THE PRESS, PUBLISHED DAILY (SUNDAYS EXCEPTED). BY JOHN W. FORNEY. OFFICE, No. 11l SOUTH FOURTH STEEBT. THE DAILY PRESS, ffWTEEN Cents Per Week, payable to the Carrier? Malted to Subscribers out of the City at Seven Dollars JPbr Annum, Three Dollars and Fifty Cents for Sex ■Months, X)ne Dollar and Seventy-five Cents foe tTHRBB Months Invariably in advance for the time or dered. 49" Advertisements inserted at the usual rates. Six dines constitute & square. THE TRI-WEEKLY PRESS, Mailed to subscribers out of the City at Four Dollars 'Per Annum, in advance. WATCHES AND JEWELRY. ARK'S, 603 CHESTNUT STREET, IB THE CHEAPEST PLACE IN THE CITY TO BUY GOLD or- FLATED JEWELRY, SILVER-PLATED ••WARE, PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS, POCKET-BOOKS, 'TRAVELLING BAGS, &c. Call and examine our stock before purchasing else- The following is a partial list of goods which we are selling from 20 to 100 per cent, less than at any other es tablishment in the city: ICE PITCHERS. SYRUP PITCHERS. CREAM PITCHERS. SUGAR BOWLS. BUTTER COOLERS. GOBLETS. CUPS. CASTORS. WAITERS. CAKE BASKETS. CARD BASKETS. - SALT STANDS. TOBACCO BOXES. . NAPKIN BINGS. FRUIT KNIVES. TABLE SPOONS. : DESSERT SPOONS. . • TEASPOONS. rSUGAR SPOONS. , BALT SPOONS. _ ' (.DINNER and-TEA FORKS. ’BUTTER KNIVES. . . •OYSTER LADLES., ORAVY LADLES. ' SETS IN GREAT VARIETY. •BRACELETS. ABREAST PINS. - - r - OHATALAINE CHAINS. . 'GUARD CHAINS. •MEDALLIONS. SCHABMS. : Thimbles. rings. GOLD PENS. GOLD PENCILS. GOLD TOOTH PICKB. GENTS* PINS, beautiful style*. GENTS’ CHAINS, " 'SLEEVE BUTTONS, .*• , STUDS. , • ..ARMLETS. NECK CHAINS. POCKET-BOOKS. : t TRAVELLING BAGS. A ALBUMS. - CJGAR CASES. CARD CASES, &*. GtU early and examine the largest and cheapest Block goods in the city. D. w. CLARK’S. 60a CHESTNUT STEEKT. WATCHES! WATCHES 1 AMERICAN WATCH COMPANY. "GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES. ' COMPANY’S SALESROOM ■ SOUTHEAST CORNER EIGHTH AND CHESTNUT ST. I: 33. MARTER, AGENT. These watches have now beeu in use over twelve years, • /in every conceivable,manner, have proved themselves • £o be the most satisfactory time-pieces ever offered to the • tpublic. , * This result has been brought about by a strict appli cation of mechanical science *to the construction or the ; watch - from its very inception, rendering it, when ! finished, , MATHEMATICALLY CORRECT #dn all Its proportions, and necessarily as perfect a time keeper as it is possible to make. ■ The' Company have tested their Watches, in many in stances, by actual daily noting, and the result of.this • iteat has been that they have exhibited a rate equal in • to the best marine chronometer. We invite attention to the ■ , " LADIES’ WATCHES, - elaborately-finished, and thinner than any we have - Theretofore produced, with several improvements calcu • lated to secure the greatest accurady of performance, and - .'■fco" prevent the usual acoidents and derangements to * Which foreign watches are liable. . myls-lm . WATCHES, JUST RECEIVED PER STEAMER EUROPA. GOLD WATCHES, LADIES’SIZES, OP NEW STYLES. SILVER ANORES AND CYLINDRES. GILT ANCRES AND CYLINDRES. PLATED ANGERS AND CYLINDERS. For Sale at Low Rates to the Trade, by 13. T. PR AT T, SOT CHESTNUT STREET. Jfc FINE WATCH REPAIRING aßak ' attended to; by the most experienced workmen, and every Wateh warranted for one year. a; RUSSELL, laMm . aa North SIXTH Street • VULCANITE JEWELRY.—JUST RE * celved, a handsome assortment ofChatelaln and - 'Vest Chains, Pins, .Pencils, Ac., and for sale at very low •prices. G RUSSELL, . ap2S-tf i>g Worth SIXTH Street. J C. FULLER’S ; FINE GOLD PENS, THE BEST PEN IN USE, FOB SALK IN ALL SIZES. my22-3m jj?INE GILT 0 OIBS IN EVERY VARIETY. IMITATIONS OF PEARL AND CORAL. J.O.FULLiER. ' ; No.' Ti»; CHESTNUT Street. my22-3m BINGS. A fall assortment, all sizes and styles. JV C. FUELER, No. Tia CHEST STJT Street. my22-3m MUSICAL BOXES. TN SHELL AND ROSEWOOD OASES, playing from 1 to 12 tunes, choice Opera and Ameri -*an Melodies. FARR & BROTHER. Importers, ap4 324- CHKBTNUT Street helow T?onrtb. CARPETS AND OIL-CLOTHS. ECHO MILLS, M’CALLUM A 00, MANUFACTURERS, IMPORTERS. AND DEALERS, 609 CHESTNUT STREET, (Opposite Independence Hall, I CARP.E TIN Gr Si OIL CLOTHS, &«. W, lat, sow oa lul »I 1 extensive stock of CABPET- }J»GB. of oar owa sni other makes, to which we cell tfthe attention of eaahand short-time buyer*. fe2T-Sm iJJJBT EE C SITED, 3,000 ROLLS CANTON MATTINGS, ''So which we Invite the attention of the trade. M’ OALLTJM <6 <30., NO. 509 CHESTNUT STREET, CLOTHS AND WINDOW SHADES. , ■mRRIAGE, TABLE, STAIR, AND FLOOR OIL CLOTHS, :IN COTTON AND LINEN FABRICS, QUALITY AND STYLE UNSURPASSED. WINDOW BHADKS, "COMPRISING EVERY VARIETY OP NEW AND OBI GINAL DESIGNS, PLAIN and ORNAMENTAL. These goods will be sold to Doalors and MannCaotorers =«< prfeee much below the present priee of stock. THOMAS POTTER, OF OIL CLOTHS AND WINDOVT SHADES, 3»9 ARCH Street, Philadelphia, and 49 CEDAR and 95 LIBERTY Streets, New York. myl2-2ra • . v ; l|jV E M OVA D . J. T. DELACROIX, Bm» rumored Us ... STOCK OF CARPETINGS, Urom'4T Booth FOURTH Street, to hie NEW STOKE, No. SI SOUTH SECOND STREET, ’Where he offers to his old customers, and purchasers isnnerallr, a LARGE AND DESIRABLE STOCK OF O ARP ETINGB,
    French Broun Figures and Ornaments, Porcelain end Mica Shades, and a variety of FANCY GOODS, wholesale aetd se tail• PIMM iftll and examine foods. d«18-lr RETAIL DRY GOODS. N B w SILK CLOAKS MANTILLAS. NEW SILK CLOAKS NEW SILK CLOAKS AND MANTILLAS, AND MANTILLAS, OPENING EVERY MORNING, OPENING EVERY MORNING, THE BALANCE Of Spring Cloaks, made in Light Zephyr Cloths, suitable for all summer, now closing out at REDUCED PRICES. J. W. PROCTOR <6 CO., ■jnylB-15t _ oao CHESTNUT STREET. JJLAOK SILK MANTLES FRENCH CLOTH C L O A K S . ELEGANT GARMENTS AT MODERATE PRICES, COOPER db CONARD. my2l-tf 8. E. corner NINTH AND MARKET Sts. THE NEW STORE, 818 • ARCH STREET, Have how opened a handsome assortment of Ladies’and Children’s * Silk, Lace, and Cloth MANTILLAS AND CLOAKS. Also, my2l-0t -' LADIES’WRAPPERS. 1084 CHESTNUT STREET. ' E„- M. NEEDLES OEEERS EOR SALE At priee&ixenorally below present cost of ttmpor- WHITE GOODS, sll descriptions. EMBROIDERIES, do LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS, dC VEILS, be. , be. And respectfully invites an inspection of his ' . stock. * 1034 CHESTNUT STREET. SUPERIOR WIDE BLACK TAFJFE *3 TA SILKS for Mantles, from’sL62>£ to $4 per yard. Heavy Black Corded Silks. .' Check Silks in great variety from 87$£ cents np to $1.25. . Two lots of neat Stripes very-glossy and rich atsL 25. One lot ol Plaid Poulard Silks at 75. Two lots of Black Figured Silks, $1.25. One lot of Blues,-. Browns, and Mode Silks. Fancy Silks at reduced prices. - EDWIN HALL * CO., . ... No. 36 3outh SECOND Street. N. B. —Silks, Mantles, and Cloaks of the newest Shapes; : my!4 ■pitfEST STOCK OF A Fancy Cassimeres in town. . * Nobby Styles for young Gents. . Cadet Cassimeres, the right Shade. $1 Meltons and Tweeds. 6-4 Meltons, good mixtures, low prices. . Black Cloths and Cassimeres. RICH MANTILLA SILKS, High cost and low price Black Silks.' Prices range from $1.25 to $3.25. : Black Wool Delaines, 65 and 60 cts. - Lupin’s Wide Black do., $1 to $1.31. Black Tamartincs, a bargain at 38 cts. CHEAP BLACK ALPACAS. - V. Beat goods in town for 31 and 38 cts. Finer grades, 40, 50. 62, and 75 cts. Mode Alpacas from 25 to 623£ cts. ■ Some Light Colors, Choice shades, at 55 cts. Thin Dress Goods at nearly old prices. COOPER & CONARD, my2l-tf S. E.- comer NINTH and MARKET. Streets. CHARPLESS BROTHERS O offer new styles English. Cassimeres for Uen and oys • v Bilk-mixed Coatings—Blacks, Blues, andErowns.* •' Preach Catslmeres, neat styles,- yery thin for warm eat her. American Cassimeres, a good assortment. Also, Summer Cloths, Drap d’Etes, Grass Cloths, and Hankeens. CHESTNUT and EIGHTH Street*. SUMMER CLOAKINGS.' Just received a . few Light-colored Middlesex Cloak ings. choice.colors. my2o-tf SHARPLESS BROTHERS, CHESTNUT and EIGHTH Streets. Q P E 01 A L N OT I 0 E.—MOZAM- BIQUEB—On6 lot at- 37# eta. , Poll De Chevres—beautiful assortment. - Lupin’s 6-4 Black Wool Delaine. Seduced Silk and Wool Plaids. , Challi Delaines.' all styles, at 25 cts. Plain Brown Foulard Silk. Brown Lawns, neat figures.. Choice Summer Dress Goods/. Also, for Men and‘Boys— Largestock Cloths and Cassimeres, . Dark Marseilles Vestings, Cottonades, Linen Checks, Drilling,• Fatteene, and other wash goods. Barege and Barege Anglais Shawls. WilliaTneville, Wamsutta Muslins, always on hand, at , JOHN H. STOKES’, TOa ARCH Street. TEE PARIS CLOAK AND MAN -*“TILLA STORE, Northeast corner of EIGHTH and WALNUT, have opened with a LARGE STOCK OF.SPRING GOODS. MOST FASHIONABLE MAKE, - and respectfully ask the early attention of ladies wisMnt to purchase. , . .. . . riLOAKS AND MANTILLAS. IVBNS & CO., No. 33 South NINTH Street, have now on hand an extensive assortment of SPRING STYLES, of the finest qualities, at the .. LOWEST PRICES. Ladies, do not fail to give us a call. T>OYS’, MISSESY AND CHILDREN’S, ** CLOTHING, CLOAKS, &c., IN ENDLESS VAEIETT, AT LOW PRICES, No. 137 South EIGHTH Street, Three doors above Walnut SPUING MILLINERY. MILLINER'S GOODS: M. BERN HEIM, No. 726 CHESTNUT STREET, Has just Received DRAB, BUFF, AND WHITE RIBBONS, IN ALL WIDTHS. DRAB, CUFF, AND WHITE ENGLISH CRAPE. BONNET SILKS TO MATCH: • ALSO. > A FRESH LIKE OF FRENCH FLOWERS. CALL AT . No. 726 CHESTNUT STREET. myl6-tf 1863 8 r a 1 N G 1863 WOOD CAMPION, ‘No. 961 South SECOND Street, In connection.with their extensive Cabinet’business, arc aow manufacturing a superior article of BILLIARD TABLES, end have now on hand a full supply, finished with the MOORE & CAMPION’S IMPROVED CUSHIONS, which are pronounced'by all. who have used them to be superior to all othors. 