Evening Star Newspaper, May 19, 1862, Page 1

EVENING STAR Is PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOOY, (SUNDAY BXCEPTED,) ir w. D. WALLAOH: Papers served In packages by carriers at S18 year, or 37 cents permonth. To mail subscribers the price ts $3.50 a year, in adeance; $2 for six months; $1 for three months; and for less than three months at the rate of 12 centaa week. Sin- gie copies, onz cunt; in wrappers, rwo cENTs. {[7” AvvzRtisements should be sent to the Office before 12 o’olock m.; otherwise they may Bot appesr until the next day. MOBILE AND ITS DEFENCES. Description of the City. Mobile Bay, on the west sids of which the city ts situated. extensive sheet of water, thirty miles long and an average of thirteen broad It communicates with the Gulf of Mexico by two straits, one on each side of Daopbin Island The strei the east side, betw-en Dauphin Island and Mobile Point, has eighteen feet of water, while the one on the west side has only five feet. The mein entrance to Momile Bay, and in fact the only one for sea going vessels, between Deuphin Island and Mobile Point, is well de- fended. Fort Morgan, a formidable fortification for defence, is on itremity of Mobile Point, and the channel passes within a short distance of it Fort Gaines, which has been put in a thorough state of defence since the war began, is on a ail island near Dauphin Isiand, ‘and forms a point blank range, vis-a-vis with and directly ‘west of Fort Morgan e believe these two forts comprise the de- fences of Mobile. They are situated thirty miles from the city—once pest the forts, and in the bay, Mobile wil! be at the mercy of the Federal firet ite surrender will be as much a necessity as that of New -rrleans In 1860 Mobile bad a ropulation bythe U 8S census of 29259 In 1230, its population was 3,194; in 140, 12,676; and, in 1550,20,5.5. Bat the population does not indicate the immense businese done in Mobile. It is the only sesport in Aiabama, and the great balk of the cot’on of eastern Mississippi xnd western and central Ala bama, finds a market bere for foreign shipment lar back as 1352, the total quantity of cotton pp+d from Mobile amoanted, in that year, to 575,104 bal-s, or one sixth of ail the cotton pro- duced in the Union Of this amount, 307 513 bales were eh pped to England. 95 917 to France, ‘27 048 to other forelgn States 144,626 to domestic Its trade in staves, jumper, and naval is also very larce. Since 1852 the Mobile end Obio Rallroad has been e»mpleted to the Missie-tppt river, at Columbus, Kentucky, giving important additional fac!itties to the trode of the city, esp-cially w'th portions of Mississippi and Tennessee be-etofore shut out by the absence of communication. ‘Tae sotl is dry and . ly opposite the city on the east isa large, low is and, covered with high grass and rushes, known es @ ma’sb;’? above on the 4 a lerge swamp, extenaing along the ks of the river; and back of the city, on the Rortawest, west, and south, the dry sandy pine hi ommence, ef rding delightful and healthy from the heat. sprung up the ple: ages of Poulminville, Spriag Hil. Cottage Hill, Summerville, and Ful- ton. south from the city the shores of the bay are dotted for many m!'es with e! nt residen- and these spoty have been usually exempt ir m epidemic diseases. Toe city is not cemprctly built, except in the portions occupied by the commercial and busi ness houses The streets generally are wide, aod ¥ north and south and east and west ation has been peld of late years to planting shsde trees slong the pavements, and the comfort and probably the health of the place bas been much imoroved thereby ‘be prevail- ing winds daring the winter mow e the north and northeast; from the middie of April (at which time the-warm ns) the south wind: » and laden with moisture, e the beat quite bearable, an these, being also the valling summer winds, even in that bot season, neqstive in a great meas- ure the cilmite extreme. The climate, however, is warm and relaxing to the energies, and even in the win er months is trying to the constitution from the many and sudden changes that occur Daring the coldest weather the ground is but ‘rozen Most rain falls in December, Juae and July. t stem of underground drainage has ever been attempted at Mobile; the light, porous char- acter of the soll answeriny the seine purpose, and making the streets dry immediate y af er the heav- aia) §6Thecity 's suppiied with good water through the water-works from 2 stream som: few miles dista: Movie .v elas the county court-house, several y tat-s courts, the mun , hospitals, senvols, markets, # theatre and ctrew ver: first cless botels,etc. The pespita s—'he United States Mar.ne Hospital and the City Hospital— e large and commodions bulidings, ewch ca- pable of accommodating from 250 to 300 pa- tents; and the: re other charitable institu rthy of notice, am: which stand pre- the Catholic and Protestant Orpoao rv the Benevolent Society, which. am ng other fan-tions, bas ch: of destitute widows, and tbe Samaritan Soc’ A blind asy!um cas iso beea foucded and an asylum for the decf and dum> provided for Tuere ase three cemeteries belcnging to tue cit Mo. wes inally 2 Spanish settlement, and period 2 port'on of Lou Was surrendered tothe Americans in 1513. 