'4*®* Advertisements inserted at tie usual rates. Six ’ . * ' U
Hny
i\io6 constitute a square.
J THE TRI.WEEICLY PRESS,
JHailed to subscribers out of the City at Four Dollars
Ter Annum, in advance. '7
WATCHES AND JEWELRY, ’ ’
L A E K ’ S,
608 CHESTNUT STREET,
IS THE CHEAPEST PLACE IN THE CITT TO BUY
GOLD or PLATED JEWELRY,, SILVER-PLATED
WARE, photograph: ALBUMS, POCKET-BOOKS,
TRAVELLING BAGS, &o. , . ■
Call and examine our Block before purchasing else
where.
The following is a partial list of goods which we are
celling from 20 to 100 per cent. J less than at any other es
tablishment in the city:
ICE PITCHERS.
SYRUP PITCHERS.
CRB AM PITCHERS.
SUGAR BOWLS. <
BUTTER COOLERS.
GOBLETS.
. CUPS.
CASTORS.
WAITERS.
CAKE BASKETS.
CARD BASKETS.
SALT STAN PS.
TOBACCO BOXES.
NAPKIN RINGS.
FRUIT KNIVES.
TABLE SPOONS.
DESSERT SPOONS. *
. TEASPOONS.
SUGAR SPOONS.
f SALT SPOONS. ~-
\ DINNER and TEA FORKS.
;.t butter knives.,
OYSTER LADLES.
GRAVY LADLES. .
SETS IN GREAT VARIETY.
BRACELETS.
BREAST*PINS.. - -
~ OHATALAINE CHAIRS.
* ' GUARD CHAINS,
j MEDALLIONS.
l CHARMS.
THIMBLES.
i RINGS.
* GOLD PENS.
? GOLD PENCILS,
v GOLD TOOTH PICKS.
% GENTS’PJNS, beautiful style*.
J GENTS’CHAINS. " • “
‘i SLEEVE BUTTONS, •* "
? STUDS.
* ARMLETS.
I NECK CHAINS.
§ POCKET-BOOKS.
f\, TRAVELLING BAGS.
h ALBUMS. .
tl CJGAR CASES.
A CARD CASES, &c.
Call early and examine the largest and cheapest stock
fot goods in the city.
} nyfi-lm
D. W. CLARK'S*
G 0» CHESTNUT STREET.
fa WATCHES,
"““just received per steamer europa.
GOLD WATOJHES,
LADIES’ SIZES, OE NEW STYLES.
• SILVER ANCSEB AND CYLINDRES.
GILT ANCRES AND CTLINDRES.
PLATED ANCKES AND CYLINDREB.
for Bale at Rates to the Trade, by
D. T. PRATT,
EPS tf 607 CHESTNUT STREET.
ST. O. FULLER,
Importer and Wholesale Dealer in
fine watches and jewelry.
No. 71» CHESTNUT Street, -
(Up-stairs, opposite Masonlo Temple),
Hai now open a
LARGE AND COMPLETE STOCK,
EMBRACING
AMERICAN AND SWISS WATCHES,
B. HOWARD & CO. ’S FINE AMERICAN WATCHES,
GOLD CHAINS, GOLD SPECTACLES, THIMBLES,
AND
TINE JEWELRY OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
feld-Sm . . ' ; ' . ~ ' '"
JRI fine watch repairing
attended to, by the most experienced workmen,
and eyery watch warranted for one year.
0. FULLER’S
fine gold pens.
THE BEST PEN IN USE,
FOB SALx.IN ALL SIZES. felS-8m
''JUNE GILT COMBS
IK EVERY VARIETY.
IMITATIONS OF PEARL AND OOBAL.
J. O. FULLER,
No. ?1» CHESTNUT Stroet
yULOANITE KINGS.
A fall assortment, all sizes and. styles.
J. O. FULLER,
Wo. 713 CHESTNUT Street.
I
l "VULCANITE JEWELRY.—JUST RE
g t ceived, a handsome assortmentof Chatelilnand
r*V©Bt.oliaiaB^PUiB, , PeiicUK, &c., and for sale at very low
. G. RUSSELL; '
ap2s-tf 33 North BIXTH Street.
* VARNB, BATOSG. & WADDING.
f' . ■
A. U. FRAJSTOISGUSJ
No. 433 MARKET,
No. 0 NORTH FIFTH STREET,
Has in store the largest stock in this City of
TARNS, BATTING, WADDING,
tarns, batting, wadding,
TARNS, BATTING, WADDING,
TARNS, BATTING, WADDING,
TARNS, BATTING, WADDING,
tvTARNS, BATTING, WADDING,
*/ .. :
Cotton Batting, Wadding,
Carpet Chain, Cotton Yam,
Twines, Wicking, Ropes, &c.
Hoods Sold at Lowest Cash Prices.
! WOODEN AND WIttOW WARE.
A. M. FRANOISOUS*
MARKET, and 5 North FIFTH Street,
Galls the attention of dealers to hit
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,
t WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE,
BUCKETS, TUBS, CHURNS,
BRUSHES, BASKETS, BROOMS,
“ .LOOKING-GLASSES,
TABLE AND FLOOR OIL-CLUTMs,
■WIH BOW-SHADES,
CLOCKS,
' FANCY BASKETS, dsC.
S»- A LABGBB STOCK OP THE ABOVE GOODS THAU
ART OTHER HOUSE IN THE COUNTRY.
CLOTHES WHINGERS.
THE GREAT C UOTHES WRINGER.
V PUTNAM
SELF-ADJUSTING CLOTHES WRINGER”
Is Warranted to be superior to any other In nee.
EVERY FAMILY SHOULD POSSESS A
CLOTHES WRINGER.
Z. : ■■ BECAUSE,
Ist. It is a relief to the hardest part of washing day.
* Sd. It enables the washing to be done In one-third less
time.
Sd. It sares clothes from the Injury always given by
twisting.
4th. It helps to wash ih o clothes as weH as dry them.
WE BELIEVE IT ADVISABLE TO PROCURE
THE
JPUTNAM 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,
FIRST. The rolls, being of TUlcanlied rubber, will
ftear hot and cold water, and will neither break nor tear
•9ff buttons.
Sbooitd. The frame being of Iron, thoroughly galva
nized, all danger from met is removed, and the liability
ik> shrink, swell, split, &c., so unavoidable in wooden
machines,is prevented.
Third. The spiral springs over the rolls render this
aiachine self-adjusting, so that small and large articles,
ms well as articles uneven in thickness, are certain to
receive uniform pressure. -,
Fourth. The patent fastening bywhich the machine
Is tightened to the tub, webeiieve to be superior in sim
plicity and efficiency to any yet offered.
Fifth. Itwillfltany tub, round or square, from one
half to one-and-a-quarter inches in thickness, without
he least alteration.
RETAIL PRICE:
tto. 1,80 m. No. 2, 85.50. Letter “A.,” *B.
*3-Agents wanted in every county.
49* Sellable and energetic men will be liberally dealt
. with.
For sale at the
“WOODENWARE ESTABLISHMENT"
,■■■■' OF >
A. H. FRANOISOUS,
No. 433 MARKET St. and No. 9 North FB’TH St.,
' t mb 2#-2m Wholesale Agent for Pennsylvania.
G. BUSSELL,
33 North SIXTH Street.
BECAUSii
VOL. 6.-—NO. "241.
RETAIIi DRY GOODS.
QLOAKS AND MANTLES.
BRAIDED CLOAKS.
PLAIN CLOAKS.
ORDERED CLOAKS.
SILK MANTLES.
AMERICAN CLOAKINGS.
FRENCH CLOAKINGS.
FINE CASSIMERES.
DRESS GOODS.
BOYS’ FINE CLOTHING.
COOPER & CONARD.
apW-tf 8. B. corner NINTH AND MARKET St,.
E W
PARIS CLOAKS
MANTILLAS,
LADIES, MISSES, AND : CHILDREN,
NOW OPEN,
AT THE
PARIS MANTILLA EMPORIUM,
920 CHESTNUT STREET.
J. W. PROCTOR & CO.
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T'JEJB PARIS CLOAK AND MAN
TILLA STORE, Northeast corner of EIGHTH and
WALNUT, haYe opened ‘with a
LARGE STOCK OF SPRING GOODS,
of the
MOST FASHIONABLE MAKE,
and respectfully ask the early attention of ladies wishing
to purchase. -• . ~
pLOAKS AND MANTILLAS.
V* IVENS & CO., No. 33 South' NINTH Street, have
now on hand an extensive assortment of
SPRING STYLES,
of tto finest qualities, at the
LOWEST PRICES.
Ladles, do not fall to give us a call.
X>OYS’, MISSES 1 , AND CHILDRENS,
CLOTHING, CLOAKS, &c.,
IN ENDLESS VARIETY,
AT LOW PRICES,
No. 137 South EIGHTH Street,
Three doors above Walnut.
