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SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 1862.
REMOVAL OF ODE OFFICE.
The publication office of The Press has
been removed from its old location to No. 11l
South Fourth street, second door from the
comer of Chestnut, (east side,) where adver
tisers are requested to send their favors.
the latest war news.
from eur special correspondent at Pittsburg
Landing, (»ho, as we learn from the Louisville
Journal, was delayed by the authorities, at Co
lumbia, Tennessee, for saveral days, together with
the correspondents of the New York Tribune and
World,) we have received one of the most readable,
reliable, end valuable accounts of the great battle
whioh have yet been penned. The revelation of the
treacherous manner la which our troops were Sur
prised is now for the first time made public, as are
other points of no less prominence.
A despatch from Gen. Banks to Secretary Stanton
states that the Federal forces hare occupied New
Market, capturing many prisoners. Now Market
is a post village of Shenandoah county, Virginia,
one hundred and fifty miles northwest of Rich
mond. It is delightfully situated in the great val
ley between Massmntten and North Mountains,
and iron ore abounds in it- dlhe village contains
three or four churches and publia buildings, also
several large faotorics.
General McClellan telegraphs to the War De
partment that tha t ahals attacked General South’s
division on Thursday evening, with the purpose of
capturing his gnns, but they were handsomely re
pulsed) and a number of prisoners taken, The
Third Vermont Regiment had an engagement with
the rebels on Wednesday, in whioh they lost
thirty-two killed and ninety wounded.
The select committee ol the Sehatc, appointed in
July last to inquire into the circumstances attend
ing the surrender of the navy yard at Pensacola,
the destruction of the property of ft? United States
at Norfolk navy yard, and the armory at Harper’s
Ferry, and the abandoning of the same by the
Federal forces, have made a report, published in
another column, in which they visit censure upon
every one who can in any way bo proved responsi
ble for these disgraceful and ill advised move
ments. The Buchanan Administration receives a
special rap on the knuckles.
By the arrival of the steamer McClellan at
New York yesterday, we have the first Federal ac-
counts Of the bombard mene and capture of Fort
Pulaski. The bombardment commenced on the
10th instant, and the garrison surrendered on the
following day. Three hundred and silly prisoners
were captured, and also a large amount of ammu
nition and stores.
It is currently reported in Cairo that Fort Wright,
on the Mississippi river, abave Memphis, has been
taken by Commodore Foote.
The Movements at Yorktown.
The indications multiply that'the'historic
field on which the liberties of the Republic
were first achieved is to be the theatre of the
great battle of the war for its preservation.
All the available power of the enemy in Vir
ginia is apparently being concentrated at
Yorktown. Not only are three of their best
generals. Leg, Johmcok, and Magbuder, be
lieved to be directing their movements, but it
is reported that Jeff Davis has arrived in
their camp, and that the chosen chief of the
conspiracy is to strugglo in person for the
maintenance ofhis ill-gotten power. A victory
over such a host, thus led, would be most im
portant. There is little reason, however, to
suppose Hint it can be easily achieved. The
position of the enemy is one of great strength.
Every appliance of art has been used to ren
der it impregnable. The contending armies
appear to be equally confident of victory. It
is evident that all the appliances of modern
warfare will be called into requisition, and, if
the battle soon expected ocettrs, it wilt pro
bably prove one of the most desperate that
have ever taken place in any age or country.
Parian Hruwnluw.
The sterling Tennessee patriot, who, amid
the most trying circumstances, preserved the
consistency of his position, and battled to
the last for the Uuiou, was warmly welcomed
by thousands of our citizens at Independence
Hall yesterday. The story of his trials affords
a fair illustration of tho iniquity anti cruelty
of the rebellion. No men are more ready to
prate of “ rights” than Secession conspirators,
yet no men have ever shown fewer scruples
in shamefully violating every dictate of hu
manity and every principle of'justice. They have
no compunctions in destroying the life, liberty,
and property of those who are not leagued
with them, or who refuse to assist their wicked
movements. They disregard all laws, human
and divine, and display obedience only in the
bad form of a compliance with the behests of
their tyrannical and unscrupulous leaders.
Tue f residential candidate of the Breck
inridge party in 1800, no less a personage
than John C. himself, displayed his devotion
to the Federal Constitution in the bloody
Sabbath battle near Corinth, on the Gth inst.
The Richmond Dispatch says: “ The Ken
tucky regiment of General Breckinridge was
extolled by every one, Its noble commander
won for himself a name which can nerer
perish.” Before he left Congress, a little
more than six months ago, he was the ap
plauded mouthpiece of the very men in the
Free States who continue to reproduce the
arguments which then elicited their ardent
praise. Both sides continue to play their
parts effectively. He went lorth to take the
lives of the Democrats who voted for him, and
the Breckinridge leaders in the Free States
remain quietly at home, taking credit to them
selves for standing by his doctrines, and at
the same time trying to deceive the people by
claiming companionship with the brave men
he volunteered to slaughter. There is no
inconsistency in Breckinridge —he followed
his faith to its logical conclusion—but those
who still adhere to this faith are somewhat
hampered by the difficulty of reconciling un
doubted affection for him with hypocritical
devotion to the Union.
Of codrse, following the example of Mr.
Pierce Butler, we shall have any number of
suits brought against the officers of the Fede
ral Government by the former patriotic occu
pants of Fort Warren, Fort Lafayette, and
Fort McHenry. No better plan could be in
vented to keep up the excitement against the
Government, and to cripple the energies of
our gallant soldiers in battle. We shall have
some rare scenes in our courts when this pro
gramme is fully developed. Alter all these
suspected gentlemen are vindicated and in
demnified, Buckner, Tilghman, McKall, and
all those caught with arms in their hands,
will insist upon a trial by jury; and whon
we catch Floyd, Pillow, Cobb, and Wise,
these, too, will plead the protection of the
Constitution and the laws they deliberately
violated.
« Flat Bl'rolakv." —Governor Rector, of
Arkansas, proposes, with all the gravity of
Dogberry, to fine every man who expresses a
doubt of the success of the rebel armies, and
to treat as “ felony” a second offence of that
description ! It appears that the privilege of
Tittering the tnith is not included among the
“ reserved rights” of whieh Secessionist love
to prate.
Tue reported successes of our army in
New Mexico are confirmed by telegraphic
news received last night. In the search for
their “ rights,” the rebels have discovered
that they can be whipped t in the Territories as
well as in the States.
Attractive Sales at Auction. —The attention
9f purchasers is requested to the foUcWißg peremp
tory sales or merchandize, by Juhu B. Myers & Co.,
auctioneers, to be held through next week:
Monday, April 21—Large attractive sale of
Frenoh dry goods, embroideries, Ac,
- Tuesday, April 22—Large sale of boots, shoes,
travelling bags, Ac.
Wednesday and Thursday , April 25 and 24
A luge stock of staple and tansy dry goods, Aa.
Friday, April 20— Sale of carpets and Canton
mattings, he.
Mask Hasslkk’s CoNChKTia-in the programme of
this concert, which takee plies’ at the Academy of
Unuc, on Hobday evening notice tta**t Mr.
'William Mason, the greatest classical pianist of the day,
will leiloroi Bclrakerv’s grand fantasia op, is, symphs
nlcally transcribed, for piano and orciestra, by his
friend Liezt, from whom he received the inspiration of
the wi rk. This magnificent transcriptiou has nerer yet
brio performed in this city. Mr. Hawn a‘eo performs
two dtlidous compoeitlODl of his own—" Spring Dawn”
and “Silver Springs"—which are said to be full ot
beauty and classical inspiration. t
An Important Anniversary.
This is the anniversary of one of the most
important events in American history. We
allude to tho attack upon the Massachusetts
and Philadelphia troops, in Baltimore, on the
19th of April, 1801. That cowardly, brutal,
and infamous outrage, was only second to the
fall of Sumpter in its electrical effect upon the
loyal citizens of the Republic. While the at
tack upon a national fort proved the audacity
and determination of the conspirators in South
Carolina, where treason had been pronounced
a virtue by the leaders of public sentiment for
a generation, better things were hoped from a
region lying north of the capital, in the imme
diate vicinity, of the free States. Its interests
were all so clearly bound up in the preserva.
tion of the Union, and it had so much to lose
and so little to gain by any overt act, that no
very serious fears of its loyalty were enter
tained. The events of a year ago, however,
dispelled this pleasing delusion, and showed
at once the wide extent ot the conspiracy, the
fearful nature of the perils that menaced the
Republic, and the imminent danger that envi
roned the Federal capital.
The fall of Sumpter, it will be remembered,
was immediately followed by an announce
ment from the rebel Secretary of War, at
Montgomery, that in a very short period Wash
ington would be captured, and that, in speedy
succession, Philadelphia, New York, and Bos
ton would be seized by an invading army from
the South. Rebel ambition was not to be sa
tisfied with mere « Secession,” but tho con
quest and subjugation of the North was one
of its avowed aims. The Federal Govern
ment had been betrayed and paralyzed during
the Administration of Buchanan, and Mr.
Lincoln, during the first six weeks after
he entered the Presidential chair, did
all in his power to quiet unfounded alarms,
and to peaceably reunite the nation. But
the commencement of active hostilities at
Charleston, and the threats at Montgomery,
compelled him to choose between unquestioned
submission to all the traitorous and exacting de
mands of the conspirators, and an appeal to the
American people to defend the nation, in the
hour of its trial, with as much bravery and de
termination as tlieir forefathers evinced in
establishing and protecting it, The noble
manner in which his proclamation was raeeived,
despite the cringing fears of hollow-hearted
politicians and the croakings of semi-Seces
siomsts, forms one of the brightest pages of
the history of mankind.
N ever did a great people flock more quickly,
and more gallantly, around a loved standard
and an honored emblem of nationality. Tho
annals of no ancient nor modern country can
furnish a parallel to the spontaneous uprising
of our sons, and, in aU future ages, it will
stand out prominent, among human records,
as a proof that, when the chord of American
patriotism is properly touched, it is as sud
denly responsive as the instruments at our
telegraphic offices.
Scarcely had the shock of S mnptcr fairly
been Inflicted ere a new and terrible cause of
national anxiety arose. The appeal for aid
at the National Capital had been heard. Tea 3
of thousands were ready to answer it. But
suddenly a wide chasm between the scene of
danger and those who were flying to the res
cue was opened. The forebodings expressed
in this journal some months before were, un
expectedly to the public, realized. Wash
ington was, practically, surrounded by deadly
enemies. The gallant Massachusetts men
who, at a moment’s notice, had exchanged
their civil dress and pursuits for martial
attire and military service, and the
brave men hastily enlisted in this city by Col.
\ Small, were, while peacefully attempting to
pursue their journey through Baltimore assailed
by a brutal and inturiated mob. It was evi
dently under the direction of adroit leaders,
who were acting in conjunction with the con
spirators at Montgomery. Their plot in all its
huge proportions was soon fully developed.
All the accustomed avenues leading to the
seat of Government were seized. It was prac
tically placed in a state of siege, environed in
every direction, with swarms of traitors within
its limits, foes on every side, and no peaceful
road left open for the approach of friends.
