The New York Herald Newspaper, May 29, 1863, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON OFFICE N. W. CORN! NASSAU STS. Volume XXVIII. AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING NIBLO'S GARDEN, Broadway. —Iraniaw Wire. WALLAOK’S THEATER, Broadway.—Tux S1tancrn. WINTER GARDEN, Broadway.—Evausa Orexa—Or- PURUS. LAURA KEENL'S ATRE, Broadway.—Kina oF Cc uss—Jocko—La Bogustieus. NEW BOWERY THEATRE, * Bowory,—Jeaxn Runt— Livy or tur Lakk—Vaganoxy. BOWERY THEATRE. Bowery.~Macantar—My Auxt— JcuOoLMasTER—YOUNG Amzuica. BARNUM’S AMERICAN MUSEUM, Broadway. —Grm. ArREN, and Byen- Tom Teums axp Wi, Com, Nort axon Minnie atallhoure Orriams ov VaLyeiae—Af lechunics’ Hall, 672 Broad. LESQUES, Dances. &6.—B.ack TS’ MINSTRELS. 1OPIAN SONGS, Bi WOOD'S MINSTREL HALL, 514 Broadwav.—Ergioriay FORGS, DANCES, &C.—RUNNING TU BLOCKADE. THE NEW IDEA. 485 Broadway.—Sonas. Burixsaues, sALLeTs, k0.—liUNOHBACK—SOUTHEEN REFUGER. AMERICAN THEATRE. ‘aNTOMIMES, BURLESQUES, MUSE'M OF ANATOMY, 618 Broadway.—Cuniositizs, Woxpxis ax Lyorurns, from 9 A. M, tilllOP. M. HOOLEY’S OPERA HOUSE, Brooklyn.—Brmorux Sones, Daxces, Bunuxsauzs, &c. ‘i BROOK LYN ATHEN£ZUM.—Camrnguy’s Minsraats, No, 446 eB. = Broadway.—Bat.rrs, New York, Friday, May 29, 1863, THE SITUATION. The latest official news from Vicksburg still remains as we first announced it—only up to Fri- day night at nine o’clock—just a week ago. Sev- eral reports from rebel sources and others have reached us since, and have been published in or- der as they arrived. Vicksburg is not yet taken, as far as any reliable accounts testify. A des- patch to Mobile from Jackson, Mississippi, dated on Sunday last, says that firing was heard in the vicinity of Vicksburg (forty-five miles off) up to nine o'clock that morning, and had then ceased. The same despatch states that on that morning the Twentieth Mississippi regiment (monnted) dash- ed into Raymond, ‘capturing four hundred pri- soners, that fourteen were sent to Mobile and that the rest, being sick or wounded, were paroled. The rebel journals appear to gain confidence day by day. The Richmond Whig of the 27th says that the news from Vicksburg up to Thursday evening, the 21st, was most encouraging for the rebels. It quotes the Mobile Register to show that the city of Vicksburg can only be reduced by very slow operations, that Joe Johnston is in the rear of General Grant witha largely increasing force, and that he may be compeiled to raise the siege by cutting off his supplies. It is reported from Cairo that one portion of General Banks’ army had arrived at Warrenton, on the Mississippi river, a short disfince helow Vicksburg. There is some interest to-day in our news from the vicinity of the Rappahannock—not that Gene- ral Hooker has made any advance movement, but that the enemy is in motion, their trains being ob- served moving towards Culpepper, followed by heavy column of troops. General Lee, it is said, has issued an address to his army congratu- lating them upon their past achievements and foreshadowing s raid into Maryland. He tells them that they are to have long and rapid marches through a country without railroads, and calls upon every man to be prepared for the severest hardships. Considcrable anxiety prevailed in Alexandria yesterday, upon the report that Stuart's rebel cavalry were about to make a raid upon that city. All the male contrabands were forced by the Pro- vost Marhal to work in constructing new intrench- ments there, The raids of the rebel privateers on the ocean are more daring and destructive than ever. The story which we publish to-day from Captain Pot- ter, of the ship Oneida, gives a stirring account of the proceedings of the Alabama and Florida, act- ing in conjunction, recently, which involve the destruction of no less than pine vessels, namely:— The Oneida, Louisa Hatch, Nora, Charles Hill, Commonwealth, Henrietta, Lafayette, Kate Cory and Kingfisher, in all making five ships, two barks, one brig and aschooner. We give sketches of the differsnt versels above ‘alluded to. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. The steamship America, Captain Maury, from Greytown, Nicaragua, arrived at this port yestor- day, with passengers from San Francisco. The misunderstanding between the Transit Company and the government of Nicaragua has been amica- bly adjusted. The letter of our correspondent, in another column, explains the position of affairs. The steamship Kangaroo, from Liverpool 15th and Queenstown 16th inst., arrived at this port last night. Her advices have been anticipated, ‘the Friend of China of the Mth of March says:—An Envoy Extraordinary and i’lenipoten- tiary from Denmark has recently arrived here, on his way to Pekin, where he is to negotiate a treaty with the Chiaese government. The Danish gov- ernment has, for this important mission, chosen an experienced diplomatist—Colonel de Raasloff— who, for a number of years, and until very recent- ply and successfully represented Denmark in United § A letter from March, say considera nghac, China, of the 25th of authorities are making 3 toward the démenstra- tion to be made before Osaca, Japan, in demand- ing redress for the murder of the late Mr, Rithard- son, an sramored that the Japanese are also making preparations to defend their ports, by buying up steamers, arms, &e. Several veasels are being taken up for the con nee of coals to Ja- pan for the use of her