f/'!r Jj r t s s * THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1868. 'FORNEY’S WAR PRESS, For SATURDAY, May 30th, just issued und for sale, Possesses nuususl interest, correspond out witli the great events of ihe hour. Its contents are : LITERARY.—The first instalment of a brilliant no velette, entitled “Florence Liston, a Story of the Heart,” by Ferdinand L. Sarmiento, Esq., and avallla lble.iniscellany of literary selection*. ILLUSTRATIONS. — 1 * Capture of the Rebel Fortifies, tlohsou the Fredericksburg Heights,” and correct por traits of. Ma.ior General Grant and Lieutenant General. Stonewall Jackson. WAR NEWS.—Tfce fullest details published of all the r great operations of Ctr.nt on Vicksburg! correspondence from all the martial CQUtrps; and collated intelligence from East, West, South, and North, with tho latest his tory of the wars in Mexico and Poland, and of European policy. GENERAL NEWS. —Correspondence and gatkerod in-, telligence from all the principal cities; and the newest information of Finance, Commorce, Ac., fee. . • fttr* Single copies of The War Press, put up in wrap pers for mailing, may he had at The Daily Press office. Price 6 cents. THE. NEWS. Thb gubernatorial election in rebel Virginia will soon take place. As far as we can learn, no nomina ting conventions have been lieltl, and each aspirant is therefore a candidate independent of party organi zation. Of candidates there arcplenty. Brig. Gen. Henry A. Wise, recently in command opposing Gen. Keyes, near Williamsburg; Wm. 1,. Goggin, for merly the “.Know-nothing” rival of Letcher; cx member of XI. S. Congress, ex-Governor of Virginia, “extra” William Smith, a general in the Confede rate service; Gen. George W. Randolph, late rebel Secretary of-War, who is called the “people’s candi date}” Col, Thomas S. Flournoy, formerly named for the same office against Wise—an ultra war can didate, anl Col. George Wythe Mumford, a similar hero. Of these, Goggin, the old line Whig oandidatei for sake of name, extra-Gen, Smith, and 001. Flour" noy are-most prominent. Geh. Imboden, the gue rilla, will probably be elected.Lleutcnant Governor. What with the G overnor elected by the rebels, Mr. A. J. Boreman t wbo will be elected to the chair of magistracy in West Virginia, and Gov. Francis Pierpont who will have the same office in loyal East Virginia, the hiatniio State will have plenty of Go vernors, not to mention the tyranny of warfare. Wrs print sonic notable^statements with reference to a new offensive campaign by Gen. Lee against Washington or Pennsylvania. Theße are "corrobo rated in some measure by the tome of the Richmond press, which unanimously counsels a moyement of : offence before the army of “Hooker is.relieved from the burden of defeat. According to the JlcruJd's Bal timore correspondent, Lee had less than7s,ooo troops when he iiivnded Maryland. He will move no w with fully 160,000. His left wing already rests at a point on the Upper Rappahannock, opposite the. Sulphur Springs, seven miles southwest of Warrenton, and only fifty miles from Washington. It is supposed to be his intention to move his whole army rapidly, to wards Centreville and Fairfax, over the Warrenton turnpike, and to move thence either direct on the works on Arlington Heights, or else by . way of Vienna to .Madlldaville, to cross-the Potomac at Coon’s ford, twelve miles rnbove Washington; then to moveiiirectly east to Bladensburg, tear up the railroad there, so as to cut off all communication with the North and East, and then to attack Wash ington from that direction. The same correspondent eatirpates the strength of the whole rebel army at 427,000, from data of the quotas furnished by the va rious rebel .States. By a ready conscription the army is constantly kept to its complement of four hundred thousand. The Canadian Government is about introducing a new patent law, which will be found of great im portance to American inventors. Under the present eyetem, patents are granted only to resident Cana dians. Under the new, it is proposed to extend the protection to inventorß of all nations, without dis tinction in favor of natives. The expense of pro curing patents will he reduced to about the same amount &b is required by our regulations, and the general features of the new bill are much the same. Americans have been virtually cut offfromthebene fits of Canadian protection, while resident Canadi ans have, in many instances, pirated our great in ventions. The new law will do honor to its framers,* and insure Justice to our people. The, army of Eosecrans, it is reported, will soon render us stirring news, and it is not improbable that his columns are already in motion to seize the oppor tunity made by the success of General Grant, and prevent reinforcements to Johnston or Pemberton. Burnside was about to take the field with a sufficient army in a movement co-operative with Koaecrans upon East Tennessee, which reports have strong pro bability. • . , *. , •' Gens. Hereon and Blttnt, who outrank Gen. Schofield as major generals, and relations with that officer have not been of. the most cordial charaoter, will probably, it is said, be assigned to other commands when that officer arrives to direct the Department of fiiissouri. Governor Gamble ia attacked for re-assembling the State Convention, which does not by any means represent the true feeling of Missouri, to act upon the question of emancipation. The State Conven tion,:it is said, contains a large portion of rebels, or Secessionists, who arc unfit to cast a vote upon questions affecting the loyalty of Missouri. The national loan subscriptions last week were $13,184,950. The total popular subscription to this loan is $91,742,350, with no prospect of diminution, and'including the amounts sold by the Treasury and Sub-Treasuries, they are $105,000,000. , General Baron Dupin, celebrated for having saved ,the life of Napoleon, at Schoenbrun, by seiz ing the arm of the regicide Stahs, and • who fought in all the Napoleonic campaigns, died at Paris on the Bth. i • . . ; Gen. .Sully arnved at Milwaukee on Monday •and reported to Gen. Pope. It is said that he is to have command of the southern wing of the expedi tion which is to march against the hostile Sioux. Y The court-marriaj in the base of Gen. Corcoran, for shooting CuJ. Kimball, has concluded its investi gations. The result is a justification of the Gene ral. : ■ • The Nttvs lroin Vicksburg. Although -we have not yet, at the early hour, in the morning when these lines are •written, received the official despatch an nouncing the full of Vicksburg, we are still confident that the city is in the possession of the Federal forces, or virtually in their power. We have intelligence from every source but the general himself and those who are with him. A very satisfactory despatch lias been received by a Chicago newspaper from its correspondent, and this is given to us this morning by telegraph. The details of that despatch are interesting, and confirm the news heretofore printed. Making some allowance for' theV enthu siasm and haste of the -writer, and the exaggeration' thus naturally produced, it 'giyes us a very intelligible idea of the situation of om army. On Friday last the complete investment of Vicksburg took place; and it is impossible, in reading the crude sentences of our informant, not to recall the glory of FortDonelson. General Grant, on advancing his forces, prepared to attack. Gen. Pemberton sent out a flag of truce, Offering to surrender if his men were allowed to lay down their arms and march out of the city. This General Gbant re fused, determined to accept nothing but an unconditional surrender. Here we are re minded of the immortal reply to the rebel Buckner at Fort Donelson: “I propose to move immediately upon your works.” The advance instantly, took place—tlierebels Were thriven into their inner -works —and When the narrative ceas.es, -Grant is in the •rear pressing his . advance to, an assault. Porter is in front shelling by -day and night, and the final contest scorns to have begun. ■ Since tliis we have nothing reliable. If there is any feeling of anxiety let it be dis pelled— for, 'with our seat of war in the outer limit of the enemy’s country, commu nication must necessarily be weary and tardy. Pemberton's proposition to sur render shows that the only resource is des peration. The story that Jefferson -Da vis has sent kinv word to hold his post for a few ,days, and reinforcements would come, is possible, without being probable. Gen. Grant is well aware of the necessity of speedy action, and he will not permit any de, lay or indecision to destroy the fruits of'his Theory. Ticksburg either surrendered on Sa turday, the 28d, or was taken hy storm. This is the mcvniiig of the news we reprint this morning, and the next despatch from Cairo will announce the joyful tidings of General Grant’s final success. Arbitrary Arrests. We understand that at .the .Democratic meeting to be held on Monday evening next, to protest against arbitrary arrests and inter ference with the rights of citizens, a resolu tion will he offered denouncing General McClellan for having, while in command of the Army oi the Potomac, arrested the present. Judge McCunn, of New York, ("then staying in Washington city, ) at mid night, taking him by a provost guard, placing him on the cars and banishing him to New York, with an injunction not to return un derperil of his iiie. What makes the case of JudgeiMcCuxN more flagrant, is the fact that no reason was assigned for his