1314 it was chartered asa town, and In 19.9 be- caine a city. Sa eaena oneness Mow About the Cotten? Aa there Is # fair prospect that the war will be over by mid<ummer, the begias to be much dixcass-d | cles While tuis !mportant product has been Proved by the waz to Lave no rega! powers, it 1: still in grest favor the world over, and hundreds of millions of money are read the South inex henge f. soon as commercial relations can he re-estab- Nahed. Now, what the prospect? Will the cotton be sold or destroved? How much may we reasonably «xpect to fad av-ll: in the Sonta, and what wil) be the probabl- course of prices? Assuming that the crop of last year, not yet marketed. was 4 000 000 bales (it bas been esti- mated st 4 700 000 vaies), it Is not possible that more than 50) OW biles can bave ran the block- ade, or Lave been wes ed and destroyed by the Union and Rebel srmies. As yet our armies leve barely skirted the cotton regions. Some was destroyed cn the South Carolina coast, eut more was te 2<d by the Union troops or trans- ported into the interior by the Rebeis A few busdred bsles may bave been destroy, d in Vir ginia, North Curclina and Tennessee, and a few thousand in tue neigthorhood of New Orieans; but the wast bulk of the crop is still lying un- ginnes and uobaled on plantations and in out-of- t ray places. No matter if the whole South {s the scene of a Ditter partisan war which should coatiate even until autumn, the stock of cotton. available for commerce cannot be ri 3.0000 Obales In the meantime growing, not ss large as that of last year for ob- vious reasons, but still not more than one-third le it ts inde-d safe to sssume that there wiil be 6,000 009 wales of * mericun cotton which will come upon the markets cf the world between next July ard the following April. The planters must self and submit to lower prices than bave been known for yeais, for the immense accumu- letion of the two years will meet in competition an excrssive product from all the other cotton re- gions of the earth. Taking fr granted that the war will be over by Midsummer, We May assume : 1 That at !east six miiiion bales of American cotton will be available for the commerce of the world before the following spring. 2. That owing totne American war an unusual- . lv large cottom preduct may be expected from Indis, Egypt, West Africa, Brazil, and other cottun-growlag regions; an 2 Asa ee tbat a cotton glut will sue- céed the cotton famive, ard uousuady low prices the high rates which bave heretotore revatio to be pourrd into thls Soculeat fibre as {7 Private John E. Taliman, of company E, a iment, Indiana Volunteers, lost bis gun in the action at Buffaio Mountain, Western Virginia, on the lay of December, 1961, and at the bat- Ue of Pitt-bary pore | the same private took from the bands of a rebel on Monday, April @b,thesem> gun He recognized tt trom his having bad pis pame engraved on it when he first received it. The gun weaa Springfeld rifled musket. 17 Parsons, a Chiceyo lawyer, was trying a case befo ea jury, being counsel for the prisou: The Judge was very bard on him, and the ju brougat ia a ve tof guilty. Parsons moved fora new trial he Judge denied his motion, ead remarked, *‘The Court and the jury think tre Prisone: nave aod a fool *’ Llustantly tne coun- sel replied, * The prisoner wishes me to say he is perfectly satisfied—he nes b en tried by a court and jury of bis peers” {> A say aamed Wilcox, who resides near W ieaford, birth lerday to four vounc! boys ‘The happy father of these newly-arri) ty. The motner and children Well —Newport (K 1) News, 10h. FAILURE OF REBEL HOPES. When the rebels set up their bogus thelr confidence rested on several each of which had a semblance of 1. Chief and foremost was the ness of cotton to the ind: of Europe. If cot- ton continued to be ex, it would furnish the rebels with the sinews of war; while a long blockade without foreign intervention was re- garded as an impogibility, because it was sup- posed the governments of Europe would be un- able to stand aloof and see the important indus- tries