press, PUBLISHED DAILY (SUNDAYS EXCEPTED). BY JOII.V W. FORNEY. OFFICE. Ho, 111 SOUTH FOURTH STREET. tjir;l>a.ii,y press, ■ Fifteen Cents* m Week, payable to.the Carrier? Mailed to Subscribers out of the City at Seven Donahs Per Annum, Three Dollars and Fifty Cents for Sis Months, One Dollar and Seventy- five Cents for Three Months invariably in advance for the time or* 4ered. 49* Advertisements inserted at the usual rates. Six. lines constitute a square. THE TRhWEEKLY PRESS, Mailed to‘subscribers out of the City at Four Dollars JPer Annum, in advance. ' WAJCHBS AND JEWELRY. LARK’ S, 60S CHESTNUT STREET, WtHE CHEAPEST PLACE IN THE CITY TO BUY tfOLD or PLATED JEWELRY, SILVER-PLATED WARE. PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS, POCKET-BOOKS/ ‘TRAVELLING BAGS, &c. • —*■ Call and examine our stock before purchasing else • Where. •> The followingjs a.partial list of goods which we are •selling from SQlo 100 per cent, less than at any other es tablishment in the city: ICE PITCHERS. syrup pitchers; CREAM PITCHERS. SUGAR BOWLS. BUTTER COOLERS. GOBLETS. 3 cups. CASTORS. / • WAITERS, v - . CAKE BASKETS. fARD BASKETS. ALT STANDS. ' TOBACCO BOXES. . - •? NAPKIN RINGS. jFRUiT KNIVES. SABLE SPOONS. ■DESSERT SPOONS. TEASPOONS. > SUGAR SPOONS. BALT SPOONS. _ , DINNER and TEA FORKS. BUTTER KNIVES. . OYSTER LADLES. ' GRAVY LADLES. * SETS IN GREAT VARIETYv : BRACELETS.' BREAST PINS. • . ; CHA.TALAINE CHAINS. GUARD CHAINS. > MEDALLIONS. ' . CHARMS, r THIMBLES. RINGS. GOLD PENS. . • GOLD PENCILS. ! GOLD TOOTH PICKS. ' . ■ GENTS' PINS, beautiful stylei. GENTS' CHAINS, ■ " “ f . . ' -6LBEVE BUTTONS, * 4 . • >. STUDS. ARMLETS. . NECK CHAINS. POCKET-BOOKS. TRAVELLING BAGS. - ALBUMS. HIGAR CASES. * ARD CASES, *O. * Call early and examine the largest and cheapest stock ■df in the city. D. W. CLARK’S, 603. CHESTNUT. STREET. WATCHES 1 : WATCHES 1 AMERICAN WATCH COMPANY. e GOLH AND SILVER WATCHES. COMPANY’S SALESROOM CORNER EIGHTH AND CHESTNUT ST. I; B. MARTER, ; -. AGENT. These watches have now been in use over twelve years, -'and, for ACCURACY. DURABILITY, AND RELIABILITY, •:Ih eVery conceivable manner, have proved themselves .uftio.be, the most satisfactory, timepieces ever offered to the ''-*lrai)Uo/' s Vßfis result has been brought about bya sfcrict of mechanical science to the construction of the Satch from* its - very inception, rendering - it, when lished, - - , . " , , MATHEMATIOAI/LY CORRECT r ln .all its proportions, and necessavily as perfect a time- Vk’eeper as it is possible to make. r -The, Company have tested their "Watches, in many in stances, by. actnab daily noting, and the result of this '•* ted has been that they have exhibited a rate equal in regularity to the best marine chronometer. We invite attention to the V -it • LADIES 1 WATCHES, **elaborately finished, and thinner than any we have ' .heretofore produced, with several improvements calcu 'tlatedto secure the greatest accurady of performance, and * to prevent the usual accidents and derangements-to - Which foreign watches are liable. , mylS-lm. ifc .WATCHES, JUST RECEIVED PEE STEAMER EUROPA. GOLD WATCHES, LADIES’ SIZES, OF NEW STYLES. > , SILVER ANCRES AND CTLINDEES. GILT ANCRES AND CTLINDEES. PLATED ANCRES AND CYLINDBBS. for Sale at Low Bates to the Trade, by D. T. PRATT, 607 CHESTNUT STREET. ; . dfh PI N E WATCH REPAIRING rWmt attended to, by the most experienced workmen, ‘ -■ And every watch warranted for one .year. " * "yULC ANITE JEWELRY.—JUST RE * ceived, a 1 handsome assortment of Chaiel&in. and ."'Vest Chains, Pins,.Pencils, &c., and for sale at very low t. pr i^. ( , ~,.9,; MWdtW,*. v CARPETS ANl> OIL-CLOTHS. ECHO MILLS, M’OALLTJM A CO.; MAInJFAOTDBIBS, IMPORTERS, AND DEALERS. 609 CHESTNUT STREET, lOpposlta Independence Hall,) O A E JP E T I N O Sj OIL CLOTHS, Ac. We hare now on band an extensive stoek of CARPET.' IMGS, of oar own and otbor makes, to wblcb we call itha attention of cash and short-time buyers. fe27-Sa J UST RE CEIT E D , 3,0 00 BOLLS CANTON mattings; * Yo which we Invite the attention of the trade.- M’OALLTJM & 00., NO. 609 CHESTNUT STREET, 90IL CLOTHS AND WINDOW SHADES. ••OARKIAGE, TABLE, STAIE,: AND FLOOR OIL CLOTHS, TIN COTTON AND LINEN FABRICS, QUALITY AND STYLE'uNSUJRFASSED. WINDOW SHADES, i COMPRISING EVERY VARIETY OF NEW AND OKI GINAL DESIGNS, PLAIN and ORNAMENTAL. These goods will be sold to Dealers and Manufacturer, * at prices much below the present price of stock. THOMAS POTTEft, IBLANUFACTUREB OF OIL CLOTHS AND WINDOW SHADES, 5839AECH Street, Philadelphia, and 49 CEDAR and 95 LIBERTY Streets, New York. - my 12-2 m • E ' M O V A L . J. T. DELACROIX, ~ Sue removed his STOCK OF CARPETINGS, • From 47 South FOURTH Street, to hie ; . NEW STOUE, No, 37 SOUTH SECOND STREET, •Where h e offers to hla old customers, and pnrahaMM generally, a L&BG£ AND. DESIBABLB STOCK 0? ...... CARPETINGS, jot all grades. end best known makes. 'OIL CLOTHS, MATTINGS, AND WINDOW SHADES, ' WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, AT THE LOWEST PRICES. J. T. DELACROIX, No. ST SOUTH SECOND STREET, above Chestnut, mh9-3m ■■■■. ■■■ ■■■ ■' '.-i . . ■ FURNITURE, «Sc. JPURNI T U R E . A LARGE ASSORTMENT, W. & J. ALLEN & BROTHER,’ ' mh9-Sm IaOO CHESTNUT STREET. dTJABINET FURNITURE AND BO* y* LIARD TABLES. MOORE db CAMPION; No. aoi. South SECOND. Street. tll6lr extensive Cabinet business, art MOW jaaimfectiirln* a superior article of' BILLIARD TABLES; finished with the _,“P9BK « CAMPION’B IMPROVED CUSHIONS, 7 W - ° Te 11894 stem *« *• 1 For the aualtty and (lnlBh,of these Tables, the manu feeturers refer to thelrnumerous patrons throughouttha Union, who are the -their , fiOfi GOLDTHORP * GO., COk; yjT-Yfir ■ , Manufacturers of -., \}&o, .TnsMs..Cords, Fringes, -Curtains, and Furniture ;; -.7 t Military and Dreae Trimmiiufa.' BibbonSe Neck TießJ etc., etc., Kervas market street, . Philadelphia. Tu OVK. E R’S ; PATENT SPRING BKl*, v •Pat*htbdJult3,lBM., v • •• UalrftrsallT acknowledged for Neatneee t Com/ori, and Durabilityto be the Standard Spring Bed, < * ; TheaboTewemaiinfat tilled and ttbM-Sm ■ go. H BBVKBB Boaton*!^. fJAKD ANJ V/ a* m®-—IU 8. SQCfiTII St O. BDBSBLL, J»3 North SIXTH Street GERMANTOWN. PA PHILADELPHIA, YOL. 6. -NO. 250. DRY-GOODS JOBBERS. H HALLOWELL CO., NO. 615 CHESTNUT STREET, (JAYNE'S MARBLE BUILDING.) Have now in stock, and are daily receiving, a handsome assortment of New Foreign FA NC Y DRY GOODS SILKS" All purchased since the recent DECLINE IN GOLD AND EXCHANGE. and which will be sold at a SMALL ADVANCE FOR CASH. apS-2m BRANSON, & CO:, N.W. CORNER MARKET AND FIFTH STS.; ’ (501 Market Street,) JOBBERS OF ENGLISH, FRENCH, AND GERMAN DRESS FABRICS, SHAWLS, &c. We invite the attention of the RETAIL TRADE to our well-assorted stock of FOREIGN DRESS GOODS AND SHAWLS, which we will sell at the very lowest market price. We pay especial attention to the large Auction Bales, and Buyers can find Goods in ou'Store, at much less than cost of Importation, and aa cheap as they can ba found anywhere. T. R. Dawson. J. G. Boxuaboxer. 0. Branson. apiB-36t . ' YARNS, BATTING, A WADDING. A. H. FRANOISOUSi No. 438 MARKET, No. 5 NORTH FIFTH STREET, Haa In (tore the largest stock In this Citr of YARNS, BATTING, WADDING, YARNS, BATTING, WADDING, YARNS, BATTING, WADDING, YARNS, BATTING, WADDING, YARNS, BATTING, WADDING, YARNS, BATTING, WADDING, Cotton Batting,'Wadding, Carpet Chain, Cotton Yam, Twineß, Wicking, Ropes, &c. Goods Bold at lowest Gash Trices. WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE. A. EL FRANCISOUSj *3B MARKET, and 5 North FIFTH Street, Calls the attention of dealers to hia IMMENSE STOCK WILLOW WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE, WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE, WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE, WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE, WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE, WOODEN AND, WILLOW WARE, WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE, WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE, BUCKETS, TUBS; CHURNS, BRUSHES, .BASKETS, BROOMS, LOOKING-GLASSES, TABLE AND FLOOR OIL-CLOTHS, WINDOW-SHADES, CLOCKS, FANCY BASKETS, AG. V A LARGER STOCK OF THE ABOVE GOODS THAN ANY OTHER HOUSE IN THE COUNTRY. CLOTHES WRINGERS. THE GREAT CLOTHES WRINGER. "PUTNAM »SELF-ADJUSTING CLOTHES WKINGEK” Is warranted to be superior to any other in use. EVERY FAMILY SHOULD POSSESS A CLOTHES WRINGER. BECAUSE, Ist. It is a relief to the hardest part of washing day. 2d. It enables the washing to be done in one-third less time. 3d. It saves clothes from the Injury always given by twisting. : 4th. It helps to wash the clothes as well as dry them. WE BELIEVE IT ADVISABLE TO PROCURE • . ; THE ' PUTNAM SELF-ADJUSTING CLOTHES WRINGER, POTNAM' SELF-ADJUSTING CLOTHES WRINGER. PUTNAM' SELF-ADJUSTING CLOTHES WRINGER, PUTNAM SELF-ADJUSTING CLOTHES WRINGER, PUTNAM SELF-ADJUSTING CLOTHES WRINGER, PUTNAM SELF-ADJUSTING CLOTHES WRINGER, ■ BECAUSE, \ First. The rolls, being of- vulcanized rubber, will' bear hot and cold water, and will neither break nor tear off buttons. Second. The frame being of iron, , thoroughly galva nized, all danger from rust is removed,' and the liability to shrink, swell, split, &c., so unavoidable in wooden machinesris prevented. - • Third. The spiral springs over the rolls render this machine self-adjusting, so that small and large articles, m well as articles uneven in thickness, are certain to receive uniform pressure. Fourth. The patent fastening by which the machine • tightened to the tub, webeiieve to be superior in sim plicity and efficiency to any yet offered. Fifth. It will fit any tub, round or square, from one half to one-ahd-a-quarter inches in thickness, without he least alteration. * . RETAIL PRICE : No. 1, 96.,..,.....N0. 