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THE PRESS.
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BY JOHN W. FORNEY.
OFFICE K*. 111 SOUTH FOURTH STREET.
the daily press,
Twilvz Cents Per Week, ray able to the Carrier.
Hailed to subscribers out #f the City at Six Dollar*
P*r Aksom, Foua Dollars for Eioht Months,
Threk Dollars for Six Months— invariably in ad
vance for the time ordered.
THE TRI-WEEKLY PRESS,
Hailed to Subacribers out of the City at Thrrb Dol
lar* Prr Akhum, in advance.
WHOLESALE HOUSES,
2»jr AND 54-INCH
SKY-BLUE KERSEYS.
SUPERFINE INDIGO-BLUE SATINETS,
SLACK CADET AND OXFORD Do.
FRINTED Do, in variety.
SLACK AND FANCY MIKED DOESKINS.
FANCY CASSIMERES AND MELTONS.
IK STORE, AND TOR S4M ST
JOSEPH LEA,
MHt 133 AND i3o chestnut street
MILLINERY UOODS,
1862. SPRING *
WOOD & CARY.
(Successors to Lincoln, Wood, 3t Nichols,)
No. 729 CHESTNUT STREET,
Have now in Store a complete stock
STRAW AND MILLINERY GOODS,
SILK BONNETS,
STRAW AND PALM-LEAF HATS, Ac.
To which they respectfully invite tho attention of the
Conner patrons of the house and fthd tfftdd gdbGV&Uy.
marl2-2m
# SPRINO. 186 2.
M. BERNHEIM.
No. 726 CHESTNUT STREET,
Baa now in store, and ia daily rocoivingi tho latent
fgtyiee in
BIBBONS, FRENCH FLOWERS,
WREATHS, SILKS, CRAPES,
LACES,
AND OTHER
M ILILaLN URY GOODS.
To which he respectfully invites the attention of the
TRADE.
PRICES LOW.
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bprino. 1862.
RIBBONS, millinery.
AND
STRAW GOODS.
ROSENHEIM" BROOKS.
& Oo.j
NO. 431 MARKET STREET,
SaYO now open—and to which daily additions are made—
sir
USUAL HANDBOOKS YABIBTY
OP
RIBBONS.
SONNET MATERIALS, FLOWERS,
RUCHES.
STRAW AND FANCY BONNETS,
MISSES’ AND CHILDREN’S HATS,
FLATS, SHAKER HOODS, and
ALL OTHER ARTICLES IN THE MILLINERY
LINE,
Which will be offered at the
LOWEST MARKET PRICES.
The attention of the trade is respectfully invited,
particular attention given to filling ordAri.
mhl3-2m
QTOOMAS KENNEDY & BRO.,
729 CHESTNUT Street, below Eighth,
A Choice Stock of
SPRING MILLINERY GOODS,
mhlS-3m] AT LOW PRIORS.
WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE,
H. FRAN Cl SOUS.
433 MARKET and 3 North FIFTH Strut,
PHILADELPHIA,
WUUIiESALS DEALEB IE
WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE-
Alw&rs on hand, a full Stock of
TUBS, BUCKETS, CHURNS, HEASUBES, BBOOUBI
WHISKS,
FANCY BASKETS.
WALL, SCRUB, and SWEEPING BRUSHES,
LOOKING-GLASSES and WINDOW PAPER,
Mats, Keelers, Flour Backets, Nest Boxes,
tTASH BOABbSt »od CLOTHES MNS.
FLOOR and TABLE OIL CLOTHS.
SCHOOL, MARKET, an* PINNEB BASKETS,
Clefts, Barrows, Carriages, Hobby Horses, &0., Ao.
All Goods sold at
LOWEST NET CASH PRICES.
mbll.tni
BLINDS AND SHADES.
JJLINDS AND SHADES.
B. J. WILLIAMS.
No. 16 NOBTH SIXTH STBEET,
VENETIAN BLINDS
WINDOW SHADES.
Tbs largest and finest assortment In the City at the
LOWEST PRICES.
STOKE SHADES LETTERED,
Repairing promptly attended to,
UMBRELLAS AND FARASOLS.
H. RICHARDSON
HAS BIMOYED TO SOO MARKET STBEET,
Southwest corner of Firth,
And offera a beautiful assortment at
UMBRELLAS, PARASOLS,
TENTS, AND CANES,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. mli2B-lm
HATS AND CAPS.
IQ£O SPRING STOCK 1
J.OU/W. COMPLETE. J-OU/'W.
C. H- GARDEN & Co,
uf and Whaleule D&alatb 1a
HATS, CAPS, AND PURS;
STRAW GOODS,
FANCY SILK AND STBAW BONNETS,
Artificial Flowers, Bncbes, Feathers, Ac.,
Bfe. 600 Ah«l 603 MAUKET Strut, S.W. UMUtfft
SIXTH Street
KTA large and cooielete stock. The beet term! and
Km lowest prices. Cash and prompt “ time buyrt” are
Qarticnlariy invited to examine our stock. mhl-2m
CHINA AND QUEENSWARE.
gOYD & STROUD,
NO. 33 NOBTH FOURTH STBEET,
(Four doors below the Herehints’ Hotel,)
Now offer to country merchants a large stock of
UHINA, GLASS, & QUEENSWARE.
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CABINET FURNITURE.
PIARINIT FURNITURE AND BRr
LIARD TABLES.
MOORE & CAMPION.
80. 261 Sooth SECOND Strut,
&B connection with their extcneiTC Cabinet Bndn—i in
Dow minnbGtnring a iswrior irtlcle of
BILLIARD TABLES,
And have now on band a foil supply, finished with the
OfOOBK ft CAMPION’S IMPBOYKD CUSHIONS,
Which are pronounced, by all who have need them, to be
filttftttlA* tA All other*.
for dm Quality and finish of these table* the ttififi
toctoreri refer to their nnmerons patrons throughout
fibe Union, who are familiar with the character of their
Work. Ce96-6m
WATCHES, JEWELRY, &o.
| A FRESH ASSORTMENT, at LESS
XJL THAN FORMER FBIOEB.
FABB ft BBOTHEB,
Importers, 824 CHESTNUT Street, below Fourth*
tohM-tf
Tortoise shell.—a few boxes of
Tortolae BhoU for sale by
JAUBBTOHK ft LAYEBGNE,
Ml stO*J ml 204 South FBUHT Strut
VOL. S.—NO. 222.
QL AR K’S
ONE DOLLAR STORE.
803 CHESTNUT STREET.
NEW GOODS,
NEW STYLES,
AND NEW PRICES.
For ONE DOLLAR yon can buy any one of tho fol
lowing articled:
Seta ol Silver Platwl Ten Spoons.
4( 44 m Desert “
44 (i 4< Table «
“ « « “ Forks.
\ 4‘ « 44 Desr-rt «
Fair " *« Knife And Forks
“ •< *« NApkin Rings.
“ “ »« Butter Kuivoa.
Silver Plated Sugar Bowl.
44 »4 Butter Dish.
« " Blotoea Pitcher*
«4 44 Croam 44
*« *« Castor,
t* 44 Waiter.
h 4t Goblet.
44 44 Drinking Cup.
4t «4 Sugar Sifter.
Gold Platod Vest Chain, all styles.
44 4( Guard “ 44
44 t 4 Keck “ 44 «<
" " Chfit9lftllWt “ "
44 «4 Bracelet, “
‘4 ‘4 Medallion, ** “
4* 44 Armlets. “ 44
“ 44 Brortst Pin, “ 44
« » Kur Rings, “ «
4« 44 pin and Drops, all stylos.
»» « Studs and Buttons, 14 *<
1862,
(4 <4 Solitary Slcavo Button, all stylos.
“ “ Boson) Studs, u u
** “ Plt.gor Rings, “ u
4* “ Pencils, 44 **
i 4 4* p en with Pencil Case.
Ladies 1 or Geutlemen’s Port Monnaie, Onbas, Bags,
Purses, Ac., Ac., &c. All Gooda warranted as repre
sented. Wo have on hand a large assortment of Photo
graph Albums, Mautei Clocks, ’l'iavellinp Bags, and
Gold Jewelry, which we are closing off at cost. Tho at
tention of the trad e respectfully solicited.
P. w. CLAKK’S
ONE DOLLAR STORE,
api-2m t>o* chestnut atroot.
DRY-GOODS JOBBERS.
'YTEW SPRING AND SUMMER
*LI GOODS.
