%\t Jims. FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1862, REMOVAL OF OUR OFFICE. The publication office ot Tice Press has been removed from its old location to No. 11l South Fourth street, second door from the corner of Chestnut, (east side,) where adver tisers are requested to send their favors. THE LATEST WAR NEWS. The bombardment of Island No. id stilt con tinues. The effect of our fire on the rebel works is not known. Significant movements of our forces have taken jalaCs la that quarter l&ioly. Several boats have been Bent down to General Pope, at New Madrid. With these he is ex pected to cross the river and cut off the retreat of the rebels by land. Their retreat by water is an impossibility so long as our troops hold possession of New Madrid and Point Pleasant. Knowing the energy of General Pope, and the bravery and skill of the officers and men under him, we feel that this plan will surely succeed. Meanwhile, Commodore Foot® hoc everything in readiness to co-operate with the land forces. He is confident (so our exchanges say) that he can iu three hours drive tho robois from all of these bat teries, as soon as the proper time shall arrive. Everything betokens a desperate conflict at Island No. 10, find any moment may bring us news of another Federal victory. We have news from Fortress Monroe that the rebels bftve fired several shots from Sewell’s Point at our transports, but without doing any damage. A reconnoissance in foroe was made on Wednesday, from Newport News, and a body of three thousand rebels, Who endeavored to dispute the passage of our troops, were dispersed. Tho rebels have re occupied Big Bethel. The lilr.rrimac has not yot made her appearance, bnt our foraes are on the qni vice. The Savannah papers acknowledge that the battle of Pea Ridge was a severe disaster to their cause. A number of refugees from Itichmond have ar rived at Washington. All between the ages of 18 and 45 are being pressed into the robel service, and gangs of men are constantly engaged iu hunting for those who hido themselves to escape the draft. All the necessaries of life are selling at a very high rate, and the people have coinumnoed to see tho fruits of Secession. A gentleman from Memphis, who has arrived at Louisville, states that Gen. Albert Sidney Johnson has asserted that our forces could outflank any rebel fortification they erected, and that their only chance was in a fair field. The rebeis have about sixty- five thousand troops at Corinth, Mississippi, and are determined to burn Memphis before it falls into our hands. Bates from Fort Union, New Mexico, up to tho 18th inst., have been received. Colonel Canby’s WU!lB?n<I was still penned up in Fort Craig, but it was thought that a sufficient force would be sent from Fort Union to succor him. Albuquerque and Santa Fe aro in possession of tho rebels, and 1,800 Texans were between the former place and Fort Union. Congress Yesterday. SEHATIi, —The bill From the Naval OcUiliitttCe, appropriating 550,000 for tho testing of plans and materials for floating batteries, was so amended as to reduce the sum to §25,000, and passed. A bill from the same committee, giving twelve months’ pay to the nearest relatives of oach of the Cit m berland and Congress crew, was passed. The bill for the abolition of slavery in the District of Co lumbia passed the Senato by a large majority. The announcement of the result was received with applause from the galleries. HOUSE. —Tbs business was principally confined to a further consideration of the tax* hill. Among the items passed upon were insurances, mortgages, protests, manifests, writs, summons, medicines, cos. metics, plajing cards, furs, telegraph, and express companies. _ Pennsylvania Legislature* §e>'Atv. — The remonstrance of the Corn Ex change against the incorporation of ihv ruiludol phia and Eastern Transportation Company, was presented The bill to exempt employees of tele graph offices from military aad jury <juty passed. House. —The proceedings of the Houso were un important. The Abolition or Slavery in the District or Columbia. Tlie passage of the bill in favor of granting aid to the States that desire to abolish slavery, Was followed up yesterday by the adoption in the Senate of a law for the abolition of slavery in tlie District of Columbia. The number of slaves who will be liberated by this act is only about fifteen hundred or two thousand, and those who wish to secure their freedom have so many opportunities of escaping from their masters, that a large proportion of the latter will regard the sum appropriated by the law as a liberal compensation for any pecuniary loss It will cause. The discussions of the bill, although they incidentally embraced many points, chiefly turned on two—whether the proposed emancipation should bo gradual or im mediate, and whether a vote of tho people of the District should decide the question involved. It was pointedly urged, in reply to those who preferred gradual emancipation, that no very radical change could be effected in adding fifteen hundred more free negroes to the popu lation of a city which already contains a free negro population of fifteen thousand, and that it was scarcely worthwhile for the Go vernment, if it really desired to free the capital from the presence of slavery, to postpone to some distant period the final realization of its wishes. In reference to the proposition that a vote of the people of the District of Colum bia should be taken, Mr. Tni.'MnuLL pointedly remarked, “ Why not take a vote of the whole American people ?” The Emancipation Resolution. The passage, in the United States Senate, on 'Wednesday, of the resolution in favor of co-operation with the Slave States in aid of emancipation, whenever their citizens are will ing to abolish slavery, marks an important era in the history of the country. The plan pro posed ig in strict accordance with the recom mendations ot President Lincoln. It is en tirely free from all constitutional objections. Leaving the responsibility for the continued existence of slavery, where it properly belongs* with the people of the States, it only indicates to them that when they are disposed to abo lish it, the burdens of the change will, in part, be borne by the Federal Government. Na better proof of its conservative and; concilia tory character could be given than the fact that it not only received the support of all the Republican members of the Senate, but that it was also voted for by Mr. Davis of Kentucky, Mr. Hendebsox of Missouri, Mr. Willey of Western Virginia, three Unionists who repre sent Slave States, and by Mr. Thomson, Demo crat, of New Jersey. The adoption of this resolution will have a most salutary effect abroad and at home. The Secession emissaries in Europe have, at Fo reign Courts, as much misrepresented the sentiments of the loyal citizens of the Union* by attributing to them utter indifference on the slavery question, as their confederates in the rebellions States have misrepresented the people of the North by denouncing them as unconditional Abolitionists. It is, therefore, not only wise and just, but politic, to adopt such a course as will show the whole world those who desire the speedy and complete era dication of slavery, and those who dread such an event—that the Federal Government is pro pgred to go as far as it constitutionally can, with due regard to vested rights and the existing powers of the State Governments—to check slavery—and no further. The enemies of the Union are thus convicted of a double false hood. They will be checked at both points of their game of duplicity, and lose at once all •claims to the confidence of the anti-slavery men of England and Franee, whom they have endeavored to delude, and of thu pro-slavery men of the South, whose fears they have ex ■cited. Besides, it is a well-known fact that a vast ; majority of the people of this country feel ■ that it would be disgraceful to the spirit of the i Age and a standing reproach upon the Ameri- j ■can people to permit a. tree Republic to main tain forever such a position that it could with any show of justice be accused of complicity With slavery to any further extent than exist ing State laws and constitutional guarantees absolutely require. They wish to say, in all truth and sincerity, « it is not us nor our Go vernment that binds the fetters of the slaves of America,” yet at the same time they do not wish to participate in any unwarrantable interference with the institutions of the States against the will of their citizens. The patient newspaper press found a gene rous champion last Tuesday, in Mr. Colfax, of Indiana. Tlie question was upon taxing the newspapers, and we had quite a spirited debate. The general idea of a newspaper, among members of CoDgress, seems to be very Indefinite. They look upon it as something vague, mysterious, and inexhaustibly remune rative ; a something to be taxed and burdened, and covervd with duties. Whisky ba? been made an example of what taxation may do; the effort of last Tuesday was to make a simi lar example of the newspaper. The chairman of the Committau on Ways and Means was in exorable. He jocosely threatened to make the advertisement tax seven per cent, in conse quence of the opposition and criticism of the genttemnn from Indiana. He had nn idea that newspapers, as a general thing, paid their owners a hundred thousand dollars per an num i that editors and publishers were posses sors of princely fortunes. Our friend from Luzerne, Mr. Wkioht, sustained the chairman of tho committee, by propounding the in genious theory that the proprietors of news, papers could add their advertisement-tax to the hills of those who advertise, and therefore jt would not be felt; a theory which, he must permit us to say, Ins found more popular In Congress than ho will find it to be among his newspaper-patronizing constituents of Penn sylvania. To these arguments, Mr. Colfax presented a plain statement, lie showed to the House that there were at least four classes of taxes imposed upon the newspaper. That not Only the materials used in making it, but the labor of those who fashioned the materials, were taxed • that it was directly taxed in the way of advertising and printing paper, and in directly taxed in the way of stamp tele graphic duties, nn income tax, and a tax upon gas, oil, and candles. This last item will appear trifling unless we state, that as most of the labor on a morning newspaper is done in the night hours, and that In most of the offices, one or two hundred burners are constantly gushing forth their light, from duslt to dawn, and oven on cloudy days, the cost of' gas is a considerable sum. He sus tained this by showing that the existence of war, so depressing to every business interest, was especially depressing to the newspaper-, that in the depreciation of business, the ad vertising