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BY JOHN W. FORNEY,
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p*i Anna, roua Dollars for Eight Moxths,
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vance for tbe time onlered.
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Mailed to Subaotibere out of tho City at Three Doi..
LARS Paa Annom, ia advance.
CLOTHING.
mo THE GENTLEMEN OF Phi
ladelphia AED •VICINITY.
A CARD.
If Laving Uecn io an impossibility, hereto
fore, to obtain CU3TOMKR-MADE CLOTHING,
at MODERATE PRICES, and finding that many
gentlemen would prefer their Clothing MADE TO
ORDER, if they could secure at tho same time
REALLY FIRST-CLASS STYLES, and at
REALLY REASONABLE PRICES, we have, at
the earnest solicitation of oar patrons, organised,
in connection with our extensive Ready-Made
Sales-Rooms, a complete CUSTOMER DEPART
MENT, in which the prominent features are,
Ist. Fine and Medium Materials, made up in
Srst-class styles;
2d. Unexceptionable Fitting Garments;
3d. Prices FAR LOWER THAN HAS BEEN
CUSTOMARY j
4th. A corps of the most celebrated cutters in
this country.
K. It. - An extensive assortment of the ohoioest
imported and domestic fabrics from the New York
and Philadelphia maakets, suitable for Coats, Pants,
and Vests, always on hand.
visit is solicited.
WAN AM AKER & BROWN,
MERCHANT TAILORS AND CLOTHIERS,
“OAK HALL,”
S. E cor. SIXTH and MARKET Streets.
mli2T.tr
MILLINERY GOODS.
SPRING.
M. BERN HEIM.
No. 726 CHESTNUT STREET,
Has now in store, ansi ia daily receiving, tho latest
otylea in
.RIBBONS, FRENCH FLOWERS,
WREATHS. SILKS, CRAPES,
LACES,
AND OTHER
MILLIN JERY GOODS,
*T© which ho respectfully invites the attention of the
TRADE.
PRICES LOW.
ml\24-2ni
1862. BPRm) -
LOUIS DANNENBAUM,
No. 57 North SECOND Street.
(Between Market and Arcli,)
ia now prepared to offer a large stock of
RIBBONS,
SILKS, AND MILLINERY GOODS.
,1 ...Lnnl. Bud MUlmer. will find An AdmirAble Aseort
tnsnt of the above Goods, of tbe newest styles, at low
figures, and are invited to call and examine.
«WEI,Ii BOUGHT 13 HALF SOLD.”
mha-iat*
1862. SPKIN<i -
WOOD * CARY,
(SaccB33t>T3 to Lincoln, Wood, A Nichols,)
No. TS-5 CHESTNUT STREET,
Have now in Store a complete stock
STRAW AND MILLINERY GOODS,
SILK BONNETS,
STRAW AND PALM-LEAF HATS, &C.
To which they respectfully invite tho attention of tho
Conner patrons of the house anil the trade generally.
marl2-2m
SPRING.
RIBBONS, TvTILLINERY,
AND
STRAW GOODS.
ROSENHEIM, BROOKS.
& Co.,
NO. 431 MARKET STREET,
Have new open—and to which daily additions are made—
fciieir
TONAL HANDSOME VARIETY
RIBBONS,
BONNET MATERIALS, BLOWERS,
RUCHES.
ffiTRAW AND FANCY BONNETS,
MISSES’ AND CHILDREN’S HATS,
FLATS, SHAKER HOODS, and
AT.T. OTHER ARTICLES IN THE MILLINERY
LINE,
Which will be offered at the
LOWEST MARKET PRICES.
The attention of the trade is respectfully invited.
Particular attention given to tilling orders.
mhl3-2m
VJIHOMAS KENNEDY & BRO.,
729 CHESTNUT Street, below Eighth.
A Choice Stock of
SPRING MILLINERY GOODS,
mh!3-3m] AT LOW FlilOBS.
L00K136 GLASSES.
JAMES 8. EARLE & SON,
MANUFACTURER!} AKD IMPOBTEBB
or
LOOKING GLASSES,
OIL PAINTINGS,
TINE ENQKATINOB,
PIOTURE AND PORTRAIT FRAMES,
PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES,
PHOTOGBAPH ALBUMS,
GARTE-DE-VISITS POBTBAITS,
EARLE’S GALLERIES,
816 CHESTNUT STREET,
F HTL ADEIiPHIA.
HATS AND CAPS.
IQCO SPRING STOCK IQ£t)
J.OO/0. COMPLETE, iOUIVI
C. H. GARDEN & Co.,
Manufacturers of end Wholesale Dealers in
HATS, CAPS, AND FURS;
STRAW GOODS,
FANCY SILK AND STRAW BONNETS,
Artificial Flowers, Ruches, Fe&thera, Ac.,
fifo. 600 and 60S MARKET Street, S. W, corner 0
SIXTH Street
*F" A large and complete stock. The best terms and
£he lowest prices. Cash And prompt 11 time buyers" are
particularly invited to examine oar stock, mhl.2m
UMBRELLAS AND FARASOLS.
H. RICHARDSON
HAS BEMOYED TO 300 MARKET STREET,
Southwest corner of Fifth,
And offeiß & beautiful assortment of
UMBRELLAS, PARASOLS,
TENTS, AND CANES,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. mh26t6ti
WATCHES, JEWELRY, &c.
! A FRESH ASSORTMENT, at LESS
jtX THAN FORMER PRICES.
FARR A BROTHER,
Importers, 321 CHESTNUT Street, below Fourth.
mMO-tt
Kerosene lamps, whole
bale DEPOT AND MANUFACTORY, No. 114
Booth SECOND Street, below Chestnut, and No. 1 CAR
VER Street, Philadelphia. In consequence of new im
provements in machinery and increased facilities for
manufacturing, we are prepared to furnish the trade with
liAMPS and lamp-trimmings of every description af
mvatlr reduced prices. GOUHTBY MERCHANTS are
Invited to examine our stock which consists of new styles
Bod patterns of lamps, and all articles pertaining to the
Dullness, as low as con be purchased elsewhere.
mhS-lm*lp M.B. DYOTT.
Lard and grease 50 tierwf
IriM Laaflwdj
(0 tleroaa White Oranae,
(Hiact Iran the Waati and In store. For ante hr
KCBFHY * KOOHB,
So. 148 90BTH WHABVM-
YQL. S.— NO. 203.
DRY-GOODS JOBBERS.
SPRING IMPORTATIONS
MEN ANO BOYS’ WEAR,
MILITARY PURPOSES.
NO. 031 CHESTNUT STREET,
DE COURSEY, LAFOURCADE, &. CO.
mh2o.ini
1862. spring.
WHOLESALE DEPARTMENT.
J. R. CAMPBELL & CO..
No. 727 CHESTNUT STREET,
BAYS HOW IN STORE, LINKS OF CHOICE
GOODS, TO WHICH THEY INVITE THE
ATTENTION OF CASH BUYERS.
WHITE GOODS—In all llieir Varieties.
LINENS—All cualitlea and best makes.
TABLE DAMASKS—Napkins and Doylies.
L. C. HDKFS—Towels and Toweling.
GINGHAMS—Super, Fancy and Solid Checks.
LAWNS—Now and Choice Styles.
1862.
ORGANDIES, and Paris Printed Jaconets.
DRESS GOODS—In vory desirable stylea.
BLACK SlLKS—Choice Broads.
FLANNELS—Of the best makes.
BLEACHED GOODS—A full line.
PRlNTS—American And English.
CHINTZES, BRILLIANTES
TOGETHER WITH MANY OTHER GOODS,
ADAPTED TO FIRST-CLASS TRADE, ALL OF
WHICH WILL BE OEFEBED AT
LOW PRICES.
1862. spring. X 862.
1862.
W. B; STEWART & CO.,
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OF
SILKS AND FANCY DRESS GOODS,
NO. SOS MARKET STREET.
We invite the attention of tho trade to a full line of
SLACK AND OTHER STAPLE SILKS,
As also a neat variety'of
HEW STYLES OF DRESS GOODS,
Bought for cash, and which will be offered on tho most
favorable terms. fe2s-3m
SPRING GOODS.
1862,
M. L. HALLO WELL & Co..
333 MARKET and 27 NORTH FOURTH STS.,
Wholesale Dealers in
SILKS AND FANCY DRY GOODS,
Have open a targe varioty offrcsfily-importcA
SPRING DRESS GOODS,
To which* with a handsome assortment of
BLACK AND FANCY SILKS,
SHAWLS, MANTILLAS.
WHITE GOODS,
EMBROIDERIES.
And other goods in their line, they invite tho attention
of city and country dealers* mLi4-tf
1862.
Y-ARD.GTLLMORE, & Go..
NOS. 617 CHESTNUT and 614 JAYNE Street!.
