THE PRESS. PUBLISHED DAILY, (SUNDAYS EXCEPTED,) BY JOHN W. FORNEY, OFFICE Ns. 41T CHESTNUT STREET; THE DAILY PRESS, YfU,TI Cjusts Pbb Wbex, payable to the Carrier. Mailed to subscriber! out of the City at Six Boluabs Pm AinroU, Past Dollars yon Eisa* Maotss, Tsui Dollars fob Six Months—iarariably in ad- Tanoe for the time ordered. THE TRI-WEEKLY PRESS, Mailed to Subscribers out of the City at Tbbbe DOL LARS Pie Annum, In sdrance, COMMISSION HOUSES. COFFIN, & CO., 220 CHESTNUT STREET, r Agents for the following makes of goods: PRINTS. DUNNBLL MFG. GO. ...a GKXSNE MFG. GO. LAWNS. DUNNBLL MFG. GO. BLEACHED COTTONS. Aroofldale, Forestfale, Auburn, Slatersville, Centredale, Jamestown, Blackstone, Hope, Bed Bank, Dorchester, Newbury port, Naumeag, Zouave, Burton, Greene 'Mfg. Co.’s A. A., B, A., 0. A., and other styles. BROWN COTTONS. IBurnside, Trent, Groton, Ashland, Chestnut, Glenville, Mechanics 1 and Fanners*. CORSET JEANS.—Glasgow, Manchester. jtgDBNIMS AND STRIPES.— Grafton, Jewett City, SUadieon, esaterevitte, Agawam, Keystone, Choctaw, CANTON FLANNELS.—Slatersville, Agawam. BlLE6lAB.—Smith's, Social Co., Lonsdale Co. WOOLENS. ABUT BLUE CLOTHS, EBRSEYB, and FLAN NELS. BROAD CLOTHS.—Plunketts*, Gleuham Go., . 0. •feW-lm* Brass grommets and eye- LETB for Military Blankets aud hemlines. Manu factured and for sale in any quantify at FIFTH and CO IUMBIA AYenue. {rnhS-lm*] IVINS- ILLUMINATING OILS. QILI OIL.I! OIL.II! HULBJJRT & BRQDHEAD, NO. 240 ARCH STREET, |TA»jng a Qenor&l Etf thfi fiftls Af SxtH and Lubricating COAL OILS* would call the iptcial attention of dealers and consumers to refined ILLUMINATING OIL, as It possesses merit t>eyond anything heretofore offered in this market, being entirely free from that gluey substance and bad odor which characterize that commonly sold in this market, VoduoM no smoke, and is free from all explosive properties. Orders from City or Country promptly at tended to, fe2S-2m « X UCIFER” OIL WORKS. 1-J 100 Bbls. ** Lucifer 1 ’ Burning Oil on hand. We guarantee this oil to be non-explosive, to burn all the oil in the lamp with a steady, brilliant dame, without crusting the wick, and but slowly. Bbls. lined with slam enamel. W&foHT, SMfTHyifc feSl-tf Office 515 MARKET Street. CABINET FURNITURE jTIABINET furniture and ril- J LIARD TABLES. MOORE & CAMPION, Ko. 261 Booth SECOND Street, In connection with their extensive Cabinet Business are glow manufacturing a superior article of BILLIARD tables, And have now on band a full supply, finished with the tfOOBI ft CAMPION’S IMPROVED CUSHIONS, nrUch an pronounced, by all who have used them, to be pgperior to all others. Bor the duality and finish of these tables the menu fGacturera refer to their numerous patrons throughout fiw Union, who are familiar with the character of their prork. fe26*6m LOOKING GLASSES. JAMES S. EARLE & SON, MANUFACTURERS AND IMPORTERS O W LOOKING GLASSES* OIL PAINTINGS, FINE ENGRAVINGS, PICTURE AND PORTRAIT FRAMES, PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES, PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS, OARTE-DE-VISITE PORTRAITS, EARLE’S GALLERIES. f ~" 816 CHESTNUT STREET, )US PHILADELPHIA. DRUGS AND CHEMICALS. ROBERT SHOEMAKER & CO, Naithmt Donor FOURTH and BADS Btreeta, PHILADELPHIA, WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS, .. IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IE FOREIGN AND DOMESTIO WINDOW AND PLATE GLASS. MANUFACTURERS OF WHITE LEAD AND ZING PAINTS, PUTTY, fto. Mini fob FBI ciumno FRENCH ZINC PAINTS. Dealers and consumers supplied at VERY LOW PRICES FOR CASH. «U-to LEAD Mi-id, White load, IdOwrfe, owg«rof LM4, «s?«<*, Calomel. Patent Yellow, Onoißid, dnn TtSnr, AittaForlto, Murtetic Am, IHMUTi UcUtaMta, Tvtarlo Add, Otoe. Mln.nl, Soluble T»rt. M.tM. Mt, White Vitriol, IrilmlinM, WETHER] DrucgUts *ad Mai Hoi. 47 art M *u-« GHOYELS AND SPADES. ID SIOIOI HALF-MAN, _ . tuanraimrua, CORNER or BREAD AND QUARRY STREETS, .fPbM wi,Aian6RMoiMdß«Mei'wATUiA. >, DRY AND IN White Precipitate, Lunar Caustic, Narootine, fiulph. Morphine) Morphine, Acetate Morphine) Lao. Sulph., Sther Sulphuric, Kther Citric, Sulphate Quinine, Omm. HnhUtvt t Denarootized Opium, Chloride of Soda, WetherilTi ext. Gincha. Tartar Kmetio, Chloride of Lime. Crude Borax, Befiaed Borax, Camphor, Borin CopavlaJ ■L A BROTHER, ufacturiug OhemUti, [arth SECOND Street, PHILADELPHIA. VOL. 5-NO. 191. DRY-GOODS JOBBERS. 1862. BPItINQ - 1862. W. S. STEWART & 00.. IMPOSTERS AND JOBBERS OT SILKS AND FANCY DRESS GOODS, HO. 305 MARKET STREET. We invite the attention oi the trade to a 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 tho most favorable terms. fe2s-3m spring goods. M.L.HALLOWELL &Co , 333 MARKET and 27 NORTH FOURTH STS., Wholesale Dealers in SILKS AND FANCY DRY GOODS, Have open a large variety of freshly-imported SPRING DRESS GOODS. To which, 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. mh4-tf Y ABD.GILLMORE, & Co., Nos. 61T CHESTNUT and 614 JAYNE Streets. Have now open their SPRING IMPORTATION OF SILK AND FANCY DRESS GOODS, SHAWLS, WHITE GOODS, LINENS, EMBROIDERIES, &o. Bought in Europe, by one cf the firm. To which the attention of the trade is particularly in vited. fe2l-2ra CARPETS AND OIL CLOTHS. Q.LEN echo mills. GERMANTOWN, FA. McOALLUM & Co.. MANUFACTURERS, IMPORTERS, AND DEALERS 500 CHESTNUT STREET. (Opposite Independence Hall,) CARPETINGS. OIL CLOTHS, &c. We have now on hand an extensive stock of Carpetings, of our own and other makes, to which we call the atten tion of cash and short* time buyers. mh7-3m JjIOURTH-STREET CARPET STORE, No. 47 ABOYE CHESTNUT, No. 47. J. T. DELACROIX Invites attention to his Spring Importation of CARPETINGS. Comprising every style, of the Newest Patterns and Designs, in YELYET, BRUSSELS, TAPESTRY BRUS SELS, IMPERIAL TBBEE-PLY, and INGRAIN CARPETINGS. VENETIAN and DAMASK STAIR CARPETINGS. SCOTCH RAG and LIST CARPETINGS. FLOOR OIL CLOTHS, in every width. COCOA and CANtON MATTINGS. DOOR.MATS* BUGS, SHEEP SKINS, DRUGGETS, and CRUMB CLOTHS. AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, LOW FOR CASH. J. T. DELACROIX, mh6>4m 47 South FOURTH Street CARPETINGS. J.P.