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MOM DAY, APRIL 7, 1862.
REMOVAL OF OUR OFFICE.
The publication office of The Pkess 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 aro requested to send their favors.
THE LATEST WAR NEWS.
From Fortress Monroe we have the information
<f a reported fight at Yorktown. in which direction
henvj firing had been heard all day on Saturday.
The filer rimac on Friday night was coaling up at
the Norfolk navy yard, and was eipeoted to come
out on Saturday. Fort Macon still holds out, and
extensive preparations for a siege were being made.
A flag of truce has restored to loyal soil four gal
lant officers of the Union army. Two men, claim
ing to be British subjects, were to have beau
bung in Richmond, last Friday, for disloyalty, but
a short respite was granted them By an arrival
from Newbern, we are furnished with the current
report that Burnside had been ordered to abandon
that place within six days, and that he had answer
ed the rebel commander by a promise to meet him
at Goldsboro and Raleigh.
Our gunboats on the Tennessee river have made
another rvswffioissance up stream as far as Florence,
Alabama.. They met with no resistance.
The news published on Saturday that the rebel
battery at Island No. 10 had been disabled is con
firmed by a later despatch, One of our shells ex
ploded directly within the battery, killing three
men and so injuring the vessel that it drifted down
the river helpless. A rebel battery, opposite Point
Pleasant, opened fire on one of General Pope's bat
teries at that place, but was speedily silenced. The
telegraph between New Madrid and Cairo has been
cut in several places. General Pope threatens re
taliation upon the residents along the route if tho
outrage is repeated.
There seems to be little doubt that Fort Pu
laski, the prineipal fort on the Georgian coast,
and one of the strongest in the country, is in
possession of our forces. The storeship Supply
left Warsaw Sound on tho 30th ult., and heavy
firing was then heard in the direction of the be
leaguered fort, which was so surrounded by our
batteries that its reduction, was certain.
The news from General Banks' command is
Cheering. On Friday afternoon a rebel battery
opened on the right wing of our forces at Eden
burg. One of our batteries, under command of
Captain Huntingdon, shelled the rebels from their
position. The military force under Jackson is said
to be in a spiritless condition, being composed
mostly of impressed men, large numbers of whom
refuse to fight the Federal troops,
One of the most interesting letters that Nashville
has furnished for many weeks appears in another
column. The organization of a Union League in
ital city, i visit to tki bfOlkOf Of OX-PoOSidOnl
Polk, and the arrest of the traitor Cheatham, are a
fewof th%thcmesof prominent interest dwelt upon.
A very general desire prevails to obtain informa
tion as to the success attending the efforts of our
Government to restore constitutional law and li
berty in Tennessee ; and while few of us doubt the
final result, all attach much importance to the
slightest indication pointing to its happy consum
mation.
General Wool has sent an important despatch,
dated Fortress Monroe, Saturday, to Secretary
Stanton, in which he states that firing has been
heard in the direction of Yorktown. The ATcrri
mac is in the dry-dock at Norfolk taking a supply
of coal. General Wool doeß not believe that Mc-
Clellan’s army will have a very formidable foe to
contend with.
The New York Wbrfrf, in an extra issued on
Saturday, states, as a piece of reliable information,
that Beauregard’s army at Corinth, Mississippi,
has been outflanked, and that a considerable body
of Federal troops is between it and Memphis, thus
cutting off its communication and retreat. Tho
news would be improved by confirmation.
Pennsylvania Legislature.
House. —The bill to conform the revised grade
and survey regulations of the first and second sec
tions of AV??t Philadelphia, passed finally, as did
also the bill to incorporate the Philadelphia Com
mercial Wharf and Railroad Company, and the
bill to promote tbe efficiency of the military of
Philadelphia.
The Presentment of the Grand Jury—The
Army Vote.
The presentment made by the Grand Jury,
On Saturday last, to the Court ofj Quarter Ses
sions, Judge Allison presiding, through its
foreman, Jons Miller, Esq., (former post
master of this city,) is an unusually welLwrit.
ten and important document. It directs at
tention to many subjects that have been too
long neglected, and most, if not all, of its re
commendations cannot too soon bs adopted.
Our readers will notice that it alludes to a
topic of universal political interest—the army
vote. Enough evidence was elicited, in the
consideration of one or two incidental eases
where indictments for illegal voting were pre
sented, to show the negligence, rottenness, and
corruption of the whole system. The plain
Statement of the Grand Jury, although their
investigations necessarily embraced but a small
portion of the infamous intrigues in the camps,
last fall, will astonish and alarm every patriotic
and just man. We are told that one hundred
and five persons were returned as voters from a
camp in Maryland, where only one company,
which contained but eighty-three members,
was stationed; that in another, sixteen minors
were allowed to vote; that in others, all re
straints whatever were thrown aside, and that
all persons who chose to present themselves
were suffered to deposit their ballots; that in
three regiments alone, four hundred and forty
votes were cast by-persons who were not at
tached to the companies at whose polls they
voted; that the ballots of a large number of
minors and unnaturalized foreigners were re
ceived ; and that, to crown all this infamous
tampering with the popular will and the elec
tive franchise, returns were forwarded here of
elections that were never held, and the basest
forgeries unblushingly committed,
In view of these facts, the grand inquest, j
fearful of a repetition of similar outrages, to i
prevent which no present checks are sufficient, |
recommend that the “ lew permitting elections |
in camps, far away from the supervision and ;
participation of the citizens, should be erased ;
from the statute-book.” i
It must be acknowledged by all wbo watch- |
ed the operations of this old enactment last !
fall, that in all respects it worked badly. I
Most of the soldiers, in exchanging civil for j
military duties, entered upon a new life, '
which had its own peculiar excitements, plea- I
snres, labors, and trials. Their minds were
chiefly occupied in learning their new duties j
in marches, parades, and reviews. They j
were more anxious to take lessons from •
their drill-sergeants than from the noisy j
politicians who sought to enlist their sym- :
patliies for candidates who were seeking '
lucrative offices. They were intent upon '
martial, not municipal, campaigns. Where :
an interest was at last inspired by the arts of !
electioneering, and a warm party feeling was j
engendered, hitter dissensions were created j
among men who had cherished for each other !
the affection of brothers before the advent of i
theirtormentors. In some camps it was reported ;
that serious demoralization had thus been pro- I
duced. Certainly the efficiency of the mili- 1
tary service was not improved, and, in some
respects, it was directly and indirectly materi
ally injured.
How the elections were conducted, the re
port, from which we havo quoted only in part,
discloses. There was ho strict regard to
legality of any kind. Many of the real citi
zens in camps, who had an unmistakable right
to vote, did not Wish to exercise it, They
were engaged in other duties, which they felt
required their whole attention ; they did
not care to mingle in partisan strifes; and
besides, they had little disposition to put their
own undoubted right of suffrage, when at
home, upon a level with the pretended rights
of those who wotg permitted to vote without
a single legal qualification.
The attempt to combine civil and military
matters resulted in an injury to both—it an
noyed some good soldie¥S, by distracting tlidlr
attention from their duties; debased others,
by inducing them to heedlessly commit the
crime of illegal voting; and disgusted others,
by compelling them to witness gross tampering
with one of the dearest rights of American
citizens. And the end of all this was to rouso
fierce pastiiona, among • our °wn citizens at
home—to originate charges and counter
charges of fraud j and to palm off, in the final
return, as good and valid, many votes which
were, doubtless, fraudulent.
The recurrence of so msny glaring evils
should, if possible, be avoided. The partisan
cry that nearly all the soldiers belonged to this
or tlmt party was completely exploded by the
returns oi the last election. The fact is, that
all parties are largely represented in our ar
mies, agd that a considerable portion of the
soldiers are not entitled to vote, either because
they are minors, or because they are not natu
ralized. Experience proves that no reliance
can be placed Upon camp returns, and that if
they aro to be permitted to control the result
of our elections, the real will of bona fide citi
zens will, in many instances, be utterly ig
nored.
Two remedies are spoken of AZ likely to
correct tho abuses to which we have referred :
One is an act of the Legislature repealing the
old law. The other is the late decision of
Judge ALLISON, declaring that law inoperative
on account of its unconstitutionality. Our
readers will find his remarks in reply to the
report of the Grand Inquest very Interesting.
His points seem to be well taken. The letter
and the spirit of the Constitution appear to
clearly forbid such scenes and such dangers as
we have described. Bona fide residence is
clearly laid down as an indispensable qualifica
tion. Our late experience gives an additional
proof of the wisdom of this clause, and it
should never be violated.
We understand that the Supreme Court has
under review the decision of Judge Allison.
If it is sustained , no further legislation will
be necessary.
The recent Federal victories are having a
stimulating effect on our troops on the field,
in the camp, and even in the hospitals, where
the struggle of life and death might be ex
pected to shut out all thoughts of the bustling
world from the brooding mind of the poor
invalid. Many of the convalescent soldiers
in the Washington hospitals, it is said, have
been suddenly restored to health by the news
of our brilliant victories faintly echoed in their
sick wards ; and crowds of them daily besiege
the provost marshal's office, seeking permis
sion to return to active duty. How strikingly
the spirit thus exhibited contrasts with that
which actuates the rebel troops! In our tele
graphic columns we publish a statement that
the forces of the rebel General .J acksox, com
posed principally of impressed men, have re
fused to fight us; and not merely that, but
have expressed a determination to fight their
chivalric leader, should he endeavor, by force,
to convince them of the error of their ways.
