FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 1862. TIIE LATEST WAR NEWS. A tattle at or near Corinth cannot long bo de lujcd. Sir.cc General Halleok’s arrival at Pitts buig L&sdii g, that tfficer baa brought order out of chaos, and reformed and reorganized his army so that it is literally “itrelf again.” The whole of General BuilTs oorp*. with the exception of Gen. Mitchell's division, is now at this point, and all agree that it is a host in itself. Add -to this Gen. Pope’* army, which had been ordered from tfce lower Mississippi, and which is probably mow with Gen Halleck, and we hare at Pittsburg landing a larger force then ever before was mar ahalled on this continent—except, perhaps, on the PdtftttAc before McClellah moved towards York town. Gen. Mitchell has also been largely rein forced, and is now fully able to defend himself against any force Beauregard can send against him. Therefore, the enemy are, to say the least, in a precarious condition. With Gen. Halleck at the head of a large army marching steadily upon him, and G«n, Mitchell baring charge of all his means of retreat but one—how can he expect to hold Corinth ? The rebel General must either at tack Gen. Halleck or surretider —for to retreat would be useless—&a there is no other str&getioal point in the Mississippi Talley worth defending. We expect be will make the attack, and if he does, he will get a worse thrashing then he did at Pitts- burg Landing. Our special correspondent at Pittsburg Landing gives us an official list of the killed, wounded, and missing of General Grant’s four divisions in the late fight. Seven hundred dollars' icarth of 2>ostage stamps 'teen sold at the Pi ttsburg post office one day last week. Educated armies make the best fighting armies. Further accounts of the late fight at Elizabeth City, North Carolina, have been received. The fight took place on Tuesday, and resulted most in gloriously for the rebels. Colonel Hawkins’ regi ment having left Roanoke Island for the mainland, were attacked by a rebel regiment, but they re sisted and forced their assailants to retreat. Our loss amounted to 12 tilled and 40 wounded. It is reported that General Burnside has received pro posals from the Governor of North Carolina for the surrender of the State, a report which we do not plaoemuch credence in. It is probable that New Orleans is now at the raerey of onr forces. A nephew of Gen. Butler has arrived at Havana and states that the bombard inert of the defences of that place was to have com menced on the 14th iost This agrees with a letter from Commodore Porter to his son in Boston, stating that he expected to commence operations about that time. The Havana Diario says that persons who antved there from 'New Orleans re port that the guns on Pert Jactacn and St. Philip, have been removed, and that our forces will not have much to contend against. The stereotyped sentence, for a while laid aside fay the telegraph, “Ail quiet along the lines," is at present a good enough description of the status of the departments of both Generals McClellan and Halleck. The telegraph informs us that the plans of the former are being rapidly pushed for ward to completion, and that the latter has been heavily reinforced. General Mitchell has arrived at Tuscumbia, Ala bama, tfiue seizing another hundred miles of the Mobile and Ohio Bailroad. The Hotse or Repbeskstatites was never the scene of a more disgraceful and deliberate humiliation than yesterday. A Representa- — »T j-.--.k-.vu v* |twiaiausviH(U) IqMY • and we need .not say of gentlemanly coiiVl csv, denoqpcetia Senator as « a liar, a scoundrel, andacoward.” It was forced upon the House in the middle of the debate on an important question of legislation, and had no connection with the topics engaging onr legislator's at the time. It was evidently deliberate, pr.epiedi tated, and sudden. We have looked in vain to find even a pretext for Mr. YXllandigham’s unparalleled language, if a pretext cpulfl be possible. Mr. Representative Yallahdigham quotes from a speech of Senator Wade a very simple, and though characteristically em phatic, certainly Dot offensive, paragraph, in ■winch, the Representative is spoken of as one who has given his energies to the destruction of the Government. Why the enunciation of the sentiment of Senator Wade should expose Mm to such bitter assaults, where there could be no possible opportunity for defence, it is impossible for us to conceive. Mr. Vai ukHDiGHAM, all through this crisis, has been so openly defiant, so singularly unreasonable and persistent in his opposition to the Go vernment, that we hare begun to think, and, indeed, the country with us, that treason and disloyalty were to his mind synonmous with glory and patriotism. The sudden sensi tiveness about these attacks would be un accountable, if it were not couched in such ! disgraceful terms ; and we are 'prevented j from commenting upon the motive which prompted the Eepresentative by the amaze- i ment which we feel at seeing snelia spectacle in the House of Representatives. Mr. YaI xAKDiGHaM brings back other and more humi liating days. We had thought that the time for bullying and insult, and defamation lukl passed away with a Mason, a Pbyob , a Slidell, and a Keht. W c bad hoped never again to see 01!r National halls disgraced by occurence? which were so common in the latter days of a traitor's saturnalia in Washington. Mr. Sena cor Wade is abundantly capable of defending J himself from the Representative from Ohio, and we allude to this occurrence with no de sire to enter into the personal merits of the case, but to place upon record our strong con demnation of an affair which we hope never again to see in an American Parliament. Common Corscm did a aoMe work yester day, that may atone for many of its past short comings. It has risen above considerations of political influence, to a dignity that, in this respect at least, none in the long line of its illustrious predecessors was ever able to at tain. In short, it has discharged a sacred duty to a patient but long-suffering community. “ For this relief much thanks.” Yesterday, the bill authorizing the employment of ma chines for cleaning the streets of Philadelphia was concurred in by Common Council, and with the signature of the Mayor, which it will undoubtedly receive, it will become at once an ordinance of the city, and an ornament to the city’s statutes, Mr. Meoakt, the origina tor of the bill, deserves the thanks of a grate ful community of tax-payers for the sweeping reform (pnn accidental) which ho has been mainly Instrnmental in effecting, it is grati fying, in these war times, to find that inven tions not specially designated to annihilate great armies, or batter down strong forts, are taken by the hand encouragingly, and led before the public. The progress of our city may be slow, but it is none the loss percepti ble or sure on that account. The change that began its journey with consolidation has notched on its staff such epochs as abolished the market sheds, reformed the fire and police departments, inaugurated the city telegraph, and gave us a passenger railway system. The staff is not wholly covered with notches yet. •The