THE! PBE»», rUBLISHED DAII.T (BUNDATSBXCXFTID.I BY JOHN W. FORBST. OFFICE. No. 11l BOOTH FOURTH STREET. THE DAILY PRESS, EiaHTMiff Cents Pbb Week, payable to the Carrier Hailed to Subeeribers out of the City at Eioht boiiab Tbb Aram. Fora Dollars fob Six Months, Two Dol liABB FOB Trail Months —lavatlably In advance for the lima ordered . 49; Advertisements Inserted at the nans! ratee. Six lines eonitltnte a eanare. JHX TRI WEEKLY PRESS, • Mailed to Subscribers oot of the City at Fora Doll ABB SPIB ANHint, in advance. ......... YARNS, BATTING, A IVADDING. A. H. FBA.NOISOUS, No. 433 MARKET, Ho, 5 NORTH FIFTH STREET, Has In store the largest atook In this City of YARNB, BATTING, WADDING, BATTING, WADDING, YARNS, - BATTING, WADDING, YARNS, BATTING, WADDING, YARNS, BATTING, WADDING, YARNS, BATTING, WADDING, Cotton Batting, Wadding, Carpet Chain, Cotton Yarn, Twines, Wicking, Ropes, &c. Goods Sold at Lowest Cash Prices. .WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE. A. H. FRANCISOUB; •683 HARKET, and 5 Nortli FIFTH Street, (Jails the attention of dealers to Ms IMMENSE STOCK WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE, WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE, WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE, WOODEN AND WILLOW W ARE, 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, BEUSH.EB, BASKETS, BROOMS, LOOKING-GLASSES, TABLE AND FLOOR OIL-CLOTHS. WINDOW-SHADES, CLOCKS, FANCY BASKETS, dtO. tigr a laegee stock ok the above goods than ant other house in the countby. CIiOTHES WRINGERS. THE GREAT CLOTHES WRINGEB. “ PUTNAM ■<> SELF-ADJUSTING- CLOTHES WHINOEB” I, warrasited to bo superior to any other In use. EVERY FAMILY SHOULD POSSESS A CLOTHES WRINGER. BECAUSE/ Ist: It Is a relief to the hardest part of washing day. 2d; It enables the washing to be done in one-third less lUme. 3d. It saves clothes from the Injury always given by 'twisting. : 4th. It helps to wash the clothes as well as dry them. WE BELIEVE IT ADVISABLE TO PRO CUBE . .. ' - THE . 'PUTNAM HELP-ADJUSTING CLOTHES WRINGER, /, ‘PUTNAM ■ SELF-ADJUSTING CLOTHES WRINGER/ fPUTNAM SELF-ADJUSTING CLOTHES WRINGER, PUTNAM SELF-ADJUSTING CLOTHES WRINGER, SELF-ADJUSTING CLOTHES WRINGER, SELF-ADJUSTING CLOTHES'WRINGER, . BECAUSE, : '» '■ l * Fibs*.. The rolls, being' of vulcanized rubber, will' ■ 'Lear hot a«d cold water, and will neither break nor tear joffbuttons. v. . Sbcojto. The Dame being of iron, thoroughly galva 4llsed, all danger fri.fsn.raat is removed, and-the liability Jto shrink, swell, split, &«., so xuiOToidable- in wooden 'Xnachinesris presented. s ■ . Third. The spiral springs over the rolls'render this self-adj-oating, au that small and large articles, “RB well as articles uneven in thickness, are certain to .. uniform pressure. ■ ; ; v ■Fourth. The patent fastening toy.which the maeUina " tightened tVthe tub,' wpbeiieYe to be aunprior in eim •pliclty and efficiency to any yet offered, i Fifth. It will fit any tub, round or square, from one ■haif to one-and-a-ciuarter inches in thickness, without fcp least alteration. RETAIL. PRIOE: ffO' l. So'.» No. 2, 45 49" Agents wanted In every county. 1 . ‘49? Reliable and energetic men will be liberally dealt critic : Tor sale at the “WOODENWARE ESTABLISHMENT” OF .. ( !■■■ ■ • A. H. FRANOISOUS, 17b. 433 MABKET St. and No. 5 North FIFTH St * mbl7-2m' Wholesale Agent for Pennsylvania. FURNITURE, &C. j? • U R N I T U R E . A LARGE ASSORTMENT, W; ds J. ALLEN S BROTHER, -mhS-Stt 1309 CHESTNUT STREET. r'ABINET FURNITURE AND BIL ,V LIARD TABLES. MOORE & CAMPION, Ho. 861 South SECOND Street, In connectiomrith th.eir extensive Cabinet business* Art How manufacturing a superior aniolo of BILLIARD TABLES, ’ wad have now on hand a full supply, finished with the .MOORE & CAMPION’S IMPROVED CUSHIONS, Which are pronounced by all who have used them to bo :• superior to all others. For the Quality and finish of these Tables, the manu facturers refer to their numerous patrons throughout the Union, who are familiar with the character of their *• work^^rohfl-2®o_ GAS FIXTURES, <fcc. , §2.*7 ARCH STREET. C. A. VANKIRK <Ss CO.; KANUFACTBKERS OF ' CHANDELIERS AND OTHER GAS FIXTURES. . Also, French Bronze Figures and Ornaments, Porcelain ■and. Mica Shades, and a variety ul FANCY GOODS, WHOLESALE and eetail. ■please eall and examine goods. * IT. S. INTEBNAEi rbvbmbb. FOB THE SALE OF 'UNIT ED STA TE S TAX STAMPS, mo. n South THIRD Street, tort 4??* S»T» Oheetnnt. A fUl.MSpiy of all kinds of TAX STAMPS constantly t>S liand, and for tale In Quantities to salt. - A liberal discount allowed on amounts of $OO and up wards. , Order, by Mall promptly attended to. Vflce Honre from 9A. M. to S P. M. JACOB E. RIDGWAY, deß-t|elo Mo. ST South THIRD Street iTNITED STATES INTERNAL RE- C VENUE, sec6nd collection district .. Of Pennsylvania, embracing the First, Seventh,' Ninth, and Tenth wardsof the city of Ph.ila.del *V NOTICE. The annual assessment m the above-named district of All persons liable to tux on Gold and Silver Plate, Car riages, Billiard Tables, and Pleasure Yachts, and also of all persons required to take out Licenses, having been • '*ompleted,notlce is hereby given that the taxes due tinder said assessment will be received by the under 'signed, daily, 1 Sundays excepted, between the hours or 9 A.t M. and ; B P. at his office, southwest corner of THIRD and WALNuT Streets, on and after SATURDAY, the 11th instant, until and including Saturday, the9th. ■ day of May, 1863. :- : y - PENALTIES. '. ■ All persons who fail to pay the annual taxes on gold •and silver plate, carriages, billiard tables, and pleasure yachts, on or before the aforesaid 9th of May, 1863, will ■ Incur a penalty of ten. per centum additional upon the amount thereof, as provided for, in the 19th section of the exciselaw.ofJuly 1 ,1862. ' -All persona who in like manner shall fail to take out their licenses, as required by law, on • or before the 9th 'day of May, 1863, will incur a penalty of three times the amount of said licenses, in accordancewiththeprovi ttions of the 69th section of the excise law aforesaid. Money ol the United States only received. f - : " _ _, JOHN H. DIEHL, Collector. , ap9-dtmyfl S.W. cor, o! THIRD and WALNUT Sts. HARDWARE AND CUTLERY, JJARDWARE. CLOSING OUT AT OLD PRICE S, The Stock of a WHOLESALE HOUSE, comprising a JjARGE ASSORTMENT‘OF’ ALL KINDS OF GOODS. - 4i47 MARKET and 41C COMMERCE Streets. ■ X - ■ - " . . WILLIAM li. YBA.TON & 00., Y» Jto. SOI Soath FRONT Streets 1 v- 'Agents f«r the sftle’of the ' - ‘ .* 1 . OEIQINAL HEIDSIECK U CO. OHAMFAGSB. , . Offer that desirable Wine to the trade, - • Also, L 000 cases fine and medium grades '‘BORDEAUX CLARETS, WO cases "BrandenboTg Fmes” COGNAC BRANDY* Vintage 1848, bottled in France. Meases flneatTuscan Oil, in flasks; 2 dozen In case. ■ 60 bbis finest quality Monongahela Whisky. 60 bhis Jeraey Apple Brandy. . . 6O,ooCrHavana Cigars, extra fine. . ' • Hoet & GhandonGrand Yin Imperial* “Green Seal” Ohßjnpu&a • Together with * line assortment of Madeira. Sherry, Fort. Ae. feM-ly VOL. 6—NO. 227. Q.OODS FROM'AUCTION. LARGE AUCTION SALES. A great variety of; ;i"-. NEW FANCY DRESS GOODS, Bought at a HEAVY REDUCTION IN PRICES; And which will be sold to City and Country Dealers M. L: HALLO WELL «s m 00., . apl4- 12t No. 615 CHESTNUT STREET. - JJAWSON, BRANSON, & OO:, N.W/CORNER MARKET AND FIFTH STS.* (501 Market Street.) JOBBERS OF ENGLISH, FRENCH; AND GERMAN DBESS FABRICS,. SHAWLS, &c. "We invite the attention of the RETAIL TRADE to our well-assorted stock of ; FOREIGN DRESS GOODS AND SHAWLS, which we will sell at the very lowest market price. We pay especial attention to the large Auction Sales* and Buyers can find Goods In our Store, at much less ■ than cost of‘lmportation; andas"' cheap as; they, caarfce . found anywhere. T. R. Dawson. J. G. Bomgakdner. 0. Branson.., • . ap!3-36t ' '' jyj J_, M hallo WELL. <& 00., NO. 615 CHESTNUT STREET, in stock, Bud are daily receiving, a handsome FANCY DRY GOODS All purchased since the recent DECLINE IN GOLD AND EXCHANGE. and which will be sold at a SMALL ADVANCE FOR CASH. ap3-2m 1863. spring 1863> HOOD, BONBEIGHT, A CO.,’ FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC Ho. 435 MARKET STREET. PHILADELPHIA. The attention of theTSADE la Invited to their lam Stock of Among 'which are choice brands of Sheet ing and Shirting Muslins, Madder Prints, De Lalnes, v Ginghams, Lawns, and Newest Styles Dbess Goods. . ■ ■■■■; 'ALSO, . MEN’S WEAR - '.f ' IN GREAT VARIETY. > GREAT INDUCEMENTS .OFFERED-TO CASH BUYERS. ’'jnhls-2m J) AVID ROGERS, No. 45 SOUTH FOURTH STREET, Importer and Jobber of MEN AND BOYS’ WEAR, . . -LADIES’ CLOAKINGS, &e. mb2s-2m*. ’ gPRING STOCK SILK AND FANCY DRESS GOODS. .Letter >• Ai" 18. A. W. LITTLE A 00., UhS-Zm " No. 335 MARKET STREET. gPBINGf, YARD, GILLMORE, <ft CO., Importers and Jobbers of SILKS '■■■■■■■■■ AND FANCY DRY GOODS; NOS. 617 CHESTNUT AND 614 JAYNE STS., Have now open, of THEIR OWN IMPORTATION, a . LARGE AND HANDSOME; STOCK or SPRING goods; ? COMPRISING DRESS GOODS, SHAWLS, RIBBONS. ' GLOVES, &o. Alio, a full assortment of WHITE GOODB, LINENS, FURNISHING GOODS, EM- The attention of the trade Is requested. 1863. SPBING - 1863. JOHNES, BERRY, tit 00., (Saeeeeaon to Abbott, Johnea, At Co. 1 No. »*» MARKET, and 534 COMMERCE Street*. FANCY DRY GOODS,’ Have now open a LARGE AND ATTRACTIVE STOCK Adapted to the Season. Also, a Full Assortment In WHITE GOODS, RIBBONS, GLOVES, Which theT offer to the trade at the LOWEST PBICEB. Are particularly Invited to examine onr Stock. fel3-tf Q.EORGE A. MILLER A - GO., MEDICINES; CHEMICALS, PAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES, WINDOW AND HOLLOW GLASS WARE, &0., Ac., &c. Special attention given to the wants of the City Trade.' ap2l-Im y ‘■' v , . iji H E “EXCELSIOR” HAMS ARE THE BEST IN THE WORLD. -NONE GENUINE UNLESS BRANDED-; . . M J. H. Jtt. & CO. DIIITjABA. EXCELSIOK.” J. H. MICHENER & CO., '' GENERAL PROVISION DEALERS AND’ CURERS OF ' THE CELEBRATED “EXCELSIOR” SUGAR-CURED HAMS, Nos. 148 and 144 North FRONT Street, Between Arch and Race streets, Philadelphia. The justly-celebrated “ EXCELSIOR” HAMS are cured by J. H. 31. & Co. (in a style peculiar to themselves) ex pressly for FAJIILY USE, are of delicious flavor, free ' from tne unpleasant taste of salt, and are pronounced toy superior to any now offered for sale. ■ apo-jm TUCKE R’S PATENT SPRING BED, Patented July 3,1866. ; ■ • • _ Universally acknowledged for Neatness, Comfort,ana Durability to be the Standard Spring Bed. ■ ..