S| t .JJm*. MONDAY, MAY 38, 1863. THE NEWS. ] We learn from the Army, of the Potomac that he rebels, profiting from the experience of the last tattle, are throwing up earthworks in the rear of Fredericksburg. No immediate movement of the •Army of the Potomac is expected, noris the rumor confirmed that General Halleck would take the field. The aggregate of our losses in the late battles trill not reach eleven thousand. The rebels are fignin upon their feet, and General Hooker,'returned to Falmouth, is diligently preparing for an early campaign. General Hooker expresses to the troops, whose term of service haq. expired, his farewell acknowledgment of .their efforts and devotion, Re gimental commanders express the opinion, in many cases, that more than half of their men will re-enllßt. * Jn several instances, whole companies before leav ing the field: have re-enrolled, to be again mustered in a month after their discharge. A despatch received from the commandant of theTenhesBeo division of the Mississippi squadron, 5, L. Phelps, yesterday,' states that Colonel Breck inridge, of the Ist Weßt Tennessee Cavalry, with fifty-five men, dashed aorosß the oountry from the to Linden, on the 12th inat.,and surprised a rebel foroe more than twice his number, capturing Lieut. Colonel Frierson, a captain, one aurgeon, four lieutenants, thirty rebel soldlovs, ten conscripts, fifty horses, two army wagons, The court house, which was the rebel dej>ot s wa* burned, with a quantity of army supplier TW troops, with their prisoners, returned w\ IXfcttd tivfe gunboats. Majoii Gen. Schenok received* ragtivtttf tfcfe capture by the rebels, and the tUU Wheeling Intelligence!' does not think the dittygfer over. It suggests the gwuatAl ot mounted men, according with recom mendation; and a correspondent ot the writes that “ the mountains form the finest Hue of defences on earth; they are penetrated by only three or four roads; dose these and tho region is safe.” He therefore recommends cheap forts at all the passes, which would make reliable centres from Which scoutß could give warning, and even small garrisons hold an enemy in check until reinforced. : The Richmond Enquirer of Friday the 15th, says that fighting was then going on in Mississippi. Grant, with one thousand men, had advanced to Raymond, where Gen. Gregg had a force of 4,000 in fantry, and a few cavalry. Skirmishing commenced at nine o’clock in the morning, And at one P. M. the battle opened heavily. Reinforcements were then arriving so rapidly to support the Union troops that the rebels fell back through Raymond, making a stand at Mississippi Spring, where they had reinforcements. The firing in the neighborhood of Jackson was continuous throughout the day. Raymond is a small post village, capital of Hinds county, sixteen miles southwest of JackßOn, and connected with the Vicksburg and Jackson Railroad; hy a branch line, eight miles long, running due south. Our latest despatches from Grant’B army report him at Raymond, and it iB not improbable that a fight has taken place. On the summer campaign, an editorial of the Richmond Enquirer haß tfffe following: “There is evidently to be an active summer campaign! The plan of the enemy seems to be to keep our attention constantly excited at every point at once, so that no part of our whole wide frontier may be freed from the urgent immediate apprehension of an attack.” The article further Bays, “ the whole Yankee nation seems to have laid out its accounts for war, as the settled business oi life, rather than consent to peace or separation.” Richmond papers of the 15th contain reports of an advance upon Raymond,, where Bragg had four thousand soldiers, by the Unionists, one thousand strong. After a short battle, hearing that the latter were being heavily reinforced, the rebels retired through Raymond, making a stand at Mississippi {Springs. A iebe.l Tennessee colonel was killed. A despatch dated. Jackson, Miss., the 11th, to the Richmond Sentinel, professes the suspicious in formation that 10,000 raw troops, under Kirby Smith, had routed Gen. Banks from Washington, La. Another Jackson despatch, ofthe same date, states that a thousand of Grant’s cavalry had that day burned Crystal Springs, twenty-six mileß south of Jackson, on the railroad. Oub troops before Charleston are reported to be building formidable batteries on Folly Island, bear ing on the south extreme of Morriß Island, and Sea brook Island is being fortified by several regiments. The iron-clad South Atlantic fleet were, by the 10th, thoroughly repaired from the injuries done by the foyts. The armor on the hull and turrets is now complete. It waß generally believed that v l5-inch guns would be replaced for others of a smaller bore. Capt. Rodgers was in command, A ’number of slaves belonging to John Minor Botts came to our lines at Union Mills. Mr. Botts requested the commander of the post to return them, as he was a loyal man. The commander tele graphed to General Heihtzelman, and Colonel La throj), of the General’s staff, replied that they were free the moment they entered our lines, and of course could not.be returned to slavery. From Washington we again hear that the draft will take place about the firßt of July. The high bounty offered for enlistments out of the fund gath ered from those who pay their exemption,' will doubtless prove a new inducement to the returned volunteers, among others. Despatches have been received by the Secretary of State from Minister Corwin* who represents that up tothe 2lat Puebla had net been taken. by ; the French. From other sources we hear'there is pro bability that the French will be outflanked and cut offby Ortega and Comonfort from their base of sup plies at Vera Cruz. We still hear that the Mexi cans ore being reinforced, while the French are ex hausting their material. Brigadier General Crawford, one of the offi cers in Anderson’s garrison at Fort Sumpter, and subsequently distinguished for hiß gallantry in Vir- been assigned to command the Pennsyl vania Reserves, vice General Reynolds, who now commands a corps. Brigadier. General Thomas T. Crittenden, of Indiana, has sent in his resignation to General Roeecrans. His reason for this is, that certain charges of disloyalty which he made against Colonel Caldwell, of the 81st Indiana regiment were sup pressed by his superiors. For the same reason, the lieutenant colonel, major, and adjutant of the 81st, have also resigned. Washington is at last to be purged of the rebels and rebel sympathizers who infest it. It is said that an order will soon be issued sending outside of our lines all disloyal persons, male and female. Bayard Tatlor, Secretary of Legation under Mr. Cameron, has been removed, it iB said, in conse quence of having allowed his name to be used against Minister Olay, in the Senate. By the end of the present campaign, according te a Richmond newspaper, the Confederate debt will have reached a thousand million of dollars. Gen. Longstreet reluctantly admits the failure of his campaign again Bt Suffolk, although he claims to have captured a large Quantity of provisions. John Mitcbel, the Irish Secessionist, now editing the Richmond Enquirer, is mentioned for abrigadier generalsbip in the Confederate service. ' General Howell Oobb is raising a new regi ment for service in Middle Florida, where he Is to have a.command. Mr. Crittenden and the War. We see every day, more and more dis tinctly, that no matter how widely public men may differ on general questions, there is one point upon which they are all united, and that is the necessity of a war for the preservation of our nationality. Mr. Fer nando Wood found it necessary, in a re cent Communication, to place himself within the pole by saying that he was desirous of seeing the Union as it was, even by the means of war. Criticism contents itself with discussing the manner in which the war is earned on, and passing its opinion upon generals and measures of policy. This is often done in an injurious way, and we are frequently called upon to denounce it as an evidence of sympathy with treason. But when we ask the question: “ Are you in favor of the Union, even if war is necessary for its salvation?” we find no public man ■who . will dare to say nay. We may except a few, like Mr. Vallandigham and Mr. Reed, • but they are notorious demagogues, who have placed them selves beyond the utmost limit-of loyal ty and patriotism, and live lives of infa mous attachment to a cause they have not the courage to defend by the sword. We single out such men for the scorn of the nation, and do not apply this present argu ment to them. There are others among us who have been active against the Adminis tration by opposing its measures in a legisla tive or official capacity. No one has been more prominent in this than the venerable and distinguished citizen of Kentucky, Joint J. Chittenden. - In the last Congress lie was the leader of the opposition party, to the regret of a nation which looked upon him with reverence, and dreaded to think .that a .life of so much honor, and glory, and patriotism, threatened to end in shame, jdince; Congress lias adjourned Mr. Critten jDEN has visited the people in Kentucky, nud after communing with them: has made a speech strongly supporting the Govern ment. He does not,agree with many of the measures of the Administration, but he is •earnestly and enthusiastically in favor of the war. “ l am, ’’ he says, ‘'‘'for the prosecution •of the war until it . shall’haye accomplished its end. To the dissolution of this Union; ;I never will subscriber"- I am an old man, : and could scuffle out the few remaining days >of my life without being compelled- .to sanc tion a proposition for the dismemberment of the "Onion; but, notwithstanding, from principle, for the perpetuation of free