The doctrine of Secession is beginning to cor
rect itself, and now begins to appear in its true
light as a doctrine of disintegration. At Win
chester, the other day, an Irish brigade utterly
refused to fire on US. And only a few days
since, a quarrel, ending in bloodshed, occurred
between the Charlestonians and a couple of
North Carolina regiments.
On the OHO side we see heroic devotion to a
cause in which suffering has been patiently
endured, and tor the sake of which death is
cheerfully encountered. On the other, we see
a spirit of insubordination and disaffection)
that does not display itself in mere isolated
instances, but has become a thrice-told tale,
even in Southern prints. This is tbe spirit
whose frequent manifestations indicate what
we have always heretofore contended, that
neither unanimity, courage, nor confidence
inspires the rebel armies. Sure it is that a
house divided against itself cannot stand; and
;ust as sure, that this very spirit of disaffection
would of itself disband the Southern forces,
dispirit the conspirators, and eventually work
the ruin of the Confederacy, though the Fe
deral Government should strike no other blow.
City Councils on the Rampnge.
On one point all the inhabitants of Phila
delphia are agreed—that the streets shall bo
thoroughly cleansed, and that they shall be
keptclean. In their present condition, after
months of indefensibleneglect,the taskisnearly
as difficult as that allotted to Hercules when
Evkystheus, his master, compelled him to
cleanse the stables of Avgeas ; but it can be
done, and it must be done, and if the City
Councils continuenot to do it, others must take
the matter in hand.
The City Councils, we perceive, are indignant
at tbe idea of the Board of Health being autho
rized by the Legislature, as is proposed, to do
this necessary werk, on sanitary grounds.
They neither cleanse the streets themselves,
nor are they disposed to let others do it—
thereby reminding one of the dog in the
fable, who eould not hat the corn, and barked
at those who wanted it.
At the same time, let us acknowledge, with
thankfulness, that there are some men of sense
among the City bathers. At the special meet
in g on Saturday, held for the purpose of pre
venting the action of the Board of Health,
some few gentlemen did not shrink from speak
ing the truth. In the Select Council, Mr.
Ginnodo said “ the citizens had for some
time been knocking at the doors of Council
asking them to do something, and no notice
was taken of their demands, and the conse
quence is a resort to the Legislature. Mem
bers of Councils had neglected their duty in
this matter, and they should not complain that
citizens had lost all patience. The streets
were not clean, and he could mention streets
in his own immediate neighborhood where the
mud was deep, and dead animals were lying
and sending forth a most disgusting stench.”
Dr. TJhler said that, if the streets were not
soon cleansed, he would predict, from his own
chemical knowledge, that the city would be
visited by an epidemic the like of which the
world never saw !
In the Common Council, while much indig
nation was expressed at the notion of the
Board of Health taking the streets in hand, to
prevent a terrible epidemic in the summer and
autumn, and while one pathetic gentleman
(Dr. Sites) declared his extreme willingness
to hang the members of the State Legislature
for the public good, little or nothing was said
about the deplorable condition of the streets.
The fact that, for the first time “ within the
memory of the oldest inhabitant,” Philadel
phia was actually more filthy than its neighbor,
New York, seemed loss lamentable than the
prospect of the Legislature authorizing the
Board of Health to do what the City Fathers
have left undone.
Dr. Uhler sensibly reminded the Select
Council that in the great European cities the
streets are cleansed without expense to the
municipal corporations, and, in some instances,
that a bonus was paid for the privilege. Wa
know that London and Paris are cleansed
every morning, during wet weather; that few
cities are so well kept; that the persons who
do this are held in heavy bonds to fulfil their
contract; that the penalty is exacted, without
delay, on proof of the default; and the con
tractors pay $lOO,OOO a year to each munici
pality ; and that the street soil being the finest
possible manure for the market-gardens, on
the outskirts, which supply Paris and London
with vegetables, the contractors get wealthy
on their street-cleansing.
Ocn fellow-citizen, George TV. Childs, Esq.,
the well-known publisher, one of the most en
terprising men in his profession, has under
taken the publication of a work entitled “ Pic
torial History tff the Great Rebellion,” to be
edited and executed by Benson J. Lossiho.
Mr. Lossino is justly celebrated, to use tho
language of Edward Everett in referring to
this project, for Ms “ diligence in exploring
the localities he describes, his fidelity and ac
curacy as a historian, and the spirit of his
illustrations.” The war for the Union furnishes
a wide field and an inexhaustible mine for such
an intellect as that of Mr. Lossino. Indoed,
the idea, properly carried out, cannot fail to
result in an invaluable contribution to our
national literature and great profits to the au
thor and publisher. It is to be published in
about twenty parts of forty-eiglit pages each,
at twenty-five cents apart, making, when com
plete, a superb volume of about one thousand
pages. It will be elegantly illustrated by seve
ral hundred wood engravings, in the highest
style of the art, by Lossixo & Barrett. In
addition to the wood engravings, each part
will contain a fine steel engraving representing
an accurate portrait or some appropriate his
torical scene, making twenty steel plates in
; the entire volume. Persons possessing pam
i phlets, or other materials relating to the rebel
j lion, are invited to send them to him. Address
i Benson J. Lossino, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
I Seventh Regiment, McCall’s Division,
! April 3, 1862.
i While the members thil fins MgilUMlt weri
i having 1 battalion drill, yesterday forenoon, a
i young man named Stine, of Capt. White’s eota
i pany, was shot through the thigh, by a member of
i a New Jersey regiment, quartered near the Re
serve. -It vu aeeidsßtal-. As some of ths Jarssy
regiment were firing at a target, a glancing ball
did tho mischief. ftnußY*.
LETTER FROM •• OCCASIONAL.”
Washington, April 0, 180—.
Should Richmond fall into our hands, the
removal of the traitors from the soil they have
cursed will be speedily accomplished. Eastern
Virginia has been desolated by these fiends in
human form. Untold and inconceivable mise
ries have been inflicted upon her people.
Their capital, so long the scat of refinement
and of enterprise, lias been converted into a
rendezvous and a barracks ; and their manu
factures compelled to work, without pay,
for a cause conducted by desperate aud bank
rupt men. Oppressed by tiiese influences, it
would be unnatural if the people of Virginia
did not, at heart, long for the day of de
liverance. We shall new shortly realize
whether, indeed, the sympathy for the Re
bellion has been as deep-seated and sincere
as the newspapers and politicians have as
serted. Not doubting that much bitter
blood has existed against the Go
vernment, and that the sufferings inflicted
by the leaders have been proudly submitted
to, we must not forget that a strong sentiment
of devotion to the Union has existed in Eastern
Virginia. This sentiment will be encouraged
and developed by the victorious soldiers of
the Republic when they take up their quarters
in Richmond.
The retreat of the rebel army and Congress
will be almost pitiable spectacle. It is
surmised that the army will endeavor to form
a junction with Beauregard, on the Missis
sippi ; but the Government of the traitors,
like the Governments of Tennessee and Ken
tucky, will hide itself in the morasses and
mountains of the Cotton States.
The chiefs of the rebellion will soon he called
upon to meet "their doom. A few more victo
ries, and a steady perseverance in the liberal
policy of Mr. Lincoln, will rekindle the fires of
patriotic feeling in the South, and inspire the
people to demand the surrender of their be
trayers to the offended majesty of tbe Consti
tution. If there is to be a short war and a
speedy peace, it must result from the appeals
of these people. No successful general can as
sume this great responsibility and live. But
let the heretofore down-trodden and muzzled
masses speak out, and declare their willing
ness to yield to the laws, to give up the
leaders of the rebellion, and to share the bur
dens of the war, and there will be an end of
strife. Virginia is already more than half
ready to accept her destiny. The West is in
thchands of a loyal class of men, and they hold
the Government of the State. With this groat
and powerful element, and with our troops in
the eastern portion of the State, and the rebels
forced to flee for refuge into other regions,
what is to prevent the Administration from
giving such an evidence of the policy it in
tends to pursue as has been illustrated in Ten
nessee under the glorious auspices of Andrew
Johnson ? Occasional.
Beeadstcffs are becoming so scarce in
Georgia that Governor Brows has prohibited
the distillation of whisky. For this tangible
and fearful violation of “ Southern rights” he
will be loudly and deeply denounced by the
numerous thirsty spirits of Secessla who be
long to the order of humanity that believes
grain is absolutely wasted when it is used to
make bread.'
Contrabands in Philadelphia.
[For The Press.]
As various statements and conflicting rumors
have been currently circulated relative to the ar
riving of contrabands in Philadelphia, it may be
well for tbe public to know the facts in the case.
On Friday, March 28, Ninety-onb (no more)
contrabands—men. women, and children—roaohed
here, coming from Harper’s Ferry, via Baltimore.
From the Ferry they came as far as Baltimore
under the charge of an officer, who had a list of
their names, and who also procured their passage to
this city, and sent them on.
On arriving here, they were refreshed at the
Union Refreshment Saloon, and, while left to take
caff ef themselves, the news of their arrival haying
gone out, many, both white and colored, rushed to
the saloon to see them, and, as though they had
been long.looked-for relations, all were soon kindly
welcomed to temporary homes in different colored
families, which favors were received with evident
marks of gratitude on their part.
