TH.M PIECESSS,
PUDLISDED DAILY (SUNDAYS EXCEPTED),
BY JOHN W. FORNEY.
OFFICE. No. in SOUTH FOURTH STREET
.THE DAILY PRESS,
!MYREN CENTS PER WEEK, payable to the Carried
idalled to finhscrihers out of the City at Savax DOLLARS
..PER ANNUAL THREE. DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS FOR SIX
MONTHS, ONE DOLLAR AND - SEVENTY-FIVE dENTS FOR
THERE MONTHS intartably in advance for the time or
.
Ala- Advertisements inserted at the usual rates. Six
lines constitute a squalls.
THE TRI-WEEKLY PRESS,
Mailed tonnbscribers out of the City at Form DoLians
teen ANNlfir; in advance.
WATCHES AND .JEWELRY.
eLARK'S,
802 CHESTNUT STREET.
111 THE CHEAPEST PLACE IN THE CITY TO BUY
GOLD or PLATED JEWELRY,. SILVER-PL &TED
RARE, PHOTOGRAPH /datum', - POCKET-BOOKS.
.TRAVELLIN G BAGS, ' -
Call and examine 4 onr stock before purchasing else-
The following, is tt - partial list of goods which we are
„Aaiun from , 20 to 10D per cent. lees than at any other es-
Ainahlishment In the city : • -
ICE PITCHERS.
SYRUP PITCHERS. •
CREAM PITCHERS.
SUGAR BOWLS.
BUTTNE. COOLERS.
GOBLETS.- .
CASTORS.
, 'WAITERS.
CAKE. BASKETS.
CARD BASKETS. --
SALT STANDS: ' _
TOBACCO 'BOXES.
NAPKIN RINGS.
• PRILT KNIVES. - - -
-
-TABLE SPOONS.
DESSERT SPOONS.
TEA SPOONS:
SUGAR SPOONS.
SALT SPOONS.
3HNNER and TEA FORKS.
. UTTER KNIVES.
" 'B
'OYSTER LADLES.
- -GRAVY LADLES.
• . -SETS IN GREAT VARIETY.
• W,l ,LETS.
'BICEAnT PINS. _
C HATALAINE CHAIN&
4JUARD CHAINS.
MEDALLIONS.
, CHARMS. . , rr
"*THIMBLES. -
RIN. .
QOLD GS PENS. t
'COLD PENCILS. -
.GOLD TOOTH PICKE. •
"s3-ENTS'PlNS'beautiful .
;GENTIP:CEitaNS."
SLEkv a BUTTONS, " "'
'TUDS.
..ARMLETS.
• NECKCHAINS.
POCKET-BOOKS.
TRAVELLING BAGS.
ALBUMS. _
CIGAR CASES.
GARD CASES, &c. -
.'Call early and examine the largest and cheapest stock_
w goods in the city.
D. W. CLARK'S.
60A CHESTNUT STREET.
di WATCHES ! WATCHES 1
AMERICAN WATCH COMPANY*
'GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES.
•
COMPANY'S SALESROOM -
411 SOUTHEAST CORNER EIGHTH AND CHESTNUT ST.
I: B. MARTER, '
Theseivitcheti have now been in use over twelve years,
ACCURACY, DURABILITY, AND RELIABILITY,
tin every conceivable manner, have proved themselves
mm be the most satisfactory time-pieces ever offered to the
This result has been brought about by-a strict appli
-sation of mechanical science to the construction of the
wt.& from iks very inception, rendering it, when
MATHEMATICALLY CORRECT
all its proportions, and necessarily as perfect a time-
Kreeper as it is possible to Make.
The ,Company.ha.ve tested their Watches, in many in-
NAtances, by actual-daily noting, and the result of this
'lest has been that they have exhibited a rate equal in
.-Tegolarity to the best marine chronometer.
We invite attention to the
• . LADIES' WATCHES, -
theretofore
finished, and. thinner than any we have
eheretofore produced, with several improvements calcu
rlated to secure the greatest accurady of performance. and
M'm prevent the usual accidents and derangements to
, which foreign watches are liable. myl6-Inv
WATCHES,
JIIST-RECEIVED FEE STEAMER EUROPA.
GOLD WATOfIES,
• LADIES' SIZES, OF- NEW STYLES.
NEIILVEE .ANORES AND CYLINDRES.
GILT ANDRES AND OYLINDB.ES
PLATED ANCREB AND CYLINDREEI;
Tor Sale at Low Mites to the Trade,
D. T. PRATT,
607 CHESTNUT STREET.
FINE WATCH REPAIRING
dna attended to, by the most enerieneed workmen:
and every welsh warranted for one year.
VIILC.A_NITE JEWELRY.-JUST RE.
1_ calved, a. handsome aaeortment of Chatideln and
'Vest Clogno..Pins„Penallo; -& c:, and-for sale at very low
prim. G RUSSELL,
ap2s-tt 22 North S I XTH Street.
. J- 0 •
. - Importer and. Wlttlesale:Dealer.tn
FINE WATCHES AND JENVELAY,
711 CHESTNUT Street,
(Up-Maim opposite Masonic Temple.)
ollas mow iopen a
LARGE 'AND , COMPLETE STOCK,
;v:E:.-ROWARD & CO.'S .FINE AMERICAN . WATLIES,
GOLD CHAINS: GOLD SPECTACLES; THIMBLES,
• _
''AND'
• ; FINE JEWELRY OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
mgt-tan22
O. FULLER'S
_ _ _
FINE GOLD PENS,
THE BEST PEN IN USE,
Dm SALE IN ALL SIZES. my22-Sm
- VINE GILT COMBS
IN EVERY VARIETY
IMITATIONS OF PEARL AND CORAL.
J. O. FULLER;
No. 7121 CHESTNUT Skeet
my22-3m
- VULCANITE RINGS
A full assortment, all sizes and styles.
J. CL FULLER,
No. fl CHESTNUT Street. mr22-3m
MUSICAL 'BOXES.
"IN SHELL AND ROSEWOOD OASES,
-4- playing from Ito 12 tunes. el olee Opera and Asked.
-.awn Melodies.. FARR & BROTHER, Importers.-
s.p4 324 cinsuraT Street. below Fourth.
CARPETS AND OIL-CLOTHS.
0 0IL CLOTHS AND
WINDOW SHADES_
GARRIAGE, TABLE,' STAIR, AND FLOOR
OIL OLOTHS,,,
AN COTTON AND LINEN . FABRICS
QUALITY AND STYLE UNSURPASEED.
WINDOW SHADES,
' , COMPRISING EVERY VARIETY OF NEW AND ORI
OINAL DEBlGNs v r.taix and. ORNAMENTAL.
These goods will be sold to :Dealers and Manufacturers
at pricey much:below the present Priee of 61 0 e 1 i. •
THOMAS POTTER.
IBIANUFACTURER OF OIL CLOTHS AND
. WINDOW SHADES,
sta9 Awn Street, Philadelphia, and.
49 CEDAR. and 95 LIBERTY Streets, New York.
myl2-2m ,
M 0 V A 1.,
J. T. - DELAOROIX i ;
Wias remoTedl4l
STOCK OF CARPETINGS,
rirom 47 South 'FOURTH Street.,to his
NEB S'l`OR`Es
N 0.37 SOUTH SECOND STREET,
Air"here he offers to his old customers, and purchaser,
'generally. a LARGE AND DESIRABLE STOCK 011'
OARPETINGS,
~ o f all grades:and best known makes.
4SIL CLOTHS, MATTING% AND, WINDOW SHADES
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL,
AT THE LOWEST PRICES.
. J. T. DELAOROIX,
No. NT SMITH SECOND STRUT, above Chestnut:
mh9-32n
GAS FIXTURES, gic.
517 ARCH STREET.
U. A. VANKIRK. & CO.i
KAAMOTUREREI OP
CHANDELIERS
AND °THEM
SAS FIXTURES.
Also,Freneh Bronze Figures and Ornaments,Poreelabe
sad, Xioa Shades, and a variety of • -
i. , , ; FANCY GOODS,
WHOLESALE AID RETAIL.
]Rama mil and examine coode.
U. S. INTERNAL REVENUE.
AGENCY FOR THE BALE OF
UNITED STATES TAM.
STAMPS,
No. 57 South THIRD Street, first door above Chestnut.
fdt supply of.all kinds,of TAX STAKE'S constantly
on hand, and for sale in quantities to SUlt.
A liberal disiount allowed on. amounts of 050 and
Wards.
•' - Orders by Nail promptly attended to.
Dike Hours from 9 A. H. to 5 P. K
JACOB E. RlD(iiwAy,
40-tiolo No. 57 South THIRD Street.
a. RIISSNIA.
SS North SIXTH Street.
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VOL. 6.-NO. 259.
ULOTHING.
JOHN KELLY, JR
TAILOR;
SAS REMOVED FROM 1022 CHESTNUT STRUT:
. .
TO
EDWARD P. KELLY'S,
143 South THIRD Street.
Where he presents to former patrons and the public,
the advantages of a STOCK OF GOODS, equal if not su
perior, to any in the city—the skill and taste of himself
and EDWARD P. KELLY, the two best Tailors of the
city—at'prices much lower than anY other first-class esta
blishment of the city. aPi4f
Fine Clothing,
FOR
Spring and Slimmer.
WANAIOARER & BROWN
S. L eor. 6th & Market.
Medium anti Common
GRADES,
Cut and Made In
Fashionable Style
SOLD AT LOW . PRICES
BLACK CASS. PANTS, $5.50,
BLACK CASS. PANTS, 1 704 7 MARKET Street. S S t (ree eet t.
.50,
AtAt
BLACK CASS. PANTS, .60, At 704 MARKET Street.
BLACK CASS. PANTS, .60. At 704 MARKET Street.
BLACK CASS. PANTE, .60. At 704 MARKET Street.
GRIGG & VAN. GIINTBN'S, No. 704 MARKET Street.
GRIGG & VAN GUNTEN'S, No. 704 MARKET Street.
GRIGG & VAN GIINTEN'S, No. 704 MARKET Street.
GRIGG &. VAN GLUTEN'S. No. 704 MARKET Street.
GRIGG & VAN GuirrErs, No. 704 MARKET Street.
rah22-6m
SPRING MILLINERY.
STRAW HATS.,
MEN AND "SOY'S,
LATEST STYLES,
LOWEST PRICES,
WOOD &-CARY,
No. 725 CHESTNUT STREET,
Also, display the largest etcck of Straw, Fancy, Lace,
Leghorn, and Chip Bonnets: Children's and Misses'
Hats, Straw Caps, etc., Flowers, and Ribbons.