had diminished and circulation had Increased, in other words, while the influenca and importance of tlio newspaper had ad vanced, its income and revenue had been materially affected. He might have added the fact that while other brandies of labor and business were being reduced to economical principles, the newspaper was compelled to expand and spend more money. The desire for news is so intense that it must be ob tained, and as the field of interest becomes broader ami more complicated, it is necessary to make constant additions to tho force of correspondents and reporters, which all of the principal journals maintain. As Mr. Colfax remarks, in placing the tax upon advertisements we make an intermediate tax between the raw staple, which is taxed, and the manufactured newspaper, which t» also taxed. This assumes the form of a discrimi- I nation against the newspaper interest which no other interest sustains. There is no business, ! unless it may be that of selling whisky or j pat. nt medicines, which is asked to pay this : reduplicate taxation, except the business of ! printing newspapers. Its ollcct will he vcy i injurious upon papers of limited size and in i fluencc. It will not affect the rural nowspa ! pers—which was hardly to be expected—for as ! each member of Congress has his particular i organ to print his speeches and preserve his i record, any tax upon them would be too perso i nal in its application to be permitted. TTe aro I sorry the House did not feel the force of the ] reasoning of Mr. Colfax. IVe are very cer tain its action will not result in those advan tages claimed by Mr. Stevens. We can see many ways in which it will be oppressive ; but, as Congress thinks it our share of the burden, we are willing to bear it. Michael Doheny. This, day all that is mortal of Michael Do iienv, an Irishman of great genius, pure pa triotism, and noble spirit, will be placed in the grave—" ashes to ashes, and dust te dust.” Mr. Dohexv died, on Tuesday evening, at bis residence, in Brooklyn, L. 1., after a brief illness, the result of a cold taken at Troy, on St. Patricks Bay, after delivering a lec ture there. He has left a wife and daughter in Brooklyn, and two sons in the war. He reached this country in 1848, a political exile, and was soon admitted to the bar of New York. He was a better advocate than lawyer, but his strength lay in his political capacity as awriter and speaker. 1 The most reliable account of Mr. Dohent is to be found in John Savage’s “ ’9B and ’4B; the Modern Revolutionary History and Lite rature of Ireland,” from which w'o take leave to copy it. Mr. Savage, himself one of the men of ’4B, thus wrote : "The name of Michael Bohonyls intimately t&S nected with every movement suggested by the ills of his country, or projected for its amelioration, for twenty years. His liie is an evidence at once of the untamable nature of indigenous ability, aed of the cares which unconquerable devotion to an idea engenders and overcomes. His first twenty years were as remarkable in their unlettered throbbings, as the remainder were active in the rostrum, at the hustings, in the journal office. In those latter years, he was but putting into energetic and eloquent ser vice the visions and impulses that visited him at the plough. Actually, he was an inspired plough boy. Dohcny was born on the 22d May, 1805, at Broofehill, near Fethard, County Tipperary. His childhood was precocious, and from the age of five to eight years he was noted for remarkable mathe matical knowledge, which submerged almost every other branch of the education he at this period re ceived from a ‘“poor scholar ” domiciled iu his father’s house. From a position of comparative in dependence, Doheny’sfather fell under misfortunes, and the child was put to guide the plough. The passion for knowledge was upon him, and having a brother at the time being educated for the priest hood, some translations of the classic fell into his hands. Mounted ou the horse, he pored into the magic realm of Greek and Homan story, became a creature of another world, until the animal, left to itself, jerked the plough from Its Intended furrow, raised the audible indignation of the holder, and brought our child dreamer from the classieh heaven to his Tipperary earth. 11 Blair’s Compendium ” fell in hia way, and scarcely ever left the person of the boy. It learnt the boree to be idle, it initiated rust ou the spade; and dispossessed for the time the old hills and the historic links that surrounded him. Nothing could seduoe him from tho “Compen dium,” but one thing, and that was—a fox-hunt. The sound of the horn, the yelp of the hounds, were to him as the “warlocks and witches” to Tam O’Shanter, they bewitched him; and mount ing his “gray mare Meg,” away the boy went, belter skelter, over ditch and dyke and gap, as though all the “rigwoodie hags,” were ohasing him to the Brig a’Boon. Thus the boy grew up ito be twenty-one years old, when, in company with | Pat Daverne,* he went into Limerick in search of i education. Meeting a noted scholar named Maher, of Emly, on the rood, the three adjourned to a “neighboring alehouse” (as the novelists say) and the two young men stipulated with the schoolmaster, that for thirty British shillings tho latter should, in the course of the ensuing eight or ten months, trans fer all he knew in the way of olaasics to them. Thus, at twenty-one years old, .Doheny went to school —to read, write, and get the Latin; and the fifteen shillings then paid was all that his educa tion ever cost him. He boasts of this. He is proud of it, end.looking at the position attained, the speches he made, and the various writings both in prose and verse from his accomplished pen, there are none who can deny the assiduity and energy that must have produced such results. In due time, having wonderful facility and popular power [ a 3 an orator, he became a lawyer, writing for tho | London press to defray the expense of putting in ; bis terms in that city; settled in Cashel, became a prominent local politician, and afterwards well known on the national platform In 148 he escaped (in the garb of a pig-drover) from tho South of Ite | land to Bristol, reached London, went to-Paris and finally to America, where he resides, and follow’s the ! profession of law. In CIS course, Doheny has beeu ! as true and firm as the famous rook opposite to hti house at Cashel. He was, and is, as Mitchel ealls him in his “Jail Journal,” “a devoted rebel.” His great facility for public speaking often puts him forward to bear the brunt of publio criticism; but he is fearless, and quite os ready to attack as to de fend. He rarely thinks of consequences if he has made up his mind that he is right. His honesty renders him impolitic, and the brusqueness of his manner at times, demands the consideration of even his most ardent friends. He is, withal, an Irishman of true capacity and action. As an orator, he has stood beside O’Connell with advantage; and in the “ Young Ireland ” movement, was scarcely less ef fective ihan Meagher.” * Afterwards a most distinguished priest, ana noted as the author of a Buriea of powerful letters to Lord Ha w&TdcD. The coolness or the moors who recently landed at the upper part of Island No. 10, duriDg the night, and spiked the six guns of the upper rebel fort, will be universally ad mired. This is a method of crippling the power of the enemy that is not only some what novel but very effective. It indicates a degree of strategic skill on the part of those Who are now investing the rebel stronghold, which, with their undoubted courage, energy, and determination, will undoubtedly lead to its eventual capture. New Cabtes i>k Yisite.— James S. Earle and Son, Chestnut street, have just issued miniature piwtograph? of George Francis Train, of Captain John Ericsson, the projector, and Lieut. Worden, the gallant commander of the mail-olad steamer Monitor. Also, from a drawing, a view of the Monitor awl Merrimac in conflict. LETTER FROM “ OCCASIONAL.” Washington, April 3, 18G2, There are none so blind as those ivho refuse to see. I may be denounced, as indeed I know I am—by selfish and mercenary parti sans, who look forward to a reorganization of the Democracy as one of the methods by which they arc to reassume power and to re call the convicted traitors of the Slave States— I may bo denounced by such men for insisting that the success of this plan of resurrecting sympathy with treason under the mask of Democracy, would be preparatory to the worst of evils to the country ; hut sucli is my fixed and unchangeable conviction. Those who doubt as well as those who denounce this pro phecy—ilioee who believe in it and those who will not see it—have only to transfer them selves hack to a period less than two years ago, when in this same correspondence I told my readers that the efforts of the enemies of Douglas were preparative steps to disunion, and that the success of these efforts would he, not merely the overthrow of a brave and well-tried statesman, but eventually of the de struction of the Republic. After the work of the conspirators was dono at Charleston and at Baltimore, and all the four candidates for President, Lincoln, Douglas, Bell, and Breckinridge, were formally in the field, I cou tinned to insist that the ldttOV WAS the leader of the Disunionists, and that the object of his friends was to break up the Government. There was but one term to designate the prin ciples and the purposes of these men. On the 20th of June, 1800,1 said: “Gradually, hut surely, the Administration [of James Bucha nan] is whipping its adherents into tlie sup port of the Disunion-Secession ticket, headed by Breckinridge and Lane.” On the 27th of the same month, I said: “ The Secession leaders in Baltimore, in and out of the Convention, declared that they preferred to see Lincoln President to Douglas. This was the shout of Yancey and his set from the Gilmore House, and this was the response of tlie Se ceders. I mark down the fact for a special On the 14th of August of the same year, “ Occasional” said : “ That there is a Strong body of men in the South whs are bent upon breaking up the Confederacy, is now beyond controversy. That these men have determined to make the election of Lincoln, should he be elected, a pretext for the inauguration of this scheme of Disunion, is as clear to my mind as the noon-day sun.” On the ICth ■ “ Ore fact ought to be kept constantly in view by the Democratic masses in the present struggle, and that is the com plete identity between Breckinridge and Bu chanan. The leader of the Breckinridge Of Disunion party is the President.” On the 26th of the same montli: «Tlie Breckinridge men not only went out of the National Convention when they found they had Lost tlie game, but will go out of tho Union if they lose the Presidency, or the Republi cans should win