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CITY ITEMS.
lhtroductort.—The Editor and Proprietor of
tliis paper ban seen fit to appropriate till* column to
the exclusive use of this city and vicinity, and se-
lected your bumble aervant—on account of his
humility, no doubt—to fill It regularly with such
"items" as he thinks may edify, enlighten and
llumlnate the minds of his numerous readers-
ln so doing "we"—that is, "H." and "P."—
shall aim to keep it up with the times, in spirit and
in fact. In order that this may be done, w* will
esteem It an act of kindness on the part of any in'
dividual, who will furnish hi at any time with facts
or suggestions of importance; and in return we
pledge ourselves that nothing shall be left undone
on our part, that will render this column a true ex
poneut of the affairs of the city.
i . 3.—The singular plurals italicized above, are
not as yet naturalized in our case. But, like all
other inconsistencies when universally sanctioned
they must be endorsed. H. P,
-—If we are a little "slow" at present In giv-
ing .accounts of transactions that occur in this city,
we trust our readers will be lenient, for it is impossi-
ble for pedestrians to get about In a hurry, on ac
count of the condition of the side walks and cross
ings, in .many sections. The Provost Marshal hav
ing relieved our city fatherB of some of their dutieB
and responsibilities, they will now have time, and
we trust, inclination, to overhaul the promenading
platforms, especially in the business thoroughfares.
There are several thieves and a few suspicious per-
sons about, who may find it convenient to leave in a
hurry some time, and their progress should not be
checked by uneven and unreliable foundations. As
the matter now stands, he, she or it, who attempts
to make 2-40 time, will " slip up," or down in all
probability. If planks are scarce, a supply might
be obtained from the old political platforms that
once did abound in this city.
The following is a list of the present retail
prices of some of the leading articles of merchan
dise in this market. Our renders abroad, with this
criterion before them, can judge of the present
state of the market generally;
Flour, per sack.-$10 00
Corn Meal
Bacon^
Salt, V lis
Sugar, Brown,
Texas
Sugar, BroWn,
New Orleans..
Sugar, Crushed.
00
20
06
10
12*
50
Starch $
Tea, Black 16.. 5
' m
'I
Tea, Green ^ Its.. 6 00
Coffee, ^ lb CO
Rice.fBJ 30
Butter, fib 2w
Eggs 25
Molasses,fbbl... 20 00
Nails, f keg 40 00
Soma kinds of clothing and dry goods bring al-
most fabulous prices. The " Local" will give the
prices of any article for sale In market, when re
(j uired by correspondents.
The arrival and departure of the cars on the
different railroads running from this city, may be
stated thus: On the Central Road they leave at 12:15
r. M. every day, except Sunday, and arrive at 1:30 p.
m. On the New Orleans Road they leave at 5 a. m.,
Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and arrive at 9:45
r. m. jJtme day, to i):46J p. m. next day. On the
( Galveston Road they leave every day at 3=30 p. m ,
and arrive at 11:30 a. m. On the Houston Tap and
Brazoria Road they leave Monday, Wednesday and
Friday at 7 a. m., and arrive at 5 p. M. same day. On
the B. B., B. & C. R R- they leave Tuesday, Thurs-
day and Saturday at 10 a . m., and arrive at 5 f. u.,
Monday, Wednesday and Ffiday. The trains are
punctual in leaving, but the time of their arrival
varies occasionally ; especially when the ears '* get
off the track," and there are not passengers enough
to put them on again.
Happening into an auction-room yesterday,
fwe were soon much interested in an individual, who
seemed to take an active part in the ceremonies
there going on. They called him the " auctioneer."
Ills tongue was oiled apparently, and worked by
electricity, or some other secret agent, to us unac-
countable. On inquiry we learned that although
no one had ever seen him " wound up," he was
always " going," " going," yet was never known
to "run down " any thing he had for sale. Fearful
that we might get " knocked down," we left, and
thus escaped from temptation; for he declared on
his honor, that we should all have his goods at our
<)irn prices. We cannot yet accouut for his liber-
ality:
DUST! DUST I DU3TI—M m STaEET—90 called
because it excels all others in dust and danger—is
now in its element. Clouas of pulverised mortality
daily crowd the nose, clog the ears and afflict the
eyes of each sojourner in this parched street. Why
do not those who are compelled to spend their days
in this cloudy artery, contribute their mite and
might, and employ by the year an old man, old
horse, old cart and old sprinkler, for $900 per an-
myn, and add to their health, wealth and comfort?
