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VHXi PRESS,
PUBLISHED JDAILT (SUNDAYS EXCEPTED,)
BT JOHS W. FORNEY.
OFFICE. No. 11l SOOTH FOURTH BTRBKT-
the daily, press.
Ekihteek. Cents Per Week, payable to. the Cartier
Nailed to BobMrltwra out of the City at Eioht Dot, lam
Febljruh. Four Dollars for Six Months, TwoDon
lakb tor Tran Months—invariably in advance for the
time ordered.
49" Advertisements inserted at the uaual ratee. Biz
Unaa constitute naquaro.. • „
THE TRI WEEKLY PRESS,
Mailed to Subscribers out of the City at Fork Doll am
PBn 'iJnntM. In advance.
DRY GOODS JOBBERS.
JQA.WSON, BRANSON, & GO;,
If.W. CORNER MARKET AND FIFTH STS..
(501 Market Street,)
JOBBERS OF ENGLISH, FRENCH. AND GERMAN
DRESS FABRICS, SHAWLS, &C.
We invite the attention of the RETAIL TRADE to
our wettraasoited' stock of..
FOREIGN DRESS GOODS AND SHAWLS,
, Vhioh we will sell' at the very lowest market price.
Wo pay especial attention to tbe largo Auction Sales,,
.and Buyers’ can find Goods in our Store, at much less
ithan coet of Importation, and as cheap as they can be
•found anywhere.
"T. Ri DAWSON. J. G. BOJtOAKDNER. 0. BRAN3ON.
apl3-36t •
Xj. HALLO WEB L <S GO,
' NO. 615 CHESTNUT STREET,
(JAYNE’S MARBLE BUILDING.) ..
Have now in stock, and are daily receiving; ahandsome
Assortment of New Foreign .
FANCY DRY GOODS
. . ■ and
SIL K S
/JJLlpuwhJtted aince.the recent
-DECLINE IN GOLD AND EXCHANGE,
And Which will be sold at a-
SMALL ADVANCE FOR CASH*
&pS-2m
spring 1863>
1863.
DRY GOODS.
HOOD, BONBRIGHT, 4 00.,
WHOLESALE DEALERS IK
FOREIGN A.ND DOMESTIC
DRY GOODS,
STo. 435 MAEKET STREET, PHILADELPHIA,
The attention of the TRADE is Invited to their larra
i3fcoek of
STIFLE AO IMCI GOODS,
Among which are choice brands of Sheet
ing and Shirting Muslins,
Madder . . Prints, . De Latnes,
Ginghams, Lawns, and
SShwest Ststjes Diiinss Goods.
MEN’S' WEAR
111 GREAT YAHIEIT.
GREAT INDUCEMENTS OFFERED TO
CASH BUYERS.
tthlfl-2m
JJAVID ROGERS,
No. 45 SOUTH FOURTH STREET,
Importer and Jobber of
MEN AND BOYS’ WEAR, .
LADIES’ CLOAKINGS, &0.
mh2s-2m»
gPRING STOCK
SILK AND FANCY DRESS GOODS.
A. W. LITTLE <6 00.,
■tS-2m N 0.835 MAEKET STREET.
gPBING, 1863.
YARD, GILLMORE, df: 00,
Importers and Jobbers; of
SILKS
AND ■
FANCY DRY GOODS;
mOS. Ml CHESTNUT AND 614 JAYNE STS.,
. Bare now ores, oI THEIK OWN IMPORTATION, a
LARGE AND HANDSOME STOCK
SPRING GOODS,
COMPRISING
DBRSS GOODS. SHAWLS, RIBBONS.
GLOVES, &C.
Alio. A fall assortment of
WHITE GOODS, LINENS, FURNISHING GOODS. ,RM
. BROIDERIES, AND LACES.
The attention of the trade is requested.
SPRING.
1863.
JOHNES, BERRY, * OO.J
(SacoMßor* to Abbott, Johne*, A Go.)
&o. 117 MARKET, and 534 COMMEBGB Street#.
PHILADELPHIA.
WPOKTBEB AHB JOBBERS OP
SILK
FANCY DRY GOODBj
Qrt« how open ft LARGE AND ATTRACTIVE STOCK
DRESS GOODS,'
Adapted to the Season. Also, a Fall Assortment In
WHITE GOOl|jb RIBBONS, GLOVES,
SHAWLS, &0.,
Which they offer to the trade at the LOWEST PRICES.
CASH BUYERS
Are partlenlarly Invited to examine our Stock.- fel3-tf
GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS.
<Q.EORaE GRANT,
WO; 010 CHESTNUT STREET,
Has now ready
A LARGE AND COMPLETE STOCK
- OF "'
GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS,
of his own importation and manufacture..
. Hie celebrated
“PRIZE MEDAL SHIRTS,”
manufactured under the superintendence of
JOHN F. TAGGERT,
(FORMERLY OF OLDENBERG 1 A TAGGERT, )
Bre the most perfect-fitting Shirts oftheage.
.4®r Orders promptly attended to. mh26-thstuSm
<QLD ESTABLISHED SHIRT, STOCK,
AND COLLAR EMPORIUM,
NO. 14:6 NORTH FOURTH STREET.
CHARLES L. ORUM & CO.
Are prepared to execute all orders for their celebrated
Xnahe of Shirts, on short notice, in the most satisfactory
manner. These Shirts are cat by measurement, on sci
entific principles, and. surpass any other Shirt for neat
jness’of/tf on the Breast , comfort in the .ffficfc,and ease on
the Shoulder. aplB-stath6m
VfHE FINE SHIRT EMPORIUM,
Nos. 1 AND 3 NORTH SIXTH STREET.
JOHN 0. ARRISONI
(formerly j. burr moors. )
IMPOSTER AND MANUFACTURES OF
GENTLEMEN’S FURNISHING GOODS
‘IN GREAT VARIETY AND AT MODERATE PRICES.
N. B.—Particular attention given to the making of
Bhlrts, Collars, Drawers, iio.
SHIRT MANUFACTORY;
A- The.subscriherwonld invite attention to his
IMPROVED CUT OF SHIRTS, : .. . .
'Which he makes a specially in his business* Also ( con*
■Btantly receiving,
NOVELTIES FOR GENTLEMEN’S WEAR.
J. W- SCOTT,
GENTLEMEN’S FURNISHING STORE.
No. 814 CHESTNUT STREET,
Ja2o-tf Four doors below the Continental,
[W ILL I-A.M H. YEATON & 00
l ” No. »01 Sonth FRONT Streets i ■ 9
_ Agents f-or'fche sale of the
ORIGINAL HEIDSIECK A 00. CHAMPAGNI.
Offer that desirable Wine to the trade.
NOR'D I SiUXCLARETS d «rade.
100 V^«tei?S OaiTAO BBAOTX ‘
M eases finest Tuscan Oil, in flasks; 2 doxen In case.
*OO bbls finest duality Monong&heU Whisky.
00 bbU Jersey Apple Brandy.
00,000 Havana Cigars, extra fine.
Hoet ft Chandon Grand Yin Imperial, •• Green Seal”
Chunpacne.
Together with a fine assortment of Madeira, Sherry.
Fort.Ae* f024-ly
/CHAMPAGNE.—AN INVOICE OF
Li * * Comet” and '' Crescent” Champagne Wine, to er
rlv. Mr Op C«l. -*JtargJgaSn' * X.AVERONR.
. *7 SOM u-1«04 South FRONT BtrccAi
VOL. 6—NO. 228.
COMMISSION HOUSES.
"yyKLLING, COFFIN, & CO.,
»aO CHESTNUT STREET,
Have for sale by the Package a good assortment of Staple
PRINTS, LAWNS,
BROWN AND BLEACHED MUSLINS,
COTTONADES, PRINTED LININGS,
SrLESUS, NANKEENS, CORSET JEANS. ■
ALSO, *
6-4 BLACK AND MIXED BROADCLOTHS,
UNION CASSIMEBES,
EXTRA, MEDIUM, AND LOW QUALITY SATINETS,
NEGRO KERSEYS, PLAID LINSEYS,
ARMY GOODS,; 40., &C.
■ ap2l-tuths3ni . ?
Q A NTON FLANNELS ,
NEGRO KERSEYS,
Plain and Twilled,
LINSEYS,
White Rock, Westerly, &c., 4e.
BROWN DRILLS,
Oh hand, and for.sale by
SHIPLEY, HAZARD, & HUTCHINSON,
ap22-12t lia CHESTNUT STRICT 1
pHILADE L P H I A
“ B AG”
MANUFACTORY.
BURLAP bags of all sizes,
FOB COBH, OATS, COFFEE, BONE DUST, &0.
SEAMLESS BAGS,
Of standard makes, ALL SIZES, for sale cheap, for net
cash on delivery. , : v'. r
gHIPLEY, HAZARD, *
HUTCHINSON,’
No. lia CHESTNUT STREET,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
FOR THE SALE OF
PHIL ADEL Pill A-MADE GOODS.
mh3l-6m .
HUD SPRING STOCK IS NOW AR-
Vr BANGED.
80,000 DOZEN
HOSI E R Y i
AT LOWES PRICES THAU .PRESENT COST OP IM
PORTATION
THOS. MELLOR A GO.,
M AND U NORTH THIRD STBEET,
JOHN T. BAILEY 4 00.;
BAGS AND BAGGING
OP EVERT DESCRIPTION,
NO. 113 NORTH FRONT STREET,
WOOL BAGS FOK SALE.
CARPETS AND OIL-CLOTHS.
CARPET WAREHOUSE.
JOS. BLACKWOOD,
8353 ARCH STREET,
TWO DOORS BELOW NINTH (South Side],
IS NOW RECEIVING
FOR SPRING TRASS,
A rich and extensive assortment'of 1
ENGLISH AND AMERICAN CARPETINGS,
Of the best makes,
Embracing all the new styles, which are offered
AT LOW PRICES FOR CASH.
mhl3-2m. .
J UST RECEIVED,
3,000 ROL Ii S
CANTON MATTINGS,
To which we invite the attention of the trade.
M’OALLUM <Ss GO.,
NO. 509 CHESTNUT STREET,
E M OVA L .
J. T. DELACROIX,
lull removed his
STOCK OF CARPETINGS, ;
Prom *T South. FOURTH Street, to his
NEW STORE,
No. 37 SOUTH SECOND STREET,
Where he offers to his old customers, and purchaser*
generally, a LARGE AND DESIRABLE STOCK OF
1863.
