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BY JOHN W. FORNEY,
OFFICE No. 11l SOUTH FOURTH STREET.
the dai i t press,
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Hailed to subscribers out af the City at Six Dollars
Per Annum, Fora Dollars for Eronr Months,
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vance for the time ordered.
THIS TRI-WEEKLY TRESS,
Mailed to Subscribers out of the City at Thrbe Dot
labs Psk Annum, in advanco.
CLOTHING.
FJIO THE GENTLEMEN OF PHI-
LADILPHIA AND VICINITY
A CARD.
Xt having been next to an impossibility, hereto
fore, to obtain CUSTOMER-MADE CLOTHING,
at MODERATE PRICES, and finding that many
gentlemen would prefer their Clothing MADE TO
ORDER, if they could secure at the same time
REALLY FIRST-CLASS STYLES, m* at
REALLY REASONABLE PRICES, we have, at
the earnest solicitation of our patrons, organized,
in connection with our extensive Ready-Made
Sales-Rooms, a complete CUSTOMER DEPART
MENT. in which the prominent features are,
Ist. Pice and Medium Materials, made up in
<irst-class styles;
2d. Unexceptionable Fitting Garments;
3d. Prices FAR LOWER THAN HAS BEEN
'CUSTOMARY;
4th. A corps of the most celebrated cutters in
this country.
An extensive assortment of the choicest im
ported end domestic fabrics from the Now York
.and Philadelphia markets, suitable for Coats, Pants,
and Vests, always on hand.
la our Ready-made Salesrooms can always be
<£ound every variety and stylo of well-made fiwhiun
.•able clothing. Spring stuck now ready. TRICES
MODERATE.
ppA visit is solicited.
WAN AM AKER & BROWN,
MERCHANT TAILORS AND CLOTHIERS,
“OAIv HAUL”
S. E cor. SIXTH and MARKET Strcotg.
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MILLINERY GOODS.
SPRING.
1862.
LOUIS DANNENBAUM,
No. 57 North SECOND Street.
(Between Market and Arch,)
•St now prepared to offer a largo stock of
RIB SONS;
SILKS, AND MILLINEIIY GOODS.
Merchants and Milliners will find on admirablo assort-
ment of the above Goods, of the newest styles, at loi9
figures? and are invited to call and examine.
*®““WELL BOUGHT IS HALF SOLD.”
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1862. KP,llNt> - 1862,
WOOD & CARY.
(Successors to Lincoln, Wood, & Nichols,)
No. T*2 s CHESTNUT STREET,
Have now in Score a complete stock
OF
STBAW AND MILLINERY GOODS,
SILK BONNETS,
STRAW AND PAT.M-T.EA_P HATS, Ac.
To which they respectfully invite tho attention of the
former patrons of the house and the trade generally.
marl2-2m
SPRING.
M. BERN HEIM,
No. 726 CHESTNUT STREET,
Hal now in store, and is daily receiving, the latoat
-Styles in
BIBBONS. FRENCH FLOWERS,
WREATHS, SILKS, CRAPES,
LACES,
AND OTHEB
MILLINery goods,
To which be respectfully invites the attention of the
TRADE.
PRICES LOW.
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SPRING.
RIBBONS. MILLINERY,
BTEAW GOODS.
ROSENHEIM, BROOKS,
& Go.,
HO. 431 MARKET STREET,
> Save now open—rand to which daily additions aromade
USUAL HANDSOME VARIETY
OF
RIBBONS.
BONNET MATERIALS, FLOWERS,
RUCHES.
SXRAW AND FANCY BONNETS,
MISSES’ AND CHILDREN’S HATS,
FLATS, SHAKER HOODS, and
all other articles in the millinery
LINE,
Which will be offered at the
LOWEST MARKET PRICES.
The attention of the trade is respectfully invited.
Particular attention given to filling orders.
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‘'fJIHOMAS KENNEDY & BRO.,
7*9 CHESTNUT Street, below Eighth.
A Choice Stock of
SPRING MILLINERY GOODS,
AT LOW PRICES.
mh!3-3m]
HATS AND CATS.
IQtfO SPRING STOCK 10£0
J.OUi6a COMPLETE. 100/V.
C. H. GARDEN & Co..
Manufacturers of and Wholesale Dealers in
HATS, CAPS, AND FURS:
STRAW GOODS.
FANCY SILK AND STRAW BONNETS,
Artificial Flowers, Baches, Feathers, &c. y
1 Mo. 600 and 602 MARKET Street, S. W. corner o
SIXTH Street.
A large and complete stock* The beet terms and
(be lowest prices. Gash and prompt « time buyer*” are
Ipartfcularly invited to examine oar stock. mhl-2m
UMBRELLAS AND Paßasols.
YyM. H. RICHARDSON
HAS REMOVED TO 500 MARKET STREET,
Southwest corner of Fifth.
And offerd a beautiful assortment of
UMBRELLAS, PARASOLS,
TENTS, AND CANES,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. mMS-lm
SEWING MACHINES.
& WILSON
SEWING MACHINES,
628 CHESTNUT STREET,
mhll-8m
WATCHES, JEWELRY, &o. |
Afresh assortment, at less
THAN FORMER PRICES.
FARR A BROTHER,
Importer,, 324 CHESTNUT Street, below Fourth.
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I?VERY LADY WHO WISHES TO
AJ B 1 BEAUTIFUL atiould purch.ee HUNT’S
(DOUBT TOILET POWDEB. It le lued hr the Court
Sleantiea in Europe, and it is the only Fowder that will
go. Injure the ekin or rub off. Fries, U, 2*. and H
Beute. HUNT’S BLOOM OF BOSES, a beautiful, na-
Sural color for the cheek, or lip.; it will not wuh off or
ffnjure the akin, and remain, durable for year,. Price
■3l. Theae articles are quite sew, and can only be ob
tained of HUNT A GO., 133 South SEVENTH Street,
-WboTe Walnut. All kinda of FanOT Hnana and Parfn-
IMF- Mi-in
DRAIN RIPJjI-—Vitrified Stoneware
Drain Pipe, a cheap and indestructible material for
drains, either for private use or for city drainage.
PRICE LIST.
2 inch diameter, 25c. per yard.
S inch « sOc. a
4 inch ** 40c. *♦
5 inch “ 50c. M
6 inch “ 66c. * **
7 inch " 900. “
8 inch ** $l.lO “
Q) 10) 11, and 12 inch diameter*
Wa' warrant this Pipe to be equal to any imported, and
faperior to amy other manufactured in this country.
8. A. HARRISON,
1010 CHESTNUT Street
CHEEP AND GOAT SKINS.—A
kJ small Invoice ot Sheep and float Skins for sale bp
JAURETCHE A LAVBBGNE,
Ml 302 and 204 Sooth FRONT Street.
QLABK’S
ONE DOLLAR STORE,
602 CHESTNUT STREET.
NETT GOODS,
NEW STYLES,
AND NEW PRICES.
For ONE DOLLAR yon can buy any one of the fol
lowing articles:
Sets ot Silver Plated Tea S poona.
u “ ** Desert “
« it « Tablo “
Ladios’ or Gentlemen's Port Monnaie, Cabas, Bags,
Purses, Ac., &c.. Ac. All Goods warranted as repre
sented, yfq hftyc ou hand a anHOTtmont or Photo
graph Albums, Mantel Clocks, Travelling Bags, and
Gold Jewelry, which wo are closing off at cost. The at
tention of tlio trace respectfully solicited.
D. W. CLARK’S
ONE DOLLAR STORE,
60a CHESTNUT Street.
1862.
j'yj'EW SPRING IMPORTATIONS
MEN AND BOYS’ WEAR*
1862. SI ' KINQ - 1862.
W. Si STEWART & GO.,
IMPOBTEES AND JOBBEB9 OF
SILKS AND FANCY DRESS GOODS,
NO. SOS MARKET STREET.
We invite the attention of the trade to a full line of
BLACK AND OTHER STAPLE. SILKS,
As also a groat variety or
NEW STYLES OF DRESS GOODS,
Bought Tor cash, and which will be offered on the most
favorable terms. fe2o-3m
SPRING GOODS.
1862.
M. L. HALLOWELL & Go.,
Wholesale Dealers In
BILKS AND FANCY DRY GOODS,
Have open a large variety offrafibj-importei
SPRING DRESS GOODS,
To which) with a handsome assortment of
SHAWLS. MANTILLAS.
