the press. FUBLIBHKD DAILY, (BUNDAYB IXOEPMD,) BN JOHN W. FORNEY, OFFICE No. 417 CHESTNUT STREET. THE DAILY PRESS, TwiLTS Cents Pe» Week, payable to tie Carrier. Hailed to subscribers out of tbe City at Six Dollars Fla Annum, Four Dollars fob Eioht Months, Thrib Dollars for Six Months —invariably in ad- TRnco for the time ordered. THE THI - WEEKLY PRESS, Hailed to Subscribers out of the City at. Threb Dol- RARS PRR ANNUM, in advance. " COMMISSION HOUSES. COFFIN, & CO., 220 CHESTNUT STREET, Agents for the following makes of goods PRINTS. BUNNELL MFC, CO GREENE MFC. CO. LAWNS. BUNNELL MFG. CO. BLEACHED COTTONS. Cionadaie, Forestdale, Auburn, Blatersville, Oontredalo, Jamertown, Blackstone, Hope, Red Bank, Dorchester, Newburyport, Nanmeag, Zouave, Burton, Greeno Mfg. Co.’s A. A., B. A., C. A., and other styles. BROWN COTTONS. Burnside, Trent, Groton, Ashland, Chestnut, Glenville, Mechanics’ and I'mtners 1 . CORSET JEANS—Glasgow, Manchester. DENIMS AND STRIPES Grafton, Jowott City. Hadieon, Blatersville, Agawam, Koystono, Choctaw. CANTON FLANNELS.—Slatersvillo, Agawam. BILESIAS Smith's, Social Co., Lonsdale Co. WOOLENS. ARMY BLUE CLOTHS, KERSEYS, and FLAN NELS. BROAD CLOTHS.—Plunketts’, Glenliam Co., Ac. CASBIMEBES Gay A Son, Saxton’s River, Ac. SATINETS.—Bass River, Converßville. Lower Val ley,'Hope, SlaffordvlHo, Converse and Hydo, Converse Bros. A Co., Shaw Mfg. Co. KENTUCKY JEANS.—Rodman, Mystic, Gold Medal. DOMET FLANNELS.—WILLIAMS'S Angola, Sax ony, MeriKO, and other styles: LONSDALE Nankeens and Colored Cambrics. PLAID LINSEYS, COTTONADES, St c. [foKS-3m CLHIPLEY, hazard, & O HUTCHINSON, No. 112 CHESTNUT STREET, COMMISSION MERCHANTS FOR THE SALE OP . PHILADELPHIA-MADE GOODS. Be2B-6m DRY-GOODS JOBBERS. 1862. spring. 186 2. W. S. STEWART & CO., IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OF SILKS AND FANCY DRESS GOODS, NO. 303 MARKET STREET, Buyers are invited to call and examine a fresh stock of NEW AND DESIRABLE GOODS, fionght exclusively for GASH, and which we will offer on Hie most favorable terms. Our stock comprises, in addition to a complete assort* went of BLACK AND OTHER STAPLE SILKS, A variety of Seasonable DBXSS GOODS,IN, NEW AND APPROVED STYLES, specially adapted to City Sales. fe2s>3m yAED.GILLMORE, & Co., Nos. GIT CHESTNUT and 614 JAYNE Streots. HftVS fiiv open ihelr SPRING IMPORTATION OF SILK AND FANCY DRESS GOODS, SHAWLS,-WHITE GOODS, LINENS, EMBROIDERIES, Bought in Europe, by one cf the firm. To which the attention of the trade is particularly in cited, ' fe2l-2m gELLINO OFF BTOCK OP CASSIMERES, VESTINGS, DRIL LINGS, MARSEILLES, &c. Twenty-five per cent, under formor priccß. A. H. GIBBS, feZl-lm No. S3l MARKET Street JAS. R. CAMPBELL & Co.. IMTOBTEBS, AND CASH DEALERS IN DRY GOODS. AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, No. 727 CHESTNUT STREET. Having organised a RETAIL DEPARTMENT In connection with their WHOLESALE TRADE, will ex tiihit, at all hhodb, a line of Goods by the yard, piece, cr package, at such rates aa to commend their stock to fha attention of cash buyers. ja2B-tf LOOKING GLASSES. JAMES 8. EARLE & SON, fiXAHfIJFACTUBEBS AND XMFOB.TKBB o r LOOKING GLASSES, OIL PAINTINGS, PINE ENGRAVINGS, picture AND pobtb&h fbahisb, PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES, PHOTOGBAPH ALBUMS, OARTK-DE.VISITS PORTRAITS, EARLE’S GALLERIES, 810 CHESTNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA. Cabinet furniture. CABINET FURNITURE AND BIL LIABD TABUS. MOORE & CAMPION, 80. 201 South SECOND Street, ' Ip fffywttnHAn with Ihfll* Cabinet Bonness are fciow manufacturing * superior article of TABLES, jAod have now on band a full supply, finished with the 3HOOBE A CAMPION’S IMPROVED CUSHIONS, Which are pronotmccd, by all who have uaed them, to bo pnperior to all others. j ~ Fov Hm duality and finish of these tables the menu bcturers safer to their numerous patrons throughout pm Union, who are familiar with the character of their Wroth* fe26*6m DRUGS AND CHEMICALS. JJOBERT SHOEMAKER & GO., Northeast Corner FOURTH and BACH Streets, PHILADELPHIA, WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS, IMPORTERS AND DEALERS lit FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC WINDOW AND PLATE GLASS, MANUFACTURERS OF WHITE LEAD AND ZINC PAINTS, PUTTY, Ao. MEETS FOR THE CELEBRATED - FRENCH ZINC PAINTS, Dealfn acvl consumer! supplied at VBRY LOW PRICES FOR CASH. fel2-2m IUTE LE ' Bedbaad, White liead, .Litharge, Sugar of Lead, •Oopftna, -Oil of Vitriol, Oalotnel, flint TeHow, Chrome Bed, Obroau TeUow, 4gnl Fortie, iHaitatic Add, Tartaric Add, •Orange Mineral, :3olnbteTart. -Bub. On*. Boda, While Vitriol, WedViedSitate, WETHKBL Droggiat* and Haw Ba. 47 and 40 £ JaU-tf rnERBAPXNS, OYSTERS BTEWED ' X AND mm, AND OHIUKIN SALAD.—IuTI fa Ann Oirdi ind other notice* will bo dlitribotad In *ll •arts ofthe city, with punctuality. A . Tho undersigned is at all times prepared to present, fct ttbo liwpection of Ladies and Gentlemen, a list of the SHnw neoMsair for a large or small entertainment, as tot ■a«e mar be, thereby •Toiding all unnecessary yroAuloa mndwasta: tod flatten himsair, that by hli long expo irtence In business, be will be able at all times tp fliye, as flumtnftiro entire safbfiection to all who favor nun wlu toir Mtirontos. HINBT Oitaar, Ho. SM Booth TWNUTH Street, ohon SPEDOA. DRY AND IN Wblte'Prectpitate, Lunar Caustic, Harootine, Bulph. Morphine, Morphine, Acetate Morphine, Lac. Bulph., Ither Bnlphurlo, Ither Sltric, Sulphate Quinine, Oorro. Sublim., Denarcotized Opium, Chloride or Soda, Wetherill'e eat* Qinehe, Tartar Emetic, Chloride of Lima. Crude Borax, Beflned Borax, Camphor, Benin Oopnda. [iL ft BBOTHBB, miaetnnng Chomiate, forth SECOND Street, PHILADELPHIA. VGL. 5-NO. 179. COPARTNERSHIP NOTICES. "VrOTICE.—We, tlie subscribers, have M ibis day entered Into a Limited Partnership, agreeably to the provisions of the act of Assembly, pass* ed the first day of filarih, 1836, entitled 44 act rela tive to Limited Partnerships,” And the supplements there to, and do hereby certify that the name of the firm under which said partnership is to be conducted, is “ EDWARD M. NEEDLESthat the general nature of the business to be transacted is the purchase and sal o of Fancy Dry GOddd, flJid 6ti»e? bueihesss incident thereto, and the same will be transacted iu the city of Philadelphia: that the name of the general partner of said firm is Edward M. Needles, residing in the city of Philadelphia, at No. 1123 Mount Vernon street, and the name of tho special partner is Thomas J. Megear, Also residing in the city of Philadelphia, at No. 141 Arch street; that the capital contributed by tbe said Thomas J» Mcgear, special part ner, is five thousand itallar*, in c«wh * that tha period a which the said partnership is to commence is the. first day of February, one thousand eight hundred aud sixty two, and that it will termmato on tho thirty-first day of January, ono thousand eight hundred and sixty-five. EDWARD M. NEEDLES, General Partnor, THOMAS J. MKGEAR, Special Partnor. Philadelphia, Feb. 1, 1862. fo3 m-7t TVfOTICE. —TBE PARTNERSHIP of Xi LINCOLN, WOOD, ft NICHOLS is this day dis solved by mutual consent. Tho business of the late firm will be settled by THOMAS H. WOOD, of tho firm of WOOD ft CARY, who will curry on tho business at the same place, No. 725 CHESTNUT Street. * H. E. LINCOLN, THOS. H. WOOD, R. E. NICHOLS. Philadelphia, Fob. 26,15D2. f027-8t PORT RICHMOND IRON WORKS. —COPARTNERSHIP NOTICE. —JOHN H. TOWN®, formerly of the firm of Merrick ft Towne, has become a member of the firm of I. P. MORRIS ft CO , to take effect from and after the Ist of January, 1862. Isaac P. Morris withdraws from active participa tion iu the conduce of the business, ThA tltif of the new firm Is I. P- MORRI9, TOWNS, A 00. ISAAC P. MORRIS, LEWIS TAWS, JOHN J. THOMPSON, fell JOHN H. TOWNE. mHE UNDERSIGNED have formed JL a Copartnership, under'tho firm of J ACKETOHE ft LAYEKGNE, for the transaction of a general Com mission aud Importing business, at 202 and 204 South FRONT Street. P. JAUKETCH*, teB-lni F. LAVEBGNE. COPARTNERSHIP NOTICE.—IS v/ RAEL MORRIS this day retires from our firm. His eons, THEODORE H. MORRIS and FREDERICK W. MORRIS, are admitted as partners; and the bad ness will be continued as heretofore. MORRIS, WHEELER, ft CO., Iron Merchants, 1608 MARKET Street Philadelphia, Dec. SI, 1881. jal-tf FROrOSAIiS. IVTOT ICE.