SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 18G2.
THE LATEST WAR NEWS.
It affords us gratification to publish the tribute
to the “ Old Pennsylvania Fourth,’' issued by Go
vernor Curtin yesterday. The gallant bearing of
that regiment at Roanoke and Nowbera we have
already had occasion to refer to, as vindicating the
honor of our State. Colonel Hartranft commands
as noble a corps as any that has ever won renown
in battle, and tho inscription of its victories upon
the hanntr entrusted to its safe-keeping ig an Act
of simple justice.
Letters from Gibraltar, February 27, state that
the Confederate privateer Sumpter was still at
that place, unable, to obtain coal. The gunboats
lav. Tutcarora, and Kearsage were so closely
watching her that escape is impassible. The ioten
lions of tbe Sumpter are not known, but, if Capt.
Sesames endeavors to escape, his vessel will be either
biown out of the water or captured.
The news concerning Mr. Yancoy is conflict
ing. Two accounts state that h, ffsi CflptHrcd
in the manner noted in yesterday’s Press, but, on
the otheThand, a despatch from Nashville says
that the great fire-eater lejenily deliverers speech
in Neto Orleans, in which bo advocated retaliation
upon the European Powers for their non-rccogni
tion of the rebel States.
On our first page will bo found extracts from late
Souther papers. It will bo SCifa th.tl Joff Davis is
net in any higher repute than he deserves to be
with the politicians and peoplo of tho rebel States.
They have lately become unanimous that Jeff is
net the man for the [ ■ crisis,” and that it would be
expedient for him either to institute a reform in
the Confederate war policy, or to givo placo to some
one competent for such a herculean tusk. Grave
hints are even thrown out that if ho doos not com
ply with the popular Bontimont, tho people will
take the matter into their own hands.
The latest accounts from Island No. 10 are to
Thursday. The bombardment had continued
throughout the preceding day, with disastrous
effect to the enemy, who could bo plainly per
ceived carrying off their killed and wounded upon
litters. Indeed, it is believed that the enemy
are making preparations to abandon their
works, as a large number of loaded wagons
hare left tho Tennessee shore. On Tuesday
five rebel steamers passed up the river beysud
Gen. Pope’s batteries, to succor the bombarded
islanders. They have thus completely caught
themselves in a trap. A sixth rebel steamer, ap
proaching within fifty yards of one uf our maskad
batteries, was fired into and sunk, fifteen of her
crew being killed. In addition to the floating bat
tery and battering-ram, there are over a dozen
rebel vessels, which will bo either sunk or captured
by General Pope.
Congress Yesterday.
Susatb. —The bill to establish a national foundry
was taken up and referred to a epeeiAl eotamittoe,
together with the bill for an arsenal and armory at
the IVest. A message was reoeived from the
President, recommending the passage of a vote of
thanks to Commodore Dupont.
House. —The principal business transacted was
the consideration of the tax bill, in Committee of
the Whole. The proceedings were con&nod to the
sections settling licenses. An amendment was of
fered and rejected, which proposed to increase tho
license to retail liquor dealers, selling in less quan
tities than three gallons, from S2O to SoO.
Pennsylvania Legislature.
Senate. —The Senate was not in session yester
day, having adjourned until Monday afternoon.
House. —The bill requiring the banks to resume
specie payments was taken up, but, after a lengthy
debate, the House ordered it to be recommitted to
the Committee on Ranks.
The Union Sentiment in the South.
There are many diverse opinions entertained
in regard to the prevalence of a Union senti
ment in the South, and so many conflicting re
ports reach ns that it is difficult to form a
correct judgment upon that important subject.
It is cenain that, when our troops penetrate
suddenly and unexpectedly into new districts?
they are sometimes greeted with genuine
and unaffected demonstrations of joy. They
were thus welcomed at Florence, Alabama.
In other sections, the deadly aniniusiiy of the
whole population is reported to be painfully
apparent. Probably Commander Rodoers, in
describing the feeling at Augustine, Florida,
gives a very fair indication of the .average state
of public sentiment throughout the whole
South. He says: “ I believe that there are
many citizens who ar« earnestly attached to
the Union, a large number who are opposed
to it, and a still larger number who care very
little about the matter.”
As a rule, tLc people of the South have
Dover cherished the love for the Union that
has pervaded the North. They have ever
placed their own States higher in their af
fections than the nation. While they have
controlled the Federal Government they have
always been taught to fear it, and to view it as
an organization which they should rule or ruin.
But there has, nevertheless, been a band of de
voted Union men in the slave States, and the
sad fruits of Secession, instead of diminishing
their secret hostility to the consjuracy, have
probably only served to increase it. In nearly
every Southern community, it must be con
fessed that the active enemies of the Union
have outnumbered its active friends, and the
large body of comparatively indifferent men
alluded to in the extract we have quoted have
been temporarily carried away by the clamor
of the noisy Secessionists.
The war has of itself, by arousing fierce pas
sions, doubtless tended to consolidate a hostile
sentiment. But so little personal wrong and
injury has been inflicted by our advancing ar
mies, and so much by the armies of the enemy,
that all private rights have been bettersecured,
in Secession districts, by the presence of our
troops than by the occupation of the rebel
forces. It has been the mission of our soldiers
throughout to save, and of the traitors to de
stroy. We have fought only against the armed
foes of the Republic. They have followed up
a long succession of persecutions and outrages
upon all suspected of loyalty by destroying
bridges, tearing up railroads, burning crops,
and seeking to desolate forever their own
towns. They outrage all individual, as they
have assailed all national, rights. Under
these circumstances, there must, in many parts
of the South, he almost as much hostile feel
iug cherished against the Secession army as
against the Union forces.
The constant exertions which are made by
the rebel leaders to disarm all their own citi
zens, although they may be prompted in part
by the scarcity of arms, also indicate a desire
to Tender the people as helpless as possible for
the purpose of preventing them from origi
nating counter-revolutions; and if this con
jecture be correct, it affords a strong indica.
tion of the existence of a powerful latent
Union leeling, or, what is practically equiva
lent to it, a deadly hostility to the rebel
leaders. '
The contrast between the treatment ex
tended by our military leaders, whenever they
enter upon seceded territory, to the people
and their property, and. that of the rebels,
whether in defeat or victory, will furnish a
fruitful theme to the impartial historian. Our
soldiers carry with them humanity, toleration,
and magnanimity. They take care of their
prisoners, protect the women and children,
and offer pardon to all who submit to the Con
stitution and the laws. The traitors discard
every rule of civilized warfare. They leave
the brave dead of the Union army unburied
on the battle-field, consign their prisoners to
the custody of ruffians, and deprive them of
many of the ordinary necessities of like ; fire
upon their own town, as at Newton, Va., a few
days ago, when it was occupied by women and
children; destroy the residences of all those
suspected of being in favor of the Constitu
tion, as evidenced by their conduct in Missouri,
Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, and latterly
in Florida. Says Lieutenant Commanding
Stevens, of the United States gunboat
Ottawa :
« Near lOa'elsek I dissavsrsd large fires bearing
W. N. W. from the anchorage, which proved to ba,
on my arrival here, the burning of mills and houses,
and other property belonging to Northern men with
suspected Union proclivities, burnt by order of the
rebel commander. ”
Stocks anb Real Bbtate Next Week. —
Thomas & Sons will hold two sales real estate on
Monday on the premises, Barb; road ; on Tuesday,
pt the Exchange.
X* Capitalists, Business Men, Ac.— Their
rale on Tuesday next, will iuolude the valuable
wharf property. Windmill island ; also, large store
and hotel property, North Second street ; to be sold
peremptorily, by order of e,vtm(orf
-1 See advertisement and pamphlet catalogues
issued to-day.
We have passed through a year of pre
paration, and, in the address of General
McClellan, we hare the opening of the cam
paigu. We were a long time coming to war.
We found tho education hard, and confessed
that, oven in Mexico, we had sadly neglected
it. It could not be called cowardice—it was
simply inexperience. «Wo face calmly the
dangers we are habituated to,” says that ge
nial philosopher, Mr. Caxton, *« and rocoil
from those of which we have no familiar ex
perience. I doubt if Marshal Turennk him
sejf would have been quite at ease on tho
tight-rope; and a rope-dancer, who seems dis
posed to scale the heavens with Titanic te
merity, might possibly object to charge on a
cannon.” We knew more about rope-dancing
last March than wo did of artillery-practice.
It will he well if there are not many or us
rope-dancers still. But we have accomplished
many things. The English sportiog-meu have
a way of developing the strength of their pu
gilists betoro they go into tho ring. "Train
ing” is what, they call it, and it is a singular
and novel operation. There is a great deal of
running, very- early in the morning, if wo l-e
-member—mutton-chops slightly cooked; im
mense hags of sand to bo knocked about,—
swinging, jumping, fencing, and no intoxi
cating firings. It lias the happy effect of hard
cning the limbs, reducing the weight, strength
ening the sinews, rouuding the muscles, and
sending the brutal champion into tho ring tho
typo of glowing and healthy manhood. Wo
have been training. It was a difficult business
at first, and we were thumped a good deal by
that sharp and sly old master, Experience.
Ho knocked ns down at Bull Him, and nearly
terminated the match. Ball’s Blulf was a sore
bruise, but we paid him back at Drancsvillo,
aud have been pounding him in fine style over
since.
, General McClellan enters the field. No
more of preparation. He was a long while in
getting his lance in position and his visor
down; but he has done it at last; and wc hear
the ringing of his gauntlet, as he hurls it at
the foe with tho accustomed “ God Save the
Eight.” Wc see tiie old spirit of chivalry.
“ Foemen worthy of your steel” —a queer
phrase to use about rebels, hut it will please
the soldiers. Wo won’t criticise rhetoric
when there is a sword in the writer’s hand.
Such an army, too ! A tired, restrained, in
active army, in its muddy metropolis, upon the
hanks of the river—it has gone off on its or
rand of conquest, enthusiastic and impetuous,
with its favorite commander leading. If that
army does not succeed, there is n<? virtue in
a good cause or good soldiers. But it will
succeed, and givo 11s victories speedily. There
must be a great battle and many slain—but we
must gain it, and occupy Richmond. The ca
pital ih oiir poSsCSSioii, Virginia is once more
within the Union, and the war assumes another
phase.
When wc drive the rebellion within the
Cotton States, the war no longer bnenmeg a
war of pitched battles. Virginia, Tennessee,
and Kentucky are just the States to fight in.
They are fruitful, productive, well cultivated,
aud wealthy. An army in these States can
be self-sustaining. Plundered Virginia, along
the eastern counties, will show liow armies
manage to live 011 the people around them.
In Carolina no army could live for a year as
the army of Beauregard did at Manassas.
It would exhaust the State. It could not he
readily supplied, as tlic means of transporta
tion are very limited and primeval. Once
conquer Virginia, and embrace within the
line of rooccupicd territory the States of Ten
nessee, North Carolina, and Missouri, and this
war loses even the character of a rebellion.
It makes no longer any pretension to a Con
federacy. Holding no single port; without
commerce in a single city; no one line of
railroad which controls a single manufacturing
district; driven from tliq mountains, when)
Nature builds masked batteries and strengthens
their military power—their army becomes the
army of the guerilla, and tlieir boasted Go
vernment the scattered remnants of a beaten,
Tevengefui, and marauding faction.
