The Sun.
London, England, 1863-05-16 00:00:00

DEFEAT OF THE FEDERALS BY

STONEWALL JACKSON.

(From the Correspondent of the Times.)

[Per Persia, via Roche's Point, May 16, 3.55 a.m

NEW YORK, MAY 5.
The news from General Hooker's army is up to
six o'clock on Sunday evening. On the after-
noo❑ of Saturday General Stonewall Jackson, by
a flank movement, made a vigorous attack upon
the right wing of the Federals near Chancellorsville.
General Schurz's division, composed principally
of Germans, was the first to feel the shock, and
immediately gave way. No efforts of the officers to
rally their men were of any avail, and the retreat
became a rout ; w hole regiments threw down their
arms and fled towards head-quarters. The panic
soon extended to General Deven's division, which
also broke and ran. Two brigades of General How-
ard's division alone retired in order, to the support
of whom General Hooker sent his own division,
commanded by General Berry. The united and
desperate exertions of these troops, after a most
sanguinary struggle, succeeded in checking the
Confederate advance, and prevented General Jack-
son from completing his victory.
At daybreak on Sunday the Confederates again
advanced, this time being met upon the extreme
right by General Berry. The battle raged for
three hours and a half, during which General
Berry was killed. The Federals then fell back, the
enemy pursuing. The fighting continued four hours
longer, when, the Federals having succeeded
in getting the Confederates in their front, the con-
flict was suspended. The carnage on both sides is
described as being awful, but no numbers are given.
It was expected that the battle would be renewed
on Monday; but, if it were, the Federal Govern-
ment his not, up to this hoar (6 o'clock), allowed
the fact to be made public.
All sorts of rumours are in circulation—some to
the effect that Hooker's entire force has been cut to
pieces; others, that it has entered into Richmond
without a struggle.
Great dissatisfaction is everywhere expressed

against the authorities at Washington for with-
holding the information, good or bad, which the
public has a right to expect.
The Confederate force which recently occupied
Morgantown, on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad,
captured four companies of Militia belor,ging to the
town; it then proceeded to Fairmount, and en-
gaged the Federals under Colonel Mulligan, who
were defending the railroad-bridge which s, ans the
Monongahela near that place. After a short con-
flict the Federals were beaten, and the bridge, the
finest on the road, was totally destroyed.
The Confederates took 250 of Colonel Mulligan's
men prisoners, but the loss in killed and wounded
on either side is not known.

Parkersburg and Wheeling are believed to b 9 the
next points threatened.

It is reported, via Memphis on the 30th, that a
body of Confederate cavalry had made a raid into
Central Mississippi and destroyed 20 miles of the
Mississippi Central Railroad and a large quantity
of arms and stores.

On the 21st ult. General Banks occupied Opelousas
and Washington, in Louisiana. General Banks's
intention is to proceed northward, to form a junc-
tion with the forces under Admirals Farragut and

Porter and General Grant, designing thereby the
complete severance of the Confederate line of com-
munication for supplies from Texas to Port Hudson.

The Jackson Mississippi Appeal of the 24th ult.
states that the Conftderate force in Arkansas under
Generals Stirling Price and Kirby Smith is rapidly
augmenting in numbers, and will soon resume opera-
tions in Missouri.

Despatches from Cairo of today (the sth) deny
the report that the Federal had occupied Grand
Gulf, and state that, on the contrary, they were
signally repulsed.
General Marmaduke has returned to Arkansas
from his late successful raid into Missouri.

The ship Punjaub, from Boston, is reported to
have been captured by the Alabama, and subse-
giving bonds. The date and quently released upon
locality of the capture are not stated.

The Hon. C. L. Vallandigham was arrested by a
military force at his residence at Dayton. Ohio,
this morning, by the order of General Burnside,
and carried to Cincinnati. An attempt made by his
friends in Dayton to rescue him fr3m the soldiers
was unsuccessful.

