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THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1863
THE NEWS.
Pnost the Arrny,of the Potomac, we havereports
of a brilliant cavalry battle -between. the forcesOf
Pleasanton and Stuart. At daylight of the 9th;
Pleasanton's-forces crossed the river in two eolurans,
the right at Beverly's. Ford, and the left at Kelly's,
six miles below. The fords . were taken without
loss; end with slight skiruiish. A mile from the
I ivei;the right, under 13uford, fought with the rebel •
brigade under Jones; and subsequently both columns
engaged the whole rebel foroe of Stuart,,drividg
them back several miles - with heavy loss. The
grandest charge was made by the 6th' Pen ‘ nsylvania,
Viio dashed on' a whole brigade of rebel cavalry,`
and, taken in. flank. by another brigade, cut, their -
way out from. overpowering numbers. ~: General
Gregg, of Pennsylvania, commanded the left Oollinin.
The rebels were commanded by Fitzhugh Lee, W.
F. Lee, Jones, Field, and Robinson; and were under
orders for a raid into Maryland, which has been an
ticipated and checked; Colonel Davis and Lieute
nant Colonel Irwin, of New YOrk Cavalry, Captain
Davis, of the 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry, and other
gallant, officers, were killed. Two hundred prisoners:-
and a stand of colors were captured.
Special Correspondence of The Press gives, us the
somewhat assured report that General•Pemberton
has been put under arrest, and General Stevenson
now commands in Vieksburg. We? ate. also told
that Genetal Grant will rather besiege. Vicksburg
for six months than attempt to .take it by- storm
under the circumstances of the last - assaults.' By
Blair's reconnoissance we have some farther details.
.The expedition did not discover the rebels in any
dangerous strengthor,Proxlmity.' Instead of 30,000,
they were but 5,000.„ The siege is progressing brave
ly, and it is rumored that the President is in expec
tation of very.ii portant news. Pemberton, we are
infoinied, would have capitulated some time ago;
and, for this disposition, is now under arrest. We
have no - confirm •tion of the rumored surrender.
A Vicksburg letter states that among the : killed du
ring the siege was the wife of General Pemberton.
A LETTER, which- claims authority, states that
Admiral Dupont was relieved 'at his own emphatic
request, censequent-to disagreement with General
Bunter, who was, anting in co-operation.. To this
deficiency the writer attributes the blunt failure in
Charleston harbor, 'where the fight would have been
renewed had HUntor corresponded in a landattaek.
Bunter's failure, bn the -other hand, was ascribed,
at the time, to his want of a respectable force; and it
is' asserted that without a• - large,•army, co.operation.
could not be 'expected of - him. With . regard to the
iron'. clads, the admiral believes - that they, are inva
luable against masonry works like SuMpter, but of
less avail against earthworks like the Ogeeohee bat
tery; or Moultrie, because the latter require a great
concentration of guns. The Monitors are the enter
ing point of the wedge, but the wooden ships, with
their numerous guns, must
hi the court of, inquiry to consider the case of
Chief Engineer Alban Stimers,against whom charges
were preferred by AdMiral Dupont, we have inte
resting testimony. Mr. f Fulton, of the Baltimore
American, testifies that Mr. Stimers informed him
that on the morning after the attack on Charleston
the chief engineer reported all the monitors in rea
diness to renew the fight, which the admiral deter
mined not to renew ; that the admiral's decision
createdgreat chagrin among the officers ; and that,
but for being wrongly influenced, the admiral would
have ordered another attack. Mr. Stimers did noi
consider the attack on Sumpter an earnest one, but
his remarks were private and his exceptions re
spectful.
TUB wheat crop, in Kansas promises to exceed that
of any previous year. Cotton, tobacco, sorghum,
and the grapes, the latter growing luxuriantly in
many varieties, are all raised in Kansas, will yield
paying crops. Of these, cotton is not "King,”
though still grown to the extent of moderate profit.
Kansas is an excellent State for grape. culture; the
bills along the Kansas river are as well favored to
the vine, as those along the Missouri, and in a few
years it is expeCted grapes will be in general culti
vation on the river banks.
COXIaITTEE of the Grand Lodge of New
'York Free Masons, has decided that no action
is celled for with regard to the Grand Lodge'of
Virginia; on the alleged ground that that State
basseoeded, because, say the committee, "our laws
recognize no act of
„thin rebellion as an act of the
,State of Virginia, and would be:as competent to
disregard thejuriediction of a city in its - exercise be•
cause a mob Made the rights of life and Property in
secure for the time."
BOSTON HARBOR is now defended at Fort Warren
by about one hundred guns. Fourteen of, these are
100-pound Parrotts, in the handling of which the
garrison have been drilled. The garrison consists of
some seven hundred men, . and new recruits are
coming in daily. Recently,about one, hundred me
chanics and laborers have been employed in mount
ing guns and doing other work upon the fortifica
tions.
A LOYAL sister of Stonewall Jackson is mentioned
in current news. She was much depressed by her
brother's death, but thought-this a fate preferable to
being disloyal. General Lee, it has been also told,
has a daughter in North Carolina, exiled from her
friends on account of her sincere loyalty.
TEE California Republican State Convention will
meet in Snn Francisco on the 17th of Jfine. The de
legates chosen- n't the Sacramento primary election
who were supposed to be in favor of Governor Stan
ford for next Governor, will vote for Mr. Low, the
collector of the poit of San Francisco.
TUN enrolment for the draft , has been resisted in
Fulton county in a manner aimiin‘”
coward} outra: es in Ber copilp6 m ad i a 7r nst
their lives. They have also been fired at by parties
concealed in the woods.
GENERAL SIBLEY will start on the Indian expe
dition on the 16th. His forces are at Camp Pope,
near St. Paul, Minnesota. 0 ming to delays, it is
doubted that the Indian war will close this season.
THE Spith Kentucky district has nominated-
General Green Clay Smith, under unoonditional
Union resolutions, to succeed Mr. Menzies in Con
gress. -
GOVERNOR GURLEY arid Secretary McCormick
are in Washington arranging for departure to au
thority in Arizona. A military force will, go with
them, in about two months, ,
Dpace ia , prospect of a large peach crop in:New
Jeraey, The.back,miard owing delayed.budding, and'
p erhaps, prevented blight. -
IT is denied that the command of the troops In the
department of Gen: Dix 'hoe been . traneferred to.
Gen. Hooker'.
FROM every direction the most favorable reports
reach us of the condition of the crops in the West,
THE Legislature of Illinois has appropriated one
hundred thousand dollars for the relief of sick and
wounded soldiers from that State.
Tai United States of Coloinbia have adopted har
moniously a new Constitution, and Gen. Mosquera
has been elected President.
A MASS State Convention of Illinois le to be held
on the 17th; to consider "the alarming ustirpations
of the. Lincoln Administration."
How. Fnmsots P. BLAIR, from Maryland, father
of Postmaster General Montgomery Blair, is now in
Harrisburg, the guest , of Hon. Simon Cameron.
THE report that Gen. Stoneman has resigned hie
command of the Cavalry Corps, , and Gen. -Pleasan
ton is to succeed him, is diecredited.
Son papers estimate the lossea sustained in
late SouthWeatern raids at fifteen million dollars.
Dn..Trio. A. KeNntoorx,' a widely-known scien
tific horticulturist, died on Friday, in Chicago.
MAJOR GENERAL BENJAMIN . F. BUTLER Will be
brought out by the war Democrats for GOverrtor. of
Massachusetts next .
SCRIP for 240,000 acres, for agricultural - collegel,
has been fumed to MiShigan. p'•
• „.
EXTRA GENERAL WILLIAM SMITH bee been debt
ed Governor of rebel. Virginia. . •.
Tanna thousand rebel prisoners, fronk . Vieksburi,
have arrivedat Indianapolis. -
ALL was.quiet at Murfreesboro.
, The Siege or Port Hudson.
The prospect of success at Port Hudson
seems 4;) us to be very encouraging. Here
we have another Vicksburg,
smaller scale. The position is not - of vital
importance to the enemy in a strategic
sense, while Vicksburg remains in their"
possession Ttiie defences are not so formi
iiable ; and the garrison is scarcely half so
large. According to the best_ authenticated
accounts we have seen, it embraces from
eight to - ten thousand men, under the cen
trol of a 'General GARDINER, whO, whatever..
may be the order of his geniug, has car?
tainly 'not made for himself an exalted repu
tation in this war. In the matter of supplies
'he cannot be better off 'than PEMBERTON.,
We doubt whether the solitary railroad line.
whichliii:elifeleite'd in - tite ne,vspagrmaP a
as a kind of thorn in the side ofort Mid
son, extends inland from . city farther
l . '
than to the town of Clinton. ut even if it -
ti, ,.0
should- be completed to wore important
point; it can be of little aVail to the enemy
at present, for the city is completely isolated
from all hope of aid by the disposition of
our "forces, as is the case - at Vicksburg.
With their entrenchments, the ten thou
, •
sand troops under General GARDINER are
virtually equal to a'Rime of thirty thou
sand not thus protected. Leaving aside
their reported reinforcement by KIRBY
Blair( as wholly impossible, - they con-,
Stitute_ no despicable foe. Gen. BANKS,
according to telegrams, in some of the Mo
bile papers several 'weeks ago, had - a force
estimated to be nearly thirty theusand men;
but we know that since the struggle at Port
Hudson he 'has been reinforcedlrom New
Orleans, and, what is most important,
maintains communication with GRANT by
the Louitilana shore: The prospect, there
fore, seems to lie that if reinforced sufficient
ly, he will gain as complete a Victory as we
depend upon ,- ivinilint , „ \ at Vicksburg. ' - But
we cannot afford- to lose,sight for one mo
ment of the'fact, that Geniral BANICS is et
poied to. the Fame danger as' -that which
menaces. General OBANT--aud tht Is - an at-'.
tack in the rear by JormsTox ; for it is quite
possible. that the latter, finding himself too
weak: 'to- - cope with General GnAin, may
hasten to the relief of Port Hudson. This
is the only Possible ,danger we can see
threatening - either-of our armies on the Mis--'
sissippi ;'• and it is only possible upon the`
io
supPositn tb at. JourtsTo's corps should
~ . • .
be prorriptly reinforced, for` Artless t itha:§
400
received considerable accessions since the
Second of this luonth, it_: can easily be, kept
in ,check, and Vicksburg and Port Hudson
assuredly must fall before the end of the pre
sent month.
Mr. Ingeroll on Gc Force."
Perhaps the most unpleasant subject we
find ourselves, called upon to discuss, is the
probability '6f force being employed against
the .AdiiiinistratioU. We only
with
the possibility Of such a conflict with a shucL
der; for violence, at all times aterriblething,
in this' case would he. peculiarly.dreadful.
Those .who summon up the mob are not the
men who lead it ; those who stiffer;•are the
betraYe.d and deceivedthe men of whorn
Mr. J. CLANCY JorrEs, spoke 'when before
our commissioner,last week. "The people
of Berks county," . said Mr. JONES, "are
fearful that the right of . suffrage .will be
taken. away froth them." " Can that be :
really so ?" rejoined Mr. District Attorney
COFFEY. "Yes, sir," said ME.. JONES,
that is what they are• afraid of."
