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WEDfESDAY, MAY Mt, ISM.
Ce".IN 'IRIS COUNTRY ESPE-
LtIT IS A HABIT NOT ONLY
NNT4II4I)Y CONSISTENT WITH THE
CONSTITUTION, BUT EVEN ESSEN
TIAIitTO ITS STABIL [TY, TO REGARD .
Tine...ADMINISTRATION AT ANY
TIME EXISTING' AS DISTINCT AND
SEPARATE FROM THE GOVERN
%ENT 'TTSELF.. AND TO CANVASS
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ONE
IWITHOUT A THOUGHT OF DISLOY
ALTY TO THE OTHER."—Hon. Wm.
L. Saweap, Secretary of State under the
Lincoln Administration.
DEXOGRATIO MEUING.
The Denocraoy of Xoirie and adjoin•
iog townships, will hold a meeting at Bar
ker's gefiool house, fit Ninevali, on Satur
day the lah day of May, 18G3. D. Craw
ford, ..0 . 341., of WayneBburg, anti many'atli
er able Speakers will be present on the
occasion. Turn out, 1 Turn out !
DEIMORATIO
,Tbe Dernoerits of Monongahela, Dun
kard, Cumberland and Greene will hold a
meeting at MapVetovin on Wednesday.
Kay'Yetb, 1863, at 1 o'clock, P. M. Daid
`Crawford, "sq., Hon. S. A. Gilmore, Dr.
A. Patton and . others will address the
ineeting.
THE REBELS 41. T MORGAIPLONST.
'The Morgantlwn gozqioi, of tTednes
day last, gives - 141 fpll particulars of the
late Rebel - 140'd on that locality. Some 7
,
miles from town the rascals shot Lloyd
Andrew Castle and Albert Roby,
killing the two first instantly, and wound
ing the other, who feigned death and is
now recovering. Lloyd Bell stood up like
a brave man, as he was, after he was shot
through the body, and did not fall till he
was pierced with four balls. On Tuesday
evening the rebels all left in the direction
of Fairmont on the West side of the riv
er, and We liaire seen'hone of them since,
except
.
except, two prisoners. The Monitor says:
C IR. whole force numbered about 2000
pin, in all. Those, eiceepting the com
mand which were here on Monday, under
!tarnish, atteruiSteil to get into Rowles
burg and destroy the Railroad bridge, but
they were repulsed by Maj. Showalter who
had some 400. men at that point. They
then came through Evansvill.c and crossed
I.ha Railroad at Independence, destroying
tlia,rforkshops of the road at Newburg,
tie Railroad bridge at Raccoon, a mile
West of Independence, and tearing up the
7ai/road track.
On Monday, the farm house of Captain
Lazier, one mile from town, occupied by
Alpheus Sheets, a very worthy man, whose
family was absent from home, was burned
by the rebels, They also set tire to the
, pens Vii bridge on that day, but Were
weiailed upon to put the fire . out.
The losses here were, say, 200 horses in
the county.
'harles Watts, $5OO Boots, Ate.
Derr, Han way, Nye & Co. $l,OOO Drugs, &c.
Fitch & Scott, $3OO Drugs, &c.
J. S. Hickman, 500 Hats, &c.
F. D&nain, 400 Groceries,
Wm. 'Lazier, 1500 Goods, &c.
H,' D. Itniphy,
D. Chadwick,
G. M. Hagans, 500 do.
4‘t this date all is quiet in the vicinity
oftforgantown. No signs of "greybac/is”
7ialie been seen since Tuesday of last week.
Alter leaving here the rebels went to Fair
mont, which place they captured after
some hard fighting, killing two and
wounding several of our soldiers. It is
reported that the rebel loss was 100, but
nothing certain is known as to the num
ber. The splendid Railroad bridge, one
'Mile east of Fairmont, was destroyed by •
flalitibk. It was the best and mosCeipeu
.sive one on the road. After gutting some
of tbe stores at Fairmont, they left and are
now said to be at Phillippi, numbtring
some 5 to 80D0. •
The B. & 0. Railroad is open from
Wheeling to Fairmont, we learn.
Our troops are now at Clarksburg.num
bering9ooo,and some 3 to 5000 at Grafton.
We tank that our people need not fear
any recurrence of the raid which we have
just witnessed. The whole rebel force in
West Vzi. does not exceed 10,000 and we
have ample force to hold theta in check,
and we believe to severely handle them.
Bowie-liolfe Fight Jai Fayette-
ville.