In due time all this was fully remedied, but
only alter many hours of feartul suspense, and
after such perils as few ether eapitals have
ever triumphantly encountered had been
overcome. The spirit of the nation rose with
the audacity and wickedness of its foes. The
very machinations which had been originated
with the hope of forever destroying it, proved
but incentives to the display of new and her
culean exertions. Those who rudely disre
garded the decrees of the popular will—who
sought, by force, to nullify the constitutional
action of the people, and to rend the temple
of our liberties in twain, —were suddenly
taught the majesty and strength of the mighty
masses whom they had insulted, aud de
fied. Up to the last moment an aversion to
the use of military power in the enforcement
of the laws, and the protection of the national
interests again stdomestic foes, was so strikingly
manifested, that the conspirators! not only
hated, but learned to despise what they deerqed
a Weak and defenceless Government. But
after it was clearly seen that force, and force
only, could preserve the integrity of the
| nation, what a magnificent demonstration of
i military power was made ! Earnestly as peace
j was prayed for, after all hope of its honorable
! preservation was banished we prepared to
hurl forth the thunderbolts of Mars as vigor
| onsly as any people that ever existed, and
the warnings of the insolent foes of the Re
public at Baltimore, one year ago, first nerved
many a gallant spirit to do bis full duty in the
many struggles which have siace occurred.
LETTER FROM “OCCASIONAL.”
Washington, April 18,1862.
From this day iorwavd we shall have a great
national party, based upon the two grand ideas
of protectlhg and profioeoing the Union, and
of so restoring it as forever to prevent those who
contributed to the rebellion from re-assuming
their recent bad eminence. President Lincoln,
in his short message of Wednesday, an
nouncing that he had signed the bill for the
abolition of BlaTery in the District of Colum
bia, suggests, In a single sentence, one great
element for the unity and success of such a
party. His words are significant:
“ I am gratified that the two principles of com
pensation and colonization are both recognized and
practioally applied in the act.”
The exact significance and value of these
wordg is to be found in that they not only
mean that the President and his friends do not
intend that slavery shall be removed from any
State, unless with the consent and at the peti
tion of the people thereof, hut that llie owners
must be compensated and the slaves colonized.
No violent or radical measures, differing from
this safe and sagacious policy, will be sanc
tioned by the President or any considerable
number of his friends. It is in this spirit that
a great national party will be organized and
maintained.
The great ambition of the President is to
unite the loyal people of the United States
against all their enemies, armed or maarmo !,
open or concealed. He has done no single act
since his inauguration that has not been the
growth of this patriotic fooling. He eg.
pecially sympathizes with the true men
of the slave States. Born in Kentucky
himself, he knows what Kentucky and other
adhering Southern States have suffered j
and, at the risk of offending ultra men,
he has repeatedly manifested his anxiety to
consult and conciliate those upon whom the
burdens of this war have fallen so heavily.
This emotion inspired him when he pro
posed his plan of gradual emancipation in the
States in his special message, and this it is
that prompted him to express his gratification
that “ the two principles ot compensation and
colonization Are both recognized and applied”
in the act abolishing slavery here. He well
knows that any triumph at the polls which
does sot recognise these men, and hold out
hopes of future protection to them, is simply
to help the traitors in the field, to strengthen
them in their persecutions of the loyalists of the
South, and to restore James Buchanan and
his parasites to power. And, however the
Border State Senators and Representatives
may have voted in Congress, most of them
are this day the open and candid supporters
of Mr. Lincoln. As they have most severe
ly suffered in .the conflict produced by
Breckinridge and his party, they can never
unite with that party in any future campaign.
Henderson, Wilson, Phelps, of Mis
souri j Fioher, of Delaware s Davis, Critten
den, Menzies, Wadsworth, and Carter, of Ken
tucky- ; Willey, Whaley, and Brown, of Vir
ginia; Johnson, Clements, and Maynard, of
Tennessee, are especially of this class. They
appreciate the fearful' responsibilities of the
President. They know how he found the Go
vernment when he undertook to administer it.
TitOy admit that the real bends of the rebellion
prepared for it under his Administration.
Above all, they have a natural regard and
affection for alt the men in the free States who
oppose the leaders of Secession in the slave
States. This is the bond that attracts them
to Mr. Lincoln, and the majority of his friends
who are known to approve his policy, and who
full; understand his motives.
BATTLE OF PITTSBURG LANDING.
Graphic Acrennt by onr Special Cor*
respondent.
PLAN OF THE SURPRISE,
OUR PICKETS STABBED AT THEIR POSTS.
THE REBELS DISGUISED IN FEDERAL UNIFORMS.
PRELIMINARY KECONNOISSANCE
A COMPLETE SKETCH OF THE BATTLE.
[Correspondence of The Press ]
Pittsburg Landing, April 11,1862.
Ton have been apprised of the ereat battle at this
soiut There ii one 'tingle habitation at this place of
celebrity, and no more. Why the spot should be entitled
to a name I cannot conjecture.
Pittsburg Landing is situated upon the west bank cf
the Tennessee river, between eight and nine miles from
Savannah, which is a small town upon the eastern shore,
and better known to your readers than Pittsburg Land
ing. The tatter place is some twenty-two miles northeast
from Corinth, Mississippi.
For several weeks past General Grant has been con
centrating an immense army here, and had the rebels
postponed their attack two weeks General Buell’s entire
force world have arrived, the two armies would have
united, and one of the most splendid bodies of soldiers of
modern times would have been ready for work of tho
most formidable character.
This battle was, unquestionably, the most sanguinary
of the war, and was, likewise, one of the most singular
and critical on record. The commencement was most
singular, indeed- Bvery movement of the two days
struggle was a critical one, and its bloody termination
was of thrilling interest. In the first place, the dexterity
aud skill employed by the rebels was characteristic of the
cuimnuider.ia.Ghifif at the Confederate army,
The great body of our men were located about three
miles from the river, and their situation described a
semi-circle, in fair readiness for a bold resistance, bad no
covert measures been resorted to by the enemy. The
latter. I nudoruionJ, coDtylveJ to learn the countersign
of (be night, and used it to their great advantage.
They butchered some of our pickets with their fearful
looking Mississippi knives, then gagged some dozen of
others, and hurried them within their lines.
They exchanged uniforms with those whom they
killed, periormed mimic guard, and silently the whole
force of Beauregard, consisting of one hundred thousand
mtn, under A . Sidney Johnston, Cheatham, Polk, Brage,
and other celebrated crept almost Into our camp,
and immediately opemd a terrific fire upon about forty
five thousand men decidedly unprepared. This occurred
just at daylight, on Suncay morning.
loimetiitttcl? a lino of battle vtw formed) with Gw,
Prentiss upon the left, and advanctj (an extraordinary
occurrence.) Gen. Grant was, at the time, below in
Savannah, but soon arrived after the cannonading com
menced, aud commanded upon the right, while Sher
man, Hurlburt, aud McClernand conducted operations
in the centre
The Eighteenth Wisconsin Regiment occupied the ex
treme left, and close to it was the Fifteenth Michigan,
i oilhtmi cartridges.
It is tibtimated that nearly twenty thousand rebel in
fantry poured forth showers of bullets into these two
regiments, placing three hundred of their men de
combat at the first fire. Volleys of every conceivable
mie&ile of Jeslrhciion wer& policed into the whole of our
line, thinning the ranks in the in >st distressing manner,
and spreading the utmost confusion throughout tho
whole army.
At this juncture the Seventy-first and Forty-sixth Ohio
bfrAlcfe rAfikS, Ahd fifed lb grfe&t disorder.
Several new regiments in the immediate vicinity were
seized with consternation, and followed the terrified
Ohioans.
TUv diwidvr and waft rion lumped* m the des
peration and energy of the rebels, and in legs than two
hours the whole Federal army had fallen back a distance
of two miles, the canister, grape, and shell of the enemy
committing sad havoc in their midst.
The generals all exhibited the moat pr&isMv&t-thy
courage and skill, and succeeded in rally ing again the men
who bad contributed so much toward the creation of a
the temporary defeat, the whole force
fanned in line, and braved the hot work earnestly• for
a while it was give and take, aud no flinching upon either
side. -But ft portion of our artillery now participated,
under Major Tayljr, every shot of which caused a re
duction in the numbers of the enemy, but apparently no
confusion.
Webster’s artillery, now got into working ordor, and,
in conjunct!* n with the Chicago batteries, belched forth
a most destructive shower of shot and obeli* The in*
fantry covered, and displayed both hope and zeal,
shouting vociferously as they discharged their pieces.
Presently au exhibition, suggestive of confusion, be
came noticeable in the ranks or the enemy, accompanied
Ly i i&otUiiiieht, And a ffejv m.uoi«s
afterwards they retreated in the direction of their camps,
without breaking their lines, however.
Subsequently, the briefest cessation imaginable trros
apd, alter a harapgqe by genWfttD, the rebels
again attacked our force, who, m tne nwaatlme, had
been strengthened by h*avy artillery aud a regiment of
cavalry. John C Breckinridge commanded their right,
and Bragg operated with the centre, while Beauregard
conducted the itft wing iu person. This may seem a cu
rious disposition of the rebel generals, but this position is
not contradicted.
'When within a respectable distance, they opened a de
structive fire, the whole of whioh was directed to our
centre, and which proved very effective. This caused no
wincing, however, and immediately the division of Gen
Hurlbut co-operated with that of Gen. McOleraaud, the
whole centra moved forward several yards, and shnulfca
neuutiy the artillery and infantry, the tine of battle ex
tending nearly four miles, poured into the tebel ranks a
dense shower of shell, canister, and bullets, which was
speed!!} answered In a like and followed up by
tne rebels ao vigorously that our men again rotreated,
and continued to retreat for ever a mile, the enemy all
the while taking advantage of our confusion.
Tbe gunboats Lexington and Tyler steamed up the
Heu. and eee&tien&lly tlifew & aktil into tko midst
Confederates*
This occurred about two o’clock. Onr army was
again in confusion, bat the rebels were too intent upon
booty to prolong the pursuit.
Gen. Prentiss and about three thousand men were at
the time taken prisoners, together with six pieces of can
non .
About three o'clock o«r soßorals succenltd in again
rallying the distracted and suffering army.
In the meantime the rob. U had stripped our dead and
wounded officers of their clothes, leaving many of them
almost naked. These were substituted for their own,
and, in conjunction with tbeuse or some American Hags,
deceived our soldiers to euilian extent that the officers
ordered them not to fire.
Soon the ball opened again, and the deception was at
once discovered. This enraged our men, and they fought
with unbounded fury for over half an hour.
But ths formidable force of the enemy, and their reHO
lute fighting, soon betokened alarm. Our troops gavs
signs of dismay, and defeat seemed inevitable. To add
id the confurioji, the .'t.t, - I*. .i, l .11 id Vert,-sixth Ohio
Regiments again broke raukß, followed by the whole
army, the rebels pursuing and shouting “ Bull Bun,"
“ Dull Run,” and otherwise giving vent to their frenzied
delight
Our demoralized troops were fast approaching the
steep banks of the river, rnshing pell-mell through
forests, over hills, into'ravines, with the rebels closeupon
them, At this critical moment the gunboats Lexington
and Tyler appeared in the river opposite, and poured
fearful broadsides into the rebel ranks. Nothing could
have occurred so unexpected to the enemy and ot so
great importance to us.
ttiieir presence preserved Grant*, entire arm, from an
nihilation, and created a “mortality” among the Confe
derates equal to what they had sustained daring the
whole day's fighting.
