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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 <sm.
soldiers, of a company of U* CfcVfcfrjft 4a .Yfeii
■Virginia. The guerillas M\> 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 ignore<l. Con-,
scripts will: either be'left to.hunt up Substitutes at
their own price, or the plan will be adopted of call
ing for an equal number of volunteers at the time
the draft is ordered, to be accepted only.as substi
tutes for drafted men, and reoeive a 'Government
bounty of $lOO, and the conscript’s price of exemp
tion besides. Any way, the enrolment law will not
he a revenue measure, hut a war measure.
Travel Restriction Modified in Portugal.
A royal decree of the King of Portugal has been
officially communicated to the Government. Every
individual, whether native or foreign, may now free
ly travel or move about within the kingdom without
a passport, or any other similar document.
The existing police regulations have been modi
fied, in order that all travellers from foreign coun
tries, on entering the kingdom, inay not meet with
unnecessary delay, nor pay undue fees; and the fees
paid by vessels entering and quitting the national
ports are modified and equalized in such a manner
that national vessels shall not pay .more than
foreign vessels, and that in one port no heavier fees
be demanded than in another, except. in special
cases. The fee of 600 reis, hitherto paid by foreigners
who enter the bar of Lisbon, is abolished.
A Health Commission.
A commission, consisting of Colonel D. B. Sack
ett, Inspector General U, S. A., and. Dr. E. 11.
Coolidge, Medical Inspector U. S. A., designated
by the War Department to confer, that suitable mea
sures be taken to prevent the appearance of pesti
lence during the coming summer from the many
sources of disease which exist around this city and
its suburbs dangerous to the troops in the cifcy and
vicinity, have made a report embodying many
valuable suggestions anti recommendations.
The Army.
The fact that both officers and men, to aconsidera
ble number, daily arrive from the Rappahannock
and proceed to their homes on leaves of absence, is
regarded as an additional indication that the army
will not immediately make a movement against the
enemy. General Hooker’s purposes and the de
signs of the Government, so far as the army of the
Potomac is concerned, are, in the absence of facts,
mere matters of conjecture. Wanting official data,
it is frequently difficult for the correspondents of the
presß to discharge their duty in counteracting the
evil effects of false reports.
Mosby’s Raid Denied.
There is no truth in txie.alleged threatening move
ment of Mosby’a rebel cavalry in Tmuflouncouaty,
Virginia. They number.but one hundred and~fifty
men, and no raid on the Baltimore and Ohio, or
any other railroad, is probable, or, indeed possible.
Naval.
Acting Lieutenant Stodder haß been ordered to
command the steamer Adela; Lieutenant Command
ing Chaplin the steamer jDailhing, Acting. Master
Xeyhurn to the schooner Kittatinny, Acting Master
Lamson to the steamer Sumpter, and Acting Volun
teer Lieutenant Chab, Brown to the steamer Vir
ginia.
‘Seizure.
The marshal of the District of Columbia has seized
the real and personal estate ot Captain J. N. Map-,
fit, (commander of a rebel privateer,) under-the
confiscation act. It is located in Washington!
Arrival of Wounded, :
About 1,250 officers and men from- the Chancellor
ville battle ground, - and 200 others, havebeenbrought
into camp and distributed among the various corps
and general hospitals oh the Rappahannock.
The 134th Pennsylvania, a nine-months’ regiment,
arrived to-day homeward bound.
The Winnebago Indians.
Commissioner Dole has received a telegram that
the Winnebago Indians, two thousand altogether, are
in accordance with treaty stipulations, already on
the way from Minnesota to their new homes in Da
cotah. The removal iB represented &b* having been
peacefully elected. •
Dr. Stock of Pennsylvania formerly Indian agent,
has been appointed superintendent of Indian affairs
in New Mexico.
No War Rumors.
No war rumors of any kind have prevailed here
to-day.
ol' Senator Harlan.
A despatch received from a relative of Senator
Harlan, of lowa, announces that he is so ill that
he is not expected to recover.
Changes in Appointments under the En-
rolment Act.
The following changes in appointments have been
made by the President under the enrolment act:
New York. —Fourteenth District —Heidman Doair
nick, vice Ykroman, declined.
. Seventeenth JOistrict— Schttvler T. Judd, commis
sioner, vice Jtjdson, declined.
Twenty-fourth District— James M. Skrvis, com
missioner, vice Pomeroy, appointment cancelled ;
Dr. Georoe H. Davjs, surgeon, vice Knkeland,
appointment cancelled. '
Twenty-sixth District —James M. Eldrkdoe, com
missioner, vice Lincoln, declined.
