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ettfiwt If, t ' p$ -rw-r.-Tr- i.. Vi-s- iTKi-n vr.-wj' .-:jrtwr-rfii.uiin-!WT mi nr?KrwNrf.'in- w ! - i-.'Li'iw"aTt r- iti-ffirfrw.f-( i-ur.-i. rartmtzJZ2trirjt -t 5 PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE. JACKSONVILLE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1803. VOL. VIII NO. 34. Ije (ffirejpm K H : I. 0. 0. F. JaCKHO.VVII.I.K LoilflK No. 10, holds Its regular meetlnge every SA2'- WW AY JSVEXWff, nt the Mnsonlc lluill (Court House building), ut ' 'O'clock. Druthers in good landing are cordially Invited lu attend. m?ah. M. Sa-rox. N. G. Oko. II. Doiiiiih. It. Hce'y. Warron Lodge No, 10. A. f . & A. M. Jk iHOLI) their regular comraunl HgfcntloiiH (lie Wednesday "Evenings on ror preceding tliu 1'iiUiIiiknii, In uaok imo.vvii.u:, oiiwion. ALFA'. MARTIN, W.. M. ir.iii.ooM. scc'n. OREGON CII APTJ2U NO. 1, .. O F- UOYAL ARC II MASONS, JAUKSOJr VUJ.Ii. OIIKGOX, "Will lictld ItM regular coiciunnicutions on the I-'li-nt MntMi-ilnf'Kvi-. ot'K very Mouth, All sojourning Companions In jotd '(landing ato cordially invited to attend. G. W.GRKKILU. I. L. Pahis. Soc'y. lccH:47 E. F. RUSSELL, NOTARY PUBLIC 'Olllco with II. F. Rowcll. Km., Third street, JACICfiO.VVIIJl.K. ORKflOX. !) ORANGE -JACOBS, ATTORN KY AND COUNSKLOR .AND SOLICITOR 1N UllAXGKlir, Will promptly altend to any legal tiiisfiii'.-'.x cMtimiil U'tl to hie cure. 'Office in Snil inel huililing, .Jackson vim.k, Oiikcon. ,vm. iioitiiitt. .ia.mk.s j). i'a.v. DOUTHITT & FAY, ATTORNEYS AND COUNSKLORS jsjv iiAvtr, .AND SOLICITOUS IX OIIANCHRY, J.'lSONVII;r.K, Oiikuon, Will practice in Ihu Supremo and other .Cmirls of rliln Stale- March -I. 'IMJ RrBVMORFORD, ATTORNEY AT LAW, iL('KSONVU,1,K, 'OlIKdON, WILL practice In life several Courts of Ihe First Judical District, and in Ihu 'Supreme Court. Oclolier 'JO. 'Ii2. B. F. DOWELL, ATTORNEY AT LAW, J:ckso.wi M.K, OlIKHOK. Will practice In all Ihu Courts ol'tho Third .Judicial District, Ihe Supremo Count of Ore gon, anil I u Yruka, Cal. War Scrip prompt- ijv collected. Oct. IK. Dnii's Jfcirhcr Shop. Rctwccn llrndhury it Wade's and 1-11 Dorado Saloon, Culiforiiiatrcet. SHAVING. lIalr-ciiltlng,Shumpoolng, Cur ling and Hair Dyeing, (n .hand and lor sn'e. a geiiuiuo nrtlelu ot rish'n Uaiu Rks toiiativk. mid Crlnlartorn'H'Ajrtsior ilnir Ihjt PETER BRITT, Js prepared to 'take pictures in every plylo nt' the art, wilh all the late ituproveiueulH. If Pictures do not give (-attraction, no charges will he made. Call at hN new Gal lery, on the hill, examiuu his pictures, and nil Vor your likeness. L. H. DEWEY, "IVnlcliiiiulcvr and Jeweler, Keeps constantly on hand a line assortment of Clocks and ..Ikwhuiv. which liu rillo'.v fur halo ut very low prices, fur a cash. RKl'AlKlNG-Clocks.A Watches and J owtdry repaired wilh prompt ness and warranted. Shop on California street, two doors wot of Lovo & Uilgor's. Jacksonville, July 5!(i: '-'S ALEXANDER BUSWELL, - I'ltAOTIPAF. - I'AIMilMtULKli, anil JJIunk-lloolt Mnmil'ncturcr. ,517 Chy and 514 Commercial etrceti., hetween Moutu'niery and Hansomo. KAN FKANCISCO. S5jlllndiug of eviry description neatly v' ocuted ; lllank Doukh ruled and Doiind to any detfred pattern. 24:y ELDORADO SALOON' P. H. LYNCH, Prop'r. Corner Calilbrniu and Oregon Streets. 'The- Proprietor lias just rccei-vod from.San FranolFco a choice niortnicut of lino Wines, Liquors, Cigars, ETC., ETC. jrCrM)roji In nnd lost them. D.c. 10. P AY UP. All llioso indebted In mo hv notes or hook aceoiinls, will please cull and settle iiiimediulely, or their no counts or iitct will be handed to my at' tomey fo. colleotion, II, ULOOM. Murch 18. 