1 For the quality and finish of these Tables, the manu fectorers refer to their numerous patrons throughout the Union, who> are familiar with the character of; their work* iah9-Bia PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, MAY 26, 1863. Cl O Hris s. TUESDAY, MAY 26, 1868, tetter from Parson Brownlow* Nashville, May 20, 1863:* To the Editor of The Press: Sir: lam boarding, for the time being, at the same house with Dr. Peters-, the gentleman who; re cently killed the rebel General VahDom. Dr. Peters turns out to be a different man from what I supposed Mm to be. In other words,- he turns out to.be a gentleman I know something of. I served with him In the ScnUheim Commercial Oonvention f seven or eight years ago. He, more recently, served in the Legis lature of Tennessee. He is a' very clever gentleman;' and is a man of good sense, and, with alii is worth 1 several hundred thousand 1 dollars: . He owns the most princely mansion in Maury county, at Spring Hill, where he spends his summers. He ownes three plantations in Arkansas, within our lines, &nd!so : slaves. He 1b a Union man, and has been all the time, and has been protected by our generals for the last twelve months. He is even now raising a crop of cotton between Helena and Memphis; .arid I have joined Gov. Campbell and Col. Stoke sin procuring* for him authority to visit his plantation in Arkan sas to look after his interests. " - Dr. Peters is a inodeßt, courteous, and ed gentleman, in his 44th year,'and Is about five feet nine inches high. He commenced life a poor man, and has practised medicine about twenty years. He has three children by a first marriage, and two by ( Ms present wife. Hiß present wife was a Miss Me- Kissic t a fine-looking woman, very sensible, and highly accomplished. She performs well upon the piano, harp, and violin. The particulars of her criminal connection with the rebel general I am not able to give, and, if I were, I am not disposed to go into such details. Suffice it to say, that the evidences of criminality, and of most villainous treatment by" the rebel officer, are clear and unquestionable. The black-hearted villain deserved to die the very death he did die, and at the hands of the yery man who., killed him. The case ought never to'come into court, , and I take it the Doctor will never be inquired of why he shot the miscreant, unless he Bhould unfor tunately fall into the hands of the rebels. He has the sympathies and respect of all loyal men in thiß country. The Doctor.performed a painful duty when he shot Van Dorn, but it was one of bold and manly'daring, without a parallel since this wicked rebellion was inaugurated. He walked into the rebel general’s quarters in open daylight, passing the sentinels, and demanded satisfaction for the injuries done him,* while the rebel was surrounded by members of his Staff, and while be was seated at his table writing. He rose lip, and read to the Doctor what he had written, and offered as satisfaction. The Doctor told him that was not satisfactory, whereupon Van Dorn ordered him to leave his room, a d——d cowardly rascal, or he would kick him out. The Doctor in stantly drew a revolver; and shot his brains out; wheeled upon his heel; passed out through two gates; mounted bis horse, and rode off some three mileß, when he had a heavy pair of black whiskers, coming down upon his bosom, shaved close to the face, and a coat ofhairfiowing down upon Mb shoul ders cut short. He laid aside a high-crowned fashion able hat, and put on a sleek cap, and, upon arriving, at Shelbyville/he learned that the Right Reverend Major General Bishop Leonidas Polk hadordered his arrest, and started out some cavalry in search of him, with printed bills describing his person. He rode several miles with three of the men, passing with them out of town, but he by no means filled the bill! Thus he escaped detection, and reached Nash ville in safety. Van Dorn, a graduate of West Point, was the next best partisan general in the rebel service 'to. Stone wall Jackson ; he has gone, like the latter, to give an account to the judge of all flesh. He died at the hand of an injured husband ; he died as the dog dieth; a fit retribution, for he was a double traitor. He was in a subordinate command in Texas when that old gray-haired traitor, Twiggs, betrayed the Union forces there at the outbreak of the rebellion. Twiggs paroled the Union troops, and agreed ' that they Bhould have transportation to the North ; but Van Dorn, acting upomthe. principle that one traitor was not bound to respect the pledge of another trailer of ike same sort, villainously and treacherously in tercepted the paroled Union troops, stole /-their -ves— t eel, put a portion of them in irons, and made them captives, treating them not even the leniency due .to prisoners of $ hostile'army. That such a scoundrel has been inglorioualy shot down in the midst of his staffpf brother robbers,, brought about by Mb crimes, will cauße no emotion of regret among loyal men, either North or South. Hiß dcatructio'n of property, stealing of horses and negroes, and , floundering in the mud and mire of crime, all over this country, causedhim to be of great service to the rebel army, and his absence to d new field of opera tions will cauße him to be often thought of by those who dreaded him most, and suffered at his hands The indications are, though not very .strong, that the rebels will either ' attack the grand Army of the Cumberland, or seek to get in our rear. It is certain ! that, three-days ago, two divisions of the rebel army moved forward several miles. A military gentle-, man gives it as his.opinion thatthese divisions were only advancing to give room for reinforcements comingin. Be this as it may, the fortifications of Murfreesboro and Nashville are complete, and can't betaken. The Army of the Cumberland is in fine condition, and has supplies of all kinds,' here and at Murfreesboro, for eight mdflths to come , or until the firstof April next. - The news from Grant and Banks is all that the friends of the Union can desire, and stimulates our soldiers and people here. But one feeling animates the bosoms of our army here, and of loyal citizens— and that is a determination to prosecute the war without an armistice, and regardless of foreign in tervention; till the rebellion is crushed out. The cry is, let us firßt save the country from the uplifted sword, arid then save the Constitution, and attend to the organization of political parties. The desire is, that the President, under the enrolment act of Congress, shall at once bring out half a million of fresh troops. I have seen and conversed with intelligent refu gees from East Tennessee and North Georgia, who say that Union men and families suffer greatly, but stand firm. The rebels are destitute of much that is absolutely necessary to comfort. Among the exist ing evils are soarcity of provisions, ragged old clothes, dirt and want of saap, small-pox, influenza, measles, secesh, mumps, worthless paper money, the itch, and a species of body-lice Ub large as grains of wheat! Add td all this, that they are fighting in a wicked and disgraceful cause—the cause of treason and rebellion—under the lead of the worst men in the world, influenced by the worst motived that ever governed any set of villains out of hell! . - I made quite a long speech last evening to three Tennessee regiments, in the beautiful grove, about one mile south of the capital. I. there met with many a poor East Tennessean in Federal uniform, who had'been driven from his home anj kindred on account ofhis devotion to the old stars and stripes. They were my old acquaintances and neighbors, and I had not seen them for about two years. . Whilst I spoke of the death of some of their relatives, fathers and-brothers, by name, who had died in prison, under the gallowß, and at the points of rebel bayo nets, many of the poor fellows were bathed in tears, and; evinced by their (emotions their resolution and fixedness of purpose to. see' that the murderers o their friends should meet a similar fate! The East Tennessee Unionists are all ooming out through the mountains, who are at all able to get out, and they are making up -new regiments at three different pointß, and filling them up rapidly. To their honor be it said, that as soon a 3 they get through the mountains they go into