THE PRESS.
. fUBUOHID DAILY, (BVKDAYS JEXO*PMBD,)
BX JOHN W. FORNEY,
OrriOK No. 417 CHESTNUT STREET.
THE DAILY PRESS,
rw«LT» Cants Pan Webx t payable to the Carrier.
Mailed to subscribers oat of the City at Six Bollass
Axirvir, Four Dollar# fob Eight Months,
"Thbbs Dollars roa Six Months—invariably In ad
vance for tbe time ordered.
THE TIU-WEEKLY PRESS,
Mailed to Subscribers oat of the City at Tukbb Dol>
aabs Pm Annum, in advance.
COMMISSION HOUSES.
COFFIN, & CO.,
220 CHESTNUT STREET,
.Agents for tbe following makes of goods:
PRINTS.
©USNEM. MEG. CO GBEKNX MFG. 00.
LAWNS.
DUKffELL UFO. 00.
BLEACHED COTTONS.
Ertnedale, Forestdale, Aubnin, Slatersville, Uontredale,
Jamestown, Blackstone, Hope, Red Buuk, Dorchester,
Newbury port, IfctltiWftgi ZoUttYfl, BurtOU, fIrOOHO
.'5l fg. Co.’s A. A., B. A., C. A.) and other styles.
BROWN COTTONS.
tßurnside, Trent, Groton, Ashland, Chestuut, GleuyiMe,
Mechanics 1 and FAtnera 1 .
CORSET JEANS —Glasgow, Manchester.
AND STRIPES. —Grafton, Jewett City,
n&adison, Slatersville, Agawam, Keystone, Choctaw.
CANTON FLANNELS.— Slatersvillo, AgawAin.
SlLESlASt—Smith's* Social Co., Louwlale Co.
WOOLENS.
ARMY BLUE CLOTHS, KERSEYS, and FLAN*
U?SLS.
BROAD CLOTHS.—Plunketts’, Glenbam Go., Ac.
CASSIMERES.—Gay & Son, Saxton’s River, Ac.
SATINETS.—Bass River, Conversville. Lower Yal
4Tey, Hope, Staffordville, Converse and Hyde, Converse
J iJros. A Co., Shaw Mfg. Co.
KEbfTVQKY JEANS —Rodman, Myßtta. Gold Modal,
DOMET FLANNELS.—WILLIAMS'S Angola, Sax
•ony, Merino, and other Btyles:
LONSDALE Nankeens and Colored Cambrics.
PLAID LINSEYS, COTTONADES, Ac. [fo26-3m
SHIPLEY, HAZARD, &
*3 HUTCHINSON,
Ho. 113 CHESTNUT STREET,
COMMISSION MKROHANTB
FOR TUB SALK OF
PHILADELPHIA-MADE
GOODS.
se2B-6m
MILITARY GOODS.
aKY-BLUE KERSEYS,
C 5
(2T and 64-INCH.)
DARK-BLUE KERSEYS,
DARK-BLUE INFANTRY CLOTHS,
BBgGIO-BLUK CAP CLOTHS,
faapSLUE QASSIMERES, (Nsw Regulation,
for Officers’ Pants.)
■WHITE DOMET FLANNELS,
CANTON FLANNELS,
lOor., 120z.,*1501. TENT DUCK,
AU warranted United States Army standard.
FOB SALB BT
ALFRED SLADE & CO., .
aSO EontS FRONT Street, and 39 LETITIA Street,
Philadelphia. felS-toiyl
fIRESCOTT’S NAVY REVOLVERS.
aT Large Stock of
Prescott’s NAVY 4-inch and 8-inch Revolvers.
Superior in every respect to any other
PISTOL introduced.
COMPRISING STRENGTH, GENTILITY, ACTION,
and ECONOMY;
Or, in other words, containing all tbe exneUeucles of
•COLT’S, SMITH A WESTON’S, and ALLEN A
WUEELOC’S, concentrated in one instrument, thereby
euaking this PISTOL the most formidable weapon over
offered for sale.
The largest assortment of Cartridges over offorod !u
the city of Washington, adapted to alt
CARTRIDGE PISTOLS.
A very fine assortment of
GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES,
Imported by Fellows A Co., N*. 17 Maiden Lane, New
Cork, expressly for the Retail Trade.
A very fine assortment of Ladies’ and Gents 1
DEESSINO CASES
Q. A. STARKWEATHER,
NATX>NAL HOTEL,.
WASHINGTON. D. O.
Cel9-lm*
Brass grommets and eye
lets for Military Blankets and Leggings. Maim,
manured ami for sale in any quantity at FIFE II and CO-
E.UMBIA ATenuo. [mbS-lm*] E. IVINS.
ILLUMINATING OILS
QILI OIL 11 OIL 111
HTJDBURT & BROPHEAD,
no. a4O arch street,
Having opened a General Depot for tbe Sale of Extra
Refined and Lubricating COAL OILS, would C®ll fto
fpecial attention of deaters and consumers to tlieir
refined ILLUMINATING OIL, aa it possesses merit
heyond anything heretofore offered in this market, being
entirely free from that gluey substance and bad odor
tvbich characterize that commonly sold in this market,
produces no smoke, and is free from all explosive
properties.
Orders from City or Country promptly at
tended to. fe2B-2m
*« T UCIFEK” OIL WORKS.
_I_J 100 Bids. “ Lucifer” Burning Oil on hand.
Vo guarantee this oil to be non-ex plosive, to burn all
the oil in the lamp with a steady, brilliant flame, mthjut
trusting the wick, and bat slowly. 3bls. lined with
£lass enamel. WEIGHT, S2HTH, & Ptf&BSALL.
CeSl.tr Office 5U MARKET Street.
CABINET FURNITURE.
CABINET FURNITURE ANP Bllr
LIARD TABLES.
MOORE & CAMPION,
Ho. 261 Sonth SECOND Street,
£n connection with their extensive Cabinet Easiness are
fcow manufacturing a superior article of
BILLIARD TABLEB,
And have now on hand a foil supply, finished with the
UOOBE ft CAMPION’S IMPROVED CUSHIONS,
which are pronounced, by all who have need thorn, to be
enperior to all others.
For ihe quality and finish of these tables the manu
facturers lefer to their numerous patrons throughout
the Union, who aro familiar with the character of their
work. fe26-6m
LOOKING GLASSES
JAMES S. EARLE & SON,
MAHTJI'ACTUBEBS AND IMPORTERS
LOOKING GLASSES.
OIL PAINTINGS,
FINE ENGRAVINGS,
picture ANP PORTRAIT FRAMES,
PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES,
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS,
CABTE-DE-VISITS PORTRAITS,
EARLE’S GALLERIES,
810 CHESTNUT STREET,
PHILADELPHIA.
DRUGS AND CHEMICALS.
dobert shoemaker
&co„
Northeast Corner FOURTH and RACE Streets,
PHILADELPHIA,
WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS,
IMPORTERS AND DEALERS
IN
FORBIQS and domestic
WINDOW AND PLATE GLASS.
KASUFACTCBEKS OF
HITE t.Bat> AND ZINC PAINTS, PUTTY, Aa.
AOXSTS FOR THR CHLBBRATBO
FRENCH ZINC PAINTS.
Dealers and consumer, supplied at
VERY LOW PRICES POR CASH.
«12-2 u
lea:
Bed Lead,
White Lead,
tttharie,
fugaroriiwo,
CopperMi
eil of Vitriol,
<Oalomel,
Patent Yellow,
Chrome Bed,
djhrome TeUoWi
Aaua Fortii,
Muriatic Add,
Epflom Salta,
Bochdle Salts,
Tirhrle AcU,
Orange Mineral,
Soluble Tart.
Bnb. Carb. Soda,
White Vitriol,
Bed Precipitate,
WBTHBBI
Druggists and Mw
Hoe. 4? and 48
Shovels and spades.
&EOBQI HALFMAN,
KAKnr.OTomn,
OOBNEB OF BBEAD AND QUARRY STREETS,
jHMnt Bet. Arch and Bane, and Seoond and Third.
DRY-GOOOS JOBBERS.
1862. SPEING - 1862.
IMPORTERS AND JOBRERS OF
SILKS AND FANCY DRESS GOODS,
We luvite the attention o! the trade to a full line of
BLACK AND OTHER STAPLE SILKS,
Ab also a great variety of
NEW f3TYt.ES OF DRESS GOODS,
Bought for cash, aiul which will be offered on the meat
favorable terms. f025-3m
SPRING GOODS.
M. L. HALLO WELL & Co ,
333 MARKET and 27 NORTH FOURTH Sfs.,
Wholesale Dealers in
SILKS AND FANCY DRY GOODS,
Have open a large variety uffreshly "imported
SPRING- DRESS GOODS,
3?o which, with a handsome assortment of
BLACK AND FANCY SILKS,
SHAWLS, MANTILLAS.
WHITE GOODS.
EMBROIDERIES,
And other goods in thoir lino, they Invite tho attention
of city and country dealers. mh4-tf
YARD, GILLMOIIE, & Co.,
Nos. 617'CIIESTNUT and Cl 4 JAYNE Street..
1I&V6 now opew their
SPRING IMPORTATION
OF SILK AND FANCY
DRESS GOODS, SHAWLS, WHITE
GOODS,
LINENS, EMBROIDERIES, &o.
Bought in Europe, by ouo cl the tirm.
