|)nso. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1862. TIIE LATEST WAR NEWS. A correspondent writing to ns from Fort Union, New Mexico, under date of the 31st ult., sajs: ,: lhe entire rebel force in this Territory is sup posed to be 2,500 strong, with 21 pieces of artillery. The entire Federal strength is 2,200 men. and 12 pieces of artillery. The rebels have the adran tSgc of being in supporting distance, midway be tween our forces, t'l'U of whom are at Fort Craig, end 1,.100 at Depot, Fort Union, and vicinity, three hundred and fifty milts distant from eaoh other. The officers at present at this post are Col. Paul commanding, and Capt. MoFerran, chief quarter master, Capt. Garrison, chief of subsistence, and Capt. Bristol, commanding the trenches. All of them are of the regular army, with some New Mexican volunteer officers. If we aro assaulted at this post, a fierce and bloody battle will bs fought, but we are confident of victory." The lettersfrom one of our special correspondents at Pittsburg Landing, published to-day, pictures truthfully the present aspect of affairs at that henceforth historic point. The labors of the "West ern Sanitary Committee, it is gratifying to know, have been instrumental in saving many a noble life, and easing many a suffering soldiers pain. Gen. Buell’s men, it is said, have been compelled to en dure the greatest hardships since the battle™ sleeping on the wet ground without tents or blan kets, and being compelled to carry all their ooai ntissary stores from the river, a distance of three miles. This is the kind of heroism that history seldom takes a record of. and romance totally ignores. Those redoubtable?. Price and Van Dorn, are reported by the telegraph to have been at Dos Arb, Missouri, on Monday, the 14th instant, where the rebels are concentrating in large force. Tho duty of harassing Curtis, and, if possible, of engaging our Kansas troops, bas been entrusted to Albert Pike, who has 2,500 Indiana, and 600 Texan Bangers. Efforts are being made by the robuls in the southern part of the State to raise a regiment for guerilla warfare. Our force in Houston, Texas county, were under marching orders oa the 19th instant. By an arrival from Port lloyai, yesterday, wo learn that Fort Pulaski was so much injured by the late bombardment as to be wholly unfit for a post of defence. Some work is in progress, but principally for the purpose of olearing away the rubbish, so as to render the place fit for the occu pation of the Seventh Connecticut regiment, which jet remain within its walls. Ho effort is making to remount the guns or repair the breaches effected by our firing. Since the capture, it is said that one of the shells which had not burst when it fell, exploded, injuring four men, perhaps fatally. Our troops are now employed in removing the heavy guns and mortars from the batteries on Tybee and Goat islands. News from Southern papers up to the 20th inst. will be found on onr first page. The rebels claim the late affair at Lee’s Mills, near Yorktown, as a brilliant victory, but admit that their loss was heavy, including one colonel. Their papers ac knowledge that 1110 success of the rebel cause is staked upon the issue at Yorktown. The visit of the French minister to Bichmond furnishes a fruitful theme for comment, and tho Southern papers af£ making the meet ef it. Tam ing from tho dull chronic’e of defeat, they proba bly find relief in bolding up before the eyes of their readers baseless visions of recognition by the French Emperor. A telegram from Cincinnati informs us that the despatch from Beauregard stated to havo boon an swered by Oen. Mitchell was seised in the tele graph office by Gen. Mitchell several days after it had been transmitted to Jeff Davis. About one third of the required reinforcements had been sent to Beauregard before Gen. Mitchell seized the rail road, but the balance are at Chattanooga unable to go to the rebel general’s aid. Foit Wright has not yet surrendered to the national forces. The bombardment still con tinues, but its reduction will only be a question of time. The rebels have cut the Arkansaa Icvoo, in the vicinity of the fort, thereby flooding all the ad jacent farms, and destroying a great deal of valuable property. Evidently they have begun to pin their faith to the line of Sbakspeare: " There is a tide in the affairs of men, which taken at the flood leads on to fortune.” The news published from Southern papers, to the effect that General Burnside’s fores has met with a repulse at Elizabeth city, North Carolina, would be Incredible ccmingfrom a more reliable source. The report states that 1,000 Confederate troops repulsed 5,000 of General Burnside’s command, and that the Union troops lost 500, while the whole rebel loss amounted to only fifteen men. We publish on our first page an interesting ac - count of the ocoupation of Falmouth (direclly oppoj site Fredericksburg) by Sen. McDowell’s Division. Falmouth seems disposed to be loyal, but Frede ricksburg, at least the munioipal authorities, are impudent Secessionists. A committee appointed by these gentry, while in conversation with somo of our offioers who visited the place under a flag of truce, boasted of their reverence for the Secession cause; but we predict that before many days they will be glad not only to recant their Secession opinions, but to bow submissively to the Constitu tion and laws of the country. Congress Yesterday. Senate.—The bill for the confiscation of the pro perty and the emancipation of the slaves of rebels coming np, Mr. Davis, of Kentucky, regretted (in a two-hour-and-a-half speech) “that measures should be introduced calculated in the slightest de gree to affect the harmony of the conduot of the war." The Senate then went into executive session. House.—Six petitions were presented in favor of introducing the German study into West Point. A resolution was adopted requesting the President to cashier any officer addicted to intoxication. Toe series of confiscation bills 'reported adversely from the Judiciary Committee were taken .up. The first was postponed until Tuesday next. Mr. Hickman (Pa), offered a substitute for the second, taking the subject out of the hands of Congress and leaving it to the deeision of the President, which was rejected, and the substitute of Mr. Bing ham adopted. It provides that the rebel property confiscated shall go towards defraying the expenses incurred in quelling the insurrection. The Republicans of JTw York have not, it would seem, grown tired of their magnani mous action last year in sinking their party name, and in calling into their councils the loyal Democrats of the State. The following extract, from the New Tork Tribune of Mon day, will be read with great satisfaction iu all parts of the country : The Legislature chosen ftt this election Wft3 overwhelmingly opposed to the Dean Richmond Democracy, bin the majority was made up iu nearly equal parts of Union Republicans, Union Democrats, and Republicans, who had supported and been chosen upon Republican parly tiekals. Tbeae, of course, h&vo differed upon some tf the questions which have arisen during the session, and high hopes have been en tertained, by the common adversary, of a break-up during or at the close of the session. Certain journals have talked very loudly of bolting, in cise they failed to have their own way, and the Albany Argus has eagerly caught up every such utter ance, and fabricated therefrom a pleasing dream of the dissatisfaction of the more especial friends of GoYi Seward with the Union movement, and their determination to insist on a strict and exclusive reorganization of the Republican party. These hopes were rudely dispelled by a general meeting of the Union and Republican members on Triday evening last, which resulted in a perfect agreement as to ike policy to be pursued in the State canvass soon to open. An 'address and re solves were unanimously adopted which, though prepared in part by a Union Democrat, endorse the action ana policy of,-the National Administra tion as fully and heartily as any reasonable Re publican could desire, and propose to march straight on in the path so broadly defined and so triumphantly tr«?d hy an immense majority of onr fellow citizens autumn. With reference u* the Stats Cnnvi-ntioii, which is t» nominate tbs