THE FTRIESS!!*, PUBLISHED DAILY (SUNDAYS EXCEPTED,) BY dOKN W. PORNEY. \ OFFICE, No. 11l SOUTH FOURTH STREET. THE DAILY PRESS, EcasTgay CbntsPrr Week, payable to the Carrier. Stalled to Subscribers out of the City at Stoht Oollabh JPbb Annum, Four Dollars for Six Months, Two Dol* JLAR3 for There Months— invariably in advance for the filtue ordered. 4ST“ Advertisements Inserted at the usual rates.. Six Hines constitute a square. THE TRI WEEKLY PRESS, Mailed ko Subscribers out of the City at Pour Dollars SPer Annum, in advance. -. , '• CARPETS AND 011-CLOTHS. RCH-ST. CARPET WAREHOUSE. JOS. BLACKWOOD, 833 ARCH STREET, TWO DOORS BELOW NINTH (South Side], 13 NOW RECEIVING FOR SPRING TRADE, rich and oxtensive assortment of ENGLISH AND AMERICAN CARPETINGS, Of the best makes, * iSmbraclng all the new styles, which are offered AT LOW PRICES FOR CASH. mkl2-2m. JUST RECEIVED, 3,00 0 ROLLS CANTON MATTINGS, .■vso&ulcli we invite the attention of the trade. life. ; ■ "■ V? M’CALLUM , ■ ; _ ts Q.LEN ECHO MILLS, M'CALLTJM * CO., •MANUFACTURERS, IMPORTERS, AND DEALERS, 509 CHESTNUT BTREET, (Opposite Independence Hell,) OARPET I N a S, OIL CLOTHS. 4c. 'We Fare now on hand an extensive stock of CARPET- SNGS, of oar own and other makes, to which, we o&U 4he attention of cash and short-time hover*. folfi-Sm ■ YARNS, BATTING, & WADDING. A. H. FRANCISCUS, No. 433 MARKET, "NoAS 'NORTH FIFTH STREET, Has Instore the largest stock in this City of WARNS, 'BATTING, WADDING, ’‘YARNS, BATTING, WADDING, TARNS, BATTING, WADDING, 'YARNS BATTING, WADDING, 'YARNS, BATTING, * WADDING, 'YARNS BATTING, WADDING, Cotton'Batting, Wadding, Carpet'Chain, Cotton Yam, Twines, Wicking, Ropes, &c. Hoods Sold at lowest Cash Prices. WOODEN AND WILI.OIV WARE. A. H. FRANCISCUB, €33 MARKET, and 5 North FIFTH Street, f Galls the attention of dealers to his IMMENSE STOCK WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE, •WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE, WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE, WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE, WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE, WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE, WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE, WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE, WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE, WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE, . - BUCKETS, TUBS, CHURNS, BBUSHES, BASKETS, BKOOMS, LOOKING-GLASSES, TABLE AND FLOOR OIL-CLOTHS, WINDOW-SHADES, CLOCKS, FANCY BASKETS, .. RETAIL PRICE: CNo. 1, 56..........N0, 2, 85.. 4®" Agents wanted in every county. 4®- Reliable and energetic men will be liberally dealt 'With. • For sale at the .. •“WOODENWARE ESTABLISHMENT” j- OP A. H. ERANGISOUS, No, 433 MARKET St. and No. 5 North FIFTH St. i mh!6-2m _ Wholesale Agent for Pennsylvania. PAPER HANGINGS. jp HILADB LP HIA PAP E R HANGINGS. HOWELL & BOURKE, COKNEE OF / WOURTE AND MARKET STREETS , MANUFACTURERS 0? PAPER HANGINGS AND WINDOW CURTAIN PAPERS, Offer to the Trad* a LARGE AND ELEGANT ASSORT sHENT OF GOODS, from the clieapoat Brown Stock to the" Finest Decorations. W. E. COR. FOURTH AND MARKET STREETS. N. B.—Solid Green, Blue, and Buff WINDOW PA PEBS of every grade. fo!s-2m WALL PAPERS— *I ; WALL PAPERS. Attention fa Invited to our.new stock of Wall Pa pers now being daily received from factory; all new de igns for spring. wMchwlU beAold No. 12 North THIRD Street. Rooms Papered by efflcieutiworkmeu. PHILADELPHIA, GERMANTOWN, PA. .•Letter “ A,” SS. VOL. 6—NO 205 RETAIL DRY GOODS* J J STEEL & SON, Nos. 713 AND 715 N- TENTH St. , above COATES, i Have just received, a small lot of those very desirable styles of WHITE AND BLACK, • WHITE AND‘PURPLE, MODE AND WHITE PLAID SILKS, GRAY GRENADINES, BLACK GRENADINES, OF NEW AND HANDSOME STYLES. We have now open a splendid assortment, embracing all the NOVELTIES that can be found in the New Yorlt and Philadelphia markets of LIGHT SHAWLS, Suitable for Spring and Summer. SPRING CLOAKS. BLACK WATER-PROOF CLOAKS; BROWN CLOAKS, BLACK HABIT-CLOTH CLOAKS. Also, a largo assortment of LIGHT CLOTH CLOAKS, Of very pretty light colors, suitable for Spring or Sum mer. As the cloths of which these Cloaks are made were very, early in the season, and some of them last season, we are able to. sell our Cloaks iat lower prices than we can buy the material that ia in them, mhie - “ T RETAIL JAMES R. CAMPBELL & CO., 727 CHESTNUT STREET, OFFEK AT MODERATE PRICES IN THEIR '■ RETAIL DEPARTMENT, Black and Fancy Silks, Linen Sheetings arid Shirt . Black and Colored Alpa- ings, cas, • Damasks, Napkins, - and Poplins Fantasie, Doylies, Taffeta d’Annessey. Table Cloths and Towel * reach. Lawns and'Organ- ings, Counterpanes and -.dies, _ Furniture Dimities., French Chintzes and Per- WHITE GOODS.- cales, Jaconets, and Cambrics, Brilliants and Piques, Soft Cambrics and Nain- Qpnng Shawls, new color- sooks, ' . ln gs, . • Tarletons and Swiss Mulls, “lack Thibet and Merino Fancy Muslins and Dimities, Shawls, > . L; C. Handkerchiefs. Square and Long Shawls. Gloves, Hosiery, And a general assortment of DRY GOODS in desirable styles and qualities. * mhfl-2m 10&4 CHESTNUT STREET. E. M. NEEDLES OFFERS FOR SALE At priceslgenerally below present cost of Umpor- WHITE GOODS, all descriptions. EMBROIDERIES, do do LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS,, do VEILS, Ac., Ac. And respectfully invites an inspection of Mb *" stock. 10*4- CHESTNUT STREET. WAMSUTTAS, WILLIAMSYILLES, IT ATT AW AUG AH'S, 10-4 UTICAS. Fine Brown Shirting's. Pillow Mnslins; Sheetings. Low-priced Brown Muslins, &c. SELLING AT THE VERY LOWEST MARKET RATES, WHATEVER THEY MAY BE. Cloaking Cloths. Waterproofs. ~ * • Black Cloths. . - SPRING- SPRING CASSIMEKES. SPRING CASSIMEftES. Comprising a large and desirable stock of Men’s and Boys’ Wear. COOPER & CONARD, S. E. corner NINTH and MARKET Streets. OPRING BALMORALS AT REDUCED Just opened a variety, of new spring BAL MORAL SKIRTS, at reduced prices. SHEPPARD, VAN HARLffiGECT, & ARRISON, m2S-6t 1008 CHESTNUT street,- LACK SILKS. Gros du Shines. . , Lustrings,Marcellnes. MourningPode Soles, Gros Grains.;'' Sonnet Taffetas. Moire Antique*. Double-faced Brocades, Sich, neat Figure*. SHARPLESS BROTHERS. SPRING DRESS GOODS. Poll de Ghevres,,RiEtoris. Adriennes, ‘Worsted Crepes. Fil de Chevres, Mohairs. Chintzes; Lawns, Organdies. Plain-Silks,- New Foulards. ' : Plaid All-wool Cashmeres. SHARPLESS BROTHERS. fe23 CHESTNUT and EIGHTH Streets. TjVD'WIN HAIL & 00.,.26 SOUTH J-J SECOND Street, will open, THIS MORNING, One case of the new shades of Alpacas, at S2>£ cents, probably the finest goods and the best shades for the price in the city. . ; Arabian Giaces and Taffeta D’Ete,” of . the new shades. Printed Pongees and Foulards. Printed Cambr.’cs and French Chintzes. Mohair Giaces and Poil De Chevres. New styles of Dress, of various names. GPKING CLOAKS. Water-Proof Cloaks' Black Cloth Cloaks. Cloaks made to order. Best Hoop Skirts.: - COOPER & CONARD, • mhS S. E. corner NINTH and MARKET Streets. IVTAIZB AND LEATHER-COLOR DRESS GOODS , - Mode and Tan Wool De Laines: D6uble-widthDe Laines and Mohairs; Plaid Valencias, all colors; A great variety of Dress Goods for suits, Small black and white, and thrown and white, Plaid Silks; Brown Silks, dark shades ;. Plaid Olive Poulard Silk, for Friends; One piece of Olive Summer Silk, wide and good, for Friends; Together with Williainsville, Wamsutta, and all the best makes of Muslins, at _■ . JOHN H, STOKES’, mh23 70a ARCH Stroet. TXfIDE SHEETINGS. i If Good Shirting Muslins by the piece. Fine and low-priced Flannels, r Table Damasks and Napkins. Spring Prints and Delaines. COOPER & CONARD, mhS B. E. corner NINTH and MARKET Streets. MARSEILLES 1 MARSEILLES !—A A-"-*- good assortment of Corded, Printed, and Figured MARSEILLES, for Basques, Children’s Wear, Ac. SHEPPARD, VAN HARLINGEN, '& ARRISON, . mb4 1008 CHESTNUT Street. COMMISSION HOUSES. gH UFF & WERNWAG, IMPORTERS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS. *4* AND *44 CHESTNUT STREET, SILKS AND GLOTHSI CASSIMERES, MANTILLA GOODS, GROS DE RELINKS, VELVET RIBBONS, - FRENCH CORSETS, &o. Jnh4-3m ■ - ■ . _ OUR SPRING STOCK IS NOW AR V BANGED. 