■■■ The above are manufactured mh2S-Sm No; 3 REVERE Block, Boston, Mass, MEW GOODS! NEW GOODS!—WE ■ v are daily recoiling from' factory now-patterns of WALL PAPERS/to which we invite the attention of driers in Paper: Hangings. V s In our retail department we have paid special.attenr tion to tasteful designs suiting Philadelphia taste. Rooms papered by selected men, and warranted to give satisfaction. JOHN H: LONGSTRETH, ap6-lm«' No; 13 North THIRD Street pHAMPAGNE.—AN INVOICE OF :. A/ .* ‘ Comet” and * t Crescent" Champagne Wine, to ar rive Per ehlp Carl, and for salebv . ■' JAURKTCHS A LAVERGNB. 1W aOR and *O4 South FRONT Street. IIHY GOODS JOBBERS. i Now opening fromjrecent AT A' SMALL ADVANCE. . (jayHF’.s Babble building,i assortment of New Foreign . silks; DRY GOODS; WHOLESALE DEALERS IN DEI GOODS, STAPLE ADD FAUCI GOODS, BROIDERIES. AND LACES. PHILADELPHIA. IMPORTKEB ABB JOBBBBS 0» S I I* K •' • AHD DRESS goods; SHAWLS, &0., CASH BUYERS 506 MARKET STREET, PHILADELPHIA , WHOLESALE DEALERS IN DRUGS COMMISSION HOUSES, Q ANT ON FLAN NEL S , * Heavy, and Medium. NEGRO KERSEYS, 'Plain'and Twiiledf LINSEYS, r White Rock, Westerly, &c., Ac. BROWN DRILLS, On hand, and for sale by - • SHIPLEY, HAZARD, & HUTCHINSON, ap22-12t 118 CHESTNUT STREET. V p HIL AD ELPH 1 A MANUFACTORY. BURLAP BAGS OF ALL SIZES, FOB COEN,- OATSi COFFEE, BONE DUST, &0. SEAMLESS BAGS, Of standard makes, ALL SIZES, for sale cheap, for net cash on delivery. ; . i (gHIP LEY , HA Z ARD, & HUTCHI NS O N No. 118 CHESTNUT STREET, .... COMMISSION MEROHANTS, FOB THE SALE OF PHILADELPHIA-MADE GOODS. mh3l-6ra ■ AUh SPRING STOCK IS NOW" AB- SiNGED. ■ 80,000 DOZEN H O S I E R y; AT LOWER PRICES THAR PRESENT GOST OF IM- THOS. MELLOB St 00.,' «0 AND M NORTH THIRD STREET. PHTLAnfiLPHTA. ; JOHN T. BAILEY St GO; BAGS AND BAGGING OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. NO. 113 NORTH FRONT STREET, WOOL BAG-S FOR SALE. Ugfl-flT* , • .■ ;■ .■ . CARPETS AND OIL-CLOTHS. CARPET WAREHOUSE. JOS. BLACKWOOD, 833 ARCH STREET, TWO DOORS BELOW NINTH (Bonth Side]. IS.NOW RECEIVING 1 FOB SPRING TKADE, A rich and extensive assortment of ENGLISH AND.AMERICAN CARPETINGS, . - : Of the be6t makes, Embracing all the . new styles, which are offered - , AT LOW PRICES FOR CASH. JUST RECEIVED, . 3,000 ROLLS CANTON MATTINGS, To which we Inrite tie attention of the trade. ’’ M’CALLUM & CO.; NO. 509 CHESTNUT STREET, : PHILADELPHIA. EMOV A L - J. T. DELACROIX; has removed his. ' STOCK OF CARPETINGS, from 47 Booth FOURTH Street, to Ms ■ NEW ©TORE, No. 37 SOUTH SECOND STREET, _ Where he offers to his old ..customers,: and .parcMksem 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, Wo. 37 SOUTH SECOND STREET, above Chestnut. ; ■ EIM-am / . ; ! ... 1863 Q-I'F'® ECHO MILLS, M'CALLUM & CO., , MANO7ACTTTRBRS, IMPORTERS, AND DEJIiBRS. 509 CHESTNUT STREET, (Opposite Independence Hall,) CARPET I N O. S; We have now oil hand an extensive stock of CARPET- INGS, of ©nr own and other makes, to which we call the attention of cash and short-time buyers. . fel6-3m QIL CLOTHS AND WINDOW SHADES. CARRIAGE, TABLE, STAIR, AND FLOOR OIL CLOTHS, IN COTTON ' AND LINEN FABRICS, Q,TJAI*ITY AND STYLE UNSURPASSED. WINDOW SHADES, COMPRISING EVERY VARIETY OF, NEWAND ORI GINAL DESIGNS, PLAIN and; ORNAMENTAL. These goods will b§ sold to Dealers'and Manufacturers at ipriceii Wuchielow the present price of stock. THOMAS POTTER, MANTJFACTTJKER OP OIL CLOTHS AND WINDOW SHADES, , .339 ARCH Stretet, Philadelphia, and 49 CEDAR and 95 LIBERTY Streets, New York. mb29-lm • . GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS. 606. AROH STRBET ‘ 606. FINE SHIRT AND WHAPPER DEPOT. • ■ •• • Air! ELEGANT ASSORTMENT . GENTS’ I’URSISHUffi GOODS, AT MODERATE PRICES. FOURPREMIUMS AWARDED FOR SHIRTS, WRAPPERS, AND STOCKS, G. A. HOFFMANN, Successor to W. W. KNIGHT. ap6-mws3m GO6 ARCH STREET. 006. fJTHE FINE SHIRT ESIPORIUM, Nob.- 1 ARD 3 NORTH SIXTH STREET. JOHN C ARRISON; (FORMERLY: J. BURR MOORE.) IMPORTER AND MANUFACTURER OF GENTLEMEN’S FURNISHING GOODS IN GREAT VARIETY-AND AT MODERATE PRICES.. If. B. —Particular ■ attention given to the making of Shirts, Collars, Drawers, &e. ’ apS-6m UINE SHIRT MANUFACTORY: ■-V The subscriber would invite attention, to his. ,V . - - CUT OF SHIRTS,; ' : Which he makes a specialty in his business. Also, con-; GBtfTLEjrEK’S WEAR. . • J. W. SOOTT, • GENTLEMEM’S-FURNISHING STORE, . •: - , Ko. 81.4 CHESTNUT STREET, , . jaSQrtf :,: 5.,: y-Pouiydoora below the Continental. DRUGS AND CHEMICALS. ROBERT SHOEMAKER AGO., Northeast Comer FOURTH and RACE Streets, PHILADELPHIA. ' WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS, IMPORTERS AND DEALERS FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC WINDOW AND PLATE GLASS, -WHITS LEAD AND ZINC PAINTS, PUTTY; *o. I AQESTB FOB THB CRLEBRATED FRENCH ZINC PAINTS. Dealers and eoneumers eupplled at VERY LOW PRICES FOR CASH. DhS-Sm .. “ B A G ’’ GEO. GRIGG, Nos. 319 aak 881 CHURCH Alley. FOBTATION. laSl-3m GERMANTOWN.FA. OIL CLOTHS, *O. Oil. CLOTHS. MASUFAOTURERS of PHILVDELPHtAiv MONDVY. APRIL 27,. 1863. SEWING MACHINES, QROVER AND BAKER’S CELEBRATED PREMIUM SEWING MAG H I N*E S, V;.; • ■ r' Ko. 130 CHESTNUT Street. - | ; ► Important Facts for tlic Pul>lic, FIRST, ’ ‘ ' i i .V. vt. ? V • The machines manufactured by the GROVER & BA KER Sewing Machine Company have taken£h.e FIR IT PREMIUM at the late 'held'ih-NSw York, New -Jersey, Pennsylvania’, Ohio, lllinois, Michigan, lowa, Kentucky* Tennessee, Vir ginia, North Carolina, Alabama, and California* SECOND. ‘ & ' The. work executed by-the GROVER & Bi|KEß'Ma* chines has received the FIRST PREMIUM State Fair, in the United States where it has been exhibited. - THIRD. r i Experience proves that there are bnl y tw:o4raluable setting stitches—THE GROVER STITCH and: THE SHUTTLE - STIT JH;; by ‘some called “LOCKSTITCH.” These stitched liaye eachttheir pe culiar merits and excellencies. For some phiposes the one stitch is-better adapted, and for some purposes the other, aud'aselection, should always^be mada accord ingly- • • • •' .• fourth. * The GROVER i BAKERv-Sewllag manufacture, in addiitoa to their celebrated GEOVER & BARER BTITOH. machines, - the most TLE ‘or. I .*LOCK STITCH” machines afford purchasers the opportunity of! examinatiomof both, the one best suite 'Other, companies manufacture machine each,' and cannot offer, this opportunity of to their customers. ; .-,w FIFTH. ' -J. The GROVER & BAKER Sewing" aretlio only parties wVio manufacture ;ani ■which both SEW FERFEGTL T and EMBROIDER PER FECTLY. " • ’ 'I We do not deem it essential, aor find Jt .necessary, in. order to sell oiir machines, 1 to depreciate theriaany ex cellent productions of'our' competitors »*baij<Vn the con . tiary, ■we prefer that parties in superior and reliable artiei foriamily-use’oivjmanufactu rinypurpoeeSjShouldicakeaD examlnatiQua^d compari-.. son ofoiir - latest and most approved any andail others in the market? and to faciUta§| ; such in quiry, -we append. the (names and places (of of our principal competitors; to wit: ; • •?. ;• ’ J. 31. SINGER'S CO.. SIO-OHESTNUT SjlW.- WHEELER & WILSON Manufacturing^pbmpany, : TO4: CHESTNUT. Street; \ V.;-\ - : = ‘LADD, WEBSTER; & "CO., 9551. CHESTNUTStreet. -. • A. B. HOWEV SE and ARCH Street?.. - .TAGGART & FARR, 9aa CHESTNUT Strdet: ' .. And we hare urgency to request.that oar customers and all bthers.hot fully advised as to the’relative me rits of the GROVEIV & BAKlfo before purchasing, even from-us, the examinations and comparisons above indicated.. And If we\bave omitted the names of any respectable manufacturer, we will, on being advised of the fact, cheerfully and gratuitously add them to the;above list. GROVER & BAKER S..M- CO., ap27-tf. . ; , T3O CHESTNUT-Street. g EWING MACHINES.- THE “SLOAT” MACHINE, WITH GLASS PHESSEK FOOT, - U NE W STYLE 'HEMMERf. BRAIDER, ‘arid other valuable improvements. : ' . ALSO, i THE TAGGART & FARR MACHINES. Ageucy-oaa OIIKSTUITT Street. . _ ;.Vi- mbS-tf RKTAH DRY .GOPD§&. fIRESS SILKS ! DRESS -£ILKS ! - ■. j -V Additional lots of Silks, ' • '■ .* ! *• ' From Auction, at-reduced prides.?/' SOLID COLORS, POULT DE SOiE, ; 3i*J« : « “ - “ r FIGURED, FANCY COLORS, PLAID, ‘ ' , KEaT CHECKS, - v : r l r - . . .MOIRE ANTIQUES, - . , - f - > . RICH BROCADE. - - v .r , ■ (JUKWEN STOBBAUT & BROTHER. ' .450, .453 and4s4 North SECOND Street; above WiV low. v. “I3LACK AND WHITE. OHEGIC POP ’■*4, LINP, frbm a late auctiotf-gaie..-i. i V CURWEN STODBART '& .BROTHER, 4S* j 453 aiid'4s4 Noitb SECOND Street,: above Wil ■ low. • - o • Tl/lODE COLORS ALPACAS, v { . In all grades a&less than €URWi-jx“ST<®DAnr^wjSnoxij®R; 450, 453 and. 454 North. SECOND Street,itoove Wil low. < v * T ADIES’ CLOAKING "CLOTHS, In all desirable shades, inmedium arid fine grades, at the lowest prices. .... r CURWEN STODDARC& BROTHER, 450, 453 above WU - 10w,..,-- : ,J: J- \. • - Tj’ANCY CASSIMERES' AND COAT -4* INGS,.in all desirable styles" -viL' c l , .- 7 CURWEN STOBBART. & BROTHER, L 450, -453 v and 454NortlLBECOHIh : SttBetfcl&bove Wil . low. -V ap24-3t rrHE PARIS CLOAK AND MANJ f TILLA STORE, Northeast corner of EIGHTH and WALNUT, have opened, with a . , : j LARGE STOCK OF SPRING GOODS, ■ of the ' -'- ■ > M-■ - - v • MOST FASHIONABLE MAKE, .