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 <i it Desert **
Pair ** ** Knife and Fork.
** •• “ Napkin Rings.
« « « Butter Knives.
Stiver Plated Soger Bowl.
u ** Butter Dish,
u « Molasses Pitcher.
“ Cream “
ii it Castor,
it ii Waiter.
« u Goblet.
« <« Drinking Cnp.
a ii Sugar Sifter;
Gold Plated Yost Chain, all styles.
ii i* Guard ii ** <*
ii ii Nock ii i* m
•i i* Chatelaine, “ i*
“ 11 Bracolot, « «
“ ii Medallion, M *♦
i« fi Armlets. « «
<i « Breast Pin, “ «
ii i* Bar Rings, “ “
m <i Pin and Drops, all styles.
ii ii Studs and Buttons, ii a
ii <« Solitary Sleeve Button, all styles.
« ii Boßom Studs, I* 4 ‘
ii ii Finger Bings, M “
U 14 Pencils, ** “
ii ii Pen with Pencil Case.
Ladles' or Gentlemen's Port Monnaie, Cabas, Bags,
Purses, Ac., Ac., Ac. AH Goods warranted as repre
sented. We have on baud a large aeeorlmont of Photo
graph Albums, Mantel Clocks, Travelling Bags, and
Gold Jewelry, which we are closing off at cost. The at
tention of the trade respectfully solicited.
D. W. CLARK’S
ONR DOLLAR STORE,
npl-Bm 603 CHESTNUT dfcroot.
DRY-GOODS JOBB£Kfi,
1862. Brßll,B> 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<ks., 12m., Al6Ol. TENT DUCK.
All wsrreuted United States Army standard.
FOR BALE VS
ALFRED SLADE ft 00.,
40 Sooth FRONT Street, and 30 LSTITIA Street,
Fhllsdelphla. felg-tmyl
LOOKING GLASSES.
JAMES 8. EARLE ft BON,
MANUFACTURERS AND IMPORTERS
o*
LOOKING GLASSES.
, OIL PAINTINGS,
FINN ENGRAVINGS, ,
PICTURE AND PORTRAIT FRAMES,
PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES,
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS,
OABTE-DE-VISITE PORTRAITS,
EARLE’S GALLERIES.
816 CHESTNUT STREET,
Mi PHILADELPHIA.
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, APRIL M, 1862.
%\t |prrss.
Occasionally, if not more frequently, tho
ribbon-wearing people of Coventry have a
grand Bhow f in honor of Lady Godiva, poeti
cally commemorated by Alfred Tennyson,
Poet-Laureate. The said Coventry folks are
themselves remembered, during three centu
ries, through a couplet of Queen Elizabeth’s.
She passed through the city of Coventry, on
some occasion, and the sagacious Corporation
—it is a curious fact that municipalities are
almost always stupid—resolved to add teas her,
in a suitable manner, in verso. They did so,
and the elaborated poetry ran thus:
We, men of Coventry,
Ar? vpry g ad to bps
Your Sacred Majesty.
The Queen, gave an impromptu reply to (hi 3
qivic poetry, in ftc following:
It was on this occasion, soon after the de
feat, or rather the dispersion of the Spanish
Arniada, that the mayor politely said “Kin®
Philip of Spain hoped to invade and conquer
England, but, when he opposed your Majesty,
he look the wrong sow by the ear.” The same mu
nicipal chief, when tho Queen was about de
parting—bestriding her palfrey after man’s
fashion—insisted on riding with her, as escort,
to the bounds of his authority-, and, when she
declined, said, “Nay, then,at least, I must
have the honor of riding with your Majesty to
the Gallows’ hill.”
