THE PRESS. PUBLISHES DATLY (SUNDAYS EXCEPTED,) BY JOITN W. FORNEY. OFFICE Ns. 11l SOUTH FOURTH STREET. THE DAILY PRESS, l2t 1862. Q.LEN ECHO MILLS. GERMANTOWN, PA. McOALLUM & Co.. MANUFACTURERS, IMPORTERS, AND DEALERS »09 CHESTNUT STREET. (Opposite Indopondanoo Hall.) CARPETINGS. OIL, CLOTHS, &e. We have now on hand an extensive stock of Carpotinss, or oar own and other makes, to which we caU tho atten tion of cash and short-time buyers. mh7-3m FOURTH-STREET CARPET STORE, No. 4T ABOVE CHESTNUT, No. 4T. J. T. DELACROIX Invitee attention to hie Spring Importation of CARPETINGS, Oomt! rising every style, of tbe Nowest Patterns an! Designs, in VELVET, BRUSSELS, TAPESTBY BRUS SELS, IMPERIAL THREE-PLY, and INGRAIN CARPETINGS. VENETIAN anil DAMASK STAIR CARPETINGS SCOTCH RAG and LIST CARPETINGS. FLOOR OIL CLOTHS, in every width. COCOA and CANTON MATTINGS. DOOR-MATS. RUGS, SHEEP SKINS, PBVGGETB, and CRUMB CLOTHS. AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, LOW FOR CASH. J. T. DELACROIX, mbß.fal 47 South FOURTH Street. CARPETINGS. J. F. & E. B. ORNE, NO. 519 CHESTNUT STREET, (OPPOSITE STATU HOUSE,) Have received, per steamer Edinburgh, and other late arrivals, their SPBING IMPORTATION OP NEW CARPETINGS: CROSSLEI’S YARD-AND-A-HALP- WIDE VELVET 3, 9-4 MEDALLION M, ’ ENGLisa BRUSSELS, EXTRA-QUALITY TAPESTRY i BRUSSELS CARPETS, WITH BORDERS, (of new for Halle and Stairs). INGBAIN AND THBSK-PLY OABPETING3. or eitra duality. ’ ALSO, 500 PS. J. CROSSLEY & SON’S TAPESTRY BRUSSELS CARPETS, FROM 87 i TO Si PR. YD., Together with a complete aaiortment of OIL CLOTHS, STAIB AND FLOOR DRUGGETS, .... - ... . Buas > “ATS, Ao., All of new, choice selection;,, and ' ' AT MODERATE PRICES. J. F. & E. B. ORNE, mh3-tf OPPOSITE STATE HQVgft, YARMS, BATTS, & CARPET CHAIMS. PI. FRANCIS OUS, WHOLESALE DEALER IN YARNS, 433 MABKET and 5 North FIFTH Street. PHILADELPHIA. Buyers will find a full Stock of COTTON, LINEN, AND WOOLLEN CARPET CHAIN, COTTON YARN, TWIST, FILLING, WADDING, BATTING, COTTON LAPS, TIB YARKS, TWINES, CANDLE WICK, COVERLET YARN, BROOK TWINES, SHON THREADS, SILLING AND SEINE TWINES, BED COEDS, WASH AND PLOUGH LINES, COTTON, HEMP, AND MANILLA CORDAGE, Alao, a full assortment of FLY NETS, Which he offers at Manufacturer] LOWEST NET CASH PRICES. WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE. II. FRANCISOUS. 433 MARKET and 5 North FIFTH Street, PHILADELPHIA, WHOLESALE DEALER IE WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE. Always on hand, a full Stock or TUBS, BUCKETS, CBUBNS, MEASURES, BBOOMB, WHISKS, FANCY BASKETS, WALL, SCRUB, and SWEEPING BBUSHEB, LOOKING-GLASSES And WINDOW PAPER, Mats, Keelers* Flour Bucket*, Neat Boxes, WASH BOARDS, BOLLING and CLOTHES PINS. FLOOR and TABLE OIL CLOTHS. BOHOOL, MABKET, and DINNER BASKETS. Sleds, Barrows, Carriages, Hobby Horses, Ac., Ac. AU Goods sold at LOWEST NET CASH PRICES. mhll-2m TITORGAN, ORR, & CO., STEAM- AtA ENGINE BCILDEBO, Iron Founder#, and General Uftchjaliii and Boiler Makers, 110*1210" GAL LOWHILL Btreet, Philadelphia. fel#-ly MANTILLA TRIMMINGS, At the close of 1857, when the rebellion in British India, contemptuously treated at first as a mere cm cute, came to he acknowledged a terrible reality, Dr. Russell was sent out by The Times, and arrived in time to accompany Sir Colin Campbell (now Lord Clyde) to the attack and capture of Lucknow, and to witness the operations which led to the subjugation of Oude and Rohilcund, and the suppression of the rebellion. He returned home early in 1859, his healthinjured by a severe sunstroke at the battle of Bareilly, and by an injury to a limb by the kick of a horse. His communica tions to The Times, collected in book-form as «My Diary in India,” had almost as much a success as his« Letters from the Crimea.” It has been erroneously believed that Dr. Russell was The Times 5 Special Correspondent in Italy, during the War of 18-39, and subso quently in China. In 18G0, he established a weekly class-journal, The Army and Navy Gu- zel te, still continuing his engagement with The Over a year ago, Dr. Russell visited this country and made a tour of the Southern and Southwestern States. Ho has been accused of predilections for the South, where the utmost efforts were made to conciliate his favorable opinion, and there are only too many grounds for crediting the accusation. In Washington, for the last nine months, Dr. Russell was treated with the highest consideration by all in PHILADELPHIA. FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 1862. Jr 183. I'HIDAY, APRIL 11, 1862. Scene Changes - Exit Dr. Russel I. Tlic well-known “ Special Correspondent” Of The Tiftlis loft Maw \ 6rk, for England, on Wednesday, by the