Fredericksburg, and slept there last night. This 
morning they moved in a southerly direction. 
Col. Kilpatrick’s cavalry brigade arrived on 
the 5th from Yorktown, via Urbana and the 
Northern Neck. Since leaving Urbana, they 
had gathered 500 horses and mules, 35 vehicles 
and 250 contrabands, of whom but 60 are valua¬ 
ble field bands. Major Stokes, of the 4flth Vir¬ 
ginia, Lieut. Wilhel. of the Baltimore Light. Ar¬ 
tillery, and a member of the rebel signal corps, 
were also taken prisoners and brought in. At 
Saluda they captured the colors of the 12th Vir¬ 
ginia infantry, and scoured the country around 
that place for ten miles, capturing mules and 
horses and slaves. Occasional skirmishing was 
had with rebel guerrillas on their route, but no 
fighting of magnitude. At Urbana, the wharf 
was found burned. Transports, under convoy 
of gunboats, conveyed them across. A small 
force of Infantry on the transports gobbled tip 
about 1,000 contrabands between Yorktown and 
the Rappahannock, 300 horses and mules, and 
depleted the rebel granaries, &c. The house of 
John Currie, blockade runner, about four miles 
from the river, was reached by an expedition 
from the gunboats. Four men, two rebel flags, 
$10,000 in North and South Carolina bank notes 
and Pacific railroad bonds were captured. An¬ 
other house was also searched below Urbana, 
where a large quantity of stores, shovels, crock¬ 
ery, <tc., destined for Richmond, was captured. 
The number of citizens within the lines of the 
Army of the Potomac is almost Incredible. In¬ 
cluding those registered and those following 
civil pursuits, such as newsmen, sutlers, Ac., 
having permits to follow their respective callings, 
This num- 
A bayonet charge of the 116th N. Y. was the final 
affair. 
An Alexandria letter details taking that place 
by Admiral Porter, and the subsequent arrival 
of Gen. Banks. The plantations on the road 
from Opelousas to Alexandria have large quan¬ 
tities of cotton upon them. Thu advance of 
Gen. Dwight'B brigade being too rapid to allow 
the retreating rebels to know it, a large ware¬ 
house filled with sugar and molasses, was also 
captured. 
Col. Grierson had made another raid on the 
Jackson Railroad, and from Tickfaw Station to 
Camp More, destroyed every bridge on the road, 
including the large bridge over the Tangipaho 
River; also all the railroad stations, car factory, 
near Independence, and a shoe factory, tannery, 
saw and grist mills near Tickfaw. He also cap¬ 
tured a rebel Lteutenant and 43 men, beside 
killing the rebel Captain, 10 men, and capturing 
20 horses. The damage to the rebels was im¬ 
mense. Still another raid had been made by 
Col. G. between Clinton and Port nendereon, in 
which he tore up the railroad, cut Ihe telegraph 
wires, burned the rebel camp, and captured 100 
head of cattle. 
The navy in the Gulf ba3 been active, if we 
may judge by the following list of oaptures:— 
British Registering Sloop Justina Shepherd, 
eight bales of cotton; steamer Union, ussorted 
cargo; iron English steamer Eagle, assorted 
cargo; rioop Crazy Jane, turpentine and cotton; 
British brigantine Comet, assorted cargo; sebr. 
Clarence, light; Jnpiter, assorted cargo: steamer 
A. J. Hodge, assorted cargo: schooner Breeze, 
light; schooner Sea Lion, 278 bales of cotton; 
scoouers Gen. Trim, Echo and Rapid, and sloops 
Jane, Addie and Bright, all laden with cotton; 
steamer Mississippi with 187 bales of cotton; 
schooners Sea Bird, Ripple and Hunter, 323 
bales of cotton. 
Many prizes have been sent in by the West 
India and Western Gulf Squadron, making the 
number that have come in for adjudication since 
last report, 70 vessels. 
The following report has been received by 
Secretary Welles: 
11 H. Sail* Pit Soto, Qgi f of Mexico, Mny 18. 
Silt:—I have the honor to inform you that. 
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In the recent charge the 22d Iowa lost 250 men, 
Stevenson's brigade 260, Rauson’s 358, Carr’s 
500, Blair's division 550. Steele’s 600, Osterhaus’ 
200, and Smith’s 350. 