change will nover have done its travels, never have grown faint or foot-sore, until our city shall have rivalled, in cleanliness and magnificence, the great metropolises of Eu xopo, Mr. Mecary and his colleagues who •voted for the hill have cut another notch in the staff. Gazing upon the symmetrical in dentation, we almost forget how many others yet remain to he made— almost forget our salted-track grievances, our diptherias, and anathemas. A few more notches, pray, good {Jotm^ilmen! A happv state of ignorance] in regard to the real progress of the war, doubtless pre vails in many portions of the South. Tho character, purposes, and power of the loyal States have been so much misrepresented that the rebelleaders fear a terrible reaction when the real truth becomes kflOWfl, flfid When the news of the numerous victories, and of the magnanimity and forbearance of our armies is disseminated among their dupes. |Falstaff’s stories of his achievements were modest, and most veracious narrations, when compared with some of the reports of alleged Secession triumphs. A great victory at Pittsburg Land ing is still claimed, while the evacuation of Island No. Ten is denied, and no official ac count of the capture of the army entrusted with its defence is published. We are not at all surprised that Congress lias become bewildered on the confiscation bill. A more complicated question never disturbed the minds of our amiable Representatives. They have given us confiscation in every shape andfoim. We hare it very mild and very strong. Wo have radical confiscation, and conservative confiscation ; confiscation which desires to appropriate everything upon the eartli, and in the waters under the earth south of Mason and Dixon’s line, and confiscation which means simply to bang Mr. Jeffrrsox Davis when he is caught, and pay the ex penses of the rebellion out of the resources of the loyal North. Mr. Bingham would con vert the Southern States into ft great auction room, and dispose of slaves, lands, chattels, and tenements to the most available bidder, while Mr. Biddle is so much impressed by the speeches of “ eminent Senators ” that he wilt oppose any attempt to gather revenue from the resources of the rebels, and declares lie can vote for none of the propositions before the House. We can understand precisely where these gentlemen are. Mr. Bingham is violently for the Government, and Mr. Biddle is violently against it. In the excess of the former’s feelings, wehavea'very extreme, and, we are afraid, a very impracticable .remedy; while the sympathies of Mr. Biddle take him where we are sorry- so often to find him, into the ranks of the unfriendly and disloyal. Mr. Wbight, of Luzerne, is sorely troubled about “lines of discrimination,” and Mr. Dunn, of Indiana, becomes pathetic and sorrowful amid applause from that questionable quarter, the' Dcmocratkfside of the House, the Repre sentative is so anxious about “ old age and in nocent childhood,” that he declares everything looking to confiscation to be unconstitutional, and takes occasion to rebuke the House for its haste in the District of Columbia emancipa tion, and the discussion of slavery matters generally. These are positive mep. When a man is positively wroDg or positively right, we know exactly where to place him; and if we are be wildered by the multitude of suggestions aud opinions which have crowded the attention of the House, it is because we have been unable to gather anything practical from the delibera tions of our Representatives. We are some thing in the position of Representative Col fax —that is to say, our position is very diffi cult to be explained, and very easy to be understood. We are willing to “extend lenity,” and we are anxious that the “Cati lines of the rebellion should be punished with the utmost severity.” The Representative is earnest and honest, but in attacking ev erything proposes nothing. Altogether, we feel very much like following the exam ple of a great number of the Representa tives by stopping into the ante-room until the vote has been taken, and avoiding the proceedings altogether. That popular resort for anxious and undecided Congress men must have been well attended on last Wednesday. On the motion to' table the bill but one hundred and ten members voted. Fifty-eight votes were cast in the affirmative and fifty-two in the negative. Among those who were absent we are sorry to see many warm friends of the Ad ministration, men who have too great a hold on the confidence of the Government to trifle with such a serious matter. Those opposed to the Government were all present. Mr. Ancona, Mr. Biddle, Mr. Kehbioan, Mr. May, Mr. Valeasdioham, and Mr. Wood, w ith their ailfes, friends, and temporary abet tors, all answered to their names. Their punctuality and energy might be imitated by the representatives of otir owii good OAUSO, and the cowardice which shrinks into a com mittee-room when a record is to be made and a policy to be constructed must eventual ly be rebuked. j has created. The time has come for ns to ac j cept or reject it; and in the way VrO signify i either our acceptance or rejection, we shape I the policy of this war. If confiscation is wrong ! in theory, then the war is wrong. If we do j not adopt every means to crush the rebellion, j we indirectly sustain it. A Virginia planter’ j iu 1 ork county, has a hundred negroes a large farm—overflowing barns, spades, axes, and hatchets. General Magkudee wishes to j throw up an embankment. The planter sends | his negroes to make ditches and breastworks— | furnishes the tools, and feeds the regiments [ encamped behind them from his grunt*, v. 11 0 not only gives MacSUMII the hjeansof war, but sustains his men in making it. This we consider open rebellion. In the coarse of time our armies advance. The planter’s home comes within oiir lines, we know he is an enemy to our cause. We know that he has sustained our enemies in the prosecu tion of open and offensive war. Common sense would say, release his neg Toes from the bonds by which they have been made enemies; place him in arrest as a traitor; open his bams to onr hungry soldiers, and take away all power to be the enemy he has been. This would be retribution for crime committed, and indemnity against crime that might be com mitted. Yet this would be confiscation; and, on a proposition to make It a law, every Demo crat in the House votes nay, and a large num ber of other members timidly steal into the committee-rooms, and refuse to go upon the record. The Committee on the Judiciary, one of the ablest committees of the House, is a type of Congressional sentiment. Mr. Biouhan’s confession gives us an excellent idea of the feeling of members. The committee had the subject before it for months, and the only re sult was a negative report on a number of propositions and a sharp cross-questioning by Mr. Colfax. We should like to read the journal of that committee’s proceedings. We should like to follow the wavering sentiment of these gentlemen into the uncertainties of their conclusions; why thoy differed, and how often they dif fered ; what details were unpleasant to some and what so objectionable to others. Mr. Hickman’s proposition