—PROPOSALS FOR JLI FURNISHING U. S. NOTES AND BONDS. Treasury Department, Feb. 26,1562. SEALED PROPOSALS will be received.at.the office of the Secretary of the Treasury until WEDNESDAY, the sth day of March next, for furnishing ninety millions of United States Notes and two hundred millions in Bonds, to bo issued under the authority of the act of February, 1802, entitled '** An not to authorize the ißsne of United States Treasury Notes, and for the redemption or refunding thereof,’* &c. Notes and Bonds will be required of the denomina tions and in the proportions as follows: Thirteen millions each of United States Notes of the denominations of ss, 10s, 20s, 50s, 100 s, aud 500 s, and twelve millions of the denomination of 1,000. OF REGISTERED BQNP& ’ ' Fly© million of the denomination of. $5O Fifteen do do do 100 Fifteen do do do 500 Forty do do do 1,000 Fifteen do do do 5,000 Ten do do do 10,000 OF COUPON BONDS. Eighty millions of tho denomination 0f.*1,000 Twenty millions of the denomination of 500 Proposals will be received for tbe delivery of all of one or more denominations of notes and bonds, complete, in cluding tbe engraving, printing, numbering, and paper, or separately for the engraving, for printing, and for paper. The engraving must be iu tbe highest style of mt, and the paper of the best quality. Proposals must Btate the number of sheets and the ag gregate representative value of each denomination which they undertake to furnish daily, and the least number of days required from notice of award before commence ment of delivery. Models of notes and bonds must be submitted, and specimens of-work accompany them. * Models of notes on the facs will be in the same form as now used, and on tho backs will state the privilege of legal tender, and other privileges stipulated in the law. Models of bonds will, in addition to the usual stipula tions, have tho statement that they are reimbursable after five and payable twenty years from date. It is expected also that, as far as practicable, the dies and plates will be Bnch as have not been heretofore used except for work of the United States. Xach proposal must he accompanied by a statement of the bidders’ lacllitiGS for executing the work, the num ber of presses in use, hands employed, security of build ings occupied, and capital invested Proposals by incorporated companies must be accom panied by a copy of charter and the names of the officers; aud proposals by unincorporated associations by tlie articles of association and names of parties. Bolide for the faithful and prompt execution of the work as proposed or finally agreed on, in the sum of fifty thousand dollars, will be required; the names of the parties offered as sureties and their written coasent to become such, together with a certificate of an Assistant Treasurer as to their sufficiency, must accompany each proposal. The Secretary of the Treasury ressrvos the right to reject any or all the bids, and to vary the amounts spe cified, as in hie opinion the iotererta of the puolic service may require. f»2B-5t SEALED PROPOSALS are invited till the 10th day of March, 1362, at 12 o'clock M>, for supplying the TJ t S; Sub. Dep’t with 8.000 head af BEEF CATTLE on the h.x>f. The Cattle to be delivered at Washington City, and each animal to average 1,300 pounds gross weight: no animal admitted which weighs less than 1,000 pounds gross. The Cattle to he delivered at such times and in such Humilities u tho Government may reauire. No Cattle will b£ required under this contract before the Ist day of Apxii, 1502. Ueifers and Bullocks not wanted. A bond with good and sufficient security will be re* Huired. Government reserves to itself the right to pay in Trea sury notes. No bid will bo entertained when put iu by contractors who have previously failed to comply with their contracts, or where the bidder is not present to respond to his bid. Bids to be directed to Maj. A. BECKWITH, 0. S., U. 6. A., Washington, D. O. Form or Bm. I, A B, do hereby propose to deliver to the Govern ment good Beef Cattle on the hoof for per hundred peuxids gross weight. The Cattle to be delivered at ——* according to the terms of the enclosed advertisement. The Cattle to he weighed on the scales, and the weight so determined to he the purchase weight I hereby agree to give a good and sufficient bond forthefulfllmcnt of the contract, and to receive Treasury notes in payment for the Cattle. felB-tm9 Deputy quartermaster GENERAL’S OFFICE. Philadelphia) 27th February, 1562. PROPOSALS,, will be received at this Oflice until THURSDAY, at 32 hi., the 6th day of March, 1862, for supplying the Quartermasters Department sixty (60) TRAVELLING FORGES, with lU&chsMlthj And Shoe ing Tools complete. The Forges to be similar to those made by the United States Ordnauco Department. They are required imme diately. . • G. H. CROSSMA2T, fe2S-6fc Deputy Quartermaster General. Army clothing and equi page OFFICE, N. E. eonier TWELFTH toi GIBAED streets. Philadelphia, Fobruary 27,1862, WANTED TO PUfiCHASS INDIA RUBBER ARMY BLANKET 9. Proposals will be received until 12 M. MONDAY, 3d March, at this Office, stating the number on hand, and the price at which they can be delivered immediately, G. IL GROSMAN, Deputy Qmartermaster General. Army clothing and equi page OFFICE, Philadelphia, February 28, 1862. SEALED FBOPOSALS are invited until WEDNES DAY, MflMli £ih, At 12 M, for furoiglijpg s 60,000 TENTS D’aBBRE, FRENCH PATTERN, A sample of which can be seen at this office, to be made or linen or cotton, and delivered in New York and Phila delphia. Also, ARMY GAITERS OR LEGGINGS, of good strong linen or cotton duck, a sample of which canto at thiaoittce, Each bid is invited for 1,000 to 10,000 pairs of thege Leggings, and bidders are required to state bow soon they can deliver them. Bids must be endorsed Proposals for Tents D’Arbrfe, or, Proposals for Gaiters or Leggings. The names of proper securities will be required in the proposals. G. H. GROSMAN, mbi Deputy Quartermaster General. LEGAL. TN THE ORPHANS’ COURT FOR JL THE CITY AND COUNTY OF PHILADEL PHIA. Estate of ANN HILT, deceased. The Auditor appointed by the Court to audit, settle, and adjust the account of JOHN HILT, Administrator of ANN HILT, deceased, and to make distribution of the balance m the hands of the accountant, will meet the parties interested, for the purposes of his appointment, on FRIDAY, March 7,1862, at 4 o’clock p. M., at liis office, No. 131 South FIFTH Street, (2d Door,) in the city of Philadelphia., ' fe26-wfm 5t rf THE ORPHANS 5 COURT FOR THE CITT AND COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA. Estate of ISAAC W. MOORE, deceased. Tne Auditor appointed by the Court to audit, settle, and adjust the account of GEORGE GILLINGHAM and RICHARD S. MOORE, Administrators of the Es tate of ISAAC W. MOORE, deceased, and to make dis tribution of the balance, gives notice that hQ will attend' to the duties of his appointment on MONDAY, March 4, A.D. 1862, at 4 o’clock P.M., at his office, southeast corner of SIXTH and WALN UT Streets, Phi ladelphia. I[fe2lfrmw-st] D. W. O’BRIEN, Auditor. EDUCATIONAL. EIXCELSIOR NORMAL INSTI- Hi TUTS, a first-class Country School for both sexes, located at GABYERBYILLE, Bucks county, Pa. The next session will commence March 31,1862, and con tinue twenty-two weeks. The Bohool is organized with three deportments—the PREPARATORY, the NORMAL, and the ORNAMEN TAL. Btudents of all ages, and every stage of advance ment, are admitted on terms of equality. The healthfulness of location and thoroughness of in structup are unsurpassed. Terms—For board and tuition in common English, S 3 per week. por catalogues and particulars, address RfcT.F. R. 8. HUNBICKEE, Principal, fo!3-lm* OARVKBSVILLE, Backs co., Pa. Bordentown female col. LEGE, Bordentown, N. J. This institution is pleasantly located on the Delaware river, ljtf hour’s ride from Philadelphia. Special Atten tion is paid to the common and higher branches of Eng lish, and superior advantages are furnished in vocal and instrumental music. German and Trench are taught by natives, and spoken in the family. For catalogues, con taining full particulars, address Bev. JOHN H. BBAKILEY, A. M., ja29-2m* President QELF-ADJUSTING CLOTHES O WRINGER.