THE PUBLISHED DAILY (SUNDAYS EXCEPTED). BY minx W. 'FORNEY. OFFICE. No. ill SOUTH FOURTH. STREST TH$ DAILY PRESS, F IFTEEN CRETE PER WEER, payable to the Carrier , . &tailed to attbeiribers ont of the City at SEVEN DOLLARS FEE ANNUM, THREE DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS FOR SEX MONTHS, ONE DOLLAR AND SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS FOE THREE Konya \ invariably in advance for the time or dered:.... Air Advertieements inserted at the usual rates. Six tines eonetitnte a square. THE TRI-WEEKLY PRESS, Mailed to subscribers out of the City at FOUR Do',rano TER ANNUM. In adieus°. . DRY-GOODS JOBBERS. WELLING, COFFIN, da CO., ARO CHESTNUT STREET. Rave for sale by the Package a good assortment of Staple „PRINTS, LAWNS, BROWN AND BLEACHED MUSLIN% COTTONADES, PRINTED LININGS. ,SILESIAS, NANKEENS, CORSET JEANS, ALSO, • 06.4 BLACK AND MIXED BROADCLOTHS,' UNION CASSIMERES. - fZXTRA, NIEDIUIII, AND LOW QUALITY SATINETS, NEGRO KERSEYS, PLAID LINSEYS, ARMY GOODS, .&C., &C. ap2l-tutheSia 43LACK SILKS. pIIIST RECEIVED, SEVERAL LARGE INVOICES OF SUPERIOR BLACK GROS DE RHINE, In 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, and 36 inches. Which will be sold to the Trade ata SMALL ADVANCE ON COST M Li_ HALLOWELL & 00.; NO. 615 CHESTNUT STREET. my26•Em COMMISSION MOUSES. HILADELPHIA "BAG MANII:IFAOTORY. BURLAP BAG OF ALL SIZES, OR OORN, OATS, OOFFEE,TtONE DUST, Mi. SEAMLESS BAGS, Of standard makes, ALL SIZES, for sale oheap, for net ;sash on delivery. GEO. GRIGG; aD15.4.9m Nos. %19 and 241 CHURCH Alley 8 1:1IPLEY. HAZARD, It IHUTOECINSONi No. 113 CHESTNUT STREET. ' COMMISSION MERCHANTS/ FOR THE SALE OF ritILLDELI'HIA-NADS GOODS. Basi-em I :7'OHN T. BAILEY & ao. BAGS AND BAGGING 01' EVERY DESCRIPTION. NO. 113 NORTH FRONT STREET, WOOL. BAGS FOE SALE. is.2B-15m WATCHES AND JEWELRY. WATCHES I WATCHES I AMERICAN WATCH COMPANY. GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES COMP.ANT'S SALESROOM SOUTHEAST CORNER EIGHTH AND CHESTNUT ST 1: IL MARTER,_ AGENT. . These Watches have now been In use over twelve years and, for ACCURACY, DURABILITY, AND RELIABILITY; in every conceivable manner, have proved themselves to be the most satisfactory time-pieces ever offered to the public. - This result bas been brought about by a strict appli cation of mechanical science to the constriction of the watch from its - very inception, rendering it, when DIATICEMATICIAbLY CORRECT - to all its proportions, and necessarily as perfect a time keeper twit is possible to make.. • - The Company.have tested their Watches, in many in- Stances, by actual-daily noting, and the result of this test has been that they have exhibited a rate equal in tregf e la i r i l L . vt t T r marine chronometer. attention the LADIES' WATCHES elaborately finished, r and thinner than any we hive heretofore produced. with several improvements cabin-. fated to secure the greatest accuradymfperformance, and' to, prevent the usual accidents , and derangements ;to Which foreign watches are liable. mvls-lm W'ATCHES, • JUST RECEIVED PER STEAMER EUROPA. GOLD WATCHES, LADIES' SIZES.• OF NEW. STYLES. SILVER, ANODES AND CYLINDRES. GILT A.NCRES AND CYLINDI32B. PLATEG.ANCRF.S AND GYLINDRES. Tor Sale at Low Rates to the Trade. by D. 'ls. ''PRATT, SOY CHESTNUT STREET. •P I N'E WATCH REPAIRING attended to, by the most experionied workmen. and eyerrwateh warranted for one year. 0. RUSSELL. AM Worth SIXTH Street., VULOANITE JEWELRY.-JUST RE , v calved, a handionie assortment of Chatelain and Vent Ohaille. PilamirellCUS, &v., and for sale at very low Prices, - a RUSSELL, ate26-tf ' NW North SIXTH Street. Importer and Wholesale Dealer In FINE WATCHES AND JEWELRY, J. C. FULLER, No. 712 CHESTNUT Street, (Up-stairs, opposite Masonic Temple.) Has now open, a . LARGE AND 'COMPLETE STOCK, ' E.. HOWARD & CO.'S PINE - AMERICAN WATHES GOLD CHAINS, GOLD SPECTACLES, THIMBLES, AND FINE JEWELRY OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.' ji 0. FULLER'S . FINE GOLD PENS, THE BEST PEN IN USE, .EOR SALE IN ALL SIZES. my-M -3m FINE GILT COMBS IN EVERY VARIETY IMITATIONS OF PEARL AND CORA.L. 3- C. FULLER. No. 71.% CHESTNUT Street my22-3m ULCANITE RINGS A fall assortment, ` all sizes and styles. J. C.' FULLER, No., 712, °visa , aal! Street. - my22-3m MUSICAL BOXES. N SHELL AND ROSEWOOD . OASES, . fr om.l. to 12 trines. Obese Opera and Amer'. atm Melo es. FARR REOTHER. Importers, ap4 324 CHESTNUT Street. below Fourth. CARPETS AND OILCLOTHS. OIL CLOTHS AND WINDOW SHADES. CARRIAGE, TALE, STAIR, AND FLOOR OIL CLOTHS, IN COTTON AND LINEN-FABRICS, QUALITY AND STYLE UNSURPASSED. WINDOW SHADES, 00111FRISINGLEVERY VARIETY OF NEW AND OEI• Gaud, DESIGNS. PLAIN and ORNAMENTAL. These goods will be sold to Dealers and Manufacturers eret vrteee much below the vreeent price Of BtOet THOMMI•POTTER. MANUFACTURER OE' OIL DLOTHS AND WINDOW SHADES , 559 'ARCH Street, Philadelphia, and 49 CEDAR End 95 LIBERTY Streets, New York.. m912-2m RE M 0 V J.' DELAOROIX e lass removed hio: , . STOOK Ots .OkBPETINGS, Er= 47 Eolith rotncrs sow, to hie rr w s No. 37 SOUTH BECOND,STREET, Where hioffers to Ida old anntomers, - and radius= seasr►lly, a LARGE AND DESIRABLE STOCK OF'. CARPETINGS, of all grades. and bast known makee. OIL OLOTHS,MATTINGS, AND WINDOW SHADES: 'WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. AT TEE LOWEST PRIORS. -- • • , • • • Elm n't SOOTEI MOND 5T4i37.% %bore Clunt. gmba-na . , , s • N, 41 fI. 72 - - - rle• -- • - - - .. . . . . t . ogrirr '-- 1,, : .. :1--:. --- -' . 1111ft: - ., ' . ' .. . i . • . ..... • 11 1. 0 V e fl - I . -. ..,.. , .. . , . . , . , ..,... ..., , ~,, el , i j, T ,,,, ,. ~,„rr 1..., _, ._. , 7 . .... 7 t - 1 . ..L T‘1 ' ' "." ."'..."....."--: : . inemift..: H.,; "--16. - ' 4 ,1 \11.1 , ,H i1 ._ ( = ..._.,..ai. 1 :. ;:. : IE 7 I-I'_.?' l . :: _........_: ~,.. _...,:*.:±,...,*. ' 2 -7 , 1 0110 1 : : , .i.„-- e .• , Al_ ,:' ji g _, • ' : • , -----.i..' , ,.,,, _,-,-- -- .'',,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,',-, „•-- . '.- .-. ) -.1 11 1 1. 1 - . • • • - 0 - 1 . - - - ---_.... .:. , . ' \ ~ , . .. _ • . r ,....,...-" - _—...., (1010/ , .. . • „ 1 . ' _ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. • . • . - - . . VOL. 6.-NO. 262. GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS. GEORGE GRANT, NO; 61.0 CHESTNUT STREET. • Hen now ready A LARGE AND COMPLETE STOCK OF GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS, of his own 'importation and manufacture. His celebrated "PRIZE MEDAL SHIRTS," manufactured under the superintendence of JOHN F. TAOGEBT, (FORMERLY OF OLDRNBERG & TAOGERT,) are the most perfect-fitting Shirts of the age. Aar Orders promptly attended to. xnh26-tbstvant OLD ESTABLISHED SHIRT, STOCK, AND COLLAR EMPORIUM, NO. 146 NORTH FOURTH STREET CHARLES L. DRUM 84 CO. 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-stuth6in . 606 ARCH STREET. 606. FINE SHIRT AND WRAPPER DEPOT. AN ELEGANT ASSORTMENT OF UENTV YURNISMING - GOODS; AT MODERATE PRICES. . POUR PREMIUMS AWARDED FOR SHIRTS, WRAPPERS, AND STOCKS O. A. 'HOFFMANN; Baccessor. to W. W. KNIGHT. ap6-mweSm 606 ARCH STREET. 606. NOS. 1 AND 3 N. SIXTH STREET, PHILADELPH.IA. JOHN C. LREISON, (FOBSIBRI,Y 7. BUBB. IMPORTER AND DEALER IN GENTLEMEN'S PURNISHING GOODS, ALSO, MANUFACTURER OF THE IMPROVED PATTERN SHIRT. WRAPPERS. COLLARS, UNDERCLOTHING, SATISFACTION GUARANTIED. zny22-toc4 VINE SHIRT MANUFACTORY. -a- The subscriber hisa r Aa lr ea -- Which he makes a specialty in his business. . Also, 110 i. aa STRIDINS 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. SUMMER AM the best amil newest styles of - DRESS, CLOTH, FELT, b'lltAW, MILITARY RATS AND CAPS. are to be found. at _ _ WARBURTON'S, jel.6t .NEXT DOOR TO THE POST OFFICE SPRING MILLINERY. STRAW HATS, - FOR , MEN' AND soy's, LATEST STYLES, AT LOWEST PRICES, WOOD_ & CARY, No._ 725 CHESTNUT STREET, Also, display thelargest stcck of Straw, Fames, Lacs, Leghorn, and Chip Bonnets: ahildren's and Hisses Hats, Straw Caps, etc., Flowers, and Ribbons.. :,-;•• WOOD it GARY. in727-tie? WOOD AND WILLOW WARE. WRY & SMITH, .-' . - ' ' , - La- WHOLESALP, DEALERS IN 'WOOD I L LAND - LOW WARE, rzrio - i , Is ORTEI MTH STREET, Nearly opposite the Merchants' Hotel, rnmencirtttra • ' just opened with a large and entire neW their line, consistin , in part, of Oil Cloths, Children's Gigs, Floor Clothe, Toy Wagons and Window Shades, Carts. Curtain Fixtures, Hobby Horses, - - Mats, Velocepedes, Clocks, • Fly Nets, - Bird Cages, Wrapping Paper, ,4,,, 5 ,, , Paper- Bags, • Tie Yarn, " Blacking, Wick,- " Matches, . . &c., &a., 'dec. "an assortment of It ;RS,' - and PROVISII the lowest market pi Where they have stock . of nvotie in Brooms, Buckets, Tubs, - .Churns, Baskets, Brushes, Wash Boards, Clothes Pins, Measures, Cordage, . We also keep 'WATER GOOLE] which we offer at CLOTHES WRINGERS. CLOTHES WRINGERS I 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; warranted in all cases. An examination will con vince any person of their superiority over all others.. Price *6 and *6. Persons living at a distance can have them forwarded by Express or otherwise,-by remitting the price of the size they want. Jiki6- A liberal discount made to Agents and those who purchase to sell again.' , FRY • & SMITH. 31 NORTH FOURTHL STREET, Philadelphia, HARDW ARE AND CUTLERY. 