- - and respectfully ask th'e early attention of ladies wishing to piurchaße. \ ; :: v ‘\/' (CLOAKS AND MANTILLAS. *■ I YENS &' bo. , No. 33 South ffINTH Street, have now on hand an extensive Assortment of . v A . . SPRING, STYLE?, ofthe finest’qualities/at the \ : . . : LOWEST PRICES. Ladies, do not fail to give .us acall. .. - "QOYSV MISSES'; AND CHILDREN'S, CLOTHING, CLOAICB, &q , . IN EN.OLESS ,YARIETTA:- ' ' at, low prices, No. 137 S&utli EIGHTH .Street, - Thrjp doors above Walnut. RETA I james r: camp: 727 CHESTNUT OFFER AT MODERATE I RETAIL I)EPAR r Black and Fancy Silks, r - Black and Colored Alpa ■ • cas, -■ Poplins Fanxasie, Taffeta d’Annessey. -v V French. Lawns and Organ dies, French. Chintzes and Per cales, ;• Brilliants and Piques, | Spring. Shawls, new color-; -ings, ■' ; i ; Black and Merin<j[ : Shawls, ■ .-v - • Square and Long. Shawls. And a general' assortmej styles and qaalities. Lineti Sheetings and-Shiit -ings. •-*. v "v ■■■■ Parnates, - flapkina, and ’Doyles, ■ ■ Tablir-Cloths and Towel ■- irig» 4 Counterpanes and •Fuiiifcure -Dimities. GOODS. JacooetH, and Cambrics, and Nain , Tailetons andjJwi&s Mulls, j Fahey MusliusandDimities, I I»?'C. Handkerchiefs, ; Gloves; Hoeietjf, «. v . or DRY GOODS in desirable ■'[ 4 - :Cinb6-2ni 1084: CHEffIfUT STREET. E. M. ’ . . OFFEKS’OESALE • At priceslgenerally costof Eimpor . V .■/'V. v.,.; r tafcWv'-V -Jr---.;- WHITE GOODS, all eEcription.B. : £ EMBROIDERIES, ; o , do • LACES, ‘ -\CI . do '' LINEN HANBKEKChW' do VEILS, Ac., &e. ‘ ;-- i If; ■ > And respectfully, invites £■ inspection of bis .Stoo.* - -v' .Sv;.., 1034 CHEST] TYRESS GOODS iT REDUCED PKIOESv from the recent-hctiou Sales. . ' ' Black and White Plaid Alpacalat37c»'worth 50, Choice Colored Alpacas at 50c,tarth62<j.. ;; > ; Plaid-Mozamhiq.ues'lS'tosoc. { f- < ; ,'V. - t * '-Plain Mozambiqiiesl6 tosoe. , \\- • PlaiilPdilDe.Chevres.aU coloivatfiOc*;' \ New Styles Figured,' All-Wool 50c.- •: •' Light Challi Delaines at 25c. . \:f. > • ... ' 4-f French Chintzes at 31Jio. i ; f i : - V jaconet Lawns arl2>£c, I ;': -‘ - • Blacked Wo Cteauta at fe 8 W rj&S0I? ap!B Nos. 713 aud 7iB ftth-TONTH Straat: T?DWIN HALL & CO ■^Street,-"will open ThisMorhin GOODS at a ; great reduction, froa they have been selling: j Glossy Check Silks, at s!{ , » Fancy Silks of various stm: : . Superior.quality,Summer rfelins, $1,123^; One lot'ofiFine Mode Alpais,r r 37J&: , - Oneloicf Figured AIV/wot Delaines, 37>£»‘ One lot of Neat-figured CHllies, 87)i; One lot of Elack and Uod&fil&inest' -.>■ Threelots of FineOrgand#?:; i.j v .. With 7 many, other additional :;K& of Goodß at VERY .EDUCED PRICES. . ■ , ].i ' ’ ' apld CHARPLESS BROT . Offer by<ttie.packa*e,,at tp j; (■ . . . Lowest rates of this seaon, . : : “* Pacific 1200 and 1400 fcvrns, Manchester Laines* Pacific ; * do. :b! Prints;' Do; .do.- Lainea. CHAKPEESS BEOTBUI 'Mode-colored SiUcai. Checked Silks, India Sili Mantle Silk*;'Black Fira Bareges’,' CnaUies. drai Poplins, Organdies, I zephyr-aud Baregfi GHBSTNUTjc rUOTHS, CASBIMEI INGS. , Casßimeres forßoys.. ; CasasimereaforYoung Ge] Cassimeres for suits. Cassimeres for everybody. Cassimeres, mixed and pis Cassimeres. striped and pi i Cassimeres, Black ao^d^Br ( ap9 . . v■■■ v. ■ : CPEING CLOAKS. O 'NSW CLOAKS, NEW CLOTHS, -SPRING SHAW,S, HOOP SKIKTSA ; Cloaks ready made or madeV) Large stock of Cloths to selefc ~clo» a c iW Boys’Cassimeres, The new colors. Gents’ Fancv Mixt 6-4 Coatings.- Boys’Clothing ready made oi Large stock Cassimeres to sel Fine Black Cloths and Cassini . • • , ...WILLI AMSVILJ • WAMSUTTAS, - Wide Sheetings] Flannels, L: Muslins and woolens at WH COOP aps S. E. comer NINTH an To the honor of the American army, be it said, there are comparatively few cases on record of officers who have embezzled public moneyß placed in their hands in trußt. Contractors, ,legionof whom are turning every drop of blood shed upon our country’s battle-fields, into" gold—as did King Midas whatever he touched—have, many a time and oft, defrauded the Government, .till the ' very name “ contractor” iB becoming a term of re proach. Politicians have legislated, and lawyers lcgerdonaincd, millions of the people’s treasure from itb legitimate channels into their own pockets. But seldom does it occur that a man.honored by his . State or his country with a sword to use in her be half, and with trusts and responsibilities which make him feel that he bears an important share of his alma matcr’^burdehs—Beldom does it occur that such a one betrays his trust, tarnishing his bright escutcheon, and leaving his name and fame to the scorn of honest men and patriots. Many- hundreds of officers in this great army of .ours have money re sponsibilities which would - have staggered them when: they were plain-. Mr. -This and Mr. That in their workshops, or on their farms, but the® monthly reports to General Meigs at Washington are all ac companied with proper vouchers; and contrary to the first Mrs. Coppeifield’s experience,- the figures • wri/Jadd up, and the Quartermaster General has no fault to find. So with the Commissary General, if there is such an officer, and with the auditors and the-Paymaster General.. Occasionally there is a suspicion that a Certain officer is accustomed to han- : die Uncle’s loose change with gummy fingers. Very rarely one is overhauled lor irregularity in disburs ing—(a refined expression, which tells you without shocking yyur nervous system, that the accused has a paid you and me different prices for the same arti cles, in consideration of his intense affection for one ;• of us, and a ( strong inclination to assist his best friend—himself.) The history of the American Army bears the record of thousands of officers. That s part of its history-which has been-making since ' Sumpter fell will confirm my thatnbother class of inen, handling the same amount of property .entrusted to them, have so uniformly kept them '. selves above suspicion. . One sad exception to the rule has prompted these remarks.. The papers recently chronicled the ab sconding, and, subsequently, the capture of, Captain J» W.; .Howland, an assistant quartermaster, with about sixteen thousand dollars of public money iu his possession. The delinquent is between forty five and forty-eight years of age, has.an interesting family at his home in Massachusetts, and, until the commission of his crime, was universally respected and esteemed by all who knew him. In an evil hour he listened to the promptings of pleasure, and, forgetting wife, children, home, honor, and country, fled to Canada with hiß ill-gotten wealth. He was lured to this side of the St, Lawrence, taken by a detective, conveyed to Washington, and placed in the Old Capitol Prisonj where 'he remains'till such’ ' time as the authorities may deem it best to try him. Notasoul is allowed to speak to him; Evenhis wife.and daughters must be contentto know that he eats, and drinks, and Bleeps—that is all. When he comes forth from the gloom of his prison, he comeß, perhaps—unless the mercy of the President season the justice of the law|-to die the death of. a deser ...ter,' Am; army.- 1 correspondent is sometimes placed in very embarrassing positions. Often he is reproach . edby'an indignant colonel with; an intentional dis regard of the -—th’s merits as a fighting regiment. Sometimes the A. 0. is accused of stretching a point .(is this mathematically possible t) in favor of Col. Blank, ; ofthe blank-ty-second. Frequently he fljds himself miniis-a horse at the very time when a quadruped ;of the equine species is indispensably ■ necessary, to theAT C.’s acquisition of knowledge of: ; fact’s with whieh to makcuix/aplethoric letter./ But your, most obedient suffers but little from thcselittle episodeslh which indignant eolonelß figure * nor is -he' ever at a loss for a travelling medium. . .Blatant. always at his disposal when his tHef pursuing contrabands with aerbatatious gambolß, anAfrightening-innoceht wayfarers with threats of calcitration. As.the long-, eared he-haws generally like to “gang ilka ane his : .ain gate> }s and aB“ your correspondent is just so -:minded himself,-you- niay be sure that he is at times . obliged to.make his journeys even as the Aberdeen pedlars do theirs. The great drawback, however, is the state of the roads, for the roads of this-State in wet weather scene like monstrous, patent, semi-lluid bootjacks, supplied by Nature to the Old Dominion as a means whereby, she may,’ as the-Mother State, furnish our wayward siiters with Government shoes. These comfortable and graceful coverings for the human foot are planted firmly in the .soil, till the Bun and wind together have dried the thoroughfares, when .barefooted men may be seen.fishing their property - up from the spots wherefrom peer out only leathern thongs, which serve as buoys to show where sunken “.gunboats V lie. As much of this kind of property is secured, and as our wayward sisters have not yet migrated to this side of the Rappahannock, we are safe in believing that. Nature’s invention has been perverted from the use to which the dame intended to devote it. ELL & CO., STREET, SHOES >INTHEIB fipJNTj-:- the indifference of the;’fair sex, and. our consequent loneliness, .weare.blessed.bcca r sionaily with the, notice; of of tiie 'BterrieV mould, : whose notice is woith something. For in stance, the President was with-us; then came Lie General Fogiiardi. This latter gentleman, as,you ; have already heard,; was commissioned by„the’Swiss ■ Government, : under which he : commands the Eighth Cdrpß to, inake ;.the ;grand.rounds of our armies, and study the art'of. war as practised by us‘ Unionists. \When ; he, landed 'at Falmouth Station he'was received in a; manner befitting his rank, and conducted at once to general headquarters. Gen. Newton welcomed him with thirteen *guns and Chateau Margaux.' The Swiss General, is a nice squat little’.man of about; forty-three, wears eba-" lets, a chapeau militdire of the . style in’ vogue during' the time of Louis Quatorze, and rides with short stirrups, He is quite social, and in-his to- Generals Meade, Meagher, and others, who can glide through the labyrinths of a French discourse, fhe cbnyersatioii: is : unusually sprightly, arid; to thoee whose’ knowledge of the Gallic tongue is .very pleasant, and expresses greafc-wonder at the in -telligence, discipline,-, and health of our army ..He • intends to visit Rebeldom. before long.. v,DHU v IEDLES STREET. ARMY OF THEi CtfMBRRLAND. [Special Correspondence of .The Press;.] 