&E. B. OBNE, NO. 519 CHESTNUT STREET, (OPPOSITE STATE HOUSE,) Have received, per skinner Eiiniurgh, and other late arrivals, their SPRING IMPORTATION OF NEW CARPETINGS: CROSSLEY’S YARD* AND-A-KALF-WIDE YELYEfS% 9.4 MEDALLION DO., ENGLISH BRUSSELS, EXTRA-QUALITY TAPESTRY,, BRUSSELS CARPETS, WITH BORDERS, (of new designs, for Halls and fitairs). INGRAIN ANN THREE-PLY CARPETINGS) of extra guality. ALSO, 500 PS. J. CROSSLEY & SON’S TAPE STB F BB TJSSELS OABPBTS, FROM 874 TO SIPR YD., Together with a complete &SiArtM6nt of OIL CLOTHS, STAIB AND FLOOR DRUGGETS, BUGS, MATS, &a, All of new, choice selections, and AT MODERATE PRICES. J. F. & E. 13. ORNE, mh3-tf OPPOSITE BTATE HOUSE. GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS. JILANNEL OVER-SHIRTS FOR THE ARMY. FINE SHIRTS, COLLARS, STOCKS, AND WRAFP E R S. Manufactured "at W. W. KNIGHT’S. NO. 606 AROH STREET. NT A fall line ot TIES, SCARFS, GLOVES, SUSPENDERS, HOSIERY, AND UNDERCLOTHING, Always oa hand. mhs 3mil XjUNE BHIRT MANUFACTORY. Mm The subscriber would Invito attention to his IMPROVED OUT 07 BHIBTS, Which be makes a specialty In his business. Also, con stantly receiving __ NOVELTIES fob GENTLBMMH’S wear. J. W. SCOTT. GENTLEMEN’S FURNISHING STORE, No. 814 CHESTNUT STBEET, ja9-tf Four doors below the Continental SOLDIERS Should ha lent by HARNDENM EXPRESS, SOI CHESTNUT Street, They charge only HALF RATES, and lend daily to Baltimore, Washington, Fortress Mon roe, and all other points occupied by our troops. fe24-3m* NAVAL MEDICAL BOARD.—A Board of Medical Officers will convene at th« Naval Asylum, Philadelphia, on MONDAY, March 17,1862, for the examination of Candidates lor admission into the Medical Corps of the Navy. Gentlemen desiring permission to appear before the Board must make application te the Honorable Secre tary of the Navy, stating their residence, place and date of birth, accompanied with respectable testimonials of moral character. Applicants must not be less than twenty-one nor more tfe«a twwfir-si* i««f« «f age. No expenso is allowed by Government to candidates attending the eessfons of the Board, as a successful ex amination Is a leged prerequisite for appointment in the Navy. ' mhd-thstudt “VTOTICB IS HEREBY GIVEN JLI that application has been made to the Trustors of the Fire Association for the roncwal of a POLICY OF INSURANCE, No. 2732 for $l,OOO, dated Sept* mber 19,1820, and issued in the name of MARGARET Mc- CULLY, which has been lost, or mislaid. Any informa tion thereof will be received by SAMUEL McCULLY, g. W. comer of FRONT and MARION Streets, mhll-tnthfts lm fIHIMNEY TOPS.—Vitrified Terra A/ Cotta Chimney Topi—ornamental for cottage, and villaa, and plain for dwelling! and public building!. These top. are indeetrnctlblo, and not affected by the coal gag, go destructive to brick and mortar. They will be found cheap, durable, and ornamental., The material being a non-conductor, with a circular ehaft on cone shaped top, they will bo found a certain cure for defec tive tinea er smoky cblmneyi. 2 feet high El 15 each. 2 “ 6 Inches high 2 25 3 « high..... 2 76 8 « —lad-guard .................. - 325 3 “ Cinches w1iu1.guard.,,.....4 00 4 « wind-guard 5 00 For sale by the einglo top, or wholesale, at 1010 CHESTNUT Street. mfeio 8. A, HARRISON. C| t MONDAY, MARCH 17, 1862. News of Literature. Wilkie Collins has commenced a new story in Dickens 9 weekly journal, and it appears simultaneously in Harper's Weekly , with original illustrations by John McLenan. In London, it is noi illustrated. The now novei is called “Ko Name. 9 * Judging from the portion already given to tho world, in the last two numbers of Harper, this story promises to equal any of its author 3 ** previous and popular works in interest and merit. It opens in Somersetshire, in a country-house— the principal inhabitants being Air. and Mrs. Vanstoue, their two daughters, and Miss Garth, a jewel of a governess, who rules the family. The mystery commences at once* at breakfast, after the girls and their father have been to a concert, thirty-five miles off by rail and road. Thus does Pater-famitlas speak of concerts: “ ‘lf I am to be allowed my choice of amusements next time,’ aaiil the worthy gentleman, < I think a play will suit me better than & concert. The girls enjoyed thomeelves amazingly, my dear, 7 he con tinued, addressing his wife. 4 More than I did, I must say. It was altogether above my mark. They played one piece of music which lasted forty minutes. It stopped three times by the way; and we all thought it was done each time, and clapped our bands, rejoiced to he rid of it, But on it went again, to our great surprise and mortification, till we gave it up in despair, and all wished ourselves at Jericho. Norah, my dear, when we had Crash* Bang for forty minutes, with three stoppages by the way, what did they call it? 1 “ < A Symphony, papa.* replied Norah. “ * Yes. you darling old Goth, a Symphony by the great Beethoven V added Magdalen. ‘ How can you say you were not amused ? Have you for gotten the yellow-looking foreign woman, with the unpronounceable name ? Don’t you remember the faces she made when she sang ? ami the way she conrtesied and conrtesied, till she cheated the foolish people into crying encore ? Look here, maiuma —look here, Miss Garth ! ’ “ She snatched up an empty plate from the table to represent a sheet of music, held it before her in the established concert-room position, and produced an imitation of the unfortunate singer’s grimaoas and courtesyings so accurately and quaintly true to the original, that her father roared with laughter ; and even the footman (who.came in at that moment with tie post-bag), rushed out of the room again, and committed the uidecorum of echoing his mas ter audibly on the other eide of the door.” For tho information of those who desire to have personal particulars relating to an author who pleases them, we mention that William W ilkie Collins, horn in 1824, is son of William Collins, a well-known English painter of fa bleaux de genre —of which “ Happy as a King,” ' “ The Shrimpers,” “ Sale of the Pet Lamb,” have been re-engraved, and arc well known in this country. Collins < [pere ) died in 1847, and the son commenced authorship in 1848, with his “ Life of William Collins, R. A.,” in two volumes Bvo, written so Well that their author immediately was hailed, by the press and the public, as one who had won his spurs in the