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'PUBLISHED DAILY (SUNDAYS EXOBPTBD.I
by JOHN W. FORny,
OFFICE,_NO. 11l SOUTH FOURTH STREET.
THE DAILY PRESS, ,
EiGnmaN Cem-j Per Week, payable to the Carrie?
Mailed Ur Sabasriberß out of the City at Eight Dollars
s>er Afotjk, Pour Dollars foh Six Months. Two Dot.-
sjjhb for Thebe Mouths—invariably in advance for the
time ordered.
mr- idvertleeiaenle Inserted it Unusual rate.. Six
Ulne. wnetitute a square.
» PRBSSj
Hailed to Subscriber* out of the City at Fobs Dolmm
*>br Astnm* in advance.
YARNS, BATTING. & WADDING^
A. H- FRANOISOUB,
No. 433 MARKET,
No. 8 NORTH FIFTH STREET,
Has In store the largest stock In this City of
YARNS, BATTING, WADDING,
YARNS, BATTING, WADDING,
YARNS, BATTING, WADDING,
YARNS, BATTING, WADDING,
YARNS, BATTING, WADDING,
YARNS BATTING, WADDING,
Cotton Batting, Wadding,
Carpet Chain, Cotton Yam,
Twines, Wicking, Ropes, <&c.
Goods Sold at Lowest Cash Trices.
WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE.
A. H. FRANOISODS,
->.’138 MARKET, and 5 North FIFTH Street,
Oallß the attention of dealers to his
IMMENSE STOCK
WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE,
WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE,
WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE,
WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE,
WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE,
WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE,
WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE,
WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE,
WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE,
WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE,
BUCKETS, TUBB, CHURNS,
BRUSHES, BASKETS, BROOMS,
LOOKING-GLASSES,
TABLE AND FLOOR OIL-CLOTHS,
WINDOW-SHADES,
CLOCKS,
FANCY BASKETS, &0.
tog- A LARGER STOCK OF THE ABOVE GOODS THAN
" ANT OTHER HOUSE IN THE COUNTRY.
CLOTHES WRINGERS.
THE GREAT CLOTHES WRINGER.
“PUTNAM
CLOTHES WHINGER”
Is warranted to ba superior to any other In use.
EVERT FAMIL Y SHOULD POSSESS A
CLOTHES WRINGER.
BECAUSE,
. »lst- It is r relief to the hardest part of washing day.
'2d. It enables the washing to foe done in one-third lest
nSine.
‘dd.* It saves clothes from the injury always given by
•
4th. It heips to toash the clothes as well as dry them.
BELIEVE IT ADVISABLE TO PROCURE
.. THE
PUTNAM SELF-ADJUSTING:CLOTHES WRINGER,
PUTNAM . SELF-ADJUSTING CLOTHES WRINGER.
•PUTNAM SELF-ADJUSTING. CLOTHES WRINGER.
'PUTNAM' SELF-ADJUSTING CLOTHES WRINGER,
PUTNAM •SELF-ADJUSTING CLOTHES WRINGER,
PUTNAM SELF-ADJUSTING CLOTHES WRINGER.
BECAUSE,
First. The rolls, -being of'vulcanized rubber, will
*ear hot and cold water, and will neither break nor tear
Tiff buttons. , - ■■■....■ ; x . - .
Second. The frame being of iron, thoroughly galva
nized, all danger from rustle removed, and tho liability
khrihki swell, split,&c,, so unavoidable in wooden
■machines, is prevented. ~ .. , ...
Third. The spiral springs over the rolls render this
machine self-adjusting, so that small and large articles,
*» well as articles uneven in thickness, are certain «.o
•receive uniform pressure. . . ' ,
Fourth. The patent fastening by which the machine
tightened to the tub, webeiieve to be mpenor in sim
plicity and efficiency to any yet offered.
Fifth. It willfifc any tub, round or square," from oue
ilialf to one-and-a-ouarter inches in .thickness? without
he least alteration.
RETAIL PRICE :
'arb. i, V.. 2, #5.50
>lKgr Agents wantedin-eyery county,
'MSP Sellable and energetic men will be liberally dealt
’With.
For sale at the
“WOODEN-WARE ESTABLISHMENT”
OF
A. H. FRANOISOUS,
No. 433 MARKET St. and No. 5 North FIFTH St.,
xnb2o.-2m Wholesale Agent for Pennsylvania.
COMMISSION HOUSES.
JELLING, COFFIN, <6 00.,
»30 CHESTNUT STREET,
Save for sale by the Package a good assortment of Staple
TRUSTS, LAWKS,
BROWN AND‘BLEACHED MUSLINS,
COTTOKADES, PRINTED LININGS,
SILESIAS, NANKEENS, CORSET JEANS.
6-* BLACK AND MIXED BROADCLOTHS,
UNION CASSIMEBES,
MEDIUM, AND LOW QUALITY SATINETS,
NEGRO'KERSEYS, PLAID LINSEYS,
ARMY GOODS, <fcO., &0.
ap2l-tnths3m ■ .
•jpHILAD E L P H I A
■■“■3B AG”
MANUFACTORY,
BURLAP BAGS OP ALL SIZES,
rSt® COEN, OATS, COFFEE, BONE DUST, Ac,
SEAMLESS BAGS,
standard makes, ALL. SIZES, for sale cheap, fornel
'£&Bh on delivery.
v GEO. GRIGG,
ap!s-3m Nos. 319 and 331 CHURCH Alley.
HAZARD, &
HUTCHINSON,
No. 119 CHESTNUT STREET,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
FOR THE SALE OP
PHILADELPHIA-MADE GOODS.
mh3l-6m '
JOHN T. BAILEY ® CO.
UAGB AND BAGGING
OP EVERY DESCRIPTION,
- NO. 113 NORTH FRONT STREET,
WOOL BANS FOE SALE.
i*3S4m
CARPETS AND OIC-CCOTHS,
jQLEN ECHO MILLS,
M'OALLDM * CO.,
S3AUDPACTUSESS, IMPORTERS, AND DEALBRB.
609 CHESTNUT STREET,
(Opposite Independence Hall, I
OARPET I N G Si
OIL CLOTHS, As.
Ws h»,e now oa hand an extensile stock ol CARPET.
I3NGB, of our own and other makes, to which wo oa]
’She attention of cash and short-time burets. fe!6-3m
CARPET WAREHOUSE.
JOS. BLAOK-WOOD,
839 ARCH STREET,
TWO DOORS BELOW NINTH (South Side],
IB NOW BBCBITIKO
FOB SPRING TRADE,
A rich and extensive assortment of
ENOLIBH AND AMERICAN CARPETINGS,
Of the bSBt makes,
Rmbr&clng all the new styles, which are offered
AT LOW PRICES FOR CASH,
, mhl3-2m.
JUST RECEIVED,
3,000 ROLLS
CANTON MATTINGS,
Vo .which we Invite the attention of the trade.
M’OALLUM <Ss 00.,
NO. 509 CHESTNUT STREET,
VOL. 6—NO. 236
1868 8 p B 1 N ° 1863
WOOD * GARY.
No. 725 CHESTNUT STREET,
Have now In store a complete stock of
STRAW AND MILLINERY GOODS,
: INCLUDING
STRAW EATS AND BONNETS.
MISSES’ AND CHILDREN'S STRAW GOODS.
FANCY AND CRAPE BONNETS.
FRENCH-FLOWERS, RIBBONS, &c,
To which they respectfully Invite the attention ofMer
ehante and Milliners.
GASH BUYERS will find special advantage in examin
ing this stock before purchasing, * inh2-3m
.|go SPRING MILLINERY.
The undersigned has now open a
HANDSOME STOCK OF
RIBBONS, SILKS, CRAPES,
ILLUSIONS AND LACES.
Also- a splendid assortment of
FRENCH FLOWERS,
Consisting of fine ROSES, ROSE BUDS. flue. GRAPES,
and FRUITS,
All of the most fashionable shades and styles.
A LOT OF
RIBBOXS AMD FLOWERS
Of last season’s importation, will be
CLOSED OUT VERY CHEAP.
M. BERNHEIM,
No. 726 CHESTNUT STREET.
mh3o-2m - ~ •'
STRAW GOODS, 1863.
FRENCH FLOWERS,
LACES AND RIBBONS,
OF THE LATEST FASHIONS,
JUST OPENED
at'
THOS' KENNEDY & BRO.'S,
Ho. T»9 CHESTNUT Street, below EIGHTH.
mh3l-2m
P'". SPRING 1863.
BROOKS & ROSENHEIM,
(Late Rosenheim, Brooks, A Co.),
No. 431 MARKET STREET, North Side,
Hare now open, and are dally making additions thereto,
: A. HANDSOMB VARIBTT OF
RIBBONS, BONNETS,
MISSES’ AND CHILDREN’S HATS, FLOWERS,.
- and
MIHINEEY GOODB lU GENERAL,
to which the attention of the trade is respectfully soli*
cited. ; ' '' mh!B-2m
MISSES O’BRYAN, 1107 WAL-
Street, will open PARIS MILLINERY
11--FOR THE SPRING, on .THURSDAY, April 9th,
1863. apS-Im*
MIL LIN BE Y
AND
STRAW GOODS.
JOSEPH HAMBURGER,
- 35 South SECOND Street,
Has now open a large stock of Ribbons, Artificial Flowers,
Ac., to which he respectfully invites the attention of
Milliners and Merchants. Goods received daily from
New York auctions. mh24-2m*
Great excitement—s till
GREATER BARGAlNS.—Received immense lotß of
New Goods dit BAMBERGER BROS., No. 105‘North
EIGHTH Street, much lower than they have been for .
a long time.
READ, READ, EEAD ALL.
