Cijj Vrts.s, THURSDAY. MAY 8, 1862 THE LATENT WAR NEWS The mystery surrounding the capture of New 'Orleans has been dispelled by the arrival of the 'Columbia from Havana. A terrific and almost un paralleled engagement, lasting six days, bad taken }deee between our 1341114 and the rebel forte and vessels, and had wrested an unconditional surren der from the panic-stricken enemy. The victory Was not, as at first supposed, a bloodless one, our total loss being 114 Tho 'entire loss of the rebels is not known, but four hundred of them are re ported csplorecl. Eleven of the rebel 'Nicholls had been destroyed. But two of oar gunboats were sunk ; the Maria .1. Car/ion., which was sunk by the guns of the forts, was a schooner of 17S tons, built in MG, in East Haddam, Connecticut, and ran formerly as a packet between Boston and New York. She was purchased by the Govern ment last tally and spored into a mortar boat, When the Maria J. Carlton left New York she was cffieered as follows : C. E Jack, Acting Master Commanding; 1) O'Brlen, T. B Johns , ,n, and A. Adler, Acting Master's Mates. The Union gun boat Varliner had an engagement with the rebel niannum. WANikr, in wiiieh, After n aearer.ae struggle, the two vessels sunk each other, going down together. The Varuna was a new vewel, mountit.g twelve 32-pounders and two rifled pivot guns. She was built at the Westervelt yard, New York, and was commanded by Commander J. L. 13aggs, a native of New Jersy, and formerly in., command of the mail steamship Illinniv. The crow of the Vicruna consisted of 148 men. In response to a flag of truce, asking what terms would ba demanded, Comertdorei rtllltar had in formed the rebels that the surrender must be un conditional. The arrangements therefor were to be made on the 271 h tilt Fort Macon is at present garrisoned by two artillery companies. The damage done to the fort is not as severe as anticipated_ The mulls, though inmewbat battered, are still strong. The main cause of the surrender was the rapidi;;" and freedom of our fire, which rendered the fort ua• tenable except within the casemates, which, in a short time, became too hot for safety. General BUM. SIDE has advanced his force, and, at last accounts. he was at Badger's creek, about ten miles above Newborn. A number of citizens of New beru have voluntarily come forward and taken the oath or alk s i..ce, and have formed a rasiaaerit for the defence of their homes against the rebels. The news from Gen. McClellan's army continues to be ancattragin2 By the brilliant cation of Gee. Banceek's brigade the left line of the rebel defence at Willianohurg was turned. and they bad to again evacuate cotter stronghold, leaving in our heads all their sick and wounded, numbering over ono thousand. Our troops took three hundred priso ners and recaptured Luny Federal prieonera who were taken in previous engagements. lanedi at.ly on the retreat being known to Gan. McClellan be ant a stroi cavalry force in pursuit, and at the last accounts the rebels had crossed the niche hominy. The rebel loss in the fight at Williams burg is known to have been severe, - particularly ie alarm A detachment of the Fifth New York Cavalry, on hlonda7 l bad a hand-to-hand encounter with Ashb3 Ts Cavalry, near llar risonburg, Virginia. Tea of the rebels were killed and six taken prisoners. Our loss was one killed, and the battalion adju tant taken piisoner. The Union Report of the Untrue of New Orleans. The outline of the Union report of the capture of New Orleans, which was received yesterday, shows - that our great victory in that quarter was net won without a terrific struggle. We can scarcely wonder, in view of the many difih!tlilithi our gallant flout sur mounted, that the Secessionists supposed their metropolis would "laugh a siege to scorn," and that all our efforts to capture it would prove utterly. futile. Their confidence, al though misplaced, was certainly founded on what they not unnaturally supposed was a rvilabh, be is. They, no doubt, bulievud that it was utterly impossible for Commodore FARRAGUT or Commodore PORTER to force tht it , way up the Mississippi river. They not only had two well-manned forts, supplied with an abundance of ammunition, to command a comparatively narrow channel; but what they deemed a large navy to assist in its defence. We trust the protection of Philadelphia against the navies of the world chiefly to Fort Delaware, and if we possessed, in addition, another commanding fort, a dozen powerful gunboats, and chain works across the river, we would be very apt to conclude, like the people ofthe Crwcenv City, that we would no perfect ly safe, even if we were at war with a strong naval Power. Yet barriers such asthese could not check the invincible impetna of our all conqueriag navy. The story is briefly told by the telegraphic despatch ; but it recounts one of the most wonderful even s of the age : " Twenty mortar and three gunboats were engaged against the forts, silencing them ill(gr six days of hicestant fighting." Such a con test as this is unprecedented. The enemy fought with all the energy of despair, yet doubtless they were for a long time buoyed up with absolute confidence in their ultimate success. As day after day our ves sels renewed their deadly showers of iron bail, the rebels must have supposed each night we would 'lot venture to resume the contest on the following dawn. But with a zeal and a elettaminatien that !mew nut "a shadow of tinning," our fleet persisted in its attacks until the forts were so shattered and help less that their fire was iito lOiter to be dreaded. — But the rebel defences did not end—they only eommeneed—with their forts. They had " fire rafts" with which they probably ex pected to consume our noble ships. Formi dable as they were supposed to be, they neither terrified nor seriously injured the Union fleet. - "They did but little damage. One set fire to the _Hartford, but it was speedily extinguished." We can well imagine the rase and disappoint ment of those who devised this notable scheme I when they discovered its inefficiency. They ; must have felt that they were but as children in the grasp of a giant, and that their devices were as weak and foolish as their rebellion was causeless and wicked. Then, there were chains thrown across the river. But we learn that they were easily " removed by our gunboats." The enemy found that they might, indeed, "as well at tempt to dam up the Nile with bulrushes" as to close the channel of the great father of waters to its legitimate owners by such con trivances. And last, but not least, the rebel fleet parti cipated in the conflict. They had as eleven gunboats, arid the - Hollins turtle, known as the Manassas Ram." The Southern journals which brought us the first 3CCeunts of the surrender of New Orleans were utterly ignorant of the operations of their flotilla. as What has become of the Mana, , ,sas and our iron-clad steamers?" they indignantly asked, in a manner which indicated that they could have easily resisted our armada if they bad been properly managed. In return for the joy the Norfolk Dayßaok and the Rich- I mond Eramis , r caused in the North by in forming us of the success of Commodore FAR *AGM', we can now have the tatt.ract;oe of • .dissipating all these mysteries. The wonderful .offspring of the genius of their gasconade - 1g Ctmmodore Hotim:vs, which was to rival the .achievements of the Me. rimae, " was sunk by the United states steamship Mississippi." In .a desperate tight between the rebel irou-clad .steamer Webster, and the Union gunboat Vc -rout, the latter was run into and sunk, bid, before going under, it poured "a volley of .eight tens se destructive and crushing" into the Romer that it, too, sunk in the very hour of its supposed triumph. Ten other iebal gunboats were a lost." On expedition disposed of the fleet arrayed against it as NEL sox disposed of the French fleet at Trafalgar— hy annihilating it. Our victory was complete. We encountered all the oppositiOn the Seces sionists could organize, and overcame it all. Forts Jackson and St. Philip were, at last ad vices, about to be surrendered. Our flag owe again proudly waves over the national build ings, and the extreme southwestern field of the operations of this mighty struggle feels the strong pressure of the same mighty power that is crushing out the vitality of the rebellion on the Atlantic seaboard, in Virginia, in Ar kansas, and hi Tennessee. Me. CAMPIIELL'S bill for the construction of a railroad to the Pacific has passed the House of Representatives, and is now before the Senate tor final action. Miring the progress of the discat,sion upon this measure we took occasion to express our opinion as to its ne cessity, and to explain the provisions con tained in the plan of our Repre&entative. We only recall the conclusions then . printed for the purpose 431' impressing upon Vie Stmatr the propriety of itoteediate action on it carton so important to our country in a mili`a•y and civil sense. This railroad i 3 virtually a con tract 911 the Tait of the government with certain representatives of a corporation, for the purpose of making a military road across the plains of the West. The Government is only asked to advance a cart tin amount of money to enable these gentlemen to complete their