Evening Star Newspaper, May 25, 1863, Page 2

‘THE EVENING STAR ‘WASHINGTON OITY: . MAY 25, 1863. “S27 READING MATTEZS ON BYERY PAGE. GRAPHIO AND OTHEE MATTER. Washington Money Marxet. Quotations for stocks, voin and ancurrent Money, furnished by Lewis Johnson & Co. Bankers: Buying. Selling. U.S. Coupon Bonds, 1881 ......1071; Ws Do., 188%, 5.20's. par UW. 5. 7.30 Notes, 106% 107 ¥ uartermasters’ Uhecic 289%5 _- ew Certificates, American Gold. American Silv: New Yor Coupon 6's, 1934, 10774; tificates of Indebtedness, £9X%; Gold, Lit. +0 {From our Extra of yesterday.) STILL MORE GLORIOUS NEWS! REBELS ACKNOWLEDGE GRANT'S GREAT VICTORIES. They Admitthe Loss ef Thirty Pieces of Cannon in Saturday's Fight—Also, that Vicksburg is Closely Invested on all Sides—Admigal Porter's Fleet Bombard- ang Vicksburg by Nisht—General Grant's Army Bombarding it by Day—Admural farragut's Fleet Bombarding Port Hud- son. . Below we publish an important dispateh received by the Navy Department this fore- noon: U.S. Frac-Suip Mrxnesota, H Og Newport News, May 3, 1263. i Hon. Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy: Siz: At3.50 this morning the steamer James Brooks came down from City Point with six hundred and twenty paroled prisoners, inclu- | ding eighty officers and the crew of the Indian- , ola. From the Richmond Enquirer of the 23d in- stant is the following under the telegraphic news head: «“Monite, May 21.—The special reporter of the Advertiser and Register, at Jackson, sends the latest news from Vicksburg down to Tues- day night. In Saturday’s fight we lost thirty pieces of artillery, which were spiked and abandoned. On Sunday the Federals advanced to take the Big Black Bridge. They crossed higher up and took us in the rear, when the bridge was burned and the works abandoned. Loss heavy. VICKSBURG 18 © THE ENEMY CLOSING IN O} { Loring has assumed command of Jack. © official confirmation has been re- | ceived here of the crossing of the Big Black by the Federals or of the destruction of the bridge and abandonment ot the werks. Pri- vate despatches from Jackson upto the 22d say nothing of these events.” -fTe this we have to add thai tle Navy Be- Pparument haye infermation that Admiral , Porter has been co-operating with General | Grant in the siege of Vicksburg: his fleet can- onading the city and its works s in the haads of the rebels, by night, while Grant’s | giorious assailed it by day; thus giving | the rebels within the iown and entrenchmenis not @ moment's relaxation from the perils of their situation. - . The same department also this foreneon re- ceived official information that Admiral Far- ragut’s fleet 1s actively engaged in bombarding | Port Hudson.} THE LATEST.—VICKSBURG IS OURS! ‘The Stars and Stripes Float Over tt: | At 11a. m., to-day the President recei following telegraphic announcement Vicksburg is ours: CLEVELAND, Ohio, May from Fuiler, manager at } is, late in the | night, says the STARS AN RIPES FLOAT | OVER VICKS8URG, and, the victory is com- plete. * Thave held this message hoping to get the confi ition, but the line has been interrupted, and I néw give it to you as it reached me. Tiink the wires will be all right soon. ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS. | Memriis, May 23, 11 a. m.—Aajor General H.W. Halleck, General-in-Chief: Gen. Grant | d the | that 1363.—Dispatch fas beaten Pemberton with severe loss of reteis in killed, wounded and prisoners. Has captured fifty-seven pieces of artillery. Has the first line of rifle pits above Vicksburg. His right is on the river at Haines’ Blu! Pembe: ton has only fifteen thousand men -n Vicks burg, and we entirely invest it. { S.A. Hurisot, Major General. | LATER. Mesruis, May 23.—His Er Lm I forward the followi ch, just received irom Col. John A.Ra ssistant | Adjutant General on Gen. Grant's statt: Rear or Vicksnurc, May %.—The Army | of Tennessee landed at Brulinsburg on the | 50th of April. Onthe Ist of May tought the battle of Port Gibson, defeaied the rebels under j Bowen, whose loss in killed, wounded and | prisoners was at least 1,500; loss in artillery, | five pieces. j On the 12th of May, atthe battle of Raymond, | the rebels were defeated with a loss of v0. On the Mth defeated Joseph E. Johnson and captured Jackson, with loss to the enemy of | 400, besides immense stores andmanufactories, and seventeen pieces of artillery. On the 16th fought the bloody and decisive battle of Baker’s Creek, in which the entire Vicksburg force under Pemberton was de. feated, with a loss of twenty-nine pieces of ar- Ullery and 1,000 men. \ On the 17th defeated same force at Big Black bridge, with loss of 2,60 men and seventeen Pieces of artillery. | On the Isth invested Vicksburg closely. To-day Gen. Steele carried the sifle-pits on- the rorth of the city. The right of the army rests on the Mississippi, above Vicksburg. Joun A. Rawins. I learn further that there are from fifteen to twenty thousand men in Vicksburg, and that Pemberton lost nearly all his field artillery— that the cannonading at Vicksburg ceased about 3p. m of the 20th. : Grant has probably captured nearly all. 3S. A. HUrisvt, Major General. OFICIAL DETAILS OF THE LATTLE OF BLACK | RIVER. Mewrpnis, Tenn., May 23, 11.30 a M.