LINEN HDKFS., LINEN HDKFS.—Splendid Linen
Hdkfs., at S and 10 cents, some very flue at 12 cents, sold a
week ago at 18cents; still finer at 13 cents, worth 20;
some extra flue at 14,15,16, and 18 cents, all much below .
the present price. •
MEN’S LINEN.HDKFS.—Men’s Linen Hdkfs., very
fine quality, at 25 cents, sold last week for 38c.; some
very fir eat 31 cents, worth 44c.; some extra fine at 38
cents, worthoOc. by the dozen. •
BBM-STITCHED HDKFS., very fine, at 25, 31, and
85 cent’s; broad hems from 31 cents upwards, extra
cheap. -
GLOVES, GLOVES- —The-largest assortment of La
dies’, Men’s, and Children's Lisle, Thread, and Silk
Gloves, plain, colored, stitched backs, and kid finish,new
est styles, muclilower than they can be bought forin any
store in the city.
LaDIESVMKN’S, AND CHILDREN’S Gauze,' Menuo.
and Lisle Thread Vests, very cheap. . ,
GAUZE AND GRENADINE VElLS,Brows,Blue, Mode,
Diab, and all other colors, splendid quality, only 75 cents;
some extra fine at $l, worth $1.50. /
HOSIERY, HOSIERY.—The largest and best assortment
of Ladies’, Men’s, and Children’s Stockings of every de
‘ ecription, positively much lower than any other store in
the city sells them. „«««
HOOP SKIRTS. HOOP SKIRTS.
A very large assortment of the best make trail and
other styles of Hoop Skirts, very cheap.
INVISIBLE BAIR NETS, plain and with steel beads;
Corsets, Linen Bosoms, French Morocco Travelling
Satchels, and all other goods much lower than they can
be bought for in other stores. • _ ,
ALL THE STAPLE TRIMMINGS still at nearly half
the regular prices, such as the very best Pins and Nee
dles, only 4 cents a paper; best Pearl Buttons, 3 and 4
cents a dozen; very best Italian Sewing Silk, only 75
cents an ounce; best Tooth Brushes, 6,8, and 10 cents;
new and splendid lot of Hair Brushes, 12, 18, and 25
cents; widest and finest Skirt Braids, full 5 yards, only
9 cents; India Rubber Comes, 8 and 10 cents; best India
Rubber Hair Pins,lB cents a dozen; Spool Cotton, Cotton
Cord, Hooks and Eyes, Twilled Tape, Ac., all mnch lower
than in any other etoie in the city. BAMBERGER
BEOS.. 105 North. EIGHTH Street, third Btore above
Arch. ap23-tf
.Letter "A.” 98.
JOHN KELLY, JR.,
Where he presents to former patrons and the publif
the advantages of a STOCK OF GOODS, equal if not su
perior, to any in the city—the skill and taste of himself
and EDWARD P. ; KELLY, the two best Tailors of the
city—at prices much lower than any other first-class esta
blishment of the city, apl-tf
GERMANTOWN, PA.
PHILADELPHIA,
SPRING MIILIBEHY.
CLOTHING.
TAIL O R ,
HAS REMOVED FR0M,1022 CHESTNUT STREET.
EDWARD P. KELLY’S,
143 South THIRD Street,
Fine Clothing,
FOR
Spring and Summer*
WANAMAKBR& BROWN
S. E. cor. 6th & Market.
Medium and Common
GRADES,
Cut ana Made In
Fugliionablc Style
SOLD AT LOW PRICES.
T3LACK CASS. PANTS, $5.50,
At 704 MARKET Street.
BLACK CASS. PANTS, *0.60, At 701 MARKET Street
BLACK CASS. PANTS, #5.60, At 704 MARKET Street
BLACK CASS. PANTS, $5.50.. At 704 MARKET Street
BLACK CASS. PANTS, $5.60. At 704 MARKET Street
GRIGG A VAN GUNTEN’S, No. 704 MARKET Street
GRIGG A VAN GUNTEN’S, No. 704 MARKET Street
GRIGG A VAN GUNTEN’S, No. 704 MARKET Street
GRIGG A VAN GUNTEN’S. -.No. 704 MARKET Street.
GRIGG A VAN GUNTEN’S, No. 704 MARKET Street
mh22'6m '
FURNITURE, &c.
PURNIT U B. E .
A LARGE ASSORTMENT,
W. & J. ALLEN <6 BROTHER,
1909 CHESTNUT STREET.
nABINET FURNITURE AND BEL-
C LLARD TABLES. s
MOORE * CAMPION,
No. »61 South SECOND Street,
In eonnectlou with their extensive Cabinet business, are
cow manufacturing a superior article of
BILLIARD TABLES,
ind have now on hand a fall supply, finished with the
MOORE & CAMPION’S IMPROVED CUSHIONS,
Which are prononnced' by all who have used them to be
mperior to all others.
For the quality and finish of these Tables, the manu*
lecturers refer to their numerous patrons throughout the
union, who are familiar with the character of their
» atV. mbfi-ftm
DOZ. CANS FRESH PEACHES,
doz. cans Cranberry Sauce, Oysters, Pears,
Apple Sauce,, Adams county Peaches, Cherries,, and
Blackberries. For sale by
JAS. W. CAMPBELL,
ap3o-ofc* No. 115 South WATfiR Stroot.
retaik dry goods.
rpHE PARIS CL(UK AND MAN
TILLA STORE, Northeast corner' of EIGHTH and
WALNUT, have opened with a
LARGE STOCK OP SPRING GOODS,
MOST FASHIONABLE MAKE,
and respectfully ask the early attention of ladies wishing
to purchase.
(CLOAKS AND MANTILLAS.
V. IVENS & CO., No. 33 South NINTH Street, have
now on hand an extensive assortment of
SPRING STYLES,
of the finest qualities, at the
LOWEST PRICES.
Ladies, do not fail to give us a call.
T>OYS’, MISSES*, AND CHILDREN’S,
CLOTHING, CLOAKS, &c.,
IN ENDLESS VARIETY,
AT LOW PRICES,
No. 131 South EIGHTH Street,
ap2l-lm Three doors above Walnut.
RE TAIL.”
JAMES R. CAMPBELL & CO.,
727 CHESTNUT STREET,
OFFEB AT MODERATE FEICES IN THEIE
RETAIL DEPARTMENT,
Black and Fancy Silks, Linen Sheetings and Shirt-
Black and Colored Alpa- inga, -
cae, Damasks, Napkins, and
Poplins Fantasia, . • Doylies, •
Taffeta d’Annessey, Table Cloths and Towel-
French Lawns and Organ- ings, Counterpanes and
dies, Furniture Dimities.
French Chintzes and Per- WHITE GOODS.
cales, > Jaconets, and Cambrics,
Brilliants and Piques, Soft Cambric* and Nain*
Spring Shawls, new color- eooks,
inga, Tarletons and Swiss Mulls,
Black Thibet and ' Merino Fancy Muslins and Dimities,
Shawls, L. C. Handkerchiefs.
Square and Long Shawls. Gloves.-Hosiery,
And a general assortment of DRY GOODS in desirable
stylos and qualities. ;•. mh6-2m
1034 CHESTNUT STREET.
38. M. NEEDLES
OFFERS FOR SALE
At priceslgeneraliy below present cost of Simpor-
WHITE GOODS, all description*.
EMBROIDERIES, do de
LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS.
VEILS, Ac. , Ac.
And respectfully Invites an inspection of hia
1034 CHESTNUT STREET.
■Jg M. NEEDLES,
1024 CHESTNUT STREET,
HAS JUST RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING
NEW GOODS IOR GARIfcALDPS.
PUFFED LINEN CAMBRICS, A NEW ARTICLE.
PUFFED AND TUCKED MUSLINS.
PLAIN FRENCH MU&LINK. 2 YARDS WIDE.
STRIPED. PLAID. AND FIGURED MUSLINS.
A SUPERIOR ARTICLE OF GRENADINE VEIL,
$1 UP-
A LARGE ASSORTMENT NEEDLE-WORK EDG-
FLOUNCINGS, AND BANDS, AT
OLD PRICE
VALENCIENNES = AND . GUIPURE EDGINGS AND
INSERTING!*.
60 PS. OF PIQUES, AT REDUCED PRICES.
000 NEW STYLE NECK-TIE* FOR LADIES.
PRINCESS ALEXANDRA, Ac., &c.,&c.
The attention of the Ladies is respectfully asked.
K. M. NEK DUES.
; ap2Mm • . : .
T\RESS GOODS AT REDUCED
•U PRICES, from the recent Auction Sales'
Black and ‘White Plaid Alpacas at 37c, worth CD,
Cb oice Colored Alpacas at 50c, worth 62c.
Plaid Mozambiaues 15 to 60c.
Plain l6 to 50c.
Plaid Poil De Chevres, all colors, at 50c.
New Styles Figured, All-Wool Delaines at 50c.
LightChalli Delaines at 25c.
4-4 French Chintzes at 3114 c.
jaconet Lawns at 12>£c.
Black and White Organdies at-25c.
r H. STEEL & SON,
Nos. 713 and 715 North TENTH Street.
CHARPLESS BROTHERS
Offer by the package, at the
Lowest rates ot this season,
Pacific 12C0 and 1400 Lawns,
.Manchester Spring De Lain.ee,
Pacific: do. Prints,
Do. do. De Laiaes.
GHARP'LKSS BKOTHEKS.
Mode : colored Silks, Foulards.
Checked Silks, India Silks,.
Mantle Siikc, Black Figures,
Bareges, Cnallies. Imperatrice,
Poplins, Organdies, Chintzes,
Zephyr and Barege Shawls.'
CHESTNUT ana EIGHTH Streets. ■■
riLOTHS, GASSIMERES, AND VEST-
S' INGS. .
* Cassiioeres for Boys.
Caessimeres for Young Gents,
Cassimeres for suits.
Cassimeres for everybody.
Cassimeres, mixed and plain. i
Cassimeres. striped and plaid.
Casaimeres, Black and Brown, __
At JOHN H. STOKESV
ap» - •- . TOa AHCH Street.
WATCHTGS AM) J JUWIiI.KY.