go'-, Ycrubient, I would prosecute this war as' long 'as there is a rebel in arms, threaten ing that Government.” These words em brace the whole platform, and when Mr. Chittenden avows such effective loyalty, we can take him by the hand, and ask every earnest and sincere man in the State to join with us in support of the Government., * “The Philadelphia Press,” We trust that 'when, our friends in New 1 01 'k end elsewhere haye occasion to speak of Philadelphia “editors” and the “lies” they manufacture for the public, they will be more explicit. The habit of lying is no more common to Philadelphia than the habit of truthfulness is to New York. There may he newspapers here, as there are in that city, which make a practice of telling untruths, and the fact is to be regretted. But if there is anything upon which we may felicitate ourselves, it is in the consciousness that we have never printed a piece of news without first ascertaining its reliability; and that when we havo thought our correspondents misinformed or mistaken, we have candidly giyon the public our opinion. Tho nunorod rocross ing of the Rappahannock by Gon. Hoorcam, which has been tho foxt for many of tho at tacks upon tho proas of this oily, was doubted in our editorial columns, and tho ■despatch printed'by us "merely gave the rumor as it was given In Now York and elsewhere. Other stories, nowgoing tho minds of five country, and whlalv are also attributed to the Philadelphia press, have never been read In these eohvtnns. Wo know that to be mistaken is the lot of all mon, and to no eta te the remark so especially ap tdleableas to the newspaper pro fbssion. We have made many mistakes; wo havo-been deeetred; we havo anticipated events with out eanse, perhaps j wo. have said many' things which we afterwards found wore un true, But this wo know*, that we have never in these columns printed a line without first making every exertion to establish its au thenticity; and tliat we have always made it a principle to publish reliable news, as soon as it is received, rather than to coin unre liable news, in the hope of anticipating the results.- It is one thing to create a ‘ 1 sensa tion;” it is another thing to accomplish a legitimate enterprise. We submit, therefore, that with this record our friends elsewhere, • who have occasion to abuse the newspaper press of Philadelphia, will except ns from a censure to which we have no claim, Democratic Courtesy. The New York Times complains that cer tain Democratic journals throughout the country publish violent paragraphs and at tribute them to its columns. The Times is not the only journal that has been served in this way, and ive are noi at all surprised that it exhibits so much feeling, although we hardly think that mere honest indigna tion will reform the abuse. When Ameri can journals are base enough to applaud a war upon the Government, they cannot be ex pected to refrain from exhibitions of treache ry and falsehood. The opinions of this paper have frequently been misrepresented and gar bled, and we have even seen paragraphs at tributed to us which we have.never written, and certainly never justified. A few days ago a Democratic journal of this State pub lished in. full an editorial from the Richmond Examiner , sustaining the cause of the rebels, and attacking the Army of the Potomac, and credited it to the Philadelphia Press: We should he inclined to laugh at such im pudent mendacity, but for the painful re flection that so long as there are people in the North ignorant and deluded enough to read and believe such journals, so long will there be editors degraded enough to en courage their prejudices. IETTBR FROM " OCCASION!!.” Washington, May 17, 18G3. ■ - lam sorry to hear so many discussions among loyal aid disloyal men as to the pro bability of a contest between parties and the Government authorities on some of the many questions -now before the people. Writers are continually dwelling upon riots and disturbances and mobs as things that may. occur on any day, and every discussion .between a couple, of angry politicians is made to terminate in a threat of violence. If loyal men, in a state of excitement, mani fest their indignation, they are defied with threats of retaliation. The cowards who made themselves notorious three years ago by assailing Mr.. Curtis, and preventing him from delivering a lyceum. lecture on an . English novelist; .the.worse than cowards who defended that deed from the platform of Jayne’s Hall subsequently, are mow en deavoring to persuade the people that loyal men contemplate terrible deeds, and that, under the auspices of your Union League, Philadelphia will have her Sicilian Yespers, or another massacre of St. Bartholomew.' The recent visit of a committee of the League on one of the most harmless and ap propriate errands that loyal men could un dertake, is magnified into an overhanging and fearful danger. I would think that if any party of men dreaded violence or ' breaches of the peace, they would; as peacea hie citizens, spare no effort to allay the gene ral excitement, and preserve the general welfare ; and that-if, murder and assassina tion, and arson, were imminent, they would strengthen the hands, of the Government against lawless men. This is not the spirit manifested by the" enemies of the Adminis tration. They spare no means of agitating the popular mind ; 'they seem to invite, as it were, the very perils they dread. Meetings are held and resolutions passed avowing resistance to the Government. Societies are organized, and -we learn that their only purpose is to take up arms against a law of Congress. These are direct and positive provocations to anger, and the exhibition of temper. We have other provocations, far more keen and bitteT, if not under signs and forms and rules strengthened by midnight, and secrecy, and oaths upon the Holy Evangelists. The ioyal man is taunted with his .love of country, and, while in tears and grief over some loved one slain, he is asked to regard a glorious death as murder, and'the holy cause of the Republic a war for pelf and power. He hears the rulers of his choice, the chief men of his Government —the men whom Provi dence has entrusted with the work of sup pressing the rebellion—denounced and de rided, while eulogies are pronounced upon his enemies; And so on, in a hundred ways and fashion's that will readily suggest them selves to'you. Is it any wonder that the taunted and'goaded should strike ? We are told that whenever a disturbance takes place, it is to be attributed to the returned volun teers who interfere. It was so in Albany on Saturday last, at the meeting in which Horatio Seymour invited an opportunity to assail the Government, Now, these re turned volunteers may be very bad men, they may be wretches, and assassins, and cut-throats, but they are-friends and broth ers, and have done the State jsome service, and having met the enemy in bloody combat they may be expected to know him in an other guise. If they strike him, it is the im pulse of the old strife. Would it not be bet ter to pay some respect to these brave men by sustaining, or, at least, not attacking the Go vernment they have bled to save ? If these disloyal men wish peace, can they not keep the peace ? They have the protection of a Government they despise; is it too much to ask at their hands a little respect for the power which gives them security, peace, and life ? It seems to me that peace is as easy to. those who wish it as the breathing of the air. But do these sympathizers with treason really wish to preserve the peace ? Are they truly in favor of social harmony ? Or, like the incendiary, do they cry fire after’they have applied the torch ? In other words; do these leaders, having united and poisoned the minds of the rabble, having ripened theminto mischief, and endeavored to persuade them into the commission of evil deeds, now abandon them to,the work of death ? lam afraid this is the case, and that the guilty men, if guilt-should come, are the noisy de fenders of law and order. Therefore, I implore‘all loyal men'to preserve to the end the dignity ' and magnanimity they have thus far shown. Treat these treasonable demonstrations with contempt,'and have faith in' the Government. When the arm cif violence is raised, the sword of the law will smite, and we. may rest assured it will not smite in vain. - Occasional. - Naval Pkomotiok.