THE PKESS. fUBLIBHID DAILY, (SUNDAYS 1I0IFI1D,) BT JOHN W. FORNEY, OFFICE No. 41T CHESTNUT STREET. THE DAILY PRESS, WflLYi Onig Pax Wkkk, payable to the Oarrlee. Mailed to enbscribers out of the City at Six Dollais P»a Axxtm, You* Dollars roa Eight Months, ffain Dollars for Six Hokths— lnvariably in ad for the time ordered. TUG TB.I-WEEKLY PRESS, Mailed to Subscribers out of the City at Thrch Dol t.llB Pm Ahruv, in advance. DRY-HOODS JOBBERS. SPRING IMPORTATIONS MEN AND BOYS’ WEAR, - Including Goods suited for MILITARY PURPOSES, Now in Store, NO. 631 CHESTNUT STREET, And for Sale by DE COURSEY, LAFOURCADE, & CO. mhSO'lm 1862. SPRINO. WHOLESALE DEPARTMENT. A. R. CAMPBELL & CO., No. 737 CHESTNUT STREET, iaAVK SOW IN STOKE, LINES OP CHOICE GOODS, TO "WHICH THEY INVITE THE ATTENTION OF CASH BUYEB3. GOODS—In all Uteir Varieties. E.IXE-3JS—AII Qualities and be Bt makes. TABLE DAMASKS—Napkins and Doylies, tTf. C. HDKFS—Towels and Toweling. •GINGHAMS—Super, Fancy and Solid Check*. and Choice Styles. «DR GANDIES, and Paris Printed Jaconets. SDRESS GOODS—In very desirable Btylos. E3LACK SlLKS—Choice Brands. (FLANNELS—Of the best makes. BLEACHED GOODS—a full lino. PRlNTS—American and English. ■CHINTZES, BRILLIANTSS AND PERCALES. '•TOGETHER WITH MANY OTHER GOODS, ADAPTED TO FIRST-CLASS TRADE, ALL OF WHICH WILL BE OFFERED AT LOW PRICES. 1862. SI ' BINQ - 1862. W. S. STEWART & CO.. IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OF SILKS AND FANCY DRESS GOODS, iiO. 305 MARKET STREET. t-ve. invite the attention of the trade to a full line of SLACK AND OTHER STAPLE SILKS, Aa also a great varioty of NEW STYLES OF DRESS GOODS, Sought for caah, and which will be offered on the most eavoroble terns. f625*3m SPRING GOODS. M. L. HALLO WELL & Co., '333 MARKET and ST NORTH FOURTH STB., Wholesale Dealers in SILKS AND FANCY DRY GOODS, Bare open a large variety off re shly-importeS SPRING DRESS GOODS, Ho which, with a handsome assortment of BLACK AND FANCY SILKS, SHAWLS, MANTILLAS, WHITE GOODS. EMBROIDERIES. And Other goods In their line, they Invite the attention ef city and country dealers. mh4-tf yARD.GHXMORE. & Co.. *¥os. 61T OHKSTNUT and 614 JAYNE Streets, flavo new open their SIPHTNC IMPORTATION OF BILK AND FANCY DRESS GOODS, SHAWLS, WHITE GOODS, LINENS, EMBROIDERIES, &0. Bought in Europe, by cue Gf the arm. So which the attention of the trade la parhcnlarlr in cited, fB2l - a “ IMPORTATIONS. HOSIERY, GLOVES. GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS, LINENS, SHIRT FRONTS, WHITE GOODS, AND THOS. MEL LOR & Co., 40 and 42 North TBIBD Street. mhlO-Sm 1862. spuing. 1802, jeiEGEL. BAIRD. & CO.. IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OF DRY GOODS* •SO. «T NORTH THIRD BIBIIT. rttruDELruiA. Merchants visiting this city to purchase Drt Goods will find our Btock large and admirably assorted, and at Low Figurbs. In certain classes of Goods we offer inducements to unequalled by any other house in Philadelphia. mhl3-2oi gPRING STOCK SILK AND FANCY DRESS GOODS. A. W. LITTLE & Co. mhlfi-tf No. 33« MARKET ST. gELLING OFF spook or CASSIMERES, VESTINGS, DRIL LINGS, MARSEILLES, &0. Twent/wfivs per cent, under former price* A. H. GIBBS. feM-lm No. 631 MARKST Street. SEWING MACHINES. & WILSON SEWING MACHINES, 628 CHESTNUT BTBBBT, obU'tm SHILADKLPEHu 1862. EMBROIDERIES. VOL. S.—NO. 199. WHOLESALE HOUSES. 27 AND 5 4-1 NO H BKY-BX.UE KERSEYS, SUPERFINE INDIGO-BLUE3SATINET3, BLACK CADET AND OXFORD Do. PRINTED D0, .1n variety. BLACK AND FANCY MIXED DOESKINS. FANCY CASSIMERES AND MELTONS. IN STORE, AND FOR SALN BT JOSEPH LEA. feZO-tf 128 AND 130 CHESTNUT STREET COMMISSION HOUSES. COFFIN, & CO., 220 CHESTNUT STREET, Agents for the following makes of goods: PRINTS. DUNNELL MFG. CO. .... GREENE MFG. CO, LAWNS. DUNNSLL MFG. CO. BLEACHED”COTTONS. Lonsdale, Forestdale, Auburn, Slatersville, Oentrodale, Jameutown, BlackQtoue« Hopei Bed Bank* Porchontori Newbnryport, Naumcßg, Zouave, Burton, Greene Mfg. Co.’s A. A., B. A., C. A., and other styles. BROWN COTTONS. Bnrnsido, Trout, Croton, Ashland} Chestnut, QUnyille, Mechanics’ and Farmers’. CORSET JEANS.—Glasgow, Manchester. DENIMS AND STRIPES.—Grafton, Jewott City, Madison, Slaters vide, Agawam, Keystone, Choctaw. CANTON FLAN NEltS.—Slaleravillo, Agawam, BILESIAS.—Smith’s, Social Co., Lonsdale Co. WOOLENS. ARMY BLUE CLOTHS, KERSEYS, and 7LA2T NELS. BROAD CLOTHS.—Plunketts’, Glonham Co., &0. CASSIMERES.—Gay A Son, Saxton’s River, Ac. SATINETS.—Bass River, Convorgville. Lower Val ley, Hope, Stßffordvillo, Couvorso and Hyde, Converse Bros. A Co., Shaw Mfg. Co. KENTUCKY JEANS.—Rodman, Mystic. Gold HedaL DOMKT FLANNELS WILLIAMS’S Angola, Sax ony, Merino, and other stylos: LONSDALE Nankeens and Colored Cambrics. PLAID LINSEYS, COTTONADES, Ac. [fe26-3m CHIPLEY, HAZARD, & D HUTCHINSON, No. 112 CHESTNUT STREET, COMMISSION MERCHANTS FOR TITS SALR OP PHILADELPHIA-MALE GOODS. ee2B-6ra CARPETS AND OIL CLOTHS, Q.LEN ECHO MILLS, GERMANTOWN, PA. McOA'LLUM & Go., MANUFACTURERS, IMFOBTEBS, ANDDEALEBS 409 CHE STN VI STREET, (Opposite Independence Hall,) C ARiP ETINO-S. CLOTHS, &c. We have now on hand an oxtensive stock of Carpetings, of our own Aud oth6r to wlddh We o*ll the atten tion of cash and short-time buyers. mh7-3m JjiOURTH-STREET CARFEX STORE, Ho. 4T ABOVE CHESTNUT, No. 4T. J. T. DELACROIX Invites attention toliis Spring Importation of CARPETINGS. Comprising every style, of tho Newest Patterns and Designs, In VELVET, BRUSSELS, TAPESTRY BRUS SELS, IMPERIAL TfiliEE-PLY, and INGRAIN CARPETINGS. VENETIAN and DAMASK STAIR CARPETINGS. SCOTCH RAG and LIST CARPETINGS. * FLOOR OIL CLOTHS, in every width. COCOA aod CAN*ON MATTINGS. BOOR-MATS, RIH3S, SHEEP SKINS, DRUGGKrSi and CKVKff CLOTHS. at wholesale and retail, LOW FOR CASH. J. T. DELACROIX, mhS.4m 47 South FOURTH Street. jq-EW CARPETINGS. J. F. & E. B. ORNE, NO. 619 CHESTNUT STREET, (OPPOSITE STATE HOUSE,) Have received, per steamer Edinburgh, and other late arrivals, their BMIING IMPORTATION OF NEW CAEPETINGS: CROSSLEY’S TAItD-AND-A-HALF- WIDE VELVETS . 6-1 MET>ALT.I6X pd, ENGLISH BRUSSELS, EXTRA-QUALITY TAPESTRY, BRUSSELS CARPETS, WITH BORDERS, (of new designs, for Halls and Stairs). INGRAIN AND THfififi-PliY GABFBTINGSi of extra duality* 500 PS. J. CROS3LEY k SON’S TAPESTRY BRUSSELS CARPETS, FROM 871 TO $1 PR YD., Together with a complete assortment of OIL CLOTHS, STAIR AND FLO9B DRUGGETS, BUGS, MAYS, AO., All of new, choice selections, and AT MODERATE PRICES. J. F. & E. B. OENE, UhS-tr OPPOSITE STATE HOUSE. ECH-BTREET CARPET WARE HOUSE. OLDDEN & RICKNER. 833 ARCH STREET, TWO DOORS BELOW NINTH, SOUTH SIDE, Have this day opened their New Stock of CARPETS, of the best English manufacture. The newest Patterns in Velvet, Brussels, Tap. Brusßelß, 3-Ply Ingrain, and Ve netians, Oil Cloths in all widths, Canton Matting, Mats, Druggets, An., bought before tbe late advance, selling at the iowust prices for casii. mhla 12t LOOKING GLASSES. JAMES S. EARLE & SON, MANUFACTURERS AND IMPORTERS o r LOOKING GLASSES. OIL PAINTINGS, TINE ENGRAVINGS, PICTURE AND PORTRAIT FRAMES, PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES, PHOTOOBAPH ALBUMS, , CABTE-DE-VISITS PORTRAITS, EARLE’S GALLERIES. 816 CHESTNUT STREET, Jalfi PHH.ADKI.PHIA. HATS AND CAPS. IQtfO SPRING STOCK 10£0 J.OU/6. COMPLETE. LOU4I. c. H. GARDEN & Co., Manufacturers of and Wholesale Dealers in HATS, CAPS, AND FURS; STRAW GOODS. FANCY BILK ANP STRAW BONNETS, Artificial Flowers, Ruches, Feathers, Ac., No. 800 and 603 MARKET Street, S. W. corner of SIXTH Street. gfy A large and complete stock. The beet terms and the lowost prices. Cosh and prompt “ time buyers 11 are particn'Mly invited to examine our itook, uihl»2m WATCHES, JEWELRY, Ac. | -.A- 'FRESH ASSORTMENT, at LESS J\. THAN FORMER PRICES. FARR St BROTHER, Importers, 324 CHESTNUT Street, below Fourth. mh2o-tl Kerosene lamps, whole bale DEPOT AND MANUFACTORY, No. 11* South SECOND Street, below Chestnut, and No-1 CAR TES Street, PbUftdelpnift. Ia new im provements in machinery and increased faculties for mtmufaettirlug, we are prepared to furnish the trade a itb LAMPS and lamp-trimmings of every description at greatly reduced prices. COUNTRY MERCHANTS are Invited to examine our stock which consistb of new styles and patterns of lamps, and all artloles pertaining to the business, as low as can be purchased elsewhere. * mbS-lm#lp M. B. DYOTT. WEDNESDAY, MAKCH 26, 1862. The Imperial Difficulty in France. In vulgar parlance, NArotEOS lias “ put his foot in it,-'-’ in the matter of Gen. Montauran, the newly-created Count Palikao. First, lie made him a Senator; next, ho made him a peer; lastly, he asked the Legislature to settle 50,000 francs per annum upon him and his family for ever. The Corps Legislatif refused to do so, the French law being against majorats, or pecuniary perpetuities. Napoleon then withdrew his proposal, saying that ho would have another way of rewarding public services. It turns out that this plan was