SPRING IMPORTATION
DRESS GOODS, SHAWLS, WHITE
GOODS,
LINENS, EMBROIDERIES, &o.
Bought In Europe, by one of the firm.
To which the attention of the trade Is particularly in
vited. Ce2l*2m
IMPORTATIONS.
HOSIERY. GLOVES,
GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS,
LINENS, SHIRT FRONTS,
THOS. MELLOR & Go.,
mlilB-3m 40 and 48 North THIBD Street
gELUNG OFF:
WHOLESALE STOCK AT RETAIL.
SILK VESTING 3, formerly 83.00, now $2.00,
MABSKILLES, “ $1.50, now $l.OO.
CASSI3[JiBES for men’s wear, audjadies’ Cloaks,
26 per cent, under former prices, Ac., Ac.
A. H. GIBBS,
mb26.ini 531 MARKET STREET, Dp stairs.
gIBJLEY MOLTEN, &
WOODRUFF,
IMPORTERS AND JOBBEBB OF
SILKS AND FANCY GOODS,
Ho. 531 MABKET ST BEET,
Are now opening and daily receiving a new and
CHOICE STOCK
or
SIDKS, DRESS GOODS,
WHITE GOODS and EMBROIDERIES,
SHAWLS, RIBBONS, GLOVES, MITTS, &Q.
They respectfully call the attention of buyers gene
rally. mli2s-lm
1862. srßlHa ' 1862:
ABBOTT. JOHNESa & GO.,
52 7 MARKET STREET,
Have now open an entirely new and attractive stock in
ENGLISH, FRENCH, GERMAN, AND
AMERICAN
DRESS GOODS,
Also, a fall assortment in
WHITE GOODS, RIBBONS, GLOVES,
SHAWLS, &.C., &.C.,
To which they invite the attention of the trade*
mh24-tap3o
gPRING STOCK
SILK AND FANCY DRESS GOODS.
A. W. LITTLE & Co.*
mblfl.tf No. 395 MARKET ST.
on CWT. CHOICE WHITE RYE
£j\J FLOUR, just received and for tale at No. 812
SPRING GARDEN Street mh2s-tf
Including Goods suited for
Now in Store,
And for Salo by
AND
PERCALES.
Have now open thoir
OF SILK AND FANCY
WHITE GOODS, AND
EMBROIDERIES.
%f ms.
MONDAY, MARCH 31, 1862,
Interesting Correspondence.
The readers of The Press will recollect
lion. Isaac N. Morris, of Illinois, for four
years a member In Congress from the Quincy
district, in that State, now represented by
Gen. IY. A. Richardson. During these two
terms Mr. Morris was recognized and known
as a Democrat who never would permit party
relations to force him into an approval of what
his conscience condemned, lie saw at an early
(lay the immeasurable hypocrisy and treachery
of James Buchanan aud his followers, and he
denounced them with indignation. As the
preparations for tho treason of 1851 iiiuUipKcd.
under Buchanan’s Administration, Mr. Morris
devoted himself with more and more energy
and vigilance to tho work of checking and
exposing these preparations. Taking his
stand with statesmen of the Broderick school
in Congress, he did much to establish the
unrelieved infamy of the men at tho side
of Biicuan-an, and much to enlighten the
people as to the duty of putting them
down. Mr. Morris was one of the earnest
and earliest of the advocates of Stei-iikn A.
Douglas for President; hut he went fur
ther than some of the partisans who used
the name of Douglas for their own self
ish purposes, and were ready to yield
him, if in so doing they could inako a better
bargain. Moruis contended, at all times, that
under no circumstances could the cause of
Douglas be maintained, if it was not main
tained on the known principles of Dou
glas, and that if these were sacrificed, for ex
pediency’s sake, no reputation and no claims,
however high, would save from disgrace and
defeat all who aided in such a sacrifice. Hence,
lie was not a sound Democrat in the eyes of
sucli patriots as Pryor, of Virginia; George
N. Sanders, of Kentucky; John Forsyth, of
Alabama, now in arms against tho country,
and, at one time, the recognized advo
cates of Judge Douglas. They would have
taken Douglas if he had given up his
principles; for if he had, the triumph would
have been theirs, and the triumph of treason.
Isaac Is. Morris was among the first to reveal
to the people the disgusting rottenness of Bu
chanan’.-? Administration. Ho believed that it
was not only a treasonable concern—not only
bent upon breaking up the Union—but that
most of the officials, especially those of the
Senate, were ingrained knaves and robbers.
Tho arrogance and insolence, tho slavish sub
serviency of the Northern parasites of that
abandoned Administration, when they sup
ported the Leconipton fraud and the English
bill, impressed Morris and his co-vrorfeers
with the belief that the whole Administration
was as hopelessly treasonable as it was noto
riously dishonest. Hence, Morris was found
in tho front ranks, battling for the right, and
against the wrong. We published long ago
his powerful letters and speeches against these
traitors. These,- with his report exposing
Floyd’s monstrous corruptions, and his fear
less refusal to allow any of the minions of
that chief scoundrel of the gang to approach
him, proved him to have been gifted with
wonderful sagacity, foresight, and will, When
Mr. Lincoln was elected, Mr. Morris came
forward and gave him his sincere support ;
and again exhibited his knowledge of the
plotting traitors, who, having sacrificed
Douglas, now turned their attention to the
overthrow of the Republic. Retaining then
places in Congress, they attempted to con
ceal their designs; but Morris, sided by a
few other bold men, detected their schemes,
and tore away the disguises under which they
were hidden.
Early in December of 180 Q, Mr. Morris
offered tlic following resolution in the House
of Representatives of the United States:
Resolved by the House of Representatives, That
we “ properly estimate the immense value of our
national Union to our collective and individual hap
piness ; that we cherish a cordial, habitual, and im
movable attachment to it; that we will speak of it
as of the palladium of our political safety and pros
perity ; that we will watch its preservation with
jealous anxiety ; that wo will discountenance what
ever may suggest even a suspicion that it can, in
any event, bo abandoned, and indignantly frown
upon tbe firet dawning of every attempt to alienate
any portion of our country from the rest, or enfee
ble the sacred tics which now link together tho va
rious parts ; that we regard it as the main pillar in
tho edifiac of our real independence, the support of
tranquillity at home, our peace abroad, our safety,
prosperity, and that very liberty which we so high
ly prize;” that wo have seen nothing in the past,
nor do we see anything in the present, either in the
election of Abraham Lincoln to the Fresidency of
the Unittd States or in any existing cause, to justify
its dissolution ; that wo regard its perpetuity as of
more value than tho temporary triumph of any
party or any man; that whatever evils or abuses
exist under it ought to be corrected within the
Union, in a peaceful and constitutional way • that
we believe it has sufficient power to redress every
wrong and enforce every right growing out of its
organization or pertaining to its proper functions;
and that it is a patriotic duty to stand by it as our
hope in peace and our defence in war.
The resolution was first introduced in the
House by Mr. Morris, on the second day of
the session, hut so strenuously was it opposed
by the Southern conspirators that it was not
until the 17th he was enabled to press it to a
vote, although he had previously availed him
self of every opportunity to do so. Treason
was then rank in the American Congress, as
Mr. MWiKis believed, and as subsequent events
have proven, and he was determined gentle
men should • place themselves upon record for
or against the Government.
Qf the forty-four votes against it, all but
two— Thomas B. Florence, of Philadelphia,
and Daniel E. Sickles, of New York — are
Southern men, and all but three of these are
actively engaged in the rebellion, UINDStAN, of
Arkansas, who called for the yeas and nays
upon the adoption of the resolution, as well as
some others, hold commissions as brigadiers
in the Confederate army.
Mr. Hindman called for the yeas and nays
upon the resolution.
The yeas and nays were ordered.
The question was taken, and it was decided
in the affirmative —yeas 116, nays 44, as fol
lows :
Yeas —Messrs. Green, Adams, Adrain, Aldrich,
Allen, Alley, William C. Anderson, Ashley, Bab
bitt. Beale, Bingham, Blair, Blake, Brayton,
Briggs, Buffinton, Burlingame, Burnham, Butter
field, Campbell, Cary, Carter, Case, Colfax, Conk
ling, Covode, Cox, Jehn G. Davis, Dawes, Delano,
Duell, Dunn, Edgerton, Edwards, Eliot, Ely, Eng
lish, Etheridge, Farnsworth, Fenton, Foster, Frank,
French, Goooh, Graham, Grew, Hale, Hall,' J.