Andi remarkable as it may seem, the waarled» pre«
vlously disheartened, soldiers of the Union again did
battle, and contributed to the rebel discomfiture.
Darkness nme on, and the engagement ceased, with
the exception of an occasional shell from the gunboats.
Sunday night vur men rvstevl on their arms, expecting
an attack early Monday morning.
Monday morning came, and with it the reinforcements.
Gen. Lew Wallace, who had been so anxiously I >oked
t, r Ike Jay liefore, With fredll iroopa, aa did also
a large portion of the army of Gen. Buell.
Early Monday a line of battle was formed, with Gen.
Wallace on the right anil Gen. Nelson on the left. The
troops of Grant’s wmi took the centre* under Gaos.
Hurlbut, McOlernard, and Sherman, while Grant and
Buell Buperintended tho operations.
At a quarter after six the battle commenced, Gen. Nel
sod opening upon the enemy upon their right and centre.
In half an hour tho greatest battle ever seen upon this
continent was being waged.
It iu conjectured that the numbers upon each side were
pearly two hundred thousand men constituting
the forces engaged.
The troops who the day before lost their laurels be
haved admirably on Monday, and showed no more symp
toms of fear than did the crack army of Gen. Buell. The
wfapic movement was r senes of brilliant advaaces, ua
iuttrrupted by confusion of any description.
Tbe Confi derates exhibited none of the desperation
which characterized their conducted Sunday, butfought
more like soldiers, however.
Our artillery «practice sl worked to a charm, and
mowed down the enemy with as much precision as the
farmer reaps hie grain.
Once only did llte enemy advance, hut the reception
they mot somewhat dampened their ardor. The battle
was fierce and vigorous, and our troops nerer flinched
during the fire. Every regiment stood firm.
Ii was wry vvWvel tv ft* rvN! gtuvr»li that th» <lw
would bs lost if lbs, persisted in stubborn fighting, as
they made a series of brilliant manoeuvres, the object of
which was to flank Gen. Wallace. Gen. Nelson per>
Reiving thißf manoeuvred in such a manner that a flank
mevement was made upon the rebels' right, which re
sulted In the r< covery of our lost artillery and the cap.
ture of several of their field- pieces.
The enemy attempted a close battle as a last resort,
but the ion ©t a portion of their artillery, and the In* 1
creased fire from ours, discouraged the rebel soldiers,
and they wavered, then turned and fled. Twelve thou
sand cavalry, immediately followed In pursuit, and, tong
before dark, the fireai battle of Pittsburg Landing termi
nated, the Federal arms being crowned with success.
It is estimated that our killed and wounded will roach
about 4,C00; between two and three ' thousand of our
men wore taken prisoners early in the eugagmueati
It is t safe cotijf Clare to place the rebel loss at towards
6,000 hilled and woundel. We have, also, about 1,000
pri*onem.
Until the gunboats opened fire, our loss was more seri
ous man the wwuiy> in one ravine, however, are
buried nine butdied rebels; this loss of life was occa
sioned by the fire from tbe gunboats. On Monday their
loss far exceeded ours.
W'eiosi wiebngaoiergeneinl—w. U. Wallace, nod
several' acting brigadier generals wire killed and
wounded.
THE PRESS.—PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY. APRIL 19, 1862.
The state of lowa suffered terribly. She had ten re
giments In the field—the Second, Third, Sixth, Seventh,
Kightbi Eleventh* Twelfth* Thirteenth. Fourteenth* end
Sixteenth. The Fourteenth lowa lost all of her com
mission* d officers but one captain. The Sixth lowa hod
237 killed aud wounded. The Thirteenth lowa was com
pletely cut up. In the Eighth lowa only 62 men are re
ported
The Twenty-first Missouri lost nearly 600 men killed
and wounded.
The Eighteenth Wisconsin loft their State last week,
but was placed on the advauce; the soldiers comprising It
fought like patriots. They entered tue battle with 960
rank and file, fought both days, and loti 600 men; lost
all the field officers, colonel and nimor, seven captaius,
and fifteen lit utenonts.
Occasional.
2ha Fifteenth Michigan lost three hundred moo.
The Eleventh Illinois, which was so fearfully cut upat
Fort Donel on, lost 210 killed and wounded.
The Fifty-sevinth Illinois lost above a hundred killed
and wounded. One of the most efficient-scout* In the
service, Ii vie Curren, was killed by a cannon bail.
Major General Graut conducted the battle upon Sun
day In an intrepid manner, When the retreat took
place, he rallied hiß men by eloquent appeal* to their
patriotism, assuring them that reinforce neats wo old
surely arrive.
The firlug uqpn the rebels by ibe gunboats was the
most opportune event of the battle. Tbe whole of our
army would, in their flight, have plunged down the
banks into the river, or been bagged as prisoners.
I hitvo seen what are sAid to bo theremalnsof A. Sidney
Johnston j I never saw him, and therefore cannot vouch
for the truth of the statement.* Be was not buried until
to-day, a flag of iruce being expected in connection whh
the disposition of his body. Military men assert that it
is the bmly of Johnston.
In many of tbe canteens, thrown Away by tbe robots,
was found the secret of their desperation—whisky.
FROM WASHINGTON.
The Recent Federal Victories.
THE EMPEROR OF FRANCE CONGRATU
LATES OUR GOVERNMENT. *
REPORT ON THE ABANDONMENT OE <TUE
GOVERNMENT NAVV YARDS.
The Buchanan Administration Censured.
BO MORE EXCURSION TRAINS TO MANASSAS.
LEGISLATION FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.
Improved Condition of the Treasury.
ALL fUATIfS DP TO FIRST OF NOVEMBER
10 BE PAID AT ONCE.
EFFECT OF ABOLISHING SLAVERY IN THE
DISTRICT.
Special Despatches 10 “The Press,”
Oue year ago, about seven o’clock in the evening, au
extra train arri*td at the Washington depot containing
the folloviug military coniDanießi being the first ihut
had reached the Federal city, to protect it against the
attack threatened by tbe Secessionists after the fall of
Fort Sumpter:
The Washington Light Artillery, of Pottsville f Penn
sylvania, 129 men, commanded by Captain MCDONALD,
The lliuggeM Fl>ing Aitillery, of Reading, Pennsyl
vania. 105 men, commanded by Captain McKnight.
The Loßan Guard, of Lewiatown, Pennsylvania, 8G
men, commended by Captajn Seehrihek,
The Allen Infantry, of Allen, Pennsylvania, 50 men,
commanded by Captain Yeager.
Company F, Fourth Artillery, Major Pkmbeuton, 60
nreu. from Fort Rid gel y, Minnesota.
It will be observed that all these trwps were Peomiyl*
remans, with the exception of a single artillery com
pany of regulars They passed through Baltimore amid
the insults and jeers of the Secessionists, and being mostly
unarmed, having come to Washington on a sudden call,
NVferfe oslr saved from ike iook by lbs ft*cl that they
passed through one of the side streets to the oepot. As it
was, many of them were injured by stones and othsrmU
-6ileß thrown into their ranks. They were wildly welcomed
by the GPVennm-nt, and were visited by siw4s in their
comfortable Quarters in tne House of Representatives.
The uext day, the IBth, the Massachusetts troops were
fired upon by tbe traitors in their passage ttrough Bal
timore. Ten of the number were killed, aud thirty-two
wemuded. The ftdlditM fef th 6 lUedblic came pouring in
by thousands in the succeeding days, but it remains to
the honor of Pennsylvania that her troops wore the first
contribution to the Union for the protection of its capital,
The Effect 4>f Abolition in the District of
There is a good deal of stir on account of the abolition
act ot Congress among the first families of the District
&hd tbe releawd ttauUlw <?f the resent slaves; but She
tun shines brightly, tbe bird* sing sweetly, the flowers
blot torn beautifully notwithstanding. Some of the slave,
hold' rs had previously run off their negroes into Mary
land and Virginia, thus subjecting their eI»YSS to new
enttitWi and dapriviua fetirmuoives of the indemnity of
the taw*. _ '
Enterprise.
There are now three good theatres here—the third
will he opened on Monday next. It is understood that
preparations ij»Y® bevxt zn&du for the «r< gktLm of r very
fine theatre on Pennsylvania avenue, after the style of
the Sew York theatres, to be opened in the fall.
Preparations are being made here for the general mus
ter of the militia. It !*• just a year since the militia were
entirely reorganized for tlie defence of the capital.
The Genius.
A supplemental appropriation of three thousand dol
lars for the taking of the census of 1860 has been asked
tor
Committee on the War Vigit Manassas.
The members of the Committee on the Conduct of the
War. with the exception of Mr. Wadh, the chairman,
paid a Yisit to Centreville and Manassas fa-day,With
the intention of examining the rebel fortifications, wood
en guns, and other celebrated places in that vicinity.
They will, probably, not return until to-morrow.
It eaama that the night attack of tho rebels, uaon 1 &
portion of our army at Torktowa, did not fiud them
6ie< ping, as at Corinth. Were it not for the latter grle
vouhlault, Beauregard would have been whipped hack
the ft) Si tiftyi lT seems that they do not like fa be fid*
vanced upon at Yorktown with batteries. They are veiy
fond of firing from behind batteries, but do uot like the
hurtling shot and shell-
Tho military superintendent of railroads has discon*
tinned the running of trains to Mautineas for carrying
pa»Wengers This has proved quite a disappointment to
numerous visitors, who desired to avail themselves of
the present fine weather.
Congratulatory.
Information has been received here that the French
Emperor has directed & qvyiskkl, his Minister of
State, to congratulate Mr. Dayton, the American miuis
ter, upon the continued victories of the Foderal Govern
ment.
Improving Condition of the Treasury—
Settlement of all Claims up to No
vember.
The condition of the Treasury now enables the Secre
tary te direct the payment in cash of all claims of datsB
prior to Novemner i, 1861, including the claims settled
by the St. Louis Commission, and it is expected that
the November claims will be also paid in full within a
few days.
All other claim?, without regard to date, will,be paid
on presentation, as heretofore—eighty per cent, in certi
ficates, and twenty per cent, in cash.
The Pacific Railroad Bill.
Tho prospect of tho passage ©# a Pacific hatTroad
bill during the present session of Congress is not pro
mising.
In view of the large number of petitions which are
daily beii g presented in favor of a uniform bankrupt
law, it can hardly be doubted but that some action will
be taken in the matter at an early day, the course of the
BOflse in defeating the bill not Wog WJWidttttl M
finally disposing or the question. To-day four memorials
were piesented, in the Senate, from the merchants of
New York, urging the importance of legislation in this
particular. The proposition of the Philadelphia Board
Of Trad©» for ti*e appointment of a special committee or
nice to sit during the recess, seems to meet with much
favor, aid may be ultimately adopted.
No Passes for McClellan’s Army.
The following order has been issued;
War Department,
Adjutant General’s Office,
Washington, April 18.1692
In tho present condition of military operation at
YoTktown no pauses can be given to persons not imme
diately connected with the troops in a military capacity.
The sick and wounced will be amply provided for by the
Government, and their friends cannot be permitted to
visit them while the sbove prohibition is in force.
