The New York Herald Newspaper, July 12, 1863, Page 4

' b } Legislature from Caswell county have come out for a reconstruction Of the Union, and the Wil- mington Journal says other members are intend- ing to openly advocate the same thing. NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. OFFICE M. W. CORMER OF FULTON AND NASSAU STS. NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, JULY 12, 1863. liverance draws nigh, and we sincerely trust that the administtation will begin to brace iteelf up for the great trials of statesmanship which will next be demanded at its hands. We hope, in a word, that President Lincoln, sd- The conscription commenced in New York | 1.1155 to his owa sagacious policy, will aim at yesterdey, in the Ninth Congressional dis | yoching more in his measures of peace than OFFIOB N. W. CORMER OF FULTON AND Nasgau sta. | trict, and proceeded very peacefully from | the simple restoration of the Union. s —— | pine o'clock until four P. M. at the head- Volume XXVIII ............. Foal 191 | quarters on Thicd avenue. The total number to — ; be drawn in the disirict {s two thousand five hun- AMUSEMENTS TO-MORROW EVENING. NIBLO’S GARDEN. Brosdway.— WINTER GARDEN, Diswonvs. ‘ux Duge's Morro. NEW BOWERY THEATRE, Bowory.—Camrovct's Min- erue.s iN Eruioriax Songs, Dancus, BuRLEsyos, 40. BARNUM'S AMERICAN M' 10M, Broad —Livine ‘Tr ku Cats—Onang Ovranc—Avcrouatow Wairky, &c., at PA hours Saxvoxp’s Oraes Txoure—Afternoon and Even- merry over it. In our reporter’ scene will be found a list of those cast for military service. EUROPEAN NEWS. WOOD'S MINSTREL BALL. 514 Broadway. —Etaiorias Forces, Danoes Ac.—T.aoxt Bxcunsion ano Panonawa Or rue Nowru Rives. . {| IRVING HALL, Irving place —Taw Staaeorricon. voyage to Quebec. She was boarded by our news yacht, and a summary of her report, telegraphed from Newfoundland, is published in the Hsmatp to-day. The news is five days later, It was said that the rebel Confederates had THE NEW IDEA, 485 Broadway.—Tus Duzau—Gusen JONSTRR, NEW YORK MUSBUM OF ANATOMY, 618 Broadway.— Coxositias any Lectures, from 9 A. M,'tltl0 P.M. HOOLEY'S ERA HOUSE, Brookiya.—Rrasorix | recognition, and that the movement had the nee eit ‘Beitiaoom, sanction and support of Napoleon. New York, Sunday, July 12, 1863. ——== a the purchase of the late Exhibition building near THE SITUATION. London. i & lively engagement took place at Sharpsburg Large quantities of cotton and wheat had been Yesterday. Our despatches from Hagerstown say pee fe ee pode ary at, en Honea ; took place in Wa\ , Laaabanp “sane coma . estimated at from £1,000,000 to £2,000,000 sterling. The Paris Patrie contradiets the assertion that streot's division evinced confusion, and our army | g large armament is being prepared in France Grove them steadily from every position, con- tinuing to pursue for some miles. The rebels fought steadily at first, but wildly in the end, and v it was evident that their ammunition was running | and his widow proclaimed Queen. Short and they were retreating. A pontoon bridge, Consols closed in London, on the 3d of July, at upon which they were about to cross the river, was | 92 9244 There was no change in the Liverpool reported to be destroyed by our cavalry and artil- cotton market. Breadstuffa were very dull an lory, to the utter consternation and surprise of the enemy. General Kilpatrick appears to have com- menced the fight. It is suid that the rebels eva- cuated Hagerstown at midnight on Friday. Our despatch from Frederick states that the rebel lines were drawn up between Funkstown and Hagerstown, where Lee’s headquarters still were ; ‘but we learn from Chambersburg at a late hour last night that the rebel army had commenced to | hundred. move from Hagerstown at five o’clock, a portion of it taking the road to Williamsport, and another portion moving out on the national road towards Clear Spring. What the intentions of the rebels are was not defined. That portion of the rebel army which took the Clear Spring road, may take the interior road, in the direction of Williamsport, five miles out. in the north of Europe. Arevolution had taken place in Madagascar, ‘he King was assassinated, his ministers hanged, were dull and looking towards a decline. The steamship Great Eastern, from Liverpool on the 30th ult., passed Stonington, Conn., last night, on her way to this port, via the Sound, Her news is anticipated by the Jura’s report. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. The number of rebel prisoners from Gen. Lee's army who had arrived in Baltimore and Harris- who had declared their intentions to become citi- zens from the draft. The sixty-five days have now expired, and all abled bodied citizens of for- eign birth, who have taken out their first papers, found in the United States after to-day, if of the required ages, are subjects for the conscription. Tus Cavinc mw or THe Souruena ConrepE- Racy.