This will be the main result of the coming
victory in Virginia. It will end the rebellion,
by virtually ending the great army which has
given the rebellion respectability in the eyes of
the nations of Europe. This contest will then be
no longer one of war, hut one of legislation.
Our armies will be no longer armies of inva
sion and conquest, but armies of occupation.
We will garrison the cities, and control tiie
surrounding rural districts—and leave to timo
the social iufhience of our Northern soldiers,
and local legislation the work of organization
and reconstruction. Where the elements of re
construction exist, use them; where they do
not exist) create them. If the country is openly
hostile, crash it.; if covertly hostile, convert
it. Our year of preparation has not merely
been in the way of raising regiments and
gathering munitions of war. We have been
in the midst of a vast experience. Every
cannon-ball is a lesson. If we are sometimes
disheartened at the veering and shifting aad
uncertain sailing of many of our public men;
if, at times, we feel disheartened at the eon
i fusion of ideas among our people, and their
1 seeming bewilderment of purpose; if we labor
I in vain for a policy, and grow sick at heart
I over the strife and contention arnoDg public
: men, let us remember how very jstrange and nn
! paralleled our national complications are. We
! point to history ; hut it has no lessons, for we
1 are making history ourselves. There arc more
; events and more examples in tho year past
■ than in the chronicles of Home for any hun
! dred years of its history.
! Let the teachings of this great year have all
I tlieir meaning. They teach us confidence, and
| bring with them hope. Our soldiers go forth
■ to victory. The Republic now exerts its full
; strength. Atlastwearemovingalongthcwhole
line. There is not in this Union a single camp
I of instruction ; our army is in the field. We
I have paralyzed the members of the great con
spiracy; we are now aiming at the heart.
Our victories heretofore were-mere annoy
ances, as it wore; the victory to come will he
; the death-blow to treason and the death
: grapple of the great rebellion.
The poisoning of wells, the wanton tearing
up and destruction of railroads, engines, and
cars, the employment of thousands of remorss
less savages, the seizure and abuse of the pos
sessions of their own friends—these are the
characteristics of a rebellion which challenges
the indignation and amazement of the civilized
world. When we reflect that the men guilty
of these excesses claim to he enlightened, and
persist in charging upon the United States Go
vernment their own public and private crimes,
we may well pause before the sublime spectacle
of the moderation and magnanimity of our
own soldiers. Who can doubt the object of
the traitofs when they began this war ? It was
not to secure their rights but to inflict irrepa
rable injury upon the authority that had de
fended them, and nothing but the bravery of
our troops has prevented the repetition of
these barbarities on Northern soil. Is it not
surprising that such marauders and ruffians
should find men to sympathize with them in the
loyal States—men who, while ignoring the vices
and villainies of the traitors, openly.-rejoice
over their victories and bewail their defeats ?
Kb. James E. Murdoch’s Readings. —The an-
Bouneemvat. that Mr. Murdoch will give a
trcAding to-uight at Concert Hall will be
hailed with pleasure by the public, and especially
by that portion of the pubtio which had the good
fortune to be present at his first soiree. The pro
gramme is most inviting and varied* embracing,
among other attractions, selections from the “Essay
on Man,” and from the tragedy of “ Romeo and
Juliet.” Buchanan Read’s stirring war-lyric,
“•Jur Defenders,” should, of itself, fill the house.
The select poems of Campbell, Collins, Longfellow,
and Motherwell, aro likewise promised us; while
the lovers of refined and genuine amusement may
prepare to be convulsed with sketches from the
immortal Pickwick Papeis.
i The Assembly Buildi ngs. —lf the weather
; should prove propitious, the matinee, under the
direction of Mr. Toy, at the above place, this after
noon, will be well attended, The effective tableaus
of ‘ India and the Sepoy Rebellion” will be ac
companied by Mons. Engelke’a orchestra, which
will perform musio appropriate to the occasion. A
very agreeable afternoon of instruction as well as
I amusement may thus be eDjoyed by the public.
* The concert will commence at three o clock, and
the other entertainment a half hour later.
| Pianos ! Pianos !!—George Steck (New York)
| makes a Piano-forte whiGh has no equal in fulness
- and richness of tone and beauty of touch. J■ R-
Gould, Seventh and Chestnut.
f New Post Office.—A new office is established
I at BrAveshurgh, Alleghany county, Pa., and John
F. Bravo appointed Postmaster.
Emigration to Oregon. —The Newburyport
Herald no tiers the recent departure of several
families from Lowell, Mass,, for Oregon, and nn
ticipafes quite a large emigration from that State to
i other parts of the country.
LETTER FROM “ OCCASIONAL.”
Washington, March 21
The earnest meditations and novel anticipa
tions suggested by our domestic condition, to
alt who justly regard the present struggle as
the most wonderful in the history of mankind,
are elevated aud brightened by the effect which
has been produced by the foreign policy of
Mr. Lincoln’s Administration upon distant
nations. Nothing has done us more good
abroad than the discretion of our home states
men, (we mean those who are responsi
ble for their actions to the President himself,)
and tho conquering courage of our armies.
The whole face of things has been changed in
England. Marvellous, most marvellous, are
the transitions of human opinion ; and yet
every such transition is, somehow, a tribute to
Truth. Only a few weeks ago, an American
in London had almost to deny his country to
escape insult. The press flamed and fumed;
the aristocracy exulted over and execrated
America; the middle and working classes were
ready for any measure, so it was strong
against the Uuited States ; and the Go
vernment frowned upon us In preparing
mighty guns, iron-clad navies, and irresistible
armies. As Punch had it, in one of his news
paper pictures, often moro exprossive than an
elaborate leader in the terrible Times : Bri
tannia was standing upon her impregnable
fortress, awful, yet beautiful in her majesty,
one hand carelessly holding a fuse to fire a
mighty cannon at her side, (possibly to show
the strength of the nation, an Arm-strong gun),
and the other sliadiag her eyes as she looked
westward; and below all this the words:
" Waiting for an answer.”
The answer camo, and the effect is known.
I quote, in illustration, the language of one of
the most eminent of England’s'progressive
Malcktoeh in a conversation with an American
in London, less than a month ago, of which a
note was taken:
“ As I told yon before would be the ease, the set
tlement of the Trent grievance has had a wonder
ful effect in calming men’s minds. Before our Par
liament met there was much talk of interference
wuh tbe blockade, and much was still said in favor
of tbe South. All that has passed away. In Lon
don all has changed, and it is difficult to flndanoisy
advocate of tho Secession theory. The press has
become much more moderate, and the great party
that was to have driven tho Government into hosti
lities with you, is nowhere to be found. Even the
hot Mr. Gregory, the Southern advocate in the
House of Commons, is very slow at taking any step
in ihc direction of his known sympathies, and has
contented himself with a notice that at some time,
not yet fixed, he will call the attention of the House
to the state of tbe blockade. He waits for the
Blue Book or papers which our foreign office is to
lay befure Parliament before he can proceed, and
lam sanguino in the hope that the facts will not
justify his proceeding at all. Lord Russell, too,
has said the right thing, on more than one occasion,
in the House of Lords. There is now no disposi
tion to interfere with you or with tbe blockade, or
to recognize the South. The whole spirit of our
Pafllainent, and Press, and people is changed, and
is no longer apparently hostile to your Governmect.
I have had long conversations with Mr. Adams,
with Sir. Thurlow Weed, with Mr. Cyrus Field, of
tbe Atlantic Telegraph, and I find them all in good
spirits with the news from tbe States, and with the
improved state of feeling hero. In this county,
where there is great embarrassment, owing to the
high price of cotton, no one utters a word which
tends to enoourage any hostile sentiment towards
your Government, and, generally, men are
gradually adopting the notion that the restoration
of the Union is not an impossible thing.”
American statesmen should accept the
example here presented. Let them emulate
the prudence and prescience of Mr. Lincoln
and Mr. Seward, and ail will be well. Gentle
men of Congress, make a note of it!
The advent of Andrew Johnson into Ten
nessee has been attended with many romantic
and thoughtful incidents. The great Senator
seems to have lost none of his loyalty and
courage on the way. While too many of tho
Union men from the South in Congress have
cri icised the President’s special message, he
gladly went forward as the representative of
the President, and in the capital of the
State from which he had been banished
proclaimed the great truth that " treason
must be crushed and the traitors punished.”
Simultaneous with his arrival, the newspaper
press was re-established, stores and places of
public amusement opened, provisions plenti
fully offered atjlow prices, and the dark cur
tain of the rebellion is slowly, but surely,
rolling away. And yet his task will not be an
easy one. Ho will rally the people who have
always been friends to his Administration, but
the aristocracy, who have always been his foes,
will continue to plot and undermine, and to
keep alive the flames of treason. The latter
know right well that their only safety is in fight
or flight. Better, by far, that they should re
sort to the one or the other, than be permitted
to crawl back into the communities they have
desolated, and among the people they have
betrayed. Gradually, as I have frequently
predicted would be the case, the old Union
than the ■ position of devotion to a
power that cannot maintain itself, afid to the
consequent risk of suffering under a new in
fliction of tho miseries from which they long
to escape.
Tlio confident expectation is indulged that
our troops will occupy New Orleans before
the first of May. Letters from officers in the
blockading squadron express tho opinion that
the celebrated nollins ram, and other internal
machines of the rebels, will not he able to do
them much mischief, especially if they are
well sustained by Porter’s mortar fleet. Still,
here, as elsewhere, we have reason to deplore
the absence ef ene or mere iren-clod steamers.
Should New Orleans fall into our hands, a
champions are re-appearing on the stage.
Bailie Peyton has announced his adhesion to
the Federal Government, and l learn, with
satisfaction, that A. O. P. Nicholson, who has
been quiet during all the troubles, will proba
bly follow the example. The Nashville Ban
ner, the old Whig organ, is printed daily, and
abounds in ridicule of Pillow, Harris, aud
Floyd. The new postmaster of Nashville,
John Lollvet, is a Southern man of high po
sition, who distinguished himself for his
able articles against Secession. It is to be
hoped that Governor General Johnson will not
forget the patriot Brownlow, who ought to be
generously remembered and rewarded by the
Administration. What is needed, however,
in Tennessee, is such a policy as will con
vince the peoplo thattho Government is strong
enough to protect them against any return of the
traitor rule. Many Southern men will remain
neutral until they are assured of this. They
argue that neutrality is better for them
strong Union demonstration will at once be
made. The elements have been ripening for
it for many months, JlaglMiS’ Tm Billy
lias been threatened with suppression, on ac
count of its able denunciations of the rebellion,
and the great Hunt family will, it is believed,
assume high Union ground whenever they feel
that they can safely do so. New Orleans has
been the theatre upon which John Slidell has
enacted his memorable proscriptions in the
Democratic party. It was there that be
ruled with a tyrant’s rod; there that he
spent his own money and the treasure of
the Government; there that he rewarded
his sycophants and parasites, and there
that, with the aid of James Buchanan, he
crushed out and ostracized every man who
would not yield to his domination. Absent
from a city in which he never was popular,
those who have felt his oppressive course will
be stimulated by a spirit to be revenged on
him, and by the toleration and liberality of the
Federal policy. Nashville safely ours, Island
No. 10 on the eve of capture, Randolph, the
next rebel stronghold on the Mississippi taken,
Memphis occupied, and then for New Orleans.