11ARD W ARE. • • " CLOSING. OUT AT OLD PRICES • The' Stock of a WHOLESALB,HOUSB, .aimPriMul LARGE ASSOATAINNT OF - - ALL KINDS OF GOODS 4X7 MARKET and 416 COMMERCE Streets: my2olm : ; , ::." FURNITURE, &c. FUR'NITURE. A LARGE ASSORTMENT, W. & 3. ALLEN as BROTHER, IEO9 CHESTNUT STREET. C ABINET- E'.I;II4,INITITRE : AND :.B.W LIMO TABLES. MtiORE Oh ' CAMPION I No. IE6I South SECOND Street. In connection with their extensive Cabinet business, an low manufacturing a superior article of - BILLIARD TABLES taia have now on hand a full supply, Anished with the MOORE at CAMPION'S IMPROVED, CUSHIONS. which are pronounced by all who have used. them to be superior to all others. For the quality and finish of these Tables, the manu facturers refer to their numerous patrons throughout the Union. who axe familiar with the character- of their worlr . . DRUGS AND CHEMICALS. ROBERT SHOEMAKER & 00 Northeast COrnei FOURTH and EACH Streets. PHILADELPHIA,,; WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS, DAYORTERS AND DEAIARS roßsios AND DOMESTIC WINDOW AND PLATE &LAS% 11.115117/7.11.0717R51L9 pa WHITE LEAD AED ZINC TAINTS. I'UTTY, •aaxTS FOR' TRH OBLEBRATED7 FRENCH ZINC PAINTS. Dagen and eonsiunerm eimplied at VERY LOW PRICES POE CAM: BLINDS AND SHADES. BLINDS AND SHADES. B. a'. NV IL IA NI Eli NO: ILO;NORTH SIXTH' STEMAZ PANOPAqIIIF.ER OP VENETIAN BLINDS WINDOW SHADES -,The 'Largest and Finest Assortment in the city, at the Loweet Prices. ' B linds Painted and Trimmed equal to new. litorelhades Made and Lettered. ap6-2m- SEWING , MACHINES. EWINGMACHINES... S EWING THE " BLCiAT" MACHINE* wrrn aura PRESSER roar, NEW smr.Ll Hamm, BELIDBiI. }ad other Y ll4l O l O imP?oYamedits.. ALSO. t THE -TAGGART & FARR MACHINES. Ageincy-95sa CHESTNUT Street. mhit-tf RETAIL DRY GOODS. E YRE & LANDELL, LADIES preparing for their Summer TOURS can be stilted in Dry Goods adapted to their wants. FINE ORGANDY LAWNS SPANISH LINENS FOR SUITS SEA-SHORE SHAWLS BLACK LACE POINTS. TOURIST DRESS GOODS BATHING DRESS` GOODS SUPER MOHAIR MITTS. MODE GRENADINE VEILS. BLACK DRESS GRENADINE STEEL SKIRTS, BEST ONLY SUMMER SILKS LOW. DRESS GOODS REDUCED. je4-thstn tf . , JUST RECEIVED AT THE 9e2-6t 026 CHESTNUT STREET. M. & A. MYERS ets 00. RAPSONig, CORNER :OF EIGHTH - AND CHERRY STREETS, Offer to the Ladies, at very low Prices. ONB' LOT ALPACA BRAIDS, plain colors. ONE LOT ALL-SILK BELTINGS, BUGLE BUTTONS,• • BUGLE GIMPS, BRAIDING BRAIDS, GOFFERED SKIRT BRAID. RAPSON'S TRIMMING STORE I:0 2 7 -121 Corner, of EIGHTH and CHERRY 'Rs.' . . RICH SILK= MANTILLAS -T - TOR THIS WEEK'S TRADE VIE LARGEST AND e O I ST I AT lif RACTIVE STOCK OF RICH MANTILLAS to be found in the city. iiiMM CLOTH CIRCULARS AND SACQUES, n great variety, at very low prices. We respectfrilly reonest those ladies who have hitherto confined their purchases to Chestnut-street stores, to ex amine our . Garments. and the great difference in oar prices. We guarantee to them a saving of at least 40 per THE PARIS CLOAK AND MAN TILLA STORE, Northeast corner of EIGHTH and WALNUT, have opened with a 'LARGE STOCK OF SPRING GOODS, of the MOST FASHIONABLE MAKE," and receotfully ask the early attention of ladies wishing LOAKS AND 'MANTILLAS. No. 23 South NINTH Street, have now on hand an extensive assortment of SPRING STYLES of the finest onalities, - at the • k v • - LOWEST PRICES. Ladies, do not fail a giving tteall: BOYS',. MISSES', AND CHILDREN'S CLOTH AKS, &c.. IN ENDLESS :V AT LOW PRICES, N 0.137 South EIGHTH, Street Three doors above Walnut. • , • TT STEEL & SON - , - . • •• •. Nos. - 713 and 715 North TENTH Street, above, Goatee - -have now, open a large assortment of ',__CHOICE STYLES OF FRENCH' LAWNS AT THE OLD PRICES. Fine French' Organdies, at 60 to OW cents. French Organdies, at 310, worth 37X. 'Fine French Jaconet Lawns, at 37ga. - Plain Blue, Buff, and Pink French Ginghams, at 37X0. CHEAP BLACK SILKS. _ CHOICE STYLES SILK GRENADINES. • Double-width Plaid blozambiques. as 45c, worth 623 X. • Plaid Mozambiques, all 'grades, at low prices. ` Plain Itiorambignes, at 25e, worth 37Y.. • Printed-Bareges, at 31 and 37%c, the old prices. I NSW STYLES PACIFIC LAWNS, at IS% C. my3o tEFRIGERATORS, CON SAFES, all , of rices: jel=loss ITARD-WIDE CHINTZES. . THREE HUNDRED PIECES Extra quality:English Chintzes. Yard-wide Fast Colors. 'At 26 Cents a Yard, Same as before the War. _ SHARPLESS 'BROTHERS, CHESTNUT and EIGHTH Streets COLORED PLAIN SAREGES. ,•-••• French Silk and Worsted.. Neat Figures and Stripes. Checked Mozambiones and Lenos, At Very Low Prices. SHARPLPIS BROTHERS. CHESTNUT and EIGHTH Streets, JOHN KELLY, JR., Where he presents to , former patrons and .the publie the advantages of a STOCK OF GOODS, equal if not an perior,tO any in the city--the skill Said taste of hiniself and RDWADD P. - BELLY, the two beet Tailors of the sity—at prices much lower than any other first- class mita• blishment of the city.apl-tf , . BLACK CASS. PANTS, $5.50, • - 764 ALARM? Street. BLACK CASS. PANTS, E . 60, At 704 M,LRKET Street. .BLACK CASS. PINTS. .60. Al 704 MARKET Street. BLACK. CASS. PANTS, .60. At 70115SARIKET .Street. BLACK CASS. PANTS, *S.W. At 704 MARKET Street. GRIGG & VAN GIINTEN'S, No. 704 MARKET Street. GRIGG & TAN GUNTEN'S, No. 704 - MARKET Street. GRIGG itr, GIIN'IrEN'S, No. 704 MARKET Street. GRIGG .& VAN GIINTEN'S,. No. 704 MARKET. Street. GRIGG "VAN 9IINTEN'S. . No. 704 MARKET Street. FOURTH AND ARCH. NEW , MOURNING STORti RICH .FRENQII SUITS, DRESS AND MANTILLA COMPLETE: FOR SUMMER WEAR. 10%4 CHESTNUT STREET . E. M. NEEDLES OFFERS FOR SALE At priceslgenerally below present cost of [lmpor tation, WHITE GOODS, all doooriptioaa EMBROIDERIES. do do LiCES. do do LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS. do VEILS, dr.c.:Sca. ♦nd. respectfully invites an inspection of his stock. 1024 allEsTxtrr splunrr. THE CHEAPEST CLOAK STORE IN THE CITY! Fine Silk Sacques, from $B l . . Fine Silk Mantles, from $lOl- Fi o.e Silk Circulars, from $lOl Fine Silk Talmas, from $lO HO! FOR ATLANTIC CITY AND CAPE NAY! Travelling Dusters, $4. . Travelling Saegues, *a 730 Real. Water-proof, v. 50, • THE CHEAPEST CLOAK STO4E A R I TAtE a CT N. E; corner NINTH and CHERRY, CLOTHING. TAILOR; HAS REMOVED EOM 1022 CHESTNUT num: EDWARD P. KET.TY,S, 144 South THUD 'Street. . . Fine Clothing, FOR Spring and Summer. WINAIRAKER & BROWN B. eor. 6th & Market.: ALSO, Medium and Common GRADES, Cut and Made In Fahatonable SWAN SOLD AT LOW PRICES. GAS In XTU ‘&e. 517 ARCH STREET. O. A . VANKIRK db 130.,4 IcAltuniortarsas of CH AND ELLE.REI Agn OTHSE GAS FIXTURES. ' Alzo.Freneh Bronze raairati and Osnameats;roralli,lllll sad Mos Shades, and a 'oxide/ 0f, 1 4%7 I FANCY , GOODS r, irSoi•EsALB_A ND RETAIL. neon WI sad exactas goals. 4•18-1, PHILADELP HLIA, SATURDAY. JUNE 6. 1863. tft til,ortss SATURDAY, JUNE 6, 1863 The Attitude of Aituirs. To the Editor of The Tress: • SIP. It cannot be denied that much excitement pervades the community, concerning the appa rently critical position of our armies in the"two vast theatres of war, on the e Atlantic and in the South west. Those persona -who have all along opposed . the Government in its vigorous prosecution of the war are assiduously, though clandestinely, operating among the people to create unnecessary alarm; and a calm review of the, position of-affairs may prover . most acceptable just now. We may say at the out yet, that from the latest information we have, it is not prudent to jump at a conclusion in . these mo mentous times in regard to the prospects of General, Grant's army. This leader has performed a great work, even if he has not taken Vicksburg,-and this "heroic" city will, fall soon enough 'a glorions and profitable prize, unless it be true that Gen. Johnston, is marshaling a large army On the Big Black river to advance - upon Gen. Grant's rear, and raise the 'siege. We have many reports to this effact,'and as this is a " conclusion" Which military men of all , ages have evinced a great desire to try, we presume - the rebels will make the attempt. They hope by this means to crush Gen. Grant's army, and 'face about, 'flushed with victory, to. crush- the Army of the Cumber land. . In view of this, it is manifestly proper that Gen. Roseerans should be active and vigilant, and that he sould be supported by the Army of the Ohio and every division, brigade, and detachthent that can he brought up to his aid. Indeed, this eMinent leader holds the ke.Ypoint of the Southwest. 'Even should General Grant win a great victory at Vicksburg, its' fruits can only be secured by an advance of General Rosecrans , forces to Chattaimoga, or to the foot of the mountains 'in 'Georgia. Without such a move- . ment the opening of the Mississippi river would be a miracle in a• military point of-view, ad the rebels . will only relinquish it from sheer exhaustion or an nihilation. The people will easily übserve that General Roseerans only awaits orders to cut off and destroy all of Grant's en9iy, as well as the armies of Price, Kirby Smith, Bragg, and Loring. To do this work his army is sufficiently strong and admi rably adapted. The designs of General Lee in Virginia are Insul ted and unmistakable.: He is massing every et-- fective soldier into the Army of Northern Virginia, and the resources of •the Southern Confederacy are ;not ample enough to allow of any undue procrasti. 'nation en the part of the commaMling general. :He must move soon, and with rapidityland vigor. His plan will\ be to endeavor to destroy General , Hooker's army, or injure it considerably, and then move rapidly to the Upper Potomac, wl4ch he can cross before the shattered Army of the Popmac can move thither to oppose him. It is lor General lfal leek to decide whether General Lee will i I 'allowed I to make such a movement successfully.. i .can be prevented better by giving the people and he army victory on the distant blocidstained- *tie-field than by making dispositions for home pidection and defence. The Army of, the Potomac lit active operation on the line- of and south' of "the Itappa- Ilion ock is a tower of strength for vietorsiand for the defence of Washington, Maryland, at . .Penn sylvania, and is a better protection than a ousand forts about Washington. The naturally .strong position about Acquia Creek; and our coitracted and direct lines of communication and reireis' render an advance in almost any direction perfey safe . , and those war risks which Napoleon ally' I:ns to beware Of may be avoided. When this army advances - again, hell' l er, it should he fully prepared,-and a co-operative ,-ove ment should be -made from West Point with bout fifty thousand men, nowidle in the DepartmOs of Virginia and North Carolina. SuCh a plan, r car . ried out by able and earnest generals, woul*ace Richmond in our hands in.a few days, and thnaten General Lee's army with- total defeat 'and •,deruc. tion, But he who leads the West Point expe tion should be a man of tact and experience, ands "edt to the orders of General Hooker... - In view of present and future emergencies, it uld q . seem advisable for the President to call out at act one hundred regiments of militia as a reserve And .. , garrison force, to be placed under such leaderl as , Generals Butler, Sigel, Ord, Naglee, Fitz