JJrm. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 1862. THE LATEST WAR NEWS. full °f the late engagement near Win chester have been received. They evinoe the terrible and disgraceful defeat of the rebel horde, who. after entrenching themselves in a wood, were driven from their eever *nd thrown into a complete. panic. At last accounts our forces were five miles be yond Strasburg, in dose pursuit of the fugitives. The gallant bearing of the Pennsylvania troops who participated In the Charge deserves honorable mention. The Eighty-fourth Regiment, Col. Mur ray, and the One-hundred-and-tenth, Col. Lewis, appear to have been the only two Pennsylvania re giments in action. The latter, we believe, was largely recruited in this city, and is composed of the best material. The former corps,less da ring and zealous, is called to mouth the lo&t of a favorite commander. The rumor published several days ago, to the effect that New Orleans had been captured by our forces, is partially confirmed by ft telegraphic despatch from Cairo, stating, as a current report in Memphis, at the latest dates, that Fort Pike, just below the Crescent City, had fallen into tho hands of the United States troops. By the arrival of the steamer Peabody at New York yesterday, we have further advices from General Burnside’s column, The news in relation to the occupation of Beaufort by our foroes is con firmed. The report that the Nashville was found by our forces burned was premature, for wo loarn that she was captured by one of 1 our vessels while trying to escape out of the harbor. An expedition, consisting of several gunboats and the Twenty fourth Massachusetts Regiment, wont to Washing ton and toi-w peaceable possession of that town, hoisting the Fedeiai flag over the court-house. Washington is the capital »c Beaufort county, and lies on the left bank of tho Tar xlver, about forty miles from Pamlico Sound, and 127 miles southeast of Baleigb, the capital of the State. It has a popu lation of about 2,500. Vessels drawing eight foot of water can safely ascend the river to the city. General Pope’s official report of the taking of New Madrid, whioh we publish elsewhere, presents the value of tho achievement in a clearer lbr* 0 than any special account has done. 4 “ tte enemy's artillery, field batteries. - vfl 4 siege guns, together with their mak B/ ' IQes > several thousand stand of small arms, tents f« M,f190 men, etc., have fallen into our possession. It is iMi'Ossmr.i; for Congress to pass a tax hill which will please everybody, and, the sooner the idea of doing such a thing is abandoned, the better it will bo for the mea sure now before the House, and, indeed, for our revenue system generally. Where such a multitude of interests are to be consulted, it is no wonder they should be antagonistic and conflicting. The contest is between innume rable personal interests, upon the one hand, and the necessity for a remunerative tax-bill upon the other. If we consult any one class of men, or the wants and w ishes of any one business, we shall only have delay and disap. pointment. There are no-two Representatives in Congress, we may say there are no two men out of Congress, who will he entirely satisfied with the results ef this financial legislation. Each one has his own ideas of the fitness of things. Selfish ideas they may be, but still bold, practical, and commanding our respect. We thiuli it is Lady Gay Spanker, in the comedy, who say’s that “ foxes are among the most blossed dis pensations of a benign Providence,” and w T e have no doubt, if her opinion had been further consttlted, she would have considered any at tempt to tax them, a gross violation of the principles of the Constitution. There are pe titions sent to Congress every day- asking that body to legislate upon ideas as extravagant as those of Lady (Jay—petitions from druggists and shoemakers, importers and manufacturers, vendors of lager beer and publishers of Sun day newspapers. Every one of these'men is entitled to a hearing, and their opinions to a respectful consideration; but as few, if any, can be gratified in their wishes, we must look for the exhibition of much angry feeling, and many’ manifestations of reluctant obedience to the Government. Each of these gentlemen tells us that if tho tax-hill, as reported by Mr. Stevens, is passed, the business they represent will be ruined. We published an article on the subject, on Monday, illustrating this sentiment. It was written by some gentleman devoted to bil liards, and contained a letter from Mr. Michael Phelan, a celebrated player of the game and largely interested in the manufacture of billiard tables, We do not deny that Mr. Phelan made a stroßg case. lie tells us many in teresting facts : that the game is a healthful recreation, and much in vogue among me chanics and clerks—that it is in especial use and favor among the German people— two millions of capital are inYes^-;j 0 j| irf , a business, and that if a iMhe garae of jear OB each taldfogg (.ygimjjpg amuse billiards wealthy. lie censures the com- Jiit'fee for not plaeing a higher tax upon six-hundred-dollar carriages, forgetting that the carriage men might use, and, in fact, do use, the same arguments against any impost upon their property. We look at the bill, and find, too, that the tax on carriages alluded to by Mr. Phelan is almost nominal; that the real tax upon the greater number of carriages is from one dollar to five, the tax of ten dol lars being only upon carriages valued over six hundred dollars, so that in the conflict be tween the two interests there is very little merit. Other interests complain as loudly as that of Mr. Phelan. The druggists are espe cially indignant. They have a separate tax upon many articles they sell—on oxide of zinc, sulphate of larytes, paints and colors, per fumed soaps, and the fancy articles which en ter so largely into their retail trade, In addi tion to this, they have a stamp tax upon their medicines, whether in the tonn of prescrip tions, crude preparations, or what is known as patent medicines, equal to ten per cent. The process of getting well is elaborately taxed, and, while no one outside of the business will complain of these imposts upon a most lucrative : employment, the druggists themselves are co- j vering the Speaker’s table with protests against ; the action of the committee, and delegations from the largest cities are urging upon Con gress the propriety of defeating the bill. -There seems to be an irrepressible conflict between the tax-commissioner and tobacco and whisky. Every tax-bill wc have read is based upon the principle of taxing to its ut most what we smoke and drink, and in the tax-bill of Mr. Stevens they are burdened in every possible manner. Whisky is selected out and signally taxed. Th6se who sell it by wholesale must pay a license, a$ well as those who sell it by retail. .Rectifiers are taxed; brewers are taxed. Hotel, inn, and tavern keepers arc taxed. Then comes special tax- , ation. Spirits redistilled; beer, lager-beer, ale and porter; raw spirits and rectified spi rits, are all taxed and placed under a compre- ! hensive excise system. Of course, there is ; much indignation among those who deal in ; these beverages, and a bold attempt was made j to save lager-beer in the House on last i Thursday. The members became quite jo vial and dignified lagcr-be»r into a question of legislation as important as the homestead bill or the French spoliation claim. We doubt if lager-beer was ever aware of its many vir- I tues before. It was a tonic; it was not dele- ; tcrious to the health; it was a homeopathic j remedy; «it was a sensible drink, and not af I all expansive.” Mr. Penmeton declared it i to be “ healthful and deliciously-refreshing,” j and considered himself “ as a specimen of 1 the result of lager-beerwhile Mr. Blair. ! disclosed the startling fact that it had aided j materially in electing Mr. Lincoln President. j Mr, Stevens defined the word in very choice I German, and gave .some amusing personal ex- i periences, which had the effect of postponing j any action on the bill and leaving it in the j hands of the committee. j Tobacco was not so fortunate. It was chain- j pionless in the halls of Congress.' Mo lover I of the fragrant Havana or the nerve-soothing : Eldorado has been found bold enough tojtgmts j forth in its defence. Tobacco has been at the ; mercy of English tax-gatherers from the be- ! ginning. America was its home and refuge, j With the exception of an import tax, which j in a general way amounted to nothing, tobacco | was as free as the smoke of its best cigars, j Mow, betwixt Secession and Taxation, it is in j a deplorable condition. Virginia’s secession i gave Maryland a temporary prominence as a i tobacco-raising State, and Maryland farmers lament as sorely as the druggists and billiard players ilic imrost upon their crop. The planters in that State raise a crop of fifty thousand hogsheads of leaf-tobacco, and, if taxed three cents per pound, it would im pose upon them a million and a half of dollars. As the average price of the Maryland crop lias rarely reached five cents per pound, and in many cases has fallen as low as two cents, they claim that a tax like the one suggested would have the effect of prohibiting the growth of tobacco, and thus defeating the entire object of the revenue. But if tobacco is so badly treated, what shall wc say of the newspipsS3? They are taxed in every step of their creative process. There is a tax of three cents ad valorem on printing ink, a tax of three mills per pound on printing paper, a tax of five per cent, upon advertisements, a stamp tax of three cents upon telegraphic messages, a stamp tax of ten cents upon every little bundle we send to our country agents. This is our special fate. We likewise endure the general fate of mu nicipal and State taxes—a tax upon furniture and real estate, and a tax upon our personal in comes. In The Press establishment alone, we will be called upon to pay many thousands of dollars; but we shall pay it cheerfully, as our tribute to the cause of the country. We have also the contention of manufac turing and commercial interests. An ingeni ous memorial has been prepared for the Se nate by tho Philadelphia Board of 'trade, in which this argument is presented with groat force. According to tho theory of these gen tlemen, the tax-hill is unjust as forcing upon the manufacturing districts, tho citios, and tho wealthy commercial ports the burden of the internal revenue. Here are the figures: The manufacturing interest is taxed to the amount of $75,000,000, while the agricultural interest is only asked to pay S-7,000,000. Many im portant articles of manufacture are heavily taxed—tho only agricultural product bearing a large impost is tobacco. Pennsylvania lias a peculiar grief in her oil wo.ls. Congress cannot allow our Western speculators to make largo profits out of the earth without attaching an inexorable cent per cent On this