into deadly hatred, and how finding that Sir
Richard would be absent, he had resolved to
wreak his hatred, enrich ilunself, and flee; how,
feigning that night journey, and leaving his
horge some three miles off, he had returned un
seen to the house. He had thought to do the
deed, and then escaping with what treasure he
"light find, be far upon his way to London be•
fore the morning broke. His horse was fleet ;
the servants thought him at Chester; and long
before suspicion could have turned upon him,
he would have teen safe. Doggedly and calm
ly he spoke of all this, and now bade them
bring Sir Richard there to hear what his neglect
and harshness had brought about. They car
ried him bound hand and foot to Chester,where,
three months later, dogged and calm as ever,
he was sentenced to life-long exile. Many days
went by, and still Sir Richard, ever watching
by his wife, met only those vacant eyes, heard
only that wary, ceaseless muttering. At
length she knew him—at length, when weeks
had come and gone, she came from her sick
chamber, and leaning on hie arm, crept down
to the drawing-room. Site had last left that
room a bright-haired bride, radiant with health
and beauty; she entered it again gray-haired
and feeble, trembling at every sound, clinging
to her husband's arm for preteotion and sup.
port, And when years had passed away, and
the roses had returned to her cheeks, the spar
kle to her eyes—and when the fair children eke
had dreamed of, clustering round her knee,
looked up into her face and marveled at those
silvery locks, then she would hush them with
fond words and tender kisses, but never spoke
to them about that night—never again trod
that gallery, never again entered that room.
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After a careful search we have been unable
to find the Bedford Gazette containing " Old
Ben . Bannister's View of the War," and so con
clude that it has been either lost or mislaid.
We cannot,. therefore, tell whether "it meets
our approbation." At this time we have a
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than we can possibly make use of—but if our
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can we promise.
Tux difference between the arrest of Gov.
Tod and that of C. L. Vallandigham is this.:
The former was arrested on civil process, in
the form and manner prescribed by law, and
in • open day ; the latter by a baud of artrel
men, in the darkness of night, with no "otheT
authority than a military order backed by the
bayonet. The Telegraph, as usual, titters a
falsehood when it asserts that we are "furious
because the traitor Vallandigham has been ar
rested." It is not the arrest, but the manner of
it, to which we object. When we cease to ob
jest to such arbitrary measures - of the military
satraps of the administration, or to hold that
administration up to the public indignation
which its sanction of such acts so justly ea
poses it to, we shall begin to think that we are
in reality what we are now falsely called by the
Abolition press—a traitor to our country.
The Arrest of Vallandigham.
The Cincinnati Enquirer, of the 6th, nye :
Hon. C. L. Vallandigham, of Dayton, was
yesterday arrested, about 3 o'clock A. ac., at
his residence, and conveyed to a military pri
son in this city. He was taken by the military
pursuant to the order of Gen. Burnside. The
grounds of accusation against him are, we
understand, an infringement of Oen. Burnside's
order No. 38, in his speeches at Columbus and
Mt. Vernon, Ohio. We have seen no report as
yet of those speeches, but presume they will
be produced on his trial before the military
Commission, and the -obnoxious features in
them, if they exist, pointed out.
The Enquir• cr says the arrest had given rise
to much discussion end feeling in all politica
circles, and advises that nothing be said of a
provocative or offensive nature, as military law
is paramount in Cincinnati.
The Telegraph put out a news bulletin, about
ten or eleven o'clock on Thursday morning,
full of the moat palpable falsehoods, by which
hundreds of people were deceived. It stated
that Sedgwick had formed a junction with
Hooker; that the pfsitiou of the latter was
impregnable ; that he had Lee and his rebel
* forces at his mercy ; that we had captured
from 10,000 to 12,000 prisoners, and much
other stuff of the same kind. We did not see
the bulletin, but such we were informed wire
its contents_ Whether it was a dispatch from
Washington, an extract from the Washington
Republican, furnished bp some passenger from
that city, or thenninage of the Deacon's brain,
in either case it was false ; and, because we
disdained to deceive the people by placarding
intelligence which we knew could not be true,
and, later in the day, published reliable infor
mation, which exposed the folly andfalsehood
of the Telegraph, and showed the real condition
otthe Army of the Potomac, the Telegraph in
sists upon it that we "sympathize with trai
tors." As to the dispatch which they received
yesterday morning—the substance of which
we believe appears in our columns this morning
as an official explanation of, or apology for,
Hooker's defeat—we believe that it is essen
tially false, and that neither at this nor at any
other time can full credit be given to any thing
Visit comes from the war office. It may be
difficult to "recognize a traitSr," but it is easy
enough to recognizes liar, if they all carry the
ear-marks as prominevl M the Deacon and
'Secretary St sr, f.