1 ‘ NASHvitLn,Tenn., April 21. THE GOVERNOR'S RETURN. I ’?* The return of the Governor is looked for with much anxiety by the Union people of this city and county. When he left Nashville, sometWoanonths’ ago, his authority as Military Governor, of the lcasLearthly account. Out of the multiplicity, of generals, colonels, captains, quartermasters, de ' tectives,. and others, who hold olhce here, none seemed.anxiouß to co-operate with him in establiah • ing law and order ; but on the contrary, all evident ly deßired to pull the revese way of the Governor, caring very little what might be the consequences, so long as they should win. At last, not an officer in Nashville would listen, to the Governor, and if Ills communications were not treated with silence, he was made the recipient of insulting letters from ' some understrapper, in no wise entitled to conside ration. This accounts for the anxiety of the people ’’in his behalf. Gov. Johnson will probably arrive there Wednesday evening. COVERT ENEMIES OF THE COUNTRY. '*26 S. SECOND the following lots of i:the>prices at which fees, ieratrice,-' .-;; i>, . >•. chintzes, Shawls. hd EIGHTH Stteets:. IS, AND VEST. [’STOKES’. TOa ARCH Street. irder.' r rom. rices, - aade to order, tfrom. ms; Towels.' , I jESALE. * IACONARD, J MARKET Streets. ■ : Kfi |P it si. MONDAY, APBIL 27, 1883. ARMT OF THE POTOMAC. Union Officers, ilieir Responsibilities and. their Fidelity—An Exception—Tlio Wea ♦hcr—Trials of * a Correspondent—The Roads-ll’hy Don’t the Army Move 1 — Visitors—GtnernlFogHartll. Army of thk Potomac, April" 20, 1863. THE WEATHER. Yes, the weather is the drawback. If you could only see that great lead-colored cloud which hangs over Fredericksburg, and could feel the muddy water Boaking into your best boots, as I do, and could see, as I saw an hour ago, a six-mule team up to the hubs in mud, where yesterday the road was as dry and as level as a deal-tabic, you would wonder no longer at the apparent inactivity of this army. The Cabi net has nothing to do with it, neither has the Presi dent; so the Copperheads have nobody to blame, and no reason to give for tlie delay, except that their prayers have been answered. VISITORS.—GEN. FOGLIARDI. We receive the newspapers every day. The Timesi, platitudinous; polite, and patriotic; the Triune, ißm atic and inconsistent as ever; the impenetrable, inde scribable Hei-ald, and all the live papers of Phila delphia and Boston and Baltimore, are regular vi sitors. The Washington Chronicle t one of the very best.daiiy journals published, is eagerly sought after, : and is doing much to cure what little of copperhead ; ache there still existsiiere. f The women of America have cut the Army of jfche,-. Potomac. There is not a ! corporal’s guard left;>but, we retain a vivid remembrance of their queer little hats.'and voices., Memory ,i ecalls, too,-an amiable female of Amazonian build,-and a parasol. This is all of Paradise now remaining for us, we go down, in groups to the hills op- - poSite.Fredeiicksburg, : and through quizzing glasses, : of fabulous power, see; Secessia’s daughters feet to the .poetry of,motion in the open streets, the . salt water'comes up tp.onr eyes.and! blinds us. During the past week, by order of Gcn.'Rosecrans, a large number of - Secessionists have been arrested and sent to the penitentiary, under “marching or ders” for VicksbuTg and other more congenial places. There are ninety-three names upon the list, out of a population of twenty-five thousand rebels, comprising, however, the persons of those who' have been the most influential in bringing about the pre sent sad state of affairs. 1 have a list of the names, although I am not permitted to send them to you for publication yet. But itwill do no harm to in form you that six. out; of the ninety-three will be sent to some Northern prison to be confined during the war; about thirty—the old and middle-aged rebels—will be sent to Vicksburg, while the balance, young men, mostly, will be sent north of the Ohio, with the fieedom of the free States, to remain during the war. I will send you names some time this LOOKING OUT FOR VISITORS. You wilVpercieivc by the following order that it iB the intention of the commanding general to become acquainted with all who honor or dishonor his de partment. It has become a well-known , fact that soldiers and officers of the rebel service visit, in dis guise, their friends in this city. In a great measure, tius evil must cease, if the following edict is obeyed: Hrabqtjartkrs U. S. Forces, ) Nashville, Tean., April 14, 16G3. { [Orders.} . * .* , I. In accordance with orders from Headquarters Department of the Cumberland, “All citizens residing within the lines r of this army are directed -to report to the nearest provost marshal.every arrival of guests at their houses from day to day, within one hour after the time such ar rival- occurs, giving the ■ names, residence, the man-, ner of their coming, and their business within the lines of the army.” - . 11. Citizens of the city of Nashville and its imme diate vicinity will report to Col. John A. Martin, provost marshal. HI. Any violation of this order will be severely punished. By order of-Brig. Gen. K. B. MITCHELL. John Pratt, A. A. General. AN ALARM IN NASHYILLE. The people of this city were almost seized with a panic upon Sunday, and Sunday night last, and an unusual amount of excitement occurred among the military and tliepcople. Saturday night, welcarned from^"Union men, a large force, under Yan Dorn, ap peared, upon the Harding and Hillsboro pikes, about seven miles*from the city. Early Sunday morning General Granger telegraphed to General Mitchell that the force'which had been harrassing-him for several weeks had croßßed the river below, and were probably enroule for Nashville or Donelson. Thus the rumors of the proximity of a large body of cavalry were confirmed, and the commander of this post took great precautions. All the force that Yan Dorn could muster could not take and hold Nash ville. ■ But, were we not vigilant, a cavalry force could dash into, this city, and do us a great deal of damage. Therefore, General Mitchell doubled the garrison of the forts, tilled- the entrenchments, and strongly guarded,the ordnance and commissary de pots. The teamsters and > quartermasters* clerks were provided with-arms, and. many of the citizens offbred their services, to aid in defending the city. But all passed off quiet. PRESSING HORSES, The military authorities were very actively en gaged in pressing horses Sunday, and yesterday nu merous were the applications made to the commander of the poat for the release of favorite animals. The various pleas offered would make quite an amusing chapter in the annals of the Federal occupation of Nashville.. While this pressing business is goingon, it would be a good idea to dismount about one hun dred quartermasters’ clerks, who make .Tehus out of themselves six out of the ten working hours. CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, The Circuit Court of the United States for: this Judicial Circuit, Judge Catron, and Associate Judge Trigg on the bench, met in this city yesterday. Hav ing organized; the - court'adjourned over to Thursday morning. In the meantime,, the-District Court, Judge Trigg, will be in Beasion. The court-room 1b at the Capitol. During the session, several import ant treason cases will transpire. The most of the time, however, will be spent in behalf of Northern creditors. BOARD OF CLAIMS. The Board of Claims, appointed under special field order No. 69, and under instructions from de partment headquarters, have commenced =th'e inves tigation of the claims filed with'the Board. It is required of each claimant to file with his claim a specific statement or declaration on-the subject of his citizenship before the case can betaken up for inves tigation./. The . form prescribed for those who wish to declare themselves, unequivocally, citizens of the United States iB aB follows: “ I am a true and faithful citizen of the United States of America, and claim to be entitled to all the privileges, and under all the obligations appertain ing to such citizenship.’’ : - The claims of those who so acknowledge them selves to be citizens of the United States will be first examined. The exceptions to the rule, in the case of minors.and others under disabilities, will be decided as the respective cases are reached. The Board will continue to receive and file just claims, on itfl being showii that the said claims could not have been sooner filed. MURFREESBORO ITEMS. Affairs at Murfreesboro aTe very quiet, and no thing of an exciting character is anticipated. 