project. They pledge themselves tore turn that money to the Gtomrklilitkili in the course of a very few years; and at all times, even when self-sustaining and inde pendent, to give to the Federal power The privilege of unlimited transportation of troops, ammunition and other articles of war. The effect of this will be to strengthen the Execu tive, Alia by ~ntwlnins the ahltiwt St. te* of Me West with the capital of the country, to more closely cement the bonds of allegiance and power existing between them, and prevent in any of those vast and uncultivated regionn repetition of the scene now being enacted in the South. It may appear strange that the Government should at this time undertake a measure which may not seem to possess a practical importance, and which will demand at` its hands a temporal expenditure of a large sum of money. We do not take such a view. We can see in this railroad bill a military measure as important as the occupation of New Orleans, or the capture of Richmond. It was a plan of the great NA.' POLEON, in all his wars, when occupying a ter ritory, to bind it to his central power by every agency of ingenuity and enterprise ; and if we would strengthen the advantage we have gained at the mouth of the Mississippi, and maintain absolute control over the now newly occupied regions of the West, it must be by throwing the iron arms of the Federal power around the kei 7 Ateries or the MkstAppi bordering Mexico and the Gulf. There arc other reasons, of an economical nature. which impressed us lorcibly in discussing ibis mat= ter at a former brae. Vick-, however, will suggest themselves to the Senate, as they int:st suggest themselves to any one who has taken the trouble to investigate this interest ing subject, and we have no doubt that they will imitate the spirit manifested by the louse in adopting the bill proposed by Mr_ CAMPBELL, and confer a great and lasting benefit upon the country. Wii WELOONIP the battle of Williamsburg with peculiar satisfaction. It is the first blow from the army of the Potomac which has brought blood. Like an eager and wary cham pion in the ring, that army has been advancing and receding, parrying and feinting, moving from point to point quietly - , rapidly, with a keen eye and earnest purpose, summoning up every energy and bending every sinew to the accomplishment of its rival's fall. The reel- Ins- foe falls bleeding-, and can only renew the encounter weak and faint. The struggle was brief and terrible, and possessed every element of a hardd'ought fight_ We were in an ene my's territory, in a country strange to us, in front of entrenchments elaborately and care fully erected. There were no gnaboats to divert; theenemy and destroy his power. He was desperate and hopeless. His capital was behind him endangered, and in strength he tsculled his assailant. It was A battle of powder and steel. The cannon and the bayonet did the work, and did it most ante- In the fight at Williamsburg we have an earnest of what is to come. General Mc- CLELLAN has 9ilOWll us how he intends to reach Richmond. It will be by heavy blo vs, rapidly succeeding each other. No resting place for the retreating foe—no more siege guns and Ingenious parallels. Ho unearthed the rebels at Yorktown, and over the- bills they fly, with the Union army in swi:t pursuit. He in driving them to the wail, crushing power—commanding their resources—occu pying, possessing, and advancing. We--an ticipate one groat fight before reaching Moll , tumid, unless Jounsrox should conclude to withdraw his forces from the line of the James river and take D.kvis with him to North Caro boa. there he cannot rest, for Bum. BIDE is unfolding the meshes of his military net, and would gladly possess such rare game. jOHN9TON Must fight. He nmst either meet IticCLELLAN in front, or McDOW - Kni, who is mysteriously moving about Fredericksburg, or BANNS, who, when last heard from, was thread ing the row4ee of the ntkW Ridge. lie must fight speedily if ho cares to save Richmond or maintain his cause in Virginia. What the remit of that battle will be, the victory at Williamsburg leaves no doubt. The men who have shown so much endurance in the field, and so much patience in the camp, and in a deadly conflict -with a despairing foe l gained a victory of cold steel and close quar ters, may be relied upon in every emergency. leads them, and in evory o,ovo ment he makes lie shows a boldness in keep ing with his character and genius. What is to come, will come quickly ; and before many days pass over us we may hope to see a military Governor of Virginia enforcing the . laws in Richmond. ONE or THE CAUSES - of the sale of the priva teer Sumpter is reported to have been the de sertion of a large portion tit her ere ST. She was closely pursued by the Tuscarora when she sailed from Southampton, and securely blockaded by that vessel in the harbor of Gib raltar. Iu two weeks, thirteen of her sea men, who bad been born in the North and Unpressed at New Orleans, sought the proton. tion of the flag of their country. No class of our citizens are more ardently attached to the American banner than our sailors. Their vo cation necessarily familiarizes them with its priceless value as the emblem of a glorious nationality. In abandoning Captain SEMMES /1.1)d the flaunting stars and bars of Secession at the first available opportunity, they but obeyed the natural instincts of their loyal hearts, The Real Object. [From the Philadelphia Press, May 3.] Charles Sumner, Senator trout Haestichusetta, yesterday introduced a bill for the suppression of the traffic in negro slaves between the States. Al though the attention of Congress is demanded ex clusively to the interests of the nation and the legislation within the power of Congress, Sumner and his followers are continually clogging legisla tive action by introducing subjects which have no relation to the good of the country, and are only serviceable to the Abolitionists who keep their seats in Congress by virtue of the slavery question. Sumner plainly showed, a few days ago, that he was not supporting the war for the eatre of the UP1011; that he eared no wore for the Union or its constitution than we care about East Indian affairs lie wanted, as he said, to have a peace which would secure to himself the right to go all over the States and babble on his favorite (and. only) themei Loetar.lea the rlett 5,1•161,11,1tka to him toPpenk his sentiments in Georgia or Louisiana, as well as in Washington and Boston It is not necessary to tell Sumner that be never Will get this privilege; he knows the fact perfectly well ; be does not care to get it ; but he does wish the war to go on, and by these infamous pretences he does all in his power to cripple the power of the Government, to excite the hatred of its enemies, nod to prolong the eErife to the utter do struction of the country, and the fulfilment o; Abolition hopes and prophecies. Will he and hi t followers succeed ? The above para g raph appears in ihe well known Secession paper, The Maryland News Sheet, of Tuesday last, and is throughout a deliberate fabrication. No suclt ribaldry and calumny has ever appeared in the columns of THE PRESS. Lanuniun tiaa.—lf ever a laughing audience assembled, one was present at Concert Hall on Tip-srloy evening etf,ete produced by inhaling the nitrous oxide, by Dr. Colton The hall was never crowded with a more delighted audience of ladies and gentlemen. Dr. Colton fully sustained his reputation for the good management of his ontestalemeat. The gae was administered to some dozen of our citizens, who Bang, danced, declaimed, &c., while the exhilarating effects lasted, exciting peals en peals of laughter. By the IldirertiSement it will be seen that the next exhibition will be given on Friday evening. Go and forget ail your troubles. LARGE SALE ON DRY GOODS, LINEN GOODS, BOSIERY, acc.—The attention of purchasers is re quested to the large and fresh assortment of British, French, Oermon, LAU, and dutocatle dry-goods, hosiery, housekeeping linen goods, fancy articles, invoice of table and pocket cutlery, hardware, ,to., embracing about 800 lots woollens, worsteds, linens, cottons, and silks, to be pexemptorily sold, by costa lege°, on four months' credit, the Belo commencing ibis morning, at 10 o'clock, to be continued, without intermission, all day, by Jobe 13.• Myers & co., site. tioneere, Nos. 232 and 234 Market street. LETTER MOW Li OCCASIONAL." WASHINGTON, May 7, 1862 There is no withstanding the Government of the United States. The cause of the Union is cg marching on" with irreal,4tible majesty— alike to the Pontto see 'Whose y current tied compulsive course Nu'er feels retiring ebb, lint keep' due on To the Propontic Itud the ifelleepent." Settling the traitors by land and sea, and ad vancing its standards to the uttermost verge of the Seceded States, dismantling their strong hold.% and crushing every nest in whieh they hide. it yet offers to the deluded people of the South Amnesty and Forgiveness. And even as it moves on, the harvest rewards the good reed it plants. Loyal men lift up their heads and welcome it with grateful joy. Nashville speaks out through her best eitizenu, and New Otienhg responds in great public ree,tlags, each of which is worth a dozen bloody triumphs. Before this wonderful example of armed au thority and sublime magnanimity, every false hood Inns and dies. Jefferson Davis and his agents cannot misrepresent a Power that speaks for itself. The people ho has op pressed rah oov.