—Hon. Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War: The tol- | lowing dispatch has been received at these headquarters, and is forwarded as requested: S. A. HurLavurt, Major General. Rear or Vickanure. May 20, 6 A. 1.—Hon. Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War: General | Grant won a great and momentons victory over the rebels under Pemberton on the Jack- son end Vicksburg road, at Buker’s Creek. on the 16th instant. : Pemberton had a most formidable posi‘ion on the crest of a wooded hill, over which the road passed longitudinally. He had about ! 25,000 men. { The battle began at 11 a. m., and was gained , atd.p. m. Its brunt was borne by poser a ion and McClernand’s corps, and bv Lo- gan’s and Crocker’s, of McPherssn’s. Hovey attacked the hill and held the greater part of it till 2 o’clock p. m., when, having lost sixteen hundred men, he was succeded by er's | and Holmes’s brigades of Crocker’s division, cy Alizoham by which the conflict was ended in that pari | — of the field. er lost five hundred men. Logan Gy eure on the right, and cut off the © enemy’s direct retreat, so that he was com- | pelled to escaped by his right flank through the woeds. Logan lost four hundred killed and wounded. We took abouttwo thousand prisoners. On the 17th, advancing to the Big Black, we tought Pemberton at the bridge there, and cap- tured three thousand more prisoners. He fought in riffle pits, protected by a difficuit bayou full of abattis. Lawles’s brigade, or | BicCiernand’s cerps, charged the rife pits magnificently, and look more prisoners than licir | orn numbers. } Pemberton burned his bridge, and returned to Vicksburg with only three can#n out of ; sixty that he had taken out. Building tour bridges over the Big Black, Gen. Grant arrived before the town on the evening of the 1Sth, and now holds it closely invested. He had opened @ line of supplies via Chickasaw Bayou, hav- ing cut the town off from Haines’ Bluff, which is abandoned by the enemy, and which Gen. Grant will occupy. | There was sharp fighting through the day | jterday. Steele won and holds the upper juffs and the enemy’s upper water batteries, and gets water from the Mississippi. Sher- | man's corps lost yesterday ,500 Killed and | WMePherson, who holds the cenire, lost E as did McClernand, who holds the left. kept the enemy atert during | and probably the town. will be car- ‘There are trom fifteen to twenty ttle, | Gopthern Accounts of the Sitnati New Yorn, May 24.—The Herald's special dis} says that advices from t received by the President to-aizht, sroceodings to the 20th inst. ie had | fuga fos Uature and captared 61 guns aad - ' relation to ' the main body. | Sherman bas taken Haines’ ond Chicasaw munition and commissary stores. The priso- + quiet possession. | burg say that our forces have possession of the | | Bombardment of Grand Gulf... | «Yes, would the war were ov It | Gainers: TTENTION, PLASIERERS, usburg: “Itsom2 happy comai- wation be uot mada hetweea tha forces wader Pemberton and Johaston, the heroic city MIF yossibly fali.”” : Toe Times’ army correspondent from the Rappahannock, of the wd, states tsi nowy had ¥een received from the garmy’s lines chat Pembertoa has been defeated between pepe aad Vicksburg, with 9 heavy lo-s i: Killed a rounded and 3.1K) prisouers, 83 well as one division of his torces cut off And wetreaiing in & sowherly direction. sone Sere x torce i son, Which retreated 1 Fideral force in oo erion i aoeckedt ant, but was whi and retreated upon te bing. The is Peto be the contents ofa dispatcn trom Gen. Pemberton to Gen. Lee. Flying Reports. Carmo, May 21.—It is reported here that Gen. Biuits, with £000 prisoners and 100 guns, ain- ners were paroled and sent «cross the Yazoo. Another report says that those points were evacuated, and that General Sherman took Gen. Grant attacked the upper batteries of | Vicksburg on Suuday; while tne gunboats at- tacked the water batteries. Gu Tuesday the | upper batieries were captured aud turned on the water batteries. — Paroled prisoners brought across from Vicks- entire line of onter fortifications, aad the rebei | officers told their’men since the capture of Haines’s Bjuff that there was no chance of escape for them. The rebel force was estimated at from 20,000 to 30,000 men. The wildest confusion existed among them. Their