we understand. It is startlingly philosophic. He asks to have the law of self-preservation applied on a govern mental scale. We like his theory very well; but we do not wonder that he could not pre sent it in a hill. The law of self-preservation implies the utter ignoring of every other law ; it is a last desperate, necessary, and an ex treme policy. Bui ii Is not a question of legislation, and cannot come from Congress. To return to the illustration thus hastily ventured, we think that in this war confisca tion must follow the necessities of military events. There can be no general and equita ble principle to govern the whole country. What would be proper in Carolina might be improper in Virginia. The real cause of all ibis trouble on the part of Congress arises from the fact that Congress attempts to specify And centre], when it should simply declare and determine. All that we ask of Congrass is the declaration of the principle that confisca tion is an allowable means of warfare, just as it has declared gunpowder and iron-clad gun boats. We do not even regard this as neces sary, but since Congress has taken the matter in hand, it is incumbent upon that body to say something. The moral effect of a refusal would be deplorable. There must be some platform published. It might be done without even re ferring it to a special committee. We should be satisfied with Senator Collamer’s position: « The executive and military power must be sole judge of what military necessity demands, and it is idle to legislate abeut it. 5 ’ Let eenilsea tion be at the disposal of the military com manders and governors. If McClellan thinks it necessary to confiscate the timber, negroes, sawmills, and cornfields about Yorktown, let him do it. If Andrew Johnson thinks that Tennessee can be made loyal by securing to the deluded rebels their timber, negroes, saw mills, and cornfields, let him do it. Both of these men are masters of their situation, and Congress can only become bewildered in attempting to prescribe their duties for them. At all events, let us settle this matter. Let, us arrange a common platlorm, and unite on a common sentiment. Friends of tho cause, while you are doubting, and debating, and trembling in Washington, the enemy is active at borne. Settle this confiscation ques tion now, or It will be hurled at us from every stump in the autumn canvass. Be warned by the solid column of anti-Adminis tration votes which presents itself on every call of the yeas and nays. We are strong now, but if we trifle with our strength it wili come upon us in the end as a calamity and a shame. Foreign Sea Shells at Auction, this (Friday) morning, at 10 o’clock, at M. Fitzpatriek A Bro ther’s, 604 iiheetnnt StMSfc.- LETTER FROM “OCCASIONAL ” Washington, April 24, 1862. A little more than a year ago Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated President of the United States. James Buchanan found the Government healthy, rich, and respected; he left it a skeleton, its name dishonored among the nations of the earth, its treasury almost bankrupted, its arsenals robbed, tts forts stolen, and eleven States in open revolt against its authority. The faithless guardian, the un grateful trustee, retired to bis home like a convict to his dungeon, and the good man chosen to succeed him entered the White House like the proprietor of a great estate which had been plundered and impoverished. Wondrous have been the changes brought about within a little more than twelve months. The retrospect is well worth recalling in the midst of the howl of the armed Breekin ridgers in the South and the treasonable Breckinridgers in the North. The President himself, generally regarded as the embodi ment of ultra sectional opinion?, during his canvass and alter his election, held strictly responsible for the dogma that this Union must become in time all free or all slave, pro nounced the key-note of a national policy, from the eastern portico of the Capitol, on the 4tli of March, 1861, and from that start ing point to the present hour has adhered with tenacious consistency to his great pledge. Even his most unscrupulous revilers yield to the general verdict in favor of his integrity and patriotism. Every member of his Cabinet has displayed extraordinary ability and oner* gy. They have infused health and strength into the skeleton left in their hands by James Buchanan. The Secretary of State, Mr. Se ward, taking time by the forelock, anticipated our stupendous international difficulties, and his diplomatic correspondence, so cheering to his own countrymeD, has extorted praise from the most unfriendly fogrein Powers. The War Department, under Gen. Cameron and Mr. Stanton, has called into the field such an army as the world has never seen. The Se cretary of the Navy, Mr. Welles, although bitterly assailed, has brought order out of chaos, recalled the ships sent to distant seas by his predecessor, and has added facilities to that arm of the service which is constantly proving its marvellous efficiency. In the Bri tish Parliament, several weeks ago, one of the chiefs of the Admiralty frankly admitted that our blockade was the most thorough and complete in the history of war. The Treasury, under the fearless ma nagement of Mr. Chase, has supplied the sinews of war, created a national currency that is in itself an invaluable blessing, com pensated the public creditors, and provided means for the payment of the interest on the national debt. In view of these achievements, the question may be proudly put, whether any other statesman could have done better in the midst of such extraordinary results? Nor must it be forgotten that these results have been attained in the face of the hostility or ia Our loss was estimated at fifty killed and wounded. Col. Hawkins was wounded in the right breast, and his adjutant killed. This fight is said to have taken place on Tuesday, but it is, no doubt, tbe one alluded to in the rebel papers. It is also reported that Gen. Burnside had received proposals from tbe Governor of Ifoith Carolina for the surrender of that Btate. Another Account. Washington. April 21,-Capt. Cutting, of <3*n. Burn, side’s staff, arrived here yesterday, with despatches to the Government. He states that Gen. Reno commanded the tf&fional forces at the late reconnoiseance to Eliza beth City. Capt. Cutting saw Gen. Reno just before leaving the Sound, and I learned from him tho following particulars of the affair t On Thursday, the 17th inst., Gen, Reno left Kewbern and proceeded to Roanoke Island, from which place he took about two thousand men ? and proceeded to Eliza beth City, where a strong rebel force was reported to be entrenching themselves.' On Saturday an advance was made upon the rebels. The enemy opened fire with their artillery as soon as Ml! t!MPi KOlfe th«l! Afcg, FfSM Ml ipp^A?