Hwy- Warren,. Palmer, Curtis, Martindale, Casey, Col, Weber, Bendix, and many others, whose 'lanes escape us at present, but who are earnestly anxitus for active employment. Such an army inightren er a hard.earned but doubtful victory or cimpaign at... cisive, and secure to the country an,honorable peace at home; which would last foreker. - I am, sir, .very respectfully, yours, . W. DEPARTMENT OF.VIRGINIA.,:,I [Special Correspondence oflrlie-riesi - .] - 10n.rnkse Moratok; June 4,-.1863 Two large brick buildings, on Washington and Wide-Water streets; Norfolk, were deitroyed bylire last 'night. There is a group of brick buildings-lit this same locality, all occupied by the Quartermas.. ....teiqadepartmeat,sor storing provisions, medidal and ordnance stores. On one aide .were ranged - the sheds, which contained Government horses, and on the • other the large, melancholy house, used by the Sanitary Commission. At sunset the smoke was seen issuing from the warehouse on the corner of Washington- street, Which soon' increased in volume and blackness. The fire-bells rang forth aloud. alarm, but before the engines could bring their water to bear upon 'the devouring' flames, the fire had made such headway 'that the few feeble streams, of salt water; sucked, up from ' the• Elizabeth river, were of little effect. In the meantime, the crowd was being rapidly reinforced, and every engine in Norfolk - was worked with energy and 'noisy glee. Curious women crowded ' the narrow, ill-kept sheets, and small boats rushed hastily up to the quay and discharged their loads of jolly tars Thd soldiers, and sailors, and loyal -men worked steadily upon the engines, or busied" them selves in hurrying to and fro with commissary stores;,; powder, and shells.. The Secessionists gazed on the' magnificent spectacles with folded arms;'. a latent smile beaming, from their eye& Twenty tons of fixed ammunition had been removed from one these the day previous: It was well for ' , f t : T .: . 'folk this precaution had been taken, for of that cal not one stone wouldhave been left upon another had so much ammunition been,in the burning building& :Just as the roof of one building went crashing down, • amid a glorious shower of spark& the flames spread to the adjoining house, Causing a perceptible flutter". among the females of the nearest dwelling, whO began to throw the furniture - out of the third-Stork windo*, and, to carefully pile their Wardrobedand bedding upon the sidewalk& under the immediate_ eye of the long line of guards pacing on either side of the street Fortunately the wind was' scarcely, perceptible, and - the,fintneawere confined' tel.hese "two buildings. About ten o'clock,-walls, roof, and floors, all crunibling, fell. The scene-was magas cent The.windows of the houses in Portsmouth glistened' and sparkled With 'rev light as they re: fleeted the red shadows cast on-their smooth surface by the conflagration over the river. Water and the indefatigable energy of excited men conquered., Thrice had these buildings been subject to the kind attentions of the incendiary. .But a few weeks ago an infernal" machine, composed of pine- rosin,-&e.; was carelessly thrown into• one of the warehouses, but did no damage. Five :minutes' before the die: coveriof the fire a man was seen to rush hastily froth - the devoted building. An individual has since. been arrested and charged with firing- these, stores. Probable lois- of _buildings' and. stores, is about, $60,000;_$3,000 in commissary stores only. ' Two hundred rebel prisoners came down this morning-on thellaltimore beat,-and were transferred to the deck of the flagef-trubehbat State of Maine, which departs to-day for City Point, to have theur exchanged. ". _ - The Croton, a steamboat plying twice a day. tween Fortress Monroe and Norfolk, was carried hy.." the tide against the newly-finished sides Of the" City, of Hudson, a ,-splendid-boat, which has,'just come finni Neiv York completely repaired and handsome ly furnished. One side of the Croton was completely wrecked,.and- a slight indentation made over the wheel of the City of .Hudson. The teat:nalßed steamboat takes =the place of . the "Croton, and is future will run between here and Norfolk. The Citi. of Hudson is a magnificent..boat, and made the run; 'from New. York here in' twenty hours, whiCh is The steamboat daorgiana.beareAhe 25th regiment; New Jersey Volunteers" to - their homes- The Men ,are chistering like beet . upon,all.portions of the yes-, eel, and manifest no little pleasure at the, thought ef"' getting such a long furlough, Norfolk is the great news depot for the rebels in this region. Some venturesome female; or reckleSs.. soldier, manages at intervals to come from Richmond, to Norfolk, - and many a message, billet and letter,- sent by the unseen, unknown, underground railway.: To-daY.they are excited with a report which is later, than any we have had byltichmond papers of Situr-j, day, and upon which they place -great reliance . Grant's army, dispirited by the repeated failures of their assaults, and disgusted, with the fearful car, nage the rebels have made in their ranks, has retired.. to Edway.da , Station, on the Vicksbuig - and 3 - Schson, railroail . And`with a profound feeling of thankful flees and' relief, they- narrate how the siege:of Vicksburg, virtuallyabandoned, becauseGene rid"'Grant has seen 'how' utterly impossible is td take "'it by iisault shelling,: starvation. lt is . scarcely necessary to tell the • readers of Thin PniSS how poorly, these 'repc;rts are fabricated: We can;, create muclibetter reports: thin the rebels, because there is a._ tone of in our stories and a - willingness at - all times to yield' some credit . to , our -enemy ;hilt they, in their Te- I ports; . annihilate our generals', ilisorganize.-thir;:ar tures, and cut oft' our supplies.' .Did they say Beau• regard had formed a -junction-with the beleaguered garrison, Or. that Johnston had succeeded;in thread - ing Ahe..acorchingi'path made by General 'Grains r army or, that the Veterans of 'the - Dnion had been t forced to withdraw, with many a scar inflicted ,on their front we might -pause to reflect---te inquire whether these . things be , so:'; But te`quietlY with ' draw—to coolly asseveratehOWiMpoieiblett was to. capture Vickebuig drop ; the greatest laurel Split as his fingers were closing round the stem—is what rI General Grant will, never de, the Western armi , ..:neier'Snbthit to. The peoplein ylekabifrg Well know • ilie` array iticli'noW '(lnm:ids never'eessedi 411eir Attack ,o.n,tbE,t ; pleoe,bpt, rejoinataomp more vulnerable point. Achilles was nWevillry where impenetrable.- Vicksburg cannot always invulnerable. :. B. ARltlif OF THE POTOMAC. News Des.lix!g.iii.the •Lines A circular issued from the Army of the Potomac, dated Tune 2d, provides:. 1. In order that the sick and wounded of thisnrmy may be benefited by the profits of the legitimate trade with it, the privilege of supplying newspapers and periodicals to the army, and also provisions and other stores to officers' messes at headquarters, will be Went!) the highest bidder, the amount of the hid to be paid monthly, in advance, to the Medical Di rector for a hospital fund. The bids for the two classes of supplies may be made separately. — Disabled and . discharged soldiers only will be al lowed to as news agents, and the daily journals must .be furnished by them with promptness and re gularity, and at a cost to the soldiers of not exceed ing five cents per Copy. A council of administration, as provided in the regulation for post sutlers; will ,fix the price of provisiens, .vegetables, etc. Proposals,: accompanied by:certificates of loyalty and good character, will be received by the provost marshal general for ten days, at which time notice will be ,given by the acceptance of the most favora ble, bids, .the right being reserved to reject any bid, should the public interest - demand it. Acceptable bidders, as well as . their employees, will be required to take the oath of allegiance. In connection' with the foregoing; the following 'frorri recent correspondence, shows to what a shame ful monopcply the business of newsdealing in the army has been carried on : ' " A newspaper which costs at Acquia Landing or Brook's Station $2.50 by the hundred, - la sold to sol diers at $lO a hundred, or ten cents a-piece. There is a Fhameful monopoly somewhere, which officers should atop, and thus protect the men from being • swindled: A lad on: the-James Brooks sells four hundred papers per day at ten cents <a-piece. This 'amounts to $4O. The actual cost of these , papers to him is $lO.. He thus makes $3O per day. Many of the smell in the army make $lO and $1 . 6 per day, and this comes Out of the soldier who is risking ibis life to earn $1.2 per month. > There is a combina tion somewhere. General Hooker assures me that he knows-nothing about this shitneful monopoly. Who does 1 The soldiers know about it and feel it. ...No order would be greeted' with so much pleasure and" apprecigten by -the_ soldiers in the Potomac army as an order. compelling ,newapaper venders to sell papers at lcfair, and remunerative price." THE ENGINEER. BRIGADE. The resignation of Colonel Stewart (of the Fiftieth. New York Engineers) has - been accepted—cause, continued ill health. Lieut. Colonel Pettes, of the ••same'regiment; will succeed to the command. Major k. Spaulding, of ithe same regiment, has received the :. appointment of lieutenant colonel. This brigade hasrendered most' efficient service during the late nine days , campaign, having laid, taken up, transported, and relaid, live separate bridges over the Rappahannock, at an extreme dia.. tance of twenty miles one from another. .; The ternr s of service of a large propertion of the 15th New York Engineers will expire in a few days, :their two years' time ,having expired. Those, re '.,.maining will preserve the present regimental orga 4nization. It is commanded by Col. Colgate. - These two regiments, together with a battalion of 'United States Engineers, form the engineer brigade ;under. Brigadier General Benham. REBEL MOVEMENTS. It is known here that a brigade of rebel camped , opposite Banks' Ford, on IVlonday, wherllithey still COLONEL KILPATRICK'S RAID The leading facts