arrest, and he lias'not, been able to visit Washing ton city since it took place. Loyal men, of course, will admit that General McCliAiLAn had a peyfect light to remove any. person from his military department who had at--, tempted to demoralize or injure his army, and will sustain liis act. We very much re gret that a meeting of our Democratic fel low-citizens should.be convened for the pur pose of expressing disapprobation of it, and trust the resolution will he defeated. The Temper., of the Country. The temper of the country is in a feverish and petulant condition. It is singular that it should be so, for at no time since the beginning of the rebellion have loyal men had more cause to be cheerful and buoyant. From the army and the navy we hear nothing but good tidings. Joyful victories are gained in . Mississippi, and abcut to be gained in Tennessee. The industry of the nation is prosperous. Labor commands a larger reward than it ever obtained before,, and.. thousands are hurrying here from European communities to take'the places of those who have gone to war. There is aji abundance of money. The gentle pressure of taxation has had no other, efleQt than to stimiilate enterprise and thrift, and so great is the confidence in the Government, that the people are giving it their money as freely as the most profita ble private enterprise. : Lands and leases and bonds and 'mortgages, and the hundred ways of accumulating wealth, are forgotten m the determination to strengthen the nation by- accepting its faith- as their revenue, and staking all upon the salvation' of the country. The loyalty that gives the result of a life’s industry and genius to the cause of liberty is the same that gives life itself, and we never see a large subscription to the national loan without regarding it as a victory. We.do notdisguise the woe that the war lias brought, nor do we forget the sacred griefs that now sanetify many a de solated homo. Alas !: that it should be so, or that man’s blood should ever he shed by man. But; in looking upon war as a na tional effort, we must forget every thing, hut the losses and gains—the courage and saga city—the manifestations of power—the things called victories. We see nothing but this nation as a strong' man, with armor girding his loins, full of passion'and purpose, every energy bent in a strife that must overthrow him or .enable him to overthrow. The strife is now in-its fiercest progress, and our' champion requires our prayers and support. It is sad to know that there is not only an' . enemy in his front, hut.another in- his rear—; one eneiity who’. endeavors to strike him down by the sword, another who would stab him in an embrace. We who are at home, and under the pro tection of an army and a Government, whose; lives are saved from the angry and ambitious' enemy that now menaces our borders, ; must see that the hands of the Administra tion are strong, and that the efforts of ene mies to nullify and weaken its power by de stroying the public peace- are thwarted. .This is our duty, and to obey it we should orga nize a home campaign. Let every loyal man range himself under the law, and prepare to sustain the .officers of tlie law in their duties. Let every attempt at riot or disturbance be defeated, no matter from whence it may come. Let us he patient, forbearing, confi dent. Let us have no more assaults upon newspapers, or upon obnoxious men, for violence' only invites violence. Let -us as citizens submit to any license that liberty of speech may engender; for liberty of .speech is a precious thing, and not to be tossed hither and thither by an angry ,mob. At the same time, while we pay this due respect to law and peace, let iis pre pare for any contingency that may come, and when this Government of our allegiance and our affection sees proper to perform an act of stern and necessary justice, let us stand by it. and assume with it every re sponsibility. Invitations to blood, insur rection, and anarchy; are in themselves despicable—they suit a depraved press—aud may call hack the shouts of a drunken and vicious mob. Wc may laugh at them as we would laugh at the fury of those who know not’ what they say. At the same time let us be vigilant, and if in this time of trial,’ aud danger, and agony, a single arm" be raised against the Government or the. 'flag, let it be answered -with the only answer that free and loyal men can make. The Condition of the Crops. . From every section of the country we re ceive highly favorable accounts of the con-;: dition of. the : crops, and the cereals espe cially promise to be as abundant as in any previous season. .The spring, it is true, has been tardy, but the winter-wheat, so agri cultural papers say, has not suffered in con sequence ; while the fruit crop, not. having been prematurely developed, escapes the possibility of encountering' a “ chilling frost,” and unless the result disappoint all calculations, it will prove bounteous.- Throughout the State, it is said that wheat and grass look very well. While Pennsyl vania has been- acknowledged to he in ad vance of her sister States in the extent of her mineral productions, in her yield of pe troleum, coal and iron, more particularly, there is a less general disposition to award hs the credit, to which, as an agricultural State, we are entitled. According to the last census, Pennsylvania in 1860, yielded considerably over thirteen million, bushels of wheat, while the total yield of Hew York, Hew Jersey, and the Hew England States, for the same period, was but a; little over eleven and a half million bushels. Returning, however, to the present season, we find that in North ern Indiana the wheat crop is quite promising; and from Central Indiana the reports are still more favorable. 'Ohio, which, in 1860, yielded about thirteen and a' -half million bushels of wheat, promises to do better this year. Minnesota experienced some little difficulty in sowing a full crop on account of the scarcity of labor, but will ac quit herself as creditably as in any former season. From Massachusetts there are some complaints that the season is a “little back ward,” but the paragraphs are generally in •a-hopeful vein. California is of opinion that a few' “ gentle showers ’ ’ would be benefi cial, but entertains no fears of a drought. Kentucky, than which no State has suffered more of the embarrassments and losses en tailed by the war, has accommodated her self to her abnormal condition, and her peo ple expect a larger tobacco crop this year than ever before. Michigan, lowa, Kansas, Wis consin, in fact all the loyal States, give ns pro mise of plenty, not qnly for all our needs, but to feeds the hungry millions of Europe. And, with the Mississippi opened, the farm ers of the West should he the happiest and most prosperous in the land. . . Micawber to the President. The editor ot the New York World, in a feeble imitation of 11. G.’s celebrated letter to the President, writes two columns of a personal letter to our Chief Magistrate. The point of this remarkable performance'will he found'in the following ingenious and origi nal sentence: “ Sir, with the horror natural to an ingenuous mind, you have read of the Eoman Emperor who placed his edicts so high in the air that they could not be deci phered by the keenest eye, and yet severely punished any breach of them. ’ ’ The con clusion of two columns, of which the above is a. characteristic extract, suggests to us very forcibly the epistolary communications of Mr. Wilkms Micawber. Thus: ‘ ‘ What ever, sir, may he your own estimate of your recent proceedings, they are viewed by the country.and will be judged hy history “ In the. light .. “ In which “They arc ' “Now regarded ' “By “ The World." Notice has been issued from the Bureau of Internal Bevenue, that all instruments of writing taxable under the law, and executed after the 31st inst., will he invalid unless stamped as required hy Congressional en actment Business men would do well to attend to the'Suljject. Large Positive Sale or 1,075 Packages Dry Goods, Sic. —The early and particular attention of dealers is requested to the very extensive and valuable assortment of American, British, Frencli, and Gorman dry goods, twines, etc. , embracing about 1,075 pacliages and lots of desirable and scarce ■staple and-fancy articles in cottons, linpns, woolens, worsted, and silks, including 220 entire packages standard American goods, to be peremptorily sold by catalogue, on lour months’ credit, commencing this morning, at ten o’clock precisely, to be continued all day and the greater part of the evening, without intermission, by Jplin B. Myers & Co., auctioneers, Nos. 232 and 234 Market street. a Tile Bohemian Outward Bound. - . St. Jonas. N. F.. May 2G-—The Bteamer Bohemian, outward bound, from Quebec, was boarded off Cana Race this afternoon. , , LETTER FROM “OCCASIONAL.” Washington, May 27, 1803. Let me say something ‘about Mr. Yallan digham, now either refused' or received by the rebels,Avith whom lip' sympathizes. I justify his arfest and'his transfer to the com mon foes of my- country; if only to try the' experiment .whether.they are ready to accept! the doubtful gift of-a citizen, who, realizing . all the advantages of themost just and gene°- ious Government on God’s.earth, could yet assist in, and applaud those who attempt its destruction. Now that he is within their lines, lie can see for himself how much they deserved his . .sympathy... He may pro bahiy, discover; that, all his. efforts in their behalf were; either not