to have a large sum granted, out of which the Emperor might reward military sorvir.es as lie pleased, Ilis Legislature, however, is even more averse to tin's than to the perpetuity of the Montauban dotation, and at this moment Napoleon is more unpopular Ilian at any time since lie became Emperor. Dv all accounts, Montafuan is a poor crea ture, who chiefly owes his position to the favor of NAi'Olrtiox, whose creature he is. The Paris correspondent of the London Morning Star gives a reason for the dotation, which may he true, and is amusing. As it is too good to he lost, hcie it is : “ Tilt- story goes that the English correspondents, who said that the French looted for some time pre vious to the arrival of onr soldiers the imperial pa lace at Pekin, were correct in their assertions; and that Gen. Momauban filled his pockets from the ettlttlfi tf til4Ghistit Aihongstihe most precious of the spoils appropriated to his private use ' were the two necklaeos, one of which was made of a very rare kind of dark gray pearl, and the other of diumonds, emeralds, and gigantic rubies. On the return to Paris of the viator of Palikao, he, not very well understanding the value of jewelry, made a present of the pearl necklaco to the Empress, who, not liking tho setting, sent it to tier jeweller to be broken up, and also desired him to let her know its value in money. Thu jawoihsr is ssid to have supposed that money was scarce at the Tuileries, ns it was during the linanoial erisis that he received the message, and heoifered for the precious ornament 1,500,000 f. Notwithstanding his reputation for coarse rudeness, that makes him so disliked in Pails. Monteuban meanwhile gave a further proof of his devotion to the ladies, and proceeded to the hotel of the newly-arrived Dnke ol Malahoff, to whose wife he offered the other necklace, which rumor says Ia still more valuable than the one made of gray pearls. The Dueheas, who understood the value of such things bet ter than tho wonid-be donor, said she could not aocepc it till she showed it to tho Duke, who, when he saw it, went straight to the Tuileries and displayed it there, at the same time demanding what he WAS 16 do. The Fmperor is reported to have said, “ Since the Empress has accepted another neurly as valuable, I don’t see why the Duchess should not do likewise.” and the Dnke accordingly put it in his pocket. Some conversation then took place as to the enormous value of the gems, which was duly repeated to their former possessor, Who was by all accounts on the verge of desperation at having thus so simply let a fortune slip through bis fingers. A benevolent busybody is generally supposed to have in turn told at tho Tuileries all about the intense anguish from which the General suffered, to the great amusement of the Emperor, who, to indemnify him for his lost proper ty , proposed the dotation that has got him into the false position in which he now is. This anecdote is implicitly believed by several deputies, whoespress themselves as deeply insulted at being made the means by which ‘Madame MalakofTs necklace should he paid for.’ On the other hand, I am as sured by some who have many opportunities of being well informed, that there may be a little foundation in this piece of Paris gossip, but not sufficient to justify all that has been said on the subjtct. Cartes de Visite. Ttvo questions have been propounded to us, arising out of our article on Cartes de Visite in The Press on Saturday. First, as to the time when this system of miniature photographs was commenced, and next, as to the manner in which the photographs are mounted on the cardshow the photographs are made we showed on Saturday. Cartes de Visite undoubtedly were first made in raids. and a friend who was there in 1858 assures us that they were becoming popular then. At small prices, too, for he paid only eight cents for his own card.portrait, and ox. ceirciii specimens uuiy now DC commonly pro cured, even from the leading photographers in Paris, ior ten cents each. There was a photographer in Paris, named Desideri, Italian by birth, who had great skill and little business in the autumn of 1857. In a fortunate moment, having a small negative portrait of himself, he had a vast number of copies made, and, neatly mounting them on visiting cards, on the back of which occupation and address were printed, had them put under many thousand doors. 1 be result was an immense rush for the pleas ing novelties, and, though other photographers soon came in for a share of the business, Sig nor Desideri, who had the start, eogrossed the lion’s share for a long time. We are told, too, that his carles de visite had tho peculiarity of being glazed in such a manner as not to be af lected by wet or damp. The manner in which the little photographs are attached to the cards is extremely simple. A positive picture has been put upon a par ticularly thin paper, rendered very susceptible by chemical means, the edges are neatly pared down to the required size, and the photo graph is attached to the card by a flue and very adhesive paste. The picture, thus mounted, is allowed to remain in the air for some time until some of the moisture has exhaled. Then, each card is passed between two metallic cylinders which revolve by a wheel and handle, and this pressure effectually unites the picture to the card, besides giving a certain homoge jjeous polish to the whole. Wo shall conclude this by noticing an erra tum and an omission iu our former article on cartes de visile. In giving the names of tbe leading photographic artists in this country, “T. H. Boot-land was mentioned instead of «T. K. Burnham .” IVe understand that Mr. Burnham fully merits the compliment we paid him—elicited, without the slightest personal knowledge of the artist, simply by the perfec tion of some of his work. Vio omitted, among the names of pliotograph-album makers, Messrs. William and. Alfred Martien, 600 Chestnut street, who do an extensive bu siness, and profess to offer unusual advan tages, in the way of cheapness, to purcliasers. They make some quarto albums, to hold 200 portraits, and are the only manufacturers, we believe, of extension and pocket albums, so arranged as to display half a dozen portraits at one view. As tbe places are doubled, twelve portraits are containable in each book, with marvellous economy of space. Their albums, of all sorts and sizes, are firm and cheap, They have engraved cartes de-visile of all the leading public men in the country, but do not sell photographs. At present, whim there Is so little Who sky, few positives can be produced. But for this, McAllister & Brother, Chestnut street, would have, by this time, brought out fine portraits of our venerable citizens, the Hon. Horace Binney and the Hon. Samuel Breck. The negatives have already been executed. Sleeping Cars anti Increased Railroad Fa cilities for Passenger Travel Between Washington and New York by Means of the Filth and Sixth-streets Passenger Bailway. [For Tk« Pref».] “ The supplement to the charter of the Philadel phia and Delaware River Railroad Company,” now before the Legislature, proposes a great accommoda tion to the travelling public and the troops and agents of the General Government. Its sole object is to carry passengers, between Washington and Hew Yorh, through Philadelphia, instead of around it, without change of cars, loss of sleep, or •useless escjtenditure of time ut malting two tran shipments,ns is now the case. It is a public measure, urgently demanded by the Government, the interests of this city, aud the business of tbe country. Nothing can be farther from the truth than that freight is to be carried over the Fifth and Sixth streets railway. The bill expressly prohibits it, and restricts the motive power to that of horses. The George's Bank codfisheries prove terribly destructive to the fishermen in the winter. There wbb one storm (February 25th) in which oiia hun dred and twenty men from Gloucester, Mas?a<jhu setts, were lost, leaving seventy widows and two hundred and fourteen orphans in the town of Gloucester. The destruction of property is esti mated at ninety thousand dollars. ( Relief meetings and subscriptions aro on foot to aid the bereaved and destitute families, The awful dingers of George’s Bunk winter fishery have long keen known, and it will probably be discontinued, after the late unprecedented fatality to Gloucester, PHILADELPHIA. WEDNESDAY. MARCH 26, 1862. FROM FORTRESS MONROE. Anecdote of Prince de Joinville—The Cable and llie Weather—A Flag of Truce—The Rebel l abinet—Benjamin* [Special Correspondence of The Press.] Fortress Monroe, March 24. There is a riory told of Prince de JoinviUe, which is worth printing. Like all gentlemen, tbo Prince dressos very plainly in citizen’s attire, and assumes no air of self-importance. He has quite a penchant for making short, solitary rambles, and always keeping his own oounsel. The other