WOOD dis C ARY
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4 4 MILLINERY GOODS:
M. BERNIIEIM,
No. 726 CHESTNUT. STREET,
Has last Received
DRAB, BUFF, AND
WHITE RIBBONS,
IN ALL WIDTHS
DRAB, CUFF,
WHS r~ :aLs-s-CRAP_
BONNET SILKS TO "MATOH:
L FRESH. LINE OF FRENCH FLOWERS.
CALL AT
N0..726 CHESTNUT STREET.
JP STRAW GOODS; •
.1861
FRENCH FLOWERS,
LACES AND RIBBONS,
OF THE LATEST FASHIONS.
JUST °PEW
AT
THOS. KENNEDY da
No. TH9 CHESTNUT Street, below EIGHTH.2O
HARDWARE AND CUTLERY.
11ARD WARE.
CLOSING OUT AT
OLD PRICES.
The Stock of a WHOLESALE HOUSE, comprising a
LARGE ASSORTMENT OF - .
ALL BINDS OF GOODS.
427 MARKET and 416 COMMERCE Streets.
rity2o-11m • ...
FURNITURE, ac.
011 M:
A LARGE ASSORTMENT,
W_`& J. ALLEN do BROTHER,
1%09 CHESTNUT. STREET.
VABINET FURNITURE AND BIG
7.1A811 TABLES.
& CAMPION;
No. AOl South SECOND Street,
In connection with their extensive Cabinet business, are
tow manufacturing a superior article of
BILLIARD TABLES,-
sad have now on hand a full supply; finished With the
MOORS & CAMPION'S IMPROVED CUSHIONS,
Which tire pronounced by all who have used them to be
superior to all others.
For the quality and finish of these T a bles,e the manti
llas:mere refer to their numerous patrons throughout the
Onion, who are familiar with the character of their
DRUGS AND UHEIIDCALS.
ROBERT SHOEMAKER it 00.,
Northeast Corner FOCETH and RACE Streets.
PHILADELPHIA,
WHOLESALE' DRUGGISTS,
IMPORTERS AID . DRILLERS
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIO
WINDOW AND PLATE GLASS,
11.A.21177A0TURBItil OP
WHITE LEAD AAD ZINC PAINTS, pIYrTY, &Li
AGENTS NM THS'OBLEBBATED
FRENCH ZINC PAINTS.
Dealers and coalmen supplied at
VERY. LOW 'PRIORS FOR CASH
mhB-3m
BLINDS AND SHADES.
B LINDS AND, SHADES.
B. J. WILLIAMS.
NO. 16 NORTH SIX.TH BTHIRT.
XANUFAOTOREB. OF
VENETIAN BLINDS
WINDOW SHADES
The'Largest and Finest Assortment lathe city, at
the Lowest Prices. Blinds Painted and Trimmed equal
to new. Store Shades Ma.de and Lettered. ape -2m
SEWING,' .MACHINES.
SEWING MACHINE:
THE " MACHINE.
WITH GLASS PRESSER FOOT,
NSW STYLE HEMM3III, - BRAIDER.
Ind other valuable improvements.
ALSO. -
THE TAGGART & FARR MACHINES.
moner-esis caßiTNErr Street. allow
poKLEs-256 r)OZ HALF GALLON
• assorted and plain ,Fickles; • •
• 400 doz quart' assorted and plain Pickles;
660 dos pint,assorted and plain Pickles;p.
"60 doz gallon assorted and plain Pickles
For sale by • RHODES St WILLIAMS
D 1 Y2B 107 South WATSO, Street
WOOD AND WILLOW WARE.
FRY & SMITH,
WHOLESALEIE 'WOODrWIO WWARE,
- 11611T11 Fulai r ra STREET.
Nearly opposite the Merchants , Hotel,
Where they hays oust opened with a large andentire new
stock of goods in their line, consistin, m 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, 'Mapping Paper,
Clothes Pins, /- levee, . Paper Bags,
Measures, Tie Yarn; Blacking,
Cordage, Wick, - , Matches,
&e., &c., &c.
'an assortment of REFRIGERATORS.
UtS, and PROVISION SAFES, all of
the lowest market prices. jel-lm*
We also keep %,
WATER COOLEI
which we offer at
CLOTHES WRINGERS.
CLOTHES WRINGERS CLOTHES
WRINGERS !
The undersigned have been appointed sole agents for
the sale of the "EMPIRE CLOTHES WRINGER," the
latest improved, : cheapest , and most durable Wringer
made; vvarrented in'all cases. An examination will con
vince any person ottheir superiority over all, others.
Price $5 and N. Persons living at a distance can have
them forwarded by Express or otherwise, by remitting
the price of the size they want.
, l A liberal discount made to Agents and those who
Purchase to sell again.
FRY & SMITH.
31 NORTH FOURTH STREET,
Philadelphia,
GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS.
606. ARCH STREET. 606.
FINE SHIRT AND WRAPPER DEPOT.
AN ELEGANT ASSORTMENT OF
GENTS' FURNISHING- GOODS,
AT MODERATE PRICES.
TOUR PREMIUMS AWARDED FOR
SHIRTS, WRAPPERS, AND STOCKS
O. A. HOFFMANN,
Snocesgor to W. W. KNIGHT.
606 !LELA STREET. 606.
stp6 r mwam
NOS. 1 AND 3 N. SIXTH STREET,
PHILADELPIIIA.
JOHN C. ARRISON,
CroParsßur BUHR MOORE.)
IMPORTER AND DEALER IN
GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING GOODS,
ISMDTUFELOTURER
OF THE IMPROVED
PATTERN. SHIRT.
WRAPPERS,
COLLARS,
SATISFACTION . GUARANTIED. my22-toc
VINE SHIRT MANUFACTORY.
The subscriber would invite attention to his
IMPROVED CUP OF SHIRTS,
Which he makes a specialty in his business. Also, con
3tantly rec n
NOVELTIES FOR GENTLEMEN'S WEAR.
J. W. SCOTTi-
GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING STORE,
1a23-tf N°.l4lAnCrridEoSoTr;7l7loVitTeE'S'ordinental
HATS AND CAPS.
Xl' n A
.
,All the bet and newest styles of
'DRESS, CLOTH, FELT, STRAW,
- AND
MILITARY RATS AND CAPS,
ate to be found. at
WARBURTON'S,
jel.6t NEXT.DOOR TO THE ''OST OFFICE
FINANCI[M!f.
TL S.
FIVE-TWENTIES.
TWENTY-YEAR. SIX-PER-DENT. BONDS.
PAYABLE AT THE OPTION OF THE GOVERNMENT
AFTER FIVE YEARS.
I am instructed by the SECRETLRY . OF THS •TRU
_slT&Y_to_roceive subscriptions for the above
LOAN,,!#X,T
-_
Interest'commence 'from the_ DATE :OP SUB="
SCEIPTION
atfliris.PAY4BLE IN EIOLD.at the Mint.
or any Fab -Treasury or Depository ofEhe.UniteiErates,
on the first days of May and llovember'of each year. At
-the present immarrx off nom. these Bails yield about
EIGHT per cent per annum.
A full supply always on. hand.
JAY COOKE.
SUBSCRIPTION "AGENT.
114 'SOUTH - THIRD STREET.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
On and after July Ist, MG, 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-Twenti Loan
must, therefore, apply before the let of JULY next.
JAY GOOkE, •
Subscription Agent,
mh4-tiyl . 114 South THIRD Street, Philada,
STERLING_ 'EXCHANGE,
EXCHANGE ON PARIS,
BOUGHT` AND SOLD
DREXEL. (43 CO.
myll3-1m
EDWARD M. DAVIS,
....
STOCK AND EXCHANGE BROKER,
No t 39 ,South Street (up stairs,)
PHILADELPHIA..
A GENEBAL BROKERAGE., AND BANKING BUSI
NESS TRANSACTED..
Stocks and Bonds Bought and Sold, on Commission.
Leans and Business Paper Negotiate& Dividends and
Interest Coupons Collected and Remitted. Exchange on
Europe Sold., Special Collections made. Coin and Cur
rency Bought. Interest Allowed on. Deposits. apl-nct.
STERLING AND PARIS EXCHANGE
BOUGHT AND SOLD.
DREXEL do CO.,
JOHN C. CAPP & SON,
STOCK AND NOTE BROKERS,
314 a. M 3 Smith THIRD Street.
Directly nipianaltn'theldechanks' Bank.
fIiTOCHB *BP ...8011118 BOUGHT AND BOLD. ON
COMMISSION.
AT THE BOARD OF BROKERS
MONEY INVESTED
NOTES AND LOANS NEGOTIATED
mhia-9m ON THE BEST.TERMS.
COLLECTION OF U. .S. CERTIFI=
CATES 0 t INDEBTEDNESS. - The ADAMS' EX
PRESS COMPANY are now prepared to collect at the
Treasury Department, Washington, with despatch, and
at reasonable rates, the One - Year Certificates of- In
debtedness of the United. States now due or shortly, ma
turing.
Terms Made krown and receipts given at the office,
No 320 CHESNUT Street. mvs-tf
T
"EXCELSIOR"? HAMS
ARE THE BEST IN THE :WORLD.
NONE • GENUINE' UNLESS BRANDED
"J. H. M. & CO. PRILADA. EXCELSIOR:I ,
J. A. MICA-AJD.:NWA:ii 4..q . c.
GENERAL PROVISION DEALERS,
CURERS OF THE' CELEBRATED ,
E .5 0 "
Nos. 142 i and 144 North FRONT. Street.
.Between Arch and Race streets, Philadelphia.
Thejustly-celebrated "EXCEtSIOR" HAMS are cured,
by J. H. M. `& Co. On a Style pecnliar io thernselveSlex-
pressly fOr FAMILY . USE,. are of delicious flavor,. free
from the 'unpleasant taste of salt, and are pronounced by
epicures superior to any now„Otfered for sale.
r 4 AMILIF.S AND HOTELS DESIRING
•-a- - a-really choice and delicate EfAii. Should' ask for
the F. WHFITAKEiti SONS. & C 's, Bt. Louis. sugar
cured. They have no. superior in any market. For sale
b y
an the principal grocers, and wholesaltunly by thar
agents. TACK
n tk•BßO:7Brokers, \
my29-friPilna • a wACriur Streot,
•
PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 1863.
E4t rtso.-
A VICTORY NEAR PORT * HUDSON.
BATTLE OF PORT HUDSON PLAINS.
NEW YORK, June 2.--The 'steamer Creole4from
New Orleans, with dates to the 24th ult., arrived+
this morning.
A despatch in the Era, of the 24th ult., datedyort
Hudson plains, 22d, says : "YesterdayGen':Augur , s
whole division Was engaged in a nine hours , fight on
Port Hudson plains; in the rear of Port Iludsolu, on
the Bayou Sara road: The rebels were thoroughly
whipped, and left a large - number of killed and
wounded on the field.