"Then," was Mr. COFFEY'S response,
"they; must be misled by very bad men
who know better." If trouble took
place in Berks - , - the "bad - men who know
better,ii would' be unharmed—their duped
followers would pay the penalty. We
know what this penalty must necessarily be;
for in any Contest betteen a mob, and the
authoritieslhat sustain the law the foime.r .
must stiffer, and :justly, for their triumph.
would be anarchy. We can easily imagine
hcriv• despeiate and bad men Who - have
forfeited the confidence of the - people, and
Mire no future beyond whatever may.come
out of anarchy and •revolution '
• WhO;gint. to
ruin the Rome they have failedto rule, may
seek to stimulate crime by ,propagating
doctrines like those now prevailing, ac
cording to Mr. Jox.ES, among the people of
the county of Berks. We know that the:
.people, with an instinctive love of peace
and loyalty, need only .32n . ow,. that. such
'sett MTESexist, to be, prepared to „meet them.
Fbi:Allat...reason have:Tollowed and ex- -
posed every attempt that we noticed t6.be
wilder and 'deceive, the people, and cause
the- overthrow of the peace. The last .61-
tempt is from the pen of Mr. CHARLES IN
GERSOLL, and is contained in a letter writ
ten to the chairman of a Democratic meeting
recently held in Newark, New Jersey. These
are the words 'of the writer, printed with
his own eniphasis We must hold our
elections as . hitherto we have held them. •
No physical force must bar the way of Alm
citizen to the ballot-box. .Should that be
essayed, FORCE MUST ER SUET WITh FORCE."
As the people will naturally suppose...that
these are the words of a man distinguished.
for enterprise and: valor, justice to Mr. IN
GERSOLL requires that we should state that
he is a plain- and unassuming lawyer, who
finds.it pleasant to spend in the pursuit of
.poiitics the hours that successful-practition
ers give to their profession. He bears an
honored name, but unto this time has
thought it proper to .refrain from the exer
cise of powerp,that gavehonor to his ances-,
tors. -So that, while men may reasonably
expect that the descendant of men distin
guished for eloquence, scholarship, and ge
nius should.show to the World the posses
sion of such, powers, Mr., hroEnsor,L, with
dignified modesty, has abandoned all such'
hope, andconfines his writings and speeches
to a style peculiarly his own, and his am-.
bition to the presidency of a small.. .club of
restless and busy men, many of whom are
distinguished profetsors of what is known
as the "manly art,'.' and, have great know- :
ledge of dogs and horses. The particular
style adopted by Mr. INGERSOLL, in giving
his thoughts.to the world, we find it diffictilt
to express; although a faint idea of our mean
ing marbe gainer' when we say that his only
rival is the . Hemorable RICHARD YAPX, di
rector of Girard College. Its quaintness
arises from an indiscriminate use of nouns
and pronoinis, and a liberal construction of
the sentences.. In the case - of Mr.. yAux. it
becomes fervid and poetic, sparkling with
allusions to Theßagle and The Stars, which.
no American can ..view.without pride. Mr.
INGERSOLL, however, disdains -these tricks,
and confines himself to complaint and in
vective, -.reminding- us, in - his -happiest in0...-nattp.
. .. - nattp. Of Mrs': Nreramv's opinions upon
akers in
Franco. „ Many. of these allusions- sliow
(inlet independmi-- ' '
stamps" Mr. INGERSOLL - . at an original
mind.. .Thits; we find him denouncing Mr.
.LlNcomsi• as " a tyrant and a nightmare ;"
and in the letter now before us,-he tells us
that " the States are a litter to' which the
Union gave birth." The beauty of this al:
lesion will be appreciated when we say that
the word litter is generally applied to pigs,
and that- Mr. INGERSOLL'S metaphor sug
gests a commendable knoWledge of these
;useful and domestic'animals.
When such a Person speaks of-foice being
Lmet with force, it is only necessary to ask
what manner of man he is, and what man
ner of men believe in him. We have no
idea that our townsman will make himself
conspicuous in any position•where the . mu
nicipal peaCe is in danger, or that he-con
templates any opposition more violent than
. speech which nobody will read, or a
pamphlet which requires a courageous book
seller to print. Mr. INGERSoLL is a peace
able. -
man, -but we cannot say as much of
those who tollow him : " they are misled by
bad men, who know better." It therefore
remains for us to say that when Mr. TNGER-
Bola - , speaks of such a 'thing. as the . 'physical
force of the Administration barring-the way
to the ballot-b 4, he states what it is not
possible for him' to believe ; he .supposes a
falsehood, and makes it the basis of a threat.
We despise his threat as h.eartily as we
despise the insidious calumny on which it is
based, and the character of the demagogue
who can bring himself to utter it.
Tile French in Mexico.
News . of the fall of Puebla has been re
ceived, via, Oun Francisco. This is not quite
so roundabout _as , hearing. of , an emeute in
Paris, Janeiro, but still it is circuit
ous, though not impossible, seeing, that the
communiCation. between Mexico- and Cali
fornia isioCally near. The news is that the
Fienchtbok Puebla, on May 17th the garri
sonbeing worn out by want of food and de
fenceless from want of ammunition. Gen.
ORTEGA, foiled in his'expectation of obtain
ing relief from 'Gen. COMONFORT, did_ as
much mischief. to the defences of the city as
was possible in a short time and then sur
rendered himself with his brave_comracles as
prisoners of war :-L - We 'cannot call them his
comrades hi - arms seeing that he had de
stro'yed every musket and pistol in Puebla
before he had' surreiidered. Notwithstand
ing this success, France - hais not yet con
quered' Mexico. In twentk,mOnthi, the
French invaders have advanced only from
Vera Cruz, where 'they landed, to Puebla,
half way between.the bolist and the capital.
They have " a hard road to travel," ere their
banner - flouts the air in the7ancient metrppo
lis of Montezuma. Let it be conceded to
the Mexicans, also, that ever since lids war
began, they have fought like . gailant soldiers
and true patriots. Their defen'ce, so far,
,has
been daring, chivalrous; and 'pa - triode. If
we rightly estimate - the character of Nitro
rEorr, he will avail himself of - this dearly
bonght and long-striven-for victory, to
make terms with the Mexicans, and thereby
take back his army of invasion in something
bearing the semblance of a triumph.
Getting in the Wedge.
If only three able and bold liberals have
succeeded in the, recent general election in
France, the cause. of Progress must.benefit
thereby. Even Such a man as TRIERS,
master of debate; skilled in 'parliamentary
practice, by turns impressive or satirical,
and with the prestige of a long-established
reputation as a, publicist,—even one such
man can seriously annoy the Government
majority in the, Corps LOgislatif. As yet,
freedom of speech is permitted in that as
swinbly, and Tnivals'is precisely the person
to;use it, within such bounds that he cannot
be' silenced with a cry of " Order." It is
not surprising that M. DE PERSIGNY issued
a mapifesto agairsst tie candidature of this
able man. If he has been elected, and'is'
alloWecl to, take his seat,-this is the wedge
which the Opposition have long been-look
ing for. ,Once introduced, it maigradually
be A driven in farther, so as perhaps td;rend
th balritself. • -
The Celebration of the Fouith Of July.
The, extensive scale upon whickprepara
tiona arc being made for the 'celebration of
the coming Fourth of-July giVe,promise that
will exceed in proportions'' and .'splendor
any Idemonstration of the kinclthat has ever
taken place in this or any other city of the
Union. We earnestly hope that it. will in
deed prove, in every respect, a grand affair.
We know that' it will be grand in the ester-`
nal characteristics—in the crowds of people
that are assembled—in the flags that are
-Waved—in the speeches that are, made—in
the illuminations—in the fireworksin the
- processions of the military and firemen. Al
together, these will undoubtedly make an
imposing and magnificent spectacle—a spec
tacle those who witness , will remember to
the latest day of their lives,,.and always with
pride and satiSfaction.
But it is in the temper of the people,- in
the disposition they manifest to forget all
minor conkderations, and - lay aside the
trammels of trade and the cares of business
for a single day, for the purpose of uniting
in the day's observance; that we hope to
find the grandest expression of their faith in
the Government, and of their devotion to
the flag of the Union. We desire that
this may be, a unanimous demonstration;
that it shall be an enthusiastic demon
stration, and that in unanimity and enthu
siasm it may as far surpass any mere politi
cal gatheiing ever held on the same sacred
ground, as, patriotism surpasses partisanship.
It is a duty incumbent upon every loyal
man who - ean attend, wilatever may be his
party predilections, to be present, to help
swell the gathering, and gain inspiration
from the grandeur . of the scene:
It is with regret that we see several of our
city papers speaking of the celebration as,
in some degree, partisan in character. If
it be partisanship to commemorate the an
niversary of our national independence, by
assembling 'within the shadow .of Inde
pendence -Hall , to reaffirm our fealty to the
Government, in this the most perilous horir
- of its existence, then we have greatly inis
taken the : meaning of the word, and shall
nevermore use it to speak reproachfully of
those whose only ambition is that the legi
timate Government may be overthroivn,
and the cause of rebellion triumph. It -is
our earnest hope, and confident expecta
tion, that the observaime of the day may
not be partisan ; for whatever differences -of
sentiment may exist among us upon other -
questions 'of public interest, there should
at least be a union of all men on a national:
occasion` of this kind, which is to. testify.
their devotion to theprineiples of American
Independence.
We have, indeed, but little cause to fear
that such may not be the case. True, the fire
men, usually so prompt to respond to duty's
call, would seem to be indisposed to unite
cordially in the ceremonies
.of the day., For
the sake of the reputation of our Fire De
partment, the fact is to be regretted. Out of
ninety companies - within the city limits, but
twenty-four, or a little 'over one-fourth, have
expressed a determination to particiPate.
Another meeting of delegates from the vari
ous companies remains to be held, however,
and it is possible that the subject
more attention. We have eleven thousand
firemen in this city, and there should be at
least that number in line on,the evening of
the Fourth of July. The Fire Department
should be
.able to get up a . .display which
alone would be worthy the occasion, and it
must not suffer its fair fame to degenerate.
But whatever share it may take in the 'ob
servance of the day, we feel assured that
that observance Will not be unworthy of the
occasion hof of Our city.
LETTER FROM "OCCASIONAL."
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 10
The good cause is undoubtedly marching
on. The victories of the Union army, like
all the other advances of civilization, having
conquered barbarism, can never be wholly
baffled oifinally turned back. Nothing that
has resulted from' thi, war, however, has
been more deserving of sincere rejoicing,
and more certain;to produce healthy and
lasting consequences, than the successful
solution of the great question whether Ame
rican negroesi. slave and free, can, be adapt
ed to warlike y
a- purpoivag.----As-.1...e-o , MOst " - d
predictions of false and treasonable prophets,
the increasing doubts of timid statesmen,
the assaults of malignant partisans, and,
more than all, the hatreds of caste among
the illiterate followers of bad party leaders—
over all these obstacles the truth has tri
umphed, aid we know stand in the midst
of the abundant evidences that, at the very
period when we were needing more troops
to fight the battles of freedom, from the
strongholds of slavery battalions of black
men'are coming, eager, willing, and able to
give their lives to - their country. I was
assured by a gentleman high in position
-yesterday, that, in a very shOrt period,
more than three hundred thousand co
lored men will be in arms under the old
flag. A white, soldier cannot be sent into
the fields of the faißouth under a cost much
less than one thousand dollars, while a
black soldier, being found in the South, can
be 'instantly and inexpensively enlisted.