point wc have a lond protest from our neighho" of the Board of Trade. Crude oi l ,s taxed at live per cent,, re(iP t,J of ' at tc " per cont ' Tim suggestion is “ iat «> e silol,ld 1,0 Oil the alone, and not the crude. _ is t i,„ impost stands, it is considered a mere reduplication of taxes, which every practical legislator should avoid. This is strengthened by the fact that there are large oil wells in Canada within a few miles of tho lake shore, yielding twenty thousand barrels per week, and other deposits of an in exhaustible nature in the country thereabouts. If we place a large tax on oil in the United Stales, we discriminate in favor of these Cana dian wells, so far as export is concerned, and take away from our own producers the ! motive and reward for their great industry j and enterprise. In iron, too, we have a re duplication of tax. These things arc painful to a Pennsylvanian. We have escaped the taiiilj but onr politicians can fall back upon oil and iron, and give us their old theories and speeches, their essays and declamations, with the delightful and incessant variations incident to such discussions. Iron and oil arc sources i of revenue to those who manufacture iron I and oil, and they must give of their substance i to the general cause. I We can see how many complications this ' tax-bill with its innumerable provisions and i interests will produce. There is the incomc i tax, which virtually goes into every man’s i pocket, his private drawers, his bureaus and 1 ledgers, his bonds and mortgages. That in i conic-tax is a new clement ih our politics | and statesmanship—we have all an in j terest in it and, after the experience j of English public men in managing it, wc I tremble at tlio prospect of being delivered i over to its tender mercies. Then there are i gas manufacturers, who seem to be in a do ' plorabie condition. After having tried to ruin i every consumer of light in the country by i exorbitant charges, they now claim that the ! tax of Congress will ruin them. The wine i manufacturers of the West—those who I have been growing the vine along the ! banks of the “Beautiful River,” and feel ! deeply interested in fostering a home taste for ; home-made wines, are desponding over a tax I of ten cents per gallon, and threatening all ■ manner of adulteration if it is persisted in. i With Congress, however, committed to lager | beer in such a manner that distinguished menx | hers openly vie with each Other itt publishing i its virtues, there is little hope for the Catawba i or the Scuppcrnong. We do not champion i their griefs, as, indeed, we do not champion j the griefs ef any one interest mentioned, in this i bill for raising revenue. We might make an i argument for oil and iron : we might venture \ a remonstrance on reduplicate taxation, hut. 1 let it go. We arc satisfied.. Wc bujir ' . i ifCuuj Rilii* | good of the country theref j sil 2 e of this f j “s,‘lizens, or Pennsylvania j c *2 State, will cause 11s a murmur, j l | a ”. frfis, we think, is tho feeling of all true andlovalmon. Death of Colonel William G. Murray Though we know not of tho correctness of tliC information of the death of Colonel "William G. Murray j yet, as the announce ment was made in the Legislature by his immediate representative, Mr. Banks, and as the afternoon papers of yesterday seem to confirm it, wc fear it is too true. Thousands throughout tho State will grieve with us at the news of the death of this'gallant gentleman. Colonel Murray is the first colo nel of a Pennsylvania regiment that lias fallen in this the war of the Union. He was born in Harrisburg in 1824, and was tho son of the late John Murray, who emigrated from Ireland many yeas ago and settled in Harrisburg, where he was esteemed as an enterprising mer chant and worthy citizen. At tho breaking out of the Mexican war young Murray was chosen captain of a com pany in the Second Pennsylvania Regiment, and served until the end of the war. He af terwards married, und fixed his residence at Hollidaysburg, and was by President Pikrce appointed postmaster, a position which he filled for six years. Though a successful mer chant, he last sminnup volunteered for this war, and was chosen colonel of the Eighty fourth. This regiment first saw service under the brave General Kelly, then the lamented Lander, and now is with the victorious column of General Shields. At the fight near Win chester, on Sunday last, Murray fell. Though we know not the particulars of his death, yet can we say with certainty he died a dauntless soldier. Honor to his ashes! Let hia name be remembered amoDg the heroes Pennsylva nia has given to the Union. The new Senator from Indiana, Hon. Jo seph A. Wright, a Douglas Democrat, who threw the whole weight of his influence and the influence pf his friends against the Breck inridgers in 1860, and who was called to his present position by Governor Morton, a Re publican of the radical school, shows his fidelity to principle and to country by voting steadily on the side of the Administration and against ail measures tending to embarrass tlie war. The example of one such man in a time like this cannot be overestimated, and our grout hope Is that tho people who watch and remember the conduct of their Representatives and Senators, will not fail to act likewise when ever they are called upon to exercise the right of suffrage. The address of Gen. Swei to the brave troops who, under his command, nobly shared the perils of the battle of P,a Kidge, is a stir ring and eloquent document. It vividly por trays the terrible nature of that mighty strug gle. When its history is fully written, the fact will doubtless be shown that it was one of the greatest battles that ever occurred on this continent. In view of the terrible odds against which the UDion army contended, the victory they gained is scarcely less glorious and re markable than the triumph of Gen. Taylor at Buena Vista, Thoicii we have received only meagre de tails of the recent conflict, or series of conflicts, beyond Winchester and Strasburg, the state ments in regard to the losses of the two armies show that bloody struggles have occurred, and the precipitate flight of the enemy proves that they have been driven in desperation before our victorious legions. All the particulars that could be obtained, up to the time we went to press, will be found in our telegraphic co lumns. We have received froin Mr. Upham, 403 Chest nut street: five different kinds of Confederate “ shinplasters,” from five to fifteen cents each. They are fac-similes of the bills professing to be good, and- it is probable, are just as valuable. LETTER FROM “OCCASIONAL." VYasiiihgton, March 25, 1862. Time is an eloquent and a practical com mentator. If it disposes of many shallow theories, it presents clear to the general com prehension all that is logical and just. That which is had perishes or passes olf in this in exorable crucible, and that which is sound remains as indestructible as Truth itself. If, for instance, tho sermons that Time might preach on tho subject of slavery could be preached, what a story these sermons would tel! against tho leaders of the Democratic parly! At present, these who claim to be the leaders of that once great organization arc lost between their own mad longing for the power they have abused, and an almost uncon cealed sympathy with the Secession traitors who helped them abuse it. In this maze they easily forget their own records, early- and late, and enact some most erratic feats. The re liance of these leaders is upon the sup posed ignorance of the masses they have so long deceived. Many of them are able and experienced thinkers. They pre fer, however, to encourage the prejudices of those masses, to the great duty of telling cer tain truths, which, if truly and frankly told, would not only attach their followers more firmly’ to their ieaders, hut would cleanse and cure the general mind on the whole subject of slavery. The consequence is, that the great body of the heretofore Democratic masses, whose hearts are earnestly and bitterly against Secession treason in any form, uncon sciously follow the fatal example of the most constant sympathizers with this very treason. They know that this war was pushed forward by the slaveholding aristocracy of the South. (If there is any doubt, in any decent man’s mind on this suhjoet, I advise him to read tho sincere speech of Stephens, of Georgia!, just before he turned traitor; and thatof Stephen A. Douglas, just before he died.) They know that Mr. Lincoln’s election was a mere pretext for the rebellion, and that, in order to make it such a pretext, tho slaveholders broke up the De mocrftoj and discarded all measures of com promise. Above all, they know that, as their own relatives and connections are slaughtered in battle, they are the selected victims of the Chiefs ef the slave rebellion. Not to know and admit this is to admit that the Demo cratic masses are the fools and dupes which they are not. But why not act upon facts so patent and reasons so cogent 7 The answer is, because, in their hostility to what they re gard the violence of the Republicans, they in sensibly become the abettors of the Seces sionists. Nothing more excites a Democrat of this genus than to broach the slavery ques tion. He at once takes refuge under the phrases: “I am tired of this eternal talk about the nigger j” or, “Why not let this question rest V or, “ What have we to do with tho negroes ?” or, “ I see little difference between an Abolitionist and a Secessionist.” And this very Democrat will allow such a Curker as William B. Reed, or such a Fagin as William W. Witte, to propound the excel lence of slavery and the enormities of Aboli tion for hours, and will never think of telling both these demagogues that but for them, or such as them, we should probably have no war, and assuredly no division of the Democratic party ! As to the negro or the slave question, it is unworthy of these deceptions on the part of the leaders of the so-called Democracy, and of the prejudices of the Democracy themselves. It is used by the first as a blind for the others. It is a rapidly self-adjusting and self-settling machine. Those only will fall into contempt who try to hasten its death by extreme stimu lates, or to prevent its death by absurd griefs over what is inevitable. History, which is the torch-bearer to Time, is a most eloquent commentator, and one of his best texts is the record of tho Democracy upon the slave ques tion. The Democracy has been the nursery and the school of hostility to slavery. Not only tho old apostles, but most of the new ones, have either started this sentiment, or have followed somebody who did start it. The Whigs were never as ready or as rapid to see the arrogance and shame of slavery as the Democracy; and this may be a consequence of the differing sys tems of the two old parties—the Demo crats boiDg full of progress and inqui ry, the Whigs full, of contact with tlio old ordfir of