in relation to Colonel Kilpa trick's raid-,were prepared for telegraphing on Wednesday night, but ruled out by the Military CCDEOr, on the ground that the raid had not been. completed. ARMY OF THE FRONTIER, Report - of the Battle near Port Gibson. HEADQUARTERS INDIAN TERRITORY 1 ' - . AND WESTERN ARKANSAS,:- ' . FORT _BLUNT, CHEROKEE NATION, May 22. Major General James G. Blunt: , • Sul : I = have the honor to report to you a mime- What severe engagement with the enemy on the 20th. I had eight.hiandred mounted men guarding my Supply line:to cover: approaching trains, when the • enemy, in the night, crossed-the Arkansas river with five regiments, going a mountain road. A scout shad Bent failing to do his duty, left.that road iinwatched, and they approached within five miles of me, getting on my left flank. They were, how ever, afraid to attack me in the,works, and taking - a strong position on,the mountains on the south, five miles distant; and close to the Arkansas river, tried to cut off the stock. As all had been reported quiet for twenty miles in all directions this side of the 'river, the stock was, therefore, being sent out to graze, when the enemy pounced upon it. Send ing all the mounted men I could raise, the larger portion of the stock was taken from' them._ The Creek regiment 'refused to charge, or it could all have been saved, . ... I cent forward Majors Foreman, Wright, and Pomeroy, with all :the present available force, and as rapidly as possible moved everything within the oill'it. -- The enemy being strongly posted five miles distant, drove back. Major Foreman and the others for some distance, although the around was hotly contested. Captain Lucas, of the 6th Kansas, was nearly surreunded,-as was Captain Anderson, of the 3d Indian, but they gallantly cut their way through. ~Leaving Col. bole' with a etrong command and .most of my ; artillery behind the works, I moved ra pidly forward with two battalions of Indian infantry nd a section of Hopkins' Battery, under Lieut. asset. Leaving one battalion as reserve, I sup rted the forme already in front, and coon drove the emy into 'the woods. Here they contested the g and fora short time, but-they were pushed over t mountain, and rapidlydriven in complete rout to ' lebber's Falls, where they crossed the' Arkansas, tSs we were following the enemy up the mountain I , iearned that the enemy, with two six-pound field. Vices and one twelve-pound howitzewys i refilm '. go troes_Ariansan-, ----.---=-*" - rving ine. mounceumen to follow the retreating - , emy, lltook my infantry and two guns down the Aver, and found that the enemy, although in con sfierable numbers on.the opposite-bank, were' only, 4king a feint. Desiring to 'ffitimount their furtil= lety, , l immediately opened on - them, but theyrapidly withdrew their guns and fell back. - . , 'The battle was a very severe' one while it lasted, i as ri could only bring a portion of my forces to bear. Hy loss in killed is' upwards of twenty—probably. 14wentrilve or twenty-six, as some are minsing, and labout half that number • wounded. I understand 'that the-enemy's logs is much more severe. We lost no officers. The rebels had one major killed. ' On the field there were Colonel Coffey (with Mis souri and Arkansas Major Bryant, Colonels Levi and Chili Mclntosh, each with a regiment ; Colonel Adair's regithent and a Choctaw regiment. Only one battalion of Texans mile over, as the re mainderlinfantry) stayed with the artillery across Ithe river, with the design of crossing the short way if we were pressed, back. . Yesterday the enemy kept up a heavy cannonade until dark, over the 'river at my picket stations. This morning, at daylight•it had been renewed: , Lieut. Col. Schurate got in yesterday With the first part of f..he train, and the paymaster. The refugee train Vpith I reinforced—sixtyMiles'offia also in safety. The enemy have left Van Buren and taken all but . handful of men from Fort Smith. They are massed , outh of the river, in front of 'me, and - give ,their *nee' at eleven thousand but their real force is be iveen four and five thousand men. They are nerv • usly determined - that I:shall not recruit in the ountry 'tenth of the river; and tell the Indians that is United` Staten forees are .whipped in Virginia, - nd will' be obliged to evacuate'the Indian country,. nd that their only wifeti is with the Confederacy: . -Three; of myandian picket stations behaved very adly,, having deserted their posts without giving , in notice, and allowed the enemy to get on my , ank in the Morning. ' I feel it due to the majority f the men and officers to compliment their gallantry 'and, heroism, -by which we, -without risking our Amnion, achieved a . decided victory over greatly „itiperior numbers Respectfully WILLIAM A. PHILIPS,. - Colonel Commending. t -Armed Conspiracy in Illinois .v The Springfield. letter of the Missouri emit - ontains -exposition of an armed conepirsey i '-pois lig:limit the Government,; in the interest o rei ',volution:: The followiniqins : thd condition of the State - .. . In-ithe meantime the:condition - of the State is be T lioming every, day More Terilons. The secret socie ties in the southern, and iin some of the northern (Online's, are arming, their members as fast as they. 4n procure the material. The Denioeratic papers - vhich have hitherto denounced me for stating, that ' Mehl was' the fact, now -think the movement has, ! ogressed far enough to openly admit the fact. The egister,,,of VAS, city, published yesterday, tacitly ad, its that s u ch is the caise,While the following, which • - ,I find in the Chicago Times of Saturday, openly tea; , yes to - the truth of my charges; The correspondent the Times writes : "If there were not so many.proofs to the contrary • s to make, disbelief an evidence. of one's want 'of reason, it would be hird 'to believe' that the mass of the supporters of the Administration at Washington s , would delight more to see the soldiers using the guns 1n shooting Copperheads',and by that phrasethey, :man all Democrats worthy of the name—than in : 'shooting rebels.' But so it is. And though littlo haS been said about it, there is a wide.epreea mid gaining. L belief,_ especially an -the ,southern - counties• of this State, that 'it is the delihorace and settled determi- - .nation of the'Republicrin authorities, both at Wash. - , baton and Soringlield,,to visit a bloody retaliation -u on the-Democracy of that part of the State for at the Abolition papers and preachers call ' a fire . i the rear'—hmaning., thereby, that' inVhicible hos:. 1 i ti ty that 'Egynt ' 'has - always displayed against all the measures of the ' Government,' that have for: their design the degradation - ofthe White than to the soSial and Moral level of the nigger. ' : y And it is to this belief; and nbt to any diminution, oftheir love for the .Union, that all that seems to !•beithreatening in the condition of things in South. -. ex - Illinois Jo - , to be•.attributed:...l have recently , vi lied several of these , counties, and ,I know of, w at -I speak. The people have been, and still are, pr viding themselves ' with arms, • net to resist the. .t .e force_ment of the-laws,' hut to protect themselves, , fr illegal arrests,.andWhat. other outrages may,. be attempted, by,men who seem to think:that, .be- : `ca l a se the taxLpaying people have..put guns in their lisids,' they have the right to, shoot_ and bayonet` , wbondoever they ' - •• - - - t'he gist of the above is that the people are arm- , ing themselves,,nOt;to resist the Government's cori ' stitutidnal ' acts, 'but their unconstitutional ones. ' The truthia in this matter, hOwever; that the people - are, constituting :themselves the judges in this mat teri And,•no matterhow unconstitutional the acts of ..he , Government, if they are unconstitutional, wbh I do hot believe, the Democracy are falling ' , 'baupon the ,riglyrof revolution. This la all I , evecharged'aainat `them. And the' charge is'fully ;vindicated in the": above extract irons' the leading , DeAocratie paper in-the State.- • In. m - - • - - - - - MILITARY COMPANIES BEING" FORMED TO gESIST.TRE'LA.W Id this connection ,I might add that the Copper,. heads areforming, military .companies all over the State, by which they 'propose to resist the laws of thel General Government. These companies are officered and drilled secretly. • There are a number of thein in Bronin, Adame, Alexander, Union, Pike, Clailte;''and other counties. In someof, the coon ties they xneet openly' for drill and the - election of I have .before a- letter. from.• Cooperstown, Brown eininty, , Which states that a company of eighty' dr ninety, .men has just been formed and • elected its officers there. • Another letter from the southern part of . Fulton ,county says, that partiesin.that portion o f 'the State, oomPrlBPS part' of:Fulton and. Schuyler counties, ~are terming theinielye!i into guerilla bands, electing 'their officers, buYinir arrie,,lfe . The property: of men •Oho refuse to"jointtheinielobedsistroyed. •. • , • hbare, also ;lieensshown saidetteri charging that . a revciutionary z .plot,is, on foot, to , be carried out ..during the' preseut .seselon ; of. the Legislature, in “Whiclivportiona of these men are to be employed. The 'details' which' are glien I omit,- for obvious The.9bove r .taken in connection .with the. Ramie pions, in the ,Chicigo Times and,the Springfield Regis - tetr,that the - PO Pl e Sre 'arming to resist the " ini mes trescof'the Govermient, that have for their design the degradation of•• the white marrtni the' social 'and moral level of the nigger,” are shrrilfloefitt'and should receive the attention Oftheantkorities, , Let S men, once. gee arrefi; in their for an avowed purpose of.oppoiiition'to• the !authorities, and it is but a.step'to • - • - Maieriira 4 .or - THE Nekr , GittrettLi. Asesisinvi . ,,OLD:ScitooL.