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THE SITUATION.
Three you* of war should have taught
its that in war times impatience is almost cri
phial. We seem to forget that our armies
Lave not the agility and precision of one
Riau, and that we do our generals wrong
'when we clamor for a victory before we
Lave fought a battle. It would have been
very pleasant, indeed, if Gen. GRANT by
Some manceuvre had succeeded in entrap
ping the whole rebel army and bringing it
into Washington. It would have been
quite as pleasant, and certainly more glo
rious, if lie had succeeded in routing the
rebel columns after a single pitched battle.
These things have been done by certain gene
rals with unusually favorable opportunities
—by NAVOLEOIq at Ulm and Manosonovort
ta Blenheim ; but the circumstances in Ger
mutiny and the Flanders - will not admit of a
comparison with the circumstances now
existing in Virginia. The ground occu
pied by the opposing armies is familiar
to both. It has already been the scone of
the two pitched battles Of Fredericksburg'
and Ohancellorsville, each of which was a
terrible disaster to the Union anus. The
rebels know the ground on which they are
lighting as well as they know the Ground
surrounding Richmond. Their army is an
army of veterans; and in the memories of
the past campaigns it has the brutal inspi
ration that men call glory, and which goes
far to stimulate and madden martial mon.
It would be as , impossible to surprise, or
rout, or even capture such'` an army
as it. would have been to capture
the s conquering army of Austerlitz.
There has been - no battle of the war more
" decisive than that of Chaneellorsville.
The army of General Hoot= was as
badly aged as any Union army had been
before. LEE won every advantage a gene
ral could wish. :Ile suffered slightly ; his
forces held the ground ; his enemy was
lianked, and yet he was unable to prevent
noonEn from crossing the river and placing
his army in a position of safety. MEADE'S
victory at Gettysburg was so "decisive" that
it ended the invasion of the North, ruined
campaign, and sent a proud army
back to its earthworks on the Rapidan.
These battles were "-victories," and yet - we
see how far they were from :realizing the
popular belief- that a victory is never cam - -
plete without the enemy is either captured
or routed, ,
FOr our own part, we regard the campaign
of General GRANT thus ihr as a magnificent
success. He lies accomplished as much as
we ever dreamed he would accomplish.
What the knew he had to do he has done.
We knew he had beforeihim an army whom
it would be a reflection upon our own blood
;lot io call brave men. That army - was
inured to war by many:long and perilous
campaigns. Its generals were men of ex,
perienee and skill. That army was not coin.
posed of men who could be easily routed—
the generals were not menwhose habit was
to arrange traps for their own destruC.tion.
:What General GRANT had to do was to
'hip that army. His generalship was sim
ply the quickest way of throwing his whole
force upon that of the enemy. It was 1.1111111-
/y force against force, and the gain would
be with the longest guns and the surest
bayonets. With that directness of purpose
Which Las characterized his whole life as a
',Seidler, he moved - right to his work. Adopt
lag the maxim of NATOMON, that when
you have to fight a battle put every man
Into line, he very quietly called in his re
serve corps from railroad and guard duty,
moved straight against LEE, and threw hint
self upon his centre. This is war. We
Understand it. It is the strategy Of com
mon sense. We see an enemy, advance
'Mon him, and knock him down. This
General GRANT has done. He met LEE at
the Wilderness and instantly assailed him.
For seven long dayS the contest has been
ming on. It began at the Rapidan—it
is being continued at the Po. For
seven days GRANT has never ceased
to advance upon LEE and to smite
him. GRANT has always advanced—LEE
lies always retreated. We have not known
the - first repulse: We hold every battle
fitild--we have captured thousands of pri
poners. Wheu last heard from, the work
was still progressing: GRANT was then ad
vancing, and as a general should, with
Cannon and bayonet; and an the stern
meaning and power of *111• 7 LEE was on
his knees begging for time to bury his dead.
But in this cruel war the business of gene
rals is with the living, and GRANT, - with
an aptness that recalls Bort Donelson, re
plies that he will move immediately upon
his lines. Those who find comfort in coin
cidences will remember that in the second
battle of Bull Run, when Lim Was hit - Mug
his masses upon Porn's retreating column;
our general sent a flag of truce and asked
for time to bury his dead. LEE replied that
Le could not permit any office of humanity
to interfere with the operations of his army,
and declined thc, request. This solicitation
is a good sign.
Wlitither . GRANT has fought the deal
-Five battle or not we:eannot say. That
will depend upon LEE. If the rebel
general Will only stand long enough in
one place;- or give us a chance at his
whole army, we have no doubt GRANT
will very soon make the battle deci
ply; and in a few. hoUrs blot what
is now a rebel army; : , from the face
of the earth. We shonlincit be , sur
prised if a decisive or iiither k final
victory had been fought yesterday, for all
The indications looked to such a conflict.
Such a battle must soon be fought. This
terrible pressure of Grtmil , upon LE.E can
not last forever. The mere exhaustion
of power, especially when it is accom,
partied by defeat, must soon end. Battles
cannot be repeated or continued many
days, and particularly such battles es our
men have been fighting since the sth of
This is our view of the situation. We
regard the news we print to-day as an evi
came that the con t es t is coming to an end.
It has reached the climax—the fury of the
storm is spent, and, as the smoke clears
away, we can see what we have gained.
'We make no prophecy. All the omens are
rood. We feel assured that we have
gained a triumph, and we have no anxiety
except to know if that triumph will give
us the great prize of all, Richmond city.
'We are not sanguine in expecting such
a result. We see enough to glad
den every loyal heart. Our armies are
znoving on; They have accomplished more
Sn the beginning of this campaign than
other armies in Virginia have claimed
when their campaigns were over. They
have weakened the already weak re
hellion, so bruised and rent it that
We do not see how it can continue to
live much longer. Let us thank the
army whose deeds we are now witness
ing. Let us remember, too, that in this
n;ar, we who read and write, and long
for new bulletins to lull the ennui of lan
guid summer days—we spectators and men
of peace are really the reserve force of the
great army now battling for our homes.
We do not know when the summons inay
Conic to us. Are we read'? GRANT may
take Richmond. The chances of war are
many in his favor, but in this cause we can
not alone depend upon the chances of war,
" Fellow-citizens," said Mr. LusteoList. on
Monday evening, "there is enough yet be
fore us, requiring all loyal men and patriots
to perform their share of the labor, and
follow the example of the modest general
at the head of our armies, and sink all
personal considerations for the sake of otir
country." These days in Virginia will be
glorious days for us and our country, if we
can but feel what the President so plainly
says, and net as men should act; who know
that their country is in danger, and that
they alone can save it.
ART EXHIBITION FOR THE FAIR,—The
fine private collection of paintings and
other works of art, No. 1504 Arch street,
will be open for exhibition to-day and to
morrow, through the entire day and eve
ni-DE, for the benefit of the Sanitary Pair.
LETTER FROM "OCCASIONAL."
WASHINGTON, Mayl2, 1864.
It is well that we should religiously real
ize the fact that this war cannot close until
the rebellion is crushed. The nation having
at last found a leader who is thoroughly
imbued with this fact, and who is leading
his host with the solemn determination
thus inspired, it now becomes the peo
ple to accept it in the same - spirit.
That which is at stake is beyond price
and beyond life. Mere humanitarians
may prate of : peace and of compro
mise, but the practical, I will not say
the patriotic, however anxious for honora
ble adjustment, scornfully reject these
miserable alternatilies. Reflections like %
these are- undoubtedly stirring every loyal
mind. It is deplorable that they had not
taken earlier possession of the loyal men
of the loyal States ; but we must not quar
rel with destiny. Now, indeed, arc we
crystallizing into a great military nation—
' a nation affluent of resources, and accoutred
in the armor of that cause which makes
heroes first and martyrs afterwards. A
mighty people engaged in such a strug
-gle is a sight for the adthiration of
the gods. The vast reserve • army—
the men in civil life, the men of middle
age, and the youth between seventeen and
eighteen years, will, in all probability, be
called for to help to finish the work. Every
patriotic citizen can judge how others feel
by his own sensations. Who can read the
written history of the last Week and not
'.say that his hour will soon be here.? As
regiment after regiment is hurried to the
front, their flags flying and their bands
filling the air with martial melody, what
white or black man does not look upon the
sight as an invocation to himself? And
it is this army of reserves that appals and
unnerves the rebels, who have no such bul
wark to lean upon, and have put all
their men and means upon the issue of the
present conflict. Late last evening 'Hon.
E. B. Washburne. of Illinois, the per
-sonal friend of- Ocrieral Grant, who has
- been with the army for several clays past,
returned from the front, and had a long in
terview with the President and Secretary
Stanton. - He comes back full of hope and.
confidence. - At a Moment when millions
are waiting with painful solicitude to hear
from the army, the testimony of- such a:
man as Mr. Wasltburne is of inestimable
value. OCCASIONAL.
WASHING-TON.
WASHLIVGTOR, May 2 3 1384
United States Christian Commission.
The United States Christian Commission sent
fifty delegates to the front yesterday, and thirty
more go to-day. These are in addition to a large
corps already in tile field, They were all well
provided with stores for work on the battle-field.
Nominations
The President nominated to the Senate to-day Co
lonel RWIT.1111) DELAPIELn to fill the plate of Chief
of Engineers, Nidth the rank of brigadier general, in
place of Gen. TOTTEN, deceased. Gen. .13,yri - sanD
was tendered, but declined the appointment, re-
questing thlt DELAJ'IELD be appointed.
The President also nominated CHARLES HALE, Of
Boston, as Consul General to Egypt, vice arr.
deceased.
The National Loan.
The subscriptions to the 10-40 loan, reported at
the Treasury Department to-day, amounted to
e..ms,noo.
The Public Debt.
The public debt of the United States on the loth
of Nay; as ascertained from an official source, is as
follows
- Amnnnt. Interest,
Debt 'hearing interest in coin.. $812,8.93,M1 *49,472,714
Debt hearing interest in law
ful money - 40-1,191,03.1 22,100,42.9
Del o- Leo ring no Interegt 21,114
Arrival of Wounded.
Eleven hundred wounded arrived here to-night,
making the entire number, since Tuesday, over
eight thousand.
Among the wounded brought upon the steamer
Utica to-day were 130 soldiers who had availed
themselves of the opportunity to escape, They were
immediately placed under guard, and sent to the
provost marshal's office, to be returned to their regi
ments. There was a board of officers at the wharf
whose duty it was to umftmine all suspicious charac
ters. A number of officers, for falsely representing
themselves to be disabled, have been arrested, and
committed to the Old Capitol for further proceed
ings.