day ho was walking on the wharf, when he upas accosted by a sentry of the New York Tenth Regiment, who, sot recognizing his royal highness, demanded to be shown his pass. The Prince shrugged his shoulders, depressed his eyebrows, looked at the sentry in astonishment, and then,(putting his hand in his pocket, drew forth the document. Sentry examined it, pronounced it all right, and told him ho might “ pass on.” Just then a comrade of the sentry, who had witnessed tlio affair, stepped up and asked him if he know who it was he had just detained ? “ Hang me if I do—l never saw the chap before.” “ Well,’*’ re? plid the other, “ That chap is the Prince do Join viile!” The sentry caved, and for several mo* meats appeared to bare discovered something curious about tho lock of his musket that required inspection. It is hoped that the cable may be repaired to day or to.morrow. The air has a scent of far-off rain, however, that looks inauspicious. Tbe flag of truce which went to Norfolk yester day returned this morning The Richmond papers say Jeff Davis’ new Cabinet has been formed, with tor Etatiui&jy Stale. H& wu formerly the rebel Secretary of War. The Richmond, Mom phis, and other Southern papers, were particularly savage upon Benjamin, as Secretary of War* and called for hla dismissal from the Cabinet, and, in fact, for bis trial, for tbe mishaps of their armies, which are attributed to his ignorance or lack of energy HwjfUPin is, by nature, very much like Floyd, and for his tendency in that direction had to leave Yale College, when a student, for his pilfering the rings, watches, and trinkets of his fellow-students. LETTER FROM PORT ROYAL. Picket Duty—Review by General Sherman and Staff— Indications of an Enemy's Presence— Ignoranceof the Rebels—Romance of Picket Guard—Our situation—Tlic Blighting Effects of Slavery. [Correspondence of The Press.] 31RADQUARTERS ADVANCED PICKETS, ) Port lsland, March 16, 1862. j Yesterday our regiment took up its line of march for picket duty on the Coosa, the name of the stream dividing Port Royal Island from the main land. Nothing delights tho soldier more than a movement of some kind, more especially one which promises to accomplish something of importance beyond which he can look nearer home , and the termination of the unhappy difficulties in which he is engaged. You can well imagine, therefore, that tbe order to move to onr present position was by no means an unwelcome «ne. Every man who could possibly turn out waB in his accustomed place in the ranks, and at an early hour the One hundredth, one of the largest regiments in the division, filed past the General’s quarters, in im posingarray, and thence forward to its somewhat distant scene of duty. On 6th ; one whole brigade was re viewed by General Sherman and staff. The occa sion was a grand one, and, although the day was somewhat unfavorable, yet tho various regiments were out in full strength and equipment, present ing, in their glittering panoply, a very fine appear" ance, indeed. But I am forgetting my original intention in writing this epistle, which was to give you such in" oidents in relation to military life in the South as are in my possession, together with a few items of Southern life, as developed in the progress of the campaign. Our line of pickets is extended along the Coosa river, on each side of Fort Royal Jferry, for miles, the posts being from a quarter to half a mile apart, and consisting, generally, of four men each, whose duty it is to preserve a sleepless vigilance for the period of twenty-four hours, at the end of which time they are promptly relieved by others, and so alternately. At the present time our regiment is thus occupied, but its exact disposition and the number of forces employed we are not permitted to divulge, for very good reasons. It is enough to state that we fool uu uuou aa aai au atij UVBOTIfe VIVEQQDBini' tions of the enemy are ooacerned, who are believed to be posted in considerable force fit Gardiner’s Corner and other points a short distance across the river. In short, tne soldiers have unlimited con fdmti in the general of our brigade, and the rebels have just as much fear of his well-known skill i and bravery ; having been favored with a tolerable ! Acquaintance with him, on New Year’s Day, at the : Ferry. A state of quietude has existed for some i time along our lines, and the only evidence of an | enemy's presence is an occasional glimpse of their i pickets, lurking here and there, amid the clumps ! of live oak and pine skirting the brink of the stream. Sometimes they manifest a desire to converse with our pickets; but, as a general thing, our pickets are interdicted from holding any communica tion with them. Yet, from some remarks uttered, now and then, on their part, we are led to infer that they are kept in the most profound ignorance by their officers of the actual state of affairs. Oar resent signal viswries soem to 6? utterly unknown, at least to the private soldier, and the hopeless condition of tbe rebellion appears to be sedulously concealed under plausible promises of ultimate sue cess; actual complaint has been made, too, by then, of the want 9f money j clothing, and the moat common neoessaries oillfe. Picket guard on the outposts seems, no doubt, to be quite a romantic mode of existence, as seen by | tbe blaze of the cosy parlor fire, but an .actual ex | periment will servo to effectually dispel tho plea [ sing illusion. True, tho sentinel is generally por- I trayed in connection with moon-lit skies, balmy i night windß, and softly swaying boughs, yet all I this captivating drapery is, in most instances, sadly 1 deficient. Wherever or whenever duty calls he I must be prepared to go 5 and whether it be within i the golden glow of summer evenings, or amid the ! howling winter’s storm, beside the silent dreary ! marsh, or deep in the lonely forest glades, he must paco away tbo slow-wiDged hours, with vigilant eye and ah uofiincLthg foftittttU. ( Apart frcm all this, we have not taken into consideration thepre : gtnoe of a wary and unseen foe, against whom he must be continually on tbe alert, and whese deadly | aim, from some neighboring ambush at any mo j ibefct, he jmpposed to bo centred upon him. j But leaving picket duty for some other occasion, i we may briefly describe our present location, known i in military language as the “ Reserve.” This is i situated a few miles from the ferry previously al luded to. with a dense and interminable pine forest ' in the rear, an extensive marsh, reaching to ; the river in front, while, on either side, wo are i flanked by long, low, dingy rows of negro ( 'Bhanties ” that more nearly resemble pens, used : for the accommodation of a certain class of ani* : mala, than any other thing we can think of. The building itself, in which we are quartered, has, ! during the palmier days of “kingootton,” been used, if we may be allowed the description, i tor 41 ginning” and preparing that wonderful : species of majesty for market. In one apartment, known, we suppose, as the engine-room, stands the : dilapidated remains of an engine, much resembling 1 an old drum stove, only somewhat larger, while i rods i&d levers, and cranks and piped, tie scattered | about in promiscuous confusion. Tbe remainder i of the building maybe simply described as “up stairs” and . kt down stairs,” the latter named division being approached alone by a ricketty flight of old pins steps, very suggestive to the climber of the truth that he who climbs highest will fall farthest, and, we may add, generally hardest. Now, it is within the aforesaid “up stairs" that your correspondent is at the present moment seated, busily engaged in writing, this rambling epistle,' while every sew and then wb pause te take a meditative stance, through the aperture commonly called a door, at the distant scenery beyond. Gazing thus, we mentally ex claim, “Whom the gods wish to destroy the, first make mnd!" Lulu and desolation seem to brood over the land like the visible wing of some long-impending ven geance, that, as some black and mighty tempest, has been slowly gathering strength and fury, to mods at tbe puny strength of man as it sweeps onward in its career of destruction. The slave is , here, bnt he no longer toils under the lash of his ' pitiless master. No more shall he sweat with un requited toil, amid the long rows of farrowed cotton fields that lie beneath my view. For years the foot of tbe slave has trodden, day in and day out, to his weary task, on their burning, ’sandy bosoms; but tbe master that grew proud and en riched himself with the proceeds of his unpaid labor, is gono; he is a cowardly fugitive from bis iraudulently-acquired estates, and those, whose ‘■biro he has kept back’’ for so many years now inbsbit his dwelling I Farther away, the tall, white, lonely ohimnoy, left standing here and there, aoiid the ruins, swept by the fire m its mad and