Very few modern readers are familiar with
the writings ot Matthew of Westminster, a
gentleman who wrote, in Latin, five hundred
and fifty years ago. Otherwise they would
know that A$ first related the legend of Lady
Godiva ; how Lcofric, Lord of Mercia, and his
wife Godiva, founded a Benedictine priory in
what is now called Coventry (otherwise Con
ventre, a convent town, like Covant Garden
in London); how that grim Earl over
taxed the town which arose around the pri
ory j how she obtained from him a promise of
the remission Of this tax, provided that, iu
the noon-tide, on Trinity Monday, she womld
ride nuked through the streets; how she did
so, as Tennyson says, “ clothed in chastity
how one varlet, an inquisitive tailor, ever
since known as « Peeping Tom,” was the only
person who attempted to look at the lady
on her strange journeying; how he was
was instantly struck blind, by the Powers who
guard the Good; how the tax was remitted;
and how, lrom the reign of Charles 11., at the
great triennial fair, in Trinity week, there is
a grand Lady Godiva procession, in which,
within eur own memory, the Mayor and Cor
poration attended, in their flowing robes of
State. The time we saw the procession, a
beautiful Loro ft 6, imported from the adjacent
town of Birmingham, rode a white charger,
from Ducrow’s circus, and, except that she
was wholly attired iu flesh-colored “ tights,”
wore no apparel, though she had a wig with
a great number of « rippled ringlets,” which
were supposed to veil her, as did those of the
fair Godiva. By her side pranced a coal
black steed, on which sat a circus-rider
arrayed as St. George of England. Odd
out may appear, this procession drew over
half a million of spectators. There was a
band of music, with a fanciful following of the
city trades, who all paused on the Market
Place, for a few minutes, (to take breath and
beer.) under the efligy of « Peeping Tom,”
which seems to look out frOm the identical
place, it is said, where the prying tailor
peered at Leofric’s wife. At all events, there
tho wooden statue is, plainly and roughly
carved to Show the upper part of a half
out of a window, and his costume “of the
period,” as Mrs. Jarley would say, is trien
nally renewed, in many-hued pigments, at the
triennal expense of the Corporation !
Many attempts have been made to put down
this Lady Godiva exhibition, and, more than
once, the third year has been allowed to pass
without it. This year, however, it is to take
place with unwonted grandeur. Mailed knights
and gentle dames are to escort Lady Godiva.
The trades are to oome out “ very strong,”
in various ways. The blacksmiths will have
their Vulcan. The publicans purpose taking
with them, in a huge wagon, a pinguid Bac
chus, silling straddled upon übutt of beer. The
ribband-makers (ribbands and watch-wheels
are the peculiar manufactures of Coventry)
will have a real loom, at which a helmeted fe
male, doing duty as Minerva, will weave real
ribbands, because Minerva was a weaver on
Olympus, the earliest “ spinster” on record,
and turned Lydian Arachne into a spider, he.
cause she wove a finer piece of tapestry than
herself. The watchmakers will sport a gigan
tic efligy of Time, hearing a huge clock in
bis hand, instead ol' the traditionary hour
glass. In fact, every trade will be fancifully
and fantastically represented,' at the next
Lady Godiva show in Coventry.
A London paper, noticing a suggested
novelty—that Godiva should no longer he
sans-culottc —sharply says: “If Lady Godiva
did perform a great act of self-sacrifice, and
ride through the town an natural, she had a
generous object in view, and had the gsod
sense to insist upon every window being shut
during her cool—her particularly cool—pro.
ceeding. Those who would keep her ‘ memory
gieen ’ on the contrary select the least modest
among the Metropolitan ‘ Poses Plastiques,’
and, placing her on horseback, invite the
presence and patronage of five thousand
< Peeping Toms.’ The proposal that the next
Lady Godiva shall wear a costume 1 such as
will not offend the most fastidious taste’ will
simply disgust alike the purist and the im
purist. Lady Godiva in clothes! As soon
would one expect to see Pan In a pair of ‘ peg
tops,’ or Powers’ Greek Slave in a crinoline!”
Let us conclude our prosaic account of the
Godiva show by giving Tennyson’s beautiful
and delicate lines, in which he relates the old
tradition, upon which the whole affair de
pends :
GERMANTOWN, PA.
THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1862.
Lady Godiva’s Coventry Show.
Y«, men of Coventry,
Good luck, what fools ye be
GODIVA.
1 waited for the tram at Coventry ;
X hung with grooms and porters on the
To watch the three tail spires ; and there I shaped
The city’s ancient legend into this
Not only we, the latest seed of Time,
New men, that in the flying of a Wheel
Cry down the past, not only we, that prate
Of right* and wrongs, have loved the people well,
And loathed to see them overtaxed; bat she
Did more, and underwent, and overcame,
The woman a thousand summers back,
Qodiva, wife to that grim Earl, who ruled
In Coventry: for when he laid a tax
Upon his town, and all the mothers brought
Their children, clamoring, “ If we pay, we starve !”
She sought her lord, and found him, whore he strode
About the bail, among his dogs, alone,
His beard a foot before him, and his hair
A yard behind. She told him of their tears,
And prayed him, “If they pay this tax, they
starve.
'Whereat he stared, replying half.amaied,
“ You would net let your little finger ache
For such as these?— “But I would die,” said she.
He laughed, and swore by Peter and by Paul:
Then filliped at the diamond in her ear;
“ 0 ay, ay, ay, you talk“ Alag !” she said,
“But prove ma what it is I would not do.”
