THE PRESS, FUVLIBHID DAILY (SUNDAYS SXCBFTHM BY JOHN \V. fOttSKY. OFFICI, No. 11l SOUTH FOURTH STREET. i . • ■ ™ It—— ■HI DAILY PRESS, BtaSTaa* Cbbtb Per Wees, payable to the Carrier, {failed to Salxerlbers out of the City at ErsaT Doll abb Fib ASJtun. Four Dollars for Six Mosths. Two Dol lars yor Thrbb Months—la vailably la advance for the time ordered. lnserted at the usual rater. Six lines (OuatttnU a square. YHK TRI WEEKLY PRESS, Ffalled'to Subscribers out of the City at Four Dollabs Pbb Amuum, tn advance. . YARNS, BATTING, & WADDING. A. H. FBANOISOUS, No. 433 MARKET, No. 5 NORTH FIFTH STREET, Has lu store the largest stock In this City of YARNS, BATTING, WADDING, YARNS, BATTING, WADDING, YARNS, BATTING, WADDING, YARNS, BATTING, WADDING, YARNS, BATTING, WADDING, YARNS, BATTING, WADDING, Cotton Batting, Wadding, Carpet Chain, Cotton Yarn, Twines, Wicking, Ropes, &C. : Hoods Sold at lowest Gash Prices. WOODEN ANJD WITAiOW WARE. A. H. FBANOISOUS; 433 MARKET, and 5 Noith FIFTH Street, Calls the attention of dealers to his IMMENSE STOCK WOODEN’AND WILLOW WARE, WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE, WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE, WOODEN AND WfLLOW 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, . BRUSHES, BASKETS, BROOMS, LOOKING-GLASSES, TABLE AND FLOOR OIL-CLOTHS, WINDOW-SHADES, CLOCKS, FANCY BASKETS, well, split, Ac. ,'so unavoidable in wooden prevented. ■. ’ *, Third. The spiral-springs over the rolls render this ' machine self-adjusting, so that small and -large articles, ; . ae well as articles uneven in thickness, are certain to r receive uniform pressure. Fourth. The patent fastening by which the-machine Jh tightened to the tub, webeiieve.to.be superior in sim " plicity and.efficiency to any yet offered. . Fifth. It will fit any tub, round or square, from one -half toone-and-a-quarter inches in thickness, without he least alteration: RETAIL PRICE; KflfO. 1, ®6.-No. 2. ss.....'."‘Letter “A,” S 3. ,o^*Agents wanted in every county.: and energetic men will be liberally dealt - With,; For sale at the VWOODENWAKE ESTABLISHMENT” . OF A. H. FRANpISOTJS, No. 483 MARKET St. and No. 5 North FIFTH St.; inhl7-2m ■ , Wholesale Agent for Pennsylvania. OIL CLOTHS. 4 qil clqth.s and WINDOW SHADES. CARRIAGE, TABLE, STAIR, AND FLOOR OIL CLOTHS, IN COTTON AND LINEN FABRICS, QUALITY AND STYLE UNSURPASSED. WINDOW SHADES, COMPRISING EVERY VARIETY OF NEW AND ORI GINAL DESIGNS, PLAIN abd ORNAMENTAL. These goods will be sold to Dealers and Manufacturers at pricestnvuahbelow the present price of stock. ■. THOMAS POTTER, MANUFACTURER OF OIL CLOTHS AND WINDOW SHADES, . 329 ARCH Street, Philadelphia, and 49 CEDAR and 9a LIBERTY Streets, New York. mh2B-lm .-A' IIRUGS and chemicals. ROBERT SHOEMAKER & GO., Northeast Corner FOURTH and RACE Streets, PHILADELPHIA, WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS, IMPORTERS AND DEALEBS FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC WINDOW AND PLATE GLASS, vanufactfress of WHITE LEAD AND ZINC PAINTS, PUTTY, Ac. I AGENTS FOB THE CELEBRATED FRENCH ZINO PAINTS. Dealers and consumers supplied at /JnhB-3m VBET LOW PRICES FOR CASH. GAS FIXTURES, dec. §27 ABOH stkbet. & qo.; KANUfAOTUBEBB OP CHANDELIERS AND OTHER GAS FIXTURES. Also,French Bronze Figures and Ornaments,Porcelain ’And Mica Shades, and a variety of FANCY GOODS, W/HOtE'SALE AND RETAIL, Please call and examinegoods.* FURNITURE, dec. fp U Ri N I T U R E . A LARGE assortment, «W. & J. ALLEN & BROTHER, li»09 CHESTNPT’BTBEET. C4s£^ t £ ÜBNITUBb AND BIL LIABD TABLES. MOORE 7 202 and 304 South FRONT Strait, YOL. 6.—NO. 221. COMMISSIO* HOUSES. gHIPLEY, HAZARD. & HUTCHINSON,' No. 113 CHESTNUT STREET, COMMISSION MERCHANTS, FOR THE SALE OF PHIL AD EL PHI A-MADE HOODS. luh3l-6m OUR SPRING STOCK IS NOW AH- D BAKftED. 80,000 DOZEN H O S I E B Yj AT LOWER PRICES TgAM PRESENT COST OF IM- PORTATION. THOB. MELIOB * OO.; *0 AND la NORTH THIRD STREET. PHILADELPHIA. JOHN T, BAILEY 4 00. BAGS AND BAGGING OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. NO. 113 NORTH FRONT STREET, WOOIi BAGS FOB SALE. j&2B-9m GETiHS’ FURNISHING GOODS. 606. ARCH STREET. (j()6. FINE SHIRT AND WRAPPER DEPOT. AN ELEGANT ASSORTMENT OP GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS. AT MODERATE PRICES. FOUR PREMIUMS AWARDED FOR .- SHIRTS, WRAPPERS, AND STOCKS. Gk A- HOFFMANN, Successor to W. WV KNIGHT. apG-mws3m 600 ARCH STREET. 606 c iJHE FINE SHIRT EMPORIUM,. Nos. 1 AND 3 NORTH SIXTH STREET. JOHNC.ARKIson; ■ (FORMERLY J. BtTRR MOORE.) . IMPORTER AND MANUFACTURER OF GENTLEMEN’S FURNISHING GOODS IN GREAT YARIETT AND AT MODERATE PRICES,. N. B.—Particular, attention given to the making of Shirts, Collars, Drawers, &c. ■ - . ' • ' apS-6m . T?INE SnillT MANUFACTORY. The subscriber would invite attention to his IMPROVED CUT OF SHIRTS, Which he makes a specialty in his business. Also, con stantly receiving, NOVELTIES FOR GENTLEMEN'S WEAR. • J. W. SCOTT, GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING STORE, No. 814 CHESTNUT STREET, . ja2o-tf . Four doors below the Continental. clothing. Fine Clothing, Slade up early, for Spring and Summer Sales, , enow-ready,. - . ...... WAUAKER & BROAVNr “OAK HALL,” S. E, cor. 6th & Market. -DESIRABLE voa . INVESTMENT. PRICES ; SURK TO ADVANCE, jyjEN’S AND BOYS’ WEAR. CASSIMERES. NEW DIAGONOLS. ■ NEW MIXTURES. NEW COLORS. NEW 6-4 COATINGS. NEW 6-4 MELTONS. LADIES’ CLOAKINGS. BOYS' CLOTHING READY-MADE. BOYS’ AND MEN’S CLOTHING MADE TO ORDER. COOPER & CONARD. ap4-tf , a. E. corner NINTH AND MARKET Sts. JOHN KELLY, JR., TAIL O R , HAS REMOVED FROM 1022 CHESTNUT STREET, EDWARD P. KELLY’S, 143 South THIRD Street, Where he presents to former patrons and thepublic the advantages of a STOCK OF GOODS,equalif not su perior, to any in the city~the skill and taste of himself and EDWARD P, KELLY, the'two best Tailors of the city—at prices much lower than any other first-class esta blishment of the.city. apl-tf •RLACK CASS. PANTS, $5.50, -M At 7M MARKET Street. BLACK CASS: PANTS, *5.50. At 704 MARKET Street. BLACK CASS. PANTS, #-5.50, At 704 MARKET Street. BLACK CASS. PANTS, $5. SO. At 704 MARKET Street. BLACK, CASS. PANTS, $5.50. At 704 MARKET Street. GRIGG & VAN GUNTEN’S, No. 704 MARKET Street GRIGG & VAN GUNTEN'S, No. 704 MARKET Street. GRIGG & VAN GUNTEN’S, N0.,704 MARKET Street GRIGG Ac VAN GUNTEN’S, No. .704 MARKET Street. GRIGG & VAN GUE TEN’S,. No. 7C4 MARKET Street. mh22-6m . . ' : . AND IRON. pENN’A WORKS, On the Delaware River, below Philadelphia, CHESTER, DELAWARE CO., PENNSYLVANIA. HEANEY, SOX, dc ARCHBOLD, •. -- - Engineers and Iron- Ship Builders," XASDFAOTU-KEBS OF ALL 'BINDS OP CONDENSING AND NON-CONDENSING ENGINE!, Iron Vessels of all descriptions. Boilers, Water-Tanka) Propellers, Ac., &o. ’ THOB, RBANSY, . W. B. REANET, .. SAUL. ABOHIOI£ Late of Heaney,Reafie; &'Co. , LateEmdnQfij in-aw«f._- , SYutr: , /. YAUQHAN MBRKIOK, WILLIAM H. MEBRIOff, * JOHH a. COPB. SOUTHWARK FOUNDRY, FIFTH AND WASHINGTON STEEW*. - PHILADELPHIA. • MERRICK, dt- SONS, „ , , ENGINEERS AND MACHINISTS, > Manufacture High and Low Pressure Steam Engine* Jot land, river, and marine service. Boilers, Gasometers, Tanks, Iron Boats, dec.; Casting! of all kinds, ©ither.iron or brass- ~ o Iron-frame Roofs for Gas Works, Workshops, Ballroftd Stations, Ac- Retorts and Gas Machinery of the latest and most !nu proved construction. . Every description of Plantation Machinery, such as Bugar, Saw, ana Grist Mills, Vacuum Pans, Open Steam Defecators, Filters, dumping Engines, «c. * + gen i? * or N. Rillieux’s Patent Sugar Boiling Apparatus sNesmyths Patent Steam Hammer, and At* pinwall« Wolsey s Patent Centrifugal Sugar Draining Machine. ■ . : ■■ • aul2-tf PE N-N STEAM ENGINE •■■■■■■AND BOILER WORKS —NEAFIE A LEVY PRACTICAL AND THEORETICAL ENGINEERS Mi chinists. -boilek-makers, blacksmiths! FOUNDERS, having for many years been in Buccesiftti operation, and been exclusively engaged in building *n4 repairing Marine and Hirer Engines,\igh andlownre* sure. Iron Boilers,-Water Tanks, Propellers, Ac .icire ipectfully offer their services to the public, aslbeing full* prepared to contract. of all sizes, Marina. River, ana Stationary; having sets of patterns or different sizes, are prepared to exec&te orders with Quick despatch. Every description of pattern-making made at the shortest notice. High and Low-pressure, Flue, Tubular, and Cylinder. Boilers, of the beat Pennsylvania charcoal Iron, Forcings, of all sizes and kinds ; Iron and Brass Castings, of all descriptions; Roll-Turning,'Screw-Cutting, and nu other work connected with the above business. Drawings. and- Specifications for all work done at fUi establishment free of . charge, and work guarantied. The subsenbera have ample wharf-dock room for r* pairs of boats, where they can lie in perfect safety, (And are provided with shears, blocks, falls, for raising-heavy orlight weights. JACOB C. NEATH IEVY, ; BEACH and PALMER streets. Tl/TORGAN, .ORR,.