THE PRESS,
rODLISHID DAILY (SUNDAYS EZCIIPTED,) .
BY JOHN W. FORNEY.
OFFION, No. lit SOUTH FOURTH STRUT.
THE DAILY PRESS,
ireIITBNI COSTS PER WERH. payible to the Carrier.
difailed to Sabacribere out of the City at EIGHT DOLLAIde
:PER ANNOY,. POUR DOLLARS FOR Six IA °erne. Two Dor ,-
scene FOR TICRXR Morrne—invai iably in advance for the
rime ordered.
*a- Advertisements Inserted at the usual rates. Six
tines constitute a square..
,
' T HE TRI-WEEKLY PRESS.
Mailed to anbecribeve out of the City at NOTTS, Dor.r.e.ae
eatt Antrum, in advance. .
WARNS, BATTING, AND WADDING.
A. H. FRANCISOUS„
No. 433 MARKET,
I No. 5 NORTH FIFTH •STREET,
Has in store the largest stook in this City of
VARNS, BATTING, WADDING,
'YARNS, BATTING; WADDING,
- TARNS, . BATTING, WADDING,
- YARNS; BATTING, WADDING,
- YARNS, BATTING, WADDING,
- YARNS, BATTING, WADDING,
Cotton Batting, Wadding,
Carpet Chain, Cotton Yarn,
Twines, Wicking, • , Ropes, itc.
,boods Sold at Lowest Cash Prim.
WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE.
A. H. FRANCISOUB,
C3_3 MARKET, and 5 North FIFTH Street,
Calls the attention of dealers to his
IMMENSE. STOCK
WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE,
WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE,
WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE,
WOODEN AND WILLOW _WARE, /
WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE,
WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE,
WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE,
WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE;
`WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE,
WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE,
BUCKETS, TUBS,,-. CHURNS,
BRUSHES, BASKETS, BROOMS,
LOOKING-GLASSES,
TABLE AND FLOOR OIL-CLOTHS,
WINDOW-SHADES.
CLOCK'S,
'FANCY BASKETS, &C.
ovir- A LARGER STOOK OF THE ABOVE GOODS THAN
'
ANY OTHER HOUSE IN THE COUNTRY.
CLOTHES WRINGERS. •
TR - Pi , GREAT CLOTHES WRINGER
" PUTNAM
SELF,AD.TUSTING • CLOTHES WRINGER))
t
. Za warranted to be superior to any other in use
..?,'VERY FAMILY SHOULD POSSESS 'A
bIgOTHES WRINGER.
BECAUrE
lst. It is a relief to the hardeet.part of washing day.
2d. It enahles , the.washing to be done.in one-third less
3d. it saves clothes Tram the injury afways given by
4th. It helps to waghthe clothes as well as dry them.
BELIEVE IT ADVISABLE TO 'PROCURE
- TISTNAM 'SELF-ADTUSTING CLOTHES WRINGER,
.:PIITNAISV SELF-ADJUSTING CLOTHES WRINGER.
!PUTNAM SELF-ADJUSTING CLOTHES WRINGER,
IPUTNAM SELF-ADJUSTING CLOTHES WRINGER,
iFUTNAM SELF-ADJUSTING. CLOTHES WRINGER,
"PUT, AM SELF-ADJUSTING CLOTHES WRINGER,
. ,
FutlsT. The rolls, being tit. vulcanfzed iibber,' will
Cheer hotsand cold.water, and Wlli:neith.er.brssit_uorMnsr
s E coND ffihetratie being of iron, thoroughly. gal:va
t-aired, all danger from rust is removed, and the liability
-tto shrink, swell, split ,so unavoidable in wooden
smachines, is Prevented.
THIRD. The spiral springs over the rolls render this
machine self-adjusting, so that small and large articles,
taa well as articles uneven in thickness, are certain to
sreceive uniform pressure.
FOURTH. The patent fastening by which the , machine
tts tightened to the tub, webeiieve to be superior in. aim
,. plicity and efficiency to any yet offered. •
FTPTH. Itw.illfitanytub, round or square, from one
i :half to one-and-a-quarter inches in thickness, without
-.the least alteration. - •
'RETAIL PRICE;:
to 1., $O No. 2, S 5
la' Agoura wanted in every. county.
.4iy- Reliable and energetic men will be liberally dealt
For sale at the • • -
"I'WOODENWARE ESTABLISHMENT"
OF
A. H. FRANCISCUS,
No. 433 MARKET St. and No. 5 North FIFTH St.,
mlll4-21a . 'Wholesale Agent for Pennsylvania.
I:=ME=MI
HILADELPII IA
PAPER HANGINGS.
HOWELL & BOURKE,
CORNER OF
ATOURTH ANY MARKET STREETS,
MANETACTIMERS OF
PAPER HANGINGS
AND WINDOW CURTAIN PAPERS
..otror to the Trade a .LARGE AND ELEGANT ASSORT
/111MT OF GOODS, frora the
„cheapest Brown Stook•to
the Finest Decorations.
I.`N. E. COR. FOURTH AND MARKET STREETS.
N. B.—Solld Green, Blue, 6,nd Buff WINDOW PA
OBES of eyery: grade. fel3-2m
AXFALL PAPERS-
WALL PAPERS.
I
Attention-is invited to our new stock of Wall Pa
,mers now being daily received from factory; all new de-
Aiziggns for spring, which will be sold at right prices.
JOHN H. LONGSTRETH,
No. lA North THIRD Street.
Rooms Papered by efficient workmen. fe2B-Ims
SIeYirING.MACHINES.
TIL L - THER El
AT THE OLD STAND,
628 CHESTNUT STREET.
Second floor, oPpeslte Jayne's Hall.
WHEELER & WILSON
SEWING MACHINES.
The undersigned has . not removed, but is ready at his
4 .3V1 Office to supply customers, at the lowest prices, with
mstrery style and quality of .
WHEELER & WILSON SEWING MACHINES
Machines to hire; also, with first-class operators; to
Wariyate families and hotels, by the day. • '
Machine stitching done at short notice, in any quantity.
r e slaas repaired and operators
- -
-- HENRY COY.
SEWING MACHINES
-
THE "BLOAT" MACHINE,
"WITH GLASS PRESSER FOOT.
• 'NEW STYLE REIMER, BRAIDER.
Aenol other valuable improvements. -
`THE TAGGART & FARR MACHINES.
tuncr,N. E. corner NINTH awl CHERRY Streets.
4Q.INGER'S
SEWING MACHINES,
for Family Sewing and lianufacturing Purposes
810 CHESTNUT STREET.
J al3-31a
4 THE WILCOX & GIBBS .?1 -
num,*
SEWING IicACHINRE4
eaa,vo been greatly improved.:makincit
ENTIRELY NOISELASS,
mind with Self-adjusting Hemmers; are now ready for
.sale by . PAIRBANKR•& EWING,
- se27-tf7ls CHESTNUT Street.
.
DRUGS AND CHEMICALS.
ROBERT SHOEMAKER & CO.,
Northeast Corner FOURTH and RACE Streets,
PHILADELPHIA. .••
WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS,
IMPORTERS AND DEALERS
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
WINDOW AND PLATE GLASS,
MANZFACTI7IZERMOP
WHITS MAD AND ZINC PA.71',E1.-P.Urrr.
AGENTS FOR TICE CELEBRATED
FRENCH ZINO PAINTS.
IDealers and ovum:afire supplied at
' VERY LOW PRICES FOR CASH.
/FURNISHING, CHINA AND GRASS ESTABLISH-
- MENT,
CHINA - HALL, 529 CHESTNUT STREET,
Ulii==U•a=nkiAigiklibi==:igaZ=AU
- , -Frotels; re:Ste - ilia:es, and shipping supplied. China
land glass packed isvproper manner. •
—China : decorated to:order; also, initials and,
.opesis elegantly engraved*on table glass. -
Orders by mail promPaY attended. tO nild7-14
VOL. 6.--NO. 198.
RING
1863, . SP 1863
DRY GOODS.
HOOD BONBRIGHT, 8c 00.,
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
DRY GOODS,
No. 435 MARKET STREET. PHILADELPHIA.
The attention of the TRADE is invited to their large
Stock of.
STAPLE AND FANCY GOODS,
Among which are choice brands of Sheet
- ing and Shirting Muslins,
Madder Prints, De Laines,
Ginghams, Lawns, and
NEWEST STYLES DRESS GOODS.
ALSO,
MEN'S WEAR . .
IN GREAT VARIETY
•
' GREAT INDUCEMENTS OFFERED , TO
: . CASA BUYERS.
mhlß 2m.'
JAMES R. CAMPBELL & CO.,
IMPORTERS, JOBBERS, AND RETAILERS OF
DRY GOODS.
Invite the attention of Cash Buyers to their
FULL AND COMPLETE STOCK,
SILKS AND DRESS GOODS,
• , MODERATE - PRICES
mh7-tap26 ,
SPRING STOCK
SILK AND FANCY DRESS GOODS
A. W. LITTLE & CO., "
mh3,-2m No. 32.5 MARKET STREET.
1863. SPRING ' 1863.
RIEGEL, WIEST, & ERVIN,
No. 47 NORTH THIRD STREET,
Merchant' visiting this city to purchase DRY
Goons will find our Stock large
and admirably assorted, and at
Low FTGITRES. In certain ()leases
of -Goods -we offer inducements to
purchasers unequalled by any other house in
Philadelphia. fel94m
JAMES, KENT,
.IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS
DRY OF
Goops.
539 and 241. N. THIRD STREET, ABOVE RACE,
• • PHILADELPHIA,
`Have now open their usual -
'LARGE AND COMPLETE STOCK
ON
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC DRY GOODS,
►mong which will be found a more than usually attrac
tive variety of -
LADIES' DRESS GOODS ;
- Also,
,a fall assortment of
MERRIMACK AND COCHECO PRINTS,
and "
PHILADELPHIA-MADE GOODS:
To which they invite the apecia/ attention of cash buyers.
felB-2m
Letter "
spRING, - 1863 .
