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MONDAY, MARCH 17, 1862
THE LATEST WAR NEWS.
General McClellan's address to his army Is »
soldierly and rigorous production, and therefore
characteristic of its author. Without indulging in
any display of rhetoric or grandiloquence, it is yet
full of eloquence, spirit, and animation, The re
collection of it, on the field of battle, will nerve
the arm of th© soldier like a trumpet-blast, and its
trenchant syntax is just the kind to fasten itself
on the memory of the soldier. There is no studied
preface and no studied end, and not a superfluous
word in the whole.
The battle of Pea Ridge turns out to haTe been the
hardest fought, and one of the most complete victorias
of ihe war. It has resulted in the death of 1,000
rebels, the wounded of nearly 3,000 more, and the
capture of 1,600 more, together with thirteen pieces
of cannon.
Qeneral Stoneman, chief of cavalry, together
with a propeT staff and escort, has made an im
portant reconnoissance along the line of the Vir
ginia and Alexandria Railroad a distance of twen-
ty-four miles, in a direct line from Manassas.
The whole country along the route was found to be
deserted, and presented a sad picture of desolation.
Information was obtained establishing the fact that
the evacuation of Manassas had begun on the ith
instant, the rebels having learned that Qeneral
McClellan intended to intercept the way to Rich
mond. Evidence was everywhere seen that the
hegira has occasioned a eomplete panic.
Our despatches from Washington state that tho
main body of the rebels have crossed the Rappa
haimock, and are determined to make a stand at
Erederiokshurg in conjunction with the army at
Gordonsville. They have burned Warrenton sta
tion. 14 miles from Manassas, on the Manassas and
Richmond railroad. Our troops have taken pos
session of Dumfries. The rebels have about a
thousand tfoops seme four miles from tho latter
place on the Acquia Creek road.
The news from General Banks’ command is
unusually pacific in tenor. Good feeling prevails
in Winchester, private rights are respected, and
newspapers are being established. The last is an
infallible indication of quiet. It is a singular
.feature of the present war, that, while it has killed
off scores of rebel journals that had grown and
flourished with some prospect of immortality, it
has, in a spirit of reciprocity, fostered the loyal
press, and thus encouraged the spread of liberal
and truthfnl ideas, to the very verge of the battle
field; so that, by gradual approaches, each regi
ment is coming to have an organ of its own.
On Saturday morning a naval expedition started
down the Mississippi, under Flag Officer Foote,
from Cairo. An attack is to be made upon Island
Ko. 10. according to our despatches. The position
is undoubtedly one capable of being defended—
hut not by the rebels — and it will be impregnable,
indeed, if it can withstand the influence of our gun
boats and mortars.
Ashby’s' cavalry (rebels, with two guns, were
driven beyond Newton, a distance of three miles,
■on Saturday, by the Halted States forces, and their
quartermaster taken prisoner. As far as ascertain
ed no lives were lost.
The rebel batteries at Aeqnia Oreek were shelled
by two of our steamers,the Anacostla, and Yankee,
on Saturday. The latter having heavy guns
aboard, was enabled to lie off beyond rebel range,
and pour in her shells with gratifying precision.
The presumption is that some of the enemy were
hurt, and all of them badly seared, as they straight
way began to move off their stores, etc.
We devote much of our space this morning to
the letters of our speoial correspondents attached
to the several divisions of the army in Virginia.
More pleasantly written or graphic letters have
not been published in onr columns since the com
mencement of the war.
In pursuance of orders from the War Depart!
meet, a superintendent of vagrants and contra
bands has been appointed at Portress Monroe.
Pood, clothing, and shelter will continue to be
furnished to them until otherwise ordered. By
way of the fortress we learn that Governor Pier'
pont has issued a writ for an election in the
First Congressional district of Virginia, and that
fl poll Was opened oh Saturday. Two hundred
votes (the whol e number cast) were deposited
for the Union candidate.
The new line of defence to which the
enemy in Virginia are said to have fallen
back, embraces, for the most part, the occu
pation of the south bank of the Bappahannock
and its main fork, the Bapidan. The shores of
these streams are precipitous, woody, and capa
ble of being rendered comparatively tenable.
The few wooden bridges that span them have,
no doubt, been destroyed ere this by the fu
gitive enemy; while the fords are said to 4 be
guarded in force, so as to render their crossing
extremely hazardous. It is not at all im
probable that such a line of defence may hare
been chosen. It has natural advantages which
we cannot afford to despise. On the west, the
Blue Bidge range forms an impassable barrier;
on the east, the Rappahannock, with its rapid
current and almost unnavigable channel, rolls
down to the Atlantic; while upon the south,
a direct railroad connection is open to Rich
mond, which is not more than sixty miles
distant.
Fredericksburg, the most northerly point of
the new position, is said to have been well
fortified, and, according to our latest de
spatches* the rebels bare made a stand here*
Dumfries having been occupied by our army,
it will be seen that we are following them up
with a vigor and determination that must cul
minate in a grand and decisive victory before
very many weeks have passed—and this, too,
in spite of all the natural and artificial ob
stacles that may be placed in our path.
The Contending Armies in Virginia.
The retreat of the enemy from Nanassas
and 'Winchester, although it has postponed the
anticipated engagement bet ween the two large
armies that have so long faced each other on
the hanks of the Potomac, by no means proves
that they will not soon engage in deadly con
flict along an immense line. The rebel gene
rals have long contemplated a retrograde
movement from their fonner position, as a
probable necessity, and have made many pre
parations for it. Even before the battle of
Bull Run, it is said they had determined, in
case they were defeated in that contest, to fall
back upon a defensive line, formed by the
Rappahannock and Rapidan- rivers. And
General Beaeregarp having admonished
them that, if outflanked, they would be utterly
unable to defend Manassas, they have been
busily engaged, for some weeks, in erecting
defences upon the new battle-field they have
selected. Their army is, doubtless, disheart
ened and demoralized by the numerous disas
ters that have lately befallen the Secession
cause, and by the necessity of falling back
before our advancing columns j but it has not
yet been defeated or subdued, and it may still
cherish the hope that, by a successful defence
of its present line, our great army may yet
he prevented from gaining complete control of
'Virginia.
The order of General McClellan indicates
that he expects a great battle. He evidently
hopes to vanquish the rebels arrayed iu line
before him. but not without a terrific contest,
The leaders of the Rebellion seem to have
been inspired, throughout, by the belief that
the decisive contest of the whole struggle was
to take place between the capital of our coun
try and their own chosen rendezvous. They
have preferred to encounter many terrible dis
asters in other quarters (which they might at
least partially have avoided), rather than to
weaken their main army, which once arrogant
ly threatened Washington, but which is now
making a' last desperate struggle to defend
Richmond.
It has rarely happened in the history of the
world that a more intensely interesting theatre
for a deadly conflict has thus, by mutual con
sent, been selected. It is nearly an equal dis
tance from the city where the rulers of our
country daily deliberate upon the best means
to save the Republic and the spot where arch
conspirators most do congregate to form des
perate plats for the ruin of free government
and the exaltation of a despotic oligarchy.
The contending armies have for months
quietly encamped within a short march of each
other until they are both weary of inaction, and
prepared to hail the fierce excitement of battle
as a weleome relief from inglorious repose.
The Southern troops are buoyed up by a hope
■that they may re-enact upon a new theatre the
scenes of Manassas. The Northern soldiers,
glancing with pride upon the grand array of
brave companions-in-arms who are ready and
eager to share with them the perils of the
battle-field, and inspired with a belief in the
invincibility of tho mighty legions they col
lectively form, feel confident that they will
wipe away the disgrace of the memorable bat
tle of July, and plant in triumph the flag of
their country upon any masked batteries or
strong fortifications that the rebels can possi
bly erect. The traitors feel that if they are
inferior in numbers, they necessarily possess
superior knowledge of tho ground they oc
cupy, and have the advantage of selecting
their own battle-field and fortifying U,
The Union army of tho Potomac, knowing
how bravely their compatriots have fought in
Kentucky, in Tennessee, in Arkansas, and in
North Carolina, are determined to emulate
the gallantry which has already effected such
wonderful achievements in those States. Tho
rebels feel that a defeat in their new position
forever destroys all hopes of the establish
ment of the Southern Confederacy, Tl»
Union army, knowing that the perpetuity of
the freest government and the prosperity of
the noblest country that ever existed depends,
in a great measure, upon its success, is de
termined to prove itself worthy of tho holy
cause it has espoused, and to show that the
example of the heroes of the Revolution, of
tliu last war with Britain, and of tho Mexican
war, inspires the national defenders of the
present generation.
Military Economy.
We have scores of works upon political and
even domestic economy, which, in the course
of time, have come to lie eliminated in their
full proportions, from the nebulous clouds of
theory that for long years enveloped them,
and have at length attained to tho exalted dig
nity of sciences. A theme somewhat akin to
these, and equally important to the prosperity
and advancement of the nation, but which
seems to have been neglected by our book
makers and philosophers, is that of military
economy. The subject is one upon which an
entertaining treatise might he written, and one
which, if properly pondered, might, in course
of time, itself come to be classed among the
modern sciences.
War is a Divine ordainment, and will rule
the world with its iron hand until the day of
the millennium. If, therefore, a necessary evil,
it should be conducted upon fixed principles,
to be ascertained and prescribed, in order that
its object may be attained with as little cost of
blood and treasure as possible—principles as
distinct from the dry details of field tactics as
a code of ethics is distinct from the code of
the prize-ring.
The very essence of military economy is
expressed, to our view, in the maxim of
Washington : “In time of peace prepare for
n ar.” The truth of the adage is no' way im
peached by the fact of our Government having
brought almost half a million of well-armed,
well-clothed, well-drilled soldiers into the
field m less than eight eventful months, without
any previous preparation. Indeed, had we
given a thought to the counsel of Washing
ton, as the Southern conspiracy had done,
(having been making Its preparations for
years—having rifled our treasury, and stolen
our ordnance stores, and drilled its troops be
fore Fort Sumpter fell,) the present vexations
would not have come upon us s and we should
not have known our strength as a nation, for
the necessity of its exhibition would not have
occurred. It is not too late, however, to learn
the lesson of military economy, that is couched
in the sage advice of Washington; and not
i too late to see the necessity of studying the
! art of war upon economic, no less than strate
■ gic, principles.
Nor would the topic reduce itself to a mere
calculation of dollars and cents, although in
this consists the sum and essence of economy
to the minds of many men. The aesthetics of
war might properly come up for treatment;
its effect upon the moral and intellectual
progress of mankind. All history would have
to be ransacked for the data, no doubt, but the
labor would be amply requited.
