The press. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1857-1880, May 18, 1863, Image 1

. ..THE PRESS, ;
PUBLISHED *DAILY (SUNDAYS EXCEPTED),
BY JOHN W. FORNEY.
OFFICE, No.'lll SOUTH FOURTH STREET.
PRESS,
Fifteen Cents Pen Wbek, .payable to the Carrier!
Mailed to Subscribers out of the City at Seven Dollahs
Pf.b Annum, Three Dollars and Fifty Cents for Six
Months, . One Dollar and Seventt-five. Cents for
•Three Months -invariably ia advance for the time or
dered.
Advertisements inserted at the usual rates. Six
lines constitute a square.
THE TUI-WEEKr-T PRESS,
Mailed to subscribers out of. the City at Four Dollars
Per .'Annum, in advance. .
WATCHES AND JEWEIRY.
ARK ”S,
603 CHESTNUT STREET,'
IS THE CHEAPEST PLACE IN THE CITY TO BUY
.GOLD or PLATED JEWELRY, SILVER-PLATED
WAKE, PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS, POCKET-BOOKS.
TRAVELLING BAGS, Btc. .
Cali and examine our stock before purchasing else-
Where, ■• • ■
The following.is a partial list of goods which we are
ron ? 801® 100 per cent, less than at any other es-
Sablishment in the city: t ~ er,SB
ICE PITCH ERS.
SYRUP PITCHERS.
CRBAM PITCHERS.
SUGARBOWLS.
BUTTER COOLERS. <
GOBLETS.
1 CUPS. ’ .
CASTORS.
WAITERS.
CAKE BASKETS.
■CARD BASKETS.
SALT STANDS. ’ : x - .
"TOBACCO BOXES.
NAPKIN.RINGS.
DRUIT KNIVES.
. 1 TABLE-SPOONS.
DESSERTSPOONS.
•TEASPOONS.
- ■'SUGAR SPOONS.
SALT SPOONS.
DINNER and TEA FORKS.
BUTTER-KNIVES.
- ,-OYSTER LADLES.
’GRAVY LADLES.
; iSETS IN GREAT VARIETY.
BRACELETS. -
• BREAST PINS.
CHATALAINE CHAINS.
GUARD CHAINS.
.MEDALLIONS;
• CHARMS." ' •
. THIMBLES.
' ' BINGS.
-GOLD PENS. '
GOLD PENCILS.
GOLD TOOTH PICKS. '
. GENTS’ PINS,-beautiful.styleiu
M •"
i .. SLEEVE BUTTONS,'. r ‘ - “ ■-
. STUDS.
■ > ARMLETS.
s NECK CHAINS.
POCKET-BOOKS.
. TRAVELLING BAGS.
\S ~ s ALBUMS.
CIGAR CASES.
• CARD CASES, &c.
Call early and examine the largest and cheapest stock
Of goods in the city.
JUST RECEIVED,
3,000 BOLLS
CANTON MATTINGS,
fo which we Invite the attention of the trade.
h ■ 'y' ■ 7
M’OALLUM & GO.,
NO. 509 CHESTNUT'STREET,
mhl3-tf . PHILADELPHIA.
D. W. CLARK’S, r\IL CLOTHS AND
008 CHESTNUT STREET.
jH WATCHES! WATCHES!
AMERICAN WATCH COMPANY.
COLD AKD SILYER WATCHES/
COMPANY’S SALESROOM
CORNER EIGHTH AND CHESTNUT ST/
I: B. MARTER,
>• . AGENT.
Thesewatches have now been in use over twelve years,
and, for
• DURABILITY, AND RELIABILITY,;
'■ln'everyconceivable manner, have proved themselves
•io be the most satisfactory time-pieces ever offered to the
public.
This result has been brought about by a strict appli
•catlon of mechanical science to the construction or the'
watch from its very inception, rendering it, when
'finished,
MATHEMATICALLY CORRECT
An all its proportions, and necessarily as perfect a time
jkeeper as it is possible to make.
The Company have tested their Watches, in many in
stances, by actual daily noting, and the result of this
teet has been that they have exhibited a rate equal in
regularity to thehest.marine chronometer.
■ We invite attention to - the 1
LADIES’ WATCHES,
'•elaborately 1 finished, and thinner than any we have
• heretofore produced, .with several improvements calcu
lated to secure the greatest accnrady of performance, and
, to prevent the usual' accidents and derangements to
Which foreign watches are liable.: : ~ , rayls-lm
W AT CLH E S ,
• JUST RECEIVED FEE STEAMER EUROFA.
GOLD WATCHES,
LADIES’ SIZES, OF HEW STYLES.
SILVER ANCBEB AHD'CTLINDRES.
GILT AHORES AHD OYLIHDRES.
PLATED ANCRES AND CTLINDRE&
Jfor Sale at Low Sates to the Trade, by
D. T. PRATT,
601 CHESTSCT STREET.
M J- o. fuller, Jts
Importer and Wholesale Dealer In
PINE WATCHES AND JEWELRY.
No. 713 CHESTNUT Street,
__ {Up-stairs, opposite Masonic Temple),
Has now open a
LARGE AND COMPLETE STOCK,
. XT „ T AHEEICANAND t Bwfss WATCHE3,
*. HOWARD *__CO.’S FIKE AMERICAN WATCHES.
GOLD CHAINS, GOLD SPECTACLES; THIMBLES/
'■ •' ’ AND
PINE JEWELRY OP EVERY DESCRIPTION.
Teld-Sm
jjßl ,E ; IN E WATCH REPAIRING
(SeaC attended <to, by the most experienced workmen,
and every watch warranted for one year.
0. RUSSELL,
gg North .SIXTH Street.
J. O. FULLER’S
FINE GOLD PENS,
THE BEST PEN IN USE,
FOR 8 ALE II ALL SIZES. felS-3ia
piN.E GILT COMBS
IN EVERT VARIETY.
UMITATIOWB OF PEARL AND CORAL.
U. O. FULLER,
No. Tig CHESTNUT Street.
EihlS-Zm
RINGS.
; A fall assortment, all sizes and style*.
J. C. FULLER,
No. 71» CHESTNUT Street felB-Sn»
TT/TJLCANITE JEWELRY.—JUST RE
> ceived, a handsome assortment of Chatelaln and
Vest Chains, Pins,Pencils, &c., and for sala<at very low
prices. Q. BUSSELL,
ap2s-tf : 33 North SIXTH Street.
GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS.
1 AND 3 N. SIXTH STREET.
PHILADELPHIA.
* JOHNC.ARRISON;
'(formerly J. uritli MOOKB.)
IMPORTER AND DEALER IN
GENTLEMEN’S FURNISHING GOODS,
MANUFACTURER
OF THE IMPROVED
PATTERN SHIRT.
- These SHIRTS are out by= measurement, so that all the
carts exactly ~,fit each .other. They surpass all other
6hirts for neatness of fit on the breast, comfort in the
eeck. and ease on the shoulder.
SATISFACTION GUARANTIED. my7-tf
606. ARGH 606.
; . FINE SHIRT AND WRAPPER DEPOT.
'.AH EEEGAHT ASSOKTHEHT 0?
-.■CENT S’ F URN I SHI NG GOODS,
-- ATMODERATEPKICES.
FOUR PREMIUMS AWARDED FOR
QUIRTS, WRAPPERS, AND STOCKS,
O. A. HOFFMANN, .
Sucoossor ’to W. W. KN-IGHT.
60S ARCH STREET. 60S.’
•'t / .
ap6 : mws3m
SINE SHIRT MANUFACTORY.
•" file subscriber would invite attention to his
. :vv; - IMPROVED CUT OF;BHIRTS»
Which he makes a specialty in his business. Also* con
stantly receiving,
: KOyBLTXIIS FOR GEBTLEMEN’S WEAR.
' J. W. SCOTT,
. GENTLEMENS FURNISHING STOKE,
' No. Nil CHESTNUT STREET,
JaSO-tf • Four doora below tha Coptluental.
GAS FIXTURES, &c.
5|7 ARCH STREET.
C. A. V ANKIRK & OO.J
MANUFACTURERS 0?
CHANDELIBBB
AND OTHER.
GAS FIXTURES.
Also, French Bronze Figures and Ornaments, Forcolalm
end Mica Shades, and a variety of '
FANCY GOODS,
WHOLESALE AND DETAIL,
Please call and examine eoods.
FURNITURE, &c.
ÜBNIT U R B .
A LARGE ASSORTMENT,
4W. * J. ALLEN & BROTHER,
1309 CHESTNUT STREET.
fMABINET FURNITURE AND BIL
dO LIARD TABLES.
MOORE tSs CAMPION,
'i‘ No. 381 Booth SECOND Street, •
in connection with their extensive Cabinet boelneee, an
now maitofactnrinsr a superior article of
BILLIARD TABLES,
and have now on hand a foil supply. finished with tha
MOORS * CAMPION’S IMPROVED CUSHIONS,
Which are pronoonced hr all who haTe need them to be
superior to all others. . ■
For the.Qualitr and finish of these Tables, the manu
fisctnren refer to their numerous patrons throughout the
Union, who an fasdllar with the character of their
work. . mh9-6u
YOL. 6.-NO. 245.
CARPETS AND OIL-CLOTHS.
QLEN ECHO MILLS,
JUaUTAOTHBERS, IMPORTERS, AND DEALERS.
609 CHESTNUT STREET,
CARPET I N Gr Sj
We hSTe now on Lend an extensive stock of GARPET-
DIGS, of oar own and other -makes, to which we call
the attention of cash and short-time buyers. fe2l-3a
CARPET WAREHOUSE.
JOS. BLACKWOOD,
83» ARCH STREET,
TWO DOORS BELOW NINTH (South Side],
IS NOW RECEIVING
FOB SPRING TRADE,
A rich and extensive assortment of
ENGLISH AND AMERICAN CARPETINGS,
Of the best makes,
Embracing all the new styles, which are offered
AT LOW PRICES' FOR CASH!
WINDOW SHADES.
CARRIAGE, TABLE, STAIR, AND FLOOR
IN COTTON AND LINEN FABRICS,
dUALITY AND STYLE UNSURPASSED.
WINDOW SHADES,
COMPRISING EVERY VARIETY OF NEW AND ORI
GINAL DESIGNS, PLAia and ORNAMENTAL.
These goods will be sold to Dealers and Manufacturers
atsyrices much below the&resentprice of stock.
THOMAS POTTER,
MANUFACTURER OF OIL CLOTHS AND
WINDOW SHADES,
M 29 ARCH Street, Philadelphia, and
49 CEDAR and 95 LIBERTY Streets, New York.
myl2-2m , '
EMOV A L .
