E4t VitsS. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1862. EXTRACT FROM THE LAST SPEECH OF STEPHEN A. DOUOLAS...- 6 The conspiracy 4 4e , break up the 'Union is a tact now known to nil. Armies are being taised, and war levied to accomplish it. There can be but two sides to the controversy. Every man mast be ea the side of the United States or against it. There can be no neutrals in this war. There tan be None bat patriots and traitors." THE LATEST WAR NEWS. Lel us :bout pastlnS Of viocory Nashville, the oapital of Tennessee, and one of the boasted strong- holds of rebellion, has been occupied by eine troops The army of occupation was probably under the temporary command of General Mitchell, com prising his own division and those of Generals ♦Wood and McCook, numbering in all about fifty thousand men. Gen. Buell, commander-in-chief of the department, to reported by the telegraph to have loft Louisville on Saturday, and may pos- eibly bare joined his forces in time to participate . in the honor of the bloodlessTietory. The city was, of course, evacuated by its "bravo" defenders, who, by their gallantry, have consigned the State to the safekeeping of Federal arms. Rebellion in TODIMEtee is dead beyond a hope of reentreetien. There would seem to be some truth in the ru mored rebel intention of evacuating Manages, lehish came to us from credible sources a few days since. Mr. George W. Walker, of \Variesburg, Pennsylvania, one of the released Union prisoners, states that be has learned, upon good authority, that an order had been issued for the withdrawal of all .bitt thirty thousand troops from Manes as. The railroads leading to Kentucky, North Carolina, and Tennessee were thronged with troops, and the number leaving Manassas had been about five regiments per day for some time past. Troops were also being sent to North Carolina, to resist the advance of Burnside, mostly the North Caro lina regiments from Manassas. General Grant's official report of the taking of Fort Donelson is published on our first page. It disposes of the subject in a brief half-column, as though it were not the grandest achievement that luta ever taken place upon the continent. The first 600ounts, it would seem, were not exaggerated. We have taken from twelve to fifteen thousand prisoners, at least forty pieces of artillery, and a large 14104414.% of at9res,49T99lb suet ether preperty. Our logs has not been determined even approxi mately, but it is set down at I,2oo—killed, wound ed, and missing. Of the latter, 250 were made pri soners, but they will be impAIMPly restored to ,k 3 by exchange. We will not lessen the interest of the report by recapitulating its prominent features here. It merits and will receive the attentive peru sal of every loyal citizen. Interesting letters hens our correrpondents at Key West, Tybee Island, and Paw Paw, Va., will be found under the appropriate head. Oar sol diers and seamen have not forgotten how to handle that potot ipotruaant, tin pm, The Richmond _Dispatch of Saturday has ad -vices from Suffolk to the effect that Winton, North Carolina, had been abandoned, and burned by the rebels, who had P;d4I.FA 44 Mlrfreeiboto. Winton is an unimportant town of Hertford county, but is only twenty miles distant from the Sea board and Roanoke Railroad, which connects Wel don with Norfolk. Another despatch from Norfolk states that the town was burned by the Union troops. A despatch from Fort Smith, via Clarksville (Ark.) pad Chattanooga (Tenn.), states that the rebel Price had made a stand at Sugar Creek, Arkansas, and had given battle _to our troops with a loss of one hundred men. Our loss is mcdestly set down at seven hundred. The de spatch is evidently a fabrication. The Old Point boat should live in history, and her name be cherished with gratttude. Yesterday she arrived at Baltimore, from Fortress Monroe ] with fonrteeii United 2thtea dfli'ders who had been released from the vilest description of durance vile —a rebel dungeon. The liberated party comprised, among others, Col. Wood, of the Fourteenth New Cel. Lee, af the Twentieth Messealtueette, Col. Coggawell, of the Tammany Regiment, and Capt. Keffer (a Philadelphian), of the California Regiment. In addition to these, three hundred and ninety more of our prisoners, who were re leased on Sunday, have arrived in Baltimore. Rich mond is now entirely free of Union prisoners. Col. Corcoran, and those priNners confined With him at Columbia and Charleston, South Carolina, are ex pected to arrive at Fortress Monroe on Thursday or Friday night. The Elehmend Whiff, of Friday, bee an article bitterly condemning Jeff Davis' administration. It says: "Judging by the results so far, it is the most lamentable failure in history, and suggests that the most signal service which that government can now render to the country is the surrender of the helm to abler and better hands." .A general exchange of prisoners will doubtless be speedily cifeeked, as the negetietiens ese new pending—or were the day before yesterday. On Sunday morning, General Wool proceeded to Craney Island under a flag of truce for the purpose of meeting General Howell Cobb by appointment. Before reaching the Island, the Adelaide was met by the rebel boat lirinzant Selden, when a consul tation of an hour's length took plane between the two generals. The result is not known, but may be readily surmised. Congress Yesterday. SENATE.—Mr. Wilson, of Massachusetts, intro duced a bill repealing certain laws appertaining ;to persons of color in the District of Columbia, which was referred. On motion, the joint resolution providing that the Secretary of War shall pay the St. Joseph and Han adbal, and Pacific railroads for the transportation of troops and war supplies was taken up. We ere not informed as yet, as to what disposition was made of it. House.—Mr. Rosooe Conkling, of New York, of fered a resolution tendering the thanks of Congress to Major Generals Ii Reek and Grant for planning and achieving their splendid victories. Referred. The Post Office appropriation bill was passed, and the Indian appropriation bill was taken up in Coot mittvo.of the Whsle, The Legislature SENLTE. A joint resolution was submitted thanking our City Councils for the hospitable re option tendered the Legislature on Saturday_ The bill relative to elections by stockholders of railroad companies was passed. Housz.—No less than ,nineteen petitions from citizens of Philadelphia were presented, asking the passage of an act declaring certain rights to farmers in our markets. Mr. Rex. presented a bill authorizing the levying of a twa‘upon bankers and brokers. Referred to the Judiciary Committee (general). The bill for the suppression and destruction of counterfeit bank notes was lost—yeas 32, nays 41. The telegraph should have given the names of the members upon this vete. WE OBSERVE that the Legislatures of several • of the loyal States are taking measures for the thorough organization and arming of their militia. This is the highest of practical wis dom. In view of the complications that may grow out of the domestic difficulties still upon us, and the European intervention now so Polly developed in Mexico, it behooves us, as a wise people, to have all our mili tary resources at command. The State Governments can do a vast deal by see ing that their militia forces are well or ganized and well armed. Indeed, this duty seems at..tbis time to devolve especially .on the Legislatures of loyal States, in view of the fact that the energies of the National dovernmeut are sufficiently taxed in the pre sent contest. The "Volunteer Rifle Corps" in . England, and recently introduced in Cana* la, are giving to the British nation a most powerful auxiliary to their regular military - establish ment, and rifle practice in all our military organizations will create and develop a force among us which will be alike available and irresistible. Let each State do its duty in this respect, and do it promptly ! LARGE POSITIVE SALE OF Boors, Suess, Bac. 4ANS, TRAVELLING TRUNKS, &C.—The early at tention of purchasers is requested to the large as sortment of boots, shoes, brogans, boot-jacks, trunks, Vallee', Le., embracing a general assortment of de sirable seasonable goods, to be peremptorily sold, ty Catalogue, fer suit, sommeneing this morning, at 10 o'clock, by John B. Myers 1 Co., auctioneers, Nos. 232 and 234 Market street. 'Tut INDOLENCE of the chivalry is proverbial. They have a holy horror of ca occupation" of all kinds, but particularly of Southern towns, by Ifilort armies. More Good News. We bear from two sources that Nashville is now occupied by the Union troops. One of the prisoners lately released at Richmond WAS assured that such was the fact by a rebel officer, and, at a late hour last night, we received a despatch stating that intelligence had been received at Cairo announcing that General 'BUELL'S army was in possession of the capital of Tennessee, and that a strong reaction in favor of the Union had taken place. It is also reported that Governor HARRIS has recalled the Tennessee troops from the service of the Confederates. This statement, if true, indicates an earlier sup pression of the rebellion than the most san guine have anticipated. It is plain enough that the Tennesseans cannot make an effective resistance to our overwhelming force, and the wisest course they could pnrsue is un doubtedly that which they are said to have adopted. If they have thus promptly stir rendered, it will be utter folly for Virginia, when entirely isolated from the Southwest, and nearly cut oft' from the Southeastern States, to continue a hopeless conflict. GUI LATE auCCESSEO have essentially changed the theatre of the war. It is rapidly approach ing the States which were the first to inaugu rate it, and which have the first claim to all the horrors it may ontail, Thu original Con federate" banner consisted of seven stars, re presenting South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. After they all decided to " secede," Tenness Arkinisas, Virginia, North Carolina, Ken tucky; Missouri, Maryland, and Delaware, the eight remaining slave States, still resisted the attempts made to plunge them in the vortex of the rebellion; but the four first named of_ terwards unfortunately fell for a time com pletely under control of the conspirators. Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri, are now as completely welded to the Union as any of the free States. Tennessee,. Ar kansas, Yirginia, and North Carolina, cannot long resist the immense Union force which is' accumulating within their borders, and the in ternal pressure which will doubtless be plainly perceptible when the oppressed Union men feel that our armies are near at hand to sustain and . protect them. The force available for an onward movement in Tennessee probably numbers 130,000 men, and it can scarcely be doubted, in view of its gallantry, effici.ncy, and the wonderful success which has attended all the late movements in the departments of General HALLECu and General BUELL, that Nashville, the great railroad leading from Eastern Tennessee into Virginia, and proba. bly Memphis, will speedily fall into our pos session. Late accounts from Cairo indicate that the retreat of Bishop Porx, on the South, will be cut off; and that Commodore FoorE's fleet of gunboats and mortars will descend the Mississippi to attack his position. If this great movement should succeed, it will prove the greatest achievement of the war, and will go far towards giving us command of the whole Mississippi Valley. Meanwhile, General BURNSIDE is gradually pushing his way still further into the inte rior of North Carolina. Winton, the town he is reported to have last taken, is situated but a short distance south of the Virginia line, and is not a great distance from Weldon, one of the most important Southern railroad cen tres. There are strong indications that he will be enabled to cut off several of the railroad communications between Virginia anti North Carolina. If the rebel armies in the Old Do minion should be thus isolated from the South and Southwest, our army on the Potomac will be enabled, as soon as the condition of the roads is improved, to march against and conquer all the rebel forces now quartered in that State. The circle of loyal bayonets whieh encompasses them is daily increasing in power and - strength, and slowly but surely approaching their strongholds. The prisoners who lately arrived from Richmond state that not only is there a strong Union feeling existing there, end a secret li»ion organigation extend ing in every direction, but that leading rebels admit that, if the whole able-bodied population does not immediately rise in arms, Virginia will, in a month or two, fall completely into our possession. Intense dissatisfaction with the rebel leaders is felt by many citizens, and it not unfrequen , ly finds open expression. All the prophecies of evil uttered by those who vainly warned Virginians of the folly and danger of joining the mad-cap conspira tors of the Gulf States have been more than fulfilled. They have made their his tonic Commonwealth one of the most deso late and war-stricken regions that ever existed, and yet all their past sufferings, if we may judre by present indications, are but a slight foretaste of the bitterness and misery prepared for them in the near future, if they persist in their attitude of hostility to the noble Govern ment which was, in a great measure, founded by their own noble sons of the Revolutionary era. Well may they repine at their lot. Never had a people greater cause for indignation against false, cruel, and wicked rulers than they have against the desperate conspirators who enticed them to join the death-dance of Secession. We shall not be surprised if thousands among them will hail the triumphant march of our armies through their dominions with rapture and delight, and gladly seek refuge, peace, and prosperity forever hereafter under the shadow of the old flag. If the movements, now rapidly progress ing, for restoring the national authority is Virginia, North Carolina, and Tennessee, are successful, it will be a comparatively easy task to suppress the rebellion in the Gulf States. Already they are all closely hemmed in on their sea-coasts. Their ports are blockaded, and we have strong camps en trenched upon their soil at Port Royal, Tybee Island, Cedar Ke,) , s, Key West, Fort Pickens, and Ship Island_ If we are at a future period also enabled to penetrate North Alabama with our gunboats on the Cumberland, and to send our Western fleets down the great father of wa ters into Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana, all the points worth holding in their country will speedily be acquired. With all their outlets for foreign sad commercial commerce in our possession, and all their strategic points under our control, submission will be. so plain a necessity that even blind and bombistic {. Southern chivalry" cannot find an excuse for long protracting a hopeless contest. The rebellion is doomed to an early death. Of the thirty-four States which constitute the Republic twenty-three are now exerting all their energies to crush the conspiracy. Four more are so closely invested by our gallant army that they soon must fall completely into our possession. The remaining seven arc too weak to make a very stubborn or effectual re sistance. If the efforts of the Administration continue to be cheerfully supported by a loyal and resolute people, and if the pecuniary aid necessary to sustain our glorious army and navy is ungrudgingly bestowed, the glo rious heritage of our fathers will be preserved undivided forever, and not a star will be torn by rude and sacrilegious hands from our pO. litieal constellation. • France and America. We published, some mouths ago, the elo quent, oration delivered by Hon. EDWARD EVERETT, at the banquet given to Prince NAPOLEON, during his visit to'Boston. Our readers will remember that it abounded with beautiful and touching allusions to the sthking manner in which the destinies of France and America had frequently been interwoven with each other. The following letter, addressed by the Emperor NAPOLEON to our distinguished American orator, shows how fully his remarks 'were appreciated : " Comenums, Nlivember 24, 1861. , g Sin : I have read with the most lively interest the discourse pronounced by you at the dinner, at which his Imperial Highness the Prism Nag - - leen was present, and which you have sent me. I am happy to have found, in a language full of o,w -dislity and frankness, the animated expression of the sentiments by wbioh America and France have been for so many years united. I have also been particularly touched by the just homage rendered to the genius of the chief of my family. Receive, therefore, sty Sifters thanks, and be pleased to make my acknowledgments to your honorable fel low-citizen, Dr. Holmes, for his ode, so full of in spiration. of Viva la Francs! Believe, sir, in my distinguished consideration. ct NAPOLEQN." TILE 14LAMMOTIt CAVE in Kentucky is a won derful curiosity ; but it is less of a tc mammoth Me " than chat of GOT, IVIIM4 HMIUIS) of Tennessee, if the report that he has directed the troops of that State to withdrkw front the rebel service is true. LETTER FROM "OCCASIONAL." WASHINGTON, February- 24, 1862 It is natural that those who have denounced the progress of Secession and suffered from its excesses, should wait with impatient anxiety for the severe punishtnent of the traitors. That a crime so stupendous should not be over whelmisgly repudiated and forever put down, would excite the contempt and indignation of every intelligent and civilized people. Hence, however men may differ on ordinary questions, and even as to the details of disposing of the seceded territory after it has been conquered, a single sentiment animates the whole loyal popu lation in regard to the proper treatment of the rebel leaders after they have been captured. North and South, the friends of the Constitu tion, while ready to approve the polioy of a general amnesty to the followers, insist that the heads of the rebellion should be dealt with as voluntary and self-convicted criminals, an 4 should be subjected to•the inevitable doom, in person and property, which they have de liberately invoked. Here is a common ground for loyal citizens to meet upon. No doubt your William B. Reeds, Caleb Cushings, and Fernando Woods will plead for liVerey , to their dear Mends and counterparts, John Slidell, Judah P. ;Sonja min, and Jefferson Davis, but there is not a Democrat who cares for his country and un dvntfinds the deep depravity of the treason from which we are about being extricated, who will not reject such appeals. Who, for instance, in the South, beyond their own limited circles, would shed an honest tear when these reckless and cruel men are executed or exiled ? It is they, and they alone, who have crimsoned with blood and desolated with fire and sword the Southern country; they and their associates who have plunged the Southern people into beggary m bankruptcy, and starvation, and when they are removed forever, the masses they have oppressed will feel that they have been delivered from the worst of despotisms. James Guthrie, of Kentucky, one of the eminent patriots of the South, ut tered aright sentiment on the 22d, at Louisville, when he demanded the severest treattnent of the leading captured rebels. Ho saw that a . stern necessity required that a stern exam ple should be made. How, in fact, can we ever expect to arouse, consolidate, and make permanent a vigorous affection for the Union in the slave States, if the prominent opponents of the Union, doubly guilty of a violation of their oaths to support the Fede ral constitution and Of taking up arms to de stroy it forever, are permitted to live at their former homes, to ; wield their old influence and to stimulate the passions of their old follow ers ? Wl* &Mee W4111(1 Andrew Johnsen and Horace Maynard, in Tennessee ; John S. Carlile and W. T. Willey, in Virginia; Frank Blair, in Missouri ; Hicks and Bradford, in Maryland ; Crittenden, and Jackson, and Wickliffe, and Wadsworth, in Kentucky, have to bring back their people to reason and to obedience to the laws if they are to be persecuted and hounded by the master spi rits of Secession ? When President Lin coln firmly refused to interpose .to save the life of Gordon, the slaver, he quietly admonished the men, who have been even more guilty than this infamous wretch, that when their hour shall come ho will be found equally resolute and inexorable. But while the snake of treason is scotched, it is not yet killed. The manner and form of the punishment to MAW be urst agreed upon, and, when decided, must be fearlessly and impartially executed. In treating of the slavery question, the highest considerations require equal prudence and care. Undue haste and rash measures may ruin all. Events arc hurrying on with lightning-speed, and it may be, in God's inscrutable providence, slavery will have been struck to the heart be fore our legislators take it ia hand. It has already been wounded, and, I believe, fatally. Let mere humanitarians bide their time, leaving the question to present perils, and postponing their own remedies before the action of the military Federal authorities in the seceded States and the operations of Con gressional law. An amazing advance has been wade upon past prejudices within the last nine months_ Thousands who have for years believed that slavery could notbe touched without danger to the whole Southern social system are now willing to see it share the fate that must befall all the other property of the traitors in arms. In the splendid oration of George Bancroft, at New York, on Saturday last, that proliMnd historian and life-long De mocrat uttered a thought that will be respond. ed to in millions of Democratic hearts When he said= "For myself, I was one who desired to postpone, or rather lapped altogether to avoid, the