The province of such investigation would
be to settle a number of moot 'd questions
that have puzzled reflecting minds. For in
stance, as to the establishment of State mili
tary academies—are they to he regarded as
vital to the security and well-being of the na
tion, or are they rather apt to lead to conse
quences directly the reverse, by fostering an
undue martial spirit? The necessity which
calls for their institution—is it to be viewed
as a calamity, to be averted by all honorable
means, or a mere chapter in the nation’s histo
ry, introduced for the sake of variety, just as a
jnelo-drawatic or tragic scene is introduced
in each instalment of a serial romance ? The
subjects of coast surveys, the erection of har
bor defences, the adoption of a system of
army telegraphic signals, the subsistence,
clothing, and transportation of troops, the
construction of iron-clad vessels—these would
be some ef the natural divisions of the study.
If the question should be asked, What shall
we do with slavery as the army of the Union
advances into the enemy’s territory ? it would
be the province of military economy to give
an answer, and the answer would be something
in this wise: *■ Either slaves are property or
they arc human beings. If property, they are
contraband of war, and therefore to be seized
and disposed of in the most advantageous man
ner to our cause. If human beings, they are
prisoners of war, and therefore to be seized
and held as hostages for the safety of our loyal
prisoners.” Military economy could give yon
no better or more explicit answer than that.
If you stop to argue with her about the consti
tutional rights of c -our Southern brethren,”
and to contend that the right of property in
all ages has been held inviolable in honorable
warfare, she answers : “ I know nothing more
about the subject; go to Social Economy for
further information.” And if Social Economy
were appealed to, her answer might be this:
“ Render unto slavery the things that are
slavery’s, and unto God the things that are
God’s.” So that the advocate of “portable
property” (as Wemmick lias it) is left to ad
just the problem with his conscience, which,
after all, is the only human arbiter.
Another subject which would doubtless come
in lor a share of consideration, is the surgical
and hygienical care of armies: for it is as
much an object of war to save human life as to
destroy it; and perhaps the population of the
glebe has not been lessened one fraction by all
the wars that stain Its history.
The importance of directing attention, also,
to the sanitary welfare of our troops cannot
easily be over-estimated. The appointment of
a commission to investigate the matter, and
suggest reforms, was wise and well; perhaps
the creation of a national sanitary department
would he much wiser and better—for certainly
the interest to be protected is of as much mo
ment as that of agriculture.
Wh have only to look at the history of our
rebellion, brief as it is, to note the benefits of
militar y economy, and the disasters that have
sprung from its neglect. The surrender of
Masox and Slidell was an act of the purest
economy, considered from a military stand
point. The shooting of the traitor Johnson
for having deserted from our lines with tho
purpose ol'joining the enemy, and unquestion
ably of communicating to them valuable in
formation, was an act of military economy, if
not of absolute military necessity. And so
with a score of cases that might be repeated.
Then, on the other hand, let us take Ball’s
Bluff, where two shaky scows were provided
to transport a brigade across a swollen river,
with the enemy snugly ensconced on the brow
of tho opposite bank. That was not military
economy surely—was it treason? And let us
not forget Bull Run, that with alt its sacrifice
of noble lives, failed dismally to accomplish
what the mere threatening of Norfolk, Nash
ville, and Savannah have promised to effect.
Can we not see now the economy of fitting out
vast naval expeditions for the vulnerable
points of the Southern coast, and may we not
see hereafter the economy that directed the
sinking of the stone-fleet in Charleston harbor ?
j But the subject grows apace, and not a
I word has yet been said of our modem im
provements in the implements of war. We
venture to assert that four-iifths of tho in
i ventions secured by letters patent, since the
■ rebellion begun, have been aimed at sup
; pressing-that rebellion, and consequently at
i economizing tho treasures of the nation.
Undoubtedly, military economy would make
a very respectable science. We cannot here
undertake to map out the bounds that should
! he set to it in the great area of human know
j ledge. Wo will simply remark, however, that
; its proper location must he somewhere be
j tween military propriety on tho one hand, and
military necessity on the other.
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LETTER FROM •• OCCASIONAL ”
TV ashihoton, March 16,1862.
Deferring to the policy of the war minister,
which prohibits the publication of all news
descriptive of the movements of our armies,
and withholding even the intimation that we
arc on the eve of still greater triumphs than
these which have shed new lustre upon our
flag, it is interesting to turn to the safer topic
of the present and prospective condition of
tlie Southern people. The thought which now
animates them, is how to escape from a war
into which they were hurried against their
will. Their leaders have so repeatedly de
clared against peace, and have so bitterly de
nounced reconstruction, that any demonstra
tion looking to either of these contingencies
inuat come from the masses themselves. Da
vis and his associates rest, therefore, upon a
safe platform, and to save wliat they conceive
to be their “ honor,” will fly from tlie scene
they have desolated in order to find a refuge
front the vengeance of the Federal Govern
ment and the irresistible indignation of their
own people. Volumes could be filled with the
evidences of the comp'ete fulfilment of tho
expectations of the friends of the Union
when this rebellion broke out. Arguments
more powerful than bayonets and bullets
are doing tlie work. The distress that per
vades all ranks and classes; the utter break
down of the whole financial and social system;
the discontent of the army; the increasing
raneov and strength of opposing factious—
these are effecting bloodless victories, and pre
sently will leave comparatively little work for
our soldiers and seamen. A single fact, that was
related to me yesterday, will go farther to en
lighten and to appal the Southern mind than
a defeat in the battle-fioM. Among tho neigh
boring slave-barons in Eastern Virginia, there
has been one who, during many years, was
the leading and controlling man of his district.
He was a Democratic politician of tlie Wise
and Mason school • represented his people in
tlie Legislature; dictated to them in their
local affairs; sat in national conventions; dis
pensed a luxuriant hospitality; and visited
Washington twice a week, in order to imhibo
inspiration from tho fountains of treason. He
was the owner of some two hundred slaves, and
these contributed equally to his appetites and
his wealth. When Secession broke out ho was
among the first of the fiery spirits that hailed it
as the sign of a new millennium. He rode his
neighborhood, made Secession a test among
his friends, proscribed the Union men without
mercy, and succeeded in carrying his district.
When the news of the retreat of the rebel
forces reached the plantation of this magnate,
his first thought was to secure his slaves, and
to send them farther South; but they were as
quick as their master, and a few days ago a
number of the most likely and intelligent
reached Washington, and are now acting as
servants in some of our households. It is
easy to predict that, as each of these emigrating
columns is pushed down into the Cotton States,
it will he steadily reduced by this process.
But if the colored people are taking advantage
of (liis state of things, tlie poor whites are
even more sensible of it. Forced for months
to fight "in the rebel army, and not willing to
run the risk of desertion, they occupy tho posi
tion of boing ready to surrender whenever a
fair opportunity is presented. Thus, as you
will have seen in the description of the prison
ers taken at Doneterfh, many of them were
glad to exchange the relation of compelled en
listment for that of comfortable maintenance
by the Federal Government, and large num
bers confess that they were sick of the rebel
service. Cases are frequent where the cap
ture 9f such men by our troops is hailed by
the prisoners as a deliverance. In a short
time, you may look for the surrender of whole
regiments, not in battle, but as a tribute to the
overwhelming power of the Federal Govern
ment, and the certain downfall of the rebellion.
This is the logic of the times. Occasional.
British Anti-Unionism.
In the new number of the North British
Review, jnst republished in this country, is an
article more decidedly auti-Unionist in its ar
gument, and recklessly false in its assertions,
than any yet produced across the Atlantic.
Its tone may be judged from its opening pa
ragraphs, in which the reviewer “regards
the dissolution of the Union as probable, and
contemplates that probability with compla
cence,” and believes “ not only that the Seces
sionists will succeed in their enterprise, butthat
this success will eventually be of the most sig
nal service to humanity, to civilization, and to
tlie cause of universal anti enduring peace.” In
the teeth of facts, he asserts that the rebel
army is “at once better disciplined, better
constituted, and better led,” than that of the
United States. That Blackwood and the Quar
terly Review, Tory both, should side with the
South, could surprise no man. That the Edin
burgh, now influenced by Palmerston’s col
leagues, should also express anti-Union poli
tics and principles, was more to be regretted
than wondered at; but that the Westminster
Review, long the organ of the British Anti
siavery party, and the North British, the
mouthpiece of the Scottish Church, should
also sustain slavery and the South (for it
amounts to that), does at once pain and asto
nish us. The North British Review predicts tho
triumph of the South, to be followed by the
slave-owners first educating, and then, “having
no love of slavery in the abstract,” volunta
rily emancipating their slaves, and letting the
negro “ labor for wages and for himself, in
stead of, as now, for his master, and from
fear.” This euthanasia of slavery, it seems,
will take place some thirty years after the
South has existed as an independent Confede
ration.
Letter from one of Napoleon’s Veterans
about General Jomini.
of The Press.]
Sir : X see, with surprise, in The Press that the
Tile traitor Jomini is still alive. I will explain why
I apply to him that appellation, and giro same re
miniscences of that military pedant. In 1302, Bona
parte, then first Consul, sent Ney, then a general
of division, on a mission to Switzerland- Noy had
risen from n private hussar to the rank of general.
A German by birth, he read French imperfectly.
He there picked ijp Jorniftij ffho WAS ft Tffftdy ffriter,
both in the German and French languages. Ney
wanted such & factotum, and took him to France.
In 1803, when war with England again commenced,
Hey received the command of the Sixth ccrps d’ftr*
mee, at the camp of Montroil, west of Boulogne.
Key presented Jomini to Bonaparte, with the re
quest that he should be appointed his {Key’s) chef
d’etat major. It was well known in the army that
Bonaparte granted this request reluctantly, for he
much better knew how to read men than Key.
This office gave Jomini the rank of colonel.
In 1803,1 left the military school and entered
tho First Kcgiment of artillery. Our company was
attached to the corps of Key. An officer of artillery
was daily, by turn, on duty at the office of the chef
d’etat major. I had occasion, at different times, to
observe Jomini. A chef d’etat major has more to
do with the pen than the sword. Ho has to issue
the orders of the day» attend to the cor
respondence with the different army corps, make
out the official report of battles, &c., and is thus
kept busy at his desk. All those duties Jomini
executed well, and thus rendered himself indispen
£&blO to Key. But he made himself ridiculous with
his continual talk of strategy and tactics, among
the old officers, who had Been the real thing in a
twelve-years service at Jemappe, Areola, Marengo,
Hoenlinden, Ac. They gave him the sobriquet of
Monsieur Tactique.
