THE PKESS.
PUBLIBHID BAHT, (BDNDATB KICK?TED,)
BY JOHN W. FORNEY,
OFFICE No. 417 CHESTNUT STREET.
VUE DAILY PRESS,
CtraLT* Cssts fm Wra, parable to the Oarrior.
Hailed to subscribers oat of the City at Six 3011ar9
P*a ArrauM, Foo» Dollars *om Eioht Mosths,
Tbki* PML4RR ron Six in kU
vanoe for the time ordered.
THE TRI-WEEKLY PRESS,
Hailed to Subscribers out of the City at Threb Dol
taAßS Pie Ahntjm, in advance.
COMMISSION HOUSES.
coffin, & CO.,
820 CHESTNUT STREET,
Agents for the following makes of goods
PRINTS.
DDNNKLL UFO. CO. .... GEXXNK MFO. 00.
LAWNS.
DUNNELL MFG. CO.
BLEACHED COTTONS.
CiOttsdale, Forentdale, Auburn, Slateraville, Centred ale*
Jamestown* Blackstone, Hope, Bed Bank. Dorchester*
Newbury port, Naumeag, Zouave* Burton, Greene
rMfg. Co.’s A. A., B. A., O. A.* and other styles.
BROWN COTTONS.
Burnside, Trent, Groton, Ashland, Chestnut, Glenvillo,
Mechanics* and Farmers’.
COBSBT JEANS. —Glasgow, Manchester.
AND STRIPES. —Grafton* Jewett City,
•Madison, Statersville* Agawam, Keystone, Choctaw.
CANTON FLANNELS.—SlateraviUo, Agawam.
SILESIAS.—Smith’s, Social Co., Lonsdale Co.
WOOLENS.
ABMY BLUE CLOTHS, KEBSEYS, and FLAN
NELS.
BBOAD CLOTHS.—Plunketts’, GlenhamCJo., Ac.
CASSIMEBES.—Gay A Son, Saxton’s Bivor, Ac.
SATINET S.—Baas River, ■‘Convorsville. Lower Val
ley* Hope* Staffordville, Converse and Hydo, Convoxse
3Jros. A Co., Shaw Mfg. Co.
KENTUCKY JEANS.—Bodman, Mystic. Gold Medal.
BOMET FLANNELS.—WTLLIAMS’3 Angolu* Sax
-dBy T Merifto, and aths* stj-Ua!
LONSDALE Nankeens and Colored Cambrics
PLAJD liTNSKYS, COTTONADE3, ftc. [fe26-3m
SHIPLEY, HAZARD, &
' HUTCHINSON,
Mo. 118 CHESTNUT STREET,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
you 9H9 9-ALfi OP
PHILADELPHIA-MADE
GOODS.
se2&-6m
ILLUMINATING OILS.
jQIL! OIL!! OIL!!!
<HULBURT & BRODHEAD,
NO. 240 ABCH STREET,
Having opened a General Depot for the Sale of Extra
Refined «nd Lubricating COAL OILS, would call the
.-jjjcctol- attention of dealers and consumers to their
refined ILLUMINATING OIL, as it possesses merit
beyond anything heretofore offered in this market* being
' entirely free from that gluey substance and bad odor
which characterize that commonly sold in this market,
produces co smoke, and ia free from all explosive
properties,
Iff Orders from City or Country promptly at*
tended to.
« T UCIFER” OIL WORKS.
XJ 100 Bins. ll Lucifer” Burning Oil on hand.
W T e guarantee this oil to be non-explosive, to burn all
the oil in the lamp with a steady, brilLiaut flame, with >ut
crusting the wick, and but slowly. BbU. lined with
glass enamel. WEIGHT, SMITH, & P tcARSALL.
fe2l-tf Office 515 MARKET Street.
fIARBON AND COAL 01L5.—50,000
V-/ GALLONS now in store or d-livered In Pittiburg.
for sale by WILLIAM M. WILSON,
ST* Special contracts made with shippers for Oils deli
vered at the wells or at any Atlantic port, in i: glast
lined’* barrels. fei'J-tf
CABINET FURNITURE.
t /CABINET FURNITUBE AND BIL
\J LIABP TABLES.
MOORE & CAMPION,
No. 261 South SECOND Street,
1s connection with their extensive Cabinet Business are
sow manufacturing a superior article of
BILLIARD TABLES,.
Aod have now on bßnd a full supply, finished with the
MOOBE A CAMPION’S IMPROVED CUSHIONS,
which are pronounced, by all who have used them, to be
euperior to all others.
For the quality and finish of these tables the manu
facturer* refer to their nranorons juUrAns thPAHghAnt
• the Union, who are familiar with the character of their
work. fe*26-6m
CLOAKS AND MANTILLAS.
pLOAKS—
Handsome styles of well-made, serviceable gar
ment*. The beet mode, tbe best fitting, and the host
material! fd? the price. A large stock from which to
•elect. COOPEB A OONaBD,
del* 8. E. cor. NIMT» and MARKET.
CL O A K 8 !
The Largest, Cheapest, and Beet-assorted Stock
to the oHr.
HOUGH ft 00.,
Ho. 25 South TENTH Street,
Opposite Franklin market*
DRUGS AND CHEMICALS.
ROBERT SHOEMAKER
& CO.,
Northeast Corcer FOUBTH and BACK Streets,
PHILADELPHIA,
WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS,
IMPOSTERS AND DEALERS
in
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
WINDOW AND PLATE GLASS.
IrARtrFACTttRBRS OP
-WHITE LEAD AND ZINC PAINTS, PUTTS', to.
AOZSIS FOR ,H> OELEBRATED
FRENCH ZINC PAINTS.
Dealers Bad consumers snppliod at
VERY LOW PRICES FOR CASH.
fel2-2m
LEAI
Bed Leads
White Lead}
Litharge*
Sugar of Lead,
Copperas,
Oil or Vitriol,
Calomel,
- Patent Tallow,
Chrome Bed,
<7hrom© Tenowj
Anna Fortis,
Muriatic Acid,
Xpaom Salts,
Bochelie Salts,
Tartaric Acid,
Orange Mineral,
Soluble Tart.
Bub. Garb. Soda,
White Vitriol,
Bed Precipitate,
WETHBBI
Druggists and Mai
Nos. 47 and 49
Jaipur
LOOKING GLASSES.
JAMES S. EARLE & SON,
MANUFACTURERS AND IMPORTERS
OF
LOOKING GLASSES.
OIL PAINTINGS,
TINE ENGRAVINGS,
PICTURE AND PORTBAIT FRAMES,
PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES,
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS,
oarte-de-yisitE PORTRAITS,
EARLE’S GALLERIES.
818 CHESTNUT STREET,
j„l6 PCDCLAPELPHIA.
rfXS DR. FINE, PRACTICAL DEN.
WnnSTMT for IB yearn, No. 218 VINE Street, abore
Second, inserts the moat beantifni Teeth of the age,
mounted on fine Gold, Piatina, Silyer, Vulcanite, Co-
Felite, Amber, Ac., at prices more reasonable tor neat
■rad substantial vrurk than any Dentist in Ibis city,
Teeth Plugged to last for Hie*' No pain in extracting
Teeth, Artificial Teeth repaired to suit. No pay until
satisfied aO is right. Reference, beet families. fe22-3m
'CHES.—Our facilities for
tba BEST WaTGHKS manufactured
-*t end we eye wiling them nt vnry mods.
Use watches repaired by finished work*
'nted to giro entire satisfaction.
ABR & BBOTHB&t Importers,
IHEBTMXTT Street, below FOUBTH.
AMES BETTS’ CELEBRA-
FOB &ABIBB, ud tU
under eminent medical patronage. La
:tans are respectfully requested to call only
* her residence, 1039 WALNUT Street,
avoid counterfeit*.) Thirty thousand
?n advised by theirphyriclana to use her
>*e only are genuine tewing tte United
labels on the box* and signatures, and
>rters. with testimonial* ooiS-tnthstf
FRESH ROLL BUTTER
at the NEW STORE. No. 502 North
;. mh4-tf
AMILY FLOUR, RUCK
ir, Bye Floor, and Corn Me&t, al «*ara on
iOTTWALb', No, 812 SPRING GA.B
mh4-tf
208 MARKET Street.
>, DRY AND IN
White Precipitate,
Lunar Osustig,
Narcotiiitt,
Sniph. Morphine,
Morphine,
Acetate Morphine,
liac. Sniph.,
Zther Snlphorfo,
Itfaer Citric,
Sulphate Quinine,
Oorro. Snblim.,
Denarcotized Opium,
Ohio ride of Soda,
WetherilTs ext. Oincha.
Tartar Emetic,
Chloride of Lime.
Crude Borax,
Refined Borax,
Camphor,
Resin Co pa via.
LL A BROTHER,
mfactnring Chemists,
North SECOND Street,
PHILADELPHIA.
VOL S.-NO. 186.
CARPETS AND OIL CLOTHS
QT.TVNT ECHO MILLS,
GERMANTOWN, PA.