Why, the time lost in sneezing, if properly com
puted and valued, would alone pay the entire ex
pense I How many thousand dollars worth of
valuables are lost because Main Street cannot of-
[ fvrd a watering cart, we leave for the owners to
[determine; but would most respectfully suggest that
[the street and Buyou become more iutliuato and
|ngreeable.
Olsantrous Fire
About 2 o'clock last Wednesday night the exten-
sive Foundry of Alexander McQowau, Esq., was
| discovered to be on tire. The alarm was first given
jby the watchman at the depot, near by. Iu a few
jmonput* the whole building was enveloped In
Illumes. The fire companies were soon on the
'ground, but their exertions were of no avail, except
(in protecting surrounding property. The safe and
[its contents were saved, but all else was destroyed.
ven the books were lost, they being in a desk.
We question whether the destruction of any other
building in this city would prove so disastrous to
the community at large as the lo*s of this ono.
was tilled with coatly machinery, such as planers
lathes, and valuable tools. The patterns lost had
been accumulating for the last fifteen years, and cost
no less than $^5,000. Their loss will be seriously
filt, fiur they belonged to the machinery which is
scattered all over the country. The entire loss is
lot less than $40,000. No insurance. The fire
riginated in the second story, in the pattern room,
nd was, no doubt, the work of an incendiary. The
nterprlslng proprietor is already cleaning away
he rubbish preparatory to the erection of another
uilding. No obstacle will be thrown iu bis way,
>r he is universally esteemed, and he has the sym-
Hthiea of the entire community In his great loss,
ad its best wishes for'hls future success.
The Convention of the Protestant Episcopal
Church in the Diocese of Texas, which has keen in
session In this city, adjourned on Saturday last. The
following clergymen were in attendance:
Rt. Rxv. Alex'r Qrcoo, D. D., Bishop of the
Diocese, Austin.
Rev. B Eaton, rector of Trinity Church, Qol
veston.
Rev. W. T. D. Dalzkll, Sector of St Mark's
Church, San Antonio.
Rev. John Owen, Rector of Christ Church, Mate,
gorda.
Rev. J.M. Goshorn. Rector of St. John's Church,
Columbus.
Rev. K. 8. SttLY, Rector of St Paul's Church,
Washington.
Rev. B. A. Wagner, Rector of Christ Church,
Houston.
Rev S. D. Davenport, Rector of Church of the
Good Shepherd, Corpus ChrlstL
Rev. W. R. Richardson, Missionary, Victoria.
Rav. C. W.Stone, Missionary, Caldwell, Burleson
county.
Rnv. H. B. Mono**, Missionary, Seguin.
TO THK V0TEBS OF THE 7th JUDICIAL
DISTRICT.
With sincere thanks and grateftil ac-
knowledgments to you, for your generous
support in my past election to the office of
District Attorney of this District, I now
return to you the trust committed to me.
An earlier resignation was contempla-
ted, and would have been tendered, upon
entering the GonfeJerate service last fall,
but being stationed on Galveston Island,
convenient to the courts, I deemed it not
inconsistent with my duties, as a private
in the ranks, to attend the courts, at least
during the Fall Term. Upon a re-enlist,
ment, to serve during the war, and the
prospect of soon being ordered out of the
State, I herewith resign the honor confer-
ed upon me, leaving the office to others,
more competent, perhaps to discharge its
duties than myself, while I go, I trust, to
serve you in a better capacity, in the de
fence of our country's rights.
Acco[ t then, in the tender of my resig-
nation, my sincere acknowledgments for
your past kindness, and interest manifest-
ed in my election, while I pledge you in
return for your confidence, my servioes
and devotion in the defence of our sacred
rights and liberties.
I have the honor to subscribe myself
your obedient servant,
L. A. ABERCROMBIE.
June 8th, 1862.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS,
Notice ! That the Checks or Due Bills of ti e un-
dersigned, when presented In sums of $20 ard
upwards, will be paid at the Counting Room of
Mosbrs. Cor. Ennls & Co. Houston.