YARD, GILLMORE, is 00..
Importers and Jobbers of
- SILKS
AND,'.'
FANCY DRY GOODS,
NOS. 617 CHESTNUT AND 614-JAYNE BPS.,
Have now open, of THEIR OWN .. .pEPORTATION, a
LA.RGE ANA)HANDSOME STOOL
SPRIG GOODS,
COMPRISING
DRESS GOODS, SHAWLS.•JIIBBONS.
GLOVES, &C.
Also, &full assortment of
WHITE GOODS, LINENS, FURNISHING GOODS, EM
BROIDERIES, AND LACES.
The attention of the trade is requested: 'fel3-814
1863. 1863.
jOHNES, BERRY, 8a CO.,
- •
•
(Successors to Abbott, Johnes, Ss Co.)
No. b 27 MARKET, and 524 COMMERCE Streets.
PHILADELPHIA.
VAPOIMIRS AND . JOBBERS OP
S I I,
FANCY DRY GOODS;
Have now open a LARGE AND ATTRACTIVE STOCK
Ig
DRESS GOOD'S, • .
Adapted to the Semen. Also, a Full Aer s iortment in
-WHITE-GOODS, RIBBONS, GLOVES;
SHAWLS, &a.,
'Which they offer to the trade at the LOWEST. PRICES.
CASH BUYERS .
Are particularly invited to examine our Stook. fell-tf
LADIES' DRESS - AND
. ,
MANTILLA TRIMMINGS.
.
Bugle Gimps, Embroideringßraids,
Bead and Bugle Ornaments, Silk Gimps, -
Soutache'Trimming, Cotton Silk pmave
Alpaca Braids.: Silk Ribbons: - ' CBraidy;
Guipure Laces. . - Silk and Union Beltings,
• And a variety o,r other fashionable.Trimmints•
Also, a full assortment of. -,
BERLIN ZEPHYR WORSTED
The goods being all our own manufacture and impor
tation, we can offer particular advantages in prices, and
invite the attention of the trade. .
WM. H. HORSTMANN da SONS.
;Manufactory and Store,
rahl6-Im FIFTH and CHERETOte., Philadelphia.
U. S. INTERNAL 11)EVENTIE.
G-ENO Y FOR THE BALE OF
UNITED STATES TAX
Mo. ST south' TRIED Street. first door ahoy . * chestnnt.
♦ foil Supply_ of all kinds of TAX STAMPS constantly
on hand. Arid for sale' itiotiaatlttea to suit.
A liberal dlisoaat allowed;on amounts of 1960.- and
Wards. • - .
Ordem by Nall promptly attended to.
ONce Hours fiat' 9 A.M. tc:"s 'P. N. •
JACOB B. RIDGWAY,
de9•tle9 • ' No. 57 flontli THIRD Street:.
OWEN & 'CO.'B LITHOGRAPHICB ,ESTABLISHMENT, • .
Southwest' Corner of ELEVENTH and CHESTNUT , is.,
AND
:571.13 'MINOR , STREZT,
PHILADELPHIA:: •
Every description of
LITHOGRAPHY, ' PLATE PRINTING,- and COLORING
,
EXECITTED IN 71/13,.1108T - EIErrESIOZ YAWNER.
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DRY-GOODS JOBBERS.
727 CHESTNUT STREET.
Embracing the most desirablestyles of
IN ANY MARKET,
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS
DRY GOODS;
PHILADELPHLL
TRIMMINGS;' : &c.
SMALL WARES.
STAMPS,
RETAIL DRY GOODS.
H STEEL & sciN,
Noe. 713 AND ' 715 N. TENTH Sr. , ABOVE COATES,
Have lust received a small lot of .those' very desirable
styles of
WHITE AND BLACK, - -
WHITE AND. PURPLE.
• . MODE AND WHITE
:PLAID .SILKS,
- GRAY GRENADINES,
BLACK 'GRENADINES,
OF NEW AND. HANDSOME STYLES.
We' have now open a splendid assortment, embracing
the NOVELTIES that can be' found in the New York
and Philadelphia Markets of
• • ,
LIGHT SHAWLS,
Suitable for Spring and Summer. ' •
SPRING CLOAKS.
'BLACK WATER-PROOF CLOAKS,
BROWN WATER-PROOF CLOAKS,
• BLACK HABIT-CLOTH CLOAKS.
Also, a large, assortment of
LIGHT CLOTH CLOAKS,
Of very pretty light colors, suitable for Spring or Sum
mer. As the cloths ofwhich these Cloaks are made were
purchased very. 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.
“AT RETAIL.”
•
JAMES R CAMPBELL & CO.,
727 CHESTNUT STREET,
OFFER AT MODERATE PRICES IN THEIR
- ' ' RETAIL DEPARTALMT,
.•
Black and Fancy Silks, I Linen Sheetings and. Shirt-
Black and. Colored Alga- jugs. .
cas e Damasks, , Napkins, and
Poplins Fantasia, Doylies,
Taffeta d'Annessey. Table Cloths' and Towel-
French Lawns and Organ- ings, Counterpanes and
dies, Furniture Dimities.
French Chintzes and Per- WRITE GOODS. '
sales, jaconets. and Cambrice.
Brilliants and Piques, Soft Cambric.., and Hain-
Spring Shawls, new color- gooks,
Biack
lugs,
Thibet and. Merino Fancy Muslins and Dimities,
Shawls, - L. C. -Handkerchiefs,
Square and Long Shawls. Gloves, Hosiery,
And a general assortment of DRY GOODS in desirable
styles andel - senile& mhs-2m
1024 CHESTNUT STREET.
E. M. NEEDLES
OFFERS FOR SALE
At pticesigenerally below present cost of timPcr-
WHITE GOODS, all descriptions.
EMBROIDERIES, do do
LACES, do do
LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS. do
VEILS, &c., /is
And respectfully invites an inspection of his
stock.
1024 CHESTNUT STREET.
1863 "SPRING TRADE." 1863.
1021 CHESTNUT STREET.
M. NEEDLES
Brasil:l.st received, and offers at moderate prices; 100
printed LINEN CAMBRIC DRESSES, choice styles and
extra-quality;' also 22 pieces Printed Linens for boys'
wear. -
JUST OPENED. •
100 dozen LINEN HANDKBREHIEES. - at 1234 cents
100 do do
. de at 15 cents.
E. M. NEEDLES,
I,O24.pHESTNIIT STREET.
E. M. NEEDLES,
1024 CHESTNUT STREET
100 pieces W SITE' PIQUES, rho to Sl.OO.
" BUFF and FIGITRED, 50c to $l.OO.
_ The above are now much isd'emand for LADIES' and
CHILDREN'S WEAR, and are offered at very mode-
JUST RECEIV'EVt
' A new lot of Lace Trimmed and Maslin BOWS, latest
styles and very moderate . prices.
E. NE NEEDI,ES,
-, 1024 CHESTNUT. STREET.
TT i M. NEEDLES,
1024 CHESTNUT STREET
Has received 100 THRIAHVEILS, from $3 to $l2 each.
These goods are offered at prides much below - present
market rates. mhlllm
SPRING' CLOAKS.
P`.." - Water-Proof Cloaks.
Black Cloth. Cloaks.:
Cloaks made to order.. . .
. Best Hoop Skirts.
COOPER & COWARD,
mh3 'S. E. corner NINTH and MARKET Streets
WIDE SHEETINGS.
Good Shirting Matins by the piece.
Pine and low-priced Flannels.
Table Damasks and Natkins.
Spring. Prints and Delames.
COOPER & CONARD,
inh3 S. E. corner NINTH and MARKET Streets
MARSEILLES 1 MARSEILLES I-A
good assortment of Corded, Printed, and Fignred
MARSEILLES, for Basques, Children's Wear, &c
SHEPPARD, VAN HARLINGEN,. & ARRISON,
mh4 lOOB CHESTNUT. Street.
WHITE ,G 0 0D S EMBROIDERED
II -TRIMMINGS, &c.—The subscribers have a large
assortment of all descriptions of White Geode - for Ladies'
Wear; also of Embroidered Jacone;, Cambric, and Swiss
Trimmings—the choicest goods in the market.
SHEPPARD, RLINGEN, & ARRISON,
DIM • -100 S CHESTNUT Street.
BLACK SILKS
Gros du Rbines.
Lutrings, biarcelines.
Mourning Po de Soles.
Gros Grains. • •
Bonnet Taffetas.'
• • • Moire Antiques. .
Double-faced Brocades,
Rich, neat Figures.
SHARPLESS BROTHERS.
SPRING DRESS GOODS.
Poll de Clievres, Ristorie.
Adriennes, Worsted Crepes. '
Fil de Chevres, Mohairs.
Chintzes, Lawns, Organdies.
- . Plain Silks, New Foulards. .
Plaid All-wool Cashmeres.
SHARPLESS BROTHERS.
fe2B , CHESTNUT and EIGHTH Streets.
PAINTINGS, ENGRAVINGS, dm.
JAMES S. EARLE & SON,
IMPORTERS AND MANUFACTURERS Or
LOOKING- GLASSES.
DEALE - RB IN •
OIL PAINTINGS.
PORTRAIT.
PICTURE, and
.PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES,
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS.
EXTENSIVE LOOKING GLASS WAREROOMS AND
GALLERY OF PAINTINGS
9
de3l-tt 616 CHESTNUT Street, Philadelphia.
FURNITURE, iSex.
FURNITURE.
A LARGE ASSORTMENT,
W. Re J. ALLEN it BROTHER,
1209 CHESTNUT STREET,
CABINET FURNITURE AND DLL
•—• MAR) TABLES.
MOORE & CAMPION,
No
261 South SECOND. Street,
In connection with their extensive' Cabinet business, are
now mannketnxing a enperior article of
,
0.1•?... BILLIARD TABLES
and have now on hind a full supply, finished with the
MOORE & CAMPION'S IMPROVED CUSHIONS,
which are pronounced , by all who have used them to be
superior to all others.
