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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1863-03-05

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~ tant TO health and comfort than the EYE and
EAR, and yet none less Understood or more neg
lected. They seem to pass common observation.
and yet every part of the body Is dependent upon
them for life and health
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1863-03-05

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rnnnrnhlr rrnm Yiclshnr..

MuRFREEsDoRo', June 2).-Informa.
ton received here says Gran! will un.
doubtediy take yicksburg. Ten days
ago he intrenched his position on Biz
Black, and in rear Of Sherman, of Wal
nut Hills. He perfectly able to de.
feat any force which may be sent against
him, and that johnson cannot collect
forces sufficient TO dislolge him before
mines shall have been exploded, aud tho
city taken.
David BIazon, 4th Indiana battery,
WAS shot to-day for desortion.
MEMpnrs, June l9.-0Aicial adyiccs
from Vicksburg, 18th, are received.--
The siege progresses slowly but surely.
Our total loss during the past week is
estimated at less than forty. There
have not been over eight or ten killed.
The garrison continued a vigorous Il.
ring muskoIry and shells to the time
the dispatches were written, but with
no success.
IN attack from johnson is looked lor
daily, but each day lessons his chapccs
Of accomplishing anything.
Gucrrillas are still active at various
points IN tho Mississippi.
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New YORK, June l8.-The Herald's
Fortress Monro correspondent of the
18th states that the news from our ad-
yanced forces Of the 4th army corps is
most satisfactory.
Gen. Wise and his whole force have
fled from tho Peninsula,o and sought shell
Ter on the other side of the Chickahom-
my.
Gen. Gordon's division, which was
in advance, entered New Kent Cou&
House on the 18th inst. The enemy
made a most hosiy retreat to the Chick
ahomioy.
Some diminishing occurred between
our advanced scouts aaJ the rear guard
Of the enemy. Our loss amounted to
four wounded. Tho rebels lost two
killed and several wounded. The troops
are in excellent condition. During the
day Mnjor.Gencral Koyes and staff went
to the front to reconnoiler the position,
and give such further instructions as lie
deemed necessary.
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rollticnl sltuation-.No 10.

Separate, independent Stat Govern.
ment, an'agoaizes National Government.
Un,ler the "Ar,clas Of the Confcdera.
cy," our forefathcrs had abundant and
painful evidence ofthe inadequacy Of In
depealcn! State prerogntives to insure
peace at home orsccurity abroad. Mad
ison hints the strait to which we had
already arrived, in letter to Edmond
Randolph, dated February 25lh, 1887:
''our situation is becoming every day
more and more critical. No money
comes into the Federal Treasury; no
respects pal to the Federal authority;
and people Of reflection una uimously
agree, that lhc existing Confederacy is
tot,ering to It's foundation" The expe.
rimcnt of Government, constituted by
q league Of Independent sovereign States
under tho Articles Of Confederation
ayas found to be totally tisfactory
in fact, demonstrated such a govern
ment on utter impossibility-allogeth
U,opian. Our fathers were filed will
solicitude for fear the liberties they had
fought for, and gloriously achieved
were destined 70 slip from ;he;r grasl
through rheimpcrfect, inadequate ciyi
polity, they, amid the din Of battle, ha,
inaugumted for The government Of a IRE,
peOpls; and, they anxiously confer to
.sriher where practicable, cor,osfca'
with distant patriots, and wilhal invok,
she guidance of a propitious Providence,
all this anxiety, solicilude, apprChcn
sion, all this meditation, OBJ sevution
correspondence, consultation, dClibora
lion, discussion and prayer, originate,
the sumnoning Of a Constitutional Con
vention, whose delbcrn,ivO action shout,
pcrch0ncc, extrclte US from our fearful
dilema--approaching anarchy and cx
tinciion rs a Nation.
Madison in subsequent letter t.
Randolph, said; 81 hold it for fpnda
mental point, that an individual inlo
penlonco Of the States, is ut!cty ire
d oonciablo with the idea OF an aggrcgat
sovereignty. think, nj the same time
that the consolidation of the States int
one simple republic, is not less unnttoir
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Prom the Fairmont National.
The State Capital.