80,000 DOZEN H O S I E R Y, AT LOWER PRICES THAN PRESENT COST OF IM- POBTATION. THOS. MELLOR * GO., 40 AND 4* NORTH THIRD STREET. PHILADELPHIA. QRIGG & HARMSTEAD, No. *1 STRAWBERRY STREET, Offer for eale, by the Package,* RIEKA’S COTTONADEB, SUFFOLK BLUE DRILLS, STANDARD BROWN DRILLS. STANDARD BROWN SHEETINGS, LONSDALE NANKEENS, &a., &a. mh3 JOHN T. BAILEY A GO. BAGS AND BAGGING OF EVERT DESCRIPTION, NO. 113 NORTH FRONT STREET, WOOL BAGS FOE SALE.' ■ ]s2R- EIEQELi WIEST, * ERVIN, IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS DRY GOODS, No. b NORTH THIRD STREET, PHILADELPHIA, Merchants visiting this city to purchase But Goods will find our Stock large and admirably assorted, aid at Low Figttbes. In certain classes of Goods we offer inducements : to purchasers unequalled by any other house in Philadelphia, fel9-2m ' JAMES, KENT, SANTEE, & 00., IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS of; DRY GOODS, Nos. S3O and 341 N. THIRD STREET, ABOVE RACE, PHILADELPHIA, Save now open their usual LARGE AND COMPLETE STOCK OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC DRY GOODS, Among which will be found a more than usually attrac tive variety of LADIES' DRESS GOODS; Also, a full assortment of MERRIMACK AND COCHECO PRINTS, and « PHILADELPHIA-MADE GOODS. To which they invite the special attention ofc&sh buyers, felB-2m S PRING ’ 1863. YARD, QILLMORE, St CO., Importers and Jobbers of SILKS . AND FANCY DRY GOODS, SOS. 811 CHESTNUT AND 614 JAYNE STS., Have now open, of THEIR OWN IMPORTATION, a LARGE AND HANDSOME STOCK SPRING GOODS, COMPRISING DRESS GOODS, SHAWLS, RIBBONS. GLOVES, &c. Also, a full assortment of ■WHITE GOODS, LINENS, FURNISHING GOODS, EM BROIDERIES, AND LACES. The attention of the trade is requested. fe!3-3m 1863. spring. 2863. JOHNES, BERRY, 4 00., (Successor* to Abbott, Johnes, ft Co.) Mo. 121 MARKET, and 524: COMMERCE Streets. PHILADELPHIA. IHPOETBRB ANB JOBBERS Of SI L K AND FANCY DRY GOODS, Hare now open a LARGE AND ATTRACTIVE STOCK in DRESS GOODS, Adapted to the Season. Also, a Full Assortment in WHITE GOODS, RIBBONS, GLOVES, SHAWLS, &0., Which they offer to .the trade at the LOWEST PRICES. CASH BUYERS Are particularly Invited to examine our Stook. fell-tf TRIMMINGS, Si FRENCH FLOWERS, LACES AND RIBBONS, OF TIIE LATEST FASHIONS, JUST OPENED - AT \ THOS. KENNEDY & BRO./S' No. 739 CHESTNUT Street, below EIGHTH. - . ,mh3l*2m SPRING- MILLINERY. The undersigned has now open a HANDSOME STOCK OF RIBBON’S, SILKS, CRAPES, ILLUSIONS AHD LACES. Also, a splendid assortment of % FRENI)II FLOWERS, Consisting of flue ROSES, ROSE BUDS, flue GRAPES, and FRUITS, All of the most fashionable shades and styles. RIBBONS AND FLOWERS Of last season’s importation, will be CLOSED OUT VERY CHEAP. No. 736 CHESTNUT STREET. S P RING 1863. BROOKS & ROSENHEIM, (Late Rosenheim, Brooke, & Go.), No. 431 MARKET STREET, North Side, \ Have now open, and are daily making additions thereto, - A.HANDSOME VARIETY OF RIBBONS, BONNETS, MISSES’ AND CHILDREN’S HATS, FLOWERS, MILLINERY GOODS IN GENERAL, to which the attention of the trade is respectfully soli cited. mhlfl-tf (any SPRING MILLINERY OPEN ING, at MORGAN’S, 408 ARCH Street. , On THURSDAY NEXT, M of April, and the following - days, I will open a splendid stock of Fancy Bonnets, Dress Caps, Paris shape Bonnet Frames, French. Flowers, Ribbons, &c.V&c. Merchants and Milliners supplied with Pattern Bon nets, &c., at the lowest wholesale cash prices, VYAKTED—Straw Milliners and Trimmers. ; • S. T. MORGAN, 408 ARCH Street, r ml>3l-3t* (fTTV MBS. H. WEIGHT, 137 PINE Street, will open SPRING MILLINERY oa *IS w THUItSDAY,'ApriI 2d, 1863. . mh3o4t* 1863. R 1 B B 0 N s ? ' ■ ;AND MILLINEBY GOODS. ;Ij.. DANNENBAUM & CO., ■ ' No. 5T North SECOND Street, . Have now open and' admirably-assorted stock' of ifcbe above goods. - . ; *?T'Vv MERCHANTS and MILLINERS ■will find inducements in* styles and prices unequalled in tills market. > mhl7-lm* 1863 8 F V N g 1863, WOOD & GARY. No. 725 CHESTNUT S'TBEET, y ■ Have now In store a complete stock of \ STRAW AND MILLINERY GOODS; ' INCLUDING ' > BTRAW HATS AND BONNETS. • MISSES’ AND CHILDREN’S STRAW GOODS. FANCY AND CRAPE BONNETS. FRENCH FLOWERS, RIBBONS, .Ac, To which they respectfully invite the attention of Mer chants and Milliners. . CASH BUYERS will find special advantage in examin ing this stock before purchasing. , fe2B-2m RIBBON STORE, r No. 107 North EIGHTH Street. We would inform our customers, and the ladies gene - : rally, that we open this day a full and uery superior stock of MILLINERT AND STRAW GOODS, for the Spring and Summer seasons, which we are prepared to offer, wholesale and retail, at the most reasonable prices. CORD-EDGE RIBBONS,' all colors, $1 per piece. No. 5 CORD-EDGE RIBBONS, all colors, $1.25 per. tf-ece. • .... BLACK VELVET RIBBONS, every width, superior quality. ■* BEST BLACK VELVET RIBBONS, with white edges,'' every width,_at last season’s prices.' .... v- BONNET RIBBONS, plain and. fancy, every shade, - width, and quality-—an immense variety to -suit.all tastes■ BONNET SILKS of every shade, plain and plaid. BONNET CRAPES, LACES, ILLUSIONS, BLONDES. ORNAMENTS, &c ~- .i.FRENCH ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS, a superb variety, at the usual prices. . STRAW -BONNETS, the fashionable, shape, in braid, split straw, and hair; white, gtay, and-hlack. INFANTS’ HATS AND CAPS, - every inew" design, all qualities. LADIES’ AND CHILDREN’S SHAKER HOODS.' . THE BEST. NEW YORK AND FRENCH BONNET FRAMES, lower than they can be bought elsewhere, by the dozen or single. '.Give ns a call mh27-lm TVT ILLI N E E Y ; • ' AND - -- - ' ' • ? V STRAW. GOODS. JOSEPH HAMBURGER, . 35 South SECOND Street;.: Has now open a large stock of Ribbons; Artificial Flowers, ;&c. , to which he respectfully , invites the attention of Milliners and Merchants. Goods received dailr'from Hew York auctions. * • mh24-2m* - QIL CLOTHS AND WINDOW SHADES., CARRIAGE, TABLE, STAIR, AND FLOOR OIL CLOTHS, IN COTTON AND. LINEN FABRICS, QUALITY AND STYLEJJNSUKPASSED. COMPRISING EVERY VARIETY OF . NEW AND ORIJ GINAIi DESIGNS, PLAIN and ORNAMENTAL. ! WINDOW SHADES, These goods wilj he sold.to Dealers and Manafactiireri at "prices'much below the present price of stock, i THOMAS POTTER, ' MANUFACTUBEE OF OIL . CLOTHS AM ■WINDOW SHADES,. . I 229 ARCH Street, P-hiladelpliia,' aiiil 49 CEDAR and 95 LIBERTY Streets, New York.' mh27-lm • . V. S. IKTERNAI REVENUE. GEN G Y FOB THE SALE OJ UNITED STATES TA3 STAMPS, 1 Vo. 5T South THIRD Street, first door above ChestniA A fall supply of all kiuds of TAX STAMPS constant] on hand, and for sale In Quantities to suit / A liberal discount allowed on amount* of OdO/and n Wards. - . Orders by Vail promptly attended to. Office Hours from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. JACOB E. RIDGW No. ST South THIS agsa* PIANO FORTES. rTTVi 'oao chestnut street: 9ao A LARGE AND CHOICE ASSORTMENT d THOSE • . JUSTLY CELEBRATED INSTRUMENTS FROM THEMANUFACTORY OP ' ' : WILLIAM B.‘BRADBURY, I ’ ’ to Liehte & Bradburys,! MAY BE FOUND AT THE NEW AND (LEGANT WAREROOM, r : Y‘ 930 CHESTNUT STREET. 930 Those desirous of .obtaining a superior istrament, should call and examine before purchasing elswhere. • The ’established reputation of these instrtnents- for nearly thirty years, Tenderstheir superiority" familiar as household words.” I -. : ! THEY SING THEIR OWN PRAISB. : In- the arrangement of our new acale. we p every improvement which can in any way perfection of the Piano Forte; and we conftdj that, for delicacy of touch, volume; purity and sweetness of tone, combined with that s 'solidityineoesßary?to durableness, these are unequalled. , . BVEEY INSTItUMEHT WARRANTED ] ' - YEARS. I E. H. OSBORN^ mhl9-3m T U C I E'E ’ S ■ X PATENT SPRING BED, , . Patented Jult. 3,1859. • i Universally acknowleilged-fortNeatuossJ Durability to bo tfce Standard Spring Bcdj . Tlieaboveare manufactured HIRAM No. a REVERE Blocky/K A LOT OF M. BERNHEIM, sicnEr. & weyl, No. 107 North EIGHTH Street. Oil, CXiOTHS. ive added .end to the iitly assort ■Brilliancy, length -and jastromentH I^omfortijiod I' i iston; Mas. •;;, WEDNESDAY. APRIL 1. 