it.” On the 12th of September : “ Any one at this centre who reads the Southern papers, anil hears the Southern extremists, will he compelled to admit that the foes of the Re public in that quarter arc resolved to resort to violent courses should their projects in re ference to Breckinridge and Lane be defeated in November.” Maintaining the same position steadily down to the day of the election, “ Occasional" said, on the 24th of October: “ The conspirators in the Southern States are actively at work. Un doubted intelligence constrains mo to tho be lief that a wide-spread Disunion movement is in process of secret and rapid formation, and that we shall see the first evidences immedi- ately after tlio November election, should the result prove to he favorable to Mr. Lincoln. All conservative men will ask, why do not tho oxtromo men of the South wait for the overt act ? If Mr. Lincoln is elected, is he to have no clianec to show his hand 7 Is he in advance to be proscribed and persecuted ?” And in a speech quoted from Sam Houston, delivered in Austin, Texas, before the election, this point was made a text of fruitful com ment. Ido not say, 35 he asserted, “ that all these Southern constitutional Democrats are Disunionists, but I do say that all the Disunion ists are Southern constitutional Democrats.” On the 31st of October I quoted an extract from the Vicksburg (Mississippi) Citizen, an nouncing the forthcoming speech of Jefferson Davis on the 4th of November, in that city, in which this language is used: “Jefferson Davis will doubtless be the generalissimo of the {Southern army.” After the Presidential election, when the drama began rapidly to unfold itself, I said, December 6, 18G0: " 'Well may Janies Bucha nan, President of the United States, employ the language of the great French monarch— « After me tlie deluge!’ We are on the eve of a revolution, bloodless as yet, to which he fur nished alike the initiative and the stimulant.” I make these extracts, not for the purpose of proving the fulfilment of my prophecies, but to remind my readers of the indignation with which the men who supported Breckinridge, and Breckinridge hinqself, claiming to be De mocrats par excellence, denied the allegations herein set forth, and particularly that which distinctly charged that the result of their movements would he the overthrow of the Union. They claimed that they were the true Union men, and denounced me as a calumniator for persisting in a different opinion. They would not see the consequences of their con, duct—would not believe that Mr. Breckinridge was craftily preparing to transfer them to the tender mercies of the secessionists—and, even after the « Star of the West” was fired into, and when their chosen candidate went over to the public foe, they continued blind to the enormous guilt of the conspirators, and saw in the Republican party alone the real enemy of the Union. I speak, of course, of the politi cians in the Breckinridge organization. I have better hopes of the masses. Will they not take a lesson from the page of history here re vealed, and now believe me when I tell them that thepresent attempt to reorganize the Breck inridge party looks to a calamity only second to that civil war produced by Davis, Toombs, and Yancey '! Doubtful before, they must now admit that cohseffiteiices confirmed ail my former predictions. Should Mr. Vallandig ham succeed in his plan of reconstruct ing the Breckinridge party, he will undoubt edly flatter himself that the reconstruction of the Union will restore his influence and the in fluence of his former associates in the national councils. It was well said on a recent occa sion that the intellect and power of tlie late Democratic party arc now in arms against the Republic, and if these elements can be brought back, the struggle to maintain this Govern ment will have been a struggle for nothing, and the blood shed in defence of the Republic will have been shed in vain. Occasional. A Secession Letter. We yesterday received a letter postmarked Bardstown, liy., redolent with the peculiar beau ties that invest Secession literature with so many chivalric charms. Oar readers will not fail to re mark the original style of orthography, the pro fundity of judgment, the elegance of expression, and tbe amiability which characterize U. Kricltl sive of one or two choice epithets, it is as follows: Kentucky March 1862 Mess Editors of Philad Prona—' Gents—When the Rebellion first broke out,, yott predicted Norfolk fall—Why dont you Abolition ——— go and take it—you Lay back and clsstctcsl —over the few federal—victories—and think US Rebels Whined—But little do you know the fate awates vour abolition town—You will soon smell and brimstone, yon abolition '■ Count your Dead—and see how fhr you got. Yon dare not publish the number. lam Poasted — Sb will freeze over before the abolitionists rule this land : A Kentuckian Large Hale of Sdfeeior Caefsting, Mat tings, Ac.—The early attention of purchasers is requested to tbo largo and attractive assortment of 300 pieces English velvet, superior tapestry, Brus sels, and superfine damask Venetian stair and list carpetings, white and red checkered Canton and cocoa mattings, brass stair rods, Ac., to be peremptorily sold, by catalogue, on a credit of font months, commencing this morning, at 10 o’clock precisely, by John ?, Myers a g auction eers, Nos. 23Z and 234 Market street. “The Chronicles of Carlingford,” in Black mod’s Magazine, were regularly reproduced in LittelPs Living Age, and the first portion, con. tabling The Executor, The Rector, and the Doc tor’s Family, has just been issued in book form. T, B, Peterson and Brothers hare sent ns a copy, The two firßt storieß do not properly belong to the “ Chronicles,” but Mr. Littell, the publisher, at tributes ail three to the author of “ Adam Bede,” on whom, indeed, from internal evidence, we had o(filiated them some time ago. Mr. Littell states that ho has “ received positive assurance of the fact.” None other, perhaps, could have created Bach a dee itied character as Nettie, the fine Aus tralian hsroina. THE PRESS—PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, FROM WASHINGTON. TESTING FLOATING BATTERIES. SENATE APPROPRIATION OF $25,000. Bill for the Reorganization of the Ifavjr EIGHT BUREAUS PROPOSED. RESUMPTION 07 TRADE ON THE CHESA PEAKE AND OHIO CANAL. REMONSTRANCE AGAINST THE TOBACCO TAX. RELIEF UE THE CUMBERLAND AND PROPOSITION TO CREATE A BUREAU OF Special Despatches to “ The Press.** WASBINQIOX, April 3.1662. Oath of Allegiance for Americans in The Senate passed a bill to-day to tho effect “that every citizen of the United States in foreign countries, before receiving a passport, or any authentication there of» from any representative of the United States abroad, shall be required, during the continnance of the present rebellion, to take the oath or affirmation of allegiance, snd tlie oath or affirmation to support the Constitution f>l‘ the United States, as prescribed to persons in the civil service of tho United States by the act of Congress ap proved August 6, 1861 5 and the representatives of tho United States abroad, authorized to issue or authenti cate passports, are authorized to administer such oath or affirmation.” Testing Floating Batteries. The Ben&ie passed ie-ilay the House joint roioltlildH, in the following form, for authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to test plans and materials for rendering ships and floating batteries iuvulnerablo: » Resolved* by ths Senate and Home of Rejinsenta* lives of ihe United States of America in Congress as sembled) That the Secretary of the Navy bo, and he hereby is, authorized to expend, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise a sum not exceeding twenty«flve Thousand dollars, for the purpose of tasting plans and materials for rendering ships or floating bat teries invulnerable.” The original amount namod by the Uou3e was fifty HioUMnd dollars. Reorganization of the Navy Department. The House Committee on Naval Affairs reported the Senate bill to-day for a complete reorganization of tliv Starr Pepwtmvm. It votuVlislivij Uiv following Bureaus: Tints A Bureau of Yards and Docks. Second. A Bureau of Equipment and Becruitiug. Third. A Bureau of llydrogrfkpliy nnJ Llgliia. Fourth. A Bureau of Ordnance. Fifth. A Bureau of Construction and Repair. Sixth . A Bureau of Steam Rngmooriug. Seventh. A Bureau of PravSNlqn:* ami Clolliiug. Eighth, A Bureau of Medicino and Surgery. The remaining important feature of the bill provides for the appointment from the list of officers of the navy, |H>t below the grade of commander, a chief for each of tho Bureaus of Yards and Docks, Hydrography and Bights, Equipment and Recruiting, and of Ordnance, Bureau of Construction and Repair, (who shall bo a febilful naval constructor,) a. chief of the Bureau of Steam Engineering, who shall be a skilful engineer, and be selected from the list of chief engineers of the navy ] and, also, a chief of the 15n reftu Of Medicine and Surgery, who shall be se lected from tho list of tlie surgeons of the navy, and a chief of the Bureau of Provisions and Clothing, who shall be selected from the list of paymasters of the navy of not less than ten years 1 standing, each of which chiefs vf bureaus in to receive a enUary of throe thousand Are hundred dollars per annum, and be entitled to tho frank ing privilege. The other portions of tho bill relate to the clerical force of the department. Correspondents with the Army. The published statement that all of the army corre spondents are to be sent back is untrue. Modifications of the rules under which they accompany the army have been made. Mr. Wilson, of Massachusetts, in the Senate, to-day, introduced a bill to create a Bureau of Clothing. It pro poses that it shall consist of one colonel, one lieutenant colonel, one major, and four captains, to be appointed by the President, from the regular army and volunteers, whose rank and pay shall be respectively the same as other officers in the same grade in the Quartermaster's Department. It is the duty of the chief of this depart ment to provide the necessary clothing and camp and garrison equipage for the. army. The officers are re quired to give bonds, as reuuired of other officers in the Quartermaster's Department, and are subject to existing regulations for the caro and accountability of property. Ho officer of the bureau is permitted to be connected, directly- or indirectly, with the purchase or sale of any article intended tor or pertaining to this department, upon a penalty of a dishonorable discharge. The bill was referred to the Military Committee of the Senate tO-day. The Itaval Cadets. Captain A. H. Harwood* of the Bureau of Ordnance and Holography, in reply letter of Representative fiSPfmCS, gay 3 (hat under tta present system of ap pointment, haidly fifty per centum of the naval cadets graduate. Thiß is because no care is taken in selecting at first pupils who have the rudiments of an education, either intellectual or moral, and because ungovernable, Ignorant, and Idle boys, expelled or permitted to resign, are sometimes renominated by members of Congress. Captain Harwood expresses a hope that the power to reappoint, after the nomination has once been rejected for cause, will be taken away. The Naval Academy Board, in concluding their review of certain suggestions, say that a permanent locality of the institution is of great importance, and also that an other frigate Bhould be attached to the academy for vul practice. The latter improvement lit. for same time been contemplated by tlie Navy Department. The State Prisoners. The Commission on Stole Prisoners will commence their sessions at the Fifth-avenue Hotel, New Fork, ou next Monday. After completing their business there they will proceed to Boston. The chesapttUte and Ohio canal, The Government having returned to their respective owners all the boats in the Chosapeake and Ohio Canal, trade has already begun to revive. Eight or ten thou sand barrels of flour are among tho first receipts. Excursion to Mount Vernon* The following has been issued from the offioe of the Provost Marshal: WjlSiiik , 6't<vS% April 2.