McOALLUM & Co.,
MANUFACTURERS, IMPORTERS, AND REARERS
$O9 CHESTNUT STREET.
(Opposite Indopendence^Ha 1 .],) ■/*
CARPETINGS,
OIL CLOTHS, &c.
We l\a\o now on hand an extensive stockof Oaruetinaa,
of our ovn and other makes, to which we call the atten
tion of cash and short-tin.o buyers. mh7-3m
■pOURTH- STREET
CARPET STORE,
No. 4T ABOVE CHESTNUT, No. 4T.
J. T. DELACROIX
Invites attention to bis Spring importation of
CARPETINGS,
Comprising every style, of the Newest Pftttorne and
Designs, in VELVET, BRUSSELS, TAPESTRY BRUS
SELS, IMPERIAL TfiBKE-PLY, and INGRAIN
C VfiNETUN^and DAMASK STAIR CARPETINGS.
Ci. SCOTCH BAG and LIST CARPETINGS.
FLOOR OIL CLOTUS, in every width.
COCOA and CAN *. ON MATTINGS.
DOOR-MATS, RUGS, SHEEP SKINS,
PRCG.GUfS, ami GKUMG CLOTHS.
AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL,
LOW FOR CASH.
J. T. DELACROIX,
mhs-4m 47 South FOURTH Street.
CARPETINGS.
J. F. & E. B. ORNE,
NO. 519 CHESTNUT STREET,
(OPPOSITE STATE HOUSE,)
Have received, per Bteamer Edinburgh, and other
late arriYale, their
SPRING IMPORTATION OF
NEW CARPETINGS:
CEOSSLEPS
YARD-AND-A-TIALF-WIDE VELVETS,
9-4 MEDALLION DO.,
ENGLISH BRUSSELS,
EXTRA-QUALITY tapestry,
BRUSSELS CARPETS, WITH BORDERS,
(of new (Jl‘slj’ii9, for Hulls and Staled).
INGRAIN AND THREE-PLY CARPETINGS, of
oxtra Quality.
ALSO,
500 PS. J. CROSSLEY & SON’S
XAPEgtBT BRUSSELS CARPETS,
FROM 874 TO ®1 PB. YD.,
“ Together with a complete asEortmout of
OIL CLOTHS,
STAIR AND FLOOR DRUGGETS,
hugs, mats, Ad.,
All of new, choice selections, and
AT MODERATE PRICES.
J. F. & E. B. ORNE,
mli3.tf OPPOSITE STATE HOUSE.
HATS AND CAPS.
IQ££) SPRING STOCK IG£O
JLOO/V. complete. AOU/w,
C. H. GARDEN & Co.,
Manufacturers of and Wholesale Dealers in
HATS, CAPS, AND FURS;
STRAW GOODS.
FANCY BILK AND STRAW BONNE TS,
Artificial Flowers, Ruches, Feathers, Sc.,
No. 600 and 602 MARKET Street, 8. W. corner of
SIXTH Street
*7-A largo and complete stock. The best terms and
the lowest, prices. Cash and prompt “ timt buyers ” are
particuariy invited to examine our stock. mhl-2m
FINANCIAL.
e j AAA TO $1,500 WANTED ON
tJ/IjiS/Vv Mortgage, amply secured on valuable
property. J. H. SI DO ALL & SON. Conveyancers,
mhlo-2t* S. tv. corner of fOUIITH at d N Sta.
VERY DESIRABLE
$O 3 V VI/. LOTS In FBANKFORD, clear of aU
encumbrance, and Cash, will be given for Ground Bents,
Mortgages, or improved city property. Apply to
J, H, WATERS,
110 South FOURTH Stroet.
Q J AAA AND $>3,000. —This amount
tip LVVV to LOAN on Mortgage or Ground Rent.
Apply to B. PETTIT,
No, 309 WALNUT Street
fIJ.Q OAA —A FIRST-CLASS IM
VU.OU". proved GROUND RENT of this amount
for sale, at a liberal discount Apply to
B. PETTIT,
Jal No. 300 WALNUT Street.
PROPOSALS.
Abmi supplies.
Office of the Commsssabt of Subsistence, )
No. 1139 GIBABD St., Phila., March 8, 1862. J
PROPOSALS will bo received at this Office until 12
o’clock M., March 12, 1862, for furnishing, tor the use
of the United States army, at such times and in such
Quantities as may be required during the mouth of
March, tbe following subsistence stores, viz:
200 Barrels Mess Beef.
1,000 Barrela Extra Superfine Flour*
400 Bushels new W hite Beans, in flour barrels.
20,000 Pounds Prime Rice, in barrels.
80.000 Poui ds Prime Rio Coffee, in barrels.
45,000 Pounds Light Yellow sugar, in barrels.
1,500 Pounds Adamantine Candles, full weight, twelves.
6,000 .Pounds good, hard Soap
150 Bushels good, floe, clean, dry sftli.
800 Gallons Syrup or Molasses.
AH articles to be of the best Quality, securely packed,
and in perfect order for transportation
Bids will include packages and delivery in the city.
Seller’s name and date of purchase required on each
package.
Certificates of inspection of meat and flour will be re
quired.
Bids from known dealers or manufacturers only will be
considered, and each bid must be accompanied by the
written guarantee of responsible persons for the faithful
performance of the contract.
Proposals to i>c endorsed) “ Proposals for Subsistence
Btorcrt,” and directed to
mhS-tmhlS Captain F. N. BUCK,
Commissary of Subsistence U. S. Volunteers.
LEGAL.
JN THE ORPHANS’ COURT FOR
A THE CITY AND COUNTY OP PHILADELPHIA.
Estate of ANN BRYNAN, deceased.
The auditor appointed by the Court to audit, settle,
and adjust the account of MARY 31. BRYNaN. de
ceased, whoVaq administratrix of said decedent* (as filed
by John Brynan, her administrator,) and to report dis
tribution of the Valance, will meet the parties interested
on MONDAY, tbo 17th day of March, 1862, at 4 o’clock
P. M„, at his office, No. 213 South tIXTH Street, Phi
ladelphia.
mb4-tuthsst LEWIS <3. CASSIDY, Auditor.
TN THE ORPHANS’ COURT FOR
X THE CITY AND COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA.
APPLE, Sr., deceased.
Estate of HENRY
Notice is hereby given that the widow of said decedent
has filed in said court her petition and appraisement,
claiming to retain personal property in the Appraiser
meat mentioned to the value of three hundred dollars,
under the act of Assembly of April 14,1851, and supple
ments thereto, and that the same will be presented for
the approval of said court on Friday, March 21st, 1862,
unless exceptions are filed thereto.
JOHN L. SHOEMAKER,
mh 4-tutMt# Attorney for tbe Petitioner.
rsT THE ORPHANS* COURT FOR
THE CITY AND COUNTY OF PHILADEL
PHIA.
Estate of CATHARINE YOHE, deceased.
The Auditor appointed by the Court to audit, settle,
and adjust tbe acconnt of ABRaHAML RIX, Trustee
under the will ot the said decedent, and to report
button of the balance, -wili meet the parties interested,
for thojpurposcs of Jus appointment, on TUESDAY,
March IS, 1862, at 4 P. M., at his office, No. 219 South
SIXTH Street, Philadelphia.
LEWIS C. CASSIDY,
mh6*thatust# Auditor,
GROCERIES.
TITACKEREL, HERRING, SHAD,
f’J- BAI.MON, *O.-3.000 bbls, M«» JfOB, 1, 3, Slid
8 MACKEREL, large, medium, and small, in assortod
packages of choice, late-caught fat fish.
0,000 bbla. New Halifax, Eastport, and Labrador Her
rings, of choice qualities.
6,000 boxes extra new sealed Herrings.
3,000 boxes extra new No. 1 Herrings.
4,000 boxes large Magdaline Herrings.
250 bbls. Mackinac White Fish.
60 bbls. new Economy Mess Shad.
25 bbls. new Halifax Salmon.
1,000 quintals Grand Bank Codfish.
500 boxes Herkimer County Cheese.
In store and landing, for sale by
MUBPHY A KOONS,
nos No. 146 North WHARVES.
LOW, SON, & BENJBOW’S SOAPS
AND PERFUMERY.
Mr. G. ii, BENItO W, of the above firm, bo long known
to the American trade, ii forms his friends and patrons
that, the partnership having expired with Mr. Low. he
has taken into partnershlo Ins son, HENRY B ENDOW,
who haa bean matii 1 tears connected wish the late firm.
G. It. Benbow having purchased the chare of the busi
ness belonging to Rjbert Low, Sr , who was the original
proprietor of LOW’S JiROWN WINDSOR SOAP, Ac.,
BENBOW & SON will continue the manufacture of that
superior article, having had tbe sole management for
several years. Also, of HONE Y, GLYCERINK» FANCY
80AP8* POMADES, PERFUME*. BRLNItEg, Ac, the
quality of which they guarantee oquul to any imported
into the American market.