WHITE GOODS,
EMBROIDERIES.
And other goods in their lino* they invito the attention
of city and country dealer^,
1862.
Y ARD, GILL MO RES, & Go.,
BPRING IMPORTATION
DRESS GOODS, SHAWLS, WHITE
GOODS,
To which the Mteniton ot the trade la particnlarlr In.
rited.
IMPORTATIONS.
HOSIERY, GLOVES.
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JELLING OFF;
WHOLESALE STOCK AT RETAIL.
BILK VESTINGS, formerly 53.00, now $2.00.
MARSEILLES, ' ** $1.50, now sl>oo*
CASBDIEREB for men’s wea*, & n a ladies* Gionka,
25 nor cent, under former prices, Ac., Ac.
A. H. GIBBS,
mh26.lrn 531 MARKET BTRSBT, Up stairs.
gIBLEY MOLTEN, &
WOODRUFF,
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OT
SILKS AND FANCY GOODS,
No. 531 MARKET STREEP,
Are now opening and daily receiving a new and
CHOICE STOCK
OP
SILKS, DRESS GOODS,
WHITE GOODS and EMBROIDERIES,
6HAWLO, RIBBONS. GLOVES, MITTS, 4o
The; respectfully coll the attention of buyers gone
relly. mh2s-lm
PHILADELPHIA.
1862. SPEING - 1862.
ABBOTT. JOHNES, & 00..
527 MARKET STREET,
Have now open an entirely new and attractive* stock In
ENGLISH, TRENCH, GERMAN, AND
AMERICAN
DRESS GOODS.
Also, a full assortment la
WHITE GOODS, RIBBONS, GLOVES,
SHAWLS, &c., Ac.,
To which they Invite the attention of the trade.
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gPRING STOCK
SILK AND FANCY DRESS GOODS.
A. W. LITTLE & Co.
mhlS-tl No. 335 MARKET ST.
90 CWT. CHOICE WHITE RYE
J Mt r6C6 ' T « I »nd for Hie at No. 813
SPRING GARDEN Street. mh3s-tf
VOL. S—NO. 311.
JEWELRY, &c.
44 44 « 44 Forks.
« u k Desert m
Pair ** 44 Haifa and Fork.
44 »« “ Nnplihi Rings.
“ u u Butter Knives.
Silver Plated Sugar Bowl.
« “ Butter Ditto.
*« “ Molasses Pitcher.
<i ii Cream “
44 Castor.
44 44 Waiter.
“ “ Goblet.
tt Drinking Ctip,
“ 44 Sugar Sifter.
Gold Plated Vest Chain, aU styles.
44 « Guard « « «
“ “ Heck “ f * «
14 44 Chatelalnoi 44 44
44 « Bracelet, 44 44
11 44 Medallion, 44 44
44 44 Armlote, 44 44
4 4 44 Breast l’in T 44 44
»* «• Ear Kings, 44 44
44 44 Pin and Drops, all stylos.
* 4 44 Studs and Buttons, 44 44
14 44 Solitary Slesve Button, all styles.
** *» Bosom Studs, 44 44
u 11 Finger Bings,
14 44 Pencils,
44 44 Pon with Pencil Case.
DRY-GOODS JOBBERS.
Including Goods suited for
MILITARY PURPOSES.
Now in Store,
NO. 631 CHESTNUT STREET,
And for Sato by
DE COUKSEY, LAFOUKCADE, &. CO.
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333 MARKET and ST NORTH FOURTH STS.,
BLACK AND FANCY SILKS,
NOB. 61T CHESTNUT and 614 JAYNE Strati,
Have now open their
OF SILK AND FANCY
LINENS, EMBROIDERIES, &o.
Bought In Europe, by one of the firm.
GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS,
LINENS, SHIRT FRONTS,
WHITE GOODS, AND
/ '
EMBROIDERIES.
THOS. MELLOE & Co.,
40 and 40 North THIRD Street.
CARPETS AND OIL CLOTHS.
CARPET WARE
HOUSE.
OLDDEN & RICKNER,
033 ASCII STREET, TWO POORS BELOW NINTH,
SOUTH SIDE,
Have this day opened their New Stock of CARPETS, of
the best EußLinh manufacture. The newest Patterns in
VelYCti lirutiaela, Tan. Bnieedu, u-Fly Ingrain, and Ye*
nctians: Oil Clothe In all widths, Canton Matting, Mats,
Druggots, fix., bought before the late advanco—rolling at
tho loweet prices for casu. nibfll«l2t
Q.LEN ECHO MILLS,
GERMANTOWN, PA.
McOALLUM & Co.,
MANUFACTURERS, IMPORTERS, ANDDEALER3
»00 CHESTNUT STREET.
(Opposite ludopondonce Hall,)
CARPETINGS.
OIL CLOTHS, &c.
We have now on hand an extensive stock of Carpetings,
of oar own and other makes, to which wo call the atten
tion of cash and short-time bayers, mh7*3m
JjIOURTH-STREET
CARPET STORE,
No. 4T ABOVE CHESTNUT, No. IT.
J. T. DELACROIX
Invites attention to his Spring Importation of
CARPETINGS,
Comprising every style, of the Newest and
Designs, in VELVET, BRUSSELS, TAPESTRY BRUS
SELS, IMPERIAL THREE-PLY, and INGRAIN
CARPETINGS.
VENETIAN and DAMASK STAIR CARPETINGS.
6COTCFI BAG and LIST CARPETINGS.
FLOOR OIL CLOTHS, in every width.
COCOA and CANTON MATTINGS.
DOOR-MATS, BUGS, SHEEP SKINS,
DRUGGEtS, and CRUMB CLOTHS.
AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL,
LOW FOR CASH.
J. T. DELACROIX,
mbs-dm 47 South FOURTH Street.
CARPETINGS.
J- F. & E. B. ORNE,
NO. 619 CHESTNUT STREET,
(OPPOSITE STATE HOUSE,)
Hava received, par steamer Edinburgh, and other
late arrivals, their
SPRING IMPORTATION Qf
NEW CARPETINGS:
CROSSLEY’S
Nn -A-HALF-WIPE YELYETS,
9-4 MEDALLION do,,
ENGLISH BRUSSELS,
EXTRA-QUALITY TAPESTRY,
BRUSSELS CARPETS, WITH BORDERS,
(of new designs, for Halls and Stairs).
INGRAIN AND THREE-PLY CARPETINGS, of
extra uuality.
ALSO,
500 PS. J. CROSBLEY & SON’S
TAPESTRY BRUSSELS CARPETS,
FROM 871 TO $1 PR. YD.,
Together with a complete assortment of
OIL CLOTHS,
6TAIB AN© FLOOR DRUGGISTS,
BUGS* MATS, Afl.,
All of new* choice selections* and
AT MODERATE PRICES.
J. F. & E. B. ORNE.
mh3-tf OPPOSITE STATE HOUSE,
MILITARY GOODS.
gKY-BLUE KERSEYS.
(3T and 54-INCH.)
DARK-BLUE KERSEYS,
DARK-BLUE INFANTRY CLOTHS,
INDIGO-BLUE CAP CLOTHS,
BKY-BLUE CASSIMERE3, (New Regulation,
for Offioers' Pants.)
WHITE DOHET FLANNELS,
CANTON FLANNELS,
lQoz., 120 z., &15oz. TENT DUCK;
All warranted United States Army standard.
FOB SALK BT
ALFRED SLADE & GO.,
40 Booth FRONT Street, and 33 LKTITIA street,
Fhiladelohla. fe!B-tmyl
Y & CARPET CHAINS.
H. FRANCISCOS,
WHOLESALE DEALER IN YARNS,
433 MARKET and 5 North FIFTH Street.
PHILADELPHIA.
Buyer, frill find a full Stock of
COTTON, LINEN, AND WOOLLEN
CARPET CHAIN,
COTTON YARN.
TWIST, FILLING, WADDING, BATTING,
COTTON LAPS,
TIE TAKES, TWIEES, CAEDLB WICK,
COVERLET TAKE, BROOK TWIEES, SBOK THREADS,
CULLING AND SBINK TWINES,
BED CORDS,
WASH AND PLOUGH LINES,
COTTON, HEMP, AND MANILLA CORDAGE,
Also, a full assortment ft
FLY NETS,
Which he offers at Manufacturers
LOWEST NET CASH PRICES.
WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE.
H. FRANCISGUS.
433 MARKET and 5 North FIFTH Street,
PHILADELPHIA,
WHOLESALE DEALER IN
WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE-
Always on hand, a full Stock or
TUBS, BUCKETS, CHURNS, MEASURES, BROOMS,
whisks,
FANCY BASKETS,
WALL, SORUB, and SWEEPING BRUSHES,
LOOKING-GLASSES and WINDOW PAPER,
Mats, Keelers, Flour Buckets, Nest Baxes,
WABH BOARDS, BOLLING and CLOTHES PINS.
FLOOR and TABLE OIL CLOTHS.
SCHOOL, MARKET, and DINNER BASKETS.
Sleds, Barrows, Carriages, Hobby Horses, Ac., &o.
All Goods Bold at
LOWEST NET CASH PRICES.
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LOOKING GLASSES.
JAMES S. EARLE A SON,
MANUFACTURERS AND IMPORTERS
LOOKING GLASSES.
OIL PAINTINGS,
FINE ENGRAVINGS,
PICTURE AND POBTBAIT FRAMES,
PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES,
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS,
OARTE-DE-VISifR pobtbaxts,
EARLE’S GALLERIES,
sis chestnut street,
PHILADELPHIA.
COAL.
JJOBERT ft CORSON.
COAL DEALER.
OFFICE. 133 WALNUT STREET,
4 BELOW SECOND,
fe2T-3m PHILADELPHIA.
pOAL.—THE UNDERSIGNED
V*/ beg leave to inform their friends and the public that
they- bare removed their LEHIGH GOAL DEPOT from
NOBIiE«8TIlEK? WHASf, on the Delaware, to their
Yard, northwest corner of EIGHTH and WILLOW
Streets, where they intend to keep the best Quality of
LEHIGH GOAL, from the most approved mines, at the
lowest price*. Your patronage is respectfully solicited.
JOS. WALTON A 00.,
M . Office, 112 South SECOND Street.
Yard, EIGHTH and WILLOW. mhl-tf
T ABOR-SAVING MACHINE^
JU CLOTnKB-BAVING MACHINE.
TIME-SAVING MACHINE.
Haley, Morse $ Boydon's (Hollies Wringer eaves labor,
time and clothes, and is an improvement which will most
certainly be generally adopted. It is aetLadjuntlng, sim
ple, and durable, and Is far superior to every other de
vice for the purpose intended. Over five hundred have
been sold within the last thirty day* in Uila city. No
family should be without one, They are warranted to
give perfect satisfaction.
For sale by L. E. SNOW, at the Office of JOY, OOE,
A Co, Northeast corner of FIFTH and CHESTNUT
Streets. Orders from the Country promptly attended to.
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PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 1862.
J) ttBB.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 1862.
Nesselrode and Windischgratz
The senior notabilities of Europe are rapidly
evanishing. Death, which fatally knocks at
the poor man’s hut and the nohle’s palace, is
impartial as inexorable. It is to be noted,
however, that, in most instances, thoso who
are left behind—men with promise of long
life—are confessedly inforior to those who
have been summoned away.
The last news from Europe includes an an
nouncement of the death of Count Nessel
rode, the Russian diplomatist, and Prince Al
fred dc Windischgratz, the Austrian General,
ex-Governor of Bohemia. Let us inform our
readers who and what these men were.
COUNT NESSELRODE,
Prom 1814 until a very recent period, Nes
selrode was F oreign Minister of Russia. Ho
died,the other day, at the advanced ago of
eighty-two, having been born in 1780. nis
father, of a noble Saxon family, which had.
settled in Livonia ere it belonged to Russia,
was in high favor with the Empress Catherine,
and was the ambassador who negotiated the
marriage of her son Paul with a Wurtemberg
princess, in 177 G. Four years later, the elder
Nesselrode was sent on an embassy to Portu
gal, and the son, subject of this notico, was
born, at Lisbon, in December, 1780. Young
Nesselrode, educated at tlio Military College
of gt, Petersburg]!, received a commission in
the. Guards from the Empress Catherine, and
became aid-de-camp to the Emperor Paul soon
after his accession. It soon appeared that
nature had intended him for tiro council rather
than the camp—for diplomacy rather than
war. He acted as attache to his father, in his
various embassies to Berlin, Stuttgardt, and
the Hague, and became charge d’affaires at
the latter place, in 1805-0. He was sent to
Paris in 1707, where he negotiated with Napo
leon the securing Malta as a Russian outpost in
the Mediterranean, and acted as confidential
agent between the Emperors Alexander and
Napoleon, particularly assisting the latter in
making the Northern league, which was in
tended to crush England. Returning to Rus
sia, Nesselrode became private secretary to
the Czar, and, in 1812, after the rapture be
tween Russia and France, was much con
sulted on foreign affairs.
From that time, Count Nesselrode's path
was forward. He assisted greatly to form the
combination which eventually crushed Napo
leon. In March, 1818, he signed the Conven
tion of Breslau ; in the June following, in Si.
lesia, the treaty of subsidies with England; and
contributed, with Mettornich, to tho treaties
of Tccplitz, between Austria and Russia (Sep
tember, 1813), and betweon Austria and Prus
sia. Proceeding to France with tbc Czar
Alexander, ho signed—March, 1814—at Chau
mont, the famous quadruple treaty, and, in
the same month, the treaty by which Marmont
surrendered Paris to the Allied Powers.
When the leading monarchs and diplomatists
of Europe assembled at the Congress of Vien.
na, Count Nesselrode, then in his 84th year,
appeared as Russian Plenipotentiary, and ex
ercised much skill there. After Napoleon’s
return from Elba, he signed (March 13, 1815)
the document which placed the great Corsican
under the ban of Europe. Finally, after the
second fall of the French Empire, Nesselrode
exerted himself greatly to reduce the period
during which France was to be garrisoned by
foreign troops, and to diminish the vast amount
of fines which the conquering Powers were
disposed to impose. Succeeding in both at
tempts, he won the friendship of Lcuis
XVIII., who is said to have tangibly shown
his gratitude by immense gifts of money and
jewels. However, he was abundantly wealthy
year's before, by his marriage with a rich
heiress, the Countess Gurieff.
The wars ended, Nesselrode was continued
in office by the Czar Alexander, but was kept
down by the influence of Capo d’lstrias, bis
colleague. He attended the Czar in the Con
gresses' of Aix la Chapelle, Trappau, Lay bach,
and Verona. When the Greek Revolution
broke out, in 1821, Capo d’lstrias retired. He
subsequently became President of Greece, and
was assassinated in 1831. From that time,
until July, 1850, when he retired from public
life, after signing the Treaty of Paris, Count
Nesselrode was Foreign Minister of Russia,
without any colleague, a period of twenty-six
years.
It has been doubted, however, whether his
power was as great as it seemed! whether,
whatever his apparent position, he really was
more than a chief clerk, his successive mas
ters—Alexander 1., Nicholas, and Alexander
ll.—really regulating all the most important
State affairs, foreign and domestic.
From 1820, however, to 1856, Nesselrode’s
signature is to be found upon every Russian
Treaty of moment. In 1814 he was made
Chancellor of the Empire, by the Czar Nicho
las, who heaped wealth upon him, and repeat
edly offered him the title of Prince, which he
always declined, holding, it is believed, a
Countship of the Holy Roman Empire of
higher value than the loftiest Russian rank.
The intervention, by a Russian army, in
the Hungarian War of Independence of 1848—
9, was generally attributed to Nesselrode’s
advice. The movements against Turkey, in
1858, which led to the Crimean war, were con
trary to his policy. He continued in office, at
the express desire of the present Czar, that
Russia might have the advantage of his advice,
experience, and great personal influence. To
the time of his death, he retained the office
and large salary of Chancellor of the Russian
Empire. He was a Knight ot most foreign
orders of knighthood.
In politics, Nesselrode was too much at
tached, all his life, to the absolutism which
the Holy alliance was intended to support.
His German descent was believed to have fa
vorably influenced him towards Germany, and
in tills he was more or less opposed by Prince
Mentschikoff, whose predilections are intensely
Muscovite. His favorite desire was, whatever
else befel, to maintain a strong alliance for
Russia, With England and France.