—The friends of Lieut. F. V. -McNair will hear with, pleasure that he lias boon, promoted to the post of lieutenant commander, on board the Seminole. He wrb .formerly attached to the Iroquois, and is ft brave and metltgrtwift p«eer. WASHHVGTOIV. Special Deipatchei to (t The Preae.” Wasuixotok, May 17, !863, Rumors. Differences of opinion between high officials as to the conduct of General Hooker and the affair of the Peterhof are eaid to prevail to each an extent as to interrupt the previous entente cordialc. It is believed by many that some important civil and military changes are about to take place, whieh will be received 'with great satisfaction by the friends of the Government. It is rumored that the case of Vallawdioham is not yet decided, that Mr. Skward favors his release, nnd that the President is undecided. The Union men in Ohio demand that if this man is to be punish ed at all, he should bo sent South to the rebels whose oauso he lms so long dofended. HooKKrt has gone back to Falmouth to prepare for anothor oampaign. The rebels are-al rendy upon .their legs, and if we do not cross 'over ami give them deployment, they will soon move to wards -Washington. Tills is the opinion of some of our best military men. lifglments of nine-months and two-yfears men are constantly pouring through Washington to the North, thelr.timc having expired. There is a-ffeel ing of nervousness upon the subject in some quar ters, hut our military leaders are satisfied that if we aro to lose twenty or thirty thousand men from the army at all, it is better to lose.them now. Tho draftwilltake plaoe about the first of July. The soldiers now returning home will have had six weeks away from the army, and they will begin to he restless. By the middle of July the War Depart ment will offer a bounty of #3OO to all who will re enlist, using the fund which has accumulated from those drafted persons choosing to pay $3OO rather than go into the field. It is expected that nearly all these returning soldiers will accept the high bounty and return to the service. Six weeks will un doubtedly be consumed in the enrolling of all per sons subject to military duty. Tile Draft. The thirteenth section of the conscription-law has received an interpretation, and substantially a, war like adjudication. On the representation of influ ential citizens of Illinois, that the acceptance of $3OO from drafted men,, in lieu of servioe, throughout the West would degenerate the enrolment measure, and defeat the intention to raise an army, Secretary Staktox is understood to have decided that tho sec tion was permissive, and not mandatory; that it is optional with him to reoeive the money or reject It; that he is not a national treasurer • that ho gives no bond for the safe-keeping of money; lias no llnatioial officers under him j has no means of enforcing scau. rity for tlie immense sums liis subordinates would receive on this commutntion of military service, and has no time togo into the business of huntingup sub stitutes. . Solicitor Whitino, of the War Department, is un derstood to concur in these views. The President is also understood to concur in their lawfulness and policy. The clause of the act selling exemptions at $3OO, therefore, wifi practically be ignorek-Gcuciv«s Hoakar'« Headquarters' Army op tub Potomac, Khar Falmouth, May ts, 1863. GENERAL ORDER, No. 60. The mßjor general commanding desires to express to the troops leaving this army, by reason of the expiration of their term of service, his appreciation of their efforts.and devotion. The record of their deeds, while it will prove a proud recolleotion in future days, will live in history, and in the memory of their comrades, who stiß continue to serve the country and its cause in the honorable and glorious profession of arms. The major general commamlrng directs that copies of this order be furnished to each regiment that has left or is about to leave the army, and he desires that the same be promulgated to the troops, with his best wishes for their welfare. May the same spirit which prompted them to respond to the call of duty and honor remain forever in their hearts, and be transmitted a proud legacy to their descendants.' By command of Major General Hookbk. S. WILLIAMS, A. A. G. HOOKER TO BE KEINTOKCED—THE NEW DEFENCES OF FREDERICKSBURG. ■Washington, May 16, 1863.—1 t is ascertained from gentlemen returning from the Rappahannock that General Hooker seems highly gratified with his recent visit to the President. ' The river front of the enemy has been reconnoi tred, and.the discovery made that duriqg the night of the 14th inst., toe enemy threw up new and exten sive earthworks along the ridge of hills in'the rear and to the left of Fredericksburg. Under the direction of General Patrick, all offal, carcasses, and filth around the entire army is being removed and burned, apd .‘other sanitary measures are in progress. Some ofthe camps, inoludfng Gen. Hooker’s headquarters, will probably bo removed from their present locations to more salubrious po sitions, It is reported to-day that every available soldier now on detached service in, and around Washing ton, Baltimore, and’on the railroads in Virginia and Marylandj will be forwarded to Hooker’s command, and their places supplied by Pennsylvania militia, which, it is said, has been tendered by Governor Curtin. J. B. Gilfeather deserted from the 3d Alabama, and came into our lines night before last. He be longed to Rhodes’ brigade. .He la a native of Prank ford, I’a., whore his parents now reside. He says the rebel’troops ard mostly back in their old encamp ments. His regiment has but 150 men for duty; It lost in the into notion. The rebel officers* esti mate Of their loss is 25,000, The death of .Tackson had a great cfl'cot on the troops. Provisions are scarce. The ration is one pound two ounces of flour, and a quarter pound of bacon per day. The divisions of Gens. Hood and: Pickett have arrived from the Blackwater since the battle. A rumor pre vailed in the enemy’s camp, several: days ago, that we were crossing at Raocoon ford, and the troops were under maroliing orders. The enemy has now a large force to that direction. THE STONEMAN RAID. omtitATiONS ov this 12tit ir.MNCiis oavamiy. The following report was yesterday received at the headquarters of the army : HBADQirAiiTHiiS 12th Illinois CAVAtnV, Gr.OUOKSTEK Point, Va., May 10, 1863.. To Brig. Gen. KufusKing , Comnianiing at Yorktomri: ~ GuNisnAi,: In compliance with your request, I have the honor to submit the following report ofthe operations of the 12th Illinois Cavalry since leaving the main body of the cavalry corps, on the Kmitii Anna, on the morning of Sunday last. My orders were to penetrate to the Fredericksburg Railroad, and, if possible, to the Virginia Contrab and destroy communications.' Should we cross the Virginia Central, I was to make for Williamsburg. Baid to be in possession of our forces. ■ * We marched before daybreak, passing down the bank of the South Anna, through a region never be fore occupied by our forces. We burned one bridge, and dispersed a party of mounted guerillas, who made a poor attempt to oppose us. We struck the first railway line at Ashland. Lieutenant Mitchell, with about a dozen men, was sent ahead to occupy the place. We dashed into the village, and took it without loss. There -.were 'but few of the enemy there, and they escaped us.. We captured their armß, however, and destroyed them. Words cannot describe the astonishment of the inhabitants at our appearance. . - I assured them that no harm would be done their personß or property,and were soon better acquainted. We cut the telegraph wire and tore up a half dozen rails, and piling a quantity of boards in some tressel work south of the town, made an immense fire which booh consumed the entire structure. While at this work, a train of cars, approaching ; .the town, waa captured and brought in for inapeetion. It proved to be an ambulance train from. Fredericks burg of seven cars filled -with two hundred and fifty sick and wounded, officers and soldiers, with a guard. Among them was an aid of General Letcher, and several officers of considerable rank. We re ceived their version of the late fight, and paroled them, and let them go, leaving the cars for the be nefit of the poor fellows who were more Beriously injured. The engine and-tender of the train, to- f ether with another found in the-tom**. were ren ered completely useless by a mechanic from the ranks. -- . - -/ We found here a large stable filled with , rebel horses and mules; Some of them we took with us, but were obliged to leave the moßtof them. We de stroyed twenty wagons, with harness, &c. We left Ashland at 6 o’clock P. M. A few mileß from the/ town word waß brought us that eigh teen wagons was camped in the woods near bj\ I sent Captain Roder,.with companies B and 0, to de stroy them, which he did. We struck the Central Railroad at Hanover Station, about 8 P. MV Al though wearied andexhausted by our day’s labor, I thought it best to complete the duty assigned us, and break all the eneiny’b connections before resting. Not an enemy opposed us.. - We captured and pa roled about thirty officers ahd'iaen at the station : they made no resistance. -Captain Shears wai or dered to destroy the trestle-work, which reached Rbout ten rods to the south side of the depot. The work was effectually done by the/same process as at Ashland, and by its blaze we could clearly discern the. Confederate guards passively standing at ’the other end. We- also burned a culvert, ana. cut.the telegraph wires, and burned the depot buildings, store-houses, stables, and a train of cars, all'be longing to the Confederate % Government, antf tilied with property. It wofild be impossible to give a precise statement of the damage here inflicted: upom the enemy.’