In less than two days the number of applications,
from the city and country, for house servants and
farm hands, of both sexes, were far greater than
could be supplied, and as the rumor spread that
“ five hundred ” or “ a thousand” more were daily
expected, the applications very greatly increased
from all directions, which proves that a great
scarcity of laborers exists in the country, and that
the public must suffer everywhere, in being obliged
to pay bigb prices for produce, if farmers fail to
obtain the required help to bring it forth, As a
general thing occupations were found for them in
tbe country, at suoh labor aa they had been accus
tomed to do; and most of them being young and
able-bodied, and cheerful with all, promiso to do
well in their new relations. One of them only is
incapable of self-support. In this case charity will
be required. The individual referred to is 104
years of ase* if she has been correctly infomedr
She is, nevertheless, cheerful and happy, and
claims to be a devoted Christian.
Hew much ground there may be for the belief
that large numbers are still expected, I am unable
to say; but it is quite certain that there is not the
slightest foundation for tho prevalent rumors that
a subsequent arrival has taken place, as such is
not the fact. And still further, I am quite con
vinced that those who have inquired most anxious
ly and diligently to know if other arrivals are not
soou to coiue, have utterly failed to gain any light
on this point. Wit. Still,
Goi. Soe. of the S. G. and Statigtioal Aaaooiation of
the Colored People of Penna.
Philadelphia, April 5,1862.
P. S.—Quite a number of the contrabands were
captured while in the Confederate service; ethers
had been left destitute. At the time they were
forwarded North, two hundred of their relatives
and friends—young men—were sent South for ser
vants, teamsters, Ac., in ihe Union army. W. S.
French Sale of Choice Dbess Goods, Shawls,
Ribbons, Gloves, Trimmings, Stock of Fancy
Articles, Ac.—The early attention of purchasers
is invited to the luge and attractive assortment of
French and other foreign dry goods, silks, printed
and other fine dress goods, shawls, 860 oaftons Puis
bonnet ribbons, trimmings, gloves, &0., embracing
about 1,000 lota of very choice articles, to he per
emptorily sold, by oatalogue, on a credit of four
months, commencing this morning, at 10 o’clock,
and to he continued without intermission all day
and put of the evening, by Jehu B. Myers A Co.,
auctioneers, Nos. 232 and 231 Market street.
The Continental-Hotel Saloons.—Philadel
phians are usually slow in appreciating improve
ments and innovations, and cautious in manifesting
their satisfaction—in which respect they are the
opposites of the New Yorkers, but when once they
are satisfied of the value and importance of tbo im
provement they are constant and liberal in their
patronage, and do not fly off after the next new in
novation that presents itself. This phase of social
lifo has boon illustrated in oonneotiou with the new
and splendid refreshment saloons on Chestnut street,
which Mr. Stevens has opened in connection with
his justly famed Continental Hotel. For the first
day or two the public (espeeialiy ladies) were shy
of entering them, evidently dazzled by the splen
dor and completeness of all the arrangements, and
the lavish display of the luxuries and elegancies of
the table. But as soon as it became known that the
tariff of prices was fully aa economical ns that of far
inferior establishments—owing to the vast resources
of the hotel, aud the necessity of purchasing every
thing in large quantities, which enabled Mr. Ste
vens to place these facilities at tho disposal of tho
public—their patronage has rapidly aud steadily in
creased, and will continue to do so as the know
ledge becomes genemlt
George Francis Train.—T. B. Peterson &
Brothers have just brought out a medallion carte
dc visit?, of Mr. Train, whose Union speeches they
publish in a pamphlet.
Public Reception of Parson Brownlow
at Cincinnati.
Cincinnati, April & The public reception of Person
Brownlow at Bike's Opera House, last night, was an im
mense affair. Every available spot id tho house was
occnpicd.
Jlfr, Brovrnlow was introd»}qec| (9 audienso by Mr.
Joseph Ci Butler, President or the Chamber of Com
merce, in a few appropriate remarks.
Mr. Brownlow’s speech, relating his experience of the
operations of the rebellion in East Tennessee, and the
Hnfferiiigti of himself anti nther Union man white im
prisoned at Knoxville, was listened to with profound at
tention.
Speeches were also made by Gen, S. F. Carey, and
Lieutenaol Governor Kiiki or Kentucky:
Resolutions were Adopted demanding a vigorous and
unceasing prosecution of the war, and the punishment of
the leading traitors; resolving that the flag of the Union
shall again float triumphantly over the walls of Fort
Sumpter and Rom eTerx other fort belonging to the
Union; extending the warmest sympathies of the citi
zens of Cincinnati to the distinguished guest,- and calling
upon the Federal Government to afford a speedy relief to
♦he loyal Union men of the Booth, especially those of
East Tennessee.
The exercises closed by singing «Hail Columbia” by
a large number of children from the public schools of the
city, who were seated on the stags.
The Rebel Ste<uner Ella Warley at
Nassau.
IfKW York, April G.—The rebel steamer Ella Warley
at Nassau, N. F-, on the 24th ultimo, to Bail for
Charleston soon.
Heath of Lieutenant O’Brien*
Baltimore, April 6.— Lieutenant Fitz James O'Brien,
of General Lander's Staff, JUd thll MdFUtag, U Cum
berland, of lockjaw, in cousetiuence of a wound received
in a skirmish some two months since.
THE PRESS—PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, A
FROM WASHINGTON.
Tbe Officers Arrested In Cen. Blenker’s
TERRITORIAL OFFICERS FOR ARIZONA
APPOINTED EY THE REBELS.
RETORT ABOUT EX-SENATOR OWIN',
THE ARRIVAL OF DISTINGUISHED FOREIGNERS.
A PEACE PROPOSITION MADE T 9 PRESIDENT
Special Despatches to “The Press,”
Wasbixotow, April 0.1863
Tne Arrested officers in Gen. BlenKer’s
Division.
A special order was issued yesterday from tbe War
Department, as follows: Col. D’Utassy, of tho Garibaldi
Guards. New York Yolnntnors, and ail tho offie&M of
Gen. Bi.exkbr’s division who are now nnder Arreit, are
hereby released from arrest, and will join tbeir regiments
without delay and resnme their respective communds
Conviction and Sentence of a Newspaper
Publisher for Violating the Laws of
War by Publishing Military News.
Edmund Ellis, publisher of tbe Boone county Stand
ard, was tried before a military commission at Colum
bia, Missouri, on two charges, viz:
tfxrat Charge.—The publxcnUou of information for the
buseflt of the enemy, and encouraging resistance to tho
Government aud laws of tbe United States.
Second Charge.—Violation of thobiwsof war by the
publication within the lines of the troops of the United
State?, in a public newspaper, of articles and informa
tion intended and designed to comfort the enemy, and
invite persons to rebellion against lhe Government of the
United States.
One of the criminal publications wa3 styled "Letters
from the Army;** another, * { Boot Abe or Dir,* 1 and the
third, “Nows from General Price.”
The commission found the prisoner guilty of the
charges and specifications, and sentenced him “to be
placed and kept ootaide the Hues of the Slate of Missouri
dtiiliig the war, and that the prew, types, furniture, and
material of the printing office of the Boone County Stand
ard be confiscated and sold for the nse of the United
States.
General Hali.kck approved the finding and sentence,
md directed th& pointing to in charga of the
quartet master until further orders; that the prisoner be
placed outside the State of Missouri, and that, if he re
turns during the war, without permission, he be ar
rested and placed in close confinement in the Alton Mili
tary Prison.
The proceedings boivg returned to the War Depart
ment, they were approved by the Secretary of War,
and an order issued that the form of proceedings should
ho adopted, in like cases, hy the commanding officers of
all the military departments.
Our Coast Defences.
The House of Bepresentatives some time ago in
structed tho Committee on Military Affairs to examine
the whole ay stem of permanent defences of the country
for the purpose of ascertaining what modifications of
the old plans, if any, are required to repel the improved
means of attack, and to report by bill or otherwise.
Colonel Blair, the chairman, has been bestowing much
time and labor on this subject, and he will soon be
ready, it is understood, to report. His examination into
the condition of the maritime frontier defences espe
cially, and of the various means aud modes of effective
defence, is said a to be very thorough and searching. He
will rfieommoud that the moro important harbors be
mada invulnerable to attack, even by Iron-clad vessels
of the largest class. In this connection it may be re
marked thst tbe State of Maine has memorialized the
Government to have one of Timhy’S revolving fortq
erected «i the ehtr&hce of Portland harbor.
The Visit of Distinguished Foreigners.
The arrival here of Lord Edward Cavendish, son of
tbe Duke of Devonshire, and Lord Cecil, of the Bifle
Brigade stationed in Gwifotai and FsacV) of the
Northumberland Fercys, also stationed in Canada, is re«
garced in efficiai circles as an event which claims for
them a cordial reception, they being considered as types
of a more friendly and generous class in England than
the members of Parliament, correspondents of the press,
and others, who, after visiting the South, returned to
Great Britain sympathizing with the rebellion.
Captain Seymour Appointed Brigadier
General.
A committee’cf tbe New York Congressional delega
tion, consisting of Representatives Olix, Frank, Pome
roy, and Cor.sisc, yesterday called upon the President,
and asked the appointment of Captain Trcmak Seymour
as a brigadier general of volunteers, which reuuest wag
granted. Captain Seymour was oue cf the gallant men
at Fort Sumpter.
If is not believed in prominent circles that ex-Senator
Gw is baa arrived at Richmond, as announced from For
tress Monroe.
A Rebel Territorial Government for
Arizona.
