THE PRESS. PUBLISHED DAILY (SUNDAYS IXOIPTID,) BY JOHN W. FORNEY. OFFICE He. 11l SOUTH FOURTH STREET. THE PAIIV PRESS, TVILVI Cents Pen Week, paiabls to the Curler. Moiled to subscribers out if th® City st Six Dollars 7ie Ahrck, Tour Dollars for Right Mouths, *TBKsa Dollars for Six Months —invariably in ad for 41* UffiA ohUm*. the tiu-weekly PRESS, Mailed to Subscribers out of the City at Threb Dol lars Pan Awkum, in advaooe. WHOLESALE HOUSES. AND 54-IN OH SKY-BLUE KERSEYS. SUPERFINE INDIGO-BLUE SATINETS, BLACK CADET AND' OXFORD Do. PRINTED Do, in variety. BLACK AND FANCY MIXED dOESKINS. fancy cassimekes and meltons. in aiosn, ahd non uu nr JOSEPH LEA. teso-tt tas AND 130 nBKSTNPT stkbbt BLINDS AND SHADKS jgLINDS AND SHADES. B- J- WILLIAMS, No. 16 NORTH SIXTH STREET, nAnurAcroßßß or VENETIAN BLINDS WINDOW SHADES. The largest and finest assortment in the City at the LOWEST prices. STORE SHADES LETTERED. Repairing promptly attended to. MILLINERY GOODS. SPRING 18 02 1862. WOOD & CARY. (Successors to Lincoln, Wood, A Nichols,) No. »39 CHESTNUT STREET, Have now in 8 tore a complete a took STRAW AND MILLIWERY GOODS, BILK BONNETS, STRAW AND PALM-LEAF HATS, Ao. To which they respectfully invite tho attention of the -former patrons of the house and tlie trade generally. mirlS-Sm SPRING. M. BERN HEIM. No. 726 CHESTNUT STREET, Has now In store, and Is daily receiving, the latest styles In SIBBONS, FRENCH FLOWERS, WREATHS, SILKS, CRAPES, LACES, AND OTHER miix-imjeky goods. Co which h* respectfully invite* the .ttentioq qf tfe, PRICES LOW. uh24'2m £ spring. m2m RIBBONS. MILLINERY, AND STRAW GOODS. BROOKS. & Got, tfO/431 MARKET STREET, jfave now open—and to which daily additions are made— tbeir USUAL HANDSOME VARIETY OP RIBBONS. BONNET MATERIALS, FLOWERS, RUCHES, BI'KAW AND FANCY BONNETS, MISSES’ AND CHILDREN’S HATS, FLATS, SHAKER HOODS, and ALL OTHER ARTICLES IN THE MILLINERY LINE, Whioh will be offered at the LOWEST MARKET PRICES. Yhe attention of the trade is respectfully invited. parUcnlar attention given to filling ordora. mUS-Srn rjIHOMAS KENNEDY & BRO., T2S CHESTNUT Street, btlow Eighth, a Choice Stock or SPRING MILLINERY GOODS, mhl3-Sm] AT LOW PRICES. YARNS, BATTS, & CARPET CHAINS. H. FRANOISCUS, WBOLZSAIiI DRAWER IN TARNS, 433 MARKET and 9 North FIFTH Street PHILADELPHIA. Buyers will flud a fall Stock ef <3OTTON, LINEN, AND WOOLLEN CARPET CHAIN, COTTON YARN, ■TWIST, FILLING, WADDING, BATTING, COTTON LAPS, TO TASKS, TWIKBS, CAKDLK WICK, •COTIRUI TASK, BROOK TWIHIS, SHOK THRHADS, eiLLIHU AHD SEIHB TWIKBS, BED GORDS, WASH AND PLOUGH LINES, -COTTON, HEMP, AND MANILLA CORDAGE. Also, b full assortment of FLY NETS. , Which he offers at Wumfacturers LOWEST NET CASH PRICES. WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE. H. FBANCISOUSa 483 MARKET and 5 North FIFTH Street, PHILADELPHIA, WHOUXSAIiB DEAIiBB IK WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE. • Always on band, a fall Stock of tubs, buckets, churns, MEASURES, BROI WHISKS. FANCY BASKETS, WAI.L, BOBUS, and SWEEPING BBUBHES, LOeKIHa»QLABBEB and WINDOW PAPER, Mata, Beelers, Dour Bnckets, Beat Boxes, VBH BOABDS, BOLLING and CLOTHES PI >OB and TABLE OIL CLOTH IHOOL, MABKST, and MNNBB BASKETS. Barrowa, Carriages, Hobbj Horses, Ao., All Goods sold at LOWEST NET CASH PRICES. uhll-fen CHINA AND QUEENSWARE. YD A STROUD, HO. 32 NOBTH FOUBTH STB] (Four doors below the Merchant Now offer to eoratry merchant! GLASS, & lINET FURNITURE. FURNITURE AND XABliHit. 088 & OAMHON, To. Ml Booth BICOMD Street, with their extensive Cabinet 7 taring * superior article of IILLIARD TABLEB, , bawl a lbll mtplj, flnlihed wltb iPION’B IHPSOVKO OTJBHIC iced, by all who hare need then, ■ud fiulab «f Omm t»W«i ttn ttaair nmnarou jatnma throi fuailtar wttk Hi* tiharr WATCHES, JEWELRY, Ac. FBBBft ASSORTMENT, at LES THAB FOBMBB FBIOXS. BABB A BBOTHIB, 834 CBIBTKUI Street, below Bourtta. JMY BHEI jt salt Od, by CHAS. s. gabbtaibs. Ho. m WAJ.SUI ot. And 21QBANIT: VOL. 5-NO. m O 1 ABK ’ S ONE DOLLAR STORE. 602 CHESTNUT STREET. NEW GOODS, NEW STYLES, AND NEW PRICES. For ONJS DOLLAR you can buy any one of the fol lowing articles: Beta of Silver Plated Tea Spoons, it u it Desert “ « «• i* Table « «« «« « i* Forts, it 1862. ABBOTT. JOHNES. & OCX, IST MARKET STREET, Have now open an entirely new and attractive stock in ENGLISH, FRENCH, GERMAN, AND DRESS GOODS. 