To which the attention of the trade is particularly In
vited. * fe2l-2m
>, DRY AND IN
White Precipitate,
Imnar Caustic,
Harootina,
finlph. Morphine,
Morphii/e,
Acetate Morphias,
Lac. Sulph.,
Ether Sulphuric,
Ether Nitric*
Sulphate Quinine,
Corro. Sublim.,
Denarcotized Oplain,
Chloride of Soda,
WetheriU’s ext. Ginoha.
TortAP Emetic,
Chlorideof Lime,
Crude Borax,
Beflned Borax,
Camphor,
Bstiio Go pari*. ■
LL ft BBOTHBBi
nufactoring Chemist*,
North SEOOND Street,
PHILADELPHIA.
VOL. S.—NO. 192.
W. S. STEWART & CO.,
NO. 305 MARKET STREET.
CARPETS AJ?I> OIL CLOTHS.
Q.LEN ECHO MILLS,
GERMANTOWN, PA.
McCALLUM & Co.,
MANUFACTURERS, IMPORTERS, AND DEALERS
500 CHESTNUT STREET.
(Opposite Independence Hall,)
CARPETINGS,
OIL CLOTHS, &c.
We have now on hand an extensive Btockof Carpetings,
of our own and other makes, to which we call the atten
tion of cash and short-time buyers. mh7-3m
j^OUIITII-STREET
CARPET STORE,
No. 47 ABOVE CHESTNUT, No. 47.
J. T. DELACROIX
Invites attention to his Spring Importation of
CARPETINGS.
Comprising every stylo, of the Newest Patterns and
Designs, in VELVET, BRUSSELS, TAPESTRY BRUS
SELS, lOTEKIAL TUBER-PLY, and INGRAIN
CARPETINGS
VENETIAN and DAMASK STAIR CARPETINGS.
kv- SCOTCH RAG and LIST CARPETINGS.
FLOOR OIL CLOTHS, in every width.
COCOA and CANTON MATTINGS.
DOOR-MATS, RUGS, SHEEP SKINS,
DIIUGGE CS, and CRUMB CLOTHS.
AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
LOW FOH CASH.
J. T. DELACROIX,
mhs-4m 47 South FOURTH Street.
CAKPETINGS.
J. F. & E. B. ORNE.
HO. 519 CHESTNUT STREET,
(OPPOSITE STATE HOUSE,)
jlavo received, por Btoauicr Edinburgh, and ottior
Into arrivals, their
SPUING IMPORTATION OF
NEW CARPETINGS:
CROSSLEI’S
YARD, AND. A.UALF.WIDE VELVETS.
9-4 MEDALLION DO.,
ENGLISH BRUSSELS,
EN'FRA-QUALITY TAPESTRY,
BRUSSELS CARPETS, WITH BORDERS,
(of now designs, for Halls and Stairs).
INGRAIN AND TUREK.PLY CARPETINGS, of
extra Quality.
500 PS. J. CROSSLEY & SON’S
TAPESTRY BRUSSELS CARPETS,
FROM 87i TO Si PR. YD.,
Together with a complete assortment of
OIL CLOTHS,
STAIB AND FLOOB DRUGGETS,
BUGS, MATS, AO.,
All of new, choice selections, and
AT MODERATE PRICES.
J. F. & E. B. ORNE.
mM-tf OPPOSITE STATE HOUSE.
GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS.
gMOKED SALMON.
JUST RECEIVED.
ALBERT C. ROBERTS.
DEALER IN FINS GROCERIES,
mhlO-tf CORNER ELEVENTH AND VINE STS.
IA BBLS. FRESH ROLL BUTTER
JLu for sale at the NEW STORE, No. 603 North
SECOND Street. rnM-tf
Extra family flour, buck
wheat Flour, Kye Flour, and Corn Meal, alwayß on
band, at S. Z. GOTTWALfc’, No. 612 STRING GAR
DEN street: mhf-tf
FRESH FOUND BUTTER always
on hand at the CHEAP STOKE, No. 602 North
SECOND Street. mh4-tf
WHITE FISH,—I4S half bhls. Ho*
V V 1 White Fish, for sale by
O. O. BADLEB A CO.,
feB IflB ARCH Street. 2d door above
Tj\REBH EGGS, ROLL RCTTER,
X? and Poultry, received at the NEW STOdlfi*
No. 602 North SECOND street. mb4-tf
TF YOU WANT CHEAP BUTTER,
-L Eggs, Cheese, Ac., go to 8. Z. GOTTWIALS’.No. 813
SPBIaG GARDEN street. mh-i-tf
fIHEAP PRODUCE! CHEAP PRO
\J DUCE! »t the NEW STORE, No, 502 North
SECOND Street. mh4-tf
YINEGAB —French White Wine
Vinegar, for sals by
JAUBETCIIE & LAYBBGNB,
mhlo Nob. 202 and 204 South FRONT Street.
TPOR CHEAP BUTTER, CHEESE,
JD Eggs, Poultry, Ac., go to the NEW STORE, No.
602 North SECOND Street. ruh4-tf
HEREIMG.— 195 bhls. No. 1 Her
ring, for sale by O. O. BADLXB A CO.,
feS 103 iHCH Street, 2d doer above Front
•VTOTICE 13 HEREBY QIV EN
li that application hw been made to the Trustees of
the Fire Association for the renewal of a POLICY OF'
INSURANCE, No. 2732 for $l,OOO, dated September
19,1829, and issued in the name of MABGABET M.c-
CULLY, which has been lost or mislaid. Any informa
tion thereof yflU be received by
SAMUEL McCULTjY,
6. W. corner of FRONT and MARION Street*,
mhll-tuth&s lm
CHIMNEY TOPS.—Vitrified Terra
Cotta Chimney Tops—ornamental for cottages and
villas, and plain for dwellings and public buildings.
These tops are indestructible, ami not affected by the
coal gas, so destructive to brick and mortar. They will
be found cheap, durable, and ornamental. The material
being a non-conductor, with a circular Bhaft on COnC
shaped top, they will be found a certain cure for defec
tive Hues er smoky chimneys.
2 feet high i.... $1 75 each.
2 “ C inches high 2 25
8 “ high 2 75
3 *( wind-guard 3 25
3 “ olnchrn wiml«gHant,»,,...* 4 00
4 ** wiml-guard......; . 5 00
For sale by tho single top, or wholesale, at 1010
CHESTNUT Street.
mhlO S. A. HARRISON.
TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 1862
OUR FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE.
LETTER FROM LONDON.
[Correspondence of The Press.]
London, March 1,3862.
Whatever tho cause, tho anti-American feeling
which has prevailed among politicians since the
Trefit affair has subsided, and the newspapers, as
if by mutual agreement., say little or nothing about
the groat ipsuo now 6» trial bayoad tho Atlantic.
Ministers are equally silent —probably awaiting in
telligence of Union victories, which every one now
espects.
Napoleon, up to this time, has given no audience
to Mr. Slidell, who has taken up his residence ia
Haris, and posters M. Thouvenel with daily com
munications. Jus-t now, Napoleon doos not repose
on ft beiKof rosos. In tho Senato, Prince Napoleon
bus made a speech supporting yet injuring tho pre
sent dynasty, and in the other chamber, the pro
posal to settle £2.000 a year on General Montauban,
now Count do Palikao, who planted tho flag of
France in Pekin, has mot with so much resistance,
that* in reply to tho Gonenil’s offer to do without
the annuity, which was to descend to his hoirs, Na
poleon refused to withdraw the bill, adding “Groat
actions are most easily performed where they ar°
best, appreciated, and degenerate nations alone dole
out imbtic gratitude.'* Tha Corps Logislatif
might have granted the annuity for the Count's own
life, but at their sitting, yesterday, tho committee
on the bill reported in favor of its positive rejection,
on tbe ground that tbe law fotbado the creation of
Majevats, Ar perpetual ontails. This report, car
ried by 182 to of votes, lies over until next Thurs
day for discussion iu the Chamber. If they then
confirm the rejection, perhaps Napoleon may exer
cise his power, and dissolve the Chamber. The
taunt Ibat Franoe is " a degenerate nation 71 will
be remembered against Napoloon for many u long
day.
Queen Victoria, though Still nursing her grief,
no longer confines herself to her room, no longer
refuses to see her ministers on necessary business.
She occasionally drives out with some of her
family, and her removal to Windsor, where Prince
Albert died, is anticipated and dreaded. One of
the most cautious of our weekly papers is The
iSperffi£oj\ whiob, in its Inst number, gravely lets
its readers understand that the Queen’s recent loss
has nearly overthrown the balance of her mind.
It is understood that somebody is to be appointed,
not removable on change of Ministry, to assist the
Queen, as confidential friend and adviser, on mat
ters of public business. It was once strongly de
nied, but is now as strongly avowed, that Prince
Albert was this friend and advisor. The Prince of
Wales, now in Egypt, wiR not return before Octo
ber ; he will bo twenty-one on Lord Mayor's Day.
November 9th. e For”some time, the Duke of New
castle (whose marriage with that bouncing gentle
woman, Princess Mary, of Cambridge, is still
talked of between tho glimpses of the moon) was
to have been this confidential person. His ap
pointment to succeed Prince Albert as Master of
the Stannaries, in tho Duchy of Cornwall, looked
symptomatic. But his Grace is laid up with bron
chitis, at his country seat, in Notts, and he is out
of the question ut present.