All-:our late accounts from that quarter
shoW that the black man displays a valor,
endurance, and devotion which render him
an indispensable auxiliary. It is impossi
ble to over estimate the benefits of this ,
organic change in military operations, and
in the public mind. Those who have been
arraying themselves in opposition to the
enrolment of the colored people, North and
South, would do well to ponder upon these
benefits before resolving to remain in
the wrong. Every black man drafted in
the free States saves a white man, and re
duces the number from which our new
levies are to be ttiken. In the field he acts
a still more important 'part, relieving the
white man from the privations and risks of
the-march and the fight, and to that extent
assisting every - *late community in the free
States. The great paucity - of labor in nearly
every department of enterprise is felt and
deplored every hour—felt as well by the
employer as by the consumer, and has
finally become a question of such magni
tude as to force the Government to take
measures to invite emigration to fill up the
vacuum. When the black regiments un
der General Hunter and General Banks
do the work which otherwise Must be
done by whlles, we shall soon realize how
monstrous and suicidal are the efforts that
have been made to prevent the Government
from taking advantage of this most import
ant. element. Let us have no more of the
bitterness .and turbulence which have dis
graced humanity in the attacks upon co
lored men. The Secessionists here, in the
lace of the record made by the negro
soldiers in the far .South, occasionally
insult and maltreat'•ith - eg: men of the
colored regiments now being formed
Washington; but, from what I can learn,
the Government is determined to bring all
such disthrbers of the peace to condign
punishment. The same example should be
set elsewhere, when the same class forgets
the instincts of decency and propriety and
raises its hands against those Who go forth
to fight'-for the Republic, and to save from
the sufferimgs and perils of war thousands
who have -not yet learned to appreciate dis
interested. heroisth. OCCASIONAL.
Ek:A.T.Ii or JACOB FORNEY, ESQ.—We are pained
to announce the Bad fact that Jacob Forney)a reel.-
dentof Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and a brother of
Porney, of the Chrcmicle; was. accidental
ly killed on Saturday last under circumstances of
the most distressing character. Mr. Forney , has for'
some years'past been an engineer on the Pennsyl
vania Central 'railroad, and was"considered one of
the most capablemid trustworthy employees of that
great corporation. Itappears that on the day above
mentioned, when the train under. his charge was
near Coatesville ) Chester county, deceased was in
the act of lookingback at his train from the. win
dow, when his head struck a telegraph pole with
such force as to crush it in a shocking ' manner, kill
ing him instantly ;•Ilie remains were removed to
_Lancaster, and were followed to the grave by a
largo concourse of friends. and relatives. Deceased
WAS about twenty-six years of ...age, and leaves- a
wife and child to mourn hill Untimely loss. Hewes
well known.throughout the State of PennsylVania,
'and enjoyed the confidence and esteem. of an ex
tended circle of acquaintances.—Washingion Chroni-
A ems° letter own en
that Geral 11 , 1cOlernand
has been put .under arrest for disobedience of orders,
'and General W'ashburne has teen ordyed;to
burgto take command of-his divialore.' • .
THE PEESS.---PHILADELPHti, THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1863.
THE'SIEGt OF VICKSBIIRG:
The Situation to June let—The Mato lust
oharpebootere—The Greot Rebel
Blair% Reconnoissance—Pemberton undie,
Arreat and Stevenson'ln Commend ofthe
Rebels,
[Special Despatch to The Press. ]
Omit°, June 3.—We have news from Ilatnes
.Bluff to date of June let.
Though the_ ene my is strongly fortified, and thougli
as yet we have failed in assault, we have the town
entirely surrounded. Sherman commands the right
wing, McPherson the centre, and Mcalernand the
left.
- 1
The rebels dare not use any of their siege guns on
this line of breastworks, from:fear of our sharpr
shooters. The latter are entrenched within from
forty to seventy yards of the rebel forts, along the
whble circuit of the rebel defences.'' They halYe
made ingenious shelters" along the ravines and ih
the banks, and soon as a rebel gunner makes his
appearance he is plaited off.
, •
The rebels have not tired a shot in this 41irectiOn
for several days.. They have a gun, however,.whioh
domineers the river, and is a pestilent bother to us
They call him "Whistling Dick.” No gunboat his
any business where this terrible gun'ean get a shot
at it. It shoots a ball 2% feet long, ateel painted .
weighing 260 pounds, can tear through our best
iron-clads,,and is thought to be the beet gun of the
war.
Lately we got word that Gen. Jo. Johnston was
coming with 30,000 troops to reinforce Stevenson at
. Vickaburg. Gem' Grant sent Gem Frank Blair
with seven brigades, to go forth and reconnoitre.
Wet ent out between the Yazoo. and Big Black to
Benton, and before we got to the small town of
McCarricksburg we met the enemy. r' •
Our cavalry made a spirited skirmish, when:the
artillery and infantry,came up. The 11th and 13th
lowa were deployed as skirmishers, and dashed into
the thick woods,' Captain ralcrilanuer2d
battery, pushed to'the front and - opead hie howitzers
on them. We had a running fight of three Miles;
and at last our fleet-footed foe disappeared beyond
discovery. We camped for the night, and'inl the
morning started back to Vicksburg.
Instead of 30,000, we learned "that the - rabel farce
was from three to five thousand. Oven-the Toughest
kind of country , we mOrchedubout one 'hundred
F.
miles in six days. The water. was scarce. and;
It will be some time before Vicksburg-15 . 40t0n
but it will be taken. When the rebels - do surrender,
they will
_surrender wholly _and unconditionally.
Pemberton would have capitulated long
,ago, but
he is now undlr arrest, and Stevenson com
mend. 'The works have been stormed with great
bravery and determination, but we have only met
with repulse. General Grant will besiege Yrbks
..burg-ein menthe before he will again attempt to
storm the works under the same Circumstances.
. .
Men's lives, he says, are worth more than ammu
nition.
WASUEINGTONs
Spectra Despatches to .`.. 4 The mesa..,
Much importance is attached by killitary men to
the proposed prganization of an Invalid Corps, and
many inquiries have been made from varioul parts
of the country concerning it. In order to tastiititi
the organization, and to supply the requited infor
mation, the assistant provost marshal generals, as
general superintendents in the various states, will
soon be furnished with all thenecessary iraitrwltionit
and blanks.
This corps, though a novelty' in our 'service,
promises beneficial results both to invalid soldiers
and the Government. The term of enlistment is to
be for three years, unless sooner discharged. The
corps will be required to perform all duties within
the limit of their physical capacity, but for the con:
venience of service they will be selected for - three
grades of duty.. Those who are most
_efficient and
able-bodied, and capable of using the musket and
performing guard duty, light marehes,%etc., will be
assigned to companies of the first battalion. Those
of the next degree of physical efliciericy, including
all who have lost a hand or an arni, tothecompadies
of the second battalion. Those who arelleast effec
-tive, and all who have lost a loot or silleg, to the
companies of the third battalion. ThesetWo classes
\ l,
are to be armed with swords.
In all cases where the physical infirmit es of dirt
cers or enlisted men come within the - povisions
which do not disqualify enlisted men for s ririce in
the corps they will be recommended for tie lifir or
enlistment therein, but no one will be ad fitted
whose previous recbrd does not show he is merito-'
rioui3, and deserving, arid pat he has compliect'With
the piovisione authorizing an invalid corps.
_' l,
While the Government is most anxious to pro de,
for and employ, to the best of their 'abilities, th se
faithful soldiers who, from wounds or the hardsh s
of war, are no longer able to perform.active d
,y
,in the field, yet it can, upon no account, permit
'men, undeserving, or totally disabled, to re-entsfr
its service. Those faithful Soldieri whose, phi.
Steal - infirmities are too great to admit of their
being of any use in the InValid Corps, Will;
nevertheless; receive the pensiens and bounties
%provided . by law. It is
, :..furthSr,..annctliat
inTi trificer-0. -- --aist ~ .--... ..- , ----f-Fv-a : --
.. .., premium, or y bouritsrfor enlist.:
_ ment, re-enlistment, or seiVioe"iPthe - Invalid Crisps:
They.will receive all other pay and alloriranceiffifiW
authorized by law for the- United;States -! infantry,
excepting the increased pay for -,•re-enlistment;
Claims for pensions or bounties which may be.dim •
for previous service will not be invalidated by.
enlistment in the Invalid Corps. But no pensions:
can be drawn or accrue to the benefit of any man
Miring his service in the corps.
It is thought that there are twenty or thirty thou
sand soldiers now performing such duties as could
be discharged by men coming within the provisions
of_the act creating, the Invalid Corps. Besides, it is
believed there are over one hundred and fifty thou
sand soldiers who have been discharged for disabili
ties; many, however, of the slightest charsicter.
The provisions of the law extend to marines.
Colonel R. H. Busn. is in.pharge of the bureau ap
propriated to business pertaining to the Invalid
Corps, under the general direction of Colonel Par,
Provost Marshal General._ %.
In addition to the adiantages to the : invalid in ba
ing placed, in every respect, on an equality,vithall
other soldiers, he can feel that he is still in the dia•
charge of duty to the extent of, his -physical capa
city ; and can be usefully employed-as a guard,
nurse, etc.—with a feeling of pride and'-satisfaction
that he is rendering an equiValent for the pay and
allowances he receives from the Government, in the
maintenance of which he became an invalid. •
. - Pardon: . .
The President to-day pardoned fAsras BATTCD,
who was convicted at the April term of "the!District
Court of the United States for the District of Dela
ware, for attempting to rob the mail by assaulting
the person having charge thereof, and sentenced to
two years' imprisonment in the penitentiary of the
said State. Also, War. W. BA.IN, convicted at the
October term of the. District Court .of the United
States for the District of Minnesota; for counterfeit
ing coin, and sentenced to an imprisonment in the
State penitentiary for the period of five years. ;
Captain THOMAS 'l': CRAVEN has been, ordered to
relieve Commander l'unrrEn of the command id the
iron-clad steamer New Ironsidea, and Commander
F. A. M. GRAVEN has been ordered to commandthe
Paesaie.
The Indian .War-'in Utah Assisted by
Mormons.:
-WASETNOTON, June 10.—Colonel Evans, of the 2d
California Regiment, in a despatch dated CaMp
Douglas, Utah Territory, April 17th, while officially
- communicating the splendid victory obtained over
the Indians repeats the statement that the Mor
mons stood around the Street corners, in the town
of Pleasant Grove, and on the tops of their houses
and haystacks, complacently looking on, and appa
rently well pleased at the .prospect of six "Gen
tiles" (soldiers) being murdered by seventy-itve or a
hundred Indians. He adds, "Further comment is
unnecessary, further than to say that• Lieutenant
Honeyman believes and thinks he has pribm facie
evidence of the fact upon which to found his belief,
that the savages were informed by the MOWnons of
his presence in the town with only five men, and; AB_
they supposed, a wagon-load of prisoners, bound for
Fort Bridger, and that - it was warrangement be
tween some of the Mormons and the Indiann'to
murder his little party, take the property, and
divide tke spoils."
DEPARTMENT OF NORTH CAROLINA,
NICWBERIT, N. C., June 7.—The following is from
the Raleigh`(N. C.) Slate Journal: "We fear that the
same conflict between the. State' authorities and
Confederate Government, witnessed in this State at
.
the session of the last Legislature is renewed. The
Governor has assumed the position. of avowed ad.
vocate of the supremacy of the. St`Ste 'judges, and
and has in advance decided ail cases against the
claims of the Confederate GoYernment. • Wihave
observed with regret the recent order by the Gover
nor, by which he commands the officers Of the State
to resist by force the arrest of any person,claimed as
a conscript, who has been discharged by the decision
of a State judge. We look with alarm upon these
unsettled and conflicting claims. The only honest
course for 14 State in this Confederacy is to give her
all to the contest, or quit the held at once. There'.
can .be no divided service compatible ; either with
honor or safety."
