The press. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1857-1880, April 24, 1863, Image 1

THE PK-JEHs*,
DAILY (SUNDAYS EXCEPTED,)
by JOHN W. FORNEY.
OFFICE, No. 11l SOUTH FOURTH STB BBT
THE DAILY PRESS,
EiGHTiiu?r Cent* Per Week, payable to ths Oarriar
Hailed to Subwirtbers out of the City at Bight dollar*
Ah hum, Pour Dollars for Six Months. Two Dol
lars for Thru Months—invar lably la advance for th*
time ordered.
Advertisements Inserted at the usual rates; Six
lines constitute a square.
THB TRI WEEKLY PRESS,
;s Mailed to Subscribers out of the City at Pour Dollars
3* aa-ANNUM, In advance, , - ;■
yarns, batting, & WADDING.
A. H. FRANOISOUS, .
No. 433 MARKET,
Ho. 5 NORTH FIFTH STREET,
Haa la (tore the largest stock tn this City of
YARNS, BATTING, WADDING,
’EARNS, BATTING, WADDING,
YARNS, BATTING, WADDING,
YARNS, BATTING, WADDING,
YARNS, BATTING, WADDING,
YARNS, BATTING, WADDING,
Cotton Batting, Wadding,
Carpet Chain, Cotton Yam,
Twines,' Wicking, Bopes, &c.
Hoods Sold at Lowest Cash Prices.
WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE.
> A. EL FRANOISOUS.
<£B3 MARKET, and 5 North FIFTH Street,
Galls the attention of dealers to hla
IMMENSE STOCK
WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE,
WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE,
WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE,
WOO»EN AND WILLO W W ARE,
WOODEN AND WILLO W W £ RE,
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, BKOOMB,
LOOKING-GL ASSES,
TABLE AND FLOOR OIL-CLOTHS,
WINDOW-SHADES.
CLOCKS.
FANCY BASKETS, AO.
A LARGER STOCK OF THE ABOVE GOODS THAU
ANT OTHER HOUSE IN THE COUNTRY.
CLOTHES WRIISGERS.
THE GREAT CLOTHES WRINGER.
“PUTNAM
H* SELF-ADJUSTING CLOTHES WRINGER’ 1
Is warranted to beSuperior to any other In nee.
EVERT FAMILY SHOULD POSSESS A
CLOTHES WRINGER.
BECAUSE,
let. It is a relief to tlie hardest part of washing? day.
2d. It enables thewashing to be done In one-third less
tdime. *
Sd. It saves clothes from the Injury always given by
?4wisting.
4th. It helps to washthe clothes as well as dry them.
WE BELIEVE IT ADVISABLE TO PROCURE
THE
• PUTNAM SELF-ADJUSTING CLOTHES WRINGER,
• PUTNAM SELF-ADJUSTING CLOTHES WRINGER.
SELF-ADJUSTING CLOTHES WRINGER,
. •PUTNAM: SELF-ADJUSTING CLOTHES WRINGER,
&PUTNAM BELF-ADJUSTING CLOTHES WRINGER,
r PUTNAM SELF-ADJUSTING CLOTHES WRINGER,
BEOAOsn.
First. The rolls, being of vulcanized rubber, will
hot and cold water, and will neither break nor tear
<soff buttons.
Second. The frame being of iron, thoroughly galva
nized, all danger from rust is removed, and the liability
!4fco ibtink, swelli split v &c., so unavoidable in wooden
prevented.
Third. The spiralsprings 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
.. &n tightened to the tub, webeiieve to be auperior in sim
plicity and efflciency to any. yet offered.
Fipth. It will fit any tub, round or square, from one
•rft&lf to one-and-a-quarter inches in thickness, without
he least iteration. ; ~ - -
RETAIL PRICE:
«to. 1, *# Ko. 2, #5...'.
JlWAgents wanted in every county.
43“ HeHable and energetic men will be liberally dealt
With.
For sale at the
WOODENWARE ESTABLISHMENT”
op •
A. H. FRANOISOUS,
No. 433 MARKET St. and No. 5 North FIFTH St,
mhl7-2zn Wholesale for Pennsylvania.
FURSITURE, dec.
IP XJ; R N I T U R B .
A LARGE ASSORTMENT,
*W. & J. ALLEN <6 BROTHER,
-1309 CHESTNUT STREET.
CABINET FURNITURE AND BIL-
LIARD TABLES.
MOORE di CAMPION,
No. »81 South SECOND Street,
Jn connection with their extensive Cabinet business, arc
saow manufacturing a superior article of -
BILLIARD TABLES,
and have-now on hand a full supply, finished with the
MOORE & CAMPION’S IMPROVED CUSHIONS,
4jrhlch;are pronounced' by all who have used them to be
•tinperior to all others.
For the quality and finish of these Tables,, the mauu-
Acturers refer to their numerous patrons throughout the
Pinion, who are ftymiiin.T with the character of their
«Work.
GAS FIXTURES, Abe.
arch street.
O. A. VANKIRK * 00.,
MAKOFACTUKBF.a OF
C HANDEL IE R B
AND OTHEB
GAS FIXTURES,
4leo, French. Bronze Figures and Ornaments, Porcelain
■cad Mica Shades, and a variety otf
FANCY GOODS,
•WHOLESALE AND BET AIL.
‘Please call and examine rondel
V. 8. INTERNAI. REVENUE.
FOB THE SALE OF
Hjiri TE D S TAT E S TAX
STAMPS,
£Kp:97 South THIB2) Street, first door above Chestnut.
A full supply of all hinds of TAX STAMPS constantly
jon hand»'and for sale in Quantities to salt.
A liberal discount allowed on amounts of $OO and un*
«r*r&s. s - ' ■
Orders by Mail .promptly attended to.
ijOfflce Hours from S A. M. to 5 P.M.
JACOB E. RIDGWAY,
No. 5T South THIBP Street.
TTNITED STATES INTERNAL RE
AJ VENUE.
SECOND COLLECTION DISTRICT
■Of Pennsylvania, embracing the Pjrat, Seventh,
mighth, ninth, and Tenth wards of the city of Philadel
rjphra.
NOTICB.
The annual assessment in the above-named district of
uall persons liable to tax on Gold and Silver Plate, Car
?jriages, Billiard Tables, and PleaaureYachts, and also
•of all persons required to take out Licenses, having boon
♦completed, notice is hereby given that the taxes due
•under said assessment will be received by the under
signed, daily, Sundays excepted, between the hours of
*9 A. M. and3P. M., at his office, southwest corner of
‘THIRD and WALNUT Streets, on and after SATURDAY,
rihe 11th instant, until and including Saturday, the 9th
<<lay of May, 1863.
PENALTIES.
All persons who fail to pay the annual taxes on gold
»and silver plate, carriages, billiard tables, and p'eanure
jyacbts, on or before the aforesaid 9ih_of May, 186:3, will
iSincur a penalty of ten per contain additional upon the
laraount thereof, as provided for in the 19th section of the
>oxciße law of July 1,1862.
.All persons who in like manner shall fail to take out
vfcheir licenses, as required by law, on or before the 9th
♦day of May. 1863, will incur a penalty of three times the
of said licenses, in accordance with the provi
sions of the 69th section of the excise law aforesaid.
Honey of the United States only received.
‘ w JOHN H. DIEHL, Collector,
apn-dtmy9 S.W. cor, of THIRD and WALNUT Sts.
HARDWARE AND CUTLERY.
ARDWARE.
. CLOSING OTJT AT
OLD PRICES,
The Stock of a WHOLESALI HOUSE, comprising a
'jEAEGE ASSORTMENT OF
" ' ALL KINDS OF GOODS.
437 MAEKET and 410 COMMERCE Streets.
anlS-Im
SEWING MACHINE!,.
ijgEWING MACHINES.
'.THE “SLOAT” MACHINE,
WITH GLASS FEESBERFOOT,
~ NEW STYLE HBMMEB, BBAIDEB.
And other valuable improvements.
r; . ; , .ALSO.
THE TAGGART; * FARR MACHINES.
J jAVenoff-jBaa , ,CkESTNUT’Street.",.;, . mbB-tf
VOL.6—NO. 225.
Q.OODS FROM AUCTION.
LARGE AUCTION SALES.
Bought at a
HEAVY REDUCTION IN PRICES,
And which will be Fold to City and Country Dealers
M. L. HALLO WELL & 00.,
apl4- 12t No. 615 CHESTNUT STREET.
JQAWSON, BRANSON, & OO:,
N.W. CORNER MARKET AND FIFTH STS.,
JOBBERS OF ENGLISH, FRENCH, AND GERMAN
DRESS FABRICS, SHAWLS, &c,
We invite the attention of the RETAIL TRADE to
our well-assorted stock of
FOREIGN DRESS GOODS AND SHAWLS,
Which we will6ell at the very lowest market price.
We pay especial attention to the large Auction foies,
and Buyers can find Goods in onr Store, at much, less
than cost of Importation, and as cheap as they can be
found anywhere.
T. R. Dawson. J. G. Bomgardner, 0. Branson.
apl3*36t ;
jyjT L. HALLO WELL & 00.,
NO. 615 CHESTNUT . STREET,
Have now in 6tock. and are daily receiving, a handsome
FANCY DRY GOODS
All purchased since the recent
and .which will be sold at a
SMALL ADVANCE FOR CASH.
ap3-2xo
1863. spring 1863#
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HOOD, BONBRIGHT, ds 00,
No. 435 MARKET STREET. PHILADELPHIA.
The attention of the TRADE Is Invited to their larga
Stock of ,
Among which ate choice brands of Sheet
ing and Shirting Muslins,
Madder Prints, De Lalnes,
Ginghams, Lawns, and
Newest Styles Dress Goods.
IN GREAT VARIETY. •
GREAT INDUCEMENTS OFFERED TO
CASH BUYERS.
mhl£-2m
JAMBS R. CAMPBELL * CO.,
IMPORTERS, JOBBERS, AND RETAILERS OF
Invite the attention of Cash Bnyers to their
FULL AND COMPLETE STOCK,
..Letter “ A,” IS.
SILKB AJTD DRESS GOODS,
MODERATE PRICES.
mh9-tap26--
£)AVID ROGERS,
No. 45 SOUTH FOURTH STREET,
. . Importer and Jobber of
MEN AND BOYS’ WEAR,
LADIES’ CLOAKINGS, &c.
mh2s-2m*
jgPRING STOCK
SILK AND FANCY DRESS GOODS.
nhs'2m No. 325 MARKET STREET.
gPßma, 1863.
YARD, GILLMORB, * CO.,
FANCY DRY GOODS,
EOS. «17 CHESTNUT AND Sl4 JAYNE STS.,
Have now open, of THEIR OWN IMPORTATION, a
LARGE AND HANDSOME STOCK
DSEBS GOODS, SHAWLS, RIBBONS.
GLOVES, &c.
Also, s full assortment of ,
WHITE GOODS, LINENS, FURNISHING GOODS, EM
BROIDERIES, AND LACES.
The attention of the trade is requested. felS-Sm
1863. SPBING * 1863.
JOHNES, BERRY, <6 00.,
No. ,» MARKET. and 934 COMMERCE Street,.