To spare the Queen of some mechanical trouble,
Ministers have brought in a bill to relieve her from
signing army and other commissions. In every
instance, whether it be a first commission, or a pro
motion, the Queen must writo her name three
times —on approving of the appointment or the pro
motion ; on ordering the commission to be prepared;
and on the document itself, when made out. In
the anny of IndiA alone, the Queen’s signature is
now required for 0.000 commissions, and some
hundreds of other commissions have waited for
months to be signed: Tbe mere mechanical labor
must be great. The Queen, without herself sub
scribing anything to tho Albert Fund, now over
£30,000, has taken the initiative in recommending
the erection of an Obelisk, surrounded wl&h
sculpture, as a memorial or monument to Priuoe
Albert, to be placed on the site of the Crystal
Palace of 1851. All .submit to this suggestion, but
few approve of it. The Testimonial fund will
probably reach £30,000, which is a gre&f sum to
expend on a monument, not at all characteristic of
the age and tho man.
Albert was an amiable, moral, well-conducted,
fairly educated gentleman, fond of his wife and
children, cold to the world, distant in manner, kind
in heart, but so fund of money that, beiug an ama
teur farmer on several hundred acres of land in
Windsor Forest, for which he paid no rent, he re
fused to pay the parish and poor-rates on this farm,
until the overseers boldly Wftht to law with him,
and compelled the payment. No artist of reputa
tion would paint, chisel, or engrave for him, so
small was his scale of payment. This is a very
loyal oouotry, and, therefore, besides tho shock of
his unexpected death, there hus been grief for Al
bert, and there ia great sympathy for Victoria.
There naturally is much exaggeration, at public
meetings, in books, in newspapers, and in Parlia
ment, for his death, but tho Athenaeum, of this
morniDg has the climax of suggesting that, as an
offset to Alfred the Great, we shall remember the
late Prince as Albert the Good!
Tho I‘almerston Ministry are rapidly coming j
down to the condition of the Melbourne Ministry, j
from 1539 to 1641, when Peel in the Commons, abd !
Wellington in the Lords, had such controlling i
power that they could outvote the Government on !
any question. Nearly every recent election add 3 j
to tho Conservative and takes from the Govern* |
ment majority in the Commons. j
The other day, Colonel White, member for the
oounty of Longford, was appointed a junior Lord :
of the Treasury, the rule being that one ot the j
three shall be an Irishman. Ho calculated on re- 1
election, bis father having much landed property
in the county. The Catholic clergy, with their
Bishop in the chair, met and resolved that, having
no confidence in Lord Palmerston, they would start, ;
as independent candidate, Major MjUa Q’BfiiD
ly, who was commander of the Pape’s Irish Legion
in Borne, and return him to Parliament, instead of
Colonel White, without a sixpence of expense to
him. Of course, this will be a religious contest. !
As the election may last five days, the result will j
not be known until next week, but it i 3 doubted j
whether Colonel White, as Palmerston's man, will
succeed. j
Lord Palmerston has sustained, thi3 week, one
defeat, one ridicule, and one ludicrous escapade. j
Mr. William Cowper, son of Lady Pfilmerston by j
her first marriage, is a fashionable gentleman of ‘
middle age, who is a Cabinet Minister by virtue of ;
having been nephew to the late Lord Melburne and j
being step-son to Lord Palmerston. His connection,
for his talents are limited, has given him office
whenever the Whigs were in power—that is, for
about twAty-five years out of the last thirty. Just
now, he is Commissioner of Woods and Buildings
and a Cabinet Minister. He has been floundering
about, ever since Parliament opened, with a bill to
make a sunk road along the broad walk in Ken
sington Gardens to the Great Exhibition. In other
words, a road in a ditch to save the West Euders a
feW minutes 1 dolay, by going round along Picca
dilly to Park Lane. The project, though sauetioned
by the Government, and personally advocated by
Palmerston, was literally kicked out of the House
of Commons, last Tuesday.
Next, Earl Bussell came to grief in the Lords.
On Thursday, Lord Derby repeated a question,
first put two da; s previous, whether Lord Bussell
knew anything of a most extraordinary proclama
tion published in the Neapolitan pfipera. The pro*
clamatiun in question set forth that no person, after
a certain date, shall set foot in a certain district;
that all houses within it are to he levelled to the
ground, and that the inhabitants of farm houses in
which more than a day's provisions are found are
to be treated as brigands and shot immediately.
Lord Bussell condemned the cruelty of the pro
clamation, and questioned its authenticity —because
Sir James Hudson, minister to Italy, or the Bri
tish consul to Naples, had not sent a copy of, it to
him —and declared that it must be the reproduc
tion, in the Armenia, a Turin newspaper, of a
proclamation published in 1810, by the then
Government of Naples. For the sake of the
Italian Government, and of humanity, he hoped
the proclamation would be discovered to be unau
tbectic. He had telegraphed for information to Sir
James Hudson, and had received none. lie said:
“ If I should ascertain, contrary to my expectation,
that the document Is genuine, I shall then make
such communications on the subject as I think aro
fitting to the Government of the Kingdom of Italy.
They must be such communications as we may
consider fitting, because the case is not on a level
with that of the Stone Fleet, and I shall hardly
notice it any further than in the most friendly man
ner, and for the sake of the Italian Government.”
The Duke of Argyll, who ie ao deplorably fond of
hearing his own voice that he would rather talk
nonsense than be silent, declared that he had just
returned from Turin, where the complaints were
that the Government were not using strong mea
sures to suppress brigandage, but that an Italian
friend of his “ recollected having heard, a short
time ago, that such a proclamation had appeared in
the Armenia newspaper, and that it came to the
ears of fbo Italian Government by that mtRIH for
the first time. Upon strict.inquiry, it was found to
be an entire falsehood— irecJtanffcc, in fact, of an
old proclamation published under the Government
PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, MAKCH 18, 1862.
of Murat, when that Government iu
putting down brigandage.”
This was on Thursday, but, list night, Lord Rus
sell admitted, in tbe House of Lords, that the pro
clamation was issued by tho officer commanding in
tho district in question without the knowledge of
his superior military authorities, who had ordered
it to be immediately suppressed.
Lord Derby expressed himself satisfied, and con
cluded by sarcastically alluding to tho impudent
ignorance of tbe Duke of Argyll, who bad de
clared the prOclAlh&Uoh to have been onerof Marat's
in 1810.
The escapade was Peel’s insulting O’Donoghue,
tbo challenge, Palmerston’s interposition, and
tho hot Irishman brought to book by the Spoaker.
OF courro, you know the facts. Poet, who is
Irish Secretary, spoke of “mannikin traitors,’ 1
whereat O’Donoghuo (a fine-looking, tall man
by tbe way) quietly left the House and em
ployed his friend Majoy Gavin, also an Irish
member, and over six feet high, with figure
in ample proportion, to convey a message to Peel.
Acting on tbe cautious advice of Palmerston,
Peel referred Major Gavin to him., which virtu
ally ended the matter, for Pam, “thojudicioUi
bottle-holder, 17 as he once called himself, would
not allow Peel to fight, but brought it before the
House, as a breach of privilege. O’Donoghue had
to give his word that the affair would proceed
iio further, but, ere he said this, quietly pouredout
a small torrent of‘hot abuse on Peel. TbeSpeakor,
a very incompetent gentleman, selected solely for
his aristocratic connexions, is much blamed for al
lowing O’Donoghue to “pitch into” Pool; Pal
merston ia laughed at for the way he acted; and
Peel is condemned by all, even by Ministerialists,
for not having apologized, as he should have done,
for his impertinent language to O’Donoghue. It is
evident that, after this, Peel cannot return to Ire
land as Chief Secretary. He is reckless, though
not without talent and energy, but a 3 mischief
making as that amiable being, a bull in a china
shop. His appointment was one of Palmerston’s
self-willed exercises of authority, which all hid
friends prophesied would end badly.
The building of the Great Exhibition, now under
way, to be opened on May*day, has been insured
for £450,000, subject to conditions of average. The
risk is divided among numerous offices, though
noinjiially taken by. the Norwich Union, and the
insurance money was £3 037. The rate per cent,
is half a guinea, and the duty to tbe Government 3
per cent. The building covers over twenty-one and
a quarter acres, and its internal capacity exceeds
00.000,000 cubic feet.
This Government tax upon fire insurance, also
upon life insurance, is not likely to bo continued,
when the country recovers from the present finan
cial difficulties, which are sufficient to craze a dozen
Chancellors of the Exchequer. It is a tax on pro
dvee, almost as bad as a tax upon food. The late
Sir Robert Peel immortalized his memory by re
moving all taxes upon the ordinary food of the mil
lions whom he ruled, and m attempt to reimpose
them would create a revolution.
That most unfortunate of vessels, the Great East*
erv, has had another mishap, attended with loss of
life. Ti hen endeavoring to get on the gridiron, at
Milford Haven, a boat full of men belonging to tho
Blenheim, was swept under the screw, and ground
to pieces. Two out of thirteen men were drowned,
und the leviathan steamer, drifting helplessly down
the channel, struck the Blenheim, a Queen’s ship,
carrying away her bowsprit, jib-boom, foreyardj
arid moorings, the foremast also being seriously
sprung. Next day the Great Eastern was easily
put on the gridiron.