Confirmations by the Senate.
The Senate in Executive session to-day confirmed
the following nominations for major generals
Brigadier . Generals Horatio G. Wright, Andrew
Jackson Smith, Andrew A. Humphries, and John
M. Schofield.
Also, the following as brigadier generals:
First Lieutenant James A. Wilson, engineer
corps ; Col. F. Ilarteratf, tlst Pennsylvania ; James
B. 'Fry, to he provost manila" general withthe rank
of brigadier general.
Frederick Sohn Blyers VAS confirmed as postmas
ter at Cincinnati.
Reinforcements for Grant.
BosroN 3 May 12.—The Maine 32d Regiment
pasmed throug,ll last night en route for Virginia,
°ENELAND, May 12.—The 150th Ohio Regiment
let for Washington this morning:.
A RebtlFalsehood Exposed—The Hants•
vine Mill De NOVl:rat iiey West.
BOSTON, Nay 12.—The report of the sinking of
the 'United States steamers Huntsville and De Soto
by the pirate "Florida was a canard. Both vessels
arrived at Hey West on the 20th ult., from a cruise.
They intended to remain in port two weeks for sap
plies and repairs.
Mississippi and Tennessee
CAIRO, May 12.—Forrest, Chalmers, Roddy, and
Lee, are said to be at Tupelo, - where they were to
have a grand review on Saturday last.
.41,11 escaped Federal cavalry omeer reports
Federal aux:ceases at Jaeloon and Bolivar, Tenn.
Memphim.
CAIRO, May 12.—The steamer Belle of Memphis
has arrived from llegmphis with 104 bales of cotton.
Eight hundred bales of .cotton were sold at -Mem
phis ; bales brought au, and the remniminri-te
75c. The total receipts for the week amounted to
3,176 bales, and the shipments to 2,200 ; middling
and Strictly 72@ile ; good, 75@itie ; fair,
77 @7Be.
Arrest of a Former Spanish Officer.
New YORR, May 12.—Mr. Arguello, late a MO
nel in the Spanish service, was arrested today by
the United States Marshal's deputies, and was
placed on board a vessel in the bay. He was for
merly a Governor in one of the provinces of Cuba,
and his return was requested by the Governor Ge
neral of that island. His arrest is said to have been
made without warrant of law, and an application
has been made by some Spanish-Alnerteaniesidenta
for indictments against the parties who made the
arrest.
Roston Aid for the Wounded.
BORTON, May 3 . 2 .—Subeeriptiong which have been
started here to aid the wounded soldiers have al
ready realized *lO,OOO,
Visited States Christian commission..
The following despatches were received yesterday
at the office of the Christian Commission
B o §Ton, May 12.—Geo, Stuart, Chairman Chris.
tian Commission: Subscriptions on the Exchange
to-day, $5,200. Previously received, $8,200. Total,
*13,900, in aid of wounded 'soldiers in the late bat
ties. Subscriptions still going on.
E. S. TOBEY,
.AIDING THE WOUNDED.
„WAstriwororr, May 12.—Geo. H. Stuart, Chair
man Chriatian Commiasion: Mr. Clarke, a delegate,
is up from the front. Our men are all safe, and
doing a good work. We reached Belle Plain before
the wounded, and were the first on the ground with
relief and food. Seventy delegates are doing every
thing in their power to minister to the wounded at
that place. Field Agent John A. Cole has reached
Amnia Creek for supplies. Stores are much needed.
WM. BALLaiIiTYNE.
BATTLE OF. THE PO.
Capture of 12 Guns and 1,000 Prisoners
by Gpton's Brigade.
REGIMENTS AND DIVISIONS DESTROYED
GENERALS WARREN AND WEBB UNHURT
Burnside's Black Meu in Action.
SIGEL REPORTED 'MARCHING THROUGH
The Rebel Right Turned and Retreat Cut Off,
EtIERIOAN DESTROYS TEN MILES OP RAILROAD
{PITH TRAINS AND ENGINES.
400 Union Prisoners Recaptured
LEE ASKS A TRUCE TO BURY HIS DEAD.
GRANT HAS NOT TIME TO BURY HIS OWN.
ROUT OR RETREAT OF LEE.
Reported Capture of 12 Guns and 20,000
PETERSBURG AND FORT DARLING.STILL
HELD BY THEREBELS,
BUTLER ABOUT TO BESIEGE BEMIREGARD,
ALL THE RAILROADS TO PETERS
BURG CUT.
REBEL OPERATIONS I NORTH CAROLINA
OFFICIAL NEWS FROM ALL OUR
OFFIOLAL DESRATOIt FROM THE SROR.P.,
TART OF WAR—THE LATEST FROM ALL
OUR GENERALS—GEN. SHERMAN IN
THE REBEL REAR.;
Wnentriertiow, May ia—s.is P. M.
To Major General Dix:
No despatches from the Army of the Potomac
haw been received since 11.30 lest night. General
Sherman has not been hoard from, owing probably
to the damage to the lines south of Nashville.by the
recent atone.
A despatch from General Sheridan, dated head
quarters of the Cavalry Corps, May 10th, states
that he turned the enemy's right and got into their
rear, and had destroyed frera eight to ten miles of
railroad, two locomotives and throe trains, and a
very large quantity of supplies, and that since he
had got into the rear therti t was great excitement
amongst the inhabitants and with the army. The
enemy's cavalry had tried to annoy his roar and
Bank, but had been run off; and hohad recaptured
five hundred of our men, two of them being colonels.
No despatches have been ''eceivecl for two clays
from General Butler.
Despatches received from D - enoral Steele - report
life command as having arrived at Little Rock. He
had fought a superior forge i ior the enemy ; com
manded by - Kirby Smith in pirson, at Saline river,
and defeated them.
A steamboat from Red river, arrived to-day at
Cairo, reports reinforcements going up to General
Banks. General Canby - had, passed Cairo, on his
way to Red Tiler.
EDWIN M. STANTON.
•
Secretary of War.
EXCITING - REPORTS FROM NEW 'YORK—
THE REBELS DEFEATED—LEE RETREAT-
ING-20,000 PRISONERS TAKEN.I
NaW YORK, May 22-11 P. N.—Tho Herald has
just issued an extra containing the following des
patch:
WAsruszoTax, May 12.--Very important news
bah Men received. The result of the lost k Treut
battle is the defeat of the rebels, and the retreat of
Lee ; 20,000 prisoners and 12 cannon - hare been cap
tured,
It will not take Grant "all the summer , ' to finish
his fight at this rate.
up to this hour we have received no Confirmation
of the rumor above mentioned, but the fact that
such a report was current in Fredericksburg yester
day obows the buoyant fooling there in regard to
Our position.
NEWS FROM GEN. BUTLER—BEAUREGARD
BESIEGED IN PETERSBURG.
BETIMITDA Huzinitrap, Fa,, I'day le.—Nothing de
finite as - yet accomplished by our forees in the way
of captures, but everything looks favorable.
Beauregaro, with about 2(i,000 men r is in Peters
burg, and we have all the railroads cut leading to
that city, and force enough to keep Beauregard
there until he surrenders.
We shall, it is reported, now commence a siege of
the phiee.
LEE ASKS FORTY-EIGHT HOURS. TO BURY
HIS DEAD—GRANT e.EFUSES, AND AD
VANCES—NO
RESPONSE TO OUR ARTIL
LERY FROM THE REBEL CENTRE. .
WammOrrox, May 12.—Yesterday morning the
fighting was again renewed, and it continued with
varied success, until about eleven o'clock, our line
being somewhat advanced. At that hour a ftag-of
trude is reported to hare been sent by General Lee,
who asked- for a cessation of hostilities for forty
eight hours, that he might bury his dead. General
Grant replied that he had not time to bury his own
dead, and -
Would advance immediately, and Some
parts of our line were therefore pushed forward. It
is stated that the woods were shelled, but no re
sponse was met from where the enemy's centre had
been a few hours before.
The prisoners captUred on Tuesday and yester
day number over 4,000, and the rebel dead and
wounded were found covering almost every foot of
ground wherever our troops serged forward and the
rebels give way.
The slaughter amongst our troops was terrific,
but not near so great as that of the enemy, and but
few captures were made by the latter.
NEWS VIA FORTRESS MONROE—A UNION
GUNBOAT BLOWN UP—THE BURNING OF
PETERSBURG AND CAPTURE OF FORT
DARLING DENIED OPERATIONS IN
NORTH CAROLINA.
Porsa-nmes Howson, May ll.—The latest advietS
from the front state that the gunboat Brewster was
blown up on the Appomattox river yesterday, by a
rebel battery. No statement is made as to the loss
of life,
Fighting was going on all day yesterday. The
main portion appeared to be on our right. The
troops are under the command of Gen. Smith. The
turnpike between Richmond and Petersburg was
the bone of contention. Up to 3 P. M, to-day nothing
Las been received.
The Rev. Mr. Dobbs, of Norfolk, lately connected
With the Old Dominion newspaper, was sent over the,
lines to-day as a confirmed rebel.
W. W. Shore was brought into - this department
yesterday, and confined in the military prison, for
alleged scurrilous correspondence with the New
York World, abusing Gen. Butler, &e.
We receive but few papers. In regard to false
reports sent North, Petersburg, has neither been
abandoned, burned, nor as yet besieged. Mauro
gard is there in command, and Fort Darling is still
in the hands of the rebels. As soon as either the fort
or the town is captured full particulars will be for
warded. The public may rely upon receiving,
through the Associated Press, the earliest possible
account.
The wreck or the Dame Darden bark, ashore near
Cape Henry, will prove a total loss. Her cargo con
silts of iron, steel, block tin, &c.
A report just received says that Col. Spear had
burned the long bridge, near Weldon, and two
others, and that he made three charges before suc
ceeding. This is said to be authentic.
The following wounded' received last night ; Dr.
Marsh, nth Pennsylvania; S. Richardson, 115th,
New York ; Sergt. J. H. Munster, sth Pennsylva
nia Cavalry ; T. S. Campbell, sth Pennsylvania Ca
valry; J. P. Hickey, r,th Pennsylvania Cavalry; F.
alingar, ad New York; Corporal M. Fish, sth Penn
sylvania; J. Ketterrr, sth Pennsylvania; H. Sof
kan, sth Pennsylvania; P. Sommer, sth Pennsyl
vania, besides about 150 sent to Hampton and Clio
sapealce hospitals.
