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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, <nor . office, nor social position should
furnish any ground for exemption from military ser
vice. Every man not exempt for actual disability,
who, by evasion or fraud, fails to enter the ranks
when drafted in time of war, should be iorever ineli
gible to any post of honor or emolument, and all his
property . escheated to the State he- dishonors. and
would betray to its enemies.
VENTILATING REVOLUTION. - Governor
Seymour’s, incendiary letter .to the Vallandigham
meeting is thickly 'posted through all the viler, parts
of the city. There plainly is a systematic attempt
to stir up against the Government all the bad ele
ments of our community, and to prepare the way
for the practical application of the Governor’s flsgi
‘ tious sentiments. With all of Fernando Wood's cha-
it is at once appreciated what
a power Tor mischief ließ wrapped up in those few
- studied sentences. "Its nicely, proportioned exagge
ration of statement, counterfeit alarm, and aSteoted
■ indignalion, were adapted with consummate art,
to .fire the passions of the unthinking, and to put
them in. the mood of adopting and acting upon the
■ final suggestions that the v/ar agaihßt the Richmond
Government be ended, and war against the Washing
ton Government begun. The official odor, too, of the
S reclamation, was duly rated. What caine from the
ands of Horatio Seymour, as a private citizen,.was
.of little account!"What comes from him as theoocn
pant of the Executive Chair of the State of New
York, must be, to the undiscriminatihg, oflgreat'
account. Whatever it may be, it strikes their vision
as a vermilion edict. They associate authority with
it; and, if its language is in the. line of their old
; party prejudices, they are almost sure to acoept it
implicitly, and shape their action accordingly. It
■was a clever thought-in the rebel allies to placard
that missive. It is worth to them all their covert
wire-pulling, and all their platform rant, a thousand
times over.—N, Y. Times. i
THE PRESS-PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1803
THE LATEST FROM ffiMIH,
CONTINUED TRIUMPH OF OUR ARMIES.
✓The iYavy in -the Front, the Jlrniy in the Rear,
f .
PEMBERTON OFFERS TO CAPITULATE,
Grant Demands Uacondltlonal' Surrender*
HE MOVES IMMEDIATELY ON THEIR
LATEST OFFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.
The latest official intelligence froin Vicks-"
,burg is up to 4 o’clock on Sunday morning,
■when all was represented- asgoing on well.
Chicago, May 27.—A special * despatch from
Cairo, to the Journalists* :
The paroled prisoners, who left Sherman’s Land
ing on the 23d inst., state" that a "bearer of des
patches from General Pemberton to General John
ston had been captured. . The despatch bearer
reported that the number of* rebels -at Vicksburg
was between 25,000 and 30,000 men.
On Friday morning' General Pemberton sent':, a!
flag of truce to General Grant offering to surrender
VicltsbuTg, if the latter would allow ing command
to lay down their arms and’march out, This offer
was refused. *
On Thursday, the rebel batteries s onJke north'of
the town were taken, and burned.'On the same
day the batteries at the foot of the r hill were cap
tured ; and on the same evening the: .water batte
ries below Vicksburg were taken by Gen. Porter’s
mortar-boats.
On Friday, after the refusal to accept Pemberton’s
terms of surrender was made, General Grant moved
on his works, and the. rebels were driven into their
inner fortifications. . . .
General Logan guards the Blade river bridge.
G eneral G rant feels certain that iie will be" able to
take care of Johnston. only about
ten thousand men, exclusive of what lie may have
by reinforcements. General Grant’s army is larger
than is generally supposed, and quite enough for
the work in hand. It stretches completely around
the doomed city, each wing resting on the river.
The city of Vicksburg is full of women' and chil
dren—not only comprising the original inhabitants,
•but many who have come from the surrounding
country for safety. « ' w-
A special despatch to the Chicago;’Times dated
“Three miles east of Vicksburg,_May2oth,’’says
lt Our wounded at the battle.-of Champion Hill,
numbers over 1,700. The enemy’s loss is acknow
ledged to be but not over that. We had about 20,000
troops engaged, and the rebels about 10,000.
“According to the accounts given by their wound
ed, we took 3,000 prisoners, and about 3,000 men at
the battle of the bridge.
