rams, has not in anywise tended to diminish the ap prehensions of the people. But there iB one incident connected with the George Washington affair which is worth relating. To give it ft dramatic sort of interest, a few words of preface are neceesary. About three years acco a negro named “Stirrup” was kidnapped at the. Bahama Islands, taken to Fernacdina, Florida, and thence Bent'to St. Mary’s, in the same State, where he was sold into slavery for eight hunrired dollars.- We can only approximate the date of the occurrence, having nothing to guide us but his own statement Shat he “spent one yea? with the rebels, and one "year with us.”. His master first set him at-work ■cutting wood, aDd then promoted him to the, cotton afield. When the war broke out Stirrup, along with a number of other negroes, took French leave, and came within our lines, and has been employed-upon G-o -vernmentvesßelßeverBince.' Some littleatir having been made about hiß kidnapping, Secretary Seward! at the request of Lora Lyonß, made application to Secretary Stanton, in January last, to cauae inqui ries concerning hia whereabouts to be made by Gen. Saxton. . Inquiries were made, but without result. On Thursday,last the missing man turned up, at Ge neral Saxton’s headquarters, in search of assistance. He had been one of the crew of the George Wash ington, and, finding his occupation gone, he, singu larly enough, stumbled upon the very officer who had been searching for him for upwards of three months. .* He will go Horih on the Arago, with instructions to report to the BrPish consul. He states that two-' other men were attempted to be kidnapped, but one of them was drowned. The other is named Edwards, and is probably still in slavery. Mr. Edward L. Pierce, who was the. predecessor Of General Saxton at Beaufort, will go Worth lay the same steamer, with-General Saxton’s report of the case, which is, altogether, quite romantic. . DEPARTURE ,OF GEN. HUNTER»‘S ARMY FOR PORT ROYAL-REBELS ADYANCING ON BEAUFORT—LATEST REPORTS FROM CHARLESTON—A FEDERAL ' GUNBOAT DESTROYED IN COOSAW RIYER, &o. New York, April 14.—The steamer Arago arrived at this port this afternoon from Port Royal ,on the 11th, via Charleston bar. Among her passengers are Gen.. Truman Seymour and staff,; Glen, Gordon, and M. Dezzibourg, the French consul at Charleston. The purser’s report of the Arago says: The Iron- . Bides and six other iron-clads remained off : Charles ton bar on the 1 1th, and nothing new transpired since the bombardment on the 7th. General Hun ter, with the aimy, would leave for Port Royal on thenextday.. Theiatest news from Charleston, by way of Rich mond, is to the evening of the 9th. All was quiet then, and there was no probability of the fight being renewed. Six monitors and Ironsides then lying in side of the har, within two and a half miles of Fort Sumpter. A rebel officer had visited the wreck of the Keokuk and found her turret pierced with a shot. A rebel despatch says that eighty.shots were fired at Fort Sumpter, of which thirty-four struck her with effect. The New South of the 11th says, the fight at Charleston was resumed on the 10th, but with what result it could not'ascertain, It adds that u Sumpter is probably breached by this time.” Thd, United States gunboat Washington run aground, on the Sth, in Broad river, near Port Royal ferry. The E. B. Hall went to her assistance, but to no purpose. ' The rebels brought down alight battery and fired on her, a chance shot striking her magazine and causing the destruction of the boat. Two men were kilted, ten mortally wounded, and eight slightly injured—all of the 3d Rhode Island artillery. REBEL ADVANCE TOWARD BEAUFORT. DESPATCH FROM GEN; BEAUREGARD. Charleston, April 9,1863. "Gun; S. Cooper : . GeneraL W. S. Walker de stroyed an armed steamer in the Coosaw river, at daylight this morning. No casualties on our side. All quiet. Six monitors and the Ironsides are still' within the bar. G. T. BEAUREGARD. Coosaw river is a few miles south of Pocotaligo. It separates Port Royal island from the mainland. TELEGRAMS TO TUB RICHMOND PAPERS. Charleston, April 9,15G3.—A1l quiet. No pro spects of a fight to-day. A Confederate officer, from Morris Island, boarded the wreck of the Keokuk laßt night, and found her turret had been pierced through by a ball. . - ■ LATER. . Charleston, April 9,1863. Six monitors and the Ironsides still lie within the bar, about two and a' half miles from Fort Sumpter. The enemy is waiting for a new machine to remove torpedoes. Everything is in readiness for the at tack. Seiior Moulada, the Spanish consul, who recently left here in a Spanish war-steamer,-returned to-day,'via Richmond, having left Washington on Thursday last, on hearing the attack here was Im minent. Neither the French nor English consuls are here. STILL LATER. ■ - Charleston. April 9, 1863. Accounts from Fort Sumpter reflect the highest credit on the.garrieon for coolness and bravery in the recent fight. When the monitors were discovered approaching the- men were at dinner. At the sound of the “long roll” they sprang to their guns with cheering. ;The battle'flag was run up to the air of “ Dixie,” played by the band on the parapet, and a salute of thirteen guns fired. Colonel Alfred Hhett was the commanding officer of the fort. Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Yates commanded the barbette bat teries, and Major Ormsby Blanding the casemated batteries.. The enemy fired eighty shots at the fort, of which thirty-four struck. The garrison are eager for the next chance'at the monitors. Fortress Monroe, April 11, 1863. Richmond papers of the loth Inst, say that the bombardment ol Fort Sumpter was not resumed up to ten o’clock on the 9th inst., but that the Charles tonians expected it would be next day. Advioes per the steamer Arago state that the Iron clad Patapsco went to Port Royal, and there re paired, and was again ready for service. iNone of ihe vessels, except the Keokuk, were seriously injured. -The rest of the fleet lay inside o£ Charleston bar on Saturday cveilimr.-, "A_ :—:— u— __ A part of the land forces had sailed for Port Royal. The design of attacking Charleston had not been abandoned, and the confidence of our naval officers was in no degree shaken.- THE EATEST. Tile .Attack on Chariest on Postponed. Our special correspondent states in the graphic account printed above, that the attaok on Oharles - ton had been abandoned. This statement, although confnu'Tcteii by a rumor from New York, is con firmed byttarfeUpwing despatch, from Baltimore: Baltimore, April 14.—The-jreport of the New South, stating that the attack o nFort Sumpter was renewed on the loth instant, is incorrect. The As sociated Press correspondent left there on the even- * ing of llth, when there was no prospect of the fight being renewed. , WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 1863. The English Question. "We are very far from wishing to have a quarrel with England ; but we certainly do not intend to be intimidated by her threats or deceived by her clamors. The language of Lord Palmerston, in the House of Com mons, was not what a j ust and generous Government should have used towards a friendly nation. Instead of making an ex planation or a reparation of England’s sin gular conduct in the case of the Alabama, he very coolly informed us that the laws of England were so framed that there could he no remedy. When Mr. Forster alluded to the prompt action of this Government in 1855, in the case of the' Russian privateer supposed to be fitting out in New York, he' was told that in America, where the laws are so flimsy and easily broken, such a thing might occur, but it could never take place in England, Mr. Seward might very properly reply, that when the laws of England cannot prevent Englishmen from . doing us :inj ury, we should take the most effective means of preventing that injury. The case of the supposed Rus sian privateer is so very suggestive, and makes such a shameful contrast to the con', duct of the English, that we may recall the stojy'.M.werfind it illustrated by a writer in the Inquirer newspaper. In the beginning of the Russian war the course of the Ameri can' Government was explicitly defined by Mr. Marcy, .'our Secretary of State, in a letter to Mr. Crampton, the British minis ter “ The undersigned,” wrote Mr. Marcy, “ is directed by the President to state to her Majesty’s minister to this Government, that the United States, while claiming the full enjoyment of their rights as a neutral Power, will observe the strictest neutrality , towards each and all the belligerents. The laws of this country impose severe restrictions, not only upon its own citizens, hut upon all per sons who may he residents within the Uni ted States, against equipping privateers for the purpose of taking part in a foreign war. It is not apprehended that there will be any attempt to violate the laws, hut should the just expectation'ofthe President be disap pointed, he will .not fail in Ids duly to use all thepowei with which he is invested to enforce, obedience., to them.” This was frank, just, and sincere; ■ In a short time the American Government gave a proof of itheir sincerity. A rumor. came to the ears of Sir John 'Crampton, the British minister, that a ffiark was being'fitted out'in-‘New York ' harbor for the purpose of aiding the cause of 'Russia. He brought the to the no tice of the Secretary ofv State, just as Mr. Adams brought th e case of' the Alabama to the notice-of the Earl Russell, her Ma jesty’s Minister for Foreign Affairs. Instead of asking the British Minister to find evi dence, go before a court and make affidavits, the matter was at once-placed in the hands ■of Mr. Gushing, our Attorney General. On the same day, Mr. Cushing telegraphed to New York,' directing the District Attor ney to: take .information and prosecute. This was at once done, and the vessel was seized. In four hours the American Go vernment did what England asked thirty five days to