the press. fVBUBBIP (SUNDAYS EXOSPYRD,) BY W. FORNEY, OFFICE i>- <l7 CHESTNUT STREET. T Jl/ DAILY PRESS, O SJ fS Pes Week, payable to the. Carrier. Uatied to obgcribers oat of the City At Six Dollars Pkr Amro? Your Dollars tor Eight Months, THREE Do* ,ars for Mouths—invariably in ad- We*tor™iim6oriareA >HE TRI-WEEKLY PRESS, Maile to Subscribers oat of the City at Three Dol lars f * Ankcm, in advance. / IIOMMTSSIOrj, BOttSBS. JELLING, COFFIN, & CO., 220 CHESTNUT STREET, .Agents for the following makoe of goods PRINTS. DUNNJCI.L UFO. CO GBEENE UFG. 00. LAWNS. DUNNBLL MFC. CO. BLEACHED COTTONS. Lonsdale, Forestdale, Auburn, Slatersville, Centred ale, Jame&town, Blackstone, Hope, Red Bank, Dorchester, Newburyport, Naumeag, Zouave, Burton, Greene ?Hfg. Co.’s A. A., B. A., 0. A., and other stylos. BROWN COTTONS. ©urneide, Trent, Groton, Ashland, Chestnut, Glenville, Mechanics’ and Farmers’. CORSET JEANS.—Glasgow, Manchester. DENIMS AND STRIPES.—Grafton, Jewett City, SWadison, Slatersvillo, Agawam,.Keystone, Choctaw. CANTON FLANNELS.—Slateraviile, Agawam. SILESIAS.—Smith’s, Social Co., Lonsdale 00. WOOLENS. ARMY BLUE CLOTHS, KERSEYS, and FLAN* JHELB. BROAD CLOTHS.—Plunketts’, Glenham Co., &o. CASSIMEBES.—Gay A Son, Saxton’s River, Ac. SATINE7S.—Bass Blver, OonTcrarillo, Lower Val ?ley, Hope, StafTordville, Converse and Hyde, Converse *Bros. A Co., Sbaw Mfg. Co. KENTUCKY JEANS.—Rodman, Mystic, Gold Medal. FLANNELS WILLIAMS’S Angola, Sax • Oby, U&fcl&O, &iid dthfir styles i LONSDALE Nankeens and Colored Cambrics. PLAID LINSEYS, COTTONADE3. Ac. [fe26-3m 6HIPLEY, HAZARD, & HUTCHINSON, Ho. 112 CHESTNUT STBEET, COMMISSION HIBCHARia FOB THK SALS OF PHILADELPHIA-MADE GOODS. Be2B-6m DRY-GOODS JOBBERS. 1862. HPBINQ - 1862. W. S. STEWART & CO., IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OF ‘SILKS AND FANCY DKESS GOODS, NC. 303 MARKET STREET. - Buyers are invited to call and examine a fresh stock of NEW AND DESIRABLE GOODS, • bought exclusively for CASH, and which we will offer on -the most favorable terms. Our stock comprises, in addition to a complete assort - meat of BLACK AND OTHER STAPLE SILKS, -a variety of Seasonable DRESS GOODS, IN NEW AND APPROVED STYLES, -{Specially adapted to City Sales. f025-3m YA*i:d, gill-more, & Co., Baa, GIT CHESTNUT and 014 JAYHH Streets, Have now open their SPRING IMPORTATION OF SILK AND FANCY DRESS GOODS, SHAWLS, WHITE GOODS, LINJKNSj EMBROIDERIES, &CL Bought in Europe, by one cf the firm. 'To which the attention of the trade is particularly in vited. fc2l-2m JELLING OFF STOCK OF CASSIMERES, VESTINGS, DRIL LINGS, MARSEILLES, &o. Twenty.fiye per cent, nailer former prices. A. H. GIBBS, fe2l-lm No. S3l MARKET Street JAS. R. CAMPBELL & Co., IMPORTERS, AND GASH DEALEEB IN DRY GOODS, AT WHOLESALE AND BETAIL, Ho. 727 CHESTNUT STREET. Having Mg&niasd a RETAIL DEPARTMENT In <3onnection with their WHOLESALE TRADE, will ex hibit, at all seasons, a line of Goode by the yard, piece, or package, at such rates as to commend their stock to the attention of cash buyers. LOOKING GLASSES. JAMES S. EAKLE k SON, MANUFACTURERS AND IMPORTERS o r LOOKING GLASSES, OIL PAINTING 9, FINE ENGRAVINGS, PICTURE AND PORTRAIT FRAMES, PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES, PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS, 'CABTE-DE-VISITS PORTRAITS, EARLE’S GALLERIES, 816 CHESTNUT STREET, jalS PHILADELPHIA. CABINET EURMTUKE CABINET FURNITURE AND BIL LIABD TABLES. MOORE & CAMPION, No. 261 South SKOOND Street, is connection with their Oabiuat Business are •&0W manufacturing a superior article of BILLIARD-TABLES, .And have now on hand-A fall supply, finished with the 3XOOBE A CAMPION’S IMPROVED CUSHIONS, which are pronounced, by all who hare uaed them* to be ouperior to all others. For the quality and finish of these tables the manu facturers iefer to their numerous patrons throughout ;£he Union, who are familiar with the character of their fe2B-6m DRUGS AND CHEMICALS. JgOBERT SHOEMAKER & CO., Northeast Cora6* FOURTH and RAGE Street*, PHILADELPHIA, WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS, IMPORTERS AND HEADERS Ilf FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC WINDOW AND PLATE GLASS. MANUFACTURERS OF 3THIXE LEAD AND ZING PAINTS, PUTTY, *O. AGENTS FOR THE CELEBRATED FRENCH ZINC PAINTS. Dealers and consumers supplied at VERY LOW PRICES FOR CASH. fe!2-2m RITE LEAD Bed Lead, Whits Lead, Litharge, Sugar of Lead* Oil of Vitriol, Oalomelt Patent Yellow, 'Chrome Bed, <Gbrome Yellow, liana Portia. Muriatic Add, Epsom Saits, Rochelle Salts, Tartaric Acid, -Orange Mineral, SolnhleTart. Bub. Garb. Soda, White Vitriol, Bed Precipitate, WETHER Druggists and Mai Nos. 47 and 49 j«JMr White Precipitate) Lunar Lunatic, Narcotine, fiuluti. Marohinot Morphine, Acetate Morphine, Lac. Sulpb., Ether Sulphuric, Ether Citric, Sulphate Quinine, Oorro. Subllm.t Denarcotized Opium, Chloride of Soda, Wetherill’s ext. Gincha. Tartar Emetic, Cfilorideof Lime. • Crndfi Borax, Refined Borax, Camphor, Beam Gopavfa. LL A BROTHER, raufacturing Chemists, I North SECOND Street, PifiLADttLFHrA. Terrapins, oysters stewed AND FRIED, AND CHICKEN SALAD.—lnvi tation cards and other notices will be distributed in Hi -partfl of th« city, with punctuality* The undersigned is at all times prepared to present, for Jtae inspection of Ladies and Gentlemen, a list of the r 6hJngs necessary fora large or small entertainment, as the case may be, thereby avoiding aU unnecessary profusion •end waste; and flatten himself, that by his long expe rience in business, he will be able at all times to give, ae .heretofore, entire satisfaction to an who favor him with toclr patronage. HENBT JONBB* Caterer, No. 260 South TWELFTH Street, above SPRUCE, •cl-flta i, DRY AND IN VOL 5.-N0 181. COFARTDiEKSHIP NOTICES. "VTirrRIE— TBE PARTNERSHIP of Xl LINCOLN, WOOD, A NICHOLS ia this day dis solved by mntuai consent. ''The businosa of the late firm will be setUed by THOMAS H. WOOD, of the firm of WOOD & GARY, who wit! carry on the business at the same place, No. 725 CHESTNUT Street. H. E. LINCOLN, THOA H. WOOD, B. E. NICHOLS. Philadelphia, Feb. 26, 1862. fe27-6t TJOttT RICHMOND IRON WORKS. J. —COPARTNERSHIP NOTICE. - JOHN H. TOWNS, formerly of the firm of Merrick A Towne, has become a member of the firm of I. P. MORRIS A CO-, to toko effact from and after the Ist of January, 1862. Isaac P. Morris withdraws from active participa tion in the conduct of the business. The title of the now firm is I. P. MORRIS, TOWN®, A CO. ISAAO P. MORRIS, LKWIS TAWS, JOHN J. THOMPSON, fell JOHN H. TOWNS. THE UNDERSIGNED have formed a Copartnership, under the firm of JAURRTOHH A LAVJCRGNE, for the transaction of a genera! Com mission and Importing business, at 202 and 204 South IBQHT Street, P, JAVKE 7CHR, feB-lm F. LAVEBGNE. POPARTNERSHIP NOTICE.—IS- V-/ BAEL MORRIS this day retires from our firm. Hie sons, THEODORE H. MORRIS and FREDERICK W. MORRIS, are admitted as partners; and the bad ness will be continued as heretofore. MORRIS, WHEELER, A GO., Iron Merchants, 1608 MARKET Street Philadelphia, Dee. 31,1861. jal-tf ffiOFOSALS. JEON-CLAD STEAMERS. Navy Departmhnt, Wabhinqtvn, February 20) 1862. The Navy Department will, uutil the 24th of Of arch next, receive propositions for tbe complete construction and equipment of iron* clad vessels for river, harbor, and coast defence. These vessels, with the excepton of those for tbe Mis sissippi river and its tributaries, will be propelled by ■crews j those for the Mississippi river aad tributaries may bo propelled by padale-wheels. The hulls will be either wholly of iron (which would be preferred) or of iron and wood combined, us the projectors may consider most suitable for the object proposed, but their sld.sand deckß'inust be protected with an iron armature sufficient to resist the heaviest shot and shells. The vessels for the Mississippi river and its tributaries are not to draw more than six feet water wnen fully equipped and armed, at which drafts they are to be able to maintain a permanent spcel of nine knots per hour in still wAter, and carry suilicieut coal in the bllflksrs for ®ix Raya steaming at that speed Their armament wifi consist of not less than six eleven-inch guns. The vessels for harbor defence are not to draw more than twelvejeet water when full equipptd and armed, at which draft they arete be able to maintain a permanent speed of ten knots per hour in smooth water, ami carry BUillciettt COAL Hi the bunkers lor seven days l steaming at that speed. Their armanent will consist of not less than from two to four eleven-inch guns. The vessels for coast defence are not to draw more than twenty feet water when fully equipped and armed, at which draft they are to be able to maintain a perma nent 'Speed (I illteeii knots per hour at sea, and carry sufficient coal in the 4 buukers tor twelve days’ steaming at that speed. Their armament will consist of ono or two fifteen or twenty.inch guns. The guns of the vessels for harbor and coast defence are to train to all points of the compass without change In the vessel's position. Tho propositions must state the number of vessels, subject to the election of the Department, which the party proposes to furnish complete in every respect, em bracing armour plating, steam machinery, and equip ments of ail kinds, ready for service, excepting only the ordnance and oidnance stores and provisions; the propo sition mufet be accompanied by descriptions, specifica tions, drawings, and models ot such character that the work could be executed from them. The place of delivery mußt bo stated; the time within which the vessel or vessels are to be completed, aud also the total sum to be paid for each. It will be stipulated in the contract that one-fifth the total amount will be retained by the Government until sixty days after the reception of thu vessel, in order to give it a trial, the remaining p&ytaiuU Wug made with due regard to the proper performance and progress of the work; the contract will al*o embrace forfeitures for fail ure to