Occasional.
Tribute to the Old. Pennsylvania Fourth.
genekal’order of the governor.
Haukisiibhg, March 21.—The fnUowing gonoral order
wax i«sned by the Covernor tills afternoon. It is a just
and well-deserved tribute to the bravery and gallant
conduct displayed My the Fifty-first (formerly the-Fourth
Fennsyivania Regiment,) the lair fame or which was BO
long tamißhed by unfounded charges of disloyalty and
cowardice. These are now dispelled, and once more the
regiment stones in a position which any ia the nation
might he proud to occupy:
General Order, No. 19.—The Fifty-first Regiment
of Pennsylvsniß Voinnteers, under the command of Gol.
J. F. Bartrauft, has behaved with distinguished gallantry
at Roanoke Island and at Newborn. In the latter en
gagement they atoimed the enemy’s batteries at the
point of the bayonet, and were the first to plant onr flag
on Ihe entrenchments.
The honor which they have thus won for the Common
wealth and themselves ought to he hold in remembrance.
It is therefore oidered that ■* Roanoke Island, February
8,1869,” and -‘ Newborn, March 14,1862," be inscribed
on the flag of the regiment, llj older of
A. G. CURTIN,
Governor end Commander in Chief.
A. li. llussill, Adjutant GwieraL
Clement C. Barclay, Esq ,of Philadelphia, baa bean
commissioned by Governor Curtin to visit our volunteers
in the army of the Potomac, and to look more especially
after those who are sick. Since the commencement of
the war, Mr. Barclay fcatj b??R ftU firdwt 884
friend to the soldier, and maqy have been the recipients
of his kindness and liberal benevolence. He goes upon
this mission at bis individual expense.
Arrest of Secession Abettors,
Chicago, March £i.*—Six citizens or Sangamon coun
ty were arrested yesterday by order of General Hal-,
lock, and sent to Alton to be placed in close confine >
inent, for aiding the escape of the rebel prisoners from
Camp Butler.
Ex-Senator Brioht Dm taken up hi) residence
at Madison, Ind.
THE PRESS.—PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, MARCH 22,1862.
FBOM WASHINGTON.
PENNSYLVANIA THE PROPER LOCATION.
MORE IRON-CUD VESSELS TO BE BUILT.
IMPORTANT MILITARY CONFIRMATIONS.
The President Asks a Vote ef Thank* to Com.
Dupont.
Special Despatches to “ The Fcess.”
More Iron-clad Vessels to be Built.
The Secretary of the Navy has made arrangements
for ..'constructing a half dozen additional iron.rnaitej
Yfftetfe of the style of the except that they will
be something longer and larger, and the tonnage will
probably reach the neighborhood of one thousand tons.
The emoko-stack is to be heightened, so as to prerent
smoke from being blown down and suffocating ihe crew.
M’lth this change, the office™ of the Monitor said to Mr.
Fox, the As aidant Secretary of the Nary, that they
had no frar of going to sea in her. Indeed, Mr. Enius
sos is preparing specifications for constructing % Monitor
shaped ship which shall be over three hundred feet
loiig. SliouM tills eiyle of iron-clwl vofioel be the outy
one fit for sea going, then we are ahead of the varies of
the world. The new vessels are to have turrets a foot
thick, of iron, and fifteen-inch Dalilgron guns arc to
be ueed in them.
The short debate on this Biibjtct in tho Sonate this
morning was full of significance. Tho fact that Peunsyl
vania was the only place for it could not be gainsaid, and
Senator Grimes, of lowa, fraukly admitted it, which
Senator Cowan took prompt advantage of. -Armories
may be established elsewhere, and hereafter, but the im
mediate necessity is a national foundry, and Pennsylva
nia is the only State in which coal and iron can be had
on the same spot. It proved that old Pennsylvania can
not ha overlooked. Her clalmi to consideration are na
tional and unanswerable. You can have a national
foundry , If only you will cease quarrelling about tholo
c&lity and demand it at ouca.
Trial of State Prisoners,
The commissioners appointed to examine the cases of
persona confined in the forts of the United States arc
overwhelmed with communications praying fa? a speedy
trial, and in some instances soliciting that 'damages may
be awarded as a compensation tor what they are pleased
to term llieir “ UDjust imprisonment/’ Tbe commission
ers refuse to see any one personally, and are thus enabled
to make a speedy disposi'lon of the numerous casos be
fore them.
The Commissioners on Contracts,
Hons. Josepii Holt and Korbut Dale Owes have
fully entered upon the investigation of contracts made
with the War Department . There is a large attendance
of contractors, as the decisions of the commissioners'hre
final, the Secretary of War refusing to reviewthond.
Severa! cases have just come to light where persons
have been detected in furnishing the Government with
bogus military information about the enemy, for the pur
pose of obtaining favors, which personal merit nor po
litical influence would secure for them.
The Tax Bill in the Senate.
The Senate Committee on Finance have already en
tered upon a revision of the House tax bill, and are also
prepared to present an entiro substitute for the House,
bill when it reaches, the Senate. It is not improbable
that Secretary Cu .sf/s bill, which contains many admi
rable features, will be presented in the Senate. The Se
nate bill will remedy many evident defects in the old
one.
The i&x-lill neglects to tax perfumery, furs ; some,
Etich as But-sian sable, cost from $5OO to $l5OO a set;
laces valued from $5O to $500; yachts costing from
$B,OOO to $20,000; club-houses, higher grades of cigars
and tobacco, persoual jewelry, China dinner seta, costing
from $75 to $200; vasea. partan marble statuettes, paint*
iugs and statuaries, negro concerts, hotel restaurants,
etc. As an instance of this inequality, it will be noticed
that a poor B an, laboring by the day, pays fifty cents on
a silver watch; but a lady possessing twenty thousand
dollars* worth of jewelry, is taxed'nothing, unless it be a
gold watch, which is taxed at & dollar,
Tax-Bill in the House—Liquor License.
The House, today, raised the liceose on wholesale
liquor dealers from fifty dollars to one hundred dollars
per yean There was a long debate before this increase
was adopted The Bouse Committee of tb.e WUote)
have considered one half of the bill thus far. The retail
license remains as iu the bill—twenty dollars per year.
Passes to Loyal North Carolinians.
A l&f£e btifob&t 1 of 6ppll6AUoha have been made at the
War Department to-day for passes to go to North Caro
lina, to reclaim property from which they were driven
by the infamous spirit which has guided the rebellion.
The Secretary of War will to* morrow issue an order di
recting the military governor of Washington, General
Wabswoictti, to issue the proper passes to such persons
as give gntisfacto* y proof of their loyalty. Tho Secretary
desires it distinctly understood that none others need
apply. I may, incidentally, remark, that a loyal South
erner furnished General Bujisside with complete details
of the enemy’s fortifications, depths of river, obstructions,
anr, in tact, a description of their whole lino of defence.
This information proved to be entirely correct.
The Treasury Department.
Tbe Treasury Department Is nov iwnluj certificates
of indebtedness to public creditors, at the rate of nearly
two millions of dollars a day. This will soon clear off
from the table of the Secretary the incumbrance or ac
counts, which have been audited, Ac., but not paid, be
causo of the w&ut of treasury notes. The latter will be
iSßued again in a week or two, when suchJireditors of th%
Government as have immediate need of, funds will take,
them in preference to the certificates o 4 indebtedness.
Tbe latter are for the gross amount in rdfend numbers of
thousands for what is due, Tho odd huiilreda, Ac » are
paid at once.
A Freedman’s Aid Association
Was organized in this city la it evening, to famish as
sistance and protection to the large number of “ con
tfAbthfls” Who hr b flying to Washington as a city of
refuge. It will Beak to co-operate with similar societies
at the North in furtherance of its objects. The officers
arc: President, Haxsihal Hamlin; secretary, W. H.
Van Saxtvoord; committee, Messrs. Scours,
and sevti'fil ladtok
Tbis brave Union member of the House of Bepresen-
t&tives of Pennsylvania, Jrom tbe county of Chester, was
iu tbe Capitol this momiog. He was warmly greeted as
a Pfmcwßt who did not hesitate to vote with the Repub
licans egeinet the Preckinridge partisuts, aud in favor
of the war and the Federal Administration'. Quiet, un
pretending, and conscientious, one such Democrat is
worth a thousand who, while professing Democracy,
vote with the enemies of the war.
News from Nashville,
A Jettfr has been received from a lady of high social
position in Nashville, which states that she renounces
Secession ideas and sympathies. One reason for this was
the state of demoralization that existed in that city
during itß occupation by the rebel soldiery. The con
duct and demeanor of the Federal troops elicited high
encomiums.
Tbe gallant General Charlbs F, Smith, of Pennayl-
Tapla, Ip « recent letter to the Hon. J. W, Grimes, tbe
able Senator from lowa, thanking him for his voluntary
and eloquent support of his claims for promotion, says,
in complimenting tbe State pride of the Senator:
It affords me the greatest pleasure to add, that al-
though nil the lowa regiments behaved creditably, the
1 ehavior of the Second regiment during the assault of
the 15th was as fine an exhibition of soldierly conduct
as it has ever been my fortane to witness.”
Commodore Frederick Engle-
This noble sailor, p citizen of Pennsylvania* distin*
guiehed for hiß genius and progressiveness, more than
thirty years ago urged the importanco of iron-clad
steamers, and yet his recommendations, like thou of
others, were steadily opposed by those who iusisted that
these great engines would not be efficient* and that the
trodden walls Of the tt&vy Might be entirely relied upon.
Iron-Clad Steamers.
In the House to-day, Mr. Sedgwick introduced a joint
resolution, which was passed, authorizing the SeCielary
of the Navy to cause the steam frigate Roanoke to be
iron-clad, and otherwise altered and improved, in his dis
cretion, at the earliest day possible.
Gen. Fremont.
Gen. Fremont left Washington this afternoon for New
Fork. It is said that the bounds of his military depart
ment have been enlarged bo as to include Ohio and other
points.
A new Military Department, to be called the Depart•
ment of the Gulf, ia constituted. It will comprise all
the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, west of Pensacola har
bor, and so much of the Gulf States as may be occupied
by the forces under Major General B F. Bctlbb, United
States Volunteers. The headquarters for the present will
be movable, wherever the general commanding may be.
The States of. South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida,
with the expedition and forces now under BrigdGteneral
T. W. Sherman, will constitute a Military Department,
to be called the Department of the South, and ftfe be un
der the command of General Hdntbr.
The Provost Marshal General of the army af tba Poto
mac, a: d his subordinates} have, in obedience to a gene
ral order, turned over to Brig. General WAi>swotTß,the
Military Governor of the District of Columbia, all the
military prisons in the District of Columbia, and all'the
contrabands now- in custody, and the tame shall be under
the cenunMd of the Military Governor. ‘
the Senate.
The Senate was in executive session for several hours
this afternoon, and confirmed the following nominations
as mwjor generals of the volunteer forces-^viz;
Bfrfg&dldP Geasr&ls Ddtt Carles Buell, John Pope,
Samuel &. Curtis, Franz Bigel, John A* McClernand,
Charles F. Smith, and Lewis Wallace.