devouring fury, points, like some mournful funeral pile, to the grave of fallen pride and the terrible rotribution of- Heaven upon the traitor to his country and the oppressor of hi. fellow-man. The cattle roam ownerless over tho deserted fields; tbe watch-dog bays, in a querulous tone, in the lone night, from amid the rums; and the owl hcots, in tbe still midnight hour, from the orevice of the tottering wall, while a shudder runs through the listening sentinel, as be turns him away on his monotonous round. Such are tbe fruits of this un holy and unnatural rebellion. Where shall it end ? With nothing less than tbe extinction of the first deep cause of all our present national troubles. Men are to be found in the North, even yet, who hare boon, and are still aiding the rebellion, inas much ns tbny are defending those very principles which give it vitality and energy; principles upon which, alone, in the gaze of all tbe, world, it seeks to establish its monstrous supremacy, and upon whioh it serks to divert from their oourse even the tbe eternal laws of nature and justice. But, thank Heaven,.wo live in an age of human progression; an age of free speech and free thought ;-dnd we also live in a land which, we believe, ia destined to he the home of universal.liberty. The tempest of war. now sweeping its bosom, will leave its moral atmosphere free and pure, and'bracing; while with renewed energy, we shall rapidly mount to the summit of true national greatness. We have sufficiently taxed your time and pa tience ; we shall close our letter. In the mean time, we remain, U. B. Di THE REBELLION. BISKS IMRCHING ON STRISBURG. A DECISIVE BATTLE PROBABLE. late-News from Burnside's Army. WASHINGTON, N, C., IN OUR POSSESSION. EEINFORCEMENTS ARE .SENT TO OUR TROOPS IN NEW MEXICO. JEFF DAVIS' NEW CABINET. Rebel Reports of a Battle fear Manassas. MORE UNION HEN ARRESTED AND SENT TO RICHMOND. Gen. Banks Advancing on Strasbnrg, Ya. Washington, March 25—A despatch received litc Ittfit riight from Winchester says that General Docks was then two miles from Strashurg, which le inteDded to take to-day. is about nineteen miles southwest of Winchester. The rebel army under Jackson is bo* lieved td Di therei Their retreat by railroad to Richmond is out off by our having got possession of Manassas: Agreat and decisive battle, at or near Strasburg, seems to be inevitable. This morning’s National Intelligencer says: * c A 'despatch received last night from Winches ter says that General Banks was then at Cedar creek, two miles from Strasburg, which place he intended to take to-day. There was very little fighting yesterday (Monday.) The Unionists lost about ten killed Mr- Luce, the assistant to Captain Abort, of the Topographical Engineers, was taken prisoner. The enemy was still retreating.” Later News from Gen. Burnside's Army. New YorKj Marqh 25.—Tbe steamer George Tmbody has arrived from Newborn, N. C., which place she left on the 22d, via Hatteras on Suuday. She left at the Inlet the steamer Port Royal, from New York, all well. Also, the steamers New Brunswick and Louisiana, with many of the w ounded from the Burnside Expedition. The steamer Spaulding left on Sunday for Fort ress Monroe, with part of tho prisoners. The Peabody touched at Hampton Road 3, when she saw a lurgo fleet of transports ut anchor. Anong the passengers in the Peabody is Lieut. Col. Potter, of the Fifty-first Regiment, seriously wounded at Newbern. Among the remains of the killed on board are Chaplain Benton, Captain Johnson, and Lieutenant Allen, of the Fifty-first New York, and Lieutenant Walker, of the Ninth New Jersey. Tho expedition to Washington, North Carolina, consisted of several gunboats and the Twenty fourth Massachusetts. The expedition to Beaufort hod not reported back when the Peabody sailed. There was, however, a report of the capture of the steamer Nashville by our blockading fleet, as she left the place on the ap proach of our troops. , The Peabody returns immediately with stores. Another Account. Baltimore, March 25.—0 n Thursday last an expedition left Newbern in steamers and went par tially down the river, and on landing struck the railroad, and took up tbe march for Beaufort with band-cars from Newbern loaded with ammu nition, baggage, Ac. A few days before, the gunboat Stars and Stripes WOgt outside and assisted the blc)9kadv iogt tbo Nashville might try to escape to sea when the troops come inland. No opposition was made to the advance of our forces. On the evening of the same day (the 20th) the rebels, learning of our approach, blew up Macon, fired the Nashville, and retreated across the river to Morehead City, Carolina City, and finally in the direction of Washington, Beaufort was almost entirely evacuated by peo ple. Our troops occupied the place next day. On the same day (the 20tb) General Burnside sent a force, with several gunboats, to Washington. No opposition to landing. Onr troops occupied the -town-, and the Union flag is flying on the Court House. There was nothing particularly new at Newbern. Our pickets extend about eight miles towards Goldsborough. 1 On Wednesday last three men strayed beyond our linos and were made prisoners by a troop of re bel oavalry. , The inhabitants are gradually returning to the town allu ll- Lai* and Important from New Mexico, Kansas City, March at - Tho l ,a^ n?or3 by , be Santa Fe stage furnish the following: Col. Slough, of Colorado, had arrived at For.. Union with 050 men, marching 160 miles in four days. They intend forming a junction with Col. Canby, who was still at Fort Craig on tbe 7th inst. The advance guard of Texans was at Algederos, 43 mites from Santa Fe, on the 4th ingt. Another battle was expected to ooeur before the first of April. The stage started from Fort Union and brings no mails or papers from Santa Fe, the and coaches having been taken off between Fort Union and Santa Fe. Skirmish in Missouri. Kansas City, March 24. —A skirmish ocourred between a detachment of the Sixth Kansas Regi ment and Quantrell’s band, near independence, Mo., on the 22d. The latter were routed, with the loss of seven killed. The United States troops lost one killed, and captured eleven prisoners and twen ty horses. The rebels killed two men and burnt the bridge across the Little Blue, the same day. From Fortress Monroe and the South. Fortress Monroe, March 24.—A flag of truce went to Norfolk to-day, , The Assistant Secretary of War, Mr. Scott, leaves this evening for Washington. The wind is west, with signs of rain. J’ho following is from the Norfolk Day-Book of this morning RicnMONB, March 23 —The House of Represen tatives have adopted resolutions to apply a portion of the moneys in the Contingent Euad to the aid and relief of the captured troops iA the h&ftd3 of the enemy as prisoners. Me learn that fourteen steamers were at Old PoiDt on Sunday, loaded with troops, supposed to b« relnfereemente for Burnside's Expedition. Richmond, March 23. —President Davis’ Cabi net has been formed, and the Senate confirmed the appointments this morning, as follows: Secretary of Slate—J, F. Benjamin, Louisians. War—George W. Randolph, Virginia. Navy—S. R. Mallory, Florida. Treasury—C. G. Memminger, South Carolina. Attorney General —Thomas H. Watts. Postmaster Genoral--Jotm H Reagan, of Texas. New troops are pouring in ; six or seven regi ments arrived in this neighborhood on Sunday, via our railroads. President Davis has declared martial law over the counties of Elisabeth city, York, .Warwick, and Matthews. An account is given in the Day Book of an en gagement near Warrington station, on the Orange and Alexandria Tailroad, on Saturday of last week. Three hundred Confederate cavalry,* under Gen. Stuart, were attacked by five hundred Yankee ca- VBlry. Forty of the latter were reported killed, and one hundred taken prisoners. The rebels are said to have lost six killed and one hundred and eighty wounded. This account is copied from the Lynchburg Virginian: Seventy-seven citizens of Loudoun eonnty wore sent to Richmond on the Central oars on To.aridity night, andjeommitted to one of the military prisons, ” The Situation &t Istittd No. 10. STRENGTH OF THE REBELS. Their Ability t« Stand a Protracted Siege. HAZARDS TO BE ENCOUNTERED. The following) which ifi-ItA frM thfi flflfMS poodence of the Chicago Journal , will clearly ex hibit the strength of the rebels in their position at Island No. 10, and the difficulties necessarily to bo encountered by our generals before victory shall crown thoir efforts: We are in the midst of what promises to be one of tbe most difficult tasks yet undertaken by our West ern forces. Our attacks on Forts Henry and Do nc)wn WW made from below the fortifications. This enabled our b ats to work at the best advan tage. There they were supported by heavy land feroes. Previous to this expedition starting out our troops had been ordered to other points and cannot immediately come to our