things, so that they might not be called upon to take the task of thinking out side of their leaders. Following this train of thought, yon will see that if Jefferson was opponent of slavery, even in his <>w- •=’ £ate of . . ~ - , .. Democrats \ lrginia, his disciples, tlm »- ■ , -viona, Benton, Yau Bu-> ° Francis R. Shunk, William I < etr- I'’ 1 '’ '^ m- Bryant, Hannibal Hamlin, 7. J ni Benjamin Tappan, not to mention the men of the present and very recent periods, have taken the same course. The Whigs of the free States have generally acted with these men, because of their inherent dis like of the Democracy; but the Democrats, who left, or fought their party on the slays issue, gave to their new views, asserted under so many trials, intense emphasis. In very few cases have the anti-slave Democracy been Abolitionists—they wore always practi cal and common-sense men, and hence have been the most effective opponents of the slave barons. The incidents that have marked their independence of the Democratic organi zation, because that organization refused to break the shackles of the slaveholders and their tools, from, John C. Calhoun to James Buchanan, are full of significance, ami de serve to be pondered by all thoughtful and con scieniiousmen. The resistance of thcnullifiers to General Jackson’s proclamation was the early outcropping of the slave despotism, and made a host of Democrats foes ef the peculiar institution. The overthrow of Martin Yan Buren in the election of 1840 by the aid of Southern electoral votes, and liis defeat for tho nomination in 1844 in tho Baltimore Con vention by Southern leaders, and the removal of Francis P. Blair from the organship of the ■Washington Globe , the old mouth-pieco of the radical Democracy, each and all being so many evidences of the growing and exacting spirit of the slave power, transformed hosts of De mocrats into anti*slavery propagandists; and while these aggressions served to consolidate the slave influence, they weakened it in the free North and Northwest. I*e annexation of Texas, succeeded by the war .with Mexico— both supposed td' be, and intended to be, Southern triumphs—have proved to be practical Northern advantages, as the result will show; for Texas will henceforward be the grave of sla very, as Mexico must become the premised land to the free and disfranchised colored races. Following these came the Compromise Measures of 1850, in which the South lost im measurably by the intolerance of Calhoun in the Senate, and tho defeat of Davis in Missis sippi. Then came the repeal of the Missouri Compromise and the subsequent violation of the act of Congress that abrogated it, in the scandalous proscriptions and tyrannies in Kan sas, and the removal of Reeder, under the joint influences of Jefferson Davis and Calub Cushing. Every step of the slaveholders in these fifteen years, supposed by them to be an advance, was, in fact, a drawback, and when, at last, James Buchanan sought to complete these series of aggressions, in the LecQmptQß and English hills, the bonds of party were sudden ly loosed, and thousands who had denounced the Republicans as enemies of the South, found themselves earnestly co-operating with them in a common crusade against that infamous and treacherous man. Long before the ty ranny of Buchanan culminated in the atrocities which made war inevitable, Douglas and Walker, the leaders and thinkers for millions of Democrats in the South and the North, found themselves acting with the Republicans; and when the conflict came, there was scarce ly a disinterested Democrat who did not lo cate the whole responsibility of the war upon the authors of the events to which I have referred. Here is unchallenged and unanswerable his tory. He who reads it carefully need, have little doubt as to the future. Above all, he should avoid being misled by the delusion that the PeSiOCracy are now, as on ffrraer occasions, the guardians and exponents of slavery. At this moment, there is not an old Democratic statesman, at least among the sur vivors of the Jackson school, in the loyal Stales, who is not the conscientious foe of the slave oligarchy. I need only mention, in proof of this assertion, such names as Robert J. Walker, George Bancroft, Daniel S. Dickinson, David Tod, W. F. Packer, Andrew Johnson, Amos Kendall, Martin Van Buren, and Francis F. Blair, to give the reader something worthy of reflection and self-examination. THE PRESS.—PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26,1862. FROM WASHINGTON. REVIEW OF GENERAL McDOWELL S TROOPS. THE NEWSPAPER COURT MARTIAL. GEN. BLINKER RESTORED TO HIS COMMAND. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to he Opened Tbe Commission appointed by General Wool, to inquire into the eendllinn nf vagrants nr Mtvtr&b&ttdg say, in their official report, that they started with the general prepo sition that the military power has not only the right, bat it is among its highest duties, to avail itself of any aud all means within its control to perfect itß dieciplioo, ren der its position secure, or make li effective fornn advance against an enemy; and for these ends it has the right to compel service or use from anything, animato or inani mate, which a military necessity may demand. At the same time, they consider that necessity is the only proper measure of the extent to which such power can ho ex ercised. The Commission state that a considerable amouit Of clothing has been sent by charitable persons, which ; has been distributed among tbe contraband*, while, with the funds derived from ihelr labor, the Wa#< issued clothing, up to March 1, to the value of For the five months ending with the first of January, rations were drawn to the extent of 383 a day, which wero issued to about 650 women; childrenj and old ami infirm men. The number of contrabands it given at 1,508, being thus distributed: '- y ' Some of the contrabands are employed in trading and oystering, and about a hundred by officers und antlers. Some have accompanied, as servants, officers going South, while others have unceremoniously disappeared. liiitU inclination is manifested ly them to go tfori.lt, and comparatively few contrabands now come to our camps. The navy is decidedly popular with them, as therein they are rated as “ hoys,” and receive ten dollars per month. The Commission point out various and suggest remedies. It further appears from the report that Gen. Wooi. has Issued an. order that, hereafter, all wagc3 earned by them will be paid to the contrabands, for their own use and support, under such regulations aa may be deemed proper. The Congressional Contract Committee. Representative Steels, of New Jersey, one of tbe members of the Contract Investigating Committee, re turned to-day from Cairo and Indianapolis, wliitber ha wfts acwwranied by a colleague of tbe Wasumjkne. Their business was to look into the quar* termaster’s and othor departments. The discoveries and suggestions of this committee have been the means of saving large amounts of money to the Government. The only public building here upon which work is being done is the Treasury Department. It Is desirable that such work shall continue, as much room is required for the multitude of clerks employed in issuing treasury notes, auditing accounts, and in attending to what wilt pertain to income taxes, &c. Tho most of the clerks who have been employed in issuing treasury notes are to be assigned to duties as above suggested, because the now notes, which are to reach here on Saturday, are to haye names engraved upon them that heretofore have been wiitlen. So, also, a machine has been devised for cut ting the notes. Therefore, it is expected that very large amounts will be daily i&Hucd to Government creditors by comparatively few employees. The long-pending caie of General Blexkkr wasset tled to» day, and lie was restored to his command. Ef forts were being made for the appointment of Carl gcnriiTz to his place, but the restoration to his brigade sets aside another claims. The opponents of FkkmosT opposed tbe appointment of Sciiuiitk, who, if selected for the brigade ef Blexkkr, desired to be placed under Fue most’s command. The following humane Senate bill passed the Honso to day, and only awaits tho President?* signature to become a law ‘ Be it enacted by the Senate and Home of Rcprt&tn tativciofthc Vni'vti.Stote °f Amtriw in Gongrest «s -scmbled, That tlie Secretary of the Navy be authorized to furnish to the sailors and men on board tho sloop-of war Cumberland, who lost their clothing and other pro perty in the late action with th« Merrimao at Fortress Monroe, supplies of clothing to the amount not axaeod. ing sixty dollars each. It is anticipated that many errors will be committod by pßymaßters ofJthe army and navy in their disbursements, on account of the haste with which they have been pushed off to duty, without any practical knowledge thereof. Nor have the accounting Bureau been able in tho present press of business upon them to get up in structions calculated to reach every' case that may arise in the discharge of duties of disbursing officers. Union Men in Fairfax. The TJrion men of Fairfax county are busily engaged in canvassing the county, preparatory to tho election. There are quite a number of Union men in the county who are still afraid to com* out. fnv r — _ At may appear—of the return of the rebels. Slaves in the District. The Con»—District of Columbia, in the g rpo .