M. L. HALLOWELL & Go*.
333 MARKET and 27 NORTH FOURTH STS.,
Wbolesalo Dealers In
SILKS AND FANCY DRY GOODS,
Desirous Helling off their stock of goods, previous to
remoYiDK to tlieir New Store, iu
“JAYNE’S MARBLE BUILDING,”
CHESTNUT STREET,
Offer for the remainder of the season, at Wholesale only,
their ATTRACTIVE STOCK of recently-purchased
DRESS GOODS,
At prices generally much under
“ COST OF IMPORTATION.
They will also offer! it
LOW PRICES,
A well-selected assortment of other goods in their line,
many of which will bo Bold at a
GREAT SACRIFICE.
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1862. SPRINO - 1862.
ABBOTT. JOHNES. & CO..
*27 MARKET STREET,
Have now open an ontiiely new and attractive stock in
English, french, german, and
AMERICAN
DRESS GOODS.
Also, a full assortment In
WHITE GOODS, RIBBONS, GLOVES,
SHAWLS, &.0., &.0.,
To which they invite the attention of tho trade.
mh34-tap3o
gFRING STOCK
SILK AND FANCY DRESS GOODS.
A. W- LITTLE & Co,
Bih»-tt No. 333 MAKKET BT.
1862. seuiHo. 1862.
RIEGEL, BAIRD. & GO..
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS
Of
D RY GOODS.
HO. 4T NOBTH IHIBB STBEET.
raiLADELPHIT.
Merchants visiting this city to purchase Dnr
Goods will find onr Stock largo
and admirably assorted, and at
Low Fiqureh. In oertain classes
of Hoods wo offer inducements to
purchasers unequalled by any other bouse In
Philadelphia. mhlB-2m
IMPORTATIONS.
HOSIERY. GLOVES.
GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS,
LINENS, SHIRT FRONTS,
WHITE GOODS, AND
EMBROIDERIES.
THOS.MELLOR & Co.,
mhl9-3m 40 and 43 North THIBD Street.
JAMES, KENT,
SANTEE, & GO.,
IMPOBTEES AND JOBBERS
OF
DRY GOODS.
Nob. 239 and 241 N. THIBD STBEET, ABOYB
BAGS, PHILADELPHIA,
Have now open their usual
LARGE AND COMPLETE STOCK
or
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC DRY GOODS,
Among which will be found a more than neaaliy attrao
.tivs variety of
LADIES’ DRESS GOODS;
Also, a full aeeortment of
MERRIMACK AND OOCHEOO PRINTS,
aad
PHILADELPHIA-MADE GOODS.
To which they invite the special attention of buyers.
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YARNS, BATTS, At CARPET CHAINS.
H. FRANOISCUS,
WHOLESALE DEALER IN YARNS,
433 MABKET and 6 North FIFTH Street
PHILADELPHIA.
Buyers will find a full Stock of
COTTON, LINEN, AND WOOLLEN
CARPET CHAIN,
COTTON YARN,
TWIST, FILLING, WADDING, BATTING,
TIE TAKES, TWINES, GAEDLE VICE,
COVERLET TARE, RROOX TWIHIS, SHOE THREADS,
•ILLINC AED SEINE TWIHES,
BED COEDS,
WASH AND PLOUGH LINES,
08TT0N, HEMP, AND MANILLA CORDAGH.
Which he offers at Manufacturers
LOWEST NET CASH PRICES.
MONUMENTS AND GRAVE
A.TA. STONES at very reduced price, at Marble Works
of A. STEINMETZ, BIDGE Avenue, below Eleventh
Street mhia-taff
JEWELRY, Ac.
COTTON LAPS,
Also, a foil assortment of
FLY NETS.
CLOTHING.
rjlO THE GENTLEMEN OF PHI-
LADBIirtUA AND VICINITY
A CARD.
It having been next to an impossibility, hereto
fore, to obtain CUSTOMER-MADE CLOTHING,
at MODERATE PRICES, and finding that many
gentlemen would prefer their Clothing MADE TO
ORDER, if they could secure at the same time
REALLY FIRST-CLASS STYLES, and at
REALLY REASONABLE PRICES, we have, at
the earnest solicitation of our patrons, organized,
in connection with our extensive Ready-Made
Sales-Rooms, a complete CUSTOMER DEPART
MENT, in which the prominent features are,
Ist. Fine and Medium Materials, made up in
first-class styles;
2d. Unexceptionable Fitting Garments;
3d. Prices FAR LOWER THAN HAS BEEN
qyjSTOMARY;
4th. A oorpa of the most celebrated cutters in
this country.
An extensive assortment of tho choicest im
ported and domestic fabrios from tho New York
jmJ Philadelphia markets, suitable for Co&ts, Pants,
and Yeats, always on hand.
Iu onr Ready-made Salesrooms can always be
found evory variety and style of well-mado fashion
able clothing. Spring stock now ready. PRICES
MODERATE.
I3P A visit is solicited.
WANAMAKER * BRQWN,
MERCHANT TAILORS AND CLOTHIERS,
“OAK HALL,”
g. E eor. SIXTH and MARKET Streets.
mhS7-ltn
CARPETS AND OIL CLOTHS.
CARPETING.
JAMES H. ORNE,
62G CHESTNUT STREET,
BELOW SEVENTH.
Wo have just received, by late arrivals from Europe,
eotno new and choice varieties of CAI.PKTING* com
prising
FRENCH AUBUSON Square Carpets.
ENGLISH AXMINSTERS, by the Yard and in
entire Carpets.
OItOSSLEY’S 04 and ;s>4 wide Velvets.
“ Tapestry Brussels.
4< Brussels Carpeting.
Also, a largo varioiy of CBOiSLEY’S and other makw.
TAPESTRY BRUSSELS,
From 87 ic. to Si Per Yd.
Our assortment comprises all tho bowt makes of Three
ply and Ingrain Carpeting, which, together with a gene
ral variety of goods in our lius, will bo offered at the lo w—
pdisibta prices.
OIL CLOTH FOR FLOORS,
From ouo to eight yards wide, cut to any Size.
FRESH MATTINGS.
By lato arrivals from China we have a full as&ortmont
WHITE AND COLORED
MATTINGS
OF ALL WIDTHS.
JAMES 11. OIINE,
spiff 626 CHESTNUT.
Q.LEN ECHO MILLS.
GERMANTOWN, PA.
McOALLUM & Co..
MANUFACTURERS, IMPOBTSSSi ANP DEALERS
*O9 CHESTNUT STREET.
(Opposite Independence Hall,)
CARPETINGS.
OIL CLOTHS, &c.
We have now on band an extensive stockof Carpetings,
of our own and other makes, to which we call the atten
tlon of GMh und abort- time bnrera. mk7 ;3m
■J^OURTH-STREET
CARPET STORE,
Sc. IT ABOVE CHESTNUT, So. 4V.
J. T. DELACROIX
Invites attention to bis Spring Importation of
CARPETINGS.
Comprising every style, of the Newest Patterns and
Designs, in VELVET, BRUSSELS, TAPESTRY BRUS
SELS, IMPERIAL THREE-PLY, and INGRAIN
CARPETINGS.
VENETIAN mid DAMASK STAIR CARPETINGS.
SCOTCH ftutl LIST CARPETINGS.
FLOOR OIL CLOTHS, in every width.
COCOA and CANION MATTINGS.
DOOR-MATS, BUGS, SHEEP SKINS,
DRUGGETS, and CRUMB CLOTHS.
AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL*
LOW FOR CASH.
J. T. DELACROIX,
mh»-4m 4T Sonth FODBTH Street.
CARPETING 8.
J. F. & E. B. ORNE,
NO. 619 CHESTNUT STREET,
(OPPOSITE BTATK HOUSE,)
Have received, per steamer Edinburgh, and other
late arrivals, their
BPBING IMPOBTATION*OF
NEW CARPETINGS:
CROSSLEY’S
YARD- AND-A-HALF-WIDE VELVETS.
9*4 MEDALLION DO..
ENGLISH BRUSSELS,
B£TRA*IUALITY TAFSSTRTt
BRUSSELS CARFETSt WITS BORDERS,
(of new designa, for Halls and Stairs).
INGRAIN AND THREE-PLY CARPETINGS, of
extra Quality.
ALSo ?%rn3ia®««ft
800 PS. J. CROSSLEY & SON’B
TAPESTRY BRUSSELS CARPETS,
FROM 874 TO Jg>l PR YD.,
Together with a eemplete tueerfanent c{
OIL CLOTHS,
STAIR AND FLOOB DRUGGETS,
BUGS, MATS, fto..
All of new, choice selections, and
AT MODERATE PRICES.
J. F. & E. B. ORNE,
mhB-tf OPPOSITE STATE HOUSE.