Governor, Ac , to bo chosen by another such ma jority next autumn, the Legislature meeting Resolved, That, for the purpose of carrying Into effVc% at the coming flection, the principles aad policy thus set toxth. wer'■ We all know that the President and his real friends on this floor *m itifywr of the recognition of the republic oj Liberia, of extending to Hayti commercial relations, of procuring within the American tropics lands where the negro, made free by the crimes of his master, may go and dwell as Nature intended him to. This tbe President recommends, and all this the majority oil this floor intend to consummate. We are for retaining for the Saxon, the Celt—the Caucasian family—that 1 onion of this' continent wfct-h was intended for tn.in 'They who misrepresent us arc. inf-using lilaci blood, into tkt veins of the muntrp u The moderation of the rebel newspapers surprises us. There is no use exaggerating without doing so in an original atul refreshing manner. According to a despatch from Nor folk, by way of Fortress Monroo, we see it stated that the division of General Burnside, numbering five thousand men, has been de feated, with a lose of five hundred, by a regi ment of Georgia troops numbering but one thousand, the rebels only losing some twelve or fifteen men. This invention is very tame. The rebels are forgetting what is due to them selves and their cause. It would have been as easy to have said that General Burnside lost three thousand or five thousand, and that the ! rebel force had but one-tenth the number stated, i The story would have been more marvellous | and interesting, and certainly quite as probable. LETTER FROM “OCCASIONAL,” Washington, April 22, 1802. The philosophical student will find much most worthy of his reflections and investigations in the unprecedented complications produced by the present struggle between a just Govern ment and a depraved and savage Rebellion. There are some who prefer to take a dark and gloomy view of the subject; but in every such instance the cause .can be traced either to a limited or to a treasonable intellect. The patriotic inquirer—whether a _ statesman in the Capitol, a merchant in his counting room, a scholar in his closet, or a mechanic at his bench—will arrive at a very different conclu sion. Admitting that this is a civil war in its worst phase, and that many of its incidents are calculated to excite the horror of the Christian world, tho friends of tho parent Go* vernment can see no cause for self-reproach ei ther in the inception or progress of hostilities. If they have struck at their adversaries with all the might inspired by a just cause, they only took up arms aftor ail hope of peace had been dissipated, and in the. face of the most unparalleled aggressions. As the struggle proceeds, moreover, they see much to com pensate them for their immense expenditures of blood and of treasure. Every hour de velopes equally new proota of the rapacity and barbarity of tho traitors, and new proofs of the inexhaustible resources of tho loyal States. The contest between a free people and their enemies is rapidly being decided in favor of tho former. Victory is with the right, and God smiles upon the gallantry of our soldiers. Many questions heretofore difficult of adjust ment are being rapidly and miraculously solved. Among these may be classed the great quos iiOTl of slavery. The fact that remains most prominently in view, and that will challenge the thoughtful statesman, is the disfranchise ment of thousands by the treason of tho rebels themselves. "With the single exception of the removal of the slaves from the District of Co lumbia, an act which has already proved itself to he alike bcncficentj politic, and wise, not a negro has been set free save in the stampede of the slaveholders themselves, or by military necessity It is interesting to watch the dis position of these manumitted slaves, and their services as laborers and as assistants to onr generals. The deception practised by white spies has become so common and so chronic as to render the most of their information un worthy of trust. In certain cases they have been the authors of inconceivable mischief and misery. It is different with tho slaves. They have repeatedly shown, and are repeat edly showiDg, how entirely they may be con fided in. There is not a general officer in the Union service who will not testify that hia best intelligence of the movements of the enemy, and of the topography of the seceded country, lias come from the blacks. These poor people scent everywhere to feel that it is their duty to show their gratitude to the soldiers of the Re public. A very distinguished officer, who has been stationed far boyond Mount Vernon, on the Lower Potomac, in Maryland, and who, until lie took the field, was an uncompromising friend of the South, and of the Southern school of leaders, gives some thrilling accounts or tile fidelity and bravery of the slaves in tho neighborhood of his command. He says he was never once deceived by them. “ They knew the forests around them as tho seamen know the sea.” Most of them are the slaves of rich and educated Secessionists, and more than one had the blood of the white aristo cracy in their veins. They would cross the Potomac at night, from the Virginia side, detail their narrative, and recross be fore morning; and in every instance they seemed to he fully aware that if detected their lives would be forfeited. It is stated of one of the most intelligent, that some time before, his master, whom he had served with great devotion from boyhood, had him severely horsewhipped, which was a sure preparation for a change of feeling in the latter, and he seized the first opportunity to escape. After getting into our camps, he hired himself as a body servant to General , and soon dis played all the qualities which had made some so valuable to his owner.» One dark night he was missing, and just before daybreak he was seen coming to the river side in a boat con taining his wife and four children. It is well known that the intelligence of the retreat of the rebels from Manassas, so much discussed and doubted, was derived from fugitive slaves. Every item of their information was found to be correct. They came into Wash ington at the imminent hazard of their lives, and, if, instead of being black, they had been white men, they would at once have been honored by appointments in the army, How completely such self-sacrifices and fidelity as this puts to shame the sneers and falsehoods of those who know no better than that of de claring these poor outcasts not only incapable, hut unworthy of their liberty! An important alternative arising from this state of things is presented to our public men. It is estimated that hundreds of thousands of acres of the finest land in Eastern Virginia have been deserted by the slaveholders, and are left uncultivated and ready for occupation and cultivation. This splendid tract of coun try is composed of soil of the greatest fertility. A gentleman who owns a largo farm in Chester . county, and now holds a position in the army, and who is well acquainted with the eouutry around the city of Lancaster, so famous for its amazing productiveness and beauty, gives it as Ills unqualified opinion, that the region of which Centreville,Virginia is the centre, is stilj more productive and beautiful. AU this seer tion is adapted to the growth of wheat, com, oats, potatoes, and garden truck of every de scription. The suhsistcHcc pf the vast body of troops nowin Virginia, is one of tho vexa tions of our military departments. Why should not the manumitted, under proper directions, be thrown in Eastern Virginia for the purpose of planting corn, pota toes, &c., for the consumption of our troops. They are accustomed to this labor. They know the character of the" soil, and I am convinced that they would gladly respond if this opportunity were offered to them. Be sides giving them employment, and removing them from the Patriot, where they are likely to congregate, and defeating the designs of the politicians who expect to make their ap pearance in the Northern cities a pretext for popular tumults, they could earn something for themselves, and contribute greatly to the reduction of the expenses of the Govern ment, and to the health and comfort of our soldiers in hospital