A dispatch to the Missouri Demo
crat, dated the 24th instant, descri
bing the late battle at Fayetteville,
ArkansaS, says :---"home three or
four thousand rebels, under the-cord
intind of Gencial Cabell, constituted
the attacking party. The force sta
tioned at Fayetteville consisted drtwo
regiments of loyal Arkansas troops,
recently enlisted, one of them not yet
armed. They fought like berow.-4
Those who had no arms used clubs
4.hd stones did bowie-knives and
whatever else they could get, in an
Land to band 'encounter, and re
pulsed the enemy with severe loss.—
There, has, perhaps, been no fight
during thin war in •whieh there was
showa (on a small scale, to be sure)
Jerre determined valor, than was ex
labited by those Arkansas refugees
upon• th,le occasion. T hey fight as
men who have' suffered much and
lybo feel deeply. * They'll do to tie to."
• 4111%
The Vight arltontitello
A paragraph in Saturday's spe.
chile stead that Gen. Carter occu
pied Monticello. Sy. Cineinnati pa
pers give the following additional :
Gen. Burnside was advised on Fri
day evening that a force of five thou
sand men under General Carter had
crossed the Cumberland river below
Somerset, and attacked the rebels at
Monticello, Wayne county, and aft
er afievere fight with the enemy,
whose headquarters was at that place,
drove them from the town. The en
gagement had not boen concluded at
-the date of the dispatches. - -
That for the purpose of adjusting defi
nitely the question Hof Senatorial candi
dates of • the Democratic party, and the
' mode of selection in the District, com
posed of Washington and Greene, the fol
lowing Rules be adopted for the govern
ment of the patry: •
I. That the next candidate for Senator
shall be selected from the Democracy of
Washington county, and in three years
from this time, shall be taken from that
efGTeene county, and thus the candidate
Shall be nominated alternately from the
counties, so long as they forma Senator
ial and this rule shall prevail
whether the candidate so nominated) be
elected or not.
• 2. That when the candidate under this
r 4 belongs to a particular
. county,the
Democracysuch county, shall have the
exclalve right §f naming the candidate;
and 'when noniinafed bj fbe party of such
county, the . pezgOti ,thAs nominated shall
`be the candidate of the party of the D's-
Wet, in pendant of any vote or action
in the other county.
P. S. In the absence of Patrick Donley,
Esq., Joseph G. Ritchie, Esq., was substi
tuted in his place.
•
Acparding to announcement, the De
mocracy of Centre township Met at Rog
ersville on May 2d. On motion, the meet
ing 1982 organized by co Ding James Throck
rnorton, Sr., to the chair ; Samuel Rine
hart, Esq., Wm. Heaton and Q. S. ;Philips
were appointed Vice Presidents, and'Wm.
Grove and A. B. Mildred, Secretaries.
George W. Waddell, Esq., was called
upon to address the Meeting, and respond
ed in art eloquent address. He referred to
the infringentlents of the Constitution by
preaent Administration, and also filed
his objections to the proceedings of some
of the military officers which operate con
trary to the will of our loyal soldiers, at
which some Republican friends took um.
brags, creating an unpleasant distuabance,
shoiving some disposition to a riot ; yet it
did not intimidate the Democrats, al
though one Republican took hold of the
speaker with the intention of leading him
auk ofthe house, and another patted his
Navy' revolver 'in 'rather a threatening
Manner. When order Was sufficiently re
stored 14. r. Waddell finished his speech.
Joseph G. Ritchie, Esq.., next took the
stand, and made a 'short, but very appro
priate and well-timed speech ; claiming
the unquestionable right under the Consti
tution and according to the usages of our
country, to canvass the acts of our public
officers in all stations . : Ifis patriotic re
marks were Well received by the loyal
Democrats of Centre.
100 do.
100 do.
The Committee appointed for the pur
pose have adopted the folloiying preamble
and resolutions in addition to those of the
4th of April :
Wuzates, The Constitution which se=
cures to us the right of free speech and
free discussion is our Union ; it is not the
great expanse of territory, nor the execu
tive or heads of departments, but that
Constitution which guarantees to LIR the
freedom of speech and of the press. This
Union has lived and grown under the
brOad shield of that moral and intellectual
freedom which makes earth, sea and sky
subservient to our purposes as freemen.—
And we cannot have or enjoy them unless
we can think and express our thoughts
one to another. If we cannot or dare not
do this, we are among the lowest slaves.--
Therefore,
-13eielqd, In the language of !lon. :Wm.
Seward, Secretary of State, that "it is a
habit not only entirely consistent with the
Constitution, but even essential to its A:La
bility, to regard the Administration at any
time existing as distinct and separate
from the Government itself, and to canvass
the proceedings of the one without a
thought of disloyalty to the other."
2. That being a peace-loving; and law
abiding 'arty, we love to hear all parties
express their political sentiments and leave
the calm judgment of the people to decide
at the ballot-box which is right.