1863. ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND. CSpecial Correspondence of The Press.] Nashvixlb, Tenn., March 26, 1863. THE LATE AFFAIR AT BRENTWOOD. The rebels made another break upon us yesterday in the vicinity of Brentwood, nine miles from Naßh ville. Since the disaster at Franklin-early this month, portions of three regiments, most of which were loßt at that time, have’been stationed, at Brent wood and the railroad bridge two mileß beyond, comprising about one hundred men each from the 22d .Wisconsin, I9tli Michigan, and 33d Indiana. About daylight yesterday morning Gen. Wheeler’b rebel cavalry inade a dash into the town, Surprising thethiee hundred men, and making all but about twenty prisoners. A small number of the three hundred placed them selves,in line of battle, and fired one volley into the rebel cavalry,"which was returned by the enemy, resulting in the wounding of four men and the im mediate surrender of those who were disposed to contest the thing. A large number of the officers and men were taken minus r their uniforms, so dashing was the attack. As there was a large force at Franklin, the com mander at Brentwood (Col. Bloodgood) did not deem it necessary to have a strong guard, and thus the surprise. The guns .belonging to the few who made their way. to Nashville were in a bad condition, several of them being covered with rust. After our forces surrendered, the rebels destroyed the stockade, burned the bridge, "and tore-tip the track for about a mile. They piled the arms of their prisoners in wagons, and were making a circuitous route for Columbia. But just as they had succeeded in marching off their prisoners, Gen. Green Clay Smith, with detachments of the 9th Pennsylvania, 2d Michigan, and '4th and 7th Kentucky Cavalry Re giments, came up with the‘enemy and gave him bat*- tie, and secured the captured wagons and arms. Quite a fight took place between the two cavalry forces, resulting in favor of Gen. Green Olay Smith, who pursued them five miles, when they were rein forced by severalYegiments under Gen. Forrest, who, in turn, drove back our troops under Smith. Our forces were pursued back to the ground of the first encounter, where we were reinforced by three regiments of infantry, under General Mitchell in person, which event, probably, saved Gen. Smith, and towards a thousand oavalry, from capture. During the. engagement, General Smith burned our wagon train and ammunition wagons, to keep them from failing into the hands of the rebels. General Mitchell left .this city at ten o’clock yes terday, with infantry, and arrived at Brentwood, distance nine miles, in two hours. As soon as Generals Mitchell and Smith joined forces, they dashed upon the rebels, who retired in confusion. Our loss maybe summed up as follows, which Is correct: Taken at Brentwood .. .280 Ta'ken subsequently... . 2 Killed 6 Wounded (including four officers) .!!*!!! 34 It is not known how many of the rebels were killed and wounded. Thenumber will probably reach for ty. In the dash of Mitchell and Smith, we succeeded in taking sixty-one prisoners. Not a shot was-fired by either side. Gen. Smith informed me that the 9th Pennsylvania cavalry behaved themselves splen didly. Their loss in the day’s fight was three wounded. This affair" cuts off railroad and telegraphic com munication between here and Franklin for a few days. It will be speedily attended to, however, as we have a large number of troops at Franklin. " It was decidedly a bold trick on the part of the rebels, as Brentwood is almost completely bounded by Federal forces. It is situated half way between Nashville and Franklin, both of which places are garrisoned with several thousand troops. General Stedman was on the Nolensville pike with a large division, while a considerable force is stationed at Triune. This affair takes off the glory of the whipping we gave Morgan last week. GEO; D. .PRENTICE, ESQ,., AND THE KEN ->TTrtTTtr T TVTTr a - TUCKY 'INVASION A short time ago I waa seated ia the Governor’s office, at the Capitol, and a number of very, reliable men made their appearance, fresh from East Ten nessee. The men were well known by the promi nent Union men in this arid they professed to bevery well acquainted rebel, plans and per formances in their, section of the State. I entered •into conversation with these gentlemen, and from them I learned the substance of my telegraphic de spatch to you in referencejto the invasion of Ken tucky, the event already'ha'l'ing.transpired. I wrote out J my'despatchj telegraphed and copied very.extensively, and' tfhich has since proved to be true, as the rebels are nowin that State, and entered it in the way I pointed out. . I was just about sending the despatch to General Mitchell for approval, when a gentleman connected with one of the n ewspapers in the city stepped into the room and aßked me what I thought of the ru mored invasion of Kentucky r I informed him that what I had learned a few minutes before his 'arrival convinced me that facts took the place of rumors, and showed him my despatch, with the condition that he should decline mentioning any thing upon the subject until after I had transmitted it to The Tress. ■ ■ . v He read my despatch, and then showed me an ex tract from the Chicago Times, in the way of a spe cial telegram trom Cincinnati, to the effect that George D.-Prehtice, Esq., wai about to make a trip to Europe, and that the distinguished editor of the Journal had remarked in Cincinnati that the rebel In vasion of his State had something to do with his de parture, the telegram also insinuating, that his son might possibly have urged his exit. ; I was so. elatefl at discovering what seemed to me ‘.to bea confirmation of my despatch, that I hastened to rewrite it, with an addition that, “ as a confirma tion of the above, the movements of George D. Prentice, Esq/, were not insignificant.” I also stated, so earnest was I to impress the public with the importance of the truth of my despatch, that the advantages of lUr. Prentice, in becoming acquainted with rebel doings, were of some account, as s mein ber of his family had not' only passed the rebel lines on two or three occasions, but had been permitted to make the senior editor of the Journal the recipient of a letter fr«m his son, a major in the Confederate service. ■ ■ ■ • "‘S. ■ _ , The despatch _ was approved, telegraphed, "and widely circulated. But the day after I received a copy of The Press, I obtained a copy of the Hew York ' Times containing the card of Hr. Prentice, wherein he speaks of the Hashville despatch to a Philadel phia paper, and stamps it as a slander,,kindly, how .ever, declining to name the papar, or the writer of the despalch. ; I must sly I was greatly astonished with the tenor 'of blß.canf; and confess that, if I have slandered him or his, I dd so inadvertently, and ask his pardon. At : the fame time, I will admonish him that I would noi injure any man in the cause of the Govern ment, mich less him, whom I have always considered a particular friend of mine. ■ALL QUIET IN FRONT TO-DAY; There are rumors that more fighting is taking place at or near FrajjJtlin to-day ; hut up. to the present time no official intelligence has been received at-hea, (quarters. At Murfreesboro all is quiet to day. The railroad and telegraph are both in com plete order upon the Murfreesboro line. The damages upon the Franklin road will be repaired: immeiiatcly, ' ‘WELCOME HOME. . Tfiose two. fighting patriots, Generals Neg ■ley jihl Rousseau, have returned “ home ” among ,'their men again. . : :> )>■ , THE HEALTH OF THE ARMY. I/earn from the physician-in-chief that the de crease of sickness in the army is most decided. * ■■■ ■ B. O. T. WESTERN GULF SQUADRON. BATTLE OF FORT HUDSON. [Special Correspondence of The Press.] U. S. S. Richmond, four miles below Port Hudson, La., March 36,1563. When laßt I wrote to you from New Orleans I said that we were expecting orders hourly to move up the river, and on the day fallowing we received the orders , for on the 9th our fleet got under way and arrived at Baton Rouge on the 11th. After our ad rairal had arranged.preliminaries .with the military officers in command of the forces here, we again made a start,..ffhd came to anchor ' some few mileß below Port Hudson. Our fleet, in all, con sisted of the flagrßhip Hartford, Richmond, Mo nongahela, Mississippi, Genesee; gunboats Alb atross, Kineo, Sachem, and the iron-clad Essex, be sides six* of-our mortar vessels,,commonly called “Bummers.” THE LINE OF BATTLE. We lay here until the night of the 14th, by which time our admiral came to the conclusion that he would start, which we did in the following order : First, the flag-ship, with the gunboat Albatross alongside of her; next came our vessel, with the Gciinessec on our port side; next the Monongahela, with the Kineo, the Mississippi bringing up the rear, the Sachem and Essex being detailed to pro tect the “Bummers.” THE BOMBARDMENT COMMENCED. At about seven P. M. the mortars opened fire - on the rebel batteries, and in'a Bhort time after we started up, and the whole fleet engaged them. The Hartford, and her conßort, succeeded in running the fiery gauntlet, and got above the batteries, and as we were paßßing the last one, they sent a well-directed rifle shot through our vessels side, carrying away in its passage both of our safety valves. The consequence was that the steam flcw ; about in all directions, completely filling our ship with the vapor from stem to stern; and having a good head of Bteam on, with very heavy fires, it was with difficulty our firemen could manage to haul them. But they stuck toiflike bo many beavers, and, in spite of the escaping steam and hot fires, to which they were exposed, they managed to set things to ■ rights in good time. THE RETURN". At length, findings that we would not be able to stem the rapid current much longer, and at the same lime our consort being reported on fire, the order was .given to turn our vessel’s head down stream. agAin, was accordingly done, and as far as.l oan learn, the Monongahela, thinking that all the fleet were returning, also turned down stream. LOSS OF THE MISSISSIPPI. The Mississippi, however, kept on, an# when abreaßt of.their heaviest batteries, she had the’mis* fortune to run ashore, and being unable to get' her off, besides being exposed to a terrible fire, they were forced to aether on fire, and makegood their escape; A PARTING SALUTE. In about an hour after they had left her she floated’ off, and came drifting down by us. As she came down bythe rebel batteries, her guns, which were loaded, became very hot in consequence of being exposed to such a great heat, and went off, making some very good shots among the rebels. She drifted down Borne five miles below where we were lying, and by that time the fire had reached her magazine, when she blew up, with a tremendous report, making our ship fairly tremble, although such a distance from us. The Hartford and Albatroßß succeeded in getting by, with what lobb is not known, for up to the time of writing this we have not v heard irom either, but will: venture to say they will-turn up soon and give a good account of themselves. SOME OF THE LOSSES. ' The losb in our fleet I have not learned as yet. Aboard of our own ship there were three killed, named J. Thompson and C. Catherwood, marines, and John Howard, boatswain’s mate, and some eleven or twelve wounded, ail slightly, with the ex ception of our executive, officer—Commander A. B. Cummings, of Philadelphia—who was struck by a shot on the leg, below the knee-joint, and shattered it so badly that it had to be amputated. By this Bad calamity, the navy has lost the : services of one of its very best men; and we, of a brave, cool, and impartial officer; for, ab our Jack Tars have remarked very often, “ any officer can take you into "action, but bringing you out is the test of courage and executive ability,” But he could do both. The other man that was hurt badly was one of our marines named Nolan, *lvho had four fingers and part of the right hand blown off* Our vessel is somewhat riddled, but none of the shots did mischief enough to render her unfit for river service; for as far as I can learn, as soon as we repair damages, which will take a day or two, it. is the intention of our captain to undertake the pas sage of Port Hudson again, andif we do, we hope to be a little more„ fortunate, for as it is our place to stop river communication with this place while our ‘army is in their rear, the quicker we do it the better. . However, if anything new turns up, I; will keep you advised. . SOUTHWARK. complete list of Casualties. OFFICERS—MISSING- Eobt. 1. Kelly, actingmas-j Jefferson Browii, third as ter—killed. i 3is taut engineer—pris’r. P. B. W. Fontane, captain H. B. Francis, acting mas marines—prisoner. : : I ter’s mate—prisoner. TETTY OFFICERS—Missive. ' Jos. A. Sullivan; paymas-lHenry C. Day,q.uarter-gun.- ter's steward. ner. Charles Williams, quarter- Wm, H. Jordon, snip’s cor master. poral. > Chas. Sullivan, carpenter’s Timothy Tooioey, cooper. mate. - . Cnarles Lewis, armorer’s Win. Johnson, coxswain. mate. : Cbas. Williams, '.quarter- Ephraim E. Jones.captain’s gunner. cook. -MissrNft. , I Thomas S. Nugent, (William Kobinton. SEAMEN William H. : Thompson, Elijah Drew, Richard Rowley, .ORDINARY SEA! Albert Randolph, | George Henry, .lames Walley, Lewis Phillips, John White,. John McDonald, George N. Howard, Wm, West, Andrew Matthews, LANDSMEN- John Hickey, Benry Williams, Wm. Hawkins. James C. Hodgkins, MESSENGER AND PO' John Keating, A. H. Sandholzer, Bartholomew Harrigan, '* COALHEAVE] IS—MISSING. Wm. H. Austin, second'. -MISSING. Joh n Kelly, , James McMullen," i John Redding, (William Talbot. os—MISSING. Stephen Downey, I George Jackson, Scott Lewis, IMoses Obertou. IMPORTANT NEWS FROM TEXAS. New Orleans, March 23.—The United States gunboat Katahdin arrived last week from the fleet off Galveston, and brings important intelligence from there, and from other pointß along the coast. The Katahdin Is gunboat No. 8, and is one of the heaviest armed in the squadron, carrying four 24-pound howitzers, two 20-pound Parrotts (one on pivot) rifled, and. one 11-inch Dahlgren on pivot. She returned to thiß city to repair some damages to her machinery. SHELLING GALVESTON. On the 20th of January the Brooklyn signalled the gunboatSvKatahdin, Itaßca, Sciota, and Oayuga, to advance up the harbor at Galveston. The object was to “feel off, 55 and draw the batteries on and near the island. The Brooklyn took‘ the lead, and ran near Fort. Point, almost to the spot where the Harriet Lare was captured. The fleet then opened fire upon the batteries. THE BATTERIES. Galveston ißnow fortified by the “in-shore bat tery” at the east end of the island ; Fort Point bat tery at the west end; a new battery nearly midway between* thesetwo : back of this the old fort ; across from the fort, on the other shore, the Pelican Spit battery ; and opposite Fort Point the Bolivar Point battery. ** - The guns of the Harriet Lane and Westfield have been' mounted in the lotteries, in addition to those already theie. The “in-shore battery” is casemated, and has a hundred-pounder rifled and another rifled gun, both from the Lahe. ,L The gunboats found, the batteries-better armed thanwas anticipated.' They directed their fire prin cipally to the advance ship, the Brooklyn, obliging her to shift her'position. constantly while under fire. The fleet, on the morning of January 28, fired only about twenty-five rounds—three or four shot from each vessel—and threw a few shells into the city.: and after ascertaining the position and strength of the batteries the fleet