- Ewe what Elas been done, and what is to be done, by the Federal Govern ment, and they would be stricken with judicial Dlindliefla ii they did uct cut lowc info ;heir betrayers. Chief among the heresies which perish be fore the victorious progress of our undaunted columns, is that pus:dicta, sharilt:less counter feit, the misapplied doctrine of State rights. Ever since the foundation of the Union this heresy has been advocated by a certain class in the 1- outh, and up to the very hour of the pre sent war it found an echo in hundreds of thousands of Northern hearts. The Demo crain accepted it as one of the teachings of Jefferson himself, never for a moment be lieving that its Southern exponents intended to employ it to overthrow the Government. Wonderful was the prescience of Washington when this baleful poison displayed itself in the civil struggles after the Revolution. As we read his Farewell Address, and go back to his correspondence, we are awed by the prophetic spirit that seemed to guide and strengthen him. If Sbulmpeare eantieuea to be the divinity of English literature, Washington remains among us as the divinity not simply of American pa triotibm, but of human freedom. The great bard wrote for all time, and the father of our country counselled for all men. There is not a word of the Farewell Address that may not be used as an earnest protest against Secession and in favor of the Union. When Hr. Jeffer son and others of the Virginia school allowed thentrelvea IV be swayed by the mischievous theory that a State was so sovereign that it might at any time cut loose from the central system, Washington remained fixed, unalte rable, and stern against them. In 1700 he ad ministered a severe rebuke to the politicians who at that early day were trying to fill the south with hostility to the Constitution and tilt: Union. lle said "The men who go from hence without feelhfg themselves of so much CiiiiScUllebVi as they wish to be considered are disappointed expectants, added to malignant, designing characters, who miss no opportunity of aiming a blow at the Constitution, and paint highly one side without bringing into view the arguments that are offered on the other." In this mighty struggle for the main tenance of the Contiiittien, we net only meke it stronger, but utterly annihilate the great weapon that has been used against it. We are proving the necessity of a strong Govern. merit ; we are solving the doubts of many of the wisest statesmen among the fltthers of the Constitution, who apprehended that so many local sovereignties could not be restrained and held together by the central power; we are also showing that it never was intended that the .g.iatt.§ 6oizld secede at will, a ndthat all their rights were limited to their own at 4, subject to the Constitution of the United States!' The reverence and the af fection of our whole people to the common bond has been singularly revived by this war, and has developed itself in thousands of evi dences of sell-saeritieing devotion. On the other hand, the rebels themselves have trampled under foot the doctrine of State 11-I,y have ignored the popular ma jorities, and _made the minority rule by three. Beaten at the ballot-boxes in Kentucky, they. set up a false ff,orernment of their own, and, overwhelmed in lifaryland, they answered the popular decree by flying into the rebel ranks, to show their baseness, ingratitude, and in consistency. As I write, the news of the unparalleled vic tory of McClellan on the peninsula is being re ceived. Our forefathers defeated and cap tured the British tyrants on this same field, and their sons, inspired by their heroism, and contending for the liberties transmitted to them by these illustrious men, have emulated their example. McClellan will march his conquering army into Richmond in a very short time. Tha'e f 5 iiô for er Any disposition to criticise or condemn. In this hour of victory, it be comes loyal men to sink all differences—to remember only the heroes who light for our flag, and to oppose only those who assail it. General McClellan may have much bitter - work before him i and now that he has let loose the ministers of war, he will undoubt edly discharge it with full efficiency. This wonderful achievement was almost a Penn sylvania achievement. thousands of the sons of the Keystone State participated in this battle. McClellan is a Philadel phian, Generals Ileintzelman, John F. Rey. nolds, and Andrew Porter arc natives of Lancaster, General Franklin hails from good old York, and Generals Birney and Acting _Bri gadier General W. W. IT. Davis are citizens of our noble Commonwealth. I envy you the wild exultation that will follow the announce bleat of this victory. It is, indeed, the death blow to the great treason. Nothing is now left for the traitors but an immediate surrender. When the historian comes to review this mar_ venous drama, be will not fail to say that Penn sylvania, first in the field to defend the Govern ment, gave to rebellion its last and most over. whelming stroke. OCCASIONAL. riews front Europe. We have the London papers of the 23d April, and, the Cork Southern Reporter of the 24th, but cannot find any thing in them worthy of special notice. Parliament was not in ses sion, having adjourned over the Easter holi days. There is a statement in the London Morning ../1 ifiS YI that Na..I. , ALt6SI told Mr. SLIDELL that, " unless something decisive should settle, the internecine dispute within the course of the next six months, France and England would feel bound to interfere." NA POLEON, up to this time, has avoided all coin nmuication, official or personal, with Mr, SLI DELL. Moreover, the Morning Advertiser, the organ of the London public-houses and gin shops, is excellent authority on gin- twist, brandy_and-water, and brown xtont, hut not upon any political subject on earth. The Prince Albert Memorial Committee have taken courage, and, with unusual con& dente, communicated to Queen VICTORIA that her idea of an Egyptian Obelisk, to be erected in Ilyde Park, on the site of the Great Exhi bition of 1801, must be abandoned, as imprac ticable. They have not added that the idea of such a Memorial, proposed by the Queen herself, to be paid for by a national subscrip tion, to which she has not contributed, is ex tremely unpopular. A. sufficiently large mass of granite cannot be procured, it seems, in the British Islands, and, even were such a monolith obtainable from Russia, its cost, in an unwrougbt state, would probably exceed the 1.10,000 already subscribed. Moreover, they express a doubt whether, were the obelisk erected, the ultimate result would realize the Queen's ((just and natural AY pectations." She consents, not willingly, it may be supposed, to dispense with the obelisk, and suggests, as a substitute ; a group of sta tuary, among which a statue of her late hus band would be prominent. The death of Sir THOMAS WYSE, British Minister to Greece, is announced as having taken place at Athens, on the 15th ultimo. The deceased was an Irishman of good family ttbd competent fortune in the county of Waterford, where he was born seventy years ago. At the age of thirty, he married the daughter Of Litrel.Rl PerwARTE, (Fringe of Canino and brother of NitroLuau I,) but they separated in 1828. In the last five years of the struggle for Catholic Emancipation, he actively, ably, and eloquently co•operatod with O'CONNELL and SHIM,. He entered Parliament, and was a Lord of the Treasury from 1839 to 1541, and joint secretary of the Board of Control from 1846 to 1849, and has filled the Embassy to Greece from 1849, feing then made Privy Councillor, and Knight of the Bath in 1857. Sir THOMAS WYSE, Mtn 1 I 4 4 s 4 THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1862. self a Catholic, was the historian of the famous Roman Catholic Association. He was fond of the Fine Arta, and had travelled largely before entering into political life. Re published " Walks in Rome" and t: Oriental Sketches," with other works of less import- Linea, and, for a short apeech, was an eloquent and effective orator. His part in procuring Catholic EmanCipation cannot soon be for gotten by the friends of ciril and religions liberty. By the arrival of the steamer from Havana at Now York, yesterday, we have important news from Mexico. The French, instead of retiring be yond the passes of the Cbignibuile to P 440 Aucho, as they hod agreed to do in the preliminaries of iota dad, and stated that they should, in their commu nication to Doblado, dated Orizaba, April 9, have advanced from Cordova and occupied Oriz tha. They attuned some eikhty man alt were In small fort, and, though they defended themselves well, took twenty-five prisoners and twenty horses. They also attacked, and of course routed. some troops plaited along the roadside by a.... 2 ..ra-• germ. to protect the route of the Cureless. de Betts. This was no doubt owing to a mistake, but it has all tended to rouse the Mexican hatred. On the 19th, 9 000 men, reinforcements for Zaragoza, arrit'ea, and on the 21st, 6 01)0 came from Puebla. Charles Lama Wyko, the British minister. was having a private conference with Doblado at Puebla, the of which Gen, Prim was awaiting at Vera Cruz. It was thought to bode no good to the French Toe causes given by the French plenipotentiaries for not fulfilling what they had agreed and stipulated, are four, as fellows ! First. The declaration of war on the part of the Government of President Juarez. Second. The assassination of several Froneb soldiers to the not g lAorbood of their camps. Third. The annoyance caused them by various guerillas. Fourth. The entire interception of all kinds of feed. FROM WASHINGTON. A NOVEL Is.IENIQRIA.L. A Plan for Confiscation Narked Out. New relit (Men in rennaylvania, Virginia, and The Committee Appointed to Impeach Judge illimphrryst Special Despatches to " The Press.