Laid Ricliiiaohd finuoiihce th&t JfiPP HiVig h&i
appointed and the Senate confirmed a full set of Territo
rial officers for Arizona. It thus appears that the rebels
are in advance of the United States Government, as the
bill for. establikhiug a Provisional Government in that
Torritory la not yet acted upon in Congress.
The Telegraph to Fortress Monroe.
The telegraph cable to reconnect Fortress Monroe with
Cape Charles will soon be in working order, as the ma
terisl iB already there, and three hours of uninterrupted
work, with favorable weather and smooth water, will he
sufficient for the success of the enterprise.
Attempt to Enslave a Freeman.
On Saturday two persons attempted [9 arrciti a§ a
slave, ft servant of an officer In the Seventh New York
cavalry, a freeman from the West Indies. Detected in
the act, they came near being lynched, but were rescued
by the military guard, sent to tho provost marshal, and
afterwards confined in the Central Ouard-k&iiM.
Liquor Smuggling.
The coustant attempts to smuggle spirituous lhiuors
over the Potomac ara in many cases detected, although
much ingenuity Is exercised to evade the military autko-
Visit of Civilians to Fortress Monroe.
The order forbidding the visits of civilians to Fortress
Mcnroe and other military posts refers to both saxes, and
uot exclusively to females, as telegraphed to the daily
Postal Operations Resumed—Contrabands.
Postal operations have been resumed at
Ya.; and the office at Harper's Ferry will be opened
next week, under the direction of the Post Office Depart
ment.
Many of the contrabands who have been temporarily
subsisted by the Government until empiwnKnt be
provided are now usefully employed at the several hos
pitals. A considerable number have been engaged as
servants in private families
Arrested for Defrauding Soldiers,
The pro vobl marshal, Bwjor Dostkr, has arrested
enrdry persons who were prosecuting a flourishing busi
ness by defrauding soldiers ut der the pretence of obtain
ing discharges for them. Several of the parties are
Englishmen! They are now in confinement at tho
Central Guard-House.
Convalescent Soldiers Anxious to Fight*
Simje the reception of the intelligence of tho recent vie*
tortefli many <?f the convalescent epJdtar# in tho hospitals
seem suddeuly restored to health, judging from the
crowds of them who daily resort to the provost marshal's
office, asking to be returned to their respective com
panies, and expressing an anxious desire to participate in
active militau operations.
A Philadelphia and Baltimore Peace Pro
position.
A Philadelphia clergyman has been importuned by re*
Jigioqs peace-makers of Baltimore, of rebel procliyilies,
to write to tbo President, urging bim to send a secret
commission of distinguished ministers to Joff Davis to
make terms of peace. In wriiing to Mr. Lincoln on the
subject, he says he wontd use the language of General
Grant to Buckner at Fort Donolson; " I propose to move
on your works immediately.”
D. C. McCallnm having been appointed colonel Ju the
volunteer service, he is assigned to special duty in the
War Department as the Military Superintendent of Rail-
Anson Stager having been appointed colonel in the
volunteer service, he is assigned to special duty in the
War Department, as Military Superintendent of all Tele
graph lines in the United States.
Edward Sanford haying been appointed colonel in
the volunteer service, he Is Assigned to special duty in
the War Department as military supervisor of, telegra
phic despatches and army intelligence throughout the
United States.
They will he respected and obeyed accordingly.
By order of the Secretary of War:
L. THOMAS, Adjutant General.
An Important Order.
The following official order has been publishod;
Quartermaster General’s OmcE,)
Washington, April 4,1862. $
The Secretary of War directa that hereafter no person
not belonging to the United States service shall be per
mitted to pareage in »«7 public transport without
the special permission of the War Department.
M. C. MEIGS, Quartermaster General,
Miscellaneous.
The President has signified his perfect willingness to
sign the bill for the abolition of slavery in tho District
of Columbia when it passes the House.
An Investigation concerning the charges of official
misconduct against Secretary Smith, of the Interim? De
partment, shows that they are unfounded.
The Attack on Fort Fiilaski Commenced.
New York, April 6. —The storesbip Supply, from
W&ra&w Sound on tho 291 k ult, arrived bare this after
neon, and reports that the United States batteries oa
shore were all ready to commence the attack on Fort
Fulatki when sbe left, and from the fact that heavy
firing WM hVfifil in that direction on tho 30th ult., no
doubt the work had commenced,
The Case of Surgeon General Finley.
The report in various journals that Surgeon Genera!
Clemkst A. fIXLEY bad b««n ttrrcreicd aud riant io Fort
Warren is not correct. Tim tnllmvin« thn only <~rilor
of the War Department which has been issued iu regard
to Sir. Fimi-EY :
W Dip uitmknti Adjutant Gkxbr.u/s Officki f
Washington, April 3* 1862. J
* # # Surgeon General C. A. Finley wilt re
pair to Boston, Massachusetts, aud there await further
orders. Surgeon R. O. Wd©i», United Sinto* Army, will
take charge of the Surgeon General’s Office. * * *
By order of the Secretary of War.
L. THOMAS, Adjutant General.
Cincinnati, April G.—The killed of the Fifth Ohio
Regiment, at Winchester, fifteen in number, arrived here
yesterday, and laid in state at the Guthrie Greys armory,
where they were viuitod by a Urge number of witiaeni.
The funeral ceremonies took place to*d ty.
New York, April s.—The steamer Edinburgh has
218 passengers and $364,000 in specie, and the steamer
Saxonia 102 passengers and $304,000 in specie. Roth
will sail soon.
Boston, April s.—The steamer ??iagara t from Liver
pool via Halifax, arrived about hint o’clock tliUmoru*
tag. Her mafia have beei tent South, and will be due in
Hew York at men o'clock this evening.
Division Released.
LINCOLN.
Ex-Senator Gwin.
War Bulletins*
War Department, )
Washington, April 5,1862. >
SPECIAL OIIDKRS—NO. 71
Honors to the Gallant Dead
Steamers for Europe,
The Niagara at Boston,
LATER FROM PORT R 1
Arrival of General Shi
Thf Yacht America and .Steamer
Tahiti.
New York, April G —The steamer Atlantic arrived
to* right from Port Royal, with dates to the 4th inst.
Among the passengers are Gen. Sherman and staff.
Advices from Jacksonville to the Ist lijist., state that
an attack was expected there by two Mississippi and
one Florida guerilla regiments, with a bkttory, and a
troop of rebel horses, but General Wright jis confident of
being Able to sustain himself against them.
Tbe rebel deserters state that their troops have to sub
sist by foraging. They are out of food, and in a des
perate condition. i
The yacht America has beon raised by our naval
forces, and, with the rebel steamer Dai ling ton, is a
prtoa. _
From Fortress Monroe and the South.
Fortress Hosnati, April 4.—A Hag of truce Bent out
by the flag-ship to-day brought back two ladies, the first
passengers who have been allowed to leajve Norfolk for
the North for acme weeks. One was a French lady, re
turning to France, and the other was proceeding to join
her husband in Baltimore. j
An official report from Governor Clark) of North
Carolina, elates the rebel less fcl M follow* 1
Killed, 04 j wounded, 101; missing and prisoners, 41S;
total, 578. [
William M. Gwin arrived at Richmond ’
Washington. He is a native of Virginia.
A. Morgan, who is styled “ tho warrior
a’so arrived at Bicbn\ond.
On board the Monitor , to* day, the Tote of thanks
passed by the New York Chamber of Commerce to Lieu
tenant Worden and the officers and men of that vessel
was read to all bands. Great enthusiasm was exhibited.
lieutenant Worden will resume the cot
Monitor as soon as he recovers from his ii
according to the latest accounts, he is expe
shortly.
The weather continues pleasant and fav<
tary operations.
LATER FROM FORTRESS
THE STEAMER MER
LATER FROM NEWB
THE BEBEES OBDEB GENEtt&X B 1
LEAVE THE PLACE.
HIS H EPL
THE BOMBARDMENT OF FOI
COMMENCED.
A Fight Going on at Y <x
GEN. BUELL REPORTED AT £.
ON THE TENNESSEE RI
UKITED STATES TROOPS AT Bll'
REBEL TELEGRAPH WIRES
Fortress Monroe, April Tift PijdtimoM.— The
latest intelligence that wc have in relation to the steamer
Afe-nimac is dated Norfolk, last night. At that time she
was coaling up at the navy yard, and was expected to
come out to-day. She has two new gunjs on board. It
has been reported that Com, Hollins would command the
Mirrimac on her next trip, hut the name jof Captain Po*
gram is the latest mentioned in that connection.
The steamers YorklMvn, Jamestown, Teaser, ami four
Other gunboats are at Norfolk,
A deserter came in tliig morning from the vicinity of
Harrod’s Mills. The rebel troops upon| the Peninsula
are cot reported so large as had been supposed, Gen.
Magruder’s headquarters are at presentat Lee's Mills,
tear Williamsburg. I
The steam ings tTempSsl, Jlcl:£, &nd _EIli»l S>. ir
riTed this afternoon from Newborn, having left on Thurs
day. They bring a large mail for thejNorth, and de
spatches from the army and navy commanders. There
is very little news of Interest from General Burnside’s
department. A report was current that Gen. Burnside
bad been ordered to evacuate Newbern within six days,
and that he had returned a reply that he jwould meet the
rebel commander at Goldsboro’ and at Baleigh.
There Is little clients in the state of affairs at Beau
fort. Fort Macon still holds out, and is to be besieged.
Extensive preparations are going on, and operations
will be commenced in a few days. A few shells have
already been thrown into the fort.