withdrew.' There is no - later news of any attempts upon Galveston. STRENGTH OF GALVESTON. From six thousand to seven thousand troops are reported to be in Galveston. All of; the-Lane and. Westfield-guns have been recovered. It is said that the Westfield, when blown up, only parted; that she was boarded, and that her guns were taken off. There was even a wild story, in- the fleet that Ren- Bhaw was alive in Galveston. The town was tole rably protected, and an attack in force by the fleet was daily expected. - THE HARRIET LANE. . The Lane was said to be at Harrisburg, oh Buffalo Bayou, where, according to one story, . she was plating, and preparing to run the blockade. There is an old yarn that Bhe has already- escaped to. sea. Another account is current-that she has been light ened; so as to run up the rivers and bayous, and parties are positive that her machinery even has. been taken out of her and transferred to another* boat. Indeed, her condition and position are be coming as mythical as the last cruise of the Flying Dutchman. BLOCKADE RUNNING AT SABINE PASS. The Katahdin, after the experiments on the batte ries atGaveston, sailed for Sabine Pass, and at It o’clock at night saw a large - vessel on her starboard quarter, supposed then.to.be the Alabama, standing in so that the .vessels/must meet. All hands were called ; but a fog came up, and they lost sight of the •.stranger. On arriving at Sabine Pass, theyreported her to the New London, and both-gunboats started in pursuit. The.Katahdin burst one of the tubes in *her boiler, and was obliged to go back. It was I afterwards found out that the supposed Alabama waß an European or Northern brig, ignorant of the recapture, by the Confederates, of Galveston, and standing in for that-harbor. She was “posted,” when she met the blockading fleets The Katahdin'went back to Galvestonj and froih February 17 to February 23 was on blockade duty off Velasco. Returning to Galveston she took in an old woman who came overfrom New Orleans on the- Union, and put her ashore under a flag of truce. ; On xhe 2d-or March the New London joined the fleet at. Galveston, and on the 13th the Katahdin sailed for this city. The next day, off Sabine Pass, where the Sciota and Oayuga were then stationed, she found a schooner, which :had-attempted to run the blockade, ■ agroundjOn the bar. The Cayuga sent an armed boat to boards her, and almost immediately two'Confede rate cotton-clad steamboats and an iron-clad ram (represented 1 to'be quite formidable) came out from the Pass, and the Cayuga signalled her boat to re turn. When the boat was first lowered from the , Cayuga the men on the schooner took to their boats ; and were pulling away, when the cotton-clads came, hauled the schooner off the bar and towed her in. The; Cayuga fired a gun to the;leeward at the iron clad, but the challenge was not accepted; and the fire , was not returned. ' ..When the Katahdin left Galveston there were ’twelve feet in-depth on the bar at low water. Two refugees in a boat from the town had been picked up by one of the gunboats. The Katahdin arrived here last Tuesday;,and .is repairing some Blight damages i to her machinery. | FROM THE RIO GRANDE. I I haveseenacopyof the Fort Brown F/ap (Browns i. ville), of March 6. On the 2d inst. a'salute of fifteen i -guns was fired, in commemoration of--th£ secession of Texas. A horße-power cotton compress had been erected on the' opposite Bide of the river. The Con federate District Court for the Western district of . Texas was in session at Brownsville, Judge Devine ’ presiding. On the 28th ult, the usual two months’ parade and muster was made at Fort Browm and the 3d Texas Infantry, with ©apt. Taylor and Oapt. Sweat’s cavalry companies, were reviewed and in spected by Brig. Gen. H. P. Bee. The parade was - witnessed by numerous spectators from the city and .from Matamoros. An American Young Harry, had been blown ashore on the Brownsville side, and the au thorities had taken charge of her. Nine persons on. board were brought to Fort . Brown. One of the men was;Mr v McDonald, of Galveston, who had been taken prisoner by the Federate and paroled. The eight men taken from the brig with him were paroled and released. An editorial in the Flag calls attention, to orders ; issued by General Lopez,civil and military governor of Tamaulipas, copied on the Spanish side of the . paper. These orders require citizens;oh both aides of the Rib Grande, crossing either way, to Save a proper permit orpaßßport from the proper authori . ties. Permits are required for transporting horned cattle across, but, by some oversight, horses and mules, which are extensively stolen, are omitted . from the orders. The Flap says : “It:has been al most impossible to keep horsCs or mule’s in this city or neighborhood without walling them in, or lock ing them up more securely than thieves Have been confined here.” • Gen. Bee has issued corresponding orders on the . Texas side. His orders include all kinds of property, and are more stringent than those of-Lopez, These orders, the .Flag thinks, will have the effect to prevent desertions of troops, and runaway negroes from getting out of Texas. The constant thieving on the frontier has been the principal cause of ill feeling between the people of Texas and Tamauli pas, and the authorities on both sidcß of the river ; are urged to exert themsclvcß to do all in their power to put a stop to it.—N. Y. World, Jolin Eagin, MARINES' Patrick-Bannon, Peter Boyle, Patrick Flaherty Bavid Kelly, contraban: Exported during March,—The follow ing table is a statement of.the export of petroleum from thiß port during the month just closed: Date.. Name of Destination. Bbls. Bbls. , ■ ■ ■• ■ Crude. Herd. 7. .Brig Eudorus. Cardenas.. 22* 9. .Bark Iceland .Bremen. 2,457 112 11. . Onward . .Grange Mouth.2, Boo 12.. B.Doane....Trinidad....... *•... 20 13. . Schr Horace Staples..Laguayra .. 12 !3..Sclir Kate Brighan. .Liverpool 2,752 678* 14. .Bark White Wing....Laguayra...... 1 17.. Laura..,..May aguez..... .. 6 18. . Bark Imperadbr.....Trinidad...... .. 5 18.. Schooner Hattie..... St. John, P.R.. .. 6 19.. s.ip St. Peter .Liverpool.... .3,279 21.. Bark Sea Eag1e...... Barbadoea..... .. 150 2L. .Schr Island Belle., . ..Barbadoea 35 26. .Brig 8reeze......... .Laguayra..... .. 5 26.. Brig John Chrystal.. Havana .. 17. 30. .Schr G. M. Carver... Kingston •• 32 IMEN—MISSING. I Luther H. Topping, Patrick O'Neil, Thomas Harris, John W. Edwards, Wm. Nelson. John J. Burkei John McElroy, Thos.. Cunningham, James Moore. I—MISSING. John McCandless, Thomas Hughes, John W. Becker, John McCormack. EDEIt BOYS—SUSSING. | John Ashcroft —MISSING.* |Jame»H. Burns. .11,298 1,101 THREE CENTS'. THU REBELS"ANJ> 'THE SLATE'TRIBE* Intercepted better from Mr* BenjamKa to Col* lißiivai—-The Strength of the Goremirtest under Its ®pnstltutioa-A- Review of lt» Provlsiohs-'Tonching Revival ol'the Slave .Tradteir The subjoined document, addressed* by Mr. JudaS> P. Benjamin, the Confederate “ Secretary' of State,”' to the Hon. L. Q,. C. Uamar.the Confederate “com missioner” at St. Petersburg, is published for the information ■ of all concerned, as serving to-show the prudent and significant reserve wh*cfr t&e Con federate authorities prescribe to themselves' in re fusing to enter into any engagements with- foreign nations not to revive the- African slave trade; [NO. I'.] : . CONFEDERATE STATES OF’AKRRTCAy Dep’t op State, Richmond/ Jaa. 15/ 18681. Sib : It h»B been suggested to this Government from a source of unquestioned authenticity, that£ after the recognition of* our independence by. the European Powers, an expectation is generally, en tertained by them that in our treaties of amitp'and' commerce a clause will be introduced making Btipu-- lationß against the African slave trade; It is even thought that neutral Powers may be inclined to in sist upon the insertion of such a clause as a sine’ qua Tion. You are well aware how firmly fixed ,in our Coa-- stitution is the policy of this Confederacy against' the