QLARIt ' S ,
60S CHESTNUT STREET,
IS THE CHEAPEST PLACE IN THE CITY TO BUY
GOLD or PLATED JEWELRY, SILVER-PLATED
WARE. PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS, POCKET-BOOKS,
TRAVELLING BAGS, &c. ,
Call and examine our stock before purchasing else-
The following is a partial list of goods which we are
selling from 20 to 100 per cent, less than at any: other es
tablishment in the city:
ICE PITCHERS.
SYRUP PITCHERS.
CREAM PITCHERS.
SUGAR BOWLS.
BUTTER COOLERS. .
GOBLETS.
CUPS.
CASTORS. .
WAITERS.
CAKE BASKETS.
CARD BASKETS.
SALT STANDS.
TOBACCO BOXES.
NAPKIN RINGS.
FRUIT KNIVES.
TABLESPOONS..
DESSERTSPOONS.
TEA SPOONS. . '
SUGAR-SPOONS.
SALT SPOONS.
DINNER and TEA PORKS.
BUTTER KNIVES.
OYSTER LADLES.
GRAVY LADLES.
SETS IN GREAT VARIETY.
BRACELETS.
BREAST PINS.
- CHATALAINE CHAINS.
GUARD CHAINS.
medallions.
CHARMS.
THIMBLES.
. RINGS.
GOLD PENS.
GOLD, PENCILS.
GOLD TOOTH PICKS.
GENTS’PINS, beautiful styles.
GENTS’ CHAINS, " “
SLEEVE BUTTONS, *'
STUDS.
. -ARMLETS.
NECK CHAINS.
POCKET-BOOKS. •
TRAVELLING BAGS.
ALBUMS. '
CIGAR CASES.* N .
CARD CASES, &c.
Call early and examine the largest and cheapest stock
’of goods in the city. -
D. W. CLARK’S,
60a CHESTNUT STREET.
WATCHES,
JUST RECEIVED PER STEAMER EUROPAn
GOLD WATCHES,
LADIES’ SIZES, OF NEW STYLES-
SILVER ANGRES AND CYLINDRES.
GILT ANCRES AND CYLINDRES.
PLATED ANCRES AND CYLINDERS.
For Sale at Low Rates to the Trade, by
D . T . PRATT,
apStf . 60T CHESTNUT STREET.
J. O. FULLER,
Importer and Wholesale Dealer in
FINE WATCHES AUD JEWELRY,
No. Yia CHESTNUT Street,
(Up-etaira, opposite Masonic Temple),
Ha* now open a
Large and complete stock.
' EMBRACING -
AMERICAN AND SWISS WATCHES,
B. HOWARD & CO. ’S FINE AMERICAN WATCHES,
GOLD CHAINS, GOLD SPECTACLES, THIMBLES,
r. ■ ■ and- ■ • '
“PINK JEWELRY OP EVERY DESCRIPTION.
fe»-8m ■■
jBV FINE WATCH REPAIRING
MUt attended to, by the most experienced workmen,
And every watch warranted for one year,
a. RUSSELL,
%% North SIXTH Street,
J O. FULLER’S
FINE GOLD PENS,
THE BEST PEN IN USE,
FOB S ALE ALL SIZES. fel3-3nl
J'INE GILT COMBS
IN EVERT VARIETY.
IMITATIONS OF PEARL AND CORAL.
J. <J. FULLER,
mhlB-2m
Ho. Via CHESTNUT Street
YULCAOTTE RINGS.
A fall assortment, all sizes and styles.
J. O. FULLER,
Ho. 71A CHESTNUT Street fel3-3m
MUSICAL BOXES.
TN SHELL AND ROSEWOOD CASES,
A playing from Ito 12 tunes, ciolce Opera and Ameri
•an Uolodies. FARR & BROTHER. Importers,
ap4' 334- CHESTNUT Street, below Fourth.
VULCANITE JEWELRY.—JUST RE
• ' -ceived, a handsome assortment ofChatelain and
-Test Chains, Pins/Pencile. 4c., and for sale abvery low
prices. G BUSSELL,
apS5-tf H«*ii SIXTH Street,
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY. MAY 7. 1863.
THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1803,
DEPARTMENT OF VIRGINIA,
Tine Nows from Suffolk—A Brilliant Attack
and SKirmisli—The Enemy Active along
the Nanseiiiond—Uongstreet investing the
Union Forces.
CSpecial Correspondence of The Tress. ]
Suffolk, Va., May 2, 1863,
the mosttortueus rivers in the world is
the Nansemond. It iB very narrow, too, and as its
sluggish waters meander from north to south and
from east to west, thousands of armed men are hid
from view by its involutions. On the west bank, the
rebels number 40,000 strong; and this force is daily
gaining strength, from Hill’s command in North
Carolina, while every man who can be spared from
Yorktown is sent by the enemy to swell their ranks
at Suffolk. This place is undoubtedly invested,
with the .single exception of the/north-northeast
side. 'With Norfolk we still hold , communications,
.and with Norfolk we must still be in close commu
nion, or we will be as closely beleaguered at Suffolk
as General Foster was at Washington, North Caro
lina. But are we able to drive off the rebel hordes
which swarm like so many bees in the edge of all
the neighboring woods 1. ‘Undoubtedly, when’ the
proper time for action comes, they will be made to Ily
in confusion. At present they can do’noharm herej
and why should they be permitted to join General
Lee, where they can do no good ? ‘
Skirmishes, are of daily, hourly occurrence. The
rebel dales are teeming with sharpshooters and bush
.whackers, under command of General Pryor. Our
pickets frequently have conversation across the
narrow channel with their pickets ; but more often
: is the solitary sentinel shot through the heart as he
steadily paces his lonely beat.. These things cannot
always be. A general engagement is becoming im
minent, and the -most 'trifling'jfatw j>os>may precipi
tate one of the bioodießt conflicts of this war. Our
forceß are busily employed in throwing up entrench
ments. A few weeks ago the Union lines extended
almost, if not altogether, five miles over- the Nanse?
mond. Since then the advance" guard, of General
Peck’s forces has been withdrawn to the east side of
the river, new lines have been established, and rein
forcements poured in. In the extreme front, on the
South Quay road, the 99th New York lie in their
trenches,,where they have been heroically perform*
ing their duty amid the hurtling balls of. tlie rebel
riflemen for oyer twenty days. Immediately adjoin
ing, on a beautiful plateau of liigh, level ground;
are encamped the drafted men from York, Adams,
and Berks counties. Opposite these camps, across
the river, and within tolerable good rifle range, are
the long. elliptical rifle-pits of the enemy, from
whence their sharpshooters are constantly firing
into the camps, and if a mounted officer should per
chance show himself a shower of lead is soon sent
whistling around him.
Yesterday there was an apparent laxity in the
firiDg across the river. Barely was an individual to
; be seen on the rebel ramparts, and a straggling shot
or two fired at random was all that we heard from
tbe enemy. General Terry, thinking they might be
moving down the river a piece to a strip of timber,
which they seem to love to linger about like sylvan
satyrs, ordered the 99th New York to make a recon
noissance. Lieutenant Colonel Nixon had com
mand, and thinking that the rebels had deserted the
pitspr else were weak in numbers, pushed boldly
across the Nansemond with his regiment, the 99th
N. Y. a murmur was heard from the breast
works, as he arrayed his forces underthe eye of their
fortifications, not a whisper was uttered, when Cos.
C and E were thrown out as skirmishers on the right
and left flanks respectively: ;
When we had got within fifty yards of their breast
‘ works, they opened a heavy fire on the little hand of
Spartan heroes; Lieutenant Colonel Nixon hurried
uphis re serves; but useless haste! What could three
hundred men do, with a thousand murderous rifles
blazing forth continually in their faceßl For jfive
hundred yards over the heavy ground of a cornfield,
they ploughed their way on the double quick. : Nei- ■
ther iron, or lead, or fire, or death itself seemed ca
pable of stopping therd. Thrice bad the bugle sounded
a recall, but they heard it not; again its brazen notes
sounded above the conflict’s din—-they heeded not till
they reached the very brink of death itself. ' One
man was stabbed in the face with a bayonet.
But see ! ’Two siege guffs open their iron throats,
and while they belch forth to the rebels eternity,
’tis life to our panting troops. The shells fall amid
the swarming masses, and the havoc is terrible At
last a special messenger brings -the to
return, and with reluctance they retrace their Bteps
across the. river. Two other regiments
to support the 99th, but they were riot allowed to
participate in the' fight lest, it might bring on a ge
neral engagement. The men were much chagrined
to think that, after they had rushed through thejaws
of death to within a few yards of the coveted rifle
pits,they must withdraw without having occupied
them. The rebels lost thirty killed, and about fifty
wounded. The “intelligent contraband” said he did
not know for certain, but “ dere were a mighty big
heap on’em, massa.” :
Our loss is 6 killed, and 22 wounded, as follows:
WOUNDED.
George S.Patterson, C, chest and feet, (serious.) ~
» Patrick Neclan, D, ball in left leg.
John Hammel, F, leg fractured, r
Alexander Johnson. C, left hip, (serious.)
John Dugan, G, right breast.
James Calloway, D, face and neck.
Wm. Williams, A, left leg.
Diedriek Kloflges, A, breast, (serious.)
James O’Brien, K, bayonet wound, (slight.)
John Collins, A, knee and leg.
Daniel Dix, F, abdomen, (serious.)
Patrick Haileyy A, bead, (slight.)
Thomas Coombs, F, right thigh.
Owen McPolan, O, left breast and arm.
John Bardett,-C, slight.
Charles McLaughlin, C, chest, (serious.)
John Gibbons, F, hip. . .
John Cartey, B, arm, (slight.)
William Minot, E, thigh.
John Campbell, F, right leg.
Alfred Smith, F, elbow.
John O’Hara, acting sergeant in Fort Nansemond,
"Company K, 130th Begiment N. Y. Y. >
KILLED.
Edward Welsh, F. ißoberfcLong, C.
Patrick Moore, F. John McDonald, A.
J. C. James, G-. I Michael Reilly, D.
As usual, the enemy reinforced with startling ra
pidity, They have two railroads in constant use,
and are menacing us in every conceivable way.