do, and finally did not accom plish; Tlic result of Mr. Marcy’s energy was' the prompt seizure of the presumed priya teer. The result of Earl Russell’s delay—his petulance, suspicion, and coldness—is seen in the numerous wrecks of American ships now drifting about the ocean, and the terror that has been spread through our commerce. We have received a great injury—England has been the cause of it, and she must give us reparation. We are a friendly people— we are a nation—and we have certain rights, if we do not obtain certain courtesies. England has invaded those rights—treated us with injustice and bad faith. It may he that she is taking advantage of our weak ness and our troubles with the South. In the day of our strength, however, we shall: judge as we have been judged. From Denmark—But no Dane. Once or twice in a generation cold and impassable England gets wild with joy and flings herself into the maelstrom of excite-■ ment. Some cause springs up which quick ens the national pulse. Then, as a foreign journalist lately, remarked, on an occasion which we shall presently notice, “The im mense and laborious activity which has stretched its arms around the whole orb of : earth and has revolutionized the world by its .. progress,' ceases for twenty-four hours, as at the stroke of a magic wand. The whirring machines stop, hands and heads let their, wonted work fall, the husbandman forsakes his plough,, the merchant his desk, the coal-miner liis pick, the workman his tools ; the whole nation has hut one thought—to give itself up to festal mirth.” This was the case, to some extent, when Victoria, a blush ing, tearful girl of eighteen, succeeded to her uncle the Sailor-King, and again, twenty-three years ago, when she mar ried Prince Albert. Rut the nation did not heartily patronize that union. It had no faith in the intermarriage of first cousins, nor, truth to say, had it much relish ‘for introducing more of the old sluggish Teutonic blood into the family of Guelph. On the 10th of March, however, England went wild with joy and became lavish with expense, simply because the Prince of Wales, who was a mere youth onlyrthe other day, then wedded ayoung and handsome stranger, for whom, it is said and believed, he: enter tains an affection not usually to he found in royals hearts. Of him, England: knew that "he was son of them hereditary ruler, whom they regarded with esteem ; of her, only that she came, in the pride of her beauty and the tender bloom of her youth, to become the adopted daughter of a great people—im ful ness of time, if so it, pleases God, to he Queen-Consort of England. If the “loy alty,” which, in solid John Bull, usually overflows into something very like servility, ran riot on the occasion in question, let it he remembered that the English are not a holiday-making people, like ‘their French neighhorsi and may be pardoned if, when they do enjoy themselves, they literally effer vesce with the seldom-enjoyed pleasure. Mingled with hearty good wishes for “ the happy couple, ”. was a general feeling of sa tisfaction that, making the best of the di lemma in which the Royal Marriage Act places the sons and daughters of the reign ing family of England, the Prince of Wales had gone out of the narrow circle of German royalty and sub-royalty, and had taken a Danish princess to share his heart and state. To be sure, the previous matrimonial con nexions of Denmark and England had not been very felicitous.. The Princess Louisa, youngest daughter of George 11., had mar ried a Prince Royal of Denmark, in 1743, and for nearly thirty years was one of the most unhappy and ill-used wives in Europe. Still earlier, the husband of Queen Anne, also a Prince of Denmark, was about the mostinsig nificant man in England, indolent and feeble minded to a degree. Earlier still, Anne of Denmark, the wife of James the First, was mother of that wretched Charles Stuart who was decapitated as a tyrant, and from her; through him, came that miserable Stuart race whose misconduct and mis fortunes darken the historic page all through the seventeenth century. Men of letters, curious antiquarians, inquiring genealogists, knew and reflected upon such antecedents, hut the people at large saw no ill omens, but the reverse, and heartily rejoiqed that their fuuixc TUWiutrcli Lad- given. -‘‘tlur culr direct’ ’ to a, German alliance. Bound, by the lawj which placed This family on' the British; throne, not to, marry any one but a Protestant, and precluded by custom from an imion with any lady under the rank, of Princess’ it appeared, when the question of his marriage arose, that Albert: Edward. really had only seven ladies, at all of a suit able age, to choose from. His sister, now Crown Princess of Prussia, had seen Alex andra of Denmark, and drew his attention to the young lady in the first instance. Great joy in England, then, that the " Prince had wedded a Danish bride. Her vir tues ("trustingly taken for granted, enniasse,) were applauded to th'e dciroy wMcirdOtlr -ap«_ plaud again. On one triumphal arch un der which she passed, on her way through London,' was blazoned the inscription, “ Yekommen Danske Bose," which, a lit tle farther on, was changed into “ Yfil heeommeden"— neither being Danish or German, hut clearly welcoming the Rose of Denmark. Journalists tenderly spoke of her as “ the Daughter of Denmark;” Mar tin F. Tupper, of Proverbial Philosophy notoriety, and author of a‘ greater quantity of metrical commonplace than any other living poetaster, addressed an ode to the bride, in which, he Alexandra rhyme with wanderer, and kindly called her “a Danish flower.” Professor Aytoun, edi tor of “ Blackwood’s Magazine ” published a Nuptial Ode in which the Princess was hailed as * ‘ Daughter of the far- descended Dane. ” ■‘Finally, Alfred Tennyson, the poet-lau reate, called her “ Sea-Kiags’ daughter, as happy as fair,” and concluded thus “ For Saxon or Dane or Norman we, Teuton or Celt, or whatever foe we. ' We are each all Bane in our welcome of thee, Alexandra!” This namby-pamby, whose sole merit is its brevity, is sold in London at: six cents a copy, which is five cents over its value. All, whether in -prose for .verse, were wrong. Alexandra is no more a Dane than we are. an - Ethiopian. Criticising Mr. Tennyson’b very, feeble “Welcome;” the London Atiienmm, said : “ In these laureate lines, the thought is not very happyyrior the diction very choice. That theory of the young lady being a Dane, and a daughter of the Sea-Kings, on which the.compliment of the piece is made to turn, is not even historically trucj the Prince of Wales, as a descendant of Anne of Den mark; being more a Dane than his royal bride.” The London Untie, on the same track, tells us, ’ “Poetry has its licenses; but it.ean scarcely be al lowed to transform a respectable old Teutonic family tree into the wild brood of the old Scandinavian JRavfn.” ■ , The family, the connexions, the nationali ty, the very birth of the Princess Alexan dra, are German, not Danish. Her father, a German Prince, is no more Danish —and, indeed, far less so—than Prince Otho, of Bavaria, is Greek. The great European Powers elected Otho of Bavaria King of Greece, just as the same “ Great Powers” more recently elected" the Princess Alex andra’s German father (Prince Christian, of Schlcswig-Holsteih-Sohdefirarg-Glucks- Imrg) to be heir-apparent to the crown of. Denmark. - The Bavarian prince feigned as King of Greece, but it is by no means certain that the Glucksburg prince will ever reign in Denmark. Ferdinand YIL, King of Denmark, born in 1808, is childless —after being thrice mar ried, the last time to-a Danish ballet dancer, one Loui si-; Rassmussen; whom he has created Countess of Danner. His next, and, indeed, only heir, is Prince Ferdinand, his uncie, married'and childless, now in his 71st year. The Salic law- now prevails in Denmark, and to avoid future trouble, search was made for an eligible candidate for the throne. Prince Christian, of Schleswig-. Holstein-Sonderhurg-Glitcksburg fa younger brother of the reigning Grand Duke of llol stein-Gliicksburgj, was selected, after much negotiation. When. Denmark was at war with the German Confederation—lB4B-MI — this Prince Christian alone, of all the members of his. family, took the Danish side. As a reward, Baron Brunow, the Prussian Ambassador, proposed him. at the Congress of London, as future King of Denmark, and this was . accepted by the “ Great Powers’.’ in a protocol,- dated May 8,1852. The Rigsdag, or Parliament of Den mark, who did not understand such an oft hand way of disposing of the Crown, openly refuse to ratify the Treaty of London, and to acknowledge “The Protocol Prince.” The Rigsdag was dissolved, but in the new assembly, a still larger number of represen tatives held out against Prince Christian. Then, a third Rigsdag finally ratified, by a very small majority; the Treaty of May 8, 1852. It is a simple vote which may be repealed any day. There is a “patriotic" party in Denmark that wishes to see Den mark, Sweden, and Norway under one and the same ruler— to wit, Charles XV. of Sweden—and may oppose Prince Chris tian’s succession. Prince Christian has been repudiated.by his-own German family, as a “political apostate,” because he supported the cause of Denmark against Holstein, and has no pecuniary allowance from them. He lives, very economically, on a small annual in come,from the banish Rigsdag. The do mestic virtues, by all accounts, have found a home in his dwelling. But lie is only ‘ 1 Prince of Denmark’ ’ by adoption; liis daughter Alexandra is not even Danish by birth; and her real,' hut less magnificent title is Princess of Sckieswig-Holstein- Glucksbui’g. But that would show her Ger man race, which, for many reasons, Eng land wishes to ignore. The New York World, with the instinct of a Democrat of the modern school, takes occasion to pay a compliment to General Beauregard. “By his genius and pro fessional skill, ” says, the -charitable World, “he has erected /batteries 'in 'Charleston harbor that would sink all the wooden fleets in-the world, did they come under fire, and he has succeeded, moreover, in driving back in disgrace the most impenetrable iron-clad fleet afloat.’’ .We might. suggest to the World the propriety of saying a word or two in reference to Dupont, Turner, Worden, Rhind, and the other gallant men who have shed immortal honor upon our navy by their braver and prowess. Words like these might encourage the loyal heart; and, as that is the last thing of which the World -would-be guilty, a compliment to Beaure gard is consistent and appropriate. In New York the true and the false De mocracy are being divided. The friends of the Dnion repudiate those who are against it, and as an evidence of the sincerity of this feeling, wc see the New York Leader, a Democratic newspaper of New York; de nounces Mr. Wood for liis recent speech, and rejects all further fellowship; with him. Not long since, the Leader was one of Mr. Wood’s warmest friends—now he is de nounced. His speech is characterized as an attempt on Mr./ Wood’s part to “subvert the regular Democratic platform, and substi tute for it a miserable erection of his own.” He is irreverently spoken of as a “restless and ambitious demagogue,” and is informed that “ his attempts to thrust his nostrums down the throat of the party are impotent and absurd.” LETTER FROM “OCCASIONAL.” Washington, April 14, 1863. The fate of Poland contains a lesson that America should learn. I can, of course, find no-comparison in these countries beyond this, that America is fighting to maintain her nationality, while Poland is fighting to obtain the birthright which an oppressor took aw;ay. The great crime of history holdsTPoland in chains; the great crime of modem civilization caused the South to rebel. The fate of Poland is so far deve loped that we can profit by her unfortunate example. ’ She perished because of dissen sion and rivalry in her own counsels. The leaders failed to realize the sublimity of patriotism which yields everything to the good of the .cause. Instead of consolidating and making effective war upon the; -common enemy, they quar-' relied with one another. Langiewicz had hardly assumed, the reins of power, and made the cause of Poland respectable in the eyes of the world by his energy and valor, before another son of Poland advanced his claims to the illustrious and perilous posi tion. The rest is briefly told. The armies ~ol' Polcvntl Wfivo--cLerty of anyidesctiption, whether againßt perils by sea, or by fire, or other peril of any kind, made by any Insurance.Cooipany, or its agents, or by any other company or person, in which the premium or assessment Bhall not exceed $lO, a stamp duty often cents.” The Commissioner construes the phrase "premium or assessment,” here used, to inolude all payments for insurance, whether in money, or in premium, or deposit note. The D’Utassy Court Martial. The eourt martial in the case of . Col. JTTJtasby convened today’. Thc'chargesw.ere tvreßty-onc in number, but some of them wore v abandoned. They mostly refer to alleged fraudulent , acts on his part against the Government and his subordinates. He pleads innocence of all intended fraud, but ac knowledges, it is said, the acts .specified in some of: the charges. Governor Curtin Declines Uenomination*. [Special Despatch to Tl’ie Tress.] . HAunisnuna, April 14.—Governor Curtin, it is stated on high authority, wßi decline a reimnunv tion. He lias accepted a high foreign position from the National' Government. Until the expiration of his term, however, he will ooatinue to sxerolße th.i important dutiea oj State Executive*. j V. THE PRESS.—PHILADELPHIA. WEDNESDAY. APEH, 15. 1863, department op north Carolina. Bombnrdxncnt of tlic Rebel Batteries on the Pamlico Washington— The Reinforcements Compelled to Return to Newbern—Genera) Foster's Dilemma— Another Moyfnuiit to Aid him—lVew Po sition of the Enemy—A Battle Expected. From the Herald correspondence, dated April 6, Pfimlico river, twelve miles below Washington, we learn that, in consequence of the irresistible Btorm of Friday, the waters were unnavigable, and the gunboat fleet remained in statu quo till half past two P. M., when three additional gunboats arrived from Plymouth, and soon after, headed by the Southfield Cajit. Behm, with the gunboats Lockwood, Ceres! and Granite, look position fronting the lower bat tery. • Our naval forces below the batteries at this time were: a Steam gunboat Southfield, six guns, Capt. Behm Steam gunboat Lockwood, three guns.«CaDt Graves. K Steam gunboat Ceres, three guns, Capt. McDermot. Steam gunboat Seymour, three guns, Capt. - Steam gunboat Whitehead, three guns. Cant’ French. - ’ y Steam gunboat Allison, three guns, Cant. Field Schooner A. M. Edwards, three gun's. Cant Hempson. ■ 1 Sloop Granite, one gun, Capt. Boomer. The Allison was used as the headquarters of G en Spinola, and did not enter the contest. A HOT BOMBARDMENT. The fleet commenced firing upon the fort at three o’clock, and; until five P. M.ykeptup an incessant and terrible bombardment. Our vessels were within half a mile of the battery during the entire action and our shots struck the embankment at nearly every discharge. The great 100-pounder shells from the Southfield could be distinctly, seen to burst within the rebel entrenchments, or immediately be hind them in the rebel camps, where the destruction must have been fearful. But the rebels maintained a perfect silence until our fleet Btopped firing, -when they wheeled two Bmall guns into position and blazed away at us. Their first shot struck the water about fifty yards inside the Southfield, and ricocheted clearly over the vessel and sunk in the river fifty yards this side. The firing from' the gunboats was mo3t admirable; but the singular and baffling position of the ivories deprived it of effect. This is all worthy of note on Friday. ' r, . RUNNING THE BATTERIES. On Friday night, just after dark, Captain Mc- Dermot, of the Ceres, volunteered to run the bat teries to carry a load of ammunition to thVgunboats and garrison at Washington. As the rebels had re moved the buoys and stakes which marked the chan nel the captain had to feel his way, and as he pro ceeded he took the precaution to re-stake out the: channel, so that any boats which might follow would have no trouble. He reached the blockade about daylight, having been under a,continual’ fire from the guns of the battery all night. .’The next morning, at six o’clock, he passed the .obstructions, and proceeded on to Washington successfully. ' a . Running the batteries with despatches’ has become a sort of epidemic daring and chivalric fashion among theyoungand ambitious staff officers of Fos ter, Prince, and Spinola. Captain Gouraud and Lieutenant Cole were the pioneerß-in this species of: daring ; then on Friday night Lieutenant Wii isms, of General Spinola’s Btaff, “ tried his’ luck, and won,” and on Saturday night Dr. Rice, of Brooklyn, brigade surgeon of Spinola’s Legion, ran up and back insalety. Lieutenant Williams was under a continual fire of musketry all the way from Hill’s Point to Rodman’s farm, a distance; of over three miles; Dr. Rice, being delayed until daylight in re turning, not only encountered the enemy’s musketry, but Was fired upon some dozen or fifteen times from the Hill’s Point battery. The daring of these feats may be appreciated when I state that a large portion of the way the boats have to go within four hun dred yards of the shore occupied by the rebels. , On Saturday an attempt was made by the foroes. at Washington to capture the battery at Rodman’s Point. The gunboat Ceres took on board a landing force of two hundred infantry, under General Pot ter, chief of General Foster’s staff, and star-tod at eleven o’clock; but, getting aground a short dis tance from the battery, was unable to put the infan try aßhore. The rebels, seeing the condition of affairs, opened up the battery- upon the gunboat, and a smart fight ensued, in which the gunboat lost five men killed and wounded, and the rebels had two guns placed hors dc combat. ANOTHER CANNONADE —AN IRONIC “GOOD NIGHT,” 'SuHEAT, April 6.—This Morning the large gun boat Hunchback, Captain McCann, arrived, and it was hoped that with her six heavy guns, and the assistance of the rest of the fleet, Bhe would be able to dislodge the enemy from the Hill’s Point. Battery; but after a severe cannonade of two hours, during which time the rebels maintained an ominous silence, we found them still in possession, and when we had finished: shelling. them, they wheeled -their big Whitworth around towards us, and from its ugly mouth whispered us “good night.” . REINFORCEMENTS—FOSTER’S PERIL. The transport Northerner arrived here this morning fromNewbern, with a reinforcement of troops, and it really seems as if we had enough men now to land and take the accursed battery by storm. It is certain, however, that, if those batteries are not silenced, and the enemy dislodged soon, we can get no supplies or reinforcements to Washington, and if we do not send those necessaries to General Foster, it is. equally certain that bur tenure of the place will be painfully abbreviated. General Foster has done all, in holding so many places upon the coast with his small force. . MoifDAT, April 6.—C01. Chapman goes this morn ing to Roanoke Island and Fortress Monroe with important despatches from Gen. Foster to Gen. Dix. We are all moving down the river, and Col.- Chap man has orders to report at headquarters at Ne wbern on his return. Everybody is surmising that some thing is in the wind. IS THE CANAL CAPTURED. Newbern, April 7.