perform the conditions specified. The bids must be accompanied by the guarantee re quired by law, that, if a contract is awarded, it will be promptly executed } and the names of the partieß who are to become the sureties to the amount of the face of the contract will aleo be stated. The Department will consider any other propositions that may be presented : in which the draft of water above named is not exceeded. The Department will be at liberty to accept or reject any or all the propositions. fe22-swfit IVTOT ICE. —PROPOSALS FOR il FURNISHING U. 8. NOTES AND BONDS. Treasury Djpartubst, Feb. 26,1862. SEALED PROPOSALS will be received at the office of the Secretary of the Treasury until WEDNESDAY, the sth day of March next, for farnisning ninety millions of United States Notes and two hundred millions in Sondß, to be ißsnofl under the authority of the act of February, 1862, entitled “ An act to authorize the issuo of United States Treasury Notes, and fur the redemption or refunding thereof,” Ac. Notes aud Brnds will be required of the tlouß and m the proportions as follows; Thirteen millions each of United States NoTes of the denominations of ss, 10s, 20s, 50s, 100 s, and 500 s, aud twelve millions of tbe denomination of 1,000. OF REGISTERED BONDS. Five million of the denomination of. ....,a,a,...» &&Q 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 da 10,000 OF COUPON BONDS. Eighty millions of the denomination of 1,000 Twenty millions of the denomination of 500 Proposals will be received for the delivery of aU of one or more denominations of notes and bonds, complete, in cluding the engraving, printing, numbering, and paper, or separately for the engraving, for printing, and iop paper. Tbe engraving must be la the highest style of art, and the paper of the best quality. * Proposals must state the unuiber of sheets and the ag gregate representative value of each denomination which they undertake to furnish daily, and the least number of days require.* from notice of award before commence* mein of lit)livery. Models of notes and bonds must be submitted, and specimens of work accompany them. Models of notes on the face will be in tbe same form as now used, and on the backs will state the privilege of legal tender, aud other privileges stipulated iu tuu law. _ Models of bonds will* in addition to tbo usual stiDuliu tions, have the statement that they are reimbursaole after five and payable twenty years from data. It is expected also that, as far as practicable, the dies and plates will be such hb have not been heretofore used except for work of the United States. Inch proposal must be acconnranied by a statement of the bidders 7 facilities for executing the work, the uum 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; and proposals by unincorporated associations bp the articles of association and names of parties. Bonds for the ftutliful 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 aud their written co leant to become such, together with a certificate of an Assistant Treasurer as to their sufficiency, must accompany each proposal. The tecretary of the Treasury reserves the right to rejr-ct any or all the bids, aud to vary the amounts spe cified, ae in bis opinion the interests of the public service may require. fa2B-6t SEALED PROPOSALS are united till the 10th day of March, 1862, at 12 o’clock M., for supplying the U. S. Sob. Dep’t with 6. 01 K) head of BEEF CATTLE on the hoof. The Cattle to be delivered at Washington City, and each animal to average 1,300 pounds gross weight: 119 animal admitted which weighs less than 1,000 pounds gross. The Cattle to be delivered at such times and in such quantities as the Government may require. No Cattle will be required under this contract before the Ist day of April, 1062. Heifers &hd Bullocks not wanted. A bond with good and sufficient security will be re quired. Government reserves to itself the right to pay in Trea sury notes. No bid will bo entertained when put in by contractors who have previously failed to comply with their contracts* or whore the bidder is not presßßt to respond to hi 9 bid. Bids to be directed to Maj. A, BECKWITH, O. 8., U. S. A., Washington, D. O. Form or Sid. I, A B, do hereby propose to deliver to the Govern ment good Beef Cattle on tho hoof for per hundred pounds gross weight. The Cattle to be delivered at according to the terms of the enclosed advertisement. The Cattlo to be weighed on the scales, and the weight so determined to be the purchase weight I hereby agree to give a good and sufficient bond for tbe fulfilment of the contract, and to receive Treasury notes in payment for the Cattle. felS-tm9 DEP Ut Y QUARTERMASTER GENERAL’S OFFICE. Philadelphia, 27th February, 1862. PROPOSALS* wili be received at this Office until THURSDAY, at 12 M., the 6th day of March, 1862, for supplying the Quartermasters Department sixty (60) TRAVELLING FORGES, with Blacksmiths and Shoe ing Tools complete. The Forges to bo similar to those made by the United States Ordnance Department They are required imme diately. G. £L CROSSMAN, fe2S-6t Deputy Quartermaster General. Army clothing and equi page OFFICE, Philadilphia, February 28, 1862. SEALED PROPOSALS are invittd until WEDNES DAY, March sth, at 12 M, for furnishing j. 60.000 TENTS D’aBBRE* FRENCH PATTERN; A F&uipleof which can be seou at this office, to be made of Imen or cotton, and delivered in New York and Phila delphia. Also, ARMY GAITERS OR LEGGINGB, of good strong linen or cotton duck, a sample of which can be seen at this office. Each bid is invited for 1,000 to 16,000 pivSrs of these Leggings, and bidders are required to state how soon they can deliver them. Bidß must be endorsed Proposals for Tents D’Arbre, or, Proposals for Gaiters or Leggiugs. Tbe names of proper securities will be required in tho proposals* * G H. GROSMAN* mhl Deputy Quartermaster General. Assistant quartermaster’s OFFICE, corner TWENTY SECOND and O Streets. Washington, February 28, 1862. TWO HUNDRED EXPERIENCED TEAM ITERS can obtain immediate employment on application at this Office. Wages $25 per mouth and a daily ration. J. J. DANA, mh3-6t Capt., Asst. Quartermaster U. S. Army. EDUCATIONAL, Excelsior normal insti . TUTE, a first-class Country School for both sexes, located at CARVE RSVILLE, Bucks county. Pa. The next session will commence March 31,1862, and con tinue twenty-two weeks. The school is organized with three departments—tbe PREPARATORY, the NORMAL, and the ORNAMEN TAL. Students of all ages, and every stage of advance ment, are admitted on terms of equality. The hcalthfulnees of location and thoroughness of in struction are unaurpaafled. Terms—For board and tuition in common English, $3 per week. For catalogues and particulars, address Rev. F. B. S. HUNSICKER, Principal, fel3-lm* OABVKBSVILLE* Bucks co., Pa Bordentown female col. LEGE, Bordentown, N. J. This institution is pleasantly located on the Delaware river, Ijltf hour’s ride from Philadelphia. Special atten tion is paid to the common and higher branches of Eng lish, and superior advantages are furnisned in vocal and Instrumental music. German and French are taught by natives, and spoken in the family. For catalogues, con taining full particulars, address Rev. JOHN H. BBAKELEY, A. M., ja29-2m* President. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 1862 Post Office Money Orders. Thera is now boforo tho consideration of Congress a bill “ To establish a Postal Money Order Servicea system which has long been in operation in England, successfully, because it yields a considerable revenue to the State, and affords considerable accommodation to the public. Before we state the several pro positions of this measure, which has long been required in this country, we shall mention some particulars connected with its details and operations in England. Some officers of the General Post Office in London, as far back as 1702, started tho mo* ney-order system as a„ private speculation. Persons in the General Post Offices of Scot land and Ireland soon followed this lead, and tiie system was thus generalized throughout the United Kingdom. The commission of 16 cents in every 480 cents, (a pound ster ling,) was charged, but the department was so badly managed, as to yield small profit to its projectors, aud small accommodation to the public. In August, 1838, the money order system was taken out of the hands of private persons, who received a pecuniary compensation, and was attached to the post office. The commissions were then fixed at 12 cents for all orders less than two pounds sterling (960 cents,) and 36 cents for all sums between forty and one hundred shillings. In 1838, there were issued 188,921 orders, in this ar rangement, to the value of $1,505,623. In 1859, this number and amount trebled, and in 1840, tho increase was again three-fold. In November 1840, the commissions were re spectiYOly reduced to six and twelve cents. In 1838, tho whole London business was done by three persons. In 1841, the increase of busi ness made it necessary to augment this force to thirty-seven, and there are now, in the Lon don department alone, some 230 persons em ployed. The increase of tho number of orders is sued has been great. For example, in 1811, when the reduced rates came into operation, the number of money-orders in the United KiDgdomwas 1,552,845, representing payments of $15,637,538. In 1851, ton years later, the number of orders had increased to 4,061,023, and the amount paid to $44,402,104. In 1861, were granted 7,229,146 orders, representing $69,292,020. On this sum, the Post Office received $607,670 for commission, leaving a clear profit to the deparment of $142,370. In the last ten years, though over 2,500 post oflices, out of 11,000, grant money orders, the whole loss, by defalcations of officials has been only $1,335. The number of orders annually granted by the British Post Office is about ono to every four inhabitants. The system has been extended to Canada, Malta, Gibraltar, and is to be carried out in