2. *5.50......Letter “A,” 98. J®- Agents wanted in every county. 49* Reliable and energetic men will be liberally dealt With. ' For sale at the “WOODKNWARE ESTABLISHMENT” .. of : A. H. FRANOISODS, Ho. *33 MARKET St. and Ho. » North FIFTH St. lhh2s-2m Wholesale Agent for Pennsylvania. DRUGS AND CHEMICALS* ROBERT SHOEMAKER <& 00., northeast Corner FOURTH and BACH Streets, PHILADELPHIA, WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS* IMPOSTERS AND DEALERS FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC WINDOW AND PLATE GLASS, HANUFACTURBBB OT WHITE LEAD ADD ZINC PAINTS, PUTTY, Ao.l AGSKTfI FOE THE CELEBRATED FRENCH ZINO PAINTS. Dealers and eonsnsners.supplied at BhB-Sm VBET 10W p BICBS FOB CASH. QJIORGE A. MILLER & CO., 508 MARKET STREET, PHIL ADBLFHIA, WHOLESALE DEALERS IB DR U G S,. MEDICINES, CHEMICALS; paints, oils, varnishes, WINDOW AND HOLLOW GLASS WAKE, &&«.. 4c. Special attention given to tlie wants' of the City Trade: ap2l-lm EVERYBODY LIKES IT. : ALDEN’S CONCENTRATED COFFEE.’ and healthy beverage, gaarantled free »wJ*™ del &?*»^ ckor y> 01 “w- deleterlone substance whatever.. Price- cents perpoundjß, 10 cents Perponnd. Soldby KDW]JI A. my2-lm* ■ ; 4:BNorthFRONT St.,Philadelphia. TTNIO-N STEAiff : AND WATER. _V T HEATIKO COMPANY OF PMII?A»BI.I>niA. G &£A? E *I TSTE AM AND HOT-WATER HEATER THOMPSON’S-tSndon KITCHENER, and aU other Improved COOKING APPARATUS, '"“*““'*_*** u “*« - other Gratee, Ml g * 6 'T on s t Ji a J? rB »Backs ■ and Jambs, and all things connoted with the-above branch of business. ' • JAMES P WOOD, W M Tfir'wnrrTT o °* 4:lSon.thFOlJßTHStreet. tt»*iSUTWsLL» Superintendent? . ap3?-ly COMMISSION HOUSES# JELLING, COFFIN, A OO m »30 CHESTNUT STREET, Have for sale by. the Package a good assortment of Staple Styles PRINTS, LAWNS, BROWN AND BLEACHED MUSLINS, 6 COTTONADES, PRINTED LININGS, BILESIAS, NANKEENS, CORSET JEANS. ALSO, 6-4: BLACK AND MIXED BROADCLOTHS, UNION CASSIMERES, EXTRA, MEDIUM, AND LOW QUALITY SATINETS, NEGRO KERSEYS, PLAID LINSEYS, ARMY GOODS, &0., &0- ap2l-tuths3m J)AVID R OOE RS, Ho. 45 SOUTH FOURTH STREET, Importer and Jobber of - MEN AND BOYS’ WEAR, LADIES’ CLOAKINGS, &C. mbSO-Su* gPBING, 1,863. YARD, GILLMORE, A 00., Importers and Jobbers of SILKS AND v FANCY DRY GOODS, NOS. 617 CHESTNUT AND 611 jAYNE STS., Have now open, of THEIR OWN IMPORTATION, a LARGE AND HANDSOME STOCK SPRING GOODS, . coMPsisma DRESS GOODS, SHAWLS, RIBBONS. GLOVES, &C. Alio, a full assortment of WHITS GOODS, LINENS, FURNISHING GOODS, EH BROIDERIES, AND LACES. The attention of the trade is requested. p II I L A DEL PH I A “BAG” MANUFACTORY. BURLAP BAGS OP ALL SIZES, FOR CORN, OATS, COFFEE, BONE DUST, &0. ALSO, > SEAMLESS BAGS, Of standard makes, ALL SIZES, for sale cheap, for net cash on delivery. GEO. GKIGG, ,apl£3mi : '' ','k;ob.' 319 and ggl CHURCH Alley. gHIPLEY, HAZARD, & !HUTG HINS ON i Ho. U» CHESTNUT STREET, COMMISSION MERCHANTS, . FOE THE SALE OF FHILADEL PHI A • HAD E GOOD S. mh3l-6m. '. : JOHN T. BAILEY A CO. BAGS AND BAGGING OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, NO. 113 NORTH FRONT STREET, WOOL BAGS FOB SALE. !.»■«» ■ - - ' - - --.- CLOTHING. JOHN KELLY, JR., TAILOR, HAS REMOVED FROM 1022 CHESTNUT STREET. 70- EDWABD P. KELLY’S, 1*» South THIRD Street, Where he present, to former patrons and thepnhlle the advantages of a STOCK OF GOODS,egmal if npt su perior, to any In the_city-rthe.BkUl .and'taste-of-himself. ‘luidTßDWA'hlr-r 11 ----rationroi the "ilty—at prices much lower than any other first-class esta- - blishment of the city. : • - 'apl-tf Fine Clothing, FOR Spring and Summer. WJLMAKR& BROWS 8. E.. cor.-6th Market. - ALSO, Medium and Common GRADES, Cut mid' Made 111 Fasiaonablc Style SOLD AT LOW.' PRICES; -RLACK CASS. PANTS, $5.50, At 704 MARKET Street. BLACK CASS. PANTS, 96.00, At 704 MARKET Street. BLACK CASS. PANTS, *5.60, At 704 MARKET Street. BLACK CASS. PANTS, $6.60. At 704 MARKET Street. BLACK CASS. PANTS, $5.50. At 704 MARKET Street. GRIGG & VAN GUNTEN’S, No. 704 MARKET Street. GRIGG & VAN GUNTEN’S, No. 704 MARKET Street. GRIGG & VAN GUNTEN’S, No. 704 MARKET Street. GRIGG A VAN GUNTEN’S, No. 704 MARKET Street. GRIGG & VAN GUNTEN’S, No. 704 MARKET Street. mh22-6m 1 SEWING MACHINES. QET THE BEST. The Wheeler <fc Wilson Sewing Machine. OjCJR NEW STORE, 704 CHESTNUT .STREET, PHILADELPHIA. SECOND DOOR ABOVE SEVENTH, SOUTH SIDE. ELEGANT,- BROWN-STONE BUILDING. Tlic Wheeler & Wilson Manufacturing Co., Feeling that the increasing, popularity and .extensive sales of their delebrated'.Sewing Machines demanded a large Emporium for tlie accommodation of their nume rous patrons and friends,.have, opened, one of the most elegant and tastefully arranged establishments in Phila delphia, where they will be glad tfcwelcome their, cus tomers, and all who feel any desire to examine their wonderful Machine. ~r ' GET THE REST. , The Wheeler & Wilson • Sewing Machine may be ÜBed for-allkinds of Family, Sewing ,and :Army Clothing. It . is indispensable to’Seamstresses, Dressmakers; Tailors, ■ •Manufacturers of Shirts; Collars, Skirts,-Cloaks, Mantil las? Hats; Caps, Corsets, LadiesV Gaiters, Linen Goods?’ and is admitted fo be the best Machine for all kinds o V Ornamental Quilting,-Braiding, &c. . GET THE BEST. A hand some Instruction ’ Room has been fitted, -up for the accommodation of all who wish to learn to work on the Machine, and obliging and attentive young ladies are always in attendance .to instruct, without charge; or give any information desired? , If preferred, instruction will be given at the residences of the purchasers, free»of*charge.. -; : - GET THE BEST. ' Our prices havebeen greatly reduced, and all our Ma* chines are warranted for.one year. Persons at a distance can safely order our Sewing Ma-. chines, and will find.no , trouble in-working them from 'our printed instructions. * ? .; AGENTSf.Tfanted throughout Pennsylvania, New Jer sey; aSdDelaware to. sell these unrivalled and urie- QualledSewingMiichinQs- GET THE BEST. 'Call and examine them?whether you wish to purchase or not. ' Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine Co., ELEGANT BROWN-STONE BUILDING, myl2-tuths6t 704 r CHESTNUT St.. Phlla. gEWING machines; THE "BLOAT" MACHINE, WITH GLASS PRESSES FOOT, NEW STYLE HEMMEB, BBAIDBK, and other valuable improvement!. .. ALSO, THE TAGGART & FARR MACHINES. Agency— CHESTNUT Street ' mhB-tf GAS FIXTURES, dec. ARCH STREET. O. A. VANKIRK & OG., ; iCAHUPACTITBERS OP OH ANDELIE It 8 AND OTHER GAS FIXTURES. Also,French Bronze Figures and Ornaments, Porcelain and Mica Shades, and a variety of » FANCY GOODS, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. Pl«»«e Mil and examine rood,. PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, MAY 23, 1863. RETAIL, DRY GOODS. gYBE & L A N D E LL, FOURTH AND AKOH, OPEN TO-DAY, SUMMER SHAWLS. LACE POINTS, MANTLE SILKS. NEW GRENADINES. SUMMER BILKS. NEW FOULARDS. GRENADINE VEILS, SUPERIOR MITTS. SUMMER BALMORALS. DRESS GOODS REDUCED, inyl9-tutlistf J)RY GOODS AT LOW PRICES, HOUSEHOLD' LINENS, FURNISHING DRY GOODS, : MUSLINS, FLANNELS,. HOSIERY, WHITE GOOtIS, EMBROIDERIES. - From the late AUCTION BALES, , and from “other sources, bought for casli, the subscribers -have 'added largely to the general assortment of their - - - LINEN AND FUKNI SUING DEPARTMENT.' , Shirting,'Sheeting,and Pillow-Linens ; Table Linens, Cloths; Napkins, and Huck, Diaper, and Damask Towels and Towelings.* Marseilles Quilts, Fnruiture Dimities and Chintzes. Allendale, Honey Comb, and Oriental Counterpanes.’ Piano Covers, Table Covers, Table Coverings. , ALSO, '. \ To their WHITE GOODS and EMBROIDERY DEPART MENT, very choice styles-and Qualities of French, Eng? lish and Scotch . Plain, Checked, Striped, and Figured Ma§lins. Cambric, Jaconet, Nainsook, Mull and .Swiss Muslins, Brilliantes, Dimities, and Hair Cord Muslins, - Pique and Marseilles,'both figured .and corded. T' 5 / 1- - Edgings, IhsertingB, and Needle-worked Bands; ’ Handkerchiefs, Collars, Lace Sleeves, Embroidered, Tucked’, and Corded Muslin Skirts, Hem-stitched and Corded Bordered LinenTEdkfs, Together ■with a general • assortment of Ladies’, Gents’, and Children’s regular make.. Summer Hose, -Merino Vests, Under Shirts, and Pants. • SHEPPARD, VAN HARLINGEN, & ARRISON, ml4*thstu-6t 1008-CHESTNUT STREET, JJLEACHI D AND 880 W N MUS FKOM THE LATE AUCTION SALE, AT REDUCED PRICES; CTJRWEN STODDAIIT & BRO., 450,453, and 45* HORTH'SECONP St... my22-3t above Willow. gLACK SILK MANTLES FRENCH CLOTH CLOA K S . ELEGANT, GARMENTS AT MODERATE PRICES. COOPER d& CONARD. my2l-tf 'S. E. comer NINTH AND MARKET Sts/ gHADES, CURTAINS, CORNICES. RICH LACE CURTAINS, PLAIN AND GOLD-BORD. SHADES, ' RICH CURTAIN MATERIALS, : UPHOLSTERY GOODS, MOSQUITO NETTING, PICTURE, MIRROR, AND CHANDELIER COVERINGS. The subscribers respectfully invite the attention of Fa rallies to their large 'assortment of the above description' of Goods, bought for cash, at reduced prices. . .. Every attention given to putting np' and “hanging Shades, Cornices’, and Curtains: the best workmen em ployed, and the best -Vi . v > ARRJSON, - ‘ ;*yl.ooB CHESTNUT STREEIU— r JgLACK SILKS, OF £ui?~ ' GKAUES, ■ . . ' From.the late Auction Sales,'at LESS THAN USUAL PRICESV CDRWEN STODDART & BRO., 450,453, and.4s4* North SECOND St.. above .Willow 1 .: oyyHITE MAItSEIIiLESi '■ . ' From a late Auction Sale, AT REDUCED TEICES. . CURWEN STODDART & BRO., 450,453, and 454 North SECOND St., above Willow. 4_4 CHINTZES, PROM AUCTION, AT REDUCED PRICES. CURWEN STODDART & BRO., 450,450,and 454 North SECOND St., above Wiilow. mySl-Ht ; < SPRING MILLINERY. I^/fOUBNIN G MILLINERY, MOURNING BONNETS, OF THE LATEST PARIS ANDREW YORK STYLES, Always on hand and made to order at the shortest no “SEW MOURSITO STORE,” ■ 930 CHESTNUT STREET. M. & A. MYERS & CO. my2-stulm 4 - GOODS: M. BERNHEIM, No. 720 CHESTNUT STREET, Has jnet Received DRAB, BUFF, AND IN ALE WIDTHS DRAB, CUFF, AND WHITE ENGLISH' CRAPE. BONNET SILKS TO MATCH; A FRESH LINE OF FRENCH FLOWERS. CALL AT No. 726 CHESTNUT STREET., 1863 spring 1863 WOOD dj GARY. No. 725 CHESTNUT STREET, Have now in store a complete stock of STRAW AND MILLINERY GOODS, • INCLUDING STRAW HATS AND BONNETS. MISSES’ AND CHILDREN’S STRAW GOODS. . FANCY AND. CRAPE BONNETS. FRENCH FLOWERS, RIBBONS. To which they respectfully invite the attention of Mer chants and Milliners, CASH BUYERS will find special advantage In examin ing this stock before purchasing. mh7-3m STRAW GOODS, 1863. FRENCH FLOWERS, LACES AND RIBBONS, OF THE LATEST FASHIONS, JUST OPENED : v >< ■ ■AT j. . THOS. KENNEDY * BRO.’S, No.' 130 CHESTNUT Btreet, below EIGHTH. _____ - apS-2m JJS) sPR I N G 1863. BROOKS <St ROSENHEIM, (Late Rosenheim, Brooks, & Co.), No. 431 MARKET STREET, North Side, Have now open, and are dally making additions thereto, A HANDSOME VARIETY OF // RIBBONS, BONNETS, MISSES’ AND CHILDREN’S HATS, FLOWERS, • AMT MILLINERY. ROODS IN GENERAL. ./ 9 • . to which the attention of the trade is respectfully soli sited, , /' ■ .. .■ mh23-2m Millinery • ■ AND STRAW GOODS. JOSEPH HAMBURGER, . 35 South SECOND Street, -Has now open alarge stock of Ribbons, Artificial Flowers, &c ; , to wliich:he respectfully invites the attention of Milliners and Merchants. Goode received dally froin New Yorkauctions. mh39-2m* T3URGUNDY PORT —175 QUARTER -A* Casks ust received per ship “ Laura, ” for sale in bond, by CHAS. S. & JAS. CARSTAIBS, 9,m W 6 WALNUT and 31 GRANITE Stroots, WHITE RIBBONS, SATURDAY; MAY 23, 1863. ARMY OF THE POTOMAC. Tltc Weatlier—Distinguished Visitors Newspapers—Rumors—TJie New General, Joseph HooKer—Confederate Currency—A Rcbel Baitle-flHg—Photographs nn<l Au* tograplis—Vallandiglxnui In the Army, [SpecialCorrespondence of The Presv] , ' r Headquarters Army of the Potomac, ) May 16, 1863, f .. THE WEATHER. Perhaps you have lived beyond the line where orange groves perfume the air;, where elephants aboundj-where reptiles live. Maybe you have per ; spired at Fort Yuma, or quaffed your sherbet in that terribly warm town on the Ganges, where, it iB said, thermometers blow up, and where Mr. Meriam’s _.i‘heated term ,,i never ends. If so,, you may form some idea of what th<6 weather was in. Stafford, county, Virginia, on the 16th of the current month. Remember that the grand old forests.of this region have passed away,- and that cotton tents alone pro tect the Army oDthe Potomac from the rays of the summer sun. £;/• I • To-day a pleasant breeze is blowing, but it is still warm, and equestrians rein in their steedß at every brook. Footmen carry their coats on their arms, and puff amazingly. The commissariat seems to smoke, and even the locomotives, as they pass, whistle as if their valve-throats were dry, and there was nothing to drink. Major-generals show no stars upon their coatless shoulderSj peripatetic newsmongers are too warm to talk, and the common run of humanity in *blue seek the babbling brookwith saponaceous cakes ain'd huckaback; t.owels. . But afar off in the wjest there rises a cloud—-har : binger of a cooler speli. Languid war steeds prick up their ears, and patient pack-mules -kick up their little heels and shake their tufted tails with joy. Another cloud appears, making itß'way slowly from . below the horizon't6 meet its nebulous brother. * 4 A little stir among these clouds, ' Before they rend asunder ; A little rocking of the trees, . . And then comes on the thunder. ” Such thunder aB Olympic Jove was Baid to in dulge in when angered by the wicked deeds of men or ill-bred deities. Now comes the vxainr ; first, in desultory dropd?like lumps of crys tal,>making dry music on the hard baked ground, if oiling the dust up in little heaps, that burst like ihimie bomb-shells, at the slightest, touch; pock ’ ‘marking our dwelling houses, as if they had never been inoculated in manner and form prescribed by hydropathic faculty, playing a weird tattoo upon tree-tops, and lively tarantulas down in the mea tfows where the cattle graze. Anon with a crescendo movement, the smaller drops descend, and from hill side’and dell flow streams of yellow water that ' threaten to submerge sundry grass-fed oxen, which we hope may be spared a watery grave to grace our frugal board to-morrow. "What torrents come down! ■ Men throw up the collars of their coats, and bend tlfeir heads to the storm. Sentries secure the locks and’pace up and down their beats wjth sloppy tread. I see, afar off, the only dog that •bays the moon withina mile or more.* “His barkis tempest tOBt,” and he scuds before the gale like some siifall monitor without her turret. Birds have long a«> sought their friendly arbors, but the rest of na tive is afloat, and rrian, proud-man, must sleep to : night in a wet sheet on a., flowing sea. To-night the stars come out in myriads and twinkle upon us, as if they Wondered how we can stand be ingfwashed in the open air and dried without crash of doublc width, and we wink at the stars, and, like child in sthe primer,; wonder what they are. Camp-fires are burning brightly, men,are singing gaily, the Bweet notes of a band in the distance are wafted to us by the balmy evening breeze, and we alb-talk of home, and recall jußt such evenings as this, passed among the scenes of the oid Keystone State: l *bTill sated with rapture,-eack steals to his bed, . -With a glow in his heart, and a cold in his head. ” J* - DISTINGUISHED VISITORS. May 19.~Following.upon the heels of Gov. Curtin came . Senators,Wade and Chandler, who, without - doubt, gave our generals-many good hints relative 'to the conduct 'of the war. There is reason to be lieve that the sagacity of-theße gentlemen is only equalled by theirpersonal appearance; and if any suggestions they made while here result in a lessen ing of the distance between us and Richmond, they surely deserve the thahkß of a grateful country. it grieveß me to say itr—the presence of a thtf Armyof thc,Potomac has ever been a forerunner of evil; and, at his appearance, military men, wlyKare not" much given to supersti- disencumber their minds of .^tbouEthta’-.lilaP the Greeks and Latius-wsen one;.uufortumitely sneezed to the left, or dreamful of tuadsrrrreceifent'Ts law in the army,.to a extent, and the-opinions of the aged are respected. Synesius has decided it to be a shame to him \who . cannot interprets a dream, or >judge ot the substance by the Bliadow It casts.'