TUESDAY, M AIICII 25, 1862.
EXTRACT FROM THE LAST SPEECH OP
STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS* —“ The con»piracy
f t>rrak op the DniM Is a lact new known I*
all. Armies are being raised, and war levied
II accomplish it. There can be but iw« sides
«• the controversy. Every man must be on the
side of the United States or against it. There
can be no neutrals in this war. There can be
none but pat Hali and trailer!."
THE LATEST WAR NEWS.
Our latest intelligence from Island No. 10 is to
3 P. M of Wednesday last, at which time our gun
boats had succeeded in silencing ail but two guns
of the upper battery. The island is said to be
dotted with tents, and the rebels are estimated to
number at least 20,000. It is almost impossible
that they can have held out for this length of
time. We are momentarily expecting tho news of
their surrender.
Ihe telegraph from Hatteras gives us the grate
ful intelligence that General Burnside has taken
possession of Beaufort, North Carolina. The im
portance of Beaufort to the Union armies cannot
easily he overestimated. The town is the capital
of Carteret county, and contains about throe thou
sand inhabitants. It lies at the mouth of the New
port river, eleven miles northwest of Capo Look
out, and, owing to its accessibility both to Albemarle
Sound and the Atlantic ocean, it is the best harbor
in the State, and one of the best of the entire
Southern coast. Port Macon, its principal defence,
was one of the forts seized by Governor Ellis on
the 2d of January. 1861. It is situated on Bogue’s
Point, just beliw the town. At the tiino of its
seizure by the rebels, it mounted one tier of old
fnshioned sea-guns, of thirty-two and forty-two
pound calibre. It cost the Government four hun
dred and sixty thousand dollars, and had accom
modations for three hundred men. Probably it
was greatly strengthened by the rebels, in an
ticipation of an attack by our fleet, but the
superior strategy of our generals has compassed
its abandonment and destruction, without a gun
having been fired in Us defence. Although W«
did not capture the steamer Nashville, which
recently left Southampton and ran tho blockade,
we have the satisfaction of knowing that, owing
to her “peculiar condition," she will not again
commit depredations on our commeroe.
js stated that Senator Lane, of Indiana, has
received advices from Savannah, Tennessee, stating
that a Union regiment has been formed in Ala
bama. Thus it will be seen that, as our armies ad
vance into the regions heretofore held under the
despotic sway of Jeff Davis and his satellites, they
are gladly welcomed by the inhabitants, numbers
of whom are willing to do battle for the Stars and
Stripes. What a striking commentary on Jeff’s
late assertion, that the Sonthern people are a unit
in the cause of treason
The foreign news by tbe Hansa, which arrived
at New York yesterday, with dates to the 12lh
instant, closely verges on the important. Karl
Bussell’s speech in the Bouse, on the lllh instant,
is a most complete refutation of the clamor of an
“inefficient blockade,” in which a portion of the
British press has long indulged. Tho most con
vincing proof cited by bis lordship, of tho correct
ness of his position, was the fact of tho scarcity of
cotton in the English markets. The whole ad
dress is published in another column, and will be
generally perused.
The battle near Winchester was much mere dis
astrous to the rebels than we had supposed, 500
of them haring been killed or wounded, and the
survivors have been driven back to Strasburg.
furthermore, we have made 300 of them prisoners
and captured at least 1,000 small arms. The last
mentioned fact will best attest the complete panic
into which the enemy were thrown.
Congress Yesterday.
Senate. —The joint resolution of the New Jer
sey Legislature ashing immediate action for the
coast defences of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and
Delaware was presented. Resolutions of the Maine
Legislature, endorsing the course of the Adminis
tration and favoring the confiscation of reliel pro
perty, were presented and referred. Mr. Wilson, of
Massachusetts, introduced a bill to promote the
efficiency of the corps of engineers. The joint re
solution affording aid to the States in favor of eman
cipation was taken up. Mr. Davis, of Kentucky,
offered a substitute, which, while favoring co-opera
tion with a State for emancipation, affirmed the su
premacy of the State authority upon the subject of
slavery. Tbe bill for the abolition of slavery in the
District being resumed, the amendment to the
amendment was adopted—yeas 23, nays 16. It
provides for the colonization in a foreign land, of
such liberated slaves ad desire to emigrate, at a cost
not exceeding $lOO each.
House. —A resolution was adopted, instructing
the Committee of Ways and Means to inquire into
the expediency of organizing a corps of miners to
work the gold mines of the West for the Govern
ment benefit. A resolution authorizing the ex
penditure of not more than $50,000 for the testing
of plat>3 for rendering war vessels invulnerable,
was referred. A resolution of inquiry as to the
cause of the delay in the release af Gelenel Corco
ran was presented and laid over. Resolutions of
thanks to Lieutenant Morris, U. S. A., General
Burnside, and Commander Rowan, were referred.
A bill from tbe Committee on Territories, providing
a temporary government for Arizona was reported
and*postponed. The tax bill was furtherconsidered,
and the following amendments agreed to: Tennes
see tohave lill the first of December next to assume
tbe payment of her portion; brewers manufac
turing less than 500 barrels per annum to pay $25
license; brokers to pay $5O, (the same as com
mercial brokers,) and warrant brokers $25.
Puiiiis)lvini!n Li’-i^lninrei
Senate —A number of petitions were received
and appropriately referred. The following, among
other bills, were passed: An act relative to the
fthftKAQiHP and PotUville Railroad Company, and a
hill for the relief of the Chester Valley Railroad
Company.
House.—A hill relative to the congregation of
tbe First Presbyterian Church of this city was
passed. The bill attaching the counties of Erie
and Crawford to the eastern district of the Supreme
Court was defeated. The act providing for no
election for field and company officers in the Penn
sylvania Reserve Corps was postponed until Wed*
need ay. The death of Colonel Murray, of the
£igfaty>fourth Pennsylvania Regiment, at Win
chester, was announced, and the customary pro
ooedings twk pisQe.
The following item from the New York
Economist tells its own story. There -,are, no
doubt, many merchants in the South who
wish to deal justly by their Northern cre
ditors, and who have only been prevented
from doing so by the existence of a reign of
terror in tlieir midst. Our armies are welding
together the old bonds of Union as they ad
vance, so strongly that we hope they may
never again be broken. They are teaching
the folly of resistance to the Federal Govern
ment, and, while they give proofs of its power,
they also afford evidence of its moderation
and magnanimity by their respect for the
rights of property. Commerce, too, follows
our flag. By its advance trade is re-esta
blished, prosperity is restored, new markets
are opened, the assumed authority of Seces
sion despots is overturned, and an opportunity
of returning under the peaceful aiid prosper
ous shelter of our glorious old banner is af
forded to all who are not too desperately com
plicated with the conspiracy. The Economist
says:
41 A merchant in NHshville, Tennessee, has sent
six thousand dollars in gdd to a Broadway houso
to pay his indebtedness to then), and the balance is
to pay other creditors. Another merchant there
writeß that in a week's time ho \3 prepared to pay
all his indebtedness in gold. We could give the
names of the parties, but, for the present, think it
sufficient to merely note che fact.**
■ and political order and security—and heavy
The akiiivai.jn Sr. Louis, last night, of a sacrifices in men and money, for the future
train from Kolia, which contained three hun- ■ -welfare of the presen tand succeeding gene
tired privutuSi anti forty=eight commisaionctl rations!. They wisely decided to give up a
officers of the rebel army, who wore captured portion of their wealth and energies for
at the battle of Pea Kidge, affords an addi- ■ ti le preservation of the nation, and all its
tional confirmation of the complete victory of mighty interests ; and, however nnpa’a
our forces in that hloody struggle. ; t a l>U bills may be, all patriots will
_ 71 7 „ T , • ... cheerfully contribute their share of whatever
The attempt of Lord Campbell, in the : .., , . .. ,
„ Pl . . „ „ T i . . .. . ; expenditures may be necessary to accomplish
British House of Lords, to create the impres- . *7 , . . . - ~ ~, . . f
sio „ that our blocUad. of the Southern ports " gft*
... . . . ... * gling. Not a foot of the soil of the free States
was insufficient, proved not a whit more sue- f f „ , , , , .
’ 1 . has been polluted by an invader, and not a
oessful than the enorts ol 31r. Gregory, in . „ , ~ _ . .., ....
ecssiui in J dollar’s worth of the property of loyal citizens
the House Of The scarcity of wil Lut d L cc^nsation.
cotton m Eng a Scarcely a week elapses without the achieve-
Evssell as a conv.nc.ng proof of the diffi- , importan t Union victory, and tUe
cultyof eluding the vigilance of our cruisers . rcbclUon - s r ; el!ng under the heavy blows
on the Southern coast, , wtscl) are f a m ng thick aod fast upon it. A
Large Positive Sale op Boots and Shoes, , Government that, in the midst of the c'xtraor-
Tbatellino-daob, Trunks, Ac. —The early atten- j dinary difficulties and complications of the last,
tion of purchasers is requested to the large assort- j year, has preserved peace and tranquillity in
nunt of boots, shoes, brogens, travelling' bags, j the loyal Slates, and taken such efficient mea
trunks, Ac., embracing firrt-olaas seasonable goods, ■ gnreg f or the complete restoration of the na
of oit, and l Eastern manufacture, to bo perempto- j tional aill l, o rity, deserves to be freely and
80 3 ®. a °*“®> °“ n vin.,. 8 hu 1 ? !>’ ■ generouslv sustained by the people it repre*
«omm»nctng this morning, at ID o clocfciby J. B, e c *. ? - . . J • * “
Myers A Co., auctioneers, Nos. 232 and 234 Markat sents, and whose interests it has so faithfully
street. j Promoted.
The Trials, of the People of the Rebel
lions States.
The live kindled in the “ Southern heart ’
by the traitorons demagogues who commenced
the Rehellion is dying out as rapidly as the
embers of a deserted camp. The chivalrous
Youths of the charming dominions of King
Cotton have discovered that a continuous war
against the Government of the United States
is a very serious enterprise, and not a mere mat
ter of fun and frolic. The enthusiastic hurrahs
over the degradation of the symbol of national
authority, and the capture of ungarrisoned
forts, have all died away. The stern realities
of the terrible position in'which the Rebellion
lias placed the people of the South are
now appreciated by the most ignorant; and
the perils which menace, and the evils
which oppress them, are feared by the
most foolhardy and audacious. Civil life is
harassed by a thousand cares. Although there
maa - he a gTeat abundance of food in some sec
tions, it is undoubtedly very scarce in others;
and decent clothing, of many kinds, is abso
lutely unattainable, At Winchester, Virginia,
we are told that some of the richest families
were ashamed to appear in public in conse
quence of the sliabbiness of their attire. Iu
other portions of Virginia no salt could be ob
tained to cure the meat necessary for their
usual supply of staple provisions. Some of
the haughty dames of Secessia, who insult
our soldiers, and in whose character there is
a happy balance of iguorance and pride, are
compelled to attire themselves in far less gor
geous and fashionable dresses tliau those for
merly worn by their slaves. The whole basis of
Southern prosperity has for the present been
destroyed. Although they imagined that cotton
would always, in any event, enrich them and con
trol the industrial and political interests of the
civilized world, it is practically worth nothing
to the rebellious States except to the extent
that it is useful for their own rude liomo
nianufactures. A barrier, more impenetrable
than tho Chinese wall, hems them in on every
side—shutting out the products of all other
countries, shutting their products in from the
markets of the world, and leaving them to
surfeit themselves with tho sweets of South
ern commercial independence, with an abund
ance of land, slaves, cotton, and tobacco, and a
scarcity of everything else. They find that the
« Confederacy ” is but a huge prison, with a
strong guard stationed around every side.