34. Thii any man claiming to be a Dem
ocrat, and' making au effort to prohibit
the freedom of speech under the Constitu
tion, by raising a riot or any other unlaw
ful means, welkitsielitim as'a Democrat, and
consider hirl a breaker of the peace, a
traitor to' civil Government, and there
fore read him out of the party.
4th. That we are for the Constitution
as our fathers made it, and the Union as
it w r therefore bold it to be our
tounden duty, to advocate the use of all
constitutional nears for suppressing the
ebellion and vindicating the laws.
r ••••••
The Democrats of Riehhill and other
townships met at Jacksonville, on May
2nd, and proceeded to organize their
meeting by calling .John Roar, sr., to the
Chair, and appointing Morgan Bell, Jona
than Allum, Wm. Lang, Jos. lifeCarrahan,
jr., and B. IL Durbin, Vies Presidents,
Asa Ross, T. H. Durbin, J. S. Allum, Sec
retaries.
Dr. A. Patton being present and loudly
called for, came forward and viewed the
rise and progress of Sectionalism in the
North until it begot Sectionalism in the
South, alp), showed conclusively that the
Abolition patty wets: responsible for the
present difficulties. • •
Col. Ja . S. Jennings also addressed the
meeting in as eloquent and forcible
speech, charging the opposition 'Rehr Y 7 Ith
being the cause of all our difficuliieu.'
The meeting broke up with three cheers
for the speakers.
(Signed by the officers.'
NFEIE* MEETING,
TheCon4rees appointed by the Demo
cratic Vigilance Cotamitteca of Washing-
Vinod 42;101114kovirnitima, cOOsfsting Of i.
E. Gibson; Geo. S. dart .nnd Freeman
'Brady, jr., Ns., on behalt of Wanking
:ton conut,y;"afid of liOu. C. A. Black, R.
W. Jones and Jo:zepli. G. Ritchie, Esq.,
o 3 behalf of C4regue county, Pa., met at
Proiipeiity Washington county, Pa., on
Friday, May 811,180.
On motion of G. Ritchie, Esq., R. M.
G 185024, Esq..tr called to the Chair, and
on motion of Geo. S. Hart, Esq., R. W.
JONES was appointed Secretary.
'After an interchange of views, the fol
lowing Resolutions were offered by C. A..
Black, Esq . and unanimously adopted :
Adjourned sine die.
R. M. GIBSON, Ch'n
R. W. JONES, Sect'y
For the Diesseoger,
. DENOCRATIO UEETING.
For the Messenger
MEETING IN EICHHILL.
ifstuf* #'''''*44llllg
Glorious News from Hooker !
Fredericksburg aid its Heights Ours 1
Bloody, Iwo Bays Battle—Can-
Hon, Stores and Prisoners Cap
tured—Gen. Berry, of Me., Kill-
ed—Gen. Howard Wounded.
FWLADELPf4A, May 5 --The Wash
ington Republican's : extra 4:vs:—
Suffice it to say that 141 i conaeituenee
of reported da4hing operations
G'en. Stoneman on aid line of the
railroad -to Ric-iknonki, -Gen. • Lee
could nit ingiorioasly Xty, htit, was
compelled to come out from behind
his defences and tight Hooker on his
own ground, selected at Chancellors
about ten miles southwest of
Fredericksburg. The, battle lasted
most of So turday, and continued
with great fierceness untillwo o'clock
on Sunday morning, when hostilitt,es
ceased for two hours.
At four o'clock:the fight againmom
menced, and lasted until ten o'elctek
yesterday forenoon,when the enemy's
batteriee, beeaglC silent and the wild
est
. cheerlng . commenced on our ex
tremeright and ran along the ,whole
line. When our informant left,the pre
vailing opinion was that the enemy's
ammunition was exhausted, or they
had been attacked by Hooker's left
wing, the force under Sedgwiek,
which crossed below Frederickburg
Another gentleman who was with
our forces in Fredericksburg, says
General Sedgwick succeeded in
reachin4 the key to the whole line
of monster rebel works in Fredericks
burg before day dawned yesterday,
Sunday, morning. The rebels
opened a most terrific fire. At the
first shock some regiments wavered
at seeing their commanding officers
falling around them, but the skillful
and dashing Col. Sharley, by his cool
daring and personal example, railed
the column and led it into the rebel
works, carrying the key. and with it
the whole line,
.at 'bayonet
,charge,
with a yell heard above the shock of
arms,
As soon as the principal work of
the day was ,ea#ictl, 'about eleven
o'clock yesterday forenoon, the
whole rebel force in and around
Fredericksburg made a hasty retreat
out upon the plank road towards
Chancellorsville, in the direction of
Lee's main army.
The slaughter at Chancellorsville
is estimated to be large on both sides.