assistance. Those that have gone up the Tennessee are quite beyond coming to our aid, unless they have been ordered there with especial reference to this occasion, and are now marching for the place. General Pope, allbough in possession of New Madrid, oannot speedily aid uSj «y«b if he fifide ia com * mend of a force which he might spare. Mohave troops enough to serve ss pickets and ward off any gortie »g«iDBt our transports, but not enough to make any separato and effectual attack. Even With & targe feree there jroijld, in tbe present stage of the conflict, be difficulty ia disposing of them ®o advantage. A heavy force coming in from below on the Tennessee side would render the highest aid; another from tbe Missouri aide, co-operating, would pro ire sufficient for olosiug tbe struggle fftiu the least poesihlo loss of life. We have not accu rate information of the strength of the enemy, but it is believed that the whole force from Columbus is before.pe, and it is supposed that those who eva cuated New Madid have also joined them. If tins be so, Commodore Foote has concentrated before him a most formidable army. They can lack for nothing neeesbary to stand a protracted siege. DIFfIOUIiTY OF GISTTINO AT THK ENEMY. The Bret difficulty dii* HelUlahM hMB is t.o.gßtßt the enemy. At Columbus his position was ap proachable' The experiencesof Henry and ticnel- son find taught him the weakness fortified hfelghl i against our ehells. Here they have taken a posi tion exactly the reverse of those points. They have heavy mounted batteries down at the water’s edge, and our 64-pounders can illy cope with their 123- pound siege guns. Their artillery is mounted on chosen works; ours must ho operated from gun boats standing out in a rapid stream flowing at the rate of six or seven mites per hour. It was mani fest from the first that there would be great risk in making a sudden, dashing attack from our boats, headed_ down stream, as they be to OPOTftto to the heat, advantage there. All familiar with boating on our Western rivers are well awaroof the diffi culty of holding a boat from being carried down with the stream unless it stands head to the current. Here is an almost unsurmountable difficulty, which wippeta all operations to bo conducted with the ut most caution. OTIIEII DANGERS TO BE GUARDED AGAINST Let ub suppose our gunboats, disregarding these considerations, had plunged Into the fight as they b&ve done heretofore when tho enemy was above them. What would b& the fate of any bout that might be disabled by this fire? Her rudders carried away, or any material derangement of her engines, would have left her to the mercy of this heavy rolling stream-, now almost a mountain tor rent, and borne her down into the handß of the e&iny. Afiihotag© is SO uncertain in tbe channel where the boats must lie, now fifty feet deep, as not to be relied on. They must depend upon the power they possess within them, or they are risking more than prudence will permit. TUB rOSSIIiLE RESISTS OP DEPEAT. All these things have boon duly weighed—every movement has indicated this complete o&ution. Had our enemy been above us, in the stream, instead of below us, the gunboats would have gnen them a desperate greeting og ]gat Satur day afternoon, on our first arrival. If unsuc cessful or_ repulsed, they could have withdrawn without difficulty and awaited a more favorable movement. What would be the result of a defeat at this time, and under these circumstances? Oar gupbpalg oust fall into their hands. Next, our njortHYboats trroid b„ theirß almost without a strug gle. Those of our transport. w hich shoutd make a precipitate retreat might be save* Bat all that remained to help the gunboats off, or trw f !L j[ o( j to improve tho opportune moment, wi.-m r!?4 fall into (hell l hands. It w&uld not end with the loss of our flotilla and naval stores. The arma ment which has made us their terror on water and given us command of all our navigable streams, would, in their hands, make them the masters of these same waters, and roll back the onward tide ef victory to our very hearthstones. Columbus would again bo theirs, and Cairo and St. Louis are stripped of troops; but they are safe at this moment through the protection of this flotilla. Should the public become restive for anotber gunboat victory, they may take a hint from these considerations of tho momentous consequences of a defeat. THE LATEST FROM THE SOUTH. AFFAIRS AT PENSACOLA. FEDERAL OPERATIONS ON THE GEORGIA COAST. Late Southers papers have been received through various channels. The news generally is of a paci fic character. We make a few interesting ex tracts : Affairs Alt the Georgia Coast. [From the Savannah Republican, March 10.] We have received some items of intelligence of Yankee operations on our coast that are worthy of the attention of our readers while in themselves they are of no signifionnt moment, Some days ago the fleet entered the harbor of Femandiua, and took possession of the town, no resistance being offered on our part* It had previously been deter mined to evacuate the place and abandon the de fences of the island, as they were insufficient to en counter the heavy guns of the enemy. Besides, should the defence prove successful, it must necessa rily have been accompanied with a sacrifice wholly unwarranted by the military importance of the place. The occupation took place on Monday last, and as the train of cars was about moving off* with the remaining troops and inhabitants, a shell from one of the enemy’s gunboats exploded in one of the cars, killing George Savage and Thompson, and seriously wounding a brother of the latter. In the excitement that ensued, the train was aban doned, the occupants taking to their heels. We are mortified to learn that all our guns on Amelia Island, amounting to over twenty, fell into the hands of the enemy. General Trapier owes the public an explanation of such a disaster. It had previously been determined to evacuate the island why was tiro removal of the guns delayed until the enemy was in sight? The circumstance argues the grossest remissness somewhere, and we hope the Government will Institute a thorough inquiry into the uhtortubato affair. The day after the occupation of Fernandina, the enemy’s gunboats went up to St. Mary’s, and took possession of that town, also without resistance. No damage was done to the place, «or to Fernan dina, ibe contrary having been incorrectly reported. But few persons were found at either, and they were not disturbed. The Feder&ls seem disposed to pursue a conciliatory policy, with tbe vain hope of winning converts to their cause. They will find none so degraded on the soil of Georgia. One gun boat ascended the St. Mary ’s, and the officers topic cp»ciai pains to assure such of ttte inhabitants as they saw that no harm was meditated, and request them to remain at their homes, and attend to their business. A number ef negroes had gone to tho gunboat, but all such, w© are informed, were im mediately taken in hand and put in irons, at BrursW,?y l^e ®* fi derals made thoir appearance were immediate} aa the telegraphic instruments hear nothing of iaSfl v ® < ? to the interior, we could they took possession of the pftH ars v/\® L P j C3um ® ylously bees deserted by both trooP lcll . h “?. P™- Tbere ivere seventeen Federal vessels enuS. l * ,zens month of the St. John’s on Saturday, and it 13,56® sinned they went up the river to Jacksonville yes terday. The steumer Darlington, with Govern ment stores, and a large number of women and children, fleeing from Fernandina, was chased by a Federal gunboat up St. Mary’s river, for some dis tance, when the Darlington ran aground, and was taken. We hear that the progress of the Federate up the St, Mary’s was not wholly uninterrupted, Two scouting companies, Capt. Hopkins’ and another, the name of which we could not learn, are stud to have billed some twenty-five Federate and captured two others, at Albarli’s Mills, on the St. Mary’s. P 5,—A despatch received after the foregoing was written states that Burnswick was occupied at 6 o’clock P. M., yesterday. Col. Styles, who had aregiment there, retired, inter burning the wharves and storehouses near the water. Trying Times in the Metropolis Not Whipped since Dinner. The Richmond correspondent of the New Orleans Crescent is disposed to look philosophically on the bright side of affairs. The following is an extract from one of his recent jovial epistles; “ You will naturally desire to know how the peo ple in the Confederate metropolis stand these trying times —for it is evident that we are not safe, in these days of light-draft gnnboats and high water- I answer, in the main, we stand it very woll, Some, to be sure, are down-hearted, and nobody wears as broad a grin as they did the day after the battle of Leesburg. Still, there is a universal determination to do or die—to go down, if need be, with our har ness on, warring like s brave people to the last, I passed General Wigfall on my return from dinner, and asked him if there was any news. ( No,’ said he, 1 1 don’t believe we have been whipped since dinner; I expect, though, to hear of another de feat in the next five minutes, ’ <• Somehow I can’t help thinking of Halleck’s as* sertion by telegraph to McClellan, that 1 the Union flag is on the soil of Tennessee, never to be re moved.’ This te brag, butthe Yankees have, up to this time, stuck like leeches wherever they have effected a landing. They entrench themselves, and at the first spadeful of, earth thrown up by them, our generals give right up and say all is lost. They have attacked us repeatedly in trenches and forts. and carried the latter invariably, while we, with the exception of the St.. Niobolaa affair, and a few others,Jiave not done a daring thing'through the whole-war. Apother noticeable difference between the yteifkees and oureel te'thftt they follow up their viotdriesr while we Squat down in our traoks the moment a battle is ended. This is a shameful fact, which disheartens me more than anything else. I have no hope now in anybody but Goa and Beauregard.’’ Latest from Pensacola. The correspondent of the Mobile Register, under date of Pensacola, March C, says: Blustering March weather is upon us, and the Yankees outside are getting a surfeit of rolling. Tbey are just laying down to it under a southwest wind. I hope they may bo blown to Davy Jones’ Jiabits.tioD- oj high and dry oil their beautiful de sert—Santa Rosa Island.' Our streets are swept clean, and clouds of dust fill the air, much to the nnnoyanoa of promenadors, especially ladies, Much anxiety prevails among our citizens, and merchants are packing up, and families who are able are seeking other points for residence. A meeting of the citizens was held yesterday in the City Hull to devise means for the defenae and guard of the city. They instructed the board of aider men and mayor to use every effort to obtain a suf ficient force for that purpose. On the strength of this state of affairs, a call for one hundred men from this county has been made by the fisvtrasr of Florida, in compliance with the requisition of the President for $2 500 men from this State. Pen sacola has now three companies in tho war, and va rious companies are being raised for regiments re enlisting. The City Council yesterday passed an ordinance compelling all owners of small vessels m the bay to haul up their crafts and place them in tbe public square. Inconsequence of which the square is full of all kinds- —sloops and oared boats —and the boys are having fine times rowing on land, and playing sailor on terra- firms. Change (small bank bills) here Is very scarce, and I don’t know what our people are going to do without it. The soldiers suffer much inconveni ence, as they are paid off in fifty and one-hun dred dollar-bills. 11 Cotton Pl&iiUVg itt TWUble. It would seem that tbe cotton planters are in a dilemma, by the following paragraph taken from a Louisiana exchange: « The trouble of coining to an understanding in relation to the ptontiDg oi‘ a new crop arlleS chiefly from the fact that our planters fear to forbear plant ing, so undetermined is the matter of blockade. It is not improbable that this reason may be weighty enough to prevent a general union of action, do* spite n)i argument to oppose it. Thera hu bean no genial action taken by the cotton Interest. A Union Flag in East Tennessee. The Richmond Tl 7ng, of the 4th inst., learns that an attempt was made WMIS, by SAUI& Union men. to raise a Union flag in Jonesborough, Tennessee, which led to a row between SeeeEsioniste and Unionists, resulting In the killing of three of the latter. Singular Candor of a Rebel. A returned prisoner, from Fort Warren, speaks thus kindly of bis host: « While at Fori Warren our men were treated with great kindness. Colonel Dimmiok WM Par ticularly kind-allowed the officers to Cuy uniforms ani to get many necessary articles. They were TWO CENTS. kUb hlUmd 16 h&Vfc thb papers of the day. They were allowed to writo as many letters as they wished through the Northern States—only once a month to the South. Rations the same as thoir own. Privates were allowed all privileges inside the fort—political prisoners very narrow limits. 1 ' FROM GEN. GRANT’S DIVISION. THE EXPEDITION UP THE TENNESSEE. TOKENS OF RETURNING LOYALTY. The special correspondent of the Cincinnati Times has written a letter, from “ Up the Tennessee, 1 ’ daU 4 tb9 Ivth inst. A few of his striking para, graphs art annexed: I do not look for any opposition to the advance of the expedition this sido of Floronco, Ala , nor do I believe that there is any important concentration of recession frrceß even in thut vicinity. Matters hayo, however, been kept s 6 very , t „iet of late ih this part of the Confederacy, that I must confess I am at a loss te conjecture us to the next movement of the rebels in any quarter. The evacuation of Manassas, the retirement from Pensacola, and tho abandonment of Columbus, all moan something which may not be unraveled until our forces sud denly find themselves before the very batteries of tho enemy. The white flags spoken of in my last as being oc casionally displayed on tho southern Ohio shore become very numerous as wo penetrate i|)9 interior of Becessiondcm. They are to be seen Ilyin® in fiont of almost every residence where any remnant of tho human species yet remains. A portion of tho domiciles wore evacuated when tho gunboats first steamed up the river, and they yet remain uu tenanted and solitary, a sad spectacle to those who feel an interest in tho agricultural prosperity of the country in general. It is a fact that the greater portion of the terri tory of Western Tennessee lying west of tho river hearing that name is yet in the hands of the adhe rents of Joff Davis, and that they are ergihized into bands who consider themselves engaged for the war, and who have tnkon up “ Jayhawking” as a business. They make their appearance insoiall companies, generally mounted, on the west bank 9f lb 9 river, and choosing a safe distance, sometimes "oncure a few shots at some solitary steamer eon- I“ J V' a either stores or troops to some point above. '“S® standing on tho pilot-house of our ®’®“™ e .^’. tTvo r lD 'r'hota earns from an adjacent hill, -5, ** between the chim- Si, • a soldier’s legs and burying itself in tho plank* f n r , Qnt of tte fu =. Daces. UfcUAUUJAUA Providence seems to favor the Federal cauoo the extent that all the rivers leading to tho heart of Ibo rebellion romnin excessively hij»h, thereby allowing steamers, carrying pilots who have never travelled in that direction, to navigate their waters in safety. At the time I write, the Tenua«sco is very high, all the adjacent low lands being under water, the channel filled with driftwood, and the former banks entirely under water One hundred and thirty miles from the mouth of the Tennessee river, and I find that there are uu rois-akable evidences of a love of the “Old Flag.’ 1 The country, heretofore low and marshy, now rises into bold and rugged oliffii. Ledges of rock guard either side of the river, and nume rous chimney-stacks announce an approach to the iron region of Southern Tennessee. The appearance and character of the people seem to change with the country*. A few school houses, flhd dihd? t£§tiixid&ials of enterprise and civilization, aro to be seen ns we journey along. But, more than all, I can witness here that the residents, and especially the women, will manifest their devotion to the Union. From almost every farm house they come down to the beach ■wave their handkerchiefs as the boat passes- OflQ Indy, seated on the portico of a very fine residence, on the eastern bank, to-day, shouted so loud that it was distinctly heard on the boat: “ Hurrah for Andy Johnson. ” THE CAPTURE OF NEW MADRID* General Pope’s Official Report* General Pope, in his official report of the capture of New Madrid, Mo,, saya ; I arrived before this town with the forces under my command on Monday, the 3d inst. I found the place occupied by five regiments of infantry and several companies of artillery. One bastioned earthwork, mounting fourteen heavy guns, about half a mile below the town, and another irregular work, at the upper end of the town, mounting seven pieces of heavy artillery, together with lines of entrenchments between them, constituted the defensive works, Six gunboats, carrying from four to eight heavy guns each, were anchored along the shore, between the upper and lower redoubts. As there seemed to be no immediate hope of the appearance of our gunboats, it became necessary to bring dttwn a few heavy guns by land, to operate ngiiinst these ef the enemy. They were accordingly sent for, and meantime forced reoonnoissances were pushed over the whole ground, and into several parts of the town. Some brisk skirmishes resulted, in