collision which inie taken place, trusting that society, by de- Frees, would have worked itself clear by its own innate strength and the virtue and resolution of the community. But slavery has forced upon us the issue, and has lifted up its hand to strike a death-blow at our existence SS a people. It has avowed itself a desperate and determined enemy of our national life, of our unity as a republic . ; and henceforward no man deserves the name of a sates man who would consent to the introduction of that element of weakness and division into any new ter. ritory, or the admission of another stare Stabs Into the Union. Let us hope rather that the Prediction of Washington will prove true, and that Virginia and Maryland will soon take their places as free States by the side of Ohio and Pennsylvania." Were we have foreshadowed the speedy abo lition of slavery in the District of Columbia, an event which eighteen months ago would have set the whole Democracy in a blaze. In my opinion, SUCh an ant Will be accepted as one of the logical consequences of rebellion, and almost universally approved. In the Na tional Rielligeneer, of this very morning, an other Democrat, more venerable, and, if pos sible, more honored, as the opponent of Re -publicanism and the advocate of the rights of the Sealth, Hon. Amos Kendall, lifts the veil from before the peculiar institution and ex poses it as one . of the most hideous and re volting of aristocracies. The following extract is full of eloquent significance " In my last I proposed to consider in this letter the causes which have led to the pending rebellion, and to show the advocates of emancipation that they have every reason to be satisfied with the pro gress that operation is making. " The cause or causes of the rebellion may be summed up in the single phrase, Pride of Wealth. and Lust for Power. These are not peculiar to the South, but have their influence in the North as North and South they pervade, with honor able exceptions, those classes of society which find means =to live and to enrich themselves without manual labor. North as well as South the feelings of these classes revolt against a Govern ment controlled by the toiling millions, and would overthrow it if they eonld In the North the attempt would be hopeless, and the aris tocratic classes quietly . acquiesce in things as they are. In the cotton region of the South the laborers have no political rights, and the aristocratic classes govern in all that relates to local affairs. But they are not content with that. tueir pride revolts' at association in any Government, however mild end beneficent, in which - laboring men partici pate, directly or indirectly. To get rid of such a Government, though it has been the chief sour e of all their prosperity, is the ()blest of the'present rebellion. The avowed design of the South Carolina leaders is the organi zation of a community composed of gentlemen and laborers, in which the gentlemen shall be masters, and the laborers their slaves. To this end they were, before the rebellion broke out, avowedly in favor of reopening the African slave trade, and have since submitted with a bad grace to a restric tion in their Confederate Constitution, dictated by an apprehension theta would not ba ads at present' so far to outrage the feelings of the civilized world. But there is a considerable class of slaveholders, especially in the Border slaveholding States, who do not entertain this antipathy to labor. It is com posed of men of moderate MOIII/111, owning but few. eleven. They are the self-made men, whose industry and economy had enabled them to purchase one or more slaves, and they may often be seen at work in the seine field with their own negroes. They do not sympathize with the cotton, rice, and sugar planters, who reckon- their slaves by, hundreds, and who never put their own hands to the plough, the hoe, or the axe. These small slaveholders,ammerically probably more-numerous than the richer class, have no repugnance to being associated in a Government controlled in part by the laboring men of the North, and they are generally faithful to the Constitution and the Union. Slavery does not make them rebels." Patience, then; good friends, patience. We have forborne for years the insults and ag gressions of the slave aristocracy. The clouds ate bi-6skhig away the dawn of a nation's de liverance is at hand. Let us wait a little The Inaugusatien el Jeff Davis. The conspirators at Richmond inaugurated JEFFERSON DAVIS, as the Nebel President, on Saturday last 7 but never was there a more gloomy and desponding crowd assembled to witness such a ceremony. Not a cheer was heard. A universal feeling of sadness and de spair prevailed among those who sym pathized with the rebellion ; but doubtless thousands of Union men in their hearts re joiced at the prospect of their speedy release from the thraldom of their Secession oppres sors. Now, since the occupation of kl - Phville by our army has cut off their main avenue to the most important Stoles of the so-called Southern Confederacy, they must see that all hopee of the dotruction of the Union are vain. JEFF DAVIS will be fortunate if his reign is not shorter than the Hundred Days of NAPOLIEON after his return from Elba. • THE PitEbS—PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 18&2. The Advance of the aim Army, NASHVILLE IN OUR POSSESSION. GOVERNOR HARRIS CALLS IN ALL THE TENNESSEE REGIMENTS. Sr. Louts, Feb. 24.—A special &spate' from Cairo to the Democrat says the latest intelligenee from the Cumberland furnishes glorious news, to the effect that General Buell's forces occupy Nash ville ; that Governor Harris has calluil in all the Tennessee troops, and that a strong reaction in favor of the Union has occurred among, the people, Canto, Feb. 24.—The Nashville papers advise the undermining of some of the bluffs on the Cum berland, and blowing them into the river on the approach of our gunboats, either to destroy them or to obstruct the channel. [This despatch, which was received at an earlier hour than the previous one, makes no mention of the occupation of Nashville.] Another Confirmation. Lorisvim,E, Feb. 24.—Reliable private informa tion received here to-night assures us that Nashville is virtually in the possession of the Federal forms. Bourimonw, Feb. 24.—Cohniel Lee, of the Twentieth Massachusetts Regiment, says the in foimation about the surrender of Nashville was given to him by a prominent °Dimon of Richhiofid, and not by an officer of the rebel Government, as pteviously stated. It was also said that the despatch was received by Jeff Davis while he was reading his inaugural address_ Ott: S N.U. MORE GLORIOUS NEWS! A STRONG UNION FEELING MANIFESTINS ITSELF. A Sketch of Nashville; As the above telegraphic despatch states that Nashville has been taken possession of by our treops,the following description or that city ma y not be uninteresting Nashville is situated on the left or the west bank of the Cumberland river, some two hundred miles, by the course of the stream, from its month ; two hundred and eighty miles northeast of Memphis ; two hundred and sixty- six miles southwest of Lex ington, in Kentucky, and six hundred and eighty four miles from Washington city. Many • of the private residences are erected on a scale of palatial magnitude and splendor, and the public buildings exhibit a corresponding character. The suburbs abound with picturesque scenery, enriched with beautiful groves of cedar. The city was originally laid out in lots of one acre each, with a reservation of four acres for public buildings. The boundaries have since been enlarged. The new Capitol, which stands on a cemmanding eminence, one hundred and seventy-five feet above the river, is one of the most noble, inggpiec en t, and costly attuctures in America. _ The material is fine limestone, which was quarried on the spot, and nearly resembling marble. The dimensions are 210 feet by 185, and the estimated cost $1,000,000. It is built, as it is stated, entirely of stone and iron, without any wood about it, except the plank on which the copper roofing is fastened ; the floor and inner walls are of crossed stone. A luriatie asylum on a large scale has recently been erected in the vicinity. The State Penitentiary at this place is 313 feet by 00, containing 200 dells. The University of Nashville was founded in 1800. The Medical College connected with the University was opened in 1851; it occupies a spacious building, and has upward of 150 students. There are also a number of female seminaries, the largest of which is attended by more than 300 pupils. There were fifteen newspapers published here, six of them daily. Nashville contains three banks, with a total capital of $5,182,500, and fifteen churches, representing the various religious de nominations. The mineral cabinet of the late Dr. Troost contains the largest private collection in the United States The city is lighted with gas. The Cumberland river is - crossed by a magniggent wire suspension bridge, built at freest of $lOO,OOO. Water is supplied by being raised from the Cam berleaad river. Six railroads now centre at Nash ville, affording eoinnenincation with many desired page. It is the ternainue of the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad, 150 miles long, which was finiehed in 1852, at an expense of about $3,000,000. The road is built in a very substantial manner, and completes the connection with . Charleston and Savannah. The commerce of Nashville is very. extensive, amounting annually to over five thou sand tonnage, composed of steansboats, navigating the Cumberland river, engaged in the conveyance of passengers, and the traffic of goods and produce. Extensive matinfacuteing eatahliehments are in suc cessful operition at this place, among which may be mentioned, the powder-mill, the rolling-mill, the Tennessee Iron Works, just below the city, on the 1111,1/71011 . 1a190 as, and equal in capacity to; arty in the Tithed States—and foundtiee and machine.shops. This 'population of Nashville at.preserdis eland AFFAIRS AT FORT DONELSON. Proclamation of Comiiotiore Foote, CAIRO, Feb. 24.— . Everythin- is quiet at Fort Done . - - Tbo rvbcl§, Inforo 91 1 1 , 9VINVIng W4l'l7'lllol urea the railroad bridge crowing the Cumberland at that point. g,Conimodore Foote has issued the following pro clamation to the inbabitauts of Clarksville • At the suggestion-of Iles. cave Johie.e.ha, Judge Wisdom, and the mayor of the city, whooshed upon zee yesterday, after our hoisting the Union flag on the forts, to ascertain my views and intentions to wards citizens and private property, I hereby an bounce to all t4a6eaLly-alit,oied per Sons dust na ttier in their persons nor property shall they suffer molestation by me or by the naval forties under my •command, and they may safely resume their busi ness avocations with assurances of my protection. At the same time, Y requite that all military stores and army equipments shall be surrendered, no part of them being withheld or destroyed ; and, further, that no Secession nag, or manifestation of Secession feeling, shall be exhibited; and for the faithful observance of these conditions, Z shall hold the authorities of the city responsible. ANDREW H. FOOTE. The Fort Donele9P Pri4ePere--gcll4fl4l Buckner taken to Indianapolis LOUISVILLE, Feb. 24.