Among the killed is General Berry,
of Maine. General Howard was
wounded while endeavoring to rally
some German regiments which wa
vered on §unday before heavy masses
pf the enemy.
We captured many large guns, am
mtiniti.m, stores, and, up to yester
day noon, about two thousand pris.
Politscrjpt
Our adviees from the field up to
noon to-day are that the victory of
Gen. Hooker's army is more com
plete than at first supposed. All
that the most sanguine could hope
for has been realized. The losses
are very heavy. We congratuls to
the army and'eountry upon the suc
cess of this important movement,
which is merely the precursor to still
greater successes,
Results of the Tot° Days flOpes.
The Times sums up the news as
follows: —Two of our corresponderts
with Hooker's army arrived in the
city on Monday, bringing ~tbp latest
intelligence from the field of battle.
Gen. Hooker had thrown his army
across the Rappahannock, taken a po
sition on the left ofthe rebel entrench
ments at Fredericksburg, thus com
pelling the enemy to leave his defen
ses and fight on the ground which
Hooker himself had chosen, and had
fought t .vo of the severest and blood
iest battles of the war without a4ain
ing any absolqtely decisive result, bu*,
achieving such successes as render
the enemy's defeat certain.
Reeovering himself with masterly
priimptithde from what was well-nigh
a crushing disaster on Saturdui , night,
when Jackson succeeded in tprn
ing our right wing, and routing our
11th corps, the battle was renewed on
Sunday, and, though not absolntely
decisive, yet has put decidedly on the
winning side. The battle is to the
rebels by fur the bloodiest they have
yet had, while our sacrifice is much
less. We have taken four thousand
prisoners, with the loss on our side of
not a tenth of that number.
The rtsult on Sunday's operations
on the left is still more brilliant.—
The powerfully defended heights in
the rear of 'Fredericksbutt, the at
tempt to take which cost us so dear
ly last December, gyve, by the move
ment of ChancellorsFille, been turned,
and after being gallantly assailed by
Sedgtvick's corps, are now ours. The
rebel army is now, tberefur, between
two columns, separated but by an in
terval of five miles, the one a hun
dred thousand strong, the other
twenty thousand. It will be straoge
it, between the upper and the nether
mill-stone, the accursed thing is net
ground to atoino.
The Late Battles.
PHILADELPHIA, May . 6.—A Wash
ington letter in the Press says: It
is conceded on all hands that Gen
eral Hooker's strategy is the deepest
yet displayed by any of our Gener
als., No one can divine his objects,
and it is even said that, with the ex
ception of his immediate staff and
corps commanders, no one is con-
Versant with them. His plan in occu
pying the rohel - force on his right so
well, until Gen. Sedgwick captured
Fredericksburg with Comparatively
small loss, is universally praised.—
Lee was completely taken by sur
prise, expecting that the movement
was only a feint to withdraw his at
tention from Hooker's right. So it
was, but the move was so formidable,
and. threatening, as it did, 'the coln
tifunicition to Richmond, the Seizure
of whielt was the main object of
Turbside at the
.first battle of ?rid
ericksbiirg, that Lee `detached a
consto*able • foice I„o.4'etake the
beigh,t4i.
This colutamotiod mitf , etVorititaiied t
General torlgetieet, who moved his
forces on General Seotgwick, butt all
his repeated efforts were foiled. The,
rebels charged with impetuosity,
cheering and shouting as they rush
ed along, but our men presented a
firm and steady front, and repulsed
every attempt.
Gibboa's division, which was str
the centre, met the brunt of the con
flict anituo.bly withstoPd the rebel
fi re. The gips which we had cap
tured,bn the duy
,previous, Sunday,
Were turned oh the rebels, and in
company with our own artillery
mad.sj sad havoc in their ranks.
,A.t the latest dates we have last ev .
.ening, our forces at . Fredericksburg
still hold their graand,hut important
movements had taken place which it
is not necessary here to divulge, but
which will be no less fruitful to Attr
cause than disastrous to i.he rebels.
Further News of the pe,Aperate
Battle--,Lee's Army hemmed
am
PHILA DELPH , May s.—Corres
p,ondents to the New York Times,
dated from the Headquarters of the
Army of the Potomac. near Fal
mouth, Virginia, Sunday evening, 10
o'clock, r. DI.. says :-1 have arrived
here from CI) anceilorsville and learn
of the complete success of Generitj
Sedgwick's attack upon the -strop
bold of the enemy at PredOla'sburg
Heights. The position was'brilliant•
l)7 ,carried by storm to-day by. Pratt's
glorious light division of the Sixth
Army Corps, .captuiing two whole
regiments of rebels, I,lle I.f.ith and
IStii . MisSisSippi, one company of the
famous Washington artillery of New
Orleans, and part of Alexander's ar
tillery, including in all eight guns
and nearly one thousand prisoners.