■ I served three oampaigns in the army corps of
Ney—at the coast of Boulogne, to Austria in 1805,
to Prussia in 1806-7. After the battle of Ulna, our
army corps entered Tyrol. Napoleon pushed on
with bis army to Vienna. Jomini received
leave from Ney to go to Vienna, to present to- Na
poleon his “Traite des Grapdes Operations Mili
taire, 73 written in 1804. Jomini had never seen, at
that rime, actual war. Napoleon received bis
“ Traite,” but certainly was too much occupied
with the real practice than to read empty theory.
After the peaoo of Tilset tho corps of Ney went
to Spain. In Spain, Noy and Jomini quarreled,
and the latter left the French service. I entered,
by promotion, another company, and mado tho
campaign in f $Oll, in Austria, in the corps of More
chal Massena- Having been wounded in 1809, near
Vienna, I did not make the campaign of 1812 and
In aotive aoryiee, but was employed at the
pare de reserve, that follow the army at consul ara
ble distance. In the summer of 1813, £ took a cun*
voy of ammunition to our army in Saxony, and
there I saw Jomini. Ney had picked him up again *
and at the opening of the campaign of 1812, again
made him hiß chef d’etat major. In Saxony Jo
mini committed the most infamous act a soldier can
be guilty of, betraying bpscly big trtttf fttwlltf(Tbtftt
major, hi face of the enemy deserted aver ta the
Russians, because Napoleon refused to make him a
general of division. I call him a vile traitor.
The praettcul soldier will only consider Jomini a
pdhiP&iifl, tinply theorist. Strategy cannot be
learned from books. If it is called scienoe, it re
quires gifts innate in a physical organization pos
sessed only by few men. War will bring them out.
The clang of battle produces (he greatestnerroui
excitement men can undergo. If a general can re
tain all bis 0001, deliberative faculties, with no ner
vous exoitement clouding h s mind, sound judgment
THE PRESS.—PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY. MARCH IT, 1862.
will Inspire bim, and dictate what is to he done,
provided his troops have mechanical drill and dis
cipline to execute his orders properly. That is the
kind of science of strategy the mareohels of Nepo
lcou had studied. They were neerl; ell men desti
tute even of the first rudimont of learning.
To illustrate what I have advanced, I will state
an incident. The night before the battle of Jena,
on October 14, 1806, wo bivouiioked below Jena.
On our left were heights, out by a ravine called the
Ranhtal, on which we ascended the noxt morning
to attack the onemy. An order was given that alt
the voiligeurB should take the head of (he column.
In coming out of the ravine we saw tho village of
Vuizenhileg, where the Prussians held a strong
position. Then it appeared why the voUfgourshad
been placed at. the bead of the column. Ney had
no doubt received an account, by spies, of a careful
reconnoissance of the ground we were advancing
on. The space between the ravine and tho Tillage
was narrow; but our voltigeurs, deploying with
such a rapid movement, kept ups brisk, trailing
fire, to mask tho movement of the main body, giving
us time to form in order of battle. This stratagem
perfectly succeeded in drawing the enemy from his
strong position. Without this precaution, wo would
have been exposed to a raking Are; the ground
only permitting us to come out of the ravine by
file. This may be callod strategy; but it was prac
tical experience, directed by common sense .
Every country, wherein an army operates, re
quires strategy specially adapted to it. Napoleon
learned, by sad experience, this truth, through
his obstinate determination to follow the same sys
tem in Spain that had been adopted in Germany,
He thus secured for VV ellington successes which he
could not hare won on the fields of Ulm, Austor
lita, or Jona. To fully explain this assertion would
make my communication too voluminous.
MILITAIIV REMINISCES<!Bg,
Bethel, March, 1862.
FROM WASHINGTON.
DUMFRIES IN OUR POSSESSION.
The Rebels Destroy Warrenton Station.
A STAND TO BE MADE AT FREDERICKSBURG:
ORDER FROM THE POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT.
NEWS FROM MANASSAS.-
Special Despatches to “ The Press#’*
JSo Dwellings Burned at Ceutreville.
Instead ol a number of dwellings being burned at Gen
tr*ville t by some of our soldiers, on Thursday evening,
in the neighborhood of Centrevlile, as reported, it now
appear* that the destruction by them was confined to a
portion of the rebel barracks. Not a single dwelling, it is
ascertained, was injured by our troops.
Rebels Making a Stand at FredencßsbHTg,
From the contrabands wbo have acted aa teamsters for
tie rebels, it w»b ascertained that the main body of the
rebels have crossed the Bappabannock, and are making
a Btnnd at Fredericksburg, in conjunction with the army
at Gordonsville.
Colonel Cameron's body left here this afternoon on the
cars for Harrisburg.
Tho bodies of a rebel captain, and also six privates,
which the enemy in their flight from Manassas neglocted
to bury, were on Friday interred by a detachment of our
troops.
Gen. Wai>swokth to-day en'ered upon his duties as
Military Governor of the District of Columbia, occupying
the provoßt marshal's lute office.
Occupation or Dumfries.
Yesterday a reconnoitring party started from the north
side of Quantico creek, and occupied Dumfries. From
the river to the village the road was strewn with dead
horses. Some were uuhameased, and all attached to
wagons.
The rebel force in and around Dumfries was com
posed of Texans, Alabamians, and South Carolinians,
under the command of Wigfall, of Texas. The farmers
state that there is still a body of about 700 cavalry, some
four miles from Dumfries, on the Aouita creek rood.
About 300 cartridge and cap boxes, blankets, flour,
&c , were found in the houES used aa Wigf all’s head
quarters.
A large quantity of shells and cartridges were also
stowed away in a barn, and 75 boxes of ammunition were
found npar tho creek.
Destruction of Warrenton Station.
Warrenton station, fourteen miles from Manassas on
the liichmond road, was burnt, together with the hotel
and the five or six dwellings located there.
Cedar Bun bridge, two miles this side of Warrenton
elation, was also burnt by the rebels.
At Manassas the secret agents of this Government suc
ceeded in securing, at the late headquarters of Beaure-
UAiii) and Johnston, a large number of documents in
reference tv tbe rwwericftl forces find condition of tho
rebel army.
Order from the Post Office Department.
A notice to pobtmasters has just been issue* by the
First Assistant Postmaster General, as follows: ‘j The*
I’ostmfl&ter General has ordered the bl&uk agency at
Cincinnati to be transferred to Buffalo, New York, on
the Ist of April noxt. All postmasters now supplied
with blanks from Cincinnati will, after that date, ssnd
their orders to the blank agent at Buffalo, New York,
where the printing is executed COnttftCti find
whence (hey will be supplied.”
The address of Gen. McClellan to the army of the
Potomac meets with an ardeut response from the troops.
Destruction of Bristow’s Station.
Bristow's Station, 5 miles from Manassas, on the road
to Richmond, was burnt, together with the storehouses,
containing a large amount of hour, by tho retreating
rebels from Maua»s&s.
Rebel Commissary Stores Captured.
At Thoroughfare Station, 12 miles from Manassas, on
tho road to Wincho&ter, there were, on Friday, found 52
freight care, loaded with commissary stores, valued at
$20,000. The fire kindled by the rebels failed to consume
them.
THE BATTLE AT PEA RIDGE.
Thirteen fakinon and One Thousand
Six Hundred Prisoners Captured.
REBEL LOSS, 1,000 KILLED AND 2,500 TO
3,000 WOUNDED,
OUR LOSS, 600 KII.r.FO AND NEARLY *OO
Holla, Mo.» March 16.—Tha remnins of Col Hen
dricks, of the Twenty-ninth Indiana Regiment, killed at
the battle of Pea Bidge, Arkansas, arrived hqpe yester
day accompanied by his brother aud two or three other
gentlemen. They left the battle ground on the Monday
following the tight. They represent the contest as terri
ble. The rebels fought desperately, using stone in their
cannon when their shot gave out, Their forceis stated
at 35,000, including 2,200 Indians under Albeit Pike. As
near as could be ascertained, our loss was 600 killed, and
from 800 to 1,000 wonnded.
Ihe rebel Burgeons who came in to dress the wounds
of their fallen acknowledge a loss of. 1,000 killed and
from 2,500 to 3.000 wounded. We took 1,600 prisoners
and 13 pieces of cannon, 10 of which were captured by
General Sigel’s command, and 3 by Colonel Fateixri's
brigftdOt
Two of our cannon belonging to Davidson’s battery
were taken by the rebels, but subsequently were recap
tured by our troops.
The rebels were completely defeated—one'division un
der Con. Price Hying in one direction, and the other na*
der Gon. Van Dorn taking another.
Major Herbert of one of the Louisiana regiments, who
was taken prisoner, says that Gen. Frost, of Gamp Jack
son notoriety, w as killed in the battle.
Operations on the Tennessee River.
An Expedition at Savarxah, Tenn.
BURNING OF A RAILROAD BRIDGE BY U. S. TROOPS.
St. Louis, March 16,—A despatch to the Democrat ,
from Savannah, Tennessee, Bays that the expedition up
the Tennessee river had nearly all arrived there, and
says that the fleet was oh the point of proceeding further
up the river. The expedition is commanded by Gen. C.
F. Smith, with Generals Sherman, McClernand, lfnrlbut,
and Wallace, as division commanders.
The force is large and fully able to conquer any army
the rebels can bring Against it.
Gen. Grant la in comtnautl at Fort Henry.
The enemy’s force in this section is variously estimated
at from 30,000 to 100,000.
General Lew. Wallace’s division w'ent to Purdy, Mc-
Nairy county, Tennessee, yesterday, and burned the
took lip the track 6h th 6 r4llroad Unding from
Ilumboldt to Corinth, Mississippi, cutting off ft train
haavily laden with troops, which arrived when the bridge
was burning.
IMPORTANT EXPEDITION DOWN THE
COM. FOOTE AGAIN AFLOAT.
PREPARATIONS FOR AN ATTACK ON ISLAND NO. 10.
Hickman, Ky., March 16.—A naval expedition, com
posed of the gunbo&t* Denton, I>o4»{&e4lle 9 Cincinnati,
CarondeUt, and Coniitogai under Flag Officer Foote,
left'Cairo at seven o’clock litis morning.
At Columbus they a - er* j->i«.wd by the gnuOortLa Pills
lury, St. Loins, and Mound CU\ [/, and wore overtaken -
by eight of (he mortar boats iu tow of four steamers, with
transports and ordnance boats.
They arrived here at half past tbwr o'clock this after
noon. The mounted pickets of the enemy were in sight
on the bluff on cur arrival, and two ovtip-wne* ot the
Twenty-seventh Illinois Regiment were sont after them,
t>ut they escaped.
A strong Union feeling Is manifested hero.