The steamer arriT-ed to-ddy ftfdiii N&w York,
and proceeds to Hatterag. |
We were visited by a thunder-storm last night. The
weather is pleasant to-day. |
CftHßOnading has been heard all this morning, from
the direction of Yorktown. Iso official reports hare
been received, but it is reported that the town has been
burnt. This is probably incorrect. However, another
report says that a fight is taking place there this after*
noon. |
A flag of trnce brought down tbis afternoon the follow
ing released prisoners of war, from Richmond: Colonel
Bean ford, Lieutenant Van Horn, and Captain Bliss,
United States army, taken in Texas, la it summer, and
Colonel Woodruff, of the First Kentucky Regiment,
taken in Kentucky. |
The Richmond papers mention that two men, named
Pryce Lewis and John Scully, have been convicted as
spies and were to have been bnng yesterday, but that a
Short respite had been granted. The men claim to he
British subjects and loyal. j
Mobile, April 4.— The Advertiser has a special mes
sage from Memphis stating that General Busll had
reached BaT&nnahi on the Tennessee riYprj from Colam*
bla. There had been a brisk skirmisli, and there waa
great activity on both sides preparatory to the great
struggle. |
On Wednesday, a Yankee force, two thousand strong,
lOTidefl at Biloxi, from throe Teasels, arid cut the tele
graph line between Mobile and New Orleans.
LATEST FROM FORTRESS
BECONHOISSANCE TOWARD
Headquarters only Five Nil
Washington, April 6.—We are aut
War Department to state that despatch|i
Monroe, dated three o’clock this (Sui
have been received by the Department.
A reconnoissance had been made toi
The headquarters of the arm) are abou
Yorktown.
There had been some cannonading*
w ithout aa? iejurp on either side.
No engagement bad up to that time ta
Washington, April 6. —The boat, which left Fortress
Monroe at 10 o’clock this morning for Cherrystone Inlet,
brings word that, at that hour, all was quiet in the im-
TMdfate Vicinity, and no indications of any movement on
the part of the Merrimac. I
Important Message from
FIBING HEARD IN THE DII
YORKTOWN.
The Merrimac in me Pry pocfci
Not Much Trouble to the Army of the Potomac
Anticipated.
Washington, April §, 11 o’clock P. M.—The following
message was received at the War Department this even
ing : I
Fortress Mokroe, April &,
nIOXROE, Apri. y.
TotheHox. E. M. Stanto.v, Secretary of War.
We have heard some firing in the direction of Tork
town. ] _
Two or three regiment* have gone to Shipping Point
Prom information received iO-d&y It tli&t UIA
Mcrrimac is in the dry- dock, loaded with coat. She is to
como out of the dock to-day with two more guna—one of
a large calibre.
All goes on very smoothly.
I do not believe the Army of the Totomac win find
many troops to contend with.
J. E. WOOL, Major General.
The boat which brought this message to the Cherry*
Telegv&hh Station loft the fortress at 5 Velock this
afternoon, up to which time there was no change of af
fairs In the immediate vicinity.
FROM GEN. BANKS’ ARMY.
an artillery ft
UNSUCCESSFUL ATTACK BY THE REBELS.
Edenburo, Virginia. April 3 —Allisqjuiet in this corps*
except occasional exchanges of shots, av long range, with
Ashby’s battery.
The troops aro in good condition, an i anxious to move
forward.
General Shields* health continues to improve.
fgnooHß nfi&pJLfon.j
Edenburg, Ya., April 5 —Yesterti ay afternoon the
enemy unmasked a section of a battery three quarters of
a mile from the battery on the right wing of onr forces,
which was unde* tha command of Oapl. Huntingdon,
and situated a mile to the weßt of this town.
The enemy’s object was to drive in our pickets beyond
Stony creek* which divides this town, ajd well as to retard
the operations oftbe bridge-builders. |
Captain Huntingdon shelled the rebels from their po
sition in very short order. During the day the enemy
concealed his force in the ravine, but Jus videttes were
In sight and very active during the figljt. One of them
W»S killed at a distance of si* hundred yArda bp & kllAPß
shooter of tho Wisconsin Third Regiment.
The detachment of the United States Signal Corps,
under Lieutenant Rowley, obtained an excellent view of
t 1.6 flm»my 7 s encampment near Mount Jackson last nighti
There was a large fire kindled on tho mountains oast of
this town, which made » magnificent illumination and
aided their enterprise considerably.
A corps of pioneers and bridge-builde rs lias been ordered
fnrwßid by General William?* and win b© and
unripped immetuaMy, in w»l hero as in other divisions.
Tke position where the advance batteries now rest,
CODiTuandirg all the elevations beyond Stony creek, were
e«-UcU<l bp Qanewil flanks amid tho huttMt of the onn*
iny’fl fixe on Tuesday , and are uoassall able by the rebels.
The military force under Jackson is understood to be
principally composed of impressed in in, who refuse to
fight USi ThoWfWW and Rockingham Have re
turned to a point on the boundary inn between those
counties, where they are entrenched, uid defy Jackson’s
attempts to compel them to join him, md there are ru
inprs of some fighting having taken p! ace between them.
Colonel Holliday, or the First Yen iont cavalry, com
mitted suicide this morning during u temporary fit of
despondency.
Thg Wav ah tke Tenn»see River.
Chicago, April & —The correspondent of the Time*
telegraphs from Cairo, under date of the4th instant, that
the gnnboats Cairo, Lexington , aujd Taylor, and the
transport had made a reconnolasance as far us
Florence, Alabama. They met with no resistance on
the way* and only discovered one deserted battery,
where the enemy had nine guns planted.
Tut. memoirs and entire correspondence of ;
lrving are to be published Ift j
bj Ur- Bentley, during th, coming summer. 1
>RIL T, 1862.
from ISLAND no. 10,
THE REBEL FLOATING BATTER! MS-
>rman.
Darlington
A BATTERY OPPOSITE POINT PLEASANT SILENCED.
Cairo* April 4.—The floating battery of the rebels was
disabled last night.
One shell struck directly in tho battery, killing three
men and disabling it so that it floated down towards the
foot of the island.
The firing to-day has been more active, and did good
execution.
A messenger, who arrived from New Madrid this eve*
ning, reports that the rebels erected a bftttery last night,
opposite Point Pleasant, and this morning opened fiercoly
on our works.
After firing for some time the battery was silenced by
our gum, and a warehouse, on the Kentucky ihefe. was
fired by our sheila and its contents consumed by the
No casualties are reported on our ride.
The lobs of tho rebels is not known, but several must
b4SU killed. All ! a cotet here.
Nkw Madrid, April 3.—The telegraph line was to-day
discovered to have been cut in a dozen places between
here and Sikeston.
Gen. Fope Immediately issued a special order, directing
that the residents along the route be held responsible for
the safety of the telegraph line.
He announces that if any damage is done to it near
thtir farms or residences, their houses shall be burned,
and themselves and families arrested, and brought to
headquarters, and visited with the severest punishment.
resterday from
Captain John
of wir,** li4a
FROM NEW MADRID.
She Gunboat Carondeiet Buns the Gauntlet at
amand of the
ijnrieß, which,
jfced to do very
FIRED AT, BUT NOT STRUCK
rable for mIH-
Washington, April 6.—A despatch to the Secretary of
War, dated New Madrid, April sth, says that Captain
Waugh, with the gunboat Carondeiet, run the gauntlet
at Island No. 10, last night, and is now available to Gen.
Pope. She was fired upon from the Memphis batteries,
Vut not struck once.
MONROE.
IMAC
BEACREGARD REPORTED TO DATE
[RHSIDE TO
REBEL ARMY AT CORINTH OUTFLANKED
AND OBLIGED TO FALL BACK.
Nkw York, April 5 Tim N. Y. World, in an extra.
says that private information derived from a responsi
ble source has reached here, that Beauregard has been
ontfl&Dked iu the position his rebel army occupied near
Corinth, Miss., and was obliged to fall back ; and also,
that a heavy body of United States troops had got In
between the enemy and the city of Memphis, not far
from the Mississippi, thus cutting off communication and
retreat.
it meow
vrktown
/AVANNAH,
Ver.
“ Glorious news,” adds the Worlds “ may be expected
from that quarter in a day or two.*’
,oxr,Miss.
LETTER FROM NEW YORK
A Bogus Sufferer for the Sake of tlie Union—
News from tlio Privateer Sumpter
York Book Trade Sale A new Revenue
Cutter—Launch of a new Steamer—Prof.
Agassiz—A Rebel Shell—Serious Illness of
Rev. Hr. Bangs—For the Burnside Expe
dition—lncrease of Business itt the Ship
yards—Result of the Billiard Tournament-
Present to Lieut. Worden, of the Monitor
Departure of Steamers—Markets, Jtc., Arc.
[Correspondence of The Press ]
Nkw York, April 5,1562.
On Friday, United States Marshal Murray was visited
by a lady and gentleman residing in the upper part of
the city, who complained that a young man and his wife,
whom ttey had taken into their house temporarily ffqgj
motives of benevolence, and who had represented them
selves as escaped Unionists from Mississippi, having suf
fered the most intolerable assaults at the hands of the
rebels, had been conducting themselves in such a manner
as to jnniify the suspicion that they were deceivers j and as
they euspected their loyalty, hopod they would be arrested.
The marshal at once instruct Detectives Devoe and
Sampson to arrest the Missisaippian and wife, which they
did in the course of the afternoon. It appears that tho
young man who has given his name as the Rev. R. j.
