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VOL. 6.-NO. 179.
Vrtss.
The reign of Punch is nearly over. From.
its commencement, in July 1841, until No-..
vember 1850, -that publication, which had
pen and pencil fot its weapons, was a power
indeed. At the latter .date, the leaven of
intolerance got into it. Pr. :Wiseman was
made Cardinal and wrote a not very 'wise
letter on the occasion, in which he claimed
that, because of some Paseyite apostacies,
the whole of England had returned to the
Catholic faith and the Papal subserviency.
The writers in Punch, most of whom had
not been inside of any church for years,
(except on the occasions of marriage and
baptism,) took up the cudgels for the Church
of England and commenced such a series of
written and engraved attacks upon. the
Catholics, that most of them declined re
ceiving the paper into their houses. In this
Punch evidently took the impulse from Lord
John Russell, who, when Prime Minister,
wrote a feeble epistle to the Bishop of Dur
ham, in which, with equal delicacy and dis
cretion, he spoke of the rites of the Catholic
Church as the " mummeries of superstition.' ,
Punch lost not only most of its circulation
among the English Catholics, but Richard
Doyle, its best artist, who was himself a
Catholic, felt that he could not consistently
remain connected with a publication which
ridiculed his faith, and withdrew from it.
Since then it has occasionally exhibited more
malignity than wit. Its attacks upon Louis
Napoleon have been frequent and savage,
and, later still, Punch has acted in the mean
est and most insolent manner ever since the
commencement of Civil War in this coun
try. This has been so much overdone as to
excite contempt oven in England. Its
American circulation is not one-fourth of
what it was five years ago.
It is a mistake to say of Punch, as a.pie
torial satirist,
Ja24-alpt
OIRMANTOWII, PA.
It was preceded, as far back as 1880;:hy
a small weekly sheet,. edited by the late Gib: :
bert A. A'Becket, and called Figaro iA L0i1, 7
don. At that time A'Becket was ."a young
man about town," of the ripe age of twenty,.
with a large amount of animal spirits, aireilit
offlively satire, and a great deal of occa
sional industry. Neither ill-natured nor ma
licious, he could not resist the temptation of
putting persons and occurrences in a ludi
crous point of view. He was satirical, from
the mere love of fun, whereas Douglas Jer
rold said and wrote better things, from his
overruling desire of annoying people.
A'Becket was good-natured and witty.
Jerrold was malignant and savage. When
Punch was commenced, A'Becket, whose
own little speculation had long since gone
to the tomb of all the Capulets, became one
Of its staff of writers, and continued on it
for nearly fifteen years,—iii • fact from July
1841, to his death in April 1856. In his lat
ter years, A'Becket rose into distinction.
His Comic Histories of England and of
Rome, and his Comic Blackstone, won him
tio much reputation, that he was invited to
write leaders for The Times, and, being quail-,
lied for the office, as a barrister-at-law, -
though he never had held a brief, he finally
was made one of stipendiary police magi
strates of London, and discharged the du
ties of that responsible office in an able and
irreproachable intuition
The success of Punch called up various
imitations. We cannot recall the titles of
. all thoso.-defunct rivals. The best of_them
were The Nan-in-the-Noon, The British.
Lion, and Dibgenes. None of these lived
long. About eighteen months ago, there
was published the first number of Fun, al
most a 'fac-simile of Punch in size, typo
graphy, and engravings, but far more gen
tlemanly in tone; more independent in prin
ciple, and above all, more courteous in its
allusions to public affairs and public men in
France and the United States. Fun, which
is written- with spirit, edited with tact, and
illustrated With humor, has the further ad
vantage of being cheaper than %Punch,
the English price of which is six cents,
while Fun, containing the same number
of pages and of engravings, sells for
two- cents. • The rivalry is so close that
• the: publication offices in Fleet street 'are
near to each other. At all events, Fan is a
formidable rival, for it ' . eireulates 200,000
• copies weekly, while the sale of Pifach has
declined to about 20,000: This is a' great
falling4:‘fi; seeing that, at one time, its cir
culation was Close on 75,000 copies weekly.
_Fran may be considered as Dilly established
now, for it has a larga.and increasing circu
lation, and has nearly completed its third
half-yearly volume. It is difficult, by mere
description, to convey any- thing like .an
adequate idea of a literary and •piCtorial
journal of fan and satire, and we shall not
attempt it. Yet, from the last number of
Fun, we give a biographical sketch of an
English Parliament-man who has "mixed•
himself up in American affairs. The - cu
riosity of the sketch is that its leading inci
dents are true.
Be commenced his political career in 1852 by be
ing defeated in his desire to become the mouthpiece
first of Monmouth and then of Dartmouth. But he
had already made himself observed, and had pub
lished several works, which had a great sale, on
maritime affairs—notably one, "Our Navigation and
Mercantile Marine Laws. ), Though the two mouths
we have mentioned eschewed him as their represent
ative, another mouth, Tynemouth, presented him
with an opening of which he availed himself.
Ris principles are most. unmistakably free trade.
As a consequence he found himself in the wrong
boat, when he opposed, at a city meeting held two
or three years ago by the shipowners, a resolution
which seemed to point to our system of maritime
commerce, and the repeal of the old navigation laws
as the origin of the distress of the shipping interest.
As a speaker, he is not very effective. The force
of his oratory is scotched, if not killed, by a strong
North British accent. Nevertheless, although he
knows more about seamanship, merchant-ship, and
any other ship than statesmansip, he is listened to
with attention. The secret is, that he seldom,
speaks on subjects that are not connected with the
shipping interest, which he has so thoroughly at
heart—and by heart.
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MONDAY, MARCH 2, 1863
Go Fun " versus " Punch.”
"It was the first
That ever burst
Into that silent sea.),
So, hero followeth
WILLIAM SHAW LINDSAY, M. P
Lindsay, like Wolsey, was born of humble pa
rents, and rose by the force of his mind and the ener
gy of his disposition to a distinguished place along
his contemporaries. Beyond that, however, the
Lindsay-Wolsey parallel cannot be carried; for the
sea, which the former made his fortune bv, is not
the same see whence the latter enriched h imself;
and, whereas the cardinal lorded it over all the
monks in Great Britain, the capitalist only rules
Austin Friars.
William Shaw Lindsay first saw the light In Ayr,
but was heir to no possessions—unless they were
castles in air. He came into this property at the
early age of six ' when he was left an orphan, but not
a well-oif 'tin. At fifteen he left home to turn sailor,
and entered the world, which gave him only a coal'd
reception—the office of looking after the fuel in a
Liverpool steamer. For some time he had a hard
struggle, with poverty in the streets of that great
city, hut at length obtained a cabin-boy's place on
board a West Indianian. In three years he heoatne
second mate, then lint mate, and shortly after cap
tain baying gone through many hardships and au&
fcrec many privations, besides wounds, accidents,
and shipwrecks. In 1841 he left the waves for the
Wallsend, becoming agent for the Castle Eden Coal
Company. Four years after, he started in London
that immense shipping agency on which hie fortune
is founded. •
La 19+59 he allowed himself to be separated from
Tynemouth by Sunderland, which place still gives
him its undivided allegiance. At the time of the
Crimean war, he achieved a worldwide fame by ex
posing the blunders and jobbery of the Government.
Since then, like a prudent sailor, he has lain on his
oars to a considerable extent ; for it is not very like
ly that Lnrd Palmerston will ever have an opportu
nity of aiming ne sulor ultra crepidam at Mr. Lind
say. He is not at all the man to talk about things
which he does not understand, and when he takes a
line with regard to our maritime commerce, they
are wise who find themselves in the same boat with
It is not very probable that he will ever sit on the
Treasury benches. His early training Would lead
him to take a place below the gangway. Yet he
would be as useful a man at the Board of Trade as
aboard a trader.
Els career is one of which England may be proud.
Re began life with an "Ayry nothing," and he has
made himself a "local habitation" in Portland
place and a "name" in Parliament, as well as in
Austin Friars.
THE following letter is from a gallant soldier who
enlisted In the ranks at the breaking out of the re
bellion, from patriotic motives, leaving a happy
home and alucrative business, to discharge his duty
as a citizen, and is a type of thousands in the field
whose letters breathe the same spirit :
CAITP NEAR WHITE OAK Cit:mon', Va.,
February 27, 1803.
. • • • • • •
My regiment forma a part of the 9th Army Corr%
and have gone off with them on Borne expedition,
either to North or South Carolina. I fancy I &hall
have some trouble in getting to them, and, when I
do get there, shall see and participate in some hard
fighting, and probably may be one of those eacriticed
to the cause of liberty. Weil, I came out with the
eiipectation of fighting about three months, and sin- .
gular it will be if I wind up a military career of two
years by having.the most In the last three months.
At any rate, that is the present appearance of affairs.
I am no novice, however, for I have been under
fire often enough to be able to hear the shot
and shell ringing about my ears, if not with in
difference, at least without any great amount of
visible trepidation, and that is about all the bravest
On
say with truth. General has offered to
take command of, and raise, a negro brigade, and I
have offbred to go with him. He has made the
offer, and I have a strong belief the proposition
will be- accepted. It is the true way to fight
them, and I trust there will be no delay in placing
the negroee in the field as soldiers. I am heartily
sick of hearing the canting traitors at the
North talk about fighting for the niggers, and then
when we propose to allow the nigger to tight for
himself, show so tender a regard for him as to insist
on refusing his services. I wish it was in my power
to impress every one who objects to negro regi
ments, anti place him in the ranks as a private. I
know that a month's active campaign would so ma
terially alter their opinions, that theywould be per
fectly satisfied to have one of the despised race take
their place, and do their fighting , for them. Any
Man who talks in that manner, and lives at the
North, is a double-distilled traitor, and should meet
with the traitor's fate. We remain here perfectly
quiet, stuck in the mud, unable to make any move.
meat. Our regiment was ordered last evening to go
about five miles from here to make a corduroy bad,
which is being constructed to the river on our left.
