THE FRESH. PUBLISHED DATLY (SUNDAYS **CSPTS&,) BY JOHN \V. YORNEY. OFFICE If 9. 11l SOUTH FOURTH STREET. THE DAILY PRESS, Twxlt> Gents Per 'Wshk, payable to the Carrier. Hailed to subscribers ont.ef the City at tiiz Dollars SPis ASMUMi Tour Dollars mr Right Dollars for Six Months—infarlattly in ad vance for the time ordered. THE TRI-WEEKLY PRESS, Iffalliut to SnlißAriLM-a ©»4 of lUv Cfif »t T«R*« £>9T»- e.ARS Pan Axxux, in advance. WHOLESALE HOtTvS AND 5 4- INCH BKYBLUE KERSEYS. SUPiJRFINK INDIGO-BLUE SATINETS, BLACK CADET AND OXFORD Do. PRINTED Do, in variety. SLACK AND FANCY MlilSD DOESKINS. FANCY CASSIMERES AND MELTONS. Dt BTOKB, AND POtt SAT.S BY JOSEPH LEA, ftao-tt las and 130 hhestnutt street BLINDS AND SHADES JgLINDS ANI) SHADES. B. J. WILLIAMS. No. 16 NORTH SIXTH BTREET, XAHTFACTVnSR OF VENETIAN BLINDS WINDOW SHADES. The largest end finest assortment In the City at tltt &QWsax rsxcsa. STORE SHADES LETTERED, Repairing promptly attended to. MILLINERY HOODS. SPRING 1862 1862, WOOD & CARY. (Successor! to Lincolni Wwdi A Nicboll,) No. T9S CHESTNUT BTBEET, Have now in Sfote a consleto (took STRAW AND MILLINERY GOODS, SILK BONNETS, BTRAW AND PALM-LEAP HATS, 40. To which thoy respectfully inrlto tho attention of tho fnttmp pairona of the bouse and the trade generally. marl2-2m 4? BPKINB. 1862. M. BEENHEIM, Ho. 726 CHESTNUT STREET, Hm now In itore, and la dull; reeoivins, tt* lato.t ttylee In BIBBONS, FRENCH FLOWERS, WREATHS, SILKS, GRAPES, LACES, AND OTHEB MILUNERY GOODS, jjo which he reepedfnily Invites the attention of the TEASE. PRICES DOW rahM-lm <$ SPRING. 186 2. RIBBONS, MILLINERY, Ai»i» STRAW GOODS. BROOKS, & Co., NO. 431 MARKET STREET, Etevo now anon —end to whioh daUr additione are made— Stlrtr BBUAL HANDBOHE VAKIITY or RIBBONS. BONNET MATERIALS, FLOWERB, RUCHES. BTRAW AND YANCY BONNETS, ‘ HISSES’.AND CHILDHEN’S HATS, FLATS, SHAKER HOODS, and pr.T. OTHER ARTICLES IN THE MILLINERY LINE, Vhleh win be offered at the lowest market prices. The attention of the trade is respectfully intlted. KF’Particular attention given to filling orciera. unhiS-Sm rpHOMAS KENNEDY A BKO-, T» CHESTNUT Street, below Eighth. A Choice Stock of SPRING MILLINERY GOODS, ■rtlUe] AT LOW PRICES. YARNS, BATTS, & CARPET CHAINS, A H. FBANOISOUS. WHOLESALE DEALER IK TASKS, 43} MARKET and 5 Worth FIFTH Street PHILADELPHIA. Suycis will find a full Stock of COTTON, LINEN, AND WOOLLEN CABPET CHAIN, COTTON YARN, TWIST, PILLING, WADDING, BATTING, COTTON LAPS, tlf TABUS, TWINES, CAKDLB WICK, C0TIB&1T TASK) BftOOM TWIRES, SHOE THREADS, ftlliLlßft AND SEINE TWINES, BED CORDS, WASH AND PLOUGH LINES, COTTON, HEMP, AND MANILLA CORDA9K. Also, gnu naaortment of fly nets. Which he offen at Manufacturer* LOWEST NET CASH PRICES. WOODEN AND WIUOW WAKE. H. FKANOISOUS. 453 MARKET end 3 North FIFTH Street, PHILADELPHIA, WBOhKSAItB DIUII IN WOODEN AND WILLOW WAKE. Always 90 hand, ft (Dll Stock of nUBB, BUCKETS, OHUBNB, MEASURES, BROOMS, WHISKS, FANCY BASKETS, WALL, BCBUB, mil SWEEPING BBUBHEB, LOOKING-GLASSES ud WINDOW. PAPER, lit, Keelera, Floor Backet*, Neet Boxes, WASH BOABDB, HOLLINS end CLOTHES PINS. FLOOR and TABLE OIL CLOTHS. SCHOOL, MABKKT, end DINNER BASKETS. (Mi, Renew,, Carriage,, Hebb. Honee, Ao., Ao. All Goode cold et LOWEST NET GASH PRICES. Bhll-ta CHINA AND QUEENSWARE. jgOYD & STROUD. NO. SS NORTH FOURTH STREET, (Four doors below the Merchants* Hotel,) How offer to country merchant* * large stock of CHINA, CLASS, & QUEENSWARE. CABINET FURNITURE. /CABINET FURNITURE AND BIL LIARD TABLES. MOORE & CAMPION, *r«. an Bonn second street, la connection with their extensive Cabinet Btudneefl arc mow manufacturing a inperior article of BILLIARD TABLES, mA hne bow on Bend e fall mpply, flnlahed with the MOOBB A CAMPION’S IMPROVED CUSHIONS, which en pronounced, by ell who here need them, to be mmrior to eh othera. Forth# quell,, end flniiihof three tablee.the men*, ■utmen refer to their nnmeroni petrone throoghent She Unien, who ere feniiiier with the cherecter of their Work. fe9S-4m WATCHES, JEWELRY, &oT| Afresh assortment,at LESS SHAM FOBHEB PRICES. TAKE A BROTHER, Importer*, KM CHESTNUT Sheet, below Fourth. *alde-l<. TJARMONY SHERRY—For sale in J-L bond, by CHAB. B. CABBTAIEB. a»U So. W WALNUT St. end SI GRANITE Bt YGL. S.—NO. 225. JEWELRY, &c. QLAB K’S ONE UOIX.AR STOKE, 602 CHESTNUT STREET. NEW GOODS, NEW STYLES, AND NEW PRICES. For ©NE DOLLAR you can buy any one of tbo fol lowing* article*: Bate of Silver Plated Spoons. « ** <4 Desert ♦* u it u Table “ 14 (4 44 It Fork!. il ** “ Detrrt “ Pair <* ** Knife and Fork. •» “ ii Napkin Rings. “ 44 « Butter Knives. Silver Plated Sugar Rowl. 4< “ Butter Diab. 4* 44 Uolassos Pitcher. 44 ci Cream *i 4C 44 G&dlor. “ “ Waiter. «4 4< Goblet. *< « Drinking Gnp. tt 4i gugar Sifter. Gold Plated Veet Chain, all style*, 44 44 Guard (( *4 44 « 44 Neck 41 44 <4 « “ “ « ~ « Bracelet* « 11 “ *» Medallion, « « « « Armlet#, « « 44 44 Breast Pin, 44 44 « “ Bar Biugs* « H » «< pin and Drops, all stales. *< a Studs and Hattons, 11 “ «• « Solitary Sleavo all stales, U ** SiOBOm StUCiSy '♦ « “ Finger Bings* « “ Pencils, « ** Pen with Pendl Case L&ditf or Gentlemen** Port M6»»aSa, Ont**, *»«•, rOTBW» SO., AC., &6. AH Goods warranted aa repre sented. We have on band a large assortment of Photo graph Album*, Mantel Clocks, Travelling Bags, and Gold Jewelry, which we are dosing off at cost. The at* teDtion of the tra£e rMpectfolly aaIIMUA D. W. CLARK’S ONE DOT. UAH STOBE, 602 CHESTNUT Street. DRY-GOODS JOBBERS. 1862. SPBING - 1862. ABBQffT. JOHNES. & CO.. %2 7 MARKET STREET, Have now open an entirely new and attractive stock in ENGLISH, FRENCH, GERMAN, AND AMERICAN DRESS GOODS. AIK, . roll assortment In WHITE GOODS, RIBBONS, GLOVES, SHAWLS, Ac., &c., Te which they Invite the attention at tha trade. nhSi'tspSO jgPKING STOCK SILK AND FANCY DRESS GOODS. A. W. LITTLE A Co-i mhlS-tf 80. 