MONDAY, MARCH 28, 1864. 49* We can take no notice of anonymoua oomrnu* nicationi. We do not return rejected manueoripte. -yolnntary correspondence li solicited from all narta Of the world, and e«peoially from our dWerent military and naval department*. When rued, It will be paid for. SOME WORDS ON THE LATE DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION. The honest and patriotic men who cling to what, againßt their bent judgments, they reluctantly regard as the Democratic party, have had another thorn put under their pa lows, another remorse added to the thou sand which have- so long been fighting in their loyal consciences. The managers of the Democratic organization, of which Mr. Chabi.es J. Biddle Was the elected head, 'called a State Convention, and fired Wed nesday last as the day, and the Race-street “National Hall,” in this city, as the place of meeting. Our readers who have noticed the proceedings of this body will have perceived that, as there were.no candi dates for State offices to name, the occasion selected was a most proper one to enunci ate great purposes and principles. What a capital and tempting opportunity was this to turn the tide in favor of the Democracy; to show their devotion to the Government 5 their hatred of the rebellion, j fomented and forced by the Southern leaders, fnow in arms against the Union, ) who betrayed them; their gratitude to the Democratic soldiers fighting for “the Union as it was and the Constitution I as it is,” (as the Democratic leaders tell us they arej and, generally, to outbid the progressive war element, and especi ally to put to shame the “ war Democrats,’ -who, as we are daily reminded, “have left the Democratic party and joined the Abolitionists!” Thousands of honest De mocrats expected that this opportunity -would be seized upon; for nothing ago nizes such men more than the suspected treasonable course of their leaders. Their relatives and friends in the army, who are all becoming Abolitionists in the face of the cruelty of slavery, and its base and mon strous ingratitude, have demanded that they should cut loose trom the sympathizers I with Secession, who now lead the Demo cratic party. And this demand, coming from such a source, ias gone into the very marrow of the old Democratic hone and sinew. Can a citizen who has a son, or a brother, or a fiitnd, in the service, resist such appeals and remain inside of the tainted organization ? The answer is to be found in the proceedings of the De mocratic State Convention of Wednes day and Thursday last. We recognise among the delegates of that Convention the names of many excellent men, men of un- I doubted loyalty, men who have dear rela tives and friends in the aTmy, men whose hearts heat warmly for our poor country. They have adhered to the Democracy from old friendship, and from traditionary and inherited prejudices, and they are too proud to go even into a mere Union organization, lest their motives may be misunderstood or attributed to a longing for power and patron age. But what can such citizens say one to the other, and what dabe they say to their own consciences, when they come to contemplate the resolutions adopted by this State Convention? We give them in full; for they are as infamous as they are brief: Rcwlved, That as we have no State candidates to > rtteci to the people, end no issues involved in the ct ming election other than those which affect the welfare and liberties of our sitter States equally with cuis, we leave it to our representatives in the Chicago Convention to unite with the repreten* tatives of the other sovereignties of the North in embodying the sentiment of the people in a deala* ration of principles, acceptable to all the States on whem werely to elect a President and bring back peace and union to this distracted land. Resolved, That the Democracy of Pennsylvania hereby express their preference for the nomination of General George 6. McClellan as the Demoeratio candidate for the Presidency by the Chicago Con* vention, and that the delegates to said Convention be instructed to vote as a unit on all questions arising therein, as a majority or the delegates shall decide. Resolved, That the first necessary step to restore the welfare and prosperity of the American Re public is to get rid of the present corrupt Federal Administration, and tbe sure way to accomplish thfa end is a thorough organization of the time honored Democratic party, and the prevalence of union and harmony among its members. Tbe resolutions were adopted unanimously, wiihoiU discussion. discussion /” What a reproach and a satire are here, especially preceded by the remarks of a delegate, Mr. Rufus E. Shepley, of Cumberland, that the com rnittee “could not agree,” aptly responded to by Mr. Kino, of Philadelphia, “that if the Committee on Resolutions could not agree, the Convention could!” It was a fitting prelude that the resolutions should have been introduced to the Convention by Hon. J. Glancy Jones, a delegate from. Berks county. How characteristic of J. Gu.nct Jones ! Himself absent as Mr. Buchanan's minister at the Austrian Court, after an ignominious defeat by his own peo ple for his complicity in the great troubles preceding the war, he is the most proper authority to keep his party silent, and therefore disgraced, in this awful hour. It is “resolved” by Mr. Glancy Jones, and afterwards unanimously carried by the De mocratic Convention, “ that as we have no State candidates to present to the people, and no issue is involved in the coming elec tion other than those which affect the wel fare and liberties of our sister States equally with ours, we leave it to our representatives in the Chicago Convention to unite with the representatives of the other sovereign ties of the North in embodying the senti ments of the people in a declaration o£ principles, acceptable to all the States on whom we rely to elect a President and bring back peace and Union to this dis tracted land." What patriotic Democrat can read this de claration without indignation and disgust ? In what other Democratic State Convention of former years have great issues been so de liberately and cravenly evaded and shirked ? Here was a body composed oi delegates - from nearly every county in Pennsyl vania, many of whom with relatives and friends in the field, which, under the lead oi James Buchanan’s late minister to "Vi enna, disdains to say a word for the coun try, or to inter a syllable of encouragement for those who are fighting and suffering that that country may be restored to honorable peace and solid unity! It was fitting that this resolution should be succeeded by a nomination of General McClellan for the Presidency, and after that by denunciations of an Administration that gave elevated po sition, and still gives pay to that misguided officer of the army. General McClellan advocated the election of Judge Woodward as the Copperhead candidate for Governor last October, and, on the principle of a fair reciprocity, it was graceful that the friends of Woodward should now endeavor to make him President of the United States. But if the General’s last October endorsement of the anti-war candidate for Governor defeated that cold and ambitions aßpirant, and drove hundreds of Democrats into the Union ranks, the endorsement by the leading Copperheads of Gen. McClellan’s claims to the Presidency will be a thousand times more fatal to his hopes. Let us suppose, however, that Mr. Lincoln’s Administra- tion is succeeded by one headed by General McClellan, as the third and last resolution demands. Such a result would undoubt edly give us a speedy, if not an honorable, Peace. He could no more avoid fol lowing out the counsels of his pre sent sponsors than he could avoid accepting their suffrages. What these counsels wouia be it is easy to anticipate. I The Convention which nominated him for I President was manipulated and managed by the destroyed of the Democratic party at Charleston and at Baltimore, and by the authors or advocates of the most dangerous theories in favor of separation and seces- I sion. There is not one of these partisans who does, not sympathize more with the Rebellion than with his own Government. I We need not look for proof of this assertion I in the insolent tone of the speeches in that Convention, and in the heartless I refusal to support the soldiers of the Republic in its formally-presented and I carefully - drawn resolutions, but to the words these men have spoken and printed ever since the traitors took up arms against the flag. General McClellan’s plan of peace could, therefore, only be separation, and a recognition of the rebel conspiracy. How he would divide the Republic—whether on the idea of Mr. W. B. Reed, by arMmg Pennsylvania and New Jersey to the South, or on that of F. w. Hughes, by cutting off New England, or on that of j W. M. Gwin, by erecting California into a separate Confederacy— his champions would have to decide. There would be little difficulty in such men coming to speedy .terms with the rebels. Two organizations that sympathize each with the other so affection ately and steadily as that of the Copperheads in the North and that of the traitors in the South, would soon agree when the fate of the American Government was confided to their arbitrament. And as General Mc- Clellan happens just now to be the pre ferred candidate for the Presidency, against Mr. Lincoln, by both these organizations, his success would be equally gratifying to both as the happy preliminary to what is called “an honorable peace.’’ And it is this carnival of blood—this crowning tragedy of treason—this catas trophe of American liberty—that the Demo cratic masses of Pennsylvania are asked to aid by the “Democratic” leaders of the State! We do not wonder, when the action of the Convention was made known in our streets, that hundreds of intelligent Democrats de nounced it publicly and vehemently. They looked for some ray of light, some patriotic declaration, some good and strong reason for remaining with the party of their affec tions and their confidence. But all that was vouchsafed them were the resolutions we have quoted, the election of Mr. Wm. H. Witte as president of the Convention, the election of Mr. C. L. Ward, of Bradford, | as chairman of the State Committee, and ' the election of such men as Richard Yaux, i William Bigler, and -Asa Packer as ; delegates to the so-called National Demo- j cratic Convention. If there are to be found in : any portion of the country five men who, by • Word and deed, have" shown a more violent and envenomed hatred of this war for the preservation of the Government, they must be sought for in the ranks of the rebel army, or in the gloomy meetings of the rebel con clave at Richmond. Fitting architects these of a platform for a national Democracy ! J Two or three of the number helped the slaveholders to destroy the old platform; all of them sustained Buchanan in those unparalleled proscriptions and tyrannies which paved the way to war; and every man of the set voted and worked for Breckinridge, in 1860, while the great Douglas was making the South to ring with his predictions that that act was pressing the Republic to the precipice of disunion and ■ bloodshed. And this . is the entertainment spread before a loyal people and a true Democracy! We have frequently stood amazed at the audacity, in tolerance, and tyranny of the new dicta tors of the remnant of the Democratic party of Pennsylvania; but this last exhibi- i tion leaves all other precedents far out'of ; sight. It proves at once their bitter impeni tence, their confirmed hatred of their Go-, : vemment, their contempt of our brave men in camp and field, and their sincere sym- 1 pathy with the armed enemies of the only free nation on earth. A State Militia. Ii the Congressional law of 1792 had been carried out, every State in the Union would have had a stfong militia force, according to its population, composed of “free, able bodied, white male citizens, between the ages of 18 and 45.” This force would have been so particularly available in cases of in surrection, war, invasion, or threatened inva sion, that, if the different States had kept up their respective quotas, the Treason and Rebellion of 1861, which we are now put ting down, could not have taken place. Whenever the rebellion is crushed, it will be necessary to organize a militia for this State: while the civil war rages, and the liability to draft necessarily continues, this organization can scarcely be made. A pamphlet of over sixty pages Bvo , printed by King & Baibd, and miscalled “Laws relating to the Military Force of Pennsylvania,” is really a very elaborate plan, in the shape of a Bill to be presented to the Legislature, to form, officer, discip line, and govern a State Militia here, to con sist of 75,000 men. The gentleman who has constructed this elaborate plan has had some experience, we understand, as a com missioned officer in the British Army, and has resided in this city tor some time. We approve—as far as a civilian can give an opin ion upon a subject chiefly military—of the main provisions of this plan. But it is too long, because many minute details are in troduced, which, it strikes us, might be pro vided for by a single clause of three lines, empowering such and such per sons, properly qualified, to frame rules for discipline. If carried out on its integrity, it will involve the (state in vast expense—for it contemplates the erection of a great armo ry, magazine, State commissary department, and quarters and bureaus for officers and de partments, “within a convenient distance of Harrisburg,” and of other armories in va rious places. To some it will be an objection that this plan proposes to increase the patron age of the Governor for the time being, by creating a number of well-paid functionaries to carry the law into eflect, if passed. In some States, ("New York and Massachusetts, for example,! captains and privates are elected by the privates of their re spective companies, field officers by the company officers, and general officers by the field officers— except the Major General, who is nominated by the Governor in New Yoik, and by the Legislature in Massachu setts. The plan before us places the appoint ment of all the officers with the Governor, with the very proper proviso that field, staff, and company officers shall not be commis sioned until they have successfully passed an examination before a competent military committee. The officering of 75,000 men must he extensive, to say nothing of the appointments oi Adjutant General and As sistant Adjutant General, four Inspector Generals, Paymaster General and Assistant, Quartermaster General and Commissary General and Assistants, Surgeon General, Judge Advocate General and Assistant’ Chaplain General, four Major Generals’ three ordnance officers, and a proportionate supply oi aides and clerks. There are many details in this project which may be advantageously adopted when the question of embodying a State militia fairly shall come before the pub lic and the Legislature. Bat the plan, in its present entirety, ia liable to the ob jections we have mentioned; others may occur to military men. In the advanced state of the session it is impossible that the Legislature could dispose of so vast a mea sure now, even were it not better to wait until peace is happily restored, but the cir culation of this plan will prepare people’s minds for the necessity of organizing a suitable militia force for this State. To this issue we must direct our attention, and this plan, though not perfect, will provide ample materials for thought and discussion. Owen Lovejoy. Owen Lovejoy is dead, and we note the fact with reverence, for the country has lost a sterling patriot, and the grave will close over a brave and honeßt man. Such men we must deeply regret, because they are precious as they are few, and though we have'brighter names than that of Owen Lovejoy, he, at least, in his sphere, did his duty chivalrously. Brother to the first martyr to Northern or anti-slavery liberty, he was one of the first, if not the first, popn lar representative of the North who threw down the gauntlet to the tyrants of slavery. The world will not call him a fanatic now. Mb. Ohablbs Kksslbr, the owner of the Ilea iinyer Siler, or Heeding Eagle, h»» sold thet valu able German newepaper to Meiers. Bitter A Hawley, and wUI retire at the end of the present month. Mr. Keseler is an old publisher, end in ell hie private tele, tions a most worthy and exemplary citizen. TheEayie has a very wide circulation, and la strong enough to take the boldest ground! on all great questions. But steadily and sternly It adheres to the so celled Deinocratia party, and usee its own influence atUl further to darken the minds of the people of Berks. A journalist ought to be a public teaoher and always a leader; and yet the Eagle seems to prefer the lower to the higher flight, conceiving it Barer rather to ■wim with prejudiee than soar with principle. Mr. Keener goea out of this old-established organ of his party greatly respected, and we hear that he Is to be a candidate for State Senator next Ootober. As one of his very bad politics must be chosen to that plus, we shaU feel great pleasure to see our old friend’s aldermanio proportions in the State Legislature. WASHINGTON. Wabhimqtok, March SS, 1804. Important Proclamation by the .President. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. A P HOC LA M ATIO W. Whereas, It bM become necessary to define the cuei In which insurgent enemierare entitled to the benefits or the proclamation of the President of the United States, which was made on the 6th day of December, 186 s, and the manner in whioh they shall proceed to avail themselves of their benefits! And whereas, the objeetsof that proclamation were to suppress the insurrection and to restore the autho rity of the Trotted States. And tohereas, the amnesty therein proposed by the President was offered with reference to theae objects alone. Now therefore, I, Abraham Lihcolv, President of the United States, do hereby pro olaim and declare that the said proclamation does not apply to the eases of persons who, at the time when they seek to obtain the benefits thereof, by taking the oath thereby prescribed, are in military, naval or civil confinement or custody, or under bonds or on parole of tbe clval, military or naval authorities or agents of the United States, as prisoners of war, or persons detained for offences of any kind, either before or after conviction j and that, on the contrary, it does apply only to those persons who, being at large and free from any arrest, confinement, or duresi, shall voluntarily come forward and take the said oath* with the purpose of restoring peace and establishing the National authority. Prisoners excluded from the amnesty offered in the said proclamation may apply to the President for clemency, like all other offenders, and their ap* plications will receive due consideration* I do further declare end proclaim that the oath prescribed in the aforesaid proclamation of the Bth of December, 1663, may be taken and subscribed to before any commanding offloer, civU, military, or naval, in the service of the United States, or any civil or military .officer of a Slate or Territory not in insurrection, who, by the laws thereof, may be qualified for administering oaths. All officers who receive such oaths Are hereby au thorized to give certificates thereon to the persons respectively by whom they are made, and such offl* cers are hereby required to transmit the original re* cords of such oaths at as early a day as may be con venient, to tbe Department of State, where they will be deposited, and remain in the archives of the Government. The Secretary of State will keep a register there of, and will, on application in proper cases, issue certificates of such records in the customary form of official certificates. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the city of Washington, the twenty-sixth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight bunured and sixty-four, and of the Indepen dence of the United States the eighty*eighth. [l. B.] ABRAHAM LINCOLN. By the President; Wm. H. Sbwabd, Secretary of State. The Army of the Potomac* The following general order was issued to day: Headquarters op the Abmt, Washington, March 27,1864. ' All furloughed men of the 9th Army Corps will, at the expiration of their furloughs, rendezvous at Annapolis, Maryland. Department and other com manders will facilitate the execution of this order. By command: Lieut. Gen, GRANT. E. D. Towxssvn, Assist, Adj. Gen. General Birney. Brigadier Geberal David B. Birnby, United States Volunteers, has been confirmed as a Major General In the Volunteer lervioe, his commission to date from May 20, 1863. Birnby is an Alabamian by birth, and the son of James G. Bibbbt, who, originally a planter of Alabama, liberated his slaves, removed to the West to educate his children, and was in 1840 made the Abolitionist candidate for the Presidency. General Wm. Birnet, In charge of the recruitment of black regiments in Maryland, is his brother. The New loan. There is the best authority for saying that no Na tional Banking Association has yet received autho rity to receive subscriptions on aooount of the Secre tary’s ten* forty Joan. Betters are in preparation, however, and will be immediately forwarded to all the National Banking Associations which have been qualified and designated as depository and financial agents, authorizing them to act as agents in re ceivicg subscriptions for the ten-forty loan. The compensation allowed is one-fourth of one per cent., out of which the cost of advertising and all other expense* of obtaining subscriptions must be de* frayed Military Movements. For several days past our streets have been more th&n ordinarily lively with the movements of troops of oil branches of tbe arm;. General Plbasohtoh and etas’ are in Washington with other prominent military offloera. The Draft in Kentucky. Governor Bramlbtte, of Kentucky, and ex-TJni ted Statei Senator Dixon, from the *ame State, who arrived on Friday, are atill in Washington. Their buaineaa with the Freaident la with reference to the draft, Thoae who profeaa to be well acquaint ed with that subject confidently aay that no difficul ty ia apprehended aa to the execution of tbe draft under tbe amendatory enrolment act in that State, and that all proper measurea will be taken by the Government to prevent military exeeaaea and a con travention of the right* of citizena, and further that Kentucky will promptly furnish herfuUquota under the draft. Tbe Quota or Pennsylvania. The War Department will oorrect the errora in the account with Pennsylvania, in regard to troopa due under the aeveral oalla. There ia no doubt that there it an error in Provost Marahal Fey’s ttatement. The city of Philadelphia, it it alleged, ia greatly overcharged and under-credited, but prompt correc tion could be aeoured were proper effort made. Orders for Active Service. Since the laaue of the order relieving several regi ments of the Veteran Deserve Corps from duty un der General Maktinijalb, the officers and men on detached duty here anticipate that they will be re quired to join their regiments. It is said another order, Jong aaked for by all who know tbe difference between soldiering in tbe face of the enemy and in the hotels of Washington, has been actually issued, directing that officers and enlisted men whose ser vices are not actually needed at the various military headquarters be returned to their regiments immedi diately. Humor Respecting tbe Hilltla. It is rumored in military eiroies to-day that the entire organized militia of the North Is to be called into active service for a period of six months, to hold certain atrategetical points during the campaign against Richmond, which la about to commence. Tbe Corps Commanders. The selection ol Generals Warren, Hancock, and Sboswiok, as commanders of ihe three oorpa into which the army la conaoUdated, meets with uni versal approval. Major General Warrbn has eitablished bis headquarters at Culpeper Court Houae. Invalids and Veterans. An order has been issued authorizing offloera and privates in the Invalid Corps, of sufficient service and fit for active duty, to enter the Veteran Corps. The chance will undoubUy be jumped at by all who squirm under the popular misapprehension that the Invalid Corpa is a body of pensioners. They will get bounties too. Arrangements for tbe Sick and Wounded. Hospitals here have received considerable acces sions from tbe Army of Fotomae, whose acoommo datioDS for sick and wounded are being prepared for prospective emergencies. Ambulanoes find all the category of necessaries for disabled soldiers have been put in perfeot order. Stab' or Colonel Rusk. The following offloers are appointed on the staff of Colonel Kiohard h. Rush, commanding the Ist Brigade of the Veteran Reserve, late the Invalid Corps : Oapt. Jambs Montqomerv, Chier of Staff and A. A. G.; Captain Wu, W. Boqbbs, of the 19th Regiment, Anting Assistant Adjutant General and Aotlng Assistant Inspector General; Lieut. Charles C. Hyatt, of the 6th Regiment, Acting Assistant Quartermaster and Acting Ald-de Camp; Lieut. Wbslby Maerwood, of the 34th Regiment, Aotlng Ald-de-Camp. Explosion of a Balloon. While experimenting with a flying maehine yes terday at the Patent Office, the attaohed balloon, filled with hydrogen gas, exploded, shattering the windows, and ilightly injuring the gentleman test ing tbe merits of tbe Improvement. The balloon was of India-rubber, and the explo* THE PRESS.—PHILADELPHIA. MONDAY, MARCH 28, 1564: alon was eaused by the eleotrislty with which tt was accidentally charged previously rubbing it. The subsequent experiments were successful. The ma chine is designed for military purpoaes. Ambulances Sent to the Front. A great number of ambulancea went through the city, to the front, to-day. Monarchical Governments In Central and Upon the above subjeot the folio wing message and accompanying report were received by the Senate Satuiday: > To the Smalt of the United Stales: In reply to the resolution of the Senate ot the ISth inst., in relation to the establlsnment of monarchi cal governments in Central and South America, I transmit a report from the Secretary of state, to whom the subject was referred. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. Washington, March 24,1884. Dbtabtmewt op Statu, Washington, March 24,1864. The Secretary of State, to whom haa been referred the resolution of the Senate of the l“hta!tou"i£. questing the President "to communicate to the Senate, if not incompatible with the public interest, any correspondence or other information in posaes aion of the Government relating to any planor plana now projected, or being projected, with a view to the establishment of monarchical Governments in Central ana South America,” has the honor to re- Tbat surmise* and jealousies are constantly arising SSL**. 