The Potter journal. (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, May 13, 1863, Image 2
THE . JOURNAL. Coudersport. Pa. Wednesday, May 13, 1863. U. W. UcALARNEY, EDITOI2; NEWS ITEMS; Richmond Supposed Taken. IThi following dispatches were printed is the papers of yesterday (Sunday) iorniag. We give them as the minors of thelaii , Tram:m.3 • PHILADELPHIA, May 9. .1863. The' •Bullctin of thls,city, publishes the toltaiiing . , WOO itnportant tntolligence tltiaedoning I " ' ;. - pWe .learn"tr* the that of The Inquirerthat one of their imesPciitdents; who '164 just returned front: Witplthiguirt , , informed them. that .Hooker, reprossed the ` .. Rapp'aban • back'force yesterday,the m en carrying eight days' rations with them. "W 9 also. learn from - smother source, thai - vouched' for as . trustwortkV,, that Gan: itejtis` has taken Richtnonkbaving advanced upon it "by. visit of Yorktown, ao:tliitt the Xlnion flag ,rionc goats over the, Rebel Capital. ' • Gen. Stoneman has cut OTtlio corn. tatitiieations of Gen. Lee, as is reported, be s. work Of time for Gen. Lee; to reach the . Rebel Capital. lo the mean tint:Oen. Hooker is.upon his hells. •';LAT Eft.—We have confirmation from i perfectly trustvrtirtliy source that Gen. Hooker has recrossed the Rappahannock. ''Gold has been falling rapidly to-day, atid - tliis fact, has probably resultedifroin the important movements reported above. "Weleve no quottitlooS of the 'price of the, s precious metal since the reception of thii important news. • , ,"The - telegrrph silent concerning the atartlin,g 'which is already atirring,hird and Chesinut streets, and exeitinag the griatest enthusiasm." : • LATER DISPATCH'. is , reported that private. advices Cave been • received—ii this. city from For tiess'Monroe stating: -that 10,000 Union tioopi'arrived there on the sth inst., as relenforcomentsi and -th3wediately moved forward - ferthe-attack :on Richmond. • ':ltTberd is' no , doubt that Gen. Hooker bas recrossed the Rappahannock. is also stated that Gen. Stoneman (Ca Kilpatrick) was lying at the White house on the 6th inet., and received re enforcetnents by'transports via•Yoilt er g Whenhe immediately moved forward to Richmond: • • "The people of this city are in the high est state of enthusiasm . over this was." iPleak,anteles Cavalry. , Nay. 10. 1883. Tha Washington correspondent of the Pi•ess writes : . , • , Xesterday Gen. Pleasanton -, s cavalry orossed i tlie•riTor, and proceeded-itninedi etely to ,the front for. the , purposo of re onnoifpritig the energy's position. Two boUrs' ride brought thew to our old po sition about ,Chancellorsville. In this neighborhood no it l ebelsswere discovered except e ikilied and .wounded. These were disposed of ,properly as rapidly as possi ble..,'. • WASHINGTON, May 9, 1863. - Maj:-Gen..Prang Sigel had an inter- view With President Lincoln to-day.— Gen: Sigel is anxionii to be Rut in active fervice.• • The, total number of wounded soldiers who.have arrived here up to the present time is,sup'posed about:3,ooo. ' PHILAMLPHIA, May 10, 1863. Fornefti Press Washington correspos dent says ' "It is finderstood 'that Gem Buford, with his light - brigade, has penetrated to the Alleghany Ridge in Western Virgin• fa,jand he is now returning, having de stroyed the 'ltiehutotid and Tennessee ,Railroad in several places, captured many prisoners, obtained important information, and burned large quantities of stores in tended foe the Rebel armies in the South- Murtritr.Esnorto, May 8, 1863. '-: Wheeler's division; of Rebel cavalry ruin moved from its position on our left, and advanced in force to Livingston, with the evident intention of falling upon Car ter, who is .reported ,in the vicinity of Jamestown. • .This cavalry force is very formidable, and the movement is looked upou as se rious. Bragg's infantry maintains its position. Stith the intention of