"The rebel General Gardner sent in a flag'of truce
at midnight asking 'permission to bury tlie dead.
We took iCO prisoners, arid the enemy. was divert
three miles from his first' position, and Gem Augur
bivouacked on the field of battle. . tt,
"Our loss was twelve killed and fifty•six woun&
ed. The liatliNew'York and 'd:Louisiana suffeied
most - Our men fought witligreat bravery." It , :-
A letter of the 19th, from Bayou Sara, says ,that
Gen. Dudley's brigade had made another,reconnoki:
sance to within a mile of Port.,Hudson battirfea,
when it was ascertained that the rebels had "nOt been
reinforced; A prisoner stated that the garrison was
discontented. , ,
A letter of the 22d states that our army has.
reached 'the precincts of Port Hudson, and' an!ai:
tack is in progress. General Augur's whole divialon
fought .the enemy nine hours, yesterday, and drtoye
him three miles, bivouacking aVnight at the.utrOst
lines of the advance. The details of a portion of the
fight add nothing to the above, but the prospetts 'are
favorable to the capture of the place and all id.ll.
The 2d Louisiana Regiment distinguished itselchy
whipping a large force:of concealed rebels, and out,
flanking a battery. Lieutenant Colonel Rtirett, of
this regiment, was wounded. The rebel loss'yvas 're
potted as heavy, although they had every adinntage
of ground, Position, and Ambuscades.
A Baton Rouge letter of the 11th, to the Erii, states.
that Gen. Dudley, with two brigades, made all:eX
pedition to. Port Hudson, up the Clinton road,
reaching Bayou gam. A reconnoissance . to Eck
•
Hudson drove in the rebel pickets to within two
miles of the place, and the country was completely,
reconnoitred. , .
FROM ALEkANDRIII.--RUMORP.D
FORCEMENT OF THE REHEDS:'
Files of the New Orleans Era up to the,24th
have been received, which furnish the following,i -
One of the murderers of Captain Dwight . was cap-
hired and immediately shot. General - Dwight has
arrested a number 'of citizens living near the scene
of the murder.
General Weitzel captured an immense rebel flag
found in a house in Alexandria.
UNDERCLOTHING. &c
A letterdated Alexandria,
May 9th, states that all
the gunboats except the Lafayette had left. All of
our troops had arrived, and .0-camel, Banks was
planning another movement. Deserters from the•
rebels were continually coming :in. Supplies had
been concentrated at Barre's landing, under coda-
mend Of Colonel Chickering, with the 41st Massie:
chusetts regiment. -
Another letter of the 10th states that three men of
the 160th New York had been poisoned 'Mr quinine
purchased at a drug store. - ....
The 4th Wisconsin Regiment and part of thefat-
Louisiana have been mounted.. Colonel Abert.,kaa
been appointed to command all the casreiry in Gen.
Banks' department, and is organizing the whOle
force. On the night of the 12th ult. General Weitiel
captured one piece of artillery, twenty men, and two
officers, near Cane river, on his route to Shreveport.;,
It is rumored that seven thousand reinforcements
are coming from Arkansas to the rebel Genera
Taylor.
The steamer Shelldrake has been snagged.
General Banks has issued an order offering :boun
ties for re.enlistments.
On the 12th marching orders were momentarily,.
expected.
• -..
The New Orleans Era prints a list of 610. rebel
prisoners who have voluntarily taken the oath !of
allegiance.
BRILLIANT CAVALRY RAIDS REPORTED:.
BATTLE BETWEEN BRAGG - AND ROS . B.'
CRANS.
The let Texas Cavalry, 001. Davis made a - .'raid'.
on the Jackson Railroad and from Tickfaw Station'
to Camp Moore, and destroyed every bridge on Me -
road, including a large bridge over the Tangipahoa
river. Also, all the railroad stations, - the 'car fan.
tory near Independence, and a, shoe factory, tan
nery, saw and grist mills near .Tickfaw. He algo.
captured a rebel lieutenant and 49 men, besides,
killing a rebel captain; ten men, and capturhig
twenty horses, etc., in' a skirmish'. The damage to,
the rebels is immense.
A raid was also made by Colonel Grierson, durin,g
which he tore up the railroad -bettseen Clinton and
Port Hudson, cut thetelegraph wires, burned a rebel
camp, and captured 100 head of beef Battle. ".,-,-
, inieni V &AMbr"Vrelelettocele:24j-was,..a TtnartPil hattli!!:
GUERILLA. ATTAGIVi4P: , •
Braehear City despatch f the - 22ditates•thilik
the steamer. Louisianaliage,•:ivhilel,gedn'g frson.: ,
'Brashear to Washingtoi;iVitirCaptain inid:
Comiiny - 13,• of the 4th Iflassaeliusetts,Vas.attagjie4
by guerillas killing "Oaptriln Alexeriderr.of
steamer, and .
_wounding the. pilot and:-ten soldiers,
Our men returned the fire, killing several gb.erillali . ,.
'and. driving them .off after an hour and a half 'fig ,
ing. The guerillas were supposed to be certain
fesstd Unionists of Washington.
MEM
31 South THIRD Street
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 1863.
DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF.
REPORTED ATTACK ON MOBILE.
BLOCKADE RUNNER CAPTURED
The steamer Tennessee from off Galvestork.ft
reports the destruction, by the gtuiboat 0 wasio,
the notorious blockade ..runner West. Florida. Th
health of the fleet off:Gslves ton was good.
RUMORED' .gaTELOK ON ➢2OBILE.
New YORK, June 2.=The New Orleans 'advice
state that rumors reached there from Pascagoula
on the 21st, that Mobile had .been attacked, and on
rebel stated that a telegraphic deapatch had bee
received'at Pascagoula, from Mobile, that For
Morgan' had " gone under." Someof the rebel:
said to our officer., " there is glorious news for you,
but we dare not tell what it is." ,
NEW YORK,. June 2.—The New Orleans Era, in'eia
extra published on the 24th ult., contains the follow
,. .
ing announcement " -
We learn, on good authority, that the military'
authorities of Mobile haVe called on the people td
rally en ',sense, armed for -the . defence of that city.
This would indicate that Mobile is threatened by .
Federal force. The rebel troops are said, howeveir,.
to be withdrawing from the city." . •
[lt is more likely that the troops are being sent tol
the aid of Johnston, and the citizens are called upon'
"to - take the .place of the troops in defence of the
city.—Reporter] -
The Steamer United State% from New Orleans,.
bound to'Bostori has put in here to land about 200
passengers. , "
THE NEWS OF GRANT'S VICTORIES IN
• NEW ORLEANS.'
NEwlConiK, June 2 —The steamer United Statet;
from New Orleans, brings the following news, pub
lished in an extra edition of the Era, issued op
Sunday, the . 24th:
DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF,
NEW ORLEANS, May i4e:
.[By telegraph from Baton Rouge, May 2.3.)
To General Emory, commanding the defences of New
Orleans : •
The following has just been received from General
Augiir's headquarters._ •
L. GOODRICH, A. D. 0..
IiErADQUARTEILS OF THE D. S. FORCES,
Near Port Hudion, May 23.'
The following good news has just been received
from Colonel Grierson: - '
"We are half a mile north of the railroad. We
have "formed" a junction with the forces of Major
General Banks." -
The news' from General. Grant is glorious.. He
eutGeneral Johnston's forces to
. pieces at Jackson,
capturing- sixty-one pieces of artillery. He. has
- Vicksburg hemmed in so that the enemy cannot use
hie siege guns:
Official—Major General Augur.
G. H. HALSTED, A. A. G..
[SECOND DESPATCH.]
HEADQUARTERS PLAINS STORE, "May 23,--To
`Captain Goodrich, Baton Rouge: General Grant' 14s
had a tremendous victory over Johnston., 'at Chanf
pion Hills, capturing over 4,000 prisoners and more
than 60 pieces of artillery. He has invested Vicks
burg and carried the first two lines of the 'city de
fences, and his right now rests upon the Mississiipi
river; from whence he receives his supplies.
• Altogether, General Grant has captured over one
hundred pieces of artillery.
Deserters and prisoners reported that PembertOn
40 - been hanged by -his own men
a a AUGUR, Major General,
••, . •
•
• - 'ARREST •OF - EX-GOV. MOUTON.
NEW YORK; .Tune2.Tlie i3teascker Creole brought
VOIY,OOO in specie from New'Orleana, and a detach
ment of Choctaws; captured by Capt. Reed's rift*
with their - chief, "Sweepstakes." •
Ex-Gov. Mouton. was arrested at Vermillionville•
on the 2d of Max, and brought to New Orleans: Ile
has been a - donspicumis. traitor.
Defence of the 100th Pennsylvania Rei. -
• • giment.
The chaplain of'the 106th Pennsylvania Reginient
denies certain.statements concerning its defection-in
the recent expedition to. Carrville :
The simple story is this : I vouch for its truthOts
only can; for, none were similarly placed between
the fire of the rebels and our own men, as I was. I
was resting a little to the right and to the rear - of
the regiment, as most of them were. A few mo
ments previous I had been to the left of the regi
ment, and with a glass saw the rebels sneaking along •
a fence towards us, and filing offlo the right aloiig
the bank of ;"a swamp. The rebels thus eluded
our skirmishers in front by crossing the swamp _•
far to - the right of- them, and, falling upon .
our right flank thus unexpectedly, they discharged.
one gun, mortally wounding one man and alarming
the lost. T 1 ree more shots and then a volley 1 - 61-
'Owed, which maned the regiment, and 'they: fell
back about one hundred yards, firing part of "the
way as they went. They .were then halted by the ,
- colour 1 and adjutant,: and the lieutenant colonel,
with two companies of. skirmiehers, who had fallen
hack in season to escape capture by being outflanked.-
ithout difilCulty the regiment was rallied and,
formed in line of'bhttle, then started upon a double
quick charge towards the rebels' position, but: they
we; e gone. The shot of our own men hhd disperied,
them, and they left more rapidly than they.came..
The regiment are painfully conscious that -they
lost by theif temporary confusion an opportunitsito
punish the rebels severely, Where is there another,
regiment who have never had a guard , housel who
haye had but one man punished.by the colonel? who
have had no courts-Martial, nodrunkenneis, no camp
guard?:-never:but one act or disobedience of orders
upon the part of an offlber of - any gradel whozhave
been invariably prompt on fatigue duty, 'and done:a
hetterpiece of, work than the etenth Quay, Battery 1
whose conduct, drill, cam% and field duty haveleen
ccroucted in a quiet, soldierlike, unostentatious
.waYJ : whose only cause of regret is that they. Were
suiprired and confused 'for a few Moments, ,wttein
they should have been-watching and ready for the
rebels 1 •
MURDER AT MARIETTA---eliarles Brady,
keeper - of a public house at Marietta, Pa.; was
frond murdered behind his counter on,Tuesday.,
Be had been missing .since hW house on
Saturday night, and was;supposed.to be, ont a. visit
to Lancaster, until his premises were .entered by
EGMe friends, and his dead body discovered on Tues
day afternoon.' His skull was laid open for several
inches; Apparently with an:axe .or -hateket,:aad
boots, in• which ii is known he-carried , : about IWO,
were gone.. Two or three arrests:on suspioldn have
been made,
THE SIEGE OF VICKSBURG.