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. 3T SOUTH SECOND STREET, above Chestnut.
mh9-8m . ■
Q.LEN ECHO MILLS,
M’OALLUM & GO.,
MANUFACTURERS, IMPORTERS, AND DEALERS.
509 CHESTNUT STREET,
(Opposite Independence Hall,)
CARP E T I N G Si
We have now on hand an extensive stock ol CARPET*
INGS. of our own cud other make., to which we call
the attention of cash and short-time Layers. fel6-3m
DRUGS AND CHEMICALS.
ROBERT SHOEMAKER & CO.,
Northeast Corner FOURTH and RACE Streets.
PHILADELPHIA,
WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS,
IMPORTERS AND DEALERS
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIO
WINDOW AND PLATE GLASS,
WHITE LEAD AND ZINC PAINTS, PUTTY, &0.1
AGBKTBFOR-THECELEBRATBD
FRENCH ZINC PAINTS.
Dealers and consumers supplied at
VERY LOW PRICES FOR CASH.
'nhß-Sm
Q.EORGE A. HILLER & CO.,
506 MARKET STREET,
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
D R XT Gr .8,
MEDICINES, CHEMICALS,
PAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES,
WINDOW AND HOLLOW GLASS WARE,
Special attention given to the wants of the City Trade,
ap2l-lm
HARDWARE AMD CUTIERY.
JJARDWARE.
CLOSING OUT AT
OLD PR ICES,
The Stock' of a WHOLESALE HOUSE, comprising a
LARGE ASSORTMENT OF
ALL KINDS OF GOODS.
4»T MARKET and 416 COMMERCE Streets.
apl6-1m . .
& ELY,
Manufacturers of
PATENT CAST-STEEL
TABLE CUTLERY
. AND
COMBINATION CAMP KNITES,
PORKS, AND SPOONS.
No. 130 PEG STREET,
mhgj-Btnth2m ■ "Philadelphia.
jHARD AND FANCY JOB PRINTING,
V/At EINGWALT & BROWN’S. 11l S. FOURTH St,
Heavy and Medium.
GEO. GRIGG,
Noe, aio and aai CHURCH Alley.
PHILADELPHIA.
GERMANTOWN, PA.
OIL CLOTHS, *«.
JLi.!rUFAOrUREBB OF ,
PHILADELPHIA,
SEWING MACHINES.
Q.ROVER AND BAKER'S
CELEBRATED PREMIUM
SEWING MACHINES,
Ho. 730 CHESTNUT Street.
Important Facts for tkc Public.
FIRST.
The machines manufactured by the GROVER & BA
KER Sewing Machine Company have taken the FIR IT
PREMIUM at the late State Fairs held in New York,
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
Michigan. lowa, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Vir
ginia, North Carolina, Alabama, and California.
SECOND.
The work cxocnted by the GROVER & BAKER Ma
chines has received the FIRST PREMIUM at every State
Fair in the United Btates where it has been exhibited.
THIRD.
/Experience proves that there are only two valuable
sowing machine stitches—'THE GROVER & BAKER
STITCH and THE SHUTTLE STLTJH. by some called
LOCK-STITCH. ” These stitches have each theirpe
culiar merits and excellencies; For some purposes the
one stitch is -better acapted, and forsome purposes the
other, and a selection should always be made accord
ingly
FOURTH.
The GBOYER & BAKER Sewing Mnohine Company
manufacture, in addiiton to their celebrated,GßOVEß &
BAKER STITCH machines, the most perfect SHUTTLE
or ‘‘LOCK STITCH” machines inthe market, and afford
purchasers the opportunity of selecting, after trial and
examination oftoth,' the one best suited to their /wanta.
Other companies manufacture . hut one kind of machine
each, • and cannot: offei' this opportunity of selection to
their customers. : '
FIFTH.
. .vThe -GROVER &BAKER Machine Company
are the only parties who manufacture and sell machines
which both SEW PERFECTLY and EMBROIDER PER
FECTLY. : ; - ''-'v'",-.
■v We do not deem inessential, nor find it necessary, in.
•order to sell our machines, to depreciate the many ex
cellent productions of: our- competitors; hut, on the con
trary, we. prefer that parties inquest of a truly superior
and reliable article,. either for family use or manufactu
ring purposes, should make an examination and compari
son of our latest 'and most approved machines with any
and all others iff the market; and to facilitate such- in
quiry,, we append the names and-places of business of
our principal competitors, to wit: ’ .
; J.-M. SIKGER .& CQ., ■BlO/CHESTKUT Street.
WHEELER & WILSOH Manufacturing Company,
TO* CHESTNUT Street. f ;
LADD, WEBSTER, & CO., 931 CHESTNUT Street.
A. B. HOWE, .SEVENTH and ARCH v Streets.: ,•
■■■TAGGART.'* FARR, .988 CHESTNUT Street.
. And tfe have urgently to reoueat tliat our customers
and all others. not fallyadvised as to the relative me
rits of the GROVER A BAKER machines, will, before
purchasing, even from as, make the examinations and
comparisons, above indicated; And : if we have omitted
the names of any respectable manufacturers, we will,
on being advised of the fact, cheerfuliy an'd gratuitously
add them to the above list. :
GROVER & BAKER S. M. CO.,
730 CHESTNUT Street.
gEWING MACHINES.
THE “SLOAT” MACHINE,
WITH GLASS PRESSER FOOT,
NEW STYLE HEMMER, BRAIDER,
and other valuable improvements.
ALSO,
THE TAGGART & FARR MACHINES.
Agency—9B2 CHESTNUT Street. mbS-tf -
RET Alii DRV GOO OS*.
THE PARIS CLOAK AND MANJ
■*" TILLA STORE, Northeast corner. of EIGHTH and
WALHDT, havo opened with a
LARGE STOCK OF SPRING GOODS,
MOST FASHIONABLE MAKE, ,/i
and respectfully ask the early attention of ladies wishing
to purchase. f /
(CLOAKS AND MANTILLAS.
IVKKS & CO., No. 23 South KLSTH Street, hare
now on hand an extensive assortment of
• V : ; .SPRING STYLES, '
of the finest qualities, at the 1 '
LOWEST PRICES. ‘
Ladies, do not fail to give us a call.
TROYS’, MISSES’, AND CHILDREN’S,
■CLOTHING. CLOAKS, &c., '
IN ENDLESS VARIETY,
AT LOW PRICES,’:
No. 137 South EIGHTH Street,.
Three.doors above Walnut.
** A" T "' R E AIL."
JAMES R CAMPBELL & CO.,
727 CHESTNUT STREET;
OFFER AT MODERATE PRICES IN THEIR
RETAIL DEPARTMENT,
Black and Fancy Silks, Linen. ■ Sheetings' and Shirt-
Black-and Colored Alpa- :inga;' .
•■_ • • Damasks, Napkins, ‘and
PoplinsFantasie,- ■ - . Doylies, •
Taffeta d’Annessey, Table Cloths and Towel-
French Lawns and Organ- ings, Counterpanes and
•„dies, \Fornitnre : Dimities.; ;
French Chintzes and Per- WHITE GOODS.
• cales, . ■ Jaconets, and Cambrics,
Brilliants and Piques, . Soft Cambrics and Naln-
Spring Shawls, new color- sooks, -
ings, ■ ■ ■ ■ ...... Tarletonsand Swiss Mulls,
Black Thibet and-.. Merino Fancy Muslins and Dimities,
■Shawls, L. C. Handkorchiefs,
Square and Long Shawls. Gloves. Hosiery,
And a general assortment of DRY GOODS in desirable
styles and qualities, : mh6-2m
1084: CHESTNUT STREET.
E. M. NEEDLES
OFFERS FOR SALE
At priceejgeneraliy below present cost of Simpor
. ; tation,
WHITE GOODS, all descriptions.
EMBROIDERIES, do . do
LACES, - . do 'do
LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS, do
Veils, &c., &e.
And respectfnlly invites an inspection of his
. , -stock.
10SI4 CHESTNUT STREET. '
MILLINERY,
MOURNING BONNETS,
. - OF.THE LATEST:
PARIS AND NEW YORK STYLES.
Always on hand and made to order at the 'shortest no
.-V tice.-at the .
“SEW MOl'Rm'G STORE,”
- 936 CHESTNUT STREET.
M. & A. MYERS & CO.
mhK-thstn tap'2B '
piIKAP DEY, GOODS, OA.EPETS,
Mattings, Oil:Cloths, 'and Window Shades. —V. E.
ARCHAMB AULT, corner ELEVENTH and
MARKET Streets, will open .THIS MORNING, from Auc
tion, Ingrain Carpets at 45, 50, 62/ 75, 87c, and $l.- Entry
and Stau\Carpsts2sto 87c. ‘ White and red check Mat
ting 31 and 37c. Rag, Hemp, and Tarn Carpets 31 to 50c.
Floor Oil Cloths 45 to 75c.: Window Shades, Gold and
Velvet Borders,' -75 c to $2. Buff and Green Window Hol
land 31 to 50c.
CHEAP DRY GOODS.
New York City Mills Long Cloth Muslin at 25c. Fine
Shirting Muslins 12K» 16. 18, and . 20c. New Spring
ChintzeslS and, 20c. ‘ Spring De Lames 25c: Light Al
pacas 31 to 62c. .Stella Sha\yls s2.to $lO. .Cloth Saques
sstos9. : ap2s-stuthtf
TiRBSS GOODS AT REDUCED
J-' PRICES, from the recent Auction' Sales. •
Black and White Plaid Alpacas at 37c, worth 50,
Choice Colored Alpacas at 50c, worth 62c. :
-Plaid Mozambiques 15 to 60c. -/
Plain Mozambiques 16 to 50c. • -
Plaid Poil De Chevres,'all colors, at 50c. ‘ '
/ New Styles FiguredjfAll-Wool Delaines at 50c.
LightChalliDelaines:at2oc..
> 4-4 French Chintzeis at 31>£c.'■
: Jaconet Lawns at 12Kc.: ‘ .
. Black and White Organdies at 25c..
H. STEEL & SON,
Nos. .713 and 715 North TENTH Street.
TpD'WIN HALL & CO., 26 S. SECOND
-■-i street, will open This Morning the following lots of
GOODS at a great reduction from the prices at which
they have been selling:
/Glossy Check Silks, at $1; /
Fancy Silks of various styles:
. . Superior quality Summer Poplins, $1.12K?
,: One lot of Fine Mode Alpacas, 37>£:
One lot of Figured All-wool Delalneß, 373£; •
' One lot of Neat-figured Challies, 37. J&; /
One lot.of Black and-Mode Delaines;
Three lots of Fine Organdies; ..