They can nowhere effect a breach in it. The
few things that they occasionally smuggle in
or out bear about the same relation to their
necessities and their desire for unrestricted
exports and imports, that the chance supplies
surreptitiously furnished to a criminal in one
of our penitentiaries bear to liis consump
tion when lie is in a state of liberty. Day
after day, too, tho limits of their con
finement are circumscribed. Our armies ad
vance in every direction, to release those
Who are loyal from the oppression of Seces
sion tyrants—to strike terror into the hearts
of those who have assailed and defied the
Republic—to render still more galling and op
pressive the virtual imprisonment of those who
contumaciously adhere to tho conspiracy. All
former values are, for the present, destroyed
in the Secession States. As there is no re
j ward for industry, there is no incentive to it.
j Land and slaves are almost worthless, be
| cause for the profitable products they fortner-
I ly yielded there is no present market. South
! om cities have lost all their sources of revc
j nne. They were founded upon the profits re
alized upon the foreign exports and the im
ports of the South; and, since ail the active ope
rations rendered necessary to accomplish thess
exchanges are made fruitless by the strictness
of the blockade, they are now serving no more
useful purpose than the sites of the ancient
cities of Tyre or Carthage. AVo may complain
in (he North of losses caused by the rebellion,
and they have undoubtedly been fearful, but
they are by no means so universal and so ter
rible as those inflicted upon the whole people
of the South. Our interests are very diver
sified. Some have suffered much—others
comparatively little—some, perhaps, not at
all. There is a large basis of prosperity left
for agriculture, commerce, and manufactures.
But the whole available wealth of the South
was based on a few pursuits, and they have
all been temporarily ruined.
In addition to those steady, constant, and
universal difficulties, the people of the South
are suffering all the evils of a depreciated cur
rency and an insecure frontier. Their rebel
Government is powerful to harass, oppress,
and plunder, but not to protect them. It
takes their all, and gives them nothing valuable
in return. In many districts it forces tho
whole, white male population capable of bear
ing arms, from sixteen to sixty years of age,
into the field, thus leaving their friends and
families unprotected from a servile insurrec
tion, with their material wants unprovided
for at a time of peculiar difficulty and hard
ship. These unwilling soldiers, having imper
fect arms, go to battle only to be defeated, or
to disgrace themselves by precipitate retreats.
From every important military position they
assume they are driven back. Every line
they attempt to defend must, when vigor
ously assailed hy our soldiers, be aban
doned.
Those who have property in tlie South that
can he made available for military purposes,
too, are in constant danger of having it seized
by their own troops, with no other compensa
tion than Confederate scrip or certificates,
which are nominally far below par, and intrinsi
cally valueless; or they may sec it wantonly
destroyed by their own soldiers, to pre
vent it from falling into our possession.
They know how perfectly reckless the avow
ed policy of tho loaders is in regard to
“ Southern Rights” of property, for these con
spirators urge that everything be laid waste
before the march of our armies—that the des
perate Russian expedient of burning Moscow
in dead of winter, for the purpose of prevent
ing Napoieon’s army from gaining shelter in
an arctic climate, be imitated under the sunny
skies of the South—a policy far more cruel and
destructive to Southern proprietors than to our
Government.
j For all these losses, inconveniences, mise
: rles, and sufferings, the thoughtful men of the
i South see that their leaders can offer them no
j reward hut a succession of humiliations and
I disasters. The flames whieh are consuming
i them light up no blaze of transient glory to
' dazzle and delight them. For tlieir sacrifices
| and trials they gain only disgrace and defeat.
; “ The wages of sin is death,” and the reward
: of Secession is pecuniary and physical destruc
| tion. How long it will be possible for the
j leading conspirators to urge on their
! deluded dupes to ruin cannot he fore-
I to)d, but surely it seems not improbable that a
j few more decisive Union victories will in
| duce them to throw down their arms in dis
i g^ s t —to joyfully return to the allegiance
| which they can never shake off—and to rally
j again around the noble Government which
j alone can bestow npon them all the blessings
| of peace and prosperity.
| Although it is natural to expect that
I there Will be some disg&tisfdCtiCU with the
; taxes about to be levied, to pay the expenses
j of the war in which the nation has been
i plunged by the conspirators, no good citizen
; will encourage the schemes of knavish poll
i ticians to excite popular discontent, and to
I exaggerate the burdens that may be imposed.
! The rebellion forced the people to choose be
tween surrendering everything that was valua
; ble to them —the Union, the capital, the fun
i damental principle of our Government, the
l national property, the groundwork of all social
LETTER FROM “ OCCASIONAL.”
Washington, March 24, 1862,
The humanitarians, who never “ take into
count" the practical teachings of cdhttttAtt
life and common-sense, have been talking
against slavery for years; and their violence
and folly have retarded the very reforms they
seemed to have at heart. Their persistence
and prominence on all occasions, and their
established want of tact, in demanding the
unconditional abolition of the institution of
slavery, without respect for precedents, pre
judices, individual rights, and constitutional
laws, gave to their adversaries stupendous
advantages, of which these latter have not
liosiiated to avail themselves. In fact, no
thing has done more to protect the slave
holders in their property in man, than the
misdirected influence of these ultras. The
ultras, never popular among the masses
around them, were craftily put forward
by tlie pro-slavery leaders as the re
presentatives of the Republicans; and
tlie Republicans had to carry the conse
quences without daring to throw them Off.
There has always been in the popular heart a
deep-seated hatred of slavery. This, if loft to
itself, without being hurried or frightened,
would have (lone a thousand times more than
the ultras. The Republican party was the
gigantic growth of great historical events, of
which the repeal of the Missouri Compromise
and the Iji-conipton question were the most
prominent. Although intensely hostile to
slavery, the Republicans have ever been em
barrassed by their compelled connection with
fanatics, and their undeserved responsibility
for the ultra notions of these fanatics. The
new impetus given to tlie anti-slavery senti
ment, like the causes which produced the Re
publican party, lias been wholly outside of the
extreme humanitarians ; and, indeed, if this
impetus is checked, it will be effected by
the insane and ridiculous violence of these
men. The war which was forced upon us
by the South, precisely as the election of Mr.
Lincoln was brought about by tlie Southern
politicians, who resolved to make it an excuse
for war, is doing the work of emancipation.
The war is the great Deliverer of tlie slaves.
Nor can we evade the issue. However perti
nent the remark while the Abolitionists were
thundering against slavery, that the talk about
the negro was out of place, and that Congress
had work to perform far graver than that of
looking after the negro, no such reason for
postponing an imperative duty can now be
presented. The question is upon us, and must
he met. We can-110 more ignore it than we
could ignore payment of a debt and maintain
an honest name. And liow is this question
to be met, solved, and disposed of ? Your
humanitarian, like the empiric who offers but
one cure for every disease, presents his
panacea, and denounces you if you do not
accept it. The statesman who is the real phy
sician of the times, waits until he ascertains
the nature and extent of the disease before
applying the remedy. He is responsible for
prudent and proper treatment of his patient;
and he brings to his task all the lights of re
flection and experience. Mr. Lincoln is a
Republican so for as party is concerned, for in
stance: buthe is President of tlie United States,
and ns such is responsible to the people. He
is the avowed opponent of slavery, hut he is
also voluntarily committed against any inter
ference with individual rights. He feels that
(ho slaveholders brought on this war, but ho
must discriminate between the traitor and the
patriot in the slave States, and cannot even
attack and punish the traitor except within the
forms ol the Constitution and the laws. To such
men as President Lincoln this problem must be
committed. The abolition of slavery in this
District, of which there is at present no
doubt, will be the first practical step in the
right direction. When that is accomplished,
we can afford to abide our time, and lot the
institution of slavery take its chances among
the events and revolutions that will follow
the conquests of our armies. Occasional.
The Last Gregorian Chant.
In the House of Commons’ debate on Mr.
liltlGOEr’s anti-blockade resolutions, the
speakers were pretty evenly balanced tas to
numbers. Undoubtedly, the advantage, as to
ability and character, was on*the part of those
Who resisted the motion—who declared against
recognizing Rebellion. Mr. Gregory is as
small a man in Parliament as he ever was on
the race course—and that is not much. He
reached , the age of forty-five years, during
seven of which he has been in Parliament,
without having ever allowed his voice to be
heard, until this Southern rebellion drew him
forth. Mr. George Bentinck, who seconded
the motion of “ his honorable friend,” is a fine
old Norfolk Squire, now nearly sixty years
old, who first entered Parliament seven
years ago, and, up to this time, has been
chiefly distinguished for that great talent for
silence, which was about the only thing that
Macaiiay wanted to fill the measure of his
greatness. Mr. Behtihck, like Mr. Gkegokv,
is a decided Tory, hut simply holds the more
moderate principles of Conservatism, while
Gregory represents the tar-cap and triangle
traditions of his father, who was at once the
pupil and protege of Lord Castlereagii, so
well known and. so deeply execrated in Ire
land, for his cruelties in sad ninety-eight, and
remembered, with equal ignominy and abhor
rence, in England, for his complicity in the
Manchester massacre in 1819. Mr. Bentinck
is a soft-headed and soft-hearted country gen
tleman, who supports Church and State, regu
larly votes with Spooner against the grant to
Maynooth, and probably backed Gregory,
on tlie idea that it was right and politic
to he anti-American, on this occasion, as a set
oif to the terrible American offence of assert
ing and obtaining independence and nation
ality. Of the two other performers of this
Gregorian quaTtefte we need say nothing here.
Sir James Ferguson reached Washington
from the South—whence he should not have
been received —with a pocket full of letters
from Richmond to sympathizers in the North,
and Mr. Lindsay, who visited us in 1800, pre
tending that he did so officially (which the
British Government strongly denied), went
back discontented, because our mercantile and
commercial people would not accede to cer
tain propositions of his for the benefit of Bri
tish ship-owners.