opening of that trade; but we are informed thafr false and insidious suggestions have been made by the agents of the United States at European Courts - of our intention to change our Constitution as soon as peace is restored, and of authorizingtheimpor tation of slaves from Africa. If, therefore, you Bhould find, in your intercourse ■ with the Cabinet to which you are accredited,'that, any euch impressions are entertained, you will use" every proper effort to remove them, and if an at tempt is made to'introduce into any treaty which you may be charged with negotiating stipulations on the subject just mentioned, you will assume, in behalf of your Government, the position which, un der the direction of the President, I now proceed to • develop. The Constitution of the Confederate States is an agreement made between independent States. By its - terms all the powers of Government are separated ’ into:classes, as follows, viz : First. Such powers as the States delegate to the General Government. Second. Such powers eb the States agree to refrain from exercising, although they do not delegate them to the General Government. ' 3d. Such powers as the States, without delegating them to the General Government, thought proper to exercise by direct agreemont between themselves contained in the Contitution. 4th.. All remaining powers of sovereignty, which, not being delegated to the Confederate States by the Constitution nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people thereof.. On.the formation of Constitution the States thought proper to prevent all possible future discus sions on the subject of Blavery by the.direct exercise of their own power, and delegated no authority to the Confederate Government, save in material ex ceptions, presently.to be noticed. - / • Especially.in relation to the importation*bf Afri can negroes was it deemed important by the States that no power to permit it should exist in the Con federate Government. The States, by the Constitu tion (which is a treaty between themselves of the most solemn character that States can make), unani mously stipulated “that the importation of negroes • of the African race from any foreign country other than the slaveholding States or Territories of the United States of America is hereby forbidden; and Congress iB required to pass such laws as shall ef fectually prevent the same.” (Art. 1, sec. 9, par. 1) It will thus be seen that no power is delegated to the Confederate Government over this subject, but that it is included in the third class above referred - to, of powers exercised directly by the States. It is true that the duty is imposed on. Congress to pass laws, and render effectual the prohibition, above quoted. But this very imposition:of a duty on Congress is the strongest proof of the absence of • power in the President and Senate alone, who are vested with authority to make treaties. In a word, as the only provision on the subject directs the two branches: of the legislative department, in con nection with the President, to ; pass laws onthis subject, it is out of the power of the aided by one branch of the legislative department, to control the same subject by treaties : for there is not only an absence of express delegation of autho rity to the treaty-making power, which alone would suffice to prevent the exercise of such authority, but there is the implied prohibition resulting from" the fact that all duty on the subject is imposed on a different branch of the Government. I need scarcely enlarge upon the familiar principle that authority expressly delegated to Congress can not be assumed in our Government by the treaty making power. The authority to levy and collect taxes, to coin money, to declare war, &c., Ac., are ready examples, and you can be at no loss for argu ment or illustration in support of so well recognized a principle. The view above expressed is further enforced by. the clause in the Constitution which follows imme diately that which has already been quoted. The second paragraph of the same section provides that “Congress Bhall aIBO have power to prohibit the in troduction of slaves from any State not a member of, or Territory not belonging to, this Confederacy.” Here there is no direct exercise of power ,by the States, which formed our Constitution, but an ex-. presß to Congress. It is thus seen that, while the Stares werewilling to trust Congress with the power to prohibit the introduction of African slaves from the United States, they were not willing to trust it with the power of prohibiting their intro duction from any other quarter, but determined to ensure the execution of their will by a direct inter position of their [our] power. ' Moreover, any attempt oh the part of the treaty making power'of this Government to prohibit the African slave trade, in addition to insuperable ob jections above suggested, would leave open the im plication that the same power haß authority to per mit such introduction. No such implication can be sanctioned by us. This Government unequivocally and' absolutely denies its possession of any power whatever over the subject, and cannot entertain any proposition in relation to it. while it ia totally beneath the dignity of this Go vernment togive assurahces for the purpose of vin dicating itself from any unworthy. suspicions of its good faith on this subject that may be 1 'disseminated by the agents of the United'States, it may not be improper that you should point out the superior r efficacy of our constitutional provision to any treaty stipulations we could make. The Constitution is itself a treaty between the: States of such binding force that it cannbt.be changed or abrogated without the deliberate-and concurrent action, of nine out of the thirteen States that compose the Confederacy. A treaty might be abrogated by a party temporarily in power in our.country, at the sole risk of disturb ing amicable relations*with a foreign Power. The • Constitution, unless by approach to could not be changed without the destruction of this. Government itself ; :and:even should it be possible hereafter to-procure the consent of the number of States necessary to change it,; the forms and delays designedly interposed by the framers to check rash ■innovations would give ample time for the most ma. ture deliberation, aDd for strenuous resistance on thepart ofthose opposed to such change. After all, It is scarcely thepart of wisdom to at-. tempt to impose restraint on the actions and con duct of men for. all future time. The policy of the Confederacy is as fixed and immutable on this sub ject as the imperfection of -human nature permits < human resolve to be. No additional agreements, treaties, or stipulations can commit these States .to the prohibition of the African slave with more binding efficacy than those they have themselves de vised. A just and generous confidence in their good faith on this subject exhibited by friendly Powers will be far more efficacious than persistent efforts to. induce this Government to'assume the exercise of powers which it does not possess, and to bind the Confederacy by ties which-would nave no- constitu tional validity. We trusty therefore, that no. unnecessary discus-, sions on this matter will be introduced into your negotiations. If, unfortunately, thiß reliance should: prove ill-founded, you will decline continuing nego tiations on your side, and: transfer them. to. us at hom,e, where, in such, event; they could be conducted with greater facility and advantage, under the direct supervision of .the President. With great respect, your obedient servant, J. P. BENJAftHN; Secretary of State. Hon. li. Q,. C. liAmak, Commissioner, &c.,&c M St; Petersburg, Russia. THE POLICE. [Before filr. Alderman Beitler.] Larceny ol‘ Ribbons, At the Central Station, y esterday afternoon, there was. arraigned, on the chargeof lareenyha young man-giving the name of Samuel J. Smith’. .-He,wore a red shirt with ‘a black stripe in it, had no collar,, and was, altogether,- rather swaggering in liis deportments . What is your right name ?’’ asked the alderman. , * ‘ Smith; I told you, ” replied the prisoner. “Well, we’ll try you by the name of Green,” respond*- ed the magistrate. “Green,” retorted the prisoner,- with affected sur-. Bi-ise. “Green; my name is hot Green; it never was reen.” • The above scene was preliminary to.the examination of witnesses. , - Jolm H. Spencer, a. pretty smart colored, man, was , called to the stand, He testified that he is employed.- at Messrs. Gillette & Scott’s auction store* No. 619 Chestnui.- street; this man (prisoner) came to the store, and : I watched him; I saw him put one piece of ribbon, in* his. pocket; then he put three or four more I the mafctei*, and the sale was stopped;- I caught the pri-. soner by bis both arms from behind,, and a police officer was called to arrest him. Officer Carnes, of the Reserve Corps>[testifi:e& that.he took the prisoner into custody in front of the auction, store, where he and the colored, man. were struggling ;• conducted him to the station house; upon. searching.hmL found these six pieces of ribbon in his pockets. Ribbon produced., - • ■ Alderman to prisoner. * ‘Have you- say-?” Prisoner. “No, sir.”. “You must enter $l, GOO bail to answer. ” “How much?” . “ One thousand dollars. “Yee, sir; I’ll see if. I can get it” Turnings to*'the colored witness, the prisoner remarked* with a sort of malicious smile, “I’ll-^yes—l’ll take'a drink wathyou.” Exeunt officer with prisoner. Discharged* Mrs. Annßudd, who was arraigued a few days, since, on the simple suspicion oi'-liavuig purloined fifteen hun dred dollars from Jesse N. West.wm honorably dis chaiged. Mrs! 8., as we said at the time of her arrest, has borne a most irreproacablo character during a long life of usefulness. Tlie probability is. that tlie oldmau lost liis money somewhere on Second street. All dence adduced does not in the least possible- degree in volve her character lor honesty. . Discharged, on his Oivn Rccoguiitancc* Robeit Shivers, the driver of a cab, who knocked down, and came very near running over a yery_old lady named Morrison, a short timesince, at Sixth and Onest nut streets, was discharged.on his own recognisance yes terday afternoon. The aged sufferer seems to have suffi ciently recovered to be able to. go out. . Alleged Horse Thief. William Moothar't, arrested a few days since, on the charge of being concerned in stealing a pair of handsome and valuable horses, the propertyof Widow Ross, who resides on Plunket creek, in Lycoming county, had a hearing yesterday afternoon, at the Central Station. Chief Franklin said that he had received a telegraph de spatch, also a letter, from parties in Lycoming conuty, to detain the prisoner until Friday, He was, therefore, committed. The horses in Question wore stolen from the stable of Mrs. Ross on the night of the 15th of January last. Information of the robbery was lodged with Chief Franklin on February 4th, and since that time he has been cn-the qui vive. ' There were Quite a number of horses stolen from that section of the county during the past several months, but it is not known that the pri soner had anything to do with them. He is well known to the police as one of the most noted and expert horse tliieves that ever operated ambngour country folks. He lias served out three, if not four, terms of imprisonment. Be was recently liberated from the prison at Harrisburg,. Whero be was incarcerated severer years for horse stealing. The crime seems a sort of mania'with aim. : [Before Mr. Alderman White.] * * Alleged Larceny of Money. Ann J. Reed, a colored woman, living in ESrst strefcfc,, was arrested by Officer Sparks, and arraigned before the' worthy magistrate of the Fifth ward, on the charge .of ■■ stealing the sum of $54.50 from James McKenna.-The robbery is alleged to haveJpeencommitjed three weeks since. : Mr. McKenna’s evidence sets forth that he visited - 'Hirst street in search of suman _ua.rn.ed Bell, whom he" wanted to go to work on oiie ohnis heats. Two colored women were »lauding of an alley. He as-ked them if theyAumw wnere|fltp..Bell lived. They re . plied: , • • ■'?>.:£ -f . ' ' ' “ Why, ob course we does ; cosie yere, and well show wentup the*alley andSedhifix to the second-story of an old shanty. They told .him, that Mr. Bell was higher up. One or the women went up stairs to. find ‘him, while the other.-remained and commenced feeling . the pockets of Mr. , McKenna. 'The result of the whole affair was that a row and two colored men caiae there, and gave him a pretty severe beating-.'Police officers arrived and'took McKenna into custody. He iiiarte complaint agaiiusbthe women, charging them with robbing hiniof the amount above stated. These are about all the points of intereatidevelopecl The defendants were required, to enter baildn the sum of $l,OOO to answer. , Alderman Fields.] Teeth Klclted. Out- GregoryLeahey and Valentine his brother, while in a wild state of intoxication, made their appearance, inJthe THE WAR PRESS, (PUBLISHED WEEKLY.) The War Press will be sent to subscribers fiy maiHper annum hi advance) at* 53.09 Five Copies “ “ 9.0$ Ten “ •• •* 17.90 Twenty** ** *• .....33.09 Larger Clubs than Twenty will be charged at the same rats, @l*so per copy. TJis money must always accompany tfee order , find in no instance can these terms be deviated from, as theft afford very little more than the Cost of the paper. are requested to act as Agents for The War Press. 4®- To the getter-up of the Club of fen or twenty, ex extra copy of the Paper will be given. Jicinityof Amber and Norris streets,; lag? evening, and (behaved m a boisterous and otherwise indecorous man ner.. Ihe neighborhood was aroused wlOPthsirtiancha naflan yells. Officer Trefts interfered,- an.fiinally found it neeeesary to arrest them. While on tbb'w'Ry to the statioA-house, one of the party {tipped him down, and the other kicked him in the motif}?'. crushing out hifi teeth f and loosening several others. The officer was almost crazy during the night wftlP the pain restating from the picking. The prisoners com mitted m default of #l,OOO bail each to answer; - [Before Mr. Alderman Hntchiuson. Brutality of a Husband. A man, named William Mitchell, charged witfi f Cru - ef tffeaiment to Ins wife and threatening to kill ar raigned yesterday for a hearing. From the evidence, it appears lhat the defendant passed Sunday in bGa&tfrhw wife,- at intervals daring the day. He renewed tkebm talvty »n Monday, aral,- seizing a knife. threatenedtS'out the, sffioghted wom*a into pieces. She flew off ch the’ Wingr of terror, and screamed Jor the police. T1&&X-* citing scene occurred « and on, over and around'F&it monnifhark. An .obese officer joined in the ebaseafter the hyhSand, Who, -by this time, fled to avoid‘arr&t. Several officers, less obese, followed closely upon the" fugitive. The latter jumped into the eaual, swanr s or waded across, and perched liimse3fbehind a pile ofiriStfl:'' and was thus Jost to view. - . * * Here he is* here bels,” shouted au urchin wli-i vS's picking up eitips. The officer? came, and’ Miteheli r finding resistance vain, quietly submitted. He WEra committed to answer. •• Treasure Kecsvered. . _ Joshua Taggart and 1 George H- Smith, of the detective ’ ; ffe/ce, and W. Gt Elder, of r recovered ycs'ter : cit? v i9,H(jO -in Teiatfmueznnity bonds' aud. # Siat-ss drafts stolen, ear the Pith inst, from ' J. B. Smith, at Washington, D. C. A USan Badly Bien^en. Jt-woman named'- Emma’ J. Holland is under’arrest, sad'Will have a heasing, at 2 o’clociVtbis afternoon, ; afc tne Central Station,, ©n the charge of beatingr-a man nasßsd. John Macklinv It seems from.'the statement of the-injured man that* on-Monday afternoon, he went into * t avern on Little Bock street, when a man named Holland made an attack upon him: A struggle ensued, in which the wife, Emnra.rnshf d in with billy in hand, and;- between the effects of herself and husband, Macklin was beaten nearly unto the-said company.shall be subject to all