Wiih many other additionar lots of Goods at VERY
BEDDCED PRICES. 7 apl6
OHARPLESS BROTHERS
Offer by the package, at the :
Lowest rates ol this teason,
Pacific 1200 and 1400 Lawns,
Manchester Spring Le Laines,
Pacific > .do. Prints,
Do. do. De-Laines.
CHABPLESS BROTHERS.
KJ Mode-colored Silks, Foulards,
Cheeked Silks, India Silks,
Mantle Silk*, 1 Black Figures,- >?'•''.
Bareges,: Challies.. Imperatrice;
Poplins, Organdies, Chintzes, :
Zephyr and Barege Shawls.
CHESTNUT and EIGHTH Streets.
pLOTHS. CASSIMERES, AND TEST-
INGS. '
• Cassimeresforßoys.
• Casssimeres for Young Gents.
Cassimeres for suits. r*
Cassimeres for everybody.
Cassimeres, mixed and plain. e .
Cassimeres. striped and plaid. : :
Cassimeres, Black and brown, . ■■■■;.
At JOHN H. STOKES*.
ar>9 70» ARCH Street.
SPRING CLOAKS.
NEW CLOAKS*
NEW CLOTHS,
SPRING SHAWLS,
HOOP SKIRTS.
Cloaks ready made or made to‘order.
Large stock of Cloths to select from; •.
L&dies’Cloakings at the right prices.:
NEW CASSIMERES.
Boys’Cassimeres,
The new colors.-.
Gents 1 Fancy Mixtures,
_ . . 6*4-Coatings. .
hoys Clothing ready made or made to order.
Large stock Cassimeres to select from.
Fine Black Cloths and Cassimeres. ' •'
WILLI AMSVILLES,
WAMSUTTAS,
Wide Sheetings, Flannels Linens, Towels.
. Muslins and Woolens at WHOLESALE. .
COOPER & COWARD,.
aps S. 2. corner NINTH and MARKET Streets.
T U O K E R’S
PATENT SPRING BED,
•■ v ; Patestbd JuLY SaSSd. ,
Universally acknowledged for Neatness, Comfort, and:
Durability to be the Standard Spring Bed. .
Theabovoare manufactured aa a tor
•mL2s'3m No. a SEVERE Block, Boston, Mass,
PHILADELPHIA TUESDAY. APRIL 28. 1863.
®'-jj tIP 11 ss.
TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 1808.
ARMY OF TEE POTOMAC.
More Trials—Humors—General Corcoraa— ;
CaTalry-Dcstitutlon of Nn*
tire Vlrginians-Sutlers:
their Charges, nxid their Trials—Paymas
ters In Hie Army—The 118th Pennsylvania
(Corn Exclinng’eV.Coloncl Prevost.
Uamp, April. 25.
I enumerated in my last a very few of the incon- •
veniences i*> which army correspondents are sub
jected, and, if my memory serves me, I very rashly
accused theweather of; being, by great odds, the
most intolerable inconvenience of all. Allow.me to
remark here, by way of note, that it is assuredly as
tantalizing to luiow that there is.nothing tojreport
as that there is something, but that you cannot get
hold of it, either by reason of; impassable rbads-or
want of transportation, or an .attack of intermit-;
tent, or some other obstacle equally insurmounta
ble. Then, I submit that it.is.disagreeable to have
continually dinned into your ears reports of battles
just fought, and victories jußt won, within twenty
miles, and to know that, by publishing these, r you
may be establishing for yourself a Muncliausenish
reputation, and, by refusing so to do, laying your
self open to the charge of “ want of enterprise.” A.
little incident will Bhow you better what I meani
To-day, at 4P. M., a friend hailed me : ' ‘
“Have you heard the news?” V :
“No.”' .
“Corcoran hashed a brilliant little thing of it
down at Suffolk. Captured two full batteries and
over six hundred prisoners.”
“ Where did you gain your information?”
“ From Colonel Blank, of the Blank-ty Ninth. He
heard it at brigade headquarters, from General T.’s
adjutant general, who was at General Hooker’s
when the telegram was received from the War De
partment.”
An hour later CaptainP., of the Blank-ty-third
drops in for an afternoon smoke.
“ Lucky thing for Corcoran', wasn’t it?”
“Yes; report says he captured two batteries, and
nearly a full regiment of infantry.” -
“Captured—your grandmother. He merely es
caped'annihilation by the skinof his teeth. : He’s on
his way back to Fortress Monroe.”
Enter Lieutenant Q.., of the Blank-ty-fourth :.
•. “Bad news from Suffolk: General Corcoran was
killed yesterday, and his brigade cut to pieces.” ‘ J °
“Why, when did you hear this?” says the Cap
tain. ’
“Hear it? It’s common talk. Hear it every
where. General B.’s staff were talking of it when
1 left ; his commissary got it from General Hooker’s
> headquarters, where he happened to be when-the
news came.” V-.--', ••• , -■
And now there is little to be heard in camp except,
• General Corcoran j
General Corcoran’s brilliant achievement j
General Corcoran’s brilliant achievement magni
fied;'
General Corcoran’s narrow escape j
’ General Corcoran’s death;
General Corcoran’s just punishment for the killing
of Colonel Kimball. . ‘
Then there is a .rpmor that! our cavalry,- under ■ .
Stoneman, have taken Gordonsyille; that they have:
been intercepted by Stuart ; thatlthey;are oh the road ‘
back; that they have loßt'all their provisions j that
they are on their way to Richmond; and that they
have a thousand prisoners! ' ' : ' • >
DESTITUTION. ‘
Are you aware'that Government is now feeding 1
and clothing about twelve hundred, destitute men, •
women, and children within the limits of this army ?
Among the adults, there are many, no doubt, who '
are disloyal at heart; but the great majority are
Unionists. This section, you will remember, elected
a Union member to the Virginia State Convention
in 1861; but the dishonest 'servant betrayed: his con
stituents, and voted for disunion. ;; ,
The condition of the residents licre is deplorable.
Their farms, once productive, although poorly man
aged, now lie waste. Not a rod of fence can be
found within five miles of where I write", unless you ■
cross the river. Their horses and cattle are gone,
they have no money, and all that ia left them is to
beg or starve. Three months ago I stopped for a >'
: drink of water at a house occupied by a woman aad
five children. They had subsisted for two days on'*
a half dozen “hard tack” left by a straggler. jOn*
the same day I heard of another family whb
living on the inner bark of the young pLnp. rfappily
, lor the poorwomen and children, there is now ample
provision made for them. . ,
SUTLERS, THEIR WARES, THEIR CHARGES,
AND THEIR TRIALS.
These necessary evils, the sutlers, arc among us in
goodly numbers, and, next to Government contract- :;
ors, make more money than any other clasß of people
in.-the country. Thanks to the watchfulness of
General Hooker, theyrare allowed to sell
articles which are injurious to the'human stomach jV
and each one of the tribe must register his name on
the books of the Provost-Marshal General before he
iB allowed to sell a dime’s worth. One sutlerto a
regiment, one to a.divisiori, and'two to a corps, is -
the allowance now, and woe to that unhappy wight - ‘
who would overrun the measure. .' ■ :
A sutler’s tent contains articles whose names have ’
for initials all the letters of King Cadmus, his alpha
bet: apples, blank books, cheeße, dentifrice, ex
tracts, figs, gloves, hair oil, India rubber, and jelly,
down to Zylobal samum, wherefrom you may select
only when your purse is weighty. For your choice
of apples you pay one dollar per dozen; of cheese,
fifty cents per pound [ (not avoirdupois, for this name’
is good French, and has an honest sound); ofbutter,
sixty cents per square lump, supposed by veteran
warriors to contain sixteen ounces; and of gloves,
hair oil, tooth-brushes, pipes, and ; matches, isuch
prices as would almost startle a resident of Rich
mond. It maybe that these travelling merchants,
arejustitiable in charging exorbitant prices for their
wares. They.run great risks by flood:and field.
Their chartered boats are overhauled on the Poto
mac by rapacious mariners on the qui vive for contra
bandists. Their choicest conserves are laid open to
the atmosphere so deadly to canned peaches. Their
trunks are suspected of harboring ardent spiritß.
Their boxes are searched for aqua viiai. Everything
iß unpacked, uncorked, unsealed, unwrapped, untied,
unscrewed, and uncovered. Much is consumed by
the officiate and their attendant acrutiriizers. Per
chance a solitary bottle; of that mysterious “S. T.
1860, X” panacea for all the stomachic ills that flesh
is heir to, makes known itß presence by that odor of
Santa Cruz which endearß it to thirsty patriots.
Alas, the poor "sutler! He. must lose his pickled -
oysters and his pocket-knives. To him, henceforth,
his fine-tooth combs and concentrated milk must be
strangers. The law has been broken,'and he must
pay the penalty.
. Among the landsmen he runs still greater riskfl.
: On the march he is waylaid by stragglers, who offer -
!bad money at the wagon-tail, while other stragglers
steal from over the dasher. Sometimes the sutler
must Btand by and see his vehicle upset, his’; goods ,
stolen, arid his horses driven off, by men whom he
has, perhaps, fed a dozen timeß.; In camp he must
have a guard; over his property, and the provost
marshal always keeps a careful watch over 'Mm,* -Let
the sutler sell a drop of anything stronger Hhan;
lemon syrup he is placed in durance vile for a week
or so, Mb whole stock is seized for the benefit of——
whom it may concern, and the offending itinerant is
at length sent, under guard, to Washington. He
must not return to practise his calling. He must
remain in the States, subject to draft.
PATH-ASTERS—THEIR ARRIVAL.
Several paymasters have made their appearance
lately. The Pennsylvania Regiments in the 2d and
3d divisions of the 3d. corps have been paid up to
March Ist. Those in the 6th corps arc all paid to.
the same time. Humphrey’s division of the sth
corps, composed entirely of Pennsylvania troops,
has also been blessed with a near view of the pay
master. Major Holman is.now paying the regiments
in the Ist brigade lßt division sth corps. In this
brigade is the Corn Exchange Regiment.
THE 118TH PENNSYLVANIA-COLONEL 1
PREVOST.