The Steamers Niagara and John Bell
Halifax, April IS. —The royal mail steamship iWa
ff&ra from Boston* arrived here at 2 o’clock, and sailed
at 4 this meriting fur Liverpool.
The steamship John Bell sailed at 2 o'clock for New
Yoik.
Evacuation of Jncknanvilie. Fla.^Arrival
New York, Apiil 18.—By the McClellan, we learn
that Jacksonville, Florida, had been evacuated by our
troops. Tbe soldiers recently there arrived at Hiltou
IK-ad. on board the steamer CoiMopaUtim, 6b tbe 15th
instant.
Western Lakes—Opening of Navigation.
MiLUiUKEKt Wjfi„ April 18.-?Tbe propeller Queenof
the Lake ban juit arrived from Buffalo through too
Straits. Lake Pepin, on the Mississippi, is also opeu,
the steamer Keokuk being the first boat that passed
through. '
Boston, April 18 —Tbe gunboat Tioga was success
fully launched, at the Charlestown navy yard this after
noon.
Bomb, N. Y., Auril 18.—The whole Mohawk Valley Is
inui-dattd. The trains on the Central Railroad were
detained lent night, bat they came through to-day,
Hi though aeural niilcz of thetrft&ww untlvr wirtw.
PraiNGFiELD. Mase., April 18.—kt nine o’clock this
evening' tbe Connecticut river was eighteen feet above
Joff-n iw< r nmrk ana rapidly rialng- Til* la within four
feet four Inches ©f the great flood of May 1,1864, and
such a rise of the liver without rain is unparalleled.
The New York Legislature—The Canal
Bill.
Albany, A aril 1* The bill for tbs enlargement of tbe
canals. In order to permit the passage of gunboats, woe
passed by the Senete to-dey by a rote of 21 against S,-
Frum rail Rovai.
• Kbit York, April 18.—the Meitner Aar o/tte South,
from Port Itoyel, arrived to-nlgbt.
ND PASSES TO VISIT M'CLELLAN’S ARMY.
THE BANKRUPT BILL.
Washinotos, Auril 18,1801
A Reminiscence
Columbia.
The Militia,
The Rebels.
Hu Trains to Manassas.
Bankrupt Law.
L. ft!''MAS, Adjutant firsttel.
of our Troops at Hilton Head.
Launch of the tfuuhoat Tioga.
Inundation of tub iYlohttwk Yalley.
Rise in the Connecticut River.
THE WAR IN NEW MEXICO.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT OF THE LATE FIOHT.
St. Louis, April 19,—Th. Mimonrl Republican pub
liihcß tin fbtoiring corraipondaKca dated at ApacSa.
New Mexico, between Santa Fe and Fort Unlou, March
10: *‘Since I wrote you, 001. Slough's column, 1,340
strong, bee advanced to Hagau's Banche, thirty-five
miles north of Santa.Fe, where they encountered the one
my (Btrangth nut known), aud iminodUtelg engaged
them. Major Crittenden, of the First Colorado Volun-
two conipat lee of the United States Infantry,
under Capt. Lewie, were sent to the rear to fall upon
them. Col. Slough, according to the programme, gave
way gradually, which left the supply train of tha robtiß
unsupported, and the latter were easily captured, toge
ther with about fifty loaded wagons, which were
burned, and twenty prleonors. A two-pound howitzer
tbal was taken from us at Fort Craig, was apiked by our
troops. Colon ol Slough’s command then foil back to a
strong position. Our trophies nro one hundred prisoners,
privates and officers; fifty loaded wagons, burned, and
one piece of Artillery, spiked. The toss of the enemy was
from one hundred to two hundred killed and wounded,
IntMiiff » m»M) two cnptniuai and vtlwr sfibers, Par
loss was about eighteen or twenty killed, including Lieu
tenant Baker, of the Colorado volunteers, and thirty or
forty wounded. Three or four officers were also woui ded.
Ii is supposed that the rebel Sibley will advance on
Cob Slough’* command with bis entire force, from
to 5,000 strong, and that Col. Slough will fall back on
the trenches at depot Union. At the last accounts 001.
Canby bnd not left Fort Craig. With Co). Slough’s com
mand, it is believed he can hold Fort Union against any
force the rebels can bring against it. The whole com
niai.d on our side behaved with sign*! gallantry and cool
ness, both the voluntoers and regal are.
Postscript. —March 31at.—Ninety-five prisoners, with
eleven officers of the rebel army, have jiwt passed under
escort, and will arrive at Fort Union to- night or early in
tho morning. Colonel Slough’s entire command has
fallen back to Bengal Springs, forty-four miles from
Fort Union, and within supporting distance.
FROM GEN. BANKS' DIVISION.
ADVANCE TO NEW MARKET.
'Washington, April 18.—Tho following despatch has
been received at tbe War Department:
HRAIiQUAKTF.nS OF THE DePM’T OF THE SIIEHAMDOAH, )
Apri!l7-V?tMr i
To Ilu.w E. M. Stanton, Skcrstary of War: Our
treupa occupy New Market to-night.
There has been some artillery skirmishing, but no loss
on our side.
We have many priicmßra. N.P. BANKI
Major General Commanding.
Mount Jackson, Ya.,Apriil7 —Mt. Jackson was occu
pied this morning, at nine o’clock, tke rebels Bhowing
frlit ft f??ble and burning their bridge i as thep
retreated* Tbe advance was made by tbe turnpike, and
a side road—General Shields upon one, and General
Williams upon the other.
Cavalry wei e sent out last night at 10 o’clock to cat off
the retreat of tbe rebels, but they were detained and ar
rived only a short time before the advance on the turn
pike. The Vermont Cavalry dashed through Mount
Jackson to prevent the burning of tne bridge acroas the
tretk beyoi d the fawo, and captured wrerfil rebel* in
the act of firing the bridge A lieutenant ol Ashby’a
Cavalry, who was Tiding with the Colonel himself, was
captured, and Ashby only escaped from wearing the uni
form of the Federal cavalry.
Tbe bridge * across the Shenandoah was fortunately
saved by our purauingforceß in New Market To-night,
Major Copeland, of tho escort, charged through the town
on the rear of the entmy. Ashby aud his men are out
side of tbe town, Jnekaen and hie infautry bare fallen
back towards Staunton.
Woodstock, April 18.—Our army reached New Mar
ket last night. Officers who have returned hither state
that when they left our advance was four miles beyond
Mount JacKeon. The enemy aitempted to make one
stand on the retreat but our guusspurred them on.
Lieut. O’Brien, of Ashby’s Cavalry, was captured at a
house on the road.
Tjie cavalry company taken yesterday was commanded
by Ch pt. Harper, who was absent. Bis three lieutenants
were taken. Offictrs believe it possible that an action
may take place to-day.
Gen. Shields was in command of his forces, and gave
djrcQUvpß far tbe right-flank movement} which
the enemy's retreat.
.The locomotive, and cars, and every destructible ap
pliance of war not transportable, were burned by the
enemy.
, TL& VeVy latest.
At bfff past ten o’clock last night Gen. Banks had
reached New Market, and was in hot pursuit of the
entmy.
No news hits been received from General Banks this
morning. The enemy made a feint of resistance at
Sudd’s Hill, a very strong position.beyond Mount Jack
son, but on a demonstration of attack being made by our
forces they fled.
COM. FOOTE’S MOVEMENTS.
Reported Capture of Fort Wright.
Chicago, April 18.—The Evening Journal of this city
We lesrn from private sources, this morning, that
Fort Wright was »*iacked ty Commodore Forte's flotilla
on Mouda>, and has been captured.
We presume our information correct, as it comes
fre-m one at Cairo who knows about everything Going on.
IMPORTANT FROM YORKTOWN.
Official Despatches from Cen# McClellan*
e£H. SMITH’S DIVISION ATTACKED.
THE REBELS HANDSOMELY REPULSED.
SOME OF THEM TAKEN PRISONERS.
Washington* April 18 —The following despatches
were received, to*day, at tie War Department, from
General McClellan:
Bkadqvautess Aumy of the Potomac, )
April 18, 1862. }
At about one-hftlf hour afttr midnight, tho enemy at
tacked Gen. cmith’s position, and attempted to can y his
guuß hmith repulsed them handsomely, and took some
prisoners.
1 lmve no details yet. I will forward them as soon as
zny aids return.
ilie filing was very Lcftvy. All is now quiet.
[SECOIfD DESPATCH.]
My position occupied yesterday by General Smith was
eDtreuchtd last night, so tbat we have been able to pre
vtDt the entoiy from worhiug to-da/i and kept his guns
Bilent.
There was the same result at tbe batteries at Hvon’s
Mills, YorktowD, which shelled our gunboats and some of
our bar&eß to-day. without eftect.
There was a good deal of firing from the .Yorktown
lufibfttUU. OSUItOE 11. Me!.LfcLL^N,
Major General Commanding*
The Latest from Yorktown
Washington) April 18—The following despatch was
rtcfiiTed at o’clock this evening:
Headquarters Army of the Potomac, £
April 18. )
IffAn official report has been received at headquarters,
a list of the killed aod wounded iy fttgftgvihifiif
between the Third Vermont Regiment and tbe enemy,
on >v eduesoay, meutiou of which was made yesterday.
The inlorandiuii, as far as received, puts the killed at
trirt)-two rtDa the wonuded at ninety, teu of which will
piobably preve fatal. The conduct cl the Verineut troops
911 she occarion is spoken of in the highest t^rm§—spy
ing for the Green Mountain boys laurels only to ho won
by ibe brave. They drove a superior number of the
enemy from (heir fortified position, but were forced to
relinquish il on the rebels being reinforced.
The loss of the enemy in this engagement must have
beeii limyi ag fbs well* diiected lire of our artillery
trowed them by acres.
Yesterday afternoon, while Lieut. D B. Wagner, of
the Topographical Engineers, in company with a squad
of men, was making a survey of the enemy’s works, a
shell struck tho table on which lay the papers and iu
ttantiy exploited. The left arm of the Lieutenant was
ehatteifcd, and afterwards amputated. He is comfortable
this morning, and no fears are entertained as to his
recovery. A
Joseph Luther, Jr., of BridHß belonging to the Second
Bbotte Jfcland Regiment, was injured, probably fatally.
Daniel fainter, of Berdan’s Sharpshooters, mentioned.
yesterday, is desd
At about one o’clock this morning, the enemy in force
attf'tnptfrd to cross the dam in front of our Hues, evidently
with the view of capturing a buttery of our artillery,
which had given theui considerable trouble during the
last few days. On the rebels making their appearauce,
they were opened upr-n by a will-directed fire from a
body of infantry, acting as a reserve to our pickets,
forcing them to beat a retreat, leavitg their dead and
wounded on the dam. but they lueeeeded in veeoverit.4
llitriu before daylight. Both parties then opened with
artillery, which has continued at intervals up to the pre
sent time. None of our men were killed.
Official Account of the Taking of
Pulaski.
THREE HTJHDBED ASS SIXTY PRISONERS.
47 Cans, 40,000 Paunds of Powder, and
7,000 Shot and Shells Taken.
SMALL ARMS. ACCOUTREMENTS. PROVI
SIONS, Ac., SEIZED.