Retreat of the Army of the Potomac, Etc.
It is idle to assign reasons or excuses for
the retreat of Gen. Hooker. He crossed the
Rappahannock with a large army in a perfect
state of discipline, well armed and supplied in
every respect—an army in which he and the
nation bad confidence. He formed his plans
and fought his battles on them. He was de
feated and forced to retreat. T ig s is the whole
story, told in few words. Was it the fault of
the army, the weather, or the General ? On
this question opinions will differ. We have
ours, and we will briefly express it. It was
the fault of Hooker—he is a braggart, a boas
ter, and not a General. The only redeeming
quality he has is courage—and that seemed to
fail him, if we can credit the accounts, at the
precise period when it was most essential.
It was not the fault of the army, for, with the
single exception of Schurz's Abolition corps, all
accounts eoncur in saying the army fought with
the most determined bravery. It could not
have been the weather, for he was forced back
from his positions, and, in fact, defeated, before
the rain had commenced, or at least joefore it
had set in in earnest. That he was defeated by
his :own bad generalship—in plain words, in
consequence of his own incompetency to pro
perly plan a battle and handle his army is,
therefore, as unquestionable as the fact that
he scar defeated. We ventured this opinion as
soon as we heard that he had commenced his
movement across the Rappahannock, and the
result has proved that we were not mistaken.
Against Lee and Jackson, and the splendid
officers who hold subordinate commands in
that rebel army of Richmond, we have not in
- our whole army an officer who can operate
successfully except M'Clellan. With the same
army that Hooker had, and supported as it
was by the Government, we should have been
now recording a glorious victory instead of an
inglorious defeat. But M'Clellan will not be
reinstated—nor, were an invitation extended
to him, should he again accept command with
out the fullest and most solemn guarantees of
support from the Government and noninter
ference with his plans.
This is ill we have to say at present. We
subjoin, for the information of our readers,
what is supposed to be the official explanation
of the failure, and such other matters in con
nection with the affair as we think will pro - ve
interesting, if not instructive.
OFFICIAL EXPLANATION OF THE EtTEEAT
West:lmmo:, May 7.—The following is un
derstood to be official:
It is ascertained from the front that the Army
of the Potomac has arrived, with all its mate,
rial, at their old camps at Falmouth. The
demonstration of Gen. Hooker has proved no
disaster, but simply a failure, owing to the
impracticability of the position which the army
had gained with so much skill and energy.
Less than three-eighths of the whole force was
engaged as more could not be engaged, fr.be
ground being covered with forest axd without
any practicable roads. Our entire lose in killed,
wounded, and missing does not exceed ten
thousand. The enemy's loss must have been
double of this; honorably to the arms, but
lamentably for the country, the greatest pro
portion of them in killed and wounded. Our
loss of prisoners - does not exceed seventeen
hundred. We have received twenty-four hun
dred and fifty prisoners of the enemy. We
lost eight guns and took the same number of
pieces from the enemy.
The relinquishment of the position was made
simply because it afforded no field for the ma
nceavering of the army and not from nos *0-
Terse or injury sustained by it. The General
and the entire army are in excellent health,
and ready for a new movement. We will pro
bably not know where this is to be made until
after it has been commenced.
The Richmond papers show that Stoneman's
corps went within two miles of Richmond and
effected many captures and a great destruction
of property. At least a part of all this gal
lant force has reached Gloucester, in Keyes'
command, opposite to Yorktown, on the York
river. There can now be no impropriety in
saying that the President and Major General
Halleck visited General Hooker and the army
yesterday and returned to the city to-night.
At nearly one this morning information was
received that Gen. Stoneman has safely ar
rived at Rappahannock Station with the re
mainder of his force. He has cut the railroad
eonnections of the enemy in all directions, and
thus woua noble distinction.
Mr. Greeley, of the Tribune, who was never
backward about criticising Gen_ 11I'Clellan, is
now,-we think. over-cautious. He ventures,
however, to say :
Gen. Hooker was doubtless keenly disappoin
ted and greatly disconcerted by the panic flight
of the 11th corps on Saturday, by which his
combinations were defeated and victory
snatched away when it seemed already within
his grasp. " Ii would seem that he did not af
terwards trust his men so thoroughly nor risk
daring movements so freely as he had previ
ously done, and as was indispensable to decided
success. If he madwany grave ruietake—and
we lack the requisite knowledge, even if we
had the strategic ability, to determine that he
did or did not—we should say that it was his
inaction on Monday. • On that day the rebels,
finding that Sedgwick was close in their rear,
having successfully stormed the heights over
looking Fredericksburg, appear to have turned
upon him with the bulk of . their force, over
whelming him with superior numbers after a
gallant resistance, and driving him across the
Rappahannock at Banks' Ford. Of course,
Booker must have heard the roar of the can
non and known that this fight was going on
with the odds fearfully against Sedgwick, and
it would seem that he should have thrown him
self in full force on some portion of the rebel
lines confronting him, as Sedgwick had pressed
upon their rear the day before.