The storming forces were aided
by Gen. Upon, of the Second Army
Corps, who, with a force came upon
the flank and rear of the enemy,
plating the AMerican Flag upon
their works before they had actually
ceased firing upon our chargin ,, col
umn. The captures were complete.
General Seegwick afterward en
gaged the enemy and drove him
back. At six p. m. he had ad7anced
to the brick church, four miles and
a half out on the plank-road toward
Chancelloraville. Here he had use
vere engagement with Early's divis
ion reinforced by troops from Lee,
but he repulsed them, and sent in
another lot of prisoners.
The enemy is now hemthed in be
tween _Hooker and Sedgwiek, and
will, no doubt, fight with desperate
tenacity, to extricate himself from
his desperate position, but the ad
vantage seems to rest decidedly
with us.
••••••
Bad News from Gen. Hooker!
Retreat of the Whole Army ever the
Rappahannock
6.000 Men Lost In Sedgwickls
Corps--Weak Councils ofillook
erls Corps Commanders—The
Enemy in Our Power and the
Advantage Lost.
NEW YORK, May 7. rl'!, e bune
publishes an extra )vith dates from
the Army of the Votothac to the 6th,
which states that the army had re
crossed the Rappahannock . attrriited
States and*Banks Fords. The order
for retreat was a surprise ; as it was
believed to be the determin'ati6n to
march out and attack the rebels in
front.
The crossing comenced at 10 o'-
clock on Tuesday eight. At three
o'clock on Wednesday all the wagon
and mule trains and artillery had
crossed, and the iatantry .vas cross
ing on two bridges at United States
Ford—Gen. Couch's corps in ad
vance.
The retreat was corered by Ge n ,
Meade's Fifth Corps Lee's sharp
shooters picked oft' the artillery
horses, and any mounted officers
seen. The rebel batteries occupied all
the advantageous positions and tired
vigorously upon Gen. Hooker's camp,
but disappeared us soon as our bat
teries were opened on them.
At a consultation of tho Corps
commanders it was decided that the
enemy was too powerful. General
Sedgioick jailed to join Gen. Hooker,
and, being hard pressed, crossed the
Rappahannock to prevent annihila r
tion—his experiment costing six thou
ulnd men.
Gen. Sedgwiek's reptilse, added to
the weak counsels of Gen. Hooker's
corps commanders,
shook his con
fidence; and in a fatal moment he
gave the order to evacuate his
strong position and his fortified
camp, and to retreat.
The arriy was not panic stricken,
but greatly demoralized by this
inglorious retreat. There was no
time from Friday morning to Mon
day night but what Hooker could
have attacked and defeated Lee's
army, but ho lacked the ahili 7
ty to
give the order.
WASHINGTON, May T.—The follow
ing appears in the National Intel
ligences of this morning :—Official
information received at the 'War
Department last evening authorlizes
us to state that Gen. Hooker ' after
waiting on the rain near' Chan
cellorsville on Tuesday for a renew
al of the battle by the enemy, recross
ed the Rappahannock on the even
ing of that day, influenced by ‘pru
dential motives, springing doubtless
in part from the great and sudden
rise of the Virginia rivers in conse
quence of the recent heavy rains
tbreatenif. our supplies.
We do not learn that fio. hooker
was apprised before waking this
movement, of the success which is
alleged to have attended the opera
tions of Gen. Stoneman in •bruaking
the rebel communications withßich
mond.
If this fact bad been knoipp to
him, assuming it to . : be a facW'rznay
be doubted whether 14 - enootter
would have deemed it necessary to
take a siep, which lutist, tend to-4e
,
priTe tint of some, at least, of the
nd.v.an iagos Ling from Ueneral
Stoneman'e.co-opeltati t v,e expedition.
tittonetnag Did Alt he We* to do
NEW YORK, April 7.—Zhe World
has issued an extra with the follow
ing news :—The Richmon4 papers of
the sth state that Stoneman's caval
ry have destroyed all the bridges be
tween Richmond and the Rappahan
nock, torn up the railroads, cut down
the telegraph wires, and ventured
within a few miles of -Richmond.—
Consequently no communication can
be bad with Gen. Lee's army.
Official intelligence from General
Stoneman states that after the
above achievements, he deployed
his immen4e cavalry force many
miles, forming a line of observation,
to detect the approaching rebel rein-
forcements.
Reinforcements are pressing down
to 'Gen. Hooker, ,who will thus out
number any forces broueht against
him. looker was forced across the
Rappalis,angok in consequence of the
superior force and the superior gen
eralship of Lee. •
his rumored that Lee massed his
army on our right, and that General
40nker will immediately chamgc his
base of operationa, but where is un
known. General liboker much
disheartened, but there is hope yet.
