Evening Star Newspaper, June 24, 1863, Page 2

THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON OITY: - WEDNESDAY............-JUNE 24, 1963. = S67 READING MATTER ON BVERY PAGE. SHB OUTSIDE FOR INTERESTING TELE- GRAPHIC AND OTHER MATTER. | | | Washington Meney Market, Quotations for stocks, coin and uncurrent | money, furnished by Lewis Johnson & Oo., Banker: ‘3: Buying, Selling. | Wg 10" pac WwW. S. Coupon Bonds, 1581 .., Do., 1681, 5.20’s. oe Notes + UGX zal ik New ‘TES. Coupon Fa, isS1, 1093; ; 7.38, 106 YY: New Cer- | tificates of Indebtedness, 9%}; Gold, L434. _—_ + eee } OUR MILITARY BUDGET. © LATEST FROM VICKSBURG. | ——r_— DISPATCH FROM GENERAL GRANT. 6 Se, JOHNSTON'S FORCES SCATTERED AT YAZ00 CITY, BENTON AND CLINTON. suse a eS GRANT'S GRASP CPON VICKSBURG TIGHT- BNING HOU ¥ a cama Gen. Grant has telegraphed to Headquarters here as follows : Nea® Vicxascnrg, June 1s, via Catro, June 23.—Everything progresses well here John- ston's forces areat Yazoo City, Benton, Browns- ville, and Clinton. Deserters come out daily. AU report rations short. We scarcely ever lose 3 man now. Health and condition of troops most excellent. J © Bg i e = = = = = ah s Ss b ——-- THE REBEL STORIES OF DISASTER TO GEN. BANKS WITHOUT ANY FOUNDATION. Sid ageerentiae OTR FORCES MAKE AN ASSAULT AND GAIN POSITIONS WHICH THEY HOLD WITHIN | 60 YARDS OF THE ENEMY’S WORKS, { gE de ‘ SURE OF SUCCESS, seal Saabs Dispatches fronp Gen. Banks have been re- | ceived by the War Depariment, to the etfect that on the 1!th inst., haying established his batteries. within three hundred and fifty yards of the rebel works at Port Hudson, after a vig- i orous cagnonade, he summoned Gen. Gardi- | ner to surrender. On his refusal, an assault | Was made, and our forces gained positions Within from fifty to one hundred yards of the | enemy’s works, which they held. j Gen. Paine was severely wounded. i Gen. Banks expressed himself confident of success. This official information, we apprehend, en- tirely explodes the story republished recently } from the Richmond Dispatch, alleging: that | Gen. Banks was terribly repulsed on the 1th instant. GEN. BAN LATE TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. STIRRING NEWS! THE PETERSBURG EXPRESS AVOWS THAT LEE’S DESTINATION is | WASHINGTON, eee EATRA BILLY SMITH REPORTED KILLED AT WINCHESTER. pabo ue Sat el PHILADELYHIA, June 2!.—The Richmond Enquirer has a rumor that “Extra” Billy Smith was killed at the battle of Winchester. The Petersburg Express avows Lee's object ts Washington. | OFFICERS SHUT BY O£SERTERS. ge THE DESERTERS KILL THEMSELVES wuss eae Bancou, Mz, June 21.—Yesterday, ollicer BMoKinney, of Beltast, was shot by two desert- | ers named Grant and Knowles, whom he was endeavoring to arrest in Troy for horse steal- ing. The citizens then turned out to arrest the desperadoes, and while attempting to secure them they fired upon another officer, and killed | fim. Finding escape impossible, and deter- mined not to be taken alive, the two deserters then deliberately shot and killed themselves. PHILADELPIIA, June 24.—The name of the steamer destroyed near Morris Island, Charles- ton harbor, recently, proves to be the Ruby. Commodore Rowan will relieve Commodore Craven in command ot the New Ironsides at | Charleston. | The San Jacinto leaves to-day for the East Indies squadron, of which she will be the | flag-sbip. VESSELS BURNED AT SEA. | Bostex. June 21.—The schooner Lawrena, Srrived at Gloucester this morning, reports taat cn Monday atiernoon, forty miles south ; southeast from Chatham, she saw theschooner Marengo on fire. Soon atterward saw a bark | running iora flee.of thirty fishing vessels, and while the Lawrena remained in sight three | fishing veesels were set ou firc. A U. S. STEAMER O TOWN, MASS. Bostrox, June 24.—A large United States j steamer is cruising off Charlestown this morn- tag. The crew of the fishing smack burnt by the Tacony arrived at Wood's Hole to-day. ‘They were put on board the South Shoal lizht ship by the pirate. CMA RLEs- | THE INVASION OF PENNSYLVANI . — i Alarm at Pititsburg—The Rebels Advan- cing. HARRISBURG, (noon,) June 23.—News from | Pittsburg shows that there is greatexcitement | ia that city. The rebels are reported to be at Cuiontown, only 40 miles distant. Business is | enurely suspended, and the citizens are mak- | ing extensive preparations to receive them. | i Later. HaAxriseveG, June %3.—1 o'clock p. m.—The rebels occupied Chambersburg about l1o’clock } this morning. Our cavalry pickets are now . five miles this side. The troops under General | Knipe, which were at Chambersburg, have eately fallen back to the main body. Our au- taorities believe the rebels to bein considerable force at Chambersburg. H The Latest from Pittsburz. ' Pittsscxe, June 23.—Business bas been | suspended here for a week, and the citizens en | masse are digging entrenchments on the sar- | rounding hills for miles out around the city. ‘The works are nearly finished and the city is now considered safe. AFFAIRS IN PENNSYLVANIA. \ Skirmish at emp Pa.—Defeat of the ec s, | © Wawnrescre June 23.—A despatch received | here from Gettysburg this evening says that a | portion of the Firet City Troop of Philadelphia | ead Captain Bett's cavalry company havehad @ fight with the rebels, near Millersburg. A body of eighty-four rebel cavairy advanced to a point where our infantry force were engaged imerecting barricades, at a piace called Sum- mit, near Newman’s. A portion of our forces ‘were withdrawn, but have taken another posi- tion; About 8 dosen rebel cavalrymen re- mained at Newman’s, and thirty advanced to Munshower, ten miles from Gettysburg. © Askirmish took place, when one rebel was | overtaken. | Calypso, writ 8 j Fiek Gibbons, late of Washington city, ). 