The Verthications of Vicksburg.
The impregnability of the front of this stronghold
ie an old story, to which- our military Mithisrities
seem to have given , credence. Our gunboats-haise
been repulsed time and again, and the impassibility
of landing troops under the tire of the tremendous
batteries along theriver has been admitted. While
we alt kriew - that ViCksburg presented such riformi--
dable front, I think few had any idea of the strength
or character of ; the, defensive works in the ~-rear of
the:town'. Judging from the 'fortifications'.now be
fdre us, - ItTs 'sale to say - that -the rebels anticipated
General Grant's movements so far as "attacking from
the rear is conCerned. The works look old'and grass
grown, -which shows that they were not commenced
since our running of the fiery gauntlet on
the
fortittcations in the rear of Vicksburg form a
semicircle around the city, both. right and left ex
tending to the Mississippi, and resting on it. %They
form a continuous chain of forts ; at an average in
: terval of eight hundred yards, for a distanee , of at
least seven miles.'The breastworks also extend this
entire distance, and., are of a'verylormidable ohs
ratter, of an average height of fifteen feet. In front
of these its a, nitch fifteen feel wide and varying in
depth from. ten-to twenty:feet in different. Places.
:At points where it was thought likely atterapts
would be made to storm the Works, the ditch has a
false bottonts-Lraila are driven into the ground, with
sharp points sticking upward ;'over - these is plaCed
a layer of-brush and undergrowth, so as to give it
-1116 appearanceof a !Mild foundation. Thestorming
partrnmeintb'the ditch, mistaking its apparent
for iteletil depth, and one-half of the men are lace
rated and mangled upon the treacherous oaken
"bayonets"concealed beneath. ‘The forts are strongly
built: In their construction large'number of cot
ton-bales haVe-been usea. and 'Citizens tell us that
s ome of thentirefaceslivith railroad iron:
Add to all these facts' a simple statement of the
topography of the country.' around Vicksburg,' and
the arduous:nattire of the ask before Gen. Grant
may be unilersto'od and"a e'cliated. Porten miles
in the rear of the the ems not rest upon a
single acre of leol, roun . bairMittersnothing
but hills 'ar..ffirdvdriVa 'since we crossedllieVialack s
river, aud- the neWerAerantitroach ' - v - ibitoNewe -
more impassable they bleorne. a gds cusp"
which we' liaveliad to pass -ares;erMW4_,_g 'fulls`
little less than One hundred feet higgrlisltffirne places.
• They are so narrow as to admit of but one file of
wagons passing at a time. The rebel artillery, at
'firsts-I%re directly upon the main road on which our
army, advanced toward their works and harassed us
'considerably,- ; until partially silenced by our in
' fantry. We succeeded, notwithstanding the many
disadvantages which surrounded us, in getting ex
abtly the'"positions our generals wanted for
.the - -,commendement of hostilities. But while
doing Co I could not_help thinking of what
a. planter said to melast winter, speaking. of
the probability of a movement in the rear of Vicks
bnrg and the Impossibility of successful results from
it. "Non might as well -try to climb trees with_
your artillery as to get them along the roads in the
neighborhood of Walnut Hills," said. he. "I fully
realized the truth of his remarks as I saw the diffi
culty with which guns were moved from plebe to
place on the ipth. I doubt if any city in the South
is as well calculated, by nature.and art, for defence
against an invading army as the defiant metropolis
on the baakslof the,Mississippi. Once in position
on the hills.which;siirround the southwestern Gi.='
Inaltar;;itsitiems as if an army of five thousand men
ought to chick the advance of fifty thousand,• if,
indeekit be‘not true, as one of our generals said to
day, that fife thousand men ought to do as much
lighting as fifty thousand, from the difficulty of ma
rceuvrin large bodies of troops on such hills as we
have here. -
The country in which our army has to operate is
all cleared and in an excellent state of Cultivation.
Largvcrope of cotton and corn are growing this
year.,, , . r.,...There are some fine residences in the vicinitY,
but as they ate all being used as hospital now, the
indidations are that their beauty Will be somewhat
marred before long.
THE BATTLE ON THE 22e1
The events of the 19th, 20th, and 21st hadwearled
us all, and - disappointed most of us. No army was
ever mote confident of achieving a glorious success
than was ours of entering Vicksburg on the 19th.
aesured were we of victory, that we post,
poned it from day to day.
It became known on the morning pf the 21st that
at ten o'clock next morning , :the whole line of the
enemy's works would be assaulted, and I did not
bear of a single doubt being expressed as to the re-
Eult. "To storm the works is to take Vicksburg,"
was the universal-opinion among officers and men.
THE- ENEALYS • STRONGEST POINT
Gen.. Grant was of the opinion that the key to
Vicksburg was in front of Gen. McPheraon , s corps,
the centre of the rebel lines. There are a number of
fdrts there, the two principal ones commanding the
read tclieckson, and directly in the rear of Vicks
, burg court house: 'To saenbe the guns here;several
of our best batteries were ordered into position—
iimong them three Parrott _guns, manned. and offi
cered by the Ist Regulars.' Between our sharp
shooters and our artillery, we silenced the guns in
• these forts, but, as we afterwards learned, that dam
aged the rebels only a little. Our shells set fire to a
number of cotton bales inside of the forts.
Before two o'clock on the morning of the 2241, our
, artillery had fired and destroyed three service 'maga
- zines in .rebel forts, one on the centre and two on the
They.were small affairs, judging from the ex
plosions which occurred. .
- THE "ASSAULT ON TUB CENTRE.
'.The, 'assault was to have been made all along the
lines at ten o'clock A. M. The order was not
obeyed, I think, by a single division of the army.
-At the appointed time our lines occupied exactly
"the position assigned them on the_ previous day,
and up to, eleven o'clock the skirmishers had not
advanced, save those of one or two divisions. On
the centre, the ist and 3d brigades of General
Logan's division, commanded by Generals John E.
Smith and John D. Stevenson, advanced at about
half past eleven'o'clock. Two regiments bf Steven
son's brigade were provided wittLscaling _ladders
folly feet long, but had no opportunity to usethem,
k reaching
before,.reachin ." the rifle-pits.
iandricis:o r em I
o -
the number WIRY" reached.: . ..theparapet was, small.
-Nearly. Awe companies rushed into the- fort : ana
...were captured. The Rag of the 7th Misiouri
was.. planted on the parapet, after seven dolor
bearers had been shot down. -Amid a terrific storm
91 bullets - and -grape jihot, , the-3d brigade held
ita grounduntil recallerlisy orders from: .the proper
source. They advanced, holding their fire to pour
into the rifLe-pits, after their ascent of the parapet.
The enemy gavk,theni volley after volley as they
approached, sending terrible devastation among
their ranks. Colonel Dollins, of the 81st Illinois,
was shot through the head while gallantly leading
his regiment. He expired in a few moments, while
exhorting his men to push forward in the charge.
The loss in Stevenson's brigade will reach nearly
three hundred. The 32d Ohio one of his regiments,
lost ten wounded and nine killed:"
To 'the left of Logan, in the centre, General
Quinby's division joined in the assault. Like their
. brave comrades under Stevenson and Smith, their
valor and courage was great, but could net accom."
plish -the work assigned them. They were driven
back.with heavy lose. Colonel Boomer, of the 35th
Missouri; commanding the 2d brigade of this divi
sion, was killed on the, field.
THE ASSAULT ON THE LEFT
On the left General McOlernand commenced the
assault earlier than any other commander. The
first advance was made by MeClernand's centre,
General'A. J. Smith's division, of - twor brigades,
commanded by. Col. Landrum and Gen. Burbridge.
As early as 11 o'clock. Landrum's men took a fort,
and were in actual possession of it. Gen. Oster
haus, on their left, made`a breach on the south side
of the works with his artillery. There were two
companies of repel soldiers in it at the time—one of
them ran away, •and the other • actually burrowed
their way through the earth to our men in front,
and surrendered as prisoners. Landrum, on obtain
ing possession of thefort, put a pioneer force at
work to throw up earthworks in the rear, so as to
bring the guns • of the fort to bear upon the rebels.
In constructing, the fortifications, the rebels left
the rear of all the forts open, to, give them an
opportunkty, to assail our, men, in the event of
our success in driving them out. Tne flags
.f the 48th Ohio, 11th Illinois, and 19th Kentucky,
floated from the inner slope of the parapet, from
half past 11 o'clock A. M. till 4P. M. At the latter
`lour, the rebels were seen preparing for a charge to
'elake the fort. An entire brigade was about to be
lifted against as few companies. Our men did not,
edeive the support which had been promised them,
ed were compelled to fall back, leaving the enemy
lain in possession of the fort. The 49th Ohio ac-.
fitted itself. very creditably in the affair. The con
ict of its officers and men is highly spoken of. I
mime a list of the casualties of the regiment. Be
veen 12 and 1 o'clock the 16th Indiana, after a
sperate charge, succeeded in capturing a fort to
e right of the one in possession of Col. Landrum.
ey held it gallantly against, a determined assault,
til relieved by the 48th Indiana, from whom it
B taken by a surprise`force of the enemy.
he fighting'on the left was dose by the divisions
generals ()err, Osterhaus, and Smith, and was of
ore desperate character, and of longer` - duration,
n that upon the =right or centre. McCiernand
I r h rn i s in m a e ri n o p n e , performed r
e t h u e n i a r bi p e a
t r o t
d iv i
s i
i t o h dg e e n e
thergy
canned.
from his works, save temporarily in the instances
we mentioned. During the> afternoon General
at
rth r e a c r e h iv e e h d
s a d d r e a s k p e a n t c r h h
rfreoem forts,Mi3 a i rr e a rn w a o n u d id t
b o
e th i
n e
easion of the city soony if immediately rein
ed. MeArthur's Divisien, of McPherson's
a, was sent to his - assistance, and, it I mistake
two brigades:of anotherdivision. But McCler
d did not take Vicksburg. '
ON THE RIGHT.
ie assault on the rightwm,„writettlor-b-1-
r ten o'clock, by G-co-o -,,, " - -'
le's division, consisting of the 9th, 4th, 26th, and
lowa regiments. The.men of this command
hed forward heroically, under the;leadership of
er. The Assault was made by them at a terri
wit, but the promised minor did not arrive; and
.rize had to be abandoned, when it, could have
saved had an equal spirit of courage and ,bra
been displayed' by those'from, vhom support
•neral Blair, on the left of the right wing, move
.en forward for the bloody work soon after its
encement by Steele. A volunteer storming
e of one Imndred and fifty men—ten from each
ent in the division—went up to the enemy's
a, crossed the ditch, and climbed the parapet.
rebels were, for a time, afraid to show their
, s above the ritle-pits long enough at :a time, to
t this little, band of, valiant soldiers.