General Foster- has received instructions from
Washington to place in confinement all rebelofficers
that he may captaire.-
A citizen of New Jersey : whose brother ,com
mands a regiment in this • department - has arrived
here from Monterey, Mexico, with a petition signed
by all the American citizens residing in that pla - ce,
protesting against the appointment of Mr. Kinney,
our consul at that point, who is charged with hav
ing voted in Texas for secession, and who, with his
business partner, Mr. Lyon, is furnishing the rebels,
via Matamoros, with - immenfe amounts of supplies.
Our consul at Vera Cruz, a Southern man, is alio
represented as giving the onemytils sympathies.
General. Wilde's enterprise of raising' en;African
brigade is daily becoming more popular with all
classes in this department. His troops make a fine
aPpearance, and challenge the ndmiration of all
who have witnessed their rapid advanCe in disci
pline and efficiency. This . brigade has been organized
and conducted on the principle of Mild temperance.
A few black regiments - from the North are very
ranch desired as the nucleus for this organtiation;
which promises to be entirely,siciesefub_
Mrs. Major General Foster is at presenkquite 311.
This accomplished lady hie eirdenrid herself to sll
inithie department by her' kind attention ti 6 the sick.
and wounclednOldiern,"&ind by het- Many Christian
virtues.
• VirABIIIIs.IGTON, June 10,1.863:
The Invalid Corps. - 1
Naval , Orders.-
ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.
A BRILLIANT CAVALRY BATTLE
THE RAPPAHANNOCK CROSSED AND EN-
TRENOHMENTS CARRIED
GENERAL . STUART - DEEM/MED.
WAsurNoTo - a - , June 10.—Thb fight between Gen.
Pleasanton's - cavalry and Stuart's force, yesterday,
was a very brilliant affair. Our men crossed the
Rappahannock and made the attack, driving the re
bels freak their entrenchments, with a large number
killed and wounded. We took a large number of
prisoners ;-hut the number is unknown.
From an officer who participated in the fight, it is
ascertained that, yesterday morning, two brigades
of General Pleasanton's cavalry, under command of
General Buford, made an important reconnoissance
toward Culpeper, and had one of the most obstinate
cavalry fights that have occurred during the war.
The force was composed of General Buford's bri
gade and another- cavalry brigade under the com
mand of Colenel B. T. Davis, supported by two, bat
teries of artillery and two regiments of infantry as a
reserve.' At half past 12 o'clock on Monday night,
the cavalry bivouacked near Beverly Forffi on the
Rappahannock river. At 3 o'clock the next morn
' ing, the men were called, the horses fed and saddled,
and, at 4 o'clock, they crossed the ford. Beyond the
ford was a semi-circular bend of woods with a range
of Bile-pits near the' edge of the timber , and a line
of pickets guarded the iord and the southern bank of
the river. The Bth i rNew York Cavalry crossed first,
and.drove the pickets back to the rifle-pits. The ca
valry, then charged, direetly through the rifle-pits,
and, after desperate combat, cleared the woods, the
enemy falling back upon their artillery, and main
taining their position until 12 o'clock, when our ar
tillery came up, and they were driven back six
_miles, in the direction of Culpeper Court House,
'when our forces recrossed the river in good order:
Nearly all the fighting , was done by the cavalry,
and it was of the bloodiest character, mostly hand
to hand' with sabre and pistol. In the woods the
heavy timber was not very dense, so that horses
tould advance through it, but the undergrowth was
thick' and wherra trooper dropped he was effec
*tually concealed. Our own loss was coniiderable,
and-the 'slaughter of the rebels was fearful. The
proxiinate numbers of the casualties on both sides
are not yet reported. '
Among the casualties are: Col. B. - F. Davis, of
the Bth.New York cavalry, killed; Capt. Benj. F.
Foote, of the-81h New York Cavalry, killed ; Lieut.
'Cutler, of the Bth New York Cavalry, killed ; Lieut.
Reaves, of the Bth New York 'Cavalry, mortally
wouraled ; Lieut. Vane, of the Bth New - York. Ca
eeverely, wounded ; Capt. Canfield, of the
Regular Cava*, killed. '
Ey this sudden and brilliant dash of our cavalry
into the enemy's lines, their plans have been frus
trated, and the intended raid of Stuart's cavalry
prevented.
In this way our men made more than a dozen
charges into the midst of the rebel ranks, relying
almost entirely upon - the sabre, which - they used
.with terrible effect. The enemy, on the other hand,
- repeatedly charged, but relied, for the moat part, on
their revolvers. - - -
Both sides were repeatedly driven back in the
course of the battle, though we succeeded in driving
the'rebels (Fitzhugh Lee's and Wade Hampton's
divisions of cavalry, with their artillery, all com
manded by Major General J. E. B. Stuart) back to
a point about six miles southeast of where their
pickets were first encountered. General Pleasan
ton then' found the enemy so heavily reinforced
with infantry and artillery as to make it prudent to
return to this side of the river. The recrossing
commenced at about four o'clock P. M., General
Pleasanton bringing off about two hundred pri
soners, his own Wounded, and the bodies of those
of his officers who had been killed in the engage
ment.
The 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry which was in the
advance under Buford, lost - heavily, including six
,officers killed, wounded, or missing.
Of the 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Captain Davis
was killed by a shell ; Major Robert 'Morris is mis"
sing,-Lieut. Lennig is missing, Lieut. R. Ellis re
ceived a shot through his leg, and Capt. Leiper was
cut with a sabre: The Bth New York Regiment had
the advance under Gregg and the command of Col.
ilavis, who was killed on the field. After slightly
wavering, they acquitted themselves with much
gallantly.
Among the eamialties of that regiment were Capt.
Foote, Co. E, and Lieut. Cutler, Co. A, killed ; and
Lieut. Eee'imi, Co. C, and Lieut. Epler, Co. I; mor
tally wounded.
On the return to this aide of the river the enemy
skirmished frequently with our rearluard, doing us
no damage - fo speak of. Our loss has not been
definitely ascertained. The propOrtion'of horses
. killed on both eidee in this engagement is considered
almost unexampled. The field from where Buford
and Gregg became first engaged throughout the
whole distance of five miles over which the enemy
were driven before getting back to their reinforce
ments, was strewn with dead and wounded rebels.
We had two batteries of artillery engaged and the
enemy the same. Much credit is given to our artil
lery.for its bia.very and efficiency.
. A train arrived here today bringing 170 wounded
officers and men from the engagement of yesterday.
The following are the wounded officers who have
thus far arrived
Adjutant G. S. Taylor, 3d Indiana Cavalry, woun
ded right kg. - '
Lieuteximat . F. W. Dickinson, sth U. S., Cavalry,
side of hind.
• Lieutenant Gustavus ITrban, MIiCTJ. S. Cavalry,
- - .
I ' LieirrenantLLuther_fintrick...9thlN:=tiYi.h.n.,
71ghti+hig11.-
Captain 4, Clark, Bth Illinois, left hand.
Major W. Martin, 9th N. Y., right shoulder.
Captain J. G: Bth Illinois, left thigh.
Lieutenant AUK. Leaser, f.hi U. S., right side.
Lieutenant E. R. Wells, 2d U. S., abdomen.
Surgeon Isaac Waiburn, 17th Pennsylvania.
Lieutenant D. P. Smith, 4th Pennsylvania, left
knee.
; Lieutenant 13.7..enn0x, 2d U. S. Cavalry,through
the neck.
Lieutenant P. Quirk, 2d U. S. Cavalry,left leg
i ; Capt. G. A. Forskth, 6th Illinois, right thigh.
Bilajor.T. L. Beverldge,Bth Illinois. •
Lieutenant John W. Houston, 124th New York,
fight thigh.
Lieutenant Win. Phillips, 6th New York, left leg'
amputated.
Lieuteneht J. E. Reeves, 6th New York, through
the throet.
Lieutnant B. C. Egner, Bth New York, in leg
•
and stomach.
Theb6dies of Colonel_Davis, of the Bth Neu , York
. Cavalry; CaptainCantield, of the 2d United States
Cavalry ; and Captain Davis, of the 6th Pennsyl
vania Cavalry, as well as that Of Private Supple, of
,;the 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry, reached the city this
'' . morning, and will be fOrwarded to their friends.
FURTHER DETAILS OF THE - ENGAGE KENT.
NEw YORK, June 10.—The Times of this city has
received the following special correspondence :
BEVERLY'S FORD, June 9.
General .PleasantOn, at daylight this morning,
;crossed`the Rappahannock in two columns, his
right at Beverly's Ford and left at Kelly's Ford, six
miles below. The fords were captured without loss.
Beverly's Ford-was taken by a spirited dash of the
"Bth Illinois Cavalry, and the Bth Illinois and Bth
-New York Infantry, and we were on the south side
of the stream before the enemy were aware of our
movement. General Gregg took Kelly's Ford after
a slight skirmish, but with no loss of life.
The right column, under General Buford, had pro
ceeded only a mile from the river when it came
.fmon General Jones' whole rebel brigade, who had
just shaken themselves out of a sleep in time to re
'Ceive A fight commenced which continued from
5 &clock A M. to 3 o'clock P. M., by which time
the entire force of General Stuart, consisting, ac-
Cording to the papers - found in the camps, of 12,000
'Cavalry and Sixteen pieces of artillery,ihad beenen
gaged and driven back three miles on the right and
five miles on the left, with heavy loss.
Our forces formed ajunction near Brandy Station)
at 2 o'clock. The fighting of both columns,' under
Buford and Gregg, was very 'gallant, not "a single in
stance of misbehavior occurring.
The grandest charge was' made by the 6th -Penn
sylvania Cavalry, supported by the 6th Regiment of
Begulare,
,when they dashed on a whole brigade of
the enemy, and were taken in flank by another bri
gade. Though thoroughly overpowered, they gal
lantly cut their, way out.
Two of Gen. Gregg's brigades, under Col Wrad
ham and COI. Kilpatrick, had hot work all the morn
ing, but drove the enemy from the river to Brandy
Station. The :rebels were numerically, superior to
es; including our *all Supporting forCe of infantry.
Notivithstanding. this, we drove them back hand
comely, and captured 260 prisoners and a stand of
colors.
The enemy, had five large brigades, under command
of dens. Fitzhugh Lee, W. F. H. Lee, Jones, Field,
and Robinson, with :16, pieces of artillery, under
eckham. They had been reviewed the pre.
Viet's 'day, by Gen. Lee, and were under orders to
leave on their grand raid-into Maryland and Penn
sylvanin tomorrow (Wednesday) morning.
Iniportant papers were
_Captured in' the camp of
Jones' brigade, showing the strength of the whole
force and, its intentions.' The fight wasdiscon
tinues' about thrue.-o'clock, the rebels falling back
S tiponAlicir 'Strong infantry supports, which came up,
by rail from Culpeper, and canpposed to be a part of
Lonistreet's force, which; from the letters taken,
we Civil. was 11044 vicinitY on Saturday.
Oir' 'forces almost unmolested to this
sirle_of the river during the afternoon, the enemy
declining to make any serious -attempt -to regain
their lost ground.
We lose several valuable officers. The following
is a partial llat :
KILLED.
'Colonel B. P. Davis, Bth New York.
',Lieutenant Colonel-Irvin, 10th New York.