officers were unable to keep the line of battle. The Empress, the last boat that has arrived up, reports that when she left on Wednesday evening the firing had ceased, and no doubt the rebels had surrendered, Gen. Blair reached Chickasaw Bluff on Tuesday end was sent down for rations. The Federal loss in this protracted struggle is reported heavy + oe WHAT GEN, GRANT HAS DONE IN TWENTY DAYS The following is a recapitulation of the bril- , liant operations of Gen. Grant around Vicks- burg: Landing of General Grant’s troops. Battle of Thompson’s Hill, Occupation ef Port Gibson. iy 1 Admiral Porter occupied GraudGulf .May 3 News received of Col. Grierson’s suc- COBS 240+ cescees eeeces ----May 6 General Grant commenced his onward march... 6 General Grant’s f teen Mile Creek. iW * Generil MePhers yon Rh General Grant's forces defeaied the rebel Generals Gregg and Walker at Mississippi Springs......... : 11 General Grant’s forces captured Jack. son after a three hours’ figh o-May 14 General McPhersen occupied Clinton..May 11 General Grant’s Yorces deteated the rebels under General Pemberton, near Edwards’ Station....6.-........ The rebels driven beyond the Big Black river, Bridge cavalry: Vicksburg inves Haines’ Bluff captured. The decisive tle for the capture Vicksburg still raging on............May 20 New Mvsic.—From W. G. Metzereit, corner of Eleventh street and Pennsylvania ayrnue, we have the follov: sic: “Lou Lou Mazourka,” by & new and popular mu- Robert Heller: unswer to words and «When this cruel war is over, | wusie by Alice Hawthorne: « Drums and Can- | non Military Polk: by Osear Li “High Daddy,” Dan *s far Ethiopian z, Also, + Winn Melodeon Primer,” a val- uable bock of instruction, published by Met- zerott. &7 From Vir. Jou 5 Pennsylya- niaayenue, we have the toliowing new music | Dear Mother call me Home,” a new song by } | } inley Johnson; “ Moonlight Quickstep,” by Julius E. Miller: the celebrated Danish dance, | «Lotte is Dead:’ “Sounds trom Fort Dela- ware,” “Grand March,” by T. M. Todd: « La Balladine Waltz,” by Millar, «+ Basket Maker's | Chiid,” by H. S. Thompson. Ges. Graw the President, the ‘The steadtast auherence of cretary of War, and Gen. | | Halleck, to Gen. Grant through all the fauit finding, leveled at him, is justly noted as evi- dence of his merits as a commander. ecretary Seward hs left the city tor New York. His position will be filled j during his absence by the A: tant Secretary. New York this morning at tke first board gold tell to 1 i i i | i i i | It is noteworthy that in | 1 | BIBLE BOCiKTY.—The annual meeting of the Washington City Bible Scciety, for | the election of edicers.and the transaction of other | business, wii! be held. in the Roomsof the Young Men's Chr. ciation, TatIS (Monday) atcer- | noon. at 5o’clock It FO NOTICE.—The call which was made by | =? Mr. Donegan’s friends te meet at the | nion Bouse. corner of Massechusetta avenue and | Third street, om Saturday morning, was inie: A for THIS EVENING (sfonday) at o% M., and will bd held this svening. Ss THERE WILL BE A SPECIAL M of the Board of Yrustees of Public Schools | on TUESDAY AFTERNOON, May 26th, at 4’. | o'clock. to consider the report of the committee ou the annual examination aud for other business. my 25-2t WM. B. DAYTON, Sec. OFFICIAL. AR DEPARTMENT, ADseT Be GEaRBaL’s Orries, Wassinerox, D.C., Mav 05, 1803. , Tho fallow 'ug officers having been reported at tas Hentquarters of the Army for the offenses hecein- after apeciied, are heredy nofiijed that they will stand dismissed the service of the United States, unless within fifteen days from thix date they appear betore the Military Commission now in ression ia city, of which Brigadiec Geaeral j etta, United States volunteers, ia President, aXe sutislactory defense to thecharges against ARSEXCH WITHOUT PROPER AUPHORITY. First Lieutenant Daniel P. Hardy, Seveaty-third New York volunteers. First Lieutenant George H. Ramsey, Seventy- third New York volunteers. First Lieutenant Thomas J. McGrath, Serveaty- third New York volanteers. DESERTION. First Lieutenant Henry T. Davis, Highty-trst Pennsylvania volunteers; disobedience of orders, failing to report fur medical treatment ia the city, as orderet. “6 Captain William &. Hacker, Third Maryland voi unteers. Assistant Surgeon A. D. Andrews, Sixth Wiscun- ain volunteers, Major Adolphus Dobke, Forty-fifth New York volunteers, Assistant Surgeon Elbert Rowland, One Hundred ani Twenty-seventh New York volunteers. Captain Enos Kellozg, Seventecath Connecticut | volunteers, Colonel Georze H. Ward, Fifteenth Mas<achu- getts volunteers. THE FOLLOWING FOR THT CAUSES SET OVZOBRITE AIS NAME. i Captain O. L. Colvin, Ninety-third New York onduct unbecoming an officerand gen- ag whisky to tae soldiers of his regi- nt, and ab-cuce without leave. E. D. TOWNSEND, tant General, wyss-it V ij AR DEPARTMENT ADJUTANT OrFicr, vow, May 25, 1833, officers, charget with The following named offenses, and heretofore published, are ecempt From | being dismissed th service of the United States, the | on, instituted by Special Orders | 3 from the War Department, F int satisfactory defense hi made in their resp 2 | Lieutenant W. H. H, Wileox, Tenth New York | volunteers. | ing reported First Lievtenant Thomas B.. Winslow, First ; Teansylvania rites. Lieutenant Colonel John H, Oberteuf-:, Second Penasylvania artillery. 