Millcan, Juuu 12,1862. HASWELL BROS,
lw
I HAVE LOST a Land Certificate for Nine
Lub.>rs of Land, Issued by the Board or Land
Commissioners within and for the county of Siibiue.
State of Texas, on the second day of March, A 1).
ldQJ, No. 234. in fuvor of Nnoral Mackey. If not heard
from within sixty days frvm the date hereof, I will
apply to the Commissioner of the General Land office
for a (tu' llcate. This 4th day of December, A. D..
186'. " MINERVA SPARKS.
Jel3-
Fm SALE—Several choice tracts of Land. Ap-
P'yto COL.MAN A levy.
Houston, June 11,18C2. Jei3 wlm.
DOR
r Sacl
SAoK-Slxty B^xes RHINE WINE. 100
8acks EXTRA FLOUR. 800 Sic'cs of CORN, at
Jel3 tw3t MACATEE, STAFFORD & CO.
NOTICE.
Officb Provost Marshal, i
Galveston, June 7th, 1862. /
PERMITS "!ll be granted persons by application
at the Provost Marshals' office to bring wood and
supplies to the city of Galveston, by buats or rail-
road.
Persons need not be ap. rehe.islve < f having their
boats detained. J.C. MASdIE,
MaJ. Infantry, T. V. P. A , Provost Marshal Milita-
ry District, Galveston, Texas. [Je 11 tw 1 w]
RECEIVER'S SALE.
UNDER Decree oi the District Court of the C. S., for
the Eastern District of Texas,slttl gat H<. u ton,
in cause No. 411,1 will on Tuesday, the 24th day of
Jane, 1862, at 12 M., Iu f; out of the Court House door,
iu the city of Houston, sell to the ulghest and be t
bidder, at Public Auction, five hundred and eighty
three tous of RAILROAD IKON. Terms of sale—one
third cash, balance, equal paymi nts. 'n one and two
years, bearing 8 i er cent. Interest from date, with
two approved sureties. W II be sold In lots of 100
tons, with the privilege of the whole, or anj quantity
over tnat amount. W. P. BALLINGEH,
Jnl3-td C. S. Receiver.
11 '■
Black Republican Dixpatches to the North-
ern Papers.
Washington, May 10.—The Senate,
yesterday, rejeoted a long list of naval
nomination*, restoring officers resigned
before the war to their former relative po-
sitions, on the ground that it would work
injustice to those always remaining in the
eervioe
Returned prisoners from Richmond say
that a week ago a large meeting was held
to deoide whether or not to barn their pro-
perty. Holders and busiaess men against
riff-raff for destroying the city.
Prisoners think the artillery, after being
shipped south, was suddenly sent north,
with the intention of attackiog McDowell.
Rebels are hauling stones to James river
to sink, for the purpose of preventing gun-
boats coming up.
They represent Wm. Churchill, a desert
er from the First Ohio cavalry, as one of
the prison guards, and most oruel in treat-
ment of prieoners.
A oounoil of war was held at Norfolk,
attended by the rebel Secretaries of War
and Navy, Gen. Huger, and other officers,
and its evacuation determined upon.
Qoldsborough reports as the result of a
reoonnoissance, Thursday, fewer troopfe
and fewer guns—only seventeen guns be-
ing there.
Up to this time, one hundred and forty-
five petitions for five hundred and thirty-
eight slaves, valued at three hundred
thousand dollars, have been filed.
Slidell & Co. are turning Catholio to win
Frenoh sympathy, and representing the
war as an effort by heretic Yankees to sub-
jugate men of the true faith.
^Washingon, May 11.—Maj. Scott, of
the Fostoffice Department, oarries to New
Orleans six thousand foreign letters, ac-
cumulated within the last two or three
months.
4 [Dispatches from Fredericksburg say Mrs.
and Miss Smuok were arrested to-day for
giving information to the rebels. The guard
who made the arrest wa9 fired upon twice,
but were unharmed.
Deserters from Letcher's artillery com-
plain of hard treatment, and writers from
the Richmond army say they have been
whipped again and again, and wish them-
selves out of the damned scrape.
Prince Napoleon writes that the cause of
freedom and progress is represented by
the North, and is closely allied with the
same cause in Europe, hence he takes a
lively interest in the triumph over the
South.