The following dispatches were received in 
Washington on the 3d inslant: 
Mississippi Sqpxdrox, ) 
Flag Ship Black Hawk, May 23. j 
To the Jlon. Gideon Welles, Sec'y Navy :—On 
the evening of the 21sx instant 1 received a com¬ 
munication from Gen. Grant informing me that 
he intended to attack the whole of the rebel 
works at 10 o'clock the next day, and asking me 
to shell the batteries from 9:30 until 10:30 and to 
annoy the garrison. I kept six mortars playing 
Nods tHonbm 
— The number of men now in hospital at Washinetrm 
is about 6,000. J 8 
— Mr. Wm. Smith O'Brien, the Irish patriot is in Pera, 
Studying Turkey and the Turks. 
— The females employed in the Treasury Department 
at Washington hare been discharged. 
— Seven Indians were hung at Victoria, British Colum¬ 
bia, on the 23d nit., for murdering white men. 
— More than 4,000 emigrants arrived at New York on 
Monday week from Germany and Great Britain. 
— The Saratoga Sentinel says that the prospect of a fine 
apple, pear and cherry crop thereabouts, is good. 
— The Missouri Legislature has ordered an equestrian 
portrait ot Gen Lyon to be placed in the Capital. 
— The legislature of Massachusetts, at the last session, 
appropriated one million dollars for coast defence. 
— The notorious blockade runner, West Florida, is re- 
ported to have been destroyed by the gunboat Owasco. 
— The Savings Banks of this State now hold Beventy. 
six millions of dollars deposited by the laboring classy 
— The President of the Union Bank, New York, has 
sent sixty thousand lemons to the Washington Hospi- 
tals. 
— A jury in Prance has recently decided that every 
respectable man has a natural right to lie for his own 
good. 
— It is asserted that a railroad from Philadelphia to 
the oil regions will be completed by the first of next Oc¬ 
tober. 
— Two of the guns captured at Grand Gulf had been 
taken from the wreck of the iron-clad Indianola by the 
rebels. 
— The New Bedford insurance companies suffer heavi¬ 
ly by the last reported depredations of the Alabama and 
Florida. 
— There are 25 colored schools in the Beaufort District 
of 8outh Carolina, and they are attended by two thousand 
children. 
— Seven hundred Mississippi negroes have been assem¬ 
bled at Grand Gulf and are to be drilled as the 1st Miss, 
regiment. 
— Mr Jolm Pennel died on the 18th ult., at York, Pa., 
aged ninety nine years. He was a soldier in the Revolu 
tionary war. 
— Twenty-five deserters from a Mississippi regiment 
came into Suffolk on .Thursday week and took the oath 
of allegiance. 
— Ex-Gov. Mouton was arrested at Vermillionville, 
May 2d, and brought to Now Orleans. He has been a 
leading traitor. 
— The citizens of Lockport have raised $2,500 for the 
erection of a monument over the remains Col. Donelly, 
who fell in battle. 
— A lady In Bridgeport, Conn., recently received by 
express a young alligator ten inches long. It is said to be 
a love of a beast. 
— Persons representing an associated capital of $1,000,- 
OCO in Cincinnati have applied for a charter under the na 
tiopal banking law. 
— A farmer in Cntchogue, Long Island, while plowing 
recently turned up sixty-one silver table-spoons which 
weighed 183 ounces. 
— Thirty thousand burials have taken place in the cem¬ 
eteries about Richmond within two years, and nearly ail 
are from the hospitals. 
— The Charleston Mercury contains an advertisement 
inviting proposals for raising the machinery and iron 
plating of the Keokuk. 
— The arrivals of grain at Buffalo Sunday and Monday 
week, were greater than ever known in two days before, 
amounting to 2,180,000 bushels. 
— Thirteen negroes were sold at Rockville, Md., on the 
30th ult, for less than $1,000, or about $15 each. They 
were all “ likely boys and girls.” 
— The gold snuff box of Andrew Jackson, presented to 
Gen. Ward B. Burnett, has been deposited by the latter 
in the State Library of New York. 
— The N. Y. Common Council are considering a reso¬ 
lution to raise one million dollars to pay for substitutes for 
laboring men who may be drafted. 