* .it must have been great. Tbere were more thahs‘a r hundred wagons burned,a thousand sacks ’of flour and corn, and a large quantity or clothing and horse' equipments. The buildings and cars were full of property, collected for the use of the; Southern army. All private property we respected, and. I be lieve that none whatever was destroyed. ~ ■ ' > Bythe light of the burning buildings we left the station ana marched for the court house? which had been previously occupied by Captain Fisher with Companies A and G, who had placed, pickets there and taken a captain and four men prisoners. We passed through the court house- and marched down to within seven, miles of Richmond, where *we bivouacked till 8 the next morning, when we marched for Williamsburg. At Tunßtall Station' (near the White House and the Richmond and York town Railroad) a train of cars filled with infantry end a battery of three guns, web run out to oppose ■US. ‘ . I thought it best to make an effort-to;, break through before the men could be got out of the oars, or thebattery in position. I therefore brought up my two foremost squadrons, and ordered a charge, which ,waB executed by them, Charles Reanes, with com panies D and F, taking the lead, and followed by Captain Sheares, with companies H and T. This charge waß made most gallantly. The infantry fill ed the of the. railway,. and poured upon us a severe fire,"but my men dashed up to the em bankments in splendid Btyle, and, with carbines and pistols, responded to the fire with equal effect? It was, however, impossible to break through. There were formidable rifle pits to the left of the road, and the enemy soon filled them, and we-were forced to retire, with a loss of two killed and several wound ed $ among the latter, Lieutenant Marsh, who* was among the foremost in the charge, and who received so severe a. wound in the right arm that we were : obliged to leave him in one of the neighboring houses. Failing to penetrate the enemy’s lines at this point, I determined to cross thePamunk'ey and Mat tapony rivers, and make for Gloucester Point. In this movement I-had ; nothing to- guide me but a common mapi of the State of Yirgima, and I was in entire ignorance of the position of the enemy’s force, except that the line before me was-.closed. My information was of that poor sort derived from contrabands. I selected; Plunkett’B ferry, over the Pamunkey, and occupied it? after driving/away a picket on the other sidejwith whom we'exchanged shots; "We crossed in a boat holding? fifteen or eighteen men and horses, which was poled over the river. Our passage was not disputed. /In the same manner we crossed the Mattapony, at Walkertown, after driving away a picket, two-.of whom we cap tured. Between these two ferries a portion of the command, under Major Bronson; became detached, and did not join us until the 7th instant. They cap tured fifteen rebels and destroyed a quantity oi sad dles atKing and Queen Court House. From walkertown we marched to Gloucester Point; having travelled a distance of over two hun dred miles, much of it through Southern homes, never disturbed by the presence of An enemy. Not far from Saluda we captured and destroyed a train .of eighteen wagons, loaded with corn anti proyi iions; . Our-total lobb in the expedition haaf been two commißßioned officers and thirty-three enlisted men, We brought with ub one hundred mules and seven ty-five horses, captured from, the enemy. We cap tured, in the course of ’ our march, a much larger number, which we could not bring on. The amount of property destroyed iB estimated at over one mil- dollars. Respectfully submitted. ’ H. DAYIS, Lieutenant. Colonel Qommanding. Arrival of Released Prisoucrs. - Fortkkbs Monkok, May 15,—This morning the steamers S. R. Paulding, Georgia, and Belvidere, arrived from City Point with about 3,000 exchanged prisoners, including Gen. Hayes and several other officers. About four thousand more prisoners are expected to arrive within the next twenty-four hours. They comprise all our men and officers in Richmond. ri Information just received by* Col. Ludrow, com miesioner for the exchange of prisoners, shows that the whole number of our officers and men captured * at. JFrederickaburg dkl not efti&ed The balance, stated as about to. arrive here, have been captured at the West and elsewhere.. '.■FonTKBSs .MONnou r May 14.—The 3d New.. York regiment, Col. Alford, continue their organization, notwithstanding that more than half of their mem bers’ time had expired. AU is quiet at Suffolk. Arrival of $300,009 in Gold—News from ‘ - New York, May 16. —The steamer Ocean Q.ueen, from Aapinwall, has . arrived with $300,000 in gold from San Francieco, - ' : Among her passengers are two officers and forty seven men of the California cavalry. / The claims for $60,003 against the*Govcrnment of Chsli by a British subjjeet haa- been Bettle but not rbuted. Hisao complice in the seizure of the transit steamer James Thomas has been arrested and imprisoned. The re volution continues., , "San Fr. ancisoo,. May 16.--Arrived,' »hi]) Belvl dere, from New Fork. The ship Jasper hee been chartered for alaaii of wool, hides, alnd oil, for New Fork, and the Spirit of the Fairies for Hong Kong. Trade is fail, and the quantity of goods going into the interior is increasing daily. William GiM>, of the pioneer lirm of Daniel Gibb St Co., died yesterday. v . ■ The French consul has purchased upwards of 2,000 barrels of flour for the French troops in Cochin China. - , • , . Blasting winds have seriously damaged the wheat crop in several of the interior counties, and it is feared the injury will be equivalent to the destruc tion of one-flfth of.tho entire stato iorop. In many rections. however, the orop promises weU,white the breadth of .land is larger than in any former year. ■ ■ ■ ... A DESERTER. FORTRESS MONROE. CILIFORMY. DEPARTMENT OF THE (GULF', Till Capture or Alexandria—Colonel Grier* eon ’ In New Orleaus-Operatiow of th 9 Cavalry Rald-Evcry Railroad tor Missis sippi Torn Vp, 3,000 Sheila for Vieitsburj? Destroyed, and many Captures Wade- Port Hudson Evacuated—Admiral Tatra gut at lew Orleans.., New York, May" 17.—The steamer George Wash ington, from New Orleans, with dates to therioth, arrived at noon; Among the passengers is OoSbnel Jonas H ! . French. Ai? Opelousas* letter of the 6th states that infbr*- matiCTa bad been received from Grand Gulf and the gunboat fleet undfer A'dawral Porter, with the db tails o? the capture of Grand Gulf and Port Gibson by General Osterhausi When the latter was near* ing Port Gibson he- waa-met by hundreds of families fleeing from- the- infreribivto* escape the raid of the- Illinois cavalry,.undfer Colonel 1 Grierson, and the prevalent opinion among- the rebels was that Port Gibson was-the, B&fest place in that region. The damage done by-our cavalry- raid is irreparable. It was mmored at Opelbusae that Port Hudson was evacuated; Lieut. Cell A. editor ©f the Era, had been placed under arreßt for having allowed a questiona ble article to bo published in that - paper. John E. Hayes and T. P. Tracy, of-the have been ex pelled from New Orleans for writing and publishing the Bame artiole. Quite an excitement occurred on the evening of the 7th, at the opera, occasioned by the audience de manding- that the national airs should be played, but nothing serious resulted. Gen. Sherman has ordered that all places shall hereafter submit their programme todhe provost marshal prior to the per formance, and suggesting that the national airs be played. ' . • Captain Howard Dwight, adjutant general on Brigadier General Andrews* staff, died suddenly oru the 7th instant. Captain Dwight was from brother of Brigadier General Dwight, and formerly captain in the Missouri Union cavalry. His funeral took plaee at New Orleans on the 9fch instant, and his body was placed on board the steamer George Peabody directed to his brother in Boston. The Era of the 10th mentions a rumor that Fort Hudson waß bombarded by our fleet on the night of the Bth, and all day on the 9th. Colonel Grierson had arrived at New Orleans, and been presented by the Unionists with a magnifi cent charger. Admiral Farragut arrived at New Orleans on the afternoon of Saturday, the 9th inßt., from Brash oar City.. The Admiral and his officers left the flag-ship on the Red river. They bring the important intelli gence that Alexandria was captured on the Gth, by Admiral Porter and a portion of Farragut’s fleet. Prior to the capture of Alexandria, Fort De Rusiey, on the Red river, wsb a fight, and a rebel gunboat also captured. After .the capture, on the morning of the Cth, of Alexandria, by our gunboats,-the advanoe oavalry of Brigadier General Dwight dashed into the place, thuß forming a junc tion of AdHUVftl Farragut and General Banks* forced-. . Opelousas dates of the 6th state that our army was then on the march. General Dwight*s brigade was then supposed to be in Alexandria, and Gene rals Emory, Weitzell,’ and Groves were close', be-- hind with their forces. A Baton Rouge letter of the 2d of May Btates that Colonel Grrierßon’s force, the 6th /and 7th Illinois Cavalry and battery, numbering some nine hundred men, followed by.several hundred ncgroeß, rode into that city on that day. They-left Lagrange Agril 16, burned the-rebel stores and railroad ddpot-at Okelono; the ddp6t and two heavily-laden freight and commissary trains and an ordnance train at Newton, on the Charleston and Vicksburg Railroad. The ordnance train; contained three thousand loaded shells for the Vicksburg batteries, which exploded most terrifically. From Newton they followed the railroad to Meridian, burning all the bridges. Thence south, on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, to Enterprise, where they destroyed the rebel ord nance workß; then back to Newton, and burned all the bridges from thence to'Jackson, including the great bridge over the Pead river, and near Jackson, tore up two miles of track. Thence they followed the Jackson and New Orleans railroad, south to the Louisiana line. A rebel-force of 5,000 at Clinton waß evaded by making a circuit around them, our forces destroying their camp equippage, stores, Ac.,;' and capturing 300 prisoners. While crossing a branch of the Aunte river, Lieut. Colonel Blaak* burne was severely wounded, and left in the hands of the enemy. They crossed the Aunte river on the' morning of the Ist, ten miles from Baton Rouge, captured a rebel cavalry picket of 160 men and horses, burned Captain Wetherlee’s house, captured his horses, and then rode into Baton Rouge, looking rough, but in good condition. .Every railroad in Mississippi has been cut by them. They have supplied themselves with fresh horses on the route, and brought in over 300 contra bands on horses, and nearly all of the latter also leading horses. MISSISSIPPI SQUADRON. Report of Lieut. Phillips—J&Ullaut Ex ploit of Tennessee Cavalry, ’at Linden, Tennessee. Washington, May 16.—The following despatch was received to-day by the Secretary of the Navy; '. Paducah, Ky., May 14.