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THE DUNABURG and WITEPSK RAIL WAY C,)MPANY (Limited). The LISTS of APPLICATIONS for SHARES will be CLOSED on TUESDAY, the 9th June, at Four o'clock. W. H. TRUMPLER, Secretary pro tem. Offices, 21, Throgmorton-s,reer, E.C., June 4th, 1863. This day is published, A NEW VOLUME OF CHRONICLES OF CARLINGFORD. Containing— THE RECTOR ; and THE DOCTOR'S FAMILY. Originally published in " Blackwood's Magazine." In Post Octavo. W. Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. THE ONLY OFFICE WHOSE BONDS AND POLICIES OF GUA RANTEE ARE ACCEPTED BY THE TREASURY, CUSTOMS, INLAND REVENUE GENERAL POST OFFICE, WAR, ADMI• RALTY, HOME, COLONIAL, INDIA, AND OTHER GOVERN- MENT DEPARTMENTS. THE EUROPEAN ASSURANCE SOCIETY. DIRECTORS IN LONDON. HENRY WICKIIAM WICKHAM, Esq., M.P., Chairman, John Cheetham, Esq., Stalybridge. John Field, Esq., Warnford Court, City. Charles Forster, Esq., M.P. for Walsall. Richard Francis George, Esq , Bath. Henry H. Harrison, Esq., Hamilton-place, St. John's-wood. Thomas C. Hayward, Esq., Minories and Highbury. John Hedgins, Esq., Cavendish Club. James Edward Wronnell, Esq., Wolverton. C, W. Reynolds, Esq., Eaton-place, Belgravia. Richard Spooner, Esq., late her Majesty's Commissioner of Customs, Bombay. H. Wickham Wickham, Esq., M.P. for Bradford. Thomas Winkworth, Esq., Gresham Club, and Canonbury. J. P. Bros n-Wssthead, Esq., M.P. for York. Security is provided in approved cases for Officers of Bank ing and Commercial Estoblishmeats, Public Companies, Municipal Corporations, and for other places of trust. Life Assurance may be combined with Guarantee on ad vantageous terms. Prospectuses, Forms of Proposal, and every information may be obtained from the Chief Offices, 2, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London ; and 39, George-street, Edinburgh. WESTERN MANCHESTER and LONDON LIFE ASSURANCE and ANNUITY SOCIETY. Established 1842. Chief Offices-3, Parliament-street, London, and 77, King-street, Manchester. AcruAnt—Arthur Scratchley, Esq., M.A. SpEeiMENS OF BONUS ALLOTTED.—E. G. has paid £lB3 ns. 3d. in Premiums towards his Policy for £1,500 ; £lO6 12s. id. Bonus has already 0 860) been allotted to him. R. S. has paid .C 7 6s. in Premiums towards his Policy for £5O ; 2s. ild. Bonus has already (1860) been allotted to him. ANNUITIES AND ENDOWMENTS GRANTED. Full Prospectuses, Proposals, and every information may be obtained from the Actuary in London, the Local Secretary in Manchester, or any of the Society's Agents. - -------- PROVIDENT CLERKS ' ON MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATI. Established 1840. TRUSTEES. Thomas Baring', Esq., M.P. I Wm. Geo. Prescott, Esq. Thomson Hankey, Esq., M.P. I Baron L. de Rothschild, M.P. Mutual Life Assurance for all classes. This Association has now in existence 6,000 policies, for a total sum of £1,500,000. The Annual Income is • • • • The Accumulated Fund exceeds It has paid in Claims .. £51,000 .. 2 0, , 00 .. 112,000 The whole of the profits are divided quinquennially among the Members. Three divisions have already been made• when the following sums have been added as bonuses to the policies - - Dec. 31,1847 • £5,400 „ 1852 • -- 11,500 „ 1857 • • 23.200 „ 1862 .. : - • ; • . 56,500 making the total bonus additions7£96,6oo. Bonuses may be received in cash or applied to the reduc tion of premiums at the option of the assured, in lieu of an addition to the Attention is especially invited to the system of free or paid up policies introduced by this Association, by which the sacrifice so often submitted to on the relinquishment of a po icy is wholly avoided. The balance-sheets of the Association are open to all, whether assurers or otherwise. Active and influential agents will be appointed in unrepre sented districts. WINI. THOS. LIIs,TFORD, Secretary. Chief Office, 15, Moorgate-street, E.C., May 1,1863. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL. Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, at King's-cross. Patron—The QUEEN. President—The Duke of BUCCLEUCFI, K.G. Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq. This was the first hospit a l t o introduce the principle of free and instant admission to the destitute sick, without the for mality . of eovernors' letters. It is entirely devoted to desti tution in its most pitiable form—viz., that which isaccom panied by sickness and disease, and 1s now of sufficient magnitude d that, with adequate support, may be rend e r e d „ capable of adrnittin,,, into its wards iIN it very large proportion o f the casual sick of this great metropolis. It requires but the funds in order to have 500 beds available for the reception of these the most wretched of our fellow-creatures. Moreover, d' d d di in ' it gratuitously affords me Ica a vice an me c eto more, 000 out-patients a week. ' Oll the average, than 3, The weekly Board feel it their imperative duty to make an 11 ,..JA RNEST ArrEAL to the public for continued support, " enable them to admit and relieve the distressing cases that -- .3r present themselves. IN T C ontributions are . received by the Treasurer, Edward '", er m a le Nichol Nicholas -lane; e . c o. . n, .sq., also by !Vressrs. Coutts and Drummond and Co.; Herries and Co . ; Ransom and `"n a v d , c r o r . e . sc j ott, Grote, Co.nd 0., Smith, Payne , and C o.: Gl y n Lodand -Dy and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison Co ; ]Hams,eacon a nd Co. ; Overe nd, Gu r ney, and —lnbet and Co. Messi's. J. Barn ed and Co., Liverpool and at the Ilospital • . STANFORD S. SMITH, Secretary. Th RU PTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. VV HITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN TIIE GREAT I , XIIIBITI ONS OF 11i51. AND 1'62), is allowed by upwards of Two hundred Medical Gentlemen to ne the most effective , n i vention in the curative treatment of II ERNIA. the use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, 1130,,here avoided—a soft bandage . being worn round the I,T u3r> while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the ~:d c -3. l m in Pad and Patent. Lever, fitting with so much ease d„...,_eloseness that It cannot be detected, and may be worn ""utr sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and th 'russ, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the sireeuraference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, - - A Single Truss, Hs. 215., 265. kid., and uls. 6d. Postage, is. Double, Truss, me. '641., 425., and 525. 6 d. Postage, is Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, is. 10d. Poet-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post. Mee, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT ELASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE -CA PS, for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling 01 he Legs, Sprains, &C. They are Porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on iilre an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6c1., 7s. 6d., 10s., to 16s. eadh. Postage 6d. JOBA WHITE, Atsaufaoturer, 128, OYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE.—The emit AA/ Spanish Gymnasts, RISARELIS and BALAGER, in Three separate Entertainments. T HE DUN 4, BURG and WITEPSK OMNY (Limited). RAIL- Incorporated with Liatited Liability under the Joint-Stock Companies Act, 1862. The Line to be constructed under a concession granted by his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Russia, dated 19th March, 0.5., 1863 Nominal Capital, fixed by the concession, £2,600,000. On which the Russian Government guarantees an annual interest of £5 per cent., amounting to £130,000 in sterling money, for 85 years, and an ad , iitional 1-12th percent. to redeem the capital at ear in 85 years, by annual drawings, commencing the first year after the completion of the line. The above capital will he issued in 26,000 shares of £lOO each, bearing a minimum interest of £5 per share, which, on an outlay of £B3 pi r share, amounts to a fraction above 6 per cent, Interest on the calls, at the rat.. of 6 per cent. per annum, will also be paid during construction. Deposit, £5 per share on applicat on. and £5 on allotment. One-third of the capital has been taken by the Concession aires. DTRECTOIIS TN LONDON, IL L. Bischoffsbeim, Esq. (Messrs. Bisclxffsheim and Gold -Bchmidt). Geo.J. Goschen, Esq., M.P. (Messrs. Frithling. and Goschen). William Miller, Esq., M.P. (Messrs. William Miller and Co. St. Petersburz). T. A. Mitchell,'Esq., M.P. (Messrs. Mitchell, Yeames, and Jervoise Smith, Esq. (Ifessrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths). DIRECTORS IN RUSSIA. His Excellency de Cube, Vice-Governor of the Province of Livonia. James Armitstead, Esq. (Messrs. Mitchell and Co., Riga). James Henry Hilt, Esq, (Messrs. Hill Brothers, Riga). tIANKERS. Messrs. Smith. Payne, and Smith. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Freshfields and Newman. CONSULTING ENGIPEER. John H awkshaw. Esq. RESIDENT t 4 N GIN EE R. Morgan Williams, Esq. AUDITORS. Messrs. Coleman, Turquand, and Co, SECRETARY, pro tern. Mr. W. H. Trumpler. OFFICES. 21, Throgmorton-street, E.C. Applications for Shares to be made in the annexed form. addressed to the i )irectors ; but no application will be enter tain d unless accompanied with the receipt of Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, for £5 per Share on the number of Shares applied for. This sum will be returned in the event of the application not being granted, and if an 'llotment is made it will be applied towards the payment of £lO per Share then to be made. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. No To be forwarded to 21. Throzmorton-street, after payment of the Preliminary Deposit to the Bankers. To the Directors of the Dunaburg and Witepsk Railway Company (Limited). Gentlemen, Flaying' paid to your credit, with Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, the sum of , I hereby request that you Will allot in • Shares in the Dunaberg and Witepsk Railway Company (Limi ed), and I hereby accept such Shares or any sma ier number that may be allotted to me, and agree to ii.gn the Articl-s of Association of the Company when re quired.---I am, Gentlemen, Name in lull Address in full Date AGENCY DEPARTMENT. This Society, always desirous of extending its operations and connections, offers to influential residents in the towns and villages of the United Kingdom liberal allowances on business which they may be able to introduce. The services of Soli citors, Medical Men, Surveyors, Auctioneers, or Tradesmen of good local standing, are invited in the capacity of Pri vate or Public Agents. All applications to the Offices are treated as confidential. Prospectuses, Forms of Proposal, Almanacks, &a, forwarded post free. R OYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. HEAD OFFICES, 29, Lombard-street, London, and Royal Insurance buildings, Liverpool. Total Annual Revenue exceeds £soo,o^o. Accumulated Funds in hand over 1,000,000. FIRE DEPARTMENT. The Receipt of FIRE PREMIUMS has been as follows:-- 1854 £198,459 I 1058 £198,148 1856 While for 1862 they exceeded £300,'00. The Fire Revenue has been enhanced, in four years, by the enormous sum of more than £lOO,OOO, and during the last six years it has been dcubled. 111 oreover, the latest Parliamentary Return of Insurance Tax paid to the Inland Revenue Office (ordered to be pr nted by the House of Commons, oth July, 1862) exhibits the ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY, as respects increase of business, at the HEAD OF ALL the Insurance Offices. LIFE DEPARTMENT. The rapid progress and position of this branch will be best shown by the following statement of the New Life business effected for the Year. Sum Assured. New Premiums. 1855 £206,514 5-5,904 18 7 1857 29,380 .. 10.270 8 6 1851 434,+70 .. 13,086 8 6 1861 521,101 16,627 18 0 While the sum assured by New Polices in the ear 1862 amounts to more than Seven Hundred Thousand Pounds Sterling. Large Bonuses declared 1855 and 181',0—X2 per Cent. per annum. The greatest Bonus ever continuously declared by any Company. PERCY M. DOVE, Manager and Actuary. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London. THE best TROUSERS for gentlemen to wear ar those mae by ,f 60, New They are d neither so low in price ELSTOB as to necessitate ßond-street. their being carelessly put together, nor so dear as to gain only the wealthy as purchasers. "In media via tutissimus ibis." ELSTOB'S TROUSERS, TWENTY-ONE SHILLINGS No. '22,135. DR. MOUAT'S ADVENTURES. Now ready, Svo., with Illustrations, 165., ADVENTURES AND RESEARCHES AMONG THE ANDAMAN ISLANDERS. By Dr. MOITAT, F.R.G.S., 6 :c Hurst and Blaekett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough street. THE HON. MRS. NORTON'S NEW NOVEL. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., THIRD EDITION 0 . .6 LOST AND SAVED." By the Hon. MRS. NORTON. " Lost and Saved' is a novel of ra-e excellence ; fresh in its thought, artistic in its grouping, s hrewd and t übtle in its character-painting, and with a brave soul speaking through it. It is Mrs. Norton's best prose work ; and, dis tinctively original, as every work of true genius must be, its place is beside the best contemporary fiction. Examiner. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. This day, Demy Octavo, price 18s., T REATISE ON THE CONTINUED A FEVERS OF GREAT BRITAIN. Illustrated by Coloured Plates, Diagrams, &c. ByCHARLES MURCHI SON, M.D., F.R.C.P. , Senior Physician to the London Fever Hospital and Assistant Physician to Middlesex tiospitaL London: Parker, Son, and Bourn, West Strand. THOXF O R D, 0, OXFORD STREET. Every Evening will be performed Selections from the following Operas : Verdi's LA FORZA DEL DESTINO ; and Flotow's MARTHA. Supported by Miss Russell, Miss Townley, Arc.; Messrs. Albert, Green, Bernardi, Finish, Kimberley, and W. Evans, with full band and chorus. Conducted by Mr. Jonghmans. Drew Dean's Flute Solos UNSWORTH, the modern Demosthenes. Eugene, W. Randall, J. Hutchenson, and the marvellous ARTHUR and BERTRAND. "These two Parisian clowns have carried the art of tumbling to apparently the highest pitch of perfection, and it is impossible even for the most staid of visitors to avoid being amused by their original gambols. They elicit shouts of laughter and applause."—Times, April 7, 1863. CANTERBURY HALL AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. NOTICE.