-, have statistics showing that there are about fif teen hundred slaves in this District how, though the cen sus of 1860 shows that there were three thousand then. Tax Bill. The House did not make much progress with the tax bill 10-d&yi there bring an evident disposition to treat the subjects under consideration with gteat levity. The debate on dogs, bachelors, etc., Was very amusing. A tax of ten dollars per year on dentists was added to the liht coming under physicians. Thia was the only im portant amendment considered, excepting the one taxing slaves (not agreed to), which caused prolonged debate. Suffrage in the District of Columbia. The Committee on the District of Columbia, in the Se nate to-day, reported a bill allowing all white persons over twenty-one years of age, who have rosided in the city six months, and are residents of the ward in which they vote, the privilege of (lie elective franchise. They are required to pay the school tax of one dollar. The Committee 6h Foreign Relations of the Sonaje thiß morning reported back, without & fionddieht, a bill providing that all consuls, ministers, etc., of this Govern ment, shall require an oath of allegiance to the Con* slitntion and*tlie Union before being furnished with a pawiort. The operations of this act will trouble a good many Southern sympathizers in Europe, as some of our consuls have already required this oath u ider the in structions of the btute Depnrtmont. Proposed Reorganization or the Demo cratic Party. A paper has been circulated and signed by nearly all the Democratic mombors of Congress, aud by Senator Caki.ilk, of Virginia, having in view tho rallying of the Democratic part), and the holding of a convention iu this city at an early day to give direction to He future move ments. A Bcouting party of the rebels have approached within right of Manassas Junction. The Louisiana Tigers aro believed to he the roviog and daring band of despera does. It is understood to-day that the charges against tho Boston Journal for publishing matter “ contraband 1 ’ have been settled, sufficient explanation having been made that tho publication was not outy improper, but not authorized by the responsible editor. Petitions in favor of a general uniform bankrupt law contii ue to be received. Representative Ward to-day presented three from New Tork asking for the enactment of the measure. Visits to Mouut Vernon Prohibited. Until further orders, no boats or vessels will be allowed to visit Mount Vernon. The provost marshal will seize and hold any of them which may attempt to leave for that destination. Thft folfott-lng State prisoners were discharged to-day on taking the oath of allegiance: 'Wauurk t’i'HTis, John' F. D. Bkki., and It. H. Giu.v null. Two others, Ai.fkkd Nkttlktos and Frans Scjii.BT* were releaooil on their written parole. ReView of Gen. McDowell’s Troops. The corps d’armce under command of Gen. McDovs'Ki.r. was leviewed this afternoon by Gen. McCi.ki.i.an*. The troops never looked better. Tbe display surpassed any thing of the kind since tbe grand review of 70,000 mou hutsumme*. Among thedl&tihguUhed spectators was the Adjutant General of Canada. Discredited. The reports of yesterday, from Fortress Monroe, to the effect that Beaufort and Fort Macon had been evacuated by the rebels, and tho Nash t'ille bnrned. are not altogether credited at the Navy Department. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Tlie otticinl nnderNtnmliug is, Hint the Ualtimore and Ohio Railroad will booronoil bp next Monday. Personal. Hod. John M. Read is in town, tlie guest of Ids brother-in-law, Senator Thomson, of New Jersey. S- V. Mhruick, Kgi|., of the Philadelphia Hoard of Trade* is in tovo. Miscellaneous. Now that the way has been opened, the Indian refu gees in Kansas are making preparations to re’tim to thoir homes in the Cherokee country, from which they wero recently driven by the rebels. Tin re are from six thou sand to eight thousand of them, meu, women, aud chil dren. The Post Office Department continues its preparations for restoring, at the earliest period practicable, the mail service at the points decisively recovered by our troops. The Navel OoaDilUee determined to-day io report‘a bill authorizing special loans of ilic States to the Federal Government, to be expended in coast defences by the several States which make the loans. The House homestead hill having passed that Lady, has been reported to the Senate in such a ehape as leads to the belief that it will speedily become law. The Ways and He&na Committee of the House to-day determined to go for a reduction of the taxon tobacco. The Military Government of Tennessee. Nashvillb, March 2ft. —Governor Johnson has put the newspapers of this State under military rules, and suppressed one or two. He has issued a proclamation of a conciliatory character, Id which he gayg he tievired to win the people baefc to the Unlsn, but should deal rigor ously with treason. Hon. Emerson Etheridge made a speech) in which he said that slavery would be abolished if the rebsls could not be conquer'd in any other way. The new G«Y9?!im9ns If to go Into operation this week* and a warning has been given that any one uttering tree* son shall be arrested. The Union feeling is gaining ground. Business has been generally resumed, all the stores being again open, and prices much reduced. Occasional A UNIFORM BANKRUPT LAW. A MAGNIFICENT DISPLAY. Decline of Slavery In tlie District. THE UNION MEN OF FAIRFAX on Monday, Special Despatches to “The Press.” Washington, March 2*. The Contrabands. At Fortress Monroe •••.•*,••691 At Camp Hamilton... ..743 At Camp Butler and Newport 74 The Treasury Department. Restoration or General Bleaker. Crew of the Cumberland. Trouble Among the Paymasters, Oath of Allegiance. Kebels at Manassas. The Court-Martial for Newspapers. A Uniform Bankrupt Law. Release of State Prisoners. IMPORTANT FROM WINCHESTER. THE SKIRMISH ON SATURDAY. A DESPERATE BATTLE ON SUNDAY. Retreat of the Rebels to the Woods. SPLENDID CHARGE OF Otu TftooPs, BRAVERY OF THE PENNSYLVA NIA REGIMENTS. HEAVY LOSS ON BOTH SIDES. PAIYIC UD COEPLETE ROUT OF THE ENEMY. THEBE CANHOH AND THREE HUNDRED PRISONERS CAPTURED. Their Wounded Left Behind. PVR TRPPPS STILL IK PVRSVIT. Progress of Gen. Banks, Washington, March 28. —Gen. Shields has received despatches from Major General Banks, dated five miles beyond Stranburg, stating that the enemy are still iu re* treat, and onr forces In hot pursuit. The loss of the rebels must have been enormous. They have abandoned their wagons along the road, tilled with dead and wounded, and tho houses on tho route nro found WAwdeil with their wounded and dying. The dwellings in the towns adjacent to the bftttle field of Sunday are also found filled with the wounded. The inhabitants aided the rebel soldiers in carrying off their wounded during tlie day, and burying them uuLc&ly as soon as dead. Our artillery makes terrible havoc among the onemy in tl\cir flight,.and the rout bids fair to bo ono of tho most dreadful of the war. March 25 —Evening.—It is currently rtporttil to-night that General fiauks overtook and de stroyed two hundred of Jackson's wagons. Winchester, March 25.—Despatches to the ABsocia< ltd Press were sent by a special messenyef from one of the outposts yesterday, but be has failed to deliver them. The latest advices from Strasburg are to the effect that General Banks, with General Shields’ command and ono of bis own. brigades, was there, with General Jackson’s rebel troops in sight. A battle was expected to-day. The Skirmish on Saturday. On Saturday, at 2 o’clock in the afternoon, the enemy showed themselves a mile and a Half from Winchester, The enemy consisted of 500 of Ashby’s Cavalry* with two guns. They drove in our pickets, when they h«d a ekirmisli with the Michigan Cavalry and a portion of tho Uarjland First Infantry. Gen. Shields then brought up btefwm andi with several rounds of shell* drove the enemy hack* and took several prisoners. Gen. Shields was wounded iu the left arm at tho first fire of the enemy. , It appears that Jackson, had been informed by the in habitants that the town was deserted by tho Union troops, and he advanced to retake it. Gmeral Shields’ forces slept on their arms on Saturday uight. The Battle on Sunday On Sunday inormng, at sunrise, General Jackson being reinforced, attacked General Shields, near Kearns town, three miles distant. Tho rebels’ force was com; posed of five hundred of Ashby’s cavalry, five thousand infantry, aud nine pieces of artillery, with a reserve of eighteen pieces of artillery. The fight was kept up till noon, wh*n a charge was made by the Ohio Infantry, the First Michigan, and the First Virginia Cavalry, on tlieir right, which drove tbe rebele back half a mile, when the enemy got their guns again in position, in a. dense woods, flanked by their in fantry, and drove us back. A short artillery engage ment ensued, when General Shields, through Colonel Kimball, ordered Colonel Tyler to turn their left flank, which was executed by our troops, but with terrible loss, the enemy being protected by ft atone ledge, The Eighty-fourth Pennsylvania and the Thirteen Indiana charged their centre, and the fight became gene ral, with a terrible slaughter on both sides. Col. Murray, of the Eighty-fourth Pennsylvania, was killed, Tho enemy retired Slowly, bringing their guns to bear at every opportunity. Our men rushed forward with yells, when a panic of the enemy ensued. Our troops followed and drove them till dark, capturing 3 guns, 3 caissons, and muskets, cauipments, &c., innumerable. Onr troops bivouacked during the night. The dead and wounded were sent to this place at noon yesterday. Gen. Williams’First brigade, Col. Donnelly, of the ISvonty-ejghih New York, commanding, reinforced Gen, Shields’ :o cos. General Papkg, who was on his way to Washington on Sunday, returned und assumed command. In the meantime, General Shields’ divisions, com manded by Colonel Kimball* pursued the enemy beyond Newtown, shelliDg them the whole way. Jacksou’s men, who were perfectly demoralized acd beyond control, threw overboard their dead aud wounded to lighten the wagons in their retreat. It is a noticeable fact that nearly all of the rebels wounded were Bhot in the hend and breast, tiiua showing the superiority of our marksmen, Those of.our trrops principally engaged were as fol lows : m The Fourth Ohio Bepment. The Seventh Ohio Begiment. The Eighth Ohio Begiment. The Indiana Begin^t, The Thirteenth Indiana Begiment. The Fourteenth Indiana Begiment. The First Virginia Begiment The Michigan Cavalry. Pmim’s Itattary tf Pftnott gu&s. It was evidently known to many in Wiockeater that Jackson was approaching, from tbe holiday attire and buoyancy of spirits previously displayed by numbers of the Secession residents, both men and women. Tho fact of God. Shields’ command haring been screen ed from observation on the eaut side of tho town led the informants of Jackson to believe that all our troops were evacuating, and that Jackson could enter unobstructed. This evidence is derived from the prisoners. Good judges estimate tbe enemy’s losses at over 200 killed, 600 wounded, and 300 prisoners, Including an aid de-camp of Jackson’s staff. Our loss was 65 killed and about 120 wounded. LATEfi. Our column is now five miles beyond Strasburg,-and fctili in pursuit of tho ouemy. All letters for officers and soldiers of General Banks’ division should be directed to Winchester till further notice. FROM FORT PICKENS. ONLY THREE THOUSAND REBEL TROOPS AT PENSACOLA* The Guns Turned Inland. Nj:w I'ork, March 25.