Britannic Majesty's ships, and altogether it looks rather mncertain how long the present friendly relations between the two govern: ments may last. A letter from Kanagawa, Japan, | of the Lith of March, says:—A renewed Vemand had suddenly sprang up for the purchase of foreign vesse!s, and the following had been sold to the government:—Brilish steamer City of Hankow, 240 tons, $100,000; British steamer Nankin, 150 tons, $45,000; British brig Lanrick, 264 tons, £20,000, and’ American schooner Wanderer, 175 tons, $10,000. It was expected that the Japanese government would have trouble with the English authorities, growing out of the late murder of Mr, Richardson. Ff The boilers of the steamtug John A. Crawford “nloded outside of Chicago harbor on the 24th killing Capt. Ozier, John Dunham, engineer, ‘rd Conghlin, Nicholas McCarty was The boat sunk, arsh, of Company C, First battal cavalry, is under sentence to be desertion, at Fort Trumbull, New 148 | | London harbor. He is only twenty-one years old, | | and belongs to Preston. The Board of Councilmen did not organize last evening, for want of a quorum, Long before the , hour for the meeting of the Board the lobby was crowded with street cleaners who have been em- ployed under the Hackley contract, and more re- cently by the City hispector. They have notre- | ceived any pay for periods varying from two to ten weeks. According to the statementsof many of them, their families are literally starving. The Comptroller refuses to sign the warrants for the work done under the direction of the City Inspeo- tor, as that officer has not the legal right to per- form it, The warrants for the work done under the Hackley contract have not received the Comptroller’s signature, in consequence of the non-fulfilment of the terms of the contract. The men became exasperated on finding that nothing was to be done for them in the Board of Council- men last evening, and stigmatized the members as thieving politicians, &c. The police were finally called in, and the lobby was promptly cleared. A meeting in behalf of the institution No. 344 Sixth avenue, which is devoted to the care of the children of deceased and disabled soldiers, was held last evening at the Cooper Institute, where there was @ fair attendance of the patrons of the institution. About fifty children were on the plat- form, several of whom recited some choice pieces of poetry and prose. The Hutchinson Family in- terspersed the exercises with vocal and instru- mental music, The institution is in a flourish- ing condition, and will in time become very ser- viceable. The number of inmates in the public institutions of the city St present is 6,427—an increase of fifty-six for the past week. The number admitted was 1,756, and the number removed from various causes wan 1,700. The Hon. Daniel &. Dickinson, Attorney Gene- ral, appeared as counsel for the United States, in conjunction ,with Messrs. E. D. Smith and Ethan Allen, in an important revenue case, involving $50,000, which resulted yesterday in a verdict against the government. Messrs. Sidney Webster and J. B. Craig were counsel for the claimants. An action for slander and false imprisonment, at the suit of Mrs. Currier, wife of a wholesale leather merchant, against Mr. Pierson, one of the firm of Ubsdell, Pierson & Lake, has occupied the Superior Court for the past two days. The lady complained that she had been falsely arrested on a charge of shoplifting. The jury, after being in deliberation several hours, failed to agree on the amount of damages, though shey were unanimous that she should be remunerated in some degree. Their estimates of damages varied from $500 to $10,000, On a recent occasion another extensive mercantile firm was assessed in damages to the amount of $4,000 for a similar offence. ‘The stock market was lower at the opening, on the fa- vorabie news from Vicksburg, yesterday. Gold eM at 1433, but closed at five o'clock at 14374. Exchange was done at 1572158. Money was easy on call at 5a6 per cent. Stocks at tho second board and at the four o’clock P. M. call were better. Cotton was a shade highor yesterday, with a somewhat bettor inquiry, Breadstuffs continued in good request, and there was a further rise of 1c. a 2c. per bushel in prices of grain, with a partia! improvement in flour, The business in the loading provisions was fair; pork was lower; lard and beef were doing better. The inquiry for meta's, oils, hops, seeds and groceries was limited, though buyers bad any existing advantage. Less activity was dis- cornib!c in tallow, which was rather cheaper. Whiskey Tepe over, with meters epeencn Vicksburg. We have not yet the satisfaction of announc- ing to our readers the fall of the rebel strong- hold of Vicksburg; but from all accounts from both sides the good news cannot be much lon- ger delayed. Our official reports’ from Union sources are down to Friday evening last, the 22d, at which time, after a very sanguinary day’s fight, the rebels had been driven back into their last line of intrenchments. The batteries above and be- low the town kad been captured. Unofficial reports to the 25th state that the siege was pro- gressing and Gen. Grant gaining on the enemy. Gen. Pemberton’s latest official despatches, .which we obtain from the Richmond papers, are dated the 20th and 21st. On the 20th he reports that our forces had been repulsed, and that the spirits of the besieged army were