Later News From the Army,
Dispatches from Secretary Stu on.
lIARRISTAIRO, 8.--fhe follow
ing
,dispatch has just been received
,by the Governor from Washington :
To the Governor of Pennsylvania :
The President and General-in-Chief
have just returned from the army of :
the Potomac. The principal opera
tion of Gen. Hooker failed but there
has been no serious disaster, to the
organization and efficiency of the '
army. It is now occupying its for-.
iner position on the . Rappahannock,
having r e-crossed the river without
any loss on the movement. Not
more than one-third of Gen. Hook
er's force was engaged. Gen. Stone
man's operations have been a bril- '
liant success. A part of his force ad
vanced to within two miles of Rich
mond and the enemy's communica- ,
tion has been cut in every direction.
The Army of the Potomac will speed
ily resumo offensive opperations.
Signed, EDWIN IV, STANIoN,
2ccretary of War.
Richmond Accounts of the Rat-
0111
The Richmond .f.;nquil-er of Xay
sth, contains an account of a severe
battle having been fought on Sunday
the . 3d inst., iu Spottsylvanca, in
wl MI they admit a heavy loss.—
Gen. Paxton was killed, Gen. Jack
son wounded by the' loss of an arm,
&c. Mso Gens. Heath and A. P.
lull slightly wounded. The battle
way removed on the morning of the
4th inst. They state the loss heavy
on both sides, and claim to leave ta
ken five thousand men prisoners.
Important from Vicksburg.
Gen. Grant Marching on the Hear of the City
Grand Gulf Captured by the Federal Forceb
AVAsultrproN, May B.—The Na,y
Department has received an official
dispatch from Admiral Porter dated
flag ship Benton Grand Gull, Miss ,
May 3d, annourcing the capture of
the torts at Grand Gulf, consisting
of woks of the most extensive kinid.
The forts were literally torn to pieces
by our fire. The Admiral says :
"We had a hai..d fight for these
forts, and it is with' great pleasure
that t repert that the :Navy holds
the door to Vicksburg. Gran Gulf
is the strongest place on the Missis
sippi except Vicksburg.
CINCINNATI, May 9.—TI e news
from below is encouraging. The
rebels who escaped from Grand
Gulf, retreated down the Mississippi,
hotly pursued. They halted at the
entrenchments! at• Bayou Pierce, but
were again routed.
The fight at Purt Gibson, 6 miles
in the rear of Grand Gulf, took place
last week (Friday). The Federal
loss was 200. It was this fight that
decided Grand Gulf. The distance
from the mouth of Black river to
the bridge of the Vicksburg and
Jatl railroad is thirty-two miles.
The river is navigable to gunboats.
On Wednesday Grant's-army was
pretty well up the river, B,nd the fate
of Vicksburg is probably decided by
this time.
Gen. Banks' Illorement—Demor
aiizatiOn of tam e !Rebels ....
Heavy Spoils Captured -- Ar
rest of Gen. Sibley.
A private letter from an officer
with Gas. Banks, dated Opelousas,
April 22nd, furnishes the following
interesting information: "The suc
cess of tnis expedition has been
most complete, and by an almost un
paralleled pursuit we have succeded
in completely disorganizing the army
of the rebels. We have captured 2,-
000 prisoners. The Second Louisiana
cavalry, the Present city regiment,
the Eighteenth Louisiana infantry,
and many Other rebel organisations.
no • kinger exist. Sonic three regi
ments of TeXas eavalry alone have
saved the enemy from being entirely
destroyed. -The Confederate infant
ry was packed in wagons and march
ed off writs their artillery ana bag
gage tra i n. Their tents, camp
equipage's:LW clothing, was, like the
ifnbof.ts Diana and Hart and five
ansports; destroyed by themselves.
"Against this large force of Texan
cavalry, we had only some three hun
dred effective cavalry to oppose. We
made one successful charge against
six hvdred and captured seventy
five prisoners. Gen. Banks is now
al! alive- to the necessity of organiz•
ing a large force of cavalry. In no
campaign it( this war has the want
of this arm been so p2lpably visible
to i i , be humble soldier as in this.—
Ats 11,4444,10,n will be fruitful in
' , ..Vvi,anaounts of sugar, cot
t9.l),;:wilth .cattle, mules and horses
kill ,finkthei r way to New Orleans;
also, all-tile u,ble bodied negroes on
tbe plantations.
"The Texans—like the Hungar
ians :of the twaddle ages—in their
marshes make n o distinctiop -be
tween, friend and foe. I he ;widest
lamentations are made by the inhab
itants of the depredations of these
nomads. By many our arrival is
hailed as a relief. Whilst the bulk
of the Texas iiegimuLts are drifting
off towards Alexandria, detachments
of each are moving across the Sabine
with spoilsfrom their allies of Louisi
ana.