Australia and the Cape. That is, an order granted in England will be cashed at a post office in these places, and vice versa . The money-order itself is a draft from one postmaster to another, and is paid at sight, in specie, (the smallest bank note value in Eng land being $25, and $5 in Ireland and Scot land,) to the person In whoso favor it is drawn. The name of tho person who sends it is not marked on it, nor tho name of him to whom it is to be paid. The postmaster who issues it,-sends a letter of advice to the postmaster who is to pay it, in which both names are recorded, and payment will not be made unless the receiver endorses it and can mention by whom it is sent. Until last year, no sum above $25 could be remitted by one order, but $-50 may bow be sent for a com mission of 25 cents. British experience shows that not one money-order in 500,000 gets appropriated by the wrong person. - The money-order bill, which passed the House of Representatives on February 25, and is now before the Senate Committee on Post Offices, contains nine sections. They give; 1. The Postmaster General tho power to establish an uniform money-order system in all post offices which he may deem suitable therefor, it being the duty of the deputy post master, in each case, to issue orders, imme diately send advice with particulars to the postmaster on whom it is drawn, and in no case, under penalty of being-fined for the mis demeanor, to issue an order without first re ceiving the amount from the person who ob tains it. 2. Each person, on applying for an order, must enter his name and address, and those of the person to whom it ia to be sent. 3. The amount of an order not to be less than sl,nor more than $3O, and the commission pay able to be five cents for a sum from $1 to $lO j Un cents from sio to $2O, and additional five cents for every additional $lO, or less amount. 4. Gives tbe deputy postmaster power to issue a new money-order, in lieu of one which it is desired to modify or change, on payment of a new commission, or to repay the amount, on receiving back the order from the person to whom it was issued, but without refunding the commission. 5. Order not to be valid or payable, if not presented before 90 days, but to be renewable, on payment of a new com mission. In case an order is. lost, a duplicate may be issued, on legal proof of loss and pay ment of sccoild Colnmis^lon. 6. Payee of an order need not attend the office to receive the money, but can endorse the order to another. 7. Deputy postmasters to receive, as com pensation, (subject t 6 Post Office-Consoli dation Act of 1825,) one-third of the whole commissions on orders issued, and ono-eighth of one per cent, on the amounts paid at thoir offices. 8. Postmaster General to have power to transfer to deputy postmasters such money as may be required over and above the current revenue of their offices, to pay money-orders drawn on them, 9. Postmaster General to have power t. employ such clerical force as may be neces sary to carry out the provisions of this act— their payment to be paid out of the revenue accruing from such service; but any de ficiency that may arise in the first year to be appropriated out of any money in the Treasury arises from the revenue of the Post Office Department. It is obvious that some of these provisions may be amended, but the main enactment is good. Section 6 should treat with the case of money-orders sent to firms and not to indi viduals ; and Section 7, giving deputy post masters commission on the issue and payment of money-orders, adopts a principle wholly ignored by the British Post Office. This work is there considered as part of tho postmaster's routine duty, not to be paid for by any ad dition to his salary. In cases where—as in cities and large towns—the money-order sys tem imposes much extra labor, the plan is to increase the clerical force, and to pay for such increase out of the funds of the Post Office Department, like other clerks’ sala ries. If the deputy postmaster is to have a commission, one-third of tho amount re ceived on orders issued seem* too considera ble, and the amount on moneys paid too small. Philadelphia County Prison, The fifteenth annual report of the Inspec tors, made to the State Legislature last month, has just been printed, and Dr. John B. Biddle, Preside&t of the Board, has sent iis a copy, from which we glean the following particulars. The number of commitments for 1861 was 12,901, against 20,800 in 18G0. “The com mitments for intoxication were 2,BSd; for va grancy, 2,664; for disorderly conduct, 5,719; for assault and battery, 1,668; in all 12,901. Four-fifths of tlio entire commitments to tho Prisofi are thus referable to drunkenness—the commitments for vagrancy and disorderly con duct being, almost without exception, cases of drunkenness, and most of those for assault and battery being also due to excessive indulgence in intoxicating drinks.” The Board recommends some modification of our license system,—the interposition of taxation as a check upon the extension of tho evil. Reporting that 5,463 out of 12,901 com mitted to the prison were discharged by the PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, MABCH 5, 1862. committing magistrates, and 324 by the Grand Jury, the Board again suggests a reform in our present system of magistracy, which it condemns as “an engine of fraud, extortion, and oppression.” It suggests that our civic magistrates, instead of being elected, shall be “ appointed by the Executive or from tho Courts,” (meaning by the Judges?) that they should have legal knowledge, and he induced to accept the responsibility by remunerative salaries and a good-behavior tenure. This is what The Press has recommended, hitherto without effect, ever sir.ee its establishment, Tho necessity of erecting a new prison, of increased size and improved arrangements, in connection with a House of Correction, is urged. The expense, in these difficult times, will probably he an obstacle to this, and, if our local magistrates possessed legal know ledge, in which most of them are deficient, tho present prison would be fully adequate for the reception, and even the classification, of prisoners. Among other matters referred to in this report, is the sanitary condition of the prison; only two convicts having died in 1801, t: the lowest percentage of mortality since the erec tion of the prison, being a death-rate of only twenty-nine hundredths of one percent.(,o.29.) The Board have every reasdii to congratulate the Institution upon the skill, zeal, and atten tion of the Physician, Dr. H. Y. Smith.” The Board also acknowledge, with etjlo ginm, the services of Mr, W. B. Fmkks, Superintendent of the Prison; of Mr. J. K. Hcwell, the Clerk, and other officials. , The actual cost to the county for the sup port 6f the Prison, was $44,988 for tho year 1861 j in 1856 it was $90,352, whence were to he deducted profits of the manufacturing de partment. If we had proper local magistrates, the committals would be reduced about one half, and tho cost of maintenance at least two fifths. The Prison Inspectors’ Report, which we have glanced at here, is weil worthy of the attention of the tax-payers of the city and county of Philadelphia. FOREIGN ITEMS The British volunteer excitement seems to be dying out. The rich volunteers won’t pay any more money. Even the National Rifle Association has the utmost difficulty in raising two thousand a thousand a year from subscription. Dn. Holmes’ novel of Elsie Vennor has just made its appearance in Paris, in a translation by M. Emile Forgoes Another prize fight—a trial battle for the next championship mill—came off in England on the 11th ult. The combatants were Joe Goss, of North ampton, and William ltyall, of Birmingham. The ring whs pitched in a suburban district of London! The stakes were eno hundred pounds sterling a ifide, and Goss made a deposit to subsequently figbt Jem Mace, the present champion, for twe hundred pounds sterling a side and the championship. Goss and Ryali fought thirty-seven rounds', at which time they were allowed seven by the referoo to fight or draw. They accepted the latter, after being engaged, in three rings, during three hours and eighteen minutes, the last round occupying fifty minutes, with no work done. Goss had his right scapula (shoulder blade) fractured during tbe fight. A Russian student at Heidelberg has committed Buicide in the cause of science. He wished to try on himself iho effect of cyanuro of potassium. He did so, and has left a record of the different phases of hiß self poisoning. A Paris letter says Colonel Charras, Minister of War in France undortho republic of 1848, has.been offered a command in tho army of the United States. Japanese Contributions to the World’s Fair. —Japan, it is said, will eon tribute smas six hundred articles to the international exhibition of 1862, including articles of lacquerware, straw work, china porcelain, manufactures of paper, carvings’in ivory, paintings, and books. Austria is building five iron-plated frigates, for the protection of the Adriatic coast from dreaded Garibaldian descents. The Russian Government is placed in great difft cuity, in consequence of the anathema launched by the Israelitish clergy against the spy system. All tho best rpies ia tho Russian aorvtoo were deers; their refusal to do this work any longer has coin* pletely disorganized a department of the State. An Austrian journal published in Vienna is dis posed to have somebody or other bell the cat. “ Let ns," says the editor, “ take Garibaldi in a cage to Vienna and exhibit him for the benefit of the wounded ” Mr. Heheert, M P. for Kerry; Mr. Tennison, of Leitrim, and Col. Henry White, late member for Lvngfwd, sr? vmvHtly named in connection with the vacant Irish peerage. Mr. Herbert, however, bas Dot acted uniformly with the Govern ment on lato occasions, so that, although Lord Palmerston often exhibits a forgiving disposition, it is probable that the choice witi He between Col. White and Mr. Tonnison. In -France, along the meridian of Central Ger many, another infliction is felt. The Progress, of Lyons, says i ** The cold, which is bad enough even for those who hare well-secured and heated dwellings, is a fearful addition to the misery of our poor suffering work people. Lyons, however, is more favored than the north of the department. 