They were to relieve a regiment who had been there
in their turn. The weather this morning was so
stormy, that the order was countermanded. There
is about six Inches of snow already covering the
mud, and no prospect of clearing up. Our boys
would have had a very rough time had they been
obliged to go. If the weather should clear up, they
Will probably go in the morning. They were or.
deted to take four days' rations with them. A sol
dier's life is a rough one—he don't lie on a bed of
roses. Just imagine being started out in a violent
snow-storm, without tents or any protection from
the elements, except such as a woolen blanket af
fords, to take up one's quarters for four days out in'
the open fields, or may be fortunate enough to be
allowed to bivouack in a woods, wet, cold, and no
thing to eat but the inevitable pork and hard tack—
all this our regiment expected to undertake this
morning.
The wretches who inaugurated this unholy war
should be crucified. Jeff Davis and his villainous
associates deserve the tortures of the damned in
this life and that to come ; and we have wretcVni
at the North who, sympathize with him, and ad
vise us to let them alone and don't set the ne
groee loose upon the South, for fear some South
ern brother may be hurt by a nigger. I would
unchain the fiends of hell and let them loose to rav
age and destroy if necessary, to put them down and
bring them into subjection. We must teach them that
we are their masters, their superiors, and if neces
sary, annihilate the whole white male population in
every rebel State sooner than abandon the enter
prise. Our Administration are weeding the army of
traitorous generals and commanders who have
-heretofore thwarted our beat laid projects, by the
weak and tardy support they have given them. Old
Toe Hooker is a warm and decided Republican,
and
Will be battling for a cause he loves. Such men take
no half measures; their soul is in their work, and
with sufficient means,, they almost invanably
achieve and conquer success. We Republicans in
the army have avoided politics as a forbidden sub
ject,• we have feared by discussing the matter, we
might create dissensions in the army. We find we
have been mistaken. Traitors have been allowed
to talk-and use their influence to demoralize the
men. We have concluded to take a stand and let
our principles be known and made public, argue,
talk, and if necessary, fight for our principles. We
have the right upon our side, and the best of the argu
ment. . A.
' NEW YORK CITY.
(Special Correspondence or The Press.]
• NEW YORE, Feb. 27, 1663
THE MCCLELLAN LETTER
of General Scott is a fresh bone of contention be
tween the friends and foes of the young Napoleon.
The former strenuously assert that the epistle reflects
rather upon the Administration, for instituting a
special correspondence with McClellan, than upon
the Potomac commander for Communicating direct
ly w4th the Government without regard to his supe
rior officer. But this hacknied perversion of mean
ing has grown too stale a trick to produce much
conviction, and the ruling sentiment of the commu
nity is against the General, whose repeated military
failures have not even the redeeming palliative of
soldierly obedience to orders. Of course, such sheets
as the Herald, Express, and Work! are clamorous to
vindicate the young apoleon, who probably wishes
that such " d---d good-natured friends," as Sidney
Smith said, would let him alone. Such friendship
as theirs puts him in the attitude Of constantly
inviting a strong suspicion of his loyalty ; and while
this suspicion is logically'nurtured by the extrava
gant laudation of known enemies to the Union,
the hapless little Mao will have no rest from investi
gating committees. The more I see of MoOlellan
as he appears in every-day life, the more firmly :int
I convinced that he is a victim, rather than a spe
cious. abettor,..in_ all thiskionsensical clamor for
him. He is a common-place..goodmaturse, ordinary -
sort of little man, with not as much egotism as yon
might reasonably expect to find in one so much
talked about. Under no possible circumstance
could he rise to greatness without violating every
law of physiognomy, for his face does not contain
.one feature, line, or curve indicative of anything
above the commonest order of intelligence. His is not
the bead to live in marble, or illustrate history on
heroic canvas, and it must be palpable to all who
have conversed with him that he lacks every
intellectual qualification necessary to the leader in
a deep revolutionary scheme, or the Successful
manager of the caprices of a political mob.
In other words, he is being unscrupulously
used as a mere temporary cat's-paw by the Disunion
faction of the North ; as a mere blind to be used as
a curtain only until a gang of organized conspirators
are ready to cast him aside, and reveal themselves
from behind him in Their true rebel characters. The
idea that the Democrats intend to select any such
man of straw for their Presidential candidate in
1864 is the most egregious follY. They are all too
sharp for that. He is simply a temporary con ,
venience with them; but while he is that con
venience, they will, of course, war. for him without
stint, and extract the laurels of patriot martyrdom
even from the reproving letter of his superior officer.
GENERAL BUTLER
may as well prepare himself fora terrible " revela
tion," shortly, concerning his administration in
New Orleans. There is stopping in this oily at pre
sent a'gentleman of New Orleans who was a lieute
nant in the rebel 'army prior to the capture of the
city, and did military duty at Fort Pillow. A short
experience of camp-life was sufficient to satisfy him,
and he, in company with several others, resigned his
commission and returned home. Shorty after But
ler's capture of New Orleans, our Secession friend
was tempted to utter certain Southern sentiments
which procured for him a speedy visit to prison,
where be was detained for some weeks. This por
tion of the programme so sharpened his perceptive
faculties that he was enabled very readily to see the
shameless corruption of Gen. Butler's administra
tion. Now that . he is in this city, the principal
editor of the World has solicited from him a written
ezposE of the much-dreaded General's frightful abuse
of his office ; and the aforesaid edifying sheet will
probably flame with "-Revelations" before long.
Let the General make a note of this merciful fore
warning from me, and hurry to his now post before
the storm bursts.
THE FUNERAL OF EMJHA TAYLOR,
the actress, took place yesterday afternoon, from
St. Mark's Church, and was largely attended by
members of the dramatic profession.. The pall
bearers were Messrs. G. H. Smith, Jarvis Weed, E.
F. Lasack, F. H. Plnkney, L. D. Debost, S. J. Pol
lock, E. M. Vought, and G. IL Williams. The
officiating clergyman was Dr. Joseph H. Price,
rector of St. Stephen's, and the solemn service for
the dead was never more impressively intoned.
Miss Emma Elizabeth Taylor was better known as
an actress in your city than in New York; but
during her short sojourn with us—at Niblo's and at
Laura Reene's—she found ample appreciation for
her professional grace and talend.
THE BURGLAR, GORDON,
who was arrested in Brooklyn, day before yesterday, ,
for committing a eerier] of nightly depredations upon
the domestic valuables of the aristocracy over there,
owes his detection, it seems, to the tender passion.
For some weeks before his real character was dis
covered, Gordon had been living like a prince in
Brooklyn, spending money very lavishly, and gain
ing admission to the first circles by pretending to be
a rebel cheer converted to loyalty. It was his cus
tom, on attending a ball or soirée at the . house ofga
nabob, to note minutely the locality of his host's
valuables, and then return to the house in disguise
at a later hour, and rob it. He boarded In arespec
table house, and had a room on the ground Boor,
through the window of which he was accustomed to
go andreturn while engaged in his burglaries. In
the course of his social career he won'the affections
of a very estimable young lady. 'Wishing to make
her a handsome present, he repaired to a fur store in
this city with a very valuable cape which he had
stolen previously from another store, to havo a new
lining put in. A gentleman happened to be in the
store at the time who recognized the cape, and Immo
diatel3r claimed it for its rightful owner. quite a
scene then ensued, ending in the arrest of. Gordon
and a police inspection of the trunks at his boarding
house. Then came a full exposure of the dashing
rascal's true character, greatly to the horror of the
First Families who had cultivated him so blindly.
The young lady who has so narrowly escaped a mar
riage with the villain is said to be almost broken
hearted.
A MYSTERIOUS TRAGEDY
ended in death yesterday at a private house in
Stanton street. On the previous evening a young
man of twenty.two, named Foster, who resided
there with his brother's family, entered the house,
and threw himself upon a sofa, with the declaration
that he had been shot. The family hastened to learn
what he meant, and it was discovered that he was
bleeding freely from three pistol-shots in the stomaoh.
To his brother, who had been with him only an hour
before, and to the physicians and police, he would
give no other explanation of his condition than that
be had been shot in the street. No form of entreaty
or threat could induce him to reveal one word more,
and ho has died with his secret untold. The family
are respectable, and have no clue to the mystery
ending thus in blood.
• THE STEVENS BATTERY
is offered to the Secretary of the Navy to-day by
arr. Stevens, who gives his proposals to the papers
of this -morning in letter shape. For the sum of
01 500 ; 000 he will complete his battery, put it in per-.
sect working order, and turn it over to the Govern
ment in nine months after receiving the order. Or,
he will let the Government take the battery as it now
is, at cost—say $260,000. He guarantees the 'com
plete impenetrability of his invention to any kind
of missile ; that its speed shall be greater than that
of any other war vessel in the world ; and that its
broadside shall be equal to that of any ship afloat.
- -
GENERAL SIGEL,
is here on furlough, paying a hasty visit to his wife
and child at the residence of his father-in•law. lie
breaks very hopefully of the coining spring Cain
vnigus STUXVESANT.
PHILADELPHIA. MONDAY, MARCH 2, 1863.
ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND.
DISLOYAL NEWSPAPERS
(Srodal Corremiondestee of The Prem.]
Molutazesnono, TISNN., Feb. 24, 18N
By a Breda) order from General Rosecrana, no
more of the newspapers known as the Oincinruiti
Inquirer and Chicago Times, will be permitted to be
circulated in the army of the Cumberland. If he
will also prohibit the sale of the former journal in
Nashville, much good will result therefrom—fir
the reception of the Cincinnati Inquirer in that city
is like so much food and fuel for the rebels and their
cause.
TILE PROCLAMATION OF FREEDOM.