This regiment is no win fine condition. You will'
be pleased to learn that the return of convalescents,
from Alexandria, and the recovery of nearly all the
Bick in regimental and general hospitals, has brought ,
the “Corn Exchange?’up to a fair standard. There
have been but few desertions at any time| and now,
I believe there are riot ten men. absent who cannot
be satisfactorily accounted for. The officers speak
: highly of the men, who, if their record'at Sharps- 4
burg and Fredericksburg is worth anything, well
deserve the praiee they receive. I have had the
pleasure of meeting, among other officers ofjthe
r 118th, Major Herring, the ever-gentlemanly soldier;
Captains Sharwood, Hunterson, Crocker, and Don
nagan; Lieutenants Kelley,*Binney, (now on Gene
ral Niell’s staff),'and Be Buck, all of whom are in
good health andspirits.
Colonel Charles M. Prevost arrived a few days
ago, while his regiment was on picket. He was re
ceived with great fervor by the officers, who went to
. meet him, and on the following day waß greeted en
thusiastically by his men, who had heard of his
arrival while on their way from the river. The
Colonel is still suffering fromthe effects of the wound
he received at;Shepherdstown, butspeakshopefully
of his ultimate recovery. That he may be soon able
to endure the .hardships of the field is the earnest
desire of all whom I have heard speak of him: for
Colonel Prevost is a good man and a brave soldier;
to know him is to respect him.
CHANGE IN THE WEATHER.
The rain no longer falls in drops. It descends in
im&ieriseglobes, like mock oranges. It makes the
mules droop their, ears, and the trees bend their
. heads. "Distracted contrabands tryln .vain to keep
the rain from Lieutenant E.’a or Captain B.’s soup, ■’
now on the way to the weeping mess-tent. Mounted '
orderlies show ; only the tips of their noses from a
- mass of india-rubber poncho, like :so many
bull’s eyes oh a black ground waiting to be shofTt.''
The ball ground is a mimic Mediterranean, and the?
Sanitary Commission’s tent, on the hill, is another
Noah’s Ark. It rains. DHU.
General Bragg’s Report of the Battle of
stone River.
A correspondent of the Charleston Courier Bays
that General Bragg’s official report of the battle of
Stone River 11 censures General Hardee for general:
mismanagement, and reflects severely upon General
Breckinridge; indeed, that such is Its remarkable
character that it mußt necessarily bring about a
court of inquiry-in the premises.” A letter from
Bragg’s army about this report says : .
“General Breckinridge is charged with total in-,
competency, and blamed with themtscarriage of the
battle: General Cheatham with
on the field, in presence of the enemy General
Hardee is censured with slowness ana inaction}.
General McCown and command with disobedience
of- orders; General Folk’s name is not mentioned in
the report; Generals Claibourne and Withers are
complimented. The highest tribute of praise and
honor is paid to General Withers and command,
awarding him the credit of having saved the day by
the courage, discipline, and soldierly bearing of the
officers and men of his division.? 1 . •- :
This, correspondent:says: “Oh, Bragg! you, will
be damned for telling the truth.”
TEE MISSISSIPPI SQUADRON.
[Special Correspondence of The Press. 1
Missi'sßirn River, near Vicksburg,
April 21,1863.
The news of our failure before Charleston has had
a very depressing effect on the Army of the South*
west, but I think the running of the blockade before
Vicksburg on the night of the 16th inst,, by Admiral
Porter’s entire iron-clad fleet, will produce a reac
tion, that in its results will cause a, better feeling to
exist, not only in the army and navy, but in the en
tire nation. Our army and navy have been depressed
for [a long time, and for no other reason than that
the God of War has declared against us lately. One
great victory, and the animation of two years ago
will result. It is not the size of the rebel guns, or
that the rebels have more courage and strategy than
we have, that we . don’t succeed, but it is because
they have no politics save the one idea, Secession,
and because they have no bad whisky. Whisky, at
certain places has been the cause of our failure, but
reports have made the War Department believe
otherwise. Whisky caused one general at Fort
Pemberton to float untrimmed trees and logs down
the river, to break up a rebel raft, but instead of de
stroying the raft, it only rendered it more powerful,
and when informed of this fact, General Whisky re
plied : Well, if it don’t destroy the raft, it will make
the rebels think we are doing something; for, said
he, there is nothing like the moral effect a pretence
possesses.
The Missißßippi river is falling rapidly, and in its
fall, I-think, will be of great; advantage to üb, espe
cially ns we have no more canal projects on foot. I
have ever entertained the opinion that high water
waß a. disadvantage to us. A few days will demon
strate the fact. ~ . -
The gunboats Chillicothe and Cincinnati have
both gone up to St. Louis for repairs, the former
being very badly damaged before Fort Pemberton,
and the latter in the Steele bayou expedition; The
Chillicothe would have been one of the of
iron-clada, but that the contractors slighted her tur
ret and her machinery.
It is thought, down here, that with the monitors
of Admiral Dupont the forts of Port Hudson and
Vicksburg could be easily taken, and that in so Bhort
a time that they could be back to Charleston in one
month from the date of their departure.
~The cotton excitement is about over, down here,
after having destroyed two or three military cam
paigns, the reputation of several generals, and a
host of lesser military geniuaeß. Admiral Porter, in
his Steel-Bayou expedition, turned over enough cot
ton to the Government to build a monster iron-clad,
and so did Captain J. P. Foster, of the Yazoo-Pass
expedition. • At this rate cotton will soon begin to
pay for the building of iron-clads.
, - 'Mississippi River, near Vicksburg,
April 22, 1863.
':I wrote you in my last, that the fleet of the ever
; moving -indefatigable Porter had run the
blockade of Vicksburg. I now have to inform you
that a large number of transports also went at the
time the “turtle-backß” went, and that out of the
whole number we lost but one; small.wooden trans
port, By this movement the indomitable General
Grant was enabled to occupy New Carthage, in
Louisiana, and below; Yicksburg about eight miles,
I now feel very confident that Port Hudson will soon
betaken, and quickly, if Admirals Porter and Far
ragut uriite.m the undertaking* but, certainly, even;
without this union, and without the Help and aid of
Admiral Dupont’s. monitors, should the latter join
the Mississippi squadron, it would render the open
ing-arid 'navigation of the Mississippi river an in
fallibility, and afterwards increase the naval . forces
along the coasts of the Gulf, add those of the At
lantic. "What direction the army of Gen. Grant
would take after our success I cannot surmise, un
less I take it for granted that we capture the whole
.rebel forces engaged in, and before, and around the
-works ofcYicksburg. they evacuate they
would hardly go to Texas, and I don’t well see how
. they could join the forces opposed to Rosecrans. -
The unsuccessful reconnoißsance of our iron-clads
before Charleston has again eet the croakerß to
work, and now we hear fearful;forebodings of
British intervention, and especially since that'un
fortunate and nonsensical affair of the Peterhoff,
Commodore'Wilkes is abused by the army in out
rageouß language, and before they have ever heard
Wilkeß’reasons for his conduct. -
About now two years ago it was my luclc to be
steaming- up the Mississippi river, from Memphis to
Oafro. _ Then all was the bustle and animation
preparations, and you could then see at
great bounds the gigantic commerce of the Father
of v Waters giving away to military parades, and
the; shrill whistle of the steamboat was then
being replaced by the noteßof the fife and drum,
and the implements of war, instead of becoming
plough-shares and pruning hooks, were made to
lend their efforts to ramparts, and the terrible on
slaughts of Jove’s dread encounters. Tsventy months
afterwards the whole distance from Cairo to Mem
phis presented one vast field of war’s desolation,
except where occupied by the various. fortifications,
and truly everything looked horrid in the extreme.
-Now the thing is changed, and steamers ply up and
•down the river with their former wonted reckless
ness And temerity, and woodwards again begin to
present their jagged fronts, instead of thoseof Mars,
and planters are sowing peacefully, without let or
hindrance, and will, this fall, gamer a full harvest,
and hold it undisturbed. Prosperity has taken the
place of waste, and the Mississippi river, from Cairo
*”to hear yicksburg, is once more herself again. \F.
ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND.
[Special Correspondence of The Press. ]
Nashville, Tenn., April 23.
GEN. MITCHELL DRIVES THEM OUT.
The following order has just been promulgated,
and will be rigidly enforced. You will perceive that
all rebels must quit, or become loyal. The Na
tional Government has been throwing grass some
time—now come the stones:
Headquarters United States Forces,
, Nashville, Tenn., April 21, 1863.
The sympathizers with the existing rebellion
against the United States Government residing m
this city and vicinity, apparently considering the
dictates of their, political sympathies as of more
force than the obligations imposed upon them by
their residence and protection within the Federal
lines, the general commanding at thiß post orders as
follows:
I, All white persons overthcagcof eighteen years,
and residing within the lines of this command, who
do not, within ten days from the publication of this
order, subscribe to the oath of Allegiance or non-,
combatants’ parole, and file with Col. John A. Mar
tin, provost marshal, bonds, with sufficient securities
for the faithful observance of such oaths or paroles,
will be required to go Bouth of the lines of this army*
by routes to be designated by the military autho
rities.
k 11. Parties who-have already subscribed to the
proper oaths or paroles and bonds, and who have not
been guilty of acts or words of treason subsequent
to the taking of such obligations, are exempted from
the operation of this order.
•-111. Forfeiture of the amount of bonds, given as
above, and of ail other property of persons violating
obligations taken in accordance with this order,
together with such other punishment as may be.de
creed by a military commission, will follow, any
violation of the requirements of such oaths of pa
roleß.
iy. All persons whe are unwilling to subscribe to
the' obligations herein ordered, will report their
names and places of residence within the ten days
specified, to Col. John A. Martin, provost marshal.
By order of Brig. Gen. ROBT. B. MITCHELL.
John Pratt, A. A. G.
GENERAL STEDMAN.
This distinguished fighting patriot) who has been
in command at Triune for the last three months,
arrived in this city this evening) on business.
GENERAL NEGLEY.
Major General Negley has received still another
brigade into his division) making it one of the
largest and finest in the army. This gallant Penn
sylvania soldier has made his mark in the West,
and is greatly beloved by the whole army.
. Nashville, Tenn., April 22.
A DECIDED CHANGE.
The change of sentiment in the past two monthß
has bceh most decisive indeed. Many who were
disinclined toward the Federal Government a short
time ago have voluntarily taken the oath of alle
giance, and given heavy bond for its faithful ob
servance. The number of people who took the oath
and gave- bond* last, week was seven-hundred, in
cluding one woman. The number who subscribed to
the non-combatant’s parole was about one-twentieth
of the above, mostly women.
WHAT' WE WANT.
There are several things which the people, of
Nashville desire just at present. The first is the re
turn of Governor Johnson ; secondly, they want to
see the Army of the Cumberland victoriously move
South; thirdly, they desire the facilities of trade
with the North, and transportation for their goods;
fourthly, they want a provost-marshal generalship
established here.