& CO.. STEAM* ■*•*■*- ENGINE BUILDERS, Iron Founders. ahd General Machinists and Boiler Mahers. No. 1210 CiLLOWHILL Street. Philadelphia. : . ■ - fel9-lv William h. yeaton & no No. »01 South FRONT Streets* 9 „_ TnT „, „ Agents for the sale of the ORIGINAL^HEIDSIECK & CO. CHAMPAGN3L "., Offer that desirable Wine to the trade. Also, LOOO cases fine and medium grades BORDEAUX CLARETS. - “ ” 100 cases. \* Brandenberg Freres" COGNAC BRANDT. Vintage 1843, bottled in France. •60 cases finest Tuscan Oil, In flasks; 2 dozen in «. 'Together with ft fine assortment of Madeira. Sherry. Port, is. fosu, DRY GOODS JOBBERS, L. HALLO WELL & CO., NO. 615 CHESTNUT STREET, (JAYNE’S MARBLE BUILDING,) 1 Have now in stock, and are daily receiving, a handsome assortment of Now Foreign. FAN C Y DRY GOO D S AND - SILK SH' All purchased since the recent . DECLINE IN GOLD AND EXCHANGE, and which will be sold at R . SMALL ADVANCE FOR CASH. ap3-2m 1863. spring 1863> DRY GOODS. HOOD, BONBRIGHT, 4 CO, WHOLESALE DEALERS IN FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC 881 GOODS, No. *35 MARKET STREET, PHILADELPHIA. . The attention of the TRADE Is Invited to their large Stock of - STAPLE AND FANCY GOODS, Among which are choice brands of Sheet ing and Shirting Muslins, Madder Prints, De Lalnes, Ginghams, Lawns, and Newest Styles Dress Goods. ALSO, MEN’S WEAR IX BREAT VARIETY. GREAT INDUCEMENTS OFFERED TO CASH BUYERS. mhls-2m JAMES ,R. CAMPBELL & GO., IMPORTERS. JOBBERS, AND RETAILERS OF DRY GOODS. 727 CHESTNUT STREET. Invite the attention of Cash Buyers to their FULL AND COMPLETE STOCK, Embracing the most desirable styles of BILES AND DRESS GOODS, IK AKY MARKET, MODERATE PRICES. mM-tap2B J) A VII) ROGERS, . No. 45 SOUTH FOURTH STREET, Importer and Jobber of MEN AND BOYS’ WEAR, LADIES’ CLOAKINGS, &c. mh2s-2m* jgPRING STOCK SILK AND FANCY DRESS GOODS. A. W. LITTLE & OO.; Whs.2ra No. 335 MARKET STREET. 1K63 SFRI N G. . 1863- KIEGELJ WIEST, & ERVIN, IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS DRY GO O DSj No.- 47 NORTH THIRD STREET, PHILADELPHIA Merchants visiting this oily to purchase Dst Goods will find our Stock large and admirably assorted, and at Low FiouRBS. In certain classes of Goods we offer 'inducements to purchasers unequalled by any other house In Philadelphia. fe2l-3m JAMES, KENT, , SANTEE, 1863. YARD, GILLMORE, & OO.; _ Importers and Jobbers of SILKS AND _FANCY DRY GOODS, XOS. 611 CHESTNUT AND 614 JAYNE STS., Ea-re now open, of THEIE OWN IMPORTATION, a LARGE AND HANDSOME STOCK SPRING GOODS, COMPRISING DRESS GOODS, SHAWLS, RIBBONS. GLOVES, &c. ' Also; a full aafiortmaat^c—J—--r- r " T * • “WHITE"GOODS, LINENS, FURNISHING GOODS, 2H- BROIDERIES, AND LACES. The attention of the trade iffrequested. 1863. SPEINGt * 1863. JOHNES, BERRY, <6 GO., (Successor, to Abbott, Johnee, i Co.) No. SAT MARKET, and 524 COMMERCE Street,. PHILADELPHIA. IKPOBTBBS AND JOBBBBS OF SI L K FANCY DRY GOODS, Bare BOW open a LARGE AND ATTRACTIVE STOCK DRESS GOODS, Adapted to the Season. Also, a Poll Assortment In WHITE GOODS, RIBBONS, GLOVES, SHAWLS, &c., i Which then offer to the trade at the LOWEST PRICES.' CASH BUYERS Are particularly Invited to examine our Stock. fel3-tf- PAINTINGS, ENGRAVINGS, Ac. JAMES S. EARLE & SON, IMPORTERS AND MANUFACTURERS OP LOOKING GLASSES. DEAI.B&S In- OIL PAINTINGS. ENGRAVINGS, PORTRAIT, ; PICTURE, and PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES PHOTOGRAPH £LBUMS. EXTENSIVE LOOKING GLASS WAREBOOMS AND gallery of paintings, lal-tf 810 CHESTNUT Street, Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, APRIL 20, 1863. SPRING MILLINERY. «nj SPRING MILLINERY. The undersigned has now open a HANDSOME STOCK OF RIBBONS, SILKS, CRAPES, ILLUSIONS AND; LACES. ▲lso. a splendid assortment of FREYCn FLOWERS, Consisting of fine BOSES, BOSE BUDS, fine GRAPES, and EBUITS,' , All of the most fashionable shades.and styles. A LOT OP RIBBONS AND FLOWERS Of last season’s Importation, will be CLOSED OUT VERY CHEAP. M. BERNHEIM, No. 726 CHESTNUT STREET. mhSO-2m STRAW GOODS, 1863. FRENCH FLOWERS. LACES AND RIBBONS, OF THE LATEST FASHIONS, JUST OPENED THOS. KENNEDY & BRO.’S, No. 739 CHESTNUT Street, below EIGHTH. mh3l-2m SPRING 1863. BROOKS 4: ROSENHEIM, (Lata Rosenheim, Brooks, & Co. 1, No. 431 MARKET STREET, North Side, Have now open, and are daily making additions thereto. A HANDSOME VARIETY OS RIBBONS. BONNETS, MISSES’ AND CHILDBEN’S HATS, FLOWERS, MILLINERY GOODS IN GENERAL, to which the attention of the trade is respectfully soli* cited. . . mhlB'2m (flny MISSES O'BRYAN, 1107 WAL- Street, will open PARIS- MILLINERY THE SPRING, on THURSDAY, April-9th, 1563. ap7-lm* ■ 1863 s p K 1 N G 1863 WOOD & CARY. No. 725 CHESTNUT STREET, Have now In store a complete stock of STRAW AND MILLINERY GOODS, INCLUDING r STRAW HATS AND BONNETS. HISSES’ AND CHILDREN’S STRAW GOODS. FANCY'AND CRAPE BONNETS. FRENCH FLOWERS, RIBBONS, &e,-. To wMck they respectfully invite the attention of Mer chants and Milliners. " CASH BUYERS will find special advantage In examin ing this stock before purchasing.; - fe2S-2m Millinery AND 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 daily from New York auctions. . - mh2i-2m* "OIGHTH-STREET RIBBON STORE, No: 107 North EIGBTH Street. ■ $ ' We would inform our customers, and the ladies rally, that we open this day a full nd uery superior ' -MILLINERY. AND, STRAW - : GOODS, for thtf- Spring and Summer seasons, ,j which we are prepaied*t#> offer, wholesale and retail, at the most reasonable No. 4 CORD-EDGE RIBBOTfS, all-cplorfi gjl -VNo^6;. ••• r J-a=uc]goNgrgy§ry width.’hnperioi * ml'BLifcg VELVET EIIIBCmS, with whitsedgea,' every width, at last" season’s prices. - ■ •BONNET RIBBONS, "plain and 'fancy, every shade,-*- Width, and quality—an immense variety to suit all. . tastes. . .. • i BONNET SILKS of every shade, plain and plaid. •"' BONNET CRAPES, LACES,'ILLUSIONS, BLONDES, . ORNAMENTS, &o. FRENCH ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS, a superb variety, at the usual prices. STRAW BONNETS, the fashionable shape, in braid, 'split straw, and liair; whits,.gray, and black. INFANTS’ HATS AND.CAPS, every new design, all ; qualities. .. J - LADIES’ AND CHILDREN’S SHARER HOODS. THE BEST NEW YORK*AND FRENCH BONNET FRAMES, lower than they can be bought elsewhere, by the dozen or single. V Give us a call. SICHEL A WEYL, mh27-lm . No. LOT North EIGHTH,Street. SEWING MACHINES. gEWING MACHINES. THE “ SLOAT” MACHINE, WITH GLASS PEESSEft FOOT, HEW STYLE HEMMEH, BEAIDER, Mid otlior valuable Improvements. ' . ALSO. THE TAGGART & PARR MACHINES. A|mc^— K. E. corner NINTH and CHEERY Streets. jgINGER’S SEWING MACHINES, For Family Sowing and Manufacturing Purpose!, 810 CHESTNUT STREET. . Jal6-Sm : TRIMMINGS, die. JAVANS <6 HASSALL, MILITARY FURNISHERS, No. 418 ARCH STREET, PHILADELPHIA. WHOLESALE AND -RETAIL. U. S. INTERNA!. REVENUE. FOB THE SALE OF UNITED STATES TAX STAMPS, No. VT South THIRD Street, first door above Chestnut. A fall supply of all kinds of TAX STAMPS constantly on hand, and for sale in quantities to suit. ' A liberal discount allowed on amount* of $5O and up wards. Orders by Mail promptly attended to. Office Honrs from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. JACOB E. RIDGWAY, 4eo-tjelD No. 57 South THIRD Street. TTNITED STATES INTERNAL RE VENTJE, . ' SECOND COLLECTION DISTRICT Of Pennsylvania, embracing the -First, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, and Tenth-wards of the city ofPhiladel-. —-iTho^annnarassessment in the above-named'district of all persons liable to tax on'Gold and Silver Plate Car riages, Billiard Tables, and. Pleasure Yachts, and • also of all persons required to take out Licenses, having been completed, notice is hereby given that the taxes due under said assessment will be received by the under signed, daily, Sundays.excepted, between the hours of 9 A. M. and3P. M., at his office, southwest corner of THIRD and WALNUT Streets, on and after SATURDAY, the 11th instant, until and including Saturday, the 9th day of May, 1863. . i. ■'PENALTIES. All persons who fail to pay the, annual taxes on gold and silver plate, carriages, billiard tables, and pleasure yachts, on on before the aforesaid 9th of Slay, 1863 will incur a penalty of ten per centum additional upon the amount thereof, as provided for in the 19thsection of the ' excise law of July 1, 1562. . . , u n persons who in like manner shall fail to'take out their licenses, o as required by law, on or before'the 9th day of May. 1863,. will incur a penalty of three times the amount of said licenses, in accordance with the provi sions of the 69th section of the excise law aforesaid ’ Money of the United States only received; ’ ap9-dtmy9 -S-W. cor. o^THIR^and’WALNU'TBts. h e ~~ ~ — : “EXCELSIOR” HAMS ■. ARE THE BEST IN THE WOBLD. NONE GENUINE UNLESS BRANDED “J. 11. M. OWEN & CO.’S LITHOGRAPHIC •M ESTABLISHMENT, \ -Southwest Comer of ELEVENTH and CHESTNUT Sts., ■ ■ ■AND NO. 515 MINOR STREET, PHILADELPHIA. . Every description of LITHOGRAPHY, PLATE PRINTING, and COLORING EXECUTED IK THE HOST SUPERIOR MANNER. ynhlO-tf PENSIONS.