0. sareuns having claims against tho | | 2ame, with the on or before | CEAGYReuemy: mortally wounded, and the enemy fled tothe monntsins, their infaatry supportiag force re- treating at ihe same time, Pennsylvania Republican State Coayea- tion. HARRISRURG, June ¢3.—The? Meeting of the Répnbdlican State Uonvention, Which was to have been held on the 1st of July, at Pittsburg, will probably be postponed. The condition of affairs in the State at the present time would ‘Warrant such & oourse. (Creneral Couch de- clines to grant furloughs to- the delegates now in theeerviee in his department. THE FORWARD MOVEMENT OF THE REBEL FORCES. New York, June 23.—Special dispatches to the Herald to-night trom Harrisburg, give the following: The rebel Gen. Rhodes has 10,000 men and thirty pieces of artillery. Five thousand are on the road to Downsville. The rebels commenced to more on (#reencas- tleon Monday. The Williamsportaqueduct has been destroy- ed by the rebels. © Two men ofthe First New York cavairy were lost in a skirmish yesterday. Three rebel pric- oners were taken. The rebels again took pos- session of Chambersbutg this morning. Gen, Knipe is falling back to Shippensburg, and re- moving 411 Government stores. Captain Boyd is in the vicinity of Green Village, retiring be- | fore the rebel advance, turnishing information of revel movements. The rebels gutted all the stores in Chambersburg, and steal alike from profesced friends and Unionists. Stirring uews may be expected at any mo- ment, as the rebels are advancing 4s an army with horse, tool, aud artillery. SBVEN P. u.—Itis reported that eur forces are falling back on Carlisle, and the inhabi- tants are preparing to flee to Harrisburg. A battle will scarcely oceur before to-mor- Tow. The rebels have cut the telegraph wires. The rebels charged our retreating force, cha- sing them to the rear of Green Village. Onr forces still hold Carlisle and Shippens- burg. Our forces hold the heights near Ge tysburg. Col. MeClure reports the whole country boréering Chambersburg full of reb- els. Itis rumored they threaten io bein Ir- risburg Saturday night. Several wagon loads of negroes huve arrived trom Shippensburg. The Fighth and Seventy iments reached Carlisle this morning. Alithbe refugees are unanimous in that the rebe] Gen. Jenkins is very sev contempt ter Copperbeads. prensturg Occupied by the Rebels. the Jferald’s Ship- dispaich states that the rebels, mount- ed infantry, cavalry, and artillery, entered that place this morning. They are Movir fhe Times's Har st New York reg- stating ein his rrisburg States that | one thousand febel cavalry advanced on Scot- land thi Citizens from the country aboyeare pouring into Harrisburg. Capt. Boyd reports the rebels slowly and can- tiou-ly moving this way. The postmaster of Greencastle arrived here this morninz. The rebels seize all the proper- ty they can find. The Invasion of Jndiana—Resistius the Enrollment. Cryxcisnatt, June 2 —The rebels who cross- ed wito Tidiana on Snuday have not yet been Their exact whereabouts is un- It was reported that they had goue known. norta ot the Ohioand Mississippi Railroad, but | thie is not coufirmed. The eperator at Blumington, Indiana, ports that there is an encampment of 1,090 citi- zens, Wuh pickets out, eizht who intend fo resist the euroilment. Promotion. w YORK, June x3.—ol. Foster, ofthe 1th itaa, bas been appointed a Brigadier Gena- | eral by the President. ——— - + wee + The Siege of Vicksbn of Grant. A dispatch to the Detroit Fre- Press, trom | Vicksburg on the Ith, says: { “The ‘saps’ in tront of several rebel forts are | compieted. When all are finished the outside range of forts cam be tiken =imultaneously with little loss. A few days, it is said, will finish them <ul. “The rebels have constructed an inside line of forts. Itis said they commenced throwing nine-inch shell at Logan's diyision yesterday from a battery hitherto undiscovered. “Our siege guns are slowly batiering down | many of the fortifications, despite their eforts to preventi! or to repair them. “Reinforcements trom the North are here in considerable numbers, and arriving daily. Grant can take the field offensively at any time an enemy ay rouches.” ww Intelligence trom Newbern, N.C, states that the appointment of G 1 Wilds as Mili- overuor of the us hourly ex- The Raleigh Standard says that Jef. rth Curolins to under: da curry her movement of r yu into eff: erate army, in their retreat from ¥ © the Cotton tee, will devastate aud lay waste the entire hiale. Me attemp’ sep BF" A letter in a rebel mail-bag on bourd the nat N u by a Georgia mer- chant to his partner, says he bought $509 in Confederate money at that place tor four cents on the dollar, aud speaks very gioomily of the | prospects of the blockade runners. @7 Dispatches from Gen. Kelly state that the rebel forces under Imbodeu, who laiely Visited Cumberland, are at Great Cacapon, and that he was about moving against taem. SF The 15th Ohio, stationed at Somerset, Ky., has paseed resolutions denouncing Val- | lapdingham's terms. nomination in the strongest WASHINGTON AND GEORGETOWN BALLROAD COMPANY.—The annual ing of stockholders of the Washington and n Railroad Company acd tne e'ection ‘n directors will be held at the Company's . (corner New York ‘avenue ani Fifteenth i pee or ara July 8, between the ours of 1. m.and1 p.m, jem-d . H.D.C:OKH Pres. GBEAT NOVELTY .