first attempt. Two years after, he wrote a historical romance, entitled “Antonina, or The Fall of Rome.” Next came “Rambles beyond Railways,” (describing a tour in the remoter parts of Cornwall,) and “ Basil,” an intense romance of overy-day life, which was very successful. Numerous other works of fiction have since extended liis reputation, especially “ The Dead Secret,” one of the most thoroughly sensation novels of modern times, and “The Woman in White,” more popular as well as more ambitious. Wilkie Collins, it has been truly remarked, is a great master of mystery, and can so hide a secret in a wrappage of cirenmstance that, before it is discovered, the whole tissue must he unrolled. He builds up his plots with great ingenuity, avoiding all digressions, and steadily pursuing his denouement irom the first page to the last. "Wilkie Collins was educated for the bar, hut"' is wholly a man of letters. He is now in hto thirty-eighth year, and the adage that “the best goods are made up in small parcels” stands good in his case, for he is slight in figure and IOW in stature. From London we hear that Alfred Tenny son, Poet Laureate, has in hand an Ode to be produced at the opening of the Great Exhibi tion this year, and in which he will com memorate tlie public virtues of the late Prince Albert, in terms quite in harmony with his poem so lately published as a preface to the new edition of the “Idylls of the King,” and embodying several of those lines ( Our Civil 'War, now drawing to a close, will have a variety of historians. W e have to no tice the announcement of a Pictorial History of the Great Rebellion, by Benson J. Lossing. It will he very much on the plan of his well known Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolu tion, with the addition of twenty steel plates, each representing an accurate portrait or some appropriate historical scene. The issue will he in. twenty Parts, each of 48 pages, at 25 cents a Fart, making, ivlien complete, an en tire volume of about 1,000 pages. Mr. Los sing’s intention is to digest and narrate facts rather than give opinions, and, in the hope of pro ducing a standard work on the present episode in ottr national history, he will go to every place of interest not already visited by him, make sketches, confer with civil and military officers and people, note facts, and avail him self of the fruits of the pen and pencil of others, so far as he may be permitted, Mr. Everett has decisively given his opinion “that such a work, prepared by Mr. Lossing, will he of great value. Mr. Lossing’s dili gence in exploring the localities whichlhe de scribes, his fidelity and accuracy as an histo rian, and the spirit of his illustrations, are too well known, from his volumes which are al ready before the public, to need any recom mendation.” The work will be issued by George W. Childs, (late Childs & Peterson,) who has re cently commenced business on his own ac count, as publisher, at 628 and 630 Chestnut street, where, no doubt, his enterprise and ex perience will be successful. TYc notice, by the way, that Mr. Childs is agent in the United States for “ The Book seller,” a handbook of British and Foreign Literature, with which, some four years ago, was incorporated “Bent’s Literary Adver tiser,” established in 1802. It is published in London at five shillings a year, in monthly numbers of 112 pages Bvo. The contents are the Gazette announcement of bankruptcies, dissolution of partnerships, assignments, &c. ? in the publishing trade—literary gossip, in ventions of the month, German Bookselling, Liverpool Booksellers, personal and anecdotal —ten pages of fair criticisms on new books, advertisements, and announcements front about 130 publishers, and full alphabetical list, with sizes, prices, and publishers’ names, of the principal English publications in Ja nuary, 1862. Such a low-priced and satis factory literary publication as “The Book seller” will he almost invaluable te ‘those who purchase books for public libraries or private collections. The second and closing volume of Allibone’a Critical Dictionary of British and American Authors is announced as nearly completed; also, in 2 vols. Bvo., with original illustrations on steel and wood, a revised and enlarged edition of General Fremont’s Explorations. Reading through the new volume (the 14th) of Appleton’s “New American Cyclopaedia,” in a desultory manner—that is,'looking out to see what it told of pet-subjects—we came to a biographical and critical notice of William Shakspeare. The article is unusually long, oc cupying over ten pages, large octavo, bat no one can deem it lengthy. This is the most thorough biography of the great dramatist wo have yet seen. The authenticated facts relative to Shakspeare, derived from tradition, contemporary -notices, and pub. lie records, are few and brief. Within the last thirty years the information about Shakspeare has been doubled by patient re search, but still less is known about him than about any other eminent writer of bis age. There does not remain the manuscript of one of his plays—not even a letter of his has been preserved. Of all that he wrote, there are known to exist only his three signatures to his will and two to legal documents concerning the purchase and mortgage of a house in Lon don. It is probable that many Shakspeare papers might be found, if carefully looked for, PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, MARCH 17, 1862, in the muniment chests of-old families in Eng land. The memoir in the Cyclopaedia gives every ascertained fact, and states, with critical ex amination, the various traditions relative to the poet. We are inclined to accept this bio graphy as, for its extent, the most aocurate and complete yet published. It distinguishes, very fairly, between fact, tradition, and con. jecture—is generally critical on the poet’s works—and supplies a very complete list of the various editions of Shakspearc. We havo ascertained that Mr. Richard Grant White, whose own edition is surpassed by none, wrote the Shakspearc article in tho Cyclopaedia, and it confirms our opinion, repeatedly expressed in theso columns, that tho promised Life of Shakspcare, soon to appear, will give a hotter view of the poet’s career than any yet pub lished. Mr. White lias not only ability and knowledge, but also industry and judgment. OUR FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE. LETTER FROM ITALY. [Correspondence of The Press.