33* BASKET BT. 1862. srßiHo, 1862. RIEGEL. BAIRD. A GO, IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS o» / DRY GOODS. HO. 4T NORTH THIBS BTBIIT. miuinnu. Merchant* visiting this city to purchase Dar Goods will find on* Btook large and admirably assorted, and at Low Vicunas. In certain olasaas of Goode we offer inducement, to purchasers unequalled by any other bouse in Philadelphia. mhlB-»m IMPORTATIONS. HOSIERY. GLOVES, GENTS’ BURNISHING GOODS, linens, shirt fronts, WHITE GOODS, EMBROIDERIES. THOS. MELLOR & Co.. pihiß.Hm 40 and 40 North THIRD Strut JAMES. KENT, SANTEE. & <30., IMPOBTEBS AND JOBBEBS OF DRY GOODS, Noe. £B9 end 841 N. THIRD STBEET, ABOVE RACE, PHILADELPHIA, Here now open tbelr ngn»l LARGE AND COMPLETE STOCK or FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC DRY GOODS, Among which will be found n more then usually attrao- Ere variety of LADIES’ DRESS GOODS; Also,ft full iMortment of MERRIMACK AND 00CHEC0 PRINTS, and PHILADELPHIA-MADE GOODS. To which they torito tha ijifcfal ottaaMon tt huTua. miigl-gm ■ 1862. BPEINO - 1862. YV. Si STEWART & GO.. IMPORTERS AND JOBBEBS OF BILKS AND FANCY DRESS GOODS, NO. SOS MARKET STREET. Nov Instore, POULT DE SOIE, All Shade,. BLACK AND WHITE CHECKS, In SILKS and OTHER FABRICS. ALSO, A. fULU LINE OF CLOAKING CLOTHS, PLAIDS, STRIPES, And desirable PLAIN COLORS. eplT gELLING OFF; WHOLESALE STOCK AT RETAIL. BILK VEBTING3, formerly 93.00, now 92.00. MAB6EILLES, « 91.60, now 9LOO. ffAfflPnißEa for men’a wear, and ladle** OSpajlf, si tinder former price*, Ac., *O. A. H. GIBBS, 691 MARKET STBEET, Up etalre. OIBLEY MOLTEN, Sa WOODRUFF, IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OF SILKS AND FANCY GOODS* No. 831 MARKET STREET, An now eienlßi end deily receiving e new end CHOICE STOCK OP SILKS. DRESS GOODS. WHITE GOODS and EMBROIDERIES, SHAWLS, RIBBONS, GLOVES, MITTS, Ad They reepeetrglly call tbe attention of bn,era tone- Wfly. . eehtt-to. UMBRELLAS AND PARASOLS. a. RICHARDSON HAS BEHOVED TO SdO MARKET STBEET, Bostbweet corner or Fifth, And oflen e beeoßfol iMortaeat el UMBRELLAS, PARASOLS, TENTS, AND CANES, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, n*M-lm CLOTHING. IJIO THE GENTLEMEN 07 PHI- LADBLPHIA AND VICINITY, A CARD. It having been next to an impossibility, hereto fore) to obtain CUBTOMJER-MADK CLOTHING, at MODERATE PRICES, and finding that man; gentlemen would prefer their Clothing MADE TO ORPER, if they could mauie at the same time REALLY FIRST-CLASS STYLES, and at REALLY REASONABLE PRICES, we have, at the earneet solicitation of our patrons, organized, in connection with our extensive Ready-Made Sales-Rooms, a oomplete CUSTOMER DEPART MENT, in whioh the prominent features are, Ist. Fine and Medium Materials, made up in firet-ehwe atylvo; 2d. Unexceptionable Fitting Garments; 3d. Prieee PAR LOWER THAN DAS BEEN CUSTOMARY; 4th. A oorpa Of the most celebrated cutters in this country. An extensive assortment of the choicest im ported nod domestic fabrics from the New York and Philadelphia markets, suitable for Coats, Pants, and Vests, always on band. la our Ready-made Salesrooms can always be fonnd every variety and °f woll-nwl® f«sbW able olothing. Spring stock now ready. PRICES MODERATE. pg- A visit is solicited. WANAMAKEII & BROWN, MERCHANT TAILORS AND CLOTHIERS, “OAK HALL,” S. E eor. SIXTH and MARKET Streets. mh27-lm CARPETS AND OIL CLOTHS. CARPETING. JAMES H. ORNE, 626 CHESTNUT STREET, BELOW SEVENTH. We havß jiM received, bv late arrivals from Europe, eomo now anil choice varieties of CARPETING) com prfsfug FRENCH AUBUSON Square Carpets. ENGLISH AXMINSTEKS, by the Yard and in entire Carpets. CROSBLEX’S 6-4 and 3-4 wide Velvets. “ Tapestry Brussels. “ Brussels Carpeting. Also* ftlftffifl varisiy af GROSSLI2SP9 a*» Tlted. mhS9-lm MILITARY GOODS. DKY-BLUE KERSEYS. (3T rad 84-INOH.) DARK-BLUE KERSEYS, DARK-BLUE INFANTRY CLOTHS, INDIGO-BLUE CAP CLOTHS, SKY-BLUE CASSIMERES, (Now Regulation, for Offioore’ Pent,.) WHITE DOMEX FLANNELS, CANTON FLANNELS, 10oz„ 120 i., A Mol. TENT DUCK. AS warranted United State, Army etaodeid. 808 BAIiB BT ATiKKKII BLADE ft 00., 40 SoaOi FRONT street, and St LETmA street, Phlladelpble. MM|I » I LOOKING GLASSES. JAMES B. SABLE * BON, MANCBAOTCREBB AND HCNKtIM Of LOOKING GLASSES. oii> PAnmnao. Till BHGBAYIHGB, PIOTCBB All PORTRAIT TlA—i PHOTOGRAPH TUW PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS, CABTK-Dl-YISITE PORTRAITS, EARLE’S G-AT.T.KRTEB. 810 CHMTHUX BXKXIX, PHUADSUTIIA. PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 1862. VIBW SPEWS HUNTS, Jal CHOICS STYLES. Gauze summer blankets.— The subscribers have received an invoice of these very desirable goods, in fine Quality, at last season’s price. BHKFPABD, VAN HARLINGEN, A ARBISON, ap!9-rptf 1008 CHESTNUT Stsaak fiIOAKS! \J A MAGNIFICENT ASSORTMENT ALL TIIB NEWEST STYLES IMPORTED THIS FESSJN, With every new material, made up and trimmed in the very best manner, at prices that defy all competition, SPRING CLOAKS. Cloak room contains every new style. Short and medium length Cloaks, fiilk mantles, opening every morning. Garments made to order with despatch. CLOTHS, O iSSIME^KS, CaMiaieres and Itons. Ceshmarcttea and Light Weight Woollens, Goode, especially, for Boys’ wear. Fine Black Cloths and Doeskins. Superb stock of these goods at low prices. DRESS GOUiis. Cbwka and Plaids for children's wear. ’ Extra wide Kil-de-chevres, for Ladies' wear. Mohairs, Pnplinf*. Alpacas. Good Black Silks and Wool Detains. Bhephurd’s Plaids. Oms llaa* Sklxti. Cheap auction lots Of Dress Goods. COOPER A CONABD, ap!s Southeast corner NINTH and MARKET. _ new style, 2 “ Cambric and Swiss « new style. u “ Piques, Marseilles, Brilliants, and Fig’d w Linens, for children’s wear. Grenadine Veils, in ei all colors. All of the above are new, choice, and desirable /./ t.Afi, and far ...1- at VSaf eo .v " RATES. ap23-tf PRAY SILK POPLINS. JWt quality Grays and Checfca, Very glossy and desirable. BHABPI/EBS BBOS Checked toil du NORi>. Solid Checks, bright colors, For Children's dresses, apU SHAKPLESB BftOS. TJS7ILE CHINTZES. f f Bright Styles for Children. Neat and Bold Styles for dresses. Magenta figures aud Lilacs. BfiABPhSSa BROS., CHSSTOTT and EIGHTH Street! Linens at importers* prices. —RICHARDSON'S and DUNBAR DICKSON’S celebrated SHIRTING and EJttOMMNG lxkbns,re ceived frOIQ the manufacturers direct, and guarantied perfect—to which the attention of buyers and the trade generally in respectfully invited. SHEPPARD, VAN HARLINGEN, & ARRX3ON, ftplV-rptf 1008 CHESTNUT Street. "VTEW GOODS OPENING DAILY. it —Plaid Foulards, Mack, brown, blue, and lilao. Plain brown Foulards, one yard wide, wtlio gronni »nd Of OblntZ GOIOTIi Wool De Laines, choice shades. Plaid and email figured Wool De Laines, for children. A large aesortment of Ginghams, at 12#, 20/and 26 cents. A fresh assortment of OUafcin* Cloths. Small figure dark brown Hohairs, choice. - Shepherd's Plaids, from IB# to 50 cents. Silk and Wool Poplins in great variety, at JOHN H STORES’, No. 702 A£Va SlTOdti N. B GoCd black SilWa, 6?