—SpMtal order No. 343. Tho steamer Thomas Collyer, uuder the control of the Ladies* Mount Vernon Association, wilV be allowed to resume her trips to Mount Vernon. No othor yobsgl or bCfti will be allowed to land at that place. C. E. Robinson, Adjutant. The District Emancipation Bill. Tho bill which pfuwwl the Sonata ta-ilay for theoman* cipation of slavery iu the District of Columbia was intro duced by Senator Wilson, of Massachusetts, on the 16th of December, and reported back from the Committee for the District W the ISth of February with amendments, which, however, do not afToct tho principles or plan of emancipation as embodied iu the original bill. The House Oonlinltte& ft* Post Offices ftnd Post Roftlg have agreed to report a bill to secure the speedy trans mission of the mails in accordance with the recommend ation of the Postmaster General. It reanires all railroad companies to contract with the Department fer this pur pose. and, in case of failure to agree upon the price, the Court of Claims is to be tho arbiter, whose decision shaU be final op both parties. on Tobacco Tax Mr. Kbhvedv presented in the Senate to-day a me morial from one hundred aud twonty-tliroo tobacco planters of Maryland, remonstrating against a tax of three cents per pound upon tho loaf tobacco, when in the hands of the producer, as now proposed in the House tax bill. Relief of the Cumberland find Congress The Senato pasatd a bill to-toy providing “ that the widow, or child, or children, and in case there shall he no widow, child, or children, then the parents, and if there be no then the brothers and sisters of the officers, seamen, marines, and others in the service who were lost In tlie United States ships Cumberland and Congress, including clerk, shall he entitled to and receive a sum equal to vfrelve months 1 pay of their respective deceased relations aforesaid, in addition to the ’Ply dnt to tbt ntiUWfte?* aisk&edate of the loss of said vessels. 71 \ T Infoimation continually comes to tbo Patent Office, particularly from the West, to the effect that molasses is made to good advantage from the Chinese Sorghmu. It should be stated that all efforts in Trance to make sugar from it have failed, and the plant* vhen fed to stock at any advanced stage of its' growth, is fourd to be dan gerouß. It is not probable that the Uonso will finally act on the tax bill till Monday, apd. in the meantime the many amendments made in Committee the Whole on the state gf the Union will be printed* Canard. A canard of the first water sot afloat about the Capitol to-day to the effect that the Merrtmac had mado another attack on our yosbols at For truss Monroe. It Is needless almost to say that the Itavy Department have no advices on wliich to base such a story. , A Land Officer Kctaoved. The Secretary of the Interior, upon report of the Com missioner of the Land Office, has rsmoved a land officer in California for enriching himself by charging largely for administering the oath of loyalty to pre-emptors and other owners of the public lands have no right to take fees except as prescribed by law or regulation, and the duty in question is not recognized as one enti tling the land officer to a fee. The Post Office Department deems it advisable that all letters addressed to the officers and soldtors of the army of the Potomac, whether now at Washington or moving South, should l.c mailed tc Waihlugtcu city. From that office they will he properly forwarded on separate packages to the respective corps and ’divisions, and tlielr dtlivory facilitated. Commanders of divisions are requested, as movements Occur, to cause notice to be to ihe postmaster at Washington to what convenient point such packages, destined to the regiments under their command, shall bo sent. JOHN A. KASSON. All officers engaged in the recruiting service have been ordered to their regiments, and notice given to the Cover non of States that no new entietaentr aw levioS will be received until further order* from the War De partment. The force now in tne field is dotted tun|lj anfficieot for the suppreuion of the rebellion and the speedy termi nation of the wart . 1 Department. (UXUIIESS CHEWS, CLOTHING. Europe Bureau of Clothing. Major W. J. Dostkj;, Provost Marshal, The Mails. Chinese Sorghum The Tax Bill* Soldiers* Letters. P. 0. Department, April 8i 1802. First iis't Postmister General Recruiting Stopped* The Latest from Fortress Monroe. The latest informal ion received pom Fortress Monroe t;*day, by telegiaph via Cherrystone, represents ail Quiet in that Ticiiiity, and this dliposeslof all nunora and idk speculations to the contrary. The Events in t\ The capture of Union City by capture of the enemy’s bvtteric under Col. Bojjejits, are regard pertinent as very gallant achievei Colonel Van i Colonel Va.v.' Au.w, commanilh by that name, baa been nominate of volunteers. THE WAR IN NE COLONEL CAN3Y STILL H CRAIG. The Rebels In- Possess! and Albiiquci FORT UNION CONSII £t. Louis, April 3-—The coi Louis Republican, under date of icu. March 20, sfiye; Col. Slough’s Colorado Begimi strong, arrived here fire days ag< log force now here. 1b 1,400, Bufficr pot against an; force the rebels Yl'e bATo stores euougii to labl months. This fort is tbo strengei 1 aevcn hundred and fifty feet equal feet high, and a ditch very dee] > It cantama wall; stocked magaiinf i works has been received, and wi! immediately. At the lateßt advices Col. Cant Fort Craig* which is 250 miles b Ttxftfid, 2,400 strong, were at A 1 pieces of artillery. Albuquerque is about half way Gnu* I Other accounts gay the rebel CJolonelß Steel and Bay lor, with 1,800 Texans, are advancing on this fort. The Texans hold Santa Fe, where hey have organized a provisional government, with Ge neraljPelham as gover nor. If a forward movement ca ihe made without jeo pardizing this depot, it will be dine, and an effort made to relieve Col. Canby, and then reclaim Santa Fe and Albuquerque. Col. StcUah, Ml tli* &t>ii Affle&n, is in com mand of this department while 1 301. Canby is panned up in Fort Craig. Kansas City, March 31.—A I Hew Mexico* to tbeSOthi state t. Texans were camped at Alb sum It is reported that Cot. Canby sixty wagons and four hundred 1 1 Communication between Sant i been cut offi An advai ce would be made at i at Fort Union, assisted by two ei expected communication with J stored. I All the post-office effects at Saji ed to Fort Union FROM ISLAM D NO. 10. DESPATCH FROM COMMODORE FOOTE. MIDNIGHT VISIT TO THE UPPER FORT. THE GUNS SPIKED. Washington, April 3.—Tho allowing official despatch lias been received from Commot.ore Foote : U* Si FI.AG»?iTKASIKK BkHTOM. > Off Inland n j. 10, April 2, 1562. j Last night an armed boat expedition was fitted out from the squadron and tho 1 Mid forces at this point, under command of Col. Roberta, of tho Forty-third Illi nois Regiment. The five boa :s comprising the expedi tion -were jo charge of First Master 3. V. Johnson, of the St. Louis, assisted by Fourth Master G. P. Lord, of the Benton , Fourth Master Fierce, of the Cincinnati, Fourth Master Morgan, of the! Pittsburg , and Master’s Mato Saanille, of the Mound 'pity —each with a boat’s crew of twenty men from their respective vessels, car* tying in all one hundred menl exclusive of the officers, under the command of Col. Roberts. At midnight, the boats reached the upper or No. 1 fOTt, ami pulling directly in its face, carried it, receiving only the harmless fire of two (lentinele, wb9 ran on 3i?- ebarging their muaKeta, while the rebol troops iu the vicinity rapidly retreated, whereupon Colonel Roberts spiked the six guns mounted id the fort, and retired with the boats uninjured. QliO commanlillg cftw r rApreaunta all under hie command) from their COOlnew and determination, aa being ready to perform more hazardous service, had it been required to the fulfilment of the object of the ex pedition. *^**2l I have the honor to be, veryl respectfully, &c., A. HL FOOTF., Flog Officer. Hon. Gideon Wkllhs, Secretly oi the Navy: FROM ME] Sidney Jolmston ilisgU; Fortificajk LouiSYiLLE, April 3—An Memphis a week, ago, repot Johnston had expressed the op: troops could outflank them in rebels} might (eke, and, there were useless; and that the open fight in the field, Our informant thinks that * phppen place. He further saj 50,C00 troops ob mellnobelwe jn Memphis and Huntsville, Alabama, which were being reinforced, and are supposed now to number from 60,000 ti < 65,000. The rebels are preparing with tar and rosin to burn Memphis when compelled to evacuate. The moat piroiiil nent citizens of Memphis say they would yield forthwith if assured of the safety of th< ir property from confisca tion by the United States Go rernment. FROM WHEELIHO. Western Virginia in! Favor ot Gradual Emancipation. 'VfiiBKUXG, April 3-— ThefvoU ill this City, fe-d&y, gives 646 majority for the new Constitution, and a ma jority of 568 In favor of gradual emancipation. The interior counties, as fAr as heard from) give the EQtne ratio. From the Outposts of Gen. Banks’ Army. Gi.es, near W<odstock, Va., April 3.— A1l wag (iniet on our outposts las t Uigbtt We fired a few guns this noming to disperse some of the enemy's scouts on the h rights beyond Edenburg. While attempting to cross he north fork of tho Shena lltillll this lliorntpg) Sergeant] Morgan Bichards and Pri vate John Cannon, both ot Company C, Forty-sixth Be gimerit of Pennsylvania Volunteers, were drowned. Cl ha.. The Gnnboat Ire quois at Havana, Kkw York, April 2—The wonvogian corvette tfornen, from Havana on the 25th ultimo, reports that the United States gunboat lroquois ha*l just arrived there from St. Thomas, when she left. The Capture of Union City; Chicago, ijril 3.