mail-steamer China. He arrived in this country, last year, during the early part of the war, and certainly no foreign journalist brought with him so high a reputa tion, social and literary. William Howard Russell, («LL. D. and Uunistcr-at-Law," ns ho was fond of adding to his signature,) was frequently taken and mistaken, in this country, for an Englishman. On the contrary, ho was an Irishman, born at Lily \ die, near Dublin. The date of his birth is variously given, some accounts malting it in 1810, while others, more probably correct, statv it as 1821. nispnrents, respectable peo ple in trade, gave him a good education which he completed at Trinity College, Dublin. He did not graduate, hut got into newspaper work, by the time bo was of age —his Jirat avowed appearance in print being an account of an Irish county election, (Longford,) writ ten for The Times at the request of a relative, employed on that journal. During 18 It* and 1848, when O’Connell was making a great sen sation, in and out of Ireland, by his Monster Mootings “ for tho Ropalo,” Mr. Uussell write a series of letters for Tlic Times, in which the leading incidents were graphically related— but he was not the hero of tho anecdote which rep i csonts a Government reporter as hoaxed, “ in the Kingdom of Kerry,” by O’Oonnoll’s mailing a Repeal speech in tiie Irish tongue. The incident did occur, but Frederick Bond Hughes, a London short-hand writer, was tho real suiferer. After (lie Monster Meetings were put down, Jli 1 . Russell proceeded to London, where, after some little delay, during which ha wrote a good deal for magazines, he succeeded in obtaining an engagement on The Times , which lias ever since continued, with the exception of a period. lB4y-’47, when he was on tho Morning Chronicle. It is said that he helped to report the* O’Connell State-Trials, at Dub lin, in ISJ4. When he returned to The Times he was relieved from the laborious duties of parliamentary and general reporting, which he performed with spirit and accuracy, and employed on what a theatrical nianager.would call “ the general utility business”—that is in describing Royal Progresses, ship-launches, military reviews, great gatherings of the masses for social and political purposes, and sometimes was sent to various parts of the Continent for like purposes. His descrip tions, rapid but not careless, were vivid and almost dramatic, and The Times’ readers were much pleased with them. In 1850, he was called to the bar, without having had time to study law—the process of i changing a man into the dignity of « barrlstcr i at-luw” being simply to deposit .£l2O with the treasurer of one of the London Inns of Court; to cat throe dinners per term (four terms annu ally), for three years ; and then to be « call ed,” as an utter or outer barrister, without any examination. It is doubtful whether-Mr. Russell ever held a brief, had a cause, or gave a legal opinion in his life. But, in England, to hold a naval or military commission, or to belong to one of the learned professions—law, physic, and divinity—admits a man info so ciety where mere west® may frequently ho repulsed. To wear- a red coat or a blue, as a commissioned officer, demands patronage and purchase. To be a clergyman, a plivsi cian, or a surgeon, one must bn expensively educated. But to be a barrister-at-laiv (which is considered extremely genteel, while the mere attorney is a nobody), a gentleman has merely to eat Uls mutton a certain number of times in the dining-room of one of the Inns of .Court, and—hey! presto!—lie becomes,‘in three years’ time, capable of contesting for tlic highest prizes of the law. Besides, there are certain appointments, all but sinecures, for which almost the sole qualification is that each occupant shall ho “ a barrister of not less than five years’ standing,”. and here the nominal barristers-at-iaw may be said to abound. Very many persons connected with the London press are precisely barristers at-law as Mr. Russell is without having i much legal knowledge. Such, for instance, are Samuel Carter Hall, editor of the Art ! Journal . and William Makepeace Thackeray, j the well-known noveiist and lecturer. Thev ’ took the title, for the status it gave. ' j When, cleverly humbugged by France Into i a war with Russia, England sent ships and troops to the Crimea, in 1854, the leading Loudon journals severally deputed certain i gentlemen to proceed to the seat of war, as ! “ special correspondents.” Mr. Russell, Who ' had previously visited Denmark, France, and : Germany for The Times , was despatched to i the Crimea by that journal, and his first letter attracted attention and excited expectation. During one whole