and field. These sug gestions are worthy of the attention of those who have our war matters in charge. A considerable revival has taken place among the colored people of the District iu favor of emigration and colonization in Central America,, and one of tho papers states that circulars in support of this scheme are being rapidly signed by many of the most intelligent of this class. Thus, step by step, we are ap proaching the solution of the most difficult nroblem of the times. . Occasional. Taking it Easily. Our friend, “ over the water,” gcnojally known as John Bull, is rather slow in his ele phantine movements. He has made up liis mind, at long last, to build an iron-mailed war-ship, with a cupola, of the species which Captain Coles claims to have discovered— as he did, no doubt, a year after Captain Erics son had first hit on the plan and offered it to the Emperor Napoleon. Messrs. Sanuida, of London, have got the contract, and the vessel is to he ready for sea on the first of June, 1868—that is, some fourteen months after date. This is slow work. Captain Ericsson built tbe Monitor in three months, but the British Government, true to its venerable and slow policy, which ever keeps it in the rear, takes thirteen to accomplish the same. Of course, Lord Palmerston expects that his friend Na poleon will take no hostile step against Eng land until England has an iron-mailed fleet to fight upun fair and equal terms. IFift Na poleon wait ? Large and Attractive Salr op an Entire Wholesale Stock —The attention of purchasers is requested to the very large and desirable assort ment of foreign and domestic dry goods, being the stock of en extensive wholesale house declining business, comprising a full assortment of all de scriptions of domostio, British, Frenoh, and Ger man dry goods, adapted to city or country trade, to be peremptorily sold, by catalogue, on four months’ credit, commencing this morning, at 10 o’clock, and to be continued at the same hour to morrow (Thursday) morning, by John B. Myers ft Co., auctioneers, Nos. 332 and 234 Market street. THE PRESS.—PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1862. FROM WASHINGTON. The Cmc ef Senator Starke, of Oregon* THE SENATE COMMITTEE REPORTS THAT HE IS DISLOYAL'. Correspondence Between Secretary Seward and B* H. Brewster, Esq* The Letter-Carriers for Philadelphia Ap- Representative Potter, as chairman of the Republican caucus, fans, at the iustance of several members of that party, called an adjourned meeting to-morrow night. The Secretary of the Treasury lias directed the differ ent sub-treasurers and depositories to receive no more temporary deposits at rates of interest exceeding 4 per cent. The published statements that Secretary CHASK wiw in Philadelphia consulting with ox-secretary Cameron, In relation to the defalcation in the War Department is er roneous in three particulars—namely, that the Secretary hni not boon bean in Phi'adAlpliiA rwahtly ; h«l>*4u4t consulted with General Cameron upou the subject, uor Is there any defalcation. In accordance with the notice heretofore given, the Secretary of the Treasury is now pitying and la prepared to pay all the November indebtedness In cash. The oath of allegiance lias been administered to Maks *'lEM> S, WAfcwmwi rfforntega county, How York, a political prisoner at the oid Capitol prison. He also gave his parole of honor that tie would not aid the re bels in any manner. The men in Philadelphia who have put Mr. Pikrok Pl'tlei: forward to prosecute General Cameron, will pretty soon tireof this sort of disaffection. Tho Secession lawyers and politicians in vmir midst, who regarded this as a great evil,-will shortly learn that their experiment will be nipped in the bud by au act of Cougress, iadomui fying all public officers who have arrested secession per sons in order to preserve the public peace, smd maintain the national authority. THb trill checkmate them all over the Union, and throw them back upon their malig nity for new expedients to embarrass and dishonor their country. General Cameron reached 'Washington iu the early train this morning, and immediately proceeded to confer with the Secretary of State and the President. He will sail on the Ttb, and be accompanied by Mrs. Cameron fiftd his daughter, Kuraziso PaifouitTf , his prie&ti se cretary, and Bayard Taylor, his secretary of legation, wife and child. Gen. Rosecrans Assigned a Command. Geu. BoSECRAJishas been assigned to the command of the division lately commanded by Gen. Blenkkr. This appointment will cause a great deal of joy throughout the loyal States, for Gen. Bosecraxs is justly regarded as one of the most accomplished officers in our army, and one who will be u fit leader of the German division of the army of the Potomac. Col, John A, Kot-tks, of Phila delphia, is at present in this city on important official business connected with the division. The Case of Bcujaiuin Starke, Senator from Oregon. The special committee of the Senate, of which Mr. Claiik is chairman, msdo a report, to-day, on the reso lution referred to them inquiring into the loyalty of Ben jamin* Starke, a Senator from Oregon. The report is quite voluminous, and opens with tho determination of the committee not to take any additional evidence, owing to the distance of the Senator's State, but Bimply to review and consider that winch was before the Committee on the Judiciary at an earlier period of the session. Mr. Starke epj eared before the committee, and presented his defence in writing at considerable length, taking the ground that he had given every evidence of patriotism and loyalty in taking the oath, his course, etc., and intimating to the committee that they bod better iavestigaieihe characters of the people who make the allegations of distoyalty against him, as well as the allegations themselves. He alluded to expressions made in the heat of a political canvass. The committee then proceeded to investigate the testi mony of the persons sent from Oregon, and came to Uta folkwirg conclusions: First —That for many months prior to 21st November, 3561, and up to that time, the said Starko was an advo cate of the cause of the rebellious Statue, Second —That after tie formation of the Constitution of the Confederate States, he openly declared his admira tion for it, and advocated the absorption of tho loyal States of the Union into tho Southern Gonfodoraoy under that Constitution, as the only means of peace, warmly avowing his sympathy with tho South. Third —That the Senator from Oregon is disloyal to the Government of tho United States. The Postmaster General and hi* indefatigable as sistants have, since the first of the month, been aasidi ou? 1? employed on the great luaiMet’Jng* iu the Western Slates, Ike Pacific coast, and under supplementary ad vertisements. About two hundred of these routes are situated In California, Oregon* ‘and other adjacent territory, and, agreeably to the advertisement, these have been finally disposed of. The bidding was spirited, and generally reasonable. It is really commendable that the service in the Golden State of California embraces many points hitherto untouched by the mails, as well as increased frequency of trips on the old routes, which, with their now ample and regular mail futilities, will unquestionably divert muck of the correspondesce which now is con veyed by private expresses to the United States mails. On all these Pacific routes, I learn that iu nearly all caere there was uPt ft single objection to the decisions; all interested concurred fully in the wisdom and energy of the department. We areofficially informed that the decisions in all other States will be duly announced on Thursday next, at noon. This whole letting, under Postmaster General Blair, lias been most admirably arranged and carried out by Second Assistant Geo. W. HcLellan, chief of the con tract division, [and tbo experienced, talented, principal clerk, Ei L. Guilds, Esq* The Postmaster General to-day ordered the following: At Hemlock, Cambria county. Pa., George Siley, in place of Henry Keasch. At South Greek, Bradford county, Pa;, Aaron J. 