“ Gen. Sherman crossed on pontoons. McPherson
and McOlernand’s forces built three bridges on’Sun
day night, and crossed their commands by , Monday
noon. At 4 o’clock the advance of Gen. Sherman’s
corpa, under Gen. Steele, advanced oh the enemy’s
works back of the city, and took a position on the
right of the bluffs above. They” then commenced
the bombardment. ? -
. General McPherson planted his command in front,
orj-in our centre; General McOlernaiid took the ex
treme left, reaching almost to the river below.
All possibility of CBcape. is cut off. Everything,
every living man, woman, and child must,fall into.our
hands. During all the forenoon yesterday, the dif- J
Ferent brigades were taking their position, forming
in lines of battle, etc. At 2 o’clock the battle be
gan. There had beensldrmishing.au the morning.
General Steele drove the enemy from the several
forts, and took one complete line of fortifications
fronted by rifle-pits. His. extreme right rested on
the river bank, under the bluff at sundown. His
division fought gallantly all day, though the men
were hungry, dirty, foot-sore, and sleepy.
Sherman’s left and McPherson’s right are in sup
porting distance. Both advanced their line of skir
mishers to within fifty yards of the breastworks):
and their artillery to within five hundred yards, and
are in position at these distances this morning.
McOlernand is not progressing Bofaßt,'butis doing
well. We lost 1,500 in killed and wounded. _
This morning there is firing on the enemy’s works
from all points. , c ’■
Louisville, May 27.—Passengers from Nashville
report that, large portions of. the rebel army/ are
leaving Tullahoma, and, it is
In the direction of Vicksburg. -•
Occasional.
ARM! OF THE CUMBERLAND. -'
A Recomioissancc by
■ Infantry. 5
Mubfbee&boro, May Wilder, with' -
his mounted infantry, retdtae^'- - thiB v
trip in the direction of McMinnville, Eehad
gone in search of the rebel cavalry under Colonel
Bieckinridge. The enemy’s pickets were encoun
tered a short • distance beyond Woodbury, The
filing attracted the rebels vicinity, who coir
lected in considerable force to annoy and impede
our advance.' A running skirmish was kept up for
several miles. Twelve .miles this side of McMinn
ville our forces came on a camp of Breckinridge’s ,
forces, who hastily decamped. Pressing them
closely, however, "Voider succeeded in capturing
nine prisoners, twenty-five serviceable, horses,V and
thirty head of beef cattle. Among the prisoners are:
two gurgeonß, who were driving a wagon loaded :
with sanitary stores, which they had collected ati
Liberty, and were taking to Shelbyville. .Having*
secured the prisoners and burned the'tents and bag-:
gage left by the cavalry, our.forces pushed rapidly:'
forward, skirmishing with and driving the enemy?
until within seven miles of, McMinnville, when thej
pursuit waß abandoned, and our forces returned to;
Murfreesboro, scouting the country on both flanks, j
aiid capturing a number of soldiers who were at
home on furlough. - -
. Among the papers captured was a general orderV
issued by Bragg on the 17th inst,, directing v that thei
sick and disabled rebel soldiers and wagons and bag
gage calculated to retard the march be removed to)
the rear. The prisoners also say that all the cavalry]
ii/uleryWheeler and those under Morgan are ordered'*
to report at Columbia within five days 5 that forces -
at Liberty, under Harrison, comprising five regi-|
ments, were preparing to move, and that Morgan is)
falling back to Sparta tojoin Gen. Wharton’s Forces, >
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<t Henry Ward
Beecher.
It having been announced to the schoohconnected
with Plymouth Church that their pastor, Rev.
Henry Ward Beecher, was about to leave them for
a while, it was proposed that, in a body, they should
visit his house and bid him an affectionate farewell :■
The hour of 3 was fixed as the time for the call. For
somo time previous to the arrival'of the Snnday-sclioor
procession the sidewalks in front of Mr. Beecher’s
’ residence, No. S 2 Columbia street, were thronged with
men, women, and children, who had collected to witness
the novel and interesting exhibition which rumor had
designated as about to come off in that locality; By-aud
ny, cEmger s hand made its appearance in front of the
house, and struck up the popular Sunday-school
air, Were Marching Along,” which was the sig
nal for me procession to move. Meanwhile, Mr.
