THE PRESS. rtfBUSHID BAHT, (SUNDAYS EXCEPTED,) BY JOHN W. FORNEY, OFFICE No. 41T CHESTNUT STREET. THE DAILY PRESS, 9lr«LT> Cms Psr fin, payable to the Carrier. Hailed to eubscribere oat of the City at Six Dobbins fu Aram, Foe a Dobbins roi Eidbt SIoSTHe, 'Xbrxx Dobbias for Six Moxths— invariably in ad vance for the time ordered. THE TRI-WEEKLY PRESS, Mailed t£ Subscribers out of the City at Tuasa Dofc uas Pi« Annum, in advance. WHOLESALE HOUSES. AND 54-INCH SKY-BLUE KERSEYS, SUPERFINE INDIGO-BLUEJSATINETS, BLACK CADET AMD OXFORD Do, PRINTED Do, in variety. SLACK MD FANCY MIXED DOESKINS. FANCF CASSIMERES AND MELTONS. It. STORB, AHB FOB 3AT.B IfT JOSEPH LEA, feSO-tf 128 AND 130 CHESTNUT STREET COMMISSION auusEs. '^y r ELLLNG, COFFIN, & CO., 280 CHESTNUT STREET, Agents for the following make, of gaoda PBINTB. •BUNNKLI, MFC. 00 GREENE MFO. 00. LAWNS. BUNNELL MFfl. 00. BLEACHED COTTONS. SltOnadalfiy Forestdale, Auburn, Slateravillo, Ooutredole, Jamestownf Blackstoue, Hope t Red Bank 1 Newbury port, Rnmneag, Zouave, Burton, Groene Slfg. Co.’s A. A., B. A., 0. A., aud other styles. SHOWN COTTONS. Trent, Croton, AsUa&J, Chestnut, Qlouvllls, Mechanics’ and Farmers’. CORSET JE ASS.—Glasgow, Manchester. SgDENIMS AND STRIPES. —Grafton, Jewett City, aiftdison, SlatersTiHe, Agawam, Koyetoiio, Choctaw, CANTON FLANNELS—Slfttersvllla, Aeawurn. BILESIAS Smith’s, Social Co-, Lonsdale Co. WOOLENS. ARMY BLVE CLOTBSi KEBBEYS* an* RTELS. BROAD CLOTHS.—Plunketts’, Glenham Co., &o. CASSIMERES.—Gay & Son, Saxton’s Giver, &c. SATINE7S.—Baas River, Conversville. Lower Val r«y, Hope, Btam-rdTllfe, Converse and Hyde, Converse Bros. St Co., Shaw JUfg. Co. KENTUCKT JEANS.—Rodman, Mystic. Gold Medal. DOMET FLANNELS.—WILLIAMS’S Angola, Sax ony, Merino, aud other stylos* LONSDALE Nankeens and Colored Cambrics. PLAID LINStfYS, OOTTONADES, Ac. (f026-3m SHIPLEY, HAZARD, & HUTCHINSON, K». 112 CHESTNUT STREET, "COMMISSION MERCHANTS FOR TUB SlbS OF PHILADELPHIA-MALE GOODS. MILITARY GOODS. gKY-BLUE KERSEYS, (2T and 54-HtCH.) DARK-BLUE KERSEYS, DARK-BLUE INFANTRY CLOTHS, ESDIHOvBLUE CAT CLOTHS, SKY-BLUE CASSIMERES, (New Regulation, for Officers’ Pants.) SPHHB DOME* FLANNELS, CANTON FLANNELS, 10oz., 120 z., & 16oz. TENT DUOK. Kliwarrar-tod United States Army standard. FOB BALE BY ALFRED SLADE & CO., rtO Sooth FBONT Street, and 39 LETITIA Stroot, Phlladeljhia. teVi-tuiyl PRESCOTT’S NAVY REVOLVERS. Large Stock of Prescott's NAVY 4-incb and 8-inch Revolvers. Buwrior in every respect Vt any etUer PISTOL introduced, <OOtfPBISING STRENGTH, GENTILITY, ACTION, and ECONOMY; Or, In other words, containing all the excellencies of BOLT’S, SMITH & WESTON’S, and ALLEN A IOTHEELQO’S. in one instrument. thereby leaking -this PISTOL the moat formidable woapoa ever offered for sale, ALSO, The laxgsst assortment of Cartridges ever offered In She city orWeslmiKton, adsotefl to all GAKTBIDOK PISTOLS}. A Terr fine assortment of GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES, T m| w-s«s by Fellows A Co., Ns. 17 Maiden Lane, NOW **ork, expressly for the Retail Trade. A fine assortment of Ladles* and Genie DRESSING CASES. G. A. STARKWEATHER, NATURAL HOTEL, WASHINGTON, D. a fcW-lm* BRASS GROMMETS AND EYE LETS for Military Blankets aad Geaamsfl. Menu* (factored and for sale in any Quantity at FI IT m and 00- XUSXBXA Avaune. B. IVINS. ILLTJMIHATISe 011/S (QIIj! OIL I! OIL! II HUtBUKT & BKODHEAD, HO. 240 ARCH STREET, 'Having opened a General Depot for the Sale of Extra gteGned and Lotricating COAL OII*S, would call the special attention of dealer) and consumer) to their (refined ILLUMINATING OIL, as it possesses merit 'beyond anything heretofore offered in this market, being ontirely free ftom that gluey substance and bad odor ‘which characterize that commonly sold in this market, Orodnces no smoke, and is free from all explosive properties. IV Orders from City or Country promptly at tended to. fo2B-2m « X UCIFEII” OIL WORKS. - I J 100 Bbla. “ Lucifer” Burning Oil on hand. We guarantee tbi3 oil to b« non-ex plosive, to burn, all fh t oil |n the lamp with a steady, brilliant flame, without cnifitina the wick, and bat dowly. Bbla. lined with dMenamel. WRIGHT, SMITH, ft PICARSABL. fe2l-tf Office 515 MARKET Street. CABINET FURNITURE rTIABINET FURNITURE AND BIL LIARD TABLES. MOORE & CAMPION, No. 261 South SECOND Street, 9n connection with their extensive Cabinet Business are i£iow manufacturing a superior article of BILLIARD TABLES, And have now on band a foil supply, finished with the tfOOBK ft CAMPION’S IMPROVED CUSHIONS, are pronounced, by all who have used them, to be |Htartar to All oHu&l For the Quality and finish of these tables the m&no* Kactnrerfl lefer to their numerous patrons throughout <£he Union, who are familiar with the character of their Work. fe2o-fim DRUGS AND CHEMICALS. ROBERT SHOEMAKER & CO, Northeeet Corner FOURTH and RACE Street), PHILADELPHIA, WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS, IMPORTERS AND DEALERS m FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC WINDOW AND PLATE GLASS. HAItDPAOTUBEBB OP WHITE LEAD AND ZINC PAINTS, PUTTY, Ao. Mini roB Tsi ciumtiß FRENCH ZINC PAINTS. Dealers and consumers supplied at VERY LOW PRICES POR CASH. eU-Sm -yyiUTK lea: XedLead, Whit. Lead, Litharge, Bngarof Lead, Copperas, Oil or Tltrlol, Oslonol, Patent Yellow, Chrome Red, Chrome Yellow, AanaFortis, Hurled. Add, . Ipaun Balts, Rochelle Salt), Tartaric Acid, Orange Mineral, Soluble Tart. Bilb. Oarb. Soda, Whlto Vitriol, B*J Precipitate, WETHRRu Druggists end Mam Ho# 47 and 4B S lau-H /HANDLES.—Ohemio&I Sperm Candles, for eale by JAURETOHE A LAVERGNK, 2M fund 004 South TROUT Street. mbit >, DRY AND IN White Precipitate, Lunar Oanstio, Karootine, Bnlph. Morphine, Morphine, Acetate Morphine, Lao. Bnlph., Ether Sulphuric, Ether Nitric, Bulpbate Quinine, Corro. Bublim., Deoarootized Oplnm, Chloride of Soda, Wetherill’a ext. Cinoha. Tartar Ematlo, Chloride of Lime. Crude Borax, Refined Borax, Camphor, Begin Co pari a. LL A BROTHER, mfactnring Chemists, North SEOOND Street, ■ PHILADELPHIA. VOL. S.—NO. 193. DRY-GOODS JOBBERS. 1862. spking. 1862. WHOLESALE DEPARTMENT. J. B. CAMPBELL & CO., No. 727 CHESTNUT STREET, HAVE NOW IN STOLE, LINES OF CHOICE GOODS, TO WHICH THEY INVITE THE ATTENTION OK CASH BUYERS. WHITE GOODS—In all (heir Varieties. LINENS—AII qualities anil bo st makes. TABLE DAMASKS—Napkins and Doplioa. L. C. HDKFS—Towela and Toweling. GINGHAMS—Super, Fancy and Solid Checks. LAIVSS—New and Choice Styles. ORGANDIES, and Faria Printed Jaconets. DRESS GOODS—In very desirable styles. BLACK SlLKS—Choice Brands. FLANNELS-Of tho bent makes. BLEACHED GOODS—A full line. FRlNTS—American and English. CHINTZES, BHILLIANTES AND PERCALES. TOGETHER WITH MANY OTHER GOODS, ADAPTED TO FIRST-CLASS TRADE, ALL OF WHICH WILL BE OFFERED AT LOW PRICES. 1862. BPRINa - 1862. W. S. STEWART & CO., IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OF SILKS AND FANCY DRESS GOODS, NO. 305 MARKET STREET. Wo invite the attention of tho trade to n full tine of BLACK AND OTHER STAPLE SILKS, As Also a great variety of NEW STYLES OF DRESS GOODS, Bought for cash, and which will be offered on the most favorable terms. ftj2&-3m SPRING GOODS. M. L. HALLOWELL & Co , 333 MARKET and 87 NOBTn FOURTH STS., Wholesale Dealers in STT.KS AND FANCY DRY GOODS* Have open a large variety ofjreshly -imported SPRING DRESS GOODS, To which) with a handsome wimrtinvnf ot BLACK AND FANCY SILKS, SHAWLS. MANTILLAS.’ WHITE GOODS, embroideries, And other goods in their lino, they invito the attention of city and country dealers. mh4-tf YARD.GILLMORE, & Go., Nos. 617 CHESTNUT and 614 JAYNE Street!. Hava now open their SPRING IMPORTATION OF SILK AND FANCY DRESS GOODS, SHAWLS, WHITE GOODS, LINENS, EMBROIDERIES, &o. Bought in Europe, by one ef the firm. To which the attention of the trade is particularly In vited. fe2l-2m gELLING OFF STOCK OF CASSIMERES, VESTINGS, DRIL LINGS, MARSEILLES, &0. Twenty-five per cent, under former prices. A. H. GIBBS, fe2X-lm No. S3l MARKET Street C4RPETB AND OIL CLOTHS. Q.LEN ECHO MILLS, GERMANTOWN, PA. McCALLUM & CO,. MANUFACTURERS, IMPORTERS, AND DEALERS 609 CHESTNUT STREET. (Opposite Independence Hall,) CARPETINGS, OIL CLOTHS, &c. We have now on hand an extensive stock of Carpetings, of our own and other makes, to which we call the atten tion of cash and Bhort-time buyers. mh7-3m J^OURTH-STREIT CARPET STORE, No. 47 ABOVE CHESTNUT, No. 47. J- T. DELACROIX Invitee attention to his Spring Importation of CARPETINGS, Comprising every Btyle, of the Newest Patterns and Bttigbi, lb VELVET, BRUSSELS, TAPESTRY BRUS SELS, IMPERIAL THREE-PLY, and INGRAIN CARPETINGS. VENETIAN and DAMASK STAIR CARPETINGS. tea- SCOTCH RAG and LIST CARPETINGS. .FLOOR OIL CLOTHS, in every width. COCOA and OANION MATTINGS. DOOR-MATS, RUGS, SHEEP SKINS, DRUGGETS, and CRUMB CLOTHS. AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, LOW FOR CASH. J. T. DELACROIX, mh6-4m 47 South FOURTH fittest CARPETINQS. J. P. Be E. B. ORNE, NO. 619 CHESTNUT STREET, (OPPOSITE STATE HOUSE,) Have received, per steamer Edinburgh, and other late arrivals, their SPRING IMPORTATION OF NEW CARPETINGS: CROSSLEY’S yard.a'np-a-balf-}rips rstrsTit, 9*4 MEDALLION DO., ENGLISH BRUSSELS , EXTRA*QUALITT TAPESTRY, BRUSSELS WITH BORDERS, (of new doaigns, for Halls and Stairs). INGRAIN AND THREE.PLY CARPETINGS, el extra duality. AT.SO, 500 PS. J. CROSBLEY & SON’S TAPBSTRT BRUSSELS CARPETS, FROM 87i TO $1 PR. YD , Together with a complete aaiortment of OIL CLOTHS? STAIR AND FLOOR DRUGGETS, BUGS, MATS, AO., All of new, choice selections, and AT MODERATE PRICES. J. F. & E. B. ORNE. mh3-tf OPPOSITE STATE HOUSE. CARPET WARE HOUSE. OLDEN & RICKNER. 