It is rumored that the rebels have demanded the
Surrender of Morehead City, North Carolina, which
being refused, they burned the railroad bridge and
retired. It is said they will invest Newborn with
8,000 men.
FURTHER DETAILS OF TUESDAY'S
BATTLE.
W.A.suixtvroft, May 12.—There was another ter
rific battle at Spottsylvania Court House on Tues
day, The fight lasted until ten o'clock in the eve
ning. Lee's whole left was crushed. Wo captured
a whole rebel brigade.
Burnside chased Ewell over two miles.
Gees. Stevenson and Rice wore killed,
Reinforcements were pushed forward this morn.
ing from hero.
it is reported that Sigel has recaptured some of
our prisoners, as well as Wadaworth's body. The
death of the latter is contradicted. -
The wounded from ACquia Creek will be hero to
day.
Wasrirsoren, May 12.—Despatches from the
Army of the Potomac, dated the Wilderness battle
field, yesterday, say that probably the most despe
rate fighting of the past seven terrible days took
place on Tuesday. •
Relieving the MOM' 10 date acat the greater
$1,72.0,248,411 V 1082,145
THE GRAND CARAIGN.
THE FIGHTING OF TUESDAY AND
WEDNEBD AY.
THOROUGHFARE.
Prisoners.
COMMA.NDERS
TELE PRESS.-PEILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, MAY 13, 1864.
part of his troops to Richmond, an advance along
the entile line was determined on at an early hour.
The 2d Corps having the right of the line, had
crossed the Po river the evening previous, and had
met with but slight opposition. In the morning the
position of the enemy was found to bear the shape
of a horse-shoe, and on Hancock's troops advancing
to the attack they were compelled to fall back.
An attempt to break their centre was then ordered,
anti a part of if aneeekl9 men were sent to support
Gen. Warren in the movement. Our right was also
advanced, and the move was begun in the after
noon.
The enemy Were driven Into their entrenchments
in gallant style, and riptonts brigade, of General
Wright's division, 6tb Corps, got Into the enemy's
rifle puts, capturing twelve guns and about one
thousand prisoners.
Trot being kupportod by other portions of the
line, who were unable to gain the tier of works in
their front, this brigade was forced to evacuate
their advanced position, leaving the captured guns,
after spiking them, but bringing off all the
prisoners.
The enemy Sulfured hoary losses during the Eight,
our shells falling into their works and our infantry
delivering their fire with remarkable precision.
Gen. Iliee was wounded in the thigh, early in the
engago.L.ent, and died after his leg had been am
putated.
Gen. Stevenson is also reported killed. He cent
mended a bilgado in Burnside's corps.
OM' losses were heavy. Gen. Gibbon's division
has lost altogether over 1,000 men.
Robinson's division, after losing both its general
officers and about 2.000 men, had no general to
command it, and it has been broken - up and dis
tributed among the other divisions of the oth Corps.
No division of the army fought bettor than this
One.
The Olh Now Tint militia suffered, probably,
moro than any other. After the netion four officers
and iifteen men wort/tall that were left of it, except
ing a few on detached duty.
Lieut. Lupor, 80th Pennsylvania, had his head
blown off by n piece of shell.
About 0 in the evening n report was brought in to
Gen. Meade's headquarters that a flank movement
was being made on our right, and the headquarters
being in that direction, packed up and moved toward
the centre in rather a hasty manner.
The report - turned out false, and the officer who
made it is said to have been censured.
This day's battle was expected to decide the poli
test.
WEDN'ESDAY'S BATTLE
The firing, the correspondent adds, has already
commenced. The rebels are - In strong position in
earthworks, behind abattis, and woods in many
places almost impenetrable.
General Burnside Is reported within a mile or
Spottsylvania Court Rouse, about to turn their
right. If he is successful we shalt have possession
of the point for which the past three-days struggle
has been maintained, and then Lee must retreat.
At 1 o'clock on Tuesday a fire raged between the
two armies at a point on the line, and a largo num
ber of the wounded of both parties were lying on
the spot. Our teen, in attempting to got their nom
relies off the field were fired on by the rebel skir
mishers and driven off, and the poor sufferers had to
be left to perish by the flames.
Another account says:
The enemy had partially succeeded In turning our
left, after several furious assaults, in which they lost
heavily.
Supposing that they had gained an advantage;
they renewed the attack along the entire line.
This nifair took place about a mile this side of
Spottsylvania Court House. •
It was thought that another grand encounter was
imminent, and would come offto-clay,
BURNSIDE'S BLACK TROOPS-LEE'S COM
. MUNICATIONS DESTROYED BY SHERI
DAN AND SIGEL.
WAsunscvroN, ➢lay 12.—1 t was Hill's, corps that
Burnside repulsed so gallantly. The Star says :
Burnside's colored troops were held id reserve,
but were brought into this action, and fought with
desperation. The officers expected to have consido-
Tilble difficulty in restraining them, as they ar
peered desirous not to take any prisoners, being ex
asperated by the remembrance of Fort Pillow, and
the atrocities committed there by the rebels on their
race.
Gen. Burnside directed our informant, a few mi
nutes before be left the Sold yesterday morning, to
say to his friends here that things are looking most
hopeful.
It was believed in the army that Sigel, having
made forced marches, had destroyed Lees railroad
Connections with Lynchburg, and that Sheridan
had done the same to his communication with Rich
mond.
An order was given for another advance yester
day morning, and at eight o'clock, when our inform
ant left, our centre and right were heavily engaged
with the enemy. The oth Corps was then on the
march.
Gun. Mee, Who was killed, was attached to tho
sth Corps. Ile died while undergoing amputation.
Our losses are represented to have been very
hearT, but everything looks hopeful, and proms•
nont offiecrg gay that we shall soon see the end,
NEWS PROM DRLDQUARTERS—RMVIORS
OF GENERAL WADSWORTH'
WASiIiNC.TON, May 12.—Representative Wash
burne, who has shared• General Grant's tent during
the advance, left there yesterday about noon, and
arrived here late last night. He fully confirms the
encouraging statements of newspaper correspond
ents who arrived here last evening, which dispelled
the doubts and fears of the afternoon.
The-rebels, who have only such supplies of pro-
YiSlons as the cars bring - them from day to day over
the line of railroad, which may be at any henr. cut
off, are getting _desperate. Heretofore, in their
campaigns, they have subsisted on captured sup
plies but up to yesterday they had not taken a single
wagon from Grant, although they made a violent
struggle on Thursday night to get a supply train.
Gen. Grant has already won the hearts and confi
dence of the army, although he fights them as they
never have been fought before. Were It not for
leaving his wounded to the Merciless guerillas, he
wruld have to-day been much nearer to Richmond
than he is.
The announcement in the Chronicle of this morn
ing, that Gen. Warren has died from his wounds, is
not el . editecl. They -e ire a variety of reports about
General Wadsworth, but nothing definite. It is be
lieved here that he fell, and that the rebels buried
him. The weather is overcast and showery.
GENERAL WARREN NOT KILLED
WASHINGTON', May 12.—The embalmer hare says
he has received orders to be ready to embalm the
body of Colonel, not General Warren. The former
rode along the lines all day on Tuesday, and fear
lessly exposed himself.
WAsuiNGTow, May 12, P. M.—General Webb's
family heard from him on Wednesday night. Up to
that time he had not been Vounded.
The - extra Star says that the body of General
Stevenson'arrived here this morning on the steamer
Utica.
The following extract from a letter received this
morning by Mrs. Gen. Joshua T. Owen shows tkat
our gallant Philadelphia commander was safe on
Saturday last
"CAnr TJxr.astrzEss, May 7, 1804.-1" am again
safe. Capt. Seabury is fatally wounded. So like
wise with Col. Baxter. I lost 26 officers and 276
men. We have had two days of the severest fighting
of the war."
Later reports mention that Gen. Owen has been
killed, and we fear that they arc correct, though we
have no definite information.
The name of Brig. Gen. Thomas M. Neill, also Of
this city, was erroneously printed "Mill." Gen.
Neill commanded .the 3d brigade, 20 division, 6th
Corps, (Sedgwick's,) He now commands a division.
.REPoRTIM MOVEittENT OP GEN.
..RICAL
MMM'MMTiIdMMUMO
A report has been received here to the effect
that Generals Sigel, Couch, and Crooks, with an
army of twenty-five thousand men, have passed
through Thoroughfare Gap, bound east to attack
the left wing of General Lee's army, and if possible
get between Lee and Richmond.
It is also reported that General Hooker has joined
Sigel, with a large force, and is moving with him.
Republican Union State Convention of
New Jersey.
TRENTON, May 12.--The Republican TJaton State
Conve.tioh -met at 12 O'clock M. } o daY.. and wag
caned to order by E. C. "Potts.
Hon. John L. 111. Stratton, of Burlington, N. J.,
was nominated as temporary ethairman ; E. A.
StitinSly, of Essex, and Joseph D. Hall, of 11.1ereer,
secretaries.
A committee o one person from each county was
appointed on permanent organization; also, one
from each county on resolutions, ono from each
Congressional district on rules, and a similar cora
inittee oh et•edentiais.
The Convention then adjourned till 2.15 P.
MENTON, May 12.—The Convention reaSSemb!ed
this afternoon. +
The Committee on Permanent Organization re
ported—
For President, Thomas H. Herring, of Bergen;
vice president from each—county, and a secretary
from each district.
The following aelegates were selected to attend
the Baltimore Convention :
Senatorial.—Wm. H. Newell, Mareus L. Ward,
Joseph T. Crowell, and James M. Scorel.
District Dactiatca.-111thvard ltreele, of Camaert;
Theophilus Paulding, of Salem. Second District—.
Hon. Wm. F. "frown, of Ocean ; Samuel A..../101,-
bins, of Dorlinakon. Third Tlietriet—John J_ Flair,
of Warren ;A. D. Hope, of Somerset. 'Fourth Dis
trict—Socrates Tuttle, of Passaic; Joseph Colt, of
Sussex. Fifth District—Chas. R. Waugh, of Essex ;
Benjamin G. Clark, of Huth:fon.
Resolutions were adopted of which the followlu";
are abstracts
The 'first declares the suppression of the rebellion
the only quootion worthy, at this time of attention,
and that all party considerations ought to be given
up to this end.
The second eulogizes the Administration, and de -
Wares it entitled to the gratitude otthe country-
The third approves of and eulogizes the acts and
character of the President ; and while they do not
instruct the delegates, declares that lie ought. to bo
permitted to finish the great work the burden of
which he lies borne.