- e storming party looked in vain for the support
h had been promised it. The brigade, which
"cm ordered to Mow it, hesitated. Finally,
ut one gthttrndr r djlf If:el8con rage d,
;.ughti e ergdeepL:• William
den, a private of Company B, fith Idlssouri, re
f . to retrace a singlestep. He was color-bearer
o e storming party. When his comrades left him
b ug a hole in< the ground with his` bayonet,
p ed his Bag-start.° it, within twenty yards of the
e I's rifle-pits:and sat down by the side of his
b er, whefe he remained all day. Blair's:men
ti y made a Charge, but were repulsedsith ter
r eral Tuttle's division joined in the assault on
1 , oh t but shared the fate which befell the, others
s repulsed. ‘"
• ,- --', THE RESULT. _ I
.
nee attempted 11-0 lengthened description of the
c ge near Vicksburg on`-the"224, for the reason
t . °thing occurred during-the day, a descriPtion
o ich would be more interesting because more
d - ed. It was nothing more than a single charge
of a enemy's works, which should havii been
si taneoue,
but waa not. It was unsuccessful
nn isastrous, whetherfrom bad ananagement or
di (Bence of orders on the part of thoae to whom
hi °remands were entrusted, or from the dread
been
Jul erecter o 1 the work to be performed, I will not
all pt to decide. ThereAppeara to have
e and s a
u
perfficers and commands. -Storming parties
ii e . _ Ilantly forwar 6, Mit wereaeft to perish for
I
wansupport. Regiments and - brigades advanced
nobl ut only to be disappointed in their
expecta
tion receiving success and help.'
T suit of the battle has been disastrous to us
in 't 1
se of nearly two thousand brave raen. W.
by i r ent failure to take the etrongest fortified po
hEIV tno ground, and the army is not demoralized
title i the South. The rebels, no doubt, feel en
-cow g ,by their suenebs ill keeping us from %It
dish li `the gloom and despondency N
wor . .1 this
`feeling could
t c.
feeling may operate againstu
Black River;
°earthy e, as the rebels were at Big
not t veil in an army routed for the tif h su
led n estimate of our lone on the will22d_ lp
ea o c:
les at 2,600 killed and wounded. Iti
lent. .-I find a 'disposition on this part o
get an accurate statement so soon after the
is I heard yeiterday ofthousand killed and
a
1111IIIBIlli to,exaggerate. At several division
A co
the tg
Bible t
engag,
every
boispi
wounded, when less than two hundred would cover
their loss. Our ling on the 22d was much less than
at Champion Hill on the 16th, but includes a large
number of field and company officers, from the fact
that the rebels at Vicksburg had a chance to " pick
their men,. which they,did not have to such an ex
tent on the 16th, when they had to meet us on more
equal terms. Under cover of a breastwork there
was nothing to hinder the rebels from seltecting the
leaders of our infantry columns as they marched up
in face of their deadly fire.
The febel logs was trifling'; how much I cannot
say but:probably less than onefourth of ours. Two
companies of the 7th Missouri were taken prisoners.
This includes all of our captured, I believe, except
those of our wounded who fell into their hands on
the fortifications.
PROSPECTIVE.
A second attempt to take Vicksburg by assault
will not be made, I think. The place can be reduced
in-a short time, and at a very small sacrifice of life,
by regular approaches, and that plan will probably
be arloptephy,_,General -Grant. To starve out -the
garrison Would be a long and tedious Operation, and
the attempt, if made, might not be successful in the
end::: The rebels are reported to have six weeks' full
supply in Vicksburg. By putting theirmenon short
allowance they can make this last them twelve
-weeks or longer. There is not much danger of an
attack in-the rear. A bearer of rebel despatches
was captured a day or two since on his way. to'Jack
son, with a message from Pemberton to General P.
G. Lee, advising-hint not to attack Grant in the rear
with a force of less than 50,000 men. The rebels can
not muster any such force within three weeks in
this department. Loring has 10,000 badly frightened
men at Hailehurst, and other, small bodies may be
collected to make an aggregate of 20,000, but no
-larger army than that can be raised outside - of Vicks
burg without withdrawing troops from Virginia or
Tennessee. - -
THE NEGRO PIONEERS
The negro pioneer corps of Logan's division, 17th
Army Corps, stood fire admirably on the 22d. They
worked all. day in front- of one ; of . our batteries,
which was continually engaged„ged• exposed to the
fire of rebel artillery ,and sharyshooters. Out of
about forty, one was' killed' and three wounded.
,One darkey was struck on the head, but his cranium
was so hard thatthe bullet - glanced, producing only
a slight wound. He tied his bandana around his
'frontal turret, and kept on s wdrking as merrily as
ever.. There was no evidence of fright or panic ex.
hibited by them during the day. ,
GENERAL GRANT
General Grant had - several' narrow escapes from
bullets and grapeshot, but exhibited a total indiffe
rence to a miss of three inches from his head. He is
certainly censurable for the: manner in which he
exposes himself on the battlefield sometimes. On
the 22d, he seemed to take a special delight in sitting
within range of the rebel sharpshooters.
INCIDENT OP THE 19Tx
On the morning of the 19th, while General Oster
haus' division was marching towards the enem3r's
fortifications, one of McOlernand's aids came dash
ing back from the front with the intelligence that
the encmv were coining .outside of their works to.
attack us in force. Osterhaus, not yet recovered
from a wound received at Big Black, was-riding in
,an ambulance at the head of his column. On-hear
ing the aid-de•camp's report of the state of affairs in
front, he instantly ordered his horse, mounted him,
drew his sword, and said to his men, -" We'll see if
they Attack us ; keep well closed up, and follow the
Flying Dutchman." [The " Flying Dutchman" is
a schrieuet bestowed upon him by his men on account
of his activity and energy in the field and in -the
camp.] '
.TRE REBEL ARMY.
Lee's Forces irk the Late Battles
The Herald's ;' advicea from the rebel lines , ' give
the following report of the - forces of General Lee
engaged in the late battles on the Rapnahannoclr.
The statistics are interesting, though, of course, im
perfect. They do not agree with the notable state
ments of the Herald's Baltimore correspondent,
which we also publish. In the correapondehce of
this mysterious gentleman there are some 'specula
tions,,based upon certain data; which will attract
attention : - -
GENERAL STONEWALL JACKSON'S (KILLED) STONEIVALI
EICEEM
Brigadier General F. Paxton (killed), commanding
let Stonewall brigade, consisting of the 25, 4th,
btb, 27th and 33d Virginia regiments 2,500
Brigadier General T. S. Garnett (killed), command
ing 2d brigade, Stonewall:division • 200
Brigadier General Hayes, -Louisiana brigade, four -
regiments 2,000
Brigadier Generale Hoke's. brigade 2,000
Brigadier. General Henry.Beth's.brig,ade
Generall. B - B. Stuart, of the cavalry. assumed com
mand of the division after General Jackson was carried
off. the field.
GENERAL JCBAL A. EARLY'S DIVISION.
Brigadier General Barksdale's Mississippi brigade. .
consisting, of the 21st, 18th, 17th, and 13th Missis
sippi regiments . 2.000
Brigadier General Gordon's Georgia brigade 1.300
Brig. Gen. Robert L. Wright's Georgia brigade.... 2,000
Brigadier General Joseph L. Kemper's Virginia
. brigade, consisting of the Ist, 7th, 11th, and 24th
-Virginia regiments • - 1,800
Brigadier _General Grymes' brigade 2.000
GENERAL GEO. ' I , . ANDERSON'S DIVISION. -
Brigadier General Posey 's.brigade
Brig: Gen. Wm. Mahone's brigade Y re e •
accouns! 3,000
Brigadier General Wilcox's brigade
Brigadier General Perry,•Tennessee brigade 2,000
Brigadier General Gregg's South Carolina brigade,
consisting of Ist, 12th, 13th, 14th, and Ist Rides.. 2,200
GENERAL HILL 's' DIVISION.
Brigadier General - Fitz ENO Lee's brigade ' ' 7 .0110
Brigadier General A. G. Jenkins' brigade 2.000
Brig. Gen. Robert Toombs' South Carolina brigade. 2,000
Brigadier General Fields' brigade 1,890
GENERLL RICHARD E. RHODE'S (PROMOTED ON 2 THR FIELD .
BY GEN. JACKSON)DIVISION (D H. lIILVB OLD DEVIi3WN).
. .
Brigadier General COluitt's brigade 2.000
Brigac ier General Maxey's brigade;.....: .. ... . ... . . 2,000
Brigadier. General Thomas'-brigade......... .... . . f.. 2,000
Brigadier General Lane.. North Carolina brigade,
consisting of the 7th; 18th, 13th, ..3d; and - 23th 4,300
Regiments:...:: . . .... :..:: . ::-.:...:...-...: ... . . ...„
Brigadier General ArCher's .............. brigs:de,
consisting of the Ist, 7th, 1411; and 19th. Tennes
_____Ual.
Brigadier General ' Smith's .Virginia Brigade, con
sisting of tbe - 13th, 49th, 62d, and - SSch Virginia
Regiments MO)
Brigadier General - Colbton's (commanded by Cal.
-) brigade - 1 SIO
Brigadier General Colquitt'sineigade 1,903
Brigadier General Penderb;North Carolina brigade,
consisting °Lib° 13th...14tb; ffld, 24th, and 38th:
regiments. .... .. ~. . 4,500
GENERA - I; )CLAW'S '
Brigadier General Nichols' brigade...
Brigadier. General Warren's brigade..
Brigadier General Woirard'S brigade..
Brigadier. General Kershaw_ 's brigade
Total
THE SOUTHERN RAILROADS
- -
When the war broke out the Southern railroads
were in perfect order, and their equipment in rolling
stock mas enormous in amount and of the best pos
. sible ennstruotion. With a few trifling and unim
portant exCeptions, none of this equipment has been
lost 'dr - destroyed during the 'progress of the war.