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But if my p2st course in the lower ~ Branch of the City Councils is approved, and I further serve my fellow citizens in the same cap: city, then they can command my services, _ My position, as sn “Unconditional Union man” in favor of « vigorou! the prompt suppression of the rebellion at any cost and all_h #— is too well known need repetition. This nas always bean my piatform;ana permit me to add that Iam satisfied the present Collector, Register and Surveyor of our city occupy the same position with myse A. LLOYD. } Allthe Plamterersin Wasbington are re- quested to meet at Temperance Hall, MONDAY NIGH?, May 25th, at haif-pasi 7? o clock. NOTICE.—The voters of the F, Ward, ia their primary meeting assembled for the Bereore of noijinating candidates to represent the ard in the City Cosncil, thinking proper to place my name before the sudlic for their suffrage, 4 take this wethod of retu ning my sincere thanks for the hor-~conferredupou me. 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By pursuing ‘By! o! ag goods een 4: r heap th = one ay eee ee od Freely borat uF ex gestation’, 0s ranie % between Ninth and fPenth sieecty. EXEP GOOL. 4 vith: Seresy ay Piet a ps5 va ioste 77, Hatter my 2-iw 936 Bena, ave.. Bear oor, Lith at. FOR 8422.—A roang HOUSE, goes weil unter my 0-tf Bes D atrace, my 23-6t | kinds, which fell | below Vicksburg, to fire at the Hill batteri } Son. | dapie. | of guns mounted, § and 10-inch, and 735 ' guns, with ammonition enough to list a long KUOND EDIT THEEE O'CLOCK P. M. a: NEWS FROM THE SOUTHWEST. The latest dispatch received here (ap to the present time, 3 o'clock p. m. to-day’) concerfling military operations in the Southwest, reached Washington last nizght—from Cieveland ats p.m., and Memphis at4¥ p.m. = It merely stated that no boat had reached there from below since that (from Haines’ Bluff) that brought in general terms, the. news that the stars and stripes floatover Vicksburg and that our victory was complete. The dispatch boats are convoyed by gun boats, and are therefore necessarily irregular in their arrival at Memphis. IMPORTANT DESPATCHES FROM AD. MiRAL PORTER a SE HE TAKES PQ SION AT HAINES’ BLUFY OF FOURTEEN REBEL FORTS, W(TH GUNS, EQUIPMENTS, Ac. sobs dy A PERFECT NETWORK OF REBEL DEFENCES, ———— A NAVAL FORCE SENT UP THE YAZ00 RIVER £0 YAZ00, CITY TO DESTROY THE REBEL NAVY YARD AND REBEL VESSELS THERR. ius ear Se raver Missisarpri SqvapDnon, FLAG-sHir BLOCK- HAM, Noines’ Bluff, Yazoo River, May 20, (via Cairo, 25th May.)—Hon. Gideon Weiles, Secre- | tary of the Nary: Sir—On the morning of the 15th I came over to Yazoo river to be ready to co-operate with Gen. Grant, leaving two of the iron-clads at Red river, and at Grand Gulf and at Carthage, three at Warrenton and two in the Yazoo, which lett me a small ferce; still I disposed of them to the best adyantdge. On the 18th at meridian, firing was heard in the rear of Vicksburg, which assured me that Gen. Grant was approaching the city. The cannonading was kept up fnriously for some time, when by the aid of glasses I discovered a company of our artillery advancing, taking position and driving the rebels before them, Limmediately saw that Gen. Sherman's vision had come into the left of Snyder's Bluff, and thatthe rebels at that place hud been cut olt {rem joining the forces in the city. I dis- patched tne De Kalb, Lieut. Commander Walker; Chociaw, Lieut. Commander Ramsay; Linden, Romeo, Petrel, and Forest Rose, all under command of Lieut. Commander Breese, up the ¥azco, 40 open communication in tiat way with Gens. Grant and Sherman. This Ll succeeded in doing, andin three hours re- ceived levers from Geas. Grant, Sherman and Steele, intormiuz me of this last success, and askiugine to send up provisions, which was at once done, Tn the meant the leKalb, yp the enemy co ie, Lieut. C er, On 1es’ Blut, whieh menced evacuating the day be- y remained behind in hopes of or destroying, the large amonnt ofammunition on hand—when they sav the gunbouts, the: lett every thing in good order—guns, for! » and equipage of all > our hands. Soon as the capture of Haines’ Bluft and fourteen forts was reported tome, [ shoved up the