Morrison Harris, Helmiek, Hickman, Hoard, Hol
man, William Howard, Humphry, Hutchings,
Irvine, Junkin, Francis W. Kellogg, Kenyon, Kil
£ore, Killinger, Do Witt C. Leach, Lee, Logan,
oDgneoker, Loomis, Lovejov, Charles D Martin,
McCiernana, McKean, McKenty, MoKnight, Mc-
Pherson, Montgomery, Moorhead, Edward Joy
Morris, Isaac N. Morris, Niblaek, Nixon, Olin,
Palmer, Perry, Pettit, Porter, Potter, Pottle, Ed
win R. Reynolds, John H. Reynolds, Rice, Riggs,
James C. Robinson, Royee, Scranton, Sedgwick,
Sherman, Spaulding, Spinner, Stanton, William
Stewart, Stokes, Tappan, Thayer, Tompkins, Train,
Trimble, Vandever, Verree, Wade, Waldron, Wal
ton, Elihu B. Washburne, Israel Washburn, Wells,
Wilson, and Wood—llfi.
Nays — Messrs. Thomas L. Anderson, Avery,
Barksdale, Bonligny, Branch, Burnett, John B.
Clark, Clopton, Cobb, Crawford, Curry, De Jar
nette, Edmundsos, Florence, Garnett, Gartrell,
Hardeman, Hill, Hindman, Haghes, Jaokson, Jen
kins, Jones, Landrum, James M. Leach, Leake,
Elbert S. Martin, Sydenham Moore, Noell, f’ryor,
Quarles, Reagan, Baffin, Scott, Sickles, Singleton,
William Smith, Stallworth, Stevenson, Thomas,
Underwood, Vance, Webster, and Wright—44.
So, the resolution was adopted.
After these proceedings, Mr, Morris for
warded to the President elect, then at Spring
field, Illinois, a copy of the resolutions and
proceedings, which called forth a frank and
grateful reply. Some days ago, desirous of
giving publicity to this letter of the President,
and the response of Mr. Morris to it, the latter
asked authority from Mr. Lincoln to lay it be
fore the public, which was promptly granted.
The letters are thorol'ore presented to the
readers of The Press. Wo need not direct at
tention to the italicised passages of the letter
of Mr. Morris, so prophetic of the greate vents
which followed, and so fuU of patriotic spirit;
Executive Mansion, j
Washington, March 13,1862. J
Mr Dear Sir : The President directs me to say
in (answer to your inquiry through Mr. Robinson,
that he has no objection to yonr publishing the cor
respondence to which you referred, and a copy of
his part of which you sent him.
lie directs me to convey to you bis kind remem
brances. Your obedient'servant. Jons Hay,
Assistant Private Secretary.
Hon. I. N, Morris, Quincy, Illinois.
PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, MARCH 31, 1862.
[Oonflitontift’ 1
Springfield, Illinois, December 24,1860.
Bfm. I. N. BfoftMS,
My Beak Sir: Without supposing that you and
I are any nearer together, politically, than hereto
fore, allow me to tender you my sincere thanks for
your Union resolution, expressive of views upon
Whidh WO neve? were, Jkttd, I trust, never vrlU.be at
variance. Yours, very truly, A. Lincoln.
Washington Citv, Dec. 29, 1860.
Hon, Abhaham Lincoln, Presidentelect.
My Dka.ii Sir j I received your letter Of . the
24th Inst, two days ago, and only my duties hero
have prevented me from answering it beforo.
That tho resolution I had the honor to submit to
the House of Representatives, having reference to
the preservation Of the Union, and the duty of all
patriotic citizens towards it, should have attracted
your notice and received your approval, is a matter
of the highest gratification to me. I believe the
sentiments expressed in it to be the sentiments of
the conservative portion of the American people,
and that they are the exponent of the patriotism of
the American heart.
Henco I cannot but rejoice to know they receive
a sanction, and meet with a response from him who
is now the representative man of the dominant po
litical parly. And you must permit me to say that
«s our present troubles have been so largely C&USQd
by misrepresentations and misunderstandings, so
the public uttorance of the opinions which you
have so candidly approved in your letter to me,
would appeal with almost irresistible force to the
public thought and judgment, and have a mast
salutary effect in diminishing the public dangers.
From the earliest years of my understanding I
was taught to venerate the National Government
as the palladium of our liberties, and X have no
terms to make with those who secto to subvert sAd
ruin it. During the'present session of Congress
I have seen what 1 was aware of before, but more
fully developed — that it is in the hands of
TRAITORS, AND THAT IT WILL HE A HEfiCULBAN
task to rescue it. You } sir, are the only man
rV/. the nation who has it in his power to recover
it, and I am not insensible of the fact. You
know your duty too well for me to make any sug
gestions in regard to it. Besides, from my political
antecedents, it is not within the range of propriety
that I should do so ; still I cannot withhold from
you, as a citizen of the same State with myself, and
in, view of your position, the expression of my deep
and solemn conviction that nothing will be done
here to settle our troubles during the existing
session, and that a responsibility awaits yon.
more important than has ever rested on any other
man since the Union- was formed .
I think your political friends underrate the
danger, and that those of them who suppose the
present excitement in the publio mind will pass
away quietly within sixty days—fvide Mr. Se-
Aslor-Housß speech | —and without serious
injury ti the Republic, are greatly deceived. I
hope not, but believe otherwise , and am so deeply
impressed by my convictions that I cannot re
frain from giving them utterance. They may
from a morbid apprehension—and how rejoiced
would Ihe to find that they did I—yet I will not
allow myself to bo lulled into security and repose
when I see so many perils around me.
Now is the time for party sacrifices and patriotic
elevation. All party considerations are tost with
When rny country is la jeoj/ardy. X shall bo
found in the front ranks of its defenders. I am
with every man who is for it, and against every
man who is against it, and shall agree to no terms of
surrender.
You, sir, have been legally, and constitutionally
elected President of the United States, and I can
have no desire other than to see you acquit your
self with the highest honor, and sustain the Govern
ment. In the performance of such duty, you shall
have my zealous, hearty, but bumble co-operation.
Politically} l am where I was on the issue of the
last canvass, believing non-intervention on the sla
very question to be the true doctrine. Patrioti
cally, I am with all the friends of the Union, and
shall look to its preservation as the great paramount
consideration. Shotdd an effort be made to pre
vent your inauguration, and it is useless to deny
thefact that the most extensive and fearful ar
rangements are being effected to keep you from,
taking the oath of office in this city , I will be
among the foremost to resist it.
Entertaining for you personally, and for the pu
rity of your private life, the highest considerations
of respect, and invoking the interposition of Divine
Providence to avert the storm now impending over
our uDhappy country, I am, dear sir,
Yours very respectfully,
X. N. Morris.
LETTER FROM NASHVILLE.
Gmioval Dumont (a La CliSrge D'Affaires—Bu
ell to take the Field—His B»dphaard of
Pennsylvanians—Their Headquarters—Phi
ladelphians Among Them—Speech of Gover
nor Johnson—The House of Representatives
Crowded—From Memphis—Tk« -L oKisvllle
and Nashville Railroad to be Opened-Pub
lic Amusements.
[Special correspondence of The Press.]
N ASHTifiMk Marcli 24 s 1862.
Rumors are current that General Dumont will.
Ehortly occupy the office of Charge d’Affaires in
this department, aud that General Buell will take
the field. If this is the case, it will be a matter of
interest to the readers ot The Press to learn that
tbe body-guard of General Buell, formerly known
as the Anderson Troop, is composed wholly of Penn
sylvanians, and is, probably, the finest body of one
hundred men in thfl volunteer army. Their hur
ra eis are at the Planters’Hotel, Summer street,
which was formerly a first-class hotel. The whole
troop is in fine condition, and only anxious for an
opportunity of displaying their Pennsylvania grit
upon the battle-field.
The following are the officers: Captain William
J. Palmer, formerly connected with the Pennsyl
vania Railroad Company; First-Liutenant William
Spencer, of ihe regular army; Second-Lieutenant
Thomas R. Maple, oi Pittsburg; Aaron J. Comfort,
surgeon, Philadelphia.
The following-named gentlemen belong to Phila
delphia, all of whom are in exoellent health:
Adolph G. Rosengarten, Sixteenth and Chestnut.
M. L. DeOouisey, Seventeenth and Arch.
Joseph B. Blakiston, Twentieth and ChcTry.
Evan W. Grubb, Seventh ward.
Lewis E. Fagan, “
Jehu W. Jackson, Twenty-second ward.
Samuel Wigfall, Sixth ward.
Harry M. Francis, “
Norman M. Smith, Seventh ward.
Edmund Levis, Ninth ward.
Boland Seegar, "
Edwin Marshall, I!
Alfred Vezin,
JohnW.Wainwright, “
Wm. Blackburn, “
Wm. H. Oakford, “
Oresson, “
Samuel Comfort, jr., Morrisville, Bucks county.
J. C. McClanigan and C. Mussleman, Lancaster
county.
George W. Bush, Montgomery county.
J. C. Bradford, Montgomery county.
Governor Johnson delivered a speech at the
Capitol on Saturday. The capacious Representa
tives’ hall was crowded to oxoessi the audience
maintaining the most profound silenae and atten
tion while the Governor was speaking. His re
marks occupied the space of two hours and a half.