001, Hepburn, ofthe 2d lowa Cavalry, has been appoint ed inspector general of cavalry of the Army of the Cumberland. A better or more efficient appointment could not have been made. Lieutenant Dudley, ofthe 2d Indiana Cavalry, ha's been lately appointed captain and quartermaster on Gen, Minty’s staff. Capt. D.has served his country and is entirely worthy ofthe position he. haß been called upon to occupy. General Minty haß been placed in command ofthe cavalry force under General Rosecrans, until-the arrival-of General Stanley, who has gone North for ten days. '/•''. •. Three hundred of tlie 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry left Murfreesboro yesterday for Louisville for horses. The Anderson Oavalry, so far, is doing well, and it is believed that it will make amends for its mis takes, u, C. T. NEW YORK CITY. [Special Correspondence of The Pressl/. Nkw York, April 25. The “ Petcrhoff” question is virtually settled by the surrenderor that captured steam'er’smail-bag, unopened, to the. British consul, as there certainly does not appear to have been anything suspicious enough about i.the “Peterhoff,” beyond what the mail-bag might have contained—and probably did contain—to justify the confisoation of the vessel by the prize commissioner. As. possession is,nine points of the law, the commissioner might venture to assume the rest, and proclaim the seizure legal; but it appears to me that the surrender of the mail bag, unopened, iB a palpable acknowledgment to the contrary by our Government j and so it is but reason able to infer that the Government will return the steamer, as well as her mail; if the demand is made by England. It is needless to add, that general dis gust is felt here at such a termination of the affair. THE BROADWAY RAILROAD BATTLE between the Mayor and Common Council of New York city of the first part, and the corrupt Legisla ture at Albany of the second part, is assuming the proportion of a direct issue between the city and the State. To defeat the Legislature’s infamous scheme to make a mammoth job and swindle ofthe grant, the aldermen have given the Harlem Company : permission to.extend their rails through Broadway, in accordance with a section in the company’s char ter, (1832,) which gives said company the right to lay a railroad* in Broadway whenever the city would give ffs permission. The Mayor has endorsed the action of the Common Council, and the Harlem Rail road directors have set several hundred laborers to work at once. The- Legislature arc furious at this checkmate, and will probably pass their bill and seek to iorce it upon the city by some twist of law. Go vernor Seymour is not happily circumstanced in the matter, ifhe does not Bign the Legislature bill, he Will seriously offend hiff party, And if he does sign it, the property ownerß of Broadway will from thence forth work .unanimously against him as a political , ;enemy.: V/-:-:; T-o. •*;« •' A GREAT BILLIARD MATCH was played on Thursday night, at Irvirig-Hall,inthe presence of about, fifteen hundred spectators; be ■: tween Dudley Kayanagh and Goldthwaite, both well known professors of the cue-linary art. Gold tliwaite made the largest run-T-rlSO—and was at one : time over two hundred points .ahead of-his antago / hist; but the latter overtook and passed him/m'the’ last five hundred of the game, and won by 218 points. At the conclusion of the contest, which lasted froin eight o’clock' in the evening,' until half-past one next morning, another match between the same parties,; for another thousand dollars, was spunkily arranged, -. In my humble opinion, Goldthwaite is the more bril liaht.and showy player of the two; butKavanagh’s "nerve is the-more reliable for victory in the long game. \ 7 ■y . *: THE DEATH OF BLAKE,' THE COMEDIAN, who died bo suddenly at Boston on Wednesday af ternoon, hAS cast'a gloom upon dramatic circles here, which will not be soon forgotten. On Satur . day evening last, Mr. Blake played at Laura > Keene’s Theatre, and it was not . suspected by,the public that he had left : the city when news of his" death in Boston was flashed over the wires^ . STUfVESANT. Adventures of a Federal Spy. In May, 1861, Arnold Harris vißited Buffalo. It was the day of the departure of the Twenty-eighth regiment for the Beatof.war, and recognizing a num- ; ber of’his friepds fn'the ranks he enlisted, and th^lr"sidfc v arriyal at the , Army of the Potomac-he|was transferred to the naval service, and placed in command of the Island Belle, of . the Potomac flotilla. A few'nfonths later he' his vessel and applied for another command. Department proposed to sehcKirim to Rich mond to frustrate, if possible, the projects-Of George 'who had just then secured‘contracts from the rebel government for a navy to be built in England. He accepted the perilous mission, and soon made his way to the Confederate; capital. Without of name, or person, he sue- ; ceeded in acquiring the confidence ,of . the "rebel authorities, and established 'himself on intimate - terms with several of the most-important officials. Hisv situation, however, was dangerous in the. ex treme, and he was arrested and .confined in Castle Thunder for seventeen days. He wsb recognized by two Marylanders, as the former .commander, of the Island Belle.'. Upon his trial he acknowledged the identification, claiming to have donei the Con federacy more service;; while holding a command in the Federal navy, thanhe could havedone by openly joining; its cause at .an earlier day.; His audacity triumphed, and he not only obtained an'acquittal. . but continued to ]enjoy the confidence of the rebels authorities* or, rather, of all but Benjamin, who was , suspicious of him throughout. ■ ■. • Soon after his discharge from Castle Thunder, he became a participant [of the enterprses of Sanders, who had recently returned from Europe. . As soon as Sanders; his arrangements .with Jeff. & Cd.Yhe was.to return to England with money and documents necessary to the carrying out of his schemes. His son, Reid Sanders, and Harris were to accompany him. The aim of the latter was to se cure Sanders’mail. He succeeded inr having it ar ranged that George, with his friends, should proceed by way of Matamoroa to Halifax, while Reid San ders and he, with the documents 'and despatches to .: be taken, were to, run the blockade at Charleston, and get to Halifax by way of Nassau. In accord ance with tbiß plan, Sanders, junior, ~and]Harris pro ceeded to Charleston and purchased a yacht* which' they loaded with turpentine, and: started gauy out, in January last, to Blip through the blockading fleet, and make for ; Nassau. Great interest was taken in the enterprise, and before leaving the voyagers were entertained at ajdinnerwith Beauregard ana the lead ing celebrities of the city. Meantime, Harr iB had succeeded in communicating with one of the vessels of the outside fleet, and put ting its commandeyupon the watch. The yaoht, as she ran out of the harbor, was speedily detected,and subjected to a cannonade which frightened Sanders : out of his wits, and-made him eager »to surrender. The mail-bag,; heavily freighted with iron.waa .thrownoverboard; but Harris had previously ab stracted ftrom it a portmanteau- contaiiungrthe im ..portant despatches 4 and documents, substituting in ..its stead, hi* own:.which happened; aB a remarkable • coincidence, of course,'to be itß exact counterpart. > The capture of Reid* Sanders will be . remembered Harris is at present in Buffalo, on a vißlt to ins I’friends. He ranks as alieutenant in the navy. THREE CENTS. THE REBELLION. Treason Unmn sited In Indiana—The Late • Bloody Riots—Order of Gen. Carrington— Medals of; Honor for. Our Brave Sailors— Paroles for United States Seamen—General Blunt’s Strategy—Hopes and Schemes of the Rebels In theSouthwest—Better from ‘' Stonewall w Jackson~Tho Prize Money Cases in New York—An Episode —How Gc* ueriil Bliint wages War. ORDER TO PREVENT CIVIL OUTBREAKS. .Heaoqcauthks District of'lndiana*- ' DkFAKTMF.XT Of THK OlltO. Indianapolis, Aprils, 1863.' General Orders No. 6.— 1. In the face of appeals* to' the people: to give up the illegal practice of wearing con cealed weapons, and to abandon secret and armed asso- - ciations, the practice continues. The inevitable result has been the. loss of valuable lives.. It is the clear duty of every good citizen,Vof .whatever party, to maintain order, and stop these things" at, once. It ie cleafrly the duty ofthe press to ebnear in such action. There can be no half-and-half policy.' Noparty can gain , character by the recognition of such societies. They aspire to local power, independent of both State and General Govern ment. They can imperil, but cannot insure the, rights of any., . 2. Marked among such associations are the Knights of the Golden Circle. Their oaths are disloyal; Their signs and signals are disloyal. But all calm and reason ing citizens who have.entered their lodges renounce . them. They have met with-arins in their hands. -They: have guarded the approach of those meetings with armed sentinels. They have used their.influence to protect de serters. They have passed’resolutions to defy United- States law and the Governm'ent of the United Stales, which protects them They"who shall still adhere.-to their obligations tnd continue their secret drill are de nounced as public enemies, to be derit with as such. ■ ' 3- The habit: of attending'public meetings, armed, Is another evil too common and portentous of mischief. Lft every citizen go with the right temper to hiß political .meeting, nor fear that any will interfere with his rights, nor doubt tl at he will be protected in their enjoyment. But it should never be forgo:ren that, in times of public peril, it'becomes the absoi cing interest of every citizen to subordinate everything to tne general good, and di rect all party issues so that the preservation of the Go vernment in its integrity and entirety; shall be unquali fied and Bure. 4.:-In this crnnection let it not be forgotten that violent partisan harangues do no good, but embitter all other issues. Emblems, that in other times might be adopted with pleasure, only excite animosity, when they are borrowed from such as are recognized as rebels, and Had their origin with the firatprieoners brought to the North. They, from their'dress. were denominated ‘'Butter -nuts.,!’