In the case of the Peterhoff on Saturday a motion
made on behalf of the owners of the vessel to admit

the testimony of Captain Jarman was opposed by
the district attorney and the counsel for the captors.
Upon this motion the Court took the papers, and
reserved its decision. An order to allow Mr. Red-

gate, one of the owners of the cargo, to testify in his
own behalf was then applied for. Mr. Redgate's
counsel stated that h-,s client was born a British
subject ; that he was an enemy of the Confederate
Government; that his portion of the cargo had been
legitimately consigned to his partner at Mata-

moras, and that he desired to be and remain a
citizen of the United States, provided he could
thereby receive the restitution of his property and
damages for unlawful capture and detention; but, if
he were to be treated as an alien enemy, he (lc-

manded that he be regarded as British subject,
and as such he should claim protection from the
British Government.

The Court decided that, as Mr. Redgate was a
resident of a rebellious State, he was to be consi-

dered an alien enemy.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

In consequence of various conflicting rumours
'rom the army, gold has fluctuated considerably.
[t opened at 1471, advanced to 151, declined to
1491, and closed at 1502.
Exchange is nominally 164.
United States Sixes, 1881, 107.
Treasury 7-30 Notes, 1061.
New York Central Railway, 1194.
Erie, 86.
Illinois Central, 941.
Cotton unchanged.
BreadstufA quiet; provisions inactive. Sugar
Oc. to 101 e.

THE BANK OF FRANCE.

PARIS, MAY 16.

The Moniteur of this morning publishes the usual
monthly return of the Bank of France, which shows
the following results, as compared with the March

return :

INCREASE.

Cash in hand
Treasury balance
Current accounts

Francs.
171 millions.
191 millions.
104 millions.
10k millions.

Advances

Bills discounted, DECREASE.
61 millions.
.. Bank notes not yet due • •
.. 11 millions.
• .
AI, Vintry, President of one of the sections of the

Council of State, has been appointed Governor of
the B tnk of France.

THE POLISH INSURRECTION
CRACOW, MAY 15 (Evening).

Between the Bth and 10th inst. an insurrection
broke out at five different points of Volhymnia.
The insurgents confined (internirt) in Gallicia
have all refused to avail themselves of the amnesty,
in spite of the solicitations of the Russian agents.

BERLIN, MAY 16

Letters received here from Warsaw state that
on the 10th inst. the Revolutionary Town Captain,
in order to prevent the emigration of despondent
citizens, issued a proclamation forbidding any per-
son to leave Poland without a passport from the
National Government.

DANTZIG, MAY 15.

The Ostsee Zeitung of to-day says :—" The pro-
vincial revolutionary committee for Lithuania has
published a reply to the Imperial Ukase granting
an amnesty, which says As the object of the
insurrection is not to obtain concessions from the
Emperor, but to establish the independence of the
whole of Poland within the frontiers, which existed
before its partition, the national struggle shall con-
tinue until the lust Muscovite soldier has been driven
from these Polish provinces, or till the last Polish
army has ceased to fight."

CONSTANTINOPLE, MAY 15.

M. de Moustier, the French Ambassador, has
invited the Porte to co-operate with the other
powers in diplomatic action at St. Petersburg in
favour of Poland.

The Porte has, however, refused on the ground
that Turkey was not a party to the treaties of 1815.

SPAIN.
NEW MINISTRY FOR THE COLONIES,
MADRID, MAY 15,

A Royal decree has been issued, creating a new
Ministry for the Colonies.

ITALY.

TURIN, MAY 16,

The Oyinione of to-day says :—" The Italian
Government recently received information that a
Bourbon expedition, under the command of Bourbon
ex-officers sent from Rome, was being organised on
the Albanian coast, for the purpose of conducting
a number of Albaniau brigands into the province
of Puglia.

In consequence of this information, the Italian
Government, after having despatched several men-
of-war to cruise off the Albanian coast, requested
the Porte to arrest the conspirators.
Upon a domiciliary visit being made at the house
of the Austrian Consul atValona, a quantity of arms
and ammunition was discovered and seized.

Three individuals at the Austrian Consulate were

arrested.