—SIOO BOUNTY AND A ; PAT procured and collected for Soldiers, Sailors, and the relatives of such as are deceased, at reasonable , and Batisf&ctoryr&tes. Soldiers who have served two years, and all soldiers who have been discharged by. reason of wounds received in battle, are now entitled to the tlOObounty,; and the latter, also, to apension, JAMBS FULTON* Solicitor for Claimanta, aWI WALNUT Street, j)-mL MONDAY", APRIL 20. 1863. DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH. Return of (lie Charleston Fleet—The Keo kuk Fiurtheiy Disabled.—The Ironsides— The Injuries to theMonitors—The Troops SMII Hold Folly Island—No Difficulty be tween Commanders, etc. CSpecial Correspondence of The Press.] . Pout Royal, S. 0., April 16,1863. On Sunday afternoon, the 12thinst.,at forty-five minutespast two o’clock, the iron-clad fleet steamed over the bar, after firing several shots into the hulk of the Keokuk. During Sunday night and Monday the sevenmoni tors made their way to this port, all without help— that is, none of them required to be towed or con voyed. ■ ■ * The new Ironsides remains on the blockade at Charleston. : Our troops, mostly cavalry, still remain'in posses sion of Folly Island, the headquarters being at Stono.. Among the troopß stationed on the strip of land between North Edisto and Stono may be men tioned General Stevens’ brigade. Three of our mortar schooners and two gunboats are stationed in both harbors. I have boarded moßt of the monitors since they arrived-here, the Wcehawken among the rest, and can affirm that they are not much damaged. In no case has*the turret been pierced; Sind Ido not think that anyßingle shot entered or penetrated the armor -of the vessels, save the smolce-stacks—and that, you know, is unimportant. The tmret of the Weehawken was struck by 11-inch shot in many places, and by several of the steel-pointed missiles. They did no damage beyond the breaking off of a, few bollrheads. Iler deck was considerably bruised and the plates twisted or bent out of place, but not enough to make her take water. The Weekawken fired 28 shots, and received the hardest fire. Not one of the monitors was hit as often as she. , Throughout the fleet, among the Bailors and petty, .officers, ageneral dissatisfaction prevails. They were anxious, and are still anxious, to prosecute the attack. I have learned from authentic sources that the line of Obstructions extends from Sumpter to Moul trie/and consists of a heavy webbing or network, made of l&Tge:[ropeB pr hawsers. This net-work iB interwoven with torpedoes, the whole line being made fast on the bottom by anchors, and then al lowed to swiDg with' the current, feast or west, aB the case may be. Our new monitor, makißg eight in all, arrived here yesterday from the North. The propeller Haze - has just come into port, freighted with, iron plating for the monitors’ decks. They are all to be strengthened by this arrival in the way of -additional covering. A % few days (perhapß weeks) will, find, them stronger, than before the attlck on Charleston. . ,1; can state, upon good authority, that there is no misunderstanding or personal difficulty between Hunter and Dupont. Rumors to the contrary are .incorrect. P. ARMY OF THE POTOMAC. [Special Correspondence of The Press. 3 Armt or the Potomac, April 17,1863. ON THE MARCH. 1 the hard roads coining fine weather, we -may naturally expect a move j but if a march be in prospect, we know nothing, as yet, of its time or ‘direction. . / ARREST OF COLOipL,TAGGART, We are Avithout- eEpecial incidents. Mr. Taggart, correspondent of a Philadelphia daily, was placed guilder, arrest,'last Sunday, .for very justifiably: a surgeon named Morton, of a Minnesota, The-man was exceedingly impertinent, V and gave good cause ; but as the assault took place : in front of General Sully’B tent, that officer deemed it a personal insult, and sent -Mr. Taggart to Gene ral Hooker’s headquarters. Mr. Taggart has been sent to Washington. - He was formerly a proprietor of the Philadelphia - Sunday Mercury, and subse quently colonel of a Pennsylvania regiment, but re signed. He has participated in several actions, and; was wounded early in the war at - the battle of Drancsville. -READING, THE REBELLION. llcnltii of tlie Army of tlie Potomac—THe ‘-Ptcjiel Commodore Buclianau.--I.etter From LETTER FROM MEDICAL DIRECTOR LET- TERMAN TO GENERAL HOOKER. The following are extracts'from a letter addressed -to - General Hooker by Dr.- .T. Lenerman, Medical Hired or Army of the Potomac, showing the sanitary condition of that army: ; “ I havethehonor: to submit for the information of the commanding general the enclosed report on the sickness of the army. The paper marked *A’ showß the whole number of- sick in this army to be, on the 28th of March ultimo, 10,777, The corps ex hibiting the greatest ratio of siek are those in which there, is the;greatest number of new regiments. Thus, the First corps, having a ratio of 00.02 per 1,000, has, according to the data in this office, eigh teen new-and twenty-one old. regimenta. ' “ The Sixth corps, with a ratio of 46.16 per 1,000, has only four new regiments and thirty old regi ments. The ratio of sick for the whole army is 67,64 lMsr-1,000. . When it; is considered that, since the Ist -of February less than eight hundred sick have been sent beyondthe lines-of .the army.(exceptingthose belonging to the Ninth'corps, which was ordered away,) Ihe'ratio of sick is small. , . The paper marked ‘B,’taken from the monthly sick reports for January and February, affords more explicit information regarding the health of the army. • • , “It shows that all the more serious diseases to which-tj oops in camp are liable, and especially those which depend upon, neglect of sanitary precautions and bad j :diet,, have decreased in a marked decree during the month of February. This paper shows that during this-month typhoid fever decreased twenty-eight per cent. , and diarrhoea thirty-two per cent.;_and I have reason to expect that the reports for Marc:ft (which have not yet been' received) will exhibit a continued decrenae. - . ‘‘ Numerous reports made to this office refer to the general improvement in the health, tone, and vigor of thosewho are hot reported sick—an improvement Which figures will not exhibit, but which is appa rent to officers whose attention is directed to the health oFth'e men.. This favorable state of the health of the army, and the decrease in the severity of the tases of disease, isin a great measure to be attributed g> the improvement in the diet of the men,- com menced i-about. the first of February, by the issue of iresh bread and fresh vegetables, which has caused t.iei.l is appearance of the symptoms of scurvy, that ii January began to assume a serious aspect throughout the army ; to the increased attention to sanitary regulations both in camp and hospitals ; to te more general practice of cooking by companies, aid to the zeal and energy displayed by the medical qrectors-of corps, and'the medical officers; of this awly generally,-inculcating the absolute necessity o£ deanliiiess and attention, to the precautions for instring the health,of troops, which the united ex perjmee of the armies of Europe and our own lias .Bhoytfto he indispensable to their efficiency. “ t have unceasingly impressed upon all officers of thisdepartment the primary importance of carrying intbeifcct sanitary; measures to prevent sickness, and ay suggestions and directions have been carried out nth an intelligence and zeal which it affords me geat satisfaction to bring to the notice of the , comnanding general. . . “ B also affords me pleasure to state that the me dical!officers . haye found the military commanders, wittjrery few exceptions, willing to carry into ef fect heir suggestions to this end. Such, very much, still remains to be done; but the amestnessTand ability of the medical officers of this |rmy;to which I have alluded, and to which muclof the improvement in thehealth of the troops 1» dfepgfye .the (assurance that, bo far as depends upomheir exertions, nothing will be left undone to raisdo a-Btill higher degree the effective strength of the Jrmy of the Potomac. 