} Fliumsce, February 13, 1882. The time is not jet come when a positive compa rison between Italy as governed by tho Austrians and Italy as governed by herself can be fairly established. All is yet too young and too now. The people, are contented and happy, more especially as the Government has provided work for the mechanical trades by improvements ia the city. Many of the streets that were, in fact, nothing but lanes, have been demolished, new streets have been pierced] and new houses built. Night schools have been opened for-the poorer classes, clubs and associations for mutual instruction and relief have been formed, and tho National Guard has boon most suooessfully organized. All theso are great improvements. Whilßt, however, the masses of the people have gained wonderfully by the change of government, the class that the Austrian system made so nume rous (that of Government employes) is utterly thrown out of all employment. The centralisation of Government and State affairs at Turin leaves no public offices to be filled in Florenoe, and until the spirit of industry and commerce shall have made its way amongst a class accustomed only to a gen tle routine of occupation and to pleasure, this class, a great portion of the middle class, will remain idle and in distress. In Florence, it is not thought that the Kingdom of Italy is completely organized. As long as Ve nice and Home remain out of the combination the desire for war will not be extinguished among the Italians. Tbey feet that their work is incom plete, and wait impatiently for the coming spring to march on to Rome and Venice. More than the affairs of Venice, however, do the affairs of Rome end the Fop© agitate the public mind. Italy has ceased to believe in the Pope. The utmost freedom of the Press prevails here— too much freedom, perhaps, but time will soon cor-' reot this evil. Every political opinion is openly expressed without asy censure or check from the Government. You have no doubt read Cardinal Antonelli’s reply to the Emperor of France, but probably what you do not know is that all our pa pers protested loudly against it. Whatever we may do with the Pope as head of the Church, we will no longer Buffer bis rule as a temporal sovereign. Rome must not belong to him. Rome must be the capital of the Kingdom of Italy. On the 11th of January, an immense mass meet ing was assembled in the Piazza dell 7 Indipendenza ] the place in'which the people, in 1659, decreed the banishment of the Princes of Loraine, brought to gether to protest against the interference of France. They formed themselves into a formidable proces sion with banners and music, and proceeded to the house of the French Consul, now residing in the Palazzo MacDonald- Having first serenaded him, their lenders approached the consul courteously, bearing the message of the people. li Long live the Emperor and the French, 71 said they as long as they stay at home. We want Rome, we will have Rome, but we can take it ourselves, and without the help of the French or any foreign powers. The demonstration was a most solemn one, and Heaven seemed to smile on it, sending a bright sunny day, after whole wcoks of most un usually dark and oold weather. The cause of the Pope is lost—utterly logt—in Italy. * Tho utmost sympathy is felt here for the Federal ists in America. It would not be difficult to raise for the North an Italian legioa, to fight for what we deem the cause of liberty. Publications Received. From S. C. Upham, 403 Chestnut street,- the March number of Temple Bar and the Cornhill Magazine. As also happened last month, the former is rather the better. Of Mr. Sala’s new story, “Captain Dangerous,” only a single chapter is given, but there are three chapters continuing “Aurora Floyd,” a sensation tale of great interest, and the commencement of another story of the same character, entitled “ Lady Letitia’s Lillipnt Hand.” From Alexander Smith, the poet, who avows his belief in Macphereon’s pseudo-translations of Os man, is a fresh and racy account of his “Rambling about the Hebrides.” Other artioles of various merit make np an attractive number.- In the Cornhill Magazine Thackeray so far advances the “ Adventures of Philip” that the hero marries Charlotte Baynes—on somewhat like §2,500 a year—which is not Buch a small income to start on. Mr. TroUope, we are delighted to say, has nearly wound up “ The Struggles of Brown, Jones, and Robinson,” the most stupid story he ever wrote. Of Covent Garden Market a very lively and accu rate account is given, with sundry oapital illustra tions. Life and Labor in tho Coal Fields and Recent Discoveries in Australia come under the category of thrice-told tales, for all they relate has been said, over and over again, in the newspapers. Of Mrs. Stowe’s story “Agnes of Sorrento,” wehave thefour chapters,which we read, three weeks ago, in the At lantic Monthly—useful chapters, too, if they give assurance to Mrs. Stowe, as theyhave done to the world, that she has utterly failed in thia her first attempt to write an Italian romanoe. Because Hawthorne’s ” Marble Faun” was deservedly suc cessful, she (endeavored to rival him, bat in vain. She ought content herself with Uncle Tom. Rich ard Doyle’s illustration, entitled “ After Dinner,” is less crowded than usual, and every face and figure tell. In his letter-press he sensibly repudiates Uw idea of having an evening party after a fine dinner. The new-oomers cannot cealesce with those who have just risen from the table. From W. B. Zieber, agent for the American re publication of the four British Quarterlies and Blackwood, —a scries so good and low-priced that every one whose inoomo is above $5OO a year should take it in, —we have the new number of the North British Review, commencing a new volume. With a single exception, its contents are good, dismissing John Ruthin, the Honse of Savoy, Gruzot and the Fapaoy, Photography, Theodore Marlin's Catullus, Old Maidisjn, Sif WiUiatu Lockhart of Lee, Lord Herbert and the British Army, and Peasants an 3 Poets Of Austria and Scotland. The exception, en titled “ The