The fourth returns thanks to the generals and sol
diers in the - kid, and expresses sympathy for the
dead.
The fifth declares that the Convention regards the
present struggle as one against the despotism and
aristocracy of slavery.
The sixth denounces the action of the litet Leghl
lature In not allowing the soldiers to vote in the
The seventh deelareS that as Slavery was the
cringe and purpose of the rebellion, the uprooting of
the rebellion will be the destruction of its corner
stone.e
The eighth Italie men or all parties to support the
nominee of the Baltimore Convention.
There was quite a desperate light in the Conven
tion between the friends and opponents of the Hon.
James 'AL Seueel, of Camden. In his own district
(the First) he was defeated as a delegate. He then
appealed to the Convention in a stirring speech,
representing that he had been stabbed in the back
by a certain railroad influence— He appealed to
the counties In this distript and to the Conyentlon,
and when the Convention was called upon to vote
they elected him as a Senatorial delegate over his
ival, the Hon. John T. Nixon. Mr. Scowl is an
ardent supporter of Dar. Lineoln.
GEN. OWEN
THE WAR IN THE SOUTHWEST
THE MARCH ON ATLANTA.
RUMORED EVACUATION OF DALTON.
JOHNSTON IN DANGER OF BEING
SURROUNDED.
Steele Fortifying Little Rock.
GENERAL RANKS' ARMY REINFORCED.
THREE REBEL GENERALS KILLED AT
PLEASBNT BILL.
GEN. STERLING PRICE WOUNDED
SEVERE GUNBOAT LOSSES.
FlTTi 4 nt , no, May 12.—The Chattanooga COM
spondiint of the Chicago Journal says that. Johnston
had evacuated Dalton. lie had not more than thirty
thousand men, and would scarcely make a stand
this side of Atlanta. OUT ferns were very strong,
and dosing in on all sides. •
The e entire loss in the lied river campaign in
men was 4,300 in killed, wounded, and missing. The
'Mismanagement of operations was net exaggerated.
The feeling in the army against General Banks was
very strong.
There was no truth in the report of a battle at
Cane river.
eeneral Banks' army has been reinforced, and
was four thousand stronger than when it first ad
vanced.
btoelo is fortifying Little Rook, There was much
excitement there, but no apprehension.
The rebel Germ Green, Martin, and Parsons were
killed in the late engagements. General Price was
wounded.
LATER FROM RED RIVER
CAIRO, 111., May It—The deepateh-beat General
Lyon, from below, reports that, on the sth, the trans
porta City BoDe, Emma, and Warner, in passing a
battery twelve miles below Alexandria, were fired
upon and destroyed by the battery, and the gunboat
Covington was set on fire to prevent her from failing
Into the bands of the rebels.
This battery is composed of guns captured from
Gen. Banks.
Gen. Banks temains at Alexandria, and is strong
enough to resist any attack mado upon him.
During the fight abovo Alexandria, when the gun
boat Joliet was destroyed, the Cricket, Admiral
Porter's boat, suffered severely. Both engineers
Were killed and many of the crew wounded.
ARKANSAS.
CAIRO, May have intelligenee from Little
Rock to last Thursday evening. Steele's forces are
in the city. The place is considered safe, though
the citizens are alarmed. Our troops were in lino
of battle when the steamer left. nine Bluff was in
the same condition.
Dobbins' rebel regiment was between the Arkansas
and St. Francis rivers, burning cotton and conscript
ing. The rebel cavalry had gone toward Fort Smith
to capture that place. They had taken Diarland
and a small town below Fort Smith.
A returned rebel, who has been with Price nearly
three years, and is now at home in Missouri, states
that the rebels are not carrying out a system of in
discriminate slaughter on negro troops. They took
many of them wounded at Saline river, dressed
their wounds, and sent a flag of truce to Steele for
exchange.
General Price was slightly wounded at Saline
river ; also, Col. Maxey and sCveral other field via
eers, names not known. •
Steele is 'fortifying Little Rock. Gen. Andrews
is at Pine Bluff, busy preparing for an attack. The
rebels are said to be in the immediate neighborhood.
Engin. Baxter, of Independence county, Ark., was
elected If. S. Senator on the 2d.
Col. Price, of the rebel army, nephew of General
Price, arrived in Memphis on Sunday, a prisonor of
war. He was Captured near Hernando, while visit
ing friends.
TUE REBELS DRIVEN FROM ROOKY RIDGE
AND BUZZARD ROOST.
TUNNEL HILL, Oa., May 11.—After three days'
heavy skirmishing, in which all the corps partici
pated, we have driven the rebels back to Rocky
Ridge , and Blizzard Roost Mountain, from which
we are fast expelling them.
Everything is going on in amost satisfactory way.
GEN. CANBY AT CAIRO—REPORTED BURN
ING OF THE STEAMER EMM.A.—EXPEDI-
TION TO YAZOO. CITY.
Cacao, May 11.—The steamer Silver Moon, from
Memphis for Cincinnati, passed here last night
with 1,077 bales of cotton.
The steamer St Patrick passed up with 700 bales
of cotton for Evansville.
General Canby and staff arrived this wrning, en
route to his command.
It is reported that the rebels boarded the steamer
Emma, on the Iled river, forced the crew into the
hold and then set fire to the boat. The report is not
vouched for.
On Saturday night a ~, m all hand of guerillas
passed between the camps and the picket-post of
the . expedition sent Out by Gen. Prineejrcee Co
lumbus, Kentucky, underAtol. Moore, encamped
near arayfield, and captured the entire picket,
'Without our forces seeing them.
A Memphis despatch of yesterday says that ad
vices from Vicksburg state that an expedition had
kft there for YtwoO City.
Lee, Ross, and Adams are at YazOo City with a
large force, and an engagement was anticipated.
Forrest has paired South. Gen. Sturgis was
unable to come up with him.
NORTH CAROLINA.
A NAVAL AFFAIR - OFF WILMINGTON
711 E REBEL IRON-CLAD NORTH CAROLINA,
BOSTON, May I.2.—The Journal giVOS the following
extract from a letter dated off New Inlet, near Wil
minfrten, May 7: "Four rebel steamers came out
last night. One was the rebel iron-clad North Caro
lina, similar to the Atlanta. ..She was supposed to
be a blockade-runner, and chased off shore. At day.
light, the iron-clad returned under the guns of the
fort. The Howqua and Nansemond were near, and
the Niphon to the northward. One shot from the
North Carolina went through the Howqua's smoke
stack. The other three rebel steamers did not come
out from under the guns of the. fort. No attempt
was made to prevent the Iron-Mad from getting
back. Another visit was expected by daylight, when
we probably will see some warm work.”
EUROPE.
ARRIVAL OF THE AFRICA.
DEBATE ON THE TUSCALOOSA CASE
PREDERICIA EVACUATED BY THE DARES.
RAI.IFAX, May 12.—The steamship Africa, Captain
Anderson,from LiVorpool at 2 P.M. on the Sink of April,
via Queenstown May 1, arrived at this port at 7 o'clock
this morning, Her dates are two days later than those
already received.
Africa. Las SI roassonvro for Halifax and 83 for
New York.
The steamship Teutonic, from New York, arrived at
Southampton atmidnight on the 28th of April.
The rdteamahip Persia, from New York, arrived at
Queenstown at 4 o'ulock on the morning or the :Nth of
April.
•
The steamship . Redar, from New York, arrived at
Liverpool on the morning of the 30th of April.. On the
21tli Ler machinery broke down, bat she proceeded on
her way.
The Board of Trade inquiry into the loss of the steam
ship Ca, of New York is still progressing at Cork. Her
captain commenced his defence on the uoth of April,
GREAT BRITAIN.
In the House of Commons, on the 2Stb, Sir George
Grey, in the absence of Lord Palmerston, said, in reply
to an inquiry by fu r. flapwood, that the Government
bad un intention whatever of proposing a conference on
American affairs, as in that conference the Srttish
Goverment was quite certain the American Govern
ment would not concur.
Mr. Peacock called attention to the ease of the Tus
caloosa, and criticised the action of the Government
in her case. lie charged the Government with 'adopt
ing the views or the Federal agents, and moved a reco
llititm that the instructions contained in the. Duke of
Newcastle's despatch. of the .4th of November, LSO, to
the Governor of the Cape of Good Ilope, which re
mains anrevoked, are at variance with the prinei
pies of international law.
A general debate ensued.
The Solicitor General denied that the Tnsealoosa bad
a right to be treated as a commissioned vessel, and in
sisted that the Government was bound to regard her as
tn uncondanined if they did not take this course
he Confederates would be able to take all their prizes
into British ports in defiande of the Queen's proclama
tion. lie admitted that the instructions to the Governor
were not as explicit as desirable, and it was intended
to senfl Mit littler Mob-action, coo n on all onetollem: of
international —Matimetinue which would be tho
roughly considered.
The Attoi:ney General also made att elaborate speech
Fie insisted defence of the Government,
e that the
instrlietions to theMovernor or the Gape were strictly in
accordance whin iilitifilatiaual nit-hong-11 their im
mediate object was to maintain the dignit_y and neutra
lity of the country. In the case of the Tusealuosa,
site had unwittingly entered the port, and been seized
thrOngli a Intermit: Linn of instructions, the only proper
and fair course was to release bor.
Speeebes were made on the opposite side by Mr.
Whiteside, Mr. Elphinstone. Sir A. Cairns . , and otheram,
who charged the Government with favoring the Eede
rals at the et:mnse of the Confederates.
ig During the debate the House was very thin, and a
Motion wile mode to "ennui out," l.nt a a a m .i t i.ild
number of Members came in, and made up the requisite
goorl/71).
Finally, the House divided with the following result
For the resolution, IES; against it, 210:
The Government majority of SI 'was received with
loud chl'eTH.
The London Morning Ileredd charges the Govern
ment will having planned a "count out.' They
failed; but the absence of litany of the Opposition
Members saved them, in a division, the censure tlicy
deserve.
In the House of Lords, on the 29th, Earl. Derby called
attention to the great length of the published correspon
dence between the tiovernment and Messrs. Laird,
relative to the seizure of the num; built by the latter.