connected with the cotton manufacture fe Into a coliapse. This bope has been to them li the apples of “odom, fair to look upon, but turn- ing to ashes in their mouths. Instead of getting the recognition on which they counted, they have been repelled and put off until the rebellion has so far gone under that intervention to procure cotton would obstruct that object far more than it would forward it. 2 Another strong ground of confidence in the success of the rebellion was the expected co- operatien of the Democratic ney of the Northern States. Its leaders looked for special sympathy in the - of New York, whose trade would receive @ disastrous blow from tbe suspension of commercial Intercourse with the South, and in the West, which would lose one of its most important markets. This bope exploded like a bidly constructed steam boiler the moment the war broke out The people of the North were united as one man as soon as they caught the reverbra'ions of the guns which opened fire on Fort Sumter. 3 Another principal peg on which Davis hung bis hopes of success was the supposed Injury he could inflict on our commerce and the terror he could spread over the seas by means of privateers. These expecta'ions, too, fell to the ground, like untimely fruit ina tempest. The merchant ves- sels of the United States have continued to navi- gate ocean id sea with comparatively little damage from the southern privateers. They are t failure, with no possibility of any more fitted out. 4 Another ground of hope fn maintaining a defensive war aga! st the United States was the supposed impregnability of the fortificatiors which stood as sentries to guard the entrance to their barbors and command the navigation of the Mississippi and otherimportant rivers We have demonstrated to the world that any defensive work: tusted on waters accessible to our gun- boats and tron-clad it? easily captured or passed. The renowned Monitor ane the bri! fant achievements of Farragut un? Porter in the Lower 5 Another ground of rebel confidence, and the only one of which the war has left any fragment remaining, is the supposed Invincible determina- tion of thetr people, aud the assumed valor of theirsoldiers. With regard to the pi termination of the southern people it is yet too early to speak; but by this time their confidence in the superior fighting qualities of their soldiers must be sadly shaken. The last two or three months bave been more thickly crowded with stirring military events than any period of equal length in bistory Sutinall this rapid succession of battles and sieges, or captures, evacuations, and retreats, the South bas won no laurels. Oa the southern side, the story of these active ci paigns is ‘ory of battles lost, of strongholds abandoned, of great cities surrendered, of fortiti- cations demoiished, of flylag troops and panic- struck comm ies. Everything presages that the end is at hand. Even if the North should find its splendid career of victory meri, 2 by one or two reverses, the doom of the rebeillon could not long be deferred. We have gained so many advantages; we have prostrated the rebels at so many important points; the swelling tide of our victories has gather such momentum, that its irresistiblesweep would be like a swollen rive: rushing against sbetacles. They might cause its watersto dash themselves into foam or pile themselves up in accumulating weight which would bear down all obs acles The Union armi+s have no longer anything to fear except the southern climate, and there is good reason for believing that before the sickly season sets in there will remain no enemy for them to en- counter except scattered guerilla bands.—N. Y. World. Roemor —A writer in the New Orleans Delta, Upon the subj-ct of *‘ Rumor,”’ says : But with ell her mischief, we are indebted to rumor for some kindnesses. She did something for us at Manassas, !f -‘ready writers” have done ber Justice, and we all know there wai 4 panic there. She has increased our sympathy for our troops, too; for has she not repeatedly affirmed tous thatour weary soldiers have, at d ferent times, marched from ten to thirty miles, a/ways inmud knee deep, sometimes in mud waist deep; no donbt, the next battle we hear of, she will ully assure us the scene of action was reacted through mud up heir necks. May it dry and fot “the ateel vest!” Another deed of charity Is to ensu i our forts ere imp-eynable. “uch w: oanoke, such was Is!and No, 10, such Fort Puiask!, and headquarters only knows bow many more. When the enemy gets possession of them, which they seem to do easily,she soothingly telis us they were not worth holding, they were no strategic pointa; ia short ‘no ac-oun