To be brigadier generals of volunteers, the following:
John Cooke, Diehard J. Oglesby, John McArthur,
Jacob G Lawman, John A. Logan, Itobort L McCook,
Breed S Fry. [All of these gentlemen were colonels.]
The Senate also confirmed, as brigadier generals of
volunteers, the following* named:
Major John G. Barnard, of the Corps of Engineers;
Captain Henry M. Judah, of the Fourth Infantry;
Captain James B. Ricketts, or the First Artillery, (tor
meritorious conduct at the battle of Dull Bun); James
Craig, of Missouri; and Horato P. Vanclive and Alex
ander Asboth.
The Senate disagreed to the motion to reconsider the
vote by which Abram Wakeman was recently con
firmed as postmaster at NewTOrk. The appointment is*
therefore, conclusive.
Lieutenant Lewis T. Thompson, who has held the po
sition of assistant adjutant general of Jjm Lank’s Kansas
Brigade, has received an appointment in the regular
army, as a reward for gallant service in the Meat. He
commanded our forces at the attack on Papinsville, Mis
souri
The appointment made by the President as cadet to
West Point from the Suite of Pennsylvania is Franklin
Jones, son of Owen Joses, of your city, aud not
Tuayehse Josks,as erroneously stated.
Hew York. March 21—The steamship 'Mtie htt te«
turned from an unsuccessful cruise in search of the U. 9.
frigate Vermont.
THE RATIONAL FOUNDRY.
The Revision of the Tax-Bill.
The Trial of State Prisoners,
Wiaauiases, HircU 21
Tbe National Fonndry.
Bogus Military Information,
Articles not Taxed
F. Frazer Smith.
Compliment to lowa Courage.
A New Military Department.
Military Appointment.
The Search for the Vermont.
Special Message front the President*’
A Vote of Tlinnlt. Haunted tor Com. Dupont.
Tbo President sent to the flenato the following message
to-do,:
To the Senate and Hacac 6* KttMtftSRNTATIVKS;
The third section of the ** act further to promote the ef
ficiency of the navy,” approved December 21,1851. pro
videe:
“That the President of the United State*, by and
with tho advice and consent of the Sonate, shall have the
authority to dUall from tM Ml™] lUIof the navy, fir
Hie commend of equmlrons and single ships, such officers
as be may believe that tho good of the service requires to
bo placed in commend; and such officer* may, if upon
tbe recommendation of the Prenfdent of tbe United States
they eb&U receive a vote of thanks of Congress for tlieir
service* and gallantry against an enemy, bo restored to
the active list, at,d not otherwise.”
In conformity with this law. Captain Samuel F.
Dupont, of the navy, was nominated to the Senate for
continuance ns the (tag officer in command of the
squadron, which rocintly tendered such important
service to the tJniou in the expedition to the coasts of
Boiilh CtorfillUfti Georgia, am) Florida.
Believing that no occasion could arise which
would more fully correspond with the intention of the
law, or be more pregnant with happy intlumice as an
example, I codiaiiy recommend that Oaptaiu 9. K.
Dupont receive a vote oi thanks of Congress far hi*
smieffl And gnllanlry displayed in tliu ennturo. gioca tho
21st December, 1801, of various points on tho coasts Of
Georgia and Florida, particularly Brunswick, Cumber
land Island and Sound, and Amelia Island, the towns of
St. Mary’s, St. Augustine, Jacksonville, and Fornandiaa.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
Washington, March 20 t 1862.
REPORTS FROM CAIRO.
JEFF THOMPSON ADVANCING ON CAPJg
Gr&fISDEATJ,
NEWS FROM MEMPHIS.
The Governor and Legislature Disappear.
IMPRESSMENT AT THE POINT OF THE BAYONET,
The Floating Battery and Hollins’ Stffun Fleet.
PROGRESS OF THE BOMBARDMENT.
Chicago, March 20. —Special despatches from Cairo
to the Tribune states that it is reported from Sykoton
t&at Jeff Thompson I* marching upou Gape Girardeaui
and pressing men and horses into the rebel service. A
skirmish has taken place between the Union forces and
his advance, in which throe of the enemy were killed and
wounded. Reinforcements havo been sent to Gi
rardeau.
A gentleman who has been a contractor, and left there
on Thursday, arrived at Cairo last evening, and reports
that Governor Harris disappeared from Memphis on the
second day after the adjournment of the Legislature, and
has not been beard from since. He is supposed to be at
Corinth, Mississippi. The Legislature bad adjourned,
and gone no one knows whither.
The subject of burning the city, in case an evacuation
is nocesßury, is still openly discussed.
There had been no impressment of Union men Into the
rebel service to Auy extent, except for guard duty, until
the fall oi Donelaon. Since Governor Harris’ proclama
tion tbe impressment bas become general. Hundreds
have been picked up in the streets, aud taken from their
stores and dwellings, ffigrshsd off t» (he cam Jof In*
struction at the point of the bayonet.
A floating battery, so constructed as to be sunk to the
watci’sedge, loaving nothing exposed except the arma
ment, which consists of nine DaiJgren guns, built for the
protection of Memphis, has been towed to Island No. 10,
and Hollins 1 steam fleet has also been seuttheps.
Tbe Union men are loaving Memphis iu great num
bers, abandoning their property to be confiscated, aud
only glad to escape with their lives. Quarrels iu the
streets are of frequent occurrence between Union men
and the and elmta were hourly exchangotL
The rebels greatly need iron. They tutvo offered
$25,000 to any artist for the discovery of the process of
making malleable iron.
They have ammunition in plenty, and the manufac
tories are in operation day and ni£vt in the vicinity of
Memphis,
There are no mail facilities, except along the railroad
routes. Letters and papers are carried from town to
town by private enterprise.
Another correspondent at Cairo telegraphs that he left
Island Ho. 10 yeßterday at uoou> The firing was only
moderate from tho Benton and Mound City , at intervals
of fifteen minutes each, tt»e object being to reduce the
upper batteries. Five guus had been dismounted, and
there were two from which occasional shots were fired,
coming very near our gunboats.
The works on both the mainland and island are far
more extensive than was generally supposed. There are
at least 80 guns, many of them of the largest size, and
several rifled.
1 saw* at one time ten regiments in a dress parade on
the main land. Their auartera are out of the reach of
the mortals. The island is pretty well covered with
tents, but our shells reach all parts of land and the
works on the island. It is evident that all the rebel
batterios have bomb-proof casemates, as the men can
be seen to disappear wUen the shell fall into the batte
ries. As soon as the upper fort is reduced, the gunboats
will advance on the others in detail. On Tuebday night
the Mound City kept up a steady fire on the upper fort,
preventing the rebels from making ttttir ÜBOftl nightly
repairs—the result was, that early is the morning they
commenced removing their dead and wounded from tho
caseinates of the fort. Large numbers were carried out
aud taken back into the woods.
On Monday Dine hundred shots were fired from the
gunboats. moßtly shell,Resides three hundred shell from
tho mortars.
THE WAR IN TENNESSEE.
Chicago, March Ql.—A special despatch to the Jour*
Ad?, from Cairo, dated the 21st. says :
Direct ana positive information has been received
from General Grant. He is at davanuah, six miies from
Florence. The troops arc In film health aud spirits.
General Reauregard is in command at Corintlu ilus.i
with 15,000 men from Pensacola.
Generals Cheatham ijfnd Bragg have divisions near by.
About 6,0&p xuen, the vicuiitv of‘Savannah, Have
enlisted in tbe Union army recently. On the night of
the 15th a division <?f tlift i'ifth Ohio Cavalry pnt a part
oi Cheatham's forces to flight, and burned the railroad
bridge. The forces in that vicinity nre divided into five
divisions, under the command of Generals Sherman,
Hurlbnrt, McClemand, Wallace, and Laumaa.
The Bombardment of Islaud No. 10
St. Lons, tcaroh 21.— The Republican has recaived
a special despatch, dated Island No. 10, yesterday, which
says:
The cannonading by the gun and mortar boats W&9
continued all day on Wednesday. All the guns but one
in tbe upper baitery, on tke Tennessee shore, have been
silenced, and one gun on the island dismounted.
The shells from the mortars constantly fall in ihe
rebel camp and batteries, and numbers cf tilO killed and
wouudtd can be setn carried away on litters.
A large number ef loaded wagons are leaving the
Tennessee shore, from which it is believed that prepara
tions are being made for the evacuation of the works by
the enuny.
Thb floating battery of the rebels has been moved
nearer to the head of the island.
General Pope allowed a rebel gunboat to approach
within fifty yards of a masked battery on Tuesday, aud
then sunk her, killing fifteen of tnose on board. He had
previously allowed five rebel steamers to pass on towards
New Madrid, and tuey are now between bis batteries,
unable to escape.
Ovei a dozen vessels, together with the floating baltery
and battering raw, are now above General Pope’s batte
lies, and will be either Bank or captured. *
Mr. Beadle, one of the oldeßt citizens or Memphis, ar
rived last night. He reports that but three rebel regi*
moots are now between blew Madrid and Memphis, and
these are stationed at Fort Pillow.
The rebel Government are manufacturing pikes at
Memphis for the new recruits; hut less than 100 men
have responded to the last call ot the Governor.
The railroads terminating at Memphis are being con
nected, so that all the rolling stock can be gent down the
New Orleans road, when necessary.
Chicago, March 21.—A despatch from Cairo
to tbs Journal says that a moderate fire was kept up by
the fleet at Island Mo. 10 during the day, Wednesday
and yesterday. The gunboat Minnesota dismounted a
128-pound gun, placed on the enemy’s upper battery.
On Tuesday, Commodore Foote directed the fuses to
be wet* with ft view to destroy the works and dismount
the guns. The result was satisfactory.
Some of the rebel gunboats tried to force their WAy up
yesterday morning, but had to retire.
General Pope has twenty-t wo guns mounted at Mount
Pleasant, and has erected a new battery four milei be
low.
As yet but one man has been billed by the enemy.
FROM WINCHESTER.
THE POTOMAC AND WINCHESTER ROAD
TO BE OPENED.
WixcHEtiTßit, March 21. Mr. Wm. Prescott Smith,
with other officers of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad,
went over the road to Martmsburg an Friday. They
expect that Bcction to be opened by the Ist of April.
They also ..made arrangements to permanently open the
Potomao and Winchester road.
Snow, to the di-ptb. or an inch and a hair, fell lost
night, and is eiitl failing.
Capture of Yancey—The Statement Fully
Confirmed.
PottsvilliK, -Fa., March 21.—A letter received frem
Howard! Potte, engineer of the gunboat Water Witch,
confirms ibe capture by them of the schooner >P»?-
Kam Mallory, with Yancey as a passonger.
[ft will be seen by our Nashville despatch thatthe re
bels report the arrival af Yancey at New Orleans.]
The Late Provisional Government of
Kentucky.
Nashville, March 21.—The late provisional Govern
ment of Kentucky is now encamped in a Sibley tent near
the beadquaxtera of the rebel Gen. Crittenden.
Yancey at New Orleans.
Nashville, March 21 —Southern advices received
here say that Yancey has arrived at Now Orleans, and
made a speech avowing that no help can be expected
from England or France, and urging retaliation by stop
ping the cotton cultivation.
Parson Brownlow leaves for the North to-day.
‘ Litter from Mexico and Havana.
Tim STKAMKH KAIINAK AT NEW YORK.