For the Quality and finish of these Tables..the mann
facturereaefer to their numerous patrons throughout the
'Union, who are familiar with the character of their
GAS 'FIXTURES, ac.
M 7 ARCH STREET
C. A. VANRIRR & CO.,
MANUFACTUREEES OF
CHANDE'LIERS
AND OTHER
GAS FIXTURES.
Also, trench Bronze Figures and Ornaments,Parcelain
and Mica Shades, and a variety of
' , FANCY GOODS,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
Please call and examine goods
=:ZI:
eA TION.
The
. well-earned reputation of
FAIRBANKS' SCALES
-
Has induced the makers of tmperfeotbalalces.to
..
of
,
r
themWC,‘FAlßß"lp''sCtaEv ,ana pnras erg' aVe
therebi;.Mmany4ast,.,e,seep subjectedto [rand and
Imposition. paioaiZe'7Ecale , aaremaanfacttrOd only
by the oitafaal inreltPrs, an s m:theßbuslrsico.:
and' are' to every of ,theineekvhere
a correct and duitble Fa . sisaisiza c;4 EAlßßANKS E W IN di
"`General Agents,
iplo-tf MASONIC-HALL, 715 CEIASTAIJT ST.
PHILAD4P BU, TUESDAY, MARCH 24. 1863.
Cie Vitss.
TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 1863
NEW YORK -CITY.
[Correspondence of The Press.]
there is that rising interest here which the present
ominous signs of early "thunder all around," and a
quick succession of fiery war-meetings, are . so well
calculated to inspire. Popular feeling is evidently
running up again to one of those 'climaxes of ex
citement which can never be definitely characterized
until they have fairly reached a maximum; and
whether this gathering climax is to -be a tremen
dous and irresistible frenzy of patriotism, like that
which succeeded the attack on Sumpter, or will be
suddenly perverted when near its greatest height into
a revolutionary tempest of unreason, by some un
toward accident of national military fortune, who
can tell? The political cauldron of this city con
tains niaterials equally ready to rise up as incense
.to the men who shall bear the standards of decisive
victory over the dead bodies of the Charleston and
Vicksburg and Richmond rebels, or to burst into
the malignant flames of domestic revolution for the
aid of the rebels yet unconquered. Just now,. the
rising excitement has all the appearance of an in
spiration unconditionally loyal, and as the former
ableetlppittte of the'recrearit anti-war party are
drawiAntik 2 the 'swiftly swelling
,tide of
asm one by one, the remaining clan of treason bey'
come less noisy in their' outspoken hatred orthe.
Union, and mere' desperate in their secret schemes
of revenge and outrage. In the attempt to accom
plish their fell design of delivering over the North
and the Government to the rebels, by smoothly and
artfully insinuating their venomous eophistry into
the minds of the civilian massesAiMieorthern
minions of Jeff Davis have made . :,l:WMpletelailure
even political events which have I?Aetmost like
decisive triumphs for them, haVe Proyeffi to be no
minal victories covering virtual defeats: They have
.won their honors in all cases by assuming at-least
a surface of loyalty, and now find them turned into
unavoidable obligations to be wholly loyal, or lose
all. Hence their last hope of escaping final annihi
lation is staked upon the military events of the next
few weeks; and be assured that they will do all that
lies in the power of furious and desperate men, either
to make those events culminate disastrously for the
Union, or , to neutralize them by sudden anarchy
behind the victor. In the present general glow of
patriotic devotion all over the country, it might
seem as though the Woods, the Vallandigharns, the
Walls, and the Brookses, with their blind followers,
had become too few to be noticed; but let one.who
knows something of the great powers of political
organization say that the Government cannot afford
to despise them. That the Government neither
despises nor fails to understand them, is preyed - by
such seemingly-trifling circumstances as the appoint
ment of officers to take note of the fire-arms and
amount of ammunition held for sale and otherwise
in this and other cities, and the recent despatch of a
competent official to Connecticut to keep an eye
upon the parties who• have lately helped "the diffu
sion of useful political knowledge" in that State by
sending considerable quantities of fixed ammunition to
different points therein. ' •
THE UNION LEAGUE MEETING,
at the Cooper Institute, last night, was, one of the
largest public gathering& of the year, and resulted
in the formal organization of thO League as a
working body. An executive committee of twenty
five and 'a council of twenty-five were appointed by
acclamation, the latter headed by Mayor Opilyke,
and the former by Mr. George Griswold. Among
the members of the committee and couneil are such
Men as- William Cullen Bryant, Francis. Lieber,
George Bancroft, A. T. Stewart, Parke Godwin,
John Jay, General John Cochrane, Charles Astor
Bristed;; in fact, the leading representatives of the
literature, , commerce, learned professions, wealth,
social refinement, philanthropy, and general in
dustry of the metropolis. lit is no- insignificant dr
cunastanee that 1,700 of our policemen have enrolled
themselves as members of the. League, and' that
nearly all the members of our militia regiments
have done .the same. Thenpeeches at the meeting
were by Generals Hamilton and Cochrane, the Hon.
Roscoe Conkling, Senator Foster, of - Connecticut,
and others. Philadelphia :inerig - f the gratitude of
every loyal man in the country for being the first to
start this Union-league movement. It gives the
true patriotic sentiment of the nation what it has
wanted ever since the war commenced—Omani
.
:—that is to say, at such of the clubs as are not made
of hOpelests snob; whose sole relief from boredom
• since the war broke out has been obsequious efforts
for the entertainment of ""Southern refugees" and
andlords—the_PX4sn„LeaguA T
idea is enthuSiastically favored .. And it is Aon -l ier r
thing, I can tell you, for a new popular movement
to have the favor of these clubs, for they represent
the highest intellectual, military, and , social culture'
of the nation. The great literary club is the Atlie
nmurrt, of which such.loyolists as Cullen pryant and
the historian Bancroft are members; in Whoie ele
gant rooms much of the rising artistic genius of the
day is tested and judged before it goes to the publi;
and by whose councils- much' of the editorial policy of
the city is shaped. It cannot be denied that there is
also some little pedantry about the Athenteum, as
theremas-about its-once-famous London namesake,
of which poor Theodore Hook wrote : -
"There's Ark the'Agkentenm Club, so wise, there's not
a man of it
That has not sates, enough" for six (in fact, that is the '
plan of it);
The very waiters answer you with eloquence &ero
tical,
And always , place the knives and forks in order maths-.
The Century Club, which lost one of its leading spi
rits when the gallant Baron De Trobriand went to
the war, has about an equal division of uncondi
tional Union men and " conservatives," the latter
being chiefly thosewho are " conservative" (that is,
genteelly noncommittal) in everything save virtuo
soism. Tile New York Club boasts of General Scott
and Prince John Van puren, and is, of course, re
liably loyal. The Union Club has seen its best days,
and has declined in influence since the noted South
, erners who were members of it turned traitors.
Still it is a - fashionable lounge, and, to quote Hook•
once more,
M=l
The' 'Union Club is quite superb; its best apartment
daily is
Tbe • Menge of lawyers, Aecters, merchants,- beaux,
• - eon muftis alias
The New England Chub, as its name plainly enough
tells, is loyal enough; and `I think I may safely Bay
the same of the delectable and festive Beef-steak
Club, ! The Fifth avenue is chiefly" conservative,"
and so are the two or three foreign clubs. And, by
way of finishing the subject, let.your correspondent
say. again with the erratic Theodore:
"If any t man loves comfort, and his 'little cash to buy
Should get into a crowded club—a most select society;
While solitude and mutton-cutlets serve Weitz =or,
he
May have his club (like Hercules), and ievel there in
luxury."
which has been creeping on from Detroit in this di
rection for the past fortnight, developed itself in a
small way at an early hour yesterday morning, in
Ohathani street, where a eelect =party of those vir
tuously dishiterested gentlemen who "believe in
giving the South her rights,” proved what a conta
gious thing modern chivalry is, by attacking an un
offending young negro man who was quietly Passing,
and ,beating him as severely as they would like to
see the Union army beaten. The spokesman of the
party was good enough to volunteer the explana
tion of "I'm down on niggers, ,, which fact was pro
bably a great comfort and improvement to the vie- .
tim.- This heroic exploit may be the last of its kind,
or it may prove but the inauguration of the heroic
glories unquestionably to be gained by chivalric
assaults upon sable non.resistants. Modern knight
hood is beginning to look up.
THE DISTRESS IN IRELAND '
is attracting benevolent attention in all circles, and
native and adopted - .citi7 i ens are alike active in
raising means and supnlies tor a people whose Sons
have volunteered for the Union army by thousands.
On the 14th of the ooming month, a grand hall in aid
aid.of the same fund will take place at the Academy
of Music. -
A GREAT ; BILLIARD. MATCH
was (played, last night, at Geary's rooms, in Court
iandt street, between the well-known professionals,
Goldthwaite and Deery, for a purse of $2OO. The
game was four-ball carom, one thousand points up,
and, after about three houra of steady . play, Gold
thwaite won , by
.631 points. It is but due to the
loser to add; that he had a most provoking run of
4, hard luck, 3, and was not in'his usual play.
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS
offer no especial features for comment or criticism.
this week. Miss Lucille Westernproduces her play,
of " East Lynne," at the Winter Garden, on IVlon
day, succeeding Miss Provost, who takes her place
with you in Philadelphia on the same evening.
Madtime. Medori , s illness has been a detriment to
thi Italian opera during the past Week, compelling
the management to extemporize a hasty substitute
programme. The lady, howeirer, is_receitering, and
will probably 'appear as Norma on Wednesday or
Friday. STIPi'VESANT.'
The Christian Commission:-
'PITTSBURG, March 23.—An immense meeting in
behalf of the U. S. Christian Commission was held
last evening in the Rev. Mr.. Olarkeqi church, Alle
gheny. The meeting was addressed by Rev. Alex
ander Reid, of Parkersburg; Rev. A. G. McAuley
and George IL Stuart, 'Esq., of Philadelphia. A
large collection was taken up. Another meeting
will be held this evening. . ,
ST. Louis March 23.—A. large meeting in behalf
of the Christian Commii3sion for the army wad held
in this city last night. Major General Curtis pre
sided: . •
Arrival of the City. of Manchester.