which the enemy invariably retreated precipi tately. As scon os I found that it would be neces sary to await the arrival of our heavy guns, I do* termined to occupy some point on the river below, and establish our small guns, if possible, in such position as to blockade the river. Point Pleasant, twelve miles below, was seleoted, as being m a rich agricultural region, and being the terminus of the plank, road from the interior of Arkansas I ac« cordingly throw forward Colonel Plummer, Eleventh Missouri, to that point, with three regiments of in fantry, three companies of cavalry, and a field-bat tery of 10-pound Parrott and rifled guns, with or ders to make a lodgement on the river bank, to line the hank with rifle-pits for a thousand men,, and to establish his artillery in sunk batteries of single pieces between the rifle-pits. After repeated and persistent cannonading from tbe gunboats the enemy found it impossible to dis lodge him, and he maintained obstinately his posi tion, and the blockade of the river to transports, during tbe whole of our operations. Meantime, the continued every day to reinforce New : had' nftXrom Island No. 10 until, on the 12th, they force Of &rflTAfc* d infantry, besides a considerable [Here fallows' albino gunboats, heavy guns received fright of the planting of the enemy ; s works at night, whicli*i?oJn front of the published. J ' n oreviously Our batteries opened as soon as tbe day daw.. and were replied to in front and on tbe flanks by the whole of the enemy's heavy artillery on land and water. The cannonading was continued furi ously all day by the gunboats and land batteries of the enemy, but without producing any impression upon ur. Whilst tbe cannonading was thus going on on cut right, I instructed General Paine to make a demonstration against the entrenchments on our left, and supported bis movement by Palmer’s divi sion. The enemy’s pickets and grand guards were driven into his entrenchments, and the skirmishers iorced their wav close to tho main ditch. A furious thunderstorm began to rage about 11 o’clock that night, and continued almost without in* termiEsion until morning. Just before daylight Gen» 'Stanley was lettered in the trenches with his division by Gen. Hamilton. A few minutes after daylight a flag of truce approached our batteries, with information that the enemy had evacuated his works. Small parties were at onoe advanced by Gen. Hamilton, to ascertain whether such was tho it tot, and <3apt. Mower, first United States iufan try, with companies A and H of that regiment, was sent forward to plant the United States flag over the abandoned woiks It is almost impossible to give any exact account of the immense Quantities of properly and supplies left in our bands. All their artillery, field bat teries, and siege guns, amounting to thirty-three picoes; magazines full of fixed ammunition of the best quality ; several thousand stand of small arms, with hutidfede of boxes of musket c&rtridg&lj t&fitS for an army of ten thousand men, horses, mules, wagons, entrenching tools, otc., are among the spoils. Nothing exoept the men esoaped, and they only with what they wore. They landed on the opposite side of the river, and are soattered. in the wild bottoms. I immediately advanced Hamilton’s division into the plAce, and had the guns of the enemy turned upon the river, which they com pletely command. The flight of the enemy was so hasty that "they abandoned their pickets, and gave no intimation to the forces at Island No. 10. The consequence is that ono gunboat and ten large steamers, which were there, are out off from below, and must either he destroyed or fail into our hands. Island No. 10 must necrssarily be evacuated, as it can neither be reinforced nor supplied from below. Gen. Sigers Address to his Soldiers. Immediately after tho battle of Pea fiidge t Arkansas, Gen. Sigel issued a stirring address to his command, composed of the First and Second di visions of Gen. Curtis’ army, oxtraots from which will be found below. Gen. Sigel says: The last days were hard, but triumphant. Sdf rousded and pressed upon all sides by an enter prising, desperate, and greedy enemy—by the Mis souri and Arkansas mountaineer, the Texan Ranger, the finest regiment of Louisiana troops, and even th« s*va§* I&di&B, fllmest without food, sleep, oi camp Arcs—you remained fifth And unabashed, awaiting the moment when you could drive back your assailants or break through the iron circle by which the enemy thought to crush or capture us all, and plant the rebellious flag on the rooky summit of Pea Ridge. You have defeated all their schemes. When at McKissick’s farm, west of Bentonville, you extri cated yourselves from their grasp by a night> march, and Secured & t*&i& fif tWO hundred WAgODI before tho enemy became awaro of the direction you had taken. Instead of being out off, weakened, and driven to the necessity of giving battle under the most unfavorable circumstances, you have mined jour friunds and comrades at Sugar Creels, and thereby saved yourselves and tho whole army from being separated and beaten in detail. On the retreat from Bentonville to Sugar Crook, a distance of ten miles, you cut your way through an enemy at least five times stronger than your selves. The activity, self-possession, and courage of the little band of six hundred will ever be me morable in the history of this war. **** * * ■ * You may look with pride on the few days just passed, during which yPH have so gloriously de fended the flag of the Union, from 3 o’clock on the morning of the 6th, when you loft MoKissiok’e farm, until 4 o'clock in the afternoon of the 9th, when you arrived from Keetaville in the common en campment, you marched fifty miles, fought three battles, to, U not only a battery and a flap fro in thS enemy, but more than a hundred and fifty prison ers—among them acting Brigadier Gen. Herbert, the commander of the Louisiana forces, aud his major ; Col. Mitchell, of the Fourteenth Arkansas; Col. Stone, adjutant general of fCCCS, fllld Lient. Col. John H, Trice, whose life was twice spared, and who has now for the second tune vio lated his parole, and waa arrested with arms in his hands. „ You have done your duty, and you can justly claim your shore in tho common glory of this vic tory. But let us not be partial, unjust, or haughty. Let us aot forget that alone we were too weak to perform the great work before us. Let us acknow ledge the great services done by ell- the brave sol diers of the Third and Fourth divisions, and alwayß keep in mind that “united we stand, divided we tall." Let us hold out and push the work through —not by mere words and great ylamor, but by good marches, by hardships and fatigue?, by strict dis cipline and effective battles. THE WAR PRESS. Tn Win Push will fee sene te nbteribn# br mall (per annum In advance) at 90. M Three Copies “ <• i§ e.Of ffive « « .. e.o* Ten «* « «i 13*M~ Larger Club* will be charged at the tame rate, thgg : W copies wffi cost 024 jDO copies will cost 000; and lQf copies Sl2O. For a Club of Twenty-one or over, we will send Mi Kxtra Copy to the getter-up of the Club. •?- Postmasters an requested to act aa Agent, fa jiffS &KK6B. *“ Advertisements Inserted at the usual rates. M UoM constitute a square* LATER NEWS FROM EUROPE. THE NOVA SCOTIAN AT PORTLAND. f'sttsn Prtlinnl Xtl—Brrrtrlrinffn Lower, consols te %ami Portland, March 25.—The steamer Sco* tian haa arrived, with Liverpool ndviesg to tho I.lth, and by telegraph, via Londonderry, to the 14 rh inst. The steamer Edinburgh sailed Irom Liverpool on tbe J 2th. TiJ9 sttßßsrs Kangaroo sad Teutonia arrived out on tire 11th. The London Times has another article on the fa vorable opportunity for negotiations between the North and the South, under the recent successes of tho North. * Cotton has declined id. The&aloaof the weak were 32.000 bales, and on Friday 7,000 bales. Flour b Btill declining. On Friday Wheat was heavy at Tuesday’sdecline of la2d. Corn has declined 6dals lower than on Tuesday, when the decline was 6duls. Provisions are quiet and steady. Londohj March 14 o»Con8ul8 (Kj;>ao3i. GREAT BRITAIN. The London Times, in an urticlo against the re vision of the maritime law, argues that if England gives up tbe'right to capture merchant ships, she would surrender the only arm wMfb gained fill sho has gamed and defends all she bus gainodi The Times thinks that tho Fodoral victories will lead to a separation and peace. The l uscarora and tho Sumpter were still at Gibraltar on the 7th. Lowiiorti Alarota Id —lju.aineasin AmerisAH st&cm was restricted, pending another arrival. Consols closed at 03£a93j* London, Murch 14—American securities ar» Him ; trie Railroad, 32a33, Illinois Central shares, 43u42 discount. FRANCE. Jules Favre, in the Corps L'etslatif, denounced the Mexican expedition, the paragraph relating to it in the address w« adopted. London, Mar®h 14 —The Paris Paine asserts that a