Lieufenfant Commanding Phelpp, in a
letter from the Mississippi flotilln, says
the risk of pursuing the same tactics at
Fort Wright as at Island No. 10, is too
great. We would have to cope with earth-
works aud the rebel flotilla at onoe, and if
our boats were disabled, Cincinnati, St.
Louis, and other river cities would be at
the* mercy of the rebel flotilla.
Washington, May 11.—TTte proposed
taxes on raw cotton and staves gain favor,
and will be strongly pressed in the Senate.
It is understood that the Senate military
committee, who have returned from York-
town, after full examination, exonerate
Gen, Smith from the charges of intoxica-
tion,
An American sugar planter now in Cuba,
writes to a friend here that he discovers
leading and intelligent planters in favor of
gradual emancipation, on the ground that
Spain will be bullied into it, sooner or
later, and had better control the pol'oy
herself. A committee presented a memo-
rial to this effect to the Queen.
A lieutenant and thirteen South Carolina
privates and nine Virginia cavalry were
captured in a reconnoissance near Frede-
ricksburg, this morning.
A speoial prayer meeting for the sucoess
of the rebel arms, is to be held in Fred-
•ricksburg this week.
T^OR SALE —The House and Grounds that I
1. reside on at the end of the ljug bridge, Preston
at eet. Examine the premises.
Jnll 3t FEi IX W. ROBERTSON.
$50
RAN AWAY from the subscriber on 3d inst., the
following de scribe a Negroe*. to-wit: Negro Man
WAS1I,aged ab'iut 24 years, ot black complexion, 8
feet 11 laches In 1 eight, spare built, and downcast
look when spoken to. Also, Negro Miin TURNER,
aged 21 years black complexion, 5 feet 10 Inches in
hi-lght, rather heavy set, strong resemblance between
the two, who are brothers.
The above reward will be paid for the apprehension
•>f said Negroes,and lodging them in auy couuty | ill
iu the State, so that ♦ t * y can be secured.
V. M. JACKSON, Oyster Creek.
Post Office address, Columbia, ilrazo. la county.
(J lumiuA. May 2 . ts62 maySS-tw-Rw
01 W MOUC'-H, In ordt r to close out the balance
J 01 his DRY GOODS, will otl'tr great barga n .
The Ladles, Merchants aud others are iavited to call.
Jnnp 9— r*t«'2w
Fi EDMONT a IN OS "
ARK n> w open for the reception ot visitors. Hacks
connrct with the Central Kai.;oad, at. Navasuta,
Mondays, M e lne.-d.tvs and Saturdays.
MANDER CANNON,
June -wAtwJw etor,
«i|r We aie authorized to an ounce JLUU
RKEVE8 for re-election U> the office olCounty T;eus-
urer. June 9—It
w* are authui ired to announce b. f. 1>e knde
as* candidate lor a .-eSS',r and Collector ol Harris
couu'jr.
BY TELEGRAPH.
A FFAlBSJNjBlL VIS TO*
Special to the Houston Telegraph.
Galveston, June 12, 1862.
Bark oame from the west this morning.
The Santee, bark and schooner now at
anchor off the bar.
TRIBUTE TO €1 EN. JOSEPH L-HOGG
At • meeting of tbe clt: us of Cherokee county
held at the Courthouse in Rusk, on the Sth Inst. Cot
M. Mallard waa caUed to the Chair, and F. K. Wll
llams appointed Secretary. On motion. Col. W. T
Yeomans, K. II. Guinn, R. S. Kinley, D. B. Marti'
and F. K. Williams were appointed to embody In
writing the sentiments of the meeting In relation t
the death ot the lamented Gen. Jusiph L. Houg
The Committee renort«d the following:
a deep gloom nas fallen upon our
Death, the Inexorable archer, naa stricken down'a
%. We fre authored to snnounce GLOKGE H.
BKtNGIIUKaT for County Cler ■ of lia lis county.
Kg" We are authorized t< snnounce the Hon. R,
A, REEVES', tor A.-sot late Juctice of the Sup eme
Court ' '"b.
WE AUlUOKiJ
as a can<ti lafl
Harris Couuty, at 1
M«y as tr
[) to auuouuce JAMES HUliKK,
ft Clerk of the County Court ot
Fensulng August election.
The V lull ol the French Minister to Rich-
mond.
The Savannah Republican of the 14th
has the following, which agrees with pre-
vious rumors:
Various and conflicting are the specula-
tions with regard to the object of the
French minister to the United States, in
his recent visit to the Confederate capital..
