'l l l-111E PRESS,
PUBLISHED DAILY (SUNDAYS EXCEPTED),
BY JOHN W. FORNEY.
OHMS, No. 31.1.1 SOUTH FOURTH . STREW.
TILE DAILY PRESS,
FIFTEEN CENTS PER WEEK, payable to the Carrieri
Mailed to Eubecribers out of the City at SEVEN' DOLLARE
PER ANNUM, TERRE DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS FOR SIM
IIiONTIDI, 'ONE DOLLAR AND SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS FOR
!THREE Moans invariably in advance for the time or
dared.
Advertisements inserted at the usual rates. Six
lines constitute a square.
THE TRI-WEEKLY PRESS,
Mailed to enneertners out of the City at FOUEL DOLLARS
Pan Annvm. In advance. .
WATCHES AND JEWELRY.
CL ARK
GO CHESTNUT STREET.
IS THE CHEAPEST PLACE IN THE CITY TO BUY
COLD or PLATED JEWELRY, SILVER-PLATED
wARE, PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS. POCKET-BOOKS,
TRAVELLING BAGS, Stc.
Call and examine .onr stock before trarchnetng else
where. •
The following is a partial list of goods which we are
dolling from 20 to 100 per cent. less than at any other es-
Attablishment in the city : ,
ICE PITCHERS. •
SYRUP PITCHERS.
CREAM PITCHERS.
• SUGAR BOWLS.
BUTTER COOLERS,
• GOBLETS.
CUPS,
CASTORS.
WAITERS. _
CAKE BASKETS.
• CARD BASKETS.
SALT. STANDS.
TOBACCO BOXES. •
NAPKIN RINGS.
FRUIT KNIVES.
TABLE SPOONS.
DESSERT SPOONS.
TEA SPOONS.
iRTGAR SPOONS.
SALT SPOONS.
DINNER KNIVES TAJORHS. .
BUTTER
OSTER LDLES, -
GRAVYLA A DLES. .
SETS IN GREAT VARIETY:.,_
-•1.,441 LETS. '
ElcisAST PINS.
CRATANE AINS.
GUARD CHAINS
MEDALLIONS.
CHARMS.
THIMBLES.
RINGS.
GOLD PENS. '
GOLD PENCILS.
GOLD TOOTH PICKS.
• GENTS' PINS, heantitpl.
GENTS' CHAINS - •
SLEEVE BUTTONS. " "
STUDS.
ARMLETS.
NECK CHAINS,
POCKET-BOOKS.
TRAVELLING BAGS.
ALBUMS.
CIGAR CASES. :..
CARD CASES, &c.
Call early and examine the largest and cheapest stock
-•SC goods in the city.
D. W. CLARK'S,
602 CHESTNIIT-STREET.
WATCHES 1 WATCHES 1
•
AMERICAN WATCH COMPANY. -
.
GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES.
COMPANY'S SALESROOM •
• SOUTHEAST CORNER EIGHTH AND CHESTNUT ST.
I: B. MARTER,
AGENT.
Those watches have now been in use over twelve years,
and.' for
ACCURACY, ...PURABILITY, AND RELIABILITY,
in every conceivable' manner, haver proved themselves
to be the most satisfactory time-pieces ever offered to the
This result has been brought about by a strict appli-
cation of mechanical science to the construction of the
watch from its very inception, rendering it, when
. finished,
MATHEMATICALLY CORRECT
- .in ell its proportions, and necessarily as perfect a time-
Vleeper as it is Possible to make.
The Company have tested their Watches, in many in
. stances, by actual daily noting, and the result of this
, te,t has been that they have exhibited a rate equal in
regularity to the best marine chronometer.
We invite attention to the
LADIES' WATCHES,
elaborately finished, and thinner than any we have
heretofore produced, with several improvements Wan
"fated to secure the greatest accurady of performance, and
, tro prevent the usual accidents and derangements to
which foreign watches are liable.
_ .
WATCHES
JUST RECEIVED PER STEAMER EUROPA
GOLD WATCHES,
LADIES' SIZES, OF NEW STYLES.
e MIXER ANCRES AND CYLINDRES.
GILT ANCRES AND CYLINDRES
PLATED ANCRES .011 CYLINDERS.
Tor Sale at Low Bates to the Trade, by
D. T. PRATT,
GOT CHESTNBT STRUT,
'N FINE WATCH REPAIRING
attended to, by the moat experienced workiatn.
and every wateh warranted for one year.
VULCANITE JEWELRY.-JUST RE
celved, a handsome assortment of Chatelaine and
— Peet Chains, Pinsaenoils, Sm., and for sale at very low
G RUSSELL,
ap26-t( 221 North SIXTH Street.
Importer and. Wholesale Dealer in
FINE WATCHES AND JEWELRY,
Jio. 712 'CHESTNUT Street, -
(tip-stairs, opposite blasonic Temple,)
Has noW open a
LA.RGE AND COMPLETE STOOK,
sAirmAcran
HOWARD & CO.'S FINE AMERICAN W
GOLD CRATES, GOLD SPECTACLES, THIMBLE%
AND _
FINE JEW..ELRY,OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. -
noy27-tan22
0; FULLER'S
FINE GOLD PENS,
THE BEST PEN IN ÜBE,
FOR SAlig:IN ALL SIZES. my2:l-3m
- VINE GILT COMBS
IN EVERY VARIETY
IMITATIONS OF PEARL AND CORAL
J. O. : FULLER:
No. 71.2 CHESTNI7T Street
Thyri2, -3111
nATITLCANITE .RINGS.
d. full assortment, all sizes anestyles.
J. C. FULLER,
71% CHESTNUT Street. my22-3ra
* MUSICAL BOXES.
IN KRELL AND ROSEWOOD OASES
plairing from 1 to 12 holes.
BROTHER and Amerl
eau Melodies. FARR & Importers,
ap4 324 CHESTNUT Street. below Fourth.
CARPETS AND OIL-CLOTHS.
,OIL CLOTHS AND
WINDOW SHADES.
CARRIAGE, TABLE, STAIR, AE'D FLOOR
OIL CLOTHS,
IN COTTON ,AND LINEN FABRICS,
(J.UALITY AND STYLE UNSURPASSED.
WINDOW SHADES
41:10MPEISING EVERT VARIETY OF NEW AND 081
OINAL DESIGNS, PLAIN and ORNAMENTAL.
Tbege goods will be sold to Dealers and Iliantifiteturers
~st priceg ,Hoch below the present price of stock.
TIIONIAS POTTER,
719IANITTACTUILER OF OIL GLOTTIS AND
WINDOW SHADES,
229 ARCH Street, Philadelphia, and
49 CEDAR and 95 LIBERTY Streets, Row York.
EMO V A L
J. T. DELACROIt,
$11.e.4 removed hLs .
STOOK OF ' , OARPETINGS;
Ifrom 4-7 South FOURTH Street, to hie
P.T NV, evronm,
-
No. 37 sours SECOND STREET,
• • .
V7l,Ari. be ofersAAtis old, customers, mid purchaser.
' dxus - mil, e IiARDR-ARD DESIRABLE STOCK Olr
• :+3 A T N G - S •
nt.niCirles , and best known makes.
°IL ° WO TE T S T AI G E S / A n; lENP.:IWL .SHADES
AT THE LOWEST PRICES.
J. T. DELACROIX,
N 37 SOUTH SECCND STREET, above Chestnut.
GAS FIXTURES,
617 ARCH STREET.
0. A. VANTSIRIC & 00
ItANITPAOTUREES 07
CHANDELIERS
GAB FIXTURES.
. ,
Algu,Fralich . Brotne Figures and Ornamenta,Poraelata
fa.ad Rica Shades, and a variety of -
• .
• FANCY GOODS.
WHOLES.A.L'E AND RET-AIL
Plaza. Sill and eX4191.1111g00".
U. S. INTERNAZ REVENUE.
AGENCY FOR THE SALE OF
UNITED
STAMPS,
,No. 57 South THIRD Street, first door above chestnn
A fall snPidY of all kinds of TAX STAMPS cOnatantlY
ou ha and for sale in quantities to suit.
A_liboral discount allowed. on amounts of $5O and AP-
Orders by Mail promptly attended. to.
OtPeo Hoare, from 9 A. M. to 5 p. M.
JACOB E.-RIDGWAY,
deo tie 10 No. ✓7 South THIRD Street.
0. MISS/ILL,
AA North SIXTH Street.
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- VOL. 6.-NO. 258.
CLQTHING.
JOHN KELLY, JR.,
TAILOR;
HAS REMOVED TEM 1022, CHESTNUT STREIT;
EDWARD P. KELLY'S,
1.4 g south THIBD Street.
Where he presents to former patron! and the pnblle
the advantages of a STOCK OF GOODS, equal if not en-
Parlor, to any in the city—the skill and taste of himself
mad EDWARD P. KELLY, the two best Tailors of the
sity — at prime mach lower than any other first-class esta
blishment of the city. apl-tf
Fine Clothing,
FOR
• . •
Spring and Swimmer.
WINANA.KER & BROWN
S. E. °or. 6th. & Market.
ALSO.
Iledium and Common
GRADES.
Cut and Made in
Fashionable Style
SOLD AT. LOW PRICES.
BLACK CASS. PANTS, $5.50,"
At 704 MARKET Street.
BLACK CASS. PANTS, $5.60, At 704 MARKET Street.
BLACK CASS. PANTS, $5. 00, At 704 MARKET Street.