1 RATIO OF SICKNESS ON MARCH 28. Cmmand- Ratio per 1,000 qf- L . i Mean Strength. ' PirsHJornß.. . g 0.02 86.19 Thttrttonw ,v. ; 75.69 1 ifth ffirps . 01 !8 Sixth jk>rj>B....:. . .16.16 TwelftOoipa. : 52.78 ?*?•?, -MiO® ArtrlJerißeBerve..,'v...;...*.v.r::w:.... 41 at -Patrick4Hi;{ga “ Resuectftly, sir, your obedient Bervant. ■■! . v VEKANKLIN. BUCHANAN.” K : - 1 “ 1 Rent,’ near Easton, Md., '/i. J - “ May 4, 1861. sir ; It his_ llcellency the President has not accepted my iesigrition as a captain in the Navy; of 55?/H mt sA Stateai; respectfully aßk to. recall, it. Ihe circumstancesthich induced me, very, vm/re luctantly, to tenderW resignation, no longer exist, andjl cannot volunlrily withdraw from a service in which I have paßse nes.vlyforty-seven years of my hreiinthefaithflil; prformance of my duty, as the records of the NavjDepartmeht will prove. lam ready fast changeable season of i>f- neuralgia, I must ne re, which-might subject ’nful attacks'} otherwise" teure to attend the as \he honorable arid patri- Vg to every friend of the V with every participa tions Constitution, de- 1 Vthed to us, through pees: of our glorious'; ferity might enjoy for-- founded on the basis' o be exercised by a in pursuit of welfare Stoheman, with a force of cavalry and infantry, After making a feint at Kelley’s Ford, dashed onward to Culpeper and Gordonsville, and occupied the lat ter point. If this report is true, the movement is of the utmostimportance, for Fredericksburg iB fianked, and the Virginia and Tennessee railroad is cut at a vital point. Rumors, based upon private intelligence, have been in circulation in this city during the week, that General Hooker’s army was moving, but in what direction was not Btated. The Richmond; Seating of Wednesday reports that fighting had taken place at Kelly’s Ford on the day before, but it was considered of trifling importance. This may have been the feint referred to in the Tribune's despatch, and if the occupation of Gordonsville took place on Thursday, the interval would suffice for a rapid movement of cavalry upon that point. We shall probably receive a confirmation of the rumor to-day. A movement upon Gordonsville at this time would, be such as a skilful military strategist would be likely to make. The point is oi such importance to the safety of Richmond that it ordinarily would be very well guarded, and Blow approaches be frus trated ; while a rapid cavalfj l, dash might be attend ed with success. If he has succeeded, Gen. Stone man has done bo by preserving the utmost silence respecting his movements] and has hurled his forces suddenly upon the insurgents, talcing them •’entirely by surprise. It is well known that the rebels have recently withdrawn portions of their force sit Frede ricksburg, for the purpose of making offensive de monstrations on the Peninsula, the line of the Blackwater, and North Carolina, while the garrison ot Charleston has also been reinforced from the same source. General Hooker has, meanwhile, held the position at Falmouth in apparently his full strer.gth, and, by frequent military .reviews and other means, has constantly intimated to the insur gents that he had his army ready for a movement at any convenient time.. With this fact before them it is probable .that the insurgents, while detaching enough men to accom plish all they have endeavored to do elsewhere, have drawn upon garrisoned posts in. order to rein force the .weakened- army at Fredericksburg. Gor donjjvillfe, situated as it is at a considerable distance from General Hooker’s base, may have been con sidered of sufficient natural strength to require only a small garrison, and a heavy draft may have been made upon it. Besides, so many unavailing at tempts have been made to reach that point that the rebel general probably thought that it was in no particular danger.—N. Y. Com. Adver. Tlie Damage Done Tby oiir lron»clads in Charleston Harbor-Geucral Congratulation Order to Ills Troops—Re bel Reports from tbe Various Theatres of , War —Personal Matters. - GEN. BEAUREGARD TO TIIE TROOPS. llead-qoktkks 'Department of South Caroltw, Georgia and Florida, Charleston, S. C., April 10. •. GENERAL ORDERS No. 55. The commanding general is gratified to have to an nounce to the troops the following joint resolutions, unanimously adopted by the Legislature of the State of ■South Carolina: ’ “ Resolved, That the General Assembly reposes un bounded confidence in the ability and skill of the com manding general of this department, and the courage and patriotism of bi 3 brave soldiers, with the blessing of God, to defend our beloved city, and to beat back our vindictive foes. - "Resolved, That his Excellency tbe Governor be in* sti ucted to communicate this resolution to Gen. Beaure gard.” Soldiers! theeyes of your countrymen are now turned upon you on the eve of the second anniversary of the 13rh of April, 1561, when the sovereignty of the State of South Carolina was triumphantly vindicated within the harborwhieh we are now to defend. The happy issues ol the action on the 7th instant—the stranded,. riddled wreck of the iron-mailed Keokuk—her baffled coadju tors forced ,to retire beyond the range of our guns, have inspired confidence ,in the country that our ultimate success Will be complete.' An inestimablv precious charge has been confided to your keeping, with every reliance on your manhood and enduring patriotism By command of General BEAUREGARD. Thomas Jordan, Chief of Staff. {.Official.] . JOHN M. OTEY, A. A. G. THE FIGHT.AT “WILLIAMSBURG. [From the Richmond Examiner, April 15. i \Ve get some particulars of the fight at Williamsburg through a gentleman who par.icipated in the affair: .On the night of the 10th the 59th Y rginia Regiment, Colonel Tabb, was sent'to the rear of Fort Magnider At tlie break of dav Aiext morning he dashed upon the cavalry camp at Whitakers Mill. The attack was a splei did success. Be destroyed the enerav's whole camp, commissary and hospital stores, and an immense amount of ammunition, besides killing a large number ol horses. The enemy was also prett v severely punished. Five of ibem were killed, several, wounded, nineteen Taken prisoners, and some-twenty or so of thesiek pa : roled. After this splendid feat, Colonel Tabb made good his retreat wiihout the loss of a man—only one olhcer and private wounded - Fort • Magrader is im mensely strengthened by. new redoubts and rifle-pits, . and the enemy had at least five thousand men to defend - : it, but, like Pope, they did not look well to their rear. The enemy wreaked their vengeanceon Williamsburg, and shelled the town for over three hours. Though shot and shell fell in every direction, fortunately none of - our men weie hurt, our only loss being one of the artil lery horses killed. - - I ; Some of are just out ofWilliamsburg, on the 1 - ridges commanding the city, on which we have station- - 'ed several batteries of artillery. Our troops are in splen did condition, and are anxiously awaiting the enemy to show hi* hand. - - ‘ THE BATTLE OF SOMERSET. [From the Richmond Examiner, Aprillo.] From newspaper notices which have from time to time appeared, the impression has been induced, that Gen. : Fegram s recent raid into Kentucky resulted in a disas ter. That such is far , from being the fact .will appear from the following brief but authentic account of the 'Whole expedition: - - ■ Brigadier General Pegram was ordered by General .Tohnsron to proceed with.his brigade, numbering some thing under hlteen hundred men, into the centre of the State ol Kentucky ,to, collect beef catile for the support of the army, abTnUahoma. General Pegram left the Hny io IUTKa very centre of thedtiate. .In .Danville were seven regi ments of Yankees pieces of artillery These were atonce attacked, and.afteralittle resistance, driven,out.of the town and pursued across the Kentucky river to within fourteen miles of Lexington. Having ejected seven hundred cattle, Gen. Pegram started on ' - his return, d living the cattle ahead, and having divided - his troops into three bodies, who were to proceed by paral lel'roaojs to prevent surprise. On reaching Somerset, he. received information that the enemy, with over whelming numbers, was in pursuit, and that the Cum berland was: so swollen by a freshet as to much delay the crossing of the cattle. > In this conjuncture, he de termined to go back and meet the enemy, and by retard-' : JR&' his advance to give as much time as possible for the transportation of the cattle across the Cumberland with - six hundred men:,- He met the enemy; three thousand strong, a few miles out of Somerset. After