—This improvement will wring water from any article of the most delicate texture to a bed quilt better than by hand, without the least Injury, and adjusts itself, bo that it is superior to all other wringers anti modes of wringing. Purchasers can use them one month and, if not satisfied, return them uud receive their money. For sale by L. E. SNOW, at office of JOY, COE, A CO., FIFTH and CHESTNUT Streets. Ladies are particularly invited to call and see them. ft26-2m MONDAY, MARCH 3, 1862, THE REBELLION. Important Movements on the Upper Potomac, GEN. BANKS’ DIVISION ACROSS THE RIVER. Our Forces in Possession of Harper’s Ferry and Charlestown. The Rejoicings of the People. ANOTHER EXPEDITION UP THE TENNESSEE RIVER. OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE FEDERAL COMMANDER. GEN. HALLECK’S ORDER CONCERNING THE REBEL PRISONERS. JEFF DAVIS’ NEW CABINET. A Sharp Debate in the Rebel Congress. ANOTHER OFFICIAL REPORT PROM GEN. BURNSIDE. &C. &cc. ADVANCE OF GEN. BANKS’ DIVISION. Occupation of Harper’s Ferry and Charles town by Gen. Banks’ Division. Harikr’s Ferry, Feb. 28, P. M.—l have fall authority to inform yon that Gen. Banks occupied Harper’s Ferry on Wednesday, unopposed, With all the necessaries for a permanent occupation. The advance took possession of Bolivar Heights, and yesterday pushed reconnoissances to Charles town, capturing a few prisoners. Loudoun Heights are also occupied to prevent any flank movement by the enemy. To-day Charlestown was occupied by a strong force, and will be held against any attack. The plans of the commanding general are not known, but the movement is proba bly to cover the reconstruction.of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and bridges. A train of cars passing the Berlin station was fired at to-day by the rebel battery, but no harm was dose. The troops are in excellent condition, aud well protected from the inclement weather. No acci dent has occurred in transporting troops and sup plies over tbe river. The inhabitants are almost in a state of starva tion, and profess Union sentiments. There has been no opposition—not a shot being fired. The pontoon bridge was a complete success, not withstanding the severity of the weather. Hundreds of refugees have returned to their desolate homes, and those remaining arc overjoyed at our presence. Nothing reliable has been heard from Winchester, but current reportssay that it has been considerably reinforced. A small body of tbe enemy are sup posed to lie south of Loudoun Heights, four or five miles back from the river, but not in sufficient strength to create any alarm. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. Harper's Ferry aud Charlestown, Vir ginia, in Possession of the Federal Troops —Rejoicing of the People. HAnpen’s Fenny, Vs,, Feb. 2f.— A pontoon bridge arrived here by train from Baltimore, yes terday morning, in charge of Captain Duane and a corps of engineers, who had it thrown across the river at half past three o’clock, ready for service. General Banks was about the first to cross, fol lowed by Hamilton’s brigade, the Third Wisconsin being on the right of the advance. Colonel Geary’s command had been in possession of Harper’s Ferry for several days, having crossed over by a rope ferry on Monday. Knapp’s Bat tery succeeded Hamilton’s command, and General Gorman’s brigade and squadron of Miohigan caval ry, under Major Atwood and Captain Fisher, fol lowed, and reached the “sacred soil ” at dusk. The inhabitant* of Harper’s Ferry, Camp town, and Bolivar, received our troops with orerj de mongtratfon of rejoicing and joy. “Yankee Doo dle ” and “ Dixie ’* were performed by the regi mental bands respectively as they reached the land. Col. Geary, who was in Harper's Ferry, learning during the forenoon that Secession scouts were on Loudoun Heights, and within rifle shot of the bridge, crossed the Shenandoah with tour companies, who ascended the mountain on three sides, and routed two companies of their cavalry, who were evidently observing our operations. The Colonel held the mountain until our position on the Virginia side was safefrom attack. Capt. Hampton's battery also passed over the bridge and took position on Bolivar Heights last night. This batter; is now attaohed to Gen, Hamil ton's brigade, which also occupied the same position in advance of other commands. The signal oorps, a division which was stationed in Bolivar during the transit of the army, rendered important service. The river was quite high, and consequently a strong current was running, but not the least ap prehension was felt for the safety of man or beast, and no acoident occurred. Intelligence from Poolesville states that on Tues day night the rebel batteries opposite Edward’s Ferry opened on the canal storehouses there, and also directed several shots at the locks of the canal, with the evident intention of destroying them and draining the canal above. It is also sUed that they have strengthened their earthworks in front of Leesburg to a formidable extent. A high wind prevails to-day, which will test the permanency of the bridge. At the hour of writing, 11 A. M., no accident has transpired. A few rebel scouts, from Charlestown, hare been observed beyond Bolivar Heights, reconnoitring, but no large holies hive been seen. Hundreds ofrefugees are thronging Sandy Hook, anxious to return to their inserted homes. Eater from Harper’s Ferry. Harper’s Frrrt, February 23. —Yesterday j morning th. First squadron of Michigan Major Atwood, approached near Charlestown. ! They discovered no large body of rebels there, but captured three cavalrymen and three fine horses. It ys rumored here that Winchester has been largely reinforced by troops from Manassas. Asa train was passing Berlin this morning, a rebel battery opposite threw twelve shells at it. Ten fell short and two passed over. The pontoon bridge withstood the gale of last' night without moving. Wagons with forage, provisions, and camp equipage are crossing this mornmg Official Report of an Expedition np the Tennessee River to Eastport, Miss. Washington, March I.—Despatches were re ceived at the Navy Department, to-day, from Com modore Foote, enclosing -a report from Lieutenant Gwin, in whioh he says be returned to Cairo on the 23d, after having gone up the Tennessee river, in the gunboat Taylor, as high as Eastport, Mississippi. He iB happy to state that he has met with an in creased Union sentiment in South Tennessee and North Alabama. He saw a few Mississippians in Laidin, McMary, Wayne, and Deoatnr, and a por tion of Hardiman, all of which border upon the river. The Union sentiment is strong, and those who do not express themselves openly loyal are only prevented by their fears of the military ty ranny and coercion which is practised by maraud ing bands of guerilla companies of cavalry. Learning that a large quantity of wheat and flour was stored in Clifton, Tenn., intended, of eourse, to be shipped to the South, (a large portion of it having been bought for a firm in Memphis,) on his way down he landed there and tooAn board a thousand sacks and one hundred barrels of flour and some six thousand bushels of wheat. He also considered it his duty to take possession of the above in order to prevent its being seized by the rebels, or disposed of in the rebel country. The glorious successes of our armies, at Forts Henry and Donelson, he says, have been most bene ficial to the Union canse throughout South and West Tennessee and Alabama. The Union men can now begin to express their loyal sentiments without fear of being mobbed, especially along the banks of the river. He brought down, under arrest, a man named WilliimP. Poole, who has been active iu oppress ing the Union men in his vicinity. He has warned the inhabitants of the different towns along the banks of the river that he would bold Secessionists and their property responsible for any outrages com mitted on the, Unionists in their communities, and had enlisted seventeen men, and brought down a ptylion of tho refugees. The Reconnoissance to Wmton, N. C. — Official Account. Washington, March I.—A despatch from Com modore Goldshorough to Secretary dated “ United States steamer Philadelphia, off Roanoke Island, February 23d,” says: The reconnoitring party sent up the Chowan river has returned. It did not go up beyond Wintou. There the enemy PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY. MARCH 3. 1862. in considerable foroe opened a heavy fire upon the vessel in advance (the Delaware), with a battery of artillery and musketry, whioh induced our foroe to attack it in return, both by landing the Ninth New York Zouaves aud with the guns of the vessels that could be brought to bear. The enemy soon took to flight, and tho bouses he occupied as quar ters were burned- Not a man on our side, of either arm, was injured. Colonel Corcoran on hig way to Rich- Washinoton, March I.