J. T. DELACROIX,
has removed his
STOCK OF CARPETINGS,
From 47 South FOURTH Street, to his
NEW STOKE,
No. 37 SOUTH SECOND STREET,
Where he offers to his old customers, and purchasers
lenerally, a LARGE AND DESIRABLE STOCK OP
CARPETINGS,
of all grades, and best known makes.
OIL CLOTHS, MATTINGS, AND WINDOW SHADES,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL,
AT THE LOWEST PRICES. >’
J. T. DELACROIX,
No. ST SOUTH SECOND STREET, above Chestnut.
mhO-Sui
YARNS, BATTING, & WADDING.
A. EL FRANCISOUS;
No. 5 NORTH FIFTH STREET, '
Has la etore 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, WicMng, Ropes, «fce.
Goods Sold at lowest Cash Prices.
WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE.
A. H. FRANOISCUS,
(33 MARKET, and 5 North FIFTH Street,
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, TUBS, CHURNS,
BRUSHES, BASKETS, BROOMS,
LOOKING-GLASSES.
TABLE AND FLOOR OIL-CLOTHS,
WINDOW-SHADES,
CLOCKS;
FANCY BASKETS, 40.
ff a LARGER STOCK OF .THE ABOYE GOODS THAN
ANY OTHER HOUSE IN THE COUNTRY.
THE GREAT CLOTHES WRINGER.
w SELF-ADJUSTING CLOTHES WRINGER”
■■ ■ -
Is warrantod to be superior to any other in use.
EVERY*FAMILY SHOULD POSSESS A
CLOTHES WRINGER.
■ BECAUSE,
let. Itis arellef to the hardest part ofwashing dar.
2d. It enables the washing to be done in one-third less
dme.
3d. It saves clothes from the Injury always given by
twisting. .■
4th. 1 It helps to Wash the clothes as well as dry them.
WE 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. .
Final. The rolla, being of vulcanized rubber, will
tear hot and cold water, and will neither break nor tear
buttons. '
Second. .The frame being of iron, thoroughly Kalva
aized, all danger from rust is removed, and trie liability
So thi-ink, 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,
is well as articles uneven in thickness, are certain to
receive uniform pressure. • . ~ _ ■ ■
Fourth. The patent fastening by which, the machine
s tightened to the tub, wo believe to be superior in sim
plicity and efficiency to any yet offered.
Fifth. Itwillfltany tub, round or square, from one
*alf to one-and-a-quaitei inches in thickness, without
he least-alteration. . ,
RETAIL PRICE :
ffo. 1, •8... No. 2,85,50...... Letter “A,” 38.
*
49* Reliable and energetic men will be liberally dealt
kith. ’ ■
For eale at the
“WOODENWARE ESTABLISHMENT”
OF
A. H. FRANOISOUS,
No. 433 MARKET §t. and No. 5 North FIFTH Si.
mh2fi-2m Wholesale Agent for Pennsylvania.
de!B-lr
ROWEN & CO.'S LITHOGRAPHIC
ESTABLISHMENT,
Southwest Corner of ELEVENTH and CHESTNUT Sts..
NO. BIS MINOR STREET.
PHILADELPHIA.
Every description of
LITHOGRAPHY, PLATE PRINTING, and COLORING
EXECUTED IX TBl KOBT BUPEBIO* IUXKBB.
BhlO-tf
GERMANTOWN, PA.
M’OALLUM <6 CO.,
(Opposite Independence Hall.)
OIL CLOTHS, As.
OIL CLOTHS,
No. 433 MARKET,
Calls the attention of dealers to his
IMMENSE STOCK
CLOTHES WRINGERS.
"PUTNAM
CX.OTHING.
JOHN KELLY, JR.,
TAIL O R .
HAS REMOVED FROM 1022 CHESTNUT STREET,
EDWARD P. KELLY’S,
143 South THIRD Street,
Wliete lie presents to former patrons and thepnblie
the advantages of a STOCK OF GOODS, eonal if not sn
perior, to any, in the city—the skill and taste of himself
and EDWARD P. KELLY, the two best Tailors of the
oily—at prices mnch lower than any other first-class esta
blishment of the city. 'apl-tf
Fine Clothing,
Spring and Summer*
WANAMAKER & BROWN
6. E.' cor/ 6th & Market.
Medium and Common
\ "'GRADES, :
Cut and Made lu
'•FaalUoual»le Style
SOLD* AT LOW PRICES.
"DLAOK CASS. PANTS, $5.50,
,-M : At 704 MARKET Street.
BLACK CASS. PANTS, 65. GO, At 704 MARKET Street.
BLACK CASS.. PANTS, $6.60, At ,704 MARKET Street.
BLACK CASS. PANTS, $6.60. At 704 MARKET Street.
BLACK CASS. PANTS, $5.60. At 704 MARKET Street.
GRIGG 1 & VAN-GUNTEN’S, No. 704 MARKET Street,
GRIGG & VAN GUNTENU No. 704 MARKET Street.
GRIGG & VAN GUNTEN’S, No. 704 MARKET Street.
GRIGG A VAN GUNTEN’S, No. 704 MARKET Street.
GRIGG & VAN GUNTEN’S, No. 704 MARKET Street.
mh22-6m .
SPRING MILLINERY.
MILLINERY GOODS:
M. BERNHEIM,
No. 720 CHESTNUT STREET,
5 ’ Has just Received
DRAB, BUFF, AND
■ ■■ ;* WHITE RIBBONS,
IN ALL -WIDTHS.
DRAB, CUFF, AND
WHITE ENGLISH CRAPE.
BONNET SILKS TO MATCH.
ALSO, ... . *
A FRESH LINE OF FRENCII FLOWERS.
CALL AT
No. 726 CHESTNUT STREET,
myl(S-tf . •
1863 8 p K 1 N G 1863
- WOOD A GARY.
No. 725 CHESTNUT STREET,
- Hare now In etore a complete stock of
STRAW AND MILLINERY GOODS,;
i- including -
STBJlXhats and bonnets.
KISSES’ AND CHILDREN’S STRAW GOODS.
FANCY AND CRAPE BONNETS.
FRENCH FLOWERS, RIBBONS, &e>
To which they respectfully invite the attention of Mer
chants and Milliner*.
CASH BUYERS will find special advantage In examln-.
Inc this stock before purchasing. mh7-3m
STRAW GOODS, 1863.
FRENCH FLOWERS,
LACES AND RIBBONS,
OF THE LATEST FASHIONS,^
JUST OPENED
THOS. KENNEDY * BRO.’S,
No. 7»9 CHESTNUT Street, helow EIGHTH.
apS-2m
SPRING 1863.
BROOKS & ROSENHEIM,
(Late Roßenhelm, Brooks, & Co.),
No. 431 MARKET STREET, North Side.
Have now open* and are dally making additions thereto*
A HANDSOME VARIETY OF
RIBBONS, BONNETS,
MISSES’ AND CHILDREN’S HATS, FLOWERS,
, MILLINERY GOODS IS GENERAL,
to which the attention of the trade Is respectfully soli
cited. mh23-2m
Millinery
AMD
STRAW GOODS.
JOSEPH HAMBURGER. .
. 35 South SECOND Street,
'Has now open a large stock of Ribbons, Artificial Flowers,
&c., to-wnich he respectfully invites the attention of
Milliners and Merchants. Goods received daily from
. Hew Turk auctions. . .mh29-2m* ;
TRIMMINGS, &c.
JAVANS <Ss HASSALL, v
MILITARY FURNISHERS,’.
No. 418 ARCH STREET,
PHILADELPHIA.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
DRUGS AND CHEMICALS.
ROBERT SHOEMAKER & 00.,
Northeast Corner FOURTH and RACE Street,.
' PHILADELPHIA,
WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS*
IMPORTERS AND DEALERS
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
WINDOW AND PLATE GLASS,
MAOT7AGTUREBS 07
WHITE LEAD AND ZINC PAINTS, PUTTY, 40.1
AGENTS FOB THE OELEBBATED
FRENCH ZINC PAINTS.
Dealer, and consumer, supplied at
VERY LOW PRICES FOR CASH.
■ahS-Szu
QEORGE A. MILLER & CO.,
606 MARKET STREET,
PHILADELPHIA,
WHOLESALE DEALERS IJT
DRUGS,
MEDICINES, CHEMICALS,
PAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES; ,
WINDOW; AND HOLLOW GLASS WARE,
Special attention given to the,wants of the City Trade.
ap2l-lm i
fiOA GOLDTHORP & C 0..,
: Manufacturers of : V^y»
' Tasselß,;;Cords, Fringes,’, Curtains, and Furniture
Gimps, Curtain Loops, Centre Tassels.
Picture and Photograph Tassels* Blind Trimmings.
Military and Dress Trimmings, Ribbons, Neck Ties,
etc., etc., ’ ■ n No. 635 MARKET Street.
©y(Hm ' ' fhii^delpb|a,
PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, MAY 18, 1863.
MONDAY, MAY 18, 1863.
THE PRIVATE SOIDIEE.
KILLED AT THE BATTLE'OFIMIEDERICKSEURG, MAY
3, 1863, DURING THE ENGAGEMENT INOIDENT TO I
THE CAPTURE OF THE HEIGHTS OF ST. DfARYEj*
TItIVATE JOSETH N. MOREAU, COMPANY F, 119 TIT
. REGIMENT PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS.
This is the brief record of the close of a
brief life. A private soldier and a volunteer ,
in the American army, his life and his death'
afford a beautiful illustration of the spirit i
that animates the American soMier in:this:
war, Joseph N. Moreau entered the army
in obedience to a feeling of duty. He ac-,
ccpted the war in its highest sense, and he
gave ,his life as a. solemn sacrifice. It was;
my fortune , to know him intimately, and I
know how he felt in reference to the:eiuse j
of the Republic. He was The Private 'Sol
dier. When the war was precipitated by the
fall of Fort Sumpter, lie at once joined 1 one
of the many enthusiastic bodies of recruits,
that assembled at the sound of the fife and
drum to learn the rudiments of the soldier’s
drill. He marched with the first of the
three-months regiments, and served' under-,
the command of. Colonel F. E. Patterson,
during his brief campaign. In doing this
he abandoned a position in the office of The
Phess, where he was engaged as a compo
sitor, and made many sacrifices. When
■"mustered out of the service he returned to
his position; and continued until the failure
of the Peninsular campaign,, and the ad
vance upon the capital, again aroused the
North. Mr. Moreau was among the-first to
answer the President’s - call. In company
with six others of his companions, who also’
held positions in the office, of The Puess,
he volunteered as a private in the 110th Re
giment Pennsylvania Volunteers, Col. P. C.
