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FRIDAY, MAY 30, 1802
WE no NOT often hear from JAMES BUCUANAN
now. Be has not only stopped his corre
spondence, save with a select circle, but ho is
cautions how he speaks his opinions. At inter
vals there is a gleam that reveals the workings
of the Wheatland pcnetralia. Thus we are
told by J. ft. that g( the South cannot be con
quered," that "the Northern soldiers will be
swept off litie rotten sheep in the sickly sea
son," and that my (his) health is good; and
thank God that I (he) did all in my (his)
power to avert my (his) country's troubles,"
and that if gg my (his) advice bad been taken
the war would have been averted." It is on
these latter texts that the venerable Bees;
preaches his merriest sermons. And who
shall gainsay him? Not Conn, Tuomesos,
and FLOYD, for they are with the rebeLs, and
would not be bulieved on oath; not Sr Amos,
Dix, and UOLr, for they know it to be true (!),
and certainly not OASS, or BLACK, or Timm As,
of Maryland, for they will not betray their dear
old friend. But if the . Wheatland oracle len°
longer voluble to the public, it is communica-
five in private. Its most welcome and reign-
lar visitants are W. B. REED, Esq., Jonx CAD
WALADER, Judge of the Eastern Pennsylva
nia District Court of the United Stales, GEO.
M. WuAntos, Esq., and others• of the school
who believe with our Mr. Isosaior,r, that the
South is "an injured and perplexed minori
ty." 'What delicious meetings between these
congenial souls I How full of pleasing xemi
niscences of the past! How joyous over the
peaceful present! How ecstatic over the
beckoning future ! We can elm& hear the
ex-President say to Mr. Esau, in his quaint
voice, all the while eyeing him with his one
cold blue orb," why have you never fully dis
proved the
, allegation of WASIUNGTON, that
your ancestor was supposed to be ready to go
over to tbe English 311 the .Revolutionary
War, and only waited for his pay?
Forsooth, a somewhat pregnant question
in view of the grandson's unconceal
ed love for England, as proved by his
ardent support of the Southern rebellion
and his long review of Mr. Ssw..utn's diplo
matic correspoudence. But " blood will toll."
Judge CADWALADEN: 18, of course, SilbjeCT to
the jokes of the "sly J. B." . Fancy the lat
ter asking the Jarge if he did say, after the
secession of • Somh Carolina, that that act
would ktbe the means of making Charleston
the first. city in the world!" The symposium
to which all these first-rate and firat.cktss
patriots and patricians are admitted, and
where they make themselves mellow and
merry over tie happy fruits of tho last Ad
mintctration, is, however, screened from corn.
mon eyes and ears. We, therefore, drop the
veil.
But if the illustrious J. B. is chary of his
own words, ana fearful of any new outbreaks
of sentiment, and anxious to hide his dear
guests and Nisiturs trete the inquiry of the
vulgarians xho want to know if they are not
all traitors to the flag, he has a newspaper in
Vlach to vent and ventilate his ideas. J. B.
has always bad a weakness for a newspaper,
especially if he coaki induce the editor to as
sume his editorials. To write down a rival
for the Senate or the Presidxncy, how easy !
To write up himself, how convenient! Not
so easy, however, to write down a Country,
and to write up a Treason. The testis a more
difficult thing. But it may be hazarded. And.
ao it is in the Lancaster InteUigencer, printed
almost under the drippings of the ax-Presl
dential refuge. We hive a copy of the /Wet;
/veneer spread.before us bite a map—and a
better map of sympathy with the rebellion
could not be di awn.. It is marked with all the
boundaries, peculiarities, dad landmarks of
Treason. The traveller, who desired a safe
convoy to JEFFEItSON Dens, would not need
a better letter of introduction than the home.
organ of the ex.PrebLient. Let us glance at
this number. A low specimens will suffice.
For instance :
"Why is that neither of the Abolition joaraals
in this pity has a wont to say in condemnation of
the plunderhig rascals w ho have been mooing the
Quvernment out of eueh immense sums the past;
year? Reseou, they are Repubsteans. Had they
karat Democrats, we dhunla have had autumn utter
column of denunciative."
Of course, our .; nly 1. B." does not allow
his editor to say that uli this rascality and ex
tiavagance wits the consequence of the cor
ruption and Tie/wt.') of the recent Democratic • •
administration t•I the General Government!
.Next in order comes the following:
"Whenever you hear a fellow particularly voci
ferous in denouncing Deutocrat3 sit Madura because. •
they adhere the constitution, ten to one that he
is either a foul, or tour recervcd, directly or hull- ,
reotly, a share of the SIXTY MILLIONS had upwards,..
which, according to Mr. Dawes, a Repuhtioan•
member of Congress from Massachusetts, has been
stolen from the Treestuy during the past year."
J. B. invitee the Constitution to hide his
own treastn, but is perfectly willing that the
traitors shall break it down to assist theist
selves. Bertrldur again:
"The idea of a • Union' party l to be composed of
old, decayed Republicen fuseile, IS wares than ridi
culous. The la...dominating atemont-Abolition
is disunion, and the plunder element oares only for
the spoils. Forma:tidy fur the country, there is
now, as there always has been since the organize-
don of our (I over ument, a true Union organization
the Demoormie party. The Demooraoy made oar
country greet, prosperous, and happy, and it would
have continued so to this hoar, but fur the spirit of
sectional Abolition "
Tice, oh Venerable Recluse! And there is
not a fighter for Southern rights now in arms
to slay tie 4, Yankees" that will not swear
on a whisliy-harretto thOlastice of your sen
timents, and particularly to the concluding
line, that it was not the rebels, but "the spirit
of Abolition," that produced the rebellion.
But J. B. goes on
"NEGROES IN TILE NAVY.-The Secretary or
the Navy has ordered our naval commanders to
enlist runaway elaVee in the navy, 'rating them as
boys, at $B, $9, or $lO per month, and oue ration.'
Mr. Welles ought to be put in command of a fleet
thus manned, and sent to capture the forts at
Charleston. Ile wuuld doubtless make brilliant work
of it.''
"The forts at Charleston," will be remem
bered as the same that J. B. refused to rein
force out of compliment to his dear friends, the
Breckinridge Democracy of the South. To
retake them row may cost the lives of a few
thousand white freemen-but what of that 'l_
This being an ce Abolition war," the whites,
and not the negroes, mast fight it out.
Then comes a rhapsody of J. B. over Mr.
Luscious's message correcting HUNTER'S proms
clamation, and in another column a bitter aril: .
cie attacking the President for repeating his
recommendation of gradual emancipation.
Next, an article on 4e Abolition morality,7 ! .
from which we copy :
•.
"There are min who for years, professing'.
Christianity, have adopted as their creed one soli-.
tary dogma-ANTI.SLAVeRY. To those men, reit
ghat is Abolitiunum ; and Abolitionism is a passport.
to heaven, even through murder, and al horrible
shames and crimes. Is the man an Abolitionist?
It is enough, thougt_t ke_be_utheeregn, question. -
eat-a-reret - or - The public money, a forger, or a
robber of the private citizen? It matters not, ao
that he goes in fur freeing the slave. Is ho an in
fidel or en atheist, a contemner of the Bible? Ills
of no account. Clergymen by the score can be
found who will give tom the right hand of fellow
ship, oall him toy brother,' and promise him a
happy exit from limo to eternity, so he but favors
man etealing from Southerners, and advocates:
equality and fraternity with the negro race."
Let us ask thu 0. P. F. a few questions in
return. Did the Abolitionists begin the war?,•
Did they threaten Mr. LINCOLN'S life? Did
they murder the Masattehusetts troops in Balti
more ? Did they tear up the railroad ? Have
they burned our dead and mutilated our
wounded? Answer 11S, thou cl learned The-
ban !"
Of course, we have A3lOB Katins.LL's letter
in reply to "Occasional," but not the follow
ing extract from his communication of Fe
bruary:
t , But this is not all. Probably four•fifths of all
The slaves In tho United States are now lawfully
.subject to confiscation on account of the treason of
their masters. flow far the forfeiture of their
slaves, their other property, or their lives, shall be
carried, is a question of expedienoy only, and in•
vOlves no constitutional question of power. Pour
&the of all the bIaVCS may be thus lawfully set free,
and the emancipation of tho other fifth would soon
follow."
But J. B. doca not stop here. There is a
gun callBl 1, Old Buck," in the old 'city of
Lancaster, and J. B. claims it in the name of
the Democracy." And, as evidence of title
he reprints the following. resolutions of the
- Wheatland Cub :
"Resolved, That the cordial thanks of Wheat
land Club, on behalf of the Demooraoy of Lancas
ter oily, be tendered to Jon?? Gamin, .Esq., of
Thcordx Iron Works, for the splendid Wrought
Iron Cannon he has kindly preeentod to the Demo
cratic party of Lancastor•city.
iiße.goived, That in this gift we recognize a
spirit of patriotism and devotion to the couserva
live intereets of his country, that is highly com
mendable and worthy the • imitation of every
American citizen—and that in our distinguished
fellow•townramo JAMES Bemuses, he recognizes,
iu cowmen with all the 'conservative men of the .
Nation, the Stateemen and Patriot, and the only
man now Were the people , who is NUM to the
great crisis through which the political interests of
our country are passing in the present age . of the
world."
Who will now say that there are n0t:441-
niirers of J. B. in the Keystone Staley. •Joria
Cairns presents a gun, and the donnis chili
ten it 4. Old Buck," and res !Miens are
pusst d, in honor of the giver. But this
happened in Intl—nearly six years ago!
dorm GPIFFIN makes no more guns for J. B.
lie does not even vote on •his side. Ho does
not-.Wieve in the 0. P. F. He fires no more
salutes for J. B.'s friends, unless they aro
accompanied with shot and shell ; 'and ho
thinks that if J. B. had been half as tenacious
of his guns two years ugo, as he is now of
cs Old Buck," there would have been neither
secession nor war.
And this is the teaching and tone of one
number of JAMBS BUCHANAN'S organ, the Lan
caster .ptlelligencer. Although thousands of
the citizens of Lancasterare now in the battle
field against the traitors, there is not a word
in this paper to encourage them—not a sylla
ble of praise of their bravery or patriotism—
and not an intimation that they are remem='
bored at their own homes. It is related of
the aged J. 8., that when he proceeded to
Washington to be inaugurated in 1857, he was
accompanied by the Lancaster Fencibles, Capt.
Duousias, who is now in Tennessee, in Col.
HAMBRIGIIT'S fine regiment. Bat at Baltimore
the President elect gave his friends the slip,
and, although they remained in Washington
several days, they could not approach him;
the only sign that he remembered them was a
preeent of fifteen dollars to pay their home
ward expenses—a gift which they had the bad
grace to return. And why should be remem•
her them now, when they are lighting against
the Breckinrklgo and Buchanan Democracy of
the South, and taking part in an Abolition
war?