year, namely, from the Bat tle of the Alma, September, 1854, to the final attack’ on Sevastopol, September, 18-55, Mr. Russell was present at almost everyimportaut action in the Crimea—the only exception was during a short period when ill health made him go to Therapia. He lived with the Fourth division of the British army, and his talents, joviality, and good-temper made him a general favorite with oflicers>and men. He encountered as much peril, at times, as if he were a combatant, and his descriptions, neces sarily written amid difficulties, were singularly vivid, racy, faithful, and suggestive. He complained from the first of the disgraceful inferiority of the British to the French Com missariat. His letters from the Crimea have been republished in collective book-form, and he also wrote an account of the war in monthly parts. He lectured, on a few occasions, on his Crimean experiences, but cannot be said to have succeeded, though his celebrity drew crowds of auditors. Early in 185 G, Dr. Russell was sent to Mos cow, to report the Coronation of the Czar, Alexander 11., for The Times, lie is so tho roughly master of the « pomp, pride, and cir cumstance ” of language, that his account of the most gorgeous ceremonial of modern times was the perfection of brilliant word-painting. It threw all other descriptions into the shade. After the Coronation, he travelled through Southern Russia to Odessa, and revisited the Crimea, returning via Sebastopsl, Odessa, Belgrade, and. Czemovicli, to Paris. It was after this second Crimean visit that the Uni versity of Dublin, his own “ Trinity,” con ferred the degree of Doctor of Laws Upon him, “ causa honc-ris,” for his literary cele brity—a distinction which he lias every" cause to be proud of, for that University is more Chary of such compliments than any other In the British dominions. ~”“ authority, who afforded him opportunities of obtaining accurate information which were sometimes not granted to American journal ists. But, all through his letters in The Times there is a scarcely-veiled contempt of the Federalists, and an under-valuation of the North, —socially, politically, and physically. From the time when his memorable account of the Battle of Bull Run was read in this coun try, showing a surprising carelessness as to filets, Dr. Russefl’s correspondence has not been much regarded here. He committed himself, too, by venturing on some predictions tvhioh have been negatived by facts. For ex ample, he prophccied that the Burnside Expe dition would come to nothing, and, more late ly, that tlie rebels would not make any resist ance upon Island Number 10. Although Dr. Russell has not increased his reputation as a descriptive and political writer, while in this country, he made many friends ))V Ill's genial sociability, his ready wit, liis easy flow of language. He will be remem bered in Washington as a bon-vivant who could he very amusing and amiable when he pleased, and he did please so to be very often, his tem per rarely being ruffled except when lie ven tured upon discussing tire politics of tills eoun- Iry, about which he certainly was “ a Know- Nothing." Dr. Russell, albeit Irish by birth, tempera ment, and education, liad English proclivities to a larger extent than most Englishmen of the middle class. It was a complaint of some English settlers in Elizabeth’s reign, that they had become more Irish than the Irish them selves, (Ilibemiore. v qnum Hibernis,) and so, in the present day, some Irishmen are more English than the English. To this class Dr. Russell belongs, holding the sincere belief that England is vastly superior in everything to all tire rest of the world. It is a complacent fuifh, and well calculated to preserve the personal equanimity of sucii a good-natured, amusing, clever, and truly social gentleman as “W. Hi Russell, IJo D. and Barristoruifc Law.-'-' Kindly and cordially we wish him Bon Voyage ! Doualil McKay and Armor-Clad Ships. [For Tbe Press.] Donald McKay, Esq., the well -known ship-builder of Boston, nowin England, where it is understood he has ft Government contrast for the construction of vessels for the British navy, communicates to the' Commercial Bulletin , of Boston, under date of January 24,18G2, a letter upon the subject of armor alad ships for the American navy. In the light of recent events it is not necessary to go into an ex tended criticism upon Mr. McKay's lettor. The Monitor had not then been launched, and the problems which her engagement with the Merrimac at Hampton Hoads fully settled, were in the then future, and it was comparatively safe to venture upon a good degree of theoretic speculation. Under ordinary oirotithStanOeS the views of