Ellmaker commanding, and proceeded to
the field, lie followed the fortunes of the
war without receiving any injury, until the
recent campaign against Chancellorville
and Fredericksburg. The division to
which he belonged was directed to, ad
vance against the heights of St Maryc.
The story of that magnificent exploit is
one of the most brilliant -in tbe chroni
cles of the war. It is related, however, that
during--the attack it became necessary for
our troops to advance upon a body of rebels,
, who were stationed- in a woods, and the
company to which,Private Moreau belonged
found, itself in the advance. The rebels
were securely posted; their fire was continu
ous and annoying, and the commanding
officer directed a charge. Those who saw
Private Moreau during the time he had been
in action, and' particularly during the awful
moments in which they found themselves
assailing a hidden and sheltered enemy, say
that the enthusiasm and bravery he mani
fested were almost sublime. His comrades
. called it recklessness, and implored him not
to tempt danger and death. The 1 order was
given to charge the wood. There was a de
gree of hesitation common to men about to
do a daring deed. Private Moreau—impa
tient, eager, animated—-rushed from the line
to the head of the .company, evidently de
siring,.. by word and .example, to lead them
into the.deadly woods: His person at once
became the; mark for: :a hundred rifles, and
be fell pierced with.many balls. -Before a
comrade could reach him he was dead.
Tliis is tlie life of Joseph" N. Moreau, as
.the soldier. He was horn in Montreal,
February 15, 1835, and. went to Detroit in.
1854, where he made the acquaintance of
Hon. John Ingersoll, subsequently wedding
his daughter, who now survives l him: Mr..
Moreau accompanied Mr. Ingersoll to Ko
chester, and became attached to. his news-,
paper, iii various capacities, until-1857:, when
became to Philadelphia;'.and accepted a
: position on The Pp.kss. ’ On this hews
..paper he was known as one of its most effi
cient and intelligent attaches. Although a
printer,; and by the very necessity of his
profession compelled to labor during the
hours that men give to study .and rest, Mr.
Moreau cultivated-Jus fine literary tastes,,
and exhibited more than ordinary scholar
ship.- The prevailing f trait in his- character'
was enthusiasm, and in; every action of his
life he seemed to anticipate the manner of
-his death. It was , thus in his studiessand
habits of though'.He. never , adopted an.
idea without assuming its championship,
and he was its/champion amid obloquy,,;
persecution, poverty, and misfortune. In
dependent and bold in iris thoughts, he
adopted doctrines that were far from being
general and popular, and demanded a free
dom of sentiment : which : the world
never looks upon; withfavor. He was
a radical. On questions of religion, and po
litics, and society, lie was often, extreme, al
ways decided, frequently: impracticable and
chimerical. I should hesitate to. speak of
sincere and honest thought as a chimera, for
it demands respect even where we neither
endorse nor believe it; but there were many
sentiments, of my friend-that must be thus
described.- So ■thinking, and with the ear
nestness of his nature, he took as a hero the
late Thomas Paine. Mr. Paine was to him
not so much the enemy of religion as the
friend of freedom ; and while . not agreeing
with his hero in matters of theology, he
looked upon him as a man who had been in
jured by posterity, and to whom the world
owed recompense. This was the thought
that controlled the life of Joseph N. Mo
reau. This .earnest, hard-working printer
surrendered-everything, his own comfort,
his prospects of advancement, his health and -
means; to dig from the grave, the name- of
Paine, and show that ffis a thing of beauty
and virtue, and not what the general opinion
, of the world lias so long thought it to he.-
' He determined to write Paine’s Life" and be
gan to collect the materials for it. Wherever
any document paper, volume, - or reference,.,
could he found in relation to Paine; he cither,
' obtained or copied it. He.visited his home,:
his various resorts during the Revolution,
so far as it could be ascertained ; his tomb, :
at Hew Rochetfe—studying, observing, in
quiring, " and following every item of evi
dence with earnest avidity. The article on
Paine, in Appleton’s New Cyclopedia, was
from his pen, and is said to he just and com
prehensive. When he entered the army,
. his idea ; was neither forgotten nor; post-;
poned, and he continued to write the life of
Paine while in camp. Shortly before the
battle of CbaricellOTville, be sent to his home
a portion of the . life, as far as completed;
and obtained a number of' books that he
might pursue the study of the German
language. Think of the private soldier, in;
the yeaw- turriult and. whirl of war, writing
biography and studying a foreign tongue !
I have said that’Mr. Moreau was''a radi
cal man ; but in nothing, was he more ex
treme, earnest, 'and conscientious, than in
. this war against rebellion. Although an
"adopted citizen merely, he loved this Union,
• : its;flag,-its laws, and its glory, with a fana
tical love. To him, it was a war for liber
ty ; and :I have no doubt, that.the agony : of
the parting moment. was sweetened and
sanctified by the thought.that lie had given ;
all to ’liberty. .There, were few ■ men who'
..-■less-desh : e4'-:ffißit^-knfi}iti.pn:j';..-AJspl4ie&.';
war seemed to have no glory,- except in
the glory of .the cause lie defended. When
he entered the ..service- of the country; he
had .friends who. endeavored to persuade
him to accept' a commission, which they,
wojjld willingly have obtained. This he ;
demined ; ho professed himself incompetent"
take any command, and said that, as-lie'
only, entered the army to fight, he preferred
the musket to tlie sword. And with his
musket in his hand die died. There is so'
much truth and beauty and courage in the
life of this young man— this Private. Soldier
—that I, as -one, one who knew him, have
tjius tos Jhe story of his fieqth. He is tunoiig
the heroes of this war; the humble heroes,
whose praises the nation yet must. sing.
He 1 carried his musket, fought his fight,
loved his flag, believed in the Repub
lic, and laid down his life. His history
may never be recorded beyond this epheme
ral newspaper sketch; and, like thousands
of otljers who died ■as he died, and with
the; same faith in their souls, his name may
be soon forgotten; But let us iiot forget
that men like him felt honored in being
private soldiers '.of the. Republic.; and that
those who died that it should live, believed
in its purity and perpetuity, and. regarded
liberty as worthy, of the .greatest sacrifice
mail can give. J. R. Y.
ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.
Pnpcr Generals—Military Critiques—Tren
sou iii Print—A Tabooed. Newspaper—Col.
AllabacU—Uov* Curtlniu Camp-Liait of
Casualties in Pennsylvania Regiments.
[Special Correspondence of Tke.Presß.]
;/ . MAY 10, 1863.
I'can readily imagine, .•what, effect is produced
. among’home-folks, by the publication of articles
similar in tone to an editorial in a New York daily
of the 7th or Bth inßfc. We, in the army, who, by
right of interest, of experience, of positive know;-
ledge,- should be beat -.acquainted with the'general
ships of our leaders, to say the least, greatly
surprised to see that' so ‘ much more tact and : skill
are evinced hymen in_Gotham, innocent of gun
powder, and so agreeably ignorant of the knapsack-
."We have long labored under the delusion
thatf it Was one thing to lead a column of type,
another to lead a column of men. It
seeins that the delusion, was a wide-spread one
until the breaking out of this war, when quill
drivers, armed with Bohn’s translation of Gc-
CoTnm&itcn'ics, began to criticise every mi
litary operation, from the digging of a French to the
siege of a city, Halleck'fl Jomini's Life of Napoleon
was a godsend to the sciolistsj and chapter twenty
second of that admirable work has furnished, mate
-rialefor critiques on McDowell’s Bull Run,;McOiel
; lan’s Ohickahominy, Burnside’s Fredericksburg, and
Hooker’s Seven Days! Why do theße country-sav
ers ignore Polybius ? Why do they.fail to cite the
Stratage mala Polyani in Bupport of their theories re
lative to Charleston, Vicksburg, and Pensacola?
Could they not draw some useful hints therefrom,
.with v which to overwhelm Grant, Banks, Dupont,
iranagut, and Porter? But, throwing,levity aside,
can they not forbear wholesale abuse of our generals
and our rulers, until this unhappy war shall have
- Gnded ?; You at home, may look upon these assaults
as you please; we, who take aotive part in the
struggle fora nation’s life, deem them treasonable.
To be sure, there is nothing in the Constitution which
explicitly forbids the censuring of officers; but that
document does declare in plainTanguage, that giving'
aid and comfort to the enemy is treason, and shall be
punished ae ; such. The weakening of an army’s con
fidence in its commander is treason. Publiehingthe
. fact, that the general public is dissatisfied with the
conduct of-the war is giving comfort to the enemy.
This is treason. It is treason to lay the slightest
obstacle in the waj r of the Government in the proee
„ cutionofUan enterprise whose object is the ultimate
Balv;ation of the country, whose failure ia the coun
try’s,-ruin. "This is a soldier’s opinion. It may not
takertvith the big-wigs who - expound the Constitu
tion ;.in cosy rooms, where no Bhrieking shell dis
turbs ;the current of their, thoughts. Lawyers may
not consider it logically deduced. Peace politicians
may. hoot; at it; Peace preachers may consign it
and its hoidersjto everlasting perdition. But men
whoareheretokeep the foemion’s balls from the far
away homesteads-who shield the corpulent ex*?
pounders, the fussy men of briefs, the peace preach
! .ers, the plausibletpeace politicians—stick fast to this
And sordoes General Hooker.
|.v Seven thousand copies. of the objectionable.sheet,
j to jwhieh I havx .alluded, are now lying at Acquia
i Greek.. They will not enter the army.
May 12—-To-day the 14th N. Y. volunteers go
; home. To-morrow, or next day, Col. Allabach’s
I- regiment, the. 131st Pennsylvania, 1 will leave us.’
I The Colonel has been acting brigadier since the de
i parture of General Briggs, and the 2d Brigade has,
Lever since, beenstyled “Allabach’s.” He is a good
[ officer, and leaves with the best wishes-ofliis bre
i; tbren in arms, wholiope to meet him soon, wearing
i the Insignia he so well deserves. It is the opinion*
i that’at leaßt one-half of the Pennsylvania nine-
LfmonthB 1 troops will re-enlist within Bixty days after
/their discharge.
i • The day is a very warm one, and our tentß rather"
I >increase-the heat by reflection.; ..One involuntarily’-
I £ thinks of Sydney Smith in such weather, and wishes
j-fthat-he could throw off-hisvfiesh and'sit ~in his
>bones, as that philosopher desired to do. It is hard:
“|pn the poor*horses and mules,'just recovering from
ithe-fatigue of the late march,for the most 1 of-them
/are without shelter, and the hot sun does their galled
i ’.backs no good. ~
Governor Curtin is here, seeing to the’pomfort of
theJtroops of our State. He hAB not been through
■f yet,"but'expecits tt> remain until he
i has' visited everysopes ;-He passed a partof yester
jfd Scneraißitfhcy ; and made a'ahort call upon;
i '.General ,Meade this afternoon. He leaves for home 1
sfti* . ; >
yoif another list of casualties‘in' Pennsyl-'
I wania regiments. > DHU,
'V- -v . Kill
C,- 12S.