SOME TIME /Leo, the tri-partite league against
Mexico was weakened by the secession of
England. Since that time,. Spain has exhi
bited such a decided desire to withdraw,
that site, alsoonay.. --csrialaorea.out - or the
ring. In'fact, the only actual European
belligerents now in Mexico are the French.
Sir CHARLES Wry.a has concluded a treaty
with :he Mexican Government, by which
the English claims are placed np m is de
bind footing, and it is .understood that a.
like agreement can be entered into by Mexico
as regards Spain—indeed, would bare been
done ere now, had not , the Spanish General
Pant hastily left the country. A. minister
will immediately be sent from Mexico to
Spain, to complete tin treaty of pacification
and alliance.
The only belligerents are the French and
the Mexicans. It is singular that France, of
the three European Powers invading Mexico,
has by far the smallest pecuniary claims upon
that country. At present, Mexico owes
$75,000,000 to England, $10,000,000 to Spain,
aid $5,000,000 to France.
With his accustomed adroitness, NAPOLEON
coaxed England and Spain into a league with
France for the invasion and occupation of
Mexico. What his purpose originally was is
unknown. Equally obscure is the result which
he may now endeavor , to maintain.- Did he
calculate upon obtaining, territory in Mexico ?
Did he enter upon the war in the hope of
giving a blow to Republicanism on the Ameri
can Continent? Did he seriouslytontemplate
the creation of a Monarchy in Mexico, with an
Austrian Arch-Duke as its representative?
WI atever the motive, he is now left alone in
a remote country, deserted by his allies, who
!apparently quitted him, one •after the other,
on finding that, to use a vulgar but somewhat
expressive phrase, ho bad made a cat's paw of
them. In plain words, they discovered that
he was using them for some purpose of his
ow n.
The French papers state that the French
forces.were to be considerably increased, at
Mekico, by sea as well as by land.. NA-
PgLEON'S instructions to his commanders were
to push on for the city of Mexico. Accord
ingly, the main body of the French army
quitted Vera Cruz, and have endeavored to
tress forward to the capital. They have
found it difficult to advance, with the native
ireeps against them, and indeed around them,
at-all points. So situated, they find it equally
,diikeult to retreat as to advance. The Mexi
cans are between them and Ye a Cruz, and
also between them and Mexico. Reinforce
nts of ships and men may help them, may
erable tbem . to get on to tho capit/I or back
to" Vera Cruz, but in either case, the gain
• worild be doubtful. A handful of foreigners
t.anu‘t tope to continue masters of such a city
Ai Mexico, and the French will risk much
more by remaining at' Vera Cruz during the
hot months, when disease ..proves so fatal
evi•n to the acclimated natives. At present,
-it would seem as it this Mexican expedition,
at tnce costly, nnnecessitiy,.and infelicitons,
were one of NAPOLEON'S failures. As TAL
LEYNAND said, of another affair, it is worse
than a elime,—it is a blunder.
The Great Indiana Swindle
The papers are teeming with the details of
the great robbery perpetrated by the agent of
the State of Indiana, in the city of New York,
by an over-issue of $1,200,000 of five-per-cent.
-stocks. The financial system of Indiana must
be very-loosely managed that so great a swin
dle should be so long undetected. It is a fact
that deserves to be-mentioned at present, that
es long ago as December, 1853, Hon. Jostru
A. Waicnr, the American minister at Berlin,
and now a Senator in Congress from that State,
wrote a letter to a friend in thelndiana Legis
lature, praying Win to report a bill to prevent
frauds and robberies of this very character,
and predicting just the catastrophe which has
occurred if his advice was neglected. The
following extract is from Gov. Warn LIT'S let
ter referred to, and may be profitably read and
acted upon by the people of all the. other
States that adhere to the system Which has
proved to be so costly to Indiana. It ought
to be added that Gov.-Warcnv, in all of his
messages to the Legislature of Indiana, pressed
this reform as a measure of,firet and last pru
dence and precaution
“Bantist, Deoember 11, 1858.
" MY Daen Stu : It has given me much pleasure
to receive the intelligence of your election to the
House of Representatives of Indiana, and to be
assured of your earnest purpose to throw the weight
of your influence in favor of some plan by which
more efficient safeguards and checks may be placed
around the treasury and the State Agency, and the
financial affairs of our' State put upon a more se
cure footing; and I am most happy to learn your
determination to urge that just and essential, bat
lonivseglected measure, the geological and topo
graphical survey of Indiana.
"To speak first of financial matters : The laws
which regulate the financial operations of Indiana
arc, in many respects , proverbially defective, and
we have hitherto escaped serious damage, only be
cause we have thus far been remarkably fortunate
in the selection of able and honest men
_to fill the
_ office of State Agent. But we may not always bo
thus fortunate; and we cannot close our oyes to
the fact that, should a corrupt or incapable man
ever occupy that important and responsiblepoeitiog„
there_larinthiassi - incalatniliTtlitit blank bonds are
executed in unlimited numbers, and forwarded to
the Agent, and only require to be filled, up and
signed by him to become valid ; and yet there is
nothing whatever, except from his personal honeaty,
to prevent him from issuing them by the thousand.
It seems almost miraculous that we are not com
pelled to reckon our 1061101 by millions.
" You doubtless remember the case of the young
man who Suddenly disappeared a few years ago,
while conneoted with ono of our small Indiana
banks in the capacity of cashier, taking with him
several thousand dollars belonging to his employ
ers. For days and weeks before this robbery was
, committed, this gentleman had been entrusted with
the affairs of our State Agency, during the ab
sence of the agent, with blank stocks already
signed by the auditor and treasurer, under his con
trol, nothing to do but to fill them out for thousands
or millions. Once issued, and in the hands of un
suspecting purchasers, then let the State look out
for itself . By permitting such dangerous facilities
fur robbing to remain uncorrected to this very day,
whieb is actually the case, the State virtually offers
a premium on dishonesty, and invites depredations
upon its property.
"You will hear some men talk about a register
of stocks at New York, and of other checks end
safeguards through the agenoy of banks; but, in
my judgment, the only adequate means of scouring
the people of the State against fraud and loss will
be, to require that all trawlers of State stooks
shall be made by the agent In .New York, then
sent to the Auditor and Treasurer. df State at In
dianapolis, to be duly signed and 'regiatered, and
then forwarded again to the agent in New York.
2111 s arrangement will probably find little favor
among brokers and speoulatora ; but every intelli
gent man 'at New York or elsewhere who wishes
to make an inveatmesit in Indiana stocks, will con
eider himself amply compensated for the delay of a
few days by the absolute security of his property,';
whtdhwillbetho'result of such a precautionary i
measure. Indiana will owe you a debt of graii-!'
lade if you will give your attention to this subjestc.
and, in conjunction with your colleagues abs.
Legislature, assist in providing additional and.
inure ifauacious safeguards to her securities which
are held at home and abroad."
• SALB OF• CA III III I / 1 8, MATTING, SM.—The °arty
attention of purchasers is requested to the general
assortment of 300 pieces of velvet, Brussels, in
grain, cottage, hemp, and list carpetinga; also,
superior white and red•checked Canton and cocoa
wettings, to be peremptorily sold •by eatalogue, on
a Credit of four months, commencing this morning,
at :10 o'clock precisely, by. John B. Myers do Co.,
auotioneei7, Nos. 232 and 234 Market street.
LETTER EROIII-:“ OCCASION AL."
WAtsaiosi:, - May 29, 1862.
. What would the Democratic party in its
best days have done, if the grave responsi
bilities of yrosecutiug such a war as this had
been reposed in its hands? Let us suppose
precisely the same case made. up against an
adversary that has been made up against the
South, and who can doubt that a policy would
be resorted to far more severe and thorough
than that adopted by the present A.dministra-
tion ? We have only to peruse the history of
the last thirty years, to be assured of the
truth of this assertion. The most familiar
authority against even a threatened rebellion,
is that furnished in the experience of Andrew
Jackson, a Southern President. Had he not
been prevailed" up, n, be would have hung
John C. Calhoun on Pennsylvania avenue.
Those who knew the innermost secrets of his
heart have frequently related how often
he regretted that he had been persuaded
from this purpose. The Jackson school was
composed of min who took the responsibility,
and whenever they did so tbey were sustained
by the people. In the midst of the violent
assaults of his opponents, the favorite motto
of Old Hickory was that 4 ‘ he had sworn to
support the Constitution, and would execute
it according to his own construction of
it." Hence his declaration of martial law
in New Orleans, and his defiance of the
decision of Judge Hall. Hence his .fear
less opposition to the United States Hank, in
the face - ofAreats and protests from lawyers
and capilalltits. Hence his hanging of Ar
buthnot and Ambrister. In his campaign
against the British, before the battle of Now
Orleans, he enrolled and armed the: negroes
by thousands, and if he were now living he
would not hesitate a moment, to strike at the
slaveholders, to confiscate their slaves, to use
their labor to relieve his own troops, and to
carry fire and sword into every community that
resisted the Ilederal thnritv—The-marlisan_
who stood in his way was crushed. The Ade
-re officers who hesiated to support his policy
was removed, and flu' member of Congress
who refused to give him his whole heart's ap
proval was sternly excluded from his presence.
One of his boldest acts, the removal oftlin de
posits, was greeted with a shout of execration
by the expounders of the Constitution, and led
to the appointment, first in his Cabinet as At-
torney General, and afterwards as a Judge of
the Supreme Court, of that very Roger B.
Taney who is now relied upon, in his high
place of Chief Justice of that grave tribunal,
to give opinions to embarrass the Administra-
tion in its present great struggle. Jackson
salv his country in peril—beheld it threatened
by a tyrannical moneyed institution—and, when
the lawyers refused to give him law to main
taintis remedy, he made the law for himself
—or, as in the case of Taney, selected lawyers
to make it for him.
So much for the real chief of the pro
gressive Democracy in his own day and
time. ...dell for Jackson when :he felt he
was tight. What he would do now no honest
man can doubt. His heroic soul would kindle
with indignation at the spectacle of a slave
holders' rebellion inspired by the teachings
of Calhoun against that Union which he de
dared c , must and shall be preserved." Take
the Democrats who followed him. They wore
never hampered by such pleadings as are pa•
tent on the part of the Breckinridge leaders in
this crisis. When they wanted Texas they
rode down all objectiont.. When they hungered
for more territory they laughed at constitu-
tional scruples. When they longad for Cuba,
Slidell, and Mason, and Hunter, and Buchanan
boldly advocated 'a great corruption fund of
thirty millions to buy and to bribe the Spanish
court ; and this scheme was so seriously enter.-
tabled, that when some timid Democrat sug
gested that the thirty millions might be swollen '
into two hundred millions, they hooted him
down r and said that to secure this new slave
ground such a bounty would be most mode
rate. Then their plea was that the acquisi
tion of Cuba was'a measure of self-preserva
tion. Let ns quote from the Ostend Mani
festo, Signed by James Buchanan, John Y.