The question of locating the State
Capital is already beginning 10 excite
considerable discussion among our ex-
changes. Patkersburg Just as we cx-
pccted, was the first to present itself as
the only place atall suited for the Capt.,
tai. Next, Wheeling, claiming the right
on the ground of prior possession; then
somebody mentions ClarksbuTg and
Weston, Butt is all nonsense, gentle
men, your towns are very respectable
little villages, but YOU don't deserve the
Capital; you are 10 easily scared by
rails. Should a raid be made afler the
Capitol is built, You would run OF snd
leave it to fall into the hands.of he enc
my. The Capitol mustbe located where
there are brave men TO defend it, Fair,
mont is the only brave town TN the
State at which any show OF fight was
made by the citizens during tho hate
raid, and on this account, il On no other.
the Capitol should be hore. 1t is said
that none but tho brave deserve tie
fair; so in this case, none but the place
which showed disposition to resist the
invaders and drive them back with lees
men than they had when thSys scdsne,
should be crowned with the Capitol
buildings. If you had come out
promptly TO our assistance, instead of
trembling in your boots until you knew
the rebels were gono, We should have
less to say against your presumptous
claims to such distinguished honor
The Capitol will cost great deal of
money which the people must pay, and
they cannot afford to have it unseourely
located Your conduct during the raid
gives US no assurance that you would
not abandon il on a mere rumor of the
approach Of the enemy. Why, rather
than have the Capitol at Wheeling or
Parkorsburg, we would prefer that it be
oyerin Ohio. 1t would be safer there,
and as for beneftling the Safe, we
don't think it matters much on which
side Of the Ohio river it is placed, The
State of Ohio is already very prosperous
and aourishing, we can't see The neces.
sity Of locating the Capitol where it will
benefit that State quito Os much or
more than it will this One of the ear.
lest reasons assigned for new State
was that Richmond was too far from
this part OF the State to'be of any com,
mercial or social advantage. In fact
the Legislature was conducted as though
Eastern Virginia was the State, while
the West was only sort Of territorial
appcnjugo OF but little account. Is thj:
10 be repeated and that portion Of the
State which is most loyal and most need
ing the advantages of tho Capital to be
isolated? People, forbid it,
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The sltnnllon al me East.

We have a official dispatch da-
tod yesterday, from the headquarters Of
the Army Of The Potomac, which sets
1T rest the rumors lhat have been onoat
Of battles and disasters in hat depart.
mont. With the.exception Of the cavol.
" engagements, heretofore reported,
there has been no G.hdng except the
usual skirmishing, and in the latter the
advantage has been on our side1 The
position Of Gen. Hooker's army is not
stated, but we know il is'not SO near to
Washington by condlemblo os tho old
Bull Run battle-ground. The report that
Hill was at Quantities., like that Of bat
tie and defeat at Centerville, printed in
New York Tribune, was a fabrication
There is no definite information as 10
the Whereabouts of Lees army, but it is
known tia, no considerable force has
crossed the Potomac, and that tie ex-
eitement in Maryland and Pennsylvania
was caused mainly by Western Virgin
10 guerriilas under Jenkins. Il is the
general impression that collision be-.
tween the armies of Hooker and Lee 10
imminent, but beyond this nothing is
known of the situation except the facts
stated above. 1t seems reasonable to
conclude, however that Lees plans
have been very much intorfered with,
and il is doubtful whether he will now
undertake tue contemplated forward
moyemeni..-[ Cincinnati Gazette.
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OUR TERMS.
One copy one year, 81 30
One copy sis months. so
One copy three months, 40
OUR TERMS.
West virginia.