I <Serg S W Rupley, K, 126;
Corp Geo Masarey, IC, 126.
:> Jasßrennan, A,129.
'Thoa Probert, B, 129.
if John E Jones, C, 129.
; David Zimmerman, E, 129.
(WmM Miller, D r l34.
a Serg Geo LockharXE, 134.
: Garrett Campbell, F, 134.
LtEd C Bendere, Adj : , 133..
JiA Fleming, K, 155,
J W Bays, K, 155.
John Oler, G, 135 •
John Buckley,. D, 62.
Peter Bertram. Mj.62.
• Ged Rushworth, 5,116.
L [ : r ’ woin
Sgt Wm F<Campbellv G, 134.
Corp Jno Snodgrass, ,C, 334.
Wm Millwell. ‘ '
A H’Eakin.
Jacob Pyle, D. v
James Means. :
Sergt P Dawson, E.
Sami S Chapman, E.
John Bosk,
' Ghas Stewart.'
Levi'Willson,
v Sergt J-Y Campbell. G.
, Corp Dunwiddy Marshall.
Nelson Riddle.-.
Samlßosebaugh,
SergtEß Wilson,. H. .
- Corp C J Watson,
' Byrt-n A Jenkins, A,'129.
- Newsome B Robbins;- A,l©.
Jacob House. : . ; |
Wm Spouseler.
.WmSfioff.. , ; - v
W m F G eiiner, Bv '
■ Geo Watkins.' ;
Wmf McElrath: ,
.Wm D Guertler.
; Tkos Davis, B. -
- Ch'as Luckenbac-h, C.
. Arthur Davis, D.
Wm Summers, D. . .
. Geo 01>erly, D.
‘ Corp.Wh Haldeman»E.
;Jas Oswald,E
'Jos Houser.
George walker • ' ,
c ' t : : -
■ Lieut Abm Gulin, B, IS3*
Butler Christy, C. 123.'
J Bothwell,; A, 123.
John Boyd, A,-128.
■ F A Detnck, A; 123.
John May, G» 123.
Johnßachelor,-8,-123.
John Eggey,'T, 123.
Chas Blett, F.I3V .
‘Geo Martin, F, 131.
Jos Long, G, 131.
; Hiram Smith, D,131. '
Corp J Jones,* B, 133.
Corp J Mitchell, E. 133,
Allen Bhunk, ; 8,133.
Geo Pillington, G, 9L ...
- John StalL G„9l.
SamßWilHamson, G; 9L
Fred LehmanV G,'9l.
Coip ThosvCrozier, H, 91.
. Geo Deterline, Hv-91. .
H McLaughlin, H,4)1.
Corp-Alex Malocli, I, 91,
Corp Geo Leaf, I, 91.,
H W Erdmah, 191.. :
John Callahan, I, 91.
:Corp Wm Clhua, K, 91.
‘ John Dort. K, 91, '
' Jacob Kapliiiger,.K t 91. -
. Rohert Reesei K, 91. .
Thos Young,* E, 91.
Chas Allison; A, 91.
. John Oliver, 8,,91.
Jonathan B; Hart, D, 126.
Adam Nicholas. D, 126 v" '
L.ewis Moratlf 1 ,T),126. r
Kami Bonsall, F; 126
Jesse L>chultz, F, 126.
Jacob E Longacre;;F, 126,
Saml'H Whitmore, F, 126.
Jerome'JWeimer, F, 126; -
Jaw L 126.-
Theo Burchfield,F, 126..
Corp RiCh'WaltfersrG,l26;
Corp SOlJlAlcQdrdy, G;126.
JasM-MoGfcrfcney, G, 126. ,
Jos Shaffer; H, ; 126.
Samuel H.v
Sergt A'JJ£syit.
A A Pomeroy..
Calvinßkihner.
Henry sincke; B, 116.
, J Devonshire, ,A» 116.
' R Brocklehnrst;. a, 116.
S Savousti. A, 116., ; ■
nTh 116.-;L
ll6.
J AltertmsrA, 116.
John Dunn, A,116.
Hr Douglas, A,116. •*.
' ..Thos CRoxbury,:!/, 116.
. ll6.
BenjamiifSmith, A, 116.
Jonas Hendricks,'A, 116; .;
John Dufl'ey, Arll6.
Sergt J Randolph; A, 116; '
Hugh McVey,. DJD6. ;
Th.urSton-Lowe.B,; 26.
Major Larrie Haldeman,l24
Lt v Jas B-Biehl, A D- C. *
Col Ed gar Bi Gregory, 91.
Capt Theo H Parsons. C, 91.
Lt Col D Watson RoWe, 126.
Xt J-Gilmore Rowoi'Ki 126.
Maj Jas Anthony, 129.
Lt C<-1 Wm II Shaw, 134.
; Wm Settles,/A. 91.
Joseph Mills, A, 91. j
W II Carpenter, C, 91.
(ihas Cdates. <5, 91.
John;O’Neil], C, 93.«
Henry Chittioks, C,9l
Jotei»h E Smith, C, 91.
Alex Keely, C,9L
Wm Beale, C, 9L
'Lieut. G Black, U, 81
Lieut ClayMcCauley,®, 1261
LieutTPletcher, 11,426
W Keintylo, A, 91/ ~
Eudolpli Maideli Ai 91
Johnson Agoewi A,-91 i.
Thomas Patterson, B, 91
John Barminsr, C, 91
Wm Hoyan, C/6L '
JohnP Worl, o><9l
George l> Ott, CJ 91
Albert Morgan. 0, 91
Coip; Andrew-Erown/C/9L
fJoip-WHSimpson, C,.91 ;
.Joseph Johnson, D, 91-. ..
9l * -
Samuel Steele, D, 91 1 ’ \
Coip Wm Jeffreys,-E, 91 • .
Bobert Williams; E, 91/ *
Martin BlaPe; E?9l- : . >.
John Halman.-A; 129., •
129.
CorpPredAVelden, C, 129.
James'Donegan, E, 129/
PaimieLAsh, H, 129.
Bcubcn Flich, C. 129.
David Hoover, F, 134,->. =
Sergt Kobe Pai aleyv A/IS4.
Joseph Gundy,
•■*///'' &.■: \ :.f >. : ERiso;
- . Colonel Oharlos.Glantz,llQ
l)r. B. K. Neff. surgeou, If
Major DjuiHSt 03<1 Pojmsy’
Capt John Brant, B, 134.
Corp Sam Wilson, A, 91.
Corp Jacob Lynn, B, 9L
John Bisbing, C, 91.
Wmßry.son, ; E,\9l.
Francis McMakin, E, 91.
Israel H Barnes, G, 91.
Serg Jos F Gebler, F, 91.
Corp John B Coaker, I, 91.
Nicholas C Trout, C, 126.
Ephraim Bell, 1,126.
wm Bartolot, I, 26.
•ThosLipeey, A, 26.
Richard Curtis, A, 26..
Corp Wm Ainsworth, 8,25.
Serg Fred Henry. G, 91.
Corp S Badina, B, 91.
«T>E3>, . _ -
Wm Thompson.
Michael Corner.
WmJ Cumming3.
Christian. Detweillev.
Wm D Johnson, I.
Wm J Woods; »
R S McGeelun. '
Sergt John Thornburg, K.
Wm J Hutchinson, K.
CorpMichl Murphy, A, 118 J
Corp H McCrossin, A, 118.
Coro Cbas Young, A, 118. '
W W Duncan, A, 118,
B E Fletcher, k 118. ;
BTeniT Miller, E, 118.
H S-Lancaster, B, 11S.
Peter Hagevty, K, 118.
Alex Miller.
George Bond.
Theo Labor. .
Corp Chas-Eck, H.
lahac'Nelf.
F Ford.
James Martin. - .
Jacob Curry.X
Joseph Knep.
John J Hunsicker
Martin Kichltne, K.
Wm .Young, A, 134. .. .
Ferdinand Kincaid, A, 131.
Robt Bruce. A.
Adam B Miller, A. .
Corp Sami Sterling, B.
Ephraim Cover, B.
J W Barnett, B. '
John PhilliDS, B, 13a
A McCullip," C, 133.
J M Soland, 1,-133.
G W, Higgins, I, 133.
A Gingrfck, 1,133. :
J C Harris, H; ; 133.
Sergt S Walker, F, 100.
Sergt John Sweeny,?©, 155.
Corp. A SchunckrK; 155.»
Peter Booker, Ai 155. -
Moses Robinson, A, 155.
Adam. Darr, F, 155.
D BtagleyVG, 155.
WmFowls, G, 155.
Pat Stack, B, :155.
J W Drake; B, 155.
Jas H Way, 8,91.
Geo Brunner, B, Ql. .
Jas A Cleary ,'B, 91.
Andrew Glenn, B, 9L
Sami W Salkeld, B, 91.
It W Kissecker.B, 91.
Sergt Thos D Metcalfe, 8,91'
Jas McConnell, C, 91,
G eorge Cole, .C, 91.
Wm Starlipper, C, 91.
J L Zimmerman/C, 91.
Bryson Bruce, .C, 91,v- : \
Cbi’p Jas O Parker, C, 91.
Win S McDowell, C, 91.
Seirgt D L Coyle, C, 91.
Jas A Kipple, C, 91. .-
Wm E MeKinstry, C. 91.
Corp And Halby,-D, 91,
John Smith.
Wm A Gaston. . -
; James Williams.
Matthew'Stump, I.
WmH Moore, X.
Wirt Patton, I.
John Henry, I.
T N Carothers, J. :
George Geedyyl.
WmHawk, I. .
Cornelius Batly, I.
Corp Scott K Snively, K.
John Robinson, K.. - f .
Jacob' A Mayer, K."
John Beamersaerier, K. :
Wm F Rupdrt. K.
Sergt Chas F Falls,' A, 129. :
John Alexander, A, 129. ’
Corp J’ S- Davis, A, 2d
Sergt C'Beatty, K, 20. ..
Capt D* Grantz.-L, 26.
Lt Ji.R ,T Noble,.F, 28. ..
Sergt Geo G Ki'ess.-M. 26.
CorpThoß/JilcCulleyj-B, 26./
Corp Chris Stuchnll, D, 26*
Wm McCain, D, 26. -
Henry Crawford, D, 26. '
Thompson Rutter, D, 2G. :;
JasPßaliuger, G,-28
John B Robinson. L;28.: •
0 P Finney,'M. 26
Jas M Burke, M, -26.