0 In Baden Baden, hitherto the great gambling centre of Germany, the Grand Dnke and his minis try have determined to terminate tho license of the gamingtable at tbe expiration of the existing con tract. There can be no doubt of the sanction of the Assembly to this excellent measure. GENERAL FREMONT’S DEFENCE. A supplement of yesterday's New York Tribune contains a long defence of General John G. Fre mont against the charges of the committee on the conduct of the war. It fills five pages. The Ge neral states that he has only answered the leading points breughtforward, &s he did not desire to dum ber his defence with merely personal debates. He says: “When, in July last, I was assigned to the com mand of tbe Western Department, it comprehended, with Illinois, ail tho States and Territories west of the Mississippi river and the Rocky Mountains, in cluding New Mexico. ‘‘Nospd&ial object was given me in charge to do, nor was I furnished with any particular plan of a campaigß, The general discussions at Washington resulted in the understanding that tbe great object in view was a descent of the Mississippi, and for its accomplishment £ was to ratae and organize an army, and when I was ready to descend the river I was to let the President know-' My command was then to bo extended over Kentucky and down the left bank of the Mississippi.. For military reasons it waß judged inexpedient, to do so in the beginning. “Full discretionary powers of the ample kind were conferred on me. Not a line of written in structions was given me. The leading object of the campaign being settled, the details of its accom plishment and tbe management of my department were left to my own judgment. “ While at Washington I informed* myself fully of the unprepared condition of tbe West, and its want ol* arms, from the Governor of Illinois.” The Genual then goes on to show that Ffoin the utterly unprepared condition of the Western loyal troops, from the threatening aspect of the rebellion, from the want of any kind of artillery or fortifica tions, and from tbe raw condition of the Federal levies, he was forced to bay arms, to erect fortiQoa tions, and to oversee the gigantio field of operations from Cairo to the Rocky Mountains. Tbe emergency, General F. thinks, justified him in taking $300,000 from the U. S. Assistant Treasurer at St. Louis, and a despatch from Hon. M. Blair shows that he acted with his concurrence* for Mn Blair says ; (l You will have to do the bestyou c&q, and take all needful responsibility.” In reference to General Lyon. General Fremont says that his de feat at Springfield docs not lie at his door. Had General Lyon been able to adhere to his (General Lyon’s) own programme before that battle, the do* feat would nothaveoccurred. About Colonel Mul ligan’s defeat at Lexington, General F. says that General Cameron was calling on him for 5,000 troops to go to Washington, and the danger of Cairo required other thousands of soldiers from his de partment, so that hO could hot do thing iu the world at once. However, the general says: “On the 14th, General Sturgis was directed to move, with all practicable speed, upon Lexington. Genera] Pope’s despatch of the 16th gave me every reason to believe, as he did, that a reinforcement of 4,000 tutu, with artillery, would bo therein abund ant time, and, if the committee will take tho time to read the accompanying papers, it will be seen that, from every disposable quarter where there were troops, the promptest efforts were made to con centrate them on Lexington, but chance defeated thoso effofts.” In regard to the contracts for mortars, Ac., Gene ral Fremont giveß an extract from a letter from Hon. M. Blair urging him to buy mortars.. So for as the other contracts were concerned, he disclaims any ‘'jobbings” and boldly justifies them from tho necessities of the oase. In closing his introduction to the testimony, General Fremont says: “It is not grateful to me to hAve been myself compelled to set out the merite of my administra tion ; but it was necessary in order to eall attention to points, which otherwise might not havo boon presented, and which are necessary to a clear un derstanding of the subjects inquired into. Many sets which have been censured, were, I think, for tbe public good. I know they were with that in tention. I do not feel that in any case I over stepped the authority intended to he confided to me. “ Myself, and the officers and men acting with me, were actuated solely by a desire to serve tbe country, and-1 feel assured that this is realized by tbe people of the West, among whom wo were acting.” Tbe accompanying despatches) letters; and docu« rocDts are very voluminous, and one would have to sift them at length to ascertain their precise value THE REBELLION. A FEDERAL RECOMOISSAHCE TO COLUMBUS. THE TOWN IN RUINS. EEBELS HETREATHfG TO FORT RANDOLPH. Another Stringent Order from General Halleck. THE SUFFERINGS OF A UNION MAN IN TENNESSEE. No More Passengers to go South. The Federal Prisoners not Heard from. GENERAL HALLECK’S DEPARTMENT. Columbus ia Ruins. Cairo, March 3.—[Special to tho Republican .]— Columbus has been evacuated and burned by tho rebels* ; The gunboat Benton, with General Cullum and Commodore Foote, went down the river to day on a recozmoiesaxice, and found that tho rebels had fled, having removed their gunp, and laid the town of Columbus in ashes. Everything was destroyed that oould not be oar* lied away. Tbe rebels retreated to Fort Randolph. The whole town of Columbus is nothing but rums. The guns have also beeu removed from the island below. The War ilk Missouri, St. Louis, March 4.—General Halleok, in an army order, .says: 15 On tbe recommendation of the Governor and several judges of the Statei it is directed that ail licensed attorneys, counsellors, and proctors be re* quired to take the oath of allegiance prescribed by the 6th section of tbe ordinance of the State Con* vention, passed October IC, 1861. “ Judges of the State Courts vyill refhgg pre sent any one to practice within courts who refuses or neglects to take such oath. (C The Board of Assessment, in tho city of St. Louis, for tbe benefit of the suffering families driven by the enemy from Southwest Missouri, having com pleted its labors, and rendered its final report, is noreby dissolved.” The Sufferings of a Union Man in Ten* nes&ee, A Celro correspondent of the St. Louis Dtvmcmt gives the* following account of the sufferings of a Union man of McNairy county, Tennessee. The correspondent says: The gunboat Ty/er, which reached this place last night, from 12»5Stport, Mifeiaaippi, brought down a freat many fugitive Unionists, among whom wa3 ielding Hum. of Purdy, McNairy county, Ten nessee. This gentleman is a slaveholder, the largest laudowcer and the largest tax-payer in his county. He has opposed Secession from tho time it was first whispered until now; aud in March last, when it was sought to carry Tennes see out of the Union, and in June, when an ordi nance of seeessiou passed by the Legislature wai submitted lo the people for ratification, he labored, by act, by word, and with his influence over others, to defeat it. * Last November, when Governor Harris called for the remainder of tho left &flef his first call —Mr. Hurst took the stump, and spoke fearlessly against secession, and so bitter was he in one of his speeches, delivered in the court-house of his county, that Governor Harris ordered General Davis, who was then at Corinth, commanding & brigade of db&U militia, to arrest him. This was done. Mr. Hurst was taken to Nashville, and there tried for treason on the i)ih of last December, by Judge Humphries. Pending the trial, six witnesses were introduced by the prosecution, who swore that they had heard Hum say in a speech, that he would rather trust the Black Republicans to protect his right to sla very than the Southern Confederacy, and that if Governor Harris quartered Confederate troops in bis (Hurst’s) county, to distrain the property of Union men, he would tear up tho railroad aud burn the railroad bridges that were in his county. Upon this testimony— Mr. Hurst introduced none— ke was pronounced guilty of treason, and thrown into a dungeon, where he wns kept thirty-scran days. During this time Judge Humphries was ap plied to by a great many, including Unionists and Secessionists, for the retease of Mr. Hurst. This was finally granted, upon tbe prisoner giving his own bond in the sum of §2J,000, to keep the peace wiih the Southern Confederacy for two years, or during the war. Mr., Hurst went home and kept the peace, so far as speeabmakiug wns concerned, but did not hesi« tato to speak his sentiments in common converse* tion, and on the 7th instant he was rearrested, by order of General Polk, and taken to Columbus, where be was .informed that the charges against him were those of being a man of string pr?j’idioCBj and one who would defend his views with despera tion. General Polk further told him that the recent ex* petition of the Northern troops up the Tennessee rendered it necessary that ail those who were dis posed to bear to the Federal? OQlBUUS ications concerning the Confederacy should be im prisoned, and it was for this reason that ho had been arrested. He whs allowed, however, under a guard of three men, to go home and collect evi dences of his loyalty to the Confederate Spates. He exercised one liberty after another with his guard, until he was permitted to withdraw at pleasure, and converse with his ostensibly witnesses. With their assistance, Mr. Hurst planned and made his escape, one evening. The night following, he walked twenty-two zuiles 1 and reached the bank of the Tennessee