The impression prevails that Island No. 10 will not
offer much resistance. There are said to be 2.000 rebel
troops at the town of Union, 7,000 at Humboldt, and
16 t W9 in the vicinity of Island No. 10. At tho latter
place tbero are also said to be twelve heavy guns in their
batteries.
Kkw Yohk» March Hb-»Tho Btoamer Blackstme has
returned from the search for the United Stutea supply
ehip Verofbnf. One of the boilers of the Jilackstonc has
been damaged.
Detention of the Steamer Norwegian.
PouTLitiD, March 16.—The etev.tr Norwegian, for
Liverpool, bu been detained on account of the .torn,
aad not rail (ill to-morrow.
(OL. CA3IEROX'S BODY.
Washington', March 16.
Col. Cameron’s Body.
News from Manassas#
Gen. McClellan’s Address.
WOUNDED.
MISSISSIPPI.
The Search for the Vermont.
ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.
ADDRESS OF OBNB&AL VcCLBLLAI? TO BIS
SOLDIERS.
THE TIME FOR ACTION HAS ARRIVED.
HHADQFA HTHItS OP THK AItMT OP THU PotoMAC, >
Fairfax Court Hot'SK, Va. t March 14, )
Soldiers tf the Army of the Potomac -•
For a long time I have kept yon inactive, but not with
out a purpose. You were to be disciplined, armed, and
instiucled. The formidable artillery you now have had
to be created. Other Armies were to move and accom
plish certain rnsults. I held yon back that you might
give the death-blow to the rebellion that haa distracted
our once happy country. The patience you have shown,
and your confidence in your general, are worth a dozen
victories.
Thceo preliminary remits aro now accomplished. I
feel that the fatient labor* of many mouths have pro
duced their fruit. The army of the Potomac is now a
real .army—magnificent in material, admirable in disci
pline and imtruction, excellently equipped and armed.
Your commanders ere »11 that 1 could wish.
The moment for action has arrived, and I know that I
can trust in you to save our country. A* I ride through
your ranks I see iu your faces the sure presage of vic
tory. I feel that yon will do whatever I ask of yon.
The period of inaction has passed. I will bring you
face to faro with the rebels, and only pray that God may
defend the right.
In whatever direction you may move, however strange
niy actions may appear to yon, ever bear in mind that
my fate is linked with yours, and that all I do is to bring
you where I know yon wish to be —on the decisive battle
firldi It ifl my Imiinfiss to place you tboro. I am to watch
over you as a parent over his children, and you know
that your general loycb you from tho depths of his
heart.
It shall be my care, as it bas ever been, to gain sucrose
with the least possible loss] but I know that ifit lrH)9~
ceiHury you will willingly follow me to your graves for
the righteous cause.
God smiles upon us! Victory attends us yet! I would
not have you think that our aim is to be attained with
out a manly etnigglo. I will not disguise it from you.
Ydi have brave foes to encounter—foomon well worthy
of the steel that you wiil use so well. I shall demand
of you great, heroic exertions; rapid and longmarchoa;
desperate combats; privations, perhaps. We will share
all thoso together; and, when this sad war is over, wo
will all return to our home*, and fe&l that wo can ask
no higher honor than tho proud consciousness that wo
-belonged to the Army of the Potomac.
Gkokob B. McGlrllan,
Major General Commanding.
FROM FORTRESS MONROE.
A Sniterlntendent of Contrabands Ap
pointed.
ELECTION IN THE FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
MOVEMENTS AT SEWELL S POINT.
ARRIVAL OF THE SAN JACINTO
BREAK IN THE TELEGRAPH CABLE,
Fortress Moxrof., March 15—Evening—Via Balti
'aaore.—ln pursuance of orders from tho War Depart
ment for the eepavaticn cf affairs In re'atlon to contra
bands from the military authority, a general ordor was
issued to-day by General Wool, appointing Charles B.
Wilder to the oflice of superintendent of vagrants or con
trabands in this department Food, clothing, and shel
ter will be furniribetl as heretofore until further orders.
Governor Bicrpont baring issued a writ for an election
in tho First Congressional district of Virginia, a poll was
opened in this precinct to day. About two hundred votes
were thrown, fill of which were for .Tosjph Sogar.
Active operations of some s«rt have been going on at
S«welTs Toint for ft day or two, whether for reinforce
ment or fth evacuation Is uncertain.
A |nn was fired from the Bip Baps last night at a sus
picious-looking craft in that vicinity, and a number of
vessels have recently been seen off tho Point.
The United States steam frigate San Jacinto arrived
here to-day.
A break has occurred iu the telegraph cable, which
will be repaired the first fair day.
The weather is stormy this evening; wind south south
east.
A FIGHT AT ACQUIA CREEK.
The Steamer Yankee Shelling Out the
Rebel Batteries.
Washington, March 15.—The steamer Yankee arrived
at the navy yard to-day, and Wok aboard a large quan
tity of shell. Yesterday, she, in compauy with the
Anacosiia, shelled the rebel batteries at Acquia Creek,
the enemy replying briskly with their guns, but failing to
reach the Yankee, though several excellent line shots
were made.
One shell struck but a short distance from the Yankee ,
in a direct range with her wheel-house. Most of
the shots were too high for the Anacostia , many o f
ibtm passing over her to a great distance. The heavy
guns of the Yankee enabled her to lie off out of range
of the rebels, and drop her shells with precision into the
batteries.
After firing for some time the steamers hauled off with
out being struck, but it is believed that, from the TTJiUiner
in which the shells exploded in. and around the
work*, that somebody was hurt
She can be seen running to and from the depot at
Acluia Greek, and it is thought that the rebels are re
moving their stores, ordnance, Sc. The rebel battery at
Potomac Greek is also occupied by the enemy.
The Yankee has secured a portion of the iron work of
the George Page, and is to-day having the whistle of the
rebel steamer attached to her steam-pipe.
large number of eplendidjj guns have been secured,
having blSti left by tha FfcbfelS lb their upper batfcerio#-
Yesterday the steamer Leslie brought up from the Evans
port battery a seven and a half-inch rifled gun, throwing
a one hundred and twenty-eight-pound shell. The
bteechof this gun is banded with steel, and when the
spike is removed from the vent, will prove a m >st valua
ble acquisition. There are now two shells and a large
mass of mud in the gun, attempts having been made to
burst it.
Cannon of the best description are daily being found
in the river at the various batteries, many of which»
together with a large amonnt of loaded Bhell, are boing
brought up to the navy yard.
FROM GEN. BANKS’ CORPS D’ARMEE.
ARM'S" NEWSPAPERS.
GOOD FEELING IN WINCHESTER.
PRIVATE RIGHTS RESPECTED
Another Fight with Ashby’s (Javalry.
WixcnESTKH, Va., March 16.—Gen. Hamilton was
yesterday afternoon waited upon by nearly all the offi
cers of the division, to congratulate him on bis advance
ment, and also to express their profound regret at the
necessity for his departure. A Pennsylvania regimental
baud gam him a serenade, and his staff accompanied idtn
ns far as Berryville,
TLis morning Ashby’s rebel cavalry, with two guns,
were driven three miles beyond Newton by a force of
United States artillery, infantry and cavalry. Many
shells were thrown on both Bides, but, as far as is known,
there were no lives lost.
Captain E. A. Pendleton, the quartermaster of Ashby’s
Cavalry, was taken prisoner yesterday rooming.
The cars reached a point three miles 'this side of
Harper’s Ferry to-day. The road ia in the worat possi
ble condition, requiting extensive repairs to be available
for heavy transportation. On several occasions obstruc
tions have been placed on tbe finished track by Seces
sionists.
Colonel Gordon, of the Second Massachusetts Regi
ment, hag tatn appointed to the command of the brigade
vacated by the transfer of General Hamilton. All is
quiet to-night.
Winchester, Va., March IC.—The members of the In
diana regiment are publishing a daily sheet here, called
the Jmji BiilhHH.
I have received a large, .welt-edited paper, published
by a regiment at Leesburg, called the Advance Guard,
r The 1 churches here were open to-day, and were well
attended by citizens as well as officers and soldiers.
It JsVorthj- of remark that there has not been soen or
heard *f a single invasion of private rights, or a case of
intoxication, since the arrival of tho army here. This Via
highly appreciated by tbe Secessionists, and tends greatly
to ditabuso the Southern miud of the impression that we
are barbarians.
Joseph Seaton’s theatrical corps, which for weeks has
followed the division, opens here to-morrow night.
The sutlers freely dispense necessary groceries to tho
citizens, taking, in some instances, corporation shinplaa
ters in payment.
Mews from Rebel Papers,
St. Louis, March 16.—A special despatch to the
Democrat, dated on board the transport at Hick
man, 'Ky., March 14th, contains tho following from
Southern papers:
%be Memphis Appeal says that two rebel transports
ran General Pope’s battery, at Point Pleasant, on the*
11th inst. A letter from New Madrid, of the 11th inst.»
pronounces the forts at that point impregnable, and that
it would lie made the American Thermopylae. [This,
however, did not prevent the rebels from evacuating
the place as soon as General Pope contracted hia lines
around It.]
The Florence Gazette says that the Federate have
landed a large force at Savannah on the- Tennessee
fiver.
The Appeal also publishes a despatch from Clarksville,
Arkansas, dated the 12th, which says that Van Born
and Prico’s armies, with their baggage trains, are safe
in the Boston mountains.
The Department of the Mississippi.
St. Lours, March 15.—Genera! Halleck commands that
all jurors, whether in tho civil or criminal courts, will
hereafter be required to take the oath of allcgtauce pre
scribed by tlu\ State Convention on the 16th ot October,
1801. Those who refuse to take such oath will be re
jected as Aihiis: am) any nogl-ct <m’i tin* part of the army
or volunteer surgeons in their duties to the sick or wnauled
will be reported to headquarters.
It in eaid that some of tbe medical officers who are pri
jwvfcefri of WAV hflvo ftlll&l to e*> tho proper attention to
their own sick and wounded. In cases of this kind, such
nndlnil officer «ill ho deprived of their parole, and placed
in close confinement, and the facta be Toported- to head
quarters. _
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to be
Opened in Ten Bays.
Baltimore, March 10.—Tlie work of repairing tho
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad is progressing rapidly, and
tli<* whole toad Will I*4 lil Complete working order in tcu
days. Seven trains from the Ohio reached Martlnsburg
to-day with provisions.
The Harper’s Ferry bridge is nearly completed, and
when this i»effected w daily train will be run from Win
chester to Baltimore. -
General Shields telegraphed, to* day, that the energy
of Ihe compauy in pushing forward the repairs has
more than met bis most sanguine expectations.