Bar, now open a LABGB AND ATTRACTIVE STOCK
Adapted to the Season. Also, a Full Assortment in
WHITE GOODS, RIBBONS, GLOVES,
SHAWLS, &0.,
Which they offer to the trade at the LOWBBT PBICBB.
An pertlenlarly. Invited to examine onr Stock- 1013-tf
ROBERT SHOEMAKER & CO.,
Northeast Comer FOUBTH and BACE Streets.
WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS,
FOBBIGN AND DOMESTIC
WINDOW AND PLATE GLASS,
WHITE LEAD AND ZINC FAINTS. PUTTY, Ac. I
FRENCH ZINC PAINTS.
Oealcn and consumer, supplied at
_ VERY LOW FBICES FOB CASH.
JihB-3ig
DO WEN & CO.’S LITHOGRAPHIO
U ESTABLISHMENT,
Southwest Corner of ELEVENTH and CHESTNUT Ste.,
'AND
HO. 515 MINOR BTBEET,
PHILADELPHIA.
Every description of
LITHOGRAPHY, PLATE PRINTING, and COLOBING
SXKOCTSD IB THB HOST BUSKBIOR MAHSIB.
mhio-tf .
DRY GOODS JOBBERS.
Now opening from recent
A great variety of
NEW FANCY DRESS GOODS,
AT A SMALL ADVANCE.
(601 Market Street.)
(JAYNE’S MARBLE BUILDING,)
assortment of New Foreign
SILKS,
DECLINE IN GOLD AND EXCHANGE*
DRY GOODS;
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
DRY ROODS,
STAPLE AND FANCY GOODS,
ALSO,
MEN'S WEAR
DRY GOODS.
727 CHESTNUT STREET.
Embracing the moet desirable styles of
IN ANY MARKET,
A. W. LITTLE & CO.,
Importers and Jobbers of
SILKS
AND
spring GOODS,
COMPBISING
ISnccessorc to Ahhott, Johnec, & Co. I
PHILADELPHIA,
IMPORTERS ABB JOBBERS OB
S-I L K
FANCY DRY GOODS,
DRESS GOODS,
CABH BUYERS
lIKUGS AND CHEMICALS.
PHILADELPHIA,
IMPORTERS AND DEALERS
HAKHPAOTURBRS OP
AGENTS FOB TEB CELEBRATED
COMMISSION HOUSES.
QANT ON F LANNELS,
Heavy and Medium.
NEGRO KERSEYS,
Plain and Twilled..
LINSEYS,
White Rock, Westerly, &c., Ac.
BROWN DRILLS,
On hand, and for sale by
SHIPLEY, HAZARD, & HUTCHINSON,
Rp22-12t lia CHESTNUT STREET.
J) U C Ii .
8,10, .AND 12 OUNCE
COTTON AND LINEN DUCK,
FOR SALE BY
DE COURSEY, HAMILTON, & EVANS,
’ ' No. 33 LETITIA Street, aud
ap22-4l No. 33 South FRONT Street.
ij’ WINE.
COTTxON. TWINE,
SUITABLE FOR SAIL-MAKERS,
For Sale hr
DE COURSE Y,‘HAMILTON, & EVANS,
No. 3* South FRONT Street.
pH I LA D EL PH I A
“BAG 7
MANUFACTORY.
BURLAP BAGS OE. ALL SIZES,
FOR CORN, OATS, OOFFEBi BONE DUST, &0.
I ALSO,
SEAMLESS BAGS,
Of standard makes, ALL SIZES, for sale cheap, for net
cash on delivery,- .
GEO. GRIGG,
Nob. aiO and gat CHURCH Alley.
gHIPLEY, HAZARD, &
HUTCHINSON,
No 114 CHESTNUT STREET,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
FOE THE SALE OF
PHIL AD EL PHI A-MADE GOODS.
mh3l-6m
HUH SPRING STOCK IS NOW AB-
V RANGED.
80,000 DOZEN
H O S I E R Y,
AT LOWER PRICES THAN PRESENT COST OF IM
• POBTATION.
v THOS. MELLOR * GO.,
40 AND 44 NORTH THIRD STREET.
PHILADELPHIA.
JOHN T. BAILEY * 00.
BAGS AND BAGGING
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION,
NO. 113 NORTH FRONT STREET,
WOOL BAGS FOR SALE.
JaSSSm
CARPETS AND OIL-CLOTHS.
CARPET WAREHOUSE.
JOS. BLACKWOOD,
' . 833 ARCH STREET,
TWO DOORS BELOW NINTH (South Side!, •
ie sow RECEivrsa
FOR SPRING TRADE,
A rich and extensive assortment of
ENGLISH AND AMERICAN CARPETINGS,
Of the best makes;
Embracing all the new styles, which are offered
AT LOW PRICES FOR CASH.
/ mhIS-2m.
JUST BBCBIVBD,
3,00 0 ROLLS
CANTON MATTINGS,
fo which we invite the attention of the trade.
M’CALLUM * 00.,
NO. 509 CHESTNUT STREET,
’EMO V A L .
J. T. DELACROIX,
has removed his
STOCK OF CARPETINGS,
From 47 South FOURTH Street, to.hia
NEW STORE,
No. 37 SOUTH SECOND STREET,
Where he offers to,his old customers* and purchaser*
generally* a LARGE AND DESIRABLE STOCK OF
CARPETINGS,
of all grades, and best known.makes.
OIL CLOTHS, MATTINGS, AND WINDOW SHADES,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL,
AT THE LOWEST PRICES.
J. T. DELACROIX,
No. 3V SOUTH SECOND STREET, above Cheetnnt
mh9-3m
Q.LEN ECHO MILLS,
M'OALLUM % & 00.,
MANUFACTURERS, IMPORTERS, AND DEALERS,
509 CHESTNUT STREET,
(Opposite Independence Hall,)
OABPET I N G S #
OIL CLOTHS,__4«.
We have now on hand an extensive stock of CARPET-
INGS, of our own and other makes, to which we call
the attentionof cash and short-time buyers. ' felf>-3ni
Oil, CUOTHS.
QIL CLOTHS AND
WINDOW SHADES.
CARRIAGE, TABLE, STAIR, AND FLOOR
OILCLOTHS,
IN COTTON AND LINEN FABRICS,
QUALITY AND STYLE UNSURPASSED.
WINDOW SHADES,
COMPBISING EVEBY VaBIETY OF NEW AND ORI
GINAL DESIGNS, PLAIN and ORNAMENTAL.
These goods will be sold to Dealers and Manufacturers
at prices much below the present price of stock.
. ■ THOMAS POTTER,
MANUFACTURER of oil cloths and
WINDOW SHADES,
339 ARCH Street, Philadelphia, and
49 CEDAB and 95 LIBERTY Streets, New York.
mh29-lm . ■■ ■
GENTS’ FURNISHING GOOUS.
IJHE FINE SHIRT EMPORIUM,
Nob. 1 AND 3 NORTH SIXTH STREET.
JOHN C. AKRISON,
(FORMERLY J. BORU MOORE.)
IMPOSTER AND MANUFACTURER OF
GENTLEMEN’S FURNISHING GOODS
IN GREAT VARIETY AND AT MODERATE PRICES.
N. B.—Particular attention-given to the making of
.Shirts. Collars, Drawers, &c. ; apS-flm
SBIRT MANUFACTORY.
Jr v.The Bubscriber-would invite attention to his .
IMPROVED CUT OF SHIRTS,
Which he makes a specialty in his business. Also, con
stantly receiving, • • r _ .
NOVELTIES FOR GENTLEMEN’S WEAR.
JiW.SOOTT,
GENTLEMEN’S FURNISHING STORE,
* No.' 814 CH ETSTNUT STREET,
ja2o-tf Fdu.r.deOTtf'bftlbw the Continental,
m U'Ol'iS B’S v
X : . V , - PATENT SPRING BED.
Patented Ju1y,3,1856. .
Universally acknowledged for,Neatnoßß, Comfort,and
Durability to be the Standard Spring Bed. ...
- Thoabovo'aro manufactured and
‘ No. 3 KEYBBE Block, Boston, Man.
PHILADELPHIA.
GERMANTOWN. PA.
PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY. APRIL 24, 1863.
C|t H l ;
FRIDAY, APRIL 24. 1863.
THE REBELLION.
Naval Flag of Truce Naval Recruits
Burnside’s Order, No. 8-Gen. Wool’s Last*
Order, dec. •
IMPORTANT NAVAL CIRCULAR.
the character op a naval flag op truce
DEFINED.
The Secretary of the Navy has just issued the fol
lowing definition of the rights and obligations of
naval flags of truce :
A flag; of truce is, in its nature; of a sacred cha
racter; and is ever to be so regarded by ail persons in •
the navy of the United.Stateß.
To use it to obtain' surreptitiously naval know
ledge or information against the interests or wishes
of the enemy iB-to abuse it, andto aubject the bearer
of it to the punishment of. a spy.: —:
The senior.officerpresent is alone authorized to
despatch or to admit communication with A flag of
truce: buta vessel in a - position to discover theap
proacn of a flag of truce earlier than, the rest is,
whenever one appears j tocommunicate promptly the
fact by signals.
A flag of truce is always to be admitted with great
circumspection, and should never be allowed to ap
proach so as to be a means of acquiring useful in
formation. The firing of-agun, with a blank charge,
by the flfig or senior officer’s ship, is generallyuader
stood as a warning to a flag of truce net to approach
any nearer. ; - ; v.•
Unnecessary frequency in the use of a flag ofitruce
is to be carefully Avoided.
A flag of truce on the water should be met at.a
suitable off, or at the point previously *
agreed upon, by a boat or vessel from the senior
officer’s Bhip, in charge of a commissioned and dis
creet officer, and having a white flag kept .plainly
displayed forward, from the time *o£leaving: until
that of return. . : *
• And in despatching a flag of truce-the same pre
caution as to a suitable officer to be placed in charge,
and as to keeping the white flag displayed, is to be
observed; *
Whenever the white flag is used, the. ensign is also
to be exhibited .
No flag 61 truce can insist on being admitted; and
as a rare exception only, should a flag of truce be
admitted during an engagement. If then admitted,
it is no breach of faith to retain it. firing is not ne
cessarily ,to cease at the appearance of aflakof t*uce
in battle,' and if any one. connected with it'be killed
complaint can. be made. If, however,- the white
flag be exhibited evidently as a token of submission,
then, of course, firing should cease.
An attacking force should avoid firing on hospitals
Whenever they are designated by flags or other
symbols distinctly understood; but.it is an act of bad
faith, amounting to infamy, to hoist the hospital flag
over any other, building than : a hospital, unless the
attacking force should request, or consent that it
might be used in order to-spare edifices dedicated to
science or'literature, or containing works ol art.
The foregoing rules regarding flags of truce are
published for anti observance "of
officers and others in the naval service of the United
States. ' GIDEON WELEES, .
Secretary of tfte Navy,
THE REPORTED LOSS OF THE NAYAL
_ . SUPPLY STEAMER UNION. :
The steamer abandoned on the 2d inat, near Gape
Fear river, North Carolina, was the ariny. transport
vessel Union; which sailed from- Hilton Head for
Beaufort, North Carolina, and hot the naval supply
steamer. The naval supply steamer Union sailed
from New York on the Bth instant, and arrived at
Port Royal on the 11th, whence she proceeded to
Key West and New Orleans. The error occurred in
the telegraph from Washington.