Mr. McKay are entitled to deliberate and full consi deration. Eor this reason, his letter will be widely published and read, and as the subjeot of armor clad ships is just now ft matter of utmost import ance to the nation, they may engender unfavora ble results unless counteracted by fair and candid criticism. Mr. McKay's entire letter, so far as it suggests a distinctive policy in the construction of armor- clad ships, recommends to us the adoption of the English and French practice. It is well known that the practice of these nations has thus far chief ly proceeded upon the idea that light draught of water and impregnability were impossible elements in naval construction As impregnability was deemed of principal importance, vessels of lar»j> size have, in. avefy instance, been OOBslfUCloil in order to support the great weight of armor which was deemed indispensable. The Warrior, of the British navy, may be taken as a type of the class, and a favorable exemplifica tion of me liurupeau practice. This vessel is of something more than P.OOO tons burden, her sides being mailed to within 00 feet of either end, with solid iron plates, 15 feet long, 3 feet wide, and 4j inches thick, only about throe-fourths of her actual armament being protected by her armor. Let it be remembered that the Warrior is now con sidered tbe model iron-clad ship of the navies of Enicp?) and that we arc commended to construct vessels upon her general plan in creating a navy for ourselves. When we add that the Warrior when fitted for action, draws 20] foot of water for, the purposos of this continent we utter the strongest possible condemnation of her, as there are tew harbors on our coast she could enter. Granted, however, that vessels of lighter draught might be constructed, there are yet objections to the method of mailing, adopted in the case of the Warrior, which should operate to prevent us from using it. The solid iron plates, above referred.toi are tongued and grooved, and disposed upon the sides of the vessel longitudinally, and fastened frith screw bolts passing entirely through the wooden hull of the vessel from the inside, and screw ing into the armor-plates to within about one asd 8 half icche§ ?f the outer surface. It is apparent, at once, that this method of fast ening is a very imperfect one indeed, it bein» an exceedingly difficult matter to screw them up as firmly as they should be. Admitting this, however to be done, we must yet regard these plates as so muoh slung weight upon the sides of the vessel, and as contributing, in no slight degree, to impair its strength. Each of the plates may be regarded as ft lever fifteen feet long, with the fuleruia, alter nately, at the upper and lower oorners, considered with reference to the undulatory motion of the ves- ! sel at sea. This motion of a vessel is wholly una- i voidable, and the straining influence that it would, i by its action on the plates, effect upon the hull of ! the vessel will be readily surmised. Precisely such | results as now indicated have occurred in both the English and French vessels, while reoent advices j suggest the extreme probability that this method i of mailing will be abandoned wholly. We forbear 1 further details, as the public are generally advised ! of all the facts in the case, enough having been said to indicate that, notwithstanding tho ability which Mr. McKay brings to the discussion of the subject, his general advice to us is of no practical importance whatever. Mr. McKay's somewhat cynical references to the Navy Department with regard to the. plans finally adopted for the construction of armor-clad vessels, are of equal value with the views already com mented upon, and would seem to have been In spired by the fact, of which he has advertised us, that plans of his own were rejected by them, after a fair and full examination. JHr. McKay readily falls into a habit far too oommon to be singular one, however, we by no means commend of de crying the plans of others by anticipation immedi ately that be hears that his own have been, pre sently at least, rejected. The precise value of criticism under such circumstances it is ea3y to anticipate, and men of prudence, such as our Scotch friends generally are, will usually refrain from it The Navy Department ia just now the scape-goat of all our national shortcomings, so far as they are connected with naval enterprises. We ask for im possibilities and clamor for their execution. Etwjt ship-builder has his particular armor-clad hobby to ride, and denounces the Secretary if he fails to perceive and acknowledge its merits. Passing, however, from these general reflections, we note particularly Mr. McKay’s conjectures, fer