BLACK CASS. PANTS, 65.50. At 704 MARKET Street.
BLACK CASS. PANTS, $6.50. At 704 MARKET Street.
GRIGG & VAN GUNTEN'S. No. 704 MARKET Street.
GRIGG & VAN BUNTEN'S, No. 704 MARKET Street.
GRIGG & VAN OUNTEN'S, No. 704 MARKET Street.
GRIGG & VAN GIINTEN'S. No. 704 MARKET Street.
GRIGG & VAN GIINTEN'S. No. 704 MARKET Street:
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SPRING MILLINERY.
STRAW BATS,
MEN AND BOYS,
LATEST STYLES,
LOWEST PRICES.
WOOD & CARY,
No. 725 CHESTNUT STREET,
Also, display the largest stcck of Straw, Fancy, Lace,
Leghorn, and Chip Bonnets: Children's and Misses'
Hats, Straw Caps, etc., Flowers, and Ribbons.
WOOD & CARY.
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1 . 1 MILLINERY GOODS:
BERNHEIM;
No. 726 CHESTNUT STREET,
Has just Received
DRAB, BUFF, AND
WHITE RIBBONS,
IN ALL WIDTHS.
WHITE ENGLISH CRAPE.
BONNET SILKS TO MATCH:
ALSO.
A FRESH LINE OF FRENCH FLOWERS.
CALL AT
. .
No. 726 CHESTNUT STREET.
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• STRAW GOODS, .1863.
FRENCH FLOWERS,
LACES AND RIBBONS,
OF THE LATEST FASHIONS'
JUST OPEIUD
THOS. 'KENNEDY & BRO.'S.
tro. 739 CHESTNUT Street, below EIGHTH.
froß-2re
iALMAL=LliLlls•MAgittlii
HARDWARE-
CLOSING OUT AT
OLD PRICES,
The Stock of a WHOLESALE HOUSE. comprising a
LARGE ASSORTMENT OF
ALL KINDS OF GOODS.
427 MARKET and 416 COMMERCE Streets.
rat-20-lm
FURNITURE, &e.
MUM
A LARGE ASSORTMENT,
& J. ALLEN & BROTHER,
CABINET FURNITURE AND Bile
LIARD TABLES.
MOORE eis CAMPION;
No. 1161 South SECOND Street.
in connection with their extensive Cabinet business, are
sow manufacturing a superior article of
BILLIARD TABLES,
and have now on hand a full supply, finished with the
MOORE & CAMPION'S IMPROVED CUSHIONS,
which axe pronounced by all who have used - them to be
superior to all others.
For the quality and finish of these Tables, the maim
!Mtwara refer to their nu.merons patrons throughout the
Union, who are familiar with the character of 9-
their
work. TOll
DRUGS AND CHEMICALS.
ROBERT SHOEMAKER &I CO.,
Northeast Corner FM:MTH and RACE Streets.
PHILADELPHIA.
WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS,
IMPORTERS AND DRAIRES
FOESIGN AND DOMESTIC
WINDOW AND PLATE GLASS,
IIANIIPACITURERB
WRITS LEAD AND ZINC PAINTS, PUTTY. ca
AHEHTB FOB THE OBLEHICATBD
FRENCH ZINC PAINTS.
Dealers and common supplied at
- VERY LOW PRICES FOR CASH
S-Sien •
BLINDS AND SHADES.
BLINDS AND SHADES.
S. J. WILLIAMSa
KO. JO NORTH SIXTH STRUT.
MANUFACTURER OP
VENETIAN BLINDS
WINDOW SHADES
air The Largest and Finest Assortment in the city. at
the Lowest Prices. Blinds Painted and Trimmed copral
to new. Store Shades Made and Lettered. ap6-2m
SEWING MACHINES.
SEWING . MACHINES.
THE " SLOAT" MACHINE,
WITH GLASS PRESSER FOOT,
NSW STYLE HEMMER. BRAIDER.
W. other'calnable iinprovements.
ALSO. .
FHE TAGGART & FARR DIAOHLNES.
Agency-921 CHESTNUT Street. m)8-tf
poxiEs--250 DOZ :HALF GALLON
assorted and plain Pickles; .
400 doe quart assorted and plain Pickles;
g 0 dog pint assorted and plain Pickles;
60 doe gallon assorted and plain Pickles.
For sale bi RHODES & .wILLIAMS.
uty2B 107 South WATER Street.
FRY & . SMITH,
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
WOOD AND W LWW WARE,
- 1.41):311c5 Tfi PC - gilt - Hi kiltiif,
Nearly opposite the Merchants' Hotel,
POILADELPRIA,
Where they have just opened with a large and entire new
stock of goods in their line, consisting, in part, of
Brooms; Oil Cloths, Children's Gigs,
Buckets, Floor Cloths, Toy Wagons and
Tubs, Window Shades, Carts,
Churns,Curtain Fixtures, Hobby Horses,
Baskets, Mats, Velocopedes,
Brushes, Clocks, Fly Nets,
Wash Boards, Bird Cages, Wrapping Paper,
Clothes Pins, sieves, Paper Bags,
Measures, Tie Yarn, Blacking,
Cordage, Wick, Matches,
Sc., &c., &c.
We also keep 't
WATER (MOLD
which we offer at
CLOTHES WRINGERS 1 CLOTHES
WRINGERS !!
The undersigned Lave been appointed sole agents for
the sale of the " EMPIRE CLOTHES WRINGER," the
latest improved, cheapest, and most durable. Wringer
made; warranted in all cases. An examination will con
vince any person of their superiority over all others.
Price 8 , 45 and N. Persons living at a distance can have
them forwarded by Express or otherwise, by remitting
the price of the size they want.
t!. Aar A liberal discount made to Agents and those who
purchase. to sell again.
FRY di.; SMITE.
31 - NORTH 'FOURTH. STREET,
Philadelphia,
GEORGE GRANT,
GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS,
of his own importation and manufacture.
Are prepared to execute all orders for their celebrated
make of Shirts, on short notice; in the most satisfactory
manner. These Shirts are cut by measurement, on sci
entific principles, and surpass any other Shirt for neat
ness of fit on the Breast, comfort in the Neck and ease on
the Shoulder. aplB-stuth6m
WRAPPERS.
R E
IAO9 CHESTNUT STREET
WOOD AND , WILLOW WARE.
an assortment f It
BS, and PROVISII
the lowest market To
CLOTHES WRINGERS.
GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS.
NO. 610 CHESTNUT STREET.
Has now ready
A LARGE AND COMPLETE STOOK
His celebrated
"PRIZE MEDAL SHIRTS,"
manufactured under the superintendence of
JOHN F. TAGGERT,
(FORMERLY OF OLDENBERG & TAOOERT,)
ire the meet perfect-fitting Shirts of the age.
*if" Orders promptly attended to. inh26-thetuku
OLD ESTABLISHED SHIRT, STOOK;
AND COLLAR EMPORIUM,
NO. 146 NORTH FOURTH STREET.
CHARLES L. °RUM . (TG CO.
NOS. 1 AND 3 N. SIXTH STREET,
PHILADELPHIA
JOHN C. LIIRISON,
(FORMIMILY Buns moorts.)
IMPORTER AND DEALER IN
NTLEMEN'S FURNISHING GOODS,
MANUFACTURER
OF THE IMPROVED
PATTERN SHIRT.
COLLLRS,
SATISFACTION GUARANTIED. my22-toc4
F INEV SHIRT MANUFACTORY.
The subscribe! would invite attention to hie
IMPROVED - CUT OF SHIRTS,
Which he makes a specialty in his business. Also, con
stantly receiving,
NOVELTIES FOR GENTLEMEN'S WEAR.
J. W. SCOTT,
GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING STORE,
No. 814 CHESTNUT STREET,
ja2o-tf Four doors below the Continental.
HATS AND CAPS.
SUM ME It" lIA TS.
All the beat and newest styles of
DRESS, CLOTH, FELT, STRAW,
MILITARY TILTS AND CAPS,
are to be found at
WARBURTON'S,
jel-6t NEXT DOOR TO THE POST'OFFICE.
FIVE-TWENTIES,
TWENTY-YEAR SIX-PEA-CENT. BONDS.
PAYABLE AT THE OPTION OF THE GOVERNMENT
AFTER FIVE YEARS.
I am inetracted by the SECRETARY OF THE TREA
SURY to receive subscriptions for the above
LOAN AT PAIL
Interest Will commence from the DATS OF SUB
SCRIPTION, and 18 PAYABLE IN GOLD at the Mint,
or any Sub -Treasury or Depository of the United States,
on the - first days of May and November of each year. At
the present ypantax ox uomn, these Bonds yield about
RIGHT per cent. per annum.
A full supply always on hand.
JA.Y COOKE,
SUBSCRIPTION /GENT.
114 SOUTH THIRD STRUT.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
On and after July Ist, 1861, the privilege of convert
ing the present issue of LEGAL-TENDER . NOTES
INTO THE NATIONAL SIX-PER -CENT. LOAN (com
monly called "Five-Twenties") will cease.
All who wish to invest in the Five -Twenty Loan
must, thoyefoxe. apply before the Ist of JULY nest.
JAY COOKE,
Subscription Agent.
rah4-tiyl ,114 South. THIRD Street; Philada.
STERLING EXCHANGE,
EXCJIANGE ON PARIS.
BOUGHT AND SOLD
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V.DWARD M. DAVIS,
. 1 "
STOCK AND EXCHANGE BROKER,
No. 39 Sonth THIRD Street, (up stairs,)
PHILADELPHIA.