a severe en gagement of several hours’ duration, he was forced to give way, but retreated in'good order, and effected his escape across the i iver. t Of the seven hundred dattle with which he bad started from Danville, he brought five hundred and thirty-seven safely across the river. Bis loss m killed, wounded, and prisoners was one hun dred and filly. "WAR TELEGRAMS TO THE SOUTHERN PRESS. : FROM TENNESSEE. .Tullaiioma, April 13. —Information deenrod reliable was • received, to-day stating that General Wheeler had captured two trains—one between Louisville and Nash . ville, the other between Nashville and Murfreesboro— with a large number of men and officers,’ destroying the trams. All quei elsewhere. . ■ OFFICIAL -DESPATCH. To General >5. Cooper: April 13.' General Wheeler, reports from Lebanon, 11th inst., as’ iotlows:: I divided niy command into two parties, and made a raid upon the Louisville and Nashville,-and Murfreesboro .railroads, .capturing a large train on each and many oilicers-and men. Portions' of Wharton aud Moi©m s cavalry division composed his command. BRAXTON BRAGG. v«r^I ASOO r iA ’ occurred at Franklin aS? 1 Van aMached the enemy with /,OUO cavalry and Freeman’s Battery. The Federals re 'hiftnlf vanced again with heavy reinforcements. A bloody fight ensued, Freeman s battery was and Freeman killed. Our loss is heTvy. We ret?eatld from the place after six hours’ hard fighting Later ac filwff PrfJmaS 4 C W l i ecj^>mi ' e °? our artillery after the uiil oi fiieeman. we took no prisoners,*• FROM THE SOUTHWEST. - Grenada, Miss., April 12. Anta »n/i con-imssaiy and quartermasters stores Tlie iiew plan is to send a force to each'of. the three rail roads rnDnmg south. Grant’s army joins Rosecrans Inr. water. The Teinessee is falling rapidly , Clhe above is supposed to refer to plans of tliee'nemv but it is difficult to render it intelligible ] . • Hernando, Mississippi, April 11 —ElletV Marina Ttri gede has certainly gone to Memphis. v iCKSRURCr, April B.—Every tiling quiet here Two more transports left this afternoon, bound up the river A mimber of transports are still in sight. .'Port Hudson, April 9. —All quiet here. The enemy’s fleets, above and below, have disappeared. The former is above Bayou Sara. . Forty exchanged and paroled pri soners liom New Orleans.arrived here yesterday. Our troops at this point are m excellent spirits, and are vigi lantly watching the Yankee vessels. We have trustwor thy information from St. Joseph’s, La., to the effect that ™ r £?§? 4 ® v ? lc ¥ t J A™ skirmishing with the .'enemy. ■ Three flats, loaded with Yankees, came down the Tensas • a lew days ago. .ARRIVAL OF SUPPLIES FROM BERMUDA. . Ciiaklkstox, April 13. —A steamship arrived this morn f“hth"G?veSmenL^ 1(11 “ car ®° ofarmy «auipments,&c.,; FROM FREDERICKSBURG. - [Correspondence of the Richmond Examiner, ] . mv. , Fredericksburg, April 14. k ei ‘o has been without incident Sunday not even a? rumor rippled the quiet suiface ot the situation. It was then reported that ll ? e march toward the United States Idine Ford. This conclusion was based upon observations made within their lines from elevated points on this lid* olberiyer-butyonr correspondent lias seen all that was visible, and can say with eertamty that no considerable force has as yet taken that direction. ' Two or three reci pients of infantry, as mauydield batteries; and a single cavalry, comprised the movement in our immediate front v its destination and design are un known, but so far from theigeneral indications within the enemy’s lines' signitving a forward' movement;K .import the contrary, and for several nights the sounds of working parties engaged in. tlio construction of defen sive fortifications on the oppotita side of the hills have been distinctly audible.' Last night signal lights wai-fl gleaming, on: the Falmouth ileignts,;amUth^-rhilu^y tvains were in motion mQxnmg^To^nightwe'have’ i-baniiingvo/dnim^ftndiblowicg’of bugles ” 1 be hoped that Hooker will advance. His coming S awaitedhy the Army of Northern Virginia? who now regard the destruction of the'Army of mac as a military necessity, aud. believing that the war is Dear its termination* theydesire to give it h, brilliant cvuvdeorace. Our successesat Vicksburg And Charles-' to ivwinnnu prom pc- and influential subscription of- the ■ AM,OK),OOO European loan, have inspired the army and the whole country. - - r a . i iThereiemalDs jiathinff more to be'said saie that the , condition of the troops here is all , that can be desired ; This was inspection, daj- for General Barksdale’s com ; whole brigade" 6 Ttafmen 1 .THE ATTACK ON .FORT : SnMf»rER-CASUALTIEB . AND .DAMAGE. the. Charleston Mercury, April 11.] ' Tiiequestion isreduced to. the relative powers of de f ths Torts, and .tlie assailing Heat, -It is a I f of p ''l ck !Ul< i survivorship in a square stand np.flght for victory. -Iron-clad fleets can be, destroyed . hs. forts. TojT .Sumpler. although somewhat l pitted, to-day is,_we believe, as strong as: it was when tltejight began. - We deem that if the attack is renew-ed, llteie i: good reason to believe it will be,) the six Monitors left, and’-the Ironsides will conie -om the defeated party, with worse “Sid s th“n those attained m then- first, attempt. . N’otts' ; runs. The enemy fired about eighty sliols—rnoetlvTs - and .steel-pointed, shells-at Fort Sumpter This estimate was made from. Sullivan’s Maid. Forty only the work. _ One TOTch gun tvas temporarily dis- v on 1 !" i’crh $?* A POlmabted-oftoid pattern,- burst., ■ guu.dismounted by-recoiJ, and one gun ; ii? ,led .{ or ' a; ' 1 i w moments by fracture of the ele : 1 r tPJ??h recoil. iV.Qf a- person was killed m lbTt : b impter/rom any cause. SergeantFaulkeuer, ana puyates Chaplin, Mmnix, and Penn; Company B, were injured by a shewer of .bricks, thri wu from a tra . veige on the rniuparfc by a large shot of the ehomy. A ' r drummer bpy„ Ahren,s, was struck on the head by the-' i explosion of a shell over the parade. A negro laborer ; WKsaUo wounded. All, we learn. ai*e.doiagwell, and there is no danger of losing a limb or life: The wounded' were dress<j?ed of their gaiety, STATES IN REBELLION. MISCELLANEOUS. THREE CENTS. look© deserted and dull. Tlio cause was soon explain ed. An order had been promulgated by the Secretary of >\ ar, through General Winder, directing an invento ry to be taken of all officers in ’Richmond without per mission, and the arrest of all found “playing truaut” irom tho ariny. The order caused an immense deal of aiDo Dff the bogus and' fancy militaire Jcids, and there was an immediate- “ sloughing*’ of regimen tals on tbepart of soraeof them. During Monday and yesterday Captain Maccubbiu’s force overhauled between three and four hundred officers, and hastened their return to their respective posts of duty. The < Tder is being enforced with, more than the usual impartiality.— Richmond Examine j\ April 15. Hew Paper in LonsrANA.—The first number of the Southern Sentinel, Alexandria, La., has reached us. On one side it is well printed .on good white paper ' On the other it is square of superb wall-paper hanging, white ground, with a rich gold aud crimson-flowered pattern. , ' . Personal.—Dr. George W. Bagby, the editor ot the Southern Litertiry Messenger, has become associated in the editorial conduct of the Richmond Whig. The Planters’ Hotel, in Augusta, Ga , was sold at auc tion on the 10th f0r,5109,000. The lot is ninety feet on Bioad street, running back the same width to Jones st. Major Edward Winston, a prominent citizen of Am herst counts* Virginia, died on the 4tli inst. THE CIT Y. The Thermometer. APRIL 18, 1882. , APRIL 18, 1863. 6A. M.. . ..12 M... ..3 P.-M. 16 A. M 12 SI 3P. SI. 69J£..;...Tr........',81 I 82 15..... ..60.........61 ■WIND. WIND. SSW SSW.‘..,S:by El 1f...;. ..NNE......NNE APRIL 19, 1862. | APRIL 19,186*. 6A. M 12 M.....3P. XI OA. M 12 M..... 3 P. M. 63. .1T........70 | 63............66........69& WIND. . ■ WIND, Wby S..WNWISSW . Summer’s Coming.