Mr. W. E. Forster, the new member for
Bradford (elected on the resignation of Titus
Salt), who first replied to Messrs. Gregory
and Bentinck, is a lawyer of good standing,
whom this speech has made a man of mark and
promise. He met assertion by fact, and em
phatically expressed the hope that no tempta
tion, not even t ,ic sufibrings Of a portion of
the population, would induce the British Go
vernment to depart from the strict neutrality
hitherto observed.
Mr. Moscktox Milhes, (incorrectly given
Milner in the telegram,) is a most accomplish
ed gentleman, who, now little more than fifty,
has been nearly half his life in Parliament,
and, having commenced as a Tory, (which
seems to be tlie early faith of most young men
of great wealth in England,) has gradually
modified his principles into rational liberalism.
Well known as a scholar, a poet, and an Ora
tor, he has more than once declined high
Ministerial office, content with his position
as an independent member, and thd only coin
plaint ever made against Mm is—that, gifted
with the highest oratorical powers, he speaks
only too seldom. Like his father, one of the
wealthiest country gentlemen In Yorkshire,
he has repeatedly declined a peerage. Mr.
Milnes does “ not believe in the final dissolu
tion of the American Union.” Neither does
Sir Roundell Palmer, who was made So
licitor-General, last July, not on account of
his politics, which are more moderate than
ministerial, but because, by common consent
of the profession, he was admitted to be one
of the best constitutional and international
lawyers of tbe day. His speech, which we
shall give in full when it reaches us, was the
most brilliant, sagacious, and Successful per
formance of the Session. Its importance, as
being the embodiment of tlie Ministerial policy
on real neutrality, cannot be too highly es
timated.
Two other speakers are mentioned as having
. spoken, in this debate, but the tenor of their re-:
marks is not mentioned. We may presume, how-
ever, that Lord Robert Cecil, brother of the
Marquis of Salisbury, supported Mr. Greg
oiti’santi Americanj(his hereditary politics he*
ing decidedly illiberal,) and that Admiral Wal
cot, Member for Christ Church, himself a gal
lant naval officer, « endorsed ” the Solicitor
General's legal opinion in favor of the efficien*
cy of our blockade.
Pianos ! Pianos !! — George Bteok (New York)
gggkes a Piano-forts which has no equal in fulness
and riohnew of tone and beauty of touoii. J. E.
Gould, Seventh and Chestnut.
THE PRESS.—PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, MARCH 85, 1862.
FROM WASHINGTON.
EXCLUSION OF DISLOYAL PAPERS FROM
THE RAILS.
OUR COAST DEFENCES TO BE
STRENGTHENED.
STRENGTH OF THE REBELS IN VIRGINIA
THE NEW LIKE OF DEFENCE.
Special Despatches to “The Tress.’’
Washington, March 24,
Discharge of State Frisonets.
The House Committee on the Judiciary hare before
them a bill for the trial of State prisoners. It provides
that the Secretary of State and the Secretary of War
eliall forthwith furnish to the judges of the United
States courts a list of the names of all persons, citizens
of States that have not seceded, and where the adminis
tration of the laws has continued unimpaired in tho
Federal courts, who are now held as prisoners of tho
United States in forts or other places, as State or po
litical prisoner*, or otherwise than prisoners of war.
Tliis list is to contain the names of all such who re
side in the respective jurisdiction ef said judges, or
who may ho deemed by either of said Secretaries to
have -violated any law of tho United Status. In all
cates where a grand jury has terminated its session
without finding an indictment, or presentment, or other
proceeding against such persons, it shall he the duty of
said judges forthwith to order the discharge of such
prisoner from imprisonment, and every officer of tho
United States having custody of such prisoner is direct
ed immediately to execute tho judge's order, and in caqo
ho shall refuse he shall bo subject to indictment for a
misdemeanor, and be punished by a fine of not loss than
five hundred dollars and imprisonment in the common
jail for a period not less than six months.
lhe tecond section provides that in any case of such
prisoners shall be under indictment for any offence
against the laws of tho United States, and where ball has
bout l&kfeu, it shall be the duty of said judges, At once,
to discharge such persons upon bail, as aforesaid.'' Aud
all |H.‘rsons in the military service who are, or. hereafter
may be imprisoned upon charges of military offence,shall
only be imprisoned in the manner provided by articles of
wnr; or, if imprisoned otherwise, tlioy shall be speedily
brought to trial, or discharged from such imprisonment;
And in case the said Secretaries of dtato and War Bhall
for any reason refuse or omit to furnish the said list
within five days frera and after the passage of this act,
any citizen may, by a petition alleging the facta afore
said touching any of the persons so as aforesaid impri
soned, supported by the oath of snch petitioner, or any
other credible person, obtain aod be entitled to have said
judge’s order to discharge B&id prisoner: It is provided,
ho>v?Yer, that tbe jndge shall be satisfied such allegations
are true, and Bball also have power and be required to
take a recognizance or bail froui such prisoner to appear
before the proper court, if he shall deen tlie same neces
sary after due examination of the case.
As the mainland near Island No. 10 is low and
marshy, our Western friends may have to imitate the
example of our naval forces that are operating in the
neighborhood of Savannah. There they laid plank-roads
for miles across the quagmires, over which they trans
ported cannon, Ac., makiDg their batteries, which com
mand every access to that city.
The Subject of Harbor Defences.
As a bill is to be introduced into Congress, autho
rizing the acceptance of loans from states, to enable
the General Government to strengthen coast defences,
the question becomes an interesting practical one as to
what will constitute the best defence of harbors. If
iron-clad ships cat cross the ocean, then tho best device
for defence would be something that could be used, as
occasion Cflllfb for interrupting the navigation of chan
nels.
How “ The Press ” is Appreciated.
An important item of news, concerning the issue at
tbe Treasury Department of certificates of indebtedness,
which appeared in our Washington correspondence of
Saturday, was adopted by the Star as an editorial, and,
on Monday morning, sent to tbe country generally by
tbe Washington correspondent of the Associated Press.
Probably the public could be no bettor served than by
such like diffusions of important matter that constantly
finds place in our columns.
The victory gained by General Shields’ column is
what might have been anticipated of that gallant officer*
Ex-President Pikrck, who served with him in Mexico,
often spoke of Shields as a man whose powers never de
veloped themselves except amid the great excitement of
a battle-field. Such a man was Masskxa, whom Bo-
NAi'AitTE denominated the « spoiled child of victory,”
A City Passenger Railway.
It is understood that Mr. Grimes, chairman of the
Senate Committee on the District of Columbia, will, on
to-morrow, make a report concerning the subject of a
city railway, to the effect that the franchise is claimed
by the Baltimore and Ohio Kailroad_Company under ex
istiug laws. It is further stated by parties outside of
Congress that the managers of said road have agreed to
turn over their rights to the corporations of Washington
and Georgetown, and that tbe latter will proceed to au
thorize the construction of iU tlif ft&SU&gW railway.
It is supposed that said corporations (acting in the inte
rest of the public) will dispose of the franchise to the
highest bidders.
Strength of the Rebels in Virginia.
An officer ef engineers has made a close survey of the
late rebel encampment at Manassas, and reports that
upon the ground that he "had gone over (not all) there
were camps for eighty thousand. A brigadier general of
TOlunteerSi tf Wwt Point education, who has also looked
over the region, estimates, from like data, that the force
at cue time behind entrenchmints there was one hundred
thousand. It could be wished that the number was
twenty or thirty thousand, as suggested by some inex
strienecd imran a, but tbe Tact may aa well be lookoi ia
tbe face at once, that a large rebel force is behind the
Rappahannock. It is an interesting question whether
they will retreat beyond Virginia, to what they call the
“ true South,” or risk everything to a grand battle before
hfclunoud.
The Rebel Line in Virginia—Railroads.
The rebel line in Virginia, instead of occupying (as at
Manassas) something hke the apex of a pyramid, '(forti
fitd.) has fallen hack upon a long and uueutrenched base,
yet from their facilitiee of railroad transportation in that
quarter, their forces may be rapidly concentrated at al.
most any needed point. Something like a half-dozen
railroads converge at Richmond, and somo of them have
double tracks, connecting with remote points of rebol-
The capital sf 111 United Staten liu but a single
track to it fren- the great North and mighty West. Tho
Baltimore and Ohio liailroad Company aro trying to es
cape from the duty (demanded liy public exigencies) of
adding another track to the Belay House, saying that
half Of the whole apace is covered with efilefnge. If ao,
the expense will he small of making the thing a whole.
Congressmen, by glanciug>t the map, can see that a new
interior route to Washington can be had by a small ap
irorriation tor ft route uniting Leesburg, via tho Balti
more and Ohio liailroad, witlfßagerstown.
Bill to Promote the Efficiency or the
Board of Engineers.
Mr. w'msox, of Massachusetts, introduced a hill hi the
Senate to-day providing thit the corps of engineers and
corps of topographical engineers shall be united into one
corps and organized as follows: One brigadier goceral,
four colonels, eight lieutenant colonels, one sergeant ma
jor, one quartermaster eergeant, and live companies of
enlisted nun. Tho relative ranks are to remain as at
present. The general officers shall be selected from the
commissioned officers of the corps. Vacancies are to bo
filled by regular promotion, and by gradnntos of tho
Military Academy who liavo been recommended by tho
Academic Board.
Fort of Entry in Washington Territory.
Secretary Chase lias written a letter to the Senate
Committee on Commerce recommending tbe change of
tlie port of entry at Townsend) In Washington Territory)
to Port Angeles, for that district, as being better for the
Interests of the Government and commercial interests
The Remains of Colonel Slocum and
Major Bailor.
The remains of Colonel Si,gcum, Mftjor Ballar, and
Captain Towkr will not, it now appears, lu» Bent aeuce
until Friday evening. They will be under the escortof
the Second Bbode Island Regiment, reaching Provi
dence on Sunday morning, where they will be received
by ihe military of Rhwle Island, together with the Ma
sonic lodges.
Mr. Axtiioxy introduced a bill into the Senate to-day,
providing for the reference of the communication of the
Secretary of the Navy on the Naval Academy (soliciting
Congress to name a permanent location for IT,) to the
Committee on Naval Affairs of each House, for considera
tion in joint session. There is great interest manifested
in the permanent location of the Academy, and maßy
sections must, therefore, be disappointed.
Defences of Delaware ?ay.
Tn the Senate, to-day, resolutions were presented by
Mr. Ten Eyck, pegged by the Legislature of New Jersey,
in favor of suitable proviiloni for defence of the Dela«
ware river and bay. They ask for the construction of
gunboats and other defences, and the authorization cf a
special loan for that purpose, which shall be taken by
ftew Jersey, Pennsj lvania, and Delaware, In the propor
tion of the representation of eacb.