,
NEW, YOBIC 3 March 23.—The steamer City of
Manthester arrived at this port Ws evening. Her
adviees have been anticiPateci.
sr, UNION EETING IN - JERBEY.=A. most
enthugiastic unconditiodal Union meeting was held
at 'Haddonfield, J., on Thursday evening last,
preparatory to the organization °La National. Union
Club. Dr. Woodruff, of; that- place, -was called to
the 'chair, and J. P. Young, Esq., appointed secre
tary. Two very effective addresses were delivered
by Joseph C. Turner, Esq., of-Philadelphia, and
.Samuel-Gray, Esq.,-of Camden, N., J.
'.Resolutions strongly condemnatory - of the shame
ful conduct of the New Jersey Legislature were pre-
Belted, and endorsedyby the secretary.
.tolerate
of .Haddonfield are deiern4ned nit to
tolerate any "'Copperheads their village, and no
doubt thht is the sentiment of. they.great MN of
terse men ; if the. truth-were knoWn. .The
".Club" wilkkounber one Amami men immediately,
NEW Yorx, March 21, 1863
ABOUT TILE WAR,
AT:: TH'R, oLußs
NEGROPROVIA,
ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.
The Late Cavalry Exploit of Gen. Avertll
- and 16th Pennsylvania" Regiments in
the'Field—Pull Details of the Expedition
—Gallant Conduct of the Troops.
(Special Correspondence of The Press.]
CAMP 16TH PIMINRYLVANIA CAVALRY,
NEAR FAEMOITT - M, Va., March It, 1.863.
We have had a fair and square fight, on their own
gm : Lind, with the caValry" of Stuart and Fitzhugh
Lee, and have worsted them. The particulars of the
affair, so far as my .own-personal knowledge ex
tends, I herewith forward you :
THE EXPEDITION
On Monday morning, the. 16th inst., detachinents
from the 2d Cavalry Division of the Army of the
POtotnac, which consiats of lat Massachusetts, Ist
Rhode Island, 4th New York, 6th Ohio, and 3d, 4th,
and 16th Pennsylvarda Regiments, with eight liun
died Regular CaValry from • the Ist and sth, and a
battery of six pieces of artillery from the 6th New
York, in all about two thousand four hundred men,
under command'of brigadier General Averill, of 2d -
Cavalry Division, started to give the enemy a brush,
'none of us high privates knowing where. - The 16th
'formed at 8 A. M., Colonel .T. Irwin Gregg in porm•
,
mend Major W. IL - Fri second dm We numbered
one hundred and ninety-six men and were divided
into two aquadrons,l; the first under command of
Captain Kennedy, efi.C . o. A, the second under Capt.
Alexander, of Co."' ; ‘`M." We paned Hartwood
Church, our extreme picketpost in that direction at
noon, and [stoppect at a . place called Morrisonville,
about twenty miles from camp, near evening, to feed
and rearli4iestanit Mein. At 2 O'clock in the morn
ing we W6l*ag.9.lol:lthe saddle, and daylight found
us pelting- througkihe woods, at a slapping pace,
about five mileitrfrO Kelly's Ford, on the Rappa
hannock, for.whi4Le were making.
MEETVIG-THE ENEMY. " •
On reaching theVd; we found it obstructed by
trees felled on eaph ; ,side of the river, anda small
body of the enenti f iumbering about sixty, posted
on the opposite 'bank, partially protected by rifle
pits, from which they instantly opened a well-direct
elkfire as our ady4sed guard came within range, Our
Sharpshooters quickly responded; but the enemy,
though greatly:_olitnumbered, partially sheltered by
their Position, made such a desperate resistance that
Col..Gregg,'Who, in the absence of Col. Mclntosh,
was commanding the advance brigade,ordered twenty
axemen, taken Indiscriminately, from the different
regiments, under` - command' of Lieut. SnVder, of the
16th Pennsylvan* to clear away the obstructions in
the river, and detachments from the ist Rhode Island
and 4th New York to charge across. In forming the
men, preparatory to the charge, Major Chamberlain,
of the let Massachusetts, one of the ablest officers
in .the cavalry- service, was severely, and, it is
feared, fatally wounded. The charge was made, but
the fire was tooheaVy for the - men of the 4th New
York, who were forced back. At the same time the
axemen, led by Lieut. Snyder, finding the fire too
hot for them, dropped their axes, and charged into
the rifle-pits; meeting there the men of the Ist Rhode
Island. A few. of the enemy were here captured,
the others driven;out, and, in the pursuit which fol
lowed, all who hadn't horses close at hand, number
ing - men, were taken prisoners. Our entire force,
with the exception of one piece' of artillery, and its
support, left to guard- the ford, was speedily crossed
over, the regiments assigned to their pOsitions, the
16th Pennsylvania holding the right, towards the
'IRE BATTLE-GROUND
The ground On which We were to fight is admi
rably fitted for a Cavalry contest,. - Large level fields,
principally in ,grass, with small bodies of tolerably
open timber intermingled. The former all we could
wish for the AvOlutions of cavalry; the latter ad
rairable to rally and form behind, and afford some
protection.te :the skirmishers. The rebel general
so thought, and we approved his jtidginent.
ZREPARATWNS FOR THE ENGAGEMENT.
Our scouts were thrown out to feel the way, but
for a couple;of hours all remained quiet, and we
were commencing to think that we' would reach
Culpeper - without'a -fight, when 'the crack of the
carbines folloWing in rapid succession showed that
the skirmishers of the contending parties had found
each other.. .At that time our position was this : A
piece of timber about a quarter of a mile in breadth,
through which runs the road from Culpeper Court
Hoiise to the ford, was occupied by our troops, a
portion drawn.up in the open field in front; across
this open field, at a distance of about a third of a
mile, was:a Cbrresponding piece of .timber occupied
by, the enemy. The 16th Pennsylimnia was in an
open field to the right of the timber occupied by our
men, drawnup in two squadrons, a part of the com
mand throvir4 out in front, dismounted, and behind
a stone wall;
Z.T.OVEIVIENTS OF THE ENEIVIY.
The enemy. debouched by the Culpeper road, and
made a splendid charge along, our whole line, from
left to riglitiyelling wildly, (in the rear of the 16th
Pennsylva4m - was a squadron of regulars. Gen.
Averill.told'onroolortel, after the battle, that he had
,341si 0 ).t.:)*lTAlNEly.pport us, ours being an untried
'regiment, hut that lierutd - lound he could, rely upon
us in the future,) and discharging their carbine's;
and revolvere la our, faces. They were received
steadily, our men pouring in a well-directed fire from
their carbines, driving the enemy back to the woods.
Within half an hourthey Came on again as intrepidly
as before. Our artillery now opened,adding wonderful
ly to the music of thebattle. Theenemy appeared de
tertnined to succeed, charging to the right, wheel
ing, and s thaiging to the left alqng, the whole line,
which wavered but in one place, to the left of the
16th, where some twenty-five to thirAy men broke.
Our left and centrenow charged, and the shouts of
our men rose above their yells, as we drove them,
back to their cover. In this 'charge we captured
Major Breckinridge, who led the party which at
tacked our outposts on the 25th ultimo, near . Hart
ford chuteb., and a number of others. The enemy .
soon re•formed for another charge.: Colonel Gregg
advanced the 16th on the right, dismounting his men.
Taking possession of a farm house and its out-build
gs,he baricaded a lane passing abingside and dispos
ed his men so as to hold the premises. The occupancy
of this farm-house appeared to annoy the enemy,
Who, in this, the third charge, made their principal
attack- on this point. The charge was a .desperate
.
one, riding up to the muzzles of our carbines, and_
attempting to foree their way through the lane.. All
to no avail ..Reduced in_ numbers, they were once
more driven back to their cover: •
OUR ENTIRE FORCE ADVANCE.
Our whole force now advanced, driving the ene
my's skirmishers through the woods which had
sheltered them. Their artillery now
. ppened fire,
throwing shell with tolerable precision, to which
ours responded warmly. From this time until within
an hour of sunset a continuous firing was kept up
between our men dismounted as skirmisherm and
those of the enemy.; the artillery keeping it up all
the whilm Their cavalry would not come out again,
and our general was too wise to send:us to attack
tliem, protected now as they were by batteries and
1111;1 -pits lined with sharpshooters, which we could
plaN.y see and reinforcements constantly arriving.
WITHDRAWAL OP OUR TROOPS
We commenced to withdraw in perfect order—the
Skirmishers of the enemy following close, and keep
ing up, a continuous fire. Our colonel here explained
to us an echelon movement he wished us to'execute
in falling back. It was perfectly new to the men,
and the attention which they gave to this lesson in
the face of the enemy, and the correctness with
which the manoeuvre was executed, displayed the
self-possession and courage of both officers and men.
As the sun set our whole force was drawn up across
the river, and ready to move back to camp, which
we reached next day.
STATEMENT OF MAJOR BREOICINRIDCI-E
Accordine to the statement of Blajor Breckinridge,'
the enemy had only the brigade of General Fitzhugh
Lee, numbering 1,300 men, when they made the first
charge, bUt before they made the second they were
joineth by General Stuart How many men he
brought with him we could not ascertain. This trip
has shown that we can contend successfully with the
choicest cavalry of the enemy. That they fight well
we have abundant evidence, but if they were children,
it would be useless to send men out here to fight
then:: We .also. made good time in our trip. We
were absent fifty-two hours, during which time we
marched over sixty miles, and -from the time the
fighting commenced until it "ended, fought nine
CONDUCT- OF OUR OFFICERS
I cannot banclude; notwithstanding my desire to
avoid trespassing on your spaCe, without speaking
in commendation of the conduct of the officers of this
regiment. Colonel Gregg is an " old stagernot a
man in the regiment but would follow wherever he
might:lead—and to his presence I attribute, to some
extent, that steadiness displayedin action by a green
regiment, which could , not have been surpassed by
..vettfa4. l . - „,Major; Fry, ably and bravely, seconded
hfra, , ni also Adjutant Day and Sergeant Major
Miller. The coirimander of the squadron inwhich I
served, Captain Alexander, behaved admirably.