#, 91, and 91.12#. Call 'and examine our $1.12# black Silkis. mb2S GERMANTOWN, PA. RET All* DRY GOODS. MERBIMAO3, SPKaOUE, PACIFIC, ALL TWELVE AND A HALF CENTS. A large lot best sates ana fast colon at 10c. - CUWPERTRWAIT A CO., mhls.tr N. W. cor. BIOBTH and MARKET Sts. PARIS CLOAK STORE, N. E. CORNER EIGHTH AND WALNUT STB. mh26-3m 1024 OHESTKCI STpSITi E. M. NEEDLES ** Will open, W Every day during the current-week^ H Novelties 111 Laces, Embroideries, Veils, Hand* £ kerchiefs, While Goods, Linens, Ac., received per pi steamer-<4sta» among which will be fonnd tn Choice Pointe Lace Collars and Setts. *♦ French Guipure 44 44 ** n YRlencienue 11 “ P «* Needle* work “ u 35 it Fmb’d Notts, for Caribalili Sleevej, Ac. ps with which, in point of cheapness, I hava Burpassed some of the largest linen stores, having every number from 37# up. One lot all linen-fringed Doylies, 75 cents per dozen; one lot Union Napkins, *5 cento per dozen; one lot fifi ftwfc tQWlfc 81*69 j OR°_}pt »rown do., 75 cents; one lot do.» I# yards long, with red border, 18# each ; and finer Towels equally cheap. 4 bales Bußsia.uraah at 8, 9,10, aodl2# cents. One lot White Brilliants at 13#— very cheap- Half cotton Flannel end fine all-wool Gauze Flannel, for summer wear. The** goods mo about 15 pm they are usually sold. GRANVILLE B. HkINRS, ap!9* tf No. 1013 MARKET Bt., above Tenth. Leather-colored mohaib : (oc Vm aea and Backs* S-4 colored Mohair. Shepherds’ Plaid do. Silvereeuß for Sadrs. Light Colored Sack Cloths. Melton Cloths, Light Colors. . apld BYHB A LAKPttLL, FOURTH and AbCH, Honey- comb quilts for Hotels, Steamers, &c. Quilts of ail grades. Xiiien NapViai bdcl Towel*. Embroidered Curtain Muslins. Hussia Crash and Turkish Bubbers. Table Linens, Wholesale andßetail. tplft ETBE * IANDBLIi, FOSBTH4AMH. ■A/TELTON CLOTHS FOB GENTS’ OJA SUITS. Spring Stylo Cmimereß. Faabionable V erting.. Tweak and OMBimerea Tor Boys. Bine Black Cloth. Tor Coats. Doeskin., Finest Blacks. ___ nplg EYRE A LANDELL, FOURTH and ABOH. TV/TARSEILLES counterpanes, Jxl.—i nave now, direct from the importer, every aize and Quality, from 92 up. Some of the patterns are en tirely new and exceedingly pretty* They are the cheap eat lot I have bad. Allendale Counterpane#, 91. Allendale Ooimteiptneii |i-2fi. Allendale Counterpanes, 91.30. Honeycomb Counterpanes, 91 -W- Honeycomb Counterpanes, largest size, 91-eO. l®cart.rConnt«gg^hMjr, J »l B «> kAIMBi ahlO'tf Nd. 101911 ABUT BW, ahbre Tenlh* _ riHEAP PRY GOOPS, CARPETS, \y on, CLOTHS, MATTING, and window BHADEB.—Y. E. ABOHAMBAULT, N. B. eornar ELEVENTH and MARKET 6b«ta. wSI open this scorning, from auction, Ingrain Carpets, 31, 37, W> W, “,3a, M\«Kt ««c.iOr«n.n4 Boff Window Holland, 12 to 31o.; and Sheetinga, from 8 to 12XO-; “ ,w 4*L nt Goods, 15 to 25c.; Shepherd’. Plaids, 12 to 22c. apW-nt IAQ north eighth street, iUt) SECOND DOOR ABOY* ABOH. B # INDIES' DRESS TRIMMINGS, 4o Tha Copartnership heretofore extitfag^between KAHBMAN A MNSSbbSaDTBB Having been dlmotved by mutual consent, the under* atcned rwpectfnlly lnforma the patron, and Crlerts of SnoTand the trade in general, that ha hae taken .;.rsrsrp^-»» B - To oonttnoe the manufacturing o Jail kind, af DRIBS, CLOAK, MANTILLA TBIBMINfIB, ""'“"^-^^Se'adnexs, price .od acuity,« w* apt Yml No- D>» North EIGHTH Street, üb. Arch. r»LOAKS, PALATOTES AND MAN- Iy TILLAB.— LadIe. In want of thaabava article Wfs ii£sMrad-ranta«aoM«tabUaMlra«n n 3» North NINTH Btn*M»W Iwh.' The UU* Pari.Styles ldw*n«handat pricw that n.tent«b everybody. ***■*“ FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 1862. There are indications that the building season, now about Commencing, will be quite brisk, if not as brisk as any that preceded it. The number of building permits issued during the past month will compare by no means un favorably with the number taken out in the corresponding months of 1860 and 1861. The temporary depression produced by the war has been as severely felt in this branch ot invest, ment as in any other; but already it has begun to pass away. Capital that had lain idlo for a year, secreted in stockings, or locked up in iron chests, is reappearing in the shapes of brick and mortar. The city is gradually being niCtt'O pollzed in aspect, and the suburbs are losing the grateful freshness of budding verdure, pure air, and pastoral scenes, for charms more solid and material, if not more pleasantly suggestive. Long rows of stately dwellings spring from the green sod where but a month or two before young cricksters disported, and Aii-Muggietomans stripped some Dingley Defiers of their laurels. The city-is stalking abroad into the country at this season, to plant groat monuments of human toil in rye and corn-fields; and milkmen’s dairies, to be rural, must push on to adjoining counties. The change for household gods continues to improve. Change continues to creep upon us in spite of the war, and will never be so marked as in this city when the war is over, fancy the surprise of our thirty thousand Philadelphia volunteers, when they come home again, to find a city out grown its sleepy disposition, and marvellously handsome; no vacant lots for kine and swine to herd upon ; no more wooden shanties, to catch fire on freezing winter nights and bum up all their inmates; blit everything «» regie, streets swept so clean that epidemics have left onr confines in disgust, the Board of Health disbanded, and all the undertakers who can raise the funds departed for New York! Se riously, though, and to return to our starting point, there are many indications that honest labor need not starve this spring for want of full employment, although the blight of a ter rible war is upon us. a most beneficial effect of our national condition has been to put an end to real estatq speculations and “ bonus” building operations. Bents, no doubt, have come down tremendously, (like the first ac counts of the Pittsburg