While l am writing, an occasional shell is fired into
the woods, to keep them at a respectful distance. -
They take the hint. Very rude people, though, who
never see they intrude, till you have to hint to them
that they could “take nothing from you that you
would more willingly part withal, 51 than their pre
sence. Col. Spear’s 13th Penna. cavalry have a
very rough way of hinting to the “ gray-backs,”
how disagreeable and intolerable they are growing.
He has the finest body of cavalry inthe service.
They seize; with gourmandlike avidity, every op
portunity for making a dash on the ragged pests of
this locality. *
If we take the two first days of May as a harbin
ger of good weather, and good things to come, they
will certainly be delightful, if all like the omen
which promises them. Fruit trees here have long been
sweetly blooming, succulent vegetables begin to
garnish the tables, and the mud which has caused so
much execration in this department, is about to
“dry up.” Already these things begin to impart
an impetus to martial movements, by simply re
moving the former obstruction, which had the effect
of an embargo on men and mules, .
The towiiof Suffolk, like Norfolk, and"indeed like
almost every southern city, I may say, contains very
few respectable buildings. The majority of the
houses are of the usual rambling style, and are be
grimed with the average modicum of filth. If the
first historian of Virginia (Richard Hackluyt,) had
hot am incontestible'character for gravity, one
would be apt to think him a bit of a wag, when he
gives a geographical picture of the State which had
the distinguished-"honor of being named after, “ye
first virgin Queen of England. ll He Baid the soil
was the finest under the cope of heaven; it was the
pleasantest country in the world. The continent is
of huge and unknown magnitude, is very well peo
pled and towned, but savagely. If Virginia had
horses and kine, there is no realm in. Christendom
would be comparable to it. He characterizes the
natives as being kind, and good-natured, but cruel,
malicious, .and blood- thirety toward each other, often
destroying whole tribes in their domestic feuds;
resorting to very wicked strategies in war ; often
inviting people to feast with them, and then killing
them. This is notan indifferent 'description of the
native bushwhackers across, the Nansemond. ’
I don’t wonder at the nervous anxiety displayed
by the borderers, when the commissioners came
around to survey the boundary line between Vir
ginia and North Carolina. They had other reasons,
besides that openly expressed, of to “pay
tribute to God or to Casrer.”
In my last, I alluded to South Quay front and a
long line of rifle-pits, opposite and on the west side
of the Nansemond ; I also. mentioned the great- and
painful annoyance the - rebel sharp-shooters were
causing our men, camped on the east side of the;
river, and hinted; darkly about the rebels being
ready to make a new swarm, one of these bright
days, into a piece of timber opposite Drawbridge;
battery, where fortifications had been lately thrown
up. General Peck was determined the audacious
rebejs should not be allowed to harass the men in
the batteries sb they had been doing for some time
at Fort Nansemond, on the South Quay-road. This
morning, a force commanded by Brigadier General
Getty, started over the river-at Drawbridge .-bat
tery, to reconnoitre the woods. Your correspon
dent was on the train ready to start for Norfolk on
Saturday evening s hut, getting a very slight inkling
of a movement morning, of considerable mag
nitude, I hastily leaped from the moving train, and.
walked over to the camp of the gallant llth Penn
sylvania, where I found the hospitality genial and
the officers gentlemen. Thus I was ready to start
in the morning with the marching troops. After
breakfast, I found my information of the previous
evening correct. The roads, were lined with in
fantry, cavalry, and artillery. Biding through these
armed maßßes to the edge of the river, I stationed
myself at the end of the bridge, which spans the
N&n&einond, on the Petersburg road. Between
eight, and nine o’clock A. M. the column began to
move slowly over the bridge, the 103 d Regiment
N. Y. in advance, followed by the 89th N. Y., 28th
N, J., 13th N. H, battery D, of the 4th Regulars,
thre companies of the New York Mounted Rifles, yid
two howitzers, Conn;, 7th M»sb., and 15th.
Conn. The rebvi pickets were stationed but a lew
rods hOBi bank, but were Boon dtfvea in, as out
column steadily advanced up the steep, miserable,
and sandy road. As soon as the 103 d N. Y*
reached the level above the river, they silently de
ployed to the right, supported bythe23d N* J.» while
the 13th N. H. formed the left, supported by the 98th
N. Y. During all this time the battery at Fort
Bosecraos was shelling the woods, at regular inter
vals, and the Parrott guns on board- the Smith
Briggs, thus taught to speak, frequently parleyed
with the rebels. Skirmishing in front waxed warm, i
The enemy dropped a promiscuous shell or two, and
the first wounded man was carried to the rear.Ke
luctantly the enemy yield the ground, but our men
drive them slowly and surely back. They have
reached a large ravine, where the timber has been
slashed , and a rude sort of abattis formed. Here
they were comparatively safe, but the brave 103 d
N. Y. and the gallant 13th N. H. gave them no re
pose. . Over the corn-fields they rushed with the ut
most indifference to the whistling bullets, which
sang Buch ominous death Bongs. At last they fly,
but only-to their rifle pits, which lie within the
friendly cover of tlie wood. It iB now noon, and I
can see nothing of the 4th B. I. and 23d Conn.,
which I understood to have gone about five miles up
the make a movement on the right flank
of the enemy. At rare intervals a gun is discharged
from one of the gunboats, but no musketry is heard.
Aiportion of tlie bafctery belonging to the 4th Re
gulars was stationed in a large corn-field near Pru
dence, I, a ruined house about half a mile from
Suffolk, and one piece was in the middle of the Pe
tersburg road. The enemy had a small battery,
down,the same road about a mile. They fired 12-
pourid Bhells, with more rapidity than accuracy. Our
battery opened and soon’silenced their noise for the
present. The rebels how began to leave their pits
and take to the deep woods, but our soldiers follow
ed them as if each one was an individual Nemesis,
were they forced from their burrows. By
the distance the day-god had made in his daily
rounds I would judge’it to be after two o’clock, and
ouradvance was but one mile from, town and had
eiffered only a Bhort distance into the woods. The
rebels again open with their masked battery, and the
Bhellß rush fiercely over our heads. /
The brush in our extreme front, fired by an incen
diary ehell, covered the field with its gathering
smoke. And our shells, instead of dropping into the
enemy’s ranks, and effectually quieting their pieces,
fell .too short ami harmlessly exploded. The infant
ry, under cover of the guns, had got almost to Pro
vidence Church., Sharpshooters were constantly
pick ing off'our men. It was here, at about half past
4 o’clock, that.brave Col. Kinggold, of the 103 d New
York, fell mortally, wounded. As the sun, whieh
rose iii blood, early in morning, sank into the west,
the pale moon slowly opened her Cyclopean eye, and
gazed unwinkingly upon the reddened earth, and,
amid the thunders of artillery, Capt. . Davis, 7th
'Massachusetts, and Lieutenant Hasbrook, com
manding 00. I), of the 4th! U. S. Artillery, were. en
gaged in a duel with, the rebel battery. The shots
on both sides were very-well aimed and .the gun
boat occasionally made a succcessful hit. It waß. just
ns the soft twilight began to take the place of the
dazzling sunlight, that Lieutenant Beecher, of the
. 4th U. S. Artillery, fired a shell, which struck a
caisson, exploding it, with a fearful noise; and
piece,'and men, and horses could be seen no more.
With this brilliant little episode, ended the busy
Sunday. Pickets were stationed along the front,
and our forces withdrawn to the south side of the
river. General Getty had 10,000 men across the
river, lying along the road ; of these but 1,500 were
deployed as skirmishers, and only about 2,500 were,
in action. If they simply made a reconnoisaance in
force they were successful. The rebels are now five
miles olf, and are under command of General Long
street. Gen. Hood had command' of their forces
over the river, supported by Gen. Picket. Our loss
cannot be correctly known at present j but it is esti
mated at 70 killed and wounded, among .whom are
some officers. The, rebels carried their dead and
wounded with them. I saw but one dead rebel, and
. he lay in the rifle pits.'. There were : several pri
soners taken in the morning and one deserter. I
hear it rumored to-night that the party which went
up the river this morning, nine miles to Sleepy
Hole, succeeded in capturing two pieces of artillery
and a number of prisoners. The reconnoissance will
doubtless be continued to-morrow. AH who were
in the’engagement behaved with coolness and
courage ; and where officers and regiments are all
alike brave and enthusiastic, it would be invidious
for me to iqention names and numbers.
Since T have been here the fortifications and the
distribution of forces in this locality have com
manded considerable of my attention. Longsfcreet;
has at this time between 50,000 and 60,000 men at his
command, but he has five different roads to guard
andhecannot have : more than 10.000 men at one
place:. This place is fortiffedby splendid works for
over twenty-five miles. On the southeast is the
Great Dismal Swamp, andall around the entire works
are creeks and swamps- Thus Long
street cannot avail himself of his favorite tactics of
rapidly and mysteriously reinforcing. On the Eden-
ton road, across Langston’s swamp, in the neighbor
hood of Dardin’s plantation, are stationed 10,000
more. It was on this outpost that Sergeant Mahlon
H. Strahn, of Co. H, 11th Pennsylvania Begiment,
wasVounded, but will recover ; then at David P.
'Wright’s, ori the Somertoh road, about 12,000 men
are camped. The Old Somerton road iB occupied by a
whole division just at the junction of the artillery
road (which last was cut by the rebels one year ago
to join the former), to enable them to get in the rear
of General Burnside, to cut off hia supplies, if he
sriouldattack Suffolk. Judging from'the camp-fires
seen from Fort Nansemond, there must be 8,000 or
10,000 on the South Quay - road, at Bethlehem
Church. last point is Providence Church, on
the Petersburg road, which extends to Chuto
tuck (pronounced Chuckaiuck ), the extreme left of the
rebel position’.-. Here they evidently have a strong
force, for our men have been fighting on this line ail
day, and have not advanced more than five miles.