Never becoming even ruffled, he gave his commands
Clearly and deliberatelY, his face wreathed with a
pleasant smile alithe while.. I will add that, during
our absence, about as manymen from the division
as went on the scant were posted in' positions: to
prevent the crossing ,by the enemy at the interme
diate fords along the river; and getting in. our rear.
I cannot give you a list-of the casualties. We
may have lost flfty men ldlled, wounded, and miss•.
ing We took over fifty prisoners; to my knowledge,
Whilat their killed and Woundedmiist have exceeded
One hundred. RUSSEL:L. TROOP.
'"
• SENTIMENT OF THE .SOLDIERS. , •
AyVOICE7ROM :TEE 149th PENNSYLVANIA',
TAILS 'RECANTED NEAR BELLE PLAIN S VA
„ .
The following patriotic resolutions have been;sent
to us for publication :
Whereas, There is being nourished and encouraged,
ameng'a certain class of politicians in the,North, a
sentiment of opposition to, the . Administratian ; and
Whereas, this sentiment, and such a course as those
who adhere to it are: pursuirig„ is, at this critical
juncture, nethinOless than treachery to the Government
and intended cncouidgemcnt to covert trait Ors in our
front: Therefore, - , •
Resolved, That wehold a cordial support and quick
obedience to, the, Administration* to be, the first duty
of ell; and the only dooiway, out of 'these troublous
times ; therefore,`, earnestly entreat ell citizens
and all soldiers to suppoi t heartily 2 -and obeywith
alacrity, all lawsand orders coming from those
charged with 'the” ,
administration of our Govern- .
ment
ItcsolixdX . That we recogniz, the fearful struggle
our country is riow.engaged in, as a struggle of free.
dont - against Slavery, right against wrong,'of God
against Satan; and we hold those who are against` the
Administration' as against the Government, against right,
against the Constittdion and the glorious liberties of which
it is the guarantee, and we brand them as traitors„ while
we assure.themof our unmitigated hali'ed and" contempt.
Pesolved, That the emancipation proclamation and
the conscription" adt4pose.measurel most 'odious
to insidious-peace men,`CopPerheada, And 'ttaitors
- underjother titke--megt With :out, heaftyappyoval,
as,measures diotited liy the bpit
d 0. 41 agd.t l Xliktkeillh'fOr ;he Ao4eat EurP9Se an 4 taw
earnest effort to suppress rebellion, and save to pos
terity our noble RepublioamGovernment. -
Resolved, That the lying reports spread broadcast
throughout the land; that the army of which we have
the honor to form a part is demoralized and clamor
ing for peace, are but the base utterances of traitor
ous rogues, and do our gallant comrades in the held
the grossest injustice.
Resolved,: That we are: ready and willing to put
forth every effort, endure every species of hardship
and fatigue—do anything and everything required to
suppress, the accursed war now being waged against
us; that we have the fullest confidence in the present
Administration and Generals over us, and particu
larly of the head of the armywith which we are
immediately connected.
Resolved, That we will never give up the noble cause in
which. we are now engaged until, under the good guidance
of kind Providence, treason and rebellion be ban:.
ished from the Union of Stales, when the oldjiag, doubly
dear from its double baptism in the best blood of our land,
shall again wave proudly over all.
The above. resolutions were offered to the 149th
Pennsylvania Bucktails, by Col. Walton Dwight,
commanding, at dress parade, March 18, and were
Unanimously adopted by the regiment. Speeches,
appropriate and becoming - the times, were made by.
Col. Dwight, Captains .Tohn E. Johnson, Brice R.
Blair, E. B:Osborne, and others, the greatest enthu
siasm prevailing. The regiment, numbering 795,
rank and file, is eager for the decisive blow for, the
nation's honor and freemen's vindication at any peril
of life or fortune. D. ALLEN,
Sergeant Major 149th Pennsylvania Vole.
THE REBELLION.
Important Orders from General Roberts—
Patriotic Letter from General Sigel—Mr..
Fettgrn, the. South Carolina Unionist—
Generals Sumner and Johnston—General
Wool's Orders to Absentees—Senteuees of
Couris
THE OATH. OF ALLEGIANCE.
HEADQUARTERS DEFENCES OF THE
"UPPER POTOMAC, HAltran'S FERRY, YR.,
March 17, 1864.
GENERAL ORDER No. 4.
1. All persons, male or female, residing within the
lines of defences and fortifications in and about
Harper's Ferry, embracing Maryland Heights, Lou
don and Bolivar 'Heights, will be required to report
themselves at the provost marshal's office within
the next ten (10) days from the date of this order, and
make their oath of allegiance to the Federal Govern
menfof the United 'States, or to pass into the Con
' federate lines.
2. Such persons, as elect to be passed into the Con
federate lines, if at any time after, during, the con
tinuance of the present rebellion, are found within
the lines of these defences, or lurking about them,
will be arrested and tried' by military courts as
spies.
3. All persons entering within the said lines of .de
-fences, from either the Maryland or Virginia .side,
will be stopped by pickets or sentinels, on whatever
roads or entrances into Harper's Ferry, and by them
informed that they must report themselves to the
provost marshal's office, and make their oath of alle
giance to the Federal Government of the United
States l or, at their election, be turned back to their
homes.
4. The names and residences of all persons who
may elect to go back to their homes will be taken by
the guards or, pickets, and reported to-the provost
marshal, and if at any time afterward, during the
continuance of the rebellion, they are found within
the defences of Harper's Ferry, or lurking about
them, they will be arrested and tried by military
courts as spies.
5. The provost marshal will register the names and
residences'of all persons who take the oath of alle
giance, and a similar register for all who refuse to
take it; and it will be sufficient to -enter, on the first
page of the register, the oath to be administered, and
that the names of the subscribers will follow in con
secutive order of dates, without separate forms of
said oath for each.
6. No person (male or female) residing within the
defenct s in and about Harper's Ferry, Ya., who has
not a lawful and respectable business, will be per
mitted.-to remain within such lines, and will be,
within the next ten (10) days, sent beyond the
parallels of the mouth of the Monoeacy and of Sir
John's Run ;
,and if, at any time afterwards, during
the present rebellion, they are found within said
parallela, they will be arrested and tried as ene
mies.
7. All commanders and provost marshals, within .
this command, are required to see to the faithful,
prompt; - and-strict execution of thieaytier.
By order of Brig. Gen. B. -OF ROBERTS.
Jos. McO.I3.ELL, Capt. and A. A. G., U. S. A.
AN EXHORTATION TO VIGILANCE
HEADQUARTERS DEFENCES UPPER POTOMAC,;
HARPER'S - FERRY, March 18, 1863..
GENERAL ORDER NO. The duty of pickets
and scouts is of special trust and confidence, anti on
their'diligence, intelligence, and activity, the securi
ty of armies greatly depends. Negligence of such
duties is a military culpability of the highest cha
racter, and will be punished hereafter with the se
verest penaltiea of the law. . .
2. The commanding general of the defences of the
Upper Potomac announces, in this manner, to-all
officers and soldiers under his command, that here
after every breach`of this duty on the part of officers
wilt be reported to the War. Department, with a re
commendation for their dismissal by the President,
without trial, and that the neglect of soldiers will'
be: promptly, visited on, them by trial by general
courts-martial.
3; An appeal is made to-the loyalty and patriotism
of this command, to repair -by further devotion to
duty, the reproach that has been brought upon the
country by negligence, if not by higher crime, in the
army that had-Harper's Perry committed toits keep
4. All officers, by diligence anti study, are expected
to acquire a complete knowledge of their duties, and
to be industrious and enterprising in inatructing
their commands.- Guard duty is carelessly and irre
gularly done, and the private sentinel is appealed to
to discharge this greatest trust of a soldier with the
fidelity and firmness, of veterans. The sentinel
soldier is a czar over the domain of his post, and
ehould protect it,if - need be, with his life.
By order, _ Brig. Gen. B. S. ROBERTS.
Jos. Mc°. BELL Captain; and A. A. - G. U. S.. A.
,
GENERAL SIGEL ON - THE. tris.r.lON:
During the meeting of the Loyal League at New
York; letters ivere read from Generals Fremont and
Sigel, and received with great enthusiasm. •'General
Sigel wrote'as follows :
- , WASHINGTON, D. C., March 20, 1863.
',cannot be present at the inauguration of the
Loyal National League this evening, but I send my
best, wishes, and request you to enroll my name
among its members.
"I believe that the self-preservation of the North
and the preservation of republican principles on
this continent, have made this war on the part of
the United States. Government necessary, and there
can lbe no rest until our arms have triumphantly'
established the rights of man'and the majesty of the
law over the whole South.
" All the talent and energy, the wealth and re
sources of the people should be laid on the altar of
the nation ; and if the Government would employ
all these agencies and trust in men of energy and
character, unfettered by . petty jealousies, to break
the ranks of the enemy in front and at-home, this
war will be speedily ended.
" We must have the sharp sword as well as the
sharp pen; the strong arm as well as the strong and
fearless mind, to help us , in this terrible struggle.
The people must awaken those who sleep, and 'stir
up those who are creeping;along instead of march
ing onward with self relying boldness.
"'I believe in the Monroe doctrine; in the Butler
code, in the President's proclamation, in the good'
will anti perseverance of the people, inthe undaunted
courage of our volunteers, in the final vindication
of the honest, the just, and the brave; in the libera
tion of the down-trodden and the slave, and in the
overthrow and deith.,of the Southern oligarchy._
"Respectfully, F. SIGEL, Major General."