Washington, April 18.—The following was received at
the War Department to*day, from General Hunter, com*
maudiiig the Federal forces in South Carolina:
Port Royal, d. 0., April 16, >
Via Sandy Hook, N. J., April 18. $
We owned our batteries on Fort Pulaski ou tho
morning of tht 10th.
After thirty hours’ continuous firing, a practicable
breach was made, also preparations for storming, and
it .was about to commence, when the rebel flag was
itrnck. . .
captured forty-seven gnus, shot and shells,
40,000 pounds of powder, 860 prisoners with their email
arms and accoutrements, and a good supply of provi
sions.
One of our men was killed, but not one wounded.
THE REBEL STEAMER NASHVILLE.
SHE CLEARS FROM NASSAU FOR NEW
BRUNSWICK
HER NAME CHANGEO AND ENGLISH COLORS HOISTED.
K«w York, April 18.— NASSAU (S . P-) PftPSM Of thi
sth install, received here, state that the steamer T. X.
Wrogg* Ute the Nashville, from Charleston, arrived
thexe on Sunday, March 80th.
H it. stated that she has beon purchased by a private
46bipuiiy bhti cleared cu the Oik inutmit for dt« Johu,
U, w Brunswick, under the name or the Thomas L.
Wragg, with an assorted cargo.
The rebel accounts of the Merr\mac*s success in Hamp
ton Itoade were received there by the JVaMvt'lte, con
olllllU* Willi Ills #*W bo Ho»rdiH,
a* she throws a luge sti earn of boiling water, Also, that
sbe is probably now at sea, running down the Southern
coast.
The steamer Southvrick, from London, with an as
sorted caigo, probably to run the SSouthern blockade,
at Hwmo on the Silt luuiitnl.
It is stated that the Nashville not only changed her
pan>e, bnt hoisted the English colors, and her assorted
cargo consists of arms.brought to Nassau from Loudon
by the Euglish steamer Souihwick, which were pur
iy tb* Englaud- Slhe sailed on the 6th.
The iteamer Economist arrived at Nassau from
Charleston on the 6th Inst., with 1,100 bales of cottoo.
Arrival of the Rebel Prisoners from Slo-
Boston, April 18.—Thomas T. Tatnall, latt United
State* consul at Tangiers. and Myers, purser of the pirate
Sumpter, who were attested at Algeniras, Morocco, ar
nvKi here to day, ia the berk Harvest Hmt, Th®
pthonrrs were in iroug, which were removed by order of
Marshal Keyes, and they were sent to Fort Warren to
await instructions from the Government.
mVHTH CONGBESHIKST SESSION.
NORFOLK AND PENSACOLA WAVY YARDS,
AWD HABPEB’S FEBBY ABHOBY.
Wanton b«tirmil.i «( Mminrai
Property.
REPORT OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE OF
INVESTIGATION.
THE PROPOSED STEAMSHIP LINE FROM
SAN FRANCISCO TO CHINA.
The Bill Under Debate.
FURTHER CIVIL APPROPRIATIONS.
THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT BUILDING
TO BE COMPLETED*
THE PACIFIC BAILKOAD BILL.
WABIIIXGTOM, April 18,1862.
SENATE.
Colorado Land Office.
Tbe bill to establish a land office in Colorado waa ta
ken up and panned.
Report on the Surrender of Norfolk Navy
Mr. HALE (Bep.), of New Hampshire, from the spe
cial committee appointed in Jmy I vet, to inqniro into the
destruction of the proprrtyof the Gorerumeat at the
navy ) artis at Pensscola aud Norfolk, and the armory at
Harper's Ferry, made a voluminous report, which was
ordered to be printed.
Albauy and Troy Surveyors.
Mr, HARBIH (Bep.)j of New York, introduced a bill
Increasing tne salaries of surveyors of ports at Albany
and Troy, New York He explained that this bill dis
pensed with several officers at these ports, and increased
the compensation of the survejors; ho tint the business
of the Government could be attended to as efficiently by
three in place of the seven officers now employed, while a
pa vine of three or four thousand dollars could be effected*
The bill was referred.
Slaves, &c«, In the District.
Mr. SUMNER (R*p.),of Massachusetts, introduced a
resolution, calling ou the Suporinteudeut of the Gumma
for tin* names of all pontons who own Blares in this Nia
trict, the ages or the Biaveß, and other information rota*
tiogtotbem. Agidtdto.
Memorials,
Mr. KING (Rep.), or New York, presented four peti
tions in tovor of a bankrupt law*
Mr. cn tNPLER (Bep.), of Michigan, presented
memorials from citizens of Michigan in favor of the con
fiscation of the property of rebels und emancipation of
slaves.
Expenditure for Legal Services in California.
Mr. McUUUC (Isem.), of California, introduced
a resolution, calling ou the Secretary of tho Interior
for a statement of the amount paid for legal services
by the Government in suits in California during the
last four years, and also duriug tho same period iu
MexicOj mid tor wlia, BPtSiitl Mr Vi 59 tHB Said *llOl9
were paid.
Mr. SHERMAN (Rep.), of Ohio,suggested an amend
ment, calling for a statement of the buiub paid the district
attorney the said suits. He had received a letter fr*m
the cecrttary of the Interior, stating that the bill passed
Cdbgfeefa tb6 i»lli4t day figiiliUiug tho suUrio. of dis
trict attorneys was quite useless, as the salaries were
large enough, with thb single exception of those paid tho
attorney for the district of Massachusetts.
The resolution was passed without amendment.
San Francisco to Shanshac.
Tho bill establishing an armed mail steamship line
from San Francisco to Shangbae, touching at Haudwich
Islands and Japan, vessel to be commanded by a lieutenant
of the navy, was takeu up.
Mr. SUMNER briefly opposed the bill, as causing ex
penditursu net uuiuif&d duping ths ppabsel w&r. -
Our Navai Strength in the North Pacific.
Mr. LATHAM (Dein ), of California, favored the bill
as one of real eco l omy, and compared our Pacific snua
dion with that of Great Britain in the North Pacific, and
that thiyatiLcd aLeamship lice u'oulJ
naval strength’in tb«se waters. He urged its vast im
portance in a commercial view.
Confiscation Bill-Speech of Mr. Howard.
PtLilmg a vote on the bill the bour for the special order
ArriVti), i*i>d
Mr. till WaRD (Rep), of Michigan, addressed the
Seiia<e on the bill to confiscate the property and free the
slaves of rebels. Be proceeded to say that the bill was
one ot great novelty—one which, he thanked God, nad not
been nectffeitatrU during the i»3t eighty y ears; but wo
must lb at we aye Uviiiii In UrveAlthnaa* that the
country was engaged in a struggle unequalled in bistory,
and we were bound by tho laws of man to do our
whole duty. The idea of confiscation was as ancient
as property itself. England, in all her wars, had seize!
propertv from the oneiny, and confiscated all of that of
tbu Church during the reign of Henry Till, ami had
plundered the seas and burned the towns of colonies, as
reditd in the Declaration of Independence. England,
in ail her history, had set the precedent ef confiscation,
and she ought to be the last to complain of it. llequoted
from Thiers' History of the French Revolution, show
{»« iLe e<-szi,re of properly at ikat time, aud
stijd be thought that the course of the revolutionists
at tlmt time was not altogether unlike that of the
rebels in the South. He proceeded to show that
during the Revolution the several States bad con
a|) tbo property of those who JltHl loriofl
war against them, as was instanced in the case or Georgia,
which had confiscated the property of over a nundred
citizens of Savin nab, who were disloyal. The report of
Ibe proceedings of these confiscations will bv found in
'Wsritury’s Digest of the lawsot Georgia. The Sopreme
Ciiun had recoptiizod ihu validity of those cnnfiscatinna of
that Stab*, and ihey werelikewise acknowledged in the fif h
article of the treaty of pet-e- witn Great Britain. Sod h
Carolina had outlawed thiee hundred persons and tor
fritea their property, in 1' 62, for giving aid to the King.
North Ci-roliua in 1779 passed a confiacaiion act agaiuat
disloyal perrons, and against those who were even absent
from ihe State, showing that It regarded it as a wrong on
the part of its citizens not to be at borne to defend
the btate. Virginia, Maryland, Now York, Massa
chusetts, New Hampshire, and New Jersey, bad
all passed laws forfeiting the property of rebels,
and the special acts and their results were aiuded
to at length. He had no doubt of the constitutional
right to pass the confiscation bill, and maintained
that it was fully covered in the powers of the Con
stitution authorizing _Congress to levy war— confisca
tion was A principle of self defence, and ho held that a
lonlgii snemy was entitled to greater lenity than a rebel,
because the former has violated no sacred obligations of
allegiance due to bis country. He assumed .hat an at
tainder had nothing more to with the coafiecntion of
piop»rty than it has with a mortgage or sberifi’s exe
cution. IU reviewed. At romo Ruia-a.. the c »^ aW wl»s»b
ltd to the war, and argued that b, rebellion
the States bad severed every ligament 0 f
and coiiatiiudoi.al rights which bound them this
Government They baa abdicated those relations. tig
would favor a discrimination in the act of confiscation,
and not let the Innocent suffer with the guilty j but only
let the blighting breath of this bill fall upon the leaders
of the rebellion. The people of the country demanded
that those who led and aided rebellion should be made to
UU&tftih A pk*t Af tliA ilLffiShM bUfdAtlS f-llicAd Oh tUA
country by the war. He concluded by urging the Im
mediate passage of the bill, which would be hailed with
joy throughout the laod.
San Francisco and China Mail,
The confiscation bill was then laid aside and the San
FruncibCo and China mail steamship bill again con
sidered.
Mr. LATHAM (Dora.) advocated tho passage of the
bill as of importance to the Pacific coast aud the com
mercial men of tht- East.
sir. FEr«tf-3SJil>T:ii (Hep.), of Plain?, thought tho
pressing demands of the Government would not warrant
the establishing of a system like that proposed by this
bill, which, in lact, bad been abandoued in times of peace
when the treasury was full. The Pacific coast must ex
pect to bedeprivud of incimireß like these, in comm in with
other States, when the Governiieut needed every dollar
for its extraordinary expenses.
Pending a vote on the bill, the Senate adjourned till
Monday.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Appropriations lor Civil Expenditures,
The Bouse pasted the bill making farther appro
priations for certain civil expenditures, including
&SCO,Ui!O for the completion of tho we*t wins of the
Treasury Department.
Private Calendar
The House proceeded to the consideration of the pri
ya|y T Ami pg the bills taken up >vas 900 whjch
was r< ported by Mr. >Vard, antboriziug the Secretary of
the Treasury 10 change the name of the vessel John
Earrarij owned in New York, to that of Excelsior. The
bih was passed.
Claims for Indian Depredations*
Mr. ALDEICH (Rep.), of Mmuesota. reported ft bill
providing for an examination of tho claims for Indian de
predations in New Mexico.
Pacific Railroad
The House then resolved itself into a Committee of the
'Whole on the Pacific Railroad.
Blr. WHITE (ttep.j, or Indiana, b&Qed this measure
ns especially fitting to the present time, bnt he had ob
jections to the details of the bill.
Mr. SHEFFIELD opposed the bill.
The committee then rose, the further consideration of
the rabject Wiog postponed till Monday Week.