It has leaked out that several preachers ofa certain
dflK»mlnfttlo!lpf|thißCity and Baltimore have arranged
a grand scheme by which thoy are tn effect a reconcilia
tion or compromise with the Southern traitors. The
meet a '-live of the set is a favorite pulpit orator in Balti
more, who frequently visits Washington forth© purpose
ol impressing the President Mid Mf. OIIAIiH. I &01 hftflPP
to add that this intrigue is repudiated by the members of
this denomination.
Senator 'Wii.ilOT to-day Presented » memorial from
the Board of Trade of the city of Philadelphia, praying
a review of the tax bill reported by the Commit.ee of
Ways and Means to the House of Representatives, with
a view to a reduction of the proposed tax upon manu
f.ctuetJ. Thin memorial ia written with groat oars, and
exhibits a vast amount of ability. It will be printed for
distribution, and will do a great deal of good.
National Debt.
is slated that olHcinl estimates make tlie national
dtit. al the present, over four nundred millions of
dollars.
Michael Bocrkk, a member of the Maryland regl
menl, in the iohfl fumy, whs was lately released hero on
taking tbe oath of allegiance, has again been arrested in
Baltimore on suspicions of violating it.
The House reached the Jtth sectles ef the ta* hill to
day, but made no material alterations. This section
provides forth! rentals on hotels, Inns, Ac. The Com
mittee of Way s and Means have agreed to a reduction of
the Momim to brokers.
It is understood that certain parties are about to esta
blish a new daily evening paper in Washington.
Quite a number of petitions were presented in the
Senate to-day, remonstrating against certain features of
the tax bill. Delegations ore constantly arriTin* and ap
pearing before the Honse Committee. Among the latter,
is one from the brokers, opposing tbe license or lh»t pro
fession. It does not, at present, seem probable that the
the bill will be a law by the time named in It—May Ist.
Mr. Buxton, of tbe New Vert Tint?, located with
B*xkb’ division, was captured yesterday by rebels, near
Winchester, and taken to Richmond.
Island No. Ten—A Ilint
General Shields.
The Naval Academy.
Secession Clergymen.
The Tax Bill and Manufactures.
Arrested.
Tax Bill,
New Paper.
Bem9B s t rai,ceB Against the Tax Bill.
For Richmond.
The Contract Comma non.
Hon. Joseph Holt, of Kentucky, and Hon. Bobert
Dale Owen, of Indiana, recently appointed on a spe
cial commission by th» Secretary of War, are busily en
gaged in the onerous and manifold duties upon which
they have entered. They have been clothed with abso
lute power to decide all uncompleted contracts for guns,
cannon, ordnance, and amniuidtion of all kinds, and it
Is said there are claims boforo them equal to sixty mil
lions of dollars. Thejrdntnnd to act strictly in reference
to the rights of thn claimants and the righta oi ih«* Go
vernment, without being prejudiced on behalf of either
pariy. Their theory is not only to relieve the War De
partment and the Ordnance Bureau, but oven Congress
frcni tb° contests certain to arise out of the.applications
of interests! parties Their judgment will be final on the
subject, of course open to tho acceptance of the con
tractors. Should they refuse tho award of the. Commis
sion, they will be thrown upon Congress for relief.
An Important Wftvni invention.
There is a model at the Navy Department of an In
vention whereby it is proposed to ro-ist cannon-balls,
without the incumbrance upon ships* sides of heavy iron
plates. It is a single plate of corrugated iron, overlay
ing curled-hair or felt. It seems, by the latest advices
from Furope, that another Iron vestfel has been tested,
and that, like the Warrior, she does not mind her holm,
though eight men were at the wheel. An iron-plated
vessel has been constructed which unites some of the
leading qualities of the Monitor and the Stevens Battery.
Inventors are d' l vMtlg methods of plerclug iron-platod
vessels, and a projectile with a hardened steel point is
suggested, for the reason that the only thing that had
any effect upon the turret of thy Monitor was tho sharp
edge of a shell.
Confirmations by the Senate.
Tho Senate to-day confirmed about four hundred army
appointments, principally those of minor rank. Aonng
them, in the Adjutant General’s department, are R. J.
Waggoner, of Kentucky, and Jefferson' H. Nones, as
assistant adjutant generals, with the rank of captain-
Jons A. Doyi.e, of Pennsylvania, commissary of sub
sistence in the volunteer service.
Also tbe following: John C. VaraiiAN, of Pennsyl
vania, military storekeeper, and 0. A. Judson, of tbe
same State, brigadier surgeon.
The only two brigadier generals of volunteers con
firmed were Wm. K. Strong, of Now York, and Colonel
Mohlkx D. Hasson, of Indiana.
Exclusion of Disloyal Papers from the
Postmaster General Blair to-day issueH tlie following
notice to the postmasters in the United States:
««The Secretary of AVar now regulates tho transmission
of information by telegraph affecting the oonduct of the
W ar. In order to prevent the communication of such in
formation to the rebels* it is also thought necessary. by
the Secretary, to nut restrictiona on tno publication of
facta of this character, however derived, and the aid of
this Department is requested for this purpose.
" You will, therefore, notify the publishers not to pub
lish any fact which has been excluded from tho tele
graph, and that it disregard of this order will subject the
paper to be excluded from »he maiia. pi.dla.ir,
“ Postmaster General.”
Enforcement of the Law against the Pub
lication of Military Operations.
pertain newspapers having flagrantly persisted in the
publication of military details, in violation of tbe rules
and articles of war, and the orders of tbe War Depart
ment, thereby endangering tbe safety of our armies and
ihe success of our military operations, the Secretary of
War bas ordered the enforcement of the penalties, and a
special court-martial, to bo assembled Al WftSlliOfifcoiL, foP
the trial and punishment of tbe offenders.
The Contract Investigating Committee.
Bepresontativcs Washruune, Holman, Dawks, and
Fenton, of the Government Contract Investigating
Committee, have returned to Washington, after an ab*
BUiice of tliree weeks in the West aud North.
The Western Border Indians.
Among tlie bills introduced in tbe Senate to-day was
one by Mr. Pomeroy ’to" consolidate all the In<?i*ns on
tho Western herders into one nation, dividing the lftnfo
into convenient farm?, encouraging them in the cultiva
tion of the soil, ami additionally providing for their na
tional prosperity.
The Stevens Battery—Report of the Se
crctaiy of Navy,
The Secretary of the Navy transmitted to Congress to
day a copy ol all the contracts made with Robert L.
Stkveps, for the construction of a shell and shot-proof
vessel-of-war. They are voluminous, and not very spe
cific. The first contract, made in 1844, stipulated for tho
construction of a shot-proof vessel, of the size of the
steamer Mitsissijyi, which was not to cost more than
that of a United States frigate. Several payments were
made under this acd subsequent contracts, at various
periods, commencing on JanuAry B, 1845, Alid eliding De
cember 1855, amounting in all to five hundred thousand
dollars. The Secretary of the Navy states that he trans
mitted to Congress, in January last, the report of the spe
cial committee, which investigated and reported on the
battery as far as completed.
The Prisoners’ Commission.
The Commission for tho examination of the cases of
political prisoners adjourned on Saturday to visit tho Old
Capitol prison to-day.
The following-imnied prisoners wore discharged on
giving their parole: Richard Coleman, Jamos Potter,
George G. Coleman, and Josiah E. Bailey. John B Farr
and James W. Fair were also released on taking the oath
of allegiance. A number were also discharged upon
giving their parole not to take up arms against tiro Go
vernment of tlie United States unless regularly dis
charged according to the usages of war.
The following were remanded for further considera
tion: John T. Day and Charles W. Coleman.
Fersonal.
Hon. Augustus Frank, of New York, has been called
home by illness in his family.
Hon. Alfred Sly has sufficiently recovered from
sickness to resume bis seat.
Governor Morton, of Indiana, is in town.
Ex-Governor Seymour, of New York, and Hon.
Hubert J. Walker, of Mississippi, were among the
uotableswho visited Congress to-day.
City Railway Rill.
On to-morrow the District Committee of tlie Senate
will attempt to report a city railway bill, of a compro
mising character to the various interests, that may stand
pome chance of passage by both Houses. There is such
an eftnumt desire among tho citizens for streetcars that
tittle 6r no preference is manifested for any bill.
THE BATTLE NEAR WINCHESTER.
The Rebels Driven Back to
Strasburg.
OVER 1,000 SMALL ARMS CAPTURED.
OUR LOSS, OK SUNDAY, 75 KILLED AND
250 WOUNDED.
Winchester, March 24.—The rebels have been driven
back to Strasburg.
There has been very little fighting to-day.
In tlie skirmishing, we have lost about ten killed and
wounded.
Mr. luce, an asssistant to Capt. Abort, Topographical
Vngincers, was taken prisoner by the rebels.
We have captured more than 1,000 small arms from
tbe labels.
Washington, March 24 —A despatch from a surgeon
in General Shields’ army, to the Surgeon General at
Washington, in relation to the battle of yesterday, states
that our loss waß from 75 to 100 killed, and 250 wounded,
lie adds: “I have seen 225 of the enemy’s dead.”
Winchester, March 24—11 o’clock I*. M.— ln wnw*
quince of lhe forward movement of our forces, the re
ports of the killed, wounded, and missing cannot be accu
rately ascertained, but it is estimated that our losb was
80 lo 100 killed, among whom were one colonel and
fourteen captains aud lieutenants.
Two hundred wore wounded—among whom were ten
officers.
The enemy lost nearly M 0 killed and wounded, and 300
prisoners.
THE LATEST.
Wa siiington, March 24.—A despatch from Winchester
says:
Our forceß to-day pursued the rebels, with extraordi
nary courage, toward Strasburg, driving them like fright*
ened sheep.
[The dearth of reports from the scene of conflict seems
to be owing to the absence of the correspondents, who
are willi our pursuing forces—deserting tho past in an
tjcjpstipn «-f the future.
There have been no despatches received at head
quarters, up to 11 o’clock to-night, further than those
which have been telegraphed.]
WENDED PHILLIPS MOBBED AT
CINCINNATI.
HE ANNOUNCES HIMSELF AN ABOLITION-
IST AND DISUNIONIST.
EGGS IN ABUNDANCE
Threats of Tar and Feathers.
GREAT EXCITEMENT.
Cincinnati! March 24,—Wendell Phillips attempted to
Jicture at Pike’s Opera House to-night.
Be commenced by avowing himself an Abolitionist and
a Disuuionist. Persons in the galleries then hissed
yelk(t) and threw eggs and stones at hint] many of which
bit him. The hissing was kept np for some time.