Fred Weotzel, M, 30. ‘
Solomon Goff, B. 83.
O S Kinney, I. S 3.
J Allabangfa, G. 83.
Fred Hampe, D, 83.
John Collins, D. 91.
James Nelson, D, 91,
ChasJTNiede, D, 91.
JohnGareity, E. 91. .
Alex Baird, E, 91.'
John J RuBseLliE> 91.
JohnWheian,'E, 91. •
Wm Gillilan. Y, 91.
Sgt Jolm Evans, G, 91.
Sgt Amos TrumanG, 91. •
Reuben. Numan,G,;9l."
WmSCoxe, G. 91. ■ '
Color Corp Donelly,' D, 26.
Col B C Tilghman. 28. 1
Wm Harlem, A, 116. a
3IN«.
Wm MoCsvtney, 13,9V* ’
John'Summers, H, 911
Eugene Chambers, K, 91
Wm 14 Cooper, K, 91
M Connelly, Ki 91 '
Corp. JasSmitb, F,9l' .
G.Stronpe,T, 91, .. 1: -
Robert Randal, A, 126
Jonathan Bowman, J 3. 126
Sergt J;B Lesher,.B,wl26
J A J Snider, I>, 126 ;
Charles Larch, D,126
-Walker Shearer, 3),>126
J C Ebart.-F; 126
Wm H GirloivF,.l'23
John H Stitt,•'H, 126
Wm Wilson, H; 126 •
James Gray/H; 126
AH’Fusick, I, 126 '
Wm H Snively, K, 126
Robert Jonbne,: A,*131.r» -
Corp TC Birook, D,J3i
Corp B P Ray. B,?lk . ;
A Ef Stewart, D, 134.' -; i
Peter Hockner, CJI23.
Henry Holt, B; 165. ' . .<
G Allen/'B/116. .*• ;
John' Hoiipt, C/IIGL ~ v
iJohn-Harkinsoiii D, •
Q3d Pennsylvania. v
163<1 Pennsylvania, •
'.vaulft. . ‘
THE REBEL ARMY,
Tlic Richmond Enquirer on the Summer
Campaign.
Fortress Monroe, May 16, 0 o’clock P. M.— The
Richmond -Enquirer of the 16th contains the follow
ing editorial article:
“There is evidently to be an active summer* cam-,
paign. The plan of the enemy Beems to be to keep
our attention constantly excited at every point at
once, bo that no part of our whole wide frontier may
be freed from the urgent immediate apprehension of
an attack.
Then they can strike where they •think our line
is weakest or our defences least perfect, and, if re
pulsed, can retire and direct a blow at some other
quarter." In the meantime, they can bag much plun
der and cause much sorrowAhd heartbreak to our
people by expeditions through thinly-peopled re
gions, destitute of troops, and also can force more
and more of our people within their lines to take
their hated oatli, for a quiet life, and to Bave their
property from confiscation.
“ Thus they can both demoralize and rob us with
,in our own border, preparing all the while Berious
assaults, and delivering them just when they are
ready and where they chooße.
“ Itis hard to say at whatpoint they are most ac
tive just now. If one looks southwestwai-d it would
Beem that the State of Mississippi is the region of
the most, extensive operations. Immense armies
are gathering around Vicksburg, and while prepara
tions are in progress for a new; assault upon that
place, the back country is devastated and the people
plundered by cavalry raidß. :
“ But at the very same moment Charleston is kept
on the qui i rive by energetic preparations for another
attack by sea or land, or both at once. The object
may be only to prevent General- Beauregard from
sending away any of the troops which now defend
Charleston; -' - - -
“At the same instant, too, Burnside threatens
East Tennessee, and Hooker, largely reinforced, is
expected to cross the Rappahannock somewhere or
other from Culpeper to Port Royal.
“To keep some of our forces employed in the de
fence of Richmond, reinforcements are sent to
Fortress and lest any part of the country
should have to .assist, the enemy’s gunboats are
harassing North Carolina.
“ In" the ßaleigh Progress of,the 13th inst, we read
‘gunboats continue to prowl up and down the Cro
wan and Perquimans rivers. They steal negroes,
silver-ware, jewelry, and everything they can lay
;hands oh, and have broken up a number of fisheries.
They stole some four thousand dollars’ worth of
jewelry from a man named Cook, breaking up his
furniture, etc., and committed other depredations.’
“In one instance they entered a soldier’s house,
broke the crockery, furniture, Ac, Five or six thou
sand Yankees are reported to be in Plymouth, and
several gunboats in the Sound. There is ho enemy
at Edenton or Elizabeth city. .
“They recently burnt a mill on the Chowan, the
property of Mr. Haye, situated a mile below’Win
ton. Some persons entertain the idea that the force
at Plymouth meditate an expedition up the Roan
oke. .
“ The great number of the enemy’s forces and mul
titudes of their shipping make it easy for them to
carry on simultaneously all -these operations; and
they do not care for delay, for it is our people who
are suffering, not them. -The longer this style of
warfare lastß, the greater will be the mass of plunder
carried North.
“ The more of our mills, machine shops, and rail
roads they have destroyed, the more of our material
resources they will have ruined and wasted, the bet
ter chance theythink they will have for an irresisti
ble advance at last. They are in no hurry.
Last year,;indeed, there was urgent haste to get
the rebellion crushed in thirty days or ninety. Now
we hear much less of the vehement ,urgency, and the
whole Yankee nation seems to have laid out its ac
counts for war as the settled business of life rather
than consent to peace and separation.
.“They are perfectly willing to fight upon the pre
sent system for twenty years or forty. They are wil
ling during all that time to go on submitting to such
defeats as they have sustained at Fredericksljurg
and on the Rappahannock, because by these defeats
they lose not a foot of ground.
“They lose,nothing but men, and they are of less
value to them than m To kill one thousand
Southern, soldiers they would be willing at anytime
to sacrifice five thousand Hessians to sustain a re
pulse, which they would represent, however, as a
mere retreat for strategic - reasons, and-rather
honorable than otherwise j and they would regard
the transaction as a paying one oh the whole.
“ One thousand gallant Southern-lives lost to us
are ill-balStaced by five thousand of their base hire
lings. Jackson alone is a dearer loss to us than
Hooker and his whole hundred and fifty thousand
would be to them. And they speculate that it may
be Lee’s tufmnext,. orXongstreet’e, and that at any
rate they are killing us slowly off.
“ And in the meantime they are stealing much and
ruining more, and their wwinehand children are safe
at home. Many of them dress betterthan ever be
fore in the spoils of our homes, while Confederate
women and children are routed - out of house and
home and chased like wild beaßts.
“In short, if we can endure this war for the next
hall century, they cau and will wish u& joy of our
victories and our glory.
“"We urge nothing, suggest nothing, hint nothing.
>Weonly state the facts. Such is the policy of the
enemyj such is his calculation^and such is his inte
rest and intent.”
THE. WAR IN MISSISSIPPI.
- Fortress Monroe, May lG;— The Richmond- En~
quireT) of yesterday, contains the following:
The enemy, yesterday, advanced one thousand
strong upon Raymond, where Gen, Bragg had 4,100
infantry, and a-few- cavalry. .
Skirmishing commenced at nine o’clock in the
forenoon. The enemy was continually
till one o’clock- in the jafternoon, when we opened
the battle heavily with musketry. o •
Hearing that the enemy was heavily reinforced,
and ready to engage, we retired through Raymond,
making a stand at Mississippi Springs, where we
have reinforcements.
. Colonel McGavook, of the 10th Tennessee, was
killed.... >
firing to-day is heavy and continuous
towards Jackson. - v. • - -• '•** - :
thoußand of Grant’s ca-*
valry entered; < and ‘burned" Crystal Springs,' on
r RailFOad,-to-day at twelve o’clock.
;-Springs.: is a station twenty-five niHes’
south of Jackson.
Jackson, May 16.—The enemy are fortifying
themselves at Rocky Springs and Western Springs.
General-Osterhaus is at Cayuga/with one hun
dred and fifty cavalry and six or seven regiments of
jnfantry. •
The enemy are being reinforced at Willow Springs
aDd Rocky SpriDge from the liver. General Grant
will probably -advance east, and not direct to
Vickßburg. '
The enemy’s fleet above the city is increasing.
REPORTS FROM BRAGG.
Chattanooga, May 11.—All is quiet in front and
there is no prospect of a battle.
Andrew Johnson is as a major ge
neral of the Yankee army, with authority to organ
ize a force of 5,000 Tennesseans and 10,000 niggerß.
Bob Johnson, son of Andy, has been prompted to a
brigadier. :
Ex-Governor Neil S. Brown has come through
the lines from Nashville,, and is now at Pulaski;
The Richmond Enquirer says that five or six trans
ports landed Federal troops at West Point, Ya., on
the 13th, who are throwing up entrenchments across
the Point* from tlie Mattapony to the Pamunkey
river.
TunnAHoarA, Tuesday, May 12.—General Bragg,
reviewed the'Northern Alabama' troops yesterday.
He addressed them briefly in highly complimentary
terms. . He gave , a spirited , and encouraging ac
count of the’situation in front/and expressed the
ardent : hope that they may meet an attack of the
enemy. lie leaveß to-day to inspect the front. All
quiet. ~
STONEWALL JACKSON’?; DEATH.
TFrom the Bicbmoud Enquirer, May. 13.]
• General Jackson, having-gone some distance In
front of the line of skirmishers on Saturday evening,
was returning about eight olclock, attended by his
stall' and part of his couriers. .The cavalcade was,
• in.the darkness of the night, mistaken for a body of
the enemy’s cavalry, and fired upon by a regimeht of
his own corps. He was struck by three balls, one
through the left arm, two inches below the shoulder
joint, shattering the bone and severing the chief
artery; another 'ball passed through the : same
arm between the elbow and wrist, making its exit
through the palm of the hand; a third bali entered
the palm of the right hand about its middle, pasting
through, and broke two .bones. He was wounded on
the plank road, about fifty yards in advance of the
enemy." He fell from his horse, and was caught by
Captain Wormley, to whom he remarked. “ All my
wounds are by my own men.” He had given orders to
fireAt anything coming up the road before he.left
the linej." The enemy’s skirmishers appeared ahead
of him, and he turned'to ride back. Just then some
one cried out; “ Cavalry, charge !” and immediately
the regimentfirod. . ,
The. whole party broke forward to ride through
our line to escape the lire. Captain Roswell was
killed/ahd oarried through the line by liis horse, and
fell among our own men. Col. Couchfield, chief of
stafi*, was wounded by his side. Two couriers were
killed. Major Pendleton and Lieuts. Blorrisou and
Smith escaped uninjured. GenrJackson was imme
diately placed on a litter, And started for the rear.