battle,) but “neat dwellings for small families” continue to go up in a corresponding spirit. Cellars are being dllg out in every street, to see how much rain they will hold. Grim scaffolds are reared for people to stumble over on lonesome nights, or that take a notion themselves to topple over in windy weather. People begin to believe that real estate will not have to hear all the burden of taxation after all, and that its right and title is perfectly secure as long as the Home Guard organism is healthy. Shp*, all airs that have slept through tho fail and winter in dull torpidity begin to rouse and yawn, and shake the creases out of them selves. Vive la.progress The Rev. W. 6, Brownlow. [Tor The Press-] No tetter alnstration of the wicked purposes of tie leaders of the rebellion; no surer indication of the nature of the power that nourishes it; no clear er view of its primary cause can be obtained, than may be found in a careful perusal ofj and reflection upon Brownlow and Pryne’s Debate on Slavery, held in this city, in September, 1858.* On? readers will not have forgotten that Mr, Brownlow was the “ champion of the South against the whole North,” and that he came to this city and defended the institution of slavery with marked crack under the impulse of the common nature and aspirations of mankind, until it shall cease to rest upon the bosom of four millions of slaves; 7 ’ that it the humanity of the ego Is to secure 'the freedom of these slaves, either through the Union of these States, or over the Union of these States.” The disintegration of pro-slavery society is par ticularly that which most interests ns. It is break ing to pieces by spontaneous action. That a man owned slaves, that he upheld slavery with a reli gious ardor, (as Mr. Brownlow ably did,) does not militate against him as being a patriot— as b&lag for tbe Union, tbe Constitution, and the laws under that Constitution. And the knowledge of thisfaot, so strikingly illustrated in the case before us, aa well as in many others, nerves our efforts, in part, to crush the rebellion, and to restore the Union which would, in a broad view, be bought at an ex- I travagant rate if we had only the semblance Of it, inching atiu tbe attachment ol a considerable pro portion of its people. However well the supporters of slavery may baye sustained and defended it, with whatever vigor they may have combatted the theories of such men as Jefferson that slavery is demoralizing, they cannot fail now to see that it is the basis of the rebellion, and that the rebel leaders are Striving to erect upon It a despotic government for the sake of power. Mr. Brownlow was at no loss to perceive the difference between those who conscientiously advocate slavery, still loving the Union, and thijso who seek to extend and perpetuate it at the expense of that . Union, and he wisely took a stand for the Government. For this he is entitled to more honor than is due to “several dißtinggfehcd AbOe iitioniste,” of whom he laconically speaks. _ His patriotism, his earnestness, his sufferings in a good cause unite to recommend him to tho good wishes and regard of all true man. A perusal of Us debate with Mr. Pryne brings to mind the fierceness with which slavery was dis cussed a few years ago, and reminds ua that all true men how stand on oho platform —the Vnionat all events, heaving slavery to take care of itself as best it may amid the clash of arms, Messrs. Pryne and Brownlow, and the classea they particularly repre sent, join hands in the now common cause, without argument or dissension, and labor with others for the restoration of our common country, without reference to the canses of its present difficulties. | Such is the effect of diseaee working its *»n cure. * Ought American Slavery to be Perpetuated 1 A De bate between Bev. W. G. Brownlow and Ber. A. Pryne. BM at Philadelphia, September, 1888. 1 vol.- lime, pp< SOB. Published tortbe Authorsby J. B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelpbia. THE IRISH BOYS. [For The Press ] AfWincheßttr,.two Irish companions in the rebel eerrioe, refused to fire .on the United Stotpgflag,-, Louisville Jowittdl, The Irish bops are bold and brave, ' The Irish bops are true; i They love the dear old stars and stripes, The spangled field of blue. ' ’Tis Mulligan can tell the tale Of how they fought that day, When with the foe at Lexington , They met in bloody fray. fast whizzed the shot and murderou? shell, The bullets fell like rain; But dauntless stood his brave brigade— The heroes of the plain. Then proceed the foo, in serried ranks j But net to them they yield; Hunger and thirst had done their work, Before they gave the field. Oh'. h onor to the Irish boys, And cheers of three times three; Old Ireland is with onr side— I wish that she were free. The Irish bojß are bold and brave, The Irish boys are true; They levs the dear, old stars and stripe*" The spangled field of blue. Ohl brave were those who nobly fought; But braver still the band, ' Who, forced by rebels in their ranks, . United, made their stand. They saw the old and honored flag Borne out upon the air, ' And not a gun was raised against Its floating folds so fair! Ah, Lexington and Springfield boast Their heroes true and grand; ‘ Bat Winchester shall stir men’s hearts Throughout Colombia’s land. Oh', honor to the Irish boys, And cheers of three times throe, For Ireland me''ll fight some day, And she shall yet be free. O.M. Warner's Computation of Earth-Works.