Finally t Phillips made himself heard, and he proceeded
until something again objectionable was said, when the
sterra of eggs was renewed. The aim in many cases was
good. Still, Phillips persevered, and a third time was
hoard and a third time egged ami stonedi
The crowd from the galleries then moved down stairs,
crying “Put him out!” “Tar and feather him!’ 1 with
groanßfor the “nigger Wendell Phillips.” While pro
cetOing down the middle aisle towards the stage, they
were met by the friends of when A. fight &HBU&d.
A scene of indescribable confusion occurred. The
ladies in the audience wore screaming, crying, jumping
over chairs, and lalling in all directions during the skir
mish.
Finally Phillips was£aken oft the stage by bis friends,
and the audience moved out.
At this hour (10 o’clock 1\ M.) the streets in the vicin
ity of the Opera House are crowded with excited
people, who ms ssarshiPg fo ’i but UE * blo t 8 Bn<l
Phillips. Ho eno hu teen seriously hurt, os tor os coo
be learned.
Good Sews from the United States Fri
gate Vermont.
Bostos, March 24.— lieutenant Spicer, U. S.N, wliu
went crat as o representative of the Navy Department, on
board the steamer Saxon, reports that tlio Vermont wiU
undoubtedly make tor Port Royal, and not the stighteat
feara need be entertained for tier ultimate Bafety. sbo i»
aa tight at any vessel afloat; has a year’s provisions
aboard, and unbounded water facilities, and all on board
are in good spirits.
Prisoners from Fen Ridge.
St. Lons, March 24 Ihetrain from Bolla, last night,
brought in 300 privates and 48 commissioned otticers,
being the iirst arrival of the prisoners taken by General
Curtis’ forces at the battle of Bet Ridge.
The War in the West—Skirmish with the
Rebel Guerillas.
St. Loris, March 24.—The following is a copy of a de
ipaieh to the Secretary of War:
A detachment c.f the First lowa Cavalry, SOilt out
fiom Jefferson City, by General Totten, against a guerilla
baud, had a skirmish with the euewy, killing 2. wound
ipa 1, and taking 75 prisoners. Over 20 horses, 48 kegs
of prnvto, »a 4 » of answers captured Oar
low was four wounded. - H. ” • ’ ,
Major General.
i The Bombardment of Island No. 10.
THE LATEST.
THE UPPER BATTERY DEMOLISHED.
Chicago, March 24.—The following is a special de
spatch to the Tribune of this city:
Okk Isi.axu N<*. 30—0 o’clock Sunday night.—The
firing continues slowly day and night at intervals of half
an hour.
Our fire Ik mostly concentrated upon the upper battery,
which is now fairly to piecop.
The battery has not replied for two days. Only one
gun can be seen in position, and that is probably 11 a
Quaker.”
The batteries on the nmfn shore are »lao mysteriously
silent, and the encampments U«9 day by day.
The rebel transports still continue Hying about, ap
parently cairying away troops.
The river is still rising, and everything in overflowed.
The reb< la were drowned out of some of thoir batteries,
anti had been attempting t<? ej-ect new ones, but the
well-directed firo of our mortars prevents them.
Chicago, March 24 —A special despatch to the Times,
from Cairo, says:
The officers of the steamer Lake Erie No. 2, which
left Island No. 10 at 11 o’clock last night, saw a large
fire the Kentucky fehete, which kept increasing aa
they got up the river. It was supposed to be tbo rebel
transports, which had ignited by the bursting of the
shells.
CniCAGO, March 24.—A gentleman just from New Or
leans says the MfbfclH Are building thirteen gtiitbo&tg &i
that place, to bo completed soon.
Cajiio, March 24.—A special despatch to the Chicago
Tribune , dated Saturday night, says the gunboat Mound
City fired twenty shots at the middle batteries with con
siderable eiteU. Our office, with a ulaas, counted five
rebels killed at a single shot.
On Sunday our mortars fired with considerable regu
larity, but the results were not ascertained, owing tothe
unfavorable condition of the weather.
The balloon reconnoisß&nco did not take place.
The Fright at Memphis.
At Memphis all the rebel storeß are being removed to
places of safety in the event of an attack by the Union
forces.
There is but HUlo known at Memphis of tho move*
ments at Island No. 10 outside of military circles.
The superintendent of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad
had placed fourteen locomotives and two hundred cars
at the disposal of General Polk, for the transportation of
troops to Corinth.
Beauregard is at Jackson, Tennessee.
On Tuesday tlie bridge across Turkey Creek, on the
Mobile and Ohio Railroad, was burned by the Union
The Operations on the Tennessee River.
C'aij'.o, March 24.—An arrival from the Tennessee
river says 8,000 men uuder General Wallace visited
Adamsvllle, eight miles from the Pittsburg landing,
where there was understood to be a large rebel force.
On arriving there they found that tlie rebels had gouo.
Aimed rebels are concentrating at Corinth, Miss.,
where a stand will be made.
All their unarmed recruits are being Bent to Decatur,
Alabama.
LATER FROM EUROPE.
ARRIVAL OF THE HANS A.
ANOTHER DEBATE ON THE BLOCKADE.
SPEECH OF EARL RUSSELL
New York, March 24.—The steamship Hansa, has ar
rived from Southampton] with London dates of the 12tU
inst.
GREAT BRITAIN.
In the House of Lords, on tho 12tl», Lord Campbell
called attention to tlio inefficiency of the blockade of the
rebel ports, and moved for the correspondence on the
subject.
Karl Russell. I finite admit the right of the noble lord
to call in question the conduct of the Government with
regard to the blockade which has been recently insti
tuted by the Northern States of America. Nor, indeed,
should I [com plain if any your lordships should have called
in question the whole conduct of the Government with
respect to the unfortuiiate division which has taken place
in America, for I am convinced that the policy that we
have pursued has not only been founded upon reason
and can he justified by argument, but that it has the ge
neral approvsl of the com try. [Hoar, hear.]
With respect to this particular question, it was, of
course, a matter of consideration for her Maiesty’fi Go
vernment, from time to time, in what manner this block
ade should be regarded. There are various questions
that might be raised ; and the first of these iB, waj there
sufficient authority for instituting the blockade. It was
Buiil 1), Lord Stovrell that a IMoekmli- must bo the act or a
sovereign authority. This blockade was the actor tlie
President of the United State?, who issued a proclama
tion, last year, declaring that a blockade was about to be
instituted. Tbat act was followed by armed ships of the
Uuited States blockading several ports of the South, and
warning vessels from those ports. Therefore, there can
be lIP Question to the authority by which tho blockade
was instituted.
1 hen, with regard to the means which the President of
the United States or the organ of the Government em
ployed. Of course, those means were very deficient at
first, hut I think these papers show, and everything that
we have heard shows, that the Government of the United
States have been most desirous so to augment their
squadron, and eo to employ their ships, that there might
be a sufficient force to maintain an effective blockade,
It was, in feet, a matter of the gi cutest importance to
| them—it was a vital point of thoir policy; and, there
fore. there cap re U 6 doubt that they used every means
in iheir Bovrer; [Hear ] We find that aa early as the
15th July, when complaints were made in seme of tue
newspapers of New York that the blockading sjuadron
was not sufficient, the Government had sent them for tbat
service 34 men-of-var, with 726 guns and 10.113 men,
the fleet representing a tonnage of 60,000. This showed
that the Federal Gorenundnt made an effort to render
the blockade efficient.
Have your lordships heard that the cotton which usu
ally comes from the southern coast of America has ar
rived in its usual quantities to tho manufacturers of
Europe—of Great Britain and of France 1 On the con
trary; the intelligence we have received—the intelli
gence that all the world has received—showa that there
has been no such uninterrupted intercourse, but that
groat inconvenience has been suffered by the inhabitants
ot the Southern States, owing to tho existence of this
blockade, which ia said to be quite ineffectual. But,
however* I thought this question of so much importance
that it was desirable to consult the law officers of the
Crown upon it; and, alter consulting the law officers,
1 wrote tbe despatch to Lord Lyons which the noble
baron lias quoted; and there I say that, “ although
they have heard that ships have eluded the blockade,
her Majesty’s Government are of opinion that, assuming
tbat the blockade is duly instituted, and assuming, also,
that tbe number of ships stationed at the entrance of the
poit are sufficient really to prevent access to it, or to
create evident danger to any vessel entering or leaving
it, the fact of ships successfully escaping, as in the par
ticular instances referred to, will not of itself prevent the
blockade from being efleotual accordiug to international
law.” 1 hat was the deliberate opinion of her Majaaty-s
Government upon the subject.
The noble lord who spoke tfSfiohd rfpoke with feeling
of his intercourse with tbe people both of North tnl
South America. It would have been a great misfortune
if, owing to any quarrel which we should have thought
ourselves obliged to take up, we should become the par
tisans of either the North or the South. [Hear, hear.]
I ihii k it was the object of every member of the Govern
ment from the very beginning to watch the course of
events with anxiety, and with the determination to act
in an hmsarlial spirit, and to preserve the strict neu
trality of a friendly Power. [Bear.] Sometimes our
course, as when we acknowledged tue South ai a belli
gerent Power, may have been considered to have aa
injurious effect upon the North, and sometimes, as when
we forbade tbe privateers goiDg with their prizes into
English ports, our course may hare keen considered as
unfavorable to the South. We did not consider this
tendency of those acte—wo considered only whether
they were juU inthemselves, and becoming to the charac
ter of this country.
I am sure we all wish that the siD and stain of slavery
may ceast} but there is nothing I should look at with
gretter horror than a sudden insurrection of 4,000,000
of people, tbe devastations they would cause, and the
horrors, murderß, and pillage which, in the name of
liberty, might have been perpetrated. I trust, then,
tl at when this conflict ends, it will end in such a way
that, although the cause of the emancipation of tbe ne
groes will have gained, It will he Ail AiUAUelpAtidU Con
ducted gradually and by peaceable means, and that the
slaves of America will, in time, take their place as froa
laborers without loss of lilo, or the destruction of the
property-of their martera. [Hear, hear.]
But if wo bad taken up this question of blockade, ii we
W said that tl»* vefciAlA AALdemited iu Ilia various pme
courts of America had been unjustly and unlawfully con
demned, and tbe Federal Government had maintained
that they were justly condemned, I know no course
which would have been open but war with the United
Stales. Huving taken a different course, Ido trust that
within three months— fcAfrKAfrS, AVAft HftAßflP—WO may 850
the close of this civil wrar in America. [Hear, hoar.]