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS,
JJAZLETT, LATHROP, & LYONS,
No. 414 MABKET and 409 MERCHANT STREETS,
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OF
ENGLISH, FRENCH, AND GERMAN
FANCY GOODS.
WHITE GOODS, EMBROIDERIES, GLOVES, HO
SIERY, LACES, TRIMMINGS, RIBBONS,
COMBS, BRUSHES, ftc.,
Are now opening and receiving a new and choice stock
in the above lino, to which attention of buyers Is in
vited- . mh29-lm
MILITARY GOODS.
jgKY-BLTJE KERSEYS.
(2T and 54.1N0H.)
DARK-BLUE KERSEYS,
DARK-BLUE INFANTRY CLOTHS,
mSIGQ-SLVE CAP CLOTHS,
BKY-BLUE CASSIMERES, (New Regulation,
for Officers' Pants.)
WHITE DOMBT FLANNELS,
CANTON FLANNELS,
Iooz., 120 z., ft ltoc. TINT DU OK.
All warranted United State. Army standard.
FOB SALE BT
ALFRED SLADE & (JO.,
•V Booth FROST Street, and 39 SSTITIA Street,
Fhlladetphta. relß-tmyl
LOOKING GLASSES.
JAMES S. EARLE & SON,
MANUFACTURERS AND IMPORTERS
01
LOOKING GLASSES.
OIL PAINTINGS,
FINN X NORA VINO 8,
riCTUBE AND PORTRAIT FBAMXfI,
PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES,
PHOTOGBAPH ALBUMS,
OARTB-DB-VISITS PORTRAITS,
EARLE’S GALLERIES.
818 CHESTNUT STREET,
]*li PHILADELPHIA.
PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 1862.
CJt |P n 0 s.
TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 1862.
The Monitor's Lesson to Nations.
The Monitor finds no favor in the eyes of the
British Government; though It Is about being
reproduced in England, ns the invention of
Captain Coles, who, it seems, cleverly “ dis
covered-’’ it in 18f). r ), some fourteen months
after Captain Ericsson had prosented it, with
plans and sections, to the Emperor Napoleon.
Seven years ago, Captain Coles brought
his plan before the Lords of the Admi
ralty in England, and on this, of which they
now brag so much, not evan a single vessel has
yet been built there. But they have an idea
of building one. John Bull, with his accus
tomed celerity and sagacity, usually follows
ilic example of the Yorksliire liorsedoaler, wlrO
cleverly shut the stable door after the sioed
was stolen. Lord Clarence Paget, the very able
Secretary of the Navy, says, “ True, those
Yankees dkl build the Monitor in tlireu mouths,
at a cost of less than sixty thousand pounds,
and surely we can do as much, because,
as our national song says, ‘ Britannia rules
the waves.’ True, our onlightcned and
very magnanimous neighbor aud friend,
the Emperor Napoleon, has a large fleet of
iron-clad mail ships. True, lie could steam
them in, one after the other, into tho leading
British scapor True, if ho did so, it might
reduce these towns to ashes. True, it might'
be well, in ordinary cases, to be able to repel
force hv force. But it would show a distrust
of our illustrious neighbor, who has forgotten
Waterloo, by this time, to prepare for a con
tingency which could only arise for his hostile
policy. We wait until his iron-clad fleet does
attack, us. In two years after, or thereabouts, we
can have as large and powerful a fleet of mailed
war-vessels as Napoleon has, aud see if wo
don’t—provided he should provoke us.” In
a word, the British Admiralty, represented by
Lord Clarence Paget, resembles the man who
met an adversary thus: « Sir, twice have you
knocked me down; twice you pulled my
nose ; four times you voided your rheum in my
face—beware, lest you arouse the slumbering
lion In my bOSOhi. 5 ’ No doubt, after Loudon,
Liverpool, Portsmouth, or Dublin has been
shelled by one of Napoleon’s iron-clad war
ships, the British Admiralty will seriously
think of lmrryiDg on tho construction of ves
sels on the Monitor plan. John Bull does
not like doing things in a hurry. Had we
spent three hundred thousand pounds and
three years’ time on building the Monitor, she
would have been more highly estimated across
the water. To expend only one-fifth of the
money and one-twelftli of the time is not to be
forgiven us.
Lord Palmerston, who knows as much about
sea-matters as he does of the Septuagint, was
pleased to be critical upon the Monitor, man
fully maintaining that her cupola was Captain
Cole’s invention, (though he never thought of
it until a year after Captain Ericsson had gent
his plans and sections to Napoleon at Paris,)
but, inconsistently running down the merits of
what he wanted to claim as English! “ I find
it stated in the American papers,” this fine old
English gentleman declared, “ that the Monitor
is not worth a sixpence, except in smooth wa
ters—that her crew are nearly sullbcated, be
ing confined below, with scarcely a breath of
air—and that the decks are so low that the
water constantly washes over them, getting
down the funnel, and nearly sending »hip,
guns, and crew right into Davy Jones’ locker.”
This was repeated, totidem verbis, by the Duke
of Somerset, a middle-aged gentleman, who ( as
a Duke, finds himsalf First Lord of the Ad
miralty, without as much knowledge of
naval matters as can enable him to distinguish
the bewsprit from the mainmast, or the cap*
stan from the tiller. The Duke, when chal
lenged, in the House of Lords, with the ques
tion, “ tYhat number of British iron-pl "ed
ships were afloat aud building, and what was
intended, to be done with [the old «wooden
walls,’ ” delivered himself of a speech, for
.which lie evidently had been crammed by
some practical official, hut had imperfectly
understood or committed it to that sieve, his
memory. lie said that England has the Wcr?--
rior and the Defiance, also the Black Prince
and tho Resistance —all which have t?!C trilling
disadvantage of drawing so much water that
there are few ports they can enter. For in
stance, with far heavier draught than the
Great Pastern, none of then* can cross thy bar
at Sandy Ilook, nor pass between the Dela
ware capes!
But, the Duke told the world, h§ jjafl actu
ally experimented on the cupola, invented by
Ericsson, which, like Palmerston, he calls
Coles’s. He had a trial made, whether, in a
heavy sea, the cupola could be used so as to
point the guns, and be injured by hostile fire,
and the result—just as we found with the
Monitor —was favorable. “ So,” the Duke
goes on, “ I was at once satisfied that we had
got a vessel whicli would be most useful for
the protection of our harbors, hut as there was
no pressure for defence, and no alarm about the
safety of our harbors, I did not think it neces
sary to apply to the Treasury for authority to
commence that vessel at once.” This is very
English ! The “ pressure for defence” will
arise, we dare say, when Napoleon’s iron-clad
batteries steam into British ports and shell
them. Then, it seems, the Admiralty will
“ think it necessary to apply to the Treasury
for authority to commence that vessel at once.
The Duke—sanguine creature!—added, “I
do, however, hope that before long we shall
be able to construct a vessel upon such a plan
that her thick iron plating will not only pro
tect her against shots, but will greatly contri
bute to the strength of the vessel.” Would
it not save trouble if his Grace would adopt
Captain Ericsson’s plan, just as it has been
exhibited in the Monitor ?
No. England discredits the value and suc
cess Of the Monitor, and will not easily forgive
her for beating off the monster Mtmmai in
Hampton Hoads. The Duke denies that the
memorable encounter there alters anything.
“ No,” lie says, “ it leaves unaltered the rela
tion between iron ships and wooden ships.
We knew before that iron vessels could de
stroy wooden ones. But it makes this great
difference : Before this, we thought that we
should have to keep iron ships only for home
service ; but, if other nations follow the ex
ample of the Americans, we must he prepared
to meet iron ships in all quarters of the globe.
Whereas before, we thought that we could
keep our iron fleet to protect our coast, and
perform our service abroad by means of wooden
frigates and corvettes, we must now send iron
vessels to every place where we may be liable to
meet them.”
His Grace of Somerset, following suit to
Lord Palmerston, was as facetious as a hcavy
witted old gentleman could be upon the
Monitor, which he described as “ something
between a raft and a diving-bell,” following
that witty definition by saying, “ it is just two
feet above the water in a perfect calm. When
the water is at all disturbed the deck will, no
doubt, be immersed. There is no sort of pro
tection for the deck, and nobody can stand or
walk on it, The crow must, therefore, live
below hatches, under the level of the water,
breathing through a pipe that passes through
the deck into the air. This strange vessel is
furnished with a cupola. One can almost
fancy that in constructing this cupola the Ame
ricans had heard of our English one, and the*
made a blunder in imitating it. The cupola of
the Monttor is plated with inch-iron on inch
iron. That is certainly a very ingenious make
shift, but, if our experiments are worth any
thing, they prove beyond a doubt that four
solid inches of iron in one plate are worth far
more than the same quantity of iron in a
couple of plates of two inches each. The
American vessel is therefore defective in that
respect. Besides, for our purposes sitiH a
vessel would not answer, because it could not
go from port to port.” There are a few errors
in this graphic description—that is, every part
of it is untrue. Most false of all is the in
sinuation that Ericsson, in 1854, could have
borrowed Coles’ 1855 idea of the cupola.