Major A. S. Diven, Assistant Adjutant General
of Volunteers, has been detailed to aid the War
Department in the arrest of deserters, and in secur
ing uniformity in the execution of the enrolment
act in the 33d, 24th 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th,. 30thi
and 31st districts, of the State of New York, Head
quarters at Elmira;
Connecticut.—Second District—AXjGVSTVS PtTT
nam, commissioner, vice Wrioht, declined ; Dr.
Samuel E. llubbard, Burgeon, vice Nye, de
clined.
Pennsylvania.— Eighth District— Captain P. .S v
Kupp, provost marshall; Jacob G. Hoff, commit
i&ioner; Dr. P. E. Bkrtolette surgeon.
Tenth District—Dr. James S. Carpenter, sur
geon, vice Halberstadt, appointment cancelled.
Twelfth, District— Capt. S. A. Bradford, provoat
marshal, vice Kntchum, declined.
Fourteenth District— Dr. S. E. Charlton, surgeon,
vice IjOTz, declined. < .
Indiana.— Fifth ■ District— James -A. MoManus,
commissioner, vice Treadway-, declined.
The Union League Committee in Wash
ington.
.The Chronicle .of Saturday says;
This committee yesterday forenoon paid theirjre
spects to the President, by whom they were re
ceived in the most cordial manner. During the in
terview the cause of the country and the import
ance of Union leagues towards that cause were
freely discussed. The committee departed with the
greatest encouragement,, and confident that their
noble association had no more true friend, or one
who took more interest in their welfare and prospe
rity, thanthe Chief Magistrate of the nation.. In
the evening they were, entertained by Colonel For?
ney r at biß residence on New Jersey avenue, .where
they passed a few agreeable hours in company with
numerous distinguished gentlemen now in this city.
WESTERN VIRGIN!!.
Capture and Reeapturcof U. S-Cavalry-
Baltimore, May J7.—On Friday night, a com
pany of United 1 States cavalry waß surprised and 1
captured at Charlestown,. Jefferson . county, Vai’
Major General Sehenek, on being tele
graph ©f the disaster,. immediately orderedgeneral
Milroy te ; send out a force to intercept and attack
the rebel*. /On the night of the same day, Major
General Milroy telegraphed as follows.
Winchester, May P. M.—To Major
General Schenck .v The Federal cavalry captured at
Charlestown-were leoaptured by a detachment of
Virginia and 13th Pennsylvania Cavalry under Cap?
tain Ott,.this afternoon, at Piedmont Station in
Fau<£)ior county. Wc also-captured, forty rebels
and a correspondiagmuubef of horses. Two rebels
were killed. I rsgret .to add that wc lost Captain
Ott andone sergeant. Oua-cavalry recapturedsohe
Federal” lieutenant and fifty privates anA their
horses. Major Adams, vf- the Ist New York Caval
ry, who arrived after the recapture, is still in pur
suit of. the rebels. The- Virginia and Pennsj^lvania
Cavalry, who made tbs capture, wercsent cut by me
yeaberday. ■ ■ E. H. MILROY, :
A telegram since received from General Kelly,
dated Grafton, Vsl, May 17th, says: A company of
militia of Barbour eounty, have just come in wltrh
seventeen of izaboden’s men, captured in that
county, who had straggled behind the retreating
' column to steal horses, etc. -
B. V. KELLY, Brigadier General.
General Grant’s Army*
• : Cairo, .'May£■ IT.—The Memphis bulletin learns,
through rebel sources, that Gen. Grant’s advance,
on the 11th inßt,was at Raymond, Mississippi, 10
miles from the railroad, and 25 miles from Jackaon.
THE PRESS.-PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, MAY 18, 1863.
AltMlf OF TUB POTOMAC.
Tlic Returning Tjoo]>k-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<l by the
claimant withdrawing Ms claim.
Business at YalparaUo was lair.
The United States steamer Lancaster was at CaL
las, April 28. . /; .. . 1
The revolution in (s<flntemala was speedily put
(fown by Carrera, buirit has stopped his reinvasion
• ef-Salvador. - - • ■-
Jerez has been defeated in Nicaragua, in his revo-
Mliqn against Mar.Mnez> 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 <beir memo
rial for the of tho foreign enlistmentr- act,
stating that the Go vernment cannot see how an improve
ment can be made. The Chamber adopted a resolution
. that if. another Alabama case arises to show the inefft
ciency of the act, steps should be taken to remedy the 1
:evil. , .-. r
Tho Times '}ooks .’on/.Mr, Adams’ speech as most rea
sonable, and timely, and looks forward without mis
tiust for nmtnal forbearance. England must expect
some interruptions to trade, and America must tolerate
some shortcomings in,consideration of the'difficulties of
neutrals.' In another article 1 the* riwaiey argues that it
- behooves England tp look leniently at the proceedings
of Commander Wilkes, in view of the 'maintenance of
her own rights when she becomes belligerent. :•
The'London in a pacific editorial, credits
/■President Lincoln’s- Government with a desire to culti
vate friendly, relations,
/ Mr.Layard, in the*Houseof Commons^explained the
hauling down of the American flag at Sombrero Island,
'during the stay there of the British-man-of-war Phae
ton; and denied the American jurisdiction.. The island
lias long been-part of the: British- possessions in the
Caribbean sea There has been no-correspondence on
th-p subject '>./
/ 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 <yvid)oii& ia so young a:
hand, nor enjoyed hi so great a ie^ea.