In all the relations of private life, Nessel
rode bore a high character, and the official
employes under him continually experienced
his kindness and generosity. His foible was
devotion to the luxuries of good living. In
deed, he used to visit his kitchen with daily
regularity, and was proud of his culinary in
ventions. He has left immense wealth, in
herited by his son (a man of small talent)
and three daughters.
PRINCE ALFRED DE WINDISOHGR4TZ.
This Austrian General, born at Brussels on
the SJ2d of May, 1787, descends to the grave
with the reputation of having bombarded more
capital Cities than any other commander of
his time. One of his ancestors was the famous
Wallenstein, Duke of Friedland, whose life mid
death were dramatically Heated by Schiller,
the German poet. The family hold the highest
hereditary rank among the Austrian nobility,
its members having the right to be addressed
as “Serene Highness,” and the late Prince,
whose career wo shall now sketch, was its
head. Very proud of his descent and highly
aristocratic in his manners, he has been long
considered “the first Austrian gentleman,”
par excellence , but he had little brains, and such
Soihty knowledge that he really was not quali
fied to command a sergeant’s guard. Jlis
whole skill, that of an adjutant, consisted in
drilling his men. Yet this man commanded
armies and died a fleld.morshal—simply be
cause of bis high descent and rank!
Entering the army, at the age of seventeen,
as lieutenant in a regiment of lancers, lie fought
in the German campaigns against Napoleon,
Won Lis cOlOheloy by dashing conduct in the
battle of Leipsic, and, after the final fall of
Napoleon, was made Major General. In 1818,
after having commanded in Prague, he was
Military Governor of Vienna for a time.
Tliencc he returned to govern Bohemia.
Windischgiiitz was so well known as an
Absolutist that no one doubted that, in the
event of a revolution, he Would be the general
of the Absolutist party. In June, 1848, when
the Sclavonic Diet sat at Prague, Windisch
griitz bombarded that city. In October, then
being Field Marshal and Commander-in-chief
of all the troops of the Austrian Empire,
except the army of Italy, lie hurried to Vi
enna, which he bombarded. The city taken,
he barbarously murdered General Mossen
hauser and Robert Bliim, member of the
Frankfort Parliament. He amused himself at
Vienna by dallying with the Hungarians, to
gain lime to strengthen his force, by frequent
courts-martial and executions, and then sud
denly hurried, with a great force, to Pesth,
whence, speedily issuing, ho defeated the
Hungarians at the battle of Mohr, which
forced them to retreat across tho Theiss.
Not following up this success, ha allowed
the Hungarians to recover themselves, and
quickly drive the Austrians back across their
frontier. Tho result was, he was deprived of
his command, in April, 1819, and succeeded
by Genera! Weldon. All classes, truo men and
rebels, rejoiced in his disgrace—forgetting the
fact that after foieerl winter marches from
Vienna to Pesth, his army, after the battle of
Mohr, may really have been unable to act on
the offensive. Ilis memory will ever be ac
cursed in Germany—for he murdered Robert
Bliim, witi, scarcely any of the. forms of mili
tary law. It is singular that, though hated as
a public man, Windischgratz was beloved, td
his dying day, as a good neighbor and a liberal
landlord, in Bohemia, whither he retired, hav
ing vast estates there, after he was turned out
of the chief command of the Austrian army,
in 1849.
After peace was restored in the Austrian
dominions, by Russian aid, Prince Windisch
gratz was offered the government of Bohemia,
which he sensibly declined. In 1851, be pub
iislicd, at Vienna, a History of the Winter
Campaign of 1848-49 in Hungary, which is a
poor apology for bad generalship, and is too
well written to have been composed by him
self.
The Almanack dc Gotha describes him as
Governor of tho federal fortress of Mayenee,
and proprietor of two rogimonts of dragoons
in tho Austrian and Prussian armies. On
his death-bed, he sent for his brother Field
Marshal, Count Wratlslaw, who will have to
head his funeral procession, and requested
him, if the weather were cold, not to go in
full dress—which would preclude his wearing
a cloak or greatcoat, and might lead to a
further diminution of the very limited list of
Austrian Marshals. His eldest son, and suc
cessor, bom in 1819, is Colonel of an Austrian
regiment of curassicrs.
At a most important period in Austrian
military history, a great success in arms was
not followed up—because the general com
manding was inadequate even “to set a
squadron in the field.” He had advanced to
the highest rank in the army, not through
merit, hut because he was “His Serene High
ness the Prince,” owner of noarly half a pro
vince. American institutions, God bo praised,
cannot sanction or create such an anomaly as
this.
Black Immigration >or^v
]For The PttßS.]
A word may be added to the admirable reply to
your anonymous correspondent in this morning’s
Press. Why do blacks come North? Certainly
not from any lave of its climate, or the labor they
must perform to make a living here. They come
only to be secure in the enjoyment of their free
dom. No lighter penalty than slavery here will
therefore keep them away,
But if the liberty of the blacks were safe in the
South, they would have no inducement to oome
North. They love the warmth and indolence of a
tropical climate, and without the powerful motive
of freedom oouid not be induced to leave it. Their
labor would be wanted there by capitalists and
planters, and they oouid not do without them.
From Southern districts, where the freedom of the
blacks is insured, they wUlnot only not come North,
but those already here wouid leave as rapidly as pas
sible, if any wide field for free colored labor in the
South was open to them. Obviously, therefore,
your anonymous correspondent, and others who fear
the competition and dislike the presence of black
laborers among us, Bhould do all they can to secure
their freedom South, and thus keep them there. Is
not this plain?
Philadelphia, April 8. G.
LETTER FROM FORTRESS MONROE.
Balloon Rrconnoissalit-c—ltems of Sonthtm
Cast OSS—A Doubtful story
—Arrival of 13,000 linfieid Rifles, 1,500
Muskets, 100,000 Suits of Clothes, «-c.—
Blind Tom—The Norfolk lindies After Of
fice—A Rebel Tug Reconnoitring From
Yorkto’wn —A Fight Going On.
[Cerresßondence of The Press.]
Fortress Monroe, April 0,1802,
As soon as the weather is favorable, a balloon re
oonnoissanoo will be made. The balloon has been
Lore for some three weeks, but the bad Weather has
delayed any operations. Upon the first opportunity,
an ascension will be made. The balloon and appara
tus here are under the charge of Captain Seaver, a
most estimable gentleman, and a skilled aeronaut.
Yesterday afternoon I managed to obtain two or
three copies of late Southern papers, and I send
you a few extracts.
Even the South disowns James Buchanan, A
bill has been before the rebel Legislature of Vir
ginia to change the name of Buchanan county in
that State. On this, the Petersburg Express sug
gests “ that the county retain its name, but that
the Legislature declare on the journals that it is
in honor of Franklin Buchanan, the here of New
port Nows, and then let them repeal the original
enactment by which it was named after James Bu
chanan . This would set the matter all right.' ’
The Memphis Appeal says that Col. R. H. Byon,
of Commerce, Mississippi] has placed his plantation
bells at the disposal of Beauregard for the manu
facture of cannon.
Another paper Bays : “ The ship Economist
reaohed a Southern port, the name of whioh we
omit, on the night of the 13th alt. Her tonnage re
| gister is 570, her oarrying tonnage 800 tons. She
I End OR beard 12,000 Enfield rifles, 15,000 muskets,
SO tond of powder, 500 boxes of cartridges, 100,000
; suits of clothes, with a large quantity of boots,
i shoes, pistols, bayonets, swords, Ac. This is a time
ly arrival, and will be of immense service to our
cause.”
Blind Tom, the negro pianist, of whom the papers
over the country spoke so highly, is performing in
Norfolk, and the Day hook says is drawing good
houses.
Lieutenant A, B. Butt has been appointed de
puty provost marshal for the district of Norfolk.
The corporation of Petersburg advertise that, in
consequence of the high price of materials for the
manufacture of gas, the price of that artiolo, in
future, will be five dollars per thousand fedt.
Captain and signal officer James F. Milligan ad
vertises for good spy and marine glasses. He
cautions extortionists that they need not apply.