• Novel Memorial—Confiscation Already Carried Oat. A novel irteerial was presented in the Senate to day, being nothing lees than a claim on Congress, for a slave who bad escaped from his master to our mili tary lines. and was carried off by our troops. The pe. Wilmer, W. V. Bowie, of Maryland, insists on a re tore of bla siove, or kio, poymont o f ;f:51,1.00. TIC aide; “It is LOS impronable that - this claim may be disre garded, and even ridiculed, at prese.tet ; but I have an eva ding faith in the 103 alty of the people of the tinted States, and upon the Mum of the r steb&rhee.ortail.anglA, 4 ihey will f, el it to be a duty and a pleasure to pay all low• ebicing citizens for their neurons, as well as other pro perty destroyed. used. or carried aeray by the Govern nt troops. A large number of slues ant several in dred—have been carried away by the Government coops, from their owners in Montgomery county, Mary lend. Our slave popu'alleu have been greatly demora lised li the troop, which has inflicted nem& atti , ~4opto a lawn' leas." It DI a full answer to all the croakers and dissentients the .-ontrabands who eooe.t. Weeiri.gton and the legally- manumitted sterol almost In 3iversally prefer ge ipg to Liberia to remaining here. An influential colored man, who knows their feelings and has mingled much 11111Itte bays that E111:16 Id 11.4 r Itrigaunat. Most of there people are intelligent and experienced, end in this respect differ from their less informed brethren in tt , e 'emote (lotion ttstes. I h ,ve seem a number of bright, Am. young fallen% Igh6 ace 1,5,j,1 carpenters and mechanics, and not a few who can act at. echo , Imasiern and clerks. Under the old system, Li beria was distasteful to the colored clang, bemuse colonization was managed by a company. and wee tea often prostituted to selfish or speculative purposes. MI lleie will be changed, now that the Government of the rnittd States will indirectly give them the advan tape of its care end countenance_ Let the Aik rf rtment thus begun go on, and the whole hug. bear of the increase of free blacks In the free Stales will be di3sipated like a bad dream. Whet Cil int 11 will not be willing to pay Ma there of the e.,,wt of making an experiment eueceesful which must operate with tonal benefit upon the whites and the blacks? The triumph or Ulu Foutirot Government not mar ch on this country from Rebellion, but Rlls foreign na• tione with new troubles and dissensions. The iron•cled revolutiot, in maritime warfare enables ui to defend our ot =duet alit toes, domestic and ottiviwibli, null Re• ceseitates rest expenditures on the part of distant GO.. rerbinents, in order that they may not lose the empire of the seas. France and England. already most jealo us of ttsch othti. havt had a violent altreacioa, throagtl their tramary - and diplo agents, in 010E100 j and the die. lecntiou of the combination in that quarter bids fair to elle in a general rupture between these two powerful ri- VAIL Nothing Later from Williamsburg The 4 o'clock boat from Fortreas Monroe arrived at Cherrystone, but brouaht Ile authentic now from Wil liAtudAii. eorre,oodo. rho A.e.o,:latett Press are probably e bb the adlrance, which i 8 Mutant front telegraphic communication. It will probably ho some rime before a correct list of the casualties of Houday'a battle can bo forwarded, The union Meeting in New Orleans The friends of the Government have heard with great eatiefactien. through Confederate sources, of the fact of a Union DlAMilflp , of citinets of New aot been doubted that the efiateuce of a strong Union ale• ment in the great commercial metropolis of the South west bee had much to do with the discomfiture of the rebels in that Quarter. Ite influence will fkM , MAkt44 the State, and it le not, therefore, unlikely that a provisional government may be establiehed to baud, by the people, which will only need the entlorsation of the Federal Go vernment to become stable and effective_ The Senate will, without nunocemary delay, proceed to the consideration of the tax bill, and itle thenstly tutu, the report of the Oommittee of HOST/C0 will be adopted without material change. The tax of 20 cents V' gallon on whisky, and 20 cents IP pound on tobacco, it is esti maud, will yield S4t ,000,000. Should the views of ihorninority of tha cc-mmittoo v-ev.ii• is is tupposod that the 'mime from them sources would be considera• bly increased. Sensations on the French Minister's Kis If anything additional were needed to convince the public of the unreliability of the .Yensations published almost daily regarding the late 111188i01:1 of the French Ithloister to Richmond, It , sould be the full contradictory reports published in antagonistic New Yolk jmireals. It is well known here, however, that these are mere speculations. the French Minister (or any one by hie antlaority) MTV/ tillilltarLiDg any publication of the nit. lure of his visit. It is only known that hie mission to Richmond had no official connection with the rebels. The Senate occupied mei t of today in considering the r.nneylvaula avenue Railway bill After a discussion the bill was referred to a committee of conference, which the Runde or the measure pay Will ultimately Bemire the road. The Secretary of War, in respoase to a resolution of the Home. milling fur the Vegititt4Elttli aid brtswie re ports of the battle of Shiloh, says that of Gen. GritAZT is the only one received up to the 26th ult. - Medical Storekeepers. ST, Vijrc.zomr iniroanceli a bi i in mac $4,121990 ) to-dsq, autborPring the Secretary of War to asld to the Medical Department medical storekeepers, not exceeding six in number, who shall receive the pay and emoluments of at.raceepore in the quark.rovitcr'is Depart• went, and who shall he skilled and experienced - druggists, and who shall be stationed at such points as the necessi ties of the army may require. Naval Ocders. The Navy Department has ordered Assiatant Paymaster JOHN S. WOOLSON to report to the chief of the Bureau of Provision and Clothing for dnty. AteeistAtit PA4mmater Ilisnar. Is ordereA to report to Flag Officer DUPONT for duty, on board the Wyandotte. Commander OVERTON CARR IN to command the re teivit g-ship Alleghany, to relieve Lieutenant Quanta's TriaklAN_ WK. it HERRING, Of Philadelphia, is appointed acting matter's mate, and ordeked to the navy yard, New Y o rk, Post Office Affairs—Pennsylvania, Vir ginia, and Florida. The Postmaster General to-day ordered the follow ing post offices established WYDllooski Fells, Pike county, Pa. ; JOHN N. WILTER p•htrueeter. To be mulled as special" three ttmes a week from Cusidensis, six miles distant. Mr. Sinew f•new is named as the contractor. The new not °lnce is in tht centre of Greene town• Mir, thickly settled, on the main road. The enter prising people are now building large mills. and content. plate the construction of various buildings at au early day. Hon. Speaker Gnow's district. Illadinenville, Luzern° comity, Pa., JUllisAllSi poets toaster, directly on the route 2,310, .Moscow to Hones dale, end between the former otrice and Hollister, thus furnishing seventy [sniffles, within an aroma two miles, regul.r indll fAelities hti iliac. a wisslm each way. Don. Mr. ViILIGIIT'S disttici l'enn.Fglranit6 (End Virginia —Jea,te It. Pennington, p...lmmteter at eapiv'm creek, OalutaLia coumi, Pa,, Tiva John M. Cole, resigned. Jeremiah Frantz. postmaster at 6onidabore', Liszerne comty, Pa., vice David B. Miller, resigned. Both, in ison. err. Writibt . ms aintriet. t% DIEthnttOWI.I. Preston comity, Virginia, isiu W. Cantn, postmaster, vice Thomas; W. Nei', who aban don ed office. lion. Mr. Brown's district. licaaante Santee, poorsastor WOKIODOWn, Monongalia couuty, Virginia, vice John McCarl, re sigrad. Mon. Mr. Brown') (Harriet. Christopher Douglass, yostmaster Cornwallis, Ritchie toofrAy, vi.obta, (116 n. Me. Mato.; atarici,) J. H. Robinson, resigned. William W.,odburn, [ leer Reshr's Rock, Mar !ball county, Virginia, vice Mary G. Gibson, resigned. Hoe. Me. At Saint Augustine, St. John's county, Florida, Jos W. Allen is appointed postmaster, vice Manuel Medicis addition tv the obov. - i wo.t.t. with ph...114 - M that scarcely a day passes without instructions being issued from the Department to reopen offices and ratters mail facilities in Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri, and other Plasm where the loyalty of the !meld Is entitled to ouch CuneiduatlOLl lm portant from Mexico Florida 'l*.a* , rfliGTQA) Kay Ti 1862 The