river, where, having heard of the surrender of Fort Henry, he expeoted to hail a boat. He met other Union refugees at this place, by appointment, and with them lay on the bank of the river sis days, wailing for a steamer. Finally, the gunboat Tykr came up the river, which he hailed, and, with three or four of his companions, was taken on board. The county which the gentleman comes from borders on the Mississippi line. It polls 2,500 votes, 1,000 of which were <ja§t ag*un§t section IrtSt JuD9i In one of Mr. Hurst's last speeches, he indulged in come bitter denunciations of the Southern Confede racy, and called upon as many of his hearers— about 700 in ail —as endorsed his sentiments, to form themselves in a separate body. About 400 with drew* every one of whom is now looked upon os an enemy to the Confederacy, and are being daily ar rested for treason. Mr. Hurst reports a great many loyal persons along tbe Tennessee river, and says if they had any arms to defend themselves from the outrages of the disloyal, they would rise up Ho has received as surance here that the authority of the Federal Go vernment will soon be re-established in his section, and he will return to Savannah, up the Tennessee river, where rebel authority is not strong enough to prevent his working for the Federal Govern ment. Missouri Rebel Scrip, The St. Louis Republican of Saturday says Gov. Claib Jackson has been heard from. He is not with General Price aud the (tel“<te4 liters whom he solicited to “come to him.” He is not giving assistance in tbe field to the struggling Mis sourians, now being forced farther and farther away from their homes on account of listening to his eloquent appeals and obeying his impudent de maDds. He is not giving his counsels and the in spiration of bis presence to Rains, and Parsons, and Mcßride. He is not situated so as to hold daily communications with Deaoen Tucker and cheer him on with words of comfort and consolation. A few days ago he was in Memphis, in company with Gen. M. Jeff Thompson and other worthies, where he made a speech. So far as we are informed, he had nothing to say of military operations in Mis souri, and did not enliven his hearers with accounts of any more Confederate viotories in this State, or of any symptoms of driving out the “ Hessiau in vadere” from our borders, “ from the Nishnoboine t 6 the St. &hd from the DesmoSace to the Neosho.” Governor Jackson seems to be now engaged in the enterprise of bolstering up the solvency of the rebel Missouri State Government. He maintains the soundness and credit of the indefinite bushels of scrip Btrewn broadcast throughout the southern part of this State and the border counties of Ar kansas, declaring it as good as any similarcnrronoy in the South. There may be some truth in tbe lat ter part of this statement, but if all the I. O. U.’s of Dixie stand no better chance of being redeemed, unless at tbe end of the war they are assumed by tbe United States, the holders will never get rich upon their olairns. The bogus Jackson Govern ment has not a footing in any county of the State, and it would therefore puzzle financial minds' to discover where the means are to eome from to take up bbj pan of this immense indebtedness. We will do G overnor Jackson’s sagacity, at the expense of his honesty, the credit to record our belief that, when issuing tbis scrip, by the quire and ream, to “ pay” for the plundered fauna, stables, and stores of the Southwest, he never woe so erAsy as to imagine that it would be redeemed by his imaginary Go vernment. The scrip business was merely an irre sponsible arrangement to cover downright robbery. We infer, from the report of Gov. Jackson’s speech in the Memphis Appeal, whatever language be may indulge in to the contrary) that the rebel Missouri scrip is not considered first-class money down in Dixie. It would seem there is an impres sion in that quarter that it is not good for much, and it is to remove this impression that the Gover nor speaks. When he succeeds in convincing the people of Tennessee that this paper is anything like par currency, we would advise him to send agents into Southwest Missouri to bring about the Eame feeling there. If the sorip is really good for anything, it would be a great consolation to a num ber of parties about Springfield, Neosho, Cassville, and vari6\i§ other pSintS, lA Ufi&W it. Unpublished Incidents of the Fort Donel -800 Fight. Tne New York Tribune's Fort Donelson corres pondent gives the following incidents, not published before, of that desperate fight: A FAIR SOUTHERN TRAITRESS, A young man belonging to one of the Tennessee regiments —he held the rank of first lieutenant in his company—was very dangerously wounded iu Saturday morning’s strife, and was not expected to live when I left Dover, where he lay in much pain and in more remorse. The young man told me ho was a native of Har risburg, Pennsylvania, and bad resided there until tbe autumn of 1659, when he went to Columbia, Tennessee, and there engaged in the praotloeof the law with considerable success. While in that Stato ho became acquainted with and enamored of a young woman of culture and fortune, a distant re lative, I understand, of General Pillow, and was soon engaged to marry her. The love stream of iho young couple Bowed smoothly enough until the fall of Sumpter and the secession pf Tennessee, when the affianced husband. | a strong advocato for the Union, returned home, de signing to wed after the troubles were over. The betrothed pair corresponded regularly; but, fome weeks after tho lover had gone to Harrisburg, the girl, who had suddenly grown a violent Secea eipnist, informed him that she would sot become his wife unlcfs he would enlist in the rebel service and fight for the independence of tbe South. Tho young man was exceeding loth to take suoh a course, and remonstrated with his beloved to no purpose, and at last, in the blindness of his attach ment and in the absorbing selfishness of ]MHtoni ho informed bis parents of his intention to win his mis* tress on tbe tented field. In vain they endeavored to dissuade him from his resolution. He went to Tennessee, raised a com pany, reoeived the congratulations of his traitorous mehd§, and the copldua caresses of his charming tempter. Last December the lieutenant proceeded to Donol son, and, a few days before tho fight, hoard his be trothed was the wife of another. His heart had never been in the cause, though was In another’s keeping; and, stung by romorso, and crushed by tbe perfidy of his mistress, be had no deßire to live. Unwilling to desert on the eve of battle the cause he bad embraced, lest ho might bo chargod with 36w»rdico, he resolved to lose tbe existence that had become unbearable to him ; and in the thickest of the fight, while seeking death without endeavoring to inflict it, he received a mortal wound. Befoie this, the misguided and betrayed lover has ceased to think of her who so cruelly deoeived Lixuj for the Lethean stream of death is flowing around the eternity-bound island of his soul. The double traitress will soon know all; for her lover dictated a letter to her from his couch of pain. A POT PATRIOT, A mere boy of about fifteen years, from Darke county, Ohio, being in Illinois, had enlisted in one of the regiments raised in the southern part of that Stale; but as he was in very delicate health, his father was extremely anxious to have him released from the service, though the youthful soldier great ly desired to/emainin it. While at Forts Henry and Donelaon the boy was very ill, but still insisted upon performing bis duty. His father arrived at Donelson on Friday, the Hth itst,, intending, if possible, to take him home< Ho had an interview with some of the offioers, but could learn nothing of his son. Whilo looking for him industriously among his companions, he learned to hiß surprise and horror, that the poor boy, after fighting gallantly on Thursday, had died from ex posure while lying, without fire or sholtor, upon the frozen ground on that bitter and desolate night. A BULLET-RESPECTED LIEUTENANT. A lieutenant of a company in one of the Ohio re gimenis, while preparing for ft «llßrg9, had his pipe shot from bis mouth. lie laughed and lighted again, and soon after its fire was extinguished by a rebel rifle ball, which killed a man three feet from him ; »nd wbite wondering at his narrow escape he reoeived a shot through his cap, and another struck hirseubbard; and yet he w&9 unhurt. The lieutenant now thinks he was not born to die on the battle’field. The proverb that lightning does not strike the same tree twice must be truer than that balls do not dcrign to do mischief to soldiers more than once during an engagement. TUJB DIFFICULTY OF DYING. A number of our soldiers were wounded five or six, and even seven times, none of the wounds proving seritus; find ikft variation of & quar ter of an inch would have oaused death in nay one of the instances. Truly, to chaiige the aphorism, in the midst of death we are in life. • PJS4TH AT A LONG RANGE. Ono of the enemy, a member of the Alabama Rifles, bad his head shot off by a shell from ono of Mnjor Cavender’s Parrott rifle-batteries (tho First Missouri) at a distanco of two and a half miles, while peeping above the breastworks. The shot, of course, was accidental, but it proves the efficacy of Cavender’B guns, and the terrible execution they are capable of doing at a very long range. A 31 AN WOUNDED WITH FALSE TEETH, A lieutenat in an Illinois company was shot with a musket in the left cheek, the ball passing through his mouth, which was open at tbe time, and, knock ing out three false teeth, carried two of them into tbe tbigh vf bis sergeant at bis side, making a pain ful but not serious wound. ULTRA-PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTS. Curious stories are told of some ultra-profes sional journalists on the field, who, in the midst of the danger and horrors of battle, never lost com plete recollection of their calling or of the disa greeable duties it