—Several recent transactions expose the extreme weakness of the Southern confederacy dred and twenty-one, of which the names of one | ¥ is on its last legs. First, the mission of Vico : thousand two hundred and thirty-six came out of | President Stephens, which was undoubtedly Broadway.—Leau—Catironts | the wheel yesterday. The balance will be drawn | one of peace; second, the concealment of the to-morrow. The people present at the ceremony | surrender of Vicksburg pe. ae ox, pte d te rd it as a joke, and were very | third, the acknowledgment johnston cou! ae ; ‘9 account of the | 20t muster an army sufficient to raive the siege, though he hed so long a period given him to do it in; fourth, the extravagant and outrage- ous falsification in the Richmond papers about The steamship Jura, from Londonderry on the | the battle of Gettysburg, describing it as 3d of July, passed Cape Race last Friday,on her | great rebel victory, in which Lee cap- tured 40,000 prisoners. All these facts show a conscious weakness—a rottenness at the root— that looks very like a speedy and sudden caving in of the whole confederacy; and if the recent made application to the government of Spain for victories are only followed up rapidly, by put- ting fresh troops in the field, and that without regard to the heats of summer, the rebellion Lord Palmerston’s government had been defeat- | will be completely overthrown before the first ed by a large majority in Parliament on a vote for | of the new year, or even before the sitting of the next Congress. There are some members ofthe Cabinet who do not want the war ended so soon. But the skill of our generals and the valor of our troops will do it in spite of them. It may be asked, if our arms recently have been so successful, what is the necessity for fresh troops? We an- with a view to certain eventualitics likely to occur | swer: in order to guard against any future con- tingencies, and particularly to show the Euro- pean Powers that they must not meddle in our domestic quarrel, but leave us to settle it in our own way. The heart of the rebellion is nearly broken. A few blows more will finish it, unless q | the radicals should succeed in placing their tending downward, on the 34 of July. Provisions | ®bolition programme in the way of success; and in that case, to the delight of all loyal contrac- tora, the war may last for twenty years. Tae CoMMENCEMENT OF THE CONSCRIPTION.— Ik is now understood that the draft is to be carried out immediately. Indeed, it has already commenced. See our news columns of this morning. The people of the North burg up to Thursday was eight thousand seven | are evidently determined to submit quiet- ly to the conscription, as they are anxious Onthe 8th of May the President issued pro-| to aid the government, and understand clamation announcing that at the expiration of | that the war must soon end if the ad- sixty-five days from that date no plea of alienage | ministration will but do its duty—that is, if it would be received or allowed to exempt foreigners will take such measures as must entail the total destruction of the self-styled confederacy. It is clear that the rebels have no more material at their command.tor the formation of another army. This is evinced by the fact that General Johnston found it impossible to save Vicksburg, Stocks were better yesterday, and there was a good | while Lee must stand and fight as he is, there demand for the leading railway shares. Money was | being no possibility of his obtaining reinforce- It is evident that considerable fighting had been | easier. Call joane 5 a6 per cent. Gold fell to 1323,, and Going on all day yesterday at various points, all, | was dull. Exchange was 14534 146. i Cotton was more active, and advanced to 62c. a 63c. no doubt, preliminary to a great battle, which to- for middlings on Sat “2 was tem ectivity in day may probably bring forth. ments. It is clearly the duty of our government to ut- terly disperse Lee’s forces, and thove of Bragg, as Dreadstufis and provisions, though the tendency of prices | well as the few thousands still under command Our map will show the theatre of the impending | Wa® downward. Sugar ond molasses were in better-| of Johnston. Charleston and Mobile must now Tequest, without change in value. Coffee and teas were quiet. Whiskey was steady, with a moderate inquiry. Tallow was plenty and lower. Hay was in fair demand. conflict. Our news from North Carolina to-day, by the steamer Albany, from Newbern on the 8th, con- tains our correspondents description of General Hoeckman's late march and artillery fight, and the success which attended them. ‘the operations of in other articles, The Month of July—Ouer Great and Our Cheering Prospects. Excepting the day of their Declaration of In- be attacked with overwhelming forces, and with their capture the confederacy will cease to Freights were dull. Tiere were no remarkable alterations | exist. We shall then be enabled to offer to the people of the South such conditions as will be letories | worthy of our great government, and the result will be