—1 am just down from the Tennessee river, and have on hand a party of pri soners, who were captured at Linden, Tenn. On'the night of the l2th, I took oh board the gunboats fifty five men and horses of the Ist Western Tennessee Cavalry, under command of Lieutenant Colonel W. K. M. Breckinridge, and landed them on the east Bide of the river, sending the gunboats to cover all the landings above and below. Colonel'Breckinridge dashed across the country to Linden, and surprised the rebel force, more than twice his,number, and captured Lieutenant Colonel Frierson, one captain, one surgeon, four lieutenants, thirty rebel soldiers, tenconscripts, fifty horses, two army wagons, arms, et<£ The court house,'which . waa-the rebel depot, was burned, together with a quantity "ofarms and supplies. . The enemy lost three killed, while our force escaped unhurt, and only one horse was killed. Colonel Breckinridge, after his exploit, reached our vessels in safety, and reerbssed the river. I will send the prionera to Cairo. S. L..PHILPS, Lt. Com., ; Command’g the Tenn. Div. of the Mississippi Squadron. St. liOiiis. St. Louis, JVlay 17,—C01. Alexander, Assistant provost marshal under the conscription act, has returned to the city, and will enter upon the duties ofhis office to-morrow. Generals McDowell and Cooke returned yester day. In consequence of the removal of the troops from Kansas, General Blunt has authorized the sheriffs of the border counties of that State to organize mili tary companies of citizens, to proteofc themselves from the guerillas. General Blunt will furnish arms and ordnance stores to the citizens having no pri vate arms. ‘ ; The bushwhackers arc desolating the homes of the /soldiers, in-the southern’, part of the State, and there is much alarm among the citizens generally. ARRIYAL OF PRISONERS FROM PORT GIBSON. St. Louts, May 17.—The steamer Taylor arrived here, to-day with seven hundred rebel prisoners captured at Port Gibßon, They proceeded immedi ately to Alton. , General McDowell’s court of inquiry resumes its sessions here to-morrow. • , Texas. New Youk, May 16. —A Matamoroa • letter of April 28th says: “It is understood that the schooners General Pinckney and West Florida are fitting out as privateers at Brazoß, and only waiting crews. “General Magruder has keen at Brownsville for some-weeks. The citizens of that place gave him a Bplendid ball.” EU ROPE. Later by the Steamer City of New York. ' Nkw York, May 18.— I Tlie steamer City of New' York, from Liverpool, arrived at midnight, with dates to the 6th inslant. •:■- : The steamer Bavaria arrived out on the 4th, and the City of Baltimore’and Hibernianbn the sth instant. '' Tho reply of Russia to the three Powers hasbeeh pub- lt is an offer to negotiate the Polish question on the basis of the.treaties of 1815. GREAT BRITAIN." A: deputation of Trades Unionists, headed byrMr Bright, presented tho; address adopted at the late meet ing sympathizing;with the North, to - Mr.: Adams. ’ The latter made a speech, aid expressed great pleasure at the reception of rilie address. He admitted-the ties of steering , clear of a collision between the two nations;; but trustod that friendly relations would be maintained, fie asserted that notwithstand ing the tone’ of some of the American speakers' and journals, thereis no nation for.which America enter tains a greater regard than for EuglandT and if the real sentiments of each people could.be clearly established to each other, he would have no fear of a collision. He believed the Trades Unionists had taken the right course to produce such an understanding. The Liverpool Chamber.of Commerce had-received- a note from the Foreign Office in response to ./ / The/ ©ply of Russia to the Three Powers-is not gene rally regarded as satisfactory. The insurgents continue activo. • THE LATEST' YIA- QUEENSTOWN. - Qubkkrtowx. May 7.—The steamer Bremen- has ar rived. The Queenstown* to-day. Tho Isis arrived out on the sth-. POLAND. Napoleon, with his own hand, has drawn up a pro spective rejoinder to the Russian reply,. i» wHicli he fays stress .upon the gravity of the situation; This proposed note is now in the Lands of the'Austrian- Government, with an invitation t6-join.it.-. / The Paris-correspondence of the* Y&ftrcay is of the opinion that Russia* will do nothing unless Euslau'd, France, and Austria act in unity, and put great pres sure on her. France thinks the best* results will follow from'united actioa, with little or no- cost in men or money. . Cracow,’ May 7. —Numerous- including many uoblomen, have >een made in the city and province of Posen. Osinsika. afteua suboessfal the Russian troops on tue ftti, occnpied Donbrowo*. , The peasants in Podlachia are paying rents to there volutionary agents for the support of* the insurrection. .// ■.;, ; spain.- , -.■•/; • MAnnin, Mat 6.—A royal decree* hns suspended the sittings of tbe .Corcez. Rumors of ministerial modificatione are unfonndad'. ; • Commercial Intelligence* Lvvprpcisli.May 3,—The sales of cotton fortwodnys havo be<>a'2o,ooU bales, at an advance of h@>£di The sales to speculators and. exporters were 13,000 bales,.; Tbe Manchester ad vices are favorable. Breadstuffadull. Provisions &uiet and steatir-.. ■ Lom)ON, May 6 — Oousois LiTO»i>ooWMay 7.—Ttiewiton market la fipm, with an -upward tendency t but quotations, are unchanged. Sales. on Wednesday and Thursday of 20*300-bales* in cluding IQ.QW, to speculators and. exporters , • k toadstuffs are inactive, and the markeiffat). Provisions dull and, unohaniied. Produce steady and without changeda prices / ■ Lokwkv, May ~. —Consul 03%(2)983« ;• Erie Railroad, shares, 47>£©48K: Illinois Central, 49®il discount. Tiio London produce markets are generally unchanged. From no part of the country ean we hear that the ‘ fruit trees have been in the least* aftboted by.either frost or blasting,winds, Xhe prospect for a large crop was never better. Wreck of the Hotspur* New York, May l*L—A private letter from Oapt. J sines Patterson, dated Laigon, March 6,1863, gives the following record of tlie lost and saved on board the ship Hotspur, lost on Paracel Shoals, February J9 r 1863 j - Know* to be caved—B. B. Say ward, first m-ate; Sidney Crocker, of Brooklyn, and five or six of the C3BW. , jfn two tapats not heard from—Captain Beanet, second mate, Mrs. Ghstlack and son, of PhlS&> delp&iaMrs-, Dr. Able j*nd two children, and eighteen of the crew, Ijater from Nassau—-The- British Blockade Runner &• New York, May s l7.— l Tbe sveamer Corsica, from Havana, on the 9th>and‘ Nassau, on the 12th, has arrived. The Nassau papers contra- nothing new. The following British neutral-bloekoderunners cleared: May 11, the Britannia and Emma f MayB,the Pet and Norseman May 9, the Antoniea, Victory, Ca lypso, and Banshee; ali for some- Southern port, by the Secesh fisrh of Addarley &• except the Bri tannia, which was cleared by Saunders & Son. Several steamers-had arrived’ at Nassau from Charleston. ' * The Case ot\C* L. Valfamdigliam, WRIT ©F HABEAS: CORPUS-REFUSED. <3rNCiNNATT,May 16.—The writ of habeas corpus appliod the Vallandigham case has been re fused. THE INDiaNAOMOir MBETINOkAT ALBANT, Aldany, N. Y., May 16. —The-meetiog to protest against, the arbitrary arrest and* sentence or Hon. Clement L. Vallandigham was- held at the Capitol to-night. Strong speeches were made by Hon.* Amasa J. ParkimHon. Francs* Keraan, John Mur phy, Esq-, of Buffalo, and others. Resolutions were adopted denouncing the arrest e£Mr. Vallandigham as an unwarrantable assumption of military power. A letter was then read front Governor Seymour, characterizing the arrest of Mr. Vallandigham as “ an act whic& has brought diohonor upon our coun try, which is full of danger tocnir persons and our homes, and which bears upon its front a conscious violation of law and justice.** An attempt-was made to disturb the meeting, but it failed, and the police succeeded in making several arrests. . THE MEETING-BY SOLDIERS. Albany, May 16. —There was some disturbance at the Vallandigham indignation meeting to-night. During the day a feeling of opposition to the ob ject of the meeting.arnong some of the returned sol diers waß clearly manifest, and soon after the orga nization of the meeting this evening, evidences of dissatisfaction were shown among the soldiers pre sent. The speakersswere interrupted by their noisy demonstration, and finally they made a rush for the stage. • * Great excitement prevailed for a short time, and the proceedings.were brought to a stand-still. The chairs on the stage were broken into pieces and thrown in the crowd, and for a few minutes it seemed as if . the soldiers would-gain possession of the stage and drive the civilians off. • The soldiers were in small force, however, and finally retired, when order was once more restored and the proceedings resumed, although not without occasional interruptions. Eventually quiet waß fully restored} and the meeting carried on peace fully. • • ■ * Fire at Poughkeepsie* Poughkeepsie, May 17.—A fire at one o’clock this morning destroyed four large buildings in the lower part of the city, owned by Charles Murphy. Loss, $15,000. Insurance, $5,000. * • The Steamer America at Boston* Boston, May 16.—The steamer America, from Li verpool via Halifax, arrived early this morning. Her mails were due in Philadelphia to-night. . Departure of Steamers for Europe. New York, May 16.—The steamer City of Wash ington, which sailed ‘from this port today, for Li verpool, took eighty cabin passengers and $450,000 in specie. The Teutonia took one hundred cabin paßßengcrs, but no specie. Markets by Telegraph. Baltimore, May 16.—Flour dull and neglected. Wheat firm ; prime white $1.86@1.93. Corn active; white 96c, yellow 97@98c. Oats steady. Whisky dull at 45>£c. Ship News* New York, May. 17.