—Sbafiiela’s Steam Ice Cream Manufacto: 386 6th street, be- ‘een Gand H. Families, Hoteis, Boarding Houses, Fairs. Entertainments, Excursions snd Parties | supplied with the choicest Ice Cream made of the best Pennsyivania cream, at wholesaleand retall, | and delivered to any part of thecity, Confection- ery of every variety. Prompt attention ‘tven te orders, Gels-ims} JOB SHAFFIBLD. VALU ABLE OFPIOER'S HORSE FOR SALE. Bo: ind, and broken to waddle and harness ; six yearsold. Has been on Ios year incavalry service, Apply to W. KID. DEB. 399 west 18th street. i THAMSHIP SALVOR HAS ARRIVED—AND is now discharging cargo at foot of street, Georgetown. Consigncen please attend to the reception of e ir goods te once. IOBGAN & BHIXKHART, Agents. je 24-8t FOR NEW YORK Bq & ~ S te, o Hieh ane ad ee ee en foot of r frieght or MORGAN & &7 The steamer has superior neconfuntn for horses. jaz Mt bes 18 TO GIVE NOTIORB, That the suvscri- ber bas obtained from the Orphans’ Court of Washington county, in the rict of Columbia, letters testamentary on the personal estate of Pat coased, All said deceased reby warned to exhibit ‘29 ee he pre tote memmpaeri ber jay Of June next; the otherwise by law be oxeluded from ali boned’ ot the ssid estate. hie 234 of June, 1363. Given under my hané t. da: jor-lewaws HDWARD SKENN AN. Kxceuter. SEMBRIOAL AND PRACiI- vols. Loomis’ Practical Astreno: Norton's Astropom: uiton's Mathematical Fables: London, Epo rag ah lsughton’s Mathematical Tabdies; ea’ Navigation aad Neuticnl Aviconoiy. . Jean's Nevigation and Nauticnt Astronomy: UGelbraith’s Mathematical aad Astronomical Ta- Mav’ . o Legee ee ‘Tables: Londen Aumann 6, and many other books 08 Csr PBANOK TATLOB. wn re. | mailes from there i Steady Progress | LATE AND INTERESTING FROM VICKSBURG. Rebels Rigi an Early % Rebels Guns iced— Des: ev ick Paper—The PeopigLiving ‘aves. : Weak Vickssvuna, June 15, via Cargo, June 20—{Dispatch to the Cincinnati Gi e.—A working par} front last night, hailed by = Ba cong including amoTicer of their Commissary Department, wh@ told our men that they were doing a great dealbotean- would be ours. Yesterday afternoon the reb=is opened brisk- ly for afew minutes on us, intending to drive off our working party, but they were silenced pin ten minutes. ‘Phis afternoon attempted the same thing with a like result. They fired occasional shells yesterday and to-d1y in Logan’s front, but did no execution. Our loss the: past two days has not been more than | killed and 12 wounded, mostly aegroes bz- longing to working parties. ‘ [SECOND DISPATCH,} A Vicksburg paper of the 13th hascome with- in our lines to-aay. Its mainarticles are quite despondent in their tone. Nothing in themre- veais a bint as to the quantity of provisions or | ammunition on hand within the garrison, but itis plainly stated that there is much suffering | from a lack ef proper medicines and other nec- essary stores. All the citizens liverin caves in | the ground. All the urmed torce are continu- ally in the trenches. Many soldiers and citi- ve.s, are dying off with diarrhea. Large num- bers are killed by our missiles. It is stated that as loug as there is any nope from without the garrison will 10t surrender. a Johnston is positively at Big- Black river and is energetically engaged in fortifying which does not look much like acting very soon on the offensive. Hc has no confidence in an ad- vance. About twenty deserters come into our lines nightly how, sometimes in squads, in spite of the special guards to prevent desertion. We have ali the troops we need. exn get out of their lines without being caught. Breckiuridge is at Jackson with Loring. 1 | | La. A force has started to meet him from Gen. Parker’s corps. IMPROBABLE RUMOR OF THE CavTURE OF VICKBLU RG. necessary work, as all we had to do was to | sit stilland waita few days,and Virksburg | | | | | | | Bpon them by biz. t | reduced his army lately. Probably he has made every preparation for retarding Rosecrans if hi Kirby Smith is reported at or wear Richmond, | y prey Ls ns ifhe | Movement i Cairo, June 20.—There are some paries | here to-day late from Memphis, who pretend to have some official information of the tall of Vicksburg. They are getting bets on the su which is enough to convince one that tay sincere, but the story is improbable. ED—A WOMAN to cook and W NT « 411 corper Seventh and H sts. _ jor ¥y / ANTEL—A HOUSE, with from five to reows, within a square or two of the city cars. A bonus of afty dolixrs will be given. Ad aress A. W..Star Office. ja 24-20" a 0 REWARD .—Strayed or stolen, on tae !sth $1 irstart, a WHi: COW; had yeliow spots on her fide, Tho above reward will be paid ifreturned (9 BP, NRLLIGIN, in the allay bet, 3G, and 2d and fa foal tte O£T—This morning, at. the Baitimore Depot. « 4 SUM OF MONEY tied ina white worked pocket handkerchief. Ifthe gentieman who was seeu to pick up the bandkereliet wili pleaxe return it to the Colurabia Market, coraer 13th street avd i’a. avenue, he will be rewarded. je 24-3t" Fr USRISES? SUITES OF ROOMS, WITH board. can he bad 402 Thirteenth straet, between Gand H streets. The house is large and y, and the location one of the best in the city. 80 en table boarde:a can be accommodated, se 2s 2t* Fe SALE—Ten acres of GROUND, with im provernents,nesrthe city. Also, Lot !, Square 213, containiog 5,534 square teet, eligidly situated, westcfthe Circle between lith aud 15tb strects ard between Massachuse'ts avenue and M «treet. Terms easy. Inquire of JOHN G. STOCK, No. 420 