- onccs, thought tl ©y had us in a trap of our own making. Our troops immediately formed in line of battle, and charged on the enemy, who ran at the first fire. Cur troops then toolc possession of the town, and after re maining there for a few hours, retired to the main army. Our force was about two thousand men, under General Beso, and three boat howitzers, under Colonel Howard. The force of the rebels consisted of a Georgia regiment, numbmog eleven hundred men, a portion of Wise’s Le gion, and two batteries of artillery. The enemy was to tally routed, with a loss oF about sixty men. Oar loss is about twelve killed and forty-eight wounded. Colonel Hawkins, of the Hew York Zouaves, received a slight fieeh wound in the arm. The adjutant of Colonel Haw kins’ rtgimtnt was reported killed. Capt. Cutting reports the general health of the troops to be good, and says the weather is very fine, but of wune much warmer than in nor? Nwftora climates. The men have taken a strong fancy to the Southern cli* mate, and enjoy themselves finely while off duty. Tbe Bombardment of Fort Macon. Information received from private sources is that the guns of tbe National forces under Burnside were proba bly opened upon Fort Macon yesterday or to-day. Gen. Park is in command of tho besieging forces. Col. White, an old West Point officer, is in command of the fort. It is said that he ia -abject to fits, and it is expected that our forces will give him enough of them. Gen. Mitchell at Tuscumbia, Ala. IWO pcNDBEB r»III,ES OF RAILWAY IN OPR POSSESSION* GENERAL HAXLECK REINFORCED. Chigaoo, April 24 —A special despatch to the Time$ t from Pittsburg Landing, says that General Mitchell's division has arrived at Tuscumbia He has now pos session of two hundred miles of the Memphis and Charles ton railway. Large reinforcements arrived at Pittsburg Landing on the 22d instant. THE SEW ORLEANS DEFENCES, TOUTS PHILIP AID JACKSON EXPORTED ABANDONED. Net York, April Si —The Hiitmm Diarto ntatoj that persons arrived there from New Orleans report that the rebel defences have been much exaggerated; that Forts Jackson and St. Philip have been abandoned, and tbe cannon taken away, and that there is nothing to prevent the United States fleet from sMUng directly to New Orleans. The Diario does not vouch for the truth of these re ports. FROM NASSAU, N. P. STEAMER KARNAK WRECKED. THE PASSENGERS RETURN T 9 NEW Y9RK. Unsuccessful Attempt of the Nashville to - Run the’Blocknde. New Ymjk, April 24 —Tbo schooner jEuslwta, £mm Nassau, G. P., arrived to-night, bringing passengers from the steamer Karnak, which vessel waa lost in Nassau barber on the 14th instant, by foundering, In foil sight of the wharf* The mails and passengers were saved, and also most of the cargo. The fitoeltna; was chartered by . tho passengers who could obtain no transportation through tho agent of the Cunard line at Nassau* AmAttg the patyengeu are Mr. Jewett, ef Hartford • D. Nevins, of Boston, and ten others, . The rebel stc-anur Na»\viUt t now called the Thomas L. Wragff% had returned to' Nassau from an unsuccessful attempt to run the blockade at Charleston. She had one. Ql her peddle bo*** badly injured, wblcii was -supposed to have been the effectof a cannon ball. She has a full cargo of ammunition and guns, brought by the Qtadiator fromEnglaud. The steams! MU* Wt»U%u with potash aad ultprtre was toon to sail.for.some Southern point. ’ The steamer Cecil had (arrived at Nassau, from Charleston.' gfver*l rebel vessels wave reported to boat Nassau, Later from Mexico, York, Aprii 24.—Yera Cruz advices, brought by the Spanish steamer Isabel , state that after an unsatis factory conference between the Allied commanders, the French general bad decided to march his division against the City of Mexico, taking upon himself the re. BpanßiblUty* TheEngliHh and Spanish plenipotentiaries thereupon decided to withdraw their troops. It is stated that the Juarez Government had consented to give every satisfaction to the Allien in the matter of ciaime, but rtfueed to listen to the idea of establishing a monarchy, apd that in case the allies advanced to the capital, they would retire from it. Arrival of Sick and Wounded from Gene* r«l Burnside's Command.* - Nxw Yohx, April 24.—'The steamer Cossack arrived at this port this evening with 147 sick and wounded sol* diem from General Burnside's division, in charge of Chaplain J. B. Clarke, of the Twenty-third Massathu setts Regiment, and Surgeon White, of the Ninth New Yoik. Owing to the early closing of the Government Quar termaster** office iu this city, they have to remain on board the C/a&ack all night, and, through red-tapeUm, will be unable to leave her . till 1 tomorrow afternoon* They are generally In as good oornfftion'*. th« nature or their woun4s will warrant, gunarintendent Howe, to gether with Col. Almy, Gen. Wetmore. and other mem. berg of the Hew England Aeeocigfloj), hftre gpno OB board with ice, clarets, jellies, and other delicaclei for the sick. Him CONfiBESS-FIBST SESSION, HEW YOBK’S CLAIMS AOAIHSI THE GENE RAL GOYEBHHEHT. The Proposed Becognltott of Liberia. MEMORIAL FROM PROMINENT PENNSYL- VANIANS TBE COKFISCATIOR BILLS REFERRED TO A SELECT COMMITTEE. TALLIffDIfiHIIH ATTACKS HB. WADE. AN INSULT TO THE HOUSE. VAILAXDHiIUJI ‘-KEAUY TO MEET HIS COLLEAGUE ELSEWHERE." •f* A Resolution, of Censure. BEcoainoar of hatti aitd Liberia. THE BILL PASSED BY THE SENATE. WAsnitfQTOff) April ft, 1602, SENATE. Contracts liy War Department for ISGI A communication was received from the War Depart, □lent, transmitting copies oi contracts made by that De partment for 186 L Tax on Beer, Ac. Mr. GRIMES (Rep.), of lowa, presented four hun dred and twenty petitions from beer audmaltliquormanu facturers, asking a reduction in the proposed tax on beer and malt liquors. Mr. POMEROY (Rep.), of Kansas, presented similar jetitions. Arrest of Kentuckians, Mr. POWELL (Dem.), of Kentucky, moved to take up the resolution offered by him concerning the arrests of citizens of Kentucky} Ac. Mr* SUMNER (Rep.), opposed taking up tberesola tion as inexpedient at this time Mr. POWELL did not see why the Senator should make any opposition. It was simply asking how many citizfTiß of a free State had been dragged from their homes without law, and culling on the tyrants and usurpers to know where they are, and what are their names. These were free white men; if they had been negroes, the Senator from Massachusetts would have made no opposition, but he is eternally prating about the wrongs of the negro; but white men haa some rights, and ho wanted the Secretary to tell ns why and wherefore these had been thus unlawfully dragged to prison without a charge of ciime. Mr. SUMNER said the Senator from Kentucky hod made an inflamed speech, and called a high officer of the Government a tyrant and usurper. It was evident that if the resolution was taken up the whole Question mutt be gone into. If the Secretary of War was a tyrant and usurper, there were men arrested who were traitors. Mr. POWELL (iu his Beat). Who are they ? Name them L name them ! M. SUMNER continued, arguing that it was not best to go into an inquiry at present. Mr. POWSLL said that tom© 6f the men who were {Wrested were as loyal as the Senator from Massachu setts. He defied the Senator to point out any law by which the Secretary of State can carry off citizens of Kentucky and impiison them in the forts in Massachu setts and New York. Recognition oi Hayti and Liberia. The bill for the recognition of Hayti and Liberia, being the special order of the day, was taken