There has been a new commander appointed to
the Great Eastern —Captain Patou, aged 40, but
of much experience with sailing and steam vessels
in the Canadian and Mediterjinean trades. The
vessel will probably sail for Now York in a short
time, but there is an idea of having her in the
Themes, near Blackwall, to be visited by country
cousins, during tbe whole timo the groat exhibition
shall be open—viz., from tho first day of May to
the last of October. Mr. ltussoll Scott, who built
her arid could not get paid, has just become bank*
rupt.
There are twenty subjects of tho hour Upon
which, did tpaco and txmo allow, I might touch.
“Adam Rede,” written by Miss Evans, a Stafford
shire maiden of >( a certain age,” which, Byron
says, means “ certainly aged,” has been dramatized,
in tbree acts, and was produced at tho Surrey
Theatre last night. How it went off I know not,
but the cast included the following leucfcng cha
racters: Adam Bede. } Mr. Creswick; Seth- Bede,
Mr. Evans; Arth-ur J)o7inith.ornc, Mr. Vincent;
Joshua Rann, Mr. Rice; Hetty S&yrtli, -Mt»
Pauncefort. -
The Death of Madame Mere-
[For The Press.]
The London Magazine for January, 1523, con
tains the following account of the death of the mo
ther of Napoleon I. The grandson to whom she
referred was probably the Duke of Beichstadfc, Na
poleon 11. *, but another grandson, Napoleon 111,
hflß fulfilled what she expected as to Napoleon II.:
“ Tbe foreign newspapers announce, during the
last month, the death of an extraordinary perso
nage. Her last words were singular; and as it is
not impossible that they may one day turn out pro
pbette, we give them a pluco in our record for more
purposes than of mere amusement. The evening
preceding she called together all her
household; she was supported on white-velvet pil
lows, her bed was crimson damask, and in the cen
tre hung a crown decorated with flowers. The
whole of tho apartment was superbly decorated
and illuminated. She called her servants, one
after another, to her bedside, who knelt and kissed
her hand, which was one blaze of gems 1 To her
chief director of finances Juan Beresa, sha said:
{ Juan, my blessing go with thee and thine.’ To
Maria Belgrade, her waiting maid, she said,
<Go to Jerome, he will take care of thee. When
7ny grandson is IZmjrjror of France he will make
thee a great woman 1 She then called Colonel
Parley to her bedside ; he had attended her in all
her fortunes, and in Napoleon’s will was assigned
to have a donation of £14,000. ‘You/ said she,
< have been a good friend to me and my family j I
have left you what will make you happy. Never
f orget my grandson —and what he and you may
arrive at is beyond my discerning— but yon will
both be great / She ihen called in her junior ser
vants, and as their names wore mentioned, mftfkcd
down with a pencil, on a sheet of paper, the pecu
niary donation which she intended for each. When
they were dismissed she then declared that she
done with this world, and demanded some water, in
which she washed her hands. Her attendant? found
her dead, with her hands under her head, and a
prayer book on her breast. ‘ Thus/ says the acoounb,
‘perished the mother of one who has been a me
teor upon earth, and a blazing star to direct others.’
Madame Mere, as she was called, died immensely
rich; the bulk of hor fortune gpes to young Napo
leon. She was latterly a very religious woman, and
much under the influence of her brother, Cardinal
Fesch.”
[For the Frees.]
The appended little poem is thoroughly French. Th •
verso, intricate and artificial in its construction; is more
euphonious in the original than in tbe translation, as our
somewhat rugged English refuses! at tizn?S, to uubeud*
I have followed tho measure for its «iuaintneas, and be
cause tho spirit of the production could not have been
fairly rendered without, at least, an approximation to the
form of its structure:
The Emigrant Monntaineer.
[t’UOM THE FRENCH OF ** CHATEAUBRIAND.”]
How sweet to reim rubor that home of old,
The place of our birth, far dearer than gold 1
tVill those moments, ag:iin, my sister dear,
Unfold ?
Oh \ Franco will I now, as my bride, revere,
Fore’ver!
Const recall how mother, in those far days,
By the cottage hearth, with its cheerful blaze,
Would pross ns both to her joyous breast,
Always?
How we’d kiss her locks ore she went to rest,
8o blest ?
Canst remembor, now—ah, *tls not a dream—
Tbe chateau that stood by tlieloaping stream,
Aud the tower, that seemed, in its grim decay,
Supreme?
And the old bell ringing us tip, so gay,
Each day ?
Dost remember, my dear, the tranquil lake
Over which tho swallow his course would take ?
llow the reeds, when the winds sung wild their stave,
Would quake ?
How the sunset glowed on the Bummer wave,
8o bravo 'l
Dost remember, as well, my lost Jeannette T
How oft in tho fragrant woods we met!
Ab, can I those moments of parting pain
Forget ?
Bhall I hope that she lean on my breast agaluA
lu vain ?
Ob, wbo will restore Jeannette to me ?
And the mountain gray, and the great oak tree 7
l Bpeflk 9* 'tlwra fitver without a tear,
Dost see ?
Ob, France will-I now as my bride revere,
Fore'er J W. J. W.
Two Brothers Frozen to Death.— On Mon
day the 24th ult., Mr. Michael Doody, & respecta
ble funner of Iberville, who resides about seven
miles from the village of St. Atbanese, Quebec,
sent his two sops, aged seventeen and eighteen
years respectively, with a sleigh and horso each, to
bring borne two loads of wood. They had to go
about nine miles to obtain it, and had returned to
within two miles of their father's house, when, from
the drifting mow and the boisterous state of the
weather, it is presumed they were unsftto to pro
ceed farther on their journey. On Tuesday morn
ing the bodies of the ’ unfortunate youths were
found frozen s>in, about throe neroa distance from
the house of Mr. La llue, on the Chambly.
FROM FORTRESS MONROE.
A Very Dreary Time IClection Over at
Hampton—The Result—Exciting Rumors—
Hfjigruili-r Wallin Spvrn MH<>« of Newport
IN'nvs—The (table Gives Out—Superintendent
of Contrabands Excellent Appointment—
Suspicions Craft—The Sun Jacinto Arrives-
From Hatierns Celestial Phenomenon
Weather—The Merriiuac—Sketches of the
Fi«ht.
[Correspondence of Tbs Press;]
Fortress Monroe, March 15,1862.
It is raining again to day, and the whole place is
as wet, and dreary, and misty as chapter first of
“ Great Expectations.” Imagination, without ex
perieiice, can form not tho slightest conception of
the dulness of Fortress Monroe in rainy weather—
which is rather intensified by contrast with the
lively time that prevailed here only a week ago.
Tbe only stirring event of to-day, worth chroni
cling. was the election of a member of Cocgresst
which took place over at Hampton. It is supposed
that tho Hi?n.,«][osoph Segar will be elected.
An exciting lpmor is current here as I write. It
ia reported (upon what authority I know not) that
tho enemy under M&gruder are concentrating in
force near "Warwick, above Newport News. The
report has created great excitement, and it is said
that all civilians will have to leave the island. War
wick is & village aboty seven miles above Newport
News, and of scarcely any consequence. Half of
us never knew such a place existed until the rumor
began to circulate. Magruder is evidently nettled
at tho failure of his projected movement against'
Newport News, at tho time tha Marrimac attacked
our vessels in tho roads- PerhAps he will try again.
Ho will meetwv'ii a warm reception if he Bhould
attempt it.
To add to the dulness of the plaoe (which tbe
.above reportimtpartially dispelled,) and to.Mia
plete our from the rest of mankind, In
point of btaining news, the telegraphic cable
most una* Stably ceased to work about four
o’clock tb = morning. It would really seem as
though &uV.'»:4lhe cables have their little idiosyn
crasies thai --oust be humored.
By gener.ii order No. 21, dated to day, and issued
by Gen. W». Chas. B. Wilder is appointed to
provide for. ;uid generally to superintend, the con
trabands nov at this post, or who may hereafter ar
rive here. Mr. Wilder has excellent business capa
cities, whic fit him for the position. He will now
have an op_ ortonity of studying contraband human
nature, au<j vC -observing its bmoors and churacte*
ririics. W at an excellent chanoe to collect ma
terials for % ?«m-philosophical treatise on the
subject, th- n would undoubtedly conimand a ready
sale 1 Mrs. Stowe has certainly not exhausted the
subject.
The Sawyer aun (not tho Lawyer gun, aa I have
sceD a paper print it) the echoes of tho Rip
Raps last evening, with its deafening roar. A sus
picious-looking craft having been seen near So
well’s Point, was fired at, with what effect can best
b& told by these on board. Every craft that comas
hovering around this vicinity now is pronounced
“ suspicious” until it can justify itself, and satis
factorily define its position.
The m Jacinto came in this morning, TtiC
following is alist of her officers. You may rely on
its iness. It was not cut from a file of anti
quated .vsYf£;;aperßj but was obtained “ upon the
spot,” i; :.d by word of mouth :
Comnu-mUf. William Bouckendorff. First lieu
tvnnrit sr.d ea officer, Ralph Chandler. Second
lieutenant. D. P- Smith. Acting masters, D. G.
McßUehie, "Sumner W'ithington, H. I. Cook.
Acting masters’ mates, J. D. Weed, H. W. Keen,
L. Howland, A. H. Fuller. Chief engineer, Mor
timer Kellogg. Second assistants, 11. C. Mellvaiae,
Davids. Third assistants, H. W. Soott, E- P.
Wells, Edmund Lincoln, Surgeon, Wheelright.