E street WOK SALE—A fine sadc le MAK, four years oia’ is gen and well broke to harness DS | Also, a light Bugay, without top. The alove caa be seen gto A .NOGI- GLia, Navy Yard. 24-30% STONE Ilesvy Biue Btone Flagging. Also on y md, et t quarries. Building Stone of all de: ions, §d town. 24 eo3t™ MISHB’'S PATENT COOKING LAMPS FORK ik COAL OIL O& GAS. | A good supply of these useful stoves can now be hia a! H. BAYLEY'S Lamnp-ana Oi! 8tore, 176 Sovcoth street, opposite the Post Ufice, su table for t orpitals iers in camp, Bachelors, | barbers, de, HENRY BAYLEY, iw? 476 7th st. Agant for Washington } T HOR SALE. HE BNTIBRA STOCK OF GROCER Corner of lite and K streets and alse, the good wili ud iixtures of of the House, vith 9 months lease the ilth of July next. (fnot privatedy dis- posed of by the Uthof duly the entire | Bisting of Liquora, Sugara, Cottees. wad » | a8are usually sept iow well selected gr | be sold at Public ar ! i aatora | | gooda ry. will | Potomac yee 470 B street, between 6th and 7th east, | . Kon Bale. at our depot in Georgetown, 4,000 feet | arets SILEBY & UO., through post office. George- | | Also, for sa-¢ oa the rome terms.a good BUGGY, | For particulars appiy toJ. A. BEAVERS, onthe premi far Jo 24 stt RK if BREWO ' | FIBRWORK 8?! | OF ALL KINDS. | ‘The largest assortment in the city. | i FLAGS—FLAG3! Of «1) sizes, from 4 inches to 49 feet | LANTERNS—LANTERRNS! | For illuminatioza, of tifferent atvies. The trade -uppiied at factory prices. Come, ev- ery body, and your suppiea ferthe Glorious | Fourta, at the Great National Flag and Fireworks Depot, No. 302 W street, near Mth. Boswell & Warner's Coloritic for coloring the neces - POR SALE— The contents of the | stables known as Smith's Stables, sit | uated on 9th street, near Pa avenue, con SSR geting of Carriage, Boggy auc Saddle. Horses. Clore Panoi and Open Carrixzes, Top Bug - wics, Baggage Wagons, together with a good as- rortment Gi Double aud Single Harness, Saddles, | Bridles end other things necessary to complete x | goodouint for th bove busipess person | wishing to ens @ lucrative business will do | wall to call ang ox If not disposed of at private eile earlier, they will be exposed at | pubbeavctionon the Ist day of Auguat next at 10 & good tepant, tne stables will be let on ab eteris. The stand is of forty years’ du- he bast in Washington. HAXI.Y & BROWN, | ae Loot PRovosaus vox CONSTRUCTING SRWER. | Beaten Paorosat | undersigned at the M. ou Monday, the 30th day of June instant, for | the purpose of constructing a sewer and ten | Btonch traps in Bixth street west, from the south side of Louisiana @venue to the aerth mide of G | xtreet nor 1863. | Specifications can be seep at the Burveyor’s of- } fice. Bidders will state the prise per tineal foot, | inciudiag the drops aud excavation All personx owning property on the line of the | the proposed suwer, and intending to tap the | Bame,are requested to do eo while it is being made, and all property ownera should carry the water | and gas pipes at ieast to their respeetive curd linea JNO, BH. SBMMMB, Je 24-d5t Acting Mi PARADISE GARDEN, CORNER SI\ TH BT. AND NEW YORK Ay, THIRD GRAND NOON CONCERT, ON FRIDAY, June 2%th, 1362, will AFYER ‘The splendid Orchestra under the direction of C. KOPPITZ, will perform a number of musical gems, among which may be especially mentioned— | “Overture to William Teil,’ by Bessini, anda | grand military mareh—potpourri—entitied ‘A Day | with the Irish Brigade,"’ by C. Koppitz. t i i | { | ; the gardens, ‘Admifsion 25 eeata. Concert to commeace at 4 o’clook. Je %-3t* PRAN/ UNGEB. ppRorosars FOR WOOD AND COAL. Poot Or #10w Dacaxeu rte 48 91XG' Et SUALZ9 me 9p0= 418 wil: bd received by th signed until ta o’cloek M.. on Wed: oad day of suly; furoishing for t! this 8! 40 tons (2.240 Ibe. ) i Aah Boal tana tha ton) of the best White 50 tons . sae hie, ad 269 cords best seasoned Wood. Parties will be at libertr fe bid for the Wood end Coa! to; abe x for eit) one tai Cate bits will be coasidered fimgiy. 7" Satisfactory arringes)ente must to se- care to the A ae Lil weleht and measare. the premises, and ome hal! intel anted into ree Pijed ayay in re liars | 12 "0" SA all to be Goal in to bestowed away In the vaults, will be 8 7 idence pan. be haraiahed ol tas Seliebtliey cod H once Sialced. ona be seen Livery of tie fuel. premptiy, made after the de- Lv AND hurrame oF. fg et er syox TAXLOB. Depot for | be recaived by the | fayor’s fice, until 120'clock | . onder the act approved May 29th, | For surther particulars see amail programmes at | surcng show but nobody knows what force | Not rebel | is y ‘s what force he | roy’s stores and artillery, and the wholesale | sloop of-war Richmond. | fo-morrow at ton for City Point. It will RIVAL OF WOUNDED. Fey and thirty of the wounded at ' Stanton, Emory and Lincoln hospitals. Most of them sre very badly wounded. Among | them are a number Of rebeis, iacluding severe * PersoxaL.—@en. Hunter is in Washington, | laying beea ordered to report to the Adjutant before last a smaM band or party of rebeis | General of the Army. We hear that no dis- suiteptitiousiy bueaet the quartermaster's | satisfaction is felt at his administration of the buildings and wharf, left standing by our | affairs of the Department of the South by his troops on the recent evacuation of that poiut. superiors. His relief involved no doubt of nis The only work there grid not to have been energy, executive ability or patriotism. { barned was a small portion of the whart. { ArpotsTap.