—Tbe War Department has receivedthigbly satisfactory reports from Gone ral Wool at Fortress Monroe in regard to the mili tary condition of that important fortress, and its state of preparation for any military operations which circumstances may require. During the last week interviews were held be tween Uenorai Wool, on the part of the United States, and Howell Cobb of the rebel army, re specting the exchange of prisoners of war. It is ex. pected that an arrangement wilt be made which will speedily release all the United States prisoners and regulate the exchanges in future. The laßt accounts from Colonel Corcoran, received by the War 'Department, represented him to be on bis way from Columbia, South Carolina, to Richmond, to be exchanged. Provision has been made in the Western ghges for the safe keeping and support of the prises*ra taken at Fort Dohelson and elsewhere in the West- The duty of providing for our prisoners coming from the South when they reach Washington has been assigned to Quartermaster General Meigs. By means of Bteamers, which were passed uhove the broken lock on Green river, at Bowling Green, a means of transportation ha3been established for our troops to their destination. Tbe outposts of our forces are tea miles on the Memphis Railroad, News from Nashville of yesterday has been re ceived. The enemy is rotifoating toward the Ten nessee ri.YSf, It is stated that tbe rebels evacuated Columbus, and concentrated their forces at Chattanooga, A great ohange has already occurred iu the poli tical feeling of the people of Tennessee. The War Department hss authorized the raising and arming of volunteer troops in that State, and the indica tions are that a large force of loyal Tennesseans will soon be under arms to aid the UiutodlStateg forces. The policy of the Government is energetically directed toward supporting the loyal feeling in all the Southwestern States, and placing them in the attitude of resistance to rebel authority. Abundant evidence is afforded that a truly loyal feeling exists, whioh, although for some time over powered and silenced, is now ready to avail itself of the presence of the United States forces for its manifestation in meeting the enemy in battle. General McClellan has returned to Washington. The Judiciary Committee of bftth Houses have agreed on a general confiscation bill, which will be reported shortly. Statistics, just made public, show that the health of the troops on the Potomac is rapidly improving. This result is due to the recent clear, cold weather. All of the extra ten millions of demand treasury notes were paid out to-day. The Committee of Ways and Means of the Hvuse are finally revising tbe tax bill to-day. There is nothing in the official telegrams last re ceived to show that the rebels are evacuating Co lumbus, nor has any information been received from General Buell, sinee tbe announcement of the taking of Nashville, when ho was within four miles of that city. The newspaper reports of thß rebels being sur rounded at Murfreesboro’ havo not yet been con firmed. All is quiet acroßS tbe Potomac, opposite Wash ington. No news of public interest from that section of tho army has been reoeived to-day. From Fortress Monroe. l'oirrr.Kss Monroe, February 28.—There is no thing"of tho slightest interest transpiring here to day. The steamer Express, Captain A. L. Colmary, left Old Point at 10 o’clock this morning to go up tbe James river to receive another boat-load of re leased,..prisoners, who were, by previous appoint ment, to have been sent down from Richmond. The Express waited at the usual rendezvous until i o’oloek, when the Rancocas brought an order from General Wool for her to return. The Rancocas had previously gone over to Cra ney Island aud reoeived a despatch from General Huger announcing that the prisoners would not be sent until Saturday. Gen. Halleck taking Measures for the Better Protection of. Prisoners of War. St. Louis, March I.—Gen. Halleck, in a general order, issued'this morning, in regard to prisoners of war, directs that where any considerable number of prisoners are captured, the officers shall be sepa rated, as soon as possible, from the privates. A complete list shall be made out as soon as possible, stating the name, rank, and regiment, of each per son. One copy of this list shall be sent to head, quarters, and another furnished to the offioers in charge of them. As a general rule, offioers will not be given pa roles until they reaoh the depot, and then only by the general commanding the department. Medical officers will not be separated from tho privates, but will be required to attend to their own sick and wounded. For this purpose they will bo given spe cial paroles, allowing them every facility. In the case of the sick or wounded, no distinction Will bo made between friend or foe. Presents from the friends of the sick and wounded will he distributed to all alike. Prisoners will be rationed the same as our own troops. The commanding offi cers of departments will receive articles of clothing, and comforts which may be sent to prisoners by their friends. He will permit them to receive fromj’and trans mit to their friends open letters, which must be in spected by a proper officer. The money sent by should not be delivered to prisoners, except in small sums, and an account shenld be kept of such funds, to be disbursed upon orders from the prisoners to whom they belong. When a prisoner is exchanged or released, he paid the balance due him. Chaplains will be allowed free intercourse with the prisoners to give them religions instructions. Their friends will be permitted to visit them only when the commanding officer may deem it safe and proper, and then under snob regulations as he may adopt. THE BURNSIDE EXPEDITION. U. S. Steamer Delaware, Roanoke Island, ) February 22,1862. j ELIZABETH CITY—CONTRABANDS—SENTIMENT OF THE TEOFLE—VANDALISM' OF THE REBELS—- EDEHTOa—HOBTH RIVER—EXPEDITION TO WIX TOX—DASTARDLY ATTACK—BURNING OF THE TOWN—RETURN TO ROANOKE, ETC., ETC. [Correspondence of The Press.) We rested a day or twe from our labors after the taking of Cobb’s Point and Elizabeth pity, The weather was unpleasant for some hours after our letting go anchor; the wind northeast, bleak and Taw: but shifting to the westward, the cloudß floated away, the sun came peeping out, and the city looked quite pretty beneath the fanciful rays., which beamed down through the shady trees whioh' line the place. There was but the one drawback to our satisfaction as we gazed upon it—the entire absence of all business, and the utter desolation with which we were greeted after the scattering of the rebel farces. Negroes would come to the wharves in squads ef three and four, gaze at us r , have a little chat among themselves, walk leisurely away and disappear up the long avenues. This was all the Bign of life that could be observed, with the exception, perhaps, of a stray cow or pig that' were reaming the meadows, not heeding the silence around them, nor yet the strange crafts that were riding to tbeir anchors in tht waters of the Pasquo tank. For a day or two this lasted; then, one by one, two by two, and so on, until as high as one dozen in a single boat, both whites and blaoks, would oome off to us; whites complaining of the depredations of the rebels upon their property; blacks, aontra bands, of the ill treatment of their masters, and to give us such information as they thought would benefit us. Others, again, would tell us of the Union feeling in such a county, and such a plMfl, but some of it, I am sorry to say, was far from be ing correct, as the cowardly attaok made on ns at the town of Winton will amply testify. . But of the vandalism of Jeff Davis’s minions, there is not a doubt; as they set fire to Elizabeth oily in vari ous parts, and plundering the citizens upon whom they were quartered and abasing generous hospi tality, they leaped upon their horses, whioh were also stolen, and roamed the oountry round, at their will, clear of the range of our guns, and at liberty to trespass as, and where they pleased. On the evening of Tuesday the 11th, the haul si a mi, Underwriter, Varney, and Whitehead weighed anchor, and left for Edenton. Edenton is situated near the mouth of Roanoke river, at the head of Albemarle Sound, and, lying in a bay or cove surrounded by TOWS of the tall poplar and the stately cedar, presents a most pleasing, picturesque, and handsome appearance. The little expedition' arrived at its destination early on the morning of the 12th, and at once commenced its work. Guns were destroyed at a point below the town, and two schooners with assorted cargoes were mside prizes of; the