The San Jacinto , you cannot have forgotten,
was the vessel which became so famous, both in
this country and Europe, in connection with the
Mason and Slidell seizure. Sho is, therefore, an
object of gome interest to those of us who had not
seen her before.
Fortress Monroe, March 16,1862.
The steamer Su.wayi.ee h*3 arrived from Hatte
m. She brings no news, and reports all quiet there
and at Roanoke.
Tbe Old Peintians were visited last night by a
lunar bow of magnificent proportions. The wea
ther, however, was too hazy to permit aa observa
tion 6f the beautiful phenomenon to advantage.
Such an occurrence as this is rarely seen here, being
generally confined to tropical" latitudes.
The weather Jc very mild, although, underfoot,
itis ft perfect sw.of mad. A few days of fine
weather, however, wilt make all dry again.
As&tbcr visit & expected from the Merrimae
in about two weeks. Everything is ready to give
her a warm reception.
The pictures of the naval battle of the 3th and
filh, published in the illustrated New York journals,
are about as much like the actual scene as chalk is
like cheese—that is, generally speaking, of coarse.
[From the Associated Press.]
Fortress Monboe. March IG.—The steamer
Sawanee arrived here to* day, from Roanoke
Island on Friday, and Hatteras on Saturday, with
mail and passengers.
She brings no news that can be made public*
Hugh Jenkins arrived to-day from Washington,
Which he left on Friday, with one of Frof. Lowe’s
balloons.
The rough weather delays repairs on the tele
graph cable.
There is no boat from the Eastern Shore to-day ?
and consequently no news of the election.
The Congressional Committee on Naval Affairs,
and Assistant Secretaries of the Navy and Treasury,
came down from Washington this morning, and re
turned to-night, after inspecting the Monitor and
other objects of interest here.
THE BATTLE IN ARKANSAS.
THE MOST BRILLIANT ACHIEVEMENT OF
THE WAR.
M'CULLOCH AND M INTOSH UNDOUBTEDLY
DEAD.
The Hebei Indians Scalp their Own Friends.
The Cincinnati Times of Saturday evening con
tains the following despatch from its correspondent
with the army of *len. Curtis:
Sugar Creek Battle Field, }
Via Holla, March 11. J
The battle at Sugar*Croek field was the most bril
liant achievement of the war. The enemy ap
probed our forces with double our number* and
in coßEequence of this were enabled to
attack ua on all eid.es. The fighting was in some
instances desperate, but the superior valor of our
troops, and the superior generalship of the Federal
'army triumphed over the immense odds.
The Federal force was hot over 12.000, while
that of the rebels is acknowledged to have been
25,000, including seven thousand huhan savages
under command of Albert of Arkansas.
Bigel added fresh laurels to his already bright
fame. With two regiments he twice cut hia way
Ihrcugh £6ven regini6&t£ of the enemy- His men
all fought like heroes, and he escaped unhurt.
The Federal loss In killed and wounded will
amount to 1,500. The enemy’s loss is beyond
doubt, at least 2,400. McCulloch and Mclntosh
are undoubtedly dead, and many other Confede
rate officers were killed and wounded. Our sharp,
shooters picked them off with an unerring aim. Tbe
number of prisoners now in our possession amounts
to I,GOO, and they are still coming in. Many of
them are taking the oath of allegiance and receiv
ing their discharge, satisfied that their cause is a
bad one and hopeless.
The Indians fought with savage fury, and in
their frenzy and demoniacal thirst for white blood,
killed and scalped friend and foe alike. Many of
the Arkansas troops, scalped and disemboweled by
their savage allies, have been found on the battle
field. Their atrocities are frightful. The rduhaht
of the rebel army has fled to Boston Mountain,
whither they are being pursued. Thoy can be pur
sued no further with our present forco and sup
plies. ~
General Curtis on the Amenities of War.
Froip the following correspondence between
General Curtis apd General Yan Dorn, before the
late battle in Arkansas, it will be seen that tho
former administers a strong rebuke to tho robel
generals for their barbarity in employing Indians
against our tioops. We suspect, however, that the
rebuke will have less effeot than the palpable fact
that the Indians, in their demoniac fury, killed
and scalped the very ones who employed them:
Headquarters Trans-Mississippi )
District, March 9. j
To the Commanding officer of the XT. S. forces
on Sugar Creeks Arkansas:
Sir : in accordance with the usages of war, I
honor to request that you will permit the
burial party whom I send from this army, with a
flag of truce, to attend to the duty of collecting
end interring the bodies of the officers and men
who fell during the engagement of the 7th and 3th
instant.
Vfcfry rfiSpfeMfdlly, your obedient servant,
Earl Van Dork,
Major General Commanding Army.
Headquarters Army of the Southwest. )
titA Rirch, March 9. j
Earl Van Dorn, Compiling Confederate Forces :
Sin: The general commanding is In receipt of
jours of tbe 9th, saying that, in accordance with
the usages of war, you send a party to collect and
bury the dead. lam directed to say all possible
facilities will be given for burying the dead, many
of which have already been interred. Quite a
number of your surgeons have fallen into our
bands, and are permitted to act under parole, and
under & general order from Major General Halleck
further liberty will be allowed them if such ac
commodations bo reciprocated by you. Tbe gene
ral regrets that we find on the battle field, contrary
to civilized warfare, many of the Federal dead who
were tomahawked, scalped, and their bodies shame
fully mangled, and expressed ft hope that this im
portant struggle may not degenerate to a savage
warfare.
By order of Brigadier General 6. B. Curtis.
T. J. McKinney, A A. A. G.
Commodore Foote and the Regulations
ou his Gunboat Fleet.
ms HEADQUARTERS,
Tbe intelligent Wefltern correspondent of the Bos
ton Journal , whs has boon on & viait to the head
quarters of Commodore Foote, at Cairo, writoß
thus:
The naval headquarters is on tbe wharf boat be
longing to the Illinois Central Railroad. Lying
beside the wharf boat are two of the gunboats—the
Oinciuuuti »nd horns id tie Hundreds of work
men &ro upon the Thera are timbors, chains,
anchors, guns, plates of iron, gun carriages, Tones,
shot and shell. Master workmen are giving orders
to the mechanics, and officers to the sailors and ma
rines. There is a noise and confusion sufficient to
distract one not accustomed to such scenes. Ascend
ing to tho SOOOnd Story Of tho wharf boat) you find
a dozen clerks bard at work—a score of officers be
longing to the fleet—all of them gentlemen in the
highestsense of the term. In one corner of the room
is the Commodore hard at work, now giving an or
der, now making minutes on a paper, appror?
ing a bill, or listening to the requests of those around
him. His foot is still painful, and ho rests it io a
chair. His crutches stand by his side. He notices
that your correspondent has entered the room, and
gives him the agreeable information that the rebels
have been routed at Cedar Crook, and that Manas
sas is ours. It iB a pleasure to him to impart this
information, and be expresses the hope that be will
be able to add to it, before many days, intelligence
that will be equally acceptable to the public. Yet
be does not express himself confidently as to tbe
mult. He finds time to tell what disadvantages
he has before him—informs me of his plan of at
tack, which I shall not speak of. He has a few
moments for everyone. Upon the table you will
notice a Bible, and one or two religious works—
Baxter’s Saints’ .Rest, among others. By his
bravery; discretion, prudenoe, and ptely, h© has
endeared himself to every one. His orders are
brief and few. Ho has issued, in all, six.
SOME OF COMMODORE FOOTE’S ORDERS.
. The same correspondent gives a list of all orders
issued by Commodore §jncs he took Command
of the fleet, with the remark that they have all
been carried out to the letter. The following or
ders will illustrate the manner in which the gal
lant Commodore governs the officers and men un
dtr him ;
Cairo, Dec. IT, 7561.
The officers and men connected with the Naval
Flotilla will consider themselves amenable to the
police regulations of the army while on shore, as
well as on board, so far as conducting themselves
with perfect propriety of conduct, of Soaring tho
lints, abstaining iiom all approaches to intem
perance, a vide which is so destructive to good
morals, discipline, and efficiency; that the (Jom
mandcr in-Cbief will visit, with the utmost rigor of
the law, all who may be guilty of the slightest de
gree of intoxicaton, or of any violation of laws,
rules, regulations, and general orders, which are,
or may be promulgated, either by the military or
naval authorities, for the promotion of the highest
state of discipline and efficiency in time of war.
NUMBER FOUR
Cairo, December 17, 1861,
The commanders of the gunboats, respectively,
will see that their vessels are kept ready for action
at a moment’s warning.
Men must be exercised frequently at the great
guns and small arms, magazines frequently exam
ined, gun gear often inspected) steam machinery
kept in order, one-half of the officers at least, un
less by special permission, to bo kept on board at
all times; in fact, every precaution taken against
a surprise by the enemy, and a readiness for imme
diate service, which will enable the Commander*
in* Chief to operate against an aneiuy afloat, or on
shore, within five minutes after the flotilla is under
way.
The commanders of the flotilla will, in their in
ternal rules and regulations, give such instructions
in detail aa will secure the highest degree of effi
ciency ; and the has tho
highest confidence from iha zeal and intelligence
with which the officers generally have labored in
the premises j to assist him in improvising a squa
dron with such limited means by attending readily
to duties of all grades, that they will soon have
their respective vessels in a high state of naval dis
cipline.
NUMBER FIVE.
Cairo, December 17, 1861.