The 3d Georgia Begiment, Colonel Wright, is re
ported to be in the neighborhood of South Mills, -
CSpecial Correspondence of The Press. 1
Despite the overhanging clouds and the chill eaßt
wind, everybody to-day looks cheerful and smiling
that we have at last reached the end of the masterly
inactivity of the Army of the Potomac, and that its
onward, march seems crowned with victory; even
the grum-looking men, who have worn the little de
testable badge of copper, cannot avoid joining in the
general congratulation which passed from mouth to
mouth .'this morning in State street, and the only
gratification left the croakers is one which they con
tinually repeat to-day—“the news can’t be true.”
The general tone of rejoicing is only checked to re
gret the brave men who have fallen, especially the
New England. officers, most of whom were well
known here. The fatality which attends some offi
cers is remarkable, like young Capt, Holmes (son of
O. W. Holmes), who is wounded in every battle he
has been in, beginning at Ball’s Bluff. And the sor
row for the fallen brave does not confine itself to
words: eleven thousand dollars have just been col
lected and presented to the widow of Gen. Reno, for
herself and children.-
Sufvoi.k, May 3, 1863.
CITY OS’ BOSTON.
Secretary Chase’s brief visit to Boston passed off
very pleasantly, and increased the number of his
friends here very considerably, there being a uni
versal expression of gratification from those who
had the good fortune to meet him. Fast day he at
tended Dr. Huntington’s church in the. morning,
and dinner went outto Camp Meigs (colored troops.)
He also visited Professor Agassiz’s Museum, the
custom house, and Merchants’ Exchange, where he
made a short-speech, in answer to the numerous
cheers with which he was greeted, and finally closed
his brief Bojornm here by a visit to Minot’s Ledge!
The defences of Boston harbor, after having, until
now, been almost entirely neglected, are to receive
a little attention.
The wooden line-of-battle ship Ohio, which, ap
praised like old Ohina, ia one of the most valuable
vesselß in the navy, is to cruise off the harbor, and
it is confidently hoped that the well-known chivalry
of our Southern friends will prevent their running
past ner, for every true knight respects age and
weakness. She'would be invaluable to sink in the
channel, were it not that she is so very slow that
she would not probably get to the bottom before the
end of the war. Other measures are on foot for de
fending the shore, and of a little more modern cha
racter. *
The 54th (colored) regiment have now in camp.
about-860 men—a sufficient answer to the conserva
tives who said the negroes would not enlist. It is
now stated that this regiment will be used as the
nucleus of a negro brigade, to be. commanded by E.
A. "Wilde, of Brooklyn; and to be recruited and or
ganized in the .same manner aB the brigade under
Tillman. N
East evening a crowded audience greeted General
Hamilton, who lectured at Tremont Temple in aid
of the Discharged Soldiers’ Home, on slavery in
connection with the rebellion.
{Saturday evening the Museum was filled, to wit
neßß an amateur theatrical performance in aid of the
suffering poor in Ireland j and Judge Daly, of New
York, gave an excellent lecture last week for the
same cause.
Camilla Urso again appeared at Tremont Temple
laftt Thursday, for the benefit of Mr. Marshall, a
well-known choir leader. Madame Urso gains favor
with each successive hearing.
Mrs. Bowers’ Combination closed its engagement
at the Boston Theatre on Saturday afternoon, and
are replaced this week by the Florences. Mr. Mar
shall now has only the Boston to cater for, the How
ard having been taken possession of by the new les
see, Mr.' Willard, who closes it this week for re
pairs, opening next Monday with an entirely new
company.
Mrs. Jane English leaveß the New Tremont to
Paul Juiguet’s French company next week, having
taken EauraTCeene’s for a couple of monthß.
Amusements of all kinds were neverbetter attend
ed than at present. The theatres and concerts are
full full that seats are a luxury.
Our Municipal Elections.
To the Editor of The Press
Sir: I have read with interest the communica
tion in your columns of this. morning, upon the
subject of legislative and municipal reform.
The suggestions of your correspondent are excel
lent, and if carried out would accomplish much
good; We must not, however, overlook the fact,
that legislative action necessarily precedes the pro
posed constitutional changes, and we need not look
for such legislative action until we are better repre
sented. The first and most important thing for the
public to do,- is to select and elect capable and hon
est representatives. This done, the rest follows*
I am, sir, yours very truly,
Philadelphia, May HORACE,
further Details of the Great Actions of
Saturday and Sunday.
The Storming and Capture of Fredericksburg..
GENS. EVANS AND FITZHUGII LEE
PKISONERS IN WASHINGTON.
THE SUCCESS OF GENERAL AVERILL’S EXPEDITION,
FAILURE TO RETAKE FREDERICKSBURG.
We publish to-day further particulars of the great
battles of Saturday and Sunday, and of the storm
ing and capture of Fredericksburg. Since these
successes an attempt had 7 been made, it is said, by
Eor.gstreetfwho was supposed to be in command
before Suffolk) to recapture the heights of Frede
ricksburg, which, we believe, has failed signally.
Generals Fitzhugh Leeand Evans are now prisoners
in Washington, and it is confidently believed that
General Hill, inactive command of the rebels on
Sunday, met his death. General Hooker, perhaps,
more than holds his position, for, in addition to the
success of the battles detailed, it was still believed
and asserted that General Stoneman’s expedition
was a complete success, and it is now known that
General Ayerill has returned and reported to Gene
ral Hooker the destruction of the bridge and track
of the Orange and Alexandria Railroad as far south
as the Rapidan Btation, General Heintzelman has
been promptly Bent to reinforce General Hooker
with 20,000 men, it is announced upon reliable state
ments} and there is every safety in believing that
our advantages are firm and prospects cheering and
great.
The Tribune has correspondence from the field)
stating that over 6,000 prisoners have so far been
captured. The rebel loss in killed and wounded is
aleo very severe. The report that Longatreet was
in command of the attempt to retake the hill bat
teries at Fredericksburg may have some foundation.
X*ee had called for reinforcements, and the Govern
. meat at Richmond was exerting everypovver to aid
him, This*, may account for the mysterious with
drawal of the rebel troops Suffolk. The
news reads thuß:
“ The enemy’s rifle-pits on the South Q,uay road
and in our froDt were vacated yesterday afternoon,
and the troops left in great haste, taking their bag
gage with them, evidently having more important
business elsewhere.”
The correspondence of the- World contains an im
portant statement, to the effect that nearly all our
army was now united with Hooker. Sedgwick and
Couch, with two army corps which carried the
works at Fredericksburg, having pushed onto Hook
er, and before this time, no doubt, joined him. Gen.
Stoneman, when last heard from, “was. within
eighteenmilea of Bichmond, having made a circuit
round the enemy, and destroyed the railroad bridges
of the Pamunkey and Anna rivers, and some fifteen
miles of-the track.”
Below we publish from the Times additional re
view and detail of the. battles of Saturday and Sun
day,
Headquarters in the Field,
Near Chancellorvillx,
Sunday evening, May. 3,1863.
-At this hour of writing, it is impossible to esti
mate Ihe lossin to-day’s battle oneither side. We
know that ours is heavy, heavier than ever before
in a battle of bo Bhort duration, We further know
that the IOBS Of the enemy is admitted by themselves
to be perfectly frightful. We had the advantage in
artillery, and our shells and canister tore and man
gled their ranks fearfully.
DE ATH OF GENERAL HILL.
The prisoners are silent as to the loss of promi
nent officers, but some of the- Alabamians in A. P.
Hill’s division say that he , was killed early in the
day, and that General Raynor is now in command
of the division.
THE BATTLE-GROUND.
Probably no battle was ever fought upon ground
more unfavorable for the manceuvring and deploy
ing of troopß. Nearly the whole country in this vi
cinity is covered with dense forest, much of it being
of the same character as “ The Wilderness,” lying
only a short distance west of thiß point. The timber
is mostly dead, and still very dense ; then, to make,
the forest still more impenetrable, there is a denser
growth of dead underbrush, so that it is hardly pass
able forman—certainly not for beast—and the worst
place conceivable for handling troops. Yet, a great
part of to-day’s terrible battle was fought in this al
most-impenetrable jungle, and many dead and
wounded on both sides still lie there, concealed in
the-gloomy depths of ‘‘The Wilderness.” The
only open ground upon which the batfcle.was fought,
was the plain on the south side of the plank-road,
near Chaneellorville, half a mile long, and'perhaps
three hundred yards wide. The only open ground
in our present position is a semi-circular crest, ex
tending from the left of General Sykes’ position to
the right, of General Howard.’s. Immediately in
front of this are dense woods, concealing our skir
mishers and those of the enemy, This crest is our
artillery position, and here guns enough are massed
to blow to atoms the armies of a dozen Southern
Confederacies. The enemy seem to have a proper
appreciation of the courtesies in waiting for them !
from this position. Twice to-day they have essayed
out of the woods toward our guns, and twice have 1
thoßeguns sent to their earthly doom untold num-'
hers of desperate wretches. The artillery at this
point is in charge of Captain Weed, chief of artil
lery of the sth Army Corps.
TWO THOUSAND PRISONERS.
The exact count of prisoners thus far taken,
during the battle of Sunday, is not yet- known, but
it must be, all told; nearly , if not quite two thousand.
They were brought in singly, in. squads, in compa
nies, and by regiments 5 and our men say that they
could have taken many more, “but; for the trouble
of bothering with them on the field of battle.” They
would rather Bhoot than capture. Two regiments
were taken entire—the 23d Georgia and the4th Ala
bama—the former yesterday, and the latter to-day,
‘Then there are-detachments from fifty or sixty other
regiments, including many North and South Caro
lina, Virginia, Mississippi, and Louisiana regiments.
The enemy has undoubtedly taken several hundred
of our men, mostly wounded, with some from the ;
llth Corps, who couldn’t run fast-enough to get
away.
A FAILURE AND A SUCCESS.
The unaccountable and inexcusable conduct of a
large portion of this corps, was the means of turning
to asheß a. grand victory almost within our graßp,
while the position was only retrieved by the superb
generalship of the. Commanding General. A portion
of the troops, the brigades of Cols. Bushbeck and
McLean, stood their ground manfully until over
powered by vastly superior numbers. Gem Barlow’s
brigade was absent with Gen. Sickles.