appreciated of indignantly rejected. .Mr. Vallaudigliam has some fine qualities. I have known him for many years. When we belonged to the same party we were frequently 1 op posed to each other; and; it is due. to hiih to saj'that he saw the weak and Wretched character of Mr. Buchanan long before I did. Identified-with some of the aristocratic fa milies of Maryland, he always seemed to me to borrow his liking for slavery from them. He is a man of uncommon ability and of fine manners. He speaks and writes with equal fluency, and is what might be called a genial The mischief that such a mind can work is almost beyond .conception. Weak and ignorant men are swayed by-Ut esc 'plausible and dangerous demagogues. The question arises, whether they should be per mitted to endanger the public peace, aud to fetter the public authorities ? Observe that these partisans. do not confine them selves within the limits 1 of decent difference. They are not content with criticism of the officers of the Government, civil andmilitary. They insist upon showing hatred to the Go vernment by every word and act. Nothing thatis done to save the Republic receives their approval. They vote against supplies to the army, and against reinforcements. They . have no .tears for . our defeats, and no joy for our triumphs. When such men can he heard and applauded by crowds of people, would ndf the -Government sink beneath contempt if it feared to interpose? Suppose JudahP. Benjamin or John C. Breckinridge insisted upon addressing these crowds, should they not be stopped and punished for their insolence? Who would not laugh at the claim that to arrest their treason was to deny them free speech? What lawyer would not scorn the proposal to give them a trial before they were punished by banish ment or otherwise? Now neither of these traitors hates the Union more bitterly than Mr. Vallandigham. They differ from him only in this, that they do not insist upon living upon the generous bosom of an indul gent country, only to strike more surely at her heart. They are in the battle-field against her, and deserve at least the credit of making their blows follow their words. The Governmenthasnohatred of individuals. Its great characteristic is gratitude to those wiio sustain it. Its course towards Yallan digham follows naturally from its duty to the people. It would be as false to them if it allowed Breckinridge to speak his treason, as if it.permitted Vallandigham to sow the seeds of disaffection. Its agent, General Burnside, saw the evil created by Yallan-. digliam, and crushed it. It is now de manded that men of his stamp should have a trial in the courts. This would be only to furnish them a new stage of action and of sedition. If they could convert our courts-into theatres, with sympathizing au diences, and a daily transfusion of their treason through the papers, they- would be -well repaid the pangs, of the martyrdom they covet. But when the' Republic is bleeding at every pore, the foe in- the field, and the foe not in the field, must be struck at once, and placed where they can do no harm. After the war it will he time enough to decide whether it was ’ right to kill the one and to silence the other. . WASHINGTON- Special Despatches to “The Press.” . Washington, May 27, 1853 Vicksburg News from Gen. Hooker—tee Meditating an Advance. The town ia still greatly excited over the news from Vicksburg. There seems to be not a particle of doubt in any quarter that General Grant will succeed in capturing , Vicksburg and the most of the rebel army there. General Hooker is'in town to day, and speaks in enthusiastic terms of Grant and his successes. 'He states that the rebels on the , Rappahannbck'adinit that they-have lost Vicksburg. Butterfield and Ingalls, of Hooker’s staff, are here also With 'their commander, and various ru mors are circulating in.regard to their presence here at thiß time. There seems to be a growing impres sion here that General Lee is meditating an attack upon Hooker, or an advance in the direction of Washington. The rebels admit that their position is a desperate one, and that they must dare uncommon dangers, in the hope of destroying our army in Vir ginia and of capturing Washington. No News from City Point. A despatch from Newport'News, dated to-day. re ceived at the War Department, says the Bteamer Georgia, just arrived from City Point, brings no' released prisoners, papers, or news. The officers report that they saw a Richmond Examiner of yes terday, which contained only the reports of the day before. Naval. Commander Robert Townsend has been ordered to the command of the iron-clad steamer Essex, to relieve Com. Caldwell. Lieut. Com. E. P. Iffc- Crea has been ordered to the Roanoke. Lieut. Com. Ralfh Chandler to command;the Owasco, to relieve Lieut. Com. Madigan. Acting Eniigns E. T. Manler and Whitman, to the steamer Iron Age. Acting Assistant Paymaster H. P. Brown to the sforeship Courier. Acting Assistant Paymaster. W. W. Woodhall to the steamer Delaware. Jas. G. N. Bareour has been appointed acting assistant surgeon and 01 dered to the steamer Iron Age. The Conscription Act. Attorney General Bates has not, as stated, given an opinion respecting.-the $3OO clause in the con scription act. The subject has not even been sub mitted to him, as was ascertained on inquiry to-day. General Hurnside to Take the Field. A Cincinnati despatch says: “There is no truth in the report that General Burnside has asked to be relieved from the command of this department. He takes the field in a few days, in accordance with the original understanding.” . Departure of Beauregard’s Forces from Charleston. A despatch to the Post from Washington, yester day, says: “It is regarded as certain that Beaure o ARE has left Charleston with most of his forces, for the West or Virginia ; more probably for the-former, though it is possible he has been ordered to Lee on the Rappahftnnook.” Contrabands. About 600 contrabands, 'comprising men, women, and children, arrived here this afternoon for Acquia creek. They were turned over to the provost mar shal. ' Personal. Balmi S. Dorn, of California, has been appoint ed receiver of public moneys for the district of lands subject to sale at San Francisco. ’• The Honor of a Martial Career. At the recent meeting of the Loyal League of Utica, New York, a letter from Gen. Sickles, con cluding as follows, was read: Nothing will contribute more to the martial spirit which the exigencies of the. times require than to mahe the profession of arms the passport of honor to soldiers as welLas chiefs. The brave nten now reluming to "their homes, after a long period of faithful and.heroic service, should be met every where with affectionate welcome and hearty com mendation, "If disabled by the casualties of service so that they cannot re-enlißt, a just Government and a generous people should accord to them a preference in all public and private employments, and this should.be extended to the bereaved families of the fallen brave. A martial people, maintaining their own free in stitutions, will not regard the conscription act as a hard method of compelling a service not due. They will rather accept the national enrolment as a just mode of ascertaining the order in which those who enjoy the protection of the Government shall per form their part in its; defence and support. In alfwars, whether waged in the interest of hu manity or of ambition, the great reliance of nations is upon the poor—-those who have only a home to lose and a country to save. Yet, in a republic, nei ther riches, which are also preparing to move. The opinion is, that, Bragg will evacuate. The railroad between Tullahoma and McMinnville is repaired, with the: exception of a bridge, and trains are again arriving on the road. g; Foutkess Monroe, - May 26.— The flat-of-tru.ee steamer State of Maine, from City Point, has ar rived here. She brings down sixty-seven exchanged Union officers; among them Captain Brown and Lieutenant Carstair, of the gunboat Indianola.t She also brings back fourteen rebel officers, the rebels having refused to giraoip our officers in ex change. They were sent tS* Fort Norfolk by the steamer Croton. The rcbelß are holding a lieuten ant as a hostage for a spy to be executed by General Burnside. . The steamer Emilie, from Ncwbern on the 24th, brings 166 rebel prisoners, who were captured at KiDaton, about twenty miles from-Newbern on the 20th. Our force consisted of live regiments, under Colonel .'Joneß, of the 58th Pennsylvania Volunteers. The Colonel was killed, but we suffered no other loss. H The Richmond Whig, of May 25th, contains the .following items: . . “ Important if True.— Our Southern exchanges ventilate a rumor that General Johnston has taken from General Pemberton his sword, and placed hint: under arrest.. ■ \ “ The steamer Margaret and Jessie, Captain Wil son, Annie, Captain Carlin, and ICate, Captain Stubs, arrived at Charleston, on last Wednesdayjj from Nassau, with valuable cargoes. “General Forrest and staff arrived at'Shelbyvillej Tennessee, on the Mth inst. He is to take command of General Van Dorn’s division. ; ! “ Tullahoma, May:23.—The rumor of the capture of one of our regiments in the front, with one piece olf artillery is not true. The enemy did surround and capture a small outpost of some forty men; . All is quiet in the front. \\'V “ The Jackson Appeal, of the',l3th, says that our loss during the-first day’s engagement, near Ray mond, may be stated at 600 killed, wounded, and missing..: The lobs of officers ia'said to besmall.v “A despatch from Mobile, dated the.23d, (the main portion of which has been telegraphed) says, { The enemy are reported to he at.Pouchatoula, run ning the cars up that far from New , : “ Atlanta, May 23.