Hall, B. C. Hall, M. D., and B. J. Hall, Esq., visited
several of the pastors of our city churches, and delivered
an address at two of them Jast Sunday, giving a heart
rending account of his sufferings to large congregations.
Collections were taken In his behalf, which amounted to
$6l. He had been stopping at Earle’s Hotel, in Canal
street, bat to reduce his expenses and to facilitate tho
exercise of benevolence* the lady and gentleman
who called at the maroh&l’g office took him and
his wife home and made ample provision for them.
Although Hall was suspected on Sunday night of telliug
a very doubtful story, the people with whom he was
residing could not be induced to distrust him. It ap
pears that bis -wife was obtained in answer to an ad
vertisement in the Albany newspapers, and that they
were married after five hours 1 acquaintance. From a
letter which she had written last Saturday, It is revealed
tt»t she is connected with n gmg of Terr low characters
In Albany. The young gentleman ie now a prisoner, and
confesses that bis whole representations hare been false.
His wife states that she was obliged to do and to say Just
what be ordered her; to appear sick when he said so;
to cry when he related some heart rending story t and to
co-operat© witb him generally in his bogus transactions.
The schooner Forest King, Capt. Perry, from Gibral
tar, arrived this morning, reports the Sumpter as being at
that place 11th of February, and without coal, The
commander of her had offered $l2 per ton for it, but
few persons would sell to bimi although the market price
was hut $B. Everyone was anxiously looking for an
American man-of-war. It jb said some 30 of her craw
had deserted while in Gibraltar.
The catalogue of the Trade Sale has been issued, and
comprises lists of books from all the leading publishers
in the United States. The sale oammoneea on Tuesday
and will continue till Saturday, at the new sales rooms in
Mercer street.
The British iron-Bcrow steamer Le Mar chant, formerly
plying in the waters of Newfoundland, has been pur
chased by the Government, aud converted into a revenue
cutter. The Bum paid for her was about $20,099, bat
6ome $lO,OOO additional was spent in fitting her out for
her new vocation. She was christened the Mi ami, and
sailed fiom this port on Friday, with Collector Barney on
board.
To-day, the steamer N&w En(/land was launched She
is for the International Steamship Company, of Port
land, Maine. Her dimensions are: Length,23o feet;
beam, 31 feet; depth of hold, 12 feet. She is intended to
ply between Boston and St. John's, touching at Portland
and Eastport.
Prof. Igßssiz will deliver liU last lectnre, being sup
plementary to the course, on Monday evening.
A shell, weighing 72 pounds, is on exhibition in this
city, which was thrown, March 10th, a distance of nearly
four miles, from a rebel battery at Acquia Creek. It fell
among the pickets of the Excelsior Brigade, and buried
itself several feel in (ho ground without exploding.
The venerable Rev. Nathan Bangs is seriously ill at
bis residence in this city. His death is looked for at
any moment.
Two steamers—the S. S. Griswold and Highland
Light— left this port to-day with stores for the Burußide
expedition.
Business is dallj beeormnff lively In the ship-yitrds at
Greenpoint, and the lull of the past few weeks promises to
be followed by a season of activity.
At tbe Continental works, where the Galena has been
receiving her ftrnmnenti two more gunVonts on tbe emu?
palters have beeu commenced. At tho Eagle sawmill,
Messrs Ingersol & Co., of New York, are building forty
large launches for the Government. Mr- Henry Steers
has commenced work on a steamer of 4,000 tons burden
for M. O. Roberts, Esq., agent of the Pacific Mail Steam
ship Company. Webb & 801 l Are busily engaged filling
their yard with timber* preparatory to commencing work
on three large vessels for which they have received a
contract. A new yard Is about to be opened by S F.
Williams, who has a large amount of work under con
tract.
The remit of tho billiard tournament, in behalf of the
family of the late Joseph N. White, in this city* who
was killed accidentally several weeks ago, is said to be
sl*ooo.
Tbe Rev. Dr. Anderson, late of Boxbnry, commences
his pastoral relations with the First Baptist Church to
morrow. TbU is the chureh formerly unde? the pastoral
charge of Dr. Spencer Cone, and more recently under
the care of the lamented Kingman Nolfc.
Lieutenant Worden, of the Monitor* is to be the re
cipient ot a handsome gold snuff-box, at the hands of tho
citizens of Buffalo* N. Y. It weighs nine ounces, worth
$360, inches Vide, lnches long* and Inch deep.
It is handsomely and appropriately ornamented. It has
inscribed upon it:.
«* Lieut. John L. Worden* V. S. Y.,
From citizens of Buffalo, N. Y.”
Also:
MONROE,
OBXTOWW.
i;le» Distant*
ithorized by the
iia from Fortress
lidar) afternoon,
r&rd Yorktown.
; five miles from
but apparently
LECTION OF
“ You beat the Hertdmac au«t saved the
Several gentlemen of this city bare arranged a benefit
for the families of the sailors killed or wounded in the
late engagement in Hampton Roads. The performances,
in which the crews of the Cumberland and Congress,
and the hand of the North Carolina are to participate)
will come off at the Academy ofMußtc.
The steamer Sazonia, which left this port to-day for
Hamburg, took 8160,000 in specie. The Edinburgh, for
Liverpool, $305,000. Total, $465,000.
The following were the sales of stocks at the second
board, to-day 1
60000 U 86s *Bl Cp.... 92# 60 Pacific M 5..560 98
35000 US 6s *Bl Beg.. 92# 25 do s3O 9B
4000 111 War Loan... 87# 400 do 98#
3000 Cal State 7s 85# 50 do blO 98#
6000 Missouri 65.100 49# 50 NY Gen 8..... 82#
5000 do b3O 49# 250 Erie It 37#
1000 do 49# 250ErieR Pr0f..... 61#
1000 HAP duC Ist m 89# 60 do b3O 62
15000 Am G01d.... 530.102 100 Mich Gen R.... 55#
25f 00 do 102 200 Mich 3 & NIR.. 23#
00000 do 510.102 100 111 dent 8cp..b30 00#
200 Cleve A P R.sBO 17 50 do b3O 60#
THE MARKETS.
Asnss.—The market is unchanged ; the demand light;
sales of Pots at $5.62#. and Peails at 85.50.
Flock amis Meal The market fur u Gators and otato
Flour is dull, and tbe low grades are again easier, but
the better grades are steady; Ihe storm and opening of
the Hudson river check businoss; onr inside quotations
apply to that exposed on the pier.
The solos are 4,700 bbla At 93,1005.22# for Buperfin e
State and Western; $5 2505.35 for extra State; $5 40®
6.66 for fancy do; 55.26a6.55 for tike low grades of
Western extra; $5.7505.85 for shipping brandß of round
hoop extra Ohio, and 55.95»6.C0 for trade brands do.
Canadian Flour is dull and lower; the demand is
mainly tor tke borne trade j sales of 400 l>bli At $6.90®
6.60 for extras. . ... , .
Southern Flour is inactive; the supply liberal; Bales
of 470 bbla at $5.4000 for mixed to good superfine Bal
timore, Ac., and $6.1007 for extras. nln .., .
Rye Flour is in fair request; the union are 2M bids at
$3»4.25 for extra. .., ™
Corn Meal is steady; sales of 150 bbls at $2.80®2 90
for Jersey and $3.16 for Brandywine. .
Whisky. Tbe market is a shade earner and is quiet;
sales ot 480bbla at 22#®22#c for State and 23c for
The Wheat market is qulie dull ; the absence
the steamer’s mail checks the inquiry ; tha receipts aro
larger; sale of 2,700 bushels good red Western, iu store,
at $1.34, and 3,000 bushels Canada Club cm private
terms.
Barley !.« dull and lowpy; salosnflJOObiM at the
railroad depot.
Barley Malt is quiot at $1.0501.06.
Oat* are more plenty, and are dull aud lower: sales or
W?§Torn and Canadian at 39&40c, and Stateat 40# 041 c.
© IS more rtctrre, but prices are HnclittßguJ t seller* of
7,800 bus at 78®T0c on pier, and 81c doHvered, in part td
COl7l is ciiii.'t au<l st<ady, hut less active; tho.loitmr.il
is mainly lo comotetocargoes ; sole- ufSihoOU bii* i*t on©
Mho for Vi'Ktnrn mill'd 111 Atari!; 00c for do dwiTPTM i
tdatUefor .1 of toy yellow—the letter Tor dry i end while
Southern on ,r!vatn term..
PnovrsroNS.—The Pork market is unite Brin ; the de
mand ta fair, panicidarly for Prime Mem; Mle. of l,.un
Will at *l3OlO liX for Meet, 9fin iO®M mr
Prime Mm, *6.80 fur Old lowa Prime, an.i {loioltM
for Prime. . *
Beef is steady and In fair request *, sales of 125 bbls. at
$12®13 for plain mess, and $14.25014.50 for extra.
Beef Hhiuk ar e quiet Bacon is iu fair request; salos ot
i&AiiAXM&tAUefe* WastAru Cnmborlaiul Cut * 7®B#c
for short-ribbed do., and 7#c for shun dear do. Out
Meats RTe steady; soles of 720 boxes at 4#®sc for
shoulders; 6#®7#c for dry hams—the latter for short
Cl Lard is lees active, but without change; salsa of 700
bbls. ni a-R# c.