833 ARCH STREET, TWO DOORS BELOW NINTH, SOUTH SIDE, Have this day opened thel r N«ff Stock «f CARPITSi «f tbe best English nuumfocture. The newest patterns in Velvetf Brussels, Tap. Brussels, 3-Fly Ingrain* and Ve netians! Oil Cloths in all widths, Oanton Hatting* Mats, Druggets, fto., bought before the late advance, selling at .tbs lowest prices for cash. mhls-12t RETAIL DRY GOODS- 1862. NEW LINEN, WHITE GOODS, LACE, EMBROIDERY STORE The subscriber has opened tho Store, No. 1024 CHEST NUT Street, ns a LACK, LINEN, WHITE GOODS, and EMUKOJDRJVy HOUSE. Ue designs organizing hl esuibliidmivnt where tha very bait gooda of evwy va riety in t) o above lire inny l>o procured ut prices much twlow tho usual retail rates, and <iuilo ah low uh they are generally wholesaled. Having for many years boon per sonally, thoroughly conversant with nil the markets of Furopo, ho possesses unusual facilities, and can otter to the public vitry great iiiilua'iiiciiii) to extend lo him a share of its palrcniise. lie refers to the annexed list as befog a partial representation of his stock, find respect fully solicits from till an inspection of his goods: WHITE GOODS DEPARTMENT. Jaconet, Mull. Cambrics, Nainsook, Htviesand French Muslins; plaid, striped,dot ted, and figured Muslins; French and Skirting Cam brics, Dimiik'fl, and Brll- LINEN DEi Linens; Clothe, Napkins, and Doylies; Linen Lawns -•ind O Mnbrlcs, Plrdej*e Dta yers, Crunh, and all other [Towols and Towelling.. Bhirting, Fronting. House wife, Pillow, and Sheeting Lijsoua; French Tlnfllliis? and Ohi-mbo Linens; .1 rialii Scotch, and Barnsley Table] LACE DEP. Inga, b>- the yard, and also in Collnrp, Sets, Ooitfuros, (’apes. Sleeves, Hdkfs, etc., etc Illusions, Nets, etc. VflUndomK l , Deal Tbrcnd. 'Pusher, lllondo, Guipure,- Houiton, Maltese, Poiutc, and other Laces and Edg VEILS, Iteal Thread, Cambria, [ and Grenadine Veils. Pusher, French, Magfrie, [ EMBROIDERY DEPARTMENT. CimibriCiSwiKitftnilLiuoiilTiiKertiiiSHi Sklrta ote.i oto. Collars, Sets, Hdktg, Cuffs,) Infauts’Waists, Bobos, etc.. Bands, Flouncings, Edgings, [etc. HDKF. DEPARTMENT. Liklips'i Gwita’, will Cliil- vlvflr lawn. vmVroMeral] anil flreirti corded and tape bor- other fancy Udtsfu. My OB denti, priuttd, hom-stitchcd nortment in Hdkfs is very and French Hdkfs; Be full audexceedingly cheap, vie red, scolloped, tucked,! SPECIALITIES. Will open on MONDAY, the 17th inst., the following extra cheap articles: 300 nil-Linen Printed Cambric Dressed at 25, 30, and 36c, worth 00c. 20 dozen all Linen Hemstitched Hdkfs at 15c, worth 20c. 20 dozen do. do. do. 25c, worth 35c. 200 lieal Thread Veils from §2 to SlO. 600 Finn French Work Collars from SI to 52.50. whole sale price $2 to $4. 200 Fine French Work Collarß from 30c to 81, whole sale price 40c to S 1.50. 100 Fine French Work Sets from 30c to $2, wholesale price from 50c to §3. 20 Diocos Linen 25c, worth 30m 50 dozen nil Linen Napkins $l, worth 51.50. 20 pieces 7-4 and 8-4 three-fourths Bleached Table Linens, 65c, 70c, and 75c. The above become white with a few washings, ami are usually retailed at 75c, 80c, 88c per yard. 40 pimps Linens from *2Bo to 600. worth from 3F»c to 75e, and u variety of other articles in this line very low. EDWARD M. NEEDLES. 1024 CHESTNUT STREET. mhl3.tr £ LAN DELL E. & L, rOUKTII AW'D ASCII. FOURTH AND ARCII. FOURTH ANT) ARCH. FOURTH AND AKCII. FOURTH AND ASCII. SPRING OPENING. NEW CHINTZES, NEW GINGHAMS, NEW ORGANDIES, NEAT PLAID SILKS, SHEPHERD’S PLAIDS, FASHIONABLE SILKS, BLACK FIGURED SILKS, COLORED POULT DE SOIES, hiblO- fiiwAa if OKEMNG 0E JN T EW SPRING GOOPS, Just received from New York, and will be opened to day* & choice lot of NEW SPRING DKESS GOODS. Also, a large lot of NEW CHINTZES, purchased at very low prices, FOB CASH, 'which we enarabiy to sell at prices ikai will DEFY COMPETITION. Best English Cbiotzes,l2)f cents. Bert Merriroac Chintzes, V2ft cents. Beet American Chintzes, 12# cents. Best (Jocliecn Chintzes, 12# cents. Best Pacific Chintzes, 12Jt cents. Beet Sprague Cbintzee. 12 ft cents. 3 Cases Good Chintzes, fast colors, 10 cents. ICa eGood Chintzes,fast colors,9 cents. 1 Cusp vard wide Chintzes, new styles, 25 cents. A BANKRUPT STOCK OP WHITE BRILLIANTE9. 1 lot white Brilliantes, 8 cents, worth 10. 1 lot white Brilliantes, 10 cents, worth 12j£. 1 lot 4-4 whito Brilliantes. V2ft cents, worth 15. BARGAINS IN WHITE LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS. 60 dozen white Linen Cambric Handkerchiefs, 75 cents d&ufeh. 60 dozen finer Quality, tape borders, 81.50 per dozen. Cheap Linen Towels, Doylies, and Napkins. Cheap lot of heavy Butcher Linens. Cheap Shirting and Fronting Linens. Hoi eyconib Counterpanes, 2ft yards squar6j $1.60. yards wide Bleached Sheeting; 28 cents. 2ft yards wide Bleached Sheeting* 31 cents. 3 yards wide Bleached Sheeting, 37# cents. 3 cases good Blenched Muslins, 7ft cents. 2 cases good Bleached Muslin, 10 cents. 2 cages Unbleached Cotton Flannel, 11 cents. A full line of Black Silks cheap, New styles Fancy Silks, 50 cents and upwards* New Spring Delaines and Reps. Shepherd Plaids, of every variety. New styles of Spring Dress of every variety and quality, opening daily. H. STEEL ft SON, mhB No. 713 North TENTH Street* above Oofttos. New house-furnishing GOODS, LINENS, ftc.—The largest assortment h| the city of Fine Flemish, Irish, and Barnsley Linen Sheetings* Dunbar Dickson’s and Richardson’s Pillow Linens. Golden Flax Shirting and Fronting Linens. Table Linens, 7 able Cloths, Napkins, Doylies. Towellings and Towels of all descriptions, for the bath, chamber, pantry, kitchen, anti nursery. Quilts and Blankets, of all sizes, for cribs and beds. Table and Piano Covers, and Materials for covers, by the yard. Furniture Chintzes, Furniture Coverings, eto. Rich La?? Muslin Csrtems ftnd Curtain Materials. Plain and Gold Bordered Shades, in all colors. SHEPPARD, YAN HARLINGEN, ft ARRISON, falO 1008 CHESTNUT Street. Fkom a bankrupt stock. WILL OrEN THIS MORNING -50 dozen L C Hdkfs. at 81.5 G per dozen. 27 « “ “ at&l.G2 “ 4 “ Gents 1 Bordered Ildkfs. SO per dozen* 2 ** Ladies’hemmed at 37# cents each. 3 «< (( 3 tucks, at cents. 4 N U 5 Licks, at 75 cento. 2 « Suspenders at 37 ft cents. 4 “ “ at 50 cents. 5 (t fi at 75 cents. « » “ at 87)j cents. Also* a nice assortment of Dress Goods, at JOHN H. STOKES* 702 ABCH Street. NB.—Jackson’s celebrated Counting-house PE NOIL* All Merchants and Bankers use them. mhlfi -\fEW SPRING PRINTS, J-V CHOICE STTLES. MEHBIMACS, SPBaGUK, PACIFIC, ALL TWELYE AND A HALF CENTS. A large lot best sryles and fast colmb at 10c. 6‘GWPfitttllWAff ft <sd„ mh!s-tf N.W. cor. EIGHTH and MARKET Sts. IV/TERRIMACK, AMERICAN, AND IVJL KNGLISB PRINTS at 12% coats. Spring Delninen from auction) Vi% eta. 300 doz. L. c. Ildkfs. from auction. 8 to It cU. Shepherd’) riaids of deuirable size). Black Wool Delaines, usu.l good stock. mh!3 COOPER A CONARD. T INENS BY THE PIECE OR YARD. JLi Ballard Vale Flannels, 33 to 75 cts. Linen Diapers, old prices for best goods. Phirt Fronts, fresh lots, 25 to 60 cts. Domestics always at lowest market rates. mM3 ' OOOPEB ft OONABD. PASBIMEREB. 8,543 yards all-wool goods. Roys 1 Cassimeres in greatest variety. Men’s Fancy and Black Cassimeres. Black Cloths at the right prices. CUOPEK A 00NABB, mhl3 Southeast corner NINTH and MABKBT. LOOKING GLASSES. JAMES B. EARLE & SON, MANUFACTUBEBS AND IMFOBTEBS OP LOOKING GLASSES. OIL PAINTINGS, PINE ENGBAYINGS, PICTURE AND PORTRAIT FRAMES, PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES. PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS. OABTE-DE-YISITE PORTRAITS, EARLE’S GALLERIES. 