—The brig Yankee Blade had aiiiveil from Fort Tickens, with dates to the Ilth, and from Key West to tho 17th ins'ant. The V- S steam frigate Mississippi had left Fort Pickens for &lnp Island. The gunboat iVcu/ London arrived ut Fort Plckonp on thu Dili, wiih mails. The sloop, of-war Vincennes' had also arrived. Tho impression was that General Bragg had left Pensacola, aud parties viewing the rebel batteries with glasses, say that the guns are turned inland, probably In expectation of & S'leit from General Butler. Pour con trabands who escaped say that there are but 3,000 troops at Pensacola, and they are poorly armed. The steamer R . R. Cuyler arrived at Key West on the 17th, wifh the mails from New York to the 4th of Manh. The Niagara, Cuyler, Gray Feather, and six or eight gunboats were in port. A transport screw steamer, filled with troops, passed Key West on tlie 17th, bound west. FROM MEMPHIS. CRUELTY TO THE UNION PRISONERS. Chicago, March 25, —The Cairo correspondent of tho Tribune says: An arrival from Memphis brings intelligence that two hundred United States prisoners there were made vic tims of much abuse at tbe hands of their guards. One of them was shot foi 1 looking dUt of tlid WlhddW of his prison. Three gunboats are on the ways at Memphis, but it will take some time to finish them. At Fort Bandolph only four guns are mounted. Fort Pillow is strongly fortifiod, mounting twenty-fivo G 4 and 32-pounders. OPERATIONS OF GENERAL BUTLER’S EXPEDITION. Cairo, March 25. —(.Special to Chicago Tribune.") — An arrival from Memphis brings the report, which was current In that cHy, that Fort I’iko, below New (prlcaiiS, bad fallen into the hands of the United States irooi>M. It was only a temporary structure, mounting throe or four guns. THE REPORT OF THE CAPTURE OF THE HASHYILLE CONFIRIHEDa New Yoke, March 25. —Further Intelligence, received by tho steamer Peabody, seems to confirm the capture of the rebel steamer Nashville, and that she is but slightly damaged. Letters also state that Fort Macon is very little injured by the attempt to blow it up. Reported Capture of Kingston, N. C. Nxw York, Marffi 28. —Advices received per the offi cers of the sleHmer George Peabody slate that, accord- Inc to the reports of our contrabands, our forces had taken Kingston, N. C , on Saturday, without any loss. The rebels lost seven killed and one wounded. This is not fully credited. Kingston is on the line of railway to Goldstiorough. The United States forces found, at Newborn, five hun dred of the finest Knfield rifles, being apart of the cargo of the Nashville, which brought three thousand of these arms* Arrival of Prisoners f rom the Winchester Battle. Baltimore, March 25. —Two hundred aud thirty robel .prisoners, captured at the battle of Winchester, arrived bore* this afternoon; They have been pit) Tided with quarters in the north wing of the new city jail* probably the most comfortable they have enjoyed for many months. They are miserably dirty, and about as unsoldlsrly looking a crowd as ever were seen. AU were Yirginians with the exception of five or six Baltimoreauß, who left here before the war broke out One of tho prisoners, on reaching the quarters, throw up his hat and exclaimed, “Thank God I I am in the United States once more !** Others congratulated themselves at the prospect of get ting something to eat, which they admitted they had not had for some time. The Bombardment of Island No. 10. CaibO) March 26.—Affairs at Island No. 10 are un changed. The mortar boats are firing regularly, but very moderately—about ouco an hoar. The rebels do not reply. There are not so many tents visible. Some reports say that they are leaving. No balloon reconnoisaance has yet been made, on ac count of the high winds. THE WAR IN ARKANSAS. Cijoss Timukrs, Auk., March 20—(Special to the St. liouis Democrat.)— The supplies of forage and provisions having become exhausted in the region about Sugar creek) tbo Unilt<l Stftti'B firmr mftds aretregrsds nrnrph of thirteen mlloi yesterday to this place. Tho enemy are recuperating, and probably being re inforced by fresh troops. We have Information that a large body had crossed the Boston mountains with tho intention of attaching us again ; but this may bo only a strong reconnoitring party. Our troops aro in fine spirits, and anxious again to grapple with tbo fee. The wounded have mostly been remoyed to Cassvllle, and aro doing well. Col. Clay Tailor has arrived from the rebel camp, bringing Lieut. Colonols Herron aad Sands, with propo lis foy an exshango, Two rebel captains and eeventeea privates were cap* tnred yesterday on Indian creek. mm CONGRESS -FIRST SESSION, WIBBIMOTOM, March 25.1862. SENATE. Onth of Allegiance. Hr. SUMNER (Rep.), of Massachusetts, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, reported back tho bill In relation to administering the oath of allegiance to American citizens iu foreign countries. Capitol Extension and Dome. On motion of Mr. F f >OT (Rep.), of Vermont, the re solution to transfer the auperintondency of tho Capitol extension and dome from the War Department to the Department of the Interior was takeQ u|>. Mr. FESSENDEN (Eep»), of Maine, opposed the traußfer. Mr. HALL (liep.), or Now Hampshire, said that when the extension was first commenced, it was placed under the snperintendency of tho Interior Department, and remained there until the advent of Pierce and Davis’ Administration. Before that a civilized and Christian plan of building was employed; but this was aftopwaed changed, and the present trap made. In many plicos the walls up above have been left to got) pieces, and are going to pieces, while Italian artists are employed, at extravagant prices, away down iu the basem nt, to do corato a wall two or three stoiies below daylight. Mr. FOOT said that tk4re wu au urgent ne cessity that the work should bo completed in order to save it. It should never have been tran3feired from the Civil to the War Department, and never would have been but to satisfy the ambition of Davis. It was afterwords certainly to satisfy the rapacity of Floyd. He ventured to aanert that this transfer had coat the Got vernment three or Tour millions of dollars. The original estimate was two millions, and the building had already coßt six millions. Mr. SUEBMAN (Rep.), of Ohio, offered an amend ment, that the money appropriated for the Capitol be only expend* Ain making the proper repairs. Adopted. The resolution was then adopted— yea* 54, nays 3 viz: Messrs. Fessenden, Grimes, and Lane (Kansas.) Slavery iu the District* The bill for tho abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia was then taken up. Mf. WILSON (Bap.), 6f M&ftl&chßsetis, proceeded to Speak iu favor of the bill. He referred to the contro versy in Congress in 1789, as to the permanent seat of tho Government. After a long struggle, tho Southern men triumphed, and the capital was fixed on tho banks of tbe Potomac. Iu 1801 Congress enacted that the bar barous, iuhuniau,iudeceut, aud vulgar colonial slave laws of Maryland and Virginia should become tbe laws of the American Republic for tbo government of the capital, and for two generations tho Government has recognized the wicked do? ma that color is an evidence of slavery. In 1827 a law was enacted In the District, that colored per sons at largo, without masters, shall l>& gaumed to bo absconding slaves, and committed to jail. Such legisla tion brought its *own fruit of injustice, dishonor, and shame. Colored men and. women were taken to jail, and many sola to perpetual servitude, because, though free, they could not pay the jail b-ea Thus! unma beluga rw» «?M !e Voßdese j n flu pspjtfti of the freest country in tho world. Justice to this wronged and oppressed race demands that this corrupt and corrupting do trine be repudiated and condemned by the G »vern ment of the United States. The block race fought side by side with tbe white men in tbe battles of tie Revolution, and the men of this age ought to haston to atone for the preat wrong done tkHti, &hd mS.Ue man hood a presumptive evidence of freedom. In 1801, Con gress continued to enforce tho black code of Maryland, among the laws of which, is one that subjects a slave, for striking a white person, to have bis ears cropped. In 1836, tbe corporation of Washington enacted a law that every free colored person must exhibit to tho Mayor satisfactory evidence of his title to freedom, and give bonds for good behavior. It also passed another act that no meeting of colored persons should be held after ten o'clock, and made it the duty of policemen to disperse such meetings. By another ordinance, it legalized traf fic in slaves for the mm of four hundred dollar, thus bringing the inhuman traffic into the capital. If a slave broke a street lamp, be was to be whipped on the bare back; if he injured tbe trees or the houses, be was to be'wbipped, whether man or woman. Was ever such inhuman, degrading laws on the statute-books of any nation’! Slavery was the prolific mother of thsso lawn Drive slavery from the District, and they disappear. Tut, notwithstanding thcße oppressions, the free negroes bpve increased in the District from 4.UQQ to 12,000, aud have property, and cburcl ea, and schools. They have twelve churches, cosil-ig $75, 000, and eight schools, be sides helping to support the schools fgr white children. If anybody wi 1 have the cariosity to look* tliey will find in the recoids a mortgage, dated ISSS, in favor of Al fred Lee, a c lored man of this city, for $12,000, signed by two United States Senators to secure a loan for $12,000. One of these Senators is now in tho Senate, and the other sleeps in bis grave in Michigan. This bill deals justly with the master. If Congress should strike tho bonds from the slave iu the District of Columbia, with out any compensation, at.n slight repair of the wrengg, and deeds of cruelty perpetrated in tho capital, it would stand justified in the forum of nations; but the Senator fioxn Kentucky raises his warning voice against the measure, and says that if the negroes are liberated they would beeline criminals, aud a burden to society. Tbo naior from Kentucky slbo talks about ihe resistance of tie South to any measure of emancipation, atil that Kentuckians would die in defence of their rights. He would tell the Senate* that the day for threats and me naces from the champions of slavery hod passed by, in the Senate, and the representatives of freemen were not cewnrdiy enough to shrink from the performance of their dnty by the dogmatic avowal® of what Southern men and women would do. Mr. KENNEDY (U.), of Maryland, said that ha wish ed to enter the most so)emu protest, in the name o£- MarylaDd, against the measure proposed in the bill. He knew that Maryland was too small, and had too few white population, to attempt any successful resistance against any combined attempt of either powerful section, ana it might bo that she coaid not, by protest or other wise, obtain her righte a* an rqual under the Uonatitu* tion. He contended that the faith of the Government was pledged to Maryland aud Virginia not to intarfero with slavery in the District. The citizens of the District desire, and Lave made no application for any emancipa tion, and Congress has no more right to interfere with their rights than when they were citb.en§ of Mftrylftil'i or Virginia. He quoted at considerable length from tlio report of the committee of the House of Itepresentaiives, in 1836, against any interference with slavery in the District. By his judgment slavery was a doomed institution in the State of Maryland, and did not need any stimulus to accelerate its decrease, and any such, attempt would he attended vitb disastrous conse quences'. Maryland oils to-day 83,718 free colored peo ple; in 1850 it had 165,089 total colored population; in 1860 the total was 170,906; the decrease in slaves in ten years was 3,178, and the