anyhow. Again, note that, as a general thing, in the statement, she furnishes of nearly every skirmish or contest, our loss {is al Ways ‘small; the enemy’s loss ‘enormou Another gratifying piece of fatelligence, which seems to be stereotyped, is that we always retire tn good order.” “eut let us not remember her benefits to the exclusion of her power of injury. She is often a bitter for, and usually attecded with baneful re- suls S3xecan be success‘ully resisted with the armor of Trath, aud an old fashioned weapon known as Presence of Mind.” 4g Richmond papers assert that South Carolina bas now in the field 39.274 soldiers, 22,000 of ‘whom are in the war. But nobody hears ofthem, and doubtiess if ever that last ditch $s discovered, it will be buddied full of skulktng, r z Palmettos who, after inaugurating a horrible war, have shown the most cowardly selfisbness in the conduct of it. Valiant souis! a borse- pond, and not the bonor of alter, is what they merit, every individual Palmetto-lan of them, Rhett and Pickens tnclustye, —_—_—_———_____. i[3™ The dividends of nearly all the banks of Philadelphia, whose capitals amount to an aggre- gate of $9 714.195, have just been declared for the lastsix months. The largest has been that of the Farmers’ and Mechanics’ Bank, which divided $60,000, and the smarlest has been that of the Tradesman’s Bank, 6,000. The total amount of dividends is over $627,000, which sum will thus be put in circulation. f years there has been 6,279 phia of small pox. The heav- which there were 755 deaths of this contagion the Mgbtest year was 1559, — there obey Y = The proportion of exes was about equal, about tnree-fourt of the number have been children, ™ UF Two females at Fredericksb: who bad been assiducus in signalling to pte and caort tebel commissaries, were arrested by order of Gen. Fatrick Milty, governor of the elty, aod are now in confiaement. Not an unnatural condition for ladies. {7 The New York World, Drices at Nashville, says that & year ego for twenty cents each, now command forty to fifty” The Rochester Union thinks that pa - an unreasonable increase, considering their {7 A letterto & persons in Brandon, from Ship Islaud, says that a Vermont private on puard there fell sick one night and was taken to hospital, where the solaier gave birth toa child. The soldier and young recruit are doing well. U7-The Vevay Reyettle says ‘itis reported that the secessionists have again gota clap of soidiers ia Owen county, Ky. What thetrdesiga is not knowa, but they evidently have some mischief fa view.” {~ They are reviving garroting in Chicago. A man who visited the grave of ben A. and three Douglas, was garroted by a — ever $59 in money, in allusion to high “chickens that sold white men, and robbed o: and $99 in notes. of 437 votes, against een ? Ma., receivii ston, The Jnion council ticket ul S4 for-C. M. Thruston also elected. iy 400 2 fo po pied ogg are only 400 Lente tired Bae. for duty out of 1,040 that U7- A recent number of the Memphis Ava- hanebe saye 7 “She ss = bas adardoard road connection he- tween Deaville, Va., and Greensboro’, N.C. ea Since its enlargement, contains 76 faree—in all, 3,606 publis ware png TELEGRAPHIO NEWS. —<—————————— HIGHLY IMPORTANT FROM GENERAL McCLELL&N ef the Naugatac! < vance some Fifteen Miies from oud. The following dispatch was received at the War Departm- nt on Satu’day night: Wititamesvre, May 17.—To Hon. Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War: The gunboats Gaienz, Monitor, Arostook, Nsugatuck, and Port Royal, ‘were Tepuixed from Fort Darling, seven miles below Richmond, yesterday. ‘A porti-n of them have returned to Jamestown Island, near this place, in the James river. ieut. Morris, commanding the Port Royal, sent overland to us this morn! for intelligence regarding the forts below the island, and also for assistance in burying the dead which he brought down with him. Seventeen bcdies bave been in- terred on the banks of the river, and there area number of wounded on board, including Lieut Morris bimself. The 100 ponad gun of the Naugatuck exploded at the first fire. Davin CampeRLt, Volonel of the Fifth Cavalry. Farther Particulare—The Jam+s River Clear ef Obsiructions to Within Bight Miles ef Richmend. No official report of the gunboat effair on the James river bas been received at the Navy De- partment. The messages received on the subject indicate an opportunity to do better in the future The river is now clear of obstructions to within eight miles of Richmond. At that point there is a heavy battery mounted on a high bluff. and the river is femporeetig ives! tonavigation by sunken vessels, among ich are said to be fbe rebel steamers