sus- tained by representations that General Joe Johnston was moving upon the rear of General Grant with’ a large force; but in the same report the Union army is represented as amounting to at least sixty thousand men. In his despatch of the 21st, eight P. M., General Pemberton says that a brisk firing had been kept up throughout the. day, and that “during the last two days transports with troops have gone up the river, their destination un- known.” The material points in this official informa- tion from the enemy are, first, the strength of General Grant’s army, which is perfectly satisfactory; and, secondly, those transports going up the river with troops. Those trans- ports, we have no doubt, carried up to the sup- port of General Grant the rear guard and the eubsistence stores which he had left at his base of supplies in his advance from Grand Gulf, some thirty or forty miles below Vicksburg, for Jackson. Hi » secured the more eligible base of the ‘of the Yazoo river, close at hand, Genera? Grant has simply withdrawn his reserves and supplies from Grand Gulf, having no further use for them at that point. In the next place, from the fact that these transports with troops, for two days, against the heavy current of the Mississippi, bad been passing by the river batteries of Vicksburg, it is evident that those batteries had been silenced, or that the rebels were so hotly pressed in their rear that they had been compelled to abandon the river front alto- gether. We have a flying rebel report from Jackson as late as Sunday last, to the effect that a heavy cannonade (doubtless meaning from Vicks- burg) had been heard at Jackson down to nine o'clock of the morning of that day, when it had ceased. As Jackson is about forty-five miles from Vicksburg, a cannonading at the one point, to be heard at the other, must have been heavy; but there may be something in this report, and Sunday—the day of all the days of the week signalized by the great events of this war—may have sealed the fate of Vicksburg. Let us wait in patience; for we believe that all anxieties upon the subject will soon be at an end. Wuere Are tae Porrcr ?—Pickrockers.— Never before, since New York has been a city, have there been so many pickpockets operating on its inhabitants as now, Wherever there isa public gathering numerous thefts are committed by these light fingered gentry. At the great race between General Butler and George M. Patehen, on Wednesday last, they were out in force, amd so bold were they in their operations that a couple of them would seize a man while a third would rob the victim of his watch and wallet, Some provision should be made to have de- tectives who know all these rogues in attend-. ance, and arrest the thieves as fast as they show themselves among gentlemen. | shall not be employed on the works, and that | NEW YORK HERALD, Anoruxe Dirricvury vor THE Emperor Naro.eon.—An immense sensation bas been created in Paris by tbe publication of & despaich from the for Foreign Affairs, in which he declares that the Sultan cannot sanction the construc- tion of the Suez canal, saving on the condi- tions that the great Powers shall guarantee the neutrality of the canal, that forced labor | the company shal! abandon all claim to the ad- joining lands. But if these conditions are not fulfilled the Porte will be willing to return the money already expended by the company, and will then concert measures with the Viceroy of Egypt for the completion of the works, This, if persisted in, will be a great blow to the Emperor Napoleon. He has ever betrayed intense anxiety that the Suez canal should be completed as soon as possible, and his official and semi-official journals have, on all occasions, lauded the enterprise as one certain to redound to the credit and glory of France. It was fore- shadowed by these journals that, once the canal completed, the commerce of England would be forced to pay tribute to France—in fact, that all the world would choose this as the shortest route to the East, and that, the canal being owned bya French company, of course the whole profit of the enterprise would go to in- crease the commercial greatness of the empire. England has at all times shown the greatest hostility to the Suez canal scheme, and has done all in her power to prevent its construction by the French. It is plainly to be seen that the present move of the Sultan of Turkey is a direct result ot the intrigues and influence of England. Embarrassed by the Mexican expedition and by the Polish question, Napoleon HL. will find it a most difficult matter now to deal with the Sultan, who would not have issued such a despatch as above cited unless he bad previous- ly consulted the Viceroy of Egypt and obtain- ed from him entire adhesion to such a course of policy. It will be borne in mind that last year the Viceroy was on a visit to their Majesties of France; and, that after that he visited Queen Victoria and remained some two months at the Court of St. James. We may naturally sup- pose that England’s crafty Premier, Palmers- ton, improved the occasion to sound the Egyptian prince upon the subject of the Suez canal, and that he caused the Viceroy to com- prehend the danger of allowing France to keep possession of such ashort cut to England’s possessions in India. The result is one that will sadly embarrass Napoleon. Will he submit to the requirements of the Sultan or will he refuse? In