— Arrived, ship Banshee, from Providence j bark Genesee, from New Orleans; brig Sago, from Antwerp; brig Maria, from Cardiff; brig N. Stowers, from .Cardenas. The ship Mermaid arrived yesterday from Shang hae. She has been out bo long that it waß gene rally supposed- Bhe had been captured, and burned by the pirate Alabama. ' , Boston, May 17.—Arrived, bark Orlando, from SierralLeone : bark Modena, from New Orleans; bark'Constantine, for Roanoke, from Marsciles; bark Mary Broughton, from Surinam; bark John Avoles, from Cardenas; brig Alfred, from Buenos Ayres; brig Edward, from Port auPaix; schr. E. C. Howard, from New Orleans. Arrived, prize schr, Alma, from Bermuda via New Inlet. , - . ' / . Spoken., May 13th,1at.33.25 long 76.30, United States frigate St. Lawrence and United States bark Ethan Allen,ffoin Pensacola for Boston. The ship Towera, hence for New Orleans, was wrecked on Cat Cay April 18. The clipper ship Hotspur, wrecked on the Para cel rocks in the China sea, while on her passage from Foo. Choo to ; New York, was 852 tons burden, and belonged to the Hathaways of Ne,w York and Bedford. A private letter from Captain James Pe. .dersen, dated Saigon, March 6, say's that' the first mate, B, P. Sayward, Sidney Crocker, of Brooklyn, and five or six of the crew, were known to; be saved. Two boats containing Captain Bennett, the gggooii mate, Mrs. Eastlack and son, of Philadeijahis. Dr. Abbe and two children, and eighteen- o£ the easr had not been heard from; and some fears wear* en tertained for their safety. - „• Hon. Prrstcot Kinr is. nsnsetl as scKeerasoc to? Madison Cutts, in the Secosni off the Treasury, ■ \ Publicntions Receiveti* From George W. Childs, 625 Chestnut street, the . second number (Svo series) of the American Publish* ers ’ Circular. It is almost wholly occupied with news of literature, American? English, French, and German, with notices of hew books, literary obi tuaries, and a list of deceased authors in 1861; This periodical, published-twice a month, will be of infi nite value to book-headers, as well as book-venders. Mr. Childs, its publisher, 1 has supplied precisely what was much wanted. From W. B. Zieber, south Third Btreet, the Arne, rican reprint of the TFes/minsfer Reekie. The best articles in this treat of the Jews of'Western Eu rope, the Antiquity of Han, and the Resources of India. Of course, the eternal Dr, Colenso is brought up. There is a fair notice of Lady Morgan, which comes rather late. The reviews of Contemporary Literature, though often rather often heterodox, when touching on religious subjects, are very good .indeed. , From T. B. Peterson Sc Brothers, Peterson's Coun terfeit Detector . We learn from the new number,/ published on Saturday, that only twenty-five new counterfeits were put into circulation all over the United States, between the loth April and the loth Mayv This shows a great falling.offin forgery, and is probably attributable to the extensive circulation of greenbacks, which, as yet, have baffled the in genuity of the counterfeiters. It is singular that Bank of England notes, engraved in the plainest manner, with no ornament save a small vignette of Britannia, are rarely counterfeited. The paper on which they arc printed is made in one particular mill, and it is felony even to poßseaa a blank sheet of that. Public Entertainments. The New Chestnut-street Theater.— We sometimes wonder if it is' pcteaible for a dramatist who preteuds to write the English, language to compose a burlesque with out offending every idea of good taste. Is it necessaryin making a travesty of society to write . rhymes that no gentleman would permit in his parlor?' Or areweto suppose that the. dramatic authors of New York read nothing but 1 the New York Herald, and the dictionary of cant and slang phrases ?... This seems to be the study of Mr. Charles Walcot, the adapter of MrsriWood's “Fair One with ihe Golden Locks. ’’ Wo have had this play with us for a week, and feel, therefore, prepared to Bay a word upon its merits. These may be briefly expressed—mu sic, dancing, fine scenery, and a- good company. Here they begin and here they end. The play is Jlr. Wheat ley’s success, Mrs. Wood’* calamity, and Mr, Walcot’s failure. It is hard to say where the fault is, but this we think. It is written down to. the lowest order: of'intellect and. seems_ to have the odor’of the Bowery in an intense degree. The rhymes are tchoolboy efforts, and we / frequently think ■ that; the line is written to , accommodate: the last; word |without any regard to sense, wit, art, or mean ring. : We have couplets repeating themselves.;, “Di gestion ” constantly precedes “question,” and when a charactersays “ I know, ” we are sure to have “rhino ” immediately afterwards. One unfortunate eentleman,. given to profane swearing, finds himself perplexed until he is relieved by ;- “jamars,” while the other couplets go dragging their rhyming words, like poor relations, until we almost regret that the sounds of the lauguage can be made to harmonize. The ideas are in excellent keeping with the words in which they are clothed. We* of course, have Heenan and Sayres. The last we heard of the notorious Thomas he was before au English' magistrate for heating his wife. ‘lf Mr. Walcot had no consideration for Coburn and McCoole. nf ither of whom, we regret to say,have any courtesy shown in this contri-; vance,he might have dismissed Thomas for his want of gallantry—but we have; him with all the emphasis ofj Mrs.- Wood’s beautiful voice.- As if this were .nofa enough, we have a piece of English turf scandal ab.ouc the spelling of the word “reindeer,” which was hardly: knownln America, and is by this time forgotten with out the Tattersall’s. Why it should be retained, except to make it an affectionately wretched pun,.as V‘Reign} 3>earl” : We; cannot imagine;’ In its political 1 aspect* it is no better, s One .of rihe characters-is made to’ call our national currency .“paper trash” which, is in tolerable; another sneers at Mr. Welles and the Cabinet, while towards tlie.‘end there is an/ obscure’ allusion to General MoClellan, which' seems to have, escaped general attention. Tothis wo have addod - a number of. allusions to the New York slips and New York rascality? ail of which may be fruitful and entertaining, subjects in tlie metropolis, but’hot in Philadelphia. . - - Without dwelling upon the offence., to taste, and de*/ cency which tb is * burl eaque creates, we- think _ Mr.? Wheatley makes one great mistake, and- that-is to*play ruch pieces to the audiences that sustaimhis theatre. It isnow in tho tide of jfortune, and s ris= supported by the class of people that supportthe Academy-of Mu*>lc. He could not ask for mbre intelligent andri'espectablo audi ences.' They are; not too.sensitive as to the d-mrcia; they enjoy a good burlesque, and will applaud’ib to«the echo, but tiny.do not care to- patronize ilB> dsmoralirang ten dencies. They do not desire to hear wordk ama phrases that could not be repeated in the family circle without causing a rebuke ot a.blush. If this burlesque is to be continued' lot. it be reformed' and? refined-. Mrs. Wood has too much genius and taste to desine to- aleutify her self with a play like this, and' a company InDte that of Mr. better things. ~ . The play is announced untillurther- Wa-lnut-stheict TiiEATivv;/—Laura Ke«ne and Com pany still continud/heie.- To-night, lii T]ie Sea of Ice'; or Mother’s Prayeiv”'will be produced. The scenery ftnnounced nabeisig/of groat, beauiy. The impersonal, lions of Laura Keene will be ; twosia nfunber The gi amiue is very m.uch diver.'-ified. with large and smay capitals,.and, (atill following the programme,) in cccsh quenc6'i>f the oeciipatipn of bhaentiv® stage, In the tipn of.tho above thrilling play,, public aranaspecii fnlly informed that tt will conaiuate the per formance.” Bhonldrit meet with the success off McLane,” actress and/auth.o.». will, feel no 3oaed: qf iuu tual congratulattaß. *'/ ' v MusiCiO. -'Mazier Jamea Wiif'llaiifannouu ces a v concert at iho Musical Fund Hall next;' Thursday evening. He will execute some of thebestrpiwes of the ibeatarkisis; lAis2t»-Thaiberg > to him their musical stores. Master.*Si[iliihiSi ‘will ho- as-, sisted by Mrs. Behrens.' The skilV-ajid, beauty of this* lad's performance are not often Wos. 233 and- 234> Market FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. THE MONEY MARKET, _ri . Fhiladespjjfa, May IB law There is notkingraew to note respecting the movtaLf of gold, which was steady at the flaure; ofthe lactf™ dars, 150@150 H: New certificates of inarttednefo a™ worth 9%/the aid are- selling- at Q uart matters’ voucheroare #<§)l discount. Money is still v «r easy. at 5- per. cenft., the larg-e stock- operations UavS ahsoroed the superabundance. The conversions into tlie flVc-twenty loan at the na tional agency of Jay Cooke,-Esq:., amounted to one mil lion four hundred thousand dollars'up p. m. Operaiionslat the Stock Exchange were very larce, and prices generally are well up to the-figares lately reached, although some of the securities seem- to have reached the highest point. Governments were steady- City sixes and State fives were firm at yesterday’s figures. Penna. Railroad first mortgages at 115,- and the second at 109, were steady. Reading sixes,.lBS6i sold at lift Cleve land and Mahoning first mortgages at 106,. Philadelphia and Erie sixes at 106#. Delaware first mortgages at 105. .Philadelphia and Suhbnry sevens-at 1091 Schuylkill Navigation, sixes, : 1S82„ at 90, an advance of I#.- Uiaion. Canal sixes sold at 30. Chesapeake and. Delaware sixes at ICO#. Susquehanna-sixes at 63,. an advance of X Reading Railroad shares opened ; afsB, fell off to>s7#, closing at 57#; Catawissa. advanced the .preferred-de clined to 25# ; Little Schuylkill was steady at 50; Phila delphia and Erie at 26#; Elmira at 38#, the preferred-at 64; Pennsylvania rose 1#; Minehill I#.; Norristown North Pennsylvania #. Passenger railways were in demand; Ridge avenue at 19#; Seventeenth and Nine teerth at 13# ; West Philadelphia -at- 68; Arch-street at 28#; Girard College at 29V Thirteenth and Fifteenth- at 36; Second and Third-street at 80; Spruce and'Pine at 17#; 45 was bid for Green and Coates:. 