The Monitor's cupola was not smashed by the
Mcrrimac’s fire, and, somehow or other, tho
vessel did go from New York to Fortress
Monroe.
Thu Duko’g authority for his depreciation of
the Monitor was a paragraph in a Montreal
paper. Considering the truthfulness of the
Canadian press on American matters, the foun
tain-head whence ills Grace quaffed may be
described as slightly muddied. The Montreal
authority declares that on the voyage the sea
extinguished all the Monitor’s fires, that she
would have sunk if a steamer had not taken
her in tow, and that the ventilation was so bad
that “ the eyes and nose of almost every man
at the guns literally shed blood.” A bad case,
in truth—were it true I
Much ill temper and some exaggeration
may, and will, be excused England under the
circumstances. She has literally spent mil
lions on building up a great navy, and now
finds foreign science superseding her famous
“ wooden walls ” by novel ordnance and iron
war-ships. England, a groat nation, will sub
stitute iron for wood, hut she cannot do this
better or faster than France has done or as
the United Slates are now doing. That is
all.
The Mngazinc.s.
Heralding “ the flowers of May," the Magazines
aro thronging in. Wo had Gotley a few days ago,
mid now great Peterson's and the Atlantic
Munihly. The May number of Peterson's La
dies' Magaziveis of average merit. The frontis
piece, better designed than engraved, bears the
seasonable title ef “ Spring Flowers,” and there
is a great variety of fashion patterns, eroohet-work,
See. The Editor’s Table, always genial and gentle-
-manly, is too brief this month. The remainder of
the literary matter is good. In the Editor’s own
novel, “ The Murray ef Murray Hill,” a Revolu
tionary romance of much interest, Major Andre is
adroitly introduced.
The Atlantic Monthly for April was a so-so
number, and we said so at the time Its succes
sor, for MBy, is first-rate—a melange of great
variety and merit. There aro articles, in prose
and verse, by Emerson, Professor Lowell, Rev. J.
Treadwell Walden, Elbridge J. Cutter, Professor
A. D. White (of Michigan University), Mrs. L. M.
Child, Trofessor A. A. Hayes, Miss Harriet E.
Prescott, Mrs. Howo, Miss M. A. Dodge, Pro
fessor Agassiz, C. C. Hazewell, David A. Wasson,
and others. Also, a poem by that lamented &ttd
gallant gentleman, the lato General F. W. Lander.
It was written shortly before his glorious death in
battle. Among the prose papers, the best are t: My
Garfien;” by Miss Dodge ; “ The South Breakor,”
by Miss Prescott.” and “ The Statesmanship of
Richelieu,” by Professor White, of Michigan. We
subjoin General Lander’s fine poem—alas! his last:
“UNDER THE SNOW."
The Spring had tripped and lost her flowers,
The Summer sauntered through the glades,
The wounded feet of autumn hours
Left ruddy footprints on the blades.
And jdl the glories of the woods
Had fiung their shadowy alienee down, —
When, wilder than the storm it broods,
She fled before the winter’s frown.
For her sweet spring had lost its flowers,
t She fell, and passion’s tongue? of fla M a
Ran reddening through the blushing bowers,
Now haggard as her naked shame.
One secret thought her soul had screened,
When prying matrons sought her wrong,
And Elams stalked on, a mouthing fiend,
And mocked her as she fled along.
And now she bore its weight aloof,
To hide it where one ghastly biroh
Held up the rafters of the roof,
And grim old pine-troes formed & ehiirch
’Twas there her spring-time vows were sworn,
And there, upon its frozen sod,
While wintry midnight reigned forlorn,
She knelt, and held hor hands to God.
The cautious creatures of the air
Looked out, from many a secret plaoe,
To see the embers of despair
Flush the gray ashes of her face.
And where the lest week’s snow had caught
The gray beard of a cypress limb.
She beard the music of a thought
More sweet than her own childhood’s hy.En,
For, rising in that cadence low,
With ” Now I lay me down to sleep,”
Her mother rocked her to and fro,
And prayed the Lord her soul to keep.
And still her prayer was humbly raised,
Bold up is two ooid bunds to God,
That,, white as some old pine-tree blazed,
Gleamed far o’er that dark frozen sod.
The storm stole out beyond the wood,
She grew the vision of a cloud,
Her dark hair was a misty hood,
Her stark face shone as from a shroud.
Still sped the wild storm’s rustling feet
To martial music of the pines,
And to her cold heart’s muffled beat
Wheeled grandly into solemn lines.
And still, as if her secret’s woe
No mortal words had ever found,
This dying sinner draped in snow
Held up her prayer without a sound.
But when the holy angel bands
Saw this lone vigil, lowly kept,
They gathered from her frozen hands
The prayer thus folded, and they wept.
Some snow*flakes—wiser than the rest—
Soon faltered o’er a thing of clay,
First read this secret of her breast,
Then gently robed her where she lay.
The dead dark hair, made white with snow,
A still, stark face, two folded palms,
And (mothers breathe her secret low !)
An unborn infant—asking alms.
s God kept her counsel; cold and mute
His steadfast mourners closed her eyes,
Her headstone was an old tree’s root,
Be mine to utter, “ Here she lies.”
Kentucky Union ana Rebel Bri
gades in the Battle of Shiloh.
WHAT BEEEL OFFICERS THERE OF JOHH 0.
BRECKINRIDGE.
During the late battle at Shiloh a rebel and a
tin ion brigade, both recruited in Kentucky, were
pitted against each other. The latter was com
manded by General Lovell H. Rousseau, while the
rebels were led by John C. Breckinridge. Those
who witnessed tbe encounter between the Ken
tuckians say that it was a terrible sight, but Roa
seau’s brigade drove tbe other from the field. A
correspondent of tbe Cincinnati Gazette, writing
on the subject, says :
Tbe rebel officers freely denounced Breskinridge
as a coward. They stated that the whole army
wasdisgusted with him. His brigade was in Mon
day’s battle, and at no time would Breckinridge
venture within range of our guns, but, keeping at
a safe distance, despatched all his commands by his
aids. By a singular okahee, too, bis whole brigade
was pitted against the Louisville Legion, the first
corps of Union troops formed in Kentucky, and a
portion of Rousseau’s brigade. It will be remem
bered that when Kentucky was wavering iu her
position the gallant Rousseau ctmnienced recruit
ing soldiers for the Union in Louisville.
Breckinridge was then playing the sneaking
traitor in the Senate of the United States, and
he was bitterly denunciatory of Rousseau. Both
have expressed a desire to meet each other on
the field, and the only earthiy wish of Breckin
ridge’s brigade was to meet the gallant Louisville
Legion. Their desire was gratified Monday, and
the long-looked-for contest came off. The oontrast
between the two generals was striking. Rousseau,
the soul of honor and chivalry, rode down his line
amid showers of bullets end bills, urging bis brave
boys to follow him to victory or death. His tall,
soldierly lorm was a splendid target, but the roar
of the battle and conflict of arms nerved his gallant
soul to the highest pitch of heroism.
In the hottest of the fight appeared Rousseau,
waving his sword, and crying, ' li On, my gattaut
lads.’' But Breckinridge, the rebel, sent forward
bis command, and. coward and traitor as he is,
quailed and trembled before the roar of artillery.
The contest between the brigade ef Breckinridge
and the Louisville Legion was short. The Legion
advanced steadily, and three times drove their op
ponents to new positions, thinning their ranks by
every fire. Running out of ammunition, their place
was supplied, and when they again returned to the
wntessj EreriHorMlge’ff hrigftd? to mn nt*
A correspondent of the Louisville Journal gives
tbe following particulars:
General Rousseau being informed that the Fe
deral lines on tbe right of his brigade were giving
away, ordered an advance of his whole line in order
to relieve them. The Louisville Legion was now
placed in advance. As fate or Providence decreed,
the men who were opposed to them were the Third,
Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Kentucky regiments.
The men of Gamp Boone and the men of Gamp
Joe Holt met in mortal combat, and the
latter conquered. The rebel line gave, way
before tbe men whom they had stigma
tized as thieves, cowards, and all that is vile.