occupying our at tention, and to prevent a detachment:be ing sent below to interfere: with Wheel er's plans._ ITARRISBURG, May 8, 1863. Gov. Curtin, who, is now. at Washing ton looking after the welfare of the Penn sylvania wounded - soldiers, telegraphs to Mr. Slifer, the georetary of State, that ar rargemente have been made by Gen. Ilooker fo . r - the recovery doll the wound ed, and that they will bo returned to us RePresentatives from nineteen Rail road .Companies assembled in Convention at Buffalo on the 29th ult. •The object of the meeting was to consider the sub ject of paying commissions on passenger traffic and proposed advances in emigrant travel. 'Therein, said to be a strife among the regiments in Hooker's -Army, 'f3r the, honor of going home to force the Copper heads into the racks ; under the Consorip tine taw. Letteri from New Orleans are to the Ist inetl ,Gen. Banks and tbe beads of departments upon his staff hive returned to the field, after a two days sojourn in the chit foe a hurried dispatch, of accu mulated business. Sitieon Buelloas, irho was reo,eired by Gen. Butler,: for an at temptat his .assassination, to leave New Orleans' and give his parole that he would not return until the war was closed—lor whioh promise he gave bonds in the sum of slo,ooo—had returned to the city, but was recognized by Cal. French, and taken before the Provost-Marshal, 'who sen tenced Ihitu to forfeit his bond of $lO,OOO and to fulfill his original promise. Capt. McCarthy, of the 175th New York;brof to Algiers frOm Frinklin on Islonday evening 159 Rebel prisoners. _ Thereis some later news fiam Texas, The U. S. bark W. G. Anderson captirred the Rebel achooner.Royal 'Yacht ,on '!the' 15th tilt with a l cargo of 97 bales of cotton: From letteraifound on board, we get an inkling of the (prices of floestnn" and Gilveston on the 14th ult. : Shoes, $2O to $25 per pair ; . calico, $3 per yard; butte', $2 per pound; sugar, brown. 60 'cents'; (the priie had a 100-pOued sack _of :flour that cost,s4B). - They have a direct trade with MatisMoraij but it is very postly, and the Governteent ronoopelizes thn most of it. There are, now 115 vessel. tit' the Rio Grande loading and dischaiging. Con federiite •thoney, $5 for 51 in gold. Gee. Grant is making clean work In Missisippi, and will soon bring the knotty question of Vicksburg to ii Solution, On the 36th ult., he moved upon Port Gib son, ' LOS9II of Bayou Pierre, 28 miles irom 'its mouth, where, at 2 a. m. on the Ist, he met the enemy, 111,000 strong, and engaged him all day, entirely mating him, !with the loss of many killed and 500 woutided. The enemy retreated toward Vick4;biirg, destroying the bridges over the tsvo forks of the Bayou Pierre. These were:rebuilt, and "the pui•suit continued. Beside the heavy artillery four 6eld-pieces were' captured, and soinel stores, and the enemy. were forced to desiroy much more. The; Menzphis Bulthin of Saturday says thatiGen. Grant has sent 1,800 prisoners to Milliken's. Bend. A Portion of his force, when last heard from, was within 20 Miles of Jackson. There was a report that!an important bridge ov.ir Big Blaels River had been destroyed, thus cutting,l off the means of retreat from Vickisburg.l We have Newbern. news to the sth insti Gen. Foster was still there. The '3d New York Cavalry 'wade a foray on the sth inst. to Pettie'S Mills, 27 miles out,) and captured a Rebel company, their catnP, horses, &c., without loss to ,the Union side. Gen. Fester has been send' ing beyond the lines all Secession sympa• thiZers und their families. The Rebels refilsed to receive our flag of truce, sothe fugitives were left on neutral grOund be tween the Union and Traitor pickets. The Rebel authorities are determined to make the loyal North feed their families whth3 they are trying to cut , our throats. Th re was a report at Newborn that the, No th Carolina banks had