1862. Also, a fall sssortment in WHITE GOODS, RIBBONS, GLOVES, To which they invite the attention of the trade. xnhfl4»tap9o gPRING STOCK BILK AND FANCY DRESS GOODS. A. W. LITTLE & Co, mU6-tf No. 339 MARKET BT. 1862. BfßiNa. 1862. RIEGEL. BAIRD, & 00.. Importers and jobbers Of DRY GOODS. NO. 4T NORTH THIS* STREET. FBI L ADR I. PHI A. Merchant! vMting thii sit, to pnreha** Da* Soon, vrilV find onr Btook lwtg* and admirably assorted, and at Low Fisunna. In certain qlasfa, of Good! wa offer inducement! to purchaser* unequalled by any other house in Philadelphia. mhlB-2a> IMPORTATIONS. HOSIERY. GLOVES, GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS, LINENS, SHIRT FRONTS, WHITE GOODS, AND EMBROIDERIES. THOS. MELLOR & Co, mlilfl.Sni 40 uul 40 STortii Street. TAMES, KENT, SANTEE, & CO., IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS or PBY 9QOD& Nos. 338 and 341 N. THIRD STREET, ABOVE RAGE, PHILADELPHIA, Have new open their usual LARGE AND COMPLETE STOCK or FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC DRY GOODS, Among which will be fou&U a more than usually attfQQ tfye variety of LADIES* DRESS GtOODS; Also, a full assortment of MERRIMACK AND GOCHECO PRINTS* and PHIJjADEIsPHIA-MADE GOODS. To which they invito the special attention of buyer*. pih2l.2m 1862. bprinq. 1862. W. Si STEWART & CO., IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OF SILKS AND FANCY DRESS GOODS, HO. 30# MARKET STUB IT. Now In store, POULT DE SOIE, All Shades. - BLACK AND WHITE CHECKS, In SILKS and OTHER FABRICS. Also, a full link of CLOAKING CLOTHS, PLAIDS, STRIPES, And dninble PLAIN COLORS. aplT gELLING OFF: WHOLESALE STOCK AT RETAIL. BILK TESTINGS, formerly 53.00, now *2.00. MABBBnxjiSi .. B «w M,W. QAS3IHEBBS for men's wear, and ladies’ Cloaks, 26 per cent, under former prices, Ac., Ac. A. H. GIBBS, mhi&lm 631 MARKET STREET, Up stairs. gIBLEY MOLTEN, & WOODRUFF, IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OF BILKS AND FANCY GOODS, No, 631 MARKET STREET, Ar« bow opeaing and daily receiving a new and CBOIOS BTOOK or SILKS. DRESS GOODS. WHITE GOODS and EMBROIDERIES, SHAWLS, RIBBONS, GLOVES, MITTS, AO Tber respectroßy call the attention of boyar* |sne reny. rnUM-lm VnBREUAB AND PARASOLS. HL RICHARDSON HAS REMOVED SO 900 MARKET STREET, ' Bevthwdt corner of Firth, And offers a beantlfnl assortment el UMBRELLAS, PARASOLS, TENTS, AND OANES, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. mb2B-lm JEWELRY, &c. AMERICAN SHAWLS, Ac., &C-, CLOTHING. rjo THE GENTLEMEN OF PHI- LADELPHIA AND YIGINITT. 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 Bt REALLY REASONABLE PRICES, we have, at earnest solicitation of our patrons, orgMitod, in oonneetion with our extensive Ready-Made Sales-Rooros, a complete CUSTOMER DEPART MENT, in whioh the prominent features are, Ist. Fine and Medium Materials} made up in first-class styles; 2d. Unexceptionable Fitting Garments; 3d. Prioe* FAR LOWER THAN HAS BEEN CUSTOMARY; 4th. A corps of the most Celebrated euttem Ifi this country. An extensive assortment ef tho choicest im ported and domestic fabrics from the New York and Philadelphia markets, suitable for COM 3, Pants, and Vests, always on hand. Ia our Ready-made Salesrooms can always be found every variety and style of well-made fashion able clothing. Spring Btook now ready. PRICES MODERATE. A visit is solicited. WANAMAKER & BROWN, MERCHANT TAILORS AND CLOTHIERS, “OAK HALL,” S. E oor. SIXTH and MARKET Streets. mti27-lin CARPETS AND OIL CLOTHS. JjJ-EW carpeting. JAMES H. ORNE. 626 CHESTNUT STREET, BELOW SEVENTH. Wo bAve jußt received, by lato arrivals from Europe, gome new and choice varieties of CARPETING, com prising a FRENCH AUBUSON Square Carpets. ENGLISH AXMINSTEItS, by the Yard and in entire Carpets. CROSSLEY’S <5-4 and 3-4 wide Velvets. “ Tapestry Brussels. . Brussels Carpeting. Also, a large variotr or CBOSSLEV’S and other makes. TAPESTRY BRUSSELS, From 87ic. to Si Per Yd. Our assortment comprises all tho best makes of Three ply and Ingrain Carpeting, which, togotber with a gene ral Variety ef goods in OUT lltte, Will bo offered at tho low est possible prices. OIL CLOTH FOR FLOORS, From one to eight yards wide, cut to any Size* FRESH MATTINGS. By late arrivals from China we have a full assortment WHITE AND COLORED MATTINGS OF ALL WIDTHS. JAMES H. ORNE, aplS 620 CHESTNUT. Q.LEN ECHO MILLS. McOALLUM & Co, MANUFACTURERS, IMPORTERS, AND DEALERS »0U CHESTNUT BTREET. (Opposite Independence Sail,) CARPETINGS. oiti Cloths, &c, We have now on hand an extensive stock of Oametinas. ol onr own and other makes, to whioh we call the ittan. lion ol oash and short-time bwers. mhT-8m ■gIOURTH-STREET CARPET STORE, No. 4T ABOVE CHESTNUT, No. 4T. J. T. DELACROIX JjkYitee attention to bis Spring Importation of CARPETINGS. Comprising every style, of the Newest Patterns and Designs, in VELVET, BRUSSELS, TAPESTRY BBUS BBIiS. IMPERIAL THREE-PLY, and INGRAIN OABPETINGS.