A lieutenant of an Indiana regiment yesterday
sent in his resignation—cause, President's emancipa.
lion proclamation. General Rosecrans sent for hini
and gave him the greatest lecture he ever had in his
life, whereupon the officer remarked that he had
been in the service nineteen months, and failed to
be favored with an opportunity to go home and sea
a sick wife, and, disliking to resign without a milf!
tary reason, used the above as a cloak. His con
tendon was very important, inasmuch as it proves
that many of our officers who have resigned " on
account of the proclamation," took advantage of the
instrument to release themselves from military obli
gations.
There will. probably be no movement from this
place for a month. A large number of officers are off
on "leave of absence," and three correspondents—
I3ieltham, of the Commercial; Furae, of the Gazelle,
and Shanks, of the Herald—are making a short tour
north. These are all old hands in this army, andknow
which way the wind blows. Since the battle, how
ever, there has been a fresh wavelet correspondents
from Philadelphia, Chicago, and elsewhere.
PAYING OFF THE. TROOPS
Just now a great deal of happiness is rife in this
army—eauee, - lots of paymasters. here at work. It
will take eight of them about two weeks to pay oft'
the whole army, which will be done up to the 31st
Of December.
THE ENEMY UNDEMOINTSIMAT/TE.
In the way of military excitement nothing at ail
exists here just now. Even the forage trains meet
with no molestation. Last Sunday a straggling
party of about two hundred relit' cavalry appeared
near General Johnson's front, and drove in the ve
dettes, which was the first thing of the kind which
has transpired for a couple of weeks.
Yesterday a large foraging party, accompanied by
three brigades, with five days) rations, went out
upon the Bradyville road. This morning a large
party, accompanied by two brigades, with two days'
rations, went out upon the Salem road.
CAVALRY READY. TO MOVE.
The most of the cavalry have marching orders,
with three days' rations, and will start this evening.
Our cavalry are getting to be quite efficient, and
will be by the next battle an important arm of the
service.
NEW CLOTHES
Besides being paid off, the men are being newly
clothed and equipped, and when next this army
marches the surmounting of all impediments will
readily take place.
NEW MOVEMENT.
The railroad from Nashville to Franklin will be
placed in runninz order next week, and probably a
brigade or two will be sent to Columbia.
HOSPITALS IN MIIRFREESBOR.O
The following is a list of the Federal liospitals in
Murfreesboro, with the names or the surgeons in
charge, and number of patients in each :
No, of Hospital. Seranon in charge. No. Patients.
No. I ....... ....Surgeon Fitch - 180
" 2 Surgeon Sheets 61
~ 3 Surgeon Johnson 138
" 4 surgeon Pierce 98
ti 6 Surgeon Youant ...... ... .159
" 8 .Surgeon Tailor 120 •
11
It 7 1 37
" 8 Surgeon Wolf 40
The following is a list of the Confederate Hospi
tal& with the names of the surgeons in charge, and
number of patients :
- Hospitals. Surgeons in charge. No. Patients.
Cheatham'e Div... Surgeon Fletcher 234
Withers' " " 118
McCown's " Surgeon Orme 89
Cleburne's " ..Surgeon Hall 176
Breckenridge's " —Surgeon Pennelton 119
[Total 796
The following is a list of Field Hospitals, &a. :
11 hale. Fed. Coated.
No. I... Surgeon Wood, 99th 0hi0 . 154 12
2... Surgeon Finley, 2d Ky B2 3
" a...surgeon C. B. Muscrof t 10th O. 52 3
" 4... Surgeon S. J. Drane 28
" s... Surgeon o.W.Fleisse,looth 111. 20
6... Surgeon D. L. Tidball,3sth 21
" '7...Surgeon Albert Wilson, let 0. 8 .
B...Aset "W. H. Park, 49t110... 12 a
" 9... Bait "W. N. Elliott, 11th Mb. 31 ..
" 10. 4 .Surgeon B. H. Rutland 1 1 7 ,
Total 395 39
•Smallpox Hospital.
BATCH OF ORDERS.
The following general orders have been limed
since ray last :
READQUASTEES DEr 3 T. Or TUE Coununtawo,
BirIiVIIEESISORO, TENN, Feb. 13, 1563.
GENERAL ORDERS, No. IS. -N.
The following instructions concerning the ordnance
department are published for-thelnformation of all
concerned, and will be strictly observed by ()leers
serving in this department:
I. It shall be the duty of division ordnance officers
to supply the troops of their respective divisions
with ammunition, and the cavalry and infantry with
all ordnance stores. They will be held responsible
that the following supply of ammunition is kept
constantly on hand—viz
For artillery; 250 rounds per gun. including that In
ammunition chests.
For cavalry and infantry, 160 rounds per man, in
cluding that in the cartridge boxed.
All requisitions will be presented in dupli
cate, signed by commending officers of. regiments or
batteries, and the division commander. Those for
artillery stores, except ammunition, will be approved.
by the chief of artillery for the department. Requi
sitions for ammunition for all arms of the service,
and for all. ordnance stores for cavalry or infantry,
will be made upon the division ordnance officers;
those for artillery stores wilt be made by command
ers of batteries, upon the chief of ordnance, at these
headquarters, direct.
Division ordnance officers will make their requi
sitions upon the chief of ordnance, approved
_by the
division commander, stating the troops for whom
the stores are required.
111. All of the prescribed supply of ammunition,
not carried with the regiments and batteries, will be
held in reserve by the division ordnance offieers,
Who Will provide themselves with wagon trains for
this purpose, which shall be entirely under their con
trol. The wagons will be distinguished by a hori
zontal stripe, six inches wide, painted on each aid;
upon the cover and upon the wagon body : for 'artil
lery ammunition, red ; for cavalry, yellow ; for in
fantry, light blue. They will also be distinctly
marked with the corps and division to which they
belong, and the kind and calibre of the ammunition
contained. Division ordnance officers .will imme
diately organize their trains, applying to the division
quartermasters for the requisite number of wagons..
Upon the receipt of this order they will report in
person to Lieutenant Horace Porter, i chief of
ordnance, at these headquarters.
IV. Officers having ordnance or ordnance stores
to turn in will send them to the nearest ordnance
depot, accompanied by duplicate invoices and re
ceipta, (forms 2 and 7 Ord. Dept., Army Beg.,)
stating their condition, whether serviceable or un
serviceable.
V. In condemning ordnance and ordnance stores
officers will be governed by paragraphs 1021,1022, and
1029 Army Reg.
The colonel of each regiment, not armed with
the Springfield Mile musket, will select from his com
mand a mechanic capable of repairing small arms.
If skilled in his employment, he will receive from
the ordnance department forty cents per day, for
such days as he may work. This amount to be paid
by the nearest disbursing ordnance officer upon
forms furnished for the purpose, certified to in du
plicate by the colonel commanding, and accom
panied by a certified copy of the order placing the
mechanic on extra duty.
Armorees tools and spare parts of arms will be
furnished upon requisitions as prescribed in General
Orders No. 189, War Dept, November 1t3,1862,
VII. Semimonthly reports of ordnance and or
dnance stores will be made, as heretofore, to the
chief of ordnance, at these headquarters, by divi
sion ordinance officers, and commanders of batte
ries.
VIII. All persons having ordnance or ordnance
stores in their possession will forward a quarterly
property return to Brigadier General 3. W. Ripley,
Chief of Ordnance, Washington, D. C.
IX. All blank forme pertaining to the ordnance
department will be Issued, upon requisitions, by the
chief of ordnance at these headquarters.
By commend of Major General Rosecrana.
C. GODDARD,
Asst. Adj't. Gen. and Chief of Staff.
HEADQUARTERS DEPT 01 THE CUMDERLAND
DIURPREMEORO, TEEN, Feb. 19, 1843
GENERAL ORDERS, No. 21.
The following extract from General Orders. No.
19, War Department, February =1,1962, is published
for the information of this army : •
" It is ordered, that there shall be inscribed on the
colors or guidono .of nil regiments and batteries, In
the service of the United States the names of the
battles in which they have borne a meritorious part.
• • • • It Is expected that troops so dis
tinguished will regard their colors as representing
the honor of their corps—to be lost only with their
lives ; and that those who are not yet entitled to
such a distinction will not rest satisfied until they
have won it by their discipline and valor."
In accordance with this order, the General Com
manding directs that the name of "Stone River" be
inscribed on the national colors of each regiment,
and the guidon of eachibattery that was engaged in
the recent battle in front of this city, The genet al
is proud to know that there was not a single regi
ment or battery which did not. in-that memorable
conflict, bear a meitorious part.
By command of-Major General Roaecrans :
C. GODDARD,
Assistant Adj't General and Chief of Staff.
HEADQUARTERS DER'T Or TERI OUNBERLAND,
Murfreesboro, Tenn., Feb. 22, 1663.
GENERAL ORDERS, NO. 27.
Colonel T. 0. PacKibbin, additional aid-do•camp,
having reported in accordance with the orders of the
General•in•Chief, is assigned to duty as Acting As
sistant Inspector General of the Army of the Cum
berland.
Captain Joe C. Hill is announced as volunteer aid
dek camp, and will be respected accordingly.
By command of Major General Rosecrans.
C. GODDARD,
Assn Adyt Gen. and Chief of Staff.
B. C. T.
ROSEORA.NS TO GEN
LETTERS OF_GEN
JOS. E. JOHNSTON,
IN REFERENCE. TO THE OUTIti:OES =EMITTED ON
OUR WOUNDED, ETC., Er THE REBELEI—STATII,
XECIT OF ciramizi GADDIF IN REPERENOE TO
TEE CAPTURE OF THE STEAMER HASTINOS, ETC
The following correspondence from General Rose.
crane, forwarded to us iron Murfreesboro, is another
addition to the immense cumulus of proof already
gathered of the shocking barbarity of the rebels,
and the disposition of their highest military officers
to connive at and commit the most shocking viola
tionsof all the rules of civilized warfare. We re.
joice that the Army of the Cumberland is watched
over by, a General who does not hesitate to expose
the villairry•of the rebels on all occasions. It would
seem that General Wheeler exercises the right - P•
stopping, breaking open, and reading, all letters ad
dressed to his superiors, which happen to falldnto
hie hands, and also, of returning all letters which he
does not wish his superiors to see I Last summer
Forrest refused to allow Governor Johnson's family
to come from Murfteesboro to this city. although
they had a pass and protection from the Confederate
Secretary of War. The rascals seem to have less
subordination than a band of thieves •
URADQVARTRIIS DEPAILTMENT OP TUE Cullum-
LAND, Murfreesboro, Tenn., Feb. 19, 1863. •
GENERAL: Yours 91 the 12 th 104ttutt, dated at
Tullahoma, by flag of truce, is just received. I very
much regret that you had not the power to redrew;
the outrage, and punish the perfidy which compels
me to avoid communicating with Gen. Bragg.by flag
of truce.
