iron craft. The other vessels are also thronged with men. In all, the rebels show twelve craft, ail except the Mer rimac, Yorktown and Jamestown being insignificant tug boats. The James town is armed with a prow, which can be seen protruding about six feet be yond the water line of her bow. The position is simply one of defenc6 on both sides. The rebels arc challenging us to conic up to their field of battle; we are daring them to come down.— The French and English vessels still lie up beyond the rebels, the French vessels not more than a mile from the Merrimac, and the Englishman fur ther up. Not a shot has been fired by eithe party. "12 o'clock fight yet. The Merrimac occasionally shifts her posi tion but does not conic further out.— The Yorktown and some of the smal ler tugs have gone up to Norfolk. .` 2 - o'clock, P. 31.—The position of affairs has not changed, and there Looms little probability of any fl,elit to-day. The Merrimac and all the rebel fleet keep their . position and so does our fleet. It is possible that the 3Tbeis may come down with the flood tide, an hour or two hence, but it looks as if both parties hesitated to assume the offensive. IVIIA.T.IS SAIL AND T1101:011T ' The events of the morning are much commented on, and have caused 'considerable feeling of irritation and some humiliation. , .neyond the cap ture of the three transports, the dem onstration of the rebel fleet has been little more than a reconnoissance. It must be conceded, however, that the rebels have had the hest of the affair. The capture of the three prizes was a hold stroke, and we can well imagine the hurrah with which their arrival at Norfolk wits greeted. Whether they might not have been saved, and the rebels made to suffer fur te merity, is a point upon which t shall not venture a decided opinion. " Their position was close on the beach, about half- way between Hamp ton and Newport News, and front four to five miles distant from the position of the Merrimac. light draught boat or two, sent up in time, might have saved them. The Naugatuck started up, but was a little too late to be of effectual service. "Of course our naval authorities are aeting upon some concerted plan and under definite orders, the carry ing out of which is considered of more importance than the saving of two or three small vessels. The capture was effected almost under the bows of the French and English cruisers, and we may be sure that our national prestige was not increased in their eyes by what they saw. AN EXCIIANOE OF SHOTS "41 P. M.—For sonic hours the Mer riume has continued moving ahont. sometimesadvaneing towards the Mon itor, as if challenging her to combat, and then falling back. About an hour since, she moved over in the direction ,of Hampton, and fired a shot towards the gunboat Octorara. lying in tho bend near Hampton. and fully four miles distant. The shot fell at least a mile short. The Octorara immediately re plied, butt her shots also fell short, though well in line. Tito Naugatuck then took part and discharged her ri fled gun. making a splendid shot. The ball fell beyond the illerr:mae full half a mile. The /Naugatuck then fired at the gunboats Yorktown and James town, which were lying beyond the Merrimac. The practice was excel lent, and her gun showed an extraor -4.linary length of range. Turning her attention front I.lsc Ili...taint:in, her th.c.ds were albdirected at the rebel gunboats, and of the four fired, all appeared to strike near the oljects which were aimed at. °• The rebel vessels fell slowly back, and the firing ceilseo. The practice and prowess of the Naugatuck's rifled gun excited great admiration, and if brought into play this morning, would probably have prevented the rebels fronceapturing any prizes. "As I close, at 5 o'clock, P. N., the firing has . ceased, and the - Merrimac appeals to be returning to Uraney. Island.. We look for warm work to 1111OrrOIC. "LATEsT-51 &dock. P.M.—All the rebel fleet are moving off towards Nor folk." From Fortress Monroe and Vielnity FORTRESS MONROE. April 1 3.-13. yr . April 14,—The Merrimac re mained in the same position, near Cra-, my Island, all day yesterday until evening, when. together with the rest ,of the rebel fleet, she returned to Nor folk. She was generally supposed to Jiave been aground. Huntsville, Alabama, Occupied by United States Forces Tiro Hundred' Prisoners Taken.