Tbe Legion continued to press them, running up
to favorable positions, and pouring a few hot volleys
into them, and then pursuing as they again lied.
They drove them altogether near a mile and a half,
In this charge Lieut. Col. Berry particularly dis
tinguished himself. It was in this charge, also,
that A!b?rt SMavy aeo - Johnson,
and T, 13. Monroe were killed. In it wo took sis
teen cannon and three flags—the latter captured by
tbe gallant First Ohio, which had been ordered for
ward, while the Sixth Indiana remained to protect
the left flack,
Tbe long and successful charge above described
was immediately followed by an advance of our
whole front. The enemy, repulsed and broken,
withdrew from the hopeless contest, and the bloody
day was ours,
Attacking thi Guard. —The Secesh prisoners
in Camp Morton, Indianapolis, got drunk last
Tuesday night, on account of the ** good news” re
coiled from Pittsburg Landing and made an at*
tack upon the guard, usiog beef bones for clubs.
Tbe guard fired, wounding four, and the artillery
was loaded with grape ready for use if required.
The question is, where did the Secesh get their li
quor f
LETTER FROM FORTRESS MONROE.
Norfolk Account of the Late Skirmish—Pro
grm of Affairs at of
Volunteer AsMistunt Sur”eon#—Steuni Fire*
Engines —The Maryland mid Hibernia.
[CorrespondoDco of The Press.]
FOItTIIKSS Mokkob, Apjfi J?)
A Norfolk paper speaking of the late skirmish,
says that tho attack was inode upon a part of Gene
ral Howell Cubb’s brigade, and that they (the
rebels) gallantly repulsed the enemy with heavy
loss. The rebels say our ioss is between twenty
and thirty killed, and about three times that num
ber wounded.
All is progressing finely at Yorktown, and the
anxious North will soon be relieved by the news of
the capture of that rebel stronghold.
This morning the Adelaide brought down twenty
throe volunteer assistant surgeons. They come
here In anticipation of their services being required
in the impending battle at Yorktown. Nearly ail
of them are from Philadelphia and vicinity. They
were conveyed in a special train from Philadelphia
to Baltimore, and the Adelaide waited some hours
bey9Bd ft? regular time for her departure that
they might arrive this morning. They have been
assigned quarters, and are already attending to
the wounded in the recent skirmishes. Their full
services will soon bo needed.
Yesterday afternoon the dwellers in this place of
misery were startled by the appearance of an un
couth machine, which looked like afield-pioce loco*
motive, and columbiad boiled do rn and concentrat
ed. Some f>*?9oK9 htaUd th&t it W&5 & &5W imple
ment of warfare, others expressed the opinion that
it was an infernal machine to drive tho rebels out
of Yorktown, others thought it was a steam cannon.
Finally lb was discovered that the nondescript ma*
chine was a steam fire*engine. On its Bide it bore
the name Maryland.
Tho Hibernia steam fire*engine of your city ar
rived here this morning, and attractod a great deal
of attention. It is more powerful than the Mary
land. The arrival of these steamers has produced
a feeling of security here which did not prevail
before. Although the regulations aro very strin
gent, still there is liability to conflagration; and all
of the buildings on the Point being of frame, a
conflagration, without ample means to quell it,
would prove immensely destructive to property, if
cot to life. With these powerful flame-quacchera
the inmates of the hospital may sleep in security.
The Advance of McDowell's Army,
OUR FORCES AT FALMOUTH COMMAHDING
THE CITY OF FREDERICKSBURG.
The City to bo Surrendered, if Private
Property is Protected.
THE COUNCILS DECLARE THEIR ATTACH
MENTTOTHE REBEL CAUSE.
Washington, April 20, 1862.
The following intelligence from Gen. McDowell’s
army has just been received in this city:
Our forces under Gem Augur still occupy the
heights of Falmouth, opposite and commanding the
city of Fredericksburg.
On Friday afternoon, Lieut. Wood, of General
KiDg’s staff'; Lieut. Campbell, Fourth Artillery,
and Major Duffie, of the Harris Light Cavalry
oiOEced the Rappahannock under a flag of iruce,
and communicated with the municipal authorities
of the city, all of whom remain.
The City Councils had called a meeting immedi
ately after the appearance of our forces, and ap
peinted & AommUtea, consisting of tho mayor, Mr.
Slaughter, three members from each Board, and
three citizens, to confer with our General relative
to the occupation of Fredericksburg and the pro
tection of property.
21? « fte same time ft §?ri?S ?f
resolutions, declaring that the city, since the adop
tion of the ordinance of secession, had been unani
mously in favor of disunion, and was still firmly
attached to the Southern cause, surrendering only
upon conditions of protection to private proDerty.
Arrangements wore perfected for a meeting be
tween the committee and General Anger, to beheld
yesterday afternoon.
From citizens of Fredericksburg, who have crossed
over to Falmouth by means of small skiffs, much
valuable information has been derived. Moat of
these affirm that so soon as we take possession of
the city, and there is no fear of the return of the
rebels, a majority of the remaining citizens will bo
found loyal.
Vast amounts of pram and other forage are stored
in the immediate vicinity of Fredericksburg, much
of which belonged to the rebel army.
The enemy, besides destroying the bridges,
burned the steamers Logan , Virginia , and St.
JYitholas , and twenty schooners loaded with. corn.
The Sti it will be remembered) was caps
tured by the “ French Lady’ 7 and his accomplices
in Chesapeake bay, last year.
It is stated by the citizens that the first shell
thrown at the rebel cavalry in Fredericksburg
killed a horse and mortally wounded his rider, dis
mounting and severely injuring a largo number in
the stampede which ensued.
Garr, formerly of the Washington and
Acquia creek steamboat line, took the first Federal
steamer into Acquia creek since therebellion last
Friday morning.
The landing is used as a depot fer supplies, un
der the charge of Col. Fiddle, of the .Ninety-fifth
New York Regiment, who is also in command of
the forces at that station. The wharf depot, tavern,
and several other buildings were burned by the
rebels; but tbe eDgizxe bouse, buiit of brick, with
iron rafters and tin roof, is uninjured. The wharf
is being rapidly repaired. Navigation is unob
structed, the channel not having been filled up as
reported.
The railroad to Fredericksburg, with the excep
tion of a mile of the track which has been taken up,
and the loss of two bridges, easily reconstructed, is
in good order.
The railroad bridge over the Rappahannock will
require a considerable length of time to be repair
ed, as the piers are very high and wide apart. The
road was being rebuilt at tbe time of the evacuation
of Acquia creek, the “T n rail being substituted
for the old flat rail. The rails torn from the road
in the vicinity of the landing were used in con
structing roofs for the rebel magazine* The water
stations are in perfect order, and a comparatively
small outlay will reopen the road in much better
condition than before the rebellion. Tho batteries
at Acquia are quita axUaslvs, and were well
supported by infantry, as is indicated by the aban
doned camps. The battery on this wharf was con
structed with great skill, and mounted an immense
rifled gun. The batteries extend along the brow of
the bluffs about a mile! aid are exceedingly formi
dable in their appearance. Nothing remains in
them save broken camp furniture and decaying
stores. At various points 'm the rear of these bat
teries, at a distance of two or three miles, earth
works fer light artillery snd infantry breastworks
command many of the approaches to Fredericks
burg.
Three weeks since six thousand rebels were en
camped in the vicinity of Brooke’s Station, six
miles from Acquia, and a large body of cavalry have
been quartered in that section until the close of last
week, a portion of which, it is stated by contra
bands, are cut off by our occupation of Fredericks
burg.
The country between Acquia creek and the Rap
pah&bfiftek is almost entifely deserted, but one fa
mily remaining at Stafford Court House.
The gallant aehievement of General Augur in
driving back from a strong position an enemy con
sisting of three regiments of infantry, four of ca
valry, and two batteries of artillery, elicits the
highest admiration, and has excited no little envy
on tbe part of other brigades who hoped to parti
cipate in the dash upon Fredericksburg.
The brilliant feat of the Brooklyn Fourteenth in
keeping up, without straggling, with the cavalry
and artillery on a march of twenty-lix miles, during
the hottest day of the season, and then, with but
three hours rest, dashing on after the enemy's ca
valry for four miles, is the subject of most flattering
encomiums.
BOMBARDMENT OF FORT PILLOW.
THE MORTAR BOATS AT WORK,
Details to weffneaUay Last.
Frcm the Chicago Tribune's correspondence, we
obtain the following account of the bombardment
of Fort Pillow (or Wright) to the 14th instant:
Reconnoissance—Rebel Gunboats aud
Batteries.