+At the .Iftst moment. of L eaeionts•atPeoria, the Presbyterian General .giNniblyl•eedzilidered the resolution to hold ith sessions next year in Boston, and selected the Third Church, Newark, New Jersey, instead. THE SIEGE OF VICIESBURG. Incidents of the Campaign. From the National Encampment, Walnut Hill Vicksburg, May 23, the correspondent of the Cin cinnati Gazelle gives an interesting narrative of the battles preliminary to the siege. In the following, which is a part of the story of the Black-river bat tle, he describes ONE OF THE MOST BRILLIANT CHARGES IN HISTORY. The rebels held a position between us and the bhdge, naturally strong, but rendered a hundred times stronger by the skilful planting of ten guns on the elevation separated from us by one of those everlasting bayous peculiar to the country. The fate of the bridge hung on the possession of this elevation. The bayou must be crossed. There is no way to circumvent it ; no way to cross the river but at this- point. Lawler's brigade—all honor to it ordered to carry the point. They must cross an open Held in front of the bayou ; they must swim or wade through it, and storm the work on the op posite side. They appeared on the field; the ten 'guns opened their murderous fire; many noble- fellows fell, but the ranks closed in again, and the column pressed on. It reached the bayou and plunged in solid mass into the green and stagnant water. Then foUowed a ,double struggle with death in horrid shape ; but God was on the side of the brave patriots who thus imperilled their lives for their country's sake,- and nine-tenths of the enemy's shot fell harm lessly into the dark and sullen waters of the deep bayou; The noble brigade re-formed, still under heavy fire, on the other side of the bayou and dashed upon the rebel work. The trench was leaped ; the face of the work was covered thick with clambering fonds, each with hands uplifted, carrying the deadly bayonet. The embrasures of the work were filled with fire and smoke. Grape, canister, and shiapnel hissed like a hail storm around the heads and forms of these devoted men. A terrific struggle for life and mastery. A hundred rebels • smitten to the blood stained earth; a hideous yell -for mercy from the' throats of a whole brigade of rebels, and the terri bly-contested place is ours. - '- Meantim,e, the main body, of the rebel force had left the brigade to its fate, crossed the bridge, and left-it in flames. The prisoners and guns, together with an ammunition train, supplies, and arms, were collected, guarded, and sent to the rear, and that column of our Victorious army to which •belonged Lawler's brigade, pressed on to keep pace with the progress of the others in their advance upon Vicks;.' burg; - HEROISM ON THE FIELD. In the correspondence of the Cincinnati Commercial we find the following': _ There were many instances of heroism lathe bat tle.to-day, which ought to entitle the actors to the admiration of the country, and embalm their me mories in the heart of every patriot. Lieutenant Perry, of the 47th . Indiana, was with his company under the hottest fire of the engagement. His regi ment occupied such a position that his command was very much exposed, and was suffering dread fully. One of his comrades suggested to him that X he ought to avail himself of little cover immedi ately in his rear. Perry looked at him calmly Mit resolutely, and said: "No, sir; the 47th never gives back an inch !" A moment afterward he was shot through the' heart, and expired without a groan. Two of his men, on seeing him fall, Wept like children. ' The lieutenant colonel of the 10th Missouri was shot through the heart while waving his sword to urge his men forward to a charge, which they ex ecuted with splendid success. An officer was sent to General Logan to inquire how the contest was going in his front. Logan sent back word, " Tell General„Grant that my division cannot be whipped by alithe rebels this side of hell. We are going ahead; wi.won't stop till we get orders.” When our left was giving way before the over whehning force of the enemy, a few men became panic.stricken, and it was feared the contagion would spread. The colonel of the 24th Indiana rode to the rear, having a wound in the hip. -lie rallied the ter ror-stricken by a few words of . encouragement. "Don't be discouraged, men. They are driving us now but we'll have them whipped in an hour. We are taking Vicksburg to-day, boys, and if you all do your duty it's bound to On the rebel side, an instance of valor occurred in the conduct of. Captain Riddle, of a Mississippi bat tery, who remained by the aide of his guns after all his horses had been shot, and his comrades killed, wounded, or routed. - He staid at his post, fighting against an 'infantry charge with a revolver, until pierced by half a dozen bullets. BARBARITY OF THE REBELS In the battle of to-day the rehela did not depart from their uniform practice of barbarity to our wounded. In more than twenty instances they bayonetted, clubbed, or shot our wounded, who had fallen into their hands. I saw two or three men dead upon the field, who had been shot in the eanit; and afterward run-through the breast or abdomen with a bayonet, while found lying upon the ground Or leaning against a tree. Several of our office:d and men were witnesses to these inhuman acts. They saw their comrades butchered, but dare not re monstrate, lest they themselves should share the same fate. Or, one occasion a regiment of rebels ran their bayonets through six of our wounded, after` an unsuccessful charge on one of our batteries. THE METHODISTS IN THE FICi - 11T ; The nth lowa is called a Methodist regiment, The colonel and several of the captains are Mettl'a dist preachers, and a majority of the soldiers are members of the--Methodist church. They did some of the best fighting -of the day, 'yesterday. They went into the battle full of enthusiasm, and not one of them .flinched during - the engagement.. Their major was wounded late in the day. He walked from the field, and, on .his way to the hospital, cap tured a stalwart Confederate, and conipelled him to carry him on his back to the provost marshal's hege (matters. It was a laughable sight to see DTir Wright riding his captive into camp.. Tao-casus_ ,, Rttuf. the Methodists, is verwlarge..and shows reart rontle field in the evening, they held a re igious meeting at which the exercises were very Impressive. As I write, they are' illing the woods with 64 Old Hundred." , • • VICKSBURG AND ITS DEFENCES The folle*ieg, in letter of the 23(1, we take from 'the Cincinnati Gazette:, The front of Vicksburg, viewed from the river, presents to the eye a series of hills abruptly rising out of dark valleys thickly studded with trees, and an almost impenetrable undergrowth. The city is embowered on the side of one of these hills, but is so completely ishutin that it cannot be seek except from the immediate front or from the apex of some of its sister hills which, immediately surrounding it, are now held by rebel cannon; The rebel line of for- Mentions forma a semi-circle, around which we have drawn our line, in some instances occupying their works, which, at the commencement, were intended to include a much larger interior, say ten miles, but now not more than six, perhaps, for such is the cha racter of the country; the unevenness'of the surface, t and the meandering nature of the roads, that itis impossible 'either to see any considerable portion of our line or tell its exact extent. One. whcr'has seen the movemext of a snake through the grass, especially if the reptile attemptth 'to turn hie course from right to left, can form a pretty correct idea of theshape of the rebel's line. On each curve or S of ;the snake shaped line place a liattery, and, draw the head and tail of the reptile in toward each other, and you have the shape of the rebel line, and the position of its defences. Imme diately under'all their batteries they -have lines of rifie-pits, corrpletely. commanding the face of the hill under them, and these pits are in turn enfiladed by masked batteries. . TERRIBLE' SPLENDORS OF SIEGE:AND . - ''ASSAULT. At ten o'clock (the 22d) the army will move upon the works, of the enemy. No change has been made in the disposition of troops. McOlernand is still on the left, ,McPherson in the centre, and Sherman on the right, but not. even, the eye of the, commanding general can take, in the situation of the divisions in these three army corps. They are distributed on hill sides, in valleys, in gorges, in the thick woodsi and in the= abandoned works of 'the 'enemy. Their extent is ten miles, and before intelligence can reach from one end of the line to the other a whole divi sion ' may be cut to pieces or put to rout, - for that is not the least' impossible thing in the progress of a battle, even with the prestige on the defeated side. A heavy ; cannonades is opened by our entire line, and the converging fire blaz es' from every hill top ,and hold for three-hours. `High above the tops of the trees, the smoke of the thousand guns is seen. Shell is bursting over the city, its streets, over the rebel batteries, over their rifte-pits, and the thun 'der and din are appalling. The farthest part of our lines is sought' out by the rebels , shot and shell. Ah ! they know to a dot where to 'throw them, and no place seems safe for the civilian or looker-on. The bugles sound the charge precisely at 10 o'clock, and, as if 'by the touch of magic, the hitherto con cealed forms of Aerie of, thousands of' brave, deter ,- mined men appear before the astonished gaze of the entrenched foe, and rush forward with impetuous speed —a . terribly splendid sight. - - A cordon of fire blazed from countless muskets around the rebel lines, a forestof Watling bayonets swayed and flashed in the.sunsffine, and hedged in the,foe like an inc....awe fate. Shout after shout went:up as our columns pressed on -with such appa ren*--.actess ; but, alas! our, joy was brief. The - enemy, well; calculating his strength, and skilful in his use of it, awaited the first volley before' he re plied. „Then, for the first time, we became fully aware of the terrible 'resistance of the rebels. They arose froni t heir. pits and entrenchments in' thousands, and poured a steady and deliberate tire into the breasts of our advancing columns. They hurled hand grenadeeby the score into our ranks, and poured grape, canister, and shrapnel upon us flombatteries hitherto . concealed from sight by the treacherous brush' and undergrowth,' which entan gled the feet of.our brave lade and caused many of them to fall an easy prey to,the• deadly sharpshoot er. In 