^,They early adopted the Copperhead upon their banners, anu it is still maintained upon the flags of seve ral rebel States. It Is a very slight sacrifice to forbear 'their use as a party-emblem, when it.is undeniable that theirearly association; with the rebel cause has given them a character which complicates relations to’ party, and r .creates constant conflict and alarm in more than half the counties of this State; # Their use gives no prestige to the party with which their wearers assume to identify themselves, but compromise it with the people. leadia S, ffl “ and: the press of a 1 paitieß believe fchat the commanding officer of thiß district truly repre- • eents his Government and theirs in expressing his pur pose to regard the rights.of all, while holding absolutely and to the maintenance of our common country ? For men who plot our overthrow there is but one issue. With this neither of the leading political parties are charged. The Knights of the Golden Circle, in their leaders, are guilty. This appeal, preceded by re ?eated notices; of their existence and aims, and while enouncing them is coupled with the earnest hope that all good men will unite In the'objects expressed, to ad here to the habits of peace, and forbear the use of- words or emblems that embitter.partiesand compromise or out rage the loyal sentiments ef any. ; „ „ „ By commahd ofßrig. Gen. CARRINGTON. H. E. Madison, Lt. and A. D. C., Acting A. A. G. ORIGIN AND PROGRESS OF THE RIOT. Last Saturday morning a number of men wearing but ternut emblems, and armed, rode into Danville, Hen dricks county, in this State, to hear a speeoh from D. W. - Voorhees, who, it had been announced, would speak there that day. The demonstration created a good deal of excitement, as it was probably intended to do, and an altercation sprang up between one of the band .and a Union man, said to Lave been the renewal of ,a previous . quarrel, which ended in the display of weapons on botb Bides, and the firing of two or three shots. The Knight of the Golden Circle was wounded in the hand, we are ’informed. Friends on both sides joined in the disturb ance, and pistols were freely and fatally used. Some five or six persons were wounded, two said to be mor--. tally. .AJittle son of Mr. Witherow, a lawyer of Dan-' ville, and formerly a Senator from that county, was shot in the abdomen while walking along the street hear the Beene of the riot, and-is,we presume, dead by this time. He.was not expected to live on Saturday after noon. "We have not learned .who the other fata ly-in- : jured person is, or certainly-that any other wound is likely to prove fatal. Most of the wounded were Union men, the Knights of the Golden Circle being armed-aad prepared for a fight, and, of course, having the advan tage of their opponents, who were not only not armed, but had no knowledge of any such-invasion, of their town being contemplated. ■ . The news.of the fight spread rapidly, and the Home' Guards from Cartersburg and Plainfield,^well armed, and resolved-to make traitors regard, the laws, were speedily on the ground, but the K. G. C. had vanished.: Word was sent to General Carrington, and preparations made to despatch a b*dy of soldiers to Danville to quell the riot ; but the Home Guards proved to be sufficient,. and more, fortheemergency, and the troops went back to camp. : These K. G. C. were the same men who attempted to tear down the-Union.iiagat Cartersburg recently; and were prevented by the courage of a young lady, -.- ’On the same day (Saturday; the 18th), a still more atro cious attack was made by members of the K. G. C. on Union men in Brown county. The following account of it is from one.of tne most prominent and estimable citi-. zens of Martinsville: , :* - There was a,meeting bf : Union men in Brown county to-day, about thirteen miles from this place. AAumber? of citizens fromthis’place were," by invitation, present, and among* them Captain a. D. Cunning; of the 17th Indiana, and Sergeants T. fe. Nutter’ and Daniels, of the squadof cavalry sent, down here a. few days since to arrest deserters. The Union'men were prevented from holding their meeting? at the' place appointed by Lewis •Prosser, Esq., the law and political partner of James S. Hester,; Esq.//; and other supposed- K. G. C. ’s of that county, among them Mr. Snyder,' who will be delivered to yonby the bearer.' - After, another place/had been se lected for the meeting, and Captain Cunning’ had com menced speaking',, Prosser and -Snyder came to .the ground, and Prosser, in ?tlie presence and hearing of the two sergeants, sain he ‘ would bet a dollar he would kill two of them before night.’/Prosser?had a rifle in his hand,'and so bad Snyder. • ’ ’ Sergeant Daniels, - ceing; near, approached Prosser and asked, ‘ Who are you going to shoot, sir ?’=or * What do.you mean, sir?’ Prosser; attempted to shoot Daniels with the rifle. Daniels wrenched the rifle from Prosser, whenFrosser drew a revolver and shot Daniels. through the heart, and/at the instant* of firing, called out-to Snyder, ‘Shoot ther—meaning'SergeantNatter, but missed him. /Captain Cunningham shot Prosser, wound ing him iii the leg, and/it is supposed, broke bis leg, or •fractured the bones/and arrested Snyder. meeting ; was, of course, broken up.•' Daniels was instantly killed..”--. ' .' /••- Snyder, was,brought„to this city yesterday afternoon, •and lodgedin jaii, to await a : triaTfof his deadly offence. - Prosser will be arrested , and brought here,"if'abletobe r moved. He was a member' Of 1 the Legislature, from Brown county, some years>ago, .and has long • been known as the leader of the mostdesperately deflant,dis loyal gang of .K , G. C in the State. , Hester. hi&partner, -- was an officer in the 22d Begizrient a while, but re-" signed-because he could not be made colonel, and came u home to organize K. G. C. Lodges, in which he was one - : of the first as well as most active-men in the State.—/n -dianapolis Journal. AWARD OF MEDALS OF HONOB TO SEAMEN. ' Navy Department, April 3, 1863. ~ General Order ,No. 11.— The following seamen and ethers in the naval service of the United States have been specially mentioned to, the Department by their commanding officers, in such terms as, in the opinion, of the Secretary of the Navy, to entitle them to the medal of honor autborizedby an act of Congress approved-Dec. •21,' IS3I, to'be bestowed'; upon •■*.* such pettyofficers,'sea men,^; and marines, as shall most distinguish themselves by gallantry in ’action' and other seamanlike qualities during the preeent war,”viz: . ■ • James McCloud, captain" of foretop, a’ volunteer from the Colorado, on board Pensacola, in the attack upon Forts Jackson and Str Philip, and at the taking of New Orleans, April i 4 and 25, 1562; specially commended. Louis Richards, quartermaster, also on board the Pen sacola, ion, same occasions as those just mentioned. “Fine conduct”—“ through din and roar of battle steered:the ship through barricade, and his watchful devotion to orders contributed greatly to successful pas sage;” “coolnessperfectly heroic.” -' . Thomas Flood, boy, also on hoard-Pensacola on same occasion, assisted- “very-materially. by taking the du .ties of the signal quartermaster, who was shot down, which duties he performed Svith the’coolness, exacti tude, and fidelity of a .veteran seaman.” “Cannot speak too warmly of Flood. ” “ Intelligence and cha racter of a high order. ; James Buck, quartermaster, onboard the Brooklyn in , the attack upon Forts Jackson and St. Philip, and at the taking of New Orleans, April 24 and 25.-1562. /‘ Sta tloned at’ the wheel;”.: ’‘,*Eaily in 'the fight painfully wounded by a heavy splinter, but for Severn hours stood : bravely at his post, refusing to go below until positively ordered,to do so. ’’ - ‘‘ Next morning, stole, to his station : and steered the sliip over'elght'hours. ” - : • . Oscai'-E. Peck/second-class boy, on board Vanrna, in attack upon Foils Jackson and St. Philip. - “ Coolness and intrepidity.'attracted ..the attention of 'all'hands’. n “Deserving great praise. ” .• . .Thomas Gebegan; boatswain’s mate, onboard Pinola, in the attack upon Forts Jackson and Sc., Philip,' and at • the taking of New Orleans: '“Brave example he set the crew, and faithful manner with which he served his gun, bringing up-his own ammunition when men composing powder division had been nearly all or .wounded.- ’ : ■ 'Edw ard Farrel, quartermaster, on board 0 wasco,in the - reduction ofrForts St Philip:'v“> His intel ligence; coolness/ and capacity were conspicuous. ? Peter Williams,-seaman,.on board Monitor,- in'fight with Merrimac, March. 19,1562. . Made an acting; mas ter’s-mate, but now- (March, 1863, ) an acting. ensign bn board Florida. , - -Bfe'nj'axnin Sevearer,-sailor, who raised faff on Fore Clark; “Deed.of noble daring. ” \ * ~ ' John ter-gunner, on board Yalley City, in attack'of enemyls-vessels and a fort near Elizabet h City.. N. C.- v February 10,1862.-When vessel was on lire near the magazine,' seated*himself on an open barrel of pow-* der. as thtfbhly means to keep the fire oat. ; . Cnarles Kenyen,:fireman. on board Galena, in attack upon Drury’s Bluff,May 15, 1862. “Conspicuous for persistent courage ~r^ Jejemiahßegan,.quartermaster, on. board -Galena, in same attack, May 15. 1862.-Bis-good conduct “attracted the particular attention’’-of his commanding officer. • AlexanderHoocT,quartennaster;JohnKelley, second- fireman.. r ; : Both Ceres, iu fight near Hamilton,'up: Roanoke "river, July .9, 1862, and both spoken of ftfr. “goodcbnductandsoul-bravery.”- ' Daniel Lakinj seaman;-John Williams, seaman; John Breese, boatswain’s mate;-;Alfred. Peterson, seainan 'AU onboard;Commodore Perry in; attack upon-Franklin, Ki- C;,.October 3,-1862,-and “distinguished- themselves 1 by Ibeir gallant conduct. ” : “ Thomas C. Barton,'seaman; on board Hunchback, £h' attack-upon Franklin, N. C. Mentioned, for ‘ * heroic conduct.” •> .Edwin Smith, ordinary seaman, onboard Whitehead;'. in attack upon Franklin, N. C.Y October 3,1862. “ Swam ashore under the fire of the enemy, with a'line, and thus : rendered important service. 71 Mentioned for“ gallant ry ■’ . . , < * • ’ * ' Daniel .Harrington, landsman, on board Pocahontas. • Landing in a boat near Brunswick, Ga., March 11,*1862," and when, fired upon by the' enemy, concealed, “ ex- : hibited great coolness and bravery. ’’ YYfohn''Williams,’captain maintop, on board PawheeMn ; attack upon Matthias Point, June26,~lS6l. “ Gallantry ‘caniiot be'spoken in toohigh. terms. Though wounded by a musket ball in the thigh, he retained: charge ,of his .boat, and when the staff was shot away,’held the stump in nis iafiu/' Witir the -flag, till we got alongside the.. -Freeborn ” r . J: B; Frisbee, gunner’s matet-on board: Pmola, in.: at tack upon Forts Jackson Philip, and the taking of New. Orleans.