The ladles of Norfolk, moved by the stirring ap
peals for men to fight for the Southern Confederacy,
volunteer to fill the place of any office-holder who
will go to the war—that is, if the work is sueh 03
can be performed by them. The fair ones say that
as they can for the most part write neatly, nlainly,
and rapidly, they do not see why they should not
do the work as well as any man. They “sympa
thize deeply with those gentlemen holding offices,
they can appreciate their feelings, they know their
only desire is to buckle on the sword and go forth. ”
PECULIARLY FITTED FOB VIRGINIANS.
In an advertisement for a light artillery com
pany, is a rebel paper, is the following remarkable
passage:
To the Virginian, the light artillery service is pe
culiarly attractive. As a soldier, it mounts him on
a horse, or seats' him in a carriage when on a
march, and oarries his blanket and knapsack for
him.
A small rebel tug is anchored a short distance
from Sewell’s Point, apparently reconnoitring. It
is expected that she is watching for a good oppor
tunity for the Merrimae to Slip out upon her
errand of destruction. Let her try.
All day yesterday, the roar of heavy guns was
distinctly heard in the direction of Yorktown, and
tbc people here are considerably excited as to what
is going on at that locality. The absence of a
number of our gunboats from the Roads, and the
despatch of a large number of shell by steamboat,
supposed to be sent to the Yorktown squadron, give
color to the report that the plaoe hu been attacked
by the gunboats at least, if not by the land forces
also. What gives additional force to the rumor of
a land attack is the fact that a messenger came to
Newport Now with orders to send up immediately
two or three ambulanoe loads of lint, bandages,
etc. As soon as the articles could be loaded, they
were immediately sent to the soene of action.
Up to one o’clock this (Sunday) afternoon, the
authorities here had not received any news from
Yorktown, or, at least, hone that they would im
part to correspondents.
It is hinted that the British Parliament will
gmepd the royal marriage aot, so that the Prlnoe of
Wales may select a wife among the gentle maidens
of England.
The value of gambling apparatus seized by the
police in New York by recent raids is estimated at
BXO,OOO.
FROM FORTRESS MONROE.
lUcAlliioititiancf Near Vorkioivn—The Rebel
Works at Ship Tointe
Fortress Monroe, April 7.— Nothing was done
to-day in front of Yorktown, except a roconnois
ganoe and some cannonading At long range.
A telegraph line baa been built to our headquar
ters, near Yorktown.
Tho tSpanldiyig came in this morning from Ship
Point. Tho rebel works abandoned thorsare quite
formidable. They took off their guns, hut left
their barracks complete. Ship Point is about eight
miles from Yorktown, affording a fine base of ope
rations.
a groat crowd <?f Norfolk people, on Sunday, as
sembled on shore near Sewell’s Psnt, including
men, women, and children, eagerly engaged in
watching the Yankees.
Operations lip to Noon on Sunday.
■Washington, April 3.—The National Intelli-
geveer says
“From the seat of war in Lower Virginia pri
vate information up to Sunday noon has boon re
ceived. General McClellan’s army then confronted
the enemy’s line of defence, which extended across
the peninsula from Yorktown to James river, em
bracing three batteries and several mill-dams.
“An artillery engagement had occurred with
Magruder’s battery at Winn’s Mill, near James
river, and another with the battory at Lee’s Mill,
two miles from Yorktown. The battery in the
centre had not been attacked. The poninsula at
this point, is six miles wide.
“ The first shell from Mogruder’s battery killed
three men in the Seventh Maine regiment, but two
hu-Jred shells afterwards throw)} did no injury
whatever.
“ Yorktown was seen to be in flames, and it was
conjectured that the rebelß had fired the town, per
haps with an intention of evacuating them position'.
Tho place, it was supposed, would be taken ami oc
cupied by General McClellan * n Sunday night.-
So far, there has been no infantry engagement/-
A Rebel Canard.
The Norfolk papers, of this morning, contain V
despatch from Mobile, dated the Oth, stating that a
great battle had taken place at Corinth, and that
the rebels had taken eight United States batteries,
and a large number of prisoners, and it was ex
pected that the whole United States army would be
swept away.
This is given as a speoimen of tbs rebel mole of
beeping up the spirits of their people and the
courage of their army.
LETTER FROM NASHVILLE.
More Important Arrests Made bjr Gov. John-
son.
(Correspondence of The Press ]
Nashville, April 3, 1862.
Sinee my last, numerous arretta have been mode
of influential persons, who have boen in the employ
of the bogus Confederacy, and papers are being
prepared to-day for the arrest of other conspicuous
men, notorious for their non-attachment to the
Union, This will cause a healthy reaction.
Governor Johnson has extended a libera! invita
tion to those who have been deluded and silenced
by the wicked leaders of the rebellion in Tennessee,
but is pursuing a fearless oourae towards those who
are responsible for tho degradation of the State.
-> Among tho most important arrests are the fol
lowing-named persons:
Washington Barrow, State Senator Dram Davidson
oounty, (who succeeded John Trimble, the most
unconditional Union man in the State, who refused
to even listen to the neutrality doctrine,) was ar
rested Tuesday afternoon, and is now an inmate of
the penitentiary. He was one of tho commissioners
for the sale and transfer of Tennessee to the South
ern Confederacy. He is a maa of great wealth, and
one of the most prominent politicians in the State.
He had enjoyed several positions in the gift, of the
Government, was Representative in Congress from
the Hermitage district, and minister to Portugal
during the Administration of Harrison.
A John Oveiton, who at tho outset of the rebellion
tendered his entire property—then estimated at
five millions—to Governor Harris to aid in dissever
ing Tennessee from the National Confederacy, was
arrested yesterday. He is a criminal of the lowest
order ; his acts were of the basest character, Ifhen
the draft took place here, he was particular to
seize upon all those who were suspected of Union
sentiments. He has a son in the robcl army. An
anecdote is told of him: Upon a regimental muster
of the militia he harangued his soldiers, and urged
them to leave their homes and for
their country! At the close of his remarks an
enthusiast shouted, “Lead on, colonel, we’ll follow
you !” This display of zeal, coupled with the de
sire to see him participate, nonplussed him, and he
“hacked out."
Another important arrest was that of William
Giles Harding, an old citizen of Davidson oounty,
who pwn§ the meat beautiful residence and planta
tion in the State, situated about six miles from
Nashville, His park covers an area of one hun
dred acres, in which are herds of deer, buffalo, elk,
goats, etc. : also, a large number of horses, cattle,
fiheep, etc. fie is noted for his hospitality, and was
the person who entertained Charles Sumner some
years ago. At the incipiency of the rebellion in
Tennessee, he offered all his estate and his services
to Gov. Harris. He was a member of the Military
Board, and was untiring In his efforts to array the
State militia in opposition to the United States Go
vernment. Latterly he has been a Breckinridge
Democrat, and the man Friday of Isham G. Har
ris. s.
FROM NEW MADRID.
A correspondent of the Chicago Himes wrote as
follows from General Pope's headquarters, near
New Madrid, on the 2d instant:
There are excellent camping grounds hereabouts,
the soil being light and rather sandy, and the sur
face of the ground dry and level. General Pope’s
headquarters are located abeut three miles trom
the site of the late oity of New Madrid, and are as
pleasant and convenient as can be desired. They
were moved several times during the late battle
here, having been first established in unpleasant
proximity to the rebel artillery, At present, I
suppose, they are at a safe distance from the shells
of the enemy’s gunboats, whioh have heretofore
been somewhat annoying to this army.
THE DIVISION COMMANDERS,
The division commanders of this column are;
General Stanley, First Division; General Hamil
ton, Second; General Palmer, Third; General
Paine, Fourth, and General Pliunmer, Fifth.
General Granger has charge of the cavalry, and
Major Lothrop of the artillery. General Plummer
is just now stationed with his division at Point
Pleasant, about five miles below New Madrid, and
General Palmer’B division is at Biddle’s Point,
which is four miles south of Point Pleasant. Thus
you will perceive that work is not neglected among
us. 0
AN AMPHIBIOUS REGIMENT.
Col. Bissell’s Engineer Regiment, in particular,
is busily engaged all the time. This regiment is
also as amphibious as men should be to perform,
successfully, the journey alluded to above They
have a neat fashion of felling trees and leaving the
stumps under water. They place a raft on each
side of the tree, then they sink a cross-out saw
about three feet under water, with a rope attached
to each end, and by some peculiar knack they move
it back and forth with ease, and so well drilled are
they in such operations that trees twenty inches in
diameter will fall in six or seven minutes. Suoh
men can readily subdue the morasses whioh abound
in this region, and aould, if necessary, transform
them into pleasure gardens in a week.