Font Men Poisoneil —On Saturday week four
men were poisoned near Huntingdon, Canada, by
drinking bug poison, which they supposed to be
whisky. Two nflhem shortly died« find but Jittio
hopes are ©nlottainfid o( thfi MOOVWy Of thB OttidFß.
AILED.
Island No. 10.
BEEN OUTWITTED.
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE.
HABEisnuao, April 9?1802.
HOUSE.
The House met at 10 o’clock.
The hill tv wnfirm the reTiwd grade and surrey rogu«
latiors or tbe first and second see dons or West Philadel
phia pasted finally.
The bill to incorporate the Philadelphia Commercial
Wharf and Railroad Company passed fiually.
The bill relative to tbe Shamokln Valley ttu4 Pottsrillo
Railroad Company pawed finally.
The supplement to the Lackawanna and Dloomsbnrg
Railroad Company was Indefinitely postponed.
The bill to incorporate tho Easton ana Iron Hitt Rail
road finally.
The bill for the relief of the Chester Valle y Railroad
CVBIPM)' passed finally.
The supplement to the Penn Warehouse Company vai
passed finally.
The bill relative to the gas companies passed finally.
The bill relating to official bonds in tbe county of
Philadelphia was pasted.
The supplement to the act incorporating the city of
Harrisburg pfiHNed finally,
The bm io promote the efficiency of the military or
Philadelphia passed finally.
Thn supplement to the North PennsylvanlS'Railroad
Company was taken up, in order, on second reading.
Mr. DONNkI.LY moved tolpoetpone for the present,
pbich yras pot Rgrff{ | tol
Tim previous question was called, and the House
ordered the main question to be put—yeas 41, nays 39.
Tbebill passed secoud reailiug—yeas 46, nays 32; and
was ordered to bo transcriber! for a third reading.
On motion of Mr. lIOI*KiN3, or Washington, a reso
lution WBB adopted requesting the Auditor Genera! to
inform the House what amount of taxes were pail by
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, for tho last fiscal
year previous to January, 1861, on its stock, bonds, di
vidends, or property.
Adjourned.
Interesting hews front the Rebel States.
Late Southern papers contain the following items
of news:
CASUALTIES IN TBE VALLEY FIGUT
The Richmond Dispdtik bi April 1 ihj&i Ala
late hour last night we had a conversation with
Cant. Thom, who had just arrived from Staunton.
The statements which he gave us fully confirm
the previous accounts of the heroism of our troops.
He exhibited the perforation ip the left breast of
his coat, mado by a Mime bail, which struck a Tes
tament in his pocket, and glanced off upon his vest.
His escape is xsiracuiouß.
We regret to learn that Captain J. Z. Jones, com
manding one of the companies of tho Irish bat
talion. waa shot down during the battle. It is to ba
hoped that his wound did not prove fatal.
From all accounts that we have received, the
Irish battalion must have fought with heroic des
peration. The fact that so many of their officers
were wounded is a proof of the assertion.
Our last news from General Jackson encourages
us in the belief that should the enemy give him
another opportunity for a fight, he will add fresh
glory to the Southern arms.
The number of our wounded in the hospitals at
Staunton Is about, one hundred and eighty. Philip
Williams, Esq,, Rev. B. F. Brooks, and other citi
zens of Winchester, were permitted, two or three
days after the fight, to come out from Winchester
and bury our dead, and report that there were
eighiy-thl>e& f&li&d Upon the field m all. When we
consider the small number of prisoners taken by
the enemy, we have a full confirmation of previous
accounts that our loss was by no means so great as
that of the Feder&ls.
Other persons who left Winchester after the fight
report that the consternation of the Yankees was
intense; that they were fully aware of the fact
that they had encountered a “ stone wall” whose
strength was really impregnable.
Lieut. JackHeth, reported killed, was buried in
the Methodist Episcopal graveyard at Newtown.
ARRIVAL OF UNION PRISONERS AT RICHMOND.
The Richmond Dispatch, of April Ist says:
The Central train, of last evening, brought in
twenty-nine Yankee prisoners and one negro, cap
tured on the Rappahannock on Saturday last.
Among the number are six commissioned officers,
including one colonel and two lieutenant colonels.
They were captured in an engagement on the day
above mentioned ; and* it is said, lost, in addition
to these, a number in killed and wounded, They
belonged to an adventurous party, wbo were en
deavoring to advance near our lines, when they
were encountered by Wheat’s battalion, which en
gaged, until General Stuart came up with a portion
of his brigade, and the enemy were signally routed.
Qur toss is represented to hare been inconsiderable.
Another appeal for bells.
The Norfolk Day liooi-, of April 2, contains the
following;
The Ordnance Bureau of the Qovemment appeals
to the people for the use of all the bells they can
spare for the purpose of providing light artillery
for the public defence
The reason for and the terms on which the appeal
is based are given below, and we invite the atten
tion of all to it, suggesting, at the same time, to tho
press of the country that they may advance the
cause by giving it a conspicuous place:
TO THE PATRIOTIC—THE VALUE OP CHURCH BELLS.
The Ordnance Bureau of tbe Confederate States
solicits the use of such bolls as can bo spared during
the war, for the purpose of providing light artillery
for the public defence. While copper is abundant,
the supply of tin is deficient to conyert the copper
into bronze. Bolls contain so much tin that 2,100
lbs weight of bell metal, mixed with the proper
quantity of copper, will suffice for a field battery of
six pieces. Those who are willing to devote their
bells to this patriotic purpose will receive receipts
for them, and the belts will be replaced, if required,
at the close of the war, or they will be purchased
.it fair prices.
Bells may be directed as follows :
Richmond Arsenal, Richmond, Ya., Cap. 13. Gt.
Baldwin.
Fayetteville Arsenal, Favetteville, N. 0., Capt.
J. C. Booth.
Charleston Arsenal, Charleston, S. C., Capt. F
L. Childs.
Augusta Arsenal Augusta, Ga., Lieut. Col. W.
G. Gill.
Mount Vernon Arsenal, Mount Vernon, Ala.,
Capt. J. L. White.
Columbus Depot, Columbus, Miss., Major W. R.
Hunt.
Atlanta Depot, Atlanta, Georgia, Lieut. M. H.
Wright.
Savannah Depot, Savannah, Ga., Capt. R. M.
Cuyler-
Knoxville Depot, Knoxvillo, Ga., Lieut. P. M.
McClung.
Baton Ronge Arsenal, Baton Rouge, La., F. C.
Humphreys, Military Storekeeper.
Montgomery Depot, Montgomery, Ala., C. G.
Wagner, Military Storekeeper.
The Government will pay all charges to thesa
places, and receipts will be promptly returned to
the proper parties.
Persons and congregations placing their bells at
the service of the Government ere requested to
send a statement of the fact, with a description and
we'ghtof the bell, to the Chief of the Bureau of
Ordnance, at Richmond, for record in the War
Department.
AK.MV WANTED TO REPULSE THE YANKEES.
The New Orleans Crescent says that they shall
need at least eight hundred thousand men, in
cluding the militia, to repel the Northern invaders
It therefore suggests that all the lauds of the Cotton
SlilH will be needed to r&Us food f.ss the uuiy.
MOVEMENTS OF YANCEY.
The Petersburg (Va.) Express publishes a
despatch from Richmond, stating that Wm. L,
Yancey had arrived in that city and taken his seat
iu the fjvmito.
Miscellaneous Items,
[From the Norfolk Bay Book, April 10
Twenty-seven thousand arms and fifty tons of
£6wd6V have lately bean received at Memphis.
Ail persons having muskets or other arms in
llieir possession had better deliver them forthwith
at the sergeant’s office, or they will be fined.
We learn that a portion of the fleet hare gone
i& as a from Hampton Hoads, and that the Moni
tor' occupies a position inside of Hampton Bar,
where she is probably awaiting the arrival of the
Virginia.
Information has been received that a number of
steam engines* used for exo&vntings aro still on tho
Albemarle and Chesapeake canal.
These engines would be of use to the enemy
should they fall into their hands, and it appears to
us that it would be better to have them brought to
this city.
We also learn that there is a large quantity of
coal on the canal, and this, too, might be brought
here and put to gqod.use
A despatch dated Savannah, March 26, states
tb&t s9Ysrfi9r £rown lately seised ten tj^usan^
bushels of coni, in Central Georgia, it being in
tended for distillation into whisky.
On Monday last the Catholic priest aud the Epis
copal minister of Nashville were notified that un
less they desist from praying for Jeff Davis aud the
Southern Confederacy, they should be sent to- Port
Lafayette.
The negroes of Colonel L. A. Jordan, of Georgia,
hearing that he had a company on the coast named
after him, made with their own bands, and pre
sented through their master to Lieutenant Sett,
of the Jordan Grays, seventy-six pairs of socks, part
wool and part cotton.
Captain R. Lindsey Walker, who has gained so
gm9h fame as the commander of the Purcell Bat
tery, of Richmond, has been promoted to the rank
of major of artillery.
Rev. Ezekiel Burdine died recently at his resi
dence, in Russell county, Va., aged eighty-seven
M. J. Wicks, the banker at Memphis, raised
a company for the war, and then gave eaoh mem
ber a check for $3OO.
The Amherst militia, to the number of two hun
dred and fifty, have gone into camp at the Court
House, and Witt leave, as soon as transportation d&tt
he obtained, for tbe seat of war.
A company has been formed at Montgomery for
erecting a rolling mill. . . ~
In the House of Delegates, on Saturday night, a
communication was received from tke Governor
announcing the death of Mr. Harvey, Senator from
the Westmoreland district.