- VENETIAN and DAMASK STAIR UABPETIKGB. SCOTCH BAG and LIST CARPETINGS. FLOOR OIL CLOTHS, in every width. COCOA and CANION UATTINGS. DOOR-MATS, RUO9, SHEEP SKINS, DRUGGETS, and CRUMB CLOTHS. AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, LOW FOR CASH. J. T. DELACROIX, mhA4m 4T South FOURTH Strut. CARPETINGB. J. F. & E. B. ORNE, HO. 619 CHESTNUT STREET, (OPPOSITE STATE HOUSE,) Have rfcolvod, per steamer Edinburgh, and other late arrivals, their SPRING IMPORTATION OF NEW CARPETINGS: CBOSBLEFS YARD-±ND-J-HJLL9-WIDX velvets, B-4 MEDALLION DO., ENGLISH BRUSSELS, BXTRA.QVALITY TAPESTRY, BRUSSELS CARPETS, WITH BORDERS, (of new designs, for Halle and INGRAIN AND THBfiS-PLI OARFSTINGS* OT extra Quality. ALSO, 600 PS. J. CROSSLEY A SON’S TAPB£TBT BRUSSELS CARPETS, FROM 874 TO ®i PR YD., Together with a complete assortment of OIL CLOTHS, STAIR AN& FLOOR DRUOOetb, RUGS, MATS, Ao. t All of new, choice selections, and AT MODERATE PRICES. J, F. & E. B. ORNE* mhS-tf OPPOSITE STATE HOUSE. IMPORTERS AMD JOBBERS. JJAZLITT, LATHROP, & LYONS, No. 411 MARKET 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, Ai., Are now opening and receiving a new and choice stock in the above line, to which attention of buyer* le in vited. MILITARY GOODS. gKY-BLUE KERSEYS, (3T and S4-INOH.) DARK-BLUE KERSEYS, DARK-BLUE INFANTRY CLOTHS, INDIGO-BLUE CAP CLOTHS, BEY-BLUE CASSIMERES, (New Regulation, for Officer*’ Pants.) WHITE DOMBT FLANNELS, CANTON FLANNELS, l’s W9*K?—4 White Horseman. By glasses the nature of the enemy’s works at thib point is plainly distinguishable—rifle pits, masked guns, earthworks, and field-forts away back to the woods, which are interlaced with Tines, and arranged like a gigantic fence. Here and there long rows of sharpened atakes pointing out wards and driven into the ground. Behind and connecting the works are covered ways; along one of these a carriage $ occasionally coon, supposed I* cchlilh Jeff Dark. A w».IP horseman, too, (there is a übiquitous white horseman ™ no himself prominent wherever the rebels £ r t »»“) gallops abont the works, receiving the compliment* of the season with marked indifference. Men, white ssd black, are shoveling in the works all the time, the negroes especially being forced into exposed places. Litters are In service this morning within their Jineß, carrying off the wounded or killod by our case shots. The Regulars and Duryca’s Zouaves, Around McClellan’s headquarters are camped the regulars, with their low shelter tonts, and the Duryea Zouaves, in the old-fashioned wall tenia. A number of others, collected in the vicinity, make up a perfect oamp went, in the centre of whioh is the General's quarters, surrounded by the white tents of the different officers of the staff and other generals’ headquarters. We ought to be proud of our army; it never was in finer condition ; its be havior ia a credit to its intelligence. AU the foreign offieers oombine in praising its beautiful efficiency; - even the English have to admit that their boasted rank and file do not come up to our standard. Caeseli’e pcntelegrapb, an instrument which is said to be capable of use in oopying autographs, designs, and portraits, so that a man oan send his lady-love a letter in his own hand, and receive her picture in answer over wires hundreds of mile* long —»n invention with the wonders of which English and Continental journals are in eostaoies—is pro nounced by our seientifio men a mere imitation of a process patented in this country by Bain as early as 1848, and found, after a most thorough trial, to be an utter failure for all practical purposes. Prof. Horsford, of Harvard College, in a lecture in Boston, stated that the manner in which the Armstrong gun is constructed was first invented by Prof Treadwell, of Harvard College, in The gun is made of wrougbt-iron rings, whioh Prof. Treadwell compressed into a solid mass by hydraulie pressure, but which Mr. Armstrong welded to gether by trip-hammers. Bev. J. D. Moore, of Birmingham, lowa, has