The fleet is lying idle this morning, awaiting or
ders, but the idleness cannot last long. Communi
cations are rapidly'passing between the flagship
and the lafld forces, which lio two miles above us
upon transports. Of the operations of the enemy,
we can form no opinion. The long reach of Plum
Point shuts him out from our view. The return-
H9jg§flpce qf the Benton , Qarondelet } and Cincin
nati, last evening, found his batteries mounting
twenty-six guns, and located midway up the bluff.
Six gunboats were lying in the stream. These gun
boats are simply old N.ew Orleans tow boats razeed.
The guns are mounted on a flush deck, without any
protection to gun or gunner, it beluga favorite idea
with Hollins, commander of the rebel fleet, that his
men are best protected when not protected at all.
The machinery and boilers arc protected by iron
plated casemates. They are very strong and power
ful bA&ts, and can easily outsail us. Had our boats
been as fast as they, the rebels at the bluff would
never have heard the story of our skirmish yester
day from their gunboats.
Position of our Flotilla.
Surly this morning the Silver Wave went down
the river with a reconnoitring party. At nine
o’olock tbe mortars were towed down, under pro
tection of the Pittsburg. Eighty were also sta
tioned along the Arkansas shore, within half amile
of the apex of the point, and under heavy timber,
Which entirely conceals them from the view of the
enemy. The rule, however, works both ways. It
is equally difficult for the mortar men to ascertain
the effect of their shots, and as soon as reconnois-
S&DCtf determine the practicability and safety
Of it, Ihe mortars will undoubtedly occupy locali
ties where their practice will be more effective.
When they are fairly moored and in operation,
they will assuredly prove a very valuable arm of
the service in reducing Fort Pillow. The extent of
the works, and their peculiar location and eleva
tion, render them a much woro eligible mark than
tbe r arrow strip and dead level of Island No. 10.
The Cincinnati. Cairo , and St. Loitii are at pre
sent protecting these mortars. Farther up the
river, on tbe same shore, the Conestoga guards
the ammunition boats, and a squad of pickets
thrown out through the woods. Half a mile above
and teyondsome willow bars, called Bulletin Bars,
from the faot that the steamer Bulletin some years
TWO CENTS.
since ran high and dry upon them, General Pope's
transports are lying. Directly opposite, the flag
ships Mound City and Carondcht are moored, in
front of the mortar ones. * These positions wore all
attained about two o'clock.
Expectations Jof an Attack upon us.
From the position of the St. Loni \ y which lies in
the stream opposite the cleared field running back
nearly to tho opposite shore of the point, I can dis
tinctly make out the rebel bf
them located upon the crown of the bluff, anil the
other midway down the bluff. From the appear
ance of them, however, 1 should judge there was
but a small force upon the bluff, about enough to
iiiiifi the Works. AbStit S Oksluek W 6 COttUi 969
from the smoke that the rebel boats bad returned,
and were slowly making their way up the river in
our direction. Nearer and nearer they came until
they were just behind the head of the point, and
9fi!y about half a mile distant, The St, Lmm
and Cincinnati , the only boats nigh at band, the
others being about a mile distant, went to quarters,
and we eagerly watched for tho appearance of the
rebel crait around the point. We had made up
our minds this time that they had surely come up
to attack us. The old sailors were spoiling fof tho
fight, and'Watched the distant point with eager
eyes, but in vain. In a few minutes mortar No.
Sl> thundered forth its first welcome to Fort Pillow.
Seven others in rapid succession followed, making
beautiful Bhots. At the very first explosion the
rebel beats put back for tho fort, and another
chance for a fight was lost.
The Bombardment! Continued—A Tug
The mortar bombardment was kept up for three
hours with groat spirit and apparently with good
effect. At sunset.they ceased firing, and a splen
did night closed in upon the landscape, flooded
with moonlight, and tho fleet retaining their posi
tions at anchor. About six o'clock this evening the
lug Jzrebitxy lying near Gen. Fvpe’S truhsporU,
took fire and burned to the water’s edge. The
cause I have not learned.
Intentions of the Rebels.
Rumors are current in the fleet, brought up by
refugees, that Memphis baa been burned. The re*
port, however, hardly seems credible, unless some
new turn in affairs favorable to us has taken place
at Corinth, of which we are ignorant. It would
seem probable that, if the rebels had insanely de
termined to burn the citj) they would at least have
awaited the issue at Fort Pillow. Although the
position has not the natural strength of Island No.
10, nor the samo amount of defence, still, with re
solute men, and the aid of their gunboats, they
might make a long and desperate resistance. Time,
however, wiii show. Rebel tactics of iate on the
Mississippi river are a puzzle to me, and I have
done prophesying.
THE FIGHT NEAR LEE’S MILLS.
A REBEL AMBUSCADE.
BRAVE CONDUCT OF THE VERHONTERS.
A correspondent, writing from the camp in front
of Yorktown, on the 17th Inst., gives the following
particulars $f the late fight i
The Rebel Position.
Four batteries of artillery and two regiments of
Vermont troops had a sharp engagement, yesterday,
in front of one of the fort 9 which form the chain of
defenues outside the interior works at Yorktown;
The scene of the engagement w&b on the estate of
Mrs. Garrow, between Lee’s Mills and Winn’s Mills,
on a branch of the Warwick river. At a point on
tbe Warwick road, where the enemy had blocked it
up with felled timber, and on the right, as you go
towards Warwick Court House 5 there opens quite
an extensive field, with woods to the right and left,
and intlie rear, on the road. In front, at the foot of
aeradually-deecending slope, runs a branch of the
Warwick river. This spot, admirably adapted by
Nature for defence against an attacking force, had
been chosen by the enemy for one of the outer
works in his line of fortifications across the entire
peninsula. At this place the stream had been
dammed up between the two mills already men
tioned. The water was, at different places, be
tween two and four and a half feet deep, and thirty
to forty rods wide. The dam formed a narrow
causeway across the water- The ground on either
side was marshy. On the opposite bank there was
a deep rifle-pit of indefinite extent, and above it,
9B grftdyally-rising acclivity, larger breast
works, with embrasures for guns, rose to ’the’rear,
partly screened by timber. For several days past
the enemy had had large numbers of men at work
strengthening still further this position, as well as
other points on the line.
Firing Commenced.
It was determined on our part to drive tho work
ing parties away, especially at this point, and pre
vent them from rendering their entrenchments
more impregnable. Capt. Mott’s battery was im
mediately ready for action, and an adequate num
ber of infantry waa ordered to the front to support
him. Skirmishers were thrown out in front and to
the right and left, while a sufficient force waa kept
in the rear as reserves. The Rhode Island Battery
B. under Capt* Bartlett) engaged the rebels fur*
ther to the right, diverting their attention, while
Capt. Mott should open on the rebel work to the
left. About eight o’clock he ordered up the first
section—two ten-pounder Parrotts-under com
mand of Lieut. Flynn, which were placed in po
sition in a pieoe of woods to tbe right of the open
field, close by the Warwick road, and within a
thousand yards of the fort. These two pieces im
mediately opened fire, which was soon returned
briskly by the rebels from seven guns at adjacent
points. All of the enemy who hud been seen were
scattered, and the fort presented the appearance of
being entirely deserted. Gen. McClellan, who,
with several members of his Btaff, including the
French royal representatives, bad come upon tho
ground, went forward personally in an exposed po
sition, and complimented Capt. Mott and his men
in a very flattering manner for the alacrity and
bravery which they had displayed at their guns.
Storming the Rebel Works—A Murderous
It should be observed that, while the work waß
apparently deserted, the enemy lay concealed un
der cover, and had received numerous reinforce
ments during the few hours previous. Tho other
four oompnnies—D, E, F } and K, of tho Third Ver
mont Regiment—had been placed in reserve to tha
right, a little in the rear. About three o’clock Col.
Hyde was ordered to take these four companies,
advance under cover of our guns, cross the creekj
find storm tho work. It was arranged that whoa
they should have entered the fort a signal from
them would indicate that reinforcements should be
sent to hold it. The four batteries opened a con
certed fire on the fort, throwing shot, shell, and
spherioal oaae into it in rapid succession. Then
those four companies of the Third Regiment ad
vanced, dashed into the water, which, in some
places, came up to their armpits, and proceeeed to
storm the work. At this moment an immense force
of the enemy, who had lain low all this while,
confronted our men, shooting them down in the
water. The brave little band stood their ground
nobly, and, notwithstanding that many had their
cartridge boxes soaked m the dam, they crossed
over, and drove the enemy out of the rifle pH or
lower line of the entrenchments. This position
they held against a murderous fire for perhaps
twenty or thirty minutes. At length a large
body of rebel reinforcements, consisting of two or
three regiments, was seen aduancing from the rear
into the forti aml ( for some unaccountable reason,
eur reinforcement* not appearing at the proper
moment, the brave battalion was compelled to fall
back before superior numbers.