And from a heart as rough as Esau’s hand,
He answered, “ Ride you naked through the town,
And I repeal it; and nodding, as in scorn,
Ho parted, with great strides among hia dogs.
So left alone, the passions of her mind,
As winds from ail the aompass shift and blow,
Made war upon each other for an hour,
Till pity won. She sent a herald forth,
Afi) bade blm ory, with sound of trumpet, ait
The bard condition ; but that she would loose
The people: therefore, as they loved her well,
From Ihen till noon no foot should pace the street,
No eye look down, she passing; but that all
Should keep within, door abut, and window barred.
Then fled she to her inmost bower, aud there
Unclasped the wedded eagles of her belt,
The grim Earl’s gift; but ever at a breath
She lingered, looking like a summer moon
Half-dipt in cloud ; anon she shook her bead.
And showered the rippled ringlets to her knee;
Unclad herself in haste; adown the stair
Stole on; and, like a creeping sunbeam, slid
From pillar unto pillar, until she reached
The gateway ; there eh© found her palfrey trapt
In purple blazoned with armorial gold.
Then she rode forth, olothed on with chastity;
The deep air listened ronnd her as she rode,
And all the low .wind hardly breathed for,fear,
The little wide-mouthed heads upon the spout
Had cunning eyes to see: the barking our
Made her cheek flame : her palfrey’s footfall shot
Light horrors through her pulses: the blind walls
11818 full of chinks and boles; and ovsrhsnd
Fantastic gables, crowding, stand: but the
Not less through all bore up, till, last, she saw
The white-flowered elder thicket from the field
Gleam through the Gothio archways in the wall.
Then she rode back, clothed on with chastity.
And one low ehurl, compact of thankless earth,
The fatal byword of all years to come,
Boring a little suger-bole In fear,
Peeped—but his eyes, before they hod their will,
Were shrivelled into darkness in his head,
And dropt before him. So the Powers, who wait
On noble deeds, cancelled a sense misused;
And she, that knew not, pttssed; and all at once,
With twelve great shocks ol sound, the shameless
noon
Was clashed and hammered from a hundred towers,
One after one : but even then she gained
Her bower; whence reissuing, robed and orowned, ■
To meet her lord, she took the tax sway,
And built herself an everlasting name.
THE SIEGE OF YORKTOWN.
Object of the Lee’s Mills Move-
ment.
ITS SUCCESSFUL ACCOMPLISHMENT.
WHAT THE REBELS SAY OF OUR ARTILLERY,
THEIR LOSS ADMITTEI) ft V EBY GREAT,
We have full details from Yorktown to the 19th
■nst. It not unfrcquently happen! that the value
of a movement or action cannot bo GBtimated, or its
results fully comprehended, before tbelap96 Of se
veral days. Such is the case concerning the affair
of the 10th, Up to that day, our extreme front
was upward of a mile distant from that of the ene
my, the intervening tertittfy befog occupied at
times by the skirmishers of both sides, hut practi
cally in possession of the enemy, in force more or
less numerous, thrown out in front of their on*
trenched wofts*
Object of the Recent Movement, and its
Accomplishment.
To obtain complete knowledge of these obstruc
tions. and, If possible, a nearer view of the sneay’s
works, and especially a knowledge of tho extent of
the rifle pits that stretched along tho banks of tjte
stream above and below the entrenched position of
the enemy, was at once important and hazardous.
To make this reconuotssance, to take this near
view, to make this examination, was all that was
contemplated by the orders covering the operations,
unless in prosecuting ihem it should appear that
by the flight or weakness of the enemy it was prac
ticable to occupy tbeir works. Ttie objeots in view
were accomplished with eminent su&ieas, &&d the
result is, we now not only command the rebel
works both by our artillery and infantry, but all
that is necessary to a perfect knowledge of the
enemy’s works, and the various appliances relied
on for the prosecution of their defensive operations
has been ascertained. We have emphatically the
enemy’s worksio a “ tight place. 7 ' They can neither
man wbat guns they have nor mount inoro. There is
a sharp shooter for every head. Our artillerymen
are continually on the watch-night and day; and
now and then a shell is planted at will, as a re
minder that any movement, either offensive or de
fensive, will be followed by a deadly shower.
Burial of the Dead.