—The steamer Argonant, from Cairo, arrived at Jeffersonville this afternoon with 194 of the Fort Donelgen prisoners, including Geperal Buckner and staff. They were in charge of a detachment of Federal soldiers, under com. mend of Capt. Walker, and were sent to Indian apolis by a special train this afternoon. The Union Sentiment in Richmond BALTI3IOItE, Feb. 24.—The returned prisoner:tall speak of a strong Union party in Richmond, Who are in high glee at the Union - victories. They were compelled, for their own aseety, to keep quiet, but • took frequent occasion to make their sentiments known to the prisoners, extending to them vaikons acts of kindness, which had to be stealthily lier f9flilcii: There was a large attendance to witness therin auguration of Jeff Davis, but the enthusiasm'was very subdued. These who'were on parole. uottld not get close enough to hoar the address, audit Was not printed before they left. Proclamation, of General ilalleck MEADQVARTERS - DEPARTMENT OF MISSOURI, Sr Loma. February 29. The major general eommanding the department desires to impress:upon all officers the impor Wince of preserving good order and discipline among their troops as the armies of the West advance into Ten nessee and thttdontkan States. Let us show to our fellow-citisans in those States that we come merely to crush out rebellion, and re store to them peace and the benefits of the Consti tution and the . Union, of which they hive been de priired by selfish, and unprincipled - leaders. They have been told that we oome to oppress and plun der. By our Mite we undeceive them. ~ We will prove to them that we come -to restore, not to violate, the Ceostitution and the laws. In restating to them the Onions flag of the,Union, we will as sure them, troy shall enjoy under its folds' the same protee.'of; 04 roporty min foram da)s. . ' Soldiers ! Re excess on your part tarnish the glory of our arms ! The order benktofore issued in this department, regard to plunging-and marauding, the destruc tion of privatesitioperty, and the etealiog or Con cealment of sjavea, must be ,strlotly enforced. Ft does not belong to the military to deoide upon the relation of master and slave. Such remotions must be settled by the civil courts. No fugitive slave will therefore be admitted' within our linen or camps, except when specially. ordered by the Gene= ral commanding. Women and ehildren, merchants, farmers, me chiroieg, and all priSOPS not in nrin., are regerd.,l as non-combatants, and ' are not to be molested either in their persons or property. If, however, trey aU ;lapl assist the enemy, they become • bel ligerents, and will be treated as such. As they violate the laws of war; they will be made to suffer the penalties of such violation. Military stores eta the public property of the enemy must be surrendered, and any attempt to conceal snob property, by fraudulent transfer or otherwise, will be punished, but no private property will be , touched umlaut by order of the general commanding. Wherever it becomes necessary to obtain forced contributions for the supply and sub sistence of our troops, such levies will be made as light as possible, and be so distributed as to pro duce no distress among the people. All property so taken must be reoeipted and fully accounted for, as heretofore directed. These orders will be read at the head of every regiment, and all officers are commanded to strictly enforce them. - - By command of Major General HALLECK N. IL McLEAN, Adjutant General. Ele-eovertior Wright Appointed Senator for Indiana INDIANAPOLIB, Feb. 24.—Goveruor, Morton has pointed ex-Governor Joseph A. Wright,..-tr. S. Senator, t oflll the place of Jesse D. Bright. RELEASE OF FEDERAL PRISONERS. COLONEL CORCORAN TO BE EXPECTED ON THUROD&T. BALTIMORE, Feb. 24.—The released prisoners say that the captain of the steamer that brought them informed them !lathe expected smother party of prisoners to be waiting for him on his return. They were from Salisbury, N. C., and Alabama. The next lot to come after these will be the prison ere confined at Charleston and Columbia, B. C., in cluding Colonel Coreoran, who might In expected on Thursday or Friday. The party that came to day includes all who were in Richmond except three, who were too sick to be removed. The following are the officers among them Col. N. Cogswell, Forty-seoond New York. Col. Wm. R. Lee, Twentieth Massachusetts. Col. A. N. Wood, Fourteenth Now York. Major Paul Revere, Twentieth Maasachusetts. Capt. Henry Bowman, Fifteenth Massachusetts Capt. F. J. Keifer, First California, Capt. U. "IT. Rockwood, Fifteenth Massachusetts. Capt. R. Williams, Twelfth Indiana. Lieut. F. C. Freeman, First Virginia. Lieut. J. E. Gruorre, Fifteenth Massachusetts. Lieut. Wm. Harris, First California Lieut. B. F. Hancock, Nineteenth Indiana. Lieut. E. E. Hull, First Virginia. W. E. Merrill, Engineer Corps U. S. A. W. B. Vessels, Fifteenth Massachusetts. Lieut. Geo. H. Wallace, Forty-second New York. The whole party went to Washington this after noon, after spending a merry day with the Union men at Baltimore. The Rebels to make a Stand at Colum- bus, Kentucky ST. lonia, Feb. 24.—A Cairo despatch to the R apublvan says that the reports about the evacua tion of Columbus are ,entirely false. The rebels are still there in strong force. None of the garrison Imo been withdrawn and they evidently intend making a desperate stand there. FROM WASHINGTON. The Reported Evaouation of Manassas RUNNING THE REBEL BLOCKADE THE PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. Special Despatches to " The Press." WASOINGTON, Feb. 24, 1862. The Reported Evacuation of Manassas The teMts whie4 have been eirenlete4 of the evacuation by the rebels of Manassas is not ore• dited. The Star has reliable information to the effeet that no considerable force of the rebels have left their position at, or in front of, Manassas. Muoy of their re-colleted men, having bean fur loughed for sixty days to enable them to visit their homes, have departed. As they filled a number of trains for some days, the rumor that they were going away by regiments got out. Their departure does not amount to ma terially weakening the enemy in our front, though it is very questionable whether they will ever again join their respective regiments, owing to the suc cesses of the army or the United States, the de struotion of their railroad eenneetietas, ate, The Public Buildings Closed. The public buildings are all closed to-day, in consequence of the funeral of President LINCOLN'S little son Bon the Blockade. The propeller illetarnora succeeded in safely running the blockade last night. Eight shots were fired at her by the rebel batteries without effect. Deaths of Pennsylvanians. The following deaths among Pennsylvanians, in the hospitals and camps, are rrported R. E. E&an, CompanyF, and Wm. WILLIS, Company E, Ninety first Regiment; JAPES WARREN, Company R, and JAoinu 11.ineonn, Company F, Ono hundred and fourth Regiment; SOLOMON NELSON, Company F, Fifty-second Regiment; and EDWARD Zons, Com pany I, Ninth New Jersey Volunteers General McClellan Urged to Move The Republican this morning is the authority for saying that Senators WADE and jOHNSION are urging General IhIcOLELLart to make a speedy ail. Oghee of the army of the Potomac. Only it Witshioston—Roof of the Con. gressiocal Library Blown In. An extraordinarily high wind prevailed to-day. The roofs of many houses were blown off, trees torn from tbe ground, and signs and awnings de:toyed. Th*Vod of ths Ilbco.ty of Congress, which was con structed of thick glass, was blown in. Furlough to the Returned Prisoners It is stated that Secretary STANTON has granted a furlough of thirty dap to the returned prisoners from Itiohmond, in order that, they ratty visit their families and friends. The Resignation of Judge Wilmot. The rumored resignation of Judge WiLmor, of F-ennsylvania, is without any foundation in fact. The.:.lfritinds of Mr. WILMOT say that there is no danger df hiadping imexpeotedly, and his present health does not interfere with his Senatorial duties. Washington News and Gossip. lEtis.very evident from 'circumstances that Gene ral SMITH'S division, to which the Pennsylvania Reserves, under General 141cCer.r., are attached, will aeon be encamped at eentteville. Petitions are being freely circulated in favor of making General Buttmsinn a major general. His Mends seem to think that he is justly entitled to promotion. Prom reconuoiss &noes made, it is apparent that the rebels are concentrating a large force on the hills opposite General HOOKER'S division. They atom to anticipate that our forces will cross at this point, MYIIIII MGRESS-MIST SESSION. WABHINGTON, Feb. DOI SENATE. - - Mr. WILMOT (Sep.), of Pennsylvania, presented a memorial from tbe ttortrd of Colonization of Phiiadelphia, Victim the reel:ignition of the independence of lingti. . Mr. 'WILKINS (Sep.), of Illinnesobt r presented a me morial hem the Legislature of Minnesota, asking a giant of land for the construction of a railroad from St. Paul to Lake Superior. Mr. GRIMES (Rep.), of lowa. introduced a bill to an: therlue the korborellen of GlediteloVii to. Issue aerie. Referred. Mr. WILSON (Rep.), of Massachusetts. introduced a bill to repeal certain laws , appertaining to the District of Columbia. in relation to persona of color. Referred. Mr.' , WILMOT thought the Senate should act en -6EI bill for the abolition of slavery in the District. That covers the whole ground. The 'Senate would be more derelict in its duty than any other body of men, if they adjourned without abolishing slavery in the District. Mr. KING (Rep.), of New York, presented a memo rial from the chip owners ant builders of 'Sew York, stating that there is a great scarcity in ship tinmer, owing to largo orders received from abroad, and asking Congreis that the exportation of ship timber be prohi bited during the war. Referred. On motion of Mr. WILSON (tr.), of Missouri, the joint resolution in relation to certain railroads in Mis souri N.A. taken up. Tha. meelution provides that the Secretary of War shall pay the St. Joseph and Hannibal and Pacific Railroad foi the transportation of troops and tear supplies. The roads having originally received grunts of land for which they agreed to transport arms and monitions of war, etc.-,'of the United States. 