“ALL QIJIET.”
Probably this is one of the moßt important places
in the country—in the way of rumors. We are con
stantly having fights at, Murfreesboro, Franklin,
Donclson, Clarksville, Gallatin—all imaginary ones,
however. -
BANISHMENT OF TRAITORS.
The following-named citizens of Nashville, having
been guilty of overt acts, in violation of military
rules, will be immediately, sent beyond the lines of
this department, and disposed of as hereinafter pro
vided. Any of these persons who shall hereafter be
found within this department shall be treated as
spies:
The following are to be sent to the military prison
at Alton, Illinois, to remain during the war, or until
released by competent authority: John Rodgerß,
James O. Haines, J. H. Whiteman, Felix Young,
William Scruggs, Larkin Harrington.
The following will be sent north of the Ohio river,
to remain during the war, or until permitted to re
turn by competent authority : George W. Darden,
W. H. Ewin, George W. Fall, Bruce Buckner, J. W.
Horton, C. \V; Hammer, Frederick Harris, J. March,
v J. C. Coleman, James A. McClure, Daniel Dupree,
E. Driver, John E. Ramaye, William Heenan, Jesse
Stephens, J. A. Rose, Thomas Betts, Mark Young,
Jacob Young, Henry Apple, Dixon A. Allison* Jas.
H; Brentley,. William Higgins, John C. Andrews,
Patton, Henry Parr, James Peacock.
The iollowing will be sent through the lineß South
by way of Vicksburg: -
A. Cheatham and family, - Hardy and family,
B. Douglas, Thomas :D. Fite, J. Forbes, Josiah
Femis. John E. Gleaves, William A; Gleaveß, G.
W. Hehdersbot, James Kyle, W. J. Marr, J. G.
Marr, J. G. Malone, W. M. Murfree, R. C. Hollins,
A. W. Johnson, Isaac Nicholson, G. M. Fosg,
Luterville, James R. Bruce and wife, WVB. Briggs
and wife, Harvey Atkins, J. W. Baker, Dr. Hudson
and wife, j; C. Wharton, Mrs. James A. Yeargin,
Miss Betty Mlnwy-Mrs. Anthony, Camp, Mrs. Tin
dall, Miss Clifton, G; Thomas, Henry Frazer. O. A.
Thompson, A. G. Adams, John Arnold, Thomas
Henderson, Lemy Armstrong, Felix Demoville,
William J. Bryan, Thomas Barnes; Thomas Bucha
nan, WvF.Briggß, R.-S. Bingham, C. J. Cheecey,
Thomaa Roberts, W. B. Dutch. B. C. T.
DEPARTMENT OF VIRGINIA.
All Quiet on the Nansemond.—List of Killed
and Wounded in Recent ShLrmlsl&es—ln
telligence from North Carolina—Return of
Our Troops to Newbern—Scrloua-arid .Fa-
tal Affray at Gloucester Point, &e,~
Fortress Monroe, April 23, 1863.—List of killed
and wounded at Suffolk and on the Nansemond
liver, April 19:
Clancy, private 99th N. Y., wounded in leg;
Jacob Menz, do do, mouth. .
April White, private 167th Pa.,wounded
in face and neck; Marvin Watrous,sergeant 89th
N. Y., killed; Jehiel Smith,? private do, killed;
Charles Fiehfdo do, wounded in left thigh; William
inter, do do, arm; O. M. Yarns, do do, foot; E. B.
Tompkins, do do, arm amputated; Chaa. Weaver,
do do, thigh; Oharleß Purdy, d 6 do, leg. Also, five
rebel; prisoners of war wounded, admitted in the
hospital at Suffolk, 20th. r J
April 2ist.—Frank D. Jerome, private, Bth Conn.,
killed; John. Sawyer, do. do., wound, chest; John
T. Bidwell, Lieut, do. do., hip, flesh; Wm. B. Post,
private, arm and leg. ?• •«
It is estimated that the rebel loss is at least eight
to our one in the late attack on Suffolk and Nanse
mond river. The battery captured from, the rebels
on the 20th instant has been removed to a place of
safety, and can be turned upon the enemy to good
advantage, when required. ; -
The steamship S. K. Spaulding, Commander
Howes, arrived this P. M,, from [Newbern, North
Carolina. - ,
She reports that all is quiet in that department,
and connrmß-the previous report that the enemy
have all left, and that Gen. Foster has returned
again to Newbern, having taken upwards of fifty .
prisoners. l ' l . l
Fortress Monroe, April 25.— The navy despatch
boat Philadelphia was sent from here, to-day, for
the . navy flotilla .on the Nansemond, with coal, to
supply them with, and prevent their leaving the
river for the purpose of coaling up. s
Humors have reached us that our pickets were
driven in on the Nansemond this forenoon, and
there are indications of more skirmishing in that di
rection.
Major General Dix, with three of his staff, left at
three o’clock this afternoon for the Nansemond
river. • -
Fighty-llve patients arrived this evening on the
steamboat City of Hudson, Capt. Martin, from Suf
folk, .transferred to Dr.-Gilbert’s Hampton hos
pitals, sick, some wounded.
Y orktown, April 25. —There is no news at all
here. Yesterday, Geo, W, Johnson, a private of
the 4th Delaware Regiment, stabbed a colored man,
named James Holland, at Gloucester Point. John
son is arrested. The negro died immediately. . (
Washington, April 27.—The latest intelligence
received here is up to noon yesterday, when all was
quiet on the Nansemond, above and below.
Refugees report that the recent attack on Suffolk,
was in the character of a grand foraging expedition.
It appears that there is the beat possible understand--
ihg between our - land and naval forces in that di
rection.
DEPARTMENT OF TEE SCUTE WEST,
Details of the Battle of Patterson, Missouri
—Brilliant Behaviour of the Militia—Re
treat to Pilot Knob—Tlae Losses, &c.
St. Louis* April2s.—'The Republican of this morn
,ing has some interesting details of the affair at Pat
terson. You will remember that; I have sent you
Colonel Smarts’ prelimuiary report of the affair by
telegraph several days since. The Republican says:
tl "We are put in possession, to-day, of further and
fuller details of the late action between part of- the
10th Cavalry, M.-S. M., and the rebels..under Mar
maduke, at Patterson, in Wayne, county. That
regiment, under Colonel. Smart, of Louisiana, Pike
county, held the town, and were about 460 strong at
the time of the rebel approach, which was by five
dillerent roads leading into the’ town. ■■ Colonel
Smart, . knowing that the force was
much superior to- his own, determined to evacuate,
• and accordingly loaded up his train of eleven wagons
with the public stores, and moved out towards Pilot
Knob. This waß accomplished about half .an hour
before the enemy came in.” v>
. ‘ THE FIGHT.
McOonneirwas left behind at the moment
of evacuation, with a rear guard of fifty men, for the
purpose of observing the rebels and retarding their,
advance. The Major proceeded to destroy the town,
a small village of fifteen houses, and an inconsidera
ble quantity of forage, which the departing wagons
could not take/ Fire .was applied to the forage and
buildings, and ten men detailed with axes to cut
trees acroßß -the road. The rear guard then prepared
to follow the main body, when tne enemy’s advance,
consisting of the 2ist Arkansas, about four hundred
strong, r- under Colonel Giddings, and Colonel
O’Kane, the latter, of General Marmadiike’s staff,
entered .the place' in pursuit. Skirmishing at once
commenced. The Major’s men were armed, besides
their sabres, with five-Bhootingcarbiheß, ; ana betook
themselves to the barri&des, composed of the felled
trees and fence rails. When the' enemy, through
. superior numbers, attempted to flank them, the lat
ter retired to other barricades, built by half the force
• which was kept acting iif the rear for that purpose.
This form of resistance continued for three hours
and a half, and over a distance of about eight miles,
to Stony Battery, a narrow canon, two yards wide,
extending about a mile through high and rocky
hills.
RETREAT TO PILOT KNOB.
The Federate here made ,an obstinate stand.
Meantime, a separate force of rebels, taking a dif
ferent road, succeeded in getting.to the exit, or up
per end of the canon, but were driven away, with a
loss of about ten men, by Colonel Smart, who then
continued his retreat upon Pilot :Knob. A third
body .of rebels, however, succeeded in getting in
McConnell’s rear.- Having nor chance to ex
tricate himself, except by cutting a way through one
or-the other party, he charged the one confronting
him. 4The hazard was too extreme, though; for suc
cess, anil in the effort his entire command was killed
- and wounded- or taken, -probably a few escaping into
the brush. . . * , ,
THE REBEL LOSS.
The rebel loss was also severe, numbering thirty
or forty killed and- wounded. Among the former
were Captain. Sappington, of St. Louis county, and
Captain Bledsoe, of. Butler, formerly -a member of
the Legislature. Captain Johnson, of Wayne coun
ty, waß: mortally wounded, receiving a sabre cut in
the head and aball*through the Btomach. Two lieu
tenants, who were Texanß, were albo wounded, one
of them severely.
Colton Greene, formerly of St. Louis, was among
the rebels as colonel of a regiment; albo Captain
Sheridan, who is on Marmaduke’B staff; Captain
. Moore (son of Dr. John S. Moore, of this city,) who
has likewise a staff positiohj and others.
Mfljorl Timothy and other officers and
soldierß, together with secesh citizens living in the
vicinity, were intent upon ihaving McConnel
hung, but they were prevented by Marinaduke and
his staff from carrying their design into execution.
The cause of their intended violence was some offi
cial act of the Major as provost marshal for the dis
trict of Southeast Missouri.Marmadukete friendly
interposition proceeded from the fact that he was
once a school-mate of the Major. Colonel O’lCane
was once in Major McC.’s custody, when the latter
was assistant provost marshal in. St. Louis.
UNION LOSSES.
Colonel Smart loßt but one man in his retreat with
the main body to Pilot Knob. Major Woodson
Bkirmished some with the enemy, but lost no men.
The Federal lobb was as follows :
OFFICERS WOUNDED.
Major McConnell in left shoulder ; Lieutenant
Shaddock in neck and stomach ; Lieutenant Brad
ley shot in hip.
NON-COJIMISSIONED OFFICERS AND < PRIVATES
; .The killed numbered eleven ; names not yet ;ob
tained, except Campbell, acting as orderly for Major
McConnell.
SAME WOUNDED.