—A epe dal despatch to the Journal, from Cairo the 2d, states tin t Colonel Buford’s captures |t Union City amounted t> only seven prisoners, and ahont forty horses and mnio|). The Cairo Tornado. Cairo, April 3—Tho storm on'Wednesday morning was vary earere at Point Pleasant* Lieut. Moore, a private oi Co. H., Seventh lUibolfl Ca valry, and Captain Wester, and several privates of his company, were injured by t' l© falling trees. Chicago* April JWThe Journal’? special deipatch from Cairo Bays that in lie gale yesterday morning eight personß were blown O' rerboard from the steamboat Americuzy ami drowned. A flatboat, occupied by a poor famfly, was Mown away, and gunk, the family eacapipg. From cjalifomia, San Francisco, March 31.—-Every business liotide In <Jia towjj HiU r Placer county, was burned on the 26th inst. The loss amounted to about $70,000. Arrived 28th, ships Radiant from Boston, James Pea body from Uong Kong \ 29^b, ship Lookout, bark Alber tiue from Hamburg, Jumna from Boston. Arrivals from Hatteras. New York, April 3.j— -The steamers Fulton and J£rics&on t from llatteras on the Ist instant, arrived at this port to*day. They bring no news of interest. Cotton Arriving from Tennessee* New York, April 3.— Twenty ■ eight bales of cotton arrived from Tennessee to-jlay, being the first of a lot of 1,500 bales shipped from that section. Alnjor W. H. Folk at Louisville* Louisvij.le, April 2.—Among the arrivals at the Galt Bouse is Major W. 11. Polie, of Tennessee, on his way to Washington. | Honor# to Parson Brownlow. Cincinnati, April 3. —On Tuesday, the Mayors and committees from ChicagoL Springfield, Chiliicothe, and three other cities, called [upon Parson Brownlow and tetdered him the freedom pf their respective cities, and begged him to visit them. Election at Milijraukee, Wisconsin. Milwaukkf, April 3.—The municipal election, hell in this city, resulted in the success of the Democratic can didate, IlorawtOhftse, for Aiayor, aud nearly the entire Democratic ticket. [ The Steamship Northern Light at New York—Nearly $1,000,000 in Gold; New York, April 3. —The steamship Aror&crn Light) from Aspinwall on the 25th ult, arrived at this port to night. She has nearly 31|000,000 in gold. public Amusements, Tite.mfi J. S. Clarks will take a benefit at tho Walnut- strelet Theatre on Saturday even ing, the occasion of his last appearance in America, for the present. He was an obscure attache of one of our theatres six years ago, ana has won, unaided, a bistronic reputation that will connect bis name inseparably with the American stage, ejarke is richly endowed; his face is capable of the znlost varied expression, and his Toice, though never powerjMi it »* W? pleasing and dis tinct. He has great power of eye, and one could almost learn the whole play from it. His walk is the perfection of the ludicrous in motion and yot in no manner stilted or unnatural, lie realize!, in fact, our host conceptions of the stupid, the eccentric, and the keen, and has par- ticularly caught the spiri delineates to the life in . mastic parts. A summary will require more space wrillfig. 11a should be onr Burton, and perhaps greatest of the humorists. The celebrated Irish spec ucartby” in the»»Peep o’ Bay*” jtLe tfoiitmeiiial TliaitPfl, AtiJ >k with new scenery and fine ]* Bar Boom** will be properly ijig to recommend it, either in Wle. The resources of Mr. My and melo-draraa are good, tjrt exhibit much natural humor CuN’MN IIXTAi. Thbatre tacular drama of the li Mfl ia In active rehearaat at will be produced next wee effects. “ Ten Nights in: withdrawn. It bus noth! character, incident, or Ktou'fl comraiiy tor conn anil many nf tho porformt and versatility Furkitube, SILLU) This morning, at Birch 914 Chestnut street, wi! ef superior household 1 table, and three resewc APRIL 4, 1862. le West, Col. Buford, and the is by tne expedition pd by the War De ments. Allen. dt the cavalry known as a brigadier general N MEXICO. rED nr at fobt l|on «r Santa Ft rqnc. IERED SAFE. - eapondent of the St. Fort Union, Now Mex- i nt or Yoluntoers, 950 *>. The effective fight lert to defend this de ls can bring against us. cu, troops for three t on the frontier, being re, with parapets seven > and fifteen foot wide. a. and ordnance for tho 1 probably be monnted fiywas still shut up at south of here, and tho IbuQueruue with twenty between hero and Fort lvices from Fort Union, i»t tht main bed}' 9f ti» mmi and Santa Fo. had captured a train of Fexans. i Fe and Fort Union has ] out the 22d by the troops small batteries, whon it is Fort Craig will be re- mtaFe have been remov- smphis. ijted with the Rebel \tions* intelligent m»Pi who left ta that General A. Sidney nionthat the United States any position that thoy (the i fore, all their fortifications only chancy fyy ffcyja is $a Corinth, Mississippi, is their s that the rebels had about ol American humor, which he sa Trenchard, and other do- or the dualiflcatione of Clarke than wo can afford at this een ; far lie is to be hereafter even to lead and overtop that BD TAIILE. PIAROSi ittC.— Ll-Son’s auction store, No. II be sold a large assortment 'urniture, one fine billiard >od piano-fortes. mm COMESS-FIBST SESSION, AS APPROPRIATION TO TSST FLOATWO BATTERIES The Oath of Allegiance to he Admlnls- icred i« Americans Abroad. The Abolition of Slavery in the District of Columbia, PASSAGE OF THE BILE BY THE SENATE. TAX ON INSURANCE, MORTGAGES, Ad. Washixoton, April 3,1862. SENATE. The Defences of the River Delaware. Mr. U'ILMOT (ft®*.), of prAUfttai th& resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, relative to the defences of the Delaware river and bay, recom mending the construction of gunboats, and tendering the credit of the State to tbo amount of a million dollars for that pur pone. Deferred. Floating Batteries. Mr. HALE (Hep.), of New Hampshire, from the Na val Committee, reported the bill authorizing the Secreta ry of the Navy to test the plains and materials to render floating batterieß invulnerable! with an amendment* re? flucing me appropriation Trom 850,000 to $23,000. The bill, as amended, was passed. Also, from the same committoe, a bill for the relief of the widows and orphans of the officers and seamen of the ships Cumberland&nd Congress. The bill givos twelve months* exirft pay to tbo widow, child, or- neareai rela tive. Passed. Mr. DOOLITTLE (Rep ), of Wisconsin, presented the resolutions of the Legislature of Wisconsin against im posing a stamp tax on newspapers, or any interdiction in their free exchange with oaoh others Iteforredi Mr. KERNED! (Dem.) presented a memorial from the tobacco planters of Maryland, against the proposed tax on leaf tobacco. Fugitive Slaves. Mr. WILSON (Rep ), of Mayiaohuflotti, offered a re« solution that tbe Military Committee be instructed to re port whether any further legislation is necessary to pre vent persons employed in the military service of the United States from aidiDg in the return, or control over, peraoni claimed to bo fugitive glares and to punish there* for. Laid over. Mr. WILSON, of Massachusetts, introduced a bill for the supply of the clothing bureau of the army. Re ferred. The Wnr Hot our ol (onqurst. Mr. DAVIS (U.), of Kentucky,offered a resolution de claring that this war was cot prosecuted in any Bpirit of conqnest or subjugation, but to defend the Constitution and preserve the rights of the several States unimpaired, and thatthe United States will prosecute the war till this is secured. Mr. WILLEY (U.), of Virginia, offered a resolution instructing the Military Committee to inquire into the condition of the armory at Harper's Ferry, what damage has been done thereto, and whether it is'expedient to re store and repair the same and re»etnploy the workman. The Oath of Allegiance to lie Administered to Americans Abroad On motion of Mr. SUMNER (Rep ), of the bill to provide for the administration of the oath to American citizens in foieijm cmintries was taken up and Slavery in the District, The bill to abolish slavery in the District of Ootumbia vras then taken tip. Mr. MoDOUGALL (Dem.)* of California* proceeded to epoak against the measure. He said he regretted the introduction of all these measures, and thought the character of the discussion on them would not tend to re* store the harmony of the Union. lie contended that such measures wero especially inexpedient at this time* and the Republican party was especially pledged by the President against it. Yet he was opposed to slavery, and considered it a special evil in this District. He was willing to vote for a bill providing for gradual emanci nation and a wise system of colonization. Mr. TEN EYCK (Rep.), of New Jersoy, said he would have much preferred a bill providing for gradual eman cipation, with a just system of compensation, and the submission of the question to the people of the District. lleieferred to the views of the President* as expressed by him in tho debate with Douglas in IB6o* and to the pledges of non-interference with slavery given by the Republican party, as reasons why he expressed this pre ference. He considered it but just and reasonable that the question should be pasßed upon by the people of the District. Mr. TRUMBULL (Rep.), of Illinois, asked what pro priety there was in submitting the question, for his or the Senator’s constituents, to the few people here, whe ther the capital of the nation Bliail be a free district or not* Why should not the whole people have a rote on this Question! Mr. TEN EYCK said that slavery bad oxißted here for a long time, but he did not know that the business of Congress was impeded thereby. He also thought that the interests and feelings of the Border States ought to be consulted. Color no Disqualification of a 'Witness. Mr. SUMNER moved to amend the bill so that, in giving testimony before the commis-ionors, no witness fthftll h? excluded on account of color. Agreed to—yeas, 26* KOJ'o* Eleeara. Dayard, Garble, Davis, R-nnedy. Nesmith, Powell, Saulsbury, Willey, Wilson (Mo.), ana Wright-10. Mr. Clerk's substitute was rejected. The then taken on the substitute offered by jir, Wriglilj and it was rejected ye&S, Bayard, Carlite, Davis, Kennedy, Latham, Nesmith, Powell, Sherman, Willey; Wright—lo; nays, 27. Claimants to Swear their Loyalty. Mr* CLARK (Rep r ) moved to amend the second section the bill to require that the claimant, in making bis petition for payment, should take the oath that be had not borne arroß in rebellion to the Government or given aid and con fort thereto. Mr. TRUMBULL (Rep.) moved to add a proviso that eueh oath of the party to the petition shall not be evidence to the facts therein stated. Agreed to, and the amend* ment was