the restoration of the Union. with all its former prestige and an immense increase of the Legislature of North Carolina—now in extra | dependence, the Fourth of July, 1863, will, in power and influence. But the administration, seasion—however, forms the most important part | all probability, for many generations to’ come, of the news. to accomplish this, must be moved by a single stand as the most remarkable and decleive day | purpose—that of restoring the Union. The We give to-day in another columns complete | i the annale of the American people; for, while | people, it is evident, are quite willing to do all history, in detail, of the invasion ‘and occupation thie day was celebrated in Pennsylvania by our of Pennsylvania by the rebels, compiled from the ycmnons envio Se See oS Rete ath important battle, it was signalized in the West communications of our own correspondents and the by the defeat of the enemy at Helena, Arkan- @ewspaper accounts of the Pennsylvania journals. sas, and by the capitulation of Vicksburg, the It will be found @ most interesting story, giving | most complete, substantial and comprehensive much more of the incidents of this remarkable | victory of the war. campaign than could be conveyed in telegraphic The losses to the rebellion in men from these Acapatches or hurried letters. defeats at Gettysburg, Helena and Vicksburg Wo publish in full the official despatch of Admi- | ™9¥ be briefly summed up as follows :— Porter, recounting the fall of Vicksburg. While admitting that the army under Gen. Grant | had the heaviest work to do, he claims a full par- tic.pation in the victory for the gunboats. The extent of the siege operations may be gathered from the fact, which he states, that the mortars fired seven thousand mortar shells, and the gun- boats four thousand five hundred. Four thousand five hundred shots were fired from naval guns on shore, aud over six thousand were supplied to the different army corps. We have taken over twenty-seven thousand pris- oners, besides about four thousand non-combat- ants, one hundred and two fleld pieces, thirty siege Guns, fifty thousand stand of arma, ammunition, | locomotives, cars, a few stores and fifty-seven stand of colors. Two thousand five hundred rebels have been killed within the works since the siege began. Among the prisoners are Lieutenant General | Pemberton, Major Generals 8. Stevenson, Smith, Forney and Bowen; fourteen brigadier generals ‘and about one hundred and thirty colonels. were five thousand six hundred men in the hospi- ta's, half of whom are wounded. The stock of provisions was almost exhausted, and for days DQumbers had been cating mule flesh. Of ammuni- tion for heavy yuns they had a fair supply; but for field guns and musketry they were short. Our latest dates from there are to the 5th. All ral Losses of General Lee in killed, wounded, prisoners and stragglers. eee Captured at Vicksburg... Killed, wounded and prisoners at Helena. : 2,500 Total rebel losses at these three points.. 68,500 Our captures at Vicksburg also embrace two hundred and eighteen pieces of artillery and thirty-five thousand Enfield rifles; and ere this there have probably been added to these sub- stantial results some ten thousand prisoners and over one hundred pieces of artillery at Port Hudson. We may, therefore, say that at the pre- sent time the total losses of the rebels since the Ist of July will amount to one-fourth of all their armed forces on that day in the fiel while the liberation of Grant’s army alone is a reinforcement to our movable armies of a hundred thousand men. Thus, with the Mississippi river completely in our possession, the army of General Banks alone will be amply sufficient to gather up the fragments left of the rebellion in Arkansas, Western Louisiana and Texas, while General Grant is attending to the half made up army of General Joe Johnston and the hitherto ne- expulsion of Bragg’s army across the Tennessee river, one of our war correspondents advances the opinion that the campaign of General Rose- crans is atan end, We think, however, that it ing Bragg among the hills at Chattanooga, he will be making the desired opening for the libe- ration of East Tennessee by General Burn- was quiet then. Nineteen general officers had | side in « substantial movement from Ken- Deen paroled, and were to be sent to Talladega, | tucky. The long suffering, ever faithful and he- Alabama. Reports were abroad that General | Tolcally ht pila ait s Tennessee should be relieved of their rebel oppressors without hnston tre and that General Sher- wt hia he rg Offers of promises farther delay, and the campaign of Gen. Rose- ee ae crans will not end until this great duty is ac- bad been sent to General Banks, at Port Hudson, complished. the speedy fall of which was regarded at Vicks- | Such being the satisfactory state of affairs in burg as a certainty. the West, we need only another great victory The brig Phantom reports that on the 9th inst., | frem Gen. Meade in the