—No boats or communication of any kind had got through from Norfolk since the Tuesday previous, and the supposition at Roanoke was that the canal had fallen into the hands of the rebels. OUR TROOPS RETURNED—AGAIN ON THE MARCH—THE ENEMY STRONG AT S WIFT CREEK—A BATTLE PROBABLE. • Our forces have all rcached here to-day, of those, at least, which left here lastweektoreinforceWash ington, and to-night all are again upon the march overland towards the same place. -The enemy are posted at Swift creek, seventeen miles from Here) in strong force, and wc shall probably fight there to ~r®a<*erow* ■ v : . •-' .. -y;./. .. Rebel Account of the Defeat of Gen. Pc gram—Ad of llic Union Forces in Kentucky—Movement* About Vicksburg —Execution of Capt. Webster, U. S. V., at Richmond—Reported Death of Col. Mont gomery— Affairs at Port Hudson, OCCUPATION OF LEBANON AND CAR THAGE, KY., BY UNION TROOPS. Chattanooga, April 7.— The enemy occupy Le banon with adivisidn under Gen. Reynolds. They: are also in force at Carthage. ATTACK ON THE STEAMER BEN DEFORD IN ST. JOHN’S RIYER, FLA. • Savannah, April 9.—A letter to the Momiiig News, from Pilatka, Fla., says: “On the 27th ult., the Yankee gunboat Ben Deford was attacked in’ St. John’s river by Dickinson’s cavalrv battalion, driven off, and many Yankees killed‘andwounded.'''Among the killed is the notorious Kansas villain, Montgo-- meryJ? EXECUTION- OF CAPTAIN A. G.-WEBSTER, Captain A. G. Webster, of the Federal army, wag hanged on Friday last at Richmond, He had been ‘captured by. the enemy, and released upon parole, but was captured again, as alleged, while in the t violation of his word of honor, and was sen tenced to death by courtmartial. The unfortunate man methia fate with'fortitude, himself giying-the signal for the fatal trap to be sprung. '. . .. ..• The Richmond Dispatch of the 10th.inst. admits.a bad . defeat of General Pegram in Kentucky, says the rebel loss was ‘‘heavy,” and after a'“severe hand-to-hand fight of several hours the Confederates gave up the' unequal contest and fell' back, the ene my not pursuing.” The Dispatch also says General Rosecrans has Bent five regiments of infantry to Kentucky, and has ordered all the cavalry from that State to his . army, at Murfreesboro, and : is moving his troops on his left, (our right), doubtless to prevent any;move ment upon our part in that State. By way ofCucn berland Gap we have a report that Colonel Clark’s cavalry has possession of Mount Sterling/,where he had captured some five'hundrcd prisoners,' and that Humphrey Marshall had joineu. him atithat; point. - _ . . v It iß'said that Burnside; at the solicitation of Guthrie,|has been started with thirty thouaand'Fede-' ral infantry and ten thousand cavalry for Lexington, Kentucky, •/•."/. % The Danville cars brought into Richmond on the 9th three hundred and forty-two Union prisoners of war, captured by General Forrest at Brentwood, Tenn. ‘ Among.them, were twenty-three commission ed officers. All of them are to be exchanged at an early day.' . f. THE SIEGE OF VICKSBURG. ; ' Vicksburg, April S,,lB63.—Everything is’quiet here. Two mofe transports left this'afternoon bound up the river. A number of transports still in sight. Rodney, Miss., April ,9,lB63.—Reliable informa tion from St. Josephs, La., states that Harrison’s pickets have been skirmishing with the enemy. Three flats .loaded with Yankees came downl the Tensas yesterday. Harrison’s a negro bearing despatches from the lower to the upper fleet. The contents of the communication have-not beehmade public. The negrowas hung to-day. The enemy have been reinforced witir three regiments: Jackson,' Mibb., April 8, 1863.—A special deßpiatch to the Appeal from Memphis yesterday/says that'the - Mississippi river is rising. There are moretempty boats from Memphis. The Vicksburg Is to be'cotton clad, so as to;land troops at Yicksbufg.\The ! boats have returned from Bayou- badly dathaErecl. The navigation of the bayou was'found to be'more difficult .than the. Yazoo. . Humphrey Marshall; at ■Winchester, with heavy. 1 infantry, encountered General Quimby’s forces, who ignominiously fled, leaving everything in theretreat. ?- •>. ' AFFAIRS AT PORT HUDSON. Port Hudson, April 9,1863.— A1l quiet enemy’s fleets above and below have disappeared. ;• The former are above Bayou Sara. A party&frfex-’ changed and paroled prisoners from v NetwpDr-' leans arrived here yesterday. The troops jffie in, excellent spirits and vigilantly watching the xqfrkeg vesßels. Some excitement was caused last nigSt by a log of fire floating down the river. A skifitwith negroes attempting to pass the batteries, wAYoap tured this morning, - : " CONFISCATION OF THE TELEGRAPH 'PKO PERTY OF NORTHERN CITIZENS* 1 Jefferson Davie, in a report to the rebel Congrees on the history and condition of the telegraph -lines in the South, urgeß that the interests of the North-? 'em persons in them—Amos Xendall and; amounting to three hundred and thou sand seven-hundred and fifty dollars, be sequestered. The report alleges thafc the managers*)!-. the several companies are trying to hide the fact that Yankees have such interests in. them. The report further proposes to seize all the Southern telegraph lines, and turn them over to the rebel post-office depart ment, the Government indemnifying rebel owners' for their losses by the act., % , _ EXPEDITION UNDER GOD. MONTGOMERY SURPRISED. • On the 29th ult., a Yankee, gunboat, .with a negro battery on board, went up the St. John’s river, Fla’.,’ to take possession of the town of Pilatka. Captain Dickinson, with 110 Confederate cavalrymen, dis mounted, was sent to hold the place. . The Lake City Columbian says Capt. Dickinson, upon reaching the ground, hurriedly prepared rifle pits within one hundred yardeof the wharf, so loca ted as to conceal his men, and yet. so arranged as to enable him to enfilade the. wharf from two direc tions. The gunboat, on making her appearance, moved up very cautiously. After- throwing shells in several directions and no person appearing, shecame to the wharf, made fast, and about one hundred men the' shore with;, great- glee. Captain Dickinson, watching the ' foe, as: soon as the ebohy crowd, with their' lieutenant colonel- had gained the wharf, gave the order, and onehundred and ten rifles threw their- death-dealing contents into the mass. Then' followed the screaming v of the darkies, and ;a rußh to the deck of the gunboat. •Dead bodies' and wounded wero hastily thrown upon-the deck, and the boat pushed off, and left without filing a gun. . Thirty or forty were kilied and wounded. Cajko, Aprillk—The rebels in the vicinity of Fort Donelson havM been gathering in all thahorsca fit for cavalry service. In order to prevent this? Gen. Rosecrans has ordered that , all the houses in the neighborhood shall be taken by the. Federal forces. While engaged in this duty, seventy men, on Friday last, met about the same number of rebels. : A>' Bkir- * mish ensued, in whioh twenty ohe of the latter were taken prisoners,. including Major RlaatUn and two T . captains. .* . THE FLEET. INDIVIDUAL DARING. GEN. POTTER’S ATTEMPT. A MYSTERIOUS MOVEMENT. STATES IN REBELLION. QF 3?H£ union ARMy. THE DEFEAT OF GEN..FEGRAUL -The War ik Tennessee* Gen. Burn side’s UeSeut Order Respecting Traitors. Indianapolis, Ind., April 14.— Gen. Burnside® order, relative to sending domestic traitors beyond the Federal line®, and for the protection of Union men, is well received in Indianapolis, as it confirms the previous action of General Carrington. "Pinion men, who were driven State, because they were accuaed ? 6frcportiifg the Knights oi the Golden Circle to tho commander of the district, were sent back to-.dAy, with : structed to rely on the civil authorities for theirde- ‘ fence; but with orders that if they were not pro tected, the offenders shall be dealt with under milK : - tary law. " - EUROPE. The Steamer City of New York Arrived, wllH Pales to Ike 3d inataut-*Prince Wil liam, of Denmark, Proclaimed King of Greece—European Speculations on Ameri can Affairs. &>c. New Fork, April 14.—The steamship City of New Tort, from Liverpool on the Ist instant, via Queenstown the 2d, arrived at this port this morning. The steamer Kangaroo arrived at Liverpool on the3lst ult.and the City of Baltimore oh the Ist. The Greek National Assembly had unanimously pro claimed Prince William, of Denmark, King of Greece. The-Polish insurrection shows no change. The in surgents continue active. Five newspapers published at Pesth, Hungary, have been .suppressed for publishing a speech of M. Dear containing ah attack on tho existing Constitution. The robei loan has declined to X discount to # pre mium. The Cunard Company announce a fortnightly inde pendent screw line to New York, commencing on the 16ih. The Great Ship Company has entered a protest with the Postmaster General against the renewal of the Gal way Subsidy. ' . 'JheLonoon Morning Post regards the position of ar /Oirs-as hopeful for the rebels at home and abroad, and -expresses the b* pe that before a year their struggle for independence will be crowned with success. It is positively denied that the rebels contemplate auy further loan in Europe. r Jhe' Z'fmeysays, ‘‘lf Europe was suffering from a de ficient harvest, and thekederftl Government would hy- Eoth< catewheit, they might obtaiD a loan on such terms; ut there islitfle disposition,to make political loans for purely belligerent purposes to cither of the American disputants, or to depait from the cold neutrality com plained of." ‘ The Times publishes an account of the seizure of the Peterhoff, and presumes that she must be given up by the prize court at Key, West. PaTliamentwas not in session. Lotd Palmerston was heinglionizcd at Glasgow, where he was installed as Lord Rector of the University. His speeches were politically unimportant. He addi*essed the workingmen at Glasgow, and-said-the Government would continue the policy of non-interference in Ame rica. He deeply deplored the war, but believed that in tervention would have an effect the very-reverse of what was intended./, The TiniCS says the latest American advices make it evident that the choice the South is be tween victory and extermination, and for the North be tween peace and ruin. M. Magne resigned his seat in the French Cabinet,, owing to difficulties with M Fould. The Bmperor made him a member of the'Privy Council. THE LATEST. Itis reported that the Polish insurgents were disband ing their forces, and giving up the contest.' The ship Runnymede, from Pernambuco, arrived at Greenock, brought the crews of the United States vessels Star of Peace and Aldebaran, burnt by the'Florida. The newly-elected IviDg of Greece is Priuce William George, brother of the Princess of Wales, and second son of Prince Christian His title will be George the First, King of the Greeks. \ Lokpox, April 2.