A large force of mm are employed on the whole line,
©ud the broken machinery at Martinsburg ia being re
moved to the repair shops.
The Government has engaged the company to cun
military train* also on the Winchester rood.
From San Francisco.
g*N Francisco, Marcli 13.—Arrived ship Blanian,
from Boston; ship Orpheus, from New York; bark
Catharine, from Ant»tr«li»: bark T*ride of the Sect. SO
Hays from Foo-Ohoo* China. She brought no paper* or
lottery. .
Bak Francisco, March 14.—Arrived ship Governor
Morton, from New York. Sailed) ship Sivord Pith, for
Foo-Choo, China; ship ii. G. Jloxie, for New York.
Fire at Portland, Maine
PoRTi.AKDi March Ift—TUa Uuloft OUutth, at tha
head of High atreot, was burnod last night. Loss $30,-
000 ; insurance $20,000.
Storm at Boston.
Boston, March IC.—A storm of snow and sleet has
prevailed nine© last night, and there are indications of its
continuance.
Public Amusements.
Wai.m:t-stkkkt Theatkk. —To-night Mr. and Mrs.
Barney Williams commence a Bbort engagement, in
route for New York, after a highly successful profes*
inonal trip to Washington and Baltimore, Mr. Williams
will appear as Willie Jliley, in the drama of that name,
and as Phil Mulligan, in the farce of “ Latest from
New York,” Mrs. Williams also appears in both pieces,
and as Prince Dolorosa , in “ The Magic Joke.** We
learn that these popular cannot possibly oxtend
their engagement beyond this week.
Aicch-Sthrkt Thbatab.—Appropriate to the day,
John Brew will appear this evening as Major O'Dough
erty, in Tyrone Power's drama of “ St. Patrick's Eve.”
Whoever remembers Power’s rendering of the character
can witness iir. f>rew*s personation of it Without a fear
of it sofftriug by comparisonwitli the great original,
although differing materially from it in nmny respects.
There is less of the stage* Irishman in Mr. Drew's per
sonations than in that of any actor of the presently,
lie enters into the character ho ropreionts with petfect
abandon, aml.seems to enjoy his own jokes and blunders
as much as any of his auiionco. In the language of a
correspondent, “When you believe that yon have mas
tered ♦‘very variation of l»it» brogue, manner, and action,
he bursts upon you with an oatirclr fresh intonation,
novel manner, and change of motion.” Ho has entered
on the third month of his engagement, and we would not
to surprised to be ablo to allude to the sixth month bo
fore that engagement terminates. To-night, Mr. George
raunerfort* from Boston, said to bo a good actofj Appears
as Stephen Plum, in “ AU that Glitters is not Gold ”
Yuinr Attuactivm Exiiiiiition.— This evening, the
nmoli-talked-or exhibition of “ India and the Sepoy Re
bellion” will commence at the Assembly Building, nt
Tenth and Chestnut streets. The programme, in an
other column, forms an index to the eutert&imueuL
These pictures are grand and wonderful in effect, anil
possess much historical interest. They aro formed by a
combination of chemical preparations, and must be seen
to be fully appreciated. Each picture will be elaborately
explained by an accomplished lecturer.
CONTINENTAL TilfiAritfi. —** Uncle Tom’s Cabin** con
tinues to attract good houses, and llttio can be said of Its
merits beyond wkut has hero already been expressed. As
long as the public demand its i tightly representation, so
long, we presume, will tho manager gratify thorn. Thfg
Is all right, and when everybody is satisfied, “ nubody’s
hurt.”
The New Rebel line of Defence in Vir-
A of yesterday’s Herald says;
That the new line of defence which the rebels liavo
set uo is important to some extent there can be no doubt;
but whether it will be considered as strong as the far
famed Manastas, time alone will show. The banks of
the rivers Rappabannock-aiid Rapidanare being strongly
fortified, mid along them a largo army is said to have
been congregated. Along a portion of the northern
shore of the Bapidnn, and between that and the north
fork of the Bappauannock, the ground is flat and unsuita
ble for defcnco; bnt on the southern shore of the former
river there is a wild region, with high broken land,
bills, and very rough country generally. This fact alone
would make this region a likely place for a portion of a line
of defence. From the junction of the Bapidnn with the
Rappahannock to Fredericksburg the river is bordered
by highlands, etc., and from Fredericksburg to Port
Boyal the land is still rougher, while the .water
course is narrower, so that, in addition to the artificial
defences of the place, the current, which is very swift,
will prove an obstruction of itself to vesaols ascondiug the
river* At Fredericksburg and Falmouth the. Hvei* la
crossed by wooden bridges, which could be destroy ed by a
retreating army. Between theao two places tho interval
is but a mile. Tho fords across tin H&pid&n arc but
three in number—one at Wilderness, another where
the railroad crosses, and a third on the road to Orange
Court House. The first of tocao fords is called
Ely’s Ford, ami is approached from the south by »
road passing ibrougli immense gorges on both sides of
the river, covered with the wild, original timber of the
country. After passing the gorges, the roat to the north
passes over the flats, uud connects with Barnett’s Ford.
The other fores have no very important peculiarity con
nected with them individually. They are at} guarded
with sufficient force to prevent any opposing troops from
crossing without immense sacrifice ef life. At the con
fluence of the Rapidan and tho north fork of the Rappa
hannock, the stream is very rapid, bounding over im
mense boulders, and the banks are steep and rugged ia
the extreme.
- The wafon road laid down from Orange Court Houss
to Fredericksburg, via White Plains'aud Wilderness, is a
fine and hard turnpike, but is laid out through a wild
and Tugged country. The rebels havo made good use of
this road in all their military movements.
The recent reports that tha rebel troops from Manas
sas bad gone to GordonsTillo to take up the second liue
of defence bears out the statement that the Rapidan,
from the Blue Ridge Mountains to its junction with the
Rappahannock; the tollw rjver to Pert Boral, are
the Most likely places for the main points of the said line
of defence. At Gorrtonsville are located great depots and
storehouses, but the Fortifications are along tho river,
-which runs irregularly from west to east to the north of
that place.
The swampy country of tho Mataprmy, east of the
junction of the Mat, the Ta, the Po, and the Ny, and in
dicated by a line reaching from Port Boyal, thence down
the Matftpony to the Paiuuukey and the York rivers,
form the extended line of fight from the mountain to the
bay. The abandonment of the whole Lower Potomac and
the Rappahannock* below Fnre Ratal, is bocAUS* they
aro untenable on accmmtof the ready approach of boats,
and belDg easily outflanked by a force reaching them
there. As a region fit for defensive operations, no batter
could have selected in this part of the country, and
this the rebels appear to know well.
The Killed on the Cumberland.
The paymaster of the Cumberland reports the follow
ing list of seamen killed on that ill-fated vessel, ia the
recent engagement:
Acting Plaster John hi. Bohlqq,
Chaplain Lenhart, New Jersey.
Patrick JTaloney, sailor, Boston.
W'm. li. Hubbard,sailor, Marblehead,Mass.
James E- Johnson, sailor.
George Putnam, sailor, Boston.
Nathaniel D. Tenney, sailor, New York.
Nich’l Gargulio, sailor, New York.
Itoberfc Mnrphy, sailor, Eoaton.
Wm. H. O'Brien, sailor, New York.
John Cornier, sailor, New York.
John Collins, boatswain's mate, New York.
Daniel Murray, sailor, Massachusetts.
Abram Dunn, sailor, Massachusetts.
Ww. K. MoiiOh. SUirgeoh’s Steward.
Elifls Livermore, boy
Samuel Martin, sailor.
George McDonnell, ship’s cook, Boston.
Ilolioway Bass.
Thomas Bowser, sailor.
Continental Restaurant Saloons. —On Sa
turday evening Messrs. J. E. Stevens & Co., of the
Continental Hotel, opened, for the inspection of
invited friends, the sew and handsome restaurant
saloons, on the first floor of the hotel, on Chestnut
street. One of these will be for gentlemen only—
the other for ladies with gentlemen, or ladies, only.
The European plan will be adopted, which is that
out of a plentiful and varied hill of fare, any re
spectable person can immediately have any re
quired meal, at a moderate charge. Such saloons
have long been required here. The ladies are es
pecially well provided for in this arrangement,
having two private reception room?, beautifully
fitted up, as well as the public saloons. The en
terprise is certain of sucoess in the way Mr. Ste
vens will conduct it.
Large Sale oe French Dry Goons, Ribbons,
Shawls, Gloves, Ac.— The attention of purchasers
is requested to the large and valuable assortment of
French dry goods, in part the importation of Messrs.
Thirion, Maillard, & Co., N. Y., comprising about
775 lots of choice silks, ribbons, dress goods, shawls,
bareges, kid gloves, bombazines, drap d’ete, drap
d’ecosse, Ac ; else, white goods, embroideries, hoop
skirts, fancy artideß, Ac., to be peremptorily sold,
by catalogue, for cash; commencing this morning,
-at 10 o’clock, and to be continued nearly all day,
by John B. Myers & Co., auctioneers, Nos. 232 and
234 Market street.
Confederate Notes.-— Mf. S. 0. UpUam, 405
Chestnut street, has published fac-similes of the
$5 and $lO Confederate notes issued in Richmond,
which will be curiosities ore long, when the rebel
lion is crushed. Mr. Vpbam’§ notes Are just as
valuable, we dare say, as the originals.
The Man who Sat on the Powder Rc-
warded.
The Navy Department promptly rewarded John
Pavia, the brave sailor, who so courageously pro
tected from tbe flames a barrel of gunpowder on
the steamer Valley City during the attack upon Eli
zabeth City. He was gunner T s mate, receiving a-sala
ry of $25 a month. Tbe evidence of his bravery was*
received at the Navy Department on the evening
of the l(lth inst., and on the next day Secretary
Welles sent him tbe following letter, appointing him
a gunner, an office which carries with it a salary of
$1,4)00 per year, and is a life appointment, the
salary inereaafeg, hy lefigth df ServUe, to $1,450:
u Navy Department, Mareh.ll, 1802.
“Sir : Your commanding officer and the flag offi
cer of the Northern Atlantic 1 Blockading Squadron
have brought to'tbo notice of tho Department your
courage and presence of mind, displayed on the
10th ultimo, In protecting, with your person, a bar
rel of gunpowder from the flames.
“Asa mark of appreciation of your bravery,
you arc hereby appointed an acting gunner in the*
navy of the Uoited States, from this date.
“Enclosed herewith is a blank oath of office,
which having executed, you will return- to the De
partment, accompanied by your letter ol accept
ance.
“ If, after you have served six months at sea, yoo
shall furnish the Department with satisfactory tea
tliitohi&ls irOfti your commanding officer, a warrant
will be issued to you, bearing the same- date of this
acting appointment.