Mason, and Pierre Soule. gt But if," they,
said, cg dead to the voice,of her own interest,
and actuated by stubborn pride, Spain should
rotuse to sell Cuba to the United States, then
the question will arise, What ought to be the
course of the American Government Javier
such circumstances ? Self-preservation is the
fi rs t taw of Nature, with Stales as well as with
individuals. .611 nations have, at different pe
riods, acted upon this maxim." And again,
when they ask, 46 Does Cuba, in the posses
sion of Spain, seriously endanger our peace
and the existence of our cherished Union ?"
they use these revolutionary terms;
g. Should this question be answered in the affirma
tive, then by every law, human and divine, .wo
shall be jurtilled in wresting it from Spain, if we
poises the power, and this upon the very same
principle that would justify an individual in
tearing dowse the burning house of his neighbor,
if there were no other means of preventing the
flames from destroying his own house."
These are the apostles of Modern Da
mocraey, two of them the open and active
enemies of the Union now, and one of them
the Great Criminal who precipitated the war.
They were ready to make war with a distant
nation with 'whom we were at peace—to run
the drtadful risk of a conflict with England
and France, to beggar the ,treasury and to,
banktupt the peoPle, on the plea of self-pre
servation. Thee, when the
.Constitution
stood like a frowning battlement-in their way,
'they thrust it .aside, and threw theinselves
on the principle of self-preservation. Now,
when the Union is hemmed in with dangers,
when a horde of maddened fiends are thirst
ing for the heart's blood of the Reuuhlia,-
this most unholy trinity-hrde-tnemstiffis with
inthe fortress of the Constitution, and declare
.that we have no right and no power to save
it from overthrow. Slavery, unlike Cuba, is
to day the burning house," and when they
are told ,cc that there is no other means of
preventing" slavery (1 Irons destroying our own
house," they are agonized and . distressed be
yond measure.
When there same Democrats, still perseve
rine in the wrong, aspired to extend slavery
into the public domain, they wrested a decision
from the Supreme Court to make the usurpa
tion constitutional and when the people of
Kansas revolts d against, their tyranny, they.
called in the army to put them down.
I revive - these historical events to show
what the patriot hero, Andrew Jackson, did,
vt hen he. was in the right, and also what was
done by those who deserted and discarded
his example when they were in the wrong.
Amid the terrible evils that afflict the Ameri
pan Republic these days, may not .our
• legislators and rulers And, in this truthful
xetrospect,, everything to strengthen their.
Public Amusements.
Tux 0r1a1. 7 -The success attending the new troupe
at the Academy of Music, when the "Daughter of the
Regiment" was performed, was so gratifying that the
manager bus determined to give a representation on
Saturday. We are to 'have all the/ attractions of tho
fainter company, and a now attraction, in the person of
Madame Do Bresnan, a prima donna from Faris, who has
a good reputation, not only, as an actress, but a singer of
much power and sweetness. She will sing the difficult
part or Leonora, in the last act of " La favorite," with
Brignoti as Fernando, and Buda( as - Bait/tam.
Madame De fiussan has been perforining In Washington,
and haa quite a reputation ae a prima donna. We shall
have but one act of "La Favorite," in which, - however,
there are some exquisite morcesue of song. The princi
pal part of the entertainment will be ' , Lucia di Lammer
moor," with Miss Kellogg na Lucia, assisted by Brig.
nail, Amodio, and Sunni. .We have few batter singers
than Miss Kelioggi as Ler performance of Marie, to the
"Daughter of the Regiment," on 'Monday evening,
abundantly proved, and we are anxious to see bow she
acquits herself in• the softer part of Lucia. As Tonic
Brignoll bad little, opportunity for the display of his
extraordinary qualities as a singer. He can have no
ouch complaint in the performance on Saturday evening.
. We hope that Messrs. Brignoll and Gottschalk wilt suc
ceed in their present undertaking. They have gone to $
great expense and much trouble to establish the opera in
our beautiful Academy 'AEl:uric—and they deserve to be
patronized in the moat liberal manner. Mr. Gottschalk,
who is one of the most accomplished pianists in the coun
try, will also contribute to the pleasure of the evening by
performing a number of piocee on the piano.
WALNUT. STREET . TIOCATRIII.Mr. J. B. Roberts will
tate a benefit Ibis evening, appearing as' S hylock in
'ee The Merchant of Venice," and in "The Oorsican Bro
then."' This is a fine bill, ant will enable Mr. Roberts
to do more justice to his tatents than in such parts as
Belpftegor or Jags. Mr. Roberta' hour, last evening,
was one of t h e fined of the season. We aro glad to sea
these many evidences of p. peel:wily on the part of Mr.
Boberta, for he is an artist who deserves encouragement.
llc has many things to learn ; his style is very often un
natural and harsh; but we know of no performer who is
more careful and consclentloue. lle conclude d his en
gagement to-morrow evening, and wo ask oar friends to
give biro a bumper at parting.
AOCII•STREET is only necessary for ne
to remind our friends that Mrs. John Drew is this eve
the recipient of a testimonial benefit. Let it be
ne:iihy of her , mettle, and let all ttho admired the ex
quisite genii's of her late husband take this occasion to
sustain his widow and her orphan childiin.
THE PRESS.-PIELA.DELPHIA, FRIDAY, MAY SO,
,1862.
FROM GEN, WOOL'S DIVISION,
THE JAMES EWER EXPEDITION.
Highly Important 'from Oity Point,
RECONNOISSANCE TO THE VICINITY OF PETERSBUR
THE CITY ENTIRELY DEFENCELESS;
Ifro34:o;4:4Cll:As:4ty.brg!i;c4,l.l44: /NO
Importance of the Points Reconnoitred.
GREAT SUFFERING IN THE sours
COLONELS CORCORAN, WILCOX, AND BOWMAN NOT TO
BE OVEN UP.
THE NORFOLK 'DAT BOOK SUPPRESSED
IMPORTANT MOVEMENT BY GEN. BURNSIDE.
Special Despatches to "• The Prets."
• FORTRESS MONROE, May 2R, 4 P. M., }
Via Ber:iusroas, May 29.
Important from City Point..
. Oar fleet in the James river has been increased
by the addition of the gunboats Occur de Lion,
Captain Alexander Hamilton; Stopping Stones,
and Island Bello, so that we may expect lively
news from that quartet at any moment.
Reconnoissance to Petersburg,
These gunboats passed up the James rivor with
out meeting any obstacle, the shores being lined
with numerous white flags to show that no enemy
was near. Yesterday the Occur do Lion and Step
ping Stones were ordered to proceed up the Appo
mattox river towards the city of Petersburg, which
is built on its banks. They proceeded up this
stream for a distance of ton miles above its mouth
without molestation, but just at this point there is
U . kat ta_called_the_Seven_MilA_Reach." On_
_one
aids, the ground was low and marshy, but on the
other (northern bank) side there was a sort of bluff,
upon whieh , there appeared to be an earthwork;
but, on close examination, it was observed that no
guns were mounted upon its parapet.
• Moving up a little further, the enemy's troops
were discovered, composed of infantry and cavalry,
•
in some force. They were skulking around under
cover of houses and clumps of trees. Our gunboats
moved up close under shore, when they were salu
ted with a heavy volley of musketry. •
Captain Hamilton, of the Cceur de Lion, ordered
his crew to - man the broadside howitzer and rifled
guns, and sent a dozen or more loads of shrapnel
and shell into the body of the enemy, accompanied
by a steady volley from his relief black orew, armed
with rifles. A shell from the Stepping. Stones
burst in a large house, about a mile from shore,
creating great havoc among a company of rebel in 7•
fantry in the house, setting fire to the latter.
Tne fire from the gunboats was kept up for about
thirty minutes, butwas not returned by the rebels,
who, having no artillery, got out of the way as feel
as they (mulct. .
Th, unboats then proceeded up a litth nth /.
.. up a
until within sight of Port Waithall, meeting to
batteries, or signs of any being constrained. •
There was plenty of water in the Appomattlx
f o r light draught. vessels, and the reconnoissame
was ono of the most successful and important tht
have been made during the war.
Port "Walthall may bo called the port of Pete,.
burg and Richmond for largo vessels, and is out.
neoted by railroad to both cities.. It Is thereftie
an important strategic point, and is direotly in ha
rear of the rebel army before Richmond:
Peffirsburg, five miles above Port Walthal • 1
is
ore of the most important commercial and mau
lecturing cities in the Sarah, and Ave importint
Southern railroads radiate from it to differetl
points, north and south. It contains a populatidt
of over 20,000 souls, and is built mostly of brick
and stone. 1
Deserters taken up by our :gunboats report's
Bit or g imader-Otirrent of Union feeling in the oty
of Petersburg, and they also report that therel.is
great suffering from the scarcity of_ food.. Fletr
went up last week from $lO per barrel to $1.7, ant
Rice
Course, two milei east of the City', on the Pins
George county mail-road.
i
Quite an excitement and extensive iltibellig is
caused here by the report brought down irom.
Oen. Huger, at-peter-Ehars, by the last dig of
truce, which arrived this morning, from City Point.
It seems that the rebel Government has refused, iD
release Cols. Corcoran, iViloox, and Bowman, unlit
the pirates of the privateer Petrel are released, ii
addition to the regular full exchange. Here is all.
other violatiori:of• tea laws of war on the part if
the rebels, sifw ell"ao a breach of confidence. Whet., .
will our Goienuaent demand the release of their,
officers? •
A great row occurred in Norfolk, yesterday,
caused by the fact that a colored servant in one of
the companies of the Ist Delaware Regiment int
dentally shot a private of that excellent corps ! All
sorts of versions of the story are afloat, asd it is
ireposdhle to get at the facts. • ,
The Norfolk Day Book has Ewen suppressed for
publishing treasonable sentiments an/contraband
news, by order of Brig. General/eta, Military
Governor.
All remains quiet throughout department.
Our forces .have held eantn!lnicatton overland
with tire forces of General Burnside, but at what
points I am not permitted to .say.
The weather is olv and warm. have no im
portant nows .fped - Genoral McClellan's army to
that a grand
. battle is immi,
neat between the opposing armies.
• Return 'or Colonel Hanson.
. Colonel Hanson, of the 3d Kentucky Regi
ment, arrived back hero this • morning in the flag
of-truce boat.: He was the exchange for. Colonel
Corcoran ; •but as an exchange was refused by the
rebels, Colonel Hanson returns so perfectly dis
gusted with tho petty, dishonorable actions of the
Confederates that he refused to accept a parole of
honor or go on shore at City Point. Ho says ho
will remain in the North, take the oath of al
iegiance,send for his family, and renounce the rebel
cause forever.
Communication Direct..
Genoral Wool got a despatoh to-day from opera
tor with Lowe in balloon in front of Richmond
direct. This is the nearest approach of war to
civilization. • L. W. W.