Buyers visiting England the present year are requested
to examine our goods and prices without incurring the
obligation to purchase. BENBOW Sc SON,
mS’lm 12 LITTLE BRITAIN, London.
TpOR CHEAP BUTTER, CHEESE,
JD Eggs, Poultry, Ac., go to the NEW STORE, No.
502 North SECOND Street. mbi-tf
Fresh pound butter always
on hand at tbe CHEAP STORE, No. 502 North
SECOND Street. tnli4-tf
PRUNES. — French Prunes, in kegs
and boxes, in atom and for sale by
RHODES A WILLIAMS,
107 South WATER Street.
SHEEP AND GOAT SKINS—A
email invoice of Sheep and Goat Skins for sale by
JAURKTCtIE & LAVKRGNE,
fe2l 202 and 204 South FRONT Street.
f ms.
TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1862,
Viml Statistics of Philadelphia.
No public department, in this city is bettor
conducted, or more important as regards effi
ciency and economy, than the Board of Health.
Its Annual llcpOrt lor 18CI is before ns, and
.supplies a great deal .of valuable and interest
ing information respecting the vital statistics
of this great city. It is signed by Dr. Paul
13. Goddard, President, of the Hoard.
There were more deaths, by 2,900, in
1801, (bail in 1800, partly owing to the preva
lence of epidemics of small-pox, scarlet lever,
and diptlieria. Typhoid fever prevailed to
some extent, “ but a large proportion of these
cases were bodies of soldiers dyisg in camp,
and brought home for interment.” The total
number of deaths reported by the Health De
partment in 1801, was 14,-108, from which de
duct still-born (80, leaving 13,838 deaths in
the past year. Of these, the return is: male
adults, 2,782 ; female adults, 2,009; male chil
dren, 4,800; female children, 4,217 —total,
M/108. Deduct still-horn males, 301; still
born females, 200—net total of deaths in Phi
ladelphia in last year, 13,838. The greatest
mortality was in July and August, and the
least was in October. Contrary to prevalent
belief, the “ fall” months were the healthiest.
Intra-mural burials are rapidly decreasing,
and; indeed, ought to bo wholly discontinued.
K The time has come, in the opinion of the
Board, to put a stop to all interments in the
thickly populated parts of the city, and the
attention of Councils is earnestly requested in
the matter.”
In the past year 002 vessels have been
visited by the Lazaretto and the Port physi
cians, who also examined 1,50-3 persons On
hoard of the same. The Board point out the
propriety of having the executive officers of
the Lazaretto Station appointed and controlled
by (lie power required to provide for their
compensation.
Appended to the General Report is a report
from Dr. John Bell, who was in charge of the
Temporary Small-pox Hospital, which gives
the deaths from small-pox in Philadelphia
from 1840 to 1801. The lowest number was
2, in 1859, and by far the highest number was
758, in 1801. The next highest mortalities
were 427, in 1852, and 390 in 1850. The
number dropped down to 05 in 1807,7 in 1858,
2iD 1859. In the year 1800, there were only
57 deaths from small-pox, while, in 1801, the
number was 758. The Board strongly urge
the City Councils to pass an Ordinance for
providing for the erection and management of
a permanent and commodious hospital for the
care and treatment of* contagious diseases.
Tim number of nuisances, public and pri
vate, in this city, is considerably larger than
in 1800, and this is caused, the Report says,
“ by the shameful neglect of parties whose
duty it is to clean the public highways.”
There was a time, not remote, when Philadel
phia had obtained, and well-merited, the repu
tation of being one of the cleanest (and al
most, consequently, the healthiest) cities in the
American continent. It no longer retains
that reputation, and, indeed, during the months
of December, January, and February, was al
most as filthy and ill-conditioned as that city of
slush, New York. In a few instances, (“ one
or two eases/') the- Board of Health assumed
the responsibility, legally vested in it, of
performing the neglected duty of the Depart
ment of Highways. TTe learn that “certain
contractors, after having received due and
timely notice, failed to clean certain streets, of
which bitter complaints had been made. The
Board then employed other parties to perform
the labor, and notified the Highway Department
and the City Controller to demand payment
from the derelict contractors, and the ever
vigilant and discreet Controller promptly re
fused to countersign the warrant lor the pay
ment of said contractors, until they had repaid
to the Board the expenses incurred in conse
quence of-their default.”
It is to be regretted that the Board limited its
action to one or two such cases. Through the
greater portion of January and February, the
footwalk opposite the State Honse was never
once touched with a broom, and for weeks
the twelve trees in the centre of that path con
tinued with heaps of snow around their bases.
Yet the Mayor ot the city must have witnessed
this nuisance every time that he entered or
quitted his office. When the highest mu
nicipal officer thus tacitly permitted the conti
nuance of a nuisance, directly under his own
eyes, no wonder that the duty of the Depart
ment of Highways was neglected.
The Board report favorably of the working
of the newly-established Registration of births,
deaths, and marriages. The system, as car
ried out under the surveillance of the Board,
is accurate and simple to a degree. We have
personally examined the bouks, on various oc
casions, and have been struck with the neat
ness with which they are kept, and the readi
ness with which they may be referred to for
information.
The Board report an increase of 3,938 cases
of vaccination by the Vaccine Physicians over
the former year, hut regret that “an alarming
indifference to the necessity of early vaccina-*
tion of children still manifests itself among all
classes of society. Notwithstanding so favora
ble opportunities are offered, ' without money
or price,’ to the poor population, there are
hundreds of children in our city still unpro
tected from small-pox. The proportion of six
hundred and fifteen deaths of children, in a
mortality list of seven hundred and fifty-eight,
by smallpox, is corroborative of this asser
tion, and the necessity of a compulsory law for
vaccination is apparent. Such a law, it is
learned, is now before the Legislature of an
adjoining State, and we would recommend the
passage of a similar law for this State, or at
least for the city of Philadelphia.”
The paltry salar.v of $OO a-year to each vac
cine physician is reprobated as a meagre re
muneration, while, at the rate of 2-3 cents for
each case successfully vaccinated, the collec
tor, who merely ascertains the names and resi
dences of parties wishing to he vaccinated,
sometimes receives from $4OO to $5OO a year.
The proposition to allow 25 cents to the phy
sician for each case successfully vaccinated,
and 10 cents to the collector, is here repeated
and urged.
The deterioration of the Schuylkill water,
from the decrease of the limestone and increase
of sulphate of iron (copperas) from the coal
mines, is here noticed, as “ evinced by the ac
tion on the valves and pumps, which are now
becoming rapidly honcy-combed by the action
of this corrosive ingredient. Some action
should be at once initiated to remedy this evil,
or the Schuylkill water will become useless, as
it is above Beading, where no fish C#n live.
Another great trouble is the infusion of refuse
dyes, and offals of all kinds, from the various
factories on the eastern bank of the river.”
Bad drainage, from the Coates-street sewer;
the deterioration of the water at Germantown,
from dyestuffs and acids j and the bad condi
tion of the water from the Kensington works,
are noticed, with a recommendation to appoint
a commission to examine into all causes likely
to affect the public health, and report to the
City Councils on the sanitary evils existing in
or about Philadelphia. The filtration of the
water used in this city, as the Croton water is
filtered at New York, would be a sanitary
boon. At present, alter a heavy fall of rain,
tbe water used in this city is more or less
muddied, and unpalatable, as well as unwhole
some, unless filtered. The whole quantity
used can be filtered, for it is done elsewhere.
The whole expense of the Board of Health
is reported by Mr. "Washington L. Bladen, tlicir
efficient chief clerk, at only $33,730, which is
s2,2ooless than the whole funds appropri
ated for this purpose. No where, we venture
to say, is so much work done, and properly
done, for such a small expenditure. This in
cludes $8,440 for removal of nuisances, $3,330
for vaecination, and $7,581 for salaries and
expenses at the City Hospital. The salaries
at the Health Office itself are only $7,000, and
the expenses $9lO. The whole expenditure
exceeds that of 1800 by $7,818, an increase
PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, MARCH 11. 1862.
that “ has been mainly caused by the expenses
incident to the treatment of an unusual num
ber of small-pox patients at the City Hospital;
the pay for vaccination, and tho removal of
nuisances from public and private property.”
The receipts in 1861 are less by $2,102 than
in 1860.
The health officer, Mr. William Read, sup
plies, in an appendix, abstracts of the registers
of births, marriages, and deaths, and reports
that, with very few exceptions, the provisions
of tho law making tho registration compulsory
had been compiled with. This system of re
gistration ought to be enforced upon every
city, town, village, and district of Pennsyl
vania—indeed, in every State in tho Union.
The office at Philadelphia might he organized
as tho bureau of vital and other statistics for
the State, directing the action, receiving the
reports, and chronicling as well as classifying
and arranging the information received from
the provincial boards. It seems to us, also,
that the machinery of such hoards might bo
advantageously and inexpensively employed
foT taking the Census, in each State, and we
should not then see, as in 1860, New York
credited with from 100,000 to 150,000 more
inhabitants than it ever possessed, while,
through culpable carelessness, Philadelphia
was set down as having from 50,000 to 80,000
fewer inhabitants than its actual population.
