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The New York herald., 1862-07-16
LETTER or HON. A. D. BAoHE.
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GsSTLExxS-.I thank You cordially for the opportunity
you give Of being present ~ the meeting Of "oyai
cityens Tuesday, the 13.h instant. Evory oae Of
yolr wntchwords touches the very depths Of heart.
No party bu, tho whole counryi union Of all for the
support Of tho government in snorgtc prUfecuon u
tho var for the suppr ssson VI the rebslon iuain ~
ished confidence the ju'tics ~ the csuse lnnsSos
determination 10 sustain i'll Aid 20 Oh, government 70
the extent ~ all resources OF mind, body End estate
How such words stir the SOILS " ali oy1i ctse's
How much regret thst faay no., conss ently wiin
pressing duties, enjoy the Enthusiasm OF tins
mass meeting. Tho corps 10 which ] bsorg ~
dispersed among tho army and navy expeditions
in Vrgini, North and south Carolina Frlda aud si
ana lending the aid OF their riuGto iocA ko,w.edyc
freely the army aud navy expeditions Ator this SER
vice they will DO sssiy - continue maps x The CO st,
fu in case u intervention, that already contributed
h. boon agairJt rebellion. Az thcso NOR woald he 40
ghtci 10 Sd counted particles Ia tho meeting Of
lyn ctizeus sAll unite with n thtoc times thres
cheers for the wd.chwor6s Of ycar committee. Worry
respectfully, yours, A. .. BAcHE
Dg. KINGS SPEECH.
The venerable Dr. Ei-e, President OF Columbia Cot
legs ca7oi upon 10 address the nleetns. lie
sii-- N0
They saw before thew man OF msnv yesrs ard yst
who hal the f,ndcs affection for the n, snory or bs
youth ard &c hi. iestun. Ito very rarely
niser with political msotngs vi when ne did 20 ID
was y th the design OF OcsNtlBg aud aiidg tho cat o
Of human liberty No Soans man could feel moro son.
sbiy than he did I'll edngsines and impo tace IL tas
9eotng. lie was tbnre ~ eix bac4uso he felt IL a
clrso common 10 th9 snJle Americaa hart. tAr.
pause) They were tnore 10 lend thor aid In putting
down the m7st wanion, wicked and Iou,
The New York herald., 1862-07-16
LETTER OF GENERAL srGEL

LETTER OF GENERAL SIGEL
WAslIIxeroN. July Is, 1852
sHGensral Sgel regrets that the duties Of the camp
prscudcs the possibility OF his addressing the meeting
OF 10y al citizens this evening He trusts, however, that
his actions will speak louder than his words and shat
expression Of loyal and patriotic sentiments which will
be uttered this evcning and which ho doubts not will
find hearty response from the heart n every native
and adopted citizen, OF all shades Of political opinion
He skos this opportunity to renew TO the government
the proisr of his life and his energies 10 seppress the
unholy rebellion and TO sustain the best government the
known, for whose principles he has ever
spectfully, GEORGE q. LYON, Aid-de-Camp.
LHrrsn OF HON. PRESTON KlNo.
wAsHiSeroS, July IL, 1882.
GEyrrxnEN--Yovr invitation to to address mass
meeting Of nil parties Who ara Ia favor Of suppaftng the
government in the prosecution Of the war aud ylppo
ing the rebellion, TO be held In the city OF New York on
T1osdsy, 10th inst, has been received. Ny whole
heart In the your meeting Is called 10 promote,
and wish could be there but public engagements that
cannot put aside prevent my attendance. thank you
- PRESTON KING.
LHrrEa FROM non. JOHN SHERMAN.
AyASHISCroy, July Ia, Isdg.
CrSrrxsKs--I heartily approve tho object Of your
NEE ting, aud only rcgic, that my public duties viii not
ALLOW 20 attend This IS 10 tme for parties or par
tiztns IL " time tor crccds, platforms, or n-scs.
We must preserve the unity Of tins sovermoost. We
all the resources ~ our command AID M tho
men, white black, mixed willing 70 AID u.s. IL At lib
erty u choose prefer only white men, OF car,hn stan
dard ~ morality religion aua tcs; but the IN "a Is
lc0l who. whom h,s house ~ on nrc or he is In the
m dst sh hwrcck, viii not nccept aid from any aud
a. cry hn,lan being Nor shs'ld We mpgle nuy motive
for conducting this with the high, noble eni ptgi-
o,!o ol preserving tnp uny aDd authority ot tho
v,biic sDanUpator, colonization, freo tfade, home
,a .ry. party may all bo we'll enough 60 quar-
ici atDut quiet times; but II We sustain the gcyern-
ioave thcsa matters 4, ih- providence II
God and tbs good OF our people. presi-
deet Lincoln IL patriot his errors aro the
oriols Of kindness and good nature. AZ he has the
exclusive power g usse cabinets mud generals. and
81 We only strike the enemy through their com
nAlds preser 10 let the aone. For the sake OF God
and humanity, let thom their smpo 10 crush
Tive o. smss of both. Gentlemen, my opinion Is. wo
have not sopucr sa0dued the rebos because have
beet airad To uso All our means lest IL might advance
retard certain political notions. | ATM more
staQut, because We aro all iUfe In earnest. Ihe
people, ssd nsnS mst VI tue oicers, e,mined
70 whip tue rsb>s even u their slaves become free
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1862-05-10
SPECIAL TO TIE TRIBUNE.