Ile insinuated thatthe Government was, to some extent
actuated by the fart thot Mr. Laird was a milting
opponent. He said that he could have understood the
seizure of the rains with a view to the trial of the ques
tion of. their destination, but to throw upon the owners
the onus of proving their innocence was, lie contended,
monstrous and illegal.
hurl Russell warmly defended the course taken by
the Government. and submitted that it Was owing to
the vigilance of the Government that the Lairds had not
succeeded in plungini tu i
bland lo.e in a te hi a g
s w re a e r ch wi b th y
e t x he .
United states. Earl
*pry:siva destruction ho slaveryhe war would result in
the final of
Lord Chelmsford contended that the course of the Go•
vernment was illegal.
The Duke of Argyle vindicated the Government.
The subject was then dropped.-
- A
telegram from Egypt announces that the COMMis•
Mon in the matter of the Mersey rains had finished its
labor, and the commissioners would return to London
by May 7.
• On alto 28th, john Bright, Mr. render, 24.-P.. and
Wm. M. Marts, of New 'VW*, visited the gotta perelin
Works in London to witness the manufacture of the
Atlantic cable, wideh is now being- completed at the
rate of ten nautical miles per day.
- At the blinkspoaro tercentenary ceteheatkei_at Prank
fort. political ill Raping was manifested at the banquet
given on the occasion, between the English and tier.
MASI bllit . the American consul and others made con
liatory xpeoclioe nma restored :unity.
The British MOM fOrlifarch show en incregac of
thirty-three per cent, over the same month of last year,
Cotton manufactures axe largely in excetei of the re
quirements.
Lord Palmerston is again confined to his house by
gout.
The Duke of Newcastle Is dangerously ill.
The trial of the iron frigate Achilleeproved her to be
the fastest ship in the British navy. Site averaged
nearly 14,t4 knots per hour.
THE DANISH WAR
The Danes have evacuated Fred ericia nravi withdrawn
to the Island of Firmen. Tiny loft man cautou Do
hind.
The Prussians took possession of Frodoricia.
It is reported that the Emperor of Austria and King of
Prussia will shortly . visit Dnppel together.
It is stated that the Senate of Bremen had been in
formed by the Danish Government that the Danish war
ve,eeis had been instructed not to molest any German
steamers carrying United • States mans. This decision
Ia principally owing to reuresantations made at Copen
hagen by the United States Government. German
steamers will, therefore, continuo to run without mo
lestation to and from New York.
In the House of Commons on the Faith, Mr. D'leraeli
asked if any member of the Government could say
When the Conference which met on the With war to at
hobble again.
Sir George Grev said that the Conference had not been
adjourned sine die, but no day had been fixed for the
next meeeinß, and Ile could not say when it would take
place, nor eould he state the cenee of the £l,ii o ram e mt.
The London Temeg of the Rah greatly fears that the
result of the Conference will be the triumph of the
nice of action over tlitr men of words, and the over
thrower thojust policy of the Western Powers.
The London flatly I.eloe utters similar fears.
The London fifol.nittg Poet titkes an °Waite IrloW,
end believes that the interests of Denmark will be care
fully, protected in the Conference by France and Eng
land.
nuxtria was sending a powerful naval force to the
Battle,
A. letter from Naples says that the authorities have got
possession of the whole correspondence and reports of
the Bourbon conspirators since 1801. Many thousand
persons are implicated.
FRANCE
Politics are unimportant. Thu - PartsDouro was quiet
at 66f, 700.
The insurrection at Tunis continues threatening. The
Bey had offered to reduce the taxes and abolish the Con
stitution.
AUSTRIA
A meeting between the Emperors of Austria and
Russia, at hisseugen, is spoken of.
INDIA,
CALCUTTA, April 13.-Imports are better and dearer.
The valuation for duties on imports has been raised,
Exchange iv lower. Freights are firm.
BOMBAY, April 14.—Shirtings and twist are dearer,
Exchange 2s Mid. Freights to Liverpool 60s.
The Indian budget shows a surplus, and,a roduction
On import duties is recommended.
LoNnon Monett MAtutr.T.—The funds on the 11th were
hes vy, and Consols rather lower. Money was active at
full rates. The market continued to be flooded with
new companies with enormous capitals.
[The weekly cotton market was received per steamer
North Ameriran, at Quebec.]
LIVERPOOL BEEABSTUFFS MARKET, April 30.
Digland, Athya, & C 0.., Wakefield, Nash, St Co,. and
others report: Flour firmer, and advanced 6,1 bbl.
wheat upward,. with an advance of 102 d 11 rental; red
Western ^,,s 10 afARA 4<l; red Southern B.v 3;l(ans 6d; white.
Southern Ba edam 6d. Corn firm; mixed iatsg?,Ss 3d.
LIVERPOOL PROVISION MARKET, April 30 —Bir
etta, report: Beef aulet, but firm. Pork steady. Eil
een quiet and steady. Lard dull and easier at,l4&,t-t,
Tallow inactive. Butter very dull,
LIVERPOOL PRODUCE MARKET, April Mt —Petro
leum. Proult, English, & 'Brandon report: The market
is quiet and steady ; erode £l5; refined 2s 4,1"41ga110n.
LONDON MARKET& —Breadstuffa quiet and steady;
Iron dull ; Sugar quiet and steady: Celine arm, wilt a
partial advance or ed ; Tea quiet ; Rice steady; Tallow
inactive,and quoted 4fistgl46s 3d; Spirits Turpentine firm
at f%R ditis for American; Petroleum steady at £l6 for
credo* ten ; 2s :id@tb; 3%d for refined It gallon; Linseed
Oil dull; Linseed Oakes quite and steady.
LOtitm, April M.—American Stocks no sales; tI. S.
five-twenties 66,1406714 ex-dividend.
LATEST VIA QUEENSTOWN'
HA VRE GOTTON MARKET, April 21„—Sales of Cotton
for the week 33,500 bales. Orleans :res osdinfttro 148 f
has fl:3Bf. The market is firm, with a slight advance.
Stock in port :.t' -1 ,000 hales. 9
LegnoN, Sunday morning, (via Queenstown.)—Con
set e. after official hours last evening, closed flat at oly;
DIN. The markets are very Hat all round. The CU'
6devate loan is Arm.
Political affairs have had some influence on tleftrook
Excbange, and the markets generally have be n. de
pressed. Almost the only stock that has risen to-day is
the Confederate loan.
-
The conversation in Parliament on Friday night.
showing that the Conference is not proceedingsatiefacte-
M/Y. and the report of the channel fleet being ordered to
the Downs, caused some uneasiness, added to which
was the apprehension that the number of new Projects
now in the market may at any lime create a Baling
financial pressure.
THE LATEST.
LIVERPOOL, Saturday evening, April al.—no news
per steamship Persia, from New York, reporting . the de
feat of Gen. Banks on the Red river, is regarded as fa
vorable to the rebels. The Confederate loan advanced
2.14 rer rent., cloning at 63(N5.
The Times to-day editoriallyjustifies the Government
preened Inas relative to Mr. Laird's rams.
Tito Arlo?, e, ,a -on,, einadie cars thO Channel fieet
has been ordered from Portland to the DOWlln, where its
future movements will doubtless be guided by events in
Denmark and the Baltic.
The evacuation of Ft... Aerial& is confirmed. A Conon
liagen despatch says the Danes retired in pursuance of
Government orders. The most valuable war material,
gunpowder, &c., were taken away. The guns left were
spiked.
[Vi Queenstown.]
LoNnoz , e, Sunday, May 1.. --"In the Brompton oratory
case, Sir, . Wilde bats pronounced for the will, and con
demned Mr. Juree in costs. '-
A telegram from Deal says the two Austrian frigates
were to sail at 3 P. M. to-day for the northward.
The Channel fleet weighed anchor at 8 o'clock this
morning, and left Portland for the Downs.
The next meeting of the Conference is fixed for 130 P.
M. on Tuesday next.
XXXVIIIth CONGRESS--Ist SESSION.
WASHINGTON, May 12, 1864
SENATE.
Mr. WILSON, from the Committee on Military Affairs,
Toporfea the .attlaat aroonamont •
Whereas, The Constitution of the United Btates con
fers upon Congross, in express terms, the power to
f r o e7: , late commerce among the several States, to establish
post roads, and to raise and support armies ; there-
Resolrod, That every railroad company in the United
States 'whose road is operated by steam, its successors
and assigns he and are "hereby authorized to carry
upon and over its road and connections, boats, bridges,
and ferries, all freight, property, mails, passengers,
troops, and Government supplies on their way- from
one State to any other State, and to receive compensa
tion therefor.
General Officers of the Army.
On motion nf Mr. WILSON, it was
BeantrAff, That the Secretary of War be directed to
furnish the. Senate with a list of all general officers of
the regular or volunteer forces in commission at the be
ginnins of the present war or appointed since, with the
States in which they were horn and from which they
'were appointed, and designating also those whose
nominations have been withdrawn from the Senate,
those which have expired by constitutional limitation,
not having been confirmed by the Senate; those re
signed, declined, dropped, discharged, dismissed, or
mustered out of the service, and those Who have died in
the service.
The Oneiation or Suffrage in Washington.
Mr. ITARLAN called tip the bill to alter and amend
the charter of the city of Washington and to preserve
the purity of eleetiotos.
The bill tui reported allow* every mode citizen to 'vote,
without regard to color. •
Thepending question was on an amendment of Mr.
Cowan to Insert the word " white" as a qualification
for votorx.
Mr. MORRILL moved a substitute for the amendment
that all citizens of the United States who have beau In
habitants of this district for one year, and residents in
the locality where they purpose to vote, having a tax
e estate, and who can read and write, ehall be wat
tled as e,lectois.
The CHAIRMAN ruled the amendment on t or order.
Mr. HARLAN, who reported the bill, said he would
vote for the amendment, however much he. eprioSed it.
ee lie was convinced it would fail, unless the word
white" was inserted, in the other Chamber.
Mr. MORRILL advocated the principles or his swbsti
tuts.
.
Mr. TEN EYCK said theeffect of this measure would
be like the measure in the House yesterday, parcelling
out rebel lands which even now were 'being stained with
the best blood of the country, We Itutl bettor ,et.it until
we had achieved a conquest, before we legislate on such
matters., All these measures drive off from us many
who are inclined to rally to our standard. The propo
sition of the Senator from Maine did not simply extend
the right of franchise to colored persons, but restricted
it in certain carer from the whites. This was not, in his
opinion, the time to strip the white man or any privi
lege, though he may not be able to read or write, and
much less of his inalienable right or franchise. If we
Pass this bill,levery relative °fine noble-hearted soldier
who is to-day offering himself upon hie country's otter
will receive the vote of the Senate with a howl of indig
nation. It would freeze the patriotism in the veins cif
the soldiers, and cause them to stand as dumb statues.