. HOOKER’S GENERALSHIP.
The manner in which Gen. Hooker proposed to
checkmate the rear attack of Jackson strikingly
illustrates the bold and daring character of our com
mander. Finding that Jackßon was marching by .
the old Gatharpin road past our right front, Gene-‘
ral Hooker promptly ordered General Sickles to'
attack that impudent column on the flank. This
was not more; quickly conceived than vigorously
executed. In one hour and a:half from the time
the movement began, the head’ of General Eir
ney’s division was engaging the-enemy, and our
force and vigorous attack were •so great that the
enemy’B left flank was Bpeedily turned, his columns
doubled back one upon the other, and his men
seized with' demoralization and panic. Williams’
division ably assisted this dashing movement, while
Gen. Geary attacked sharply on our centre front,
and the prospects were cheering indeed. The
•llth Corps was. strongly entrenched. Its posi
tion ought to have been held,and semebody is to
blame for this disgraceful affair which smote us so
sorely; just as we were about to reap rich fruits from
the boldest move yetprojected since we crossed the
river. And to remedy the effect of this disaster, we
have spent this day in only puts us
in our former condition, and the enemy once more
in our front; albeit we have inflicted on Lee a
murderous loss, and so shattered his columns that he
must have time and reinforcements to enable him to
fight again as savagely as hefoughtto-d&y. Besides,
his position is now such that he must inevitably at
tack our strong position or retreat. Retreat in his
case, with our swift-marching army after him; is most
surely disastrous. He may: precipitate his whole
force upon Sedgwick, who can retire to the Heights
of Fredericksburg, and wait for Hooker to follow up
in his rear. Two or three times General Hooker Has
said that he would-compel the rebels to come out of
their fortifications, ana attack Him on his own
- ground. It is brilliant generalship, indeed, that haß
so faithfully fulfilled this promise. To-day the
enemy literally leaves his fortifications, and Btands
before our entrenched camp, essaying its capture.
The question of supplies must now be of great
moment to the enemy. His communication by rail,
if not totally severed by our cavalry, must be
seriously interrupted by the presence of our forces
in the vicinity of Hamilton’s Crossing, fivo mileß
below Fredericksburg, which has been the rebel
supply ddpdt during the winter. The prisoners
taken to-day had nothing to eat, and Bome ofthem
eay no rations had been issued to them for three
days,
Boston, Hay 5, 1863.
When the army started on its present movement;
the troops tcok eight days’rations, in their haver
sacks and knapsacks. The prospect of having to
carry this amount of food on a long march.was- not
: very palatable to the troops, and T mutterings w:cre
loud and frequent. But the eight days’Tations are
just what has enabled the army to do so .much and
march so far in so short a time. The rations will be
used up tofmorrow, and large amounts are already
cbming forward in supply trains to United States
ford, and on the backs of pack mules from? that
point hither. The mules carry the boxes of hard
bread on their.pack-saddleß, while the meat ration
is fresh beef, driven on foot.
HANNAM.
ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.
Hooker Reinforced by Heintzelman.
SPIRIT OF OUR TROOPS.
Our men never behaved more magnificently. Cool,
confident,* and brave, they fought with splendid
valor, and were even complimented by the prison
ere who fell into our hands. The demoralization of
the llth Corps did not affect the rest of the army in
the least. Somehow or other they look upon it as
a matter of course. Gen. Hooker’s appearanre on
the field, under severe fire,-created tumultuous en
thusiasm among the men, and he was cheered to the
eeho time and again. When it became known that
he had been struck by a piece of spent shell, (al
though uninjured,) the cheers grew louder still.
To the indefatigable efforts of Major Gen. Howard,
commanding the llth corps, is due the fact that
before daylight this morning this corps was so far re
organized as to be placed on duty again in an impor
tant position. Gen. Howard is one of our braveßt
and beat officers. His emotions at the conductor
some of the brigades cannot be described. Had he
been longer in command of these men, undoubtedly
this stampede would not have occurred.
OUR OWN SUPPLIES.
RETURN OF GENERA!*. AYERILI*.
General Averill, with his cavalry command, re
turned to United States ford to-day, and reported
in person to General. Hooker this afternoon. Gen.
A. has been out twenty-three days, and been as far
south as Rapidan Station, oa the Orange and Alex
andria Railroad, where he destroyed the bridge and
track of the road. During his trip he drove Lee
and-Stuart out of Culpeper, and captured there
about . five thousand dollars’ worth of Balt and
bacon belonging to the rebel Government, which
he did not destroy, bub distributed , among the poor
and suffering people of that vicinity. This made
General A. very popular, and hereafter the people
there will prefer his visits to those of Lee and
Stuart.'
Gen. Averill has received instructions for more
important work, and our communications may be
considered entirely safe so long as his force is in
reach.
HEADQUARTERS.
The headquarters of the Army of the Potomac in
the field are to-night under a large tree, just in the
rear of the frontline of rifle-pits and abattis. Gen.
Hooker h&B just dined on hard tack and cold ham.
The gentlemen of the staff are looking for their
“pack mule.”
FROM FREDERICKSBURG.
W e take the following from the correspondence of.
ihe World to a late date from Fredericksburg. It
contains intelligence which, if true, And it is in some
mea&ure corroborated by cotemporary stafeiao&ti U
THREE CENTS.
very important, and xuey prove decisive of results"
moat deßfred:
Fredericksbttrg> May 4—7 A.. M.
We have uptime, in the whirl of the military ope
rations pending, for other than, ft mere outline of the
situation. We mußt write and run, and until the de
cisive event hasr transpired, which will furnish a
few hours of leisure, we can give but a hasty sketch
of the most prominent and striking features in the
present aspect of our affairs. *
THE ATTACK ON FREDERICKSBURG^
Sunday morning the* attack on Fredericksburg
waa commenced, and was, in the outset, unsuc
cessful. At 10 o’clock it was again renewed,
and" the 6th and 2d Army Corps were marched
against the works, strongly situated and strongly
defended, with a desperate determination-to carry
them.- One must see to understand the diffi
culty of the undertaking; In the distance the banks
which must be climbed seem comparatively 10-. v,
but when reached their steepness seems sufficient
to thwarftbc most daring and desperate assault. Be
hind the earthworks were guns of the most destruc
tive kind, and infantry, which poured upon the
storming party constant volleys of bullets and of can*
ister. The assailants rushed up In concentric ec*
lumns, and tlie Brooke of artillery covered them from
view aB they came within close range, and were;oii
the point of rushing up the embankment. They
staggered, reeled, and finally rushed back from the'
terrible volleys which were poured into them. Then
came up the second columns, with better courage;
through the storm, of bullets, and many of those who*
had been repulsed joined them, and when they
reached the steep embankment they climbed up with *
a shout, and in a moment the leader of the party had :
planted the Stars and Stripes on the parapet, and
the enemy co’uld be seen scattering in all directions
like sheep.
Thus the heights were carried and the enemy put
to flight over the plain beyond.
Many prißoners and twelve guns were captured,
and had cavalry been on hand to have been let loose
after the fugitives the tropies of the victory would
have been greatly increased. As it was, two hun
dred and fifty prisoners were sent to the rear, in.
eluding ODe colonel, Colonel Griffin, of the; 18th Mis
sissippi, and twenty-five commissioned officers.
FLIGHT OF THE ENEMY—STONEMAN’S
EXPEDITION.
The enemy, in their flight, left behind ten caissons,
and, in perfect rout, fled over the plain toward the
remainder of their forces, who were upon General
Hooker’s front, seventeen miles away. But their
flight was not toward Richmond, nor along the line
of iftilroad from which they have received their sup
plies. This they have abandoned for the reason that
their communications were no longer in their own
hands, but held by our forces, under General Stone •
man, who, when last heard from , was within eighteen
miles, of Richmond , at Hanover Court House, having
made a circuit around the enemy, destroyed the railroad,
bridges of the Pamunkey and Anna fivers, and some
fftcenmiles of the track. The enemy have abandoned
their communications, and are now adrift, using the
best of their efforts to make their escape from the
perils which surround them.
NO ESCAPE FOR THE ENEMY BUT
BATTLE.
They no longer attempt to fall back on Richmond,
for an enemy lies between them and their capital;
and there is no way for them to escape with their,
baggage and artillery but through between Hanover
Court House and the position which Gen. Hooker
holds. The line of railroad to the Pamunkey is so
much in our possession that a wagon train is to
morrow to be sent through to Gen. Stoneman. It is
one of the most difficult things at present to see how
the enemy are to get safely to Richmond.
But their army, although cut off from its supplies
and most critically situated, ia not yet destroyed, and
may yet achieve much more than its precarious po
sition promises. All depends upon the battle which has
not yet taken place, to decide the fate of the army for the
defense of the rebel capital. They may yet, in spite of
the inferiority in generalship which they have mani
fested, prove superior to General Hooker in battle.
If so, they are safe. If not, their utter overthrow is
well nigh certain.
. The country through which lies their only line of
retreat, is level and open, and extends away to Gor
donsville, almost a level plain. Their only hope of
a safe retreat is in so disabling us in battle that we
are un&Dle to pursue. Thus far they have not shown
themselves decidedly inferior to us. At one point
they drove ub for several miles. But the ground
was again regained by our troops at the point of the
bayonet. They have thus far shown no superiority'
in the field. . r;
HOOKER JOINED BY SEDGWICK AND COUCH
FROM FREDERICKSBURG.
Sedgwick and Couch , with two army corps, which car
ried the works at Fredericksburg, have pushed on toward
General Booker, and before this have joined him. Gen.
Hooker has now his entire army with which to operate
against the enemy, who are cut off from their commu
nications, driven by strategical movements out of
their fortifications, and compelled to fight with even
chances. In all probability, Monday will decide the
fate of the two armies, and end, in. a decisive manner,
to one party or the other.