NAVY RECRUITS \PAID_THEIR TRAVEL*-
LING EXPENSES.
Many persona now residing in the country would
be willing to join the United: States navy, but for
fear of the expense of travelling to a seaport or ren
dezvous. One of the regulations on that subject will
relieve them of that fear. It is as follows:
TRAVELLING EXPENSES TO ENLISTEE PERSONS.
Persons enlisted at the rendezvous, during a war,
nearest their residence, will, on presenting an offi
cial certificate from the city or town clerk signifying
that they are residents of such city or town, and
have expressed a desire to leave there to enter the
navy, receive from the paymaster of the receiving'
vessel a gratuitous allowance oi three cents a mile
for travelling expenses.
It will thus be seen that persons actually leaving
their homeß for the purpose of enlisting in the navy
will, on being accepted, receive am additional three
cents per mile for travelling expenses.
GEN. BURNSIDE’S .FAMOUS ORDER. ,
The J?ew York,Herald publishes the following as
Burnside’s order, No. 8, so often referred to by the
Committee of Inquiry into the Conduct of the War.
The Herald does not say how it got it, butintimateß
that it got it secretly:
GENERAL ORDERS—No. B.'
Headquarters Army op the Potomac,
January 23, 18(53.
First. General Joseph.E. Hooker, major general of
volunteers, and brigadier- general of the. United
States army, having been guilty of unjust and unne
cessary criticißinß of the actions of his superior offi
cers and of the authorities, and having, by the gene
ral tone of his conversation, endeavored to create
distrust in. the minds of officers who have associated
with him, and having, by.omissions and otherwise,
made reports and statements'wMoh'were calculated,
to create incorrect'impressions, arid'for habitually"
speaking in disparaging terms of other officers, is
hereby dismissed the service of the. United States,
aB a man unfit- to hold an 1 important commission
during a crisis , like the present, when so much pa
tience, charity, confidence, consideration,'and patri
otism are due from every soldier in the field. * > v
. The order is issued subject to the approval of the
President of the United States. .... « . -
Second, Brigadier General W. T. H; Brooks, com
manding First Division Sixth Army Corps, for com
plaining of the policy of the Government, and for
using language tending to demoralize his command,
is; subject to the approval of the President of the
United States, dismissed, from the military service
of the United States.
Third , Brigadier ..General John Newton, com
manding Third Division, Sixth Army Corps, and
Brigadier General John Cochrane, commanding
First Brigade, Third Division, Sixth Army Corps,
for going to the President of the United States
with criticisms upon the plans of his commanding
officer, are, subject to the approval of the President,
dismissed from the military service of-the United
States.
Fourth, It being evident that the following-named
officers can be of no further use to this army, they
are hereby relieved from-duty, and will report in
person, without delay to the Adjutant General of
the United States army:
Major General W. B. Franklin, commanding Left
Grand Division. .
Major General W. F. Smith, commanding Sixth
Army Corps. :
Brigadier General Samuel D. Sturgis, command
ing Second Division, Ninth Army Corps.,
Brigadier General Edward Ferrero, commanding
Second Brigade, Second Division, Ninth Armv
Corps. >- -
Brig. Gen., John Cochrane, commanding First
Brigade, Third Division, Sixth Army Corps. -
Lieut. Col. J. H; Taylor, Acting Adjutant Gene
ral Eight Grand Division.
By command of Major Gen. A. E. BURNSIDE.
Lewis Richmond, Assistant Adjutant General*
The Herald says that, while some of the officers who
fallunder its condemnation have been either re
lieved from duty, as Gen. Franklin, or have resign
ed, as Gen. : Cochrane,- the officer.who was singled
out in it as the special object of dlsgraceand punish
ment is the very officer chosen by the President to
take command of the army of which Gen, Burnside
was relieved. !
The above order contains a number of errors of
various kinds, apparent to the, general reader. Such
errors as Gen. Burhsidewouldnofc.be likely to make
in a general order,
DEPARTMENT OF THE EAST—IMPORTANT
GENERAL ORDER.
Several general orders have been issued of late
from the Department of the East. Captain W. 0.
Rawolle and Captain J. C. Anderied, both of the
United States Army, have been detailed to the staff
of General Wool. The following'important order
has aIBO been issued to the heads of the several de
partments inthe command: r
GENERAL ORDER, No. 32.
Headquarters Department of the East,
. New York City, April 8,1863.
The chiefs of the respective departments serving
in this command, will promptly lorward to these
headquarters, on the lastday of each month; a list
of all the officers connected with their departments
subject to their‘orders. All changes that oc
curred during the month will be accurately noted ;
and when such changes are made in accordance with
orders, the number and date of the order, and whence
emanating, will be etated. In like mannerilevery
Btaff officer on duty within the limits of this depart
ment will report in writing, on ' the day speci
fied above,-to these headquarters, stating the ijature
of his^duties and under what orders he is actirg 1 .
By command of • Major General WOOL.
: C. T. Ghristbnden. Major and Aide-de-Camp.
Acting Assistant Adjutant General. - • -I
Hereafter no leaves of absence will be granta by
any officer, in the Department of the East, without
having been .firßt submitted to the commajiding
general for his approval and orders in the case
DEPARTMENT OF THE NORTHW
Affairs in the Military District of Mliuc
sota-Thv Indian. Incursion over tlie 'TlTa
ton-vvan River—Ecttev from Gen. Sibley,
ATTACK UPON A DETACHMENT OF QCJR
TROOPS. • |
[From the St, Panl Pioneer, April 20 1 r
News was received yesterday that a detachaent
of Captain Hall’s company, 6th Regiment, stationed
on the south branch of the Watonwan river, lum
bering eighteen or twenty men, waß attacked wont
two, o’clock, on Thursday morning last by a saall
party of Sioux. They came upon the post with tieir
usual war cries, and killed one man and wouwed
two others. They also killed a boy and two wooen
before they were repulsed. Intelligence of the afoir
was sent to Col. Miller, commanding at Man&to,
who immediately despatched two companies o\ in
fantry and a detachment of cavalry, under- Inuit.
Col. Marshall in pursuit of the marauders. JVes
sehgers were blbo despatched to all the fresher
posts, warning the garrisons to be- on the rierfc
against a Bimilar occurrence: . ■■■■i 1
One of General Sibley’s scouts, captured Ind
brought to Fort Snelling, a few days ago, an Indnn
named Red Iron, belonging to Little Crow’s bsid,
who stated that he had overtaken seven Indianlon
their way to Sleepy-Eye lake, to obtain some jro
perty which had been concealed there. He agree! to
meet them there on a certain day, but his oapiire
prevented his doing so, and the impression preuTiia
that the attack on 1 the "Wantonwan was mrul<j by
this party. ■' 1
Since writing the above, we have received thefol
lowing communication from General Sibley/ \
HEADQUARTERS, DISTRICT OP MINNESOTA,
. St. Paul, Minn., April 18, JSG3.I
To the Editors of The l>ioneer-z II !
Gentlemen : To prevent exaggerated ruaors re
lative to an attack made by a party of hostib-Sioux,
on a small detachment stationed on tie south
branch of Watonwan river, in.the countfof that
name, J beg leave to state through yourbblumns,
for general information, that one soldier ms'
and two wounded, and a boy of eight op tefyeara of
age killed, and two women whener aerU
ously or not is aot mentioned/in the aficial da
spatches. • . J
Prompt measures have been taken for tl
of ; the party who committed the outrage
mounted,companies having received their
he placed so as to oover the approaches to
mentss on both Bides of'the Minnesota ‘
reports of-the officer commanding-.the- da
indicate that the attacking party was eae
nearly fifty Indians, but In the darkness,
fusion he- probably over-estimated the
and it may turn out that it was composed I
men who were seen by the Indian lately ta]
scouts, and who advised, him of their ini
steal horses at any point where they coui
on the south side ot the Minnesota, rivji
were some horses, ip.cludicg one Govern
taken by-ifa? Indians who madethe oi ‘
Brigadier General Ci
DERARTMMTOF VIRGINIA.
Recapture of one of General Fremont’s But
r teries—Arrival of General Halleclfc-Thc
, “ Junlata » a Ac*
THAT CAPTURED BATTERY.
. 3N orfolk, April 22.—There ia nothing new to re-
Sort to-day .from the front, and it is supposed that
re heavy rains that fell last night prevent any ao
with cither army. The coup d'etat
or Geueral Getty in capturing the battery of five
: EUh 8 » and -the-party.- working the same,, is very highly
spoken of by every one.. The whole thingwas ao
complished in a very short space of time. .Some of
the guns were marked “ Major General John O.
Fremont,” and the rebel officers Bay that' the same
battery was captured from Fremont in "Western
Virginia. ’ •
: THE NANSEMOND FLOTILLA.
*1 am informed on the highest authority that'Aof>
ing Rear Admiral Lee has decided upon withdraw
ing the gunboats from the Upper Nansemond. Rea
son : that these vessels get hurt by the ‘enemy's bat-,
teries. ThiSf certainly, ia a very.good reason. Thuß
fay the young and dashing officers of the flotilla—
Cushing, otherß, and Captain
J.' C. Lee i: ol the Smith Briggs, -and Lieutenant
Rdwe, ! of the -West End—have done immense and
invaluable service with-their vessels j but' the Ad
miral seems to think that gunboats are not made to
by the enemy's guns, but ought to be put
in/glass cases to look at. ' How the orders to with
draw in theface of a powerful enemy, who has for
tehidays beenprevented'from crossing the river by
the.concentrated ’fire of t tfee gunboats, will be re
ceived; by the young officers may be imagined.
Shame and disappointment,-if notmortification, but
expletives iq: describing the -feelings
thesje officers must endure by such a humility. But
Leeis.not a Farragut or a.Foote, and is a worthy
£Uccessor ; ‘ of Goldßborough, whose do* 1
nothing policy mUBt still be fresh in the mind'of the
General Dix. aeems to be very much
annbyed at"the course' pursued by.-the Admiral .in
relatibn.tp the-fleet iii the Nansemond, and will,' we
hope, lay'the facts before the President.
't REBELS ON THE. JAMES RIVER. :
For weeks past the rebels have been fortifying
the >Tames river. - Fort Po whatan ia being case
mated,' and . already third battery has been
finished. These-facts have been made known to
Admiral Lee, and at the beginning one of our gun
boatpicould eaßily have shelled the rebels from their
position; , fact of the water approach to
Richmond: being entrenched similar to the Missls
sippi-hadno more effectupon the commander.of- the
North. Atlantic blockading squadron than water on
a duck’s back, and . the consequence ib, that in case
this" route should "ever be needed by the Govern
ment-lit will cost a thousand or more lives to re
open-.it.,. -.v,.- ■ : :
ARRIVAL OF THE GENERAL-INrOHIEF.