the ordinances of the Councils of the said city. ” • At the date of the incorporating act many-ordinances of the City Councils were in force, relating to the streets of the city, and.among others, that of 28fcn of February, lS6t», which provided that it shall not be lawful to re move the cobble pavement of any of the highways of the city of Philadelphia, for the purpose of laying down rails for.passenger purposes, until the assent of the Councils of Philadelphia shall he procured thereto. This hill, filed on behalf of the city, complains that the company are proceeding to remove the cobble pavement of Lombard and South streets, and to build tbeir road in said streets, without having applied for, or obtained the assent of the Councils, and I am moved to grant,* upon proper injunction affidavits, a special or preliminary in junction to stop the work. Jn thefirst acts incorporating passenger railway .com panies, the consent of the City Councils was expressly provided for, but it was to be inferred, if they did not dissent within thirty days after the passage of the act. This condition wa« in mostif not all of the incorporating acts oflS-57 and ISSB, and some of 1559. Whether it has been expressed in any since the - ordinance of-IS6Q was passed, I am. not informed, but it certainly is not in. the act of 1861, under Which the defendants are organized. It is apparent from the numerous acts I have consult ed, that th'e Legislature recognized the right’of City Councils to supervise the streets of the city, and.tosay whether passenger railways should be laid in them or not. Granting, that the State might, in virtue of their sovereignty, authorize companies' to construct railways in the streets of the city without consent of Councils, it has not been the general policy-of the Legislature to do so. How, then, are we to account for the absence of all allnsion to this subject in the act of IS6I, except by sup posing that the Legislature was informed, of the ordi nance oflB6o,and meant to subject the defendants to it as well as to the. other ordinances ? The language oi the tenth section is “all the ordinances..” Thedefendauts confess themselves subject to the ordinances concerning grading, curbing, paving, and lighting the streets, and claim; to have conformed themselves to all these, but against this particular, ordinance requiring theconsent of Councils, they rebel. * I have listened attentively to all that their very able counselhave urged in; defence of their position, and it seems to me to amount to this—that the State Legisla ture having the right to authorize railways to be laid upon streets of the city, and'having, empowered this company to occupy two particular streets, the.titLe of the company is complete without any assent *of the City Councils; that it is not a municipal function 'to judge of the propriety of laying a railroad in a street, and that the ordinance on that subject was impertinent.and void, in so fttr as it stipulates for assent of Councils to the ex ercise.of a franchise held from the State; and, therefore, it is not to be considered as one of the ordinances to which the Legislature meant to subject the company. l am not about to question the powtr of the State to take a street of the city for the purposes of a railroad leading from the interior, and constructed as a thorough fare of trade and commerce. That has been .settled by judicial decision. Nor will I, at this time, consider whether the doctrines applied to such a highway are ap plicable to these municipal railways, that have their termini within the city limits, and that are neither con structed nor. used for general purposes of trade and : travel, but only for the specific purpose of travelling about the town. Let both points be conceded. Beit that the State is as competent to plant a passenger railway in every street of the city as she is to penetrate the city with a few necessary railroads from .without, yet, it is enough for this case that she has : not exercised her power. Until she overrides the local authorities their jurisdiction is not ousted. ‘ Ore of the most obvious purposes for which the city was chartered was the police of the streets. To main tain and preserve them as public highways, the power of taxation was conferred upon the municipality, and it ; has been largely exercised. Every property-holder has a direct and vested interest in the maintenance of this ■municipal authority over the streets. So long as the State defers to this authority, private corporations must respect it. In one form.or other, the Legis ature have generally, if not uniformly; recognized the municipal 'authority over the streets, in the .very act'of granting charters to railway companies, before IS6O, by express requisition of Council’s consent; since, by recognition of the ordinance of that year that stipulated for it. This is not, therefore, an instance of conflict betwixt ■ the State and city; If it were, the city would have to succumb to the superior power of the State. Bat both r State.and city are agreed that passenger railways shall be built in the streets only by consent of Councils The city has said so bv its ordinance, and the State has said so by subjecting its act of incorporation to that ordi nance. The defendants’charter ,is*jo be read as if the ‘ordinance of 1860 had been written into its very texture. What avails it, then, that the State might, in the plenitude of her sovereignty, have .disregarded the city 'ordinance? It is a final answer that she has not chosen •to do so. Nor can the ordinance be impeached as beyond the jurisdiction.of the municipality: for it not only be longs to the mostobvions of all municipal functions, but it has obtaiued, in the instance, before us, the.express •> sanction of the Legislature.- If it were valid in no other - sense, it-wonld have to be treated as valid here. Counsel urge that this is a contest between rival com panies, and tliafc such a construction should be favored ■as would encourage competition and keep down mono poly. I see no rival company upon the .record. The city of Philadelphia is the plaintiff, aud appears here by its ap propriate counsel, and no other party plaintiff is repre sented at all. In such a case the general doctrine that is applied to other private corporations would' seem to be applicable. The defendants claim a franchise from the,Commonwealth, They must take it with just such conditions as the law prescribes or not take it at all. The courts cannot relieve them from.what the Legislature has clearly imposed. By accepting then- charter in the terms Hfwhich it was granted, they agreed to obtain the con sent of the Councils to their w.ork,.aud itmnst be had, or the law must be altered, or their wprk must §top. Let a decree for special injunction be entered-on plain tiffs giving bonds in $5,000 witlrsecurlty, to be.approved by Prothonotary Snowden. " District Court— Sharswood, Joel Cadbury, Apdrew Ripka,' and Alfred Ripka, co partners, trading as Ripka & .Co., vs; Alexander Brown. A feigned issue to test the ownership of certain property. Before reported. Verdict for plaintiff. Riddle vs. fliusten. An action on a promissory note. No defence. Verdict for plaintiff for $406.; Tracey: vs. Stowelk An. action on a to recover for goods sold and delivered, to which there was no defence. Verdict for plaintiff_foi\ssSL These were the only, cases tried; and resulting in ver dicts during the day. One other.case.was put on trial, bui before being given to the jury,thfrparties agreed on a settlement, and a juror was .withdrawn and the case ended. The list for the.week was then completed, aud tbe court adjourned until Monday- : District Court—Jucige.. Stroud. , 1 n this court one action pf replevin—was put on trial, but before it hadproceedeil yesyJar counsel agreed, to a continuance on* account of tlielaiitof the defendant .being absent in the army.' A juror, was accordingly withdrawn, and the case for the present continued. 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