they are entitled to no higher consideration, with respect to the plans of Mr. Ericsson, one of the three finally adopted by the board to whom the various plans were referred. He says: - “ The plan of Mr. Ericsson appears to me to be the most ingenious, but tho vessel will be a most unseaworthy craft, and will never attain the speed of 7 8-10 knots.” * Mr. McKay will learn with certainty, if not with pleasure, that he has failed entirely to con ceive the actual results of the cose. Let it be re membered that the Monitor was constructed as a floating-battery merely, and with no design of giving her sea-going qualities, and that she Was intended to have a speed of only eight knots. What are the facts? Engineer Stimers, who accompanied the Monitor from New York to Hampton Hoads, in a letter to Captain Ericsson, written just after the en gagement with the Merrimac , speaks of her sea going qualities in the highest terms, and it is known that he freely expresses this opinien in conversation upon the subjeot. With sixty revolutions her speed is seven knots, and he avows her capacity to equal more than eight knots, if her powers are all uti lized. The positive performances of the vessel, and the confldent opinions of Mr. Stimers, may be safely offset against conjectures of Mr. McKay. it is now known that the Navy Department have contracted with Mr. Eriosson for the construction of several more’vessels upon the general plan of the JMonitor , of somewhat larger size, of much greater strength, and largely-increased speed; and we venture the opinion that they will answer public expectation fully, so far as these points are concerned. Should the Department conclude to construct a vessel of largo size upon this plan, such as Captain Ericsson proposes, a model of which is now in the office of tho Assistant Secretary in Washington, Mr. McKay, and tha public at large, may rest assured that she will, in all desirable re spects, fully establish the superiority of this de scription of vessels for naval purposes. She will particularly attain a very high rate of speed, and be possessed of unsurpassed sea-going qualities. Other reflections of Mr. McKay invite to further remark, bat we forbear. Enough has been said to show that the public has little to learn from his remarkable vaticinations. W. L. B. LETTER FROM NASHVILLE. Visit to n I ntlnn Phmtiillnn—l)e inUp of till* Morning bulletin**—lts History—A Murder t’nsr—The Mute—Philadelphia Workman* ship—Visit to the Hospital—Kuslnesa im pnn in£—Mail Facilities increased—Tlie (Jon* test near Corinth. [Correspondence of The Frew ] Easiivillk, April ft, 1862. TK& f>h&i Wfifik hfi§ l>&£n balmy and showery. Trees of all descriptions are budding and branch* ing, while fruit trees of many kinds are in full blos som. The bills and Talleys are superbly greon, and the farmers may be seen busy at their ploughs upon their plantations. This afternoon, I took occasion to visit the splen did suburban residence of Col. J. A. S. Aoklin (u wealthy cotton planter); situated about two rnilos from Nashville. Attached to the house and farm proper are several large plantations. Near tho re sidence are all the necessary outhouses, built in a substantial manner, billiard saloon, bowling alley, ■aige greenhouse, observatory, a house Containing a collection of wild animals, and statues of a great valleyi Air. Aclilin is at present in Louisiana, where he ewx.s several extensive plantations. 110 enmo into possession of all his property by his wife, a widow Franklin, whom he married in Alabama. Since tbe commencement of the rebel lion, ho baa boon an enthusiastic Secessionist. A company organized in this city was called the Acklin Rifles, and equipped by the Colonel. When Donelson fell, Colonel Aoklin fled, fearing that, if he personally attempted to protect his pro perty here, it would jeopardize his estate in Louisiana. lam assured that he has often join ed in the mad howl of “ Lincolnitos, invaders, Goths, Vandals,etc. The extreme efficiency of the blockado preventod Col. A. from realizing anything from his last cotton crop, thu3 reducing him to a desperate condition in providing, not only for his family, but for his largo plantation force, negroes, stock, Ac. One of the funDy incidents of tho week is the “ bursting up' 1 of the Morning Bulletin. I will give you tha antecedents of this paper, and record its death in its proper place. The Nashville Union was established in 1835, by Medicus Long, of Flo rida. if existed under that title for 18 years, having been in the pessesslAn of 21 editors an! pub lishers. The Nashville American was established in ISIS by James Thompson. It passed through the hands of several