At this afternoon Major General Henry
W. Halleck, accompanied.- by,.only one member of
bis personal stall, arrived here from Washington on
•board’of 'the steamer Carrie. Martin; "The object of
hiß visitis, of course v a mystery; but it doubtless;
has a bearing on the campaign .of the Blackwater
region* "He 1b in consultation with Major General
Dix. v... ■
The United States gunboat Juniata, Captain John
Mv Jj.-Clitz, is lying off Norfolk to await contingen
cies, - Should -it ever, become, necessary to open fire
on tbe'cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth, no mercy
will shown these hot-beds of rebellion, it is.
however,.a great pity that so noble a vessel should
necessarily be used for guard duty ; but the builders
of herengines are to blame for their incompetency,
and, until the great defects now existing in the M
achinery of this vessel are remedied, she will not be
able to do duty at sea.' Captain Clitz is an able and
energetic sailor of twenty*seven years* experience,
and it is naturally to be supposed that he chafes
the worthlessness of his ship. In every
other respect the Juniata is si fine vessel.— N. Y.
Ha aid. Z- \ '■ -
DEPARTMENT OF THE OHIO.
General Carrington Ordered to the Field—
Tlie Circulation of Bad Money and News
papers. Stopped—General Cox’s New Dis
• tiict, <fcc. .
Cincinnati, April 23.—General Carrington, some
time in command of the Department of Indiana,
haß been ordered to report to G en. Burnside. Gen,
Haskel succeeds him.
The gunboats James Thompson and Clifton will
soon leave'-this port for the seat of war.
Bin nside haß ißßued an order forbidding the traffic
in rebel Bcrip in his Department. -
MILITARY ORDER FROM GEN. BURNSIDE.
Headquarters Department. of the Ohio,
Cincinnati, Ohio, April 21, 1863.
" General Orders, No. 47.—The traffic carried on
in Confederate scrip by Borne persons in this depart
ment is recognized as a direct violation: of General
Orders No.'SB, and all parties detected in engaging
in it will be dealt with in accordance with the pro
visions of that order.
By command of Maj, Gen. Burnside.
; LEWIS RICHMOND, A. A. Gen.
SUPPRESSION OF TREASONABLE NEWS
' : PAPERS,
An order>to the following effect has been, issued to
the postmasters throughout Kentucky: v
‘‘ ' ’ % Lexington, April 22,1863.
To the Posiikaster at Covington:
You -will,“ hereafter destroy all copies of the Cin
cinnati. Enquirer that may'some into : your office.
You will be held responsible for the faithful ful
fillment of this order. \
By order ct : General O. B. WILCOX.
—— CoLLtNS,: Adjutant. -•-
We also been informed that the military
authorities-'cjSrGoirington und
tioned ,ferry landings to prevent car- ;
newsboys,fjwimsmndingiat:the above places
with the Enquirer in their possession,'
DISTRICT OF OHIO.
Headquarters District of Ohio,
Cincinnati, 0. r , April 16, 1863.
Grneral Orders, No, I.—l. Brigadier General
J. D. Cox, having been Assigned to the command of
the District of Ohio r by Department General Orders
No. 39, hereby assumes command.
2. The following officers of the staff are announced,
and will be obeyed iand respected accordingly, to
wit: b .
Major Gustavus M. Bascom, Assistant Adjutant
General. -
Lieutenant Colonel J. N» McElroy, Acting Assist
ant Inspector General.
Captain R. B. Treat, Commissary of Subsist
ence. r . '
Surgeon W/W. Holmes, Medical Director.
Captain S. L; Christie, Aid-de-camp and Acting
Assistant Adjutant General.
.Captain R. B. Hull, Assistant Commissary of
Musters..
Lieutenant James W. Conine and Lieutenant
Theodore Cop., Aids-de-camp.
•3. Until further orders, the returns,' reports, &c.,
heretofore made from the different camps, posts,
hospitals, Sccl, within the limit’s of the district, will
be forwarded to these headquarters, at the intervals
and in the manner before fixed. J. D. COX,
Brig. Gen. U. S. Vols., Commanding.
S. L. Christie, "Capt. and Aid-de-camp.
. Headquarters, No. 101 East Third street.
ARMY OF THE MISSISSIPPI.
The New Negro Brigade—Fosters of tlic
Different Regiments—Tile Duckport Canal
Operations in Louisiana—News from Port
Hudson, Ac.
Young’s Point, La., April 12.— A meeting of ne
groes tool place-thiß afternoon for the purpose of
hearing remarks in* favor of the.organization of a
negro brigade in this vicinity.
The fonnatioh of regiments, three of which arc
now-in progress, is rapidly going on. Officers are
busily engaged in recruiting, and with some degree
of Buccessjconsideringthe objectis not yet thorough
ly linderstood by the negroes in other parts of the
State: AB soon as it is properly understood, I think
there willjbe more applications than the officers have
room. for.! .
-Of ; thetliree regiments now raißiiig I send the ros
ters. > Of the first regiment I give the “ special or
der “complete yin the others merely the names of
the,officers : - .
ORGANIZATION OF THE EIGHTH- LOUI
SIANA (COLORED) REGIMENT—SPECIAL
ORDER. '
~-'V Lake Providence, La., April 11, 1863.
I.; The following officers, non-commissioned offi
cejsj-aad privates are announced as the officers of the
Bth Regiment Louisiana Infantry Volunteers, of
Alricanideßcent. They will be detailed from their'
respective regiments to raise the troops, and as rapid
ly as companies,battalions,'and the regiments Are
formed [and organized, they will be mustered out of
sen-ice and discharged, and be mustered into
the ne\r regiments:
Field and Staff Officers.— Colonel, Hiram
Scofield; lieutenant colonel, Ferd. E. Peebles;
msjor, pnarles E. Compton ; adjutant, T. Sumner.
Greene; regimental quartermaster, Christopher N.,
Wilson; surgeon, N. N. Horton ; assistant sur
geon, ~—• —-v ■:
Captains of Companies.— Company A, Lyman
Banks,; Company. B. COrlando L. Eastman ;‘Com-
Sany C,. William, Parkinson ; Company D, Francis
T. Pickett Company E, Frankßlshop ; Company
F, GeorgeE. Dolphin ; Company Gy Mark, Hatlia
: way ; Company H, Walter F. Leveraux; Company
I, J oseph L. Coppic; Company K.D.W. C. Wilson.
11. Requisitions for arms, clothing, and camp and
garrison equipage will be made upon the proper staff
departments at this place and at Memphis. Each
soldier will be furnished with one coat, oue pair of
overalls, two pair of socks, one cap, one
pair of shoes, one blanket, one knapsack, one can
teen, and one haversack. They will receive the com
pensation as soldiers provided by the War Depart
ment..} . ■
111. When fully organized, the troops will be re
ported to'Major General 17. S. Grant, commanding
Army of Tennessee.
By order of the ~ SECRETARY OF WAR;
L. Thomas, Adjutant General.
ORGANIZATION OF ~THE 9TH LOUISIANA’ (COLORED)
Field Ojficws and Staff.— John G. Klinck, colonel ;
Van E. Young, lieutenant colonel; Theroiii Tucker,
major; S. H. Ingham, adjutant; Pratt R.\ Skinner,
regimental quartermaster; J. M. Bo wen,.surgeon ;
Amofl (jjqDavis,assistant surgeon..
' Captains of Companies.-^De nriis P. Greeley, Com
pany A; Logan*. Crawford/Company B$ ; Ik W;
Hurlbut, Company O 5 J; McFarland, Company 1) ;
G. H. Stevenß, Company E ; George-A, Eoeter,
Company F; Napoleon J. Smith, Company G;
Benj. F. Stevens, Company H; John JR; Thompson,
Company I; Hiram L. Randall, Company. JC
ORGANIZATION OP THE 10TH LOUISIANA. (COLORED)
Field Officers.and' Stajf.— Herman. Lieb, oolonel;
Chai. I. Page, lieutenant colonel * -Erastiiß- Hi. Owen,
major j Russel B.Neal, adjutant ; : Gharlee.M. Clark,
regimental quartermaster. •
Captains S. Company
A; James O. Robins,'. Company B;;B»nisy Rower,
Company 0} Samuel H. Va»ltfrk,C}ompan£l); John
Shaw, 'Qompany.E; Lyman J. HJssons* Company
F; Gordon Heath, Company Gj.ElishfW Reorvitte.
Company >H; John G. Bavis, Company 2; Philip
Hammond,Company 2£? •
Colonel Klinck, of the Lpuipiana, has been
entrusted by General, Thomae-to,take the matter in
his own harids and oarry it out. Any one knowing
the character of thift. officer; cannot but admit the
matter could not have been, entrusted to a more
competent person, He has. ealisted ln the .cause be
cause,by doing so*he feels. he is doing the Govern
ment a great service, though it beat the sacrifice of
many personal comforts. He says: he is resolved,
upon testihg the capability ofthe negro in a belli?
eose point of view, and demonstrating tothewoiftl
that the negro can, or cannot, fight.
PROGRESS OF THE NEW CANAL.
The hew-canal at Buchport, five miles above
Young’s point, is progressing . rapidly, and. many
are sanguine that It will be completed within,two
weeks. - The amount of digging required wiU not be
very great to connect the place, hy a continuous
water line, with New Carthage, throughmeans of
various bayous in the immediate neighborhood.
v Our troops, part of the Thirteenth corps, hold
Richmond, twelve or fifteen miles, in thp.interior,
oh the Vicksburg, Shreveport, and Texas. Railway,
New Carthage, and other points, where, operations
on the new canal are being carried on.
CAPTURE OF REBEL PRISONERS*
5 punwiit
an& the.
'ma, will
losettle
wu - The.
anhoienV
iposed of
End, con
[number,
F the few
eh by my
>ntionto
be found
There
|bnt horse)
mght.
Some: skirmishing has occurred, in the vicinity of
Richmond, ahd twenty or thirty prisoners have been
taken, among them three or four commissioned offi
ce! b. Five nave been-aent ©Yer here, whose, names
are R.S.-Taylpr, lieutenant colonel 5d Arkansas;
H. M. Shaw, sergeant 4th Louisiana.; Ij. W. Lay
ton, 3tst Louisiana ; J. M. Leitoh, formerly a lieute
nant colonel in the fchel gwviw from North Cato
[BLEY,
amaudtng,
THE JUNIATA.
REGIMENT.
REGIMENT.
liha; and J. W. Williams, a violent secessionist of
this parish. v-.
.A CRIMSON SECESSIONIST.
Colonel Taylor iff ftjgeouine typ«- of the genua re
bel—tall, red*faced, reil-haired, red-whiskered, red
talking—red in everything except books. Her is on
the Minnehaha, and swaggers and struts and gasco
nades in the manner peculiar to his “section."' He
talks the usual amounts of Anglo-African, concern-'
ing the utter impossibility of the subjuga-titmof the
South by the North, or the whole combine&wortd j.
declares the “Confederacy ” is certain to establish?
itself ; that nothing can prevent it j that slavery caw
never be abolished, and that the Cotton States will
become an empire such as history has never known;
INTELLIGENCE FROM PORT HUDSON; ;
Recently I have been, shown letters from Port*
Hudson, sent to Secessionists in this* vicinity, from l
soldiers and officers garrisoning that place, and cap
. tured :by our scouts and cavalrymen. The letters
generally complain of a scarcity of . food, and say
much discontent exists among the men at Hudson
from this cause. The soldiers have but six-- ounces 1
of fresh beef without salt, and twelve ounces of corn
meal each per day. ?
The point ib very strongly fortified, especially, in
front, and defended, according to the correspondence,
by about twenty thousand soldiers.sThe rebels feel'
entirely confident of their ability to hold Hudson
- against the Yankees,-unless .they are cut off or
starved out, of which latter event they seem-to have
considerable apprehension.