- ENTIRE CHANGE OF ENTERTAINMENT. This Evening' the Marvellous ARTHUR and BERTRAND, the Two Fren h Clowns. ARTHUR LLOYD'S burlesque Drama, arranged expressly for him. A. B. HOLLINGSWORTH'S new Comiealities, &e, SAM COLLINS, with new Songs. UNSWORTH, the celebrated Stump Orator. EUGENE, and G. HUTCHINSON. GRAND SELECTIONS from OPERAS, GLEES, and CANTATAS. Townley ; Mr. Green, Principal Artistes—Miss Russell, Miss To Signor Hunan, and Signor Conductor, Mr. Jonghmans. Admission—Hall, ed. ; stalls and balcony, ls. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. The RISARELIS, in addition to their other performances, will give during - the week a NEW ENTERTAINMENT : entitled LA MAR ABELLOS A PERCHA SELLAS. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE.—The grace ful Madame ADAMS and the amusing CONRADE Clowns. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE.—Varied MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT, by Messrs. Parkin son, Vernon, Rigby, Bartleman ; Misses M`Gregor, Mrs. Brian ; Messrs. Brian and Conley, Weiland, e. ARGYLL ROOM S.-JULLIEN'S PROMENADE CONCERTS. NOTlCE.—During the Week the Selections will be—" Il Trovatore "—" La Huguenots "—" La Forza del Destino," &c., at Eleven o'clock. Jullien's Grand Descriptive Galop, THE DERBY, To be dedicated to th e O wner of the Winning Horse. LEVY, the great won d er on the Cornet-a -Piston, plays from half-past Nine to Twelve. Admission, ls, 29, GEORGE-STREET, HANOVER-SQUARE. THE LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, (Private Entrance, 44,t, Maddox-street, Regent-street), containing upwards of 1,200 Models, Natural Preparations, monstrosities, fie., illustrating every part of the Human Frame ; also the Moving Anatomical Dying Zouave, Julia Pastrana, and other life-size figures. Admission, One Shilling (for Gentlemen only), from 11 till 10. Lecture at Four. NR. T. CARRICK begs to announce to his Artist Friends and the Public, that his Photographic stablishment, 32, Regent-street, Piccadilly-circus, is now in full operation. Cartes de Visite, 10 for 10s. 6d ; 21 for £l. Miniatures on Ivory, Marble, and the Photographic base in his former styles. PER PAIR T E 0 E ID 0 N. Patent, March 1, 1862, No. 56G GABRIEL'S Sell-adhesive Patent Indestructible MINE RAL TEEM and FLEXIBLE GUMS, without palates, -prings, or wires, and without operation. One set lasts a if etime, and WARRANTED FOR MASTICATION and ARTICULATION, even when all others fail. Purest ma terials only, at half the usual oat. Messrs. GABRIEL, the old-established Delitists, 27, HARLEY-STREET, CAVENDISH-SQUARE; 34, LUDGATE-HILL, LONDON ; 65, NEW-STREET, BIRMINGHAM ; and 134, DUKE-STREET, LIVERPOOL. Complete Sets, 4 to 7 and 10 to 15 guinaas. One visit only required from country patients. Gabriel's Practical Treatise gratis. Consultations free. ANEVER FAILING REMEDY,-_ Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS, pre !axed without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. -cott, of Bromley, tent, will be found invaluable to all who -offer from bilious and dyer complaints, indigestion, wind, spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &a For habitual costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent ; mild in their opera tion and grateful to the stomach, they create appe ite, pro mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Sold by W. Lambert, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross. London, and by most druggists, in boxes,ls. lid., and three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green package, with " William Lambert," engraved on the stamp. THE FARMER'S BAROMETER, 505., a new Instrumen"„ by Negretti and Zambra, will cor rectly indicate whether the Barometer falls for Rain or for Wind. Particulars by enclosing stamp.-1, Hatton-garden ; 57, Cornhill ; and 122, Regent-street. LUXURIANT WHISKERS, Moustaches, and Eyebrows produced in a few weeks by the use of ELLIOTT'S TONIC LOTION, the stimulative properties of which are unfailing in their operation. Thomas Elliott invites a trial from the most sceptical, that they may be con vinced of its infallible power. Price 3s. 6d., ss. 6d., 10s. 6d., and 21s. Forwarded on receipt of postage stamps.—Thomas Elliott, hair,grower, (first floor), 51, Fenchurch-street. T. E.'s wigs, Ll 10s. R OYAL NA I T Ns I r O u N uT A IO L N. LIFE-BOAT (Incorporated by Royal Charter). PATRONESS— RESIDENT—Vice-Admiral the Duke of No K.G., F.R.S. Der Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. berlan Esq., e M.P.,iTAIRMAN—Thos. Raring, O M EPUTY-CRAIRAN—Thomas Chapman, F.R.S., V.P. Esq., F.R.S., V.P. APPEAL. h T e h b e eg e in om ni m ng it o te f e th of e Managementyear 1880 ya the R o Institution has expended £32,000 on various Lifeboat Estab lishments on the Coasts of Engl an d , S co tl an d , an d Ireland. o N s a t t a i t o e n a t l h that Lifeboat since The number of lives saved by the Life-boats of the Society. and other means, since its formation, is 12,800 ; ier which services 82 Gold Medals, 718 Silver Medals, and £16,480 in cash have been paid in rewards. The Institu tion has also expended £67, , 00 on Life-boats, Life-boat Transporting -cart cages, and Boat-houses. The Committee desire to express their grateful sense of the generous support which they have received from the British public during the past few years, a support which has enabled them to establish their present magnificent fleet of 123 Lifeboats on the shores oßcetahte rDesnplotnedsibliiliintygdtohmat. Deeply sensib'e, however, of the rests on them to maintain their fieet in a thoroughly efficient state, and its Crews practised in the management of their boats, which can only be effected by a large and permanent annual income, they earnestly appeal to all classes of their great onal a work. countrymen d s to aid them in upholding and pe rpetuating so The Committee gratefully acknowledge the f o l lowing eon-. truly :_ n a t r r i e b a ut a i onn annual 01 C . . d ( ) her Majesty the Queen „ .. .. Campbell, the Hon. Mrs. G. .. .. .. ' 1 1 :1 ' 1 Clerk, Colonel, R.A. •• • • .. ..annual 1 7 ,c, Coutts and Co. Messrs., Bankers ••.. annual 10 o 6 Currie, Wm., I:'..sq., • • • • .. .. 4th don.lo o o Eric, Lord Chief Justice • • .. .. don. 10 10 0 F an shawe, Vice-Admir al Sir A., K.C.B. .. 2d don. 25 0 o Fenwick, G. J., Esq., cost of a Lifeboat and Tran -250 0 0 don. 3 0 o spor ti n g Carriage • • • • • • " .. Harvey, Rev. G. G. an d Mrs. .• .. Martin, Sir Henry , B art. .. .. .. . 7th d 15 15 0 on. 10 0 0 Moore, Rev. G. B. .. .. . . don. 3 0 0 Smith, Mrs. George, Gre enwich • • •• • • Stirling, Col. Sir Anthony, K.C.B. . • .. annual 20 0 Thom,is, Lady, Weston-super-Mare, collected by her 16 16 0 Ladyship .• • • • • .. .. annual 5 0 0 .. Willoughby d'Eresby, Lord .• • . .. Donations and Annual Subscriptions willbe thankfully re eived by the Bankers of the Institution, Messrs. Willis, Percival, and Co., 76, Lombard-street; Messrs. Coutts and Co., 59, nessrs. Berries, Farquhar, and Co., 16, St. jotai.atzeit re ew e i t i:a. London ; by a 1 the Collectors of Customs and Bankers s. fn the Unitedliingdom ; and by the Secretary ei tlt L a u t ud th m e O w ffi .c ce . of the Institution, 14, 4-- 7 o'* 4. . e 1 1 - _ - . , , / / -eiVt---e--t,-, S 1 1 .!d ) E It 411,„ _ . 