Contrabands Foreign Complications The Tax Bi ll Watrbioglon Railway Bill, Official Reports from Shiloh POSTMASTERS ' APPOINTSIENTS FLORIDA The Military Silasilionon the Virginia PekinNal* The entrenchments at Williamsburg must not be con. pmeren to be rike the permanent ones at larktnwm which were defended by heavy pleas. duns. On the con trary, they mutt, for the moat part. have beau " field work.," .0 ealied, and defended by fleid-hatteries, which can readily be hauled off by the Patenting enea-y. Upon ulnae of creeks running on either baud to the Turk emd James river.. there may be Fiore or less of such entrenchment.; but, a. the peninsula expand. he) ond Yorktown, they con Do the more mil= l ißlmd yturned. Thla was dune at Williamsburg by your retmeyieanla general, why emote the flank of the rebels with fire and death. A point whore the rebels may have siege gut is in position in that where the old road to Rich -111014 GIPPEIOS Chithahumluy," a few miles from that city. A swampy country extend* northerly, end White Oak Swamp is at the tooth. as Rename by the great military map of the State The railroad from diet sad or Voric river goee through a swamp region ae it near. the Chicknhominy. The House Impeachment Case. The Speaker has appointed Representatives Eimanam i.az,et.eloN to ip,aent to the OPnlie the Roll Wire) , Impeachment question, alluded to in the report of re.ltor da)'s proceedings in the Hooey. FROM NEW ORLEANS. ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMER COLUMBIA Terrific Engagement for Six Days The Hartford Set en Fire by Fire Ships. THE FLAMES SPEEDILY EXTINGUISHED ELEVEN NEBEL MINIMS% DESTROYED, Action Between the Varuna and the Xebel Steamer Web4er. BOTH GO DOWN TOGETHER. THE FEDERAL GUNBOAT MARIA S. CARLTON SUNK 4,000 Troops Lauded Above the Forts by General Butler THE SEUL BATTERY MANASSAS SUM AN UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER cro - 1-3, Doss 114, Four hundred Rf-beis Taken Prisoners By the arrival of the steamship Co lumbia at New York, yesterday, we have some highly importont de tails of the capture of New Orleone, brought to Havana by El UMWd filateg ntort*r.boatt which. left the vane of Wirth on Saturday, the Nib ult. Twenty-one mortar-boats and three gunboats had been engaged in this attack upon the forte (St Pailin and Jack' on), and succeeded, on FOOT! trtA , 25th ulllt➢o, in silencing tile fortifications, and securing the tale pas sage up the river of fourteen war atsamere, for New Orleans, eighty milea above. The bombardmeat lasted six Moe. The i1et0.16041 tvutt ki , t. on Are b r coming In cooteek with one t.t the fire bbipo. but the fire was extiuguiltred before much damage wise done. The Federst forces hare destroyed eleven Confederate gUnboat& The Federal gunboat. Varuna and the thinfederate steamer Webster had an engagement, and the Webster run into the Varuna, injuring her to ha•ity (the gAratza) that tiro was to a aink ink( condition. The Vara/W I while in this eee➢erate stitte, aincharged eight Rung lute the Webster with such fleet, votive and cruahing effect that they both went down together. The Federal sunhat iffirios S. Carlton waa stink by the gab! , of 1)16 forts. Gen. Duller had succeeded in landing 4,000 men above the torts. Op the 25th a flag or truce Wait sent on board to Coln. niodore Porter, asking what terms would be dmikauded in the surrender. The reply of the Commo-lore wait •unconditional," and the sr, angements for the surren- Orr were In be mule on the 37th, It is said that the contest was a very bard one, many of the men on the mortar boats falling at thei- pasts with fatigue, so incersantly had they been kept at work. The floating battery - Manassas was sunk by the steam ship Mississippi. Fire shies were sent down the river every night by the Confederates, but a force was detailed with small bond for the purpose of rowing them off where they emu do no harm ta the Union forces. The foes on the part of the Union army is said to be /14, while that of the Qoufederates Po; known. rog =Poi Vl ) Pivileraiu Pritmil'. have been taken. Eliect of he Nevis in Havana. INSOLENCE OF REBEL CRAFT-CAPTAIN ADAMS, OF , xntl coLVAIBLA., DkPysn Tuu c.a.yral2f OF TUX BATANd, May S —When the news of the capture of New Orleans—brought by the Da* .S'atids—became hnevo to trvisv., the lord Americans rosiolug to that city were h'glily excited, and came near carrying the cap tains of the mortar boats on their arms to the hotel. - A grand demonstration was intended to be held in a few days, hot nothing - turator had transpired when am Columbia left. On Tuesday last several small boats were noticed sail ing around the steamship Columbia, having hoisted on verkrus nnasis 'the oh.. B.ntbarn Coureaaracn and the persons on board frequently shouting to MAO on the Columbia, who had flying from her gaff the flag of the United States, "take down that rag !" The m.trines, aid other per,..ste 6ck the polzerabla.bec , ,nalug .cacloved at the constant repetition of three taunts, assailed the occupants of the small boats with the Teri - m. 4 mis siles at their hands and drove them off. A short time after, Captain Adams was ordered to appear at the office 6f the Captain of the Port and answer to the charge made against persons on his vessel for as sault. which the captain promptly obeyed at once, at tended by his entire force of marines, who were all clad in %pew botany amts. Trio it seems, after a proper 0x• planation was made to the gentlemanly Captain of the Port, and no one appearing against them, the parties were dismissed, and the good-natured Captain Adams in third them to partake or moms PairanillTlMAL Spanish troops from Vera Crus continued to arrive at Havana. The lady of General Prim arrived in the steam frigate Bermuda, on the 30th ult., and was enthuslieticaLly welet.mtd. Despatch from General McClellan. THE VICTORY AT WILLIAMSBURG. FLIGHT OF THE ENEMY_ Leaving their Sink and Wounded. OYES 1,300 PRISONERS TAKEN WASHINGTON, May 7.—The following 'Rs been re ceived at the War Department: L gp DQDAItTERSOM Tilli ARMY 09 Till/ PAVOUSC3, WILLII3I9RURO, go,y 8.1881 To the Hon. Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War: I have the pleassue to announce the oc.moatiou of this place as the result of tke lord-fought notion of yeeterdeY. The effect of (lenerel Haneoek'a brilliant engagement, yesterday afternoon, was to turn the left of their line of works. Fe was strongly reinforced, and the enemy 11 , 01 , 00T!ed the Wife poeitien during the night, leaving sit his etch nod wounded in our bands. Hid lone yetter day was very severe. We have some three hundred un injured prisoners, arid more than 1,000 wounded. Their lrrs iP Milled. i4hetfrY, I have sent cavalry in pursuit. The conduct of our n_en has been excellent, with scarcely an exception. The enem) 's works are very extensive, and exceed ingly strong, both in regard to their position MA The works themselves. Our lose was heavy in Gen. Hooker's division, but very little on other points of the field. 11,,5aPa1 llabaa6k , ii wll6 a losa of not over twenty killed and wounded. The weather Is good to-day, but there is a great diffi culty in getting up fcod, on account of the roads. Very few wagons have as yet come up_ Aml authorized to follow the example of other generals, and direct the names of battles to be placed on the colors of regiments T We have other battles to Ilght before reaching Richmond_ G. 11_ MoOLi7LLd N, Major General Commanding. FURTHER PARTICULARS. WlLta awcwve , a. May 6.—The enemy evacuated this place and noir works last nliltts. sira •ene onripit nagging through about six o'clock this morning. At nine o'clock General MoClellan and escort entered the town, and took possession. About one hundred and fifty of the enemy's sick and wounded were left behind svitisoni any rations, medicines, or surgeons. They oleo left a number of their dead unburied. All of our wounded in yesterday's engagement, who fell in their hands, were left behind. Col. Dwight, of the rseelskr ter4,sade, .rho was; eeererety wounded In the en gagement of yesterday, and taken prisoner, was also left in the hospital. [Lieut. Col. Dwight formerly resided in Philalelphia, and was contrarated with the house of David S. Drown & Co.] The enemy suffered terribly. General Ricketts wai killed. The enemy had a force here yesterday of 60.008 men, and only decided to evacuate after the gallant bayonet charge of General Hancock. The town is very plea gently located, and the majority of the white inhabitants era remaining The 111111111AY of the enemy 116111 in one hands is about 1,300, including the wounded. Another Despatch from McClellan. Wlautsuros, May 7.—The Fort!ese Monroe boit, which left at eight o'eloeit this rimming, has arrived at Cherry stone, bringing the following : . _ 66 WILLIAMSBURG, May 6, To the Hon. E:J Stanton, Secretary of Irar: ETyry liour prove a our victory more complete. The tuomy'a lore la prod., vorcially 3n 6111e8ra. "1 have just heard of five more or the enemy's guns being captured Prisoners G. 6. 11.001 A [ALAN, - Major. (itmoral Commanding Good News from Gen. McClellan! WIL lA - AMOUR G EVACUATED. The Rebels Flying Towards Richmond. THE BATTLE OF MONDAY. LARGE REBEL LOSS WASHINGTON, May 7.