invented a rifle capable of firing forty Shota ase oond. Its calibre is nineteen balls to tbe pound, and it hu the Maynard primer attached. The powder and halls are put into two tubes, which ex tend from the chamber aboutonefoot up the barrel, parallel with each other, and both can ba filled with ammunition in a few seconds. LATE SOUTHERN NEWS. THE BEBELS CLAIM TO HAYS TAKEN 14 GUMS AND 3,000 PBISONEBS AT SHILOH. DISSATIBFATIOII AT THE ISLAND NO. 10 MYSTERY, JEFF DAVIS SILENT ON THE SUBJECT. ANOTHER NEW CONFEDERATE FLAG. We continue to make exiracia from the Southern pa pars sent us by our correspondents; Another Official Account of the Sluloh Mattie. The Richmond Dispatch ot ths 19th mat. says An official despatch {cccived ysßtorday, from Corinth* states that the reports, of the several commanders show that in the engagement at Shiloh our troops captured and brought in fourteen pieces of the enemy 1 * artillery and twenty.five stacd of colors. The number of prisoners metdi three thousand. Rebel lirowls About Island No. IQ Rebel editors are prj t© Mayo island tfo. Hitfl all “garrison and monitions of war, surrendered to the Union fereM« The rebel Cabinet preserves a pro* found silence on the subject} which fairly agonixos the *< Knights of the Quill” in Seceaaia, and they aro loudly cAlling for official information upon the subject. Ihe fol lowing are specimens of tbeir tribul&tiouß. The Peters burg Express gays: We call upon (hem now to say whether they have re ceived any information about the capture of tim island, and, if they have, to publish It, so that we cau compare the two accounts, and arrive, in this way, at somethiog like a (correct conception of ihe reality. VTe do OOtasK them for tiny information that would be improper for th&m to give. We ask only far wbat pertains to a public event tbat has occurred, and which is known to all Yan keedom in the exaggerated details in which it has been pre sented before them. Island Mo. 10 has either been taken by the enemy in the way they say it has, or it hag not been taken. It baa either been equated by onr troops, or it has not been evacuated. It is believed trat the Go vernment in Richmond has the means of removing oil doubt on these points, and as we cannot for the life of us HQ any objectian to a enudid disclosure by.tkiunof Ut» facts which they may be in possession of, wo hope that they Will glva thOM to the public without further delay, fihe Richmond Dispatch eayv. The circumstances connected with the surrender of this position, with all its guns, ammunition, etc., are humiliating in the extreme. The daily bulletin from Island Mo. 10 for many days represented that the enemy, after an incessant bombardment of ta&uy hours, had In flicted no injury. We were constantly assured that the place was impregnable, and that the enemy never could pttF.s its Brigadier General Makati assumed command of the post on the sth iu a flaming oider, in which he pro nounced himself a “general made by Beauregard j a general eeltcled by Geoeiala Beauregard »ud Sragg,” Two days afterwards the island was surrendered, and along with it, according to the Federal Commodore Foote, seventy cannon, varying from 32 to 100-pounders, rifled. Be adds: 11 The magazines are well supplied with powder, and theie are largo quantities of shot and gheilt And Other xuunhioDß of war, and also great t|UaotUioS Of provisions. Four steamers afloat have failen into our (their) hands.” The Coxnicocore says that the works were “erected with the highest engineering skill j” were “ of great strength, and, «ith their natural advantages, would have been im pregnable, if defended by msßt M he GhoOBGB tO IW* «»hghtirg for a better cause.” Tt may be that Foote do sired to magnify bis own achievement by representing tbe place as stronger than it really was ; but then, did not our own accounts , and the vatu boasting of the Mem phis telegraphs, make the defences just as strong and im pregnable a? the hurst-foot Commodore does l Thty certain Jy did ; ai d were it not that we have been so ojten surprised by the surrender of forts and fortifications that were boasted of as impregnable, we should indeed be amazed at the surrender of the lamed Island No. 10, which has furnished so many paragraphs for telegraph ing. Blit feWh the need not hare carried neces sarily along with it the ammunition and the boats. Could they not have been destroyed '! Why add all this and tbe provisions to the now present of cannon to tho Fede ralists { Our gifts of cannon have been quite munificent even to impoverishing ourselves — &l complication, of tbe turntable became un necessary . In consequence of this report, I was ordered home from the Black Sea the same year with my plans and models, which I bad the honor of showing to Sir B. 