American Republic: Resurrection through Dissolution,” takes for its text thereoent Anti-Union publication in England, written by James Spence, areereant Philadelphian now located in Liverpool. We give some acoount of this article in another column. In the Journal of the Franklin Institute tot March will be found, among other valuable ar ticles, the Report of the Naval Board on the Ste vens Battery, giving the reasons why they recom mended it should not be completed upon the plans proposed, and Professor Henry’s minority report stating his opinion “ that, although the vessel may not be a convenient or ssfe ship for long voyages, she might be made of sufficientstrength to withstand the exposure f from the waves of the seaj to which she would be subjected, and to efficiently perform the service required.” The Report, dated Decem ber 34,1861, is of singular interest at this moment, when an iron-clad steamer has done such good ser vice in Hampton Roads, and that branch of naval warfare will certainly be greatly extended. Mr. Horace Binney’s pamphlet on the suspension of the Writ of Habeas Corpus has elicited a number of replies. We have reoeived four of these from Mr. John Campbell, bookseller, 419 Chestnut street, three being published by himself. The replies are respectively affiliated on Mr. Tallow Johnson, on “ A Member of the Philadelphia Bar,” on Mr. Montgomery, andfon Mr. James F. Johnstone. We shall take an early opportunity of more particularly noticing these pamphlets. Tun following named oitios and towns have been taken from the enemy since the commencement ef the present year : Elizabeth City, N. C. Huttoasrille, Va. Edciiton, N. O. Boumey, Va. Vinton, N. C. Florence, Ala. Bowling Green. Ky. Cedar Kere, Fla. Faiutville, Ky. Springfield. No. Nashville. Tenn. Eastport, Miss. Clarksville, Tenn. Columbus, Ky. Dover, Tenn. Leesburg, Va. ¥ a> etteville, Ark. Springfield, Mo. BnitouTille, Ark, Brunswick, Ga. Martinaburg. Y». Fenmndina, Fla. Ltetown, Va. Manassar, Va. I.ovfttfivlHe, Va. Contreville, Va. Snuthfielri. Va. St. Marys, Ga. Bolivar, Va. BerrjTllle, Va. Charlestown, Va. Contravillfl, Va. Harper’s Ferry, Va. Occoquan, Va. Bis Itetheli Va. Winder, Va. Paris, Teon. New Madrid, Mo. The following rebel forts and fortifications have also been captured siace the Ist of January : Fort Johnson, Va. Columbus Fortifications,Ky Fort Beauregard, Va. Bowling Green do. Ky. Fort-Rvaur, Va. Mill dpriog do.- Ky. Pig’s Point Battery, Va. Roanoke Island Batteries. Shipping PofQt Battery, Va. Elizabeth City dl, Har lan's Cavalry. [Correspondence of The Press.']; Camp Bctlbr, NEi\T*OKt s 3si5 | tf3‘ l Va, > March 1862. £ The James river, once the Powhatftft~*and would it etill bore the Indian in as bright a morning as ever smiled enpoor, distracted l Virginia. In fact, since Friday lO Mowed and snowed in true spl emtio have' bad as fine weather as couid be wished, marred' only with a short interlude of rain on Mondays summoned, doubtless, by the tremendouscannonade' of Sunday and Saturday. It was upon as* smooth as glass that the JMerrimac made her'ad l ' vent—and had not the weather propitiated that' event, no Cumberland would be lying at the hot. tom yonder, with her hundred odd corses—noble martyrs—still looked in fond embraoe; jqo Congress WQuld hayo lit up the pals BjiQre and TIYCf fit ffijd* night, with blazing sparj or yielding up the ghost with sudden throe and burst, have lined the beach. “ With helm and shroud ana pennant fair.” But a paralysis has struck the enemy— the sudden stretch of energy has tasked in a few short hours the resources of the foe beyond their capability, and a reaction has rendered them prone and help less. Their momentary intoxication over the suc cess which uiparalellcd advantage yielded them, has died away in nervous, fearful, agonizing debi lity. have ail miscarried or been frus trated ; their wolfUhly-ferooious victory over the sail vessels here—perfectly defenceless in collision with an immense iron-clad steam ram, has been ut terly fruitless—fruitless so far as beneficial results to thorn or substantial injury to us are regarded, but not fruitless in evil to their cause, as the disabled condition of the Merrimac checks their operations, and if ever activity should characterize a people at war, it should now characterize the deluded and fanatic Secessionists. So blinded and deceived in their excited joyful neES over the events of Saturday were the inhabi tants of the other shore, that they became im pressed with the conviction, on beholding tho Cum berland sink, and the rebel fleet shelling the post, that it was taken, and on Monday a party came aoross with goods and notions they are as sharp in pursuit of mercenary interests, these Southerners, as white people should be —to settle commence the sutler business. Of course they were hugely astonished when they found that the valiant Magruder, who was to have attacked us iu the rear, was not in possession, but their comfort was, that hundreds of others would be in the same fix soon, as all the people about Southfield and around were coming.” But the rest were better advised and did not venture. Tbo Monitor, Captain Ericsson’s steam battery, visited us yesterday evening. The shore was blaok with soldiery, and every available inch on the rig ging of the small craft lying at the quays wag oc cupied. The cheers whioh greeted the victor of Sunday were boisterous and long-continued. It was rumored that the brave Lieutenant Morris, who commanded the Cumberland in the bloody, fiery fray of Saturday, was in charge, If so— bravo ! Yours, Ac., V. S. All the reports thus far published of the artillery battle here, hail from the fort, whioh is not in sight of this post. Although no stigma was intended, from the general sense of the rumors published an idea may arise that without aid from there this position would have fallen, and that a panic during the bombardment of the camp was imminent. Instead of this being the faot, if an advance had been made by the forces brought down lrom Yorktownfor that purpose, it would un doubtedly have been repelled. We were resolved to give them battle in tho open field, raked as it was by shot and shell; and for this purpose, once, when it was reported that the foe was proceeding upon the