The fighting thus far has been desperate enough,
but has not been decisive. With two corps added
to his strength, the success of General Hooker can
hardly be doubted. The next few days will teem
with great events, possibly disastrous ones, but-all
indications point to victory and success.
GENERAL HOOKER.
We can give few details of Gen. Hooker’s fighting.
The suffering has been great, and the Tesult not so
advantageous as might be wlßhed. Some troops have
acted disgracefully. The 11th (Sigel’s) Corps broke
in the most shameful manner, but the troops gene
rally were most excellent and admirable in their
conduct. Much is due to General Hooker, however.
He was constantly exposed to fire with the same
disinterestedness and bravery he has always shown,
and was every where on hand to check any disorder
and prevent his troops from flinching under fire.
I have heard it said that everything in the conduct
of the troops waß due to General Hooker’s indi
vidual bravery. Much, no doubt,- is to be ascribed
to the soldierly qualities which the General, as
ever, has exhibited in a most extraordinary degree.
No one but alludes to it in language of sincerest
admiration.
Casualties are reported. General Berry is re
ported killed; General Hooker wounded, but
slightly.
LATER.
10 A. 'M.,—Sedgunck has pressed on toward Hooker, and
Gibbon's division, left to guard the heights in rear of
Fredericksburg, have been attacked by the enemy in large
force, and are in dangei' of losing their 'position and
abandoning Fredericksburg altogether.
[Subsequent advices lead us to believe that this
statement is incorrect, the attack having beenmade
and repulsed.].
‘STORMING THE HEIGHTS OF ST. MARYE,
A correspondent gives this graphic account of the
storming of the Heights ol St. Marye, beyond
Fredericksburg:
It was now 11 o’clock, continuous fighting had
been going on for full six hours, and the rebels still
held their works. Gem Sedgwick now determined'
on having the “ light brigade” charge the heights.
Cololonel Bunham, commanding, moved his forces
along’, under the protection of abandoned earth
works, and the hill-side formed by the sloping
down of the plain near the city, until he had arrived
directly in front of the most formidable position,
known as the “slaughter pen.” Knapsacks and
any article of clothing which might: impede their
rapid movement were cast aside by the men,
and they were deployed out in the following order : ,
One*half of the sth Wisconsin, Colonel Allen, as
skirmish line; 31st New York, Colonel Jones, on
the left; 6th Maine, Lieutenant Colonel Harris com
manding, and the remaining portion of the sthrin
the rear of and supporting the 31st at the same
time. At the same time time a force, consisting of
the 43d New York and 61st Pennsylvania, and one
or two other regiments; were sent up the road at
the right of the stone wall. Going on to the regi
ments of the Light Brigade, prepared for a charge,
were the 36th New York and 7th Massachusetts,
and still further on other regiments. At twenty
minutes past eleven the lion-hearted men rose from .
their feet. Everyone of the thousand spectators
on the hillß in the rear held their breath in terrible
suspense, expecting to see them all the next moment .
prostrate in the dust. “Forward!” cried the .Ge
neral, and they dashed forward on the open plain,
when instantly there was poured upon them a most
terrific discharge of grape and canister. Many lay
dead, but not one faltered. Full , four hundred yards -
must be passed over before gaining the stone
wall. As they press forward, delivering the bat
tle-cheer, which is heard above the roar of ar
tillery, the rebel guns farther to the left are turned
upon them. But they falter hot. A moment more
they have reached the stone-wall, sealed-its sides, are
clambering the green bank of the bluff, and precisely
as the city clock struck, they rush over the embra
sure of .the rebel guns, and the Heights are ours.
The enemy, with the exception of the cannoniers,
fledinwild confusion, secreting themselves in the
■ houses, woods, and wherever a place of conceal
ment was afforded. . The guns captured proved
.to be the Washington Artillery, the battery so
highly complimented.by General Lee in his report
of the last battle of Fredericksburg, and which has
figured more or less since the outbreak of the
rebellion. “What men are these 1” was the inter
rogatory of .one of the- astonished and terrified
members, as our brave boys appeared over the ram
parts. “We are Yankees,-- -you; do you
think we will fight nowl” was the response of one
: of our men, “Boys,” remarked the commander of
the battery, “you have captured the heat battery in
the Confederate service.” The 6th Maine was the
first regiment to reach the scene. Lieutenant Colo
nel Harris, with unparalleled bravery; rushed right
up to the mouth of one, as it was belching away,
and through the mist and Bmoke hiß form could just
be discerned, as he cheered his men forward. He,
together with Captain F-uriong, were the firßt to lay
hold of the rebel pieces.
The rebels succeeded in getting one gun away to
some distance, when the force which had gone round
to flank the battery perceived it, and immediately
Starting in hot pursuit, captured itwith seventy-five
prisoners., A wagon train was ahead which they
might have secured, had-they not received orders
to proceed no further. On the Washington Artil
lery being surrendered, the* other batteries to the
right did not make much resistance, but fled hastily
before bur charging forces. Gen. Mills’ brigade,
consisting of the 77th New York, 21st New Jersey,
49th New Nork, 33d New York, and 2d New York,
made a very gallant charge.
DEPARTMENT OF NORTH CAROLINA.
NrwjiwnSj N. G., May 2.—Under this date a
Herald correspondent details the success of the re
cent expedition under Gen. Palmer, in an engage
ment near Cove Creek. We hear from a gallant
Pennsylvania regiment:
WHAT THE FIFTY-EIGHTH PENNSYLVA-
NIA DID.
On Tuesday, April 28, Col. J. Richter Jones, of
the 58th Pennsylvania Volunteers—a regiment and
a commander who have been the terror of the rebels
on the road toward Kinston for some time past,
having had to perform picket duty far in advance
of our lines —moved from Cove creek, on the
Dover road, for the purpose oi driving in the
pickets of the enemy, who had shown them
selves in the vicinity in considerable numbers.
He advanced cautiously toward the railroad junc
tion, a point at which he supposed he might be join
ed by some of the troops that hod gone up by the
railroad track. Feeling pretty Bure of this, he left
two companies in the rear, and had advanced to
within seventy-five yards of the junction, when he
was met by' a murderbus fire of musketry, which
killed one of lub men (private Van Tyne, Company
B,) and wounded several others. Still supposing
they might be friends, Colonel J ones ordered the
cavalry to bring up one of their guidons, and wave
it, in order that, if the firing eameTrom a of
friends, they could be undeceived. The waving
of the flag met with a, response in the
another heavy volley aimed particularly at the
person of the bearen of the guidon. Being now
satisfied that they were enemies, Colonel Jones de
nloved those of his men who were present as skir
mishers, and sent orders to bring up tha.reat of Mb
command. After ascertaining where Ms supports,
bv way of the railroad, were, three companies
were deployed , to the rierht ana.three to. the left,
for the purpose of flanking tho- enemy’s works.
About the same time the 45th and 17th Massachu
setts Volunteers arrived on the ground and opened
upon the enemy from the left.. A sharp fight, here
ensued, but with few casualties, on our the
rebelß all firing too high. The result was the cap
ture of the works and the precipitate retreat of the
enemy. The position of the rebels was a strong one,
and might have been held against three times the
number that assailed it. The enemy had one regi
ment in the workß* and a brigade with
Bell’s battery,) in reserve, two'miles in the-rear.
Five.of the enemy were-found dfiAd. sb the Federal
troops entered the workßj but the wounded had
been carried off. The dead were buried with Chris
tian riteß, by order of Colonel Jones, the services
being performed by Ms fighting chaplain, Rev, Mr,'
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(?S*FIOE OF THE LkHTGH COAL & NAVIGATION CO.,
Philadelphia, May 6,1863.
Affftfe stated annual meeting of the Stockholders
of the- Lehigh Coal"and Navigation Company, held
May ofk. 1863, it was, on motion of Lewis' Elkin,
secondetfby J-ohn A. Brown,
Resolved, That the Stockholders of the’ Lehigh
Coal and Navigation Company meet at this place
(Board of Trade Rooms, Chestnut street, above
Fifth,) this day week r viz: Tuesday, May 12, be
tween the hours of ll? A. M. and 2P.M., for the
purpoßeoftahinga.atocS? vote on the adoption or
rejection of the resolutions presented by the ma
jority of the Scrap Committee this day, and that the’.
Board of Managers be; requested to publish the'
Report of the Committee, with the accompanying -
Resolutions.
Published by order of the Board.
EDWIN WALTER, Secretary.
REPORT AND RESOLUTIONS.
To the Stockholders of tfeUehigh Coal and Navigation?
Company
Your Committee, appointed by resolution of the
Stockholders at their Anfiadr Meeting, held 6th of
May, 1862, to consider the subject of the conversion
of the distributed scrip shares of the Company into
stock,
REPORT*
That at an early day after their appointment, in con
cert with two professional gentlemen aa their coun
sel, they entered upon the consideration of the sub
ject committed to them, with a pamphlet copy be
fore them, of the Report for the year 1861, as pre
sented and read to the Stockholders at the Annual
Meeting, signed “by order of of Mana- %
gers,” by James Cox, President. In this Report,
after discussing some collateral points; and stating
opinions of * eminent- counsel,’ adverse to certain
rights previously claimed in behalf of the Scrip
holders, the Board of Managers, on pages 17,18, and
19 of their said Report, in reference to the conver
sion of distributed scrip shares into stock, say :
“But waiving the discussion of the sub
ject in its legal aspects and as a question of abstract
and absolute right, and looking at it merely as a
question of expediency; the Board of Managers rea
dily and freely admit the desirableness, for many
and obvious reasons, of the conversion of the scrip
into stock at the earliest day practicable, consistent
ly with a due regard for the interests of the Stock
holders and the security of the Loanholders; and
provided it can be done without violation, of the
Deeffof Trust.
“ This, it has been suggested, can be effected, and
the legal obstacles in the way of the desired con
version surmounted, by the negotiation of a new
loan, to be secured by a Mortgage upon the Compa
ny’s Real Estate, and made redeemable at a period
beyond that for which the Deed of Trust of March.