The wounded men, twenty in number, including
Orderly Sergeant Draper, severely; Privates Bar
ret and Rosser, also severely. Tne casualties re
ferred to were in two companies of the regiment—
namely: Captain Herring’s, Company E, and Cap
tain Rice’s, Company I.
PRISONERS.
The only men except the wounded who fell into
the hands of the enemy was Orderly Sergeant
Richards, of Company I. . Tie waß paroled • with
Major McConnell, and returned with him to Pilot
Knob. The wounded .prisoners were placed in
houses by the rebels, in the vicinity. of the spot
where the action'took place.
DEPARTMENT OF THE OHIO.
The Rebel General Fegram Reinforced—
General Aaboth Suppressing Treason and
Arresting Deserters—News from our Out
posts on the Kentucky Border, &c. -
Cincinnati, April 27.—T he Gazette has a despatch
from Kentucky, stating that Pegram is again in
command of the rebels, and largely reinforced. It
waß expected they would cross the Cumberland, and
advance into the State by way of Mill Springs.
Tills, however, needs confirmation..
General Asboth, commanding at Columbus, Ky.,
haß issued a stringent order to the provost marshals
to arrest all persons who Bhall in any manner ex
press sympathy for those in aims against the United
•States Government. When arrested they shall be
entitled to a preliminary examination, and if proved
guilty: of • disloyalty, or, expressions of sympathy
for traitors, or aiding deserters, shall be forwarded
to the military prison at Columbus. ; Officer* and
soldiers arresting deserters will be justified in shoot
ing aify person who may interfere with them while
discharging their duties.
Camp Wolford, Somerset. Ky., April 25.
Matters remain much as they did two weekß ago.
The rebel pickets have been guarding one side of the
river and ours the other.
Wolford’s men indulge in frequent reconnois
sances, and capture from five to ten rebels dally.
- There have been no reinforcements of consequence
received by the rebels; and it is believed to-day that
they have fallen back beyond Monticello.
The impression is that Roßecranß will give them
all the occupation they need, and the forces former
ly threatening will reinforce Bragg; Montgomery,
with some 300 cavalry, is marching up and down Big
Creek Gap and London roads. Captain Slough, of
the 44th Ohio, has had several skirmishes, and inva
riably defeated them. .
In one instance he attacked their whole force with
eighty-three men, and drove them from London to
Williamsburg, capturing several, killing one, and
wounding seven. The rebels retreated in confusion
to Boston, and, after a day or two, returned to Wil
liamsburg, where Capt.xSlough is. prepared to re
ceive them. Wotford’a regiment is being paid, and
from being the poorest, they will be the richest in a
few days.' I am told it will take $150,000 to pay
them.
Scouts this evening announce that about four
o’clock, thiß afternoon, the rebel pickets for fifteen
miles up and down the river, suddenly moved, and.
bidding our pickets a'farewell, rode off. Wolford
is not certain whether it is a ruse to conceal some
evil intent to.coax him to attack, or if it really fore
shadows a retreat; of their forces. In any case he
will not be caught napping.
Tlie Original Copperhead*
[From Benedict Arnold’s Proclamation, to Ihe Citizens
and Soldiers of the United States, issued Oct. 20, 1750.]
You are promised liberty by the leaders of your
affairs, but is there an individual in the enjoyment
of it, saving your oppressors 7 :Who among you
dare speak or write what he thinkß against the
tyranny which has robbed you of your property; im
prisons your botib, drags you io the field of battle, and is
daily deluging your country with your blood ?
your country once was happy, and had theprof
fered peace been embraced, the last two yearsof mis
ery had been Bpent in peace and plenty, and repaid
ing the desolation of a quarrel that would have set
the interests of Great Britain and America in a true
light, and cementedtheir friendship.
I wish to lead, a chosen band of Americans to the
attainment otpeace. liberty, and safety, the first ob
jects in taking the field.
What iB America but a land of widows, orphans
and beggars; but wbafc need of argumeuts to
.Buch as.feel infinitely more misery.than; tongue
can express? I give my promise of most affec
tionate welcome to all who are disposed to join me
in measures necessary to, close the scene of * our
affliction,’which must be increased until we are'con
tent with the liberality of the parent country, who
still offers us protection and perpetual exemption
from alb taxes but suchaß we'Bhall think fit to im
pose upon ourselves. - BENEDICT ARNOLD.
THREE CENTS.
THE FRENCH IN MEXICO.
Defeat of tlie Imperial Army before Puebla
-Successful Resistance of the Mexican
Garrison, after Three Days’ Fighting—
The French Storming Columns Repulsed,
in Several Sallies Official Despatches
from Generals Ortega and Comonfort.
MORE REPORTS OF DISASTERS TO THE FRENCH.
[Froin the New Orleans Era, A’prillQ.]
indebted to Mr. Kinney, United Staten vice
consul at .Monterey, for the following: confirmation of
the report that despatches had been received announcing
the defeat of the French at Puebla:
United States Consulate at Montekkv,
_ .. _•* • April 3, 1863.
To the Editoi’B of the Era:
The Government express arrived here last niffht.
bringing news from Pnebla of the repulse of the French
forces, after three days’ fighting. I send you the BoUtin
extra, which contains the official despatches.
As this goes by special express to Matamoros, lhave
ho time to make you any translations.
This news is generally is undoubtedly
true in the main. This news created great excitement.
Though in the midst of the ceremonies of Holy Week,
to-day being Good Friday, the enthusiasm of the. pe. pie
knew no bounds. The PljW-a .de Armas was crowded
with ashoutinginunitude,^an.d;.theringmgofbells, the
firing of rockets,, the.saivos^Wr^a'rt’.Uery,.demonstrated
the perfect the‘occasion JivFurther'partlcttlars are
expected in a’day or two/ If anything occurs to vary the
complexion of -
■ J - -Yonrs, obediently,'
M. M. KINNEY, United States Vice Consul.
REPORTS RECEIVED ’EY THE MEXICAN MINISTER
AT WASHINGTON.
[From the N- Y. Tribune. .1
WAsniNdTON, April 26.— At length we have authentic
accounts of the events that have occurred at Puebla since
the French commenced active operations.' The dates are
from the city of Mexico to April 1; - ■-/
• -On the 20th of March, the French'attempted to throw
their whole force upon General Cornonfort, who was oc
cupying a position on a liill some miles beyond the;
French advanced postat thebridgeoverthe river Atozac,,
on the road to Mexico, but Cornonfort, getting wind of
their intentions,had marched away with his whole force, ;
and th* French, baffled, resumed their positions around
the city, devoting particular attention to the establisu
rnent of fortifications on. the side toward the city of
Mexico.
For a week there was skirmishing.of the character and
results of which the following letter from General Ortega
to General Cornonfort, telegraphed to the city of Mexico,
gives a full account: - • • -
- March 24.—Tbe enemy has finally decided to attack
Puebla, but not with the bayonet* not by marching his
serried columns against us, but by doing us the honor,
of opening a formal siege, and putting in praotice all the
rules of scientific ; warfare. -It is three days since the
cannonade commenced on one side or the 6ther t alth.oagh.
with little activity. To-day the : fire has been/more
livelyi especially on our. side, with-a view to preventing
the enemy from planting his batteries. Toward evening
the enemy commenced to bombard the forts of Iturbide
and Morelos, called also San Janvier and Parral, situated
on the side of the city of Mexico* Our mortars replied
with such effect as to prevent the enemy from doing any
thing all that day. The cannonade continued feebly ail
night." ■ ■ :
• To-day the shelling has continued on both sides. -The
cannonadin g has been resumed, with the addition of fire
from the sharp-shooters of bott,armies, in consequence
of ! cby orders that eighty men.armed with rifles, belong
ing to the Legion of 7 the North, iu garrison-in San Jan
vier, should use their guns, and that CoL Auza, who
commands Fort Morelo*, Bhould post riflemen of the Fifth
.battalion from Zacatecas upon all the rises ofgroundout
side of the forts and near the enemy. -
We have lost few in killed and wounded. Theenemy
ias suffered much more than we. He has been dis
lodged from all the positions which he : occupied until'
to-day by our forces, which have made sorties from the
forts. '• - : •
The advance posts of Colonel Anza have driven back
th ose of the enemy, who strove to possess himself of San
tiago; The forces of Morelia had the same good fortune
in driving back the French at San Martin, and those of
Guanjauato have treated no better the. advance.pickets
and the had marksmen, who thought they.had rendered
themselves masters of the eminences upon one of the
flauis of the fort.
To-day a section of the forces of Durango has driven
the. French from Agua Azel. Some Zouaves have sur- .
rendered, and three others threw their rifles away,
which have been, picked up by our soldiers.' The inva
der acted with extreme prudence, and aslhoseact who
have to do .'With a disciplined army. The enemy has to
day occupied some houses in the St. Matias quarter,' but
has been obliged to give them up and demolish them.
You can declare to thf Central Government, that if we
lose this town in consecutnceof the vicissitudes of war,
the enemy'will have conquered nothing but a pile of
ruins, became the garrisomhas decided to defend to the
last extremity the forts in tbe suburbs. Tell the Govern
ment, moreover, not to regard these words as rnodomon-;
tade, but as the true expression of the : sentiments of the
army. As regards confidence and morale, we are in the
best condition; The 'stores; are open despite of the con-;
tinned fire on both sides. A Mexican sergeant has been
takeg. prisoner. I have'ordered that the traitor’s mark
be put on his face, and that'then he be released. ' The
nation should be enabled to know her; good:and bad
citizens; * f*:.* '*
March 25, The firing has been actlWctaring
the night. I just learn that the enemy is preparing to
attack the city. lam going to arrange for its defence..
March 23, 8 A. M.—The courier has not yet gone, and
I add this postscript. "At 11 o’clock last evening the ene
my had a strong column of attack behind his parallels,
and certain signs ofan intention to make an assault were
remarked in his camps. I made preparations to surprise
him, and ordered firing to commence, with' a view tosee
what the hostile-'camp was about. .He replied with a
very active fire,’which he has kept up till this moment.
The centre and the west of the town begins to suffer from
the bombardment. ; .The morale of the is perfect.
Xasfnight and to-dav we" have some misfortunes to
; deplore* but a very small number of them, if we con
sider the very active fire.of the enemy.
Gen. Ortega’s letter of the 26ih, in which he gave an
account of the battle that took place on that day, has
already been published.