'Walker and Mr. Watksj but I soon found out liow use less it was for me to argue against prejudice and theory, and how hopeless it was to try and introduce into the navy a novel invention, the offspring of practical ob servation in actual warfare. . Finding howdiffisnlt it was tv B»vl tbv vtoestfons made to my plans, 1 consulted "Mr. Brunei, who, after thoroughly entering into the matter, assured me that I had hit on tbe right thing, and generously added that be had himself been devising a vessel for the same purpose, but that mine was so superior to his own he should think no more of it. Ho dill more than this—he assisted me iu my calculations, and gave me tire aid of hia draughtsmen. When I asked him what I was indebted to him for this, he said, “Nothing,” for be had the greatest pleasure in helping a naval officer who was trying to benefit his country, I shall always remember his generous conduct aB well as his parting words, “Go ob, acd ycu will bummA.” They have, ini deed, often cheered me under the greatest discourage ments. I have persevered, and succeeded so far, but, alas! for what I To have the deep mortijication of find ing that America, instead of England , should have the palm of floating this Monitor, which is to dictate the reconslrucltoh if Id ihi ... In March, 1860,1 again forwarded drawings of ths shield, fitted with turn-tables, appropriated to larger vessels, and also plans to tho War Office for forts, and the Times again spoke well of tho invention for coast de fences. Being at Portsmouth about this time, I showed my plans io Admiral Georg© Grey, vrho was so struck with their feasibility, that ho gave me every asaidtance, and kindly took an early opportunity laying them be fore the lamented Prince Consort. A summons to Os borne was the result. I shall ever bear in grateful ro* membranee the kindueea and eonfllderattati with which the Prince then, and on five other occasions when I had the honor of being permitted an interview, encouraged me to enter into the minutest details conutcted with my iuTSPtions, and the very deep interest he expressed iu them, inu, indetd, In everything which concerned the -well-Deitig ahd advancement of our navy. %he Priaco’s advice, too, was of the greatest benefit to me, for he had previously turned his attention to the same subject, and I fig greatly surprised at my interview to find that he was thoroughly conversant with all the mechanical de tails involved in the execution of my plan I ihffik It will ha awmat from white hu taa uid aail from a comparison of the two drawings that ihti tnvention is of Engtish origin , and I claim it for this country. I do to the more eiiongly after G’apt. Ericsson's totter In The Times of to-day. It mast be remembered, ana it has been proved by the Monitor, that this class of vessel, from their lowneM, rapid tanking, and light dfAtigkl Of water, have a great advantage in defending a harbor or narrow waters against seagoing and larger vessels, that must cross the Atlantic or tho Channel to attack us; and, therefore, I can, without any reflection on the II amor —of Which WO have reason to b* proud, or her projectors, to Whom all honor Is due—State that I wut guaranty to build two of my shot-proof rafts, with 300-pounders and revolving shields (giving Item a little more length, depth, and speed) for £OO.OOO each. And they would inevitably dispute the entrance to SpHhead against the Warrior or vessels of that class, or would most certainly either >....565 per ton 45 por ton] sl 25perbUBhel* 2 50 per bushel* destroy or drive her away. « It Is of great importance that I should make it clearly understood that we must Lave two distinct classes of iron vessels one to supersede wooden frigates and Hne-of battle thins for tea seivice, and tho other for the special protection of our counts. For both thoao clashes of ves sels my principle is equally applicable; it is quite op tional whether they are rigged or not. It must not be supposed thst I am writing this with any spirit of finding fault, for it is only due to the present Admiralty