East to bring the re- & bark-rigged steamer was observed by her to be | bellion toppling to the ground, like an old in chase of the United States steamer Ericsson, | building with the removal of its main supports, It was reported that this privateer was the Florida; Nor can we deabt thet Gen. Mesde is on the ‘3 eve of the crowning victery and last great bat- but Captain Campbell, of the Phantom, positively | 11, 6 the war, considering the reinforcements pronounces her to be the Alabama, - which have been added to his powerful army, the The Raleigh Register (« rebel print), in referring | grippled condition and reduced numbers of the to this extra session, says:—"'There is mischief | rebel army, the excellent spirit of our soldiers, brewing which bodes no g001 tothe Confederate | and the dejected if not demoralized condition cause, and that the history of that Lee | of the enemy. Weawait in confidence the issue gislature does not warrant us in expect. | of the impending battle; for, while Gen. Meade Ing anything but mischiof at its hangs, | hae shown that he possensos not only the cour. Whe Register further says that “the Govornorty | 98¢ and dash of a fighting soldier, but the cool pre the Raleigh Standard, is doing all in ity sagacity and pradence of a great leader, his ower to incite the people to rebel Against the army, ander —— Sanenng, bee Proved ” 7, itself equal to all emergencies. joufederate government.” Tle mombers of the We bellove that the day of tho national de- There | glected city of Mobile. Meantime, with the | is only beginning, and that, while he is enclos- | in their power to aid the government, if it will only certy out the Union programme. Parotzp Prrsoners—The public genérally have obtained the impression, from the recent controversy in regard to prisoners in Penn- sylvania and Vicksburg, that: the federal government has been placed in an awkward position by the recent paroles. In other words, that the parole of those captured by General Grant at Vickeburg is in violation of the cartel or agreement under which the parole and ex- change of prisoners have been made for the last nine months, and therefore null and void. It —— | was decided that the parole made by General Lee of those captured by him in Pennsylvania was not binding. If those captured by General Grant were placed in the same category we certainly would bave been the loser. In that event Jeff. Davis would have a much larger number of veterans to reinforce his armies than the authorities at Washington. A‘general order issued from the War De- partment on the 84 inst., reciting the terms of the cartel of September, 1862, sets this question at rest, and shows that we have been the gainer all around. The terms of the cartel require that all prisoners of war must be delivered at the places designated, there to be exchanged, or paroled until their exchange can be effected. “The only ex- ception allowed to this rule is in the case of the commanders of two opposing armies, who are authorized to exchange prisoners or relense them on parole at other points mutually agreed upon by the said commanders.” In the case of Gen. Grant and the prisoners captured at | Vicksburg, they were paroled under the mu- | tual agreement of the two commanders, arid therefore in accordance with the original cartel. The prisoners paroled by Lee in Pennsylvania were made without any such agreement betweon himself and Gene- Tal Meade, and for the express purpose of obviating the embarrassment of guarding them. The parole is, therefore, null and void. Thus, while the entire rebel force captured at Vicks- burg are bound by their parole until exchanged, those captured by General Lee in the recent battles with the Army of the Potomac and pa- roled will be immediately ordered to their regiments. Thus, while General Grant has placed the thousands captured at Vicksburg in the position of neutrals, the Army of the Po- tomac is not at all weakened by the prisoners captured by Lee. IncrEDULITY apovt THE Fant or Vickxspcra.— In many of the rural districts of France there are people who believe that the First Napoleon still controls the destinies of the empire. The only thing we know of that matches this is the doubt that continues to prevail in regard to the capture of Vicksburg. The official des- patch of Admiral Porter and the semi-oficial assurances received from Washington have all proved insufficient to bring conviction home to the minds of the skeptical. And these aro not merely secessionist sympathizers, but.men of in- telligence and undoubted loyalty. What does this hardness of belief prove? Simply that the War Department has 80 often played upen the credulity of the public by the dissemination of false nows, and the withholding of unfavorable facta connected with our operations, that, now that it has something substantial and cheering to communicate, it has difficulty in persuading people of its correctness. The ac- counts which we publish from our own corres- pondents will, however, settle the matter. The Heravp despatches are to the great mass of the people the only really reliable bulletins of the war. Gazever Devying Ho Panio.