* “Berth*deck on fire, he iustantly closed the magazine and remained mside. ” Thomas Bourne, seaman, William McKmght; - cox swain, Wiiham Martin, seaman, John Greene, captain forecastle." Captains of guns on board Varuna,- in attack upon Forts Jackson arid St.. Philipp April.24,- tioned as having done * their duty* through the thickest, of: the/fight, with > great veoolnefiH ana danger to ; the John McGowan, quartermaster, Affios Hfadleyi lands man. On board Yaruna, in attack upon Forts Juckson and fit. Philip, April 24, 1862.: .“Stood atf the wheel the’ u hole of the tune, although r guns were raking the decks - fiom behind them. ” “ Their.position was one of the n ost hazardous on the ship, and they did their duty to.. ihetitmost;” ■ George Hollat, third-class boy, on beard Yaruna, in attack upon Forte Jackson and St. Philip, April 24,1862, Montioned .‘as deserving, great praise,” * * • Charles Florence,'boatswain's mate, Wm, Young, boatswain’s t mate t . Wm. Parker, captain: of the after-' anara,(Edward, Wright, quartermaster. On board the C ayuga; in attack upon Forts .Tacksonand St. Philip, and ib’e taking ofSt.' Philip, and’the taking of New Orleans, • April 24 and 25; 1862. Mentionedwith “praise for their conduct.” Charles Bradley, boatswain’s'mate? .Timothy Sulli van,;coxswain; James Byrnes, boatswain’s mate, on the United States steamer Louisville; first captains of 9-mch guns. Specially recommended-for their. 4 attention to duty, braveryj andcoolriessinaction” , - •., JohnMcD.onald, boatswain’s mate; Charles Robinson, b( atswain’s mate; Pierre Leon. captain forecastle; Peter Cotton,' 1 coxswain on-board the Baron DeKalb,, men tioned by, their commanding: officer as having, distin gnished themgelves in various actions. Charles W. Morton, William Mar tin, "boatswain’s - mate; Robert Williams,. Bignalquar-: ’•ei master, on board the Benton, also, mentioned by their commanding officer as having distinguished .themselves - iD ’ffie ri Ke^retSy l o S f the Navy, therefore, awards a medal of honor to each of the persons above mentioned; which ’ will be transmitted* upon application; made through their commanding officers,, respectively. ' The awards will be made hereafter only upon recom mendations from commanding officers, in accordance ■with paragraphs4ands of general ; order.No. 10 of this; Department. GIDEON WELLES, ' •Secretary of the Navy. • GENERAL BLUNT’S STRATEGY. Headquarters District of Kansas, Fort Lkayrnwoutk; April 16, 1863. To Col. E. Lynde, commanding Wi Beaiment Kansas - Volunteers: ■ - : . -v, -v-% . .- Colonel :The,westerutier of;counties ,of .the State ot ' Missouri, lying south of the Missouri river, bemg now embraced within-Ihis district, you will therefore,, lor, * the puipose of protecting loyal- citizens, punishing trai tors, and.: insuringjpeace .and quiet upon the border .of Kansas and Missouri,' move the troops under your com mand into the border,tier of*'counties .in Missouri, as bo fore mentioned (your headquarters remaining; at Kansas), and co-operate with loyal federal troops as you may-meet with within the limits of this, -'"district. 4 - The troops should be kept moving on, patroling* ~^the; border counties, and should, exercise, th^utmost,- THE WAR PRESS. (PUBLISHED WEEKLY.) Teth War Prbss will be sent to (Subscribers by mail (per annum in advance) at.......... 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When such persons are taken prisoners— which should, as much, yds possible, be avoided— they will be summarily , tried ; by a military commission to be ap pointed oy the present, and, if found . guilty* must be executed by hanging or hhootiag, with out delay; but. in. carrying put jhese instructions great discrimination and be exercised, to the end that po - loj/al>OT innocent person shall suffrr. The, troops must be kept cinder .complete discipline and subordination, and all officers: held; accountable for tho conduct ofthe men immediately under their command. No person or parties bearing anus# and not in the mili tary service, will be allow ed to go into the Staieof Cdis - souri as camp followers; nor wiLL such persons or parties be tolerated in.this military cistrict ; and all operations against rebels must bs by the legal military au thority. ‘ This injunction wilt apply expressly to-a>n organization Imoum as 1 ‘ Rea Legs , ” which is an orga nized band of tbieyes and violaters of law and good order. All such persons found prowling over the coun try without a legitimate purpose will be disarmed; and if they shall be caught in the act of thieving, or other* lawlessness, or ih: toe-possession'of stolen property, for wliicli they cannot good 'and sufficient reason, must be shot on the spot, and as there is reason to believe that officers in the military service are implicated direct ly, or indirectly with L the offences of “Red Legs” and lawless .baud*; therefore, upon the evidence that any officer has failed or neglected to carry out-the fore going instructions in reference to* sack otfende»a, lie shall be dishonorably dismissed from, the service of the United States. : _General Order No. 9, of March 27, issued by Briga dier General Loan, will remain in force in that por tion of Missouri included within this district until far ther orders. All stock.or other property taken from rebela-in the -State of Missonriwill be turned over to the commanding officer at Kansas City. * Copies of. the foregoing instructions will be furnished to cne commanding officers in the border counties of Missourtfor their information and guidance. Respectfully, your obedient servant,: - . JAMES G, BLUNT, Maj. Gen. Commanding. REBEL HOPES AND SCHEME f-LETTER FROit.GOV. HARRIS,,UF TENNESSEE. To the Editor of the Winchester (fenn.) Bulletin : - Tullahoma, Tenn.. April 3, 1353 My attention hasbeen called to the following paragraph in your issueof the 21st uit.: ■_ It has been settled that there will be no election for Governor in Tennessee, in August'next, if the Federal army-contmue to bold the middle- and west sections of that State.’ 1 By virtue of the Constitution Governor Har ris holds his office unUi his successor is elected M A similar paragraph-appeared in the Memphis Appeal of the 27th uit. *, ■ • Allow me to suggestthat it settled bythaConstitu- Tennessee-that there shall- be as election for Governor, Senators and Representatives on the first Thursday in August, and there Is no power in or out of the State which can change or annnl this constitutional requirement. The election should, by all means, and certainly will, •be held at the time fixed by the Constitution. We should, therefore, at the proper time, take ail necessary prepa ratory steps. Forgetting all the differences of opinion ttpon : minor queatms of ; the past, we should select a good and true man for each position, in whose support all true patriots can cordially unite. ' ■ If we will present one, and but one. such candidate in each elective district throughout the State, Federal bayo nets cannot prevent theelection of sound Southern-rights mentothepositionsof Governor,Representatives in Jon gress and the General Assembly. The people of that portion of Tennessee within the ene my’s lineß present -the proudest spectacle of heroic firm ness in their patriotic devotion to- our cause We may confidently rely upon tbeir cordial; co-operation, so far •as they may be permitted to vote or take part in the elec tion.- . > Butlong-before August, the rivers will have fallen to low-water mark, giving us an open field in which to meet the enemy- I feel that i hazard .vefy litue in ex pressing the confident belief that -before election day we will have crushed or driven from our State vhe mise rable mercenaries and vandals who have to icngplun dered and oppressed a brave, true, and patriotic people, leaving every portion of the State free and' unfcramuisL led in the exercise of the elective franchise. Very respectfully, iSHAM G. HARRIS. PIOUS LETTER FROM STONEWALL’JACKSON. The London Ueios publishes the following character istic epistle Gitset’s Depot; Caroline Co., Va. My Dear Coloxel : Yesterday I heard that Governor 5 Letcher and yourself were coming to'visit the army, but the arrival of the cars without you doomed me to disap pointment.-. I hope youwillcome>beforo long.. Please give my kindest regards to the Governor, and remind him of his long-standing promise to visit me. Colonel Linedi says he heard distant artillery, , and others agree with, him. The direction is toward Port Royal. I h ave read with great interest the reports of the Con gressional committee recommend ing the repeal of the law requiring the mails to be carried on the Sabbath, and £ hope yon will feel it a dnty as well as a pleasure to urge its repeal. Ido .not see how a nation that thus arrays itself by such.', a ; law against God’s holy day can expect to escape His wrath. The punishment of national sins mustbe confined to this world, as there is no nation ality beyond the grave. For. fifteen vosrs r tiavA re fused to mail betters on Sunday, or. to take them out of the office on that day, except since fyame Ihtojthe field; and so far from having to regret my course," ifnas b9en a source, of. true, enjoyment. I have never- sustained loss in'Observing what God enjoins, and l am well satisfied that- the law should be repealed at.tbe earliest practicable moment; My : rule »ls to Jet the Sabbath mails remain unopened,Unless they:contain, a despatch; but despatches are generally sencfby couriers, or tele graph, or by.some fecial messenger; *1 do not recollect a single instance of any special despatch having reached ; me'sfnce the.commencement of the war by. the'mails. If 'you desire to repeal the law, I trust that you will bring ,a\L your influence to accomplishment. - Now is the time. it appears to ibe, taeffect so desirable an ob ject; I understand that noYonljrbur President, but also most of our amajority of our Congress men, are professing Christians. God has greatly blessed, us,'and I trust Ht will make us that people to whom God is the Lord.