10aptain Davis 6th Pennsylvania.
‘.Captain Foote, Bth New York.
:Captain Canfield, id Regulars. '
, • • WOUNDSD.
COlOnel.Wnydham, let New Jersey, not = severely.
!Major Morris, 6th Penna., wounded and missing.
fLieutinant Colonel Broderick, let New :Jersey.
Major Stilladre, Ist New Jersey.
, The lose of the enemy, in killed, wounded, 'and_
prisoners, far exceeded our: own. We got two or
three* of their -brigades 'under the fire of our ar..
'II9T, with .shell of short fuses, and tore them,
a
'Axiiong the other officers wounded are Lieutenant
'Leisure, of the 2d United States Cavalry, in the
br:last; Lieutenant Media, 6th United States Ca-,
v ri,in back by the fragment of a shell ; Lieutenant
Burke and Lieutenant Lenner, of 2d United Statue
Cavalry. the first in the foot and the latter in the
neck s. Lieutenant Phillip, of 6th New York Ca.
vary, leg amputated, and. Lieutenant Irwin, Of the
same regiment, also wounded in the leg.
captaitiCharles Leiper, of the 6th Pennsylvania,
washeatee,on the head with a pistcd.atock, and was
I..wibe,Aakew a prisoner,. but, escaped.. during the
ChargeLmade,by our men. Lieutenant R. Ellis; of
Plillidelphia, adjutant of the 6th Pennsylvania Re.
4,104ent, received a painful _Wound in hie:left leg,
sbattering-the.bone. -These ollicerithepresent this'
battle as the fiercest and bloodiest cavalry fight of
the war. They are both in Washington.
WASHINGTON, June 10.—General Lee, it was
pretty well known, hid assembled his cavalry, sup
ported by -artillery - and infantry, between Culpeper
Court House and Beverly's Ford, with a design to
send them upon a raid, and this fact is further sub
stantiated from a document that' fell into Pleasan
ton's hands, by which it was ascertained that
Stuart was to have started on his journey within an
hour or two of the time our forces came up with
them. General Pleasonton, in view of the infor•
Illation above stated, was despatched with portions
of the divisions of our cavalry, commanded by
Generals Buford and Gregg, respectively, to prevent
the consummation of the enemy's designs.
The forceeunder General Buford consisted of por
tions of the -Ist, 2d, 6th, and 6th Regular Cavalry,
and the 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry; and those under
General Gregg of portions of the Bth and 9th New
York, Bth Illinois, and 3d Indiana Cavalry. Gene.
ral Buford's force, which,wite on the - right, first met
the enemy's pickets half a mile south of the ford,
When a severe engagement immediately commenced,
the rebels being in heavy force, and resisting the ad,
Vance of our trooPs with continuous hand-to-hand
fighting. When Gregg brought his force up to the
fight and became engaged, the enemy gradually gave
way, disputing every inch of the ground despe
rately.
LATER FROM. THE. ARMY
WastrinoTow, June 10.—The latest news from
the Rappahannock is up to yesterday afternoon.
The enemy opened several of their crest batteries
upon our works and our forces on the plains west
of the river . and south of Fredericksburg. They also
threw several shells on this side of the river. Our
batteries replied - to theni. There was no loss on our
side. The cannonading lasted only a few minutes.
This was the first time that the enerny opened
their guns on our new position. The respectivelines
remain the same as yesterday morning. It-is said
that the enemy has but one corps opposed to . our
front below the town. -
A gentleman connected with the army, who has
just returned from Martinsburg, Virginia, says a re
connoissance haying been made as far as Strasburg
no enemy was discovered, and no apprehension of a
rebel raid existed there. Our troops are awake to
all contineencies. The paroled prisoners number
Probably 4,000.
A party, consisting of •Secretary Ohase, Senator
Shernian, .and - several others, including ladles, re
turned from a visitto the Army of the Potomac to;
day..., _
NAVAL. COURT OF INQUIRY.
Case of Chief Engineer Allen C. Stimers
Charges byeAtlmiral.Dupont.
NEW . Y 0111:, June 10.-,Thin count, consisting of
Admiral Gregory and Oolnrnodores Stringthana and
Nicholson, is still in session at the Marine Barracks.
Several witnesses have been. examined, none of
whom sustained the charges.'-„
The folloWing-teetimony, taken to -day ; is the most
important and interesting yet receivesle
Cbarlei C; Felten called by the jeep adeecate.
Question. What is Tour name, and what is your °can
ration ?:
Answer My name is C. C. Fulton, and even the editor
and proprietor of the Baltimoreetmericen.
Q. Were you not a passenger on board the steaMehip
Arago on her homeward passage in April last ? ef-yea,
ween and wbere;did you join that ship, and when did
you leave her? *
A I was a passenger on board the Arago in the month.
of April last ye - joined her off Charleston bar, and left
her at 'Fortress Monroe; I joined her on the Title •
Q.. Do you km ev Chief Engineer Alban C. Stimers. of
the United States navy ? ifyea, how long have you known•
him, and was he a passenger be. board' the Arago at the
time you haee referred to? •
A. I do km:ONY him, and. have known him since the
fight of the* Monitor and • Merr mac in March. 1811: he
was a passenger; he went on board with me; I left hire
on board when I left the 'hip; he went on to New
York
Q. During thelime you were a passenger on board the
Arago."as you have said. did you have any conversation
with Chief Engineer Barriers respecting the failure to
renew the attack on the torts at Charleston which had,
been made by the United States naval* forces on the 7th
day of April last? If yea, relate such conversation.
A. I had a great deal of conversation evith air. earners
*le th during the passage and previous`tte that, having
been with him nearly two months. It iselifficult for me
to separate the converaations, which were continnons
before we went on beard the vessel abet afterwards.
They were all, however, strictly private crieversatious,
and never in the presence of third parties. e -
I heard Mr. etimers say that he visited all: the moni
tors on the morning of the Sth of April, at the request of
drain], Dupont, taking *with him workmen•to-repair--
the damages; he had some thirty or forty mechanics
with him for that purpose; that be visited all the veesels,
leaving workmen on them whenever required, with the
materials for the repairs; that, having done so, at one
o'clock on that day he proceeded to tire flazshio Iron- -
- and reported to Admiral Dupont that the vessels
were all ina.condition for *mediate service; that he
war then told by the Admiral that be had determined
not _to renew the attack e that .on- - his. leaving the
*various vessels they were all anticipating signals
to prepare to get -under way to renew the fight at
one o'clock that day; that he heard nothing of an
intention not to renew the fight, 'until it was corn-,
munirated to him by Admiral Dupont; that, though
be had no direct communication with the
--of the monitors, there was every indication of prepara
tions on their part to renew the fight; that on his return
from the Ironsides to the Ericsson. his headquarters, he
communicated the fact to some of, the vessels that the
fight was not to he renewed, which created-great mir
y rise among the junior officers of those vessels. He
made no mention of the opinion 'of any'of the com
manders, further.thanthat Commander Raymond Rod- -
gets had told him that the Admiral had determined to
renew the light, but bad been persmeded not to renew
it by all the monitor captains,--- I heard' him say that
one of the executive offt :ors-but I do not remember the
vessel or the officer-told him that he felt personally
disgraced by the failure to, renew the fight, and he de
sired to be relieved from the squadron as soon as possi
ble. I have • heard • hint say that he believed that id
meal Dupont *would have renewed 'the fight if 'he had
not been hifluenced by others. These conversations
were strictly private. end have always beenso regarded
by me. These conversations have never been published
so far as I know, at least from, me. .
• Q. During the time you were a passenger on board the
Arago, at the time to which yon have referred, did Chief
Engineer Miners say to you. or in your presence, that
tbeemonitors were is as good condition on Wednesday.
the Sth day of April, Me after they had undergone some
slight repairs,. to renew the attack, as they had been to
commence -tithe day before, or words to that effect ?
'Be told melee had reported them to the admiral be
fore .one o'clock.- on the Stb. of April, as ready f
diate service; that the damages had all:bean repaired. I
do:not remember that he said that they were in as good
condition on the day after the light as they_ were when
the attark eoramenced. ,lle, however, corisidered their
-general efficieney tie unimpaired. -
Q. Did not. Chief Engineer Stimers say anything to you,
• or in, yourepresence. d_uring the pewee aforesaid. re--
sPecting the ability of the monitors to go into Charleston.
e i t me re p t e - n11, 2 ,,, , -, -.T._Tri4,A3733.t..d' • r 4
,11.. I never have heard him say that be believed that
the monitors could enter Charleston-harbor, though he
did frequentlyeity to me that the attack on Sumpter ou
the 7th of April last was not an earnest bus, and that the
monitors were capable, in his opinion, of renewing the
attack. Re had in his charge the Ericsson rafts and tor
pedoes, vrhicei wereintended to remove the obstructions
in Charleston harbor, and had great faith in their ability
to removeany obstructions inside of Fort Sumpter. He
frequently told me that, in big opinion, if the, rafts had
been used the monitors could have reached the city. He
expressed disappointment and chagrin at the unwilling
ness of Admiral Dopent and the fleet authorities to exa
mine the rafts and torpedoes, or to listen to him when
he attempted to explain their use. He, however, never
expressed confidence in the ability of the moni tors, with
out the aid of-the rafts,. to succeed in entering the harbor
of Charleston.
Q. Did not Chief Engineer Stimers at any time during
the passage aforesaid. to you, or in your presence-say
sorer thing respecting Admiral Dupont beingepreiudiced
against the monitors ?.. If yes, 'what did he say on that'
subject?
• A. I don't think he ever said anything to me about
Admiral Dupont being prejudiced ;"he, howeeer, inti
mated to me that there was a. prejudice 'existing on the
part of some of the officers of the fleet. He frequently
said to me that -he thmight Admiral - Dupont would
have renewed the attack -it had not been for the in
fluence on him of those who were prejudiced.
Q. Did or did not Chief Engineer Stimers. at any time
during the rassage aforesaid, see to yen. or in your pre
sence, anything respecting the fairness of the trial which
the monitors had in the attack of the 7th of April last ?'
If yes, what did be say upon that point?
A. Al that he said to me, or in my presence-he never
conversed with me except privately-in relation to the
sitter-ix, was, that he had reported - to the admiral that
the defensieepower of the vessels was bnt slightly tin
:paired and the offensive powers unimpaired.
Q. Did Chief Engineer Slimes at any time during the
passagea aforesaid Fey to you why the attack of _the 7th
of April was not renewed ?
A. - He told me that Commander Raymond Rodgers in
formed bin that the commanders, of all the iron-clads
visited tbe Admiral on the night of the 7th of April, at
which time the Admiral had determined to reuew the*
fight at 1 o'clock the next day; but on hearing the re
ports of the commanders of the monitors he had retired
without expressing any change in his determination to
renew the fight until the next morning, but on. rising on
the morning of the Bth he announced his determinafroa
not to renew tbe tigbt.
Q. Did Chief Engineer Stimers, at any time during the
passage aforesaid, say to,yon or in your presence that lie
had been told_by one or more of the commanders of the•
iron-clad' vessels .engaged in the attack of the 7th of
April last, that-the said - iron-clad"vessels were in fit con
dition 'to renew it, and that the attack of that day
might to have been renewed, or words to that effect ?