About! two o’clock to*day, a white flag was
raised on the rebel fortifications, and shortly after
Colonel William M. Levy, bearing a message from
Brigadier General Paul j. Semmes, made his ap
pearance at the dam, where he was met by Major
Currie, of General Smith’s staff. The message was
aedreesed, ‘ l To the Commander of the Brigade in
iroDt,” and its purport was that there were several
of our dead lying unburied on that side of the
stream, to bury whom a cessation of hostilities for
two hours was asked. The reply of General Smith
vfdf, that fes would prefer to receive the dead at
the dam, that the; might be butted by their oom.
redes. The messenger returned with this answer,
end subsequently reappeared, with tho assent of
General Semmes to the proposition.
What the Rebels think of onr Troops and.
Artillery.
During the interview some conversation took
place concerning the action of the 16th. Col. Levy
paid a high compliment to the Third Vermonters,
vrbo, he said, were upon them before they were
aware of it, and actually reached the first ride pit,
and engaged the occupants by dabbing their guns.
The Sixth Regiment, be said, was handled with
great skill end judgment by Col. Lord, and behaved
with exceeding bravery. At first Up], Levy said
tbat the number of our dead was 24, but it turned
out to be 29. The increase arose from the fact
that so tight (so to speak) have we since held
the enemy’s position in our grasp, they have not
been able to move about, even enough to aseer
tain the real number, or rescue even the wounded
the; know to be within a short distanee. After
the flag of truce passed, the number was
swelled to 29, and 4 wounded, who have been
sent to the enemy’s hospitals, and who, it is be
lieved, will recover.
The Rebel Loss.
Our officers proposed to declare the whole truth
with, reference to onr loss, bat Col. Lev; declined
to exchange figures. Atfirsthe said the; “suffered
severely,” and subsequently remarked that their
loss was " very great. ’ To our artillery firing he
paid the warmest tribute of praise, remarking that
it could not be excelled—that, indeed, it was per
fect in every respect. Independent of this testi
mony, we have good reason for the belief that thv
enemy’s loss was botweon fivo hundred and a
thousand, or four times as great as onr own. Col.
Levy claimed a victory at Pittsburg Landing. Ho
was under the belief that Gen. Buell was killed,
acd for tho firet time heard that he was not. He
said Gen. Beauregard was not injured.
The Rebel Works at Gloucester Point.
Another correspondent, writing to the Tribune
under date of the 17th and 18th instant, says :
At Gloucester Point, opposite Yorktown, the
bels work incessantly to inorease their defences.
Near the Little Wharf another earthwork is going
np, and at points along the shore are others in pro
gress. Not so formidable in character as those at
Yorktown, they are pot powerful, presenting an
extensive front. From all appearances, however,
they are not efficiently mounted. In the water
battery, which presents seven embrasures, there is
apparently not one gun mounted. On the little
earthwork above it, adjoining, two guns are seen
en barbette. Beyond this again a long curtain con
nects with the works on the bluff, an entrenchment
crowns the bank for nearly a mile—it may be more
—enclosing the huts and buildings occupied by the
soldier!. In the centre of these the rebel standard
floats from a tall pole. Underneath the works lines
of rifle-pits extend along the face of this bank,
with an occasional redoubt, for flanking fire.
Picturesque.
Below the defences, iheshore, broken by bays and
marshy creeks, extends as far as the mouth of the
river. Here and there an old-fashioned farm house
breaks the Tnonotony of the low shores, and in’the
surrounding clearings the peach orchards blush
against ihe dark green pines that form lbs baak
ground, the occasional appearance of a schooner’s
topmast indicating the position of creeks winding
back from the river. Opposite Farmholt’s house is
a quaint old windmill, which, with the surrounding
frame houses, seems to (Me from the first settlement
of the country, since when, it is safe to say, they
have been entirely innocent of paint. Leaning
against a door-post, alazy negress has been talking,
during our observations, to some equally indolent
colored brother The blaoks, through ail their as
sumed apathy, betray an intense interest in the
struggle going forward, and anxiously inquire about
the tinth of the report that they are to be sold by
the Yankees to the West India planters, as they
have been led to believe by tbeir owners.
Pyrotechnics.
Last night some rockets sent up by the signal
officers presented a beautiful sight, falling quietly
in globes of red fire, and causing the rebels to feel
nervous all night. About sunset one of the officers
of the Massachusetts Fifteenth secured sixteen out
of eighteen oxen, from under the noses of the ene
my’s pickets, driving them within onr lines, where
they were acceptable, the commissariat being quite
limited. In the minds of some of the soldiers, in«
deed, certain officers are not exempt from the sus
picion of making money out of the scarcity of pro
visions.
Once in a while the rebels throw a shell up in the
air, whioh, bursting apparently at its greatest alti
tude, leave.-} a cream-white ball of smoke, Tory un
like the broken black wheel with uncertain spokes,
and no tire, by whioh the majority of newspaper
articles, represent the explosion of a shell.