up. A Substitute, Mr. DAVIS (U*)> of Kentucky, moved a substitute, authorizing the Preeidetii ho appoint a consul to Liberia and .a consul general to Hayti, with power to negotiate treaties, Ac. He was opposed to sending any ambassa dors to those countries. If they send ministers here, end send full-blooded negroes, they could demand to be reteiTed on eanri terms tift whit® ro, Ht toff tb«s a big negro fellow was admitted to the Court 6f Ftfncd as minister from Hayti, but he -wanted no such exhibi tion here. He was sick and disgusted of this subject of slavery in the Senate. Mr. SUMNER said the Secate would hear him wit ness that be said nothing about the subject of slavery ou this bill. The Senator from Kentucky had committed that offence. The Senator from Kentucky might banish ail fear of any social difficulty. He (Mr. Sumner) was sure no representative from Ha> ti would ever force himself where he was uot wanted, and would never trouble tho Senator from Kentucky. He said the committee frit come to the conclusion that we should be represented by diplomatic eui. ir, »«-cord ance with the precedents of this Government ana toe ex ample of other nations. The Confiscation Bill, The confiscation b«U was taken up. sir. collamK S (Rep, ), of Vermont, said tbe expert bHbt ef & free OoVSffifiient Is bow oki trial before the world, and the Question was to be tested whether it could succeed according to the provisions of its Constitution and laws. If we are obliged now to depart from estab lished rules and resort to the expedients of despotic Go vernments, it was a confession that the principles of the Government are not BuflleUnt to oarry ti§ the struggle. The duty of protection and of allegiance and loyalty are reciprocal. In the South,the rebels have esta blished a Government de facto over the people. It is the duty of the Government to suppress insurrection in the States everywhere. But have they done it, and re lieved these people 1 No. It was a* brave man that could oppose the Government when he was utterly pow erless. He thought it questionable ethics, if notalolly, to sit here makiDg laws to strip and confiscate the pro perty of these people, belore we relieved them of the bur den which was overwhelming them, and wMto they w ere absent, and bad no power of representation, it might be equity, but it seemed more like taking counsel of resent ment than ofjndgment. The insurrection was drat to be put down, and this must be done by force We cannot do it by legislation, but we may do something by legislation towards tbe restoration of the Government. Local and State Governments are just as necessary to our system of government as the General Government, and the Bys tem would be a failure without them. Consequently, we must restore these Stpte Governments, or else we will not restore the system as it was. Whatever we do, we must keep within the limitations of the Constitution. These limitations are put in the Constitution for tbe very purpose of preventing Congress from doing certain things, even though they might thick it necessary. And let us not, at this particular time, acknowledge to the world that the Constitution is not sufficient to carry us safely through. The Constitution says that ho in&fe's property bh&ll b& t&Ueh without due process of law, and no man shall be t* ied twice for the same offence. But there has been a great discovery in the law, by which, by a sort of hocus-pocus, we can get rid of all these proceedings in rem, and if a man is guilty of trea fl?B) w ffi»y kftve him atone and Me ail his property! and afterwards, If we catch the man, try him over Tor treason. He didnot believe that Congress had any right to ride over all these prohibitions of the Constitution, atd usurp the power of the Government. But it has been said we are in a state of war, and have elevated privileges, and are entitled to exercise tbe right of belligerents j and that this power of confiscation is a sort of war power over our own citizens. At first sight this seemed plausible, jbpt the more be reflected tbe more he thought all this d&trine .about the relative lights ot bel ligerents was utterly inapplicable to our present condi tion. Wo found fault with other nations for recognisbia. these rebels as belligerents, and now attempt to legislate against them as belligerents and enemies. This is ut terly inconsistent while wo refuse to recognize them as such. In times like these there must, of course, be a latitude to tbe executive action; but the executive* and military power must he Bole judge of what military ne- * cesbity demands, and it is idle to legislate about it. This bill proposes to confiscate all the property of rebels or those who aid in the rthellion, taking away the property of the people—slaves and all. It was beyond biscom prebenston bow the road to peace runa through nay such avenue. Buch property, if taken, would not be worm anything. There is also a provision in the biU for taking and colonizing a large number of slaves without any cap ture in time of war. It proposes to take, if not a ma» T # property, at least bis interest in the slave, without any legal proceeding, leaving the man, perhaps, to bo bust? afterward. The Republican party had pledged them selves not to interfere with slavery Iu the States. Can we make the world believe that we have not interfered with slavery in tbe States ! It seemed to him like&breach ef plighted fsithi ssi i» direst Tielaties ef eertain Fieri- Bioss of the Constitution. Mr. COLLAHER then referred to and explained the provisions of the substitute he had offered for tbe bill. It provides that on a conviction of treason the punish ment be death, or a fine of not less than 510,900 r and that the slaves of such convicted person be set free. It gives ihe. PrcsUeiii the j>owtr of gi'aniing —in-1 in certain cases, where persons refuse to submit, the President may make a proclamation that unices after a certain day they submit, their slave* shall bo freed and their property confiscated. The question then came up on Mr. Sherman’* amends mont to the original bill, limiting the confiscation to per* eons whopiold certain offices under the rebel Government. Mr. KING (Bep,), of New York, moved to amend so as to include all persons levying vrar against the United States, or giving aid and comfort thereto. Mr. {feep.), of Illinois) said the original bill ouly provided for the. confiscation ef the property of these who were beyond judicial process, which obviated all constitutional objection. For instance, we could not. try an unnaturalized foreigner for treason, bnt we might take his jroperiy, The amendment ef the Senator free Ohio confiscates the property of certain persons, without any limiratioa. Mr. KING (Bep.), of New York, said his amendment applied to all traitors, and he thought all Biich ought to be punished, and the Government should at once aa***ma the power to p»nieJ> »B enemies. Mr King’* amendment was disagreed to. Tea? Messrs. Chandler, Grimes, King, Pomeroy, Trumbull, Wade, and Wilkinson—T Nays, 82. Mr. Sherman’s amendment was adopted. Yeas, 27 ; nays, 11. On motion of Mr. BROWNING (Bep.), of Illinois, the further consideration of the bUI was * postponed till to- On motion of Mr. SUMNBB (Bep.), of Massachusetts, the bill for the recognition of Hayti and Liberia waa taken np. Mr. DAVIS’ substitute was rejected—yeas nays- yO>. Mr, dM'LSBViRi of i>e)awar«, wanted. (Iu country to know that if this bill is passed, wlthlu frwelt© inonths Fonie negro will come on the tloor of the Senate as a foreign n>iiu#ter, and take his negro family into the diplomatic gallery The hill was im; ft-. nays 7, ai filiotrs r YEAS. Grimes (Hep.) Hate (Hep.) Henderson (U.) UuwhJ {Http.) Bowe (Hep:) King (iter.) [bane { ttep.), I ml. Lane (li ) Kansas Latham (Dem.) McDoitgal) (l)em.) Morrill (Rep.) j Anthony (Rtp.) Browning fFep.) Chandler /Rep.