“ I am, respectfully, your obedient servant,
“ Gideon Welles.
“ Acting gunner Jobu Dtivfe, United- States navy,
United States steamer Valley City, : North. Atlan
tic Blockading Squadron V
As Davis was a gunner’s mate, and supposed to
bo somewhat familiar with a gunner’s duty, this ap
pointment was considered the best and most sub
stantial way of rewarding him. Tho flag
was also directed to educate him for his new posi
tion in case he is not uu\y fully qualified, us ap
pears by the following letter :•
“ Navy Department March ??i ?SP>2.
“Sib: Transmitted herewith is anuppoinMuent
for John Davis as an acting gunner in the Utilted
States navy, as a reward tor his courage and pre
sence of mind displayed on the 10th ultimo.
“If he should Hot be fully qualified for the duties
of this appointment, you will aflbrd him every op
portunity to become »o.
“ I am, respectfully, your obedient servant,
“ Gideon Welles.
“Flag-Officer L. M- GuJdsborough, commanding
North Atlantic Blockading Squadron. Hampton
Bonds, Va.”
Toe slouji-of wat John Adams, which, with the
Sor-annah, hes been lying in ordinary, at the
I Brooklyn nnvy yard, same time, hes been com.-
! plotrly dismantled, end, according to report, will
i be converted into either a storeshlp or a second
I Monitor.
LETTER FROM NEW YORK.
Alleged Rebel Agents Arrested—Funeral of
br» ra©mrull—Thr iu>v« Theodore L. rujr
lrr's Nnr Churoh—The Broadway Railway
• •The New Croton Reservoir-Swill Milk—
The Legislature—TUc Markets, etc*
[Correspondence of The Press.J
Mew York, March IS, 1862.
In accordance with an order from tho Secretory of
War, the United States Marshal arrested Capt. Yigncrs
and Peter .Schmidt, of the schooner Eduardo, which ar
rived here on Friday from Tampico. A letter from Mr.
Chase, the U. 8. Consul at Tampico, charges that their
object in coming here was to procure arm* for the rebels.
Gapti Yi Mates itant he is a loyal man \ that ah r Union
man ho had been sont to prison in New Orleans last June ;
that in December he escaped by the schooner Warrior ,
which lie took to Tampico, under the rebel flag; sold
her, and bought a part or the Eduardo, (formerly the
Ilarkncs&y of Baltimore;) then determined to come to a
Korlhrrn port, and for limi .purpose registerod his res
net under the British flag, so as to Insure him against
danger from any robel vessel that he might fall in with.
lie was taken, when off Tortugas, by the United States
authorities, bnt, on explanation, the colonel In command
at that point released him and apologi’/od for having de
tain**! bihu Tins fact is entered bn the log of tho vessel*
Captain Y (dates tlmt bis wife and children reside in
Philadelphia, where he] intended to go when he was taken
by the marshal. Hu is now iu Fort Lafayette, while the
case is undergoing investigation.
The funeral of the gallant Lieutenant Colonel Do Mon
; leuil) of the P’Kpinenil Zouaves, who Tell at Roanoke,
tAflk plftCft yefltAfday. Ni>t with standing the inciernencv
of the weather, them was a very respectable turnout of
military to escort the remains to their last resting place,
at Greenwood Cemetery. Deceased was at the time of :
his death, 43 years, 7 month*, and 25 days old.
The llev. Theodore L. Cnj-ltr’a new church, in Brook
lyn was dedicated this afternoon. Tho interim* uf tb&
building is very similar to that of Plymouth (Beecher's)
church, with s**me improvements. It contains 300 pews,
capable of accommodating 1.700 persons. Tho entire
cost of the church and adjoining school buildings and
ground is about $65,000. The building is in the Roman
esque stylo of architecture. It is to be known hereafter
&ii the Lftffijeii© Avenue Church. Mr. Cuyier has
labored with great y.eal and industry to increase lus
usefulnes*. and this much he has accomplished, while
other churches and ministers have been languishing and
complaining of tho times. Murit will tell.
Our new Broadway railroad company are to pay to
the' Oommlßummsrs of the city Ringing fund $76,000
pay aßttutn as a ftofapensation th*> city for tho fran
chise. Tho regular fare is to be 5 cents and Beat gua
ranteed, a flag to shown on the top of tho oar always
when the seats are all occupied; and every third car,
between 6 A. M. And 12 P. M., is to convey passengers
from the City Hall to Fifty-ulnth. street, a distance of 4
miles, f»r 3 ceiits The company is also required to
PHrstosw a! P»r Hie eaeiutl stock anil the property of tho
various omnibus linos which aro to bo injured by this
road. The sum requisite to do this is $1,445,000.
The new Croton reservoir in the Central Park will be
ready for the reception of water in June. It will hold
000,000.000 gallons of water, a supply for thirty days.
~ The building of a new Merchants’ Exchange, in the
vicinity of the present Custom House, is
Should thin be determined, and according to tho present
plane, the building wilt furnish ample accommodations
for the Chamber of Commerce, Merchants' Exchange,
Commercial Reading Room, Brokers' Board, Shipmas
ters' Association, Nautical School, &c.
The Legislature have given tho quietus to counterfeit
jnllh by enacting a law requiring the w»gons carrying
Hwillmilk to be labelled in large characters, “Swill
Milk.” This relieves us of an intolerable nuisanco.
Saturday was the laßt day, according to the rules, for
tho Legislature to receive any now bills. They will now
proceed to digest tho very numerous documents iu the
hands of committees.
The British mail steamer City of Xew York sailed
on Saturday, taking $193,000 io specie. The Bremen
took out $44,080 in specie. Total, $237,080.
The breadstuff's market was very aull an Saturday, and
prices generally favored the buyer.
The provision market presents no new features of mo*
ftiftftL PAflt HqUiSt flip I&fJ 6fk 111?) spot, although there
is more doing for forward delivery. Beef is auiet a 4
firm. Beef hams are quiet, as also are cut meats,
lard, and dressed hogs. Bacon Is iu fair request, and
firm.
Ashes —"Pots are lower, wbh wiles of 25 barrels at
@5.75- Pearls are quiet at @5.50.
Bkeadstitfs.—'llie nmik*-t for State* and Western
floor is dull, heavy anil declining. The sales aro 5,500
barrels at @5.25®5.35 for superfine State.: @5.5Q®5.55
for extra Ptate; @5.‘25©5.35 for superfine Michigan, In
diana, Ohio. lowa, Ac., and 85.50ffiC.70 for extra ditto,
iucluding shipping brands of round hoop Ohio at @5.80
©5.90, and trade brands of ditto at @6®6.75.
Southern Flour is dull and drooping, with sales of 500
bbls. at ,75©8 for superfine Baltimore j §6.16a®7 for
extra do.
Canadian Flour is inactive and heavy, with sales of
500 this. ats?s.so©fi.sQ for the range of extra brands.
Bye Flour is quiet, with trifling Bales at $3.25®4.25
for the range ol‘tine and superfine.
Corn Meal Is steady j wo quote Jersey at §290, Bran
dywine $3.25, puncheons $15.50.
Wheat is dull end unchanged; sales 3,000 bushels
Winter red Jersey at @1.41,
Bye is dull at 82®83.
Barley is scarce and firm at 82©$1.
Oats are at 3Sa4Q eta. for Jersey, Western,
Canadian, and State. „ _ ,
Corn is heavy and lower, with Bales of 20,000 bUBhPW
at 58)4 ®6o# cts. for mixed Wostorn, in store and de
livered.
Hops.—The market is (lull aid business limited, at
12®19 cts.for new.
Oils. —Linseed 1b steady at 87©58c, but there is less
doifii?. Crude Whale and KpAHft am qulfifc Aftd ha
changed.
Cottos,—The market is very quiet, but many holders
have withdrawn their stocks at the present ratos; mid
dling uplands are quoted at 26#a27c.
Kwii Stokss.—The market for spirits of turpentine
is dull. Bogins are quiet, with sales of 153 bbls No. 2,
at §6.75.
Whisky is lower, with a fair business at the conces
sion ; sales 2,200 bbls, at 25©26c.
Paovistoxa.—Pork is quiet for lots oti the spot, but
there is more doing for futnro delivery; the sales aro
3,200 bbls, at @13.62)2 ©13.75 for mens, and @lO 75 for
prime. Included in the sales are 5,000 bbls mess Tor June
delivery at §l4 Beef is quiet, with sales of 200 bbls at
@5©5.50 for country mess, S4©4 50 for country prime,
@l2 for repacked Western, and @14©14.50f0r extra mess,
prime mess Beef is dull. Beef Ilams are firm At 816.50©
17. Bacon is in good demand and steady; sales 1,000 bxs
at 7# ©7#c for city short rib, 7#®7#c for Western nnff
city short clear. Cut Meats, at c for hams, and
4-Ifor shoulders, LftrJ Is qultd, with sales of 000 tea
kettle-rendered. Dressed Hogs are quiet at fi#s»s.!«c
for Western, and 5# ©s#c for city.
The following are the sales of yosterd&y’s second stock
board:
32000 VS 6s T 5l Cp... 93#
noooo V S fig 1 81 reg.. 93#
3000 V S 58 *74 coup. 87
2000 Tr 7 3 10 p c n 8100
2000 Missouri St 65.. 63#
. 5000 TennOs ’90.... 60#
2000 Illinois War La 89
1999 California 75«,. SGft;
3000 Erie It Ist m bdslo6
5000 Erie R 4th bda. 87
2000 Er 113 d mbs ’B3 03#
3000 Hud Riv 3 mbds 82
3000 lllCen ltbdß... 94
50C0 C A Tol sf bds.- 86
WOO
& Bk of Commerce 89
10 Bk of N Araer. 80
20 Broadway 8k..125#
60 do 125
50 Continental Bk. 82
75 Pac M 8 C 0.... 95«
66 K V Cen M 63 %
16 do 83#
200 Erie R 36#
100 do eOO 36#
ICO do 36#
THE CITY.
frOlt ADDITIONAL CITV N£l£S. SEE FOURTH PAOE.J
A meeting in behalf of the soldiers
and sailors of the Union army whs held last evening, in
the West Presbyterian Church, at the corner of Seven
teenth and Filbert streets. The pulpit was tastefully
festooned with flags, and presented a very pleasing ap
peArance. On account of the tadletneney of the weathAt?
the attendance was rather sparse. The meeting was ad
dressed by the Rtv. M. Harmstead, a chaplain of one of
the regiments now in Virginia, and the pastor of the
church. A clergyman recently from Virginia was ex
pected to address the meeting, but feeling indisposed did
nut make his appearance*
The United States Frigate St.