• The -mantle of Theinistocles rests upon many broad shoul ders here, whose owners know by experience that straws ehowwhich way the winds blow." ■ v The Senators have gone home, but there are .Still great.men amongus; There is an English colonel here of elephantine build, and grace,/Who knows .all the.orders issued at Shpeburynessan^Aldersgate by rote, and who will go home and write a "learned criticism un Yankee tacticp; a justice ofthe peace from Tinicum ; and. a Russian officer who sympa thizes with Poland,but who has no desire to emu late Warsaw’s last champion. Every day, now that the embargo is removed, we are visited by the papers, most of Which, to their credit* be 'it spoken?: are thoroughly loyal. A few, however, continuertheir opposition to the Govern ment, but have little or no influence in the army. A Harrisburg journal, 4n which it is stated that Ge : neral Hooker was .during the battle of Chan . cellorville, has been seen here. ’Some of the home • WftTd-bound Pennsylyanianß will demand a retraction of the slander. Until, to-day all the newspapers have been filled with K RUMORS ofthe most extravagant character. The Army of the Potomac had recrossed the Rappahannock, , Richmond , had been taken, General Halleck was „_about to enter the field in person, , General McOlel lanhad resigned,'; and so on.; These reports, of course, created great; surprise among ub ; and but • lor. the actual presence of tangible, visible land marks, and the unvaried position of the Rappahan nock and the heavenly bodies; and the railroad, and the sutlers, the first might have, received some cre dence.' As to the talring'ofßichmond? that, you "know, has been so often. done, we'have become in different to the rojurrence of the operation, and would be but little surprised to hear that General v Corcoran had dug a ditch around the devoted city and floated it to Suffolk. ' ‘ ' * It is rumored here that the sth Corps is to be re lieved by-the Bth, nowin and around Baltimore. It cannot be. contraband to stated what has been so >often published; that several regiments of this cbrpß have been mußtered out of the Bervice, leaving it in a depleted condition, General Meade will > be contented with festival quarters away from the field iB extremely doubtful, and Ido not think the command would be satisfied with the change. A"REBEL BATTLE FLAG —CONFEDERATE ' CURRENCY,, A few days ago I had the of examining the battle-flagof tlie sth Alabama Volunteers, one of the many colors taken by our troops on the 3d and 4th inst. The flag is of fine biinting, red ground, With blue'crOßs-bafs, the spaces between which are : starred-in white. Inkcribed upon it arp the words, “Seven Pines,” “ Bali’a Cross Roads;’’ j“Mecha ohanicsville,” “ Cold v 'Harbor, 15 “Jfflalvern, ” “ Sharpsburg,” “ Bo^npborb/ , : and “Fredericks burg,” battles in whio)i£Ue Alabama StnT’one of,the best in the Confederate; army, has been engaged. Thefiag"war."taken Cobham," of the lilth ■ Pennsylvania, Whose regiment was surrounded, and escaped annihilation by cutting its way,through' tlia.rebel ranks. With the flag the colonel captured a Confederate ‘was trying,to Baveit, and had the satisfaction of brfflgi&g'hia prisoner and the trophy within our'lipes. > Some of the'eaptured rebels offered three dollars of their money for on<?dollar of ours; and exchanges of the same kind were- proposed- by rebel wounded, to our men left in change of hospitals in the field, after .our troops had returned to their old quarters. PHOTOGRAPHS, AUTOGRAPHS, AND THE " ; TROUBLES OF GREATNESS. Counterfeit presentments of ; all-the prominent. officers of the army are'in great demand. General Hooker is in everybody’s pocket, General McClellan graces- every 1 army nlbum, and Sickles, Meagher, Butterfield, Meade, Halleck? Scott, Kearney, Stone man, Burnside, and PdVt^r,are to be;found in all conceivable styles, in ail conceivable places. Great ' men in civil- life" are : eherlBhed.. l on pasteboard, as treasures whlch'time, moths, money, and the ballot box, may corrupt or destroy; and little men*.too, like Tom Thumb and' Commodore Nutt,, are highly prized. How often General Hooker has been called up on to affix Mb sign 'manual to his carte de visile it would be hard to tell. Generals Meade, Sickles, and others, are bored daily'by their admirers to fur’ nieh epecimcnts of penmanship, on rectangular cards bearing the v fbatures of these heroes, til! they become tired of their greatness, and accuse the inno cent/o/o^rtfi/Ts/arof sjSoving at least one half of'it, and" its torments, upon them, ’ / THE NEW’GEN. JOSEPH HOOKES. An old lady of Pennsylvania has written a very patriotic letter to our commanding general,Asking ■ him to allow her youngest son, a promising boy -of three months, to bear the name “General Joßeph Hooker L—■ — i n;“ ‘ The letter states that the writer has y two Aons in a Pennayivauia' regiment, and ‘is willing to "'Send two more when they are needed. The following endorsernents have been forwarded with-the letter while on its way to general head quarters: - •:-“HeadquXrters:62d.Pa. Y015.,- “May 9,1863. “RespectfUlly returncd. The fact is true, as stated by Mrs. L. She lias two sons in this regiment, both " good Upon inquiry l believe it to be true also, as statedly Mrs.. L., that she has a"baby of : the sex indicated, and that the aforcaaidiinfant is a promising Bpecimcn. I. would, therefore, respect fully recommend that no objection be interposed to the wishes of his fond parent in besto wing upon him 'the name of our brave commander. • * “J. B; SWEITSJER, : s k “ Colonel 62d Pa. Vols:’’ • “Headquarters 2d.Brigade,;istDiy m “ May 10,1803. “ Eespectlully returneil. I entirely concur in the rcoommendatiou of Colonel Sweitzer. I beg leave to suggest, however, that the promising child be named Joseph, instead of Joe. “ JAS. McCtUADE, Col. Com.” “ Headquarters Ist Div., 6th Corps, ; May 13, 1863. “ Respectfully forwarded. Approved. “ JAMES BARNES, Brig. Gen.” How the communication fared when it reached headquarters of the Fifth Corps is more than I can tell, but I am confident that the gallant General Meade aent it on its way with one of those pleasant recommendations which are so characteristic of him. General Hooker, as a matter of course, granted the application without a moment’s hesitation, and by this time, Mrs. L., good soul, is the envy of all the mothers in her neighborhood. Long may she live to train up the young general in the way he should go; and long may he live, fulfilling, day by day, the fond hopes of his maternal parent, making good, as he grows, the pledges he tacitly made as a “promising child.” May he never disgrace the name he bears, nor forget his duty &b a citizen of the Republic. And aB long aB he lives, let him feel that “ No soil upon earth is so dear to his eyes, As the soU lie first stirred in terrestrial pies.” VALLANDIGHAM IN THE ARMY, The arrest of Vallandigham created 'no sensation here, and there is but one opinion among us con* cerning the step General Burnside felt'obliged to tAke, We all feel safer when such things happen— just as we should at the crippling of the enemy in our rear, while our hands are full of work for the' enemy in the front. T The Copperheads must subside, or there will be trouble for them when the army goes home, for what sayß the German couplet? “ Gegen Demokraten Helfen nut Soldaten,” which means that the best cure for bad Democrats is good soldiers. , 5 While we heartily subscribe to the course the Go vernment is pursuing toward individuals of the mo-. casein stripe, we cannot but wonder at its apparent indifference to the organs of those individuals which come to us daily, filled with just such arguments aB would best suit Mr. Davis and his compeers. Allow me to'make a statement or two in illustration: I. 'Vallandigham was arrested at Dayton, Ohioj for making a-treasonable Bpeech which was heard by some two thousand people. ; 11. The New York World makes forty treasonable speeches every day to an audience of fifty thousand, and is still allowed to circulate. 111. Freedom of speech is guarantied by the same great law that warrants freedom of the Press. The Copperheads are allowed to exercise to the fullest extent the latter, while the former, the less hurtful of the twoj is denied them. MUSIC AND MURDER. Everybody who can get off is going out to see a review of the 6th Corps, which is announced for this morning. Your correspondent has no desire to be a witness of the monotonous ceremony, prefer ring to remain where there is no danger of being scorched or sunburnt. The music of a brass band comes hobbling along from a distant hill. Notes, quavers, and hemidemi seroi quavers mingle in most admirable confusion, striving individually and collectively, frantically withal, to make up the score of “Hail Columbia,” A bass drum and a snare rattle and bang, aB if total ly defiant of the unities and proprieties, and lam led to believe that all the instruments, from the serpentine French horn to the sinuous key-bugle, have beenonan extensive “ bender.” At length the performers approach. ; They are to officiate at Gen. Meade’s headquarters on the return of the corps officers, who will have cakes and ale. Here they come. A long string of horses, very warm and very dusty. A crowdof shoulder-strapped gentlemen, dusty, warm, hungry, and thirsty. Now we have some more music by the band; and between the long notes the guests attack the cakes and ale. Would that Damon, who! taught Pericles to tune the harp, or Pythoclides, who shares that honor, could be here to listen! The performers blow mighty blasts, making up in force what they lack In har mony. \ * You’d think they were crusaders, sent From some infernal clime. To pluck the ears of Sentiment, And dock the tail of Rhyme; To crack the voice of. Melody, And break the legs of Time. ! \ • But now themußic has ceased; the festive hall is deserted. Night has hung her sable pall over the earth, and generah, colonels, orderlies, andfeathered songsters, have gone to bed. lYfay2o.