From a source higher perhaps than any
from which the various rumors afloat havt
been drawn, we learn the following :
The visit of Mr. Mercier to Richmond
was at the instance of the French Emper-
or, and its object was to bring about a pa-
cification between the Confederate States
and the United States. The French Em-
peror proposed]) through his minister, M.
Mercier, to refer the solution of our trou-
bles to the ballot, as was done m Italy
some years ago.
The North contends, a3 an excuse for
the war, that a majority of the pt ople of
the Confederate States are still loyal to the
Union ; the South denies it. Under this
state of fact*, says the French Emperor,
Jet each State represented in the Confed-
eracy, decide for itself, freely and without
compulsion, with which nation it will casi
its lot for the fuiure.
So far as at piesetit advised, the over-
ture for peace will probably fail. Our
government is ready to agree to the mode
of settlement, but it declines intervcutlon
on the terms specified. Mercier's dispatch
was forwai^d immediately to France by
b steamer ^nraiting, and it is not impro-
bable that^ipoleon will take some deci-
ded step with regard to the war as soon as
the result* shall have reached him.
§3" We sre authorize!
fedlcu
to
Hun
anuouiice the
MedTcus A. Long,"of Tj '"or. Smith county, candidate
for Asso' late Ju tlce of the Supreme court, Election
1st Monday In August ne t. May 111— tf
tBT We are authorized to announce lion. TH08.
J. JENNINGS of Cher<<ke# Cou ity, a* a candidate
tor Associate Juxticc of the Supreme Court.
Jc 6, w & tw t<:«
TEN DOLLAB8J REWARD !!
CTttAYED, from the vicinity of Houston, on
O Thursday, 5.h Irist. a stout built, buy | oi y, hluzn
face, belly and h.nd parts IlKht color, no slioe and no
brand, it found to be ruturned to conipanv K,Capt
Ow 't.s. DeBray's Mid. Kegt,,Cauip Kyle.
Hou<t 11, M y 0th, lMii. Jnl2-iw2t
good and noble man from our circle, has torn from us
one whom we delighted to call our friend, whose vir-
tues we admired, and whose Inflexible honesty and
Justness of purpose wss the admiration of all. Gen.
JOsiph L. Ilooa Is dead. He breathed his last where
marshaled hosts had met to do battle under his lead
for the freedom and glory of his country, fiut It was
his fate to die by the slow hand of dlseaae. contracted
Iu the soldier's camp. Prouder would he have felt to
have met bis fate at the bead of his chooscn troops,
In the midst cf the battle's din, where the conflict
raged the fiercest, and calmer would he have died
with the shouts of victory ringing In his ears on the
ensanguined Held, where his gin zed eyes could have
ha I their last glimpse* of the flylnK foe. G< n. Hooo
would thus have desired to meet his Ust enemy. We
who know him well know the tprlngs which moved
his ambition, and know that that ambition was gu!d
od by the pure and holy purposes of a lofty patriot-
ism, his country's honor and independence his aspira-
tion. Our lamented friend was born In Georgia, Sept.
13th. 1806, aud emigrated to Texas In 1S4I. He was
several times a member of the Congress of the Re-
public of T< xa", a member of the Convention that
framed the State Constitution,a member of the Arst
Legislature of the State, and Chairman of the ben
ate's Judiciary Committee. During this last period
he obtained leave of aosence to repair to the scene of
conflict then waged between the United Stales and
Mexico, served as a private In Col. George T. Wood's
Regiment, was In the battle of Monterey and distin-
guished himself for his cool bravery In that memora-
ble contest.
At the Inception of the secession movement, Gen.
I loon was not behind any of his compeers In de-
nouncing the aggressions of the Northern govern-
ment, and none labored harder to prevent the elec-
tion of an abolition President; and when Texas wa
driven to take measures asserting her Independence
..f the United IStates Government, he was by the
unanimous vilce of his fellow citizens, elected u
delegate to the Convention, In which body he acted a
distinguished part. When the war became general,
he was appointed Ald-de-Camp to Uov. Clark, and
materially aided In organizing the State troops. Dur-
ing the last sea<on of tlie Texas l.egl.-lature, that
body recommended him to the Pre-Ment of the Con-
federate States, for the position ol iirigudler General.