1/ „ spirits, and confident of more brilliant r u p T p h o s e e d d es t p h a e t r e e h are further a fifteen osauyb t housand reb Unq 4.1 ; eV" - • •::.; 114 4 Vicksburg, who will • ut S: .Att 4 • O l if t 1144 R t.'\ t. l -.414, in the event of the capture s ti cl s h t:l 3 : •. rp , ' • ' s le` -411 1 44;1 .e l , • o . gunboats were in front of Vieksbaturtgh,ehalnrrattawr uarnkd. • ww. . ' 1 . 4 , 40 1 , . seectilia' ' DIE ` E 2 1, 16111111 11111kP1#7, 41&. 16 _ 0 - 5 t„. : DRorr , ' p - w MURFREESBORO, TENN., May 25. The rebels assert Gen. Grant has been beaten, but give no particulars,. THE CAPTURE OF ALEXANDRIA. (Official,Dispatch of Admiral Porter.) WASHINGTON, May 23. The Maryland Department has received the fol lowing from tlit Missise,ippi Squadron, Flag-ship General Price, Grand Gulf, Miss., May 12 : Sir,—l have the honour to inform you, from Alexandria, of the capture of that place, and the forts defending the approaches to the city, by the navel force under my command. Twenty-four hours after we arrived the advanced guard of the United States troops came into the city. General Banks arriving soon after, I turned the place over to his keeping. 'fire water beginning to fall, I deemed it prudent to return with the largest vessels to the mouth of the Red River. I dropped down to Fort De Russy, in the Benton, and undertook to destroy those works. I only succeeded, however, in effec tually destroying the three heavy casemates com manding the channel, and a small water battery for two guns. About 600 yards below it I also de stroyed, by bursting one heavy 32-pounder, and some gun carriages left, in their hurry, by the enemy. The main fort, on a hill, some 900 yards from the water, I was unable to attend to. It is quite an extensive work, quite new and incomplete, but built with much labour and pains. It will take two or three vessels to pull it to pieces; I have not the powder to spare to blow it up. The vessels will be ordered to work at it occasionally, and it will be soon destroyed. In this last mentioned fort was mounted the 11-inch gun, which, lam led to believe, lies in the middle of the river, near the fort, the rebels throw ing it over-board in their panic at the approach of our gunboats. The raft which closed the entrance I have blown up, sawed in two, and presented t o th e poor of the neighbourhood. irnigthoneaP, Price, B ee lack with and he destroyed the ßiver I v e s sr e w n t i t ot C zme o ra m l ka m en a d an, Pittsburg,de r Woodworth,r e c o nnai s sance , and A a large amount of stores, valued at 300,000 dols., consisting of salt, sugar, rum, rrolasses, tobacco, and bacon. (Signed) DAVID D. PORTER, Acting Rear-Admiral Commanding Mississippi Squadron. Hon. Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy. ,_ Y,G' MEXICO. The following news has been received in New York from Mexico via San Francisco and Havana. SAN FRANCISCO, May 19. The steamer Golden Age brings advices from the city of Mexico, to the 2d of May, and from Peubla to the 30th of April. General Ortega's despatches to General Comon fort, states that on the night of the 24th of April the French exploded a mine on the block called " Stenino," occupied by Mexican troops. A number of the Mexicans were buried in the ruins, but the balance resisted the French all night, fighting desperately. On the morning of the 25th both parties were re inforced, and continued the battle with the greatest determination and ferocity, the Mexicans at its close holding their original positien. Daring the contest the French exploded another mine in the Santa Jesu, and another fight ensued here, lasting seven hours, the Mexicans remaining masters of the field and capturing 130 prisoners from the Ist Regiment of French Zouaves. The French left 400 dead on the field. Since these fights the French have kept up the bombardment of the city, though less vigorously than before. On the Ist of May, President Juares left the city of Mexico for General Comonfort's camp, near Peubla, for the purpose of urging im mediate offensive operations against the French. SAN FRANCISCO, May 20. General Ortega's despatch to General Comon fort, dated Peubla, the 29th of April, thus sums up the military situation during the last month and a half : The French have made eight assaults, succeeding only in two. We have lost nothing save our aban doned forts, and one line of defences_ For the last thirty-one days we have not lost a foot of ground. The French continue to throw their bombs into the city, and are cutting ditches and covered ways for an attack on Santa Austa. (News via Havana.) (Correspondent of the Associated Press.) HAVANA, May 19, 1863. On the 16th the French steamer of war L'Eure arrived from Vera Cruz, which port she left on the 11th. She reports that no news had been received from the army later than the 27th ult. ; that the siege of Puebla has been raised, or suspended, till the arrival of reinforcements and heavier gunnery, as it bad been impossible to penetrate the city of Puebla with the artillery they had, it being only twelve pound callare, though rifled. The guns from the vessels of war in port have been sent ashore and are to go to Puebla. Two guns have arrived within two days' journey, and others were on the road. The impossibility of entering Puebla consisted in the barricades eighteen feet thick with earth and stones, and in the fact that the Mexicans had filled the houses of the first line of parapets with earth. The Mexicans again occupy the Fort of San Xavier, which they are repairing. The Eure reports that light skirmishing took place daily with parties who came out to attack from the city; that on the 24th a large convoy of meal was captured by the French, which the Mexi cans were trying to introduce into the city. A French officer passed through this port in the mail steamer Clyde en route f or F ran ce, whence c D be is to send out a heavy s i ege t ra i n ; and a Vera rz arrive and until reinforcements part reach h of Octo letter says nothing will be done till these Orizaba, which which cannot be earlier than the firs: the Mexican Octo ber. We are very anxious to F as re w n te Immortalite brought the The English tahccrooutignht,reliance on ge those received miles towards Orizaba, ob liged to retire eighteen to e c French sou rces. ace n al Forev and staff have gone. news that the French friga had been defeated, and Lich place Gener al letter w from a person in high standing in Vera Cruz to one of the same category here says, "the French n h ianvee milesb en o . I u i obliged r t s o raise the siege andgoint into quarters retreat from y I Vera wrote c 7 l of am as carrying at Orizaba and await rei n f orcements and heavy guns from France. T n ar fo ry nn in e g d, l, w oo a o s ,o a o t o . d o llahre co s n o tacked by the guerillas, and the money stolen. I gave you an account of the counter guerillas, who were three times driven back in their attempt to dislodge the guerillas, who it was supposed would attack the convoy. 