The Goth Of June, 1863, Is the natal
day ofthis last bora of tho ever glorious
galaxy Of States, constituting tho Amer
lean Union. West Virginia on that
day, ever memorable in her future his.
Tory, proudly took her place as ono Of
the siSterhood Of States. Born amid
the commissions Of revolution, she is de3.
tined 10 be Graded in the midst of con
,enIion, carnage and blood. Because
Of the darkness and gloom attendant
npon her entrance into political life,
she is moro cordially welcomed and eli
eils moro faiernal soiicitule, than the
old States are wont to bestow. Except.
ing Kansas, no new State ever had DIFF
Gculties so arduous. so trying, TO sur
mount, none ever persisted more heroi.
cally through dangers, seen and uns cen,
till the final object Of all fhcir labors
and prayers was forever consumatcd by
tho putting into operation the machine.
ny of the Government of West Virginin.
The men who initiated and boldly aud
un0inchingly advocated, the movement
for the diyision-of Virginia Till its final
accomplishment, deserve and, through.
outthe future, will receive the hcartiest
'benedic'ions Of a grateful people.
West Virginia starts in life with much
20 incile to noble action, TO self.denying
heroic effort. a child Of civil revolt,
her frst waking eyes behold q land
drenchcd in fratCrnal blood, her anciant
palrmony laid waste by devouriug arm
les, and her own inchoato existence me-
naccl by the feeble TRUSTS Of an unnaL-
ural mother, who once proudly reeeiv'
ed the grateillhomage of all Americans,
but now, "none so poor as TO do her rev.
orencc." The name, West Virginia, is
already historic. How grand the thea,
ire upon which its our privilege now to
perform our part in the drama now en-.
acting. How suspicious has been and
continues tho time and places for acqui'
ting lasting fame. Immortal honor is
already assured those who vigilantly "as'
sisted" at her accoacAment, less lllus,ti-
Gus bu, sill ,imperishsble fame isin store
Cor those who nobly, bravely, sclf,sac.
SIifciugly, guard. sustpin and defend her
during precariOus infancy.
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rho Tables Turning In PannsyIgan,n.

HAmsDunn, Juoe 2O.-Operulions
were commenced on our side to-day b.
a porliono OF New York cavalry regi-
mcnt capturing twenty rebel prisoners
at dcconnellsJurg, in Fulton county.
Col. Lawrepcef.yi!h portion Of tie
l27th PENNSYLVANIA regiment mounted,
captured squadron OF rebels who were
m1rauling on this side Of The river.
We hold Chambrrsburs, and the cit
liens are armins aad Io9fliog the city.
General Couch had ordered that the
place be held.
The Qualifications opposite Ills city
are finished, and considered imprrgun-
Bile.
The rebels are known 10 be sC00
strong at flagcrstown aud Will msporn
The rebels hold The north bank of the
Potomnc river from Cumberland TO Har-
pcr's Ferry
Gen. Kelley drove them out of Cum
bcriand, and when they lott they thea.
renrd to return and furnish themselves
with forage and horses, The rebels
have already done on imueaso amount
Of damage.
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pestruction OF Rlnfton, S. c.

WAsHlNoroS, June l9.-Tho Navy
Department has received from Admiral
Dspont the particulars attending the
destruction of Bluffton, S. @.
1t appears that on the Sd inst, he or.
dered Lieutenant Commander Bacon to
proceed with Commodore McDonough
on this expedition. The army forces
from Houston's command, numbering
1000, embarked on the transports I'M
der command of Colonel Barton. By
order of this officer the town OF Button
was destroyed by fire. The church
there only being spared. The rebel
troops made several charges on our for
ces, but we're driven back. Button b
ing entirely destroyed the soldiers re,ea-.
barked withou casualty, and returned
to Hilton Head.
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Arrrfal orn Prize steamer.

PHILADELPHIA, June 20. The steam.
err Massachusetts, has arrived, having in
tow the Confederate steamer Calypso, a
prize from Wilmington to this port.
Thursday night week the celebrated
blockade runner. Herald, from Nassau,
was sunk on Foley Island, by the fire
Of our blockalors, within three hundred
yards Of tho batteries. The fate of her
officers and crew are unknown, as broad
side after b oadsido was poured into her
on every side until she sunk.
The blockade OF Charleston is per
feet, Tho fleet, hereafter, will not wait
10 capture, hut will fire broadsilcrs into
the blocado runners until thoy- sink or
surrender. The Herald was under
another nano at tho tjme she was sunk,
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Gg- We havo lately heard many co,