14r, tIALN (Bap,/ PPP9I94 tta rmiutics co. hoyißg "tendency to encourage special begialictioni and opening the door ;o an immense amount of claims. Mr. HENDERSON (U.), of Missouri, contended that the lands actually realized but a small amount, and the made bed done an immense amount of transportation for the Government. The companies had no money to go SJsr ficelber, the Hor'icsois.ont, ii.nd the lands would be likely to revert to the Government, for they would not be able t, fintiih the road;on which con dition the grant of lands was made. MOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES: Mr. RO,F.COE CONKLING (Rep.), of New Toth, otirred the following: Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives, That the thanse of Congxees are due and are hereby. Nest Mai, to Major Generals Halted and Grant, for visioning the recent movements within their respective divisions; and to both these generals, as well as to the officers and men nneer their conimand, for achieving the glorious victories in which these movements resulted. Mr. CONKLING said be merely asked that the res.:an thill alllll lie ever for the present, He desired that the men who estrum these honors shall wear them, and entire boner to which they are entitled. Mr. COX (Dem.), of Ohio, bad Looldeetion to lige re solution,' but thought it ought to be a little more ex tended. It was a matter of opinion as to whom the credit of planning these Movements belonged. Re thenght the gentleman, on a former day, gave the credit to the joint eemmittee on the Conduct of the War. Re solutions of thanks to our oMeers and mon ought to be carefully drawn, so that no one entitled to credit should be excluded. He therefore moved that this subject be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Mr. COP:KLING, in reply, said he ventured to pre dict that whenever the history shall come to light, it will turn out that these movements did not originate in Wash ington, according to the establiehed mode of doing things in the Military Department, but that to the generals named in the resolution, and other agencies elsewhere, Is due the credit of the achievements Victories have not been organized by any one pitting in a room and urge nielna them, but they have been antdeved by brave and resolute generals in the field, having the confidence at their soldiers. Mr. WASHBURNE (Rey.), of Illinois, advocated Mr. Cox's motion. There were other brave men than those named deserving of thanks. Mr. CONRL LNG further explained, saying that lie hail no &vim io exclude coy perseu o nilkla Ito.llonoblblis int mtion. Mr. .K13.7.11(111 (Rep), of Illinois, ad vecated the nets_ rem, ef the ex• 11.. t do injuetice to the Ountsral-iii-Chief, which the reselntion del, though, per bar, tine was not the design of the mover of it. Mr. WASIIBURNR did not believe that the resolution reflected noon sins body; but he thought it hail better be referred for the reopens stated. The resolution sae so refer .41. 'rim lime, pasted the east °Mee appropriation bill. The IndiliP M,Proprif!lion hill was Pike!! up jn Cam mimes or Um Whole on the stale of the Union. Mr. 8111 4 :LLARARillin (Ern.), of Ohio, made a ePeeeli in favor of the general emancipation of the slaves. [The storm which prevailed yesterday interfered with the working of the telegraph, thus preventing us front re ceiving the conclusion qt the Ongroki.ml MccedtPra The Gale at New York ARRIVAL Or THE STEAMERS NORTII sTA.n AND CON- EMMEEM NEW Yam, Feb, 24... The steamers North &or from Aspinwall, and Constitution from Ship Island, have arrived below, but our marine report ers are unable to board them, owing to the tre mendous gale which is blowing to-night. All the vessels anchored in the North river, in ch:ding the If. 6. frigate at. Lawrence, have rag ged their anchors, end in the Esst river some yes. seht have been badly chafed and parted their moorings. PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE. HARRISBURG, February 24,1862 SENATE The Renate wen ailed to order it Wm &Matti.. The Speaker presented an abstract of the accounts of the Mount Carbon Railroad Company. Bills Introduced. Mr. STEIN introduces an act to fix the time for hold ing the courts in Lehigh county. Air DERnII/14 Eubmittod n joint remolution returning the thanks of the Legislature to the Mayor and City Councils or Philadelphia for the hospitality extended to the members during their visit to the city to participate in the celebration of the birth of Washington. Bills Passed. The bill relative to electi..ns by , the stockholders of nth-0M" conipaules was bitten up and rimed. Also, an act relative to certain records of the surveyors of the city of Philadelphia. Aleo, a bill authorizing the election of two traditional sasessore in the First ward of Philadelphia. Also, an act granting certain rights to the market corn. mass i n philatlelphla. Adjourned. HOUSE. The Boum was called to order at throe o'clock, by Hon John Rowe, Speeker. The proccedinga were opened with prayer. Petitions. Meson', STNELE, lIVWICS, lITORTAT,an4 !lOU, of Montgomery county, presented fourteen petitions from citizens of Philadelphia, asking for the psesage of an act declaring certain rights to farmers in the markets of Philadelphia. Mr. GREENHANE: presented five petitions of a similar import. Mr. UOPKINS presented two remonstrances front the i;ititeiisdf PiquatfarA agAii.ht UV, tnwdangaaP an tot to incorporate the trrankford and Philadelphia Passenger Railway Company. Bills Introduced Mr. HALL introduced a bill to amend the election laws of the Commonwealth. Mr. 0001111 AN, a supplement. to Hie act to enable citizens to hold real estate which has been hell by aliens or corporations, and by them conveyed to persons capable of holding the same. Mr. BROWN, of Mercer, a bill giving to aldermen and Met ices of the peace jurisdiction over cases of assault arid buttery. Mr. HOPKINS, a bill to repeal the act relating to the collection of taxes in the Twenty-third ward of the city of Philadelphia. Mr. REX. a bill authorizing the levying of a tax upon bankers and brokers, within title tiommonwealth. The bill was referred to the Judiciary general Committee. Consatterett. The bill for the suppression and destruction of coun terfeit bank notes in the State was taken up and COLISI. dered Upon a vote being taken, the yeas were 32 and the nays 41. The bill was therefore lost. The Mouse then adjourned. From Savannah Emmons, Feb. 22.—The Savannah Rept',h ew, of Wednesday last says : "Notwithstanding the hostile demonstrations of the enemy, and show of formidable preparations for an attack on this point, no, material change in the attitude of affairs has taken place during the past few days. " Some twenty vessels are still at anchor off our Skidaway batteries. About the same number of gunboats as formerly are to be seen in the vicinity of Nall a cat: and Mud river, One or two of the latter nave advanced a little higher up or a little nearer the main channel. Small boats prowl about in the river between Fort Jackson and Fort Pu laski, but keep at a respectful distance from the guns of either fort. ciOur telegraphic communication is effectually cut off from the latter fort, and water communication has to be maintained under the fire of their gun boats and a floating-raft battery,which the enemy have established near Venus Point, and which ef fectually commands the river. liunboat skirmishes are of almost hourly oc currence." Public Amusements. Gottschalk gave his first Philadelphia concert, in she Musical Fund Hall, last evening. His auditors were all enthusiasts, and indisposed to undervalue their idol. Indeed, they saw no mediocrity in any thing, and were prompt, to applaud at every turn. As reflecting the sentiments of these amateurs, we present the following laudatory notice, handed us at the close of the entertainment " With bewildering genius, the embodiment of all schools and styles, Gottschalk again comes among us. As an author is known by his works, so are the compositions of Gottschalk—full of grace, passion, and sensuousness, typical of their creator. He comes unassumingly upon the stage, and seats himself quietly at the piano. His fingers at first pass over the keys with a soft, feathery motion, suggesting, with a few Asking undutations, music's infinite 'world, so light, so evanescent, and spark ling, like the delirious mousseaux of champagne, dying away as it touches our lips. Soon, with entire and absolute f abandonment, his soul goes forth in his work, and his fingers grasp the keys passionately. Passion itself is exalted, and a divine utterance is given it. The whole room is filled with harmony, and when he .ceases, the walls seem still to echo the sounds, so that the first . . is fo reign noise is like an electric shook. It fitottsenanc who alone Createl Mtge feelings, and how is it with s great contemporary ? Both possessed of won derful talent, bow different are the emotions excited by Thalberg and Gottschalk ! The former, pos sessing the mechanical perfection of method, which makes the sense of method lost in listen ing to him, does not, like Gottschalk, combine the grace of music with the power of pas sion, Milberg is martini, ofhis g reat inward, and seemed euperior-to his art; whilst Gottschalk venerates it." Mr. Gottschalk was ably sustained in the overture for two pianos, by Mr. Henry San derson, whose talent has long been acknowledged in Philadelphia, and his selection to that post proved that his ability was appreciated by the great artist himself. Brignoli in the duet from " Belisario" was nervous, and at ars*. es.u.ssa_ In the "Ro mania," from Lombardi, however, he proved him self in excellent voice, with all its old power and sweetness, and was enthusiastically encored. Miss Hinkley sang with her usual brilliancy, but her voice was husky and harah. Susini was never bat ter whilst Menotti also having volunteered, the at traction was an unusual one. The grand ball given by the resident officers of the army and navy, on the evening of March 4, will probably be the loading event of its kind, Great care will be need in the sale of tickets, and legitimate purposes will alone be aubserved, so that none need fear contact with uncouth or exception able elements. The Academy will, on that °mi nion, be magnificently draped, anti the arrange ments made without regard to expense. Report of the Western Sanitary Commission for the Month of January, is 69. rot- dm inf.-motion of the public and of contributors to their eupplies, the Western Sanitary Commission would report that, during the month of January, they have distributed, in camps and hospitals in the Western rtliffirlffielits IMO? *Odell for sick ant w9mp4elV9igicilh Consisting of 696 bed c =fort& 1,507 towels, 644 sheets, 990 pillows, 961 pillow castes, 270 blankets, 1,748 shirts, 1,291 drawers, 2,228 pairs socks, 565 do slippers, 186 bed sacks. 1,225 books, 104 bundles pamphlets, 06 bottles of i 79 can, ofjaly, 108 bags of dried fruit, 11.1 pounds butter, 188 packages farina, 29 packages COCOA, 424 rolls of bandages, 9 reams writing paper, I gross pens, 12 bundles pencils, 27 packages envelopes, 309 dressing gowns, 352 handkerchiefs, 97 pin-cushions, 34 neck-ties, 24 dozen buttons. 128 pails, 36 games. 244 combs, 18 sponges, 9 pieces flannel, 3 bundles old linen bandages, 19 medicine cops,l2 eye shades, 6 bars soap, ISt work bags, 10 coats, IS pants, 7 vests, n napkins, 19 coal pressers, 38 rolls cotton cloth, 36 papers pins and needles. 