refused to pay their .war . assesstuenti, .and that Gov. Vance sustained 'theta in the refusal, thijeateuing to withdraw all the troops of the State from the Rebel service in ease ofthe enforcement of the tai. Heck main'a brigade has been ordered back again_ to Port Royal.: The health Of the troops in Gen. Foster's departinent was excellent. A Philade'phia dispatch states- that Gen. Buford has broken up the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad-somewhere in. the. Allegany Ridge. This, if true, separates J3agg. and all the Rebels in the West from Richmond. . I . The Court-Martial in the Valandighani case subruitted their decision L to Major (+i. Burnside on Friday.. It will not be mode public till .published in general orders. The 54th Massachusetts Regiment (of colored men) is full, and will soon cow ulence active service. - A Convention of Loyalists held at Nor folk last week nominated .L. 11. Chanl3- 14r as.their candidate for Congress from the Second Virginia District. Jay Coke, the Government Suhscrip. tier' Agent, reports the total said of live twenties up to Saturday at nearly 869 ; 060,000. A passenger train Fortress Monroe states that ou Monday uigbt a fight was io progriss near Suffolk A Union force had attacked some storks which the Reb els were constructing, and had driven the Rebels off. , The cavalry victory at Warrenton. Junction resulted in a pretty thorough eutting.up of Moseby's band. MosebY himself was wounded in the shoulder. The . Rebels left over 20 dead on the field, besides many wounded. We captured in the Fredericksburg fight 6000 to 'BOOO prisoners, including G - en. Evans, Fitzhugh Lee and other rioted Rebels. The Rebel Gen. Paxton is killed, and Gene. Beth - and A. P. Hill are wounded. Stonewall Jackson has . had his lett arm taken off and has retired Ito his residence near Richmond. The 'trial in Philadelphia of Huber land others of Berke county for treason able preparations sgainstthe Government, has proved a Secret Political Society, meeting in barns at midnight, will' grips and passwords and =nay fees—inflam ing against the U. S. anthorities—de nouncing certain laws as unconstitutional —advising shooting (but not to kill !) law', officers . . and in addition to all, in timidating its members so that they dais not testify ! This—we regret to Is com pelled to believe—ls the sort "of secret coMbination being formed - byeertain poi. Wein' through oar loud? ST. Louts, May 7, 1863. Gen. Blunt:teiestraphs to Gen. Curtis from Leilyinworth . 'that Col. Phillips crossed-the-Arkansas River on the night of April 24, and attacked the. Rebel forces than bad -been concentrating :and fortifying at Weber Falls, in the Indian. Territory, routing .thetn, and capturing all their catup equipage. The capture -of Grand Gulf by Gen. Grant's forces is definitely announced in a telegram from Cairo. The news comes by 'a dispritch boat'which bringiinforma tion for the Government. All the guns, aniunition and stores of the Rebels - were captured, -togethek with . 6 . 60_ vrisoners._ Advicea a day or two earlier say thai. AlcCldrhard Wit hj a large - forcell on his way , to Pert Butishn. 'According to Rebel accounts, - Geo. Stoneman did his Iwork splendidly; . His men moved -in three columns, cutting the Richmond and Fredericksburg, aneVir gin:a Central; railroads .at various: places, some within-eight or nine miles of Rich mond. Up•to Monday night only about forty of them had been captured. ..:By Way of Fortress. Monroe we_ hearrithati pare of Stoneroap's..cavalry arrived at White House od-,Tuesday. . This is the the column that thdßehel papers say was moving down the north - branch •of the Ohickahominy on Monday. - All the rumors of a fOrward movement by Brag& army jarc premature. On the: 29th ha moved i 'good force of-13reeltin ridge's division 'iron, Tullahoma up . to Wartrace„ls wiles up the railroad, di