FROM FORTRESS
.MONROE AND
• THE SOUTH,
RIOIRETWF.F.g.mi
FORTRESS Dlosaos, May 28.—The bteacoer klaseaollu
t efts, which left on Sunday morning for City Point, with
a Hag of truce, returi. ed early thin morning. The boat
took up Colonel Hannon, of Kentucky, who wan expected
to be exchanged tor Colonel Corcoran, and Mao Captain
Robertson of Virginia, Lieut. Whittaker, a priiate, a
lady, and Mr. Lowe of Kentucky.
Tim boat arrived at City Point on Sunday evening.
The'next moreing General Wool's commtmleatlons were
delivered; and on Tuesday atranewer was received from
General'Huger. Colonel Corcoran and tho other prison
ers Lot having been delivered up, Colonel Hanson and
this other bfficen were brought bock.
Mrs. Wood and three children wero also brought down.
They dame off from shore on a flag of truce on Monday,
and on Tneeday were taken on board. Her bueband was
taken prisoner the rebi.ls st Ilaiiipton, before the
et ncoition,
Colonel Hanson is very severe upon General Huger
for bis failure to fulfil hie promises. •.
Our gunboat fleet still remains It to 'b) mile° below
City 'Point. Nothing has recently been thine beyond a
rectnnoiseance a abort distance up deo Appomattox.
A equed . of tbe enemy's cavalry
.IVIL3 seen on the bank,
but a few stalls scattered them. No troops or citizens
are left at City Point..
'I be steamer John Farren arrived from Hatteras this
morning, but brings no news of interest.
Ihere is no truth in'tbe reported occupation of Raleigh
by:Genernlßurnslde.
The %futon prisoners, so long confined at Salisbury, N.
C., are on their way to New York, having been released
and delivered to Gen. Burnside, at Washington, N. C.
The Norfolk Day Book, which was suspended yester
day morning, reappeared' in the afternoon, the restric
tions baring been removed.
In consequence of frequentviolatioas of the order pro.
hibiting trade with .Norfolk and Portsmouth, a new and
more eiringtnt order wits to-day issued, as follows:
HHADQUARTERSTBP42 . IiiiNT OF VIROINII,
• . ••• - May 28, 1882. -5
No goods of any kind will hereafter be transported by
express companies to Norfolk, Portsmouth, or Gosport,
except by permission of the commanding general, and
then only after an' invoice of the articles has been fur•
niched, with the names of those to whom they belong
and to whom they aro to be delivered.
Bereatter, no veseels net employed by the army or
navy will ho permitted to
. so to Norfolk, Portsmouth, or
GOBTAII t, or any other place on either side of the Beads
rot occupied by the troops of the 'United States, except
by express authority of the commanding General, com
municated by him, or through the appropriate staff de
partments.
Any. violation of this order will subject the vessels and
properly to seizure and confiscation, and the parsons who
may MI the canoe, directly or indirectly, will be severely
punished. By command of . Major Gen. WOOL.
Quite a distutbacce took place in .Norfolk last night,
paid to have boon occasioned by a negro shooting a cor
yorab named John Burke, of the 90th New York. The
disettrbance became general, aiidlthe greater part of the
iwinpany were engaged. Three Degrees were killed and
two or three wounded. Biz 'or the ringleaders were seat
to the DIP Baps to-41ay, and many others were arrested,
but released. All is quiet now.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Special Despatches to " The Press."
WASUINUTON, May. 20,1802
Secretary Stanton.
Every member of the Oabinet,And it is believed every
earnest friend of the Government here, deplores the hasty
censures visited upon the War Department by some of
ties loyal papers in the country. It hos been already
stated by Mr. WILE.ON, In the Senate, upon the highest
authority, that the disposition of our forces, which is
cinsm ed, was sanctioned by the President, and it is
equally true that it was approved by the whole Adminis
tration.
SUCCMCB, such as the country did not auticlpitte,hare
already- attended 111 r. STANToN'S connect of the War
Department, and efforts are being made which would
seem to insure a continuation of them. Occasional
failures and itIYirOITAII must happen, but Hr. STANTON is
not more responsible for tbeeo than he is entitled to the
yublic gr.ttitude for the 611CCEAS of onr armies.
The Fugitive-Slave Law
Becently JouN DEAN, Hsu., presented' to the Circuit
Court the petition of DANIVL BASED for a writ of habeas
corpus to Iderebel LAXON for the discharge of a colored
man, claimed by a citizen of Maryland as his slave, oia
the ground that the alleged fugitive is illegally detained,
and the rostrainZaiid imPrisculment is not authorized by
the fogitive-,lave law of 180—in oilier words, that the
law does not apply to the 'District of Columbia. Edr.
DEAN to-day continued his argument to show that the
writcoutdnelbe refused Tao court had previously in
timated that they would not grant the prayer, and to
:day:4mM that an appeal cord be taken to the Supreme
tiCkitirerif the United States on the refusal, as well as on
the writ itself. Further argument will bo board to.mor
row. The fugitive. slave law continues to bo enforced.
During this month about fifty slaves have . been returned
to claimants.
Another Member of Congress from Cali-
A bill paastd the House, to-day, providing that, as the
census has never been reliably taken in the State of Cali
fornia until IS6O, and as It appeared that the State had
sutliciect population to entitle her to throe represents
ttree under that census, the Stale is authorized to have
three representatives to tbo Thirty-seventh Congress, the
number being increased ono till the Thirty-eighth Con
giess.
Rebel Barbarities at Front Royal
A a‘trgeon and several. prlvaten have reached reached . hero
who wera , tn . ln6 . lTalla - at .I?rontoyayess , 424a..,,test...
Thii eonfirm•my -previews statement deriVed from a
. alseilar source, that in that battle the rebels gave n no
quarter," but shot and bayonetted the wounded, and
°Mangle° inhumanly treated them.
The'ttoops under tho Rebel JACK tog ere coMposed of
men of tho most fiendish netnre, exceeding even their
'rubel brothern in their cruelties.
New Judicial District in Pennsylvania.
Tho House passed a blit to-day creating a new ittill
cialdiattict in the northweatcrn.part of Pennsylvania, to
be composed of the counties of Erie ' Crawford, Mercer,
Venting°, Forest, Mclioan, Eik, and Potter, and to be
calkil the liorthern district, with its session. to be held
at Bile.
The bill provides that the Judge of the Western Dis
trict 'hall preside over the new one, he being authorised
to *viola a clerk or the court, who is to re.lde at Erie,
and held his office luring the pleasure of the j edge. The
Prokident Is authorized (at the usual salaries and rates of
compensation) to appoint a marshal and an attorney for
sell district.
Mr. 81CK31.1.N stated that more business came from the
counties named then from the Western District, and that
it was necessary, therefore, to create this new disiriet.
Arrival of Troops.
portion of tho 32,d Massachusetts •Regiment, Coil.
eliding! of 101110 eiz compauies, numbering 600 men, ar
rived last evening at the depot Tho regiment is com
mended by Colonel PARKlill, and they have been per
forming garrison duty nt Fort Warren, in Boston bar
ber, for some time past, They are accompanied by a
splendid' drum corps. The balance of the regiment
(four• companies) is being hastily filled up, nod will soon
join time command. This afternoon they went into camp
east of the Capitol.
The Navy
Commander HAGGERTr has been ordored to the nava
observatory.
GaOROS W. JENI;INS and Le;vl L. JUMP have been a.
pointed acting masters.
The Navy Department has received information the
Acting Master A. W. EMURSOS deserted, front the iron
clad etearnor Galena, on the 15th Met.
The Public Debt.
Senator SIMMONS, in his speech to-day on the tar. bill,
Meted that the public debt wontd be, on the first of July,
five hundred and fifty millions. The Senator's well
known accuracy in questions of finance entitles his
statement to the highest credit.
Post Office Aliairs--Pennsylvania and
Virginia. .
7130 Postmaiiter General orders the following:
Change the name denim) at Handler, Schuylkill coon
ty; Pennsylvania, to 4‘ Sylliman," and appoint Samue
G. Da Tz not peannalter, vice Paul. Lengol, deceased
Ben. J. EL Campbell's district,
At Olney, Philadelphia connty, appoint James K. Shi
vers postmaster, vice Saattel O. lord, res;gued. Hon.
W. M. Davis' district. •
At liswehtach, Accomao county, Virginia, appoint
John W. Adair postumater, vice William 11. Marshall,
who abandoned the dile°.
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.
The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal is now doing full bud
nem i the entire depot is crowded with cargoes of coal
The rvretlue for the week will be al least $5,000.
`Personal
The 77th New York Regiment, which charged Po gal
!antif on the rebel battery at litccheuicseille, is com
manded by Colonel J. 13.11cliesu, member of Congress
from Earatoge, hew York. Colonel MoN. left his seat
in the House at en early stage tf the cession, recruited a
regiment, and entered the active field.
I may add here, not inappropriattly, that the pre
vailing idea that a member of Congress, alto holding a
commiasion from his State, draws double pay, is incor
rect.: Th.der a role of the Rouse, the pay of the member
is deducted for every day's absence.
The Latest from Fortress Monroe and
Norfolk.
ROWTRIIBS MONROE, May 29.—An important arrest
was mado yesterday in Norfolk. A man named Wil
liam( has been in the habit of sending a mall , Rich
mond, to ice a w eek, during the occnpation of the city by
the Nuited s States army. Information having been ob•
Mined of his residence, be was visited by a guard, and,
basing acknowledged his identity, was arreeded. It
stated that among the matter forwarded by him were
resat!. file!! of the Northern Repent.
The 11finneaoht started for Norfolk with the flood tide
this morning, but she get aground off Eewell's Point.
Several togs have been endeavoring all day to get her
off, but they have been unsuccessful up to this evening.
. The reeort abott the halloo board the Britiah stamen.
Rinaldo, and the toast l)avls on the evening of
the Queenteptrenday, is
All the rebel fortifications on
. the Elbabel* rlvcr
- 114 navy veld have been talten postealion of by the
navy.. - „TbS former sue to be destroyed, and the blowing
ea7orke on F.ewolre Point was commencod to
a kc, Is groat suffering in Norfolk among t'o
• Minecquence of the strict Wanda,
The Repels Making a Fresh's:Len/don in
Western Tennessee
Sr. Loot, May .%.—A spocial despatch from Cairo to
the Repub can says the trouble Is breaking out afresh
in Western enr.essee. A considerable force of rebels
are said to at Trenton, ready to match on 'Union City
and }Hebraic.
,
The TJniol men from Weakly and Obion counties are
flocking to flEckman for protection. 'Four or five hun
dredl... rebel c vatry are stationed near the mouth of Oblon
river, awai g the draining of the Swamps in that region
to plant a tory co as to prevent the passage of-our
traneports'onthe EllsaleciPPi. . -
A. paroled. iitoner, from New Orleans on the 18th,
Bars Gen. LeTill's forces are still at Oamp Igoore, Jack_
son, 3iissiesipp\
The Bombardment of Fort . Wright.
CAIRO, Mg 110.1-A brick bombardment from two of
our mortarboaufwas opened "Loon the rebel works yes
terday morning. BUS continued tritbottt cessation until
6 o'clock in the eienint Tha fip) was directol.to the
laud works, and the yoidthrr occuAed by the rebel fleet.