adopted. The Amount of Ransom Money per Slave. Mr. BROWNING (Rep.), of Illinois, moved to amend so that the average price Le five hrimlred dollars Instead of three hundred dollarB; lhat one-half be retained by the Secretary of the Treasury, to be paid to the person liberated, if emigrating to another country. lie said we should do sometlrfngmore than simply libera'-e the negro. He did not beliaua that the two races could lire together with mutual advantage. Indeed, with all bis horror of slavery, he was not sure but that, if the two races must live together, the best wfty was to leave them remain In the relation of master and slave. £ Mr. WILMOT asked, if that wag the case* why did he hot propose compulsory emigration 7 Mr. BROWNING thought it was not time to consider that qnfjtion on so small a measure as this. When the question came up he was perfectly willing to vote for CWFPUI&Wy emigration, and take his share of the re sponsibility. He did not believe the negro would ever rise to an equality of civilization in this country. Mr. Browning’s amendment was rejected. Yeas— Messrs. Browning, Davis, Harris, Henderson, Kennedy, Latham, HcDougall, Nesmith, WiUey, and Wright—lo. Nayp* 31, Certificates of Mnmniiiishm* Mr. COLLAMER (B(*p.), of Vermont, offered an amendment that the owner of persons held to service shall file the name and description of the person to be liberated by the bill witbiu twenty day s after making the Claim for payment on such time as the Comraisßiouerß shall limit* under penalty of forfeiture of the claim* and that the clerk of the court shall issue certificates of manumission to the persons liberated. Adopted. A Substitute for the Bill* Mr. McDOUGALL (Bern.)* of California, offered a sub stitute for the bill, similar to the one effered by Mr. Wright* providing for a gradual emancipation and com pensation. and the submission of the question to the peo ple of the District Rejected—yeas IQi um 25. Voluntary Emigration of the Slaves* Mr. DOOLITTLE (Rep.), of Wisconsin, offered an amendment, appropriating sloo*ooo to aid in the volun tary emigration of the persons liberated by the bill, and ether pmnne of color in the District, to Hayti* Liberia* or some other country. The amendment was agreed to—yeas 27* nays 10—as follows: YEAS. Henderson (HO Starke (Penn) Howe (Rep.) Ten Eyck (liep.) King (Rep.) Trumbull (Rep.) Lane (Rep.), Ind. Wade (Rep.) Lane (R ) Kansas Willey (U.) Latham (Dem.) Wilmot (Rep.) UeDeugai (Dem.) Wilson (it.)* Maks. Nesmith (Dem.) Wilson (DO, Mo. Sherman (RepO Wright (Union.) Anthony (Rtp.) Browning (Pep.) Collamer (Itep.) Davis (Union) Dixon (Rep.) Doolittle (Rep.) Foot (Rep.) llarlan (Rep.) Harris (Rep) NAYS. Grimes (Rep.) Morrill (RepO Hale (Bfp.) Pomeroy (Bep.) t Howard (Bop.) Sumner (R«p.) Chandler (Rep.) Clark (Rep.) Fessenden (Rep.) Foster (Rep.) Mr. POWELL (Bern.), of Kentucky, spoke againstthe bill as being an unconstitutional measure as well as im politic, and an unjust act to the people of tlie District and the people of the States. Mr. BAYARD (Deni.), of Delaware, conceded the right of Congress to legislate for the District of Columbia. He admitted the constitutionality of the measure, but ob jected to this particular bill as being unconstitutional and unwise. Tli* hill takes away the property of citi zens in violation of the Constitution, end also mixes up the question of loyalty and confiscation with the question of taking property. Passage of the Bill* The question was then taken on the passigd tliV bill* resulting in its favor by the following voto: TEAS, . Grimee (Rep.) Hftle (Bep) Harlan (Ben) Harris (Bep) Howard (Bep.) HoWfi (Bep.) King (tap.) Lant (Bep.), lad. Lane Kan Morrill (Rep.) NAYS. Bayaid (Dem.) {Latham (Dim.) Carllie (union.) Mcßougai (Dem.) Biitib (Union.) Nesmith (Pern) Henderson (TJ.) Powell (Dem.) Kennedy (Union.) Saulebury (Dem.) Anthony (Sep.) Browning (Rep.) Ohandlir (llep.) Clark (Bep.) Collamer (Bep.) Dixon (Bep.) Doolittle (Bep.) Fessenden (Rep.) Foot (Bep.) Foster (Bep.) The Result Applauded. The announcement of the result by the Chair called forth much applause from the galleries. The Senate then adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES* Foreign Systems of Revenue* On mstion of Mr* SPAULDING (Hup.)* of New York, the President was reuuested, if in his opinion it was not incompatible with the public inter eats, to communicate any information which may be received at the Depart ment of State showing the system of revenue or finance now dieting in ftny foreign country. The Tax-bill. The Ilonse then went Into Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union, and took up the tax-bill. Insurance* The following flmCPdinent was adopted in relation to Marine and Inland Fire Insurance.. Where the amount insured does not exceed $l,OOO, a duty of 25 cents; more than $l,OOO, and not exceeding $5,000, 50 cents; ex ceeding $5,000, sl* Mortgages. Also, as to mortgages, where the amount does uot ei cced $5,000, a duty of 50 cents; exceeding $5,000, $l. Exemption from Stamp Duty. In regard to both of the above, it was agreed that where tbe value or consideration insured does not ex ceed $lOO, or the mortgage does not exceed the same amount, there shall be no stomp duty imposed. The following proviso wbb rejected: 41 That any such mortgage given to secure the payment of purchase money for real estate shall be exempt from such charge/* Stamp Duty on Protests, An amendment was adopted placing a stamp duty of 25 cents on any note, check, marine, and other specified piotest?. Railroad Passengers. An amendment was offered, debated, an 4 rejected, im posing a tax of $1 on each passenger travelling on n rail road extending beyond tbe liimts of tbe United States. Manifests, ete*, to Forelgu Ports. A proviso wasadopted that theetampdutiesou^mani fests, bills of lading, and passenger tickets, provided in schedule B, shall not apply to steamboats plying borwoan joitsinthe United (States, and between these ports anil ports of Britiflh'Rorth America. Writs. Summons, Elc. Also. lLat no writ f summons, or other process issued t>y a jnpiice of *ln» f>b&Qu, in any erluiiuHl cui«© orcuuify unit commenced by the United Status, or any State, shall he subject to the payment of stamp duty. Medicines, Cosmetics. Perfumeries, stiicl Flaying Cards Tbe nicilicine SSCllPflllJe ’ w » a alterea t ao ft> to yroviilc tliat mtUiCilieS, WBretiM, pltauoia, by wWev.r name tbc Mine tiara boon, no ware, or shall lioroaftor l>o called or distinguished, alia)! pay, when valued or sold at twenty.five cents, one cent; not exceeding fifty cents, two cents ; not exceeding seventy-five cents, three ceuU ; hM exceeding one dollar* four cento anil for overy fifty cents, or fj Actional part thereof, over and above one dol lar, two cents. Playing cards shall pay twenty cents per pack. The Income Sections. Tlw of the income sections, which was passed over yesterday, was now resumed. Telegraph, Gas, and Express Companies— An amendment was adopted including telegraph, gas, and express companies or corporations under the in- come doty. Itwa* provided that fbe net galas, prvfito, and income* only ehall bo and that the dirtfo# on incomes ehall be payable cm or before the 30th od June, 1605, and in each year thereafter, until and io eluding the year 1896, and no longer. Among other amendments adopted was one that fw» of all descriptions, when made tip, Bhall be charged throe per centum ad valorem. f All the section* were acted upon excepting the two relating to appropriation and allowance and drawback*. TU eoffittiitee then rose Abd the House adjeasned. PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE. Hiseisboso, April' 3, IM3. SENATE. . The Senate was called toorder at eleven o’clock-by the- Speaker. Prayer by Tier Ur. Cattell, of Harrisburg. Petition*. Mr. d6KKBLI< r ft retßoristr&bee against the sup&la— ment Io the Fifth And Sixth-streets Railway Mr. REILLY, a remonstrance from the School Pirec. tors of I'ottsvillc, against the passage of any law relative to scbool taxes in said district. Also, two petitions from county, for the parage of a law to restrict the Delaware ami Hudson Canal Company, and other companies, with reference to mining privileges. Mr. SMITH, of Philadelphia, presented several pe titions in favor of the military education of youth. Also, il»« runionstrance of the Cora Ei chango against tbe incorporation of the Philadelphia and Eastern Transportation Company. Bill* lutrorlwcvd. Mr CONNKLIi, n|l)ill?relatlve to the infantry corps of thfl National Guard; Irish Brigade, First division Penns eylvama Yolunteers. Mr. LOWRY, a bill to compel the Erie Canal Company to bear its just proportion of public burdens. Mr. IBlell.joint resolution oxtending the time for the final adjournment of the Legislature to the Bill* Considered' friti ’ The bill providing for the narrowing of Fifth street, north of York street, in the Nineteenth ward, was passed. The bill authorizing the opening of Ueb street, Phila delphia, was passed. un motion of Mr, ftTifutlbii, tup bill torcpealatipoual act relating to dog-fax in Marple, Delaware county, was passed. On motion of Mr. SMITH, of Philadelphia, the Senate resumed tbe consideration, on second reading, of the bill rei&UV4 tO liiaUir&iice ag6h6l6a, which W&fi Amend ed. and passed finally The bill to incorporate the Frankford and Philadelphia Railroad Company was taken up on third reading, and passed finally. On motion of Mr. BENSON. HAuseblttU?, Miistrutog part of the sixth section of the bill to-provide forth* expenses of the extra session of the Legislature, was considered and passed. On motion of Mr. SMITH, of Philadelphia, the bill tempting operator! and other! in the employment of telegraph companies from military duty, and serving on juries, was considered and passed. On motion of Mr. CONNELL, the supplement to ao art creating two additional assessors for the First anl Twenty-sreond wards of Philadelphia was considered At d pikdßt-tl. Mr BEILLY. on leave given, read in place a bill au thorizing the Attorney General to institute proceedings against the Pennsylvania Coal Company and the Dela ware and lludßon Cana] Company. Oh motion ot Mn REILLY, said bill was takon up and psigod finally. Adjourned AFTERNOON SESSION. The following bills passed to a third reading, and were then laid over: A £Ufe£Uiß4&t t&tliA AhAfct&B if IL4 PitaSen ger Railway Company. An Act relative to the Tioga Railroad Company. A bill in reference to cleaning the streets of Philadel phia. Adjourned until evening EVENING SESSION. A supplement to the act incorporating the Arch-street and Fail-mount Passenger Railway Company was taken up and passed. The hill authorizes tbe company to make it circuit by w*r pf Second, Third, and Pveh'irtrVotOr Philadelphia Home Guard. Mr. NICHOLS read a bill changing the name of Philadelphia Home Guard to Pennsylvania Guard, ixtid