} £jark ' CoDamer (Bop > Cowan (Rep.) Dixon (Kep.) Doolittle (Rep,)- Fpam iimi (Hep.) Foot (Rap.) Foster (Rep.) NAYS. ITowell (Dem.) ISaulsliury (Dtwv). Bay.uni (Pern.) Online (TJ.) Bnvli (Union) 1 The tieaat* tbon went into executive session, and mb- B€ Mr. LOVE JOY (Bep.) Raid that while the Government Is engaged in a serious war to put down tbe rebellions, it waß Been that this unnatural and parricidal insurrection has sympathizers and advocates on this floor. Those who defend slavery are tbe defenders or the rebellion, for slavery and rebellion are synonymous. They are unchangeable terms. The arch-fiend, sent forth with treason pn h\s brow, is represented by the Rritiffb poet as running over tbe world, exclaiming, <* Me miserable! which way shall I fly Infinite wrath and Infinite despair *? Which way I fly is be!]; myself am hell i" It is precisely the same with his progeny and first-born— namely: tbe system of American slavery. Wherever slavery fw, tb£fe Is yebeliidh. It is it elf rebellion, its corner-stone, pillars, aud support He took tbe position that either slavery or the Republic must perish. He Would tell the gentleman from Kentucky, (Mr, Critten den,) and all other advocates and defenders of the system, and those who cry themselves hoarse in attempting t-> throw the protection of tbe Ooustitation around this da* stroyerof tbe Republic, that there is no city of refuge. Like an infernal aseastin, it baa its knife drawn and is en deavoring to drive it to tbe heart of the Republic. We are bouod to strike the monster, and gentlemen need not cry out “ tbe Constitution l” for ito defence. It shall, he said, be elaiu in the name of my country and my God. Slavery the Ruin of the Republic He denied that slavery has any guarantee or recogni tion in the Constitution. He argued that it was their right and duty to destroy slavery* because slavery is destroying or will destroy the Republic. He was in favor of a restoration of the Union, with the right to Btand on American soil anywhere, and proclaim his senti ments. He wanted to stand on American soil without the enforcement of despotism to hold his tonaue. He Wanted to BPSftk In South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, and Louisiana, without the threat of being lynched or served with a coat of tar and feathers The gentleman from Kentucky, (Mr. Crittenden), yesterday asked, What would the four millions of slaves do if turned loose? Turned loose! This term was used as if the slaves wets’ wild beasts. Now, he hod tills to say at present. .-.xlg. would iee them alone, to take care of them selves, which they were abundantly able to do. Slave holders had better turn their attention to another point —viz. * What will they do when they cease to live on the unrequited sweat aud toil of the slaves i He denied that he Spd his friends want to make (bis an anti-slavery war, but they believed that the only way to put down the rebellion and restore peace and uuion, was t; destroy slavery. A Select Committee Moved. Mr. BOSOOE CONKLING (Bep ), of New York, said he wag in favor of tbe motion to commit the confißca, tion bills to a select committee, and rose to move Ihe previous question, with a view not to delay, but to faci litate action upon the subject. This matter was one of vast magnitude, great in its duration ss well as the ex tent of its importance. The Committee on the Judiciary war unable to agree od any affirmative bill. They made no written report, and the House was not enabled to vote intelligently on the fifteen bills that had been reported back Hence he thought tbe appointment of a select committee wsb the proper mode of bringing the subject fairly before the House. Mr. MAYNARD (U.), of Tennessee, said this was a new question, which would derive future advantages by beiug discussed They would have to adopt some puni tive measure. No loyal man would otherwise be satisfied. Mr. COX (Dem.), of Ohio, inquired whether this matter had not already been fixed in a caucus of the Republican members._lf so, .what is the dbg of dismiss ing it ? The gentleman from New York indicated a fore gone conclusion, that the subject was to be referred to a select committee. Did the caucus give the gentleman the honor of calling the previous question 1 Mr. ROSCOE CONKLING replied, that ever since the first time he heard his friend introduce the subject of Ohio in this Hobs*, lie looked upon him aa Ep> skinedid on WashingtotterWith an “awful reverence.” lie would not ailoqr the /experienced gentleman to in volve an unsophisticated W*ha like himself into a discus sion atont caucus proodftfiings. There was no such &D F CA P c V a which the gentleman gn|- ge sit-d. ■**•*■" * Mr. cox. Tho* Globe says so. Mr. RO3COE COKKLING resumed. The motion for the previous question was a practical one. The debate fllied no light on the subject. He was In favor of a con fiscation bill, to amplify the punishment of treason witain practicable bounds and confiscate the p?sp&Ptp 6f the ringleaders, reimbursing the nation for the expenses it had incurred in putting down the rebellion. The Subject Referred to a Select Committee* After further proceedings, the House, by a vote of 90 against 31, adopted tbe resolution that all the bills for the confocittion of rebel propertr ehsii be referred te * eeleef ..mmiiiflfi of seven, with insrructiona m report at an early cay. Mr. WALTON (Rep ), of Vermont, introduced a bill relating to treason and rebellion. Referred to the Select Committee. Air. WALTON reported, from the Printing Commits tee, a re solution to print 200,000 copies of the agricul tural part of the Patent Office Report, for the use of the members, and 15,CC0 copies for.the use of the Patent Of fice. The resolution wet-amended by providing that 25,000 copies be printed in tlia,German language and passed! Bountiek to Heirs of Volunteers. The House then went into Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union, and took up the "bill making an appropriation for bounties to the widows and legal heirs of YoiuDteerß called into serried under tbs law of Jain 1861. The Constitution Sufficient to Save the TTnion. Mr. ROLLINS (U.), of Missouri, said lie always be lieved it was far better to settle the national difficulties by an appeal to reason and the ballot-box rather than to aims. The present civil w&v mti£t bo Pdg&fd&i &$ & S6&U dal and disgrace to the age in which we live. The con spirators, in the judgment of posterity, will be considered as model moLßteis, and the worst foes of well-regulated liberty. Unfortunately