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On the Ist of May we fought the battle of Port Gibson, and defeated the rebels, under Gen. Bowen, whose loss in killed, wounded, and prisoners was at least fifteen hundred, and loss in artillery five pieces. On the 12th of May, at the battle of Raymond, the rebels were defeated with a loss of eight hundred. On the 14th of May we defeated Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, and captured Jackson, with a loss to the enemy of four hundred, besides immense stores and manufactures, and seventeen pieces of artillery. On the 16th of May we fought the bloody and decisive battle of Baker's Creek, in which the entire force of Vicksburg, under General Pemberton, was defeated, -- ,vith the loss of twenty-nine pieces of artillery and four thousand men. On the 17th of May we defeated the same force at the Big Black River Bridge, with the loss of two thousand six hundred men and seventeen pieces of artillery. On the 18th of May we invested Vicksburg closely. To-day General Steele carried the rifle pits on the north of the city. The right of the army rests on the Mississippi above Vicksburg. JOHN. A. RAWLINS, Assistant Adjutant-General. Postscript.—l learn further that there are from fifteen to twenty thousani men in Vicksburg, and that Pemberton has lost nearly all his field artillery, and that the cannonading at Vicksburg closed at about three o'clock p.m. on the 20th of May. General Grant has probably captured nearly all. S. A. HURLBUT, Major-General. Despatch from W. G. Fuller, Assistant Manager of Telegraph. Communicated to the Press by President Lincoln. MEMPHIS, TENN., May 23. Col. Anson Stager, Washington, D.C: Official information from below to Wednesday states that General Grant has captured Haines' Bluff and the outer works of Vicksburg, a large number of prisoners, and fifty-seven pieces of artil lery. The battle is still raging, with every pros pect of capturing the entire force in Vicksburg. We have Jackson, Black River Bridge, and Haines' Bluff. A report is making up for Washington. W. G. FULLER, Assistant Manager of Telegraph. THE GREAT BATTLE AT BAKER'S CREEK AND BLACK RIVER BRIDGE_ The following despatch was received by the War Department yesterday : MEMPHIS, TENN., May 23 (11/ a.m.). Hon. Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War. The following despatch has been received at these headquarters, and is forwarded as requested : _ S. A. HURLBUT, Major-General. REAR OF VICKSBURG, May 20 (6 a.m.). Hon. E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War. General Grant won a great and momentous vic tory over the rebels, under Pemberton, on the Jackson and Vicksburg road, at Baker's Creek, on the 16th inst. Pemberton had a most formidable position on the crest of a wooded hill, over which the road passes longitudinally. He had about 25,000 men. The battle begun at 11 a.m., and was gained at 4 p.m. Its brunt was borne by Horey's division of M'Ler nand's corps, and by Logan's and Crooker's divisions of M'Pherson's corps. Hovey attacked the hill, and held the greater part of it till 2 o'clock p.m. When, having lost 1,600 men, he was succeeded by Boomer's and Holmes's brigades of Crocker's division, by which the conflict was ended; in that part of the field Broomer lost 500 men. Logan operated on the right, and cut off the ene my's direct retreat, so that he was compelled to escape by his right flank through the woods. Logan lost 400 killed and wounded. We took about 2,000 prisoners. On the 17th, advancing to the Big Black, we fought Pemberton again at the bridge there, and captured 300 more prisoners. He fought in rifle pits, protected by difficult bayous full of abattis. Lawle's brigade of M'Lernand's corps charged the rifle pits magnificently, and took more prisoners than their own numbers. Pemberton burned his bridges and returned to Vicksburg with only three cannon out of 60 that he bad taken out. Building four bridges over the Big Black, Gene ral Grant arrived before the town on the evening of the 18th, and now holds it closely invested. He had open a line of supplies, via Chickasaw Bayou, having cut the town off from Haines' Bluff, which is abandoned by the enemy, and which General Grant will occupy. There was sharp fighting through the day yes terday, Steele won and holds the upper bluffs, and the enemy's upper water batteries, and gets water from the Mississippi. Sherman's corps lost yesterday 500 killed and wounded. M'Pherson, who holds the centre, lost little, as did M'Lernand, who holds the left. The gunboats kept the enemy alert during the night, and probably the town will be carried to-day. There ars from 15,000 to 20,000 men in it. NEW YORK, May 26, 1863. The steamers Hansa and City of Baltimore arrived at New York, and the Asia at Halifax, May 25. The following is the " situation" from the New York Herald of May 26 : The battles of General Grant in the vicinity of Vicksburg, and the brilliant victories of Admiral Porter on the Yazoo, have to be numbered amongst the most successful operations of the war. Admiral Porter, in his official despatch, dated from the Yazoo river on the 20th inst., details the capture of Haines' Bluff by Lieut. Walker, of the gunboat De Kalb,wh o not only drove out the enemy,but secured all their guns, ammunition, camps and equipage. The defences consisted of 14 fcrts, and took the enemy 12 months to construct. Admiral Porter destroyed the gun carriages,ble w up the magazines, and destroyed the works generally, which he de scribes as a network of defences such as he never saw before. Admiral Porter, in his official despatch, also describes the close investment of Vicksburg by Gen. Grant's army, upon which city, h e nays, he INIMP hopes to be able to announce a general assault very soon, and the capture thereof. He says, further, that there has never been a ease during the war where the rebels have been so successfully beaten at all points, and that the patience and endurance shown by our army and navy for so many months ere about being rewarded. The news received in Washington yesterday, although it does not embody any official account of the capture of Vicksburg, all tends to the belief that Gen. Grant has by this time become master of the place. The latest intelligence the Government ap pears to have received was up to Friday last, at 9 p.m., when it was supposed that the city must fall on the next day. At that time Gen. M'Pherson's force, in the centre, was within one mile of the Court House at Vicksburg, while Gen. Sherman on the right, and Gen. M'Clernand on the left, were each within a mile and a half of the town, and the gunboats were shelling it in front. Despatches from Cairo last night state that up to 9 o'clock no boats from below had arrived at Mem phis, and that some days may elapse before they have positive information, as all the boats were sent up the Yazoo river on special service. The Southern journals, as will be seen by the extracts which we give to-day, speak despondingly of the state of affairs at Vicksburg. Without having any more official information evidently than that which we possess relative to the capture of that place, they predicate their arguments upon the as. sumption that it has fallen, that Port Hudson is abandoned, and even that