publishers, and in 1303 became the properly of Col. G. 0. Torbotl. On the 15th of May, ISoit, Messrs, Church and Marling, of tho Union, and Eastman and Torbett, of the Ameri | can, associated, and published a large newspaper Galled the Union and American, which was a great success. From the commencement of Seces sion. and until Tennessee withdrew from the Uniou, thi3 paper denounced In bitter terms all attempts at the destruction of the Constitution. After the State had been lest, however, no journal in the i bogus Confederacy was so loud in its applause j of the nefarious transactions of the whole crowd of traitors, from Jeff Davis down to Governor Harris. When the great handicap race took place between the Legislature, under Harris, and the army, under Floyd, it was deemed expe dient (as tha Federal army hove In sight) to sus pend the publication of the Union and American. Subsequently, the Times made its appearance. It was absolutely disunion in sentiment, but did not | display the vieinu-naM which eharoalefWl tho : later career of the Union and American. The existence of the Times was of short duration, its editors declaring that their freedom of speech and of the'press were jeopardized. Last week an after, noon paper, oalled the Eventing Bulletin, made its appearance, and, after an irregular edition of three days, announced that it would hereafter be issued in the morning. One number of the * Bulletin appeared. It was tho first tW'-J jgJj number-and why ? It was edited and published by a number of journeymen putters, and they could not agree about the politics. Some desired that, ft should bear toward? Secession as much as possible ’ others were in favor of conducting it upon neutral grounds, while several were in favor of publishing an out-and-out Union paper. Several hours were spent in angry discussion, and it was Anally fie solved to Jet tbe tvholc Concern go to Hades. J aug expired the Morning Bulletin, alias the Evenin'* Bulletin, alias the Times, alias the Union and AiHiMfaii, alias the American, alias the Union- Why couldn’t it have been the “ Union first, last and forever ?” The proprietor of the Banner is and has been a Union man at heart, but someljow or other has a happy way of publishing “ Secesh ” and Abolition news of a character discouraging to timid lovers of the true (or old, as they call it here) Government, and cheering to the admirers of Jefferson I. The editors and proprietors of the Patriot, in my estimation, are gentlemen, but profess Secession to some extent. The paper, however, abstains from publishing matter injurious to the cause of the Union, but, ca the contrary, haya given room to all of the Union speeches delivered in Nashville, and prefaced them with comments of a praise worthy nature. Before this letter reaches this city, both journals will have contained editorials cheering to those desirous of returning to their allegiance. There was a great excitement in this city on Thursday, the 3d instant, ia consequence of a most unjustifiable murder which took place upon Broad street. A geutieman named Long was attempting to remove a bale of hay from in front of his deor” and infringed upon his neighbor, Binohett, who for bade him moving the bale in such a manner as to blockade the OUtfaiice to his (Blnchett's) establish ment. Long heeded not the demand of Binohett, whereupon the latter seized a musket and shot Mr. Long dead. I understand that the best of feeling existed bet w??B the parties previous to this rnelan. choly affair. Mr. Binohett appeared before the Recorder yesterday morning, and was subse quently sent to jail in default of a small bail. The State Capitol, in this pity, is, I believe, the finest structure, inside and out, in tho country, de voted to the same purpose. It is not generally known how much Philadelphia contributed to its elevation, however. First, the designing architect, Mr. William Strickland, was a Philadelphian! This gentleman died before the building was com pleted, and his son, who is also a Philadelphian, succeeded him in carrying on the work. Th? gjpjt critical poitir is of the outside processes of eleva tion were entrusted to Philadelphia artists and mechanics. In the Representatives’ hall is the most elaborate, graceful, and costly chandelier in the United States. It cost two thousand dollars, and is from a Philadelphia establishment. The chief points in the design are representations of the animal and vegetable productions of the State, tuch ns cotton, corn, and tobacco. Thera are also six buffaloes, extremely well executed, and a num ber of Indian warriors, each nearly two feet high, and of most excellent proportions. The burners are forty-eight in