A .Second Unsuccessful Attempt.
After the remnant of these companies returned,
our batteries, which had in tho meantime ceased
firing, opened in full force again. Then the Sixth
Vermont Regiment was ordered to storm the work
by the left flack. Led by their gallant Colonel
Lord, tho Sixth Regiment rushed into tho water.
Seven companies had gotten in. aud some had
reached within about three rods of the breastwork,
when, being in three feet of water, they were im
mediately met by the fire of a long line of rebel
rifles which were popped above the parapets, A
nibfitog fl*6 & thMisßßd small arms wm
poured npon our men. It was returned as well as
the circumstances would warrant. The breastwork
was lighted up with a continuous sheet of flame ;
the artillery belched away at the enemy; shells
were bursting over their breastworks; the smoke
of the battle was ascending, and for a few moments
tho scene was one of the grandest witnessed in war.
Not a man of ours flinched, but all returned the
fire of the enemy with deadly effect. Wherever a
head was put above the parapet, they fired at it.
Hence tho rebels were mostly hit in the head, ex*
cept those killed and wounded by shells, which
must have been considerable. Many of our wounded
were hit in the bip and lower extremities, indi
cating that the rebels were endeavoring to comply
with Magruder’s order to fire low and each bring
down his man. Finding that rebel reinforcements
were still advancing, and owiDg to the apparent
impossibility of making a successful assault with
the bayonet, Colonel Lord retired with his men.
who brought most of their wounded comrades away
with them.
That Night and the Foiiewiag Day.
Our men rested on their arms for tho night.
During the night a thousand sand bags had been
brought to the ruins of the house, and a cover for
our guns was constructed within about six hun
dred yards of the fort. They were ready for ac
tion in tho morning. Before six o’clock this morn*
ing ihe enemy had hauled back some guns into tho
earthwork, and opened with round shot and shell.
For jiesrly an hour they fired pretty briskly, some
of Ajres’ snd Kennedy's gum, behind our little
breastworks, reply ing to the enemy's fire. Private
Benson, of Compeny H, Sixth Regiment, was
wounded by the fragment of a shell, with tho
exception of an occasional shot from both sides,
notbiDg of interest tronapired during the remain
der ot the morning. In the afternoon there was
occasional firing all ulong a considerable portion of
our line. A shell from one of the rebel guns ex
ploded near one of the pieces of Battery G, of the
Rhode Island batteries, and wounded two or three
men.
Thanks to the Vermonters.
The general commanding the Vermont brigade
thanked his gallant Vermonters as follows :
Headquarters Secokd Brigade, (
April 1?, IS(J2. j
The brigadier general commanding ooßgrntutates
the troops of thisorigade, for the conduct exhibited
by them yesterday, while under fire. The invinci
bility of spirit shown by those companies exposed to
a terrific fire from the enemy, sheltered in rifie>
pits, is worthy ef the highest admiration.
The conduct oi First Sergeant Holton, Company
I, Sixth Vermont, in securing and bringing back
the colors of tbe regiment, after the bearer was shot
down, Is Jcscrvieg of espeaial nofiQa, ns a praise
worthy end daring act.
Soldiers of Vermont, let your future conduot
rival that of yesterday, and your friends and State
may well be proud of you !
By order of the Brigadier General.
Captain Mott reports that, on the 16th, his bat
tery fired 954 shots, about half of which were case
shot and the remainder shell. Captain Wheeler
reports that he fired .'Sli! shots, 12G of which were
case shot and the remainder shell. Between Aye u'
and Kennedy’s batteries about 450 shots were fired.
Thus, upwards of 1,700 projectiles were exploded
over and in the enemy’s batteries; aud, 83 our ar
tillerymen agree that the practice was excellent,
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we have good reason to believe that the enemy's
lobk must be very heavy. Mott lost seven horses.
Late last night several companies of the enemy
made a very sudden appearance in front of their
work at the locna of their encounter on the 10th;
and fired a volley across towards where tbe Second
Vermont Regiment lay in the edge of the wood.
Our pickets answered in a very lively maimer, and
the enemy dispersed, \Yb»t was tbe purpoao of
tbla mysterious movement no one knows * but it
was. jjerbnps, a feeler to see how soundly we slept.
Eight guns stood all day yesterday in the open
field opposite the enemy's position, and it is possi
ble that, if wo had been caught napping, he might
Imre mmle the u* tempt to steal a battery; Nolodj
was hurt on our side.
IMPORTANT FROM THE GULF.
CAPTURE OF APALACHICOLA, FLA.
Affairs at Pensacola.
[From the New York Herald of April 21. J
The L'tired' States Etiam tiauspoit
Captain Henry Linton, arrived at this port yesterday
n.crt.irg, from Foil Pickens and Key West. She left
Fwit I'kJivufj on iltf; Mi twl Krr West outlie 14th of
April, and brings very interesfitg letters from Apal&cbi*
cola and Key West.
DihCTters were constantly coming ovorfrom Pensacola.
The it-Lels have Lot evacuated, but are moving their
{•tins away. The town is ut der martial law, and all the
ciii/Aiie who remain have bwu forced into the army.
Colonel T. M. Jones ia commanding the u army of
P» jislicolk.” Largo fires are seeu on the mainland every
night. It is Mirpot-eil the rebels arc destroying property.
An expedition started from Fort Pickens. April 1, un
der command of Capt. W. 11. Closeon, of the
consisting of Company L, Firet Aruiiory/and Companion
D, Capt. Eufly, and K, Oupt. Iloolt/.e, of Wilson's Zou
aves. They march! d to the east end of Santa Bona
Island, and veie provided with boats from Urn United
States schooner Mary A'. Il'o o<l to cross to the mainland.
The object of the expedition yaj fcsftphu, ft p'cket Com.
pnny oi lebrln, who were in charge of a storehouse anil
barracks, where vossets running the blockade were in
the habit of landing LfaeJr cargoes. For reasons best
knovu to the officer in command, lie did not cross overt
and, after throwing a few sheila into the buildings, scat
tering the rebels in all directions, the companies returned
to Fort Piekons.
Tho following ig a copy or a proclamation issued by
the commanding officer at Pensacola.
PROCLAMATION.
Hkaouvabteks A itsir or Pj;*aACOT<.\, f
March 30, 1813 a. (
Fur the Information of all Concerned.
There are certain lounging, worthless people, white aa
well as colored, who frequent Ptucacola and vicinity,
aLd have no observable occupation. Their intentions
limy be honest \ but the colonel commanding does not
believe it, and as lio has n n use far their pr&ss&is they
are warned to leave, or the consequence niU3t rest ou
their own L-rndß. The gallows is erected in Peasacola,
&i:d will l>e in constant use on and after the 3d of April*
1862. The town is under complete martial law.
Ity order of
Colonel T. M. JONES,
CommauiJing Army of I“uri«aprj|»
The Expedition to Apalachicola.
Kry Vest, April 11. —The L'uitcd States steamar
Jderccdita, Commander Stellwagen, from Apalachicola,
arrived off thia port late on the evening of the 9th Inst.,
will; her as (rjjjes !|jf ec|i Wnfr /frjf, |, aT j„ g ol
hoard tony bales of cotton, and the Bloop Octavia , in
ballast, which vessels were taken in the waters of Apa
lachicola bay.
Commander Stellwagen received information on the
30th tilt, that the sloop Octavia had run into St. Jo
seph’s bay from Havana, Ho immediately despatched a
boat under charge bf Atllag Mute? Wilde?, fo the
place, but the Octavia had escaped. Indications were
found, however, from wheel-tracks on shore and gram*
of tpilled coffee, Ac., Ac., that a cargo had lately been
landed there and carted away to the interior. On the
same day the boats of the Mercedita chased a small
sloop from Indian Pass to the city, and at night the gig
-wan Bt-nl tlewn to Vast Pasu, directing the tfiiited States
steam «unboat Sagamore to i->in the Mercedita as soon
as possible.
The Sagamore arrived on the Ist instant, and on the
next day the boats of both vessels, eight in number*were
fully prepared for an expedition to til© city of Ap&lachi*
cola and " Old Woman's Bluff," apeinteovsn mlUj up
the river. Six boats started at nino o’clock P, jf , under
the command of Lieutenant Abbot, of the Mercedita, aud
Lieutenant Bigelow, of the Sagamore, for the purpose of
passing the city during the bight, and Commander Stsil
wagen, and Lieutenant Commanding Drake, followed la
Ui&irgiffß, to support the ether boats.