the whole Mississippi is in possession of the Federal troops, and argue from these standpoints that the rebellion can still main tain itself. The _Richmond Whig says :—" If we cannot bear defeat as well as the Yankees we are unworthy to be free. Until some one of our large armies has been beaten as often and as severely as the Yankee Army of the Potomac, we cannot say our courage has been fully tested, or our ability to conquer peace and independence has been estab lished." Our correspondence from Gen. Dix's department to-day will be found very interesting, giving in detail the description of Col. Kilpatrick's brilliant cavalry raid into Matthews and Gloucester counties. The news from the Army of the Potomac is that all is " painfully quiet along the lines," and that is rather old news now. A despatch from St. Louis, dated yesterday, says that a band of rebel guerillas captured the town of Richmond, Clay county, Mo., on Tuesday night, together with the Union force which occupied it. Two officers of the Twenty-fifth Missouri were killed in the fight, and another lieutenant was shot after the Union troops surrendered. It was feared that the whole force would be treated in the same manner. The guerillas made a clean sweep of the whole town. The same band also plundered the town of Plattsburg, Clinton county, on Thursday night, and took 11,000 dols. from the Court-house belonging to the State. Our advices from St. Thomas via Colon state that the Alabama is at the Moule (Guadaloupe), block aded by the United steamers Oneida and Alabama. Admiral Wilkes reached St. Thomas on the 30th ult. from Havana via Ponce, Porto Rico, and after communicating with Mr. Edgar, the United States Consul, proceeded to - Guadaloupe inthe Vanderbilt, in search of the pirate. Should she be met at that place by the brave old Admiral, there will be no chance of her committing fresh depredations on the merchant vessels of the United States. MURFREESBORO, May 25, 1863. Vallandigham arrived here on a special train, under a strong escort, at ten o'clock last evening. having left Louisville this morning, and passed through Nashville without stopping. His arrival was expected by the military and public, but the time not being known no demon stration of any kind took place. He was quietly taken in a carriage to the quar ters of Major Wiles, Provost Marshal General, where he was received by General Rosecrans, and a number of other officers. He appeared to be fully composed, and abstained from the expression of any disagreeable sentiments. At two p.m. his southward journey commenced. Major Miles, with a mounted escort, started down to take him below our lines in Shelbyville. The pri soner was very cheerful, and discussed his situation indifferently : but on approaching the nearest rebel picket, commanded by Colonel Webb, of the Eighth Alabama, some eight miles out, he became percep tibly affected. Upon taking leave of his companions, he said in substance—" I am a citizen of the United States, and loyal to them. I want you to understand that you have been a prisoner to the Confederate autho rities." To Colonel Webb he made similar remarks. The former received him with a remark that he had read his speeches but did not like him ; that he could not receive him within the Confederate lines, but he would permit him to remain at his post until he had ascertained the pleasure of the authorities, The flag of truce party then left Vallandigham and returned. Vallandigham's speech was a very ingenious stratagem, by w hi c h he expected to prevent his reception by the Confederate authori ties, and secure himself the credit of martyrdom as a persecuted loyalist. I deem it more than probable that in the face of the antagonism to the South he assumed the enemy will refuse to receive him. He was given to under stand by General Rosecrans that, should he arrange to return to our lines in the same way, the President's orders to carry his original sentence into effect would be executed. _ _ MURFREESBORO, May 25 , 1863. C. I. Vallandigham was received here on an extra train from Nashville between ten and eleven o'clock night. After some hours conversation with General Rosencrans and others, he was put in an open s pr ing wagon and escorted by a squadron of cavalry to the outposts, and at nine a.m. to-day was delivered into the hands of the authorities. A single private soldier received him, to whom he made the follow ing declaration :—" I am a citizen of the State of Ohio and of the United States. lam here by force and against my will. I therefore sur ren d er myse lf ' MAY 25, 1863. to you as a prisoner of war." W i N G e d T 0 i n Washington at ten minutes past eleven this morning : N The following wasArSencelv CAIRO, 111., M ay 25, 1863. Hon. Gideon Welles, Secretary to the Navy : The following despatch has just been received from Admiral Porter. _ _ _ A. M. PENNOCK, Fleet Captain of the Mississippi squadron. Flagship Blackhawk, H a i nes ' Bluff, Yazoo River, May 20, 1863 . Ron. Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy : On the morning of the 15th I came over to the Yazoo to be ready to co-operate with General Grant. Leaving two of the iron-clads at Red river, one at Grand Gulf, one at Carthage, three at War renton, and two in the Yazoo, left me a small force Still I disposed of them to the best ad van t age . On the 18th, at meridian, firing was heard in the. rear of Vicksburg, which assured me that General Grant was approaching the city. The cannonading was kept up furiously for some time, when, by the aid of glasses, I discerned a company of our artil lery advancing, taking position, and driving the rebels before them. I immediately saw that Gene ral Sherman's division had come on to the left of Snyder's Bluff, and that the rebels at that place had been cut off from joining the forces in the c ity. I despatched the De Kalb, Lieutenant-Commander Walker; Choctaw, Lieutenant-Commander Ram say; Romeo, Petrel, and Forest Rose, all under command of Lieutenant-Commander Breese, up the Yazoo to open communication in that way with Generals Grant and Sherman. This I succeeded in doing, and in three hours received letters from Generals Grant, Sherman, and , Steele, informing me of this vast success, and asking me to send up provisions, which Was at once done. In the meantime Lieutenant• Commander Walker, in the De Kalb, pushed on to Haines' Bluff, which the enemy had commenced evacuating the day be fore, and a party remained behind in the hopes of destroying or taking away a large amount of am munition on hand. When they saw the gunboats they ran out and left everything in go . od order—guns, forts, tents, and equipage of all kinds, which fell into our hands. As soon as the capture of Haines' Bluff and four teen forts was reported to me I shoved up the gun boats from below Vicksburg to fire at the hill bat teries, which fire was kept up for two or three hours. At midnight they moved up to the town and opened on it for about an hour, and continued at intervals during the•night to annoy the garrison. On the 19th I placed six mortars in position, with orders to fire night and day as rapidly as they could. The works at Haines' Bluff are very formidable. There