THE .LATE MR. PETIGRU, OF SOUTH CARO ;
The telegraph brings news of the death of James
L. Petigru; of Charleston; S. C., a remarkable man,
who should not, pass away without a word of-com
mendation. He must have been not far from eighty
at the time of hie death. For more than thirty years
he has been at the head of the bar in Charleston,' and
there is not a bar in this country in which he would
not have stood in the very front rank. His per
sonal qualities were as remarkable as his, profes
sional eminence was great. He had a high sense of
honor, was a faithful friend, and manly, sincere, and
just in all the works and ways of life. His social
nature was warm, and he was endowed in a large
Measure with the charm of a playful and spontane
ous wit, winch was always used to exhilarate and
amuse, but never to wound.
But, more - than all, he was to be honored for his
noble independence of character, which often made
bim act in'opposition to the public sentiment around
him. He began life as a Federalist, when it was the
fashion to be a Democrat. .When the nullification
madness took possession of South Carolina, 'Mr: -
Petigru set hie face resolutely against it. He was
one of the leaders of the Union party, and the suc
cess of that party was in no small degree owing to
his tact, discretion,- and ,good' temper. With the
same constancy he opposed the more recent frenzy of
secession. He was one of the two Unioh men whom
Mr. Russell says he found in the Confederate States.
That he died a Union man, we have no doubt.—
Bostok Courier.
Mr. Hurlburt, of New York, who was, in the early
Part "of the rebellion, taken prisoner and confined in
a Southern prison, writes the following letter to the
New York World in reference -to Mr. Petigru, with
whom he was .acquainted : "An anonymous corre
spondent of the Evening Post asserts, on the autho
rity' of letters front. Charleston. that' Mr. Petigru
(whose name he misapells) had embraced the holy
Confederate cause since more thannine months ago.'
The assertion is contradicted in general terms by
the editors of the Post; but it is due to the memory
of Mr. Petigru that his own words should vindicate
him against a statement which insults the consistent
dignity of his character and hie life.
"I have now lying
,before letters from Mr.
Petigru of -the dates of December 16, 1862, and of
February 6, 1863. In,the first of these letters he says:
Those who said that I had changed nay views of
Secession are wonderfully mistaken. Every day
convinces me more and more'of the soundness of the
opinions which I expressed at the time when seces
sion took.place, and have ever since avowed.' In the
second he says: 'lt may bethat by.that time (within
five years) the Union may have become impossible.
So much the worse for all'of
Of the " holy confederate .cause" and its leaders,
Mr. Petigru, as I have the best reason in the world
to know, entertained but one unvarying opinion
from the hour when South Carolina left the Union,
down to the lamentable hour of his death, a death
hasteneddet me say, byexposure incurred in the
discharge` of his professional duties as an advocate
protecting private rights against what he considered
and declared to be the tyrannical and unlawful con
fiscation acts of the Confederate Government.":4:-.
GrEN. SUMNER AND GEN. ALBERT SIDNEY '
It has transpired that the rebel General Albert
Sidney Johnston, - killed at Shiloh, concerted a nice
plan to possess the Secessionists of California at the
beginning of the rebellion: He was in command at
San Francisco. At a given time, the Secessionists
were to take the forts, with his - connivance; and
seize 60,000 stand of arms shipped- there•by Floyd
for the : very purpose. San Francisco at their, mercy
must have succumbed; and the:rebels would thus
.h a ve had a poll, in which to . fit out privateers, and
would likewise have obtained control of the vast
treasure of the State. The fact was either sus
pected or known at Washington. Brigadier Gene
ral E. V. Sumner was appointed to the command in
California, and was - privily put on board ship at sea,
arriving at San Francisco without previous inti
mation of his coming. He walked, incognito, to the
office of Johnston, informed him that he was his
successor,' showed him his mein, and demanded
immediate possession. The astonished rebel had no
alternative,birt' to. comply. In half an, hour after -
all ,the .grins were run out on the land: side, and
heavily shotted. The same evening the 60;000 stand
of arms at Benicia were sedured: ThiS brilliant but
quiet coup d'etat saved the El Dorado State.—
flaifido Commercial Advertiser.
ORDER FROM GENERAL WOOL. REGARD
ABSENTEES. '
HEApetuairrEns DlCPAterigarri OF Tux EAST,
. ' .. NEW-YORK:CITY, March 22, 1863.
Gxrtsitar. Onnims, The major general
commanding this department would call the special
attention of all soldiers; absent without leave from
their respective corps or regiments, to the Problarna=
tion 'of the President .of the 'United States, dated
10th March, 1863, by which all such may be restored
without punishment,' except the forfeiture of pay
and allowances" during their absence, provided they
shall, on or before the Ist of April 1863; report them-
SelVes at'the rendezvoui designed by General Orders
No. 68, from the War Departdient ; failing to return
within the time above specified, they shall be arrest
ed and punished as the law provides.
11. The following places of rendezvous for all„ sot-
sol
'diets, who may itailthimselyea of the, privilege..ex.,
tended by this - humane',Measurti orthe Presidenti
THREE CENTS.
have been designated for this Department :
Augusta, Marine, Maj. F. N. Clarke, United States
ar
Concord, N'eW Hampshire,. Maj. J. H. Wllittlesey,
United States army.
Burlington, Vermont, Maj. W. Austine," United
States army.
Boston, MassacEusettir, C01..H. Day, United States
army.
Providence, Rhode' Island,. Captain. Wnn Silvey,
United States army.
Hartford, Connectieut,. Lieut. W. Webb, United
States army.
Elmira, New York, Captain L. Liviagatcßak,
United States army.
Euff'alo, New York, Lieut. Sheldon. Sturgeon;
United States army.
Governor's Island, New York, Cot. G. Loomisy,
United States army.
Trenton, New Jersey, Major L. Jones, Uaitedt
States army.
The expenses of transportation to. these rendez.-
vous will be borne by the soldiers- themselves;
111. In order that the humane-policy of the - Prest.
dent may be carried out, all good , and patriotic - citi—
zens, desirous to put down the - rebellion- of the
Southern States, are earnestly - requested to• use
their influence and utmost endeavors to- induce all
deserters, or soldiers absentwithout leave; to-report,-
in person, at either of the rendezvous above - men
tioned, before the time of grace expires on the Mt of
April next. Such a course cannot fail, effectually,.
to counteract the evil influences of many disloyal
persons, who have, in the language of the proclama
tion, "enticed and procured soldiers. to. desert and
absent themselves from their regiments. or compa—
nies, thereby weakening the strength of the armies
and prolonging the war, giving aid and comfort to
the enemy, and cruelly exposing the gallant ands
faithful soldier remaining in the ranks toy increased
hardships and dangers.. These Riders and abettors.
of the rebellion not onlysubject themselves- to- flue
and imprisonment, but also expose themselves to
the Revere penalties of the law (which includes
death), from which they can never be exempt, no
matter how long a time may elapse, unless they now
avail themselves of the proffered merciful clemency
of the President.
By command of Major General WOOL.
C. T. CHRISTENSEN, Major and Aid-de•campy U. S
A., Acting Assistant Adjutant General.
FINDINGS OF COURTS MARTIAL.
A general court-martial, convened at Winchester,
Virginia, January 16th, 1863 ' found First Lieut..
Oscar H. Tate, 12th Virginia Volunteers, guilty of .
conduct unbecoming an officer and "a gentleman; and
conduct prejudicial to good order and military disci
pline, and sentenced him to be dismissed the service:
A general court-martial convened•llecember 25th„
1862, at the headquarters of Col. Wm. 151. Fenton,
U. S. volunteers, comdianding lst brigade, 9th array
corps, tried Capt. Walter B. Ives, 79th New York
Volunteers, lie was found
guilty of being absent from his regiment during the
battles of Antietam and Fredericksburg, but not of
the main charge. He was sentenced to be dismissedt
the service of the United States.
A general court-martial, convened at headquar
ters, let brigade, 3d division, 6th corps,'Army of the-
Potomac, January 12, 1863, tried Surgeon Luther
Thomas, 26th New Jersey Volunteers, on charges
of being-" drunk on duty" and "conduct to preju—
dice of good order and military discipline." He was
tried on several specifications, on some of which he•
was found guilty, and sentenced to be cashiered.
' A general courtmartial, convened at the camp of
the 3d brigade, Grover's division, 3d army corps i
September 15, 1862, tried First Lieut. Thomas Good
man, 6th New Jersey Volunteers, on charges of
"'violation of. the 52d article of war," " disobe
dience of orders," and "desertion." He was found ,
guilty of absence without leave, and on several ,
other counts, and was sentenced to forfeit all pay
and allowances now due, or which may hereafter
become due, from the United States, and to be dis
missed the service of the United States.
k A general court-martial, which convened in the
city. of Washington, P. C., February 16, 1863, tried
Major Delozier Davidson, 4th United. States In
fantry, on a charge of misbehavior before the ene
my. He was found guilty, and sentenced to--be.
cashiered.
All the above proceedings and findings have been
approved by the War Department.
THE HEALTH OF GEN. GRANT'S ARMY.
Through the courtesy of Surgeon General Ham
mond the following interesting letter from General
Grant has been furnished for publication, authorized
by the Secretary of War :
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTIWT OF THE TENNESSEE,
BEFORE VICKSBURG, March 6, 1863.
Assistant Surgeon General R. C. Wood, St. Louis, mb;
DEAR SIR : Your letter, showing the efforts you
have been making to supply everything necessary
pertaining to the medical department in this army,
has been received. I can assure you nothing has
been left undone here to secure the health of the
men. No army ever went into the field better pro
vided with medical stores and medical attendants
than is furnished the army now in front of Ticks
burg
There was a deficiency in volunteer surgeons, but,
now that deficiency is fully supplied. The hospital
boats are supplied with their own Surgeons, nurses,
and everything for the comfort of the sick. The
Purveyor's Department not only have everything
usually furnished the sick, but more than I even
dreamed was ever furnished an army.; more than
the, great majority of men could have at home.
Then, too, there is not that amount of sickness that
persons would be led to believe from the statements
in the public prints. I question - whether the health
of the St. Louis forces is better"to-day than that of
this command.