WASHINGTON, May s.-The:f ollowingidis-
patch is from the commander of corps in
our army in Yorktown Peninsula to his
wife in this city
1893 WILLIAMSBURG, May 6.
We had a hard fight yesterday, in front
of the rebel works, covering this town. -
Gen. Hooker kept Gen. Longstreet in check
till about l o'clock P. H., when General
Kearney's Division came into action and
the engagement continued till after dark
a moment before our reinforeements came
the men gave way, being out of ammunitiou,
and we lost some guns. We afterwards re-
covered our ground and held it. During the
night the rebels retreated and at o'clock
A. NJ. we occupied their works. Gen. A.
P. Hill commanded a rebel brigade and
Longstreet the whole. We lost from 500
to 1000 killed and wounded. We found
600 wounded in this town besides other
prisoners. 5--
r. Our to-day's dispatches from Fredericks-
burg contain little news of Importance.
The merchants of Fredericksburg who
are largely indebted at the North are SELL
ing out their real estate and personal prop
erty with the ayowed intention of defraud-
ing their northern creditors. Anonymous
letters have been sent to nearly all the IN
ion men of Fredericksburg, threatening
their lives and property after our army
leaves. M
Letcher's guerrilla bands are infesting the
hills with the intention of capturing
pickets and Union men.
Now that we occupy Fredericksburg, the
rebel pickets no longer gallep through the
streets by night or day.
Contrabands are daily arriving and furn-
;el olal, Ia fr.E IF
ments.
Telegraphic communication between
Fredericksburg and Washington was COM
pleted to-day. --l
The Herald's correspondent gives the
following graphic account of the magni6.
cent charge of Hancock's brigade on the
rebels: i IA W1Saszx -
Scarcely 100 yards were between tbs
rebels and the guns when our skirmish fire
became silent. The lines of the 9TH Wis
| consin and 43d New York formed up in
close order TO the right of the battle. A
/ long range of musket barrels came to one
level, and one terrible volley tore through
the rebel lines. A moment more the same
long range of muskets came to anothei
level, and the order to charge the bayone
was given, and away went the two regi.
ments with one glad cheer. Gallant as oul
foes undoubtedly were, they could not NEE
that. But few new brigades mentioned il
history have done better than this did. Fo-
i a space which was generally estimated a
three quarters of mile, they advanced IN
der the fire ola splendidly served battery
/ with a cloud of skirmishers stretched acros
their front, whose fire was very dsstruc
tive, and the rebels had not the nerve
to meet line of bayonets which came to
wards them like the spirit of destruc
4 ton. 1t need not be wondered at that the,
broke and fed in a complete panic. Sever
| hundred and fifty-iYe men were takel
prisoners, and nearly 500 were Wounded.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1862-05-10
PlrMAN's FERRY. ARK.

may StnI 1907. -
Two gentlemen, who have been in the
South since the commencement of the block
ade, arrived here to-day. They left Mem
phis two weeks since, coming to Jackson
Post on the steamer Samuel Hill, which ar
rived there last Tuesday, but he- officers
hearing our troops were marching on that
town, she Immediately started down the
river. Our troops reached there the fol-
lowing morning. Provisions, clothing,
and all merchandise is very scarce through
ont the South. Tennessee money is at a
premium of 20 per cent, and gold 100 per
cent. Drafting for the army is going on,
regardless of position, and many Unionists
are flying to the mountains and swamDs-
Fort Pillow is the only defence of the Mis-
sissippi that is considered secure on the
water side. Prices army has gone to Fort
Pillow and Corinth. The force at Corinth
is supposed to be ITO, 600 men Fifteen
boats are now at Little Rock taking on
board $4,000 Arkansas troops for Corinth.
The rivers have been high and Napoleon is
flooded. ll z-s :
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1862-05-10
!. CINCINNATI MARRET.
CINoINNATI. Nav 9