We agree with Mr. G. It would, indeed,
seem" that he ought to have done so—and,
probably, had he been at all equal to the po
sition, he would have done so. The paragraph
which closes the Tribune's remarks is very con
soling:
As to the effect of this repulse on the pro.
gress and issues of the war, it is too early to
speculate. All our knowledge of what is yet
future is summed up in the 'axiom that GOD
axioms, and that all injustice and oppression
are surely to be vanquished and overthrown.
If the loyal millions deserve to triumph this
year, they will.; if nor, we must wait till they
shall hew been purified by suffering.
The World is bold in its tone and positive in
its opinions :
Soule days must yet elapse before the hie
tory of the last week can be correetly written.
We now know only its outline, its tremendous
disahters, its fatal results. Dividing his force
to cross above and below Fredericksburg,
where the main body of the enemy was rest
ing, General Hooker violated the first princi
ples of the art of war. It was trumpeted over
the ra'ion as a brilliant and masterly manceu-
Ter to which his dash and courage would insure
success. In fact it only provided against great
pert by contriving a greater. His plan exhi
bqed hie damp and desperation, its execution
his deliberation and delay. From the moment
when his army was drawn up in line of battle
at Chaneetiorville until—beaten day after day,
and ford after ford repossessed by the enemy—
the retreat was ordered, it was .General Lee
who attacked and General Hooker who de•
fended. The advance to an assault was stayed,
as much by General Hooker's proclaimed de
termination top, change a strategic offensive to
a tactically defensive movement, as by the
dispositions of the enemy. If ever an on
slaught was demanded, it was then. General
Hooker announced the enemy *as already it his
possession, and wafted for the transfer to take
place. The enemy waited for the crossing, and
then on Saturday threw a heavy force upon
our right wing, broke it down and got in our
rear. Changing his front General Hooker the
next day prepared to receive another attack;
and again he was defeated . On Tuesday morn
ing, before the rains, and not in consequence
of them, as the War Department's despatches
falsely state, General Hooker ordered the re
treat. By Wednesday morning all but the infan
try and artillery had crossed, and the enemy
had discovered his purpose and fell upon his
rear, The rest remains yet untold,
In the two days battles we heard how Gen.
Hooker led in person this or that charging
column and put at the mercy of one rebel bul
let the lives of *mores of thousands of men.
Were his officers cowards all, that their com
mander had to do the duty of a colonel and
leave the control of the whole field of battle
and its widely separated columns to a lucky
unity and the co-ordinations of chance ? In
this characteristic exhibition of a heady cour
age but a lack of' self-mastery, not less than
in the ease with which our superior numbers
were outgeneraled, outflanked, and outfought
by Lee, we find the secret of our defeat. Of
the generalship, the courage, and the dash
which can lead a brigade or- a division to vic
tory Gen. Hooker here, as ever, exhibited no
lack. What was under his eye—what could be
inspired by his personal presence—that he
could command, inspire, and guide. But the
management of . large bodies of troops, the
disposition of the parts of a grand army,
nearly all of it out of sight, its movements
changing from moment to moment, an advance
here, a check thare, a rout at the .flank,,au
assault in the centre; the calm clear brain
comprehending all and controlling all, itself
the intelligence which vitalized and guided all
the army's parts as if it were one right arm,
then fired with its most rapid perception and
furthest foresight when confusion was thickest
and peril most near, and pressing with the
precision of fate to its single end of victory, in
the darkest hour-of all this there was nothing.
And of that still more superb generalship and
that grander moral quality which under suc
cessive and irremediable disasters sustains
itself undismayed and strenuously presses on
to the achievement of the best result yet pos
sible, which measures out defeat as if it were
success and holds ten thousand wills subjected
to its own, then most firmly when subjection
means death and despair is the price of life—
of this there was less than nothing.
It is said that in some hard battle, when the
tide was running against him and the ranks
were breaking, some one in- the agony of a
need of generalship exclaimed: "Oh, for an
flour of Dundee !"