—'The usual quiet of our camps was much disturbed at an early hour this morning, by the re port that a contraband in the employ of the post commissary at Stoneman’s Switch had murdered one of his companions, and mortally wounded another, with a butcher-knife. The three were quarrelling about a loaf of bread. The murderer is on the wing. I inust dose with the remark that all is quiet on the Rappahannock. ... DHU. DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSISSIPPI. “ Tile Rebel Gcu. Pemberton Defeated at Ed ' wards’ Station, with Loss ot* 3,ooo—Gen., lloyd TUghman KiUed-Ylcksburg cut off from Supplies ami Reinforcements— Grant Pursuing the Enemy toward Vicks turg—Rebel Reports. CiNCiNNATi, May 22.—Information received here from General Grant’s-headquarters at Raymond, Mibb., Bhows that it was his intention to destroy 'all the bridges. After the capture of "Jackson he ceased communication with Grand Gulf, in conse quence of heavy escorts !of troops being necessary for such service. The army was provided with ra tions for eight days. From Jackson, General Grant was to proceed to Haines’ Bluff, and secure a number of transports be longing to the rebels and prevent their escape up the Yazoo. . Pemberton is thought to be in front of Grant, and Johnston iB supposed to have brought but five thou sand troopß with him. -It is generally supposed a great battle would be fought before Vicksburg sur rendered. The bridge over the Big Black had not been de- s stroked, but it is guarded by five thousand men, with instructions to destroy it it they Bhould be compelled to leave. Three miles of railroad, near Jackson, were tom up when our forces entered that city. We have contradictory reports from Mississippi. One is, that General Grant has been driven back from Jackson and Port Gibson, and that Johnston has possession of'the Jackson'and’Yicksburg rail road. Another is* that Grant has beaten Johnston, and taken possession of the railroad bridge over the Big Black river, which is the most important in that section, entirely cutting off the rebel communica tions with Vicksburg. , Sixty-five cars, loaded with bacon and com meal, > were captured between Raymond and Jackson. It appears to;be General Grant’s intention to march in the rear of Vicksburg, to Haines’ bluff. The rebel papers report forces from all sections of the South, matching to reinforce Johnston. - Mtjrfhsrsboro, Tenn., May 21.—Gen. Sheridan’s scouts report that the rebels admit Grant has de feated Johnston, and hassecured the railroad bridge across the Big Black, thus cutting off Vicksburg from supplies and reinforcements. This bridge is the largest in the South. THE REBEL NEWS. OFFICIAL DESPATCH OF GEN. JO. JOHNSTON TO THE REBEL-WAR OFFICEJ Camp between Livingston and Brownsville, Miss., May 18, 1863. To Gen, S. Cooper: Incut. Gen, Pemberton was attacked by the enemy on the morning of the 16th instant, near Edwards’ d<sp6t, and, alter nine hours’ fighting, was compelled to fall back behind the Big Black. / J. E. JOHNSTON, General Commanding. Brandon, ifriss, May ,17. —Two gentlemen rode to Jackson to-day and traversed the city; r The enemy had evacuated about 2 o’clock. It is-supposed that they Dumber about forty thousand, and have re treated towards Vicksburg. Firing has been heard in that direction, and. it !is supposed that General Pemberton is in their rear. Before leaving they burned the . Confederate Housed the d£p6tB, penitentiary, Green &-Phillips’ factory. Stevens’ foundry, Lenoire’a ;hat .factory, ’ and'a block of. buildings on State Btreet, including the medical purveyor’s and other Government of fices. -Albo, both bridges over Pearl river, and de stroyed several miles of the railroad track. , , It is reported in Mobile that some of this burning was done before we retired; The Confederate House was burned by the proprietor. ' Mobile, Ala., May 18. —The special reporter of the Advertiser^ At Jackson, Mayl7, says: .. Arrived in reoonnoitnng train. ! The; Catholic church of thiß place was destroyed, and .the. Missis ■sippian office gutted, -the presses broken, 7 and"the. type thrown into the-street;: The.fumiture in the' Capitol was badly abused, and.thelGovernor’s man sion demolished. Ladies ware robbed of jewelry and money. All the stores were sacked,*and their con - tents destroyed; iron safes broken open.' The rail road was badly torn tip for several miles, and the telegraph wires torn down. About three hundred negroes from Hindß . county joined the Yankees. The country was, plundered generally; Farmers estimated the damage at- from five to ten millions. Much destruction and suffering prevails. * The enemy evacuated ojq Friday and Saturday, retreating hastily.: No serious engagement took place. The last of 'the rear guard left about two * o’clock, when our cavalry pickets dashed in, killed a Union colonel and captured two others. The Yankees captured-and paroled two hundred South Carolinians and Georgians. ! The following despatches are from the Richmond Fawniner of the 19fch and 20thinst/ : Mobile, Ala., May 18.—' The Advertise}' and Regis ter's special reporter, under date of Jackson, May IS, says: “ There was a heavy and indecisive battle near Edwards’ Depot on Saturday. We fell back to our entrenchments. Loss heavy on both sides. Gen. Tilghman, of Kentucky, was killed. Mobile, Ala., Mayl9.—T/ie Register and Adverti ser's special reporter at Jackson, in a despatch dated yesterday, says: “The Federate sent, in a .flag of; truce this evening for the principal surgeon left in charge of the wounded. The officer in charge of the flag states that in Saturday’s fight they lost six hundred men, took sixteen guns, and that ;our troops fell back across the Big Black, ,destroying the bridge. They advanced eight miles north, and. this morning found Johnston in line of battle. According to our' advices, no artilery .was lost and the bridge was not burned. „ Our force of twelve thousand men fought two army corps of twenty-four thousand; sustained : themselves, and fell back at night to their entrenchments. The loss was heavy, and the battle severe and ihdecißive. The Yankees are on the way to intercept communication. Ru mors, good and bad, are plenty. THE ENEMY AT THE CAPITAL OF-MISSIS SIPPI. [From the Richmond Whig; May IS. I Affairs; have become very critical in the South west ; Grant’s army have taken possession of the ca pital of Mississippi, the city of Jackson. This, besides being of itself-a painful and-'.disastrous event, places the enemy in the rear of Vickaburg, and cuts off supplies from.that place. A battle, or an evacuation and retreat, must immediately ensue. Grant, .by coming so far inland, loses all support from the navy, and exposes^his communication to . interception. The move is a bold one, and must be made to cost him dearly, or it will cost us dearly. AJfairs look ugly far the present, j. but luckily'for the country, a general in whom all have confidence (Joe Johnston) has reached the theatre of interest, and if the force which he can bring ifito action is what we have been led to suppose, it will be equally singular - and deplorable if a few days, perhaps hours, do not give-an entirely different aspect of-affairs. We await intelligence with anxiety, relieved by strong hope. . 1 THE BATTLE NEAR EDWARDS’ .STATION. Washington, May 22.—The Richmond Enguirer .of the 2lst contains the following despatch: Mobile, May 19.—The special reporter of the. Advertiser and Register , under date of the. isth, at . Jackson, furnishes the following l particulars of Sa , turflay’s fight, received from the adjutant of the loth Mississippi Regiment, who arrived from Canton last 'night:. ‘-.