1034 CHESTNUT STREET.
B. M. NEEDLES
OFFERS FOR SALE
At prlceslgenerally below present cost of [lmpor
tation,
WHITE GOODS, all descriptions.
EMBROIDERIES, do
LACES, do do
LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS, do
VEILS, &c., Ac.
And respectfully invites an inspection of his
1034 CHESTNUT STREET.
JJ M. NEEDLES,
1024 CHESTNUT STREET,
HAS JUST RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING
XEAVGpftDSJORGAEIBAXIirS.
PUFFED LINEN CAMBRICS, A NEW ARTICLE.
- PUFFED AND TUCKED MUSLINS.
. PLAIN FRENCH MUBLINS, 2 YARDS WIDE.
STRIPED,-PLAID, AND FIGURED MUSLINS.
’A'SUPERIOR/ARTICLE OF GRENADINE VEIL,
$1 UP- -
A LARGE ASSORTMENT NEEDLE-WORK EDG
INGS.
IIfSERTINGSi FLOUNCINGS, AND BANDS, _AT_
°VAL?ScfsS:KISS AND QUIP ORE' EDGINGS AND
IK W?i^Or S PIQT3ES, AT REDUCED PRICES.
. 500 NEW STYLE NECK-TIES FOR LADIES.
PRINCESS ALEXANDRA, &c., Arc., &c.
Tlie attention of the Ladies is respectfully.asked.
E. M. NEEDLES.
ap2s-lm •••
T R CASSELBERRY WILL/OPEN,
V • this and Monday mornings, the following Goods,
from tliie week’s New York sales of Messrs. L. Maillard
& Co., and Messrs. Samuel McLean. & Co. Also, from the
sale ofMessrs, Benkard&Hutton, ofthiscity.
2 lots superb quality Foulard Silks, $l.
3 lots plain silks, heavy and wide, browns, blues,
greens, &c. SI.3IJJ.
2 lots solid-colored, striped, and. figured Silks, X wide,
$1.45, worth $2.25.
•1 lot double-faced figured Black Silks, $1 25.
3 lots heavy mode-grounds email plaid Silks, $1.25.
PLAIN BLACK SILKS.
Black Silks from 95 cents to $2.25.
. MOURNING DEPARTMENT.
Black wool Delaines, 37K to 63
Figured and stripe black wool Delaines, 37>i.
Black silk and wool Challies, magnificent quality,
cheap
Black and white Mohair Plaids, at 22 cents.
4-4 small stripe silk and wool gage Luxoes, 62}£; been
sold at $l.
• 8-4 black Crape Maretz, first quality.
Good quality black Barege Hernaui, 6S cents.
. RICH DRESS GOODS.
1 case double-width Taffeta Grenadines, 44 cents.
1 case single-w idth Taffeta Grenadines, 33 cents.
1 case new-style striped Mozambiques, IS#, bargain.
25 pieces corded drab Alpacas, new, 37&, been sold at
62 cents.
1 case white with black Plaid Mozambiques, .at 31#.
1 case Chene Brazilians, 35, been sold at 60 cents.
Largest and cheapest stock of drab Alpacas in the
market.
WILLIAMSYILLE and WAMSUTTA MUSLIN, extra
10- Sheetings, less than case prices.
30-4 Linen Sheetiugs, cheap
11- Honeycomb Quilts, $1.75.
25 pieces white with smalllcolored figure Piques, at
old price. *
1 case white-ground Chintzes, 16c, fine aid fast colors.
J. R. CAoSELBERRY’S
Mammoth Dry-Goods House.
4:5 North EIGHTH Street, below Arch.
v-P. S.—Canton Mattings, extra low, #, 4-4, 5-4, and 6-4
Rpd Check Mattings; 4-4,5-4, and 6-4 white Canton Mat
tings, amused on third lioor
-IIOOP SKIRTS—Show room, 2d floor, next to whole
sale room. iruyl2-2tl » CASSELBERRY.
A UCTION AND OTHER BARGAINS.
Lupins, 6-4 Black Wool Delaines.
Fine Black Alpacas underprice. . • ...
Double fold French Mozambiques, 37>£ cents.
Finest Poil-de-Chevres, at old prices. :
Double fold children’s plaids, 87>£ cents.
Crane Plaids and Stripes. :
Brab, Slate, Cuir, and other shades Alpacas,
Three lots mode Alpacas, 31,37, and 55 cents, ex
. tra cheap, / '
Travelling dress goods.
Cheap lot Lavellas, 13 cents.
Shepherd’s Plaids, flue quality, 31 cents.
Best English and American prints.
Ladies’ Cloaking Cloths—mammoth stock.
Fine Cassimeres—assortment unrivalled.
Muslins and Linens—prices are right.
Bargains infringed Huck Towels, 19 cents.
Honey Comb 11-4 Bates Quilts.
Fine Flannels, whites, reds, Grays.
Good and low-priced Hoop Skirts. „
COOPER & CONARD,
ap3Qtf- S. E. comer NINTH and MARKET Streets,
pHEAP DRY GOODS, CARPETS,
V Mattings, Oil Cloths, and Window Shades.—V. E.
ATtCHAMBAuLT, northeast corner ELEVENTH and
MARKET Streets, will.open THIS MORNING, from Auc
tion, Ingrain Carpets at 43, 50, 62, 75, S7c, and $l. Entry
and Stair Carpets 25 to 87c. White and red check Mat
ting 81 and 37c Bag, Hemp, and Yarn Carpets 31 to 60c.
. Floor Oil Cloths 45 to 75c. Window Shades,-Gold and
Velvet Borders, 75c to $2. Buff and Green Window Hol
land 31 to 60c.
CHEAP DRY GOODS.
New York City Mills Long Cloth Muslin at 25c. Fine
Shirting Muslins 12K, 16, 18, and 20c. New .Spring
Chintzes IS and 20c. Spring De Laines 25c. Light Al
pacas 31 to 62c. Stella Shawls $2 to $lO. Cloth Saques
$5 to $B. • ap2s-lm
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Mozambique, Ghalli, Grenadine, and Barege.
FRENCH PLAID CASHMERE SHAWLS AT $6.50.
These Shawls cosl $6.60 to import.
Every variety of Thin and Thick Shawls for
■ SPRING AND SUMMER.
Light Cloth Shawl-Mantles and Circulars.
Black Silk Mantles and Sacques. ‘
THIN DRESS GOODS OF EVERY VARIETY.
Plain Blue and Buff Lawns, Buff Linens.
A great variety of Plain Goods for Suits. .
A great variety of new Dress Goods at low prices.
‘ H. STEEL & SON,
my 9 Nos; 713 and 7X5 North TENTH Street.
TIGHT CLOTHS FOR LADIES’
CIRCULARS. SACQUES, Ac.
French Batiste Cloth,-light colors.
English and French Meltons, all-wool, light colors.
Glenhim Tricots, light colors.
Middlesex Cloths, light colors.
Dexter Mills and Saulsbury Cloths.
Real Water-Proof Cloakings.
All of which are for sale at reduced priees.
Cloth Circulars ready-made.
Cloth Sacques ready-made.
Real Water-Proof Cloaks
N. B.—Cloaks made to order.
- , - . EDWIN HALL * CO.,
ap29 No. 26 South SBOONP Street. .
CHARPLESS BROTHERS
Offer by the package, at the
Lowest rates of this season,
Pacific 1200 and 1400 Lawns,
Manchester Spring De Laines,
Pacific •> do. Prints,
ap!s • :Do. - do. De Laines.
CHARPLESS BROTHERS.
L? Mode-colored Silks, Foulards,
Checked Silks, India Silks,
Mantle Silks, Black Figures,
Bareges, Cnallios, Imperatrlee,
Poplins, Organdies, .Chintzes,
zephyr and.Barege Shawls.
*©ls CHESTNUT and EIGHTH Streets,
piOTHS, CASSIMERES, AND TEST-
ViNGs, ;; -
Caßsimeres for Boys.
Casssimeres for Young Gents,
Cassimeres for suits.
Cassimeres for everybody.
Cassimeres, mixed and plain. i
Cassimeres. striped and plaid.
ari) 703 ARCH Street.
HARDWARE AND CUTXERY.
CLOSING.OUT AT '
OLD PRICES,
The Stock of a WHOLESALE HOUSE, comprising a
LARGE ASSORTMENT OF
ALL KINDS OF GOODS.
437:'MARKET and 416 COMMERCE Streets,
a pl6-i m
{~'AlU> AND FANCY JOB PRINTING,
At RING WALT A BROWN’S, 111 8,-FOURTH ft
CLOTHING.
JOHN KELLY, JR.,
TAIL O R ,
HAS REMOVED FROM 1022 CHESTNUT STREET.
EDWARD P. KELI.Y'S,
IA2 South THIRD Street.
Where he presents to fanner patrons and the publle
the advantages of a STOCK OF GOODS,ecmalif 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
Fine Clothing,
FOR
Spring and Summer.