assault, several regiments advanoed to re oeive them, amongst them the First New York, commanded by the gallant Col. Dyekman, whose brilliant antecedents in Mexico, the Southerner may consider his bond for the fulfilment of as muoh upon them, if it overfalls in his way. This regi ment oooupies the left wing of Camp Butler, in front of whioh laid (and still lSyg, for She did hot desert her post) the Cumberland, and when she was sinking, it was the soldiers of the same who went to the rescue of their dauntless sailor friends, in open beats, in the midst of the cannonade, seiz ing and employing everything floatable along tbs entire shore. If Camp Butler ever should be taken by the Secession horde, and if it should, the enemy must come bomb and bullet-proof—otherwise he dare not—the First will remember tho example of the gallant old sloop, and •will never desert the left, but perish at its post. A fine body of cavalry (Pennsylvania), command* ed by Col. Harlan, a Philadelphian, was here the other day. This is the regiment which the New Kent Light Horse Brigade, (Secession,) Brigadier General Walter R . Salley, was “spoiling” to fight, as they wrote in the Builder’s Account Book, at Big Bethel Chnroh, but which, charging upon the church, their headquarters, scattered them like panic-stricken sheep, and burnt the sanctuary which they bad transformed to a shelter for trea son. X. LETTER FROM LOUISVILLEi [Correspondence of The Frees.] LouisyiiiLE, March 7,1882. Is there anything new under the sun ? We know there is not, if Solomon, after he ceased to be a fast young man, or Byron, when he became blase, can be considered authority; but is there anything new to this day and generation—or in this part of the world—or of this part—or concerning the part of the world which enjoys the effulgence of “ Forney’s Philadelphia Press?” The newspapers are be hind the times, or the times are behind themselves, for everything seems to be nothing, and all things seem to be in eclipse. For more than a week, our eyes have been straining eastward, for there were decided premonitory symptoms of an advance upon the Potomac, and announcements that Manassas was to be turned, and Jeff Bavis’ neck twisted ; but no information has yet reached us of either the turn or tho twist, and we have almost concluded to win one or twa more battles, and capture three or four more armies, by way of passing away the time, while you get ready to announce the great eyents tyhigh mqs{ ere long take pLaoe. Three weeks ago, this city (which, pefhaps, you are aware, is one of the most beautiful in the coun try) was as crowded as .Washington has been for the past Bix months. The hotels were all full, and the streets also, but tbe stirring times on the Cum berland and Tennessee rivers have drawn nearly all the military in those directions, and now there are few strangers in town, beyond the energetio representatives of the quartermaster, the pay, and hospital departments. Our wharves are crowded with steamers, loading (and departing as fast as they load) with munitions and stores for our brave armies. It is determined that the rebels shall have no rest until they abandon their rebellion and sig nify, practically, their willingness to repose in peace upon Abraham’s bosom. “Sinners, turn, why will you die?” is a question which is re peatedly and earnestly suggested to their serious consideration, and they ore seriously considering it, while very many arc turning, in order to avoid the death whioh would otherwise be inevitable. Floyd and Pillow would also like to turn, bat the ggtes of mercy age closed against them. Floyd's punishment should be confinement for life, in an iron cage, in tbe grounds of the National Capitol; whilo tho ditoh-digger.could not be more severely treated than by condemnation to solitary confine ment and perpetual silence. The reports in the nowspapers lead us to suppose* that Senator Johnson, of Tennesseo, is about to as sume the milimry Governorship of that State. There is but one sentiment here on the subject, and that sentiment is satisfaction. No man has been more aggrieved bj tbe rebels than he has ; yet no man has more wisdom, coolness, courage, and mode ration. He knows the strength of treason, and the resources of loyalty in that State, and he will be a host in crushing the first, and in developing and di recting the latter. There will be historic, as well as poetic justice, in the faot that the man tho trai tors would havo destroyed is the one to control the destinies of those traitors. We are expecting to see the Senator at the Gulf House, in a day or two, and to have the pleasure of taking him by the hand and wishing him “ God speed ” in the good work before him. This letter should furnish you with some items concerning George D. Prentice, but as It is known you receive, and read the Louisville Journal, they might be superfluous; therefore, it is only neoessary now to add that the next will contain some notos of Fort Doneison and Nashville, derived from experi ence in those parts. Union. High Price «f Paper in the South. Speaking of the scarcity, inferiority, and high prioe of paper in the rebel States, the Maoon (Ga.) Telegraph says: In the demands upon us for the materials to print this paper, wo Bay that if it grows a year henoe at the rate it has been growing for three months past, not ten dollars a year from eaoh subscriber wilt en able us to print the Telegraph We received yes terday a bill of nineteen dollars and eighty oents for three reams of coarse wrapping paper. One year ago we could have filled the town of Maoon with that paper, or a bettor article, at two dollars nnd twenty-five cents per ream. On the sixth of December last, it wbs three dollars and ei&bty-two cents, and now fix dollars and sixty cents. Look, then, at the bilie for these throe periods, for the same amount of envelope paper, to wit: JSS.7S ; 5i1.46; $l5 80. . . One year ago the paper upon which we now print tbe Telegraph-, if it could Save been sold at all, would have been dear at $2.75; but the truth is that no manufacturer would at that time have made or sold the stuff that is now printed into newspapers. On the first of October it was $3.22; December, $3 65; January, $3.75; February 1, $4.13; February 11, $5 —paper steadily