—Confederate loan discount to par. It is Reported that, an expedition against Venice was preparing on fcwiss territory. ' _ The funds yesierday were quiet, considerably less der mand.for discount, and.in the open market easy at % below the bank rate. , _ The Times regards the capture of the Peterhoff as a deliberate attempt to extend and magnify the powers of the blockade. It has no doubt that Admiral Wilkes had precise instructions to take her, and says ‘ ‘ she may be released after more or less detention, and compensation paid on demand. It can bardly'be denied that such pro ceedings call for the serious attention of the country. ” Commercial Intelligence. Loxdon, April 2.—Sugar firm, with a fair business. Coffee firm. Tea quiet. Rice firm. For Salpetre the business is small. A fair business in Tallow at previous rates..... Liverpool, April I.—The sales of Cotton for three days amount to 21,000 bales, including 7,500 bales to specula tors and for export. The market is firmer and prices have an upward tendency; but there is no important change noted in the quotatior s. STATE OF TRADE.—The advices from Manchester are favorable, prices having* advanced f ß@ld. -arefirm hut steady. Provisions contuiue dull. London, April I.—Consols Jtre quoted at LIVERPOOL BREADSTUFFS MARKET.—Messrs. & SpOhce, Wakefield &Co., and other au tlicritics report Flour steady. Wheat firmer at 8s 9d@9s fid for red western, 9s 7d@9s 8d for = red Southern, 10s@ 10s 2d for white Western, and 10@lls for.white South ern. Corn firm at 2Ss 6d for mixed. * LIVERPOOL PROVISION MARKET.—The circulars report Beef dull. Pork (lull. -Bacon heavy. Batter nominal. Lard dull and 6d@ls lower. Tallow flat. Produce—Ashes are quiet but steady. Sugar fiat. Cof fee firm; Rice steady. Linseed OIL steady. Spirits of turpentine quiet. Rosin- nominal. Petroleum quiet at ls4d@ls sd. . LONDON dull and declining. Flour fiat. Sugar steady. Coffee firm. Tea quiet. Rice steady. Tallow firm. ' AMERICAN STOCKS.— Illinois Central Railroad is quoted at cent, discount. Erie Railroad 44@45. THE LATEST VIA QUEENSTOWN.; Liverpool, April 2. —The steamer Anglo-Saxon arv rived from Portland to*day. The Manchester markets continue buoyant, and the prices are still advancing. Breadstuff's active but steady. Provisions very dull. London, April 2. —Consols closed at 92X(552%. Ameri can Stocks—Erie Railroad, 44@>i5%s Illinois Central Railroad, per cent; discount. The Produce markets are generally quiet and un changed.. \ • Central and South. America# New York, April 14.—The steamer Ocean Queen, from Aspinwall, arrived to-day with $217,000 in treasure.. She was convoyed a portion of the way by the United. States gunboat Connecticut. ;i ” Advices per the Ocean Queen state that the trou ■hles'between Mosquera and Vieta in the State of Bolivar have been settled and the Republic is quiet. A project was/before the Convention, to make Panama the capital of the General Government in stead of Bogota, but it will probably fail. Advices from Central America say that Carrera wastryingrio get up another Guatemalan army to invade Salvador. . • The British minister at Central America, and the United States minister at Honduras, were trying to bring about an amicable settlement. It was feared that the President ot San Salvador will send an army of invasion to Nicaragua to aßßist Jerez in deposing: Martinez. - • Gen. San Raman, the President of Peru, was dan gerously ill, //} .../, / ' ‘f'' ‘ From San Francisco. ■ San-Francisco;' April 33.—’ The steamer Golden Age sailed to-day, with 125 oassengers, and 8595,000 in trea sure for England, and $195,000 for New York. •'1 San Francisco, April 14.—The ship Messenger sailed tt-day for New Sork.- . - The Legislature of this State has passed a law autho rizing the; California volunteers serving in Utah and New Mexico to vote for State officers at the general elec tion. A large mass meeting was held last eveniiig to wel come home ex-Conrressman Phelps. . . The Union Committee have called a convention, to as semble at Sacramento on the 7th of June, to nominate candidates for Supreme Court, judges, three members of Congress, and State, officers; who, according to the amended Constitution, will hereafter hold office for four years, .except the judges, whose term does not expire until ten years have elapsed. r The Union Democratic party is also taking steps to call a convention to nominate a State ticket. Tlie Woodlands Cemetery Sill# Harrisburg, April 14.—The bill repealing the act ap proved February 13th, permitting the managers of the Woodland Cemetery Company to sell a portion of the ground for building purposes, :has passed the House a id Senate unanimously, and received the approval'of the Governor this morning. 'jTJie Seal Fisheries, • Bt. Joltn’s, it. vf\, April 14.—The first sealer arrived here-yesterday, with 3,500 head. The vessel's engaged ui this service were all frozen up till last March, since which time a large fleet, iu.coinpany,' haVe been taken seal, and the general impression was" that-the catch would be an average one. Flection at Trenton# - Trenton, N. J i April 14. —F. S. Mills, Democrat, was elected mayor of.this city yesterday, by 378 majority. Tie whole Democratic city ticket is elected by an ave rage majority of nearly 400. The Democrats carry five out or the six wards, and elect all the ward, officers'. A Wrestling Match at New York# New York, April 14.—A wrestling match took place to-night between H. Hill and Mr. Ainsworth for $l,OOO, Which was won by the former. Wool Sale at Boston. Boston, April 14.—A large wool sale was held here to-- . day, which was numerously attended, and good prices jwere obtained. The amount of the sale was over half a million of dollars. Markets liy Telegraph. Baltimore, April 14. —Wheat and Corn are quiet at the previous prices. Flour is more active; sales af L 000 bhls of Ohio, extra at $7.62: Howard-street superfine $7. Whisky is quoted at 46@48>£c, closing firm. • PENNSILVABIIA LEGISLATURE, Harrisburg, Monday Evening, April 13,1863. SENATE. •; The Senate met at 7K o’clock. Messrs* CONNELL and SERRILL moved to reconsider the vote on the final passage of the bill to authorize the grading and paving of Woodland street, which motion was indefinitely postponed. . Tlie Tonnage Tax* The Senate proceeded to the consideration of the bill from the House,' to tax tonnage on transportation lines, an d tlie gross receipts of certain corporations. Mr. MOTT moved to strike out all after the enacting clause, and to insert a section repealing the commuta tion act of 3861. TheAPEAKER decided the amendment out of order, as inconsistent with the original section, and because it proposes to change a public bill to a private one. Messrs. MOTT and OLYMER appealed from-the decL sionoftho Speaker., which was argued at length, and .the decision of the Speaker sustained—yeas 25, nays 6. Mr -PENNEY moved to amend the first section by striking out tjieamehdment inserted by the Senate Com •mittee, “except such tonage as'may be legally exempt under the Constitution or laws of the State of Pennsylvar nia, or of the. United States;” also the words, requiring the companies to I*collect” 1 *collect” the tax from tonuage, im posingthe tax directly upon the companies in proportion to the tonnage transported by them. The amendment was adopted—weaß 21, nays 12. • Mr. CLYMER proposed a substitute for the first section, imposing a graduated tax upon the gross receipts of rail- companies, which was agreed to--Teas 27, nays 5., The remaining ■ -amended inconformity ; tu?tllasubstitp.te, and the bill 'was ordered, to be tran - Aorifeeld. .AdipUrned. ■* • ' ' ' TußSDA^MonxiKGi'iApril-sl^*-^ r. The Senate was called to order at lO the" preftebted the of the lofc-’holders ' of the Woodland Cemeteiy, askifikthe repeal of the act authorizing the sale of* a portion of the grounds, which wasreaffi , ' ' " 1 BillsCousidered. :The supplement to the East Pennsylvania Railroad Company, came up in order on third-reading, and passed finally—yeas 17, nays 13. - - The supplement to the Lohigh and Del aware Water Cap Railroad Company, came up .in passed finally. .. : :The bill from the House? repealing- the act relative to the "Woodland Cemetery; passed finally. The'hill to tax tonriageon tvansportdtion lines, and the gross receipts of certain corporations, came up on third, reading. 5 —. . Mr McCANDLESS moved to go, into. Committee of the "Whole for genera?amenilmen tp, which was agreed - to— yeas 17, nays 12- ; ' : . - . : Mr. LOWRY.moved to restore the bill as it came from the-House* striking "out all' the Senate amendments, which motion the chairman of the committee (Mr. Serrill) declared out of order. , . . .. . Mr. TUBRELL offered an amendment imposing a tax upon tonnage in proportion to the distance carried, which was adopted. On motion of Mr. PENNEY, the hill was preferred to a committee of three for-revision, with instructions to re port ibis afternoon. ‘ . Thebill relating to the estate of Rachel Parker passed finally.' • . ..The bill to prevent the destruction of property by mobs, was. negatived—yeas 12, nays 18 Thebill imposing a tax upon those who conscientiously scrnple to bear arms, was considered until the hoar of adjournment. .Adjourned until afternoon. Al’l-HKNOOX SESSION. The Senate met at 3 o’clock. On motion of Mr. "WHITE, the amendments of the- Rouse to the bill providing for the-adjudication and pay ment of certaiirmilitary claims,, were concurred in with a singio exception: "■« . -.: v ' • -Mr. BIcSHERRY called upthG-biU relative tcvfhe pub-, licstion of legal notices in. the county of franklin. Passed -•finally. 