THE rKESENT ASPECT OF NEW MADRID
The correspondent then gives a sketoh of the
appearanoe of New Madrid, as witnessed by him
self on a recent visit, in company with an officer pf
General Pope’s staff. Whole blocks of houses have
been destroyed by the rebels in order to obtain a
clear sweep for thoir guns; and even this whole
sale destruction of property does not appear so
badly fi9 the buildings which are partially de
stroyed, bored through and through with shot and
torn with shell, leaving just enough of them to
show what they onoo had been. There are none of
its inhabitants left—not one—and maqy years will
elapse before the town will be wbat it once was.
Affairs at Memphis.
A gentleman, named Mr. P , has escaped from
Memphis, and reached Quincy, Illinois, his former
residence. He represents the business of Momphis
to be in a sad condition, most of the currenoy being
Confederate scrip, whioh all classes of the commu
nity are compelled to take in the way of trade, or
be Subject to tha action of the Vigilance Committee.
Most articles of merchandise command an exorbi
tant price; tea, for instance, selling at retail at $1
per pound, coffee 75 to 80 cents, wheat $2 20 and
$2.25 per bnshel, corn SI, beans S 3, hay $5O per
ton, potatoes $3.25 and 83.50 per bushel, bacon 23
and 24 eents per pound, hog round; salt 88.25 and
$8.50 per saak, whitky $2.50 per gallon, and other
things in proportion, with the exception of sugar
and molasses. Common brown sugar ranged from
2 to 6 eents per pound, and New Orleans molasses
from 20 to 25 eents per gallon.
Mr. P— says there are neither fortifications nor
troops at Memphis, and of course 80 obstacle to its
conquest by a comparatively small force. A gun
boat had reoently been launched there, designed to
be iron clad, so tar as the object can be accomplished
with bars of railroad iron. Its machinery is on
board, but in an unfinished state, and it will be five
or six weeks before the host con be finished, with
all the available force that can be employed upon
it. Should our army approach Memphis before the
boat is completed, it is the intention to drop it down
the river so as to prevent its capture. It is con
ceded that there are not less than 80,000 Confede
rate troops at Corinth, and probably 50,000 at other
points in the neighborhood of Corinth. An addi
tional force of 40,000 was expected from the army
of the Potomac, whioh, if they should arrive
would swell the rebel army in Tennessee to 170 000
men. ’
•H. M. RA3f.SEv, editor of the Mount Vernon
(Ohio) llrprublican, died on the 24th ult. of con
sumption.
Revenue Cutter Sold.— The revenue onttor
Jefferson Davis was sold out of the service, at
public auotion, for $2,020, at Port Townsend, Ore
gon, lately.
Joe Remington, of Fall River, Mass., is not
dead. The account of bis murder, desperate re
sistance, do., at Jackeonytile, Fla , was (til
TWO CENTS.
Island No. 10 Abandoned by the
Rebels.
AH tbeir Artillery, Baggage, Supplies,
and Sick Left Behind.
St. Louis, April B.— Oon. Halleck Ua3 just tele
graphed to the War Department that Island No. 10
was abandoned by the enemy last night, leaving
alt his artillery, baggage, supplies, and sick in our
hands.
Chicago, April 8 —[Received previous to the
above despatch.]— I'ho steamer Alps arrived at
Cairo at 8 o’clock this morning, bringing Second
Master Lord, of tho gunboat Penton, with de
tj’dklH.; from Commodore Foote, announcing the
surrender to him, at midnight, of the entire posi
tion at Island No. 10, with all tho men, guns, and
transports. The number of prisoners is not yet
known, nor the amount of ordnance and stores.
| Later despatches pay Ilia place lias boon nb;m
doned —not surrendered, i
Despatches from Commodore Foote.
Steam be Benton, oit Island No. 10, I
April 7, :i.2a A. It. }
To lion. fiitl eon Velles, Secretary of the, Navy;
Two officers of their navy have this instant
boarded us, from Island No. 10, stating that, by
order of their commanding officer, they were or
dered to surrender Island No. 10 to tbocommunder.
As these officers knew nothing of the batteries on the
Tennessee shore, I sent Copt. Phelps to ascertain
something definite on tho subject.
General Pope is now advancing from Now Madrid
in strong force, to attack the rear. I am ready
With the gunboats and mortars to attack then} in
front,
Colonel Rllford is ready to eo-operate, and it
iOeiiia its if the place is to be surrendered without
further defence. A. H. Foote, Flag Officer.
Flag Steamer Benton. 1
OW I&i.ASh, No. I ft, April 3, 1.8(12 [
To 'Hon. Gideon ll r elles, Secretary of the Navy,
My telegraph, three hours since, informs the de
partment that. Island No. 10 has surrendered to. the
gunboats. Capt. Phelps has this instant returned,
aftsr hoving Dad. an intorviow with tho lato com
mandant.
I havo requested Colonel Buford, commanding
the troops, to proceed immediately, in company
with two of the gunboats, and take possession of
the island. The batteries on the Tennessee shore
have been hastily evacuated, where wo shall find,
no doubt, in the morning, large quantities of muni
tions of war
I communicate immediately with General Popo,
who has. under cover of tbo two gunboats which
gallantly ran the blockade in a thunder-storm,
crossed the river in force, and wa3 ready, as well
os the gun and mortar boats with General Buford,
to have made a simultaneous attack upon the re
bels bad thev not so hastily evacuated the Ten
nessee shore, and surrounded Island No, 10.
A full report will be made as soon as we cab
claim possession of the land batteries and I am
able to communicate with General Pope.
A. II Foote, Flag Officer.
Washington, April S.—The proceedings of the
House were agreeably interrupted to day by Mr.
Colfax sending to the Clerk’s desk the followin'*
despatch: °
Watson’s Landing, Tenn., April 8.
To Hon. M. Stanton, Secrttary of ll r ar:
The enemy evacuated Island No. 10 last night, It
ia occupied by Col. Buford, of the Twenty-seventh
Illinois.
General Pope will capture all that remains on
the highlands to-day.
The movement on the rear has done this work,
. Thomas a. Scott,
Assistant Secretary of War.
The message was received with applause and
cries of “good.”
THE BATTLE OF NEWBERN.
[Correspondence of The Press.]
United States Steamer Delaware, )
Oi r Newdebn, N. C., March 25,1862. )
I have just received a report from tho Philadel
phia Ledger, of opr engagement gip) victory at this
place. Tits hat m jrarttrue, and the writer Could
not possibly hare been an eye-witness of the affair
In the first place, he states that “ owing to the
dense fog the naval vessels did not participate
in the fight.” If the gentleman had been present,
was not totally blind, and folt desirous of giving ft
truthful report, he would have pronounced the day
or days of the engagement particularly fine, and
the atmosphere remarkably clear. He would also
have stated that the gunboats took the lead, after
assisting the army fo fond, clearing a way for them,”
and silencing the batteries along the shore, (blow
ing up the largest one.) In the second place, he
makes no mention of our capturing the rebel
steamers, the Albemarle and North State, besides
a number of small craft. This is. of course, of no
consequence whatever. But enough. I refer you
to the official report of Major General Burnside.
In it you will find that the United States navy did
take part in the engagement, and a very active one
too, and is, therefore entitled to an equal share of
credit with the army. By giving this a place in
your columns you will greatly oblige
THE DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH.
Gen. Hunter Assumes Command.
Immediately after arriving at Port Royal, Major
General Hunter issued thefollowlng general ordor :
GENERAL ORDER—No. 1
Headquarters Department of the South, 1
Port Royal, S. C , March 31,1862. j
I. Major General David Hunter, having arrived
at this post, hereby assumes, in accordance with the
order ofthe War Department, the command of the
Department of the South, consisting of the States of
South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida.