sinking in quality, Nc», in a single week’s expense, this difference on printing paper alone amounts to $95.501a5t October against $l5O this February; and what it will be in the course of the year, Hea ven alone can tell. At the rate of advance since the first of January, printing paper in Deeember next will bo worth more than tea dollars a ream, and the subscriber who now psya us six dollars a year will then cost us eight dollars for the blank paper upon which his Telegraph is printed. THE WAR PRESS. In Waa Pans will be mat to subscribers by mall (per annum in advance) at 98. M Three Copies “ •• 0.0- Ten « ** Larger Clubs will be charged at the same rate, thns at copies will cost >24; to copies will cost >6O; and 1M copies 8120. Tor a Club of Twenty-one or over, wa wiu aand aw Irtra Oopy to the gottor.np or the Olnb, ty Postmasters are reuuested to act as Agents lop Tea Warn Pause. S9~ Advertisements Inserted at the usual ratal. Mg line, constitute a sunara. THE EVACUATION OF NEW MADRID. Oik SUCCESS COMPLETE- THE SPOILS IMMENSE OfIBftANCE, AMMUNITION, AND SUPPLIES S' 4 T , J*f>cr3, March Hi —The Following is a copy of tbs Oflici si dr.-patch to ibe Secretory of Wan *♦ A.'Jftr several days’ ekirmtohiog, and a number of at tempts of the enemy'* gun boa's to ritalodgo General Pope's batteries at Point Pleasant, the enemy baa evacu ated Ida and entrenchment* at .New Madrid* Leaving all bis ar- Mllsryr Arid batteries, tents, wagons, mules, Ac., and an im weiifco quantity of military stare*. “Brigaa Ur Gent rid Hamilton' hoe occupied the place. “This w. the last stronghold of tho entmy in this State, and noV Bbe * * ,a B BOW to Miwewi. 1 ' St. Lours, l*hrohls;—General Pbpe, to a dbsprateli to tSflDfirftl liftliecJ'fFWS • “Our success New Madrid 1 lifts' bdfefr evengtffehUtf fc'dan reported. “Twenty-five hear? artillery, (twonty.four po-Jadera and rifled r )'tWrty-two batteries of an immense quantity vt fixed ammunition, BorcTaltbou aand mail arms* of hoxrcrof musket ca7tridgwp thr-** hundred mulea,. and tents for an army of twelve thousand men, and be. 1 immense queotlty of other pro pertyy of not leea value million l dollars,' have fallen into rax hands. “TJ)?ffioA9nlye(Kw?6? The timr.fe whole force ir demoralized, and dispersed the awamptm the opposite Bide of tfte river. “ The enemy abandoned iVir works scrhurrledly as to leave alPthe baggage of their offiters, and 1 the knapsaek* l of their men.. Their dead wire unbnried. Their sup pers werton the table*! and tbr candle* burning in tha tents. •* A furious thornier-storm, which raged ai) night, ena bled them to get across the river'wrthout'bcing discover ed. Onr heavy battery woe established during the night' of tho 12th within eight hundred yards of tho enomy** V.'6rlis, and ft-pentd ut daylight on tlio- lCtb, just thirty, four hours after the guns were delirered to us at Cairo/ ** During the whole day yesterday our lines were drawn l closer around their works under a furious' fire of sixty pieces of artillery. The fear of an assault on their works at daylight induced them to flee Droirinitatoly duping tha night. “Many prisoners have been taken and tho colors of several Arkausas regiments. “ Our loss to about fifty killed and wounded.< “Hollins was in command of tho fleet, and McCunn, Stewart, Gimtt, of tbo l&5fl Iws«i Tb*- gunboats went down the river." General Pope has twenty.five heavy guns, with two works of tho enemy, which command evory part of tha river. Occupation of New Madrid—The Rebels* Next Stronghold. But few details of the occupation of New Madrid are given. It appears, however, that the enemy evaouftted the place on Thursday night, leaving behind them •a< quantity of guns And storos. During Thursday sums fighting took place between their gunboats and Gen. Pope’s siege batteries* in which thore wag slight lossoa> both sides. A few days since it was announced that Gen. Pope had' invested New Madrid. It was then supposed that ho would hold the rebels in check until the expedition came down tho river from Cairo, when, by a combined attack, they would bo entrapped- It now appears that the rebels, to the numbei of about six thousand, had entrenched themselves as woll as they were able at New- Madrid and Island No. 10. The latter is situated in tho corner of that bend of the Mississippi river which touches the borchr of Tennessee) a few miles farther up thfc PlVit tb&h NfeW M&lfid, although neii-lf southwest of that point. The Rebels Outgeneralled. General Pope has been in the vicinity of New Madrid since the sth inst. On the Bth he made a movement which outflanked the enemy. He sent a brigade, which took possession of Point Pleasant, a small settlement on. the Mississippi river! about ten miles below New Madrid. General Pope's position at the latter place was not very good for offensive operations. The country to the west of New Madrid is quite low and swampy, which com pelled him to make his stand as near the river as possi ble, and consequently brought him within long range of the enemy. It appears, however, that he erected his fortifications, and bo entrenched himself that he could not, with his superior force, be driven off. The brigada of Union troops at Point Pleasant, tea miles beUw» threatened to cut off all communication with aud therefore the only safety for tho enemy waa evacua tion. was supposed that the enemy at Island No. Iff were entrenching themselves strongly, and that Flog Officer Foote wouti meet with a determined resistance* wben be mored down the river to attack it, The strata, gic movement of Gen. Pope, however, compelled them-to keep fiat boats at the lower end of the island, ready to retreat whenever the occasion required. The last Hope. Columbus. Island No. 10. New Madrid, and Randolph ww? the fvnr wints iwn whi-h the rebels depended to prevent tbe approach of the Union gunboats to Mem phis. They have evacuated throe, and will possibly light at the last one. Fort Randolph Randolph, to which the enemy lias doubtless retired* is sixty-five miles above Memphis. Here tbe rebel* bate erected a strong forlifleatitm upon Chlek&s&fe hlafl* r over fifty feet above the level of the river. Immediately' north if this fort is Island No. 34, the lower part of which commands the three months of tbe Hatchie