In the fulness of time, no doubt, there will he
a general statistical and Health bureau in every
State. Here, our Board of Health is an ad
mirable commencement, for which the puDlie
have to thank the earnest and indefatigable
gentlemen who have given their timo and
talent towards its excellent organization.
The Progress ot the War.
[For The Press.]
Mn. Editor .»* I vt\s\ da* would write a
good article on the progress of the war. Such a
one would do much to open the eyeß of the people;
who, thinhiog that there is nothing in war but what
is recorded in the pages of history, look upon our
oper&ilftßS As sloiy, of little effect, and blame the
Government and the directing generals and com
manders.
History of war Bpeaks only of battles; the un
thinking world therefore looks upon war aOQßjfwt
ing only in battles, and we, who live in warlike
times, are disappointed unless a battle a week and
a skiriui?h every day is reported in the telegraphic
despatches. But 1 know how much of war is pre
paration-raising, equipping, collecting, and drilling
armies. The battles are the great trials which, in
default of skilful strategy and cool wisdom, decide
the fate of campaigns, remedy our faults, or punish
them. But, if tbe solid results are obtained by
marches, by movements by sea or land, thoy are
a crown of glory to their conductors, more honor
able and less bleody than the most valiant deeds in
a field, where want of skill has pitched two equal
forces to w ear out their lives in bloody—because
equal—atrife.
Was not Frederick a soldier ? He fought against
great odds, with 120,000 men to oppose 300,000, and
yet, iH fourteen campaigns, fourteeen years of war,
he fought only fourteen pitched battles—& battle a
year. Marlborough, too; no one will deny his sol
diership—a great leader, a most successful one—
brilliant as he was in battle, he never lost one; yet
his historian says he was not partial, though so
successful, to brilliant passages at arms, and none
ever more boldly, more wisely, more desperately
directed them; but, unless forced by necessity or
tempted by great opportunity, he fought no fights.
In ten campaigns—ten years of warfare —he fought
only five pitched battles, and won them all.
Wellington, too, a great commander, in seven
campaigns fought only fifteen battles, all of which
be won, and he fought so many because he was in
ferior in numbers, and was opposed to the enter
prise of soldiers reared in tbe school of Napoleon.
Napoleon fought innumerable battles during tho
fifteen campaigns conducted by him in person. He
is an exception to the rule of modern warfare, but
he came to the command at the end of the revolu
tion in France, and found an innumerable army in
the field, trained by tho rerersos of the Revolution,
and consisting thus of veteran soldiers, not of
raw recruits. He had always, throughout his won
derful career, a large portion of every battalion
made up of men inured to war, whose steady,
trained, and disciplined valor encouraged and di
rected the raw recruits which fsom time to time
replaced the dead and disabled.
Well, now, during the past year we have created
our armies out of nothing; armed, collected, trained
them; and we have fought two pitched battles which
we lost—Bull Run and Wilson’s Creek, Missouri;
two or three skirmishes we have loßt also—Bethel,
BalFs Bluff. Belmont was doubtful —a battle won
from a second battle on the same ground, against
fresh troops which the enemy had thrown across the
river—we retired to our boats. Since our foroes
have been brought into being the bombardment of
Fort Pickens, tbe taking of H&tteras, of Port Royal,
of Roanoke, the skirmish of Somerset, of DrancS
ville, the b&Hld Cf Bodneville, of Mill Spring, of
Fort Henry, of Fort Docelson, of Rich Mountain,
of Carricksford, of Carnifex, of Gauley, of Lexing
ton, of Springfield, and a dozen serious oombats in
Missouri, are written, and when history records
tbe events of the great rebellion, these names, which
will all illustrate the half-dozen pages which can
be given to the events of the year, will make a
brilliant rcoord of the first oampaign. A winter
campaign has seldom afforded such results. Marl
borough’s campaigns were carried on for ten years
in Flanders. Holland and Belgium together cover
only 24.000 square miles. Five thousand square
miles of territory did cot change rulers as the result
of his ten nnmpaigns and five pitched battles. Fre
derick’s kingdom of Prussia, the scene of fourteen
campaigns, defended by fourteen pitched battles, is
only 108,000 square miles. 220.000 square miles is
the extent only of the whole of Spain and Portugal,
in a part only of which Wellington manoeuvred
against the marshals of Napoleon for seven years.
Wbat has our wiDter campaign done for us?
The Fummer secured to us Mary-
9,ooosquare
Western Virginia..,..., «•«.».15,000 (C
Tbe winter has given us Ken-
tacky 37,600 “
Half of Tennessee, (soon to be
the whole) 22,500 “
Missouri, of which we held at
one time only St. Louis, Fort
Leavenworth, and a camp or
two 67,380 “
One-tenth, perhaps, of North
Carolina is now ours 4,000 “
Here, then, is a result for a winter campaign;
the first campaign, after the creation of the army.
Battles enough to illustrate the page of its history,
and a territory of 150,000 square miles redeemed
from an enemy who had at least au equal hold
with ourselves on every Inch of It, and entire pos
session of a great part.
This territory is inhabited by 3,000,000 of people.
Is this nothing ?
Lonis Napoleon and Austria spent a season in
preparation, set their hests in array, 300,000 strong
on each side-, fought two pitched battles—Magenta
and Solferino—and some 8,000 square miles of
Northern Italy changed hands. In two years of the
Crimean war, 400,000 men took half of one town.
I don’t think we have done badly; and the re
mainder, I think, will follow ih due time and rapid
course.
Battles are not all of war, though they are all of
war which appears in history; and doubtless the
people of Paris, in the moat brilliant, days of Napo.
Icon’s campaigns, complained of the tardy progrefa
of the war, where brilliant events, the results of
tbe months of preparation were, as in the campaign
of 1809, crowded into a few weeks, after his armies
had marched to the field of aotivo operations.
Yours, X.
"What is to be done with the Prisoners 1
[For the Press.]
Put them to work. Employ them to retribute,
in some degree, the destruction and devastation
they have been the instruments in-perpetrating,
get them to work in constructing new fortifications
in places sufficiently remote from their late fellow
conspirators to be secure from recapture or escape.
It is no objection that quarrying, waiting, or
digging are foreign to their avocations at home.
Thoy worked with a will or under constraint to de
stroy bridges, to tear up railroads, to obstruct com
mon bigbways, to burn houses, to dig ditches, to
throw up earthworks and embankments whence to
slaughter their faithful, fellow-countrymen, aad
now neither they nor any others can complalq at their
being employed in similar works of construction,
not of ruin, for the benefit of those whom they
have done so much to injure. Noroan they com
plain at being employed in labors which would
have to he done by our soldiers or oiikans, every
man of whom is the equal, at least,-of the best of
them—a voter, one of the sovereign people from
whom emanates the Government. Employing the
prisoners on public works would-'somewhat com
pensate the expense of maintaining them; it would
keep them from idleness, the mgthor of evil, and
would be better for their health. The text says:
“If he work not, neither shall he eat.” Strong
guards would be necessary at tie plaoes where the
labor is to be performed, but if not convenient to
spare them from tbe army, detachments of the
militia would suffice, surrounded by a loyal popula
tion.
Several of the works suggested by Mr. Arnold’s
committee would be proper aud safe sites for em
ployment of the prisonen. Among them, the en
largement of the Illinois and Michigan oanal, a fort
at the entrance to Laki Superior, a military road
n Lake Superior from Oreon Bay to Marquette, a
forUfloatton or the Straits of Mackinaw at the en
trance to Lake Michigan, a fortification of Toledo
Bay, Maumee Bay, Pat-in Bay, and the Presque
Lie at Erie. About two thousand men at each
these places would do much work there, and it
would be' a better mode of disposing of thorn than
by letting them, and such others as may be captured,
go loose on parole, which they nsnally violate find
rejoin the other rebels ns scon as they get outside of
the lines of our armies. The officers, of course,
would be separated from the privates. C.
The Kensington iTon-Glad Frigate.
GREAT ACTIVITY AT THE SHIP, BOILER,
AND ARMOR YARDS.
Tbe disastrous and alarming news from fortress
Monroe was everywhere canvassed on Sunday, and
the excitement was maintained until Monday noon,
when fuller and more satisfactory telegrams were
received from the seat of battle. The moss of
people at once asserted the invincibility of such
steamers as the Merrimae, and opinion seemed
unanimous that by similar iron-clad assistance only
could we insure the safety of our sea-coast garri
sons and maintain tho blockade. It was variously
said that such arined monsters could steam out to
sea, and, oue after another, run down every vessel
of the blockade; nav, they could, wherever the
depth of the water accorded it, even approach our
Ncrlhern tfiltfl, add spread havoc among the ship
ping at onr'wharves.