— The Richmond Hustings Court is yet engaged fining 
and imprisoning the women who were concerned in the 
memorable bread riots in that city. 
— The entire village of Chocolate, Lake Superior, some 
15 dwellings, store, sawmill, &e., has been destroyed by 
fire communicated from the w oods. 
— Two daughters of John Bell of Tennessee, in Phila¬ 
delphia, are amazed at the indications of abundance and 
prosperity everywhere in the North. 
— A private collection of pictures and statuary belong¬ 
ing to Mr Klnnthan Bicknell, a London tradesman, wss 
recently sold at auction for nearly $300,000. 
— Gen. Burnside has received orders to raise immedi¬ 
ately two regiments of heavy artillery to man the fortifi¬ 
cations around Cincinnati and in Kentucky. 
— A section of the first railroad built on the Island of 
Sicily, has just been opened. It extends from Palermo, 
on the Northern shore, to Bagheria, 9 miles. 
— At a recent tobacco fair in Louisville, Ky., Ballard 
Co. tobacco took the first premium, and was sold at the 
enormous figure of $lt>0 per huured puunda. 
— The Mobile Advertiser contains a large number of 
advertisements announcing the sequestration of debts 
owed by merchants of that city to New York. 
— The New York Evening Post knows of one die-sinker 
in that city who has produced no less than seven hundred 
and fifty varieties of brass and copper tokens 
— In Camden, N. J., on the 22d ult., 28 soldiers, under 
command of Capt. Loeb, all of whom had lost a leg in 
battle, paraded through the streets on crutches. 
— The Boston Daily Advertiser, after a careful exami¬ 
nation of statistics, concludes that only 40,000 hales of cot¬ 
ton have got through the blockade to England 
— President Lincoln has approved the sentence of death 
passed upon two men convicted of recruiting for the rebel 
army in Kentucky- and they are to be executed. 
— Old postage stamps to the amount of $420,000 have 
already been redeemed at the various post-oltices in the 
U. S., and the accounts are not all closed up yet. 
— A dispatch dated Sau Francisco, May 16, received at 
the Merchant's Exchange, states that a large portion of 
Salem, Oregon, was destroyed by fire on the 10th. 
— The Chattanooga Rebel complains that money getters 
in the confederacy invariably besiege the Yankee prisoners 
with offers of two for one for their “greenbacks.” 
_The French Government has closed a contract with 
Dr. Dorenius of New York, for his patented gunpowder, 
and pays him, it is said, the sum of 100,000 francs. 
— On Wednesday week the transport steamer MAi e *0 
was accidentally burned in the Mississippi, having M 
tuns commissary stores and 150 horses. A11 were lost. 
— Owing to the mildness of the past winter very lithe 
ice has been obtained in France. The principal cafes oi 
Paris and Lvons have sent considerable orders to Nor" S> 
rapidly on the works and town all nipbk'and 
sent the Benton, Mound City and Carondolet up 
to shell the water batteries and other places 
tvbere troops might Ire resting during the night. 
At 7 o’clock in the morning the Mound City pre¬ 
ceded across the river ana made an attack on the 
robe] batteries opposite the canal. At 8 o’clock 
in the morning I found her in company with the 
Beaton, Tuscumbia and Carondolet All these 
vessels opened on the hill batteries, and finally 
silenced them, though the main work on the bat¬ 
tery containing the heavy rifle gnn was done by 
the Mound City, Lieutenant commanding Bvron 
Wilson. 
I then pushed the Benton, Mound City and 
Carondolet up to the water batteries, leaving the 
Tuscumbia, which is still out of repair, to keep 
the lull batteries from firing on our vessels after 
thov had passed by. The three gunboats parsed 
slowly owing to the strong current. The Mound 
City leading, the Benton following, and the 
Carondolet astern. 
The wafer batteries! opened furiously, suppor¬ 
ted by a lull battery, on the starboard beam.— 
The vessels advanced to within 440 yards by our 
marks, and returned the fire for two hours with¬ 
out cessation, The enemy's fire being very ac¬ 
curate and incessant Finding that the hill bat¬ 
teries behind us were silenced, I ordered up the 
Tuscumbia to within 800 yards of the batteries, 
but her turrets were soon made untenable, not 
standing the enemy's shot, and I made her drop 
dow n. 