are fourteen of the heaviest kind of mounted eight and ten inch and seven and a half inch rifled guns, with ammunition enough to last a long siege. As the gun carriages might again fall into the hands of the enemy, I had them burned, blew up the maga zine and destroyed the works generally. I also burned up the encampments, which were perma nently and remarkably well constructed, looking as if the rebels intended to stay for some time. These works and encampments covered many acres of ground, and the fortifications and the rifle pits proper of Haines' Bluff extend about a mile and a quarter. Such a network of defences I never saw. The rebels were a year constructing them, and all were rendered useless in an hours. As soon as I got through with the destruction of the magazines and other works I started Lieutenant Commander Walker up the Yazoo river with sufficient force to destroy all the enemy's pro perty in that direction, with orders to return with all despatch, and only to proceed as far as Yazoo City, where the rebels have a navy yard and store houses. In the meantime Gen. Grant has closely invested Vicksburg, and has possession of the best commanding points. In a very short time a general assault will take place, when I hope to announce that Vicksburg has fallen, after a series of the most brilliant successes that ever attended an army. There has never been a case during the war where the rebels have been so successfully beaten at all points, and the patience and endurance shown ,by our army and navy for so many months are about being rewarded. I withthsi ce k a es xb m cue e rp r g e t, iotnh question f mv oi srs o ti f s Hs i a u dp f s e i own, willhours,w hbi e ep e n i h and owl t h f o w e t s entire length. D. D. PORTER, n Rear-Admiral commanding Mississippi s qua d ron . lo The Jackson Mississippian of May 13 says : " Our forces engaged the enemy at Fordien's-place, which is at the junction of the Utica and Cayuga roads, leading into Raymond, and two miles and a half south-west from that place. The engagement commenced between 11 and 12 o'clock, and lasted four hours. It is supposed, from the firing, t 9 have been a stoutly contested one. Despatches to the Governor report that the enemy with overwhelming numbers had driven our forces back to Raymond. At four o'clock yesterday evening the enemy were still advancing, and our gallant veterans were com pelled to fall back before a vastly superior force. We just learn from a gentleman who was engaged in the fight that the Yankees have driven our forces out of Raymond, and were advancing on us still, near Sundown. Our reinforcements had not arrived. We had decided advantages at one time, but their large numbers overpowered our forces and com pelled them to fall back." THE CAPTURE OF JACKSON, MISS. (From the Columbus Sun, May 25.) _ A gentleman of this city, just returned from Jack son, gives us some interesting particulars relative to the late capture of that city by the Yankees. It seems that on Tuesday a sharp contest was had with the advance force of Grant's army at Ray mond, six or eight miles south-west of Jackson, The enemy outnumbered us at least five to one, Our forces were compelled to fall back upon Jack son, which they did in good order late at night. On Wednesday evening, just at dark, the train on which General Johnstone and staff had taken passage for Vicksburg arrived in Jackson, and the General remained over superintending tho move ments of the troops. _ On Thursday morning, at about nine o'clock, the enemy appeared in force a few miles south of Jack son, and attacked and drove in our pickets. Our force did not exceed eight thousand, and so rapid had been the movements of the enemy that several of our regiments had not yet been arranged for ac tion. The force of the enemy was estimated at thirty thousand. It seems to be the purpose of General Johnstone merely to delay the enemy's arrival in the city as long as possible, in order to allow our forces time to withdraw our commissary and quartermaster's stores. Our informant left Jackson at 3 o'clock p.m., on Thursday. He states that three or four build ings had been burned before he left—set on fire by the shells of the enemy. The train which left Jack son on Thursday evening came near being over taken and captured by a battalion of Yankee cavalry. A few miles west of Brandon the cavalry were seen a short distance from the road, but the speed of the locomotive having been increased to nearly thirty miles an hour, the train escaped. We have since learned that Brandon is in posses sion of the enemy, and that the road between that place and Jackson has been destroyed. The people of Jackson and vicinity, including the millitary as well as the civilians, are greatly in censed at General Pemberton, and openly accuse him of bad faith. Our informant states that the feeling is strongest among the commissaries and quartermasters, who state that they might have saved everything had Pemberton given them orders to move a few hours sooner. There appears to have been no fighting but with artillery, and this was at very long taw. The majority of the public stores were removed. Still a great quantity was destroyed by our men to prevent them from falling into the hands of the enemy. All the railroad rolling stock, &c., was removed. (From the Riehmomf Whig, May 23.) Suppose Vicksburg has fallen, the army inside of the fortifications captured or destroyed, Port Hud son reduced or abandoned, the Mississippi in its whole length controlled by the enemy, and the con federacy temporarily or even for the remainder of the war cut in twain ; suppose, further, that this really great success to the foe and cruel disaster to ourselves is attended with consequences as certain as they are deplorable—increased enthusiasm at the North, the triumphant vindication of the tyranny at Washington, conscription enforced even in the North-west without opposition, perhaps a revival of the spirit of volunteering, peace parties crushed for ever, men and money to an endless sum ob tained, and Europe, busy with its own troubles, awed into permanent silence —suppose all this, for it becomes us now to consider the worst possible aspect of the news, what then ? Our duty will then be precisely what it has always been—to main tain the cause unflinchingly, and to exhibit a spirit more indomitable and persistent than that of the enemy. Nothing is to be gained by despondency. All that has been lost may be regained by fortitude and perseverance. It will be worse than useless to reproach the Government, however guilty it may be, for the appointme nt of inex p eri enced generals, or to re pine over the precious blood that has been wasted by the mismanagement of the forces entrusted to PRiCE..... -..4d. STAMPED ....bd. inccnapetent commanders. A great victory would have proved, apparently, the sagacity of the appointment which has brought us so great troubles. A great defeat should silence the clamour which cannot at all undo an event of the past. The unwisdom of our rulers must be borne as manfully as the evils inflicted by the enemy. The bitterness of our heart, which breeds despondency and disaffection, wins no triumphs, repairs no