WANAMAKER & BROWN
6. E. cor. 6th. & Market.
Medium and Common
GRADES,
Cut nnd Made In
Fashionable Style
So'f.D AT LOW PRICES.
DLACK CASS, PANTS, $5.50,
A* ■ At 704 MARKET Street
BLACK CASS. PANTS, $5.60, At 704 MARKET Street
BLACK CASS. PANTS, $5.50, At 704 MARKET Street
BLACK CASS. PANTS, $5.50. At 704 MARKET Street.
BLACK CASS. PANTS, $5.50. At 704 MARKET Street.
GRIGG & VAN GUNTEN’S, No. 704 MARKET Street
GRIGG & VAN GUNTEN’S, No. 704 MARKET Street
GRIGG & VAN GUNTEN’S, No. 704 MARKET Street
GRIGG & VAN GUNTEN’S, No. 704 MARKET Street.
GRIGG & VAN GUATEN’S, No. 704 MARKET Street
mh22-6m ' . ,
SPRING MtHNERY.
1863 8 p R 1 N G 1863
WOOD A CARY.
No. 725 CHESTNUT STREET,
- Have now in store a complete stock of ,
STRAW AND MILLINERY GOODS,
utoLuniira
STRAW HATS AND BONNETS..
HISSES 1 AND CHILDREN’S STRAW GOODS.
FANCY AND CRAPE BONNETS.
FRENCH FLOWERS', RIBBONS, Ac,
To which they respectfully invite.the attention of Mer
chants and Milliners.
CASH BUYERS will find special advantage in examin
ing this stock before purchasing. ___ __ _ mhT-3m_
SPRING MILLINERY.
The undersigned has now open a
HANDSOME STOCK OI
RIBBONS, SILKS, CRAPES,
ILLUSIONS AND LACES.
Also, a splendid assortment of
FRENCH FLOWERS,
Consisting of fine BOSKS, ROSE BUDS, fine GRAPES,
. and FRUITS, ~. ■
- ji- VI him-xaUSt~iaSiUouavi«-aua U «q-auU'Siyies*
A. LOT OP
RIBBONS AND FLOWERS
Of last season’s Importation, will Be
CLOSED OUT VERY CHEAP.
M. BERNHEIM,
No. 726 CHESTNUT STREET.
STRAW GOODS, 1863.
FRENCH FLOWERS,
LACES AND RIBBONS,
OF THE LATEST FASHIONS,
JUST OPENED
THOS. KENNEDY & BRO.’S;
No. T»9 CHESTNUT Street below EIGHTH.
ap3-2m
SPRING 1863.
BROOKS A ROSENHEIM,
(Late Boeenhelm, Brooke, A Co.),
Ho. 431 MARKET STREET, North. Side.
Have now open, and are daily making additions thereto*
X HAHDSOME YAKIETT OI
RIBBONS, BONNETS,
MISSES’ AND CHILDREN’S HATS, FLOWERS.
MILLINER! GOODS IN GENERAL,
to which the attention of tho trade is respectfully soil*
•Ited. ; ,■ • mh23-2m
M I LLINESY
Ann
STRAW GOODS.
JOSEPH HAMBURGER,
»5 South SECOND Street, -
Has now open alarge stock of Ribbons, Artificial Flowers,
Ac., to which he respectfully invites the attention of
Milliners and Merchants. Goods received daily from
New York auctions. . mh29-2m*
DRUGS AND CHEMICALS.
JJOBERT SHOEMAKER & OO.j
Northeast Corner FOUSTH and BACE Street,.
PHILADELPHIA.
WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS,
IMPOBTEBS AND DEALEBS
FOBBIGIf AND DOMESTIC
WINDOW AND PLATE GLASS,'
MANUFACTURERS OF
WHITE LEAD AND ZINC PAINTS. PUTTY. &0.1
ABBOTS FOB THH CELEBRATED
FRENCH ZINC PAINTS.
Dealer, and consumer* supplied at
VERY LOW PBICES FOB CASH.
DhS-Sm ■ ■ ■ *
Q.EORGE A. MILLER & CO.,
506 MARKET STREET,
PHILADELPHIA,
WHOLESALE DEALEBS IN
D R XT G S,
MEDICINES, CHEMICALS,’
PAINTS, OILS,-VARNISHES,
' WINDOW AND HOLLOW GLASS WARE,
Special attention given to the wants of the City Trade.
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FURNITURE, die.
PUHNI T U R E .
A LARGE ASSORTMENT,
W. & J. ALLEN & BROTHER,
1309 CHESTNUT STBEET.
fJABINET FURNITURE AND BID
LIABD TABLES.
MOORE <6 CAMPION,
No. 861 South SECOND Street, -
In connection with their extensive Cabinet business, are
now manufacturing a superior article of)
BILLIARD TABLES,
and have now on hand a full supply, finished with the
MOORE & CAMPION’S IMPROVED CUSHIONS, -
Which are pronounced by all who have used thexa to be
superior to all others.
For the quality and finish of these Tables, the manu
facturers refer to their numerous patrons throughout the
Union, who are familiar with the character of their
Work. mh9-6m
fIARB. AMMONIA.—A FEW TONS
landing/ Also. 3 Cattles True Musk, per-Persia.
Imported ana for sale by WM. M. WILSON. *OB MAR
SET Street. myB
PHILADELPHIA. WEDNESDAY. MAY 13. 1863.
BEWIHG MACHINES.
Q.ROVER AND BAKER’S
NO. 9,
The most Perfect Shuttle Sewing
machine In the Worlds
FOR ARMY WORK,
BUY GROVER fi BAKER'S
NO. 9.
FOR TENTS,
BUY GROVER & BAKER’S
NO; 9-
FORBLOUSES,
BUY GROVER & BAKER’S
NO. 9.
FOR SHOE-FITTING,
BUY GROVER & BAKER’S
NO. 9.
FOE ALL KINDS OF TAILORING,
BUY GROVER & BAKER’S
NO. 9.
FOR DRESS MAKING,
BUY GROVER & BAKER’S;
NO. 9.
GROVER & BAKER’S
NO. 9 SEWING-MACHINE.
HIGH SPEED, WITH LATE AND VALUABLE
IMPROVEMENTS,'
FOR ©45.
OFFICE, 730 CHESTNUT STREET.
JgOMETHING NEW FOR
SEWING MACHINES!
"WAGGONER’S SELF-BASTEKS,”
“ BARNUM’S SELF-SEWERS,”
GREAT SEWING MACHINE DEPOT,
130 CHESTNUT STREET.
gEWESTG MACHINES.
THE "SLOAT” MACHINE,
WITH GLASS PRESSER FOOT,
NEW STYLE HEMMER, BRA IDEE,
and oilier valuable Improvements.
THE TAGGART & FARR MACHINES.
Agency—923 CHESTNUT Street. , mhB-tf
TRIMMINGS, &C.
jgVANS & HASSALL,
MILITARY FURNISHERS,!
No. 418 ARCH STREET,
PHILADELPHIA.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS.
QLD ESTABLISHED SHIET, STOCK,
AND COLLAR EMPORIUM,
NO. 146 NORTH FOURTH STREET.
CHARLES L. ORDM & CO.
Are prepared to execute all orders for their celebrated
make of Shirts* on. short notice, in tHfe most satisfactory
manner. These Shirts arecjit by measurement, on sci
entific principles, and* surpass any other Shirt for neat
ness'offit on the Breast, comfort in thei'fecfc.and ease on
the Shoulder. , . aplB-stuth6m
606. AROH STREET - 606.
FINE SHIET AND WRAPPER DEPOT.
AN ELEQANX ASSORTMENT OF
GENT S’ F r BNIS HIN e GOO JDS,
AT MODERATE PRICES.
FOUR PREMIUMS AWARDED FOR
SHIRTS, WRAPPERS, AND STOCKS.
G. A. HOFFMANN,
Successor to W. W. KNIGHT.
ap6-amrß3m 606 ARCH STREET. COO.
1 AND 3 N. SIXTH STREET.
PHILADELPHIA.
JOHN C. ABBISON,
(FORMERLY J. BURR MOORB.I
IMPORTER AND DEALER IN
GENTLEMEN’S FURNISHING GOODS,
MANUFACTURER
OF THE IMPROVED
These .SHIRTS are cut by measurement, so that all the
parts exactly fit each , other. -They surpass .all other
Shirts for neatness of fit on the breast, - comfort in the
neck, and ease on the shoulder.
SATISFACTION GUARANTIED.
T?INE SHIRT MANUFACTORY.
•, The subscriber ■would invite attention to his: .
IMPROVED CUT OF SHIRTS, • .
Which he makes a specialty in his business. Also, con*
■tantly receiving, •
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WEDNESDAY, MAY IS, 1863.
DEPARTMENT OF VIRGINIA.
Canes for Eminent Personages—Rebel Cor*
responded ce—A Ludicrous Affair.