* Wc have examined this new Work on an impor tant Branch of engineering—viz : the computation of the solid contents of excavations and embank ments. Much has been already written oa this subject, and touch that is meritorious baa appeared, either in the form of scientific memoirs or of practical works of limited scope. Nevertheless, there still remained to be accomplished the task of presenting a thoroughly practical book, containing all the necessary rules of computation, with & full set of wrought examples, and proper tables of suf ficient extent for ordinary practice, it w&u further highly desirable that such a work, without injuring its practical character, should be adapted for a text-book in schools of engineerings either for the purpose of te&ehibg the merely practical part to those who desire to go no further, or to expose the mathematical principles of computation for the use of theoretical students. Mi\ Warner has difided his work into two parts, a practical treatise and a theoretical treatise, which may he studied sepa rately or conjointly, and has so arranged the ma terials Of the whole as to make all portions of the word readily available according to the wants of the reader. The work is got up in the best style; the paper and the typography are unusually good, and iLo illustrations exceed in style and number anything we have before seen in works upon the same sub ject. Among them is a series of engravings, drawn fjftftt rnodelfl, representing All the poefiiblG SOllCl fOITIIS and combinations of forms occurring in railroad ex cavations and embankments. Aset of models illus trating this part of the subject has been Bhoirn to us. These represent, in miniature, a portion of a line of railroad—about one qnarter of a mile in length. Within this, all the geometrical forma of prisms, pyramids, and other solids, which result from excavation and embankment, are beautifully shown, and the contour lines , as they ore called by topographers, or the curved lines which would arise from inUH&eling the warped surface of the ground by horizontal planes, appear with excellent effect. The workmanship reflects great credit on the maker, Mr. Washington Penrose. The models are intended for the engineering school of Indiana Stato Uni versity. They may be seen, for a few days, at the store of Warner, Miskey, k Merrill, 718 Chestnut street. We have examined some of the examples in Mr. Warner’s work, and have been shown the simple method of working them, and do not hesitate in saying that the tables are particularly wall adapt ed for speedy and accurate computation, and that the rules are distinguished for uniformity and sim plicity. Mr. Warner’s stereometric Tablet, which is founded on the graphical methods taught in. the work, will also he a valuable instrument for those computers who prefer geometrical methods. * New Theorems, Table*, and Diagrams. the Com putation or Earthwork. Designed for the use of Engi neers in Preliminary and Final Estimates, of Students in Engineering, and of Contractors, and other non-profea fional Computers. In two parts, with an Appendix, part I.—a Practical Treatise. Part lI.—A Treatise ; and the Appendix. Containing notes to the rules and eiampka of Parti; explanations of the con struction of Scales, Tables, ana Diagrams, and a Treatise upon Equivalent Square Bases, and Equivalent Level Heights. Ike whole Illustrated by BUUIcrOUS original eomprieisg Explanatory Cuts far Defini tions and Problems, Stereometric Scales and Diagrams, and a series of Lithographic Drawings from Models; showing all the combinations of solid terms which occur in Railroad' Excavations and Embankment;, By John Warner, A. M., Mml=K *m» idea of concluding a fresh treaty with Franco relative *o the Mexican tion. This declaration, wbkh we* *r® iWTOBUy anting t ri*e4 to moke, overthrows an that i journals say or the pretended weakness of Sp’wta with rwpect to France, and of the disposition of the* Spanish meat to favor foreign plans, the very of sMcn 1 is in fact problematical. It may be pot’twei as we RWVfI before b»w, (he two Governments xiivtftt'concert Jo* geiher ta order to render clear the inteiTvctation of a certain article in the treaty of London, irt* wo can as-' sure our readers that the Spanish UovernoiervyJias uo in-* tcntion of concluding a new treats fyQd UiftFvf Will.iD* list OK S&rryJng on the MoxiGOn GXpdlitiOD It? OCOOt tO obtain goer an tees that the complaints DOW eXIAGS< may be satisfied, and that they may not agaiu recur; 17.* h0 lit, however, attacking the sovereignty or independbace of the Mexican people. [From the Madrid Epoca, April 3 j We have always asserted that the Cronica gave 'T*T' to passion in its news from Paris. What proves thttHi* the fact that, in giving the note of the Monitcur, stating that the Emperor regarded the convention of Soiedad CM coptratv to iUodi P i,Uy of France, the Cronica says thus the Emperor disapproved of the treaty as contrary to the dignity of the allies. The Emperor bad a perfect right to judge the convention as it regarded France, but fie could have no right to Judge of the dignity of Other 7id« toms. 4he Emperor did nor say yrU»t tbO CTUTIiCa SUP POSES, and we lake the libe ty of asking whether it thinks itself justified in thus misstating the expressions of an official note 1 FROM PITTSBURG LANDING. Another Great Battle Impending. PREPARATIONS OF GEN. HALLECK. STRENGTH OF THE REBELS AT CORINTH. THEY ABE DETERMINES TO GAIN THE VICTORY. BEAUREGARD THROWS lIP DEFENCES. If the correspondent of the St. Lents Republican, in his letters from Pittsburg Landing, speaks ad visedly, we may prepare for another conflict, at or in the vicinity of Corinth, far exceeding in despe ration the one which has just taken place. Whether the next battle-ground be Tennessee or Mississippi esn matter little, so far as the result may affect the fortunes of the “ oefifedftM4y- n In hU Utter of the 17th instant the correspondent writes: Preparations go steadily forward here, and the troops daily advance. Some of the divisions now Are posted withia a mile of the rebel jstekete j num bers of new batteries and fresh soldiers have arrived, and evidently before another week the fate of Co rinth will be decided. General Mitchell has reached Decatur, holding the bridge there, and captured some siege guns on thoir way to fUk„r<, gar d, n un ; dteds Of Wounded Confederates have been found by parties, between here and Corinth, the last day or two, and brought in here. So energetic have been tfee measures takes by General Hallaek, that the army here is folly prepared to immediate!y assume the offensive. General Buell 's troops are in excel lent condition. Bodies of our cavalry daily meet and skirmish with the enemy. Fronj present ap» pe&r&ttft&s, Immediate advance will take place upon Corinth. On account of the destruction of the railroad bridges it is now Impossible for Beau- regard to obtain reinforcements. Qa the lffth instit the correspondent says * Before another week closes Corinth will probably be won or lost, the two great armies