ptovilikig Uiat A. J. PltAsanlon, ttrigiulUr gaoeral. shall rank as major general from the second Monday of October, 1661, and be commissioned as such for dve years. All elections in tbe future are to bo conducted under the general militia law. Tho present organization is divided into two brigados, and two brigadier generals are to he elected for five years, to be confirmed by the Select Council. The bill was passed to a third reading, and was then laid over. Second ami TliiriWMrerl Supplement, The Senate then proceeded to the consideration of the supplement to the act to incorporate the Second and Third-Btreet Passenger Railway Company. The bill provides that bereaUer the road shall not be used, except |iy jpe Race and Vine, Green and Coates, and Arch-street Fftfbenger Railway Conspauics, nnd »n extension of the track from Norris street to Lehigh avenue. The bill was passed—yeas 26, nays 4. Adjourned. HOUSE. The House was called to order at 10 o’clock A. M, Private Calendar. The entire session wbb occupied in the consideration of the priyate calendar, containing oyer one hundred and twenty Dills, Tliey were read onco, and laid oyer for final action until the afternoon aeaaion. AFTERNOON SESSION. Tbe House reassembled at three o'clock, the Speaker Jntbe chair. The following bills upon the private calendar woro passed* An act relative to the Orphans’ Home and Asylum for the Aged and Infirm of tbe Evangelical Lutheran Church- Supplement to the act relative to drawing jurors. An act relative to therailroad indebtedness of Alle gheny City. An act to repeal certain nets supplementary to an act to incorporate the Reliance Insurance and Trust Com pany, to reduce the authorised capital of said company, and to change tbe corporate name to Reliance Insurance Company of Philadelphia. An act to refer the claim of B. F. Ileppold for da mages sustained upon the Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad. Ad act to incorporate the Divinity School of the Prca testant Episcopal Church of Philadelphia. ™ An act to incorporate the Pennsylvania Iron Com pany. An act to inoorporata the Union Exproas Company, An act to incorporate the Benedictine Sisters or Elk county. An act to incorporate the Dime Savings Institution of Pittsburg. The House then adjourned until to*monw morning. LATER FROM EUROPE. THE NIAGARA AT HALIFAX. Halifax, April 3—Tbe royal mail steamship JV7a gara, from Idvorpool on the morning of the 22d, via Qcoenfdown on the Q2i Hit, UftlSid &t tllifi tllifi evening, tn route for Boston. The steamship Etna, from New York, had arrived at Liverpool. The proceedings of P&rliittttdftt 611 the 20th vm un important. In tbe House of Commons on the 20th, Mr. Baxter opposed the expenditure for fortifications in the colonies except at great naval stations. Sir 6.0. Serris thought the defence of the colonies was partly a colonial and partly a military question. At the present moment there were two great nations which had subject to their rule as Urge a portion of the globe as they could govern, viz; Great Britain and the United StflteH. America had adopted the principle of centrali zation. England took a different course. 3t waß assumed that England received groat benefit from her colonies, and if that was the caso she wasbouud (0 protect them. He thought it impossible to lay down any general rule, and uiged the House to he verj- c»u -tionß. After further debate, Mr. Baxter withdrew his propo sition. The London Times, in another editorial on Mr. Lin coln's emancipation lu&SS&gfi, fifty SI nlt &Atl hudly be looked upon as anything more than an ioviUtion to dis cus i the subject in Congress. It iB clear that, if slavery is to cease even in the Border States, tho change must be accomplished by other means than those at which he points—which ineausg it is certain, are totally inappli cable to tiiewhoie Union.*’ The Trine,? fears the propOEed utopia of compromise will be difficult of access; nor does it believe that it will 6liake the resolution of the South. As a proposition, however, which may possibly lead to the cessation of tbe frightful conflict, the Times thinks it worthy of discussion. “ TThe President truly iaya dial the expenses of the war would buy up the slaves in any given State. If this has any meaning, it is that the money now devoted to keeping up the armies of the North might be more advantageously de voted to the extinction o( slavery in those rogloua which are incontestably in its power. If they are content to keep the slave States which have not seceded, and to try the plan ot emancipation and compensation on them, they (paj | if really in earnest, accomplish, after a time, a great work. Blit Witt the espsasitgro of two millions a Jjy and with nothing but Bliinpiwsters formoae/, ViiilTilftn ot attacking tlie Wittering slave-owners by “’'.onromlße must follow the fete of 'so many other atti r co , l mn iiso » The Daily News thinks the oroSition Mr modL rate, and niagiiammous. It “ The scheme affords at least a good baeu. ,or a comprehensive, practicable! and amicable delate ‘ only the public, by whom it has to be diei-uHted, ib scarcely capable of the order needed for real deliberation and decision. The Morning Slat also approves of the proposition. Jfee London Herald thinks that both sides will regard it as a dishonorable compromise. Tomeroy (Rep.) ShenjjAftißep.) Sumner (RepO Ten Eyck (RepO Trumbull (Rep.) Wade (Bep.) Wilkinson (Rep.) \Vj)mot rßcp.) WU«m ('B.)i Mass 3he Morning I*ost treats it as a puerile and vain scheme. It says: “It cau only be accounted for as be ing the la&t resource of a Government which feels that it would make any sacrifice short of (submission.” J bp London Globe regards the proposition as tl a piece of political Btratesr in aid of Gen. McCielUn which 1- certainly well-timed for securing the Border States to the North.” It also regards the ttep ns a symptom of deep misgiving in the Washington Cabinet, touching tho impolicy of pursuing, far beyond the limits required, to establish tbe bonndiulcß and arrange the relatione of the Federal and Confederate Stateij, [Starke (Dem.) I Willey (Union.) Wilson (U.)r Mo. SYrlght (Union.) At the annual meeting of the Atlantic Telegraph Com pany,. Hon. James Stewart Wortley, who occupied the chair, Batted that Mr. Seward bal addressed a despatch to the American ambassador at Lou don, mueiling him to bring tho gubjeot of tele* graphic communication under the notice of the Eng lish Government, and offering to join in the enter prise. Lord Palmerston had promised to receive the deputation from the company on the 21st inst. It would be composed of members of Parliament and others iute rettCd in telegraphs. Tile fallowing were elected direct ors in the place of those retiring by rotation: London, George Peabody, Francis Lebreton, and John W. Brett: New York, Cyrus \V. Field and Wm. E. Bodge; Hali fax, Thomas Kuniear. The d£&etftti6B abeve mentioned waited upon Lord Palmerston on Friday. It was large and influential, com prising members of Parliament, bankers, merchants, and others. They strongly urged upon the Government the importance of connecting the two countries by a tele graphic cable, from Ireland to Newf jundland. Lord Pal me talon promised to bring the subject before his colleagues; and tho interview is said to have been very satisfactory to all parties. The steamer Stella, from New York, with goods for }be Great Exhibition, had arrived at Plymouth. Bifwv’, •eminent has invited tondors for the construc tion Of Itn Iron svvl im ® r i on Gftpl. Hole’s i>Ua. It is to be fitted with six cupolas? each armed with two Armstrong ICO-ponnders. The Corps Legislatiff finally adopted the whole address to the Emperor by ft voto <Sf 24S to 9. The Paris Patrie, in regard to the alleged plan of ar rangement in Mexico, assorts that nothing would bo de termined upon until the arrival of Gouoral Loronces, who took out-formal instructions and tho programme Of the French Gommueuti _ , t .. u General Ron ay had gono to Toni»n to embark for Tho Paris correspondent of the ¥nne& regards the late recommendation of the Society for the Propagation of Commercial Reform, in Franco, as the most important free .mule miiniffBt»‘l° n yot mada In France. The Pope is again ill, and all audiences are suspended. Garibaldi had left Tnrin. A perfectly good under standing exists between him and Bataz/d. i The King has issued a proclamation iu which ho firmly declares his adherent; * to tbe principles which ho an nounced in November, 1868. GREECE. A dypn(at|'P from NaupUa had arrived at Atheus, im ploring Tlx*'Ring’* clemency. A despatch from Syria says that the royal troops had restored order tbroughont the island. It Is said that, after nine months’ solicitation, Omar Las oLtnlned periiaiscion from (h 5 PAHft tA AttACk Montenegro. Dervish Pasha with sixteeu*thoUSat)iltl'OOpS was moving on the Montenegro frontiers. The Montene grins were making great preparations to resist. TTIE LATEST VIA QUEENSTOWN. Milan, March Ttsre wAi ibtbUlUl&l Alii festivity here in honor of Garibaldi, last night, at his hotel. BThe Allianz a of Milan publishes a programme or the action iu Hungary agreed ou by Kossuth, Klapka and Turr. Thtt priiiClDttl points are tbe of * Constitutional kingdom with the exclusion of the Haps huig dynast). civil equality for all the inhabitants of Hungary, and an offensive and defensive alliance be tween Hungary, Iterria, Crotia, and Kamelia. Fauis. Saturday.—The Bourses (full. ItonfcesTOf Oc. GREAT BRITAIN, FRANCE. PRUSSIA TURKEY. Foreign Commercial Intelligence, LlTtnrooL, March 23.—The Cotton market rtoso4 firm and buoyant to*day Muturday.) The adtfeee from Manchester continue favoralrf*. Breadstuff* are dull. The canal anthoritlM 9bur lias a downward tendency; *»les of American at 26* 6d®2Bs. Wheat dull, with a docline of 2d on all Qualities: red Westcra f 10* 6d®ll* fid: red Southern, 11s M®lls 10d; white Western, 12s 6d, and white- Southern, 12s Bd®l2j lod. Corn quiet bnt steady, at SB* §d©2&« lor mixed' Provisions are fltifcdy. active at k decline of 2s6d®3s. Pork steady. Bacon buoyant, and 61*ll higher. Lard firm at 43*445. Tfdiow steady at 46* 6d0465. __ _ kPfcPON MONEY MARKET—Saturday.—Consol* are quoted »t 93^ The bullion in the Bsrak of England* has increaaed £526,000 during the week. *» There is a fair business dring in- American Securities, Lut the quotation* are uonrinal. New York Central, j Erie ■ THE latest: (Tty Telegraph to Queenstown —Sunday.) LrvEKi'oni., Saturday P. W. — Cotttm*—Thv Bale* day aie estimated at U,OOO- bales, the market closing Bftidy hut dull at unchanged priceii Breadßtuffs very dull# and slightly declined Provisions quiet. Lard and Bacon firm. There if a deaiand for all descriptions at"full previous quotation*. Lexnox, Saturday P. M.