THE PRESS.
PUBLISHED DAILY, (SUNDAYS EXCEPTED,)
BY JOHN W. FORNEY,
OFFICE No. 4IT CHESTNUT STREET.
the baht press,
Cbkts Prr Wibk, payable to the Carrier.
Slafled to subscriber! out of the City at Six Dollars
Fes Amnw* Four Dollars fob Eight Months,
Thru Dollars for Six Months—invariably in ad
vance for the time ordered.
THE TRi-WEEKLY PRESS,
Mailed to Subscribers out of the City at Thus* Dol
lars P»R Annum, in advance.
COMMISSION HOUSES.
COFFIN, & CO.,
220 CHESTNUT STREET,
•A&eatS for. the following makes of goods •
PRINTS.
OUNNELL MFG. 00. .... &BIIHI MFG. GO.
LAWNS.
DTJNNELL MFO. CO.
BLEACHED COTTONS.
{jonodale, Torestdale, Aulrarn, Slatersville, Centred ale,
Jameetown, Blackatone, Hope, Bed Bank, Dorchester,
Newbury port, Kanmeag, Zouave, Burton, Greene
Mfg. Co.’e A. A., B. A., 0. A., and other etyloe.
BROWN COTTONS.
Bumido, Xront, Groton, Aahland, Chestnut, GteuviUo,
Meehanioa’ and Farmers’.
06BSET JB ANS.—Glasgow, Manchester.
SgDKNIMS AND STRIPES.—Grafton, Jewett City,
ttfadtoan, SlatereTille, Agawam, Keystone, Choctaw.
CANTON FLANNELS SlatereTille, Agawam.
SILESIAS.—Smith’s, Social Co., Lonsdale Go.
WOOLENS.
ARMY BLUE CLOTHS, KERSEYS, and FLAN
cncLs.
BROAD CLOTHS Plunketts’, Glenham Co., &c.
GASSIMEBES.—Gay A Son, Saxton’s Hirer, &o.
BATINE7S. —Bass River, ConvorHviUe. Lower Val
fiey, Hope, StaffordviUe, Convene and Bydo, Coptotbo
Qro«. A Co., Sbaw Mfg. Co.
KENTUCKY JEANS.—Rodman, Mystic. GoldMedaL
DOMET FLANNELS.—WILLIAMS’S Angola, Sax
njtijr, Merino, and other styles:
LONSDALE Nankeens and Celeved OAmbrles.
PLAID LINSEYS, COTTONADE9, Ac. [fo2B-3rt
SHIPLEY, HAZARD, &
HCTCHINSQN,
No. 113 CHESTNUT BTBEET,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
FOK THK SALS OF
iPHILADELPHIA-MADE
GOODS.
•f2B>6m
MILITARY GOODS.
jgKY-BLUE KERSEYS,
{ST and 54-INCH.)
DARK-BLUE KERSEYS,
■DARK-BLUE INFANTRY CLOTHS,
INDIGO-BLUE CAP CLOTHS,
6E.TBIVE CASSIaIERISS, (New Regulation,
for Officers’ Pants.)
WHITE DOMET FLANNELS, - -
_ CANTON FLANNELS,
10oz., 120 z., Jc ISoz. TENT DUCK.
An warranted United Statee Army standard.
FOB SALE BY
ALFRED SLADE & CO.,
«0 South FBONT Street, and 39 LKTITIA street,
Philadelphia. fnlSitmyl -
PRESCOTT’S NAVY REVOLVERS.
Large Stock of
Prescott’s NAVY 4-inch and 8-inch Revolvers.
Superior in every respect to any other
. PISTOL introduced.
COMP RISING STRENGTH, GENTILITY, ACTION,
and ECONOMY;
Or, in'other word*, containing all the exnoHenciea of
COLT’S, SMITH A WESTON’S, and ALLEN A
WHSRLOG’S, concentrated in one instrument, thereby
thia PISTOL the most formidable weapon ever
offered for sale.
The largest assortment of Cartridges ever offered In
the city of Washington, adapted te aU
CARTRIDGE PISTOLS.
A very fine assortment of
GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES,
Imported by Fellows A 00., No. 17 Maiden Lane, Now
Fork* expressly for tbe Retail Trade.
A yory flna assortment of Ladies 1 and Gents 1
DRESSING OASES.
G. A STARKWEATHER,
NATI'iNAL HOTEL,
WASHINGTON, P, Q,
bW-lm*
Brass grommets and eye
"LETS for Military Blankets and Leggings. Manu
factured and for Bale in any quantity atFISTH and CO
LUMBIA Avenue. J©hB-lm*] B. IVTN9.
ILLUMINATING OILS.
QILI OIL!I OIL! II
HULBURT & BRODHEAD,
SO. 240 ARCH STREET,
Having opened a General Depot for the Sale of Extra
Defined and Lubricating GOAL OILS, would call tlia
special attention of dealer! ana conouiuer. to their
refined ILLUMINATING OIL, as it posseraee merit
beyond anything heretofore offered In this market, being
entinlj free from that glnej substance and had odor
which characterize that commonly Bold in this market,
produces no smoke, and li free from all explosive
properties.
0“ Order* from City or Country promptly at
tended to. fe2B-2m
« T UCIFER” OIL WORKS.
I J 100 Bbla. ** Lucifer” Bornlng Oil on band.
We guarantee tliia oil to bo non-exalosire, to burn nil
the oil in the lame with a steady, brilliant dame, witbjut
omatinß the wick, and but slowly. Bbla. lined won
class enamel. WEIGHT, SMITH, 4 PtAESALr-.
fcjl-tf Office 515 MARKET street.
CABINET FURNITURE-
CABINET FURNITURE AND BIL
LIAEB TABLES.
MOORE Sr CAMPION*
Ko. 261 S'Qth SEOOND Street,
fa connection with dun* extensive Cabinet Business are
now manufacturing a superior article of
BILLIARD TABLES,
And hare now on hand a foil supply, finished with the
VOOBE A CAMPION’S IMP&OVEO CUSHIONS,
yrhich ere pronounced, by all who have used them, to be
mroerfer to all others.
for the Quality and finish of these tables the menu
flAetsnn icfer to tlieir numerous patrons throughout
Union, who are familiar with the character of their
troth. fa2S>6m
LOOKIH6 til. ASSES
JAMES 8. EARLE & SON,
MANUFACTURERS AND IMPORTERS
« r
LOOKING GLASSES.
OIL PAINTINGS,
FINE ENGRAVINGS,
picture and l'6feTßalT FHAME3,
PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES,
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS,
OABTE-DE-VISIT* PORTRAITS,
EARLE’S GALLERIES.
818 CHESTNUT STREET,
J*li PHILADELPHIA.
DRUGS AND CHEMICALS.
jJOBERT SHOEMAKER
& CO.
HortbeMt Corner FOURTH ul BACK Street!,
PHILADELPHIA,
WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS,
IMPORTERS AMD BEALBRS
ut
POBEIGtN ASD DOMESTIC
L WINDOW AND PLATE GLASS.
ft MAHDIAOTOBIRB OF
■ WHITE LEAD AND ZINC PAINTS, POTTY, Ao.
W ABMIS FOB 188 OBLEBBATB9
f FRENCH ZINC PAINTS.
BMlenumd consumer! mpplled at
VERT LOW PRICES FOR CASH.
«u-am
"yy hite lea;
Boa lima.
White Lead,
Litharge,
Sugar of Lead,
OopperM,
90 of Tiwoi,
Calomel,
Patent Yellow,
Chrome Bed,
Chrome Yellow,
Aqua North,
Marietta Arid,
Epsom Salto,
BooheUe Salts,
Tartario Acid,
Vr»ng« MinerM,
Soluble T»rt-
Sub. Verb. Soda,
White Vitriol,
Bed Precipitate,
WETHKBI
DnugUta and Mai
Hoe. 47 and 48
jais-tf
CHOYELB AND SPADES.
O dSbhdo aitVUAlt,
MAHDFeOToaaa,
OOBHSB OP BEE AD AND QUABBY STREETS,
JalB-Bm* Bet Arch end Race, and Second and Third*
i, DRY AND IN
White Precipitate,
Lunar Oaootto,
Narco tine,
Snlph. Morphine, /
Morphine,
Acetate Morphine,
Lao. Snlph.,
Ether Sulphuric,
Ether Nitric,
Sulphate Quinine,
Clem. Subtlu.,
Denarcotlzed Opium,
Chloride of Soda,
Wetherill’s ext. dnoha.
Tartar Emetic,
Chlorideof Lime,
tirade Borax,
Befined Borax,
Camphor,
Begin Coparia.
LL A BROTHER,
imfsctnrlQg ObemirtSi
North SECOND Street,
PHILADELPHIA.
VOL. 5-NO. 189.
DRY -HOODS JOBBERS.
1862. spring. 186 2.
W. S. STEWART & CO.,
yMPORTKBS AND JOBBERS OF
SILKS and fancy dress goods,
NO. 305 MARKET STREET.
We invite the attention of the trade to & full line of
BLACK AND OTHER STAPLE SILKS,
As also a great variety of
NEW STYLES OF DRESS GOODS,
Bought for cash, and which will bo offered on the most
favorable terms. " fe26-3m
SPRING GOODS.
M. L. HALLO WELL & Co,
333 BABKET and 3T NOBTH FOUBTH STS.,
Wholoaala Healer. In
SILKS AND FANCY DRY GOODS,
Have open a large variety of freshly'imported
SPRING DRESS GOODS,
To whichf with a handsome assortment of
BLACK AND FANCY SILKS,
SHAWLS, MANTILLAS,
WHITE GOODS.