—Despatehes received from Gen. McClellan announce the evacuation of Williamsburg by the ictieln, asytilbmt em- army ie fotlowiog them vitprotaar on the road to Richmond. The battle of Monday was very Revere, and the loss of the reb,le Troves to have been lame. 1t.e..,,t0un, May t .—Ctur Wier by the O'd P4bok. boat Buys that the mail boat Neity Baker, arrived just before the boat left, reports that General McClellan is in Wil liamsburg, having driven the enemy from their madden. A ftur captured cannon had been retaken, and a whula divielon thrown in the rear of Williamsburg, Later from Fortress Monroe. ARRIVAL OP A NORWEGIAN coßverrz The Merrimac Out. THE REBELS RETREATING The Bridges over the Chiekshominy Burned:,,Z Gen. McClellan In Pursuit. FOUR 3S MON RON MAI 6.—Thu flag of true , ' which Wthl up I !HUHN river leo kW Ilk V tikurnt...- recv.iv si,n rn- IF Union orieunera returned to-day without having accomplished their object. The boat was anchored all night Of Dare Point, hat no til wanora wort, btOil t 11fid DO Olulithation received_ Thin ie he third time that General Wool ha. laaoa deceived in regard to the release of theta prisoners. The rani gunboats Jamextuton and Yorktown passo4l down the river geed the ling ul tracer thin morning, hound to Norfolk, The rebel gunboat Teaser canto alongside, yesterday afternoon, to ascertain the object of the Bag of truce. The Teaser le armed with one 100• poundParrott gun. All the officers of the Tenser, with *ea ~-.,re drunk. The flag of truce came down to Newport News this forenoon for instruction?, and was ordered to return to Old Puidr, *hid' Rhe did_ A despatch received from Newpo t News this morning states that the ..Nerrintac was in sight. The Monitor awl other gunboats were pr pored roe action, but ups Merri mac has net rCf LrelJ 91 , 1g1 frinii LIMB Doing, FORTISIfS3 NUNatilt. Nay 7.—Tile Norwegian corvette Arepiwn arrived tide morning, and the commander visitud General. Wool, when ..lutes were exchanged. The•Mterrimac was 8881!! 044 W-day, Gag Bathing wag A tumor has been brought by the mail-boat from iorktoun that the rebels have creased the Chickshormuy creek mid destroyed iin I, nd/OPd UI ttiWr roar, Gunoral gtictaelittu In atilt In pursm t. XXXVIITII CARESS--FIRST SESSION. The Bill to Provide Increased Revenue Adopted. Impeachment of Judge Humphreys, of Tennessee. THE CHARGES HIGH CRIME AND MISDEMEANOR Senate Confiscation Co■nmittee Announced. BEAUFORT, S. C., TO BE A PORT OF ram AND COLLECTION. THE WASHINGTON AND GEORGETOWN RAILWAY BILL A Committee ei COllAP4.liile SENATE rrtitlolll3. The President pro tem. Mr. FOOT (Rep ), preeenterl the petitions of citizens of New York iu favor of a bank rupt Mt Mr. KENNEDY (IT) of Maryland, presented the N CB..a oikizooe ol Maar, aok•rAg for trir inlagra HMO end nocondinomil repeat of the I i.yr anoliehieg slavery in the Meirict el Columbia, and the better euforcenient of the Ana inve-eleve tow. Also, a petition from N. IL Bowie, setting compensa tiOn for A gave abet hint boe i.oe aiilt tar) servine of the ihiverorm ILeitnliureentent of the Sinking , Fund. Mr FES:ink:li UIL N (tirp.), from the Cumulated (in Fi nance. repotttd a bin minting an +word odic.. to rnirn. bUnill tile staking fain l ! Ur extra 42001.1ittk11 . 04, acid C.r the tinaloymuot of attuaorery clerks in the voice of the beetteary of the Treasury in 1863. Payment of Troops. steer the c s enitte piteird the lloude hill to provide , for the oyfacia, of Yolitufeero, AIM for Chß D4yindfit of tha troop, in the Vroottiru Depirtment. Viol bil. upproprr elur over thir ly inilltott4 of Collar., r G NI ( of iowa,.iced how- many men *Tin In In. grin: wiLzon , (Rep ), of MeoneCletiette, raterignt there was Irmo live hundred tlion4and to live handrail auc tweet) bollsliod owe. tie could not may cietedf• 111 r. 'PltUhl BUI L l tter ), of rit sight it rather best) legi,iteieti to ottetnyc to pos. a hill liltq 10111qm-I ig 16.- I:aorta:as . Lour. W. tmol beLICr Welt LIU the Bill i priat.d Mr. FE O SEI4OIOI said the hill wee printed, cud had been on the table for three weeks Mr. TRU hi I4ULL said it was the Hoene bill that IM ht.hi, oh the rah!, ...t toeftrill rep...“..3 from tee committee thin morning. Ile thought we ouNht not to appropriate I he yr...tile's money.carelesely. Mr FaSSEN DEN r aid it was the wanner of appro priating which bad alwayb been purnued. The Uoca airlift O en Irilothee could not kni,e; bow haw teen were in the army—the Department feed cannot tell exactl.r. No mere of the appropriatlOn will be ured than is absolutely needed, and it wee ri bale way of making on ”`yropriettorr. If tee rileuator was so cartiultifh.,tot° rimaao jaCts, and he wcuiti Prot that there wan uo Mum - Wino tar fith)Tltep like so general a splurge against the Committee on Finance for its carelessness in reCOtntnending appro priations witAnN (rb,ro.. of Wismactrnaekt.4, .I.•truell tint It wet 0E011164 for the Departtueut to keep a !oriel account of the es 4ct number of the army uo to the ptere-lit time. Reef worts are eoottuttelly changing and teeing men by discatx, , and the department cannot WI 11l any mmnol t tliti lirogiug 11111111Zra. Mr. °Ruts ( noir.). of lowa, thought that, if the officers of the army were obliged to make the proper returue promptly, this dttliculty would be ouvlated. The bill wan raid over Provision for increased ROVPIMP. Mr. FkS 4 lf.N DEN, from the Committee on rhysaoo, also reported the Entiso bill to preside - tor an increased revenue. It was passed. Despatches Irons the Army. Mr. WILAtAt ( Lt. p.), iiev.eachuoetCri, Etelra SO PO Ghrh's desk the dreparches from Gen moolohn, c on , cerairg the occu patom of h which were roast ; also, a despatch from Gen Hart:ruff. Recapture of Coufiscate4 YrOnia from the Enemy. Mr. YEMEN DEN . offered a reeolotten that the Com mittee on l'ortnnet ea he instructed to inquire whether any leaidation was neck,sary in I,l,tion to the ve,Aeld be lonein& to loyal citlzeits, wklicll bee bertUrcire been eOzto end cohtitamtoi uy the retirla, and recaptured at haw Orloam. and other elac , o. adopted. The Senator from Oregon. Mr. SU HNER (Rep.). of Alasamcburette. said he bad in band the rrpor made by the coiunot - ep, witch fume the tint tit. aeu Itor Trout Oregon Wai le• fuytil He bas waits for tome action up al it, and wished to ark the Setetor train 34,4 llatupubire tl.r. Clark), who was chairman. if he intended to take further fiction Mr. (ILA ItK (Rep) said the cAntnittee bad been did- Ohilipad from flip nuty ontruntnd to it_ cuisiah .I”, F A, to ity&ntinate th 4. chart:es. They preferred to leave the 0.1. Elilo LI to the further action of the Senate. Mr SHERMAN (Rep ), of Ohio, said ho signed the report of the camini tine. but h ,ped the SOIWO would °n em nn wore of it., then 01 thin. enemies:J. It would soon be celled by the people of Oregon. Resolution to Expel. Tr. BURINBB tittered a resolution that Benjuroln O l bibet 4ellaßT tram OreAMli t who herd beau luaarl, by a VlLMllittrr of this litany, to he disloyal to Bei Govorinnent of the United States, be and is hereby eiroseited from the Senate. Dir. SAULSBURY (Dr-tn.), of Delaware. obj,zted to its present consideration, rp# ti OM rtliostlY oven Relief of captain Farragut. tar. TdeDOUGALL (Dela ), of California, from the Naval etanuottee, Talmud a bill for 'Mart-lief of Captain D. G. Farr:lsm. The bill autnnrit-s the payment or the male u him while is California, rimed. Washington and Georgetown Railroad. She bill for the incorporation of the Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company, providing for a city rail road, was taken up. I myriwilitirili catiro A message we.' at this eel iod meal ,at from the Howie, announcing that the Eton6a had ro•olved that a committee of two be appointed to proceed itt the Senate and is the name of the people ttpd the flow-e of Emeromitatirea, Impeach W, Ft. Bum plum a, a Julio of the Ilktrict ,inert of lenuessee, At•., and that the bootie had appointed Isl , sers. Ihuglomt and milet .n, a committee front the Haute, to appear at the hat of the Senate. Mr: BIhGHAOI said: POPS' enleret! by the ;Louse of A rprrountalirra to appear at the liar of the "donate, in the tame of the Home of Kepretienttatirei and of all the people of the United Slate;. we do impeach W. IL .I.luruphraya.a )ndke of the United States for the anTeral districts of Tetwerwee, of 111811 crimes pail inlidomongr, The House of liouvratarixativecr will in- Otis 51.05 a2llll.lltit the particular articles of impeachment against him and make good the same mat we do demand that the Smuts Coke order Tor the an‘earance of the said W. FL Ilunlybrryq to anarer thus said impeachment. The PPP-MINT (Mr. I , .. atex- in .he °Lair). Tile. Senate will take proper order in the premises. District-Railroad Bill. After the further coneioeration and amendment of the railroad Dill, Mr. 9 HEITMAN (RIM ) moved to diaagros to the Muse ameudmrnte an WV the bill could go to the committee of coulerence,'as he thought that it was the only way we could really secure a railroad in thecity. News front New Orleans M:_ 0111111SRP, (Rep) o a,d be 1,..1 a de.pstel, from i5 - evr Torkl or the newe brought by the steamer Columbia, which he sent to the Clerk's desk to he read. Mr. Shernian's motion was agreed to, and, on motion of ,111 r. IHORRIL L., the, et mmittee of conference was sp. Military