of the South and West again meet together, and H&Ueok con quer Beauregard or Beauregard conquer H&lUok. These two geuorais, vrho> so far* have proved them selves the best on their respective sides, will, in a few days, meet where merit is best tested, on the field of conflict. The coming contest will be one of ter rible interest. The Union army is in a position from which it cannot retreat. The advance must be steady and uninterrupted. A reverse would prove almost fatal, at least so far as the spring campaign is concerned. But of there is little danger. General UttS the tIOOpS fOf SUQGS&, ftfld they bare the commander. But, opposed to our army is the best rebel talent and the finest sol diers in the Confederate service. They are well Sfidfc Tfcir- Boyn, end Breckinridge, the four former military strategists of the first order. The Confederate Go vernment is bending its energies with desperate earnestness to its posiiwa St Corinth. With the lose of the latter, that of Mobile, New Orleans, and tbe Gulf States would immediately follow. It would no longer be a question with them where to make a stand, bat wUither to fly for escape, Eiobmend’s tone, cut off from its South, era dependencies, would totter, and the Confede rate fabric melt away before the Western army, leaving those on the Potomac to occupy deserted defences at their IjSsure. Here will be the great struggle, and that before many days. Unless H»l -leok°immediately takes the offensive, Beauregard will. The latter is now commander-in-chief, and bis views- on attacking instead of defending are well known. Otter facts are adduced to prove that the coming battle will be a fearful one. That friendly feeling lately increasing between the combatants has fled, and a bitter hate rapidly taken its place. Hardly a soldier now but wbet bus buried a friend) and the thought that death emote them through brothers, while defending the common flag of both, has proved maddening. Cowards who fled when their com panions fought have been reproached until they are brave in despair, and seem anxious to wipe uway the disgrace. Our army, for fighting purposes, is more effective" than before the battle. Panics, there is good reason to helices, have ended; and the troops, instead of having to defend, will here after press steadily, constantly onward. The correspondent continnes: Oen HaiUelt has been busily engaged, since his arrival, in destroying the enemy’s means of com munication, Tendering useless those railroads that, like great arteries, have given to the heart of the rebel position, Corinth, life and strength. He haa succeeded, and important results are visible al ready. Bear creek bridge in flames, its timbers falling, greeted a thousand rebels on their way from Virginia, only day before yesterday. Crowded on the long train which rushed rapidly into view as Our troops were aiding the fire, they had to speed backward again, instead of reaching their terminus —Corinth. . „ Gen. Mitchell has reached the bridge at Decatur, and is reported marehiug here Mih thirty thou sand men. If this bo true, it is an accomplishment of great importance; the rebels will be cut off, and their overthrow at Corinth become a certainty. So affairs st nd now, and we here,.hundreds of miles np the Tennessee, are waiting anstieusly for the re sult. Our chief general, and, that of the rebels also, will speedily have an opportunity to test each other's merits. To either, defeat will be equal to death. Yeslerdis & body of oar cavalry, five thousand strong, mime a rooonnoisßance towards Corinth. They met and skirmished with the enemy on the banks of a creek eight miles from here. Six rebels found themselves prisoners, and one or two were killed. Our cavalry followed until they came in sight ef an infantry camp, supported by artillery, and then retired. Along the route pursued, in every bouse, and even scattered through the woods, were hundreds of wounded Confederates. The most curious feature is a sort of neutral hospital just this sidaef their lines. In it are wounded from both parties, attended by the physi cians of. whichever side at the time has possession, To their comrades the rebels seem inhumanly in attentive. Not a day passes but numbers are brought in from the woods, some found close to their pickets. Half a dozen were carried by us this morning. Exposed to the rains and wprm, SUna 6f a week, H waa strange how life had clung to them. From loss of blood and terrible priva tions they were the most ghastly wrecks of humanity I ever saw. Their flesh was white as paper, and scarcely thicker, seeming merely ft U&ESpxrent tissue through which the outlines of skeletons, were becoming visible. Suffering had given,the eyes an unusual lustre, and they glistened in their sookets, the only signs of life. One man, whose huge frame had already taken a lease of the rough box and narrow six feet of soil, was whispering ourses aeainst the leaders who had led him into danger and neglected him when he fell. They were gene rally dressed in homespun, or “ butternut —not eurious occurred in Gene ral McClernand’s quarters. When the rebels were driven back on Monday, and he regained posses sion, on entering his tent, a figure in rebel eostnme was sitting in a ohair, the head resting on a table, as if its owner was dosing, very much in the style that sleepy clerks do after a hard day’a work. A slight shake to waken tha apparent sleeper, and the body of a corpse fell upon the floor. Wounded in a manner that must have oaused him exerusia ting pain when lying down, hehaderawled into the ehair and died. Others were dead upon cots. _ Near General McClernend’s tent the rebel leader Sydney Johnston felt. When found, his body and that of a major were lying side by side, it evidently being the intention to carry them away. The number of bodies found the last week scat tered for miles around cannot bo lets than three hundred. Bor ages to come, the battle-field of Pittsburg, or, as Beauregard aptly terms it, Shi loh, will be a scene of melancholy interest. Five thousand died there, and other thousands will go through life disfigured, or linger out an existence upon sick beds. Hud any groat sucoem been gained, the price weighed against the »ff«t“J* seemuear, but as it is, our army bo'dathosame