A, GENERAL BROKERAGE AND BANKING BUSI
NESS TRANSACTED.
Stocks and Bonds Bought and Sold. on Commission.
Loans and Business Paper Negotiated. Dividends and
Interest Coupons Collected and Remitted. Exchange on
Europe Sold. Splicial Collections made. Coin and Cur -
rency Bought. Interest Allowed on DePosits. apl-Bm
STERLING AND PARIS EXCHANGE
130TICa3r AND SOLD
DREXEL &X: CO.,
S . HARVEY THOMAS,
STOCK AND BILL. BROKER,
No. 31A WALNDT STREET.
STOC}KS and BONDS, and all kinds of 11. S. GOVERN -
MENT SBCIIRITIES. bought and sold on Commission.
Business Paper and Loans on Collateral negotiated at
lowest rates.
UNITED STATES 6-20 YEAR SIX per cent. BONDS,
furnished at PAR in sums to snit, without any charge
for commission. --
Orders by Mail shall receive prompt attention. Refers
to
Messrs. Nathan Trotter & Co., Geo. D. Parrish, Esg.,
John B. Myers & Co., SamuelS.Thomas.Eso.
7nrness,Briniey, &Co.. John Thomas, Esq.
• apl-3mit
JOHN C. CAPP & SON,
STOOK AND NOTE BROKERS,
Directly opposite the Mechanics' Bank
STOONS'AND BONDS BOUGHT AND :SOLD ON
AT. THE BOARD OF BROKERS
MONEY INVESTED
NOTES AND LOANS NEGOTIATED
mhl2-2m ON THE BEST TERNS.
COLLECTION OF V. S. CERTIFI
CATES olf INDTLBTEDNESS.—The ADAMS' EX
PRESS COMPANY are now prepared to collect at the
Treasury Department, Washington. with despatch, and
at reasonable rates, the One Tear Certificates of Da,
debtedness of . the United States now due or shortly, ma
tnrl
Terms 'made kr
St end receipts given at the office,
No 320 CP ERNIIT Street. . mv6-tf
PpAFER . PATTERNS OF THE
LATEST FASHION,' Wholesale and Retail.
New Spring and Summer Cloaks; Sleeves, Waists. and
Children's Fatterns.now ready at Mrs. M. A. BINDER'S
Temple of Fashion, N 0.1023 CHESTNUT Street. Also.
'Dress and Mantilla Making in all its branches.
Madame Detnorest's Mirror of Fashion andpttg-Su Le B l oa
Ton
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PITILADELPITIA, TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 1863.
(eit
A. Northern Tory and. a Southern Patriot
War Resolutions of the tun Pennsyl
vania Cavalry—Reports fratii Rebel. De
serters—Floated Ashore.
-[Special Correspondence of The Pres 3.
SUFFOLK, May 30, ISM
How mortifying it is to have men come here from.
New York and Philadelphia and prate to the na
tives of the follies of the A.dministration ! Yester
day, on the deck of the steamboat which plies be
tween Old Point and Norfolk, - I saw a strangely ex
cited group of individuals, and listened to a thrilling
conversation. 'Reposing againet the railing of the
boat, one hand leaning on the carved head of a
polished cane, the other thrust jauntily into his
pocket, was a gentleman from New York. As he
lazily whiffed his Havana, and looked admiringly
upon his brilliantly polished boots, he appeared the
very impersonation of contentment; and, clad -in a
suit of superfine broadcloth, covered with a linen
duster, he needed no cornucopia at his
. feet as a
symbol of his prosperity. With a aupercilious air of
condescension, he addressed himself to a trio of
care-worn, harassed-looking Virginians, whose ha
biliments were dingy-and threadbare.
"Oh, Virginia will be all right again. She - has
suffered slightly, but her manufacturing powers will
soon be employedeand make up for this puny loss.
The Government must' fix up the institution of
slavery, and restore your slaves to you, then you
will prosper again."
"Restore our slaves, sir? We don't 'want them.
I am feeding thirty now, and would gladly give them
to any one who could keep them. No, sir, let us
now end with this evil." '
" Why, take one off your hands—l'll buy one
from you. Slaves are valuable—the institution
worth preserving, and the Government ought to
protect it. The South have been more sinned against
than sinning. Look at the treatment of poor Val
landigham ; can you find 'fault with - the' emotions
which prompted Governor Seymour to write his let
ter of condolence?"
At this treasonable speech the old man Of the par
ty grew eloquent. Rising to his feet, with a tear
starting in either eye, he related, in language har
rowing to the soul, what he had endured for the
ERRIGERATOILS,
ON WAVES, all of
ricea. je.l.-Im*
Union.
" You say our losses are petty. They may appear
so to you. Two years ago I had a competency for
life—a happy home, with troops of friends. Now,
I'm a poor hougelese, homeless, wandering wretch—
a refugee. I have suffered in every conceivable way,
but have never flinched or faltered in my devotion
to the land which bore me, but proudly owned it
allegiance when environed round about with 80,000
bayonets. Oh, men, look round upon the desolation
which has visited this country! imagine it to be
yours if you can ; think to have lost what I once
possessed, or to have been imprisoned eleven months,
like this gentleman at my side—then, if you can say
our sufferings are slight, our losses immaterial, sla
very a .blessing, and Vallandigham an abused man,
I'm nonplussed. The loyal men of Virginia want
the hands of the Administration strengthened, that
this devastating war may be ended. 'Slavery
nothing to us. But the traitors in the North are
growing rich, and bitterly inveigh against every
officer and plan of the Government which Would
quickly terminate the war. Such men find their
way down here from New York in search of spoil,
Dearly do I love my country, but I detest and abhor
such countrythen."
How heroic the men of Virginia, who in scenes
and times like these, can keep a spotless record?
The lath Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment, Wtip .
bravely covered the retreat of our army on the P 4.
niunkey, in August, 1.802, • - and who have fiercely .
faced the enemy scores of times, have shown' thetr
disapproval of Copperheads, in a number of excel
lent resolutions, which the regiment wishes pre , -
served in our State archives, as their sentiment:
They are worthy of perusal.
UNDERCLOTHING, &e
DREXEL (5,1 CO
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TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 1863
DEFARTRIENT OF VIRGINIA.
*FORTRESS MON - ROE, May 30, - 1863,1
The dead body of a rebel soldier floated ashore this.
morning. Be was much decomposed, and had eri
dently been in the water a long time. Several 01:
lan of Confederate scrip was found on his persim,
and a discharge from one of the Georgia regiments.
The body wasrecognised in the afternoon as tipt
of Frederick Clark, a native of New Jersey. At the
breaking out of the war he was at Norfolk, Va., `l,t
which place he joined the rebel army, enlisting in a
regimeat from Georgia, there stationed; since which',
time hie friends have not heard from .- him., except
through the Richmond papers, which stated how - he
and a mail . carrier were Murdered, under circumi-
ere .e 't 4,1•4 .•
is an office, where a cousin of the deceased is Con
stantly employed.
Twenty•five deserters came into Norfolk yester
day..
day. They belonged to Georgia regiments and me
disgusted with hard .usage. The railroads are all
torn up to Suffolk. Seven regiments were repoite.
to have crossed the Blackwater, but have made , n.
demonstration against our forces.
A Fortnight 011 the Peninsula.
To the Editor of The Press: -
SIR : With all that would interest a traveller
from Philadelphia to Fortress Monroe the public
is doubtless familiar; suffice it, then, for us to 'say
that we were compelled to ;ma through the usual
ordeal of procuring passes, staterooms, ere
our impatient footsteps awakened an echo in the
quaint old village of Yorktown. After for a' time
enjoying .the hospitality of ourgenial friend, Dr. D.
W. Cadwallader, surgeon in charge of the Nelson
hospital, and finding few changes and fewer attiac
tions since our last visit, we left about 9 o'clock
P. M., for "Camp Bayley," which is located about
two and a half miles from Williamsbueg and about
eleven miles from Yorktown. The trip was a plea
sant one. It was a bright moonlight night. The
atmosphere was of a - delightful temperature, 131W
dened with the perfume of sweet flowers. Mounted
on a noble horse we passed over the road, every
foot of which bears the impress of some deed
of war. This road, the old Richmond turnpike,
leads through dense pine woods, deep ravines,
and along purling rivulets ; occasionally we would
hear the mournful notes of the whip-poor-will,
or the sharp "halt" of the picket guard. The
hour, the novelty of the scene, the surroundings all
combined, rendered the occasion one of intense
Pleasure. We arrived at camp at about midnight.
The time allotted to our visit was interspersed with
maroy attempts to familariie ourselves with the at
tractions of this part of the Peninsula. The War
has dealt harshly by this country, and has punished
the treason of theresidents with becoming severity.
These fair fields of
,Virginia, once prolifteOf earth's
richest fruit, fruitful of all the luxuries of life,.
adorned with a profusion of fragrant flowers, hash
been. converted, in a few short months, into one
vast charnel-f ousestrong forts, long lines of rifle
pits, massive, redoubts, and military roads take
the place of-the tobacco-house, the waving grain,
the yellow corn, and the stately mansion.