tA say that sine* tha axpariments ordered by their lordships six months ago in the Trusty , which were so successful, I believe they have been most anxious to further develop this invention. . . _ __ COWPBR P- COLES, Captain B. N. [From the Loudon Times.] Nobody pretends to say that tbe Monitor and Mtrri mac are good sea*going ships, or desirable models for us to follow. What we have been taught by the American uflmpleifl not the relative efficiency of ono clmb of iron sbipß as compared with another, but the absolute and im measurable superiority of any iron ship, however im* perfectly constructed, to auy wooden ship or ships, how ever powerful The d< recta remarked in the American models do but make the general case so much the stronger. If a Bier© mafceßbiU Ilk© *he iferrimac, rudely oxt*m porized wilh imperfect means on tbe spur of the moment, could destroy the finest ships, and defy the strongest forts of tbe Federal Government, what would a first*n»teape cimen of the class not accomplish? If a cheap and half sea- TWO CENTS. LATE FOREIGN NEWS. STRENGTH OF ENGLAND'S IRON NAVY. THE ARMAMENT OF THE MERRIMAC. YEtfriON TIUS DUTf OF tiOYEfifttffiHTt THE WAR PRESS. Tiii Wib Firm wUI b* rat to mibKrib*n by Bd (y«r «nnnm In adnaice) it. |I,H TbraCorie* “ “ S.OO Fit* « « 8. BO T *“ >....i5>00 II II II IWBH Olnba will bt Ihugsd tJt Uio uau ratOi Unit SO afein will coat *24; SO eopiea will coat *6O; and lot copiea *l*o. For • Club or Twmtr-on. or war, TO trill ml M Izkft Copy to the gettor-up tf the Club. •7“ Port masters an requested to act aa A sente fov Te* Wiß PXBSB. W9~ Advertisement* Inserted et the usual rfttei. fits Uses MsailUie a aquaro. worthy battery like the Monitor— the very firßt experi ment of her projector—could bring the Merrimac at bay, what may not be.done on further trial/ As it wm, the first appearance of an iron-eased frigate on the sea would, except for the accidental appearance of another like her, have affected the Issue of a mighty war. Iren now the consequences of doubling a few bars of railway iron across a ship’s deck cm hardly be foreseen. Thore was a little sentence in tne last letter of our special correspondent which had a very practical bearing on the topics or Friday's debate: “They are keeping a bright lookout at Fortresa Mon roe. All eyes are straining for, all thoughts are tarnmg on, another fcortie of that tremendous destroyer, the Merrimac. Neither the fortress nor the Monitor could save thejtotilla of wooden vessels from destruction , not the camps from, being shelledP That in a sketch of th» performances anticipated from a single converted frigate when matched against a wo.oden navy, a fort armed with enormous guns, and a floating battery as invulnerable a# herself. It is on the spot, too, that these fears are enter tained, at the place where the experiment was witnessed, »r cased vessels* which cannot be boarded, destined especially to operate on the coasts and against fortresses/ and steam vessels oj great speed* capable of escaping .by flight from tkc formidable urlittery of the first* and employed for distan t expeditions. Ordinary ALSHSKbIp» will perliapsonedar serve as simple tugs to the floating batteries, which in this matter might serve in the attack of theentray’s coasts, and cover invasion. In the Eng lish Parliament it has already been proposed to protect the fortification? in order to place thorn in a condition to b&W V&&I&1S. Who knows, If 10 ordinary siege* the system of attack of Vanhan wiU not be renounced, and if means will not be found to push forward on railways revolving towersarmcdicithheavyguns. The duelhat commenced be tween iron and cannon ; and If in naval bat tles wo are Droogii*to titA anuM-i'iiM ramo ward, or dinary U‘M*B Will, p&thApi*, PisSi&Fe to iis aoinethlog like these monstrous machines which were made use of in the sieges of antiquity. It is important to nations wbioh rare to preserve their position t ot to allow themselves to be distanced in the straggle. The engineer Ericsson, in constructing the Monitor , has had the merit of creating the first vessel which may be really e&Uid iUvUlnirabli. The English iron-plated frigates cannotprelend to that title , as they are not entirely covered with iron; and, se condly, as their dock is open, tho same as in the French vessels, so that tbo Gloire as well as the fFarrior, is lia ble to be boaided. France has reason to congratulate litreelf