"But these fighters in .New Mexico
and Galveston we at la4a, t owed and
whipped. A batch of them captured
yest,e,isday told me that unless rein
forcements were sent speedily by
Kirby Smith or Magruder, the force
would disband and go home to de
fend Texas. cen. Sibley, the -Com
mander-in•Chief of the rebel Threes,
was arrested by Gen, Taylor, the sec
ond in command, fear Ar,un,ke,nriess,
&e."
The Attach on lit r outigN Point
A dispatch from Cairo to Chicago
dated on Tuesday says the steamer
Lady Franklin arrived from Vicks
burg on Thursday night last, and re
ports that on that morning General
Sherman, with a fleet of transports.
accompanied by gunboats, passed up
the Yazoo and made an attack on
the rebel batteries. In the afternoon
several more transports followed,
with troops on board. It was re
ported that breneral Sherman landed
precisely in the same place he did
when tie made the former attack.—
Can nonad ing and musketry were
distinctly heard at Young's Point
day till nightfall. Later ac
counts state that Gen Sherman's
forces Lad been repulsed.
see-The Methodist papers of last
week contain a call for a Laymen's
Convention, to be held in the city of
New York, on the Pith day of May,
I$G3, for the purpose of promoting
the cause of representation in the
M. E. Uhu'•ch.
ge-The Presbyterians in New
Zealami formed themselves into one
body in November last.
ghituavieg.
I)lEn—ln the hospital at 'Murfreesboro,
Tennessee, April 14th, 1.863, of Typhoid
Fever, SAMUEL W. GASS, son of Will
iam and Margaret Gass, of Morgan tp.,
Greene Co.,
He was a member of Co. I•'., Ander
son Cavalry. Aged 22 years, 4 months
and U days. lie was induced, when young,
to give his heart to . God, and united with
the M. E. Church, at Tillery chapel, Hills
boro, where he lived a faithful member,
his seat seldom being vacant at public
preaching, in the Class Room, or at the
Sabbath School. When his country
needed his services, thlugh of delicate
constitution, he willingly- stepped forward
and enlisted in his Country's cause. But
alas! his warfare was soon ended and he
is gone, where the war will be heard of no
more. During his service in the army he
ma intained his christian character, and
was beloved by all associated with him.
Thus another young and promising youth
has fallen a victim in consequence of this
unholy rebellion, and fond parents, sisters
and brothers, with a large circle of friends,
are made to mourn and weep over the loss
of a loved son, brother and friend. But
they mourn not •as those without hope,
for they have the assurance that he con
tiMit•d faithful to the end. One of his
comrades who, attended him to the last,
has said that Sa'nuel had set a good ex
ample to those with whom •be was sur
rounded. God has taken him from the
evils to come to a better home. The re-
maips of our Brother were brought home
fur interment, and on last Wednesday
(April 22nd) were followed by a very
large and deeply solemn concourse of
r e lativ es , friends and neighbors, to the
burying ground, where he now rests.
Thus passed away from earth, one no•
ble, pious and brave—a true friend—a
christian brother—we mourn and yet look
up, he lives in heaven. M. W. Z.
DIED -At his residence in Jefferson Co .4
lowa, of Fever, March 20th, 1863,
MOSES COEN, Esq., aged 53 years.
The deceased was born in Greene Co.,
Pa., where he lived till IFST, When lie
moved with his family to Illinois. In
1860 he c'tme to lowa, and purchased the
farm on which he died. Although his
residence an ongst us was short, he had
become very much endeared to the com
munity around, as a man of more than
than common intelligence, of sound integ
rity and great moral worth lie was
twice elected to the office of Magistrate,
and had but just entered upon his second
term, at death. He leaves a widow and
six daughters to mourn his too early
death. As a neighbor, he was valued for
Lie upright and obliging character; as a
husband and father; for his tender and
affectionate care, and unselfish devotion
to the duties of those relations. But his
surviving friends do not mourn as those
who have no hope. For a considerable
time before his last sickness his mind had
been especially occupied with the subject
of religion, and during his sickness lie ex
pressed regret to his family that he had
not made a public profession of religion,
and assured them that, if his life should
be spared, he intended to do.so, and enter
fully upon all the duties of the Qbristian
life.
Iris remains were attended to their last
resting place by a large number of citizens
and the Masonic Fraternity, of whose
body he was a worthy and honored mem
her. W.
t P a
tCOD4.
L W. BARKER & CO.,
59 Market street, Plttsburgb,
O F4l;lt i t or he largest stock and the greatest satiety
Wholesale and heard BAyers,
Ever offeredin Pittsburgh or vicinity. In
oty•
VAANNINIIIKIN3
May be found.