the Federal army to" fight back to their homes. Will the Government let them gol They ask nothing more than rations, clothes,. and aims, and a leader, and they swear by all the gods at once that they will take and hold East Tennessee, or all die in one struggle I Very truly, W. G. BROWNLOW. Tlie Destruction of the Monitor Establisli- Huntimqdoit, Pa., Msy 23,18G3. To the Editor of The Press: ' • # • Sir: As the people should know who destroyed the Monitor printing office, in this place, on Wednes day last, I will give you a correct statement. The Monitor has been published since last August, and has been a violent anti-Administration paper, de nouncing its war measures and endorsing Vallan digham as a true Democrat, besides frequently pub lishing articles to offend the Dnion soldiers in the field. The paper was distributed ffee of charge among the men of the 125th Regiment, under General Hooker. Four companion of this regiment were from this place, and I have been informed by mem bers of the. regiment that the men determined, be fore they left the army, to destroy the ofllce as soon asthey should arrive at home. One article in the Monitor, published some three weeks ago, denounced the regiment as an unholy mob. The four companies arrived home early on Wednesday morning last. About ten o’clock a dozen or more of the soldiers entered the office, and inle33 than halF an hour the press,’type, and everything else, was thrown into the street and destroyed, and the office sprinkled and swept out. Of the party engaged in the de struction, all were Democrats but one, and all were returned soldiers of the 126th. A number of citizens interfered to prevent the destruction, but all to no purpose. A reserve of over a hundred soldiers stood idly by, ready to assist in the destruction, if their services should be needed. The soldiers wish to have all the credit; they counted the cost, and are willing to take all the responsibility. Two or three of the men who made the “charge” were "slightly intoxicated, while others were perfectly sober and cool, and determined in their purpose. Yesterday one of the party making the “charge,” Mr. George Black, the only man from this place, was arrested and bound over-'to keep the peace. The.o'thers were from the country. To day a warrant was issued for the arrest of K. Bruce_Petrikin, K. Milton Speer, J. Simpson Afri ca, A. Owan, and David Caldwell, editors of the Monitor, on the oath of Mr. Lewis, editor and pro prietor of the Globe, tor threatening the destruction of his office. The two firet-named were.arrested and bound over. The rest of the party have not yet been; taken,.hut will be if they can be found, ■" The .*< Democrats'’ have issued a call for a county indignation meeting, to be held here on Friday after-. noon next. As. the Monitor editors have threatened that a thousand bayonets cannot protect the Globe office, some of our citizens fear that there may be an attempt made on that day to carry out the throat. Yours, fco., W, NEW YORK CITY. [Correspondence of The Press. ] New York, May 23, 1863, PUBLIC FEELING in this sensational city has sobered down to'a* dead level of general apathy as to affairs of State, and the people are'growing philosophically indiffer ent to everything save the opening of the fashion able season at Saratoga, and the means of getting out of town before the blazing days of July have come. The war has'become an old 1 stbry; every where you find it believed, that the rebels are only fighting now to Becure. a peace which shall Beoure to them immunity from wholesale confiscation and judicial proscription, and citizens yawn over the morning newspaper, as though dreadfully bored to find shoulder-straps still rampant. It is‘greatlyto be. feared that our copperhead- gentry*, who have started two papers on the strength of the idea that there would be a great furoreover the Vallandigham ! case, will be sadly out of pocket by the speculation. The public, &b I have before noted, are grown apa. thetic for the time being to ali’military and politi cal matters, and refuse to feel excited at any price. Probably the weather v has something to do with the general'inertia; we are basking in real summer sunshine, though May is not yet over; the ladies are out upon Broadway this afternoon in their “Marie .Stuart” chip ..bonnets, crape Bhawlß, and bareges; and a few of our more solid old gentlemen move majestically and meltingly along, with a palm fan in one hand and a white sun-umbrella in the other. It is impossible to ; take a very active inte rest in anything but personal comfort in such lazy weather, and so we take all mundane dispensations nonchalantly. This morning, the early-rising fra ternity of bill-posters contrived to placard the dead walls and fences about town pretty extensively with a printed extract from Governor Seymour’s trump ery letter to the Albany meeting of Vallandigham ites; but the thing docs not take at all. Something more original should be tried ‘next time. There is considerable.amusement in social' and editorial circles, over the recent debate in the British Parliament upon the letter from General James Watson Webb, our minister in Brazil, to the English premier, complainings of the unmannerly and groom-like conduot of John Bull’s representa tive at the same court. To those 1 who are familiar with the exceedingly-pompoua bearing and testy disposition of General Webb, there is something very ludicrous in the idea of his being reprimanded over whist, for “ talking too muoh,” by the equally testy British diplomatist. It must have been a scene worth seeing. We can readily believe, tori, that Webb wab quite ready to fight a duel about it; for it is one of his principles, that the duello is an in separable adjunct of all gentlemanly civilization. Earl Russell’s sneering way of alluding to Webb’s letter in Parliament will serve to show whether any additional respect for American character has been gained across the ocean by Secretary Seward’s very obliging surrender of the mail-bag of the Peterhoff. I can assure-you there is no small amount of sore ness felt here at-said surrender, and the dignified and' temporizing. Secretary of State has lost po litically by it. Over 'at the Brooklyn Academy last night, when Miss Dickinson, in. the course of her address, gave her usual slapatSeward, the applause was unamiably strong. We have a couple of Mexicans of high rank hej-e, who came recently irom Vera Cruz via Havana, having ob tained permission to do so from General Berthier. They say very positively that the Preach have full possession of Puebla, holding all the works, save a couple of forts in the outskirts, where thousands of women, children, and old men have taken refuge. They ridicule the idea of calling the Mexican troops “ patriots,” saying that they- are simply brigands, who make patriotism a convenient plea for com mitting all Borts of outrages upon friend as well as foe. According to these gentlemen, the better classes of the Mexicans wish the French to suc ceed, as they feel that their success will deliver them from a system of disorder and robbery inci dent to a long reign of anarchy. Americana will take these representations cum grano salts j but they are accepted as gospel by our French citizens, who rather prefer the conquest of Mexico to that of the South. AN UNFORTUNATE EX-CONSUL has been in the city during the past week, and tells a personal story characteristic of the times. He was United States Consul at Cadiz, when the rebellion broke out, and being an Alabamian, was superseded upon suspicion of Becesalonism. -Jußt before he had designed returning from Spain, the pirate Sumpter .stopped. for/sproyistons at.Talngiers, and he went thither, with a party, to hear what news the pirates had to tell. Having been seen in conversation with some of the Sumpterites, he was arrested by the Moorish authorities at the instance of pur Consul at Tangiers, and placed in prison to await transporta tion!© the United States?