On my arrival here, the men had been pent up so
long a time on steamers, then camping on low
ground, and in the most terrible weather ever ex
perienced, there was, for a time necessarily, a great
number of sick.
Surgeon Lamb has been sick ever since he arrived
here, and is certainlyunfit to attend to any of his
duties. The doctor is not willing, or, at least, never
intimated a 'willingness to give up. I have, how
ever, found it necessary for my own relief, to order
him away. The duties would be sufficient for the
doctor, if in good health ; as he is, he is entirely in
capable of them, and his desire to perform his
duties would prevent his recovery if he should be
kept here. * * * * Very respedtfully,
Your obedient servant
U. S. GRANT, Major General.
STATES IN REBELLION.
Tlie Rebel Canipaign tb.e Southwest—
Its Failure' and Cause=Gen; johnston's
-Armylo Advance North en masse—Relbel
Operations in Virginia.
WHAT HAS THE REBEL ARMY AOOON6
PLISHED?
[From the Richmond Whig, March 1.8.
TEE SOUTHWEST.—H, as some contend, the people
of the. Southwest are more inclined to peace, espe
cially with the Northwest, than the Atlantic States
of the Confederacy, the fact should excite no espe
cial wonder. In the Southwest, the fortunes of
war have been more adverse than with inf. Indeed,
there is a remarkable and apparently unaccountable
difference in our favor. For two years the enemy
has been trying to reach Richmond. He has spared
neither money nor men to accomplish his purpose,
for the reduction of the rebel capital would have given
him more credit in the eyes of foreign nations than
the capture of all other Southern cities put together.
He has eent his best generals and his largest armies
against us, and, though they once succeeded in
getting within five miles of Richmond, they have
been repeatedly driven off:with horrid slaughter.
The only victories deserving the name of decisive
have been won on the soil of Virginia, and in the
seaboard States of the South. Disasters we have
had in thin section, as at Hatteras, Roanoke Island,
Newbern, and Fort Pulaski ; but, in the main, we
have been marvellously . successful.
Far different has been the fate of warin the South
west. Early in the war . our lines were established
at Bowling Green, and might have been advanced
to Muldraugh's Hill, not only with impunity, but
with positive advantage. In Missouri Price carried
the Confederate banner as far north as Lexington,
and might have captured St. Louie had he been sup
ported. But the winter of 1861 saw our standards,
driven out of Kentucky, Tennessee. penetrated,
North Alabama occupied, New Orleans tamely sur
rendered, Island No. 10 and Memphis given up; and,
finally, after the bloody but decisive fight at Shiloh,
West. Tennessee abandoned, and North Mississippi
permanently occupied by the enemy, who boasted—
and as we then feared not vainly—that he would
soon cut the Confederacy in twain, and hold the en
tire length of the Father of Waters.
The second summerof the war witnessed a change
which promised to restore not only what we had
lost, but to carry our' victorious bayonets into the
teeming fields north of the Ohio. l3eauregard's skil
ful retreat from Corinth bore all the fruits of a great
victory. It nonplussed Halleck, threw his plans
into confusion, and subjected his army to the wither
ing effects of a hot climate and inaction. The
streams that had borne the enemy's gunboats in
triumph through the heart of -Tennessee dried up.
Bragg'e army was suddenly - transferred to. Chatta
nooga. Kirby Smith pushed forward almost to Cin
cinnati. Buell was forced to beat a hasty retreat in
the arc of a great circle, the chord of which`Bragg
was expected to follow, and cut him off from Louis
ville, which city was given up as lost, and every
where in the Southwest the Confederate colors - were
seen advancing in triumph, reviving the dormant
spirit of Kentucky and creating consternation among
the Hoosiers. 'Within a few weeks our crest was
wofully lowered. Buell wee' permitted to reach
Louisville, and to receive reinforcements. Bragg,
who had been issuing admirable proclamations, and
installing Governors - with great pomp, was com
pelled to retreat. Kirby Smith was recalled, the
brilliant but inconclusive battle of Perryville was
fought, and the army that was to redeem Kentucky
and capture Cincinnati thought' itself lucky in get
ting back to the mountains of Tennessee with some
wagonloads ofjeans.
The useless attack of Van Dorn on Corinth - and
the heroic fighting at Iffurfreeeboro failed to retrieve
Bragg's mismanagement of the Kentucky campaign.
We were forced to retire our lines, and the Yankees
now hold Nashville more firmly than before, threaten
seriously the occupation of EasteTennessee, are not
dislodged from Northern Mississippi, have again
entered: Florence, and made a promise—not alto
gether idle—of entering Georgia.,
This is the painful history of our arms in Ten
nessee and Kentucky. If we cross the Mississippi,
end inquire the results of our efforts in Arkansas
and Missouri, the record is too humiliating to be
read at length. - No man cares to hear the story of
the Confederate cause after the fall of McCulloch
and the joining of Price's forces to those of Beau
regard. -The chronicle as not more sad than; it is
shameful. It may be summed up by the dishearten
ing announcement, made in our latest exchanges,
that the armies of Holmes and Hindman have
dwindled from thirty-five thousand- dowh to a mere
brigade. In Texas and in the Indian Territory the
story is much the same—large - armies raised - and
nothing accomplished. Concerning Arizona and
New Mexico, we have ceased 'to have anything
whatever. Perhaps they are no longer considered a
Min of the Confederacy. - -
When the fortunes of war have been so uniformly
adverse, it is not surprising that a people who see in
its prolongation not subjugation, but -the further
ravaging of their fields; the loss of their slaves, and
the burning, of their houses, should desire its ce.sea
tion at the earliest moment, and, perhaps, be willing
to make concessions which others more fortunate
would reject.. It is not believed that the Southwest
lacks faith in the ultimate success 'of the cause, or is
unwilling to make as great sacrifices as the people in
the valley" and in tide-water Virginia have' done;
but when they perceive month after month pass -by
without any headway being made by our armies,
and with only a partial resistance to the enemy's ad
vance, they naturally enough distrust the arbitra
ment of the sword, and incline to the- expedients of
diplomacy.
It is not for the want of brave men that the South
west suffered eo. Men never fought better than the
soldiers of the Southwest at. Belmont,,Donelson,
Shiloh, Perryville, Corinth, and Murfreesboro.
There has been a want of generalship, and a corres
ponding want of confidence, increased by the_ elief
that the Confederate Government was indifferent to
one of ,the richest and truest portions Of the South.
This is now happily removed. The President has
placed one of our ablest generals in command of the
wholnSouthwest. He has sent Magruder'and Kirby
Smith to aid Johnston in the; subdivisions of his de
partment ; and, lastly, he has entrusted Price with
the diicharge of e special service, for which he is se
Well fitted. Already the beneficial effects - of the 're
organization of-the Southwest have been felt. '
The repulse of the enemy-at-Vicksburg, Port Hud
eon, and Fort Pemberton, the capture of-iron-dad
gunboats, and the splendid achievements of Wheel
er's, Van Dorn's, and Morgan's cavalry, have sent
a thrill of hope and confidence throughout the Con
ferieracy. The •Southwest has at length good cause
to be sanguine of its future. - If it needs any assist
ance beyond the late brilliant Victories, we will sug7.
gest that a day may come when... Fighting Joe Hook
er will receive a blow more , brushing than any.M&
Clellan, Pope,' in 'Burnside 'received. Should that
happen it may chance thatevery man Lincoln eau
rakef-and .scrape will be needed near,Washington.
Then Johnaten Ain - mass his fovea. ultfitiLgraad
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Larger Clubs than Twenty will be charged at the
same rate, $1.50 per copy,
The money must always accompany the order, and
in no instance can these terniB be detgatediranh as the&
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ar my, and then the wrongs of the Southwest will be
1 WINTER'S OPERATIONS INVIRGINIA..
Gen eral Lee has published the following order in
relationto rebel operations in Virginia during the
present 'w inter ,„.
READ ,, GARTERS
. .n.nMY NORTHERN VIRGINIA,
• , February 28, 1863.
ORNERAL ORDERS No. 29.
The gene' , 'al commanding announces to the army
the series or successes of the cavalry of Northern
Virginia during the winter months, in spite of the
obstacles of aln lost impassable roads, limited forage,
and inclement weather
1.. About the lel , of December General Hampton,
j. with a detachmeni7of his brigade, crossed the Upper
Rappahannock, surwised two squadrons of Union
It cavalry, captured soveralcommissioned officers, and
a bout-- one hundred men. with Their horses, arms,
cc ilors, and accoutrements; withouSloas on his part.
;2. On the 4th of Dece.a.ber r under file direction of
Co- 1. Beale and Maj. Wailer, with N detachment of
s#xi.'y mounted men of tile - 9th. Virginia Cavalry,
Gen . William F. Lee's brigade crossed , the Rayne—
hoist ock, below Port Royall4n- skiffs, attacked the
enem, y's cavalry pickets, captured , 49,. .bneluding se
veral commissioned officers, witliiibriles, arms, &c.,
an d se t irossed the river withoutloss:
o r , the 11th December, Gen.-Hampton crossed
the Rap pahannock with a detachment of hisbrigade,
cu t m e , , enemy's communicatiorCat Dumfries; en
tered the town a few hours before Sigel's corps,
advanetni on Fredericksburg, captured 20 wagons
with a, girl: and of about 90 men, and returned safely to
his camp. . On the 16th December he again crossed
the river w. ith a small force, proceeded to Occoquan,
surprised th
pickets between that place and Dula
fries, "rasa' e
.ad. 50 Wagons, bringing many of them
across the OS ri
ceeun in a ferryboat, and beating back'
a brigade M. cavalry sent to their rescue. He
reached the R appahannock with 30 wagons and 130
priaoners.'
4. On the 25ti h December, Gen. Stuart, with de
tachments of Hi ampton's, Fitzhugh Leehr ' and W.