I have not, in any language I have used, intended to
have taken the part of either the one side or the other iu
this conflict. I trust that the contest may end, allowiug
each of them a course of happiness and freedom. [Hear,
hear ] It would, perhaps, l>4 (Ms6SSlbl«4—l kdlieVA it
would be impossible—to renew the old feeling between
tbe North and the South} and, if that be so, I trust that
whatever may be their military successes, whatever may
be their naval victories, whatever positions they may
capture, that the North will at last consent to the peace
aldts separatloh of two States which might both bo mighty
—of two States inhabited by persons of very dif
ferent education and of very different nature, perhaps,
but respecting each other—and each going on in a
coulee oi poace and prosperity, which will not only
biuufit that great country in the present day, but will
secure its position for ftHttiritt t<? pomp. If this may
be The case, I should heartily rejoice; and I should re
joice above nil if. during tbe contest, we should have
done nothing to aggravate the Quarrel, while we had
pursued a course of conciliation, showing that the re
spect which we entertained for both parties when they
were Icrmuiv CTSirt in WliMl " HS imdimhiißhed when
thry were divided. [How, near.]
The motion was withdrawn.
*lhe Annie Childs is the name of the screw steamer
arrived at Queenstown from 'Wilmington* V. C.
Tbe ship jtfarfa, at Liverpool from Bombay, fell in
With tbe Prig AfepeWe, from London for New York. Tho
crew were starving, aud were supplied with provisions.
£200,000 in Australian gold had arrived, of which
£125.000 was by the New’ Zealand route.
Consols at Louden had advanced to 93)f ®93ju.
Prifieh routes at Havre, fflif. 90c. _ •
The steamer Aiia arrived at Queenstown on tho IOtU.
At London, American securities are firm.
Garibaldi presided over a largo meeting of popular
delegates at Genoa. Be said ho deplored the absence of
til® rfprSSfhtellY?? the excluded provinces. He took
an oaih to deliver Those provinces.
Miismonbad arrived at Cadiz.
Tbe negotiations for the conclusion of the Turkish loan
were progressing satisfactorily. The Porte has informed
the Great I'owors that he is compelled to renounce all
mwlerfttion towards the Montenegrins because they par
ticipated in .the Herzegovina disturbances.
Commercial Intelligence.
[By the Hansa.]
Livßurooi.. March 12.—Cotton is dull. The sales of
Monday and Tuesday amount to 8,000 bales, including
ijcKK) bales to speculators and exporter*. Tl»4 P?ICOS AM
unchanged. . A ,
The Manchester market is quiet but Arm.
BRKAHSTvrrs. Flour dull and 6d lower, wheat has
di cllum lmal tor the lower qualities. (Joru has declined
6d : mixed 29d. " '
iWwy»*h«s.—BeefUanUt Llil HAAdP. Po»U dulUftd
unchanged. Bacon firm. Lard activo and Is higher.
Tallow steady.
PnonrcK. —Bo sin—Sales small at 12s Gd for common.
Sugar quiet and steady. Spirits of Turpentine nominal.
CVfff® s'.endy. Bice firmer. Ashes dull. Linseed Oil
firmer at 30s
Tbe Terre Haute, Alton, aud St. Louis
Railroad.
AkTPX} (?11) March 24.—The Terre Haute, Alton,
and JH. Louis Kail rood was sold at aucilou to-day, by
Older of the IT. P. District Court. It whs bid off by Ko
beit Bayard. S. J.Tilden, and others, for th* beueftt of
♦he bondholders* fortliß emu of $BOO,OOO.
New Y*»u Bank Statement: r
JJ E W Youk, March 24.—The bank Ktitemmit for tfaß
week ending on Saturday shows:
A decreadfe of loans
An incteaso of specie
Annncrease of circulation
A de&M-ttSe 6f dflpftftitfl.
Return of British Troops from Bermnda,
St. .Tims, N. 8., March 24.—The steamer Adelaide,
from Fl> mouth, via Bermuda, on tlie 20th, arrived here
tilitl mPthillFi with officers and 7SO troopl of the Tit-
IVtlith British rt piment.
Presentation. — Messrs. Win. Tag-
i gm and J. F. Trettyman, special officers at the lUlU
njore depot, have been presented with neat silver Undoes,
i Mtilflbly inflpeilud. by LUntpnnnt Fnllwv of tbe Fin!
| district police and four of his officers.
nxm coms-m na
TOllimT EMANCIPATION MEABIRE.
A SUBSTITUTE PROPOSES
THE DISTRICT SLAVEBY QUESTION-
Senator Doolittle’* Amendment Adopted.
EMIGRATION AND COLONIZATION PROVIDED FOR.
THE GOLD MINES OF THE WEST.
A Bill to Establish a Temporary Government
THE TAX BILE FIRTHER AMENDED.
TENNESSEE’S QUOTA.
Brewers’ and Brokers' Licenses.
Mr. TEN XYCK (R**p.), of New Jersey, presented the
joint ros .lution of the Le&iaietnre of Sew Jersey, soklps
Congress to take immediate action for the defence of tho
coast of New Jorsoy. Pennsylvania, and Delaware, and
resolving that Now Jersey is ready to meet her sister
States in pledging a loan of funds to the Government for
this purpose.
Mr. WTLMOT (Itep.), of Pennsylvania, presented a
memorial from the Hoard of Trade of Philadelphia, ask
ing for a reduction of the schedule of taxes on manufac
tures. Referred.
Ur. POWELL (Dem,)» ef KratnekFi printed the
resolution of tbe Legislature of Kentucky in relation to
tlie tin on tobacco, asking for a reduction of the rateß as
proposed in the tax bill. Referred.
Mr. SHERMAN (Rep ). of Ohio, presented the reso-
Inttomt bf the L?* Mature of Ohioi pretestfos against any
proposition for a settlement of the war against tho rebel
lion, except the unconditional surrender and condign
punishment of the ti aitors Referred.
Endorsement of tlie Administration.
Hr. MORRILL (Itep.j, of Maine, presented the reso
lutions of tho Legislature of Maine endorsing the course
of the Administration, and favoring the confiscation of
the property of the rebels. Referred.
Mr. ROM.EBOY (Rep.), of Kansas, introduced a bill
for the removal and consolidation of the Indian tribes.
Referred.
Mr. WILSON (Rep.), of Massachusetts, introduced
a hill to promote the efficiency of tbe Corps of Engi
neers.
On motion of Mr. TKUMHULL (Rep.), of Illinois,
tlie joint resolution affording aid to the States in favor of
emancipation was taken np.
Mr. SAULfeBURY (Lem.), of Delaware, eai4 that
this was a moat extraordinary resolution, both in Its pur
poses and the sources from which it came, and most
mischievous in U» tendency. He was not sure that its
design was altogether patriotic. It ignored all the prin
ciples of the party in power, and yet sought an inter
ference with the subject of slavery in the States. It was
an attempt to raise a controversy in those States. None
of the idaveholding States had asked for such aid.
lie believed tbe President had Jia<l tbjf plan in ?qb-
Temptation for some time. The Legislature ofhis State
had been in session lately, and a printed bill found
its way there, ottering Delawaro nine hundred thou
sand dollars for tbe emancipation of htr slaves.
Tho Legislature rejected it. The object of this bill was
simply to renew and intensify the agitation of abolition
in the Border States, and to raise an abolition party
there. He would like some of tbe members of tne Judi
ciary Committee to show him any authority in tha Con
stitution for thus applying tbe money of the States. The
MI presents tbe view of the Government going into
wholesale negro-trading. Tbe State of Delaware would
iievf-r accept this otter. The true Union men of that
Fmre wiili s» »efpre to ftwl avt s vestiss of tho
Republican party would be left in that State. This
resolution was a mere promise, to he thrown into tbe
political campaign, aud never to be performed.
Mr PAYIS (U ), of Kentucky,-ottered an amendment
as a eubstilutu, to road ug follows* That although the
subject of slaver; in the States is exclusively within the
jurisdiction and cogniz race of tho Government and the
people of tie States, aud cannot be interfered with, dl
rectJy or indirectly, by the Government of the United
States, yet, when any of those States, or tho people thcre
ok nmy determine to emancipate iheir slavusi the United
Statis shall pay a reasonable piicu for the slaves so
emancipated and tho cost of colonization to lome other
country.
Pending the consideration of this substitute, the morn
ing hour expired, end the bill for the abolition of slavery
in the District of Columbia wag taken up; tho question
being upon tlie amendment offered by Mr. Doolittle to
the amendment of Mr. Davis for the colonization of tho
emancipated slaves, providing that the money appropri
ated shall only be used to colonize such persons as desire
to go to some other country, and the cost shall not ex
ceed §lOO per head.
Mr MORRILL and Mr. KING explained that they
jOiruld vote against the substitute because they preferred
the bill as it was.
The amendment was adopted—yeas 23, nays 16,
The ynestion was then taken on Mr. Daris’ amend
nient to colonize, and it wus disagreed to
YEAS*
Harris (Bop.)
Henderson (U.)
Howe (Rep.)
Lane ( Rep.), Toil.
Lane (11) Kansas
Latham (Dorn.)
NAYS.
Hale (Rep.) I
Howard (Rep.)
1 Kennedy (Union.)
King (Rsp.)
McDoogatt (l>ctn.)
llorrill (Rep.)
Anthony (Dtp.)
Browning (Fop.)
Co lamer (Kep )
Cowan (ltep.)
Davit* (union)
Doolittle (Itep.)
Harlan (Hep,)
Carl tie (Union.)
Chandler (Bep.)
Clark ( Rep.)
Dixon (Hep.)
Fessenden (Rep.)
Foot (Rep)
Grimes (Hep.)
There being a tie vote, the Vico
the negative.
Mr. DAVIS proceeded ta gooftlc againgt tho bill: He
cr mended that slaves were property, and recognized as
such by the Supreme Court, lie quoted from the deci
sion of that court. He said that Congress had no right
to en ancipate the slaves anywhere, either in a State or
the Disfiict of Columbia. He referred to the early his
tery of the country, when slavery existed nearly all over
the country. He said slavery was clearly and certainty
recognized in the Constitution, though in a mild phrase.
Slavery was at one time recoguized by the whole civi
lized world, and hence it was not true that slavery whs
Irciil aul freedom universal; but the apposite was tho
fact, glaverywas the normal condition of the United
Stales, and the abrogation of slavery was au exception.
Mr. MORRILL asked whether the Senator contended
that the existence of slavery, or Its legality, was re
cognized in the Constitution.
Mr. DAVIS said the terms were Bynonymons. If it
recognized its existence it recognized its legality.
Mr. liCWaftP (Rep.) askcii If treason was legal be
cause its existence is recognized.
Mr. DAVIS said it was not recognized in the way like
that which provides for the return of tugitives. He con
tended that the people of the District of Columbia had
the came constitutional rights to their propertj as the
Stated asiil the Government hail no right to
impair those rights. Ii had no right to take Hie slaves
of Ihe people in the District, unless for the actual neces
sity of tbe Government, and then they uuißt make a pro
per compensation, and they had no right to set an arbi
trary limit to the amount of compensation.