position it did three weeks ago, and has lost a tenth sart of its number in killed, wounded and misstog- OUR WESTERN CORRESPONDENCE. Letter from Pittsburg Lauding. The Hoads Becoming Good Again—A Post Office Eatahllahed Gambling in the Army—The Sutlers—A Visit to the Prisoners-Stnte ments of Some ol them-Lisf fl 111? SHlfd and Wounded In Tour Divisions of Grant’s Army. [Oowwpondeaw of Tb« Pmbs ] FITTSBQAQ LAHBIMfIi April Mi MII2. This Is no longer » city of desolation and mud. The wounded at* all cored for, »nd most of them friends In their respective homes. The wounded h»t trill amount to about 7,000 men. There has been a hot son end drring wind for the lart four days, and tho once ter rible roads look like turnpikes. The hill nt the Landing Is no longer a terror to mules and other fellows, and the unloading of the steamboats, and the transportation of their cargoes, ere being carried 05 with safety and ra- Pi The Indefatigable Colonel Markland has arrived, and established a post office in that building I told you about in my lest letter. It is a queer-looking ehaoty, and smaeki cf ,hard times. Yesterday ha aeM seven hundred dollars' worth of postage stamps. . Some of tho aoldiere hays been paid off this week, and at. some ibupen cinu up tho ritw y**twloy» THE WAR PHESH. Tfl* WAI PIBBB wfll ba Mat t* kr ffifUl (patfchhttftl lb advance) at.,.,.,.,,.,. >,.03,00 Three Coplea “ “ fl.oo Five « “ “ 9,00 ft* M » « larger Clubs will be charged at tbe same rate, thus; 90 edpiea will cost 824; W copies win cost 040; and 104 copies 0190. Far a Club of Twiib-ws w who vf wfll send as Xxb-A Copy io the getter-up of the Club. 0?~ Postmasters are requested to act aa Afents for Tut Wi* Pbiss. AdTcrtiwuionta inserted at the tumid Mb oprnod “three e&rf ksbU,** Haw-®*!,* 1 *• vingtMini Tf and other games of a ‘d*ad*opt'Q»and-ehut descriplion, maul of (be soldiers invested, and lost alt of their earnings. Gambling is strictly prohibited by order, bnt tbe said orders kth scarcely cTtr enforced, Qhs ttttier’s department is an institution absolutely necessary. Bnt the multitude of Jews and “Christians* who follow Up this army are swindlers of groat capacity* Fearly all of She money dealt out by oam to tho gaWeri, flady Its way info the pockets »r those rogues. Cheese, which would leave their warehouses irtoot sold, 50®TA cents per pound ; booti, msonfucturcd from a specimen offcjfle uaknown tocortlisaift&M, VfVTJ description of clfttWtt* at price* not marfcod tzpcrn the goods. In fact, everything at untlor’a price*. Yesterday I paid a* Visit to some wounded prisoners, a.td whether they ftaflpcd' themselves strictly t& tu. truis or not* I do not kno# \ but (hblr Htatom-onhi oro interesting. Ono young zewn from- ITew Orleans, but a 1 native of Connecticut, whitt under the infUißU£& of Uotibr. i&J sriei ftrttodeprfißsCbii of bushistit And the ** giving out” of his flrtaocem. w»® compelled;'to Join the rebel army. As far as IS* patriotism was consernfcd, lio never bellevtF it was right,-and In Willing ftdiou to his Gonpt&ions uid them that at> ultlnlatF success et>uld possibly accrue hr >hose in anna agdlhst tke “ slats mi(] l stripeS:’ r Ih an swer to a nuestton as to the number and’dlspositloa of tHe rebels, he informed me that ho coujd fipt giT6 tbO' fleAtt&l uuibiAr, ttsi io the > qp | 0 f his KTiowleUge, tboro were nearly one hundred*' and* tfrents-fivo thou ssni soldiers—the flb-ver of the Sbuthern army—- and commanded by the most brilliantly educated god' courageous offlews. dll” oof prvsunzo Bobupod gflrtl was wounded; reiteratotP the fAet that Jbhnsou was killed; Breckixridge was ih the fight, but was cot a soldier; Bragg, at least, was slightly wounded* Buihrdd Jchcton, hfe ihinlcß, wuv nzorvaily U'Olindcd; B&rdee was li> the fight, and is a'bravo man. Ab far as I can judge, tbc*mcst occurred from the terrible fire from the division of General Hkrlbut, He sa;s that be bnm that nmayoMbo priv&Us h«l whisky in tboir can Isons, L^it 1 that It was not known by the officers, and that there wsa nopuupowder crtxed with> it. In answer to the question why it was- that the dead’ all turned black, be paid that' ho did not jffeA(p, but siired me that fis and hfs compAhlobi had no powder in their whisky. He added that be believed hlmteif a good judge of ali kinds of liquor. Ed fought all day BOndayy and waß wounded late in the dpy oq Mondafi lie thinks the next battle will bo a fearful contest, and says if we advance to Corinth we must beware of masked batteneo and cypress swamps. He believes that tbe next lime we meet the rebels we ahull be opposed to an army of gift' hundred thousand k&&, but that- yf itnnn ore raw recruits. I conversed with an officor who was-‘too reticent to comznuncl&te any information of an interesting -nature* ge thftt Beauregard delivered a o n night, forbidding tbe destruction of federal property, w the next day be calculated to possess it all, and water bis horse in the Tennessee river. He did not believe Island No. 10 was taken; knew that WAR nut }mt feared that Johnston was kHltd. He be longed in Alabama, and was fighHog for his rights.- Ho* indignantly refused to accept au apple, telling me that he desired nothing frog gp 9Q6(ny but the necesauiSß bt Ufe» Another prisoner, who was wounded in the arm and hip, was in favor of the South, but did not believe it could tecuie its independence. He WM quite Intelligent, hut Wn*t a cent iu his possessioDk He is a pointer by profession. He thought that Beauregard was not wounded, and that he will “lick you in the next battle.” I can’t see it. The follawiag Is lb £ official list of the Killed) and missing of four divisions under Gen. Grant. There several more divisions to bear from: SHERMAN’S DIVISION, officers* lßlMiaalng * Killed Wounded 46 lotal Ken-commissioned Officers arid Privates, Killed.-.....-.-,.-.- , BJ2feiPs!,;Zm 41) Wounded.. 1,2301 Total l.wf Total of division **»*•*•*«#•«•»»** 2,034 M’CLB WMQ’S DlViaiONi ojficerj. Killed 211 Wounded SI Total . 19B JVem- comm ti a ion td Ojjicers and Privates. Kilted... T tr itrtit» .■> *'*• ™ -gtfnA'OVuivwOtt*'.***»»•»*•••• il*"' HURLB'CT’S division. .... 393|Miselng..... If* .... I>W{ Killed ■Wounded... T0ta1.... rnEjiTiss’ division. Killed and mining.