Maw York, March 21.—The steamer Karnak bos ar
rived, with Havana dutes to the 15th, and Nassau, ft. F.,
to tl e 17tb. She also brings Vera Cruz advices to the
Btli. butuo news ofimportance. ■„
The British troops, with the exception of 100, had all
emtisrkrd, and went ready to atort for home.
Advices from Venezuela report four victories by the
Government troops over the rebels.
A shock or an earthquake occurred In Caracas on the
20th u!t . « « , . j *
The Unite* States gnuboat if. R. Cuyler arrived at
Havana on the 15th icst., from Key West, but brought
at Havana were looking up, and American
Tinsels were more freely tafcen.
The transport-ship jeliza and JSlla, from Boston for
Ship Island, with a part of the Eighth New Hampshire
Regiment, put Into Nassau on the 10th for water. Salt
had advanced to 10 cents a pound at Inavna.
Barracks at Canip Randall Burned.
Milwaukee, March 21.—T#o hundred feet of the
barracks at Camp. Bandall, Madison, woa burned on the
night of the 19th. Two soldiers were burned to death.
A Quantity of equipments and baggage wni aiao de
stroyed.
Dim COIMSHIIST SEMI,
Wahhukjtom, March 21* 1362.
SENATE.
V« Si Frigate Cengrsß*.
Mr. HALN (Rep )• of Hampshire* iatrodueed ft
bill to provide for the equitable settlement of the accounts
of the officers and sailors of the U. 8. frigate Congress
and other vessels. The bill was passed.
National Foundry,
Ou motion of Mr. KINO (Hep.), of New York, the bill
to establish a u&tlonal foundry was taken up.
Mr. GRIMES (Bep.), of Tow*, moved that the bill be
referred to ft special committee of five, together with the
bill for an arsenal and armory in tho West.
After a discussion, tho bills were referred to a special
committee.
Slavery in the District.
The bill for the abolition of slavery in tho District of
Columbia was taken up.
[At this time tho Senate was qntte full of smoke, coming
from the bakeries under the Cupitobj
Mr,-GRIMES noYctl to adjourn* as ha couM not sit
hero in ihe smoke.
Mr. CAULTTjR (U.) (in his seat.) Tire bakeries 1
Mr. FES3ENDKN (Hop.)* of Maiuo* asked what had
became of the bill to remove the bakeries in the Capitol.
Mr. FOOT (ltep.) f of Vermont, said th» bill was
patted by the Senate, but Yotcil down in tho Home.
Mr. ANTHONY (Ttep ), of Rhode Island, suggested
that the House be informed that the Senate was obliged
to adjourn on account of the smoke.
Mr. FESSENDEN (Hop.) thought It would be bettor
to request the Bouse to have the bakeries moved to their
side of the Capitol.
The motion to adjourn was negatived—yeas 18. nays
10.
Message from the President-
A message was received from the President recom
mending a vote of thauks be given by Congress to Coin
inodora Dupont.
On motion of Mr. WILSON (Hop.), of Massachusetts,
tlin Senate then wont into executive session.
Subsequently tho Senate adjourned till Monday.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Pensions to (liuiboai Crews.
The House passed the bill to secure to the pilots, on
giueers, sailors, and crews* ou the guuboats* their
pensions.
Adjournment.
Mr. STEYENS (Rep ), of Pennsylvania* suggested
that lliS Hocne <l<> hut mljofirn over to-morrow aa cus
tomary, as he desired to devote that day to several
measures which were deemed important by the Treasury
Department.
Mr. VALLANDIGHAM (Dem ), of Ohio, linquired
bow soon* in the opinion of Mr. Stevens, Congress will bo
able toHhjom'i).
Mx. STBVBSS replied -. That depends on liow many
objections were modn to the tas And other bills. So far
as the Committee of Ways and Means was concerned,
the state of business would enablo the House to adjourn
by the Ist ol May.
Sir. YALLANLIGHAM hoped that Congress would
pash business, so as to enable them to adjourn at that
time.
Mt . STEVENS added : But we must work more hours,
and, perhaps, kit during the evenings.
Law of Prizes*
Tfce F<mih© concurred in the- Senate’s amendment (9
the bill for the better regulation of the law of prizes.
The Tax Bill.
'The House then went into Committee or tho Whole on
tho state of the Union, and proceeded to the considera
tion of tho tax bill— Mr. Colfax in ilie chair.
Licenses*
The proceedings were confined to the sections fixing
the licenses. Among tho amendments was one that
wholesale liquor dealers, including distilled spirits, fer
mented liquors, and wines of ail kinds, shall pay $lOO
each license.
Mr. MORRIS (Docq.) offered tho following:
That tin United fitatt-n ought to cotopenire with any
State* which may adopt the gradual abolishment of tho
evils resulting from the sale of intoxicating liquors, giv
ing to such State pecuuiary aid, to be used by such
Btate, in its discretion, to compensate for the ill
convenience, public and private, produced by such
changes of system. [This resoletion was received with
lftUghtfr.]
Mr. 111 CE (Rep.)* of Maine, wanted to increase tho
license on retail dealers. If the nation was to take the
wages of sin they should be as high as possible.
Mr. STEVENS (llop.) wanted to know ho* much the
wages of sin were worth ‘I He was for confluiug the
price to the low amount in tho bill. The amendment in
oveaeiiig the litiMit* to relu.il dealers In less quantities
than three gallons from $2O to 850 failed.
The committee rose, and the House adjourned.
A Hill to Reorganize the Navy Depart
ment of the United States.
Be it enacieii by tht StnaU and House of Represeula
tives of the Ujtiltd States of America in Congress as*
s embledy That there shall be established in the Nary Re
payment the following bureaus, to wit:
First. A Bureau of Yards and Docks.
Second. A Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting.
Third. A Bureau of Hydrography.
Fourth. A Bureau of Ordnance.
Filth. A Bureau of Construction and Repair.
Sixth. A Bureau of Steam Engineering.
Seventh. A Bureau of Provisions aud Clothing.
Eighth. A Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.
Sec. 2. And be it further Tn*t the President
of the United States, by and with the advice and consent
of the shall appoint from the list of officers of
the navy, not bolow' tne grade of commander, a chief for
each ot the Bureaus of Yards and Docks, Hydrography,
Equipment and Recruiting, and ol -Ordnance, aud shall iu
like manner appoint a chief of the Bureau of Construction
and Repair* who shall be a skilful naval constructor; aud
shall also appoint a chief of the Bureau of Steam Eugi
wbo ahall be » skilful engineer, and be selected
from the list 6f chief engineers *f the navy; and shall
also appoint a chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Sur
gery, who shall be selected from tho list of surgeons of
the navy* and a chief of the Bureau of Provisions and
CltfthiPgi who shall ho selected from the list of pay mas •
levs 01 the navy of not lees than ten years* standing —each
of which cbiefß of bureaus shall receive a salary of
$3,510 per annum, unlesi otherwise heretofore provided
for by law, which shall be in lieu of all other compensa
tion whatever. The said ehiofa of bureaus to hold tuoir
Fftid offices for a term of four yews; I'rovidcds Tli it no*
thing herein contained shall be construed to affect any
provision heretofore tuailo bylaw for special cn-ies
Sko.3. And be it further That the Secretary
of the Navy shall appoint tho following clerks and other
oflUers—to wit:
For the office of the Secretary of the Navy, a chief
clerk, who shall receive a salary of §£,266 per annum;
one clerk at a salary of $1,860, who snail also be dis
bursing cleTk, with a salary of $2OO ; five clerks with a
salary of $1,600 each; three clerks with a salary of
$1,400 each; four clerks with a salary of $1,200 each;
ono messenger at $9OO per annum; one assistant mes
senger at s7ooj and two laborers at §6OO pyf an
num.
For the Bureau of Yards and Docks* one civil engi
neer, who shall reCtive a salary * f $2,000* one chief clerk
at $l,BOO, three clerks at $1,400 each, one draughtsman
at $1,400, one clerk at 51,200, one messenger at $B4O, and
two laborers at $6OO per annum.
For tho Bureau ot Equipment and Racrtiltins, one
chief clerk, who shall receive a salary of $l,BOO, three
cleiks at a salary of sl*4oo each, one clerk at a salary of
51,200{ one messenger nr a salary of s34o* and one la
borer at $6OO peV annum
For the Bureau of Hydrography and Lights, oa* chief
clerk at $1 800, two ■ lei ks who shall receive a salary of
$1,460 each* two- clcrßs at si*4oo, two at ,200, one
mesfeDger at $B4O, and one laborer at $6OO per annum,
For the BoreauofOrdnauce, one chief clerk at a salary
ot Sl,bOO,oueaiuuahtsman at $1,400, two clerks atsi,4oo
each, one messenger at $B4O per annum, and ono laborer
at $600 ; and one laborer at S4SO per annum.
for the Bureau of Construction and Repair, oue chief
clerk at a salary o* $l,BOO a year, ouo draughtsman at
$1,400 per annum, five cUrka at a salary of $1,400 each,
one at $1,200* ore messenger at a salary of $B4O per an
num, and one laborer at StiuO per auiium.
For the Bureau of Steam Engineering, one chief clerk
fit A ftAlitrj <*f $l,BOO, oue draughtsman at $1*466, one
do k at $1,400, o:.e assistant draughtsman at $1,200, one
m* Bsenger at $B4O salary per annum, aud oue laborer at
$6OO per annum.
For the Bureau of Provisions and Clothing, one chief
clerk with a salary of $l,BOO, four clerks wita a salary of
$1,400 each, one clerk with a salary of $1,200, one mea-
SUU & salary of $B4O per auuuai, aud oue laborer
with a salary ot $6OO per annum.
For the Bureau of MeJiriue and Surgery, two clerks
with a salary of $1,400 each, and one messenger with a
Balaiy ol $B4O per aumim, a id one laborer at $6OO per
annum.
For the protection of the building occupied by the de
partment, one day watchman and four nlgnt watchmen at
a salary of $6OO each per auuum, and for the general
care of the building, furnace, and grounds, one laborer
ut a salary of $6OO, one laborer at a salary of $360, and
one laborer at a salary of $3OO each per annum.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted , That the Secretary
of the Navy shall oarigu ami distribute Among tho said
bureaus such of the duties of the Navy Department as he
shall judge to be expedient and proper; and all of the
duties of the said bureaus shall be performed under the
authority of the Secretary of the Navy, and their orderß
shall be considered as emanating front him* and shall have
fall force and effect aw each.
Sec 5. And hi it f urther enacted* That all estimates
for specific* general, an * contingent expenses of the de
partment and of the several bureaus shall be fnrnished
to thf Secretary of the Navy by the chiefs of the respec
tive bureaus, and all such appropriations shall be uuder
the control and expended by the direction of the Secre
tary of (he Navy, and the appropriation for each bureau
shall be kept separate in the treasury.
Sec. 6. And be it further That the chiefs of
the respective bureaus of the Navy Department shall be
authorized to Irank all communications from tne r re
spective bureaus ; and all communications to thoir bu
reaus ou the business thereof shall be free of postage.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That toe act ap
proved February 7, 48)5, entitled “ An act to alter aud
amend the several acts for establishing tho Navy Depart
ment by adding thereto a Board of Comnii&rinners,” the
act entitled “ An act to reorganize the Navy department
of the United States,” approved August 31,1842, and the
fourth section of au act entitled **An act to regulate the
appointment aud pay of engineers in the navy of the
United Slates,” approved August 31, 1842, bo* and tho
same are hereby, repealed.