Straightway the topio of the hour was that of
iron-mailed ships. Old newspaper files were turned
to, and sage descriptions of tho Mystic frigate, the
Ericsson, or Monitor, propeller, the Stevens bat
tery, and others, were regarded. A number visited,
during the day, the new iron-clad frigate at the
shipyard of Messrs. Cramp & Son.
The work of constructing this vessel is progress
ing rapidly, and her builders feel confident that she
will be ready for launching by tho first of May,
an d handed over to the Government in July, ac
cording to the terms of the contract- The vessel,
when finished, will he one of the finest of the kind
in the world, and will be far superior iu many re
spects to the British frigate Warrior. The new
frigate is to he 3,500 tons burden. Her armament
has not yet been fully determined, but she will
carry at least sixteen guns, of eleven-inch bore,
and will, doubtless, have several deck pivot guns.
Notwithstanding her immense weight, she has been
so modelled as to draw but fifteen feet of water,
besides having the additional advantage of greater
steadiness in a heavy sea. She is two hundred and
thirty feet long, sixty feet beam, twenty-five feet
hold, and will have three full decks. The greatest
feature about the new frigate will bo tho exceed
ingly small quantity of water which she will be
made to draw. She will be the lightest draught of
over five hundred tons, except the Pawnee, in
onr navy. In this respect the vessel will be su
perior to the much-talked-of Warrior, the weight
of both being taken into consideration. The lftUer
draws twenty-seven feet of water, or more than
the whole depth of the Kensington frigate—twen
ty-five feet. Owing to the declivity in tho sides of
the now frigate, it will almost be a work of im
possibility for an enemy to board her. The de
clivity of the sides commences at the water’s edge.
The bulwarks are exposed 11 foot abovo water
mark, and the tops of the bulwarks are situated 10
feet from a vertical line that joins tho foot of the
bulwarks aud tbe water mark. Besides this, the
iron plates will be so constructed as to project 6 feet
beyond the stem below water, which will enable
them to act as a battering ram, by whioh Tessels
may be run down and swamped. The iron for this
purpose bag already been prepared, and is now
ready for use. Her boilers, engines, rudder, and
steering apparatus will all be below water mark and
out of barm’s reach in case of action. The deok
will also he covered with iron. The iron plates, be
low the water mark, will all bo fastened ou before
launching, while those on the sides will he put in
place afterwards. The iron plates on the sides will
be hammered smooth, and owing to the declivity,
balls will glance from tbe vessel. Behind the iron
plates the wooden bull will.be 23 inches thick, in
addition to. tho knees and waterways.
The wood used in tho construction of this vessel
is principally oak of the beßt quality, cut in Penn
sylvania and along the borders of tbe Delaware.
The wood is received in a rough state, and is out
into the proper sizes and shapes at Messrs. Cramp’s
yard. The logs are piled along Girard avenue for
several squares, where they are cut by tho work
men, and hauled to the yard, whioh is also corored
with tbe timber. At tbe present time, about 405
men, of which 100 aro laborers, and the balance
borers and ship carpenters, are employed on the
new frigate. As soon as she gets more full; under
way, this force will be greatly increased.
The iron plates for the vessel have been designed
by Messrs. I. P. Morris & Co., and are being made
by tbe Bristol Forge Company, Messrs. Bailey,
Brown, A Co., of Pittsburg, and by Merrick &
Sons, who hare received the contraot for the con
struction of the whole vessel. They are fifteen feet
long, twenty-eight and a half and thirty aud a half
inches wide, and four inches in thickness. A ham
mer, weighing two and a half tons, is employed in
their maqgfacture.
Soine of the iron plates have already been finished
and forwarded to the yard, and will soon be fast
ened on the vessel. The work of placing on the
iron casing will occupy about six weeks’ time. The
engines and boilers are all under way at Merrick’s,
and will he finished at the proper time. Tne en
gines are about 2.000 horse power. The total cost
to tbe Government for tbe construction of this ves
sel will be about 2900,000.
We present below an extract from a legal, in
The Press of a month ago, showing that we antici
pated in these columns the encounter between the
Merrimac and Monitor :
Engagement Between two Ikon-clad Snips.
—Another reflection is suggested by the adoption
of armor for ships. How is a steel-plated ship to
engage a steel-plated ship ? Their guns ean do no
execution on each other, and sailors, marines, and
everything destructible, are under cover. What
is to be done when such ships, if hostile, meet ?
Are tbe; to salute and retire in search of smaller
fry, or are they to fight ? If they fight, it would
be the combat of two Aohilleß, without even vulne
rable heels. If these ships are all that is claimed
for them, there are but two ways for them to en
fage each other—either to sheer off, and, like two
nights at tournament, charge each other, when
the probability is tbat both would go down; or else
to cl oBe and board, when victory would depend,
not upon tbe invulnerability of the ships, nor upon
the calibre of their guns; and yet that is what these
ships are built for. It follows that a stoel-clad ship
could not protect a convoy of ordinary transports
against the attack of another steel-clad ship. The
protector could do nothing but witness the destruc
tion of his convoy. It results, then, tbat a steel,
clad ship is useful only as opposed to wooden ones
or fortifications.
Important Propositions—Foreign Succor.
The Richmond Examiner of7th inst. says
We learn that there is almost a unanimous dispo
sition in Congress to extend propositions to foreign
Governments for aneeor, these ptepesltioUi to be
grants of peculiar commercial privileges, and terms
of years of free trade; but that this disposition has
been checked by motives of delicacy, as the matter
is oonsidered to be one ot treaty stipulations, and to
belong to the Executive.
It appears to be generally thought by members
that the suspension of the tariff, at present, would
lose us an important element of power in our treaty
atipulations that might, too, possibly be used as a
basis for propositions for foreign succor in the ex
isting war. We speak advisedly when we notify
our reaiers tbat propositions, for the succor of
foreign Governments are likely to bo Soon con
sidered in a secret session of Congress, so far as
those propositions can be framed to avoid anything
like himiliation, and to invoke no concessions
other than commercial favors.
Petroleum Oil.
The Scientific American says:
The petroleum oil trade has become gigantic in
Us proportions. An idea of it may be obtained
from the late annual Teport of the Philadelphia
and Erie Railroad, in which it is stated that ih
1859 it carried only 325 barrels; in 1860, 21,791,
and lait year no less than 134.927 barrels. This
railroad carries the oU to Erie, Pennsylvania, from
whence it is transmitted to the East by the New
York and Erie Railroad. The Atlantia and Great
Weatera Railroad also carries large quantities of
the oil, and in summer fiat boats come up the
creek and take down heavy oargoes to the Alle
ghany river, thenoe to Pittsburg. The product of
tbis petroleum region is estimated at 75,000 barrels
per month. On one day, two weeks ago, there
were no less than 120,000 barrels on the surfaoe of
the ground on Oil creek, as we have been assured by
one who was on the spot at the time for the very
purpose of obtaining accurate information. The
yield of these oil wells is so bountiful that the
crude petroleum can now be purchased at them for
a few cents per barrel. It is so abundant and
cheap that the pumping wells are suspended for the
present, as it will not pay to incur the expense of
using a steam engine for drawing up the oily fluid;
hence only the “ flowing wells”—those whioh throw
np their petroleum—are in operation. The greatest
expense in winter connected with the transit of the
petroleum is the hauling of it to the railroad sta
tion by teams. Tbe region is very rough and hilly,
and the roads bad, hence the expense of teaming
is necessarily high for drawing it from twenty to
thirty miles to the nearest railroad stations. No
less than three thousand teams are now employed
in the Oil-ereek region, and yet they are incapable
of taking it aw&y as fast as the wells deliver it;
therefore, vast quantities are suffered to flow late
the creek. Never before have men been supplied
with such a cheap fluid for producing artificial
light, as the refined article in large quantities of
seveial barrels is but 37i cents per gallon in New
York and only 40 cents per Bingle barrel.
Dimollaed, the infamous French murderer,
manifests the most hardened indifferenoe sinoe his
conviction. He wraps his shackles with old linen,
to prevent them coming in oontaot with his flesh,
and interrupts the exhortations of the priest with
complaints of the bad sausageß given him to eat.
Private Joseph Kviine, of the Second
Maryland Regiment, was hung at Fort McHenry,
on Friday, for the murder of Lieutenant Whitson,
at Camp Carroll, on the 10th of September.
THE REBELLION.
NAVAL FIGHT AT NEWPORT NEWS.
FURTHER PARTICULARS.
U. S. GUNBOAT OREGON BLOWN I I*.
Heavy Loss of Life on the
Cumberland.
CONFLICT OF IRON-CLAD VESSELS.
THE MERRIMAC DISABLED.
A Rebel Gunboat Cut in Two.
LATEST FROM THE SOUTH.
Reported Evacuation of Manassas.
CAPTURE OF TWO REBEL VESSELS
BY COMMODORE DUPONT.
PANIC AT MEMPHIS, TENN.
A Battle at New Madrid, Mo.
&c., &c., &c.