EMBROIDERIES,
And other goods in their line, they invite the attention
of city and country dealers.
yABD.GILLMORE, & Co.,
Nog. 61T CHESTNUT and 614 JAYNI Btreeti.
Hare now open their
SPRING IMPORTATION
OF SILK AND FANCY
DRESS GOODS, SHAWLS, WHITE
GOODS,
LINENS, EMBROIDERIES, #g,
Bought In Europe, by one cl the firm.
To which the attention of the trade la particularly In*
vlted. fe2l-2m
CARPETS AND OIL CLOTHS.
Q.LEN ECHO MILLS,
GERMANTOWN, PA.
McOALLUM & Co., •
MANUFACTURERS. IMPORTERS, AND SEALERS
508 CHESTNUT STREET.
(Opposite Independence Hall,)
CARPETINGS,
OIL CLOTHS, fcc.
We have now on hand an extensive stock of Carpetings,
of onr own and other makes, to which we call the atten
tion of cash and ehort.time buyers. mb7.3m
J^OURTH-BTREET
CARPET STORE,
No. 4T ABOVE CHESTNUT,. ...
J. T. DELACROIX
Invites attention to hie Spring Importation of
CARPETINGS.
Oompriftina ever, style, of the Neweit ratterne and
Dengue, in VELVET, BRUSSELS. TAPESTRY BRUS
SELS, IMPERIAL THREE-PLY, and INGRAIN
CARPETINGS.
VENETIAN and DAMASK BTAIB CARPETINGS,
fei, SCOTCH BAG «ud LIST CARPETINGS.
FLOOB OIL CLOTHS, in every width.
COCOA and CANYON MATTINGS.
DOOR-MATS, BUGS, SHEEP SKINS,
DRUGGETS, and CBUMB CLOTHS.
AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL,
LOW FOR CASH.
J. T. DELAOBOIX,
mh6-4m 47 South FOUBTH Street
JVJEW CARPETINGS.
J. P. & E. B. ORNE.
NO. 519 CHESTNUT STREET,
(OmSITB ST AT fi HOUSE,)
Eaya rtosmd, per steamer Edinburgh, and other
late their
SPRING IMPORTATION OP
NEW CARPETINGS:
CROSBLEY’S .
TARD-AND-A-ITALF-WIDE VELVETS,
9-4 MEDALLION DO.,
ENGLISH BRUSSELS,
EXTRA-QUALITY TAPESTRY,
BRUSSELS CARPETS, WITH BORDERS,
(of new designs, for Halls and Stairs).
INGBAIN AND THBKB-PLY OABPETINGS, of
extra quality.
ALSO,
500 PS. J. CROSSLEY A SON’S
TAPESTRY BRUSSELS CARPETS,
FROM 871 TO ©1 PR. YD.,
Together with a complete astortment of
on. CLOTHS,
STAIB AND FLOOB DBUGGET9,
BUGS, MATS, 40.,
All of new, choice selections, and
AT MODERATE PRICES.
J. F. & E. B. ORNE,
mh3*tt OPPOSITE STATE HOUSB.
"VTOTlCE.—Agreeably to the provisions
Jwl of an act of the General Assembly of this Com
monwealth, approved the twenty-fifth day of February,
A. D. 3862, which is ae follows:
A SUPPLEMENT to an act Id relation to public printing,
approved the ninth day of April, one thousand eight
hundred and fifty-six
Section I. Be it en acted by the Senate and ffoute
of Representatives qf the Commonwealth of
vania, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby
enacted by the authority of the same, That the con
tractor or contractors for the public printing and binding
shall hereafter be allowed for the translation of English
matter required to be printed in the German language
the sum of forty cents per thousand etna. Provided,
That no charge shall be alio fed for figures or Other mat
ter not actually translated.
St«, 2, That in addition to (he charges allowed for tho
furnishing of blanks, by the eleveuth section of the act
to which this is a supplement, there shall hereafter be al
lowed for down red ruling five cents per quire of twenty
four sheets.
Sec. 3. That It Is the Intent and meaning of the act to
which tbto is a supplement, that there shall be no charge
allowed Tor composition on any extra documents ordered,
unless the composition has actually been performed, of
which an affidavit of the public printer shall be required
by the Auditor General
Sec, 4. That on Tuesday, the eighteenth day of
March, one thonMud eight hundred and aixty-two, and
on the fourth Tuesday of January every third year
thereafter, the Legislature shall meet in joint convention
in the Hall of the House of Representatives, and let
the Public Printing and Binding for three years accord
ing to the provisions of this act, and the act to which
this is a supplement, except that but one wsek’B public
notice may be given of the time of the allotment for the
year one thousand eight hundred and aixty-two. Provi
ded*, That the bonds with the sure tie's'of the several bid
ders shall be duly executed, sealed up and delivered with
the twwMtafertbe Printing and Binding, and in addi
tion to the condition now required by law, shall be con
ditioned that in case the bidder or bidders to whom the
Printing and Binding shall be awarded, shall neglect or
refuse to accept the same at his or their bid, the said bid
der or bidders, with his or their sureties aforesaid, shall
bfi liable to the Commonwealth for the4ifference between
the amount of snch bid and the amount of the bid of the
person to whom the Printing and Binding shall be award
ed, after such neglect or refusal. And provided fur*
ther , That said bonds shall be accompanied with the cer
tificate of the President Judge of the Court of Common
PUaa of the district or district* In which ioch sureties
may reside, or, In case of the absence or other inability of
such President Judge, with the certificatoof the Associate
Judges of the county in which such sureties may respect
ively reside, that said bond and sureties are sufficient to
secure tto GgsunwaweattU to ttw amount of tttt penalty
thcreor, which certificate shall be authority to tho Speak
ers to approve said bund:
Notice is hereby given that the Speaker of the Senate
and Home of oi aiud Coromonwoalth will
receive ptoposals until the 18th day of March, 1662, for
doing the PttbUe ud Binding for the term of
three years from the Ist day of July next,'at a oertain
late per centum below the rales specified in the act rela
ting to the Public Printing and Binding, approved the
9tb day of April, A. D. 1856. ami according to tbo mode
and manner, and condltioim, therein specified, and in the
supplement to said act above recited.
Said proposals to specify the rate per centum on the
whole of the rates of said act taken together, and not a
specification of the rate per centum below the rates on
eachtftffl?
The following fe the form of proposals for the State
Printing and Binding:
“It t propose to do all the State Printing and
Binding, in.tbe manner and in all respects subject to tho
provisions of the act of the 9th of April, A, D. 1856, and
the mpplement thereto, approved February 25. A. D.
1882, for the period of three years, from the first day of
July next, at the rate of per centum below the rates
specified in said act, and should the State Piloting and
Binding, as aforesaid, be allotted to me, I will be ready
forthwith to give bond, with sufficient sureties, for the
faithful performance of the work so allotted,** which said
proposals shall be sealed and endorsed, “Proposals for
Public Printing and Binding;” and shall be directed to
the said bpeakere, and be delivered to one or both of
them, to be opened, announced, and allotted, on the 18th
da/ of March, flgTWftl/ly tk? PTCYWto# flw
act or or April, 1856, and the supplement thereto,'
api>r*Ted Febiuary 25, A. I>. 1862,
ELI SLIFEB,
Becietwy of the Commonwealth.
FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1862.
The Duello in Parliament.
The London newspapers of the 2ist.li Febru
ary contain a report of an exciting and
unusual debate, on tlio preceding evening, in
the House of Commons. Lord I’almebstoh,
head ot Wio Government and leader of the
House of Commons, addressed the Speaker
on the question of privilege that there shonld
he perfect freedom of speech in Parliament, —
or that members may say what they like in
either House without any liability to be ques
tioned for it out of the House. Tho rule, as
stated by tho Speaker, is, that “ if exception
be taken to any words spoken in debate, it
must be taken at once and upon the spot, and
that no words can come under discussion to
which such exception has not boen taken, and
which have not been written down by tho clerk
at iho table.”
On Friday, the 21st February, Sir Robert
Peel, Chief Secretary for Ireland, alluding to
the prosperi fy of that country, used the fol
lowing words •
“Of the justice of that opinion, no more remark
able proof can be adduced than that whioh took
place the otber day, when there was danger of rup
turo with America, and Ireland was filled with
Aserfeßß emissaries, who tried to raise a spirit of
disloyalty. A meeting was held at the Rotunda, at
which a few manikin traitors sought to imitate the
cabbage-garden traitors of 1843; but lam glad to
say that they met with no response, that there was
no one to follow, and that there was not a single
man uf respectability wit answered the appeal.*’^
As the meeting referred to had for its chair
man Mr. Daniel O’Doxoghue, member for
Tipperary, it was evident that he was particu
larly aiiiled at in the above words. Instead of
challenging them on the spot, which he had a
right to do, he retired, with tho resolution of
calling Peel to account for them on the field,
and placed himself in the hantU of Major Gar-'
vix, member for Limerick, a high-minded
gentleman, who had been twenty-five years in
the army. When tho Major waited upon Sir
Rouekt Peel, that gentleman referred him to
“ a friend,” —namely, Lord Palmerston—
who, taking the matter up, as a matter of
“ privilege,” had solemnly cautioned him not
to accept a challenge, Of course, this ended
the matter, in that point of view, but Lord
Palmerston, bringing the case before the
Commons, as a breach of privilege, made it
necessary for Mr. O’Donoquue to apologi7.cs
to the House. He did so, at the same time
administering a severe rebuke to Peel for his
deliberate insult to himself. He charged Peel
with craftiness and cunning, and added, very
truly, “he was perfectly well aware that the
ancient mode of arbitrament had fallen into
disuse, but if it had, those unseemly manners
which rendered it almost necessary had also
generally disappeared.” It snvely is unbeara
ble that a Minister of State shall say, in Par
liament,, to a man’s face, what he would not
dare say out of it, without the chance of hav
ing his nose pulled. The affair ended by Mr.