Mr. Wilson's Speech.
Mr. WILSON was, while willing to giTe the colored
soldier, who is lighting the battles of his country, the
right of suffrage,
unwilling.to take it away from those
who now enjoyit,' and he therefore opposed both the
amendment and the substitute which had been rated
out of order. After quoting the law of New York in
relation to colored suffrage, whieh prescribes a qualifi
cation of $25, he argued that such a clause as this as a
qualification in the bill 'would be a stadia. the right
direction.
_ _
Sir. COWAN : showed that many of the States had sta
tutes against nett auti'rar, and ii mould be dangerous
to attempt it here at this tune. •
Mr. LANE, of Kansas, would vote for the proposition
without the property qualification, as he considered
that giving the suffrage to the property, and not to the
man. fie would, after three years,_ in which the ne
,groe. would learn our institutions, bestow free suffrage
'upon them.
Mr. WILLEY argued against the proposition fon the
ground that the right to vote was purely conventional,
and that it rested solely with communities to bestow
the privilege of the franchise. Ile said the inhabitants
of Wishington were opposed to this measure nearly.
unanimouilx. He depicted the evils which would flow
from bestowing the high privilege upon the masses of
uneducated slaves, especiallylin Washington, where
the population, according to the present. ratio of in
crease, would ire live years. be one-half colored. The
passage of the measure would not only be injneioue but
irritate the whole conotryjand especially the Border
States. Ile said this as one who had emancipated
slaves by the sweat of his brew. It was idle to suppose
that we could grant the high privileges of civilization
by . a scratch of the pen or by acts of Congress upon a
degraded and ignorant race,
Remarks of Mr. Sumner.
Mr. SUMNER. said slavery died hard, both in this
Chamber and on the battle-Reid. We have been com
pelled before to listen to a vindication on this floor of
the slave-code and the slave-hunter, and to-day the ex
clusion of colored persons from the franchise has been
advocated by the Senator from West Virginia, himself
introduced into this Chamber by the influences et-free
dom He rises hero to-day to vindicate shivery is one
of its meanest prodnetions.
Mr. WiLLEI denied thathe defended slavery. When
the Senator hail liberated as. Ice (fir.
Willey) hail he could afford to call him a friend of slave
ry, and not before. When the Senator gets -his other
bill through, to alloW negroes to vote. in courts of jus
tice he could bring a half dozen witnesses to testify that
be Urns a better friend of freedom and emancipation
than the
senator
from Mumoachrviett.
M . SUMNER said the Senator had the odious premn
(bee rising out of his former connection with slavery
still in him. The head of the beast had been cut on.
but the Senator clung still to the tail.
Mr. COWAN, of reutoylvania, denied the right of
the Senator front Massachusetts to call those who Along
suffrage , to negroes as advocating slavery. The as
sumption is idle, and only botiikens ignorance and
Welticuess. Whitt au idea it Is that West Virginia
should put herself at the will of the Senator in order
to be in the line of nronintion! He thought the benator
should have been called to order for his remarks. lie
was certainly out of order among gentlemen.
Mr. COWAN at some length argued against the bill,
and in supper( of his amendment to it, mentioning that
Ladt only refused negro retinue, but had by
95,000 filaJefity excluded them from the Suaoaltogetner.
New York and PeullHYlVania were alike unanimous
against the measure. •
Witbent action, the Senate, on motion of Mr. WIT,
wens-into oxecntiv. .E. 4,1011.
The doors were .horkly afterwards reamed, and the
Senate, on motion of Mr. LANE, of Kansus, adjourned
till Monday. ._
HOUSE OF REFRESENTATWES.
The SPEAKER pretreated to the rionee the recelatto,
of the New York Chamber of Commerce, recommending
the application of Mr. Collins to extend telegraphic
communication, via the Pacific coact, with the tele
graphic systems of the Old World.
the Noidiera' anti sailers' Konaestend
The Rouse resumed the consideration of the bill to
give homesteads to sailors and soldiers, without regard
to color, ()It forfeited or confiscated lauds iA insurrec
tit:lDM dintrictis,
Mr. JULIA/1, of Indiana, in replying to Pernando
Wood's remarks of yesterday, denied that this hill
Nro,ild retard the reconstruction of the Union. Robert
Toombs, Robert W. Johnson,
Jacob Thompson, and
m
other proinent rebels, who were fast friends of old
jimmy Buchanaurhold millions of acres of land par
chased at low rates lint not valuable. If these lands
were divided among'thosewbo peril th o i r u m f or the i r
country, what evil would result?
Mr. KALBFLEISCH asked to know whether the gen-
Minim meant James Buchanan, n former President of
the United States.
Mr. JULIAN thought the gentleman could guess at,
his meaning. He had familiar knowledge of old Jimmy
Buchanan. If the gentleman from New York (Mr.
Wood) meant the restoration of the InliOn as it was
wheu the Democratic party. in the evil days of the past,
ruled the Government, and the slaveholdermi whip wag
held over those who opposed slavery, and when the.
Government was steadily gravitating under the weight
of treason and drifting into civil war, ho (Mr. Julian)
was not in favor of the Union as it was,but for a rege
nerated I.Tnion,l on the baste of free labor,. ignoring
slavery as the corner stone. Ile further replied, show
ing that the hill was not unconstitutional. In reply to
Mr. Mallory, lie said it was cOutemplated to give equal
rights to int - gine:4 as to the ownership of the soil; as to
social equality, that must work out itself. no would
not speculate aa to the future on that subject.
Mr. MALLORY inquired whether the gentleman did
not contemplate giving negroes . equality as to voting and
holding officer ,
Mn JULIAN replied that formerly negroes were anti
tied to vote in North Carolina and other Southern States:
but the question or suffrage was left to the States them
selves. A 8 to social equality, those who nee tit to wise.
elate with negroes can do so. Southern men have no
Particular objection to this, as 1n that sectionitraniga
mation Was practiced in Rs most disgusting Form, as
was seen in the large number of mulattoes.
Mr. MALLORY referred to the census to show the
number gof mulattook in the North.
Mr. JULIAN replied that they came from the South.
Mr. MALLORY said that was owing to the fast that
Yankee ""'"refttETN, nreaehters, and peddlers had
gons down knit& Min Otter.)
Mr. •l 1 111 f remarked Chat john Randolph said the
first blood of Virginht lie west in the vete/ of Southern
slaves.
111 r. FERNANDO WOOD celled the 4ttention. Of ge ll-
tlemen to the fact that he t Wood) had cdoeted CV giving
the lands to blark laborers.
Air. JULIAN asked if he would give the heeds toblack
soldiers.
Mr. WOOD replied that he would not, betansethe
lands de not belong t inquiredernment.
Mr. PENDLETON how many arms were
subject to entry.
Mr. Ji;.lnon:nayment.lAN said the Government is now sellirtg lando
for of taxes, and immense 0,002, wore
falling Into the hands of the Government.
1 3 ENDLETON briefly maintained that unifivr the"
present law the forfeiture of lands did not extend he
beyond the lifetime of tile owner.
111. JULIAN said the House had passed a hill to for
feit the fee of the rebels to the lands.
Mr. PENDLETON replied that the resolution had mit
yet messed tile Senate, and he understood a nnanimeats
repprt had been made against it in that body.
Mr. 3111,11 AN said there was no law which prevented ,
seizing tiro lands in fee.
Mr. HIGBY, of California, said the pending bill was
based on an existing law extending the homestead
principle. The main objection to it seemed to be
whether a man with a dark skin should have equal
justice with a white man. In this he could not agree,
hot he advocated the measure under consideration.
The bill was then missed, by a vote of 75 yea., to 61
nays.
The New Jersey Railroads.
The Ilonse resumed the consideration of the bill de
claring the Ch.nlen and Amboy Railroad, and the Rari
tan and Delaware Bay Railroad, and the branches
thereof, built and to be built, to be lawful structures
and public highways of the United States.
Mr. WILSON, ot lowa. offered a substitute, that eve
ry railroad Col:nil:ley 113 the United gkates whose road in
operated by steam, and its successors and assigns. in
authorized to carry on and over its road, boats, bridges
and ferries, all freight, mails, passengers, Government
supplies, and troops, from one State to another, and re
cel ve compensation therefor,
Sir. PENDLETOW, of Ohio, argued the object was
not to declare these railroads to be post routes, military
roads, or legal otructures,tiecalt,e they were so h,-day
by existing law, but it was an attempt on the part of
the House to invest a State corp Oration, created for
local Purposes j with powers not only not given by its
charter he denied by the legislation of the State in
i
which t exists. There wan no si ogle instance iu which
Mich a power had been exercised by the Federal Govern
ment,. and winch won against the principles or the. COn
stiintton and an interference with State rights. lie atm)
pivoted the allhAilliffh net only heenuse of i elastic.
but because it was intended to apply to all railroads a
every State or the Union.
Mr. WOODBRIDGE, of Vermont, in advocating the
bill, contended that the powers of a State must yield to
those of the Government, under the Constitution, for
the paramount interests of commerce hotween the
States.
- YEAMAN, of Kentucky, said he would rote - for
the bill or the substitute if for no other reason than to
break- flown the odious New Jersey monopoly-.-
Mr. BROWN, of Wisconsin, bad no doubt ot tho consti
tutional power to e.tu.1,1 /Az through railroad lino be
tween New York and Washington, but denied that a
local institution of a State could be chnnuod for the
belie& of the United States, the charter bents in the
nature of a contract between the State and railroad
company.
JOTINSON, of Pennsylvania, in oppobing the bill
said there was no military necessity or even a,,pretext
for its passage. It could only be fur the benefit of stock
jobbers banging around seeking sources
of plunder and speculation.
PRUYN, ot New York, opposed thebill.
hfr. scHshcK, of Ohio, gaye the views oF the Com
mittee on Military Affairs, who reported the bill. They
regarded the question as affecting the people of" other
States, not of New Jersey alone, and objected to that State
piowngiurtlivar,vWuer tonatm-al individuals or artificinl
persons, to interfere with the rights of the entire people.
and it was because New Jersey undertook to say there
shall be no trade or travel between New York and Phi
ladelphia, unless on such conditions as she shalt pre
scribe. giving advantages to a monopoly, that the com
mittee Wonted to it an interfering with the intercom
munication between the States.
'A motion to table the billwas disagreed to by fifteen
majority.
• Mr. Wilson's Substitute Adopted'.