'Wheat. At Weaversville, Pa., David Weaver, in place of W. F. Martin, deceased. Colegrove, McKean county, Fa., William Colegrove postmaster. Clay Lick, Franklin county, Pa., E. B. Winger post master. Samuel Beerbower, Kew Milltown,-Lancaster county. Pa., vice Moses Hoover, reeigued. Benjamin Beese, Martinsville, Lancaster county. Pa., vice Ceorge W. Withers, resigned. ~ William Witbington, Snydortown, Northumberland county. Pa., vice S. Boughner, resigned* Peter Uhler, Üblerville, Northampton county, Pa., vice Thomas J. Baub, resigned. Robert B. Trey, Finleyvitle, Washington county, Pa., vice J. B. Remedy, resigned. John H. Brazington, Kiuzua, Warren county, Fa., vice J. O. McManus, resigned. Jacob G. Zer*, Geiger's Mills, Berks county, Pa., vice Jerome Hawes, resigned. Oirin G. Wood, Frank'in Corners, Erie county. Pa., Vice Henry Hancock, resigned. John F. Seltzer, McKeansburg, Schuylkill county, Pa., vice George Medlar, resigned. Appointment or f.eUer-Carriers for Phila delphia. The Postmaster General, to*day, appointed the follow ing gentlemen as letter-carriers for the Philadelphia post office: Levi Eldridge, James Bees, William Alte jpuß, Henry J. Mclntyre, John Jk {tanjamis Bainer, Henry Yanderdice, Eerat B. Dawson, John N. Wocd, Albamis N. Myers, William A. Busier, PhUip Y. Boehm, Slg. H. Morrison, William H. Butler, Jr., John W. Oolder, Samuel S. Talbot, It. A. Carmony, B. M. Johnson, J. H. Kurtz, Caleb J. Baldwin, J. G. Franklin, H. Clay Beyer, Peter J. Ridings, Frederick H. Weaver, James F. Qnestor, Robert Gray, Frederick Faring, George W. Krew, Samuel Keen, and Peter Dornan. The Case of General Cameron—Corre- The President has communicated to Congress the fol lowing correspondence, which has been referred to the Committee on the Judiciary: Sir : By the direction of General Simon Cameron, I send you a gammons issued out of the Supreme Court of tLis State, at the suit of Fierce Butler versus Simon Cameron, April 1.1862, No. 17. The writ Is returnable on tbe first Monday in May* 1862* and 1§ for thu trespass vi et armis assault and battery aud false imprisonment Tbe cause of action is no doubt founded upon the sup posed misconduct of Qoneral Cameron in causiug the ar rest of the plaintiff, Mr. Fierce Butler, and placing him in Fort Warren, or some other public fortification, with out authority of tho law, while he. General Cauiesou, was Secretary of War. As I am instructed, the act was not the act of General Cameron, and was done by those who commanded it to be done for just reasons and tor the public good. You will please communicate the fact of this suit to the Pre sident, and such ether official persons as should properly be advised of it, and have such action taken as shall re lieve the defendant, Simon Cameron, from the harden, cost, and responsibility of defendieg this suit. By the directions of General Cameron, I have,*jw bU private counsel, ordered my appearance for him, while I also inyitt) and rcatvat tbetatymnttoa of the proper autho rities in bis behalf, and for his protection. 1 am, sir, truly, etc., BENJAMIN H. BREWSTER. To Hon Wm. H. Seward, Secretary of State, etc. {Mr. Seward to Mr. Brewster.) i>Kr.MiriiKNi OF State, ) Washington, April 18, 1862. \ To Benj.H, Brewstru, Esq : SIH : 1 have received ymir letter of ywatieriliij’, stating that, by direction of Simon 04in**ron, you transmit to me a Mimmoim issued out of tlio Supremo Court ot the grate of tbe suit or Fierce Butler agatuat Mr. Cameren,.for trespass t»t et armis, assault and bat tery, and false imprisonment, in causing the arrest of the plaintiff without authority of law. This communication has heen submitted to the President, and I am dbected tiy him to tiny. In reply, tlms. Ire urt wii sf»* proceeding of Mi-. Oaiuefcn, referred to as one taken by him when Secretary of War, uuler the President's directions, and deemed necessary for the prompt suppression of the existing insurrection.* The President will at once com municate this correspondence to the Attorney General of the United States, alw to Congress. 1 uni, sir, your obedient servant* WM. H. SEWARD. The New York Volunteer Engineer Re- THF ARREST OF GENERAL CAMERON. mrOBTAIfZ POST OFFICE MATTERS. pointed Special Despatches to “The Press.” WASHtSQTcra, April S 2, 1333. Republican Caucus. Temporary Deposits. The Oath of Allegiance Administered. Mr. Pierce Butler. Arrival of General Cameron. Post Office Matters. KAIL MESSENGERS APPOINTED. OFFICES ESTABLISHED. APPOINTMENTS. ppondence between B. H. Brewster, £eq., and Secretary Seward. [Brewster to iSfeu/ard] 706 Walnut St., Phila., April 10, 1862. giment. Li.nt.DBnt Colonel James F. Hale, of the Now York volunteer engineers' is In Washington. It ftppetri that tlii. regiment iu accepted, hr the Secretary of War, in September loot, aa one of engineer*, and as each mui tered Into eemce. The pay department, however, re fuses to recognize them without aepecialact of Congreaa. Thus, tinea that time they have been withaut pay, The high oommendatloba by Generate Bhkrmak, Hunter, Bekhan, and Gilmore, at Port Boyal and before Pu laski, where they erected batteriee under the greatest difflcultief, fully demonstrate their etßctenoy. Confiscation, Etc. The bills to confiscate the property and free the slaves of rebelr, were considered in both Houses to* day. Mr. Davis, of Kentucky, spoke nearly three hours in the Senate against the bill, and then did not finish his re* tao&rks. The action of the House Is already known la the matter, While that of the Senate Is very much in doubt; though it is quite certain that a bill of this kind will pass the Senate in some shape. National Armory. The special committee on this subject are making alow progress. A .memorial was referred to them to- clay from citizens of Poughkeepsie, New York, asking for the location of the National Armory at ;that point. The municipal authorities of that place have Inktu action in tbe matter. If an armory is authorized at this session It will, without doubt, he located iu the mineral region* of Pennsylvania, and not at a distance from the regions where the irou ore is found. The committee was eauposed of Senators Glihic, Ptierman, Howard, Willrv, and Wnionr. Senator Willey dissents from the seoond conclusion. A Gallant Act. On Friday last, Lieutenant Row. K. Mull, of Captain Ricjiaroh’ company, Third Regiment of Pennsylvania Reserved* while ou duty near the Rappahannock river, wh» captured by a party of rebels and carried off some dislanuu where a guard, armed with A shot guo, was put over lilin, to prevent him from making his escape, while tlie party went to look for more game. As soon as the captors wore out of sight, tbe Lieutenant pulled a re volver from his coat pocket, and, holding it close to the ItrAd of IliA ftliftiM, politely- Informed him th&t hi Wlitld BA under the painful necessity of blowing his brains out if he did not instantly lay down his gun and go with him. The frightened mtml obeyed orders, and it was not long Mere l?>9 Lieutenant iron back tu bin own camp, as good as new, accompanied by his prize. Lieutenant Mull is a resident of Berks county, Pennsylvania. KecogniUon or Liberia Mr. Cowan presented a memorial Iu the Senate to day of the citizens of Philadelphia, asking that the Republic of Liberia may bo recognized and treated as an independent nation. In connection with this, Mr. Sum ner said lie should press tie bill for that purpose at an early day. General Orders. Washington, April 22.—General Wadsworth, the mi* litiiry governor, bus itunml un order requiring all tlie farm stock in Prince William, Loudoun, Alexandria, and Fairfux counties, Virginia, to be conflnel and carefully herded, the destruction of the fences rendering this mea sure neceHsary for the cultivation of the lurid. lhe following general orders have been issued by the War Department: 1. All agents appointed by the Governor ora State, un der its laws, to obtain from its volunteer soldiorß assign ments t f pay for the benefit of their families, will bo re cognized as such by paymasters who will afford them all meruftry facilities for that purpose, so far as is consist, mt with tbe public service. 