fleet then anchored off Edenton, and Cap tains Murray and Jeffries visited the shore, and assured the inhabitants their rights and property would be respected. "Where anything "Secesh ” however, woe difcovered, it was destroyed. A strong Union feeling developed itself on the return of the flotilla; women, old and young, came to the beach, and waiting opportunities, would w|TC their handkerchiefs energetically to the gnllant tars, who were leaning over the bulwarks, and casting many a wistful glance at tbe petticoat fraternity. Getting under weigh at 3 P. M., having their prizes iu tow, the boats steamed slowly out of the Sound, leaving tho vale of Edcnton, with the sotting of the sun, afar on their port quarter. They arrived at Eliza beth City at 11P. M., their signal lights down, the Pasquotank, as they approached, heralding to ns their suocesß. The tJnderwriter, Louisiana, and Seymour, early next morning, ran down the Pasquotank rirer, into the Croatan sound, and thenoe up North river to a canal—the Pawtucket —and burned a rebel schooner, which was running through to Nor folk, laden with freight. Taking the captain and Crew of her prisoners, they returned back to the mouth of the river and anchored, joining us who had subsequently followed them down the Pasquo tank. We ourselves, the following day, made an exploration up North river, without discovering anything to interest, and, returning, proceeded to Elizabeth City. We lay there a day or two, weighed anchor, and ran to Boanoke Island, received our or ders, and on Monday, the 17th, left for Elizabeth City; signalled the squadron lying there to follow us immediately, and, running down the Pasquotank, we entered Albemarle sound, and shaped our oourae toward Chowan river. We anchored near the head of the sound on the night of Tuesday, the 18th, and early next morning woigbed, and steadily proceeded on our mission. We came to for a little whilo at the month of Boanoke river, and sent one of our boats to the town of Plymouth. She returning, we again hove up anchor, and, emerging into the Chowan, gallantly and briskly plied our way toward the town of Winton. Winton is situated on tho Chowan river, forty- seven miles from tho mouth- A ferry-house on the beach, and a houiq fyr two on tha bank, is or was the only of jtg prox imity, as the town itself W* a half milo from tho rivef, It waa on the roooipt of nrl-ate Intelli gence, frofil parties residing there, of the Union feeling existing, and hut awaiting the approach pf our trtjopß to develop itsoif, that the expedition was planned and sent up, But our reception was anything but agreeable, as you will learn as you peruse this letter. Our party consisted of the gun boats Delaware, Louisiana, Whitehead, Loch wood, Barney, Morse, Umicltbach, and Perry. Tho.three latter had on board Hawkins’ Zouaves, numbering over one thousand men, and a pleasant time -nntioipatcd by everybody connected with the little fleet, and there was considerable grumbling on the part of those who were not suf fered to go, as they, like us, expected we would have a handsome greeting and pleasing reception. We ran uj> the Chowan quite smartly; plenty of water under us, and having no fears of the enemy, we were olose to the ferry-house on tho benoh 4.20 P. M., on'the evening of the 20th. The crew had been piped to supper some few,momsnts before, and several of us were standing on the forecastle ready to let go anchor and come to for the night. The Perry was about one mile astern of us—the Delaware— and tho balance of the fleet at least SeVCh of Sight miles mere, when a most villainous attack was made upon us. We were within fifty yards of the shore and the house on the beach, when a large .number of men were discovered sheltered in tho. rear of trees, and armed with muskets preparing to fir*. Ere we could stop the engine or back her they lot us have it, and bullets flew down on. us like hailstones. Captain Bowan, who was on the hurricane deck, ordered the steamer ahead so as to pass them, and allow us an opportunity to work our guns and do execution, as the high bank, and our short distanoe from it, prevented us from having satisfaction. When tho firing ! from the enemy commenced, as I have said, the men were at supper, but they quickly rushed up the hatchways, and threw themselves flat on the deck, nntil the rebel's fire diminished, when they jumped to the guns and, taking a posi tion with our vessel, we loadad with shell and shrapnel, and their roar, as they thundered on their vengeful errand, made, all hands grin with delight. The Perry , below us, also opened fire, and it needed but a few shell and shrapnel to make the scamps dear. We ceased firing at £.20 P. M., and passed back by the embankment, and ordering the Perry to follow, kept on down the river some seven miles below the town, and anchored in com .pubywith tho balance of the squadron, who there joined us. Two hundred and Jive bullet holes were fouiid in various parts of our craft, yet no one was hurt. Several had their clothes ripped by the affectionate proximity of the leaden messengers as they sped on their way. Our plans were laid during the night, whilst at anchor, and in the morning at 8.30 we weighed, and all of ns steamed steadily up the rirer. Wo opened fire on the houses on the bank, when within range, bat none was returned, and we landed the Zouaves with a eouple of field-pieces, and they maTOhed to the town and burned it without encoun tering any opposition. But few people were about the place, all haring left, some so quiokly that the breakfast-tables were still standing. Zouaves are always hungry; and of course they partook where guoh cases occurred, and enjoyed with & zest that which had been lain for those unworthy. The fire hundred Union people we were to see did not show themselves, and there is no doubt tho attack was long intended and known to all, and every one will agree the firing of the town was a necessary and a deserved punishment. The Zonaves were re-em barked, and we returned down the rirer, anchoring nt the month at dark, and on the following morning proceeded to Boanoke Island, where we are still lying, awaiting reinforcements, ordnance stores, Ac,, ore wo can proceed on our next This,’ said Gene ral Floyd, ‘is not the time for speaking, but for action. It was time for every man now who loved his country to enlist in the army, and for the war. Not a day ought to be lost.’ He spoke feelingly of the fight at Fort Donelson, where only ten thousand effective men fought for four days and nights against a feres of forty thousand of the ene my. But Nature could not hold out any longer; men required rest, and after having lost over one third of his gallant force he was compelled to re tire, not, however, without leaving over one thou sand dead of the enemy on the field. He spoke in high terms of Gen. Sidney Johnston ( who he said had net slept a Wink lii three nights, and also that his plan was a wise one to entice the enemy to our mountain fastnesses, away from the water courses, and then to drive him back and carry the war into his own country.” Proceedings of the Rebel Congress, In the Senate, at Richmond, on Monday, Mr. Phelan, of Mississippi, presented the following: Besolved, That the Committee on Military Af fairs inquire into the expediency of taking possession and control by the Government of all the oetton, to bacco, and other produots within the limits of the Confederate States, with a view to the destruction of said products, or any portion thereof, whenever the same may be threatened with oaptnre by the enemies of the country; and that said committee report as soon as possible, by bill or otherwise. The resolution was referred to the Committee on Military affairs. Mr. Dortch, Of North Carolina, presented the re solutions of the Legislature of Virginia calling for an investigation of tho Roanoke lid and disaster. Referred to the Committee on Military affairs. Mr. Sparrow, of Louisiana, presented a resolution that the Committee on Finanoe be instructed to in quire into the expediency of suspending the col lection of duties on foreign imports during the ex istence of the war, or during the blockade, and to report by bill or otherwise, which was adopted. Mr. Sparrow, of Louisiana, presented the joint resolution of the Legislators of Louisiana request ing Congress to take some stops to suspend duties on foreign importations during the war, which was laid on the table and ordered to be printed. In the House, Mr. Perkins, of Louisiana, offered a bill for the admission, duty free, for a limited time, of all imports, save from the United States. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Meanß. Also, a bill for allowing to members of the Cabi net Beats upon the floor of Congress, in aooordanoe with the provisions of article VI, section sixth, of (he Constitution. Mr. Perkins asked its immediate passage. Mr. Foote, of Tennessee, favored the bill. He thought it among the wisest provisions of the Con stitution that the members of the Cabinet should be allowed to defend their measures upon the floor of. Congress. But he held, and should maintain, that the bestowal and exeroise of the right implied that, if the Cabinet should, after such discussion, be de liberately voted doVn on a vital question, it would ' become the imperative duty of suoh Cabinet to re sign and give plaee to others who should be in ac cord with tho popular sentiment as tbhs Indicated. A refusal thus to yield to publio opinion, deliberately expressed, after careful consideration, would justi fy a oivil revolution. He did not propose to amend toe bill, but thought it right to say, tn supporting it, he did so with toe intention of maintaining for it the construction he had indicated. Mr. Smith, of Virginia, inquired if Mr. Foote considered toe resignation of toe President involved in this forced resignation of toe Cabinet ? Mr. Foote said no. The resignation of toe Eng lish ministers does not involve toe abdieation of toe British Queen. Mr. Smith supposed tost no analogy oould be drawn between a hereditary sovereign and an elect ive President. He wished to know what became of the President’s constitutional tight to appoint and oontrol bis Cabinet officers? Mr. Foote had no fear that* a President would ever defy public sentiment hy retaining a Cabinet after the popular condemnation of its polioy. If he refused, ne deserved to he btMight to impeach ment, and if needs be, to the bloat. On a vital question of war and peace, if the public mind should decide in opposition to the President’s polioy, he would yield. If he failed, he would be a usurper, and deserved punishment as suoh. The subject was finally referred to toe Commit tee on toe Judiciary. Mr. Marshal, of Louisiana, offered a resolution authorizing the President to destroy tojpcoo and cotton when necessary, to prevent them from falling into toe hands of the enemy. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. TWO CENTS. Mr. Conrad, of Louisiana, offered an amendment calling upon loyal citizens to eftbot this destruc tion, with the promise of compensation by the Con federate Government. Mr. Boyce, of South Carolina, submitted a bill authorizing the President to appoint a commander-in chief of the army. Referred to Committee on Mi litary Affairs. Mr. GardeDhire, of Tennessee, introduced a me morial, signed by cortain iadies of the State of Ten nessee, praying the abandonment of the flag of toe Confederacy, and the substitution of a new one, to consist of a cross on a blue field, with thirteen stars arranged in toe cross. Referred to the Committee on Flag and Seal. Mr. Smith, of Virginia, introduced a bill which declares that, upon information given to a general commanding in the field of any officer in tho army beiDg under the influence of intoxioating liquor, be shall appoint a court of inquiry, consisting of throe officers, to inquire into thqquits, and if the act of drunkenness be asoentoined, if. shall bo tho duty of the President to. order, tjjat tho namo of the officer so offending, shall, bo from the roil of the army, Messrs. Bonham, of South Carolina, and Wilcox, of Texas, opposed; the bill, and Mr. Foote, of Ten nessee, spoke, in its support. Referred to the Committee Military Affairs. LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. ENGLAND. Population, Rrvkxuk, Ac.— I Tim aggregate amount of revenue derived from taxation in tho three years ending Dec. 3, 1860, in the United Kingdom, was £191,827,391. In 1858 it wan £51,591,424; in 1859, £63,249,023; in 1860, £66,985,94-1 { in 2801 it was £08,6Q3,8f?1. Proportionately to tho moan of popula tion Rud revenue from taxation on April 0) 1001, Plug* land would havo 485 representatives instead of 500, tu at present; Scotland 74, instead of 53; and Ireland 99, iiTbtead o! 105. The National Expenditure, —An official account shows ihat for the United Kingdom, for tho year ending 31st December, 1861, the excess ot exjuinditncp oyer ir.com? TO *C3i?H,2<>7i Thh Albert memorial fund at the Mansion House, Lon don, hag reached £30,000. It was mentioned yesterday, with reference to tho America adviettfj tiiat “ the State of Pennsylvania was to pay Its dividend* on the 2&t Just., and £500,000 would then have to he remitted to Europe.” Of cbia remittance, however, only about £100,060 is oxpected to consult &f Pennsylvania dividends The remainder is likely to bo from contractors and others who have received consign ments of European goods and wha have been waiting payment from the Government. To one importing house alono the Government are stated to bo indebted £400,000. —London Times, Feb, 13. Coal Mine Aooiobnts. — A Parliamentary return si&teß that in tho ten pears commencing with 1801, 605,154,940 tons of coal liavo been raised in Great Bri tain, and the number of lives lost at the work has been 8,466—a life lost for every 71,480 tons of coal raised. The 5,060,000 tons which are b» ought to London every year must therefore occasion, on an average, no less than 70 deaths, or about one every five days. In some imningdis triefs the deaths are described as being far beyond this average; in Sonth Wales, for instance, and in the South btaflbrdshire and Worcestershire district, they have been double the average. Secret Societies, —The Young Mon’s (Roman Ca tholic) Central Society of Ireland has issued a manifesto against secret societies, and in explanation of the princi ples of its own organization. FRANCE French finance has taken a new turn. The loan of four millions sterling, which was to inflate the Imperial credit, and to trim the market for the prosperous recep tion of the great conversion scheme, iB suddenly stopped. Its publicity took, aw&y blmosfc its only virtue, and the French Government, which had arranged the loan so as secretly to “ rig the market/’ was so- completely dumb founded by its being generally known and discounted, that it declined to complete the negotiations. This change of M. Fould’s subsidiary plan will much increase the difficulty of Ills already critical operations on the Bourse, upon which we may be certain muck &f his financial scheme depends. France has now found a gold field. Advic©3 re ceived In Paris s*ato that a productive gold field lias, been discovered at Cayenne. The climate, however, is notone to attract “ diggers/’ and it is also announced that capi tal is required to work the n\\ne profitably. The dispute between Switzerland and Francs relative to tho Talley. desDappes affair has not yet terminated. France instate that there was no violation of the Swiss territory; the Federal Government insists that there was a violation of its territory; but, being unable to alter the conviction of M. Tkouvenel, seems inclined to discon tinue the controversy. As, however, the French Govern ment haß placed gendarmes in the valtey to prevent by force any arrests, the Federal Government has protested against this measure as a restriction of tbe sovereignty of the Confederation. An appeal from a judgment of tbe Tribunal of Pre miere Instance lately came on for hearing before the Im perial Court, at Paris, In which the parties interested were Mr. Fhalen, a wealthy American, residing in Paris, and M. Troyon, the proprietor of a house, in which the former occupied a rnroblted apartment. Early last year Mt Troyon inserted the following AdvftPHSißeht lu the journals! To be Jet, a handsome apartment, furnished, occupied by Mr. and Mre. Pbalon, at 43, Rue de I'Uni versitc, at a rent of 30,000 f. a year.” Mr. Phalen did not approve such publicity being given to his name, and, after protesting in vain against the continued Insertion of the advertisement, he sued M. Troyon for damages, which were laid at 6,QW francs, On the other baud, M, Troyoi \ who wanted to sell his house, sued Mr. Phalen for franca damages, be cause be had refused to allow intending purchasers to see the apartment. In giving judgment on these cross aclions, the tribunal decided that, as Mr. Phalen’s occu pancy did not expire till the Ist of October, he was not bound to admit persons to see the apartment until after