56 for Chestnut Walnut. Schuylkill Navigation, common, advanced #, the preferred was eagerly taken at the first hoard at 25@25#, selling at the second at 24#; Susquehanna had large takers at 15#, an advance of#; Union Canal sold at 2# v the preferred at 6#; Wy omingat 20#; Delaware Di- : vision at 4i#; Lehigh scrip sold at 48; 72 was bid for Morris, 138 for the preferred; New Creek Coal sold lame ly at2#; Big Mountainat -• Bank shares were more active. Philadelphia sold at 120; Mechanics’at 26; North America at 150; Commercial at 51#; Consolidation at 30; Bank of Kentucky aV 93#. The market closing strong, .8148,.000 ia-bonds and 17;600 shares changing hands at the regular board. - Drexel & Co. Quote■ United States Bonds, 1551. .-e*4..loB#aio7# United States Certificates of Indebtedness....lGl#®lo2^ United States 73-10 Notes 106#©107 Quartermasters 1 Touchers. .... Orders for Certificates of Indebtedness...... W New Cortiflcates of In dehtedness Exchange, London, 3G4@165#. . TV? ; Jay Cooke & Co. quote Government securities, &c., as follows: United States Sixes, 1881. .107 '7»M7 v United States 7 3-10 N0te5........ 106#@1D7^ Certificates of Indebtedness. lOl#@lo2‘£ Certificates of Indebtedness,new 99#’© 99# Quartermasters’ Vouchers... ftftkfcß oqij Demand Notes,.... iS@iso Gold. 149®1503h Sales of five-twenties, $1,515,000. *•' The following shows the shipments of coal over the Lykens Valley Railroad, and the Treverton Railroad, for the week and season, up to Saturday, the 9th inst., com pared with corresponding time last year: v t , .. , ' Week. ’ Season. Lykens Valley Railroad 1,657 06 30,027 13 Treverton 1,309 03 „ 19,857.06 T0ta1.... Last Fear. Decrease. The following is the amount of coal transported on the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad during the week ending Thursday, May 14, 1863 : , „ n . ' , • Tons. Cwt. | Poitsville. 933 06 Schuylkill. Haven..... 26,33 L 17 Auburn 4,362 02 “ Port Clinton 5,767 02 “ Harrisburg and Dauphin 102 19 Total Anthracite coal for the week...... 01,499 02 FromHarnsburg.cotalßituininouscoaUorw’k 4,OSS 11 Total of all kinds for the week. Previously this year........ To same time la6t year 776,207 00 .The following is the amount of coal transported, over the Schuylkill Canal for the Eweek ending May 14, 1563: From Port Carbon. “ PotUville “ Schuylkill Haven Total f0rweek........ Previously this year. To same time last year '232.150 14 The Boston Courier oi P of mining stocks: _Mining shares were very active and buoyant, with a steady demand for nearly all on the list, the sales eover~ ,wg iweniy-tffo diSerent socls. Albany and Bosos. advanced from 11% to 12%; G=3trals7 soSS; Copper Falls li-% zz GTsZßlng tQ Wife, yesterday's psriee: Biasedi: 22*4 toISK: Huron 15 zo ’IS? «; - teaming opened at 12%. advanced as 3?, ami e&assi an £££. d&y’s price ; Ffcfesifea: i Tuesday s® SIT: RoiikSand 2£% to? 22? Sitrcfs 3g£ 3* 3?si, TttEcev as- r Bcßi&rui &i z Pfhenitv 72£, ®3iii«ya£. aaafi Wark&aaiL are- vretuonar Aiißiir dhdSzifiiiL ftiram azKfi feem cuSSscfi Cam&fcit a* IPS* and. aSsrfea Bnsaß. ■wsss-jm^f bti£u CbDuiifriknis& in- Ss£t Femkiar u$ fca> sS?sra3£s Sste hffik aaiE thhaL EiBidLHS£ aSmrara- Sec-shac®. VT% aaeSca shah at ISBSchg: SaicS: Ssshangs- fia? oeeir SesEarfeStk: chafe a. share-fee b.oA£niSi»a«wtaiasa*i£&i 'tik ISd* feat boisitt®* to fesor- OjppkHr ssKmisi shices- are' arcra-cils#- ifnKife assenifefcOir now. soc *e£r Sir cse£rsr»- eueu-reaess ss an iuvsstmeat, bur also for opportunities of successful' speculation. ; The Sew York Evening Post of to-day says: The market opened strong. Governments are- inac tive demand, nb-improved rates. The business of the morning has been very heavy, especially in Harlem. Prior to the first session we. observed considerable business doing in Erie at 99%©89%* in Pittsburg at 2&H @lOO. in Rock Island at 104, and in Michigan Southern at S5@S5%. ... ' . The promoters of the Pacific Railroad will be. glad to know that the scheme is attracting more attention from the general public. ’A teiegranlSc despatch, from Francisco, dated yesterday afternoon, says shat at an election in Placer county it was voted to subscribe' a Quarter million of dollars to the capital stock. The following table exhibits the. chief movements of the market as compared with the latest prices- of last evening: _"'••• Sat. Fri. Adv. Dec. D. s. fe, ISSX.TO* tor KJ* U.S.fc,lSBl, con... 107% 10C% n. s. 7 3-lQp. c. T. If. .Hr 107 O-S.l yearCertif goId..HRX 101 X U.S. 1 vr. Cert. currn*cy99 9£% .. % American stole 14934 TehmseeGs*.... .*.*64 60 A Missouri Ss. 6M& 65 43C Pacific Mail. * ISB% 190 .. % SLY. Central*. *-126% 125 1% Erie ****** * 99 88% % Erie preferred ....IftS IOdV .. }£ li^& Harlem... StiJi Iht Harlem preferred.*..**.ll9 111 S Mich. Central *.....11fK ltsl£ Mich. 50utharn......... 843? S«OE A H\ch. So. guar-..,*......114K 114 Illinois Central scrip.... 109 6 . ** X Cleveland and Kttsoarg 991 A 9S. It* Galena*.**..*....loSX IVtX 1 .Cleveland and Toledo 113 115 3 Chicago & Rock Island..lW i» FortlYayne S 3 51 t S ■ }f Quickpilver Co 47? j 47)» \£ Canton . 353 s 36 H ** Cumberland.. 273f .. >s Piarie du Chien... 60 59 1 Gold to-dar has been Quiet at yesterday*® prices, and foreign bills are selling at about 163®165>a. Fliila. Stack Eichf [Keported by S. E. Sif 100 do b3o\vn 1534 4600 Hew Creek lots l)$ 50 d 0..;... 18-16 100 Schl Nav......**..* 10* SS9 do 10 H 350 do-. 10% 10C0 Schl Hav Pref--.b5.25 1(0 do Pref.bSO 25 100 do Pref.... 25 100 d0..*...Pref.b30 25% 2CO do Pref.b3o 25 200 ao Pref-bSO 25% 55S Susq Canal 15 1050 d 0..... lots 15% 200 Union Cnl Prf. .lots 6>4 ICO Catawissa R 6% 350 • d0.,.........10ts 8X 100 17th & 19th-stsß.. 13% 65 Ridge-avenue 8... 19% 90Little 5ch1R....... 50 •* 50 Arch-st R*-25}* 4000 SuBQ-Canal 6s 63 170 Delaware Div.lots 44% 1000 City 65...... New-lllia 3400 do; ....10S 4000 Penna os ....101% 10000 Reacting 6s ’70.. ...105% 20Penna R ;,... 67% 20 d 0........ 67% 65 do-.*..—........ 67%: 19500SchlNav6s’S2.,.. 90 250 d 0...... 90 26 Consolidation Dk. 30 5013th & 15th-sts R.. 36 2560 U S 7i 30 T K ..b1k.106% 650 d0........-end.los 3 Commercial Bk .* 61% . 53 Elmira R. bo 38% 505th & 6th-stsß....-62 70 Girard College R. 29 35 do ...b5 49% 100 Spruce & Pine R 17% 135 > do ...1754 110 WyomingCanal..'. 2054 300 Reading R bSO 58 100 : d 0............... 57* 30 d 0............... 5754 100 do. ...... bSO 57* 10 ?d & Sd-sts B -- SO , 85 Norristown.R......6S% BETWEEN 100 Ches & Del 6s 10054 SS4 Lehigh Scrip 4S 800 Phila & Erie R... b 5 26 150CatavrissaRProf... 25% SECOND loOCatawissaß Prof.. 253k' 30 do 25% SoOßeadingß 07% 14 d 0.... 67 160 d 0... 5754 50 Union C an a 1...... i 2% 2SOO New Creek lots 154 600 Schl Nay Pref 25 50 d0......Pref....' 24% -400 d0......Pref.... 24%. CO Axch-st R. bSO’2B% 5000Union«GhL6s.Scpon 30 2005Q5q.Cana1......b5 15% 1000 Delaware R Ist m. 105 BOARD. 1017th’&19fcli-StS R-. 13# : 500 City-6s New.lll# 6 Bk of N America.lso 85 Elmira JR Pref.... 54 10 Bk of .Kentucky •. 93# 10 Meet] anica ’• B k.... 26 49100BchlJSViv esi’S-1... 90 iooous6s ? 5i..107# 200Phila&ErieR.*... 25# -.150 --.-d0....b30 26# 14000 Phila*&Erie 65.. - .106# . 100GatawissaR...b30 8# 50 DehigU 5crip......-4S 100 Little Sell R...b10 50 30PM1a8k....2dya.120 JOARDS. fiOOO Reading.6s ’B6 .115 33 Ridge-avenueß.bs 19# 150 Wash&Geotwa2ds 64 PBIGBS. 50 d 0.............;. 28H 150 Big Mountain 4% ICO Wyoming Canal... 2054 25 West Phila R. 68 AFTER B 50CO Penna R let m... .115 ;II 150(0 Clove & Mali 15t..106 . , 40MineliillR 65 i CLOSING Bid. Asked. ffPenaft-B.— IS-' ISJ* Do 65........ 94t 86 Do 1«*......1U S3£ 9 Do prfd...... 25# 25H BeaverMeadJi.. .. Min01ii118;........ HarrisburjH.,.. .. 'W'ilmingioajtt... .. Lehigh Nav. 6s. Do Bharea .. 58 60 BUI, Asked. USta , 51....—.1143 150% Phila 6s 01d.;... .108 103 Do new. 111% 111% Alleco6sß.. Pennate.... 101- 101% Beadinaß 6754 5754 Do Dds *BO ..110 ... Do bds 70 ..105% 106 *'Do bd6'B6 conv 112 114 Penna &--diy off 67%.. 6S Do - 15tm6a..114% 115 Do 2dm 6s. 109 110 Little 5chuv18..49% 50 Morris C ! 1 consol 72 75 Do serin.... 4S- 49 CamAAmb ... „ .. Fhila&Erin 65., .. .. • Sun &J£ri&-7s. .. Delaware Div«... •• Do " bds... Spmce-Btreet.Bj, T7Jtf ]7j>£ Arch-.streei -E*, .2S>£ 29 ' Race-street R ... llfcj T2>i Tenth-street S*- 42 ThirtefmUi-st.R: 36>i W-Phi1aR,....,. 69 '69 ' Do bonds... Green-street £.. 45 46 . ‘Do - bonds.- Chestnut, 56,, gS Second-streetE. • 7!>>tf SO Do bonds-- •• •• Fifth-streafc.B-.. 62 63 Do 1 bonds.- •• -* Girard.CoUbgeß.2SX .29*- Seventeenth-sfc B I3>a Do prfdlOs.lSS 140 Do 65’76.... .. Do 2d mtg< Susa Canal..... Do 6s .. . .. BchuylNay..... 10% 1L Do pil'd 2;% 25. Do. &’52.... 8954 90 Blmira 8;....... SB% 39 v • Do ' prfd 63>4 54 Do 7s 15....11l 11S- Do 10s .. L Islsadß.exdv 5254 Si, Do bds .. Phila. Ger StNor- LehighYalß.... Da- .bd5..... PU2 (Ml elphi a Markets. M.av 16— Evening. I ' •The. Flour maikat,- continues, dulli there being? very I liwle dcidiuid export or home-use; about ‘609 bbis j Ohio extra family at; The salss. to the J retailers arid lakers are moderate.at $6®6.25 ii>r supei- Sne,; $6. for extras s7:2s@£'£ for extra gsmily. aua fancy brands, as, to quality. Bye Flour r is firm at'SdftMfol. 'Com.Meai is scarce; tffrbbls Fm sylvania-jold at f • '..