— Vicksburg has five months’ supplies of everykind, and can be ,taken only when the force defending it has exhausted its supplies.” Harrisburg, May 27.—Governor Curtin, by ap pointment, will leave this.eyening for. Washington, where, in conjunction with Major Gen, Schenck', he will consult with the and authorities relative to the future protection of the State agaiust invasion. : - The Governor will be-accompanied by Adjutant General Russell, who, whilst there, will urge upon the Government the payment of the militia called* out in September last, and the expenses incurred in organizing the army and subsisting aiul transporting them. An appropriation by Congress has already been made to liquidate claims of this character, and an order by. the War Department, setting fortlrthe manner and by whom* the appropriation shall be disbiiised, is all that is required. This order Gen. Russell hopes to procure before returning. A despatch from San Francisco, dated Tuesday, received yesterday at the Merchants’ Exchange, New York, says: *** “It iB not believed here that the French have abandoned the siege of Puebla. On the 30th of April, Ortega, in Puebla, advised Comonfort, by spe cial courier, tnattheFrench.continued the bombard ment, and were constructing ditches and mines pre paratory to another assault. TMb appears to be later news than any received from Puebla by way of Havana, and comes entirely through Mexican sources.” GRANT ADVANCES TO ASSAULT. WORKS. GRANT MASTER 6F THE SITUATION, ALL GOING ON WELL. FORTRESS MONROE. News from tlic Rebel Papers. The State Defence. Another Report fiom Mexico. NORTH CAROLINA, Surprise of a Rclicl Camp-Capture of a Philadelphia Schooner. [CorrcspoT deuce cf the Associated Tress. ] ■ Niswbkku (N. C.), May 24.—Colonel Jones, of the EBth Pennsylvania Regiment, made a teconnoissanoe from Newbern on the 22d, with General Lee’s brig ade. When within about seven miles from Kin ston he surprised and captured some two hundred rebels, belonging to the 68th North Carolina Regi ment, including several ofliccrs, and together with a field piece, small arms, equipments, &c. A rebel captain and lieutenant were killed. " None’wcre killed on our side. The schooner Sea Bird, of Philadelphia, while aground at the mouth of the Neuse river, on the 20th, was captured and burned by the rebels, who attacked her in small boatß. The captain and crew were taken prisoners. All the rebel troops in the State, including the re cent conscripts, had gone to Virginia. Gen. Wild is malting fine headway in recruiting his African brigade. Gen. Foster is now on a tour of inspection to the different military posts of this department, which fie is continually strengthening. Beaufobt, May 20.—-It appears, from recent de velopments whichhavebeen malic, that a million dollars’ worth of supplies have reached the enemy through the Agency of the division and regimental sutlers, The {former have the exclusive rightj to open wholesale houses whenever they choose, and, in many cases, such houses have been established where there was no military jurisdiction, and free access to the enemy was readily obtained. CHINA. SAW Feakojsco, May26.— The bark Lata arrived from Hong Kong to-day, with advices to March 31. Under the influence of the disturbances in the neighborhood of Sbangbae and Ningpo, the import trade had fallen off, while the export season was over. Money wasveryscarce and the rates of ex change very high, on account of the rapid decline of gold.',Shipping loaded well. Several Bhips would soon sail for California with a number of Chinese passengers. - ■ < , A War Council. Nnw Yoke, May 27.—A special despatch from Washington, to the Evening Post, says :. . “A council of war was held yesterday at the White House. It was the result of the late visit of Senators Wade and Chandler to the Army of the Potomac, and had reference to the offensive move ments which the rebels in Virginia ,have been for some time threatening. General Hooker is said to express the opinion that the rebels are bringing up all their.forces from Charleston, and probably from North Carolina, for the purpose of making an aggres sive movement. In view, however, of the publicity which has been given to these threats by the rebels themselves, it seems more likely that their design is to provide for the defence of Richmond, and by their usual bluster, deter. Hooker from making another immediate advance.” False Heport of tlie Capture of Helena, Arkansas. OmcrKNATi, May 27.—The report received through rebel sources of the capture of Helena, Ark., by General Price, is false. * .:;The Gazette publishes a letter from that place, dated on the 20th, which states that General Price Was threatening an assault, but merely as a feint to cover a contemplated move on some other points. The Loyal league Meeting^atTJtica. Utica, N. -Y., May 27.—Alarge multitude's in. at tendances the Mass Convention, and all sections of the State are represented. Speaches are being made from three stands. The 26th, 14th, 4th, 9th, and lOth Regiments are here, together with squads from several other regiments. Great enthusiasm ami general good feeling prevails. Utica, N. Y., May 27,—The mass loyal Conven tion was largely attended this afternoon. Three stands were erected for the speakers, from all of which addresses were delivered and listened to by attentive and enthusiastic audiences. The Hawliinß Zouaves appeared on the ground with a banner, on which was inscribed the name of General McClellan as candidate for President. Colonel Hawkins made a speech, advocating the employment of negroes as soldiers. Some fourteen hundred soldiers partook of the collation furnished by the ladies.. The meeting ad journed at 4 o’clock this afternoon. , RUSSIA AND POLAND. The Revolution* Kowxo, May S, 185:3. The insurrection continues to increase, and acquires daily fresh developments in Lithuania and Lamogotra. l ln the latter district it has assumed an entirely religious aspect. The population, here is strictly Catholic, and practically devoted to its faith, which is constantly threatened by the Russian Government. Several volun teer corps are led by country clergy. Within the latt fortnight these bands have been vic torious in several engagements, the most noteworthy of which took place upon the road between Wilmokir and Ponow, which passes through the forest of Rogow. At this point Dolenga repulsed two Russian columns. The hero of the day was Father Mackiewicz, who fell upon, the Russian flank with a company of scythemen, and ; turned the scale of victory. The Russians left forty kill ed and an ammunition wagon upon the field. After the engag* jnenfc, the band of Dolenga—in all 2.700 strong—divided into four parts. One of these, ted by Father Mackiewicz, advanced as far northward as Onikschtz, driving out all the Russian courts of adminia tiation and expelling the Russian officials. ..1..4WU UUU • UUIWI.LO< The inhabitants of Onikschtz, consisting chiefly of peasants occupying the crown domains, received Father Mackiewicz with indescribable enthusiasm as he entered the village at the head of his troop 3, waving the Polish flag and-singing the national hymns, A large increase of volunteers ■ has taken place in the district of Szakole, near Tvischki.. A very small divi sion under Pisarski has gained considerable advantages over the Russian: columns commanded byMtjorSmoi- Upff. After fhe engagement, the/Russians set a country house on fire, 'consuming own dead in -.the flames, in the hope of conc'e&lmg- the extent of their ** Tiiemore.'.tbe insurrection increases thegreator are the outrages committed by the Russian soldiery. Generals ; Lichatfclieff and Majdell, the Russian commanders, make, no efforts whatever to arrest the horrors and atro cities theM-lroops commit; -The younear Russian offi cers can effect nothing, owing to the insubordination of the men; and ,both officers and privates have been heard td'declare thatrafterthe-lSth of ; May, the .term.appointed 1 for the expiration of the amnesty, theywtll burn, plun der,'destroy, and slay at pleasure. - Even nowjatl classes .are infuriated at theAsavage brutality, of the Russians,. and itis quite possible that after-the 13th of May the only comparatively secure place in the country will be the Polish camps. In the governments of Wilna, Grodno and Llausk the scope ofthe insurrection increases daily. In the district of Lida the volunteer leader Marbutt, son of the Lithuanian historian, has particularly dis tinguished himselfby his activity and daring. GRAND DURE MICHAEL’S ESCAPE FROM THE Circassians! The following narrative of the dangers atfd escape of the Russian Grand Duke Michael from the Circassians will be found interesting; On the 28th of Ramuzin the Grand Duke Michael, hay ing.come to visit Circassia, was surrounded by Circas sian soldiery, and whilsrgoingfroni the river Abondeu’ to the castle of-Halil two hundred aujt fifty Circassian horsemen attacked several hundred Russian horsemen, and, the Grand Duke having fled, they left one hundred and eighty dead, and two wagonloads of booty and'an officer fell int< the hands of the Circassians. Again, the Graid Duke, goingfrom the castle of HaUl to Shabza,- was . attacked by-five hundred Circassians, and was . obliged to fly. After leaving many dead on the field, he,* escaped into Shabza castle. Again, on.his going to Li.iau Luya, in Ibzak, to look after the inhabitants, the army of Bhapzug and Ibzak came out against Mm, and a battle which lasted three hours was fought in a level place called Eilik-va Sub, the like of which has not been for ■ forty years. In this battle one general and several minor officers were killed, and the Russians were completely routed and obliged to retreat in disorder. The soldiers in.the suite of the Grand Duke being desirous of showing: their lovalty, and the people of Circassia being determined to defend their country, there have been many encounters and much blood spilt: In this encounter SUerken Harniif Oghli, of the people of Shaping, having attacked the Grand Duke Michael, and orders being given, to take Oghli aliye, he was taken,.being exhausted; and brought into the presence of thaGrand Duke. The .Grand Duke then said to him, ‘“Why have you done ttiß? m audhe replied, “Alas! I have not succeeded in whatliuiend ed, - which was to destroy yon an'd take yourlife/ as?you ‘ are destroying and taking the life of my country/’”" The GrahcLDuke, instead of keeping Mm, gave him some money, and mounted him.