In those hard battles of Sunday and Mon
day, when his ranks were breaking, did not
Gen. Hooker cry to his secret heart for the help
of that generalship which ambition made him
once asperse ? At least the shattered battalions
of that old guard which his commander led, at
least the country which calls them children,
cried—in the midnight and the anguish of this
hour they cry—
"Oh, for one hour of MTLauLast now !
f 4 Oh, for one more hour of that courage in
domitable.
"One mores ppeal from that voice which
never called in vain. Once more that out
stretched arm which twice has saved the na
tion's life?!
STONEMAN'S EXPLOITS
We wish we had room for one half the sto
ries told in the rebel papers of Stoneman's ex
ploits: At present we have not. The follow
ing is from a Washington telegram, Thursday
midnight :
On Sunday - . May 3, our cavalry went to Co
lumbia, on the James river, and broke the
banks of the canal. They then went to Gooch
land, twenty miles from Richmond, took the
stores there, and disturbed the inhabitants
greatly.
Another column, fifteen thousand strong,
captured Louisa Court House and destroyed
the same road. The same cclumn destroyed
the road from Trevallyn to within eight miles
of Richmond, and a portion of them were
within a mile and a quarter of the city -of
Richmond.
Gen. Stoneman then started for the Penin
sula, and the only force the rebels have on the
Peninsula is Gen. Wise's small brigade, three
or four thousand strong.
The enemy have from Richmond to Peters
burg most formidable works, facing west, and
another line from Petersburg to the Potomac,
facing east.
Gen. Longstreet pushed his forces through
on Friddy, Saturday and Sunday, before Gen.
Stoneman had broken the connections.
It is believed by all the paroled prisoners
who have come here, that General Stoneman
might haVe taken Richmond with a thousand
of his cavalry.
The city and intrenohments were stripped
bare of defenders. All of them were with Lee
on the Rappahannock, and. Richmond might,
according to his account, haie been taken with
out a struggle. It may be taken yet before
the roads and bridges between it and the Rap
pahannock can be repaired.
AFTER THE BATTLE
T. 'M. Cook, the Herald's correspondent,
writes from headquarters May 6 :
The fierce struggle of Sunday had crowded
our brave forces back several miles, causing
the entire relinoluithment of the plank road and
the general headquarters, and leaving us at
night, wearied' and exhausted, at the White
House, situated at the intersection of the Wil
derness and United States Ford roads, and
about five miles from U. S. Ford. The whole
of the fighting ground of that terrible Sunday
had fallen into the enemy's possession, and
with it the greater part of the wounded who
had been too severely hurt to drag themselves
from the battle field. The whole plain at and
about Chancellorville was strewn over with
those wretched ones, for whom the rebels had
no word of sympatby or pity. Their own fear
fully swollen list of wounded demanded all the
attention they were able to bestow upon those
who had fallen ; and those unfortunates of our
army who fell into their possession were left to
endure the tortures they were suffering until it
should be convenient for their captors to give
them a little attention. Fortunate were those
under such circumstances, who fell is the
woods, and to whom the devouring flames
brought a termination of torture in a horrid
death.
ItEBEL ACCOUNT
The following dispatch, from the rebel Gen
eralissimo, is dated Milford, May 3
7o Fr4Ficient Davis:—Yesterday Gen. Jack
son penetrated to the rear of the enemy and
drove him f*om all his Dositions from the Wil
derness to within one mile of Chancellorville.
He was engaged at the same time in kont by
two of Longstreet's divisions.
Many prisoners were taken, and the enemy's
loss in killed and wounded is large.
This morning the battle was renewed.
He was dislodged from all his positions
around Chaneellorville, and driven back to
ward the Rappahannock, over which he ig now
retreating.
We have again to thank Almighty God for a
great victory.
II egret to state that General Paxton was
General Jackson was severely, and General Bello
and A. P. Hill, slightly wounded.
(Signed)
We have no account of the retrgat—that
no full : reliable account. AD we know ie what
R. E. LEE, Gen. Corn
the officials choose to tell us
. in few words—
that it was not attended with much loss—that
the men and artillery are all safe across—that
the army is not demoralized—that it will soon
be ready for offensive operations, &c., and that
our whole loss will not exceed ten thousand.
We place no confidence in this information.
If we can credit the accounts we have read of
the -battles fought, it is impossible to believe
it. When the whole truth 4s known we shall
find our loss to be nearer 20,000 than 10,000,
and that the men are in no spirit at present to ‘
renew the eontliet. It is rumored that Gen.
Averill is under arrest for not pursuing Fitz
hugh Lee at once, after having driven him
across the Rapidan, instead of halting until
morning. Another rumor is that Gen. Stone
man has been superseded.