Mr. MCliftlLl. (Rep.) Raid lie felioiild &rgiie tli&i
Congress had the right to liberate slaves without corn
pens tion, and that slaves were not property in nay con
stitutional sense
Mr. DAVIS said it was the same—property in slaves
as in licuses or land. He contended thut this Govern
ment >v»e one of limited powers and Jelegaiei rights, arid
if the General Government transgi esses the limits, and
infringes on the righto secured to the States, it is as
much a wrong-doer as the rebels are now. Hu said the
dominant party bad pledged themselves before the elec
tion of the President, ami by resolution of Congress, not
to interfere with slavery in tho States • but muasuroi of
this hind were in violation of all pledges. This was only
the entering wedge in the attack on slavery, and to carry
oat the schemes of the violent men of the party. He said
the Senator fron Wisconsin (Mr. Doolittle) took a states
manlike view of the cote. Tbenegroes and whites can ne-
Y4T Hi? together in a community except us master and
slave, and the people would light any attempt to produce
such a state of society to the death, and consider those
who attempt it as the greatest enemies they could have.
He said the fanaticß had originated, at the North, Mor
moni.*ni, Free Love, and all sorts of ethereal religion
preached by Father and Emerson, and all sorts of mis
chievous hius } but what right have they to fr-rcs thebi
upon tho people of this District 1 , Or are the people of
the District tike rats in an exhausted receiver—simply
to be experimented upon 1 lie w r as no friend of slavery
in the abstract, if he had his way, he would inaugu*
rate a system of gradual emancipation which would
take about a hundred years to accomplish, eo as td
duce no bad effects.
The Senate then went into executive session, and sub
sequently adjourned.
OF REPRESENTATIVES*
First Virginia District.
Mr. BLAIR (U ), of Virginia, presented the certificate
of election lrom Joseph Segar, as a ropresentativo from
the First district of that State.
Mr. BINGHAM (tt**p.), of Ohio, said tint no election
in ih£ sxuct form of law eould have baen held on the day
stated, namely, the 16th instant. It wag but an ex
temporized ailair Ho moved to refer the paper to the
Committe* on Elections... .
No quorum voting, there was a call of the House.
Excuses were heard for the absentees, from which it
appeared that the foliuwing-nnmod members are flick;
Messrs. Bailey of Massachusetts, Conway, Ely, Cooper,
Knapp, and May.
The papers in the Segar election case wore then re
fen ed to the Committee on Elections.
Gold Mines of the "West.
Mr DUNN (llep.); of Indiana* presented a refloluttoiii
which was adopted, instructing the Committee, of-Way#
and Means to inquire into the ei pediency of organizing a
large force of miners, with the necessary machinery, to
proceed to tho gold mines of tbo West, and work the same
for the benefit ot the Government, as a.means of defray
ing the expenses of the wan
Litt of Payments, ate.
Mr. HOLMAN (Dem.). of Indiana, presented are3o
- which was adopted, requesting the Secretary of
War to inform the House why he has not responded to
the resolution of December last* calling for a list of pay?
masters and additional paymasters, and that he be now
directed to furnish the same, and to what oxtont they
may be dispenstd with.
Floating Butteries.
M; HICE (Rep.), nf HuMAclinMJttfli submitted a re«
solution, which was referred, Authorizing the Secretary
of the Navy to expend a sum, not exceeding SuO.ooo, for
the purpose ef testing tho plan for rendering ships and
floating batteries invulnerable.
Colonel i vrfprniit
Mr. ANCONA (Deni.), of rennaylvaum, submitted a
remiuliou requesting the Secretury of War to inform the
House of tho cause, if any, of the protracted delay In
■“the release of Colonel Corcoran, a prisoner of war since
July, and that the Secretary be requested and directed to
stop all exchanges till Corcoran is released.
A debate arising, tho resolution lies over.
Interest on the Public Debt.
Mr. WICKLIFFE (U.), of Kentucky, introduced a
bill to provide fluids, iu parr, to pay tho principal and
interest on tho mililic debt,
Lieut. Morris, V. S. A.
Mr. BOSCOE CONKLING (Her.) submitted a joint
resolution, tendering tlie thanks of Congress to Lieuten
aut Morris, United States Army, for his gullßnt services
ou board the Cumberland, in tbo conflict with the rebel
{{lssue Jlarimwi.
Nationalization of Freedom,
Mr. ARNOLD (Bop ), of Illinois, introduced a bill to
render freedom nalioliul aud Bluvcjy sectional.
flencl’ll 1 Burnside and Commander ltowan.
Me cox. (D). of OliiO; introduced ■ resolution ten.
dorlng the thanks of Congress to Uoneral liurnsido and
Comm-nder Rowan, and tho officers aud moo tiuder
tluni, for the skill with which they carried out the mi
nute ilibtructlouif of the general coumiaudiug the army,
rosultiu* iu n dwisiTS Yirtwj',
All ol the übovv reHolutiuns were referred to the ap
pro! rial. committees.
Teiupornry Government for Arizona.
Mr. ASHLEY (Uep.)» of Ohio, from the Committee tm
Trnlturiw, repurtwl a bill $« pOTg? 5 l?ffiP?rm' fi":
Yirnment for Arizona. One or the suctions or tno mu
prohibits slavery therein, as well a# in all the Territories
now organized. _ ,
Mr. ASHLEY said that if auy gentleman desired to
discuss the measure, lie would be astisfied with its post
polirmrnl tv It certain da:. If thia was not agreed to,
he desired to pnt the bill on its passage now
Mr. (L T .), of Kentucky, remarked that
if he understood the tacts, the Texan rebels, under Sib
ley, were forcing the people there to tiee elsewhere for
safety. How could the Government under th; se circum
stances be organized 1 Why altempt it when the civil
ofticera could not proceed llmhvr,!
Mr. ASHLEY replied that, as far as the committee
were advisee, there are no enemies in Arizona, except
Indians; there is no organized body of white ra*n.
Mr. COX (l»em ), of Ohio, said he would vote for po*t
inuring the cunaitlt'i 9 f ! be l ‘!H It
coniaineflthf rnmcna Vi iimsaptotiso, vrMth baa occ»-
*3,107,470,1
1,250.340
355 443
isisii
for Arizona.
WiSHiftOTOV, March 24,1862.
SENATE.
4'oa*t Defences.
Taxes on Maniifartnres.
Tax on Tobacco.
•Settlement of tlie War.
The Indian Tribes;
The Engineer Corps.
Emancipation
•Substitute Proposed
Powell (Dem.)
Sherman (Etep.)
Ten Eyck (Rep.)
Truraoull (Bep.)
Wilson ((7.), Mo.
Wright (Union.)
Stark (Dem.)
Sumner (Rep.)
Wade ( Rep.)
Wilkinson (BvPi)
Wilmoi (Rep.)
Wilson (H.), Mass.
President voted in
atoned so much trouble In the country. This vm not tho
time to re- agitate that subject.
Mr. ASHLEY replied: That is the mere opinion of my
colleague.
Mr. MALLORY (U.)i of Kentucky. Is the bill up now
on ita passage ‘1
The SPEAKER. It is.
Mr. MALLORY. I enter my protest &g&!hil it.
Mr. ABHLEY moved the previous question on the
passage of the hill.
Mr. OBAVENS (Pern.), of Indiana, moved to lay it oa
the table. Negatived—yeas 40, nays 76.
The Bouse refused to order the main by »
veto of 66 against T 4.
On motion of Mr. WJIEKLKR (Rep), of New York*
the further consideration of the bill was postponed till
next Monday. •
The Tnx Bill
Tlie consideration of tb? b»x Mil was resumed in Com
mittee of the Whole on the state of the Union, Mr. Col
fax In the chair. ...
Among other amendments agreed to, are the following:
Tennessee to have till the llrst of December next to as
sume the payment of her portion of the tax; brewers,
manufacturing less than fire hundred barrels per annum,
4c. pay twenty-five dollars Uttftttj hMIMHto W fifty
dollars, the same as commercial brokers, and warrant
brokers, twenty-five dollars.
The committee rose anl the Honse adjourned.
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE.
Harrisburq, March 24,1662.
SENATE.
The Senate was called to order at three o’clock.
Petitions. Ac.
The SPEAKER preftenttil AitriM of rmhitlonß in opr
position to the restoration of the tonnage tax, passed by
the Board of Trade of Philadelphia.
Also, an abstract of the accounts of the Philadelphia
and Beading Railroad Company.
Mr. NICHOLS presented a remonstrance from the
Board of Health of Philadelphia against any change iu
Ihe laws £&¥ttbi flg that h&ily.
Also, three petitions in favor of the passage of the sup
plement lo the charter of the North Philadelphia I’l&nk
road Conipaiy.
Mr. CONNELL presented a remonstrance against the
ea thill.
Also, a petition in favor of tho pnaiaio of the act in*
corporuting the Prankford and Philadelphia PaiSeftgdf
Railway Company. *
Mr. PENNEY, five petitions In favor of the North
Philadelphia I’lank-rosd supplement.
Report-* of Coiumiltrp*.
Nr, BKNBQN, #f tli« Cwimiittw if Wars M d Nmoj,
reported, witli amendments, tho general appropriation
Mr. SMITH, of Philadelphia, (Corporations,) reported
with a negative recommendation, a bill to incorporate the
Bullock Printing Press Company.
Bills Passed.
The supplement to the act providing for the election of
protlionotaries, Ac., was taken up and passed.
Also, a bill relative to contested elections
Alfo, an act relative to the Sbamokin Valley and Potts
vllle Railroad Company.
The bill for the relief of the Cheater Valley Railroad
Company passed to a third reading]
The Senate then adjourned,
HOUSE.
The House assembled at three o’clock, Hon. John
Rowe, Speaker, in the chair.
PMllKftlUi. JI»C.
The SPEAKER laid before the body an abstract of
the accounts of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
Company.
Abo,, a copy of the joint resolutions passed by tho
Legislature of New Jersey, relative to fortifying the
liver, In cobjULtilon Willi tlui States of Pemu
sylvaoia and Delaware.
Also, the resolutions of the Buird or Trade of Phila
delphia, in opposition to the repeal of the act for the
commutation of the tonnage tax.
Also, a series of resolutions of Executive Council of
the Board of Trade, of similar import.
Bills Passed.
An act authorizing the Governor lo appoint commis
sioners in the army of the United States, to take the ac
knowledgment of deed*, Ac., for Chester county, was
passed.
AUo, an net relative to the congregation of the First
rnuMfritin Church of riiilwlelplila,
A Buppliment to nu ant to onnble joint tenants, anl
tenants in common, and joint owners of mineral lands,
to develop.tbe same, was postponed until Thursday.