The rebels retat — ^ A the are' at it - of/ram period', doing
McDowell's Arm). '-
to•daT Nye: 4 h , .'tqrr o
Natiortai /at it \
a ir e ,
-
pawn we wore somewhat inaccuratei u
%spice we yintetday made to Gen. McDorrer an d hi;
pffeenco in this city. It was on Monday night the
sacral, accompanied by one or two of -his staff; I etto..., A
the city, in obedirnee to orders from the President, au!,
in pursuance of the wishes of the President and hear°.
tau of War, he left for Manassas Junction on Tuesday
tooning, to expedite the pursuit, and, if possible, the
capture of Jackson's, Swell's; and Johnson'sforces. The
column ender his command tuts been so distributed' as,
it is believed, to render it auxiliary to them operations,
made of immediate importance by, the incursions of the
rebels into the 'valley of the Shenandoah."
Arrival al a Valuable Prue at New I ork..
SIT YORK, May 22—The pike eteanneldp Stettin, of
London, arrived airlift' port this evening, in charge of
a crew from the gunboat Dienvihe.
•
eho was captured on the morning of the 24th inst.,
off Cape Romaine, while attempting to run the blockade,
of Charleston with a cargo of °randy, wines, saltpetre,
etc., valutd at half a million dollars. line was from
Raman, N. P. Iler crow reported that another large
steamer from Nassau was expected to run the blockade
on ilia same night. .• - •
TLe dtt Mu, which is only six months old, is an iron
propeller of ono thousand horsepower and eight hundred
Maryland Episcopal Convention.
BALTIMORE, May .29.—The Episcopal Convention ad
joutned this afternoon. No diseutelons wero had on
national affairs. The disloyal member,' having the ma
jority, excluded from the ataading committees and from
the delegation to the General Convention noarsy every
loyal men who wee named for those positions.
The Trophies at Columbus
CAIRO, May 2.9.—The steamer Marie Deming went to
Columbus tc•day to remove the' chains and orduauce
stores captured from the rebels when that, place was
evacuated. The value of the property is eatimAted at
envoi).
Fire at Rochester, •N. Y.—Loss $BO,OOO
ROCIIESTBS, N. Y , May 29. —74 hitney's Eleiatoip
with 40,000 bushels of wheat and 7,000 bushels of binsh
corn, ass dostroyed by,lirs to day. The loss amounts
to SBO,COO.
Destructive Fite at Wiltiamsburg.
Now Yong, May 29.—Fifteen thousand barrels of oil
in the sheaf; of J. W. Lockwood, at Wildemehurg, with
six schooners, which were lying at the wharf, were
horned today The loss, which was hoary, is fully
insured.
The Indiana State Stock Fraud.
WIT lona, May 29.—The COMMittere of the Board of
Brokers report the over issue of "adieus State stock to
amouot to ntarly a ndllionand a half.
..Antral of the French Gunboat
Nay' YORK, !day 20.—n0 French gunboat Milan has
arrived.. ..
Steamer Koiliaroo Below.
nivr YORK, May Ro.—The' etzatner Kangaroo is be
low. Err adricoa hats bran anticipated.
FROM GEN, MILELLAN'S ARMY.
Jackson's Communication with
Richmond Cut Off.'
GENZRAL MCOLELiAN'S HILIMARTERS,
Alin' OV TUB POTOHAC, May 72.
A bridge, fivo hundred feot long, over the South Anna
muck, one of tho tribmarlos of the Pamunky rtvor, on
the line of the Richmond, "Fredericksburg, and Potomac
Railroad, was banned this morning by tho 6th Cavalry.
This cuts off alt communication by railway between
Richmond and Jackson's command.
The sth Carslry went to Ashland, eighteen miles from
Richmond on the same road. and burnt all the enemy's
commisertry and nnartermaster's g aneellea which they had
stored there. This will grove aßevan loss to the rebels.
The lending article in the Richmond Enquirer, or
Saturday, Is in the following language:
" We are now looking to Gen. Johnston with great In—
terest, and not without some solicitation. lie has just
beautifully executed some very judicious retreats. We
are now anxious to see hint display Lisa more poldUve
qualities of a military commander. The time has come
when retreat le no longer strategy, but disaster. ' It must
then fore give place to battle. We have no idea that
Jackson contemplates a retreat. • We are perfectly sa
tiafled that he dose not. We verily believe that if he
did contemplate one be would find himself usable to ex
ecute it. The temper of the army would deny it. The
men are weary of. toilsome and doetructive marches, and
the privations necessarily attending them, and aimed
tumor to be led against the enemy. Tho march from
Manassas, and then from the Rapidan, and next from
Williamsburg, thinned our ranks more than as many
batiks would have done. The campaign has ripened
for the battle, and the battle is at hitoil. We need now
at the bead of the army the clarion call, the battle shall
be br Id end enthusiastic." '
The leader of the same paper complains of the high
price of provisions, and calls upon the farmers to bring
in their vegetables.
Skulkers.
• A great number of officers and soldiers aro now absent,
upon pretence of being sick, from their regiments, idling
away their time in the Northern towns and cities. The
army Is on the eve of a decisive battle, when every man
should be at his post. Citizens shonld ask of such per
sons the cause of their absence from the army.of the Po
tomac, and if the roason be not satisfactory, shun them
as unworthy associalos and a disgrace to the uniform
they appear in.
Upwards of 600 rebel prieonere have been received at
headquarters from the scene of the late brilliant victory
at Hanover Court House. They left this morning for
For! Nome. .More are still coming in.
IMPORTANT •FROM GEN. HAL
LECK'S ABM.Y.
THREE STRONG RECONNOISSANCES.
THE GREAT CONFLICT IT HIND.
Barone CORINTH, Key Qt.—Three strong recounol
tring columns advanced this morning from General
Thomas' command on the right, General Buell's on the
centre, and General Pope on the left, for the purpose of
feeling the enemy's poitition, and unmasking Ids batteries.
Tho enemy contested his ground hotly at each point,
but was driven back with considerable loss.
General Pope's column encountered the atrongest oppo
eition, nhen we lost 2d killed and wounded. The enemy
left thirty dead on the field.
Wo septum] some live or six ofTleers and several pri
vates. -
Although the enemy disputed the passage of Bridge
Cretk sharply, we held possession of It on the southern
aide.
In mum instances our eulvancid linos of skirmiebors
were within gunshot distance of the enemy's entreneh
ments. .Indeed, so noar aro we that prominent officers
believe that the enemy will attack us at daylight to
morrow.
The affair of to-day :s considered a decided eIICCO3S In
a military point of view, our army having gained very
strong positions right in the teeth of the enemy.
It has been ascertained that the rebel officer killed at
the battle of Farmington on the 9th inst., who was at
first supposed t• be General Price, was CoL Ingraham,
of General Van Dorn's staff.
The pritonera captured to-day report the arrival of
General Lovell's array at Corinth last night.
TIME LA_ "Je S .
A REBEL BATTERY CAPTURED.
HALLEOIL'S HEADQUARTERS, May 29.—Contrary to
the general expectation, the rebels did not open on us
this morning, but General Pope opened fire on a rebel
battery, which the latter returned with twelve-pounders.
After an hour's shelling, the rebels pulled down the
flag that was waving over their battery, hauled back
their guns, and our force, at this hour occupy the peal.
FROM NEW ORLEANS.
SUPPRESSION OF NEWSPAPERS
Confederate Notes Interdicte•
&DANS EXPRESS OFFICE OPENED.
ARRIVAL OF PRIZES.
//BIT Yous; May 29:—The 'teenier blatauzae brings
New Orleans mails and papers to the 18th inetant.
A coaratiritcution fioni decd.) . Barker argupe against
the destruction of cotton. it also says, if our brave
soldiers don't win for its a satisfactory peace we must fall
back on the ballot box," and euggesta an amendment of
the Conelitut ion so as to allow the people to vote directly
for Presideor.
An order In M ProTost Marshal French Bays that all
coffee houses, bar-rooms, hotels, gaming establishments,
and billiard rooms mutt procure licenses immediately,
tinder pi nalty of toutiscalon.
Gon. Butler has ordered the circulation of Confederate
notes and bills to cease after the 27th. All salon or trans
fers of property on and atter that day in consideration of
such notes or bills will be void, and the property confis
cated to the United Stales, one-fourth to go to thein
fin user.
Another order suppresses the Bee for an article in
favor of the cottoiu•burnied mob.
The office of the Deity vas taken possession of for an
article di►cuseing the cotton question in violation of Gen.
Butter's proclamation of the ]at inst. its business will
be conducted by the United States authorities.
Adams' Express Grace has been opened by Ase. S.
Blake, agout i and the first esprese has arrived by the
Dlstatinn.
Thomse W. Suter is announced as the Union candidate
for recorder in the Fourth district. Victor Wilts is an
nounced is a candldatc for mayor, irrespective of party.
Six per.one havabeensentencod to be shot for viola
tiona the parole given at Fort Jackson, in organizing a
intiitaricompany for sarricts in the rebel artily.
The prize steamer Pox lisd arrived from Baynes, also
the prize steamer Governor Menton from the Sabine.
Jan ,2d. G. Parker, formerly at Ship Island, is post
master at New Oilcans.
The ships Parliamoot and WL'.ard King, from Ship
Wend, with troops, arrived on .the 16th. Also, the Lege
Yankee Blasts, from NW York, and the Golden Lead,
frtm Philadelphia.
cotton bad arrived from Plaquemine and con
sideratiloltfalißmilfrom,me interior.
General Butler lorbade filo observance of Jeff Davis'
day of %alit g and prayer. tie had oleo issued the order
about the women, previously reported via Corinth.
The Crescent has been suppressed.
Strict health regulations have been established at qua
rantine.
The transports General Butler, Santos Hovey, City of
NOW York, end steamer from Ship Island,
ani►ed on the 32th.
The municipal regulation in New Orleans punishes
with imprisonment in the calaboose women of the town
found in the duets atter nightfall, or conversing from
the windows with persons outside. This - probably is the
punisbmeit tr.flicted by General Butler on the insulters
of our troops.
Reports from Alartinsburg and the Balti
more and Ohio Railroad.
BM:TIMOR/3, May 29.—The American of this morning
mays "Noomcialdespatches were received lad night
from General Banks. Reports from other sources yes
terday were that the rebels had occupied Martinsburg in
strong force, whilst their cavalry had been seen in the
neighborhood of Charlestown and Leesburg. At Mar
tinsburg they are reported to have destroyed the railroad
trestle work near that town."
The Bun of this morning says "Information was re•
mired at Bandy Book, yesterday morning, that two or
the railway bridges were destroyed by the rebel soldiers
on Tuesday, wiz; The Opeution bridge, a wooden etrue
tore, two hundred yards long, situated iIYO miles east a
Martinsburg, and the Pillow bridge, a wooden structure.
two hundred yards long, situated on the oast side of the
road's entrance Into Martinsburg."