—It is a com- mon practice with Greeley, after the lapse of @ week or two, to deny any statement or opinion of his, if it suits the purpose of the moment to doso, All our readers will recollect how he denied, in the face of numerous articles in the Tribune, that he ever proposed to let the Southern States go, and that they were only contending for the principles of the Declaration of Independence. We nailed him like s counterfeit coia by reproducing his very words. In the same way he denied that he expressed deep repentance for raising the cry “On to Richmond!” which led to the pre- mature advance and defeat of our army at Bull run, We again quoted his words to prove it. He also solemoly pledged himself that nine hundred thousand abolitionists would come for- ward to sweep through the South if the Presi- dent would issue the emancipation proclama- tion. When we afterwards called for the men, Greeley denied that he had ever given any such pledge. Once more we quoted the article from his editorial columns, and he wes silent. ~ Yesterday he denied that he showed the white feather since the invasion of Lee began to be developed, or that he sald anything about his horses being watered in the Delaware or the Hudson. Let us see. On the 17th of June the editorial columns of the Tribune contained these words :— We trust this invasion ts to be determined and our prove it,andletusownit. * * # water their horses in the Delaware, routing all the forces we can bring them, we shall be under foot, and we may as well own it. On the 26th of June, under the caption of “The Rebels Coming North!” Greeley resigns himself quietly to his apprehended doom, and says :—“ If Lee can conquer us, so be it!” In another number of the Tribune the practica- bility of Lee’s crossing the Suequehanna is pointed out, and his easy capture of Harrisburg, Philadelpbia and New York, inasmuch as the Cumberland valley extends into Westchester county, and would afford the rebel general every facility for the conquest. The Heratp and other journals adverted to these passages at the time as evidences of «Greeley’s abject cowardice. Having got partially over his fright, he now indignantly denies that he ever shivered in his old boots. But the quotations we have given will show who is the “liar, so utterly without self-respect or shame.”” Tue Reset Privateers.—We hear of more outrages committed upon our shipping by the rebel pirates, so near to our barbors as to cause astonishment that they can be done with impunity. None of these pirates have as yet been captured. Secretary Welles seems incapable of successfully arranging matters 20 that we may be rid of these pests, spite of the aid whic’ bas been. offered him by the mer- chants and‘capitalists of our larger cities. It is really remarkable that ‘9s yet we have accom- plisked nothing towards reducing the number Of these rebel privateers; and we think it is time that Mr. Lincoln should take the matter in hand and see that be o to save our com: atter ruin. It is: most disgraceful naval force, we should be at the mercy of a few dar- ing rebel pirates. Some one is to blame for this result, and it is, we repeat, the duty of the head of the administration to attend to this matter at once. Coo. vor tus Warm Weater.—In an article on the designs of the French in Mexico the Times has the following:—“The time is not far distant when no copperhead or secession journal in our midst will dare sustain the schemes of Napoleon in Mexico.” This is re- freshingly impudent on the part of @ journal which has all along been the warm panegyrist and defendor of the French Emperor, so much so as justly to bring upon it the suspicion of being his paid advocate. Several spirited sketches, by ley, of the campaign io Pennsylvanta end Maryland, are now on exhibition at Goupis Gallery. The artist has interspersed some comic episodes with the gravor features of the scenes that he bas depreted—such, for instance, as the raids of the rebels on the ghencoops and fpigstyes of the Pennsylvanian (ar- mers. We would recommend Mr. Darley to turn to ac- count the reception that awaited ou w York regiments on their arrival at Harrisburg. There is a fruitful feld for bis ,rich vein of humor in the determined efforts of the burghers of that loyal city to extort from the brave men that went to defend them the last penny that could be wrung from them for food. ‘The private view o! Mr. Church's great picture of “The (Icebergs to k piace at the German Gailery, London, on the 20th ult, Amongst the visitors were the Duke of Hamilton, the Duke of Mariborou, Earl of Ch don, Earl of Grosvevor, Far) of SheMeid, Earl and Countess Grey, Lord Overstone, Lord Keane, Lady Rolle, Lady Franklin, Vice Chancellor Sir J, Stuart, Bishop of Oxford, Bishop Corlenso, Sir H. Parkes, General Sir A. Waugh, General Ohesney, Sir G+ Rowles, Admiral Sir