increase in free negroes 8,997. New York and New England, with 111,660 square miles. hftVO 72,C00 colored population, and Maryland, with only 10,755 square miles, has'B3,7lB colored population. The war has already cut off all the resources of Mary land, and tho passage of this measure will utterly disor ganize its agricultural condition, and. by causing the emi gration of its best population, tend to the utter rulg of tho State. That little state bad ez pended upwards of $60,000,- 000 in the last thirty years, and what good was going to re sult to the North from this scheme which would result in the xnin of a sister State 1 Tn case of emancipation we must have colonization, or else scenes of blood and caruaee would follow, for the two roots canuot live together. He feared from the character of the legislation proposed that Lis last hope for the restoration of the Union would bo destroyed. The people of Maryland have been loyal to the Union, and trusted to the good faith and pledges of the President aud Congress to preserve the rights of all the Stiteg, but he feared that a relentless sectional policy would destroy &1I this faith and trust. Mr. BAULSBURT (Dem.), oi Delaware, said that he had an amendment to offer to relieve the District of what was considered the greatest curse that could afllict the po' pie, which was the free-colored population. The amendment requires that the persons liberated by this act shall, within thirty days, be removed at the espouse of the Federal Government to the States of New Hamp shire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, lowa, Wisconsin, Minneso ta, Kansas. and Oregon, and be distributed among tho Slates pro rata according to their population. Mr. POWELL (D.), of Kentucky, bold he thought that if flie men of the free States liberated these negroes they ought to take care of them. But be thought the amend ment was unconstitutional, so he must vote against it. Sir. &AULSBUKT said that if the tanators from the North would adopt tho amendment they wonld show* a noble philanthropy by taking home these negroes to themselves, lie had read in the newspapers that cer tain persons who went to Port Royal were so glad to sec the mgroes that they embraced them and called them mothers and sisters. Mr. HARLAN (Rep.), of lowa, said he disliked alt these allusions about embracing negroes. It only served to increase the prejudice against a race already trampled underfoot. If the matter were investigated it would bring the blush to the cheeks of some of those gentlemen. A Senator asked us yesterday why we did not marry these “ greasy wenches.** There was once a Southern gentle man, a member of this Senate, and who held the second office in the Government, who lived openly with a black wc man; and lie knew to-day of tho colored children of a man, lately a Senator of the United States, who were being educated in Ohio. He knew there was a slander published by some newspaper about those who went South to take care of the poor creatures who had been cast off by their masters, and to try to educate them. Those who were williug to take negroes to embrace, as stated by tho Senator from Delaware, were found in the South. These negroes who ate now to be liberated are useful as servants hero, and the only difference In their condition hereafter will be that they will be paid for their labor, lie had found white and colored people laboring together side by side in this city. Mr, KENNEDY said there was a great prejudice in Maryluud by the white men, against working with color ed people, and he had great difficulty in restraining that feeling. Mr. HARLAN thought that the prejudice was not among the laboring men, and thought that it could be controlled by such distinguished men as the Senators from Maryland and Delaware. Mr. KENNEDY said that one of tho worst riots in Baltimore, for many years, was from the employment of free negroes in a ship-yard. Mr. HARLAN said that it appeared to be the doctrine of the Senator from Maryland that the people would rise and massacre the whole colored population. He could not believe tbat the people of Maryland were so low, and if that were the case, they were worse than theChlppe was and the Sioux, if they wonld murder those brought up with them, though not taught in the same churches. Mr. KENNEDY sAid tbat he had slaves in Maryland who were taught, and bad churches. Ho had himself manumitted a slave who tanoht the staves. Mr. HARLAN asked if thoSonator had any disposi tion to minder him f Mr. KENNEDY' said no—not more than the white men, if the Senator’s section seemed willing to mnrder the people of Maryland. gif, HARLAN thought the people gf MftlTlftnd ajid Delaware had no such disposition tomtirder as imputed to them. No such war of extermination ever took placo in tho history of any country in the world. AU the great empires of antiquity were composed of peopleof dif ferent races, and no such war ever took place except among savages. He did not think these happy and con turned negroes, now working for nothing, were going to turn round and murder their' masters simply because they were paid wages. Mr. BAULSBURY said the Senator seemed to moke an atßeition at a venture. Delaware had the largest free negro population* in proportion to her whites, of any State, and he knew that there was no greater curse than n free negro population. We should have bnt one spirit in the country, and that was the preservation of the Union, with all Uie rights of the people. That man who makes emancipation paramount to the Constitution and the Union is a disloyal man. But we have seen peaceful men dragged from their homosi and tf rawn info tooth some Bastilee, while a man who declares that he has been a Dlsunionist for twenty years is permitted to lecture liei e, and come on the floor ot the Senate, and go at large through the country. The Senate then adjourned. HOUSE OF BEFRESENTATIYESt Crew of the Congress and Cumberland. The Ilousc passed the Senate bill providing for the set tlement of the accounts of the officets aud crew of the frigates Congress and Cumberland the books having been lost or destroyed in tue recent uaval eos ft " einew at Hampton Roads, Ficillc Railroad _ On motion of Mr. CAMPBELL (Bep.), the considera tion of the Pacific Railroad bill was postponed) and made the special order for Tuesday next. The Tax Bill. The House then went into Committee of the Whole on the state of tho Union, and resumed tho consideration of tbo tax bill. Mr. WADSWORTH (U.). if Kentucky, offered M amendment to the clause defining what a circus Is, so as to include prestidigitation, ring-master, and c’own per formances. Mr. (/OX (Dam.), of Ohio, said the House last year commenced taxation at the wrong nnd by operating on tea and coffee Now, during DUr troubles, it WOg pro posed to tax ihc luxuries and rocroatinns or life, The gentleman from IN-nnsylvimia [Mr. Stevons] must be lost to tho innocent days of childhood to tax a circus or thratre. It amounted to a tax on Hamlet or FaUtaff. It was taxing “ A New Way to Pay Old Debts,’* 4 * Raising tbe Wind,'’ and it had boon suggested, *< Box anr Cox” [Lauflliteil In this he spoke-wllk MW [EI newed laughter.] Why not tax the performance laat niglit at Cmuimiuti, and put a tax on eggs, which, it Is reported, were freely used there ! How could they tax a gentleman who turns three somersets in the air, and catches thren rings as he goes 1 Mr. LOVEJOY (Rap ) wanted to kR&w whether M.- Cox would tax those who turn somersets 1 Mr. COX replied that ho was opposed to taxing such persons us the gentleman from Illinois, because that would be (axing Othello, and would pi tee the gentle m#n iu » bail w , afi'J bis “sfSHpstiflß WSiIW b 5 fcOlif.” Mr. Wadsworth’s amendment was rejected, Mr HICKMAN (Rep.), of Pennsylvania, offered an amendment that jugglers practising sleight-of-hand shall pur $.20 Her nsc. Theumeudmontwaßadoptf.!} Bftfir Mr. fiBDfIWICK (anna laughter) hml proposed to define jugglers by sta liug that xt meant every one who ownß a jug. Proposed Tax on Dog-Fanciers. Mr. BLAKE (Rep.), of Ohio, submitted an amend ment imposing a tax of one dollar on each dogdealnr. [Laughter.] He said that although hi* pn)Pf?flitil)l) OX? cited laughter, it was important to Ohio, whore 75,000 sheep were annually killed by dogs which were a nni sance. Mr. STEVENS (Bep.), of Pennsylvania, suggested a (ax on each dog, rather than on each dog-holder. Mr. PMKE replied ttist flip/ scnM get tlis tar from the holder, bur not from tho dog. Mr. STEVENS thought a man who bolds ten dogs ought to pay n dollar on each. Mr. BLAKE withdrew his amendment. Amendments Adopted'. Amoug other amendments adopted we*e the following: Cattle-brokers to pay »license of 810; itinerant vendors of newrpapers, bible*, aud ‘religious tracts, are excepted frem the definition of pedlers. bnivyers and Physician/, My. PENDI ETON (Deni.), of Ohio, offered an amend ment, which was adopted, requiring lawyers and physi cians to pay a license of ten dollars. Candidates for Congress. A gentleman proposed to amend by requiring who was ffiF, aii ineiiiLer op(Job gross, whether elected or not, to pay a similar amount; while another member proposed a five-dollar license to be taken out before a member is allowed to moke a sot speech. Both amendments were received with shouts of laugh ter. Mr. STEVENS said that if such procoodinga were con tinued the House would become a laughing stock. Mr.'BLAIR (Bep.), of Missouri,proposed a uew clause imposing a tax of five dollars on each slave for life, aud three dollars op those held fgp § tsn& of yßUrfli Mr. ORIbFIEiiD (U.) protested against this amend ment, in the name of the Constitution and in tho name of the people cf loyal Maryland. Nothing would exasperate them more than this measure, and it might goad them into despeiation. Mr. KELLOGG (Bep ), of Illinois, proposed to add that all Bums to he thus shall be applied to the fund for the colonization of emancipated slaves. This amendment was ruled out of order. Mr. LOVEJOY (Rep ) replied to Mr. Urisileld, saying that he liked not tho boast of loyalty to bo coupled with a menace. It was as much the duty of Maryland to be lopal Aft it was that of Illinois. Ho scouted that Ulh.l of loyalty which would perpetuate the system of concu binage and turn every slave-hut into a brothel. Slavery wus a stench in the nostrils. Slaveholders love this system of oppression more than they love the Union, and whenever it comes to the pinch, Kentucky will side with S» and go with ihenu who will forwYcr pro tect her darlme institution. ' Mr. MALLORY (U ), Of Kentucky, said he did not rise to reply to the farrago and fanaticism tho gontleman had uttered during the fivo minutes he addressed the Route, tint to give a few rearons why this tax should not he imposed —one of which wag that the taitei aye al ready burdensome. He appealed to tbe groat muss of conservative gentlemen boro not to sanction the amend- Mr. ABSOLD (ltep.), of Illinois, argued that if it had not been for the four million of slaves we would not now be involved in war, and be debating rtiiij fij|l 19 ijo fray its expellees. \vtn Hhoubl wo not'collect the Blip* plies from the source of the evil l Mr CRI?FIELD replied to Mr. Lovejoy, defending the loyalty of Maryland. Tho war was owing to two classes equally detestable, viz: those engaged in the re bellion, and the class of which Mr. Lovrjoy was a pro minent member. 