No other casualties were reported up to neon yester
day. The telegraph operator who was stationed M Mar
tinsburg made hie escape from that place on Monday
night, and reached Williamsport on Tuesday.
Ile earrif d with bins the telegraph instruments,
"he R eetern train which left Camden station yesterday
nh- Ntinw font no further than Harper's Ferry. No
Ira in ..-
me from Cumberland. -It is understood that the
railway "irk proper has not been disturbed by the
rebels, and s.s. bridges that are burned can be cocoa
structed in thrbu laye, au that the travel and business of
the road will not to.... nne , affected.
Further fi Eh.
-" rn - "ae—The Steamer Eu
rpa \Halifax.
HALIFAx. ~.e y 20.—The ?. , al nindsteamship Europa,
from Liverpool on the 17th tut, . .... ._
arra.. at tole port to
day, and wiled again for llostot,at 9 80 this evening.
Her advices have been mainly au
orated by telegraph
from Cape' Boot, but the follotrin
additional- news 1.
contained in the latest telegrams: •,,
LONDON, Seturday.—tounds are Into
. , and have im
proved. American securities advanced in mo instances
2 par cent., but therewas a reaction afterwal s.
The Army and Navy Garage reports that,on April
25th orders were given by the Traited States a---Aernteent
to ibe Oldtt of 'OrdnaucC to lend 50.000 stand of arum
and as many old uniforms, to port Royal, fortt s use of
the slaves. •It regards this information as !wormy e re .
011ie, but soya it has it from good aothorßY. \
ld Ankle, 3toy 16,—The Mi./Warfel Council waS'eld
immediately on the receipt of the official reports fro'.
Mexico. The conduct of Central Prim finds numerous
admirers in tdadrid. The Senate has paaesd the urn for
the settlement of the debt of 1823 'without dlscuseion.
Literature. \
"The Two Prima Donnas," a, new story of
George Augustus Sala, author of \ " The Seven
Sons of Mammon," will be published to-morrow,
by T. B. Peterson & Brothers. It is a carious tme,
with the incidents just probable, and the locality in
Normandy; in fact, a short romance, written in a
bold, clear, rapid manner, and nnexpentodly end
ing 'eery happili. We shall not deprive the reader
of the pleasure of tracing the , hero and heroine
through their adventures to the close.
THE PRIXCETON RECEIVING SHIP.-At pre
sent, there is one prisoner on board of this sloop
of war, now lying in the river off the navy yard,
ILLNESS OF 09111MODORE WILKE3.-oapteln
Chas Wilkes, U. S. N., who to temporarily sojourning .
in Minimum WAS seized with sudden Illness on Wednee
dny, wbi'e seated in a chair, and fell to the floor. lie •
was eeelo ed to his room, and immediately attended by
Dr. 0 0. Cnx, U. t 3. A ~ w ho enecceded In mitering him.
'No are glnecto learn that his illness is uct nasty to be
attended •with eny serious result. -
GENERAL .HALLEOK married a granddaughter of
Aleaat.der Hitmllion—the daughter of Schuyler Hamil
ton. •
MTH CONGRESS--FIRST SESSION.
THE NEW STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA.
Further Consideration of the
Tax Bill.
CALIFORNIA BEPRESENTATIONSILL PASSED
COLORADO LAND BILL PASSED
A BILL FOR THE MORES EFFECTUAL SUPPRESSION OF
THE SLAVE TRABE PASSED,
Pennsylvania Judicial Bill Passed.
Weamazat, May 22
•
SENATE.
West Virginia.
Mr. WILLEY (U.), of Virginia, called up Um memo
ria/ of the Legislature of Virginia; with reference to a
division of that State, and requesting the donators and
Representatives to use their iogneoce to Bemire the ad
minden of the new State of Weet Virginia. Ile referred
to the manner in which the allegiance of the State wait
transferred to the rebellion by a secret conclave, without
consulting the people. and to the action of. the people of
Northwestern Virginia, who remained loyal to the Union,
and had formed a separate State Government in order
that they might be disconnected with the rebels.
Speech of Mr. Willey.
Mr. WILLEY claimed that thie proposed division of tho
State bad been frequently urged by the people of the
Western portion oven before the rebellion. Reason and
Medico were both in favor of the now State There was
a enfficient number of inhabitants in West Virginia fel a
State, and that section was completely divided from tho
eactern half by. the Alle4haay mountains. Nature
seems to Dave divided the two. Commerce and in_
dually both demand this separation. There has ne
ver been much commeratal Intercourse between West
and Said difference of 'social Institationa
and habits also iniutti the necessity for a separation.
Slavery cannot e ia.West Virginia, and why should
the people of that Inn be subjected to a system of
laws calculated for the slavery which exists in East
Virginia? Geographical position, climate, natural prb •
ductions, and the moral end rehgious sentiment of the
people absolutely forbid the existence of alavery.in West
Virginia. Re contendrd that the proposed Stang wag
rich in its mineral end other resources, and would mare
a wealthy and prosperous State: .
The manorial was then referred to Ms Cominiaes on
Teri Dories.
The Tax Bill
The tax bill Wes taken up, the question being ou Mr.
Henderron's amendment, that the prop3ted tax an blares
shall not be levied in any State which has adopted a
e) stem of gradual emancipation. It WAS rejected—yeas
it, nays 20.
Tax on Slaves..
FISSRPIDEN (Rep.). of Plain, offered an amend
ment to reduce the ytoposed tax on Waves from $5 each
to $2, se being eniticiently high in the present condition
of necks.
. . .
Speech of Mr. Cowan.
Mr. COWAN (Bop.), or Pennsylvania, thought
mote Ltifiug with tho Constitution to attempt to tas:
MIMS, which the prohibition or the Constitution was in
tended to prevent.
Speech of Mr. Simmons—Our Present Indebt.
Mr. SIM7I9NS . (Rep.), of Rhode Island, 'mid, we
were hero as Senators to consider most Important gene-
Hone, and not to go into aide hams. Every Senator re
presented a loyal people, and he' ,greeted all as Ouch.
There was a dieposition, both at home and abroad, to
magnify the diflieulties of the counter ; Wtion this Ad
mlutetration came into power there Was a debt of one
hundred aod twenty millions against the Government,
and It 111 stated that the present indebtedness is as high as
twelve hundred millions of dollars. On the 27th of May
the total lodebtednewl on the books at the Treasury
was slBs,7se,oos.ol—making an increase of about
three hundred and sixty-five millions. There were, be
sides, accounts going through the office, ge., which
would probably :mike the total- itierrriee about four ha,
dred millions. The expenses have bean much greater
during this, the first j ear of the war, than they would
be any other year, if it should continue. The estimated
expellees for this week were $9,t97,500, or about $1,600,-
COO per day. The probable debt at the end of the
decal year will he $610,000,000. In regard to the tax
bill, as it came froth. the House, it had not received the
favor of the majority of the Finance Clemmtnee. He
thought it was a bill for the benelit of the rich, and a
burden on the poor. He proposed by his amendment to
simplify the bul very much by plactog a tax on fewer
articles, and hat en no branch of iudustry. He elicit
lated to get $155,000 OtO from his bill, and another hun
dred millions from in parts. Such a revenue would clear
the Government of debt in ten years. Giving a hundred
millions for the annual expense of the Government, the
debt at the end of the war he presumed would he abort
8800,000,000 He said every other country in toe world
had taken off the tax on the industrial penults and put
It on just such articles as be proposed in hi s amend
ment.
Speech of Mr. Trumbull.
Mr. TRUMBULL (Rea.), ofallinoie, contended that
the proposed tax on s.iires was not a capitation tax, and
not objoctionablo on the charge of unconatitationality.
It was a lax which would be levied on approutices, &c ,
in the free States It did not apply to slaves atone. Ile
was oPtveed to reducing it to $2, but was willing to
make it gp.
Speech of Mr. Powell.
Mr. POWELL (rem.), of Kentucky, claimed, that this
was . a direct tax laid upon the person, and the Constitu
tion expressly declares that direct .t.sx.ea must be aeon
tioned equally among the Stake. The levying of the
tax on service, and not on slaves, is a mere snbterfnge to
evade the Constitution. In regard to the estimated ex
peaces as given by the Senator from Rhode Inland, he
thought the expenses and debt was much greater. It was
nearly twelve hundred millions.
Speech of Mr. Saulsbury.
SAULSBURY (Dem.), of Delaware, said that this
was an attempt to um [nun eimply became they were
slaveholders, and was in violation of the Constitution.
The legislation of this Congress seemed designed ex-
Plissly to drive all the Southern States out of the
Union. A Senator had denounced slaveholders as being
worse than every body else; but such I nen= al ions, coming
from such a quarter, warn rout with only scorn and con
tempt.
Speech of Mr. Anthony
Mr. ANTHONY (Rep ), of Rhode Island, looked upon
this as a mere question of . finduco, He thought that that
hick was bought and sold in the market was proporty,
and be worth" treat aud tax it as =oh.
Mr. Fesseuden's amendment, to reduce the tax to twe
dollars, was adoptcd—yeas 28, nays 10.
Speech of Mr. Browning.
BROWNING (Rep.), of Illinois, said that, in Lie
opinion, COW:n:93 had no right, under the Constitnticn,
to levy such a tax an that prep. svd. Ho had no objection
to strike slavery a blow it be could, but be was not wil
ling to strike it through the tbustitution, and wound
the Oonstitntion at the sane blow. He thought this
'aix was such a I u is provided in the Lionatitution
under the head of direct taxes.
' Speech of Mr. Ten Eyck.
ldr. TEN EYCK (Rep.), of New Jersey, claimed that
this was not a tax en slaves alone, but would Include a
great comber of apprtnlicee in the North. lie had
EOlllO regard for the small mechanics of the North, and
thin had lid idn to entertain doubts as to the coastaln
liocelity anti piopitety of this tax. This prop sidon
seemed to bin liko "whipping the decll around the
stump," to speak plainly. .
'the aeration wee then taken on Mr. Suruner's amend
ment, when it was rejected by the following Tote:
The Vote on Mr. Stunner's Amendment.
TEAS.
Howard (ReP.) Simmons (Sep.)
Clow° (Belt) " Sumner (nee.)
Fang (Rap.) .. _ yrualown (Rep.)
Lane ( Boit ), nah 1 ~7 e ae (dep.)
!Morrill ( Rep.) I
NAYS.
Anthony (Rip.)
Clark (Rep.!
Fegaden (Rep.)
Grimes (Rep.)
Mulan
.(Bap,)
Hale (Rep.)
Barrie (Rep)
Kennedy (Upton.)
Lau. (Rep.), Lid
Latham (Dem.),
ticDougiall (Dam.)
rumen)) (Rep.)
Bayard (Dem.)
Drowning (Pep.)
Out Ule (Union.)
Cowan (Rep.)
Da'rib (Union)
Dixon (Rep.)
Doolittle (Rep.)