£n his own horse, and he has comeback, and the people were astonished beyond ex pression, ; - _. . Government Contracts* Baltimore, May 27. •—Capt. Thomas C. Sullivan, com missary of subsistence to tnjs department, made the fol lowing awards to-day, under the proposals advertised : J. & Co.»-of Baltimore, 7 1,250 bags-prime Bio coffee at 31c. lt>.; 1,500 bbls. of mess beef at $14.25® 13 45. James W. Hammersley, of Philadelphia, 500 bbls. of thin mess porlc at $l4 73. •T. J. Packard, of Baltimore, 300 bbls. . of prime mess pork at bbl.; 100,000'ibs. of new bacon sides atS7.S7j£. . . Resmolds, Howell. & Reiff. of Philadelphia, pickles at SS. 50 gallon jar, and 5‘6.25 half eallonjars. James Beatty, of Baltimore, 500,000 lbs. of hard bread at 84.80. W. H. Crawford, of Baltimore, 6,000 lbs. of Sumatra pepper, in the berry, at 27!4C. ... J. W. Farlin, of Chicago, 50,000 lbs. of sugar-cured hams at $9.59. . Wildam A. Fowler, of New York, 100,000 bus. of navy beans at $3.60. : ■ . - Drakeiey & Fenton, of Baltimore, 100,000 tbs. ofnew. bacon sides, at $7.95; 45,000 lbs. sugar-cured hams at $9.75? 65,000 ibs. of do. at $9.90. . The Paterson Races. ; New York, May 27.—The second day’s race on the Pa terson Course was numerously and respectably attended to-day.-.; The first race, for a purse of $5OO, in two mile heats, was won.by West Soxbnry. Time, 3.4734'and 3.45. The second'race, for $2OO, a mile and: a quarter 'dash, was won by Dr. Welding’s bay filly, beating Mainena, Ben. West; and ltectifier. Time, 2.13.- ’ ; >- The third race, for $3OO, mi]e"heats;-.was’'Wdn'by Pen nick’s Jilly. .Time. 1.49. 1.56^.-': r • The great trot at the Fashion Course, between ‘ Butler and Patches, was won by Butler. Patchen won the first beat in 2 253£ i Butler won the next three heats in 2.2734, 2.28, and 2.2534. : . . Convention of Manufacturers. Chicago, May 27. —A Convention of manufacturers , is called to meet in.this city on Tuesday of next week, to consider the propriety of urging upon the Secretary of the Treasury the justice of postponing the collection of the income tax on manufacturers until the meeting of the. next Congress. The signers of the call set forth the fact that the amendment taxing the incomes of manufacturers was passed without a knowledge of its unfavorable effect.. The Anniversary Meetings at Boston* Bostox.May 27.—The anniversary meetings held in this 'city during the week have been quite well attended, and without exhibiting many features of unusual interest, are especially demonstrative of patriotism and support of the Government. The report of the Secretafy.of the New. England American Tract: Society shows that the agents ofthe society have distributed $60,000 in the form of books, etc., to the army and navy during the year. The Canton Company. Baltimore, May .27.—The property of the Uniled Manufacturing Company, at Canton, which has been improved onlj* by the erection of a Jew small dwelling houses, was offered at public sale'to-day; but with drawn, the bid of $33,600 being considerably below its real value, although double the sum the property would have commanded before the war. , :- • The case of : the Canton Company vs. the Northern Central Railroad Company will, it is believed, be de cided in favor of the former befoi e the end of tho week. Bank Election. Indianapolis, May 27. —George W. Ratlibone. of Evansville, Indiana, ha* been elected President of the Bankof the State of Indiana, to succeed Judge McCol lach, who has been appointed Comptroller of United States Currency. Bank Suspension in Canada* Toronto, C. W., May 27.— The- Bank of . Brantford closed its doors to-day. It is supposed that arrange ments will be made to redeem its circulation, which is limited. • ' ’ Tli e M assu cliusetts JEIc vcntli* Boston,: May 27.— I The 11th. Massachusetts Battery ar rived here to-night. : They met with a cordial reception from the National Lancers.; . - The Atlantic Telegraphs Boston, May 27—The special committee of the Board 'of-Trade report strongly in l’avov of the Atlantic Tele graph en terprise,! and comm end tfc e project to the consi deration of merchantsand capitalists. •. * ■ Wool Sale at Boston* ' Boston, May 27. At the- pale of Cape wool to day, nearly‘all the lots w ere taken at full prices. / Departure of the Steamer -America* ; Boston, May 27 —The royal mail' steamship America sailed to-day. for Liverpool, with $21,000 in specie. The Great Eastern. • New York, "May;27. —The steamship. Great Eastern, which airived to-day. brought 900 passengers. . • Burning of Military Barracks* New YoßKr.May.27r—A cavalry reginieut, stationed at Hiker's Island, burned their barracks. this afternoon. : General Grant. The 'Washington Chronicle , in the course of an ela borate biographical notice of Gen. Grant, has the following, describing his personal'appearance: Gen. Grant is about five feet nine inches high, has sandy hair and whiskers, blue eyes, a firm and de termined mouth, a well-shaped nose, and a com plexion that shows the effects of exposure. He is very far from what is called a handsome man. He has a good form, very square shoulders, and gene rally stands squarely on his feetj never resting on one leg, or lounging against a support. He never uses profane or extravagant language. He is almost a model of temperance, seldom drinking at ail, but he smokes continually. In conversation he is rarely animated, 'except among his most intimate and fami liar companions. He prides himself on his horse manship. At the battle of Monterey he was ordered to carry an order to a point where he had to pass under the fire of a battery. He put his horse into a full gallop, threw himrelf off on one side, afterthe manner of the Indians, holding on by the horse’s mane and by one leg thrown over the cantle of the saddle, and in this position leaped a four-foot Avail. Gen. Grant was married soon after he left theregu lar army, and has now three children, one of whom, a boy about six years old, is nearly as good a rider aB his father. General Grant is an unassuming, modeßt man, lias no personal enemies, never speaks ill of any one, even of those who iajure him, knowß nothing about politics, lias no ambition for office or distinction, but only desires to do his duty. General Halleck de scribed him very well when he Baid : “ What I like about Grant 1b that when he is ordered to do any thing he sets right about doing it. There are no objections or evasions, or suggestions of delay— not a moment’s rest until the order is executed as well as he can do it with the means at his command.” Grant is not a man of the highest or- Ler of intellectual ability, but his operations have shown him to possess strategical skill of the high esr character, particularly those Bilice he'has been his own chief.' But he is not one that we should set down as a great man ; and a person seeing him but once would almost surely have a mean opinion of his powers. Paradoxical as it may seem, it haß been General Grant’s great good /fortune to have been always underrated. Newspaper correspondents, who make it their business to criticise and dictate, ? c!? narrate events ; politicians who have.places-’ to fill, and contractors—all have joined in one gene ral and unbroken denunciation of General Grant The conqueror of Fort Donelson, had he been a politician, might have been run for Senator from Illinois, and then some one else would have fought the battle of Shiloh, and the twenty days’ campaign of Vicksburg. Had any political party undertaken so persisteD tly to make a popular hero out of Grant as they have out of some generals who have never won a success, there would be an anti-Grant party, and another * wrangle about “political, generals.” Fortunately, Grant is a soldier, and nothing but a soldier; he has said'that he wants to see this war through and then go back to Galena and sell hard ware and leather. He has never had a day’s leave of absence since he entered the service, though his family have twice visited him in camp. His vquali ties are not, therefore, appreciated by the people, though they- are by .the Government; which may now feel as great a pride in having-sustained Gen. Grant as in any other inatance when they, have with stood popular clamor and private expostulation. A 1 Floral Farewell t Rev. Mr. Harris, of Ohio, who delivered a thrilling speech on the progress of the Western army in re