'many instances regiments were within fifty yards of the rebel works, but the ground was so steep thatit: required longer to - climb up than to "double quick" ten times the distance. Such regi ments as, (or instance, the 9th and 30th lowa, on *the right of our centre, that had but a short distance to charge, were cut to pieces. The former reports sixty men and four non-commissioned • officers for duty now.; but this is a very extreme case and the regiment only numbered a little over 300 men. CERTAINTY. Pr SUCCESS. But let no shade of doubt cross the minds of. the people who have the success of our cause at heart. The rebels &relied -as in' a vice. All their sources • of supply are. stopped' Or completely aut off. Our position is such that an attack in the roar is next to =possible, or•if possible, rather to be 'desired than otherwise, as it may serve to draw the rebels from their entrenchments, in which case they cannot cope with us.in a fair field. The !wad of hanks ' advancing column is expected here to-day,' and with such an overwhelming force as the combined' armies will make, the solution of our mili tary difficulties in the Southwest is plain as day light., • Mesidesthe (test - illation of all the materials of war reedy i for consumption, a valuable saltpetre labora tory n Jackson, and all the depots on the line of the railroad to Vicksburg, the rebels lost between 8,000 and .9,000 prisoners,' captured from time to time du ring the different engagements, and a little reflection will sho* how ill s they could affbrd to sustain such lots. They have no D 3081218 to repair their line of railroad if they were ever so much inclined to do so, and should they attempt to bring an army into our rear the country will afford it not a single day's sus tenance. The entire route over which our columns passed is blasted asthough the breath of a terrible furnace had passed over it. Egypt never, presented a more blighted appearance after the locust plague. Nothing esculent. for man or beast, in the sense of army subsistence, can be found in this part of Alia sissippi. These facts will serve` to show the extent and permanency of the damage done the rebel cause in this obdurate State. ' • .. THE OBJECT. • The, object now to be gained. is the northern der fences of the city. When these are ours Vicksburg falls'. We ore far better prepared to sit out 'the siege than the besieged.; . butthis will hot be 'meas . sary either.' The rebels - have- displayed wonderful skill and Herculean energy in digging, but, they have taken much time to do it in. „The work of months our lads can destroy in a 'night. Severatrifle-pits have already been undermined and blown up. In :fact, the pickaxe and shovel are familiar to the hands of the Department of the-Tennessee, and they will be hsed to such advantage in the ensuing few days that the whole country will applaud the work. • The power ant the prestige are ours ; neither can be de stroyed.. A little delay. to complete-necessary de ...tail:4.Rr the plan to perfect ; a little patience on the part of the expectant people, and the inevitable re sult will follow—the fall of Vicksburg. . , 11 . 429,1;,L INCIDENT...,. *O , n'thel9th z inilllithfalier of 4thleWn,ltn'exsellent 'shot, drove a cow before him, and using her as a screen, not only escaped being hit, tall succeeded in THREE CENTS. keeping a troublesome gun silent until one of our batteries was planted to command the position. REBEL ACCOUNT OF THE. SITUATION. [Correspondence of the Mobile Register, May 23.3 The enemy having moved from Jackson directly to the Big Black, and after the disasters of Saturday, or more particularly that of Sunday, threw his co lumns across the river, and commenced extending his lines around Vicksburg. Our forces evacuated Snyder's 'Bluff, destroying the works. This opened up the Yazoo to the ene my, who immediately availed himself of the advan tage, and entering the river, ascended it to Yazoo City, and took possession, our forces destroying the navy yard and the two embryo gunboats in course of construction there, and which would have been finished in some six or , eight months. This enables Grant to supply his army without the necessity of using his wagon road from Milliken's Bend to Car thage, or of the gunboats running the gauntlet of the Vicksburg batteries, as the transports can go up the Yazoo and safely land whatever is needed. Vicksburg being nearly completely invested; you will see that it is with much difficulty that any in. formation can be obtained from that point. On the 12th Gen. Pemberton issued the following address to his army: BEADRDARTERs DEPARTMENT OP EAST lifilisrSSlPPl AND LOUISIANA; VICKSBURG, May 12, 1863. SOLDIERS OP THE ARMY IN AND AROUND VICKSHURa : The hour of trial has come! The enemy, who has so long threatened Vicksburg in front, has at last effected a landing in this department, and his march into the inte rior of hlississip . pi has been marked by the devastation of one of the fairest portions of the State ! He seeks to break communication between theinembers of the Con federacy, and to control the navigation of the Mississippi" river. The issue involves everything endeared to a free people. • Tbe . enemy fights for -the privilege of plunder and oppression! You fight for your coun try.- homes, Wives, children, and the birthrights of freemen ! Your Commanding General, believing in the . truth and sacredness of this cause, has cast his lot with you, and stands ready to peril his life, and all he holds dear, for the triumph of the right. God, who rules in the affairs of men and nations, loves justice and hates wickedness. He will not allow a cause so just to be trampled in the 'dust.' In the day of conflict let each man, appealing to Rini for strength, strike home for Vic tory, and. our triumph is at once assured. A gratefal country will bail us as deliverers, and cherish the me mory of those who may fall as martyrs in her defence. Soldiers, be valiant, brace, and active--let there be no cowsrds: nor laggards, nor stragglers from the - ranks, and the God of battles will certainly crown our efforts With success. ' - J. C. 'PEMBERTON, Lieut. General dommanding . While Pemberton had tint one line of battle, the enemy had three, either one of which was as nume rous as Pemberton's whole force.' Stevenson was driven back, and Bowen's force went to his support, while Loring held his own. At the close of the bat tle, the ford of the creek being in the enemy's pos session, Loring was cut off: He moved off the field without engaging but very few of his command, and marched on Crystal Springs ; thence across Pearl river, and lop it to Jackson. These particulars I have obtained from an officer on the field, and be lieve them to be correct. " , Of the affair on Sunday I only know that our forces got the worst of it, and that they fell back over Big Black in bad older, and that our losses were serious. Pemberton has abandoned all of his outer works and massed his army within the de fences proper of Vicksburg. News has been received -up to Wednesday night from Vicksburg, by courier, at which time the ene my had made three desperate and distinct assaults on the works, and had been severely punished. That night Captain Stevens ran out six or seven hundred mules and brought them here; which is a splendid reinforcement for Johnston, and helps the storehouse of Pemberton. Vicksburg 'has full ra tions for 90 days, or half rations for 190 days. I learn that the garrison is- sufficiently strong to resist the enemy, If so, the worst is over, and I hope soon to be able to announce to you that the grand Yankee. demonstration to open the Missis sippi has proved a great failure. SOMETHING ABOUT GEN. PEItIBERTON. In reply to a correspondentswho signs himself "an Alabamian," the Richmond Enquirer says : "Your communication concerning Lieut. Gen. Pemberton is so full of errors that we do not consi der that we should be doing justice by becoming a medium to poison the public mind against an officer now so nobly battling in defence of Vicksburg. "While you men of Alabama and Mississippi have for two long years stood here to defend the sacred soil of Virginia,' by your side has General Pembeiton also stood for the same two long years.' Indeed, he was here before - ' an Alabamian' or Mis sissippian had reached Virginia, for he came to Richmond within eight' days after she passed the ordinance of Secession and was commissioned a colonel on the 28th of April, 1861---the State seceded on the 17th; We write from the record. It is not true = that this same John 0. Pem- berton was in the service of Abraham Lin coln,' (any more than was Generals Lee, Johnston, Cooper, Longstreet, fsc.,) and it is not true that he commanded a regiment of the United States Government at the battle of Manassas.' He resigned hie commission in the United States sea. vice immediately on arriving in Washington, and promptly repaired to Virginia ; he surrendered large expectations from his friends in Pennsyl vania, and gave up all for the State whose dauslite:. be had taken to wife, and where he voted for years " . .;v ovate. ilieeded ; h ens e has faithfully and !!!TA 'ably uischarged every duty en trusted 'to him, and is now:closely beleaguered in Vicksburg, but promptly and nobly, and manfullyfighting for hie country's cause. Let us strengthen his arm by our encouragement ; lotus not impair the confidence of hie soldiers by unjust suspicions, and false inuendoes upon his loyalty. " Vicksburg may fall, as fell Genoa, hilt Massena lost neither the confidence of his Government nor the respect of his countrymen: , THE VALUE .4;1 P THE CONTEST. John Mitchell, doubtless, writes the following in the Richmond Enquirer of the soth: • • All intereet, ruilitaso:ooooy - ssrliggle now raging day upfm....tnorturs oi Vicksburg. It is the most mo eViitoue, and, perhaps, the bloodiest fight of the campaign this year.