds of Mississippians and others here, who will let him hear the music of their rifles and the roar of their artillery as soon or late as he is ready, for the racket. - THE FORT JACKSON MUTINEERS The following paragraph is from the Vicksburg 'Whig, of the 7th " Three of the Fort Jackson mutineers were shot - here yesterday. Their names were Sergeant W. H. Brown, Company D Ist Regiment Louisiana Heavy Artillery, and Dennis Kean and Thomas Graham, of Company B. same - regiment. These men muti nied at Fort Jackson on the night of the 27th ApriL last, and went over to the enemy's vessels, giving them, of course; information as to our strength, con dition, &c:il.;„At the fight on Bayou des Allemande, some time .afterwarae; they were taken prisoners, and brought here to be exchanged, as members of a- Vermont regiment. They were immediately recog nized by-the regiment to which they originally be longed, and lodged in jail. Their fate, though hard, - was nevertheless just, and we trust it will have a, salutary effect throughout our army here)) MMII:ijW.a . MMIWAIIM2 . aI.jI Three- hundred -and nineteen - Yankee prisoners. will be sent under 'flag of truce this morning to City Point: Of this number, one hundred and ninety-two- - arc prisoners of war, and one, hundred and twenty seven citizens or civil Prisoners ;'among the latter - - are Edwin Dorsey, son of-Rev. Dr. Dorsey, and John- H. Hurons, a State Senator from Maryland, cap- - tured by General Stuart when he made his raid into- Pennsylvania. Included in the list of citizen prisbn-- ers are also a number of-renegades from Tenneisee • and Kentucky, some of- whom were arrested for - bridge burning, engine stealing, awl similar crimes in the States named.- The departure of these prison— - ere will relieve the Confederate Government of e considerable item of expense. - POSTAL ROUTES . IN VIRGINIA. The Richmond Whig- has twelve of its columns.. occupied by an advertisement of Postmaster Gene ral Reagan, calling for proposals to carry the mails' in the State of 'Virginia for four years from the first of next July. . We notice among-the post routes several included which are now within the jurisdiction of the United. States. A female slave was ,sold a few days since in Rich mobd for $3,080. When it is remembered that gold is selling in that city at from 425 to 600 per ,cent.; tbe sum realized , by the seller was not unusually FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL SllTunn.&y, March 14. 7 The.brokers were selling gold today at $4 premium; silver at $3.90. For bank notes (Confetlerate States) they are now ask ing sq per - cent. premium ; Baltimore notes $2.50 premium. The paring rates are too variant for quo . tation. - At an auction sale in Petersbwrg, on Wednesday, the following prices were obtained : Flour, Rich mond and Lynchburg extra, $33.50@34.; New Or leans Molasses, $8.26@8.50; rice, $16.25@1 6.60 ; sugar, brown, in hilds., $90;60@91.50; sugar, brown, in bane* $1.01@1.•235; sugar, common, clad fled, in bbls., ,131.05@1..07,14"; sugar, white, clarified, in bbls., $1.25(01.28, copperas, 55@70c ; bi-carb. soda, 8,3.05@3.10; English soap, in bars, $1.1.4M ; coffee,. $3.64@3.67% ; grain pepper, $2.50@2,503i ; peanuts, $2.25@2.60 ; peanut oil, $18.60 per gal. ; Scuppernong : wine, slo@il.so per gallon. Patriotic Letter from General Banßs., The following extract from a businesa letter, writ-- ten to Governor Andrew by Major General BEinks• is publishedln the Beaton Traveller.- 'lt will beaeen that Gen. Banks deniedeome recent rumors.: - ' "I notice in the 'papers of the North - a report that certain regiments, or, detachments, or soldiers of.my command, have been ordered or permitted to return to their masters, Against their will; to .stand guard over and to flog.the slaves in this department.: It gives me pleasure' to be able• to Say that it-is with out...foundation ,or. justification. -In fact, in state ment, and in implication, it in utterly andlinfamOusly false. " As it is made a reproach to Massachusetts that such orders are given by one of her citizens, I desire to say to you, the Chief Executive . Magistrate of • the State, having had. many of herqmsurpassed re- Firnents under my command, that I, bear constantly: 'm mind .that I am a son of Massachus c tie,, and grateful as the remembrance may be to me :and;. mine, I have yet -greater satisfaction in the tact, that, as an officer of the army of the:United States, following the instructions of the President and the , laws of the land, I havenever perthrmediorperrnitted,_ or passed without its appropriate censure, any actin. consistent with my duty, with the spirit/ and princi-1 pies of the-people among whomXwas born, or that., justly interpreted, would. not meet their approval., without party distinctioni.?-• _ . THE WAY To CATCH GUERILLAS.—A new- - . style of fighting and of transportation on the Min sissippi waters is about to be.-.adopted , for the puff. pose of promptly meeting::,thee:, river guerillas who., lire upon passing boats. ' Government accordingly has organized the, " Mississippi Marine Brigade, '- consisting of the follnwingibetelasa steamers: Ans. tocrat Meg-ship), Diana, John Bain, 11 S. Adams, E. - B. Fairchild, Baltic, And Woodford, hosidtal. Our river steamers have little or- no protectios„.: against rifle ,shots,; the . sides. of the upper- works being thin pine stuff, while the rower deck isentire.' lyepen. The'boats , atiove named have been esolosea with two walla of solid oak.plank, two inches thick and four inches " apart, while the.bother,andl eimirielic are enclosed with-solid oak walls of plank SlX,irtekrnt, ~: . think. Around the lower = decks are, well.arrenerir stalls for hi:4lNa, and above are liertlutfottbu . and men. An ingeniously contrived staging I, o*_- - , constructed that, when the boat lands, theorem-*;. - ' , .. men, fully mounted and twined, cantimitirumedie , - al* up the bank. It is accordi n g to,orders, now that such guerillas,When caught, are to,be.hunt: nese,- boats are also used for 'fransportiing-everXtligeriP•t tion of army stores, and,as -thew canrying rapauityr is - immense , they Will: be '`of inflEate aerate° to the; army. - In addition, each boat carries two brim) . ,• cannon. It would be difficult to imagine anythiAr,: : more - complete for•the. leseine required. . -4.t 4 .1.- . __. - . .. .. 6 THE 11.9TJHPENHe'xiirAXIA VOINNTiERS: mom committee will visit thecamp et.the'rlieth Ejlinent,_.Ookon.e i when an. opportunity he () Keno' Zo aen , ! ITT! . Mita 44 - IWart_t6 ' ,l4 . @ MeWtt VAIZ (PUBLIBHED WEEKLY.) THE, CURRENCY ' , SALE OF A SLAVE
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