The firing attracted the attention of the enemy, and;
was resumed by both lines. One litter-bearer was
shot down,.and the General fell from the shoulders
of;the men, receiving a severe contusion, adding
to r the injury of the arm, and injuring his side se
verely. .
The enemy’s fire of artillery on this point was ter
rible. General Jackson was left for five minutes,
until the fire slackened; then placed iu an ambu
lance, and carried to the field hospital at Wilderness
run. He lost a large amount of bloed, and at one
time told Dr. McGuire he thought he was dying, and
would have bled to death; but a torniquet wa& im
mediately applied. For two hours he tvas nearly.
pulseless from the shock. • As he was being-carried
Jrom the field, frequent inquiries were made by the
soldiers,; 11 Who have youtheret” He told : the doc
tor, .“©o not tell the troops Xam r
After the reaction,; a consultation was held be
tween Drs. Black, Coleman, Walls, and, MoGiuire,
and amputation was decided upon. He was asked:
*‘lf we find amputation necessary; shall it be done
at once?” “Yes, certainly, Dr. McGuire—do for
me whatever you think is right.” The operation
was performed while he was under the influence of
chloroform, and was borne well. He slept onSrn
day morning, was cheerful, and m,everyway was
doing well. He sent for Mrs. Jackson, asked mi
nutely-about the battle, spoke cheerfully of the re
suit,' and said: If I had not been'woundod, or had
an hour more of daylight. I would.- have cut off the
cncxny from the road to the United States ford, and
we would have had them entirely surrounded, and
they would have been obliged to surrender or out
.their way out.’ They had noother alternative.
IVIy troops sometimes may fail in .driving the ene
my from a position, but the enetay always fail to
drive my men from a position. This was said smi
lingly.
■ He complained this day-of the fall from the litter,
although no contusion or abrasion was- apparent as
the-reeult of the fall. He. did not complain of his
wounds; never. Bpoke of them unless asked. On Sun
day. evening.he slept well. On Monday he was car
ried to Ohancellor’B hbus©, hear Guiney’s depot.
He Was • cheerful • talkedaboutthe brave, gallant
bearing of General Hhod.es, and said that hia major
general’s commission ought to date from Saturday $
: the grand charge of his old Stonewall brigade, of
which he had heard; asked after all his officers;
during the day talked more than usual, and said:
“Men who live through this war will be uioud to
say, 1 1 was one of the Stonewall-brigade, 1 to their
children. 11 He insisted that the term Stonewall be
longed to them, and hot to him. '
During the ride to Guiney’a he complained greatly
of heat, and, besides wet applications to his wounds,
begged that a wet cloth be applied! to his stomach,
which was done, greaily to his relief as he expressed
it. He slept well jdn Monday night, and ate with
relish the next morning. On Tuesday his wounds wore
doing very well; He asked, “Can you tell me,'from
the appearance of my wounds, how long I will’be
keptfrom the field?” He was greatly satisfied when
told they were.doing remarkably well. He did hot
complain of any pain in Kts side, and wanted to see
the members of hia staff, but-was advised hot. On
■Wednesday his wounds looked remarkably well.
.He expected to go to Richmond this day.'but-was
prevented, by rain. This night, while his surgeon
(who had slept none fofthree nights) was asleep, he
complained of nausea, arid ordered his boy, Jim, to
place a'wet towel overplus atomaoh. This was done.
Aboutdayiightthe surgeon was awakened by the
toy-saying, “the s General is in great pain.” The.,
pain waß in the'right side, and due to incipient pneu
monia, and some nervousness, which he himself at
tributed from the litter, On Thursday
Mrs. Jackson arrived, greatly-to his joy and satis
faction, and faithfully nursed him to the end,.
By Thursday eye Ding all pain had ocased. He Buf
fered greatly from prostration.- On Friday he suti'eied
f o pain, but prostration increased. < "
;OnSuhday it was apparent that
* e v?as rapidly sinking,-Mrs. Jackson waa informed.
THREE CENTS.
of his condition. She then had free and full con
verse with him, and told him he waa going to die.
He eaid, “Very good; very good. It is all right."
He had previously said : “I consider these wounds
a blessing. .They were given me for some good and
wise purpoße. I would not part with them if I
could." He asked of Major Pendleton: "Who is
preaching at headquarters to-day?” He sent mes
sages to all the generals. He expressed a wish to be
buried in Lexington, in the Valley of Virginia. Du
ring delirium his mind reverted to the battle-field, -
and he sent orders to General A. P. Hill to prepare
for action, and to Major Hawks, his commissary,
and to the surgeons. He frequently expressed to his
aids his wish that Major General Ewell should be
ordered to command his corps. His confidence In
General. Ewell was very great, and the manner in
which he spoke of him showed that he had duly con
sidered the matter.
THE FUNERAL OF JACKSON.
[From the Richmond Enquirer, May 13. j
The city, was again, on yesterday, the scene of
anothertumultuous outburst of mourning, and the
last offices of honor to the departed hero were per
formed with fitting magnificence. In no public
ceremony, not even the grand display which attend
ed the inauguration of the monument to Washing
ton some years ago, has Richmond been rendered
more memorable than upon this occasion, when
every branch of the Confederate and State Govern
ments, with an army of bronzed and hardy, heroes,
and the whole city pouring forth its living tribute,
aged and young of both sexes, joined in the pageant,
and gave it all the imposing grandeur which sym
pathy; sorrow, love, and admiration united, could
bestow. ..
In accordance with arrangements made upon Mon
day, the procession was formed upon Capitol Square
at 10 o’clock, stretching along . Monument avenue
from the Governor’s mansion out upon Grace street,
and consisted of the following civil and military
-bodies:
Public guard, with Armory Band, followed by the
19th and 56th Virginia Infantry, Major
Wren’s battalion of cavalry, and
the Richmond Lafayette Ar
tillery, all preceded
by a full band. *
Hearse drawn.by four white horses, appropriately
caparisoned, the hearse draped and plumed,
and the coffin wrapped and decorated
with flowers.
Palhbearers, consisting of the Staff of the lamented
Hero, and several other officers of high rank,
wearing the insignia of mourning.
Carriages; containing—first, his Excellency the Presi
dent, and the family of the.deceased, followed by
personal friends and distinguished admirers;
vaxiouß chiefß of Departments, State and
Confederate, civil, military.and ju
dicial ; the Mayor of the city and
members of the Council.
On either side, and in the rear, an immense throng
of ladies and gentlemen, children, servants, and sol
diers mingled ready to move along with the proces
sion. The banners were draped with crape, and the
swords of the military officials were draped at the
■ hilt. The artillery bore the sad insignia ; the arms
of the infantry were reversed j the drumß were muf
fled, and at the given hour a gun stationed beneath
the monument boomed forth the signal for motion.
General George W. Randolph, chief marshal of
the ceremony, proceeded to the front, and the caval
cade moved slowly out upon Governor street,
through the Mansion gate. The bells of the city
commenced tolling, and soon a melancholy dirge
swelled forth in moving tones from the .leading
corps of musicians. The proceßßion passed down
Governor to Main street, turning up the latter,
i and proceeding as far as Second ‘ street. The
streets were crowded with people; Btores were
closed. As the pageant moved along, and
from many windows floated flags draped in mourn
ing. The flags upon the public buildings re
mained, as on Monday, at half-mast. The scene
on Main street was beyond adequate description, so
impressive, so beautiful, so full of stirring associa
tions. blending with the martial dirges of the bands,
the gleam of mußket, rifle, and sabre drawn, the
sheen of black cannon, thousands of throbbing
hearts, and the soul of sorrow that mantled over all.
From Second street, through which the procession
partly passed, it wheeled into Grace street, down
which it returned to Capitol Square, entering by
Monument gate.- At different stages of the obse
quies, the cannon, which remained stationed at the
foot of the monument, pealed outdn tones of thun
der, which heightened the effect of the tolling bells,
the solemn music, and the grand display.
The hearse being drawn up infront of the Capitol,
the coffin was removed to the Hall of the House of
Representatives, where it was laid in state in front
of the Speaker’s seat. Thousands crowded into the
building, many bearing splendid bouquets with
which to adorn the coffin, and at night hundreds'
were turned away, after hours of fruitless effort,
without seeing the face of the beloved departed war
rior. The remains will be sent to Lexington this
morning; All the courts in Richmond'passed reso
lutions of respect to the memory of Jackson, and
adjourned to attend the ceremonies,
STATUE TO JACKSON.
The Richmond of the Kth, says that mea
sures are already initiated to obtain a bronze statue
of the late General Jackson, and place it on the
plateau in front of the south portico of the Capitol.
The remains of General Jackson were conveyed to
the Central cars yesterday, en route to hiß late home
in Lexington. They were accompanied by several
members of his staff and personal friends.
THE REBEL LOSSES.
The Enquirer ’and Sentinel both •: publish in detail
extensive listß of killed and wounded.. They show
that the slaughter of their, troops was far greater
than ours. The following losses are stated: . -
Hays’ Louisiana Brigade—sth Louisiana, 75-; 6th
Louisiana, 182; 7th Louisiana, 118 ; Bth Louisian*
170 5 9th Louisiana, 116. Total, 663, or one-third of
;.the total number inaction.' • ' .
NichollsfLouisiana Brigade— lst Louisiana, 50:
2d Louisiana, 126;- 10th Louisiana, 86; 15th Loui
siana,-104; 14th Louisiana, 81: general’s staff, 1,
■ Total, 448. ~ ’
Brig. General Nicholls, commanding, severely
wounded, leg amputated. ;
Posey’s Mississippi Brigade lost 350; the- 61st Yir
ginia, 41; 3d Alabama, 225 —making an aggregate
loss of killed, wounded, and missing, in three bri
gades.and two regiments, 1,737. ... .
r In A. P.-Hill’s division tlie following casualties
‘occurred.among-/general-officers : : Gen; A. P; Hill,
' w.ounded yGen. Thomas,- killed: Gens.—Mc-
Gowan and Heth, wounded: ‘ • -
BURNSIDE;
The has a savage article on Gen. Burn
side for his order against spieß and traitors at home,
and condoles with Yallandigham In his * 1 persecu
tion.” '
CONDITION OF THE RAILROAD:
The Sentinel' announces that trains are now run
ning to Milford depot, on the' Fredericksburg rail
road. .Milford is near the Mattapony river;
A .TRIP INTO KENTUCKY.