R. Gordon, Admiral Collinson, Professor Tyndall, Richard Cobden, M.P.,Jobn Bright, M. ., Jas, Laird, M. P., Sir C. Raw- lingon, and the eminent Arctic voyagers, Admiral Back, Admiral Belcher, Dr. Rae, Sir Leopold McClintock and Captain Ingiefle'd, RN. All these united in according to Mr. Church the highest praise for the power with which the picture is painted, as wellas ite wonderful reality, It is to be reproduced by the improved process of chromography, of which we have seen such successful specimens in some of Mr. Church’s recent works. The Park Concert Yesterday. ‘Tho Vark was very weil attended during the concert yesterdxy afternoon, the weather being charming, al- though ratber warm. The drive was, as usual, decorated with an assortment of gay equipages and equestrians, and ‘everything went on a8 merrily as a marriage dell. The promenade was thronged with pedestrians, the ladies Doing attired in all tho variety of light summer costume, ‘The concert commenced at the usual hour, and the pro- gramme was well selected. The second part was com- posed eatirely of classic music, and if this plan be adopted regularly, the lovers of ‘strong or heavy music” will know whow it will be performed, without having to wait through the whole programme, and the admirers of light masic will know what time they can roam about without Josing their favorite pieces. Among the principal protty pieces performed yesterday was a quickstep, arranged by Dodworth, upon the song «Jennie with the Light Brown Hair,’ and was woll re. csived. Asolo on the corn ley,” waa vory credibly y pieces were also sudcesatully played, aod seemed to sive Groat ploasure to the audience, mo bo poor Inte! a4 jane and lady, Cincinnati; M. A. Southworth 1 NA Mackie, Onlornia;. James W- Crawford and ; W. Rawson, Col. Lator, Wm. Taylor, St. ; 8. : W. W. Wheeler and P. a, , are stopping at the Metropolitan Hotel, ar | ‘Palindega, Alabama. Many of thom ere anxious not to be paroted, but wish to take the cath of allegiance, quid the rebel service and be sent North. Several women end Children bave boea killed or tm- Jured during the siage. Hundreds of houses, occupied by sick and wounded, THE SURRENDER OF VICKSBURG. OMicial Report of Admiral Porter, += | have been constantly exposed to sholts. se x ‘About two thousand five hundred persoas have been killed inside the works since the siege began. oe The Great Work Accomplished by Our | 0 vec reoayue. Soneraian eho ‘The weight of our artillery knocked most of their works Gallant Soldiers and Sailors, an - . About one thousand two bundred women and children: were in the city during the bombardment, who have for Sufferings of the Inhabitamts of | the most time b:cn obliged to live 1a caves, of whtcks the City. oneal Ciesi to draw from the oray supplies, except in cases of destitution. ‘The prices of food have been enormous. Five dollars @ Pound has bees charged for four and a dollar @ pouad for mule meat. ‘The latent advices from the interior state that General Johnston ts rapidly retreating and that Genoral @hormam ia in bot pursuit. General Johaston in Rapid Retreat and Our Troops in Hot Pursuit, An offer of assistance bas been despatched 10 General Banks , and it is conjectured that the condition of the Pors- Hudson garrison will be similar to that of Vicksburg. BEINFORCEMENTS TENDERED 10 GEN. BANKS week hence. {ts fall may be announced at any hour. Ss The general opinion bere, both in the ermy an@ 1 thwest, our own, ts that the reboition ia the Southwest is atem &., &e., &e. end, oF redyoed to insignificant proportions. pce Street. Omctal Report of Admiral Porter, i. Ce ee eat urrap States Mismerrrt Squaprow, SBALOUS' SUPPOSED Buacgaawe, Vicxssora, July 4, 1383, pBiaive Ligeia A murder was yesterday committed at No. 98 Forty- ginth street, between Sixth and Seventh avenues, un- der the following peculiar circumstances :—~ Charles Norman, @ native of this State, who has fer some months past been engaged in the Quartermaster’s ‘Department at New Orleaas, returned to this city by the Continental on Friday night, and immediately on landiag proceeded to the above address and inquired for the de- ceased, who was known in the neighborhood as Cathe- rine or Kate Norman. Not finding her at home, heat once went in search of her, but did not succeed until yes- terday morping, by which time she had returned to her home. - When Norman came to the house ta the morniag it was moticed by those who saw him ascending the stairs thas he appeared to be very angry. He, however, entered the rooms of the deceased without addressing those on the Outside, and sat down on the lounge. The rooms were very neatly and comfortably furnished, and ep- poared to have been carefully attended to by deceased. Hon. Gipgon Watixs, Secretary of the Navy:— Sim—I have the honor to inform you that Vicksburg has gurrendered at last to the United States forces, after a desperate but vain resistance. That she has not done so ‘sooner has not been for want of ability on the