[Special Correspondence of The Press. ]
• Norfolk, May 11,1853.
The canes to, be presented to Governor Curtin,
and General Viele, are now ready. The heads are
of pure gold, heavily embossed, and finely chased
around thesideß; On the top of the golden handle,
is the following beautifully engraved inscription;
“ Presented to Brigadier General Egbert L. Viele,
by the officers of the 173 d Pennsylvania Volunteers,
as a testimonial of regard, and esteem for his ability
as a commander, and social qualities as a gentleman.
Norfolk, ApiiljUBC3. n The Bides are enriched and
beautified, by three very pretty devices : The na
tional coat-of-rtrms ; cross-swords, encircled by; a
wreath of laurels; musket, cartridge box, and ac
coutrements. The staff is made of live oak, taken
from the rebel iron-clad Merrimac (Virginia), which
was sunk by the order of her commander, off Craney
island.' A few inches from the top, just where
punctilious old gentleman, generally have an eyelet
hole, for the accommodation of a cord, and tassel,
there is a small national shield, made of brass metal,
which was also taken from the ill-fated vessel.
Governor Curtin’s Is made of identically the same
material,- constructed in the same manner and
shape, differing only in the inscription and devices.
The latter consisting of the coat-of-arms’ State of
Pennsylvania, the State Capitol, and the national
shield.
The 173 d Pennsylvania Regiment is highly spoken
of by all who know it, and the tokens of esteem and
respect which they now present to his Excellency,
Governor Curtin, and to General Viele, will be
carefully preserved as souvenirs of affection be
tween commander and men. And should Norfolk
ever be attacked, as in all probability it will, if the
rebels can only find a convenient season to make an
aßßaultr, they will prove to the enemy that they-lost
no time while sojourning in Norfolk.
By the kindheßß of the Commanding General, I
was permitted to look at some letters which were
written by men in the rebel army before Fredericks
burg, and were addressed to citizens of Norfolk..
Their newspapers do lie outrageously, and with
stoical pride attempt to conceal their growing po
verty, their decreasing strength, their weariness of
the war. But;these letters I refer to, are all written
to dear friends, and the communications are from
the heart to the heart. Great difficulty is encoun
tered in getting these, letters through the lines, and
the danger is appalling. Some complain of exorbi
tant prices charged by the carriers of these contra-'
band letters, such as forty dollars for eight or-fen
. letters. They generally find some intricate and se
cluded route, which outflanks the pickets of both
. armies, and make secret use of it till discovered. It
iB amusing to see the anxiety which everywhere per
vades these gloomy epistles.
It iB the universal opinion of/these miscellaneous
correspondents, that hard fighting will be done this
year, and thatthe fighting of this year will close the
war. Junt as soon as they have defeated General
Hooker they propose retaking Norfolk and New Or
leans, and driving every Yankee from the limits of
' their once proud and happy homes.
, One writer very confidently informs his sister of
the happy tiihe when the “ blood-thirsty hounds of
Yankeedomwill give up this contest. 55
“ Sarah, would you not be glad to hear that the
rebs were about to. make an advance on Norfolk. I
imagine you would be delighted beyond measure.
No doubt when our ships are finished in England, and
our two.iron-clads in Richmond, with the aid of the
Merrimac No. 2, you 'mayMar something of the kind.”
Thus are the nefarious plans of the indefatigable
; rebels encouraged and aide'd by conscientious
England, Here is a plain,,open, and direct acknow
‘ ledgment that-they are completing, a fleet of vessels
' in England for the purpose of “ recapturing Nor
folk and New. Orleans from the blood-thirsty Yan
kees.” - Comment is useless.
Sunday was very warm. Services were held in
most of the churches; congregations being com
posed principally of .femaleß, who were apparently
very devotional, and wept silently, but copiously,
when the sick an<l wounded in the.various hospitals
were prayed for. Our men in authority were sonie
how forgotten in their prayers. And, were the
Episcopalian ministers of Norfolk to hold up the arms
of our Moses,'l fear that oftentimes the Amalekites
. wouid^preyaU; or, in common parlance, the long
arms of Abraham Lincoln would drop helpless by
his Bide, if heshould depend on their prayers .to sus
tain tfceimfdSour forces would, hot wax mighty in.
'•battle. f
~ 'Just aaJhe long : twilight shadows began, to steal
through the neglected streets of NbrfhlK7Tnr»Adered :
forth, I knew not where.. _a+
before a low; narrow building * j4C ' TrArnewor k aeat
; ly*spft.inted^\vhff»i-arrom the half-opened portals
crowds of Teligious negroes were issuing ; and, on a
nearer approach, the sounds of vocal music and the
glad tones of jubilant rejoicings could be plainly
heard; v ‘Quietly and adroitly picking my way*
through the gaily-dressed assembly of I
ensconced, myself in a secluded -pew of the little
church, whereT remained until night, a quiet ob
server of their closing ceremony. Many of the
females had splendid dreßßes of brocade silk, with
gorgeously flowered white canton crape shawls.
They left their seats and crowded in the aisles,
shouting with a mighty noise and frequently em
bracing each other. The dusky preacher would sing
an impromptu line or two of a refrain, to. a tune very
much resembling “Good time coming,,boys;” and
his congregation, all keeping time with hands and
feet, joined in the chorus:
‘ ‘ We : ll all be free, we’ll all be free, '
•/ Let’s wait for better times.”
Her British Majesty’s ship Desperate, now an
chored off Norfolk, is commanded by a captain pos
sessed of a whole soul and a good convivial disposi
tion. But his officers and men would play the
agreeable with the damsels of Secessia, who hated
to dwell in Norfolk since occupied by.the Yankees.
One night, not long ago, the crew of the aforesaid
vessel determined to give a festival and dance on
board, and the fair rebels were to sing as many rebel
songs as.if they were in the heart of their boasted
Confederacy. .The steward was sent ashore with,
fifty or sixty''’dollars, to purchase some delicacies
for the coming festivities. The steward took
rooms at the Atlantic, fell in with some boon
companions, >nd, beginning with a brimmer of Octo
ber, they ended with some “ alf-and-alf,” The re*ult
waß an extreme case of drunkenness; which caused
the intoxicated- steward to wander inadvertently
into the hands of the provost guard, who carefully
took him to his lodgings. But the steward lost the
money,?and made ; a long cock-and-bull story to the
captain, to this effect: He went on shore to get the
condiments, and was assailed by armed soldiers, who,
in true Turpin Btyle, demanded hia money or his
life, He parted with his money rather than his
stewardship. The commander of the Dauntless
wrote alengthy'lettertoGen. yiele, in which he
peremptorily demanded an explanation, and'eom
, manded the stolen money to be refunded. He also
desired that his communication might be considered
official, and that he expected the reply to be the
same; The true circumstances have leaked out, by
this time, and excite much pleasantry at the
' steward’s expense.’ .. : ' B.
Tlic Fortes at West Point—Our Pickets
Within Twenty-live Miles of Richmond.
West Point, Va., May 9.
. While public attention has been so.thoroughly en
grossed recently by movements on a'large scale on
the Rappahannock, and while all the eyes of the
North’have been upon Major Generals Hooker and
Stoneman, a small but well-considered enterprise
.. has succeeded, under Major General E. D. Keyes, in
taking a considerable force from the latter’s com
mand at Yorktown and landing them at West Point,
whence Major Hall, of the 6th New York cavalry,
night before laßt penetrated to. the White House ana
destroyed the bridge there, ia spite of the opposition
of the. enemy, and brought in some thirty prisoners,.
driving th e rebels into .the Mattapony river.
General'Keyes, who has been in the saddle ever
Bince bis arrival on Thursday morning, is indefatiga
ble in his exertions, is in capital spirits, as he always
is, is in the field, and iB entirely ready for any emer
gency. \ .
' Acting Major General Gordon 1b .also here, a ser
viceable officer; and we have no fea*r for the future.
The pickets of Major General Keyes arenowwith
in twenty-five .miles o‘f. Richmond, and you may be
assured that if this officer finds a chance he will get
into the city and find in strife and struggle some
recompense for his long inactivity at Yorktown.
Major General Dix was here day before yesterday
on his special despatch boat for a short visit, and re
turned to Fortress Monroe, after a short interview
with Major General Keyes, Jeaving, as I have no
doubt he thought, the command at ’West Point in
excellent hands. >
You may look for stirring newß from here sud
denly.
Rear Admiral Lee and Captain Crosby, of the
Minnesota, came up York river this morning.—
Herald. ; '
WESTERN VIRGINIA
GUERILLAS IN THE INTERIOR.
During Saturday and Sunday night there was an
old-fashioned excitement again prevailing about
matters in the interior. • News had come up that the
rebels had turned about face, crossed the North
western Railroad, and were making this way, via
Middlebourne, -in Tyler county. The scouts who
had been ; sent out from Mannington and-Mounds
ville reported this rumor by telegraph to headquar
ters here. , In the meantime the Governor had - or
dered the 16th Regiment of Militia (from the coun
try) to be reassembled, and General Kelly despatch
ed” Colonel Mulligan’s command to Moundsville.