Major Frank Lynch, on Major General’ Wheeler’s
staff, under date of April 20th, writes to his wife, at
Montgomery, Ala., that;
-“The scouts last night,brought in reports that
Rosecrahs waß getting ready to advance; If so, it
1b just what we want, and what we ha ve been pray
ing for for a month past. We are all ready for
him. * * *. I think we shall go into Ken
tucky soon, if the enemy does-not make a forward
move.” , . . '
An officer in Terry’s- regiment of Texan Rangers,
in Wheeler’s-command, writing to his brother on
the.Slst, speaks ol the proposed-raid into Kentucky
as follows: . •
- “ Beyond doubt we will have to go to Kentucky
soon, or starve out ourselves and horses. Rumor
has it that we start as soon as we can cross the Cun*
b£rlamL Wheeler’s whole corps will go—the two
divisions of Morgan and Wharton—five brigades in
all. and three batteries of artillery.” -
; Another Texan Ranger, also in t Wheeler’s com
mand; writes'that— : /
“ Our cavalry will all go to Kentucky, I think, as
soon aa.jhe river gets low enough to'cross. ; We all
want to go there to rig ourselves-out. Everything
is very scarce and higkbere—boots; s4s@7s pants;
$4O; coatß (uniform), $450 ;• common horses, from
S3COtO $500.”
The following is the opinion of a woman who
writes to her brother in Morgan’s cavalry: •
“As to the war, there is no x>robability of its ceas
ing.’ The Abolitionists are as anxious-for separa
tion as the Secessionists, now that they are satisfied
that they cannot abolish slavery, but the Democrats
are determined to force the South-into : the Union.” ,
r , ' HUNTING CONSCRIPTS.
A husband writes his wife that he is still' “hunt
ing conscripts.” . In East Tennessee the rebels have
a company of Cherokee Indians engaged in the same
business; This fellow says: - ' '
:“ I esterday, I was out with four men. The first
hiding place we found was in a small thicket be
tween a wagon road and a creek. One of our party
accidentally^stepped; into the top of the chimney.
;The den hadr been dug’ in the earth, a'little larger
than a grave. It had a- snug little fireplace* a-nd
plenty of straw, and a coffee-pot in it; It was* nicely
covered with boards, with a snug trap? or fall-door to
go in at, and the. whole covered- with leave* and
trash so,as to make a natural-appearance; But Ihere
was no person within. This was something new to
us. We then proceeded to hunt further. On the
opposite side of where the man. lived we found
another den similar to the first by the side of a large
log. We have reason to believe there are many
such places in this country.; therefore the catching
of conscripts has become quite a tedious business.”
CIRCUMSTANCES OF VAN DORN’S DEATH.
The Nashville Dispatch of Wednesday contains the
’ following account of the killing ol the rebel Van
Dorn: /.
The reported killing of Gen. Van Dorn by.'Dr.
Peters has been confirmed. It occurred in his quar
ters at . Spring Hill, on the morning of the 7ch inat.
Dr, Peters has arrived in this city,, and from. Mm we
learn that the cause of the difficulty, which resulted
in the death of Van Dorm was an interview held
Ihirly hours previous to the killing, in which the
latter agreed, on his honor, to- give . Dr. Peters a
written statement'the next day, setting forth four
distinctr facts. Dr. Peterß said to Mm, that upon
the fulfil]ment of thiß promiae, he w:ould spare his
life to his wife and children,' although Van Dorn had -
said he cared nothing for hi® own wife. ' The next
day Dr. Peters was Bick, and did not eall on Van Dorn
until the second day, Thursday morning, about
eight, when he demanded of Van ; Dorn a compli
ance with his promise, which he seemed not in
clined to do. Dr. Peterß then said that he would
- give him half an hour in : which to comply, and dis
tinctly notified him that, in case of failure,
- his life should be the forfeit. He then walked iip
into the village. On hia return Van'Dom read to
him what he bad written. The first clause fully
complied with his promise jtlie second was an entire
misrepresentation; and the other two acknowledg
ments he refused to make. Dr. Peters then de
nounced him for his bad faith, when; Van; Dorn
cursed him for a u cowardly dog,” and ordered him
to leave the room, or he would kick him out. Dr.
Peters then drew his pistol and fired, the hall taking
effect in the left side of the head, and producing in
'stant deathi ; - '
rDr Peters picked up the statement Van Dom had
'prepared, and has preserved it as circumstantial
evidence of preceding events, and, mounting Ms
horse, rode off. Avoiding. the pickets at Hurt’s, he
crossed Duck river and arrived at Shelb'yville, when
he learned that Gen. Polk, to .whom he had intended
surrendering himself, had issued an order for Mb
anest. The next morning he left for Winchester,
disguised, and passing through. Gaineßboro’ and-
Gallatin,.arrived at this place on Monday evening.
: fc'ire at| Reading.
Reading, May 16.—About four o’clock this after
noon a tlTe bToke out in the foundry and Beale works
of Moore & Dehart, Bituated in Cherry alley, below
Fourth street, the flames extending, to and con
suming four small dwellings and several frame
stables; The sparks from the latter fell on the roofs
of dwellings, on Washington street, and set fir® to,
and totally burnt out, five more dwellings, with a
great part of their lt was feared at. one
time that the city, would Buffer ;to a great extent,
owing to the high wind which was prevailing at the
time. The loss amounted to.about $60,000.
Trial of a Clergyman*
Chicago, May 16.—Rev. E. W. Hager, who has
been on ’ trial at Joliet, before an ’ ecclesiastical
court, for alleged immoral conduct, was to-day, bv a
unanimous verdict, fully and honorably acquitted.
Movements ofU. S. Vessels*
New YokkJ May 16.—The United States steamer
Vanderbilt arrived at St. Thomas May 2d.
The bark Gemßbok sailed from St. Croix on
Ist for St. Thomas. /
Seizure of a New York Vessel by.lJic
Rebels* ■'
New Yomc, May 16.— The sloop JLapwing has
been seized in tlie'Jßio Grande by the rebel autho-,
rities. She was from New York, had a valuable
cargo, . ~ ‘
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RUSSII AND POLiND,
The Austrian Note to the Czar.
The Gazette of April 27publishes the follow
ing as the t e xt of the note sent by Austria to the (Tonrfc
of St. Petersburg concerning Poland • * lO u>art
Since the defeaUnd the dispersion of the armed bands,
by their numbei-B and organization, the in
surrection in Poland is reduced to leas serious propor
tions. -. v • ' ■
This fact, which exonerates the Russian Government
of what it may have hitherto considered due to conside
rations of dignity and military honor, leaves ns free to
direct its attention to the pernicious influence of the Po
lish Government on our own provinces.
It is, in point of fact, impossible. hot that GaUicia
should not feel the effect of events- so- deplorable as those
which have taken place in. the immediate vicinity of oar
frontiers. Grave embarrassments-'are tnus occasioned
to the imperial Government, which is therefore bound to
atlach peculiar-importance to prevent their recurrence
The Cabinet of St. Petersburg will, no doubt, itself
understand the dangers arising from these periodical
revolutions in Poland, and it will acknowledge the ex
pediency of taking into consideration the means calcu
lated to pot an end to them, by replacing the - Polish
provinces subject toßussia in the conditions of a dura
ble peace. ......
Such a course would avert consequences disastrous for
the whole of Europe, but peculiarly so for the countries
winch, are more directly affected by conflicts, which,'aa,
is shown by the last we have been called on to wit
ness, inevitably result in agitating public opinion to a
degree alarming for the various Governments, and cal
culated, moreover, to bring about serious complica
tions. - >
„. You will be pleased, M. le Comte, to lay. these remarks
in the post friendly form, ,bef« re the Vice Chancellor,
audio inform us of the manner in which they have been,
received. •
ENGLAND’S NOTE TO THE CZAR.
EARL RUSSELL TO LORD XAPIER.
_ T T „ „ . Foreign Office, April 10,1363.
Mr Lord: Her Majesty's Government think it incum
bent upon them to. state once more to the Government of
his Majesty th# Emperor of.Kusria the deep interest
which, in common with the rest of Europe, they take in
the welfare of the kingdom of Poland; i
The general sympathy which is felt for the. Polish na
tion might of itself justify her Majesty’s Government in
making, in favor of the Polish race, an appeal to the
generous and benevolent teelings of his Imperial Ma
jesty, who has oj late, by various and important mea
sures of improvement and-reform, manifested an en
lightened desire to. promote the welfrre of all classes of
his subjects. But with regard to the kingdom of Poland,
her Majesty’s Government feel that the Government of
Great Britain has a peculiar right-to make its 'opinions
known to that of his Imperial Majesty, because Great
Britain having, in.common with Austria, France, Prus
sia,' Portugal, Spain, and Sweden, been a party to the
treaty of Vienna of June, 1815, lur Majesty’s Government
are entitled to interpose with regard to any matter
winch may appear to them to constitute a, departure from
the provisions and stipulations of that treaty.
By the first article of that treaty the Grand Duchy of
Warsaw was erected into a kingdom of Poland, to be in
separably attached to the Empire of Russia under certain
conditions specified iii that article; and her Majesty’s
Government are concerned to have to say that, although,
the union of the kingdom to the empire has been main
tained. the conditions on which that union was distinct
ly made'fo depend have not been fulfilled by the Russian
Government. ‘ /
The Emperor Alexander, in execution of - the engage
ments contracted by the treaty of Vienna, established in
the kingdom of Poland a national representation and
national institutions corresponding with the stipulations
of the treaty. It is not necessary for her Majesty’s Go
vernment now to observe upon the manner in which
those arrangements were practically administered from
that time down to the revolt inl&Q. But upon the sup
pression of that revolt by the success of the imperial,
arms those arrangements were swept away, and a totally
different order of things was by the imperial authority
established. .
Prince Gortcbakoff argues, as his predecessors in office
have on former occasions argued, that the suppression,
of that revolt cancelled all the engagements of Russia
in the treaty of Vienna with regard to the kingdom .of
Poland, and left the Emperor of RnAsia at full liberty to
deal with the kingdom of Poland as with a conquered
country, and to dispose of its people and institutions at
hiswili. But her Majesty’s Government cannot acqui
esce in a doctrine which they deem so contrarv to good
faith, so-destractive of the obligation of treaties, and so
fatal to all the international ties which bind together the
community of .European States and Powers.
If, indeed, the Emperor of Russia had held Poland as
part of theoriginal dominions of his crown, or if he had
acquired it by the unassisted success of his arms, and
unsanctioned by the consent of. any other Power, he
could have contended that might was equivalent to right,
and, without listening to the dictates of generosiW ana
justice, lie might have punished a temporary revolt of a
portion of his Polish subjects by deprlviog the whole of
them and tneir descendants forever of those privileges
and institutions which his predecessor had deemed es
sential to the welfare and prosperity of the Polish king
dom. . ■.