Fortress Mobrob, Mnrob B—The long.ei.
pected rebel steamer Merrimae has at last made
her appearance, and yesterday afternoon, with the
assistance of two gunboats, whioh came out with
her from Norfolk, and the Jamestown and York
iowu, which came down from tbe James river,
made an attack upon Newport Newa and the naval
vessels stationed at that place.
The Merrimae wag first seen from the rampaTts
of Fortress Monroe, on her way to Newport News,
at about a quarter before one o'clock. Two rebel
gunboats followed her. They all carried the Con
federate fiag at the stern. The gunboats had a
French flag at the mast-head, and the Merrimae
had a flog at her bows, which was described by
some as a cotmnedore’s flag, and by others as a
black flag.
The Roanoke flagship having been disabled by
the breaking of her shaft some time since, was
taken in tow by the tugboats Dragon and Young
Ameviem. At about the same time tbe aiarm-gun
at the Fortress was fired, and the whole garrison
turned out under arms. The Tenth New York was
briefly addressed by Colonel Benedix, and all testi
fied the greatest delight at the proapeot of an ao.
tion. After being under orders for some time, the
garrison was dismissed until they should be wanted.
The rebel boats steadily pursued their way to
Newport News, and the Merrimae soon turned
the point and was lost to view frets, the fortress,
The first shot was fired from the frigate Cumber
land at a little past 2 o’clock. The Sewell’s Point
battery then opened upon the Minnesota, which
was passing, and the Sawyer gun at the Hip Baps
replied with a few shots at Sewoli’s Point.
A thick smoke was soon seen to arise above New
port News Point, indicating that the battery there,
as well as the Cumbefland and Congress, was
engaged.
Tho details of tho action could not bs seen froth
the fort, but a telegraphic despatch was received,
announcing that the Cumberland and Merrimae
were in close quarters. As the latter approached
the Cumberland she did not pay any attention to
the Congress, bat after firing two guns, struck her
(the Cumberland) with her sharp bows, making a
jagged hole in her side at the water line, seven feet
in extent. The Cumberland immediately began to
sink, when the Merrimae backing a short distance,
ran into her a second time, asakiog another terrh
ble hole, which admitted the water at a furious
rate. She continued firing until the water began
to enter tbe port holes, and soon after she careened
over and finally sank at about 3 o’clock.
The Newport News battery and the guns of the
Cumberland fired continuously upon tho Merri
mae, bnt no apparent effect was produced. The
Minnesota unfortunately got aground on the way
up, and could offer but little assistance.
Shortly before three o’clock, the Jamestown and
Yoritoum arrived from np the James river. The
latter was disabled early in the afternoon by the
Cumberland, and put into shore for repairs. After
sinking the Cumberland, the Merrimae turned
her attention to tbe Congress, and in less than an
hour afterwards a white flag was hoisted on board
the latter.
A rebel gunboat immediately went alongside of
her, and the officers and marines being taken pri
soners, the seaffiOh were allowed to escape to shore.
The United States frigate St. Lawrence arrived
here during the afternoon, and without dropping
anchor proceeded up the river. She followed the
example of the Minnesota and the Roatipfy, in
firing upon Sewell’s Point, but her Bhot fell short
in like manner with the others.
The gunboat Mystic was also towed up in the
afternoon. At sundown the Roanoke, St. Law
rence, and Mystic, all returned. After 4 o'clock
the Merrimae continued to throw shell into the
camp at Newport News, while the Jamestown,
and other rebel gunboats, commenced firing upon
the Minnesota. The latter replied as vigorously
as possible, and the conflict was eontinned without
any apparent effect until dark.
During the evening the frigate Congress was set
on fire, and presented a brilliant spectacle. At
midnight she was blown up, causing a tremendous
explosion.
During the evening the Ericsson steamer Moni
tor arrived very opportunely, andatonceproceeded
up the river, although she was not propared for ac
tion, to take her part.
During the flight only an occasional gun was
fired.
Reinforcements of men and ammunition were
sent to Newport News early in the afternoon. But
little damage of a serious nature was done there,
and no one was killed.
This morning the conflict was. renewed. Until
the presence of the Monitor was known to the
Merrimac, the latter was engaged with the Minne
sota, and but fer the fortunate arrival of the MonU
tor the Minnesota also might have been lost.
The two iron-clad vessels engaged caoh for two
or three hours at long and at short range. No per
ceptible effect was produced upon either. They
west alongside once or twice, and seemed almost
to rnn each other down, but they soon reappeared.
Tbe Ericsson battery succeeded finally in forcing
a large bole in the port side of the Merrimac, and
the latter in company with the whole rebel fleet, re
tired to Norfolk, at about one o’clock.
The U. S. gunboat Oregon was struok by the
Merrimac in her boiler, and was blown np this
morning.
The gunboat Zouave was also seriously damaged
and was obliged to return.
The principal loss of life was on board the Cum
berland, where it is thought as many as one hun
dred and fifty must have been killed or drowned.
Bat sixlives were lost on the Minnesota, accord
ing to a statement made by one of her officers.
A rebel gunboat was cut in two yesterday after
noon by the Cumberland.
The crew of -the Minnesota were brought on
shore this afternoon, and, with the assistance of the
steamer Spaulding, she has been got off and is
now on her way here. She received numerous
shots, but no serious damage.
The Congress is supposed to have lost over one
hundred, including an offioer. The escaped
crews of the Congress and Cn-Jnbertand havo ar
rived here.
The Monitor has come up to the expectations
that were entertained of her, and has proved her
self impregnable to the heaviest shot at close quar
ters. She behaved remarkably well on her passage
from New York, and although the sea covered her
decks completely at times, her speed did not seem
to be at all diminished. To her presence here may
be attributed the safety of the Minnesota and other
vessels in port and the Anal disabling of the Merri
mac which had previously been proof against
eycrytfeing,
Captain Worden, of the Monitor, was wounded
in the head while looking out of the whcol-house.
No other accident of any kind occurred to the
battery or crew.
We havo not yet boon able to. obtain a list <?f the
killed and wonnded.
Naval men hero arc generally of the opinion
that, considering everything, the rebels had the
worst time of it; though, without the Monitor, the
damage might have been much more serious.
Washing tow, Maroh 10.—Lieutenant Wise ar
rived this forenoon, bringing despatches from For
tress Monroe. But few particulars have as yet
transpired, as his interview with the Navy Depart
ment is not olosed.
The following items are reliable:
Capt. Radford was engaged in a court-martial,
and not on board tho Cumberland, and is, there
fore, safe. Lieut. J. B. Smith, son of Commodore
Smith, was on board the Congress, and was killed.
The loss in killed, drowned, and missing, is sup
posed to he about one hundred. ~
Lieutenant Worden, who handled the Monitor
so skilfully and gallantly, is here in the hands of
!he surgeon.
T WOC ENTS.
He waa in tbe pilot-house of the Monitor when
the Merrimac directed a whole broadside at it,
and he received hie injuries from the minute frag
ments of shells and powder driven through the
look-out holes.
Lieutenant Worden was partly stunned by tbe
concussion, and was carried away. On recovering,
he said: " llave I saved the Minnesota V ’ The
reply was, 11 Yes ; and whipped the Mammae.”
He responded, “ Then I don’t care what becomes
of me.”
His injuries are not supposed to be dangerous.
During the action the other rebel gunboats, and ail
the enemy’s batteries within reach, directed their
fire on the Minnesota, doing some damage and
killing four or five of her men.
She was eventually got OB', and under the
guns of Fortress Monroe.
The naval authorities here are confident that the
Merrimac is disabled, and that the Monitor is
adequate to her in any condition.
It is rumored, and believed here, that the rebel
army is retreating from Centreville, and probably
from Manassas.
Reported Evacuation of Manassas.
Washington, March 10,— The National Intel*
hgencer of this morhing, says that the rebels are
evacuating Manassas. There are other reports here
to the same effect.
Operations of Commodore Dupont—Cap
ture of Two ltcbel Vessels,
Baltimore, March 10—The United States
steamer Alabama , Capt. Lanier, arrived here this
morning, direct from Fernandina, Florida, bringing
Capt. Davis, late fiag officer of the South Atlantic
squadron.
He brings despatches from Commodore Dupont
to the Navy Department, announcing the capture
of Fernandina and Brunswick, by the fleet under
his command,.
We are indebted to Captain Davis for an outline
of the operations of the fleet since it left Port
Royal,' about the first of March, on what was an
nounced as an important expedition, the place of
destination hsmsg bees held back at the request of
the Government.
The first point of coast approached was the town
of Brunswick, Georgia, the enemy abandoning
their works and precipitately fleeing at the ap
pieaeb of the gunboats.
It was taken possession of, and gunboats left in
charge. This gives the Government the control of
the whole coast of Georgia, from South Carolina to
Florida.
Brunswick being disposed of, the fleet moved
twenty miles further to Cumberland Sound, the en
trance to the harbor of Fernandina, Florida. The
fleet entered Cumberland Sound in the following
order:
The Mbhitetl, flagship of Com. Dupont; tbe
Ottawa, the Seminole, the Pawnee , the Plag, the
Bienville, the Alabama, the James Adger, the
Florida, the Seneca, the Huron, and the Pembina.