member of the English Cabinet recently rfa. dared to a deputation from the manufacturing dfe. tricts, that according to information from Washing, ton, an amicable separation of the North and tfoutk will take place about June, and the basis of the trfrtj will b? that Mmuri, anil Ken tuohy will return to the Union; the two republics to have no land customs line; the search for slaves to be prohibited in all tho States, and that slavery must disappear within thirty years. »!, Tbuuvenel has sent'a note to Mr. Ratazzi, of ‘he Ph-L, Cabinet, demonstrating the dangers ore ated by the »r o wedimciito Association. It is rumorea t j, e Government has notified the lj reach authorities of the sudden de parture irom London of three men implicated is the Orsmi plot, and who iq? saapcitatl of harbor, mg some design against the Emperor. The police are on the alert. The ordinary expenses of the year are estimated at 1,720,000,000 francs. The receipts are estimotod at nearly 1G OGO.OOO in excess of this. The. Bourse eloscd heavy and dresnifis. Rentes G9f. 90c. The specie in the banks of France increased during the month 01,000,000 francs. The Confederate Commissioner, Rost, hud arrived at Madrid, but the Government refused to receive him. GREECE, Ail the ports on the coast of Greece, iu the gulf of Argolie, have been placed undor a strict block, ftdfi, in SSBSSqUfeESe Of the insurrection at Kauplia. The majority of the members of the Chamber of Deputies has resolved to support the new ministry. The of the first sitting of the general as. ecmbJy of the ProvvedimcDto Association at Genoa have been published. Garibaldi was enthusiasti cally received. He strongly favored tbe holy idea of the Central Committee formiD» one society, from. all liberal Italian societies, The assembly rose and loudly cheered this sontiment. lie hoped Italians would aiso.hold out the hand to all enslaved nations. Tbe Government bad warned the Provvedimente Committee of Genoa to assume & certain tone, otherwise it will be compelled to dissolve tho As sociation. PRUSSIA, Tho King of Prussia bas declined to accept the resignation of tbe Ministry and dissolved tbe Cham ber of Deputies! The majority by a vote of 92 te 4, resolved to support tbe Ministry. Commercial Intelligence. LivKßrooL, March 14.—Tbe Bales of Cotton to specu lators during the week have been 9,000 bales and to ex perttrs 1,500 bates. The authorized quotations are a* follows i Fair. Middling. Orleans ,l.'l,qd. 12kd. Mobile lad! Uplandß... 12?fd. 11’id, The stock of Colton in port is 424,000 bales, including 105,000 bales American. FOREIGN LITERARY, ART, AND DRAMATIC Thackeray has recently removed from Onslow Square to tho neighborhood of Kensington Gardens, and at his new house has had fitted up a stage, with the appurtenances of a private theatre. A few days since tbe original of ‘‘Lovel the Widower” was performed before a select audience. The first draft of this popular tale was a drama, under the titl§ of “Tbs Wolf soil tbs Lamb,’ 1 It was al. tered somewhat by Mr. Tbaokerny, and subsequent, ly appeared in the Comhtll Magazine. The per formance went off with considerable spirit, and Mr. Thackeray, iu the garb of a clergyman, his silvery locks assisting admirably the NSDt through his part with his usual spirit and vivacity. —London Literary Gazette. A new edition of the entire works of John Bunyan, edited with original notes, and a memoir of the author, is announced by John Hirst, of CsnoDbury. The editor is to be the Rev. Henry Stubbing, D. D. Mr. Hirst has|realised a good in come for many years by selling the works of John Bunyan only, and the productions of no other author. His plan has been to drive from one con gregation to another, disposing of retail copies of l Fa. edition published by Messrs. Btackie. Mr. and pfa/*s that the demand is oa the increase, self, be employ a traveller, who, with him : Bunyan.” to use hir’vjvill be able to l( live off their days.”— Literary GazWtn* . “ to the end of Paring the courE© of last year, tnw^ | an old Welsh family were brought to lightT'BMgof , covered from the dust and obscurity of an QtticTifl ; which they had long slumbered. They were found to comprise a series of books, papers, and dooq | merits, extending from the fifteenth century to the • middle of the eighteenth, some of them containing ; highly curious matter. One book, which must have i belonged to some member of the family who was ‘ engaged in diplomatic affairs, contains copies of be* i 'tween eighty and ninety letters of Queen Margaret i ofADjou. This valuable document is about to be : printed by the Camden Society. No other letters : of Margaret of Anjou have been handed down.— 1 Literary Gazette. A bmp 6pm. by & Qhim&iL a&i&p*s» of upAU, Herr Albert, “Konig Euzio,” is about to be pro duced at Stuttgart. Herr Hiller’s “ Cat&comben” has been brought out at Wiesbaden with oomplete success. The words are by'Morirz Hartman. An tanßubststem the celebrated pianist end compo ser. h&s, U appears, likewise composed an opera, entitled “Die Kinder der Haido,” which will bo represented, at'Weimar, upon the anniversary of the birthday of ihe Princess Paulowna, Herr Ru* bcßPtfein ie a Russian by birth, and at present tha “ lion” of St. Petersburg. Mr. Benedict’s music to “ The Lily of Killar ney” proves increasingly attractive at Oovent Gar den Theatre. Mr. Wallace’s opera, we are never theleas assured, will still k* prodiuMl b&fm Iks close of the season; Mr. F. Clay’s, Mr. MoFar ren’s, and the version of “Faust,” not. — Atfte tiaum. Sir Edwin Landseer is occupied on a subject which, it is not probable, will bo exhibited at tho World’s Fair—namely, a portrait of the late Mr. F. B. Sheridan shortly before his deocaso. The sub ject is not such as it might he thought that Sir Ed win- Itftßdfffr T?9!|ld entertain j but nevertheless he has worked it with the utmost oaro. Tho com position contains three figures and a dog, on the head of which Mr. Sheridan has placed his hand.— Art World. Mr. Maclise’s great picturo representing the “ Meeting of Wellington Aud Bludbef kiibf Water loo,” exeoutedin the House of Parliament, is near its completion. We understand that the painter feels more than satisfied with the process of stereo* throme, or water-glass, in which he has wrought: ire any say be is satbuslitsito in praise ?f lb? sys tem, and intends carrying outhis next work by the same.— Athenaum. Mr. John Leighton has, we understand, been commissioned by the committee of the Art Union of Louden to prepsr? & werfe to V? ?s?9Btod la bronze, commemorative or tbs character auil ca reer of the late lamented Prince Consort. —Art World. Mr. Creswick has been working on a picture which ha has named “ The Waggoner’s Rest,” bat it is to be foared that tho work will be delayed, as the artist’s labors have been unfortunately arrested by a serious illness. — Art World. The new edition of Mr. Dyee’s Shakspe&re, In eight handsome octavo volumes, upon which Messrs, Griffin, Bohn, and Co. are busy, will not be a simple reprint ef an edition that has taken its place as the best reading of the text extant. Once more the most accomplished student of our Elizabethan dra matists has scrutinized throughout the, text of Shakspeare, and lie will bo found to have dealt, we believe, very courageously with some qnestions of disputed reading— Exaihiner. In 1703, Patterson, the founder of the Bank of England, projected a great publio library of com merce and exchange. It has recently been pro. posed to revive ibis institution, and bring together, 'fiom far and wide, the old and modern books end tracts, illustrating the history of British commerce. lgnatius Francis Casteili, the veteran Aus trian literatcur , died recently at Vienna, aged 81, He wrote the libretto for the “ Swiss Family," set tn music by Weigh the German translation of “ The Huguenots,” and several other dramatic pieces. llossini has written a ballad called “ A Silk worm.’’ It is sold tor the benefit of tho poor of Lyons. A report from Paris states that Mdlle. Battn is coming to the Royal Italian Opera this soason. Learning to Cukw Yesterday morning, a Baltimore policeman ohserred a hone and wagon standing in the street, apparently with out an owner. After making inquiry, and finding that no owner was near, he took possession of it. On getting »a tti wagon h« discovered, lying on the ned oflt, a negro boy, la ah Unconscious state. Under the impression that the boy was suffering from apoplexy, or some terrible fit, he removed him to the Eastern dial riot police-station. A pbynicma was called, who administered an emetic, when the boy recovered sufficiently to state the oause of htk illness. He bas been anxious for some time to be come proficient in the use of the weed. In the course of tbe morning be got well, but left the sta tion remarking that he was willing to suffer, anl would learn to obew.
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