He thoroughly analyzed Secession, and, after pro*
ving that It emanated from a few ambitious, wicked
men, convinced the unprejudiced that the present
was not a war of the North against the South, but
for the Constitution against disloyalty.
Union refugees Arriving in the city daily, and
also a large number ot visitors from the North—
army contractors, merchants, mechanics, &e. The
poor hotels, which are in abundance, are doing an
immense business, and decent accommodations are
source at the most exorbitant rates, From the Com.
mercial Hotel floats the banner of the nation, being
the third American flag which I have seen at any
prominent point in this vioinity.
Last evening I met a gentleman direct from
Memphis, and if I may place reliance upon what
he told me, a reign of terror actually exists in that
disloyal city. He informed me that he saw a young
man dragged from a 'butcher cart, placed in the
midst of a number of rebel soldiers, and, in attempt
ing to escape, murdered in cold blood, and his body
left in the street. Many incidents he recorded of a
similar nature, declaring that a Union sentiment
was increasing, purely on acoount of the atrocities
commuted by the adherents of Harris and the sham
Confederacy. In speaking of the policy of burning
the city, he stated that a majority of the people
were in favor, should a large Federal army appear,
of an evacuation by the rebel soldiers. He farther
slates, nevertheless, that the military authorities
are busy in constructing fortifications for the de
fence of the eity, and thinks that the Confederates
will fight, not burn, should the Federals appear in
small force.
The superintendent of the Louisville and Nash
ville Railroad announces that to-morrow or next
day the road will be in complete order, and that
passengers and mails will be carried through in one
day. A number of locomotives and freight can
hAVO afrlved by fiver, find will be jplaoed upon the
road immediately.
At the Masonic Hall last evening, a band of
minstrels held forth, and the place was crowded. ;
Qn Saturday evening next the theatre will be
opened, with, I learn, a good company. The
opening piece.will be “ Macbeth.” Nothing could
better illustrate the returning confidence and cheer
fulness of the people. S-
Who Planned the Campaign ’—The Spring
field Republican makes the following statement:
•> The subject was under disenesion at a dinner
table whore General Banks was present; and he,
who, by the way, stands by General McClellan
most loyally, quietly remarked that while in con
sultation with General McClellan last November or
December, the latterineideafiaUy took down amap
and pointed out to him upon it every movement
that has since been made by our armies; and, as to
Manassas, said that we should either drive the re
bels from it in a successful battle, or they would
evacuate it of their own aocord.”
The Rev. Dr. Moore, of Richmond, delivered a
lecture in that city on the origin and moaning of
words, in whioh many ourioußfacts were deyolofred,
among whioh were that the word Davis mean*
“ God with us,” and that Lincoln, when subjected
to etymological analysis, means 11 on the verge of a
precipioe.”
| LETTER FROM KEY WEST.
[Correspondence of The Pross.]
Kev West, Fi.orida,
Headquarters 47th Regt. P. V., March 13, 1862,
In my former commit mention, I promised a more
minute description of the beautiful island and city
of Key West. I now do so; but cannot refrain, in
ihe first place, from adverting to the glorious vic
tories which have recently crowned our arms in the
different divisions of the grand army of the Union.
No wonder the whole country is wild with excite
ment and rejoioing. No wander that cannons have
been fired and bells tolled in erery city, town, and
hamlet, of the loyal States. For such successes
and such victories as have recently crowned our
flag with imperishable glory, are enough to thrill
every fibre of the Republic and canse its great heart
to beat with renewed life and activity. lVa have
now pissed tho long line of checks and reverses
and have made rapid advances on the broad, clear
road that leads to complete and abiding triumph.
Every true American breathes freer, walks firmer,
and hopes brighter.
Whilst the year 1861 was one of trial, suffering,
and discipline to.the Government, it was to the
rebel leaders, in a large measure, one of hope, of
prvffiiss and susetßSi Rut how different the open*
ing of the year 1862 ! In the great cause of the
Union, the bow of promise looms up on every side.
There has been one continuous strenm of success
and victory.
To thy rebel leaders all is discomfiture, disaster,
and dismay. Every star of hope and promise has
disappeared—defeat, ruin, and death, are closing
around them on every side.
It is n marvellous fact in the history and warfare
of the Anglo-Saxon race, that the side which suf
fers most grievously in the beginning is the side
which triumphs most gloriously in the end. In not
a single instance, during the last hundred years,
has this rule varied. It was so in the “ Old French
War,” when British arms sustained disaster after
djsaster, commencing with Braddock’s inglorious
defeat, and running on through three campaigns,
until the French had acquired possession of every
foot of the disputed ground. But at Louisburg the
tide turned, and Frontonac, and Tioonderoga,
Niagara, and Quebec, soon drove the French from
every standing place on the continent. A precisely
similar axperienoe attended tho British operations
in other quarters of the globe. Failure followed
failure, but in duo time gave place to a course of
uninterrupted success by land and sea, such as has
seldom fallen to the lot of any nation.
It was so in our Revolutionary War. The side
beaten first was the side to win last. During the
first twenty months of tho war, up to the battle of
Trenton, there was a continuous record of American
discomfitures and retreats. In fact, there was
little to lighten the dark page of that fierce struggle,
untile the battle of Saratoga and aurrender of Bur
goyne, the year afterward. Washington, and all
tlie-military chiefs of the Revolution, all through
the first half of that military period, with all their
lofty’constancy, almost uniformly evince the pain
ful consciousness of miscarriage and misfortune.
The oivilized world knows the grand success that at
iastcrqw>>?4 their efforts.
It was so in our last struggle with England. One
of the first events of that war was the shameful
surrender of Hull, at Detroit, by which the entire
■ peninsula of Michigan passed into the hands of the
enemy. He had been sent to invade and seize
Upper Canada, but never was there a more igno
minious failure. The first year’s land campaign,
throughout, form the most discreditable chapter in
onr national apnglg, Yot the struggle, severe as it
was, closed with the most memorable of all Ameri
can victories at New Orleans, and has passed into
history as'a war completely successful for America.
, However it be accounted for, the fact is undenia
ble, that, with the Anglo Saxon family, opposite
fates preside at the outset and upshot of their mili
tary nndertakings; whilst success and victory inva
riably crown their close! The present wicked and
lunatic rebellion is the last, but not the least illus
tration of this great fact. Much as I desire to
elaborate this subject more fully, time and space
both require me to leave it for the present, and
give you as promised a brief description of
m WEST ISI.AKH AKB CITV.
The island is six miles long and two miles broad)
and nowhere more, than twelve or fifteen feet
above the sea level. It is of coral formation, and
has a sandy, sterile spil, but iu the few spots whioh
are arable the vegetation is extremely rich. The
greater part of it is covered with copsewood
or low brushes. There are some vegetable gar
dens which produce through all the seasons,
though less in winter than summer. The climate
is well adapted for all kinds of tropical fruits.
Cocoa nuts, oranges, lemons, pomegranates, pine
apples, bananas, etc., are very abundant. There
is an artificial salt pond on the island, 350 acres in
extent. On the southwest point there is a light
house with a fixed light 70 feet above water.
Key West City, on the samejsland, is the capital
of Monroe county, Florida, and the southernmost
settlement belonging to the United States. It is
situated in latitude 24 deg. 32 min. N., longitude
81 deg. 43 min. W., and has a population of about
3,000. It has a fine harbor, accessible through
several channels by the largest vessels drawing
twenty-four feet of water; being the key to the
best entrance to the Gulf of Mexico, it is strongly
fortified- The principal work of defence is Fort
Taylor, bnilton an artificial island within the main
entrance to the harbor. It is a first-class fort, in
tended to mount upwards of two hundred guns of
the heaviest calibre, and is now in excellent state
of defence. The barracks are large and commo
dious buildings, forming three sides of a quadran
gle, the opening facing the sea. Near these bar
racks our regiment is bow comfortably quartered,
and tbe camp presents a most romantic and pic
turesque appearance.
The streets of the city are wide and clean ; the
houses are generally of white frame of the cottage
style, are neat and mostly embosomed in shrub
bery. The flowers and roses are seen blooming
around almost every house during the whole year.
There are Episcopal, Methodist, Baptist, and Bo
man Catholic churches, a well arranged marine
hospital 100 feet long by 45 feet wide, a custom
house, a court-house, and other public buildings.
A large proportion of the population ef Key West
consists of natives or children of natives of the
itl&hd§. These mostly sympathize with
Secession, and had it not been for the prompt ac
tion of Captain, now Gen. Brannan, his handfull of
men and the co-operation of the loyal citizens, at
the outbreak ef the rebellion, the island and oity
with all the fortifications would have fallen into the
hands of the rebels.