18'"!. THE OREGON SENTJNEI. KSttKI) KVKItV WKKXKSDAY AM) HATtllinAV. IIKMIV IEN1,IXJKH, J'nli'i- unit Proifr iSnisciiiiTiox One year. In advance, Five Dollarp; Slxtaouths, Throe Dollars. Aiivkiitihinh Ouu Hiimie (10 lines or lew). Iti'Ht iiiFertiou, Tliree Dollars ; e.uch fuh'tiqiient Insertion. One Dollar. A dis count of -fifty percent will hu made to tlio.-u who -Advertise hy the year. advertTsers. Ily application to l'olinnti!r! nnd Mall Carriers, you ran learn that IhuSeml-weekly Oiikiio.v Skntinki. Inn hy far a larger clmi latlon in the coiiulles of Southern Oregon and Del Norte county. California, than any other puper. This IUe4 should cnmmciul Ihe Skstixki. to you as a eupciior mediutn for udverticliig. Likt or AoKMti, .who arc Authorized to transact any huslnes concerning thin pa per, in M'.o.imnio of tlie puhllsher : L. I'.iFiiMhcr, Sun Francisco; Wadworth '& Itiivnco, Yreka; IJiier Hiury, Ashland; S. O. Taylor, IMklmiIn; XV. W. Fowler. Apple gate; It. S. Dunlap. WilllamOiurg; John It. I'riudle.lCerhyvllh'.: A. II. MclUnlii. Waldo; It. J. Foihes, Waldo; H'.r.. M. Hvans. Att house: Joel Thorn, (Janyouville: A. K. Flint. Itoehurg: I-nae,'U. Mooren, Salem; J. 11. Underwood, Kugenc Cily: F. Clinrinan. Oregon City; I). W. Wakelleld, Alhmiy; lloniamtn Cook, Corvallis; .1. II. Smith, Credent City; Albert Doollttle, Happy Camp. T ICWESnrJWTCKW JII)ILI. IIIW I'UI BY -OVERLAND TELEGRAPH. ti:i.k(iiiai'Iikito viiiika ion tub hkntincl. SuHiiiIuy NiSit'H Disimtvli. Washington, l-'l Mi. (Jen. Lee lino toned a general order, ttunouncing the death o Svonewall Jac-kfon, who e;:pircd ou the lOih. l'hilailelpliin. Mill. A ppccinl to Hie KmHirer says Yalhtndinghain was convic ted r the cliargrs aL'aint him, and sen tencfd to Torhigas until the close of the war. llitrnside approved tho scirlcuce. New Ynik, Mlh. The Exprcs under rtanil.s that MrtClcllun, lnt week, pent u re quest to tin President lo cither except bis resignation or -place him inactive service. Ittimor f:yn that the President stated tbirt Ihe nciive fen'ice of McClelluu would be rc(piirel at nu early day. "Washington. Mill. A pontlrimin from Itlelunond says there are indications of u movement. The censorship over telegraph ic reports, instead of being removed, lias, if possible, become more stringent. Stoncmnu h ut the hcitdipmrtcrs of the Army of tho Potomac. Tho World's correspondent b tales tho in dications are that the enemy is swinging around to his left on 1 ho Gordonsvillo mid Richmond ISailroad. with his rignt resting on the Kredorieksbnig nnd Richmond road, at Rowling (reen. protecting the'ing. Tho rebel papers say that ihe steam upper end or the triangle lormcd uy these roads nt tllannver Jtuction. Ajipenl of 7th says Grant proceeded to wards Port Gibson, with main body of his army, mid tliut ho is throwing up intrench incuts. Tho Richmond Dispatch says communi cations by railsoftil has been re-established with Fredericksburg. Suimxinry. Tho following is a summary of the dis patch of Sunday night : The rebel stcamor Cherokee was captur es by tho bloekuding squadron, oil' Charles ton,.on the 8th. Tho Pulmer cotton mills, Mass., wcro destroyed by fire, on the 10th loss $150,000. (Jen. Curtis has been relieved of the command of tho Depart ment of Missouri. Gen. Scliolleld suc ceeds him. Richmond papers of tho llllh, say "that the Yankees are -very active ubout Charleston. Thoy have built formidable butteries on Folly Island, bearing on .the southern extremity of Morris lelutul. They are fortify in, beaoroolc island, nnd tho iron-clads nnd transports are in that .vicinity. A dimoulty .occurred nt 'Camp I SpiagueOII thcL'ltll. 