Yorktown and Jamestown, and by piles. chains, &c. The Monttor could not elevate her guns sufficiently to reach the high battery, which rendered her us less. The banks of the river were filled with rifle pi's, from which an incessant fire was poured upon the fleet, a part of which were engiged et from 604 to 1,000 yards of the .nain battery After an action of four hours the fleet, finding it im Practicable under the circumstances to eilence the battery on the bluff, withdrew out of range Our loss ‘was thirteen killed and eleven wound- ed, among the latter Lieut Mocris in the leg by & Mintle ball, but not seriously. Naval and Army Expedition key Ki the Kebels Forced to Dertr y twe Ste: nd twenty Schooners—Tie Army Advenciug HEaDQuaRTeks ARMY OF THE Potomac, White House, May 17, 10.30 p.m —H»a EM. Stanton, Secretary of War combined naval and army expedition under Capt. Murray, U.S. N., with troops and artillery under Major Willard and Capt. Ayers, of the Army, went some twenty five miles up the Pomunkey river to-day, and forced the rebels to destroy two stearrersand sometwen- ty schooners. The expedition was admirably managed and d+serves great credit. We have advanced considerably to-day. The Toads are now improving. ko. B McCrectran, the Pomen- Major General Commanding. One Line of our Adv: at Bottom Bridge, Fifteen Mi of R:chmead—The y wriven Acr the Bridge. [Army Correspondence of the Associated Press.) Wuite Hovsz, Va., May 18 —The advance guard of our forces on the main roxd to Rich- mond, by way of Bottom Bridge, drove the enemy acro-s the Chickabomtny river, ut that point, yes- terday morning. Wben our troops arrived within balf# mile of the bridge, which was burnt. they were opened upon by a brisk fire of artillery from the opposite side of the river, but no one was in- jared The bridge ts fifteen miles from Rich- mond. At th’s point cur troops will experience cons! erable difficulty in croas'ug, as the country is low and swampy oo both sides of the river. A reconnoissance was made yesterday PY, one of the gunboats, wita two companies of afantry und+r Maj +r Willard, up the Pamunkey river, at a distance of 25 miles from here, at a point known as Russell's landing They found tve steamer Logan, one propeller and fifteen schoorers in dames. They were laden mostly with corn,which was being unloaded Some contrabands on shore stated that when the rebels heard that our gunboats were coring they commenced putting the corn on bsard so as to Insure its destruction. A few sh dispersed the remaining rebels in that locality, when the gunboat returned to the White House The roads for the past three days have been next to impas-able, owing to tue recent heavy rains. A division train was thi:ty hours making its Way five miles with teams dou with the assistance furnished b: n of aeops: The edvance of the army at neces- sarily slow from here, as it loses the benefit of river transportation, requiring all the supply trains at the disposal of the qua:t-rmaster’s de- partment to furnish so vast a body of men with sub The bridges between here and the enemy have been destroyed, and every imaginable obstruction placed in the way of our advance. The Richmond Dispatch of the 12th has a lengthy article on the evacuation os Norfolk and Yorktown, and the conduct of the war generally It says ‘by abandoning detached posts which sie within reach of the enemy’s fleet, and which. {i ts therefore impossible to defend, we are enabled to concentrate powerful forces upon essential Points, and to betiie the enemy in every attack of vital importance ” The same paper makes mention of a terrible pantc in Rictmond on Friday, (9th inst.) on the approach of our gunboats. ‘This Leing Sunday, the Army of the Potomac has ceased its labors—ihe troops remaining in camp, enjoying a day of reat. —$_$_______._, LATEST FROM HALLECK'S ARMY. or, Wi.bim * hree Pi jes of Corlath—Rebet Tro Become SCOUT g forthe Norti—tie- jerced by a mam aad frag-Ulad Gunboat. 1 Caizo, May 17 —The steamer Meteor, from Pi ae Landing, arrived at Cairo thinat. Gen Pope's division had wade another edvance, and now rests but three iailes from Corinth Deserters report that a great deal cf hard feel- ings existed between the rebel troops of Missouri and Tennesse and those from Southern Siates— the former urging that they have nothing to fight for, their States having been now restored to the Union. They see no reason why they should be eter cs to fight for Independence in the cotton The steamer Shang’sal, refugees, bad also arrived, and Teport that nua- dreds of others are making their ‘way North as 5% bed can, ‘h from the fleet reports that the rebel flotilia ad been reinforced by the arrival of a mew ram named the General Price, and an {ron- clad gunboat from Memphis. Jeff. Thompson landed part of his forces on the Arkansas shore Daring Wednesday night they made 8 demonstration on our land force, drivin; in our pickets and taking possession of a part bat point. ns ‘a gfORE CoRinte, y 17.