Several private bilis were passed, when the House ad
journed till Monday.
H9W They Lie in to be
Made a Felony.
St. Louis, April 18.—The following is from the cor
respondence of the Missouri Democrat:
Fobstth, Mo , April 13.—Judge Murphy and Dr.
Johxjbou, of Huntsville, Atk., arrived at Genorai Curtis’
headquarters last xiigbt, having been obliged to fly from
their homes since the battle of Pea Ridge by threats
made against them by a band of Texan Bangers station
ed at Ozark. Judge Murphy was the only member of
tlit ArkDDsM Bewtiing Vonrartfoa wbvss Tots ym
cast ngnlDSt the secession of the State* At Qoutsviiie
the Uuion men aie depressed with gloom, not being
aware of the recent victories, no mails having
been received since Price’s flight It was pro
claimed by the rebels that Price had retaken Spring
flfeid aiiJ Oiirlli J that Pike tLiiil lild Ih
dlaxis bad whipped Hunter ; that the Federate were
repulsed with great loss at Island No. 10, and were fall
ing back along the wbole line, and that Jeff Davis was
about to bead forty thousand troops to iuvain Mary
land and the Northern titateii Theta aeitrtioni were
Severally believed, and no one had the hardihood
to dispute the falsehoods. The Judge gives a great
deal of information of interest relative to affairs in
Aikansas Governor fiector is bitter and wolfish.
Be called ft mating of the kegteJftlWPi but R was three
weeks before a quorum waa present. In bis menage he
rtcummended that an act be passed punishing with a
heavy fine any person who even expressed a doubt of the
success of the Confederate arms, and that a second of
fence be declared a felony. An act was passed proposing
a t»V of 5* SO por bale on cotton, thus favoring ta® pro
duction of grain to the dlucourageme.t of cotton raising.
Colonel Wright, of the Sixty-eighth Missouri cavalry,
returned to CaßSville on tho evening of the 9th last.,
having muds a successful expedition with four compauies
of M» command, throuak tlie southwest corner 0f the
State. Alt tbe Jayhawking bands in that locality were
dispersed.
g.vrral gkirn.lshei took place, which resulted in the
death of several prominent rebelß. 125 prisoners were
captured, *U Of whom, nxerpt the leaders, and some
lW6Dty*6ve Others, Were TvleaeeU ou taking the oath of
allegiance. A number of horses were captured, together
with 122 bead of cattle, 327 bushels of wheat, and 4,500
pounds of bacon.
All the rebel gangs not captured were driven by CoL
Wright down to Stuiidwuity. a point un tka lino of tho
Indian Territory, twenty-fire milM below Neosho. It is
reported that a body of rebels 600 strong are encamped
between ( Awskin and Buffalo Creek, and that Tike is at
tbe head of 1,600 lndiam fifteen miles below.
Violent Storm in .Northern Missouri.
Sr. Joskfh, April 18.—A most violeut hurricane
passed in a southeasterly direction from this point lait
pigbti Tb? Ration freight-house on the Pacific Ceutral
BniiloaU was dvmvlteUed, injuring sewrat parsons. Tue
steamer Majors, of the Hauuibal and Bt. Josepn Bail
road, was torn ftvm her moorings, aud csrrie-1 dowu the
river several milts, bnt finally made aflsndi'ig, being
badly damaged. Her passengers were all saved. Tbe
■iekuwr fiacolot, of ILe Dutue line, waa aouk, and Is iL
total loss, tihe carried dowu her engineer, a railroad
conductor, and two other persona. Tho extent of the
damages done in other sections bolow is not tnowo, as
the telegraph line is down between here and Alabama.
, Arrival of the Ariel.
New Tore, April 18.—The steamship Ariel hwar
rived, with advices from AspinwaU to Ike 4ch» and Port
Boyal to the loth inrt.
The Ariel i»ae In
ahe United States frigate Saranac iand.the Warren.
were at Panama ou the 2d lust. Captain Ritchie, of the
former vessel-, has returned home.
the schoonex Mary Sawyer, forty-two days out from
h*J nut s u arrived os Asiuuwall.
a battle bad occurred at Gunyabal, Buenaventura, In
which the Centralists, under Enao, were defeated aud
routed with a lons of 2UO killed.
Indian graves containing gold had been discovered on
thn Island Lf Suit* Clara* on tho Guayizuiao river* oc*
cmiohlng much excitement.
Fieehet at Albany.
Albany, April 18 —The river rose last night over the
juvk, c*u»log autuf d AtiiMgw lu SttU iitreeb. THS
Central BaiUoad track is under water for over forty
miles.
The First Bays of the Rebellion.
THE IHKUIM U> ABAIfDOKHEST
OF FEDEBAL merEBTY, ftc.
TBZ BB7OBT OF THE IHyESTIOATHfQ COM*
Mirras.
Washington, April 18.—The Select Committee of the
fiCUAte, through Mr. Halo of Naw UM»pab4 T ©, made their
report to-day, under the resolution adopted m July laet,
instructing them to inquire into the circumstances at
tnding the surrender of the navy yard at Pensacola, the
4> strnctlon of the property of the Uulted State* wt Nor
folk daw yard, and tho armorj At Harper’s Ferry? and
(he abandonment ol the same by the Federal forces, and
also whether there was any default ou the part of owr
officers.
The committee relate at length the facta as to tho
amount of property at the Norfolk yard, which was
valued at $9,760,000. The vessels were worth nearly
two millions, and there were hi the yard at least 2,000*
heavy guns, of which three hundred were of the Dwhlgren*
pattern. The Administration of President Buchanan
must have been perfectly cognizant of the series of
events distinctly foreshadowing the civil war übout to be
enacted. Therefore, the committee regard it as negli
gence and dereliction of official duty of the graveit
character that It was a party to that fatal policy of
tempori/.atlon and negotiate n with an armed and cause-
Ibrh rebellion against the rightful auth irltjr ot tho taws,
and condemn the scrupulous tenderness towards sedition
egezicies which seeuie to have actuated the Government
at tlmt time, A want of vigor aud decision io the dis*
charge ol its duties on the part uf the new Administra
tion may be regarded as strange, if uot as a failure to
appreciate rho actual condition of the country, at least
until the 10th of April,or thirty-seven days after the ex
piration of the previous Administration.
The cohnnlitoe <iab find extenuation for tbla only In
that Insane delusion which soemer) to have occupied the
public loitid, that the portentous clouds that had black
ened the Leavens for months were charged with no real
danger* and were to be dissipated by a continuation of a
forbearance |m'J bciu continued to long [llUlit lirnl
cew-.ed to be a virtue, and had become the most disgrace
ful weakness anil purillauimity.
Captain McCauley was indaccd to believe that the
peace and security of the yard depended upon pre
set ving tho existing state of things, and upon doing
nothing further to excite the already roaddeued public
fet-llbg, libd wa* wiilii-jf to eee the Government Uo still
and be bound hand and foot till it should be completely
hi the power of the insurgents, lu the threats aud
menaces of the mob, exaggerated by the representation
of the case bF the traitorous officers who surrendered the
command, aLd against whom lie was warned without
&vt.il ; the Cubimliiee likv» Ike key lo hie deplorable con*
cltidon * a«.d the fact that neither ho nor Oapt.
and Cttpt. Pendeigrast uow remember or acknowledge
the operation of such influences upon their conduct, goes
far to kliow the iLConuideiate haste, if not timidity and
wmt ©fpf rvf, tin<lf>r which tnoy acted.
The coiuuiuee cannot understand why Captain Pauld
ing. the special and confidential agent of tne Depart
ment, should have felt at liberty to ltave within a few
hours after his arrival, this yard, and tne property con
nected therewith, in the detente of which he was eu
truat&di without first having determined in cmmulULtioa
with Captains McCauley and Pendergragt upon some
definite course to be pursued in the event of imminent
dnnger 1o or an attack upon tho yard.
'lbe committee coroe to tho following conclusions:
Fit st. The Administration of Buchanan were guilty of
Ifi BAt t&llilifi tlilP&orilluiiry cife, and employ
ing every possible means to protect and defend tills yard,
after indications of danger had manifested them
selves.
Pecoud. Tbe Admioietratk-n of Mr, Lincoln cannot be
hrld blameless for suffering thirty*seven dais to elapse*
aiier he came into power, before making a movement for
the deleuce of tbe yaid.
Third. Captain McCauley was highly censurable for
nt-gltctiDg to send the Merrimac from the yard, as he
was ordered, and also for scuttling the ships, and pre
paring to abandon mo yard before auy attunlc cm made
or teiiously threatened, when he Bhould have deluded
it and the property eutrusteu to hia—repelling force by
force, as he was instructed to do, if the occasion present
ed itself.
Ft ui th. Captain Paulding was censurable for neglect
ing lo commit uith C&pt. MoUiuitop &tid Ukpt.
ginet, while he was at the yard oh the 17th of April, ia
regard to the course to be pursued in the event of au
attack upon the yard, and also tor immediately up >u liis
an ivul at the yard, on the 20th, Of derit g tbe property to bo
fewm-t! ifi? rant abandoned, before taking the proper
nirans to eutiefy birosoif that auy necessity for such
rot-Mrures existed.
Filth. Captain Pendergraat, in command of the Cum
berland, the flagship of the Home dquadron, mode uo
tuggObtituH as to the measures proper to be adopted, and
sum* t& have tulteb bo in the UahApottaUbn ex
cepting to move his ship as he was directed.
r i he committee say they can suggest no remedy for tbe
errorß which they thiuk have been proved in this case.
Solar as the'-fiiorsof the navy are concerned, it belongs
to the executive department of tne Government to de
tt*imine uhkt course shall bo pursued
formed by that department of the conduct of Captains
McCauley, Paulding, and Pendergraat has been mani
fested by having the first named without active duty,
and assigning to the others tne commands of two of the
most important navy-yards we nave left—namely, the
yard at Biuoklym N. Y., and the Ptiiladotphia yard.
In concluding what they have thought it their duty to
say on this auhjuct, the committee would simply remark
that the lessons afforded by the surrender of the Norfolk.
Navy Yard will not be wholly without its value to us,
if we shall learn by it, as a uatioß, that pusillanimity
in 1L« d*f«bee »!' oiir rights iuHy be as denousl/ lojnn
oue si&theop+D assaults of our enemies.
In remarking upon the subject of Ferry
Armory, the committee see no cause for censure iu the
conduct of Captain Roger Jones. To the neglect of the
evTerpaxuttoMifMymmwn ts> strfßstlieii sml do
ftnU that establishment during the winter preceding its
Abandonment, the same general remarks are applicable
as these made in reference to the Norfolk Navy Yard.
The committee making (his report was composed of
Senators Da e, of New Uampahira, Johnson, of Toanes-
Bde, and Grimes, oj lowa.
THE CITY.
Catawissa Bailroad Company —
TIIE ADJOURNED MEETING.—YeaUrday afternoon,
an adjourned meeting of the Catawissa Railroad Company
was held for the purpose of hearing the report of the
committee appointed to investigate the affairs of the
company. The attendance was quite large. Joseph L.
Mtea, president, occupied the chair.