'OlIO mull WfiS killed, se.vural wounded and twenty-eight nrrested. k'yu general order, just issued,, nil icbels delivered at Cbly Point up lo May Clh, and all captured anil pato'el in Virginia or North Carolina up to May 1st, are de clared duly exchanged. The New Yoik 7VJM says tho President received from the hcudf'iiurters of tho Auny of tho Potomac, an original letter from Jeff. Davis, written lo one of his Colonels, in which ho speaks gloomily of affairs in tho Southwest and Yirginiu. Tho French, up to tho 21st of April, had not obtuined possession of Pu- eblti. Jumoinfort litul been reinforceil, and was hIioiiI to take llie ollensive. The Mexicans exhibited the most desperate courage. Tho Richmond Sentinel, ol the 12th. says that thu Xalcher. Courier pre tends to have information that Ivirby Smith had beaten Dunks' forces in Louis una. The Atlanta Conjedemcij says that the right flank of Rragg's tinny rests on McMiuville. The line extends westward ihiough Winchester. Shelliyvilli! and (Jo lumbia. forui'tig the arc of a large circle, lie reviewed and advanced his Alabama troops on the 11 th. Rebel papers, of the lOlb of April, say that Ranks toned un order at New Orleans, requiring all regis tered icbels to take the oath of allegiance before the 1st of .May, or prepare to leave before the Ifilii. Dispatcher; from Grant have been received at Washington up to the 8th, which express his satisfaction nt the nppeaiuneo of thing? in his vicinity, and slate Ihal Port Hudson had undoubt edly been evacuated, except hy a small gar rison and the heavy artillery. The Spring Held Journal says that Itos, Steele fc Go. contracted to 'build A'iII miles of Ihe Pneillc luilroad. All of ihe same being in Kansas, beyond which the Union Paci fic railroad policy commences. Jt Is in tended to have forty miles opened this year. The nails, spikes, mils, etc. have nliViidy been purchased, and ihe work will be pu-di-cd foiwanl witli vigor. Hilton I lead news of the Kith, says that the iron-elads have been thoroughly repaired, and nil injuries remidied. It is generally believed that the l:Vincli guns will be lejilueed by lho of smaller bore. A .coining parly found no rebels in lot ce nt lieshurg on" the 3 stilt. A skirmish with u few rebel cavalry at Warrington, resulted in killing one and wounding several others, our los was three wounded! The last of our wounded on the other side ol Rhappahannoek have been brought over. They received as good care while they remained with the enemy as cou'd 1)0 expected. Our surgeons have been with them ever since Hooker came ovor this side. The medical stores Font over by suggestion of Gen. I'c wore tnken possession of by the rebels, but were dealt oe.l on ifiu rcniiihitiou of our surgeons. The dead of both r.rmies have been buried ' The evidence in Gen. Rucl's. case has ar rived ut Washington. There is reasons to believe that the fimliiiir of tho court will show thai the President had ample reasons' ,lor removing Duel, -and that lie erred in not i cmoving him sooner. Hooker was in Washington on the loth, had an interview with the President, ami returned nt night. The MorA7 says that rumor ha it that he retains his position unaided by Halleck, for another advance whenever it shall be arranged. The rebels report that 1 1 of Grants cavalry entered and burnt Crystal Springs on the lfiih. The 1'ederals are ra iiilbrciug ut Swollen Springs, nnd Grant will probably advance east., mid not direct on V icktiburg so say rebel reports. A barge loaded Willi eonl ran ihe Yicks burg batteries, on the night of tho lfllh. Tho Federal fleet above llioicilv i inereas- er Jiritlnmy loaded witli merchandise, ran I blockade oil' Charleston, on tho lUili. The 