part of our military commanders, but from the magnitude of the de- fences, which were intended to repulse any force the government could possibly send there. What bearing this will bave ep the rebellion remains yet to be seen; ta the magnitude of the success must go far towards crushing out this revolution, and estabiishing once more commerce of the States bordering on this river. His- bas seldom had an opportunity of recording @0 desperate a defence on one side, with so much courage, ability, perseverance and endurance on the other; and if ever an army was entitled to the gra- titude of the nation it is the Army of the Teanessee and ita.gallant leaders. ‘The navy has necossarily performed ‘8 less conspicuous part imtho capture of Vicksburg than the army; still it has been employed ina manner highly While sitting on the lounge the deceased came and sat creditable to all concerned. ‘The gunboats have been o9m- | Normaan’s sige. and after esbort tite Norinun aut grad stantly below Vicksburg, shelling the works with suo- | got me some wine.’ ms Feplied she would it i would give her twet 5 cess, co-operating heartily with the left wing of the army. tot oak OF bin -breast ‘an@asked if aie ta be. The mortar boats have boen.at work for forty-twodays | shot. she replied ates ‘ive; but scarcely had the without intermission, throwing shells tuto all parts of the | words passed her lips when he fired the pistol in ber fon. city, even reaching the works in the rear of Vicksburg pheeyen ante weg i Rein cere eee ‘aud in front of our troops, distance of three miles. brain to such an extent as to cause death —- few ree heavy guns, placed on scows,anine-inch, ten-inch, | hours. During the passage it forced the right eye out of ard a one hundred-pounder-rifle, were placed in position 4 mile from the town, and commanded all the water batteries, They have kept up an accurate and incessant fire for fourteen days, doing all the damage that could be d ne by guns under such circumstances. Five eight-inch, two nine-inch, two forty-two-pounder rifles, and four thirty-two-pounder shell guns, have been landed, at the request of the different generals commanding corps, from the gunboats, and mounted in the rear of Vicksburg; and whenever I could spare the officers and mon from our small complenfent they were sent to manage the guns— with what ability I leave to the general commanding to say. In the moantime I stationed the small class of gua bonis to keep the banks of the Mississippi ‘clear of guerillas, who were assembling tn force, with a large umber of cannon, to block up the river aad cut off the transports bringing down supplies, reinforcements and ammunition for the army. Though the rebels on several occasions built batteries, and with @ large force at- tempted to sink or capture the transports, they mever succeeded, but were defeated by the gunboats with severe loss on all occasions. Without a watchfuloare over the Mississippi the operations of the army would have beon, much {oterfered with, and I can say honestly that officers never did their duty better than those who patrolled the river frem Cairo to Vicks- ‘burg. One steamer only was badly disabled since our operations commenced, and six or seven men were killed and wounded. ‘While the army have had a troublesome enemy in front i its place. ne Gilchrist, who resides at the corner of ae street and Sixth avenue, was speedily seat for; injaries were of too serious a nature to be remedied. Oiftcar Connell, of the Twenty-second precinct, at once arrested Norman for tho offence, to await the action of the Coroner's inquest. The decoased was a uative of Ireland, ntti 2 yeats of age, and rather good looking. Sho was w at about fifteen minutes to eleven in the morning, aad. died at a quarter past three o' i which caused him to awaits a trial. Miltary Move' te is New York. ‘ Haweuns’ Zovaves, Nocra Racmusr N.Y. 8. V.—Thie regiment, which served with ao much distinction during the first two years of the war, at Hatteras, Roanoke, Oam- den, Antietam, Frederickeburg, and many other places, is re-lorming under the coloaelship of B. Jardine, its tor- mer major, an officer who served in the Mexican war. I receives a large number of recruite daily for each ten companies, and theseere immediately supplied with the Zouave uniform of the United States. $600 bounty is Nd to discharged months or two Lge dar Bo. ead : i 3 i if jew recruits get §! have kept at bay a large force of rebels, x }, accompanied by a large quan- tity of artillery; ada, though offered battle several times ‘and engaged, they invariably fled, and satisfied them selves by assaulting half disciplined and unarmod blacks. The capture of Vicksburg leaves us a large army and. our naval forces free to act all along the river, and I hope s00n to add to my department the vessels which bave been temporarily lost to the service—viz, the Indianola ‘and Cinciveati. The effect of this blow will be felt far up the tributaries of the Mississippi. The timid and