Those who accompanied the Army of the Potomac
on its eventful march up the Peninsula„ and the
friends of those who died here, doubtless are arm
.
lone to know the aspect of the country now. Many
evidences ofthose days of strife have moulderedin
to dust, yeC , on every side imperishable signs remain
'Where the stately pine waves its brawny arms and
exhales its sweet perfume, neath the shade- of its
beautiful verdure may be found the graves of our
country's elain. These gloomy aepulchres of the
heroic dead are found scattered through these fo
'Mats of pines, sometimes in long rows, sometimes in
groups of three. and . four. Many have boards at
the head on which are inscribed the name and regi
ment of him who -sleeps beneath. Many have no
board, no stone, raisedtd mark his last resting place,
but are left alone with no monument, except his
own good name, no requiem, save the sighing 011ie
winds in the tree tops. Sad, sad, indeed, waii . the
scene which met our gaze while lingering here arold,at
this dense woods, with these mounds on every aide,
surrounded with fallen branches and raritilated.tree.
trunks ; no sound to disturb our revery, and with
thoughts of the terrible past crowding on our memoz
ry, the scene was sublime in its silence, and magnifi
cent in its solemnity. Passing from the woods, and I
out into the open space, we come-to where the work
Of carnage was greatest Here the earth is corru
gated by projectiles, and marks of the terrible strug
gle are found on everyside, and extend to the very
works of Fort Magruder. Thin fort is a strong
earthwork, faced with heavy sod, and surrounded
by a deep moat, and has the old feudal draw-bridge
at the entrance. This fort was recently .commanded
by Captain S. H. Barley, of the sth Penne : Ylvania
Cavalry, and is now the headquarters Of Col. Carl
West, acting Brigadier General. From' the 'ram
parts we have a good view of the surrounding coun
try. On the left ie where the New Jersey Brigade
suffered and fought so bravely - , on the right the old
redoubts loom up. A short distance to the rear is
the camp of the sth Pennsylvania Cavalry, com
inantls,d by Col. Win. Lewis, at whose headquarters,
and those of Major 14IcCandleas, speaking from ex
perience, we can assert the grim monster ennui
never insinuates his unwelcome visage. '
Our next attempt at eight-seeing was in the direc
tion of Williamsburg, the county town of James
City county. Before the war it Wha a place of some.
note. The people of-the region round about came
here to do their worshiping and their 'Merchandising.
Now, with the exception of a few too poor to leave,
Or too cowardly to fight, the town is uninhabited.
Stores, dwellings and workshops are closed, and the
streets are silent and deserted. No sound undulates
the atmosphere of this once proud . place, save th . at
caused by the occasional visits of the Union soldiery
Riding along its streets one is impressed' with the
antiquated appearance of everything. The housefs
- are of the old-fashioned style, and the dust of age is
' FHB: clinging to their decaying timber, except where
it has been disturhed by a Federal ball liaising,
through, or a shell exploding the -second Story!
The State Lunatic Asyllim is still kept in good con:
dition under the supervision of the United. States
authorities. It contains about 240 patients, many of
whom are hopeless 'cases. The old court hbuse
where Petrick Henry-first kindled the latent fires of
liberty, the clnirch where Washington worshiped,
and the old magazine still stand, but a mOuldering
mass of ruins marks the place where William and
Mary's College reared its ohmic coliinine.:, This slid
town, once the home of noble patriots, the nursery
of many master-minds, but lately a festering sink of
Scessionism, has met its own reward, Yet, after all,
there is a strange fascination in the antique houses,
irregular streets, and gloomy, forsaken homes, since
so many Revolutionary memories cluster there ; but
these feelings are quickly dispelled by the memory
of later days—days of sin, treason, and treachery.
Tired of the deserted, solemn appearance of the old
town, we shook its dust from our feet, and returned
to camp. In our search for novelties, we traversed
the country from the York river to the James, and
down as far as Yorktown. On these peregrinations
we found many tine farms, although but little beau
tiful scenery. The country is uneven, and is dotted
with many pretty spots •, but the view is so obstruct
ed by standing timber, that the scenery is tame in
deed. i
As to the sanitary condition of the Army of the
peninsula and the morale of the entire force, a per
sonal observation is quite refreshing, after reading
theaccounts from some quarters. We found very
few patients in the hospitals ; most of those who
were there were either wounded or chronic cases.
According to the tenor of some editorials, the army
is dispirited and demoralized, but the reverse is the
Until. The most determined patriotism is manifest
ed everywhere, while the most bitter hatred of any
thing having the semblance of Copperheadism is
expressed; and rest assured, that if the enforcement
of the conscription act could be entrusted to these
men, very, very few of its opponents would be
ple:ased at the result.
respectfully yours,
ARMY - OF THE POTOMAC.
e Murder of Captain MeManua—Qatiet on
the Lane.
HEADQUA:P.TEES ARMY OP THE POTOMAC.
May 31, 1833.
,The embalmed body of Capt. McManus, 69th
Pennsylvania, will be sent to Philadelphia to-day
friim General Owen's brigade, 2d division, 2d corps.
The circumstances of Captain McManus' death are
theie : He was in the habit of expressing himself
very freely upon the character and conduct of indi
viduals, and had called Capt. McMahon, of the 71st
P'enneylvania (California regiment), a coward. This
came to the ears of the latter on Wednesday night
hist, who immediately proceeded to McManus' tent,
asked him if such were the case, and, being answer
ed in the affirmative, immediately shot him. The
ball passed through the liver, and came out at the
laWer part of the back, killing the victim instantly.
The soldiers of his company were desirous of lynch
ing the murderer, but were restrained by men of
McMahon's own regiment, with whom he was
very unpopular, and who expressed the intention
of performing the act themselves. Nothing but a
strong guard ; placed over the prisoner by Lieut.
t'ol. Smith, prevented violence to him. He is under
arrest at Gen. Oven's quarters, and is now feigning
insanity. He will speedily be Court-martialled.
bailt. McManus was a brave young soldier, of Irish
birth, residing in Pidladelphia before the war, and
ieaves a wife and one child. His brother keeps a
liquor establishment on the corner of Eleventh and
'Race streets, and is a well-known citizen of his
ward. McMahon is from San Francisco.
The army Ilea quiet, without immediate prospect
of a movement, though no one knows what each
day may bring forth. A possible attack by Lee is
'anticipated; but we are abundantly ready and anx
ious for a visit from him upon either of our flanks.
He will not attempt it.
ST/TES IN REBELLION.
The Retaliation Resolutions.
Resolved, by the Congress of the Confederate Stales of
• America, in response to the message of the President,
,transmitted to,.Congress at the commencement of
the present session, That, in the opinion of Congress,
the commissioned officers of the enemy Ought notto
be delivered to the authorities of the respective
States, as suggested in the said message; but all
captives taken by the Confederate forces ought to
be dealt with and disposed of by the Confederate
Government.
SEC. 2. That, in the judgment of Congress ' the
proclamations of the President of the United States,
dated respectively September twentir-second, eigh
teen hundred and sixty-two, and January first,
eighteen hundred and sixty-three and the other
measures of the Government of the United States
and of its authorities, commanders, and forces, de
signed or tending to emancipate slaves in the Con
fedarate States, or to abduct such slaves, or to incite
them to insurrection, or to employ negroes in war
against the Confederate States, or to overthrow the
institution of African slavery and bring on a servile
war in these • States, would, if successful, produce
atrocious consequences, and they are inconsistent
with the spirit of those usages which in modern
warfare prevail among civilized nations ; they may,
therefore, be properly and lawfully_repressed by re ,
taliatien. -
Snc. a. That in every case wherein, during the
present. war,,,any violation of the laws and usages •
of war among civilized nations shall be, or has been,
dime and perpetrated by those acting under the au•
thority of theAs-pvernment of the United States, on
the persons - 011Pproperty of citizens of the Confede
rate - States, or of those under. the protection or in
the land or naval service of the Confederate States,
or of any State of the Confederacy, the President of
the Confederate States is hereby authorized to cause ,
kgrefilt7MßßlPYWKAlkataVone*calkwpg, vnatipmftwra n a t a.ala
present war, shall command negroes or mulattoes in
arms against the' Confederate States, or who shall
arm, train; organize, or prepare negroes or mulattoes
for military service against the Confederate States,
or who shall voluntarily aid negroes or mulattoes in
any military enterprise, attack, or conflict in such
Service, shall be deenied as'inciting servile insurrec
tion, and shall, if captured; be put to death, or be
otherwise punished at the discretion of the court.
Sao. 5. Every person, being a commissioned offi
cer; or acting as such in the service of the enemy,
who shall, during the present war, excite, attempt
to excite, or cause to be excited servile insurrection,
or who shall incite or cause to be incited a stave to
rebel, shall, if captured, be put to death, or be other
wise punished, at the discretion of the court.
Sac. 6. Every person charged with an offence
punishable under the preceding resolutions shall,
during the present war, be tried before the military
court attached to the army or corps by the troops of
which he shall have been captured, or by such other
military court as the President may direct, and in•
such manner, and under such regulations as the Pre
sident shall prescribe, and, after conviction, the
President may commute the punishment in such,
manner and on such terms as he may deem proper.
SEO. 7. All negroes and mulattoes who shall be
engaged in war or be taken in arms against the Con
federate States, .or shall give aid or comfort to the
enemies of the Confederate States, shall, when cap
tured in the Confederate States, be delivered to the
authorities of • the State or States in which they
shall be captured, to be dealt with according to the
present or future laws of such State or States.
Approved, May 1, 1863.
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THE REBEL STRENGTH—LEE'S. REIN
FORCEMENTS.