disasters, sustains no cause. Greatness of soul accepts all the calamities of war in the spirit of defiance, and rises superior to every misfortune. if we cannot bear defeat as well as the Yankee we are unworthy to be free. Until some one of our large armies has been beaten as often and as severely as the Yankee army of the Potomac we cannot say our courage has been fully tested, or our ability to conquer peace and independence has been established. Should Pemberton and his whole army be captured there will still be left in the south-west materials for a very large army under Johnston. Pemberton's men will soon be returned to duty by exchange, the balance being now greatly in our favour. Besides Johnston's army there will be others as large, or larger, under Lee, Beauregard, and Bragg. The combined forces of Kirby Smith, Magruder, and Price make an army nearly equal to either of the above. So long as even one of them remains un crushed, the cause is safe. e mos Serious di s a s t ers h ave h ere t o f ore h er alded impor tant reforms, decided improvem en t i n the organisa tion of our forces, a revival o f energ y, an a ccession the a nd N material evwie t o Orleans r f ri war, leesa. ns T preluded e followed lufdaleldaf by o D a o fonis trengths successionnoin a f l l h brillianti, mp summer of heroic achievements, in which the enemy was nearly everywhere pushed back to his own soil. Scorning to imitate the Yankees by underrating the consequences of the fall of Vicksburg, we may yet with reason count upon compensation in the approaching campaign. The loss of Vicksburg, if it have no other good effect, will secure us in the future against the appointment of entirely inex perienced generals. Of this we may be perfectly sure. Moreover, it will add to the strength of our armies. This is a necessity. The North, stimulated by success, will hurl its myriads upon us, and we must meet them with every available man. Within two years we have withstood fourteen hundred thousand of the Vandals. What shall hinder us from withstanding as many more during the year to come ? Nothing but a want of manhood, which the South has never failed to show. We have veterans commanded by great generals, the enemy have recruits commanded by generals inferior to our own. Let them come on ; we will see whose heart is stoutest, let the war last as long as it may. CAIRO, May 25, 10 p.m. No boats from below had arrived at Memphis up to 9 o'clock to-night. All the boats at Milliken's Bend have been sent up the Yazoo for the purpose, doubtless, of meeting any possible contingency. It may, therefore, be 24 hours before we have any thing definite. The last positive despatches come to-day by the Polar Star, which left the mouth of the Yazoo at 1 o'clock on Thursday. The battle was still raging with the land forces in the rear; Porter's mortar boats below and mortar boats above engaged. It is believed that a large number of women and children still remain in Vicksburg. CHICAGO, May 25, 1863. A special despatch from Cairo says : Dates from below to the morning of the 22d are received: The bombardment of the enemy's upper works was continued by the mortar fleet. Persons who saw the operations through a glass say they are satisfied that Grant has captured a battery on Walnut Hill. A furious cannonading is going on all around. THE LATEST NEWS VIA WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON, May 25, 1863. Although no positive and direct official informa tian has been received here of the final reduction of the stronghold of Vicksburg, all the news received from every source indicates its capture by General Grant on Saturday last, and no doubt is enter tained that with Vicksburg all that was left of the army of General Pemberton has been compelled to surrender. A despatch was received to-night from Gen. Dix, stating that a deserter had arrived to-day at Suf folk from Franklin, who said that Vicksburg had been taken. Gen. Dix adds that if this is so we shall have the information authentically to morrow. Another despatch received to-day from General Hurlbut, at Memphis, states that by a steamer just arrived from Chickasaw Bayou a letter was received from an ordnance officer of General Grant, dated 9 p.m., Friday night, confirming the previous state ments of successes, and stating that 6,000 prisoners and 74 cannon had been captured. At the hour when the letter was dated General M'Pherson's force, in the centre, was within one mile of the court house at Vicksburg, while General Sherman on the right, and General M'Clernand on the left, were each within a mile and a half of the town, and the gunboats were shelling the city in front. He concludes by saying that Vicksburg must cer tainly bE taken by to-morrow (Saturday). This is the latest intelligence the Government has received ; but no doubt is entertained that the capture of Vicksburg will be announced officially by the next arrival from that point. From the various despatches up to to-night, and the most accurate information in the possession of the Government, it is believed that Gen. Grant has nothing to fear from the concentration of any con siderable rebel force in his rear. The only force available to them for this purpose are the 6,000 under Gen. Johnston, the small number driven away from Pemberton under Gen. Loring, and one or at most two brigades from Port Hudson—in all making, at the very outside, not more than 15,000 men. The destruction of the bridges across the Big Black river will prevent the speedy arrival of this small force, and it would only add to the glory of the triumph of Gen. Grant for such force to inter fere with him during the last hours of his attack upon Vicksburg. The very significant editorial of the Richmond Whig of Saturday, upon Vicksburg, is evidently intended to prepare the public mind for the intelli gence, certainly expected there , of its capture and , the surrender of the whole of G eneral Pemberton 's army on Saturday. ADDITIONAL PARTICITLARS. WASII N GTON, May 25, 1863. General Dix telegraphed from Fortress Monroe to-night that a flag of truce boat is expected to morrow, and that a deserter who came into Suffolk to-day from Franklin said that Vicksburg had been taken. "Ii so," the General added, "wehisghhallokf official to-morro w with certainty. It may be mere rumour." a followingey latest,rprocur from Vicksburg procured rom y a sburg dated Memphis, v source, eThe ph is the v s 10.30 this morni ng , and which was re ceived here to-night : The telegram is from Gem Hurlbut. He encloses a statement from an ordnance, showing the condi tion of affairs at r,/ o'clock on Friday night. The city was not at that time taken. Great advantages, however, had been gained, the enemy making a firm resistance. The impression prevailed that we would take `icksburg the next time. We at that time com pletely commanded the town. Our men had their colours planted on the enemy's works and were lying on the extreme slope. Our captures were about six thousand prisoners and seventy-four pieces of artillery,some of which had been destroyed. The position of our troops was, some within a mile and others a mile and a half of the Court House. General Grant is represented to be in good I