storation of the Union. • The Rev. Mr. Waterbury, of lowa, was next in troduced, and he gave a vivid and pleaßing display of Western eloquence, abounding with strong Union sentimentß. The Rev. Franklin Moore, a graceful and effective speaker, waß next presented to the meeting. He awakened a deal of enthusiasm. William H. Maurice, Esq./delivered an excellent speech, and recited with efltect the poem relating to the sleeping Hentinel, who~was ordered to be shot, but pardoned by President Lincoln. The Rev. Mr. Harris, of Camden, New Jersey, was also introduced, who made a beautiful address. John J. Hicks, the old soldier who has been in three warß—the present one included—was also in troduced, and-delivered a short and entertainingad dreßs. The celebration was largely attended, many of the ladies coming from distant parts of thft city. All pasßed off very pleasantly, amid the greatest amount of enthusiasm. - ; Since the last anniversary the Saloon has. been greatly enlarged, and more and better accommoda tions have been introduced for the benefit of soldiers going to the war, or returning from it sick, weary, Or wounded. There waß no annual statement of the doings of the institution presented. Probably Bometbing offl cial will be made on this subject>in a.short;time. There are many rebel trophies about the saloon, amongthem the antlers of an old deer that oncq.had a place in the mansion of Stonewall Jackson, the deceased rebel. Jay Cooke, general. subscription agent, reports the sale of $2,329,600in five-twenties, to-day, .distributed as follows : New- York and New Jersey... .. ...$900,000, Boston and New England,.... /. 450,000 Philadelphia' and Pennsylvania. 510,000 0hi0......... ~ ; 170,000 Washington, D. O. Indiana Wheeling, Ya..... ' Western StAtes... - $2,329,600 “ The dclAy in getting decisive And favorable news from Vicksburg has had no sensible effect upon the sale of these bonds. The subscribers look more to the final success of the Government and to se curity which is given, -than tothelprescnt and sim ple gains, upon affSh investments. . While- success may further increase the daily subscriptions; delay or failure does not lessen the willing contributions which. Ihe people are making in the glorious’cause. Fires Last Evening.—A few minutes after eight o’clock, last , evening, smoke was dis covered issuing from the fourth-story windows of the fine, large, handsome five-story store at the corner, of Arch and Front streets, by a police officer, who promptly gave the alarm. This building is occupied by Messrs. Guggenheim, Dfeifuss, & Co., manufac turers of spices, essence of coffee, stove polish, and indigo blue. The fire'broke out in the ahop;on the fourth floor, where the tin cans used in the business are made. The flames were kept confined to the apartment, and though there was no more water used than necessary to suppress them, yet the stock in the lower stories was more or less damaged by the deluge. The stock is insured to the extent of $13,000 in the Pennsylvania and other city insurance companies, which is-thought will cover the loss. "When the firemen reached the shop in which the fire waß burning the flames were making rapid head way to the roof. It was owing to the promptness of the police giving the alarm, and the speedy re sponse of several near fire companies, that prevent ed a very serious conflagration. At the same time the above Arc was discovered another one broke out in the second story of a ta vern at tse corner of Front and Coates "streets. At this place a quantity of bed clothing and some other light combustible material were consumed. The damage is reported rb trifling. Episcopal Convention Afternoon Session.—The'aftemoon session began at 5 o’clock. Invitations were received to visit ths various public institutions, and also the Union League, the Academy of Natural Science, the Institution for the blind, and the Volunteer Refreshment Saloons. The following was read: No. 1118 Chestnut street, Philadelphia, May 26, 1863.—John Clayton, Esq., secretary of the Conven tion of the Protestant Episcopal Church, in the Dio cese of Pennsylvania—Dear Sir:"l am instructed by the Board of Directors of the Union League of Philadelphia to tender, through you, to the clerical and lay deputies of the Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church, now in sesßiOD, a cordial invita tion to visit the League House, No. .1118 Chestnut street. The directors desire to place their rooms, and all the accommodations of their house, at the entire, disposal of the members of the Convention at all times during the session, and will be happy to meet them at any time and in any way which may be agreeable to them. ' ‘ With great respect, your friend and servant, . GEO. H. BOKER, Secretary. Laid upon the table for the present. Appointment of Enrollers for the Fourth District.— The,Board of Enrolment of the Fourth Congressional district has made the follow ing appointment of enrolJers for the district: Fourteenth Ward— Edwin Bailey, John G. Johnson, E. I). Ledyard, F. A; Osborbe, E. K. Sh&merdine. Fifteenth Ward —John Q,. Dyke, Dr. Henry L. Ait ken, .T. B. McGinley, James Bigger, Isaac hi. Krupp, Edward Spain, Robert Torrence. ; Twentieth Ward—E. S. Stuart, John N. Gregory* Henry V. Christy, Isaac Ashmead, Tr., Englebert hlintzer, Wm. Ellison, Wm. McClain. Tu-cnty jirsl Ward —Joshua L. Fletcher, Jacob L. ■Warner, John Sanders, Jacob M. Keech, Wm. Rose. Tivcnty-fourtk Ward —George Ingraham, B. F. War ren, Frank Ferguson, F. S. Ashmead, Lieutenant Christian Young, Wm. Bechtel. ... - / Messrs. Qeorge Kern and B. E, Davis have been appointed clerks. The headquarters has been established at. the corner oi Broad and Spring Garden streets, and it is expected that the enrollers will to-day enter upon the duties of their appointment. » ; Enlargement of ; Canal Locks.—Tlie locks on the canals of the Pennsylvania Railroad .Company are to be enlarged, and the lines otherwise improved, so as to be able to carry from 150 to 200 tons each. ’ The Susquehanna Company took the initiative in this matter ; and when the other com panies complete their improvements, canal naviga tion in this State may be changed from horsepower to steam. The-great increase in the receipts of the Susquehanna Canal Company (come sixty-five thou sand dollars in 1862 . over 1861, and it is estimated that 1563 will be one hundred and twenty-five thou sand dollars over 1862—a sum sufficient to pay the interest on all thebondß, as well as a dividend on the stock,) should be an incentive for other compa nies to put their canals in the most complete order, in view of similar gratifying results to bond and stockholders. General Assembly—Evening Session. —ln the evening, at eight o’clock, the anniversary of the Home Mission was celebrated. The congrega tion was fair, but not crowded. M. W. Baldwin, Eeq., presided. Addresses and other exercises were gone through with, by Rev. Mr. Weber, of Indiana: Eon. Mr. Olds, of Columbus, Ohio; Rev. Mr. Dar rAh, Missouri: Rev; Dr. Clark, of Buffalo, and others. The occasion waß one of much interest. The session recommences at nine this morning.- > Death of an Estimable Young Man.— The many friends in this city of Sergeant William Sproule, of Rush’s Cavalry, will learn with - regret that he died on the I9fch instant, in hospital, at Ao quia Creek, of camp fever. He waß greatly beloved by his comrades, and possessed many estimable qua lities. The rem ains have been brought to this city for interment, in charge of Caotain Davis, of Com pany F. ' ‘ - # Spring Exhibition.--The. spring exhi bition of the East Pennsylvania Agricultural and Mechanical Society, will be held on Thursday, 18th of June, at Norristown, at which a trial of .mowers will take place, and a general exhibition of farm im plements will be made. Fublic Entertainments. New Cifkstxu t- street Theatre.— The “Pair One with the Golden Locks” has filled the Chestnut-street Theatre every night since its production, over two weeks since, withhouses that would he uncomforfcahly crowded hut for the steam-fan, which thoroughly ventilates .the building, and preserves the temperature at a pleasant coolness. The success of this burlesque, in view of its many literary demerits, is something remarkable; and there is little doubt that it will be run for several weeks 'to come, unless some, previous arrangement of the ma nagement should forbid. The music, it must he admit ted, is enjoyable, the scenery magnificent (particularly the transformation, scene, at the end), and the acting and vocalism of Mr 3. John Wood at once sprightly hud finished. These reasons may, perhaps, account for the extraordinary success of the piece. Concert tor a Worthy Object.— This evening a con cert will he given at the Sansom-streefc Hall, for the benefit of Mrs. Anna Fithian, a graduate of the Institu tion foi* the Blind. The name of this talented and worthy young lady, whose musical proficiency has enabled her to support a widowed mother and an afllicted sister, must he familiar to all who haye attended the concerts at. the Blind Asylum. The performers for this evening are all possessed of rare talent, and the programme could not be Well improved. We hope, the house may he crowded on the occasion. Mr v Wolfsohhwill: give his last: classical soiree this season in the foyer of the Academy of Music this eve ning. It promises to he a very fine entertainment, ifjiot the finest with which this talented artist has favored us. The programme speaks its own praise. It includes sona tas by -Weber and Beethooven, for horn and piano, ses tett fbr piano and wind instruments, a duet by Schu mann, and a polonaise by Gutman. Mr.VYolfsohn com mands success. ; . Tee Peak Family, —The entertainments of the Peak Pamily are among the most novel and attractive that have been presented to the Philadelphia public. The. perfoimers are all possessed of an unusual degree of mu sical skill, and the symphonies of their.siiver bells night* ly elicit the. applause and admiration of the audience. Since their last visit to us the ‘Peak Family have en larged their programme of musical selections, .and are, in consequence, drawing even larger houses than oii- ' ginally greeted them. Tee Rehearsals of the Germania.