An editorial from the Richmond Whig, May 21,
seems to confirm the suspicion that an offensive
movement is contemplated by the rebels, and to this
end Lee has been reinforced:
A contemporary, nforms us that there are now in
the Confederate service from 600,000 to 650,000 effec
tive men. This intelligence 4 equally startling and
agreeable. It would have added to the stunning
effect of this pleasant surprise if a tabular statement
of the-present locality of these 650,000 effective men
had been given. A third of them is, doubtless, with
Lee, having reached him just after the late battles.
Another third is with Sohnston and Pemberton, who
appear, however, to have hidden them away, for
strategic purposes. The rest are in Louisiana, re
posing after their easy victory over the handful
of men under Banks. On all sides the greatest
paucity of - Yankees is seen. Why, then, do not our
armies carry the war into the Northern States? and
why is not the Conscription Bureau, which has com
pleted its work so handsomely, closed, and its clerks
and officers returned to the fleldl
In reply to these - interrogatories a skeptic
would say that it is doubtful whether the Confede
racy could boast the half of 650,000 effective men in
the field. He would add that the Conscription Bu-.
reau, so far from; having completed its work, bad
scarcely begun it. The skeptic might go further, and
declare that there were now in the Confederacy, at
letist, 100,000 men who have escaped conscription by
the merest pretexts. • "
The chief of the Conscription Bureau has done
all perhaps that his limited means enable him to do.
But every member -of Congress, every influential
citizen, every surgeon, and every weak-hearted and .
soft-headed enrolling officer have been in conspiracy
_ against him. Any man who wants to keep out of
the army, or to get out after he is in, can get certi
ficates and recommendations without end from the
best and highest men in the land. flow can a poor
conscript general war against these? The only cure
for this state of things is a public opinion which
will drive men, especially young men—hospital rats
and - slullsers in the country—into - the field. But
nothing but this or the fall of Vicksburg and Rich
hond will arouse this public opinion. •
VALLANDIGHAM'S RECEPTION IN. GEN.
BRAGG'S LINES,
.. .
.
CriccraNaTr, June I.—The Chattanooga Rebel
of Mar 27th has' the :following account'of Vallan
digbara's arrival in the, rebel lines : .
" Mr. Vallandigham has just arrived. He was
brought to our hoes .by a flag of truce, but the
commander of the outposts refused to recognize
it for any such ptirpose. The Federals, becom
ing alarmed, retired, leaving Mr. Vallandigham,
'with his baggage, upon- neutral, ground. . When
our, officers - approached him he proposed deliver
ing himself - as a prisoner of war. This was
declined, inasmuch as he was not in the service
of the United States. On learning his name and
situation, he was received as an exile, banished from
his State,-and as such tendered the hospitalities of
the "country, as any foreigner seeking refuge, or
banished from home for-opinion's sake. He was re
ceived by General Mason, and escorted to his head
quarters withent any demonstration. There he.was
received by Col. 3. Stoddard Johnston, of General
Bragg's staff;, and by him conveyed in a carriage to
Shelbyville; where comfortable quarters were pro
vided for him. There was no demonstration but
everywhere he passed, those who had heard ofi his
coming greeted,him kindly, and with silent tokens
of sympathy and respect.
" Mr. Vallandigharn looks cheerful and seems to
' breathe easy on escaping from the Lincoln despot
ism.' He very properly desires to avoid public de
monstrations, and only asks that he may find a quiet
refuge in our midst until such time as the voice of
his people, relieved• from a despotic Government,
shall call him again to their midst. Ile seems fully
to realize the embarrassment of his position, and
will, :beyond doubt, be, equal to its responsibilities.
Dignified retirement and seclusion from all public
matters will, to the minds of all proper thinking
persona, and doubtless to his own, be the best course
for him to pursue." -
The same paper; editorially, says : "His ( Vallan •
digham's) road which leads up the steep ascent of
the future, is direct and gas-lighted all the way. It
leads first out of some Confederate port to Nassau,
thence to Canada, and finally to the gubernatorial
chair of Ohio. The return of Napoleon from Elba•
was the signal - for a general reaction in France.
Thousands flocked to him on the instant. Nothing
Could keep the Little Corporal, bars nor -iron, nor
prison nor island. He'stood once more on his native
`heath. The superstitious popular heart clung to'
him, and he. triumphed. Let Mr. Vallandigham's
return be as speedy ; let an absence of a single month
' find him • issuing• an address to the people of his
State, from. Lower Canada, proclaiming these
things to therir:
" ' L a loyal citizen of the Union, and a soldier
thereof and of freedom, banished against law and
.Constitution, thrown contrary to my will across the
lines of a public enemy whose refusal to receive and
recognize.me - eistribliehee liefore all memmy patriot
tsar and my honor; I;' C. L.Vallandigham;persecuted,
exiled, mobbed, and coerced by cowardly. tyrants
and by bayonetatistit not - dead nor dumb, issue therm
words, and declareinysell a candidate for GoVernor
" The effect would be magical.". .It further says:
"His prospects for Governor of Ohio are exceeding-
ly fair. He is the rebels , style of man, and we ad
mit e him because from the start he has been against
the war."
NORTH CAROLINA.
Re-milistments—Gen. Foster's Army.
DiEWBSMN, N. C., May 29.—0 n the 27th instant,
Major General Foster visited the camps of the nine
months' men and made an eloquent speech to each
regiment. General Foster told these soldiers he
could not part with them ; that they must not leave
him and our sacred cause at this stage of the rebel
lion ; that he would give them all the advantages
accompanying a re-enlistment, including a furlough
of thirty days to each regiment, and so arrange it
that while one regiment departed another should be
ready to return, which proposition appeared to meet
with general favor. General Foster then called
upon the nine months' men for anew artillery regi
ment, to consist of twelve companies of one hundred
and fifty men each. This regiment was organized
upon the spot, anethe officers were appointed.
Some of the regiments offered to furnish three com
panies for this new command, which will be ready
for service in a Short time.
The desire of that portion of the 18th Army Corps,
now in South Carolina, to return, here under their
old chief, where they can have active service, is
arousing the sympathies of the whole Department
in their behalf. Numerous letters are continually
'reaching General Foster from the officers and men
now separated from him against the express orders
of the President, containing appeals for their re
turn of a most affecting character, together with a
general offer to re-enlist for the war if their wishes
are granted. Rather than have any ill feeling ex
isting between the two Departments, General Fos
ter is milling to furnish General Hunter with two
black regiments for each white regiment returned.
tEPAIRTONNTOF THE SOUTH.
General Hunterifoetter to Jefferson DAVIS.
The followinglettir from General Huntei to Jeff'
Davis, is printeddn the Free South, dated May - 30th:
HEADiiIIARTEES, DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTII,
HILTON HEAD, PORT ROYAL,
April 23d, 1863.
Jefferson Davis, Richmond, FiL
The United States flag must protect all - its de
fenders, white, black, or yellow. Several negroes,
in the employ of the Government in the Western.
Department have been cruelly murdered by your au-.
thorities, and others sold into slavery. Every out
rage of this kind against the laws of humanity
which may take place in this Department, shall be
followed by the immediate execution of the rebel of
highest rank in my possession. Man for man, these
executions will certainly take place, for every one
murdered, or sold into a slavery worse than death.
On your authorities will rest the responsibility of
this barbarous policy, andyou will be held respon
sible in this world and theworld to come for all the
blood thus shed.
In the month of August last you declared all those
engaged in arming the negroes to fight for their
country to be felons, and directed the immediate
execution of all such as should be captured. I have
given you long enough to reflect on your folly. I
now give you notice that unless this order is imme
diately revoked, I will at once cause the execution
of every rebel officer and every rebel slaveholder in
my possession. The poor negro is fighting for liber
ty in its truest sense ; and. Mr. Jefferson has beauti
fully said : "In such a war there is no attribute of
the Almighty which will induce him to fight on the
side of the oppressor." ..
You say you are fighting for liberty. Yes, you are
fighting for liberty—liberty to keep four millions of
your fellowbeings in ignorance and degradation;
liberty to separate parents and children, husband
and wife, brother and sister; liberty to steal the
products of their labor, exacted with many a cruel
lash and bitter tear ; liberty to seduce their wives
and daughters, and to sell your own children into
bondage ; liberty to kill these children with impu
nity, when the murder cannot be proven by one of
pure white blood. This is the kind of liberty—the
liberty to do wrong, which Satan, the chief of the
fallen angels, was contending for when he was cast
into hell,.
I have the honor to be;-very respectfully,
Your most obedient servant,
D. HUNTER, Maj. Gen. Conurg.
REBELS REPULSED ON FOLLY ISLAND—
GENER AL HUNTER'S DRAFT.
PORT ROYAL, June I.—Advices per the steamer
Arago state that our forms on Folly island were at
tacked on the 26th by a party of rebels, who were
repulsed.
Gen. Hunter has issued an order drafting all the
able-bodied men, not in the employ of the Govern
ment, who may be found in the department after the
15th of June.
It is stated that an expedition has been sent into
the interior of Florida.
A British blockade-runner, while trying to get out
of Charleston harbor, was 'discovered on the night
of the 20th, and sunk before she could gain the bar.
The crew are supposed to have perished. She was
a large steamship.
On' the 23d, a steamer was discovered and fired
into. She recrossed the bar under a heavy fire. She
was sunk in the main channel on Morris Island.
Both had large cargoes.
All grants of furloughs have been stopped in Hun
ter's department.
It is reported that several regiments were ordered
to Virginia, but General Hunter refused to let them
go, and sent a protest to the President.