1 Mr. BLAIR (Bop.), of Missouri, in defending his position rb the proposer of this amendment, laid he could not see why certain genttemon should get into a paroxysm ot excitement whenever this subject was nan ed. As the North would have to pay the Vt»!k 9? tte taxes) iiv die! nut see why sluvesi who are used as property, should not he taxed. There should be an equality practised in the distribution of taxes. Mr. LOVEJOY (Bep.), in reply to Mr. Crisfiotd and Mr. Mallory, said that if it had not been for those they called fanatics they could not at thiaday return to their own States in peace. There could l»e no peace till the public mind restain security that slavery is la the progress ot‘ ultimate extinction. Mr. Blair’s proposition was amended so as to make the tftxSl on slaves for life, between eight and fifty years of age, aud striking out that part relating to servjoQ for a teiiu of years. Numerous efforts were made to amend this, hut finally the entire proposition was defeated by- a vote of 41 against 62. Amendment. An amendment was adopted providing that nothing in the bill shall be construed to prevent any State from im poftiDg taxes upon any articles therein tabled; or licenses required. The committee then rose, and thcjlouse adjourned. PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE. Harrisburg, March 2Q, 1992, SENATE. Tbo Senate was called to order at 11 o’clock by the Speaker. Pi&ytrby Rpv. Mr Jnhnsoni nr Harriflbmg. The feI’EAKEB laid pofore the senate resolutions of the Councils Philadelphia relative to cortain bills ha fore the Legislature; also, a remonstrance against the passage of (lie bill to prevent the fraudulent use of cast ing?. Petition,) Arc. Mr. CONNELL, three petitions in favor of the incor poration of the Frankfort! Railway Company; also, one in favor of the bill regulating gas companies; also, a remonstrance against the supplement to tho North Phila delphia Plank-road Company; also, a remonstrance against tbs suDDlwneut to tha Fifth and &ixth-stfuU I’ttSßenger Railway. Mr. SMITH, of Philadelphia, a petition from owners of real estate in Philadelphia, tn favor of the bill relative to the Gas Company ; also, one in favor of the charter of the North Philadelphia 7lank-road Company; also, a remonstrance against the supplement to the Fifth and Sixth-struts Railway. Mr. DuNOYAN, several petitions of a similar im port to the last-named; also, a remonstranco against the bill to prevent the fradulent use of castings. Mr. REILLY, a petition fourteeu feet long, from Schuylkill county* for the passage of a law to protect the wages of labor} also f petitions from Northumberland and Schuylkill counties, to restrict the belawareand Hudson Canal Company with reference to mining privi leges. Mr. JIIESTAND, a petition from 1,200 citizens of Lancaster county, in favor of the passage of a law ena bling the election of prison keeper and steward of the Puorhoitso. Reports of Committees. Mr. SMITH, of Philadelphia, (Federal Relations,) re potted resolutions urging upon the General Government the immediate construction of iron-clad gunboats, for tho defence of Philadelphia and tho Delaware. Mr. DENSON, Finance, reported negatively the bill relative to payment of interest on the debt of the Com monwealth. Bills Introduced Mr. CONNELL, a bill to incorporate the Divinity School of tbe Protestant Episcopal Church of Phila delphia. MrMNSBY, a supplement to the Milford and Rich land Turnpike Company, in Bucks county. Mr. STINE, a aurrlemeut to the Catasauaua and Fayetteville Rsilrond Company. Mr. CQNNELLj a bill relative to tho Tioga Railroad Company. Bills Considered* On motion of Mr. McCLURE, the Senate passed a joint resolution requesting the Governor to return the hill for the adjudication aud settlement of military claims, for revision. The bill directing Ike recovery of tho principal and in teretl due !lie Commonwealth, by virtue of locations and other office titles, came up in order on third reading, and after amendment, was passed finally. The bill for tHe relief of the Chester Valley Railroad, pnesed finally. AFTER N66N session, The Senate reassembled at three o’clock. Bills Passed* A supplement to the act incorporating the city of Phi ladelphia (relating to certain offices) was passed* Also, a supplement to the act of 1856, providing fOF tha incorporation of im urance companies. Also, resolutions relative to the Delaware river and bay, and the harbors thereof. • ■ Tbe bill to incorporate the Philadelphia and Eastern Transportation Company was postponed. A resolution requesting the House to return the sup plement to tha aut providing for tho election of prothe notaries, &c., was passed. HOUSE* The House assembled at 10 o’clock A. M., Hon. John Rowe, Speaker, in the chair. (oiimnimcatimis* The CHAIR presented a resolution of the Select and Common Councils of the city of Philadelphia, requesting tbe Legislature to pass bill entitled an act to reduce Hie expenses of collection upon unpaid taxes in the city of Philadelphia. Also, a communication front the same body expressing an opinion that the following bills, now before the Leg s lature, are unnecessary in their object, viz: An act to provide for the better protection of consumers of gas in the city of Philadelphia; a supplement to an act to con solidate the city oi Philadelphia; n further supplement to an act to incorporate tho North Philadelphia Plauk rnfltf Company; and for other purposes. Mr. WILLIAMS, from tho Committee on Fedoral Re lations, reported favorably a joint resolution of the Senate relative to the abolition of slavery in the District of Co lumbia, and to the subject of slavery in the States. The following are the resolutions as they were passed by the Senate: Whereas,, The Constitution of the United States was ordained and adopted to establish justice and secure tho blessings of libeity to the people; And whereas, It iB provided in the eighth section of the Constitution tbat Congress shall have power to exorcise exclusive legisla tion, in all coses whatsoever, pver tho Pjgtrfct of Qylyqj toia; Ana whereas, A bill is now "ponding in Congress providing for the abolition of slavery in said District; therefore, Resolved, By the Senate , <£c., That it is tho unques tionable right and manifest duty of Congress to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia, and that our Sena tors iu Comma be, aud they are hereby, instructed, and our Representatives requested, to vote for the total and immediate abolition of slavery in said District, on such terms fes may be deemed just aud equitable to loyal slave owners therein, and also, to introduce into their respec tive houses of Congress, at recommended by the Presi dent in bis late message T and to support the same when ihi inirodneedi » resolution which iM kesHMsaWsßy a, follows; 4 « Resolved, That tbe United States ought to co operate with any Stale which may adopt a gradual abolishment of slavery, giving to such State, in its dis cretion, to compensate for the inconvenience, both pub lic and private, produced by such change of system.*'d| Mr. w ILLI AMS ft Iso repotted the following joint reso lutions relative to the defences of the Delaware river and buy, and tho harbors thereof: Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representa tives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania : First* That it is the sense of the people of this State that it Is due to the great national interests involved in the navigation of tho Delaware, und especially due to the patriotic aud loyal people who have contributed so lurscly to the general defence, that no time shall be lost in pro viding such securities for their metropolis, and tbe great interests connected therewith, as shall remove all ap'pre hrseien of injury front tndd.n iuvMtai, by either domes. tic or foreign enemies. Second. That iookiug to the danger, by which we have been so recently threatened in our seaboard frontier, from tbe introduction of new aud formidable means of maritime defence, it is the opinion of this Legislature tbat the construction of one or more iron-clad guuboats, or such other mt»w of defence as may be adequate to the occasion, in an essential measure of precaution for the protection of the city of Philadelphia, and all the im portant region of country bordering upon the Delaware. Third That in cate of any difficulty arising out of thl possible pecuniary embarrassments of tho General Go vt ri'xueut, the State of Pennsylvania will lend its credit iu aid there jf for such prepAvtion nf any osunditnra which maybe required tor the purpose aforesaid, not exceeding $1,000,000, as would correspond with her Fe deral numbt n, as compared with the other States bound-. Ing upon the same national (highway and especially in terested with hirself in the protection thereof, either by the purchase of so much of any loan &A CT,ay b» *v.tho rized for that purpose, or In rack othapmanner aa the wisdom of Congress may devise and recommend. Fourth. TLaf the Governor be reunestod fp farffflnl A copy of these resolutions to the President of the United States, and also to the presiding officers nt both branches of Congress with the request that tbe same may he laid before their respective bodies; and that Ids Excellency, the Governor, and the chairmen of the Committee on Federal Itelatiotiß of the Benate and House, respectively, bfi requested ln person to the capital with a view to a conference with the proper department and tho appropriate committees of Congress In rotation thereto. The resolutions were read a second time and panted. Bills Introduced* * Mr GASKILL, Aft Act for tho opening of Evangelist street, in the city of Philadelphia. M Mr. THOMPSON, an act for the pavmentnf the claim* of 11. B. Ycnger, late brigade Inspector, First brigade. First division, Pennsylvania Volunteers Mr. CO4JHR&N, an act anyplcmuntarr to an act t» cnniulidata tho city of rhiladotphiii (rotating to water* pipes.) Mr. "WILDLY, an act to incoporato the Union Ex proas Company. Also, an act to repeal the second section of an act to reduce the rate or payment for nr]rortising delinquent faAr payers anil tho cnllaction of taxes in tho city of I’hiU* delphta, Mr. ABBOT, a supplement to an act incorporating tie Venn Warehousing Company. Mr. GRI3KNBANK, asupplemeut to an act to secure tho rights of married women. Alan, AMippUMMit te an aM ftn esUUMt ing tho mode of drawing and selecting jurors Jn the city of Philadelphia Also, an act relating to tho Orphans’ Home and Asylum for the aged and infirm of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. Mr. DENNIS, A!i At! Nfgh?