'steamer Norman, which started witli her. ! had not been heard from. The Jliclnnnnil Eiupiiicr has savage artieleit on Rune-ides .mid his order eonoeriiintr spies and traitors. and condoles wilh Yallandingham over his situation. The properly of ebels absent in the Confederate Army is rapidly being con fiscated in the Distriet of Columbia. Reb el papers contain an account of skirmish ing on the Rig Riack in Tennessee. Monday Night's Dispatch. Louisville, lCih. On Wednesday evening- n parly of mounted rebels mulching' on Franklin. Ky., for tho purpose of at tacking an up train, wcro met by u detach ment of Federals, and routed, with a loss of fivo killed mid a number captured. Col. Jacobs, in tho fiirbt on Sunday last with the rebels, on the Cumberland, lost 12 men, including Ihrco officers. Oupt. Chcnalb, with several other rebel officers, nnd JJ8 privates were killed and taken pris oners. Gen. John Morgan was in com-' maud with nine regiments, in all, an aggre gate of .4,000, which an still on the eniith sido of the Cumberland. Only small sqaadrt -have crossed at difU-rcut points. Col. Jacobs' force consisted ol two regi- mcts mid has probably defeated Georgit m-nnnsed i-uld into KVntnekv. Col. G inns rlani nt Glasgow, 'killed several rebels and, j drove 200 lo the outh sid' of 'the Cum- ra berland on Wednesday. There is now n considerable I'orco of rebels on the south sido of that river. New York, Kith. The Post of last even ning says that a serious disucirement ex ists between Hulleck and Hooker. It is positively slated 1 lint Hooker's new ma neuvers, phi nued beforo ho left the south side of the Rappnlmnnock, have been coun termanded by Halleck. The Steamer Ocean Queen, from Aspiu wall, brimrs 88015.001) in lreanre, mid about !7 of the cavalry for Massachusetts. Richmond papers say there is no doubt bat that Stonewall Jackson's wounds were inflicted by mistake of his own nil. He. received three balls in his left arm mid hand. This occurred afier dark, on Satur day, he having given orders lo fire on any thing coming' up the road before ho le'ft the lines, mid on seeing Federal f-kinuishcrs heroic him, hu turned to retreat und was shot by his own men. Ifis fuuerul was largely nltcnded. Davis and tho rebel Cabinet were present. If in 'body w8 sent lo Lexington, and a xtatuo is to be elected in the rebel capital. Malamorns dales to the 18th of April have been received. It is .understood that Ihe schooners (ion. Pinekuey mid West Florida lire fitting out us privateers at Rra.os, nnd nre only awaiting crews. Gen. McCrudcr Las been nt Rrnwnrille for some weeks. The sloop fipwiug hud been seized on the Uio Grnnda by rebel authorities. She wiw from New York with a valuable cargo. A Washington letter to the Commercial f:ivs It is certain tlmt the Army of Ihe Potomac lost a large number of prisoners and missing, und Unit its dead would ex ceed the number in ihe urmy reports here tofore published. 'Flint it left on thcfouth bank of the Rappahannock 24 pieces of artillery, a quantity ol nrnn und uinmuni tion, and that the mijority of the army officers desire n new commander. Hooker probably informed thu President (hat he would resign if the step was thought nec essary by the Government. Wusliiugton, lfith. The Richmond pa pnrs have n telegram, dated Tullnhoma, 12th, which says that the scouts from the front report l ho removal of the enemy's baggage to the rear of Nashville. All quiet in (rout. WiiR'iington. lfiih. The Ennnirtr suys live or sis transports had lauded troops at West Point, ou ihe l.'ltli, who are throw ing up inirenchmeuts across trom Ihu Mut aliomy to the Pamunkey river. From the fact that a number