—John CU. Holmes, of Spring- The valuable wharf and the buildings at the | field, Vt. has been appointed toa first Ged point near by, known as Urba Switch, was | “ership in the Inspection Burean, vice Chas. not harmed by them, being probably too near | P. Russedl removed. our gunboats, THREE OOGOGE P.M. » & —=— ——= IMPORTANT FEOM AQGUIA CREEK. We hear this afiernoon that on the night actin { TELEGRAPHIC. ; ——$<s———— THE SITUATION. | This morning's mail brought us the following j{ The Rebel Movement in Maryland. ahd = HE CITY OF New Haven, Comn., June 1863. THRY AGAIN THRHATEN T tt Mn. Epirow: A general ‘oficer ee much | FREDERICK, APPHARING IN FOROR. military knowledge and ability, suggests to me Sa ee ee the following as his idea of the Rebel move- mienis: Bragg and Jobaston have reinforced Lee with from 40 to 6#,000 men. An immense army is thus massed in Virginia, whose object is the capture of Washington, either via Baltimore | or by cruehing Hooker if a battle is forced , THEY ARB HALF WAY BETWEEN MIDDLE- TOWN AND BOONSBORO’, CROSSING THE SOUTH MOUNTAIN, ees A BT Battrwore, June 4°—Information at Gen. Schenck’s headquarters this morning from Frederick says the rebels in considerable force ‘@f infantry, artillery and cavalry are again threatening Frederick, and are half way be- tween Middletown and Boonsboro’, crossing South Mountain. Scouts are now out, Defi- nite news is expected in 8 few hours. This explains Bragg’s incomprehensibility behind a strong frou'—Johnston’s quiet and Lee's deloy. We cannot find Johnston, and nothing comes from him except demonstrations by active but small parties—Bragg keeps up a has—everything indicates that he has greatly FROM VICKSBURG. LSS ied EELS GRANT QPENING ON THE DEVOTED CITY WITH HOT Snot. Sess Cincinnati, June 24.—The correspondent of the Geceiie, under date near Vicksburg, June isth, says it was intended to open upon the city with hot shot on the 20th, advances, by broken bridges, felled trees, &c., whereby he can be delayed until the Virginia completed. Everything is aban- doned for that. If the Rebels can take Washing- ton or Balumore, (which last ensures the cap- ture of Washington with the destruction of Hooker's army) they expect to close the war, and can thus afford to risk crefytiing upon the cast. The view looks so-plausible that I cannot refrain trom asking you to call the attention of the Government to it as worthy of serious consideration. Yours respectfully, We ‘don't see it.” Our belief is that the only reinforcements Lee has received tor monils past come from southeastern Virginia and North and South Carolina—not trom the ' West. He would lit to crush Hooker's army | | GEN THE PIRATE SEMMES ON A NEW VESSEL. New York, June 2t.—Captain Semmes, and three of his officers have, it is reported, been transferred to the new sixteen guns steamer at St. Thomas—said to be the Georgia. MAN Francisco, June 23.—The steamer Uri- vaba sailed this morning from Panama, with ninety-fonr passengers, and $963,000 in gold: #150,000 for New York, and $57,000 for Panama. after taking Baltimore and Washington, doubt- less; such being kis programrée, Recording to our correspondent’s prognosticating General Officer. But lie already finds tha: game blocked. He evidently hoped first to capture the most o! Milroy’s command, in the Valley ; and he has succeeded only in capturing a very few hun- dreds instead of the many thousands he antici- pated. The movements of his troops in Maryland and Pennsylvania develop the fact that he hoped to induce the division of Hooker’s army; } not dreaming that the authorities here could procure at the North jor the emergency sufli- cient troops to render his advance from the too hazardous to be undertaken. Thus his calculations have sorely failed in that important particular, Besides the new troops that have hastened and are yet hastening to oppose his advance from the Potomac northward or westward, nearly all the nine months and two years regiments lately discharged have volunteered, | and are again in service. All the Pennsylva- i nia regiments but two, we learn, have done so, besides those from other States. We memen- | tarily expect to hear that the two above allu- ded to have followed the patriotic examples thus set them. With forty or fitty thousand veteran troops thus obtained, perhaps twenty thousand trained volunteer miliua, and any number of untrained militia required, in his front, and Hooker’s army intact in bis rear and on his flank, we are by no means surprised that Lee lingers with his main torce—Longstreet’s and A.P. Hill's corps d@armces—amid the tastnesses of the western slupe of the Blue Ridge, between Snicker’s Gap and Winchester, which was certainly bts position on the day betore yes- terday. On the whole, it seems quite probable that has current campaign is to be a dead failure— endiag in nothing except the capture of Mil- THE PIRATE ALABAMA AND VIR- GINIA, Nrev Yorx, June 24.—The pirate Alaabma and Virginia wereat Bahia May Lith. The latter was without armament. LOCAL NEWS. Tue Scuoot EXAMINATIONS.