O’Donoqhl'E’s saying that he would not push
thu affair farther.
Had Mr.'O’DoNOontfE noticed Sir R. Peel’s
“words, when spoken, not he hut Perl would
have incurred the censure of the House,
through its Speaker. Hut, to use the words
Of MACBETn,
<< Who can bo v*iso, amazed, temperate and furious,
Lojftl and neutral, in a moment 1”
There had been bad feeling betwoen Peel
and O’DoNOauuE before this passage of angry
words. O’PoNOCHCE, one of Queen Vicro
kia’s magistrates, had presided at an Irlsh-
Ainerican meeting in Dublin, at which strong
words against Irish allegiance to England were
freely used, and was deprived of his commis
slon, by Instigation of Peel, in consequence,
is’o doubt, both men would h»v»koi.iTwnvnn'
spirit, “on the sod.” The courage of Mr.
O’Donogude has never been questioned, and
Peel, if wo remember rightly, fought a dual
in Switzerland on account of Lola Montez.
The London Times attacks Mr. O’Donoohub
for sending a hostile message, under any pro
vocation, to Sir ROBERT Pjkei, but if strikes
us that the injured man is Mr. O’Donoquue.
Wo notice a roport that, having repoatodly
shown himself “ not tho man for Galway,”
Pf.el is likely to exchange his Irish Secretary,,
ship for the First Commissionership of Public
Works, now held by William Co wper, Lord
Palmerston’s step-son.
Lieutenant Worden.
Several journals have already suggested that
the President should promote Lieut. Worden
for his gallant action with the rebel steamer
Merrimac, but others refer to rules in regard
to army and navy promotions, by which se
niority is sometimes enabled to retard the re
ward of merit. Wo are not aware of the strict
law governing such cases, but our navy fur
nishes two remarkable instances in which the
rights of seniority were suspentJetU The first
was that of Commodore Stephen Decatur,
who was promoted from a lieutenancy to the
rank of post captain, over the heads of many
officers, his seniors by commission. The
event which caused his promotion is familiar
to every one versed in the naval history of our
country—his destruction of the frigate Phila
delphia, in the harbor of Tripoli, February 10,
1804. Decatur entered our navy in 1798 as
a midshipman, and at the time of this exploit
was a lieutenant, about 25 years of age. The
nation applauded the act of this young officer,
and the national executive only seconded their
wishes by his instant promotion. The other
case was upon the capture of the British fri
gate Guernere , August 19,1812, by our “ Old
Iron Sides, 7 ’ (the Constitution,) commanded
by the gallant Hull. His rank left no room
for hispromotion, but an imperishable fame was
awarded to him by a grateful country, and
many gratifying public testimonials. Lieut
Charles W. Morris, his second in command,
was raised to the rank of post captain, thus
passing ever the heads cf all officers of the
rank of commander, as also such lieutenants as
were his seniors by commission. The ex
ploit of Lieutenant Worden for substantial
service to the country, will favorably compare
with either of the others, and with such pre
cedents, the President will doubtless not be
Blow to act, and to award “honor to whom
honor is due. 19
The London American.
Mr. John Adams Knight, publisher of the Lon
don American, a weekly journal which gives a
great deal of homo and foreign news to Americans
and others “ aoroSß the water,” is in Philadelphia
for a few days, for the purpose, we understand, of
extending his subscription list here. His design is
to publish an edition for Amerioa, containing a
complete digest of foreign news to the latest dato.
The London American, whioh is strongly for
11 the Union, the whole Union, and nothing hat the
Union,” has so manfully supported the good cause
in England that we rejoice to find suoh an able
organ of public opinion in London. Mr. Knight
brought over with him the Hawthorn Testimonial,
for a fine medallion of Nathaniel Hawthorn, au
thor of tho “Marble Faun,” for presentation to
bim, as a token of esteem any affeotion from a num
ber of his American and English friends and ad
mirers. Mr. Knightstopsat the Continental Hotel.
Gignoux’s New Picture.
On Tuesday Mr. Regis tlignoux’s new picture, en
titled “Indian Summer in Virginia,” was thrown
open to the public for the first time in this oity, at
the gallery of Messrs. Earle & Son, Chestnut street.
If Mr Olgnouac had not achieved a reputation by
bis former delineations of sublime rural subjoots, this
picture alone would make him famous as a painter.
It is a faithful transcript of nature, and finely em
bodies the poetio idea of tbe subject. Tbo grand
old trees, with their many-colored foliage, extend
ing far across the overhanging cliff; the sun-tinted
turf beneath them ; the quiet waters winding gently
around the base, and losing their way in a distant
mountain gorge, with two Indian figures in the fore
ground, are all presented with charming offoot, and
tell the story of the “ Indian summer” most ad
mirably. It is a pioture to look upon for hours,
and we recommend our art-loving readers to seo it
during the few days of its exhibition at Messrs.
Earle’s, prior to its removal to London, where it is
to form a part of the approaoiiiog exhibition.
Camain Wilson, formerly of the Minnie
Sckiffer, wh« rescued the passengers of the Cou
rt alight, and afterward became n rebel, has been
taken prisoner in attempting to run'the blockade,'
and is at Key West.
PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 14. 1868.
Should the Inter-Siave Trade be Pro-
hibited 1
[Correspondence of The Press.]
Washington, March 10,1862.
The recent message of tho President of the Uni
ted States attracts general and deserved attention. ,
Whether the full scope of tho policy recommooded
is comprehended, remains to be seen. Beyond a
question, it initiates a continental policy wholly
new to this continent, and, if not misapprehended
by the writer, is far-reaching in its ultimate re
sults. The President proposes that Congress shall
pass a resolution to pay, to any State initiating
gradual emancipation, a sum for each slave, such
as on deliberation Congress shall agree upon,
not ns sole compensation to owners, but in
aid of the State to this end* Lot us inquire
into the practical operations of this plan.
It may be assumed without argument that
(he plan proposed by tho President, deliberately
Ganctioßed by Congress, will assure tho Southern
States absolutely, that in the event of the termina
tion of the rebellion, and their return to the Uuioo,
the institution of sluvery shall remain intact so far
as tho action of the General Government is con
cerned. For tho purposes of tho present argument,
it may also be assumed that the amount which Con
gress will be willing to agree upon to be paid to
owners of slaves, in tbo contingency supposed,
added to that which any State should provide in a
like contingency, would not exceed the sum of
ssoo~tbcre ifl little probability that it would
exceed three hundred dollars ; but in order to give
Utmost force to the argument and to meet all tbe
possibilities of the case, suppose it should bo the
former sum. It is further safe, because extremely
probable, to assume that if, within a short period
of time—the*plan of the President having mean
while rewired the sanction of Congress—the re
bellion shall have been subdued and tho jurisdiction
of the Government reasserted over the rebellious
States, the demand for slaves for the cultivation of
cotton at the comparatively high prices that Will
be likely to prevail for some years] will return
with redoubled force and power. There is no
probability, whatever, that the price of cotton for a
long time to como will be as low as.in former years.
I will not .atop to debate this proposition, its pro
bability will readily be admitted. Past observa
tion and experience on this point warrant the as
sertion that for every cent a pound of the price of
cotton, you may estimate one hundred dollars as
the prioe of a field hand. It is new many years
since the price of cotton was,, worth more than an
average of ton cents per pound, and it will be many
years yet before it will be as low as this again, in
all human probabilityi It is safe, therefore, to say
that as soon as the present difficulties are ended,
and the lawfc of trade and of supply and demand
are agaia in unrestricted operation and force, the
price of negroes will immediately advance to a
point far beyond that which Congress and the Legis
latures of the Border States will be disposed to
authorize, and tho result will be that there will be
a movement £>f this portion of the population
southward, such ss no one hoa hitherto dreamed of <
and it is reasonable to suppose that the great ma
jority of the slaves will be disposed of in this way.
Tho Corton States, assured that the institution of
slavery is to remain under their unrestricted con
trol, could well afford to pay one thousand dollars
each for all the slaves of the Border States, and
they would do it, in the event of Congressional
legislation, such as is proposed by the President.
From these premises we think, it fair to infer that,
if the plan of the President is unaccompanied by a
law forbidding the inter-State slave-trade, it
will precipitate the consolidation of the slaves
upon a comparatively limited territory, and in the
bands of comparatively few slave-owners.
Lot us consider briefly the results of such a con
tingency. The natural antagonism of raoes being
considered, it is safe to say that the political diffi
culties of our situation would be intensified. The
black race would rapidly become, numerically the
preponderating race in the merely Cotton States.