On the 23th of March another attack was made on the
Fort of, San Janvier, which was alsofrepublished. The
following is Genei’al; Ortega’s official report of this
battle: • :•"..•-•■••
Saxta Clara, March 29 1563/
(Received in Mexico twelve.minutes past one o’clock.) :
Citizen* Minister: The generals in-chief of the Army
oftfceEasi sends under date of the 2Sth, the following: ;
To day, at W* o’clock in the ’morning, the enemy as
saulted fromliis most immediate'line, the Fort Janvier or
lturbide, and attacked this fort in a vigorous and vehe
ment manner on its front and flank, his columns reach
ing to the very base of the fort be attacked. It must be
-understood that the parapets of tbe bastion had been de
; stroyed in a great part by the fire of the enemy’s cannon
and bombardment.
The enemy supported his assault' by a very heavy fire
of ni'tillery, having concentrated-on this fortress and
that of. Morelos, defended by ColonelAuza, allthebatte
rus which had been planted.: ; -
At2>£ o'clock in the morningthe columns of the. enemy
had been repulsed, having been saved only by the dark
ness of the night and the proximity of Mb parallels,
which, in a skilful and hold manner, lie had constructed
witn extraordinary labor. - Soon after, the fire of the can
non of the enemy was silenced by our artillery. The
enemy also: supported his assault by bombarding the
''•city;-..-.-v.--'?/';••.•>■
•’ .At this time, :in the proximity of the fortresses already
mentioned,; are heard tbe groans of the enemy’s wound- :
ed, but I have ordered that no attention be paid to them
until to-morrow,, for the reason that the works >of the
enemy are but about fifiy or eighty, yards distant. Tbe
battalions third, .fourth, and fifth, of Zacatecas, which '
contributed to the defence of San Janvier, on the left
side of our line, and those of Morelos, lost 32 men hors
de combot, killed and wounded, including in the list
cat» gory two majors and four other oflicers, and also fitly
killed and wounded of the first battalion of Guanajuato,
half a battalion of tbe Misto of Zacatecas, and a half of
the other battalion of the same division of Guanajuato,
which forces resisted tbe attack in a heroic manner.-
I don’t know the loss in killed and wounded of the di
vision under the command of Gen. Negrete, he himself
personally having assisted in the defence of the fort on
the left, nor do 1 know the loss of our artillery .which
conducted itself heroically and brilliantly. That of the
fortresses of. Corman, Morelos, San Janvier, aud Santa
Arita was-in action, and five batteries, whkh were
planted outside of the walls, v belonging to the artillery
ofYeraCruz, Zacatecas, and Mexico. There was no ne
cessity of using the reserves. Which are under the com
mand of Generals Berriozaoad X. Love and Alatorre,
nor a great-part of that commanded by Gen, Negrete,
who were ail ready. •
In the same way- General Mejia was ready with his
brigade to assist at the point where he was needed.
-Our cavalry, commanded by the active and valiant
General Ohoran, was ordered also to be placed in antici
pation in a convenient. manner on one of the flanks of
the enemy, but not to make any movement unless ex
pressly ordered, which directions were strictly carried
,OUt. ' v . •
/ The army of the Government greets, through me, and
i congratulates the Supreme Magistrate of the nation upon
this fresh triumph of oiir arms, in which-the brave
Colonel Smith, principal director of the fortress of San
Janvier, bas!won so muchjglory. OBTEGA.
--•In transmitting the preceding report, I congratulate
the Supreme Government upon this newvictory.
. .'COMONFORT.
. .On the 29th of March the French made a third attack,
and were a third time repulsed. The full particulars of
this engagement have not been-received, nor has the
official report yet arrived."
. Finally the French concentrated ; their whole artillery
upon Fort San Janvier, to which they had hitherto de
voted their whole attention.. Being made of . adobe, it
viasunabie to resist the concentrated fire of shell from
rifled cannon, and was at length rendered untenable and
abandoned.
Gen. A. Ortega, however, succeeded in removing all
the artillery and ammunition. . The fort was little moie
than a heap of ruins when" the French possessed, them
selvesjof it. It is noteworthy, that all the French assaults
were made after dark. Of this battle Comonfort,
with 8,000 men, .was a silent spectator. The French
loss in the whole number of battles aud skirmishes ,is
believed by the Mexican to be much larger than their
.own; and one letter says that if they lose as many men
in assaults of the other forts, before capturing them, as
they didin the assaults upon fort San Janvier, they have
not enough, their whole force being from.2o.oGo to 25,000,
to take a third of the works.by which the city is de
fended.' -w
.On the Ist of April Comonfort'telegraphed that he
heard heavy/ cannonading. in the direction of the
forts of Santa' Anita and San Pab] 0,; forts adjoining-
San Janvier. The result of theifighring of this day is
unknown. * ••
The Mexican authorities, military and'civil, ‘are still
confident of being able toTcpulse the enemy. They speak
of the city as impossible to take, its fortifications being
very strong, consisting of those unaa
sailed commanding the others, whiclimust be’taken se
parately, and the fall of no one involving that of the
others. Beside these exterior lines of-vrorbs there are
interior lines of entrenchments and build
ings,: &c.,.such as convents. .
One letter thus, sums up-the eventofthe siege: The
Preach, after fifteen days’ siege and several
destroyed one fort built of adobe. It is Impossible that
they snail have men or energy enough to capture the city,
;a6 every defensible placewill be deiended to the last,and.
the soldiers will see every'house fall to ruins-before
abandoning it.. . . ;
ACCOUNTS FROM VERA CRUZ.
THE REPULSE OF THE FRENCH CONFIRMED—COXTKAnic-'
TORY. NEWS ABOUT THE TAKING OF PUEBLA—REPORTED
Subsequent defeat of comonfort—proposal to sur
; RENDER PUEBLA, &C.
[From the New Orleans Era, April 19.3
The correspondent of the Havana Prensa, writing
from Vera Cruz on the Ist of April, fully confirms the
repulse of the French by Comonfbrt, in their attack upon
Puebla.' :He says: . : V
The first thing of importance to communicate of what
is said here about movements is that the French made an
attack upon a. position occupied by Comonfort, which,
commands Puebla, but were repulsed by the Mexicans.
; After all this, the Vtra Oruzano publishes that the
important heights of Guadalupe and Loreto, which coin-:
mandPuebla, had oeentaken by the French, and that:
the Mexicans exploded two mines which they had pre
pared in the Cerro Guadalupe, which converted the -
proud fortress into aheap of ruins, and tha-c during the’
action and the explosion General Forey, commander-in
chief of the French forces,-was wounded. Bat this news
has not been confirmed.
According to another letter from Mexico, dated the
27tb, General Forey had completely cut off the division
of Comonfort. \
< Alii can say to you is that as yet it is not known that
;the French have entered Puebla, notwithstanding they
are in its vicinity, aad probably will have succeeded in
taking it by the time this letter should have reached its
destination. ‘ :
TheP««sasays: The ■ premature news of the taking-,
of Puebla to which our . correspondent refers is given
by iheEcode C'owiemo.ofthe 26th, in.the following
terms:
A letter received from Foledad announces that Paebla
has been taken. The explosion of two fortified convents,
which it became necessary to take by assault, and which
had been mined, costithe French army many men.
It is said General Forey is slightly wounded in one of
hisaims; •••: : .; v :
The. rancheros- announce that as they came along the
road from Orizaba and;Cordov2/salutee were being fired,
and the greatest demonstrations of joy and jubilations
were being made. ; •
f 4' The curate Juvelli, of the Soledad, who arrived.iusfc as
the convoy was leaving, has confirmed the news al
ready received by private letters.
■. vv-BDBANTST. AMAND,
Commander.-in-Chief at Yera Cruz.
>‘..V LATER.' •
. We find in the Havana papers that a French vessel-of
war had arrived from Vera Cruz, which place she left
on the sth, which, the: 7>tarfo says, confirms the news
broughtby.au English steamer, that General Comonfort
had suffered a misfortune. He was on his way to Pntbla
to assist Ortega, when Gen. Berthier-gave him battle, v
• General Ortega had sent a flag of truce to General Fo
rev. offering to capitulate under conditions. The Gene
ral-in-Chief of the French army refused to accede to any,
terms of capitulation whatever, demanding the uncon
ditional surrender. • _ , . a . ,
The Ayuntaniienta of Puebla sent a commissioner to
General Forey, to request him not to destroy the city,
and a.deputation of ladies called upon him for the same
said the .French general promised that he' would
not discharge a single gun against the place so long as
any other means remained to compel the surrender of the
Ortega made a sally at the head of fifteen thou
aftud men to cut his .way through towards the capital;
but he encountered such powerful obstacles that he was
•compelled to shut himself up again within the walls of
Puebla. He met with considerable fosses.
Previsions were so abundant in-Vera Cruz that.they
are sold to private persons at "the lowest kind of prices.
Transports are carrying surplus supplies back to France
iu large quantities. :
DESPATCHES FROM THE FIELD;
• MOYOTZINOO, March .31—Midnight.
. Received in Mexico April 1. at 2A. M. , 1863.
To his Excellency the Minrster of War : . -<
There has been'a well-sustained fire in tre direction of
San Janvier, wbich'has suddenly ceased. It seems tome;
that they’ are'no longer , contending.for that fort, though
I maybe mistaken in 'this.. Up to this moment! have
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SECOND DESPATCH.
Movoraixpo, April i; 1S8S;
To tlu Minuter of lF^ 01Ved mMeßcoat 4.« A. »C
At this moment, which is four o’clock in the moraine .
there bus appeared before me a soldier of GaanainaLT*
who was taken.prisoner at San. Janvier, but succeeded in?
effecting his escape. He aseured me that before the'
French occupied the fort all the artillery and the forces*
which defended the work were withdrawn, by- order of
Gen. Ortega, with the exception of three hundred men.
of the light infantry of Guanajuata and some forty of the*
Third Cavalry, who were left to make the la«t resisfc
&U9e. Of this force only one hundred and fifty men
were made prisoners ; but the enemy has suffered se--
vereloss. COMONFORT
A Voice from Texas.
THIS CONTRABAND TRADE GOES ON SWIMMINGLY— -
TRICKS OF‘ THE TRAITORS AND THEIR ACCOM*
FLICES—SUFFERINGS OF LOYAL MEN IN TEXAS—-
THEIR CLAIM FOR AID.
The New Orleans Era publishes sn earnest letter
from an officer of the United States Army, of which
we give a portion below: '
'‘The Confederate'Government—that is, if an iron
despotiam is a government—has her agents there,
busily engaged in procuring - arms and various war
equipments. I saw a lot of arms in Matamoros
which were manufactured in Massachusetts (Wes
son’s make.) The arms in question found their way
into the hands of Texan traitors, and were used by
them in their cowardly raid*Upon neutral soil, when
Colonel Davis and others were captured by. them.