The Ene»>’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<l we need not add
to liberal!} ol othtr things in our offerings to those who
are better supplied than we are.
TVe do not know that we would inquire into these mat
ters. We are utterly disgusted with these islands, and
trust that they are ended with Island No 10. They and
the lost forts were all fruitful enough of disappointment
aiid mortification; tmt Island No* 10 seems to have
capped the climax, and by right excellence ought to wind
vp this miserable history.
The Union Feeling in North Carolina-
The Petersburg (Ya.) Express of the 10th contains
the feUdwieg eftMsspMwteuefe la Us abluHms:
Suffolk, April 18,1862.
The account given in your paper of to-day by your
South Mills correspondent of the course pursued by the
vandals in tbe vicinity of Elizabeth City is enough to
excite the feelings of every man and woman in the whole
country. II is painful to learn ihal all along the coast
of North Carolina there are persons who welcome the
invaders and encourage ihem t'« their wicked raids .
Until we can put an end to such encouragement, we
shall have trouble at every point where the enemy can
possibly gain a footing.
fiothing exciting about Suffolk, About nine.o’olook
last nigbt heavy and long-continued firing was heard
over on the peninsula. We cannot imagine here what it
could mean at tbat boor of tbe night.
All eyes aro now turned towards the peninsula.
BROCK.
The New Confederate Flag.
The joint committee on ft&gjaud seal of the two Houses
ofCoDgieES basnotyet reported, but we are informed,
says the Richmond Dispatch of Saturday last, that they
agreed upon a design of the national emblem. The fol
lowing description we have obtain#} from ft reliable
source;
On a field gules (red) a saltier, argent (white), with a
Roman shield (in tbe centre), azure (blue) charged with
a sun iu lull glory, or yellow.
Th 6 6f (lie Necessaries of Life in
New Orleans.
The following advertisement, in the New Orleans
Delta r of a recent date, shows how the people have to
pay for the neceiiarieß of life in that city. Tho tariff
was arranged by Pierre Soule, and several other leading
citizens of the Crescent City:
AMENDED TARIFF JJY TltH PROVOST MARSHALS.
-.The following ia tho amended tariff by wAich ia to be
rfgulfttefli from the date btreofi uotii otherwise ordered)
the sale of tbe articles therein mentioned;
lIEKK on foot.
First quality, not to exceed.
Second Quality, «
Third quality,
DEEP— nr RETAIL.
First class, comprising loidb and
rib§, not to exceed 20 cents per pound.
'Pecond class, round, rump, and
chuck, not to exceed 12# centJ per pound.
Third class, uack, AhoUhteP, &&<1 ,
checks, not to exceed, 8 cents per pound.
On foot, gross, sot to exceed 11 cento per pound.
By retail.. 20 cento per pound.
Green meat* bog round) at whole
sale, not to exceed 24 cento por ponad.
Grten meat, hog round, at retail,
not to exceed 26 cento per pound.
Hams and sidesj at wholesale, not
to exceed,,, 23 Cento per pOUDd,
Hams and sides, at retail, not to ex
ceed.,,,, 36 conta per pound.
Shoulders, at wholesale, not to ex
ceed 2-1 cents per pound.
Skwifrifi hi retail, net to exeeed. 27 cento par sonnd.
Lard, in tierces, ** , * 23 cento per pound.
Lard, in kegs, “ ~ 28 cents por pound.
Extra double, at wholesale, not to exceed....9l7 per bbl.
Sxtradouble, by the barrel, “ .... IS per bbl,
Soteiflne, at wholenaie, “ .... 14 per bbl.
Superfine, by tbebairel, “ .... 15 per bbl,
Fine, at wholesale, 11 .... 11 per bbl.
Fine, by the barrel, “ .... 12 per bbl.
First Quality, 7 ouneas, pay loaf of Soahto.
First Quality 14 oudcm, per loaf of 10 cento.
Second quality « 8 ounces, per loaf of Scents.
Second quality 16 ounces, per loaf of 10 cents.
COHN.
At wholesale, not to exceed SI 20 par bushel.
By retail, M 1 60 per bushel.
COIIS MEAL.
Hot to exceed, $1 80 per bushel.
BAY, OATS, AND WHEAT.
WiiUyfi hay, not to exceed.
Crab grass, “
Oats, u
Wheat, ‘ “
Liverjyool wholesale, not to ex’d,ss per 10Q weight'
Liverpool fine, retail, not to exceed.... 7 cents per pouud
Liverpool coarse, wholesale, ...Slftr 100 weight.