I was in hopes that by our joint efforts we should
haVe been able to put the sacred claims of Justice
and humanity high above passion and revenge, in
the estimation of the troops of our respective ar.
mien,
and thus reduce the terrible amount of human
suffering to the necessities of a state of war, and
those resulting from individual acts of crime and
outlawry.
I know that no success would compensate for the
degredation and shame that I should feel in allowing
my troops to sneak in behind a flag of truce to make
a oapturel or allowing them to go into battle
dresaed in your uniform and carrying your colors,
or in robbing your surgeons of their private pro.
petty, all of which was done by Clan. Bragg's troops
before and at the battle of Stone's river.
'Encloeed is a copy of e list of thirty-eight (88) medi
cal officers robbed.
Enclosed, also, is the statement of the Rev. Chap
lain Gaddle, showing that the tacit, if not ac
tive sanction of Gen. Wheeler, a hospital boat, loaded
with desperately-wounded and sick soldiers, web
fired into by musketry and artillery.
Now, General, my difficulty is, that while these
outrages actually occur, it seems from the of
ficial statement of your officers, that different re
ports come to them.
Thus Gen. Bragg, in one of his voluminous epistles
to me, complains that your prisoners were robbed
of their clothing. I did not think it proper to say it
to him, but I do to you, that in all my experience I
have neither seen nor heard of anything of the kind.
They have seldom if ever had blankets or clothing
'enough, and have been provided with such things by
my order when possible.
I only ask what I feel hound and resolved to ob
serve, that which is right and humane, according to
the usageSof civilized war.
I appeal to you, and through you, if you have not
the power, to your superiors, to know if my efforts
and wishes in this matter connot be met in a spirit
of frankness and cordiality.
Roping that in allufficial intercourse we may pro
.rierve mutualyespeet, and feelings of personal kind-,
nese, I remain, General,.
Your obedientservant,
W..S ROSEORANS,Maj. General,.
Gen. Jos. E. .ToffnErox,
This letter was twice endoreed'amfollows i•
HEADQUARTERS CavaLuXi.
February 19, 1963;
Respectfully returned. Being an officer of Gen,
'Braeg's army, I do not feel authorized to forward a
communication, the language of which, when refer
ring to the commanding general of the army, indi
cates so little regard for the courtesies that are pre.
9iumed to govern gentlemen in their intercourse.
.rOS. WHEELER,
. • Major General and Chief of Cavalry.
VEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBER
LAND, Murfreesboro, Feb. 19, 1863.
Respectfully re-forwarded to General Joseph E.
Johnston, to whom the letter is addressed. The en
closures mentioned within have been abstracted.
Duplicates are re-enclosed.
W. S. ROSDDRANS,
Major General Commanding.
Caine AT MUltrlttutSitoitO, Tenn., Feb. 4, 1843.
bigot' .General Roseerans, Commanding Department of
We Combo;loud:
;We
In accordance with your request, I herewith
transmit a condensed account of the capture and sub
erquent destruction of a portion of your transporta
tion by lire, on the Cumberland river, on the 13th of
January, 1243, at the head of Harpeth shoals, thirty ,
miles from Nashville, and thirty.five from Clarks
ville. I was on the steamer Hastings at the time of
her being ordered by the guerillas to land, and at
the request of the captain of the Hastings, the offi
cers and men on board (near 860 wounded), as
sumed command. I answered their hail and order by
saying we were loaded with wounded, and could not
stop; they again ordered us "to come too," and
backed Shear orders by three (a) volleys of musketry, after
which I ordered the pilot of the Heating, round
the steamer to the shore." Thie he immediately en
deavored to do. The current being swift the boat
yielded slowly, and the enemy again fired Iwo rounds
of artillery, one of the balls taking effect on the
steamer, seriously wounding ono of the men. As
soon as the boat struck the steamer that had been
captured some two hours previously, a gang of
drunken rebels, under command of Colonel
Wade, took possession of the Hastings. Then
followed a scene of plunder and theft never
before witnessed. They robbed soldiers and
passengers indiscriminately. Took from your
wounded soldiers their blankets, rations, medi
cines, and in many instances their clothing Robbed
the officers of their sidearms, overcoats, hats, Sm.;
the boat of all her freight, stores, and money, and
her officers of their personal property. demanded
of Colonel Wade some explanation of his inhuman
course, he being so drunk, only made me an idiotic
reply. I then looked round for some other officer,
and discovered Capt. Buford, General Wheeler's
A. A. General, in whom I recognized an old ao.
quaintance. I appealed to him ; he was powerless
fromthe fact that the whole gang was drunk. lie,
however, reported the facts to General Wheeler,
who authorized him to parole the "Hastings" on
condition that she carry no more supplies for the
Federal Government. I accepted the parole. I then
took on board the wounded off of the steamer
"Trio," also from the steamer "Parthenta," and
had succeeded in obtaining permission to pass on,
when they for the first time discovered that the
deck of the Hastings was covered with bales of
cotton, on which our wounded were lying. Wade
instantly ordered me to put ashore all the wounded
(over 400) that he might burn the cotton, it being
their's by capture, and with them a contraband of
War. •
To move the men again was almost impossible. They
had been virtually stripped of everything—medicines,
rations, clothing;we thirty-five miles from any
post, -night coining on, no place of shelter, no
ace 'to put our wounded and dying men, save a
muddy cornfield. A heavy snow had begun to fall,
and, in view of all this, and my sympathy for men
who, for eighteen months, had done their duty as
true soldiers, and who, for days, had fought under
you, and only ceased when borne from the field. I
demanded other terms. I told him I would not move
a' soul from the boat, &e. All this was reported to
Wheeler, (at least they said so,) and he ordered that I
should'be held personally responsible for the burning
of their cotton on reaching Louisville, under penalty
of my return to their 'Meese prisoner of war. I deemed
the terms mild under the circumstances, and I imme
diately accepted them In which I claim I did my duty.
The passengers and soldiers of the Trio and Parthensi
were robbed in like manner. After they had done
us all the harm they could, barely escaping with
our lives, they allowed us to cross the river during
'the bunting of the steamers. While they were pre
paring to 'burn the gunboat Sidell hove in sight,
and to all appearance made preparations to drive
the enemy away. But from some cause or other
Van Dorn made no fight, and surrendered the boat
without firing a single shot. They then took pos
session of her, threw over her guns and arms, fired
the three boats, and in a short time nothing remain
ed but the charred hulls. On reaching Clarksville, I
reported by telegraph to Major Sidell, who ordered
me to proceed on as rapidly as possible to Louis
ville, and report to Gene. Boyle or Wright. This I
done, and the.enclosed papers will explain the final
result of the unfortunate affair. Thus hoping that
In all this you will not condemn me, •
I remain, your obedient servant,
M. P. Gd.DDIS,
Chaplain 24 Regt. 0. V. I.
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMSNT CUMBERLAND,
Illnionsmanono, Tenn., Feb. 19, 1863.
Geismar.: Enclosed I transmit a letter sent you
yesterday by flag of truce, which was returned to
my lines to-day, endorsed, as you will see, and signed
"Joe Wheeler, major general and chief of cavalry."
I also enclose copies of the list of medical officers
robbed during the battle of Stone's river, and Chap
lain Gaddia' statement of the treatment of some
wounded men on a hospital boat.
I presume your customs do not warrant subordi
nates in stopping communications addressed to their
superior commanders.
Nor is it necessary to call attention to the dis
courtesy of an officer of high - rank, who had the
meanness to stop such a communication, and to ab.
street from it the enclosure Which he presumed to
return, because he was unwilling to forward it, the
papers referring to his own conduct..
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
W. S. ROSECRANS, Major General.
General Jos. E. jORRSTON, C. S. A.
THE NIVY.
Another Fie - et - About to Sail front New York
Southivard BOUM/ —Letttir from Mr. Ste
vens to Secretary Welles concerning his
Battery—The Iron-clad. Nantucket, ice.
NEW Yonx, March 1.
ANOTHER, FLEET SOUTHWARD BOUND.
The following vesaels left their moorings yester
day at the Brooklyn navy yard for important ser
vice, and Will Bail fo-dai• : • .•
The iron-clad Ericsson battery Catskill, known as
Monitor No; 6, took on board all her ammunition
and stores, and received orders from the Navy De
partment to proceed immediately to Fortress Mon
roe, She would have sailed on Thursday, but a
screw for her 15-inch gun was needed, and strange to
say, the train on which it was coining ran into an
other, which-delayed her in port last evening. The
Catskill is exactly like the Passaic and the Mon
tauk. . Bhe made no formal trial-trip. Shewas
turned over to the navy on the 17th ult. Her offi
cers: are :
Commander, George Rodgers ; Lieutenant-Com
mander, Charles 0. earpender ; Acting Assistant
Paymaster Jos. Woodbury; Second Assistant En
gineer (acting Chief), G. D. Emmons; other Engi
neers George H. White, J. B. Pinata, and N. B.
Buckliout. • .