1 V> *J~ * - -- Mr. ’> NICHOLS called .up* the bill, to incorporate .the . American Association for the Promotion of Social Science-. Passed finally. * ' ' - - -fv • ‘ . Mr. RII)G WAY called npstha bill’to extend thechar-. ter of the Bank of Nortiuwrn liberties; which passed " finally—yeas 16, hs-ys 8. The-bill to extend the charter of the. Exchange Rank /of Pittsburg passed finally. / Mr. RIDG\VAY’mov?d that the' Senate inKLtd.upen its non*concurred in hylhe Souse? too thebill t;pioviding-,for the-grading , and- paving VKbodland ln the Twenty-fourthward. Not agreedicr-yea3 --12, naysl&' : The-Seaato, therefore, rcce&di. : Mr. SEKRIIiL called-up tho bill to incorporate the ■Caopefgto'wn Turnpike Company. Pass^dcflAHdly, Adj^urnedr r - ’ ■ : r. BVRNIXa BKSSIOX.' - : i»eonmrating the capital stock, of the Allen- Rauk was .... - - The-followingbillKlworepassodj • - • AVcpj>l€M»ent r ta.the Manayunk and Roxborough Wa ter Company. l ' »»-i- » • -•J -Aii act anthori/.lng two;additional ln tha' ?I ]Twentl'olh ward: * *?’ v - c* A'bill requiring canal cahlsUn&i tq make annual .re- Tntts. . ... A deba Lee ensued in regard to the act taxing rail roads. The Senate debated the tonnage tax bill, and at two minutes past ten a final Vote wan about to be taken. Messrs. RIDGWAY and BoNoV An called the order of the day, and the Speaker adjourned the donate. Tims the will was finally defeated and lost. Mokpat EvbniKu —After 10 o'clock, An act for the proiection of travellers, providing-that. s no tickets on railroads, steamboats, or other lines'of travel, except by authorized agents of the- company ;■ and that parts of tickets untravelled may be sold! to best ad vantage, or must be redeemed at the office of the coiw ,.pftny,.and that for selling without authority,- or trans ,-fernug tickets or passes, a fine of five hundred dollars' .ambone-year's imprisonraf-n-t are imposed. ThisbiJl was defeated,-and subsequently reconsidered •vand,passed finally. ‘-’rW» act to: extend tbe charter of the Western-Pennsyl vania Coal Company, and increase the capital stock, rassedhmilly. . \ TuK3DAYM©EWIK(h April lit , House mpt ai-.9>£ A M-., . * 'M*' BENEDICT moved that the report of the minority or the committee appointed to investigate into alleged at , corruption in the- e’ection for'United States Senator be printed with the majority report. Mr. CRAMffWEYS contended that it was nothing but an act or j ustice that this report should be printed with the majority. - S! >]d tliat he wanted- that report to appear with the ms.ioiutj- report, thafrthe people might compare the two with the testimony in eaca. The arguments of M , i e . J n ? ln ?£ ,ty w , ere unfounded by any evidence or facts cited by themselvos. By the argument-of the minority, every Republican member who-voted for Simon Cameron was guilty of complicity with this attempt-at fraud. Mr. \ Ih CERT said that he did nob believe one single Republican in this House knew of any attempt at fraud by General Cameron. Mr. KAINE. I would line - to* ask the- gentleman a question. - : : Mr. VINCENT. Yes. sir.'. Mr. KaJNE. w,li t I want to ask him if everU Revub ■ lican did not know the fact that GenerabCameron could noi be elected except by bribery? Mr. VINCENT. I had then, and I have'yet, a better opinion of General Cameron than to suppose, for a mo ment, that he would rcsorfto any of obtain ing votes; and I think gentlemen on this side of the Bouse think the-same way. Finally, it resolved to print nine- thousand copies. Mr. HUPKIRS, of Washington, offered the following resolution :• . . • Resolvd, Th at the Governor be instructed to direct the Attorney General to institute criminal proceedings against Simon Cameron, John J. Patterson, William Brobst, and Henry Thomas. Mr.-BENEDICT moved to amend by striking out the names of Gen. Cameron and the others in the resolution and insert the name of T. Jefferson Boyer. Disagreed to'by a Btrifet party vote. “ The vote was then taken on? thB resolution of Mr. Hopkinß, when Mr. Laporte (Rep.) voted aye, and desired to-Piter-his reasons for so doing on the journal, which were as follows: •‘ As Simon Camerou has, as Xam informed, constant ly asserted since his dtfeat. that but for his failure to ob tain my vote he would liavebcen elected; and as that as sertion can only be true, in my opinion,upon tlie ground thathehad purchased a Democratic vote—l vote a.ye.” The original resolution of Mr. Hopkins, of Washing ton, then passed—yens 49, nays-dl. The resolution then being on final passage, Mr. CHAMPNEYS rose to proaouncetheactasthemost infbroous violation of the Constitution of which he had ever heard, when ' Mr. TRIMMER called the previous question, and Mr. Champney 8 was ordered to take his seat. Passed finally. . . Numerous reports-from committees of conference on local and unimportant bills were made and concurred in.- . ... An act relative to the olaim of James Digham. passed finally. . ' An act to vacate a portion of Jones street, in the Nintli ; wai*d, city of Philadelphia. Mr. COLEMAN moved to add, “ And that the assent of all the property lioldors on the portion proposed to be va cated tliall fi st be obtained ” Ho bad received a letter from a property holder on that Street, who informed him that thePhilade-phia and Brie Railioid Company was said to own the property on that street, and that that company desired, to build a depot on its site; whereas the company did not own all the property. The amendment of Mr. Coleman was agreed to, and the bill, as amended, passed finally, An act to repeal an act to incorporate the North West ern Navigation Company passed finally. A supplement to the act to provide for the adjiidication and payment of military claims passed finally. An act for the -payment of the troops of the Ist Reserve Brigade, for services iii Schuylkill county. Mr. VOLF, of Schuylkill, opposed the bill, because he said these troops, had. come up there to suppress a not, ’ when there was noue to suppress; they had come there on a grand spree; they drank and caroused, and finally loft without paying their bills. If these troops wove to be paid, he wanted a provision inserted by which the people, on whom those soldiers lay, for the time being, should be compensated. Mr. TRIMMER said be Wrs unwilling to pay troops of one county.for marching to another to coerce freemen into obedience to the mandates of their employers. Mr. JOHNSON thought the reasoning of the gentleman was the reverse of truelogic.Thosesoldierswere order ed to Schuylkill conntyby the Governor, and they went, for it is the duty of,the American soldier to obej r . Even supposing there was n"Wm. R-. Goodwin, one-of the directors; > he became a-director- atfhe. time of .of .ihe continued 1 until-I860; 'He .stated Aneet in grof v r thiStfhe;bn§liLesss,C ; tha ; coinpatiyiWSS- leftatynbst'; presideaf&nditreasurer: ' debtea to the same. That the money from the company, was; loaned to him by the president without any consultation, with the directors. • That the _ company dabbled largely in stocks. Thomas T. Lea, a-director, testified- that he. attended, no meeting of. the Board-after July, 1869, yet his name ' appeared as otse -of the directors up to the time of the •failure of the company.' At- the first meeting of-tlle. ’ Board that he attended: hp expressed his - dixseuHo the high rate of .interest'ths company was paiyia-g to. deposi tors, which made.thein make loans of. a risky character to.make up tlie 'rite 'oMnterest and-pay esrpease'*.- He . testified, further, that the management of rha affairs of the company were left to Mr. Crawford and Mr. Hun ter; they received deposits and made loans, and the statements made by tlmm were taken to:he true without any further examination by the Board. ..Mr. D. W. Boileau testified as to the liabilities' of the company being $159,210, or thereabouts. Seine of tho directors were allowed to have-money out of the institution upon their own note, without giving any security whatever for the return of the- same; the result of which is that they are indebted to the.company to this day ffrr the same. The sole control and 1 manage ment of this concern was almost entirely left to the presi dent anil treasurer.' Babbling in stocks with the money . deposited by honest and, in many cases, poor depositors, appeared to be the mania with the executive ofheers, regardless of the consequences to those most deeply in - tosrested. Notwithstanding the attorney expressed liis doubts of their as early as 18Rt yet we find them continuing to-receive* money ou deposit ana on Mfe insurance policies wp until within a day or two of the assignment - in' November, 91862. Judg- : : meats bad been ..obtained*"against the company in June , and September, 38 to-the amount oF $12,2Ji.65; in . the District Court of-tlie ciiy and county of Philadelohia. ; and in the Court of Com-mcm Pleas an® SttjMreine Court i $4,00' more. Taking this: fact: into con«'d'Bration, your committee cannot hut think that the directors, having given :tlie affairs, of thSs company :no attention before,- ; should have got their-eyes open as to- tohe true condition-: ofthesame, nod insisted upon winding up theconcern in ’ or;der that some little - of the assets might goto the credi tors. Hundreds.of hosjest, and, in.raiaiy .cases, poor de . positors, haveheeniolteated.ont ofthei? litilo allbythe ‘ stock-jobbing, oh by these ofiiceps. Hundreds of -t nersons who have been dcpositingimonthly and yearly their little savings* that they mighttsecurea competoncy for their wives ami little ones when tohev are dead ana gone, fovndj, when too has all heen squan : £. Pennsylvania Railroad mortgages were strong; the second rising 1 cent. Reading sixes, 1890, selling at 110%; 1886 s at 104%. Lehigh "Valley sixes at 111. . Camden and Amboy sixes, 1870, at 100. City sixes, new*, at 110. Hazleton Coal loan at 119. Susquehanna Canal sixes at 45% Chesapeake and Delaware sixes 97%. Elmira Rail Toad chattel lens at 75. Philadelphia and Erie shares were in demand and rose from 42% to 44. Catawissa sold at 7%; the preferred clos&d at 23%. Reading was steady at 44%@%. Minehill at 56. Penhsylvania-at 67. North Pennsylvania at 11%, Long Island rose %, selling at 35; 37% was bid for El mira. 45& for Little Schuylkill. Passenger railways were dull; Spruce and Psne*sold at 16; 42 was bid for Tenth and Eleventh; 28% for Girard College; 2S%.for Arch street; 42 for Green and Coates. SuEquehanna Canal sold at 7%;s6wasbid for Lehigh, 42 was paid for the scrip; was bid for Schuylkill Na vigation, 17 for the preferred; 64 for Morris; 42% for De laware Division; Girard Bank sold at 43%; 148 was bid for North America. VThe market closed steady,'£sl,ooo in bonds and 2,700 shares changing hands. Drcxel fii Co. quoce: United States Bonds, 1581.....'