But the position of the Russian sovereign with regard
to the kingdom of Poland was, entirely /different. He
.held that kingdom by the solemn stipulation of a treaty
made by him with Great Britain, Austria, Franca, Prus
sia, Portugal, Spain and Sweden: and the Tevoltof the
- Poles could not release him from the engagements so
contracted, nor obliterate the signatures by which his
Plenipotentiaries had concluded, and he himself had
ratified,: those engagements. .' • •
The question, then, having arisen whether the engage
ments taken by Russia by the treaty of Vienna have
been and are now faithfully earned into execution, her
Majesty’s Government, with deep regret, feel bound to
say that this question must be answered in the nega
tive.
With regard to the present revolt, her Majesty’s Go
vernment forbear to dwell upon that long course of ac
tion. civil, political, and military, carried on by the Rus
sian Government within the kingdom of Poland, of
which the Poles so loudly complain, and to which they
refer as the causes which in their opi
nion justified, their insurrection. Her Majesty’s go
vernment would rather advert to the mnch-wished-ior
termination of these lamentahletroubles.
What may be the final issue of this contest it is not
indeed, for her Majesty’s Government to fortell; but whe*
ther the result shall be the more extended spread of the
-insurrection, ; andits assumption of dimensions not at
present contemplated, or whether, as is more likely,
that Tesult shall be the ultimate success of the' imperial
arms, it is clear and certain that neither result can be
arrived at without a calamitous effusion of blood, a great
sacrifice of human life, and an extensive devastation of
property;'and it is evident that even if Poland shall be
reduced to .subjection, the remembrance of the events of
the struggle will long continue to make it the bitter ene
my of Russia, and a source of weakness and of
instead of being an element of security and of strength.
Her. Majesty-s Government, therefore, most earnestly
entreat ; the Government of Russia to give their most se
rious attention to all the foregoing considerations; and
her Majesty’s Government would beg, moreover,to sub
mit to the Imperial Government that; besides the obliga
tions of treaties, Russia, as a member of. the community
of European States, has duties of comity towards other
nations to fulfil. The condition of things which has
nowlor a long course of time existed in Poland is a
source of danger not to Russia alone, but also to the gene
ral Teaceof Europe. "
' T Tfie disturbances which are perpetually breaking out
among the Polish .subjects of his Imperial Majesty ne
• ces'sarily.produce a’serious agitation of opinion - in other
tending to'exeite much anxiety in
the minds of their Governments, and which, might, un
der possible circumstances: nroducecomplicationsof the
most serious nature.
- Her Majesty’s Government, therefore, fervently hope
-that the Russian Government will so arrange these mat
ters that peace may be restored to the Polish people, and
may be established upon lasting foundations.
Your lordship will read this despatch to Prince Gorts
chakoff, and you will give him a copy of it. I am. &c.
RUSSELL-
EARL RUSSELL ARB ‘ BARON BBUNfjp'.
A second English despateh of the same date contains
the following important conversation between Earl Rus
sell and Baron Brunow r
Baron Brunow asked me some questions as to the na
ture of the representations about to Be- made at St. Pe
tersburg, and when I told him that the despatch of her
Majesty’s Government was chiefly founded on Hie non
observance of the stipulations of the- treaty of Vienna,
he expressed some satisfaction that we still founded our
.‘demands on the basis of that treaty. But there was one
question he felt he was entitled to ask. aud that-was
whether the communication lier Majesty’s Government
were about to make'at St. Petersburg was of a pa
cific nature.
I replied that it was;but that as I did not wlshtomis
lead him,'l must ,say something more. Her Majesty’s
Government had no intentions that were otherwise than
pacific, still less any concert with other. Powers for- fyny
but pacific purposes.
But the state of things might change. The present
overtures of her Majesty’s Government might be rejected,
as the representation of the 2d of March bad been reject
ed’by the Imperial Government. ‘-The insurrections in
Poland might continue, aud might assume larger pro
portions; the atrocities on both sides might be aggra
vated, and extended to a wider range of couutry. If, iu
such a state-of affairs,, the Emperor of-Russia were to
. takes no steps ofa conciliatory nature, dangers and com
plications might arise not at present in contemplation.
Baron Brunow.said he could not call our former de
spatch an overture.---The intentions of the Emperor
towards Poland were most kind and benevolent. But
there were -projects afloat for altering the map of Eu
rope. In these projects compensations toJßussia were in
cluded. Russia entered into hone of these projects; she
wanted no compensation; she held by the present terri
torial arrangements of Europe, and he (Baron Brnnowl
trusted Great Britain would do so likewise.
I saidit was ’the 'wish lof her Majesty’s (.Government
to do- so.'- But Russia herself had-in .somecases been
active m proposing and carrying into .effect.territorial
changes, - I trusted, howevi r, that in'tke present case
the EmperoT of Russia, by granting : an amnesty .to
those who would lay down their arms, and the benefits
of free institutions to Poland, would put'an end to the
insurrection. . ; .- r . ~. =.
REPLY OP THE CZAR TO THE GREAT POWERS.
The Paris Presse r of May 1, gives the' first interesting
gleanings ofthe probable Russian answer: .
Oh the 19th of April the - Imperial Council met. under
-the presidency of the Czar.. .All present seemed to agree
that although the steps taken by the Powers might not
seem, .to exercise pressure,'inaszaueh as :the demands
Were not specified, still they were so far worse*.'as they
• strved as an encouragement to the revolution. • Con
, sideling th e matter from this point, the communication
aggravated the position without showing the way of
solving the difficulty without" self-abasement. In
stead of endeavoring t° "stop the effusion of blood
aimed 1 at bv the. amnesty, the notes; are a manifes
tation in the opposite direction —a calling to : the
Poles - to. continue the struggle instead of influencing*
the insurgents to. law down their arms previous
•to an interference in their favor. In the latter case Rus
' sia might have gone onwaid with the concessions ;• now,
such athing is impossible-without atotal abdication.
The:last words are said to come fr&m Prince Gortcha
koff.; .-Besides, continues the correspondent, from' a
practical poiiit of .view,^that which the Powers- demand
is not so easily inasmuch as.betweezt that
which fhe-insurgents demand, and. the Government can
concede, tliere is ; an impassableSabyss. An-independent
army, and the re-iucorporation of. the quondam Polish
provinces the Government would' never consent to, and
-with- less the,Poles would not be.satisfied. What could
then he the aim of' the notes ? ' What-practical clue can
they offertothe solution? The'correspondent, though,
admitting that these might not he;the last words, guaran
tees the fact ’that this was the unanimous 'opinion'".of
the Council up to the last date.
THE CHANCES OP WAR. . : .
[Prom the London Globe (semi-official organ) April 3XI
No one can read through the Correspondence Re
specting-the Insurrection m Poland.” just presented to-
Parliament, -without feeling that for the last three months
the peace of .Europe has been constantly in danger, and.
no one can, pause upon the necessarily abrupt termi
nation of the papers-without feeling that ~tbe: danger is
not at an-end.-'At the same time, every true Englishman
will be proud of the action of his bwii Government under
these trying circumstances. From the first Earl Bussell
took a just and statesmanlike view of the facts. It is no
wonder he was not jnisledhy the pro-Russian reports of
the British Consul General at Warsaw, whose discern
ment was so ; sadly at fault, and from the first he found
almost able and clear-sighted informant in Lord Na
pier, who, while he gives praise to the Emperor that
is ; justly , his, due, sees, distinctly.-,the actual character
pi the revolt, and the atrocious'proceedings which^led
to it.;,-;The of the and arbitrarymodeof
obtaining recruits adopted by theßussianGovernment is
avowed by Prince Gortschakoff to be that of sweeping the
ground clear of person s hostile to Russian rale. Our own
Government never lost sight of the real origin of tho re
volt,never scrupled to say where the responsibility rested,
andnever refrained on fit occasion from pointing out the
consequences that might flow from it. As early as the 2d.
of March lord Russell suggested to the Russian Govern-.
, xnent the propriety o£ granting an immediate and uncon*-
ditional amnesty,and asked whythe Emperor at.the samo
time should not “announce his iutention to. replace,,
without delay, his kngdom of Poland in possession, of
the political and civil privileges which were'granted
to it by the Emperor Alexander I, in execution of the
.stipulation of the treaty of ISl5?’-’ And on ApiiL 10,
in the note which was subsequently presented entire
same day with the notes of Austria and France, it-will
be seen that Lord 'Russell pointed out, with’ emphasis,
the non-fulfilment of the stipulations of the Treaty of
Vienna, and pressed upon Russia that of
things which has'now for a long course of idmooxisted to.
Poland i» a source ot danger not to Russia alone,but also
to the general peace of Europe. ” He intimates the pos
sibility of more tenons complications,, und inhiß conver
sion with. Baron Brunow he is still jnore emphatic. In.
answer to the Russian minister, Lo,fd Kasself said: that
‘ Her Majesty’s Government had 'ho intentions that were
otherwise than pacific, still any concert -with, any
other Powers for. any but pacjfic'purposes.. But ha
says something; more—" tne.- state of things might
change: ’ the present overthie might be rejected; the
insurrection might assume ’/argetfproportions;” and,|‘ k if
m such.a state of affairs. t\le Emperor of Russia were .to
take no steps of a concili dtory nature, dangers and com
, plications jnight aiisQ r A ot at present in: contemplation. ’*
it was the duty of th / y British Government, which has
no'ihterest in promoting any disturbance-.df the peace,
to make the Bussifji Go vernmefitfeel.all the dangers of
the situation. ; it is dear that the Russian-Govern
ment did not cor f ec tiy appreciate the position in which it
stood with regard toEnrope, and dia not anticipate that
; the be taken up so seriously by they
Western -Rc/wera and Austria. "Whether peace will-be
preserved depends upon a variety of contingencies which
cannot pVforeseen* But, whatever the result maybe, the
British Government will*have the satisfiictio'n of baving
done 'js duty as. one of, the States most interested in pre
eerv jpg peace; but also hound to preserve its dignity, its
and its place among the nations.,.
DEFEAT OF THE RUSSIANS WITH GREAT LOSS
r • NEAR WARKA. • ; •
i * *•" Thorn, Apri1.29,1563. -
Last Saturday an important engagement
between the Russians and the iinsurgents, near Waxica,
south of . "Warsaw, The Russians were .defeated with
| great loss,
DEFEATS OF THE POLES.
On the 25th of April a band of four hundred-men.was
defeated near the Station Lozz, south of Czaiatobkowo.
The loss of the insurgents was fortT killed. --On the
same day- a : body- of on© thousand-.five;Jiondre<Li.iisiir
gents was defeated near Pusthow, northrof Kalisch, with
the -lees of twohnndred killed, one hundrid prisoners,
and many arms. . V? • ../