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BT JOHN W. FORNEY,
OFFICE No. 41T CHESTNUT STREET.
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DRY-HOODS JOBBERS.
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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.
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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.