GE We have lately heard many com
plants from holders Of United States
currency, which from wear and tear,
become mutilatcd and is therefore lost
to the holder. In ona case. a iamaa5
note had lost a portion of the'bill which
could not, under any circumstances, be
made scryiccable in the formation of
another; yetit was only worth in its re-
demption, in proportion to that which
remaingd, ItHGms TO us tbnS every
bill sOnt Out bearing upon its face the
value received by the government,
should go back bringing to the holder
the amount for which he received it.
The Present financial policy Of the
country, when we take into considCra-
ton that scarcely more than Fifty per
cent. of the postal currency issued, will
go back for redemption, 10 certainly
sufficiently remuucrOtiyo without any
resort to system which repudiatcs owl
donccs Of indebtedness Of larger de-
nomination.
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B1-Tho specimens Of Charles Lamb
Uncolected writings published in the
May number OF tho Atlantic Monthly,
have given great pleasure to the admi.
rers Of that inimitabIo humorst and ex.
quisite essayist. An English gentle,
man, who says that be has been a con-
slant reader of Ella for thirty years, has
written pleasant and enthusiastic let
ter to tho author Of the article in the AT.
lnntic on Charles Lambs Uncollected
Writings, thanking him for what he has
done, aud offering to aid him in making
u complete collection of the uncolected
writings of Lamb, and he hopes-and
so do we-that Messrs. Ticknor & Fields
will publish them in a volume. 1t
would be, he thinks, eagerly bought.
and it would be croditable 10 them as
highly ineligible publishers. This
gentleman says that the best article he
ever read on Lamb and his writings
was published in an American Maya,
zine.
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NEw YORK, June 2O.-Coptoin Nell
son, of the pilot.boat Charles Marshall,
reports that on tho 9Th he spoke to tho
fishing schooner Rose of Boston, whose
captain reported being boarded the day
previous by pirate, thirty miles north,
east OF Nantucket Tho pirate took all
the pork and two barrels Of mackerel
from tho rose ond let hCr 30, saying be
would rot hurt poor men. The pirate
arterward camo alongside tho piloi.boa
and inquired for square riggcdvOssol,
The pirate is three 'mastcd, English
built schooner, carriea three guns, nud
hoi3lS British colos,
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Importnnt from No,tb Cnrolinn.

FoRr MoNRoE, June l9.-The trans.
port Emily arrived to day from New
bern with advices to The l7lh. She re-
ports as follows
"Tho rebel committee on river forti.
fcations report the Union forces 10 pos.
session off belt Of country three hun.
bred miles long and one hundred and
fifty miles wide, with inl'nd seas and
rivers filed with Uuioo gnnboats, reach.
ing through North Carolina and Virgin,
ia, which prevent Notifications from be-.
ing constructed. That while this con.
tinues, The permanent Secession Of
North Carolina and Virginia can moi be
expected,
The Unionists in East Tennessee aud
Western North Carolina have organi.
zed powerful forces, and are Joined by
thousands of desefters and conscripts
from the rebel army, to whom prQtec'
ton is guaranteed for the purpose OF
holding the mountain regions against
the rebel Government. Rebel citizens
have pe,ihoned Governor Vance for
protection against this organization
Governor Vance replied that he has no
troops to send; they must protect them.
selves.
Twenty thousand insurgents have
openly offered to join the Union army,
90 soon as military post is established
at Raleigh.
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WASHINGTON, June 2o.-Dispatehes
from Memphis dated the goth, state
tbs. detachment of Col. Hodges cav
slry captured two boatG- ON which two
rebel regiments and a battery were try.
ing to cross the Tennessee river, and
Col, Cornyn had broken up a rebel reg
iment and destroyed large quantity Of
salt, and dono moro more domoge than
heretofore reported.
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VIM Shot.

WrlMlsGroY, O. June l9,-McWhar.
ter, tho man who killed Henry Babc,
in February last, was shot by some
concealed person while riding home
ward, about sundown last evening, just
at the edge Of town. Three balls took
effect in his body, two lodging in the
abdomen. The person who committed
the deed is no: known. MOWhartor is
in a very critical condition.
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Rebel view of Loo,s Movements.

BALTIMORE, Juno s2,---Tho Richmond
Dispatch of tho 10Th, has the following
significant paragraphs;
T"Riohmonl is about to be uncovered
oil the defense afforded by the proximity
Of Gen. Lees army, part ofwhichis al.
ready in the Valley, and probable in
Maryland, and the rost will probably
follow, whence they cannot DO brought
instantly to our assistance il wO should
need
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From New Mexico.