Skc. 8. And be it further enacted , That when a fleet
captain serves in* or is borne on the books of* any vessel
of the navy making a prize, such fleet-captain, if of the
rank of captain, shall be entitled tooae-twellth part* and
if of the rank of commander to oue- fifteenth part, of the
prize-money acciuing to tha captors from such prize—
the said twelfth or fifteenth part, as the case may be, to
he deducted from tho amount due to the captors, and the
remainder to be distributed as heretofore directed by law;
Provided, That the allowance herein made to fleet-cap
tains shall take effect from the commencement of the pre
sent war—the shaeA due them to be deducted frotu tha
moiety due to the United States in cases of captures made
prior to the passage of this act.
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE.
Harrisburg, March 21,1302.
SENATE.
The Senate was not in session to-day, having adjourned
until Monday afternoon.
HOUSE.
The House met at 10 A. M., Ron. John Bowe, Speaker,
in tbc chair.
Prajcr by the Rev. Mr. Ganz.
Special Order*
An act to require the resumption of specie payments
pj the banks, .
The biil was considered in Committee of the Whole,
Mr. Bigbato, of Allegheny, in the chair.
Mr. WILDEY moved that the banks resume specie
pa' went on the first Tuesday of June, 1802.
Mr. GROSS spoke at some length. He-said the banks
favored the Government at a time when it was in need,
and how wo should favor them. The times were not of
their own (the banks’) creation.
Mr. Wll/BEY said the banks of Philadelphia were
ready to resume specie payment at any time.
Mr. ABBOT said that the banks would resume specie
payment as soon aa.the financial condition of the country
warranted it. . _ . .
Sir OoCHBAN thought that the second Tuesday in
April, 1663, should be filed as the day of resumption.
Mr. CRANE thought that six months after the pas*
sage of the bill was long enough to allow them to
reevime.
Mr. COWAN thought that such a length or time woua
be just to the people and just to the banks.
Mr. CRANE read on extract from a letter from a
gentleman in Philadelphia, which saysthat the money of
th(> country will be, before long, paper money.
Mr. DENNIS said that, in making specie payments,
if a check for *1,005 were presented, the bank would pay
five dollars in sp^ie; for tht row thvy wtihljpY®
treasury notes. The banks would pay their five dollars
lu Where forty men have been rulied by trust
ing individuals, one man has been ruined by trusting
banks.
Mr. TRAOFaY was apposed to a protracted suspension.
As long as treasury notes are legal tender, we might as
wi 11 talk about anything else as tu talk about specie
s&y&HktS. These WtM Will Wily get »»» *«-
eolation. , . .
Mr.-'HALL offered a provision to tho bill, that our
banka should not suspend specie payment longer than
thirty days atfcer the resumption by the banks of New
* Mr- ABMPTRONQ WM PI’IW'-I to *!»«, *"*;**
will resume jn'tto soon as thev think it Mfo to_ resume*.
Ho was opposed to placing the banks of this State in thg<
hands of New York bankers, ~
Mr. DENNIS said no risk wonld be run if Meiwft. rt
thirty days after the banka or the Stale of New Iwa
TBAC-EY. It »o«M koIW fAS-»A&ftByl
vsula to allow her banks to remain in suspension longer
than thirty days a'ter New York banks.
■Ou motion ot Mr. RITTER, tho committee rose, re
' potted progress, and asked leave to sit Not agreed
f °The bill was then taken up by t’jfc Hoqso,
Mr. CRANK said that by *jie present law the banks
can buy State and Government stock not exceeding one*
third of the capital stock actually jMrtd in* and have the
ri£ht to tell ihiue utMlift.
Mr. AKMbTHONG effWtbsf, out of eighty banks In the
Commonwealth, sixty bad subscribed to fho national
loNfts. The oilier banks were poor ono*. No system
•lioftld he adopted l>y which the business capital should
be coerced to subscribe. The banks suspended because
SoKthem capitalists, bavin* money invested inlhnStorth,
wore drawing out their investments and shipping R to
Europe, to ate id confiscation.
Mr. WILLIAMS said that* os Congress had mads
treasury notes a legal tender* how conld the banks pay
gneqp >vhen they received trasury jpfts fa plasfl cf
gold and silver 'l How would tho State interest bo paid T
Mr. BIOIJAM offered a resolution providing an after
noon Rtssion in Heu ef n session to-morrow. Adopted.
The CHAIR presented the annual ro port of the Dela.
ware Coal Couipauy. m „
'i he hour of one having arrived* the House took a ro
ceas till thrfe o'clock.
AFTERNWN SESSION.
The House reassem h le | i at three o’clock.
Tho consideration of the bill requiring tho rosixnptlon
of specie paytnei‘l s by the l<wnkd was resumed.
Several amendments were offered, and the bill was de-
Intril ut cuneiilrrable length.
The art was finally recommitted to the CoDintittoeon
Banks.
The House then adjonn.ed until three o’clock on Mon
day afternoon.
LETTER FROM MEW FORK.
9 _ -
The (,’»»« of Cnpti'iti Viguera*—Congressman l
Van Wyck and his investigations—The Ar
rest of the Mate of the ship London—The
(;i<rar«mal(i»rs mid the. Tax Bill—The New
Postmaster Mysterious Fires 011 Staten
Island—News about the U. S. ship Vermont
—The Board of Aldermen and our Harbor
Defence*—The State University—The Trans
fer v! Pvliili'nl Prisoners.
[CoiTDßponaeDco of Tho Press.]
New York, March 21,1802,
Captain Vignora, of the £duardo t from Tampico, who
wag arrusted Lyre, last week, ou the chiirg§ i &r treaeuß,
is still iu Fort Lafayette. IliH son, a bright and intelli
gent youth about fifteen years of age, is here from Phila
delphia, pushing inquiries} as to the* guilt of his father.
1 understand that the only real testimony og&inet tho
captain is, fog dill not register his vessel muter the
American hag. thus depriving Consul Chase, a relative of
Secretary Chase, of tho visual fee of s*2o. It is not even
alleged that Captain V was ever heard to utter a solitary
word in sympathy with the rebels or the rebellion. There
is po doubt, therefore, the immediate opening of
the prJmn doors of Fort Lafayette to permit thn uuotfond
ing captain an opportunity to visit his family in yon*
City ct Brotherly Love, for the first time in two years.
The Hon. C. H. Van Wyck returned to Now York this
moxning. to resume hie place on the Committeo of An*
vestigfttfou. It is oßUmated that tho Amount of corrupt
lion among public oflicers and disinterested “patriots”
in this city during the last nine months, which has been
brought to the surface by this committee, will astonish
the country; that ia, if it is *-vor ventilated.
The U. V- Marshal has succeeded iu arresting one of
the absconded mates of the pa<jke? ship and OX?
pectH to secure tho other one immediately That done,
tho captain will, of course, be arrested also.
The cigar-makers are having a great little timo here.
Meetings are held almost every night, and resolutions
discussed at id adopted as to what is right, ana what is
wrong} as to wbat they will do, and what they will not
do, in reference to tho Grivorfiment tax. At their meet'
ii>g last night, a gentleman hatched a now idea, briugiug
the ladits into the matter. Hu averted that if the Go
vernment persisted in demanding “this foolish tax,”
men would bo driven to pipes, and then what would
Broadway be like ' Said he; “ Our ladies will hare
abandoned lioops - our gentlemen will huve abandoned
tho ueu of the cigar, and will havu clay pip«s lft their
mouths. What a scene to witnesn on Broadway! You
will booh see that the tradesmen on that thoroughfare
will stand out against tli* tobacco tax more than they
kick against the railroad.’ 1 On hearing the speech, of
which the foregoing is an extract, the meeting felt, or
sof-med to feel, that their whole eft'ort was degenerating
into a farcft; and so they odjonynod.
Theconfnniatiinof Abram Wakemau as poßtmascer in
this city wakes up our wardsmoo. The (TPHuutincurn
bents of that institution shake in their boot*. Change is
written on the countenance of almost every man, and
Abe is the oracle of thousands of applicants. Mr. Taylor,
who is succeeded by Mr. Wnkeman, will probably remain
in the capacity olMvpufy,
During the laßt three months numerous and mysterious
fires have occurred on Staten Island, which have not
only destroyed property to a large amount, hut have
greatly endangered lift. Within au area of about two
miles, au Kpiecopal church, five bftrua, three stables,
four thops, six stores and dwellings, and two bafh-l]9d?My
have been'entirely destroyed. The lutiulritauiH began to
bo alarmed, not knowieg when or where the huh
leas destroyer might strike next. It was determined to
investigate the matter. An application was made to
Buperinteudout Kennedy, of thin city, who detailed two
detectives to look into the matter. In two days th9y
tracked out the author of th? arfi&tiSi and had him cjnj
mitted on sevun distinct charges. His name is Joseph
'Wilson, alias “Joe De Beard.” lie has been * sailor;
has one arm only.; was fora time in tho Sailor's Snug
Harbor; and has been a troublesome individual generally.
His motive for tho horrible enterprise of burning pro
perty is not kt own.
C»pt. Townsend, of the chip Germania, from Havre,
arrived this (Friday) morning, r&portA* Oft M.4fBH 11, la
lat 2ft deg. 27 min., lon. 00 41, passed a quautity of flour;
rlro, the wreck of a ahip’B main-deck bouse, painted
white. March 13, in lat. 36 deg. 28 min., lon. 6310,
passed a ship's mainmast, apparently but a short time in
the water—had been cut away. Same day, saw a United
States 74*suu Bliipi with a gunboat alongdida. lYoon
first seen they were lying with all a ill furled, sea smooth,
with a light air from the west. Toward night both made
sail, standing S. S. W. The vessel referred to was,
doubtless, the United Stateß ship-of-the-Kuo Vermont, bi>
we may expect to hear of her arrival at Port Royal or
Fortress Monroe soon.
The Board of Aldermen have just held a meeting here
at which it was proposed to raise 5500,000 for the harbor
defences of New York. A committee has beeo appointed
to prepare a place fur the raisiug of the amount named.
Final action will probably he taken on the matter on
Monday. Tlifc £6fiiftiittee immediately proceeded io hold
a conference with Mayor Opdyke.
The Regents of the University of thia State, on tho
18th inst-, conferied the honorary degree of doctor of
philosophy on Prof. I), ii Cochran, president of the
State Normal School- The Regents have conferred this
1 drgree hut once before, and thtn upon Philip Pi Garpen*
ter. a distinguished English naturalist.
The political prisoners now confined in Fort Lafayette
are to be transferred to Governor’s Island, by order of
the Secretary of War.
The following were the Bales at the Stock Exchange,
Second Board :
3001 0 U SC.a ’Bl wg... 94
17000 U S 6a ’Bl cp... 94
10000 do 94£
1000 Try 7 3-10 p c
notes, .email. 100
800 do..endorsed 99^;
4000111 Cjm Bds ’7O. 90
5000 Mich 6s ’7.3.... 89
3ao 'jemi «8 ’80.b30 68
10000 do 67)4
4000 MfWouritis 5
8000 do 51 %
35u00 Amor Gold 101 %
85000 do bSO.IOI^
10000 do L30.101K
2000 d 0..... 102 %
10 AmEx At 89)4
9 Pacific US j .. 95Jb
109 Eiie R Pref..,.. 61%
TUB MARKETS.