of officers and men daily r.rrive from the Rappahannock to get leave of absence to go home, it is regarded as tin indication that the army will not move nt present. An official dispatch from Paducuh, Ivy., to-day, says that on the night of the 12th, 50 men of the 1st Tennessee cavahy were taken ip the ''eunes-eu river on gunboats, mid lauded at Rrcckiuridge. They durlicd across the jouutry to Lindnii, surprised a rebel force twieo their number, killed three, captured a Lieutenant Col., six other olfieers. .'10 privates mid 10 conscripts,, n lot of horses, arms, etc., mid burned the court house, which was the rebel depot, with a quantity of army supplies. We lost no tiii-u. Cincinnati, lfiih. The application made lo Judge Tevit to tone u writ of 'Imlieas cnrpui two days since, has been refused. The report from Washington that Valinn dinghaui is to bo sent south is not credited here. It is 'understood that Burnsirte will announce .what disposition is to bo made of him. Thursday' New York TrilHne crili nises very severely the operations of Gen. Stoneman, paying tho damage inflicted on the enemy is so slight as to linvc caused I lie rebels no inconvenience, tin conclusion it says, It is idle to deny that tho cam palgn of Gen. Hooker, which bi'gan au spiciously, has cntne to a .premature und inefr dual end. His losses tire considera bly heavier than publN'ned, and the esti mate will not amount to less than 17,000 killed, wotinded and missing. Tho nctiuil per cent, returned tweeds 17.000, but rimy he n little reduced. To is said to nihnit a loss of 18,000. which is far greater Uian ours, in proportion to tho strength of his army. Gen. Hooker's army still largely outnumbers thu rebel forces, nnd is unde niably in good spirits nnd condition.. Tuesday Night jb Dispatch. New York, 17th Tho TimeU Army correspondent says Stuart is for the pres ent in command "of Jackson's corps, which consists of four full divisions of 15,000 men. Washington. 17th. It is ascertained from a gentleman who bns returned from the Army of the "Potomac, that Hooker seems highly gratified with his visit to the Pres'ilent. Tho river ft out of the enemy has been rcconiiriitered. nnd the discovery made, that, during Ihe night of tho 14th, they throw up new nnd extensive works nloiig the right of Hill, in tho rear of Fred ericksburg. It is reported to Ony-.tliat every soldier now in dctuseryipo, in und mound )Vash- ingtnn, Rultimnrc and on the railroad of Virginia and Maryland will be fowurded to I looker's command, mid their places suppli ed by Pennsylvania millitia, which force, it is said, has been laudul by Gov. Curtln. The Marshal of the DIstilct of Columbia ha seized, under Ihe roaliseatlon Act. the real and peisonnl eslntu of Capt. J. W. Maltilt, commander of tho rebel privateer. Murfrceshoro, 17tli. .Inckson. Mto.. Is In pompsion of Ihe enemy. Wo fought them all day, hut could not hold the city. New York. 17th. The steamer. George Washington, from New Orleans, with dales loftke 10th, has arrived. An Appidosn let ter, of tho Mil, states that details of tin capture of Fort Gibson have been received from Grand Gulf. Tim cuvalry raid of Col. Gretoon caused hundreds of limllles to leave the interior of the State. The damage done hv Ibis, raid i Incalcuablt. Grcltj.on has arrived ut New Orleans. Quite an excitement occurred on the evening of the 7th. at tho opera, occasioned by the audience demanding that the nation al air should bu played, but uotliing serious tcsulted. Admiral Farragut arrived at Now Or leans on the Dili, from J)ruhcr City, with (lie important Intelligence that Alexandria was captured on the dth, hy Admiral Porter, Prior (o this