•
Foster (hen.) Powell (Danl.)
The Senate then went into executive newton, and aub
senuontly adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Resignation of Or. C. W. Walton
,The SPEAKER laid before the Muse a communica
tion from 0. W. Welton, statiudthat he is about to ac
cept and enter neon the oftice of Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court of Maine, act' resigning Ids seat at a
member of the louse.
Land Office Bill.
Mr. POTTER (Rep.), of Wisconsin, from the Com
mittee on Public Lauda, reported back the Senate bill
establikhing a laud eflice in Colorado Territory, and it
was vainest.
Bill Entitling California to three Representa-
.tires Passed
The House pasted, by a vote of 74 against 37, the biii
declaring that as the census of California had never been
reliably taken till the year 1860, and as it appears said
State bad aufficient population to entitle her to three
Representatives under the supposition that California
was entitled to the Caine,
and' as direct taxes have boon
apportioned to and paid by her under the census of 1860,
therefore, that she be allowed three Representatives,
instead of two, until the beginning of the next Congress,
Bill for the Suppression of the Slave Trade
Passed.
Mr. IIICKBIAB (Rep.), from the Committee on the
Judiciary, reported a bill for the more effectrial, stip
piesaion of the slave trade, giving consuls and commercial
agent, on tho coast of Africa certain judicial powers, in
oreerthat proceedings may be by them instituted against
veesels engaged in the trade. the persons concerned to
be tried in the cow te of this country. It was passed, by
a vote of 63 against 45.
Pennsylvania Judicial Bill Passed. ,
The bill dividing Pennsylvania btu. two Judicial dis
tricts, and providine-rac Lae holding of a District Court
at Erie, ITNllpasetd.
Douglas Hospital fill.
The HOMO retiiraed the consideration.of the bill sp.
propriatiug Eevency-tive tboueaud dollars for the pur
chase of the Douglas Hospital.
•
Speech of Mr. WoodrUff.
Mr. WOODRUFF (Dula.), of Connecticut, while de
clining himself in favor or prosecuting the war to re
store the authority of the United States, said he could
not support the coat:location and emancipation bills, re
gardtrig them aa inexpedient, unjust, unconstitutional.
The advocates of extreme measures seemed to be giving
aid to the enemy, and pursuing a course better calcu
lated to destroy the . Union than that of the rebels them
selves ,
,
After further debate On the bill, it ling rejected
Adjournment.
The H time then aeionrind till Monday.
LETTER FROM NEW YORK
. NMI YORK, May 29, 1862.
The relieving is a liet of foreigners captured on board
the Alla Warier, not citizens of the United States:
L. L. Brienowich, aecond officer; Dominic Shisah, Jos.
Michael, Charles Lukowich, John ntatthew, Joseph Mar
tinez, seamen ; "Samuel Fron;carpenter ; David Fergu
son, second Regains engineer; John O'Rourke, third
141011'5313t engineer; John Heeney, Patrick Gaffney, Jas.
Diesgber, Andrew Harris ; James Flynn, John Meagher,
Wm. Johnson, James Martin, Matthew Halloran, Sti
nislasi Four, and Jame!' Casey, firemen; Joseph Al
phonie, steward; Francisco Romano, Sraticook; Joseph'
Lan ardo, second cook, and John Redmond, porter.
The ship }Franklin, from damborg, arrived this morn.
leg, bringing eli7 Mormon passungers.
A merchant iu New Orleans, writing to a gentleman
in this city, who is the owner of a store in New Orleans
' , moulded by the New Orleans merchant, nays : a I could
nst pay my rent, as usual, to your agent—the Oonfede
rat,. Novcrument ordered me' to make my 'quarterly pay.
mutt° tilt-In—what seal] Ido 'I I am anxious to take
anotho•jour-yeare lease of your More, if you will allow
me to do
A gent's:emu who has mst conic from the neighborhood
of 'White lit tae, Virgibia, informs mu that about a week
ego he was at the White House hospital, where were
1,400 sick soldiers in tents which
were not capable of
accommodating noire . then 000 wen.. The poor men had
to be on the b'realst, with nothing beneath them bat their
lasukets. Neither Nay nor straw could
,l)e procured to
bates their condition. , Les.t Thursday a rain-sioem oe
mined, which flooded the vrisge hospital. No spades
could be found to cut. drains, saes-some of the men who
were stronger toss, the othe.re bad toshwA their hands to
dig to carry the water 01l Lom the hospiat • -
In presenc e of phis fact, there was within tlffse.quar
ters of a nude good high and dry ground on the estate of
/Ira. Lee protected by Union soldiers, fled massangeni
were forbidden to even drive wagons across the ground
to procure epilog watir for the sick men. In order to
get water for them, a rieuy 'Ot moo wet. established to
carry it in buckets, so careful are the militsry anther-I
tiee that hire. Lee's property should not be soilld with
the feet of the Men ughting for the iluicat. A quantity of
goode from the sanitary commission, which was dig.
Posed of muting the sick, relieved ahem to an extent
which, it the donors could have sceo, , ,would dew...tone
have been COMytmentima enough for
anaiet
da t e b: t ti oni4ione t
e . yhe •
Lest evening Wm. A Jackson, twdet known as Jscr
f
ea t i l e.t i r s o n ateh l rs ie
Davis' coachman," spoke to a
deserved. Ile tells an interns
lulistory, abounding in pore
of the rebellion.
The lemons Agliarla), ardent of Boston have been
purchased by P. T. Barnum, Esq., of Now York, under
whose management tboy will henceforth be conducted.
The French sido-wheel war-steamer Milan. Comm ender
Clone, from New Orleans on May 16, and from Havana
in Ave days, arrived this (Thursday) morning. fik
mounts tour guns, bas a crew of 150 men, and an angina
of 220-bores power.
A number of regiments will leave this city to-day, or
this evening, for places not designated.
PASSE:WARS RT STRAASSIIIP MATANZAS, FROM Haw
Orw.E.tes.--Ida Myers, J. Jones, hiss Eliza Byan, Mrs.
Id. McComt, Mr. and lire. J Nixon ' two children and
two servants ' ;Mr. and Mm. Holland, Mr. and Mrs. A.
Morris and infant, R. Nixon, 0. G. Wait, G. B. Young,
James Ritchie, B Kimball, G. Shaw, C. Sutterley, Jas.
H. Adams, F. W. Boyd, Mr. and Mrs John Fox, child
and servant ; E. Kleimbacht, Mrs. El. Logan, Mrs. Mar
goner Noble, Mr. and Mrs. E. Holnatedt, Monroe Bates,
A. Cohen B, A Woreoner, A. Schwarz and child, J. J.
Bros n, II. Siegel. F. Leon, If. Mcßvly, He Keening,
Mrs. . Lynch and three children, Max Maki, J. B.
Comonford, J. E. Bouligny, Mr. and Mrs. C. Flanders
and three, children, John Williams, Joseph and LOtas
Buren, F. Flodard, P. Smith, G. If. Coll, J. R. Tifton,
Charles Martin. T Kirchhoff, J. Fideman, D. Emmett.
0. Driver, .1. W. Whiten, J. Dudley, W. J. Bahia, J.
Keating, Oluales Blake, Charles Jacobs, M. J. Wagner,
A. Reed, J. F. Bullwinkle, J. Tamonhanm W. P. Reed.
ar
J. Ryan, J. Smith, E. Leon rd, John Devan,
James
Armby, Mrs. Mary Gilbert and child, John Powers,
John Burley, F. Butler, H. Hes, .1. palling, G. Liniken•
Julius Cohen, John Holland, B. Iluregyk, .7. A. Jack
son, B. Price, A. L. Walter, It Homer, liinkman, F.
tlhubenbrancb, L. Roger, John Kalman, Martin Ralf, F.
Copp, J. peterron, W. 11. Dutton, S. R. James, 0. Baral
la, J. Garde!, Mr. and Mrs E. Edwards, L. Patriots, F.
O'Hara, and N. K. Rzymes.
The following were the sales of Stocts at the Second
Board to-day
600011 S oe'Bl, cp....104
1000 U S Br 'Bl reg.. 103%
58000 Tr 73•]0 a 0n...104X
50013lich 75 war I-1553
3000 Cat S Ts 05%
25&t0 Ind S 6s wart.. 00;zg
6000 Mich S Sd mtge. Si
300 Erie Railway... 353 k
100 3fiN
leo Mil it I' B. 27
15000 Amer G01d.....103%
27000 do 103%
10000 d 0 810.10334
50 Pao 16 8 C0.b30.112X
5 14 Y Cent 1t.... 87
00 do ..... b6O 80%
50 do .....alO 883
300 d 0......... 88%.
The only marked treneactiona la the Western etyma
were Cho 138111219 of Toledo at,42 cub, and 41;1041.31 on
vell l k
Galenire' option. Galen a — e. at 6 6X e 6 6% 4)' cent-
The other deicri ptions ate ' • .._.• York Central in de
mand for the cash seller '.u" %t. Paci fi c Mail
recovered to 111.0111 x, -4...- ,
The price of gold has allon back to 103%0103% igr
cent. There is nothing doing of moment in exchange
since the Boston steamer mail. The ntiotstlon on Lon
' don is 11434 e11e.% 4ir cent. on itrat.cissa bankers' bills.
Money is easy at 4e5,4)' cent. at call. The ordinary
diaconate at bank appear to have failen off within a day
or ttro. Some of the banks are bdWr'",? . l to be employ
ing their large balamifti by the pnrilWe of 7-30 4)' cent.
treasury. bonds and 6 tr cent. ogr-Oideates of Govern
ment indebtedness. The latter &Mac srce on the street,
and tho former in no large supply under 105 4)' cent.
The clewing house exchanges are $24,246,448, and
' the balances $1,056,40(.78.
..,.
THE MARKETS.
s '• afts.—The market Is quiet, but firm; sales of Pete
':!ft, and Pearls $G
• Flora situ MEAL.—The market for Western-State
/flour is less active, owing in part to the absence of a
good assortment of extra State, which is preferred be
Viestmu by shippers; the medium grades are dolts ir
regular, and stow of sale ; trade brands aro steady, but
The enigii m 7 142.400 bbls, at 84.2 irS4 40 for supsrline
State RU' Woac rn , $4 55.4 SO for the low grades of
Western aim. 1E4.5504 65 for extra State, $.4.70.4 BS
for fancy do. 85. .5.a0 for extra Ohio shipping brands.
and 8 2 . 2 06 0 ftr trade brands.
Canadian Flour Is lets plenty, and is quiet. The ar
'rivals are moderate, manly the better grades; sales of
S5O bbb.., at 84.50e5t 75 or shipping breads of spring
wheat ...teas, and $4.80n025 for extrats.
Southern Flour. Is rather nitre active, particularly
goad and oleic° extras ; the low grades are nesateable,
but eh acly Wes of 1,650 /Ads. at 85 10.5.70 for mixed
to good superfine Baltimore, <h..; Bi-75.6.75 for trade
brands do.