CINoINNATI, May 9.
Flour dull and unsettled. There is not
much coming in and not much on the mar
ket, so that prices are better maintained
than they would be if the article was press
ed on the market superfne sold at a To-.
and some family and fancy at 5o64 65.
WHEAT declined &c and is dull
Corn 35c. --a---> -
OATS s6c and in good demand, though
there were large offerings TO arrive a week
or so hence without buyers.
WHISKY dull at Gle
MESS PORK in good demand, with sales
of !, 300 bbls city at lie.
BULK SHOULDERS in active demand, aud
prices higher; 200 hhds sold at 3803s,
and at the close they were held at 81
LARD in good demand, with sales of 600
tierces country at u. No city to be had
below 74@8c.
BACON or bulk sides without demand.
GROCERIES unchanged.
EXCHANGE firm at 4c. Gold advanced
to 81. e.
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SPECIAL 70 oHIcAdo JounNA1.

CAIRO, May 9.-The steamer Brown,
from the shotilla, arrived this morning
AT day-break yesterday four gunboats
were seen rounding the point, making their
way in the direction of the mortars, evil
IDENTIFY with the intention of capturing
tbem. Our gunboats formed in line Of bat
tie, with decks cleared for action Some
so shots were fred, when the rebel boats
retired. The distance wes so great that it
was impossible to say whether any shots
took effect. The firing from the mortars,
which had been suspended for a few days,
had been renewed, and .when the Brown
left was going on with great vigor.r To
guard against any surprise, the mortar
boats are lowed up the river every night,
and remain behind the feet.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1862-05-10

FORTRESS MONROE, May 6.-ShOrtly be-
fore noon to-day, the Monitor, Naugatuck,
Seminole, Susquehauna, Dscotah and San
Jacinto, in the order in which they are
named, steamed up toward Sewall's Point,
Capt. Lardner of thetSusquehauna in COM
msnd of the expedition. As soon as with
in range they opened with shot and shell
against Sewalls Point Most of the shots
were good ones. 1t was nearly half an
hour before reply was made from the
Point. The Rip Raps opened fire, and then
the Naugatuck, for the first time. Several
shots were fred from the guns on the ex-
tremity of the Point, when one from the
Monitor struck in the vicinity, doubtless
disabling tie gun, as it has not been fred
since The position of the Monitor was far
in advance of the rest of the feet and she
continued in motion until within mile or
two of the point, when considerable damage
must have been done by her accurate firing.
The Naugatuck kept in the back ground
the range of her PARROT guns enabling her
to do so. Sewall's Point battery replied
sharply, the Rip Raps occasionally, and
continued FIRE was kept up from the gun
boats on account of the distance, no de-
tails can be given. Nothing occurred till 2
o'clock when the firing was very feeble
from the Point.
The Monitor about this time returned
from her advanced position and Joined the
feet. At 2.15 very dense black smoke
arose rapidly from the Point, caused proba-
bly, by the burning of the rebel barracks
and other buildings. At about half past
two o'clock the Merrimac made her appear
ance when the feet returned with the ex-
ception Of the Monitor. The Merrimac is
still, at o'clock, off the Point. The Mon
itor is ready to attack her. The Seminole
has returned to the lower roads. There is
no prospect of fight at present. At $50
the Monitor Esturned. The Merrimac is in
the same position.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1862-05-10

WGssiaa5ox, Nay g.-~The Star aays
the Secretary -Waf-has the following,
taken from the special correspondence oi
The divisions of Franklin and Sedgwick,
nuebeting 10000 men, have been landed at
West Point, 20 miles above Williamsburg, at
the head of York river, and the division of
Gen. Porter is now embarking on steamers
for the same destination, together with the
Rhode Island and other batteries. and the
river from Yorktown up is lined with
steamers and Transports No doubt is en-
tertained but that they viii Intercept and
cutoff the rebels unless they escape across
James River.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1862-05-10
CITY ADVERTISEMENTS.
AN ORDINANCE.