capture. Fort Dutuuey. ou I'ctl river. va demolished by (he ves-ols of Farragut's. One of the rebel gunboats was captured after tho capture of tho town. The advance cavalry or Gen. Dwlghl dashed In to the town, forming ti junction between Purugnt's and Hanks' forces. Appalcusas dates to the (till, slate our nrtey on Ihe march, llatou Kongo letter of '2d states tliut (ii'lestoii's force, consisting of olli and 7ih Illinois cavalry, wilh a largo number of prisoners, returned to that city ou that day. They lull Lagrange. T.enn., on the liiih of April. The destruction of property by them was greater than uccouiitri given1 by the rebels, which were mentioned in (lie previous dispatches. Near Clinton, near the Louisiana Hue. they destroyed a rebel camp, und captured 15(10 prisoners. They crossed Armilo river. 10 miles from Datou Kongo, ou the morning of Ihe 1st, nnd cap tured ti rebel picket. of Kit) men with horses. IJvery railroad in Mississippi was cut hv them. They supplied themselves with fresh horses ou the road, ami hroughl in over contrabands ou booc. Goi.i) and Rkai. F.fTATi). At Inst 1h inconii of tho Government, equals, ir it does not exceed, its cxpemli'.ures. The duties on ciwtouw, the intci'Mil-tax. and stamp du? lies produce mi incor.ie. of over two millions, u day, mtd more tlt-m equal to tho entire current expenditure of tho GoTermnent. I'icnce-tlic fall in the prico of gold, and the decline in the value, of rt-ul estate. The present nqtcnt of our financial affairs ir, entirely unprecedented, und is the best proof that cou'd bo afforded of the ii'.ex- juuislible resources of the country. The most that lvu'.rlnnil pretend to do is. to pay the interest on her imtioonl debt, while the Unite. Slates is now in command of u revenuu tquul to the immense expenditures going o'i, nnd which would ay oT all the indebtedness we have incurred in a few years, if tho drain, consequent on tho exis tence of hostilities, was uuded, us it soot: will be. ". ho notion of Secretary Chase in provid iiu, for the withdrawal of pnrplus, Goverp ii'ont pu)er from circulation has aided to ivduce the premium on gold. Tho opposite, policy had much to do with the depreciation of Government tones, nnd its n'oandonment litis ulrcndy produced good, wholesome re sults. Wohnvu only lo present n united front to rho enemy, and urgo the Govern ment to makou fitting use of tho great ener gies of the North now nt its disposal, and (he end of tho Rebellion cannot be fur oil Kosix'kan's. The following' is nnen pnr trntnre of the ever victorious commander of tho Army of tho Ournberland, by a cor respondent of the Tribune : Of conrso I was interested in tho looks anil lwaring of our only General-who has actual Iv demonstrated bevond cavil his capacity to lmndlo a great army in the field ; to bripg victory out ot disaster, tjcncral Kosccrun.3 is an erect, solid man of 175 pounds weight, whoso 43 years sit lightly on his face and frame. He lias u clear, mild blue eye, which liclitij un under excitement until it cm (lash fire ; an intensified Roman noso; high cheek hones; ruddy complexion; mouth and chin hidden under dark mustache and whiskers, untouched by tho ra::or ; hair a shade or two lighter, with a.few threads of silver, and crowing thin on tho edges ol inu- high, fall but not broad forehead. In con vnrsiition his fucu is illumined bv a necnli- nrly winning snrle, nnd an cyo shining wit mirth. As Hamlet would tuko the ghpstL-s word for a thousand nnumh. so vou would. trust that face, in a stranger, nslhnrotighV truo lull ol character, and rcserveil pow . His talk is like it: direct, frank, overflow,, ing Awith bumpr, pr strpjig in qmphasi