The report states that the committee sought every
opportunity to examine parties as to the allegations of a
deciiiie of tbe bustues* of l(ie road in fcho post year, tbe
coD-iition of the road and stock now and when received
by the present officers, the comparative incomes aud
expenses, tbe correspondence submitted to them touch
ing complaints of tbe customers on the line of the road
and tlHtwhmh the coal property of tho compttQy, the
veiy excellent rules and regulations for the care and
dutiee of all tbe employees on the road, Ac., Ac.
From receiver’* accounts the committee extract:
Tc tal receipts, 1560 .8259,287 89
T0ta1238*035 22
Net result, about 30 per cent, profit 821,2?2 67
receipts, 1861, by Mr. DuPuy $2<9,648 37
Totfl x xpeil6eß> isoi, by Mr. DuPuy 197,056 04
to6o# percent *..<**.. $22,490 m
ipThe coniuntrtv have ascertained, on referring to the
tables of the monthi) income of tne past year, that owiug
to th,* prostration of trac%. (fig first seven months barely
yielded tbe expemes, while -he last four months have
produced a demand for all the itosh nf the eetnpuy. thus
making up the laige bulk of tbe income; heuce
arises, during this press of baainesn, Vls much greater
demand for moving capacity than tbe comply owns.
Amorg the causes of the diminution of in
sludec tbe closing ot the affairs of the Catawifl9& r
iißDißp'tt, and iirie liaUroad Oompany, aud tho cn^r
tTKinp legal and official expenses attending upon the re
ceivership.
Tbe amount paid for counsel fees, legal expenses, cora
mit»Bif>Drt of receivers was $33,504 18, which is more thaa
o 4 por coDt: of the oirouditureg for repairs bv Mr. Da
Puy for iho yoar 1861.
A 10.-s oi trade last autumn Is attributed to the with
drawal of a through line of cars, caust-d by the refusal of
the Flffira (Vn-pany to agree to tbe terms demanded by
the Beuding Epfifoad Company for the uae of the|r cafi#;
anc aiso to tbe cemaud ot a connecting road to enter idto
contracts for carry Ids coaf at usury rates while receiving
1 amnne-rating rates themselves.
The sub-committee appointed to investigate complaints
made by certain parties indirectly employing tbe preseot
tu oi tin- roaJ, »ud also to examine tbo strnc
turts and rolling stock, reported that tbe complaibte are
me rely such as are usually made by shippers daring a
ru?h of trade, consHiUfcnt upon unavoidable want of ac
c. nimodation, all sdultting that the managers of the rood
havi- fitted fwislp tewAyd th&tn uuder thk elndUMitiißdM.
Ibe toad, in the opinion of the committee, is in a much
belter condition than when it came into the hauds of the
present management; it, however, still requires a con
siderable amount of new cross-ties and iron The state
ment of the president, in regard to tbe bridges, in his last
AhliUAl Is Th& PftSlU&B h&VS bAkfi
found capable, and actually doing all the business as
stated in the annual report. The motive power isdefi
cient from an excess of passenger and a deficiency of
freight locomotives, and tbe committee is of theopiuion
that the company should have four new first-class coal
bcr'.inp freight engines, each ot which should he cap—hie
of doing as much work as three of those now in u*e. Tbe
sub-committee also visited tbe coal lands, and from such
fectsas were In ought to thrir knowledge, were convinced
that the company own a valuable coal property, tbe de
va opmsut of which will yield a handsome income. The
committee conclude with the remark that they are fully
satisfied that the present management is entitled to the
fnilcßt confldenceof the stockholders.
>Vm. P. Lewis, Efq., objected to the prominence given
(0 the awouuie paid him ns commiwio&fi m rKtirtT,
It was evidently intended to prejudice the stockholders
agate st him. A receiver was net expected to be poll as
a common laborer
The duties were onerous, and immense responsibilities
were attached to tho f flice. Besides, tbe receiver was
obl!p*4 to enter very he&VJ> £&&Ul4ty.
The accounts of the receiver bad been fflodeotttatid
submitted to hd auditor, in tho presence of several st tek
holders. The commissions allowed were no greater than
in other cases, and, in fact, were much less than in some
CBFFBIWF:
Mr. A. B. McHenry explained that the committee only
stated facts in their report.
After some further discussion, the reports were adopt
ed and tbe meeting adjourned.
Bahk of Commerce ys. Edwin Por-
BEST—District Court, before Judge Sharswool.—This
case, which was report* d yesterday, being of considera
ble interest, we have deemed it proper to have the f »cts
£9179911? stated. It was a feigned issue, to determine
whether cemin notes mad? by Yf (Warn W. 9i^urto« > i uorr
held by tbe Bank of Commerce, are or are not renewals
of other rotes held by the bank prior to April 24, 1856.
In F-biuary, 1855, Mr. Maurice gave tbe Bank of
Commerce a n ortgage on certain estate, ae collateral
t e :, r :iy ford> M .oUt>UubtelkbAni(i|t tfVO>U tlfiia to thus
nc-ivo frt m die bank. On April 21,1858, Mr. IVrrest
eof-red a judgment against Mr. Maurice for $lO,OOO.
Tl e : roverty was sold by the sheriff in 1331, and both
I arttefc c!aim the proceeds.
The bank contended that the notes they now hold* all
made in 1860, represent the same debt which was due at
the rime of recording of mortgage. Transactions of the
bank with Mr. Maurice, and mode of dhcout ting, was
detailed by tho witness**, and tbe judge left it 10 the
jury mft question of fftftr Tbe rerdiot of tho jfirr
Hi favor or drfendant; in other words, that tho notes
now held by the bank are not renewals, as stated above.
Ssuiutl H aud Bamuel 0- Pukiu- for the bank; Daniel
Dougherty and It. C. MrMnrtrie for M. Forrest.
Suit by ah Administratrix.
Io tbe District Court, yesterday,» suit «r» brouttUtby
Elizabeth Williams, administratrix of Ann Roberts,
against John Bywater, to recover $7OO, which it is
alleged was placed in tbe hands of the defendant by the
flrcrasrdj cn The nTghT preceding fu 1 ** 6
care of. Tbe moury was kept in a bag under ber p>Uow,
and the defendant being her brother she entrusted it to
The defence sot up that it was a gift causa rtiorte.% by
it* tc dftfehdant. but the Judge held that too
evidence was not sufficient to establish this fact, and
directed the jury, as a matter of law, that they should
return a verdict for tbe plaintiff
The defendant also offered a plea, in the nature or a
ost A#', alleging that money waadnfl him for wnricei ron«
dmd to his Mster in her lifetime, The Judge rerused to
permit any evidence to be offwrod under tbe plea. Ver
dict for plaintiff for *752.45.
Found Drowned.—-Tho coroner held
an inquest, last evening, en the body of nn unknown
man, who fell overboard at Washington-street wharf,
and wes drowmd. The Inquest was held at the harbor
police station, near the foot of Noble street, to which
puce the body was towed.
All the Fashion. —It has become
quite fashionable to visit the Aseetnbly BnUdings on S«-
turdftj ftfftmp&nft 19 kf**? lhe <l« munc ot Herr
iDgClKr'B Oirhesira, »ud witness the bwutHrul exhibition
of the ttepoy Bebellion. No doubt the elite will be out
en force to- day.
Coboner’s Inotrst,—The coroner’
jury in the com of the lad Hugh Green, who died from
the effects of a blow received at the hands of another lad,
nan-ed Bsumgsrtner, a* published yesterday, returned a
vi rdict at quitting the latter of any malicious inte-jt The
lode wne on good terms, and wtr? p!§7 when, the un>
lortufiaie accident occurred.
Orchestral Mass — To-morrow, »t
10H o'clock, A. M., Hayden’s gr#*at War Mass, will
be hung Mitiee. by a grand choir, at st. Jehu's Oath die
Church, Thirteenth *lhd, above Ohestnut, accompanied
by the Germania Orcheslra.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
TUB MOW IS IT MAKSUT.
Fbiladblphia, April 18,1988.
Ter/ few alterations in prices were noted at the Stock
Hoard today* though a fair amount of business wa*
transacted.
In the niemey market there is no change,
7he following is the amonnt of coni shipped over th*r
Htfcriingdon an* Broad Tog Monntain Railroad. for the
week ending Wtdae/rdWr April, l?i IW2| and eince Ja»
nnary 1
Week. Prerionelr. Total.
Tone. Tone. Tone.
1882 ~ 0.717 90,288 97,008
1881 2,885 38,488 . 42,328
Increase,.,, ,2 992 &1,62{j 51,677
Tho following is tho anount of coo) transported on the
Philadelphia and Heading Kailroad during the week
ending Thursday, April 17 r 1862:
Prom Port Carbon
P0ttev1H5,.............,
44 Schuylkill Haven
44 Auburn
44 Port Clinton
44 Harrisburg and Dauphin
Total ARthraoite coal for weokn. S&I6RB ]g
yromllßnUburg, total himminous,,..,. 4.228 Ot
Total of all kinds for week.,.. 30.624 03
Previously this year.,, ~571,663 06
Tvtftf itt * MMiMtmmmmmiMi ifilli&OT 11
To same time last year,,,,,,,,,, 4 ,,491,772 00
Drexel Sc Co. uuote:
New York exchange parol-10 dU.
Boston exchange.. yarol-10 die,
Baltimore exchange,, pars % dig.
Chmulry funds dll*
Cold l#al* prom.
One year certificates
Quarmaawter certificates.
The inspections of Flour and Meal in
during the week ending April 17 r 1662, were as follows;
Half Barrels of Superfine 321
Barrels of Superfine 9,589
do Pine 90
do Middlings 85
42
do Corn Mea1,,,,,,,,,,,, 990
The Ntw York Evening Post of to*day says:
The stock market exhibited some signs of life on th®
otumimi nl budii.oßß this timphiiis, ObnfLswut
ties advancing )' percent; hut nasdon as th* specii
lativo shares are reached, great duiuess prevails, and
pricer, on tho whole, are rather lower. The Western
stocks, especially, are dull and neglected. Galena.
Michigan Central, Toledo, and Hlinofe Central have de
clined 1 cent.
The market, after the Board, Is a shade weaker: Now
York Central, 82* «83; Erie, 36%®38* : Erie Prefer
red, 61 a 61*; Galena, 67 a 67* ; Michigan Central,
65)*©5t^.
Jll'Rpji ‘'entraj j fl bsftyy m 3 Imn clotld* with sellori
at oift, it is feared that) wdrw the HißßiMippi river is
speeoily opened, the company will be compelled to call
for the whole or part of the remaining 10 per cent, un
paid on the Bteck.
There is a rwe of per cent, in Panama, doting at
323K0124, GlßTolandi FalDesviite* and Ashtabula itook.
is li fibid.
The coal stocks are better; Delaware and Hudson
91*ot2*; Peuiißjlvar ia 8I0&L
Pacific Mail closes with sales sinco the Board at 104 W.
The feature of the railroad bond list ],** flju Jft
cent, in iiiiDcia Oemrai coußtruction ootids. They dose
with (tellers ut 87. Other descriptions are firm.
Government tixea of 1881 eold at 93*. but none wera
ofle.i ed at this figure. The 0 per cent, certificates seem
to be last growing in favor, closiug at 97;<©97*£,
Seven-thirty notes are §te&s y gf *
The money market io daily becoming IDOIO BtOgnanty
and call loans are easily effected at 5 per cent, on first
class secinities Much of the business, howover, 1b still
done at 6 per cent.