that case Turkey and Egypt, backed by England, will no doubt put an immediate stop to the works, unless, indeed, the idea is to seize upon the canal, now that it is so nearly completed, even at the risk of a war with France. Were Napoleon to submit to the de- mands made by the Sultan his loss of prestige wonld bé enormous. Still he may do this, and allow the great Powers to pronounce the neu- trality of the canal, rather than make any re- sistance, and see it, if he failed, fall into the hands of England, which Power would surely manage somehow to obtain possession. of the canal. The toils are decidedly closing around the man of destiny. He finds all his movements slowly but surely urMermined by English in- trigue, and ere long he will see formed against him that alliance or coalition which destroyed the great Napoleon. We Mave pointed out to the Emperor of the French an escape from the machinations of England, and we predict his speedy ruin unless he follow our advice and obtain an alliance with the government of the United States. We could and would easily rid him of the deadly enmity of England, which is constantly undermining his power and accom- plishing his ruin. Let him throw her alliance to the dogs, and make her openly show her hos- tility, which now she covers up under the cloak of an entente cordiale. Swa Stonats Orr Care Race—Enouisa Jeat- ovsy or AmertcaN Exterrrist.—The discus- sion which took place in the House of Com- mons on the causes that led to the loss of the Anglo-Saxon steamship offers another curious illustration of the narrow minded jealousy by which the men at the head of affairs in England are animated towards this country. In reply to a question from Mr. Dawson as to whether the government had ever refused permission for the use of Daboll’s fog trumpet at Cape Race, Mr. Milner Gibson admitted, that the newspaper press of New’ York had made a pro- posal to erect the trumpet, but “it was not thought desirable that a foreign company should occupy a site within British territory.” Now, the fact is that Englishmen were as much interested in the project as Americans. Fore seeing the objections that would be raised to it, the New York press applied’ to the Cunard, the Liverpool and New York and the Montreal and Liverpool steam companies, as well as to the various boards of underwriters, for their concurrence in the undertaking, and all sub- scribed liberally to it. So far, therefore, as nationality of interests was concerned, neither in the composition of the subscription lists nor in the objects sought to be necomplished could anything be fairly alleged against it on this score. But, even if the undertaking had beon confined to the New York press, the ob- jections urged against it by Mr. Gibson are not the less ill-placed and ungrateful. The press of this city is not a commercial company seeking to make profits out of the enter- prise. And seeing whut it so recently did for the Anglo-Saxon, by sending its boats to take off her passengers, it deserved something more than this curt and ungracious notice at the hands of the President of the English Board of Trade. There is another statement of his which we cannot allow to pass without reply. He cays that there is no certainty that the fog signal in question is of 8 good description and likely to answer the objects proposed. This is not so. It has been employed for years at New London, and has never been found unequal to its task, To guard, however, against all possibility of an accident interrupting its ¢Mciency at Race, it was the intention of the press to have two caloric engines constructed for it, so that in case of one getting out of order the otter would bo in readiness to work it, We see by the Liverpool Mercury that an- other signal pian has been started, under the title of the Cape Race Electric Telegraph and Light Company. The object is stated to be to build and station a lightship near Cape Race to intercept the Ame‘ican mail steamers, and to get their news by a submarine electric cable stretched from the ship to the land. This is a purely comme reial speculation, and we do not exavlly see how 'tis going to pay. In any case Turkish Minister | FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1863. it will not be without opposition; for if it is carried out the New York preas will immedi- ately put on newer and more powerful boats, which will beat down all competition of the _ kind Tux Reset Privateers Hunrina w Cov- pies—Tuem Terrie Deprepations.—By in- | telligence wh‘ch we publish in another column, | it will be perceived that Captain Potter, of the ship Oneida, a passenger in the Wm. M. Dodge, from Pernambuco on the 3d instant, arriving at Philadelphia yesterday, reports nine vessels, including bis own, destroyed by the Alabama and the Florida. Their last ex- ploit was on the 29th of April, beyond the Line—namely, latitude 1 40 eouth, longitude 29 west, A short time ago we published a map of tbe ocean, with the latitude and longitude, exhibit- ing the tracks of the Alabama and the Florida from the time they left Liverpool till their last appearance. At that time these vessels were Woking for each other among the West Indies, 60 as to form a junction and prowl in company, in order to render them the more efficient in destructiveness and the better able to resist the attack of a single federal cruiser. By the intelligence which we publish to-day, it seems