- Let us look to God for an illustration in our history that righteousness exaltetk a"nation, bat sin is a, feprdach'to any : people." ; -Please send me'a copy of the staff hill, as I may have something to say . respecting it in my-letter to Colonel Miles. Very truly, your friend, T. J .JACKSON. Colonel A. B. Botcheb, Richmond, Ya. ; - [This lette’r'stould bg addressed'tbihe Hon. a! R. Bo teler, of Buckingham' county, .Yirginia—a colonel by compliment. Mr. Boteler was formerly tics, and opposed secession, untiLhe was - forced to re cognizethe rebel leaders. to sayeihis immense property from confiscation.— - ~ . THE FRAUDS IN TELE PRIZE CASES. New York, April 25.—0 f all the frauds that have been perpetrated since the commencement of the rebellion* tfieie are none more deserving of condemnation than those which are now being inquired into by a number of disinterested merchants of this city, at the office, of Ed ward Jordan, Government solicitor, in the Merchants 1 Exchange. These frauds relate to the sales and distribu tion of prize property,-and'present certain facts which cannot fail to bring dowuupon the' perpetrators of them , th emost rigorous. andjnet measures of the courts of jus tice, as .well as the indignation of the people. ~ J, The inveatigation intoSthese frauds bids fair to disclose some of the most significant swindling operations which* were ever-practised in thiffinty.'; A number of eminent merchants, among whom are MosesH. Grinhell, Edward Minium, Moses Taylor, Charles H;‘ Marshall, and Ezra Nye, have ; taken this matter in hand, and are deter mined to bring the wrong-doers to punishment. They have laid before Solicitor Jordan'some five of six cases, in which it appears that the Government captors, and. persons who, in good faith, bid;upon goods, have been grossly defrauded. These cases present facts enough to render very full explanations necessary on the part of the United States Marshal, the District Attorney, the Prize Commissioners, Government counsel for thecap toi 8, and others.. , . - Of all the prizes that have been.sold in this port during the past year, the proceeds of only one or two have been distributed among the officers and sailors who were en titled to a proportion of them as captors of the prize good?. The fact is that these men, . who, before all others, were rightfully entitled to receive the largest share'of the proceeds of such sales,.have been most grossly defrauded out of. their .prize money. ; ’ " In September last, Mr. Francis B. Upton, 'of - this city, was appointed Government connsel-for all the captors ox the various prizes which have been brought to this port. He was authorized to represent; the officers and sailors in" court, and also to take from-all amounts deposited in court, when the amount was $lO,OOO ox more, a fee of $2OO and a commission of one per cent.; and, on amounts less than SIO,OCO. a fee of $lOO, with a commission of two per cent. Many of the captors-have retained private coun sel, as they think it entirely wrong to have fees paid to counseL with;.whom they have no’acquaintance what ever, arid whom they may have never seen. . ' Itisbelievedthat the investigation which is now going on will have a good effect, and that officers and sailors will in the future be protected against suck:frauds as have disgraced, the transactions attending prize sales in the past. - J “WHISPER ‘GOOD NIGHT,’ LOVE!” The Murfreesboro correspondent of the Cincinnati Com triereial says: I desire to call the attention of wives and mothers to an .exquisite little song that was.com posed by a soldier the night before the battle of Stone river. Captain.H. 7 Millard, 19th'U. S.. A., and'A, D. C. to Major General E6usseau, is the'author. On the night of the 29th December, when the division bivouacked on Stewart’s creek, Captain Millard’s wife bade, him good bye. :We expected to go into battle next morning. Cap tain Millard reclined on ft shock of corn, looking into the bine skies, thinking oi his wife,' for soldiers think of wives and little ones at such periods. His comrades were speculating on the chances of battle, now and then* expressing amiable, envy-that Millard could sleep so soundly. Suddenly he sprang from, his conch, and, calling Lieut. Firtle, he repeated the result of his fancies to him, in verse, which he entitled, * 4 Whisper Good Night, Love.”,. Tuesday. nigt-t (30th December), while the division was bivouacked in, front of Murfreesboro, he composed and arranged the music for the piano. The next day, five hundred and eight or Millard’s comrades were bleeding on the field of battle. I don’t know what our music-loving lady friends may.think of our soldier’s song,'but indeed it touches soldiers’hearts. ” IMPORTANT NAYAL ORDER. BCLE3 TO BE OBSERVED IN-.THE’ NAVY : OF- THE UNITED STATES IN RELATION TO PAROLES.- GENERAL ORDERj No. 9. r Navy Department, April 2,1863. . 1. Paroling must always take placeLy the interchange 'of signed duplicates of a written document, in which the names and rank of the persons,paroled are correctly and distinctly stated.. Any one who intentionally misstates his rank forfeits the benefit of his parole, and is liable to punishment.; f 2. None but commissioned officers can give the parole for themselves and their command, and no inferior offi cer can give a parole without the' authority of his -supe rior, if within reach. . ■- • J . S.iN.Ofparoling of entire bodies of.men after a battlu or capture; and no dismissal of. large numbers of prisoners* With a general declaration that they are paroled, is per ' mitted, or considered of any yalue. i:‘ -An officer who shall give a parole for himself or his command-withont:refeiring to superior, when it ia in liis power to do "so, will be considered as giving add. : and comfort to;the enemy,” ananuy.be considered as a deserter, and be punished accordingly. • 5. rFor the officer, .the pledging of his parole is an- indi vidual act; arid no wholesale paroling by an officer for a number of inferiors in rank, in violation of ArticleT, is‘ pennitted» be considered valid. • 6.* No non-commissioned or warranted officer, or sea man, or private marine,ior. belongihg to the navy, can give his parole except- through an officer Individual paroles not given throughjan officer are not only void, but make the individuals ' giving' them ama .napleiopunishment &s deseitei:s; r The exception is when individuals, properly separated from, their commanders, have suffered long confinementwith-* out the possibility of being paroled through an officer. 7. No prisoner ofwar can be forced'by the hostile Go vernment to pledge .his parole, and- any threats or ill treatment to force tiie giving of the'parole is contrary to the law of war. ■ ,8. No prisoner of war can enter into engagements in • consistent with his character and duties as a citizen ana. a subject of bis .State. He can only bind himself not to bear arms agaihßt ; his captor for a limited period, or until he.is exchanged, and -this only with the sUpulatea or implied consent oi bis own Government. en gagement which he makes is not approved by his Go 'vernment, he is bound to return and surrender.himself .as a prisoner of war. * His own Government cannot, ac the same time, disown his engagement ana refuse-his : : return as a prisoner. .'-.-Tj'- - . :9. No one can pledge his parole that he will neverbear 1 arms againßt the Government of hls.captors, nor'that he will not bear arms against any other enemy of his Go vernment not at the time the ally ofi>his captors. - Such, agreements have reference only to'-the existing enemy and his existing allies, and the existing war, and not to future belligerents. . x * 10. ; While the pledging of the military parole is a vo luntary act of the individual; the capturing power is not obliged to grant it. ; 11. Paroles not authorized by the common law of war are not valid until approved by the Government of the individual so pledging his parole. • 12. The pledging ofany unauthorized military parole is a military offence, punishable under the common law ofwar. These rules will be read^At general muster on board of every vessel of the navy, and will 1 be hereafter -strict ly observed and enforced. GIDEON-WELLES, Secretary of the Navy. Religious Society of Progressive Friends,— I This Bociety will hold its eleventh year ly meeting at Longwood, Chester county, com mencing on Thursday, the 6th of June,’.and con-, tinuing three days.. The.call-for.the meeting Bays: “The Progressive friends are not associated upon any theological or ecclesiastical basis,' but attracted by a com mon desire to promote their own moral and spiritual im provement, and to labor for. the promotion among man kind of whatsoever things are just, beneficent, ana pare. Itis their aim to maintain freedom of inquiry, thought, and; speech; to be hospitable to new-ideas, proving all things, arid holding fast that which is good; to deliver themselves and others 'from'.the henumbmg power of superstition, sectarianism,and priestcraft; to- open their hearts freely to all. ennobling inspirations, giving beeCto the spirit more than.to the/letter; and to exert their whole moral influence, : as individuals and as an association, for the overthrow of every system of in justice and fraud, and thßbpbuilding of all that tends to promote the highest welfare of the human family..^/ * • The measure -of success Which has attended our labors as a religious: during4he last ten years, to say nothing, of the great enjoynient we nave had in. them; encourages us to perseverein the good-work; And. now when our country is involved;.in, aI l the disasters ■ and perils of a r WorfrWtrngglajfor- of slavery and thspreservation offree matrtations, the duty oflabSiing forthel diffusion of theTprmciples pB-yrbte& our association is-founded seems more : thau ever lnapora - tive.-' We, therefore,-’; invite all_who cherish those pnu~ . ciples to meet and ks. > .•- >: r
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