The gold market is heavy, with sales at 101 *, at which
ronm cun be hud, and on buyers’ optioDi
Biubangc on Huudon Ib lower nod woak; tirit»ohtta
billß 132.
The Ariel , from California this morniug, briuga
5617,000 in tiessure.
There ib nothing nnv at the United States Treasury.
The dtpasite 6f Unmand BbtM, oh b w* cent luUr«4 F
cobtii.ue large, amounting already this week io about
g2.600.0u0. The new form of certificate, very hand
somely executed, is nearly rtad> f.r use.
Philadelphia Slock Exchange Sales, April 19«
[JUsurUd by H. JB. UL.u’Mikuu, Phils. JQ&chi&ge.]
FIRST BOARD.
2CO City Os, new 96# 100 Read R.sswnAin 21 66
800 d 0..,.,. .New 9b# fi do ......cash 21W
600 do New 9b* 5000 U 8 Coup ttd ’Si.. 93V
14 W Phil * R 51 600 do cash 94V
7000IlmiraRTn.bfcan 74 60U do 93«
2000 d i 74 3500 do 93 V
2000 do 74 1000 US 7.30 TN.... 90 V
57 E'lnira B Pref... 16 500 do 99V
400 U Penn R Ist m 100# 3000 do 99 V
25 Catawiftna R Pref I* 0000 Phil A Brie 65... 83V
190 dihtiiiiimi 7& 7 2<i A 3d«gt R cith 68
222 d0........101l 7* :'ofio Lehigh New 65...101
100 North Penu 8... 7 1000 Sch Nav Impds.. 76
2(.00 N Penn 6s..bswn 68# 50u0 Beadiug 6s, ’44.. 05
400 PenD 5s 82* 25 Green A Coates.. 23
7000 do 83 50 I* Island R law
8000 P&OotiS 100 4 ILhhktt....UJkP 46 T
60 Reading R ‘Jl# 50 Lehigh Bine 16
50 d 0..,. bsAlnt 21 &6
RETW BKI
1000 Sch Nar 9b ’B2 b 5 62
100 do, tttm 62
io, si
10 Western Bauk... 53
1000 U S Coup G* ’SI.. 93#
50000 US Op 6-?’81... 93#
lGooUS6grofi'Bt mi
100 Ctttawißga R Prttf. 7it
10 d 0.... 7#
92 do 7#
50 Spr’ce & Pii e ut R 11 ft
50 do 15 U%
PR
Bid. Atlctd.
US 6s 1881.... mi 04
UBTr7 3 10 N 99# 100
Plillada 6« 92 92#
Fbliada fa new. 90# 06#
Peuu&8a.,,,,.. 83# 83#
Reading 8..... 21.56 21#
Readme’Bo’43 95 96
20 Pa B CiP..!sirn 45
0 do GAP M
2 do Oil’ MW
2 d«.. 45
1000 U 8 0 ci dt ctf 97 V
12 Girard 5k,,,,,,, a*#
2 Fftri- Hoc ok.M
iiOBB— rißUi
Bid. Asked.
Elmira R Prf... 10 V 16V
Blmiia 7s ’73.. 74 75
I< Island B «-d 12?$ 12}tf
Le’fib Cl & xia? 60* 61
Le Cl & NavScp 30V 87
N Penna R 7 7Jtf
N PeunaßCe.. 69 89*
Bead bdn *7O. 87# 88#
Bead mt 6a *86.. 77# 78
N Penna 105... 84
RCon... 1# 9
PflttDa R.-.n .i. 4d 45 Cterawim Fwfs 7 K IK
Penn* B 1 m fii. 100 # 100# rrk & srbvk R. 43 45
Pentia B2m 6# 92% 92% Sec k Thd-st R. 68 68#
Morris Cul Cod 38 40 Race&Yiue atß 8 10
Morris Onl Pref 111 # 112 W PhitaU 8... 63£ 54
Scb Pay Stock. 3 5 'Spruce k Pine.. 11# 11#
Scb Nht Prof... 10# 11 U Green A OoAUh. tt& U3W
Sch Kay 69 *82.. 61# 62# cfties & Walnut, 86 51
Elmira R 7# 8 Arch Street.... 18 18#
CITY ITEMS.
A Day among the Trade.
Tbs majority of our leading jobbing houses in the Dry
Goode and other branches of trade are now oh-tite top
most wave of their spring business. Indeed, judging
from tbe aciivlry and large sales of many of these firms,
the effects of the Rebellion, commtrcially, are rapidly
dwindling into the ipvi«iW». Nov that tbe aggregate of
our trade ibis spring is as heavy as formerly; it is pro
bably less, by one-third or more, but the fact that ao
many merchants have been mowed down by the chival
rous broadside of Southern repudiation leaves the ground
comparatively clear for those who are still in the field, of
whom we are ylad lo say that Philadelphia, compared
with other Northern cities, has her fall share. The cha
racteristic, though often derided} caution of Philadel
phia mrrebante, has been of signal utilitr* in ibis in
state at least.
On Third street, the merchants of which have always
been mainly ej gaged in Pennsjlvania and the Western
tr-de, the BlebS of bU&lb»iS Wa!>» UM'S* tliAUt A.I thS
prt-aent time, and some of the principal houses ou that
avenue are even doing a larger business than they hare
ever done heretofore,
Tho staunch old house of Jamal; Kent; Bantoi; ft
Co., Ncs. and 241 north Third street, lh tbU particu
lar stands out like a colossus. Last week gave them the
heaviest week's trade they have ever done, their salee
bem* RPnernllythniiigtHfiit this Statfi Mftrj’lftndi N,if
Jersey, Illinois, and Itdiaua, but priDCipnlly to Feon*
sylvaiiia and Ohio. The experieoce of this houso 11,
that although tbe quantity of goods sold is, in the aggre
gate, not aB large as usual, the increased prices received
niako their bills foot up quite as heavy. Tbe stock of
Messrs. J.. K., S. k Co. is enormous, aud their rimoly
preparations for a large trade prove to bavo been judi
cious, as they have many styles of desirable goods on
hand, which, since their purchase, have materially ad-
YBRcrJ- Tk»» iDCreaaej proportion of call jab*, abl tho
unilorm shortening of credits adopted by this and other
first-class houses, is found to auswer an excellent pur
pose. Through it, men unworthy of credit are puibed
aside; and money is tu-cuming moro abundant in its Leal*
timate channels, atid tho attiCie Of Crtdlt id bdgi&bitlg to
be appreciated at its true value. Let this good reform
go on.
KBW SPIUKG STOCK OF HOKRIS hi BALLGIfELIi
Tbls old and respectable house, long at the head of thw
silk-g .ods trade in Philadelphia, has this season opened
ft Ytry Iftfgfr Bt °ckof spriugdress joodsy
embracing ft baudsome aeßornnont of black Bnafancydren
silks, shawls, mautillas, white goods, embroideries, and a
general assortn ent of what arc denominated utuLr the
general head of Fancy Dry Goods. Their imtnvnw
wareroA&i fef BARS UlUkl ftOlt hSVS BHtoUtOd ft bUIP
setue. Tbeir goods have evidently been selected whb
taste and judgment, and we are, therefore, not surprise*
to find them now (oingalarge business, both with the
trade in thi, city and throntfnmt tbe epHntry. Tbey
Lave many choice liuei of desirable dress aoods tstuols
ore .t tbie time attracting particular attention. From
tlieir advertisement. In another column this morning,
j, vs iil be seen that they purpose Bolling their good, at a
jj.-eal reiluctiont in anticipation orttmii ooniomplatea roe
moral to Chestnut street, in one of the etoree In Jayna'a
Marble Bnilding.
CLOTH GOODS AND MEN’S WEAK.
Among the best known anil most enterprising importer*
of Clothe, Doeskins, Caieimeres, and good, in till, branch
of trade, are Meeers. Bldgway, Heueauer. A Co., No. 306
Obpttnut street. Being the sole agents here for several
Of the molt eminent maKerß or tbeee goods in- Karop.
(the markets of which are regularly visited by a member
of the itrm every season), they poetess.peculiar advan
tages. Among the goods best known, of wbtcls thin
Usute )iae the exclusive cobWOl til tUll BUHtSt, IPS B«1UW
are thOße ot Ercken, Givers, A Schmidt, and the cel*,
brated Jolianuy. The present stock of these geotleine>
Is extremely jicli in all tbe most deslrabte lab rice for tha
ctnilillg and PrpePHL B«>K>»t »8 d >* desorvoeth. special
Attention of tbe irnde
DRESS GOODS AND- SILKS-.
Iu tbis deportment, we have several liousea preseotlw*
ljjp*-rior stocks, and firing sn active trade. Mr.Abrw
hom iiiuer* Ho* 323 Market urwU oliers an attracrivn
stock of Dress Fabrics, Silks, Handkorcbtafa,. CtMsft,
English Cripes, Mitts, Gloves, &c.also, a splendid Ua*
of Black Bfiks, Lupin’s de Laiue-, neat figured and- plain;
Dvjuu’e Glpyvsi Plain Fowl! «v gwiv»,.of
Mr. Bittei’s long experience In this bionoh ot tnegQlwm*
oteing, with his excellent tAsto, energy >
aiid decided business talent, la rapidly securing for Ums
large trade, Bnj InghU foceaak, aoAaMMar
of them In auction rooms, he is also enabled to ofifer in
ducements in the way o£ prices Titers la a. firesbotse ftn
this stock that at once commends it to. the fmcec et bny-
STOCK OX A. Yi. LLTILS. 4 GO*.
In exatxitiiug tbe.stockof Messrs. A. oo
No. 325 Market atreet, we find a variety oknawr things In
the way of chofcti kill which wBL bamnlarty in*
triduc*dthUi*!fcttß. Thfeir AUwnaiid Silk
Hellare-r-a fitratob fabric, composed of or stlfc
ai>d liuen,.sat off with uni fignrai. ataSMlltng rapidly^,
■»i wt »»!) !!>?/ » h»Dd«»A
oasoituiem ur PopliD goods, UrockaAiißlali, Fluid Aeu«i».
Shepherd’s Plaids, Baftroiderad Hbaalayas, together
with a full line of ribbons, and a thulee variety o* dvesa
gi orii gmrullrt Tbte hew# ftlse pylucrt ft bt&llbif
activity, and Is i vWeßlly doing IU share of Rap*
chants now In tbe city should not omit to %tatnin* tMft
slock.
HA2LB7T, LAT»2!PIV * h\m,
This Is one of the few lioubob in UN department of
Fancy Goods, Hosiery, etc., that hs;®# successfully out
rode tbe financial IroubWa of tha day, and are now in
firfrWftt? 9pndition for trade. In a visit to tbeir store
ysiterdey/ftt No. *l4 Mftikftt tmet, and Morstmiu
street, we found them busy uith buyers, aud dUplaylQ*
Tons Cwt.
tttt t t J1.74T M
.... 17.473 19
..... 2,147 09
.... 3,091 07
..... 669 00
W%a9IX
2#®3di».
10,909
BOARDS.
100 Scb Nav Pref.
!?9pre??S Pre«»M II a
W CuWWiMtIK Prsfr 7 £
50 do IX