No attack; in air probability,-has been made by
our forces upon Hudson, nor has there been any at
tempt of any kind; Banks does not seem, from all :
we can learn, to be strong enough to assume the
offensive, until he is largely reinforced; and I see no
reason for expecting a movement upon Hudson
during the present month.
NEWGARTHAGE.:
This place, whichwaß taken on the 4th instant,
: and is now held by under General Me*
Glernand’s command, is situated, on the west.bank
. of the Mississippi river, about twenty-five miles
below Vicksburg. A correspondent gives thefol
i lowing, account of how the place was taken;
ItiSnaDked on the left, by Bayou Videll ; on the .
. right bank of -this bayou is a levee running from.
Roundaway bayou to the Mississippi river, but this
-levee has three large crevasses. We walked on the
levee, and would use our skiffh to cross to the other
side. When we came to the crevasse, and while,
waiting for the skiff to take us across, we were sa
luted-by a volley of musketry from rthe Carthage
nians, which had the effect to arouse bur ire, for one
oT the balls caine very close to our generate. We re
turned,the. fire, for each of us had a musket, and had
quite a little fight. As the night had begun to draw
her sable curtain around us, we raised the siege and
fell back to Smith's plantation. \ .. .
. Next day General Osterhaus, with, two companies
oi infantry and one. mounted howitzer, embarked
on 'flat boats and; skiffs, moved upon Carthage.
When at the proper distance he opened fire with his
howitzer upon.the town. After shellings it thirty
minutes; ;he‘ debarked .his infantry and took the
place:atilthe point of the bayonet,-killing one' man. ■
and running the. bftlance away. So Carthago is in
our possession: What the result p of thiß movement
Will be, the country will soon know. ■
A Voice from the Army.
TWENTY-EIGHTH P. V. : : • >
At a dress parade of the 28th Regiment of Penn
sylvania Volunteers recently, the officers and sol
diers unanimously passed a series of resolutions to
sustain the Government of theUuited States in all
its measurefl to suppress .the rebellion. They are
subßcribed to by the following gentlemen,'represents
ing the regiment: ,L. F, Chapman, major, com
manding, president ;W.' H. Woodward, captain
Company K, secretary ; Captain J, B. Copeland,
Company F; Captain C. U. Meyer, Company G
Assistant Surgeon Wm. Altman ; Lieutenant J. P.
Nicholson, ,Q. M.; Captain J. Fitzpatrick, Company
A ; Captain J. D. Arner, Company E ; Lieutenant
Joseph W. Hammer, Company D.j Lieutenant F.
B. Bonsall, Company H, committee. .
pIS'E-HUNjpRED-ANp-FORTY* SEVENTH p. V
This regiment has recently passed a series of resolu
tions m favor of sustaining-the Government, prose
cuting.the war with vigor, and conquering a peace. A'
copy of these resolutions has been forwarded-to us,
signed by John Craig, major and secretary.
ONE-EUNDRED-AND-THIRTY-SECOND P: Y/
• At a meeting of the officers of this regiment, held at
headquarters, near Falmouth, Va.,on the 7thinstant
a series of excellent resolutions were adopted; *They
are signed by the following officers: Charles Allbright,
cqloiel and president; Lieut. Colonel Joseph E dfireve
and Major F. L. Hitchcock, vice presidents;-Captain J'
D. Lacier and Adjutant A. F. Clapp, secretaries
ONE-HUNDRED-AND-SEVENTY-SIXTH' P: V.
This regiment is composed of drafted men, and a large
majority of the members are Democrats. They-send us
a series. of Hie strongest Union- resolutions, signed by
thirty*six officers, only seVen of whom are Republicans.
Colonel A: A. Lecblersays: 4 ‘ I hope the action of this
regiment" will be felt in the North, as these resolutions
were adopted unanimously by drafted, life-long-' Dtonor
crats! here are ’the names of -thirty-six men, who
plfdged themselves for their country and flag in the face
of the enemy before Charleston; .
A. A. Lechler,col;'; George Pilkington, lieut. col.;-
william- Schoonover, major;. W. F.. Suudenberg,. sur
geon; N. R. Lynch, assistant'surgeon; Jas. :T. Walton,
adjutant; Isaac Wooliver, qaartermaster;'Levi Smayer,-
captain-Co. A; ; Samuel D. Lehr, captain Go. B; C. W.
Warnick, captain Co. CfTilghman Schleider, captain-
Co. B; Jos.-Nicholas, captain Co. F; Letris' P‘ Hecker,
captain Co G; Samuel 8. Keller, captain Co. H; Lewis
Hermany, captain Co. I: George Neitz, : captain Co. K ;
Monroe Miller, Ist lieut. Co. A; Daniel Knauss, Ist lieut.
Co. B; William M. Loder, Ist lieut. Co. C;-Samuel A;
Brown, Ist lieut. Co. D; Peter Graybill, Ist lieat. Co.
E; Alonzo B.Shafier, Ist lieut. Co. F; -Jas P. Cornett,
Ist lieut. Co. G; Harry. Bates, Ist lieut. Co. H; Win. G.
Grosscup, Ist lieut. Co. I: ChasH. Foster, Ist lieut. Co.
Iv; Levi Guring, 2d lieut. Co. A; John Culbertsou, 2d
Lent. Co. B; Levi Smith: 2d lieut. Co. Joshua Kern,
•Sd-Meuti-Gof-D rHr H.-Wierbach, 2d lidut: Co. E;
freyßuff,-2d lieut, Co. F; Wm. F. Hecker,-2dlieut. Co.
?,•' R T ? S??J , P s^2^ lieut * :Co - H;-Allen Hander,
2d lieut. Co. I; Philip W. Fioris, 2d lieut. Co.- K. "
ONE-HUNDRED-AND-THIRTY-SECOND P. V.
This regiment has passed strong Union and war reso
lutions, a copy of which Colonel Charles A Wright has
kindly forwarded to us. ColonelW. says:“You will
. observe that we offer our services after the expiration of
the. present enlistment, to assist in enforcing the con
scription act at home if any resistance should be offered
by the traitors and wicked men of the North. ”
SECOND PENNSYLVANIA ARTILLERY,.
This staunch Union regiment, numbering nearly eigh
teen hundred men, send us resolutions in favor of the
war. the Union, the Constitution, and the enforcement
of the laws from Fort Saratoga, near Washington. The
copy sent us is signed by the following patriots;
FIELD OFFICERS.
Colonel, A. A. Gibson; lieutenant cblonel, John H.
Oberteufftr; first major, James L. Anderson; second
major, David Sadler ; third major, Thomas Wilhelm.'
STAFF OFFICERS.
Adjutant, Florence W. Grugan; quartermaster. Wm.
N.-Meiclier; surgeon, Elisha Griswold; first assistant,
James A. Lowe; second assistant,S.Rosenberger; chap
lain, John W. Hastier.
Sergeant maj'or, John Ford, Jr.; quartermaster ser
geant Dennis Carroll; commissary sergeant, B. F. Wind
er;.hospital steward, Abraham F. Fairchild.:
REGIMENTAL OFFICERS.
Battery A—Captain, Richard,M. Goundie; first lieu
tenant, H H. Bumphries.;,second lieutenant, Roberts.
Wharton; second lieutenant, William Barba.
Battery B—Captain, Benj- Gz Barney; first lieute
nant, Joi n H. Guissinger; first lieutenant; M. E( Mary
land; second lieutt nant, John Exbon; second lieutenant.
S. R. Halman. / •
-Battery o—Captain,0 —Captain, JohnS. Jarden; first lieutenant,
Wm. H. Melcher; first lieutenant, Paul L. Higgins;
Eerond lieutenant, Philip Newkumefc.
: Batteivß— Captain, Nicholas Baggs; first lieutenant.
J. Moore Wileon; first lieutenant, B. F. Winger; second
lieutenait, D. W. lewry; second lieuteuant,' George C.
Wilson.
Batfrry E— Captain, -Edw. S Rowand; ; first lieute
nant, John H Oberteuffer, Jr.; first lienteoant, Florence
W. Grugan; second lieutenant, John Norris.
Battery F— Captain William McClure; first lieute
nant, William G. Dickson; first-lieutenant. VYilliam G -
Bailey. - A
Battery <7—Captain, Charles N. - Cadwatader; first
lieutenant, James N. Boone; first lieutenant, William
Penrose.- • : ......
. Bakery //—Captain. Joseph N. Abbey; first liente
nanLE. De C. Land; first lieutenant, Milton Benner.
Buttery I— Captain, S.D. Strawbridge; first lieutenant,
J. M. Kelsey; .first lieutenant, John W. Hamilton;
tecond lieutenant, Wm. S. Fiss.
Battery K— Captain, Amzi S. Fuller: first lieutenant,
Pressley Cannon; first lieutenant. John B. Krepps;
second lieutenant, Joseph L Iredull.
Battery L— Captain, Panl T. Jones; first
Fiank W. Panl; first lieutenant, Edward S. Colwell;
second lieutenant, Charles J.- Seymour.
Battery XT— Captain, David Schooler ; ? fivst lieutenant,
A. P. Barber: first lieutenant, Wm. K; Laffertv; second
licurentnt, William Gee; second lieutenant, H. Thien
hardt. . • 4 .
SIXTH NEW JERSEY VOLUNTEERS.
This regiment sends us an exhortation and a pledge for
the Union and our f Government over the bodies of tlieir
dead comrades, whosebones now bleach on the fields of
Yorktown, Williamsburg, Seven Pines, Glendale, Mal
vern HilL Bristow, Bull Run, Chantilley, and Frede
rickfburg. -These resolutions are signed by Georere C.;
Burling,-colonel and.%preßident,;aud Joseph R. t West,
first lieutenant, 6th N. J. V., secretary.
THE FRENCH IN MEXICO.
Reports from; tlie Tlieatrc of War laliaut
Puebla—Rumored Offer of Ortega to Ca
pitulate—Reported llefeat of tlie Garrison
. In a’rSortie—Provisions Being ReslUpped
to France, &c. ; :
Havana, April lB.— Another French war steamer,
(the Bertholetj from Vera,Cruz, arrived last Sunday
or Monday, with dates to the sth:.the day of her Bail
ing. She brings only rumors, though some regard
these rumors aSi important, inasmuch they con
firm the reported destruction of Comonfort’s army
by General Berthier..; Thiß report I doubt—aß lam
at liberty to do in the absence of positive proof—
because it is said that Comonfort was attempting to
enter Puebla when General Berthier attacked him.
Now, this is not at all likely, for, as yo.u may remem--
ber, General Comonfort had orders to hold the post
of San Martin, and it is not to be supposed he would,
disobey those orders right in the face of the enemy, g
Another of.the rumors brought by this arrival is*
that Ortega had sent a flag of truce to General Fo*
rev, offering to surrender Puebla under conditions;
which the latter rejected. This rumor is simply
absurd.
Another, though less difficult to believe, is that
ttyf civil authorities of Puebla gent a committee*
arid the women ofi the place likewise sent onCf.to*
the French general, begging him to spare-their
town. The genera) is said to have replied that- he
did not intend firiag a single cannon shotat Puebla,
Bince be had more than means enough-to compel
the garrison to> surrender, without resorting* to. a
bombardment.