for the country, the former President, (Mr. Buchanan,) was weak and vacillating, And his Cabinet was ia part comp Med of conspirators. bold, reckleßßj and unscrupulous Never was so much forbearance exercised towards any rebels as has been dieplajedin our recent history. Although the South was pomewhunrrltated by the ultra views expressed by Northern men, yet there was no grievance that might not have keen legally redressed' Me regarded Ibis as a oust causeless and Infamous rebellion* In the course of nis remarks be maintained that our first and paramount alle giance is duo to the General Government, to be defended against whomsoever it may bo attacked. Let us, he said, standby the resolution adopted at the extra session, de claring that The war is not waged in any spirit of op* pression, nor for any purpose of conquest or subjugation, - or the overthrowing of the institutions of the Southern States, but to defend and maintain the supremacy of the Constitution and the laws in all their dignity, and that as soon as aro accomplished the war ought to cease.” He compliaaensed President Lincoln lor his patriotic effortß to preaorve the Union. He was in favor of. punishing all thbguilty leaders and holding out in ducements to the deluded io return to their allegiance. Be was opposed to ulta measurea. Let ns save the Union at any w?ti and to this eng ha k?!i?r?4 tha Con stitution was amply sufficient. . Mr. YALLANDIGHAM (Dem.), of Ohio, said that, in a speech delivered in this city the other day—not in this House certainly, nor in the Senate, for no Boch speech would limve teen ..loler&UJ there—the following Ap peared: " “I accuse t)iem (the-Democratic party) of a deliberate purpose to hesall, .through the judicial tribunal and through the Senate and the House of Representatives of tiift VBittd St»t» M>4 {ter to overawe, Intimidate* aid trample under foot* it they can, the men who boldly stand forth'in defence of their country, now imperilled by this gigantic rebellion. I have watched it long I have seen it in secret. I have seen its move ments ever since that party got together with a colleague nfinina, in the other Hons*, as chairman of tha Corn* mittee on Resolutions—a man who never had any sym pathy with this Republic, but whose every breath Is de voted to its destruction, just as far os his heart dare per mit him to go.” Mr» YA Z*L A NHA M, Here* In my place in this Bouse, and as a Representative, I denounce (and I speak it advisedly ytbo author of that speech as a liar, s sceandreJ, and a coward l His name is Benjamin F. Wade. Mr. EDWARDS (Rep). of New Hampshire! addressed the House in favor of the bill, recently introduces by him* providing bounties for the widows and legal heirs of vo lunteers, under tne act of July last. Mr. ALLEN r of Ohio, expressed views con curring in the opinions heretofore expressed, that the war should ho prosecuted for the restoration of the Union and the principles of the Constitution Tito action of the Government ever since the commencement of hostilities has been for this purpose. He opposed ultra measures on the slavery question. The committee then rose. The Reply, Mr. BLAKE (Rep.), of Ohio, wißbed to make a per sonal explanation in reply to Mr. Yallantligham. lie understood the latter to say that the remarks he quoted were not made in the Senate; and, therefore, his col league had denounced BenJLior Wide & IIJUf, & BA&UR-. drel, and a coward,” under a false pretence. Mr. YALLANDIGHAM asked that the words of the gentleman be taken down by the Clerk. Mr. BLAKE said he would modify his language to the fvllviviai his C9|lo»go» bid tittered hie re. marks-under a false declaration j that the speech of Mr. Wade was not made by him as a member of Congress. Mr. VALLANDJGHABI asked that that language should be taken down by the clerk. Mr. BLAKE wanted Mr. Valtandigham’s words taken down* wRh a view to any subsequent action on the sub ject. Both bis colleague and. the Senator (Hr. Wade) were well known in Ohio, and where the' latter was known his character netded no defence from the remark of his colleague. Mr. YALLANDIGIIAM replied that he vtw too well known in Ohio, and referred to the fact that the verdict of the city in which he lived was recently returned in bis fovor by a change of vote since October of 610. He waa. ready to meet his colleague elsewhere or anywhere. Mr. BLAKE wished tokaew what be meant by eUe-. where ! Tins wai tlie place to settle such a dtopHtot aft knew of no other. Mr. YAILANDIGHAJf explained that be meaafc.iiL the District of Columbia, Ohio, or anywhere outfedtutf this House. He had rood from a printed speech a. feui and infamous Übel on* hi® character. Ho did net?men iio» Wade oa a fianaue. hot ug nu individual' Ilb hod Wen hounded for ?,»&** past* and now threw himietf firmly and decidedly »» his righto. When Wad+reca&ed his words he [Mr. YallamtighamJ would take hoick his. Mr. BLAKE reifcd that he felt ttat Obkthad been ohamefully insults* hi hit colleagues remarks* and fur* iher, he believe* tkrM»fonrfbi of the people* State would speak of him as Mr. Wade had. Pomeroy (.Rep.) Sherman ( Rep..) Simnxibs ('Rep.) Sumner rtiep.) Ten Eyck (Rep.) Trumbull (Rep.) Wale (Kop.) Wilkinson (Ttep*) .Wfttoni(KOi HiUl. Wright (Union.) Mr. HUTCHINS (Bep ), of Ohio, offered a resolution setting forth, the offensive language U&td Uy Hf. Vllllß. attain against Senator Wade, characterising it as a violation of the rules and a breach of tha decorum of the blouse, and concluding by declaring that Clement. L. Vallandigham Is deserving of, and is hereby, censured by ttliS H9\W; ... , Adj«vrne4. I Starke (hea.) Ilbomsos tltom,) Mr. SHEFFIELD (U ), of Rhode Inland, moved that the House adjourn, as the attendance was slim. Tending the consideration of the resolution, the Hon** adjourned. Return of Canadian Troops to England Halifax, April 23.—The steamship Adrtofcto sailed for St. Johns, N. B.» to-day, to embark trooftsfc? Kur land. 1 Nkw Yoke, April 24.—The Spanish steam-frigate Isabel Catolica, from Havana, withdfltfß to the 19th« ho* arrived, rhebriussthemiUai - ' Treaty with Utah Indians. Provisions of the Bill. Agricultural Reports. Very Strong Language. Romnties to Heirs of Volunteers- Formidable Talk. Resolution of Censure* From Havana. THE WAR IN NEW MEXICO. Sr. L)cib, April 24.—The Republican contain! the following letter, dated Fort Union, New Henloo, April 13th: Colonel Slongb, after the battl, at Apaohe Cadon, fall back and took a position at Bernal Sprint!, fertr-flr* milu tonth of Fort Union, Thia wm deemed a etrate. gical point, being within supporting dletanoe of Tort Union, in n position to harass the enemr and form a jane tion with Colonel Canby when he should leave Fort €ra!