1 shawl, 5 packages lint, 2 packages ginger, 2 boxes figs; 14 sans preserved, 12 spoons, 7 rolls yarn, l 0 bed vessels, 4 lusts, 4 pairs crutches, 1 can prepared milk, 2 hop bag.', 1 cheese, 1 box medicines. They had previously distributed 18,751 articles of a similar description, and in similar proportions, making the whole number of articles furnished to camps and hoe• pliale 6p to the Ist of February, of the present year, 34,604. These supplies have been sent to all the general. post, and regimental hospitals in Missouri, throughtrint. worthy agencies, and have reached and benefited the troops 11 on alsid, Indians, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, lowa, and Minnesota. Members of the Commission have, from time to time, visited the post and regimental hospitals of the interior, and the general and post hospitals of this city and vici nity, and have a personal knowledge of the vast amount of good accomplished by these supplies. Verbal reports (often exaggerated) of suffering and neglect in the camps and hospitals of the army, and of supplies being per- Verted, Of &lithe to feadi Ike Melf. 5.1-" o iiomo times pit in circulation; but these reports should not be taken as showing the general and ordinary condition of things. All such abuses =devils soon come to the know ledge of the Commission, and of the military authorities, and means are at once adopted for their correction. From the establishment of the COillffilefiffill to 1110 Pres sent date, Over fi ve hundred and twentk fi ve boxes Oaf barrels of you have been received. As dicta exists an impression with many poisons that the Commission is in the pay of the Government, they beg leave to state in this connection, that this is a mis take, and that although acting by commission and under the 'authority of the major general commanding, their labors are cheerfully given to this cause as a work of philanthropy and patriotism. They are abundantly sa tisfied with the consciousness of having contributed in some degree to the welfare of our sick and wounded sol diers' to the prevention of disease in the Western army, and t o the health and well-being of our brave troops. In thirnoble work in which they have had the generous aid of so many true and loyal hearts, they desire no other reward than to see our beloved country restored to peace, harmony, and prosperity, and the Constitution and the I.falati established en laming and sure foundations. The total expellees of the Commission, including sala ries paid for necessary service and office expenses, from tlei date of the establishment of the Commission to Feb. 1, 1862, do sot exeeed $2OO. In receiving and distributing the contributions of their friends. the Commission have been deeply impressed with the generous and patriotic spirit or the women of the loyal States. Most of the articles sent have been the fruit of their own labor, and have been made and put tua with a care such as mothers exercise towards their bwn eon.. The supply of woollen socks has been very large, knit by willing fingers, containing frequently slip of paper, with some word of encouragement or sympathylo.the soldiet, soffietlateli a I'4 of poetry, or a religions tract, reminding him of kind hearts left behind hinm of his country and his God. Among these there have been bundles of socks knit by women over eighty and ninety years of age, and others by children of tender years. Weer 5,000 pairs of socks have been slis tfit'ate44 t/4 1 , _C! , 4 9 .-9009 1 tt ' l O a larti" supply is sti l l on hand. As the army is now moving southward, the labors of the Commission will be directed to the care of the pick and wounded remaining in this State, of whom there are now not lees than four thousand, and to sending sup phe.s through sanitary vents where they win meet the future wants of our Western tinily. 'Under these circumstances they would advise that the supply of hod-eonifovis, Pillows, butter, and all bulky artistes shored le. Mc ,entitou• - 1 no. the prean4 ; th at shirts, and dreams (Mitts cotton atid woollen). to Amiss handkerchiefs, eonibs, werk -hags, slippers, dried fruits, slid small articled are tie description of clouds '4,w moat needed. Abmild a Milieu necessity arise for more and huger supplies, the Commission will not tail t, address anew appeal to their friends, and to give such informa tion as will enalde them to direct their benevolent can- Itibusimis to the t iselit place. Thu CUIIIIIIi481(1/1 also return their grateful acknow h.dkie•aat 1. i.hborotia ftla..dat, and Raldisea , Ahi timid.- Sit * I Mum taint the loyal States, for their generous MU. arilolttund and valmoble aid. Further contributions to the cause, either in money or goods. may still - be directed to the Commission, and i vin he faithfully spoiled, the advice given in tale report not being ihtendld to stop. the supply, Ina only to MM. gest the 14 in of it. Ali bocce of gowns should be direr trd to James k. YelitClll3l, President Western Sanitary Come missioii, St Louis, 5i,,., tlfi heretofore; and the itinoit, of the parties sending, and of the place Sent front, hoahl be plainly marked on the boxes, that their receipt may be more readily arknondedged• As the eoiseeelloss f.f the present Secretary with his C1i111111661011 is liable at any time to cease, Meousequence of other prospective labors and engagement/ton his put. he fulvi , es that the corresponds nee of the COMaliailian ahead be wholly addressed to the President, Mr. 'Teat ' man, ur other members of the Connalsetox, who will promptly aliswer all nomumnications- For the Western Sanitary Comratesion. J. G. PoltriAll. Searetal Booms, No. 10 North Nifth streets St. Lends, 1)1o.. Felquary 10, 1602. THE CITY. AMIISHMSNTS THIS EVENING. ARCHOWASIST THILATRIE—Arch etveet i above gligh -I.The Comedy of Smote"—•• Serious Family." WALNUT-STREIT Tnakrna—Ninth aed Walnut eta -44 The White Terror"—... aimpoon tr Co." CONTINIINTAL VIZATSE—WaInut street, above Eighth. Uncle Tom's Cabin." *capably or MlMlC—Broad and Locnat streeta— Grand Concert, illissmamc litumnica—Tenth etroet, below Oheetnnt.— .4 Panorama of America and the Great Rebellion." . MUSICAL FUND HALL—Locust street, above Eighth.— Grand Concert THE RELEAgED PRIgO",4P.RB,-4 ioat anxiety is manifested by the friends of the four hundred prisoners recently exchanged by the rebels. as to the time of their arrival In this city. The only ono of the number who hat yet reached Philadelphia is Limit. Kenney, whose parents reside on Pine street, above 13ePP_ Arlivixt Pn S4orlar, and left dglin for Washington on otindays where all the men will be paid off and receive furloughs to come on and visit their friends—none of their terms of enlistment having ex pired, air they volunteered for the three-years service. Just previous to their leaving the tobacco warehouses, where they were confined, they had their torn and ragged clothing exchanged for others which the Govern tont WI goer them, arriving there several days before they took their departure. The man cot/inlaid vary much of the food received by them during their impri sonment, thesonp with which they were fed every second day being filled with vermin to a disgusting extent. None of ahem were searched, either during their incarce• ration or after it, and whatever money they had in their possession at the time of their capture was brought away by them. The tieldieelyery naturally, anxious to get away to their lemma. re From the time of leaving camp at the Monocacy, which was on lilonuay morning, October 21st, 1061, until ar riving nt Richmond, October 24th, the prisoners had but one night's sleep, one meal, consisting of bacon and bread, end the second meal cunsietinn of s loaf of Wand. When they readied the latter place they were confined on two noon, of a tobacco factory at Twenty-fifth and Carey streets. The number at that time was six hundred and linty, and the dimensions of the rooms were such that the men bad but sufficient room to lie in. The sufferings of the prisoners while confined there were intenne—the muds consisting of half a loaf of 'bread, of a small size ' and a very diminutive piece of meat, for breakfast, and another half loaf of bread, and the quar ter of a small sized tin cup foil of soup. Thin treat ment continued for about one month, when, the Bull Run ,prisoners being removed to other points, these soldiers then QeePphd.the qw.lrtorft Anwar coaahrned to the for. met-. _, rumthat:period until the time of their release the treatment was better, so far as the variety of the food in concerned, the men receiving an ample share of what wan distributed to them. The articles for breakfast were made up of peas, beans, rice, containing vermin, frozen potatoes, yellow turnips, and meat: the latter article of food being distributed every second or third day. Some of the oflirtirg ebatibetga With the poet acted very harshly towards the men. The men had no change of clothing from the time of their capture until the latter part of December, when con signments of clothing we: e received from the North. The Government clothing was not received until a week We their &Tinier% The health of the men has been camnerettvel? Rend, owing to their healthy conclitieu at the time of the cap tare. The California Regiment ( Baker's} lost - but four men during their confinement, out of 220 who were cap tured. About 390 men yet remained prisoners at the time of their release. [These have since been exchanged, as can be seen by reference t 3 our telegraphic cc Qf ee-Say.] It is probable that the four hundred released soldiers will leave Washington to-day or to-morrow. We under stand that they will be received at Chester by a couple of military companies, who will escort them to this city. Veen arriving at the. Baltimore depot they will form in lino and mnrch to the Cooner.lithon and Volunteer Re trebhment Saloons, where they will be well feasted and handsomely entertained, after which they will disperse and go to their homes. Those who reside in other cities will, after stopping at the Refreshment Saloons, pass di rectly through. If there should be any sick or wounded !Mon iling they rig !./2properly Med for, and placed in the hospitals attached to these institutions. We un derstand that parties from New York will be in waiting, in this city, to take charge of all the prisoners that belong there. The brave fellows deserve a hearty welcome at the hands of our patriotic citizens. NAVAL MATTERS.---The prize schooner Liz.tie Weston is expected to arrive at this port in a few days, with 291 bales of cotton on board. She will be taken in charge by the U. S. lit withal, who has orders from Washington to that effect. A echoone: cap tured at the game time, also laden with cotton, has boon ordered to New York , There is a tempt rary Mita business at the navy yard at the present time, but as Boon as the season opens, however, work will be more brisk than it has been at any time previous. The fol owing list will shoe the whole number of worknien now engaged at the yard : Carpen ters on the Juniata, 24 ; on the Monongahela, 199; on the roicktrap, so; pattern, 3; railway, 31; draughtsman on general tarries, 1 gun taesitige makers on general service, 00 ; on do Juniata, 10 ; on gunboats at Borden town, 10; sawyers on the Juniata. 