tbe Ist of July, WhPre&E the adVtftittmehfe were inserted in February; that the introduction of Mr. Phalen’B name was altogether unjustifiable; that Mr. Phalea had, by these proceedings on the part of Troyon, been troubled in tbe peaceful occupancy of his lodgings, and was entitled to compensation; that Troyon’s complaint of a refusal to show the apartmett was unfounded, as ha had no right to send persons to see it gnsj| he had given due notice to the occupant that tbe home was to be let. The tribunal therefore decided thai Troyon must omit the name of his tenant in all future advertisements, and condemned him to pay 200 f., with all costa of suit. Against that judg ment M. Troyon appealed, but the court confirmed the former judgment. According to the ultramontane journals, Mgr, Chigt, the Papal Nuhfcio,ha« received 57,6d5 visiting cards since bis arrival in Paris, and has informed Cardinal Anto nelli of this formidable demonstration in favor of the temporal power. Tn s great legal question whether the French civil code permits the marriage of priests remains for the present undecided. The Court of Perigueux, after hearing ft moat brilliant argument from M. Jules F&vre && be half of M. BtOu de Lauriere, n priest, whom the mayor refuses to marry, and after an expression of opi nion by the judge advocate against the prießt, found it self unable to pronounce a judgment, two judges being In favor of the plaintiff and two against him. In conse quence oi this division, the case will be argued again ncxtmontti, with an additional judge on the bonch. In. asmucli as whatever the coming decision may be, it will undoubtedly be followed by an appeal, and a recourse to the Coart of Cassation, a splendid field of (litigation is opened. ' French Census. —The Moniieur publishes a table containing the classification of the population of the French empire by and position, according tothectn* bub taken in 1861. Tho totul population of the 89 de partments amounts, as already- stated, to 37,332,325, of whom 18,642,604 are males, ard 18,739,721 females. There are 10,210,856 bachelors, 7,503,024 married men, 928,724 widowers, 9,417,541 spinsters, 7,457,115 married women, and 1,795,065 widows. The department of the Seine con tains 556,654 bachelors, 411,163 married men, 3G,644 wi dowers, 439,487 epfoßtorSi 410,527 married women, and 90,i80 widows, making a population ol 1,953,660. The Annuaire des Posies gives the following particu lars respecting the business of the post office during the year 1861: From the Ist of Janaary to the 31st of De cember the post office received 274,000,000 letters, ef which 2,149,498 were returned ’ to the dead-letter office, owing to the addresses being incorrect- Out of the 274,000,000, the number prepaid was 246,000,009 f tko rest wire paid to* l>y lh* perdpn? Yfbo received thorn* and both together brought in a sum of 56,600,000 f., including the additional charge on 815,408 registered letters, con taining a declared value of 521,800,670 f. The ironworks in the neighborhood of Lyons are de scribed as fully employed, the proprietors finding it diffi cult to supply all the orders received. PRUSSIA. A letter from Berlin says: 11 The House of Lords here will Immortalize themselves. At the instigation of one Herr Von Frankcnberg-Ludwigsdorf, tha whole of the members of the Upper House are going to sit in front of the photographer's tripod, and descend down to their unborn posterity by a ladder Of ounbeanis. (HoriOUf idea! The lords else bad despaired of aught hut present fame. Their portraits are to be put either in an album, or set in a frame, and preserved for ail times among the archives of the House. The studies of the future histo rian of Prussia will now bo almost exclusively turned in the direction of physiognomy; and we may, therefore, expect the rise of new Lavaters." ITALY. Till Italian Government is stipulating for the right % of taking an active part in the Mexican expedition, and the Emperor of the French is disposed t? concur in the proposal, A mort formidable obstacle to-the attain ment of this object will, of coarse, be-found in thehosti lity of Austria, who, if invited to take a pari in the af fair, will resist all efforts to bring ber into contact with die detested power of which she tuts refuged torecoguize the existence. Another competitor for the throne of Mexico has been started by the Legitimist party. The new candidate is the young Duhe Bobert of Parma, to whom, it is urged, the Emperor Napoleon ought to give the crown, as com pensation for the losb of bis own. In the eyes of these Legitimists, even uncrowned princes are sacred things, which must be tenderly cared for, and nations are only collections of yulgur animate, intended to nurse And ! cherish them. We expect that Punch will now become a candidate for the throne of Mexico. It is announced that the Prince of Capua, (me of the "Uncles of the late King of Naples, has accopted a seat in the Italian Senate. The Italian Parliament has ratified the project of Mr. Palmer, of Newcastle, and M. Lafitte, of Paris, for es tablishing a line of steamers from Ancona to Alexandria, in opposition to the Austrian line from Trieste. Tub Navy Department has received orders to prepare a steam frigate for despatch to Mexico. The commander has outers to place himself at the disposal of the allied squadron, and to act under the direction of the French admiral. Tub cotton manufacturers of Genoa, who employ up wards of 25,000 bandit have hold a meeting to consider tbs means of alleviating the effects of the present crisis in the cotton trade, which is so severely felt at Genoa that several large manufacturers have already suspended their works. A committee was appointed to report on the matter. The Jksvjts.—The number of Jesuits In the entire world ksnounte to 7,251 i Italians, French, 343 Austrians, 542 Belgians, 206 Dutch, 136 GaUiclans, 563 Gennasß, 740 Spaniards or Portuguese, 265 Englishmen, 126 Irishmen, 240 North Americans, and 220 belonging to the other States of the New World. The number of Je suits present, at Borne last June, was 289. They have three provinces in France, that of Parle containing 1,053 members, that of Lyons 626, and that of Toulouse 634, In Italy the prevlmce of Boine numbers 462 members; that of Turin 277 ; Veuetia contains 226, Naples 463, ana Sicily 267. Many Italian Jesuits live at home on ac count of the suppression of their colleges; a num ber have been sent to Germany, Belgium, England, and America. The most considerable foreign missions are those of the Jesuits. WiilH IK BtiXEt and 7 are 13, ami 10 23. Pius VII died In 1823. Piu VII was succeeded by L*o XII; 7 and 12 nrn jy, and 1 > JP. Leo XII died in 1820. After Leo Xllcaruo Piui Vfll | 32 anil 8 are 20* ami 10 30. Pius yj[( dlfid in 1530,' l'he calculator then sums up t»eo XII, Pins YUI, and his successor, Gregory X VI, making, with the aid! ■ tlonof 10, 40. Gregory XVI died in 2846. Next comas the climax of the present Pontificate, the period of which is to he ascertained, according to the calculator, by the sum of the last five Pontiffs—Pius VIE, Loo XU, Pius VIII, Gregory XVI. and Pius IX—which numbers, with the addition of 20, amount to 62; crgo t Pio Nouo's reign, this numerical magician predicts, will conclude in 13&L Science, Art, and Literature. Die late President Felton, of Harvard, used to combat the notion that bard study is unbealthful. Ha declared that iio one ever died or ovor injured hirnseif by close application. The last of the sons of the celebrated naturalist* Audubofa, dk4 In New York last week* agod 8T years. He inherited much of tho tslont of his father, and when taken ill was engaged in preparing a new edition of the “ Birds of Amet ica.” Ball’s statue of Washington is progressing with in creasing promise. . The sculptor has got the horse com pletely modeled, and ig upw WtiglifrftrOttt tha man that Is to mount him. The hollow trunk And the protube rant straw wisps of the core are a present disfiguration, except to those who de'.ight in watching the growing of an idea. Mr. Ball has dropped from the shoulders of his first little model a adds a grace dignity h«7uiy to he tim tight habit if ft tfvuHfti, Jia lijj 90BCl\ia«t (B repent it til ttie lostol t'Siiiy. » Only One.” is the title, at once pleading and pro mining, of n handsome folio volume, published for tb» benefit of the Now York Infirmary for Women and Children, and comprising a number of original papers, contributed by various prominent American writers, and illustrated with engraved steel