In relation to the collection Of the taxes of the
O;ty If Evansville, passed May 3, 1ss2.
SECTION 1. Be Il ordained by the Common Council
az The City of Evansville. That any person or per.
sons who may hereafter be charged assessed
with City taxes, and who shall by themselves,
their agent, or attorney, cause said taxes to be
fully paid within thirty days from the time when
thsdupcate Of said taxes shall have been placed in
thu hands OF the Collector, shall be entitled to
deduction Of three per cent? of the amount of sHch
tax and all persons who shall IN like manner
their taxes TO e paid after the expiration Of
time Of the delivery of the dup ease to said Col
lsctor, shall be entitled to abduction of one and
one-hah per cent of the amount of said taxes
PForidSd, that nothing hersii. con tanned shall be
construed as to prevent tue Collector from pro-
cesding, previous to the expiration Of said sixty
days, to collect any such tax By ADVERT emeut and
sale of property, sgreeaby to the Charter and Or
dinances Of said gity.
Attest; W. BAKER, Mayor.
p RuRWE. Clark
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CAIRo, May .6.-The expedition from
Hickman sent against Clay Kings guerillas
returaed. They fell in with them in the
vicinity of Obion river, and after sharp
skirmish, the rebels were routed. 1t ap-
pears that in the first skirmish with Curtis
Nebraska Horse, six of our men were killed,
twelve wounded, and fifty captured.
The steamer De Soto, from Fort Wright,
has arrived. She has no news. A rebel
spy was captured while endeavoring to
cross the Mississippi river, at night, in a
skif. He had copies of several late North
ern papers. He was placed in confinement.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1862-05-10
HEADQUARTERS MOUNTAIN DEPARTM'T,
Nav 9th 1862
70 Hon. .. I'D Stanton, Secretaru Of Kar

TO Hon. e. H. Stanton, Secretary Of War:
Gen. Cox telegraphs that his advance,
consisting of part of the 23d Ohio, occupied
Giles Court House and the narrows of New
River, esterday, driving out the rebels,
who were taken by surprise, besides cap
turing a considerable quantity of commits
sary stores and twenty prisoners. Our sur
prise prevented them from burning the
place, as they intended. Most of the citi-
zeus seem loyalty disposed. an r
J. C. Fremont.
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CAIRO, May s.-The hospital boat Louisi-
ana, from Pittsburg Landing, arrived to-
night. No engagement at Corinth up to
yesterday noon Our forces gradually ad-
vancing west are upon an average of three
miles from the enemy's advance, the latter
acting strictly on the defensive. For three
days they have sent out no accommodating
parties Roads are still in bad condition,
owing to the late heavy rains.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1862-05-10
VIEW YORK MAKKEE
NEW YORK, May ..

..r NEW oRki May ,.
FLOUR again declined sc. with moderate
demand for export and home consumption :;
4 60@4 80 for super western; 9505 20
for common to medium extra western ;
5 l5@5 % for common to good shipping
brands; 8 3O@6 80 for trade brands; clos
ing quiet.
WHISKY lower; sales at 25@26c.
WHEAT dull, heavy and 102c. lower;
winter red western ! 20; white, ditto
35@1 SO.
Rye s0@slc.
CORN lc. lower at 52@54 for mixed
western.
p OATS quiet at 40-43.
..SUGAR in good demand and very firm :;
Cuba 64@s4 Porto Rico SOS 5-s.
: COFFEE unchanged.
Pork slightly favors buyers, more doing
at IL s7@13 90 for mess; 10 O0@lO %
for prime.
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| sdcE away ds.fsng the bon1bafdnseEt. F1s
first time sit fsIi il was picked up aud !
rebel in a red shirt jumped on the rsmparis
with stump Of the staff and the flag and
waved it, when a shellsstruck him, killing
! him, and It is supposed others near him.
VI the many shots fred at the feet by the
rebels not one struck any one of our yes
sels.s Some went over their mastsy but
most fell short. The rebels could be dis.
tinctiy seen from the vessels CARRYING off
their dead. and wounded. = -
- LATEST FROM YoRkTowN. 2 T A3-
learn by steamer from Yorktown, that
General Mcclellan had advanced IL miles
beyond Williamsburg, and has had several
skirmishes with the enemy, routing them
with heavy loss. The embarkation OF
troops for West Poiut was progressing with
great rapidity and heavy battle had tax
en- place on Wednesday, 2. X, between the
troops under General Franklin and Sede-
wick and the rebels under Lea, who were
endeavoring to make their way to Rich
mond 1t is said to have been the severest
battle on the Peninsula and thu rebslswere
totally defeated. being driven back towards
the forces under Johnston, on the Chicka-
hOming. a514 SAX SIT
rNcn-sE = - q 60. ---.-ss
. HA"EA 80 4 s~4pdus My S--tSeIuSeeS from
Memphis on the 4th inst, have arrived here
and report the citizens of that place in
great panic. Troops are gradually eyacu-
ating Fort Pillow and coming to Corinth.
Beauregard is raking and scraping every
thing for the impending battle. The Con
script law takes effect on the 18th inst.
The Memphis Appeal says every man
must fight or cut bail.
At Atlanta, the Oonfederaey, of the oath
chronicles the arrival on the 23d of long
train of box cars, filed with tories, and
their departure on the oath for Madison,
where they will beimp risoned in an Did |
factory building in that place. 49,.
A Brownsville letter says a pronuncIa-
mento, by Viduarri, had been received, i'm |
posing a duty of II per cent? on every |
pound ofcotton shipped into Mexico, and |
duty of 25 per cent on all goods shipped |
from Mexico to Texas. 81. l.s ..ss zsz-aa
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' WASHINGTON, May Capt. Bailey has
arrived with dispatches to the Navy De-
partment from Commodore Farragut. He
brings number of secession flags, includ-
ing that of the Chalmette regiment and the
one that was hauled down from over the
New Orleans City Hall.
Her dates are to the Goth ult., at which
time Commodore Farragut was taking ev-
cry means to secure the occupation of the
forts along the coast by Buffers troops
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SPECIAL TO CHICAGO TRIBUNE.