***. Wounded In it© kitted and mUsing are ejnVTWtfl 729 Of tut Twenty-third Miasooii Regiment, who were taken pi senera. TOTAL OF THU FOUR DIVISIONS. Killed Wcundtd... Missing WHO PLANNED THE MERRIMAC ? LETTER FROM THE REBEL SECRETARY OF THE NAVY COKFBDBHATK STATBS NAVT DKI>AIITXI*Tt f - Bichmosb. Maroh 29. 1862. f Hon. Thomas A liocock. Speaker of the House of Re- vrcsentativcs: . . §m: In compliance with the resolution adoptidbr tfce Ilonte ot Bepreeentaiivee, on the 18th instant, “That tllß Sscrt-UPy if lha Navy be revested to make * report to this Douse of the plan an A construction of the r*r ginia. bo far as the same can be properly communicated; of the reasons for applying the plan to the Mvmnac; and. also, what persons bare rendered especial aid in de eismug and building the shin,” I have the honor to m* ply that on thß lOih day of June* 1861, Lieutenant Joins k Brooke, Confederate States nary, was directed to aid tte Department in designing an iron-clad war vessel, and framing the necessary specifications. lie entered upon this duty at once* and .a few day* thereafter submitted to the Department* as tlie results of his investigations, rough drawings of a caaemated vessel, with submerged ends and inclined iron* plated sides. Tbe ends of the vessel, and the eaves of the casemate, accord ing to his plan, were to be submerged twp fpptj ftUd ft light bulwark or false bow was designed to divide tbt water, and prevent It frem banking up on the forward part of the shield with the vessel in motion, and also t*. ettve as a tank to regulate the ship's draught. His de sign was approved by the Department, and a practical niwhgßfc wm brought from Norfolk to aid in preparing the drawings and specifications. ...... , This mechanic aided in the statement of details of ttm her. &c, but was unable to make thB drawings; and the Department then ordered Chief Kn&iueer WiUiatnson and Constructor Borter from the navy yard at Morfolk t» Ricbmondt about the 23d of June. £m MMuUatted tlie same subject geuorallyi and to oid iu the work. Constructor Porter brought and submitted the model of a flat-bottomed, Ught-draagkt propeller caaemated battery, with inclined iron-covered sides and ends, which i 8 deposited lo.the Department, Sjfi f OrtW and liifldt. giooK. ha-e adopted for Ihsir. CtKCWUtC » tUiCkOOM DC wood and iron, and an angle pf Inclination nearly iden tical. Mr. Williamson and Mr. Porter approved of din nian of having submerged, end. to obtain the requisite flotation and invulnerability, and the Department adopted the deeigo, and a dean drawing Vtas prepared by Mr. Porter of Lieut. Brooke’s plan, which that officer then filed with the Department. The steam frigate Sfirrimae had been burntd and sunk, and brr engine greatly damaged by the enemy and the Department dimM Mr. Williarneon, Lieut. Brooke, and Mr. Porter to eoa slder and report upon the best mode of making her use ful. The result ot their investigations was their recom mendation of the submerged ends, and the inclined casematee for tbieveeeel, which was adopted by tbe De partment , The following is the report upon the Mammae; «In obedience to your orders, we have carefully ex amined end considered the various plena and propositions for constructing a ehot-proof steam battery, and re spectfully report tbet, in onr opinion, tbe steam frigate dfcrrimaci which 11 in snoh condition from the effwte sf fire as to be useless for any other purpose, without In curring a very heavy expense in rebuilding, 4c., can be made an efficient vessel of that character, mounting „ „ „ heavy gnus, and from tbe further con sideratien that we cannot procure » suitable engine sal boiler for any other vessel without building them. Which would occupy too much time, It would appear that this il onr only chance to get a suitable veeselin a Bbort time. The bottom of the hull, boilers, and heavy and coetty parts of the engine being but little injured, reduce the cost ot construction to about one.thiid of theameuat which would be rewired to conetrnct ench a veutl “Tfe cannot, without further exeminatlon. make an accnrate estimate of the cost of the proposed work, bat think it will bo about * * *, tbs BlSrt fif Which will be for labor, the materials being nearly all in the navy yard, except the iron plating to cover the shield. The plan to he adopted in tbe arrangement of the shield for glancing shot, mounting guns, arranging the hull, Ac., and plating, to be in accordance with the plan sub muted for ibe approval of tbe Department. “ we are, with much respect, yoor nbidient eervant*. 1 *> WILLIAM P. WILLIAMSON, "Chief Engineer Confederate States Navy; " JOHN M. BBOOKE, u Lieutenant Confederate States Navy i M JOHN Ii POKTEKt » Nuvsl Constructor.” Immediately upon the adoption of the plan, Mr. Port* wm directed to proceed with the constrnotor’a duUej. mV Sl™ was charged with the engineer's depait tending I* and preparing ihol*®* l IJ the Tredegar Work*, the experiments necessary to teat the nietes and to determine their ihicknees, and devising heavy rifled ordnance for tbo ship, with the details per taining to ordnance. Mr. Porter cut the ship down, sub mergtd her ends, performed all the dntifj pf SSBStrutlor, and originated air the interior arrangements by which space ha. been economized, and he has exhibited energy, ability, and ingenuity. Mr. Williamson thoroughly overhauled her engines, supplied deficiencies, end re paired defects, and improved greatly the motive power oi attended daily to the iron, constructed targets, ascertained by actual tests the resistance offered . by inclined platiee of iron to heavy ordnance, and deter mined interesting and important facts in connection *™« g'EESSuS Bonttfuetion of the ship * deviaedand prepared the Sand drawings of the guns of a class tever before made* and of extraordinary to itefo the angle of Inclina tion, the character «l tlw plates upon the ship, the man ner of preparing them* or the number* calibre, and weight or the guna' and many novel and interesting featuros of her construction* which were experimentally determined* “Thenorefptouof submergingfl}9SßflJ9f <6??WP *34 <-»v«b of the caseinate* however, is the ppeutiv ana dirtinctive feature of the rftpiiua It wm new before adopted. Tl.e resistance of nance, whether presented in vertical