Liverpool coarse, retail, “ .. ..6 cents per pound.
Packing salt, wholesale, “ S 3 per 100 weight.
Packing salt, retail, ** ....Scents per pound,
Small retailers in lard are allowed on advance not to
OS (IF ii&t, &Ed imSll retailers in floor IS per
cent.
Letter from Fort Delaware.
[Correspondence of the Press.]
Fort Pelivast, April 22, 1662.
As jour paper has always spoken for the volunteers, I
take this opportunity to write to yon, to let our friends
and wives and famines know how we are setting along.
Host of the men somposiog our batteries are ffriladeN
phians, and men or families, and left their homes freely
and willingly to guard the good old Quaker City, and are
now only anxionaly waiting for any robel vessol that may
have the audacity to mako the attempt to pan up the
bey, Since we have been here, the boys have generally
been in good health, and, under the good drilling of the
officers,- have become quite experlln the big-gun drill;
-nd there is only ono thing thst seems to mar tbe general
ehtMfulneii <ff the mom and that la, we are not permitted
upon any account to Visit our families, not even for the
short leave of 48 hours. There have boen several cases
since we came here of wives or relatives of the men
being Blck, and that dangerously, and when they hare
asked lor a few hours’ leave of absence to visit thorn.
they have been refused, and told to consider Philadelphia
as five thousand miles off. Now, this may be all very
well for men who were drafted or forced from their
homes, but for volunteers, who have friends and families,
11 Id raiher hard. Wo are all hop! very busy boro in
guarding some two hundred robel prisoners and attend
ing to the usual military routine of duty, but the boys
still keep cheerful, and say that if Philadelphia ever is
attacked the Marine Batteries hope to come out as
honsrabls ns the rest, f o now, through the columns of
your paper, we wish to let our wives and families know
that if they are badly off or sick, they noed not expect
one vf » to bo permitted t? 59819 19 s« Uiun, unless
the rim dries up, I hope yon will please give this a
place In your paper, for I apeak for all the rest, and
remnin yours,respectfully, A PHILADELPHIAN.
Prom First Penna. Marine and Fortification Artillery,
Fort Delaware.
William P. Piggott, of London, an eminent me
dical electrician, has invented a cable for ooean
telegraphing, which promises to bo of much im-
Bortanoa. and which scams to avert tha difficulty
which caused the failure of the Atlantic telegraph
cable. The peeuliarity of the disoovery is, that
instead of requiring an enormous eleetrio charge to
-be forced through the whole length of a line by
powerful battenss. at sseh sueeesaive transmission
of a signal, as at present, in long sea and land
routes, the wire continues statically charged as it
is laid, whilst the least disturbance of the equili
brium of this passive electric charge, imperative
and uninfluenced until called islg action by the
operator, answers through all its length to the
slightest transmitted influence, and so serves every
practical purpose.
John Brown, Jr., writes from Humboldt, Kan
sas, to some friend in Canada, that the regiment to
which he belongs has, thus far, succeeded in libe
rating 1,700 slaves belonging to rebels in Missouri
THE FATAL REVOLUTION HT EUROPE.
COM. COLES, R\ Nm CLAIMS THE IN
VENTION OF THE MONITOR.
We continue our foreign extracts to show what world
wide results have sprung, trad are dostined to springy
from llife SUnd&y battle in Hampton Hoads:
STRENGTH OP THE IRON NAVY OF ENGLAND.
[From the London Times, April 9.}
In addition to the iron frigate Achilles, CO, 6,079 tons,
1,250 horse power, building at Chatham dockyard, the
following sauodron of iron vessels m &&w now under
construction, by private firms, for the Admiralty, several
of which are in a very advanced state, vis:
The Apincourl, SO, O.Oil tons, 1,250 horse power, build
ing at BiiVetihrad.
Tfaq Northumberland! DO, 6,621 toss, 1.250 horse
*mp.
The Valiant, 82, 4,063 tons, 806 horse power, building
at Aliiw»U.
The sinotaur, 50, 6,621 tons, 1,250 horse power.
The Ortmiei , ?: tons, 500 horse power, building
At BlftdfVSii' ....
The Ilector, 32, 4,063 tons, 800 horse power, building at
Glasgow.
The following iron-plated frigates are now building
at the tever&l royal dockyards, the whole of which
are intended to he afloat daring the present year, viz:
The Caledonia, 50, 4,040 tons, 800 horse power, at
Wiolftich.
The Ocean , 50, 4,045 tons, 1,000 horse power, at Da
venport.