616 CHESTNUT STREET, . j*ls PHILADELPHIA. PHILADELPHIA WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 1862. liantpn; Bishop an<l Victoria Lawns; French Bullling Muslin; Tarletaus, white and colored, and all other articles in White Goods. artment. HTMENT Elp |pms. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19. 1862. OUR WESTERN CORRESPONDENCE. Letter from. Bowlins Green, Ky. THE APPEARANCE OF THE TOWST. The Place One Vast Graveyard. THE VANDALISM OF THE REBELS. The Immense Fortifications they Erected, Shameful Treatment of the Union People. [Special Correspondence of The Press.] Bowling Ghekn, March 11, 1862 I started from Louisvilio at seven o'clock lilts mnrmDg, and, after having proceeded about twenty miles, was started from my scat by ft screaming of whistles, followed by a whang, bang, crash ! The people all left the cars to ascertain tho cause of so much noise, and found that our locomotive, with the loss of smoke-stack and Drummond-light, lay snorting upon a baggage train, having completely demolished the rear car, and forced tho entire train, except the locomotive, off the track. In a half hour after, about fifty men wore at work upon the ruins, and before one o’clock we were again “on ward to Nashville.” The farms, or plantations, upon each aide of the railroad, as far as the land is concerned, are in fine condition, and from Louisville to Nolin. a distanco of fifty-three miles, the dwellings, out-houses, formes, walls, and other onelosuros, etc., etc., dull to my mind the neatness of New England farms; but after leaving MunfordsviUe, although the land is remarkably fine, everything seems disordered and out of place ; fences broken down, walls tumbled over, out-houses lop sided, and minor disarrange ments on every hand. I ventured a soliloquy for the moment, actually forgetting that the farther I progressed South the more slave-labor was brought in requiMLion. Words nro inadequate to describe the scene of destruction betweon MunfordsviUe and Bowling Green. The work of demolishing everything valu able hna bran complete. Bosidoß the bridges, every laihoad station has been burned or otherwise de atroyed, and property of men professing Union sentiments has shared tho same fate. At Cavo City, thirty onA inlldS north of Bowling Gredtt, A splendid hotel, and many other buildings, woro burned by order of Buckiicr. I saw it stated in some paper that Buckner, while on his way to Fort Warren, in conversation with some persons, remarked that Floyd was a coward and a poltroon. Let not tho loyal Ameri can people bo led astray by the oily words of this polished vundal. Notwithstanding the supreme contempt universally entertained for the thief Floyd, in tho North, do not place him in the posi tion occupied by Buckner. I will now enumerate some of tho crimes committed by him. lie has Iwifcii instrumental in driving from their homes, along the route of the Louisville and Nashvillo railroad, loyal and disloyal men, their wives and children; burning all the railroad depots and bridges; destroying public buildings and private residences indiscriminately; occupying school houses and churches for barracks; stealing every thing in the way of clothing, subsistence, fuel and money; tearing up the track, and otherwise in juring one of tho most costly railways in tho Unicoi States. And yet this man, who has so thoroughly devastated a substantial portion of the State of Kentucky, has the audacity to appear in a Christian oommuniiyi «nd denounce his follow-villain as a coward. Buckner, you are a bad man, and can never-be forgiven by the American people, or that portion of tho American people who love their country and their God. The bridges and the critical places along the railroad are guarded, day and night, by United States regulars. Some eight or ten encampments are to be seen between Louisville and Bowling Green. There must be at least two hundred la borers upon tho road, and it is now almost wholly computed between Louisville and Bowling Green. The only danger to be apprehended Is in crossing the temporary bridge over the Rolling Fork river. We arrived at Bowling Green at precisely half pßst five o'clock, having been ten and a half hours travelling 113 miles. It takes two days to go to Nashville from Louisville, as the railroad bridge at Bowling Green is destroyed, and there are but two engines upon the Nashville portion of the road. In company with four officers, I hastened to the “business portion” of Bowling Green to make ar rangements for the night. The only two or three public places in the (own were jammed, and my associates and myself were about giving up in de spair, wben we were directed to the private board ing house of a Mrs. Hess, who informed us that her beds were all engaged j but kindly permitted us to occupy her parlor, if we were willing to sleep upon the floor. TVe accepted her offer, and, before re tiring, partook of a hearty repast. Bowling Greon ! I might, with unquestionable propriety, designate it the city of tho dead. From the moment you arrive in the plaoe, go where you will, hundreds of graves attract your attention ; and, to use the language of oneof the gentlemen at the house of Mr. Hess, had the distillers in the neighborhood, in the manufacturing of whisky, used a little more of their favorite ingredient, strychnine* tho number of graves would have been almost incalculable. After leaving the cars we were compelled to cross the Barron river by a poDtoon bridge. The railroad up, find tbe turnpike bridge burned, by General Hardee, acting under orders from General A. S. Johnston. On the outskirts of the town are many houses, stores, and other buildingSj without a sign <?f a fence, railing, or doorsteps, and in many cases the weather-boards of the houses have been torn off. In Main street the sight is sickening indeed. "Whole squares are represented by brick walls and chimneys. In Nashville street the conflagration must have been fearful. All that remains in one square is a brick wall about the size of a common door, with a piece of tin hanging to it, with the words— 11 Printing office up stairs.” I glanced up, but couldn’t see it. The destruction of the depot was an immense less. The telegraph office, four hotels, and many other valuable structures, were consigned to the incendiaries. On one square stands a large house, like an oasis on the desert, everything around it having been entirely con sumed. This destruction, wanton as it is, was de clared by Johnßton to be a military necessity. Sub sequently Gen. Hardeft issued a proclamation, In which he denounced the house-burners, and threatened to hang, without trial, all who Bhouli fire, or attempt to fire, a public or private building. There must have been a large number of Con federate soldiers here, as there are proofs that 'as many as thirty regiments were encamped iu the im mediate vicinity, and on the beautiful hills for mile? around. Every tent m\igt haye bpensupplied with a chimney, as they are all standing, looking like bo many little ovens. Invariably there is con nected with all the encampments a graveyard. I am informed by good authority that twenty-oao men died out of a single regiment in six days. I cannot comprehend why 4 this place w&fl evacuated by the rebels. There are seven tremen dous fortifications situated upon the hills, all of Which command the Louisville and Naatmtlo Rail road. The most formidable are Fort Beauregard, Fort Buckner, Fort Maguire, and a monstrous fort upon the hill about half a mile above the town. They all command the surrounding country. The latter fort was the One I visited this evening, and I cannot refrain from saying that I was almost struck dumb with amazement. The fortifioation was built under the supervision of Engineer Sanderson. It is for the moat part situated upon a limestone ledge, end outside the regular walls are two, three, aud four entrenchments, breatsworks, and rifle pits. Part of the fort is made of substantial earthworks, «nd pgr* Wfs timbers, inlaid with dirt and stone. It could hare only been taken by shelling out the enemy. It would hare been as difficult to bare scaled the walls as it would be to ascend the Hudeon-river highlands. The outside brefifitworkS) rifle pits, and fortifications proper, cover an area of nearly eighty acres. The reason assigned by the people here for the hasty evacuation, is that they were sadly in need of heavy artillery, and that the capture of Fort Donelson by our foroes outflanked them. There has been quite an excitement in the town this evening, owing to an arrest made by the pro vost guard. The following is the fact, os I have it: A suspicious-1 filing fellow was brought in by the bridge guard, who declined giving his name, hut made a statement