6 *0 which the resolution refers, which are brought to the notice of the Department by our representatives abroad. But there is no correspon ds®® or other form of information which furnishes any reliable facts showing the existence of plans for the accomplishment .of the object mentioned, Any correspondence which might be regared as embraced in the resolution, besides being very vague* is In its nature confidential, and its publication at the pro* sent time would be incompatible with the oublio in terest. Bespectfullyiubmitted, „ _ WILLIAM H. SEWARD. To the Frksidekt. DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF. The Campaign In West Louisiana—Alex andria Captured, and New Iberia Oc cupied. By the arrival of the ateamihlp Evening Star at New York yesterday, we have date* from Neff Or leans to the l#th init. ' On the 16th init. a part or the Federal fleet ap peared oppoaite Alexandria, and demanded ite aur render. The demand was compiled with without any show of opposition. den. Bulks intended leaving for the field early In the week, but his departure was delayed. Be would probably get away on the 30th or 31st. The army in Western Louisiana is again on the move. General Lee’s oavalry corps has opened the campaign. Hl* advance oeeupled New Iberia. Our loroe had a fight at New Iberia, and pursued the enemy a dlstanee of nineteen miles. Two of our gunboats crossed Berwick’s Bay and Brand Lake, and asoended the Brand river to Bute a-lorßose. This was the aeene of a desperate en gagement Jest year. Before reaching But»a-la-Bose they came upon a rebel camp, and at onoe opened fire. The rebels ran, and men were landed bom the gumboats, who burned the tents and campequipage, and captured tbe arms and ammunition of the entire foree. The Free State Executive Committee have adopt ed the following resolution: Retolved, That the Free State party Is uncompro misingly opposed to assuming any debts contrasted by the State of Louisiana while under rebel domina tion, for the purpose of carrying on the war against the United States. Governor Hahn has eslled an election for dele gates to a constitutional convention, to take place on the 28th inat. Nbw Orleans Mabkbt. — The following is the maiket news of the 19th: Bold opened very unsteadily, prices ranging from SSX to 66. News or the passage of the gold bill through Congress and the deellne in New York dosed ihe maiket without sales at 64X, Cotton is unsteady. Some repaeked sold at 520. Salea of ordinary at 61c, part sandy. New York, March ST.—A Mobile paper of the Bth says, “Bo firing on Fort Powell yesterday. The enemy’s fleet is three and a half miles from the fort.” DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI. The CaptvreofFort De Ruisey on the Red St. Loom, March 38.—Our losses at the capture Ot Fort Do Bussey, on the Red river, were seven hilled, two mortally wounded, twelve severely wounded, twenty ie von a lightly wounded, and eix not apecided. The rebel loaiwaa five killed and four wounded. About a thousand men oompoied the garrison of the fort, but more than one half had been with* drawn to defend Alexandria, which, according to the latest adyloei from New Orleans, had also been captured by our troops. The credit of the capture of Fort de Bussey be. longs to the army entirely, the gunboats not having participated in the engagement. Fort de Bussey is seventy miles from the mouth of the Bed river, one hundred and forty-three miles from Alexandria, and four hundred and fifty miles from Shreveport. DEATH OF PAYMASTER NORRIS. Memphis, March 24.—Major Win. P. Norris, pay* master of the army, a native of Philadelphia, died here on the 22d. Advices from Ylckaburg to the 17th furnish nothing of special interest. The brick railroad depot at Vicksburg was entirely destroyed by fire afe w day s since. A large portion of the cotton it contained was saved. The Memphis cotton market is dull atsSo for good middlings. Fobtkbss Monsob, March 25.— -The United states steamer Calypso, Captain Bars tow, sailed this fore noon for the South Atlantic blockading fleets. The despatch steamer Fort Jackson, Captain Sands, ar rived from the blockade off Wilmington, and reports a large number of wrecks on tbe coast between Cape Hatteras and Cape Henry. Spars and pieces of wrecks, and three dead bodies, were seen floating in the water. The fleet off Wilmington is all safe. Captain Van Gilder and crew, who were taken off the wreok of tbe schooner Alabama, frost-bitten, are well pro vided for in .the McClellan Hospital, and are doing well. The Hon. Simon Cameron arrived here this morning. Fobtbbss Monbob, March 27.—The sohooners Beulah bound to Fortress Monroe, and Alexander Young for Port Royal, with Government coal, were ashore near Cape Henry, and will prove total wrecks. Amos Warwick, a seaman, perished from exposure. The Ist Colored” Cavalry, 2d Light Battery, (co lored,) and the 10th Colored Infantry, were reviewed by General Butler and staff, and at 3 o'clock by Ge neral Butler. General Cameron, Judgea Gllles and Armstrong, of Pennsylvania, were present. Caieo, March 25 —Tbe steamer J. O. Levan has arrived from New Orleans, having on board the 21st and 4lst Illinois and 78th Ohio veteran regiment!, from Vicksburg, en route home on a furlough. Brig. Gen. Leggett accompanies them. The steamer Mariner, from Memphis for Cincin nati, had on board 696 bales bf cotton. She brings dates of the 23d, and reports cotton declined 10. for all qualities, little offering, and no disposition to buy. Prioea range from 4S@4Bc. Caibo, March 27. —Memphis dates of the 25th say cotton is unchanged. There is ho inquiry, and holders manifest no disposition to sell. Good mid dlings 57c; strictly middlings 56c. The steamer Desare was burned at Duvall’s Bluff, White river, on the 22d, while lying at the levee. She was towed into the itream and sunk, thus saving a number of other boats and a large quantity of Government stores oh the landing. She had 300 balei of eotton on board,most of which was destroyed. The boat was owned by Champion & Ogden, and va lued at $60,0001 and insured for $20,000. John Kelly was arrested yesterday for passing e junterieit $lOO treasury notes. St, Loots, March 27—The circulation of the Metropolitan Record, publiahed in New York, ha* been tnppreued in this department by order of Gen eral Roaeermna. Well executed counterfeit $lOO Treasury Notea have been paaaed on aeveral partiea here within a day or two, and notea of the aame oharaoter hare appeared at St. Joaepha and other points West. Flour, yesterday, waa dull, at $6 for single extra, and sg.3s@s6 80 for double extra.) Wheat, is active and higher; sales at sl.3o@sl 45for prime to choice* Horn is dull, andranges from 900@5i.05, Oats lower, at 88@89C, < Tlie Capture of Guadalajara by the Libe rals V ldaurrl Declared for the French- Juarez Bealrglng Puebla. The steamer Evening Star, at New York from New Orleans, brings late and interesting news from Mexico. A fleet of nine Freneh frigates has appeared off the mouth of the Bio Grande, and an attack on Ma tamoras is anticipated. The particulars of the capture of Guadalajara by the liberal Mexican foroes under General Uraza, have been received. Twenty.four cannon and seven hundred prisoners, French and renegade Mexicans, fell into porseseion of the forces of Juarez, The traitor Mejia is at Ssn Luis de Fotosl with a force of three thousand men, expeoting an attack, • It is said that Fuebla is besieged by the Liberals and must fall, the invaders having no reinforcements that can reach there in time to aid the garrison. Vidaurri has positively declared ror the French, and Cortinss and Boblado,' with strong foroes, are marching to attack him, the former from Mstamoras and the latter from Saltillo. Cortlnas is very popular in Tatnaulipas. Before leaving be consecrated bis battle flag. Music, can non, and fandangoes prevailed quite extensively in Mstamoras during the operation. The Liberal cause is brightening. The Steamer Western Metropolis. Boston, March 27.—The steamship Western Me tropolis, of New York, left this evening for Hilton Head with part of the 4th Massachusetts Cavalry. During her stay in port she has excited great atten tion from her size and beautiful model. She has been visited by crowds. Government Locomotives. Pobtland, Marsh 97.— General McOallum, In spector of Ballroads, took possession yesterday, In the name of ibe United States, of all the unfinished locomotives in the Portland Company's Works. They were being constructed for the Grind Trunk Bailwvy. Lieut. Gen. Grant’s Intentions. Nhw Yobk, Marsh 20 —The Post states thst a prl. vale letter from Washington cays that Lieut. GCn. Grant Intends to plaoe all general officers on duty at once. The New York and Erie Railroad. Albany, March 25 —The Erie Bsllwsy bill was iecommitnd to the Ballroad Committee ol the As nmbly to day, with inetruellons to report it com plete. Tbte action insures the passage of the bill, and empowers the company to issue five millions of new stock to fay a double track and construct new buildings. The bill also authorizes three millions of capital stock to be issued for the redemption of the Ccmpt.