Assies.—The market is firm, with a fair demand ; sales
c>f Pots at 85 75; and Pearls at 85.60.
Fi.oun and Meal.—There is a good degree oF firm
ness in the market for Western and State flour; the low
grades are a abode firmer, and this, with the inclement
u’Prtthrr, checks husmusa; trada brands are quiet, but
not quotably lower.
The rales are 8,400 bblnat 85 25® 5.37}$ for superfine
State and Western;‘ss4s®s.soforext r a State; 85.60 a
5.70 for fancy do ; $5.45©5.65 for low grades of Western
extra; $5 75@5.80 fi r shippiug brands of round-hoop
extra Ohio; and so.9i>©6 Ul) for trade Drandsdo.
Buckwheat Flam 1 is Iu fair truest at fI.OOaQ &
100 lb.
Whisky.—The market is unsettled; buyers hold off,
’ waiting the action of Congress in reference to toe excise
duty; raleß of 150 bids, iu small bts, at 24®24}£c.
Grain. The Wheat market is still quite unsettled, the
demand is fair, in p*rt for export, but mainly at prices
below thv= views of LoWers; sules of 24,660 bus
for choice Milwaukee club; 31.35 for good red Western,
in store; 8137®i39 lor N*w Jersey; 81.42 for white
Ohio, and 81.48 for white fllicbigau.
Barley is fum but quiet; saiea of 1,000 bushels State
ond Jersey at 004t95c. B»rl#y Malt is steady ; sales of
2iiioo bußhels at 81,0501.064 at tho railroad depit; 0»U
are firm, and In fair demand, at for Canadian
Western ana 39®40u tor State.
jfye is quiet Hnc heavy ; sales of 1,000 bushels at 80ffl
81c cn dock, and S2c delivered.
Corn is rather firmer, but less active; the supply is
good ; saltst.f2l,OOObu-beU at 58)f«595 Tor Western
railed in store; 600 for Jersey yellow ( and 600 for
Western mixed delivered.
Fhoyissuss.—The Pork market is heavy and inactive;
the Burph* is liberal; Bales of 275 bbls at 813.50 for new
mess; 810.62*10.75 for prime.
Beef is dull, but prices are deafly: sales of 13< bbls at
£l-2(2*13 for elain mess, and 313.87® 14.25 for extra.
Beef nams are quiet at 817* a
Bacon is firm, the demand good \ sales of 1,350b0x4s
at fi s for Western Cumberland. Out; 67n®70, for
Shoit-B-.bbed Western; and 73£cf*r Bhort- Ribbed Clear.
Lard ife a shade stiffer; sales of 1,300 bbla at 7% ®B j^c.
Eighth Anniversary of the Phi-
LATVELI’HIA TRACT S-iCIETY —The eighth anni
vereary or the Philadelphia Tract Society of the Metho
dist Episcopal Church was held at the Union Methodist
f-burth, in Fourth slreet, below ATch, last evening.
The church was filled with a large and respectable au
dience, and the services were of an interesting nature.
iflr. Thomas Tasker presided.
The ceremonies were commenced by singing, after
which an tloaiient prayer was mode by the Bev. An
tl ony Atwood, in which he asked the blessings of Gort
noon the hordes that were sproading knowledge through
out the laud through the medium of tracts. The prayer
wns followed by tho reading of the report for the past
year. The following i* the amount of money tendered
by this society to the cause, and the number of books,
tracts, &c.(distributed, etc.
Amount contributed during the past year $3,000
Tracts distributed 530*693
Persons convener by colporters 40.
Number of-families visited and prayed with by
col porters 3,976
Religious meetings held by colporters,.. 150
Number of volumesof tracts distributed to soldiers
and others 12,605
Amount or money contributed to the parent so
bciety during tbo last eight years.
After the repert was read the meeting was addresaed
by IteT. Jacob Dickimon, J. B. Wakely, of the Now
York Conference, Bov. J. S. Willie, and the Boy. Thomas
Poulsop, chaplain of Colonel Wallace*# Maryland
Regiment. _ , „
After the benediction had been pronounced, the follow
ing officers were chosen for the years 1882 and 1803 :
PrwMwit, J?ifbw Mortis, Yjs, Pifsitesfc. K?* F-
Hodgson, D. D-, Rev. A. Atwood, Calvin lliee, Thomas
F. Tasker, Sr., and James B. L mgaker. Recording se
cretary, Rev- A. Manship. Treasurer, Joshua Adam
son ; and a board of twenty* seven managers. After the
choosing of the board of officors, the meeting gradually
dispersed. ... rt ,
This Conference auxiliary is the bannsr GoiueroQca
Trait Society, and Its friends are hopeful that when the
general Conference of 1884 meet, in Philadelphia, this
ioeiety will have acquired an importance .that will lead
that body to locate the headiiuartera of the tract pablica
tions in this city.
American Women and their Ef-
EOBTS FOR THE TBOOPS.—The determination of the
Government to suppress the unnatural rebellion of our
misguided brethren of the South ha. elicited mauy noble
Instances of devoted loyalty on the nart of the ladies or
the North. But, without the illghteSt ilfoiUUMtgMlUSllt «f
other cities, we may be permitted to say that, for tin
weatying exertions in caring for the refreshment of the
soldiers -who pass southward to the scene of strife, or tor
the comfort'of the sick and wounded.whohave been borne
front the field to the hospitals of this <dty ' h
tba todies of Philadelphia have fmiiy earned the highest
honors that bistoTy can accord. , . .
In addition to the ci ntributions heretofore forwwaed
for tho relief of our woundod aJJFort Douelson and Fork
Henry, another largo supply was yeaterday for war del
by Miss Claghorn, who lequests ua to acknowledge the
following donations for above sufferers:
From Mix. John Bit* Ptos vf ?w»ton nwrowi
S B Barcroft, uubleached moßliu and canton nan
m\- Mrs. Jacob Biegel, on** piece canton flannel; Mbs.
OalLtrwood, oof* piece canton flannel; Mrs Nathan My
ers, one piece musHa; Mia* Buzby, one piece muslin*
Bockslirom ladies of Graco Church; William D. Jongs.
& Co., ono piece gray flannel; Mrs. G W. Pokes, sotyis.
«rd >Uies; Mrs Emorick* ricthiug. jellies, and
ri\ s?» Mr**. j F. SleluifT, grocrrlee i Missrs Sager, b6cR&
in mittctis * Mi>a Hill, socks: Bliss Gibson, sodgnuul
kaadkorchlefs; Ms«. ft. H. Appleion, six pairu
laJies St. Andrew twelve shirts; Mirs.ljklfc
l*Atk>bi»rg> hoyos of ointment; Mrs. Dr. FDndvs£&>
Mrs. H. S De Silver, *S. The dry goods all mmh> up ty
lady friends,
The Foidiers’ Hospital, at Broad
acd Cherry streets, full, aud the OenSruj Relief Asso
ciation, weting at Grace Church, hftv-AcouaUut oaUd for
tl’o numerous comforts that the sick and wounded need.
Mauml lor undm'gArmeiita, manufAMusod cooaJh
lemons, or other permitted delicacies may be emit, with
ihi* immo of the donors, to the. rooms of the asmciation
having this hnspita* in charge* on Fridays, or to tho
residvneo ot the Rev. Dr. Suddards, on Twelfth street,
opposite the church, on any day of the week. -Oiir
rt ooers may have souse Woa of the magnitude of this,
bfpeflgrnt work when wr sl»i»H*ai Ibe average i.umbep
of inmates at mi* itoijiW la nearir seven IvinacWi
Fiom Messrs. Peterson we have a pamphlet,
published at Boston, and written by Afr. Train, in
reply to a recent publication by Thomas' Sotloy
Graltan, novelist and ex-British consul at Boston,
in which America And tbs Americana were Fratty
liberally abused, ridiculed, and slandered. Air.
Grattan said many absurd, and not a few untruey
things about America, and has lately exhibited
positive Secession proclivities. He laid himselff
open to a severe' reply, and Mr. Train’s (lashing
and slashing criticism is well-deserved and well
timed.
From D. Lewisson, 838 Knee street, we have a
colored view of Fortress Monroe and its aqueous
surroundings. This is one of the heat of the many
war-charts which have been lately published, and
gives an extremely clear idea of the noble fortress
wbif& bse so ntll bn Id lb? insolent foe in cbeok,
W. P. Hazard, 72d Chestnut street, has sent ua
two new publications, by D. Van Nostrand, New
York. The first is the Official Army Register for
1862, revised from the copy issued by the Adjutant
General of tbe U. S. Army, with an alphabetical
index, by which the regiment,.standing, and rank
of every officer can be ascertained in a moment.
The other is a small volume called " Rhymed Tac
tics,” with pine engravings of officers) in various
drills. This is an amusing brochure , in which, as
the name implies, the tactics of the infantry are de
scribed in rhyme. It will greatly amuse, and may
jinstruot, the members of our mighty legion now in
arms.
IGSO N Y 04& R 88*
50 do. 860 82*
100 Erie R 37*
300 do ~..blO 37*
21)0 do b3O 37*
100 do 37*
150HurtBivB, tff D3O 36
76 do 35#
50 ,d0.........910 35#
160 Mich Cunt 8..,.. 55#
100 *> b3O 55*
50 n 8 & N I G 47#
15 Panama B 121
ioiuobnu e&v
100 Clev A T01ed0.... 44 %
COO do 44*
1000 do s6O 44*
850 d 0......... b3O 45
Jfew PdWicatiflK.
Peterson and Brothers published Ibis Week, for
subscribers, the UuioO speeches delivered in- %ag*
laud during the present Aroerioan War, by George
Francis Train, of Boston, Tf? &ATS WB4 SVWftT
these, in the newspapers, end found them M'pa
triotio, truth-telling, and freijirsntly amusing, Ckht
we may safely predict their success in a collected
and cheap form. Air. Zrain’s eJwjnerDce is entirely
mi generis —he is fournler of itiw spread-eagle
school of oratory, and it may truly he said "none
but himself can be his parallel.” Kcrlnedone good
service to the Union cause by his abftity, loyalty,
and boldness.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
THE ffIUMKY MARKET.
Philadelphia, March 21, 1802*
Dullness reigned at the Stock Board to* day, and a fall
ing off waa noted in the fancy stocks and for Peunsyl-
Vania Railroad, MinohiU Railroad, and Camden and
A-Btthftjf 6hftres. Riding Railroad shares ro»
ceded X. Catawiwa consolidated sold at 2, and Cata
wissa preferred at 6#. Elmira Railroad was firm at 7%w
Bank stocks are more inquired after, and the quotations
show great firmness. Passenger Railway Bhares are firm*
without salts* &prnce and Pine?oinmt sold at 10X*
The Money market shows no change from the con*
dition again and again reported in this column.
The following quotations are furnished us by Means.
Drexel & Co.:
New York exchange
Boston ostfibange parol-16 pros.
Baltimore exchange.,.. parftl-10 prm.
Country funds . die.
American gold I#®l # pm*
7 3-10 Treasury notes par®# dia.