* This Consul afterwards admitted that he *had acted, rather hastily in the matter,* as our friend is really a good Unionist, and had simply tried to obtain Borne news from libme; but he dared not retract after going so far, and, accordingly; the unfortunate gentleman fi om Cadiz was sent home as a prisoner, on board a United States cruiser. Arriving here, he was sub jeetedto a short examination,snd.then permitted to go South to Bee his family in Alabama. He went thither, a Union man still, and says that he missed no opportunities of teiling his Southern friends, high and low, that they were engaged in a wicked and hopeless struggle, and had better get out of it as soon as possible. Senator Clay, of Alabama, was one/of those towhom he thus expressed'himself. Wearying of the terrific cost of living, and sad social condition in rebeldom, where he found the most aristocratic ladies reduced to do their own house work, he went to Richmond, and from there caine North; through the lines of the two armies, to Wash ington. On reaching Washington he was sum marily arreßted as a spy, and, although offering to prove his loyalty by taking the oath of allegiance, was imprisoned for a hundred days in the Old Capi tol building. Finally, he was released under an order from Secretary Stanton, which directed him to leave the country in so many days, under penalty of a fresh arrest. He is now here, on his way back to Cadiz, where he haß some business'to settle, in tending to return in time to petition the next Con gress for damages. He has certainly had a hard time of it. THE NEW BOOKS published to-day are “A Memoir of Christopher North,” by his daughter, Mrs. Gordon, with an in troduction by Dr. Shelton Mackenzie; “Two Pic tures; or, What We Think of Ourselves, and What the World Thinks of Us,” by Mish Mclntosh; “ The Faces of the Old World,” by C. U. Brace; Labon laye’s “Paris in America;” "Marian Grey,” a novel, by Mrs. Holmes, and Stephen Massett’s “ Drifting About.” A goodiy list for one day, and indicating that war does not affect the literary markets to any detrimental extent., Nearly all the lately-published New-York books are enjoying a good sale. The volume selling most copies, how ever, is that entitled “My Southern Friends,” which is published by the Tribune Association, and has the benefit of all the-advertising and steady laudation the Tribune, in all its editions, can give it. A number of booksellers from California have been in town during the week, and from the liberality of their orders for miscellaneous books; it would seem that the business is flourishing in the Golden State. , HAMBLETON, THE REBEL EDITOR of the Atlanta Confederacy, whose incarceration in Fort Lafayette has given rise to our latest habeas corpus imbroglio, is in a fair way to say what he esn for himself at last. It has been agreed between his counsel and General Wool, that he shall be pri vately examined, and the result of.the examination submitted to Judge McCunn for consideration." It will be a pity if this fellow, whose insolehoe in daring to come to New York is truly Southern, should be permitted to go lofise. He is the notori ous individual who came North just before the war to learn what Northern houses having Southern trade were favorable to Mr. Lincoln’s election, and then went South and published a “black”; and a “ white list ” in his paper. OPERA has ceased with us, so far as the Academy of Music and the Italinns arc concerned;, but on Monday, the -dashing and irrepressible Felicita Vestvali, aided by •artists from Carl Anschutz’s recent German troop, will commence .a trial season of English opera at the Winter Garden, with a translation of the “Or pheus ” of Gluck, Vestvali has made herself such a perfect mistress of our language, that she can read Shakspeare. like a native. I fear, however, that her operatic speculation will prove a failure. THE .THEATRES are finishing the spring campaifnwwith such’ re sources as they have left. After The Vestvali ex periment at the Winter Garden, that theatre will come under the temporary management of Messrs. A. H. Davenport .& Webb, who propose to-try a short season with the Webb Sisters. Miss Bate man plays another week at Niblo’s, and then Brougham’s translation of the “Duke’s Motto” is to be produced, Collins, the Irish comedian,, and Manager Wheatley taking parts in it. Mrs. English is not doing well at Laura Keene’s Theatre, with, her French, mountebanks, tumblers, and dan cers, and will probably Bub-lct the house to some body else. . ■ STUYVESANT. Tile New York Twenty-ninth Regiment and the Turners* To the Editor of The Press: Sir : The New York 29th Regiment, one of Bush beck’s brave regiments, will return home, and pass through this city on the 4th or sth of June. The regiment is almost entirely, composed of members of the Philadelphia Turner Association, (tbfeXieut. Colonel Commanding, Major, and at least'one*,half of the officers, being Philadelphia Turners.) It is the intention of our Bociety to give them a grand re ception, and if you see proper to take notice there of, you would much oblige us?' Our regiment lost in the battle 121 men, and only 300 will return of an organization that marched through this city two years ago 1,000 strong. I am, sir, yours respectfully, B. SPRUNG-K, President of the Philada. Turner Society. Speech op the Hon. War. D. Kelley.— The speech of the Hon, Win; D. Kelley, of Philadelphia, before the Loyal National League, on Thursday evening laßt, gave great satisfaction to all who heard it. In the main it waß a calm, argumentative, and convincing address, upon several of the great politi cal questions of the day, each subject being treated In a masterly manner. If there were any honest anti-war*’Democrats present, they must have been convinced of the uhsoundneas of their views. At times, however, the honorable gentleman became truly eldquent, and elioited great applause. Such speeches are calculated to do much good in this re gion. The audience was a good one, in Bpite of the attraction anddistraction outside;the housf, conse quent upon f the freturn of our brave soldiers.; Re lined " and‘ intelligent ladleb graced the meeting, , and seemed tobeas much"pleased with the speaker as were those of the gender that does the voting' and fighting. Let us have some more speeches of the same sort. — Reading Journaly May 23, DEPARTMENT OF VIRGINIA. [Special Correspondence of The Press. 3 Fortress Mowroe, May 22, &63V The flag-of-truce boat W. Whilldin arrived to day from City Point. She brought no released prisoners; but had dates up to the 21at insfc. 3ho’ Richmond Enquirer , of Monday, 21st inst., has &.*• telegraphic report of the battle in Mißßlsßippi, which* was fought at Baker’s creek, about twenty miles" west of Jackson. They claim to have “whipped their enemy badly, until he was reinforced from Jackson.” .General Pemberton was then obliged to fall back to Big Black bridge. They acknowledge and estimate their loss at 3,000. Gen. Turing, with his rebel left, was cut off, but managed to make his way through Crystal Springs, twenty-five miles* ■ south of Jackson. He was badly whipped!' Gen. Tilgman, of Fort Henry notoriety, was killed. The Yankees are reported to be still making their way southward, to interrupt communications. Our men will get into the heart of the productive districts, just in time to harvest the great abundance of “ gold en grain,” which they delight so much to boast of. The newspaper men in rebeldom, are obliged to lis ten to gentle hints and strong remonstrances from the military power, as well as our own editors and correspondents. Gen. Beauregard is instructed to look well after the editors of his department, un less he has no objection to the enemy kno wing about the distribution of his troops and everything else. Omniscient men, these editors. • The two small boats, which l a short time back in formed you were captured by guerillas near Currituck Sound, were taken to Franklin, on the Biackwater, as I supposed. - The little mail steamer is to be fitted up by the thieving rebels into a flag-of-truce boat, to be used between Petersburg and City Point. She is to be taken to Petersburg by railroad. The two mails on board were Bent, one to headquarters oh the Biackwater, and the other to Governor Vance. A card appears in the Mobile Register atid Advertiser, of the 15th instant, denying that General Van Dorn had any intimacy with Mrs Peters, or that he had seen Miss Peters on more than one occasion. Dr. Peters shot Van Dom in the back of the head while he was writing at a Bmali table. Peters is charged with having made his escape into the enemy’s lines. Dr. Peterß is said to have remarked, that “he lost bis land.audnegroes in Arkansas, but thought he would do something shortly that would get them back.” , It was after this that he tore down fences and prepared relays of horses and escaped from their lines. The Bteamer John Rice has just reached kere with eight hundred rebel prisoners on board from Fort Delaware. Four men were captured at noon to-day by our pickets, two mileß from Norfolk. They were just returning from Richmond, which place they had left three days ago. Their names are James Hayden, ■William Ray, Thomas Woodhoußen, and James Simmons, the latter a rebel soldier, probably a spy. Fortress Moxboe, May 23,1363. A combined land and water expedition was made, by order ef General Keyes, into Matthews and Gloucester counties. This movement began on ■Wednesday, and.was under command of Gen. Kil patrick, who, with Captain Gilliß, returned to Yorktown last night, and report the raid to have been eminently successful. Bridges, nor barns, nor millß were spared, but the Bame impartial destruc tion was meted to all. Very large amounts of grain, provisions, horses, cattle, &c.,' were brought into camp. These two counties, with two dr three others I might mention, have suffered little of the ravages of war. Their barns have always been full to over flowing, and the'doors„ever open to the voracious re bels. A few such rapid destructive movements on bur part, and the enemy will have cause to lament the great productiveness of this region. At.the Hygeia Hotel, about a mile from