Storekeepers. Mr. WILSON (Rep ),of M.49411 , 1i11e10tt1. introduced a bill for the appoirornent of military storekeepere. Limiting the Number of alaior and Bri , radier Generals. On motion of Mr. w tuny,sr, of Massachusetts, the bill to limit the mini.ier of brigadier and major wm taken up, the question being onlrla'a men* to make the number of brigadiers 180, instead of 1:00_ par. WILSON said we had now appointed three major Revert& in the regular army and there was one vacancy. In the volunteer service tweets-two major generals Ltd been confirmed, making twenty-aix. In the regular army we have eight brilytdb-ra. and in the eitittht.W ride •ies two butuired nominations have been sit,* in, making in all two hundred and eight brigadiers, of which number one hundred mitt sixty-eight have been confirmed. Ile thought that, on the whole, the amendment should be re jected. Mr. BREWS (Rep.). of New York. was opposed to the bill. Be thought some Senators would like to limit the number of captains or colonels. We ought to have as many brigadier., as we have brigades. air, GIUSIIII said that there were more brigadiers than we bete ed. Mr. LANE -Rey ), of Kansas, said we had the other day in Kansas ten thousand men with six brigadiers. Mr CHANDLER (Item), of Michigan, said this iris simply a matter et none We know that we want a briginiirr general Tor every Tow thou and men; nlOOl5O igadirrit will be enough for 600 000 men; 180 will them leave 30 extra brigadiers. and ho thought 150 enough. But the Senator or Representative from no and en 119,4 particular friend who wants to be a brigadier and him ann. is , neat in, r,,,L I,ectsuele the n ervico wants them, but as a favor The Committee on Confiscation. The 1.1111S11) aNT-pro tell/ announced. WI the StleCt on 111 N COUfi•ontiorg bill, M,, re. Clark, Chair ut.l,..ll, Wile .171. (Si6.-JO ). 114“-- Flo. and Witt, Mr 7BUMHtILL caked to be excused. IN bad veto' nizttitot thf rommit'r«.. 1111 , 1 tbOneht lin could do no Bond It. 8.. , t , t i ti tA c t i.tl ttt.d 111 , 1411 cIpp,IIIILC.3 ia- Mi ad. After an executive reeeion, the Senate adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Vol I rctor for Pori Re al r • Mr. XtIOT (Rep.). of ills.sachmonts, front the C no minee on Commerce, reported aWI establishing s pork Di entry aid delivery in the cAlt ction district of item:- fort. 8. C., et el near Hilton Head, to by called the port of rvrt royal, anti proraltna for the spoeinanant of a collector, at a salary of 31,50 U per sonnet, and for weighers. wingers, &c. Mr. ELIOT riquarked that a letter from the &wrote* , of the 'treasury had been sent to the committee, showing the linportionce or this measure. The bill was passed. The Williatnstur,v, Victory. Mr. COX (Donn.). of Ohio, sent up a copy of the de ',patch Irani Gen. McClellan. announcing the victory at which was road, and apparently afforded Much gratification. , Maryland's Atuende to Massachusetts Troops. DI r. CIUSPIELD (U,), oP Maryland, osueed to be reset by imphitioym 0111 Th ffloryinud Legislature, opproprimiug 810,000 to those of the Massachusetts Sixth ft, , ghnent who Ruffend 15Y the riot iu Baltimore, on the 19th of limn, and the yvaponte of the Massachusetts Lealslatnre, in acknowledgment of the generous sympathies and kind alba frhiernial tweihroge ttens axhiblted,wkieh4utt4 waleprevail smosg the aisles of the Union. Er. CRISFIELD said these proceedings afforded some alga of a restoration of peaceful relstioue while we were recoiling accounts of the glorious susses of oar amt. Nebraska Contested Election. The Licata resumed the coneideretiou of the Nebraeka eenteeted.election ease. . . . , A delude eueued, mr. RICH t EDSON (Dena.) and 'Jte. PENDLETON (PJn) advocating to claim or the coo. tomaut, mr. Norton, wbu bleu argued his right to Mc prat nowa cupied by filr. Mr. DAILY spot, f , in oneourt of hie right to the neat. Dori, g the debate each parry contended that the other had retorted to fraudulent votec (it i , it IKEA replio4 ti 7 She speech of Mr norheex made yetverday. Mr WASMIWENE (ltep ), moved to lay the whole au ,jest on the table. Uarriol—yeas 64, nays ;i6. This vote retains Daily In hl4 thou Adjourned. FROM GEL BANKS' COMMAND. ROLF OF /BMWS ROM CIVALRY. New atmtarr (Va.), May 7 —Yeaterday of a detachment of the Fifth New York Cavalry mole a re . ttttt oicearict towards Harrisonburg, and white five mutt this aide they eneountand nowlede of two hundred of Aksbbl'M Cavalry, and, charging upon them, pouched ttnin within two mike of the town. Ten of the rebels were killed and six taken prisoner& Our toss vrae one kni.fdt and the nattaliuh adjutant taken primmer.. The broth on our side wet (lithe with the sabre, and was a very gallant an air. An °nicer 1 role Mount Jackson. arrived tbis morning, pays that the guard on the brictga near the tory repined tha guerilla carntry made an attempt last night to burn the bridge, but were repulsed. Thuro is uo (Acid coufirmatiou of Milo, as let. A small rebel picket waa seen In the nelighborhersl 0,0 c01..1.1....1,r1a5t, yetsterri.sy ir4 ttat, 4ticpy yumuy, Tbo ;nether is cool and pleasant. Thu sick are Cargo or Arma and Ammunition Left for the Eouth, via Nassau. Palmerston's Speech IA nr;rotion of Venatitt. REPORT THAT AUSTRIA DEMANDS AN EXPLANATION NXWTPFFa, May 7 —The steamer A ititralasiaxi ha§ arrived, with Liverpool date§ of the .20th steamerTLu Tubed Cain had left Liverpiol for Nas eau, with x heavy cargo of arras ana anautiaition, doubt- Itas demigued for the ronth. Thu rotors of Itorliktuaot aontitits&f. TDB London ,Ytar gi vog a ruonrt that the Anon-tan Co vennietit has detottudtd exploitations rotative to Lord Pnlnierstoti'n tote spnecu on 1t417, no far as it regard" ice retention of Yrtietia. The Loutiuu Times has a sarcastic editorial ha Peed.- Urns. preWitilintliMis or a day bf thithhsgiviee, anal says it was tilllttf premature, as affairs at the time were meet critical, and battles were impending It auks the meaning of that part of the proclaaidtion which re fers to the deliverance trunk foreign invasion an.l Mier. e.e1.•., and scarcely titian it 01511 lie for the lardy mid lice done in the Nation anti Slidell affair. The Ruesian loan of ten millions was to he an rimmed in London out the 23th. But for this, it was sappoeiS that the bank minimum would have been re dcciii tit two per Mitt Tit nil, all the Irish otrinber I of Parlintoctit had signet a petition to the F . 01103 of Communi for the redtoratiun of the Galway subsidy. The Pat is Patric learns thattwo 'English frigates leave cc the 66117 fur Bermuda with ordustico and ammu nition. WASIIINGTON, Mar 7 The Patrie araerta that England is about to concen trate troupe and war material at Berlinal4. Tito first Austrian iron plated frigate has been launched, tt he will be placed in cuunniolloll Three •h.L The rumors of the evacuation of Corinth. and Its oftv tupation by the rnitod States forces, are repeated by every arrival of devrtcre. Them is now no donot that Eteurilloril, while holding hie form in line at battle, le gradually fell i ng back on the Grand innedem and the opinion gaine ground that there will be no Kerma' en• Re, enact between the'two tandem, while in their preeent rsition, The Mails for Gen. nurnside's Expedi- Nsw YORK, Kew 7.--All the melts for Gen. Burnside's prditinn must herrienr be mat Ili/ the Ni.W V..ek nest office, ail vessels will run YEgaißy from hare tie Nowbern, N. C., Destruction of a Grain Elevator by Fire YENII/11T, loW May 7=A grain likitlAVlP , lb t 1.15 city, beim grog tr Towneend Or., of Ihtfori, wAt do. !Omni by fire lan night. The Nee 81110illitel to $15,- 000 8,000 bilthola of grain wore dentroyed, on which there who an ninuranc. of 517,000. E=llo= Now YORK. May Spanish trop on thn island of St. Dimling° hail attacked the [Lunen!, abd a force of .... c ep,' batteries, and a uundter of troops, bud tiCOll font there. 'The Npardeh claim the Orlo t 4) evrtafu lands voialcit the 11.7liene, 14nt COLONIZATION IN IVA SO I NGTON TERRITORT.—• The steamer ShreuPpor4 Loft St. L9Oili on the 3003 nit. for the Rocky Me She had on hoard a erg number of moigranta from lowa and ClHonig, who intend to forte a colony in Washington Terri tory. The boat will go up the Missouri river as far an Fort Benton MIJAAIIP MATCH.