Haia.—Tom Thumb and .wife* Conin\od.ore
Nutt, and Miss Minnie,.continue tu visible B.rob •.
dignagiAns; ; Their entertainments are varied'qad taste
ful. Their 1 evoes are at once crowded and \ v in. good
~ fetyle " Onefeels, ingoiiigdheras,thath4 t 9 «50nferripgia
benefit upon the public, as well as up tUQ Ufcttfl Qf«K
tures who arq Vo glad to 8W him*
Large Attractive Sale of FrenciT and
American. Dee ffopos, &o.—The early particular
attention of dealers is requested to the very extefy-
Sive and attractive assortment at French, German,
aDII American dry goods, &c., embracing
Dout 1,000 lots of choice desifoble'faney and staple ar
.c in siihs, cottons, linens, worsteds, and woolens,
months 4 "" 7 ,oM ’ b 7 W
ciselv 10 nw comm cncmg this morning at pre-;i
Son all i 4O ** c <“«nued without intermis. '
ZemL X Pf rt of ,he evening; by John R
street.) C ' ’ auctione ™> 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. Si<atmaki
FIRST
500 N Penna E lS>f
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....—.1<y7 10754;
U £ 7. SO Notes.. .30654 107
American G01d.>143 150%
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 '<?at
for wUte-. Itve at
lli c Conn, is. W active OatsaX
I,soo.l'ushels prime 93c ghushel. Oats are
rati er better *„ sales aw*aaakiug,at ales of ■
citron, vs in steady Humana, wun saies oi
o^* duil; we quote mid-’
firm; salesof2£Q
i bbds Sfba Suaar arereported at 10%@11%c ft tb, on
■ ! fiSSfi ?<vh hdsNew Orleans #agar, by auction, at S@ls^
ami jko bbJs New Orleans Molasses at 4254@45c. cash. ■.
* —The market continues •'dull;:
. safes of Mess Pork are making at $l5 ft bbl. LarA eon
' tMceJduU lb for bbis audios. / , • .
*■ WHISKY-— I There is le e s doing; bbls'sell slowly. at
dfdbJGc for Penna and Ohio, and drudge at gallon.
The following are the receipts of Flour &sta Gram, at
this port, .to-day v. ■ ‘. f -f. Jv?
Flour.. l.SOObblr. ,
Wheat ǥ*ǣҥ .
Oats
.2,966*00 - v 49,834 19
.5,572 07 56,852 07
... 68,587 13
•1,131,219 10
......1,199,807 03
.Tons. Cwt.
7,740 00
... 2.135 00
... OO
. 20,396 00
.136 Sl5 CO
The ministry, he remarked in the next place, was
an arduous office. The ; difficulties of a minister
were then taken op and discussed at length. These
difficulties, he said, were in great measure indie
soluble from the; office itself, bat these;were
often increased by place and circumstance. Con
sjfeed with reference to what; was possible,
kursanly ijaeaking, the of the naraßter seemed
fsdeed & hopeless one. Lite the preaching of
the jecgfcet to fee dry bones in the valley of
epfatzsry to reason—so fee
.157,241 00
Gf wss naA* fee instro-
iaifeehaircsof Gcd the dead souls
ef ffPTiTTgny sperisnai Tbs of
responsiNe fi>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 <jp.oted to
the monarch these wo«!ds.:
lion roars, the wxEd of the fbrst nee away,
and when Jehovah soeaka ietkings keep
fbrehim,“ ' -
ilige Sales, May 15*
SK; Philadelphia Exchange.}
30ABD.
100 Catawissa R Pref. 25%
200 do Pref. 25%
110 MiuehUl R........ 65
,60 do . h-529
10*2Phila*ErieR.’... 26
.TOO. = d 0.......... b3O 26%
196 d 0.... ...b526
200UniouCanal-..... 254
3000 Phila.&fSunb 7s -..109
35 Lehigh River....; 65
11 d 0....... spaid 20
BOARDS. .
j _ New York Markets Maw iff.
j WRtelowerT 810lUIednU > 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,
clß<ltogsbi p piiiKbrands of *0 ucd - b Ohfo at
6.65, aisd trade branded© at $6.70©7 7* . ■ ill£>at 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, - • • '•