imposed. They never moved out of range until they had completed their notes, though the shot and shell foil like bail; and wnduoted tbeir business as calmly as if tiej were reporting a polliical speech cr obtaining “items” at au agricultural fair. NOVEL MODE OP OBTAINING INFORMATION. One of the correspondents is said to have locked Gen. Buckner up Ina room at Dover, and kept him there in spite of threats, until he had taken a pen cil-sketch of bis person. Another declared to Gen. Bushrod K. Johnston tfcatfce would give him borriblo antecedents unless he furnished the materials for a brief biography. Bushrod blustered at first, but when the news paper scribbler began putting down and reading off, “ £ K. Johnston, anative of Massachusetts, form erly C&fi of tbs editors of Lloyd Garrison ’o anti slavery jo urnal, but compelled to fly to Tennessee on account of having been detected in a forgery of bis father’s name,” etc., Bushrod became a sup pliant, and gave the inexpressible fellow the main events of his lifo. THE RULING PASSION STRONG- IX BATTLE. The representative of a metropolitan journal b stated to have run up to a wounded officer, who be lieved himself mortally hurt, and bogged him not to die yet, for the sake of tbe , which he bad tbe honor to represent, remarking, if he had any last words to utter, that they should appear in the best form, in the earliest possible issue of his widely circulated and highly influential journal. The officer turned away his head in abhorrence and disgust, and some of his fftesds compelled th« painfully persevering reporter to retire; but the prolessor of the quill insisted that he could make a better speech for the wounded soldier than he couid for himself, and hoped he would remember not to give any other member of the press the least hint of hisdyifigst&timeDte. MISFORTUNES OF A PROFESSION. I am very willing to believe, for the honor of journalism, that such stories are untrue; but I fear they have some foundation, as there are men in our p?di££si6fi Who, in tbe discharge of their duties, for get they are anything but machines, and, to the furtherance of their desires, sacrifice every senti ment of humanity and every prompting of sensi bility. They do not know tbat tbe mistaken journalist who loses sight of what belongs to a gentleman may earn success in his vocation, bnt must forever de spair of the respoct and esteem that render his pro fession not only useful but honorable. How the Rebel Authorities of Tennessee Made their feople Enlist. The correspondent of the St. Louis Republican , writing under date of February 25th, says*: The outside world is not aware of one-twentieth of tho means tbat were used to draw the people of Tennessee Into the rebellion, and I propose to give you an idea of the means adopted. Tennessee has always been noted for being “ the volunteer State.” Her people have always been ready upon the sounding of the first note of war to immediately repair to the standard <?f their s9gg try. This pride of being sons of the “ volunteer State” was appealed to, and they were asked if they would wait to be drafted. The ambition of the young was stimulated by visions of conquest, and stigmatized and dishonored if they failed to enter the service. Even to those odvfl&ood in years, these appliances were used. The igno rant were told that, if they suffered them selves to bo drafted, they would be subjected to many hardships, would receive no pay, and but half rations, and he placed in front of the battle j and when they still remained obdurate, the; were threatened with being driven from their homes. Some were severely punished in every conceivable way, and others again actually tied and dragged off into the servioe, as was tbe case in some of the counties in West Tennessee. Union men were not appointed or elected to positions of honor or profit in the rebel army, and, when actually in the ser vioe, were not placed on picket duty, or allowed furloughs, for fear of desertion. Others, who were not cultivators of the soil, were compelled to vo lunteer to save their families from starvation, busi nvss of all kinds being suspended at the breaking out of hostilities at the South. Official Report of Col. Webster, t. S. A., Chief Engineer of Gen. Grant’s Staff. Major General IT. S. Grant, Commanding: The fortifications made by the enemy for the de fence of this position were very extensive. A com plete and accurate survey of the works and vicinity would require more meatiß and time than oan now be commanded. Tho water batteries, upper and lower, which were intended to subserve the primary object of the position, the control of the river navigation, were well located for the purpose. At the lower and principal one were mounted nine pieces—eight 32- pound guns, and a 10-inch columbiad. At the upper, one gun, of the exterior form and dimen sions of a 10-inch columbiad, but bored as a 32- pounder, and rifled; also, two 32-pound carronades. Both these batteries are sunken or oxoavated in the hill side. In the lower one strong traverses are left between the guns, to secure them against an enfilading fire. Hie olovation above the water, say thirty feet, at tbe time of the gunboat attack, gave them a fine command of the river, and made the task of attacking them in front an arduous one. Tbe range of the guns in aro was, however, quite limited. [Here I am obliged ta emit a portion of the re port which is an explanation of a diagram accom panying it. The outworks resting on each end upon creeks and the baokwater from the river which msdo an impassable barrier.] These defences consisted in the main of what have come to be oal!ed a rifle pits—shallow ditches, the earth from which is thrown to the point affording shelter from the fire of the attack. The strength of the profile of this work, whioh has evidently been very hastily executed, varied at different points. Along tho front of tho oxterior lines; the trees had been felled and the brush out and bent over, breast high, m&kiDg a wide abatis , very difficult to pass through. Tbe lines run along a ridge, cut through by several ravines, running towards the river. Tho hillsides ri§§ \fy abrupt asceete te a bright ?f p?r hsps 75 or 80 feet. Our army approached tho place with very little knowledge of its topography. Our first line of bat tle was formed on the 12th inst., in some open fields opposite the enemy’s centre. On the 13th we were established on a lino of heights in general parallel* ism with the enemy’s outworks, and extending a distance of over three miles. Various elevations and spurs of hills afforded po sition for our artillery from which wo annoyed the enemy, but which were not of such a commanding character as to enable us to achieve decisive results. Tbe raDges were long, and the thick woods prevent ed clear sight. During tho next two days our lines werogradual ly extended to the right and left, our skirmishers thrown out In front, keeping up an active, and, as we since learn, effective fire on the enemy’s ouU works. On the 13th & gallant charge wag mado agafrst the enemy on our right, and was probably only TWO CENTS. prevented from being successful bj the fall of the colonel leading it, who was severely wounded. Up to the 15lh our operations bad been chiofly those of investment; but we had not gained a po-< Billon from which our artillery could be advan togcously used againat the main fort, Gn the 15th the enemy, seeming to grow uncom fortable under the constricting.prooess, came out of his entrenchments and attacked our right with great force and determination, achieving considerable success in the forenoon. This active movement ne cessitated active retaliation. On the loft wing an attack was ordered on the outworks, and the right was reinforced and ordered to retake the ground loßt in the morning. How well both orders wore executed need not here bo stated. On tho right our former position was regained and passed, and, on the left, a success ful aei-ault gave us possession of a position within the enemy’s lines, and opened the way to a still better eno, which nightfall alone prevented us from occupying with our rifled artillery, which would re*<h!y bar* fttßummUd tho enemy’s main works, This repulse from ground so hardly won In the forenoon, and, probably, still more our possession of a vantage ground within their lines, induced the enemy to capitulate on the morning of the 16th. I have the honor to he, very respectfully, Gene ral, your obedient servant. J. D. Webster, Col. Chief of Staff. A correspondent, speaking of the above report, says: Colonel Webster is colonel of engineers, and chief of Genera] Gnmt’g staff, fie is a gentleman of vast military knowledge and skill, having served in the regular service for a number of years, and of which branch he is still a member. Duringthe whole period of the investment he was much exposed tc the enemy’s fire, while reconnoitring the enemy's works. As an officer there are none more efficient or competent, and I am convinced his services are highly appreciated by General Grant and all promi nent officers in the army. Colonel Webster is ably assisted by the services of Lieut. Jenney, a promts* ing and accomplished young officer. A Hairs at Fort Donelson. A Fort Donelson correspondent of the St. Louis Republican says: BOW TUB REBELS TREATED AN IRISn REGIMENT. A remarkable instance of rebel meanness occur red with the Irish regiment, taken at Fort Donel son, which will doubtless interest your readers, and I will give it as I learned it last summer. They had been working on the railroads about Nashville until All that kind of employment had ceased, and having spent all their former earnings, which we know Irishmen of their class are proverbial for do ing quickly, they found themselves without meanß, and were thus actually forced to take service in tho rtbel cause to obtain bread for themselves and families. Promises, which were showered upon them and all other poor men entering the cause, by the rebel leaders, they often failed to perform; and 