rectly toward, and but 23 south of Mor. freesboro. Ho brought no artillery, and evidently meet j othi ,, g serious. Desert ere from Bragg say his force, is frotn 50,- 000 to B,o,ooo—ct guest not very definite, They say- he has lately received. a few thousand re-enforeements, chiefly.con scripts. Some Say the Rebels aro half, starved; others that they are well fed From a hundred; conflicting stories a cor-,I respondent concludes that the,Rebels are by no means starving, although ember ; rassed for prOvi.stons; that they do . not exceed, 60,0000f.a1l arms; that they do not intend to attack Murfreesbero; but if they do they will be destroyed. A lat er dispatch, sthj inst., from Murfreesboro, says that a deserter. repeats the story of a reiteonter -between Bragg and Dreckin ridge—that.Bragg has died of his wound, and that the particulars of the affray are published in Chattanooga. Rebel. ' The list eeoounts : from South-Eastern.! illissouri,; , state when llaiinadnke failed to cross the Whitcwater; 20 from Girardeau, , he, passed over.: Bloomfield Ridge, where lie became en., tangled in'oitr . tiuTsui'ng Hues and suffered immense losses) The main'object of hiS, raid le 'saidby prisoners taken from bin), to have been an invasion of Southe!n: Illinois to get horse: and ,provisiOns . and test the temper,of the Copinrheads, , The, scene changed, :to his disconifitnre,, and on his retreat he had so many men wound-. ed that almost :every house on the - way, had one or more of them. The ,Opposition are falsely boasting that they elected,the, Judge in Wiscon sin. On a localfrailroad issue, he had a small majority of the home vote, but the soldiers gave Dixon (Adni.).9,013 votesi to 1,666 for t'other fellow, and Dixon is elected by 5000 to 6000 majority-. Several Rolton friends of, the late Gen. Reno have presented 81000 to his vridt4, and raised a fund of $lO,OOO fur the hen. efit of his tinnily. The Northern Central RailrOad,Ctimpa ny has purchased an extensive lot. hf ground in the city of Baltic'6re. 'upon which it is contemplated to . ereet a- mag nificent d2pot-. Gen. ren ont in - a letter to 'Hallett Sr, Co. suggests the oecupation immediately on the Pacific Railroad of the large bod ies of men freed by the Presidents procia illation. • - .• . , The Cotton,Mals of Delaware county have all stogped operations' for the pres- Ont . , onfaccouot of the ituwensc stock of goods on hand, and the scarcity of the raw material. These goods ;are in the hands of, speculators—the fact of the high prices of all cotton cloth's. • A recent fire in •Denver City destroyed property to the awount over One Million of Dollars. _ The Jachwn Appeal of the 20th ult. says of Col. Griersou's Union raid, that be.side tearing up the railroad, he has de stroyed two bridges, each 150 feet long, seven culverts, burned twenty eight freight ears, blown. up two lecothotives, and burned the railroad depot and two commissary buildings _at Newton. He also destroyed the telegraph Hob and cap tured two trains. The 76th Ohio Regiment,-Col. Wood, returned 3ti the 26th ult.-to Milliken's Bend from an expedition into 'Mississippi. They visited the corn-growing region - on Deer Creek, and destroyed 350,000 bush els of corn and thirty cotton ginsand grist-mills in Rebel , employ.- Three-full regiMents of negrees are now organized' at Milliken's Bend, and a fourth is• near ly 'fall. There is a prospect of. raising rix or seven thousand able bodied men in' a few days. • • , _•• In the platform of the I, 'Democratie Union"- party of Keiiiuoky, not one word 'abOnt elavely, or for or egainst the Emancfpittion Proclawaiiop. The- Comwissioner of Internal Reve nue has decided that all, prowissory notes. whether under or over 820, are subject to ft stamp. The Anglo-Saxon, regulor line ,of 1 Steamers plying between Eur4e‘end this country, ran on a rock off.Ca p Rice,Pn Mondayof week before