the fort ress,was held a large and enthusiastic Union meet-, ing laßt night. Governor Pierpont, who had just returned from Cherrystone, addressed the meeting for nearly an hour, in the most lively strain. He denounced Northern traitors, and Southern rebels, in the most bitter vein, saying-that there were more Copperheads in the city of New York than rebels in VfrgiM*. At this portion of his address his feeling of enmity against such species of patriot overcame him, and stopped his eloquence The Governor told how he had been with Western Virginia through her Borrow and travail, until Western Virginia was organized ; now, he intended to reside among the friends before and around him, and organize Eastern Virginia. Slavery he abhorred, not so much for thfc negroes’ account as for other reasons. It wsb inju rious to the whites, detrimental to civilization, and created an aristocracy wMchsapped the strong pil lars of oiir Republic. He was for free labor, Hon. Joseph Segar, of Norfolk, formerly of Williams burg, one of the candidates for Congress, made a few remarks which were well received. Such meet ings are commendable. They show who are for the Union, and act as a sort of thermometer, showing how the loyal sentiment increases, and the supersti tious idolatry for State rights diminishes'. One can not help contrasting Norfolk and Portsmouth, as they are,.with what they would have been had they stood in the desolating track of war. Now, they . are peaceful, orderly, and quiet—the citizens well dressed, but inclined to smuggling. Miss May Ab bot came here this morning,- 1 from Baltimore. Her friend, Miss Butts, of Norfolk, used to receive nu merous little'favorsfrom Mibb May,'such as. milli nery, fancy goods, Ac.; but her long success made her at last incautious; she was detected, and arrest ed for an examination. A deputation from the pro vost’s office received her at the boat landing. About eighty-four emaciated rebel prisoners were brought here this morning on the steamboat Louisi ana, from Fort McHenry. They will be conveyed bn board the Croton to Fort Norfolk, where they will rusticate for a Beaßoh, or till exchanged. The treatment these men receive is quite different from that our men are. favored with when they come from Richmond to City Point to be exchanged. Rebel prisoners are carefully transported by railroad and steamboat at the expense of the Government they would crush. Union soldiers are compelled to march all the way from Richmond to the place of exchange under the command of brutal Degrees, who, instead of resuscitating the drooping soldier by running a pin into his flank, kill him outright with their unfeeling bayonets. Woe to the man who lags on the march! It were better for Mtu ne had never been born. Once at Fort Norfolk, these men will be well aired and fed. Msyor Weidman, the humane commander, will see them -treated like men. • ■ The expedition which I intimated was sent out to check the outrages the guerillas were perpetrating on vessels passing through the Dismal-Swamp Canal, has not been heard from since its departure. However much I may wish them the most sanguine success, I cannot help thinking at times they have been “gobbled up.” It would be exceedingly an noying if-tbey did, for the least success in the world elates the rebels, and makes them presumptuous. The United States revenue-cutter Hercules ar rived here this morning, and this afternoon the steamboat Hero, crowded with jubilant contrabands, stopped for a few moments in the “Roads,” while, the darkies relieved their surcharged spirits- in. laughter and songs. Never was;, a. merrier.party seen on a steamboat. . One would suppose they were bound for some elysian haven, instead of the fortifi cations at Acquia Creek. The majority of them, hail from Norfolk. IJ. ARMY OF THE POTOMAC. •' I ■ ... OfliciaPitcFort of the Olst Regiment, .Penn .&/ '' Bylrania Volunteers. f/ Camp op the 61st Penna. Yols., May 10th, 1863. Sir: I have the honor to report in relation to the liart taken by the 61st Regiment, Pennsylvania Yo unteers, in the late battle, that, agreeably to-or ders, the regiment broke camp at'lo. o’clock A. M., of the 28th day of April, and, the brigade, marched to near Dr. Pollock’s houses on the Rappa hannock, where it remained bivouacked until about 10 o’clock P.M., and waß then detailed to carry pontoon boats to the plaoe designated for crossing the regiment carried down five boats; and it was done in perfect silence and order. After launching the boats, the regiment marched to where their arms had been left, and waß then ordered to the banks of the river, where,lt remained-until the bridge was finißbib ; it then marched to a hill a short distance from the river, and remained there bivouacked until about 4 o’clock P. M. of the Ist of May, and relieved a regiment of Brooks’ division doing picket duty, being under artillery and'musketry fire seve ral times during the day, until about 6 o’clock P. M-, when two companies were deployed, in addition to the picket force, and the rebels were driven, by them from their lines, back, andinto their entrench menta on the hills. The_ regiment was relieved during the evening and bivouacked about 10%. P. M./ and was.by orders, “failed in” andready forthc march tin one hour and a half afterwardb. At 12 midnight, the march was taken up for Fredericksburg, arriving there about 4 o’clock A. M., of the morning of ’the. 3d. At about 10 A. M., the regiment was moved to Princess Anne street, and left there their knap sacks and havereackß, preparatory to heading a column to storm the heights in the rear of the town, About 11 o’clock the column was put in motion, tfce regiment leading. Arriving at near the rifle pits of the enemy, a heavy fire from- musketry and artillery was-received. The regiment being in column, the proper time for deploying not yet arriving, the loss was heavy; and the fire, one of the heaviest that could be given, caused the regiment to. waiver for a few moments, wh«R it rallied and successfully gained the crest of the hill, capturing one of the : pieces of artillery belonging to the famous ; Wash ington Battery, of Louisiana. In this oharge, Col. 'George C. Spear was instantly killed, Captains Crosby and Ellis, and Lieutenants Koerner and .Harper wounded, and lb enlisted men killed, and 54 wounded. ■ The regiment then under my command assisted the troops, under the command of Col. Shaler, in driving the enemy some three miles along the plank road, and >in the direction of Chancellorville, capturing num bers of prisoners. As no account of them was taken, they being immediately sent to the rear, the preeise number cannot begiven. The regiment was relieved about 4 o’clock P. M., and was a short distance to the rear of the second line-of battle during the heavy fight that took place about 6 o’clock The regiment was moved up; until about dark it was in the first line, and warf placed in support to Butler’a2d United States Battery, where it remained until 9 o’clock A. of the 4th, when, with other regiments of the Light Brigade, it was moved to the right, and in the direction of Banks? ford, to feel for *tbe enemy,and keep .open the communication with the fold. At about dusk the regiment, with another, was sent to support Howe’s division, which was being heavily attacked. : The regiment-was under a heavy fire lrom musketry ;vfortunatefy, with little loss, Copt. Crepps and f . five enlisted . men being wounded.. The- design of /the enemy, to cut our communication; being foiled; 1 and he being instead driven back, the regiment took up its line: of march towards the ford, and safely, recrossed the Rappa hannock at about 1 o’clock of the morning of the 6th. ' On the Bth the regiment was detailed to aisist in hauling the pontoons from the banks of the river to a short distance , back, which .was done without molestation from the enemy. On the morning of the 9th the regiment was marched to its present camp. ! Before closing this report I would state that I am indebted to all my lineofficers for the hearty, united, and determined support given me during all; this time. Where.all did their duty so.well and Dobly it would hot be correct to‘ particularize/ All deserve honorable mention/'* It gives me great plea sure; however,-to call attention to the daring conduct of Private Robert Brown, of Company K, who shot* Hhe lead-horse of the cannon captured by the regt, THREE CERTS. ment, thereby preventing its escape; and Private James Robb, of Company H. who seized the colors' when the sergeant was wounded, and bore them us* til relieved by Color Corporal William Taylor. GEO. W. DAWSON, Major Commanding 61st P. V. Lieut. Col. Hiram BUrnham, Commanding Light Division 6th Corps. CASUALTIES IN THE 619 T PENNSYLVANIA VOLT7N- tress, May 3d and 4th, 1863, JCilled.—George O. Spear, colonel; Henry Sylvus, A; Jackson Stuchel, A i George R Mott, A; Ed ward Schumacker, B; Leopold Betz, cor poral, B : David Kimble, B; H. M. Shaw, corporal, C j-Rudolph Michola, C j Casey Atherton, sergeant, DV George F. Harper, second'lieutenant, E: Perry Kinney, E; William P. Riley, E; William J. Flem ing, G ;• Michael Osier, corpora!, K. Wounded.