..........,....,.i04%(aiQ5 United States Certificates of Indebtedness... ..100%@102?1 United States 7 3-10 Notes D4/£@105% Quartermasters 5 Vouchers 1%@2%d Orders for Certificates of Indebtedness. l @\%k' ?» ™4®*£VV"-Prf- 2»i;2000 .do ’86..... .101% ITOPWa&EneR 42 H lOO.Oatawß i& ®. d 0... -ii% 100 Westmoreland 13 d® IUO : do. -...b*. 13 50 uC»« >ii{ 43 'lOO Reading R..... 530. 445£ 310 do lots. 43_.. Jj.41Q.21 Penuaos.^.Sctfs.lOOK 95 do. 43* & Bel f 5....... 97 Y, 150 do ..b3O. 44 6000:Cam & Aral) 63170.-109 50 do i. 43* 600 Lehigh 6s--..2dy5.110 15 do— .43% lOOSpmce-sfc R........ 16 d0............... 4S& IGOQ Penna Coup 6s 109 20C0 Penna -E... .2d mt.IOTK 2500 do-. b 5-109 2000 City 6s ueT7.50.130 3000 • do. . 109 70 Leliigli Scrip-...... 42 1000 US 5-yr opt'... .....104 . SO d 0............... 42 5000Susq Uni65.....b3. 45# 200 Susq CnJ» 7% 500 U S 6s’Sl. ch.lOiX lPennaß 6634 BETWEEI 3000 City 65........new.110 100 Lehigh Scrip...hs. 42 50C0 Perna Cp GsinlOQs.lOS , 1000 Elmira Chat 10e •... 75 , - ■ „ SECOND fiNPennaß 1134 .32 do llg 203 Penna R 67 1000 PernaCoupds 10434 lSOPhila* Erieß 443$ 96Lehigh Scrip...... 42 SOO U S 65^£1........rejr.104 COO City 6?........new.709# 6 Reading R 1000. tr S 5-yr opt; .104 8 Minehiil R;.....50. 56 iOARVS.; , AFTER E 6 Girard Bank. .43*1 CLOSING PBK • Sid. Asked. US6scpn *83....104# 104* U S 7.3 D D bli .. >105% 106 American Gold.. 154# 155# Phila6sold 106 .. 14000 Reading- 6s ’43..... .110 [CBS—STEADY. Bid. Asked. NPenna B UK IIH Do 65..90 90)S Do 10s .110 111 Catawissaß..... 7% 7% _Do prfd 23>£ 21>4 Bearer Mead B-- 67 ’ MineM11R....... 66 57 Harrisburgß.... 66K 67 Wilmingtonß... .. .. : Lehigh Nav 65.. . . Do. new...... 110 110# A11ec065R........ , Penna55.........100 100# Readingß....... 44# 44 k Do bds ’3O . .110 ' 110# Do bds ’70..105 105# Do bds ’86.. 104 104# Penn'a8......... 66% 67# .Do - lstm6e.-115 116 Do 2dm6aMo7#ToB^ Little Scnuvl 8.. 45% <6# Morris Canal.... 64 65 Do prfdlOs.l3s 136 •Do 68 ’76 Do ..2dmtg.. .. Susa Canal... Do shares .. 58 57 Do scrip,... 42 423^ Cam&Ambß.... .. 168 Phila & Erie 6s. .IQ4K finnikErieTs...... .. Delaware .. Do bd5......... Spmce-streetß.. 16 16% Arch-streetß.... 28hi 2S& Race-street R ... 10 11 Tenth-street R.. 42 * 43 . Thirteentli-st R. 35X S6K W Phila R.. 60 07 Do bonds... .. Green-street R. . 42 • 42K Do bonds... .. Chestnut-st 56 59 Second-sfereetß..... . . 82 Do bonds .. Fifth-street 8... 60- 61 Do bonds... .. Girard College R 29 Seventeenth-stR 11% 11X Do 6s .. Scimvl Nav «r... 6& .7% Do prfd..... 17 17% Do 6s ’82... . 72 72* Elmira R........ 37% 38% Do . prfd..,.. 6U£ 52& : Do 7b ’73....109 110 Do 10s* .. L Island R.ex dv 34 35 Do bds Phila; Ger&Nor:.; 56~ Lehigh Yalß..,. ... Do bds .» cml-Tveeily Review of the :Philadelphia markets. . . Aphtl 14—Evening. The Breadstuff's market continues dull, and prices re main about the same as last quoted. Flour and Wheat are unchanged. Corn and. Oats are in demand, Cotton is firmer and prices have advanced. • Cuffes is setting in ~ a.small way farß/firsier. - liUaval'Storef are.searce^ndsxfttlier?finiref.'• 6ils* arfr.unr.. changed. i -- ■- 4 t^FLODE:—THerei^yery'littiedemaiid.eitlier'fbre^ort:* 'or home use ; sales comprise a'bout- SjOOd.liblsvinchiding. I,OCO bbls extrafamily at $7.50@7.75bM ?.the sales to thp retailers and bakers are limited, ransingat from 36@6.20i0r superfine; $6.5Q@7 for extras;- for extra family, and 1 $B@S.5O for fancy lots r according to quality. Rye is iu better demand,, with sales of 200 bbls at S 4. TS'Fbbl. Com Meal is rather dill],- with sales of 200 bbls Jersey at bbl. • GRAIN.—The receipts"of Wheat are ; light - , and .the market is 7atber firmer; sates 5 comprise about bus r atJ6s@l6Sc for good to prime' red,. 170c' for' amber, and I7s@iyoc & bus for white. - Rye in in at-llOa bcs. Com is in good deman A, -with sa'es of 30;OOO*bas at 89c for prime yellow, afloat, including 4,000 bus.instore, at sOc $ bus. Gats are iu request;-sales comprise'about • 20 000 bus at 84@S5c: weight. PROVISIONS.—The maitket. is, firmer;: snaa4h sales' of Mess Polk are-making at $T4.50 for old ; and*. $16550(2)16 barrel for new. City-packed Mess Beef is= selling at $l3 @l5, and country at sll.so®l2,'cash. 100 MUs Western Beef sold at 532.50 & bbl. Beef'Hams are in limited de • nisiid. Dressed Hogs are se*rce, and -wort.h*sS©S.so the 100 lbs. Bacon—There is a fair-inquiry foe Hams, with sales of £OO casks at 9(S)10c for- plain, - and iQ>v@i2c for fancy cured n Sides at G>, c, and Shoulders* at 6>£c $ lb. Greeu Moats—Vhere.is a fair demand,.with sales of Hams inphkle at salfat 7js©Sa;,andShotfld ers at sJs@o}» c. Lard—The demand is bett&r> and prices are lower, with sales of 400 tierces and bbifc at 11@1U#£. and kegs at 12>tf@12&c country Lard* at 10® lb- Butter—Roll is selling in- a sural® way at 2>@ 27c. and solid-packed 16@18c lb. Cheese- is quiet at 14©R>e % lb, and Eggs du?.en., . . -METALS.—TIie market for 1 Pig Iron- somiinnes quiet, and small * ales of No. I Anthracite areneaorted at 37, No. 2 at $34@35, and- Ho. 3 at tan. wash and tour •months: Scutch Pig h -hcld‘ats!»@4D IP-to*. Manufac tured Iron is firm and iu demand. • . , LISAD.—2,OOO pigs Galena are-i-esorted.-on private tenus, said to be a decline:' ' , - w s BARK.—Quercitron is in steady de»i&nd, with Rales.s»f 50 b j>ds Ist No. 1 at $3B tbn v aud at $3l. C* SDLES.-There is less d..urgs small msitiriupi at 10c fox • short weight* and 21@-z2c , cash*, air Uw9weight Western. In Spenn and Tallow Candles* 2.ob is more doiae, i!»i« hetog a Infer de 3,SmVfrom tlLe-Bast afe the ilo . la; earas* sales. Are making at. Richmond at $4. **<3>o V ton. • . • -Tbe market commnes very quiet, 5 Sinri bfing very Jiglit; tales of a*.3fl##J2c, 1 an!l-iSSIUriSf lb, casii.anrto.ur in < 0 :OTTON —The market is firmer and .prkeehftve ad vanced. There is-very little coinmg/forwi-rJ* and the «tock here is very light:.sales comprise about 100 bales , iniddlingUplands at lb. ' ~. IEATSERS ai*e bvit little inquired aftwh, and soil onl> in a small way at 4fl@47c for good Wes.trrn. _ - . FISH —The receipt of Mackerel arali«fht, and tliode* limited at the late decline: sales-oFahore Is at sfct; ba? do Ht $12:50@13j No. 2, and 3s at 5 73 fey medium, and $6.7.5®7f0r JavgA, -Pncesof Bar ring, Shad, and Sulmonromain as:Utaiquoted, movpß off slowly at $5. ... . FRUIT —There is more dciing. foreign: aearco of Oransps ami Urn one has hew* disposed of,t par % at about 5.9 7 r fi&3 box,* and pari on private Raisins are and. firm. Do4i;eßtiG lUUein.- ouired after Green Applt* nroT-ather scatwe.aud worth bbl, which is an afc RICE.—The stock is small and ifc. is-held-firmly r with. ■ sales of Rangoon at 73j@B%c: • oALT.—-an arrival of Liverpool, consisting of 900 sacks ; fine, has been disposed of on private terms, and 900 sacks \ have arrived and remain unsold. ' : j SEEDS..—The demand for 'Uover* eed has fallen off. amfi . prices are dull and lower, with sales of 1,009 bus fair ta» prune at55.25@y.75, and from second hauds-at $5 m a small way ats&72@2, and FJaxseedi sn S ; 1-tter fur recleaned. I(l ttr'ner; 600>hhds Cnba-SOld-ah from 011 V mc -? ud 100 Wide New Orleans at cash and 4 months. . Sntn^ I rendered, e a r id P lw@n“flh s &r r BOARDS. 50 L Island R 35 60C0 Pe ana os sSUOO# 75 N Pennaß 11# BOARD. 12000 Hazl Coal Loan... .110 10C0 Reacting 6s ’43 110 I fcOCatawß: 756 j2OOO Lehigh Yal 6s 11l for inferior and prime lots, amf papered Peaches «> for qrs and halves. j. GUANO is in better rt-quesfcr sales of Per&Vfen at cash » and Super Phosphate of Lime ates6Ss@47.so, cash, as m quality. r£rigD arc dull, and domestic sell etbply at coastwise^ 08 " • of Porto C&bellowas: snipped Rfices hardly maintained; ssfeaat 26@2& tor firet-sott Eastern and Western. Ufetlfe IOoT.? 6 aDd sh ' eood Timothy aellim; at m» LUMBER is' steady: sales of vellr»w nmo »t StiQ/?SS>T • aotf white pine at ■ ca ? h. rel staves sold at $32, and red-oak do at *25’S ,vf MOLASSES. —The" demand" is limited, and n’ice3 tin^ settledv sales of Matanzas and Muscovado at 43@46c and some New Orleans at 42%@56c, cash and fonrrmmth* NAVAL STORES.—Th* market itr rather better* sales of common Rosin at sz2@2s, and' No. 2at $26. Prices of Tar and Pitch are nominal. Spirits Turpentine meets a limited inquiry, with'-small sales at s2'9s(3?ss gallon. OILS. —Por Linseecfthe market is unsettled, and prices irregular and lower, ranging from 155 to 16ft$ gallon, cash. The'demaud for Lard Oil is limit<*d at the la-.e de cline; small’ saies of winter at $1@1.057 cash. - The re ceipts of Petroleum from the West continue fair, and the demand is moderate; sales of crude at 18@19c; refined at 28@30c, in bond, and 37@40c,' about 2,000 b-Ws- sold at these rates. PLASTER.—There is very little-here'. Soft is worth $5.50$ ton. rtto-da?” 118 art> the reoeipts » f "“I and (train at thla fS>ur° New York Markets of Yes May. Asms remain quiet at $3@3.25 for Pots and 69 for Pearls. , ' Bueat>stuffs -The market for. State and Western Flour is dull and S@lOe lower. ..The |al eg are 7,500 bbls at 66 45@650 for superfine State; 66. SC@7 for extra State;: 66.1W&6.50 for superfine Michigan, Indiana, lowa, 0hi0,.