The agricultural policy of those States, instead of
becoming diversified in its nature, would, from the
necessities of the oase, be more and more confined
to the cultivation of cotton, rice, and Xfi qo
other way could they get returns for the value of
their slaves, while the ultimate result would bo
either the complete Africanization yf the South, or
the power of the Government wouhLnecessarily be
employed in preventing the subject race from
forcibly asserting their independence. Neither
of these contingencies are at all desirable—
the writer trusts he may be pardoned for-BaYim*-
that (Key are not j unavoifiablß-raiid that
- u race - (not speaking of them merely as
slaves) sbouldi4>ere«fter be treated japon a policy
that will tend to scatter them widely rather thap
to concentrate them, if we would avoid the inevita
ble evils incident to the latter policy. The ten
dency of the institution of slavery is to concentrate
the slaves gradually into the hands of the merely
wealthy, and already tbe entire number of slave
holders is less than 350,000, all told. It la to be
admitted that this 1 might proceed, bo far as to vio
lently overthrow tbe institution itself, though no
Southern man would, for a moment, admit its possi
bility ; but, if it did, (and I can understand how
Northern men might wot seriously object to this
special aspect of thecase,) the race would still re
main upon the soil, and the questions of race, with
all their antagonisms, would spring into immediate
and almost uncontrollable action. I will not at
tempt to portray the results of such a contingency.
The thoughtful mind will readily surmise them, to
a degree. It may be safely doubted whether any
one could fully realize them by anticipation.
We repeat, the policy to be hereafter pursued
with the negro race, must be that of disintegration
and separation, not concentration. The plan pro
posed by *fce Fj-egidoirt has been suggested, as is
understood, by influential parties of the Border
States. The National Intelligencer of March 10»
referring to this point, says:
“ We suppose ourselves to be violating no confi
dence when we say that onr ootempornry (a New
York paper) has good reason for the belief tbat the
President, in the policy be recommends, has received
earnest and numerous assuranoes of Bupport from
tbat class of persons in the Border Blaveholding
States who are meat immediately interested in the
proposition brought to the notice of Congress. We
allude, of course, to slaveholders, and especially to
slaveholders residing in the States of Maryland and
Delaware, many among the most influential of
whom have not only signified their acquiescence
in the projeot. but have urged it upon the favora
ble consideration of Mr. Linooln.”
If this be so, it is just to presume that these gen
tlemen fairly represent the mass of slaveholders in
their respective States, and we may take it as an
indication that the policy will be generally ap
proved.
The writer suggests, therefore, in order to aid in
the consummation of the scheme according to the
views and wishes of the Berdesf-Stalc slaveholders,
and to prevent the result we have pointed out in
the former part of this article, that Congress pass
a law prohibiting in future, under stringent
penal tier and prohibitions) the inter-Slale slave
trade. This will fully accomplish the object aimed
at by the Border-State slaveholders and the Presi
dent, and put an end to all danger of tho results,
suoh as we have contemplated. Without suoh. a
restriction, the hopes of all are quite likely to bo
frustrated. W. L. B.
An Evening at Marietta
[Correspondence of The Press.]
Marietta, March 10,1862.
Having occasion to spend the evening of Wednes
day last at Marietta, the great timboT entre'-pot of
the Susquehanna, I accompanied the crowd to the
Temperance Hall, to bear a lecture from Mrs.
York, formerly Miss Homer, of our own good city,
who, it was announced, was to hold forth on the
subject of Health Reform, or, if I recoiled rightly,
11 The A'xne of the Health Reformers.”
I attended the meeting more from feelings of cu
riosity, to see, as I had supposed, an Amazonian ad
vocate of “Woman'a Rights,” and to hear her
pU&d, eloquently 6f OOUrOe, for all the privileges
that pertain to the rougher sex; but I confess that
in all my conjectures, I was most agreeably disap
pointed. Th e lecture was a perfeot treat —suoh a
one, indeed, aa is rarely enjoyed beyond jho pre
cincts of. metropolitan life, and precisely of that
caste and oharacter whioh it would benefit our oity
ladies immensely to hear at least onoe a month.
“ The chair,” on the occasion, was occupied by
Dr. Cameron, of Marietta, who, after a few pre
liminary remarks, introduced Mrs. York to the
meeting. The lady leeturer took her stand on the
platform, and in tho moat unassuming manner pos
sible, at onoe proceeded to discuss the subject of
her lecture, whioh she did with becoming ease aud
dignity, and with an ability which at onoe com-,
mended the admiration of the entire audionoe.
Air, food, drink, light, clothing, cleanliness, exor
cise, and rest, were topics on which she enlarged
for the edification of her audience, and, judging by
the earnest and respectful attention with which
tbe lecture was received, I am sure tbat all were
very highly gratified. The hall, which is capable
of seating about 250 persons, was foil to overflow
ing, and though many bad to stand during the
whole of tbe leoture, not one left until the olose.
I bad the honor of an introduction to Mrs. York,
and expect, ere long, to have tbo pleasure of bear
ing her in her native oity .- She is one o l the disci
ples of Dr. Trail, of New York, whoso attempts in
tbe capital to turn the medical world upside down
were recently notified in Thu Press .
I ought to state, however, that, besides the lec
ture, there were a few select pieces of vooal music
sung, at invervals, by a choir, under tbe manage
ment of Dr. Worrell, tbat greatly enbanoed tbe
pleasures of tbe evening. After the legitimate
business of tbe evening was over, the chairman an
nounced a lecture on slavery by a rale live Ken
tuohißn, when a youth of barely twenty summers
mounted tbo platform, and, in the Bpace of half an
hour, said more against the enslaving Influence of
tbe drinking customs of society,and against theliquor
traffic, than any common man, who was not donble
tongved, could have said in twice the same period
of time. I will only add that I do not reeolleot
ever having spent an evening so pleasantly and so
profitably, outside our own oity, as I did Wednes
day evening last in the long town of Marietta.
M.
THE ADVANCE!
FROM FORTRESS MONROE.
THE OCCUPATION OF WINCHESTER.
OUB TBOOPS WABMLT WELCOMED.
RETREAT OF TOE REBEL «Eff. MCSSO*.
A SKIRMISH WITH HIS REAR GUARD.
TWO OF HIS CANNON CAPTURED.
THE MERRIMAC SERIOUSLY INJURED.
IMPORTANT FROM MEMPHIS AND VKINIST.
Martial Lav Proclaimed In the City.
BRAGG AND BEAUREGARD AT JACKSON
Hollins and his Fleet at Island No. 10,
GENERAL "’SURNSIDE AWARE OF THE RETREAT
FROM MANASSAS.
ssc., : Sec., Sec.
FKOM FORTRESS MONROE.
[Fpecial Correspondence of The Press ]
AN IDLE BEPOIiT ABOUT THE MEBBIMAO—
THE BODMAN GUN TO BE MOUNTED—THE
MONITOR STILL THE GBEAT OBJECT OF
DISCUSSION—THE HEALTH Ol THE TROOPS
—AN ASkfeiVAt FROM HATTKBAS—THE HO
BART MORRIS AFLOAT—THE WRECK OF
THE WHITEHAIL—TIIE FRIGATE CONGRESS
—THE BRITISH FRIGATE BINALDO.
Fobtkess Monkoe, fifimb 12,
A report was started this afternoon that thorMer
tirnac wm coming round the point. It wan of course
untrue, the fears of some one having magnified a
diminutive black tug into a large rebel steamer.
■ PrepoiraHeha are now being made to mount the
Itodman fifteen-inch gun, which now lies dismounted
uear its great companion, the Union gnn. With these
powerful engines of destruction the rebel nest on
(Sewell's Point can be shelled out, while their guns
will ho utterly powerless.
The naval engagement and the success of the
Monitor are still the great objects of discussion.
All agree that in the Monitor lay the aalvation of
the fleet and of the buildings on the point, and that
she has saved the fort from great damage, if not
from capture.
The health of the troops is remarkably good.
In the hospital at Newport News, which is under
the charge of Brigade Surgeon J. H. Curtis, the
'sick are but four per cent, of the whole, and of
these but about one-third are actnaliy in the hospi
tal, tho remainder staying at their quarters. The
prevailing disease is common fever. The regiment
having the least percentage of sick is the Second
New York; the greatest, the New York Fire
Zouaves.
The steamer S. R. Spaulding arrived this
morning from Hatteras Inlet. The troops there are
being paid off, greatly to their satisfaction and to
that of the sutlers. They send a largo amount of
it home, however.
A large side-wheel steamer, supposed to be the
Vanderbilt, is below.
The ferryboat Robert Morris , whioh has been
aground for some weeks past, was got off yester
day, and is now afloat. Sho will bo in running
order before long.
The chirred bull of tbe Whitehall can be seen
from the wharf, but it is almost submerged. Her
iron-work will be recovered.
Fragments of the noble, ill-fated Congress are
coming ashore. The curiosity-hunters are secur
ing pieces as relics.
A flag of truce left to-day for Craney Island.
The British frigate Rinaldo, of Mason and Sli
dell notoriety, lies some distanoe down the bay.
Tbe wish is freely expreseed that she would make
tracks for some other point. .
The Occupation of Winchester*
WiNCHBSTiiit, March 12—9 o’clock P. M
General Jackson’s rebel forces left last night, on
the Strasburg road, and .the forces of Generals
Hamilton and Williams are just entering the town.
■ A; Wisconsin Third, Captain Bertram,
» company of the Conneotiout regiment, fol
lowed by Captain Cole’s company of the First
Maryland, and a squadron of Michigan cavalry,
were the firat to enter the town.
We encountered a strong fort one mile out, which
was evacuated by Jaeluon last night.
The people generally are intensely delighted at
our presence, and hail it as a harbinger of peace
and future prosperity. . The regiments as they
pat! are Cheered and greeted from the houses, and
the cheers are responded"!© by tbe officers and men.
The otber column of Gen. Banks’ division, whioh
approached by the Berryville route, has not yet ar
rived. Not a gun has been fired.
Yesterday, tbe rebels arrested eighty of the most
prominent Unionists and seat them to Biohmond.
C offee sells at 75 to' SI ; sugar 25 to 37; calicoes
50; but other articles are more abundant.