And this, for the present, ends the chapter.
NEWS OF TIM DAY.
A Washington dispatch, May 7, says
The wounded soldiers, who are arriving here
now hourly from the late battle-fields near
Fredericksburg, are receiving every attention
from the hands of our army surgeons. Our
army hospitals, the most extensive the world
ever knew, considering the time in which they
were erected, have been put in complete order
for the reception of the wounded sufferers in
the late contests of the Rappahannock, and
not one who has been maimed in the service of
his country will suffer for want of proper treat
ment.
Twenty-five men of the Twenty-seventh New
Jersey regiment were drowned in the Cumber
land river on the sth inst. by the upsetting of
a boat.
SALT LAKE, May 7.—A messenger from
Beaver Head
, for military assistance has just
arrived. Twenty-four whites in pursuit of
stolen stock were killed by the Bannock Indi
ans about the Ist of May. Seventeen Indians
in that town were immediately killed. Three
hundred whites have started in pursuit of -the
notorious Winnemuk.
The Quebec Chronicle says that fifteen regi
ments have,been ordered out from England in
consequence of Minister Adams having notified
the English government that, in case the iron
clads now building in English shipyards for the
Chinese were allowed to depart, he would con
sider it equal to a declaration of war. It should
be borne in mind that the Emperor of China is
said to have ordered a number of improved ves
sels of war from British builders of late, but it
is generally believed that the Emperor is Jeff.
Davis incog. Other Canadian journals report
that arms, ammuntion, and military stores-are
on the way to Quebec and Montreal on board
nine vessels.
ST. Louis, May 7.—General Blunt telegraphs
to Gen. Curtis, from Leavenworth, that Col.
Phillips crossed the Arkansas river on the
night of April 24, and attacked the rebel forces
that had been concentrating and fortifying at
Weber Falls, in the Indian Territory, routing
them and capturing all their camp equipage.
A gentleman who left Shreveport, La., April
3, reports the rebels to have one gunboat and
thirty transports between that point and Alex
andria. Ten thousand infantry were reported
at Houston, Texas. At Danville, ninety miles
above Shreveport, he saw five mounted regi
ments of Texans, under General Spratts, gqJng
to Little Rock to join General Price. About
1,100 Indians, under Standwater and Cooper,
were sixteen miles west of Fort Smith. Price's
troops for the invasion of Missouri are all to
be mounted, They were expected to start on
the 15th of May and move up east of Black
river. Preparations were being made to work
the rich lead mines in Southern Arkansas.
SUFFOLK, May s.—The reeonnoissance in
force of the third, under Brig. Gen. Getty, re
sulted in the retreat of the rebels from their
position, after an obstinate resistance to our
advance. On that occasion our troops were
opposed by the flower of Longetreet's army
oorpt3, composed of Alabama, Mississippi, Geor
gia and Virginia troops. Every inch of our
advance was hotly contested. By a refugee
who was within the rebel lines on the day of
the affair it is said that during the engagen;tent
the shot and shell from our artillery made
havoc among the rebel troops, and at the close
of the.engagement the Providence church, on
the road of that #athe, a few miles- from the
.scene of the engagement, was filled with the
rebel wounded.
Private Chase, of the Eleventh Pennsylvania
cavalry, captured three officers, two privates
and a sutler. The latter had a wagon loaded
with his stock in trade, all of which was
brought to town.
By telegraph bast night :
WasnimoroN, May B.—The Navy Depart
ment has received an official dispatch from
Admiral Porter, dated flag ship Benton, Grand
Gulf, Miss., May .1.1, announcing the capture
of the forts at Grand Gulf, consisting of works
of the most extensive kind. The forts were
literally torn to pieces by our fire. The Ad
miral says : "We had a hard fight for these
forts, ant it is
with great pleasure that I re
port fhat the navy holds the door to Vicks
burg. Grand Gulf is the strongest place on
the Mississippi except Vicksburg."
YORKTOWN, Va., May Kilpatrick,
with the Harris Light Cavalry; has just arri
ved at Gloucester Point, having accomplished
the object of their mission fully and most gal
lantly. They approached to within three miles
of Richmond, and destroyed a large amount
of property and bridges.
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC,
May L—Major General Stoneman's aid-de
camp, Capt. Sumner, is just in. He left his
chief this morning, having disarranged all the
enemy's railroad communications between this
and Richmond, and one party having extended
their operations to James river, destroying the
canal, Ste.; three regiments of the command
left his to destroy the railroad bridges across
the Chickahominy, with instructions to go into
Yorktown.