2. Transportation to pointers on sick leave may bo furnished and the cost stopped from their pay in the same manner as other stoppages are made. The neces sary Transportation furnished to soldiers on sick leave by the authorities of any State to which such soldiers belong will be deducted from their pay and refunded to the State by the paymaster, whose warrant for making the stoppage will he the certificate of the proper agent of the State accompanied by the receipt of the soldier for the transportation. Where several soldiers of different companies are concerned, separate accounts will be made for each company. FROM CAIRO. BOMBARDMENT OF FORT WRIOHT. THE ARKANSAS LEVEE CRT BY THE REBELS, CnrcAGO, April —The special despatch to the «four* nal, from Cairo, states that the bombardment of Fort Wright continues, but the results are as yet unimportant. The rebels have cut the levee on the Arkansas shore, opposite tl o fort, aud the fine farming tends there are now covered with a lake of water for mites around. The residents are greatly exasperated at this outrage. The most encouraging news continues to be received from Gon. Hollvck's army, near Pittsburg Landing. FROM MEMPHIS: St. Louis, April 22 —From a gentleman who left Memphis a tew days after the battle of Pittsburg; we learn that the rebels, puttirg both days of the battle together, Btill claim a victory. Their claim rests on the supposition that more were killed, wounded, and taken prisoners on tho Union side than theirs. Our informant eays General PrebilaA inftde & speech to his troops ia Memphis, in which he endeavored to mollify their com plaints in relation to their treatment, the food they re ceive, etc. He told them they would soon be exchanged, and rallied them generally to keep up good spirits. Prdullgg w&s in AScelUnt temper. He owned to adef4&t on Bunday, but said the rebels were badly whipped on Monday. The prisoners were being sent to Rich mond. Our informant was in Huntsville, Alabama, when General Mitchell reached there with his division. Tbe securing of that place was a complete surprise, aud tbe occupation of the railroad between Decatur and Stevenson was regarded as the hardest blow the rebels had yet teceived. The rebels were preparing to moke a drsperate etaud at Gemtlb ft&d fresh trwps were con? stantly arriving at Memphis. When he left, business at Mempliis was almost entirely stagnated, and the people generally seem to believe that they are on the eve of events which will certainly decide the war. FROM FORT PULASKI. A Desperate Skirmish on Wilmington ■eland. New' York, April 22.—Tbe steamer Marion arrived at this port to -day* fron Hilton Head. ger ftdyiceH stat« that a survej fog partf of two hun dred of tbe Eighth Michigan regiment were about laud ing at Wilmingion Island, below Savannah, when they were surprised by a body of rebels, numbering from 600 to 800, who poured on them an effective fire, killing and wounding fttverftl tf our men* The Michigan troops re turned the fire agj. went gallantly into the fight. The rebels, after making a short stand, retreated in order. The adjutant of the Eighth Maine Begiment was killed with twelve or thirteen others, and twenty-five or thirty were wounded. The dead were taken to Fort Pulaski, and the wounded carried to the hospital at Hilton Head. Tbe rebel loss is not known. Fort Pulaski is so much injured as to be wholly unfit as a wortf of defence. A Parrott shell exploded in Fort Pulaski on the 14th, kilties four men, and wounding several others. Another account of tbe fight on 'Wilmington island says it was the adjutant of the Eighth Michigan Regi ment who was killed in the skirmish. Tbe steamer Oriental has arrived with the remaining prisoners from Fort Pulaski. THE WAR IN MISSOURI. Houston, Texas county, Mo., April 19,—We have been amused at the reports concerning the whereabouts of Price and Yan Dorn. One day they are reported at Pittsburg, Tennessee, and the next day at Pittman's Ferry i on Black river, whilst we know pomiveiy that they are at neither place. Last Monday, Price and Van Dorn's commands were at Des Ark, ninety miles below Jacksonport, on White river. So far from the rebels being at Pittsmun's Ferry, they have actually reached Pocfthpntftflf The town is new deserted, even the mer* chants having removed their goods. Jacksonport is also nearly deserted, the rebels having been removed to Des Atk, whore they seem to be concentrating a large force. Price is reported to have gone to Corinth. Albert Pike, with 2,500 Indians end 600 Texan Ban gers, were left on tbe border to harass Curtis and en gage the Kansas troops, if possible, while upon oar Boath Coleman is in close proximity, and Edgar Ashbury is also tryiLg to raise a regiment for guerilla warfare on the border. Col. Scka&btt is iu Yeilvillo, Arkansas, with 150 men. Mcßride has gone to headquarters to raise an independ ent command, to operate in Northern Arkansas and Southern Missouri. Col. McFarland, with his command, has gone to Desark. Lieut. Col. Wood, the commandant At this poat,hu been absent nearly a week. He returned last, evening, and already we are under marchug orders—do look out tor something in this district soon. Items irom Rebel Newspapers. Reported Repulse of Burnside at Elizabeth City. Fortress Mohrob, April 21.—The fisg-of-truce boat arrived to-day, bringing a parcel of Southern papers. A Petersburg, Va., paper of this morning says the re bel Senate had refused to concur in the House resolntion for an early adjournment. The same paper also contains the report of a repulse of tlie United States forces under General Burnside; at Elizabeth City. It is stated that the United Slates troops, 5,000 strong, attempted to land theie, but were repulsed, with a loss or G 0 by a rebel force of IjOOOj including $ Georgian regiment. The rebel loss in killed is stated at fifteen, including Captain McConms and Lieut. Wilson, both of tbe Geor gia regiment. A re pot t to the ifune effect of the emne light wai cur rent at Norfolk lest sight. Beauregard’s Despatch lor Reinforce- CixeiNJUTi, April SO —The GamtU's Huntsville, Ala bama, correspondent says: Beauregard’s despatch to General Cooper, catiiug for reinforcements, was found in Ibß telegraph office, having passed over the wires before General Mitchell's division reached Huntsville, and about one-third of the reinforcements called for had already passed down to Corinth* The remainder are collected at Chattannoga and other points on the Tennessee river, being unable to move forward on accouut of General jlltcbelPs obstructions, RoßMrcgwTfl 4ewtch p»r tiftlly written in cipher, but was easily translated by Gen. Mitchell. The rolling stock captured by Gen. Mitchell bas been sent to Nashville. The Latest f rom Fortress Monroe* 'Washington, April 22.—A1l was quiet at Fortress Monroe and Yorktown to-day at 1 o'clock F. M. The weather was pleasant. Tbe army was in high spirits, and operations progressing favorably. Released from a Charge of Treason—The L-nlveit Difficulty. 8t louts. April 22 —Henry 1 Rout, one of the par tic* iiiiiicivti lo the jmy »■ i the l:n«u:.i Oiieuit Court, in this city, lor consoiracy aud trea-.ou, has been Tflerstnl fnim cintmlyj by nrier sf the President. Tlie difficulty at the culvert of the Ohio and Mississippi BeHroari, at blast St. Louis, has terminated. No effort was made to interfere with the military guard left there. It is htlievrd that the opening of the culvert would in* Hlct lesß injury than was at first supposed. From Sun Francisco. Arrivals from Oregon and British Columbia* Pan Francisco, April 21.—Four steamers have arrived from Oregon and British Columbia within the past three days Tbe Northern mining districts were becoming ac cessible again, and tlie steamers will doubtless return crowded with passengers. The steamer Orizaba sailed to-day, for Panama, with 240 passengers aud 8410,000 in treasure for New York, and 8240,000 for England. Edward Stanley is among the passengers. Ship News.