F. Lee's brigade 5, under the command of their Offi
cers, respectively:, made a force reconnoissance in
the rear of the era amy's lines, attacked him at Dum
fries, ca pt ur i ng int and wagons at that place, ad
vanced toward Ale xandria, drove his cavalry with
cons id era bl e l oss t oward Occoquan, captured his
camp on that stream. J, burned the Aceotink bridge on
the Orange and Aka, :andria railroad; then passing
irt-lioune, returned to Culpe
north of Fairfax Col
per with more than 2
00 prisoners and 25 wagons
with a loss on his part of 6 men wounded, and Capt.
Bullock,
ebruary a moat gallant officer , killed.
5. OnF
16, G aptains McNeil and Stamp,
of Gen. liriboden'a Cave 'try, with 23 men, attacked,
rain of 27 wagons, guarded
near Romney, 'a supply "t
by about 150 cavalry and,: infantry, routed the guard,
captured 72 prisoners an d 106 horses, with equip:
ments, &c., and, though hi 'tip pursued, returned to
his camp with his captii es without the loss of a
man.. This is the third fee. t of the same character
in which Captain McNeil ->,. has displayed skill and
daring.
i of February attacked
6.: Gen. W. F. Lee, with* section of his artillery,
under Limit. Ford, on the 254
two of the enemy's gunboats a t Tappahannock, and
drove them down the river dm waging them, but suf
fermg no loss en his part. j:
7. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, with a' detachment of 400 of
hie brigade, crossed the swollen, • waters of the Rap
pahannock on the 25th of Februs. rY, reconnoitred the
enemy's lines to within a few ri illes of Falmouth,
broke through his outposts, fut 1 upon 'his camp,
killed and wounded many, took„ 100 prisoners, in
eluding live commissioned and ten a on -commissioned
officers, and recrossed the river with 'the loss of only
14 killed, wounded, and missing.
8. On 26th February, Brig. Gen. W E. Jones,with
a small force, attacked two regiments of cavalry, be--
longing •to Milroy's command, inch e Shenandoah
Valley, routed them and took 200 pi , 'boners, with
horses,- arms, &c., with the loss,on ha Part of only
two killed and two wounded.
3. Major White, of General Toned' command,
crossed the Potomac in a boat, attacked, several par
ties of the enemy's cavalry, near Poolesolle, Mary
land, and beside those he killed and woes ided, took
seventy.seven prisoners, with horses, arm' 3, and wa
gons, with slight loss to himself. Captain 'andolph,
of the Black Horse Cavalry, has made miany bold
reconnoissances in Fauquier, taking more t,han two
hundred prisoners, and several hundred sktand-of.
arms. Lieutenant Mosby, with his detachmiant, has
done much to harass the enemy, attacking him bold
ly on several occasions, and capturing manY , priso
ners. A detachment of seventeen men, of Hamp
ton's Brigade, under the brave Sergeant Michael,
attacked and routed a body of forty-five Federals,
near Wolf Run Shoals, killing and wounding seve
ral; and bringing l eff fifteen prisoners, with the loss,
on our part, of Sergeant Sparks, of the 2d South
Carolina Regiment, who, a few days before, with
two of his comrades, attacked, in Brentsville, six of
the enemy sent to e capture him, killed three and cap
tured the rest.
In announcing these achievements the command
ing general takes special pleasure in adverting to
the promptness of the officers in striking a success
ful blow whenever the' opportunity offered, and the
endurance and gallantry with which the men have
always supported their commanders.
These deeds give assurance of vigilance, fortitude,
and activity, and of the performance of Mill more
brilliantactions in the earning campaign. '
J•., ROBERT E. LEE, General.
A PRISONER SHOT.
J. A. J. Collins,. a prisoner at Salisbury, N. C.
was shot a few days ago while attempting to make
his escape.,
THE AFFAIR AT PORT HUDSON.
The Eraininer, of the Vita, says of the affair at
Port Hudson :
"Our batteries are located on a bluff, at the elbow ,
of the river, and command a range,of three miles
above and below, compelling any vessel, which may
attempt the passage -to run the gauntlet of a
Plunging fire. An officer who is well acquainted
with the position assures us that it is impossible for
a fleet, however formidable, to carry the place. He
says that the current is so rapid,through the narrow
channel that it will draw the gunboats right under
the cliffs; so that their guns cannot be sufficiently
elevated to reach the batteries on the clifth with
any 'effect, just as was the case in the attack on
Drury's Bluff. This view seems to be confirmed by
,the fact that the long and terrific fire of the enemy
is reported to have done no damage whatever to our
side.- This would go toshow that their guns did not
command our batteries."
GENERAL STUART'S WHIPPING MILDLY
-
The Whig, of the 18th, thus mildly states the drub- ,
bing given the horse-thief Striart by. Gen..Averill'a
gallant cavalrymen
" Another rumor reached the city, last night that
Gen. Stuart had encountered the enemy in Fauquier
county on Monday, and that their force being supe
rior he was compelled to fall back before them
These reports lack confirmation.":
The following intelligence from a file of late. Jack.
son (Miss.) papers, is published in the New Orleans
True Della :
LATER FROM T'RX AS.
[Special to the Houston Telegraph.]
GALVESTON, February 9.—The fleet of blockaders
off our harbor show no disposition to try the Ma
gruder fleet. They made a sure thing of the block
ade ; ,their line of four vessels extends nearly two
A truce boat has made several attempts to carry
a communication froth General Magruder to them,
but the sea has proved too rough for the yacht.
Much talk is heard on the street in regard to the
order of President Davis, expelling Mons. B. Theron
from the Confederacy. He was consular agent for
France, Spain, Italy, and Portugal. He claims to
be a citizen of Texas, having resided here about
twenty years. He is charged with having been in
triguing with the French Government to place
Texas under the protectorate of France. I know
not what grounds the President has for this
movement, but I am satisfied that he has good rea
son for so doing.
The British consul, Arthur Lynn, has from the
first observed strict neutrality. He is a high-minded
gentleman and would oppose any such disgraceful
movements at any time, especially when the dark
est hour of our country is passing. We have as yet
heard no complaints against the other foreign con
suls, and they have the reputation of observing neu
trality.
THINGS AT GALVESTON.
[From the Galveston News of the 6th nit.)
Everything continues quiet here at present. But
few people are to be seen in the street, but those
best informed estimate the whole number of in-'
habitants remaining at about two thousand, many
of whom are now residing at different places
down the island' for greater security in case of
bombardment, to which the city is deemed to be
constantly liable.
There is now a very strong southeast wind
blowing, filling up the bay rapidly with water, and
may result in an overflow of a portion of the city,
provided the wind should by and by come out sud
denly from the north. Two of the Federal gunboats
left their anchorage off the- bar; and started to the
northward day before yesterday, leaving-only-the
Brooklyn and a single gunboat here. Yesterday
this gunboat evidently, dragged her anchor, and
came nigh being blown upon the beach, but the
Brooklyn came to her assistance and towed her out
again. The weather is now decidedly stormy,
threatening both rain and sleet.
The Marshall Republican has an account of the
capture of the notorious traitor Martin D. Hart and
twenty-three men. Hart and his men were of the
Jack Hamilton crowd. Last summer, if we remem
ber rightly, he left Northern Texas with his squad
for Missouri. There they entered the Federal ser-
Nice. On the 16th of January, Hart and his men ap
yoloare the' rear ofour
paroled force am
Sugarar nur.
Col. e Loaf
Phi andcaptured-and
lip Crump the next day got after him.
He encountered two of the command, and' repre
sented to them that he and a body of men were
Texas refugees on their way to join Hart, and de
sired to find his camp. Hart's men, believing
Crump's statement, conducted him to the camp of
the traitors. They embrace Hart and twenty-five
men, one of whom was killed, and another, it is sup
posed, got away. Hart, with twenty-three men,
was taken.
We doubt not Hart has , quit enacting treason to
Texas before this time. TS
Colored Troops in Philadelphia,
The following correspondence will show
that the colored people of Philadelphia have
no desire to avoid the - responsibility of the
war. The action of our patriotic Representa
tive, Hon. WM. D. YET Pry, exhibits the
deep interest he is tang in this important
and delicate'question
llzsiTorvii.r. - E, March 19, 1863
Han. William D. Kelley:
Diu Sin : By the neWspapers, I see that a color
ed regirdent of soldiers is about being organized in
Philadelphia for service in putting, down the.--rebel
lion against our. Government. Feeling an interest
in the cause, and wishing to do my mite in the good
work, but not wishing to - " go it blind," I would like
some information from you on the following points :
Which officers are to be colored; if any? Are we
to be on an equal footing on the field with the white
soldiers I What pay are we to receive? A reply to
the foregoing questions, with any other information
in regard to the matter, will be thankfully received
by - Yews, in the good cause;
G.' W. J. BAGWELL,
Blockley P. 0., Twenty-fourth ward.
- P. S.—l would not trouble you fora written re
ply, but that,l wish to show it to my friends through
out
,the city, so that they - may go to work-under
standingly. G. W. J. B.
WEST PHILADELPHIA, March 2, 1863.
G. W. J. Bagwell:
DEAR SIR : I regret that I cannot give you the
information for which you ask in your patriotic note
of the 19th. I can only say that I have requested the
Secretary of. War to commission as Colonel, Lieu
tenant Colonel, and Major, three Well-trained sol
diers, and authorize them to -recruit 'a' regiment of
men of African descent; but my request has not been
acted upon. My impressiag is that the non-commis
sioned officers alone 'Neill be filled from the ranks.
If your 'people exhibit en the field the courage,
skill, and endurance their forefathers did our
Revolutionary struggle, a brave and generous peo
ple will not long withhold from them the soldier's,.
just reward—promotion.gm
The held of operations for class of troops will
be chiefly in the Gulf-States, where they a.
few months constitute the:great bulk, if not the
whole of our army.'
As to food, clothing, pay, and the right to pension,
for self , or surviving : kindred, you will be on the
footing of all other flatten al troops. '
Regretting thatl cannot give you all the informs
tion you desire, and - hoping-that your race will avail
itself - promptly of the opportunity noteopening
attesting ; its title to the enjoyment...pf every right
that man holds dear, - I am, truly, your Idea d
- WILLIAM D. KELLEY:.