—Console closed at 04 ACJFBICAK SECURlTlES;—iiiiuoii* Centred *O-S>*2 per cent discount, Krie Railroad USoBUJf. UAvr.E, Wednesday—Sales of the week 3,500* bote*. New Orleans (res ordinaire 156f014if. Market steady- The Sufferers bt the Explosion.— The Buffer ere by the cartridge-factory explosion are do* lug as well as could he expected. An impression has* got abroad that a Urge proportion of the families of thu sufferer® by the explosion are in comfortable circum.- stances. Tin's, we are assured, is an entire mistake. Fire Marshal Blackburn, in seeking for details concern ing the disaster, has had occasion to visit most of' the-fa milies 9f £),e yjclipis He draws a piteous picture ot tb* Durfuringff or many of the wounded who etlu emrirv, and he declares that a majority* of the families of the dead and woundod are in absolute want, Some have seen-more prosperous days, and the prostration of trade incident to the warcompelltd them to seek employment at-a business which praetd g& du&MPius to them. from. Lhasa people btlog either comfortably fixed, or voluntary ob jects of charity, in many cases, while suffering fronvnbeo lute want,.they have made uo display of their necewlfcfoa, Hitd they have had to he approached with much delicacy by the charitable persona who desiro to aid them. TTi* Fire Marshal has kindly acted m the almoner of a>por± tlon of the fund collected, and will distribute it equitably. Lames’ Fair.—We learn that a him ber or patriotic ladies, who are interested io tbe Cooper Shop Refreshment Saloon, and in tho military hospital* of the city, intend holding a fair, In aid of their benevo lent purposes, next week, at Nos. 809 and 811 Chestnut, the splendid building formerly occupied by L. J*. Levy k Co. Harper A Brothers, of New York, who now own the property, at once, in the most prompt and generous inamier, placed the building at the disposal of the- ladies, free of charge. A number of our citizens have- promtaed lU> cpirtrilnie t- Hit <lccorui;on of the rooms. Some norel and beautiful military deelgns wlii add to the attractions. A profusion of flowers and shrubbery will be used in tki adornments. The entire first lloor, with the spaciou* galleries, and second floor, will be used, and in tbe even* toe the building ia to be brilliantly iiluiulaatod. Abavfot Mil*!* UIH h£> ih ktt4hd&hee, &U<l the mm<£ liM (6 b# reserved for promenaders. Ample arrangements hav* been made for refreshments We cannot but hope that the ladies may have all the success they deserve. Du* notice of tho day of open lag will be siren io onr ed ref using columns. Found Drowned.—Yesterday morn ing the body of a man was takon from tbe fichuylklllf near The entrance to the Tore-Van at Fairmeunti where it had Lien floating for some time, having been taken for a floating tog by those engaged about the works. Tb* body had been Iti the water a long time, and from paper* found on if t was aupjosed to he one Philip Dohertr The coroner took chargo of tho remains. Accident.— William Gregg was sert fpjored yesterday by being thrown from a w*g»Of at J root and'Washington streets. He was takes ton's residence, in Beckleßs street, below Front. More Contributions.— The Cooper shop Volunleer fiefrestinehi Sft.looti Cohi&iKUi lllilH ll* to acknowledge the following donations: Prom J. Rjers, &*5 ; John P. Crupis, $5O; Mrs E. Warner, S 3; W. C.8.,55. FINANCIAL ANi) COMMERCIAL. THIS MONEY MARKET. PHlLAb&Ltttll, Apitl 3,1561 L Tfnnsjlvania Railroad shares advanced to-day an* the first mortgage bonds 1 per cent., on a dull market. Reading was a fraction lower. The other railroad share* wurfi etoadr fit previous Quotations, United States seveor IdAU fell off tu OQU, and the edujwi sixes of 1881 sold at 03,y» At tho second board, the seven-and-three-tenths notes sold at 99J 8 ”. Pennsylvania war loan nolil at 03jf j city elscfl now at D 0( and the old faeue at 60^. Camden and Amboy Railroad shares sold at 124, Long Island at 13V, Catawisßa at \% forth* consolidated stock and 6# for the preferred. Elmira Railroad common stock sold at 7)f, In passenger railway shares. Chestnut and Walnut sold at 30&, Green and Coates at 23, and Sprnce and Pine at 10)*. Messrs. Drexel A Co, quote: Hew York exchange... ..iii;.niiil»2o«l«lGvdi*. Boston exchange parsMO din. Baltimore exchange par®# dll. Country funds..... dia. Americau gold pro. The money market is not changed, fctaiemeni of the Deposit* and (‘olhksA fit the United States Mint, for tho month of March: DEPOSITS. Gold tiPPOSits from all 50urce5......... #197,408 .ft Silver and piirvhayev,§3,Us il Total deposits 8-30,620 02 Copper cents (o. a.) received in exchange for neiy issue., Ho. of Pieces. ValtiA [>So. *9.800 38.514 90,W5, 67,682 67,652 8 7,GT» Engles Quarter eagles.... Dollars... B Mi 07)164 $171,317 SILVER OOlXAftfi. 1*27.-00 Sl,M# 116,000 11,600 100,000 S.OOQ 05, m 1,54 Quarter dollars Dimes.. Half d 1mee........... Three-cent pieces.,,,. 1,100,000 11,000 HEOAPITffLITIOX, ripccß. v*ia». 97,161 #I7I.SIT 403,200 Gold coinage Silver.. Copper .imi.iuum.niHn 1)100,000 The New York Evening Post , of to-day, says The stock market remains very inactive, and prices are a fihada lower, especially on Government ami State hoods, those being freely offered at the quotations. Tbi*re is lit tle or nothing doing in railroad stocks, both bmorsand tellers awaitingsome stirring news from the army or navy. The variations in New York Central and Erie scarcely exceed # percent. Tho feature of tho market is the weakness iu border State bonds. fell to 60, under moderate sales; Tennesseeß to 53#; Virginias to 67. The ravages of the war iu these States discourage speculation in them, and priors fait quite rapidly whenever any considerable quantity is pres Bed on theroarket. The Northern States stocks are dctltlely 66 stead/ within the past few days. Illinois coupon sixes of 1362 sold at S8)$; Michigan sixes at 86. Oliios are firm. The long loan is held at 101. Illinois Central fell off to 91,V j B??!t ?«!“><! 10 si >i- Toledo is quiet at 46%. The Clevoland, Colnmbus, and Cincinnati Railroad earned,in February, 8112,006, against 86T,610 in Febru ary, 3861. p*. The railroad bonds are quiet, and rather weaker. Borne of the Western tends are less sobsM »f!er> ?“? c “ unt the rahlDff off in earningo, Tbv vf the Toledo »nd Wabash, and Chicago and Northwestern, are lower. The Government list shows no recovery. The Sixes of 1881 are dull at 92^®S2 for coupons, and 02%09t for registered. There were no sales of registered tbU moritiss. The T. 90 netti are plenty at Q&U Thi 6 per cent. ceriiflddt6! m 6ft‘6f4d &t With 90jf Tbq jollowing were the sales of stocks at the second poard to-day; 26000 US Ob ’Si. Beg. 02* 6000 ABUT"tV’K.S 6000 U 8 Bs’Bl, C.... »2Jj ItWO a. Ifooo Bo 92J( 10000 Bo WOJO2- 6000 US6i 1 y Cer.. 90J( 1000 Bu Lol# EBOOOTunn Gs ’90..b60 51JI 25 P»oMail 5i.....30 07 5000 80,„....b60 51 185 Bo 97* low iw ,15 ssooit; 5000 80..,. 55*1 50 do aOO 97 2000 Missouri 05..b30 5O Hud Elver E 38 56000 d 0...,, 50 59 d 0..., 3U 5000 d0...!'....;0 50 50 N Y Cent b6O 82* SC’OO do h3O 111* 60 Erie R,.«*, »..b3O o 7 food do:::::::. 3 ? 5% m ICCQO do b3O 60 20 Ct#r £ Tol B 3CCO N Carolina 6a....67)11450 dd..,»J q a'* StCOCB Jk Q, 8p c.. 90 j 26 CfO A Glnß.,,.^ 11 * 1750 l 1 & W 2dm.... 47 [ Tw T.\» Bii.n,—The tax hill progresses steelllr through the House of Representatives, and will shortly reach the Senate. There, we uuderstaud, it wilt encoun ter Mr. Chase’s bill, which lias been framed with great care, and Ib understood to be simpler iu its machinery than the Bouse bill. It is assumed that the Senate will adopt Mr. Chaao’s viawgj in which event a committee of conference will be appointed to draft a compromise mea- Biiru between the two bills. Loss importance than would otherwise be the case thus attaches to the present de cisions of tho House, though they may be regarded as clearing the ground for the operations of tbe conference committee. Most of the fttnotidmimts thus far Adopted seem io be very judicious. Tbe rejection of the fooUsli amendment levying a tax on whisky already distilled and in store is an evidence of good senso. It would be impos sible to discover all the whisky liable to taxation, and the ffiir left)?! would bo likely to have hiß business arrested lor ftu indefinite period'of visii of ihc tax-gatherer. Tbe only sound principle to go upon is io levy taxes exclusively upon articles of morclivndise made and produced after a fixed date. No one objects to a measuro which will render whisky twice as iear as it is. Rut it Is idle lo pass Uwb which c&uuot bo enforowl, and which will only give rise to successful frauds on the part of knaves, and sprioua embnrrawnontß oti the part Of honest traders —JV'fi w ¥ork Herald, l’lkllailripliia StockDxeliange Sales, April 3* [Rupurti'il by Bi E. gLAYMAkhih Fhliat Rxsbftnget] FIRST BOARD. 3 Girard Bank 37jV 5 do 37^ 4 Tennaß 463)' 7 do 7 do ;istun 401/ 10 do...thumi 4631 lUOCity 65...... New 96 300 du New' 06 300 do New 96 2tioo do wy t W 66 do lin 90)4 1000 do RU 90)4 1000 Paßlstm sown 101 30 Cata B prf 6?i BETWKEI 26 Arch»Bt Rm 11 m 2 do 3000 City 6s.g*,...New 96 50 GreenACoates b 6. 23 SECOND 3000 Cam vVAm Cb *B9, 86 4 Gam & Ain R • »u!24 6 do -l- 1 ! •2 do 124 8 do 124 4 do 124 « do 124 2 Lehigh Nay,,,., 61 60 Bp A Fine B 10?$ 25 do 10)| 60 Long Island 8... 13V 60 do 13>4 2n do . • i 13^ 600 2d A 9d«it B.letni.loo AFTER 100 Long Island R 05...... CLOSING FRD JW<I. Ail/ed. I'B 6a 1881.... 93 fUV U 8 Tp 73 t 10 N 09K OOK Plillada 6s. 00)4 W PhiiadOsnew.. 96 90 Pennafts 8334* 83jtf Beading B 211-10 213 36 llrnd ro 6s‘Bo *43 94 9534 Bead Iklb ... 87 -* Bead nit Os ! 86.. 76 Psnnaß 46A' Ftnnaß Im 6s. 100)4 101 Pcnna R2ni 6s 90.14 91)4 I Morris Gnl Con 4b 41 Mofr'fitjnl Prcf IIJSj 111! 8 5 lo>; 11 Bell Kav Stock, Sch Nav Pref.. Kcti JViiv 0s ’92.. 02 Klmiraß 7)( 7)4 403,209 (f,M •232,977 1,602,364 15 (7#tt» B c0d*,.... l, 7 t 1000 Phlla & Erie oa,, 83 100 fenoaOp 0a 99Jf 1000 do .... W* lOWU&fims’Wmi n% 200T7S7r90Tlf,MM Wjf iIOOOC* A05’89..,. 80 500 do ’67,' OIK 2 Mlnehill B 43# 10 do 4 3ji SOQ Longl Rttj ctlh. S4J{ 12L(>b1511N«v...... SI 25 Clijjst ,$ Wttl R.. SOX f BOARDS. Green & Coates... 28 1000 Sch if im 4s £dy* t-A W 1000 C A A 6s *89.... 86 BOARD. 200 City 6s New 06 IM9 deiiiinHwft 300 do 00^' 22 Elmira R........ 300 Pa Cp Us 09# 500 US Coup 6b 'Bl.. 93 V 300{J S 7*3OT K...« 90# ft Penna R 46# 7 do 46$ 2 Hazleton C0a1... 45 14 Bearer Meadow. 6T# 1 do »Tjf 500 IV Chester 7s 2 ds 37 JKB-STKADY. Bid., Asked Elmiru R Prf... 15<£ 16 Blmlrs 7s ’75. < "stf 74tf I. Island S 19 19. V Le'gta Cl It N»v 91 91 Le Cldc Huy Sep 36J< 37,1, N Penna B Ok T K Penna 80... 07 As NPomia 82J< 84 (latnwßCon... 1)4 2 Gatawima Pref. 01. 6’, Prk 4 Hthivk It. 43 47 iSociTM-stR. 9414 99)4 Rnce &Yine. «tR 0 0 \VPt.l|4l»H - S 3« BIJ4 Spruce A Pine.. 10*. 10)4 Green 4 Coate., 22)j 23 Ohcs It W alant. 30 31 Atcli Street.... 19)4 19J4
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