The President made ttie appointment and the Senate
codrmed It. lie Immediately made preparations to
assume the duties of bisstutlon, and reported to Gen.
Van Dorn, then In Arkansas. It was but a short time
until the army was ordered to Corinth. Gen, Hoau
was pla.ed In command of a Urlgnrte of Texas troop*
and led them to Memphis, thence to Corinth. On the
march ho w is taken vloteutly sick, and died within a
few mites of Corinth, on the 16th of May, 1862.
O^r friend was ardently attached to military life,
but it was In his private relations where his vlitue>
t-hnne tU'.Ht brightly. StroLg In his attachments and
determined in his purDosi* when conscious he wis
light, he made m*ny friends, and all acknowledged
him to be emphatically aid truly a scrupulously
honest man.
In the home circle he waB almost adoted, and an
husband and father, his kind nature and affectionate
heart shone most conspicuously. Therefore, it Is
Jletolved, By this meeting, that In the d< ath of Gi n.
HoGO. Cherokee county mourns tho loss of a friend
whose virtues will be long remembered and emulatei",
the State.thatol oneof her earliest patriots and state •
met),long and faithfully trled;.iud the countiy a leader
whose voice will be no longer heard In cound', and
whose sword will be missed In battle.
JiMohfd, That wc deeply sympathize with the
'tilcken family in their fad bereavement, and tender
them our heart-felt consolations to their groat allllc-
tlon.
Metolved, That a copy of these resolutions be fur
nlshed the widow and family of the deceased, and
that the Houston Telegraph. State Guzette.and Texas
Republican be rt quested to publUh the same.
On motl n, the report of the Committee was unani
mously adopted anu the meeting adjourned.
E. MALLARD, Chairman.
F. E. Williams, Secretary. J n 13-t w 11
RELIEF FOB GAIiVJiSTONIANS.
r oukd Mountain. Blanco. Co., Tkxa\ \
June 4th, 182. /
T. W. Uou-e, Mayor of Houston—
Sir: The great prcssme of population now in
Houston and its vicinity, consequent on the evacua-
tion o' Galveston, as set forth In the newspapers re-
ceived per yesterday's mull at this posi ufllce, Induce*
me (having an Immediate opportunity of sending by
private hands, In advance of the wee. ly mail to
Austin) without neighborly consuliatlon, to offer for
your consideration tne following facts:
There were lu I860, as per statistical report, In thl-
and the adjoining counties of Burnett, Comal, Gil e -
pie. Hays aud Llano, about 171.000, Increased now to
bay 250,000 head of neat cattle.
And, were a suitable man appointed to visit these
counties for the purpose of obtaining subscriptions of
cattle, bun lreds if not thousandn would be ofl'eied to
feed the reduudant population of your cltr and its
environs.
Should the above be thought to merit attention,
I will take leave to suggest that, if such ageht be
sent, hand* should be sent with, or after him,for
driving down the beeves, as so many men have
entered the military service from this Statet that
hands are scarce, and 93 per day is now being
paid for cradlers to cut our preseut crop of small
grain, the saving of which la of the last Import-
ance at this moment.
It will give me pleasure In carrying out your
plans, to assist you or the agent in any manner
within my power—that all those persons who
have so cheerfully given up " all they pouest,*'
rather than ulace themselves under k> Picayune
Butler" and his myrmidons, may v>ant for noth-
ing, so long as our range is filled with cattle, and
the grunaries of tue farming portion of our State
overflowing with the cereals.
Respectfully, your obd't serv't,
J.T CLKVKLAND 2
An Act Tor the Ifinl stmeut of Cook* in tlie
Army-
Sec. 1. The Congress of the Confederate
States of America do enact, That hereafter
it shall be the duty of the Captain or Com-
manding Officer of his company to eulist
four Cooks for the use of his company,
whose duly it shall be to cook for eucl>
company—taking pharge of the supplies,
utensils, and other things furnished there
for, and safely keep the same, subject to
such rules and regulations as may be pre-
scribed by the War Department or the
regiment to which such company may be
attached.
Sec. 2, And be it further enacted, Tlia
the cooks so direo'ed to be enlisted may
be white or black, free or slave persona .