The House adopted Mr. Wilson's substituin for the
bill, as given in former part of this report, and. passed
the bill as thus amended AY —yeas 63, nays Si.
EAS.
tt.bara.
Jeackes,
Julian,
Ramon,
Kelley,
Kellogg (Filch),
Littlejohn.
!Loan,
iLongyear,
McAllister,
'Mcßride,
MeClurgx
Miller (h
'Morrill,
Morris (NY). I
Myers Amos,
iMyers Leonard.
Norton.
O'Noill (Pa),
!Patterson,
NAYS.
Harris (Md),
Morris (Ill),
Herrick,
Hooper,
Hutchins. - I
Johnson (Ps),
Joh usna (Ohio),
Korean. ,
Law, •i.!!!:;
Lazear,
Long,
Mallory,
Marcy,
McKinney,
Middleton,
Miller (Pa),
Morris (Ohio),
Nelson,
quarter to six o'cle
Allison,
Ames,
Anderaon,
Ashley,
Bailey, .
Baldwin (Mass),
Baxter,
Beaman,
Boutwoll, _
Clark A. W.,
Cole,
Deming.
Briggs,
Fenton,
Garfield,
Hale, ,
trigh,
ofeli
Hubbard (Iowa),
Hubbard (Conn),
Alley,
Ancona,
Baldwin (Ma),
Bliss,
Brooks,
BrOOMaIL
Browu (Wl*),
cox,
Duw:•on,
Eden, P's
Edgerton,
Eldridge,
English,
Grider
GriswOld,
Hall,
Harding.
Hai rington,
The ilolllie, at a
The Draft in Dos
BOSTON, - 1(Iay 12. 7 -The draft co
ton and some of the adjoining tow
submitted to in a quiet and peaeef
Additional Burgeons left for Vir
Liberal contributions continue t
of the wounded.
Surgeons and supplies are ale ,
from Concord ? N. H.
A Prize Abandoned at Sea.
NEW.;YOTLK, May 12.—The bark Aurora, which
arrived to-day, has on board the crew of the prise
schooner Sophia, from Charleston Bar for /TOW
York, which Teasel was abandoned at sea.
Vire lm Chicago.
CHICAGO, May 12.—Baxter's furnishing mill an.
depot was burned to-day. The loss is $20,000.
The Gold Market.
NEW YORK, ➢Zap 12.—Gold closed at 315
Markets by Telegraph.
17..xv.rnionv, May 12.—Fleur dull, and heavy;
Ohio extra, *7.12P€ , 7.9-5. Wheat dull; Western
red, $1.7891.80. Corn steady ; sales of 15,000 bus
at $1.9,7@1:28. Whisky dull, and nominal, at 41.20.
Sm. Louis, May 12.—There is a better feeling in
the market, and more business doing' Flour quiet,
and unchanged ; sales light. Wheat market heavy,
but full prices Imaintained ; elloice, F1.60C01.65
prime K.50@1.55. Corn firmer, and more active;
mixed *1.15. Oats steady at 02.4 c. Whisky more
active, but unsettled, nt sl.l3eLia
Another View of the Situation
General Grant telegraphS to the Secretary of
War "We hare now ended the sixth day of very
hard fighting. The result to this time is much in
our favor." And he adds, after some particulars
very modestly and moderately stated t 2)1.0 . 110.48
to fight it out on this line, if it takes all simmer) ,
There spoke a man who can be trusted to carry
through the great enterprise he has in hand ; and.
his words ought to find and will find response in the
breasts of all brave and loyal men. What is the fit
answer to:General Grant? It is this: that if it takes
every man in the country, all will go to sustain
him there and to beat and destroy the enemy.
Grant has set his strong, imperturbable face
will not give way; and lie must be supported,
strenthened, reinforced, now and all the time,
until' he has broken down the foe and gained the
victory. He who thinks now of defeat or retreat is
not worthy of the name of American. There is no
issue possible for us out of this contest - in Virginia
but victory—a colete, entire victory. If the
nation which is at the back of the Army of the Po
tomac could suffer that army to be repulsed, to be
forced into retreat, to reeresS the Rapid
an foiled or
beaten, then that nation would deserve and receive
the brand of cowardice and impotence.
Whatever General Grant wants, be it men or sup
plies, he must have, no matter what stands in the
way. If the army needs food, it must have it if
another army is sent to Carry it down to Grant's
camps. ' If it needs men to replace lls losses, let
the call come—men will not be wanting. If to suc
ceed in this struggle it is necessary to crowd the,
whole area of Virginia, between Washington and
tipottsylvania, - with men, it must be done.
The :Secretary of War telegraphs : "The Govern
ment is sparing no pains to support Gem Grant."
We hope it is wise, and foresees the desperation of
the contest, the immense effort required,. and the
vast forces which. our General needs. ilTr. Stanton
ism man of great energy, a most faithful and vigi
lant public servant ; he will not fail to answer to
Grant's demands ; but we beseech him and the Pre
sident not to wait too long if they have need of help
from the North. Gall upo4 the people in time;
call at once, if thereis the remotest possibility that
Grant will need more men or more supplies than are
now in Washington. Leave nothing to chance ; lbr
a day, even an hour, of delay, a difference often, or
five, or two thousand men, more or less, may make.
to us the difference between repulse and: complete,
entire victory.
General Wadsworth is dead. General Sethrwiek
Is dead, General ,Stevenson is dead, General Rice,
the bravest of the brave, the man to lead in the
most desperate charge, has died, hia last words—as
Wei learn by telegraph this morning—a request—
" Turn me over thata may die face to the eneinyi ,
Blood has been poured out like water on those Vir
ginia fields during the last week—the most precious
blood of the country. Our bravest and dearest lie
on the field. Can we, dare we fail in the contest
which has cost so ninth? Pare We leave that army
in danger of defeatwhich has given so much already
to secure the victory?
Let no one please himself with the belief that
Success is assured. The battle is not yet fought
out ; the most tremendous struggle has probably
yet to come—may be going on this moment, or may
not come on for a week. For the sake of our honor
let nothing be left to chance ; let not the Govern
ment hazard anything by delaying to call In time
for reinforcements from the North • let Grant have
an overwhelming force, so that hei may put sonic
fresh men into the battle every day, and so that in
the final moment our army may be strong enough
and fresh enough to reap the fruits of victory to
their fullest extent. -
We do not know what troops the Government has
in Washington ; but it ought to haven formidable
force there in readiness to go down to help Grant.
The regiments which guard the defences of Wash
ington ought to be ready to march at a moment's
notice,
and militia regiments from the Northern
States stupid be at hand, and on the spot, to take
their places. The twenty-four or forty-eight hours
which will be required to call such regiments from
their homes to the capital may cause a fatal delay.
Would it not be better to call them at once! No
thing would inspire the public mind with so much
eonfidenee in the final result, or Sun froth in the
vigilance and energy of the Government, as a call
for militia troops, which should show the deteruti
nation to make these tremendous battles in Vir
ginia as decisive as they are bloody, and to shorten
the contest by the use of the most overwhelming
forces, and of the whole strength of the country,
needed.—N. Y. Evening Post.
Trre. DeA•rnostan.--Sotne
malicious persons, on a recent Sunday, pried off and
threw down the hill the leaning house erected many
years ago by an eccentric gentleman named John
Mason, on the brow of the hill opposite Northmn
bcriand,
Ea., leaning over a precipice of several
hundred feet in height, at an angle Or-lb degrees. It
was a decided curiosity, and has been visited by
many persons from abroad, as well as from every
part of this country, whose names were registered
on tile inside walls. It was also a great resort for
pie-nie parties from this anti the adjoining counties,
on account of the many pleasant scenes stir
rounding it. Mr. Elliot, the owner, is endeavoring
to detect the scamps who destroyed it.—Suidiury
American.
A l'rL AND WIFE
—On :Saturday evenin, a few minutes after seven
o'clock, a very keen stroke of lightning struck on
Michigan avenue, nearly opposite Blindbury's
tel, killing a woman and very severely injuring her
husband, who were walking along the street. Mr.
and Mrs. Michael Cannelly were the unfortunate
objects of the stroke. Mrs. Dannelly was straight-
Way taken Into the hotel, but urea only a few Seo
conds, gasping two or three times, and then ex
piring
Mr. Connolly was severely injured, having
his left shoulder and breast completely paralyzed.
Li street-car, et-ewaea with passengers, had, only a
minute before, wised the place struolc.—Derroit TT&
butte.
A RISE.—The Drownovitto (Texas) 14131 .Itralion
al Union League, of April 10, contains the following
manifesto from the' Centa.—We thought
of having an onion for breakfast, a few mornings
ego, and were horrified at the intelligence that
onions were selling at ten cents apiece_ Then we
thought we'd take an egg, but eggs were ten cents
apiece. Ten app likewise make a dollar. A
cabbage head, a ten cents a leaf, makes about a dole
ler and a imlf. A cigar oasts ten cents. After ma.
taro consideration of all these things, we have come
to the conclusion that our paper is worth as much
as an onion, an egg, an anle, a cabbage leaf, or a
cigar, and we have thertiore raised the price of it
to Ten tient&
rutted States Christian Commission.
LETTER FE= JOHN A. TOLE, ESQ., ezzik-atAL FIELD
The following important letter is from the gene
ral field agent of the United States Christian Com
mission, who has been with tho army in charge of a,
large corps ordelegates, with ten= and battle -field
stores, throrigh all the Marching and fighting since
the movement began more than a week. ago
BELLE' PLAIN, VA., 11ay11,1864,
GEO. It. STE - A All is sight ; every
anti man safe when lad heard from. Two are de
tailed for use between this place and Freiloricks
linrg, while three others remain at the front. lye
have been able to relieve very much suffering.
Everything we carried has_ been user] when Imlt.
needed, and when all other help failed. The
r e e l g r a i t s io n n b eo7mission has lost none of its previous
this eaiTipaign, bet has made hun.
tirtilfr of friends. Now we want Melt and stores-
Every kind of supply—elpeeialli lettions,
wines, endehes, bandages. ete.—arewanted at once.
There is yet Dry great desiitoion, an 4 there must be
for ten days to come; so - , et accrtrdingly. The
Wotiniled are being hrou , fht heleaS fast, as possible,
but Fredericksburg he full. and • the battle stilt
raging. Do act promptly and Eberally.
Truly yours, JOHN" A.• COLE.