PHILADELPHIA, April B.—The Age'placed on
their bulletin board this afternoon what pur
ported to be a dispatch, and had such head
lines as "Illegal Arrests by the Government"
—Arbitrary Measure," &c. This was upon
One side of the board, and upon the otbcr was
something like "Sigel Snubbed." A soldier
came along about three o'clock and tore both
both papers down. 'This created some excite
ment, and quite a crowd soon gathered in the
street.
For fifteen or twenty minutes a disturbance
was threatened. Such cries as " tear them
out" were frequently heard, and some demon
stration to catry out the threat was made.=
Mayor Henry appeared upon the ground, how
ever, and briefly addressed the assemblage.
He std that Philadelphia is a loyal city, and
her citizens have certain rights. These must
and should be respected.
He then called upon the citizens to disperse
and go quietly to their homes. Three rousing
cheers were then given for Gen. Hooker, and
were quickly, followed by three more for Mayor
Henry. The crowd then moved off slowly
without further trouble.
WASHIONTON, May S.—The Navy Department
received to-day the following:
FLAG SHIP BENTON, •
GRAND Gui.r, Miss., May 3, 1863 5
Sin ! I have the honor to report that I got
under way this morning with the Lafayette,
Carondolet, Mound City and Pittsburg, and
proceeded up to the forts at Grand Gulf, for
the purpose of attacking them again if they
had not been abandoned.
The enemy left before we got up, blowing
tto their ammunition, spiking their guns, and
burying or taking sway the light ones.
The armament consisted of 13 guns in all.
The works are of the most extensive kind,
and would seem to defy the efforts of a, much
heavier duet than the one which silenced them.
The forts were literally torn to pieces by
the accuracy of our fire.
Col. Wade, the commandant of the batteries,
was killed ; also, his chief of staff. Eleven
men were killed that we know of. and, our in
formant says, many wounded ; and no one was
permitted to go inside the forts after the action
except those belonging.
We had a bard - fight for these forts, and it is
with great pleasure that I report that the navy
holds the door to Vicksburg.
Grand Gulf is the strongest place on the
Mississippi.
Had the enemy succeeded in finishing the
fortifications, no fleet would have taken them.
I have been all over the works and found them
as follows :
One fort on Point of Rocks 75 feet high,
calculated for six guns, mounting two 7-inch
rifles. and one 8-inoh and one parrott gun.
On the left of these works is a triangular
work Calculated to mount heavy guns.
These works are connected with another
fort by a covered way and double rifle pits,
extending one-quarter of a mile, constructed
with much labor, and show great skill on the
part of the constructors.
The third fort , commands the river in all
directions. It mounted one' splendid Blakeley
100-pounder, one 8-inch and two SO-pounders.
The latter were lying bursted or broke on the
ground.
The gunboats had so covered everything with
earth that it was impossible to see at first what
was there.
With the exception of the guns that were
dismounted or broken, every gun that fellinto
our hands was in`good condition, with a large
quantity of ammunition.
These are by far the most extensively built
works, with the exception of Vicksburg, I
have yet seen, and I am happy to say that we
hold them.
am dismounting the guns and getting on
board the ammunition.
Since making the above examination new
forts have been passed and nearly finished.
They had no guns, but were complete of the
kind, as regards position, and had heavy field
pieces in them. DAVID D. PORTER,
Admiral Comd'g Mississippi Squadron.
A PROCLAMATION.