that they are now together and making numerous victims. By a single arrival we learn that they captured and destroyed the follow- ing vessels:—The Oneida, Henrietta, Louisa Hatch, Nora, Commonwealth, Charles Hill, Lafayette, Kate Cory.and Kingfisher. The list we lately published contained the names ef more than a hundred merchant vessels destroyed by various privateers since the beginning of the war. The whole number now ascertained, besides those of which we have as yet heard nothing, is one hundred and feurteen. The value of the property so destroyed, without en- riching the enemy, cannot fu:l short of twelve millions of dollars. Nor is the direct loss the greatest injury that is done to the American shipping interest. The high rates of insurance upon American bottoms and cargoes are fast driving 0: commerce from the ocean. If it was difficult’to capture one of these pri- vateers be »re, it is more difficult now, when both prey on our merchant marine together. Admiral Wilkes, with the fast sailing Vander- bilt and the rest of his squadron, has been vory unsuccessful; nor is it likely that he will be more successful hereafter. It was recently announced by the Southern journals that in future the various rebel cor- sairs would form a flect, so as to be irresistible. But the probability is that several squadrons of them will be formed. The Alabama and Flo- rida are the nucleus of the first, and we may expect soon to hear from them again. The President cannot fail to see what de- struction has been dealt to our commerce, and that further destruction awaits it, while the Secretary of the Navy has done nothing “effec- tual to arrest the career of the destroyers. If Mr. Lincoln is unwilling to remove Mr. Welles, and put im his place a younger and more ener- getic man, equal to the emergency, he ought at least to appoint an active assistant who would properly attend to the business of the depart- ment, and by his success in sweeping the pri- vateers from the ocean enable the venerable Rip Van Winkle complacently to stroke his long white beard wherever he goes. Some- thing is necessary to be done soon, not only to protect our commerce, but to redeem our naval power from disgrace in permitting such depre- dations. i Unoraterot.—tThe six hundred soldiers who were sent to the Loyal League Convention at Utica have, we understand, cost its republican managers a heavy sum. Between railroad fares and hotel expenses agood many thousands were expended uponthem. And for all this what was the return? Tumultuous demonstrations on the part of these brave fellows in honor of their old eommander—McClelian. Cuotce Reaprxe For Tax Rey. Dr. BetLows— The report of the Jordan-Boucicault case in London, which we publish in another column this morning. Tur Derartwent or Norra Caronina.—By in- advertence some paragraphs from the correspond- ent of the Associated Press in Newbern, N.C., were attached to the letter from our special cor- respondent atthe same place, published in yes- terday’s Hexatp. The paragraphs referred to were atthe end of the report, and came under the head of “General News.”’ While our special correspondents are ready to assume the responsi- bility of their own statements, we do not wish them, nor should they be, held responsible for the statements of others, whether made from praise- worthy or melicious motives. Heavy Forgery of Drafts. Several forged drafts, signed F. G. Adams, of Chicago, aud drawn on Thompson Brothers, of New York, were detected yesterday, including ove for $4,300 received from Washington. Messrs. Thompson state that they have seen $20,000 of the forged drafts thus far, coming from Philadeiphia, Baltimore and Washington, They suppose the rogues are now at work elsewhere. AKREST OF THE ALLEGED FORGER IN PHILADELPMIA. Panapeurma, May 28, 1863, A man calling himself Charles G. Norton, was arrested to-day, charged with forging drafts of F. Granger Adams, of Chicag», amounting to $50,000, and attempting to get thom cashed by Jay Cooke and Riggs & Co., of Washing- ton, and the different bauks of Baltimore, Upon his per- son was found a genuine check for nearly $1,500, drawn by Taylor Brothers, of New York, on the Marine Hank, in favor of Lindsay, Chittick & Co, Tho endorsomeot was forged. The prisoner was formorly a clerk of Harrold, ‘Williams & Co., of this city. ‘Theatrical. - NIBLO’S GARDEN, ‘Miss Rateman, who has been playing Goraliine to crowded houses tor the past two evenings, appears to- night as Bianca in “The Italian Wi'e.”” To-morrow night she takes her farewell benefit, and leaves next week for Europe. Her admirers have, therefore, but two nights loft to show their appreciation of her talonts. LAURA KERNR’S. Mrs. English bas added a farce company to her attrac- tions, and now gives a farce, two pantomimes, tight rope performances and a variety of miscellaneous ontertain- ments every evening. There is certainly no piace in the city, except perhaps Barnum's, where the amusement. seeker can obtain as much for bis money as at this thoa- tre, All of the performances improve with repetition, ‘and the establishment ts very well conducted, BOSTON THRATRE, Mra. D. P. Bowers is playing Lady Audley and Aurora @ioya in the dramatizations of Miss Braddon's novels. ‘The Yoston papers praise ber very bighly, one of them declaring that #be has ‘the face, the figure, the voice, the beoring of au eminent actress.” We suppose that thie te