11. For the convenience of military operations,
and the administration of department affairs, this
department is divided into three districts, to be con
stituted as follows:
1. The first, to be called the Northern diatriot
will comprise the States of South Carolina, Georgia,
and all that part of Florida north and east of a lino
extending from Cape Canaveral northwest to the
Gulf coast, just north of Cedar Keys and its depen
dencies, and thence north to tho Georgia line. The
headquarters of this district will be at Port Royal,
South Carolina, and Brigadier Gen. 11. W. Benham
(who will relieve Brigadier Gen. Sherman) is ftp
pointed to command this district, and the troops
therein, which troops will constitute a division, to
he called tho First Division of tho Department of
the South. General Benham will receive from
General Sherman all charts, maps, plans, reports,
moneys, &c., with all official records, returns, Ac.,
appertaining to the expeditionary command in this
district.
2. The second, to be called the Southern dis
trict, will comprise all of Florida and the islands
adjacent, south of the said line from Cape Cama»
vend, extending northwest to the Gulf coast, just
north of Cedar Keys. The headquarters of this
district and tho troops will remain as at present,
under command of Brigadier General J. M. Bran
nan.
3. The third, to bo Called tho Western distriot,
will comprise that part of Florida west of tho lino
beforo described as running north from Cedar Keys
to the Georgia lino. The headquarters of this
district will remain at Fort Pickens, as at present,
withßrigadierGenewiL.G,Arnold commanding,
111, The usual reports, returns, Ac., Will here
after bo made to tho generals commanding districts,
and every senior officer of every separate command
within the district named, whether brigade, regi
mental, or post, will immediately forward to distnot
headquarters detailed reports showing thp actual
Cofiditidh of their commands, the number of officers
and men for duly, the number sick, quantity and
quality of supplies, including arms, ammunition,
clothing, tents, camp equipage, horses, and horse
equipments, mules ana- transportation, quarter
master and commissary stores; ggd will also state
what supplies of ail kinds will be nooessary to per
fect their organization, and placo-them in a condi
tion of full efficiency for active service. Returns
of the effective forces present will in all oases be
rendered as soon as they can be prepared, without
being delayed for the completion of the other re
ports called for la this paragraph.
These reports, when received by district com
manders, will be consolidated and transmitted to
the general commanding the department for his
information and action.
IV. The staff of the major general commanding
the department will consist of the following-named
officers ; 0
Majvr Charles G. Halpine, assistant adjutant
general; Lientenggj E, W, Smith, anting assistant
adjutant general; Colonel J. W. Shaffer, chief
quartermaster ; Captain J. W. Turner, chief com-
Bussßry of subsistence.
Major R. M. Hough, Major Edward Wright,
Captain D. W. Thompson, Captain W. R. Dole,
Lieutenant S. W, Stockton, Lieutenant Charles E.
Hay, Lieutenant A. M. Kiuzie, Lieutenant A. 0
Doolittle, aids-de-camp. .
D. Hchtisr, Major General Commanding.
Ciias. G. Halpixe, Assistant Adjut’t General.
(Official copy.)
GBKEItAI. ORDERS —NQ. 2,
Headqoartehs Department op the South, /
Port Royal, S. C., March 31,1562. )
In relieving Brigadier General T. W. Sherman
from duty in this department, pursuant p? orders
of the War Department, dated “A. G. 0., Wash
ington, March 15,1S02;” the Major General com
manding desires to express to Brigadier General
Sherman his fall appreciation of the amount and
importance of the servicos rendered by the expedi
tion under General Sherman’g command; and his
thanks for the full, reliable, and valuable informa
tion as to the condition of the troops, defenoes, Ac.,
in this portion of the Department of the South,
which General Sherman has furnished.
By command of
Major General D. Hdntrr.
Charles G. Halfine, Assistant Adjutant Gene
ral.
The Privileges op the Press is South
Carolina.—The Executive Counqjl of Sguth Ca
rolina have passed the following resolution, and it
has been approved by the Governor:
Resolved, That the editors and owners of news
papers in this State be informed, that if any of their
employees shall fall under the conscription, the adju
tant and inspector general will be instructed to with
hold from Confederate service such of saidoonsoripts
as the editor or owner of such newspaper shall de
clare, by affidavit, to bo absolutely necessary to car
ry on their respective establishments, and that the
work cannot bo dono by workmen within their com
mend or otherwise, exempt; Provided, The num
ber withheld shall net exoeed seven for the Charles
ton daily papers, five for the Columbia daily papers,
and two tor each country paper: And provided,
The conscripts withheld from Confederate service
AftU be subject to be detailed to auoh local and ape
oial duty as may not seriously interfere with the
business of their respective offices.
The rebels claim to have a number of gunboats
on the ways, and we expect it is on the run a-
Twf: \Vau Prf.. s ** will be sent to tmbecribers by
malt (per ftmium in advance) at $2,019
Three Copiei “ fi.oo
Ffre M “ “ tirnmmm ttiOO
Ten *.L3iOO
Larger CJiiljH will be charged at the sarno rate, thus:
20 rcr-if m will cost $24; 50 copie* will cost $6O ; And 169
copies
For a Club of Twehty-ono or overt we wilt sood aa
Extra Copy to the getter.up of the Club,
Postmasters are requested to act as Agents for
Tirs War Pbe33.
*sr Mmtiiemwitß IrwvtvS »t tho nuial ratal, Six
lines constitute a square.
NEWS FROM THE REBEL STATES.
Tho Richmond Dispatch haa tho following com
ments on the rebel Secretary of War, George W.
Randolph. It says ;
General Georgo >Y. Randolph, the hew Secretary
of War, needs no introduction to our Virginia cow
munity. A grandson of Thomas JcJVereon, his
public and professional cursor has reflected no dis
credit cron upon that illustrious nafne. As a law
yer, bo bas no superior at the bar of Virginia, amt
in forensic or legnl debate the strongest of our
statesmen and advocates would find in him “ a foe
man worthy of their ateel.” We havo listened
with great admiration to his simple, unadorned, in
resistible current of thought and logic, which flow*
on as smoothly, quietly, and powerfully as a great
river. Dignity and simplicity are the character
istics of the genius, both of the lawyer and the
man. If these were all Mr Randolph's recommen
dations, however, we should never think of hli
being peculiarly qualified for Secretary of War.
Mr. Randolph, however, has received a military
education, and, during the present war, lihs shown
vast energy and aptitude in military organisation
rising rapidly from the post of captain of artillery
io ilint of general, until ho has now been honored
with the present most responsible and difficult posi
tion. Mr. Randolph comes to the helm of the ship
in a dark hour, with tho roars of the breakers ia
hearing, and this eager waves throwing the spray
and foam over her deoks. But she has a stout,
hearted crow onboard, and the man who can rightly
collect and apply tbeir energy will yet have the
proud satisfaction of seeing her safe and afloat, in
inO Open sen, her broad flag kissed by favoring
winds, and his own namo honorcr] apj immortal.
More Provisions ntul Less Cotton.
The Southern Advocate, contains the following
appeal to planters to pay more attention to tho
planting of provision? in tlie place of Gotton. Tho
Advocate is not the only paper that has made the
same appeal, but all in vain, for numerous letters
found in Donelson, Newbern, Winchester, ,to.,
state that the energies of the people of the South
ftia paralysed, Uttd that, instead of planting tho
crops they expect to subsist their army upon, they
have settled down into a state of inactivity. Tha
Advocate says :
Wo took occasion some fow weeks ago to present
for the consideration of our planting frionds a few
reflecticns on the importance to the great cause in
which the Confederate States are now er)i-a*cd of
having raised the present year more abundant
provision crops and /ess cotton. The subieot, wo
have sineo noticed, 1? engaging the attention of
many of our con temporaries of the press, nil agree
ing in the opinion that considerations of a most
weighty character requiro that the Confederate
States should make, whilst the war lasts, the moil
abundant prsvisum crops and short cotton crept.
Tho present indicaliOhS justify the belief that tho
war will be a protracted one, lasting, possibly, for
yeßrs. It therefore behooves U 3 to make provisions
enough to feed thoso who go forth to fight our bat,
ties, as well as those who remain at home. Of
course, ft will not do to rely upon getting any sup
plies from beyond our own territorial limits while
‘be war lasts.
But not only is it necessary that we make enough
within ourselves to feed the armies of the country
as well as those who remain at home; but the supply
should bo so abußdabt as to Insure low prices for
the prime necessaries of life. With corn at seventy
five cents to one dollar per bushel, bacon twenty t*
thirty cents, and other necessaries in the same pro-*
portion, tho necessitous families of volunteers are
likely to suffer. Te gliard against such a state of
things provisions must be so abundant as to effec
tually keep down high prices.