As it regiment, we have great reason to thank
God for hie watchful care over us, in sparing oar
lives. But with all, the unerring hand of death
has not altogether left oar ranks untouched. It
is my painful duty to announce the death of three
of our brethren-in-arms since we have pitched our
tents in the sunny South.
Frederick Watt, Co. H, Captain Kaeey’s, died ia
hospital February 14, of <> brain fever,” con
tracted on hoard the Oriental. Aged 23 years. He
enlisted in Perry county, Pennsylvania.
Andrew BellieMd, Co. A, Captain Grwffo’s, died
in hospital of erysipelas. Aged 30 years. He was
born, raised and 'enlisted in Northampton county,
Pennsylvania.
Henry Beltz, Company B, Captain Rhoades, died
in hospital of typhoid fever. Aged 20 y sms. He
was also a native of and enlisted in Northampton
county, Pennsylvania.
Thus, three of our number have been summoned
from the field of strife and conflict, we trust, to the
gweet fields and sunny banks of Canaan above.
They were buried with all the honors of war, and
now sleep side by side, till the ftesurrection mom.
Although no kind father and mother, no affection
ate sister and brother, were here to shed the tear
of grief and sorrow over the graves of our departed
brethren, yet there were few hearts in the ranks
that were unmoved, and few cheeks that were dry,
aa we deposited their remains In the cold, silent
earth.
>. Best, soldiers, rest; your country comes,
With tender love and true,
Freely to deck yonr honored beds,
Her banner o’sr its tnrf to spread,
And on yonr monnments to shed
Pond memory’s pearly dow.”
There are but few of our men now confined to the
hospital, and these are doing very well.
Much yet remains to be said of bur regiment,
this post, etc., but as the mail will leave in a few
momenta by the lihude Captain Blanchard,
I will close, promising to write again ere long.
“ In Peace or War, on land or sea,
Our flag, the tegis of the free,
Bright emblem of Columbia** glory !
Bhail tell to coming years the story.
How, stout of heart, and strong of hand,
Tbe patriots of our native land
Bore it, the nation’s hope and life,
On tented field,’mid fearful strife,
Still on, tiU through the sulphurous do ml
It broke in triumph Treason’s ibroud.”
Truly yours,
W. D. C. R.,
Chaplain Forty-seventh Regiment, P. V.
The Honolulu Advertiser authoritatively denies
that agents ever went to England to hypothecate
the entire group of islands as seourity for a loan,
there being no necessity for a loan, muoh less a
forced one.
I.F-TTJ.HS from Havana state that Jeff Baris,
within the past six weeks, has had a large aaeufit
of money deposited in the banks of that city. If
this is reliable, it indicates that the chieftain keeps
a bright look-out for the main chance, and is pre
paring for contingencies.
CbKSECIUTIOH OF BISHOP JtOSECRAWS.— The
Rev. Hr. Boseorans was consecrated Coadjutor
Bishop of the Catholic Churah in Cincinnati on
Tuesday last.. The oeremonies were of a very im
posing ohancter, and were witnessed by an im
mense congregation. Archbishop Purcell officiated.
The Bombardment of Island No-lOi
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY’S ACCOUNT,
A CHANNEL DISCOVERED ABOVE THE ISLAND.
AFFAIRS AT MEMPHIS AND NEW ORLEAES.
From the correspondence of Ike Chicago Times,
dated Island No 10, March 26, wc learn that tho
bombardment of tbe rebel stronghold has steadily
progressed, but without any decisive results further
than the perfecting of onr mortar practice, and the
annoyance of the enemy. A successful balloon re
connoissance has placed us in possession of much
valuable information, to which constant additions
will be made, as the weather permits of further ob
servations. The correspondent says!
A cruiße on the Wilson this mormng gave me a
fair opportunity to survey the field and get a pretty
good understanding of matters as they now stand.
Oar gunboats, six in number, lie anchored and in
active about three miles above the first rebel bat
tery. The Denton, the flag-ship, is stationed in
the middle of the stream, with the St. Louis and
Cincinnati cm each side of her, a short distance
away. The Carondelet , Pittsburg, and Mound
City lie close to the Missouri shore, in line, the
Mound- City in the advance, and within good
range of the upper rebel battery. Our bo&twasloaded
with shell for the mortars, and an S-inch gun for
tbe St. Louis, to supply tho place of one that
burst a day er two since, with so much damage
to her crew. Delivering a moil at the flag*ship,
we lay alongside the St. Louis, and put the gun
aboard of her. The orders were then to
proceed to the lower moTtar boats, and supply
them with shell. The morning eohoes were
awakened, at about tbis time, by the breakfast gua
from tho loading ihortar boats. The sharp roar
reverberatedacross the water, and the rising cloud
of smoke obscured (be progress of the shell, but
a dull boom in the distanoe, three miles away, told
where it had struck and exploded. No answer
was returned, and the silent shurO) Used with a
fringe of timber which looked dim in the morning
haze, might have boon untonanted for all indica
tions that went to show the sullen strength which
lay there concealed. We ran down the river, as
two or three more mortars broke silence and sent
their immense compliments to the gad S 5
our fraii transport reached the lowest point, near
Mound City, the uppermost battery gave us a sa*
lute. A dull roar, followed by the howling sound
of a rifle shot as it passed through the air, gave
warning of what was coming. A concussion among
tho trees’ a fcliort distance off indicated where it
had stiuck, [Bnd the rebels apparently disgusted
by tbeir bad aim, did not repeat the shot.
“The Situation.”
We had a fair view from this point of the Island
and of the rebel movements. A large steamboat
lay sunk in the channel on tho Missouri side, effect
ually closing it against our passage. Beyond it,
Bgainst the bank of tbo Island, lay the floating
battery which was brought up from Memphis to
assist in the defence of the place. On the shore
of the Island, near by, were two batteries, and
away beyond, in the other channel of the
river, were three large steamboats busily plying
up and down. Looking above the head of the
Island, on the Kentucky shore, which circles
gradually around to the point opposite where we
were stationed, and forming a complete arc,
could be seen encampments, farm houses, and a
number of earthworks which sheltered batteries.
Tbe uppermost one is a strong one, containing
seven guns of large It has been tho
chief object of attack thus far, and has made
a stubborn resistance. It has the range of the
Mound City, but cannot reach the rest of the gun
boats. It has done no barm yet, and will not be
able to hold out when tho flotilla mores up. The
batteries the I&lahd can throw a shot across
the neck of land formed by the turn in the river
to our boats, but they do no execution. Ia fact,
they do not attempt to do much, an occasional shot
being all that is indulged in. The boom of our
mortars is heard at short intervals, and tb? rftUgC
is generally good. It is kept up for the purpose of
annoying them, and preventing them,” as far as
possible, from completing tbeir fortifications.
In this way we stand at present—rour gunboats
stretching across the river, our xnort&rboata lying
on both uiores, while the field of action is before us
in ihe broad river, which sweeps abruptly away to
the weßt, and hides itself from view within a dis
tance of four or five miles. Within that are the
batteries with which we have to contend. We are
waiting patiently for the result.
Mortar Practice.
The operation of firing the mortars, which was
conducted while we were near by, is interesting
and rather stunning. The charge is from fifteen to
twenty-two pounds. The shell weighs 230 pounds,
and ia thirteen inches in diameter. For a family
illustration, it is about the size of a large soup
plate, so your readers may imagine, when they sit
down to dinner, the emotions they would experi
ence If they happened to see a ball of iron of tho3e
dimenrione coniog towards them at the rate of a
thousand miles a minute. The boat is moored
alongside the shore, so as to withstand the shock
firmly, and the men go ashore when the mortar is
to be fired. A pull of the string does the work,
and the whole vicinity is shaken with the concus
sion. The report is deafening, and the most en
thusiastic person gets enough of it with one or two
discharges. Tnere is no sound from the shell at
this point of observation, and no indication to
mark the course it is taking, but in a few seconds
the attentive observer! with a good see
the cloud of smoke that follows its explosion, and
then the report comes back with a dull boom. If
it has done execution, the enemy may be seen
carrying off their killed and wounded.
The Balloon Recoimoissance.
Tbe excitement to day was the balloon ascension
made by Professor Steiner, who came on here from
the Potomac. lie made three ascensions, averaging
in height about three hundred feet, but the atmos
phere was smoky and hazy, and nothing of import
ance was discovered. The rebel battepiss, some of
them, are some distance from the shore, but, the
land being so low, they looked as though they were
on the beach. Seven steamers were discovered at
the lower end of the island, but no gunboats were
seen. New Madrid could be seen, but nothing
tttfde ouL as tho atmosphere could not be pone
trated with strong glasses. Other asconsions will be
made from time to time.
From Memphis and New Orleans.