that the rebels were pre paring to march in force upon the railroad by way of Munfordaville, and thus out off land communi cation with Nashville. I give you this as I hare received it. The fact of his saying so is true. I have not seen a smiling countenance in Cow ling Green. The very earth looks gloomy. The stores and dwellings are nearly all closed, and A terrific and foreboding quiet prevails. Before doing I must tender my sincere thanks fo George D. Prentice, Efq,, of Louisville, for favors kindly extended to me. g Bowliso Greek, March 12. No train left this place for Nashville this morn ing, which-aflbrded me an excellent opportunity Of visiting the evacuated fortifioathma and other places - of interest. _ The most formidable of all the enemy’s works is situated upon Baker’s Hi]l, about one mile from the centre of the town, and commands tho railroad and turnpike, being absut half a mile distant from the above-named roads. An uncon ditional Union man, named Bttk??; 9 WRS tbf land wherein the fort is located, and has suffered to the extent of nearly seventy-fire thousand dollars. He is very wealthy, and is the possessor of about three hundred acres of land. Mrs. Baker, her daughter, and servants were present, having returned homo yesterday. This lady informs me that it took about five hundred men five months to construct the forti fications, the fact of which can suggest an idea of tho nature of tlie works. Tho fort is calculated to accommodate eighteen guns, but eight only were ever mounted.. The rebels, under Hardee and Hindman, took possesion of tho house and farm, and destroyed everything except the dwelling. Tho fruit orchards, conservatories, ornamental trees, fences, out-houses, t£c., «fcc., felt the effects of rebel vandalism. Adjoining the Baker plantation, was the estate of Mr. Underwood, brother to the Senator of that nemo, who lest everything. This gentleman ownod (he finest plaoe within the limits of Bowliug Green. Nothing but ruin represents the once lively abode of Mr. Underwood, who at all hazards maintained his integrity. An old man, named Patterson, about nine miles distant, was robbed of all the wearing apparel and bed clothing he had in the world. The robbery occurred about three o’clock in (he morn ing. Miss Baker and two other young ladies, who had just returned from a ball, were compelled to give up the blankets from their beds. Miss Baker ft vivacious, charming young Kentucky blonde, and overflowing with Union spunk. Her mother informs me that her daughter told the officers that (hey would soon leavo the town to the tune of Yan kee Doodle. Other forts were visited, all of which present a formidable appearance* Mr. Garland, a gentleman interested in the rail road, is a Union patriot of unflinching proclivities. To use his own words, when Gen. Hardee threat ened to destroy the rolling slock, found buildings, machine-shop, passenger depot, and minor build ings, “I told him to destroy and be d d.” This gentleman was threatened with hanging, but flinched not. The proprietor of the finest hotel in the town was a rank Secessionist. He refused to receive Confederate scrip as a remuneration for board, and his hotel was destroyed in consequence. About two hundred Texan Rangers, os a closing act of demolition, repaired In.the fair grounds, and burned the buildings thereon. Besides the multiplicity of burial grounds in the'placc, of which I spoke in my last, there are ibreo regular graveyards. I visited one of these this morning, which covers an area of about two acres, and found that it contained seven hundred graves. There is a marked shingle at each grave, &nu I discovered that the mortality was most ly confined to Mississippi and Alabama soldiers. Only one marble slab was erected, upon which was inscribed George L. Mackenzie, Third Georgia Vo lunteers ; born 1845. died 1862, There are but few Confederates at present sick in the place, but the Union soldiers at the different hospitals number nearly seven hundred lean as sure you that seven-eighths of the inhabitants of Bowling Green are Union people, half of whom are wilting to sacrifice all for the Constitution. The deplorable situation of this Eden of Kentucky is a terrible argument against Secession. When Gen. Mitchell arrived he planted hie guns under thefort at Baker’s Hill, and the first shell he fired exploded within a few feet of Gen. Hardee, who, with hia soldiers, waa witnessing the confla gration of the turnpike bridge. Of course] they re? tired, as Confederates generally do. There are about one thousand people desirous of going to Nashville this afternoon. If the train is besry fne BeuieriUe, I anticipate trouble in ob taining passage. S. The Church of the Epiphany. A oomspohdent, referring to tire artiole we pub lished yesterday in regard to this church, says: “ You have been inadvertently led into an act of injustice towards a very respectable portion of your fellow-oitkens, including many of your oldest and best supporters and friends. It is no flattery to say that you are always ready to do justice where it lies in your power, and I therefore ask permission to correct, as briefly as possible, tbe wrong Impres sions made upon your readers by your editorial no tice of the difficulties at-the Church of the Epi phany. “ The difficulties connected with Mr. Tyng, six years ago, ‘undoubtedly culminated in a political issue, but the real causes of these difficulties lie far baek of that occasion. I only refer to this fact now in order to atttto that oven then the largo preponder ance of sentiment amongst those opposed to Mr. Tyng was strongly and unmistakably Republican, and Dot, as has been so industriously promulgated eTer s'noe, pro- slavery- This Is afaofc easily attest ed. The effort is now revived to renew the same cry against this unfortunate church, and with many who will receive their information simply from the ex -parte statement of tbe iate rector, this effort will succeed; for it is the habit of most listeners to be lieve uDoontradioted assertions, particularly when fulminated from the pulpit. Yet no charge could ho could be TOOTO false than that the Church of tho Epiphany is in any degree tinged with disloyalty or Secessionism. No one knows better than the recent rector how that congregation has en thusiastically pressed to the -very verge of Episco pal decorum in its expressions of devotion to our country’s glorious cause. Tbe children of his Sunday schools decked in tri-colored badges ; the congregation warmly welcoming the volun teers in their visits to the church, the walls ringing with the national anthem from a thousand voices; the ladies devoting their time and the gen tlemen their means towards tho comfort and aid of our soldiers in the field —in a word, the whole peo ple at all times testifying by every means in their power their hearty and patriotic attachment to the Government and the Union. I state simple fsots, which can neither be explained away nor denied, and declare that, in view of these facts, a monstrous wrong is done to this people by whoever knowingly charges anything like disloyalty upon them. “ I do not mean to discuss the real causes of the disaffection of the people towards their rector. Its causes are of a very different nature from any that have been publicly alleged, but are no* sueU as con cern or would interest tho general public. Those who listened to the tone and witnessed the temper of the two addresses of last Sunday may imagine some good reasons why nothing but disaffection could possibly exist. In a different form and before a different tribunal the real state of tbe ease may one day be demonstrated, but we do not enter upon it here. X.” St. Patrick’s Day, At the dinner of the Hibernian Society, on Mon day, Mr. John Drew, fresh from performing in *< gt. Patrick’s Eve,” was a welcomed, though late guest. request, he recited the well-known Irish poem “ Thamus O’Brien,” which was written for and not by Samuel Lover. Mr. Drew also read thefollowirg fine stanzas, written some thirty years age, by tha late Dr. Charles Byrne, of Florida. An Irish society in New York had of fered three prizes for the three best songs, suitable to St. Patrick’s Day, and the following obtained the first prize; PRIZE SONG FOR ST. PATRICK’S DAT. BY OR. CHARLES BYRNE. [Air —“ Burns’ Farewell.”