NEw YORK, June 90 Commissioner
Doane has received letter from Fort
Scott, Kansas giving an ocrount Of The
squclching ola rebel mission in New
Mexico and Colorado, to organize, en-.
roll and muster into the Confederate
service oil the pro slavery material OF
those Territories. There were nineteen
in this embassy. In passing through
the territory Of the Osages they were at,
tackled and surrounded, their white frg
disregarled, and the whole of Them kill
ed, scalped and decspiated. In the
party were three colonels, one lieuten.
ant colonel, one major Hnl fosf cap
tains.
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aa-The Nashville Dispatch SAYS the

jc5The Nashville Dispatch says the
reported shooting OF General Forrest al
Spring Hill on tho 18th instant, las
been nfirmed, but the wound was On
the LEFT side, instead Of the neck, and on,
ly slight flesh one, from which be suf
f3red no inconycnience. Itis said that
after the Lieutenant fired bis pistol, For.
rest drew his bowie.kuiGe and stabbed
him SO severely that he was not oypec.
led to recover.
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Ln1nrErnm pnrtIInhsnn.

NV YonK, June 22.--The steamer
Locust Point, from New Orleans on the
the 18Th. arrived tonight. The papers
copiain 30 news wha:elor The Purstr
reports that nothing had been received
from Port Hudson, except that fighting
continued there, no one knowing the re.
suits.
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To the widows of Deceased Officers
and Soldiers.

We call the attention otall interested,
TO the advertisement Of Mcsss, WhOlcy
& Hood, to be found in another part Of
this paper Any communications nd.
dressed to eiIhcro tho above gentle.
men, will recciya prompt attention
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Official from the Charleston Blockadtng
Squadron.

Official from the Charleston Blockading
Squadron.
WASHINGTON, June 2i.-The follow.
ing report has been received at the War
Department.
alag Smp WABASH PoRr RoYA,l
HAIRS II, June Is,
"MR; | have the honor 10 report to
the Department, TIA, Oh The Hight ofthe
9th inst. a steamer attempted 10 run out
of Charleston, Size was TUNED back by
the WisSahieton. which vessel pursued
her over the bar. firing al her repeated.
ly. The steamer was spik.
"From subsequent Information ffrm
two dcsorters from Charleston, whoa
send North BY the Massachusetts, there
is reason TO believe tho vessel was the
Isaac Smith.
"0n the night Of tho1Oth inst. anoth-
er steamer attempted 10 run tie blockade
into Charleston by the saoford channel.
She was fired at by several of the Ses-
sells, but in the darkness eludel them.
On the next morning at daylight she
was discovered at the north end Of Folly
Island, on fire, which. however, did not
destroy the vessel. She was a large
side'whGel stgnmer and is supposed BY
Commodore Turner to be the HaveIock,
but Ibis is not certainly asccrlaued.
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s8-The Columbus Journal says that
Miss Lowrenze, Of Weston, Lewis coun-
ty, West Virginia, has been released
from Camp Chase Prison on Inkiag the
oath of allegiance
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D5@We understand that Mr. P. Lew.
is, residing on five mile, in this county,
ha ayaluablo horse killed by lightning
during the thunder storm on Thursday
last.
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No Rebel Infantry East of the nIue
Ridge

WASHINGTON, June 92.-All tile Ia.
formation which our cavalry has been
able to obtain confirms the previous i'm.
preston thst'here is no rebel infantry
this side OF the Blue Ridge, though they
may occupy Ashby's and Manassas Gaps.
General PleasantOn found mono in
Smokers Gap. The rebel cavalry force
still remains near Nliddlcburg.
Our cavalry has been through. to
Thoroughforo Gap, thus showing that
neither General Lee nor any af his forces
are there, as published.
Nothing has been seen OF the enemy
toward Wargenton, nor beyond OF south
Of that place,
Our army is on the move, and if tho
enemy intends to give battle he can
come out Of The Shenandoah Valley and
do so whenever he plOases. Gen. Hook.
CT is prepared,
Everything is most favorable for ar.
my operations. We have unauthen,i.
Gated reports that the rebel army is re,
treating down the valley toward Culpcp.
per,