gunboats from which fire was kept up for two or three hours. At midnight they moved up to the town and opened on it for abontan hour, and continued at intervals during the night to annoy the garri- On the 19th, I placed six mortars in posi- tion with orders to fire might and day, as rapidly as they could. The works at Haines’ Bluffare very le. There are fourteen of the heavi formi- kind rilled siege. As the gun carriages might again fall into the hands ot the enemy, I had them burnt, blew up the magazines and destroyed the works generally. Lalsoburntup the encampments, | which were permanenily and remarkably well constructed. leoking as if the rebels intended to stay there for some time. These works and encampments covered many acres of ground, and the fortifications and the rifle-pits proper of Haines’ Biuffextend about amile and a quarter. Such & net-work of de- fences I never saw. The rebels were a year constructing them, and ail were rendered use- less inan honr. As scon as 1 got through with the destrne- tion of the magazines und other works, I started Lieut. Commander Walker up the Yazoo river, with sulficient force to destroy all the enemy’s property in that direction, withorders to return with all dispatch, and only to proceed as far up as Yazoo city, where the rebels have a navy yard and store houses. In the meaniiine, Gen. Grant has closely in- vested Vicksburg, and has possession of the best commanding points. Ina yeryshort time | & general assault will take place, when I hope to announce that Vicksburg has fallen, after a serics of the most brilliant snecesses that ever autended an army. There has never been a case during the war when the rebels have been so successfully beaten at all poinis, and the patience and endurance shown by our Army ard Navy for many months is about to be re- warded. Itis a mere question of a few hours, snd then, with the exc@ption of Port Hudson, which will soon follow Vicksburg, the Mis- sissippi will be open its entire iength. I am, sit, respectfully, your obedient ser- vant, DAvip D. Portrr, Acting Rear Admiral, Com’g Miss. Squadron. FROM RICILMOND. The Richmond Enquirer of the 23d has been received here, but contains aothing of import- ance beyond the dispatches in relation to Vicks- burg, quoted elsewhere. The Enquirer defends Pemberton’s ceurse on the Big Black—thinks he is entitled toa candid and jntelligent criticism, and not to be blamed rashly. Twenty-seven Yankee prisoners cap- tured at Jackson, Miss., arrived at Libbey Prison on the 22d; but the Lnguirér does not seem to think it a show big enough to brag aboui. PRISONERS OF STATE. The following prisoners of state were for- warded to the Provost Marshal, from Dum- phries, Va., this forenoon: August Runger, Sr., August Runger, Jr.,G. W. Ashby, Wm. Sew- ell, John Pierson, William Southard, John Dogon, Thomas Goodwin, Wm. J. Clemens, Wm. Wright and John Wright. They were sent to the Old Capitol. NATIONAL LOAN.—Subscriptions to the 5.20 loan, at the office of Jay Cooke & Co., amounted mn Saturday to $2,307,750. TELEGRAPHIC. pale Great News from the Mississippi! VIA NEW YORK, THE WHOLE REBEL ARMY RE- - PORTED CAPTURED AT VICKSBURG! ———__ 3 Nzew York, May 25.—The Tribune of this ‘moruing editorially says that despatches which have not been given to the press, state that tlie” whole Rebel army at Vickburg has been cap; tured: : {Note,-Facts within our knowledge catisiy us that this statement of the Tribune ts entirely unfovaded. Such publications give rise to such rumoreas are floating over Wi forenoon, alleging that the precise aumber of rebels captured by Grant is 30,000, among them ‘being eeventeen General o@icers.—Ep. Srak] iN this, THRULLING PARTICULARS OF GEN. GRANT'S VICTORIES. fe NS a TUE REBELS DEFEATED WITH IMMENSE LOSS UN KIL) |, WOUNDED, PRLISON- ERS, GUNS, SMALL ARMS, &c. —— JENGINNATI, May 25.—Special dispatches from Gen. Grant's army contain full accounts of the battles on the Mississippi, representing them as a series of bloody engagements, in which our soldiers immortalized themselves. The Commercial's special dispatch, dated Battlefield, Baker’s Creek, May 16, says:—The Federal army, under Grant, has won another glorious victory. A furious battle, lasting nearly five hours, Fesulted in the defeat of the | enemy at all points, with 8 loss of 3,000 killed and wounded. We captured three complete batteries and two thousand prisoners, besides large quaa- tities of small arms and camp equipage. Our successes are signal and complete. Early on the morning of the 16th, McCler- nand’s corps was putin motion. Hovyey's di- vision advanced across an open field at Fort Champion Hill, and st eleven o’clock, covered with timber, flanked on both sides with ravines and gullies, andin many places covered with an Almost impenetrable