‘V• :: 11 The battle was fought at Baker’s creek, about k twenty miles went "of Jackson, We whipped the THREE CENTS. enemv badly until he was reinforced from Jackson. Gen. Pemberton then fell back to Big Black bridge. Gen. Pemberton estimates our-loss at three thou-, sand, and that of the enemy as three times as many. Gen. Loring, on the left, was cut off*, but he cut his way through to Crystal Springs, twenty-five miles south of Jackson. His loss is unknown. Gen. Tiigh raan was killed.” DEPARTMENT OF NORTH CAROLINA. Gen. Hunter and. tile Siege of Washington. A correspondent of the Tribune attaches to Gen. Hunter the credit of having impelled Gen. •wni to raise the siege of Washington : Those who remember the peculiar circumstances of the Hunter-Foster imbroglio, which had its origin in the blunders of Washington officials, and its na tural out-cropping in the unsuccessful attempt of Gen. Foster to deprive Gen. Hunter of supreme command in his own department, will not faiLto ap preciate the rare and splendid magnanimity of Gen. Hunter in this matter; nor will their estimate of the North Carolina authorities be improved on wit nessing the attempt now made, from that quarter to repay Gen. Hunter’s help by sneering inuendoes against the management of his department, or pal try insinuations, (as falße as paltry) that he is un popular with his men. Let us look at the facts t The situation in North Carolina has been re lieved. By whom ? Not by General Palmer and the forces under his capingfromWashington, leaving his command behind command, for Palmer tried, on more than one occa sion, and was driven back before the superior forces of the enemy—or at least before forces which he be lieved to be superior, and therefore failed to fight. \ Certainly not by General Foster’s course'in eß —a step, so far as it went, confessing that he consi dered the defence of the place from within a hope less task, and that the only hope for itß relieflay in succor from without. Certainly not by anything that Brigadier General Naglee did, or tried to do—though he is beyond doubt a gallant and dashing officer—General Naglee only having arrived, after “hard and rapid riding,” at Waihington on the morning of the 19th of April, “his horse covered with foam and mud,” as de scribed by his enthusiastic journalistic claquers; while, as is now known, the. enemy, under orders from Major General Hill, had abandoned the siege on the morning of the 14th instant (five dayß pre viously), General Garnett, commanding the rebel beleaguering force, having'been, upon theday-pre vious, ordered to fall back without further conflict to Tranter’s. In a word, as may be seen from Gen, Foster’s or der taking leave of the besieged garrison of Wash ington on the afternoon of the 14th inßt., Gen; Fos ters personal escape was made from a position which the enemy, Borne hours before,- had given up all attempts to take; and, in judging of Gen. Fos ter’s conduct, if we are to learn anything from our enemies, it is.only just to remember that Gen. John B. Floyd, of the rebel service, was bitterly censured for having fled from FortT)one]son when assured that it must be captured—even. though carrying off with him the whole 6,000 men.of his division. Had he left all these behind,' and only secured his own escape, he would not nave received any very bril liant thanks from the able soldier who is the chief of the rebel government. And now let ub ask, what impelled Gen. Hill to raise the siege of Washington without a battle, without a reverse—nay, while all his experience in the affair showed him that the troops under com mand of Gen. Palmer, at Newbern, were wholly in sufficient, no how or by whom handled, to break through his lines of leaguer? Palmer fought no battle, nor offered any. Naglee had not arrived on the scene of operations. Foster fought no bat tle, but ran the gauntlet of some batteries. The explanation is, that upon the 12th it had .be come known on mainland (all movements of troops in Port Royal harbor being visible to the rebel pickets on Daw’s Island.), that reinforce ments were being shipped to North Carolina; and it was wholly and solely on account of his learning this fact, and supposing (as General Hunter wished him to suppose), that all .the available forces of the expedition to Charleston were in motion against him, that General Hill, the rebel commander, de cided promptly on the abandonment of the siege of Washington. • ■ . This statement of naked facts precludes any fur ther argument. The relief of Washington, and (as implied in that) the safety of the department of North Carolina, may be considered due exclusively and incontrovertibly to the wise forethought on the part of General Hunter, which is now so ill repaid by the sneers and false statements put forth under the direct sanction and patronage of the North Caro lina authorities. - - KENTUCKY. The Invasion a Myth—Deceptions of the Rebels. A special despatch to the Cincinnati Gazelle, dated from the Army of Central Kentucky, Wild Oat, May 20, is as follows: Along the line of our front, from Williamsburg to Barboureville and Cumberland ford, matters remain undisturbed. The ford is but fourteen miles from the Gap. ; . Capt. Dubris iB said .to have crossed the river yes terday with a detachment of the 44th'Ohio, in a re connoissance toward the supposed rebel stronghold. * Major Hamilton, of the, 9th Ohio cavalry, after; a thorough investigation.of Big. Creek-and RedJßlrd, in„ v Clay county,, pronounces the reported raid of I,ooo—not 7,000, as the telegraph had it—rebel ca valry, a mere fabrication. The rebels rumored, to be .north.of the river area myth. ; Another reliable gentleman, direct from Powell Valley, confirms the previous; accounts of destitu tion among the soldiers and people, [and denies the presence of any considerable body of rebel troops in East Tennessee, and says they fear an advance "of our troops into Tennessee more than they intend one into Kentucky. No doubt their numbers and intents have been exaggerated purposely, as usual. They make a great display of pickets, noise, &c., to mislead. They have mistaken their man in Colonel Gilbert. ... THE REBEL ARMY. The Richmond Sentinel ofMay 18 has the follow ing interesting paragraphs: THE WAR. For several days there have been rumors here that Jackson, Miss., had been evacuated by our troops, and occupied by the enemy. Up to yesterday eve ning there had been no official confirmation of the report, nor had the agentß of the Press Association sent us the intelligence. , - With our. present sources of information, we are inclined to believe that the report'is true. But we are not at all prepared to weigh the significance of the act, if it be true. An article which we copy to day, from. a Mississippi paper, will show that the possibility of a successful dash upon Jackson by the enemy has been understood by our people, and the important records, &c„ accordingly removed. a If, instead of a tiring party of this sort, Grant’s army had been allowed to take possession, as is said, with but small resistance, it may have been to se duce him further away from the Mississippi river, whence he draws his supplies. But it is idle to speculate in the absence of all data. Nothing re mains but to hope for the best while,waiting for the news. v PRISONERS. -On Saturday, three hundred and eighty-two Yan kee prisoners, including one hundred and thirty-six . officers, captured by Forrest, near Rome, Georgia, arrivedfrom the South and were quartered atxhe Libby prison. This makes up the whole of .For rest’s prisoners, several' hundred having arrived a few days ago. Among the officers are two oolonels, two lieutenant colonels, four majors, four, surgeons, and three chaplains; The officers and crew Of the gunboat Ihdianola, one hundred in-number, also ar rived, on .Saturday. There are now at' the Libby prison two hundred and forty-two Yankee officers. Among the tenants of that institution are also nine ty-four deserters from the 'Abolition' army and twenty-six negroes. THE REBEL FL AG. The new flag of the Confederate States is a fa vorite design with one of the greatest leaders of our army, as will be seen from the following despatch to Hon. Mr. Villere, of Louisiana: Charleston, S. C., April 24,1863. To Hon. O. J. Villere : Why change our battle flag, consecrated by the beat blood of our country on so. many battle-fields? A good design for the na tional flag would be the present battle-flag as Union Jack, and the rest all white or all blue. GvT. BEAUREGARD. SABBATARIAN LETTER FROM STONE WALL JACKSON. K Gthnet’s Depot, Caboi/ine Co., Va., December TO, 1562. Mt Dear Colonel: Yesterday I heard that Governor Letcher and yourself were coming to visit the army, but the arrival of the cars without you doomed me to disappointment. I hope you will come before ;long. Please, give my kindest regards to the Governor, and remind him of his long-stand ing promise to visit me. Colonel Linedi says he heard distant-artillery, and others agree with him. The direction is toward Port Royal.