They were followed by the small-armed steamers
Isaae Smith, P&lSi&sM, ahd Penguin.
When the expedition came in sight of Fort CUnoh,
the rebels were discovered making a hasty flight,
and fired two or three random shots from the bar
bette guns of tbe fort,
The shells of the fleet caused a hasty evacuation,
and Fort Clinch was immediately taken possession
of, and the flag of the Union was raised upon it.
A Battle at New Madrid, Mo.
St, Louis, March 9.—A special despatch to the
Republican from Cairo, says that General Pope’s
forces have reached New Madrid, and that heavy
cannonading has been heard in that direction.
The rebels there are in strong force, and onr gun
boats will soon move down to assist Gen. Pope’s
attack on the rebel stronghold. The rebels have
been endeavoring to drive tbe United States troops
back by throwing shells among them Horn their
gunboats.
The teta! number of torpedoes found in the river
and on its banks is about four hundred.
Exciting news from New Madrid and its vicinity
may be expected immediately.
Large gangs of negroes have been set to work on
the rebel forts Randolph and Pillyip; the former
mounts one hundred guns.
This is the first of-the old Southern forts of the
Union that has been recovered sinoe the proclama
tion by the President, declaring that they must all
be restored to the Union. As the fleet approached
the fort, a train of oars was observed leaving Fer
uaudina, and as the track runs some three miles
along the shore of the Sound, Com. Dupont sent
one of the gunboats in pursuit of it. An exciting
race took place, the steamer throwing shells at the
flying train, and some of them felling in such olose
proximity, that some of the fleeing rebels jumped
from it and took to the bush. Among the latter is said
tobßTe been the late Senator Y'ulee, of Florida,
accompanied by bis servant. The train, of course,
outran the gunboat, and escaped. The old ease
mated Fort Clinch having been taken possession of,
the flag was also speedily raised from the eight re
bel earthworks abandoned by the enemy. Twelve
large guns fell into our possession, including one
immense rifled gun of 120-pound calibre. Fire of
them were fonnd in Fort Clinch, and the others
were in the earthworks. The rebels had hastily
removed a portion of their gnns, which were said
to ba at St. John % farther up the sound, and an
expedition was preparing to go up and capture them
when the Alabama sailed.
A considerable amount of ammunition was also
captured, and on the same evening the rebel steamer
Darlington, loaded with wagons, ammunition, and
camp equipage, was captured whilst endeavoring to
escape. The expedition accomplished its mission
on the ILh of March, the anniversary of the inaugu
ration of President Lincoln, The troops of Gan.
Wright were landed, and Commodore Dnpont
handed over to his possession the forts and earth
works, whioh were quickly garrisoned. Most of
the male inhabitants of Fernandina had fled, and
(be City was also taken possession of, This has
been one of the most useful ports to the rebels, a
large number of vessels having run the blockade
here.
The Navy Department baß received the following:
liALTiuoue, Starch 10,
Ta Ham Glbsoit Wannas, Secretary of me Navy.
1 arrived tbis morning, and will come on in tbe noxt
(4 o’clock) train. The enemy has abandoned hie heavy
lortification at St. Simons and Brunswick, in Georgia,
end Fort Clinch and Fernandina, and St. Mary’s, in
Florida, and they are ours. C. H. DAVIS,
Keports from Memphis.
Louisville. March 10.—An intelligent gentle
man from Memphis, who left there on Wednesday,
reports the citizens there as greatly alarmed, but
relying on Fort Pillow 4nd Fort Randolph for de
fence. There are very few troops at Memphis.
The Legislature has scattered, after several inef
fectual attempts to transact business.
Governor Harris is greatly exoited, and is flying
about from one Southern point to another, with lit
tle prospeet of succeeding in his efforts to rally the
people to his aid.
The Capture of the British Ship Labnan
The Richmond Dispatch of Friday says:
We have late intelligence from the Rio Grando,
in respect to tho seizure of tho British steamer La
bnan. The Houston Telegraph extra has the fol
lowing facts, derived from Mr. Cabanas, of Browns
ville :
The British consul at Matamoros offered at once
to indemnify Oetling A Co., so certain was he that
his Government would make matters right.
The Federal sloop-of-war Portsmouth, 22 guns,
arrived off the Rio Grande about the 3d inst., ami
immediately seized the English steamship Lahuan,
and on tbe third day afterward, under a prize crew,
sent her away. On Friday, the 7th, the first day
a jiilot could venture out after tho Lahuan was
seized, the British vice consul at Matamoros paid
a visit to the Portsmouth, and formally demanded
to know why the steamship had been seized, and
where sent. The only answer received was that
she was found with cotton on board from Matamo
ros, and tbat they, tbe Abrahamites, did not allow
cotton to bo shipped from the port of Matamoros !
The Labnan had arrived off the Rio Grande,
direct from Great Britain, a few weeks before her
seizure, with assorted cargo, under consignment to
Messrs. OeUing A Co , of Matamoros, whioh cargo
had been discharged. When seized she' bad on
board about three hundred bales of cotton, and was
only waiting for a full load of the staple.
Messrs. Oetling A Co. were shipping the cotton
direct to Europe. At the time of gpilure t!)S
steamer was lying in the gulf, about two miles
from the mouth of the Rio Grando. Tho only
papers she had on board was a receipt from tho
collector of Matamoros for the ship’s papers, whioh
hadi been placed in tho collector’s hands for safe
keeping.
The English vice consol entered his protestagainst
iho seizure of the steamer before leaving the Ports
mouth, and immediately upon reaching Matamo
ros made a full report of the proceedings to the
English consul at Havana, for which place a vessel
was to have left on Saturday, the Bth ult. The
British consul, with whom I conversed, is confident
that tbe seized ship was sent to Key West, and he is
equally confident that difficulty will arise between
his Government and tho children of “ Abraham El
I‘nmcro,' ' as our neighbors on tho other sido are
pleased to call the constitutional usurper.
The Brownsville Flag’s account of the capture
of the Lahuan is substantially the same as that
given above. The Flag says three other vessels
were captured by tho Portsmouth, all carrying
the British or Mexican flag, nnd owned in, or doing
business with, Mexico. Resides cotton, the Labium
had a valuable specie list on board
It xrpEAita that Baillio Poyton, Jr., who fell
at the battle of Mill Springs, received the punish
ment of his rebellion at the hands of a Boston boy
named George G. Strong, a member of tho Second
Minnesota Regiment, Tha Worcester Transeriisl
publishes an extract of a letter written by Strong to
iris brother, in whioh he says that, during the fight,
he saw an officer through the smoke firing into his
company, when he marked him and shot hun in the
left eye. The officer was Peyton.
A Prize Fwiit that was to have conic oil'
near Madison, Wisconsin, last Monday, between
Mat Hogan and Jack Howe, was broken up by
tho police, after a crowd or about one hundred and
fifty persons had assembled to sso it, and Howe was
arrested-
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Charles Maokay, of England, foe peel, Arrived
in the Canada on Friday.
It is said that John Bell is in very bad health',
and his friends think he will not live much longer.
David Hill died at his residence, at Onondaga
Castle, on tbe sth instant, at the Age of 73 year*.
The deceased was a leading and prominent chief of
the Onondaga tribe of Indians, and was among the
first of that people to embrace Christianity. Uig
age, shrewdness, commanding prcsonco, and native
eloquence gaye him much influence with that por
tion of Lib tribe which have rononnoed paganism
and embraced the Gospel. He has long been known
as Cuptain Hill. He was among the friendly In
diana who fought for the stars and stripes in the war
of 1812, and was so distingqjfosd for Courage and
daring deeds that bo receivod commondationa
from both Gens. Jacob Brown and Winfield Scott,
during the bloody campaigns in whioh the battles
of .the “ Cataract,” Chippewa, and Lundy’s Lane,
were fought,
Col. Stanly Mathews, of Ohio, has been ap
pointed Provost Marshal of Nashville.
Advices from Oregon to tho 30th of December
slat? that Lieutenant Million is wintering in Bitter
Root Valley. Tho command were in excellent
health, and oontent with their mountain home.
The Flalheads and Pen d’Oreilles were friendly
and well disposed.
Hon. John Moore White, formerly Attorney
General, and subsequently Judge of the Supreme
Court of New Jersey, died at Gloucester recently,
at the advanced age of ninety-two years.
Captain W. D. Porter, of tho gunboat Essex*
wounded at the capture »f Fort Henry, is rapidly
recovering from his injuries.
Captain S. P. Lee, one of the oldest and most
skillful captains in the United States navy, has been
appointed to the command of the DOW stoop.of.war
Oneida, just finished at the Brooklyn navy yard.
The Great Billiard Match for the Chant-
DUDLY KAVANAyfig, Of HEW YORK, THE WINNEtt.