—The trustees were engaged on Monday in the written exam- inations of the schools, and very arduous ones they proved both to pupils and examiners trom pounded, in some instances extending over more than twelve hour's time. printed for eac! Swers. yesterday. such as spelling, reading, ciphering, notation, &c., and at the close they were complimented on the progress they had mude. present, the remainder being sick. During the year there appears to have been a steady dratt upon this school, the scholars as fast as they ondary schools; no less than {7 having beea transterred during the year—the first class numbering 15 being transferred about three weeks since. In view of these facts, the ex- amination was highly creditable. A number of the parents and friends of the scholars were present. Primary No. the building southwest cerner Pennsylvania Avenue and Nineteenth ctreet, was examined by Mr. J.O. Wilson. This school is taught by Miss Sar: the grammar school of the first district, this being her first year. There are 67 scholars on the roll, (Seven above the usual number,) of whom 65 were present. The order observed was good, and we were informed that the school was yesterday not more orderiy than usual he several classes were pretty thor- oughly exmmined in reading, spelling, mental arithmetic, dictation exercises, and the tables, passing all creditably. The school was com- Plimented by the examining trustee and by the visitors present. Primary No. 1, Second District, (male,) Miss Atice McIntosh teacher, was examined by C. H. Utermehie, trusiee, ind developed on the purt of thescholars excellent progress for those so young. In the “dictation exercises” the lit tle boys here were particularly good. T number of scholars attending this school is GU; 55 ot whom were present at the examination. The average attendance during the year was 15. Much attachment is manifested by the children towards their teacher, who in turn appests devoted to them. imary No. Pane) of the same district, Miss Maggie E. Flenner teacher, also acquit- ted themselves well, and gaye evidences of the faithtulness of their instructress. The exami- nation wis conducted by W. J. Rhees, Esq., whose questioning kept the little girls very busy thinking—resulting, however, with but few exceptions, in correct answers. Number of scholars 55. Average attendance 45, Primary No. 1, of the Third District, Miss Josephine S. Bird teacher, was examined by Bir. O. C. Wight. There are on the roll of this school fifty-nine paps. ot whom twenty-four are females and thirty-five males. forty-two pupils in attendance at the examina- tion yesterday, and the school showed good progress. It was evident that Miss Bird con- ducted her sehool with system, and the order maintained throughout the examination ec- pecially was co good as to receive the appro- bation of the examining committee and the visiters. This school is hela in ihe basement of New Jerusalem Church, North Capitol robbery of two or three counties of Maryland and Pennsylvania of horses and beef cattle. Li looks to us as though on hearing of the fall of Vicksburg and Port Hudson, events destined to follow each other in quick saccession ina very briet period, Lee will realize the tact that nothing is left for his army to do but to seek the fastnesses of the mountain ranges of East Tenn @, Georgia, Upprr South Carolina sad Alabama—the region of Chattanoos: if the rebelliou ioses that refuge as the result Of the full of Vicksburg and Port Hud- son, (Which it must mevitably do if Lee then fais to reiutorce Wragg enormously,) he could not sustaia bisarmy in Virginia forany length of ume. ‘The reader will therefore perceive tha’ set both everin “The Situation? uo make us dubions a< cau here or else ihe end of (he bere i) NAVAL ORDER ‘The following orders were issued to-day Surgeon John L. Fox, detached frorm Chelsea | Hospital and ordered to sloop-of-war Brooklyu Surgeon Samuel Jackeou has been detached from the Brooklyn and ordered North. Surgeon Lewis J. Williams has been detached from Navy Yard, New York, and ordered to | Surgeon A. A. Henderson has been detached | from the Richmond and ordered North. Surgeon G. R. B. Horner bas been ordered to the Navy Yard, New York. Surgeon Jos. Beale has been ordered to tue Naval Hospital at Chelsea, Mass. Lieut. Wm. Whitehead has been ordered to the irou-ciad steamer Passaic. APPOINTMENT OF MEDICAL BXAMINERS. The Commissioner of Pensions has made the followiag appointment of Examining Sur- egd¢ons: Dr. John L. Allen, Saco, Me.; Dr. John Root, Batavia, N. Y.; Dr. Peter Falkner, Erie, Pa.; Dr. J. 5. Grifiths, Huntington, Pa; Dr. George ©, Hildrette, Marietta, Ohio; Dr. gos. W. Redden, Shawneetown, Ind.; Dr. Edward Whinery, Fort Madisen, lowa; Dr. Johnston Lykeus, Kansas City, Mo.; Dr. Delos A. Crane, ‘Holiand Patent, N. Y.; Dr. E. A. Munger, Waterville, N. Y. and totally unfit forsehool purpcses, tirely too small, and, in addition to the school ot Miss Bird, Miss Tucker's se is also held here. last year’s examination we cal ed 5: ‘ial at- tention to the unfitness of this place accom- hoped that a better room will be proc that rights ly. school buildin, this district be a long time before that building is STRAGGLERS. Ten straggiers from our army, picked up on the Potomac by Harwood’s flotilla, reached here thie morning, and were properly dis- posed of by Capt. Todd. completed, Primary School No. 2, Miss Addie thomp. two little girls in this schoo), fi whom were present at the examina’ . Like all the other p: embraces pupils the study of read. write and have progressed as far as long multiplication. The proper of capital letters and punctuation, to a limited ACTING ASSISTANT PROVOST MARSHAL GYNERAL. Major Osear A. Maack, of the U.S. Artil- lery, has been appointed Acting Assistant Provost Marchal General for New Hamp- shire. who have just commenced UENBOLMENT COMPLETED. The Ste of Rhode Island has completed her enzoiment. The enrolment in seyeral other of te New England States will be completed in a couple of days. FLAG OF TRUCK, Fr A fing of trace boat leaves Sixth street