'Whether all that be true or .not is .of,no.oonfie*
quence/ compared with the alleged ■ fact— 4vh%2h
makes still another rumor—that fOrtegfe. mad* an
attempt, at the head of fifteen thousand .men* to
break Frsaeh lines, and was repulsed -.with very
heavy loss. / This has been amended andampsoved
by the version that two sorties .were
neously, at different points, and both- proved] disas
trous failures to the Mexicans.
•This last little evect came .to .Havana through
private liters from Mexico; city, and.may be true.
I am'quito prepared to belieye. thet a.Bmaa force of
the garrison of Puebla might attompt* a, sortie and
might have been repulsed. It ia .not* altogether im
probable, and that is the most that can be said of it.
It ia-Baid that provisions .are 30. abundant in Vera
Grua. that the French au.thoritiea.are jelling- them
to the inhabitants at quite arid, incredi
ble to relate, French transports, are actually ea*.
. gartdvin reshipping the superabundant provisiojafk
toTTrance. W© may infer* then, that the French,
occupation wiD be, after aB, only temporary. Thfttr
is& consolation.' •
' To* day’s announeqa.tlie arrival of the-Tut
aenrie from Vera Cruz* with dates to the llthr-Bix
dayß later-=-and nQ jae we. The reshipment qf pro
visions to France is oonfirmctk
OTJR BRITISH. ERIEND.—.ToIm Bright hag
written, the following in repiyto a privateJptter from
Boston,
HftCHDALB, March. 9 ( 1,063.
Dbab Sin:, t Although I have, been moat
prominent among £ngUalxhen inspoalijng.Jor your
country, and its Government, and,ita cause, yet
there are many, very many, earnest! men here who
read the now-enacting chapter of your history. aa I
lead it, and who hope it may end, aa I still, believe i t
will end,in the establishmentoCfreedom overall
your continent, •
The haters of your Rcpublle are. few in comparison
of the whole people, and everyday adds to the num
ber of those who hope to see slavory destroyed and
the Union restored. ?
I regret much that I have- no* visited your country.
Now, & visit to it. would only add to lay grief &t
what 1b passing among’you. Should'peaoe be re
•storea, ihould. circumstances here permit it, I
should rqoice to to able to spend six months to visit
a Jana in'whieh from my boyhood I have taken so
great an interest. I wish you overy success in your
great conflict, and that God .may give you strength
and virtue to save vour continent for Freedom.
Believe sae very.truly yours.-
• •• JOHN BRIGHT.
THREE CENTS.
POBEIGW ITEMS.
Vrci'en Hugo orr Poland.—-The Jersey Independ
ent publishes the followingTetter fFom Victor Hueo;
which was read at Republic meeting held in that
island iff favor of Polaad 1 :
“ Hautevil-lh 1 House, April 1863.
*.* To the PvoHe Meeting in Jersey in favor of Poland;
_ “t}ENTLiiT£>Ejr' lamno w suffering-from' an affec
tion in the throaty which prevents me 1 from' accept
ing your-invitafcton, by which I feel greatly honored. *
Believe in my profound regret. Sympathy is pre
sence. I shall, therefore, be in spirit in the midst of
you. X associate myself from- the bottom of my soul
with all your generous feelings. The'murder of a
nation is impossible; Bright as the star, it becomes
eelipsed; bnt it reappears. Hungary prove 3 it,-Ve
niee proves it. Poland-proves it. t
: “Poland, at this hotu, is brilliant j itTs not'in fuil
life, but it is in full glor£ ;• all its light has returned:
Poland, overwhelmed, bleeding* and erect, dazzles
the world. .Peoples live; and despota ifl-the
law of above. Let us not cease repeatingitto that
guilty Alexander 11, at thiß moment, weighs
upon two nations, for the misfortune of the one and
the shame of the other. The" most to be pitied” of*
the two- is not Poland, .which he slaughters yit iß‘
Russia, which he dishonors. X say it with grief, the'
Russian army,' through thefault of Alexander Ilj
defiles the Russian fiag. ;. May rail the opprobrium
fall upouthis man > A peoplei&degr&ded when-matte''
the butcher of another people. I-wish for Poland re*"
surrection to liberty; for; Russia resurrection to;
honor. ... v - .
“I do more than wish for those two'resurrectiohs'
—I expect them. Yes, doubt would be impious, and
almost an accomplice; yes, Poland will triumph.-
Its final death would be more or less the-death of us -
all. Poland is a part of Europe’s heart. . OA The
day wherein the last pulsationtef life-beat in Poland
the v whole civilized world;would feel ’the chill of
the .sepulchre. Allow me, then, to utter from- afar
this ciy, which will find an echo in your hearts: •
Long live Poland ! Long live the liberty of men
and the independence of nations!' Accept on-this ;
occasion; all my wishes for the happiness of the
island of Jersey, which is most dear to me, and
also of your excellent population, and receive,
friends, my cordial salutations.
“ victor kug-o.*’
« The Emperor Alexander and his Polish Subjects.— -
The Breslau correspondent of the Times says : The de
feat of Lanfciewicz. was no sooner known at St Peters
burg than the RUbfiian Government, in a note addressed
to its representative at Paris, expressed a willingness to
improve- the condition of Poland, and bestow another
batch of liberal cone «ssions upon the unfortunate coon- •
try. How that rebellion might ’be expected to subside,
Prince Gortschaltotf-addedi the Czainadnocompanc
tlon in announcing his benevolent intentions towards a *
province he had aiway* wished to raise to a higher de
gree of prosperity and wealth. The communication l
was immediately.transmitted to M.-Droayn de I/fiuys, "
v-ho recommended a lenient treatment of the recusant
dependency. So says the ’Vienna correspondent of the
Cracow Czas, oneof.the best informed-contributors to
th e leading 01 gan of Poland.
; The Emperor Private-Secretary.—A*
Paris correspondent says: *‘l amassureo in a quarter
wnich I have generally found trustworthy; that ftl. Moc
quarAis ho longer the * mperor 7 * private l secretary.
This, however, is a piece:o>;newß:of such importance
that 1 must give it * under all reserve. 1 ;£ven if true, it
is a fact of that class which is always denied -up- to the'
very moment when it btcomet. official. M. fttoequard
has Scarcely been out of the Emperor j» presence for an
horn ever since the coup d'etat He has been his c6n
6ta.nt amanuensis, and, in many, cases, the composer, of
his speeches and. letters.. Achange would -be a* real po- :
litical event, ti e cause for which would be eagerly in
guired after.; lam told that JLMocquard’s successor is a
M- Drury, an ex-professor, of the hollin and Henrv IV.
Colleges.. who has for some time past given valuable as*
sistaDce to his Majesty in the composition of his ‘ History
of Julius Ciusaf. **’ •-
Absalom’s Sword:— The French-journals give the fol
lowing singular paragraph: a strange discovery'has
just been made b> Maj -r Pappazolu, of Bucharest—the
sword that belonged to Absalom; The blade has on one
side the fallowing woids traced in Hebrew characters:
Present from Gessur to Absalom, eon of David, Jeho,
Jeho.” On the same side is engraved-the imagaofthe
hexagonal seal of David,-andon the other some charac
ters the meaning of which has not been yet explained.
On the corresponding place to of the Hebrew cha
racters,and on the opposite side of the blade, arethe>e
words engraved in gold:-‘‘Titus acctpit ex Jerusalem ”
This Isword had a handle in gold, representing at the
upperpart a warrior’s head, covered With a helmet,
and joined lly a chain to a dragon’s head which formed
the hilt. The old monk, possessor of this weapon, pro
curr d it from a Janissary, into whose hands it fell during
the disturbances afcCbnslantinople in 1807; In a moment
oi distress be sold the handle and 1 the scabbard, which
was, he says, l made of a kind-of serpent’s skin, aal
mounted in gold. The ancient origin of the blade is
proved by a manufacturer’s mark traced in Semitic cha
racters.
A Napoleonic Festival —The annual banquet in
commemoration of the return of the Emperor Napoleon
1. from Elbe, has just taken place in the salons of Cate
lain, in the Palais Royal, M Belmontet, deputy of the
Legislative Body, presiding. . The assembly was nume
rous,- consisting of. soldiers of Marengo and the other
great battles of that period.. All the different branches
of the Grand Army were represented Opposite the pre
sident was>the bust of the Emperor crowned with-a
branch of the famous Yingt Mars. M. Billet, formerly
a cuirassier, proposed the first toast: «•**To the Emperor
Napoleon, who on the 20th March brought back to France •
the principles of 1789,” and To Poland, 1 onr
battle!-’ M. Belinontet proposed a toast to thememory -
of the brave Poles who had aled under the Frencheagles; -
and to the women of Poland.-*- -.Both*these toasts were
loudly applauded. - a collection was afterwards made in
favor-of thp.Poles, and the evening passed over most
cordially:—Galignajn.
Spanish Etiquette. —Letters.from Madrid speak of an
incident which has caused some agitation in the higher
circles 1 of. the Spanish capital:- ‘The. Dachess * Fer- : -
nan-Nunez invited, with the consent of the Queen, to -
tht ball which she is about to give. Mdme. de L igrange,
at present singing at the opera-• at Madrid,, and who, to
her great talent, adds the merit of irreproachable cha
racter : The invitation has, however, excited a com
plete tempest in the fashionable world, and one-half of.
the persons invited, and particularly some ladies of the.
diplomatic body,-have declared that their dignity would
not allowihemdo bein the same salon as Mdme. de La
grange. There the matter refets for tht present. ”
A Roval Ball; Room-•onI*Fire.—Some 1 *Fire.— Some young gentle--
men,-part of whom belonged to the diplomatic corps - , •
with the assistance of the Prince of' Orange, gave a ball.
at the •Hague,-on the 26th,-which was attended by the ~
-King and Queen-, - Prince Henryj..Brince-J?rederic,-*and
the Princess Mary; his daughter.: Towards midnight, as'..
supper was about to be served, the dame of a.wax candle -
set abightto a cauzebanging-which; encircled the whole
hall .room, and in-a moment the flamesr'spread'overthe v
four walls: and the ceiling; - The Qii'een, with great pre-'
sence of- mind, commanded calmness-and silence, and; •
thanks to this salutary counsel; every one was
to. escape without injury; The King and the Princes re
mained until the firewas extinguished,-whicli was not
effected tilT the furniture of the three rooms where the *
festivity took place was completely destroyed/:
Lord Elgin’s-Durbar; at Agra.-— LordElgin’s great*
durbar at Agra on* the 17th ult. is described as grander
than even Lord Canning’s at tbesame place; Crowds of '
chiefs from Rajpootana; and Central- India -filled the
grand tent, with- numerous attendants The place wa's
a perfect blaze- of jtwels, such as no other spot in the •
world could display. Most remarkable of, all there,
though not sohigh’as the Maharajah Scindia of Gwalior,.
was a little woman, almost hidden in cloth of- gold and '
an enormous headdress of the same costly fabric, the
Begum of Bhopalj the most faithful of our Mussulman ’
feudniories in 1557. She wore the insignia of the Star of :
India, and pui pie silk gloves.