— The public re hearsals of the Germania Orchestra every Saturday afternoon at Musical Fund Hall, have been. meeting with the high success commensui’atc with their attrac tive character. We know of no series of musical enter tainments which has continued so long, met with such unvarying success, or attracted more fashionable au diences. The performance for next Saturday embraces some unusual attractions. . •«# FISARCIiL JkiSD COMMERCIAL* $1,323 82 46+ ...450 ..32 / THE MOSEY MARKET. - , ; ‘ May 27,1533. Rumors and counter rumors respecting Vicksburg caused conquerable excitement in Gold, which opened at 144%strong, but before noon fell suddenly to 142%, rallying up to 144.1£, at which figure it closed. Govern ment securities continue very strong. Money is without change. • •• The subscriptions to the five-twentiesto-day were very large at 4P. M., but as telegraph after telegraph came piliig in, no opportunity was offered to discover the amount; it, however, figured: in the neighborhood "of three millions. The. Stock market was at a stand-still as to prices, but active as to sales, au unea»y feeling causing some stocks to be rather pressed for sale. Sixes, 1831, sold at 108; seven-thirties at 107%; State fives rose to 101&; new City sixes were steady at 111%, the old at 103; Pennsylvania Railroad first mortgages sold at 114%; second do. at 107, no change; Reading sixes (lS70)sold at 105%; Elmira Rail-- road sevens at 111; Sunbury and Erie sevens at 112%; Camden and Amboy sixes (1883) at 107 ; Morris Canal first 5 mortgggesat 107; 87 was bid for Schuylkill Navigation lfS2s; 95 for North Pennsylvania Railroad sixes. Catawisra shares sold .freely at S,' the preferred at 24 : Reading opened at 55%y closing'at 55; North Pennsyl-; vania declined %; Philadelphia and Brie sold at 25%; Beaver Meadowwas steady at 75; Norristown at 58%; 36 bid for Long Island; S 7 for Elmira; 53 for the preferred; £O% for Little Schuylkill; 66 for Pennsylvania. Passen ger Railways brought, good prices; West'Philadelphia sold at69)4, no change; Spruce and Pine at 17, no change; Race and Vine at 13, no change; Seventeenth and Nine teenth at 13X» no change; Axch-street at 28%; Tenth and Eleventh rose%. . . ’• 305 . .$4,214 46 3,157 75 'Susquehanna Canalsold at 15#,a decline of Union at 2; Schuylkill Navigation prefeiTed declined X; 45 bid for Delaware Division; Hazleton, Coal sold at 60; Dank of Northern. Liberties at 03; Manufacturers and Mecha nics’ at 26; Union at 40; Farmers* and Mechanics' at 56. The market was'ftrtii at the close, $55, 000 in bonds and 5, (CO shares changing hands. Drexel & Co. quote Government securities, &c. t as follows: United States Sixer- 1881 .-,.,108 .@IOBK Certificates of Indebtedness........ .....Iol#@]o2 United States 7 3-10 Notes. U 6& - Quartermasters* Vouchers. .7 Orders for Certificates of Indebtedness,...... & Gold. 143 ©144 Demand N0te5...... 143_ ®144 Certificates o' Indebtedness, new.;............ 99?£@ 99% Jay Cooke & Co. quote Government. securities, &c., as follows: xp7 ©10716 Certificates of Indebtedness. ©lo2£ . “ Uew-..-.. 99%@ 993£ Quartermasters’ Vouchers 98% © 99, ’ .....v... mxmut' ..l43*£©2^ Sales of five-twenties, $*2,229,600. United States Sixes. 186 L. United States 7 3-10 Notes Demand Notes, Gold The following shows, the amount of coal transported over the Lehigh Valley Railroad, for the week ending May 23,2663, and 'previous since December I, .1662,; com pared with the same time last year: Week. Previously. Total. MIKES. Tons. Cwt. Tons. Cwt. Tons. Cwt. : Haz1et0n................. 4,S(M 11 116,500 19 121,09.0 10 -EastSugar L0af......... 3.556 09 53,710 05 v 62,569 14 C ouncLißidge 2:310 16 ; 45,907 16,.. ;45,317 12 Mount Pleasant... 1,007 10 9,740 04 10,752 14 Spring Mountain.——. 2 088 03 . 47,313 13 . 49,90116 Coleraine.•: 1,02-3 W -20,50 S 19 . 21,92116 Beaver Meadow—..... 47 17 2.211 09 2,258 07 N. York and Lehigh ........ .17,032 11 .17,032 11 N Spring Mountain.—3,7lo 11 44,086 10 47,827 01 Jeddo. .3.252 10 50,132 06 53,464 16 Harleigh 1,482 03 23,394.11 . 21’576 14 German Penna.......... 939 13 26,809 IS . -27.74 S 11 Ebervale 794 17 . 20,921 15 , J-2t;719 12 fiUnesviiie. ..V.V.V.V.'.V. 1,032 13 O5/ lb\m 03 Other aiipper5.......... ...... 22,35 i 03 , . 22.357. - : -T0ta1........ 26,023 05 ; 522,038 09 545.161 U Corresponding week lasr - year..:. ....16,005 339,742 01 ~ 355,747 19 Increase; 10,117 07 182.296 03 l5 The following is.a statement of the business of the Le high Canal for the week ending May 23. 1833: . For the Week. . Total. : From Mauch Chunk. Tons. Cwts. iTons. Cwt. Summit Mines . 12,507 04 69,226 11 Koom Run Mines-*;- i I,6SS 10 5.026 09 £. Lehigh Mine 5......... 322 14 2,069 04 East Mauch Chunk. :• Spring Mountain. «... j 210 07 Coleraine Mines . 260 17, . 2,292 01 Oercnan Penna. Mines.. 369 12 ' ' 4,20110 N; Spring Mountain Mines w. 553 07 4,527 16 X>. Mummy.andothers,P.andl>... IS4 02;, ; ofl9 04 Hazleton Mines. 2,73311 * 13,996 13 Council Ridge. .Jeddo Mines.. Fulton: Mines. i6i),000. .... 76,000 .... 20,000 .... 64,600 ,Total.. .....20,091 10 j 113,142 04 The following are the receipts of the Delaware Di- Canal Company— . . -x - ! For week ending May 23, 15G3:....: ....$3,177 90 . Previous in 3863* 24,195 63 ; „•- —t-— —529,373 53 Week, ending May 24,1862. .$6,29S .73 -Previously in 1562. ...25,009 55 , - r :—•534.0u5 2& The following shows the shipments - of coal ovov the Delaware. Lackawanna, and Western Railroad for the week ending Saturday, May 23,’1863, compared with, same time in 1862: • • .-. L - • "Week.---: Tear> Tons. Cwt." ? Tonß.C\vt. J Shipped North J'WiW OS Shipped South* 21,5-j9 Cfo 315.325 15 Total. P&i 02. For the corresponding time last-year: Shipped North. 6.955 l’i Shipped South.* ***••••****' * 15,372.00 Total..—* 22,317,12 Increase. »•»«» • Among the new projects called into existence by the great abundance of unemployed capital in England, the London Times of the 11th mentions the projected com bination of certain London firms with the Paris Credit Mobilier, which has bean definitely arranged. The Times b ays: ; «^* le H*!?. the London establishment is “Theluter- X 3 run non Fl £ ail v.\ a \ Societ Y« ” aad the proposed capital is w* rovPvuvf yMch £2,000,000 has been subscribed, leav io..allotment. The shares are to be <£2o a n°hiect of the society is to assist and take part rfeiffn^oails an {^,,! naU f tria L undortakin & B » especially fo- SiSkntSft? possessing government guarantees, lie Loudon board is powerful/ and of a tii™ o Erie preferred ~,.104 105' .. i Hudson River. ...131% .183- .. i% Harlem 103 112 - 4 Harlem preferred'. 11l 114% .. 3% Beading.;. U 0 112 2 Mich. Central ..,...'ll2 116 .. d Mich. Southern 74% 75% ... i>-r Mich. So. gnar. ....112% .114 .. \i< Illinois Central .108% .112% .. 4 Pitt5burg................ S 5 87% .. 2% Galena...... 103% 104, .. % Cleveland and Toledo 112 113% .. .. 1% Chicjigo and Bock lal’d-98 99 .. „l Fort ■Wayne.-... 72% 72# ... % Quicksilver Co-- v .. 48 46 Canton 34 ‘M% .. X Chicago & Northwestern 31% 31 . % Gold sold at the Board at 14i%®144%. As-we go'fo press the quotation is 143. ■ 1 ■ Pliila. Stock Exchi [Reported by S. E. Slaymak FIRST J 2S Catawissa R -Pref. 24 300 do. 24 150 do ~. -24 2CO do 24 200 do -.24 100 do ....24 22 Phil a & Erieß.... 25% 100 Union Canal 2 100 Catawissa R....b5. 8 50 do 8 4000Reading6s ’70.....-108% 1000 do ‘.’TO 106% 200Susa Canal....-b 5. 15% 2000 Penna 5s ...101% 30C0; do ’63 I0I?f 40C0 d 0.......... 101% 32Hazleton C0a1..... 60 100 Schl JSv Pref3odys, 25% 100 do-.-Pref.--boO. 36 BETWBBB SOCataßPref s3oflat. 24 - 7 Hazleton C0a1...... 60 5000 Penna R Ist mart.. 114% 6000 UB7-30.TNblkA3iO.107M _ SECOND 600 City 6s KS O--..\.107 2CCO . do 108 5017th&19tb-stR.... 18% 100 Race & Vine.l:-t 10 Union Bank 40 ICO Catawissa.R .Pref. 24 200 do b 5; 24 ICOOUS6s’B3 ..,108 100 Spr & Pine R. - b 5. 17 300 d 0............... 17 100 Penna Mining 30 109 Schl Nv Prfos aft 30 25% 200 . d 0... .Pref. - .b 5. 25)5 i 200 . d0...-.Pref....... 25% { 5 Man & Mech Bk2ds 26 | ICO E orth Penna R s3O. 15% j . CLOSING FBJ _ Sid. Asked. TT588 , 81....-~..,1GS .10S£ TJ 57.30 N0te5...107% *107% America* G01d..143 144 ■ Phils 0s 01d107% 103 Do new 11l iil% Alls c 0658...... 82 S 5 Penna 55.... 301% 10i2£ Readings 55' 65% Do bds’SO. ..110: 112 Do bds ’7O .. ICG 107 • Dobds’SSconv 110 - 112 . Penna R .*66 .66% Do lstmBe..lU 1T4% Do 2dm 65.-107 108 Little Schuvlß-. 61 Morris CT consol 71 73 Do prfdlGs-139 143 Do 65’76.... .. Do 2dmtg.. .. : Sasq Cana1...... 15 16 Do fte....... .. Schuylßav..... 11 ii% Do prfd..... 26% 25% Do 0b’82.... 8? 8S Elmira B 87 * 38 Do prfd..... 63 &i Do 75’73....11l 111% Do 105...... .. L Islands.ex dy 16 37% Do- bds -. Phila. Ger&Nor. 55% 59 L9highVal2.