It is represented, by the resident friends of the
Union, that at least two-thirds of the population of
this town and county arc loyal to our Government,
but they have been .compelled to SUCCUmb to the
Secession pressure, so far as the expression' of
opinionwas concerned.
There have been no Riobmond papers reeeived
here for a week, and tbo citizens were entirely ig
norant of the thrilling events that hare occurred
within that period.
Whisky was selling at $2 a pint, anil other liquors
in proportion.
Second Despatch.
Jackson’s force yesterday consisted of Loring’s
brigade, sereral field batteries, and three hundred
of Colonel Ashby’s cavalry, about four thousand
in all.
They commenced the evacuation aboutsunset last
night. Ike cavalry were the last to leave, and de
parted jujt before we entered the town.
It is re,resented that there is a large rebel force
at Rtrasburg, and that they intend to make a stand
there.
Owing t* the state of affairs at Manassas, it is be
lieved that Jackson will make his way np the She
nandoah Valley to the Virginia Central Railroad,
and thenc* to Richmond.
Prominmt Secessionists here say that the Confe
derate foriea will make a stand>t Qordonsville, and
have fortited it to a great extent.
Several prisoners and a small amount ef ammu
nition axe yll the seizures made here.
| Another Account.
WiNcnrpmt, March 12.—This celebrated town
is at lengb recovered fer the Union. The move
ment of out forces to Berryville, and roeonnoloiuuice
to this vidnity, completely succeeded in driving
the enemjl and' misleading them so that they did
not knew to expose in attack. The oonga
queuoe wa i that yesterday afternoon they com
menced evicuating the plaoe.
Gen.' H&iilton meanwhile advanced from Bun
ker Hill, t|e Michigan cavalry leading the way.
Twelve lundred of the enemy’s cavalry gave
battle, supported by a section of artillery.
Ibis was about five o’clock yesterday afternoon.
A battalitn of the First Maryland regiment rein
forced our ravalry, and one of our Motions of artil
lery came up and replied to the enemy’s guns.
The flghtwaa soon over. The enemy fled, leav
ing their guns, two in number; several horses, and
about 1 thirty men killed and wounded. The shells
thrown among them by our artillery were very de
structive.
Ourwboleloss was four killed and fifteen wound
ed, all of the first Maryland.
Skirmishing was continued all last night, the re
suit being a few men wounded on both sides, but
none killed fn ours.
At day break to-day our oolamn .wM tgain In
motion, and 1 advanced upon the town in tune to
zee the rear guard of the rebels retire forever.
Large stores ef ammunition, provisions, and many
horns have fallen into our hands, and the Union
flag flies triumphantly over Winchester.
The reoeption of our troops by the people has
been most enthusiastic.
General Gorman has oome In, and he and
General Hamilton are' exohanging mutual con
gratulations.
Later,from Fortress Monroe and Norfolk.
Fomhess Monroe, March IK-*—lnformation has
been received from,Norfolk stating that the rebel
steamer Mcriimnc. or Virginia, as she is now
called, is still afloat at the nary yard, and a large
feres ef workmen is employed in repairing her.
Serious damage was received by one of her prongs
at the bow, and the forward part of the bow was
stove in. That part is now being strengthened.
The people of Norfolk ore said to be in a state of
mingled rejoicing and fear.
Lieut. W. N. Jeffers is now in command of the
invincible steamer Monitor.
Important from Memphis and the Lower
Mississippi
St. Louis, March 13.—A special despatoh to the
Democrat, dated Cairo, yesterday, says that a gen
tleman, who left Memphis on Saturday, arrived
here this morning.
Be reports that there are no troops at Memphis.
Many persons were leaving the city, and cotton,
molasses, sugar, and other artioles of merchandise
are being shipped down the river.
The policy ol burning the oity was still being dia
onssed. Speeches were made, every night, and
means used to cheek the increasing demoralization
and exoite the war spirit. -
Gen. Bragg had eome from Pensacola with 10,
000 men, and these were sent to reinforce No w Ma
drid and Island No. 10.
Gen. Bragg and Gen. Beauregard were at Jaok
bod, Tennessee, constructing fortifications. All the
negroes in the country were called to work on
them.
Martial law was proclaimed at Memphis, last
Monday, for the purpose of oheoking insubordina
tion and compel tho oitizens to turn out and fight.
No defensive preparations are being made at Ran
dolph, for between there and New Orleans there is
the strong position of Fort Pillow j but it is less
formidable than was Columbus.
The rebels confess that the reduction of this place
will give us all the points on the Mississippi. The
rebel gunboats are all at Island No. Id. The/
carry rifled twenty-four and thirty-two-pounders.
The fleet is under the command of Hollins.
A messenger from New Madrid reports that all
was quiet there this morning, (Wednesdny )
General Burnside Aware of the Rebel
Retreat from Manassas,
Providence, March 13.—A letter received here
from a man in General Burnside's expedition, dated
Roanoke Island, March 3, announces the preva
lence of a report there that tho rebels were
evacuating Manassas. General Burnside will,
therefore, be on hisguard.
The Lower Potomac.
Washington, March 13. —The stoamtug Leslie
went down to Quantice crook yesterday, towing a
large scow with shears and machinery for removing
the rebel batteries.
A large number of shells hare been found in the
rebel magazine. They wore neatly packed in fine
sea-weed, which is said to bo nn excellent plan to
keep the powder dry, and prevent premature ex
plosion .
The Advunce on the Lower Potomac.
A correspondent, writing from Washington under
date of March 12, says:
In compliance with orders from General Hooker,
eariy on Monday morning a detachment, under
Lieutenant Colonel Milcfl, First Massachusetts Regi
ment, took possession of the rebel works at Ship
ping Point and Evansport, while a similar body,
under Colonel Mott, Fifth New Jersey Regiment,
occupied those at Cockpit Point.
It was iound that the rebels had attempted to de
stroy everything possible by blowing up their maga
zines and bursting their guns. The guns were
loaded to the muzzles with solid shot and sand bags,
and a fire was built under them, which burned the
carriages and heated the guns .sufficiently to ignite
the powder. In this way they burst three rifled
guns and one 42-pound shell gun out of twenty-one
left in their works.
They had in the Shipping Point battery a one
hviiidied <m<J Vircnt, pound English rifled gun,
Blakeley’s patent, of 1861, weighing 10,753 pounds.
It is banded at the breech, in a manner similar to
our Parrott guns, while the groove is different from
any I have seen, being but square down ou one
Bide, and gradually sloping to zne next groove. It
whs filled with shot sad sand and the carriage
burned, but tbe immense thickness at tho breech
prevented its being heated through sufficiently to
cause an explosion. It is probably one of the guns
brought by the Bermuda some time since.
Among tbe other guns uninjured is a niue.inob
D&blgren gun, which was cast in 1855, and is sup
posed to be one of those stolen by the rebels at
Norfolk.
All the guns, with the exception of the English
gun mentioned, are no doubt those stolen from the
VsW«4 gmiss at ramus points, The extreme
northern gun at Shipping Point is burst, and an
inscription on the face of tbe breastwork states that
“ this gun burst On the 15th of February, 1862.”
There was a rumor at that time in our oamp that it
had burst, killing two men and wounding one, which
this date seems to confirm.
Three scouting parties were gent out from Ship
ping Point in different directions. The first pro
ceeded up Quantico creek, discovering the lately
deserted camps of the enemy. They proceeded to
within a mile of Dumfries, capturing a young mao
a company in aTexas regiment,called
“ The Yankee Killers.” He appeared quite will
ing to be taken, and says he bad twice attempted
to get away from tho rebels. Ho is a very genteel
looking English lad, “scarcely nineteen years
old,” and says he has been in this country but a
year. He insists that there are two brigades of
rebel soldiers at Dumfries, but his story is nob be
lieved.
A second company was sent up the south bank of
Quantico creek, and discovered numerous evidences
of a large force of the enemy having lately occu
pied the place. A store, with & stock of
some three thousand dollars’worth of goods, con
sisting of boots and shoes, tobacco and oigars, meats,
vegetables, fruits, &0., was found. It had been so
hastily deserted that some two or throe dollars in
change had been left in the money drawer. They
also found a silk flag, beautifully embroidered, and
inscribed 11 Randolph Hornets,and on the reverse
“Onward to Victory;” also a fine silk banner,
whioh had been thrown into the creek, bearing on
one side tho Arkansas seal, and OH tbe reverse tbe
following inscription, wbich I give verbatim tt
punctuatim .
***^**************************^*>*
* oW, RK3HT3, rBACBABLT IF VK CAN FOKCIBI.T I* *
J WJ MUST J
* *
******#**^*************#*********
Numerous other trophies, of almost every d*-
ecription, were found.
'The third party proceeded in a southwesterly
direction, with similar sdooees. The latter two
brought in several stragglers, some of whom were
known Union men, and who Btate that the rebels
have been moving off in the direction of Frede
ricksburg, as fast as the cars would carry them, for
gome days past, and that the last left On Sunday.
From New Madrid*
GENERAL POPE’S SECOND RECONNOISSANCE IN
The correspondent of the Cincinnati Commer
cial* under date of the 7th inst., gives an account
of affairs at New Madrid, Missouri. We extract
the following particulars relative to General Pope T s
SOOohd reconnoiesance in force before the town;
THE RECGNNOISSANCE—A SKIRMISH.