The men composing the crews ©f the different
vessels in the flotilla are required to obey strictly
all laws, orders, rules, and regulations promulgated,
or sufl’er the penalty of the law.
Zealous and capable men, combining good morals
with a desire to serve their country, and vindicate
its ability, to sustain unsullied its flag against ene
mies at home as well as abroad, will be favorably
noticed in the monthly reports, by their command
ers, to the Commander-in-Chief.
All real or supposed grievances, which the min.
may have, or fancy they have, will receive a con
siderate hearing, through the proper channel, by
their commanders; and let it be borne in mind,
that the primary object of tho flotilla is efficiency;
a power and readiness to do its duty to tho Go
venmenthy punishing tho enemy; this great ob
ject being secured, the comfort of the officers and
men will, eo far as may be consistent with efficien
cy, be faithfully observed.
NUMBER SIX.
Cairo, Decembor 17,1861.
A strict observance of Sunday, so far as abstain
ing from all unnecessary work, and giving officers
and men the opportunity of attending public
worship on board, will bo observed by all persons
connected with the flotilla.
It is tho-wish of the Commander-in Chief that
on Sunday the public worship of Almighty God
may bo observed on board of all the vessels com
posing the flotilla; and that the respective com
manders will, either themselves, or cause other
persons, to pronounce prayers publicly on Sunday,
when as many of the officers and men as can be
spared from duty may attend the public worship of
Almighty God.
Profane swearing being forbidden by the laws
for the better government of the natty, all officers
and men will strictly observe this law; and every
officer who uses profane language toward the men
in carrying on duty, will be held amenable for suah.
gross violation oflaw and order.
Discipline to be permanent must be based on mo
ral grounds, and officers must in themselves show a
good example in moT&ls, order, and patriotism, to
secure these qualities in the men.
Andrew IL Foote,
Flag Officer", Commanding C. S. Naval forces on
the "Western Waters.
The Journal's correspondent says:
These are all. And they have been observed so
well that everything has gone on like clockwork. I
have been on board nearly all the gunboats, have
met tbe officers day after day, and have not yet
heard an oath! Another correspondent, who has
had equal facilities, and improved them, informs
me that ho has not heard a profane word oa board
the iieet. The flotilla upon the Western waters is
& moral &9 W£ll as A physical power in this rebel
lion.
The Secretary of the Treasury.
[From the Cincinnati Commercial.]
[The following forcibly written and appreciative
notice of the Secretary of the Treasury is from
the pen of a gentleman of high character and po
sition at Washington.— -Eds. Cost.]
"Washington City, Feb. 23,1862.
My Dear Sir :
* * *
Ohio, as you say, may well be proud of her re
presentative in the Cabinet. Gov. Chase is so
identified with the Buckeye State that his reputa
tion has become part and parcel, as it were, of the
seW-reepect of every citizen *f our Commonwealth.
He domiciliated amongst us about thirty years ago;
and hardly had he become a citizen when he set
about reducing to order our laws, which hud been
allowed to accumulate until none but the original
legislators and our old lawyers, whoso business kept
them along in even progression, knew how to refer
to them. Mr. Chase detected tbe thread of the
labyrinth, and, after days and nights of toilsome
research, produced his volume of the Revised
Statutes of Ohio, which is still an authority in our.
courts.
Such fin illustration of diligence, learning, and
method drew ail observant eyes upon him ; and
the people demanded other public services. Mr.
Cbuso was summoned into the political arena; and
his labors were so justly appreciated that he has
been borne uninterruptedly on, through the State
offices of Governor aud Sonator, until he has been
placed in a position where his political wisdom,
philanthropic statesmanship, and patriotic ener
gies are expending themselves for the welfare of
the whole .Republic. Gov. Chaße’s private life is
the best guaranty fop public fidelity Through’
out his entire career his conduct has continued
Above reproach. Few men can exhibit a biographi
cal parallel. He has been at times rancorously as
sailed ; but', in every instance, the recoil has crush
ed his accuser.
his administration of tho national finances has
rendered him illustrious. No Secretary, since Ha
milton, has had to sustain such stupendous re
sponsibilities. An exhausted treasury, depleted re
sources, perfidious officials, and the confusion of
civil war conspired to overwhelm his great abili
ties. But he acknowledged his dependence on that
source whence descends every good and perfect
gift, and the country saw his moral aud intellectual
capabilities develop themselves to a degree com
mensurate with the emergency. When an appeal
was first made to the capitalists for succor to the
GteVtttmtht, tho fOSpObse was Indistinct. Gov.
Chase colled them together, and his frank honesty,
his undissembling sincerity, and conciliatory assu
rances dispelled their doubts, and millions for de
fence were contributed with alacrity. Gov. Chase
it is not invidious to assert it—has been, and is,
the man who possesses the chief confidence of the
nation, for he has supplied the sinews of power in
this great struggle. lie is indebted for his wonder
ful success, heretofore, to his umblemished integrity
as .a man and a citizen. Ho knows too well the
weakness of humanity to be vain of his virtues, and
feels,.ho doubt, the hazard of relying, exclusively,
on his own strength.
Washington, throughout his caroer, modestly re
pelled all praise; avowing, on every appropriate
occasion, that he had been but an instrument in the
hands of Divine Providence. That 'great patriot
preserved this humble diffidence to tbe lost hour
of his glorious life; and so long os Gov. Chase
cherishes the same vivifying sentiment, his charac
ter and his efforts will deserve the admiration, re
spect. and love ofhis fellow-citizens.
# * * * * *
A Rather Pleasant Incident.—A fow days
ago, os General Buell was ridiDg on horseback
through tho streets of Nashville, aa aristocratic
lady, a Mrs. W., living in a fine, large house, stood
at .an open door or window, waved a rebel flag
toward him, and cried, “Hurrah for Jeff Davis
and tbe Southern Confederacy!” The General
reined in his horse, tgjped teffftrd tliQ lttdji
touched iiis bat with nil the courtesy and suavity
for which he is remarkable, and, surveying the
fine house from top to bottom with the eye of a
ccnnoiseeur. quietly remarked, “ An excellent
house for a hospital.” In less than two hours every
room was full of sick soldiers, and Mrs. W. was
politely requested to take kind oare of them. Wo
heartily congratulate her upon her blessed privilege
of ministering to the needs of suffering patriots.—
Loutivitle Journal.
TWO CENTS.
LATE SOUTHERN NEWS.
We have received from our Western correspon
dents files of late Memphis papers, extracts from
which will be found below.
The Memphis Evening Argus of March 0, in
an editorial on the Union feeling in Richmond,
says:
If wo may credit the assertions of Richmond
newspapers and correspondents, the impudence and
of the sttti concealed devotees of Lincoln
in that city have assumed a magnitude in their
acts of treason as startling as it was unexpected. A
few nights agomanyof thefences and buildings even
in the heart of (he city bore inscriptions of the most
traitorous kind, so arrayed as to induce the belief
that they were taignfd ns signals of organized
scoundrels who are working for their Washington
master. These were noticed .shortly after the fall of
Uonelaon, and the subsequent demonstrations of
joy, which could only be partially concealed, by men
who had been suspected of disloyalty, and others
who had hitherto floated on Lha supf'Ace of the po
litical waters apparently ns rogardlesa of its course
as a chip, seemed to give too much credence to the
Northern boast of an organization of Union men in
Richmond. Numerous expressions of fiendish glee
at the misfortunes of our soldiers at Donelson, and
other Uftliii&taUablo demonstrations, prove that the
Abolition snake which last summer lurked in the
alleys and byways of the Confederate capital and
tainted its atmosphere, was not killed, but only
scotched, by the fires of the revolution.
Private conversations, remarks by public men in
hotel bar-rooms and parlors, and even in the De
partments, reach those who uttered them a week
or two afterward through the columns of some
Northern print, greatly exaggerated io most in
stances, it is true, but sufficiently correct to be re
cognized.
The conjectures or assertions in public of indi
viduals are generally unimportant in their charac
ter, and scarcely worth the labor of the spy who
reports them, and our allusion to them was only,to
illustrate the perfection the.system of espionage has
attain'd. The spying docs not terminate here
The War Department is reeking with its stench.
Several times during this war important army
movements, supposed to be known to none outside
the bureau save the officers appointed for their ex
ecution, have been accurately conveyed to the ene
my in time for their frustration; apd RQ longer ago
than a couple of weeks, when preparations, under
tlvc stiictPßt injunction of secrecy, were made by
the War Department for attacking the Yankees at
Newport News, the fact reached Washington in
time for niue or ten regiments to bo despatched to
that inhothflaUj before the Confederate plans
could be carried out.
These are facts which arc forced upon our autho
rities at Richmond too often to admit the hypothe
sis that tbe miscarringo of their military plans is
attributable to accidental displays of energy and
forethought by the enemy, They prove, beyond
cavil, that the Federal Government has established
in Richmond a system of espionage almost as per
fect as lb at of Fouche in the terrible days of the
French Revolution, and worthy the ingenuity of
that artful demagogue himself. They prove that
the President. Cabinet, and high officials are daily
dogged by slippery rascals, who inanago to gain
access where honest men uto thrust aside, and ob
tain information which honest men are refused.