7th, 1842, was given ; the subscriptions to said loan
to be payable in the certificates, at par, of the pre
sent funded debt of the Company; the proposed
new loan to be for an amount sufficient to absorb
the .whole of the said funded debt; with a proviso,
should any of the holders of the said funded debt de
cline or neglect to avail themselveß of the offer of
the Company to receive it in payment of the sub
scriptions to the proposed new loan, then to take
cash subscriptions to said new loan sufficient to con
stitute a fund equal in amount to that of the out
standing loans; said fund to be so held as to be, at
all times, available for the immediate payment of
the said outstanding debt whenever payment is de
manded.
“ The belief has, in some quarters, been very con
fidently expressed, that a loan of the character and
for the amount contemplated, fora period of say
twenty yearß, with interest payable quarterly, and
the payment of both interest and principal secured,
as the Compauy are able, to secure it, will present
inducements to the holders of the present funded
debt to invest their certificates in it, such as they
will be glad to avail themselves of.
“An extension of the present loans to the Com
pany in the mode proposed, would be virtually, a»
regards the Deed of Trust, a payment of them; and
that instrument would thereupon ‘ cease, determine,
and become void;* and the Company would, as a
consequence, be relieved from the restraints to
which they are now subject, and the Board of Ma
nagers would thereafter be at liberty, without fur
ther delay, to comply with the wishes of the holders
of the scrip for its conversion into stock.
“A. resolution, intended to give effect to these
views, has.been prepared, and will be submitted to
the Stockholders. If approved by them, it will be
the duty of the incoming Boards of Managers to
adopt the necessary measures to carry out, without
unnecessary delay, the recommendation of the
Stockholders—a duty which will, no doubt, be cheer
fully discharged.”
Th e Resolution referred to as adopted by the Board
ofManagers, was submitted to the Stockholders for
their approval or disapproval—the consideration and
discussion of which .resulted, by way of amendment
of the original, in the adoption of a substitute, under
which your Committee waß appointed and has since
acted in relation to the subject matter.
When your Committee entered upon the con
sideration of the subject, doubts were entertained
whether the present Loanholders generally, or even
a majority of them in amount, would consent to sur
render their certificates of loan secured by the
Mortgage of 7th March, 1842, in exchange for cer
tificates ef like amounts of a new loan as proposed
to be secured by a Mortgage of the Company’s real
estate only; and, upon the occurrence of the disaster
to the Company’s works by the extraordinary flood
of 4th of June last, they deemed. it prudent to- sus
pend for the time the-further- consideration of the
subject, and await future events of a character more
propitious.
But since then, and recently, there has been pro
cured, in behalf of the Company, an act of our
Legislature, entitled-* 4 An Act to authorize the Le
high Coal and Navigation Company to extend their
Rail Toad from White Haven to Mauch Chunk,”
approved the 4th of March last, the provisions of
which were formally accepted by the unanimous
■ votes of the Stockholders, present at a meeting on
the 16th of the same month, called for that purpose*;
and a certificate of such acceptance, tinder the Cor
porate Seal of the Company, attested by their
President and Secretary, was thereupon forthwith
.transmitted to and deposited in the office of the
Secretary of the Commonwealth, as was required
for the giving to the said act legal effect and opera
tion.
Section 4 of this act authorizes the Company, for
the general-purposes of their business, and the construc
tion of the improvements thereby authorized to be
made, and for repairing their works, to borrow from,
time to time such sums of money as they-shall deem
expedient, not exceeding in the whole three millions
ot dollars, and to mortgage their Canal, slack-
Water Navigation, Railroads, Property; and Fran
chises, or any part thereof, as security therefor.
The authority thus conferred upon the company,
in the opinion of your: Committee, opens a plain
path, free from the embarrassments and difficulties
which have been regarded heretofore in the way of
the. early conversion of the distributed scrip shares
of the Company into Stock; the " desirableness” of
which, “for many and obvious reasons,” it is be
lieved the Stockholders generally do and will as
“ readily 'and freely admit,” as the Board of Mana
gers have done.
In the present favorable state of financial matters,
your Committee apprehend, and can scarcely doub},
that the holders of the funded debt of the Company,
in the -aggregate Jess than $2,800,000, will, almost
without exception, gladly and promptly avail them
; selves of the privilege and opportunity, if tendered
to them,, of subscribing their respective amounts
thereof to a new Loan as now authorized, having a
longer time to run. to maturity, and of paying the
same by the surrender and cancellation of their cer
tificates of the old in exchange for those of the new
Loan, if the latter shall be secured by a new Mort
gage of the Company’s Canal, Slack-Water Naviga
tion, Railroads, Property, and Franchises.
It is quite reasonable to believe that all the-hold
ers of the present Loan will come in upon the secu
rity of the proposed new Mortgage, because, by so
doing, with the same security they now have,-they
will obtain investments to extend beyond all the
present and: prospective financial and pecuniary
troubles of the country. Nevertheless, it is possi
ble there may be some who will decline or neglect to
change their Certificates and come upon the security
of the new Mortgage. If such shall be the case,
then Bonds or Certificates of the new Loan can be
disposed of at market rates, to an ample amount,
and the cash proceeds thereof constitute a fund for
investment in lawful securities, aB a provision for
the payment of the refusing or neglecting holders
under the Mortgage of 1842, their respective amounts
when due demanded. This being done, the purpose
of the special stipulations, in that Mortgage would
be substantially and equitably accomplished and sa
tisfied ; and it would then be the duty of the Board
of Managers to direct and cause Certificates of Stock
to-be-issued,- in lieu of aud in exchange for the
Certificates of distributed scrip shares to the hold
ers thereof.
The conversion, it .is believed, when, and. if - thus
Accomplished, will be, “in its operation and effects,
just and equitable to the rights and interests of all
classes without violating or infringing upon the
rights of any.” : «
Your Committee annex-to .their Report such Re
solutions as they deem suitable to give effect to-the.
purposes therein expressed.
THOS. WILLIAMSON,
JOHN A. BROWN,
WASHINGTON BROWN.
Philadelphia, May 1,1863.
1. That the Board of Managers of the
Lehigh Goal and Navigation Company be requested
to execute, to three Trustees, a Mortgage for Three
Millions of Dollars, on the Company’s Canal, Slack-
Water Navigation, Railroads, Property and. Fran
chises, for the purpose of securing that amountof
Bonds or Certificates of Loan to be isßuedby the
Company, for the purpose of Constructing, the. Im
provements authorized to be made by. an Act of As
sembly, approved the .4th day of March,. 1563, en
titled. “An Act to authorize the Lehigh Coal and .
’ Navigation Company to extend their Railroad from.
White Haven to Mauch Chunk;” and for the pur
pose of repairing their Works, and for the general
purposes of the business of said Company.
•2. Resolved , That-ihe Board of Managers of Thfe-.
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company be requested
to issue. Bonds or Certificates of .Loan, to such.,
amount as they shall deem useful or expedient, not
exceeding in the whole Three Millions of Dollars,
bearing interest at the rate of Six per Cent, per an
num, payable quarterly, and the principal payable*,
at a future period, not Icbb. than Fifteen, nor more--,
than Twenty years distant fromthe.lst day of April
now.last past; and with the.proceeds of said Bonds.
and other available means of the Company,, proceed
to do and execute the Constructions, Works, and Re-,
pairs authorized and required to bemade by. the Act
of Assembly aforesaid; and also, to redeem all'the*
Bonds or Certificates .of Indebtedness of the Com
pany .secured by .their Mortgage of 7th March#,-1812,
by offering the new Bonds.or Certificates ia ex
change for, and Cancellation of those secured by the
said existing Mortgage. .
3. Resolved, That if at the expiration,.of. Ninety
days after notice to the holders of the .existing Cer
tificates of Funded Debt, that the Company are
willing andieady to receive them..and give on ex
change therefor new Certificates as aforesaid.*! which,
notice the Board of Managers is requested
to be given by at least, three of
the daily Newspapers ofthe. City of Philadelphia,) .
there shall remain any Certificates, ofr,the present
Funded Debt of the Company outstanding m the
hands of persons who refuae-or neglect so to ex
change them; then the Board of-Managers, is re
ruesfed to appoint Two Trustees, to whom-a. suffi
cient amount of good money Securities ofthe Com
pany shall be assigned amply to.secure all the
holders of Certificates secured by the.- Mortgage of
IS4S remaining unpaid or unsatisfied as aforesaid,
. when their Certificates shall becomepayable, which,
securities, so to be held, shall not be assigned nor*
assignable without the direction of the Company,
manifested by a Certified Resolution of-the Board of
Managers.
1. That upon the payment and satisfac
tion of said Mortgage, of- 7th, March, 184% if fully
paid; or upon the partial payment.tbereof, and pro
viding in maimer as .aforesaid, ample security for so
much thereof, as.shalljremain unpaidy.the Board of
Managers is requested ; to. issue full Certificates of
Stock in the Capital of- the Company to the holders
of the Scrip Certificates heretofore, issued, according
to the number of Shares in the latter Certificates
specified: Provided, Thatin case of such partial pay
ment and* provisions of security, such Certificates of
Stock to the holders of the Scrip. Certificates afore
said, shall not be issued until decree of the Su
preme Court, sanctioning such issue, shall have been
obtained.
Black Daw ln Brazil.-—A correspondent of the
Times says: “In Brazil at this moment there is a
negro-vthere may be many such—of .whom seven
eighths belong to another, and the remainder to him
self. Whether he be a slave in the striot sense of
the term, I leave it to legal casuists to decide.
Whatever he be, he is employed at a large, and well*
known, mining establishment. Some time ago his
m aster, if I may Bo'desigriate the seven-eighths pro
prietor, ordered him to work elsewhere.: when he re*
fused to do so. The case was argued before a Bra
zilian court, and it was
of one>. eell confers the light of decHiig with whom
to work, though not the option of .“J e “e“
negro In question accordingly availed himself of thM
nrivileee. Whether the ownership of a smaller frac
&o™rone>s self would give the Bame degree Of
freedom, 1 (Jo sot know.