It became known this morning that another re
oonnoissanoe in force was to be made against New
Madrid, and soon after, that it was to be entrusted
to the First division.' The men foil into line at
about eleven o'clock, in good spirits, hoping to get
nearer the enemy than before. The Second bri
gadeand one section of the Missouri battery were
soon in motion, and started in the advauoo. Half
of each oompany of the Forty-third Ohio—the best
marksmen—were detailed as skirmishers, and
pushed forward. We marched southward a
short distance, then westward below the
town and fort, passing mostly through broad
cornfields. Our course was then southward,
until we reached a point along the rear of
the town, then straight up towards the town. As
we approached it became certain that the fort,
which was upon our right as we advanced, had been
evacuated, for there were no signs whatever of life
or guns. At the edge of the town the skirmishers
had a lively time for a few minutes, but the in
fantry of the enemy was small—probably not more
than a oompany or two remained as pickets—for
they retired as soon as possible, and we saw no
more of them. But the signs of gunboats encou
raged iis that we would have an attack. The bat
tery was planted immediately in the rear of the gun
boats, and commenced to throw shell from the 12-
peunders. The Sixty-third was on the left of the
battery, and the Forty-third on the same line still
to the left. The Twenty-seventh and Thirty-ninth
Ohio wire in the rear, reaching somewhat to the
right of the battery.
THE REBELS RETURN OUR FIRE.
We did net have to wait long for an answer to
our guns, for in a few minutes the balls and shells
from the rebel gunboats were whistling and ex
¥hTwM kept'^tor^me^^S^L^ 0^
our foroe began to move to the rear and ap the ri
ver. The rebels now lost our range and we expa=
rienoed no more harm. We fell back to the left of
the main road into a pieoe of woods and rested',
when Gen. Stanley gave the order to return into
camp, whioh we did leisurely, a shot or two from the
rebels falling is ear rear as a parting salute.
There were none killed, and but4one badly
wounded. Louis Schwarer, Fourth Cavalry, regu
lars, Company C, one of General Stanley’s body
guards, had his right hand tom off by a ball, and
was wounded in the faoe. Hie arm was amputated
below the elbow. The brave feiiow was as plucky
as any man I ever saw, and bore it like a stoic.
W. W. King, Forty-third Ohio, Company K, was
wounded in the right leg with a musket ball, but
not seriously. Dennis Connard, Charles Hedrick,
Hugh Hamilton, Olid One In Captain Smith’s Com
pany, Sixty-third Ohio, were somewhat bruised by
spent balls.
The action was a brisk one—much more so than
on the day of our arrival here. The men were
bravo to a fault, aud tho officers acquitted them
selves in the beat style, acquiring the confidence of
the men.
News from Cairo and Down the River.
A correspondent, writing from Cairo ea the 10th
inst., states that hundreds of anohors, large and
small, were found at Columbus, the largest of whioh
weighs over eight thousand pounds, and is from
Norfolk. This monster is II feet long in the shank,
and measures 14 inches through iu the largest part.
The olevis is made of 4 j-inoh round iron, while the
flukes are 3i feet long, by 30 inohes wide and 2
inches thick.
gTRBNfITH OF THE ENEMY'S WORKS AT COLUMBUS.
Millions of feet of lumber have been used in the
construction of wood-work about this rebel fortifica
tion, We have conversed with several Northern
and Western men who were pressed into the rebel
ranks- but. succeeded in maMng their escape when
Columbus uas evaouated. Oue party informs us
that Pillow, Polk, Bragg, Cheatham, Beauregard,
and lesser lights, were in Jackson, Tennessee, on
Sunday week. We are also assured that Bentue
gard has never visited Columbus. The Mississippi
is full of torpedoes and other infernal maohines,
from Columbus to New Orleans. They will un
doubtedly prove harmless to our gunboats and
transports, however. The largest foroe ever at Co
lumbus was 37,000, while there were only 16,000 at
that point when it was evacuated. They retreated
to Island No, 10, Fort Pillow, Randolph, and Jack,
ton, Tenn. At one time there were 200 guns at Co
lambus, the largest being a couple of 128- pound
slug cannon. Yesterday, and during the day pre
vious, several additional cannon were fished oat of
the Mississippi river.
-BALLOON SERVICE.
Capt. J. Steiner, of the “ Corps of Observation,”
or Professor Lowe’s corps of Aeronauts, is here,
awaitmg orders lrom Gen. Halleok. He has two
large Government silk balloons, togolher with com
plete portable apparatus for inflating the same—the
gas being made of oil of vitrol, iron turnings, and
water. Aerial reeonnoisanoes have proved suooas
ful and of importance along the Potomao.
WE CAIRO FOST OrriCE.
The Cairo post office has become quite an exten
sive institution since tho consolidation here of our
TWO CENTS.
large Western array, Postmaster D, X, Linegar
assorts the mail matter for over oce hundred regi
ments, including the whole of Grant, Pope, and
Payne’s, and a portion of Buell’s divisions. He
commenced on his duties with four, but now finds
active employment for sixteen olerbs. He paid
$579 over to Government during his first quarter,
while the amount Will *X46*d 4W $7,000 for the
I, resent quarter. At the present time over 20,000
etters go out of the Cairo office daily, while nearly
$6OO worth of stamps hare been sold' in one day.
As high as 7,000 letters have been mailed- direct for
Cincinnati in one day. The Cairo post office is in
deed a thriving branch of the department.
OUR GUNBOATS ON THE BITER,
The gunboat Benton lies off Cairo, anchored out
near the Kentucky shore. Her machinery works
BfttiefMtorily, yet she ia sloir. The gunboat Lou
isville arrived from Columbus yesterday, having
been relieved by the Pittsburg. The repairs and
improvements to the pilot houses and other por
tions of the gunboats being about or nearly com*
pleied, a forward movement of these aquatic insti
tutions down the Mississippi, ia a day or two, may
he expected.
MISCELLANEOUS AFFAIRS.
P. Diehl, pyrotechnist, of Cincinnati, was here a
day or two since, having just completed one thou
sand Signal rodkats for this department of the army.
The pontoon-bridge barges are being oonverted
into Government wharf-boats, or floats, at Mound
City.
The Ohio is on a stand here. A number of bales
of hay, belonging to the Government, have been
lyin£ in the water near the I. C. Railway depot, a
portion of which has floated off, while the balance
will doubtless follow suit.
The steamers W. H. 2?., Captain N. Packer, and
Emma, Captain Maratta, arrived from Fort Do*
neieon last nightj with sick and wounded sol<Jjsf§ T
The tr. if. JB. brought one hundred sick* At
Paducah, she received seventy-five privates of the
Forty-third Indiana, who came here to join their
regiment. Her sick belong principally to the
Forty-eighth Illinois and Bird’s Sharp-shooters.
The siok on the Emma number two hundred and
fifteen, also from Fort Ponelson. They were pro
vided with comfortable quarters in the hospital at
Mound City.
ACCIDENTS TO THE SHIPPING.
The Cumberland and Tennessee rims aro falling,
but stHI overflowing their banks. Boats are thin
ning out in the Cumberland. The Champion, No.
4, arrived at Fort Donelson on Saturday. The
Monarch collided with the bridge at Clarksville,
tearing off her larboard wheel and drowning thre?
men. She was towed out of the Cumberland by
the Glendale. The Neptune, bound down, ran
into the same bridge, ana sunk to the hurricane
deck. The Grey Fox also collided with the same
obstruction, knocking off her water-wheel, and de
molishing both obimneysand a portion of her upper
works. The Fairchild towed her out to Smith
land. The New Uncle Sam. also met with an acci
dent. She ran into the Wood, in the Cumberland,
above Smithland, knocking down her chimneys,
and damaging her upper works slightly. If we are
correctly informed, our boatmen, with their mis*
fortunes, have one consolation. Being pressed into
the service, they are at the risk of 11 Uncle Sam,”
who will pay all bills for necessary repairs.
LATE SOUTHERN NEWS.
The Merchants of the South and the
Rebellion.
The Little Rock (Arkansas) Democrat says:
- To the merchant of the Southern Confederacy
this war has been a godsend. While he has been
released from the immediate and pressing necessity
of diecharging his debts in Northern cities, he has
been enabled to dispose of his entire stock at largely
enhanced prices. He has been enabled to sell the
fexubafttS of old SlodkS eh hand at fifty and a hun
dred and sometimes two hundred per cent, profit,
which, if the war had never occurred, would have
fallen a dead loss on his hands. The merchant
alone, of all the . citizens of the South, has made
money in the last six months. It is true be com
plains of hard times, and talks of the amity of
money, but at the same time he is prospering to a
degree that he never prospered before, and he is
gradually accumulating all the wealth of the coun
try in his drawer.
A CIVILIZED WARFARE.
Our Government and people have thus far Btriven
to conduct this war on the principles of civilized
warfare. Their treatment of prisoners has been
humane and considerate. Even civilians, charged
with infidelity and disloyalty, have been merely
sent out of tho State or permitted to remain under
pledges of good behavior.— N. O, Delta,
HOW LONG IT WILL ENDURE.
The question recurs—how long will this patience
endure ? The answer is obvious to our understand
ing—not a day longer than that one on which it
is made manifest that the huge convulsive effort
which the Northern Giant, in the spasms of disso
lution, is now making to crush the Confederate
cause by some signal blow at one of the points to
whieh his armies are pressing forward, does not ac
complish xU object Possibly their patience may
not last even so long. Certain it is, that it will not
survive one more Southern victory on a great field
of battle —a victory which we look for with high
confidence whenever the armies together.*— New
Orleans Picayune.
AN AVALANCHE OF ADJECTIVES.
The driveling but devilish spirit of New England
Abolitionism excites mingled feelings of pity, con
tempt, and ecorn. The war which Lincoln is now
waging upon the South is one of the most unrighta*
ous, atrocious, and unjustifiable, recorded in history.