Tho rrince Consort, 50, 4,045 tonß, 1,000 horse pow
er, at Pembroke.
The Royal Oak, 60, 3,716 tons, 1,000 horso power, at
Cbalhttir.*
The Royal Alfred, 50, 3,716 tons, 800 horse p«wer, at
Portsmouth.
In addition to the above thire arenofewertban thirty
one line-of-batlle ships and other screw steamers now on
the stocks at the several dockyards, gio|s vf wfeipfe AF9
admirably adapted for conversion into shield ships, on
Captain Coles 1 principle. Of these the Bulwark, 91, at
Chatham; the Repulse, 91, at Woolwich; the Robust, 91, at
T)*vot port; and the Healoua, 91, at Pembroke, are all in
a very State, Ttnjnirina 00)7 *»
fmall outlay to plate them with iron. There are also
three first-class fifty. one* gun frigates also building—viz:
the Belvidera at Chatham, the Tweed at Pembroke, and
the Dryad at Portsmouth—^which aro admirably adapted
for conversion ioto armor-plated ships They would not
require tho removal of any decks, as would be the case
with liie*of. battle ships, but would only have to be length
ened and strengti ened to enable them to bear the in
creased weight which would be placed on them. Of the
other vessels in progress, eeveral are intended to carry
twenty-two guns and upwards. If completed as iron
cased steamers, they would be larger and of greater ton
page time either (fee Menitvr 91 Hirrimut l
Tbe whole of tho bands have been removed from the
wooden ships building at the several dockyards, and aTe
now employed on the iron-cased frigates under construc
tion, five of which will be afloat by the end of the present
year.
The Resistance eighteen* 3i668 loos, 000 horso p?ffer r
iron Btebmer, titling at Chatham for particular service, is
ordered to be supplied with 700 sixtj -eight pounder Bolid
shot, instead of 480, as previously directed. In addition 1
to her deck broadside, Armstrong and ten-inch guns, she
i„ to be furnished with two twenty-pounder Armstrong
guns, each of IdGwtn and five loot six inches in length,
and one Dine- pounder 6cwt. Armstrong, for boat service.
Her field gnns will consist cf one tweive-pounder Arm
strong, with field carriage and limber, and one six
p< under brass smooth bore, 6cwt. goo, for short practice,
with elevating carriage. She will also take on board one
field carriage and limbor to mount a twenty-poaoder
A! nit Iron g boat gun, The Defence, eighteen, iroo
frigate, Captain B. A. Powell, G. £.» it is expected will
go into Portsmouth harbor to-morrow. Bhe is to bo
placed in No 10 dock, on its vacation by the Black
J’rince, iron frigate, to ascertain tho effects of the recent
grounding on fioutbsea beach when returning into harbor
from her trial trip at the measured mile in btokes Bay.
On Friday, one of the finest ships in her Majesty’s
navy was removed from her moorings up the harbor of
Portsmouth, and placed alongside the dockyard. The
ncceßeary preparations were at once begun for cutting
oft her upper and main decks, to convert her from a 131
Bcrew Uiree.deckertoa 12.gua shield Shimon Captain
Coles’ plan, The ship thus selected to take tho lead in
this fresh regeneration of the navy, is the Itogal A'oi'C
reign. She is of 3,759 tons burden, builder’s measure
ment ; is 240 feet 6 inches long between perpendiculars,
and has extreme breadth of 60 feet. The resources ot
FoiUwoutli dcoksard aro now principally employed on
iron*eased ships—tho Black Prince in No. 10dock; tho
Rt,yal Alfred, preparing for plating in No. 5 building
slip, and mo Royal Sovereign. All work by the ship
wrights is for the present suspended on two out of the
three wooden vessels building—the Dryad, 50-gua fri
gate and the Harlequin, 17-guß safwma Th& ihiid
wooden vessel, the Helicon, 1 gun paddle despatch
steamer has still a few hands employed in com
pleting her frame for planking. The Lords of
the Admiralty have decided on converting the 91-gun
line-of-battlc steamer Bulwark, 3,716 tons, 1,000 horse
power, now on the stocks at Chatham docks yard, into an
aimor-plated frigate similar to the Royal Oak, uuder
construction at that establishment, as soon as the latter
vessel is completed. The Bulwark is about three-lonrchs
completed. Bhe will require to have one of her decks
cut down, and to be lengthened amidships, and otherwise
strengthened, to bosr the heavy armor-plates with which
she will be ©ncoaid. It is probable that the screw-frigate
Btlvidera, 51 guns, 3,027 tons, building on the adjoining
slip, will also be completed as an armor frigate. There is
also a 32- gun screw corvette partially completed at Chat
ham dock-yard, with a 17-gun screw steamer, the whole
of the hands frem both of which, have been withdrawn,
in order to enable the Admiralty to decide what course
should be taken with regard to the completion of these
vessels according to the original designs.