The Monitors are still lying off Edisto, the New
LtAlre Suire/31,
At a meeting of the field and line officers of the
rith Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry,
the following were unanimously adopted :
Whereas, Party spirit and its close-fitting harness
are carrying men into the expression of sentiments
and the performance of acts which give aid and com
fort to those in armed rebellion against the Govern
ment of the Drilled States. And whereas, Many regi
ments have expressed their opposition to the policy,
practices, and insidious.doetrines of the peace or so
called Copperhead organization ; Therefore it is pro
per that the 11th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volun
teer Cavalry establish their record. And whereas,
All VMS may, in their broadest sense, be classed as fra
tricidal, there can, therefore, he but two kinds, a just
and an unjust war. And whereas, The history of the
Southern rebellion, from its incipient conception in
the mind of the first traitor to the present moment,
presents nothing in justification of those arrayed in
arms against the Government of the United States.
And whereas, We believe that, so far as the Govern
ment of the United States is concerned, the present
struggle, on its part, is a just war for its existence as a
nation, capable of guaranteeing the largest liberty to
the greatest number of its inhabitants; in arms
against an unjust combination of- rebel sections and
their sympathizers, incapable of accomplishing any
blessing- except to the favored few who have ac•
quired property, to be perpetuated in themselves by
the breaking down of - a democratic, and the esta
blishment of a monarchical form of government :
Theiefore,
Resolved, That the 11th Regiment of Pennsylvania
;Volunteer Cavalry renew their obligations to the
Government of the United States, with the addi
tional assurance that they,'like their forefathers,
pledge "their lives, fortunes, and sacred honors" to
sustain it against any and all traitors, of any and all
political schools or parties, whether existing in the
South, North, East, or West; domestic or foreign;
and express their unqualified opinion that 'all who
favor propositions of peace with rebels in arms, sus
tain the South in an unjust war against the Go
vernment bequeathed us in trust for the benefit of
posterity, and are therefore enemies to us.
Respectfully forwarded to the Governor of the
Stale of Pennsylvania. S. P. SPEAR,
Colonel Commanding Regiment.
Letter from Mr. Seward to the British
Emancipation Society.
The chairman of the Emancipation Society in
England has, received, through the American Am
bassador in London, the following reply, on behalf
of- President Lincoln, to an address which was
adopted at a crowded meeting held in London on
January 2.9
DEPARTMENT OR STATE,
Wvirmoron, April 25, 1863.
To the citizens of London who were convened in Exeter
Halt on the 29th January last
The proceedings of a meeting of British subjects,
citizens of London, in . Exeter Hall, on the 29th of
January last, which were, transmitted to the under
signed, have, in compliance with a request contained
therein; been laid before the President of the United
States. It would have been most gratifying to
the President - if the insurrection which is- ex
isting in the T_Tnited States could have been con
fined within such bounds as to prevent it from
disturbing theprosperity or otherwise engag
ing -the attention of friendly nations.o Fully con
vinced that any State which suffers itself to become
depent4nt on the aid, or even the sympathy of a foreign
Power, is equally unable and unfit to live, the President
has been especially careful to refrain from making
any appeal to friendly States, and even from seem
ing attempt to influence their opinions upon the me
rits of the present conflict, farther than has appeared
to be necessary to avert ill-considered and wrongful
intervention. At the same time the President has
neither questioned the right of othernationa and com
munities to form and express their opinions concern
ing the results of the questions raieed by the insurrec
tion, and the policy which the Government has adopt
ed in suppressing it, nor has he complained of the
manner in which that right has been exercised. On the
contrary, he believes that the ultimate and impartial
judgment of niankinclupera alt such questions is entitled to
touverial 'raped and acquiescence. Circumstances
which neither this Government nor that of Great
Britain created or could control have rendered it
unavoidable that the causes, character, tendency,
and objects of the insurrection should -be discussed
in that country with scarcely less freedom and
earnestness than in our own. The results of that
discussion', if it shall continue to be conducted in a
just and impartial spirit, may be taken as foresha
dowing in some degree the ultimate judgment of man
kind. It is, therefore, with sincere satisfaction that
the President learns from the proCeedings now under
consideration, that a -large, respectable, and in
telligent portion of the British people have, on un
prompted investigation, arrived at the conclusion
that the existing rebellion violates the principles of
political justice, and that they protest against it as a
wrong to the - human race, because ii seeks to displace a.
Government which is based on the rights of man, to maize
room for another which is to rest upon human bondage as
its Corner stone. The President would not chnjustice to
his habitual sentiments if he were to omit to express
also the satisfaction with which he has feund that,
in all cases, those who are moat just in their senti
ments towards the United States , are also the moat
earnest in their desire for the preservation of inter
national peace: and friendship. This circumstance
supplies to thief GovernMent a new motive for ad
hering to its determined policy of, peace, justice, and
friendship towards all nations, and especially to
wards Great Britain. I have the honor to be, your
moat obedient servant,
WILLIAM H. SEWARD.
Arrest of a Supposed Spy.
Dr. J. W. Ramsey was arrested in Uniontown, on
pFriday night. He arrived in that place about half
ast five o'clock, from the town of Grafton, and was
recognized, at the hotel, by some of the old citizens,
as a former resident, who, knowing that he had been
a surgeon in the rebel service for a long time, and
thinking his errand in the neighborhood was that of '
a spy, immediately had him placed under arrest and
confined in close quarters until the nest day.
On being interrogated in regard to his mission in
that vicinity, he replied that he came to -visit his
old acquaintances, and when asked if he had ever
taken the oath of alliance, he stated that he had
not, and that he did not intend to. He did not deny
having been in the rebel'service, and said he was at
one time a brigade surgeon in an Arkansas division.
but 'had some months ago resigned the position for
the.
purpose of coming North. He stated he had ,
not any papers or passes Of any kind, or ' mat
`ter of a contraband natur e,ln his possession;.
,
but, - on being searched, a number of passes were
found concealed in the lining,of his pants. They
were. all 'dated the 12th of Jffay, signed by General
Imboden. and other parties his district, and per
mitted the bearer to luau to any part of the South
' ern - Confederacy. He is aNirginian by birth, and.
- for a number of years previotis;to:the breaking out
of the rebellion practised medicine in Clarksburg,
Virginia, where his family reside. He bra graduate
of Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia.
On Saturday, about noon, : he wax brought to this
THREF, CENT 3.
city, by Provost Marshal Coulter, and placed in
charge of Provost Marshal Wright, who started on
Sunday with the prisoner for Baltimore, where he
intends banding him over to General Schenck.—
Pittsburg Gazelle.
4 , Stonewall Jackson" at the Virginia
Military Institute, at Lexington.
To the Editor of The Press
Sin: The following are some particulare of the
career of Gen. Jackson while at the Virginia Mili
tary Institute :
Jackson came to Lexington during the summer of
1861,1 think. Be took 'charge of the artillery drill.
His rank was that of major, in the service of the
State of Virginia. I never heard any one express a
belief that he was a " smart " man; on the contrary,
he was looked on as being slightly "cracked.". This
may appear very strange now, but to a body of gay
young men, with whom neatness in dress and equip
ment, and a graceful, soldierly carriage, were con
sidered essential to long continuance in the " corps,"
Jackson's hard features and ungraceful manners,
and harsh nasal tones in command, and the stern
ness with which he treated his subordinates, were
sure to bring him into ridicule; and, on his punish
ing, as he did, the slightest appearance of disrespect
or inattention, with what was considered unneces
sary severity; he became hated. Still, he was notinten
tionally unjust, and in the course of time, when they
came to know his ways better, and he began to feel
the difference between the regular troops whom he
had so long been accustomed to command, and the
young gentlemen who were now under his or
der, a better feeling arose, and, though he could
hardlybe said to be liked, there was, within a coupht
of years after his advent at the Destitute, a growing
feeling of respect for his ability as an artillerist, his
devotion to his duties, and his firm, unyielding sense
of justice in dealing with his class. I have seen in
the papers some account of a difficulty he Wad, du
ring the first year of his professorship, with Cadet
The account, though taken from the Rich
mond papers, does not tally with my recollection of
•the affair. The difficulty, I think, commenced by
some trifling impropriety on the part of Cadet —in
the recitation room, or section room, alit the apartmenta
in which the professors met their classes were called
in cadet language. Jackson ordered him to leave the
room "under arrest." Cadet—, surprised at what
he felt a gross injustice, so far forgot himself as to
attempt to explain, when Jackson ordered him to be
removed. In his anger, Cadet used expressions
which, in the strict discipline enforced at the Insti
tute, left no alternative but hie dismissal or Jack
son's resignation. Cadet was of course dis
charged. I have my doubts about the story of
having waited for him, on the road to town, to way
lay him. I never heard of it at the time, and my op
portunities were ample. I believe that Cadet --
did threaten to kill him, and that Jackson carried
weapons of some kind, either a cudgel or knife, to
defend himself with, but no meeting ever took place
that I heard of. The Richmond paper speaks of
Cadet —as a " wild boy." I think he was nearly,
if not quite six feet high, and a very fine-looking
young man, of twenty-one or twenty-two. Being in
the foist class, and within a few months of his diplo
ma, he could not have been under twenty, and looked
much older. During this period, however, Jackson
gave a proof of his iron nerves, far more in accord
ance with his subsequent career than the silly expres
sion which the Richmond paper puts in his mouth.