--Fif teen Locomotives and a Large Amount , cf Itollivig Stad CaLotitreil. WAsuitinToN, April 11.--The Set:ro tary of War has receive(' information that lluntsville, was et:copied. vcsterday, by Gen. Mitchell without much resistance being offered. Two hundred prisoners were taken, and fifteen locomotives, and a large amount of rolling stock captured. Huntsviille•is an ,the )[emphis and Charleston railroad, about fifteen miles south of the Tennessee boundary, and forty-five miles cast of Florence, WAR ITEMS. CAIRO, April 11.—Yesterday two splendid batteries, rifled guns, were found in the woods below island No. 10. Large amounts of property, con sisting of horses, mules, wagons, arms, are being daily brought in by our men. .BALTIMORE, April 12.—The Rich mond Whig contains a despatch an nouncing that the rebel Gen. Gladden , lost his loft arm in the battle at Pitts, :burg Landing on Sunday. BALTIMORE, April 12.—The Rich mond TErhig contains news from York town that General 3lngruder, with his staff, was at the Lee House near Lees Mills, on Sunday, and came near being captured or killed by General Keyes. The horse of one of his stair was killed under• him in his flight by a shell. PHOTOGRAPII Atm; MS-13 CW and im proved styleg—just received and for sale at LEwts' Book Store terb Another supp!y of the Old Franklin Almanacs juA received at .Lewis' Book Store.' ' Hiring Military Substitutes at Rich mond. A _Richmond correspondent of the New Orleans Cre Bcent says: Our OM article of cOmincrce now a days, is a commodity known in the mnt•ket as "substitutes." The article has risen front $lOO to $2OO, again to 8500, and from that to $l,OOO and $l,- 500. The cheapest kind now offering ,300 readily. A wretch, named 11 - 01, has been making enormous sums, as much as from $3,000 to $5,000 a day. by plundering substitutes, some of whom are the very scum of the earth, while others are poverty-stricken Ma rylanders of high social position at home. and men of real moral worth. A friend of mine bought, a substitute from Hill for $5OO. 11. e saw Ilill•give the poor devil $lOO and put the remain ing $lOO in his pocket. As my friend went out the door, lie met a gentleman who told him lie had just paid $1,500 for a substitute. On this sum, it is possible the sub stitutes received :3200. and hill the oth er $1,:300. To-day he went up Main street with at least fifty men at his heels. You may, therefore, infer` that lie coins money more rapidly than the Yankee distiller, Stearns, is now in jail with Botts, who used to make four thousand dollars a day, by furnishing his vile stuff to Southern soldiers. The fact is, this business of buying and sellin substitutes is abominable all around. The men who come here from the country to buy them are run mad until they get them—they are ab solutely crazy with fear lest they should fail to obtain them—and seem willing to spend their last dollar• in the effort. On the other band. the exhibition of his person, to which the substitute•is std,jeeted, is ridiculous and disgusting. no is stripped to the skin, percussed, :Imitated, examined front top to toe, like a horse showing of the paces. lovely business truly. TIIE CAPTURE or litcomoND.--The Richmond Etymincr has tho following editorial: The Northern mind has settled down upon the purpose of overrunning Vir ginia, and capturing Itiehmond, the Confederate Capital, at every cost. In this enterprise all hearts are en listed. and upon it all the energies of their Government are bent. For this purpose they have asstribled an army of one hundred and eighty thousand men, including thatoc Burnside, which they regard as one of the most fermi dalde in machinery, discipline and equipment that ever took the field. Whatever be the grit and stamina of the men, there is probably no doubt that it possesses all the advantages which wealth and pains can givo to troops. It is certain that the North regard the demonstration against Biehmond as the grand coup of the war, and we need not conceal ourselves that the danger is serious and formidable. It is believed that, while heavy bod ies of troops will attempt to cross the country from different points on the Potomac, in conjunction with an army marching up the valley from Win chester, the heaviest columns of their forces will be landed from our river estuaries and a march attempted along our eastern peninsula. No doubt re mains that we are approaching mo mentous and decisive events, and that s6me of the most important battles that ill have a place in history are soon to be joined. 