growth of scrubby bushes, the rebels opened with a heavy fire from afour-gun battery and from sharpshoot- ers in the woods. Here the battle raged terri- bly from eleven o'clock until three, Hovey’s division carried the heightsin gal- lant style, making a dash upon the first battery and capturing it. The rebel dead lay thick in Ane vicinity of their guns. Gun carriages and } caissons, broken and overturned, while knap- | sacks, blankets, small arms and other debris, | attend the struggle for the ground. At this { juncture the rebels being reinforced, Hovey was slowly driven back, but 2 brigade from Gen. Quimby was ordered to his support, and the ground was speedily reoccupied and the rebels finally repnised. At the commencement of the engagement, Logan's division marched past the brow of the hill, forming a line of battle on the right of Hovey and sweeping everything before them to the edge of the woods. In tront of Logan the battle was of the most desperate character imaginable. The rattle of musketry was incessant and continued, and the reports so blended that a single discharge was rarely heard. Logan captured two batteries, a large num- ber of prisoners, small arms, etc. TFORD NOT DE- STROYED. H SHE ISSTILL AFLOAT AND MAINTAINS HER | POSLELON AT THE MOUTH OF RED RIVER. ! ae Po BALTIMORE, May 25.—A letter from an officer aboard the fla; ip Hartford, dated 12th iust., Says the Ha rdis still afloat, notwithstand- ing the numerous rebel reports of her destruc- tion and >ture, Qud still maintains her posi- tion at the mouth of Red River, iu defiance of r threats. —-----s e2e+ LOCAL NEWS. a CrmiraL Cover, Chi Justice Cartter.— This morning, Marsnai Lamon reported to the Cour tothe number of ma: tes in the District, and as io the performance of their aut he Marshal says thai no full proper records are kept by ‘hem. but this is noi to be attributed to any direliction on their purt, but n 's of the past. There are in ight, of whom only nine- teen keep offices for the transaction of business, but,several of them who do not keep offices are in the different departments of the Govern- mént, where their services are often necessary. He thinks that one half of the number proper- ly distributed «re ample to transact the busi- ness of the District. The following are report- ed xs now in commission, holding their com- missions for three years from the dates oppo- site their names: Thos. H. Lane, June 21, 1860); Patrick McKenna, Febrnary 1, 1661; George Mattingly, do.; Henry G. Murray, do.; Richard Burgess, do.; John R. Queen. do.; Richard R. Snedell, do.; John D. Clark, February 3, 1561; John H. Goddard, do.: S. Drury, March 23, 1861; David Hepburn, July 26, 1861; Asa Giad- mon, do.: Sayles J. Bowen, do.; Thos. Carbery, John P. Hilton, do.; Edgar H. Rates, do.: kK. Stratton, do.; James A. Kennedy, do.: Nieholas Cailan, do.; Henry Reaver, do.; Ben- edict Milburn, August6, 1561; Daniel Rowland, do.; Thomas G. Clayton, February 14, 1Sé W. Ferguson, March 6, 1862; Jos. A. Fea di okn H. Johnson, do.; March 19, 1562; W. S. Clary, do.: G. S. Giber- son, March 3, 16 . G. Handy, March 23, 1S HH. Wiltberger, March 12, 1563; W. F. Bascom, do.; James Lawrenson, do.; Samuel E. Douglas, do.; Wm. Thompson, do.; Thomas Donoho, do.; Jos. Peck, de.; Thomas J. Wil- liams, March 14, 1963. The following keep judicial offices: Patrick McKenna, Henry G. Murray, John R. Queen, John D. Clark, John H. Goddard, Samuel Drury, Edgar H. Bates, W. R. Stratton, Niche olas Callan, Henry Reaver, Daniel Rowland, Thomas G. Clayton, B. W. Ferguson, Joseph A. Fearson, John H. Johnson, Gilbert H. Giberson, Edward G. Handy, Wm. Thompson, Joseph Peck. The District Attorney was directed to serve i relator on each of those named, to show cause why they should not be removed frem office. Chief Justice Cartter directed the Marshal to inquire into the constabulary of the District, remarking that he had understood that some of the constables did their business in a loose znanner, and some were acting without having given bond. He was determined that the busi- ness of the constabulary should be properly transacied. Eliza Jane Byas was tried for the larceny of 21 in gold and silver from Anthony Martin, and was tound guilty. Margaret Browi, indicted for the larceny of three skirts and two sheets, was found not guilty, the evidence being that the goods were taken and burnt in a stove, making it a case of malicious mischief. _W.H. Williams and John H. Sperry, of 10th New Jersey, indicted tor stealing a pair of Stockings and pantaloons from Geo. Prender, submitted their cases, and were sentenced to one hour's aptieonment after which they are to be sent to their regiment. Thomas McGuire was found guilty of the larceny of #15 from M. Tully, but his counsel moved a new trial, which was granted. In the casg ot John Sweet, indicted in cone nection with Williams and Sperry in the lar- ceny of stockings and pantaloons from George Prender, a noile pros. was entered. oo : ACCIDENT TO THE Rev. Mu. Houmead.