-ollfi’* bonds of 1846. { South America. MOBILE. FORTRESS MONBOE. St. Louis. MSXICO. INVASION OF KENT MICKY, HEBEI. CAPTURE OF PADUCAH, rart of the Town Burned. ATTACK ON THE FOHT REPULSED. Our Loss IS Killed and 40 Wounded, REBEL LOSS FROM ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY TO THREE HUNDRED KILLED. General Thompson Deported Killed CAiso, Mat oh 26,—Reports were circulated, this morning, that the rebels, under Forrest, attacked Faduosb. Kentueky, fifty miles above here, yeiter. day, and burned part of the town; but, as the telo graphio eommunioation was cut off, no authentic information eould be obtained. The steamer Satan, from Nashville, passed Pa ducah at 6 o’clook this morning, and steamer Joseph Peaice, which passed two hours later, brings the following account of the affair: Forrest, with an estimated foree of 5,000 men, cap tured ths place at 2 o’clook yesterday afternoon, and sacked and fired the elty. Col. Hicks, commanding the post, occupied the fort below the city with about 800 men. The rebels made four assaults on the rort, but were repulsed caoh time. Three of our gun boats opened on the- oily during its ooeupation by the enemy, and much of it was burned, including the Marine railway and the steamer Arizona. The wbnrf boat and about 3,000 inhabitants of the eity across the river upon learning the approach of the rebels. When the Pesrce passed at 7 o’olook this morning, the enemy bsd left and the people were returning to the elty. The fires were dying out. The amount of publio and private property captured Is unknown at present, but is supposed to be large. Our loss was twelve killed and forty wounded. From one hundred and fifty to three hurded rebels are reported killed, and among them General Thomp son. Twenty five houses, around the fort, were destroy ed by our troops, they being used ss a screen for the rebel sharpshooters. *The headquarters and Government storehouses were burned by the enemy. A reporter has gone to Paducah, and will furnish correct information as soon as possible. LATER THE REBELS MOYING TOWARD CLINTON. Forrest’s forces Crippled. LARGE NUMBERS OF REBEL WOUNDED AT MAYFIELD. CAiso, March 37.—A despatch from Columbus, Ky., says that Forrest and]Fsulkuer are |between that place and Mayfield. Their forees are in a crip pled condition, but their strength is muoh greater than was at first estimated. Mayfield is filled with Rebel wounded from Paducah. From 1,200 to 1,600 are said to have arrived these. One regiment lost 100, and one comyany had 50 killed. The rebels were marching towards Clinton at the lest accounts. Should they attack Columbus they will receive a still warmer reception then at Pa ducah. The steamer Perry was fired into while passing . Hickman yesterday. A large number of rebels were in the town, end a great number of shots were fired, but nobody was hurt. The steamer Graham brought up 600 men from New Madrid, who charged through the town, butthe rebels had fled. They belonged to Faulkner’s eom mand. soo rebtls were killed at Paducah and over 1,000 were wounded. Several citizens of the place were killed during tbe fight, and the city is nearly In ruins. RUMORED CAPTURE OF COL. CROSSLAN. A despatch from Paducah says the home guard had surprised and captured'Ool. Orosslan and seven of his guerillas near Mayfield, Kentucky. REBEL NEWS. Intercepted Despatches of Gen. Hagrnder- An Alliance with Mexico—Gen. Preston and Prince Follgnac. Washington, March 26.—The news hai been re ceived here this afternoon of the seizure of a bateh of letter* found on tbe person of a rebel while he was attempting to cress the Rio Grande, between Brownsville and Matamoros. These letters are said to contain various despatches of the greatest interest, addressed by General Magruder to Jeff Davis. One of these despatches states that General Wil liam Preston, formerly ambassador of the United States to Spain, had arrived at Houston, on the 15th of February, and that after a residence of ten days in that city, he left for Mexico, in company of Prince Polignac, who is now acting as his aide de-camp and secretary. The same despatch informs Jeff Davis that the best understanding exists between Gen, Vidaurri, Governor of New Leon and Tamaullpas, and the Texan rebels, and that an extensive contraband trade Is carried on between him and General Ma gruder. According to the contents of these despatches, it is at tbe suggestion of Governor Vidaurri that Jeff. Davis decided to appoint William Preston as special ambassador of the Confederacy to Mexico. The reason adduced in justification of that important measure is said to be a letter of the Governor to General Magruder, In whioh the former expresses his belief in the entire submission of the Mexican people to the new regime, and his confidence in the prompt regeneration of Mexico under the sway of Prince Maximilian. Governor Vidaurri concludes by stating that an alllanoe between the new Empire and the new Republic of North Amerloa would, in his opinion, be benefioial to both, by securing mutu ally their integrity against any attempt on the part of the North. The despatches further state that the Federal troops In Texas do not amount to ten thousand men, Including Mexicans and negroes. These troops are located at lndianola, Duorow’s Point, Arkansas Point, and Brownsville. Occasionally the boats on the Rio Grande shell the rebel posts at Gouny and Eraiasco, but no.damage has been done to them, at they pretend, save the killing of one mule and the wounding of three. EUROPE. ARRIVAL OP SHE AMERICA. THREE DAYS LATER NEWS. THE PIRATE FLORIDA AT MADEIRA. Mr. Roebuck on American Affairs. The Archduke Maximilian in England. FIGHTING IN’ I>E NMARK. New Tore, March 27.—The steamer America, from Bremen, via Southampton, on the 16th inst., has arrived here. Her news la three days later. The City of London, from Hew York, arrived at Queenstown on the 16tb. The United States steamer Kearsage arrived at Deal on the 15th. The Florida put into Madeira on the 4th, and twenty tons of coal, provisions, and water were al lowed her. She was ordered off on the sth. Two hundred and fifty persons were drowned by the bursting of the Sheffield reservoir. The Times says it has good reason to believe, though the matter esnnot be announced a* abso lutely certain, that a conference will after all ac tually assemble. In the Houae of Lords, on the 14th, Lord Camp bell asked the meaning of Gortsehakoff’s words as to a combination between Russia, Austria, Prussia, and England* Earl Granville said that GortsohakoJF could only refer to the conference proposed by England; but England had notfentered Into any combination dis placing the slightest hostile feeling towards France. In the House of Commons Mr. Roebuck asked if the Federal and Confederate Governments had been remon strated with for the employment of areata for Illegal pnipoier, and said he would be glad to see Federal ship ping swept from the ee&s. In this matter he said that th»honor of England was at Btake. Lord Palmemon tald that the President had been re xnonetrsted with and prosecutions instituted. Mr. Bright said Mr. Roebuck's speech was unworthy of a member of Parliament Lord Cecil thought there was Plenty of resson for Te uton* trstin*. Maximlliian was visiting the Queen of England. An Australian ship had arrived with £228,000 in gold, and another was due with £250,000. The Plata, from the West Indies, brought £1,040.0G0. The Confederate loan had advanced, closing at 43050. Consols steady. 9lH@9l>£. United States 8b receded IJ4. Illinois Central ordinary shares advanced 1. Brie paid up >i. FRANCE. The Memorial Diplomatique says that the treaty be tween Mgziznillian and Napoleon will be agreed on ixn m< diitely on the former becoming Emperor of Mexico. The treaty is inter ded to settle the period of French oc cupation and an arrangement for the liquidation of the French claims. The French troop* are to be withdrawn gradually when regimental lists are formed of 6.000 Yolante«rs for the foreign legion, The debt due to France is te be paid in fourteen annual Installments of 25,(00 COO each. The Federal* die said to have violated the Mexican Territory by seizing cotton belonging to the Confederates in Matamoros. La France says England and Bussia are endeavoring to induce Denmark, to accept an aimlstioe, the armies re maining during the conference in the same position Rentes 66.75 f. a BAVARIA. King Louis will peruse his father's policy on the Da> &lßh question. GERMANY. The Bake of Saxe Cobourg visited Napoleon, with the assent of the minor States, In order to induce him to re cognise the right of the duohles of Schleswig and Holstein to cfeooee thefr own Government. A motion before the Federal Diet for the recognition of Prince Auguatenburg was postponed at the request of Austria ana Prussia. Five Danish steamers are cruising off Stralsund, where tbePrusdau flotilla is ice-bound. The defences to the entrances of the Elbe are being hastened. The Austrians have entered Aarhus, marching on Friderlca The Danieh infantry haye been embarked at Aarhus for Frederica, and their cavalry has gone to Viborg. The Swedish troops in southern Sweden are ordered to be renly to march. The bombardment ofDuphtl fortifications had been ccamtncec. The steamers Heels and Virginia arrived at Liverpoe. the 14th. An important engagement occurred on* the 19th at Fundewett It is stated that 600 Jatlaud peasants have been compelled by the &U*a« to aid In the erection of trenches before Freaeiica Five Austrian troops hav ing been molested by the inhabitants ofViele. General Gabe’enz ordered that all munitions of war and arms In fiossesMr n of civilians shall be delivered up to the mill’ tHy authorities within 54 hours. The roads in Jutland ire Impassable, in comeqasnce of »be heavy rains Varsbal wia&gel has prohibited the export of horses, cattle and grain from Jutland jTfce Prussians h«d ocou- I ltd several pieces near Duppel, and an important en gagement b &d occurred near tbatblace. The discount demand at the Bank of England was piAii*riU a&d rate*- unaltered. The Bank of Bremen has reuuced the rate of discount to 4 per cent. Commercial Intelligence* LIVERPOOL COTTON MARK BT, March 16—The ssies of Cot on for the l&atiwodays ha's been 18.000 belts, the market being buoyant at an advance of X® Id. the inferior qualities havlDg improved the m«t s*le» to B[.ecu]atom and importer*, 8,003 bales FTaTE OF TaaDE —advices from Manchester are favorsbie, p ices being firme* at an advance of J£d. LIVERPOOL BRBADBTUFF& MARKET. -Breadstuff) quiet and steady. Flour stilt deCilniog, . Messrs. Wake* celd, Kush, & <~o . and Gordon, Bruce, A Co., venal 1 ; Floor heavy and still declining.. Wheat quiet and kt 6.