— Arrived to-day. ship Lotus, with Hoag Kong dates to the 6th of March, and £3O passengers. Sailed, ship Uncowah, for Callao. Arrest of an Editor at St. Louis. Bt. Louis. April 22 Rev. Dr. Mo Anally, editor of the Bti Louis CArirtian Advocate, has boen arrested and placed in tbe military prison, and his paper has been suppressed, for publishing treasonable matter. The ar rest causes no surprise, as the course of McAnally's pa per, for seme time past, has been very obnoxious to the off cers of Government. FOUR DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE. Arrival of the City of New York. A Btktl Teaitl Fitted Out at Liverpool. IMPORTANT DEBATE IN THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT. Financial Policy of the Ministry Attacked. The Question of Iron-Plated Ships, A Jattery on Cnpt. Coles' Plan Contracted fer, PROGRESS OF THE GREEK INSURRECTION. The steamship City of New York, from Liverpool on the 6th, via QiteonstoWn on the 10th lost., arrived at New York yesterday. Her dates are four days later than those already received. _ The steamship Africa arrived at Liverpool on the 6th inst. The new ton steamer Oi'ietA, built for war had left Liverpool for P derma. It was bAlieewl she would so to Bermuda for her armament, and crulae in tbe Atlantic Ocean as a Southern privateer. The Ovr.ito was bnilt at Liverpool ostensibly for the Italian Government, aud is consequently adapted for i vrarllko measures 1,750 tone, is capable of carrying several guns of the largest catibro on a draft of about 12 feet, and is represented as one of the finest and fastest vessels of her class afloat. The vessel was regu larly cleared at Liverpool for Palermoln ballast, and had a crew ol about fifty men on board, According to some report* the vessel Hfld arms anil ammunition on bimul when she left tbo Mersey; but this la posltitjrdy denied, and tbe denial is accompanied by the assertion that sho had not an ounce of powder nor a single gun on board, a*d that bor bona Jide destination was Palgum. Other reports are that tbe vessel will doubtless go to Palermo, and that she will thence proceed to Bormuda. where she will take on board the armament and ammunition spa. daily sent there for her. She in then (nays rumor) to lake therm fltlier as a piivateer or as a war vessel commissioned by the Confederate*. The Oveito left Liverpool under sealed orders. The schooner Titscarora remained at Algeslras. *Phe sloop Kaersarge crossed ovtr to Gibraltar on the 30th of March, and re mained two days, when she proceeeed to Algesiras and sailed fer the w<*st. GREAT BRITAIN. In the House of Commons, on the 7th Inst., Me. Bh> raeti made a general attack upon the financial policy of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. He denounced tha idea of commencing the year without a surplus, while the trade of the country is diminishing! and its revenue de clining He thought KngUnd might find herself in a most unpleasant predicament, if unforeseen difficulties should arise in America or on the Continent Mr. Gladstone replied, and, with considerable bitter ness refuted the ai Ruments of Mr. Disraeli. During the debate which ensued, Mr, flnntinck condemned tho poll. C>- or tho GoTermuent, end attributed the dijtrese or the country to itsinenneietentand inhuman policy in refusing to recognize tbe Confederate States. Thu House ultimately went into Committee, when the resolution of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, author ising the ißMie of £1,000,000 Kxehtqu&r I>6d h&Bglag of rebels, that might lead to cruel retaliations, would prevent the enactment of such a law as this. He dwelt at great length on tbe constitutional objections to the bill, reading and commentiug on the various sections relating to treason as not warranting any such legislation as this proposed. He alluded to the ability and efficiency, in limes of peace and war, of the Constitution, and its supremacy over every class of law, including martial law. The bill condemned property without trial by jury, or any judicial proceedings: and when the right of trial by jury; was ore ( thrown, liberty had fled the country, it was clearly a bill of attainder in the meaning of the Constitution, aud he believed it was likewise ex post facto. In Bupportingthese positions be quoted a number of legal decisions. He contended tbat Congress lmd no right to free the slaves—no more than to sonfieoMo tbo jsvslrr in the land, Without concluding, tbe Senate went into executive session, and subsequently adjourned? HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The House was engaged for some time in securing a qUortlin. Study of German at West Point. Mr. MoPHEIISON (Rep.), of Pennsylvania, pre sented six petition in favor of the establishment of a pro fessorship of German in the West Point Military Academy, on the ground of the yalue gllidj f)8 a discipline ; ns practical utility in view or tile number of Germans in the army, and tbe richness of German Utera* ture of the military service. One of these petitions is signed by most of the distinguished literary gentlemen in Few York, including President Charles King, Chan wllw Ferris, Bjhaop Potter, Gartatf' Spring, William Adame, Francis Vinton, 8. mgbee, and many others; Intoxicated Officers. Mr. MORRILL (Rep.), of Vermont, asked leave to iuiroduce a resolution which he thought might receive tie UDaiiiuiw? enppOTt «F tb« House, It was read as foilows: Resolved, That the President be requested to strike from the rolls the name of any officer who has been known to be habitually intoxicated by spirituous liquors while in service. He»UdliiAW46hl hear Yorklown, two Vermont companies were ordered to a place of extreme peril and performed one of the roost gallant exploits witnessed during the whole war. They were ordered to take a certain battery, ami they went across tho stream and did take and hold it for fifty minutes in the face of a r*bel fjice of three regiments. DuHb» that lime they were not supported or reinforced by their commanding general who was on the ground. He (Mr. Mor.ill) had been informed, from a most responsible gentleman, who saw the general, that he wab grossly drunk and had fal len from hia horse, one bide or his person and face being eovewrl with mud. Several voices. What's his name 1 Mr. MORRILL declined to furnish tbe information, and repeated that any man who was in the condi tion he described, desei ved to be stricken from the rolls. Tbe resolution was adopted. The Confiscation Dili* The House resumed the consideration of the fifteen or sixteen bills heretofore adversely reported on from the Committee on tho Judiciary on the subject of the confis cation of rebel property, and the pending m>tion to lay the whole on the table was negatived—yeas 39, nays 63* The first bill in the series was taken up. It is to forfeit the property and slaves of persons uho shall engage in or aid and abet the armed rebellion against the United States. Mr. BINGHAM (Rep.) of Ohio, bad submitted an amendment in the nature of ft substitute tor the totter. Senator Sherman’s Bill. Mr. PORTER (Rep.), of Indiana, proposed Senator Sherman's bill, which he explained by saying that it did not design to confiscate the property and Blavos of ail tbe rebels, but of those bolding official positions in tho army, the imyy, and civil life in ctber words, making a quarrel between the people and their leaders. The former, assured of our protection, could signify their willingness to show their allegiance to tho Government. Thih bill would thus do more than any measure to sup press the rebellion. Mr. BINGHAM &3lpl6!ti£d Ui Substitute pe&Viding for the capture and condemnation of the enemy’s property, and to indemnify the United States for the expenßOß in curred in tbe suppression of the rebellion. The House heretofore, by a large majority, had recorded their votes in favor r.f the principle. Sfr. WALTON {Rep,), of Vermont, spoke in favor of Beuator Collamer's bill, which he should offer ahould the pending substitute he rejected. Mr. WRIGHT (U.), of Pennsylvania, argued that there ought to be some line of discrimination between th** different classes participating in the rebellion. There ought to be a tow confiscating the property of the load* era, such men as Davis, Toombs, Slidell, Cobb, Keitt, and Mason, are not the only men deserving of bombs, hut death or exile. If arrested, they ought to snffer the penalty of the law for treason. If the confiscation act applied to all in rebellion, without distinction; it would fail of its object, and become a dead letter. Respect for the Constitution* Mr. BIDDLE (Dem ), of Pennsylvania, said that after the speech of Mr. Thomas, of Massachusetts, a few days ago, aud a speech from an emiient Senator, he felt that nothing could he added to these great arguments, which fix the conetitutional limits of our power in the premises. Upon the principles therein set forth* he should vote against all of the bills which had bora read to the|fiou;e. The pendißg bill was postponed until Tuesday uext by nine majority. The House refused by two majority to postpone