General Barry also sent out new scouts with orders
to penetrate aVfar as possible towards Middlebourne,
and ascertain exactly the situation. -News was re
ceived from Colonel Latham that the rebels reported
at Middlebourne were not in any force, but simply a
horse*stealing band,' “detached from the main body
for that purpose. General Roberts reported that no
con siderable 1 body of rebels were north of the North
western roßd. : “ !
GOVERNOR PIERPONT.
In a few days Governor Pierpont and Secretary
Hagans will leave ub for Eastern Virginia, to take
charge of matters in what then will be the State of
Virginia, as contradistinguished from the new State
of West Virginia. These two gentlemen positively
refused to allow their names to go before the recent
Parkersburg Convention for to any
place of honor or profit in the new State. There is
no doubt that had eitherof them said the word, they
could have secured places on that ticket.- Governor
Peirpont lias alaudable ambition to go and faithfully
till the duties of the place to whichihe was elected,
viz: Governor of the Commonwealth: of Virginia;
Hethinks he can best serve the Union cause, for the
present, in that position. What Andrew Johnson
has done, and.is doing, for Tennessee, he thinks he
can do for .Yirginia. We have learned that it is the
wish of all t.he loyal people of the East that Gov.
Pierpont shouUV come-among them. The leading
men have.so expressed themselves, and they, believe
that, with hie experience, and the confidence of the
National . Government in him, he: can .be. of. more
service to them-than to any one else. —Wheeling ln-
Monday,
ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.
Further Particulars of Colonel XCllpat-
rick’s Exploits.
Washington, Monday, May 11.— Captain F. W,
Armstrong, and Lieutenant L. G, Estis, the latter
detached from the Ist Maine Cavalry, arrived here
to-day from Colonel Kilpatrick’s raids. After leav
ing Kelly’s ford on the Rappahannock,Colonel Kil
patrick with the Harris Light Cavalry—three hun
dred and fifty men—was detached from the main
force, and striking the Fredericksburg and Virginia
Central Railroads, at their junctions, destroyed the
roads, burned the bridges over the South Anna, and
made for Richmond. They encountered a rebel bat
tery of three guns on the route, but flanked and
passed it.
This is the force that confounded the rebels in
their capital. They rode within one and a half miles
of Richmond, in full view of the city, and inside the
third line of fortifications. Here they captured a
rebel lieutenant belonging to Gen. Winder’s staff;
paroled him, and borrowed his horse. They also
planted the stars and stripes on the fort they
“ took,” and it remained there during the ten or fif
teen minutes they halted. From here, to avoid
.Stewart’s cavalry, which was on the alert, they
struck for Aylett’s ford, on the.Mattapony, captu
ring, and burning large depots there containing eight
hundred thousand bushels corn, and quantities of
rebel stores. "
They left Kelly’s ford without a day’s rations, but
out of the captured railroad trains supplied them
selveß as they went. On the way to Aylett’s Sta
tion they charged upon a regiment of cavalry drawn
up in line of battle on an adjacent plain. Both
seemed eager for the eombat; but before they met it
was obvious they were all Union troops. The seem
iDg foe .was the 12th Illinois Cavalry, part of General
Daviß* command. They had attempted to gain the
Union lines by way of the Peninsula, but. had met
Wise’s brigade at Tunstall’s Station, on the West
Point and Richmond Railroad, and were obliged to
seek another exit, This strange meeting was at
King and Queen’s Court House. From there they
pushed on together, and reached Gloucester Point,
opposite Yorktown, on Saturday morning last.
This is the fourth time within two yean that Col.
Kilpatrick has cut the Virginia Central Railroad.
Stuart followed them from Richmond to near Glou
cester. Capt. Armstrong thinks that if they had
summoned terror-stricken Richmond to surrender,
the summons : would have been obeyed; but with
the handful of men the place could not have been
held.
The detachment had only two or three hours’ rest
out of the twenty-four, riding night and day, and re
newing their horses wherever they could find fresh
ones. They were thus remounted several times
throughout the command, and brought home better
horses than they started with. It is said that most
of the regular cavalry was massed with Stoneman
and Wyndham at Columbia, and that the volunteers
did most of the work between Richmond and Frede
ricksburg.
The slaves everywhere hailed the expedition with
delight. Near Aylett’s, a field full of slave women
hoeing com, threw their hoes in the air, and shout
iDg“Glory to God !” “The Lord deliverus!” and
singing ec&t/ftic Methodist hymns, followed the old
flag. When the expedition arrived at Gloucester,
in the language of Captain Armstrong, “ the ground
was black with negroes.”
Lieptf, Estis, with ten men, detached at Aylett’s
tojJssh across the country northward, and, if' poßßi-
RTe, convey Gen. Hooker news of the destruction of
the communications, made a bold ride and struck
the Rappahannock at Tappahannock Court House,
but found the river too much swollen to cross. Here
they surprised, captured, and paroled, a rebel lieute
nant and fifteen,men. Being obliged to tarry here a
short time, four hundredEßsex county militia assem-,
bled under Gen. Muse, and approached the lower
ford, where the Union squad was waiting. When at
a short distance, Gen. M. sent a flag of truce to Estis,
with a note informing him that he (Gen. M;) had
sufficient force to capture him, and advised, to pre
vent the effusion of blood, that he surrender the
Union forces at Bowler’s ferry,' Lieut. E. refused,
mounted and spurred rapidly down the rlvej. Du
ring the flight they caught a rebel' major, two cap
tains, and three privates, going to join their regi
ments, and paroled them. General Muse and his
militia, three hundred strong, followed closely, and
soon the brave handful found themselves caught in a
cul de sac between the swollen river and the Great
Dragon swamp.- They refused again to surrender,
abandoned their horses, destroyed their-arms, and
took to the’swamp. Here military pursuit was
abandoned, but the planters turned out, and actu
ally hunted them with bloodhounds the next morn
ing. On Wednesday, last, all were captured, some
woundedby the dogs. . A detachment was immedi
ately sent with them toward Richmond, but on the
Mattapony-they were met by our CameroaDragoona,
and the captoi-B and captured instantly changed
places. Estis wheeled about, and escortedhis escort
to Gloucester.— Times.
THE MISSISSIPPI SQUADRON.
The Victory at Graud Gulf—Tile Repulse
at Haines’BiulF of little Consequence—Ar
rival of Col. Pallet’s Marine Brigade at
Cairo. -
[Special Correspondence of The Press. 3
Mississippi Squadron,
Mound City, 111,, May 9,1863,
In one of my late letters you misprint the word
dengue, and have me to use the word danque. By
whom the word denque was first used I am not
aware, but it is the name used South for remittent
fever, or a fever that in its symptoms is so charac
terized, that it is called-break-bone fever, andpa
tlent3 suffering from It describe their condition as
that of one in a cider press, or of being smashed up
between cog-wheels. ,
The latest reliable news from below, is that Gen.
at Grand Gulf, taking aff r Tife v ?,
ry, besides commissary and other stores. In taking,
this rebel stronghold, Grant has opened ..a direct
communication and route with the forces of Gen,
Banks. It is no longer a matter of doubt, in the
opinion of the officers of the navy and army, that
Vicksburg must soon succumb—and you know
Grant never fails, and the indomitable Porter, with
his hoßt of young Kelsons, will accomplish anything
they undertake.
Therepulse of the Choctaw, and other gunboats,
at HainesV Bluff, in connection with a portion of
Grant’s army, under Sherman, is considered of no
consequence, for it is not known that the expedition
did not accomplish all that was intended. Strategy
devises diversions, &c., ice., and this affair was but a
trick, doubtless. The expedition had a broad mar
gin, and would doubtless have let no opportunity
slip, to gain a great victory, if one had present
ed itself, after creating the diversion, . /
Col. Ellet’s Marine Brigade, consisting of the Au
tocrat (Headquarters,) Diana, Baltic, B. J. Adams,
E. H. Fairchild, John Raine, Woodford (Hospital
boat,) the rams Lioness, Monarch, Fulton, and Hor
ner, with cavalry, artillery, and infantry, amounting
to 1,500 effective men, hasjust arrived at Cairo, from
up the Tennessee; where they have made sad havoc
with the guerillas, and rebel sympathizers ; but still
they did not accomplish nearly so much as they
might have done, had the brigade been more cau
tious and disciplined. This brigade of boats cost the
Government over a million of dollars, the boats
being of the fastest speed, and beat machinery $ yet
the whole thing is a humbug, and a useless piece of
folly, the way it is conducted, for there is a perfect
want of (Uscipline, cleanliness, hygiene, &o. • The
horeee are badly kept, and the furniture of their
splendid cabins iB used in every other way than
one of decency. The soldierß and officers
ÜBe the utmost familiarity with one another, resting
their feet on ottomans, on dressing-cases,&c. ,Bpit
all over the floor, and on the carpets, &c. In fact,
although the. finest boats in Government employ,
they are kept so dirty and filthy that one-third of
the men. composing the brigade are on the sick list
at this very healthy season of the year. The labors
of Hercules in. . the Augean Stables would be re
quired to put the Marine Brigade in the condition it
was in originally.