Or
TlMEat..—The last evening.perform:mee'
" Notre Damn "' will take place ' - .i)-night At the
Academy of Music, and to-morrow, at the matinee
at 3 O'clock, the opera will be sung for the last time,
The Opportunities that remain for witnessing this
great musical spectacle should not be neglected.
MR. FRANK BREW'S BENEFIT will I;ake place
this evening, at the Arch-street Theatre, and a good
bill is presented. The emnedietta of ' The Irish
Tutor," Lover's drama, "The White Hoc.le of the
Peppers," and the farce - of "The Irish D_ri.gc,on,”
will be performed.
Who io to Blame?
To the Editor of The Pres
P. 3 2Z Z. Oa Thorsday last two tittle children, cited.
two and a half and three years, strayed from their
homes. Application was immediately made to the
henrest pollee station (at eleven and a half A. DL),
and at least a dozen people residing in the parents°
neighborhood were engaged in the search_ The
station was visited Peven times fn the course of the
day n
ad OVlalthig Witimut obtaining any information,
until at length the father of one of the children,
withotd any assistance from thr telegraph, •but by
dint of looking and inoutrino- of people in the
streets, came upon their track,. and (bun! then:
St a remote station-house at Miran o'clock in the
evening. As the clerk assured him that re
had been forwarded to the Central station, date a:
oualier 13aSt /We, a message to the oftst. thab
two children had been brought there, with a
description of their dress and appearance, can
you info rm tiro benefit of others who
may find themselves in a similar situation,
Wile is to blame for the anxiety and Ws..
tress endured by the parents from quarter past
two until seven o'clock? And who, also, is to
blame for this, that nt half past ten at night
the people of the station at which application
had first been made knew no more than they
did when notified in the morning, just eleven ham%
previous, assuring, the applicant at that hour that
they were about to take extraordinary measures for
the discovery of the children, although there had
elapsed since they hart teen taken fn wifely to another
station-house just eight hours and a quarter,
But for the Providence which guided the footsteps
of the father in the streets, imagine the feelings of
the four parents of these infants had they been com
pelled to pass the entire night In blind relianeenpon
the efforts of the police telegraph.
Respectfully, &e.,
MAY 6,188.4.
Porkaft,
Pomeroy.
Price,
Ronciall (Iry),
)lice (Maine),
I Milne (Di H).
ficiteuck,
Schofield,
Shannon,
Smithers,
I Tracy,
, Upson,
Van lralkenburg e .
Wah - liburne (Ill).
Wilder,
Windom.
Woodbridge,
Yeoman.
PRESIATIAE REPORT. —A report pre
vailed generally yesterday that Brigadier fieneral
Joshua T. Owen had been killed in one of the re.
cent battles in Virg-int.. The statement seemed to
be pretty well authenticated, and much sympathy
was expressed for the fallen hero in this city. It
was stated that a telegram, announcing the death
of the General, had been received by hk litther-in
law, Owen Sheridan, Esq., of Cntestnut UHL NI
such despatch was received.
A HOUSER OLD TunAsune..--Considering- the higil
estimation placed on the wonderful Wheeler h WI--
Son Sewing Machines, they may properly be termed
household treasures. Indeed, in hundreds of in
stances, after ineffectual attempts to 11.0 other tea
ebines, this has been tried ; and the ease with :ALA
it may be worked was at once apparent to the mo=t
inexperienced persons. Thousands of families
an
hesitatingly give their preference to this unequalled
machine. The variety of work which it fo cap.uhle of
performing is considered, by competent judges, un
surpassed for beauty, strength, and elasticity. It
moves with great swiftness, and is almost noiseless
when in operation. 'We wonldadviga our lady Nowt&
and families visiting the city, to call at the elegant
salesrooms of Wheeler & Wtson, No. 704 Chestnut
street, and examine these popular machines. Every
machine warranted, 'and the money returned, if not
entirely satisfactory.
Noble,
O'Neill (OW),
, Pendleton,
Rice (brass).
Robinson,
Scott,
I Stronie,
Stuart,
Vooilteeg,
Wad.worth,
Ward,
Waahtntru (Masa)
WoJmter,
'Whaley,
Wheeler.
Wood, Fernando
, ck, adjourned.
31menced. in Ilog
s to-day. It was
ut spirit.
nia to-day.
BirT THE "FLOHEXCE."—This is the cry of every
One who has tried the celebrated . 4 llorence" Sewinpi-
Machine (sold at 630 Chestnut street) to those who
have not yet supplied themselves with this invalua
hourehold blessing. And we repeat the advice:
Pv , , Site "Florence." Ton wilt never regret it. It
is the most perfect, and in all respects satiefaet,ry,
Sewilg Machine ever given to the world, and
every riachine sold is warranted to give entire
satisfaethn to the purchaser, or Me movytrill be
refunded.
0 in made in aid
.o going forward
THE
WBATarn FOR ICE CREAM In no respect
has the walla, weather of the present week been
more suggestiv%ly chimalized than in the demand it
has created for th.t eolicions and healthful luxury,
Ice Cream. We judge oc this feet more particularly
- well-known Eastern Market
from the fact that the
Cheese anti Ice Cream. Staaa of Mr. W. H. Sles.
comb, Fifth street, below lliarket,..t,, s been bestexeCir
by personF who hnow where to get rte, finest
Cream in the city. It is a pure Delaware count/
article. We also invite attention to his superior
Cheese, Fresh Tomatoes and Peaches, and genuine
Cider Vinegar.
A STYLISH WALKING HAT.—NOlbillg COGM he
more stylish, tasteful, becoming, or comfortable,
for a lady or miss., than one of Wand & Carl's ex.
quisite English Walk Rats beautifully trimmed,
and made in White and all the carious shades of
tam and Cul,
110 W ROYALTY DRESM3.—At the last London
drawing-room, the Princess of Wales wore a blue
velvet train, ornamented with silver coal and tat ,
solo, a petticoat of white satin, with Brussels lace
flounces, and trimmings of blue velvet and silver
flowers. The head dress a tiara of diamond,, rich
feathers, and tulle veil, with •ilveretsr. Herrera
husband looked very well in a full suit which he had
obtained at the Brown Stone Clothing Hall of Ruck
hill & Wilson, Nos. 603 and 605 Chestnut sGreet,
above Sicth, when he was. ha the United Statei, ill
the fall of 1660.
FOR. MoTns.—ltcst, cheapest, pleasantest, ma;
desirable, is Cedar Camphor—True Cedar Camphor.
Drukr,-Pto have it. Harrio .e Chapman have sold
right of facture, and are sole makers.
BULLOCK & CIZENSIIAAV : Philada.
ECONOMY SHOULD BE PRACTICED by ererybodyitt
all things. One dollar expended now in ptirchaFing
a bottle of Jayne's Expectorant, by those tivitbEed
with a alight cough or hoarseness, or so: throat,
may.save the expense of s. doctor's bill. A ne:4lePted
cough often ends in Consumption. A sti4ht
intisa
mation of the lining of the wind tubes, the usual
symptoms of which are a sore throat and a pain in
the breast, will soon lead, through want of atten•
tion, to - bronchitis. A clay's delay may entail
months of suffering. Let the afflicted try at ..nee
Jaynes Fspectorant. It is a Standard remedy,and
its curative properties have been tested by Vile
sands of persons who have recovered their health
by Its use. The Expectorant and all of Dr.D. Jayne
& Son's Family Medicines are prepared only at No.
242 Chestnut street.
111A.Ton GEINTEnAms and Brigadier Generals, whit
may be dropped from the army list next Juh; trill
find it to their advantage by eilling at the " pala
tial" Clothing Store of Granville Stokes, No. 03
Chestnut street. His stook of citizens , clothin* as
heretofore, i 3 nnequalled by that of any other i‘ott , d
in the city. Particular attention is paid to the
getting up of Army and Navy uniforms, by a corps
of the best cutters in the country.
SPEING OVERCOATS! SPRING OrEnctiATs!
Spring Overcoats! Spring Overeots!
Spring- Overeoo.isf Serino. Orerea.e 4 !
Spring Overcoats! Spring OvereOati r l
At Chas. Stokes &
At Chas. Stokes Co.'s,
Under the Continent:!.
Under the contnicatA
BILIOrg AFFECTIONS, Lirer Complaint- SECA
Headache . , Try - spopio, ire_, are epeetllly rehoired Hf
the use of Dr. D. J aync's Sanative Pills. The test
of thirty years , use has proved them enperior to
all other remedies for the cure of the riri•+E
diseases for Arbleh they are recommended. In their
action they are mild and certain, and may be taken
at any time without risk from exposure. Prerarcl
only at No. 212 Chestnut street.
Cittansx AIVD IVrATTIIV6 ' tiroßff.—Patton 1 , 3.5 °'
large force at this branch of his busine.<;_ and
shied to do any work entrusted to kiut et oleo.
1408 Chestnut street.
WINDOW SHADES.
W. Many Patten's
Window Shade, Curtain, and Upholstery Soot
140 s Chestnut street. myyttt
CORNS, nutaONS, INVERTED NAILS, EstArtasa
SOniTs, and all diseases of the feet, cured u-itadst
pain Or indousenieuee to the patient, by Tors.. DAM'
rie & Barnett, Surgeon Chiropodists, W2l Crhastnat
street- Refer to physicians • and surgeons of lbS
city-
3.
EVE AND EAR most 511CCeSSilllly triatea. b 7
Isaacs; AL. D., Cknalist. and Atuist,'No. 511 Pry
street. Artificial eyes inserted. No o h a nzes ;or
caeteteatien.
41. NEW PRICSIJX:6 - VOA 'MX ii.ANDE.F.Re.IIIX4
Phalon , a
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N:giihtt Cle o re..tl
Phalan 7 B
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Phalan 'a
Phalon's
A most exqudelte, delicate, sud Franant POriutda
diStlned from, tile rare and beautiful RON frA
Ablch it takes its 1180:11116
blanninet, nred only by PnAtos Son, New Ye
BSWAVai izar corwrxilyzallik.
ASK BOA PIIALON'S—TANA NO OTHER.
SOWNSTOW, HOLLOWAY, & ( % 0 • 1 Agents, Sixth 3
Market streets, Pitilndelph_r&: Sold by all It
IPA% - al)1541
Ettitertfthilissrmtds.
Lace Curtains.
Muslin Curtains
1408.
'Upholstering - Done
CarpeLz Laid
JIM
'Verandah Ayrthrrs,
" Night Bloolllll2g Geo
"Night Blooming =3? tl+
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"Night Blooming Ceor.v."