Our Richmond cetemporaries call loudly upon
the Government to stop these mischievous leaks,
but the greater the effort to ferret out the authors
of the mischief, the more-misahUf is done. r J?h*
reason is obvious. No attempt is made to strike at
the root of the evil. Suspicious-looking dandio3
about the street corners aud bar-rooms, and ill-at
tired vagabondizers in Capitol Square and about
the steps of the War Department, are industriously
ftfebbed by pigheaded detectives, who thus assay
to trap the Abolition emissaries, and find favor with
their employer. While so engaged, the real spies
chuckle in their sleeves, for the detectives trouble
them not. Hangers-on at hotel bar-rooms and in
the halls of Deportments ore not the gentry who
fur&teh tbs Federal Government with tho designs
and preparations of the Confederate War Depart
ment. It is not iho street loafer who is let into the
secrets of PresiaentDavis, Secretary Benjamin, and
his subordinates. How much information of in
tended war movements can a man about town, un
connected with our Government, obtain in time for
usfe ht Washington? The idea of arresting such
characters is an imputation on common sonso.
If our Government really desires to rid Richmond
of Lincoln’s spies, Iqt a watch be placed upon the
only men who can possibly possess information of
intended military movements —the employees of
tbe Confederate War Department. Besides the
President end Secretary of War, and perhaps an
other member or two of the Cabinet, none other
than these men can possibly be in any of the Secrets
of the War Department, and through them, and
through them alone, is conveyed to Washington
whatever informutioh of Confederate military
movements that reaches the Federal Government.
A complete reconstruction of all the departments,
particularly the War Bureau, is what is wanted,
and those who desire to catch Abolition spies must
look for them in the persons of men filling high
positions, and noLof seedy chaps who cannot even
obtain a long-range \jevr of either tho President or
his Cabinet.
A Wholesale Growl at the Rebel Generals.
The Memphis Argus of March 6th has the follow
ing editorial on Pillow and Floyd. Both of
individual?, it will he seen, have lost caste since
the Fort Donelson aflalr. It would have been
much better for themselves if they had been cap
tured or killed in tbat engagement, for then they
would have escaped the dpneumsly that has been
heaped upon their devoted heads:
Some gentleman, of very superficial reading,
has thought fit in the Richmond Examiner of the
27th nit., to draw a parallel between the surrender
of Dupont near Baylen. and tbat made by Floyd
through Buckner. The ebjtet seems to be to relieve
Floyd-of the punithmant due hU Srlme, by throw
ing* obloquy on the Roman-like Buckner. It will
not do. Dupont was fairly outgeneraled by Ca -
tanos and Reding. Dupont was full master of his
actions, and when he surrendered, remained with
bis men. Dupont fought but two hours and a half.
Floyd fought three days. Floyd ran like a moral
coward from tho field, and by his disgraceful weak
ness caused the capitulation and surrender he
lacked the honesty to share, and by bis oxamplo
sullied forever the reputation of Pillow, by in
ducing him to forget duty and remotuber but
“number one.” -Wo had intended never to touch
this disgraceful subject, bub wo cannot see the
noble Buckner villified, and moral cowards excused
and unpunished, merely because Floyd is a Virginia
politician.
Dupont’s surrender was disgraceful to his troops,
no lets than to himself; the surrender was made
Bftei two and ft half hours 1 fighting to a force but
twice as largo as bis own; our troops surrendered
cnly after a three days' fight, and to a forco at least
five times greater in numbers.
Sow, since this very imperfect parallel has been j
sent forth by the Eauiminw, none would be biofd
pleased than we to see it rendered more apparent •.
by a similarity of treatment to the generals in com- j
mund.
As soon as Dupont returned to France, he, with ;
Mare&cot and Qthers, was sent to prison, whore, ac- j
cording to Foy, they lingered without trial or in
vestigation, and where they remained for the space
of six long years, to be finally released by the
Allies in 13X4. As Floyd, however, deserted his
post, and flinched from executing his duty, whether
that duty was to surrender or to fight, but meanly
lied* wo think tbe parallel would be close in spirit
if Floyd were tried and shot, and Pillow, as the 1
lesser criminal, as well as the lesser man, im- :
prisoned. i
Evans blunders into a victory, and spoils one of ,
the finest planned campaigns we ever heard of, and •
pastes uiiflinohed. Crittenden is proven unfit for j
command, and is continued in it. Floyd deserts !
bis command in the hour of disaster, and public ;
opinion is sought to bo diverted from hi 3 crime. \
Pillow follows Floyd’s example, publishes his 1
statement in utter disregard of the Department and j
Congress, and there no end 1 It is not thus the
Unionists have found tnd made good officers for
their armies. Punhhment has waited on wrong;
and, ns a natural consequence, efficiency and cou
rage have taken the place of fatuity and cowardice.
We should profit by their .example, and enforce
the oDjJUary law of the land, which would moto to ;
all due punishment for evil.
Interesting from Memphis and Vicksburg. ■
Charles Wilson, from Quincy, Illinois, who ha j
been boating on White river (Ark.), has arrived at j
Cairo, from Memphis, having left there one day S
last week, in company with an Indianian, recently !
connected with the rebel quartermastor’s depart- ;
rnent.
Arrangements were being made, if possible, to
fortify Memphis, Vicksburg, and the mouth of Red
river, but up to the present lime no fortifications or
batteries have been erected between Randolph and
New Orleans.
When they passed through Union City cotton was ;
being forwarded to Memphis ftpfi thence further j
South for safety. At many points it ia so situated
that the torch can be applied and the cotton burned |
instantly on the approach of the Federals. !
A couple of very staunch gunboats are being
built at Memphis. The hulls have not yet been
launched. It will take six or seven weeks longer
to complete them. Memphis will doubtless be ours
before that time expires.
There are at least 3,000 strong Union men in Mem
phis, who have mot secretly, and openly dared to
oppose the movements of the rebel militia. To use
tho language of our informant, the “ Union men
are getting mighty bold since they heard of the fall
of Do&elson, and the Federal treatment at Nash
ville. I tell you, sir, It has done more for tho
Union men than arms could do.”
It was reported that Gen. Bragg had ev&cu&tod
Pensacola. A portion of his command bod already
reached Memphis.
Walt Sc Johnson, merchants, are forming a light
artillery battery in Memphis Kooruiting is dull.
The Confederates promise $5O bounty, while Walt
& Johnson offer each recruit $5O additional, making
the total bounty $lOO. R. P. Walker, a wealthy
citizen, whose son, Lieut. Walker, was killed at
Belmont, is also trying to recruit a company of in
fantry.
Beauregard is reported to bo in Jackson. He is
the pot of tbe rebels throughout Arkansas, and all
along tho lino of tho Southern waters. lie is ?e?y
rigid with the press, making the public&ttoa of
army movements a penal otfenco.
In Arkansas, tbe great military depot and ren
dezvous for the rebels is at Jackeonpurt. Wilson
!vft 'here two weeks sinco, on the stoamor Ad-
Viiral,
The Choctaws acd Cherokees are scattorcd all
through Western Arkansas and Texas, and are the
terror of tbe rebels.
D«UHKCihti6Ui 6f S6<i»6UM , y UeHjtVMiiii.
It will be seen by the following extracts that the
rebel Secretary of War is roui dly abused by tbe
rebel papers:
The Into rmiB« of tho rebel arms are mainly
attributed to him, and the press of the South, with
very few exceptions, teems with abuse of his ma
nagement of the War Department. The Memphis
Argus of March Bih, in speaking of him, says:
It is never too late to do good, and it is ever the
part of wfed.oni to throw aside a dangerous policy
lor a SBfe one* Mr. Benjamin may possess nil tbe
qualities of on able War Secretary, but he has noi
lately troubled the people with exhibitions of them*
THE WAR PRESS*
Tflß Wit Pftzss wtU bo sent to nbscrtbers by
mail (per annum in advance) at
Three Copies “ “ o*o9
Five “ 14 “
Tea « “
LspgAf Clebg Will b£ Bli&Fg&I M tho same rfittt, Uius
20 copies will cost 824; W copies will cost 860; and 102
oopies 8120.
For a Club of Twenty-one or over, we will send sa
Extra Copy to the getter-up of the Ciub.
ISr Postmasters are requested to act H Agents ttt
Th» Wab Fbkss.
tr Advertisements Inserted at the nsuel rates. Bit
lines constitute a square.
and the belief thus gains currency that his position
could be better filled by some one whu has mads
war, not politics, a study.
Hut if our telegram is correct, and the provisional
Secretary remains, for Heaven's and the country's
sake let him bestir himself speedily, If be pos
set's the indomitable energies and abilities which
alone fit men for such positions, let them be roused
to their utmost, that their spirit may be infused into
the great heart of tho people. We want no falter
ing, no hesitation, no longing after red tape and
its concomitants, now. They have humiliated us
enough already, find l»U6t cease, (Hvo us the her.
cuiean energy and iron will in our leadors that fal
ter at nothing. Give us the resolution whose spirit
is "victory or death and the tide of our warfare
will bo borne mistlcssly to the borders of our ene
mies, and our freedom will be achieved in a single
campaign. While BueH’s rsV?ills is heard at Nash,
vilio, wby should not our armies beat at tattoo on
the hills of Cincinnati?