1 had been engaged with the forts an hour 
longer than Gen. Grant asked. The vessels had 
all received several shots under water, which we 
could not stop while in motion, and not knowing 
what might have delayed the movement of the 
army. I ordered the vessels to drop out of fire, 
which they did in a coo] and handsome manner. 
This was the hottest fire the gunboats had ever 
been under, but owing to the water batteries be¬ 
ing more on a level with them than usual, ibe 
aim of the enemy was not good. 
The enemy bit our vessels a number of times, 
but fighting bow on, the shot did but little dam¬ 
age. Not a man was killed, and but few w mind¬ 
ed. 1 had only ammunition for a few moments 
longer and set all hands to work to fill up from 
our depots below. 
After dropping back, I found the enemy had 
taken possession again of one of tho lower hill 
batteries, and was endeavoring to remount his 
guns, and had mounted a 12-pounder field piece 
to fire at Gen. Me Arthur's troops, who had land¬ 
ed a short lime before at Warrenton. f sent the 
Mound City arid Carondolet to drive him olf, 
which they did in a few moments. 
1 have since learned through Gen. Grant, that 
the army did assault at the right time, vigorously. 
In the noise and smoke we could not see or hear 
it. The gunboats were therefore still fighting 
when the assault had proved unsuccessful. The 
army had terrible work before them, and are 
fighting as well as soldiers ever fought before. 
But. the works are stronger than any of us dream¬ 
ed. Gen. Granr. and his soldiers are confident 
that tin- brave and energetic Generals in the 
army will soon overcome all obstacles and car¬ 
ry the works. 
David D. Porter, 
Acting Rear-Admiral, Com. Mississippi Squad'n. 
Flag Ship Black Hawk, Mississippi Sqoadhgn, ) 
Nkak YtCKtiiOKG, May 25, via Cairo, May 24. j 
To Hon. Gideon Welles, Secy Nary:— Sir—I 
have the honor to inform yon that the'expedition 
sent up the Yazoo river the day after 1 took pos- 
BttSKimi of llli> tni'tji mi £nv/lr»i't/ 1-tlnflT I,-in 
Liavhh fall, but lo, the young buds peep I 
Flowers die, but still their seed shall bloom 1 
From death the quick young life will leap, 
When spring shall come and touch the tomb. 
The splendid shiver of brave blood 
Is thrilling through our country now, 
And she who in old times withstood 
The tyrant, lifts again her brow. 
God’s preeioufl charge we sternly keep 
Unto the final victory; 
With freedom we will live, or sleep 
With our great dead who set ns free, 
God forget n* when we forget 
To keep the old flag flying yet. 
ROCHESTER. N. Y., JUNE 13, 1863. 
The Army in Virginia. 
Various rnmors are current relative to im¬ 
portant movements on the Rappahannock, both 
by the rebels and our own forces. Whether 
these possess any foundation in truth or not, we 
are unable to say, but give them for what they 
are worth: 
A Washington special to the Herald , dated the 
6th inst., states that the Second Division of the 
Sixth Army Corps crossed the Rappahannock, at 
Deep Run, at noon yesterday, on a pontoon 
bridge laid by a detachment of the Engineer 
Corps. The object was a reconnoissance in 
force, to ascertain the motions and position of 
the enemy. The rebel sharpshooters mudo some 
the total will probably reach 9,000, 
her, however, will be reduced to 7,000 by the 
operation of the recent general order, which Is 
daily being carried out by the indefatigable Pro¬ 
vost Marshal General. 
Reports from the Army of the Potomac to the 
6th, represent matters very quiet there to-day. 
Rebel forces were yesterday seen in large num¬ 
bers returning to the fortifications in the rear 
and below Fredericksburg. 
One of the prisoners captured on Friday be¬ 
low Fredericksburg, stated it was intended soon 
to make a raid toward Washington. If such a 
design is entertained, they will find ample prepa¬ 
rations for their reception. 
The object of the reconnoissance across the 
Rappahannock was fully accomplished. 
Department of the South. 
Gen. Wile, who went to Newbem. recently 
to organize an African brigade, is meeting with 
Gen. Foster considers this a 
of the rebel forces bad gone in the direction of 
Gordonsville, but with what intention can only 
be surmised. Our army is in good spirits, and 
ready to move forward at. an hour's notice. 