} Oh ! who that has not wandered far From where he first drew vital air, Can tell how bright tho visions are That still surround our fancy there ! And it is sweet, ’round Mein’ry’s throne, When time and distance gild the way, To cite the scenes that long have flown, And view them o’er on Patrick’s Day! Though distant frem our native shore, And hound by Fortune's stern decree Jy tread our native sojl ny myre, Still, Erin, we must think on thee. Is there a heart of Irish mould That does not own the magic sway Which prompts the gen’rous patriot’s soul To celebratf our Patrick’s day '! No nation e’er at Freedom’s shrine Has sacrificed so rich as we— Onr blood has flowed in every clime That raised the shout of Liberty. But, ah! will Freedom never smile, Nor shed one bright and chocring ray To light our own dear native isle, And raise our hopes on Patrick’s day? Ves, Erin, raise thy drooping brow, And wreath it with thy shamrock green, 60. tell thy proud and haughty foe That she’s no longer “Ocean’s queen;” Columbia’s banners float on high, The Eagle seizes on his prey; Then, Erin, wipe thy tearful eye, And raise thy hopes on Patrick’s day. Thy gallant sons have nobly bought Columbia’s gratitude for thee, In Freedom’s cause they’ve bravely fought, And shed their blood for Liberty. Then strike the harp, and fill the bowl, Let tyrants grumble as they may, The toast we'll drink ia Albion’s fall, And Erin’s joy on Patrick’s day ! Thk Great Bates Suit —lt is well known that George C. Bates, late of Detroit, Miohigan, some time since commenced a suit against the Illinois Central Railroad Company about the possession of the land—valued at S2,ooo,ooo—upon which the great Union depot at Chicago stands. The prose cution by Mr. Bates was regarded by many as an Utopian scheme, for, when powerful corporations contend with a single individual, they generally come out ahead; biit he steadily persevered, and the case baa been carried up from one court to another ontil it finally reaobca tho Supremo Court of the United States, where it was decided—we learn from Washington—on Monday in favor of the company. Mr. Sbrplsr. postmaster of Rochester, on tho Cleveland and Pittsburg Railroad, has been ar rested for embezzling money letters from the mad, And is under bonds for trial before the United States District Court of Pittsburg. ANOTHER BRILLIANT VICTORY. DESPERATE BATTLE AT NEWBERN. OUR FORCES VICTORIOUS. BUKNSIDE OCCUPIES THE TOWN. A Large Amount of Cannon and Ammunition Captured. THREE HUNDRED PRISONERS TAKEN. OUR LOSS, NINETY KILLED AND TOUR HUNDRED WOUNDED. THE IMPORTANCE 'OF THE VICTORY. Baltimore, March 18.—The steamer Commo dore arrived here this morning direct from General Burnside's Expedition, She brings the announcement of the capture of Newbern, North Carolina, and the defeat of the rebels there, with the capture of a large number of artillery, after a hard-fought battle. Our loss at Newbern was about SO killed and 400 wounded. Our men displayed great bravery. Newbern is a town of about 4,500 inhabitants, siLuated at the confluence of the Neusc and Trent rivora. It had, before the war broke out, a largo trade in lumber, turpentine, tar, naval stores, ete. It is the county seat of Craven county. A railroad runs from Newbern to Goldsborough, fifty-pip? sites distent] intersecting there tho main railroad uniting Weldon and Wilmington, N. C. General Burnside having moved in this direction, is not in any danger of attack from the rebel army that has been concentrating at Suffolk, Va. The capture of Newbern makes it certain that the town of Beaufort, N. C., can easily be taken, together with Fort Macon, the strong work con structed for its defence by the Federal Govern- BPBti There is « railroad from Newborn to Mooro head City, opposite Beaufort, the distance between the two places being thirty-six miles. Baltimore, March 18. —An offioer bearing de spatches from General Burnside landed here on the arrival of the steamer and proceeded immediately to Washington. It is reported that 300 rebel prisoners were cap tured. Some of the reports make our loss from 50 to 60 killed and 250 to 300 wounded. The fight took place on Friday last. There a»e rumors here that one of our brigadier generals was killed, but this is sot thought to be reliable. Another Account. Baltimore, March IS.—The enemy's works, six miles below Newbern, were attacked on Friday morning last. They were defended by a force about ten thousand strong, and having twenty-one guns posted behind formidable batteries, over two miles long. The fight was one of the most desperate of the war. Our troops bohnved with tho steadiness and courage of veterans, and, after nearly four hours hard fighting, drove the rebels out of all their posi tions, captuxed three light batteries of field arti!- teryi forty fis fi?9yy stego guus, largo atores of fixed ammunition, three thousand small arms, and two hundred prisoners, including one colonel, three captains, and four lieutenants. The enemy left a large number of dead on tho field. They escaped by tho cars to Goldsborough, burn* ing the bridges over the Trent and Claremont, and firing the city of Newbern. No extensive damage waa done to the place. We lost about one hundred hilled and four hundred wounded. Mostly belong ing to New England regiments. Rev. O. N. Benton was killed, and Major Legen dre, of the Fifty-first New York, was mortally wounded. Lieut. Colonel Merritt, of tho Twenty third Massachusetts, and Adjutant F. A. Stearns, of the Twenty-first Massachusetts Regiment, of 'Amherst, were also killed, and their bodies are on tfco,way home. Their loss is therefore not certainly known. Before our troops reached this last work they encountered another* which was deserted before they came up. It was in front of this last fortifi cation that the greatest loss was sustained. Our en tire loss is estimated by Major Johnson at 90 killed *md about 40Q wmdsd RRd missing. The force of the rebels is supposed to have been about 3,000. We captured a number of prisoners, including Colonel Amory, who cursed .his soldiers as cowards. Just as the battle terminated, tho fog lifted, and enabled our gunboats, which had been impatiently waiting for an opportunity to participate in tho fights to come up the river; aud our troops wero furnished with means of transportation across the Trent river to Newbern. The rebels attempted to fire the town in their re treat, but were prevented by tho oitisens, who ex tinguished the flames as fast as they were started by the soldiers. None of our generals or any staff officers were either killed or wounded. We captured from thirty to fiftyoannon. The officers of the rebel troops left their private traps behind in their final retreat, and tho men threw away everything. The light terminated it I? o’clock P. M., on Friday, when our troops remain ed masters of the position. 'Still Another Account. BALTHions, Maroli 18 —Sergeant Major D. H. Johnson, of the Twenty-third Massachusetts Regi ment, came passenger by the steainor Commodore , in charge of the bodies of Lieut. Colonel Merritt, of the Twenty-third Massachusetts Regiment, and Adjutant Stearns, of the Twenty-first Massachusetts Regiment, who bravely fell while leading on their regiments in an attack on tbe enemy’s batteries at NA«b*M- From Major Johnson,-who was in tbe fight, we gather the following interesting particulars of the battle: Our troops, under General Burnside, landed on Thursday evening, near the mouth of Swann creek, on the west side of the Neuse river, fifteen miles below Newborn. Owing to the dense fog, the naval vessels did not participate in the fight. Early on Friday morning the fight commenced. Our troops advanced along the county road running paralel with the Neuse river, but a mile or two in the rear. The road wa3 skirted on the west Bide by the railroad and a dense swamp. All along the river side were a series of batteries, which were taken by onr troops, one after another, after some bloody hand>to>hand contests. Oar treops were divided into three brigades, under the command of Generals Reno, Foster, and Parks. TVs advanced gradually, the enemy deserting their guns, until we reached a line of earthworks extending across the road from the river to swamps on the west, a distance of some two miles. These earthworks were very strong. They were located about two miles south of Newbern, and be tween there and the city ran the Trent river. The county road and the railroad both passed through these works and crossed into the city by bridges, In front of these works the rebels had felled a large number of trees, forming an almost impene trable abattis. Here the flying rebels were rallied, and made for a white a desperate stand, Our brave fellows fought until all their ammunition was spent, when an or der to charge bayonets was given, and the works were finally taken at the point of the bayonet, tho enemy flying like frightened sheep, leaving every thing behind them. In Iheir retreat they burnt the bridges communi cating with the town, over both tho county road and the railroad. As they had trains of oara in their rear just aeroas the bridges, they were of course able to carry off their wounded and dead. The Mews of Burnside’s Victory in Washington. Washington, March 18.