&c.; 66.80©7.25 for extra irciudins skipping brands of round-hoop Ohio at 67.2C@7.30, and trade brands do at $7.40@8.50. Sonthern Flour is dull and lowers sales of 600 bbls at 67. 2t@7.40 for superfine Baltimore, and- 57.50®0 75 for extra do. • a /?2-J? n Flour.is also dull and easier; sales GOO bbls at 80.»>@7.05f0r common, and S7@S2sfor good to com mon, and 67.15@8.25 for good to choice extra. Kye Flour is quiet at $4@5.25 for the range of fine and superfine. n^ eal , ls^ullan^Ußclian K© d t wequote Jersey at o41o; Brand-ywine-$4.75; puncheons $2250. , Wheat ls dull, lower,_and entirely nominil at .$1.40® 74 for winter red and amber Rye continues quitt at 51.05©1.09. Barley is inaotive at 60. quiet at &H®S6c for Jersey, and 85@S7>£ for Ca- uada. Western,' and State •i.9?ri'Als S i eBs one cent lower; sales 24..0Q0 bua at 9C©92 for sound Western mixed, and 82@S9 for un sound do. Lead.— Pig is cjaiet> with sales of 250 tons-foreign at B>6®B& and 30 tons'at 9. Spelter.— Foreign is dull and nominal atB3£. .. • Tor acco:— Cigar leaf remains dull, and we have only to notice small sales of Kentucky at previous rates Manufactured is very quiet, and prices are nominal for the mof-t part. , , Candles.— Adamantine are inactive and selling at 20@23c. Sperm are doll at 40c, and 50c for plain and, patent. is dull and drooping, with, sales of ©OO bbls at 4£@4B> a c, and a small lot at47c.. Copper.— There has been considerable movement in American ingot, but at lower rates; sales 600.000 lbs lake and Baltimore at 30c, now held higher. Tea.—Greens are quiet and steady, with sales- of 1,209 half chests, ex-Nautilue. at full rates. In blacks thera is nothing of moment doing. - Naval Stores.— The market for Spirits Turpentine is firmer, and the demand is moderate; sales 30 bbls at S 3. Eosim are quiet and firmer at S 3, and upwards for com mon and fine. In Tar there have been: sales of 100 bbls Archangel at 510.50. ' r . Oil Cake.— The market is dull and entirely nominal. We quote city at $43@45, in bags, and $46@48. in bbls. Dtewoods.— Logwoods are quiet, with small sales of St. Domingo at 24c... BOSTON - MARKETS, April 13. —The receipts since yes terday have been 2,724 bbls Floor. 3,200 bushels Corn, and 2,000 Shorts. The market for Flour continues quite dull, and the sales have been limited, although the up ward tendency of gold imparts a little more firm ness. There have been sales of snper Western $6.20@6 75; ociomon extra $6.70@7.25; medium do $7.50@7.75; and good and choice, including favorite St. Louis brands,-at &S. 25@10.25 bbl. Southern Flour is quiet, and prices nominal. Corn is quiet, and the sales have bseQ limited. 'We quote Western mixed at 90@85c for coratnou and good, and Western and Southern bo ats are firm at S2@f.3c for Northern and Canada. Rye sl.o6@l.lofi bn Shorts $33, and Fine Feed and Mid dlings $3-J@3s ton. Provisions—Pork has beeu sell* ing atsl3@l4 for prime; 516@16.75 for mess; and 517.50@ 19 ibr clear, cask 'Beef ranges from $12.50(3>U. bbf for Eastern and Western. Laid steady at ll@LlJ4cin. bbls and tierces, and 12@ —cin begs; and smoked H-tms 9*4@loc lb, cash. Butter is dull, with sales at 24@25c for good and extra, and lS@2oc for common. Cheese ranges from 13@15c Ift,-.as to quality. CI T Y ITE M S. A ©beat Sewing Machine Depot.— We invite attention to the Sewing Machine esta blishment of Messrs. Taggart & Farr, northeast cor ner of Ninth aad Cherry streets, the card of which onr readers will find in another column of The Press this morning. We have examined, in operation, the instruments which they Bell—the “ Sloat” Machine,' with .glass preseer foot, new style hemtner, . braider, and other valuable improvements, and the celebrated “ Taggart & Farr” Machine—and are therefore prepared to recommend them to the largest confidence, and moat extended patronage of our readers. Indeed, their “ Sloat” machinemay be re garded as the model sewing machine extant. The very finest and most difficult sewing, both plain and fancy, is executed upon it with the greatest facility, while at the same time it has no superior for heavy sewing. The recent improvements made in this in strument are really invaluable, and place it among the best Sewing Machines .given - to the public. Fricks Advancing. Tliere was more activity exhibited in the various departments of trade yesterday than there had been for several weeks, and in nearly all kinds of goods;prices are advancing. This is true in everything, excepting W. W .Alter T s ‘ superior -Xiwiiiglx'-djoal, whicifijfijitill sell-. ing at the same reasonable prices, although, the up ward tendency in the prices of other commodities induced a great rush at his yard, yesterday, Ninth street, above Poplar. Now is the time to lay in a stock of coal for the season at this well-known old establishment. gTins is the Season to order your Srms Suit, and O. Somers & 625 Cheßt-_ nut street, under Jayne’s Hall is the; place to; buy them. These gentlemen present advantages to buy ers not equalled by any other house in this city.. - Being large dealers in, and importers of. cloth goods of every description,' they are enabled to sell cheaper in the first place than Olothiers generally, and the artists employed in their cutting department stand at the head of their profession. Their new styles of Spring garments are universally popular tyith gen tlemen of taste,' ' . " . Spanish Olives. — The proprietors of the store .of the late C. H. Mattson, Arch and Tenth, dealers in fine family groceries, have no w in store a fresh invoice of Spanish Olives, by the gallon and bottle; also a fine assortment of French Olives, and French Mustards, to which we invite the attention of our readers. \ New Stiles Spuing Bonnets.— Messrs, Wood & Gary, the. large importers and manufacfcu-’ rers of Bonnets and Millinery Goods, No. 725 Chest nut street, have jußt added to their elegant stock, in their Retail Department, a number of exquisite new Bonnets which need only to be seen to he admired. The Best-Fitting Shirt op the Age is the “ Prize Medal Shirt,” cut by John F. Taggart, -and sold by Mr. George Grant, at his &ent J B For nishing Store, No. 610 Chestnut street. - Fine Military Trappings.—The best assortment of these, for officers in the Army and Navy, will befound at Oakford &. Son’s, under the Continental Hotel. Children's and Misses’ Hats, in best style and greatest variety, will be found at the popu lar Millinery Establishment of Messrs. Wood & Cary, No. 720 Chestnut street. Messrs. Charles Oakford & Son, under the Continental Hotel, have now ready their splendid new Spring Hats and Caps for gentlemen and youth. - In selecting, a Sewing Machine, be sure, to combine-the ornamental with the useful. A ma-' chine which will both sew and embroider, is a petual delight. -The Grover & Baker Machine, 730 Chestnut street, is perfect in both, these; respects. This is the only machine which both' sews ami eia ‘broiders. - •• The Affair xn Charleston Harbor.— We have 4 failed A to capture the rebellious city of Charleston at the first trial, but we believe it will surely be accomplished, and draw our comfort from, the daring and-bravery exhibited by our n&vy in. this short but terrific conflict, with guns and" metaX to contend with that would have sunk the whole-I’* 1 ’* British fleet at Sebastopol. Our ships manoeuvred^-; delivering their well-directed fire with no confusioiv, nntil-ordered to desist. 'VYe have lost the Keokuk, ” but-the rebels did not'gefc the. Devil. A friend sug gests that he tf wished.they had.” While in - circled of war men are preparing for new conquests, we ih. peace are preparing our new Spring Clothing, a£ vChartefl Stokes & Co.’s, under the Continental, .where preparations are going on on a most extensive* .scale. *• *•' . \ Putting an . Embargo .upon English:' -Titanu.—The English' v -newspapers are becoming: alarmed lest tfte Governrsent of-the United States should put an embargo upon English trade in retali ation fbr the fitting o£ Confederate- pirates by- John Bull. This Btep would be apt to . ? latter to hia*trumps. In the meantime, there is .ho* # embargb-upoiTthe trade of the Brown Stone Cloth— ingj'Hallof R©ckb7ir & TVDson, Nos. 603 and 606. Chestnut street, above Sixas, where they continue to make elegant garments for gentlemen and youths,. ahdliiniforniß and iron-clad vests for military mem Protection from Heat.—By Christian: calmness we can protect ourselves from heats-that, wither, and the storms tha£ chilij thus beingrour own umbrellas and our own suns. We can also gro taot-ourselvea from the oppressive summer \9 earing the cool and. neat*fitting garmeniSo ihctuied by Granville Stokes, No.* 609 Chestnut- sfe. TJrh o ls-tery. —-The only bolstering establishment, since the days of- oun edd • favorites, Cowperthwaite & Christie, is that off the 1 new Weat-End Upholstery store of W. Kenry Pat ! ten, 140 S Ctiestnut street. Pure maieriaW good I and piompt personal as so* • curing Mr. Fatten a very large share* of* fast-class business* . ap9-6t , Eebding of every descriptfipn, .of the purest materials, at ,W. Henry. Pattcn»» New West End Store, 1408 Chestnut'street, * * ap9-6t s j Old Furniture reuphostered, mended, varnished, and madoio look' to^new. PersoniA having fine old furniture send it to blißhmeht with objvfldence, au I* make this a specif, branch of my business, and spne but the best men are allowed to work on oid furniture Henry Patterns Weßt Upholitering Chestnut street. , * ■ ITurkittiee Co'fEitiNas, including l’lain, and Sbtifed Reps. Satin Ve Copies, Saiini l Plushes, - Cottons, Hitty vtooltiMi AU-vtool Damasks. . SUk Https, Cofeltnss, £c. Having a large Mode' of these goods on hand at old prices; "Upholateierii, Cabinet-makers, Lounge* makers, Curtain. Dealers, and the trade generally, will And tndneementa for purdtashig. Kui.Tr & 00., 630 oheßtnut. street* 1,700 bbls. 7,900 bus. 7,000 bos. 6,400 bos.