on having aJopkd for her iron-caned vessels S smaller model than that used ha England; but she mast alto turn to account the important lessons * hlch the Ame ricanehave given us. She must, at the same time , con • Unue the improvements in artillery that she has com menced. The substitution of c* Hndrical for cy|{gdfjf9|- ccxiical fehota ia. we know, one of the questions op WftiPtl our scientific officers are now occupied} it will, perhaps, furnish a means of efficaciously resisting tho armor covered ebipe. HEPLT OF MW. JOISN BRIGHT TO THE HEW TO&K CniMUHH OP COMMERCE Mr. Bright, M. F , has returned the following reply to the address from the New York Chamber of Commerce: Luxdos, April 4, 1802. r-RAK Sin: I have received, through the hinds of Hon. Mr. Adams, minister of the United States, yourlstter of the 9ih of March, and the resolution unanimously adopt ed by the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York on the 6th of March. I- wish you to convey to the eminent body of geitlemen over whom you preside the expression of my sense of the honor the)' have conferred upon me, and of the pleasure which it gives me to know that the course I have taken in reference ia ths events which are now passing in your country has met with the warm approval of those whom they represent. I accept their most kind resolution, not only as hono rable to my eel?, but as a manifestation of friendly feeling to ibe great majority of my countrymen, whoso true sentiments I believe I have not mistaken jf initrepreeenltd -when l h%ve spoken on th« side of yypp Government and people, t believe there is no other country in which men have been so free and sa prosperous as in yours, and that there 1s no other politi cal constitution now in existence in the' preservation of which the human race te a? deeply gp ft) (hit under which you live. Thiele true beyond ail doubt WhOR applied to the Free States of yonr Union. I trust ths time is not distant when it will be true over all your vast territory, from the Bt. Lawrence to the Gulf of Mexico. Notwithstanding much misapprehension, and some recent fjfitfißfSti 2 km sure that ad overwhelming majority of the people of the United Kingdom will rejoice at the suc cess of your Government, and at the complete-restoration of yonr Union. Whilst asking yon to convey the ex pression of my grateful feelings to the members of your Chamber, I desire to tender to you my thanks for the very kind letter from yourself tyhjcjv tbo resolution, i am, with Nery great respect very truly yours. J-OON BBIGHT. To F. Fruit, Esq., president of the Chamber of Com merce of the State of New York. BOMBARDMENT OF FORT PILLOW. THS BXBEL THUS HEAVY AND ACCOBATI. OUR GUNBOATS FORCED JO MOVE UP THE The Mortar Boats Chang* their Position. STRENGTH OF THE REBELS, The following is taken from a special despatch to the Cincinnati' Gazette dated “Off Fort P|U9Ft April 29,” Ifo may say, imprimis t that aotira operations were not expected in that locality at Last accounts; as Commodore Foote still suffered severely from the wound he reseiy§4 JtoatfsGD. The Bnemy's Fire—dur Gunboats Com- pelled to Move* The enemy’s gunboats have lain behind Craig head Point for two or three nights past, fearing a* attempt on our part to run tho blockade. Tho firing upon both sides on Thursday was very heavy. The mortars opened at noon, four being in opera tion. The enemy replied immediately and briskly from tbe land batteries, throwing shell dear over us and nearly across the river to the Tennesoaa shore. The firing was vary accurate and from very heavy guns. The St. Lauis, Carondelet, and Cairo, stationed as picket ships near the ex tremity of the point, were obliged to more up tho river several times to get out of rouge, A skiff attached to a mortar boat was hit by a shell and dashed to pieces. The shells flew thick and fast all about the gunboats, but none were hit. The Mortar Boats Moved to the Opposite Shore. On Thursday night the mortars commenoed firing at eight o’clock, the enemy replying immediately, and the fire was kept until midnight. A rebel shell exploded directly &b.ove the stern-awnings of the St. Louts, slightly injuring one man in ths wrist. Another shell struck the broadside casemate of the Cairo, but did no damage. The firing ceased at midnight, yesterday, but little was done except a few shots were fired by the mortars in the morn ing, In the evening the mortars were shifted