river* a stream that empties into the Mississippi just above tha town of liandolph k at tbe upper edge of the bluffs. Thee* blufla form natural parapets for batteries, and command, a view of tbe Hisstsmppi riTer fur six miles each way* iiiW-LHg6ijd6 frobi & &»6Ulhera source, partially con firmed from oilier quarters, is that Bragg, with 10,00 ff men, bad gone to tkedeteuce of Memphis and Fort Ran dolph from Pensacola, It is doubtful if he hod 1 hat num ber of men,but not impossible; Polk and Beauregard are both supposed to be either at Memphis or Fort Ran dolph. A refugee, who escaped to Oolmnbus from New Orleans, before the evacuation of the former by tha rtbvle, gays Randolph is a much stronger position than Golummis ever was. The fortifications were con structed under the best military guidance. They com mand all the bluffß, which are very high, and so arranged that each fortification would have to be reduced by siega or storming, aud all would: have to be taken befora the position could be successfully held. The country in the rear is broken and precipitous, with narrow ravine* leading towards the main worhu. All ttas* gu&yd&d by the best possible defences The cannon which were mounted iu these fortifications wc-rorvmovedfromColunihus. Mines, similar to those con structed at Columbus, have been laid on the laud side* and every contrivance possible made to destroy attacking columns Fort Billow. Fort Pillow, a shout distance belowthisfort, is a strong earthwork, with baitions, walls, and trenches, mounting thirty guns en barbette. Movements now being made on the part of the Union forces will send us cheering new* of success from thin quaiter speedily When Mtmphis falls, as it must, should the entmy at Forts Randolph and Pillow be overthrown, tiie comparatively uninterrupted navigfttlou or the M!s« sissippi river will be open to New Orleans. Faison Browniow at Nashville—How tbe Rebels Treated Him. Nashville. March 15.—Parson Browniow and his son. arrived here to-day i He lays he was imprisoned in tka common jail at Knoxville on December 6th, iu violation of an agreement with the rebel Government, and confioad in a small damp room. He was then attacked by typhoid fever, when he was removed to his residence and laid up for six weeks under a strict guard. Having partly recovered, he got a pass from tha ra bid GovsMmiafit, aud l&ft Ka&stJlU tso We&£ &|?, bwfc he was detained, by order of General Hardee, at Shel by vilte, for ten days. He reached the Federal lines thi* merniDg. Mr. Browniow declines starting a paper here on acootw of his ill health, lie will proceed Forth to publish tho story of his martyrdom. Ho is nc t affected by consampo tiou, as reported. Movements of the Retreating Rebel Army- Washington*, March 15.— 1 t has been definitely ascer tained that the number of rebel troops still remalnlna on tbe Lower Fotomac, does not exceed ten thousand men. These are already crossing, and probably have at crossed, tie Rappahannock at Fredericksburg, where tbey may moke a stand. Our reconnoitring forces on the Lower Fotomac have found vast quantities of commissary stores in the aban doned rebel works. Arrival of .the Steamer Ariel—s677,ooo in Gold. New Tons, March 16.—The steamer Ar\tl y from Ai pinwall, has arrived with datos to the 7th instant, an 4 $677,000 in treasure from California. Captains Bcbenck and Smith, and Lieutenants Hall an 6 Bobio, of tht> iavy, are ammig the passengers* The V»U«4 frig»W fSVflmw remained numa. Advices from Carthagena report that the Conservativ** have taken tho town of JSare, on the lUrer Magdalena, and seized a new steamer with 6,000 muskets and General Motguera’s correspondence. f rom Calilonnn. Ban Francisco, March i2i—arrived, ships Ringdove from New York; Aurora from Boston; and Ohargers from New York. New Article of War. Washington, March 16.—The President on Thnrsdar approved the additional Article of War, which goes intis immediate operation, namely i *» All officers or persons in tbe military or naval service of the United State* are prohibited from employing any of the force under their respective commands, for tha purpose of returning fugitives from sorvico or labor, who may have escaped from any pentons to whom su ih aervio* or labor is claimed to be due; and any officer who shall be found guilty, by a court-martial, of violating thin ac_ tide, sb»ll he tiiMßUsed from the service," The Loyalty of the Episcopal Church of Maryland, Baltimore, March 15.—Bishop Whittingham, of tho Protestant Npibcopal Church of Maryland and the Dis trict of Columbia, has transmitted to all the clergymen of that church, in parochial charge In the district, for use on nil occasions of public worship within eight days following the Sunday after tho receipt of his lottor* a prayer ot thanksgiving for tho lAto victories of the na tional arms. Reconnoissance to Jtrentaville. Washington, March 16. —Our cavalry this morning made a reconnoissance as far Bouth sb DrentsviUe, about thirty miles from Managua* Junction, and learned that a rebel picket was stationed iu tho vicinity, more for tha iimtMCi it is nri'Mmiiili of giving uhinn to tho ronr guard ot tho robels in case of an advance of the Onion troops than for making defence. Recovery of the Remains of Col. Came- ron at Bull Kun. Wasiungton, March 16.—The grave or Cot. Corner** havibg, it its sold, Wen found llu‘l Kith, the bod} been brought to Georgetown, and i* awaiting the order of hi* brother, Gem-ral Cameron. The largest-sized apple on record is said to have grownlast year near Vancouver, Clark county* Washington Territory. It tp?“ure(i 19 j inches ;■ its largest oirenmforenoo, and weighed 2 pound* 13J ounoee. Tiik Claims against Costa Rica. —The joint commission, oomposed of Benjamin F. Rexford, on the part of the United States, and Mr. Molina, tha minister from Costa Rica, for tho adjustment ot claims against that Government, under tho conven tion of July, 1860, have met in Washington tad organized. Assistant Secretary or the Interior We understand that the President has appointed John P. Ushur, Esq., of Indiana, to the office of Assistant Secretary of the Interior Department, created by a reoent aot of Congrees, Ur, Uabur ii said to possess excellent qualifications for the posi tion. .. s.oe tfMIU.lll.lll&lOft