Captain Blakely, the fh vent or of the gun to which his
name is affixed, writes to the London Times .*
it may interest your.readers to. know that the IfeTTi
mac carried 7#-inch rifled cannon, which throw bolts
weighing 120 pounds, the chargo of powder being 2L
pounds. The guns of the Monitor were 11 inches in di
ameter, but threw round-ehet weighing 180 pounds, and
the jgwier charge tv»» cal/ 1. pound b. Aw ertlawp
65* poundtr would have done twice the damage at short
range. Indetd, even the Merrimac's guns seem to have
done no harm to the Monitor, although tbe same shot
pierced both sides of the Congress and Cumberland. I
venture to think, therefore, that the advocates of 300-
pounders are ih error In Ik&t gUos 61 lhak 5156
can injure an iron- plated vessel
.. To defend a harbor against a Merrimac or Monitor, I
should myself like either a steam ram, carrying no can •
non and no masts, or else a lighter and faster ship, car
rying only one or two guns, whose Bhot could crush in
tho tide of any armor plated ship afloat. I cannot be*
lieve any shot of less than 700 pounds, (and that to be
fired with at least 80 pounds of gunpowder,) can do this.
If I am right, then, one bmp armed with 100-pounders
would be a match for four exactly similar ships carrying
300-pounders, all only using their guns. The calculation
is simple l The ship can carry Uifee tlM6i al many 100-
pounders as 300- pounders' she can fire each 100-pounder
three times&b fast as each 300-pounder; and each 100-
pounder has 40 per cent more chance of entering a port
hole than a 300 pounder, making an advantage of twelve to
9HP ill [»yoF yf 100-pounders. On the 9ther hand, we
may admit that* a* 300- pound shot would kill a man three
times as effectually as a 100-pounder As Sir William
Armstrong is not likely to produce a 700-pounder for
some time—the movable breoch-piece would weigh 1,000
pounds England ha* no choice, that I can see, but to
provide hrrßelf with steam rams, or main arrangements
to ranßom her seaports.”
12 cents per pound.
10 cento por pound.
8 cento por pound,
CAPTAIN COLES CLAIMS THE MONITOR AS HIS IN-
TO the Editor of the London Times .-
Iji |*9F*®??l92 to-day |s an extract frO’s IS®
Isew York herald j giving* the dimonsioDß ol tU© Moni
tor. I now have that paper before me, giving an illus
tration of that vessel, and aleo the drawing of a vessel
proposed by me to their Lordships iu 1855, which 1 lind
10 be *o exactly similar in com traction to it that I think
it incumbent »u ms to ttwtow m the drawings, with a
description and tbe following facts;
It will be seen that my first vessel, proposed, as above
stated, in 1855, was on tbe same principle as the Monitory
having a double bottom, light draught of water, with a
power of giving an increased immersion when under fire:
sharp at both ends; a formidable prow \ her rudder ana
Bcrew protected (a mcmt important point) by a projection
of Iron: tho only difference being that the tower iB
hemispherical instead of cylindrical, and was not on a
turntable, she being designed for the purpose of attaching
stationary forts in the Baltic and Black Seas, when a
part would have admitted of sufficient training from the
vessel itself turning with great rapidity, and so that the
expense and> 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
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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-
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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<? by tbf pfftplo who fiftw It, It would not cost much
time or much money, we are told, to cover one of oar
wooden men* ef* war with iron plates. If toe consider
that a ship so covered would stand i« exactly the same
relation to all her uncovered consorts that the Merrimac
occupies to the Federal flotilla* we shall conclude that
the tme and money reguiredfon the operation had
letter le applied without the lost of a single day.
A FRENCH TRIBUTE TO CAFT. KRICSfQN,
[From the Parlß Temps, April 6.]
It does not the less remain established that the age gf
v-ooden Vessels is passed. She Feceral vessel, the Cum~
berland, cut open by the spur of the Merrimac, and
going to the bottom with all her crew, courageously
firing her last broadside, cannot be remembered without
pain. If the Monitor had not arrived, the same fato
awaited, perhaps, the Afin7ie«oto, which had not lest
than seven hundred mon on boaid. Naval waifawMß
future will probably only admit of two sorts of riifp*—
iron> 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.