intended to be Ag han grnmaggad irs. Bowers ew York tion she brings with her from Kngland will give ber the success of curtosity at least, ent must do the rest. ‘ vorRian. Mr. and Mrs, Charles Kean are performing at the Princess’, London, Nothing (urther is sad of their visit to this country, A little comely, catled “Tae Wooden Spoonmakor,”” by Messrs. Brough and Halliday, bas been sucecasfully produced at the Adelphi, with Mr. Webster in the princi el character. “The fuke's Motto” has sod ie one hundredth night A new burlesque, by Be Taylor, called “Ili-treated 1! Trovators,”” 19 in re- hearsal at the Olympic. Mr, Sothern has engagement at Birmingham with great etn. to the Haymarket, London on the 20th of Decomber neat, aud his engagomonts are fully arranged up to that date © Miny months, and the FROM WASHINGTON. NEWS H Wasmnctox, May 28, 1863, | IMPORTANT REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF THE COAST SURVEY-—TUE LINE OF SBA COAST BLOCKADED BY THE UNION FLEETS. The following roport from the Superintendent of the ; Coast Survey will show more fully than has boretofore been done the great extent of coast which is required to be blockaded, and the largo number of barbors and intots that have to be watched by the blockading equidron, Of late tho rebels have resorted extensively to the employment of small vessels, drawing less than six feet, with which they oan run into shoal inlets, whero it is very difloult for the blockading veasels to follow them, Under all the circumstances the compara: tively small quantity of goods that geta through the blockade is rather a cause of surprise than the contrary. Coast Survey Orrick, May 26, 1863, Apminar—I have the honor to send herewith, in com- plisnce with your letter of April 3, 1863, the following btatements, prepared in this office, appended to the in- quiries contained in that letter:— ‘ Firsd—The length of the coast of the United States now under blockade by our navai forces, beginning at the city of Alexandria, Va.,and going down the Potomac river and Chesapeake Bay to Cape Henry, and thence continu- ee the outer line of the seacoast around the pevin- sula of Florida as far as the Rio Grande, this line to crows the rivers and harbors in the direction of the coast. The line thus measured is thirty-five hundred and forty-nine statute miles, Second—The number of openings in this line of coast, whether rivers, bays, harbors, inlets, sounds, passes orother, There are one hundred and eighty-nine open- Sy Moe of which the measure has juet been given. ‘Tho classificativn of these openings aocordiug to the depth of water oo the bars at their entrance uncer three faliowing distinctions, six, tweive and eighteon fect curves, as they are drawn on the charts of the coast by the United States Coast Survey. ‘The classification of these | is as follows:—At mean high water the number of openings under six feet in depth ts forty-five; between six fect and twelve feot in depth, seventy; tween twelve feet and cixhtcon feet in depth, forty two; over eighteen feot in depth, thirty-two. Very FeapOmeahys Teese, A. D, BACHE, perintendent U. 8. Coast Survey. To Rear Admiral Davis, U. 3. N., Chief of Bureau of Navigation, ARMY PROMOTION. Captain Stophen H, Weed is to be made a brigadier general for his services in the battle of the “Wilderness.” Though only a captain he commanded sixty pieces of artil- lery on that occasion. Ho is considered one of the very best officers in the army. NAVAL ORDERS. Captain Daniel B. Ridgely is ordered to the command of the steam sloop Shenandoah, Captain Theodore P. Groen has been detached from the command of the Shenandoah and ordered to the command of the steamer Santiago de Cuba, to relieve Commander Robert H. Wyman. Lieutenant Commander Thomas C. Harris is ordered to the command of the Penguin, to relieve Commander J. C. Williamson. Lieutenant J. H. Rowland, Acting Master John W. Bont- Jey and Acting Assistant Paymaster C. M. Guild are ordered to the steam sloop Shenandoah. BXAMINATION OF OFFICERS OF NEGRO REGIMENTS. ‘The Board appointed to examino officers desiring to be appointed for colored troops is composed as follows:— Major General Casey, United States Volunteers: Colonel J.H. Holman, First ‘United States cavalry; Licutenant 8. H. Lathrop, Assistant Inspector General, Captain J. B. Campbell and Captain R. T. Auchmuty. THE THIRTIRTH NEW YORK GOING HoME. The Thirtieth New York regiment passed through this city to day, en route for Troy, N. ¥., to be mustered out, their term of service having oxpired. It has participated in many of the engagemenis of the last two years, and has suffered severely, heving had six officers, and ninety- four men killed, and twelve officers and t.79 bundred and nineteen men wounded in action. BUREAU FOR THE ORGANIZATION AND OFFIOERING OF COLORED TROOPS. An order was officially promulyated to-day for the es- tablishment of » bureau in the War Department espectal- ly to attend to the organization and officering, kc., of colored troops. LEFT FOR EUROPE. ‘Tho clergyman who loft Aloxandria for Enrope is the Rey. Mr. Stewart. He is tho same gentleman who was arrested about a yoar ago, while officiating in St, Paul's church, by Col, Farnsworth, aud about whom much was said in tho newspapors at that time. THE DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE. Resolutions on the War, Peac Arbitrary Arrests—How the Political Campaign is