~The Memphis Av- alanche of the 13th {nst., contains the following : Fort Pittow, May 12.—we fought the enemy with four of our lightest boats one hour and 4 half. We sunk one gunboat and two mortar boats. Our loss is two killed d eigbt wounded. The enemy’s ts very heavy, as our sharpshooters literally mowed them dowa. We fought side by aide with the enemy. Notone shot passed throug o a peers: works were riddied, at we are rea bul in. We will be aul to hold the river - ie Speating of the fall of Norfolk the Avalacche says: But worse than all, the Virginia, on which we confidently rested, was burnt at Craney Island on Sunday alght. Such is the tenor of the brief wa teas ccoage ge met over the wires. Three oi low fever occurred at New Orleans at latest fs stared two at tal and one in the French Hospital. that it has been formally decided adore to be peeys ‘he provost mars’ Memphis has recei instructions from the milan ecm = quiring the banks at Memphis to take Confederate notes currency, and to arrest as disi: ho refuse to recelve them in or with forty Memphis Miss. Some of them were taken in Missouri last mer. Before leaving Corinth, one of their ber was recognized by one of Price’s men as & member of the 99tb, paroled at Lexington. Beauregard ordered him heayily ironed. FROM THE MOUNTAIN DEPARTMENT. zw Yoru, May 18 —The special correspon- it of the Tribune telegraphs from the Monn- taln De it, under date of Franklin, Va, Saturday, saying that dispatches received an- nounce that Princecen, in Mercer county, where Gen. Ccx’s +dvance was stationed, was captured yesterday by the rebels under Humphrey Mar- shall, and recaptured to-day by Gen Cox, the rebels being defeated. Our scouts announe the rebels in front of us have been reinforced. A_Wispateh fro . & Between a Port ef his the Enemy's Cavairy. The following is extracted from adispatch to the Secretary of Wat by Gen. John W. Gary, dated Rectortown, Va., May 16: “A company of Infantry of my command was yesterday ordered to Linden, to remaia oned there. A detachment of seventeen men, guar the company wagons, reached there a short thine before ‘he main body of the company, which was on a train, when they were attacked by a body of cavelry variously estimated at from three to a'x hundred, coming upon them fiom four direc- tons. “Our men resisted them, keeping up.a sharp firing under sheiter of the depot, which was riddled with bullets My men were overpowered. One was kitled and fourteen tnken prisoners, three of whom were wounded, when the epemy bastily retired, under fire, and with som “I have ben informed ta portion of General Shields’s command had a skirmish with them. “Joun W. Geary, “Brigadier General Commanaing.”” EVACUATION OF PENSACOLA. Caino, May 17 —Welenrn from the tel phic columns of Memphis papers of the 13:h, that Pensacola was evacuated on the 12th Qa the morning of thatday the batteries on Santa Rosa Istand, together with the fleet commenced shell- ing the works, but no response wasmade After ashort but vigorous cennouade,a fi g of truce ‘was sent ashore to discover the cause of the silence, when no enemy whatever was to be found ‘The United States troops were to take possession on the following day. No mention was made of tbe direction taken by the rebels in their retreat The Memphis papers alsv contatn accounts of the late naval engagement, and deny the loss of any of thetr boats, though they confess the deet to be badly cut vp. The evacuat.on of Yorktown and Norfolk are Prenounced to be strategetical movements, aud 2s by no meaus Indicating defeat. ‘The battle of Williamsburg is claimed os erebel victory They say the Yankee were repulsed with great loss. — Refugees say that officers from Corinth, who are frequently In Memphis, compiain bit of the loss the southern cause sustained by the delay of General Halleck in making the attack. Bea re- gard bes been ready for a w-ek, and’ cvery day that paeses weakens him. He bas received ali the reinforcemen's possible, Bonptiog new levies, while sickness rages to on alarming extent. Bean- tezard bas placed an imperative embargo en let- ters, and no soldier is permitted to send written communications to their friends, The Union people in Memphis are reported as. being sorely dispirited at the deiay of our fleets. Many, in anticipation of their arrival, were em- boldened to the utterance of Uulon