wharf school has labored under many disadvan‘ been the frequent change of teachers—the school having had no less than four. It is therefore to Miss Thompson's credit that she has already obtained good control over the pupils, and Rotten arrangement of her classes and the manuver of their recitations ev- idence the fact that she has taken great pains to make her schgpl compare {a vora with aay in the city. While some of the were reciting, there was a slight careless- Ress evinced, but, as a general thing, all were Qttentive. In some of the pri Jessa attention is paid-to reading take on board @ large number ef rebel prisoners for exchange. ph gcer | Se school under nouee: "The Wm. gp ae E. B. Goldsborough, claim- pared favorably ‘with most others, Bat mo ing to be refugees, were before the Provost tided &. disposition to hurry, to skip over Marshal. They will be sent North to take the hard words, @nd to read in bo low a tone as oath, ¥ Lig + | pot to tly uuderstood. Li: REBEL DESERTER, _ i John Matthews, u deserter from the’ rebel | Army, was sent ix by the Potomac Piotilia fen. Gapt. Todd committed him to tae Ota Capicat. wz the number and nature of the questions pro- We would suggest that in future the pro- gramme cf questioning be curtailed, or that the different branches of examination be divided for separate days, slips of the questions being branch separately. Printed. 48 they are now in extenso, on a single sheet, it is found requisite, certainly desirable, to go through with the examination ata single sit- ting, as otherwise the pupils would have op- portumity to prepare them-elves with set an- The oral examinations were entered upon The First District Primary, No. 1, wasexam- ined by Mr. Morsell in the elementary studies, This schooi is taught in the Union engine-house by Miss Emily Robinson. The school is composed of boys, whose ages range from six to ten. There are 59 scholars on the roll, of whom 55 were have been advanced, being transferred to sec- 2, located in the second story of ah V. Triplett, whois a graduate of There were street, & room which is dark, damp and gloomy, tis en- school In our visit to this school at tmodate one hundred children, and itis to be ured, and The completion of the new now in process of erection in remedy the defect, but it will and a better room should be procured at once. son teacher, was examined by Mr.C. W. Davis. There ate twenty-nine little boys and thirty- rimary schools, it alphabet, and those who can in ciphering use extent, is also taught the pupils mere. This the past year, the most serious of which has Santa tegoe re refer-not now to" A. elasses here a4 Primary School trict, Miss J. A. Lee teacher, was e. yesterday afternoon by Mr. J, T. te. The school : tros- |-room, basement of the Sixta isthe geen Church, is well lightedand vea- ta - Some inconvenience is felt from the Toom being occupied by two primi schools, but as partitioning it wonld destroy the present excellent ventilation of the toom, it has been thought advisabie not to make a change. The furniture and ap} ‘tus is good, with the ex- ception of the seating arrangements, which are susceptible of improvemeut. The Boston rimary school chairs, once in vegue st the orth, are ased in this school-room partially, and these are eked out by the uncom: backless “forms,” of which we have @ shud- dering recollection as associated with schooi- boy days. Both styles of seat mentioned will, ‘we learn, be displaced as soon as possible by the modern primary <chool desk- seats. A protuscion of tastefully arraiged natural flowers gave attractiveness to the room quit in keeping with the array of little misses nvatiy clad in white. Of the 60 pupils on the rolls, x were present. There are now 47 outsianding applications for admission at this school. In reading exercises the pupils were fair, the aim of the teacher being apparently to cultivate a distinct, clear utterance at first, and advance to the nicer of modulation from tha: basis. In spelling the pupils were excellent, as they were also in arithmetic, mental and written, to the extent they had progressed; and they seemed to be sufficiently well grounded in their studies to be able to answer with prompti- tude questions out of the line of routine cate- gories. Miss Lee bas those important requisites fora teacher, self- possession and decision. The order here was noticeably good. We were glad tosee a good attendaace of parents and fricnds of the pore, Amongst those present were Mr John Thompson, rincipal of the Fourth District school, and esers. Holmead and Ellis. of the Board of Trustees, these gentlemen joining with Mr. Cassell in expressing their gratification at the condition of the school & book (one of thirteen prizes, given by Mr. Cassell to be awarded to one pupil of each school distinguished fur good moral conduct) was bestowed on Miss Agnes Strobel, the pre- sentation remarks being made by Mr. Ellis, who announced in so doing that forty-four pupils of the school were so equally merito- rious that it was necessary to designate the successiful one by lot. Primary No. % (male,) Miss Sayiile Davi< teacher, was examined by Mr. J. B. Filis, trustee. This scheol is held in the same room as Primary No. 1. Of the 6! pupils on the rol 54 were present. The order here was creditable to Miss Davis, who is & younr teacher, and youthtul teachers, as we have bad occasion to notice, do not always succeed in establishinz « Heaven's first law’ in the school-room, how- ever meritorious they may prove themselves in other respects. In the spelling