. The New Candidate for thb Throne of Greece.— -
AVe read, in the Moniteur: ' li Private letters from-Co
penhagen explain. the origin of the candidatnre to the
Greek throne of Prince William-of Denmark. The Da
nish Prince has just paid-a visit to London, on the occa- -
sionof the marriage -of his sister, the Alexan- ;
dra. to the Prince of Wales. Earl Russell is said to have •
profited by this circumstance to open up negotiations;
Prince Christian, the father of the bewv'candidaterof- ■;
fered no‘objection to the overtures of'the minister, butt
insisted; as a preliminary condition, upon the consent
of King Frederick-*Vli.,of Denmark, to. this candida
ture. ” The JUoniteur adds that the King is said to have :
declared that it will afford him-much satisfaction, if the •
young Prince is accepted by the Greek people-
A Fracas in the French —The Moniteury of
course, took no notice of the fracas between Prince Na
poleon and M. de la Roehejacquelin; The latter, it ap
pears, from what some Senators have said in divers sa-‘-
lons , to. indemnify himself for the polite remarks made ••
by Count.Walewski and endorsed by the Prince, called *
.his'lmperial Highness “a professional liar,” The per
sonage thus dubbed asked the offending Senator what he •
meant by such a term, whereupon the Prince was told
;that-he meant a person who never would, if he-could <
help it, tell a word of truth, and when he did condescend
-to do so strongly adulterated-it with.falsehood. - The--
Prince was then offered satisfaction if he chose to demand
it; and if this on dit be not a mere canard, -he sent a
challenge to De la Rochejacquelm. But the “hautper- -
st image,” hearing of the affair; took the matter up, - and "
terminated it by ordering “le fils dela Veudee” to make 1
an apology, and giving directions for this parliamentary
episode to be erased from the reportsc of the Mibtieur.
Letter from Penis.
Don Juan.— Th e&iario Espanol states that the: In--
fante Den Juan entered Spain, by the French-frontier. - ’
He pretended to be an Englishman, and played his part
so well that General Cordova, who travelled with'him, i
never suspected that his companion.' was a Spaniard.-
Don Juan has since returned to France.
Prince Alfred.— A story is.alloat of the honorpaid by
Prince Alfred’s brother middies to their royal messmate,
apropos of his election as King of Greece. Hearing a
great rovr in the-young gentlemen’s berth, on- board The
Royal George, the captain, on inquiring the cause, found
the mess had determined to crown-the Prince. - So-they’
had got th e ship’s carpenter, or aamorer, to: make a tin
crown, with which the Prince was solemnly; invested, a
.purser’s dip being first stuck on each point of the circlet,.
and lighted.
Buigaxi>s.— I The Nationalites of Turin states from ofli-«
cial documents that the number of brigands taken with
arms in their hands and shot; from the month off March, ’
.1861, to the Ist of March. ISG3, is-1,088.' Besides these,
there have been 2,413 killed infighting, and : 2,708-made
prisoners. Only 932 haye surrendered voluntarily. -
A QrzEis’s Diadem.—The Wfnvtedzxxidancia of Madrid
says that the Queen ,of Spain-has ordered'one of the;
Crown jewellers to make her- aimagnaficent diadem. The.
diamends and otherprecions-stones. to the value of eight
millions of reals, (210, flOOfl) ..will be furnished: by the
Crown Jewel Office. The: rest of the jjarure,-necklace, :
bracelets, &c.will repfesentctwelve million reals (315,-'
COOf. y • - • ’ >
- The Jews. —The Jews of the- ©sand Duchy of Baden, •
who obtained some months-back the enjoyment of their
political rights, resolved tc -gise- a public mark of
gratitude by creating a fund in. aid of the schoolmasters
of .all creeds, who are insufficiently paid. A; collection
made amongst that rclUrons-bodiy for the objsttt in ques
tion has produced the sum of SOjJDOO florins (70rG00f.) ;
, Wokkixgmen’s ExcußSioift-rfifr. Cobden has expressed
his approval of a project got up at Birmiagham for a
‘•‘workingmen’s excursion ta» Paris,” to commenceau
exchange of visits between bodies of French, and Euglish
mechanics. r
The Pbixce ALPERT fiJEMoaiAL is to consist of an Elea
nor Cross, something similairto the Martyrs’ Memorial at,
Oxford, ;or Scott’s Ms-ypmeni at Edinburgh; but it is in--
tended to give it an elevatann of nearly? aihree hundred
feet. The lower partis to.contain a status of the Prinpe...
Mr. Gilbert Scott is to,.be-t3ie.architect. The .Times says
it 5s belhved that Gowar-nment intends si ask from Par’-,
liament a sum sufficient fao complete the. monument, the*
public subscriptions-notrlbeing sufficient.
Negress lib the Kebeli Ai:my.
To the Editor offltho-'JPress.
: Sir : from. Hl*, Rappahannock',
infoim us tha&“tbe pickets off, the .enemy, on. the.*
opposite side-offthd Rappahannock,>re one-half nq-_
groes and white msm,, The -
armed and upAforcaed the sams-aa the whites.’/''That,
it is true, Sihavie-ao doubt; aadi that the
nock is nstitho- only place where the enemy has
armed, and usedSae negroes.as .soldiers,-
1 know. : Oncers and men. of the 58th Pennsylvania
YoluntQers. ncw.on outpoat duty, at .Newbern,.K,'.
C., wilitestify that on a aeconnoissancj*, some .six,
weeks since, farmed anfli uniformednegroes” ‘WQre
found djDing-picket duty. The. rebels .asean earnest
in their,att«opt to achiswihe this dia
bolicalrebeSlion. Tbej haveeverused jthe,negro,to.
build; iortss, dig rifle- pits, and.throw up breastworks,
which thsj have poured*
ourrAnka; and now,'when theic rank* are .depleted
by disease, desertion, sad death, no3£HßeleBaacvupSee
dater-thim from replenishing theiiyforce Stem. this
ready dement. X think we mighfr well itsdiate- the
refcelaln thiß excellent particular*
I am, Biev jours;truly-, R.
Rmiladelphia* April 19,185&*
; . AN APOLO&HE FOB,
j t>s the deceptive sunshine, tiifc Bir4n began to sing
! and the reptile# to creep forth, from their hiding
| places duringtbe first daya.of the awing. But, just
! sb they wer» disposing thernaeUiOs. comSortably to
enjoy the vernal air, the, sky became colder, the
air more nipping, and though, the sun still ehone
brightly, the wind, rigfc& from,the north, blew an icy
blast that- drove the Greaturea back to, their nests
and holes, and chilled them to. the mairojv.
The twittering biads at Richmond said to each
other- “It was all a mistake, and there is no
waraath for. us from the North or anywhere else
gleam, of sunshine was deceitful, and. we will aing.no
mbao joyful songs.” The Copperheads at the North
vnlggied back to their obscure retreats j grumbling,
it is not spring at all, and these: stern vaLnjis •of
/northern latitudes will fee the death, of us# 5 * So the
Bun continued shining and the wind kepV blowing,
while the air was pure 5 and clear and the land un
stained with the Blime of crawling rentUea.—N. F,
J Evening 7»st. :
HOW TO JOIN THE a dinner
party given in this city In .the year 1775, a gentie
man of considerable notoriety a* a wit was asked,
“ Pray, what is a Tory?” He replied, “A Tory is a
creature whose head is in England, while his body
is in America, and I think the two parts ought to
be joined by stretching the neck.” We have still
pereona among us not .unlike this description of the
Tory, whose heads are in Richmond, while their
bodies are in New York ;and though we might not
recommend the old Revolutionary wit’s plan of
bringing the-two parts together dv stretching the
intervening membranes, we should certainly not
object to seeing the body eeut where the head is,—
-N, Y; : Evening FQsit : ;
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Tfce Education of Colored Persons.
T&'Bie Editor of The Press
SbS ; As a large number of the .colored poniila-'
tion ia this city are property-holders; and pay taxes 1
thereof (ao small item when, justly computed)
which 5 think entitles them to some eEhre of con*
sideratfod r and although-by the late' 1 reconstruction *
of the Snatfe Constitution deprived of the right of
franchise, they still' hope and believe that their
claim to BoZte privileges is not entirely overlooked
by a the -With taia'cohvictioh, ■
we should petition that at least s portion of the'
teachers should be selected from among our own
race of people. Before entering-further'on the sub
ject, we wish it tsJ-'be distinctly understood that we'
hold in profound' veneration those whohave so ’
long : and faithfc?ly discharged their' dtittes as *
teachers, and to aU' such would 1 express oin*gpati».
tude and high appreciation of their whrfcb and '
talent. For their loag and faithful services;
cfally Mr. -Bird and” others; who have been the'l
pioneers in; this praiseworthy avocation*' it is- hot
our Wish or gesifdto' havesuch incumbents removed, ’
but only to suggest, that hereafter, when vacancies *
occur, to have them' filldd l by persons of colorwho *
may, upon proper' exftmWfctiany bc sbund l fully com*- "
petent lor the situation.
The benefits resulting from* public ■ and other
schoolß have enabled the children of many colored;
persons of this city to becbmecdmpetentaß teachers;
and Borne of our-children here : received collfegiafce*
education, at considerable* oipehse' , aSd-' parental
anxiety, confidently expectingr that the timer wouid
arrive when their scholaatic attatementcKmight be*
useful for the advancement o 5 af least then- own.
race. . -vv '-
The: Society- of
pub'lib schooiafoJV-theSedimft'tioh Colored children
in‘th iB city should be remembered by us with’feel
ings of gratitude. Mr; Editor,' do you think that
it would be presumption *for^the'colored citizens to
call a meeting to consider the expediency of'aendiog
a petition to those whose duty it would be to take
into . .consideration .the propriety of such *a change
in our colored public schools! I'thinkf asregards,
the* justness of our claims, there can-be but one
opinion with the reflecting inind.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant) A? Di
FhilAdrlphia, April 20,1863.
GITY. COUNCILS. -
Tlie Ocean Steamship Bill
Penrose: Perry Brldge—lncrease of Sala
ries in tlie Water Department—Riftlef of
tKe FaiAUJes of Volunteers-Storage cfPfc
. troleum,' Benzine, etct—Passenger - ErU
■ways.to- K.eep their Tracks-In orders
SELECT BRANCH,
President Lnin in the chair.
Petitions*
From the Franklin Fire Company, asking to be placed'
>ii-the list ot steamers in actnaL-Service..
. Vi. ,»v Vi v.v VUi Viv i“ wu.uu. o„ , Ivv» .
From the members of the 'police force, asking for-aat
• Increase of pay.
... From the Phoenix and-TTnited States Hose Companies;.
' ftfhing to be located as steam-forcing hose companies.-
. Mr.' Brightly presented “a communication relauvo to*
• the eiudemic.now prevailing in' Manayunk.
; From the Morris Fire Company,-asking to be‘loeate-1
a&'a*6team engine fire company.
. From the Sbpeflacehdeht of the Police and Fire-Alarm •*
Telegraph, in answer to a-resolntion of inqairy, statinft.-
~tbftt had b(en..received since the inauguration of*
, the telegraph up to - the present'time for the sale of cop
i-per; all ot which, was pftid.inta tho city treasury, ex~
icept-sliiB, which was expended in putting up the new*
cfli<e - -
> From the Guardians of the Eoor;dnquiring what dis
posal is made of the butter, &£., seized by the clerks of
thb‘rukrkets, as none of it is seat to the Almshouse as re
quired by law. -v : *
Reports of Committees*
The Committee on City Property reportea-an ordinance
making an appropriation of $l5O to defray the expense of
altering the west wing of the state Jdoime Biulding, in.
order to afford increased accommodations-to depart
ment of Receiver of Taxes. Agreedto. ..