to be Carried On, &c. Atnany, May 2%, 1863, Tke Democratic State Contral Commitiee met at the Telavan House to-day tor the purpose of marking out their course for the coming campaign. There wore quite @ number of outsiders present to help run the machine. The Committee assembied at one o'clock, and, after a short consultation, appointed a sub-committee on resol. tions aud business to bo brought before thom, and then adjourned. : It is understood that they will not say anything about Vallandigham, but adopt a resolution condemning the tom of military arrests in States where war is not raging as an unsafe and dangerous precedent. They will proba- biy decide upon the organization of constitutional Clubs thronghout the State, as an offset Lo the Leagues of the republicans. The committee finally adopted a series of resolutions, nearly as reported by the enb-committee, by a w mous vote. They reaffirm the resolution adopted Inst fall by the Stato Convention, declaring that they will sustain the government with men and means in the prosecution of the war by all constitutional means, believing that jastrament furnishes sufficient power for that purpos:; second, that while they are anxious that peace shall again bo restored to the country, they are opposed toasettloment on any basis that does not restore tho whole country under the constitution as it is, and do- rounce all and any attempts tg bring bout settlement oy the dissolution of the Union; and that be have mo more confidence im the ability the present administration to bring about a beneficial to the whole country than expe- Peace rience has shown that they have the ability to wage a suocessful war: oppose the peace movements, fearing that the party in power would take advantage of such a movement as @ protext for a dishoncrable peace; they denounce the system of arbitrary arrests, on the ground that It estabii: an unsafe and dangerous precedent— one that will be ruisous to the country. They aiso en- dorsed Governor Se; "s lato totter. The above points cover the subject of the resolutions. They further recommend the organization of constitu. tional clubs throughout the stato, instead of their usual plan of conducting the campai-n. ‘The proceedings were perfectly harmonious throughout, and all appeared to entertain #ame opinion in regard to their duties at the present time. It was expectod that ent of ort week, Dut’ they put thele face against movement but tl it their ‘all such movements. nbishs — It is understood that the Governor has signed all the Dilla that he intonds to. Among those left unacted upon ed New York Cross Town Railroad and the Gold Naval Operations in North Cardlina ‘Waters. Wasatyatom, May 28, 1863. ‘The following report from Admiral Leo was received at the Navy Department to-day:— Unrrap States Fiacsnre Orr Newrort's News, Va. MINNESOTA, , May rata, } Sm—A from Lieutenant Com Flosser, dated May 6, has information of recent naval operations in Albemarle Sound and its tributary streams. Acting Volunteer Lieutenant French, who was sent with the Pe prog os to cruise about the eastern cud of the Sound to break up the contrabind trade there, under date of the 6th instant reported to Lieutenant Commander Flusser that on taining some 600 pounds of tobacco, sailed and owned by 8 Mr. Sawner, of Edenton, who acknowiedged himself a rebel. ie was bound to Nag’s Head after goods. In the Alligator river he reports that he captured or de- stroyed roveral boats which were engayed in Micit trac, and seized on shore, in differen a & yy perfectly sed as dey ‘The Vailey City was sent up the Chowan river on the 4th instant Her commander reports the ape de. struction of several boats, (ne dispersion of pickets and capture of their arms. He ascended as far ns the State line, On his return be sent Acting Ens! J. Cutla. | tin on shore with on armed boat's crew rist mill of J, B. Harr, whion, he learned st on tbe premises, was grinding corn wi papers for the rebol 2 = c 2 = ketry, shell, grape and canoer, itis 861, © nunber of the rebels, Lies t Commander Flusser reports that lately, when at Hartiord, on juiman’s river, ass in provisions their army 8u Lo we oS Hee aes the Roanoke river ters: sailors, captured ‘mon, with thoir arms, tn which affair Mr Benson, of the Commodore I was soveroly , Rot i wouned H+ arike ball ue soouiter, a Commanding Non, ie Blosenatag Squadron, te Gannon WUD, of the Navy, Washine: THE REBEL PRIVATEERS» THe Alabama and Florida Again at Work. Five Ships, Two Barks, One Brig and a Schooner Destroyed. The Ships Oneida, Louisa Hatch, Nora, Charles Hill and Commonwealth; Barks Henrietta and Lafayette; Brig Kate Cory and Schooner Kingfisher Burned . at Sea, i, _&, Pamapairara, May 28, 1863. The brig Wm. M. Dodgo, from Pernambuco on the 34 fost., has arrivea hero, Captain Potter, of the ship Oneida, is ® passenger, aud reports that the Onoida was destroyed by the Florida, From Captain Potter we learn that tho Onoida was bound from Shanghao for New York, and was captured and destroyed by the Florida on the 29th ult., im tats tudo 1 40 south, longitude 29 west. At the same time he saw on firo the bark Henriotia, from Baltimore for Rio Janeiro, likewise the work of the Florida. Captain Potter ascertained that a few days prior to his capture the Alabama had, iu company with the Florida, captured and destroyed the following vessels:— Ship Louisa Hatch, Captain Grant, from Cardiff for