1 It is not for us to speak of the heavy movements of our own troops that are constantly going on. It suf . fluent to say that our Generals are cheerful and ready for the cotlict. RES° rrIONS OF LOYA 1.117.-T lIC Phil adelphia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church which lately met in that city is said to have been one of the most interesting convocations ever held by this large. and intelligent body of Christian ministers. The following very proper and excellently expressed resolutions were adopted Resolved, That the Government, the Army and the Navy have our deepest sympathy and fervent prayers, and that we pledge our influence to encour age and assist them in their noble and righteous deeds to protect the donor of our flag, the integrity of the Con siltation, and the maintenance of our glorious Union. ficvotred, That we will cheerfully bear our portion of any tax or taxes that may be required by the Govern ment to defray the expenses of the war. R"solred, That while we confess our sins, and humbly prostrate ourselves before the Almighty God, we thankfully receive the many victories which have crowned our arms, as tokens of his fit vor ; and with gratitude and hope we lift our hearts to 'Rim by whom kings reign and princes decree justice, that victories may continue to bless us un til our brethren, North and South,East and West, again united, may " learn war no jnore." EMBALMINII TILE fiLUL—A Wash ington correspondent gives the follow ing account of the process of em bahn ing adopted there : The body is placed on an inclined platform, the mouth, cars, nose, &c., arc stopped with cotton) if wounded, cotton is put in the wound and a plas ter is put on; an incision is made in the wrist, the attachment is made from an air pump, and fluid injected through out the, arteries. The wound is then sewed up and the body is hoisted up to dry. To save the eyes from sinking in, wax is put under the eyelids. The hair I found to come out very easily, but after the embalming, it could not be removed. The bodies take, en an ' average, about seven quarts, but Gen. Lander's took seventeen quarts. There were some eight bodies on hand; some had been there thirty days. The oper ators say in four months the body will become solidified like marble, but no chance has yet been had to prove it. Colonel Baker's body on arriving at San Francisco, was in an advance state of decomposition. ONE OF THE HEROES OF PITTSUURG.—Among the killed on the National side, at the late bloody victory in Tennessee, was Acting Brig. Gen. William Pogrom. lie was a brother of , Robert Pogrom, commander of the who has rendered his name forever infamous. Though born in Virginia, ho had resided for a number of years in Kentucky, and was never seduced from his loyalty by the poor sophisms that led his brother into treason. From the first he was a staunch loyalist, rais ing a regiment of cavalry, which was in the engagement at Pittsburg Landing,'arid has now tared up his life in defence of the country agqinst which his brother has lifted up a traitor's hand. Pllll. ADELPIII it 111 41.1LIEETS• Apl il 14, 18ti9. Fanny and INti a Family Flour. Cillilmon and Slip. lino 11)e Floor Corn Meal INI ra White Wheat 4, 1,37011,15 Fair and In imo Bed 54i1.913 0,111,1.111110 rviloW 55 (1.111 'fi l'IoN 61 lb- Timothy •=2,1:1(e..2,27!.; HUNTINGDON MARKETS. 13 E=9 Esti a nollily Hour It bltt :1.25 Exti.t dol. Into 11/0 It hitt. IVlteat 1.15 Rol 11 hoot 1 o' 113 .. 'lll (Ili n -15 Clot et:6t..l 1,110 Floes I 100 10.01 Apple: , 1,55 Boller II Eggs 10 1. tol 10 Ilion 12 8114,111.1, 10 Sides 10 Tallow 0 A l i A !; 1 :1 :11 Jo r z.?,, N , I 1:1 1 , ‘ :n 1 1, 1 ; mal,ing so/ft,' preteitt(mv, to 1 ;0,4 ,ffiet b duty. lo nge hot 1,1 ~,, 2, inn! poyntoo.hig A shill.. inht. Cothiwttoo'y to MO 111 SM, 011.1,.at 11 &shot,. of Opening a z est.:lll , UL, itlk tmo young holie4 Col view of 111.11riago. Arplicant4 lo be iulmed.Oulligent, and not nithont Psl•e.1111 ,, 111110teell. Aridlo,9, MORT7MKR AVALLACE, Cualsoont, floubingdou ell, Vit. April 1., 15G.1.