LAWRENCE.—This vessel, after leaving her powder at
the magazine, came up to the navy yard on Saturday,
and anchored out iu the stream. She had an eighty
four* pound hole plugged up juat above the water lino,
received in the recent action at Hampton Roads. She
had on board a portion of the crows of tho Congress aod
Cumberland , burnt and sunk in the conflict with the
Mtrrimac. Some of the crew wer* transferred to the
receiving ship Princeton, lying off the navy yard.
The Husband Conspiracv Case.—
This cose was to have been argued on Friday, before
Judge Allison, on a motion for a new trinl, Messrfl. 1«.
O. Cassidy, J. P. O’Neill, aod Edgar M. Petit, counsel
for the defendants, were present. Mr. O’Neill asked for
a coutlnusnce. Mr. Mann, the District Attorney, said
LA Ufts r^ddi l to Sheet the question now or at anr tune.
After a few remarks, the judge fixed next Frilay a 3 the
day when the case must be finished peremptorily.
Thimmins Maple Trees. —The city
Authorities have iuen at work trimming - the maple trees
in the public squares. AS tho sap is now runtfiug frffely,
tho operation is said to be dangerous to the tree*. The
matter should be inquired into.
Organized — The Camden Board of
Councilman have organized hy selecting Ralph Lee, Re
publican, president; Patnuel W. Thouran, clerk; Biley
Barrett, treasurer; George M. Bobesou, solicitor, aud
Ldwaid 11. Saunders, surveyor. Paul C. Budd (Rep.),
mayor; J. J. Moore (Rep.), recorder: aud Timothy
Middleton (Dew.), marshal* liaro been sworn in.
Sign Service. —A religious meeting
for deaf members was held yesterday afternoon at St.
Chrysostom’s Chapel, in Locust street, above Thirteenth.
The sermon was preached by means of the deaf and dumb
alphabet A large number of outsiders attended the ser
vice, to many of whom 1} y?*g M fttt*
sent or Japanese.
PKOrOSED Beorganization. A
movement is on foot among the officers of tbe militia of
the First division, towards a reorganization of the dif
ferent regiments The officers of the Secoud
Second brigade, will hold a meeting to-morrow evouiug,
at the house of Lieut. Colonel Heenan, Eleventh aud But
tonwood.
The City Auction Mart.—The city
auction mart will roofwn anil hare the first BftlS OB Vttl?
nesday next, when a number of very lino rsmily, farm,
and trotting horses, also a varied assortment of wagons,
carriages, and harness, will be disposed of.
Wendell Phillips, tho well-known
advocate ol Abolitionism, will Inctura In thin city on
"Wednesday evening.
Run Over.—Last evening, about 7
o'clock, a boy, named Alfred Snyder, aged 16 years,
whs run over hy tho stQtuu cars iwar Mauayuiiki and.
had one ol bis arms badly crushed, lie was taken to the
hospital.
Philadelphia Markets.
l*i.onu —There in uv quotftble cltitugv ir k lour to?day»
hut tlte market U inactive at previous quotations, and
th*- onto* f-»r -liipiitrtd i* 1,000 barrels goo’
round-hoop Uhio * xtra family at #5 i 5. The to the
trade are limited within the range of Tor
common and good nuperflno: for extra:
tor f’-xtra family, aud Sf6©6 50 barrel
for ifuioy hramlft ns iu utmUty i uud ths roeeipts modeeato.
Bye Fleur and Uoru Meal are steady, hut uuiot? 160
liturflK of the former *o!d at §3.25, and 200 barrels Penn
sylvania n*e«l at 5*2.76 liarroi.
■\\mkat.— there is not much ortbring to day, and
.the niHtket is firmer and more active, tvith sales of* 11,-
hushrifl weqtorn uud P«onnylvnuiit rod lit 10130133
cents for good aud prime lots in store, iiicludiug 1,000.
bushels choico soutlurn white at 150 cents; 309
bushels Kentucky fine whito at 145 cento,, and sonbe
fair Peuusyivania at 1350140 cents. Bxo is. dull
and lower with sab s uf 600 bushels PeuusylTauia at 70
twite. Corn is imclmngnl; the receipts aud. ulmi we.
light, in all about 5,000 bushels yellow at 52)4 cents, ia
tbe cars and from store, no<\ equal to 54 cuds afloat.
- Oats are dull and unsaleable at 35035. cents. Bar Ley
continues firm.
Bakk There is no change in Quercitron, and Ist
No.l Is steady and firm VETtVHi
Cotton. —Th« mHrkst continues very dull, ftad no
salesof any moment Lave been made public.
Gwofriks ANn. P»o visions.—'There is not much doing,
but the market for both is unchanged.
Phbus.— There is a steady dem*ud for Cloverseed, and
500 bushels sold at *437# 04 50 $r bushel, mostly at the
Utter rate for prime, winch is Bcurce »i«l wautod at this
figure. Timotlo and Flaxseed are uuchaaged.
"Wiiiskt is firm, and bids fire helo ai 2602Tcfor Penn
sylvapia and Ohio, And but little selling. Drudge is
worth 24 cents,
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
At the Stock Board to-day a fair amount of business
was transacted, considering (he dull weather, and the
market was quite steady. City Bizes, new, sold at 97# at
the first board, and 97 at the sneond board* And the old la
eues sold at 91#. Pennsylvania coupon fivei sold at 90
awl tho irannferrable fWe« at Illinois State sixes*
of 1881, sold at lO,OOO Bunbury and Brie sevens
87#, and Pennsylvania Railroad first mortgage loan
at 99#.
In railroad shares there was little done. Four hun
dred and fitly stores Beading sold at »!?* and 21 44,
closing 21 yi bid j Pennsylvania sold to the amount ot
sixty-nine shares at 46, and two hundred shares OatawU
ea sold at 7# ; Arch-street Passenger ltailway shares
sold at 18, Chestnut aud Walnut at 31, and Green and
Coates at 22
In bank stocks little or Bothihg it doing* There WM
bid for North AMftrfca 122; Philadelphia 100 ; Farmer's
and Mechanics 1 60; Commercial 46#; Mechanics' IQ;
Girard 37# ; Western 66; Manufacture™' and Mechan
ics’ 21# ; Commerce 46; City 39, and Commonwealth 26-
The money market is very quiet. The supply of capi
tal ii largely in oieoau of the stuping! M HfPMJ-Vw pa
per, and the movements of business do not watratit ex
pectations of an early increase in the supply of such ob
ligations. Inferior paper Is slow of sale, the caution of
capitalists showing no decline.
The following quotations are furnlshod us by Mossrs.
prexd & Co.;
Now Tork exchange parol-10 die.
Boston exchange.. par®# prm.
Baltimore exchange.. paro# prm
Country funds dis.
American gf*ld rt r? ,,,,,,,,,mnm it » 1/iSj'lX PTW,
7 B*lo Treasury notes..* w #© # dis.
. The statistics of the coal trade are given by the Miners*
Journal , of this week, as follows:
The quantity tent by railroad this weak is 35,179.02
Against 24.429 tons for the corresponding week last year.
Increase so tar this yea? 60,689 toft&r
A tew cargoes bare been shipped by canal We will
commence our report next week. The quantity sent by
canal whs 40] tons.
The rates of toll and transportation by railroad and
canal have been fixed the same as last year’s oponlng
rates, as fellows:
A.vbTH.wsmmiQN nr railuo.iui
Ft. Mt. S.
Car. Car. llav. Auburn. Ft, Clinton.
To Richmond 1.38 1 37 1.50 1.20 1.16
To Philadelphia....! 48 1.47 1.40 1.30 1.25
200 Erie B 3S;\'
100 lIIVPIMH n 3 2%
150 JMictiCen K 57%
150 Mich So&NIR.. 21
100 do atj,'
50 Erie R prof. ~e3O 62 %
100 do «60 62%
1M d0...,....b30 62K
240 do ...62)1
200 do blO 62*
100 Mich S.fcN I ga.b6o 49
130 ronoma J 1........ 121%
100 111 Central scp.... 66%
100 do ......e3O GO
125 Gal & Chi TO
100 do b6O TO %
200 CieT A T01ed0.... 47*
250 do 47
100 do Bio 47),'
100 do b 5 47*
350 do 47),'
160 Chi & it I it 57*
200 do bso 57*
30 do 67*
100 Mil A P Du C B. 24
Hakou 15—Evening.
THE MONEY MARKET.
Pjm.APELrniA, March SJi IWib
TOLLS lIT C'ANAI.
To Philadelphia.
The yaifftof toll on tho Delaware and JUritan Canal
have been reduced 16 cents a tom and the rates of freight
to New York, we understand, Mill open at $l-30 to New
Yoifeand 55 cents to Philadelphia, from Port Carbon and
Mount Curb in, aud 51.25 and 60 couts from Schuylkill
Haven to Now York and Philadelphia. Both carrying
companies allow a drawback on all coal sent east from
rhiludclphia. to meet the rascally rates (we cab fif# fiO
other term, b» ca«f-n it is a direct robbing of the working
clauses and producers, to gratify a revengeful spirit,)
promulgated by tho Pennsylvania Coal fJ jmpauy, but the
extent of this drawback is only knowa to the trade, and
consequently we do not publish tho r umors in circulation.
Tho trade for tho wet-kj compared with last BUBH
up SR follows:
I*6l. 1802.
I NO. A
WKKK. [TOTAL. WKRK. TOTAL. DSO.
24i4'29 326,160 36,179 375,718 80,580
L. Vid.lt. 8.. 18,869 203,438 13,126 173.844 429,594
Scranton B’th. 13.270 116,570 11.294 119,271 d 6,299
Bo North 3,628 31,962 3,579 36,983 5,021
Broad T0p.... 2,074 24,838 7,874 02,444 37.G06
Shamokln.... 1,716 28,156 1,949 10,697 d 11,559
Trererton.... ...... 9,403 ...... 8,265 d 1,133
Bb. Mt, H.T. 227 4.572 724 2,507 d l,OT$
Lykeua Val “ 797 0,055 560 4,025 d 2,060
03,010 750,160 73,295 790,742
63,010 750,180
10,285 40,562
sent for the wcuk dhowo a handsome in
; year’s supply, and the trade never pro
■ealthy aspect, for tho oponlng of a spring
The qiiAutlty
croase over lasi
Ben ted a mure )
business, with the prospect of rtmunoratingaUthedif
ferent interests in the trade; hut all these prospects have
been destroyed by the inf Amour course adopted by a
soulless corporation in New York, chartered by the Le
giolftture Gf PtunsyUaula. We ask again. is there no
uittfe by which our Legislature can repeal the charter of
this company 1 We Unpe tho Representatives from alt
the coul regions will inquire into this subject—lt is of
more importance to the State than the tonnage-tax ques
tion, which they are trying to investigate,
■WatGuisa ooA.T. in New Yobr—Rbsolveioss or tub
Tradei—A correspondent in New York has seat ua ths
following resolutions, which the Trade have adoptofl in
Ntw York, which we publish for the information of
those interested:
WhereaSt For somo years past there lias been an un
certainty regarding the delivering of coal, as regards tho
weighing and percentage of waste to bo allowed; it is
Hesolved, That hereafter the expose 6f
coal at the port of delivery is to be paid by the con
signee or receiver of the coal, as the reweighing is for hia
pleasm e or satisfaction.