- I have heard with great interest the reports of the congressional committee recommending the repeal of the law requiring the mails to be carried on the Sabbath, and I-hope that you will feel it a duty, as well as a pleasure, to urge its repeal.. I do not see how a nation that arrays itself by such a law against God’sholytlay can expect to escape His wrath. The " punishment or national sins must be confined to this world, as there is no nationality beyond the'gravel For fifteen years ;I have refused to mail letters on Sunday, or to take them out of the office onjthatday. except since I came into the field; and so far from, having to/regret my course, it has been a source of true enjoyment. I have never sustained loss in observing what God enjoins, and I am well satisfied that the law should be repealed at -the earliest prac ticable moment. My rule is to let the Sabbath mails remain unopened, unless they contain a despatch; but despatches are generally sent by couriers or tele graph; or by some special messenger. Ido not re collect a single.instance of any special despatch, having reached me, since the commencement of the war. by the mails’. If you desire to repeal the law I trust that you will bring all your influence to bear ;in its accomplishment. - Now is .the time, it appears to me, to effect so desirable am ob ject. I understand that hot only our Presi dent, but . also most of our colonels and ■ a ma jority of our Congressmen are professing Chris tians. God has greatly blessed us, and I trust Ke will.makeus that people to whom God is the Lord. Let us look to God for an illustration in our history that righteousness exalteth a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people. Please send me a copy of the staff bill, as I may have something to say respecting it in my letter to Colonel Miles. Very truly your friend, T. J. JACKSON. - Col. A. R. Boteler, Richmond, Va. RETALIATION. ‘ The Sentinel of the 19th says: It is reported that the Confederate authorities have determined to de tail one Federal captain and one lieutenant, with a view of retaliating in kind for the hanging of two Confederate officers in the West by order of General Burnside. * . UNION MOVEMENTS AT WEST POINT. The Richmond Examiner Bays :_•]?or some days it haß -been suspected that the enemy has been remov ing hiß foiees from Weßt Point. On Sunday, Lieut. ‘Wise, of Gen. Wise’s brigade, made a reconnois aance of the position from the New Kent aide, and became'convinced that the enemy had evacuated. On the contrary, a cavalry officer, who on the same day reconnoitred from the east, King and Queen Bide, reports that the enemy had not evacuated, but had posted his forces .in a fo rest a mile or two above Weat Point. What the exact number of the forcas was he had no means of estimating, hut believes it is not a third as great as haß been represented. The best opinion seeins'to be, that a large force, perhaps fifteen thou sand men, were landed at the point simply by way of diversion, but that thegreater part of them have siDee been reshipped and sent to Hooker, who is known to be in sad need of them. THE G-HNS KECOVEHEp FKOM THE KEO- The 11-Sneh Dahlgreen gunß of the Keokuk > which have been raised by the rebels, are now mounted in the forts at Charleston. On the 19th inst. they were fired throughout the day, at intervals, over theintel ligence of the death of Stonewall Jackson. MORTALITY AMONG REBEL WOUNDED. . Great complaint is made cAthe mortality among the rebel wounded in Richmond and at burg. The reason assigned :is soarcity f of medical supplies and inattention of the medioal officers. ARKANSAS AND MISSOURI. - In Arkansas and Missouri,the rebels profesß to. have great faith. All the disaffected troops of Gen. Hindman’s command are back again in the ranks, •under General Price. They were dissatisfied with Hindman, and left after his battle with th,e Union the wab press, [{PUBLISH*© WEEKLY.) The Wab Press will be sent to subscribers hr mail (per a-nunm La advance) at 93 ot> Three copies “ 44 - 900 Five copies “ 14 8 00 Ten “ •* “ - 15 00 Larger Cln.be than Ten will be charged at the sunt rate, 61.50 per copy. The money must always accompany the order, and to no instances can these terms be deviated from, as they afford very little more than the cost of the paper. Postmasters are requested to art as Agents for The War Press. the getter-up of the Club of ten or twenty* as •rtra copy of the Paper will be give*. Smith is being reinforced with some of the beat troopß. The wheat crop in Arkansas ie being havested. Corn is twenty-five cents per bushel, and flour three dollars per hundred weight. THE RICHMOND MARKETS. LFrom the Richmond Sentinel, May 20. 3 It appears that almost everything has an advanc ing tendency. The butchers, as predicted, hare raised their prices. The superabundance of spring vegetables has no effect upon the charges. 'Eggs are $2 per dozen; Butter is beyond the reach of the masses, and young chickens soar so high that a man of moderate means dares not dream of ever gazing* upon their like again. But some of these things, it is believed, must soon be lower. THE DBAFT. Preparations for Speedy Enrolment—Three Hundred Thousand Hen to be Raised — Opinion of the • Secretary of War on the. Money. Commutation—Tlie Question Awaiting tlie President’s Decision. [Correspondence of the Chicago Tribune. 3 Washington, May 16. A draft for 300,000 men will shortly be ordered by the President -for the purpose of filling up the old regiments. It is not the present intention to form any new regiments. There is no time to drill and prepare regiments for thiß campaign; Recruits sent into old regiments will be more fit -for field service in thirty days than they would be in six months if put into new regiments under green officers. It will be far better for the conscripts that they be assigned tothe old regiments and placed* among the veterans who have experience in the routine and duties of the camp,' and who understand how to avoid many things that injure the health and cause sickness. The old bronzed warriors know how to cook, wash, sleep, camp, and march to the beat advantage, and can teach this valuable information to their new comrades. • ; Many friends of the Union are impatient at the delay in ordering a draft, but it has been caused in getting ready. Considerable time must necessarily be consumed in preparing forms and instructions for the deputies, printing them; and sending them out. There was some time lost in selecting a provost marshal general. Colonel Fry has got the machinery of the draft nearly perfected,' and the appointments of the as sistants for the districts are nearly all made. In a few days more the enrolment will commence, to be followed by the draft as speedily as possible. Those conscripted will be at once mustered into service, uniformed, rationed, and assigned to their regiments •after a few. days’ preliminary instruction. The regulations for the government of the draft are al ready printed. Each State will be credited with the time for which her troops have enlisted. One three-years man in : Illinois will reckon as much as, four nine months men from Pennsylvania. If a draft for 300,000 men be ordered, not to exceed six or seven thousand will be required of Illinois—perhaps not so many—while Pennsylvania and New York will each have to raise from forty to fifty thousand. But the most difficult thing to determine in rela tion to the whole matter, is the proper construction •of the 13th section of the conscription act. If it be construed to mean that the Government must re ceive $3OO in- commutation of service from a con script,.then the purpose and intentions of the law is in a great degree nullified and defeated. Sup pose every conscript offers $3OO, the Government will not get a man if that construction prevails. If the 13th aection be construed as obligatory on the Government to receive money for personal service, the act, it is felt, will be a failure, and the Govern ment will be left without the ability [to procure men to fill up the ranks of the wasted regiments. The few men that may be got that are unable to raise $3OO will consist of those having the least interest in the perpetuity of the Union, and consequently will make the worst soldiers.' The Secretary of War holds that the act leaves it as optional with him to receive money commutation as it is for the conscript to offer it. The 13th section says that “any person drafted may' r pay $300,” “to such person as the Secretary may authorize to re ceive it,” “for the procuration of such substitute.” It is obviously the intention of the section that the $3OO, if received, is to be paid to some person who offers himself as a substitute. The law makes no other provision for the use of the money. The Secretary of War is not a Federal treasurer. He gives no bonds—he is not a financial officer. The assistant provost marshals are not Federal trea surers, under bond. They have no use for the com mutation money, unless it be to pay it over directly to persons who have volunteered as substitutes. What the whole act calls for is men, not revenue. It is not a bill to raise money to support the Go vernment, but to procure able-bodied men to fight public enemies. Any other construction nullifies the law. The 13th section should, therefore, be con strued in harmony