- If Grant's daring attempt fail, aed.his army be destroyed, or even: driven off with - -ocn - pientiful carnage and havoc as our batteries are now making in the ranks, then the Mississippi and all the West are ours_for this season. If Vicks burg unhappily, fall, the war is only beginning. But the worst effect of that disaster would assuredly be the revival of that miserable outcry for courting and-tampering with the great Northwest—reunion with several States of the Northwest—that is, sub mission to the Northwest. Vicksburg, as we have, good hope, will not fall, and fall. We have there a fine army, brave to desperation, and led by able commanders. Pem berton is nobly .sustainingfhis fame and ours ; and with .Johnston and his gathering. reinforcements -to strike in at the moment of fate and finish the terri ble strife, it may well be hoped that, with God'S blessing on the army; those most formidable arma ments .of the enemy, by ,land and water, will be ruined, overwhelmed, and sent to perdition. Thus, - Vicksburg is at this time a point not only of -strategic but also of political importance. While. our flag flies defiant over the Great River, no party of compromise can'venture to raise its head; no man will dare to breathe one word of "reconstruction" in whole or in part. All will be good Confederates. The cause which is supposed to be failing and sink ing is the one which is likely to be abandoned by the cowards, and betrayed by the traitors. To the cause that prospers we are always as true as steel. Some there are, of a meaner type—pray God they be few f—who would see in the fall of Vicksburg an occasion, perhaps' even a reason ; perhaps they might even see an hos est and, patriotic reason for - drawing back from the extreme measure of our proud position, and listening to compromise, and an "honorable peace." We do assure them (if such there be) that they are in the wrong. Compromise there can be none,; nor medium. .This Confederacy has before it one of two things, either to conquer its full and separate independence by battle-and victory, - or to yield itself conquered, and drag the bitter doom of an " oppressed -"nationality" under the basest of masters ; a naked, bound, scourged "Cinderella of nations ;" . object—at the very best— of the world's contemptuous pity. RUMOR OF JOHNSTON'S ADVANCE ON -- MEMPHIS: • . . CINCINNATI, SUR'S s.—We have no later news from General Grant's or General Roeecrans , army. The report is current here to-day that the,rebel General Joe Johnston, instead of marching on Grant's rear to relieve Pemberton, is advancing in force on Memphis. It comes in various shapes and is somewhat credited. [As the shortest distance from Jackson to Mem phis is two hundred. and fifty miles; and Johnston could not help Pemberton by such a movement this rumor appears valueless.] THE 'BOMBARDMENT—A CAPTURE. CHICAGO, June 5.—A special despatch from. the rear of Vickeburg, dated May 31st, says: : The bom bardment of Vicksburg continues. AR our guns in position opened fire at midnight, and continued urs: til daylight. The rapidßyof the firing was unparal leled, and it is believed great damage was inflidted. Twelve rebels were eaptured at daylight yesterday while endeavoring to run our pickets and get into the city. Two hundred thousand Permission caps were found in their possession. One of the rebels, "a boy, came out of the city ten days ago and took the oath of allegiance. He was then allowed to go to his home, five miles back: It is probable that he will be condemned as a tiny.. Gen. Johnston is reported to ^ be moving towards Jackson, but is not in sufficient force to attack us. SINKING OF THE GUNBOAT CINCINNATI. WASHINGTON, June s.—Thee following detailed report of the sinking of the gunboat CinCinnati, has been received at the Navy Department : MISSISSIPPI SQUADRON, Flag. ship Black Hawk, Above .Vicksburg May 27.. SIR : In obedience to your, orders, the Cincinnati got under way this mornuigo.at , seven o'clock, and steamed slowly down, until a little abreast of where the mortars day, when we rounded to. The enemy fired several shots:from aguii called Whistling. Dick, but soon gave it up. At' half past eight, with a full head of steam, we stood •for the position assigned us. The enemy fired rapidly, and from all their batteriets. When abreast of our poeition, and rounding to, a ball entered the magazine, and she .commenced sinking rapidly. Shortly after the starboard tiller, was carried away, and after this the enemy fired with great accuracy, hitting us nearly every time. We were especially annoyed by plunging shots from the hills—an eight-inch rifle, and a ten-inch smooth-bore doing us much damage: The shots went entirely through our pro tection of hay and wood;_ ; and now, finding that the t easel would sink, I ran her . right up the stream, and as near the right-hand shore as our, damaged steering apparatus would permit. About ten minutes before she sunk we ran close in, and got out our plank and. put the Wounded ashore. We also got a hawser out to make fast, to hold her. until she sunk, but unfortunately the' men ashore at the hawsers left it withodi making it fast, the enemy still firing._The, boat commenced drifting out, and I sang out to. the men to swim ashore. Thinking we were in deeper -water, as was reported, than we really were, .I suppose about fifteen were drowned and about twenty-five killed and wounded, 'and one probably•talien prisoner. - This will sum up our whole, . loss. The boat was sunk in about 'three fathoms" of water. She lays level, and can easily be raised. She lies within. range of the enemy's batteries. , The vessel went downwith her colors nailed to the mast; or rather the stump of one, all three having :been 'shot away. Our lire, until the magazine was drowned, was good, and, I am' satisfied, did _damage: . We only fired at a two gun water battery. - V , -Very respectfully, your obedient servant, • GEO. MI BACHE, Lieut. Commanding. To A. R. Admiral D. D. PORTUR, Commanding ."Misaissippi Squadron.. , ' THE GARRISON AT VICKSBURG. Frain correipondence dated Walnut Hills, June 3, we have.the following : Deserters froin all parts of the rebel lines state the, garrison of Vickslburg .at from 20,000 to 25,000 strong; that the trenches and-forts' are not relieved : day or night, and that they are now living on quer `ter rations of Corn - bread and boiled fresh - 'beef. Their reserve is Only one brigade and a half. '‘ The ',majority of_ the troops are : willing to ourrender.the .Our shells are'delitiiiyinethe buildings; and thennhabitants live in caves to escape death. , . • 'General Pemberton sent some families, with their 'negroes, into our lineis yesterday; but General Grant sent the former back, and , keptthe negroes to work for THE SAPPERS AND MINERS. Our, sappers and miners' are progressing , succees fully with their work of gradual approach, and in some places hate reached within a few yards of the rebel works... The rebel sharpshooters do not dare to fine, nor the men in the rifle-pits to 'show 'their heads,: above the .works.. Our loss in killeCl:and wounded during the.siege, which commenced on the Bth,*ill not exceedl,Boo or 2,0001 the first accounts having been greatly , exaggerated. The rebels! may have to be starved out, but there need be no - fears entertained of the capture of Vicksburg and its en tire garrison. THE WAR Pit (PT SLIMED WEEIELL TEE WAR Pines will be sent to subscribers by mail (per annum In advance) at 111 00 Three copies '` sre Five copies " 800 Ten " " 15 00 Larger Clubs than Ten will be charged at the wag rate. 111.50 per copy. The molter must always accompany the order . . Mkt its no instances can these term, be dertatedfrem.a. they afford very little more than the cost of the papa.. Air Postmasters are requested to set as Agents for Tan WAR PRESS. elar - To the getter•np of the Club of ten or twenty. as extra copy of the Paper will be given. A SOLDIER'S LETTER . The following private letter from the colonelqd the 11th Indiana has been published - HOSPITAL, BATTLEFIELD APAR Vromsturno r (Miss.), Sunday, May 16 or 17, 1863. My DUA.O. illornwn, SISTER, ATID.BROTHER.: We had a terrible battle all day yesterday. " I lost one one hundred and sixty odd men, and wound up by being banded a bullet through the left thigh myself- I a battery in a hand-to-hand fight over the guns. My pillow is a splendid rebel flag, fought for and captured by my gallant men. Johnny fought like a young tiger; fired over eighty rounds. A rebel turned on him ; both guns were empty; Jack loaded quickest; and shot him dead. I fought with my revolver; was wounded as I grabbed my colors and rushed forward to rally my men, within twenty yards of thousands of my ene mies. Six of the color guard fell at my feet almost. No greater fighting can be done. I will be well again in a couple of weeks ; only a flesh wound.. Jack is well. The boys are taking splendid care of me and all of us. The groans and screams of hundreds of the wounded all around me are awful. We are cleaning the rebels out again this morning. I will soon write to you a good t iong letter. " Hu.r. rah for the Union t" Love- to you all and Alice. Remember me to, alt. Your soldier tmiy, DAN DIACAULEY, Colonel Commanding Tenth Indiana Regiment. The New York Police Commissioners. Two or three columns in each of the New York papers are occupied by charges and specifications against the Police Commissioners by Mr. H. K. Blauvelt. The commissioners' are required by Go vernor „Seymour to make answer to the charges. These concern the matter of "arbitrary arrests, es pecially, along with a number of other imputed misdemeanors. Out of the host of allegations, we extract a few: - Arresting persons arbitrarily, without legal pro cess or other valid authority, in violation of section ii, title 6, chapter 1, part 4, of the Revised Statutes, by which it is made a misdemeanor, punishable by fine and imprisonment, if "any-sheriff or other of ficer, or any person pretending to be an officer, shall, under the pretence or color ot any process or other legal authority, arrest any person, or detain him against his will," "without due and legal procteas, or other valid authority," and omitting to take per sons so arrested before a magistrate, in violation of section .30 of chapter 259 of the laws of 1860, which requires that " every member of the police force who shall arrest a person without aWarrant, shall imme diately and without delay, upon such arrest, convey in 'person such offender before the nearest magis trate, that he may be dealt with according to law." To this there are thirteen specifications. SECOND CHARDS. Using the public buildings in their charge and con trol as such commissioners, and permitting the same to be used, for the forcible - and unlawful confinement of persons as prisoners who were not-held on any legal process or valid charge, and. denying to such persons any and all information as to the cause of their confinement. - Specification—the case of Mrs. Brinsmade THIRD CHARGE. Permitting ladies to be treated by members of the Metropolitan police force in a manner inconsistent with the respect due to their sex and with their na tural modesty, and injurious to the feelings and cha racier. of those who were wantonly and cruelly sub jected to such treatment. First Specification.