By the President of the United States of Ariterica
WHEREAS, The Congress of the United States,
at its last session, enacted a law, entitled "An
act for enrolling and calling out the national
forces, arid for other purposes, " which was ap
proved on the 8d day of Mar ch last :
And whereas, It is recited in the said act that
there now exists in the United States an insur
rection and rebellion agginat. the authority
thereof, and it is under the Constitution of the
the United States the duty of the government
to suppress insurrection and rebellion, to guar
waive to each State a republican form of gov
ernment, and to preserve the public tran
quility
And wherea, For these bigh purpnes a mil
itary force is indispensable, to raise and sup
port which all persons ought willingly to
contribute :
And whereas, No service can be more praise
worthy and honorable than that which is ren
dered for the maintenance of the Constitution
and the Union, and the consequent preservation
of free government:
And whereas, For the reasons thus recited,
it was enacted by the 'said statute that ;tall
able bodied male citizens of the United States,
and persons of foreign birth who shall have
declared on oath their intention to become cit
izens under and in pursuance of the laws
thereof, between the ages of 20 and 45 years,"
with certain exceptions not necessary to be
mentioned, are declared to constitute the na
tional forces, and shall be liable to perform
militady duty in the service of the United
States when called out by the President for
that purpose :
And whareaa, It is claimed by and in behalf
of persons of foreign birth, within the ages
specified in the said act, who have heretofore
declared on oath their intention to become
citizens, under and in pursuance of the laws
of the United States, and who have not exer
cised the right of suffrage or any other poli
tical franchise under the laws of the United
States, or of the States thereof, are not abso
lutely included by their aforesaid declaration
of intention from renouncing their purpose to
become citizens, and that, on the contrary,
such persons, under the treaties or law of na
tions, retain a right to renounce that purpose
and to forego the privileges of citizenship and
residence within the United States, under obli
gations imposed by the aforesaid act of Con
gress :
Now, therefore, to avoid all misapprehen
sions concerning the liability of persons con
cerned to perform the service required by such
enactment, and to give it full effect, I do here
by order and proclaim, that no plea of alienage
will be received or allowed to exempt from the
obligations imposed by the aforesaid act of
Congress any person of foreign birth who shall
have declared on oath his intention to become
a citizen of the United States, under the laws
thereof, and who shall be found within the
United States at any time during the continu
ance of the present insurrection and rebellion,
at or after the expiration of the period of six
ty-five days from the date of this proclamation;
nor shall any such plea of alienage be allowed
in favor of any such person who has so as
aforesaid declared his intention to become a
citizen of the United' States, and shall have
received at any time the right of suffrage or
any other political franchise within the United
States, under the laws thereof, or under the
laws of any of the several States.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set. my
hand and caused the seal of the United States
to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington this, the Bth
day of May, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and
oft he Independence of the United States the
eighty-seventh. ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
By the President:
Wnt. H. SEWARD. Secretary of State.
THE MARKETS.
PHILADELMIA, iklay 8.
Flour continues dull ; sales of 500 bbls,
northwest extra at $6 25 and extra family
$6 871®7 50; the receipts and stock. are
light. Small sales of rye flour at $5, and corn
meal at $4 25. There is not ranch wheat
Offering, and the sales were only in a small
way, at $1 68@1 70 for red and $1 78®1 90
for white. Nothing doing in rye. Corn is
scarce, yellow firm at 91c. Oats are in good
request at 80@82e. Provisions move slowly ;
sales of mess pork at $l5, mess beef at $l2
614, bacon at slo@l2 and hams at s6®7.
NEW YORX, May 8,
Flour is dull; sales of 8,000 bbls, at a de
cline of 5@.10c for State, which is quoted at
$6J,6 10, Ohio sells at 86 05e7 10, ant.
Southern at s7@7 N. Wheat dull and nomi
nal : white lc lower; sales unimportant. V.l t it e
corn has declined lc ; sales of 16,000 bus a:
81®890. Provisions—Beef dull. Pork heavy.
Lard quiet at 10 ®lolc. Whisky dull at 456,.
453 c.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
S. T.-1860-X.
DRAKE'S PLANTATION BITTERc•
exhausted nature's great restorer. A delightful Dave
rage and active tonic. Composed of pure St. Croix Sa m ,
roots and herbs. It invigorates the body without stim
ulating the brain, It destroys acidity of the stomach,
creates an appetite am strengthens the system. It is a.
certain cure for Dyspepsia, Constipation, Diarrhe a
Liver Complaint and Nervous Headache, and prevents
Miasmatic disease from change of diet, water, &c.
can be used at all times of day by old and young, and is
particularly recommended to weak and delicate persons.
Sold by all Grocers, Druggists, Hotels and Saloom. P.
H. Drake & Co., 202 Broadway, New York.
LYON'S KATHAIR oxr.
This delightful article for preserving and beautifying
the human hair is again put up by the origins prop e l s
tor, and is now made with the same care, sk Muddier
ton which first created its immense and cripreeedented
sales of over one million bottles annual lis still
sold at 25 cents in large bottles. Taro milks b o ttl es.
can easily be sold in a year when it is again altoNsu that
the Kathairon is not only the most delightful hairdres
sing in the world , but that it cleanses the scalp of scurf
and dandruff, gives the hair a lively, rich, luxuriant
growth, and prevents it from turning gray. Thase asp
considerations worth knowing. The Satbairon lisabeeo
tested for over twelve years, and is warranted as de
scribed. Any lady Who valises a beautiful bead of Ut r
will use the Kathairon. It is finely'perfumed, CheSpami
atuable. It is sold by all respectable dealers through.
out the world. 8. BARNES & 00.
noun-aawditwein Velr T;-,
HICIMSTREETra
INIMITABLE HAIR RESTORATIVE.