13; on the Monanget. hela, 4; borers on the Pmehatan, 54; on the Juniata, 26; on the Monongahela, 75 ; general service, 3; railway, 13; boat builders on the. Juniata. ; 90 1110 Princltpth (receiving ship,) 2; amithe on the Juniata, equipped. 34; do. spars and sails, ; do. rigging, 6; on the Monongohe /a, 7 ; on the Pow haton,l7 ; general ordnance, 12; dock, 2; railway, 2; contingents, dredgers, 6; machinists on the Juniata, 10; on the Tuscarora, 1; on the l'outhratan, 1; general ser vice and general ordnance, 34; dock, 1 ; joiners on the Monongahela, 21; on the Pouthatan. 151, en the Jib! fella, 74; geceral service, 7; caulkers on the Juniata, 0; ream era do., 6 ; spinners do., 2 ; laborers, &c., 30 •, on the Polo hatan. 60; do.eng., 15; general service, 127 on the Mo nongahela, 16; ordnance, 13; on dock, 20; assistant join ers, 8; yard carpenter's gang, engineer, laborers on Potoltatan, 10; yard laborer on ordnance 1; general Ser. 'lke' 12 i watchmen on yard duty, 12; watchmen en Pow hem t riggefe ?eg/gr. oi; on the Juniata, 17 ; sanola'ai bh sae P olo h a t a n, fi; pp geteral service. 10; on the Juniata, 20: sparmakers on the luniata,lo; painters on do. boats, 32; general service, 20; do. ord nance, 4; steamer engineers on general service, 2; on dock, 5; gunner's crew on the Juniata, 13; general ear bite, &Arline°, 12 hunboale, 12; plumbers on the Joni a fa, 12; on the Powhalan, 11; . on the Monongahela, 2; genera! service, 23; general servme, ordnance, 39; block makers on the Monongahela, 2; on the Juniata, 12; on dock 2; on the Poishafan, 5; general service, 9; team sters on general service. 5; contingents, 3 ; writer on ord nance, 1; general service, A. Total, 1 ; 531 men; the apereprieuou asked or Congress for the purpose of improving the yard, and affording increased facilities for carrying on work, has been cut down to about one half the amount asked for. This will destroy all prospects of purchasing the lots adjoining with a view of enlarging the yard; as the money appropriated will only bo dent for repairing the different bnildinge. workehopt, die , within the old walls. The work of constructing the 20 iron-plated gimboats, recently authorized by Congress, wilt lie performed by contractors. The probability is that owing to the rapidi ty with which one Philadelphia mechanics perform their Mbar ? and front fact 04'4 we toil nut en perlor work,. cur city vat receive a larger number to conetracc - tnan any other. There seems to he a great diversity of opinion in re gard to iron plates for casing war vessel,. Since the re bellion broke out a number of inventions have been brought forward, both of improved armor plates and of Improved madly& of securing them to the frame Or the vessels. Some of them seem to possess merit, and have been awarded patents. A patent has been secured for constructing armor plates, each having three or more ribs, watch are afterwards cut by a lathe. so as to dove tail (by means of tongues and gro.ives) into each other. Whei. pi aced 1300 i/ ale Teseelie frame, they are wedged tcgether with keys, driven between them from the in side. A Latent has also been granted for a plan of Polling the plates with flanges on their inner sides, so that they may be seemed in position without the necessity of TaIP4IPS r bPft ➢lettt. Their nigra are FO recessed that each fits into the edge of the plate im mediately below it. Letters patent have likewise been issued for a method of constructing and arranging the plates in such manger as to obtain the benefit of their maximum strength awl resistance, so as render unnecessary the expense of a heavy teoe.den atheboik. The fdAtee I.Mpoe'ed w're the box form, and clasp the vessel's frame. Shia builders are generally of the opinion that there are maul important improvements yet to be made in securing the iron plates to the flame of the vessel, and which will produce still mote satisfactory results MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRADE.— This body held their regular monthly meeting last eve ning, at• their rooms, Fifth and Chestnut streeta, Presi dent Merton in the ehair. As meal; the attendance was very slim. A communication was read from the Census Depart ment, Washington, thanking the Board fur a copy of their annual report, which was compiled with care and pre cbi!on, and contained statistical accounts which had proved useful, nod had Leen placed in a report presented to Congress. A communication was read from the Philadelphia Dreg Exchange, tendering their thanks to the Board for a number of books received. A number of the reports of the Board of Trade of nice gowere received, and a due ialatowledgment made by the Board. Oue of the members said he had occa slop, some time erica, to visit the coal-oil regions, and was surprised in finding Low poorly the trade of Philadelphia was repre sented there. Be thought this should not be, and in erecr to bring the subject properly before them, be would offer the following: Whereas, It is important that the merchants of Phila delphia obtain accurate information as to the production of petroleum, the cost of transportation by the ration* routes, and the necessities of the trade, with a view of engaging understandingly In the business of distributing It to the markets of our own country and the world: therefore. Resoked, That this Board extend an invitation to some wtli•informed party or parties now engaged in mining for rock oil to come to their next monthly meet ing?, or at any time most convenient, for_the purposes set forth in the preamble, and that the Committee of the Month be instructed to transmit this resolution to such as 'they deem judicious A code of army and navy signals was submitted to the Board, and referred to the Committee for the Month. A discussion row et autd among several of the moni tion as to bow a revival of southern trade might be bro. Mired without delay after our national difficulties shall have been settled. Also, le to the cause of the failure of all our ocean lines of steamships Mr. J. P. Baldwin made a statement of Population, ocean travel, imports and exports (foreign), of New York. d Philadelphia, Wt different koex-lode MO to IWO. The value of merchandise imported by Philadelphia through New York, iu 1860, was $32,000,000. Allow 6,1( per cent. for freights, steamer, Ed,6410,000, Add passage money and freights on New Jersey railroads, 5600,000; which ma/tes an annual tax of '' -;500.000 for not pro viding steamships, oi our own. TOO number or passen gers from Great Britain to America, from 1821 to 1860, was about 400,000, allawirg 30,000 returning. All steer age, at $OO each, is $12,000,000. Allow one-tenth to be cabin passengers, at $lOO extra, $4,000,000; making total of $16,000,000. In 1861 the tote of freight east. aard, try the Pennsylvania Iteliroad, was 1,170,0e1i scut through to New 'lot% 500,000. There was enough sent to New York every month over 16,0(0 tone, to load 16 large steamers. Now York has over 40 ocean steamers. Great Britain employs over 000. More than three-fourths of our oceantraffic is done under the British nag. The value of ocean commerce is over 61,000,000,000 a year. riiiimiripina is the best unoccu• pied port in the world. The amount of money received for passengers arriving in Pniladelphis for the last ten years was 94,308,000. The average the. limb ii.vo years. was $195,206. Ttie amount of money received in New York for passengers arriving within the saute time was $132,427,660. The exports of Philadelphia , in 1805, 't, and 'lo,were $100,608,369. The last four years it wee only $,200,000, while our population was 568,00). The sal jest was referred to the Committewou Inland Transportation. The Board then adjourned. s ccIDENT.--On Saturday evening, a 'horse and cart fell through a bole in Pine street, near Eighteenth. The cart was titled with ceal. The bolo was about six feet square and twenty fret in depth. The cart was taken out with difficulty,. and the hole then covered up with lumber. SOUP PISTRIBUTED.---The scvmp house of the s.l4,3mtieudj g eunp ti., tietY illmraboted awing the jest seven weeke '220 !redone or soup.dally. There have been 1e,875 looted or bread and that d pound* of in. at— at,wtutt,a. DISTRICT Coma OASES.---The follow ing were the leading extant in the Dintriet Court rooter tla) 0. l%ilann Mtvlg viLeatharine SaMidge; Jultninistratrir. of Itahert &Midge, deceatad A sci. fa. au d taortgow. Verdict for plaintiltkr 910.540. D. & E. Kennedy vs. the city of Philodeiphis. A ver dict token by agreement for plitilitill for 81,209.81, sub ject to points reserved. I.lonnEntr.-- - Ye.sterday afternoon Jas. Warner and Wm. Wrigla were ()barged. befell, Alderman Eviller, with baying 'Word Conrad Nan and John Hill of RV.atch and SIO i move', on Sunday evening. The robbery w committed on I , rauli.ford road } near Oleatr street. 7t6e prisonaia were comittittea for trial. BALL IN AID OF TUE VOLUNTEER RE- IlitErifl3lFlST SALot.llo.—The grand ball of the Firs rke. pertinent, in aid of the Volunteer Itefreelinleut 11111001ilit came off last evening in both saloons of tho. National (tnard•e II All. The master of ceremonies, neuiaunln S. fleppard, }:}q., deserves credit for the arm Ihnnuer in which be carried out the programme MEETING OF THE BOARD OF GUAR+ MANS .—The regular stated meeting of the Board of Guardians of the Poor was held yesterday afternoon, Mr. Marie in the chair. The out-door agent reported $254,35 for support NMI. The !muss spat fbfbittd the falloWiE4 L0R5113 of the 'mime: Whole number in the house Same time last year Decrease Admitted within the OW two %mai BfNhe Demon 'Uncharged ...... Eloped Bound Number of IMIIIIDZIe granted lodging Number of pereone granted Me/k14... Mr. Server prerenhei the 'Atoning Resolved, That the president of the Board he au thorized, on behalf of this Board, to sign a petition to City Councils for the appoixttnent of public wood-cordere instead of leasing their wharves as is now done. Agreed to. The steward reported his recelpte to be 010.3 14, Mr, ',TOY 11101 - 44 that the Committee on Ontswanbi be instructed to obtain estimates of the coat of yawing a now tin roof neon the Almshouse buildings, and the sum for which the present copper roof can he Rol& Agreed to. The committee, to whom was assigned the duty of erecting a Tacit for the reception and safe.heeping of the bodies of those who may din in the iniditsitioti, reported that, in accordance with Inotmotirrhe, they have had erected, on the Aimennime Grounds% a vault '2O feet long and 12 feet wide, at a coat not exceeding $lllO. The capacity of the vault is Ruch an to give room for forty two coffins. From the substantial manner in which the rank is built. and its close proximity to the residence of the outside watchman, the committee feel confident that the bodice depesited therein will remain undisturbed till they are no longer fit fur tha disnestinn-tablr. The ra pert closed with a recommendation to the Board to pass stringent rides to regulate the admission and removal of bodies. Mr. Dickinson moved that the Comtuittee on Hospital be directed to place the v.