The guilt of its unnumbered and Heaven-daring
crimes rests heavily npon the head of the besotted
tyrant by whom it is prosecuted for the gratifica
tion of his own unhallowed ambition and wicked
rovesge. The Ruler of the Universe certainly
never designed that a mongrel raoe, composed of
the debris of all the nations of Europe, swept upon
its shores by the waves of the Atlantic—infidel and
God-defying*; presumptuous and Bible-ignoring;
rife with every error and pernicious ism* cowardly,
cruel, and treacherous—should exercise despotic
authority over a Christian people. —Memphis Ava
lanche.
SOLDIER LIFE IN MEMPHIS.
Wo have had a pleasant, jolly time all the way.
Officers and soldiers were all cheerful and happy,
and had a good deal of ton all the time. Our kind
treatment by the officers of the Magnolia will long
be remembered by this regiment, and long may
'they live. As the host approaohed this beautiful
city, it occurred to me that old Abe’a programme
for this river is to destroy this and all the cities on
the Mississippi Ibis winter. I think he will have a
sweet time, for I believe every man, woman, and
ehild will fight and contest every inch da long as
one brick rests upon another, before they would
see their homes occupied by the dregs and outcasts
of foreign nations. —Memphis Cor. Baton Rouge
Adv.
The New York Chamber of Commerce.
SPEECH OF CAPTAIN ERICSSON,
At a meeting of the New York Chamber of Com
merce, on Wednesday, Captain Ericsson was pro-
Beilt, and, in compliance with the general request,
made a few remarks with reference to the Monitor:
DAMAGE TO THE PILOT-HOUSE.
In speaking of the damage of the pilot-house,
Capt. Ericsson said that some idea could be formed
of the force of the conoiuaion from the fact that the
part broken was of wrought iron, 12 inohes squaro
by 9 thiok. It was the finest kind of wrought iron,
and was dovetailed to the pilot-house, and that was
broken in two. This will give an idea of the foroe
of modem projectiles. IVo can have no better proof
of the immense force of the projeetiie than a con
sideration of the foroe required to break into pieces
a wrought-iron bar nine inohes thiok.
DAMAGE TO THE TURRET.
As to the damage to the turret, Captain Erioason
explained that tho part injured was an additional
protection placed upon the side of the strncture of
two-inch wrought-iron plates. It was plaoed there
to protect the turret. The tnrret was strong enough
without it, but it wag feared that, without some
thing to break the ooneussion during an engage
ment, the men would be more liable to be deafened
or knocked down. Before the Monitor left, he
■•• d .ntuunrad the officers parnouiany, oorur*
went into Dawwpv» ; il ,t, nfl t the men not to bo
frightened in cue there should be a very never*
shock. He told them, that they need not bo sar*
prised if they Bhould go down upon their knees,
and not to be alarmed, that if tho shook Bhould
Btun them and knock them down, they would get
up again unharmed. [Laughter ana applause. J
Some of the men put the question, “ Will the shot
through?” He assured them that all the Bhot
would stay on the outside. It would be no wonder
that a man should be shocked if a ball weighing
a hundred and fifty pounds, moving at the rate of
two tbdus&fid feet per ewand, should strike within
a foot of hia head. [Laughter. ]
TEE ADVANTAGE OF THE TURRET.
In speaking of the advantages of the turret of
tho Monitor, Captain Ericsson said ho bad pro
posed to the oaptain that the sailing master should,
during an engagement, attend to the telescope, and
keep the turret moving The telescope was so ar
ranged that a man could, by looking through it, and
toreisg a iitUo while within rwwa, hoop the guu
continually hearing upon the enemy, while the
Monitor is moving round her. This duty was ad
mirably performed by the sailing master in this in
stance, and the guns were thus kept always pointed
at this pirate,Jlanghtor,] for anoh he would oall the
Merrimac. This novel movement muathave aston
ished Captain Buchanan, who found the mouths of
the bull-dog pointed at him all the time. [Ap
plause.]
NO DANGER OF THE MONITOR BEING SWAKrED.
Captain Worden conducted himself in the most
masterly manner, but he was not an engineer. As
a sailor naturally would, he had felt a little ner
vous about going on board a vobsol that was bo muah
tiWdMviAU*. That was the main ohjoation urged
against the vessel when he (Captain Ericsson) went
before the naval committee, when it was first pro
posed to build this vessel. It was urged that suoh a
vessel would not live in a heavy sea. He had
guarantied that the would, and hw& WAS Ms. Bu
rners’ report that ahe wee as good a sea-boat as he
ever sailed in. She is so near the water-line that
instead of mounting the waves, they break over
her. Well, what of it? There is no plaoe to let
the water to, and the tobsol floats like a champagne
bottle with the cork in. . The air is brought down
through the turret by means of blowers. The tur
ret is sine feet high, and measures sixty-four feet
in oirsumferenoo. The mon have stood upon that
when there was nothing abovo water except tbe
turret. It takes 67,000 pounds to bring the vessel
down, and that weight could not be put upon her,
from her peculiar construction. There can be no
danger from Although th® VSSSftI Dt&y bfi
under water constantly, and tho men will have
plenty of air.
THE FULL POWERS OF THE MONITOR NOT EXERTED.
In relation to tho point immediately under con
sideration, whether the Monitor was capable of
resisting the Merrimac , ho would say that had the
guns of the Monitor been pointed a little lower she
would have sunk the Merrimac. Mr. Stimors cal'
oulatod tho distance, but bo put bis gBB to such a
position that when tbe sbot struck tbe Merrimac
they glanced off, instead of penetrating os they
would if they hit point-Jilank. He fired fifty shots,
and Borne of them took effect—several, no doubt,
rnterod tho Merrimac, Tbf s bets of the
Monitor will be nearly parallel with the water
line. He felt quite confident that the next time the
Monitor got an opportunity showQUld ai uk tht
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Aft'rnmacj and predloted that she would #9 it UIV
tbiru round.
The was another thing to be considered. They
had on the Monitor fifteen wronght-iron shot.
Captain .Unblgren w&g a little afraid of bursting his
gun, and g*ave peremptory orders that thftae should
not be use>4. The armor of the MerrirtMC could
not resist th.eifi shot, but would be peaetrated by
them. The next time the Monitor will ttse the
wrougbt-iron shM, while the Merrimac was either
advancing or retreating.
A member of ibe Chamber asked bow often these
guns could be fired ?
Gapt. Ericsson said that they could be ft?*d la
about one minute and ft half. There are two guns,
for by having that number there is time for them te
cool. They might depend upon it, that if the Mer
rimac came out she would be sunk.
Mr. Wetmore asked whether Gapt. Ericsson bad
he&Td of the news that seventeen of the Mtrn
mac’j* men were killed, including Chpt. Bucha
nan?
Capt. Ericsflon replied that he had not heard it.
So bad do doubt that theguua at Monitor
could penetrate the Bide of the Mtrrvmae*
Another member asked whether a battery on the
principle of the movable turret eould not bo erected
on shore to protect the harbor ?
Capt. Eriesson replied that a movable water bat
tery would be far p?efstable, As it Sotild move ia
shoal water, and assail a vessel like the Warrior
all the way on its passage Into the harbor.
The Chamber then voted on the last resolution,
and resolved to strike out the part recommending
the sinking of vessels In Norfolk harbor.
An additional resolutioh, proposed by Mr. Reg
gies, and recommending Congress to baud ten Omu
clad steamers, was also passed.
Tribute to General Hander.
Hon. Johß 8. Ctflllo, of Virginia, in tho course
of his speech in the United States Senate, on Tues
day, paid the following eloquent tribute to th*
memory of the lamented Lander:
ir Congress were not to suppress insurrection by
£&&§Utuii(/xi&i feitans, and in a coubtUutional \ray, thorn
would be nothing lor the loyal citizen to fight lor. He
readily obeys bis country’s call, and enrolls himself in ite
military servicr-—wljy r and for what l That the Constitu
tion may be overthrown l that his fellow-citizeuß in the
rebellious States may be deprived of their constitutional
right*, ueuMd to them by the ooimuou baud'! Ha, \
God forbid! He takes up arms for no such purpose. Ho
enlists under the banner of his country to uphold it, and
all the rights of which it is the emblem, lie spills his
blood that the constitutional Government under which
he has lived may be preserved, and all bis constitutional
StV&iblOih4d. It WAS for this, Anil Mila &loiie, ai I
know full well, that the brave Lander sacrificed his life.
Patriot soldier he was; long will his memoiy live in the
hearts of the loyal people of my State. Ur it was who
led our troops to buttle and to victory at Phillippa and
■Rich Mountain. It is one of the proudest recollections
of LI) life tlmt I urtjed upon the Fru.itlent anil hi. Oabl.
net his nomination as brigadier general. I reflect with
satisfaction upon my agency in procuring bis nomina
tion. 1 will not now check the unbidden tear that fills
my eyes while I recall before me his manly form and re
flect upon his heroic courage. No wau ever guarded
more carefully the honor of biß country, or more scrupu
lously protected the right! of private property.