portraits of Bryant and Lowell, and a view of Florence. Boston artists have now got what they have long needed—a studio building—and tho rapidity with which the apartments of the new edifice on Tremont street have been occupied ehows the want has been well sup. plied. The artists there domiciled liavo opened a joint exhibition of their works in one of the larger rooms, and wisely putting the fee at ten cents have secured a largo attendance. _ —Japan will contribute some six hundred articles to the international exhibition of 1802, including articles of lacciuer ware, straw work, china porcelain, manufac tures of paper, carvings in ivory, paintings, and books. —A Orman welter, Adolf Henze by name, has just published, tn L< ipzig, a book entitled “ Ckirogrammato mancy,” intended to prove that a person's character may be suggested by his writing, for, says the auth >r, “ handwriting is tho faithful and unalterable hand of a mental clock; it is the wondrous telegraph of the mental being; it produces a daguerreotype of the internal work shop, and supplies ns with a key to tlie mont hidden secrcis of the miner' arid the heart.” Mr. Henze main tains, with proofs from Ills collection of sixty thousand autographs, that oil good-humored poets write with a smooth hand, and all savage ones with a spluttering band, and advances many other similar theories 9, patti&v shades of theory. J Shortly after his arrival tn this country, Agassiz de livered several lectures on Ichthyology in the old Crosby street Medical College. Prof. Bedtletd got up a dinner in honor of “ the immortal Swiss,” as some called thft team ed stranger. To this dinner were invited the different scientists or the city. In the meantime, a fisherman had caught a rare fish and conveyed it to Agassiz. It was enough. Immured tn a private room assigned to him In the college, he set to work on the study of his new acquisition. An attempt to inject the specimen proved both difficult and tedious. At length the dinner hour, three o’clock, had nearly arrived, when » scion tlfio gentleman, asßlating him, ventured to suggest that it wag high time to go to the dinner, to which the absorbed phi losopher replied, in ntte_r astonishment, “Leave this to go to dinner! My dear sir,' these opportunities are rare ; time is precious. This specimen can enly last a few honrs; and I find" it already affording valuable proof Of its alliance with a SDooioa of the Mediterranean Sea, Sir, I dare not trifle with such an opportunity. The fact lam of I may never again have another ae favorable an opportunity to determine." The fish philo sopher resumed his study, and the Agassiz dinner want off like the play of “Hamlet.” with ISomUi left out. Dramatic and Other Items. Mr. Obanfrau.as Ain Trenchard, took a benefit at thr St. Lonis Theatre on Friday night. Waugh’s Panorama of the Rebellion opened at Wr man's Hall, St. Lotub, on the 24th lilt. Mr. J. S. Clarke h&l been re-engagod by tha manage ment of the Winter Garden Theatre, New York, and wtt appear this evening aa Bob Tyke, in the “ School of Be* form." •• Wattack's old theatre, under the name of the New York Athena'um, will be opened this evening under the flaa* nftgemeut of Mobbhl Lewis pbTfer nnii George Byer, Tor the purpose of prodneipg a new adaptation of « Vnole Tom's Cabin.” Mr. Jarrett’a combination company, consisting of Hr and Mrs. J. W. WaUack, E.L.Davenport, Mr. Wheatley Mark Smith, Mrs Burrow, opd others, are playing (• crowded liouire&t the B&stoh Academy of Music, fir, Wheatley had a benefit last Monday night. At the Washington Theatre, Miss Chesney, a «* young, beautiful, and talented” debutante, is playing a very successful engagement. M- J. Wilkes Btoetii and Mrs, Farren are playing it the Hollidayislreet The&lpd, Baltimore. Mr. Bam Cowell was on a professional tour in Scot land ; be was to be at Dumfries on the Ist uU„ and at Frco Trade Hall, Manchester, on the 22d, The “Colleen Bawn,” with Mr. Collins as Myles r« CpppaUen, and Miss John Wood as tha heroine, ban met with great eureees at NibioSs Garden* New York. Mr. Scallan as Danr-y Jfiznn, and Miss Welles as Nftstaft, have been particularly noticed by the New York critioa for their excellent impersonation. Mibs Charlotte Thompson is playing to good houses at the National Tfaeatre r CJncitmfttff The Detroit papers announce Professor Anderson as giving prestidigitatoriai entertainments to large bousdf, in that city. Miss Annette Ince is the chief attraction at Me Vickerie Theatre, Chicago. The “Black Swan ” is giving concerts In Montreal} A play called “ The Macarty,-or The Ptep o' Day,** with Mr. and Mrs. Waller in the cast, was brought out at Laura Keene's Theatre, New York, on Saturday era ning. Madame Ansa Bishop .is announced- for a concert im Albany on to-morrow (Tuesday) night. Pani<7 VrMHwßSftud vrife closed a highly gucoenfttl engagement at Baltimore on Saturday night; Tom King's circus, with Dan Gardiner as clown, l« performing in Washington. Amusements in Richmond are at a-discount, (r Little Ella Wren” is announced to give dramatic readings. Father Kempt with his Old Folks* troupe, U giving “ Sunday” concerts, bo popular in England, to tha Bostonians, in Tremont Temple. It* is said that tha troupe will embark for England in May. Blr. Hackett commenced an engagement at the Ac*« demy of Music, Boston, last Tuesday night, as Falttaf. Mrs r M*ryEi Lorten retired from the losßMAlp of tha Louisville Theatre on Friday night. General Tom Thumb was at the Louisville Maaonto Temple on Monday. [For The Press.] u God 1$ & Union Man. 11 In T/ie Press of this morning, an article from tha Louisville Journal contains- the following para* graph : “ There is a retribufibnin the glorious.victories which grace our Heaven-inspired cause. When the Unloa troops marched through one of our town? WitU tllO bdft&te ing B ters and stripes waving qror ttianj a beautiful rain* bow* (a bewoi promise, let us hd»—a^covenant of honora ble peace) appeared in the heavens A little boy, per ceiving it, ran to his mother,’ exclaiming: 'Mother) God is a Union man!' His- mother asked him his rea sons for thinking eo. He replied that ‘-ho had seen hU flag in the sky, and it was red, white, and blue !* Every soldier in arms, and every patriot who loves the land ha Itrsa in, reel, that Gog is ft Vltioil mfthi for tilt, natioa hao been lli. peculiar care,find ttj people have been HU people. The Union troops, then, ore God's soldlert, lighting for the right and for the truth. Lot them go on* then, conquering and to conquer. * Thrice is h? armed who hath bis quarrel just,' and what cause so just m that which wars for the proferva'ion of our Union, rear ed(by patriot prayers and patriot blood T' The beautiful incident immediately suggfigtet the following impromptu liuea r 4 The soldier's tread, as he march'd along, Kept time to tho patriot's Union song. As the nation's bturner ha waved; From window and door the crowd look'd forth To see brave of tbfi loyal Nortiit And they shouted, U -The State will behaved t" The sun look'd down from his throne above, And he seem'd to soy,, with a glow of love— “ Bright, bright be the path of the true; Aw, away to tho field of blood 1 YdU march in a cause both wise and good, To the tune-of Bed, White, and Blue.'” The clouds as thsy aped in their noiseless path. Responsively shouted, but notin wrath, All h&tt to the brave Union bore I And iho tears oljoy they shed ou thoir way. And their echoing thunders seemed to say, We share Hi yonr valorous joys. They paused in their flight, and in glory arrayed, A beauteous bow as a banner displayed, Which augured the conquest of peace. O mother! asL6l&lE&ed & bright boy as he ran, Our God whom wo serve la a Union man l And the Union can never cease. My patriot boy ! why, why think you so 7 The rebels all boast that Jehovah doth know Thgir cause is the right and the true! But mother* I’ve seem as the soldiers passed bp, Owl's banner afloat o'tr their heads iu the sky ; That flag of “ the rod, whito, and blue!” O, God's for the Un ton / rebellion be'U crush, And the tumult of war he will speedily hush, And our banner in triumph be waved O'er the East and the West, o'er the North and the South; And He in Ids mercy will fill every mouth With shoutings—Jehovah hath saved 1 His bow in the clouds is his banner on high, Ita promise la peace, and rebellion shall die, The Union be stronger than ever! No treason at home, nor proud envy abroad, Bhall sunder in madness one strand of the cord That binds us iu Union— no, Hsvga ! Piub.tpiprfliA, feb,S7i s.o*