sentimen which got them into serious trouble. It is eaeek that the fleet will have no didiculty after passing Fort Pillow and the rebel fleet. The whole country one hundred miles below Corinth has beea swept to obtain supplies fur che rebel army, and is now nea'ly exhausted. Serious embarrassments from this cause are anticipated by the rebels. —_—____. Capture of n Band ef Jeff. Thompson's Marauders = Care Giparvgav, Mo., Mey 17 —Dispetcbes just received from Colonel Dant: Is’ headquarters, near Bloomfeld, contain accoun 8 of the enpiu e Forlous Colonel Pheian, of Jef ‘Tnomy. ang of marauders, and over ona Lnndred men. Fifty of the mea voluatariiy gave themselves up, and expressed a desire to return to a quiet and peaceful Ife. —————_____ The Naval Engageme mthe My aippi. Cuicaco, April 17 —A special to the Tribune from Cairo says: The gnnboat Cincinnati bas been t otf the bottom of the river at Fort Wright it Was supposed she would leave for Cairo yester valanche of the Lith contains a pondent, who says that in the 2egement the rebel loss was= k 16 woundes UBLIC NOFICE 18 8 vatil oth-rwise ordere under the nos of Congre: eutitled An act for tho raieaso of certain p ry fo service or labor i: @ District of ©. hold thetr gesslons i tus City Sate iy of Washington, on Mouday, “ruesday: i Thureday, and Friday, of every red ‘oval to th United Stato: ing Cini ioe or labor Sinet discharged therefrom by that wot “ay ents ninety daya from the paseage thareaf. (= hich wel expire ou the 15th of Juiy next,) but not ti present tothe Commissic. xs their rea, ster a. Mnents or petitions. in writing. verifed by as: a rapation setting forth the aides, axe oer wiption of suoh pi the pe wh oh the ae pecners Seen puch tao! uohipg the va! ue taar + or her aleginnoa to the pen States, end shat the Oui wauner in gin ona ony -4 declaring hia VerD” out of the United ORS pas not bore arma ths fevers) oF viat ha peraous mate frea by that act, settin: forth the LAMes, arcs, wx. and perticular description of bo severally, ia by authority civen to ners, by that act, extended to tho let he Commissioners wing ths claim of any person who og lect to file such statement or sohedule With said Clerk, aceurdi oeniaa pin ane pa the requiremeats of that 8 F, VINTON DANIEL R GOOD HORATIO KING, LOR Washington, Apri 2, 1962, erty ap Sth NOTICE, SeaLen ROPOSALS are invited until the 27th of May, 1862, at 12 o’clook. m , for supply - ing the Unifed states subsistence Department ‘With 6 009 head « f Beef Gattis on the Hose ‘The Cattle to he aehiverrd at Washington city, and each animal to average 139 pounds sr oes weigh anes ms! adm. aa ‘which weighs lees can aunds grouse. ifere a Cattle to be delivered at auch times and ig Usntites as the oversment may § “@ frat dedvery of Ca’tie to be made on Se as 8002 therealter aa @ ren bond with good and sufficient security will by verniment reserves to eae u| es, or oth ‘Gur pani Ramea 0. ani bes st ated, the. presine address c ciate Mmaenbereat oe a C.8..0. & As, Washington, p, 6, UECKWITH, Bbio to 1uifil contract terms of hia proposition, and that, Pp on be aco 1» he will at ou ocntragt 1B op therewith. 6 Oont i inven cnocunaces 3m Weare re pared to ae Susrentes must be appemiod to each bid, N°. 2,883, OFFICIAL, ARTMENT OF STATR, ‘The Secretery of State will hereafter receive Members of Congress on business on Saturdays, commensing with Saturday, the first of next month. jane Ww DEPARTMENT, OnpexED, That the Wer Department will be clored Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays egainst ail other business but that which Wasnineron, January 25, 1903. WILLIAM H SEWARD, JaNTARY 1, 1562, relates to active military operations in the field. Saturdays will be devoted to the business of Senators and Representatives, Mondays ts the business of the Public. ja 2-tt EDWIN M. STANTON, Serretery of War. —— PASSENGER TRA:N TU MANASSAS. War Department, Ofics Military Surerimtendent Reilrords U.S. No Passenger Train will be run from Wasbing- Washington, April Is, 1802 ton to Manassas until furtber notice. ap iS D. ©. McCALLUM, M. D. and Sup’t Ratiroads, U.S JOHNSON & NAGLE, 289 PENNSYLVANIA AVENCE, (south side,) Between Ninth and Tenth Sereets, recommend for the coming warm season tLeir Clarets, Still and Sparkling unsurpassed stock of Hocks and Moselle Wires, from the well-known Louses: Messrs. BranpexsovrG Freres, Bordeaux, Messrs. Moss & Rurrty, Frankfort-on-the- Main HocsHEr™ Jornt Stock Company, Hockheim-on-the-Rhine, also Champagnes, OF ALL THE WELL KNOWN BRANDS. We guarantee to satisfy everybody at the low- est market prices, and solicit an early call. BARKLAY, PERKINS & CO.’8 BRO STOUT, XX PORTER, bave on hand, snd offer fur saic, 1 case vi Ly the JOHNSON & NAGLE. JOHNSON & NAGLE, single dozen: RIBBERT & COS BROWN STOUT, Do, do. KNOX & SUN'S ALLOA ALE, YOUNGER'S INDIA PALE ALE, TENNENT'’S SCORCH ALE, XX. TERMI —CasA, tnvariadip, 6s Gdetawe. Bingie copy, per anRuM...oecscceec8l It Invariably contains the “Washington News’ bat bas made Ths Daily Evening Star circulate fo genersily throughout the country. 