The great billiard niatoh between Dudly
Kavanaugh, of New York, and Michael Foley, of
Cleveland, came off at the latter city, on Friday
evening. Mr. Kavanaugh has been considered the
champion billiard plujer of Amerioa, while Foley
has attained considerable oetebrity in the West by
his playing. The Cleveland Herald thus describe*
the play:
At eight o’clock precisely, the two players
stripped for the work, The lead was woa by
Kavanaugh. The marker, during the first part of
the match, was Samuel May, of Detroit. Ho WU
relieved by Peter D. Braisted, of New York.
Kavanaugh opened finely, and his playing kept on
well until tbe sixth run, when he made sixty-fiv-u
P9ifits in ORB run. On the eighth ho made forty
seven, making one hundred UDd seventy against
Foley’s twenty-six. Foley opened badly, and alter
the fourth run made but very little beadway for
some time. Hiß repeated failures evidently made
him nervous, and seriously damaged his prospoota.
It was a noticeable foot, g|gj, that in the early part
of the game Kavanaugh left the balls in a very bad
position for his rival.
On the fifteenth run Kavanaugh made fifteonjpnintg
by careful nursing, without scarcely moving tha
balls across the table.
Foley partly retrieved his bad success on his fif
teenth run, by making 18 points, but fell back
afterwards, playing very badly. On the sixteenth
run Kavanaugh again practised his slow playing
with such success that he made 30 points.
On the 251 h run, Foley got the pails into posh
tion so that he could bring bis slow playing into as
tion, that being relied on by bis baekers as his
strong point. On that run he made 37. The
twenty-ninth run was a similar affair, 3d points
being made, without moving the balls but a few
inebes for a number of shots in succession,
On the fifty-sixth ran Foley made IU2, the high
est number yet reached. This was pihioipally
made by the “nursing” process. Kavanaugh, ia
his sixth run, made 118 runs, for more than Btxty
of which the two red balls and the white ball were
never more than six inches apart.
At the 80th ran, Foley ran 91 in the jkW, fi&illy
pocketing his opponent’s ball.
The playing improved towards tho close, bat nei
ther of the parties made anything like the runs
that have been made by Foley un ordinary occa
sions. Foley had been nervous all day from anxi
ety fflib respect to the match, and ho showed it
very plainly during the overling, His bad playing
surprised bis friends, os it did not at any time come
up to his ordinary work.
The game closed at 11 o’clock, by Kavanaugh
beating Foley on the 112th run by 435 points Ka
vanaugh's average was 13 li-28; fvlcy's average
was 922 37, Time occupied, five hours.
The Norfolk correspondent of Friday’s Rich,
mond Dispatch , under sjgte yf the yfo Inst.j says ■
It has been said that “ reverses sometimes come
as blessings.” Surely this appears to be true, if we
are to judge from the new energy and patriotism
that have so lately seized hold of our people. Re
giments before in the field are re-enjistipg almost
to a man, New organizations are being effected;
and every man in our twin cities, whose health will
allow, is flockiDg to the standard of his country.
A few gunboats oame up In North river on Fri
day. I believe, with this exception, there hfS beea
no further attempt to invade our seaooast. VTitk
all the extensive preparation it is repOßOd Sura
aide is making, he will be compelled to defer opera
tions on aeeouut of the miserable condition of the
roads. Our men, a short time since, were com
pelled to march up to their knees in mud; and you
at once see that it will be inadvisable, and even
hazardous fyr bim, BB yet to move. Will there be a
check put to their invading march 7 I do not
question. Citizens all along the line tell us of tha
spirit that is everywhere prevalent—an increased
and burning resistance. Our lives are pledged
upon the issue; they can never get our railroad.
Of the movements of troops of, late, I d4em it ex
pedient not to mention. Bntrest assured that our
authorities are not deaf to the perils around them.
Gen. Huger and his aids have been untiring in de
voting themselves wholly to the defeuce of the pro
minent points under their oommaud, and our energy
will find that this is ho ” empty compliment” to tho
gallantry of the commandant here.
It cannot have been forgotten that our Fortreea
Monroe correspondent, some weeks ago, gave os
amusing account of the departure of a Rev. Dr.
.Wilmer from that point to the South. The Rev.
Wilmer in question was chiefly remarkable for
having previously been a Philadelphia rector, and
for having taken away with him no less than IT
trunks filled with his appurtenances, Tho Richard
Wilmer, D. D., referred to in tho following item
from the Richmond Dispatch of Friday, is, we be
lieve, some connexion of his illustrious namesake:
St. Paul’s was filled yesterday by g lapflfi ant
dieflii, on the occasion of the consecration of Rev,
Richard Wilmer, D D., to the Episcopate of Ala
bama. Tbe Bishops present and officiating were
Bishops Meade and Johns, of Virginia, and Bishop
Elliott, of Georgia. The sermon, au able and elo
quent one, was preached by Bishop Johns. Tha
solemnity of the time-hallowed services,the im
pressiveness of those august words in which, for se
many centuries, the servants of Cbrist have been
commissioned to go forth and disciple ail nations,
and the peculiar respect and affection universally
entertained for the Bishop elect, made this conse
cration a scene long to bo remembered. In securing
the services of Bishop Wilmer tbe Episcopal Church
in Alabama has obtained the services of one who,
in all the qualities of the Christian and the man,
has no superior in Church or State. A finer epeci-
IDM) of a genuine Virginia gentleman, or of was,
thorough manhood, is nowhere to be found. Of his
pulpit addresses, wo may say with truth that wo
have never heard one sermon of bis which, in ori
ginality, vigor, and impressiveness, did not furnish
more food for thought and incentive to action than
a hundred ordinary discourses.
Captain U, 8. Navy.
The Amount or Spirituous Liquors Manu
factured in the South,aud howa Reve
nue can be Raised from them.
A correspondent, writing from Tnscumbia (Ala.)
to the Richmond Examiner , of Thursday, says;
X have not seen Mr. De Bow’s work on the grow
ing industry of the South, but I think I can give an
item worthy the attention of our law-makers, which,
in these times, might be acted on, if Congress haa
the power, with the good, and net the fear of (fig
pthjile at heart. There la at present not less than
I,GUO barrels or 64,000 gallons of whisky per day
made in this Southern Confederacy. I propose that a
tax of say ten, fifteen, or twenty cents per gallon
be imposed, and tbat the parties holding stocks of
liquors at the timo of the law going into forge bo
compelled to pay the tame tax per gallon as those
who manufacture. I think the following estimate
will be found near corroot, at least in the aggregate
of the product of liquorß in the South :
Aggregate in Virginia, 500 barrels, or 20,000 gal
lons per day ; aggregate in North Carolina, duo bar
rels, or IRJOOO gallons per day ; aggregate In Ten
nessee, 300 barrels, or 12,000 gallons per day; ag
gregate in Georgia, 150 barrels, or 6,000 gallons
per day; aggregate in Alabama, 50 barrels, or
2,000 gallons per day; aggregate In South Carolina
and Florida, 50 barrels, or 2,000 gallons per day
(whisky and rum) ; aggregate in Louisiana and
Texas, 50 barrels* or 2.000 gallons per day (whisky
aud rum); Mississippi ami Arkansas, 50 barrels, or
2,000 gallons per day; nnd 50 barrels, or 2,000 gal*
loss per day for the portions of Kentucky and Mis
souri in our hands. 1,600 barrels, or 64,000 gallons,
or 23,360,000 gallons per annum, which* at 20 cents
per gullon, would yield revenue of $11,672,000 ; at
15 cents per gnllnui $3»&04 4 G00} nod at 10 cents per
gallon, $2,336,000. r
In addition to tbe produotper day. webnve in tbn
Southern Confederacy not' le„s than 30,000,000
gallons of liquors now on hand. This may appear
to be a large estimate, but it only requires a little
thought to he convinced of the fact. The pwbftW*
Htle& are, tbat tbe stock in private and public bauds
is nearly twice that amount.
In view ofthefaot tbat the parties who hold, and
the parties who manufacture liquors have been, aud
are sow, making the largest profits of any other bu
siness In the country, the tax would be a jqjt
end could be more easily collected than any other
you can propose. The do&Hng in liquors cannot be
stopped, and we should get all we could out of the
damning evil. If tbe tax should be such as to stop
(he manufacture, so much the bettor for the coun
try. The widows and orphans would be tbebeppfi
ciarles. W« would not hear of starvation and suf
fering, and when tho Government wanted supplies
it could be furnished at reasonable rates, and with
clear bands to make its contracts.
' The aggregate of revenue derivod from stocks of
liquors and the annual product would be: at ten
cents per gallon, eay SS.SQQ,QQO; «( fifteen cents per
gallon, $8,250,050. and at twenty cents per gallon,
the sum of $11,000,000 would be in the Confederate
Treasury in less time than any like amount oould
be raised from any other source. Manufactured,
tobacco might also be taxed to a limited extent,
but I merely wish to hint at that point..
THE WAR PKESa.
PERSONAL.
pionahip.
Letter from Norfolk.
CONSECRATION OF DR. WILUER,