with the purpose and object of the act, and not technically In a way to render it abortive, to take away the power of national self defence, which is simply, suicide. The Secretary of War holds that he is not bound to receive any con script’s money unless there is a “substitute” stand ing ready to take the money and serve in his place. This 1b the common-sense view of the act. Another question is raised in this connection: Is it constitu tional, after drafting a body of men, to let off three fourths of them upon the payment of a few dollars, and to force the remaining fourth into the camp and battle-field ? It is certainly not in accordance with the principles of republican government. There are two methods proposed that will savethe act from proving abortive. cretary of War "to appoint no agents to receive the ~s3oo[ as it is'clearly optional with-him. The act says he “may appoint a person” to receive the money. Suppose he concludes he won’t, what 'then? ' Why, the conscript must find his own sub stitute or go himself; This is the short, blunt, Jacksonian mode of solving the difficulty, and the course that ought to be pursued. The other way is one which complies with the letter of .the law, and yet procures the full number of men called for bytbe draft. It is as follows: Ist. Order a draft for a given number .of . men. 2d. Call for an equal num ber of volunteers to act as substitutes. 3d. Offer each a bounty of , $4OO ($lOO paid by the Go vernment, as provided in section 17, and $3OO by the conscript). 4th. Let each conscript who wishes to commute deposit his money in bank, and enter his name in a memorandum or pass-book, in the office of the enrolling officer, for the inspection of volunteers who have tendered their services as “ substitutes.” 6. Let each volunteer designate from the list for whom be will serve, receive the cohßcript’a money, and take his’musket. 6. Let' eaoh conscript ana substitute name his first, second, third, and fourth choice of regimentß in which he desires to serve. If more men apply for admission into a regiment than can be received, draw lots for the choice,of choice. But each man to > be restricted to regiments of his own State. By this .course each recruit will be placed among his own friends and neighbors. 7. Let the volunteering commence before the draft is made, as it will cause many to volunteer to serve as substi tutes in order to.escape being drafted, as in that case they would onlyget the $lOO paid by the Govern ment, and but $25 of that cash down; >B. He who is conscripted, for whom none offers to serve as his substitute, must go himself, or find his own sub stitute. . The final construction of the thirteenth section of the conscript act must come from the President, and it iB not known how he will decide it, but it iB be lieved that he will take the ground that the law calls for men, not money; that it is a military and not a revenue measure, and that a man to carry a musket must be produced for every name that is drawn from the box. Au Important Invention. , We have received from Captain. J. L. Jurgens, a Danish officer of considerable inventive genius, the following communication, relative to a new model for war vessels, which he has devised, and the merits of which, are now being considered by the Bureau of Construction of the Navy Department. A subject of greater importance could not be presented to the attention of the Government, and, indeed, it iB well worthy the consideration of the National Academy of Science, just incorporated : _ •: Washington, May 18, 1863. To Hie Editor of The Pres? : . Sir: I have submitted to the Secretary of the Navy the qualifications of a new class of war ves sels, of my invention; and have'been referred by that; officer to the Bureau of Construction, which seems favorably-disposed : towards my plans. The chief of .the Bureau, however, informed me that “he hadnot’the ppwerto decide, especially without see ing the drawings and specifications,” which will be completed .this week. The principal qualifications of the proposed war vessel are as follows: . 1. TheTmll is 'so constructed that.missiles of wkat over shape, size, or power, are harmless to the men, machinery, or hull. i 2. Boarding is out of the question;- 3..Theshlp is perfectly impervious to the attack of-rams or other vessels. • , - 4: The; small boats, propeller, and . steering appa ratus arfe all thoroughly protected: " ■ ;' 5. The masts are so constructed that injury from shot will be exceedingly difficult. 6. It is intended thatthis class of vessels shall fight at close quarters, and an important point is that the power is given to manoeuvre the enemy’s vessel when in close proximity. 7. The projectile is of a peculiar character, and will not glance off iron at an angle of '45 degrees. > N. B.—Said vessels are for sea Bervice, and not made unseaworthy by iron plating. It is absurd to attempt to make a ship shot-proof by plating, and at the same time; seaworthy ; for.by giving the-second of the speeified qualifications' it will . deprive her of the first, and vice versa. Therefore, a seagoing vessel . must be made' shot-proof/without being iron-clad, which is simply done by some'alteration in its inte rior works. • The inventor offers the drawing and specification to the United States Government, providing the Government will promise never to use said vessels “in a hostile manner” against the Danish Govern ment, “ unlessthe Danes should be the aggressors.” If the United States should ever use his plan, or any of the specified plans, to pay the . inventor ten .thousand- When duly , and satisfactorily tested, the inventor leaves it entirely tothe decision of Congress what said invention is worth. I am, sir, yours truly, J. I* JURGEN. THE POLICE . [Before Mr. Alderman Thomas. 1 JuvenUe Thief. .Maiy Boyle, aged fourteen yearn, was arraigned yes terday morning on the charge of stealing wearing ap parel to the amonntof $l5. from the public house of Reuben Sands, at Chestnut Hill. She was committed to .the House of Refuge. [Before Mr. Alderman HutehinsonJ Fined. . A woman employed as adomestic in a family-residing in the Fifteenth ward was arraigned on the charge of breach of the ordinance preventing the washing of side walks* after seven o’clock AM. The officer spoke to her about the impropriety of violating the law. She became very impertinent, indeed, and would not desist. ‘ Hence her arrest. She was fined. Alleged Robbery. Hugh Smith and Robert Ford were arraigned, before Alderman Hutchinson, on the .eharge-of robbing the house of Mr. Wierstone, atEgglesfield, of some clothing* - valued at about thirty dollars. It is alleged , that a key* of the door of an upper room was taken from the lower story. The despoilers ascended, opened the room, and rifled a trunk. - On FairmonntPark they were intercept ed by Sergeant Godwin and o£lcer Lehman. The officers were resisted, the last named being knocked down. The parties were committed in default of $1,700 bail to answer. J. Vandyke, .Chas. Hutton, and Win. Mansfield, charged with being implicated with the other two* were also heard before the magistrate. They were held to bail in the sum of SSQO each to answer. [Before Mr. Alderman Devlin. 3 Daring Robb ery. Two young men, giving the names of Robert • Reiser, of Baltimore, and George Logan, of Boston, were com mitted yesterday morning on the charge of assault and battery on, and robbery of young Mr. Powell,. the son. of the proprietor' of the Columbia House, on Broad, street. * It seems; from, the evidence, that .about one'obloek yesterday morning, white Mr. Powell'was standing in. front of the doorway of the Columbia,” the defendants came up, and insisted on, coming in. : He attempted to keep them out,- but was either knocked or pushed down; 'his wateh and pocket-book,containing some money, were stolen. The desperadoes hastened away; but two police officers bearing the alarm gave chase, and, after a pursuit ef seyeral hundred yards, the'fugitives were captured.. In their flight they threw the watch an<L pocket-book into the street. [Before Mr. Alderman Beitler. 1 who Is tlic Owner l A man giving-the name of John Snyder, wa?, Arraign ed at the Contra!Station last evening;by detective Levy* on.-suspicion ‘of stealing a well-filled.v'*ii«je, belonging to a military officer—probably, SergPjant Hamilton or Lieut. 'Plummer. . The defendant trying to pawn it in the neighborhood of South and.S^ x th street. He says thathe is driver of car No., 6, G' irar d-ayenue Railroad, and that be bought contains, among other things, military pay-rolls ot^ Ta lue to the owner. The ’ accused was committed fora, farther hearing. , Mora Go p ,ds Recovered# Deteotive Levy ana dergeant-Thackara yesterday re covered more good 6, t uat had been stolen from the cutle ry store of Mr, hi®, Ridge avenue.
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