he, Singapore. Ship Nora, Captain Adams, trom Liverpool, February 14, for Calcutta, Ship Charlos Hit!, Captain Percival, from Liverpool for Montevideo. In addition to these they had jointly captured and de- stroyed the following whalers:-— Bark Lafayotte, of New Bedford, Captain Lowi, Brig Kate Cory, of Westport, Captain Flanders. Schooner Kingshor, of Fairhaven. The Ship Commonwealth Captured by the Alabama. ‘The ship Commonwealth, of New York, Captain McLet- Iau, from Now York March 19, for Sau Fraucisco, wae captured by the Alabama previous to the 24th ult, flow the Orews of the Captured Ships Were Disposed of. ‘The Oneida and Henyigtia were taken by the Floriaa, and their crews transferred tothe Freuch bark Bremua- tie, which vessel landed them at Pernambuco on the 1st instant. Provious to the 26th ultimo the Brazilian schooner Sergifrons, (rom the isiand of Fernando de Norcnha—e Brazilian penal colony—arrivod at f’ornambuoo, bringing about sixty men, the crews of the vther vessels, who had been deposited on the island by the Alabama, to whom, it appears, the credit is due fur the capture of them all. ‘The majority of she officers of the captured vossols de- parted for the United Statvs by the way of England. Particulars of the Vessels, &c. The following are the particulars of the vossels an@ their cargoes:— ” SHIP ONEIDA. ‘The Onvida was a very old vessel, having been built in ‘New Bod‘ord in 1832; was 420 tons register, rated Al}, and was owned by: F.'Hathaway,o’ this city. She was many years employed in the trade between this city and Can- ton, and was subsequently engaged in the Whaling busi- ness for a number of years, since when she was {ully re- fitted for the merchant service, She sailed from Shangha on the 22d of January for New York, and hid a cargo of 314,630 pounds of young hyson, 10,735 pounds of hyson, 60,836 pounds of twaukay, 33,406 pounds of imperial, an@ 63 302 pounds of gunpowder, making a total of 482,908 pounds of green teas on board, The consignees wore Bucklin & Crane, Aymar & Co., Baring Brothors & Uo., Duncan, Sherman & Cb., and others. The vessel and cargo wore valued at about half ® miition dollars, whice was fully covered by insurance. m SUIP LOUISA MATOT. ‘The ship Louisa Hatch sailed from Cardiff on the 34 of March for Singapore, and was spokoa on the 27th of that month in latitude 4 20 north, longitude 26 west, and was Probably shortly afterwards captured. She was 843 tons register, rated Al},, and was owned by C. W. McLoon, of Rockland, where she was built in 1866. SHIP NORA. Tho Nora was @ fine now vessel, having been built last year in Bangor, where she was owned. Sho was 925 tons regis'er, and ratet Al. SHIP CHARLES HILL, ‘Tho Charies Hill sailed from Liverpool February 3 for Montevideo. Sho was owned in Newburyport, where she was Duilt in 1849, was 699 tons register, and rated A2, ‘The Charles Hill had sait tu ber hold and an assorted car- go between decks. There was no jusurance on the ship, as the owners considered that her having an koglah cargo would protect her, SHIP COMMONWEALTH. The ship Commonwealth, Captain McLellan, sniled from New York Murch 19 for Sav Francisco, with a full cargo of general merchandise, which, with the versel, was ‘worth at least $300,000, and was fully insured. The ship was owned by Messrs. Dunbar d& Culby, of this city, whe recently bought her. She was built at Newburyport im 1854, was 1,345 tons rogistor , and rated Al}. BARK HENKIETTA, ‘The bark Henrietta, Captain Brown, wuflod from Baltt- pore on the 20th of March for Rio Janviro, and was burned on the-2¥th of April, She probably had a cargo of flour principally, The Henrietta wus built at Baltimore in 1856, whore she was owned by T. Whitridge; was 437 tous register, and rated Al. BARK LAFAYETTE, ‘The Lafayette, Captain Lowis, sailed (rom New Bodfo'@ ‘on the 20th of My, 1862, to cruise in the Atlantic for whales, and since that time had takon 400 barrels of sperm oil, but, fortunately, bad only 170 barrels on board when destroyed, She was spokon on tho 12tn of April, in latitude 10 south, longitude 80 west, with oil, as be- fore reported, by a vessel which arrived at New Bodford 27th inst. The Lafayette was 357 tons rogistor, and own ‘ed ia New Bedford. . BRIG KATE CORY. Brig Kate Cory, Captain Finnders, sailed from Weat- port Pint on the 26th of Juve, 1862, and had taken 240 barrois of sperm oil, of which 155 barrels were on board when she was burned. She wis in company with the above bark Lafayette when spoken on tho 12th of April, ‘and no doubt both were captured at the same time. The Kate Cory was 132 tons register, SCHOONMR KINGFISHER. ‘The schooner Kingfisber, Captain Lambert, sailed from Fairhaven on the 30th of July, 1861, aud was at the Island of ,Ascension on the 9th of March last, at whiok time sho had 170 barrels of sperm and ton barrels of ‘whale oll on board. She was 120 tons register, and owned tn Fairhaven. has the fol- towing:— THE CAPTURED OREW OF THE SCHOONER SEABIRD, Gonnevono, N. ©., May 25, 1863. A nomber of abolition prisoners arrived here this eveo- ‘boing the captain and crew o¢ A juraday twenty miles below Wilkinson's Poiot.on the , and forty below Newbern, by six men of Captain Burrington’s com~ schooner aad her pany of Metford’s battalion, The gov- ormment cargo were burned. THR FIGHT AT GUM SWAMP, N. C. Kauman, N ‘26, 1968. The Raleigh Progress’ Kinavo pondent, under i i i ‘fs gee att a a.