—It is stated that the third billiard twitch to he played by Foley and K4Vel nagb in Buffalo, will not come off for air mot:dile yet. A now condition hoe boon agreed upon, to the effect that be' bet pony is to take advantage of the "putt' " FINANCIAL AN!) COMMERCIAL. THE rdOri EY MARKET. PHILADOLPIIIA, May 7, VAL United States seven-and-throe-truths per coot. los* sold today at 30:3, coupon sixes .11 1551 at 14:2 and 112 M, and the Covernmen , cettitioltee Of cleir. at 93X I Gold decliued, selling at 102%. City 61X0.4, bow, opened at /01X, and advanced at the setae Board to 102. Ths old teen° rose to 08. Motel It CLL./Nab! Ikew York exchange parel•lo pram, BoMon exchange.... Baltimore exchange Coino ry fun& et Id 7 3-1117'resaury voice Ore year rerliecatea. Betiding Railroad allures receded to 22 56.100, a fall off of 44.100; Lehigh scrip advanced to vx, p olu or 2,1 f, Tim following rveoluliou, putted at the meeting of shtro• holders held yebteade), will pardy aecouot for this improvement. The committee appointed under th rewAntien are. Mcsars. Thomni Williamson. Henry Cope, Samuel 1111011 Robert M. Juhasus,, aUd W. 111... Itl - ham Resolved, That the subject of the conversion of the d islet! uteri scrip shares of the company into stock be TO' errtd ID a coannittoo of five stockholders, who are also Scripholdors atul Uoit.ht.l.tt , ya th...:oopooy. oOso , o .18sr It shall be to mtt/duo the eubloot folly In ,e-pent to an the rights and interests Involved in the measure, with iiiitho - at the expel t h e eanomoy, to cnoquit c 'nosed urou Push too.otone f law as shall arise, and if they OftC l;atqr 10 1184 to MO( tto nn Nit sitruwil irreliug ni tovitrottlere. to ba hotel 011 the 311th day of Nay. instant, a pisn for and couverolott, Which, 18 Its operation rind tfl , (1111 lie ji; •1 iiiid ra uitabin t. 3 the risht and hits' este of all ciaLstis W Ithoor v iole,tl rox or in illiell the 1'0.114 of Ray. Aml torteOt be entuttim,l mooting for li,. purpose of forthwith selecting from the 114 of stockholders the name, of suitable iteroctn to constitute cool, coma,' tt,f, as aforesaid, and report the ram to the meeting for ltd ap proval, - Dort:pm railway shares COLltillll4!aboilt the Caine it yrbkiday. tittle was down in tineee securitee te-dey. Peterson's Detector sends 11.1 the following description of a new and dangsrmts conntLrfidt trtreo.tminr nele on TBOI3IIIISOWD Ranh, ittninfli Vignettes large 3 In centre; rival female portrait each side; on lower right, blast:Eolith and anvil; tt on die above; on the lower lett, Washington no borsch Lek;3 on die above • lutitatiou RI WnthingtOn 011 Dorsal/ant on lower left end, and blacksmith on lower right, are In ovate. The following is the 0001 tonnage of the Shamokin P.,16,41.1.11.11maa .-."‘oe;pent For week ending Moy 6 BrMile tinft , Ost yeßr Prcrrnnt• following is fa 31.41.MPnt ths. amount of coal transporter, OITI the Lehigh Valley Railroad., for tha Week thdhig May 8, 1868 Wrok. Provionyly Tong. Cwt. Tons. Cwt. 'Nom Cwt. 2.6R6 16 41.500 06 41.66 04 0,2111 82 211'41 44 14 .. 1,04 /2 27,618 11 26.803 03 213 08 1,910 (0 2,154 08 1.1104 16 40,583 00 42,550 19 971 13 13363 09 13,q21 02 Hazleton VIA Stigrei.L.Ar. Connell Mount Pleahant.. Spring Mountain lioleraine Now Yutt Rott WIWI._ IVA 12 19.101. la 11.PAA N. softie Vtli 10 31.4.41 08 33,80 04 8. Spring Mountain 2,133 03 30,874 00 33.007 03 1,637 17 21,513 14 20.191 11 270 10 0.507 00 9 700 10 1196 00 11,620 15 11.040 15 Jcddo HNrleigh Gsrrintu Penn* Eburvale 640 07 11,635 01 12,157 OS Nilueeville Other Shippers TOW 18,076 03 283,1196 01 002,013 04 Uorr66]lull6iNgwDtls lout rear 13,761 09 307.791 11 321,668 00 Increase... Decrease... -r-tor him v-tu Erening f - not or tosday says', The stock market is lower, with some pressure t 1 soil Governments and the shares which have risen largely of late. The feeling, however, is bettor towards the close, infleienecd by the official despatches annonncituf the r r o e a - t b eat of the rebels (Wan se tt'illlasbee, /pm Mir Wail At New Otletate, by way of ila, ana , also has a good effect, and the rum het eentlimea e.shibit g speculative spirit. lane S o,k Ordeal sold up to SSN, and closes at sat e BSNi Erin is 'l'inf'Nl Pm7ivl 9 l qth Prokrefl O 3 ea& it mtirm ay..% (mien, Beading a*T. Michigan ()antral FON arbrix Pacific Mail is firm at 1110111 TX The sales were T-Trtail, eitel.tion being directed to other speculative stocks. The stuck is offered at large differences on long seller? Missouri sixes fell off to 525, Tennessee 58).1, North Car. Inns .0. Tice first transactions in governments show a dentine of 401 per ct ut. The sixes of ISSI dropped to 101,1 „ ` Tan lAN notes f• II to 102. apainat 103 )eterranT, tint at the .ffisolt le2S it)o2,i would be paid. The lives of 117.1 and 11 also tell oft 30.1,36 per cent. The Bisaa of 1531 and '63 are firm at 100ar101Vy. 'phe 6 per cent. certidcatee are Anal, held as tS9i t vrON, tics pries of tics iaac ettrew days. After the board the market was strong. New York Central 68k, again; Eris 390293 i ; eo Preferred, 00 if bid ; Michigan Central AAA .t.,60 The 7 , 80 notes hare rallied since the baud to 103. after selling as low as 102. Money remains very easy at dmb ift . cent. on call. On first.class collateral. a large rah ingss has been done this week it .10 th tt. ) " cent. Paine paper io scarce at .505,4 rrrn. The gold and exchange =Miele 11111 11 little unsettled today. Gold hits dropped off to 1023031112 g. Irina uPiss bills en Loneori are quoted nominally 1134011334 The steamer having left, there is now little or uo hued nets doing. 'Ply, Cisco hen IitC"PIVCI ills rain of Lag 11 0 in in tr" change for gold at par. It is underatood that the Ge -1 vernment has thus obtained a large portion of the gold net ded ter 'paying the July and August interest on the I pahlid dt Lt. rlilladalphia Meek tixenange Salm May Ts [Reported by 8. E. SLATMAECER. Phila. Exchange.) FIRST BOA Rll. 5 Long lelaud R... 10 ' 499 ON.v .1910 19 3 4 35 Crllstw'rn'lim 4 10 IC ataw R prof.... 8,11 133 do ..... B,y' 100 Reading R 2:311 100 do nswn 23% 004 09, 0 1 Ur 130.4... 13‘4 6.0 Bcla N Dolt Loan 00x 1000 Bch) NaT 6.'52.b5 607 2000 do 115 69% 750 do ...... .. .. 70 1(00 clo b 8 60 .7,‘ I 2000 do !IS 80% 350 do 70 21 Green k Coates.. 2.i)( 9 Penno $.... .. • • 4- 2 rjo 47)i 71 90 .00 . 1 7 it 25 Cheat d: Walnut . 35 2(00 Cato dc Anab be 'B9 93 7000 (10 ..... ..'53 93 2 (14 ) 4 /USW3II I I3 0 '70.,,, 94 1000 Forum Ir. let Ii f .3004 7(00 P)l4la •t. Erie 61.. 92% 2000.0 9 Dt bt Ctf.ceh. 55)1 2( Tit Ft Wayne ..4 0 15 ft Pboao! Ballk, Li .194 11 iniTWNW 500 elute & Del GI 60.. 77)6 500 Lthigh On 103 81ECOND 500 Long Jelend $ 6r. 01 tee rho V 1 1(00 Norris VI Int in" 96 )1 . "i 0 - Lehigh bcriv.. • • 42, 18 dn....3d ye . 42 3000 Cheat V 7s...cash 30 144 1 9 Tr 5 7,Als T "INS /ow Ti d Rrßie 09 '61,102 1000 do ...102 1000 N Penna 109-95 974 1000. b 5 93 200 Reading R. 23 66 40 do 23 66 AFTER 5 Camden R Amboy It 01.08ING ro • 1341. S 1351....10A 1025 V STr 7 3- 10 N. 102% 103 PRibub. 64 OS P•ndada 69 new.lolx 107 03 a 3a ' ' 36i; Roadink t 2.3 g 23 451 Wad nt 89'80'43 98 .. Read bd., '70.... 93,4 94 Bead nit de '86.. 85 80 Pendia 31 CV; 471; venom 111 in 138.103 103, Poona R 7 tri Os 96 Morrie OW Con 45 47 Mot rim CaPref 116 .. °_o! rOT 47 ;Kb YTVI••• 13 184 Sob Nay 64'82.. 89 6736 Rimini 33 8 3.10 10 Philadelphia aliolloh MAY There is very little Inquiry for Ftour to-day, and only 400cr500 hhis have le.en disposed of at ss‘ 20 for good interline; 35.60a5.62)i for extrieb The trade are bay. too, In a anutil Way, at about the Rama fletamt for atiper fine and extras, and from St, (1:14118.1'6 for extra family and f +nor bPlindS. as to quality, Rye riOlar COMM is ilouly, nod $0,50 V tbi, Corn file ti le unsettledt and rather lower ; 600 Wile MUMS. told at 412 80 V' bbl. WI(1117,-The market is Not ao sottas, and shout 7000 bus found buyers meetly at 91 33 for prime Penna red, afloat, including some small lots taken for milling at t 61.3301 30, the latter frw choice 1.600 bee doubt ern at 91.33. and white at .01.40,e14e, as to quality. ItVit is tarred more freely, and. 1,600 Ass Penna. solg 5t730,, vbich is a decline. Corn meets with a fair demand, and about 3,000 bus sold at 56) c for Penna. yellow, in store, end b7c for Southern do afloat. Oats era miter lower t about 4,000 bus Southern sold at 3TO, afloat, and MOO bin Prima., mostly at 390, in store. BA.—There is very little offering,, and first No.l rur. Quercitron Is steady at aria 50 If" ton. COTTON..-4 he market is irregular, sad a small burden/la to note in the WRY of gale& GROOICAINS AND PHOYISIONS.—There isnot mucb,doing in either, owing to the firmness a holders. Bases.—There is some inquiry for Cloverseed at 94.50 t y b., but very little offering, Is batter 1400 Obi told at i'bx coi•to for natal*, and drudge at 0h end littile at 220 V Won, •10 prim Prom. hez6 10 din Pr9{Rt on; prem. pa,re,y, dia. Week. Yoar. Tons Civt. Toni. Cart. 6,021 05 47,592 07 MUT 99 51053 13 . 2,154 05 5,056 06 ==llll - - 2.: Lehigh Scrip.... 47 19 do 11% 460 Axel, et 20;76 45 do 201 2000 U 8 63 Bog is 'Bl 102 2000 U 6 C mu 6+'81.104) 14000 1.1 87 30 Tr N. .103 1.1666 A. ‘oerl coo Proli.i.olq 10 Moat 13Y C & P. 241 E 5 Bitaloton Coal.. 454 1000 Sun . Brio 72... 93 250 Sell Nay 13 I 800 City 66._Motto_ am !km 2... tot g 1000 J0...K 8- 0.. 08 500 d0...K 8 0.. 08 600 do.,Now Oas 93 194 d0. 1 .1i R.., 93 1020 North roams oe. 74,16 70 It B Vitio 2 Ws WB&CP... 7 5 llarrigbura R. ... 54 2490 Wilinitatti R 01.104 la thrara t t 20* 22 Philn2a & B; R. 11) 100 Pohl Nay 10 Wilmington 8...42 13 0 etl/DO. 50 Hazleton Coal. 45hE Y 2 Far & Neon 50 BOAN.D. Remding o Moot Nov 13V do . bye BO Penna coup Os —lOl. 100 retina 5,4 90 17 ("maw It prefer... 59 II Wrklott 11,,b3 35 1 rPnna ti 4T 5000 Ptola & Rriu 6i... D 2 30 Race t Vino r~vn UN City 6s New, ~,.10i 0.9155 FPFITI4 IO&8-FTB~I DU. Aqkc.4. ttlmirit R Prf... 16 ,111 IClrnirs ln '7:L. 7934 WIC L lelend B ex--d 15),‘ Le'ch 01 k Nay 5 1 34 .. Le. 01 4 N.y...4,-p 414 d,tk N Pennell 8 8 !, N Penns 11. 88.. 74:4 14 1 1 i N Penns 101... 881fi 94,1 i R eon.— •7?{ 9 Gaterviees Pref. 774/. Prk Sibwk RI. 4/2 .. see S Tra-et R. GO tog It se A& Vine. ot. . . 8.1( Philri Is R... 54 544 f ' Sprucn R Thou 13, 1 4( 12)6 0111 , 1111 t Cinnims. Z 64 - co* nne9 A Walnut. 34g .. Arch Street.... 25 22