A gentleman arrived here last night direct from
Memphis, having left there one week ago. He re
ports that Bragg is alone in command at the Island,
the other generals having gone further south, per
haps to Fort Pillow, at the mouth of the Hatchie
river, seventy miles above Memphis; and that
Polk and Cheatham had decamped With their
troops from Humboldt, at the junction of the Mem
phis and Ohio and Mobile and Ohio Railroads. He
was recently in New Orleans, and gives it as his
opinion that at neither New Orleans nor Memphis
will there be resistance to. Federal authority.
There are Secret Union societies very strong m
both places, and, once let the Union troops enter
these places, thousands will proclaim their love for
the Union. He says one company of infantry could
at any time take possession of Memphis. The cot
ton and sugar have been removed out of the pre
cincts of the city, and it is feared by the citizens
that on the approach of the Union troops the rebel
leaders intend to burn and sack the city, and carry
off on steamers what cotton and sugar they can
The refugees say the only hope of saving the city
is for our troops to surprise it. which will force the
leaders to leave without performing their hellish
project. This gentleman says that Fort Pillow is
much stronger fortified than we expected, and is a
very formidable place. A large portion of the
heavy guns which were at Columbus were mounted
here, and it will be the last place defended with
any hope of success on the river. Large numbers
of rebels, who have been loud for the rebellion,
now give up the rebel eause as hopeless. VThe guns
which were planted at Baton Rouge, Vicksburg,
Napoleon, and other cities on the river, had been
removed to Columbus and Bowling Greea, so that,
one* past Memphis, no trouble will be found.
This gentleman believes that Yancey has arrived
at New Orleans and made the speech imputed to
him. Yancey left New Orleans the day after he
made his speech.
Conflagrations—Supposed Battle at Point
Pleasant.
Last night two very strong lights, having the ap
pearance of great conflagrations, which lighted up
the heavens for miles around, were seen about 8
o'clock. The iargeßt was in the direction of Meri
weathcr’s Landing. Some suppose it was caused
by the burning of rebel steamers, which were being
destroyed by the rebels rather than have them fall
into our hands. The matter still is a mystery. The
other light was in the direction of Now Madrid;
but a mystery hangs over this the same as the Other-
Last night about 11 o’clock heavy cannonading
was heard in the direction of Meriweather’s Land
ing, or below it at Riddler’s Point, which is some
distance below Point Pleasant. The heavy firing
was eettinued for two or throo hours, and the only
reasonable solution of it is that an engagement was
going on between onr batteries at Riddler’s Point
and rebel gunboats attempting to run by. The
cannonading and the conflagration created conside
rable excitement in our otherwise very quiet fleet.
Anything for excitement new, os the mortars take
their turns only once each hour in saluting the
enemy.
The Killed, Wounded, and Missing.
Another correspondent gives the following as the
total number of killed, wounded, and missing since
the expedition left Cairo:
Killed by casualty on the St. Amis... 2
Wounded by casualty on the St. fsuir,., 12
Killed by fragment of blasting shell .. 1
Killed by failles of tree across the Caromtetet 1
Injured by » « 11 “ 2
Missing while serving on picket duty 4
Total killed, wounded, and missing. 22
The nbove is certainly a fortunate showing when
the fact is taken into consideration that one day
was a genuine, vigorous action on both sides, and
eineethat time, with the exception of twenty-four
hours, shots have been frequently received from the
enemy.
An important Advantage Gained—A Chan-
nel Discovered Above.
The Chicago Post says editorially: Sinoe the
partial cessation of hostilities, our oommandors ap
pear to have been engaged in devising, ways and
means of getting around the Island, in order to
furnish Gen. Pope at New Madrid with means of
placing a portion of his army aoross the river, to
out off the enemy and attaok them in the rear.
This, according to the statement we find in the Re
publican, has been accomplished. Across the low,
swampy peninsula, which projects frog (be Mis
souri aide of tho river, and terminates opposite the
island, has been discovered a bayou, said to be
qparly or quite dry at low water, bat at the present
time filled to a depth sufficient for any river craft.
One end of this bayou enters the Mississippi a
couple of miles above New Madrid ; the other' is
found about 300 yards from the river, Several miles
above the position occupied by our gunboats.
Through this narrow isthmus it is understood a
channel has been excavated, connecting the bayou
with the river, and affording a route by water from
our fleet above the island to our army below it, eu-
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tirely beyond the reach of rSbol guns. With the
removal of overhanging trees ontTsowe otter !m
-pioveiscnti to the navigation, it is said this new
route will be rendered entirely practicable for tbo
purposes desired.
THE TENNESSEE RIVER EXPEDITION.
NO FURTHER MOVEMENTS OF OUR TROOPS.
Beauregard’s NTcv Liuc of Defence*
THE INTENTIONS OF THI REBEL,?,
The army correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette,
writing from Savannah, Tennessee, under date of
March 24th, gives the following interesting de3crip*
tion of the status of the Federal and rebel armies in
the region of t&e Tennessee rivor. The corres
pondent says:
We have been at Savannah and in tbe neighbor
hood for two weeks. Wc arrived before the re
treat from Island No. 10 and New Madrid ; speedi
ly after ths sBfilc-&tricUeu. rout from Nashville.
There was before us a beggarly twelve or fifteen
thousand-strong enemy, scattered hastily along
their new lines of defence, and easy to be cut up
in detail. General Lew. Wallace was sent out to
destroy a bridge on a branoh railroad. The work
was performed, and there all operations of the
grand expedition were stopped, under orders “ from
a superior authority. n The men were kept for
several days cooped up bn the boats ; then they
were disembarked, and eocamped on the river
banks, and there they still remain.
No ono presumes—no one has a right yet to pre
sume—that this is nob all for the best. It were fol
ly to undertake the criticism of a plan before it is
at least sufficiently developed to give some idea of
Its nature. Only, the soldiers here, who know the
immediate success they might have won a week
ago, are naturally a little impatient, as they see the
opportunities passing away, and eagerly await the
“ sesame 9 ’ that shall turn them loose.
tub SITUATION.
Meantime the enemy is concentrating. We are
in the lower tier of counties in Western Tennessee.
Immediately below is Tishomingo county, in the
northeast corner of Mississippi, and in it, just twen
ty-live miles from Savannah, is the important rail
road point tf Corinth, or Gorinth, as the natives
insist vpon pronouncing it, at the junction of the
railroad from Columbus through Humboldt, Jack
son, and Purdy, with the great Memphis and
Charleston road.
NEW REBEL LINE OP DEFENCE.
This seems to be the centre of rebel operations.
Their new line of defence has for its base the
Charleston and Memphis road, tbe preservation of
which is absolutely necessary to any pretence of
resistance through Northern Mississippi, .Alabama,
find Georgia. Along this railroad are Tuscumbia
and Florence, at the foot of the Muscle shoals and
the junction with the Nashville and Florence road,
where the rebels have had forces since Donelson;
Decatur, near the head of the lower Musole shoal,
Yrbere the greater part of the Donolson and Bowl*
ing Green forces are said to have concentrated at
first after the retreat from Nashville; Huutsvillo
and Bellefontaine, at both of which there are said
to be small bodies of troops; Stevenson, important
as the junction with the railroad from Nashville
through Murfreesboro, through which the rebels re
treated ; and Chattanooga, a strong and important
poßitioD. All these points are east of Corinth, and
all, except the last, are in Alabama.
To the west of. Corinth, the road runs in a
tolerably straight lino to Memphis, a hundred mil§§
distant, and northwest runs the road to Jackson,
almost in the centre of West Tennessee, where
rebel fortifications are said to be preparing with
great rapidity.
BEAUREGARD AND HIS GENERALS AT CPHiSTH.
Such Is the new line of defence for the rebel
11 array of the Mississippi, 7 ’ the command of which
their crack general, Beauregard, has recently
assumed. Beauregard’s department is understood
to extend at least as far east as Decatur, Ala., and
westward os far as maybe necessary for the de
fence-of Memphis. He is known to have been
making his headquarters last week at Corinth,
within ten or fifteen miles of our picket line, and
during a portion of the week, it is also certain that
he had around him, at the same pgipf, <?en§ral3
Polk, Johnston, Pillow, Cheatham, Freeman, and
Wright.
THE LINE OF THE EXPEDITION.
Our line, on the other hand, for the present, is
simply the Tennessee river, from Southland, Ken
tucky, to Sagtpwtj Mississippi. There have been
numerous ineffectual attempts to oppose our free
passage along the ziver, but the two wooden gun
boats Lexington and A. O. Taylor , have served
an admirable phrpose as a roving police, preventing
the erection of batteries, and silencing the only one
that had been completed—that &t Pittsburg Laud
ing, nice miles above. Above Eastport, at Chicka
saw Bluffs, and some other points, the rebels are
understood to have batteries that command the na
vigation of the river, and protect Florence and De
cutur from attack by water for tho present
REBEL PROGRAMME—CONCENTRATION AT CORIXTU,
The general understanding of the rebel move
ments is that, with Corinth as their base of opera
tions in opposition to our force at Savannah, they
endeavoring to station troops and erect defences
at the exposed points east and west along the rail
road, so as to be ready to oppose our advance, and
concentrate their forces by rail at any point we may
attempt to ponnee upon.