— April sliowers/are like hair tonic. They claim to promote vegetation at just the time and place, in just the quantity and quality, in which they are deserved. May. flowers are to the bare heAd of winter what curls and ring lets are to the bald brow of age. ; They enliven and rejuvenate. The tendril buds of spring lengthen into the ringleted flowers of summer. They wreathe the brow with beauty and they festoon the face with youth. The approach’of summer/however, is evinced in artificial as well as in natural modes of life. The advertisements prove this, as they prove everything. People are already fixing ’ up their country homes, and preparing to bid adieu to city quarters. Moon lit lakes and starlight conversations, meetings at sunrise to' talk love and pick .cherries,. sunset ram bles and midnight serenades, are already prefiguring their delights in the anticipations ofthofleinterested. The principal mansions in the principal avenues will soon present the gone-out-of-town look, which seems inherent in locked doors, shut shutters, and dislocated window sasheß. The squares are getting up a sensation. They are being freshly sodded. They rejoice in newly-trimmed trees, and smoothly rolled' gravel. Their scenery iB alive. The branches are beginning to grow vocal, and though the “ young leaves” do not “shake' with melody,” yet the inti-, mations are strong that tbq birds are stringing them selves up to concert pitch for the ensuing season. A single stroll-through the streets is provocative of more than a .pastime. It is fertile in positive.and far reaching enjoyment. The variable season cer tainly dampens one day the exhilaration of tbe pre ceding. Butwhenaßky so blue and pure, when ah atmosphere so sweet, and lucid, when sunlight so golden, so genial and,gentle, as that of yesterday, invited the senses to a revel, the passer-by took no thought of the c< to- morrow,” but enwrapped himself in the geniality of the “to-day.” Personal. —Hon. Alexander Ramsay, Governor of the State of Minnesota., and United States Senator from that State, is in the city. Governorßam say was. formerly from. Pennsylvania, and represented tins State in Congress many years ago. He afterwards was.appointed Governor of the Territory- of Minnesota, and Superintendent of Indian Affairs, from which he succeeded to the Governorship of the State when admit ted as such in the Union, which position he has held some eight years. At the last session of the Legislature of Minnesota he was elected United States Senator for six years. The Governor came on to take hisseafcin ihe extra session of the Senate. He visited the Ist Minne sota'Regiment at Falmouth a short time since, and presented them with a handsome regimental flag, on which were inscribed “ Battles of Antietam, Second Bull Run, , Fair Oaks. Malvern Hill. Yorktown, Frede ricksburg,” and others in which this 7 brave regimeut participated. - The services of-this reximent were' ten dered to the Government on the breaking out of the re bellion, and were among the first to arrive at ‘Washing ton. It is the only Minnesota regiment now with" the Anny of the Potomac, the remainder being in the West, governor Ramsay is on his way hack- to Minnesota to arrange his gubernatorial business, and °acaiethe posi tion, inorder that-his-wholctime maybe devoted to ;he •interests of the Go vernment and to the dischavge'of bls duties as United States Senator. He will return'again during thesummer.. •The Gas Boabti and the Newspaper > Reporters. —At the last meeting of the Board, a re solution was offered. by Mr. Bell to invitefthe reporters of,the, press to attend the meetings and report the pro ceedings, which, on motion of Mr. McCarthy was laid upon the table. . ~4 The resolution was as follows:' • . Resolved, That the reporters of the dailypapers be in vited-to attend the meetings of thia Board, so that the householders and citizens generally may be kept fully advised in. all matters appertaining to the Philadelphia Gasworks. The vote to lay it on the table was: Ayes—Hr. Burnell, Anthony Miskey, John McCarthy, - Wm. M. Reilly; Wm. L. Hirst, Richard Ludlow. Roes— Samuel Bell, Jr. rJohn Manuel, Charles A. Ru« bicam, Charles L. Wolff. The Lottery Business.—By tlic provi sions to, the amended revenue law, every person en gaged m any way whatever in the sale of lottery tickets or the policy business, is required- to pay to the Govern- ‘ ment the sum of one thousand dollars for a license And -ev.mi-tick^Loj^Qlicy^uiDhfir^jmljjftd^a-U+Hif^doi^r^a fifty cent stamp, and for every additional dollar, or fractional-, parts, of a dollar, an additional fifty-cent stamp must be affixed,. These stringent provisions will probably put an end to the lottery business, as no dealer will ]tay.a license fee of $3,000. for the reason that he cannot make a living by selling tickets, on account of the heavy stamp dnfy. • Nearly Completed.— The Washington .school- house, in the Second section, is approaching com pletion. During the past Week a handsome iron railing has been placed in front of the building. It is what is called the - ‘.Cornstalk” pattern, and-is substantial and highly ornamental. The furniture of the buildingwill be entirely new t and of the latest stvle. The directors propose dedicating the new.building, with appropriate ceremonies, on the 20th inst., and to open the schools in .the new building on the Ist of May. The edifice will ac commodate over twelve hundred children, and is the largest school-house in the State. Drowned.—The body of an unknown toy, about thirteen years of age, was found drowned oii Saturday morning, off Coates-street wharf, in .the Dela xva^ e ' ~ *?. e was seen to jump overboard from a canal boat ashort tune previous, but was not connected with the boat in any capacity. He was dressed in dark clothing, with a figured cotton shirt. His back presented signs of lus tuning been badly beaten, and it in thought be drowned himself through despair. Location, of Steam Engines.—The fol lowing are the liames of the steam-engines located bv the veto of the Mayor • Ken sington Hose, Western Bose, and Franklin, Hanct=in- Bai d, Humane, West Philadelphia, and Globe Engine Companies; The bill locating the Moyamensing.Shitlier, .branklin, and Columbia Hose Companies hi steam for- companies is in the bands ol the Mayor for his signature. Meeting: of Union Refugees.—A gene ral convention of Union refugees from the States in -re bellion is called for to-morrow, to ho held at the Com monwealth Building, to interchange sentiments, and if possible, to obtain, some indemnity for their losses and hardships incurred because of their devotion to the Union. The convention will continue three days at least. Every refugee that can possibly attend should do so. The Baltimore Riots.—Yesterday, the ; 19fch of April, was the anniversary of one of the darke«t days our country lias ever seen. When the Massachu setts soldiery, hastening to Washington to save the life ,l t Tv lia, l 01 i\Y ere ?. efc upon by an insane mob, every +Ko?y\ e^i. fc ? f r( tlie j B^ oll receiV€d a shock almost like that which followed the surrender of Fort Sumpter. Agricultural Society.—The Directors of the old Agricultural Society of Chester county will 1 meet at the Farmers’Market, in this city, on the 25th, inst. It Is important that there should be a general at-- tendance of those interested, as business of importance will he brought up for action.. Spring Trade.—The prospects for a h?avy business during the coming season were never more cheering. The list of arrivals-at the hotels are' unusuallylarge. The country-merchants are making their semi-annual visit to the city to renew their stocks Slight Fire.—A telegraphic alarm of fire was caused shortly .after- eleven o'clock on Saturday evening in consequence of the burning out of a small cigar shop broken open; I took it? sold i? rll for 80me tlme being a perishabloarticle, 1 ' Q- 'Dtryon-knowthedefendants?: 1 tn 1 1? L-have seen Jackson,, but cannot say posi-. ti\ely, the gentlemen of his religion look very nmch . r toihink that Jackson was at my stove" several months ago inquiring about furs- I mean by mink .shins. Ave take them in trader don t know that lie asked anything about sending goods tlie «bay;;lt should- think. I wouldrememberany direct conversation - that any person might have bad on the sulyect;.,Cannon’S k erry is situated on the Nauticoke about 6ixty miles from..the,bay, on the mouth of • the 4 riyer ; I have no far it is across the bay ’ trom the mouth ot the.river. , -Cross-examined.by-;Hon. H. M. Philips.—The ; box of : cheese spoken of arrived a day or so before Mr. Lainon - called on me: I carinotsay for certain that Jackson is the ‘ man who me; I.; think that if he had had auv dn ect conversation with hie on the eubject-of transporting goods 1 would renumber it; there is much promiscuous talk among the people there about this subject. Ke-examined. (Catalogue of articles found in the boxes'was.now shown to the,witness ) ,Ttais catalogue contains things that we could not sell—for instance we have no use for?amputating instruments, or surgical in- : Btrumeuts, or satin stripe goods; the population#of Can non's Ferry may be stated at between three hundred and fourJiundred people; 1 suppose Scflford runs close to mm thousand. Ido not know, of my own knowledge. that - any vesseijs engaged in taking goods from Sohford to . tbo Virginia shore vii such had been the case,' I think the ' umal country gossip would have drvultred there has been v«gue talk aboiit this or that vmpa) tok Seaford, but, nothin| a iv u - aa A arge as Cannon’s Ferry; I don’t know tlier ?’ hmanuebAdains, formerly a toll- i v , C A P Ps’ o^o e^ie^?; k®h«d two sons, one named J.By aid Adams, the other Charles Adams; but I do not know of any b. Adams. - j v I ho testimony of this witness here closed. Alice Dunning sworn.—l reside at 21 North Tenth street; my store is on Sixth, above Chestnut street;‘l * know. Jackson; he once; boarded in the same, house whore I lived; I don’t know what his business is; he .called at my store B‘x weeks since; I thought ho‘lived; m the South ;;hesaid that-he!had just come from the; South; T asked, him what,he came for; he replied,.to t settle his affairs';-I'jocularly said, 'maybe you’ve 1 comeasa spy;*’ ha replied, “no, lie had not;” he said he intruded to go pack South; I said, ‘ ‘ rnaybs you will THE WAR PRESS, The War Press will be sent to subscribers by mail (per annum in advance) at. . 33 OO Five Copies “ 4 ‘ 900 Ten « “ •» ir OO Twenty** “ “ , . 33 OO Larger Clubs tbau Twenty will be charged at the same rate. $1.50 per copy. The money must always accompany the order t and in no instances can these terms be deviated from, as they afford very little more than the cost of the-paper. Postmasters are requested to act as Agents tor The War Press. To the getter*up of the Club of ten or twenty, an extra copy of the Paper will be given. have some trouble;” he replied ** he had heard of such a thing as buying .pickets;” lie then went away and the last time I saw nim he called to bid me good-bv and said he was going away. r * Cross-examined.—l think when lie last called he said that he bad been to New York. Berthold Costella, an attache of the store of Mr. Cres son, was called to the stand, but he knew nothing about the defendant.: Dr. Hsunill was called, but not answering, the United States District Attorney asked that an attachment be'is sued. The ease was then adjourned over until half past two o’clock this afternoon. [Hearing at • the Central Station. ] Alleged Store Robbers—Accomplices, dec.” On Saturday af'ernoon four persons were arraigned at the Central Station, on suspicion of being concerned in ojae or more of the robberies that have taken place in Philadelphia within a short timepast. The parties gave the names of George Gordon alias Mason, James Mallory, Henry Alexander, and James Hope. The last-named defendant is the proprietor of a public bonse at the cor ' ner of .Twenty-first and Market streets. Alexander tends bar for linn.. The other two are recently from New York and are unknown to any of the detective force of Phila delphia. The . parties were simply arraigned, in order 10 fi x a day for a hearing. lhestires that'have been robbed lately are those of Metsrs. Eyre & Land ell, Evans Sr Co., Yard. Gilirao?e,& VtV **«oley & Co , Brooks & Rosenheim, and Longcone ilearce. From the manner in which the entrance was made into all theee places of business, the detectives. alter much conference, came to the conclusion that the jobs must have been done bv Mason and his party. But none of the detectives knew them. The entire force was on the am and shortly after the robbery of the store of Messrs. Eyre A Laa dell Chief Franklin received'soiue verbal information;- given conttdentially,- that Hope, one of the defendants, had called upon a certain person to ob tain a horse and wagon; that a store was to be“ cracked’ * at Fourth end Arch streets, and five thousand dollars’ worth of goods to'be taken. The Chief, in his evi dence, taid that he did not at the time place much, confidence in the statement.... The detectives were work ing industriously on : the plan of ’ 1 still waters. ” and finally, Detectives Taggert and Henderson, on Friday afternoon and evening.' made the arrests. Gordon was seen about Hope’s tavern. After he and Mallo ry; were arrested and .conducted to the lock-up, the offi cers took Hope and Alexander into custody. On search ing Hope Mr. Henderson found apairofkid gloves in tne Band-box of Mrs. H. ■ These gloves were identified by Mr. Evans, of which kind the firm has a stock on hand. Of course, there is no evidence in this thev had been stolen.-Itis simply a link in theebain of cir cumstances, and will be Useful hereafter. Mr. Taggert also secured an. accordeon, which fill*. Hope said he pur chased .at Mr. Servoss’, in Second street, about five weeks smce-certainly not longer than six weeks ago air. bervoss was called to the stand; he said that he had not sold an accordeon of that particular kind since De cember 20.. Air. Hope also said that he paid $9 for the in strument. Mr. Servoss testified that he told this class of accordeons at &S each. Chief Franklin said there was a msss of testimony which it would not he prudent to di vulge, or even hint at now. He simply desired the de fendants held until he could arrange the order of busi ness/ The defendants'were committed in default of S*B,CCO, except Alexander, who was required to give ffi, COO bail. .NW....NNW [Before Mr. Alderman Welding-] = ♦ Violent Assault and Battery. A German, giving the name of J. Schmidt, was ar raigned before Alderman Welding, on Saturday'after noos, on the charge of committing a violent assault and. battery upon a little girl named Wilhelmina Essess, aged 13 years, whose parents reside in the vicinity of the locomotive works of Mr. M.-W. Baldwin. A physician was called in to attend the child. His testimony was so conclusive, that the Alderman at once bound the de fendant over to answer at com U [Before Mr. Alderman McMullin.J Assault with a Frying' Pan. Margaret Thompson was arraigned on Saturday morn ing on the charge of assaulting Eliza Moore and beati&g her on the head with a frying pan. The sanguinary conflict occurred late on Friday night in a house on Dor sey street, running from Prosperous alley. Eliza was sno>kingly cut-in several places, to so great an extent that it was feared she could noc survive. The sufferer was removed to the Penh. Hospital. The defendant was committed to prison. CBefore Mr. Alderman McCahen. J Disorderly House Case. On Saturday a woman, named Sarah Irvin, was ar raigned on the charge of keeping a disorderly house-on Gaskin street, not far from Fourtn. There were six de praved females, who were also arrested. These were put under bonds to-be of future good-behavior. The principal defendant was bound over to answer at court. A young man, who submitted to having hi 3 name re corded on Alderman Patchel's docket as Peter Morris, was arraigned on Saturday on the oharge of having sto len a watch and some article? of clothing from a house situate at the southeast corner of Broad and Pine streets, several weeks since. He was committed. LEGAL INTELLIGENCE. Supreme. Court at Nidi Piius —Justice Strong, Wattson et al. vs. The Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore Railroad Company. This was an application for a'special injunction to restrain the defendants from, running their cars across an alley on Small street, on which complainants reside, and over which they have a-right of passage, which they allege is interfered with, by the cars c£ the company, and to compel the defendants to remove their.track, and restore ihe alley to its origi nal condition. ; - justice-Strong refused the preliminary injunction grayed for-- - : ' District Court lu Banc-Judges Sharswood., *" Stroud, and Hare. . 