{, Hire* hundred BUM lOttill. Hi hid I)MA thM one day when Colonel Canby sent from Fort Craig his aspiatant adjutant general with peremptory ordeis to Co lonel Slough to fall back with his column to Fort Union, which were immediately obeyed. It would seem that we crippled the enemy in tbe tight at Apache Chuod more than was believed at first. We havo reliable information that we killed over a hundred men, including six officers, aud wounded over two hun dHtl. We have now as priaonezs at Fori Union twenty»one officers and elgh>y-two privates. The enemy Immedi ately fell hack to Santa Fe, and is again, it is believed, coHce ntratlisg iu his old position at Albuquerque. ypflWwUy an expie&s arrived from Colonel Ganby, stating that he would leave Fort Craig on the 31st of March. The enemy is in the vicinity of Albuquerque. With ordinary travailing Colonel Canby Is in their im mediate vicinity, and as our column, one hundred and tight* Bifltff ffWS Albuquerque, will only leave this morning, he will be unsupported by this column, and, with nine hundred regulars, will have to encounter their ferces unless he can slip by and join the column which leaves here this morning. It is ncderetffpd that Kit with ? r?sP“®bt pf New Mexican volunteers, seven hundred Btrong, will re main and garrison Fort Craig, It is rumored that Cols. Steel and Bailer, of the rebel Briuj, are advancing into New Mexico with 800 addi tional men. Important events will probably occur before (he next express leaves for the States. A well authenticated report has just reached here that the Texao force#, 2,000 otroug, are entrenching thom- Belvr ft at Sania Fe, and that Col. Canby, baring strength ened his command up to 1,200, is fifty miles south of Sat ta Fe. This may enable our two columns to act to gether, and mako us 2,400 strong. If this is the case we will have one of tbe bloodiest battles on record. The tntiuA arUlltry hUblbifS Xb&Ul felghtfrSU £!»&!, Wliil* ours is twtlve piece?. LETTER EKOiU NEW YORK, The Slave Trade Revived in Europe—Arrival of a Spanish Frigute—Chamber of Commerce on General Taxation—Liquor Dealers and the Police—All fiuiet in the Concert Saloons Yet—From Havana—Steamers Running the Blockade—Cotton at Havana—Meeting of Bank Officers—Stocks— Ac* [Correspondence of The Press.] New Yosx, April 24,1882. Mrs. Watson's bark C£anssa» It appears, lias sailed troni Cadiz without a clearance. If she is aeon or heard of Again, it will boon the African tr Cuban coast. Tbe authorities in this city are in possession of information to the end, that at various European ports slavers are being filled out, and eom fifty? mn ffftfied for fey Afri can coast within a few weeks. Seme of our leading men suggest the appointment of an agent by the Government to survey these European ports, for the purpose of giving our consuls proper infvrmatioo as to what are the indica tions of a slaver, and eo raise übshtclvu in ihe w of the nefarious traffic by stopping clearances. As the Govern ment is, doubtless, possessed of mnch valuable informa tion on this subject by the latt two or three mails, same movements may be expected Boon which, wifi make another sqairiniDg time among tbe slavers a d elars? traders. Ibe Spanish steam frigate Isnlice La Ad mil si Carlis Carnlno, Havana 18tb inst., arrived this morning. She mounts 16 guns, has a crew of 26U men* is a Bide-«iieonri 05.... 40* 3000 Tenn Gs '90..... 50 QOOG Kentucky Ca..B 86 3000 ill Can bds..reg 86 2000 Mil A Ti da C Ist 89£ 5000Am'can Goid...Jo))j 100 Atue Ex Bubk.. 90 10 Shoe & Leather. 97 05 Penn CoaA 0.0.. 90 THX MARKETS, Asms.'—The market ia quiet* supplylfght; sales of pots at $5.62# ; pearls are scarce. Flour ani> ttzii..- —The market for Western and State Flour is less active, but is tetter* the ftdvauood prices asked checks tha shipping demand. Tbs inquiry is quite genera!* and att kinds are held a Bbade better. The sales are 13*400 bbls at $4.7604 85 for superfine State and Westers $505.30 Cur extra State, the latter for good ground : 5f5.05<®5.16 for the latter choice old; $5.2005.35 for'fancy do; $9.300&35 for Northern rouud-Loup extra Ohio ;■ 5t.405t.94 &>f Ufftd« lift. Cnnadifeii Flour is hitter, and lb fair ?£qttsBt for the trade and the Bast; tales of 1*450 bbls-at $5.0605.35 for extra shipping brands; and 85.4006.50 for trade brands do. Soul hern Flour is better* and in good request; sales of 1,100 LUo al f5,89e5 99 for mixed (e good eli{4?AflS Baltimore* Ac., and s{i®7 for trade brands of do. llje Flour i* in lair inquiry* and isoteady; sales of 150 bbls at $3a4.75. Corn Meal is quiet; sales of 270 bbls, at $3 for Bran divine, and $2.7&02.f1& lor Jpr*?7f WHISKY. —The mark*? >b steady *, sales-©T &50bbls at 23023# c, mostly 23#c. Grain. — The market for Whoat 1b a shade firmer* the demand mainly to complete cargoes* but the want of as fortmeut checks business;-sales of lfh4oo-btta, at $1.31 for pries gutulifefn, $1.34 fop amber Michinttu and $l.lO for red State. Barley is quiet; the supply light. Barley Matt xb steadysales of 600 hot at $l. Oafs are firm and iu good demand* at &T#o39c for Canadum; 38®40c for Western* and 49o4U#c for State. Bye Is hardly so firm* the demand lightsales or 3*oos bus at 79c on pier, and 81# c delivered. Corn is lower* and dull; the supply ia good; aslee of 27,000 bus at 88er89kc for Wei tern mixed*. In store and f)f|jYffed t and 58058#c for Jbrsey yellow. PROVISIONS?. —The I'ork markeHs better—ttie demand fair; sales of 2,300 bbls at 8i2.26012.50 foe mess, $12.75 for prime xneßß, and 810 25 for prime. Beef is steady* the inquiry is fair; sales of 170 bbls. at $12.&Ool4 for plain mess, and- #l4*so»loi for export. Il.tl Hums aniet at 515,78017,50, Baeva if ftfffli lb? dtun&ud fair; sales or 385 boxes ai o#c fo? pamppri**** cut, 7#c for short-ribbed* and 7#o7#,cfordo. Lard is firm and in fair requtßt for export; sales of 800 bbia and tea at7#©B#c. Cut Meats are iu fair demand. puHiio Ainußemeiim The new play of “ElUuorof Clerea"'U one of the most intensely exciling and effective dramas that we hare recently had in this- city. It- is evidently derived from the Frenchi but geeme w-fewr? been- earcMied and remodelled. The plot Is very intricate,so>that we fall to discover the denouement until the oataetropbe is fully developed. The second and.third acts are models of tflMtlvenees, and tho perionagos stand out boldly* with all theirfdark chivalrous- surroundings. Few plays haw more successfully embodied the details of Court-life ta the middle agts* and the character of the Duke »y wl» have a long career here. It is sufficiently eensatlai al h» please the million, and yet has unities and, beauties to delight the die criminating. It will be played, to. aight for Mias Thomp benefit. John Drew’s popularity 99a#BB*« unabated, Last ■light he played o*Brim\ tiM'-The Irish Emigrant,” and we do not think it conld have-keen played more naturally by any one. Hr . John Brougham, who wrote the piece, with a view to managing. tie character to suit his own peculiar talento*.idm GHBritn capitally; butt to oar mibd, lie cannebapproach Mr. DMW k Many portion! Of* the piece. TVe-eveniDS ?se appears in 11 His Last Legs*.* • and » Handyc Andy., *+ being tho eighty-ninth night of hfe. engagement Ho- will >Uy oue hundred uiglits altogV-. ibtr, and tbpn, lv?w» L» r Europe, €U made in Ireland: and England. We learn that hlß.agept. leaves f« England next Saturday, to arrange 3>r, Hy. Brew'apqrformantM ** on tho other side of the wasfir.‘* Aiuic^ H h Mr. Us had fiBB &ff«H fPAte bin, New Fork and; Boston, ho has been all ovortures until his return from Europe. HttOAMS. Martin is now about dsodas a»J tilttthenles iu (he ally, aflu a very fiUCa