As the Major paesednlong the front of the barracks,
some one (I know not whether it was the "wild
boy" or not) dropped 'a brick from tne top of the
barracks, an immense height, so that it should fall
immediately in front of that enormous pair of boots
which Jackson wore and which gave rise to one or
the nicknames by which he was at first called by
the younger cadets. I saw the brick fall as I sat in
a window within twenty feet of the spot. I started
at his danger, but the brave old fellow did not even
raise his eyes, but strode on without betraying
any consciousness of what had occurred. I
was told that on being asked why he had
not tried to detect the guilty party, Jackson
answered that he would "not bon s such a miscre
ant by noticing him at all," or something to that
effect. Very few, however, ever believed that there
was any design to hit him—it was done, no doubt, to
enjoy a laugh at his expense ; but it had the effect of
raising his reputation, and another nickname was
added to his alreadyample eupply—that of "old
Hickory." Another instance of his determination
to enforce discipline even in trifles, and of the stern
character of the man, occurs to me just now. He
was drilling the 3d class with the field guns, in the
manual of loading and firing. Cadet —, as No.
1. was at the muzzle of the gun, and it was his duty
to sponge the gun after , each discharge. Now, in
really firing the guns, it is very important to the
safety of No. 1 that he should "sponge" carefully,
but as no powder was being used, and there could
be no danger, Cadet thought it unnecessary
to be very particular,so he undoubtedly did hie
work carelessly. The Major; who was really a good
artillery officer, BEM his ,neglect, and ordered him
to "sponge again." Angered at being ordered by
name to repeat his. duty (for the esprit du corps was
very high, and mortified that the lookers-on should
think he really did not know how to do it), Cadet
repeated the sponging in a still more careless
manner. Jackson, cold and stern, ordered him.to
"sponge again." It now became a struggle of will
between them. Cadet , with flashing eyes,
his handsome face flushed with shame at the awk
ward position into which his folly had brought him,
and yet too proud to yield now that all eyes were on
him, "sponged again" improperly, until, on being
ordered in the same cold, stern voice, to repeat the
operation for the seventeenth time, he threw the
rod on the ground, and stood glancing defiance at
his tormentor. It was a most uncomfortable mo
ment for all. Such a gross broach of disci
pline had never occurred in the class before, and
all looked with anxiety for the result. No one
could get a chance to speak to and recall him to his
senses, for all had their own positions to fill, and
though the attention of the Major had been given
exclusively to the delinquent for some minutes, he
had not authorized any one to quit his post. With
out another word, Jackson approached the mutineer,
and raising his sword over his head, said in the same
• -
with all" his faults of temper, waif well beloved bY
his "fellows"—made an incident never to be
forgotten. I own, for one, my heart beat
faster—for it was as evident as day, that if not
obeyed, Jackson wouldstood thus—and "cut him. down." For
a moment they then poor
stooped slowly, and taking up the rod,
stood to :518 post. Without the slightest change in
his voice, but slowly bringing his sabre to "the
carry," the Major repeated his order, " sponge
again !" Conquered, but with tears of anger in his
eyes and a heaving breast, young obeyed, and
did it properly. "That's better!" was allthat Jackson
said about it. He turned away as though nothing
had happened, and went on with the exercise of
the whole class. Such things as this live long in the
memory, and who can tell how much of his future
ascendency over the Virginia forces depended on his
inflexible resolution to be obeyed, to the letter, by
the refractory No. I. of the " six-pounder battery."
Had I the time I would gladly write more on this
subject. I will say, in conclusion, that no likeness
that I have yet seen conveys an adequateidea of Gen.
Jackson's personal appearance. One paper says he
was six feet two inches in height. This, I feel sure,
is an error. To the best of my recollection he was
not taller than lam and y heiht is but
little over five feet eight'inches.mlfewasg apparently
of broad muscular , build, with long arms, I think,
and very awkward in his motions. One account
says, "his manner of getting over the ground, on
foot, would not be called walking !" This is true.
He walked, or rather stalked, differently from any
other man I ever saw, apparently Betting each foot
down flat before raising the other. lie wore boots,
or high shoes—l am not sure which—of enormous
thickness. His forehead was high, smooth, and
white (compared with his sunburnt face and neck),
but receding. His eyes I always thought beautiful,
large, and clear, of a grayish or blue color. His
lace was hard and impassive. The lower jaw in its
curve, and the chin in its prominence, gave token of
the warrior soul , within. He was "a constant at
tendant at the .Presbytmian church, in Lexington,
on the ministry of good old F," as the
officiating clergyman was calledathe by r
the White cadets, who
were marched almost every Sunday morning to hear
him. Jackson is gone to his long account. The rebel
papers say we " will exult over hie death." Not so.
An honest conviction that he was doing right, I feel
sure, guided him, and an equally honest conviction
guided us in fighting against him; but no true sol
dier will exult over his honorable foe, when he has
closed his career in the arms of death—alas ! that we
must own it—a career of victory against the armies
of his country. May the turf of the Presbyterian
burying -ground lie lightly on his breast ! And when
the "stars and stripes" once more float in triumph
and peace over the towers of the Institute; r do not
think one Union soldier will be found so lost to
honor as to deface any monument that his family or
the Confederate Government may raise over him.
R A. W., U. S. A.
PHI.LADELPELJA3 May 28,1563
End of the Civil War -in Venezuela.
Under date of Caracas, April 30, we learn that
the war in Venezuela has closed, with the following
"treaty of peace" between the Government and
Federal party, which has been cordially advocated
by General Paez, and unanimously approved by the
Council of State. Venezuela will now resume her
peaceful prosperity :
Pedro Josa Rojas,Secretary General of the Su
preme --Chief of the Republic, and Antonio Guzman
Blanco, Comm:miler-in-Chief of the Federal forces
acting in these provinces, having assembled by an
invitation of the latter party, with the object of
coming to an understanding about bringing, by
honorable and peaceful means, to a close the plesent
disastrous .war, have made the first party, in the
name of the Supreme Chief of the Republic, ami
ne second pasty, duly authorized by General Fal
con, Chief of the Federal army, an agreement of
peace under the following conditions :
. 1. The Federal army recognizes the Government
of the Supreme Chief of the Republic and of its sub
stitute.
2. An Assembly will meet in Caracas thirty days
after the exchange of the ratification of this agree
ment. -
3. Six deputies will be elected for each province,
the unsettled state of the republic not allowing quiet
and free elections to take place. It being prudent,
on the other hand, to avoid, under - the present cir
cumstances, a collision between - the two parties,
and wishing, finally, to hasten as mush as possible
the meeting of the Assembly, it is agreed that one- ,
half of the deputies of each province and their sub
stitutes (stmlantes) will be elected by the Govern
ment, and the other half by General Falcon, in re
presentation of the Federal&
.1. The Government of General Peer and of its
substitute will cease as soon as the Assembly meets ;
and it will immediately proceed to elect a new Ger
vernment as it may deem convenient.
E.. Once the new Government is established by the
Assembly, it will, continue legislating, without any
restrictions, in all the different branches of the
public administration.
6. The Government appoints Gen. Falcon first
commander-in-chief of the - Army of the Republic,
and Gen. Camero second commander -in-chief of the
' fame army.
7. No alterations of any importance are to take
place in the present position of the armies, in mili
nay commanders, or in any respect, until the
Assembly determines what it may think most con
venient.
8. 13oth contracting parties will immediately send
orders to the different parts of the Republic for a
cessation of hostilities.
9. With the exception' of the previous article,
which is to be enforced at once, the present agree
ment will not be carried into execution until it has
been approved by the Supreme Chief of the Re
public and General Juan C. Falcon.
PEDRO J. ROJA.S,
ANT,O GUZMAN BLANCO.
Plantation Coche, April 24,1.863. '
California.
SAN FRANOISCO, May 30..—The ship Robin Hood
sailed to•day for Liverpool, carrying 1,000 tons of
copper ore and 25,000 sacks of wheat. - •
Seven Indians were hung' t Victoria, British Co
lumbia, on the 2341,, for murdering white men.
Rich silver ore is reported to have been discovered
near Pillock lake. -
The ship Strallatian has arrived at Victoria from
London. -
The advices from Oregon are to the 26th.
A bark. had arrived at Portland, Oregon; from
New York, with :cam and engines for the railroad
between Belles and tile Cascades.
Laborers> wages in Idahoe Territory are $8 per
day. Eight thousand men are working in the Boise
river mines, which extend over a district thirty
miles large. Supplieis reaclithem from Salt Lake
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THE REPUBLIC OF MEXICO.
p,he Capture of Puebla Reported—Genera/
oxtegn's Unconditional Surrender—Forey
kw/robing^ on the city . of Mexico-17,00D
prvionera Taken.
NEW YORK, June I.=—The steamer Shelldrake,
from Havana on the 26th ult., arrived this after
noon. Thzre is nothing new from Havana.
It ie reported at Havana that the yellow fever has
broken out arsons the French hi - Mexico.
An extra of the HaTana Mario, of the 26th ult.,
received per the - steamer Shelldrake, reports the ar
rival at Havana of the French steamer Darien front
Vera Cruz, with important despatches from Gen.
Fore; announcing the occupation of Puebla by the
forces under his command. Theprimmers include
General Ortega and twenty-three otter generals,
900 minor officers, and 17,000:merr.
It appears that on the 16th, General Pores , opened'
with heavy artillery on Fort Sohimempuacan, and on
the nth a breach was effected. The French troops
then moved on an assault, and, after a desperate re
sistance, entered the Plaza, when Ortega surren
dered unconditionally.
On the 20th, one division of the French army
started for the City of Mexico.
Romer.”