last, : ndlecaine j , a total wreck..' Nearly five It milted per , lions went ha board,- and of Is :number; only about ene-fourth are kr; NO tis.bave beep. saved. _ The 'balazice re .Supposed I to - have, bead 40st. '': The estate of the late StephieWA—liong, las, in Chicago, has been inontoried at [seven hundred thousand dollars, but there I are encumbrances upon it equal to its ap. 1 plaised value. The executors report that 1 there • is no, personal . propert . , . . _. -Adj, Q . en. Tho.nas, who as . so _active' in getting Gen. Fremont re ro ved for is. suing his Emancipation Pre laination, is now in Louisiana,.wfiere he offiCially'acs' i nonnees that Emancipation to- slaves of eiii Rebels is the - settled policy- One of the Seventh Penn Av Spin Ca's'. airy on' the surprisepad en Lure of 'Mc- Minnville, catue'.uaar maki g ~the rebel Qeneral*MOrgart food for e dogs.: It seews that . Morgan' and Co onel Martin were in flight, and were waned by, a squad of, cavalry. , A 7th • ennsylvapia trooper was close ot his h is,' Morgan turned 4tod shot at him ,with. a piatol —. The ; trooper was in the act of slashing him : with his sabre ;. Morgan dodged and the blow brought down C octet MSrtin, who was left - itta dying co ditiop.. . 1 Gen. Blunt, Missouri, 'as issued .an order that guerrillas and s , utlaws are to ai be cleedout;- when ta-en 'prisoners they are not to be treated .s belligerents ) but—having organized wit in!the Union lines against the Governtn.ntare to be considered insurgent, tries on the spot, and if proved guilty, buns or shot-forth with. Bands of 'Prowling thieves are to 'be disanUed, and, if again caught in plun dering, they will also be s sot. . A few : days ago one of t sth Pennsylvania Cavalry by the Rebels near %Vilna On proceeding toward t they last their way and c' oher to guide thew, whiel lydid---luto the .Union li -- Six of the ,Indiana R.' have 'been arrested and he I They became frightened a, - the limos of the clans, -1 title of Knights of the G that the authorities can n tleir eyes open. Thomas Sims, the file case at Boatotit3OCUe fears what famous, has arriv: having 'escaped from the The Nashville rebel sy have been ordered by Go; to go south have almost Lion asked to be Sent froth reneltioiii are not in , "The Nashville (Teen five, hundred members h slavery, re,t,ointions. • Several taember3 of Leglidaturc, ;were arreste the charge of receiving I, Nineteen federal arid wentpone rebel generals i have been ltill i fd in battle or died freesti , e effect of wounda - griCe the couitueneement of, the war.. When the Secretary ,of'•the:,Treasury was inlNewTork last W;eek, be, declined an offer for one hiindre.dpillionsofbonds from continental capitalista, payable in gold. ', I Tit: total. expenses f our efforts for the capture of Charleston are!put down, at the suet $150,000000, ' The. Unit pd States debt is $583.632,- 647, Of which , $80:0,00,000, were 'be , queathed by the Buohnuan Adudoistra tion. Nearly one hundred applications have been t made at the Tre..eury Department for licences'to' bank under 'the national eurron'ey act. . • President Linenln ha - Siam:led tt.procla-: 1 niation, Ciplaining - the position; of aliens I under the Drafting low. I No plea of alien, gge will .be received or allowed - tn . , ei 7 enipt from the oblig,ationsterciesed lailbe; act. of Congress any - ,,person i :ot,foreigti birth who Shall have e.elared .CIL) oath ' his intention te.beCotile, a citizen of the, United States, and - whO shalt, be found within the United States at any time during the Continuanee of, the, present Ilebellien„at or after 'the expiration Of • 6 ixty-pve days from the,date Of this proe-. laniation,:tn.r shall anjsuch plea of alien-. age bealleW il ed in faro of any such Per son who ,has so .aforestild.deplaied his in tention to pecou l e a - citizen of. the United - I State's. - . I '• • , Ili