On the arrival of the two commanders at the city,
early on the following morning, the sloop Orfarfa and
all the smaller vessels were found in possession of some
ot the party who had gone in the advance, and in a
Short time the remainder made their appearance cam
in* down tlio river towing the nilot boot. Gytntl and
Mary Olivia, and .choomrs Jfew Plan, I'loyi, and
liote— the latter loaded with cotton, Much lima WM
spent in endeavoring to get these vessel* over the bar,
without success, for they grounded in seven feet of
water.
In the afternoon Commander Stellwagen, with all the
boats, pulled to the landing place of the city, and bad
nuite a long interview uiih the inhabitants, a report of
which I give you herewith. After many attempts to get
tlie schooners and other vessels afloat, it was touud U
be impossible, except with the schooner Hose aui sloop
Octavia. The others were, in consequence, destroyed
by fire.
Interview with the Inhabitants of Apala-
chicola.
Afl scon as Commander Stoll* agen, with jail his boatfl
properly armed and ready for action, had landed, he waa
m?t b, ell the pepsletira that rsHßined In the place, It
was an affecting Bight to s*o the crowd—principally wo
men and children, who had been told by their rebel lead
erß that the forces of tho United States were a set of
“ruthless Hessians," bent on burning, pillage, and de
sire ction—pressing down to see and receivo our large
«nd wdt. disciplined force, without any fOftr CT mal-treat
ment oh the contrary, with every confidence, nud os
yrcßbionß of joy and gladness at seelbg those who, in
reality, were to be their protectors. The manner in
which our forces were received nmy be looked upon as a
compliment tj our navy aud the cause of right aud jus
tice ifl which they are engaged. The male portion ot the
population of Apalachicola 'present nearly all uucot?rod,
when they were addressed by Commander Stellwagen la
about the following words:
My countrymen—for even you, who are engaged lu
this unholy and unnatural war agaiust our Government*
are my fellow, countrymen—we come not to injure the
deferetta, or women and childieni i urn fond of thf
peoplo of the South, but hate secesbion and rebellion,
which tave brought such calamities and misery upon all
parts of our late happy land.
Loud shouts from tho crowd, “ We have no part in it;
the innocent suffer with the guilty.”
“ This is true,’ 1 Captain Stellwagen replied •; n here and.
elsewhere j it is the result of civil war always* and your
leaders fhould have taken that fact into consideration.’*
Captain gtellwuen then said that he had sent up, some
daj s before, to demand the surrender of the town, and t®
say .li&t all persons ffh? W9»14 tabs tb, Mill »f ttllSi
glance, or bind tbomeelYes not to engage in any act of
violence against the United States, could remain iu secu
rity, ami that their property would be safe as long ns they
wonld faithfully keep their oath or promise. This kind
ness was met by your constituted authorities, Messrs.
Hancock; IiGMoaL Porter, &ni Father Miller, the priest
of tho Roman Catholic Church, by saying:
The city iadefenceles; there are no soldiers here, or any
arms ; but there is tio cue having any authority to sur
render it; also, that there was no one to take the oath o £
allegiance to the United States, ext opt it might be some
fow foreigners’ aid as to property, if destroyed, the
Southern Confederacy won'd pay all loss.” “Since
then,” said Commodore Stellwagen, “they have allowed
the Bloop Octavia to come in, and Aided her in evading
tho blockade.” lie then continued: “We have coma
here to show you how easily we can retaliate, hut that
we w ish to ho merciful. I know that there U great dii«
trees hero.”
Reply frcm some cf the women. We are almost
Starving.
Captain Stellwagen. Well, now listen to what I sir.
I will spare all the fishing and oyster boats.
Stouts firm the crowd. Thanks I thanks I
Captain steiivi ugtn. You may fish and oyster in the
bay in safety, as long as no hostile act is committed by
the town: but any direct or indirect act, such as firing
on our boats, helping a vessel to run the blockade bring
ing soldiers to towu, or anything of the sort, will be sure
ly PTinietodi If your boats go near tho mm*of*war they
mast go alongside and report themaelvea, and meet any
boat sent to examine them.
Anßwerfrom tho crowd. Yes, sir, we will.
Pointing to thoir abandoned batteries, Commander
Stellwagen continued. See what protectorayour soldiers
are; Look it those forts; built in tho midst of your
houses, so that a few shell even from boat guns, throws
at them, would bo sure to burn your town.
Laughter by the entire crowd, and a universal shoot.
They were Dot soldiers, we never had any here.
Well, continued the speaker, I suppose you have heard
Puitacola la evacuated 1
Beply. Yes.
Capt. Stcllwagen. Fernaudina taken 7
Beply. Yes
Capt. Stcllwagen. You know of our victories at Ro
anoke, Mill Spring, Forts Henry and Donelsoa. and Co
lumbus fallen without a blow l
Haply. Ym, yea.
Capt. Stellwagen. Manassas taken without firing a
gun—(this appeared to surprise them)—Nashville, and
Florence, Ala., taken l
Reply. Yes,
Capt. Stellwogon. Well, I think Secession is nearly
played out;
Great clapping of hands by the crowd, and from many
voices, *‘God send peace very soon.”
“ Now, remember,” continued the commander, “ do
cot be led or forced into hostilities against tie, unless you
desire to bo severely dealt with. We don’t require your
helplflt will get you into trouble; hut do not act agaluat
übi vre are strong enough; yoU keep tjiiloi.”
Commander Stellwagen then gave them up the old
lighter Fhyd and two others unfit for use, and repeated
his permission tor them to catch Hah, Ac.
At this point a person came forward and said, “Cap
tain, some of my boys (Haves) have gone to your ship.
Will they b® given up
To'tills question he received the reply, - No, they
have been used to transport soldiers aud anus, iu build
ing fortifications aud a gunboat to acc against the United
Btates. You will never get relief for their loss.”
Aiother one asked—‘‘Will tho Un ted States Govern
ment oblige Florida to redeem their notes tvkeu peace
comes l
Aiiauer. No: tln»y are issued to carry ou Ihe war, aud
Florida will have no means.
“Why,” replied the anxious inquirer, “ there aro the
public lands: can’t we get Florida land for our notes !”
Reply. No; the United Statts will taku the lauds aud
Obvenimout propeiiXi
3 hen came another inquiry—Won’t you give up the
pilot boats ?
fieply. No.
Question. What will you do with them »
Answer. Burn them.
A? (.'cmnißiiiiTr Slellwnsfii wag about leaving, Meiwrni
Btnr/.tT, Miller, and others, came fQrward and asked him
to land for the purpose of having a private interview for
the purpose of receiving his commands. This request
was d, cMutd, on the ground that, having said all that
was necessary to the people at large, lie desired uo secret
coiifcrcDfei After the interviewwas concludedi thekoati
returned t* their respective vessels,
It is to be regretttil that part of the brigade uow in the
department, of which Apalachicola forms a part, did not
accompany this expedition for the purpose of holding tho
place. and affording protection to the loyal citizens who
reuwiued ami received our forces in & friendly manner;
for they may become the prey of the scoundrels who
lately occupied the place, and the city be burned by them
because they—the remaining inhabitants—treated our
people in a friendly mauDer. Commander Stellwagen
tpi-eks in the highest terms regarding nil connected with
tho cxi edition, and mentions particularly tho men having
lii tlio lio&lS for 1L period of from l4
thiiiy-six heuts.
What was Learned in the Town.
Information was gained by the commander of the ex
ited! ion that all the guns which were removed from Apa
lachicola tip tho river were subrootgod at a certain point
on account of the very high stage of tbe water; aod
could not he recovered or used uutU the river falls. The
rtbtl troops that had evacuated Apalachicola were also
at another point, surrounded by water, and could easily
ta f&ptuM had we any force of light'draught vessels
capable of proceeding there.
The entire number of people loft at Apalachicola was
five hundred and forty-two, of a population of over
thUtyfiY© hundred originally. This number Includes
mur, -w(im*u r and children, black and white
Tho Biiccrßß of this rxptdillim places another important
point in Florida in our poB8t>8Bion» and proves thatmany
of the inhabitants—in Tact, the majority of this State—
are still the Btrong friends of tbe old Government, and
willing to return to their former allegiance.
GCidfi EA§¥ Tflk'SßSsSS.—East TttlllS'Set
has now six regiments in the United States servUe,
though the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth are no’* yet
complete. She has also two brigadier generals—
Oaitir and Spear.
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