-eh:lee vault under the care of 2119 of tho officftro or tiro hum who then be hold rayon. Mule for the safe keeping of the Willett oppoetted thereln # and have them removed and properly buried when danger of disinterment no longer exists, and no Noune.r, and gee that the object of the Board in having this vault con structed be, atrictiy carrled'out. Itelogvcd, That, for the ditty time performed, the officer Anil Rut ft hisa, liddillen hi 4ompen salon at the comma. tee may direct. Agreed to. Adjourned. MURDEROUS IVSSA ULT.—A man named Jerry etwrltivil way liken iuto custody on Batunlar. upon the charge of having assaulted 11aMu I Thvat i With a knife, in a beloon under the Masonic Bali, Manerunk. utapkton, it seems, war, asleep, and was much annoyed by Thomas. Ho requoAted Thomas to desist, and threat ened to cut him if he did not The latter paid no atten tion to the warning, when Mapleton took out his Pen knife, end inflicted quite a severe wound in the htp et' Ttomi. The 114 urice are nut of a dangerous character. Eteplviou wee cunin.itted, THE STORM LAST NIGHT.—The terri ble wind of last evening deranged most of the railroad lines and unahipped the telegraph wires. Th • veseels on the river Isere badly damaged, their rigging being torn, their safe rent, anti their tablet elf Wed There were amm cases or broken chimneys, and pcileettilins were, in one or two cases, lifted bodily from the ground. Seldom has snob a storm been seen, and until after midnight It raged in all its fury. The large Hag-pole at the corner of Reed litrt and F r aIigFILIAC Inrkon lathe forte of the wind ; only p.m eight Ica of it remains standing. The roof of a Image at . Eleventh and Anita streets Was carried off by the wind. At Ninth arid Norris streets a new building was par• tinily demolished. The chimney of Mouse in Walnut street, above Fourth, WAR blown over, std fall late the street with a laud crash, No one wail passing at the time. .A NUEROTH I S S EDIMENT ORDERED SOLITU.—T het ine-Illindred-and-Twelfth (Artillery) Re deimentl M Diamond Cuttege, Uitendeni have beep orilereat to Washington. The men will strike their teuts early this morning, and proceed to this city, where, at noun, they will partake of the hospitalities of the Volunteer Refreshment Ba eons, They then leave for Washington, from the depot at Broad and Prime atreetr. POLICEMAN AESAULTEIS.--Officers Mer l-the and Ilumphries, of the Twentieth ward, while et twmptlng to ;meat a man, on Sunday evening, tor dleor• derly conduct, in **bent greet, above Sixteenth, were set upon by several young men and pretty roughly bandied. Thmnas Maguire, one of the emilants, wee arrested, and after A 11011ifiriM, 14141@n:11y Ma! taw!, sue ealhilifed lti default a 1.2 1 11) bail to moaner, A PRESENT TO THE CITY.—Mr. Wll - H. French, residing at Eighteenth aid Chestnut streets, has prcsented to the city a beautiful white buck. The alma! is to he placed In Logan equate, where save. sal ether members of the atitlB4bii mini , AV , 166.14. W. The arrival of this dear creature was announced In Logan Square by a large Overd upon the house of the fraleinity. He has been named George Washington, No Lug Yelley, Luzeroe cony, le his native place. MEETING} IN BEHALF OF THE PORT ROYAL CdSTllAßANOS.—Arrangements aro now being made to get up a large public meeting h, this city, in be half of the Port Royal blacks. The ohject is to devise puma means of giving them permanent employment and to provide for flair immediate oec.e.ltiee, The meeting Will, we Understand. Po called by partici' of all political creeds and clergymen Of vatillittl thSll6hilliatiolgh AMONG the Philadelphians who fell in the desperate fight at Fort Doneleen was William Duff, an exemplary young man of Southwark, and on of William Duff, builder, of the Find ward. The young wen wan nal limn,' in in action of rho city. ne served oh board the etteontieret, and the sad intelligence of hie decease was forwarded hither by his thipmAtet, ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—A man named Frederick Martin, residing at No. 738 South Fourth sisrvi, Mitmuted io rummli solo& on Sunday Meat, by inflicting a severe gash on his throat, and than Jumping from the window of his dwelling. He was discovered upon the sidewalk by Officer Lindsay, who had him con veyed t i the Hospital. It is not thought his injuries will prove fatal. NEws DEPO2,—The enterprising news dealer, Mr. John Trenwith, whose place of business, under the Atnetiefin Telegraph Office. was recently burned out. Is attain located in big old quarters, where he is prepared, an on former occasions, to furnish his many Plitmnii with thp Intot ninth ac., troth all P arts of the country. Those in want of good and cheap rtading matter should visit thie establishment, BINTS.—Those who have houses to l 4 are edvisrd to insert the price per annum on the tt let 1.111 11 ,—tha,.. 21 , ru, L.,1- 4/4.5 This will save a great deal of trouble The duty of removing coal ashes from sidewalks has been ne gleetv4i. diir;ng II a entire minter. muck to the Liman• venimce nun annoyance of housekeepers. Will the au thorities look to* 7 TEE 'ENNSYLVANIA CENTRAL, and Pittsburg, Fort Wayne, and tbieage Railroads hare 'slut d a convenient work, giving a brief history of the various places on the entire ratite between this city and Chicago, with any remarkable Incident or reminiscence In ounnostion with their origin. It's — T ut,. D. McKee, onset the conductors. ARREST OP PICKPOCKETS.—TWO well known pickpockets ware arrested, on Sunday, while ape rativg at a funeral in Belgrade street, above Palmer. 1 1%6Y had already al stratt,nl a watdi feaM Ilia fF:66liet of en old gentleman. The rascals were commltled ter trial. Aid for the Missouri Sufferers. One of the most pleasing and significant features of this war is the humanity with which its prevail has been marked by our loyal people. Every ap peal for aid in behalf of the suffering has been responded to with Christian liberality, and many of our wealthy eidzens hare °rimed their in. forest in the Union cause in a most munificent way. The appeal which we recently published in behalf of the suffering Union people at Hannibal, Mo., we are glad to learn is meeting a generous response : and we would here state that persons wishing to contribute to this object can send their donations to the office of James Swaim, M. D., Seventh street, below Chestnut. When the war broke out, Dr. Swaim was sojourning in Europe, but returned soon afterwards to unit :' fortunes with loyal people of the North, and press, in a 'substantial way, his sympathy with e cause of the Goverment, Among his more im rtant contributions, the two splendid rifled calm recently presented by him to this city, deser ves oial notice. The articles most needed by the sufferers at Han am: are groceries and delleaciestor the sick, and all who have such to contribute can rely upon their being faithfully and promptly appropriated by sending them as above stated. tor The tress.l The editor of The Press is requested to eerreet a Inistake, unintentionally made. In The Press of Saturday. Dr. St. George Trophies, who is said to have been arrested at Annapolis, is a physician, and has not been an officer of the navy, Ms bro ther, Lieutenant Hopkins. is a brave and loyal offi cer, now in the service of the United States, who, 'though born in Virginia. has adhered steadily to the flag of hie country during the present contest, From Nassau, N. P.--pew the_ Charleston Blockade is.Eiarded. The New fork Post, of last evening, publishes a letter, ',Ali& it protamis with tina complain 6 6 The following letter from one of our citizens now at. Nassau, N. P., will be read with interest. It fully confirms our previous advices regarding this ttittc 4F spign tinrc, nasi §ingslar 92pr94 Of one of our officers. c , Its statements may be relied on, and we com mend them to the attention of the Navy Depart. merit." The letter is dated Nassau, N, P., February 15, and emitting the following, among other elate. wants: T. wish now to call the attention of the Ameri can people, aud the Navy Department especially, to a state of affairs here and hereabout which de mands wetly eorreation. I allude to the conduct of Captain Temple, of the United Stelae gunboat Flambeau, atttiebed to the blockading squadron in these waters. Itis not that he is on intimate terms with those bore who are most venomous against Lis trove:meant, or even that he has repeatedly Said that if commanded to fire on his Southern brethren be should obey with great reluctance, but that being hero, charged with the duty of enforcing the blocked° and preventing all trade with the South, he has calmly stood by and permitted vessels notoriously engaged in illicit trade with the South ern ports to emus anti go at their pleasure_ "Three weeks ago the Flambeau lay in the har bor, and at the seine time the G/adiader,pur chased by the Confederates in Europe, the Eliza Bunn:II, a large ship built in Maine, belonging in Charteitou, the former babel, of Charleston, all lay alongside of her_ Just then the AVIA, forty. eight hours from Charleston, where she had run the blockade. pasted fete the harbor with the rtbel nog thing. As see paistd the Rum- APOW, shn dipped her colors to the 'United States flag and mute to , anchor. A dity or two after, btiptairi Temple said in tiro uffiee of the American consul that if he had been on beard his ship be would have returned the salute by flip- Piwu. AOar,r good striprx Ito .1.14 74,1 ensirit ! eboitly after, Captain Temple sailed for Key West, and about the same time the bawd, with the molt valuable cargo yet southern here, sailed out of the harbor for Charleston, which port she soon reached in safety. In a few days after this the Kure set out for Fernandina, with valutthle cargo, and arrived there within a week totally tunneleated. ti.:Now, it assure to true , as, dentition, it will to leggy others, to inquire: Bars we any blockade at Charleston? Of whet use is the atone fleet? Ia there any blockade at Fernandina? and lastly, WI Captain Temple the bind of man to be in commas& ( Marmot viT49! Pywhy# a« a4# l o Pi* tibia ? " In all that I have said I with to be understood as making no random nasertions, but merely eluting facto, which on he fully and amply sustained b,p the, highest evidence. And I confidently euhtullt In ail loyal 'Mein In or out of the 1 1304tialtelAtt, that they are &grateful and humiliating in the last de gree.. Very truly yours, titA tillw TorAcn " 2873 ........ EMM "7, gOg
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