A. No, air. He never said the commanders, or any of
them, expressed any'opinion to him on the subject Bate
ter the decision of the Admiealevas made known; bat
'previous to that he visited all or nearly eel the vessels,
and heard no oppoeition to its eenewalfrom any of the
commanders He said that the men and petty officers
were all anxious to renew the fight, so .far as he- ob
served. Be said the were silent on the
subject to him:'
-
Q., Did Chief Engineer Stimers at any time during the
passage aforesaid in your presence, criticise or condemn
the conduct of Rear Admiral Dupont -in failing to renew
the attack on the 7th of April last, on the forts of
Charleston ? If yes, repeat what he said.
A. I doretthink that on board the Arago we had any
further conversation which would have a bearing en the
question further than that I have already given. It was
his opinion that the. monitors were capable ofmach .
heavier work than they bad performed. .
• Q.- Did Chief Engineer Stimers at any time during the
Passage aforesaid. say to you or in your presence that
the attack of the 7th of April last ought to have been re
newed ?
A. He said to me that if Admiral Gregory bad been
there be thought the fight.would not have been stopped
on the first day. He did not directly criticise the con
duct of Admiral. Dupont, but regarded others as in
fluencing him against his own better judgment.
Q. Were there ansecither correspondents of tbe public
press who were passengers on the Arago at the time yen
hevereferred to except yourself? If yes, :please name
such persons .-: -
A. 'There were eight or ten who were passengers on
the Arrtgo, lint none 'of them were present at these con
versations between Mr. Stitners and myself. One- was
Mr. Coffin; of the-Boston Journal, and Mr. :Wieser, of
the New York Times. ' -- I do not recollect the names of
anv others.
The Judge Advocate had no farther questions to ask. e
g Question by Chief Fnuineer Stimers. Was I, or not,re
BF rved in my tone and manner when speaking of the at
tack upon Charleston, or of the conduct and- character
*of Admiral Dupont, when conversingyritliyon. or with
the other passengers., on board the - Arago? Or was I
pushing my views forward in-a loud. obtrusive manner,
such as you would infer from reading the second apaci
-
fl ellen of*tbe charges which have been made against
me be Admiral Dupent?
A. With*. regard to his conversation with me. it. was
always alone and always in an undertone: when any
other personnevere present he would always change the
subject. He avoided all conversation .with others, and
told me that he went into his stateroom to avoid being
questioned.
Neither the Judge Advocate, the court, nor Mr.
Stimers having any further (meet - lore to oak, the wit-
TeSS was 'discharged after his evidence was read over to
him. *
The' lira ft 'lliglite't - tin -Fulton County.
Conamisnunc, Pa., June 10.—The enrolment
meets with great resistance among the sympathizers
with the rebellion, in this county. One of the en
rolling officers has been rotten-egged, and threats
have been freely used against their lives. In some
instances they have been tired at by parties conceal
ed in the woods, and attempts have been made to
deter the officers from their work. The barn of
Win. H. Powell, enrolling officer . .for Thompson
toviaship,'was fired last night, and entirely con
sumed, together with all his stock of, farming"uteri=.
ails.
iteloibrcements . to-, Geitu . Bank,s.
NEW Yonk, June 1.0.--A.dvices received per the
steamer Cahawba state that reinforcements from
Brashear City, and other points, to the number of
6,000, had reached Gen. Banks on the 30th and 3ist,
and our troops then outnumbered the rebels four to
one. The rebels were entirely hemmed in, and no
succor could reach them. Their forcewas various
stated at from 6,000 to 10,000. They ,were well
supplied with corn meal. but had few other proVi
mons, and but a small supply of ammunition. It
was believed to be impossible for them to hold out
New Jersey Union League.
Trinwrorr, N. J. ' June 10.—A. meeting of the dele
gates to the Loyal Union League State Convention
was held here to-day. There were" - quite a number
of the leading men ,of the State present. A State
league was fonned, with How Charles S. Olden as
president, and a vice. president from earl Congres
sional district.. "
Resolutions were adopted" strongly declaring that
the TJnion'is above all -party considerations.
-- A
~c,ommittee of correspondence was appointed,
with ~.view of forming icountx and township
leagues, and' a o state Central Committee was : , ap•
iminted.
An address tothe people of the State was reported
end adoPted, arguing the importance of putting
down the rebellion at any coati
V. 13:0
HAT.lpex, Tune 10.-The English papers received
by the steamship Africa contain only the mere men
tion of the fact of the capture by the pirate Alaba-
Rift, of the vessels mentioned in the despatch of yes
terday. No particulars are given. Messrs. Cren
shaw & Co., English merchants, publish a letter in
the ,English pacers of the 22d, complaining of the
deatimmion of the ships flora and Louisa Hatch by
the pirate.
The Norwegian, from Quebec, arrived at Liver
pool on the 28th; aid the St. Andrew . , from Po - rt- -
land, Me., arrived on the same day.
From California and China.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 10.—Importers are doing
but little. Small jobbers are making large sales.to
interior customers. The important feature in the
present trade is the large demand for dry goods and
other merchandise suitable for export to l lexico.
The latest dates from Hong Kong are to the 14th
of April. The ship Viking had arrived there on the
13th, from San Francisco on the 25th of February,
bringing news many days later than had reached
China via Em ope. There were no vessels loading
in Chinese ports for Atlantic American ports, but
several were up for San Francisco, being mostly pas
senger ships.
Indian Devastations in Utah.
SALT LAKE:, June 10.—Thirty mounted Indians
attacked a coach thirty miles westward today; and
killed and scalped . the driver and another employd
of the line. I'ortunately there were no passengers
aboard. The Indians opened the mailbags and
stripped the
,coach. They then ran off the stock.
Our troops are after them.
Semi-Official News from Vicksburg and
Port Hudson.
A private despatch from the agent of the ABBD
elated Press at Washington indicates that he haS
placed on file at the .telegraph office in that city ;
semi-official advises from Vicksburg, and Port awl
son ; but up to this hour (1.30 A M. of June litho
the despatches have not been received. The ADM
elated Press is not at fault.
Recruiting in New York.
.
NEW Yonrc, June le.—General Burnett has been
authorized by the Governor to receive a number of
recruits from the recruiting station on Staten
Island, to organize a brigade.
The - Race between Patehen and Butler.
NEW Yorm, June 10.—The trotting match for
*6:000, mile heats, to-day, was won by Patchen
making the first, fourth, and fifth heats. General
Butler won the other two heats.
JEFFERSON DAVIS announces that no further cor
respondence can be had by the Confederate authori
ties with Mr. Geo. Moore, H. B. M. consul for the
port-of Richmond and State of - Virginia, inasmuch
as he assumed to act for - a place other than Rich
mond, and a State other Sian 'Virginia. Mr. Moore's
consulship has recognized " the former Govern
ment," and not the Confederacy; and hence the
dismissal, which remains to be considered by the
British Government.
Illurreny GOVERNOR SHEPLEY, of Louisiana, at
the request of loyal citizens, promises to order a
registration of the loyal voters who shall voluntarily
come forward and enroll themsblves, and subscribe to
the national oath of allegiance. At the same time
he declines to act upon other propositions—among
which a State Convention is named—until he re
delves more definite instructions. Gov. Shepley ap
pears to possess the confidence of loyal Louisiani
ans, but is not yet assured that this State prepa
red for the re-establishment of civil government:
Bins. LIENny WOOD'S Now Novar..—lt 'Strike
us that "The Castle's Iteir," a novel in real life, is
among the very best of- Mrs. Wood's numerous
works of fiction. As a domestic story, it may be
surpassed by "The Channings and "Mrs. Italy
burton's Troubles," and it is not so sensational as
"East Lynne" and " Vernees Pride," hut as a tale
of English life, including characters from the peerage
and squirarchy down to the servants' hall; and the
porchers' leafy hiding-pfaces, it exceeds anything
she has yet , written. It is imbued with a pervading
mystery, adroitly unexplained to the end,—very ex
citing, yet very probable after all. The book, hand
somely printed in Bvo, from the author's manuscript,
in advance of publication in Europe, is illustrated
with eleven engravings from original designs, 'and
will be issued, on Saturday, by T. B. Peterson' &
Brothers.
'LARGE, POSITIVF. AND ATTRACTIVE SALE -O$
DRY GOODS, &c.—The early, particular attention .
of dealers is requested to the large, valuable, and
general assortment of American, British, 'French,
and German dry goods, twine, clothing, umbrellas,
&c., embracing about 900 packages and -lots- of
staple and fancy articles in cotton, woollen,
Worsted, silk, and : linen, to be peremptorily sold by
catalogue, on four "months' credit,'commencing this
morning at 10 o'clock precisely, to be continued all
day and part of "the evening without intermission,
by John 73. Myers Sc. Co.; auctioneers, Woo, 232 and
234 -Market street.
Public Euteitai.nutents.
NEW CUESTNuT-ETEEEI , ' : THrukumE.--Thecharra
ing and versatile comedienne,. Mns.7 - rohn Wend,
closes her remarkably successful engagement at the
Chestnut-street Theatre With the present week. It
might easily have been prolonged for a month to
come, we think, but doubtless prior arrangements
interfered to prevent it. During the many weeks
that Mrs. Wood has been with us, she has drawn
crowded houses nightly, and the audiences have in
variably gone Minty with a pleasant realization of
her mirth-provoking power's. While other theatri
cal "stars" have appeared before us to be criticised,
she has been welcomed_only with the heartiest plau
dits. To-morrow evening her benefit will take
place, and that the tribute will be a worthy expres
sion of the favor with which she is regarded by the
ad elphia public, there cannot be a.doub
. success
Tom's Cabin. is meeting at the:Eleventh-street Qpera,
House is unprecedented. The causecriciWeirer, is to,
be' found in the excellence of the dramatic company,'
the inherent interest of the play, and the commo
dious and comfortable character of the opera house,
which is well arranged, well ventilated, and presents
a handsome .appearance interiorly. Last evening
there was a very fair and respectable audience in at
tendance. From present appearances, the piece
may be run for a couple of months to come, without
any falling off in the attendance.
TnneAurnxr.r. lidrtzsmnm.s.—This old, proficient,
and versatile troupe of minstrels, ierone of the best
in the profession; and eminently deserves the "sue•
cess which it is now meeting at the Walnut-street
Theatre. The singing is excellent, the instrunien
talism admirable, and the wit, for the moat part,
original. The programme admirably blends the
sentimental and the comic, and all who visit the
Walnut are certain to spend a pleasant evening.
Song for the Loyal National League,
ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE ATTACK ON FORT
SUMPTER, APRIL 11, 1.863
ra" CIEOII.GE IT. BONER:
When our banner went down, with its ancient renown;
Betrayed fled degraded by treason,
- Did they think. as it fell, what a passion would swell
Our hearts when we asked them the reason?
Chorus—Oh! then. rally, brave men, to the standard
again,
Tha flag that proclaimed us a natiob_!
We will fight, on its part, while there's life
- in a heart,
And then trust to the next generation.
A Hbough caueeless the blow that at Sumpter laid - low
That flag, it was "Seed for the morrow;
And a thousand flags dew. for the one that fell true,
As traitors have found to their sorrow.
Chortes.--Oh! tben, rally, hrave men, to the standard.
The gag that proclaims us a nation!
We will light, on its part, while there's life
in a heart, •
And then trust to the next generation.
'Twee in flashes of flame it was brought to a shame.
Till then unrecorded in story;. '
But in flashes as 'bright it shall rise in our sight,
And float over Sumpter in glory !
Chorea-Oh! then, rally, brave men, to the standard
again,
The flag that proclaims ns a nation!