— About a dozen men, engaged in driving con- demned horses tor the Government, had a fight near the residence of Rey. Alfred Holmead, on Sunday, abont2o’cleck. Mr. Holmead, who had just returned from church, hearing the noise, cathe out of his house to ascertain the cause, and while standing just within the en- trance to his front yard, @ stone directed to- wards one of the fighting characters, struck his right side, bruising him severely, He was attended by Dr. Morgan, who stated that had the stone struck any other place near the bruise, death must have instantly ensued. Mr. Holmead, though confined to his bed, is com- fortable, and we trust sustained no internal injury, though it will not be certain that he has not, for some days. The leaders of this disturbance of the peace, including the man by whom the stone was thrown, were arrested by the officer of the guard stationed at the Long Bridge, and com. mitted to the central guardhouse for safe keep- ing. gees P= nlite Oy Rossery AND RxcovEeRY OF PROPERTY.— Saturday afternoon Mrs. Johanna Gramburg, who resides on E street, between Twelfth and Thirteenth, complained at the Second Ward station house that her house had been entered and some jewelry stolen. Officer Britt took a description of the articles, and went to the jew- elry store corner of Thirteenth street and the Avenue, where he obtained from the proprietor one gold ring, a gold breastpin, and a pair of gold earrings, which were entered upon the Preprietor’s book in the name of “ Magee,” the 0, Chas. P. Wanna i, house, No. $11 Tweilth street, kept by Loda Gaskins. The provost guard presently cam? Up, but the dicorderiy party meantime nad left The trightened inmates thinkiag appa- reatly that the rowdies bad returned, refased to open the door, aud one of them wentto aa upper window and threw water upon the pro- vost guard. This instead ot driving the guards off, determined them to enter; and they got @ ladder, which they used as a battering ram, and the iron-clad door was soon forced Opes. A _samsfactory explanation wes made by ths inmates, and they were not disturbed. ——_____ Latzst QuoTaTions—W asxtneTon j= RY Maxxer.—Furnishod by Lewis Fonneon Z Buying, Selling. U. 8. Con Bonds, 1381 , 7 SSW eee reee sc fips '. S. 7.30 Notes Loz uartermasters' a ‘ew§Certificates. American Silver.......¢. E NEW YORK RATES—3 0 CLOOK P.M. Cou: 6's, 1981, 102; 7-A0's, 1075; New Cer- tificaies of Indebtedness, 99%; Guild, 149%. A PrizE.—The schoouer Mignonette, Capt. Jones, hailing from Baltimore, and loaded with sutlers’ stores for Belle Plain, was seized on the isth instant by the U.S. schooner Saphro- nia, near Piney Point, for violating the revenue laws, having on board two boxes not in her manifest, labeled «Lediard’s Ar: Tonic,” which proves to be an intoxicating drink, and was this morning brought to the Navy Yard. tree. ARRESTED ON A CHARGE OF Treason.— Andrew J. Deming, who has been clerking in the grocery store of his brother, at 534 Seventh street, was arrested this morning by Capt. Todd’s detectives, for the use of treasonabix language; and, refusing to take the oath of allegiance, was committed to the @ld Capitot Prigon, to be sent South. We learn that Mr. D. acknowledged himself a sympathizer with the South, and stated that Lie parents wete residents of that section of the country. ———~_20e-—__ AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN. {Correspondence of the Star.) GEORGETOWN, May %5, 1963. On Saturday the guards at the Aqueduct de- tected two women trying to smuggle whisky across the river. They were taken into custo- dy, and upon examining their passes, the dates were found changed, making i5th of May: the 3istof May. Sergeant Gilson sent them under guard to the Provost Office, with their pies, cakes, &c.; from there they were sent to th= Centr: Guardhouse in your city. Arrived by river:—Schr. Access, Robigson, Port Deposit, lumber, E. Pickerell; schr. Mar- tha, Wright, do., do., to Jos. Libbey; schr. Ros« Winans, Cade, do, do., to do; barge H. D. B. Kein, Davis, Eelle Plain, army rubbish: barge Marcarett, Hagherty, Aquia Creek, wagons; steamship Empire, Hunter, merchandiz>, to Morgan & Reinhart; schr. Wm. Emory, Reéd, Baltimore, brick. Jno. M. Stake, schr. Maria Pickup, Baker, Alexandria, hght; schr. Maria Standish Parker, Washingten, light; schr. Ocean Herald, Wylie, Washington, ight; schr. Mariov, Maul, do., do.; schr. Robbins, Hopkins, Alexandria, lizht; Anna E. Martia, Brower, Weshington, light; sloop Banner, Sandy Bar, 15.000 , to Jno. A. Knight; Anna Maria, do. 10,000 fish, to