On the other hand; it has been ,considerably in
creased. At Macon and Atlanta, in Georgia; at
Fayetteville, in North Carolina ; at Knoxville, and
at one other point, there are extensive shops where
both locomotives' and cars as built, and where they
are taken for repairs. The railroad from Memphis
to Chattanooga ' running along the north of Missis
sippi and Alabama, is very much broken up and
damaged, except the fifty-one miles between Chatta
nooga and Bellefonte, which are in a perfect state.
But the railroad from Tullahoma to Vicksburg, by
the way of Stevenson, Chattanooga, Atlanta, Mont
gomery, Meridian, and Jackson, a distance of six
hundred and seventy-three miles, is in perfect order,
andlas abundance of rolling stock. The same may
be said of the great
.Southern Railroad froin'Gor
donsvillelo Chattanooga, by the way of Lynchburg
and Knox - Ville, a distance of five hundred and
twenty-six miles, and of the two railroads from
Charleston to Vicksburg, one by. the way of Atlanta
and Opelika, and the.other by the way of Savannah
and Mortgornery. The distance by the latter route
is seven hundred and thirty•seven miles, by the
Tormer'SeveiMandred'and , sixty-three miles.
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BEINFOROING BRAGG AND J-01INS'TON
• - - - -
These facts show that, although troops in large
numbers have been Bent from Charleston and from
Bragg's army, at Tullahoma to reinforce General
Johnston before Vicksburg, yet it must require some
time for them to reach him. They show also that
while it would probably be impracticable for any of
General L'ee's troops to be sent to take part in the
operations before
_Vicksburg (the distance being
eleven hundred miles), it would be quite practicable
for twenty thousand of General Lee's troops to be
sent to Tullahoma, only six-hundred miles, to aid
General Bragg in holding Rosecrans in check,. while
Bragg sends fifty thousand of his troops to aid .Ge
neral Johnston. They will show also, with the aid
of a good map of the United States, that all: the
lives of railroad I have mentioned constitute inte
rior lines of military operations, over which troops
can be transported a'great deal more rapidly than
our troops can be eent either from Charleston to re
inforce Banks, - or from Washington to reinforce
either Grant or Roseerans. Besides which, the two
railroads leading north - from Nashville are pretty
much broken up and destroyed: The Louisville and
Nashville Railroad particularly, one hundred and
eighty-five Miles long,'lniilt on trestle work almost
entirely, has-been demolished to an extent that ren
ders it utterly useless.
LEE'S PRESENT_ ARMY-LATE MOVE.
MENT THE REBELS.
General Lee has now on the line of the Rappahan
nock. just 40,000 troops. At the time the battles
near Chancellorville -were being fought, there were
10,000 of General- Loogatreet's troo is riea .
had in these'btittles 30,000'0f - General Longstieet's
tr00p5,.20,000 of General D. H. Hill's, 40,000 under
General Jackson, and 10,000 of Gen. Stuart's caval
ry, In all 100.000 men. These were the troops, and
the only troops, with which he fought and defeated
Hooker, whether the latter had 120,000, 130,000, or
140,000 men; andOn order to get them, he had to
leave-Richmond entirely defenceless, and to draw
troops both from Suffolk and from North Carolina.
Ilia losses in those battles were 16,000 men. Imme
diately after the battles he sent 25,000 troops to Rich
mond and the peninsula, where they now are.
And between the 20th and 25th instant he sent
20,000 _ troops to Chattanooga, to reinforce
General Bragg, and - help him to hold Rose
crane in check. -This leaves him just 40,000 troops,
and: ith these. he is now holding theline of the Rap
pahannock. This account comes direct from Rich-
Mond; and it states that the idea of the Confederate
authorities there is that Hooker's forces in the late
battles amounted only to 98,000 men; that his losses
in battlewere 16,000, and by subsequent expiration
of the time of old regiments 30,000 more, making
46,0E0; and lei:tieing his army
to 55,000 or 65,000
men ; that he . might possibly be reinforced from
Washington up to '75,000 strong, but that is the ut
most figure at which he could attain, and that with
that he will not dare to again assume the offensive
that he will; therefore, lie still near Falmouth until
-the conscription has filled up his army, which they
think will certainlynot be before the end of July.
Satisfied, therefore, that they have nothing to fear
Dole Hooker during the next two months, the Con
federates have turned their whole attention and
sent almoot their whole strength towards Vicks-
Ming ; and, therefore, it is that Geleral Lee now
has only forty thousand men on the, line of the Rap
, pahannock. • If General Hooker and General Hal-'
leek cannot pee through the flimsy artifice of Gen.
Lee in making, a few days ago, such a parade of
strength and bustle—such- a beating of drums and
blowing of trumpets—it does not speak very well
for 'their sagacity.
GEN. HOOKER'S OPPORTUNITY.
.
If -Gen. Hooker, with his one hundred thousand
veteran troops, should make a sudden movement
against Gen. Lee, he could either- certainly defeat
the latter's forty thousand men or else drive them to
Richmond. In the meantime his thirty thonsind
resetve, under.Reintzelmant could keep between
him ard the - capital. Even if Lee should discover
his design and bring up all hiveserves, he could only
get the. twenty-tive thousand - from Richmond,
and the twenfy thousand from Suffolk and. North
Carolina, making eighty-.five thousand in all. And
to do this Richmond would again be left defenceless ;
and Gen. Dix, Gen.. Keyes, and Gen. Peck, with no
in their way; could march straight into the rebel'
capital, while _Hooker and Heintzelman, with one
hundred. and thirty thousand troops, were fighting
Lee with eighty-five thousand; for that is now the
utmost rebel foi ce in Virginia.
But if Hooker does not seize this golden moment
it will soon pass away from - him; The event ,of the
siege of Vicksburg will be decided by, the sth of
June,, and the fate of Rosecraffs by the 10th.: And.
result as them battles-may, the middle of, June ,will
'see, both Beauregard's and Lee's troops (now in the.
'Wst)_ again:back - in the East, and' then, indeed, the
" desperate aggressive movement" . of Gen_ Lee, now
feared by Gen. Hooker will take' -place. Only then
THREE- CENTS.
General Lee will more with one honked and Wty
thousand troops. ,
I:3 3 KOOl3 OL -V) t 4 9 . 'nu de 4: 0 'F.N v:104
JACKSON.
From the Charleston Courier, May 13. 1E163 1
HEADQIULETERS DEPARTMENT SOVTE CAROLINA,
4 G - EORGIA, AND .YLORIDA
Cd N
ARLESTO, S. 0. 5 May la; 1863.,
EIENNBAL OROBEI3, NO. 137.
The illustrious soldier, Lieutenant General
Thomas I. Jackson, is dead. The memory of his
high :worth, conspicuous virtues, and momentous
services, will be treasured in the heart, and excite
the pride of his country to all time. ' His renown is
already identified with our. Revolution; and even
our enemy admits his unselfish devotion to our cause,
and admires his eminent qualities.
The commanding generals of the let Military Dia
trict and of the District of Georgia, on the darfol
lowing the receipt of this order, will cause a gun to
be fired at every half hour, beginning at sunrise and
ending at sunset; thellags at every post in the - de
partment will be hoisted at half-mast, in token of
this national bereavement.
By command of General Beauregard,
THOMAS JORDAN, Chief of State.
Official—JOHN M. Omar, A. A. G.
Secietary Seward's Speech at Auburn.
[From the Auburn Daily Advertiser, May 29.]
At ten o'clock this morning the old 19th mustered
in front of the court house, by order of Gen. Ledlie,
where they
. wbre formed in line under Col. Chas. H.
Ste Wart, commanding, presenting a gallant and
martial appearance, arrayed in line at open order,
and going through a partial dress parade.
At the close of the parade, Hon. Wm. H. Seward
addressed the veterans of the 19th in a few brief and
touching remarks, and, after marching up Genessee
street, the regiment passed in review, each company
paying hive a salute as they passed the platform, the
officerspresenting arms, and the colors dipping, in
honor of the staunch statesman who had suet wel
comed them so nobly, and thanked them so de
servedly in behalf of their homes and their country,
The following are. Governor Seward's remarks:
My OLD NE/GHBORS AND FRIENDS: I esteem it
fortunate for myself that my return to this place,
determined as to the time by accident, has come at
the moment when I can meet you, and welcome you
back to the greetings and embraces of friends, fami
lies, and homes. I looked with pride at that flag of
yours,
when, as yet, it exhibited not a single wrinkle
and its colors were fresh and bright. I regard it now
with a thousand times more of pride and satisfaction
when I see it worn, dinimed,-and t lorn, but bearing
in legible inscriptions, between the stripes, the
names of fields bravely contested and nobly won.
Soldiers, citizens, a nation, though composed
of, many, individual members -is in sight of God
and of-mankind one aggregateAhinking, reasoning,
moral, responsible person.. As such aggregate per
sons nations are subject to the same accidents, pas
sions. dangers, and responsibilities as individual men.