AN ESSAY ON THE ORIGINAL PORN AND COMORE , -
TION, IN THE POET'S NINA, OP THE PLOT OF THE
ILIAD, BY PRRP. C. C. SCHAEITER, - DELIVERED
AT HORTICULTURAL HALL, ON NOPIDA.Y,, NAY 25,
[Communicated. to The Press.]
INTRODUCTION.
It was on occasion of an essay of comparison be
tween ancient Northern and Greek heroes that, for
the first time after school and college times, I again
met with the Iliad, when, in an effort to trace the
character of Achilles, I at once found what I have
now the pleasure to present you as the answer and
my qualified opinion on the question given in the
advertisement: Did Homer venture on painting in
poetry, and introduce a fighting "tektites? Well
might thirty centuries, again looking down,
as in the case of .the first consul, from the
pyramids, hold their breath in awe and silence
at the boldness of the attempt to question the cor
rectness of a reading of Homer transmitted by
usages immemorial, as though many, now.a.days,
are admitted as having composed, or contributed to
the Iliad, yet he that sang the Fighting Achilles, al
most unanimously since ages, has been considered
to have been the true poet, and originator of the
whole. Yet., with no reverence for any established
error, though with due regard forthe opinion or
sentiment that may, as in the case of Homer, have
prompted, or have strictly adhered to it ; nay, with
the very fierceness of enthusiasm, to correct esta
blished misuses, and to reinstate truth, I proceed to
prove, as the only correct answer to the above ques
tion, a simple, yet emphatic no! First, by entering
simply into narratign, how, or in what direction the
discovery'was made.
I said it was on a former occasion, and that as far
back as the year 1847, that after some lapse of time,
I again met with Homer ; then, not as with a school
book, prolific only of marks of merit or demerit, but
as With an author, an exponent, by a piece of art,
of human mind, human thought, feeling, enter
prise—as with a life book, made to delight, to in
struct. Then lat once saw, what never before had
struck me, that there is a twofold making and de
lineation of the character of Achilles, so discrepant,
and one so different from the other, that, in the
first line, from all reasons of sound critical judg
ment and poetic taste, one author and poet
could not have contrived both. Then, how those
parts that bore marks of superior workman
ship, really belonged together, forming, and run
ning, as it were, together into one grand' whole,
leaving those of lesser merit empty and idle; how,
in tracing and searching for the more distinct out
lines of this whole, it commenced to increase, and
increased till, with its apex it reached and pierced
the skies, whilst its feet remained firmly rooting on
the fruitful earth; how its limbs grew forth (all in
keeping with the form of a human body); how it
commenced to move, to act;, how, in the trans
parency of this body, encasing as in a fixture of glass
the poet's soul, I saw at work all those princi
ples that as contrasts have agitated the world,
and continue to agitate and engage< the mind
of man ; how they writhed and hurst into figures ;
how the figures joined into camps;:how the camps
marched in groups: how the groups surrounded
Achilles ; how Achilles overreached them all; how,
as wrong had begotten wrong, so it continued to
beget it; how valor stood for right, unconscious of
wrong; how wrath rose from anger, as anger had
risen from wrong; how wrath moved the heaven;
how heaven thundered upon the earth ; how
the earth was wailing up to heaven ; how it
dawned over the head of the hero; how it melted in
th eheart of the leader ; how the beams, flashing from
either camp, were seeking each other, longing for
One another, hating and fighting each other; how
ages past—yet, future to Homer ; how the s• a ows
increased, how they travelled and extended ; how
they crossed the seas, how they have reached us,
that as now may be said and seen, those battles
fought, those contests raging on this side of the
water, are but conflicts waged under the shadow of
this very Homeric song.
And such things should not interest people, not
engage mind and heart of thepe'ople'l Surely, not
Homer as it was, but as it will be.
Discovenr of the Source of the Nile.
A correspondent in Egypt hai forwarded to the
Boston Adrcrticer an extra of the Spettaore Egiziane,
published at Alexandria, under date of the 7th, con
taining more full particulars, than have elsewhere
been published, of the discovery of the sources of
the White Nile, by Nouns. Speke and Grant, the
intrepid English explorers. The following is trans
lated from the Egyptian Spectator:
Captains Speke and Grant have discovered the
answer to a question which has perplexed the world
ever since the time of Herodotus. "With regard to
the sources ofr the Nile," said the Father of History
more than 2,300 years ago, "I have found no one
among all those with whom I have conversed,
whether Egyptians, Libyans, or Greeks, who pro
fessed to have any kW:Ml:edge, except a single per
son," whose story was untrustworthy. Czesar is
reported to have said that he would abandon warlike
purposes if he might have a certain hope of seeing
the sources of the Nile. Horace alludes to
Fontinm qui celat origines
11 ilea.
And Tibullus, still fourteen hundred years' ago,
asks:
Nile paler quarkam to dicere causa?
Ant quilms in terris accolnisse capnt ?
It was long since ascertained by travellers ascend
ing up the stream of the Nile that near Khartum, in
north latitude 18 37, its waters diVide into two
branches, called respectively. the White Nile and
the Blue Nile. Below this confluence the Nile
flows fifteen hundred miles into the Mediterranean.
and (with the exception of a single unimportant
tributary) it receives nowhere a single drop of
water, while it is a fruitful source of supply to nu
merotuf works of artificial irrigation.
The sources of the Bilie Nile, three springs in
north latitude ten degrees, were ascertained by the
Portuguese :remit, Father Lobo. and afterwards by
Bruce; but those of the White Nile have hitherto
defied discovery. Browne penetrated as far as north
latitude seven degrees; Dinant Bey. in 1827, not
quite so far ; Mr. Hoskins and Col. Leake, baffled
in their efforts, declared that an armed force would.
be necessary to subdue the great extent of country
through which the river passes. Werne went as far
as four degrees of north latitude, and M. Brun Rol
la nearly as high. The former was obliged to return
by reaching shoals that could not be crossed by his
boats, and he dared not leave them. The river,
where his exploration ceased, was 323 feet wide,
"br6ad,surrounded by high reeds; the banks (he says)
seem to be of a soft green color, formed by pale green.
aquatic plants—lilac convolvulus, moss, water this
tles, and a kind of hemp—in which the , yellow ara
bac tree flourishes, hung round withiluxuriant deep
yellow creepers." The river seemed to stretch south
southwest.
The latest expedition in this direction, to discover
the source of the Nile, is that of Captain Petherick,
as a volunteer of whose party our fellow-citizen, Dr.
Browneli, of Connecticut, lost his life last year in.
the manner heretofere recorded' in these columns_
Dr. BrownelPs death - occurred in north latitude 15
degrees. The fate of Petheriek and his companions
is unknown.
Meanwhile Captains Speke and Grant entered the
interior of Africa from the Eastern coast, and left
Zanzibar September 25, 1860, to prosecute diatove
ries in the interior. On the lath instant, we printed
an account derived from Mr. Goodhue, United
States vice consul at Zanzibar stating that they
bad last been heard from April 11, 1862, (a year ago,
that is,) in latitude ;degree 30 minutes south ; that
they had been thwarted in their progress downa
river which they had discovered, and which they
believed to be the first certain branch of the Nile.
We now hear of them at the other ends of their
journey, which has been crowned with complete
success.. It appears that the adventurous travellers
have indeed penetrated to the source of the White
Nile, which they find to be a large lake, and to this
they have loyally given the name of Victoria. Ha
ving made this digovery, the little band of explo
rers, seduced from seventy to seventeen, have sailed
down the river—the grandest voyage ever known to
geographer—and their approach to Khartum is re
ported in the letter which we print. There is some
obscurity in the account with regard to the position.
of the lake ; the strict sense of the original (which
our translation faithfully follows) would place it as
far north as ten degrees of north latitude ; but as
previous discoverers have followed the river at least
six degrees further south, we suspect that there is
some inaccuracy in the report in this respect.
It has been given to the present age to solve this
interesting geographic problem, as also that of the
northwest passage; and although in neither case do
the discoveries which have beenmade promise much
practical advantage to mankind, we cannot but fe
licitate ourselves that the domain of knowledge has
been enlarged by persistent and intelligent effort.
Coast Of the United States.
COAST, zIIRVIET LiFFIGE, Nay SS, 1563.
ADMIRAL : have the honor to send herewith, in
compliance with your letter of April 3, 1363, the fol
lowing statements, prepared in this office, appended
to the inquiries contained in that letter : •
First—The length of the coast of the United States
now under blockade by our naval forces, beginning
at the city 'of Alexandria, Va., and going down the
Potomac river and Chesapeake bay to Cape . Henry,
and thence continuing along the outer line of the
seacoast around the peninsula of Florida as far as
"the - Rio Grande, this line to cross the.'rivers and
harbors in the direction of the coast. The line thus
measured is thirty-five hundred and forty-nine sta. •
tut e miles.
Second—The number of openings in this line of
coast, whethkr rivers, bays, harbors, inlets;_ sounds,
passes or other. There are one hundred and eighty
nine openings in the line of which the measure has
just been given. • ' • .
Third—The classification of these Openings, so
cording to the depth of water on the bars at their
entrance, under three following distinctions, six,
twelve and eighteen feet curves, as they are drawn
on the charts of the coast by the United'States Coast
Survey.,. The classification of these openings is as
I ollows : = :At mean bigh"water the number of open
ings under*Six feet in depth is forty-five; between
six and twelve, feet in depth, seventy ; between
twelve: feet;and eighteen feet indepth, forty-two
over eighteen feet in depth, thirty-two. •.: -
Very respectfully, yours,- --
SuperintWeAt 5.-Coast-Survoz,..,