— Tho intelligence (unofficial) received here of the oapturo of Newbern, North Carolina, after a hard-fought battle, has added to the general joy, especially as it is considered that we have thereby seoured groat military advantages, and placed the safety of Burn side beyond question. Secessionists at St. Joseph, Missouri. General Loan, of the Missouri State militia, in command at St. Joseph, is stirring up the rebels by a very thorough application of General Halleck’s order, that they be put under bonds or ordered to quit the Sfato. He bus somo half-dozen “highly respectable” gentlemen in jail, a half-dozen others have been ordered to emigrate, others have filed bonds ranging from $l,OOO to $0,000; and, to com plete the list, he had served notices upon thirty in dividuals, giving them ten days to consider which of the threo alternatives they will take. Among those ordered to leave the State are Isaac N. Sham b&ugh, member ef the Legislature a year ago, among whose personal papers were found docu ments that will be of interest to the future historian who shall write up the secession of Missouri. Tho St. Joseph Herald, a new Union paper, says tho proceedings of General Loan have thrown tho “ Secesh” into great confusion, and those who had not been sent to jail were caucusing among them selves whether it would not be better for them to do so, aa martyrs, than to make confessions of their guilt by giving bonds. The half-dozen already in jail were living like nabobß, supplied with ail the delicacies by their friends outside. Major William N. Albin is tho provost marshal of St. Joseph, and his guards arrest ail who appear on the street without leave, after ten o’olook at night. Bar rooms are imperatively closed day and night. TWO CENTS. LATE SOUTHERN NEWS. Burnside's and Goldsborowgk's Frocla maiion to the People of Rorili Caro- The Richmond Dispatch of March 12, has the following comments on the proclamation of Gera. Burnside and Commodore Goldsborough l , to tbe people of North Carolina, published in l The Pra? some weeks ago. The Dispatch says: As soon as the Yankees get a foothold on-Southern soil, their leaders issue a proclamation, in which they entertain us with a description of their character and purposes. According to their own account of tbWnselves, they are the most humane and honest people in tbe world, and ha?e no- in* tention of interfering with the property or rights* of abybudy, not even with tboir lives, they will get out of their way. Burnside and Golds borough Eay of themselves and fho murderous and marauding crew, whose bands are steeped' in Southern blood: “We are Christians as well as yourselves, and we profess to know full well, and to feel profoundly, the same obligations of tho' character. ’ * If they had not said this, we should cer tainly never have discovered it from their conduct. We have it from an eye witness that they commit ted all sorts of depredations on Roanoke Island, as they have everywhere else where they have ob tained a footing. They say: “ The Southern lead ers have imposed upon your credulity by telling you of wicked and even diabolical intentions on our part jof our desire to destfoy yoqj- freyd f ?Hii d - moiish your property, liberate your slaves, injure your women, and such enormities, all of which, wo assure you, is not only ridiculous, but utterly and wilfully false.” Perhaps tho veracious Burnside company would have us believe that the war did not begin With a proclamation of li Beauty and booty ” in New York; that the women, when the soldiers left that city, did not invoke each of them to bring back tbe head of a Southern man, and that the New Y’ork Tribune did not declare that tho war should not end till Southern man were driven from their homes, and were compelled to look upon then* wives and chil dren famished and in rags. If he Bays all this is falsehood, ho must charge it upon the New York papers, wn*ained these statements, and not upon the Southern leaders. Perhaps he will also deny that Northern soldiers, on their WAy to Wash ington, declared that they did not intend to leave an unpolluted household in all Virginia, and that the letter-begs seized by our army at Mfaoaaaas were full of letters invoking them to this hellish treatment of women. Whether he denies it or not, the fact can be proved by better men than himself, and by the letters themselves, which- still remain in Southern hands; or, when he denounces as false hood their intention to kidnap Southern slaves, he is not aware of the fact thttp tho staTOS Of CTOry Secessionist have been taken from his by Ltoooln r s orders whenever tbe Northern army have been able to do it. When he denies that our property is $9 be demolished, h© has never heard of Southern houses and barns Bet on fire, nor of wholesale confiscation acts. When he says that it is a “ ridi culous falsehood” that the Yankees desire to de stroy our freedom, he is ignorant of Port Lafayette, fort Warren, and other Yankee baatilea, and knows nothing of the thirty respecrable citi&ens of Ale*- dri&. who have been lately torn from their homes to join the long procession of exiles from their na tive land to Yankee prisons. Burnside, avers that “ the desolating war has been brought gpQg your State (North Carolina) by comparatively a few bad men in your midst* Influenced infinitely more by the worse passions of human nature than by any share of elevated reason, they are still urging you astray to gratify their unholy passions.” The man that wroto this kn&w full W4ll that Norik Oafollaa, like Virginia, never dreamed of leaving the old Union till she was driven out by Lincoln’s procla mation, calling for an army of 75,000 men, and that the war began by the squadron sent by the game tyrant to reinforce Fort Sumpter. He might also know, if he knew anything of Southern sentiment, that tife leaders are far behind the people in the energy and fire of their resistance to Northern invasion. Who is it that ha 3 filled these armies, which the Northern journals protend are larger than their own ? Is it not an army Of volunteers, composed of the people, in which every Southern family has a representative, and some as many as twenty; mothers giving uptheir darling children and wives their husbands, and urging them io die rather than permit the 3qV>jugfttj;93 pf fholT native land. If the Soulh had an abundance of arms there would to-day be a million of volunteers in the field. Who has clothed this army, and pro vided them with all the comforts they have enjoyed ? Who has tab on tbvra into private houses and nursed them when sick, as if they were their own-children ? The people! Never was there a movement so pro foundly and universally a popular movement as the Southern war of defence. Let us toll Mr. Burnside that if the people whom he considers the dupes of wicked leaders had had their way after tho battle of Manassas, in which he and other Yankee gene rals made such excellent time, ho would not now be vaporing on tho coast of North Carolina. The battle would have been followed up, Washing ton seized. Lincoln and his Cabinet either caught or caged, Maryland emancipated, and the North invaded. If be docs not know he ought to thftt It is tbe 11 wicked Southern leaders ” have marked out a rigid defensive policy that the North has not been made to taste the sweets of that war which they have brought upon the South, 'and that if the universal sentiment of . tbe SonUtorn people had been, carried out by their Government, the wretches who have invaded us would have been made before this time to pay com pound interest, with fire and sword, for every in suit t 9 Southern soil) for every Southern roof dree destroyed) and every drop of Southorn Mood which has been shed. Burnside and Goldsborough consider men to be “ influenced by the worst passions of human na ture” who revolt at tho politioal and eomnureial domination of the North, and who do not consider Yankeeism the most pure, benign, and unselfish of human institutions. But from that opinion the Southern people differ. They hate from their heart of hearts the whole festering mass of hypo critical, cruel, and bloody invaders. The only dis tinction between them and their leaders is, that the leaders are for mere defence; the people for aggression ; thc.l.aders for independence only ; the people from the Peteuee to Ike Rio Grande, for liberty and for vengeance. The Wonderful Naval Victory. [From the liichmond