We'll fight, on its part, while there!s life in
a heart,
And then trust to the next generation.
'DISCHARGED SOLDTERS 'AND SEAMEN.—
Another meetin g the honorably,discharged sol
diers and seamen was held last evening at the Coun
ty Court House, James Seddinger, Esq., in the chair.
The president stated the.object of the meeting to be
for the purpose of expressing their' indignation at
the late officers of the association in collecting mo
ney and not handing it over to the parties autho
rized to receive the same. On motion of J. J. Levy,
a committee of five was appointed to draft resolu
tions exprespive of their indignation in consequence
of the neglect of the treasurer to report in regard to
moneys collected, and, if possible.,to find the parties
who have collected the same. The following per
manent officers were then elected : President, Jae.
Seddinger, Esq.; recording secretary, William J.
Knight ; assistant secretary, E. P.Loceghney ; cor
responding secretary, John Leech ; treasurer. A. A.
Laws. The meeting, adjourned to meet on Monday
COMMISSION FOR THE - RELIEF OF THE
FAMILIES OF. VOLUNTEERS.—The commission for
the relief of the families of volunteers made the fol
lowing return of expenditures to the Mayor, yester
day, from May 26 to June 6,1863 Ist, 2d, 3d. and 4th
wards, $5,762.50; 6th and Sth wards, $2,459 254.6 th
and 7th wards, $l - ,126; 9th ward, $479; 10th ward,
$336; 11th, 12th, 14111..16th, 17th, and 20th. wards,
$6,413 ; 13th ward, $340 - ; 15th. ward, $1.128 ; ISth
and 191 : h wards, 81,469 ; 21st and 22d wards, 81096;
2.3 d wait]. $699 ; 24th ward, $703 ; sundries,l23o.oB—
$23,037.83. •
FALSE ALABAL—An alarm of fire was
caused, Shortly after seven o'clock last everanGby
smoke 'Bening from a brick , kiln on Ridge avenue.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
THE MONEY MARKET:
PITILADIMPEfiA, Jane 10, 1863
Under the influence of a tight money market,, gold
is! declining, and although there are free takers at
present prices, the number of"those.who are compelled
to sell to raise money is too great to 'allow of 'ally rise in
the market. It sold to..day low - as 14.0,, closing at
140. X. Government" secitrities are 'steady. , while stocks'
generally are falling; the 'stringency in the money mar
ket Making it more difficult To borrow. In New York.
the heaviest operators are all'enlisted . on the side of the
.
bears; and until they raise their foot, or a party arises
bold enough to ,buyall they offer, the stock market will
be apt to move with a downward tendency. It often
happens that the course of one or two leading stocks de
termines the tone of the market; and as several of oar.
mere activenames appear on the New-York list, when
there ore free sellera there at lower fig - Ores., it is apt to
tinge, the complexion of our Whole market. The con
tinuance of favorable reports from Vicksburg induce
many to sell, on the presumption that the war will be
ended sooner, paper become more valuable, and stocks
lea. The subscriptions to the live-twenties have been
going steadily forward—since last. week over a million
dollars being:converted: Parties desiring a good invest
ment should remernbcy, that. there are only seventeen
days left on which they-Will be allowed to send in their
The stock market syinpathimdwith the movement in
gold, with The exception of Governments; 10S was bid;
for 1881 shie.S, - 107 kir seven-thirties. State fives deelined
31. City sixes were steady. Reading sixes 1870 ad ianced.
$.; 1886's sold at 107. Pennsrlvania Railroad first mort
gages fe11.36 seeend_ do: 3s". North Pinnsylvattia , sbre:s
sold at 95. Chester Valley sevens at 40. 1113. E. was bid
for Elmira sevens. Lehigh Navigation sixes sold at 104.
Susquehanna Canal sixes &L 63. Schuylkill Navigation
shies, 1852, atSS:
Reading sPares felt
. t0.51,V, closing at GYM. Catawissa
preferrsd fell to 22.1;6.'elosing ,l.f.bettar,: Norristown sold
id 59 Edell 'Pennsfivania DX; 'a
.clecl...ne of-%;
• Cainderi 'and Atlantic pieferred. - . at 17, a decline': of L_
'-Pennaidyitnia at 653 f. Little Seliuylkili at 45, a decline
of 34;: at' 65, Philadelphia and Erie at 21 33
. _
was bid for" Long Island, 74 for Reavei Meadow: Pas=
_
senger:-ritilWays were irregular, Arch street sold at
253;. an advance ofSpruce and Pine sold at 16. a de
cline of X. Girard dollege at 29. -- no change. Tnirteentg
and Fifteenth improved.
Schuylkill Navgation preferred was pressed for sale.and
declined to 24—rallying to 23; the common sold at lIX.
steady. Union preferred sold at 331; Delaware Divisloti
at 44X ; Susquehanna at 14; 69 was bid for Morris; De/a
ware Mutual Insurance sold at 33—the eerie at 70. Plii
ladelphm Bank sold at 125; Girard at 42; Farmers and
Mechanics' at 66 The market was stronger at the close
EGO,OOOIn bonds and 4,500 shares changing hands.
Drexel dr Co. Quote:
United States Bonds, 1881... .......».....--- 108ld
United States Certificates f Indebtedness.....lolX ietx
United States 7 3-10 Notes.. ...,106,S 1073 d
Quartermasters' Vouchers —. I Oft d.
Orders for Certificates of Indebtedness..;: • ...
Gold .. 40 S 9 4lp.
01 41p.
Demand Notes
. .
New Certificates of Indebted/Lose 98%@499
Jay Cooke kr.Co. quote Government seenzales.
follows:
United States Sixes, 18431 107X(83 , 1084
United States 7 3-10 Notes 106%' a 107, 1 5 i
Certificates of Indebtedness 101% 102
Quartermasters' Vouchers 985%
Demand Notes 139..140
Gold 139g140.41.
Sales of flve-twenties, yesterday4l, 50 9 . 0 n
The following shows the amount of coal transported
over the Lehigh Valley Railroad, for the week ending
June 6,1863, and previous since Decomber 1, 1862, COM
pared with the same time last year :
Week. Previously. TotaL
MINES. Tons. Cwt. Tons. Cwt. Tons. Cwt.
Hazleton 3,520 15 126,093 12 129,614 Cg
East Sugar Loat .... 2,242 13 66,266 11 68,509 07
Council Ridge 1,655 06 501 , 79 16 5L735 02_
Mount Pleasant 005 11 11,79214 1.2,&98-02
Spring. Mountain........ 2.553 07 53,147 11 55.611 01
Coleraine 386 2 . 3,697 0328, 683 03
Beaver Meadow 75 08 2,310 04 . 2,405 18
N. York and Lehigh.... e6O 08 17,032 11 17,692 14
N. Spring. Mountain.... 3,651 18 527 0.1. 55,694 18
Jeddo •• •• • 2 310 16 55.599 05 57.910 00
Harleigh. .... . . 1,368 OS 25901 08 27.393 15
German Penna. . ... 13 07 28.971 00 • 30,291 09
Ebervale. ........... 752 10 22.786 01 29,505 11
Milnesville 1,219 09 17,547 03 18,76 r, 09
Other. Shippers 6.5 17 22,592 ca 22.418 91
Total 747 18 676,279 19 599,027 16
CorresPo7 l 6 l nrweek last
year
0,324 01 372,602 10
Increase 13.423 14 203,207 02 247.101 02
- The following is a statement of the business of the Le
high Canal for the week ending Jane 6:1203:
For the Week. Total.
Tons: Cwts. Tons. Cwt.
,13,20111 95,303 u
1,606 12 11.213 00
606 /9 2,790 1.3
FROM MAUCH CHUNK'.
Summit Mines.
Room Run Mines
B. Lehigh Mines. .. ...
EAST MAUOR CHUNK.
Spring Mountain .• • . • .. 210 07
Coleraine Mines 66 08 2.030 07
nerman Penna. Mines. - ... . . 385 08 5,090J/3
N. Spring Mountain Mines' - 373-14 0,095 15
D. Mummy and others, P. and D... .... -- WM 01
liarleten Mines 2.231 39.350 09
Teddo . .. . ..... 1,5 E/ 10 5,510 19
Council Ridge - 171 06 1,573 14
Fulton Mines 31.513 4,487 L 3
The following eb ows the shipments of coal over the
Delaware', LachaWanna, and Western Railroad for the
week ending Saturday, June 6, DM, compared with
same time in 1862:
Tune. Cwt. Tons. Cwt. -
. 7.224 14 - 12119(1) 11
21,011.17 308,87042
Shipped N0rth.......
Shipped 50uth....:..
Total 29,2 , 11 11
For the corresponding time last year
Shipped North 5.916 02
Shipped South 9,993 1.3
Total
Increase.
The official averages of the banks in the city. of New
York, for the week ending Saturday last, June 6, 1863,
present in the aggregate the following changes from the
previous weekly statement of May 30
Increase of loans
Decrease of specie
Decrease of circulation
Decrease of no drawn deposits
The bank return'is lower thsulast Monday on the
de
posit line by about three and a half millions. The Sub-
Treasury balance is six and a half millions lower. These
facts would seem to Show that nearly ten millions in
United & s ates currency have left the city for the armies
of the West and the Potomac in the last week. The.
loans and discounts at bank have partially increased.
The specie average is affected by the payments into the
Tres sury for customs less than half a million of dollars.
The New York Evening Post of to-day says:
The stock Market still. suffers from an excess of the
disposition to sell over the desire to buy, and prices have
a gain receded. The downward movement ha been ac
celerated by the sudden breakdown in Harlem after the
Second Board yesterday. For the moment the bears
have control of the market, and although railroad earn
ings are larger; and the prospects of the well-conducted.
lines are more - promising than ever before, both bonder
and stocks are to be bought at lower prices than for some
time past.
The loan 'market is active at 7-per cent. 'on miscella
neous securities, and many respectablh finds are paying
one-eighth per cent. commission besides. This high
rate of interest, however, and the tightness of money
whichitindiames, cannot long continue. '
For the disbursements of the Government 'are now
fully equal to the receipts. - and in a few days the cur
rency:which has been for a short time locked up in the
-sub-treasuries, and in the hands of disbursing officers.
will find its way' hack into the ordinary channels of
trade. and will thus remove one of the causes- of the
pre.ent temporary stiingency, • We learn that Mr. Chase
is. for the present, paying out more currency and fewer
certificates - of indebtedness to the Creditors of the Go
vernment. This wise policy, it is believed; will be at
tended with good results, both in checking the • decline
of the certificates and in stimulating the commerce and
industrial s elicits of the mmutrY. . -
Before the first session gold was selling at 140, Erie at
90%, Erie pre:erred at 100. New, York Centrai-at 110 g
117, Michigan S thorn at 6!J @69%, Toledo at 1010.015.
Pittsburg . at so,..s@si.
Thifollowing able shows the principal moieineliti - in"
the me rket as compared wit! the latest quotations of
yesterday evening:
.
' - - rt. Adv. Dee.ll S. 65.1991. re .„ Wed. - T
g «... ....101I,E " 10114 ~.
,4
0.5.65, 1881, con. ......109 ICS 3.i .
-
U. EL seven-thirties.... 17931 1063: • •
11 . S. 1 year Certff gold-10134 101% .