Troubles; dangers, calamities, disasters, and -death
are appointed to individuals by, an all-wise Provi
dence; and the same Providence appoints them equal
ly for the experience of nations. As no man ever yet
lived who was exempt from trouble, contention, and
strife, so no nation that has ever existed, or ever
will exist, has escaped, or can, altogether, the evils
of strife and contention abroad and at home. Of
national calamities civil war is the worst of all for
two reasons: First, the depth of the sufferings
which attend it, and second, if hopelessly pro
tracted, it brings in anarchy, foreign intervention,
usurpation, and subjugation. When an individual
is assaulted with a violent hand what is then his
interest? It is to prostrate his assailant, and thus
save himself. Self-defence thus at once becomes his
chief wisdom, and courage his highest virtue. When
a nation is assailed - by treason, the interest ; duty,
and virtue it is called to exhibit are precisely the
same. It will look - beck to inquire through what
poseible errors, faults, shortcomings, or even crimes
it has fallen into such a strife, but with the purpose.,
of drawing from the inquiry the wisdom necessary
for extricating it from the calumny. Having-done
this, it will look forward, not straining, itself to see
how it shall govern itself, and regulate its action
at long-distant periods; but to ascertain where to
find the eneray, and :.how moat effectually to baffle,
overthrow, and hind him - so that the nation can yet
safely live. Civil war divides the community even
in those places where the. Government retains its
accustomed strength, and authority into two classes;
one that hae the courage adequate to the crisis, the
other that has not. - Those that have the courage, in
other words, the virtue, adequate to the crisis rush
to the field. This country has seen 500,000 men rush -
in this manner to confront the public enemy, had
this town of 15,000 souls has sent out 4,000 such, of
whom you are the fret instalment which has re
turned. Among the 800,000, as well, as 4,000, there
was not one coward nor one traitor. There were
none whose minds were troubled abilut the
causes of the conflict, - the- manner in which
it is conducted, or the conseqtiences which
shall follow it. Having devoted their strength,
and their lives, if necessary, to the 11/ause
of their country, of truth, of . humanity,
they leave the rest to the care of that Provi
dence which arbitrates at last in all the issues of ha
man strife. The other class are those who stay at
home to consider. ..Many -of these,' multitudes of
them as loyal and brave as their compatriots in the
field, are prevented by sickness, infirmity, and age
from joining the ranks, and others have duties not
less important than those of the field. These study
only how to sustaiu, cheer, encourage, and reinforce
their country's armies. But beside these and among
them, mingled with them - as the tares with the
wheat, are all the cowards, all the• traitors that the
community has,; and it has such because all commu
nities are human, and vice as well se virtue inheres
in humanity. In this large assemblage which has
come out to greet you, or to witness this solemn
ceremony of your discharge from the public service,
both these classes are found. We cannot distin
guish; nor is it worth our while to attempt to dis
tinguish the one from the other. By their actions
hereafter shall they be known. Those who are wise
and virtuous will be found urging you to return to
the field, and persevere until the battle is won, and
- will spare no paths, going themselves, if possi:
ble, to recruit the ranks which death honorably met :
Chas decimated. Those who are otherwise will be
found still eaviling-nhoeit.the causes of the war,
about the responsibilities of itaunavoidable defeats,
about the distribution of honors for the victories
- -eseseeniirours_thel be foiled - accumulating
'the taiegathererwith the ots-s, - • ',-
joy it after the patriotism and heroism of better men
ihaxit hestlee~~~e: },a sec red, the triumph which
men whom I see around me I have to say,
you to choose Which of these two classes of the com
munity you will attach yourselves. If you are pre
pared tosoin'the former, the 'greeting you give .to
these our 'brave neighbors returned from the field
'are as honorableeto you, as gratifying to them. If;
on the other hand, yon - think' more of your lives,
more of your fortunes, more of your personal expec
tations, than you think of your country, your saluta
tions area mockery, and the sight of these war-worn--
veterans ought - to strike you with confusion and
shame. For myself, if I were within the ages and
otherconditions of military service, I would not have
appeared here on this occasion unless it were to take,
up the tire-lock that one of those our honored neigh
bors has now come to lay down. I love the man
that will not suffer his name to be written- on the
register of the -provost marshal. It is . bad enough
to be balloted for as a candidate fora civil office. Au
holiest and loyal man, however, must submit to that
sometimes. On the contrary, my neighbors and
countrsmen should never have a chance to cast lots
over me as a conscript, so long as they should leave
me at liberty to volunteer. Fair play is a jewel—
equality in risks and hazards, as well akin profits
and honors, is the only true/justice. Fellow-soldiers
I BM desirous only that you should know- I
that
estimate you as you deserve. lam proud of the
whole army of the United States. I bear it grateful
affection to every division and every corps of it.
I am prouder of you, and cherish you for a more
grateful affection than others, because, equally
meritorious with the hest, you are- my nearest,
truest, and most faithful Mends. I have shown this
bgeppenine my.lipe and my heart to ou—lips and a
heart that'll. have never before opened on any occa
sion since the seal of afficial responsibility wee
imposed upon me, when this unhappy war first
broke out. The honor that you receive this day is
but- the beginning of honors which will be increas
ing as long as you live. In my childhood I followed
with love and veneration the steps of the heroes of
the Devolution. Fsaw that love and -that venera
tion become the universal sentiment of the Ameri
can people, so far that he who differed froth them,
or opposed them, or denied the homage of his, re
spect, was deemed unworthy to 'be an American
citizen. Such love and veneration begin to cluster
upon you to-day, and they. ill continue till they
reach such a height that when the humblest of you
finds his last reetinnelage, here or elsewhere, under
the restored and cornsWe authority of our glorious
national Union, his soh will be deemed to have in
his father's fame an inheritance richer than the
,treasure that can be transmitted to his heirs by the
wealthiest Elluong us. Our posterity will look out
for the heirs of the soldier, and coe•er them with the
gratitude which the father's life-time was too brief
A Vast Enterprise _ Proposed by :Women.
The!' Women's Loyal National Leagne," recent
ly organized in this city,. ,a meeting held by them
yesterday, at the Cooper Institute, adopted the fol
lowing resolutions : -
Resolved, That for the present this League will-co:l
-een trate all its efforts upon the single object of procuring
to be signed by one million women and upwards, and of
3 repaving for presentation to Congress within the first
\smelt of its next session, a petition in the following
words, to wit:
To the ,*ett'ate . and House of Representatives of the
United Stales:
The undersigned, women of the United. States,
above the age of eighteen years, earnestly pray that
your honorable body will pass, at the earliest prac
ticable day, an act emancipating all persona, of Afri
can descent "
to cause to be prepared and stereotyped a pamphlet,
not exceeding four printed octavo pages, briefly and
plainly setting forth the importance of such a move
ment at the present juncture—a copy of the ,said
pamphlet to be placed in the hands of each person
who may undertake to procure signatures to the
above petition, and for such further distribution as
may be ordered by the said Executive'Committee.
The women of the league have shown practical
wisdom in restricting their efforts to one object, the
most important, perhaps, which any society
whatm
at, and great courage in undertaking to do ,so
far as we remember, hasnever been done in the world
before, namely, to obtain one million of names :to a
petition. If they succeed, the moral influence on
Congress ought and cannot fail to be great. The pas
sage by the next Congress of enact of general eman
cipation would do more than any one thing for the
suppression of the rebellion. As things now stand,
with slaves declared free in eight States of
the Union, with two more States (Virginia
and Louisiana) partly free and, partly slave, , and
with the Border States still slave, we have a state
of affairs resulting in interminable confusion, and
which, in the very nature of things, cannot con
tinue to exist. Congress may find away out of such
confusion by an act of compensated emancipation,
with the consent of these States and parts of States.
God speed the circulation and signature of the wo
men's petition ! The pledge of the league is com
mendably brief and to the point, reading as follows :
"Nire, the undersigned, women of the United States,
agree to becomexinembera of the 'women's Loyal-Na
tional League,' hereby pledging our most earnest influ
ence in support of, the Government in its prosecution of
the war for freedom and for the restoration of the na
tional unity."
The office of the League is room No. 20, Cooper
Institute. Let all loyal women, friendly to emanci
pationijoin their ranks, and devote what spare time
they may have to this noble work.—N. Y. Tribune.
LEGAL INTELLIGENCE.
District Court - in Banc—Judges Sitars- -
wood, Stroud, and Hare.
The eourtwas engaged during 'yesterday with the new
Trial Motion List. 4
Court of Conflation Pleps—Judge•Ludlow.
The 'Equity Argument List was before the coar
during Yesterday's session.
Court of Oyer and Tertiiiner. and. Oinartar
.
Sessions—Judge Allison.
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sES•I'hSCES.
The following sentences on pleas ef guilty were ire, .._
posed yesterday: . - The mtaliblii" , Case.
Edward Lynch, Michael Gannon. Vi and Henry Lien. for= = -
committing an assault 'and. battery upon poli c e Ak er In addition , to the particulars of the stabbing affair-
Eniith two months ago, were sentenced, the two first that occurred near 'Engel & Wolf's -farm on Moncsay ove
rawed to two months, and the latter to three months in sing as mentioned in The Press yesterday, we. learn
the County Prison. the following; The name of the, soldier is Prederick,
Mary McVeigh, upon a cargeof larceny. of .11-..,50. was Weightiv. Buis a German .by birth, and Pre a the.
sentenced to two months in Ito County Prison farm :Where a 'considerable number of Germans were
George Wilson, on a charge of larceny of Win moneY ~njoying themselves . He behaved very , disorderly. and,
front his employer, was sentenced to eighteen months in was., therefore. turned out of the Plum. During this
the County - Pry on. - ~ . scer , e of tumult, he had his jaw fractured, and was
. Patrick Doran, on a - charge of committing au assault oP.,erwise beaten. In a spirit of revenge or satisfactton,
and battery on his wife,' was let off onu promise of fu- . w .,e wailed until 'Mr Est's. Shilling and Joercer came from
ture good behavior and total abitinence. His wife conk / the farm, and when they stab bed
where he rms.
plsined Olathe invariably beat her when drunk, Pa. , ' he sprang upon thrill. anti:stabbed hoth. ,It was r a rap C
Promised to sin uo more, and was discharged. P.,r , unfottunate affair all round. The soldler was very bad-
the present.' ' ' ' -
.S' The milt adjourned until Friday. i ' cared with:a slight Wend, .
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THE EMS COUNTY CONSPIRATORS.
A FINAL HEARING
home Mare Astounding Developments.
[Before Mr. Charles F. Rearlett, U. S. Commissioner.?
Messrs. Huber; Oxenrider, Philbert,
Reed, and 11 4 1bothart, charged' with forming secret
societies in Berke county, Pennsylvania, to resist
the Government in the administration of the laws;
contrary to an act of ,Giingress, passed July, i 862,
Were arraigned yesterday at noon before the United
States - commissioner, for a final hearing. The offi
cers of the law have had a very difficult time in pro
curing the attendance of witnesses, and, in some in
stanees, were resisted with such fforce and . menaces
that they had to flee for their lives. Society seems
to be almost unhinged among the ignorant or su
peratitioua portion of the people of Berks county.
The hearing was conducted in the new room of the
United States Court; the place being pretty well
crowded with people from Berks. The following is
a condensed and perspicuous account of the pro..
ceedings ; '
Louis Stoltz, sworn. —I reside in Jackson township.
Berks county: was at a meeting held at Jacob Sellers'; I
did not join the secret meeting; I do;not know anything
of their proceedings. - -
Samuel Moser, sworn. —I reside, in Burn township.
Becks county; know Seidle; heiSworeme into a se
cret society ; I paid one dollar; we were sworn to support
the - Union and. the Constitution; he, said we must be
drafted We were sworn not to resist the draft, but to
support it; the , dollars the members paid were to-par
chase flags, &c. ; a part of the oath was, that we swore
not to , resist the draft; Mr. Seidle did not make, any
speech ; the meeting lasted an hour; there were signs of
recognition thatwe were sworn to keep secret; the pass
words were to be kept secret; we were sworn by the up
lifted hand :we all held up our right hands; we were all.
sworn to support the Union, and the Constitution, and
the draft; there was nothing said abotit_war; I do not re
member the pass-words; I was a: one meeting only; don't
know bow many were initiated; the meeting was a co-m
-mon Democratic meeting; I don't know why .we were to
have signs and pass-words, only to keep the party to
gether; I have heard of other secret meetings, het I don't
know that any of them - are-opposed to the principles of
the Democratic party, or the Know-Noti ingparty; never
heard they did anything against the litow-Nothing
party; I am 20 years old.