Dispatch, March ll.] W e have scarcely recovered from tho astonish ment with which the whole town was thunderstruck at the astoimding news on Sunday. The annals of naval warfare contain no parallel to this extraor dinary achievement. It stands alone, unprece dented , and at a single blew has revolutionized the whole system of naval warfare. That a single ves sel, and that not of a large size, could be so con structed and so controlled as to demolish three of the largest and most powerful men-of-war in the world, is a prodigy which we can scarcely credit even now. And yet it is so. Tho Virginia , aided by two or threo side-wheel steamers and gunboats, has sent to the bottom three war ships, which were the pride of the United States and the wonder of the world. Hampton Roads, where hostile fleets and transports have so long rode in safety and defi ance, is now a more unsafe place for the strongest Federal ships than the mid-ocean in a tornado. The “ perfect failure”—as the Yankees pronounced the Virginia— has proved the most brilliant suooess of naval architecture, and her heroic oommander, his officers and men, as well as their comrades of the other vessels, have covered themselves with glory. Ever since 1842 the United States have been con structing an floating iron battery, called the Stevens battery, at Hoboken, opposite New York, every few years making large appropriations for it, until the aggregate amounted to one million of dollars. Its operations were oondneted with the most pro found secrecy, not even naval officers being per mitted to examine it. And yet within the lost two months a committee appointed by the Federal Congress have decided against it. The Merrimac (now the Virginia) was prepared for her purpose less than a year ago, and constructed amidst diffi culties and embarrassments which few oan conceive of. Yet those engaged in her persevered with a de termination only equalled by the vast energy with which she was fought, and.she has already done her work. She proved a remarkable triumph of South orn mechanical skill and of Southern valor, andhos inaugurated a system of coast defence which, if vi gorously pursued, can do more to break tho block ade and rid our coast of a fiendish foe than the combined navies of England and France. Let the South now prepare to dispute in earnest ike N ortheirii demliuoh of OiiV karborS. We must have powerful iron ships hereafter, and they ought to be built without a moment’s delay. >Vo must have twenty Virginias, In the mean time, the one we have —tbo “ Colossus of Roads,” lis some wit bns already clubbed her—oan dispose of any Yaiikee ships and transports that aspires to a sure au<| speedy descent to Davy Jones lockoj\ Rebel News from North Carolina. Tho Norfolk Day Book of March 11, says: Beaufort, N. C., March 5,1802. As this is an important point iQ a military view, and as public attention has been directed t-ere by the recent arriral in this harbor of the Confederate steamer I opine that a line or two from this quarter will not bo ttfi&Majsl&bU to you? readers. The Nashville is now quietly lying at her moor ings near Morehead City, and tho blookaders are in full view of the prey they have been so eager to dutch The gallant Fegrau was fully equal tt his trek, and will doubtless, ere the war shall olose, teach the Yankees that they do not carry a broom at their masthead to sweep the seas. Although the blockading squadron has been increased since the arrival of the yet none of them dare venture within range of the gnns of Fort Macon. A gentleman, in whom the most implicit reliance can be placed, arrived here yesterday from Porta month, the extreme eastern limit of this oounty, and reports that there are at least one hundred vessels at iZatteras, supposed to be roiaforcotnenta for General Burnside. Our forces at Suffolk, I trust, are ready to give him a warm reception— aye, to send him baok to the codfish and onions of his native New England, as a more congenial clime for hia patriotism and military prowess. In reading the various papers that claim to Con tain Jbo current nows of the day, I hnvo soon no mention of the fact that tho Yankees have sunk several stone vessels at Ooraooke Inlet, in this State. Since committing such a crime against humanity at the said inlet, no blockading vessel has beer stationed there, as they doubtless con sider that they have effectually and permanently closed it against all commerce. If anything of marked importance should ooour in this Yisioityi I will promptly »d vi3o tho reador3 of thaAVv 800 - of the faot. The Movements of Gen. Johnston s Re- bel Army. A correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial , writing from Nashville, (Tenn.,) under date March 8, says: A number of parties arrived from the South during the last fort,-eight hours, and brought in formation of tbe movements and whereabouts of the robel forces that retreated from Nashville three weeks Blnce. They all state that the mala body has passed over various roads into Northern Ala bama, more than a week ago, and that all remains of Confederate soldiery upon Tennessee soil are stragglers end bands of marauders, detailed te gather transportation, provisions, and forage. It was commonly reported in Huntsville and Florenoa, Alabama, that Johnston had not over 8,000 effeotive men with-him, having lost several thousand upon THE WAR PRESS. In Was Fhssb will be sent to subscriber, by m»ti (per muhud In advwnce) At............, .99*09' Three Ooplea " " 6.00 Firs « <• “ 8.00 lan ■< “ “ T 9. SO Larsor Olnbi will be ohvgod at tka nan ratn, thus 90 cobles will cost £24; 80 copies will cost £80; ant 10# cobles *l2O. For a Club of Twenty-one or OTer* we will send m Extra Copy to the getter-up of the Club. ■ST Poston enters ere requested to Bet Be Agents fov Tub Was Press. •7* AdTertlsementa Inserted at the usual rales. ENa Knee cosetltnte s sunare. his retreat by desertion and strangling, It wormy understood in Northern Alabama, that Johnston's 1 object in retreating wits to place himself again in' direct rarlrond communication* via the Memphis’ Bid Chnricsion Railroad, with the western porllott of his department \ that tbe defence of Northern Alabama would be left to the militia of that State, and that ho, with tbo remnants of hie ttrmj and the reinforcements ho expeeted to obtain from the Must mtd Souihr would twstinac auob a position in West Ttanesseo an would enable him to eo-operate with the forces under .Beauregard in tbo defence of Memphis and the Mississippi river. Ills plan may be very good, but it is difficult to 3CC ho,, be trill mm tbe nettna of rralbring it* Armies arc act create* in weeks, and even if tbo general call to arms i» Tennessee, Alabama, and feisrisaippi should be responded to, the mob of men that will thue be gathered, will rather weaken than strengthen tbe rebel cause. As to Tennessee, Goy, Ha;riß' fifth and lost callon tho militia of tho Staio will have no better effect than his previous mea sures for voluntary nnd ; forced recruits for the rebel armies. Accounts from Eastaud Middle Tennessee all agree that no attention whatever is ho paid to it in there parts of tbo fcState, liven iu Western Ten nessee no general levy can possibly be made, owing’ to the want of tivie, s arms; c a nip equipage, etc., etc. A few thousand may perhaps-be got together at Memphis, and other towns; but they will dis pone as readily upon 'tie Approach of tho Federal, army, as did the drafted militia, of this viclnitjgg There were two regiments organized in thißCoaimS Not one in ten, however, linked Ins- fortunes3jQ| those of the retreating Confederates. That ra*® 9? ife? TeuDMseftns; notwithstanding reaiculous bombast of their leaden and new pers, would rather live and be subjugated by (£5! Yankees; than die in the glorious cause of Southeral rights,-is arnyly demonstrated* by the fact that there are at this moment, at least one thousand able bodied men quietly contemplating the Yankee inva sion in this city. And so - it- will be in other parts of the Slate, and Alabama and* Mississippi. If Gen. Buell’s army shall have an opportunity to meet tbe enemy in battle on its march to the Gulf, it will do b&ttof than I osput. Another Account of the Evacuation of New Madrids The Chicago Tost of Sunday contains the follow ing despatch frvm its Cairo correspondent; Cairo, March 15—IVo have won-another glo rious viotory at New Madrid. Tho rebels barely saved their personal liberty for the present by ma tting away, as did Floyd, under cover of night, but leaving everything behind them» The amount of W&? rhuhitioDß and stores we have taken is im mense. Gen. Pope arrived at New Madrid ten daya-agOf and took