—That 'the said commissioners permitted Mrs. Isabel M. Brinemade, a lady about twenty years of age, to be unlawfully held in ens. totly by members of the Metropolitan-police force, from about the 26th of September, 1862, to the 3d of November, 1862, at the police station-house in West -Porty-seventh street, -in the city of New York, a building in charge of. the said commissioners, and under their control, which building was occupied by a large number of men and not by any other woman, at which place she was attended and waited upon only by men, and was- also subjected to the impro per importunities of one or more men in the employ of the War Department at Washington, who visited her and sought to induce a compliance with their desires by means of the power which was exercised over her liberty, during which time her friends were, not allowed to see her, and she was prevented from. any communication with them, all of which va4,10, violation of law and decency. 'Using ;the power of the Bletropoiittm pdlice, and permitting the same to be used ; cioo„e persons within the jurisdiction of thf &at , of New " fork; and under its protection ; amil.gompeptheingt, & cone dal.= of their release tem an illegal imprisonment to take an oath - which they could not lawfully be required to take, slick Whicill.Qhflhnie.sin, contraven tion of the rielits- I,olo r et the States - - mgm , y, a...- _ Ftew roalr. .tsl Specificatzon.—That the said commissioners erased or permitted Augustus H. Benning, on the 18th of August, 1862,- at the police headquarters, corner of. Broome and Elm streets, in the ;city of New York—the said Benning being then and there unlawfully held as a prisoner—to be compelled, by the use of the police power confided to the said com missioners, to take, as a conditionof his release, an oath to support, protect, and , defend, and bear true faith, allegiance and loyalty to, not only the Union. and the Constitution of the United States but also to the - Government thereof, notwithstanding any ordinance, resolution or law of the State of New York to the contrary.- • - TYI C -c ions and t. Irsin. , and attg ie etropelitan police fore, er citizens in their political action.' First Specification.—That the..said commissioners caused or permitted John A. Kennedy to issue and publish on thel e t day of November, 1862, a certain paper, known as " General Order No. 324," signed .by_ the said -Kennedy, es' suck superintendent, by which said paper the captains of police for the seve ral precincts in the Metropolitan pollee districts were directed to station a man at the polls in each election district during the general election held on the 4th day of November last, "from the opening to the• closing thereof," who should "carefully note each and every person" offering to vote at such polls whose name appeared "on the exemption books as excused from draft by , any commissioner -on the _ground of being an alien or non-resident," the pre• tended object of said paper being to aid the War De partment in making a draft of persons for military serVice, but its real object being to deter citizens from , voting by .connecting in their minds the exer cise of that right with the draft which was then ex pected to be made for the military service of the United States.' The charges are some fifteen in number, with a wilderness of specifications. Mysterious Poisoning on Shipboard. In New York, on the 4th, the case of John 1L Griffin and Thomas Leei, indicted for murder by poison of Captain Israel Blume, came up before the U. S. Circuit Court. - Mr. Andrews, Assistant United States District Attorney, stated the case for the prosecution, from which it appears that the bark Betsy Williams, 400 tone, left New York July 16,1862, on a voyage to Havana, with an assorted cargo. Captain Coffee was then her master; the - first mates name was Burke, and the prisoner,.Griftln, was second mate. At Havana Burke was dismissed and the defendant was promoted to his place. Captain Coffee took sick after the discharge of the cargo, and went on - shore- and died. Captain Wood, from another ves sel, w then in that harbor, was appointed to the Betsy Willliams ; but while lying in. the, harbor " Captain Wood also became suddenly . ill; he was taken on -shore at Remedios, and died there. The defendant Griffin Vent on shore and applied to the American - consul to - be appointed captain; but be did not succeed, and Captain Israel. Bunce was ap pointed to the command of the bark. It is for the murder of this third captain that the prisoner is now on trial. Three days after Captain Dunce took command of the vessel, and while <lying in the, bay he was taken sick, -went on shore, and. also died, and was buried in the cemetery at Reliedios.. In consequence of rumors the American bonsul di rected the body to belexhumed, and a postmortem examination to be made. This was done, and the contents of the stomach weresealed up in ajar and transmitted to Boston, where they were analyzed by ' Dr. C. T. Jackson. The prisoner, as counsel stated, - was often heardto say that he ought to be the cap tain; that the consul should have appointed him, and that he would be captain on the voyage home. There was on board a bottle of.aulphate of copper, and Griffin, the 'prisoner, was Been to lab some of that on the inside of tumblers out-of-which Cap tain Bunce was in the habit-of drinking. He was also seen to pour bine vitriol into tumblers, and when asked - what he was doing that for, he said there - was grease on 'them and he was, trying to get Letter from . Charles Sumner to the Chi-. cago. Canal Convention. WASHINGTON, May 27,1863. GENTLEMEN : I must resign reluctantly the . op . a portunity with which- I m faVored by,Your invita tion, andcontentrayself with reading the report of your powerful and well-organized meeting at Chi . . cago, without taking any part in it. The proposition. to unite the greatest-navigable river of the world with the greatest inland sea is characteristic' of the West ; the river is worthy of the fountain ; and, the fountain is. worthy of the river, The mere idea of joining these together strikes the imagination as something original. But the highest beauty is in utility, which will not be - wanting here., With this union the Gulf of Mexico will bejoined to the Gulf of St-Lawrence,and the whole continent, from Northern cold-to. Southern heat, traversed by one generous flood, bearing upon its bosom untold commerce.- It will be for the West to consider well the condi tions of this enterprise, and the advantages which it will secure. Let its practicability be demonstrated, and the country will command it to be done, as it has already commanded the opening of the Missis sippi. Triumphant over the wickedness rof an ac cursed rebellion, here will be another triumph, which will be among the victories of Peace. . To this magnificent work Science must contribute her resources. But there is. something which is needed even to quicken and inspire science ; it is the unconquerable will which does not yield to difficul ties, but presses forward to overcome them. There is no word which is used with more levity than the word "impossible." A scientific professor declared in a public address, that the navigation of the Atlantic by steam was "impossible."- Within a few weeks it was done. The British Prime Minister declared in Parliament that the construction of a canal between the Medi terranean and the Red Sea was "impossible." The Paeha of Egypt, with French engineers, is now doing it. Mirabeau was right when'he protested against the use of this word as simply stupidity, But edoubt if this will be found in any Western Dictionary. Believe me, gentlemen, with much respect, Very faithfully yours, , CHARLES SUMNER, To Hon. Jamas 801311, I. N. AnNorn. and others of the Committee, &c., &e. N War -ponationi TREASURY DEPARTMENT,June 2, 1863. DEAR Sin: I received a letter to-day 'enclosing the check of Jay Cooke' & Co, of Philadelphia, on Jay Cooke & Co., of Washington, .for siq hundred and sixty dollars, which the writer offers to the United States " as a slight token of his appreciation of the value of the Government and as a personal contribution without any other return than the satisfaction of doing his duty towards its• success againattherebellien." ' ..The letter is signed - "A: .War Democrat," anti I have no clue whatever to the real name of the writer. The designation; Jlowever,, is enough. -.marks him as one of that great multitude of Demo .mats who believe tliiit'Democracy fattest proved by sustaining those temporarily entrusted with the ad ministration of affairs in their efforts to maintain democratic institutions and popular 'government against the attempt to establish a slaveholding oli garchy on the ruins of_the American Union. Among 'such - Demociats, any -man =may' be proud to' enroll himself.. - • The centribittion orthe "*ar Democrat" of Phi ladelphia has:been - placed in the Treasury. May the acts of such.patriots at home, and the heroic deeds 'of 'our brave soldiers'and - sailors on land and-sea, in spire` in all exercising public functions the liveliest sense of obligation to exert every faculty* every energy fo _ . the speediests possible termination:of the Lyrar, by_dhe4 most economical and the most, vigorous ereployment Ofthe vast resources of men or rho iikY3eollberally'furnished- by a generous and .pa .tru2tic Yours, vertruly; • r S. P.'CHASE, . - Secretary of the Treasury. ' 'JAY COOKE, Esq., Subscription Agent, Phila. MEI
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers