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FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1862,
RETRACT FROM THE LAST SPEECH OF
STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS.—II Tha camapirac,
iu bnsbiS tha liin ii a tact u« known u
all. Arm&em are being raised, and war levied
*te accomplish it. There caa be bat two sides
its the ceatroversT. Everv man mast be on the
'side si the United Slates sr against it, . There
* can be no aeatrals in this war. There can be
nan bat patriots and traitors.'*
THE LATEST WAR NEWS.
Oar correspondent at Fortress Monroe informs us
that Gapt. Buchanan, of the rebel steamer Mcrri
■mac, is certainly dead. He was compelled to suffer
an amputation, from the shook of which he expired
upon the followingd&y. The election for Congress
man from the Fortress Monroe district, which took
place last week, has resulted in the choioe of Hon.
Joseph Segar.
The rumor which we published yesterday, to the
effeot that William L. Yancey, one of Jeff Davis’
commissioners to Europe, had been oaptured, is in
a degree confirmed .by a telegram from Fortress
Monroe. Yancey was on board a schooner cap
tured while attempting to run the blockade. He
was habited in a seaman’s garb, but he wa3 never
theless recognized by a correspondent of the press
Who happened ie be on board the Federal vessel.
The despatch does not state what disposition was
made of the distinguished “ fire-eater,” but it is
possible that he is new on bis way te Pert Warren
or some other such congenial place.
Since the occupation of Tennessee by our troops,
the Union citizens have become emboldened and
oufspoh&i- The people of Gallatin, through Bailie
Peyton, who Is said to he a thorough loyalist, have
petitioned the Government to establish a post office
in their midst—a request which will be complied
with. Similar petitions have been presented by
other towns.
The recent operations of Commodore Dupont
and General Sherman on the Southern coast are
-graphically described by our special correspondents
in several letters which we publish this morning.
Great credit is due to these officers and their com
mands for the valuable achievements which we
have recorded.
By the arrival of the steamer Fulton at New
York yesterday, from Ship Island, we learn that a
TQGonnoisg&noe was made by our forces, about two
weeks ago, as far as Mississippi City ; two compa
nies went over to the mainland in a steamer. This
small force was attacked by about two thousand
TebelS, Whose presence at this -point had not been
known to the Federal officers. The two companies
of Union troops, of course, retreated, the rebels
firing upon them ■ Qae man eaiy was wmsif ia
jurod, and the casualties were few.
A rumor was current at Ship Island that a battle
had taken place at Galveston, Texas, between the
people and the Confederate forces. It was under
stood to have resulted from the dissatisfaction of
the populace with some action of the Confederates;
but no particulars were given, and the news is by
no means well authenticated.
Our Western correspondent has written us an
other agreeable letter from Nashville, which will
convey an adequate idea of the present condition
of the redeemed city, and of the Sentiment of its
inhabitants upon the all-absorbing question of na
nationality.
£The bomlmfent of Island Jfo, IQ still con
tinues. The gunboat and mortar fleet are throwing
their shot and'shell into the enemy’s works with
terrible effect, and Commodore Foote say every
thing has heen completely successful so far. The
rebel gunboats renewed their attack on General
Pope’s batteries at Hew Madrid, but were foroed to
lOtixe-
Further particular^of the late battle in Hew
Mexico has been received. The Union forces lost
B 2 killed and 140 wounded, together with six field
pieces. The Texans, at the latest accounts, were
thirty-six miles north of Fort Craig, under com
mand of Colonel Steele. Colonel Canby’s (Federal)
force were at the fort, but all communication with
them was cut off. A large lot of Government stores
had been burned to prevent their falling into the
hands of the rebels.
Congress Yesterday,
Senate. —A petition was presented asking the
passage of a law for the protection and improve
ment of the Indians. The bill for the reorganization
of the Navy Department was taken up, and passed
with amend men is.
House. —Mr. Hickman, from the Committee on
the Judiciary, reported back the several bills and
ICgtititions relative to the confiscation of rebel pro
perty, with an adverse recommendation, together
with a minority report. The reports wore received,
but further action waß postponed. The tax bill
drags its slow length along. Xbe item of lager was
yesterday made the subject of a humorous dohftte-
Pennsylvania Legislature.
Sekate.—Mr. Connell presented a bill relative
to Calverts in this City, which was ordered to 1)9
printed.
The House resolution, providing for a final ad
journment on the 11th of April, was agreed to.
House. —The act to reduce the capital stock of
the tiirard Bank was passed by a bare majority.
Mr. Thompson presented a preamble and resolu
tions of the School Board, of this city, opposing re
form.
The bill to levy a tax upon bankers and brokers
was passed.
Mr. Armstrong offered a resolution, providing for
the payment'of expenses incurred in properly at
tending to the killed and wounded soldiers of Penn
sylvania.
Mexican Affairs.
There is nothing extraordinary in tho with,
drawal of the British contingent from the in
vading ai'my which some weeks ago took pos
session of Vera Cruz, and threatened to retain
Mexico until certain claims, on the part of
France, Spain, and England, were satisfactorily
met. The. triple treaty is broken up by this
British withdrawal, and here, it may be pre
sumed, ends the manceuvrc of destroying the
republican by establishing the monarchical
form of government in Mexico. The dispute
is to be settled by negotiation instead of by
anna, and the Mexicans have carried tho point
of getting it admitted that the invasion was
uncalled for. This is important, as it will pre
vent the Allied Powers from dropping on
Mexico for the costs of the expedition. In
the end, most probably, Mexico will make (or
promise to make) some engagement for paying
the interest on what she owos.
Some of the Spanish troops have returned
to Cuba. French reinforcements, which had
arrived, were sent bach to France, without
landing. The British troops had taken the
wings of the morning, and departed for Ber
muda, en ron/e for England.
The result of the expedition is as much
(and no more) as could have been obtained,
without resorting to arms. Just now neither
France, Spain, nor England is flush of money,
but very much the reverse. They went to
the expense of sending ah army across the At
lantic, and then the order was—“ bock again.”
The whole affair reminds ns of the old
couplet,
« Tho King of I‘ranco, tilth forty thousand men,
Marchtd up tho hill, and then —inarched down again.”
Several times, since the opening of the Par
liamentary session, auoationg have boon put
to the British Ministry as to this Mexican Ex
pedition. Lord Palmerston cannot afford,
just now, to have a single unpopular issue, and
lias probably obtained the self-conviction that
Napoleon had been too crafty for him. It
shows no small courage, and a great deal of
good sense, for such a statesman as Palmer
ston virtually to confess that he took a wrong
step. No doubt, he sent instructions to Sir
Charles IVvke, the British ; Minister in
Mexico, to withdraw the British troops and.
sOnd them home on the first pretext. A con
tinuous and heavy expense is thus ended, and
the only question is—what remonstrance has
•our Government made, or is to wako, on tho
violation, by the invading Powers, of the
Monroe doctrine? The expedition, it cannot
he denied) did violate it.
Large Sale op Superior Carpeting, Mat
tings, Ac. — rhe early attention of purchasers is
requested to the large and attraotivc assortment
of 300 pieces English velvet, superior tapestry,
Brussels, heavy three-ply, and superfine damask
and plain Venetian stair and hemp carpetings,
white and red checkered Canton mattings,Ac., to
bo peremptorily sold, by catalogue, on a credit of
four months, commencing this morning, at 10 ,
o’clook precisely, by J. B. Myers A Co., auctien
ears, Nos. 232 and 234 Market street.
Appointment dt the President.— Surgeon J.
M. Foltz, United States Navy, has been appointed
“Sttt surgeon” of the Western Gulf Blockading
Squadron, the largest fleet we have ever had under
one command.
It is to be norm that the report of the
capture of the rebel emissary, Yawcet, may
prove to he well founded. The first infor
mation of such a notable event was a vague
rumor that prevailed in the city on Wednes
day. The despatch from Fortress Monroe
which we publish this morning, although not
sufficiently definite to amount to a confirma
tion of the story, has yet an appearance of
probability.
Yakobs, it is said, was taken while dis
guised as an ordinary seaman, en board a
schooner which was endeavoring to run the
blockade. The name of the port for which he
was bound is not stated, nor is there any men
tion of the disposition made of him. Accord
ing to previous accounts, however, he had
taken passage at Havana ostensibly for Mata
moroSj but really for sprite one of the Gulf
ports.
lie was leader of the Breckinridge con
spirators at the Charleston Convention, and a
chief instigator of the present rebellion. For
all that is infamous and despicable his name
stands foremost in the list of treason-plotters.
His appointment as commissioner to Europe
was given as a reward of his perfidy and bitter
hostility to the Union. He is a member elect;
too, of the Secession Senate, from the State
of Alabama, arid probably hurried home to
make further efforts to “fire the Southern
heart” in that arena. A confinement iu the
quiet recesses of Fort Warren will afford him
an admirable opportunity of reflecting upon
the vanity of human ambition, and tho folly
and wickedness of his treasonable schemes. .
IVe no not see why there should be any dif
ficulty about passing the bill for abolishing
slavery in the District of Columbia- If Con
gress adjourns without passing the bill now
before it, it will be regarded as a confession of
weakness and hesitation. If there is one
question on which the minds of all men are
convinced, it is that the capital of a free,
government should not be surrounded
by a system of slavery. Tho plan is so
just and feasible that there can be no
practical objection to its being carried into
effect. As a measure of justice, it is de
manded. As an experiment., it deserves
a trial. TYe have, as yet, made no effort look
ing to a practical solution of the emancipation
problem. The country is anxious to know if
such a thing is feasible, even in the narrow
limits of the District of Columbia. It is
anxious to accomplish the freedom of the
servile race on ten miles square—simply to
know what would he the probable effect of tho
same system inaugurated on a larger scale.
We do not know what specific scheme will be
adopted—only it is to be hoped that the mea
sure will not be lost while quarreling over its
details, Senator Datis proposes to remove
the emancipated negroes from the Dis
trict to Hayti or Liberia, whether they desire
it or not. This would bo a cruel measure, we
Gunk, and unnecessarily harsh. Senator
Doolittle is more reasonable. He proposes
colonization as a voluntary measure, and wants
tbe Government to remove all negroes willing
to leave. Of course, thure will be compensa
tion to tho owners. Some Senators intimated
a desire to so amend the bill as to free the
slaves without compensating their masters.
This will not be done, and we should be sorry
to see it done. Instead of being a measure of
justice to the black race, it would be a mea
sure of injustice to the white race, and, as
such, would bo denounced by the country.
Whatever is done with the slaves, let us have
no more slavery in the capital of the nation.
Wo think the bill will be passed, and we hope
to record its passage speedily.
One of the most infamous features of the
{Secession conspiracy is-the employment of
a largo band of Indians to make savage war
fare upon our troops. This fact, though often
questioned, is sorrowfully proved by the de
tailed descriptions of the battle at Pea Bidge,
where someof our wonnded were scalped by
these barbarous foes. They wore enlisted and
commanded by Albert Pike, who was born
in the North, and upon whose soul must rest
forever the guilt of a double treason, added to
tbe infamy of a double wrong, in leading tbe
simple-minded children of tbe forest to de
struction, and in arousing all their bloody in.
stincts against his countrymen. No punishment
could be too severe for a traitor who has
thus violated every insliuct of patriotism and
humanity, and who, knowing too much of the
North to be duped by the slanders that may
have imposed upon some of his ignorant
associates, has exceeded them all in cold,
blooded cruelty.
Our supplies of Southern products are
gradually being increased by the advance
movements and victories of our troops.
General Burnside captured at Newbern large
quantities of naval stores. By nearly every
arrival from Port Koyal shipments of cotton
are sent to the North. The steamer Atlantic,
which reached New York yesterday, had on
board nine hundred bales of Sea Island and
twenty-eight bales Florida upland. In Ten
nessee large cotton and tobacco districts are
now under our control; and Kentucky, which
is entirely rescued from the enemy, is one of
the greatest tobacco-producing States of the
Union. Some of the finest rice fields of South
Carolina are in the immediate vicinity of the
district occupied by General Sherman.
TTill the gentlemen who see in the bill for
emancipating slaves in the District of Colum
bia the inauguration of an attempt to inter
fere with the system of slavery everywhere
throughout the country remember that it is
no new measure Congress is now debating—
no sudden impulse of those opposed to
slavery—but a mature and sotted measure
of public policy. Nearly forty years ago the
question was discussed and advocated even
by men of the Democratic party. In 1817,
Mr. Lincoln, then a Whig Representative
from the State of Illinois, offered a bill
providing for the abolition of slavery; and in
passing the Compromise Measures of 18-30,
Congress, by abolishing the slave trade in the
District, took a natural and necessary step to
wards accomplishing the final result. This
very just and righteous measure deserves to
become a law, and public sentiment will justi
fy its immediate enactment.
If tiik institution of slavery created a class
of arrogant despots, and made them strong
enough to attack the Government of the
United States, what limit could have been set
to tlieir ambition and wwHy if thsy had b§?n
permitted to proceed, without check, in their
usurping career ? Now that wc have them in
our grasp, is it not our imperative duty to
sirike at them boldly, strongly, and every
where ?
The New Napoleou Peerage.
The Emperor Nauoleon, rather than quar
rel with his Legislature, has withdrawn his
proposition to endow General Montauuan,
whom he had lately created Count de Palikao,
with $lO,OOO per annum, during his own life,
and also during the lives of his heirs. It was
only last year that Nauoleon allowed his
Legislature to have liberty of speech and
action. They have commenced to exercise
their newly-acquired power by refusing to
grant an hereditary annuity, for a man and his
heirs, on the demand of the Emperor. They
are willing to let the successful General and
newly-made Count have it for life, but there
they rest.
Montauuan, when he found that his dotation
was to be combated, wrote to Napoleon, de
clining it altogether, and this drew forth an
Imperial missive, in which France was classed
among the degenerate HfttkflS which dole
out public gratitude. 51 In this, Napoleon
yielded to his temper, which he rarely does.
So fully was he persuaded of the indiscretion
of liis letter to General Montauuan, that liu
did not consult his Ministers about it. They
lirst saw it in the Muniteur, and M. Fould,
Who supervises that oiiici.it journal, did not
receive it with « the proofs' s —a term familiar,
at least, to all printers and writers.
Napoleon wants to found a nobility of the
Second Empire, as his mmlu did of tho First.
Thus, he made Pelissier Duke of Malakoff,
and McMahon, Duke of Magenta—titles gainod
from foreign victories, like Montaudan’s
Countship of Palikao, from China. In 1830,
when Napoleon made'his attempt at Stras
bourg, one of his companions-in-arms was
Mohtaubah. In 1817, when Aei> £L IvAUVIL
surrendered, it was to Colonel Montauuan.
Against him, therefore, there can be no per
sonal objection, but—the Corps Legislatif does
not approve of a new Napoleon peerage.
Key. Tresham D. Gregg.—A good photograph,
carte de I'lSitt size, of this well-known Irish clergy
man, now k PMi-Ufth, has jttll hack jaiihliahed
by McAllister A Brother.
LETTER FROM » OCCASIONAL.”
WasiiiSOTOs, March 20, 1862
“ What have I done that mine enemy should
praise me?” was the question of one who
found himself landed by those whom ho had
every reason to doubt arid despise. It is a
fact, abundantly proved, that General McClel
lan is the object of the especial idolatry of the
men in the free States who hate equally the
Administration aud the war. That he has
many friends among the Republicans is fre
quently proved; but that his most public and
most noisy advocates are in the Breckinridge
faction is notorious. Gen. McClellan cannot
complain that his plans should be criticised.
This has been the lot of every military leader
from the old thnos to the new. He was placed
upon a dazzling and a dizzy eminence, when he
was called to ilie head of the American army.
He succeeded the oldest and the ablest and
the bravest of American soldiers, who was
himself the subject of captious complaint and
exacting inquiry; and when the young super
seded the ancient chief, it was because the
former was supposed to be the embodiment of
that progress in which the latter was alleged
to have failed. The long delay and inaction
of General McClellan on this line has revived
this spirit among many who hailed him as the
representative of their own wishes; and this
class is not confined to one political party. It
must not be forgotten, that whan General
McClellan was summoned from Western Vir
ginia to Washington by a Kepublican Presi
dent, sustained by the acclamations of a Re
publican people, the Breckinridge partisans,
who now hold him forth as a persecuted man,
treated him as coldly as they have always
treated the cause lie was appointed to espouse
and rescue. They looked upon tko war as a
war of injustice and subjugation, as they look
upon it now; and upon the Administration
having it immediately in charge as unworihy
of confidence. Then, It was Winfield §cott
whom they regarded as wronged, because
he was, they contended, forced to retire upon
a partisan clamor. A T ow, without abating
their hostility to the great cause ol the coun
try, or withholding any ene of their unjust
judgments of the Administration, (even while
trying to separate Mr. Lincoln from his party
friends by alleging that ho is not responsible for
their acts,) they cover General McClellan with
false commendation, and vaunt his high de
servings, because (hey believe a veto opportunity
is here presented to divide the people and to em
barrass the President and his Cabinet. It is no
uncommon thing to hear his praises sounded
in Congress by men notorious for tlieir oppo
sition equally to tlie war and the Administra
tion. Among the volunteer defenders of the
young Major General are newspapers which
hint at the contingency of making Gene
ral McClellan the Democratic (Breckin
ridge) candidate for President in 1864. and
intimate that the apprehension of this alone
awakens the alarm of certain Republican politi
cians. The compliments of such partisans
are always to be distrusted, especially in such
times as these. I have said that General
McClellan has been complained of; but so
have many of the bravest and best of our chief
officers. A people who feel so profoundly for
their Government, and who pay so dearly in
life and treasure that it may be "maintain
ed, have a - right to utter tlieir feelings
in regard to their agents, civil and mili
tary; and whether they have it or not,
they will exercise it. This people gave
to their general their full confidence at the
first, and, if it has been somewhat weakened,
they will give it again the moment they feel
that, evea in impulse, they asked and ex
pected too much from him. He has been
most discreet and reticent. I grant that he
has had much to do and to undo—much to bear
and to forbear. Possibly, under such a stress,
he has allowed flatterers of the bad school to
which we may trace so many of our national
troubles, to exaggerate the suspicions and the
censures of some public men • and, if he has,
tliisisonly natural. But he should keep in mind
that no man, who has done his part in this
mighty struggle for freedom, can ever gain by
listening to, or being affected by, the partisans
whose interest lies in a disgraceful compro
mise or a humiliating peace with traitors.
There are too many brave and self-sacrificing
men engaged in that struggle, who see that the
way to the gratification of a noble ambition is
by another path, to render this effort of the
Breckinridge leaders successful. General
McClellan, most fortunate heretofore, is still
more fortunate in the splendid opportunity of
achieving a great victory over the traitors now
presented to him. If he grasps it, he will be
worthy of the gratitude of his countrymen.
But no man, not even Washington himself,
could succeed if he permitted himself to yield
to partisans, whose great object is to turn this
war to the baEe purpose of defeating a juyt
Administration, or of bringing back into
. power tbe pro-slavery authors of the present
war.
We cannot too sedulously keep ift VleW th&t
these partisans look to the recovery of Federal
powerfor one orfortlie other ofthese purposes.
Their programme is already laid down. ' It is
written in all their resolutions, spoeelias, and
editorials. Concealed but real sympathy for
the traitors, attacks upon Mr. Lincoln and his
friends, hostility to the war tax, exaggerations
of the war debt, and misrepi-esentatioas of ail
the legislation of the present Congress, consti
tute their programme. No successful soldier
of this great contest for human freedom and
for constitutional supremacy, will ever heark
en to the counsels or the praise of such dis
contents without doing injustice to his
country and inflicting eternal disgrace upon
himself.
'The brave men in our army and navy,
leaders and followers, cannot be diverted from
tile issues involved in the war by the assaults of
the sympathizers with Secession upon « Black
Republicans’ 5 and “ Abolitionists.” Say what
you please against these latter, all their in
stincts and interests are indissolubly identi
fied with the triumph of our arms. That they
did not precipitate the conflict, is established
by ten thousand evidences, the most authori
tative being that of tbe traitors themselves,
who thirsted for strife, and rejected compro
mise because they believed war would re
sult in their own independence. The
Republicans (for there are comparatively
few Abolitionists among the Republicans)
may sometimes go to extremes, equal
ly in their remedies for the rebellion as
in their criticisms upon our military leaders.
But those who denounce them, and labor to
invoke Democratic prejudices against them,
because the Republicans demand unfor
giving rigor against the traitors, and also be
cause tliey insist that our military leaders
shall not treat these traitors as if they
had simply offended against some civil
statute or social law, should keep in mind
the iact that, wild and vicious as the Republi
cans niay have been, or are, they have not
sought the life of this Government, assassina
ted its ablest defenders, and invoked against
it the hideous and nameless auxiliaries of
ravage warfare- As partisans, the Republi
cans may be criticised; but he who attempts
to defeat them by concerting with the sympa
thizers with Secession, and by looking forward
to a shameless concession to the destroyer of
thousands of valuable lives, will be wofully
mistaken.
The capture of William L. Yancey seems to
be credited this afternoon. “I knew him
well, Horatio.” He was almost the only ho
nest traitor I ever met. He believed in sla
very, not so much as a dime institution, as be.
cause he deemed its preservation and increase
essential to the domination of the South, and
t» the downfall of the North and Northwest.
He felt and said that, if tbe South is weakened
in its right to hold human beings in perpetual
bondage, there is an end of the mastery of the
minority of the whites in the South over the
majority of the whites in the North and North
west. To this idea he devoted alt his
energies of mind and body. With his
handsome, almost boyish face, and fine figure,'
and his musical voice, and great enthusiasm,
ho was capable of immense effects. Fourteen
years ago, I sat with him as a co-delegate in
the Democratic National Convention • and
at that r day he was the same idolator of
slavery as the only stay of tho aristocracy of
the South; the same genial and fascinating
orator; the same frank and out-spoken mani
the same Yancey that set the South on fire i>
1860. And, strange to say, his ultra devotion
to this idea made him an object of great dislike
to the old-fashioned politicians of the Cotton
. States. They were so fond of power, and so
enamored of controlling the free States, and of
using the politicians of the free States to put
their tools into office, that they were well
disposed to let the regular course of things
go on undisturbed. They kept young Yaacey
out of power as a revolutionist and a Fa-
THE PfiESS.—PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 21,1862.
natic; and many were the contests he lad
with the Kings, Fitzpatricks, and Clays of
Alabama, and tho Slidells and Moutons! of
Louisiana. At last,.be convinced the Sotth
that if the South did not rebel—did
not take up arms—did not put dowi
the old fossils—the free States would ati
sorb the slave States and make them t
minority—respectable, of course, but still a
minority. This was Yancey’s constant text.
Dallied beforehand, he preached forcibly upon
it at Charleston and Baltimore in bis war upoD
Douglas—a statesman he always admired, but
whom he opposed because he regarded the
Douglas doctrine as the greatest enetriy
of slavery. When the bitter opponents of
Yancey saw him at the head of the columt
they claimed the right of seniority, and agafci
pushed him into the rear. This time the/
calculated without their host. The ruin h
one common to all. Yancey, the bravest Cf
the whole cabal, returns to meet the fate fron
which others have escaped and are escaping.
He never was a rich man—but what he had he
risked in the game of treason. If he has los|
his fortune and his life, it will be because h<
was insane upon a wicked idea, and because
the old gamesters crawled off into foreign
lands and left him to pay their forfeit. |
Occasional. 1
FROM WASHINGTON.
Slavery In (he District of Columbia.
PROPOSED DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE.
THE ARMY HOSPITALS.
Report on the Censorship of tho Press.
Special Despatches to “The Press.”
Mr. Senator Clark baa proposed an amendment to
the bill abolishing slavery in the District. It provides
for tbe compensation to be allowed to loyal owners, and
eays that the aggregate sums to be paid for children un
der ten years of age shall not exceed one hundred and
fifty dollars for each child ret free. For slaves over ten
and under sixty, three hundred dollars shall be paid, and
for Blaveß over sixty the sum of one hundred and fifty
dollars. The amendment further makes it the duty of
the Mayor of Washington to apprentice all slaves under
eighteen who may nototherwise be provided for.
War Bulletin —Special Orders,
The followiDg special orders have heen issued front lit 6
office of the Adjutant General:
Brigadier General H. W. Bkxham, United Stated Vol
unteera, is relieved from the operation of the instruc
tions of March 17th ? 1862, to report to the chief of tho
engineer corps, and will report without delay to Major
General Hu.vteh, United States Voluntoers.
Surgeon J. F. Hammond, United States Army, will re
lieve Surgeon C. C. Kkbxey from duty in the Army of
the rolom&Gi Surgeon Keeney will report to the Sar*
geon General for orders.
Capt. John C. Sherburne, First United States Infan
try, will report for duty to Brigadier General Wads
worth, Military Governor ©f the District of Columbia.
The Tax Bill—Tax on Spirits.
The House resumed the consideration of the tax bill
to-day, commencing with the taxable list—spirits, ale,
beer, and porter. Every effort was made to increase the
tax on distilled spirits, but failed, though it is said that
the liquor dealers demand a larger one. So the tax-per
gallon on distilled spirits remains at fifteen cents.
An important amendment was adopted, however, so
as to tax all distilled spirits already manu
factured, and which may have Been sold pre
vious to this act . This cuts off oil those specu
lators who have bought liquors, in anticipation of the tax
on all manufactured after its passage. The license for
peach aud apple brandy is altered to $12.50 per quarter.
The debate on lager-betr was very amusing and interest
ing. The members gathered around the speakers, re
sembling a ward meeting more than a sober debate in
the House of Htpreß&ntativeß
The Rebel Confiscation Bills*
The bills and resolutions against which tho House Com
mittee on the Judiciary reported adversely to-day aro
fourteen in number, providing for the confiscation, Ac.,
of rebel property, aud had been reierred to them from
time to time. Mr Hickman mado a report proposing to
substitue for the bills and resolutions the following:
Whereas, The powers of Congress under the Consti
tution to authorize the confiscation of the properly of
persons engaged in armed rebellion against tho United
states, or giving aid in said rebellion, is doubtful, ahd
the power of the Executive to act in the premises is
ample.
Be it enacted by the Senate and Bouse cf Represent
ative,s, That the President should use all moans not in
consistent with tbelaws of war, which, in his judgment,
may be doomed necessary to crash the rebellion, in
cludirg the seizure and final disposition of all the proper
ty, real and personal, of those engaged in armed rebel
lion against the Government, or aiding in such rebellion,
including slaves ; and that, in ihe opinion of Congress,
decided measures on the part »f the Executive have
already become necessary/
The Army Hospitals.
ybere are twelve general army hospitals in the District
of Columbia and Alexandria, three in Baltimore, four in
Annapolis, ana two in Philadelphia. Those ift Balti
more, Annapolis, and Philadelphia are for convalescents
until they sufficiently recover to join their respective
regiments. Tie capacity of the smaller hospitals is for
226 patients, and of the larger, 800. The ho3pitaU in
this vicinity are literally full, in consequence of the re
oent military changes of position, but not one in ten is
confined to his bed. All receive the best possible atten
tion from thu medical departmunt of tho army: One
female nurse and two male attendants are allowed to each
twenty patients. The total number of deaths for the past
year, 3,900, include the reports in these hos
pitals as well us in 267 regiments, including those of the
army of the Potomac:
By the last foreign news it appears that the celebrated
steamer Bermuda left Liverpool on the Ist of March,
ostensibly for Bermuda, but really for a Southern port.
TL& 6&btAi» of the JlAmnda, 00 mo time ago. boasted that
he had cleared a half million of dollars on a voyage from
one of the Southern ports to England. Cotton, which cost
Idm G cents in Carolina, he sold for 2T cents in England.
The pay was so remunerative that, notwithstanding the
rich was BO great, be ftimcunced hie determination to
make anorhor effort to run the blockade. It would be
well for our squadrons to keep a sharp lookout for this
adventurous mariner.
A memorial was presented to the Senate to-day, from
the citizens of New York, for the protection of the In
dians. This memorial embodies the proceedings of a
meeting held In Kevr York oily, by which it-waa re
solved that a new Indian policy should be inaugurated
by tbe Government; that extermination of the
Indians is a fallacy, ant} that the Indian territory should
Le reserved for the use of the liAlans, to Deformed of
Uifieieut tracts into a confederation.
The Secretary or the Navy sent a communication to
tbe Senate to-day, in answer to a resolution of inouiry,
stating that the Naval Academy was removed from An
napolis Jo consequence of tho disaffection and disloyalty
in the neighborhood, which caused apprehensions of the
seizure of the school-property, as well as the war vessel
Constitution f that, therefore, it was removed to "Fort
Adams, in Illmdo Island; and its future tocativu nwaits
tka action of Congress. Several delegations have ap
peared before the Senate Naval Committee, urging its 10.
cation in different sections of the country.
Coupons Payable in Coin.
Tbe Secretary of the Treasury has directed that the
semi-annual coupons for interest upon tlie October Ist
three-year bondß, due April Ist, shall be paid in coin, at
the offices of the 'assistant treasurers at Boston, New
York, and Philadelphia, at the Treasury at Washington,
and at the designated depository at Cincinnati.
Prisoners Released on Parole.
The following prisoners were released by, the Commis
sion to-day on giving their written parole to render no
aid or comfort to the enemy in hostility to tho Govern*
ment of the United States: A. J. Fleming, J. A. English,
W. A. Taylor, Summerfield Ball, W. B. Price, J. W.
Burke, IVm, M. Brown, O. S. Hough, H. C. Field, E« J,
Snowden, Sv. Crogan, and John Welch.
The following were recommitted for further considera
tion : H. O. Claughlin, Henry Teel, and E. H. McKnigbt,
all of Alexandria.
The Rebel Defeat at Newbern.
Accounts state that Oolonol Avery, of tho North Caro
lina rebels, denounced his men as cowards for fleeing be
fore the advancing bayonet charge of tbe'Federal troops
at Newbern. How could he expect that the class of peo
ple who fill the rebel ranki, And are contomptwnilr
spoken of by the aristocrats of the Sjnth afl «wire
grass,” « sand hill,” or “ piney woods ” *• groundlings,”
can stand up, in a bad cause, against the intelligent far
and mechanics of the North 2 the gentlemen
Of tbe s?OUth find a wide difference between tho « trick of
the pistol” and a bayonet chargo.
Capt. Porter’s Mortar Fleet.
Some Wprvhtfittoa is felt concerning Porter’s mortar
fleet, if it is to attack Mobile or New Urleaus, because it
has lately been stated by refugees from that quarter* that
two or three iron-clad vessels have been in process of
construction during the past summer. The mortar m**-
rilea, however, W&UIA fc« lUtfilP M fifelMM OKUIUUPy iTOD
mail.
The Fortress Monroe Gans.
It is positively stated in naval circles, that the great
fifteen-inch guns at JVrtrvw sionwe. have not >«t boon
mounted upon carriages. If these guns of larger cslibra
than the eleven-inch Dahigren ordnance are to. be used
on board the Monitor, they must be of less length, and
aggregate weight than the latter,. Captain DiiiLmt**
himself brelde that,a. tlittt k ftlL}t id* a IMObtU 1)0(6
is not suitable for rifling.
JKusiiiimiioua Coaltmted.
In tbe Senate to-day, in executive session, the follow
ing nomination! vara confirmed i.
Alkrbb Gvthkxh, of Chicago, Illinois, superintending
steamboat Inspector in place of Isaac Lewis, removed.
John lilLyyktt, poßtmastcral Nashville,. Temieeawe, in
place of McMish, l emoved.
JOHN r. UrSnURf Of Indlau»j assistant iWretary of ttiS
Interior.
Charle3 Eaton, marshal for Minnesota.
Caleb B. A. BLOon, of Florida, consol at Monterey
TaoofAa oi.6tiy, posimoater at Troy, New York*
Military Appoiitnent.]
Captain Chauhost MoKkeye*, formerly assistant ad
jutant general to General Fiulmokt, has been appointed
to o BUUllftr posittw* to General wmrf
corps.
FreeideDt liiNt oi.x, when a memlwi of the Houaata
IMS.tS, ir,tioJut«i a hill for the aholition of lUvmt ill
the Pirtritf of Colraabia.
Senator Cow am to* day preeented a petition of ettlxena
of Philadelphia, aravins fur allowarca of riaimitbr nro>
peyty teUcn poeeeaaion of and deirtroyedljp Ih? H&aiOWU*
Washington, March 20.
Slavery in the District.
A Warning.
A Sew Indian Peiicy
The Naval Academy.
Carious Coincidence.
Indemnity.
Department of Agriculture.
In the Senate to-day Mr. Simmons reported House
bill for the establirtmieiit of a department of agriculture,
without amendment. The first section provides for the
establishment In Washington of a department of this
nature. Hie general duties and designs of which shall be
to diffuse knowledge on all subjects connected with agri
culture Inihe most general and comprehensive sense of
that word, aud to propagate and distribute among the
people new nnd valuable seeds and plants. The second
section provides for the appointment of a commissioner
of agriculture at a salary of five thousand dollars per
annum.
The third section makes ii tbe duty of tbe commis
sioner to.acquire and preserve in hip department all in
formation concerning agriculture which he can obtain
by means of books and correspondence, and by practical
and Kiehtlflc experiments, {accurate reoords of which
experiments shall be kept In his office,) by the collection
of statistics, and by auy other appropriate means within
his power; to collect, as he may be able, new and
valuable seeds and plants; to test, by cultivation,
the value of such of them as may require such
teats; to propagate such ai may be worthy of pro
pagation, and to distribute them among agriculturists.
He is required to make a general report in writing or his
acts to the President, in which he may recommend the
publication of papers forming parts of or accompanying
liifl report, which report shall also contain an account of
all monies received and expended by him. He is re
quired also to make special reports on particular subject?
whenever required lo do so by the President or either
Huuse of Congress, or when he shall think the sub
ject in his charge reuuires it He shall receive and
have charge of all tho property of the agricultural diri
tion of the Patent Office in the Department of the Inte
rior. He ahull direct and superintend the expenditureof
all money appropriated by Congress to the department,
and render accounts thereof, and also cf all money here
tofore appropriated for agriculture and remaining unex
pended. The commissioner may send and receive through
tlie mailfl. Tree of charge, all communications and other
matter pertaining to the business of his dopaitmeut not
exceeding in weight thirty-two ounces.
The commissioner is authorized to appoint a chief
clerk at 82,000 per annum, and other employees at sala
ries corresponding to clerks in other Departments, in
cluding chemists, botanists, etc.
This bill detaches the Agricultural Bureau from the
Patent Office, and remedies many defects in the present
system.
THE WAR ON THE MISSISSIPPI.
ATTEMPT OF THE REBEL GUNBOATS TO
ESCAPE.
ATTACK OF GEH. POPE’S BATTERIES.
One Gunboat Suuk—The Others Driven
Back.
Washington, March 20. —The following despatch was
‘received here this ©TeiYing:
St. Louis, March 20.—' The enemy's flotilla, which is
•hemmed iu between Commodore Foote’s gunboats, above
.Island No. 10, and Gen. Pope’s batteries at New Madrid,
lias made another attempt to escape down the river.
.SLelr ganboais engaged ficn. Popeh* batteries on tho 18th
for an hour and a half, but were driven back with Hevere
loss. One gunboat was sunk and several badly damaged.
They are completely hemmed in, and can escape only by
fighting their way out.
THE WAR IN KENTUCKY.
Defeat of (he Rebels at Pound Gap,
; Cincinnati, March 20 .—The Catletsburg correspond*
mt of the Commercial says,that a boat has just ar
rived from Piketon, bringing tho particulars of Guieral
Garfieid'a expedition to round Gup, 42 niiks beyond
Ektton.
There were 5,000 rebels entrenched on the summit of
tab Cumberland mountains, at Found Gap. Gen. Gar
ifeld ascended tbe mountains with his infantry by unfre
wonted pmhsi and while his carolr? by ftdYaneii>%ttloae
tlie main road and making a vigorous attack iu frdpt
dew the rebels a Bbort distance down the Bumti.it, the
biantry advanced along the Bidge and completely
routed them after a fight of loss than twenty minutes.
Ihe rebels übandonid everything.
Gen. Garfield pursued tlie rebels six miles Into Yir
ginis, and, alter quartering his men over night iu the
captured camp, burnt their barracks, consisting of Blxty
log huts, with a large quantity of stores.
The rebels lost 7 killed and wounded. Nobody was
lurt on oui Eide.
THE WAR IN NEW MEXICO.
THE FIGHT AT FORT CRAIG.
Col. CaHby’s Communication Cut Off.
Washington, March 20. —The following despatch waa
received here to* night :
Kansas City, March 38—George T. Beale, bearorof
despatches to Washington, brings advices from Santa Fe
to the 3d Inst He coiifirmg tlie previous accounts of the
battle near Fort Craig, on the 2Ut ult.
The United States troops lost 62 killed and 140 wound
ed. The Tox&ns captured six of our field pieces. They
were ccaumanded by Col. Stnela. The Texans were at
Socreo, SB mileß north of Fort Graig. Cob Cauby'a
command was concentrated at Fort Gr&fg. Nothing had
been heard from them since the 25th ult., all communica
tion with the fort being cut off. A. large amount of Go
vernment stores at Albuuueruue had been destroyed to
prsvenFtb«iu from fulling into the hands of the rebels.
Tour hundred and fifty Texans, with two pieces of ar
tillery, entered Albnquerque on the 2d. Major Donelson,
commanding the district of &ausa Fe, was preparing to
abandon that place and fall back to Fort Union. One
hundred anil forty wagon-loads of Government Btores
-were being removed from Santa Fe to Fort Union.
On Monday, the 2d, Mr. Beale met three companies of
Colorado volunteers, under Lieut. Col. Tappan, at the
Hole iu the Bock, fifty miles north of Bentsfort, eu route
io Fort Union. Seven more companies had erojaod tha
river above. They would meet at the Purgatory, forty,
miles south of Bentsfort. Mr. Beale left this morning
for 'Washington. ■ ' *
St. LoAjis, March 20.—A correspondent of tho Rtpub*
lican, writing from the cnmpne»r Bent’s Old Fort, Wew
Mexico, March oth, says it is supposed that the rebels,
after their victory near Fort Craig, will march directly
on Santa Fe and Fort Union. All the valuable property
in the Department is being concentrated at the latter
place, and allthe available force is being rapidly forward*
ed thereto to defend it.
The property amounts, it is said, to several million
dollars. Colonel Hough’s First regiment or Colorado
volunteers left this camp yesterday, and will reach Fort
Union by the 12th of March, in *wlvaiice of the rAbeliL
Fort Unien is a strong fort, and a thousand men can
hold it against the combined strength of tho rebels.
Col. Cauby is still supposed to be at Fort Craig with
twelve hundred regulars, and a body of New Mexican
* YrtfißWCT&i Yffe9t are not relied on. The Santa
Fe G'areffe guy a that. Cnpi.McKau'tJ battery waa cap
tUTed in the battle near Fort Oraig, in consequence of
its support, couHfcting of two companies of regulars,
aud two • companies of volunteers, running away when
the Texam charged, and resisting the efforts of Colonel
Cdnby himself to rally theffi. AIM, that CftPt. LonFfl
dragoons refused to obey the command to charge the
enemy. The charge of the Texans on the battery is
described as being very brilliant and terrible. They
were armed principally with Colt’s suc-ahootera, and
aUhOUgl) BGOrCS WVT? killed by Mcßae’s grape and
camuster, they marched steadily on, kilting every gun
ner but one or two.
THE LOSS AT PEA RIDGE.
St. Dows, March 20.—The official list of the lost of
the United States troops at the battle of Fea Ridge is
212 killed, 926 wounded, and 174 missing.
Army Order
St. Locis, March 20.—General HaUeck has issued the
following orders; So much of the recent Department of
Ohio as is included in tbe present Department of Missouri
will be designated the District of Ohio, aud wiff continue
to be commanded by Major General Boelk
The depots oi prisoners at Columbus r Indianapolis, and
such others as may bo established, will be excepted from
this arrangement, and the commanding officers will re
port directly to these headquarters.
AH other officers, of whatever rank or corps, will re
port to General Buell, ae heretofore.
gfigadier General Denver will be assigned to the com
mand of the district of Kansas, to include what wae
heretofore known rs the Department of Kansas, except
the Kansas troops now In the field under Col. Dietzler, _
near the southwestern frontier of Missouri These
troops will report for duty to Major General Curtis, in
Arkansas.
All officers of the District of Kansu- will report to
Brigadier General Donver, at-Fort Leavenworth.
The Censorship or the Tress.
KJSFORT OF THE HOUSE JUDICIARY COSOIITTEE.
Washington, March 20.—The House Committee on
the Judiciary, in their report made to-day, in relation to
the censorship, of the-Fress, say that, while from the waut
ef qualification, or proper discrimination,- ou the part of
the *4Lsoy, has sprung much of tho complaint made by
the Press, they remark that the censorship scorns to
have been without any dearly defined limbs, after the
departure from tbe general agreement between General
McClellan and the representatives .of the Press.
Tbe committee give numerous examples to show- that
dcipatchon of ft harmless nature hare been exelwtal ff9ffl
iransiuißßion. No adequate measure seems to have been
adopted to prevent the transmission of what the censor
detonunOted contraband intelligence, through tbe tele
graph offices at Baltimore, Philadelphia,.New York, and:
other important points, -while information on almost every
BuWectivM wMpJ fr»n a»rrtw«» thl9 cl v- cho
representatives ot the press who have testified before the
committee have man fosttd no disposition to complain
of the suppretqhm ©f’despatches of a military character,,
which could in any maimer be tortured into disclosures
ef jnfomation to the enemy, and might In the slightest
Uie Government. They have uniformly
expressed themselves as willing to submit to the* rules
established by the Government between them and Gen.
McClellan.
The correspondents generally seem to have-tke-same
nDderaiftDdlng of tbe rule b, which theeenecr deters!!!? l
what may and what may not bo sent over the-wires-to
their respective papers. Very few despatches reflecting
on the members of tbe Cabinet or other civil officersvsere
found among those suppressed by the censor. Tho-wit
ncsses examined by the committee explain this by stating
ik&Mhoy mMmu prapara] suok dMpatokftSi as< tliay* uu*
derstood that they would not he permuted to Bend' ttivm
over the wires. The committee answer the points of in
quiry directed by the resolution of the House,, as follows:
First. A telugraphic consorship ol the-press* has* been
established in this city.
£ Second. The censorship ek'dtlng At- IL&UIiiS titS-ilßVefl
tigatiun was directed by the House was originally esta
blished upon - tho basis of the agreement between the
representatives of the press and General McClellan, but
was enlarged hi its scope by the Secretary of State.
Third. At the time the Inquiv, was-directed by the
IJOHSf, and tor same mouths prior, to that ticae,wuduatu
IhP ?slh of Fvbr-oary last, the cenewshipiwas wmtrnlled
b) the ctoretar> oi dtiue.
Fourth. Tbe orlgiuttl design was to pwxeuAihe publi
ctuiou of mlliVery information wkioh might be-of adran
tesete the teM »»'}!«*!!«■ , ,
Fifth. Dregatches almost numberless, of m political,
personal, a-jtl general character,, have bee* suppressed
by Hie censor, ar-d correspondent* have been deferred
from preparing others, blouse they kt ew they could
not sendsbam to their pApirj by telegraph.
ahe efaanhhMbQoona a moat important auxiliary !
to the pmbs of tho country, and should be left as freo ;
froth Government Interference as may be consistent
with the-necessities of Uie Govorxsoenl in time of wan i
Tbtse neeet'rilies caimobextend beyeawl what may be to*.
gititoftWiy cvijliected with the military or naval affair*
of tbe nation, and to these should th? C.oYwmncul
Isyfeivnce with the toaiismireioN. oz intelligence be con
fined, for it is this character of information alone which
can be of importance to the enemy, and which may ba
properly withhel4from the pressor the public, im order
that it may reach the ©stmP. Thfl fiHDOlittU,
therefore, recommend the adoption of the foUc£KiBg reso
lution by the Home:
Resolved, That the Government should not interfere
wHh the free Irannalridon of intelligence telegraph,
vkpu.the naino will sol aW the eoemii In hto »«ltary or
naval operations, OT give him information concerning
such operations on the part ot the (mverrunent, except
whin It may become necessary ft* the Government,
under the authority of Congress, ta assume ixcluslva
control of the telegraph for its own legitimate pnrpoaMy
nHo uiprt the rfgiit of prtorltT la t(10 trftMDilWfon
Its own aeiwifhei.
mm COIIESHIKST BM,
FAVORABLE REPORT Olf THE TOMS*
TAR? EMANCIPATION SCHEME.
REORGANIZATION OF THE NAVY DEPARTMENT.
The Tux on DUUlIm* License*
Negative Report on the Confiscation Bills.
Wabhihotow, march 20,180 T,
SENATE.
K cmoval of the Naval Academy
A communication war received from tin. Secretary of
the Navy, in answer to tlio resolution asking why the
tfurni Academy hod been remoTed from AtmopoUo.
The Indians,
Mr. SUMNER (Hop ), of Massachusetts, presented a
petition from citizens of New York, asking tho passage
of a law for the protection and improvement ct tho
Indians.
rln tin of liulemnily
The joint resolution In relation to tho claim of Marshall
0. Roberts, for tho loss of the steamer Star of the West t
wm passed
District Attorney!.
On motion of Hr. TRUMBULL (Bep.), of Illinois,
the bill for the relief of district attorocy* WM up.
?be bill authorizes the Attorney General and Secretary
Of the Interior te fix the salaries of dietrict attorneys,
which) in no case, shall exceed $B,OOO. Aftor somo'dia
cußßion, the bill was laid over.
Voluntary Emancipation*
Hr. TRUMBULL (Rep.), from tbo Judiciary Commit
tee, reported back !ub joint resolution fnreo *n Deration
w ith the States for emancipation, in accordance with the
President’s message, with tho recommendation that it do
pass.
, The Navy Department.
On motion of Mr. GRIMES (R-?p ), of lowa, the bill
for too reorganization of tho Nary frepartmont was
taken up.
Alter some amendments, the bill was passed.
Slavery in the District.
The bill for the abolition of slavory in tho District of
Columbia was taken up.
Mr.'VVILIiICY (U.j* or Virginia, Mid he agreed with the
Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Doolittle) when he said
that if we had emancipation we must hare colonization
with it. But be did not agree with bun when he said he
would vote for this bill. He should speak as a Border
Blave-State man, and appeal to the compassion of Pena
tors rathe* than n.aka an argument against Lite bill. In
the name of tho loyal people of Vlrgiuia some or whom
arc in tho dungeons of Richmond, he appealed to the ge
nerosity and forbearance of Senators, la it expedient
and wise to pass this bill under existing circumstan
ces! This bill was only one of a scries looking to*
w&rJa universal emancipation, tbo annimnuncai
Of which would involve the lives of thou
sands of loyal men, and perhaps put then in
serious peril. He thought that tho one great ob
ject of Congress should be to proseente the war and not
agitate other questions. He did not think It unlawful to
abolish slavery in the District of Colugihte, but it wm
certainly an act of bad faith towards Maryland. These
measures would add strength and force to the Southern
rebellion, and advance the cause of treason. This would
binder and delay the final restoration of peace, and in
crease the burdens of taxation at home It would be
better to wait till peace is restored, and then wo will be
able to act -with calhmet.B and deliberation. SiAAh legis
lation as this was not in any way essential now to the
prosecution of the war. It would only tend to unite tbo
whole South against the Government, and al<n have a
bad effect on the loyal sentiment of the North, which
is now united. What would be the effect of emanci
pation on the slave 7 Will lio bo froo; and huvs
the rights of freemen I Such an idea Is utterly falla
cious. He will be a slave, and nothing else. Freedom
to a servile race cannot be secured by rhetoric. Will
we aimit them into the North! In the free States do
you admit the negro to a relation of euuaUty l Do you
admit him to yoiir ho&68 &ttd glVfl him i'OUf OhlldfAti Ifi
marriage ! It is evident that the negro will never be
anything but a slave in this country. Wo mast tako
things as they are. The slaves in tbe South are slaves by
feeling, education, and trailing of years. They are poor,
and helpless • unfit to take care of themselves.
If are emancipated, they -would starve, or vt-al, or
murder. We had better drive them into the Gulf of tfexico
at once. A Senator bad referred to the success of the
black race in the West India colonies. It was doubtful
whether it was a success, with ail tho ad vantages they
bfith The Iftpd yafl ail their own, and the groat nations
were encouraging them, ile hoped to God it would ba a
success, lie was willing to have gradual emancipation,
anil willing to receive aid from the Government. But
what can be dene with them 7 Where is territory to be
found, ami where is the Immeuse amouut of money nu
cesfary to colonize them l Rhetoric and philanthropic
will not bay luncl. It w&8 Uti&dy iftiPVAftllift
ble. lie had thought that the whole object of the war was
for the restoration ot the Union as it was,withall its con
stitutional guarantees. But has tbe army been duped into
a war for objects only now revealed ! Are the memories of
the braven-.en who are fighting to be revered as defenders
of constitutional liberty, or mcrMed ft? the filibvettratf
a sectional cabal 1 Are such schemes as those of the Sena
tor from Massachusetts to be the reward of tbo loyal
Southern men for tbe ruin and desolation into which
their homes have been plunged 7 If so, then they might
pray God to save them from their friends. It would have
t fcfb VeH?r bad they been crushed under the iron heel
Of rebellion at once, that live to see their doarefit Lopes
thuscrushed. The Senate might favor these measures,
but the people are against them. The people, thauk God,
love the Union better than party, and he believed they will
continue to triumph till tbe Constitution and Union and
peace are restored. If slavery suffers in tho rebellion ho
would not beßorry. Ho was no pro-slavery roan. He
believed the time would come when tbe slave will be fitted
to have the shackles stricken off and be raised to his
proper position. Though he was rather sorry that the
President had felt it necessary to send In bia emancipa
tion mesb&g£ hi this time, yet lie felt willing to support it.
Indeed, he did not see why it should not bo recoived by
all tbe States. If Maryland should adopt that proposition
and emancipate her slaved, then all his objection to tbe
abolition of slavery in the District of Colombia would
cease.
Mr. CLARK. (Rep.), of New UampehlPA, 6fler£d & Sub
stitute for the bill.
The Senate then went into executive session, and sub
seQuently adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Censorship of the Ptfe&K.
Mr. WILSON (Rep), of lowa, made a report in rela
tion to the censorship of the press. Its consideration
was postponed till the first Monday of April,
Confiscation.
Mr. HICKSIAN (Rep,), of Penß&y/T&fii« f from ft?
Committee on the Judiciary, reported back tbo several
bills and resolutions referred to them on the subject of
the confiscation of rebel- property, with a recommenda
tion adverse to their passage or adoption.
Mr. BICKMAN desired also to submit a minority re
port on the same subject.
Mr. BINGHAM (Rep.), of Ohio, wished to siibralt A
substitute for onu of the bills, against which an adverse
report has been made.
Mr. PENDLETON (rein.), of Ohio, wished to havo
the bills and resolutions laid on the table.
Mr. of Ohio* desired a vole on
this motion.
Mr. BINGHAM said he was disposed to demand the
previous question on the immediate acceptance of his
proposed substitute. Re had also a substitute for another
of the bills reported against.
Mr. WIUKLIEFE (D.), of Kentucky, denied that Mr.
Bingham bad a right at ibis time to offer a substitute,
inasmuch.as the bill has not been up for consideration.
The reports made by Mr. HJ.CK.MAN were received,
but not acted upon. The consideration of the subject
was postponed,
Xlir Tax Bill*
The house look up the iax hill. Dnoag A ilehst. Aft
the section regarding distillers’ licenses,
Mr. HUTCHING (Hep ) said that the noise here waa
so great that it appeared that the contents of the distille
ries were let upon the House.
Mr. WICKLIFFE expressed tho opinion that some
men \v@u> better judges of how liquor should he drank
thfto how it was made.
Mr. MALLORY (Union), of Kentucky, ineffectually
moved an amendment to exempt stills from the tax when
their capacity was less than forty gallons per day. He
mentioned that private gentlemen distilled for their own
iise, and Hit for profit
Mr. STEVENS (Rep.), of Pennsylvania, objected, lay
ing that a pore and ethereal article, in small quantities,
was manufactured in Lancaster county, called “J. B.”
[Laughter.] It was not for the neighborhood. He did
not gee why it should he exempt from the tflXr
Mr. MALLORY' laid that tho liquor they made in
Kentucky is of fine quality, and they are more liberal in
its dispensation then the gentleman’s friend “J. B.”
jLaugkttr.] lie knew a man who followed J. B.*s track
all day, and at last managed to get a drink, declaring
that It w&4 tk& bast he ever had, hut the hardest to get
at. [Renewed laughter.]
Mr. STEVENS replied that the most valuable things
were the hardest to obtAiD. It would not be bard, how
ever, to put on the small tax • proposed. Tbe men who
indulge should not objoct to a few cents on th« ir drinks.
Mr. STRATTUN (RadJ. of Now Jergofi referring
to the general names by which liquor had been stilled,
said it waß known in liis country not as apple brandy,
but as whisky, which was the only article fit to be
drank.
Mr. CRISFIEJLD (Union), of Maryland, a aid it was
called peach aud apple brandy in bis country, Mary
land, Any man calling such brandy whisky would be
regarded as an outsider and barbarian.
Various remarks were made by other gentlemen on the
whisky question. The most important amendment aia te
was, that all distilled spirits now manufactured or which
row? b 9 manufactured from this date, in the United States,
shall pay the same amount per gallon, when ©old, u pro
vided by this act upon those manufactured from and
after tbe first of May, 1862.
Mr. STEELE (D.), of New York, wanted to reduce
the proposed tax on lager-beer to twenty-five cents per
bftnrti It tllf fermented liquor. One of
The largest manufacturers bad informed him thM. »
of oue dollar on a barrel would amount to a prohibition.
Mr. JOHNSON (D.>, of Pennsylvania, in support of
thu amendment, quoted from the report of tbe Sanitary
Commission to stow that lager-beor is beneficial to the
health of the soldiers, and is prescribed by physicians M
a fine tonic. Lager has taken the place of the (fid strong
beAr, and is equally exhilarating and not so expensive.
Mr. FESSENDEN (Rep.), of Maine, was In favor or
a dollar per barrel because it would amount to a pro
hiliitinn, Onr jontismen false their fl r ßt lmsons , in la s° r
and porter, then progress to whißky, and graduate to
brandy. . ,
Mr. MORRIBL (Sep.), of Vermont, opposed the
amendment, saying* that while lager beer te manufac
tured very much cheaper than porter, it sell# for ftlio
filmic price, and hence should nut bu exempt from Uxa?
tion.
Mr. PENDLETON (Dem.), of Ohio, pronowacod lager
good, and influential iii bringing out a man’s bumanita
ritin feelings.
Mr. BLAIR (Rep.)?, of Missouri, said that lager elected
Freeiflent Lincoln mor? fh® l * anything e 1... [daughter.]
Mr. PENDLETON rtaoiced that the article had
thus been perverted from its original application. It
had been stolen froms tho Democrats. [Laughter.]
Mr. STEVENB made a humorous speech ©o lagor. He
himself once drank two glasseß, and fell a tittle better
nndhigten . , , . ,
Mr, Steele S- UnwtiMftnt w» rejected— it,
not counted. . -
Aller further proceedings, the House adjownwl.
PEMN)S¥LVANIA LEGISLATURE.
Harbisbubo, March 20,1802.
RENATS.
Tha genata wm callod to order at 21 o’clock by the
Speaker.
Petitions*
Hr. CONNELL, three remonstrances against tho
supplement to the ttorth Philadelphia Plank Road Com
jawi mi 9P, *“ ***°r ° f ll > e «“."*>•• ~ „ „
Mr, a petltivn fr©» property-l.oWera oC
Philadelphia in favor of the gas bilk which was read.
Mr. BERB2LL, a remonstrance from the
ers of Chester county against an appropriation of couniy
funds for jviaw library at West Chester.
Mf BTSIN. a petition from Lehiglicounfy for a
in the tims-of holding comts in said county.
Mr. a remonstrance against pilotage on wos
fcelß carrying coal and iron to nni from tho port of Phtlia*
delpliia.
Mr. B&I’GHTER, a remonstrance from Dauphin
c«uutr a«tufai»t bill Ntk US to ore vent the fmuiia*
lent uaa of fsaiinqs.
ililla liUirmlttced*
Mr. NIGIIOLB, a snpplAment to the Act for tho pegla
tTatj>A of births, marriagcd, and deaths in tha- city ot'
rhhfldrlpliift. , i* i
Mr, REILLY', a billTOtiAcorporate the Pte-» n«s com
Company. , tJ
Mr. CONNELL, a Lift relative to culvwtebi foe city
o 5 PhilsdelphiH. In na this bill, Mx Co- wHI ru-
«1 desire ln relerence to this WH* that l
L-v* it it tbe requegtof tin.Buaolof our
>, >-oia of IMiiladelahiA In order that- U ma>' aa-'vrtom
wl.tlher it is s»tissajtory to fbo people And muuicipjti
authorities of tfcs city, • 1 ask that ip he immediately
printed .**
m-motion to »»™td to. . .......
Mr, CIITMEfIt, » bill tv Si-lO&iA
the lien of Stertgoges; also, a bill- ralaiin- to ground
rents hi the. it Beading. ■ ...
On motion of* Mr. BERRILV Committee on Fi,
nauce directed to confides whotW any reduction o£
tiro rai«» a,«vr of tOXGII IS OAR*
dieut w»A proper.
Bills UeusMfrrtd
The LIU relative to lhad’ords aud tenants cam* up iu
order, and passed finally.
0,. motion «f Me. JOUVRON, the blit makiug
‘Wiltiaynsport lha fdace oi lioMlug the Northern Dishict
of Supreme Oouvt was taken up. T 1 e paadlng amend
meirs wore disagreed to, and alter the bill
was, on motion of Mr. BOUND, poatiened indefinitely—
17 f pays 11 A motion to, jCfd.t»siiilor WM tliafi
mode, to.
The bill to IscoryoraU the PtnoAjrlrooU Pd/<4«*twi
TrAtwyorUtlon Company come op on third 'tndlnf, awl
passed.
Vfi ol Mr. SHITR, of PhUaddpbla, Ibe tup*
plcmentloUw Kt of fair t, 1839, providing tvr iW
election of ptothoeoterlrsp iscortsn, clerks tod re
gister*. relating to contested tUirUots, was taken up, aod
pitied to third nwlihff when tb* Senot- refnsed to sn
pend the rule and rend the bill the third tine.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The f suite reassembled at throe o’clock.
Mr. JOHNSON inirodnced o hill to annex the north
ern district of the ttnertme Conrt to lha middl* dUlricl.
The resolution from the lion** providing for the final
adjonrnnient of th* T#gM*tnr« vn the 11th of April. w*e
passed t>y a veto of 20 yean to 22 nays.
The Smote then fttfrmnfd,
HOUSE.
The IfotiM met at 10 A. If. flow. John Rowe*
Speaker, In tbs chair. Frsyer by tbo Kor, Mr. Cans.
Th* Girard Rank*
Ah in to redoes tbs capital stock of the Girard Heat*
of the city of Philadelphia, was taken tip.
Mr. BKX opposed the bill at some length. He went
Into the lii«tory of th* Institution since Its charter, In
1832, and the different acts of lb* l<efi«lnt«ir* obtained
since that time. If a <h dared that notwithstanding *H
the lecißletion this bank fans received, rt wns in n worse
condition than any pMkt bank lb PUlfcW^hU.
Mr. ABBOTT said be etlppotsdlbis hank continued to
do under lh* capital of «o* and a quarter mil
lior.H of dollar*, and leaned email notes. Bttf It I* ascer
tained thnt a<inarterof a million is worthless. It Is the
duty of the Legislature to cause ao Investigation, so
tfaut the capital can beett! down. But the bank bonmUr
ronire lirrr and a»hi» timl thr hank W place* on Hr pro
per fotiirfalion. This hank |»*M Obelr Interest np to
January, 1801.
The Mil parsed by a rote of 42 yeas to 40 usys.
Petition* and H*mon«trn«ire*.
Messrs. SHANNON. LA BAR, CRAIG, EARLT.
WILIKY, WIMLET. CALDWELL, OAMIIMf,
MOORE, GBEESBANK, QUTGLBT, McHAMi,
bONNELLY. and SMITH, pr«**nted petitions of citi
zens of Philadelphia, praying the pass*** of a stipple
mint to the net to incorporate the Norsk Philadelphia
P»auk Itoad Company.
ilCßsrs. BLANCHARD, WTLDKT, MOORE, COCff-
RAN, HKKIIJd, SMITH. DUFPIRLD, and ABBOTT,
prwnted rrmnnstraaccA against the said supplement.
Mr. THOMPSON presented th* preamble and reeolQ
tlorm of th* School Board of I'liilatlelpbU. Tb* Board
are opposed to any change in the mode of electing Con
trolirrs.
Mr. COCHRAN presented (be memorial of K# R,
Hopkins, asking to be divorced from her hnubaod, si*
George 11. Ilopains.
Mr. WII.DtiY, petition ol citizansoi Philadelphia, ask
ing for tbe passage of a law relative lr> gas companies.
Mr. WOLF, remonstrances of citizen! of tcborlklfl
county against any choree on tbs pilotage of coal and
iron from the port of Philadilphia.
Mr, DENNIS, petition of owner* of real estate In tbs
city of Philadelphia, praying that tenants of dwelling
houMs be made alone responsible for the gas they con •
bume
MfliiH. TATE and WOLE tUo prewnted pttiiiona of
citizens of Philadelphia for the passage of the supplement
to the act incorporating tbo North PnNadelphia Piauk
Road Company.
Mr. BAN KS, petitions of citizens of Logan and Franks
town townships, Blair county, asking to ba attached to
the FriflfkrtOttft ycbool district. In said county.
Dills Passed.
A further supplement to an act entitled an act to in
corporate the Philadelphia and Delaware River Railroad
Company.
[Jlr. DENNIS emended this bill by addin*. Pro
tided, that this act atmll not teto eff«T sn!«w »h« Com-
Cllfl of the City of Philadelphia, wttitln sixty days after
its passage, declare, by ordinance, their approval.)
An act to incorporate the Philadelphia and Hastern
Transportation Co.
Mr. DONnKI.LT, of Philadelphia, called np Hi- 1 Mil.
which i« a further supplement to the act to incorporate
the North Philiurli-lphin Plmic Romd Co.
• On motion to postpone, the Jtooe* refused Ly a vote of
20 ayeß to 62 nays.
The honr of one having grrived, the Tlonte took a re
cess till three o'clock.
AFTERNOON SESSION*
The SPEAKER again called the JTuuse loonier at 3
o’clock.
Bills Passed.
A furtbrr supplement to the net for the resolution And
contimmnco of (he system of education by common
BClmvla was passed■
Also, an act to levy a tax upon banker* ami brokers in
the Cwnnioiiwtalth.
Al*o, the joint resolution providing Tor the final ad
jourijmeut of the Legislature on tbe 11th of April.
Mr. ARMSTRONG cfftTPi » rraolntlnn pnvriding for
tin* payment or expenses incurred in proper attentions to
(he killed and wounded soldier* from Pennsylvania.
Adopted.
Mr. CESSNA read a resolution expressing the high
appreciation of the House of the reading of T Bachman
Read's poem, iS The Wild Wagoner of tbe Alleghenies,”
Ly Jnu-<-5 1! Murdoch. Il*i. A<l*p(*d.
Mr. WILDEY reported, with amendments, a bill rela
tive to lb* Board of Health.
Mr. BIGH.VM, from the Judiciary Committee, re
potted a bill to annul the marriage contract between St.
George IT. Hopkins and K. tfrown Hopkins.
Adjonrntd.
LETTER FROM NEW YORK.
Stupendous Swindling Scheme—Worthies*
Firr Iniurmicf (onipniiiey—Nrw Yvrh llarr
hot* Defences—Our Police Fore*.
[Correspondence of The Press.J
New York, March 20,1962,
The old phrft3s which asserts that -‘one half the world
doesn’t know how the other half lives, 77 still holds good.
To-day I have been Informed, on the most reliable au
thority, that Hicro is in this city a tribe of some fifty or
more swindlers of thtmost wholesale school, who.during
the last three iiaip, by forgenei and penarioi
committed frauds that cannot fall far short of three or
four millions of dollars. I will describe an instance or
two of their transactions. In one case these scoundrel*
have forged a dead of property belonging to a mao who
had saved it from hie hard earnings of nearly A Itfctim*;
on the forged deed had a forged mortgage drawn, bad
it recorded, tbe record certified to by a public officer*
and the owner of the property absolutely ejected from
his own hon&e under color of law.
At Hie present time onr harbor fortifications are man
ned sufficiently to resist a very strong force. So lam
informed.
From the special report of the Metropolitan Police
Commissioners to the Legislature, it appears that the
whole amount of fines, imposed upon officers since tbe
organization of tha dtpUMUtftfit M April 10, liflO. was
$1t>,900.87. The following recapitulation shows the
strength of the force, and its expenses since its organiza
tion to tbe expiration of 1881:
BKC , .Vrxrr:i..\T!ON rORCS AND KX/’MSSKS.
jSo. timpluyed. ExpwssM. Averiute to«*ch.
1857 56U803 W 07310^
15BF 1.vf.0 1,081,085 W 7401>»
1860 ...1,702 1,364.802 00 90193
1860 1,873 1,628,010 63 813 14
1861 2,298 1,851,425 G 1 805 Ofi
.86(355*176 38
In other instances prop* rty owneis hare been amazed
to find mortgages upon their property recorded in the
registrar’s oflice. These mortgages are transferred from
hand to lit nd, and money realized upon (hem long be
fore the original and rightful owners of tbe property
Leccme liiiolliiWl Ilf tllß fXOL ODB Of DOr lortlDf
lawyers was a victim to this kind of play, and when be
discovered that a mortgage bad been recorded, be offered
a thousand dollars to secure the obliteration of the re
cord. He was told that it did not matter; the record
was cancelled ; Lue Hint did cot comfort him so long m
the fact of a record of a mortgaje up™ bis pu>p?rlr
was to be found, lie was willing to make a heavy
sacrifice to blot ont what he considered a disgrace.
1 am informed on the same authority, that in the city
of Albany tbero are tiro insurance companies without one
cent of capita], except that of forged mortgages upon the
property of men wlio are utterly Innocent of the whole
mnitei, &T>d that if n. s«ri-8 livt-jt® flr«i ti> SUU
the patties iDenring in those companies mitfiit be ruined,
as they would be unable to recover anything from tbe
insurance companies referred to. Tbe Sana partis# bate
iuduced numerous farmers in the immediate vicinity of
tills city, P? them on Long Island; to transfer
tlirir T»nrs ter forged" upon pro**.* i#- •luw-jI
whole blocks of houses, iu tnis city, in Brooklyn, and in
Chicago. A more furmiaabie cuinotnation to defraud
the owners of property, I venture to say, has never
been revealed. Tbe naints of the parties are all
in the possession of the anlb&flilti. Oft# of 111 l gOflff fagii
the iiupuduDce to ko before Assistant United States Dis
trict attorney Andrews a day or two since, and offer
himself as bail to tbe amount of 820,000 in behalf of a
prisoner. Mr. Andrews, knowing that he was not worth
ft foM»r>- S9HtV worth "> property, promptly ordered bim
tO Clear out or tbe birtlrtlng. Tbe practice of going bml
for each other when they get Into difficulty Is one of the
pointß in their uefarious ©ystem. Of coarse an effort to
net the whole tribe Is in operation, and cannot fail of
success. Some of the men engaged In Uls businese hold
Ibeir heads high in the community.
The lost one who was nrtniei wae lakeo by ttwofilsefJ
on his way home from church, having in his pocket ao>
elegant copy of the Bible and He asserled
that he was a good Christian man, that they had mis
taken tbe individual, and they must be careful or they
would suffer. Hnch n protestation aaijunteri to a jofts,
when ft le sUt«d that this pfttagAß of I'hriftianitj bad
served a term iu the State prison.
The evidences oi spring are abundant in this city. The
keepers of all our public squares are hnsily engaged to
clearing up the gtounds, trimming the trees aoo shrub-
Wry, and preparing tbings generally for tbe gay rejoic
ings or Nature* as ibfi venture! forth through the
bods and peeping gross blndes. The weather is auspi
cious. With clean streets, Gotham just now would be a
real Saratoga.
The subject of harbor defences is now (mgrossing the
attention of our Stale Initiator*. The Hon. Henry J’.
Bus mom! hag siv«n nutiefl that hi will pro goto ft mtnftr
tuft for tbe bill reported by theCommiltfe r?o FuWlc Dr
fence, naming three commissioners to be authorised to
purchase cannon, provide submarine batteries, and take
such other measures as they may deem necessary to aid.
the General Government In protecting the harbor of New
writ J<z,m*<iUt» AiUAk of any Irouaclod or
other vessels In the service of pefSOhS Of SIRIN 10 IS J
hellion against the Government of the United .'*t*Us.. Hft
will propose an appropriation of SLOOO.OuO to defray tb#
expense of such preparations.
*fc„ &-Ui>wieg «m* lh» ulm at tha Stock Exchange)
Second Hoard
10Bt#V86» - 81 reg... M
12000 do W
31004 U 8 On’SJ cp... 01
IQ9W Ifflß ?=
d0.,.....b3d 637,
10000 Missouri 65..b30 62 J,
1400$ do 62
10000 do b3O 62
600$ do bj at
lMfld.ii.4f Cold 101 K
Oft D*l Jc Bud tlnl_. 87 J*
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SB M T Cen IS 83£
ZftOXNdIDKB 42
eft Mich a.tM l .iirso
188 de tiOil 'ill.'
Till! MARKETS.
Assies.—Tin 1 marktt l* steady, with s f»ir damand.for.
Pinrhi at BS.SO, and Pole at $6.76.
I'kvcb a >' i* JflKAi..— The market for Western fcnw
State /lour is mure BctiTPr pm*?*®* l ? the low. grade* f
fitter »r© in fair tituwad fvr wrf
rather better prices; trade brands are in fair re*jn©*t T
i and are needy.
The sale* are 16,200 hhls. at 5&.250&.3S for saperfme
State and Western, jjb 40 aSXO Tor extra Slate, 9.1.600
i..*» f«- fiviacy do, *&.4GAk.U> t&9 Uu U« SriAMAr Wuta
, »ru extra, 5.V?5a&.80 for eblppiog brands of ronnd-hoop
! 6-Atra Ohio—the latter scarce—and s&.&&£ C.CO.foe tfAtifr
• Wands do.
gCftnndinn Flour ta a ihad» Dnnrr; tho dontindiit rair; ;
Hlfi i'SO bM» of -5? f nr <’**«»• ,j, •
SoiUhcrn Flour In In ]
AC\il>', sales of 750 Irbls ft#'Os 7Q©O for mixe«l to- flood i
superfine Ilaltimore, 56.100* for oxtrftA. I
Bye Flour in hi fair ikcasudt And is wttyly-', • M# ®* i
25eiiblRtttS3rr4.S5. „ ... . !
Cnrn Blnni U hPAVji.nad ifl lowar \ Sftlf- 4 4,5 bhM * ft [
*2.90f0r Jersey, »udiSai&«3.2o for HrAirdrwioe. j
Buckwheat Flour.if.la fair reunest} wJes-At »),99«3 j
VlOO Iba. ..... 1
Whisky. —Tlie •market In lowr, and is leas MllTe t
fl ftWß of 478 Mils ntltfl24.yci In anA 35c to r ■
Wrnlera. _
r;„ us - Tho '.vii/af marfcit S« will:'ir.l.'nunwlUr-l,
uid yrlcva.d ruud Viinfi- art- imtnbial; Him trCaipU are ;
f»ir, end „o. nolltp mote inquiry r„r -hlpton?, Imt at .
irregular price*. Mil a fair demand lor. mllltn*; aaiei of
37.0(10 hua, *1 -JH Ter Canada Cl-.ri, Win!*) nor MU**n«<wi ,
Oii.H. SHI!* fw (.filin.ary nttr W« item. In ilnrßilLMa j
1 38 Jusct and Penn‘jflvanto,.on lit* dock, rad I
fi1.40 delivered.
isirdrl—the supply ie.liKht:.ir,l,e small at 99a
93c fur Slate, at the railroad depot.
?2nlt. U flra.; sales of 800 bur'ilvls, ofcthe d'-ck, at #l.l ft
IppiC ia iparr I.ll ■ I iaU* o* 12,t00 I,tiftl»sl4 tl.
6*tipMc on the dock, and delivered.
'(lotp ar>brisk —new activeaitle, of Weatem and Ca
aodion cp37a.39r, and Store a, OOXr.
Corn la hrm and more- active ; aalftft of 36.0C0 bwthela
, tt-istgjgo# far U>>tcin.mliMli in Bora, and Mffdfc for
■ J,r, w jrllt'W. ...
Pnsvisiohs.—Th» Pork narkrt U ileadr l«l iinirti
bales tf 050 bbl, at 913i.90aia.7ZX for men.; 913.54 a
15.76 tor city piiipe mete; and 910.6Z>(a10.75 Car
Minin
Beef i, in lair ieiiui',l and Bendy. o«f Ham, Arm;
tale, of 50 bids ar BIT. Bacon in nteady and in [alp le
oneat; Halts ot 350 boxes at 6?, 07 c for short-riblM-1
Weatern, and 7X e for abort dear do. Lard U rather
earner: aalea of 470 hbla at 7Xtl*Jlfc. Drcaaed Ho*,
arc d'na at 4 olj.
Rhode Island Republican Convention.
I’nov 191NCV, TCarcli 30—The Bapnhllcaa Stale Con
vention to*day voted that It waslnsxpedient ta make any
kitwleallana for Unvurnat Of Oltlf SUIc Offiftf*.
Tfce Fort Dmwlmm Ylctery ia KtueUtmd—
Tkc TfcmSwvr M tw A Hu.
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frt'Hvm e»a mJ«■<•«. iW Fttoni arntm km
»«lm(,h ■ mmlm tUurr Tb* *a*w»
tf Otawal U.MtmHiadanaal 1-1 D-d'
*oa man ia » ailtear, point tt rt— W bar*
M d»«W»«, »M U fnAuMf MUaM k*
prtiorai M awtarM iawnaw* I«
b tat Ik, raplar, *f a fwl. m tlraki. kal lk*l Art
eealahMtf aa «f»J; it mm ib. inrfa mWh,
it opaa* lb« na 4 la (ntla aifam, maZ D. «k>
rthmej of IP, a*«t daw >fc* M
parilM ktl at apaa ika paaamha of It. ptara
Tkm b Ulk. iadtarf, to ha 4aaa kafara dM
aertbafa ■*■!■* fraat KmMI; oa4 lorn.
a—aa at aaiia ikair traafa wUt ibaaa of Haro
■id., adriariaa tnm ika aaH of Oaraiiaa; aa* a
l» tffjr *rn»*W HMH pmMmnmm Miaaa.*
will an to raaraaifanj aaanliM. aat ttora
b dnabt that <to ohiirtj at rat D*aabaa apaa*
ap to lb* Fadaral ua> a —at mmum Wftl—7,
aad tl moj prara iatpwaiM., mmiof (aafc tiromm
*laa,**( f<, Ika ltomani to aab.
W» >9 l#ik* • hrw m At \nt4m tf vaUk
If (bb ton, k**im, b —laffafl/ awfc*Mt.
Onaral MeCUllaa too at laagtk ad*aw>a, a*|
ibtD all lb* trmla. of Ik. Marik will to pan! *t
mn late lb. Male* of ika Dnatk.
Jl b aaadl— to Mr Ibai, la daaplla of oM Ikb.
Ilf ?ooMotutntoa if tka, plaaaa pwlaaf ika aar
till Ibirir rnaaii.* an nkaaalai, aad a* aafaat Ika
da*i|S* of Ika Kartb. Ii 1* aa, IMag to raptor, *
fort aad aanlhrr In ottopj • lamtary. Kim Ik*
prnprr tortiXotj of lb, Itolkitam, ladtad. b fd
aalaacbwl. Tb* rnaat wwaa of tb* Kaatb bar*
torn piaad in eoaalrin akrr* ito aliaglaaM of
Ibe viptaltw wa 1)tU«1, aad ek«n 000 n*n
coot.l claim a* man, rympatbitar* a* lb. -to if
tb# Coafedcralr*. rmiliog (tom Ito btoa* wbWb
tbeir pwnftl aatagmbt ba* at laaglb cnairirad to
inflict, .haald üb. rofogo in Ikair n—a to map* aad
nmvbcMf, *b4 fnrr timt m 4 to
ihfir baiiln for tfc.ro, ib, Jlnrifc too 4o atoklif.
Tb* Ftdinb otof ortmia tb* Raaib, bat ia 4m a*
*0 tb.ir dtfltoaltto* -ill tot tommtmtt, Tb, Uiu
-ill cnm. -baa tb.ir arm!** vtraoc* fraro Ikair
o—a 101 l fl>lo bmlil* torritorl** to, root In ba otto
pied nr pmniraud. Tb. qiuniM. la root. It mat
-bdber tb. &mtb <u retbi, bat *b.lb*r ll -111
det.rtnln. In fr.i«t
ll canbot to d*r.i*d that th, Xartbarnarr bar,
tbo—d great tonil; of parpn** m coalloaiag Ikair
prtpanuiaii* tad r***-(,< Ib.tr ttotu is tb. Cm.
of dbeonrtglng failart*. If'/ aittrk liult Mtifkf
to their maritime ermiitltoot. Kjt4.pl feet lb.
mer* diT.rrion or dutraction bbrb
cr*ate. iba nperaiina. an Ib. cna« of Xarth Cofo-
H»» "HI b* "f pn araii. ft Ml% Hit** 1/
and liunan lul Uw importoat bio—< bar* baaa
dralt, *kd * r.e— dirtottoa girro to Ib, mm, ijgi.
and her, tb, F«d«ral hnm or* toklag Ito t*U 00
a gigaolic ad*. Baida Ib, U>,MO utyior (Imnl
Or.nt, bo,ooo are acid In to ia arm. aada liaaoal
Bull, and . third irroj ir tpofcra of bmida Tb,
oparatioiu, too, of iba, command m ,ppnr to
bar* torn -,11 eoaedrtd and ikilfoll, mmkiMd,
and U Iba, .bonld *acead ia ttoir adraac** it i*
cia.r Ih.l , aaw wpeet -ill to girco to iba
—at. Tlfo do so', rappe, ibat Ik, Coatodarato,
corveidsT ib. 4.7 led a m rot, oe*n ia ib.4. p4Hi
—bicb are now th. econo of xtbn Ttoytorbito*
peratal, *1 Fort Itoilnt and raaetod wodltleaab*
for, iba) (Bircndared. Tb./ .r, pr(paring, -a ara
told, for frcab rcralaw* ia a tom podtlaa, aad If
lb*; ban rricaiKd oai ditlrfd iltor Matbflfj
ib.j may -«II find Iktir ucoual ia m flaiag, a
dtfeal woald 101 l more Mrinlf tgtlaat Ikair tao
mie. ih.n .g.inrt ib.m. Tb* Sosltora gmtralc
ar. Imilirg back upon a envntr/ mar, itlirdf Ik tor
bhd. nbifcM tbf Fnlmh, m tb«7 FmtoSi rU
to I raring ibeir iipporto tobiod Wort ig#
ftrengtb of Ikr Coetoderala bm/ to, at caattot
lay. Ptrbipg tb*/ ma/ to poaafai eanagb in
mak*. lomeaber* or olhar. ■ more nimltliuto
than tb*/ mad, it Fori Donation: kal lb* Sortk
truer* will to ua— rimed * ft» rtotor/; ito/ trlil
toliere ibcnalrn on tb, high ro*d to ib/c.ii. end
tbe SMcder* -ill b, nntnrnll/ d«pr**Md if rr
reria which bar. folio—cd ocb oitor 90 tipdi/.
ll ii bot rauooablc in pra*n«, Ikal, ndar ntf!i
coTididon., tb* njoum ut ito Morsa at* iikvl/ to
be cootinned, and /et a minato't raflattoa -ill
rbo— that tb* pn-iiion of tb* Sontb«rn«ra aad Itoir
caste, Men at tb* proton! lima, i* far mart farsr
.Me Ib.n coald bar* been expe-ted —bra Ib*
itrugil. Grit ooujisinaad, Tb* In* itrngik af
Ibe booth, is the -,/ cf rMiIUM*, bto JH
to be felt. Up to tbia time Ibe Confedatoan
bare been pla/ing a part for which Karopeia
obterrera -era pafectl/ anprepared. laato-i of
intreoebiog tbem*elm is tbe rocomoo of tbeir tor
rilu/, Md ito>iLC upon Ik. dificailte af ■ ea»-
fr.c'.d —»r ia to Tamenre . eo aatry, lb*/ boUl/
met tbe enem/ at Ibeir o—n go-el. coolronUag Iba
great Northern army -itb aa arm/ of Itoir —a,
asd threatening tb* aafat/ of Iba reder.l rapitol
11 tt)l AH th' M"' fhrfhape f'l r rfrritot'4 do
not tuj/ict to Or me I hem to that ynutimr rkith
rrrryhody imagined they mint t'enpy taken they
begun the. ttrngg/t They ate ttitl 9 moleh for
thrir antagonist* on th* Pot*mar. an 4 tf thtf
hst tf nUfared ttca gntt 4*fr*tt in lh* W'** th*y
hart icon two bruits in Virginia, right far
fight, f/t*y hnv* had th'.ir fair ihnrt of vutati,
and th*. rffrrt vm/t prndurtd hy th* fncr*ft of th*
North is dvn in *nmrdrgrrf tn tkf *urpri»* mdtifh
such onirvef/y occasions These rsewqc inomplu.
in fbon, (bovgtt ffav/ bwv* in^nrrri
the position of the Novtb m rsgsr*)iu; pvwMs ms*
gotistioß for s division nftarrirnrj, iHrsyrsnsly
brought tfae Federal OotmoMSt nay wearer ffasm
before to 11 rtconitnuifao of the Cam.
100 Brie B «30 37X
060 do 37£
300 do b3O 37X
150 do 37*
6bM3 AKIC...M 4*v
50 do *tfi,
50 do I*3o 47X
200 do 47J5
600 Clev A T01ed0.... 44 X
3)0 do 44X
200 (10........*010 MX
400 do bit) 41?,
100 do #3O 44X
100 do »1o 44*
100 do #3# 44 X
300MU.V PdnCß... 2»tf
[From (hf Manchpstrr Gmntim, tv Arch «j
The North may fairly Malt orer than rwtoria,
but ipMUtora al a diatooc, -ill Mill Mnbl fat
doubting whether they mil/ .bo— aa/ ad*rate to
ward Ibe rednetioa of tbeir oppnseat*. Bran If
Hi DU Den. Btunaid. ia aaaMed to annua
• bold on the Enatem rail—./,-bit. Ik. Vatm
lice, are lined by bit brother eommtodara, ael
that tbe Cunfedema are Iba, cots palled to roOto
from Virginia, tbe work would Mill be only togaa.
Virginia imlf to ocropted oo an oaaaft
coantry, aid no imprtrrton would to ro»J* aa ika
true nroDgbolda of iotatrim, ito kilanlie aad Ik,
Golf Stater. But unqnettinnably Ik, Norik —raid
bee, gained a rartly improrad pod lino far aatorlflg
upon nrgotintiosa. Toniing tonon-milicsgr/ .Ida,
-. leant that Ik, B«m*t. baa pnaed Ik. Mil am
tboriiisg the trearary to ton 130 sElHaaaaf tegai
teoder sola, bat a itb an amendment repairing tbo
imereti on tbo itoek into —bieb Ibe ante* ar* to to
eonrerlible, to be paud ia apeeia. So long ao tb.
notei iktroiilrri roaiauia itoir rroyor rxiaa Ik—
.meudmem will b* of do eoaaeqatM*, —kal* m wW
lend lo an/t.in lb* nntaa: bat if Iba* lawai do
precinted. u we apprabaad Ib*/ BHI, Iba ar-rWa
of tbe Senate -ill only boten Ito ioeritobl* rate,
for Iba Gorenuaanl wifi itoa bar* Is to/ maid to
p nj its diridriidj try iwnisK ra swews W umm.
xbe order made h; tbe Ffiiiilisi, (ilssdsf fill
Ittieal prisoner*, shows a err disable snarl If t tm%
ulll obtain deferred approval is Ufa foeolrp*
gvflnd’a !fcMi*lit|r.
[From Ihe l.ondon Fens, Wvtt f ]
Several of thoaa journal* which bar* beds If
polled, by tba team of imb. to acqakpc, in dks
policy of non ioterfaranea b liMfifM effrir* M
down by tba GoTanmant. with tba approval af a
lugs aijtfii; tf tba fmMb*. art turn graady dim
trewed leaf, oof Motive* fof tbla *e(f-fe*tfaialMaid
taem either Cbrietura or pbilastbrapia. Tbay ken
bacn davotiog tbaaadraa, daring tba hd ball yaar,
to attempt# to prove that nr rysapafhlea, eifbaa
moral er political, ktn nt bad lay iadaaaaa m
oar foreign policy, and ongbt not to bare. I* cm
diet plica, however, tbie ia not trae; and la tba to
cond. if il wera frna, it would bsra no baariog woeby
of attention npon tba ralafiena wilb tba I'ailed
?wte* If cmmiJcr>iU*wv it HgU Ud Ut
tice bare never heretofore bees allowed to ftltd
onr dealing* with otbor State,, H it bigb time that
tbay ibonhi begin to do w. If wa have adordad
eympatby and ancoaragaMant to roe#lwiiawa baeing
robbery and nppmrwa for ILefr avwvttd , el.
it ie bigb Itrae to abandon Ibe practice. If We
bare ever, for tbe mere besedt of ear Oiaairw,
raised a finger in approval of Ibe efibrta af anas wba
ware overturning a Government ia order that their
pnparty in the tadiriof nea<(bird af ibtir fmtfp
man might ba eoaaolidaMd and porpatastod. pIlMd
keyond tba reach of attack ar fanpoacbmoM, ilia
Ihe bneinan of theEegliab people at tbie jaseta/a,
to-aae that ibe crime ie not rapvftod. Bat Ibe WWB
ie r that onr foreign policy bo* not baratotora baas
purely lalfieb. a, err toriea would bore tba l*e4fd
believe II ba* for three eeamrte* bees inllaes»ad
a good deal store by moral ssd political fympaliln
than by cosaidantinn* af ptcaaiary pMl'ar toat.
Wa bare oftes.no doubt, looked os coldly wbaa
till deedi wart being dons, bat tba came art m
indeed in which wa have acUvalylaUftsrad as tba
ride of wrong and iojnrfice. na want la as* is
Bliiabatb’* and Cromwell’, day for Ibe dofoaaa af
ProtMUDtivm agaiajt Rombb tyranny. Webnghi
IB Ue left tn Am te *?*■»“ rf Baroness lltorty
igcJnft allrnipu to ntaMak sarrrrmf doopwwm.
Er,r imea than oar diplomacy ba* boas generally
inipirrd by a daaira to aslasd Ibe ores of cosatlts
Haul goeernaoent. That wa hare baas coldly Im
partial hi any tb>“f but tba form ia coCofiotMly SS
true We bare IrmleraO rympatfeyisdawsuwrogr
mant to Iba Grcaka, and Balgiana, asd fioslb Ame
rican*. rod to tba llaliaae. sot baccate wa Hftjtai
to make money ont of thatr rocee**, tot mam
we helicoid Iheir object* were preimronfer* And
every reeron which tod 0* to wi*» Ibam well is
their rebellion «i»t* fat itin greater fort# for oar
w irking Ibo Lulled fiUtro wellin pstiisg dews tba
rebellion, fvr, In #pite of ibe vitaaMr of tom*
lisßbt cgenti to befog tu. (be BagtiaX pabiic ir
tboaoogbly wall aware of Iba fact Ibat lhai Baa lb
rrn iwnrraetfon ba* nothing in rooamon wilb aajr
other inrnrtectios of mowers 11 tael, ascent His
same. Tba See#«ioni*l* fight, is revelliag. is pcs
yiraly the aama c*ue aa Iba Field Marobai llaysas
aad hi, aujoUc Perilbud *f If ania*—da defasaa
af a divine right, enpporied by the Rbla, to feg,
and barn, and UDpriJon. ssd rob, asd wars masaf
as *• inferior race,’’ witbont let or Uadraace.
KLiieaUh is Wlaaasrl y
Ft. Li-n.-. Harcb 30.—Ltrol. i. to Jack, af tba FtoA
lowa Cavalry, wilb 30 mea, os the 'Mk twrlmt, #ssrss
|v,,4 a baud of marandora ratal is a las bosae as* lam.
ii Lafatvllaconntii Hiasmri* The tthvto wrrr irfmtvd
afire a ahorl aorafatncnl, in ah Irk Ibry bad *kn*l sal
-5 wotmdvd. Our to, wav t kitted aod 4 VW.I—I
Fire nt Ida Crnaar. Wlwoavil.
Hll.WAUrr, Itmrrn SO—Aidwtruwryv ir- vnnrd
at l.a Crow laaV nlabt— lbv AuauWa llmma aad IkJrfV
r.rbvr ImlMtuea on Troal r-ad r-arl Or—t, 7«tal lea,
9126,009, There war rvr; ISH, laaaranra.
PsfctU
Hr. Barney WlJlianr* a»4 M< wtto ayyvar to-alyb* a 4
Ik* Walimt. fttrert ■ far tka taaf ttam ftu vaa, aad vt*r a,
wry altracf tva htll far IhalrkanaSt 7ha drama af m 4*.
Hollow fiT'i" "la Bfar-r** awl"Tbo l>M>
Linn * T win bn ilmfritib* *****"**"*
■pturing In ait Mi Iw. 1%
lha chntwclar of Tin Mont* *• mAlWali Mr. WA*
, lloma con,b» nurpoww tf.
At litr A"ii •(!( >Jilu aMIL Ua
I pfwiux as tHni** ttntfrnteerh la, fbw * sfafttfl*
; cosm&i of " MI: or* fhs YttmUiS*
| taulaiao in tha fares of lbs •* IfUb 'J^gsr,'*
1 m Tanm ********
! *r!£f •< (hoi llOKMiy MIM IMkrf % iMMMfII
‘ of w>niw.
Tbs. AuiwUr BuOdhif Is liituly
loan# fMMiVtt l •»!
l;)V»t|S T»9*f
ssAtiUis psiteot, nwfwmtwU* ifffw*
ar4 tctvn oMndfak TVfPtMf IstftelArt
sspo> M tsstwrw
ijMluiU Uiidjimtti IflliiMtlti Tl# Iffftft
of Us aa tb. a*srfaM MiMrfplMti
mv mi Ofportunftj of stuorh»fl •* isiwiais
ant that will w*B V!P*# * Uf. *bs mam*
fltr. wtU sirs mb tobrtliißßfßt PI 9sftff4sf PflfffPMf*
If U*« msUwsss e/« wtU slltodsd Ufl wfD W w»Ki<,
Arrmi awi> Knew or 4 Iwmti StitL-r
At BphiKfivld, IU , • fSJ I*7* tel
•Uvt kalrnglßg to *"" 8-»*«";•
MiHonrl, war arretted by tba V. 8. Msnwsl, M
having acesped in KotcbAw. 19« l. UawsgWr
atored to hb mister by the U. g Ow«qinteKSF.«Bß
Irfi ftr bid t\i