«l{hg water companies. Also, an act to vacate certain trusts. Also, an Act to Incorporate the Philadelphia Commer cial Wharf and Railroad Company. Also, ft further supplement to the several acts hereto fore passed relating to the Union Canal Company. tin BAftKPiftnncttf? filtarli certuln lamia in Alla. Klieny nnd Lo«nn townahlpa to Wranßstown township, in Bluir county, for school purposes. Mr. BIGHAM, an act to incorporate the Pittsburg “CommetcJal” Printing Company. Mr. GRAHAM, a nuppleinunt to an act for the solo of thu Main lino of Public Works. Mr. ARMSTRONG,-an act toamotHi tbe license laws of this State. Mr. LEHMAN, an act to refer the claim oF B. F. Ap pold & Company, for damages sustained upon the Phila delphia and Columbia Railroad. PllVSlfi Cnlrtiililft The following bills passed their first reading to-day: An act explanatory of certain acts relative to the in spectors of buildings In the city of Philadelphia. An act to authorize Fraocla D. Mower, trustee under Sf.,",' 1 ! °f*n. n ? i,p f ,i I !«S9»rer certain reul eotato in PbiUJclph.a. ( Objected to t? 7 Mr, PllffioW.) A supplement to an act to incorporate the Brady’s B<nd Iron Company. An act to incorporate tho Philadelphia Drug Exchange. A further tmpplement to an act entitled an act to in corporate the Philadelphta and Creicent Water Com* pany. An net to incorporate tho Philadelphia and Neir Jer* soy Ferry Company. (Objected to by Mr. Moore.) An act establishing a free biU in certain cases in the comity of Dauphin. fiupplPTiient to Vittston Bank; At 1 o’clock, tho House took a recess t II 3 o’clock. AFTERNOON SESSION. Tho House was again called to order at three o’clock. The Hopkins Divorce Case. The hill tr> annul tho marriage contrnct between Catharine Brown Hopkins and Henry St, George Hop kins was taken up. Mr. COCHRAN offered an amendment. Messrs. GUEENIJANK and SMITH, of Philadelphia, objected to the bill. They desired a postponement for the pTirpo.se of affording Mr. Hopkins an opportunity to defezid himself. The bill was then postponed. Bill, rnssrri. The following bills were passed : An act explanatory of certain acts relative to inspec tions of buildings In Philadelphia, A supplement to tho ad incurporaling the Bradj’t Bend Iron Company. An act to incorporate the Philadelphia Drug Exchange Association. A further supplement to the act incorporating the Phi ladelphia ai,d Crescent Navigation Company, An act to incorporate tho Philadelphia and Now ae> Ferry Company. A supplement to an act incorporating tho Vlttston Bank. An net authorizing the sale of certain real estate, late the property cf Martha Buckingham. An Mt rrlotivc tu the rhiladelpbla and Beading ltail. road Company. Tbe Buuse then adjourned. From California. San Fraxctscu, March 17 —The ship Ringleader has Hfliled for Japan; carrying tho United states minister and suite. The Bteamer Panama , arrived from Mu/.atlan, brings dates to the Bth iußt. The latest dates received there from Arizona represent the country as almost depopu lated. on accouutof Secession troubles and the hostility of tbe .Indians. The Tebfd troops, 96A strong, are awaiting reinforce ments at Tubec, with the purpose of taking Fort Znma, in California, but most of the five regiments of Califor nia volunteers aro iu that portion of the State, and would be glad to meet an invading enemy. gnu-NKWfi.—Arrived, bark Egypt, from Bordeaux; bark Truiloron from Malaga \ bark Wilhelm Kirohar; from Kin; steamer Panama, from Mazatlan ; ship George Washington, from flonolulu; bark May, from New York. Sailed] Bliip Elizabeth Cushing, for Valparaiso. Arrival of the Champion. Nkw YoitK, March -’.—The steamer Champion baa arriv<d from A spin wall with the passengers and treasure that left S on Francisco on the Ist instant. Tie Champion brings 8480,000 iu treasure. A. M. Chase, telegraph operator at Aspinwall, died on tiff 17th inptenl, Lute advices from South AmeriCA state that part of the Revolutionary party had been arrested at Bolivia, and the others had tied the country. The attempted revolt at Arequlpa, Peru, had boon sup pressed. Tho ill feeling at Lima against the Spaniards U said to he 4> iiig put, Jamaica advices to the loth instant have been received, hut the nows is not important. Arrival of the Steamer Edinburgh New York, March 25. —The steamship Edinburgh , from Liverpool, has arrived. Her dates have been anti* cipated. Fire at Kansas City. K.ws.lB Cm - , MHrch 25 —A fire occurred here iMt idglir, destroying three targe tmitdfngg on the lore.. Tb« lot, 1, estimated at f 35.000. Tbe fire ii sunroied to have been the work of an incendiary. LETTER FROM HEW YORK. All Be* rrtrrs to be Arrested- The Reported Assassination of Colonel Billy YVilson—Gene rals Fremont and Hunter In Town—The Van Wyck Investigating Committee—Death of a Prominent Citizen—The Rev* Dr* Hawks— The Wounded at hcwlicrn en ronre Home- Marine Yews—The Latest Joke. [Correspondence of The Press.] Nkw York, March 25, 1862. The Secretary oi War Ime ordered Police Superintend ent Kennedy to arrest all deserters, arrabgemeuu lAVtog beta made for their accommodation on Governor’s Island.* A private letter to an official gentleman in this city from Colonel William YViUon, al Fort Pickens, says ncJ*r dale of March 2, ** Yeßterciay, Major Nearby ten dered hig resignation; hut it wilt not he accepted. To*day he wasdruuk aud fired his revolver into my tent* He will bo diEiui&Bed dr cashiered.* 1 Tlilb iB tbe information upon which, a day or two ago, it was rumored that Major Newby had attempted to atsassinate Colonel Wilson. Major Generals Fremont and Hyotey apf bl(]| Astor House. The latter Viir leave for Port Royal to morrow. Geo* Fremont is pu-bing his bnrinea? ahead* so ns to be on his tray to the field, Mr. Van YVyek is stirring matters tip here amazingly. The latest result of his labors is a circular addrewei to mi)' fmplwf? pf the custom bouse, by A, M, rainier, tue collector’s private secretary, containing tho Tolloir. icg questions: At whose particular request were you appointed to the position you now hold y Where dia you reside at the time of your appoint ment l MVbero do you now reside—lf In the city of New York, give the ward, the street, and the number! Enclose these answers In the printed envelope, which I herewith send you, and leave them with the deputy collector or chief clerk at the head of your division. This morning, tit one o’clock, Horace Bolden, Em.i long an eminent member of the New York bar, died at his residence in Twelfth street, in this city, aged sixty - nine years. Mr. Holden was greatly esteemed for the purity ami integrity of hia life, and the soundness and equity of his judgment. He was a safe and judicious counsellor in his profession, with the leairing or whicb ho was familiar, and in the practice of which he centifu ncd witli hit nsnul industry to the last. Be was never much in public life, but he was well known by his con nection with religions and charitable associations, where he found a sphere of activity in harmony with his incli natloiiß. and where his talents were usefully exercised. 1 Rsy.Br. Hawks ban resignm) tho pastoral charge of Calvary Church, in this city. Dr. Hawks is a native oT North Carolina, a ripe scholar and o'oqnent preacher, and personally popular with most of his congregation* but those who are aware of his Secession sympathies will not be surprised at his resignation. The State of Blftsescbnoette' ft non t it) tills fll>‘ hit, rt ceived intelligence that ojio hundred of the Mounded at tlie battle of Newbern left Baltimore this morning at 8 o’clock for this city, en route for their homes. They consist of fifteen officers and eighty-five privates, most of them Massachusetts men, but some are from Rhode Is land and Connecticut. A call for surgeons to meet them ftt (he Park Barracks was published jt( (he (bis aftpmnuUi The schooner Joseph Crandall, Captain Gage, frotu Cadiz, arrived tins morning, ha 4 on board the crew of the schooner Arcade, taken by the privateer Sumpter, and landed at Cadiz. The steamer Edinburgh* from Liverpool, is now coaa ir." HP the bay. Shu left Liverpool on the J2»b {pisf, * Captain Fairchild, of the brig Yankee liladt\ which arrived this morning, reports: Lelt at Fort Pickens brig DVtbfl#A, which arrived from Newport 10th in riant with wood; the three*masted schooner W, C. Henhon, schooner C. 11. Ne toman, from New York, Henry Perkins, of Boston, from Plymouth. On the 9th mutant, 100 miles S. E. of tho bar, the Perkins picked up seven bales of cotton* supposed to bare been from the Bteamer Magnolia, The. sloop-of-war Fin cenrtes arrived on the Btli with the gunboat New London, having the mails* but, being too rough, could not communicate, but leftthemaiiann tho IK. C, Mention. The United Stares steamer MissHsiflri had left Fort Pickens, probably to join General Busier at Ship Island. The Yankee Blade arrived at Key West on the night of the 16th, and sailed on the-17tli. On the morning of tho 17th, thu steamer R, If, Cutficr arrived with the mails to 4th March, from the North. On the 16th the steamship Niagara fired a salut*: proba bly on account of tho favorable nows received by the Cuyler. Left At Key West United States steamers AY a gar a and R. R. Cuyler , bark J. /*, Davis, and six or eight gunboats. While coming out over tlu bar saw a ti airport screw Bteauier bound in, filled with troops, who communicated with a pilot boat, ani pro ceeded west. Tho United States ship drey Feathm. (supposed) went into Key Wost on the 17th, There were also at Key West schooners Henry Finvh, Mary I’otier, two berm, brigs, and several/ither schooners. The impression at Fort Pickens was that Gen. Bragg find left Pensacola, andi parties with glasses assert that the guns of the rebel fortifications aro turned inland, probably expecting a viait from Gen Butler* Four con trabands who escaped say there are but three thousand troops at Pensacola, and they but poorly armed. The separation which has taken place between Finny Fern and her last husband, Mr. Farton, has resulted in tie circulation of tho following* which is sot forth- aa “tho second edition of Fern Leaves;'’ “ in hsftesn &b*vt, wb*tc all is tew, There’ll be no more Partou there.*' This is the joke or up-town circles, as they gossip- upon Patton whipping Fanny. Thu following were the sales at the Stock Exchange, Second Board: MW) V sea'9l, Beg,. 20000 US 6s ’Bl, Up.. 94 20001) do bOO 94 ft 2000 Tunn 6s *90..... sB* 3000 Virginia 6s 60 1001)0 do 60 IfiCGO Missouri Os. 20000 do..♦**.*6o. 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Tax ox Public Billiard Taju.hs We undor stand that the Congressional committee on the tai bill. after oonsijeriog the argument* and feats or Sir Stloh&el Phelan (to vthioh we drew attention oa Monday), have agreed toreoommend that the tax on each table Bhall. be $lO, Instead of $2O, (tf pall;' proposed.
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