nuffibcr, Id the Senate Chamber is a chandelier similar in design, though smaller, and of better proportions. There are thirty-four chande liers, eleven brackets, twelve pendants, and eight gasclabrasui the whole bnilding, All of these elegant gas-fixtures were made by tho Philadelphia firm al luded to. Sixteen of the finest lamp-posts I ever saw 7 wero manufactured and put up by another firm of your city. Each post consists g composite, fluted column, resting on a heavy base, and sup porting a large glass lamp with gas-burners. Around this column, and standing upon the base, are three figures, life-size, representing morning and night, (female Agates,) and noon, a youth hold ing a torch. There is an elegant spiral stair-case leading to the galleries of the library, and also to tho tower, besides a large amount of critical and ornamental iron-work in other portions of the build ing, all of which came from Philadelphia. I hare noticed many articles of iron-work from that city, such as fences, awning-posts, engines, stairs, piano stools, eto., etc. Pennsylvania is well represented also, in the way of hotel keepers, wholesale grecers, and druggists, while several of the steamboats are conducted by captains from the Keystone State. Yesterday, I paid a short visit to the hospital on Cedar street, and found about forty siek soldiers, composed of both Federals and Confederates. The pbysician-in-chief arrived while I was there, and I oould hardly help laughing at the style in which the poor fellows jumped up, and, in turn, besought him to feel thoir pulses, examine their tongues, etc. In conversation with the Doctor, he informed me that the same thing actually occurred every- day, and that most of them, when asked Where the pain was fnost intense, answered “ All over, dootor.” The Confederate soldiers have nearly all been removed by their friends. There are no siek sol diers from Pennsylvania in the Cedar-street hos pital. As Secession decreases, so all the necessaries and luxuries of life become less dear; good money changes hands with more confidence, and the business men of all stations are mars numerous, and feel more security in their operations. For instance : Several large stores have been opened this week, one or more of them devoting their interests to cotton ; the retail storekeepers Uavo all resumed business, and many places refuse to accept the State scrip for articles on sale. The mail leaves this city regularly for the North, East, and West, and returns from an sections of our foygj oountry every day. All the important poEt offices and post routes between Nashville and Louisville are now opened and in operation, and all the routes on the Memphis branch from Bowling Green to Clarksville will be opened within the next ten days, or as soon as the bridge across Barren river is completed. Colonel Markland proceeded to Columbia to day to make preparations for the resumption pf ft? mails between that place and Nashville, and the Shelbyville and Murfreesboro Railroad is being also putia running order. These TWO CENTS. are a few of the benefits which one enjoys under the protection of the good old “stars and stripes. M Many loyal men apprehend a reverse at Corinth or vicinity, while the Secessionists we full of hope. AH true men fervently pray for our suc cess. That it will be the Waterloo of the war there can be no doubt, and God grant that it may result in favor of those who are fighting for the Constitu tion, for without that instrument our glorious coun try is lost, and that lost, freedom and order give place to tyranny and turmoil. “ Then* liven nor form nor foelimj in my soul I'Lborrowed from my country.” Tlift HOtb Pennsylvania itegtmcnl at llic Battle of Winchester. [The following letter received from one of the soldiers of the 110th Pennsylvania Regiment, to a frlcud In this city, will be found interesting i J WiNciiF.sTßß, March 29, 1302. Mr Djsati Cousin : Idon't know what can bo tho matter with tho mails. X have received no letter fr sur \\ e learn that the expenditures of the Ho* vernmentare at the rate of two or'three millions a day, and that there is a weekly addition of that earn to tho currency. We hear it recommended that congress should maks all fume issues of treasury notes bear interest. All the generals of our army of tho Mississippi are now at Corinth, including Beauregard, Sydney Johnston, Bragg, Polk. Crittenden. Gladden Rug. sags* sawu- , »‘™' <* Among tho excuses offered as exemptions, soma are extremely ludicrous. In Smyth county, wa learn, one man. in enrolling himself, wrote opposite his name “ one leg too short.” The next man that films in, noticing the excuse, end deemin'* it pfelts* good, thought