— Jacob Creps, captain, A; L. Brady, sergeant, A; Israel Grey, corporal, A; James S. Neill, A; J. H.‘ Brown, A;' J.- A. Stewart, A; Eugene Koerner, first lieutenant,. B> Philip, Voelg, sergeant,B j Joseph Hough, sergeant, Bj John. w. Rowe, corporal, B; James Baker, B ; ;- Hiram Kelly, B ; John Shultz, B; Alexander Thompsor^B; John Beck, corporal, C; Georcre F. Harbatigh, corporal, C; John Heninger, C; William W. Ellie> captain, D ; J. J. Shaffer, corporal, D: William Beels, D; John Bennlng, D; William Lippindott, L; Rufus McGuire, D; Theodore L. Stout, D ? George C. Saul, sergeant, E; Henry Furake, corpora^E; J. F. Shanafelt, corporal, E; William Wilson, corporal, E; Levi Thorpe, E ; William Chelfant, F- L. Voile r, F ; John W. Crosby, captain, G; M. Crowther®, G; O. Louther, G; Jameß P. Donnelly, G; M. Storm, G; C., F. Kennedy, sergeant, H; James M. Craig, H; William H. Fisher, H ; Alexander Jameson, H; William Gleason, I; William Farrell, I: A. Faust, corporal, I; J k Benedict, sergeant, K; D. H. Ford, color sergeant, K; William'Holzeheimer, corporal* K; C. Shultz, K; J. Ritz, K ; J. Kelsh, K j John Kraieling, R. . ' . ( DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSISSIPPI. The News of Victory—The Great Battle at Baker’s Creek—Gen. Grant and. Gen. Pern* 'berton—Tlke Army and the Campaign, VICKSBURG. A diepatch to President Lincoln announces the surrender of Vicksburg. Its date is Cleveland, May 24, and it is based on another from the telegraph su perintendent at Memphis, who declares that the stars and stripes float over Vicksburg, and that the victory is complete. That the President received thiß message yesterday is certain ; we only wish it had- been signed by Gen. Grant; in order that ok doubt as to the faot might have been dispelled. There is, however, a second dißpatch which has not been sent to the press, which stated, with Tather more precision than the first, that the whole rebel aimy has been captured; smJ a third, aUo private, confirming the accounts of the other two. Wecon sider both these as nearly trustworthy ps anything but official or direct information can be, and, reading them in the light of the previous news, it is -hardly possible to doubt that the crowning victory of the loDg struggle for the greatriver has at last been won, and that Vicksbflrg is ours.— Tribune. ' THE VICTORY AT BAKER’S CREEK. Cincinnati, May 25.— -Special despatches from General Grant’B army have been received here, containing full accounts of the battles recently fought in Mississippi, They represent them as a series of bloody engage ments, in which our soldiers have immortalized themselveß. The correspondent of the Commercial, in a letter dated “On the battle-field at Baker’s Creek, May 16, ’’says: The Federal army under General Grant has-won another glorious victory. - A furious battle, lasting for nearly five hours, resulted in the defeat of the enemy at all points, with a loss’ of 3,000 killed and wounded, and the capture of three completebatteries oi heavy rifled cannon, besides large quantities of small arms and camp equipage. (< Our success was signal and complete. “Early on the morning of the 16th inst. General McClernaDd’s corps was put in motion. Geoeral Hcvey’s division advanced across the open field at the foot of Champion Hill, and at 11 o’clock com menced the battle. “ The hill was covered with timber, .and flanked on ; both sideß with ravines and gullies, and, 14 many places, covered with an almost impenetrable growth of scrubby bushes. - “Ttte rebels opened with a heavy fire from a four gun battery and from sharp shooters stationed in the woods. Here the battle raged terribly from 11 o’clock till 3 in the afternoon. “ General Hovey’s division carried the heights in gallant style. Malang a dash on the first battery, they captured. it. The rebel dead lay thick in the vicinity of the guns. Gun carriages and oaissonß were broken and overturned, while /knapsacks, blankets, small armß, and other debris, attested the st ruggle for the ground. At this juncture, the rebels being reinforced, General Hovey was slowly driven back; but a brigade from General Q,uimby was ordered to his support, and the ground was speedily reoccupied and the rebels finally repulsed. “At the commencement of the engagement Lo gan’s division marched past the brow of the hill, forming, in line of battle on the right of General Hovey, and advanced in gallant style, sweeping everything before them to the edge of the woods. “In front of Logan the battle wasof the most desperate character imaginable 5 the rattle ofmus (ketry waa incessant and continuous; in which the reports were so blended that a single discharge was rarely heard. ■ v."'/: ' v “ Logan captured two batteries and a large portion Of the prisoners, small arms, &c.” ' GEN. GRANT AND HIS ARMY; Ulysses S. Grant was born at Point Pleasant, Ohio, April 27,1822, and graduated at West Point in 1843 as brevet 2d lieutenant in the 4th Infantry. During the Mexican war he participated in Taylor’s battles at Palo Alto, Resaca de la Palma and Mon terey. /Afterward his regiment joined Scott at Vera* Cruz, and Lieutenant Grant took part, in .every en gagement up to the city of Mexico, receiving brevets of Ist lieutenant and captain, for meritorous con duct at Molino del Hey, and Chepultepeo. - At the ojase of the war, his regiment went to Oregon, where ifewas promoted to a captaincy, but in 1853. he re signed, and settled in St. Louis. In 1859 be removed to Galena, 111., where he was engaged in commercial business when the rebellion broke out.. He was among the first to offer his ser vices to Governor Yates, and was made colonel' of the 21 st Illinois Volunteers, with whom he went into service in Missouri. In the summer of 1861 he' 4 waß made brigadier general, and assigned to the dis-” trict about Cairo. He immediately occupied Padu cah, Ky. , stopped the flow of supplies for the rebels - up the Tennessee and-Cumberland, moved Boon after on Belmont, opposite the rebel stronghold at Colum bus, from which place he'was driven only after a : desperate fight by a largely superior- foroe of. the re bels. In February, 1862, he led the land forces sent against Fort Henry, but did not participate in the vic- the gunboats having done the work before he got thei e. . Thereupon he marched forthwith upon Fort Donel-' son. Thiß place he besieged and assaulted, and on ;thei6tb of February the rebels raised the white flag 1 (Gens. Pillow and Floyd having stolen off during the night with 5,000 men, leaving Buckner to sur render,) and sent to Grant for terms. He replied that the surrender must be unconditional, or. he would instantly move on the works. This short and soldierly answer gave him the sobriquet of Uncon ditional Surrender Grant—the initials being the same as of. his-real name. This fortunate and fairly won victory was rewarded by a commis sion as major general.*,ln April he reached Pitts burg Landing, Buell being-in his rear with rein forcements. The rebels did not wait for Buell,- : but made a- furious; onslaught upon Grant, who was forced back to the Bhelter of his gun boats, where he resisted * Johnston with success. Next day Buell came up, and the rebels got a severe flogging at what they call the battle of Shiloh, their commander, General Albert S. Johnston, being killed. His more recent/operations, now culminat- 1 ing in the capture of Vicksburg and the opening of ; the Mississippi, are fresh in the publicmind. General . ,Grant is represented as* a man of plain - appearance, "about five feet nine inches in height, light hair, blue eyes, rather taciturn, closely attending, to business, methodical and cautious, though full .of daring and ■ dftßh if need be. He isheld .in the highest esteem by his men, who seem to] place unbounded confi dence in him, not because of his political prefer ences or aspirations, but because he is emphatically a “ fighting general.’’ y The army of General Grant consists of three cojps, commanded respectively by Major Generals McGler nand, Sherman, and McPherson. The appearance of the commander-in-chief and some of his subordi nate generals is thus described by the correspondent' ofthe Cincinnati Commercial, in giving an account of a recent engagement: - “ General Grant was continually running-along the lines, giving advice, caution, and encouragement to his subordinates. His face was neither flushed: with enthusiasm nor pallid with excitements He was- always to be found where the heaviest firing was going on. Of all our Western generals, none can look upon &• battle and direct its'movements with more coolnesß and unconcern than General Grant. “Generals McOlernand andJMePherson were on the ground all day, directing their commands and watch ing every movement. - They are officers of great courage and intrepidity, and are always ready to lead when they, want their men to follow. During the hottest; of the fight, McPherson was the same courteous, conversationahgentleman that he 1b in camp and in private life.