the second bill for which Mr. Bingham bad submitted a sub stitute* and in place of this Mr* Hickman kaa offered the following: Another Substitute. Whtreaii Tbe power of Congress under the Constitu tion to authorize the confiscation of the property of per toDß engaged in armed rebellion against the Government of the United Staff s, or aiding in said rebellion, is doubt ful, and (lie power of the executive to act in the premises is ample. Therefore be it Resolved, That the President of tbe United States as Commander in Chief of the army and navy of tbe Unit d Statiß* ihjulil make use of all means not incoußid* tent with the tows of war. which, in bis judgment, may he deemed necessary, to crush the rebellion, including tho seizure aud formal disposition of all the property, real and personal, of those ergsged in armed rebellion against tbe Government of the United States, or aiding iu such rebellion, including slaves, and that in the opinion of Congress decided measures on the part of the Executive* have already be come necessary. The above was rejected. Adoption of Mr. Bingham's*- Substitute. The Henet then swrfft! t? Mr. BiflgliMi's suVsiHstf as follows: Be it enacted i i£c., That if any person or persons, within any State or Teriitory of the United States, shall wilfully, after tbe taking effect of this act, engage in aimed rebellion against the Government of the United Biattß* or shall wilfully niri or abet such rebellion, all the property, moneys, stocks, credit, and effects of such person or persons, are hereby declared lawful subjects of prize and capture wherever found, for the indemnity of the United States against the expenses of suppressing such rebellion, and it is hereby made the duty of the J'n’gjdent t 9 cause all siich property, wherever found, to he seizidy.to the.end that the same may be confiscated and condemned, sb hereinafter provided, for the use of the United States. Sbc. 2. And be it further enacted, That aU property eo captured or seized shall be condemned in the District Courts of the United Status, and that the proceedings of condemnation aball be in instituted and prosecuted in the name of the United Spates in any Dis trict Court of tLe United States, or the District Court for tte District of Columbia, within any district in which the same may be seized,.or situate, or iuto which the sumo may lie taken, and proceedings are Tlrat ioati* luted, and which proceedings shall conform as nearly as may be to proceedings in prize cases, or to cases of for feiture arising under the revenue laws, and in all ctees the property so seized end condemned, whether real or personal, shall be sold pursuant to such rules as the Se cretary of the Treasury may prescribe, and the proceeds deposited in the Treasury c»£ the United Slates fo? the ■ole use of the United States. Bkc. 3. -4uif b« it further- enacted, ney General, or any District Attoru< States of any district in which the effects may at the lime be, or Into whi gh&li Ustitutathe procoedin tiim as hereinbefova provided. The vote on the above was yeas 02, Eliot (Rep ) : Fontnn (Rep.) Vranchot (Rep.) Frank (Rep.) Gooch (Rep.) Granger (Rep.) n-urk»' Hooper (R«p.) Julian ( *ep.) Kelley (Rep.) Kellogg (B.)Micb. Lansing (Rnp.) Loomis (itep.) Lnvejoy (Rnp.) McKulght (Rep.) McPherson (Rep.) Mitchell (Rep.) Moorhead (Bep.) Nixon (Rep.) j?w!< (Pem,) Aldrich (Rep.) A moll) (Iks) ARliley (Rup.) Babbitt (Rep) Baker (Rep*) Beaniun (Rep.) Bingham (!teu ) Blair (Rep.)* Pa* DUV* (Rep }• BnflhitDU (Sups.) Burnham* (Rep.) Chamberlain (B ) Colfax (Rep.) Conhtiug,]fFed. A. (Rup.) Conklins, R. (R.) Corodo fßop ) Cutler (Rep.) Pavis (Rep.) Buell {Rep.) Wit#”!* ( K( -p) HAYS. Grider (U.). HaIWU.) Harding (V.) HattiwD (Union) Hickman (R.) Kerrigan (Pem.) Knapp (Bep.) Law (Pem.) Lehman (Pem.) Mallory (U.) Allen (Pent.), Bailey (Pern.) Pa, Baxter (Rep.) Biddle (Dorn.) Blnlr (Rep.), Mo* Blair (U.)» Va. Browne (U.).8 i, Brown (II.), Y%. Calvert (U.) Casey. ClSSKhti. Mi? * Ofab Ciltteudeu (U.) Noble (Dem.) Woodruff (Dea ) »l*tm (Hup.) Norton (Dem.) Wright (U,) D»»l.»(0.) Odell CDem.), , h® question occurring on the bill as amended by tbe Rbove substitute, £jMrPOßT®it (Rep.) moved to recommit tbe bill to tbe Committee ©n the Judiciary, with Instructions to report thebill which he had proposed at an early stage of the proceedings, which ' * Mr. WALTON (Rod.) 6! VefMdnt, moved to ftfdbSd by substituting Senator Collamor’g bill. Mr. Walton's motion was disagreed to—yeas 53, nays 63. Mr. Porter’s motion was negatived—yeas 25, nays f 3 Pending the question on tbe passage of the bill tho House adjourned* Democratic Revision Convention. —This body assembled yesterday morning, at Spring Garden Hall, And was organized hr calling to the chair, tfiriporarily, Mr, btephan Taylor* of the Nineteenth warn. After receiving crfdomials, and Bottling a con* tested seat in the Fifth ward, admitting John Cochran, and another in the Fifteenth waril to which Dr. Purnell was admitted, tbe Convention proceeded to a permanent org.™., on flr.t tart.,' .ppoluM Mbmm. Smith Skill) nrr nna Hugh Franklin Tteunrdy tellers. For permanent pre.Ment, Minn, James B. Nicholson and Samuel Megargeo were nODiiuatwl. On the first bsllot Mr. Uegargee was chosen, bj one vote over hi. competitor. For Tice preiidfiit. tho first ballot ramltod m roi. lows: Albert Lawrence, 130 rotes; Thomas A, Bar. Inw, 98: Folvard E. Regan, TO; Alexander C. Garvin, S 3. The two former were doclarea elected, .Iter a dls cupsion. Messrs. Charles Lererett Wolff, of Sixth ward, and Charles 8. AuBtin« of the Elsvsmh ward, wars ehaasa secretaries by acclamation* and Mr. Jwmo H. Morton, of tbe Sixteenth ward, treasurer. Peter Conway and i ugustJne Treagu were elected doorkeepers. Tbe Convention then took a recess to allow the secre taries time to prepare an alphabetical list of the delo salee. Upou reatwtmbllng, Mr. Giidea offered © reso lution to appoint a committee io report what changes are rendered necessary by recent legislation. It was amended, on motion of Isaac Leech, Jr.* by striking out recent IcgMaiion,” and, after considerable discussion, dffeatedi but wbb immediately re'iffered In a different BhApt» by Mr. Costello* providing for the appointment of a committees consisting ot one from each wArd, to be chosen by the dr lagetion from the ward, before the ad journment of the Convention, their report to be made on Monday next, at three o T clock P. M. Tkil fSltlHtlon waii adopted by a close -role, and tha fbllAWlhg iAtomitten appointed 5* First ward, Charles M. D. Smith; Second, Tbos Daly : Third, William V McGrath: Fourth, E. D. Olery: Fifth* Jelm P, Delany; Sixth, w. H, Welsh; Seventh, Isaac Mjers; Eighth* David Solomon; Ninth, Richard Lud low, Tenth, James H. Randall; Eleventh, Benjamin 1\ Kelly; Twelfth, J. W, Apple; Thirteenth, Henry j it Woolr; Fourteenth, George R. Berreil; Fifteenth, James B. Nicholson; Sixteenth, IVm. Hums, Jr.: Seventeenth, John Devlin: Eighteenth, George Fisher; NlnAteenth, Stephen Taylor: Twentieth, Benj F. Dutton: Tw&Bty fir»L Robert fil. Carlisle; Twenty.gAcond, Thomafl J. Roberts; Twenty-third, Robert B. Wright; fweuty fMirtb, Alexander C. Garvin; Twenty-fifth, Patrick Murphy. 3 his committee was instructed to make their report conform, as nearly as possible, lo Ibo preoent rain after which, the convention Adjourned till Monday next Suicide.— The coroner was notified, yesterday afternoon, to hold a a jn'lßWt 9D tS* til'll Of * roan named David Sowers, who committed BUICHIe, at bis residence, 1318 H».ath street, Twentieth wsrd, by cutting bin ihroat with a penknife. Sowers was formerly a con stable in the Fourteenth ward, and for the last three months had been laboring under aberration of mind* Troivning Case.— A man, named Tvylor, was accidentally drowned in the Schuylkill, near tbe 'Wire Bridge, yemterday afternoon. The body was recovered in a short time, and was taken to the residence of the deceased, at Thirty-third and Haverford streets, wbtre tho coroner held an inquest. In Town.—Mr* Lorenzo De Angelis, for many years a marshal i f the district of New York, has been in this city for eome days. He has recently bo*'n transferred to tha office of the sheriff pf thaisitfi and whs presented with a gold bftdgS Pf hi? ftfendß 00 tbo occasion. Hereafter be will be permanently attached to the eherifFs office. Matinee this Afternoon.