he would make his better, and wrote opposite his name “ both legs too short.” What the Rebels think of our Navy. The Augusta (Georgia) Chronicle and Sentinel, of March 53, in an article in reference to the natral action in Hampton Roods, says: 11 The Northern and Southern people are alike in one respect— they must have somebody to denounce in case of a disaster. They are not willing t„ ac cuse themselves of negligence and apßthy. When ice lose a battle, as in Tennessee, wo hold the com manding general or tho Confederate Government responsible, and immediately there goes up a ory m fas condemnation of somebod.v. forgetful that we have neglected to furnish the condemned com mander with reinforcements and supplies; forget ful that we know but half the circumstances of his situation. In like manner, the Northern people, neglectful of the gallant defenp? made by the suri pnsed captamß of the lost frigates against their ine vitable fate, are casting about for somebody to hold responsible for the disaster, and a great cry goes np against their Navy Department, which ice devoutly wait had not been as well managed as it has Francis Whitton. The rebels know, to their sorrow, how efficient the national navy has beon. They have felt its blows at Hatteras, at Port Royal, in tho North Carolina Sounds, and ah Hit Mississippi and its tributaries. They are feeling it constantly in tho blockade, which, considering the extent of coast subjected to it, has no parallel in naval history, and the rigor of which is attested by the fabiUoiU prices of everything at the South which has been, accustomed to be received by sea. Opposed to Military Secrecy. The Mebtle Tribune, of the iith uU., has an edi torial contending that military mystery is de pressing the spirit of the Southern people. It says: Here, in Mobil?, for the past few days, there has been a very anxious suspense in respect to move ments which the citizens believe have been made, but of which they can find no information. It may be that there is no information to get; but, as there has been so much “ military mystery ’ * heretofore, they are disposed to believe that there is news, and that it is concealed, and, of course, that it must be bad, because it is concealed. This is human nature, and it is jnst ns cortain as any known quantity. If our people cannot bear bod news, we had better quit the war at onoo, and make such terms as the insolent and rapacious foe may choose to grant to us. IVe are so certain, however, of the temper of the people that we believe bad news will do them good They will rise up to tha neeessities of it, And we may say with perfeot certainty that the people are now in yafor and Saewuc™ fo be put in places where they can be of service, superior to most of the generals who command them. They want to go footer than their commanders i but tha mystery and the failing back and the losing of places, here tofore considered of importance, are paralyzing them. They are not regulars, who may be kept with propriety in ignorance. They are men who follow their officers from choice; or rather, they choose to volunteer for that purpose; and they arc not accustomed to be blindly led by men whom they may consider blinder tban themselves. In other words, they want to know tha danger, and are ready to meet it whatsoever it may be. They will meet it the more boldly when they- know it. And this runs all through the ranks of ‘the oitizens who remain at home. Suspense and mystery fill them full of doubts. They want the confidence of our leaders and our Government. They may be talked to a 9 brothers, and will do a brother's part if they flre tr?Bi?d ns brothers embarked in the same nobis cause. Pilots Acquainted with Northern liar. Tho Norfolk Day 800 - of (JjS 4th inSt,, has £hB following interesting item, which may be taken for what it is worth: We have a pretty strong hint that pilots ac quainted with the various harbors along the North ern seaboard will speedily be In great demand, and that their services will be handsomely remunerated- unnecessary for us, of course, to say more than this, as those interested will easily find out where to apply for further Information. As the weather is getting warm, poaßibly soma of our Southern friendß intend to get up a few pio-nie excursions to a little colder climate, and it may be that they need the services of tho above pilots. . A special oJeotisß will be held is the Ninth Congressional district of Illinois on the 6th of May, to fill the seat in the House of Representatives, left vacant by the resignation of Gen. John A. Logan. THE WAR PRESS* LATE SOUTHERN NEWS. OH TOUT SUMPTER, THE REBELS OPPOSED TO MILITARY SECRECY, 11 MlltOltS WANTED.