The limes' special, June Cth, gives the partic¬ 
ulars of the crossing of the Rappahannock. 
Yesterday noon, very unexpectedly, the Engi¬ 
neer brigade was ordered to the Rappahannock 
with pontoon bridges, with orders to proceed 
with the construction of two bridges across the 
river at a point known as Franklin's Crossing, 
just below the mouth of Deep Run, and one mile 
below Fredericksburg. 
The batterie.9 from tho Sixth Corps, under the 
charge of Col. Tompkins, were likewise ordered 
to cover the engineers in their work, and Howe’s 
division of infantry was ordered to the spot to 
support the engineers, and push across as soon 
as the bridges were laid. The only rebel force 
visible upon the opposite side was their double 
line of pickets, who lounged about very uncon¬ 
cernedly, watching our operations closely, but 
seeming to have no idea whatever that we would 
make an attempt to cross in open daylight. But 
about five o’clock the engineers commenced un- 
very good success, 
splendid field for black troops to Operate in. and 
would like as many regiments as the North can 
send him. 
All of our troops, sixty in number, that were 
missing in Gum Swamp engagement, returned 
to camp next day. 
David Heaton. 
a special revenue agent, has 
recently arrived to tuke charge of the commer¬ 
cial interests of this Department, with rank of 
Colonel, from Gen. Foster. The strict regula¬ 
tions recently established by Gen. Foster, is 
breaking up effectually contraband trade. 
The opposition papers in North Carolina are 
very severe on the fire-eaters and original seces¬ 
sionists. The Raleigh Standard will never be 
allowed hereafter lo hold any office of honor or 
trust in North Carolina. From the same source 
it appears that Jeff. Davis has been given to 
understand by Gov. Vance that the fate of the 
Confederacy must be decided in Virginia; that 
in no case will the Confederate army be allowed 
to make a stand in North Carolina and deluge 
their fields with blood and devastation, but must, 
when they leave Virginia, enter the Cotton States, 
and end the conflict where It began. 
The report that Charles Henry Foster was cap¬ 
tured by the rebels, with two dispatch steamers, 
in the Cam tuck canal, recently, is not true, he 
having gone through on his way to Washington 
the day before, where be was sworn into the ser¬ 
vice, with authority to raise another North Caro¬ 
lina regiment. 
The commercial ports in this Department now 
in our possession will, on recommendation of 
Gen. Foster and Col. Heaton, special cominer- 
also burned a large saw-mill that had been used 
in constructing the monster ram. 
The material destroyed, at a moderate estimate, 
would cost more than’ £2,000,000. 
We had one man killed and seven wounded by 
field pieces from the enemy's batteries while go¬ 
ing up the river, but the wounded are doing well. 
Licut-Coui. Walker deserves much credit for 
the handsome manner in which he performed tile 
duty assigned him. If be could have obtained 
pilots, he would have succeeded iu getting pos¬ 
session of all the rebels’ rams instead of having 
them burned. David D. Porter, 
Commanding Mississippi Squadron. 
A special from Chieasaw Dayou. dated June 
1st, says there is no important change to report. 
Gen. Logan has planted heavy siege guns within 
100 yards of the rebel works, and has construct¬ 
ed a covered pathway from behind a hill, through 
which his gunners pass lo and fro with little dan¬ 
ger. A bearer of dispatches from Gen. Pember¬ 
ton to Gen. Johnston, left the rebel lines on 
Thursday last, and came directly to Gen. Grant's 
headquarters and communicated their contents 
to Gen. Grant. 
The fire in Vicksburg, on Monday night week, 
was caused by the explosion of our shells. One 
whole side of Washington Square was destroyed. 
It was the intention to open upon the enemy 
along the whole line on Wednesday. Our lines 
have been drawn in, so that in many places the 
armies are within speaking distance. 
Dispatches have been received direct from Gen. 
Grant's army, of dates respectively 28th, 29th, 
30th and 31st. While they mention the progress 
of the siege, they -ay nothing of any assault since 
the 25th, which last was not very heavy. Our 
troops are officially represented as being in good 
health, spirits and condition. 
Up to the 31st of May the siege of Vicksburg 
was progressing with reasonable satisfaction. 