Tho Atlanta, Georgia, correspondent of the Sa
vannah ltepuMiean , one of the leading papers of
the rebel gtateg, evntfifßting upon tho same subject,
says:
There would seem to be considerable dissatisfac
tion with Gen. Johnston, the Commander-in-chief
of the Military ltcpartment of Kentucky and Ten
nessee. For the present I would caution your
readers against all such complaints. Gen.'John
ston is considered among military mon as the ablest
and most sagacious officer in either army; and it is
not likely that ho has failed to use the means at his
command to tho best possibio advantage. It is
niore probable l&ftt the fcscreUry of War is at fault
Tine incompetency and tardiness Which have cha
racterized the administration of that department of
the Government at all other points, have doubtless
marked its operations in the West. Such, at least,
it seems to me from observation, is tho more pro.
bable solution of our late disasters.
Late News from Mexico, Havana,
and Honduras.
THE MOVEMENT OE The Allies.
THE ENGLISH TROOPS TO LEAVE THE
COUNTRY.
Minder of mi .American Hearer of Despatches*
I.atc News from Mexico
Saki>v Hook, N. Y., March 17. —The steamer
Roavofa, from Havana on the 12*h instant, haa
ptUHd »Hl9 point, bound up to New Vork. She
brings Vera Cruz dates to the 4th instant. The
Spanish troops were returning from the in
terior. The Dugliah forces were About to leave the
country. The French reinforcements had not yet
arrived. The French forces wore on the way to
Tehuaca&i The Spaniards started on the Igt for
Orizaba.
General Marquez, with 5,000 Mexican trotps,
holds the road from Vera Cruz to Mexico. An Ame
rican citizen belonging to Lowell, Mass., and a
bcarCr of despatches from Washington to Minuter
Corwin, was murdered on the 24th ult., while going
from Vera CHiz to the city of Mexico. *fbc nego
tiations between the Mexicans and the Allies were
to commence at Orizaba on the Ist of April,
New York, March 17.—Further advices re
ceived by the Roanoke confirm the statement that
the English troops were abpyt Jcaye Mexico. '
A portion of the Spanish troop 9 are returning to
Cuba, and the rest have gone to Orizaba. General
Prim commands the allied forces. The name of the
American bearer of despatches murdered was Ad
dison T. Ariel).
it appears that one of tho stipulations mode at
the conference between Gens. Prim and 1) obi ado,
wa3 that no more troops should be landed on Mexi
can soil pending the negotiations. Under this con
tract some of the Spanish troops returned to Cuba,
and tho expected French reinforcements, under
Gen Lorencez, were to roiurn without landing,
TLa English forces will return TiaßesmucU to Eng
land Their mules, harness, Ac., wore sold to the
French, who started for Tehuacau on the 27th of
February.
From Havana.
Fanpy Hook, March 17.—The advioes from Hg*
yafca, by the Roanoke) are unimportant. ID ii
stated that tho Spanish bark Theresa, which had
been captured by one of our squadron, had been
declared an illegal prize.
A number of rebel schooners with small quanti
ties of cotton had reached Havana. Two slave
dealers were murdered at Havana. The assssgjm
were four in number. One, a mulatto, confessed to
the commission of tho crime, and was under trial.
Several rebel schooners had been brought into
Key West, including the William Mallory,
From Honduras.
Sandy llook, March 17- —The steamer Roanofa.
from Havana, brings Honduras advices to the 2?th'
A favorable reaction has occurred, and order was
being restored. Medina bus been appointed Pro
sfdentire tem.
Murder on Shipboard.
SEAMEN BARBAROUSLY TREATED ON THE PACKET*
SHIP LO.-iIIO.V
Another horrible case of barbarity and murder oa
board one of our New York packet-ships, while on
the high &eaa, has just oome to light. On Friday a
sailor appeared at the office of the United State*
marshal,. covered with wounds and bruises, bis
bands, arms, and head backed in a most shocking
manner, who eaid he had been a seaman on board
the packet-ship London, of which J. R, Hurlbut
is captain; that he was ono of four men who had
been beaten in the most unmerciful manner by the
first and second mates of the ship; that on the pas
sage from London two other seamen had been beaten
in the same manner, one while he was at the outer
end of the jibhoom, when, for fear of his life being
taken by the second mate, who had gone out to
maltreat him, dropped into the su& afcd Was lost,
and the other beaten to tho extent of making him
utterly helpless, eo that he subsequently died.
The following is the cool manner in which tho
case is reported on the return of this ship on Thurs
day :
bliip London, Uurlhjit, London find Isles of Wight*
Tcb. 7, ino/.e. and 4i> pass, to Urlnmni, Miuturn, Si Co.
Feb. 24, Cbas. Utecher (of Sweden) fell from thu jib
boom, and was lost. Has had heavy westerly galea must
of die pa,-Btgo; was 8 days on the 4Cth degree of longi
tude, hove tu must of the time. Feb. 25, James Rich
tnoiid di.tl from diseas.:- and exposure.
The man who called upon the mondial yesterday
was directed to go before a United States commis
sioner and make his deposition of tho facts in tho
case, which he did, setting forth that bis three ship
mates, who bad come to port with him, were so man
gled that it was improbable that they would ever be
fii?]o to 11,0 thoir limbs agtUDi and that they are now
in the hospital, whither be was going himself. Tho
poor fellow seemed to be heart-broken, and said
that although he had seen sailors roughly treated
before, yet he had never witnessed such unparal
leled barbarism as was exorcised by the two mates
on hoard the phip Lmnlm.
As is usual in such cases, the mntes left the ship
before she had been made fast to the dock, and fled
the city, no one knowing which way they went. —
N. Y. Tribune of yesterday.
Bishop WitiTTiNdRAM, of the Protestant
Episcopal Church in Maryland and the District of ,
Columbia, has transmitted to all the clergymen of
that Church in parochial charge in tbe District, for
use on all occasions of public worship within eight
days following the Sunday after the leccipt of bis
letter, the following •
Prayer of Thanksgiving tor Late Victo
ries — O, Almighty God, the Sovereign Command
er of all tho world, in vrboic hand is power and
might which nono is able to withstand, we bless
and magnify Thy great and glorious name for tho
happy successes which Thou hast of lata vouchsafed
in so insny instances to the arms of this tut lon,
and more especially for the deliverance of this
city and district from the terrors of blockade and
siege. And we bosecch Thee, give to us and to aM.
this people grace to use this great mercyfbpwn
toward us to Tby glory, the advancement of Thy
Gospel, the honor of our country, and as muoh as
in us licth tho good cf all mankind. Stir up our
hearts, O, Lord, to a truo thankfulness, such as
may appear in our lives by a bumble, holy, and
obedient walking before Thee all our days;
Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom with Thee, O
Father, and Thee, 0 Holy Ghost, as for all Tby
mercies, so in particular for these victories and this
deliverance, be all. glory and honor, world without
end. Amen.
CoJittoboUk Babko#, says Geo. W. Curtis,
while an inmate of Fort Warren, was reading tho
newspaper acconutsof tho deadly artillery praotice,
the intrepid daring of the sailors, the magnificent
evolutions and skilful management of Dupont at
Port Royal, until, full of excitement, h? gprilßg to
his feet, and, turning to a friend, exclaimed, “ By
heavens! there’s nothing In the world like our
navy!” _
The Army of the Free.
[For Tho Proas.]
DIVISION .SOSO OF FOATBH'a DIVISION, .SUMS’ OF TBE
FOTOMAC.—'V’OIUn* 11V I'ItANK U. NOUTOX
Air, “Bonny Havens.”
Ji» the army of the Union wo are marching in the van,
And will do tho work oefore ns, if tho bravest soldier*
can;
We will drive the rebel forces from their srrongholda to
the sea,
And will live aud die together in the army of the free.
Guo ucs—The army of the free, the army of the free;
Wo will live and dlo together in the afjftf of
the free.
We may rust beneath inaction, we may sink beneath
disease,
Tho summer suu may scorch us or the winter’s blasts
may freeze* »
But whatever may bpfal up, wc will lot tho rebels sea*
That uncoimuered, we shall still remain tho army of Ilia
free.
Chorus—The army of the freo, the army of Uio fi ee;
Unconuupred, we shall still remain the army
of the free.
We are the beet Pivieion, of ft half a million aouls,
And only resting on our arms till tho wanury onwssfl
rolls;
When our gallant General Porter calls, why ready ws
shall be,
To follow him forever, with ihe army of the free.
CiKiuus —Tho army of tho free, the army of the free *,
will follow him foreyer, tIK.nW
of the free.
We have Butterfield (lie daring, and we’ve Martiudale
the cool,
Where could we loam thu art of war within a better
school.
Add Mmll to Ilia lUt of i»:tfW<‘p, And WO U u*t all K&vii,
We luivu the flhfcßt generals in the army of the free.
t'lioni'S—Tho army ot tho freo, the army of tho free j
We have the finest generals in the army of
tbe free.
Though u-o Hrp in winter auarttrs now. wd’te U'altia*
"hut the hour,
Wbcu Pci tor’s bravo Division shall go forth in all its
yower,
And w hen on the fl< Id of buttle fi jhting we shall be.
We’ll riiow that we cannot disgrace the army of the
ft ft*,
Ciiokus.— 'The nrmy of the free, the army of the free ;
We’ll show that weeannotdisgracc the army
of the free.
Then hurrah for cur division; may it soon be called to go*
To add it* strength to those who have advanced to meet
the lotij
find Meta it, for wMtnow right well, wherever it may be*
‘Tw 1)1 never fail to honor our great army of the free.
Choirs —The army of the free, the army of tbe tree; -
’Twill never fail to honor our Croat army of
tbe fro.
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