The Committee - on Schools reported in favor ot the
Board of Controllers expending the sum of $6OO for school
purposes, in the First and Fifteenth sections. Agreed to.
The Commit ee on Schools also reported an ordinance
making an appropriation of $250 for the purpose of drain
ling the Chandier{sch.ool-houjse,Kighteenth. ward.' Agreed
to.
Afnrther report was also made, submitting a resolu
tion to transfer an item of $lBO for the expenses of the
First School dhtrict. Adopted.
The Committee ~ on. Water reported adversely-to the
passage , of an ordinance “'that fromandafterihe Ist
of May. i ext property owners shaLLpay for the laying of
\water-piFe in-Jront of their property, with 20 per .caat.
additional.” The. committee asked'fo be discharged
from any further consideration of-the subject. The con
sideration of the-report was postponed until next meet
ing.
- The Committee-on Water further reported in favor of
;laying-water-pipe-on Twentieth, Jessamin, and Wash
ington streets,- in the First ward, and a number ofk
streets and-avenuesin the Twenty-fonrchward^Atf^ed
Alfo, an ordinance appropriatinß - -' i pay cer
tain bills of the- for .1862, which
passed; . -
Increase of Salaries in the Water Dep«rs>
- • ' meat. •
A report was made in-favor of increasing the salaries
of the-employees in the‘Water Department; also; an
ordinance appropriating the-sum'required for - the in
crease. The salary of the Assistant engineers, watch
men, and firemen is raised to $500; four purveyors to
$750; four inspectors, $7OO per annum, and one mes
senger s6ooper annum? making a total increase of $17520
for rhe balance of the year,-or $2,280 for the whole year.
Thebill was postponed and ordered to be primed
The Committee-on-Street Cleaning made a lengthy re
port as to the number of-streets cleansed during the : past
two weeks. ,
Relief for tJve Families of Volunteers,
The Committee on Defence and Protection, to whom
was referred'the hill from Common Council'authorizing
the Mayor to borrow from time to time such sums of mo
ney as may he required by the commission for the relief
of the families of volunteers and for the defence of the
city, reported the same back to the Chamber. The bill
passed finally.
Distillation of Petroleum, Benzine, Etc.
Mr. CATHERWooD-read in ■place’a bill making it un
lawful for, any "persons to use any building, within the
limits ot the corporate city,'for ihe storage, rectification,
or distillation of petroleum,-benzine, or thelike, under a
penalty of sl,ooo;Such buildings must be-located in
the rural .districts of the city,'ana must hear ou them a
sign; marked in black -letters, denoting the character of
the business; neither shall it'be lawful to store in any
building within the limits of the city more than ten bar
rels of eithej - of the said articles. ,
The bill was discussed attoine length, and finally re
ferred to the Committee on.Liw.:
Passenger Railways,
,Mr. King - offered a resolution instructing-the Chief
Commissioner of Highways to notify the Race and Yihe
streets Passenger Railway to repair the highway on
Vii»e street, between Second and Third. Agreed to.
Mr. Wetherill -offered-a resolution requesting the
Mayor to inform-Cbuncils'whefcher the contract of K. A.
Smith, with the city,' to-cleanse the streets has been coxn-
S lied with, and, if not, whetherit would not -be desira
le to annul such-contract.
After some discussion,- the resolution passed.
Mi*. Zane offered a resolution directing: the Chief Com
missioner of Highways to notify the officers of the Gifard
ayenue Railroad to make certain repairs on their road.
Agreed to
Tlhfinlshtd Business.
The bill for the construction of a culvert on Coates
street, between Huntingdon and Lenigh avenue, Nine
teenth 'ward,postponed at-the last meeting,was taken up
andpassed.
The'bill to regulate the landing and storage of cord
wood, also postponed fromOast meeting, was concurred
in.
BUlsiTom'Common Council*
. The bill to regulate and manage the Penrose-Ferry
Piioge was concurred in.-.
; Also, the bill to pay the expenses of the T wecty-fo arth.
ward contested-election case. • -
The amendment.to tlie* ocean-steamship hill was con
curred in.
Also, the bill-releasingicertain property of Thomas J.
Duflield from thelien of a certain judgment.
The bill authorizing the opening of Ninth street, from.
Snyder street to Back road, passed finally. .
The resolution for Councils jbo meet on Wednesday
next, Thursday being, thr national fast-day, wae con
curred in.».
1 he bill making an-appropriation to the Superintendent
of Trusts was. also concnrred in. .
Adjourned.- **
OChUHON BRANCH.
A petition was received signed by nearly six.hundred
or the city police,, asking for an increase of salary. Pe
titions .were received from-the Franklin, Monroe, and
Phoenix Fire Companies, asking to be located as steam
fire-companies. . A communication, numerously signed
l>y property owners on Broad street, was read, praying
that the rails of the -Broad-street Railroad shall be re
moved,• Other petitions and communications of minor
importance were presented.
. The ordinance to regulate signs and awning posts, ap
proved December, 1555, which made it illegal to erect or
maintain any wooden sheds on the public - highways,
was repealed so as to allow the sheds no erected so nth of
Morris street,; north *of Girard ayeime, and west of the
SchuylfcUl river, to be maintained, was called up, and
after considerable discussion passed finally.
The Twenty-foHrth / Ward C ontested-Elec-
tiea Case,
Mr. BAiED.iChairman'of the Committee.oil.Finance,,
reported an ordinance appropriating $574.50..t0 defray
the expenses-incurred in the contested election case of
the Twenty-fourth ward - . (The ordinance gives • $3OO to •
a clerk, and $lOO to a messenger.) •
Mr. Leigh: -moved to- amend by making the amount to.
the messenger slso.instead of $lO6.
Mr. Babbeb oppoeed'-the bill, on: the ground that it
gave too high a compensation for the cleric..
: Mr. Lottghiux said'that.the Committee.on.the .Contest--
ed-election Case had met fifty-four evenings, and (be
labors of the cleric had been arduous. The .messenger,
however,, did riot .perform service exceeding $lOO ,in'
value..-.
. The a mendment was-not agreed to, the members voting
according toibeir party predilections. ..
The bill was then passed.
The tame committee reported negatively, in the matter
of a petition of Messrs. ;Irvin and, Carrigan for compen
sation fonindexingeeriambooks in'the. office of the lUt
gietenof-"Wills; " ; v
The-Peur»se Ferry Bridge,
Mb .Woebshir presented a communication from,the
CitjsSolioitor,. stating that he had placed, on record the
conv-e-yancQ of the Penrose Ferry Bridge to the;Cifcy, and
that it would; be necessary for Councils to appoinfc.watch-.
men-and procore insurauce, - .
- The ordinance;to?rovicefdrthe care and management
of the Bridge was-theu taken up. It providea- that the
bridge sbah be placed in charge of the Chief.Gom.piiB
- Highways. The cosnmissioner.is authorized to-
who shall receive.an annual sa
lary of $5OO each.. f ’ '
Mr. SiaQrsoJf'Xioved :to, aauena, that tka. number of'
watchmen.be two instead, of four; one wAtsh.man'for day*
and anather for night were amply sufficient.^
■The amendcaenfcwaB not .agreed to, the .vote being a.,
strictly party one; ,
' Mr. W&ijkbrt moved to amend, to appropriate S3OR for•
injSujaiioe.. Agreed to, and the pill pasaAl
• The Jfighw,ays. f .
.. Jl*he Gomianittee .on, reported,,an.ordinanga
ajxthoming.the Commissioner, .of. Righw.ays to open
; Hinih.staraeffcom.Sn'yaeifitreet to Bucltyofta/whieh was
agreed t&. ’ ‘ ’.
The saaae committee reported'an fl.-nt.'Wiriatngf
the gracing and macacUmizing Twsnty
sacondi.ward, whicli wh>s also agreed to.
, A lesolutiop High
ways to enter into a contract wth Mg’. 0» W r Dayis for
the paying ol Spruce„: other-streets in.
the ?went)-fourth‘oardV ata-posli of>'s3,oop, was .offered
by_lSr. Wolberp. *
, 1 flsr. Quixx said
willingness' to da she • wprk
a Sid contract, not be. given to Mri
Davis. '
; Mr. thatif dhe streets were. pay v ed- new
buildings would be,erected slong the. and the
taxation therefrom.would n;i>re.tnan pay the expenses
of the.paying. ' ,
The resolution passedfiphlly*-
The ordinance providing: for the, estahUshm&at of an
ocean for the. purpose of
<cfinsiderihgthe aniendniantp of Seloat Gonp.cils.
-Mr. LoiraoiiJN moved Iq,amend;thaifthe-investment of*
the profits of the company •be Wider the direction of
the Coxamissioners of ffte .Fund, which was.
agreed to. , , ~ ~
. Mr. Rabper mov%a .to a4.d:Hw followms proviso,
which was agreed.to ; . ‘ -. :
Provided,, That, the excess of above
six par cejit. sbajl not* be ..retained or acoumulato for a
longer period than fiv.e years; dt the expiration of which
time the arrangement with the. Pennsylvania Railroad
Company shall cease usd determine. And: 'provided,
aiso, That thePennsylvkuia Railroad’. Company shall
stipulate, as a condition ' of the guarantee by them of
the stock of said stpamship company, that each proposed
member oi the direction of said; .steamship company (ex
cept the city directotVshali be approved -by the said
Railroad Company, prior to fiis election,. ,
•Mr.-moved further to amend;that tha
guaranty shall only, extend to suoh sto6k as the city ;
.may, from time to time, ovn. and without impairing ita
right to sell apy part thereof‘at any tiipp- Rot. agreed
to—yeas9 K hays3b, . ~ - r ' ' , /'
A motion to amend, so that the next May dividend
the Pennsylvania Railroadj stock shall hot'be affected?
by the ordinance, was offered-and-, attained by .&qr.'
Loughlix.; and,in the course of -his speeoh, stated that ,
he believed Mayor Henry would veto the billi
passed. TheMay.or was an.honest man, and he would,
show his disapprobation of this' vile -measure. The!
amendment was not agreed to. . i 1
' Oh motion of Mr. Leigh,- the amendment
-tlio Commissioners of lhe Sinking Fund to invest, the,
dividends, of the steamship company, was reoonsidered.
and the amendment stricken out.. - '*
Mr. Hodgex offered a further ameudmpnfc. .that the
appropriation o f the dividends of the excess above 6 per’
cent, of the city stock, shall apply only to cash.
dends, which was lost. /'
The amendments of Select Council concarred
in. ■ •*
Tlie Next Meeting; of Cwmcils.
Mr. Loughltx offered a resolution'providing, for- the
meeting of Councils on .Wednesday next; inSWA« or
Thursday, which is a national fast day., to.
New Sewer,
■ Mr; Qtnxx, chairman of the
/ei c d an:ordinance appropnatiog for the construc
tion of a sewer at Poplar Agreed to.
A number of.bUls from Sftttwrced.
InV'Afid