from the Arkansas to the Tennessee shore for their greater protection. In their past locality they have been in great danger from bands of rebel soon© prowling through the woods. These scouts have al ready out the levee in two or three please* to em* berress tbe operations of tbe mortars. Deserters' Stories. Deserters are being rapidly taken, both from the rebel gunboats and from tbeir batteries. They say that hSfifly All the crews of the gunboats hav. boon impressed, and so great is the fear of the officers lest they desert, that they frequently muster them every hour in the day. Tho batteries now mount about forty guns, very heavy. They have sixty more guns, which they have been rapidly putting in position within the past few days. The Rebel Flotilla—Steam Rams. There are about 6,000 troops there. Both troops and guns are from Pensacola. There are but four gunboats in the river—the Maripan, Mat ray, Pontchartrain , and Livingston, mounting a total of twenty-four guns. The Ivy has gone to New Orleans, with Hollins on board. The Gen. Pali is at Memphis, repairing. Captain Huge, jj commodore in Hollins’ absence. An independent company at Memphis has five boats below Fort Pillow, intended to grapple on to our fleet and taka it down to Dixie. There are four rams at New Orleans, among them the Manassas. Active operations are not expected at present. Com. Foote suffers severely from his wound re ceived at Donelson. Scientific and other Items. Bfifififily a day passes which is nob marked by the announcement at the Patent Offioe at Washing ton of some new iron-clad ship, bombshell, rifle, cannon, sword, stirrup, saddle, camp eooking stove, liquid fire, submarine battery, Ao. The en gagement between the Mhrrintac ani the Moni tor bps gives P new impetus to inventors Mid Mechanics, and new models of vessels ata being continually proposed, and new methods of de §bs?ti9S fßggeftedi to flww hew easily anything that floats, or oan bo made to float, may be Mown to atoms. Henry Evans, of New Bedford, has invented a steam floating battery, designed for coast and har bor defences, which promises to be of iwnsiderabla utility. Her draft will be about (ii feet when ready for service, and about five feet exposed abova water, so constructed that it will be impervious to the fire of the enemy. The battery is designed to mount four large guns amidship (if thought best), on a strong turmtable, designed-osprcaly foe that purpose, so arranged that the four guns may be dis charged from one port either aide. The London Mari Lane Express says; “ The Americans have driven our English plougbmakera nut of Urn Auate&lian, Indian and Mh» Solonlil markets, owing to their lighter and oheaper arti cles and adds that “ unless our British mecha nics bestir themselves, by using steel instead of heavy castings, they will be likely to be beaten on theivtwu ground.” J. M. Bosse, of San Franoisoo, has invented a new cavalry cannon. It is a small brass, iron ribbed piece, about eighteen inches In length, and weighing thirty pounds. It ia breeeh-lsading, self capping. and golf-priming, and thirty one-pound cartridges, of one hundred and fifty bullets each, msy be discharged from it every minute. It is in tended exclusively for the use of oavalry, but might be effectively employed in almost any eon: dition of attack or defence. It is to be fastened to the shoulders of the horse, immediately in front of the saddle, and may be elevated, depressed, and swerved to tho line of assault with. rapidity. A slide in the breach admits the cartridge, and tha speedy movements of cocking _find pulling the trigger despatches it on its mission of destruction without the delays of capping and priming. Its most effective service, it is claimed, will be In breaking the solid squares of infantry formed foe (he reception of cavalry. J; AVagite is the name given to a new mineral lately isaovered in the Ural mountains. It presents tha appearance of a concretion of crusts, the furfoco of which bristles with small asperities whioh, seen through a magnifying glass, have the appearanoa of brilliant crystals resembling aeolite. Their ooior is a light-blue, with a tendenoy to green. The specific gravity of this mineral ia 2 7, its hardness 5; it is soluble in acid without effervescence, yields water by calcination, is unfuaible under the blow pipe, beeeming opaque by the action of flame; with borax it yields a colorless glass.