-The paddle-Wheel steamer Blenville dropped down
off the Battery on Thursday evening, took her pow
der on board, and completed her preparations for
sea. This vessel has undergone thorough overhaul
ing at - the navryard since her return Prom the block
ade. She Is a purchased craft, and was bought in
August, 1881, for $181250. Being fast, she will join
the fleet after the .Alabama. The Bienville has been
commanded twice recently by Com. J. B. M. Mul
'any. Her officers are:
Commander, J. B. M. Blullany ; Lieutenant, Ro
derick S. McCook; Acting Masten, Frank Smith,
Benjamin Whitmore, W. Bates, E. H. Sheffield;
Assistant Stirgeon, Isaac T. Coats ; Acting Assist
ant Paymaster s W: W. Goodwin; Ensign, T. H.
Wilkes; Chief Engineer, W. A. Wright; Acting 2d
Engineer, 3: Day ; Assistants, J. Fountain, B. lier
ley, H. B. Goodwin ; Acting Masters' Mates, W. W.
Bradley, W. C. Littlefield, E. H.P. De Bowie; Cap
tain's Clerk, E. Devereaux ; Paymaster's Clerk, T.
B. grain'.
The:Screw steamer F. B. Hale is to convoy the
Catskill to'Fortress Monroe, and probably further
South. She is a small craft of 192 tons burden, and
was purchased for $23,000, but has done considerable
service on the blockade. A. perfect overhauling at
the navy yard has made her strong and efficient.
Her officer are :
Commander, E. 13roadhead, acting lieutenant
commanding; Acting Enshpos, George Edwards,
George A. Smith, Jacob •W. Vanderberh; Acting
Asaistant Surgeon, Thomas S. Kerth'," Acting Pay
master, 0. B. Goodman; Engineers, James Fagan,
George Taylor, and J. W. Harnett.
The steam transport, Fairhaven was chartered
yesterday from Adams Express Company to proceed
at once to New Orleans, with stores, provisions, and
officers for Admiral. Farragut's fleet. She will go
out to sea this afternoon.
• THE STEVENS BATTERY.
LETTER FROM MR. STEVENS TO THE SECRETARY OP
'TEM NAYT.
lionoirszr t Feb. 24, 1883.
,
Dm. Gideon -IVellet, &cretin of the batty:
SIR: I see by the..public press that the Govern
ment is about to construct several large sea-going
ironclad ships-of-we:. These vessels are intended,
as I understand, to be about the seine length an t
s ize as the Stevens battery ; and one of them now
under contract with 11Ir. 'Webb, of New York, it is
said, will cost $4,000,000.
I propose to relieve the Government of all rlsk . as
to the success of at least one of these vessels by
obligating myself to complete the Stevens Battery,
and deliver her ready for service on the following
terme—vis
,
I. That she shall be impenetrable to the most do!
structive missile fired from the most powerful gun
(with its ordinary service charge) now used in our
oni . n or in any European naval service, to be tried
upon her at short range—say 220 yards. '
2. That she shall have greater speed than any
other iron-clad war steamer in the world.
3. That she shall be more manageable and more
quickly turned and m ante uvred than any other large
armed sea-going steamer.
4. That she shall have an armament capable of
Throwing a broadside at least equal to that of any
ship now afloat. -
B. That she shall be delivered to the Government
complete and ready for service within nine months
from the time the order .de given for the sum of
$1,600,000 but no payments will be required until
she shall i,e ready for delivery; provided, however,
hat the perfotatance by ate 01 tb,eae camattiesta ii
not to rest upon theoretical opinions, but (lf desired}
shall be brought to practical testa; the teat of her
sea•going qualities to be a voyage to Charleston bar
and back to New York harbor.
= The conditions attached to this offer, if fulfilled,
would make the ship the most powerful and efficient
war steamer in the world, at a cost to the Govern
ment far less than that of the Warrior or La Gloire,
or than that of any other ship of the same size and
quality. She could also be completed in less than
half the time it would require to build a new ship.
If she should, prove a failure, the whole loss falls
upon me, and not upon the Government.
Or I will transfer the vessel to the Government as
she now stands—having her hull, boilers, engines,
and machinery nearly all complete—for her coat to
me, (nay $260,000,) provided ahe is then finished by
them on my general plan. I estimate she would
then coat the Government, in all, $lOOO,OOO.
This arrangement would give the Government the
benefit of the $600,000 heretofore expended by them
on the ship, and which was relinquished by the ac
tion of the last Congre as. As will bea ee cu from the last
offer, I do not propose to make anrpreat out of the
Government, but desire the completion of the vessel
for the national good ; and to protect the reputation
of my brother and myself from. the discredit of any
failure, that she may be ;completed on our plans,
that we may not be heldlresponsible for the success
of the plans of others. E. A. STEVENS.
P. S.—lf time in of .great importance to the Go:
vernment, the vessel could be completed in much
less time, but of course at an increased cost.
THE MONITOR NANTUCKET
This iron-clad battery is now under orders for the
Southern coast, and will leave Boston in a few days.
The following is a list of her officers :
Commander, Donald N. Fairfax, Esq.; lieutenant
commanding, first executive officer L. A. Beards-
Ice i acting assistant paymaster, Levi L. Brigham ;
assistant surgeon, E. Minor Weld; actlog master,
William H. Males; acting ensigns, J. P. Otis, Colin
C. Starr ; second assistant engineer, G. 11. White ;
third do.,J. H. Lewars ; third do., N. W. Buck
hour; third do., S. K. Smedley. The steamer Charles
Pearson will convoy the Nantucket.
THE SHIP ONWARD
United States ship Onward, Lieut. J. F. Michels
commanding, from Madeira January 22, arrived at
Boston on Saturday. The following is a list of her
officers 111. J. Sleeper, executive officer; Thomas
G. Grove,' noting master; D. L. Bassett, acting as
sistant surgeon; John S. Allen, acting assistant
paymnaster; J. H. Bunting and It. U. McKenzie,
acting masters' mates; Geo. F. Vincent, paymas
ter's steward ; J. P. Powers, surgeon's steward.
THE MISSISSIPPI SQUADRON.
SIEGE ' OF ; V1CK5331313,0
Our Ctiitboats Passing Through the Canal....
"Mosquito Fleet” 1111 the,Rear of the City.
PORT HUDSON TO SE ATTACKED.
A. Batch of Startling Reports.
NEW YO.lllr, Narch I.—The Mercury has a special
despatch from Cairo, of yesterday's date, containing
the following items:
Cairo is full of startling rumors. It is said that,
on the 26th, the Vicksburg cut-off was completed, the
dredging machines having been at work for several
days. It is asserted that the gunboats have all gone
through, and the transports are preparing to follow,
after the rebel batteries at Warrenton are reduced.
The whole force is to be sent against Port Hudson.
It is also stated that the small gunboat fleet have
reached the Yazoo river, via "Union Lake, and are
playing mischief in the rear of Vicksburg.
It /11 also reported that the boats have got into
Bed river, via Lake Providence.
There are likewise reports of serious disasters to
the Union troops, and of some of our forces and
gunboats being captured, but these are not credited.
NAVAL OPERATIONS ON THE MISS/S•
SIPPI.
In the outset of the rebellion, when it became evi
dent that the Southerners were seizing trading ves
sels by force, and constructing batteries on the
shores of the river, the Government despatched
Commodore Rogers to the West, who had three of
the stoutest of freighting boats converted into some
thing as nearly like a man-of-war as the nature of
the service permitted. With these three vessels—
the Lexington, Tyler, and Conestoga—the Ohio and
Mississippi were patroled until the arrival of Com
modore Foote in the succeeding fall. In the mean
time the project of constructing iron-clad floating
movtible batteries tad been favorably considered,
and, under the auspices of the War Department, a
number were built. The vessels were built according
to specifications furnished by the engineers at
Washington, and, although a first attempt, proved
to be of great service in the reduction of Fort
Henry, Fort Donelson, and Island No. 10. The
flotilla was then formally turned over to the charge
of the Navy Department., to be manned, worked, and
paid according to its regulations.
RAMS AND IRON-CLADS.
It was during the same spring that the nerves of
the nation were shattered slightly by the appear
ance of the famous Merrimac, which. by its formida
ble power of piercing wooden ships, first gave in
sight into the advantage of the ram as
.a naval
weapon. In the same moment almost the 'success
of the Ericsson turret as a shield for practical gun
nery was also demonstrated. The theory of. naval
construction Flitid therefore to be so altered as to
meet the new conditions. Both North and South
sett() work to produce the best combination of wren
ace and defensive vessel, including turret, beak,
and cannon.
The first attempt in the Western waters, and one
the value of which can hardly be too much appro."
Mated, was the extemporizing ram fleet of the la
mented Colonel Ellet, who represented to the Secre
tary of 'War, that unless some measures of the kind
were speedily adopted, the enemy might sink our
entire flotilla. The experiences of our river boats at
Fort Pillow soon after gave proof to his assertions.
The timely arrival of the rudely altered towboats
had, probably, the effect of saving the entire Missis
sippi flotilla from destruction. At Memphis the in
domitable spirit of their commander led to the de
struction of the rebel fleet, even more completely,
than the intrepidity of Farragut in defeating a
similar force at Pew Orleans.
With every day our force is growing more and
more effective. After the successful demonstrations
of the ironclad and the ram powers, separately
working, it was determined to unite them both in
the same vessel. Two vessels were, therefore, pur
chased, and under the authority of the Secretary of
the Navy, by a legal fiction, they were repaired or
converted, but in reality were new boats. These
boats—the Lafayette and Choctaw—are now nearly
ready for service, being,perhaps the largest and most
powerful vessels afloat. They were built by Go
vernment upon plans of Commodore W. D. Porter
and others, and have cost nearly half a million each.
At the same time orders were given for the con
struction of an iron-clad turret-boat at Pittsburg, at
Cincinnatioind at Louisville. These three boats
are now ready for service, the Indianola having re
cently passed the batteries at 'Vicksburg, and the
Chillicothe being above that point, and the Tue.
cumbia en route to the fleet. Three others, of
similar design, are now being constructed at the
same places.