Provided, however, That no slave shall bi
so enlisted without the writtea consent oi
his master. And such cooks shall be on
listed as oooks only, and put on the mus
ter roll and paid at that time and plac
the company mayor shall be paid off, $20
a month to the Chief or Head Cook, ami
$15 a month for eaoh of tho Assistant
Cooks, together with the same allowance
tor clothing, or the same commutation
therefor, that may be allowed to the rank
and file of the company.
A**ira at Ksrfelk aid Fsrtisisiik.
From the Petersburg Kxpresa, 13th.
We have intelligence from Portsmouth
as late aa Sunday, 10 a. m. Up to that
heur our informant atatis that Confederate
flags were flying all over (he oity, but
that the gridiron banner was no where to
be seen. All the ootton aod naval stores
of every description were burnt, and the
tobacoo was placed beyond the reach of the
invaders, by knocking in the ends from the
boxes, and pitching them into the Elisa-
beth. The people submitted generally to
this execution of the government's orders
without a murmur. We heard of but one
or two instances where objeotion was in-
terposed.
The destruction of the navy yard and>
all the buildings, including stores, timber,,
eto., was complete. The offloers* quarters'
in the yard were spared, for two or three
reasons—the most potent being tits dan-
gerous proximity of the buildings near,
owned by private eitisens. There are oon-
flioting reports relative to the burning of
the elegant naval hospital, just below-
Port smouth.
We have no later reliable information
from Norfolk than that already given •
there are many rumors. One is that the
Atlantic and National hotels at Norfolk
have been burnt. Another is, that the Con-
federate flags were fluttering to the breexe
there wore profusely than in Portsmouth.
We are again assured by those likely to
know, that nothing of value in either the
quartet master or oommissary's department
at Norfolk was left to the invaders. Here,
as in Portsmouth, the ootton, eto., was all
burnt. It is stated by a hundred or more
persons that a man in Norfolk, a well-
koown dealer in West India fruit, before
the blockade, was hung by order of the
m litary authorities for his outspoken sym.
pathy with the Lincoln oause ; and that a
man reoently employed in the navy yard
named Mahone, was shot through the head'
for a similar offence.
The Secretary ofule ^1L 8. Treasury ha?
issued full instructions to the various Col-
lectors respecting olearanoeB to port®
opened by proolamation of the President.
These instructions authorize olearanoes at
any time before the first of June, but ves-
sels so cleared are not to enter such ports,
until on or after that date :
Theabuby Depahtment, May lti.
Sir— I transmit herewith for your infor-
mation a copy of the proclamation of the
President of the 12th of May, 1862, open-
ing the ports of Beaufort, N. C., Port
Royal, S. C., and New Orleans, La., with
the regulations ot the Seoretary of the
Treasury governing the trade with the
said ports. Ia view of the said proclama-
tion, and ^n pursuance of the regulations
refetred to, you fire h rtby authorised to
grant clcarance and lioense to vessels to
proceed to any of said ports under the
following restrictions.
Before granting any suoh clearance and
license, you will require the master ol each
vessel to exhibit to you a manifest or des-
criptive statement of his cargo and a list
of the passengers and crew, and to verify
the same by his oath or solemn affirma-
tion, and you will fully satisfy yourself
that said vessel 1b intended in good faitb
for a lawful trade, and will, in no wise,
directly or ind reotly, violate the provi-
sions of the aforesaid proclamation and
the regulations referred to.
You will insert in such olearanoe the
following:
Master of the , of , having
exhibited to me a manifest or descriptive
statement of his cargo, and a list of the
passengers and orew, and having verified
the same by his oath or solemn affirmation;
and I have satisfied myself that the said
vessel is intended in good faith for a law^
ful trade; now, therefore, by tho auil^
ty of the Secretary of the Treasty
in pursuance of a proclamatjj
President of the United Sta
regulations of the Seoreta^
ury, issued May 12, 1862
grauted to the said ves^
port of , in ihs
to leave said port fj
tion on the con>V
tioned to-wit:
convey no pei^j
'tiou coutrabjf
said port,
license slit
of Custorj
mediate!
any offn
that th|
in thei
sel «hij
nuc lj
Stat J
clc
TIJ
ill ij
aij
tl/|
a I
. *re authorised to announce ROM IU
HRBW8TKP as ratHl'l. te for the otli< e < f As* * <>r
Hid Collector of Marls Count v. June 0—i.le.
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