up a position some four miles behind the place, strei-glbctiieg it so as to be secure against a surprise, when, leaving a competent ioroetnem he proceeded with his main oowmana to Point Pleasant, some twelve or fifteen miles below. The river at Island No. 10 takes a bend, so that, whilst that island is just below the Tennessee line. New Madrid is geographically some miles above it, Point Pleasant being only a little west of south of the Island. Heavy batteries having been planted at Point Pleasant, operations were commenced at New Madrid) skirmishing going on for several days* The rebel gunboats were the only serious obstacle in out way, and, to overcome this, General Pope sent, early this week, for some heavy guns, which* were promptly forwarded from Cairo. Daring the night of Wednesday, three guns were placed in battery within close range of the enemy's works t and at daylight Thursday morning tho engagement proper commenced. General Stanton was ordered to take the right, supporting four heavy siege guns commanded by Colonel Morgan, General Hamilton the centre, General Paine the left, and General Palmer in the rear of General Hamilton, and was ordered to at tack tbe town. When within three-quarters of a mile of New Madrid, the rebel gunboats opened fire on oar eolumn and SMUptlUd tkm to fall back. Patna fell back on Palmer’s division, and, after consult ing, they sent a message to General Pope, and ho ordered them to f&U back. General Paine then ordered three guns of Dodge’s battery to fire into the enemy, ami, as soon as tho enemy got the range of our guns, we withdrew. The Tenth Illinois; supporting the siege guns, lost eight killed, and from fifteen to twenty wounded. (Japtain Carr, of the same regiment, was killed while pissing ssms pickets ob Wednesday night. Earl; Thursday morning, one or our slogs guns was struck by a shot from the enemy, which broke off about ten inches of it, killing four and wounding six. Our battery kept up a continual fire all day, and was answered by eight rebel gunboats. During the night the rebels fled-across the river, leaving all their gucß. ammunition, tents, baggaga, and a large quantity of horses. The e&einy numbered about six thousand, Their loss was considerable. Ours was about fifty. John Bell Ac Co, A correspondent, writing from Nashville on the 9th instant, says : I make no question that the final giving way of a few old and eminent Union men was the imme diate cause of Tennessee's recreancy These man are John Bell, Neale S. Brown, and the EwtOg brothers. These four could have saved Tennessee. John Bell was entreated not to make that first speech for secession which turned against him the whole North. He was entreated Iffiplcred again by hie most intimate political and personal friends not to repeat that speech in East Tennessee. He was incorrigible. He spoke. He fell. Ho buried himself in the ruins of bis own State. The lips of chivalry saj John Bell was beside hlmsalC that he regents those scandalous speeches. Such charity is mischievous. He was not over-persuaded - unless, indeed, he was over-persuaded by hia friends, old and near, who still stood steadfast in the faith; counting it all j&y to suffix fa? ike dear sake. No, let the truth be told in all its dreidfut and appalling proportions. If John Bell had sim ply stood firmly beßide Russell Houston, even doing nothing, saying nothing, Nashville would have for jay luutd &£ a.sullen Lead over the entrance'of the Federal army. What wonder if shame keeps John Bell from his home, hie fami ly, his native eiby—from the sight of the flag, m beautiful and holy, that he has in his ingratitude d«eertod and defamed ! An end of such men, May their generation fait from among the childrea of tbe republic. We need a loyalty that no threats can intimidate, no wealth purchase, no promises se duce. Ten righteous men would hare saved Sodom, five would have saved Tennessee, Blockade of the Rio Grande. Through Havana comes the news that the mouth of the Rio Grande is vigilantly blockaded by the sloop.of.war Portsmouthi Tho right to olosa a river dividing our own from the Mexican Republio, may not be literally sustainable; but there is every reason to believe the exercise of a reasonable sur veillance will cot be objectionable to the Govern ment w ip that of noy State preserving friendly relations with tho United States, What is accomplished by a coast-guard at that particular point is not only a check upon intercourse between Texas and Cuba by way of Matamoras and Browns ville, but a dcinpnstffllion that neither Franoe or England is covertly nullifying tbe blockade by en couraging tho shipment to Southern produce ta Europe through Mexico. Thus justice is dene to all parties, ineludicg the rebels, who alone suffer. Their afflictions are, however, only fy; g SOgSOli A few weeks and the blockade will be raised, — Hew York Times. The Tax Bill. We find in a Boston paper the following estimate of the tax to each family of four persons of eco nomical habits, arising from the revenue as re ported : From 200 pound, sugar, tariff. $5 0# “ 6 pouuda tea << bb pounds coffee, “ »» •... 2 W n spices, “ say.. “ dried fruit u say.. “ 4 b&rrrels Hour, tax «♦ meat—Bay % a beeve, 2 hogs. 1 mutton.... n 2 gallons spirits, whisky, Ac.J)..., <« si> pounds soap, tax.............' “ 12 gallons kerosene oil, tax ** hardware, crockery, &c., tax, say tt clothing, say $l5O, at 3 per cent.. 4GO silver plate, tax 59 “ 1 fiilTfMTfttflb tftXii mii imn im»m» t n M “ railroad travel tax, 5ay...109 An average of $5 per head; this, multiplied by the 32,000.000 population of the country, gives us tha round sum of $160,000,000 tsvonus. This estimate is a very moderate one, and only applies to tbe neoessaries of life. There are various other articles whioh are considered indispensable to a family which are not Inoluded in the estimate. AS the Southern States are not yet subdued, and no revenue can be derived yet from them, we must take the population of the loyal States as that whioh must bear the burden for the present, Twenty-two millions of people to bear an annual taxation of $160,000,000— some estimates puke the sum neces sary much highor—will be equal to a tax of over $7 per head to each member of a family This tax will reaoh every one, for being laid upon every ar ticle of consumption, it oannot be avoided, and is necessary and proper for the support ef the Go vernment in its present extremity. A Jocular Epistle from Buckner. The rebel General Buckner has written the fol lowing letter from bis beadquorters at Fort War ren, to the editors of the Louisville Journal : Font Warren, Maes., March 4,1802. Gentlemen : Amongst other luxuries of whioh I have been deprived since my imprisonment, ia the pleasure of perusing those ohaste and refresh, ing notices with whioh, for some time past, your paper bos honored me: and although in my pro gress through the North I have met with many at tempts on the part of tho press at an imitation of your peculiarly felicitous style of misrepresenta tion, I have found none to equal the original. I am therefore under tho necessity of applying to the fountain-head. I enclose two dollars, for whioh please send me your country daily, to the follow ing address• Gen. 8. B. Buckner, Care of Col. J. Dimiok, Fort Warren, Mars. p. S.—Sinoe writing the above, our friend, Col. R. w. Hanson, has reached this celebrated resort, and desires me to add that the present of a demi jehn of whisky which he learns yen have premised him would never be more acceptable than at this time—the locality and the latitude, as well as tha sentiments of onr neighbors up tho harbor, holding out most tempting inducements to cultivate a taste for that delightful beverage. As a matter of oan lion, however, he urgeß ns to add that hi hopes, if the liquor be of good quality, you will not ven ture to taste it, as he might thereby inour muoh risk in losing it altogother—a privation wbieh, how ever agreeable to yourself, would be attended with serious inconrenienoo to himself during tha pra* valence of tho prevailing “nor'easters.” S. B. B. Lieut. Baum, of the Twenty-seventh Pennsyl vania volunteers, acting asordnanoe offioer on On, Hooker’s Btaff, and John 0. Gregg, telegraph ope rator, went to the Virginia Bide on Tuesday, for an independent stroll and exploration of the late re bel camps. They succeeded in passing the rebel niobaisi anil hays, no doubt, been Uktn, as they have not returned to their oamp, The wife of n Union man, in tbe vicinity of Dumfries, report! having seen the rebel scouts panting her house with two prisoners. sft 3ft Ss ~ 120 s2o 0#
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