Accordingly, for tbe present, tbe rebel troops are
souring into Corinth, both as tbe nearest point to
the body of our army and as a convenient rendez
vous for the railroad line. In two days last week
onr scouts saw fifteen trains, loaded with soldiers,
enter the town. Many of their troops are sup
posed to be the raw militia, half armed and un
organized, that have been gathered by the recent
levies, but the numbers are becoming formidable.
Sixty thousand is the lowest figure to which the
official information will reduce them; and after
making all the necessary discounts and deductions,
I oannot see how we can work them down to an ac
tual number of lees than thirty-five or forty thou
sand. With Beauregard at their head, it will be
seen that this force will not let our expedition re
main without anything to do. How soon we shall
do anything depends on the powers that remain be
hind.
W. L. Yancey’s Speech in New Orleans.
It now appears that William L. Yancey has suc
cessfully run the blockade. Tie find the following
synopsis of hia speech, delivered in New Orleans
March 13th, in the Huntsville (Ala.) Advocate of
the 19th:
Mr. Yancey is decidedly of the opinion that tbe
South has no friends in Europe, and that the North
is in a similar condition. He says there is a very
strong prejudice in all of Europe against the South,
in consequence of an erroneous impression which
srevails5 revails in reference to the institution of slavery.
'here are many persons in Europe who consider
the Southern people semi-civilized, and believe that
negioes are raised upon the plan that stock is.
There -is no disposition to interfere in American
affairs.
The blockade enables tho British holdene of the
great staple to realize an immense advance upon
its cost, in consequence of gcaruity if the article.
The holders are thewealthy few, who have the ear
of the Government. Another reason for not inter
fering with the blockade was the belief that tbe
scarcity of the article, and the remote prospect of
obtaicisg a supply from this country, would create
such a demand for the East India Cotton as to in
crease its onlture to a very considerable extent.
Another reason, in Mr. Yancey’s opinion, why
European Powers will not interfere in American
affairs, is the hope and belief that a permanent
dissolution of the United States will weaken S na
tion of whose prosperity and greatness they bad
became jealous. They hope to seethe war pro
tracted until both divisions aro involved in ruinous
debt, to bang over them like an incubus for years
to come.
He inclines to the opinion that England and
France would sooner interfere to prevent a recon
struction of the Union than for any other purpose.
And he believes that, unless their starving opera
tives, engaged in the manufacture of cotton fabrics,
compel them to interfere, tbey will stand aloof
until they see the South is about to conquer its in,
dependence, or fail in the attempt. He has no
hope of recognition of the Confederate States by
either of these Powers until the occurrence of one
of these events. In view of these facts, Mr. Yan
cey is of opinion that we might as well recall our
CAfiuuisticnMS from Europe, a&d await the action
of foreign Powers—wait until thoy propose nego
tiation and recognition.
The BroadrStreet Schemes,
[For Tbe Press.]
A few of tbe residents of South Broad street have
united in an effort to impress upon Councils the
necessity of tbe removal of the railroad traoks on
raid street, between Chestnut and South streets. A
little reflection will be sufficient to convince the
most ardent lovers of improvement, that private
interest, and not public good, is the end and aim of
tbe parties above referred to.
In an aiticlo published in the Bulletin , or
Tuesday last, we are informed that a number of
“bighly-respectable gentlemen” havo called tbe
attention of the Counoils of the city of Philadelphia
to this matter, hoping that they can' be prevailed
upon to remove this nuisance between Chestnut
and South streets. As the proposed plan contains
no provision for the removal of the railroad, north
of Chestnut, or south of South streets, it naturally
follows that the gentlemen aforesaid must have
made the disoevery that none of the evils com
plained of exist upon the upper and lower soctionß
of the road, or in other wdfds, the railroad from
South to Chestnut street is a nuisance, but from
Chestnut to Willow street, and from South to Prime
street, is not a nuisance.
The principal benefit claimed by the advocates
of this measure is an advance in the value ef real
estate along the line of the railroad, which they
contend will take place as soon as the rails are re
moved. It most be evident to every unbissed mind
that property forced upon th* market during a pe
riod of such general depression in real estate as now
exists, must no sold at a great sacrifice; while it is
equally evident that the hasty removal of a portion
of the railroad from Broad street would be followed
not only by the ruin of business, but by the sacri
fice of property belonging to business men. The
taxeß upon ■ property need for business purposes
along the line of the railroad aannot be diminished
by the removal of tbe rails, nor can the owners es
cape payment of interest upon their investments,
while the breaking up of business must effeatually
destroy the ability of a large majority of them to do
so, and their only alternative will be to dispose of
their property At etteh prices as “ highly respectable
gentlemen” may feel inclined to pay.
The proposed bill is evidently for the benefit of
parties desirous of making profitable speculations
in real estate; but having no desire to purchase
the business stands along the line of railroad at
their real business value, and in . this Legitimate
way remove the evil they oompiain of. Seldom,
if ever, has a more unjust measure been urged
upon the attention of our City Councils, and it now
remains to be seen whether or not they will sanc
tion it. A Broad-strebt TAXPAYER.
- Philadelphia, March 31,186 J.
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The Recent Lecture at Burlington,
[for Ti,e Press,]
Your paper and others, of this day, contain an
article which purports to be a statement of occur
rences which transpired at a recent lecture by the
Rev. Satniiel Anron, In this city. It is not my de
sign to communicato anything in reference to this
meeting. It is sufficient for mo to say, that except
ing the two facts—one that Mr. Aaron addressed a
meeting la the City Halt, and the other, that ono
or two women, alarmed without any proper cause,
jumped from the windows—tho whole article is
utterly and designedly untrue.
Tub Maviiii op Bunmiito,-,-,
EriiMNCTON, N, J., March 29.
| The account of the affair, published on Saturday,
was furnished us by tbe agent of tho Associated
Frees, and aa tho Mayor of Burlington has so flatly
denied the truth of the statement, an explanation
is due the public from the telegraphic correspond
ent at Burlington.—En. Press.]
A Heroic Achievement.
A correspondent of the Missouri Democrat,
writing from Island No. 10, gives tho following ae
count of a gallant achievement by Lieutenant
Allen, of tbe Twenty-seventh Illinois Regiment:
(l In a former letter, I wrote of a contemplated
attempt on the part ol 1 Lieutenant Alien, of Com
pany C, of the Twenty-seventh Illinois, to spike
the guns of the upper rebel fort at this place,
christened, we have been informed, Fort Polk.
This bold task was undertaken on Friday night
last, when tho Lieutenant, in company with four
other men, dropped down in a skiff, and disco
vered a large body of rebels at work oonstruot
ing platforms for supporting their cunnon. Tho
Lieutenant resolved not to be totally disappoint,
ed, and, landing, vory coolly approached B senti
nel, who was pacing a parapet at the lower extre
mity of the tort, and, representing himself as a bro
ther rebel, remarked, ‘ I will relievo you from
duty now, sir.’ The rebel,guard, wearied and
tbackfu], moved off to his quarters, when the lieu
tenant spiked the G-t-ponnder at tne lower part of
the fort, which was served with such accuracy
against us on last Monday. The proximity of the
laboring rebels would not sutler him to prosecute
any further a work which had already proven him
SMiig officer,”
Governor Andrew Johnson’s Address,
!N THE IIALL OP THE HOUSE OP REPRESENTA
TIVES, NASHVILLE, OH SATURDAY, .MARCH 23.
Our special oorrespandeut at Nashville briefly
refers to Governor Johnson's address of the 224.
The Nashville of the 24th, comes to hand
with the following synopsis:
Having announced on Saturday, that tho Hon. 4n ( lr9lf
Jfibns&il, Mill:ary Governor of the State of Tennessee,
would address the people of Davldaon county in tho Capi
tal, we were not surprised to find the hall well filled when
we arrived there, at 11 o’clock A. ftl., au l before tit*
Governor arrived, every available spot on the tloor and
galleries was brought into requisition to gratify the
RDXiotlfi crowd who catna to from the Governors
lips, bis views on the momentous question which now
agitates tie American continent. One of the bands of
the United States was present, and performed several old
time favorite airs. At 11.25 tho Governor arrived, ac
companied by Hon. Horace Maynard and other gentle
men. The GpYemcr find Mr. Maynard took seats at the
clerk'B desk, when the band struck up “ HaU Columbia,”
which being finished, the Governor spoke.