7 Slagle copies (in wrappers) can be pro cured et the counter, immediately afer the ispua ofthe paper. Pricee—THREE CENTS. ce ee B DR. JOHNSTON, ALTIMOKE LOCK HOSPITAL, Has discovered the most Certain, Sp edi and only Effectual Remedy on tas Werll, FOR ALL DISEASES OF IMPRUDENCBE LET NO FALS® D*LICACY PREVENT APPLY IMMEDIATELY. 4 CURE WARRANTED. OR NO CHARGE, IN PROM ONE TOTWO Days! W cakness ic the Uso: bidcevs aud sladder, 1erR tsry Haute ot - Taative Practio-s ov ote of Sch destruct ve atime. ent & o-d sist Sloqueie* or w cal. w.ta fulle th 9 tholiving MARTAGE ® ot Youn: Men com @v me lyre, 7 SOUTA FRE % coirgiom Ba “oors from the cor er ta © and number, Letiera muet be paid and contain — DR JOHNSTO © has been «pa ti Phunce € mot A toniehin anid witl Cures that Mosgiag in ured ummeds TAKE PARTICULAR NOTICE. oUDE MoM And ot.ere wh, have i ja ed them- be m certain prective 1 habit Masta 6 fom much to be ures isd—t 0: i of Ideas Dep on of pirtte, vi) Foreboainge, Av-rei.n of Lf Wistrust, Love of i- tade Timidiry, © e me of the eve pro ITY —Thovranés can now judge ecliulog bes'th. losing Wg €esk,pRie ne vous and ems- ng B Ringu ar Apsesrsnoe about the eyes, oc uchor=sm.t nsofe pon. DISEASES OF IMPRUDE*SCE. ° M sxu Ged Ava .mp vvent v sary cf Be’ Nagrvors Dru 16 CLAS € respec’anil'ty, oan - into the hends of :gnorantaad ¢e iz. i g p etend Who, mes sole of curing, fick ris ary . Kee Him trifling month after month, or he su ailost fee can ve ob ained wud in nas galling d deatiy po Mercury—raeien theo Mptome o' this i@rr-h Scie .se euch Re * fection ne os Enrost, fi ie &e. . ne Wath "fa a1 death Sao bi crenat rc sby ecoding him to m whose bournd iv importsn reme.y epee. .'y cured ac fa ante of the most nervous P o had .ostall hepa, have been imme- . Woatnes: drpeed ly cur THE PRESS c Et d by br ; W.tneseed by the reporters of papersand pany other per “e 8 poared arain end ore tlie Dub 10, bel bs » of oberect-? and re UST ARRIVED, cireot trom sn Kastern aco tion house one bund CHECK REED MaTTi .G A's of i LCLOTAaS and Caz of invite the sttention of Restaurants and Families § CROC. to their weil-selected Stock ef Groceries WINES, Or EVERY DESCKIPTION, —8l30— BRANDIES, GINS, PORTS, MADEIRAS, SHERRIES, directly BITTERS, &c., &c, out of bond—by the galion or dozen. TOBACCO and SEGARS, of all kinds. PARAFFINE and ADAMANTINE CAMDLES. pany my 10-3 JUHNSON & NAGLE, 259 PENNsYLvaNnta Avi TOS. * — Wal), Stephens & Co., MILITARY AND NAVAL MERCHANT TAILORS, DEALERS In AN SWORDS, SASHES, BEL FS, EPAl LETS, SHOULDER STRAPS, @ AUNTLETS, GLOVES, ‘te. And every of variety (ABADY-MADE CLOTH! NS, At Raasons 3L5 lintel. & Repub.} Sth and loth sts. Syren etd Meetpeceene NO ve Ways reociv have aome in competition wi any “oiwer uimotare. Anongst the judges were Gotts- ob ‘Wm. Mason, Wciisubsuptandelt the Bret Pp ks 01 this country. A uy) Assortmect alway be found ar the, Corser Ps. seven octave foar round corser © ne ne having been remem Teta! FE ord “ & at, for 17 ops, ; = hs saat OMS OR SRD ALL AT Shite gene ilohay game ‘srerooms Pa. avenue an used saie for 8200, ECHIVED AT L. A.B RALL & CO.’S. stock res LOE FRUNKS. HATS aid. ae tn ™ Nv AFin — —. OV. YS ne HILLARD TA- WHISKIES, et 0, MET ZEROTT,, ering i basco A LARGE 3 ERS#HIRT be sold W, TRL ae Wires are 9} AW ERS, vb poh the pubic ang 3f, e335 a nios carriage th gente horaes aud 6 rc Sod cars a Orders sent to the slav'*s with etree’ be prompts athonded to eS ey lalow. Ho Lver Hiaee Wl Bow. EE COUN & COe Suxth street, one book socth of ep 4 im* O THs LADIES & ADMIBBRS UF £0, PARTICULAR tra Lucie Hardy Pi i Bhrat Sine eolietion comprises ai iB _Kearope or Ameri warranted true to rare and of fret All plants ren Pe pire ed by the State tov i scale, movnied On Ae! PROTOSRAPES CORRIPTECREAPES 486 in vacjesy, incinding routes for elena raaicsde we ra largest as the a“ the: f} MARRiIT oie, eden eaars 04 Pelowe ae) Bes rast a. Price u a = Lsasiadrin, by Wages. 5088 iv eee gene That & VERY, thar N's IND. ber tT sowery stock of C), SRic Ove. ‘asale prcue. Store is now off ieee thao whe . tees a Rea aad No. €60 Sever.» me “ BE PEOPLE'S ULUTHIN ARE . Tice Seventh ni Aivayeahons * pee, Ne. No Ed Soerct etalon Ligtn, (OR SALE—A hue stoox of C) aig3 . 466 Seveati atresk,, oppostt i ——<—<$—$<$<$—$— Se a