Beecher had -taken his position upon one of the
middle steps leading to his doorway, while Mrs. Beech
er, and one or two other members of the family, occu
pied the background, and all stood walling for the juve
nile demonstration. . One of; the Sunday-school teachers
here proposed “ three cheers for our pastor, Mr. Beech
er, which was responded to by a thousand voices. The
procession then commenced rooviug past Mr. Beecher’s
door, and thefirst.aaluiation the pastor received was a
bouncing bouquet, tossed from the hands of a fair young
maiden, which struck him square upon, the breast, and
was caught ere it reached the ground. Scarcely had he
recovered from the stuiming-hlow i f the sweet-scented
missile, when another came, and another, and stiltano
ther, until he was obliged to give up in despair, all
attempts to catch or to hold the llowery balls, and with
both hands full, he stood in blank astonishment at the
odoriferous shower that was pouring in upon him, and
allowed the thick-falliDgbouquets to drop untouched
around 3ns fret. For half an hour he thus stood , the
target of innumerable floral blossoms of every variety
and size, hurled at him from the hands of eight hundred
loving lads and lasses.
After the procession had passed, and the band ceased
playing, Mr. Beecher addressed the assembled thrjng
as follows:
I believe the procession has now passed by, and it. is
proper that there should be soiiie words said by way of
aismissal. 1 ha ve often stood in my garden * 'knee-deep
in flowers, s but never before did I find myself thus sur
rounded on m3' door-step. I beg you to understand, my
friends, that this is a surprise. I was told a week ago
that l was to be surprised, aid was charged to keep the
secret, and I have done so. I did not know, however,
that flowers were to be distributed on the occasion, and
I suppose.tliig may be considered the blossoming out of
the surprise. [Laughter.] I once before had a surprise;
while I~was attending some sick soldiers, one night,
some kind friend surprised ice by de/acing and blacken
ing my house ia rny absence. But this surprise more,
than blots out the. other. That was: the blackness of
winter, thislis the brightness of summer. Itissaidthat
.he who hath the young folks hath the future; and-if I
haven’t got all the young*folks in Brooklyn. I don’t know
where they are. [Laughter.] Children and flowers are the
sweetest things wehave on earth— first'children, and then
flowers, and with the profusion of both that I see around
me on this occasion, I deem myself doubly blessed. My
friends,.! will now bid yon good afternoon, hoping that
you have enjoyed as much as Spectators as I have in
being the .recipient of your kindness, and one of the
figures in this interesting occasion. '
THE CITY.
Tlie Thermometer*
MAY 27, 1862. ' I MAY 27, 1863.
6 A.M 12 M..... 3 P. 11. 6 A. M..... 12 M.....3P, M,
67.........61... 65 68.. 74J£.......,,78
WIND. WIND,
OTTE. ...TTby "W.; .NNWfSS W...... .5E...*.....E
The Cooper-Shop 4 Ankiyersaiiy. —Tlie
second anniversary of the Coopef-shop Volunteer
Refreshment Committee was celebrated without any
intention for public display or, show, such' arrange
ments being attended with more" or less expense.
The committee, consisting of ladies and gentlemen,
after partaking of a collation furnished by private
contributions, adjourned to the main upper saloon
of the Cooper-shop, where a few pleasant hours
were passed in scenes incident to the ball-room.
The Jefferson Comet Band were voluntarily pre
sent, under the supervision of Mr. Joseph E. Sass,
.an active gentleman of, the general committee. In
the.gay and festive scene a few soldiers,.who-had
: done the Statejaome aerVice, mingled and thus en
joyed the pleasant pastime of /the hour,-in contrast
: with the terrible realities of warfare. Several naval,
officers, in full uniform, were also present/indulging
in a “ trip on the light fantastic toe,” by way of va
riety from the scenes and incidents of trips on the.
ocean.
In regard to the bUßinesa operations of the com
mittee, we may state that .speeches at the festive
board were made by Mr. Cooper, president; Wi 11.
Dennis and Rev. Mr. Parry, of the committee. Mr.
E. S. Hall presented the following statistics of the"
operations of the committee since the organization,
on the 261 h day. of May, IS6I, to the 25fch day or
May } 1863 ; also, the statistics for the second year of
the institution. It is by. Buch an account that the
great public who eo.generously support the institu
tion may judge of the action of the committee:
Number of men fed in the saloon since its organi
sation, 174.946.