The House refused, by a vote of 4*2 n iys to 34 yeas, \0
read a third time the bill to attach the counties of Erie
and Crawford to tho Eastern District of the Supreme
Court
The bill lo provide for the election of field and com
pany officers of the Pennsylvania Reserve corps was
taken up and considered, but was finally postponed until
Wednesday afternoon.
Petitions, »Vc,
Jfr, COCHRAN presented a remonstrance from the
CitlT’.ensVf Fhiladelpliiu, against the pmt-age of the fur
ther supplement to the ac; incjrporating the North Phi
ladelphia Plank.road Company.
Mr. THOMPSON, a petition numerously signed by
citizens of Philadelphia, in favor of Ihe passage of an
act prohibiting the collection of gas bills from landlords.
Mr. WOLF, a petition from - citizens of bchuylklli
county, aeking for the passage of a law for the better se
curity of wages of laborers. 4
Dealh of Colonel Murray,
Mr. BANKS announced the death of Colonel William
O. Murray; of Ihe Eighty-fourth Regiment Peaniyl*
vania Volunteers, who was killed in the buttle near
Winchester, Virginia, on Sunday.
Mr. SHANNON paid a high tribute to tho memory of
the deceased colorel, and, as a mark of respect, moved
dial th#« House adjourn. Agreed to.
The Houee thtn adjourned
LETTER FROM NEW YORK
Testimonial lor Major General Sftgel—Pro*
niineiit Strangers Here—Arrival from Cura
ctuit=Slmd Fisheries—Sailnl inSrurth of thr
Vermont—The Hnnsa—The Widow of (‘apt*
Gordon—Ship News—A General Bankrupt
Law—Mortality of the City—Finance—The
Markets. Arc.
[Correspondence of The Tress.]
KkwTohs, March Si, 1332.
Major General Sigel is soon to be the recipient of a
magnificent sword and trappings. James B. Taylor,
Ee<j.. of this city,has ordered Tiffany A Co. to get up a
sword for this purpose which shall cost $5OO.
Mojor General Hunter, of ihe Army, General Baxter,
of Vermont, Ami ex'GoreriiOr Bollock, of Pennsylvania,
Are al present in this city.
Captain Atkinson, of the bark T'e/iwr, arrived this
morning from Curagoe, reports that he left that port on
thr 6th icßtanti in company with tho United tftates guu
boat IroquoUt Do Camp ronmiandingi lor St. Tliomw;
officers and crew all well. Left In port United State,
steamer Quaker Cits, Frailey, from St. Domingo, coal
ing, io leave on the 10th instant.
The ** first shad”-of tho season has been taken, four of
tvhiobi cangbt off Staten Island thi* morning* word held
at #7 for the let* There is a good prospect for tho bb»*
aon In our waters. Nearly half a million of North river
shad ore usually sold for consumption in this market in a
single year, in addition to an equal number from the
Scnth, of which the first came about the middle of Ksb*
iuuti and a largo number from the Kaah (mostly from
the Connecticut river,) which came as late as June.
On account of the entire stoppage of the Southern
supply, more shad will, undoubtedly, bo taken here
than in ordinary seasons, ana the demand during
the briefer period will bo greater, but prices will pro
bably not be higher. Tho wholesale dealers expect to fill
nil orders wlu-n the eerteob iafully oP£ti4d, At the AWMgt
rate of the past five years. The fisliurtuon living in this
city number from five hundred to oue thousand, and
they expect a rich harvest, as they have the business
almost exclusively in their own hands The specimens
ot 6bad taken this morning ere fiue —short, bat very
plump.
First anitfis Ike aims of the association in favor of a
general bankrupt law in this city, is concert of actiou
among the ft ieuds of the proposed measure here adil else
where. It has adopted a plan ot action, of which the
following nrc the prominent features; Measures have
boon taken to secure the Kiymiua of petitions which are
to he forwarded to Washington, and a delegation of ton
gentlemen has teen selected, who will vi«it the capital
on Friday, March 28, arid in company with delega
tions from other cities, lay tho matter before Con
gress, and urge the passage of a suitable taw.
The particular measure which finds most favor
among the members of this association Is tne
guarantying entire exemption to tho debtor, upon giving
his property into tho hands of his creditors. It islike
wise strongly recommended that the present sjfftom,
which puls it in the power of tbfc debtor to make a pro
feiml list of wiltsirp, Vv wll»ll)' sbolMi.d. Finance
and executive committees have oeen formed, and the
organization is complete. The city will be canvassed in
three ilaya for signatures to a petition, ot‘ which the
following is a cepy: . _ „
To the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United Slates of America:
We, the subscribers, mefchsVbtS, tllld@VS, Atld filtlSfill!
of the city and State of New York, hereby petition your
honorable body for the passage of a general uniform
bankrupt law
The number of deaths in this city during the week
ending Murrh 24 was 4X7 ; of which 205 were from Acute
liisflUPß. 175 from chronic dtseaiei; aud 37 from external
and other caussb. Ihed ii the public institutions, M»
Increase of five over the number* of the corresponding
week in 1801. „ . _ . ,
United Slates Marshal Murray lias collected upwards
of $lOO for the widow ol the late Captain Gordon, the
slaver, recently executed hero. All iimnuiita forwarded
to Mr. Murray will he duly handed to Mrs. Gordon.
The steamer Catalonia, James Ciark, Eft., com
mander, of Glasgow, left Greenock on 27th Feb , 185*2,
and seven days four hours thereafter sighted immense
fields of ice: when within ten hours’run of Cape Baca
lifts detained by tlie ice over seven dayfli six ofwbkli
she was completely surrounded as far m the eye could
reach from the mast-head. The field ice between the
parallels of latitude 47 and 48 deg. north was very tlUckly
studded with small berg/from ten to sixt- feet above the
water. Several large bergs were In eight daily. Spent
m.Mav in ooAßtfog along tho ice fo the southward* Bair
the last of the field ice in about 44.20 north, Alto
g<ther saw ico In large quantities for 240 miles north to
B °Captaln Almy, of the rttip fiatllcr t arrived this morn
ina fr< m Ha*re, reports that during a sever# gale on the
lirth of* Ff binary * when in Int 40 30* l9n» lOt 9V
aimd a ship to windward on the same tack; at
noon saw her colors were flying Union down; 3
o’clock I*. M. she kept off aud ran down to us.
She proved to be tho ship CfcaWcr Gaft, of Rich
mond, Maine, Wltham, from Philadelphia for Liver
pool, with a cargo of flour nnd grain, in a sinking con*
dbion. ReqWed ns lo U b? Md Uk* tIUM UfT.
the srcor.d officer with a boat, which, As the bight WM
vfry dark aud a tremendous searunuiug, succeeded with
great difficulty in returning to tho ship, with five of the
crew, viz: E. I) Jameson, first officer| William Whlt
m*v, stcond officer; William IteGroM, searoaDi Lovf
L miUy anJ Sribiis J!*od, bays. When the boat
left the ship the barometer stood At 28 84, ftttd WU MU
i„g rapidly—to that when she returned itwfts2S4lL
A few moments after the boat came alongside the wind
hauled to N. N.W., blowing a perfect hurricane for three
hours: alien it modarated to a heavy gulp, which 1?
the 25th, rendering it impossible to save more of the c%
O.'s crew. The ship must have capsized aud goue down,
hr |]*r lUbt disappeared suddenly at 9.30. When we
Uft liar, the was neany full of water, and ihe sea was
nmHIIIS R «!««? breach over her continually. At day
light there Wlia nothing to bo. mem of the
Charter Oak left Philadelphia January 31 for Liver
pool. She wab of eight hundred and sixty tons burden ;
rated Alft, and built in Richmond, Maine, 1854.
The following were the sales at the Stock Exchange,
Stolid D&AFd *
20000 0S 6s ’Bl Cp... 04ft
5000 do b3O 94ft
20000 V S 6s ’Bl, Reg. 94ft
3ICO Trcnsy 3 3.10 p c
notes..small..loo
30*H>Teimda *95 59ft
20000 do n2O. 58ft j
2000 Mifctuuiri 6s 53
3000 To! & W 2d.... 47 ft
2000 M & l»r du C Ist B«ft
4000 Auer Gold lblft
m Mich 14 ft M 1... 23^
300 do MO. 24 ft
110 N Y Cent R..... 83 ft
100 do M 0 83ft
THIS MARKETS.
Aynny aye steady anil nnchangod* with sates of 00 bbli
H #6.75 for Pots, mul #6.60 for Hearts. _
BhKihSTi KFd.—The market for State and Western
Flour is a shade better, with a moderate badness doing
at the improvement. _ _ , _ „
The tales are 8,000 bids, at 85.30&5 3o for superfine
SUU, *&.4Sofi.Afl fAP sstru fitatfl. fop injwr*
fine Michigan, IhdiAHA, Ohld, 10WA, At , Abd gi 46®
0.75 for extra do, including sbippiug brands of round*
Prop Ohio at 55.75ff5.85, and trade brands of do at
S 5 0600 50.
Suutbw ii Flour is btrady, aud in modrrata rwutrt
paJah MObblsut 9D4uff6.86 for Biipcrflnu Baltimore
#5.‘>0&r7.26 firexli a do. #4/u . tll .
Caundmn Flour is more steady, with sa'es of 400 bins at
#6 46srU 50 for the range ot extra brands.
11} a Flour is <|uiet and steady at §3.2504.25 for the
rsuee of fine hcA rup©» fine. * _
Corn Meal U steady ; we (juote Jersey at 82.00, Brau
dyuine, 53.25 pm damns, #16.51).
Whrat is quiet aud steady; a small lot of winter red
sold at #1.35.
Kye Is (inlet at 80«S2c.
liitvicy 1b bcorce »ud flru»el l At 8580S1. _
Cate ere quiet and eteady At 3. ffSDftC for Jersey, West
em, Canadian, end State. ... . .. ..
Corn is sternly, and the market Is moderately active;
•ssalea of 20,000 bubhels at MtffOOc for mixed Western, in
afore and delivered, awl 68 a 50c for new yellow Southern*
the inpide
Tai low —We no»iee Biles of 200 bbls Western at Bft C r
Oils—Linseed is selling moderately at BTeSB for
jobbing lots. Fish Oils ft* euulet and unchanged
XI w is quiet, iho demand being moderate both for
Rb»po*ent and local consumption : sales are makUUL ai
79* W.
5 Pae Mall S 9 B 7
15 do stwk 97
50 do,.
60 do bUO 9"
100 d 0.,,,,.....,, 97ji
100 Erie B M
60 do bSO 88,lf
200 do blO 38
Ml 111 Oenß Scrip.sOO 00
50 do l>3o 60 h'
200 Clev A T01ed0...,. 47
HWGhI A 111 8...1.80 57«
150 MAP dn Ch 27
15 Nor A Wor 8.... »»