Philadelphia, one of the brave boys' who has, risked his lite.for the starry flag tore down la lyir.;g bulletin at the officeof a traitorous, print Called ,The Age. clitie ,I SeceSsion traitorous, undertook to make a row. - abont - it, bui were on the point 1- of getting,what they deserved, - when Major. Henry . canto :tip and restored order,-- Cheers were given for Mayor Henry - and Gen looker. . N.tsu - vILLE, Tenn., ,1%1 ay 9, 1863. . It is reported by a gentleman who has just - come through Or lines that' Gen. Van' Dorn was shop and instantly by -Dr. Peters of Maury County yester day, at the latter's honse. • Col. Ludlow, Commissioner for Ex change of Prisoners, has returned 'frem City Point, and' has effected , thezrelease and 'exebano t .w of all United States Officers' held by the.fiebels. These officers, 250 in nunibsr, and .3g5 ;men ) includp" . G4is, Ficilig,btotvaad Willi W Oo I , Pare Wised during the. recent Ladies . Dr Retid. p7mail BOOTS' le officers of the was captured aburg' Va.— e• Rebel Beet I lled their pria. he very kind es . Wool, Tix ER NAILS, i tteraut leaden! d over for trial. d divulged all ho atiutne the Idea Circle, so w prbeeed with e respectfullz ifi list we can supp , Ive stave whose liece was sowe d there again, , ends. 'l3 their satisfacti 6s - s MONEY than !..pathiiere who eral Busman without excep orth. Advices their favor.. House in Potter o, I). Union;Club of r ive adopted anti- the New York last week, oo ribes. We have also a of good; a. new rt. PUBLE Medic" es. Paints Oils Sponges C Vials a Vla Don't P. it. CORNER 0 MEE IN panic and great decline in Goods in i est York. DRY '6O DS, Goods, = lothing, • HATS a APS. SHOES; EIM ORO CI MI PROV • NS, RY, CRO ods, Fano al NO all Paper, EMI N i i r• WARE: WOOD, a call, feeling confident o wants of all on terms ifag better Gocids for be had at any other djoining counties *" 1 ed to our well-known stock complete stock of PRUGS. Chemicals, y Varnishes, ye Stuffs Glue?, E • SOAP. CASTI rks. Bottles Lamp-Globes .&c. F WHICH ill be sold at the LOil WEST RATES FOR su. O Call and`Bee Eli BENS & C AND SECOND STAE EU ESPORT, PA. a NE S' COLUMN DS law GoaDst I METIIINeELgE, anbscribers at their -'• ; ..-:,;.;; c ..x.:-, : .-. ) STAND ON, ItiALOT S TR.Eigt cOtTDE RS PORT, Is Ter to their old customers and tlie I. entity for. Cash ; United .9tatei Treasury pea (which by th'e way are, mien at vaM Iteat ; Corn; Oats, Buckwheat, Butter s Ckeese r ides, Pelts, Deer Skins, and all other kinds Skins, sacii as Calf Skins, &c., also, Beinr, pas, Venison, and soma other things that I GLASS, n't bo thougli,t of, LARCtE AND WELL•SELECTED. DRY GOODS, IEAbY3I ADE CLOTHINIG ROCERIES I ats & Caps, ardware, DRUGS $ ISADIONES, Paints, Oils, and Dye Stuffs, Together with some of the best .KEROSENE .OIL; Far superior to the Oil Creek or Tidioute Oil.. LAMP & LAMP FIXINGS,, Also a few more of those Superior CANDOR. PLOWS, GLASS; SASH, PUTTY, . INK, PAPER, ENVELOk'ES, And oth'er kinds of &c. WALL PAPE;t, WINDOW CURTAINS And other articles which timeialouu for bids us to mebtiou, all of which wiP be sold as low as the WAR. PRICES I wiII allow—for strictly READY-PAY 1! Andfor those articles we take, the high est market price will be paid. We are also General Agents for . DR. D. jAYNE'S_Famity Medicines; DR. AYER'S Medicines, BRANDRETH'S Pills, KENNEDY'S Medical DiscOvery, And.all the standard Aledieints of the day CALL AND BEE! C. E. A. JONES. N. B. The pay for the. Goods must be on hand when the Goods are delivered, as:rears determined to live to the mottoqf. "Pay as You Go." Just one thing more. TheJudgments,l3oleg and book accounts which we have on band must be settled and closed.up immediately or we fear they will be increased faster thee the usual rate of interest; " - • 'Dee'! ; AND NEW!! AS.§ORTMENT uF -BOOTS & SHOES, PROVISIONs Iron, ;Nails, POCKET CUTLERY, STATIONARY. ■