THE MOSQUITO FLEET.
The opening of the smaller navigable streams in
the West gave rise to the demand for a smaller
class of boats, with light draught and light armament,
greater speed as a protection to transports, a scourge
to gaerillas, and a continual gatrol and guard upon
the property of the United States. Eighteen of
these boats were built, or converted, and are fami
liarly known as tin-elads' , on the river, from their
lighter coating of iron-plates. These, with the ori
ginal wooden-gunboats and'a few captured from the
enemy, constitute an efficient fleet,, capable of act
ing against anything short of heavy batteries.
THE NEW WESTERN MONITORS
The Osage and Neosho are sister vessels, the
former to be ready in twenty days, and the latter in
thirty. They are one hundred and sixty-five feet in
length ; sixty-live feet beam ; draw, when armament
is on board, three and a half feet ; turret of plates
nine Inches In thickness; deck plated, and arched
decks ; engines protected, and built in twenty-four
water-tight compartments engines of the same size
as in the De Kalb and Louisville; wheel in recess;
capable of making seven miles an hour up stream ,•
carry two eleven-inch columbiads to fight fore and
aft, guns sweeping the horizon within sixteen de
grees; very formidable and compact; cost $200,000.
The Winnebago and Milwaukee are boats of a
different class, and In fact larger and. more complete
than any Monitor yet launched. The former is to
be ready in sixty days, and the latter in seventy
five. They are in length 229 feet ; breadth, 06 ;
draught, 6 feet; two engines and four propellers,
covered by a hood astern. Like the two above
mentioned, are of, iron throughout, presenting but
a very small target, above water line. Engines,
boilers,
and magazine all below deck.
Each of them is to betted with two turrets. One
of -these turrets Is after the design of Mr. Ericsson,
and the other is upon a new principle and adapta
tion of Mr. nide, and no doubt will be a startling
advance in naval warfare. The pechliarity of this
new turret is in loading the gun below deck—in
having a port-hole the size of the gummuzzle only,
closed except during the discharges, and admitting
of an elevation of twenty-five degrees, and a de
pression of five. The tower of S.inch plate is not
only rotary, but the Interior platform or bed is ele
vated or depressed by steam power at each succes
sive discharge of the guns, so as to leave little or no
margin .for casualties. Altogether these are the
most formidable war vessels yet produced. Their
'cost will be about $320000.
The Chickasaw and Lickapoo arc to be completed,
the former in ninety and the latter in a hundred
days. They are the same, in general construction,
as those just described, except that they will be fur
nished with two turrets of the Ericsson pattern,
each: Like them, also, they will carry four eleven
inch columbiads• will make six miles an hour
against current. They are also protected against
plunging shot in a manner quite remarkable. The
Ulterior arrangements are such as to allow of com
pact and comfortable quarters during action. There
nn abundance of room, end, substituting iron for
wood, have adopted all the improvements suggested
by the demands of the first fleet.
The iron of which they are built and covered is
the tough Missouri bloom, rolled at Portsmouth,
Ohio. The plating for the sides of the hulls above
and below the water line is three and a half inches,
at a very near angle with the water surface. There
is no probability of the hulls being pierced by any
projectiles now in use. In spite of many predictions,
it is believed that these boats mayyet assist materi
ally in taking Vicksburg and Port Hudson.
NAVAL FORCES ON THE MISSISSIPPI.
The present strength of our naval forces in the
Western:waters, under Admiral Porter, may be set
down as follows : .
MONITORS.
!Choctaw, 6 (nearly ready)
Neosho, 2 (nearly ready)
Osage, 2 (nearly ready).
Milwaukee, 4.
t Kickapoo, 4.
CLADS.
Lafayette, G (ram).
Eastport, 10.
Dc Kalb, 13.
Cincinnati, 13.
Pittsburg, 13.
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Tuscumbia, 6.
Indianola, 2 (below)
Chillicothe, 2.
Vinnebago, 4.
Chickasaw, 4.
Benton, 16. •
ESISeX, 12 (below)
Oarondelet, 13.
Mound City, 13.
Lonieville, 18.
Conestoga, O.
Mt e l r ekebel, 2 (captured)
LIGTIT onatroni-- ,. .rrsr-oLAD. ,,
Forest Rose, 6. Rattler, 6.
Marm I
ora, 6. Romeo 6.
Juliet, 6.
Brilliant, 6.
F. Miller, 6.
'Glide, 6.
Signal 6.
New Wa, G.
St. Pair, 6.
Munbleton, 6
TENDERS.'
Black 'Hawk, 2; Great Weatern, 2; Torrence, 2;
Sovereign, 1; Samson, 1; De Soto, 1; lied Rover,
Blare.
Queen of the West,* 6; Monarch, 4; Switzerland,
4 ; Hornet, 2; Lancaster, 4, Fulton, 2; Lioness.
The Queen of the West and Indianola are no w
between Vicksburg and Port Hudson, maintaining
the stars and stripes over the last link in the river.
The Indianola is a small Monitor, of light draught,
admirably fitted, for the, service for which she has
probably been selected. She has two screws and
two paddle engines, is capable of making eight miles
up stream, and is armed with two heavy colum
blade.% It will be feasible for her to pass up Black
The Queer, of the Weak has alAce boeu captured. by the
river to the very rear of Vickaburg, and with her
formidable guns to sweep the railroad bridge into
that stream, beat down the extertalve . trestle
and even to lie there and maintain an abaa'we
blockade. It is only necessary to keep out an eye
against boarders, against which she has ample pro
tection. The Queen of the West will possibly ac
compan • her.
The scumbia is the lament of the , fleet, except
the Benton. now with the fleet, 182 feet In length, 70
feet beam, 634 feet draft, live heavy guns. Her armor
is very thick, and, like the Chincothe, she resembles
a stout raft surmounted by a turret.
The engines of both are side wheel, and quite capa
ble of ma noeuvering in thrratream, making live miles
against strong current. It is expected that the Tus
cumbia and (Thilicothe will be sent against the Har
ris Bluff batteries on the Yazoo river.
SPEEDY OPENING- LOP THE MISSISSIPPI.
Contemplating this array of force, including all
that the resources of money and science can yield, it
cannot be doubted that the rebel hold upon the great
western outlet is destined to be short-lived. The
task of covering laud batteries, granting even that
to be advantageous, is a task so great that
,all the
meehanicel resources of the enemy cannot meet their
requirements. We, on our part, are just launching
and completing a squadron of vessels, one of which
should be able to take a position in front of the strong
est fort and leisurely batter it to pieces. We have
developed an extraordinary and cheering capacity
for the construction of lirsbelass vessels-of-war in
the West, with all the materials at our hand.
Thanks to the enterprise of Dir. Bads, and the effi
ciency of Admiral Foote, we have demonstrated the
miperiority of scientific and energetic enterprise to
the collected might of the hosts of rebellion. From
this source have the enemy received their severest
blow. Even if Gen. Grant Should be unable to
take the rebel strongholds, there is a prospect that
the rebel tenure will be unenviable, and such as to
lea, sooner or later, to their abandonment.—N. Y.
Woad. ,
The Great Marriage of British Royalty—
The American Question in the French
Legislature—The Rebel Fleet of Erlva,.
Leers Fitting Out in England, &c.
THE MARRIA.GE OF THE PRINCE OF WALES.
PREPARATIONS FOR THE EVEN-THE RESTOR.A.
London is in a buzz of excitement over the
proaching marriage of the Prince of Wales. The
:event is fixed for the 10th of March. The bride,
jPrincess Alexandra, will arrive in England on the
7th of March, landing at Gravesend, where she will
',be met •by the Prince of Wales.. The royal party
will then proceed by railway to London, and thence
to WindsoF t csstle. The day of the arrival in Lon
doniAteite. one of public rejoicing and the corpora- ,
tinza • litnaking Elaborate preparations for a grand
At Windsor, all that money and loyalty can do
will be done to signalize the royal marriage by a
gorgeous pageant. The ceremonial will take place
in the Chapel 'loyal, where sitting accommodations
are provided for the distinguished visitors who have
reeeifed 'invitations. The entire number of these
fortunate persons is only seven hundred and sixty nine.
About fifty more will stand in procession during the
marriage, and these, with one 'hundred choristers,
fifty-nine musical performers, and fifty officials and
attendants—one thousand in all—are the very moat
who can stand in the chapel, for there is literally no
zoom for any . more.
Readers who are interested in grand state ceremo
nials will be gratified by the following lucid account
of the arrangements which we find in the London
Times:
'Lexington 9.
,B rice, 4 ( Captured),egg, 5
.tured.
P
THREE CENTS,
EUROPE.
TION OP TILE CHAPEL ROYAL AT WINDSOR
Along the nave from its west door, between the
tall slender columns rising 'high overarched. with
echoing walls between,' blocks of seats nine deep
are to be erected for those who will be privileged to
witness the bridal precession into the chapel, but
who cannot be accommodated within the smaller
space beyond the screen where the ceremony itself
is to take place. There will be six hundred and
eight visitors seated here, the majority, as is usual
on these occasions, being ladies. On the right of the
organ-loft the band of choristers will be placed. In
the little chapel of Sir Reginald Bray, the builder, If
not indeed the designer of the whole .structure, and
whose quaint arms, a flax-soutching machine of flue
hundred years ago, cover even the lintels and panels
of the doors, the musical performers will he ste.
tioned.
"With the Chapel of the Knights of the Garter'
there can be very little tampering in the way of tem
porary erections. With the square squat outlines of
the old hospital, which Henry VIII. altered into a
banqueting room and the House of Hanover into a
Chapel Royal at St. James', anything might be at
tempted. Architects could not improve it, nor car
penters make it worse. But the case is very different
with the grand old interior of St. George's Chapel,
with its deep traceried windows and exquisite oaken
canopies of the knights' stalls. Each of these, with
its quaint blazonments of knights who were Go
vernors of Calais. or Paris, down to the Peers and
statesmen of the present day, is a niche in history.