IT IS NOT A DYE,
But restores gray hair to its original color, by supplying
the capillary tubes with natural sustenance, impaired'
by age or disease. All instantaneous dyes are composed
of tuner caustic, destroying the vitality and beauty of
the hair, and afford of themselves no dressing. Rei m _
streets Inimitable Coloring not only restores hair to its
natural color by an easy process, but gives the hair a
Luxuriant Beauty,
promotes its growth, prevents its falling off, eradicates
dandruff, and imparts health and pleasantness to the
head. It has stood the test of time, being the original
Hair Coloring, and is. constantly increasing in favor.
Used by both gentlemen and ladies. It is sold by all
respectable dealers, or can be procured by them of the
commercial agent, D. H. Barnes, 202 Broadway, N. yr
Two sizes, 60 cents and $l. uov7-2aard&wera
DIED.
On the Bth instant, MARGARETTA HA EMILIO , wido 0
the late Albright Haehnlen, aged 69 yeara,
The funeral will take place at 2 o'clock on Sunday
afternoon, front the residence of her eon in the Third
ward. Relatives and friends of the family are respect.
fully requested to attend, without further notice. *
Nam 7thertioentrits.
AN ORDINANCE TO, FIX THE GRADE OF
A 'PORTION OF FRONT STitEET.
SEE. I. Be it ordained by the Common Council
of the city of Harrisburg, That the grade of Front
street, from the property of George W. Hummel to
the property of Mrs. Shunt, in the Third ward, it
hereby established and fixed as describedby a dot
ted line on the draft furnished to the council by
Hother Hage, chief surveyor or regulator, and the
regulators are authorised and directed to set the
pins in conformity therewith.
W. 0. HICKOK,
President of the Common Council
Passed May 2, 1863.
Attest—DAVlD HARRIS. Clerk.
Approved May 8, 1863.
A. L. ROUMFORt, Mayor
'WANTED—A first class woman Cdok.
Good wages au! a steady situation. Enquire this of fi ce. may9-dat
A. GOOD CHANCE FOR BUILD
ERS.—A gond Frame Building, 22 by 63 feet. partly
new, will be sold cheap. Inquire at O. SNAVELY'S
Carpet and Furniture Store, Second street abore lo:
oust.
my9-2tdit-
GREAT NATIONAL CIRCUS
MODEL SHOW!
Under the direct management of
Mrs. CHAS. WARNER,
. • . Formerly
MRS. PAN RICE.
,
At HARRISBURG,
Thursday, May 14, 1863..
Carlisle, Wed;,. May N.
Lebanon, Friday, May 1:5.
Reading,Saturcry, May 16.
A modern constructed formation
far different and much better than
all precedents—with an OrTFIT
ENTIRELY NEW. For the fist
time put before the people.
Admission 25 Cents.
NO HALF PRICE.
No extra fee for choice of placer
seats for everybody.
MRS. CHARLES WARNER,
Forweriy
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Mrs. DAN DICE ,
Favorably known as.
Queen of the Menage,
who will introduce her renowned
Blind White horse, Surly,
and the high strung battle steed,
CHAMPION.
MISS LIBBIE RICE
will appear in her favorite acts.
Mr. HARRY WHITBY
and his
TALZIVTED FAMILY.
WILLIAM KENNEDY
the
CJIAC:II7/%71%T.
g . Mr. CHARLES REED)
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GEORGE BARMYS.rr
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F 1K WHITTAICEIL
GEO. IMEIOUS,awI
Forty Male and Female
Artistes.
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Including principal Trick and
Menage Riders, Voitageure, Tam'
lb. - 7- # .= . bless, Leapers, Vaulters, Acrobats,
`--- -- '. o , : tH' Posturers, Dancer. Cleans su 4
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•=-0"-• Gymnasts. The largest stud t''
blooded Horses, Ponies, Mules end'
i. m (#. other rare animals ; ircluding
~L ....It: p• THE COMIC MULES,
CUNNING AND CONTRABAND ,
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#- THE PUBLIC PARADE
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..:, tr i ll be made daily at 7.0 h: crutc.h:
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CHAS. H. CASTLE, A E eut-
CHAS. WARNER, Treasurer.
POTATOES. --1,500 bushels of Potatoes
of various kinds for sale by
m6-d2w* EBY A. KUNKEL.
WANTED. -$75 A MONTH'! I =lit
to hire Agents in every county at ST4 a month,
expenses paid, to sell my new cheap Family &wiv:
Machines. Addrese t 4. MADISON,
ens-dBm Alfred. Maize.
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AND
Will exhibit