Rye glom is in fair relamt, rum .. , teady ; Balsa 260
Wk., at 82 7504 05
PROVISIONS.—The Pork market is quiet, aa~ that
heavy ; sales of 680 bhis at $l2 for uniuspeoted
$12.26 for Mesa,
and ;89.62at0.1t0 for prime. Beef is ilk
1!n ited demand for navy ; sales of 130 bbls. at 812.250
13 50 for plain &less, and /114014 ST fur extra. Bacon
is heavy; sales of 36 boxes small ribbed Western at 6,ve.
Out Meats are nulls active ; sales of 860 boxes and
Horses at 34.541(c for shoulders, and 4%0530 for
hams.
FINANCIAL AND, COMMERCIAL.
THE MONEY MARKET.
PHILADELPIIIA, Eits7 20,1861.
Stocks were steady to-day at the drat board, but is
consequence of the death of Mr. Retort Johnston, the
second board adjourned, and there were no closing prises.
No tales of Reading were noticed ; bide wore behind
yesterday's. United Statue sixes, 1881, firm at last quota
tioue; the seven-thirties advancing ,tl, but the dema n d
being for a higher figure, there were no sales; the en
dorsed tends told at 103%. Philadelphia sixes, new,
brought 102%, an advance of and firm; the old re- •
mined at last quotations. Pennsylvania ltalroad 47x.
Schuylkill Navigation sixes, 1552, advanced 3j, and con
tinued steady. Mortis Canal advanced 31 on yesterday's
stiles. Elmira uisilroad preferred and Catawises Railroad
preferred oath aa - atneed, the former !,-; ou yesterday's
bid. Long Island Bost well at 15, an advance. Phila
delphia and Erie glee bi,ught L ah i gt strip to.
stained at yeaterday`e figures, while Peuesylvania fives
advanesd;, on I e
selli x ygatfti — l %-irs Railroad common
stock
advanced
gttrday
ba Beaver Meadow
was steady at 553. Bank shares were sub a anal lot
of Kensington changing hands; 133 was '.id for North
America, 106 for Philadelphia, 523 for Fatuento and
mechanics', 25 for Mechanics', 40 for Girard, -t for
Western,24X for Manufacturers' and 3lechanics',
City, and 30 for Commonwealth. Paesenger railways
were drill, Chestnut and Walnut selling for wg, Arck
stoeet 2231.
The anxiety to bear from our armies does not in the
lean diminish the confidence of the moneyed circles, and
no such feeling as fear is recognized In regard to the final
result of the contest. It may be to-day, or to-morrow,
or next month, but the fight will come, and the firm be
lief that the conquering flag of our country will be borne
in triumph over the aoil now possessed by the Southern.
conspiracy, buoys up the eptrits or the financial commu
nity. First-class paper still remains scarce at sto 6
loans on call from 4 to 5. Money plenty; "osmium
I finn, at 3,i( prim. ; Foreign coin, dull.
Menem Drexel & Co. furnish the following onoierionn
New York exchange Par to 1-10 pro.
Boston exchangr
Baltimore exchange
Bountry funds
American gold
7.3-10 Treasm! notes
P. coupon bonds,lBBl
One of the Senate amendments to the House national
tax bill smovides a tax on all cheeks on batiks, comps
nieei or individuals. or blue u - cheriga of one cent ott
every twenty dollars t Or In other words 1-10th of one
yer cent. filtotild this become a !kw, and the low t tn.
4 ..::: cc it will creak a revolution lu our present !system of
banking. People will become their own bookers in order
to save the tax—unless they should wish to deposit
their money for some length of time. Temporary depo
sits will not be made except in small amounts. For in-
Saulsbury (Dem.)
Sherman (Rep.)
Ten Km (Rep.)
Willey (Union.)
Wihon ( ),Alaes.
Wrlaht (Union.)
dance, a maw has $5,000 paid to him to-day, and wisher
to nee itnext week, if be deposits it in a bank it will cost
him $2.60 to got it out again, and in order to sage tale
tax he will retain his money mit!' ho requires it.
The amount of chocks paid daily by our city banks will
perhaps average four millions, the tax on which would
amount to $2,000 daily. The !few York banks hare at
least forty millions drawn on them, which woall cast
$20,000 tax daily.
The following remarks from thOlesuisritle Journal, of
Nay 27th, show a better feeling to minim , molten in that
section of the country: •
" There Loa been 'an extra:a dinary demand for gold da
ring the past week, which bat been (mantled to this city,
as it tile not been in mined .Isewhere Large a noon's
bare been 61313 by oar bankers at 3,55 er3.4 per cent. pre
mium, the buying rate being 3 per cent premium. The
&mold his been mainly for the purchase of produce in
• Tenneisee and. Alabama. Exchange is quiet as last
quoted, My m3if ter cent premium et 'tiny, and die
count buying. Money is plentifu', and to readily obtAin.
ed for all the requirements of trade. There hoe been a
decline in the rate of discount upon the notes of the
Planters' and Union Banks of Tennessee, the bankers
buying now at 25 per cent. discount Tom his been a
bettor demand for grccerles during the week, end the
tales have been larger than heretofore, but at old rates.
The tobacco trade is unusually bride, and the prices ob
tained are decidedly in favor of the planter. The weath
er bas been cool and pleasant for the most part, wan a
fine rain. The farmers are greatly encouraged with the
prospect of large yields. The river is falling, wire 5 feet
6 inches of water in the channel."
referson's Defector comes to ne to-day crowded with
information for all those who handle paper money—a
list of flfty-one new ccunteriefts c =prim. s descriptions
of worthlees Dotes of the most dongerons character, and
to medially worthy the attention of business mon. A.
valuable plate, with foe- sioilesof the con's-of. arms of
all the Staten, will be found great aid in detecting
altered notes, and should be cut out and pasted up In
some convenient spot for reference. The editorial mei. -
ter is of the first quality. The quotations are made on
tho 28th or this month, being nearer the first of the month
than any other Detector now published. A groat [anti With
these publications is that, In the hurry to get out ahead
of their competitory, their rates are seldom found to be
reliable, and a bank worthless to-day, ie quoted as good
in a pamphlet dated a week hence. Peterson aroldethlip
The Girard Fire and Marine Insurance Company bag
declared a tend-annual dividend of three and one-half
per cent., payable on demand.
A semi- annual dividend of four per cent. on the capi
tal stock of the Pennsylvania Railroad is announced. It
will be payable to the stockholders on the 15th of this
month.
The following ere some of the principal articles ex
ported 'from this port to foreign ports, from May 22 to
29, 1582: .
• GRIAT BRITAIN.
Flout., Ibis.. 3,811 521,117 Bann, Shonl-
Wheat, bus-10,535 13,100 d ars, and
Corn, b 8.-12,135 41,508 Bacon, lbs 415,161 6;11,660
Beef, tee—. 125 3,010 Tallow and
Pert. bt,li... 35 479 Tallow Oil,
Laud; 1b5....83,844 6,636 Ms 110,2% 7,600
BAIT= NO
Flour, Ws .760 $777
Coin Meal, bb1a.435 1,165'
Bye 11461, bbls... 67 21i
Poll:, We 41 542
name, lba ....2,873 199
EMMY Wl
f10ur,bb1i....593 43,127
0. Meal, bbl B.. 600 1,4251
Corn, bu 5..... 400 2641
Oats, bus 50 21
Bread, bbbl... 40 108
Pork, bbls 200 2.578
lIILms, Tha 957 77
SPANISH W
riour, bbls ... 1,900 811,100
Ilya meal, bbls 20 701
Coro, Due 2,766 1,768
Brew', 218 230
Beef, pkgs..... 22 . 287
Pork, pkgs.... 166 4,511
8en.. 9 lbs.—. 10,734 821
Lard. Ibe 155,196 13 3;4
Tallow, 1b5....44 248 4,151
Cabdles,lbs...l3 280 2,116
ap, 1b 3 868 151
Batter, 15e....18 988 .1,942
}" Clh i t
e s e hl i a: ;
pi
. ;
7 , 1 3,215
, 27 7 0
85
Vinegar, gall.. 739 84
Wine, gale.... .10 21.
WiiiakY. gal.. 20. 16
A e beer, Rale' 820 261.
Oil, gals 3,202 768
Fluid, gale.. .. 50 46
Bin tarp ; fist '• 80 • 130
Turreui ine,Obl 1 70
Paiute
TO 011181 t WEif I'SDIBB.
near; bbhr HO s3,o9olneh, AP
I 100 $2B
'Corn3lrat, bbls 350 1,001 Vinegar, gent.. 241 22
As a Heal, bldg.. 30 105 ri iptl. F. 11.3 46 38
Corti, but 200 136 Siearr The 214 24
Br erid,..bb1a...... 5 .. .. 38 Pepper, 1b5......413 73
llter,'bble ....... - iv . 90 Tobacco, pkga... 1 33
Pork, DN..- - 10 130 Rope, coils 28 190
HIM!, The 380 47 Stationery 18
Lard, The.. 849 9O Leather 170
_Candle, '
• The 716 l5B Lumber 148
Butter, The 780 ' 105!Machinery .....
. . .. 60
(Ricrac, Bs 470 47181634th* ..... 00
100 Brie R. Prete.. 62g"
50 do 62
60 Hudson 12431(
50 do.— IZ 43%
200 frarlem ft.— 13g
225 Mich Oen 8.... ss%
100 do WO 50%
VAOIIII Slat I R... 23%
250 IIieb.S&SIGS 54%
400 111 Cent B Scrip. 60%
100 Gal & Ohl R.eoo 66%
100 do 66;16
50 do ST
200 do 610 51
460 Clev Tol 43
300 do 41%
200 OM Jt 11. 60%
to 1-10 it
.... I. to 1-10d18.
3( to 6-10"
•••• 3 X to 334 i ore.
...1013i to 106
101 to 1014 .
IZEZEGEM
Winegar, ga15..3,078 $246
Coal, tone 100 350
Rosin, bb1,.... 2 et
Tar, bbls 4 40
E13.151:113
Candies,lbs _lO,OOO 31,400
Tobacco, pga. 20 615
.... 120
Hatches, gr's 400 200
Carriages.... 2 500
Iron Sa!a„... 1 400
Sundries 63
!MEM
• Tar do pitch, ble 12 $l2O
Drugs and les. ...„ 445
Rope, 5,906 605
Slattlog, yds.. 1,200 332
Cot. ooro, eases 8 1,000
.p'a skirts, doz 101 622
Paper and other
stationery 544
Luinber 456
Shooks, pkgs.. 9,602 4,897
Hoops 780
I &may casks.. 778 200
rrtaika &whips .... 268
Picture frames. .... 67
gambits, grog). 282 141
COcubs, d0z.... 114 149
I , Carts & harness .... 412
Plated ware... .... 199
deer' and iron. .... 495
afachinerf.... .... 28,313
Railroad water. .... 27,248
Nails & spikes
238 1,309
... 311
kegs
aindries