-' He displayed less anxiety on the field than McClernand, though the two corpß commanders were : equally valiant and courageous. Of all our commanders, General Grant was the coolest and Logan the most enthusiastic during the battle.” GENERAL GRANT’S STATEGT; A correspondent of: the Cincinnati f’trocs, writing from General Grant’s army, toward the middle of the campaign, says:: “If your readers will but look at the map, they will to some extent realize the daring'of the present move of General Grant. It cannot be contraband to , inform them now, for long ere you will receive this ’ the most splendid deed of daring—one that shall place his name above that of all others in this war will be won by his army, or all will be lost in irre trievable defeat. “You will observe that he landed'sixty miles be low Vicksburg. Of course, allthoughtthattheoluect was that oity direct. Nothing of the kind. The dar ling object was Haines’ Bluff, on the Yazoo river, only eight miles from where we now. lie. It is not his intention to go nearer Vicksburg than Jackson; destroy all commissary stores, the railway bridge; wait there long enough to make sure of provisions to reach hiß destination. To do this—to march through hot .sun, through a hostile country, carry all the equipage for so many, ammunition, and arms—is more than a less brave man could dare. “Haines’s bluff reached, communication.is.open again. The enemy think him going for their strong hold. They have sent an army to cut off his retreat instead of advance. So much in our hand. Thiß fleet lies at the mouth of the Yazoo, ready to bear him provisions if he sucoeeds. “ The bluff is the key to Vicksburg. Military men say that it is as good as an open door. It will be a great Baving of life, and the consummation of our wishes.”' GENERAL PEMBERTON. Lieutenant General John O. Pemberton, of the rebel army, is a native of Pennsylvania, nearly fifty yearß of age, and .was’ appointed a cadet to the Weßt Point" Military Academy in. 1833; He graduated on June 30, standing No. 27 in a class, of fifty members, among whom were Generals Benham, Scammon, L. G. Arnold, Vog des, "Williams (dead), French, Sedgwick, Hooker, Todd, and others in the Union Army, Braxton Bragg, Mackall, Early, and several other noted rebels. He w&b promoted to second lieutenant of the 4th artillery July 1,1837, and to first lieutenant March 19, 1342. In the Mexican war, he was aid to General Worth, from 1846 to 1848; and was bre vetted captain from September 23, 1846, for-gallant conduct in the several conflicts at Monterey, Mexico; on the 21st, 22d, and 23d days of September, 1846, and major from September 8,1847, for the battle of Molino del Rey. He was distinguished and wounded in the capture of the citv of Mexico. He was promoted to captain on the 16th of September, 1850. On the 19th of April, 1861, he resigned his'connection with the United Stateß army, and at once joined with its enemies. He was,made .a colonel of the regular army of the rebel States, and for some time re mained with this rank, when, he was. raised to 'the rank of lieutenant general, and placed in commandof the works around . Vicks burg and the. Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana. Interesting Meeting.—We learn that the Rev" Dr. Newton, Rev. E. E. Adam*. Rev. F. W. Conrad, of Lauoaater, and Rev. H. Clay Trumbull, chaplain U..S. A., Newbern, N. 0., are. expected to deliver addreaces at the anniversary or the Ameri can Sunday-School Union; this evening, at the Mu-, aical Fund Hall. THE WAR [(PUBLISHED WEEKLY. 3 Tss War Press will be sent to subscribers by mail (psr annoin In advance) 93 o$ Threecoprsa “ 50$ Five copies “ “ 8 00 Tea " •* " 15 GO Larger Clubs than Ten will be charged at the same rate, 91.50 per copy. money must always accompany the order, ana in no instances can these termsdeviated from, at they afford very little more than the cost of the ps&fr. Postmasters are requested to act as Agang* Joj The War Press. To the getter-up of the Club of tea or an extra copy of the Paper will be given. MISSISSIPPI SQFABROtf, fCoitfefcpondence of The Press. ] < Mississippi Squadron, May 20j 1863. On the ISth instant Captain Phelps, of the East pttrt, tooSf command of the fleet going up the Ten nessee'. If he holds this position permanently, Captain J. F, Foster will take command of theEast port, but who will get command of the now famous Chiillcbthe I de?not know. “ I hope soon to give you further’particulars about all those gunboats! The same day that the fleet went up the Tenues-'' Bee river”, the Marine Brigade, under command of Genefral'Eilet, dropped out of the Ohio into-the Mis sissippi, en route for Greeaviile, Louisiana, and other guerilla haunts. The Mitraißßippi' river never before bore on her wide bosom st more grand and im posing sight.' It was really splendid—the Autocrat in the lead, followed by *he Diana, Adams; Baltic Rain's; Fairchild, and Wcodford; sad four rams with coal barges in-tow. * The news fro Est General Grant is truly gratifying, even if he has not'caused thyrebela to evacuate Port Hudson. Between Clinton and Raymond, on the Jackson J Railroadyare the celebrated copper wells a watering place; and rendezvous for rebel invalids. 'Hind county is in s-high, rollingoountry, of ordinary land and pOEt-oals* ridges, and celebrated for its health. Edward’s Station is a very low, swampy, sickly place; F, REPORT OF LIEUT. LE ROY’ FITCH—EL LET’S MARINE BRIGADE. The following w&b enclosed in Admiral Porter’s recent report to the Secretary of the Navy: TJ. S. Gunboat Lexington, Hamburg Sanding, April 28,1863; Sir : I have the honor to report th'st on the 24th inst., while cruising down- the river ahead of Gen. Ellet’s fleet, I met the steamer Emma Duncan, Act ing Master Griswold commanding, coming up to re port his vessel for duty. Learning that he had been attacked by a field battery at Green Bottom Bar, and had three men badly wounded, I ’proceeded on down the river, giving him orders to follow me, in hopes of catching the rebels at or near the same place. I passed the bar about dusk in the evening, butthe enemy was nowhere to be seen. * ' * * Arriving at the fort of Green Bottom Bar about midnight, I till morning, still seeing nothing of the enemy, I proceeded on up the river, to meet and communicate with Gen; Ellet. * The Emma Duncan, remaining nearly a mile in my rear, caught a ferry flat coming out of a creek after I had passed. The guerillas in the flat jumped out, and made their escape in the woods. The flat, how ever, was destroyed, and set adrift. I cruised lip leisurely, keeping a good lookout for the enemy along the nght bank; but saw no signs of them till I arrived at Duck-river shoals, when I heard mus ketry and artillery a short distance (not a mile) ahead. I pushed on over the bar, and met General Ellet’s fleet just at the head of the shoals, engaging the rebel battery. I was then in good range, and at OBce opened fire on the enemy. There warnot room for hia boats to round to or to back out of the chan nel; he was, therefore, compelled to' push on ora the bar before he could effect a landing. I took the battery aide and moved on up to' cover his boats as much as possible, at the same time raking the bank with our heavy guns. The ram Monarch, by this 1 time, came in range and opened fire also. . As soon as I rounded the point the enemy fired a farewell shot at one of the brigade boats, limbered up, and were ofl. Some few sharp shooters, remain ing behind, fired a few shots at a transport having on board sick and wounded. I followed on-up the bank, throwing Bhellß after them, till I thought them out of range, and ceased firing. By this time Gen. Ellet bad landed and was pursuing them. Several of the enemy were found dead- on the bank, and manymoie were dragged off in the woods. I should suppose that their loss in killed and wound ed is about 25 or 30.-. - , I believe Gen. Ellet lost two killed and wounded on his boats; also, some horses killed. About one P. M. I left Gen. Ellet at the foo t of the bar, and proceeded on up the river, with this boat, and the Emma Duncan, to communicate with the fleet above. I arrived atEastport on the afternoon of the 27th inst., and received a communication from Gen. Dodge at Tuscumhia, LE BOY' FITCH, Lieutenant Commanding, Acting Bear Admiral David D. Porter, command ing Mississippi Squadron. LEGAL INTELLIGENCE. District Court—Judge Hare. William Harvey vs. John T. Jones, owner or reputed owner and contractor, and George Woelpper, terre tenant. Actions on mechanics’liens. Two cases. Ver dict for plaintiff in one case for $165.50, and the other for $75 50. - Hannah S. Gillingham, executrix of Wm. H. -Gilling ham, deceased, vs. Wardale G.--McAllister, administra tor, &c., of wm. L. Kewbold. Verdict by- agreement for plaintiff for $7;335. - Sarah Wilson vs. John Naglee. An action on a pro missory note. The defence set- up was failure of con sideration, it being alleged that the note was given in payment of certain goodH and articles on a farm in Vir ginia, which it was afterwards discovered had been con fiscated by the rebels at the time of the giving of the note, and that the goods never came into the possession of the defendant. Verdict for plaintiff far $241. 