1 understand these Irishmen, asaconsequence, were hard to manage. Knowing these things as I do, al though thd battle of Fort Uouelsoh was a hard fought one, I am satisfied if the hearts of the rebel soldiers, and especially the Tennesseans, had been in the fight, we would have witnessed still more eanguinary scenes—such as were wit. nossed at Orloans, in tho Indian wars, and the doings of the bloody First Tennessee Regiment in Mexico. Rut instead of that, I heard several of these men say they were glad they were taken prisoners, and still others say, although in the midst of the battle, that they had never fired a gtm at tho Union army. In addition to the various means cited to obtain reciuits for the army, and draw men into the re bellion, there were many others that would re qtifrfe to 6 much liioe to enumerate. Thousands of politieians and reckless men desired a breaking up of society, hoping to get a position, pecuniarily or socially, in the new order of things, which they ?9\>!4 swr ?sp?et to obtain oiborniso. Snob demagogues and leaders can never be too severely punished. Rut, though driven from home by the madness of the hour, 1 should dislike much to see the privates who have been seduced into this re bellion §uffer any VRbrfffl? pmlttor How tlie Rebels of Tennessee Obtained Gnus. It may be interesting to your readers to know how the numerous shot-guns and sporting- rifles found at Fort Donolson were obtained. The bo gus Legislature of Tennessee passed an act, in November ot last year, requiring every man, un~ tier a penalty of twenty-five dollars fino and ninety days’ imprisonment, to deliver up his gun. A great maDy were given up* some were hid* and some destroyed, but by this means' Governor Har ris succeeded in obtaining many guns from- the eitizens, many of whom were good Union men, who thought, by giving up their guns, to escape having to go into tho seryi<?e tbeiSHlyttf—*tiie Governor even intimating eo much in a tion to the people; butshortiy following that procla mation was the one calling out the militia of the State to the amount of 80,000 men. Stringent Order of General Grant. I was glad to learn that Gen. Grant had promul gated the most stringent orders against plundering tbe inhabitants, and also stealing property taken in battle fctfore surrender; and would have been glad if more stringent means could bo adopted to bring such cases to light, and as we hope to live together* again as a united people, all such causes of com plaint should be strictly guarded against. Miscellaneous. An incident of remarkable note occurred on the evening of the surrender. • General Grant received the official notice of his appointment of Major General of ths Department of West Tennessee, wiih headquarters at Fort Donelson, almost at the very instant that he took possession, showing the confidence the authorities had in his ability'to take the place. I have just learned that Paggctt, who had re ?«”°7 9rg*s?*?4 § t«p« pf rebel omtry in Callaway county, Kentucky,“has, since tbe battle at Fort Donelson, disbanded them and gone homo. I must not foil to mention a subject tbat I have heard frequently spoken of, by Federal officers, since the battle. I allude to the rebels having spread the blankets of the wounded ovor them: during the cold weather, before the surrender, which, in the oonfusion of the battle, was, perhaps, as much tuj they could do to assuage their suffer ings This, in connection with the universal (ac knowledged by them) kind, treatment extended to the prisoners, speaks well for the American name, and gives mo to hope tbat after the rebellion is conquered, we can yet live with them as brothers and equals. NEWS FROM THE REBEL STATES. The Rebels in Need of Gunners. The St. Louis Republican says-; The; want bear; artillerists at Columbus. Tho Confederate ordnance officers have written to seve ral Southern cities urging the “absolute necessity, of enlisting men immediately,” to take charge of; some big guns on tbe fortifications-tbere. This is another evidence of the determination not to evacuate tbe place without a fight. The induce ments offered show, too. that they are greatly in need of gunners, and that there is a backwardness on the part of people about volunteering in this service. At Memphis they are raising $10.4)00, 1 with which to pay two hundred men a bounty of fifty dollars Cfiiih, in addition to the same amount by tbe Confederate Government, and have great difficulty in obtaining recruits at Ihese rates. newspapers seem to be quite solicitous on the sub ject, evidently feeling that Memphis has a vast interest in the successful defence ofColumbus. Yfe do not think this sentiment is likely to decrease very materially within the next few days. A IU be* Paper on their Late Reversesr The Mobile Register says: Since the late reverses to our arms, we nojic? • quite a deplorable disposition to growl and grumble against the Government of tbe Confederacyto charge upon it tbe responsibility of- these disasters/ and to complain generally of the administration of' affairs. This seems to US all wrong:—transparently and absurdly wrong. It evidenoea do judgment) and is far from speaking well for the possession of' those stable qualities of fortitude and: patient de termination which it is believed the Southern, race possesses, and whioh are essential to our success-in this war, and to the maintenance of a sustained, career of national greatness in the future. If our confidence in the ability and rectitude of our- Go vernment is so little that it is to be overthrown by a few insignificant reverses;.if our patriotism.is of; so poor a quality that it may feel disheartened by thtm, we are not tbe people to deserve, or to-win,. or to sustain our independence. It is os unjust to the Government to charge it with the responsibility of losses as it would be to. charge with cowardice and inefficiency the brave men who are directly their victims, and experience* the misfortunes of war through stress of circumr stances and overpowering numbers. We must make* i>f> our misdi to beaf A CeHttifi amd&fit dU&§ts& It is impossible that such a war as this should be a career of uninterrupted successes. We are engaged with an enemy who marshals the most majestic military strength that modern, times have tv*i nested, Hmotmlb us along land and coast frontiers of near five thousand miles in extent. Is it possible tbat our Government should have the means- or the prescience to make every post impregnable whioh the foe may choose to select for an assault with overwhelming force ? The enemy is ranging along our lines on coast and frontier, and is prepared at any moment to concentrate an overwhelming force at any weak point he may detect. Our Government has neither the men nor munitions, nor the supernatural fore sight to enable it to have a powerful force at any position whioh the enemy may ohoosa to select. With such a foe we must force ourselves to the con clusion—rendered doubly distasteful by our inva riable successes in its outset—that tho war is a war of “ give and take.” We must take the bad with tbe good, and may conoeive ourselves especially ftfiua&u if the latter se far p?ads&Uhates that the war will be shortened as much by the successes of our arms as by the self-exhaustion of the enemy’s efforts. We should not he disheartened if we hear of a succession of such small successes as have encour aged them, as a flODsequonoo of tko grand advance and general offensive policy of the enemy. Theca, effect tittle to directly weaken our. vital strength, while they nerve tbe valor and determination of the • nation to Us best efforts and sternest resolve. Wa. make them pay doarly for these small successes, HEd trues in blood every step that they tdvanae upon our soil, and they do not weaken oujv vital, strength, for our grand armies remain intact, and must be overthrown and destroyed ere the, aause of the South will look gloomy. T? fessp the grand armies of Kentucky and. Vir ginia strong, and to strengthen them,, will be tho poliov of the Government, and we zxay probably soon near tbat the forces, whioh are popularly con sidered already too small at somo paints, are being weakened to reinforce the grand armies. It may be that some of these points, whera tho forces have been so weakened, will be successfully attacked. Grumblers will then have a flue text, of oourse. But let them not be hooded. The groat armies are tbe true bulwarks of our safety. On them we must relv whe& the enemy attempt to pour their solid Column of a hundred or a hundred and fifty thou sand caen into the country. How could euoh forces be Confronted with our troops scattered in squads of five thousand to twenty-five thousand at ail the d ivers points on coast and inland frontier whioh tbe people adjacent thereto think should certainly be defended by the best efforts of the Government? Wo must keep our groat armies massed in such strength as to ne able to give battle to the StfOftgMt armies of the enemy. THE WAR PRESS. Tss Wm Pbms will be sent to subscribe™ by Bill (per annum in advance) at SS.Ot Three Ooplea “ “ S.M Five “ •* « B.Ot Ten <i it u 13.00 Larger Clubs will be charged at the lame pats, thtu! 20 copiea will cost 824; 50 copies will cost 880 ; and 100 copies 8120. For a Club of Twenty-one or over, we will send aa Extra Copy to the getter-up of the Club. Postmasters are recuested to act aa Agents Tow Tbs Was Passe. 