•v‘ fi RAIN"WWheat contlntt.e& dull, and very >“tie offeiSuror selfing.; lots -^d have Ix-eii d irpossUr aiul » i^^i'2iiS s 'r fee reoepsiDQe of fee tedk. That swfcl zesponst- BuSty dsewiiere. dntr .was bat to grgagh fee tenth, not to convert ttmh?, was out of feeir province «vt poser, as fee age ef miracles had ceased. . And in deciarrcg tins message of love to sinners, they were ttw* re presentatives of Jehovah, *w A codd affbfd to be fearless and bold. In fefg connection, fee preacher relatedfee fcdlowing in fee life af - VTigg: thA Tb-lTt?., nf Thht <»• one oeeaslon, vpidfe. fetoaisg to a fearless minister,. Mr. Davies had bear so-much pleased with the'preaching that he exprese&his ap proval with improper amiSbilrty. to fee ananyaneft of fee minister, at which the latter paused, a mo* m-eat, and then, wife sigme<-ajjj; emphasou an 4 pric ® I Sales 8,080 bbls at $5.50@5 75 ... @625 for extra State; 8a75-**• Jnd'Unli, lowa, Ohio, &c.; *8 ictSfit sf!cfnj,rp, clßat Sb-W® WeQUDte:, w./u©/. /a Superfine States ■••••*>• , .a* rivst* *c -Extra State*' -•. •• • Common to good Western. 2?£s32 , i sr -Extra lowa, Michigan, Indians, Ohio, &cV.V.‘ ffinffiß S Extra round-hoop Ohio (shipping) ’fi'avsw- »£ ’ Extra Ohio (trade) ' '* 22 Extra St. Louis. ..//.zSmnX ton them Flour is dull and.lOtfloWer; sales of 759 bbl* at $6. 75@7.10 for supefffihe BaltlfitOre’ r and 6o'for extra do. 3 . ' • - Canadian Flour is heawy and'liic'easier; sales KO’bbls at $6. Zo@6.sofor common extra; and 1 $6; 85®9.15 fo«"gOod ; to choice extra. _ Rye Flour is inactive at £4@5.25 fbr fcfcsr range of fihe-' and superfine. Corn Meal is quiet. We quote JefseyatatilS. 5 Brandywine; $4.60; pnncbeou.3 $22. Chicago Sreadstuifs MarkictiHay 15, Received, 8,482 bbls; shipped by lake, I,ooo' P®* 0 ' Market more active and a shade* firmer for i.Yfl grades, tnrf choice brands are dull. Sales: 200 extra (a favorite" brand)-at km wV; 00 . s at2o 20:100 bbls sood extra at $920:, fptog extra, afid gooi extm a?$4L W 1 te, ail at^s :l,ooo bbha.medziiin spring Ri22?i?^S e ®sg ir - 7 p s H* swppe* 1-Ksoobn. The leceipt a »ha3e higher, bnf atter the About lc it closed dim, and fin AB. & Cc\vff »0.2 Winter Jn store and S. BIACo ’s)At W » Snu 118 d( t- ( , ln , S - B.;SCo's A. S.’s)-at96#c’l rejected common (ia~ 2.CKTO hna d^no^R™^-, 1 Pr l V* 5 tin M. SB.’s) at 10,000 bus No 16urine lTn K , hy , A*mple,al SI. 20. & d 0 : Cin Horti Side agctedOatsin store at 54c-m?hS d s a I ’ ooo bwl CITY ITEMS. In .v a ,Mi-* 011 ot tlle her. Nathaniel W. . as Pastor of the Arch-street PresDytenau Cl*urch» „ r araouncemeiit that the installation service* °t N ‘ W ' c °hfcbng as pastor of Arch *e.et P re “byterian Church would take place at that edifice last evening attracted an immense congrega tion, every available seat and foot of standing-room having been densely decupled long before the hour of commencing had arrived. The pulpit on the oc casion was occupied by the Kev. Dr. Boardman, Rev.JV-m. P. Breed, Rev. Mr. Grier, and the Rev! Mr. Mowry. The invocatory prayer was offered by the Rev. Mr. Grier, one of the editors of the after which the congregation united m singing a hymn. An earnest, comprehen sive, and eloquent prayer was next offered by the Rev. Dr. Boardman, in which the choicest blessings of Heaven were invoked upon the union then about to be consummated between this congre gation asd their new pastor. , A hymn was next announced by the Rev. Mr. Mowry, pastor of the Fourth Presbyterian Church, of this city, after the singing of which the same clergyman delivered the - f ISLTALLATrOIf SEEMOK from this passage of Scripture: i‘ 5 1 5? o' vc are ambassadors for Christ, ae though God did beseech you by us: we pray ydu in Christ s stead, be ye reconciled to God.”—2 Opr.jr. The apostle, said the preacher; regaled' the world as in a state of rebellion against God. Christ was the, prince of the kings of this ■world, . and- the rightful sovereign of .every heart. This rebellion was universal as it was wicked. Ambassadors were,commissioned to plead with the insurgents, and to offer unconditional par don, in order to their renewing their allegiance. This mission had been engaged in ,by holy men in every, age. Still the rebellion raged. The embas sy Of peace was not yet completed.' And ever since the Apostles’ day there, had been those who, in .truth, could adopt the language ofthe text, already quoted. * The first point growing out of this subject consi dered was the Divine authority of the ministry o reconciliation. He admitted that the class priest hood under the Devitical law had been abolished; but this did not necessarily involve a total extinc tion of all difference between members of the Church. True, there was but. “one Spirit ;** but there ws«- “ diversity, of gifts.” In one sense all' Christians .were in duty bound to proclaim the truthbnt this was in an unofficial way only. The ministry alone could utter ; .the truth in its proper power $ ? they alone could do so with the authority of a proper commission. It .was the office.of the ordained ministers of, Christ to make known the terms of re conciliation to rebellious sinners. They alone were •the ambassadors aet apart r for this labor.' The ministry of Christ notit w as substantially the .same as it had been in the days of the 'Apostles, and the commission held was in the wordSj and from the hands of Jesus Christ. Ha cccdtsioii was a fezilhng; and dis sertatkHr upon the reward of a fefih&d minister of fee Gospel when h£s labors are eomplebed. The Rev. Mr. Grier next Shewed uritfe aiaef ad dress, hawing- more especial reference to the official act about to be to. which fee history of this singular and toteresx?^: K gall" of i pastor was hriefiy as already defcaileil in fee columns of this journal. At the request of Mr. G-sfer. the eaadSaafceJor tasfeai lat£on then. rose, heard the questions- an swered them affirmativefy, and sat dow» j after which the congregation rose to their feet, heard fee Queries propounded to them, and signified their assent by lifting their right hands* whereupon fee. union was pronounced as consummated, wife an unctions benediction. The charge to the new pastor was then delivered by the Eev, Mr. Breed. The charge to the people wai given by the Kev. Dr. Boardman. Dm. FAIKMAiIBS, El-SCTB&PATHIST, sp plier of the Galvanic Battery.for eore of Dyspepsia, Neuralgia; Paralysis, Afi&ciioas. Rheuma tism, affections of the Kidneys. Diver, Nerves, and many other diseases- Office No* lisx Catharine street, Philadelphia, Persons unable to come to the office will be at tended to at their residences. GsKtiiSE Itauas MAcatßOxi asbYek ancKnm. —The proprietors of tbe old grocery stand of the late C. H. Mattson, Arch and Tenth streets, have now opened a fresh insportation of.^ genuine Italian Macaroni and: Vermicelli—the in this city. ; Officers- inthe< Army and --2sayt will find an admirable atookof Swords, Sashes, Belts, and Military Furnishing.Goode generally, at Charles -Oakford & Son-‘s, underthe Continental Hotel. Messes. Wood & Oast, Ko. 730 Chest nut street, have just received and openeda superb assortment bf Misses*' and Children's Hats, to which we invite the attention of our lady readers. -• The rest make, best-fitting Shirts, made at George Grants, 610 Chestnut street, under the superintendence of John F. Taggart.^ The New Style Spring Hats and Caps, for gentlemen, and youth, at Oakford & Son's, under the Continental Hotel, are universally ad* mired. ; ~ Frengh Hats, for Ladies, in great va riety; aod most exquisite styles, will he found atjth,e great Millinery establishment of Messrs. 'Wood.& Cary, No. 725 Chestnut Btreet. A new “ loclt-stitcli 1 ’ sewing machine, combining the good, points of former machines of this class, with important improvements, just pro duced by Grover fit Baker, 730 Chestnut street, ap pears/to he the most valuable contribution recently made to the art of sewing by machinery. The price of this machine-ia : only $45.;' .» Harsh- Judgments.—lf you mu,st form , harsh Jorm them‘of yourself, nqt of .< others ;-, and, in general, begin by atteodjng to your, own; lf every one would-sweep , ; up.hia Own' walk, we should have V3ry clcaii and men would become convinced* of the faet that,- tlie cheapest and most substantial .Soothing, suitable. for any season, is manufactured GranviUe merchant tailor, No. 609 Chestnjit street - Sis Chbistopher. WApn’s Aftes the great fire of jLondca>in 1666, Sir Christo-, pber "Wren produced if carried-out, would have made the *city of iu. t Europe. The public would have encircled* the Royal Exchange' ; thc-?ublic halls been situated on aCnoblfrterrace.oh of the. Thames, and in front Paul’s'wculd have been, a. fine aiea with/piazza. But wc cßubt; whether,, short of St. PauVs ifcilf, there wo’jld. ; hayftb«egk a. finer structure ■'■ban. she Brown Stsmg Clothing Hall of RockhUl V Wzison, No. 603 and. GQ6 :: Chestnut street, above/ Sixt£b.Philadelphia, Certainly,. there*, Would have none applied to more useful pur*, poses. . '. v : Ose Sessions.—A- meeting will be held /on tins (Monday &fc the chujch cornerpf Bs»oad'andSansQ£a streets, to considar4he propriety itf# having butane session-in the various SundP.y of our *£ty on the.Lprd r a;Day.. A® thi& ls matter .which, epncerhs..a.yery .la*sß^' c^;aaB of /’actVjia church mcmbers, th.> meeting ajuiitsiOb jee.t considerable afttjantioqu • ljr to Mariners. —-HTlie fa'aVsailing coppanhead ; andi copper-bottomed craft l*. VrilandigiamV'- Ambrose Burnside , g, Son the - Sunny South, ladenwith an ' assorted cw&o, consisting.of speeches, broken, -oaths, perjuries, go., articles highly prized in thOB& r regions. The t VYallandigham M is a fair Bpecln\e& of fcaaw-1 architecture, and is “ herma phrodite" in its rig, the external being the same aa is f lircished to genliemenby Charles Stokes &.Co., the Eminent Clothiers, under the Continental, and the internal being the same as is furnished the Judases and Arnolds by Lucifer, the “great original "Se cessionist. It is supposed the “Vallandigham" will Bail through “ Hell-Gate ’’ so as to avoid Fort Lafayette, - • • '•