Total receipts f:... $32,212 08
Total expenses 30.883 20
Balanced.
Admitted into hospital
Discharged'.
Died
Remaining.............
1 464
From 1862 to 1563, May 25th, number of men.' fed,
87,433. - • ./
Receipts during the year.:. $15,137 49
Expenses “ ‘ " .................. 14,870 12
Balance
Balance previous, year.
Balance on hand. i $1.323 83
Admitted into hospital during year ending May
25, 1863..*. ......305
Discharged ....291
Died 12
Remaining.. 2
Receipts of hospital.
Expenses .**
8a1ance...........:... '51,056-71
In the statistics of the hospital there are hot in
cluded' a large number of soldiers who had their
WouDds .temporarily dressed, or who staid over night
awaiting conveyance to military hospitals or other
places/
Besides the receipts of money for the saloon, there
were received donations of first-quality food/such
as’beef, poultry, fish, vegetables, cheese, bread,
crackers, coffee, sugar, tea, fish,, &c. These taken
into consideration with the amount of money re
ceipts, make the cost of feeding each soldier about
seventeen the past year/ During the
year 3861 and ’62, the cost for feeding each soldier
was about nine apd a half cents. The-difference in
the rates is incident to the advanced prices in pro
visions generally.
. TJkion YoliUhtbeiv Befeeshment Sa
loon— Gkand Demonstration.—' The seoontVanni
versary of the organization of the Committee of the
Union . Volunteer Refreshment. Saloon was:
brated yesterday afternoon; A very large.niimber
of ladies and gentlemen participated in it. /The Sa
loon was .gaily decked with the
with thirty-five stars upon ■ the" field, the extra star
being for, the new State of Western Virginia. At
four o’clock “ Fort Brown” opened its batteries, and
thirty-five gUDS were fired, under the direction of
Commander Brown, who has exclueivejurisdiction
of the fort.
Sheriff John Thompson was called to the chair,
who, in a few well-timed remarks, introduced to the
vast assembly the Rev. Mr. Brainerd, of the Third
Presbyterian \Church. This gentleman, ,as usual,
was eloquent, and awakened the most lively demon
strations of applause. He was followed by >
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 <X??!wTp d much confidence. The cOmbina-
°r ie L of . E ’ lrop ? aiL weight and importance, for
there is no iluancial enterprise, however vast which
could not easily be carried tbroughby it ThlSl Sires
were quoted yesterday at £lO premium/ * e shares
The Times' city article hints that if the London estab
lishment is to follow the lead of its Paris ally eome
doubts may be entertained as to the permanent populari
ty of the combined undertaking.
JThe New York Evening JPost of'to-day says:]
. The money market is gradually working better, and it
JS -££l£ cte d that before long we shall see lenders glad to
geis y. cent. During the last week, when some of the
hanks were refusing to lend even on the best securities
to old customers, some of their large depositors were
withdrawing their balances, and lending-to the same
parties. The large acquaintance of outsiders with the
Btcck business has also developed the same in regard ito
lending money.
Indeed, the loan market is full to reoletion, and to the
first- claps houses oq choice securities more money is offer
ed than in the prescot weak state of the Stock Exchange
they can find employment for. Whatever stringency
have been complained of is due to no other causa
whatever, except the determination of the great money
lending institutions to exact larger, margins and to throw
cut certain speculative stocks.
The business of the Stock Exchange exhibits some ir
regularity this morning. Natonai securities are very
strong, railroad bonds are steady, while Border State
bonds and railway abates are lower. A number of
to sell have arrived from the country, and hence
tor the moment a check is given to the anticipated and
inevitable improvement in the tone of the market. •-
*i,l ov l ' table shows the principal movements of
the market as compared with the latest prices of yester-
G. S. te, ISBI.M, ■ MS« *K ®
D. S. 6a, ISSI. 108;*' M&- ** O
0. S. 73-l Op. c. T. N. .107 :: 2
B.S. lyearCertif g01d..101% 1013 t vt
U.S. 1 yr. Cert. cnrr’ncy 99% 99% **
American gold 143 144% ~
Tennessee os 64 , 64% .. y
Missouri 6s 70& 71k .. i *
pacific Mail ........182% Iff? u
N.Y. Central..... 121% 120# l *
•Erie 94% . 95% .. s>
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.