A Prayer for the Success of the Southern
Tho New Orleans Picayune contains the follow
ing form of prayer, which wa3 issued by the Epis
copal Bishop of Louisiana:
“ O Lord, our Heavenly Father, high and mighty
lung of kinga gnd Lord }( lyjdc, who dost Prom
I®; .-/ratio echo'd all the dwellers oh earth, anST
reignest with power supreme and uncontrolled over
all kingdoms, .empires, and governments, look dewn
m mercy, we beseech Theo, on these American
Btates, who have fled to Thee from tbs rod of th«
oppressor, and thrown themselves on Thy gracious
protection, desiring to be henceforth dependent only
on Thee; to Thee they have appealed for the right
eousness of their cause; to Thee do they now look
up for that countenance and support which Thon
alone oanst give; take thee, therefore, Heavenly
Father, under Thy nurturing care; give them wis
dom in council and valor in the field; ‘defeat the
malicious designs of our cruel adversaries; con
vince them of tho unrighteousness of their causa,
and if they persist in their sanguinary purpoeog, Q ;
let the voice 6f Thine unerring justice, sounding in
their hearts, constrain them to drop their weapons
of war from their unnerved hands in the day of
battle. Be thou present, O God of wisdom, and
direct the councils of tbi3 hooor&blo Assembly *
enable them it) settle things on the bogt and surest
foundation, that the scone of blood may bo speedily
closed; that order, harmony, and peace may be
efleotuaily restored, and truth and justice, religion
and piety prevail and flourish among Thy people.
Preserve the health of thoir bodies and ftft yjger
of their Inliiji ; shower down upon them and the
millions they here represent, such temporal bless
ings as Thou seest expedient for them in this world,
and crown them with everlasting glory in the world
to come. All this we ask in the name, and through
the merits of Jesus Christ, Thy Son, and aur Sa
viour, Amts!'’ * '
A Navi* Officer,
ATTEMPT TO RAISE A FORCED DOAN—PROTEST OP
THE ALLIES ACAIaVST If,
Havana, April 2-5 P, If,
By tho Spanish steamer Sun Quintin, wo have
dates from Vera Cruz to the 23d ult., Cordova t»
Gi® 20th, Orizaba to. tho 19th, and Mexico to the
oth. If we could believe the contradictory reports,
it would appear that there is likely to U *omb
fighting, owing to a forced loan imposed by thd
Mexican Government on six Spanish commercial
houses of the capital, says one correspondent; an
other says that only three of them are Spanish, and
this would seem the most probable, as we are told
that the Secretary of tho Treasury, EchevaniA.
(uncle of General Prim's wifo,) a Mexican, is one
of those taxed, if it is not, ns it is most likely, a tax
upon all. The allies were to send another ultima
tum. protesting against the loa» and exacting its
nullification, and stating that a negative would
cause a declaration of war.
We also have confirmed the news I wrote you of
in my last of a frightful explosion. It took plasa
on the night of the 7th, at a place called Saa
Andreas de Chalohicomula. Abog, thousand
Soldiers, principally frem the State of Oaxaca, wore
in their quarters, a large building, formerly a oon
vent. and a large number of women with them.
Powder and ammunition was carelessly left when
sparks from their fires could reach it, and the ex
plosion look plats, destroying the building, whioU
buned all in its ruin, More than a thousand
perished, and some five hundred wero wounded or
horribly mangled.
A correspondent of the J9iar.o(Havana), writing
from Orizaba, says fagd has risen in prioe, sines
their arrival, forty per cent,, and the correspond
ent of the Prensa gives a sad account of their situ
ation there. At Cordova some of the troops are
quartered in a ruined convent, iatoly used as a
graveyard, and rendered unhealthy by th{ recent
inlefpisht of bodies, and, after sleeping on the
ground for three months, are now left to shift for
themselves for a lodging.
The JSeotleJEuropa, of tho 19th, now published ia
Orizaba, says that civil war goes on breaking eat
in the inters the republic,
Gen. Vargas has had ft SOlioUs attack of apo
plexy, during whiob his life was despaired of for
many hours. The report spread here (Havana)
that he was dead, but I know that the Captain Ge
neral here received a letter from him. General
Almonte, Father .Miranda, Hgre, nod several
Gibers left' Vera Cruz with Gen. Lorencez, under
the protection of the French flag. Several batta
lions of the Mexican army have received leave of
absence, and are walking the streets of Vera Cruz.
Tho Spaniards expelled from Tampico have re
turned to their homes, furnished with passports
from Juarez. They were carried from Vera Cruz
in the Spanish steamer Vlloa, which had returned
in safety. Postal communications were going to
be established between Vera CruZ and Orizaba twioe
a week, and from the former port to this gJty
flte&ffi&fS are to leave on the 7tn and 23d of each
month.
The Heraldo of Mexico, of March 5, 3ays the su
preme Gevermnent has given orders for all those
declared traitors, Ac., who m&y present themselves
U 1 \ era OfU! M "V 4'uer point of tho Republic, to
"'’“rested a*;;, imprisoned. This refers prinoi
pally tq Almonte, Miranda, Haro, and others of the
liiratnon party.
A conspiracy was discovered in the capital on tils
night of the 4th, An assembly was held fit No. Id
San Hippolito street, which was broken up, and
gold and correspondence seized. The intention waa
to invite Marquez to proteot and aid a movement to
be made in the capital. Marquez was approaching
tho city.for that purpose, bnf waa met and beaten
three miles between Jatlahunen and Monts do la*
Cruces. About a dozen of the conspirators wero
arrested at No. 10, and incarcerated. Several
foreigners have been b&nished as dangerous.
Tbial of John W. Cullin on tub
CHARGE OP LlBEL.—Yesterday morning, in the
Court of Quarter fixations, before Judge Thompson, the
A ftB £»m John W. Cullin, charged with libelling Ohav.
A. Edwards, camo up for trial. The libel consisted in *
letter written by the defendant to Secretary of War
Sta&taß, Sh&P&lhg Mr. Charles A. Edwards, a
lor shoes, with using an interior article of leather.
Mr. Edwards testified that lie had charge of a contract
for making shoes; furnished the material of which they
wore uiado; knew Mr. Cullin since the commencement of
tho prosecution; a letter whs shown Witness by Colotiel
Croinmm who desired him to take a copy it; the copy
was handed to Mr. Cullin, who acknowledged it to be
correct.
Witnesses were called who testified that Mr. Cullin ac
knowledged that he had written the letter, and tent it to
t\ R? 1 ling toil to Mr. Stanton. The witnesses coutd not say
that Mr. Guilin as9inpwlttlgC(l that he had sent the letter
from Philadelphia; but aahewMih Philadelphia whoa
the conversation took place, and stated that he bad sent
the letter to Washington, it was understood that such was
the case.
It was proposed to read the copy of the letter in evi
dence.
Mr. Daniel Dougherty* for tho dotondanU objected, as
the accused was entitled to have the original produced.
The best evidence must l>e submitted, and it hod boon
shown that the original letter was in existence,
Mr. O'Brien stated that the original letter was on file
at Washington.
Mr. Di.ugh«-rty, in reply, stated that the letter had
been in Philadelphia, in the ppftftHiOD of IColi Orogmom
and if it had boon intended to charge the defcftdabt with
ni.el, the original letter could have been retained. The
letter was on file, and could be obtained from the De
partment .
Id the next place, the court must decide whether the
declaration made by tho defendant was to bind him to
show the publication of tits document, The copy might
contain variations, and yet the defendant presumes, from
ft glance at it, that it was a copy, as he saw the
ideas. This letter wne a confidential communication, ad
dressed to the Secretary of War.
Judge Thompson said that it must be shown by the
Commonwealth that tho publication was in Philadelphia.
Mr. Edwards was then recalled, and he testified that
Mr. Cullin said he sent the letter from Philadelphia.
The letter was again offered in evidence, and Mr,
Dougherty again objected.
Judge Thompson decided that, os the accused resided im
Philadelphia, and stated that he had sent UM letter tU
Mr. Stanton, that wee sufficient eiitU&c*.
THE WAR PRESS.
Tlie New Rebel Secretary of War.
Cause,
Late News from Mexico.