exercises, with @single exception, every word was given accurately, and in “arithmetic (oraland written) the pupils acquitted themselves quite as hand- somely. In reading, the enunciation was loud and deliberate. The purpose here, as in the scheol last noticed, is apparently to make a good vigorous utterance the groundwork for other progress. We incline to the opinion, however, that unless more attention is paid to modulation, pari possv, an incurable fault may be acquired. The loud monotone is certainly not pleasant to the ear, though of course notso objectionable as the other extreme of hurried, scarcely audible articulation. This school received the warm approbation of the examin- ing trustee and other gentlemen present, and the.examination was concluded by the pre- sentation by Mr. Ellis, with some well-timed remarks, of a Cassell prize to James Wood, for moral conduct, Therecipient was one of three of equal merit, who drew for the prize. Si Wl ask ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT OF CoLUMZIAN ee Fortieth annual commence- ent of Columbian College took place this morning in the Hall of the Smithsonian Insti- tute, and was numerously attended, the seats being thronged rE ladies and gentlemen, friends ofthe pupils. The faculty aoe pe the lat- ter numbering about seventy-five, including those ofthe preparatory department, assem- bled in the room east of the Hall and marched into the seats setapart for them on the platform, and immediately in front. The exercises were commenced with music by the Marine Band, which was stationed in the gallery, and which interspersed the exercises by the performance of appropriate airs. Dr. Samson, President of the College, followed in an appropriate prayer, and the orations of the candidates for the de- grees and contestants of the Davis prize medais were delivered in the following order : The Influence of the Reformation upon Lit- erature, by Thomas S. Samson, of D.C. oat, Human Brotherhood, by John Kingdon, o a The Progress of Self-government, Illustrated in History, by Benj. G. Lovejoy, of D. C. The Eftect of Descartes upon the Thoughi of his Age, by Wm. E. Edmonston, of D. C. The Infiuence of the Study of Nature, by Abner Y. Leech, of D.C. The Religious Element of Man’s Nature, as Contributing Most to the Development of Sci- ence, Art and Literature, by Richard B. Cook, of Md. P: ofoand Learning Not Hosti of F ety, (an essay,) by Rey. s. is Man a Progressive Being? by Wm. F. Mattingly, A. M., of D. C. All the orations were well conceived, and mori of them well delivered. The speakers each were complimented by their fair friends with numberless boquets. The successful contestants for the Davis prize medals for oratory were Abner Y. Leech and Thos. S. Samson, whe received them a! the hands ot Hon. John B. Kerr, of the Atior- ney General's (ftice. Dr. Samson then, in a few remarks, addreseed the following graduates, and bestowed upou them the degree of Bachelor of Arts: Richard B. Cook, of Md.; William E. Edmonst. 5 Abner Y. Leech, of D.U.; Benj. G. joy, of D.C. The degree of Master of Arts was conferred on Rev. Samuel V. Leech, Md., and Wm. F. Mattingly, D.C. The degree of Doctor of Divinity was con- ferred on Revs. H. B. Durand, ot New York, and John Orcut, of Conn. After the benediction had been pronounced the audience dispersed. en ie 4 CHARGE OP PHRIURY.— Yesterday afternoon, Justice Drury held an examination in the case of Robert Barry, arrested by -officer Watts ou the charge of perjury. It appears that Barry was tormerly employed in a wagon train under J. B. Conover, and was discharged by the !atter. Barry went to Col. Baker and com- plained that Conover had sold Government bread over the river, and allowed liquor to be carried in his wagons and given to soldiers. This charge resulted in the dismissal of Con- over from the train. Conover then procured & warrant, charging Barry with perjury, on which he was tried yesterday; but failing to prove it, Barry was dismissed. ike SY CsA LATEST QUOTATIONS—W ASETNEGTON Mon- wy MARKET.—Furnished by Lewis Johnson & Co., Bankers, Coupon 6's, 81, 109% 57-396, 100g; eer Os a) By H ; Rew re tifleates of Indebtedness, 88%; Gold: 14S. Murper.—Last night, a party of colored teamsters were returning to their quarters after afrolic, near Kalorama, when on the road one of them, named Basil Tyler, drew a pistol and shot another named Jno. Pinkney, 8 contra- band, from near Rares as Md, ball en- tering the left breast nbout an inch below the collar bone, causing death in five minutes. Tyler was arrested Ur opcergemes. and con- fined in the First Ward Station House, to await the action of the Coroner's jury of in- quest. pais 5 ESE Ar Hee Ord Tricxs.—Ida Baltic, who has frequent in the police reports for 4 rm and parading the streets with soldiers, was last night arrested by the Second Ward lee for the same offense, and this merning Justice Clayton’ mulcted her in 8 fine of 85. fe ; a 7 Qaiminal Court, Judge Wylic.—This morn- ing, in the case of Joseph Van Reswick, in- dicted fur assault and battery, @ nolic pros. was entered. Samuel Shirleck, charged with robbing Wm. Heady, a sick soldier, of twenty,dollars, on tha highway, is on trial. ° AFFAIES IN GEORGETOWN, [Oorrespondence of the Star.} GzorerrowR, June 24, = wharf proper recent, occupied by Mr. Jos. G. Waters, ox: Water accents is under- Tthasheen 5 War. Halt LAT gla Ot = shes; £4 preparing i oe ~- Barton Stanreck was arrested The arrival Se tmeage te oa Sac are ag OWS :—Schr. 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