Hr. President) Massachusetts’ son was made a Virginia
brigadier. Tour recoids will show that it was Frederick
W Lander, of Virginia, that the President nominated
and the Senate confirmed. Virginia adopted him aa ft
eon, fend she claims the privilege to mingle her tears with
those of hit* own native State. This is as it should be tea
tween Mates united as the States or this Union are uader
one Constitution, baring one country and one destiny. Lei
us remember that to the united efforts, in war and in poace,
of Massachusetts and Virginia, and thoir Bister
we are indebUd for our gloriuuß Constitution. I wooUk
atH&owjedgd 9ur i»dPIMu?SB to Alttwacbufttto for
loaning to us* through ter Governor, in our darkest hoar
last spring, two thousand stand of arms. Such recollec
tions aru themes upon which I love to dwell. Would to
God there had been iu the past nothing inconsistent with
the kind and friendly service to which I have referred. Let
us bury forever all recollection of what ha** occurred to in-
Ifnspl ffep His4lr rflarisns betwsen ibe two old Staten or
between the sections of our common country. Let US
again be a united and a happy people, animated by that
fraternal feeling so necessary to our peace and prosperity
as a nation. God grant that again we may be bouud to
gether by the silken cord of brotherly love, never to b#
broken, each fltate vieing with the other in the kindly dis
ciiars? pf <>y< i !7 obligation, sad all frowning
Indignantly upon the hrtt dawning of any attempt t*
alienate the sections or to disturb the harmony of the
whole.
Punishment of Treason in Maryland
Tboso who have asserted that the people of tha
Border States are not anxious for the punishmea
of traitors have only to read tho following lair
passed by the late Legislature of Maryland :
AN ACT, ontitled an act to amend section two hundred
end two of article thirty of the Code of Pqbjjs
ttererat Laws, relating to crimes and punishments by
defining treason, and providing for the punishment of
treason and other kindred offences.
Be it anacted by the General Assembly of Maryland*
That section two hundred and two. of article thirty, of
tho Code of Public General Laws be, and the same is
hereby, and that the following be enacted ui
Inserted in Baid code in lieu thereof—to wit:
flection 202. flub-section 1. If any person shall levy
war against the State, or shall adhere to the enemies
thereof, whether foreign or domestic, giving them aid or
comfort within this State or elsewhere, and shall be there
of convicted on confession in open court 6fi the testi
mony of two vritnoßKOß, both of them to the same overt
act, he shall suffer death or be sentenced to confinement
in the lenitentiary for not less than eix nor more than
twenty years, at the discretion of the court.
Sub'sec. 2. If any person shall provide or procure
mouay, goods, tit AthW or effect,, (other fch**
munitions tf war,) to be used in the levying of war
aeatost the State, or in giving aid or comfort to the ene
mies of this State, within this Stato or elsewhere, and be
convicted thereof, he shall be sentenced to imprisonment
in the common jail of the county or city wherever he may
be convicted, for a term nut oxoeedlng nix months, or ts
a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, at the discre
tion of the court; and if the property or effects so pro
vided or procured consist, in part or in the whole, of
munitions of war, the person so providing or procuring
such munitions of war shall, on conviction thereof, be
sentenced to confinement in the pOfilftßtiftr? for ft term
not Use than six. mouths nor more than two years, cr IO’E
fine not lees than one hundred nor more than five hun
dred dollars, at the discretion of the coart, and in any
and every case the money, goods, property, or effects, m
provided or procured, shall be forfeited to the use of thft
State.
Snb-scc. S. And -whereas, experience has shown that
evil-minded persons are disposed to commit the offences
specified in this sub-section for the purpose of promo
ting rebellion or war against this State: therefore,
Be it enacted, That if any person or persona shatt
wilfully* and lor the pnr poke of promotion rebdUon at
war agaiußt tbie State, bum or d&Btroy an; bridge, via
duct, culvert, structure, rails, ferry boat or other pro*
pnrfy belonging to and being part of any highway or
railroad within this State, or engine, car, vehicle or
property belonging to, or used or employed upon any
railroad within this Stats* or shall destroy any dam,
lock, abatmeut, towing-path, waste-weir or feeder of
any canal, or any boat, vessel or other property belong
its to, or nsnl, or employed thereon, within this State,
every aucb person, upon conviction thereof, shall be sen
tcucfcd to undergo confinement in tbe penitentiary for a
teim not less than two nor more than, six j ears* or to*,
fine of not less than five bundled, nor mire that two
thousand collars, in the discretion of the court.
Sub-see. 4. That if any person or persons within thin
State shall hold any secret or public meeting, or unite
with or belong t > any secret club or association, known
b> him or them to be intended to onset, promote, or m«
courage the separation or secession of tills State from the
Government or Union of the doited States, or to effect*
promote, or encourage tho incorioration or uniou of thia
State with the sc-called Southern Confederacy, every
such person, upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenoel
to confinement in the penitentiary for a term not leas
then two nor bore than bis years, or iu a doe of not loss
tban five hundred nor more than three thousand dollars*
at <he dismtJon of the court.
Sub-Bee. 6. If any person shall conspire or combine
with others to levy war against this State, or to give aid
or comfort to the enemies thereof, whether foreign or
douiMuiG, within this Stato or eUewbore, and be ooi«
victed thereof, be Bball be sentenced to confinement in
tbe penitentiary for not less than two years nor more
thaneix years, or to a fine not exceeding five thousand
dollars, at the discretion of tlie court.
Sub-sec. 6. That if, with intent to promote rebellion
cr wm ftgaiart this State, or to give aid and comfort to
the enemies thereof, any person shall attempt to burn or
destroy, or any pertoa shall attempt or conspire with
others to burn or destroy any bridge, ferry-boat, viaduct*
culvert, structure, rails, or other property, belonging to
or baiug part of any highway or railroad, orjmy engine,
cart Ttblcle, or other property, einur, l bil«toMhto>iiir
need, or employtdjm
any person wives
others to destroy any ham, lock, abutn-PUt, towing-path*
waste-w*V,' or feeder of any canal, or any boat, vesßet*
or other property, belonging to, or u«d, or employed
tWe6&, wiihi& this UUU, &v&*y pewca eo oftimUng*
upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to coaono
ment In the penitentiary for a term not exceeding tore#
years, nor lees than one year; or fined
lu thi flVOjWdxeA *>«»«»
Sub-sec. 7. That ir any person or person* shall wil
fully attempt to conspire or betray, yield or <Wi'l|YerP»
any person or persons In rebellion against the
ment of this State, or to their emissaries, aiders, or
tors, any ship, vessel, or steamboat within this State*
every person so offending shall, upon conviction thereof,
be sentenced to confinement in the pouitentiory, for a
term not exceeding three pears nor less than one year*,
or finpd in a sum not more than two thousand, nor teas
than five hundred dollars, In the discretion of the
court.
Bub-sec. 8. Be it enacted , If any person or persons in
this State shall knowingly display to public view what to
commonly designated the Secession flag; with a view and
intent to excite seditious feelings, or shall, during tha
present rebellion against the Government of the United
States, offer inducements to any minor, or other porson, to
abandon bis home, or temporary place ot residence, for
the purpose of going into any of the States in rebellion, or
fih&U furnish to any minor, or other person, money,
clothing, or conveyance of any kind, for the accomplish*
ment of any such inteuded object, although tha as mo
may not have been effected, each one of said offenoea
shall be deemed evidence of disloyalty, and shall bo lia
low a misdemeanor aad punishable by a fine of not IMO
fifty dollars nor more than It&ll KBBdfed flollHS, (fi
the discretion of the court; and, in case of non-payment
of the fine and costa ot salt, the person or peroons con
victed of a violation of this sub-section, shall be im«
pi ieoued in the county or city jail, where the offesoe to
committed! for not leMthu thirty nor more thin aUtr
days, in the discretion ol the court before whom the coat
was tried.
Sob.sec. 9. If any person within this State shall se
duce, entice, or persuade any other person to commit any
oue of tbe offences which are by the several sub-sectieu*
of this section prohibited; and snob offence be committed*
the said person who so seduced, enticed* or persuaded*
shell, on conviction, be sentenced to suffer such punish*
ment as the person committing said offence would bn
liable to suffer as a punishment for tbs crime so commiW
ted by Mm- ,
£ub-eec. 16, If any person within thli St&l& khkll at
tempt to seduce, eudee, or persuade ahy other person to
commit any of the offences which by the several sub-eeo
tiona of tliib lection are prohibited, and shall be conviotel
thereof, he shall be sentenced to confinement in the penU
teDtiau for not less than two re»rs nor more thus tour
ycarst or to a fino of not Irss than five hundred nor morn
than two thousand dollars, in the discretion of the court.
Sub-ace. 11. And be it enacted. That the proceeds of
all fines arising out of the execution of the provisions td
this act, after all necessary expenses incurred upon their
collection, paid, and tho aiimo are, hereby, lAfc
apart and appropriated as a portion of the military ftihd
for the relief of the families of the Maryland volunteers*
residents of this State at the date of their eulistment.
Sub'Bec. 12. If any of the offences within desenbod
shall have <jA4U»ttitUkl before this act goes inta
operation, the same shall be puulsbftl according to tils
law existing at tbe time of the thereof.
Sub-sec. And be it enacted, That it Bhall be the
duty of the judges of tho courts having criminal juris
diction within this State to sre this in clmrge to tb*
grand juries of their reepeerve ceuns* at every term of
l4. And be it enacted , That this act shall
take effect from and after tho 15th of April next after
the passage hureoL
Charlotte Davis, a beautiful Creole girl, from
Louisiana, was burned to death in St. Louis, oa
Thursday, her clothes catching fire from tbe store.
In her dying momenta she was robbed of $lOB ia
gold by a Baboon-keeper, named Joseph Stein,
was arrested on the tharge, and held to bail for Ml
appearanoe. -
The Nsf Postmaster at Nashville.— Jah»
Old Ite pMfi9d9 ottWVU vf
Tennessee, has been commissioned 63 postmaster 14
tiut city.