The news here from General Hooker’B army has
been very contradictory, yet we have sufficient to
‘warrant us in believing that the affairs of Saturday
and Sunday were not .so bad as they might have
been, and that if we did not'win a complete victory,
it was not for the want of .energy, snap and courage,
and we are now more sanguine of success eventu
ally, on the Potomac and; before Richmond, than
ever, Yet we do hope that the maligners and tra
ducers of Burnside and McClellan will now cease
their.abuse of these two heroes, and that similar
raids will not be begun against the reputation of
General Hooker’and that of his army. Conscrip
tion will have a wonderful effect on these croakers,
and the sooner they are shouldering a musket the
better.
The gunboats Little Rebel, Eastport, Robb,' and
the famed Ohillicothe, are on the ways at Mound
City. The Cincinnati is at St. Louis repairing.
The news from Hooker’s army, although that of
defeat for us, and the news from Haines’ Bluff of a
similar kind, has not in the slightest depressed the
energies of General Grant, or Admiral Porter, or
their The buggaboo of foreign. inter
vention, every ; time we meet with a reverse, is
played out. The hews from Missouri, Arkansas,
and Tennessee, is cheering. F.
• P. S.—Nothing : has afforded more. hope, or done
more to strengthen and build up our cause, than the
late Crests of Secession sympathizers inSt. Louis,
Nashville, and elsewhere, and above all, the arrest
of that political demagogue, Yallandigham, p.
DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSISSIPPI.
The Battle at Fort Gllison.
Dishahyqn’s Plantation,
Near Grand Gulf, Miss., Saturday, May 2,1863.
The forces of General Grant encountered some
10,000 of the enemy yesterday morning, on his march
toward Port Gibson, and had an engagement, last
ing some two hours and a half. The enemy fell back i%
fighting. Their best battery, probably belonging to
Bowen’s brigade, the 6th Missouri, fell into our
hands, with 400 prisoners, who were sent to, the
rear. - . < : ‘ *
The prisoners are at Bruensburg, under guard.
Our forces are now in the rear of Grand Gulf, and
will probably oscupy it to-day. Yesterday.wagons
were observed hauling away something—probably
ammunition —from Grand Gulf. It is no longer of
any.use to the rebels. Thus another of the strong
holds on the Mississippi iB ours, unless we are
greatly mistaken, great men are liable to be, some
times.
Brig. Gen. Bowen, who was in command at Grand
Gulf, has just been relieved of the command of that
post by Gen. Floyd. This accounts for the stealing
away of the ammunition yesterday.
. The rebels had their colonel (Wade) and ms aid
killed, besides several other, officers and men, during
the attack upon them, on Wednesday; also a large
number killed and wounded in theinfantry. We dis
mounted several of their guns. A rebel mail, from
Grand Gulf, captured by Gen. Grant, admits heavy
losses at that place, and that we Bilenced their bat
teries. , ,
The gun-boat fleet received ft large flat of coals
this morning. The Tuscumbia is being repaired for
active service. Those not seriously wounded on our
side are doing well. We shall send you decisive
news from this quarter very soon.—Times,
PROGRESS OF GENERAL GRANT,
Cincinnati, May 12.—^ General Grant is believed
to be in Jackson, Mississippi. A deserter reported
that he had whipped Bowen at Clinton, only eight
miles from Jackson. There was great alarm there,
and the women and children were sent away. The
rebels are; reported to have received twenty thou
sand reinforcements from Mobile, and fifteen thou
sand from Charleston. The evacuation of Vicks
burg is regarded as inevitable.
The capture of Colonel Straight’s expedition near
Rome, Georgia, is fully credited. It was conidered
probable before they set out, but . the objects to be
accomplished were considered a full compensation,
though; we are, not advised whether these objects
were attained.
THREE CENTS.
THE REBEL ARMY.
I«ater News from Richmond—Accounts of
the Battles of Chancellorville and ofMa
rye's Heights—Lobs of the Confederate
Troops.
THE BATTLES OF SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.
[From the Richmond Enquirer. May 7.]
The details of the great battles which were fought
on the Rappahannock on Saturday and Sunday—or
more properly the battle which continued through
those two days-r-come to us only in that confused,
but exhiliarating fashion which usually attends a
victory, the glow of which obscures the picture of
its strategic and mechanical effects. From amidst
this confusion we are only enabled to give the line
ofthe battle, which extended from Chancellorville
to Wilderness Swamp, In Spottsylvania, cutting
acroaß the Orange plank road at an acute angle, our
troops, of course, occuping the southern ground,
and, after the two days’ fight* driving the enemy,
by front and rear charges, across the river in the
neighborhood of Fredericksburg. An effort was
made by the enemy to to drive our army from its
position on Marye’s Hill on Saturday evening,
which succeeded for the night; but the position,
with prisoners and guns, was recovered on the fol
lowingmorning.
The battle is considered one of the most desperate
ever fought, as the slaughter on both sides will at
test. During the enemy’s retreat our artillery had
a fair sweep of them while crossing a ford, and add
ed greatly to their disasters. Our entire loss is esti
mated from eight to ten, thousand ; that of the enemy
from twenty-five to thirty thousand, including eight
thousand prisoners. We give the following list of
casualties in the Stonewall corps:
General T. J. Jackson, wounded, as heretofore
stated.
FIRST BRIGADE (STONEWALL).
Gen. Paxton, killed.
Col. J. Q,. A. Nadenbush, 21st Regiment Infantry,
slightly wounded.
Captain Fulton, of the 4th Virginia Volunteers,
lost a leg. ! ; -
In the sth Virginia Volunteers, Lieut. Ball was
killed, and about one hundred and fifty killed and
wounded.
Col. Edmundson, of the 27th Virginia Volunteers,
lost an arm.
Jn a charge over four lines of the enemy, and the
taking of a battery, this brigade’s loss was very
heavy—about one*third of the whole brigade.
In the 10th Virginia Volunteers (from Rocking
ham), Col. Warren, commanding the brigade, was
shot through the right shoulder (not serious); Lieut.
Colonel S. W. Walker, killed; Major Stover, shot
three times, and killed. Nine out of eleven com
mandants of companies were lulled, wounded, and
prisoners. -
Colonel T. S. Garnett, of the 48th Virginia Volun
teers, commanding: the brigade, was wounded, and
is believed to be dead. Hia gallantry is most highly
applauded.
General McLaws was struck, but not much hurt?
General A. P. Hill, coniusion. Has resumed his
command.
Gen. McGowen slightly, but painfully, wounded.
Brigadier General Heth, not much hurt: still in
command. ’
Major Rodgers (artillery), wounded.
■ Colonel F. M; Mallory, reported killed, Thiß is
doubted, - *
Captain Boswell, chief of engineers, on Jackson’s
staff, killed.
Major Price, of Richmond, killed.
Captain Forbes, of A. P. Hill’s staff, killed. All
the staff of-A. P. Hill cither killed or wounded.
Captain Duncan McKim, killed.
Conway Howard, of A. P. Hill’s staff, killed.
In the 13th Virginia Volunteers, Captain Field
and Lieutenant Morehead killed, and thirty killed,
' wounded, and missing. -
In the 58th Virginia Volunteers, Lieutenant Colo
nel Casey prisoner, seventy killed, wounded, and
missing.
The 49th Virginia Volunteers IOBt thirty killed,
wounded, and missing.
Colonel Stafford, 14th Louisiana, wounded.
General Hope, of North Carolina, lost one hun
'dred and twenty men.
Brigadier General Rhodes behaved with the
greatest gallantry. _ ;
Lieutenant Bell, 6th Virginia Volunteers (of
Augusta), was . kiiled. This makes .-nine out of
twelve inf his family killed in that regiment. Lieu
tenants Calhoun and Ryan lost each a leg;
In the Staunton Artillery four wounded slightly.
Captain Van Borseh, of General Stuart’s staff, a
gallant Prussian officer, killed; . *
. Brigadier General William Hays (Yankee) taken
prisoner. This man .was born: in Richmond. His
aid-de-camp, ,T. M. Echols (Yankee), is a prisoner.
The loss of the Confederate army is reported be
tween eight and ten thousand, that of the enemy
much greater; reported as high bb forty thousand.
FROM THE RAPPAHANNOCK.
A jxain.with a number oi our wounded from the
battle at Chancellorsville, arrived yesterday morn
ing at the Fredericksburg ddpot, in this city. These
wounded were brought from Guinea’s Station,
twelve miles this side of Fredericksburg. They
state that the fighting on Saturday and Sunday last
was desperate. They.also state that D. H. Hill’s
division, (commanded by Brigadier General Rhodes,
:of Alabama,) and Trimble’s division (the two divi
sions composed-of Alabama, Georgia, Virginia,
and Maryland troops, under the command of Gen.