@8, 7d for winter r-d. Corn unit: s*hced Com 28: Pit Bcef qa et. p rkfltru. Bacon quiet and steady. .Buttersteady. Lard Arm and quint Tallow firmer. L.VBBPOOL PRODUCE UARP3ST.—TbQ circular reports Ashes firm. Euff&r steady- Vo sales of Coffee. Bfoe quiet. Linseed Oil quiet. Common. Roniu steady. Spirits of Turpentine firmer at Bis for French. Crude Petroleum quiet at is SdC&la lOd. LATEST MARKETS. Sales of cotton on the I6th. 10. COO hales. Market buoy ant All qualities have advanced a trifle. Breadetuffs quiet and stesdy. The etetmtr Caledonia arrived In the Clyde on the 16th, from Hew Tor*- CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA. Arrival of the Champion-Trouble m An- tloqufa. Nkw Yobk, March 27.— The steamer Champion has arrived from Aspinwait, with $373,000 in trea- Feaia are entertained of another outbreak iu Antloqula, against whioh Stats tb e Congress at Bogota had declared war. ..The Fr® a Murillo, has arrived. Many people think MoiQuers will give him trouble. , ... Senor Salagar, the Spanish envoy to examine into the Spanlßb trouble in Peiu, has left Panama in a Spanish veeiel-of- war for Callao. The Champion broke down on her outward pas sage off Cubs, and had a passage o( eleven days. - The Russian corvette Vltlaz left Aspinwall on the 16th. Frederick Seymour, the new Governor of British Columbia, had passed through Panama. XOVIIItb CONGRESS—Ist SESSION. Wabhisotok. March 26. U6L HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Ur. MOORHEAD, of Pennsylvania, argued that this was an infamous and causeless rebellion. It was a wicked and premeditated attempt to destroy the Union and free government, and establish on their ruins a hateful despotism, with tbe aid of European intrigue- The man who sympathizes with it i* a traitor, and would betray bis country. He spoke in condemnation of the course of Pres dent Buchanan, and the encouragement given to the rebels to inaugurate the war, and predicted that the day would come when the false friends of the Union would be consigned to deserved infamy. Presi dent Lincoln had wisely administered the Government, and had scrupulously regarded public and private liable Hence, the people demand nis re-election. His pioclamstl''na of emancipation are not alone saffitfenc. We should resort to legislation to make the destruction of slavery complete, and to that end there shonl 1 be an amendment of the Constitution. Oar financial success is the wonder of the world, and our military success will make our country the favored spot of all the earth: and the asylum of the oppressed of every nation, where merit ax d hornet labor will receive tbelr fnllreward. Mr. HERRICK, of Rew Tork. charged the Adminis tration with the greatest crimes which could be com mitted- They have no debit© or Intention of bringing the war to a close. They are making no calculation for this, bnt are shaping everything for the prolongation of tbe contest. If they had desired to restore peace and the Union they might have done so long ago. Bvery soldier killed WBB murdered by the Administration, and every dollar spent v as so much abstracted and lost to the honest labor or the country. It was th e fin t and most 1 mpsrative duty of the Administration tobilng the war to a olose- If they failed to do so they were morally guilty of treason- Our military operations had produced barren fruits. The ruling minds of the dominant party keep the war alive as the best means of prolonging their power. Be contended they have no right to interfere with the domestic institutions of tli© South, and this was done by the insane troiehlppers of the negro. As for the De mocracy, they would olose the wrt as eoon as they could, compatible with honor, irrespective of the Presi dential The salvation of tae country depends more upon the ballot-box thm upon our armies. Some hope may be expected from General Grant of satisfactory military results, bat with the Adolition party political domination is held superior to the restoration of the Union. Be-elect Lincoln, and the war will continue throughout his second term; the plunderers and con tractors still prosper, while the public debt will become tro great to be borne. Mr. BCELST, of Ohio—his voice being almost inaudi ble in the reporters* gallery —was understood tiT review the inception and progress of the rebellion, and the po litical ix fineness which produced it, and to advocate a vigorous prosecution of the war to secure the blessings of peace. Mr. BARRINGTON, of Indiana, argued that before the Emancipation Proclamation there was passed no Conscription law, the hioeons features of whioh it was • now «ought to conceal by the plea of military neces sity. The President and his wicked advisers had un blnahUtgly broken faith with a generous and confiding people, Armed power was paralyzing and oversha dowing the rights of the people The war was pro longed to pnll down the white man to an equality with the negro, and for thla the President uses remorselessly the blood of the nation. The acts of the President mark the path which led to thw French Revolution, which produced Its Murate and Robespierres and their coadju tors, who, in the name of universal liberty, disgraced humanity. Under this Administration there was no hope of compromise. He saw no way bat to keep and anpply our armies in the field, and hold the mal-admtni%trat,on of the President responsible before the people. The Uinon and the Constitution must be restored, and this could be done only by the people. He declared the ordi nances of secession void, and that the Constitutions and laws of seceded States were in full force, and only needed the removal of treasonable obstructions to resume healthy operation. Mr. HARDING, of Kentucky, asked why, after spend ing three thousand millions dollars and sacrificing eight hundred thousand lives.'we have not peace. The an swer would be found in the fact that the Administration and its party have betrayed the cause of the Union and become a revolutionary party, making war not to re store the Union, bat to erect a different one on its ruins He charged they had violated their solemn pledges, and themselves furnished evidence of their own disloyalty. Be aTgued against any interference with the institution of slavery, and declared that the President was self accused and self condemned of trampling on the Consti tution of his country. The Hease t at halt-past four, adjourned. Public Entertainments. Chbstnu'lwstubbt Thbatrb.— ’« The Ac 3U ting Spirit** was performed three times last week, on Friday and Saturday evenings, and on Saturday af ternoon. The plot turns upon the adventures of three friends, Eric, Rudolph, and Georges , performed respectively by Messrs. Mordaunt, Donaldson, and Everett. Eric assassinates Rudolph, and personates him in order to successfully woo Amalie (Miss Cooper). He half betray* himself through the frenzy with which his remorse breaks forth, and is finally “ spotted** by Georges . The play gives oppor tunity for the appearance of the ghost of Rudolph, in the third act. This ghost indeed is the only at traction about the play. If it be true, that, as the song i&ys: “ Tour heart must be easy If it’* in the right place, ll it ought to have been a matter of wonder en Friday evening that the ap pearances of Rudolph’s ghost were so few and far between; for the heart, if we are to judge from the blood upon the breast,was on the right hapd side, and suggested an exceedingly disturbed physical organi zation. This inadvertency was arrested, however, in subsequent representations, and the spectre, like a conscientious spectre as it was, made its entrance and exit to the admiration of all beholders. Mr. Mordaunt looked the oharaoter of Eric , the assassin, almost to perfection, and acted with very considera ble force. Mr. Lennox made nothing at all out of a rdle which could have been rendered amusing in fit ter hands. Whether it v&s too heavy for him, or he was too heavy for it, we are unable to explain. Ama lie (Miss Cooper) bad merely to look interesting and stand in attitude, and Miss Cooper managed to do this very well. The “Accusing Spirit** would j»ct much better if it were cut down into two acts* Much of the dialogue is prolix and unnecessary, and the oxdy scene which partakes of excitement is the one in the third act, in which Rudolph } s ghost &p -apears in mid air, just over the table of Juatloe, which, with its overhangings, bears a striking like ness, by the way, to a bedstead with its tester. The drama was preceded by the farce of 11 Family Jars,** in which Mr. Pearson and Miss Annie Ward ap peared to advantage. “ The Octoroon 11 will be per formed this evening. Walkttt-btbekt Theatres’— Mr. Edwin Adams concluded on Saturday evening a two weeks’ and by no means brilliant engagement. He is a young actor who has risen rapidly, and who possesses both ability and ambition. We scarcely think he belongs to that illegitimate branch of the profession in which an actor or actress obtains a name for the delineation of only one particular rdle . He is some thing better than this. He unites powers which render him pleasing in his tragic, or comic, or melo dramatic use of them. The Walnut-street Theatre has been the home of sensation plays and sensation players, and, knowing this, perhaps Mr. Adams has found a reason in it for adhering to “The Dead HeatV’ftnd totally abjuring one of his best rifles, “The Heretic. 