There was not then any immediate pressure on 
Gen. Grant’s rear, and Gen. Banks had Port 
Hudson invested. 
town, taking ten prisoners. Col. Faulkner was 
badly wounded, and arrived here last night. 
Col. Wycklifle Cooper of the 4th Kentucky cav¬ 
alry was injured by a horse falling on him. 
Simultaneously, an attack was made upon the 
forces at Tritine. 
Department of the Gulf 
By the arrival of steamers from New Orleans 
we gather the following interesting intelligence: 
In the Department of the Gulf the whole inter¬ 
est in military affairs is centered in Port Hudson, 
which was completely invested by the Federal 
force. Gen. Banks commanded in person a force 
supposed to be sufficient for its redaction. The 
enemy’s strength within their defenses is esti¬ 
mated at from 10,000 to 12,000. 
Brig.-Gen. Sherman arrived at New Orleans 
on the night of the 29th, severely wounded, but 
not dangerously. 
Col. Nelson’s 2d Louisiana negro regiment 
distinguished itself especially in charging upon 
the enemy’s siege guns, losing in killed and 
wounded over 600. 
Gen. Weitzel had captured a portion of the 
line of defense and held one of their heaviest 
batteries. 
The following is from the Eva of the 29thAll 
eyes in this department are now turned toward 
Port Hudson, 
They were repulsed with a loss 
of 200 men. 400 horses, and a lot of camp and 
garrison equipage. 
Col. Wilder, of the mounted infantry, returned 
to Murfreesboro on the 7th, from another highly 
successful expedition to Liberty. He broke up 
a band of guerrillas, taking all their horses and 
62 prisoners. 
Mississippi. 
As soon as the firing ceased, the engineers 
began to work on the bridges, and at 8 P. M. had 
one of them completed, and the remainder of 
Howe s division passed over. Our casualties 
were five killed ami about twenty-five wounded. 
The enemy’s loss could not have been large, as 
they were protected by (heir earthworks. °Tho 
Captain commanding their picket was killed, 
and several men were found dead in the ditches, 
from the effect of our shells. 
Our forces advanced cautiously across the 
plain, deploying as skirmishers, having heard 
that the right was resting on the Deep Run, and 
the left in the vicinity of the Bernard House. 
By dusk they had reached the Bowling Green 
road, and posted their pickets for the night, well 
out toward the foot of the timber on which the 
enemy have their earthworks. The enemy were 
not discovered in force last night, though prison¬ 
ers stated that we should soon meet them if we 
kept on advancing. 
This morning enough was ascertained to locate 
the greater part of the enemy’s force. We took 
nearly luu prisoners, including one Major. Our 
crossing took the enemy greatly by surprise. 
During the night Gen. Lee marched two corps 
back from the vicinity of Salem Church—a posi¬ 
tion in front of our lines. 
Longstrcet s corps re-enforced the troops in 
A letter from near Vicksburg, 
dated the 24th ultimo, to the Herald, says the 
situation was then unchanged. Gen. Carr had 
retire. The 23d Iowa planted its colors on the 
rebel ramparts, Col. Stone all day requesting aid, 
who, after keeping their colors there all day, 
and after every man of the regiment who entered 
the fort in the morning bad been either killed or 
wounded excepting the Lieutenant-Colonel and 
fifteen other men, were captured and taken 
to Vicksburg. The storming of the works cost 
us 2,500 men killed and wounded. The place is 
now to be regularly besieged. 
Our skirmishers are so efficient that the enemy 
has no chance to work his guns, and our bat¬ 
teries pour in a murderous fire night and day. 
The rebels during the night manage to place cot¬ 
ton bales around the embrasures, which are 
destroyed during the day. 
The rebels are constructing a new line of works 
between the outer line now opposed to us and 
the city. 
Our information from that point 
is not t ery full, but we are in possession of 
enough to assure our readers that there is every 
reason to take a cheerful and hopeful view of 
events. We have no hesitation in saying that 
the result of the fighting thus far has been de¬ 
cidedly favorable to our arms. 
Seventy-five prisoners arrived at New Orleans 
on the 26th from Baton Rouge—among them 
Ex-Governor Robert Vickliffe, who was cap¬ 
tured near Port Hudson. 
The fight on the Bayou Sara road, and near 
Pori Hudson on the 21st, was hotly contested, 
but the rebels was badly whipped at every point. 