doubt. ful will take heart,and the wicked will, hope, cease to trouble us, for fear of the punishment which will sooner or later overtake them. ‘There bas been a large expenditure of ammunition dur - ing the siege. The mortars have fired seven thousand mortar shells, and the gunboats four thousand five hun- dred. Four thousand five hundred shots have been fired from naval guns on shore, and we have supplied over six thousand to the different army corps. T have the honor to remain, very respectfully, your obedient servant, DAVID D. PORTER, Acting Rear Admiral, Commanding Mississippi Squad- ron. ther particulars wil Donations are asked for,aod may bubler, 691 Broadway. a ‘A mase mecting of grocers wil! be hela at the Sixth Ward Hotel, corner of Centre and Duane strects, Tuesday ovenibg, July 14, for the They closing movement. It is hoped tess af reopetianie gro- The Captures at Vicksburg. Vicxaiora, July 4, Via Carmo, July 10, 1868, Vicksburg surrendered this morning, after a siege of forty-seven days, terminating in negotiations lasting twenty-four hours. Generals Grant and Pemberton had au interview yesterday afternoon. The last note of Gen. Pemberton, accepting the proffered terms of Gen. Grant, did not reach here till nine o'clock to day. , Gen. McPherson received the formal surrender. The terms allow the officers and men to be paroled here, the former to retain their side arms aod horses and persoual property. They will be escorted beyond our lines and furnished with (bree days provisions fram our stores. Gen, Logan’s division marched into the city at eleven o'clock, and at noon Lieut. Col. Strong hoisted the Stars and Stripes over the Court House, Coionel Wilson is Provost Marshal of the city, and Geo. Logun is commander of the post. We have taken over 27,000, prisoners, besides about 4,000 non-combatants, 102 field pieces, thirty siege guns, 60,000 stand of arms, ammunition, locomotives, cars, a few stores and fifty-seven stand of colors. Among the prisoners « jeutenant General Pember- tom, Major Generals S. naon, Smith, Forney and Bowen; fourteen brigadier generals and about one hun dred and thirty coloneis. There are 5,600 men in the hospital, half of whom are wounded. Only one hundred and fifty of the garrison are reported fit for duty, The stock of provisions was al- most exhausted, and for days numbers bad been eating mule flesh. Of ammunition for heavy guns they bad a fair supply, but for feld guns and musketry they wore short. Eight caps to 8 man were allowed. They had an excess of eugar, molasses and rice, and these were all the supplies they had, except a littie unground corn. The capitulation was caused by destitution and prostra- thom, bastened, perhaps, by the expectation that our forces would storm the place today, It ie admitted by ‘ll that the rebeis made a gallant defence, and the terme Elysian Fields on Friday forenoon, and was taken im obar;:: by Coroner F. W. Bohnstedt. Upon tho: rover found very severe cuts or wounds on tew,\0 and om the back of the head, which appeared epeceaned in sbout five foot sis: laches” wr betgnt , dar ive feet si hair aud high forehead. When found there were uo . Had on & coarse white linen md Departares. N N C-Steamatip Attany—C W ew OERN, ship Al Yj oles Tet ao W Wakineon dM Costres, oR 'W Boecking—and 21 in steerage. a prea naw ros, Havre avo HawsvRc—Stcamship Rave: iner:, Pifladelphia; A Barbey, M Wiltera, Mrs A friegd, if 4 family, New were understood to be concessions by General Grant oP paurent “ to their bravery, as welljas & measure of great public jen rm 5%! be tnd qerwaes Semen jin Vickaburg is much damaged by shells, Hardly a bouse | Der, Mr M ter. t de escaped. Vur soldiers treated their late enemy with great {riendliness, Both sides are feeling great relief from the hardships and sufferings of the siege, gu Fifty steamers are at the landing. wideon, Tho Fourth of July has never been celebrated go strong. | 8:kt, M . ly oF 20 carneatly. Jennings and wile. Rev 4 General Pemberton denies the authorship of the speceh | thew uilmore, Hl Hammond. Rev Mourtard, Ray Francie attributed to him about holding out till the last dog was e a fad W Well, Welland witt, Chad Couney ia] $299,616. boy—with others in second cabio, Specie, "O'—Steamabip Shannon—Mre A Carpans, pie sete Sew ater ed wits Sa rz 0 Netil, Mra Thompson, Felt, F Smith, J Clark, ‘Strugess—and 96 im the suerage , New Onimane—Steamahip Morning Star—Goo Benigoun Atbapads, F Dowawariy, BPlavian Af veng dae! rabali Sorrell, Emile Sillan, Kdward Silian Me W Haut, wite and woot jana, THE LATEST NEWS, Vioxsnona, July 6, 1968, Yesterday and today ali has been romarkabiy quiet and good fecling prevails. ‘The weather is fearfully warm. Nineteen general officers have been paroled ‘Two or throe days must elapse bofore the prisonors are seat out to thelr destination, which is reported to be lan 8 ona ‘aoe " or Ja cay | - te Simmons and two Frederick May. Mes Won Au tereon ee aus: Reinforcements aro moving to General Sherman. »