That in every case coal, when weighed at the dock
and falling short one per cent, of the amount specl
tieddn tie bill of lading, or when from fjffpfc (9 bo
weighed at yard, aud then falling short two per cent,
from bill of lading, the cargo shall be considered to have
held out in weight and the delivery to bu perfect. When
coid fulls short over this allowance, the captain to be re
sponsible for the deficit. Br Ohukh Ok* CoMMIITHt.
The City nf Nsto Yprfc, fqr Europe to-day, took out
$559,556 In a'pi-cie; the 2Jremc?J, ?44iW?r
The following is a comparative statement of tbs im
ports of Foreign Dry Goods at the port of Now York, for
the work ending March 13, and since Jan. 1:
For the week. 1860. 1801. 1862
Entered at the port. .$7,284,994 5945.555 $1,029,936
ThfAWW oh m&Ht&l,, 2,399,221 2,614,743 2,159,333
BinceJan. 1.
Entered at the p0rt.528,780.945 919,795,700 $11,418,480
Thrown on market, 29,695,161 18,639,480 12,704,778
The imports are rapidly increasing, amounting last
week to more thau doublo the imports of the correspond
ing n vtk last year.
The Cincinnati Gazette of yesterday says:
Matters did not vary in the money market to-day, to
any quotable extent. There was a light demand for
loans, w hich was freely met, good paper being in request
at 10 per cent. Ttfero was it good demand for 7 3-10 treA
.nr)- notes at par. T||f> amount ottering l« email. The
price advanced in New York to-day to par The demand
treasury notes of the old issue are now a legal t * ider, a
bill making them so having passed both Houses of Con
gress, and become a law. A section of the tame act in
creases the limit for temporary deposit of demaud notes,
with Aeaieiant U. S. Treasurers, at five per cent inte-
Mfet, ftom i'25,000,G0Q tu 60,000,000.
The market for exchange Is firm at par buying, and #
prtm. selling. Gold inactive at 1 prew. buying, and 2
prem. selling.
The Chicago Tribune of Thursday says:
The general money market of the city is quiet, and for
all legitimate hU&ltt&B6 pntpAA&b bAbbers aro aupptylug
customers to a liberal extent. Some of them would bo
glad a better supply of first class paper for discount.
But money is by no means so abuudaut that it can ba
had for the asking. Bankers are very cnrtful as to
names and collaterals, apd only No. 1 paper is passed on
auy terms: Outside the banks there is very little doiug.
New* York exchange is close at quotations, but ratos
remain as for some days past—viz: par buying and #
premium to customers, while outsiders pay ?s<*#.
Should the demand continue to gain on the supply, there
ii probably Eastern money enough at tho West to bo
scut home to keep exchange very noarly, if not quite* at
present prices.
Gold remains inactive. The buying price is l#ol#,
the higher price rarely; the selling range is 202#. Borne
may have charged 2# on retail lots.
Goon News for Government Orbditor.s. —The Na
tional Defence Cotr.fii}t|?e {if pity imlreJ IfffJ»f
from fraebiDgUm 9208.000 in 7 3.10 bonds according to
an arrangement consummated some weeks ago, and have
been bUBy during the day in disbursing them to contrac
tors. The receipt of them will put smiling faces upon a
very considerable number of onr citizens. It will be re
mtmbt-ixKi that the cumaiitU'e M'cro erupowered to make
coiitructß for the equipment of several regiments aud
these diabursemeiits are made to pay the bills of the com
mittee. It iB uuiversaUy adinittel that no other eon
tractß have been marie nioro economirally, or to better
advantage in all respects since the commencement of ttar
war.
The New York Evening Pott of to*day any* r
The stock market is qliiot to-day, but we notice con
tinued buoyancy in Government Focurities at a shade
better prices. "Victories like that of th* capture of New
Madrid have no marked effect on prices, buyers appa
rently Awaiting further developments in VirdnJa. The
evacua!t n of Manassas aud the unexpected assault of
the Merrimao have aroused some uiipleasaut cotijseturM,
6ud the more cauttous operators consequently hold off.
Tie strongest of the railroad shares are the two Eries,
which are active at an advance, in anticipation of orders
from Bnglnnd, where, at last Advices, th*rewasa good
demand lor American securities, especially Erie old stock.
The closing quotation is 36^0365.
Aftnr the board tbe market was very dull aud urieei of
tbe ieilweye j bided a trifle. New York Central. SB KO
; Toledo, 37X ; Hock Island, ; Michigan Cen
tral, 67 %.
Pacific Mail and Panama arc firm—the former atV6K,
the latter at 1214.1211, . .
There Is a reaction ef 1 per cegt jf| JJllfftSUaf? ,B 8
prairie du CLleir. Tbe closlug quotation is 85'23% .
There was no special chauco in Government Bt.»cks.
The sixes of ISSI are H for cash hotter than at the second
board of yesterday. The 7.30 treasury notes are selling
freely ntpar, and for small notes tbe money brokers got
«.light pumlimi. . , , . .
In State slocks there was little uone, Missrmns nna
Temi«aee§ are weaker. Illinois and Ohio bonds are In
strong demand at an advance of % sel per cent,
Money is in good Btipply r but continues active at Oaf
yxr cent, on call. Pi line paper ianut plenty at 6a>6)4
pee out for abort dates, and pef cyfjt, l?eg f
Exchange on Ltmdou in weak, and lower,
for first-class bills.
Gold is unchanged, most of the sales at 101%®lQl y V£»
chiefly on time.
Tho bank note companion expect to send some of the
new legal-tender notes ti> AVasbington, in the last week of
Hito mfinthi Tin* tkvrftery vf H«t Tifasnry Las deter#
mined to have tho slßi-Rlnrn engraved, which will mate*
rinlly shorten the-delay, leaving only the trimming, cut
ting,* aud registering to be done after tbe notes reach
Washington. The priutitig of the whale ninety millions
will take about two months.
The total deposits of United States notes with the
ARBißtnnt Treasurer on five per r.ont. interest, up to tide
time, are from banks* and 3&,w6,000 from
the public.
Philadelphia Stock Exchange Sales,
March IS. 1862.
Kkpoetkd bt 8. E. Slatmakbr, Philadelphia Ziohanf*.
PIKBT HOARD.
100 US 7-BO Tf N.. 100
2000 Peon Up Be 80
10 Beading It 21 44.
60 do 21 44
0 do 21«1
100 d 0... 2144
25 Arch st K 11. ..08- 18
05 Che-lit Weill... ill
30 Gr it Coates 2
20 Penna B 45^
10 do 48.14
BETWEKI
1C Peunftß... 45 1
li* dB iimrmr
1000 r*-nim ft*.
50 Beading
50 do tae*.a.a seel
B*#
21 44
21 44
SECOND
1000 N Penna 10a 83^
iCOO Vest IJGb.... .86 S 5
1 Gam <fc Aiu K. ,,, 123
10Belanaro ftt*,..*. 40
200 Cate It pcef.... bfr 7.V
7000 U S cptta ’3l flij*
1000 City Os New 07
AFTER
1000 IforGi-Penna 9a.. 0$
CtCKHNG PRTC
Sid. Askrd.
TJSTr 73.10 N W* 100
Plitlada 8a »1X 02
Pbilada 6s new, 95 071 i
Bennafiiuiin H4i' &ik
Beading S,iuh 21X 21X
Rend ro 65’80.’43 95 97
Road tils 1870.. 90 90X
Beud lut fia 1880 78 78x
Fauna R.. 45 45g
PrwiftßWmOs 9?X P9JK
RennuliainiOs 93* 94 X
Morris Cnl con.. 40 44
Morris Cnl prf. .112
Bob Kav Stuck.. 4V 6 k
SoloNnv prf.... llj{ 12
PfhKftT fc’Ba» 68* OflX
Elmira R 7)J 8
Ilmira R prf... Ift ,10
Geofoe B. Critten:
trior, of the 11th Inst.
heard expressions of mrprise that the appointment
of George B. Crittenden aa major general in the
Confederate army was confirmed without an In.
vesligatlon of the Fishing creek defeat, He waa
confirmed a V>kre majority of one, and that ono
was the vote of Tennessee east by Hon. D. M. Oar
rin, of Memphis, in the absence of his ooUeaguet,
who had left Richmond for home.
3 I'MU& H 15 V
3000 Fsuna R let ru.Bj 99X
1 Girard Bank 31X
2 Lehigh Nav. Sl*
iIOOO Harrisburg R loan 98
10000 Sun ft Erie 7n... 87 V
1000 City 6s Mew 97 V
600 do ......Kerr 07jj
4 Miliohlll It 45V
7060 Penns 6s B4X
BOARDS.
i SO Reading R b 5 21X
19 Fiflli ft Six'.] M
1000 bebigll 6s .102
1000 V SOe'Bl 93 V
31 Green ft Coatee R 22V
Board.
400 Citv as K S O 91V
100 do fix
300 do K S O 91X
500 do. BB9IX
1000 do 91*
100 Reading B. ...eo SIX
10 Girard Dank 37X
10 ARPS,
0 Peuria R R..
’ES—STEADY.
Sid. AlkcCi
Elmira7«*73... 73 74.
bong laid 11.... 11X UJfc
behighClASßY 51X Hit
lie Cl ft Nav sec Sfi SSjJ
H Penna B 7,V ?X
N Penna R Ba.. 67 X W-X
N Penna R 10a. 83 85.
Cat R C0n...... 2 2V
Catawiaea prf.. ■ 7 T*X
Frk ft Sthwk B, 49 40,
Sec ft Tlirl-st It 55 M.
Raoeft Vine-alB SJf 4
Weal Phils 8... 63. 6S,
Bpruco ft Pine.. 10: Iftu
Green ft Coates.. 2CX 38:
OllttSi ft WaluHt 30X 91
Arcb Street.,,. 18 MX
in.— The Nashville IS.
?ay9 ft hu fluently