Jackson,) marched fourteen miles on Saturday, and
reached the enemy’s rear on Saturday afternoon. At
tacking the enemy in three lines of their entrench
ments, they captured three batteries, together with
about five thousand prisoners.
The 3d, 6th, 6th, 12tn, and 26th Alabama, of Rhodes’
'•brigade, suffered severely, it is reported, in officers—
one-third of whom .-were; either killed or wound
. cd—the proportion being ten wounded men to one
killed.
The struggle on Marye’s Heights is also represent
ed as being desperate. On Sunday the enemy, by a
movement, at Marye’s Heights, succeeded in_
TTSdv FirstySecono,
'Washington Artillery. regi
ment was nearly all taken prisonefsptogetiier
many men belonging to the 6th Louisiana.
On Monday our army flanked the enemy, and re
took Marye’s Heights, Hay’s Louisiana brigade
greatly distinguished itself, taking fourteen pieces
of the enemy’s artillery. 1
We lost in all fourteen pieces of artillery, and cap-,
tured fifty-three. We also captured nearly ten thou
sand prisoners, seven thousand of whom are said to"
be at Guinea’s Station, on their way to Richmond.
Our loss in killed and wounded is estimated at six or
seventhousand. "" ‘
THE BATTLES ON THE RAPPAHANNOCK.
Guinea’s Station, May 4—3 P. M.—Many re
ports; have doubtless reached you ofthe fight at
Wilderness Church yesterday, which, in many re
spects, was perhaps one of the bloodiest of the war.
Our loss is heavy, both in officers and men; but,
through the aid of a merciful Providence, victory
once more perches upon the banners of the South.
The battle commenced in the neighborhood of
Chancellorville, on the.plank road from Fredericks
burg to Orange Court House, and extended to a
point known as Wilderness Church, on the same
road. The enemy had thrown up entrenchments
and constructed abattis, which, after severe fighting,
were carried by our troops- Early in the day their
lines were broken, and in confusion their defeated
forces left the field. Many prisoners were captured,
■ some three thousand of whom have reached this
point. Among them is Brigadier General Hays, who
commanded _ a brigade in General Couch’s corps,
and his aid-de-camp, Captain Echols. The prisoners
brought here represent, some forty different regi
ments, and, as usual, are mostly men of foreign
birth. "
AmoDg the officers whose names I have heard
mentioned as killed are General Paxton, of Stone
wall Brigade; Colonel Walker, of the 10th Virginia,
and Colonel Mallory, of the 55th Virginia. The
country will lament'the misfortune which has be
■ fallen our army in the severe wounding of Lieute
nant General Jackson, who lost his left arm. Gene
ral A. P. Hill was also slightiy wounded in the leg.
On the lower end of the line, where'Major Gene
ral Early commanded, there was some hard fighting
yesterday morning. In the afternoon Marye’s
Heights were carried by the enemy, and several
hundred of our men, belonging to a Mississippi re
giment, captured. Five or six pieces of the Wash
ington Artillery were taken at the same time. This
morning General Early was reinforced by Generals
McLaws and Anderson, and the fight renewed,
When the Heights were retaken, and the pieceß re
captured, with a number of others. . - - ,
In the fight on the upper line yesterday, in addi
tion to the prisoners mentioned, some two thousand
others were .captured, and five batteries of field'ar-.
tillery.. From this fact Borne idea may be formed of
the character of the fight, and the extent *of our
triumph; It is stated that General Lee regards it as
one of the most satisfactory victories of the whole
war. There is a report that General Stuart had
succeeded in destroying the pontoons of the enemy
last night, thus cutting off their retreat.
I sent you a letter yesterday, which I presume the
•capture of the train at Ashford prevented your read
ing. I hope this note, hastily written, will be more
fortunate. You will hear from me again to morrow..
It is believed that the fight is for the present nearly
ended, though there is tolerably heavy cannonading
going on now at Fredericksburg. '=• .
THE WOUNDS OF GENERAL JACKSON.
[From the Richmond Enquirer, May 7.]
Our victory on the Rappahannock has cost us
dear in the severe wounds unfortunately received
by the great and- good General Jackson. His left
arm has been amputated jibove the elbow; a bullet has
2jassed through his right hand. Hia condition is now,
we learn, as favorable as could possibly be expected;
and he'will doubtless recover, and is not, we trust,
lost to aetive service. We could better spare a bri
gade or a division. It would be grievous to think
fhat Mb banner will never more flash out upon the
Yankee rear, and throw them at its first gleam into
headlong rout, with the sudden outcry, “Jackson’s
coming!”—that the stern eye of the hero will never
more lighten with a warrior’s joy as he launches
brigade after brigade upon the stubborn foe, until
the hated flag stoops, and the columns reel, and
break, and fly, with the'vengeful Confederate cheer
ringing in their ears.
Our baEe foe will exult in the disaster to Jack
son ; yet, the accursed bullet that brought him down
was never moulded by a Yankee. Through a cruel
mistake in the confusion, the hero received two balls
from some ofhis own men, who would all have'died
for him.
GENERAL E. FRANK PAXTON.
[From tho Lynchburg Republican. 3
The official despatch of General Lee, announcing
the great victory which' our arms, under God, were
blessed with, also gives the intelligence of the death
of Brig. Gen. Frank Paxton, in command of the
Stonewall brigade. He succeeded Gen. Jackson, upon
whose staff he had served in all the varied victories
gained by that indomitable chieftain, and was appoin
ted to the command of the Stonewall brigade when
Jackson was promoted. He has ably filled the posi
tion, leading his men into the thickest of the fight,
and gallantly fell on the field. .
"We knew General Paxton well; and, although
from physical disability, he could have been ex
empted, he patriotically forsook a devoted wife and
children, and a high position at home, as president
of a bank, to serve Mb country in the hour of - need.
Of such stuff are heroes made, and he has earned the
title by the warrant which no man can gainßay.
Death on the battle-field is at last the Btem arbiter
that decides the claim to heroism. No truer or bet
ter man than General Paxton lived, and his devo
tion to principle he has sealed with his life. Let
his example lead us to emulate his devotion and
self-sacrificing Bpirit. He.was a. native of Rock
bridge county, and a graduate of the Virginia Mili
tary Institute. .
DEATH OF THE REBEL GENERAL EARL
VAN DORN,
•The Richmond Di&paich of May 9th says that offi
cial intelligence has been received announcing the
death of Major General Earl Van Dom, at Spring
Hill, Tennessee, on the| 7th inßtant.
GENERAL NEWS.
HEADQtTAItTEIIS OB'THE AllilV OP TJIEPOTOMAO,
May 11.— The Richmond papers -of Saturday have
been received. .
• There is but little in the editorials of the Rich
mond. papers except favorable comments,, based
upon the most extravagant exaggerations of our
losses, and the advantages gained thereby to the re
quotes a rebel surgeon’s report of
their losses at 900 killed,7,ooo wounded, and 1,200 pri
soners. ' ,
The country people around Richmond have dis
continued their market visits, in consequence of the
belief that their'horses will be impressed for military
purposes.
Theßritish consul at Richmond declines to issue
any mol e passes.
In an aiticle regarding the Union prisoners at
Libby prison, the Examiner shys : “The hlgner of
ficers are reserved, and all take their condition phi-
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few dayß.”
A large amount of blockade goods were sold at
auction, in Richmond, on Thursday. The sale in
cluded $30,000 worth of ladies’ boots and shoes, for
summer wear. The sale aggregated $lOO,OOO.
_ A new Confederate States flag has been adopted*
I* was raised in Richmond on Monday.
The Examiner prophesies that the Union army
has crossed the Rappahannock for the last time.
At a public sale in Augusta, Georgia, the prices
for negroes ranged from $7OO to $2,600.
It is officially announced that General Van Dorn,
died at Spring Hill, Tennessee, on the 7th of May.
The following despatch is published:
• Jackson, Mies., April (probably May) 7.—lt is
reported that Banks’ army has been divided into
three columns—one fortyfying the town of Opelou
sas, and one at Atchafalaya, and one at Baton
Rouge. General Banks has seized all the negroes
on the Governor’s plantation.
Kirby Smith has arrived at Alexandria from
Arkansas with reinforcements, comprising Walker’s
Texas Brigade.
Smith is confident in his ability to drive Banka
back to Berwick. Three powerful rebel gunboats
are at Alexandria above the Falls.
The wheat crop, in Texas is unprecedentedly
promising.
Magruder’s headquarters have been moved to
San Antonia.
Five gunboats passed Natchez on Sunday night,
and four ascended the Red river.
NEW YORK CITY.
[Correspondence of The Press]
New York, May u, 1863.