Mayor Sharp of Columbus, who was car.
ried away by the rebels at the time of the
evacuation of that place, has escaped. He
tells pitiful stories of affairs at Memphis
He pointed out place where the rebels
had buried thirty pieces of cannon al
Columbus, all of which have been exhumed
and are DOW in Federal possession
A boat from Pittsburg arrived last eve
ming reports our army within two miles OF
Corinth. Heavy firing was going on in
our extreme advance, but it was thought no
general engagement was in progress.
Memphis papers Of the I'd, Sd and 9th
are received. The Avalanche of the 9Th
says the battle so. long anticipated at
Corinth is postponed for the present. From
Fort Wright, our advices are up to Satur-
day. The Federals continue their harmless
pastime, much to the amusement of our
gallant boys. 1t is believed that our au-
thorities will under no circumstances sur
render this stronghold.
From Vicksburgh, we learn that the au-
thorities are rapidly hurrying forward guns
and completing their Notifications which
are represented to be- of such formidable
character, as to preclude the possibility OF
passage of the enemy's feet-up the river.
The Avalanche acknowledges a loss of
on Saturday last, and deprecates the adop-
ton of a policy of prosecuting Union men,
aud says such q course of action by the
Government is suicidal and calculated to
lead to disastrous results. The government.
is becoming unpopular and the Ava
lanche does not hesitate to attack il yigor-
ously. .--e
III A gentleman. who left New Orleans On
I zg- ff4oH faf.n
they had passed the forts bribed Irish wo-
men to influence their husbands in the forts
to give up. The result was that $50 men
spiked the gus, and delivered themselves
up to the enemy Gen. Butler is in the
city, having come up in the first transport
from below. f1l1N - IEtAg
RICHMOND, May 3.-Authentic inForma-
ton from New Orleans says the troops in
Fort Jackson mntinied and spiked some
guns when Gen. Duncan surrendered.
The gnnboat Louisiana was at Fort ST.
Phillip, unnanageable. She received a
broadside at a distance of 80 feet without
injury, and was then blown up by her COM
mOnder. r-sssr -Ea.
The French commander Of the frigate
MiIitaire, before the surrender, gave notice
that he required so days notice before the
bombaIdmentsof the city, in order to re-
move French citizens. All the cotton on
shipboard and in the city and at Baton
Rouge was burned 200 bales were thus
destroyed.
Jet. Davis issued proclamation ap-
pointing the 18th of the present month for
the people TO unite in their several places
of worship in humble duplication TO AL
mighty God, that be will vouchsafe his
blessing on the Confederate arms, that he
will strengthen AID protect their armies,
and watch over and prevent he.eEit machi-
nations of the enemy, ana in bis own good
time restore peace. rs- Pc 81
Gov. Letcher has issued proclamation
announcing the rejection of the amendment
to the State Constitution by a majority of
10,e7s.E p -
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SPECIAL 70 CHICAGO TIMES.

CATRo, May Sit is reported at Pitts
burg Landing that three brigades of Buelps
army had seized that part of the Memphis
and Charleston Railroad, on Monday, be-
tween Corinth and Grand junction, and
thus cutting off rebel communication be-
tween the two points. 1t is also reported
that detachment of Pope's army seized
the road south of Corinth.
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New Yonz. May a.-Gen. Marcy tsls-

WnL1AMsBURd, May 8.
Gen. Mcclellan on the 9th, won most
decisive victory. Only about 5000 of our
troops were engaged against $4,000 of the
best Southern troops. Our men fought
most valiantly and used the bayonet freely,
which the rebels would not stand. They
fought well until they felt the cold steel,
when they took to their heels and ran like
hounds, leaving their sick, wounded and
dead on our hands. joe Johnston led them
in person. They have lost several of their
best officers. tlas.sarf