— Another Altrutlv) !HMiLi'£ Mill bl *lVi£ &t lb. Aasimbl; Bu‘l.l - this afternoon. Regular exhibition ftt 8 o’clock, this evtnioe. On both occasions the Monitor and tbe Gem mae will be exhibited. Alt*o the likenesses of Captain Ericfsnn and LientenAnt Worden, and alt the gorgeouju tableaux of Fast India, and the Sepoy robe lion. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The Unltfd States seven and three-tenths per cent, loon sold at par to-day, and the loan of 1681 at 94#. State loann sold at 100 for the war loan, aud for the five per cents. City sixes* new, sold at 97, and _ was bid for the old. Pennsylvania Railroad first mortgage bonds sold at 100#, and the stock At 45#. Beading shares sold ot 21 Jf, Schuylkill Navigation preferred at 10#, Ebnira Railroad preferred at 16#, and Catawiaaa Railroad preferroi at Tjfi The market was strong and active. Tbe money market shows no alteration. Messrs. Drexel & Go. furnish the following quotations: Now York exchange. „ ,Par to 1-19 die* Boßton exchange, i»imimm.m» IMI , 11 to 1«10 »» Baltimore exchange.‘‘to % Country funds % to % American g01d... to IX P**®- One year certificates to M Quartermasters’receipts. 2# 2% die. The following Is a statement of tbo business of tbe Philadelphia and Beading Railroad during the month o€ March, 1962, compared with the game month of. 1981: 1862. 1831. ®«;v[re4 fr?B! f9»l, S!?*,§27 2* W ** merchandise,. 45,**6 U 7 3T,2T1 30 , “ travel. Ac,... 30,799 06 25,664 95 Transportation roadway, diimpßgp, reimyjl aud all charges... 125,440 89 Net profit for tbe nionUi... for previous 3 in os, Total net profits for four monibf..... By ihe dtp of New York we have four days later news from Europe. American Securities were from# to 1 cent, lower. Consols wore unchanged. Cotton wan firm, and breadstuff's steady. It is slated that the condition of the United Stated Treasury now enables the Secretary to direct the pay ment in cath of all claims of dateß prior to November 1, 1861, including claims settled by the St. Louis Commit ■loners, and it is expected that NpffJftl’fr flftlfßl yrltt also be paid in full within a few days* Ail other claims, without regard to date, will be paid on presentation, if desired, as heretofore—SO cent, in certificates and 26 cent, in cash. The fell?™# is the cool toaaage of tho Bhktnotia Valley and Pettßviile Railroad Company: Tons. Cwt. Tons. Out. Tor week ending April 19 4,3‘i0 15 55,939 04 Same time last year 0,770 11 • 47,106 •19 Increase*,**,»*.,♦,,,,***,. 5ol) 04 ,»,*** **, Pecrease 10,167 15 The Pelaware, Lschawiinna, and Westora Railroad coal tonnage for the week ending Saturday, April 19, is reported as follows; Shipped North. Shipped South.; 23,381 13 for corresponding time last rear: Week. Yea 1 . Toil*. Cwt, Tois Cwt. ... 4,447 13 61.U1 13 17,596 14 199110 00 Shipped North.... Shipped South..*. The New York Evening Post of to-day gays: The market opened quite active this rurniog, with large Bales of Governments and Erie sharer at an advance! but as business proceeded the feeling tu less filmland prices close rather weaker, espßcialljon tbs Western rdinres, these remaining Tery dull. The bavieat of the list is Cleveland and Toledo, which sold own to 41#, owing to tho falling oflfin its earnings. Panama is # per cont lower. Pacific Mail is #ugher» Billing at 105. Border-State bonds have recovered a part of he de cline of the past week. Missouri) sold at 49, 7 |, 'enupa sees at 56#, North CaroiinSß rose to 06#. Government sixes of 1881 are * per cent, bette, The coupons sold largely at 94. The registered issttoold at 93# and closes 93*.®93J£. The 6 per cent, cerlficatea are firm at 97# a97#. Seven thirty notes, whih have been dull for some time past, at ®lo6 are paioid to day. Money Is quoted easy at 5a6 per cent. Tbemlk of the busluess is at 6. Prime paper is in good reuest at 5# ®6# percent. The transactions in gold were very large, oil m 101#. For cttib J215,«0 will frt that flgnrfi Bad §I&W »n seder’s option. Exchange en London is firmer; 112# 0122# fr first class bills. The deposit business of the United States Treiury is very active again to* day. Yesterday the amont de posited was 92i400i0W, making oyer 34,000,Q0Qn two days. The dupot-its are increased, no doubt, bp he pre valent impression that the Secretary of the leasury m&v reduce the rate of Jhte r ost to 4# or 4 per ctt. The City Comptroller of Chicago announces tat the interest due on the lot of next July on sewerag* water and municipal bends, will be paid at his office u pre eeniaiiou of thecotrpous. The Columbian (Marine) Insurance Campanp>as de clared a regular semi, annual interest dividend oil# per cent on the cash capital stock, payablo May 1. Philadelphia Stock .Exchange Soles, Apd $2, r Reported by b. E> Slaymakss-, Pbita. Kicbtue,] FIRST BOARD; IG€O Term* R Ist m... .109# 100 RewliDgß....* 21# 2000 rtn bß.loo# 100 do..*. 21# 2000 do. s&;100# 100 do 21# 2000 d0....4 days.lfiO# 100 do 21# V5OO Sell Kav 6b ’(« .. 62# 50 do 21# 1500 Sell Nav Iron os. 75 10 Che* Sl Del Gad 20 11 Gr Si CoaWB.st Jl. 23Jf 6 Sp A Pine st 11 11# 1C Elmira B Prof... lrt# 400 U S 7-30 Treaa 100 7GO City 0s new 97 10 Race Ar YiaeCJ 100 d 0....... new 97 without rec... 8# 1000NPaG-j b 5 09# 5. d0..*... 8# 1100 dffiwiii.i.lri 09*: 2000 Sun Sc Erie 7*.... 86 30 I’fDjia It....CAP 45# GFhlla Bk 106 5 Sch Nav Pfiti... 10# BETWEK2 1000 p£unaos rsg. 100# 81C0ND SOCataß 1# 500 N I’entia 10s 80 500 do SO ]t:0O Sell N'av Os *73... SI 8000 do 61# 6 Lehigh Nav sown 60* SGO City fis r»B 92# 100 d 0... 92# 2 Beaver Meadow.. M-V 4 do bo 51# AFTER loco u s Cp os 'si.... ui# r CLOSING ERIC Bid. Asked. U 8 6s 1881.... 94* 94*. DSTr7 3 10 N.IQ6 100# Pbilada 6s 92#. 93 PhiUda 6$ new. 9? " 9*# Pc]iitass. fc v.*.-,.. 83# S3* Reading U...... 21* 2* ** Uead]noi, Sv’43 96* Head bde *70.... 83 50 BeadmtSs’SO.. 77* -3# SW.» -U..V Pn.uaKlm6B.loo;. WO* Puuua a ftni 6. 90X 91 MnirUCnlCon SOX “MIX Mu»»l»-Onl ll CohNo* 3J, b SoVNa, Prri.u MX 11). Sdi M» 6a m. 68 X 63 Emira8....... 7»; 8X l t That the At tor iey of the United said property or itch the same may. jg# of condemns Porter (Rep.) Potter (Rep.) Uice (Uop.)*.*ite. Riddle (Rep.> Rollins (R*}*N.H. Sargeftut (.Epp.) Shanks (K>) rihetlabargor (R.) Stevens 01wp.) Stratton. jßop.) Trimbte-fftep ) Trowhiptjge(R.) Vanhorn (Rep ) Vau Yalkenburgh ORftlL) Wh#ft(R.), Ind. i>9itenii(Rep.) iWimlom (Rep.) 'iWorcestor ( Uejv) NSW YOKK S 1000 U 8 Si ’Bl reg.., ,4 1(00 On US'i 30(017 8 6s’Bl up... 04 " 26000 do U4X 20000 do 1.10 94‘J 1 2000 C 81 jr cert... Mr, UOCO Tre 7 3-10 am.. .100 lWflfl Mlisomi 6».,,,. MX 8000 d 0,.,. neo,soK 4000 do 40J U ' 6000 Ohio Bt 6a ’60... «»>4 660 N Y Cm R..« 70 83 100 d 0........ 83 2990111,6,1, mtf... BJN 1000 Mlcll O 8a oW .. *•% 32 Bhoa k L.a Bk . 96 100 Ontnberlsod P»f* 8* 12 Panama »W 4 ■OQCi Oraß.,,,US# Olin (Rep ) Rollins (13.), Mo., Sheffield (U.) Smith (Uem ) 8teelo(Di)« NiY: Thomas (R.)MaBB, Thomas (0.), Md. VaUandigham(P.) V)bbard (Pem.) Yoorheea (Pam.) THE HONEY MARKET. Philadelphia* April 22* 1862. $214,422 65 $121,236 25 $115,931 76 $82,832 88 319.239 17 257,020 69 $455 2*6 §3 $239,353 47 Tons. Owt. Tons. Owt. .. 3,898 12 • 70,652 01 . .19,683 01 206.1.58 ip 22,044 07 260154 13 16,326 07 - 25 (ioii.fctM.i« 8# 100017 &Op 65*81.. 94# 8 Catft P; Pref .... 7# 5 2d.tCd.otK... 60 ff BOABPB, | 5 Lehigh Nav 150 ?' BOARD; 30 Chu&A Walnut 131 5000 h 8 Op fe’Bl... 91* 10»2d. Sr. 3it-st R ... 00 It) Slurrid Ckuhli ■, 40 30 Gr A Coate* R. 23* 6000 L. Yal 65...4 da> 93# CQ’OfttaßPreV... T*. COO WChester 85... 40 ;400>klBtoDd R,.... 12# BOARDB. fibdoo. usCp 6s ‘si.. 54* CEB—STEADY. Bid. CM GlnurwßPrf... 16# 16 #( Elmira 7s *73.- 74 74# It Island B ox-d 12# 12)4 U’gfc 01 A N&V 50* BMfi Lb Cl A Nav Sep 3<# 0b N TVnua R 6V T \S Peuna U 65.. W*' M [N Penua 105,.. IC. S 5: :-ataw 8C0u... l*. w Pref. t* f# 1 Frk A Sthwk R. 40- 4T < Sec A Thd-stR. GO- 6L HaceiVl-je-Ptß &# 9* WPhn»!»R... 54 Spruce Si Pine.,. 11 It# Green A OnahuL 23* Ohos A Wnlnnf. 30 31 Arch Street.... 16 V l B # hock »oab». ! 100 TMclhc .b00,105 : 90 d0.......iii105 ! 50 , 50 till.***•• .2d.105 , 100 Erie R s6O 37 125 Erie R pre' 6^4 1215 So 199 30 Mich Cent R £ ioa Mich BA N t E v .. 22* 10011! Cent scrip...,, 60* 14 Galena A 0bi.,.,67# 200 Chi A R l B 54? 150 do b3O Uo 760 do li3o 41* 60 do .baoitv 100 d;uMtMfclSO 41* 108,933 37 276/01 00