Curiously enough, if few of our Princes of Wales
have been married, still fewer apparently have
been installed as knights of the Garter. In the
old oak pew, allotted to the Heirs Apparent who
are members of this order there are only three
escutcheons—those of the present Prince, the
Prince Regent, and Prince Frederick Louis, the
son of George 11. It is also worthy of remark, that
close by the new, briklit, guiblazon which bears the
shield 'the rose ararexpectancy of.this fair state'
is one all darkened and defaced by time, but which
still tells, in old Norman. French, hew a great an
cestor of his present bride was installed in that very
seat just two hundred and fifty years. ago.
"With these old-storied carving' thcfc lcpt
anise, no meddling. Each seat, properly . subdi
vided, would accommodatewe had almost said •
three ladies, but certainly two, even dressed In the
widest amplitude of the present fashion. Besides,
the Knights of the Garter have aright to their stalls
on all' occasions, and pm-eminently so. when the .
chief of the order—the sovereign—is present at any
ceremonial in the chapel. The stalls of the knighta,
therefore, are to be leftfluntoucked in all their an
cient, angular, hard.backed integrity, and' all can
lake their seats on this occasion. On the space now
occupied by the communion rails a raised dale is to
be erected and covered ivith the richest carpeting.
.On this the ceremony will be perforated.
" On the left side of the altar, between the termi
nation of the knights' stalls• and the private en
trance to the chapel from the castle, a small
block of seats will be erected . for thirty-five
visitors, and on the raised dais the imme
diate members of the English and Danish
royal families will be seated, her Majesty, with
the royal family and illustrious foreign guests to the
number of fourteen on the right, with the remain
der of the chosen guests and members of the royal
bride's family to the number of twelve on the left.
Behind the station for our royal family will be
a raised block of seats rising tier over tier, to accom
modate the diplomatic body, who, with their ladles
and first attach6s, will be present to the number of
one hundred.
Outside the west doorof the chapel, on the green
between it and the horse-shoe cloisters, a very
large temporary building has been begun. This
structure, though of wood and purely temporary,
will be decorated in the inside in the most exquisite
style. This will contain a fine central hall sixty feet
long by forty broad, and twenty-live feet high, in
which the procession, to pass up the, nave of the
chapel, will be marshalled find arranged by the de
puty chamberlain as the members comprising it ar
.rive from the castle. Built out from this hall, and
entirely enclosing it on every side, will be a series
of smaller rooms, twenty feet long by twenty broad.
On the north side will be one for the bridesmaids,
one for the Wide, and one for the Royal Princesses."
The bridal procession will pass in state carriages
from the. private apartments of the Castle to the
temporary carriage.entrance, and while the proces
sion is arranged the bride and bridesmaids and the
bridegroom and his attendants will remain in the
reception-rooms set apart for them. The Queen
will enter the chapel by the private way, and on her
arrival the procession will move forward s up the
temporary hall to the nave - of the altar. As cus
tomary, the bridegroom's procession will move first,
so that on the arrival of the bride's corftps at the
altar, the marriage may at once be proceeded - with..
The Chapel, when completely restored will be the
most exquisite little place of worship In England.
It is intended as a memorial chapel to Prince Al
bert, and the expense of refitting it (about saopoo)
is defrayed entirely by the royal children.
Of the fourteen persons who have borne the title
of the Prince of Wales, only five married when they
were In possession of it, and out of thin small num
ber one was married abroad.
The Prince of Wales has ordered a medal to be
struck to commemorate his marriage. Messrs. Hunt
klioshell, of London, have been entrusted with its
production, and Mr. Leonard 0. Wyon has been ho
nored with a sitting, and Is now busily engaged in
engraving the medal, which will be in gold, silver,
and bronze.
INTERESTING DEBATE IN Till CORPS LE-
GISLATIF ON AMERICAN AFFAIRS
In the Corps Legislatif, on Febrdary 10, the fol
lowing debate transpired :
The President: On the paragraph relating to
the war in the United States, the following addition
has been proposed by MII. Armen, Lefebute, La,
fond de St. De Idontagnac, and Calvet-
Rogniat :
" We are deeply afflicted at the prolongation of
the struggle in the United States, and the character
which it has taken. Our feelings of humanity are
still more touched than those of our interests, which
might, however, find a real safeguard in an unani
mous agreement for the application to the coasts of
tbo Southern States of the principles of maritime
law solemnly proclaimed In the treaty of Paris. We
regret that our kindly and disinterested voice has
not been listened to by the great Powers, and we ex
press our hopes that the Americans themselves may
soon recoil before the evils which they are causing.
We cannot desire the exhaustion of a country which
had until now exercised her liberty to the advantage
of labor and civilization?)
M. Armen begged leave to say a few words on the
consequences of the American war; consequences
accepted by France under the form of a recognition
of the blockade of the Southern ports. That block
ade was only a fiction tolerated by the maritime
Powers, for both the English consul and the French
agents had considered it as quite ineffective, by rea
son of the great extent of coast and the insufficiency
of the Northern navy. The consequences to French
industry were seen in the cessation of work in mann
factures, in commercial losses, and in the general
distress. But England was in a different position.
The cultivation of cotton in India was of much
older date than in the United States, and the produce
was, though of inferior quality, far more consider-
Me.. It was, therefore, the constant occupation of
England to transport to India the seeds of the best
kind of cotton; the Manchester Cotton Supply Asso
ciation was distributing seed in profusion wherever
the cultivation was likely to succeed. The per
spective of an ample supply from India was alone
sufficient to explain the attitude of England.
The honorable member concluded by saying that
the authors of the amendment had no idea of
in any way attempting the complete adhesion
of the Chamber to the Imperial policy, as manifested
in the address, but only to express a regret that the
principles proclaimed by Europe on maritime law
should not have had their full weight in the scale,
eo as to bring about a peace. demanded by the most
sacred interests of humanity.
Larrabure, replying to the last speaker, said
that the Committee could not admit the amendment,
. .
because it began by demanding the application of the
treaty of Paris, and the United States had never
given their adhesion to that treaty. There had also
been an unanimous accord amongst the Powers to
recognize the blockade, and France could not isolate
herself by a refusal without danger of a serious dis
sension. The committee (said the speaker) has
thought that the free appreciation of the question
should be left to Government, both with respect to
the time and mode of its solution, and it now ex
presses a hope that the authors of the amendment
will consent to withdraw it. [Applause.]
111. Armen then declared on the part of his col
leagues and himself that the amendment was with
drawn.
N. Calvet-Rogniat expressed his concurrence in
what had just been declared by Hon. N. Armen.
Viscount Anatole Remercier. Itlhas been said
that the recognition of the Southern States would
nut an end to the misery of the working classes as if
by enchantment, but in my opinion that idea is dic
tated more by a feeling of humanity than by any
real political reason. The separation of the North
ern and Southern States iB contrary to the interests
and traditions of Prance. England, on the contrary,
desires it, but she wishes the belligerents to be more
weakened by the present contest before it takes
place. When Louis XVI. signed the treaty of
alliance be laid it down as a principal condition
that no separation should take place without the
consent of France. Napoleon the First expressed
himself to the same effect. It was to re
main faithful to that prineipie that he gave
up Louisiana to the United States. lam desirous
of a durable peace, and I ani.::convinced that one
baied on separation would • not be so. I regret
that the Southern States should maintain slavery,
but I Woo bl4e th 9 tuc9ujilsit4usy hag •Piiiitiareli
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for the slaves of hie friends, and abolishing it for
those of his adversaries. If peace were signed with
separation as its basis, the North would soon break
it from its desire to have possession of the Missis
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on other bases must, therefore take place, and France
should let it be well understood by the South that
it would not be acknowledged as a separate State.
To recognize the South would be to destroy the
maritime power of the United States, to remove a
rival to England, and be contrary to the interests of
France.
The President. As the amendment has been with
draws, the paragraph remains asoriginally proposed
in the address.
THE PIRATE STEAMERS FITTING OUT IN
ENGLAND FOR TILE REBELS TO PREY
UPON AMERICAN COMMERCE-START-
LING. DISCLOSURES.
The London Naos publishes an interesting and
impoitant letter, addressed to Lord Palmerston by
"Anonymous," and dated at New Inn, W. C., Feb.
11. The writer says:
Does anybody outside of a liniatic asylum be
lieve that the Emperor of China is in immediate
want of a fleet of war steamers? Will the noble
lord, the Secretary of Foreign Affairs, hazard en
opinion upon this point? Will the honorable mem
ber for Birkenhead afford the public the benefit of
his,experieneel Who should know if he do not? If
report speaks truth his Celestial Majesty is a profi
table customer of his. On the premises belonging to
the Messrs. Laird, at Birkenhead, in a covered shed
or "annexed" to the main yard, two powerful war
steamers are in course of construction "for the Em
peror of China." Their burden is about 2,200 tone.
They are of the ram class, are partially iron plated,
and measure say, 200 feet long by 3G feet beam, and
18 feet deep. Their engines, now nearly ready, are
ranked nominally at 300 horse-power, but each will
work up to a thousand, and will give them a very
high rate of speed.
In the main yard of the same premises another
steam-ram is being built, also "for the Emperor of
China." Her length Is about 150 feet, by 24 feet beam,
and depth from i 6 to 18 feet. She is partially
iron.plated, like the two others in the annex, and
the three are expected to be ready for sea in two
months from the present time, perhaps sooner.
Captain Bullock, who commanded the "290," in
daily in attendance superintending their progress.
Does this gentleman hold his commission from hes
Celestial Majesty, or film Jeff Davis?
In the yard of Messrs. W. C. Miller & Son, Liver
pool, there is nearly completed a wooden, screw
propelled vessel, of about 450 to 500 tons. She has
been constructed upon the plan of the American
coasters, being nearly flat-bottomed. She Is built
for fast sailing under canvas, and under steam is ex
pected to run 16 knots an hour. She is to be armed
with 9.pounder guns, and is expected to be ready for
sea in the course of four weeks. It is commonly re
ported that she belongs to the Confederates.