The anthracite and batunuDtms coal brought down by
(ho Bonding RailroarU tlili week; <m os follows!
This week (both coals) 31,932 ton*.
Bast year, “ 20,068
Increase, this week 6,864
Corresponding week In 1860 3‘2,89T
Canal tonnage in 186% ,30,8 W
Canal toxiuage up to Wednesday night...... 6,176
The shipments of coal over the Huntingdon and Broad
Top Mountain Railroad during the week ending Wednes
day, March 10, and since January 1,1862, are as fol
lows:
Week PreTloualr. Total.
Toiia. Tons. Tons.
7,503 02,144 69,952
2,523 24,833 27,361
1862
1861..,.,*.
Increase 4.985
The inspections of Flour and Meal in Philadelphia,
during the week ending' March SO, 1862, wore u fel
lows :
Barrels of Superfine
do Fine..
do Middlings
do Bye
do C<>rn Meal
do Condemned,
Puncheons Corn Meal «...
The New York Post of thi* evening says
The N«-w York Evening Eost of to*day says:
Great firmness In Govermnebt SMUtUtei U allll th«
leading feature of the Stock Exchange. Notwithstand
ing the heavy tone of the general speculative list, Govern
ments maintain tbfir upward tendeucy, and quotations of
the sixes of 1881, and the 7.30 notes, are # per ctnt. bet
ter, with large purchases bj tho cpfnrni?f?j<?f) ttiff
scarcely understood, perhaps, that the printed sales are
no criterion of the activity in these securities, as we fre
quently hear of transactions bt-t«vean the Boards, aod
at tho clobo of business hours, to the amount of oue, two,
and three hundred thousand dollars, with offers of 1 16
and >j per cent, belter for largo fota (Ijajj fftj* gfniHi Tfaff
banks now refuse to sell round amounts unless at an ad*
vance.
Some of the shrewdest operators of the market, now
that the overthrow of the rebellion issssnred, have taken
up Governments as the most deem able object,of specula
tion, and the dullness in fane; eh ft' es may be attributed*
to some extont, tn this, aa many of the PiilPoid sloiW
have been steadily rising of late, while for the long loans
of the Government there is still considerable margin for
a rise- The sixes of 1881, the 7.30 cotes, and the lives of
1874 are tbo only long loans on the market, the Govern
ment reserving the right to redeem the new issues any
time after five years, thus compelling the holder to give
up his ceeutiiy at thi Vctp Um« h« wauls to hold U, or
leaving it on his hands when it is least dosirable.
The sixes of 1881 sold freely at 9375®94 for the regis
tered, and 04®94# for the coupon*. The 7.30 notes us
fom at 100®10b#, small denominations selling at #.
There has been some talk about opening tbe subscrip
tions for the amount which Mr, £&|OP fcB§ SUthPritf 79%
to issue, but we cannot learn that such is his intention at
present.
Tbe shore lift is heavy and dill!. New York Central
leaves off at 83# ; Erie, 37 4® 37# \ Toledo, 44#®44# ;
llock Island, 563*50#.
Erie old stock continues activeyat 37#, while the pre
ferred ie dull at fil,\'aG2.
Michigan Central is heavy, selling down to 55# after
the Boerd.
The Border-State stocks are neglected, and close weak
at a decline or #e# per cent. Missouris are offered at
51 #, 1 eunesbes at 08.
Money is active ut T per cent, ob call. Tli& Supply IS
gcarcel) so easy os early in the week.
Exchange on bondon is dull at 111#®112 for first
class bills Gold is a shade weaker this morning, 101#,
which has some influence on exchange. The traniao
tions in gold amount to $350,000, mostly on buyers*
option.
Philadelphia Stock Exchange Sales,
March 21.1862.
Bepoxtbd bt B.E. Slavmakeh, Philadelphia Exchange.
FIBST BOARD
10 Lehigh scrip,... 35
6 do uisii 35
1000 O A A 6b ’S3 ~85
2 Cam dr Am 8.,.,1‘23#
4 do .123#
1 Mechanics' 8k... 23
10 Girard Btuik.cuuh 37#
50 Data E pref. 6#
IUO Bead R fcSwn&mt 21 #
50 do 21#
i>o do s&wn&int. 21#
50 do ...... sowd 21#
5 Miatbill B 45
40t0Phil»&E9tft , &Wll 89
bbtwke;
40 Mechanics Bank. 23
....23
SECOND
10 Beading B 21
5 do 21#
6 do 21#
50 do 4.....a..b5 21#
30 Lehigh VuL 8.... 54
30 Girard Col 8.... 17
2 do 17
100 American Gold.. .101
1000 Beading 6s ’86... 78#
gLQSJNGPRK
Bid. listed.
U 8 6s ’Bl 94# 94#
US Tr "3-10 N 99,# 100
Pbilada 65..... 91 61#
Philada 6s sew. 96# 67
Penua 55....... 83 84
Reading B, i. 21 M 6 21#
Bead hi 6s ’80’43 65 96
Bead bds 1870.. 90# 90#
Readmt be 1886 78 78#
Penna B .45# 45#
Pennaßlstmßs 99# 100
Penna B2dm6e 04 95 |
Morris Cnl con,. 60 41
Merria Cnlprf.,lll# 112
Seh Nav Stock.. 4# 6
6ch Nav prf.... 10# 11#
Sch Nav On ’82.. 64# 65#
Elmira R....... 7# 7#
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
%T BEE FOURTfI PAGE.
ABBIYED.
Bbip Tuscarpra, Dunlevy, from Livorpopl Fel> 14tb v
with mdse and 40 pnß&engera to Copo Brothors. Arrived
efi Hie Irgbt Bbip A U 13th iust. Experienced Budden
and heavy westerly galea. Feb 2G,lat 60 60, long 22, was
in company witli an American screw steamer, of about
9GO toiid burthem, sebooner rigged, with yards on fore
mast, short lower masts, square house on ijuarter deck,
painted white, waist boat, smoke pipe* and mast heads
painted white; »ade no sfenalt, as it was blowing heavy.
For five succeeding days the barometer ranged from 28.4
to 28.7, with gales from 8W to WNW.
Ship Harvest Qneen, Moses, 42 days from Gibraltar,
in ballast to P Wright A Sons. Six passengers.
Ship Free Trade, Stores, 4 days from New York, la
batlatt to Workman A Co.
Bark Gen Warreiii Sptneir. from Bturns la Granda
March 5, with sugar and molasses to S AhV Welsh.
Bark Aaron I Harvey, Miller, 66 days from Monte
video, with hidoi, Ac. to WUi Cummiugs A Son.
Batk Ann Augusta, (Br) Lovett, 40 days from Gat
way, in ballast to E A Bonder A Co.
Brig B F Nash, Putnam, 2o days from Olonfuegos,witß
sugar to S A W Welsh—vesiel to E A&wblef ACo.
Sailed in company with brig Ocean Home, for N Yotk r
and saw her again 13th inat, in lat 35 03, loujr 74 11.
Brig John P Wellierill, Strobridge, 10 days from Ma
tauzas. with sugar, Ac. to A Merino—vrssel to D SStefc
son A Co.
Brig Samtiol 6 Adams, Carver, $ days from N Ydik,
i bulhibt to E A donder A Co.
Brig T W Rowland, McCarty, 3 days from New York*
i ballast to K A Souier A Co
Brig Col W Coggius, Ooggius, 3 days from New Turk,
iu bAllast-to E A Souder A Co.
Pr'S Wt-Jalit IWdii B-dara from Km T»t,
in ballast to J E Bazley A Co.
Schr Mary Staudish, Atwccd,.l4 days from Otvnfde
gos, with sugar to 8 A W Welsh—vessel to- D S Stetson
A Co. mm
Schr Elisa Catharine, Kartell, 8 days, from Halfax,
with fish to Kennedy, Stain $ Co. .....
Schr Jasnes Alidordico, Stitos, 4 dayafifona New York,
with mdsoto W P Clyde.
Schr C A neckscher, Stubbs,.3 da** teem Baltimore,
in ballast to captain. ■ ti . ,
Bohr W Wallace, Sccß, ©.days frenLßoßtan, with
tou'cowellA Collins.
Schr Lady Ellen, Coreun, 5 da»» firom Boston, witfe\
t& Wskvef, FIlh.P. A. Gd. •
Schr John Dorranca, Rice, 4. day a-from Providence, in,
ballast to Tweils A Go..
Schr Delaware, Benhy, 1 day boat Smyrna, Del, wife
corn to Jas Barratt A Son.
Schr llenry Voile,.Atkins,.! amj from. Mllto& K Dek,
with grain to Ohnsiisu A Co.,
Bohr Penrli Nortnnpi 1 *Jfty ffLeweg, DeU fritbicvn
to Jas L BrWley & Co.
Schr Georgians, WolSe,X day ftopx Lewes. Del, with
grain to J L Bowley A Cp,
Scbr Wo George, lfrvzefc, X day from Sra^9aa k Del,
with corn to Jas L Bewley A Go.
City lae Boat, ScbetUneor, having towed •& wfilbs be
lc>v B6 l jibay Hooit ibaU & firig&to Bt whoro
she UR l»er, with tho wind heavy Trom Fft3u Brought
tip Tuscftfora and Fite Trade,
CLEARED.
Bchr Frank Ptorco, Tyler, Tyler,
A Cfli
Schr Rxtra, TftylW, WftfchlbgtO l R Jones.
Schr It A Weeks, GodJrey, Boston* J K Blakigtoo*
Scbr C B Vickery, Babbitt, New London,
Sehr Lizzie Dyer, MuDvJfo, Portland, Yan Horn,
W’lmdwurth A Co.
fehr L H Corbitt, YTaehington, R White.
Btf J fi Shrivav, OtfeMi, UMUiaote- A Groves, Jr.
Bwge Cornell w g saird A Co. Q
paral-10 dls.
.. 17(935
.. 334
.... 24»183
5000 City €s New 9T
100 do 8. 91
20 Btnver Meadow » 69jg
10 do 69^
6 do b9Ji
10 do 6»X
5 Penan R,45^
10 dA 46}^
60 Elmira & 7£
10 do T#
30 do 1%
20 Spruce A Fine R. lOjf
10 do 10V
5 XlMTialmrgft.... 53j(
BUAttUB
50Cnta 8.......
100 Long Island 8.b5 12
boabd.
1000Reading6s*83... 78V
100 City 6s New 96#
10Harrisburg R... &i
11 Pennaß 45 V
10 do 46V
6 Hazleton Coat.... 43jj
3 Lehigh Scrip.... 36
1 Cam &A B 123 V
'ES—STEADY.
Bid. AskeA.
Elmira Bprf... 14 V 15 V
Elmira 7s *73... 73* 74
Long laid 8.... 11V 12V
Lehigh Ot A Nav 61V 61V
Le Dl A Nav ecp 34)4 35
N Penna R..... 7V TV
N Pennaß6s.. 37V 68
N Penna B 10s. 83 84
Cat R Con 2 2V
CatawissA prf... 6V
Frk A Stbwk B. 43 47
Sec A Thd-fit R 64 6S
RacedtYinefßtß 4V 4K
West Phils 8... 63 64
Spruce A Pine.. 10V 15V
Green A Coates. 23V
Chest A Walnut 30V
Arch Street,... 18* 18V