CONJECTURES
as to what is really the military situation in Vir
ginia are as plentiful as the different stories in the
newspapers, and indicate that the community is at
least hearing the bewildering uncertainty j>f fHe
hour with a sufficient philosophical coolness, even
if not overweeningly confident that all is going
well, Yesterday’s and to-day’s telegrams to this
city from Washington are so incorrigibly hypotheti
cal, and so entirely open to widely different, con
structions, that the arguments telegraphically ad
vanced to impress the people with a vivid idea of
impending victory over the rebels, can be made to
serve equally well in proof that the rebels atd
holding a decided present advantage. It ap
pears to be an opinion among military men,
and the returned war messengers of the press,
that the reports from Fortress Monroe of the
advance from thence up the York river towards
Richmond, and the reports from Washington
of the reorossing of the Rappahannock by the Army
of the Potomac, are more significant of a strategical
plan to save Washington from an immediate attack
by the bulk of Lee’s army (or, at least, to avert a
sudden and formidable attack upon our army Btores)
than of any immediate attempt to seize the rebel
capital. For some reason or other, quite a number
of people here seem to think.that the reported disap
pearance of Lee’s army has been in the direction of
our side of the Rappahannock, rather than towards
Richmond, and that the great battle likely to be
fought first will partake more of the character of
Antietam than of Chancellorville. This, of course,
is all conjecture; but in all the news received in the
city up to this hour there is nothing to absolutely re
fute it; nothing which cannot as well be construed
to support as to explode it. Upon his own responsi
bility your correspondent ventures to predict that
the next fight for the possession of Richmond will
take place not far from the Chickahominy, between
the full Army of the Potomac and the full army of
Lee, about six weekß hence; and that the nation’s
time for either celebrating the great victory that vii>
tually ends the war, or reconciling itself to the idea
of another year of strategy and fighting, will come
' on, or about, the Fourth of July.
A JUSTIFIABLE MURDER,
by a deeply-injured husband, took place on the side
walk, in. Grand street, near Centre, on Saturday
evening, and is the subject of much talk in the city
to-day,- The facts are these: An honest, hard-work
ing mechanic, named Jaynes, belonging in Kingston,
Canada, married a young woman of that.place some
live years ago, and lived very happily with her until
some time in last November, when she first bhcame
acquainted with an Irish carpenter, named Costello.
Seeing Mrs. Jaynes to be a vain and frivolous wo
man, this Costello deliberately set to work to ruia
her, and in this he succeeded but too well. Jaynes
discovered the cruel wrong that had been done him,
but loved the worthless woman too well to discard
her, and contented himself with beating' Costello
from the house. Not long after this, Costello in
duced his victim to elope with him ; but in a little
time she. returned, in apparent penitence, to
her suffering husband, and was again too easi
ly forgiven. ‘ Costello then came to this city,
obtained good employment here in a piano-forte
factory, and sent the woman money to pay her fare
hither. Again she yielded, leaving her husband and
following-his enemy. Poor Jaynes was frantic at
his loss, and, as soon as he could scrape the means
together, came to New Tork after „the fugitive. He
wandered wildly about the streets until. Saturday,
and.finally met his treacherous wife going upon some
errand. He accosted her and besought her to re
turn-to. his home; Ehe refused,,and in the'eeene
that ensued both parties were' arrested and carried
before a magistrate. They were quicklydischarged.
for the desponding accuser; The unfor*
_tmiat e Jaynes then went to the place where Cos-
to beg of him: that he would
the hopelessness of obtainingjreverige, the husßanu
purchased a revolver, waited in Grand street for the
appearance of his enemy on his return from his
work, and shot him dead at sight. Then there was
' an arrest, the avenger of his own honor making no
attempt to escape ; an inquest, an examination of
the wife of Costello and the wife of Jaynes, and the
verdict in the usual form. There was'something
touching in the rude pathos of the
avowal, when questioned: , v f -. \-
{t I shot the deceased because he had taken away
my wife, and deprived me of all the comfort I had
in the world. I tried to get assistance from the po
lice, but had failed in it all. I was in great agony
of mind, having been deprived of my wife. I had
ran up and down Centre street for two hours, and
was that wild that I could not see the Tombs ; there
was a mist before my eyes, and I was crazy with
trouble.”
The-law has certainly been broken, and will en
deavor, in due form, to vindicate itself against the
breaker ; but who'can find it in his heart to brand
.the unhappy husband as a criminal!
“HABOI/D IN ITALY ”
Hector fwonderful symphony, was pro
duced,for the firßt time in America, on Saturday
night, at Theodore Thomas’ Irving Hall concert. A
grand orchestra of eighty performers, led by Mr.
‘ Thomas, were the executive artists, and a very large
• and critical audience enthusiastically conferred the
stamp of public approval upon the composition of
the brilliant French apostle of the ” Music of the Fu
ture.” The symphony,. as its name’indicates, is
founded upon the emotions and; adventures of
Byron’s Childe Harold in Italy. It is divided into
four parts: Harold in the mountains; the march
and .evening prayer of the pilgrims; the'serenade
of a mountaineer of the Abruzzi to his mistress;
and a general symphonic orgy of brigands. Save in
the first part, Harold is supposed to be a listener and
spectator, rather than an actor; but his individuality
is keptwividly in view through the combinations.ot
all, by a running solo on the viola. The whole coin
position isaßplendid specimen of bold and artful
musical coloring, and vivid dramatic ideality, scarce
ly a note being wasted in fictitious or fanciful orna
ment. It is in the school of Terdi, and in direct an
tagonism to that of Kossini.
literary Criticism.
The Newest New Novel.*— Some years ago, an
Irish lady, young and gifted, sharing the usual destiny
of her fated sex, was captured by Cupid, and firmly
fastened by the bonds of Hymen. In other words,
she married a Bavarian noble, with at least sixteen
quarteringß on his shield, and ample means to main
tain his dignity. We know not whether she had
dipped into authorship before marriage, but she has
written several first-class novels since. Without
taking them in the exact order of publication, we
may say that “ The Initials,” is one of the most
enjoyable of modern fictions—one which fully stands
the test of frequent reperusal. “Cyrilla,” though
not quite so fresh, is more carefully constructed,
and the story is Pne of breathless interest. “ Quits”
is full of admirable details, but the plot is deficient
.in unity. “At Odds,-’ 5 not yet published in London,
•is superior in many respects to any or this lady’s
previous works. Its locality is in Bavaria and the
Tyrol; the characters and details are chiefly Ger
man; and the more stirring events arise out of Na
poleon’s wars and the patriotic revolt of the Tyrol
ese under the peasant-chief, Andreas Hofer. In this
tale are hot to be found any of the details of crime,
which, to our mind, give a sort of Newgate Calen
dar character to the fictions of Mrs. Henry Wood,
Miss Braddon, and other recent female novelists.
Here all is pure—even Mina and Sigmond, the
black sheep of the flock, scarcely commit more than
moral wrong in their petty intrigues against Frank
O’More and fair Hilda, We wish that poor Mina
had not been killed off, in the manner invented to
get rid of iter. . German upper-class society has
rarely been so completely unveiled, as in this hovel.
The contract between O’More, the impulsive Irish
hero, “brave as his own sword,” and that affection
ate, but curiously constituted heroine Hilda, whom,
he weds against his will, tenderly loving her all the
while, is most artistically maintained. Wife' only
in name, because of a womanly pique against the
gallant husband, whom she keeps at arm’s length for
years, Hilda.is a curious mixture of ice and fire. It
all comes right at last, and the happy pair are “at
odds ” no more/ We recommend this especially to
our female readers, as the moat wholesome love
story published for years ; occasionally spun out’in
tnc dialogue, but racy, amusing, and with just
enough of excitement in war and love to keep up the
interest. Messrs. Lippincott publish two editions
of this book, by special arrangement with the au
thor. The; edition in English is printed from ad
vance sheets from London, and the edition in Ger
man, which'is printed from the MS. forwarded by
the Baroness, is issued under the supervision of Mr.
C. F, Hagedora, Consul General of Bavaria.
*At Odds, a Novel. Br the Baroness Tautphams,
author of ‘ * Quits. f; 4 ‘ The Initials. ” &c. 12mo, pp. 473.
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co.
SHAKSPEARE IN GERMANY. —The AUgc
meine Zeitung , published at Augsburg, informs its
readers, , through its Weimar' correspondent, that
the eight historical dramas of Shakspeare (which,
in truth, are a dramatic epopee, Binging the wars
of the Red and White Roses) are' being put in
scene, and performed seriatim) on the Weimar stage,
of which Duke August, of Saxe-Weimar, was the
early patron, and the immortal Goethe manager,
with Schiller as,a director! The translation of
Schlegel is used for. the. purpose. On the 23th of
March the first representation commenced with
Richard 11. - These historical dramas of the arch-in
spector of the human heart will compose the sole
repertory of the Weimar stage, till the 23d of August*
1864, the third centennial anniversary of the birth*
day of the immortal British bard.