-.. •* . Do bds .Wh •• 109 There is very little demand for Flour, either for export or home use, and the market is very dull; about 400 bbls extra sold at $6.50; Western family is offered at $5.50@7 and4Cobbls Ohio family at $0.70@7 & bbl. The retailers and bakers are buying in small lots at $5.75@5 for superfine; $G.25@6.60 for extra; $8 7507.50 for extra, family, and bbl for fancy brands, as to, quality. Rye Flour is dull, and offered at $5. bbL Com Meal is quiet at $4.25 for Brandywine, and s4@i 12% 3 bbl for Pennsylvania. GRAlN.—There is more doing in Wheat, but prices have declined.- Sales comprise about 15,000 bus at 1560 158 c for Pennsylvania reds, in store and adoat, and white at'l7o@l7Bc the latter for x>rime Kentucky. Bye is unsettled, with sales of 1,200 bus, .in. lots, at 106@103c Com is dull; small sales of prime yellow ate making at S7c, anj! 2.00 Q bus Westemmixod at Ssc. Oats are also t dull; ; abont 4,000. bas sold’at-72@75c, weight, for light and hoavy-PennsyiYßUla. ' BARK.—Quercitroais in demand-at $35 ton for first No. L We hear ofmo sales. COTTON.—There is little or nothing doing in the way of sales, and prices Are rather lower; we quote Mid dlings at 60c VMb,cash. ' • PROVISIONS.—There is no change to hdttcft* ; in tha market; LOCObbls city packed me3s Beef and Pork sold on terms kept private. Lard- continues'dull, with small sales of hhls and tes at 10% ft. Butter is also very dull. GROCERIES. —Hfcere is very little doing in.Sn.gar or Coffee,; we quote tlie former at lOtf@l2c stb for Cuba and New Orleans, and Rio Coffee at 30@32c 'tHb, WHISKY is dull; small sales of bbls are making at 45c, and drudge 43.Jfe 1?. gallon. The following are the i*eceipts of flour and grain at this port to-day . Flour.. Wheat. Corn. Oats. Ashes remain quiet, with sales at 55.25 for pots, and $9.25 for-pearls. ... . . Breadstuffs. —The market for State'and Western Flour ismoreactiveand prices a little firmer. The sales are 11,000 bbls at $5.15@5.30 for superfi.ua State;. §s.7S<§*s9o for extra State; $5.10@5.35 for saper fine Michigan, Indiana,. lowa, Ohio, Sc.: $5,?5@6.05 for extra do,including shipping brands of round-hoop Ohio at *6.1-5@6.30, ana trade brands do ai $8.35©7.50; amber lowa, ;.SI42@L 43 for winter red. Western, and $149@1.53 for amber Michigan. Southern Flour is firmer and in moderate request; f ales SGGhbls at s6.4C@6.BQfor'su'p£ifine Baltimore, and. 86 sc@7 fll) fm* extra do. Canadian Flour is in better demand, and prices are a trifle higher; sales 60G bbls at $5.75@G.1Q for common, and $G.15@7.50 for good to choice extra. Bye is'dull, with small sales at $4@0.25 for the range of fine andsupeifine. Corn Meal is quiet, and without essential change; wa quote Jersey at 84 25, Brandywine $4.53@L6Q, Caloric 84.5 Q, Puncheons $22. ’ 1 . , Rye is dull, and quoted at 99c@$l. : Barley Is more active, with sales of 7,soobushels State on private ... _ . Oats are firm, with an active business doing at 70(371 for Jersey.: and 71@75 for Canada, Western, and'State. SCorn is firmer, and prices have advanced l@2c ha, with a fair demand at the improvement.' Thp sales are 'lOO,OOO bus at 7c@7sc for old mixed Western,-and6S@73c for new do. • > Chicago Breadstuffs Market, Slay 25. Flour. —Received,. 8,016 bbls; shipped, 9,000. bbls. The market is dull and heavy, and there is very little doing' Prices are droopiug.' SaleslOO bbls ‘-'Bartlett’s XX : * choice spring extra at 86,70; 90 bbls~“ Netfcieton & Johnson” on pt; IDO bbls “Fremium” on pt; 78 bbls “Macon” spring super 4t $4.40; 90 bbls “Prairie Queen” at $4.10: 100 bbls sprout super at~s4; 100. bbls unsound spring extra at $3.75; 60 bbls spring super ats3;6o—all delivered. .. .. \Vheat.— Becelved. 23,016 bus; shipped, 27,025 bus. Market dull, and prices declined lc bu on No. 2 spring, with only a limited business transacted. Sales include the following: Winter Grades—4oo bus No. 2 red, at $L 16#; 800 bus rejected red, at $1.02#; 3,000 bus do at BLO2. No. 1 Spring—B,ooo bus at $1.17; 2,400 bus at $1.16#; 2,400 bus at 81.16; I,2oobus'Sins#; 800 bus at SiklOH; 400 bus at 32 25. No. 2 Spring—3,ooobasat 95c; 400 bus at 943* c; 400 bu? at 94# c; SOO bus at 94c. Rejected Spring—4,oCo bus at SOc; 1,200 bus at 79c; I,SOO bus at 7tc —all the above instore. ' By sample, 2,4C=0 bus condemned Wheat, on track, at 6C@7oc; SOO busdo at 57c. ' 'Coax.—Received, 166,384bu5; shipped, none. Market dull, and prices declined 34@lc bus.and closed dull at the decline;.sales vr©re, mixed, 15,000 bus early,at 47# c; SS.CCO bus at 47>£c; 30,000 bus at47j.ic—all-in store; ■white, 2.0C0 bus at 50c, in store; rejected 3,000 bus at 45c, liOCObus,at4s#c, 1,000 bus at 45c, afloat,lB,ooo boscom mon rivermixed, in three lots, at. 49c. Oats.—Received, 28,000 bus; market dull and demand lignt^-.prices declined bus;-sales-were, 3,000 bus at- 52c, y,oco bus at 51?&o, 3.600 btis at 51f£c. 5.000 bos l. rejected at4Se. Baltimore Coffee Market, May 27. There is very little doing- at present in this article, bnt prices of all hinds arc nominally unchanged, viz: Rio ■3oJi@3lc, Laguayra c ? and Java 3S@39c per ib. PHILADELPHIA BOARD OP TRADE. GEORGE If. TATBAII, 1 WM. L. REHN > Oojouttbe or the Moxtw. BENJ, MARSHALL, ), . v - , AT THE MERCHANTS’ EXCHANGE)* PHILADELPHIA, Ship'Tenawanda, Julius...... • • * ... ,Liverpool,-May 25 Baik Guiding Star, Bearse.. •••Liverpool, soon Brig Breeze, Outerbridge, ~ :.Barbadoes, soon tchr Greenland, Evans : Havana; soon ehr Horace E Brown, Rice. St Thomas, soon PORT: OF PHILADELPHIA:) May 38,1863, SUN RISES..••'•♦••43S—SUN SETS; IS HIGH ....... 48 , Ship Prank Boul t, Morse, from Key West, in ballast to Peter Wright & Sons. - / 1 # - Bark Sea Eagle, Howes, 15 days from Port Spain, with, sugar, molasses, and hides to T -Wattson & Sons., ■- Brig San Antonio, Jackson, 7days from Porf Royal, in ballast to Henry Simons. * . Schr J V Wellington, Chipman, 7 days from Boston, ith ice to Cornell & Hendry. Schr L A May, Baker, 6 days from Boston, with mdsa to Kennedy. Stairs & Co. Schr Eugene, Barker, 6 days from Boston, with mdsa .to Crowell & Collins. - ' . Schr West Dennis, Sears, 5 days from ; Boston, with mdse to Crowell Jf'Coliins. tcbr.Ma.il, Kelly, 4 days from Providenceiwith mdse to Crowell A Colline. : ; Schr James J J Day, Baker, 4 days from Boston, with mdse to Crowell & Collins. : . - - 'Schr Jaa Logan. Smith, 1 day fcom-Wilminglon, Del, in ballast to captsin. .Schr Paugassett, Waplea, : G.days’from Boston, with mdse to captain - - ■ , Schr Packet, Truax, 1 day from Leipsic, Del, with grain to Jas L Bewley & Co.: > r Schr Cerro Gordo. Buckaloo,,'! days from Lynn, in ballast to captain , . , Sebr Matanzas, Blake,S days from Portland,v-Ktn mdsa to captain. - . ; >•,,, , Schr Jos Maxficld, May,-7 days from Boston with ice to Tbos E Cahill. Schrß MPrice, Kelly, 5 davs from Boston, with ice to ThosECahill, •• Schr B'-L Tay, Cain, 4 days from Dighton > la ballast to Noble, Caldwell & Co. _ * . Sclir Excelsior. Riley, from Boston. = ; /.1 Schr DG Floyd, Racket, from Boston; Scfci’Wm G Bartlett, Connelly, from-Boston."’ SchfP.M Wheaton, Slover, from. Boston. Schr JB Johnson, Endicott, from-ProYidgpAe. - Schr Elizabeth, Brown, from Providerce.-'- Schr Martha Collins, Shourds, from. Providence. Schr J B Allen, Allen, from’Newport. i Ecbr R M Browning, Gandy, from Newport;. - Scbr Bvergreen. Potter, from New Bedford. Schr A Pbaro. Lippincott, from Salem; -•> * Schr P Beilner, Giuce, from Lyimr ' * Scbr W C Dennison, Hathaway* from Coha&set. Eclir A H B rown, Pierce, from Dighton. .SehrS Goefrey, Kus&ell, .from Braintree. „ ri . Steamer H T day from Balti mrie, with mdse to McFaddeu S Thompson. * . , St?aroer-Nbw York, Fultz, 24 hours from New York, toW P Clyde. • ' Steamer Anthracite,'Jones; 24 hours from New York* •with mdse toW JM Baird atCor”.. • • - , . SteamUv? Amsriea, Virdea, 6 hours from uewe*, Dei. -®to l;0S9 06 S« 69 3,022 IS 63419 3,600 04 ,$1,9305 428,097 03 r 103.926 15 ;* *£.476 18 : 13 mge Sale*, 3tay 37. SR, Philadelphia Exchange,! 30ARD. 100 Schl Nav Pref s3O. 25% -2CO db-.-Pref3odys. 25% 1000 Cam & Amh 65’53.8107 90 Areh-st R 23% 100 Reading E. 55% 100 - d0....55wn&int„55% 300 d 0..... 55% 10 Far & Mech Bank. 56 - 10 Girard College R.. 29% 100 Race & Vineß.... 13 500 City 6s. .New.lll% 2000US6s ’Bl 108 1000 Penna Coupon ss. .105 7500 U S 7-30 Tr N blk. .107% 1000 American G01d... .144% 400 do ........144% 6Beaver Meadow... 75 900 Penna Coupon.6s.. 110 BOARDS. 1000 City 63 Nevr.llU* 44172 Ptnua ss. .101% 3000 Saab & Erie 75....112% 100 North Penna R.... 15# 8 Norristown E 53# 20Q Union Canal 2 2 Bfc o£.Liberiies.... 63 lOOSusq. Cana1....530. 15X 500 do.. 15# •50 Cat&wissa R 8 5 Beaver Meadow... 75 3500 U S 7-30 Tr N b1k..107# 150 Reading R.... 65 50 do 53 i 10r do sswn. 55 * 18 West Phila R.. ... 69# jfflOO Blmiraß7s..2dys.lll (2000 Morris Canal! m.. 107 [CSS.—FIRM. • Bid. Asisd, N Penna S'..- 25# 15# Do 6e... Do 105....... .. • .. Catawissaß.Coa 8 8# BfaVfe:: - 4 2 « MinehiUß..6s 65# Harrisburg R .. Wilmington E... .. Lehigh Nav 6a Do shares .. 57# 58# Do serin..,. 45# 47 Cam Si Amb8...1?0 171 Phila & Erie 65.. .. 106# Bun&Srie7s.. DelawarbDiv... 45# 46# Spruce-street 8.. 16# 17 Arch-street R..., 28 28# Race-streetß ... 13 13# Tenth-street R... 43 / .. Thirteenth-fit R. 35 " 36# W Phila 8..... .*69 70 Do bonds..; .. v Green-street E. , 43 46 Do bonds... .. Chestnut-st,E... .. 53 Second-streetß.. 78 SO Do bonds... .. Fifth-street 5... 61 63. Do bond?..-. .. - .. Girard College B 29 29# B 13# 13# Philadelphia Markets, May 27—Evening. New York Markets, May 31,* LETTER, BAGS MARINE INTELLIGENCE, ARRIVED. . 2,6ookbit. .19,125 bus. . 4, SCO bus. .10.000 bus.