11 But Lucille Westerniims will not laat forever, and even the most excitement loving publics at last grow sick of sensation. Mr. Adams is versatile in his gifts, is graceful in address, and handsome of form and feature, and if it Bieem vain in him to suffer himself to be aunounoed as the distinguished young tragedian, the vanity is pardonable to his youth and to the deserved success whioh has hitherto graced his efforts. When he next oomes among us, he must have new plays, or sot challenge comparison with the greatest actors in the greatest character* that ever were created Likewise the management Qf the Walnut Street Theatre must look to itself. It ought no longer to be allowed to subsist on the efforts of its present trashy stock-company. The members of the troupe who so indsutrlously earn their living should not be forever placed in a wrong position before the publio. The management, if it showed any enter prise and pluck, would not allow itself to be far out • done in the way of a stock company by the two other theatres in the city. Miss Laura Keene and company appear to-night. Aeoh* street Theatkb. —Mr. and Mrs, Barney Williams have met nightly with their customary patronage, and have moreover been well supported. They continue this week. 11 Roiedala,” whose pro duetion has .been announced and postponed from time to time, is once more underlined. Excelsior Circus.— The Excelsior Ctrcus oele brates the Easter holidays by a matinee and an eve ning performance! Lola Lehman, the wonderful equestrienne, appears in each. Eleventh* street Opera House.— I The crowds which throng this plaoe of entertainment are not to be wondered at, when we consider the excellence and variety of the performance. These merits will be abundantly illustrated during the present week* rf The Lecture of Rev» Beecher, at the Academy of Music, on Thursday evening, will be the last he will deliver in this city the present season. Lieut. Gen. IT. S. Grant. While Gen, Grant was yet before Chattanooga, his photograph was there taken by very competent artists, who have succeeded In producing a faithftib spirited, and highly characteristic likeness* It has been engraved on steel, by J» O. Buttre, of Hew Toik, with the edition of a border, designed by W. Momberger, on which are sketched some of the lead* ing incident* of his brilliant and patriotic career. Those who may be #hrious as to the forefathers of General Grant, we refer to an article entitled “The Grants,” In the last number of the Scottish American, published in New York. It traces the family back to Normandy, in the twelfth century, and derives the name Grant from the old French woid “grand,” great, or valorous. Modest and un assuming as he is brave and patriotic, Gen. Grant has thousands, and even millions of admirers, and a fine portrait, showing him as he Is, will find nu* merous subscribers. Mr. J. p. Shelly, 008 Arch street, is sole agent in Pennsylvania for the sale of this engraving* The size is 10 by 14 inches, and the price of eaeh print only a dollar* Extbaobdinabt Attractive Positive sale of French goods, fco.—The early particular attention of dealers is requested to the valuable and choice assortment of French, German, Swiss, and British dry goods, embracing m lots of fancy and staples, (including the desirable importations of Messrs. Ij. Maillard A Go., of their celebrated fabrios,)to be peremptorily sold by. catalogue, on four months’ credit, commencing this (Monday) morning at ten o'clock, to be continued all day and part of the evening, without iatermlsrlon, by John B, Myers A 00., auctioneers, Nos, 232 and 284 Market street. Auction Notice—Large and Attractive. Sale of Boots and Shoes —We would call the at tention of buyers to the large and desirable sale, of l 000 cases boots, shoes, brogsna, bslmorals, osralry boots, &0., to be fold by catalogue, for this moißirg, commencing at 10 o'clock, prisciajtfy, by Philip Ford & Co., auctioneers, at thtf.r »tcxe» Nos. 625 Market and 522 Commerce streets. Bibgfrid’s Baud.—The great Sanitary Fair or Baltimore will open on Friday, the, fl„t ol nest mi nib, and among it. moat pop'aar feature., no doubt, will be the pretence oi B'jjteld'. ba id, from tbia city, under Ha epni-ed ao j accompUabed lead era. Tbia la one pi tbe very out educated b.udein tte country, and we ehai: glo ., to heir o( lt , 9110 . eeiain tbe floe ocuaerj, wU!I t , wlll „„ M ‘■the tbirds of which is covered by in surance. Messrs. BlcYey & Coates are the heaviest sufferers, their insurance of $B,OOO being exceeded by $4,000 in loss of fixed machinery and materials. The adjoining manufactory of Messrs. William A Newall, makers of marbled and fanoy wall-paper,was in great danger of destruction, but it was saved from the tire by a deluge of water that to some extent damaged the contents thereof. The fire first broke out in the 3d story. In a very short time the flames forced their red tongues from fifty windows,'and the chief engineer, fearing they were about to lick up much of the surrounding property, ordered a general alarm to be struck. This brought the whole Fire Department into requisi tion, and in a very short time tbe tremendous streams from twenty-five or thirty steam en gines were brought into play, and one of the fiercest battles between fire and water progressed. The scene was witnessed by aWeast fifteen thousand peo ple. The mill belched forth huge columns of black, stifling smoke, that would not have done any dis credit to Etna or Vesuvius. It rolled away under tbe power of a northerly wind, while It seemed to span the entire city. The firemen displayed con siderablephilosopby : did many deeds of daring, and "finally obtained a triumph. Insurance to probably two-thirds the whole loss was effected in the Royal, Etna, Hartford, Spring Garden, and other compa nies. Arrival of Rebel Officers.— About three o’clock, yesterday afternoon, a batch of three hundred and thirty, five rebel officers arrived in this city, from Columbus, Ohio, where they have been confined for several months. Among the number wss General Vance, captured in Tennessee, Colonel Dick Morgan and Captain Charlton Morgan, both brothers of the notorious guerilla General John Morgan. The . rest were oaptalns and lieutenants. A portion of them were dressed in citizens’ clothes, and nearly all carried well-filled carpet bags. The majority of them presented a very dirty and slovenly eppearence. The cars were taken to the foot of Washington avenue, when the men were tsken out and marched on board the steamer Major Key bold. The guard which accompanied them here consisted of one hundred and fifteen men, belonging to com panies A and D, of the 88th Ohio Regiment, under the command of Major Johnson. These men were fed at the-Cooper-shop Volunteer Refreshment Sa loon. About six o’clock the steamer proceeded down the river, for Fort Delaware, where the rebels will be confined along with their predecessors. Patriotic Fire Company.—On the oc oa.ion of tbe fire at tbe United State. Saoltarr Commission warehouse-, at Thirteenth and Chestnut streets, the steamer belonging to the Philadelphia Engine Company was promptly offered by the mem bers to pump the water from the cellar—their kind offer was acoepted, and recently the company was tbe recipient of a donation of twenty dollars from the Sanitary Commission for the services rendered on that occasion, The company, at a meeting a few evenings since, most generously returned the amount, and also directed their president to offer the use of their horses and ambulance on- ail.occasions wben their services might be required for the use and comfort of any of the sick and wounded soldiers. The action of the M Philadelphia” is in every way commendable, and reflects great credit upon the members of that useful organization. A New Office for the Coroner.— Coroner William Taylor opened his new office, in the American Philosophical Building, Fifth street, below Chestnut, on Saturday afternoon. He hw long, wanted a public office where tbe people might readily communio&te with him. The ooroner, who is noted for his liberality, had a collation served for the ocossion, to whioh the members of the Board of Health, the press, Ac., were invited. The entertain ment was an agreeable and soolal one, and long to be remembered. Tbe eourse adopted by Ooroner Taylor thus far has been of great advantage to the Interests of the elty, and the same course will be adhered to in the future. Death of a Brave Man- — Captain- Rv W. Maxwell, of the 4th New Jersey Volunteers, died on Saturday of disease contracted in the ser vice of his country. He entered the service in* the 10th New Jersey, but was transferred to the 4th and promoted. He commanded the regiment at the last battle at Fredericksburg, and for bravery won the commendation of his commander. Captain Maxwell wss formerly one of tbe reporters of the newspaper press, in which capaelty he evinced tact and talent. City Treasury,— The amount of money paid out from the City Trea.urp for bounty, up to 3 o’clock on Saturday afternoon, wa» throe mttUoa* of dollar., tbue indicating th» sure enlistment of twelve tbou.and men. The Olty OoiwoU* have authorized another loan of one million, at dollar, which Mr. Bumm, the Treoiurcr, 1. ready to dlfr bur»e a. feat a. the soldier, any oome to get it. Oa Saturday afternoon quite a targe number of soldier* vleited the Treasury department up to almoet dusk, received their $360 bounty, and went their wav rejoiolng. ' Almost a Murder.