same; numerous other sms cratt, from Long Bridge and Little Falls, about (4) do., to do; schr. Mury Eliza, Travers, taltimore, salt, to Thomas Davis; schr. Mera- cious, Street, salt, to same, Deparied by river—Schr. Dilatush, Hartford, C1, and schr. John Eell, Alexandria, coal trom Ray's docks; brig Robbins, Hawkins, Fall River, MM: ui trom Borden Mining Co. ved by Canal—Minnie Slack, A. Spates, coul to Apnue’s Dock; H. of America, Ida F. ieynolds, coal to Borden Mining Co.; Emma Reinhari, cecal to GC. U. & I. Co.; C. H. Clagett, four; Ed. Boyce, wood; Ida Lee, C. Ardinger, J. W. Copeland, A.Goodwin, W. E. Taylor, W. R. Chaplain, W. F. Brashears, John Hill, coal to Ray’s Docks. Departed—G. W. Spates, Mary Willard, Ra. Boyce, P. E. Huldemen, C. Ardinger, Ida Lee, H. A. Kerns, Jas. Crawford, Minnie Slack, Ben. Darby, Jno. Humbird, eS Huntly. W. F. Brashears, W. E. Taylo: slien, A. Good- Win, Keystone and A. W. ‘aman. Business dull. Markets firm; wholesale quo- tations as follows: Flour, super, 7aS7; extra, &7.25a87.55; family, common, $%a39.50; Darby’s $10; Ray’s $10.25a810.50; Welch’s $10.50. Wheat, white, 35; Ted, . Corn, yellow, 9%5e.; white, 95c.aSi. Oats, by measure, GaGSC., hay, $25a$30; mill stuf{—middlings, 60a65c.; brown stuif. 40c.; shorts, 30c.; potatoes, 65a 85c.: apples, $4a4%4.50; cider, 1Sca?2c.;‘do., clar- ified, 25a30c.; champagne cider, $1895: whisky, 45¢.; salt, G. A., 81.87a%1.90; fine, $2.75; bulk, 75¢. per bushel. Cumberland coal, $1.25235.50; an- thracite, $2.50; wood, pine, $4.50a95: oak, 85 5ua $6. Lumber, pine. $25 per M. Plaster, lump, $5: cvound, $929.50. Herring, $ia?5 per M. A VALUABLE BUILDING LOT FOR SALE. Lot in Square 122, fronting 59 feet on loth street west, and running back same width to the depth of 159 test, and containing about 9,000 square feet. Avy to &. ¥. JACKSON, Attorney at Law, No, 155 Bridge street,Georgetown. _ my 25-lw FF, SALE—Two fire BEICK HOUSES. only a & iew squere« from Treasury. Possession given immediately. Frame Houses, Building Lota an& slea es leree finely located Square of erpane east of Cspi on. DAY. No. 515 Library Building. lith st., __™my 25-1w* routh Pa. avenue. Fizs? cass FURNISHED ROOMS.—Severai first-class furnished reoms can be had at rea- sonable rates at No. 419 New York avenue, be- tween 14th and 15th streets, second door east of the Bank of Riggs & Co. No plessanter or more desirable rooms can be found in the city. They Gre convenient to Wil ards’ and tothe Depact- ments and to the railroads. my 25-2t™ ‘OUNTRY BOARD.—A gentleman connected with the Srey, eeparement would like to pectzs permanente ABD for himself, wife and two children, in some pleasant family a few miles outoftke cily | Be:erence given and required. Address J. H. DENSMORE, Jr , Washingtcn,D.0. my 25-3t* OARDING —A few gentiemen and ladies can be accommodated with Brst-claas Board Ms ant healthy location in Georgetown, minutes walk of thecity railway The house is perfectly new and supplied with all modern con- veniences. Booms pleasant, nicely furnished, and commanding & fine view of the river scenery. Ap- ly at No. 212 Bridge street (north side.) between ank Lane and Frederick street. References ex- changed, my 25 eost* STRAYED FROM THS CENTER MA + Saturday, Msy 23d, a red brindle cow ane eee returning ner to JOHN CONNOB, lenwood Cemetery, will be rewarded. my 25-25" was. TAKEN UP ESTRAY (a 2ist instant, one iarge bay HORSH, four black legs with the exception of white spot near the hoof on the right side leg, with white spot on the forehead. fae owner of the above | come forward and property and take him away. Apply toT. De dr., at Depot House, near depot. ny Ja ieopigea A =aue CHANCE. a ist re jived several very su HORSES, weighing from’ 1.25 to. 130 DSB pounds; well broken. and true as steel: Also, several geod saddle and farmens Horses. ove a my %5-2t" __Sixth atreet, south of Penn. ave. By GREEN & WILLIAMS, Auctioneers. S43 von ae Wanierris tes as ns Ht! WEDNESDAY. tho 2th inst.,at 10 o'clode a, me f A. Morfitt & CO.,on , under the National ice (No. 513.) roceries, Wines and Ligaots, a nold without reservar oe my 25-d [Int.] GREEN & WILLIAMS, Accts. 'HRE: RB SALE.—9n MONDAY, the first f Ji m.,We willsell at public suction is, tone of the premises i mastic fronts, Pore es ee Stroat the money between B ana 0 south, near nd td mine rooms iL and iand, and coavenient to the rooms nd ~ houses contain seas wie sien bere: 7 at private sale any time before the day. of eaie, ‘erms: )-third cash; the residue i: conn Tomita with interest, to be securegn the J. O ited: UIBE & CO,, Aucts, CO. J+ CRINKENS AND DEALERS IN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES, to furnish the 4 are prepared UNITED ehh, OUNT, BORDS YEAR 81X ‘ (Covrons og Bucisrzrep,) in large er smai! sems, purchased