“ Quite a lot of powder and caps passed through-
Matamoros into the possession of traitors at tne
saroe. tune. Quite a business was being carried on
through Matamoros to and from Brownsville. Tex**
as, by traitors. . »
“King-Cotton lay around Matamoros and the
mouth or the Rio Grande in silent grandeur, being
shipped to Europe and elsewhere to pay for various
articles of prime necessity to traitors.
“A certain class of Yankee traitors were there,
furnishing rebels with the staff* of life aud ‘ something
to wear,’ and receiving their cotton in. return, and
shipping it to New. York. - .
“During the months of February and March,
small vessel were running in at Brazos Santiago
all the time, supplying traitors with articles of spe
cial interest to them. While I was at the mouth of
the Rio Grande, a schooner ran in there flying a
white flag; and when she got opposite the custom*
house she ran over and landed on the Texas side,
and immediately ran up the British flag and dis
charged a large lot of powder, which was taken pos
session of by the traitors.
“A schooner from New York, the C. C t Pinkney,
flying the American flag, was ostensibly taken pos
session of by a half dozen rebel soldierß,.and beached
on the Texas shore, and the cargo taken possession
of. by the traitors. This transaction, however, waa
all understood between the rebel authorities and
those that had charge of the cargo of said schooner.
The captain ,of the schooner was named Gere ty;
the man-who had charge of the cargo was one Wal
ter Gffeenhaugh, Jr., of New York, and they got
pay for their goods..
v “The present’state of things in Texas causes a
world of painful and untold and untenable anxiety
on the part of those of us who have been forced to
leave the State to save our necks, and have left our
families behind.
“We can hear from them only through indirect
sources, and do not know that they even have bread
to eat. We know that the wholes interior of that
State is nearing the>point of starvation; and we
have every reason to believe, that our families will
not be allowed to enjoy the same privileges as our
enemies ; nor can we know.how many insults they
may receive from those base villains now in power
in Texas. ,
* * “Ten thousand hearts in Texas
would be flooded with joy if our flag would again
wave in triumph over that State. .
“ War to the halt and death to traitors I
“JESSE STANDEE,
“Xieut. Colonel let Texas Cavalry.
“Camp on Shell Road, near Carrollton, Ea.,
April 6,1863.” ■ : ' '
Washington.
[From an Occasional Correspondent. 3
We arrived here a week ago, in the midst of a storm,
of commingled snow, rain, and sleet. Sallying forth
from our Btopping'place (at Wililards’), we made the
rounds of the various hotels in search of ac
quaintances, but, to our surprise, found but few.
The halls andhar-iooma were crowded; principally
by oflicers—from the fledgeling, who Beemed to have
doffed hut: yesterday his swaddling cloths, to the
gray-haired veteran of three score and ten: the for
mer easily distinguished by brazen impudence, and
that conscious, self-importance which the vulgar are
supposed to impute to “ the coming bran.”
Here and there might be seen the greedy aspirant
for office, from city or rural district, each with his
own;particular doubt,, and an indescribable air of
unrest, fairly and plainly stamped upon hiß face.
Doubt—not . created by a fear that the armie.B of the
loyal had anywhere been compelled again to trail
theirflag in the dust before*the dirty “stars and -
bars” of armed and defiant treason-—not that gold,
that delicate thermometer whose 'fluctuations regis
ter alike the value } day by day, of ah Emperor's
crown, and. the price of the poor" man's bread.
Nothing of the kind! Congress had adjourned, and
a newvbatch> of • appointments for; offices/created
during the session: had to be made 5 and, of the late
members, a'few yet lingeredwha sought for kins*
men or friends (too worthy and well-qualified for
the humble positions to which they aspired) places
rich in promise of golden pickings for the whole
family. . ~
The nature of our business being such, we neces
sarily came.in contact with the Hon. Secretary for
the Department of the Interior and. the various
heads of bureaus under him—all of whom are
from the Northwest, and-chiefly, we. believe, from
- the State of Indiana. Their gentlemanly manners,
their, honest faceß, and their assiduous devotion to
the duties, of their several stations, evidence, in no
small degree, that knowledge of men and true ap
preciation of. character so justly claimed as his poa-'
session .by all the friends of the President. As to
the personnel of the Hon. Secretary himself, he is,
in height, about five feet ten—of gentlemanly bear
ing and proportions—with light blue eyes, and that
clear, honest, Saxon face, whose fairest type is no
where in the land to-be found more easily than
• among the inhabitants of those broad prairies
. from which •he comes. Easyof access, affable,
obliging, a gentleman—one approaches him with
pleasure and parts' from him . with regret. "With,
the Commissioner of Patents (from the same State),
the honest man might leave hs character, the miser
his purse, and, upon their return, find them undis
turbed. . His-honesty and intelligence are sufficient.
barriers against the attempts, almost ; daily made by
unscrupulous adventurers, in the matter of infringe
ments upon existing patents, or new frauds upon
the Government and, people. The Commissioner
for Indian Affairs, formerly of .Indiana, now hails
from the State of Hlinois. His appointment has
proved a most fortunate one, both. for the Govern
ment and the Indians. For the latter heexercises
the greatest care and kindness, and manifests the
deepest sympathy.
The venerable Chief of the Agricultural Bureau is
from our own city, and, we found him busy dis
pensing/in his usual bland manner, his-favors in the
way of seeds among the .planters, and .flowers, &c.,
for the ladies.
Heaving here, we drooped into the Post Office to
pay our.respects to that amiable and accomplished
fentleman, the First Assistant in the-Department.
Te is from the Bay State, and a good type of the old
"Webster school. OE the Postmaster General we
need say nothing, as it waß but recently that he
spoke well for himself at the banquet given by the
Corn Exchange upon the occasion of the opening of
the new post office in our city. Of the honorable
Secretary of the War Department we can Bpeak
only from hearsay. We are told that he is, in gene
ral, courteous-and obliging. The Adjutant General
we have long known. .As to the charge of “disloy
alty,”which has been more than once preferred
against him by a few disappointed Senators and Re
presentatives, and repeated by unscrupulous partisan,
sheets, that may he dismissed here, once and forever.
We-should have more regretted his absence from
the department had it not been for the able, ready,
and polite gentleman, who fills his place, to whom
we are indebted for information which enabled us
to find the‘proper bureaus in which our business
was satisfactorily transacted. That portion of the
War Department whieh came under our special ob
servation is filled by officers, chiefly of the regular
service, whose skill and accomplishments; are com
mensurate with the positions in which they are re
tained. The'unpretending mannersj mildness, and
urbanity of'character, with a readiness to, impart
aIT needful information to the inquiring stranger,
which mark the:.gentleman fromour own city; who
adminißterSj With rare executive ability,'the affairs
of the quartermaster’s department, must- impress
favorably All whb come in contact with himV
; Not having voted for the President, belonging to
no political party, and with no expectation of favors
to come, we have spoken briefly though impartially
of facts which go to assure us that the people are
ably and honestly represented by. the Adminis
tration now in power at Washington.
Yours, .YELYERTON.
Willards’, April 23,1863.
Statistics, of Army Hospitals.— The
following arc the statistics of Army hospitals for the
past week;
Hospitals.
’ Chestnut Hill;. . c ..............
West Philadelphia
Broad and Cherry;'. .........
Niceto wn ............ „•
Master street.......
Twenty-fourchstreet and South.
Chester
Summit House. —«
Christian street.
Turner's Lane.
Filbert street.
Germantown
Sixty-fifth and Vine streets.......
Wilmington........
-Broad and Prime..................
Islington Lane..
Gamac’s - Woods ;.,
Harrisburg
Reading....-......................,
T0ta1.....-.............;
It is contemplated to close the two last-named
hospitals as soon as the condition of the patients
therein will admit of their removal.
Award of Gctvernment Contracts.—
Yeaterday a large award of Government contracts
.was made at the office of Army Clothing and Equip
age, in this city. These proposals were op'enea on.
Friday laßt, when a large concourse of.persons as
aembled to hear the bids. The bidding was decided
ly spirited, and most of the goods' offered 'Were at
very low rates, and on this account some of those
present contended that the contractors" could not
furnish some of the articles at the prices agreed
upon. The army standard is required in nearly all
the awards made, and great care should be exercised
that the inspectors receive none other than the
standard goods agreed upon. *
The awards made yesterday were only the second
of the kind, in this city, since the commencement of'
the war. The first was made on the 3lst of August
last, and was to equip the additional troops called
out by the President at that time. The goods under
the present awards are for the troops that will be
raised under the Conscript act. The opening of pro
posals was at three different d£p6ts on the same
day—viz: New York, Cincinnati, and Philadelphia.
The quantity of each kind awarded and the pricea
obtained were as follows; ‘ ■ h
130;000 pairs bootees, at S2.OS to:s2.l4per pair;
is, ooo pairs; boots, at $3.40 to $3.48 per pair; 60,000
haversacks, 53 cents each; 80,000 painted blankets,
$1.64 and $1.55 each ; 18,000 paints ponchos, $1.99.
each: 7Codrums, $4.95 to $5.17; 400 fifes (Band C),
28 cents each; 80,000 blankets,74&to7scents per
pound; 193,000 white domet shirts, $1;48 to ;$1.52&;
7,000 knit Bhirts; $1.25 each; 290,000 pairs stockings,
34j£ to 35 cents per pair ; 67,500 canteens, 24 cents
each; 2,500.d0., covered'and strapped,' 38 cents;
200,000 pairs drawers, 83 to 90 cents per pair; 50,000
forage caps, 55 to 57 cents each; 18,000 pairs mounted
trousers, per pair;'loo reg. general order
books, $1.98 to < $2.18;. 100 reg. iletter jbooks, $1.93
to $2,18; 100 reg. descriptive books, $3 to $3.37;
100 Teg. order 1 books; $1.98 t 052.18; 100'reg. index
books, $l to $1.12; 3,000 hospital:tents and flies,
$108.91 to $114; 1,300 wall tents and flies, $52.9?i£
to $53.99 : 50,000 shelter tents, $4.10; 35,0QQ hats,
$1.60. . , : -
Naval.—Gunner James A. Lillestln, of
this-city, has been detached from the, United States
gunboat Tuscarora; and ordered to Portsmouth, N.
H.'.'for ordnance duty at that yard. l • t
Gunner Wm. H. Hamilton has been ordered foe
duty on board the Tuscarora. .