U.S. 1 yr. Cert. cnrr'ncy 99% 98% - • •
American gold 1491 i 4 14214..2
,Tennessee 6.5.. 63% 61% IN
tlisaruri Ga. ' 671 f 6711 . •
Pacific Mail ' 579% 192 .. 2
A. Y. Central;....... ..... 1163‘ 108% • • 25.,...
Erie .. '.. .. .......«.. —• • 90% 99,4 • • 23?
Aria preferred.. 100% 103i.'; • • 1- 17
...
Hudson River 122/1 .- 127 .. 4%
Harlem ' 85 3 x ' 99 • • 3 %
Harlem preferred ..... .• 93 103 .. 9
Reading - . 102 10& ''.. 31(
Mich. Central 110:4; 114 • • -3. N.
Melt. Southern 69 - 70% —2%
Rich. So. gyms /11 112 • • 1
Illinois Central liTlf; 1023 _.. 5%
Pittsburg 821 f. 84 ... 2%
Galena - 9321 99 .. Wi.
Toledo 106 1963 i, .. Wk
Rock Island. 95 .. 96 • • 1
Fort Wayne 70 70i - .. fri
Canton 26% 2sk , •• v
Cumberland 241.1
Ged di has-sold as high, as 140%, but as we go to press
;Pik - Hada. Stock Etch
ateportedby S. E.SrArsiarce
BEFORE
100 Schny SPPref.. 25
400 . do o'crn. 25
I NO GO do
o ' 2534
211-,
100 de 2dys.. 24%
IGO do 24
200 do elO. 24
100 do qswn. 24
100 do EsFirn. 2434
100 Reading R 6235
100 do ....... 62
F iRST
100 Reading R. ssmi. 613;
:.X0 do .... . ....h3O. 6136
120 Flue & Erie R 26
4000 (Thee Val 75.. cash. 40
100 Cate R Pref.sswn. 22A
•
2500 22
so Min d O.llll R 65 .34
13 Schny N Pref 94
ange Sales, June 10.
A, Philadelphia ihnliange.l...--
BOAR.DS.
100 Reading B. -1)10. 52
200 60 do do ......
....b1 b 5. 515. 52
100 do 5134
50 -do cash. 51X
100 do ...... ..• • .b 6. 51714
5114
50 do bs&int. 5134 .
100. dol6o. 51X
1(0 do 51X
2()0 do :•-•.b30. 6/31
OARD.
60 Spruce & Pine R.. 16
100 Girard College.... 29
100 do b 5.29
6000 Reading. 6s 1986—.107
16 Far & Mechs Bk.. 56
12 Penna. R 6534
3900 City 6s 0 & P
7 Girard Bank 42
8000 Schuy kr 6s DM. • • 8735"
250 Union Canal. Pref. 3X
10 Smq Canal. ".. . 14
50 Cam & Allan Pref. 17
MO PT Penna 1134
10 No-riatowu R 59
FIRST BOARD.
200_.. 243.
55 do —Pref.cs. 213;
E 5 Little Sebuy Reel. 40
1500 N Penna. 68 05
200 New Creek 1
SS Spruce -k Pine R.--16
SALES AFTER
50 , Sckuy Nay. )13E
200 do.... Pref 245;
100 s.ro 241 g,
15011 nm Cl Pref.2dys:' - SA
2CI) Reading R 5134
-600.d0 1,10. 513‘
BETWES
100 U S 5-year Opt 1K); I
515 Del .I%lnt'l Ins sop.. 70
100 Reading R..2flys.. 51.39
3ao Reading 6s 1670 -.1163;
Go w.
100
ICO do
100 do MO. 2.3 k
100 Feb ny N Pref..s.3o. 24k
10) do.... Pref. 800. 24%
50 do.... Pref ..b5. 25
100 do.... Pref 25.
100 d 0.. • .Pre f...b5 25 -
200 do.... Pref 20
AFTER
50 Sebny Nay 1134
CLOStiTO PR
Bid. Asked.
II S Bs 'Bl. . . .... 108 1083 s
II Sl-30 Nole%. • ..107 107
American G01d..140 141
Phila Be old 105 105
• OARDS.
L5O Scbm ,
ICES FIRM.
Do new VIA log%
Alla co fa R...... 76 82
Penns 5s 102 103
Reading R 52. 62 :31.
Do bds '80..100 112 I
Do bds '70.106 106%
Do bds'B6 conv.lo7 108
Penna R 6.7% ,
Do let in 6.5.11.9% 114
Do 2d m 65..107% 108%
Little &buy]. R.. 49 4113
31 orris C'l consol 69 71
Do Drfd.
Do 6- '76
- -
Do 2d mtg..... • •
Suso CaUal 14g lisg
Do 6s .60 613 i
Schuyl 11. M. 1.214 i
Do prfd ..... 25%
Do 65,'62.... 87% 88
Elmira R........- • 37
Do rid ..
Do "2 —III,X 11234
L Island R 31 26
Do bds 106
Phil& Ger Jr Mr SS, 60
Lehigh Val R.—
Do bds . . . . .
Philadelphia. Markets.
Just td—Rvening.
There is rather more for-Arport, bat the mar
ket VI ntinues dull; about 500 bbls superfine sold at $5.90;
J, 000 bbls Ohio familY,at $6. 75e.P.7, ands 1.400 bbls fancy
Ohio on private terms. • The retailer - a and bakers ars,
buying moderately at froii4Z 75,g6, for suporfinevits 25 -
et. 6.25 for extra; $7@.7.75 for extra family, And it,99
bbl for fancy,rbrands, according to quality. _Rye Flour
ofs offered ; - at.'l,ts bbl. Corn Meal is quiet; we quote,
Pennsylvania at $4, and Brandywine $4 25 V bbl.
GRAIN. —Wheat is unsettled; sales compriie,ab,out ,
S,OOO bbshels, at 14SQ150e 'for prime Western and Pen-•
sylfrania reds, and 155®160c bushel for white, as to
Rye sells on - arrival at 100 c for Pennsylvania. -
.Corn is in demand, and prices have advanced r about
4,000 buehels sold at Sic V bushel for prime yellow. - Oats
are: also in demand, with sales of 5.000 bushels at 750,
weight.
BARK.-Ist No: 1 Quern - 140n is - dull at . t.T.Tit ton. ' _
COTTON. —TI ere is no change to notice in the market:
small sales of middlings are' making at Memo 'B
Sixty bales and bags sold by auctionnt from 4Sgs4c ih,
cash_
GROCERIES.—Sngar is firm. but there la less doing -
theway of sales. We quote Cubes at 7.o3bigni go lb.
Coffee continues scarce at2B›,@3lc for Rio, anti 35ci3
L
for agoa., ra
PROVISIONS.—Prices are without any material
change. 'We quote kiss's Pork at .$11a14.56 bbl:. But
. ter. it. steady at 16(?)Ec V . the latter for prime
New Yolk, Tard'id dull at 10).1@l0Xc i3lb, for bbls arid;
_ .
.
WHISKY is -firmer, , bbls selling sa. -two-1600D tthas.-.
Gold at 44c, and drudge at 433; @44e 'V gallon
The following are the receipts of Floui and Grain. at
this port to-day
Flour..
Wheat,
Corn
Oats.
New York Markets, June 10.
ASII . E.S. —Pots are steady, and selling at $8 Pearls are
quietat i 59.6234. .•
DREA4STUFFS---Th9 morkot for State and Western
Flour is dull, and s©loc,lower.
.•—• • • . •
The sales are 4,500 idds, - at fie.(05.10 for superfine State.
$5. €0@5.75 foe extra 'do - ,14 95@515 for superfine Michi
gan. Indiana, .Iqwa, - Ohio,. Sre; $.14106 for extra do„ln
eluding shiPping'brands of round-hoop Ohio at $5.90
@fi, and trade' orauds do at $6.10g7.50.
Southern Flour. is dull and lower: with sales 0ft4.50 -
bble, at $ 6 .25©6.95 for superfine Baltimore. Bind $7@9.25
for extra do."' k
Ryo. is inactive at a 60@5.10for:the , rangeol
fine and 'superfine.
Canadian Flouris doll. and se, lower. - Thh sales are
400 bbls at. $5" 70@5.90 for common, and $5115@7.60 for
.the ranse - oflineand superfine.
Corn. Meal is quiet; we quote Jersey at $4.25 Brandy-
Wine $ 4 .5 0 ; Calorie $4.50: and Puncheon's irk.l2 25.
Wheat is dull, heavy. and one cent lower. The salsa
are'3.5,000 hns, at $1.1601.33 for. Chicago spring; SL26;.
1.55 fur Milwaukee, club; $110(0143:for-amber Iowa;
$1 4:151.49 for winter red Western, and R,Laagi.ps for
amber Michigan.-- - • .
Rye is quiet at $1g1.02..
Barlay4s dull andamminaL ,
any
are actire •; at , 76 ( a}Soc for Canada,-Western.
an,"
and State •
Corn is quiet and in favor of the buyer.. Sales 40,000
imtbels 7.l@kle for shipping lots of mixed -Western.
and 700740f0r extra do.
PnorrsroNs. —The .Pork market is heavy and loweri_
espectally-for.nerr aneas ; the sales are 1; 300 was, at $12.%)
57
@12.% for new mess; $10.,50 for sour mess, and $ll-60
loriold mess. Beet is .gniet- with Bales of 150 bats at pro.
, Ni9us ratets tierce Beef is dull and' nominal; Neer hams
are inartiye at ,120 for Efate, and 14@16e Far Western.
Baron iiiheavt.. with sales' of 100 bxs choice long clear
at 734. Cut,. Meats aye in, moderate demand. and tower
for. shoulders sales k 6so pkgs, at 4@-/U' for shoulders.
70734 for baits& - 'Lard is dull sad./QW,FI OM_
'^bbls and Os; ak 4 X@RTiL ' • .
331,035 1 4
37.&51 08 Li 4,22.3 01
435,569 18
116.603 ofe
3t2,1181 IT
38.781 -
46.78L13
300Reading.::..861rn. 613;
100 •do 0.5. 61%,
60 do 61%
60 do MN
100 do - cash.. lux
BOARDS.
25 Philadelphia Bk. • .125
.25 Schny Nay ,
2a) 4 ebuy'N.Prets6o
MCI City 64.. ..... 3 ctfs.los
- BO alz.D.
if Del 141nt'l. lns 2ds. 13
35 DelawaTe
1000 Schuc Os 'B3
100 Reading R .125wn. 51.3 i
Arch-st S 253(
3000 Snsq Canal 6s .b 5. 63
2300 Lehigh. 13 av 61 103
200 Union Canal Pref. • 3X.
Baked.
N Penne R 1456'•.14X
Do 6e ' 90i 96
tidr
Catavriesa R Con .'734 - 734
Do Prfd
Beaver Difeadin.. 73 75
liinehili R 65 653 C
Harribarg R... 66 ..
.Witmegtoa R...::_
Lehigh Nav
. . _
Do serif.: 44 46
Cam & ..kmb R... . 170;
Phila& Erie 6's.. ...
106
Sun &Erie 7s ..
Delaware Div... .. •
Do bds... • •
Spruce-street R.. 16 —163 i
.krch-streetß.... 2.53 2536 -
Race. sere t R... • 1?. 123.
Tentb-streetß . • .. 41 44
Thirteenth-st RI 37
tV 67y.
Do bonds... ..
Green-street R.. 44 46
Do howls
Chestnut-at R.,
Second.streat
Do bonds...
Fifth-street R. :- GO 61
Do bonds.—
Girard College .R '
Soventeenth-st 13.3 i la(
1.700 bbl..
11.875 bus.
7. b.%
it btui.