After a few preliminary remarks, in which he
showed that the rebellion was without a single jus*
tification, the Governor said:
i was a witness of the reign of terror which followed
the defeat of Bell, Breckinridge, ami Douglas, find when
the election was over I repaired to Washingtoc. It was
there that Breckinridge stowed the cloven foot. South
Carolina was basely and adroitly attempting to dissolve
the Union. I saw Breckinridge ajw} (OBverard with him i
told him the people were all disappointed; that we lad
been caught in a snap; Secessionists would break up the
Union, bat was his reply ?—“ Can we coerce a State?*
1 remarked, “It is our duty to bats the Government.**
“Will you coerce he again demanded. I told him
cot to deal Id tecbmcelitiet—the laws must he enforced.
My interview with Breckinridge was like ah Iceberg la
my bo»om. I was deceived in him, and discovered that
Breckinridge had no hope of being elected—no hope but
for Kentucky and the Southern States. I asked him if
he was willing to disunite tbe Mates because ot Ur. Lin
coln's success, and because discontented South Carolina
9 gllfttf b the subject l To this uiioation Broekinridee ws?
plied in ad captandum slang about subjugation and the
horrors of a civil conflict, convincing me that he had
gene into the arms of Disunion. As he could not b#
President of all the States, he was willing to divide them,
and become President of part of them. We separated.
I turned my back‘upon him and said, 41 You deceived in*
them that vu)our fault! but when you tUesivsa*
again, it iMJI be mine.”
In returning to my. native State, I offer the olive
branch in one hand, and the Constitution tn the other.
Witlnand for it I come to perish, if need be—to pour out
my blood a free libation for its preservation. The Fede
ral Government is made r?§PS>B9IPIO far thlß war by kht
men vs ho have entailed its horrors upon the country, l>y
crying out their pretonded rights are gone. Let us for
get all parties and former asbociatiouß, and see the ques
tion as it is.
Tariff was the pretext for disunion in 1822, and the
slavery or negro question is the pretegf R9IT, Itowd?
the facts eland when we come to examine them 1 Let OB
go back to the proceedings of the last Congress. What
was the true phaseof the times * A compromise, you
remember—the Crittenden proposition—was introduced.
Tbe Southern Senators, including Benjamin, Toombs,
Iverson, and a list of others, pretended that if the g&ft
sure parsed the South would'foe satisfied; hut they de
sired everything butcompromise. Senator Clark offered
an amendment which be believed would be acceptable to
the South. I had critically kept pace with these pre
tenders. Their protest was only to disguise their real inten
tions. When the vote was put on Clark*s amendment—-
mark woll=*only fio ballots vers r&t&rSzd. Tli4 &5t0n4~
mt-nt was adopted by two votes, thus defeating the origi
nal compromise. Who is responsible for this work of de
struction 1 Six Southern Senators standing there and
refusing to record their votes. If the Urittenden Oom-
P'omise had been ndrptetl, they would have been de
prived of a pretext for their treason. Judah Benjamin,
apuoaking thief ’and perjurer; and an unconscionable
traitor, was se&ttd me while the vote was bolus ta
ke n. I told him it was his duty to couie to tbe relief of
the country by voting on this important proposition* Ha
BnceriDgly answered that “ when be wanted my Advice
be would make the request. 1 * I said, you are a Senator*
and I dxvuard that your vote be recorded. With six
otliLTSi be contrivtd to defout the measure by
out. They wanted no compromise.
Those who have been deceived and deluded into a
feeling of hostility to the Government shall be treated
as leniently &b possible, but conscious, intelligent trea
son must be punished; ned, when that is done, your
Government will be stronger than ever.
After a eulogy on patriotic women, he said ; “Lot us
look forward to the time when all will bo well. I come
here to restore Tennessee to the position it occupied
when I relinquished the reins of government four years
ago; having done which, I will retire, and leave it ia
such hands as you nifty select ’* After aHudhig ft#
l‘o» l Donolson prisoners, and to the Buffering of many
helpless families here in Nashville, he said; “Youhava
got to understand that you who inaugurated this war
must be made to take care of the widowß and children,
and if’those marauding and guerilla parties'aro not
stopped, you will be held responsible for the desiruytlOß
of bridges end other property in The neighborhood.”
Again bo returned thanks for the attention paid to him,
and satdown at fifteen minutes past two o'clock.
Trials of Newspaper Men.
There is no class who desoire to be mors senerallr
commiserated in these days of war lli&u ihd btiUlsUers
and correspondents of loyal newspapers. Some of thoir
sufferings are equally distressing and amusing. Tbs
void “contraband ” which has horotoforo had a limited
meaning, has now risen to the dignity of almost universal
application. Every newspaper office understands it as
topical of all inUlligpnce ffl&F ilirCftljr ill' rfmOtdr
convey information to tbe rebels of the movements or
the army or the preparations of the Government. Tbs
- legion of writers employed upon the daily jour*
nalß, as well those at home as those who fol
low tho different columns of the ai my, have had
this lessou impressed upon thorn] and even after they
bnvo wriHen, their productions must be read and ro«
viewed before being committed to the bands of the com
positors. AU of the army correspondents arc employed
at great expense—expense for personal maintenance*
including horse, hire and subsistence for man and
horse, and their usually high professional compensn
tionmfoF they Are mostly men of first-class expe
rience and acquirements. Many of these travel with
silent end inactive pens. Their employers hardly
know where they are* and they cannot inform ths
public of the fact. Tbey are, therefore, either quiet
observers of events, or else harmless commentators
upon that which may bp harmlesilf printed, tUft
embargo is removod, and when they come to tell-what
they have seen, the world will doubtless he amazed at
their Industry mid zeal, no leas than at tho constrained
life they havo been forced to lead. They will be the
historians of ibis portion of the campaign; and as their
opinions will be formed from actual experience, and
chastened by the compelled delays of deferring their
publication until they could be safely laid before
the people, what they utter will be perfectly “re
liable.” There is scarcely a leading daily in the
loyal States that has not engaged tho services of
several of these ready writers and rapid thinkers.
“The Crnßor” is ono of the apparitions of newspaper
Office 5 Me. E. 8. SAndforxl, president of the Americans
Telegraph Company, and head of the Adams Express
being tho chief, and Mr. Thayer his Washington
“double.” They are both good-tempered and intelli
gent gentlemen; and as they must deal with any num
ber of angry and ill-used prople, and must sit in
judgment upon many an eloquent MS, and ih&b? a
choice piece of sensation nows, tlieir position is not
one to be envied. Mr. Sandford drops in at mid
night, now and then, upon ono of those swarming
hives, a New York or Philadelphia newspaper of
fice. and occasionally as they are “going to prafis.”
Much trepidation and confusion is the con?C‘)i}e}jfs,
Amusing complications are freiuent, A fine letter
from tho Potomac column; a dashing editorial care
fully conned, anticipatory of military events: a sofa
telegraph despatch, is often cut out, forfeited, And
rejected—at the cost, of course, of the loyal publisher
and proprietor. Among the safest of all tbe reliable
dailies is, of course, the ptatitfwl at this
point. Naturally cautious, it rarely commits a mistake;
and yet, in yesterday’s ißsue, we notice the report of the
Secretary of the Navy on iron* clad steamers, which is a
public document, it is true, but virtually contraband,
from tho information it contains. We instance this un
conscious offence, net to bring the Intelligencer amler
tfae ban of the censor, but to show how difficult it is to
publish a genuine and effeetl¥o Bewep&per during this
war. “ Not to put too fine a point upou it,” the direct
consequence is to make editors, reporters, and corre
spondents more careful as to their statements; more
thoughtful, comprehensive, and Influential.— Washington
Chronicle.
Rebel Outrage in Kentucky.— At a school at
Newburg, near Louisville, Kentucky, recently, a
young lady, one of the pupils, attempted to-read a
composition in favor of the Union. She was pre
vented from doing, so, the girgctorsi the teacher*
and a vendor of blue pills, objecting thereto, al
though some of them profess to be Union men.
Next a dozen rowdieß or more, inflamed with whisky
and armed with revolvers, invaded the exhibition,
which waa held in a church, and finally, amidst
profanity, the discharge of weapons, and a knock*
down fight, the audience dispersed, Among the
persons present were many ladies, who, of course,
were much frightened.
Phenomenon at Sea.—The Bhip Ashburton 1
Bradiah, from Antwerp, January 15th, which ar
rived at New York on Saturday morning, reports:
experienced heavy westerly gales and oalms the
entire passage. February 17th, 3A. M , blowing
a most furious gale from N. wand raining in
torrents, a meteor, or ball of fire, as large as a'64-
pound shot, fell and exploded just below and Shaft
fbo maintop, illuminating the deck most bril*
liantly. The shook was most terrific.
The Timber Business.—The timber business
in Clearfield county, *Pa. } says the 'Raftsman's
is not as active as usuat. The quantity
6f Ufi&hiir taken out this season will fail considera
bly short of what it has been for several years past.
An agent of the Japan Government is said to
have contracted with au oil company ef Buffalo .for
400,000 gallons of petroleum.
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