Plies Sarah Bauer, sworn--I live in Lower Heidelberg,
Berks county; I know Huber; I was at a house where
he was; a private meeting was held by him and other
men: did.not see Oxenrider and aloothart there; I think
the meeting was held in the first part of March; I was in
the kitchen when the people came in and went into the
room; there were about forty persons there; heard Hu
ber tell them that if th ey should get drafted they should
get pistols and resist being taken ;-this-was after they
were sworn in; I did not hear all , that was- said; they
were standing with their hands uplifted; I was looking
through a knot hole in the door of the room; Huber was
standing by a table six feet long;-be was talking against
the Republicans—heard him say if the Secessionists were
ever to come North, then the members were -to raise
their hats three times; this would lead-to their recogni
tion by the Secessionists, and their property would not
be disturbed. If one member met another he should sty
.13. 0, and it the other man was a member he would reply
RD. The grip was given to each man by Huber, and he
explained it. [Here witness shook hands with the in
terpreter, to show the sign. It seems to be the pressing
of the forefinger on the wrist about where the pulse
beats. ] Haber said that whenever a meeting was de
sired to be held they must write to him, and he would
come. They. must not = mention anything about the
meeting, but merely say in their note the words.
COWIE, ond pay your debts." He would understand
by this what they meant. I knew nearly all the men
who were there, [here the witness mentioned-over the
names of a number of them;] they all lived in the neigh
borhood.
This witness was subjected to a very long and tedious
cross-examination, which she stood very well - not
being the least disconcerted, because being fortified with_
native modesty, artlessness, and truth. She stood the
eof the legal batteries. She said that she first saw
Huber at the honseof Mr. Moyer at a Christma-s - frolic;
was with Jane Adams and Susan Clary at the frolic;
[the word frolic in Berks county is equivalent to
evening party in Philadelphia); I saw Huber talkidg
with other men in the public room ; I saw-him. talk.
-with Mr. Stoltz at the time of the meeting; at the time the
meeting was held. when ,the men were sworn, I was
seated on a wood-chest and looks d through a knot-hole;
I could see pretty well, but could not hear everything
that was said ; I don't know, but h suppose the hole Is
in the door yet.
The father of the young lady was present at the hear
ing, and after she had finished her evidence returned
with her to the reception-room.
-Henry B. Shoedler was next called to. the stand. On
being Wein he said he knew Seidle belonged to a se
cret society for he had told him so and wanted him to
join; he told me this on the night of the election last
spring near his own house; I went to the Democratic
club roomwith him, and then he asked me to join the
society, to pay a dollar andhe sworn,in
B ere a spirited debate sprung up between Dir. JOHOS
for the defence, and 3lr Coffey.the district attorney. The
debate assuming a political character as to what is and
what is not Democracy, the comcuis,ioner interfered and
said • that he - would rather the argument of counsel
should be kept confined strictly to legal proceeding and
not politics.
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District Attorney Coffey replied there was a miebty
big difference between Democracy and a secret ineetin ,
to resist the draft, or any other law passed by Congress-
Mr. Tones replied,-the people of Berks county co not
intend to resist the draft or any other law, hi:al - hey are
alarmed or apprehensive of the future. It will be fmnd.
that the draft will not he resisted by the people of Barks
county; on this I would stake my reputation.
Mr. Coffey. What are they alarmed alnut?--are -they
apprehensive that General Lee is comingamon a then;?
Mr. Jones_ They are fearful that the right of sutliage
will be Ins en away-from them -
Mr. Coffey. Can that be really so?
Mr. Jones. Yes. sir. that is what.thell are afraid of.
- Mr. Coffey. Then they must me be misted by very bad
777(.12. who know better.
Here CI e subject was dropped, and Mr. Tones resumed
Lis seat, and said no more.
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Jacob Werner sworn. — l live hi Berke c'nnty; I know
Jacob Huber; he has been holding meetings - up there; I
. gave my name to him and paid my dollar and-went into
the secret meeting, in the kitchen, at Bonneville Oxen
rider's ; this was in April's st; I was at two meetings; I
did not hold up my hand like the other members, and
therefore do not consider that wa6 - sworn in.
TEE DATA
that was administered was that the members motet go
:against-ihe emancipation proclamation. against the
confiscation bill, and must resist the draft; I did not
take the oath. . _ - -
are, that - when you meet a person' yon are to extend
your right hand a little forward of your body, and with
the index-finger point toward the ground. Another s
. 4 . Q . e4h/Auatklike t zw.ovr t raitto_ . :
against the cheek bone below Ale eye. - The witness
here explained the grip, which was so satisfactorily de
veloped by ldiss Bauer, as stated above.
was t .
•
that It: D. i-tood for Richmond; the oath 'comment- .
follows : You do swear hit the - Almighty God.
Rites. Were you told how the emancipation act was to
be resisted?
Ans. NO, sir.
Q. Or the confiscation act?
A. No. sir: .
Q. Did }Tuber say - anything about members being in
the South?
A. Yes, sir; he said there were membem Of the society
in the South as well as In the North: I can't say exactly
what his remarks were on '-this: point; he diCsay in the
public meeting that we were for the Union and, the Con
stitution: he said in the private meeting:that the war
cannot be settled by fighting: he explained that the ob
ject of the society was to settle the war; this . WaS to he
done that when our army met -the- other. and the signs
of recognition were made, neither party would shoot at
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Q In talking, about resisting thedraft, what did he
say about loading guns ?
A He said we might load our guns with salt, and fire
at the officers from behind fences; I think he might hate
said it in sjibe. . .
Exa dby Mr. Tones. - -I fold the' membera the next
day that r did not want to be a member ,of such a so
ciety: I did not suppose that we were to -go to South
Carolina to keep the negroesen slavery.
By Mr. Coffee. I understand that the draft is to be re
sisted by the men refusing to go; we were not to give a
man or a dorar for the draft.
-By Mr. Jones. It was understood that we were to
fight before we would go; this was the inference I drew
from what I heard at the Second meeting.
By Mr. O'Neil. The dollar' paid was to be appropri
ated to get anybody out of a scrape who resisted when
drafted ; there was nothing. said about the Constitution
and the Union in the - secret meeting; I don't know that
we were to test the law;
_l don't know what you mean
by test; I was a school-master once, but am a farmer
By Mr. Coffee. . - I
do - not know of any threats being
made to prevent witnesses from attending here.
Mr. Coffey here said that he found it extremely diffi
cult to obtain the attendance of witnesses, and there
force be would ask for a further hearing.
A conference was now had between the counsel.
Messrs. Jones and O'Neill, and the Commissioner. and.
Mr. Coffee, and the case was closed.
The Commissioner briefly summed up the evidence
that had been adduced at the several hearings, and dis
posed of the ease as followss ; Harrison "Oxenrider was
required to enter bail in $l,OOO. Dr. F. Illig.sl,ooo. and
über 33, WO, to take their trial at the next term of the
S. Court. Mr. Philbert was discharged conditionally,
that he enter bail to appear as a witness at the trial.
Messrs Moothart, Reed, and Seidle were discharged
unconditionally.
THE POLICE.
[Before Mr. Alderman Beitler,
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concealed DeadLlF Weapons.
Felix McNeely is the name given by an individual,
who, becoming valiant over a cup of bad whisky, made
his appearance in the vicinity of Amber street and Ban-
Phin. on Monday afternoon,and commenced abusing the
Government. Ile had in his pocket a loaded. revolver.
The terrible fellow bßcame Rs meek as a lamb when ac
costed by a police officer. He was arraigned yesterday
before Alderman Beitier, who required him to enter bait
in the RIM of s7to to answer - the charge of carrying a
concealed'deadly weapon,
Olgery Ca".
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Charles H. Craig, alias Charles H. Norton, arrested a.
few days Fince on the charge of extensive forgery in the
name of F. G. Adams, beaker, Chicago. had a final
hearing yesterday afternoon at the Central Station. He
was formerly a clerk in the banking house - of Harrold.
Williams, & Co., of Philadelphia, a defunct institution.
The defendant was committed in default of $5,000 to
answer. _
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Disposition. of PrismpLers.
The prisoners arrested at the ra I;
This individual was re erely arrested to keepliim from get
ting hurt. Be was fined for being drunk_and ordered
to enter bail to be of future good. behavior. -
. That Shocitinz Affair.
Richard .s,E,berman, having been arrested by Reserve
Officer Rawlings, was arraigned at the Central Station,
yesterday, on the charge of shooting a woman in the
shooting gallery on Chestnut street, below Fourth, as
stated yesterday. The defendant is employed by the
United .Ftate-s Government as a detective. The pistol
which he had with him is a large revolver. The wounded
woman is confined to her bed. from the effects of the in
iuries waived. • Though the wound is slight, yet it is
not impossible that it may result- seriously. The shot
was an accidental one, bordering on carelessness. The
defendant was held to bail - in toe sum of 8-1430 to await a
hearing to take place at 2 o'clock this afternoon.
[Before Mr. Alderman Hutchinson.] •
Daring Young Highway Robber.
Thomas Kenneday is the name of , a young lad who
was arraigned yesterday, evidenceharge of committing a
highway robbery. _ The sets forth that heap
tested a smaller lad than himself, at Coates and Twenty
fourth streets, and Baked him for a chew of tobacco. At
the same moment, he put his arms around the boy's
neck, and robbed him of a pocket-book, and ran away
'with it, The alarm 'was raised. and the fugitive was ar
resttil. Be was sent to the House of Ilefuga.
[Before Mr. .Alderman Fields.]
Probable Murder.
A man giving the name of Itichard.Perry was ar
raigned before Alderman Fields yesterday morning, on
the charge-of stabbing or cutting Mr. Joseph Neely in
the neck, thereby making a very dangerous wound. It
-seems from the evidence that the Vallandigharn sym
pathizers assembled at or near or in front of the Demo
cratic headquarters on G.Uard avenue, near Shacka
muron street, and some - person in the market house
proposed " three cheers for Lincoln and. the country."
At this moment some of the disreputable friends of Val
landigham made a rush. to the market-place, where
sir Niely was standing quietly; in conversation with a
friend. scarcely minelfal'of the impending dancer. The
crowd rushed in, yelling with imprecations that cannot
- he mentioned here, and the next moment Mr. Neely
received a frightful gash in his neck from a knife in the
bands'of ore of the assailants. Be was conveyed to his
residence, in the vicinity, where he was speedily placed
larder suyateal attendance.
The priseuer.was taken into custody on the charge of
inflicting the wound The affidavit of Mr. Neely was
taken yesterday morning. in which he stated that Perry
is the person who cut him. The defendant was com
mitted teawait the result of Mr. Neely's injuries.
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Osvuer Wanted..
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A geld watch and chain, supposed to have been stoken
frets somebody. on. 'Monday night, aw tit an owner. at:
the Filbert street station-house.