35.. Marmaduke L. Burr vs. Smith Harper. A feigned issue. Verdict for defendant, by agreement. ‘ Jobn O. Mead & Son vs, John R. N. Bird, defendant, and Daniel-Leineau, garnishee. An attachment execu tion to recover money in the hands of the garnishee. Jury outw District Court—Judge Sharsvvood. ’Joseph Allen, assignee of James Ballenger, vs. Benja min Allen and Hannah M. P. AUen, his wife. An action on a mortgage, the defence-set up to pay ment. ’ Verdict for plaintiff for $254.49. Thomas R Bi cock for plaintiff; Samuel Flood for defendants. • : Thos Singer ve. The Pennsylvania Company for In surance on Lives and Granting Annuities. Garnishee of Robert Ewing. An attachment execution. Verdict for plaintiff for $1{034.85i James N.-Stone etaL, trading as John Stoned Son, ve.:Theresa-Heyer, garnishee of D. 'T. Brainard. An attachment execution. Verdict for.plaintiff for $657.23 . Richard C. Dale et al., trading as Dale, Ross, & Co , vs. Theresa Heyer. garaishee’of D.T. Brainard. An attachment Verdict for plaintiff for $238 03. The Philadelphia Mercantile and Building. Associ ation vs. Edw. M. Bartlett. An action on a mortgage. Verdict for plaintiff for-$%900..; The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,-at tlie.sugges tion of .Tamfis O’Neill, .vs. Robert Ewing,-late sheriff, &c. i John O’Neill, Hugh Deehart, James Deehan, Mathew Guinn, and Edward Me Anally. An action-against the late sheriff and-his sureties to recover damages for his alleged negligence in failing to collect the amount of an execution placed in his hands. It was: alleged that, at the time of the levy made by the sheriff’s deputy, there were enough goods to satisfy the execution, but through ,the neglect of the sheriff in not placing anofficer in. charge of them, part of the goods were taken away, and the balance failed to reach above $3OO, under an ap praisement On trial. Geo. W. Thorn for plaintiff; Jas. E. Gowen for defendants. TH EPOIiI C E. CBefore Mr. Alderman Beitler.) Scenes at the Central Station. The following scenes in the drama of life wexe enacted before Alderman Beitler, at the Central Station , yester day afternoon: . The first act opened-by-the introduction of a tali colored woman with a si elyiag bonnet and gay ribbons to match. She was arraigned on - the charge of stealinga- ” - . Government Bond, to the amount of twelve hundred dollars, -the property of Matthew- Howe.- -The defendant'gave the name of Barbara Terry, And was employed, we believe, as a do mestic, which facilitated her- in robbing -the house. Among the articles taken wasa sl,2ooGoverbment .bond. She was committed in default of 81,500 bail, to await'a further hearing at 2 o’clock on next Monday afternoon, Scene-Second— Hotel Tliief. .Officers Benkert and Dale now made their appearance, leading a .prisoner with a bandaged ankle. They seat him m-a chair. This man gives 'the name of John Switzer. He is charged- with robbery. The evidence •adduced the following interesting points* - T. Huntley- sworn—Am. attached to the St. Louis Hotel; the prisoner came to the house between 6 and 7 o’clock last evening; broke into several .rooms, those of "Mr.. Reed, Mr. Markham, Mrs. Burr: - forced- open valises; -dropped, himself from a window -to escape; sprained or broke his ankle, which prevented him from getting off; witness kept him in custody until the arri val of Officers Benkert and Dale, who took him -to the lockup. .Mr. John. Reed sworn.—t board at the my room was entered and my valise broken-op**n by some one wbo understood his business well: articles were stolen from, my valise; these sleeve-buttons are mine; this likeness of myself, taken when I was twenty-one years of age. is mine.’ Isaiah Brown, a-lad,- sworn.—While-passing down Franklin, place, a -little before 7 o’clock last evening, I saw-the prisoner drop from the bath -room Window; he hurt his leg, and hopped into the kitchen; Mr. Huntley came in and charged him with breaking open tranks in the hotel; he denied it, and then tried to hop away William Tobin (fall-grown lad) sworn.—l-was stand ing in the doorway of the kitchen, when the prisoner got out of the bath-room window-, and hanging by the sill withhis hands, dropped and hurt himself' • Mrs. E. Witeshaw,-sworn.—l live at York Springs, Pa.; at present I board, at the Washington House; my room was entered between 5 and 6 o’clock yesterday af ternoon ; my trunk was broken open and’ robbed of my purse, coral necklace, and armlets ; these,articles (arti cles shown) are mine. Officers Dale and Benkert testified to Arresting the pri soner and searching him at the lock-up; a loaded re volver and flask of powder, a couple of pocket-books, Mr. Meed’s sleeve buttons, and Mrs. Witeshaw’spurse, armlets, &c., were 'found uponhim;-one.ortwo of the articles belonging to Mrs. W; were found at the St. Louis Hotel. The cape mac disposed-of as follows: Prisoner to give bail in the sum of 8600 to answer the, charge of carrying concealed deadly weapons, $l,OOO for robbery at the St'. Louis Hotel, ana $l,OOO for robbery at the Washington' House. The prisoner, hobbled below in company win officers. • - Scene Third-Bigamy. William A-' Halt was-introduced as a bigamist. This scene was short.- “Halt,7 said the magistrate, “you. are charged on the oath of D.‘ Hearshling with having more than one wife. You must enter baiMn. the sum of 81,000. to await a.hearLng before Mayor Henry to-morrow. • Mr. Heltbecame held* by a commitment, he nor having the required amount of bail. • < Scene Fourth and Laati ‘ Joseph’ Johnson, a - colored man -welLknowa to the .police as a desperate and reckless -thief, arraigned on.'-the charge of robbing Wm. Copeland; a huckster, whoresides-in Currantalley, The robbery is alleged to have taken place between the hours of twelve and one o clock on Sunday morning, at Sixth .and St. Mary street. .- - Mrs. Elizabeth Jones testified that.her front.:.door, was open, and that she had a loaf of bread baking. She was standing in her doorway; saw the prisoner go across the street; white man followed and shot at him; colored man went into'McCieary’s; white man again shot at him*, then went in; heard.two morepistolsliotsl' ' J ' William Copeland testified as follows—he.-was brief and to the point: I was going down Sixth street; jusU&s I was turning the coiner of St. Mary’s alley, the prisoner ran against me, hit me alongsideXofthe head.: and in a moment jerked out my money; it was in a shot,bag-;. I nred one shot at-him and missed; he then ran into ftfe- Cleary’s and I'flred again and hit him.; -Lthen .went in and fired two more shots at him and hit hintonce; police officers then came and arrested me; I told-them..l had been robbed, and the robber was in-the.house; ihedoor was, barred against the officers; I wasf.takeh. to- the umon-Btreetsfation-houfe; I did not recover my .money, between nine and ten. dollars; there was also, a cheek in the bag. ' Question by Mr. Goforth. Yon t say. you- did. not eefc your money? Answer. yen, sir.. Question. Wasthe prisoner out ofyoursight, from the time you were robbed until youwere arrested? * Answer. Bo you know how fast .powder.will- send a. ball ;• how could I shoot him if he was out-of my sight ? Question. Bid yon see him, have the money- in Mc« L-leary’s i Answer. He took my money from me and I shot him. ain t that plain enough? and if the officers :bad gone in they might have got it all; the door.was barred in their faces. •••••' The scene here closed, : and- the curtain fell; the pri“ soner going below in default-of SI»SOQ bap. His wounds are not dangerous. f-' r - [Before Mr. Alderman Shane.] Riot and Assault and Battery. John Ager and John Mays were arraigned yesterday on the charge of riot and assault antL battery on Charles" Crossly »■ ’lt is alleged a difficulty occurred at the scene of a slight fire on Sunday evening, in: the upper- part of the city, during which Ager struck Crossly over the head 2 with 'a half spanner. The other defendant -be came involved in the melee. The ; parties .were bound over to answer at court. . _ , ' .• v.-- [Before: Mr.. Alderaant^wjhite.'] Concealed DeadlyvWeajxms. A. French man-giving the name of. Cousin Cycle was,. arraigned before Police Magistrate White yesterday morning on the charge of carrying concealed' deadly , weapons., It seems that on Sunday evening he made hie appearance at the public house of Mr. Volf; on Book street,ibehaving likean individual laboring under an. attack of* mania-a-potu. . Much to the terror of weak- • nerved people he pulled a* pistol from his pocket and * shot at imaginary things^in air. Officer Yoder wa* * speedily upon the spot and took the crazy fellow into custody. Hewas committed in. default of #6tXJ bail,.to ;; answer the charge ofcarryingconcealed deadly weapons.* - -The Army: Hospitals.— Thernumberr of patient, remaining inthearjnyhoapital. il) thi.clty:; at preaentla 3,430. 4 During,the,past jveek'3l4 wera tetornea to auty, 64'were meohargea. ana 8 died.