Messrs. Lawrence & Son's yard is the highest up
the Mersey. - A large screw steamer is being built
there "for the Emperor of China."
Messrs. Fraser, Trenholm, &Co., of Liverpool, the
"depositaries," as they are styled, of the Confederate
Government, have contracted for a large vessel,
of three thousand tons, which is to be built at Stock
ton.
Messrs. Thompson Brothers are building on the
Clyde a powerful armor-clad steam rani for the
Emperor of China," to be ready for sea on the 9th
of April next. She is about two hundred and fifty
feet long, by forty-five feet beam, and twenty-five
feet in depth. Tier armorplates are from four and a
half to five inches thick. Her engines will be of five
hundred horse-power each.
Mr. Peter Denny, of Dumbarton, has constructed
two fine screw steamers. They are lying in the
Clyde. Report of a somewhat authentic kind says
one of them is partly owned by " the Chinese," and
partly by individuals at Nassau, New Providence.
It Is publicly announced that she is soon to be em
ployed on the line between Nassau and Charleston.
Her name is the Virginia. The term " Chinese "is in
general use in the building yards of the Clyde and the
Mersey, to designate the Confederates, and the "Emperor
of China" has no other signification in this connection
than to personify Jefferson Davis. The "Chinese"
have been striving very hard to purchase the sister
vessel to the Virginia, through one of their agents
in Liverpool,but Mr. Dennybullt and lost the Mem
phis, and he requires the Celestials to pay cash
down before he parts with hts property.
The Messrs. Scott, of Greenock, are completing a
very fine iron screw steamer, which is alleged to he
intended for the trade between Charleston and Sa
vannah.
Two weeks ago, a fine vessel of the same class as
the Virginia was launched from Messrs. Black
wood's vard, at Port Glasgow, and common report
as s she is intended for "the Chinese."
pwards of fifty steam vessels, of various descrip
tions, in different stages of completeness, might be
enumerated in this "Chinese" catory. The 7111
section of the 69th Geo. 111., cap. 69, prohibits,
under a penalty of fine and imprisonment, with for
feiture of the property, the equipment, furnishing,
fitting out, or arming, of any vessel to be employed
in the service of any foreign prince, State, or poten
tate, with intent to commit hostilities against the
subjects or citizens of any prince or State, "with
whom his Majesty shall not then be at war." Do
not the facts herein submitted, my, lord, warrant an
immediate and a searching investigation into the
nature of these transactions for the " Chinesel"
The slaveholders' conspiracy is largely, nay natti
ly, indebted for its success up tothe present time to
the material aid which has been extended to it by
British capitalists. Two years before it broke out
their co-opera/ion had teen secured through the in-stru
mentality of the highest diplomatic agents of the United
Slates then in this country. Large advances were pro
mised upon mortgages of enormous quantities fit
cotton, tobacco, and rice • nor was the fact concealed
by the Democratic party that, in the event of seces
sion and war, almost any amount of pecuniary aid
would be procured from this quarter. These power
ful combinations in supporta the slaveholders' con
spiracy comprised the monetary, shipping, and mer
cantile interests. As much as £16,000, and even
.£20.000, have been subscribed by individual members
of these msociations ; and in one instance a sum of
f 5,000,1100 can be directly traced as the financial re
sult of a single operation. Not many days ago lista
were exhibited by a Confederate agent, in which
figured the names of Manchester men of high stand
ing for large sumo which they had just recently sub
scribed in aid of the Confederates.
Another of these emissaries is now in this CollElty,
whose name can be furnished if needful. He is duly
accredited by Jefferson Davis . , and his credentials
are endorsed by Mr. Mason, the diplomatic though
officially unrecognized envoy of the Confederate
States. His object is to negotiate a loan for the Con
federacy of slaveholders, and to conclude arrange
ments for the supply to them of all kinds of com
modities; especially munitions of war. The factors
who have agreed to carry out these arrangements
are accountants, men of standing in the city of Lon
don. Their contract is signed and scaled by Jeffer
son Davis, and endorsed by Mr. Mason. The con
ditions of contract are as follows: Parties un
dertaking to run the blockade with vessels laden
with material and monitions of war are guaran
teed cargoes of cotton in exchange, at seven cents a
pound, for the value (greatlyexaggerated) of the ship
and cargo. They also receive Confederate bonds to
cover the amount. These vessels, chiefly steamers
of light draught are insured at highrizk premiums—
say 40, 60, 60—at Lloyd's. If they run the blockade
out and home, the enormous profits on the sale of
the cotton are an ample remuneration for the ven
ture, and the bonds arc cancelled. If they are cap
tured, the bonds, beating a high rate of interest, are
retained as security. The option is given to the
owners of selling their ships to the Confederate
Government—such of them as reach their destina
tion and do not care to risk a return voyage—and
they go to form the nuclues of a nary. Thus British
capital, and it alone, furnishes the Confederacy with
the means of carrying on the war.
Some idea may be tormed of -the large number of
vessels engaged, and of the vast capital risked in
this contraband trade, from the fact that the Federal
cruisers have captured nearly six hundred, chiefly
British, while attempting to run the blockade,And
confiscated property to the - amount of 8,00,000
pbur.ds sterling. So great, however, are the profits
arising from this traffic, that it is daily increasing.
TM another letter some details will be given re
biting to the cargoes these vessel& convey.
A Cant.
To the Editor of The Press:
Sin : As the arrivals from Washington have once
more filled up the wards of the Turner's Lane Hoe.
Intel, it is desirable that the efforta should be re
sumed of those who, in former times, have contribu
ted to the instruction and entertainment of the
soldiers. The undersigned takes pleasure in stating
that, while there is evidence of an increasing inte
rest on the subject of religion, and while his Sab
bath and weekly meetings are largely attended, he
has also had abundant opportunity of hearing from
those who have been discharged or sent away.
They feel grateful for the skill with which they have
been treated, and for the kindness with which the
lady visitors attended to their comfort.
The undersigned delivered, last Thursday, his first
lecture on East Tennessee, in the chapel of the hos
pital. He would be glad to hear from those who,
in
times past, have given musical entertainments in
this or other hospitals. He may be addressed at
the hospital, or al-his house, Spring Garden street,
No. 1521.. •• HERMANN BOJCUM,
Ohaplain U. S. A.
WILD OIiti:A"SENSIBLE. SOUTHERNER.—
The Baltimore Sin aims.: The will of Charles Car
roll, of Dougehoregan'- Minor, Howard county,
grandson of Charles Carroll of Carrollton, has been
admitted to probate.in the Orphans' Court of this
city, the deceased. having a town residence in Balti
more. The will is dated March 12th, 1861, and the
deceased says: "I have always regarded slavery as a
great evil, producing injury and loss to grain-grow
ing States, to the whites principally—an evil for
which we are not responsible who now hold slaves,
considering that God; in His wisdom, placed them
here or permitted them to be introduced. My expe
rience and full convictions are that as long as we
have this class of labor among us, they are as a mass
better cared for and happier than if they were
free and providing for themselves. I therefore
give all my slaves to all my children, with
these positive injunctions that none of them
shall be sold except among themselves, and except
for those crimes for which they would be published
by the lawn of the State, and for gross insubordina
tion. I also direct that they shall continue to have
the advantages of the religious instruction they now
receive and that their morals and habits be watched
over like that of children. It may be hereafter found
advisable to move them to the South to cultivate cot
ton, where the climate is more congenial to their
health, while it removes them from the pernicious in
fluences of the low whites who now corrupt them. In
this way they can be made profitable, and eventually
a fund provided to establish them at some future day
in Africa or the West Indies. It is my wish that my
children shall not transmit them to any of my grand
children." The deceased directs that the "old quar
ter of Doughoregan Manor" shall be carried OEI
by his executor for five years, for the benefit of his
children and their families who may choose to reside
there during winter or summer, each to contri
bute to the support of the house, &c. At the
end of five years he wills the old Charles Carroll
quarter to hie son Charlee, also the estate on
which be now resides, (the improvements on
both not to be charged,) also 250 acres of
woodland ; all the rest, servants excepted,
_he
leaves to his children share and share alike,
the amounts charged to them on hie books to be de
ducted. His grist and saw mills he leaves to them as
tenants in common, for their equal benefit. In a
codicil, dated January 9th, 1862, he makes John Lee
Carroll his sole executor (without commission), and.
'sole trustee for hie three sisters of all the property
bequeathed to them in trust for their separate use,
free from the control of their future husbands, &c.
Another codicil, dated July 26th, 1662, revokes a
portion of the will, and gives to his son, John Lee
Carroll, all the property and estate bequeathed to
his eon Robert Goodloe Harper Carroll. Another
eon, Albert Carroll mentioned in the will, was
killed last year at Martinsburg, while in the Con
federate service.
THE WILL OF A 11I1SER.—Nicholas Long
worth, the Cincinnati millionaire, in left all
his immense estate to his widow and children, and
not one cent to any charitable or benevolent object.
His estate is estimated from six to seven millions.
He leaves his widow the homestead, and an annuity
of $6,000 free from all taxes. The balance is divided
between her son Joseph Longworth, his daughters,
Airs. Flagg and Dirs. Lars Anderson, and his grand-.
son, John L, Stettinas. He gives his faithful
colored servant, who has been with him over twenty
years, the pitiful sum of $5OO. To the children of a
deceased sister he gives $5OO each.' The will was
executed in Me, with a codicil in MM. From his.
great wealth, it was supposed that he would have
endowed or founded some college, hospital, or other
public institution or left legacies to the many be-.
nevolent societies in that city, but he has not. His.
charitable acts during his lifetime were few, an&
were more the results of hit eocentricitkea.tt4Agt
gezo.4o Pclievo/vlCet