17* Advertisements inserted at the usual rates. Blw lines constitute a square. Affairs in Nashville before its Evacuation by the Rebels, Tbe Louisville Journal of Saturday says: Mr. Charles Matthews, from Nashville, called on 115 yesterday, On Thursday lust ha was impressed by the Confederate troops in that city, and employ* ed in carrying meat to the Chattanooga railroad depot. Tbe next day they tried to impress him ngein but be escaped across the river in a canoe to Edgefield, where ho heard that Col. Kenaott’s cn valry. of Iren. Mitaholl’g division, were. lie told there how things wore going in Nashville, and on Sa turday piloted them to the river bank where they seized tho steamboats Hillman , Runyon, and Minnetonka, and wont across to Nashville amid' the loud cheers of the citizens. About thirteen of lie enemy's cavalry, tie Texas Rangers, and Forrest’s Tennessee regiment, were in tbe city • and Kennett’s cavalry gave chase to them, and took ten prisoners. Mr. Matthews heard Gen. Floyd before the great body of the rebels had left Nasb vU!?i ie&t (b,y would go and male a stand at Chattanooga, and Mr, M, believes they have done so. Gen. Floyd said, within his hearing, to Gen. Johnson, that ho thought it best to fall back to Chattanooga and defend the Cotton States, letting Kentucky and Tennessee take care of themselves. There was good reason why tho pooplo of Nash ville wished the presence of the Federal troops. Tbe outrages perpetrated there by tbe rebels were fearful. Some of tbese outrages are unfit for pnb iication, and hanging would be too good for the au thors. Last Thursday four citizens were shot be fore their shop-doors, because they wouid not open their shops for robbery and pillage. One lady was run through with a sabre before the eyes of Mr. Matthews, because she would not submit to shame. Seizure of the contents of jewelry stores, clothing stores, provision stores, and all other kinds of stores, and of dwelling-houses, was general, Some build ings were burned. Our informant says that the First Kentucky regi ment, the First Tennessee, and the Second Ala bama, stacked their arms in front of the State Borne, burned them up, and set out, or tateadod setting out, for their respective homes, on Wednes day of last week. MISCELLANEOUS WAR NEWS. From Fortress Monroe—No Nfews., Fortress Monroe, March 3.— There was no flag of truce to-day, and, consequently, tier? ig H 9 BOTH from the South. The expected released prisoners have not been heard from. General Wool has refused to permit any mors passengers to go South. The Constitution, on her way up to Newport News, was fired on by the rebels, but was not damaged. The FortlliGatiom of Cape God, Maas. Major Phinney, F. Cobb, E. S. Smith, B N. Attwood, and other gentlemen of Massachusetts, are before the military committee of Congress, in relation to the construction of fortifications at Pro vinoetowni and a military road aoross Gape Cud The appearance of the British war steamer Ri natdo in Prorincetown harbor, to roooivo Mason and Slidell, startled the people of Massachusetts with a lively appreciation of tho importance of that point. The harbor is dupable of aaaommodaling the whole British navy, and, in the event of a war with England, it might afford them a valuable ooal ing station. Brigadier Generals in tbe Army, The number of brigadier generals appointed from the various States, and for the regular army, is as follows: Maine, two; New Hampshire, one; Massachu setts, two; Vermont, two; Rhode Island, two! Connecticut, three; New York, six; Pennsylvania, nice; Maryland, one; Virginia, three; District or Columbia, five; Kentucky, two; Tennesseo. one; Obin, five; Indiana, two; Illinois, two; Michigan, three- Total, fifty one. From civil life the following brigadier general* have been appointed from the difieren. States : Maine, two; Vermont, one ; Ma.-,aetiusetts, two; Rhode Island, one ; New York, sixteen; New jer sey, two; Maryland, three; Pennsylvania, three j Delaware, one;. Virginia, one; Kentucky, four: Ohio, three; Indiana, four; Illinois, one; Miohigan, two; Missouri, one; Minnesota, two; Kansas, one; lowo, two; California, three; Wisconsin, two; Washington Territory, one; Daootah Territory, one. Total, fifty-nine. Connecticut and’ her Son*. If Connecticut can boast of originating a-Brother Jonathon, a Com. Hull, an Ellsworth, a Lyon, and to lave traihed and brought out a Piztnam, (V Hed ger Sherman, an Eli Whitney, a Fulton, a Joel Barlow, a Colonel Humphrey, a Colonel Colt, ■ David Busbnell, an eleetrie, Morse, and scores ot other worthies—she is Mb? bßffliliftted in giving ori* gin to an Arnold, a Jefferson Davis, an Alexander H. Stephens—the parents of the two latter men were residents of. North-Kill ingly. The father of Jeff Davis moved from Black-Rock district, the north west earner of North, Killingworth, about sicty-lwe years ago, aDd it is said Bettled at first near Mariet ta, in Ohio, whence there was an easy transit to the then wild lands of Mississippi; about the time ofth* Jefferson purchase of Louisiana—faenoe thy cam*. The father of A. H. Stephens-moved from the north east distriot of North- Killingworth sixty-tw-i y, are ago this coming summer, and settled in Georgia. Probably the President and Vico President of the Rebel Confederacy were born after their parents 18ft CdlfiOfitidUt. Tloy hitve numerous cousins now living in tbe neighborhood. The old gentleman from whom I got my information—by name of Stephens, eighty years old—was cousin to- Vice President Stephens’ father, and his first wife was cousin to President Davis’ father. His children, of course, fife tecobd OOUSlbfi to loth the rebdl Presidents, □e traces tho genealogy of these men back several generations. He says Jeff Davij was tho son of James Davis, who was the son of James Davis—all of whom he can remember. A, H. Stephens was tbe son of Israel Stephens, and grandson of Agjpg Stephens—ail iiving since his memory. No wonder, with such a Yankee element at their head, the de luded Southerners fight pretty well. Letter from Mound City* [Correspondence of Tbe Press.] Mound Citv, Illinois, Feb. 27, 1862. This town, whioh is located a few miles above the confluence of the Ohio and MMseippl gt (jgjfQ, if again attracting the notice- of Western capitalists* and is regarded a? & place of much future import ance. It is but a few years since it was started M a town or city project, and -it now contains a popu lation of. somo twenty-five hundred inhabitant!. Among its improvements nr* the largest marine ways and boat-yard, wcßt of the mountains/ and-th* largest iron foundry and machine shop in Illinois. The Union Block, embracing twelve spacious brlok stores, twenty-two and a half feet front each, by one hundred in depth, and a total river front of two hundred and seventy feet, has been converted into & Government hospital. Openings have been B?»de- in the partition ws!!s upyft f»sb floor, and 1 email track has been laid, upon which small hand, cars-are used to romove the sick and wounded. The establishment is the largest and most oompiete in the United States. It contains now about one thousand sick and wounded, who aro under the ear* and attention of the Sisters of Charlly. All branchos of business have flourished here for'the past few months. In fact, this young city is one of the busiest and.most attractive towns in the West. I understand, too, that arrangements have been made with a partj in Now York or your city for an early completion of the Vincennes and hSound City Railroad, and you should not be sur prised to gng tfe? pJboo with a population of ton tkou&hd Within the next five years. The Mobile and Ohio Railroad will 'soon- be extended- on. the opposite side of the river to this point, and thus bring here the entire through-passenger buainesAof th» Illinois Central roadi The soldiers here or* noxious to extend their trip to New- Orleans, where) we have reason to believe, a strong Union sen timent prevails, and that a numerous party will greet the old flag with, three times three. M-. JFpr The Frew.] Life and Time. [FROM THX FBBNCU OF « LAMARTINE.”] I have arid in my. heart, of this life what to make T Shall 1 foUow.wliere journey'd the masses of yopp. Like a lambkin that skips as the dam skips before. And Ibua copy of mortals each mortal mistake? One seeks over oceans hop'd treasures in chase, And the waves swallow up, his adventurous sail,; Whilst tJot.other,, of glory—df genius prevail— Will, intoxicate, die in bar crnol umonico. With the passions croating tho iutricato snare, That one founds a tlronc, and ascends but to fall; Of far sweeter voices this hist* to tho call, And dctiphoM his lata Iu ths eyua of the ftir. Theldlor sloops on tuniri hunger'd abode, ThOtHusbandmaa cultures Ids fields as he may, The Learned stiHppndor, the Sold ierA-still slay. Whilst the Beggar.reclines at tUeslile of tho rood. Meanwhile, wliUhor.go they 7, tlioy go as tho leaf Which the fury, of winter drives rudely away; Thus go, failing.out, generations torday, Sown by Tin#, and now gathered, in momenta so. brief. They YratW nßhtiiaci but bin tumihas notmiaa’dl Like a rivny.that sw&UoWAtltd Bands, as It flows, I have 3een him devour these shadowy foes t They ara barn—?they are dead—did they ever exist ! As for aoft,.l>will trumpet tho name I adore, ’My-tho din of the city, in vale far awajr, At tlit sat cl tlio sun, at tho dawn of the day, Whether toartl on tho ocean, or firm on the Rhoro I earthlings have said to tne, Who, then, is God 1 The Oub whose great spirit pervadeth aH space! Whoso step all Its measuro cau instantly truon! And who lent to the sun ail his blaxo, with a nod 1 The One, who, from Chaos, made Worlds at a birth, And the Universe pois’d in tho void at his feel; Who enclosed all the oceans in boundaries moet, And launch’d, with a stance, all the light of the earth! The One who regards not to-morrow, to-day; The One who, since time, reproduces his pow’r; Who sees In the future as well as tide hour, And calls back tbe Ages liis baud flung away \ It Is lie, ’tlfl the Lord '—lot my accents Imply The numberless names of his glory and might; As the harps at his altars to worship iuvlte, Will I ebaunt to his praise ’till he bid that T die t W. J. w. tiREAT Product of Iron. —Blast furnace No. 3, of the Laokawanna Iron and Coal Company, at Scranton, Pa., made during tho Inst four week* the largest amount of iron ever produoed in that length of time hy a single furnace in the United States, and probably in tbe world«rtha yield of tha last week amounting to tho unprMtolod nrwiMt of 3,0 j tons.
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