MOIRE ANTIQUE PLAIN AND FIGURE;
PLAIN in all the most delicate and desirable
colors and shades.
BROCADE, SELF COLORED AND FAN-
cy ; PLAID A-ND STRIPE, ALWAYS
A FULL,STOCK. BLACK DO., PLAIN
AND FIGURED
WE have alstays t very large stock of these
at the lowest prices.
SHAWL 8.5 CLOAK DEPARTMENT.
In this Department may he found whatever
is most desirable in SHAWLS, CLOAKS,
DUSTERS. CIRCULARS, SACQUES, and
GUANTLETS, and at the lowest prices.
Dress Goods Department .
We keep always an almost unlimited assort-
ment of FRENCH, BRITI . : , H, GERMAN,
SAXONY, and DOMESTIC FABRICS, run
ning through every grade from the lowest to
the highest
HOUSEKEEPING GOODS,
This Department coniains almost everything
required by the Housewife, and usually kept in
a Dry Goods store.
M. AID NYS NAL
CLOTHS, CASSIMERES, CASSI-
NETS, SATTI NETS, CASSIME-
RETS, MERINO CASSIMERES,
TWEEDS, JEANS, LINENS, COT-
TONADES, DRILLS, &c., &c
AL Ma Si #C) ,
NOTIONS ; GLOVES, HOSIERY,
EMBROIDERIES, AND HABER-
DASHING ARTICLES
N. B. %Pe have but one price to all and will,
DOC be UNDERSOLD.
Pittsburgh, April 8,963,6 m.
TO COUNTRY NEERONANTa
AND MILLINERS
JOSEPH HORNE, & CO.;
Ti and 'l9 Market Street;
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
STRAV GOODS,
RIUDO\9, SILKS,
LACES., EDGINGS,
EMBROi DERIEtI,
DRESS TRIMMIINGS
BRAIDS, all kinds,
DRESS uurroNs
ORINAMENTd,
&ABETS, UMBRELLAS, 1100 P OrKfRTS, and si
compl,ie assortment of
NOTIONS AND WAKES
We tan ticit an riami natio n of our stock by Merchants,
Milliners and Dealers, confident that we ran meet the
wants of all classes of buyers
JOSEPH iIOANE & CO.,
77 and 79 Market street.
April 8, 1b63.-4in
NOTICE.
S U PREME CQURT,
73 Market St.
HEAR YE I HEAR YE 2
IN the barite of the peonle of the United Plates, you
are hereby Fillminoned to appear before the under
stym , d . Judge, of the Supreit.e Court. to show cause
Why you ~ h ots Id not save one •hall . by purchasing your
CLOAKS, MANTILLAS,
SACQUES & CIRCULARS,
Front Pl. J. SPENCE,
No. 13 Market St., Pittsburgh,
AT PRICES WITHIN THE REACH OF ALL.
The above Court will be open from day to
day until further notice at No. 73, Market St.
RAitA citEAp,, Judges of thellJediel
A MIARBLE, wants of the Unite
ME I'ERFEUr, St ates.
fry" Fail not to appear under damage to the pockets
Pittshurgh, April, 8, '4,3.-3m. •
J. U. HILLERMAN,
NO. 75 WOOD STREET, PITTSBURGH.
VING renindilled his store and filled It with ev
ery variety of 11Ard, CAPS and STRAW
tiC)01)8, is wady to wait upon his customers, (whole.
Saiol and road) and show them a good l'ne of goods u
is to "e (Mind in a first class Eastern !muse, and otirati
them for Cash, as cheap as t..ey can he sold
J. H. ISILLERMAN.
Pittbivgh, April 8,1863.-6 in. 75 Wood St.
CARPETS !
sPIIING 1863:
W. D. & 8. MIZMALLIIDT,
No. S 7 Fourth street. Pittsburgh, Pig
Ty ylPiti on hand a large Stock of Best styles of
eypry Grade, bought
Misisre=ol - 40 the. .egLeII.NTEMACte/1111,
Olt'r them at positively LEES than Eastern whole
sale pricett V()it CAM. April 8, 1883.-2 so-
Cloak, Mantilla and Shawl
Bonporium.
WILL npen every few days a splendid assotimpat
of the newest designs in Sectors, Circular» **l
Niantiletts for Si - ring and I..urnauer Wear atprices tloil
defy competition. •lao, handsome arsiernment
every variety of Shawls; a corapielestoldt.of
Cloaks. 11. CUNSENHAUSg &
No. 08 Et., lifoor bekni 4t6. J
Atirrl S, 'BB_ Bit , ,
SIIA KRA 11001,9,
BELTS, BUCKLES.
lILAD NETS.
73 market St.
CARPETS