-2t MILNWOOD ACADEMY, A .SCIIOOL FOG YOUNG LADILS AND GINTI,jMIN This Institution is pleamittly located in the village of Gap. Huntingdon county, on the mail louln from Mt. Ull/011 to Chenille, atrg, ,11.dant 17 nuke front Mt. Union on the I•enne3lvalliall:o3 , l, milt hhieli it is connected by a d,mly tine of laagee. It i. %hooted in a section oreemitry pi"verbitil toe its and fur lie beautiful and In nal mountain eceiter3, having all the adiautages of rettrenteitt and quiet o n de.dreble in fill ill stitution of the bind, ttith hew or no inn emente to en gage the mind of the student. The institution ion_i, hete- Mnre, It ell altstained its dialect, es being one of line ntm.t thorough and ptacltu i w the Inel. To nom, de siring it, thorough Mutt nction will be giscn in Double it Jingle Lott) laloilatiuto, Pen manship, Re. Stoden is can pursue title branch of study, either in connection n ith other tdioltee, or den to them in hole time to it alone. No Form books nro wed, bunt 1111111tieel fp to itlouc ale made u.c 01, thus temilturi/ing the student aide cecry day Etansaetionv end tireheiing at once, to enter the etniothig-rooni. Pinionite,,ill be ;molded in those e.itb rae torily completing a full coin,. DEMEM The In-t to lion 011111.1,A t bloc Tint occu pied the nun; 1 , , outfield beitakttett nom the one the 3 eittzg getttletitutt ueetit.3, BM For Thund, Tuition and Room Rent a,11,11 extl a ebarges are matte fOr )111AV. V:411111114. IN nu &C. h dill Upt lu. the filet Writ aesday iti 3lay —fin rot Iher add! c,s \1 • , M. Nsll,l,l:oltikfti, Slholo ti tlq Unittingdua HARDWARE AND CUTLERY ! AN IMMENSE STOCK AND ENDLESS VAIIIETt of HARDWARE, CUTLERY, &c. NOW OPEN XD FOR SALE B JAS. A. BROWN , HUNTINGDON, PENNA. CALL AND EXAMINE OIJII STOCK. April In, 1861. EDMUND SNARE. _ mr - sicnY,c. SURGE° N: only n stn, oppo.ite Drlq;,9tore, ra. April 9, QC - 11001 , TEACHERS "WANTED.- L Sow on fenchera arc anted to take charge of dm public of the Itin °ugh of Huntingdon, fur a trio, of Wow mooth N to ciituotiime &bout the lnt top of May. Apnih nun, milt he exanittlett by the County Snnetinten• dent. in the pi est.nre of the 110111 It of iTheTtmq, at th e :choral 111 , u,e, on f.,:tatirtley, thel9th ;he. eunttnentlng nt Emu o'clock, 31. By order or the board or Director.. J. SI VISOY AFRICA. Seel d,vy. Hunt Inglon, April S, 15412, iQIII E S 1,0 UI M, 11 FISTNUT ji street. bowl, Third and Pourth, 1111 , nd, Iphia. The undrt , igned, tracing kasen . for a tonal of yrnr+, this popular house, hare tho plea•ure of an to their ft iend4 anti the tiaveling communit3, that it II note open for the reception of gricAtA. The honer iduee the tlrq of March laq, has been entirely renotated and refit ted in at satm,ior manner; the apaa Intents are huge, ,cell ventilated lout forniqled an modern sty fo. It io centrally located, vont enieo t to all the depot and ,teamboat land inge, aunt In the innoolliato sivinity of the Custom nonce, NA Office mid the fit n Exciumgc. . . , Connected with tho lintel isa ga.tallrallt for flip or entum.l..tion of thou , ineferting tho Ettropeao plan.— Prztes of ltoonw front TiIICO to Fco en Dollar; per week, ;went ding to location. limed j 1 00 per toy. Tohle tinote for met clana, and Zuni Iler men from 1 to 3 P. 11. April S, I.BN-ly lIST OF LwrrEus 'Remaining in the J po,t Oilier nt Cualmnnt, fur the a :AWN. Pain tx, Vornihneq. Oilt, 11111 i SO% Turpentine, Stni.i. Alcohol. 111,4 and Potty, 111:51' WINS and BRANDY for n u •dieal purposes. ALL THE 1155 T PATENT 318DICINES, Ilin)Te , AND 8110 E., and It large number 08 at titles too numerous to mention, The public gonetally n 11l ph age call and yxnanino fox themeel,Clill l / 1 1 learn illy plats. Huntingdon, April 8, 1802, QPRING AND SUW/Elt, PASIfIONS .129 n 78 411 99'1 4:11. 9 450 299 4 21 394 29 1592 ti 49 150 18 85 100 I^_l 109 7 OS 402 • 1010 275 1995 105 .56 '224 11 76 1 , 5 11 67 206 15 00 =I 450 1 7'l 411 1 SR 4110. 1:15 1101 405 hi 1 101 420 120 I rS 111 ha 3 ;41 015 2 01 thr AcatoSt Hill twit that conlttloo found in the city, all of oltich tic Nt lit take pleaNtire in exhibiting, and making tip to order. It UM Coot uuthbag to call and examine Ind goodP, COI coon, Huntingdon, April tl, ISG3.-Ant. We Afro the pfeaet : ro fk,flilerwa,GrtpinOg th o , tro flow rrepm or to offer. nt o,er ' 4B Stood, NOS. 101. 1051.110 NORTP- `-.11.:VON1) ST., .11101 E A IZCI I, PIMA., 400 Al Col .2 77 12; ißi 4 13 t al lOU '2 14G fo every variety, of tho rxreer f on of the uottebt awl 1.71.1 (Ashton:l6lo styles.