— James Ourry, re siding at No. 1234 Fitzwater street, was beaten dread fully, on Saturday evening, by hi. wife, who used an iron skillet, Both parties were much addloted to intemperance, and often quarrelled. On Saturday evening their belligerent propeultlee were again indulged in, and she beat him on the head- It is stated that had it not been for the timely lnterfe. rence of other parties the huiband would prohabls have been killed. Trial of a Steamer.— I The Northern Liberty Engine Company will try their new «• .learner” thl* afternoon. The machine la from the “ Amoikeag Work., 4 ’ and at a private trial. neentiy made, performed admlrab’.y and to the utmost faction or the builders a-, well a. the company for whom it had been coneVrueted. v * ur The 85th Rf.gimbnt 17. 8. Colored Military.—The following order wna^ eelved .1 Qsiisrd Oadwalader’s offiofl on Situnit, HBADqVABTIBS MILITABY OCWHakq!’ Philadelphia, Marcb 26, 1954 b Gbbbbal Obdbbs, No. 6.—The proroit ma, lh I* required to know by what authority offloeri longing to the armies of the United States are | 0 ,7 city of Philadelphia, whether upon detaohed aerr, ! or leavea of absence, and alao toe date, when th s leave, of absenoe expire. < It ia therefore ordered that all oflioere in the mu, tarv service, excepting general offlsera, who win L, mein within tbie command for a longer period ih, twenty-four hour*, ehall, a* soon aa practicable ari 5 arriving in thi* city, report in pereon to the provd marshal, at Fifth and Buttonwood atreot., that th e !S name, and addresses may be registered, au*x»,, Issued, for the convenlenoe of themaelves and p, officers of the patrol*. ...._ ... Officers who m*y be on duty withintais commit and abler t from their poet or camp, will be requu J to produoe authentic pane*i or leaves, signed by p, officer utder whose immediate commend they he serving, whenever the came may be demanded -l toe effloere on patrol duty. The names of all officers in this city, without coin, petent authority* will be immediately report to these headquarters, for such further actio a may be deemed neeesisry. Deaths op Soldiers.— I The following deaths at United States Hospitals were reported the Medical Director’s office on Saturday: Summit House Hospital—James Hubbard, pany B, 26th Regiment TJ. S. Colored Troops ; Howard, Company C, same regiment. Hospital at York, Fa.—H. W. Henderson, paay 1,201 b Regiment Invalid Corps* _ Turnei’s Lane Hospital—Wm. King* Company r> 16th Regiment Pennsylvania Cavalry. ’ Soldiers Passing Through.— A. squaj of forty.aeven men, belonging to different Vermont rgiments. under command of Capt. KUDoun, through thi. elty on Saturday, bound for the seat y war. Before leaving they were fed at the Unite Volunteer Refreshment Saloon. The Great Sanitary Pair.—Davij M. Lyle, the ehief of the Fire Department, hi, called a meeting of toe president, or the fire comnj, nies of Philadelphia, for the purpose of devi.i,, mean* to take part in the great Sanitary Fair ij June next. ’ Second Army Corps.—The Coal Bounty Fund Committee will pay $2O to every volunteer mustered into the Philadelphia regiment, of the Army Corp.. See the offloial advertliement. Families of Volunteers. — During tfi> past two weeks, ending at noon on Saturday, the sum of $21,908 88 wa» paid to the families of voln a . teers by the Oily Treasurer. Twentieth Ward. —Bounty-fvlttd meet log wiU be held tbie evening in toe North BaptUt Church. CITY ITEMS. A Oabd.—An advertisement by Phaion A Son, or New York, appeared in some of our paper* a few day. ago, in which the underelgned were falsely Act maliciously oharged with counterfeiting their label and trademark. It waa aleo annouuoed that they had commenced a peoeeoution against us in this city, The undersigned beg leava to refer their friend, and the publio to the opinion of the Court In the case referred to, delivered by too Hon. Oswald Thompson (President Judge), which appear* in thu day’* Press . It full; diipose* of the wurriloui attach upon our charaoter. Buy the Flobbnob.—That a Sewing Maohlne lj now lndiepenaable to toe comfort and economy cr every household is no longer a question. This muoh is Killed. And it ought to be settled once for all that toe beet maohlne in the world to buy for family uie is the “ Florence ” instrument, sold at 630 Chestnut street. We have impartially examined aU the sew. log machine* out, and are bound to award the high, eat praiee to the •* Florence.- ’ Its simplicity or me . cbani.m, thoroughness of execution, wide range o( operation, ease and comparative noiseleaineas ol motion, all conspire to make it a boon in every family, Stocks on thb Rampagb.— Stocks during the present week have been ateadUy advancing, come of them taking tremendous leaps, and the general in. pressfon is that “the end i* not yet.” So, too, hu Alter’s Coal been advancing, not in prioec, but in carls fcom hi* y*rd, No. 935 North Ninth street, to hundred* of store* end dwelling! all over town. Tbb “Pbizb Medal” Sbibt, invented by Mr, John F, Teggert, and sold by Mr, Oeorge Grant, 610 Chestnut street, is, without exception, the best shirt of the age, in fit, comfort, beauty, and dura bility. Hi. stock of Gentlemen’s Furnishing Goods, of hi* own exclusive manufacture and lm* poxtation, is alao the choicest iu the oity, and hti price, are moderate. Gbbat Reduction nr Parana. Great Reduction in Price#. Ladle.’ and Misses’ Fine Cloak*. Ladies’ and Misses’ Fine Cloaks. Also, Rich Fur* of all hind*. Rich Fur* of all kind*. In anticipation of toe close of the season, we an now prepared to make a large concession from for mer prices on all our stock. J. W. Pbootok a Co., The Paris Cloak aud Fur Emporium, 920 Chestnut street. Thb IiASTBB Holidays.—We are now entering upon the Easter holidays, the season when custom sanctions toe procuring of new spring suits. Thin is a moat wise and commendable praotloe, and it meet# our hearty approval. While upon this sub ject we would suggest to our numerous readers tbe wisdom and propriety of obtaining their new suits at the Brown-Stone Clothing HaU of Rockhill & Wilaon, Nos. 603 and 60S Chestnut street, above Sixth. Their stock of goods is not excelled In the country, and toe reputation of their superior cutters and aki’ful workmen ia almoat world-wide. “Lieutenant Genebal Gbant’s suite tola city to-day, in advance of the General.”—West. ingion Chronicle . This is Another evidence of the despatch oharaoter< izing Charles Stokes & Oo.’s one-price clothing store, under the Continental. It will be remembered tbe General was not measured for hiß suit until tbe morning of the day he left our city. Ths Union National Convention, to asifthi* bleat Baltimore on Tuesday, the 7th day of Juae next, will, it is presumed, after presenting candi dates for the offices of President and Vice President of the United States, adopt a resolution favoring the elegant styles of clothinggottenup'atthe fashionable Clothing Emporium of Granville Stokes, No. ,PoH,vlllo X'Lawrie A wf, Boston D T Charles, Albany Chas a Roser, New York C A Pierce. Prov, R I Geo B Coale. BiUlmo’d 9 S Yeaton. New York ir? u 8 A Miss M Kaon. Dutroit OhssHTav, New. Jereey D Urqahart Eds lche, Lebanon Mr James, California H Montgomery. C'B A DT Casement, Elk Co, i’A y.L Ward. Lafayette T B Ward Lafayette . John K Brown, Washinita Thos Williams, Ptitsbarg^ G W Phillip*. Connecticut G W’Sehfifieid. Penna Sf LV SngUaU C P Muhlenberg. US A R G McCord, New Albany k Brown Ala Warren, Pft WB Ogden. Chicago J H Vajeu, IndiauapoUs J M Bbhop, Cleveland John E Sweet, Indiana Henry Quigley. Indians Louis JSTorextus. Mien G A Bowers, Illinois »W*h MtMIOW AiTGh. Hon J Laua, Greenbburit , MonW A Wallase,Ol#ArCt)iu Jas W Underhlil, New Tor*. Jas Radley, New York John 8 Brown A son. Pa J Plli.fljld. Ui *ad ll Blalr, Carlisle ia«B Clark, WaahlDga. «■ , X O9 - Piliibar* * O McCormick, Penna JM PMIUdi. Alleihein J 8 Bravdon. Bastoa V H Oats, Boaton Jae M Baraaev, Ohio E Bnnatela. Ptttobnrz T Bernstein Pitta burn ■ D Mount, Fittebura , John Gallowar. Mlitott. M glob’d Wallace. MUton. 1“ 4 S A Brodhead. kmannlos W H H Piter. BUttannion Iltant at.) above BTfat*- J Plgg* tt, W Chester C L Fritz, Reading HRohr, Georgstiwn, AMetiger. Alex, Va A P Damon, Bristol \ Albert J Nash ' J ' i J 8 Oonnor, Ne w Yor}f, JtfoMUlan, Trsntoo. WCnnleS i James Civlnc fdw Qainn Jm McCiaskftf ? Morris Jenkfasoo U Bowes _ , Valentine, W J Cochran. Havre de o^l Mo3orb->io John B Dam Thos B Moore W D Lyne W Q sleuim. cm enter