7 ;The court was engaged during, the day with the cur’ rent and deferred motion lists. . Judge Hare delivered two opinions entering judgment* in cases on the argument list. fcotil-i of Common lMcaa-Judge Allison. THE PHILADELPHIA CLUB DIFFICULT!" —ANSWER QF THS , Commonwealth of Pennsylvania exi'eL Rowland E Evans vs. Tne Philadelphia Club. Application-for a . wilt of mandamus to compel the defendants to restore ,tbejelatO£.to.biß:.ngtits..nf memhprsliinin_tli»ni P •of the relator -was published at the time of Its filing and on Saturday the answer of the Club was filed It is a very long document, too much so for our crowded ■ columns, but our abstract embodies it substantially - The defendants say for more than twenty years before the passage of its charter of incorporation the Philadel phia Club had existed as an unincorporated association. It was. originally formed for purposes of social inter course, and it never had any other end or purpose, either before or since its incorporation. . The incorporation or the club in May,lSoC,under the ti» tie of “The Philadelphia Association aud Reading Room,’' and the change of its name to the “ Philadel phia Club, ! in 1839, is then set forth. The answer then goes on as follows: “The defendants deem it: hardly necessary to Bay that the very existence of a club whose only object was the promotion of social intercourse, required the observance of at least the ordi nary civilities of civilized life, and the strict maintenance ol such rules as make such observance by its members a, condition of the continuance of their membership. Among , the by-laws, therefore, which, in accordance charter, the defendants had established for their government, certain of them had especial reference; to this object. •’ ' TheseJiy-laws provided: That the affairs of the club sh ouJd be managed by a board of directors, who should exei cise a g eneral superintendence of its affairs, and con trol and manage the property and effects, and enforce the preservation of order and obedience to the rules - the sixty-fifth of the said by-laws provides tliat if the conduct of a member should be disorderly, or injurious to the interest of the Club, or contrary to its by-laws the board should inrorm him thereof in writing, and if the nature of the offence require it, should request him to resign; : The next by-law provided that should such' informs hon or request be disregarded, the board should refer the matter to the next stated- meeting of the Club, or to a special meeting to be called for the purpose. 6f which due nonce should be given to the offending member t And the next by-law provided that at such meeting the circumstances of the case should be considered * the member might be expelled. “ The thirty-ninth hy-law provided that all interest in the property of the Club of members resigning, or other wise ceasing to he members, should be vested in the The by-laws regulating meetings of the Club were as to thepostiDgpf anoticeon the notice-board at least tea . before the time of meeting; the calling of special meetings at the request often members; the purpose and time ol such special.meetings; that at any meeting for ac tion onthe conduct of amember,whichmightinvolve his expulsion, one-fourth of the whole number of members should he a quorum; that the motion for his expulsion should t be decided by ballot, and the decision of a ma jority should he final. The relator was elected a member of the Club in or about the year IS4S. and became a member thereof, and • thereby bound himself to the observance of all each by laws as had been established for its government - In consequence of an act of the relator, presently to be referred to, a special meetingof the board of directors was duly held on the,26th of February,lS63, at which, a quo rum.tbereot being present, the following preamble and resolutions were submitted : , Whereas, Icis currently reported that, on the evening of the 24th mst., within the walls of this Club, two of its. members had an altercation, whereby blows were passed between them; therefore, ' That a committee of three he appointed for the purpose of ascertaining the facts of the case, and re : I ort the particulars of the t ame, together with, the names ot the respective parries, to the next stated meettng of this Board, to be held on Monday-next. .This resolution was unanimously adopted. and the committee appointed. committee reported at the next stated meeting the board, that they had not yet been able to collect the testimony m the case of the altercation which had'taken place on the 24th instant, but would call aspecial meet •lngiWhon-ready.to report. . - ... v Upon examination of the case, the committee found if: to. be^true that on the evening of the 24th of February within the walls of . the Club, .an altercation had .taken place between Two of its members, to wit:- the relator and Samuel and that blows had passed be tween them. The commtttee thereupon notified both of these parties, and requested them, as they also requested all the othermembers of the'Club wlio had'been present at -the time, to present in writing a particular statement' of the occurrence. this request the relator answered, ‘‘ On the evening of the 24th ult., I was sitting in the office of the Club conversing ..Quietly with .a gentleman who was-seated close beside me.- The conversation was wholly between, ourselves, and might or might nothave been overheard by the others present. . It was carried on in perfect good humor, and not a word was said on either sid e calculated toirritareorannov'«7ij/.o?ie.' ’■ • > * -r- • . 'cobtinuance, Mr. S. Thomas came in, and . seating himself nearly opposite to me,withina fewieeL he leaned oyertowards a neighbor on his right,and com menced talking With him.- U heard nothing that he said till he turning in my direction, and utter ing, inatoneaudible to allpreseut,the words ‘Stinking Secessionist (or in the'plurai); I hate to breathe the same - air with one of them,’ (or - * with them. ’)” ,That “political opinions coinciced to a great ex tent with those of the party who are opprobrlously called secessionists,and, being the only one of them pre sent, he had.no doubt that he intended to insult him. and he went across to Mr. Thomas and asked whether those woijs were meant for him, and received a reply Suppose I did mean.it for you, what then?-' The blow was then given, and Mr. Evans re byThe by^tan^ers 8,11 e ’ contest was then stopped The committee also received a reply frbm Mr. Thomas, explaining the aftair almost precisely like Mr. Evans, .but, m .addition, giving a littiebit of history, which is . interestingas. showing Mr. Evans’ sentiments: - y., .h coolness had existed for some time between us, whichnrose from the following circumstance; Soofl after tne JSays Bluft disaster, : in a conversation with two gen -tiemen, I expressed my regi-et at the severe loss of offi cers in. the .Massachusetts regiments, when He .Evans, who had not been engaged in the conversation, but was ' standing some distance, from us, approached, and re- that ‘he wished they had all beau killed. ’ I leplieu that such remarks were exceedingly a nd that no or c.but a traitor would make use of them. * *.* The committee submitted these letters and other evi dence to ihe Club at a special meeting,and it was “unani-- inou sly. resolved that the secretary be requested to notify Kowlahd E. .Evans that it is the sense of chis meeting that he should resign his position as a member of this CEnb. ’* Mr. Evans was so notified, and in reply smt two com munications to the Club justifying his conduct, on the ground that he had been - first insulted, and was merely • repelling one insult with another; and .finally apologi z ng to the Club for any breach of its rules lie had been guilty, of. • • At a special meeting of the Club, called to take into con sideration the refusal of a member to resign from the CJiib on.the request.of the board of directors all the so communications were read, and also a further one of that. dare,. March 23, coo taming another Apology from Mr. Evans v by a Mr. \Villiauis; towhomithad-beeh given by Tewfours'before the meeting The circumstances of the case were thereupon fully'dis cu?sed anu considered, and it was finally moved arid seconded; . -; v .. . Rowland E; Evans, 'having refused to resign on the Club afc i° n board of directors, he expelled from. . voEeupon:this resolution was taken byballot. tail thet-purpose being duly appointed. The result .of the ballot was as follows: • . For expulsion 77 votes. expnlsoin. “ ■ Wherenpon -the relator was declared to be expelled fiom the Club. f 2 he answer closes with a prayer that the respondents be dismissed, &c. • .•- . Oppictait - Edition op- TJ. S. liAavs.—Messrs. Little, Brown, & Go., r with commendable prompt ness, have issued the ojficiai edition of the laws passed by Congress,, at the recent session. In this editions the laws are compared by a careful reader with the original rolls in the Department of State at Washing* ton, and under the watchful editorship of Judge Sanger, errors ate noted, by the use of italics or pa renthesis, without alteration of the original text. A comprehensive index to each description of laws is likewise added, an important feature, which, in its saving of trouble in finding a single clause, is often worth enough to pay for the whole book ; af fo™«) by theway, at a very moderate price. -Thedegislation of Congress at the last session em braced several topics of permanent and widespread interest, among which we need only mention the conscription, loan; banking, and post office actß,’so that few persons can afl’ord to neglect supplying themeelves with the laws, ,and the best edition of 'course is that which includes them all in an authen,-. tic shape,— Boston Daily Advei tteer, (PUBLISHED WEEKLY.) [Before Mr. A 1 derinan Patchel. ] Alleged Larceny. PEPEXDaXTS.