Gen. Floyd arrived at his residence, in Abing
ton, last Tuesday morning, and will Me a abort
respite from his arduous duties of tbe field.
Gen. Humphrey Marshall, whose headquarters
are now at Lebanon, Russell county, va., has
called out the militia of Russell, Washington, Scott,
Wise, and Lee, to drive baok the enemy now threat,
ruing to advance upon us by way of Pound Gap.
Col. Edward Yarborough, proprietor of the Yar
borough House, in Raleigh, N. C., died last Thurs-
inim named Price, itoptllAßed Ml the ftharge Of
conspiring with negroes, made his escape front the
jail of Montgomery county, Va., last week.
An affray took place recently, a few miles above
DeSoto, La., between George W. Grove and Dr.
A, M, Young, in which iho latter rM&IMI t»5
shots, which, it was supposed, would terminaie
fatally.
W. A. Lord, transportation agent on tbe Mobile
and Ohio Hnilroad, died recently, in consequence
of an injury rcceivnl on the xonfl,
The Charleston Mercury saya r General Wal
ker’s disease, we regret to learn, has taken an un
favorable turn, presenting symptoms that give
lnuob Alarm for too result.
Hon. William Pope, of St. Luao;s parisU* 5* C tJ
died on tbe lfith ult., near Sanderiville, Ga.
Tbe Faivaumih corrcspondwTit (Marob 14) com
plains that the military draft has crippled manu
facturing estaluh in cilia to utioh ftu extout that they
cannot earry oil tile almost fettMltial bUiiflOUS Of
tbe Government.'’
This correspondent says that tho defences of Siv
vannnh extend from the Savannah river, north *>f
the oity, to thc Lnuiftville road, thus finishing tkd
circuit of earthworks extending from river to
river.
JduMTioNS op War.—A Harrisburg exchange
raj! V The Adams Express Company on Saturday
took through this oity six cannon balls, manufac
tured at Pittsburg, eaoh of whioh weighed five
hundred pounds ! These fellows are on their way
to Fortress Monroe, and are intended for the big
Union gun. if need, and well waxed, they will
probably make their mark.
General Kelley has assigned Major O. E.
Swearingen, Third Virginia Volunteers, the
Command of the post of Wheeling, in Lieut.
Coicn.l Hubtmrti who htw gun, to his wfhqvnt,
The Bankrupt Law,
jffor The Frosa.J
I notice in some of the morning papers a resold'
tion of a special committee of our Board of Trade,
to the effect that a memorial should be prepared.
alltißg 0 engross te sppetnt a commission to consider
the subjeet of ,e bankrupt law during the reoeu of
Congress. I presume the gentlemeu of this com
mittee are not aware that at the last extra session
of Congress such a commission; under the name sf
a committee, was appointed to consider the subjeet,
and report at tbe present session. At the heed of
that committee is an able lawyer from the State of
New York, (Mr. Roscoe Conkling,) who has given
to the subject very great attention and study.
That committee bare had tbe matter in con
sideration now for eight months; they have pro
cured from Europe ali the reports and evidence
at various times laid before the British Parliament,
with copies of reports of committees, and the last
bankrupt bill passed by Great Britain; also, all
the information which the jurisprudence and ex
perience of other commercial countries—Hoff and,
France, and Spain —could furnish ; they have also
taken the pains to procure the very extensive
correspondence had by the lato Daniel Webster on
the subject of a bankrupt law over twenty years
age: copies of all the acts passed oa tho suhjoot by
tbe different State 3, and an unusual amount of in
formation and data from various quarters.
Mr. Conkling has also taken pains to obtain the
suggestions and opinions of the principal mercantile
men and mercantile lawyers of the United States.
On the other hand the petitions and memorials laid
before Congress, urgently calling for the passage of
a bankrupt law, aa being required by the interests
of the whole mercantile community, are sighed by
some of the principal bankers and merchants of
New York, and of other commercial centres, men
who cannot for a moment be supposed to have an
idea of availing themselves of tho law, but who
represent, almost exclusively, the creditor interest.
A more industrious committee could not hare
been appointed. As the result of their labors and
consideration, this committee reported a bill some
fis weeks finoo; after a second reading in the
House, it was, at their own request, recommitted
to them, and it is understood that they are now
about ready to re-report it, with such additions as
their experience and study suggested as desirable.
For the gentlemen of our Board of Trade, then,
without knowing what has been done on the subject,
coolly to resolve that Congress should be memorial
ized to appoint a commission to oonsider the subject
during the recess, is little better than an insult to
the gentlemen who have given themselves up to the
subject, or else it shows a very great ignorance on
the subject.
Among tho housog and individuals who have
signed the petitions to Congress, above referred to,
in favor of a bankrupt law, are Duncan Sherman A
Co., N. L. A G. Griswold, C. H. Marshall A Co.
Carpenter A Vermilye, Claflen, Mellen, A Co.,
Ketchum, Bon, A Co., Auguste Belmont A Co ,
Howland A Aspinwaii, M. H. Grinnell, of New
York; McKean, Eorie, fc Co.,J. Daiiett A Co.,
John Grigg, Drexel A Co., Jay Cooke A Co.,
Thos, Wattmm A Sons, E. W, Clark A Co„ Buck
ner, McCammon, A Co., A. J. Derbyshire* Co.,
John Edgar Thomson, and many other oitizens of
high standing, of Philadelphia; Ch. Stetson, John
L. Sattier, James C. Hall, of Cincinnati, Ac.
April 1, 1962. A. B.
The Bankrupt Law,
But one opinion seems to prevail at present in
regard to the necessity of having some just and
equitable bankrupt law. Such a law is called for
by both debtor and creditor, and the state of the
country is such that immediate action is required.
The debtor asks for legislative action and re
lief, that he may have a chance, nnoe more, to
go to work; Tho creditor demands a uniform
law, to aid him in his collections, and to pro
tect him against sharp practice and fraud. Busi
ness men by thousands, all over the country,
have been made bankrupt by the present re
bellion, and the question la whether Such men
shall bo permanently laid upon the shelf. The
battle-field is not tbe only place where men bare
been life-maimed and life-crippled. Every mart of
business has its wounded, groaning sufferers, who
demand our sympathy alike with our blooding sor
row-stricken soldiers. They have not been pierced
with rebel bullets, but they and their families, having
lost their earthly all, are bowed with suffering in
spiritquite as keen as ever was endured in the flesh.
Samaritan sympathy is in order, Us?!
and everywhere, and now is the time to show is.
Many of our mast valuable citizens* noble hearted
merchants, and active business men, have been
ruined hopelessly by this pro-slavery rebellion.
We know of men by scores whose bankruptcy has
been caused wholly by this wickedness, They are
inen of honor and of Christian integrity, and not
the kind of men who whine or give up, except under
extraordinary pressure. They are just the men we
cannot afford to spare. We want their influence,
aud the benefit of their experience. We want their
help in bearing tbe heavy burdens of taxation soon
to be thrown upon us.
There are a to? exiles? who* «on princi
ple,* * fnever release & debtor. They think they
have the Divine right to oppress a man and ** hold
their debt over him for life,’* rather than yield el
penny, principal or interest. Such men like the
Golden Rule in the abstract, but they think, in
their case, it don’t apply. Of course not, fur it was
cover meant to apply to thoso who have no aoul«.
There is no way to meet such men except with a
bankrupt law.
Objection is made to any movement in Congress
just now, because it is said that the South would
take advantage of it* and iminediatuly free itself
from Northern indebtedness, Such cannot be the
opinion of any reflecting business mnn. We want a
bankrupt law tn enable us to coerce these Southern
repudiators There is no hope of obtaining mouey
from them to any considerable extent, unless we can
have some compulsory pomr which now does not
exist. The South would undoubtedly provent all
agitation of the subject, in Congress, if it bad the
ability. What the sham Government of Jeff Davis
& Go. has not taken from the people it will be hard
io get, without the grip of Federal power. We
want a law, therefore, a national law, which shall
compel a man who has property, North or Sonth,
touso that property in paying his debts. Such a
law would make the rebels squirm, short meter.
We want a law which shall compel a man to give up
all he has, under oath, so that if these men South
perjure themselves, they not only will not “ free
themselves from debt,” but wiU lose all their
property, &&d tk&fi. Bot &btain & discharge. With
out a bankrupt law, therefore, our business men
will be great sufferers. As soon as we can con*
quer peace, we want every dollar that can be col
lected from the South in the shortest possible
timoi If we Lave no other aid than Southern
State laws will give us, we skall see poor and sluw
work in making collections. We shall find rebel
lion here in a troublesome form, and wo want the
power to moot it. Lot us, then, have a permanent
jaw, Iliade as perfect, as humane, and as just as
faliible inen can make it; one which shall be alike
beneficial to debtor and creditor. Suoh a law will
save millions which otherwise will be lo3t. It will
f>revent fraud, assignments, preferejicer, expensive
itigations, and an almost cndlcsadelay in settling
up a bankrupt estate,
It is a matter of groat surprise that, while Eng
land, France, and most other countries, have for
years enjoyed the advantages of a permanent bank
rupt law, this country has net yet deemed it ex
pedient to adopt such a mtasaro. The conflicting
interests of debtor and creditor, which always
exist, and which are always pressed on both sides,
make it necessary that overy well-governed com
mercial nation should adopt some judicious, uni
form, OBd equifabie i»w by wbfcb the fws©ta pf
every bankrupt shall be fairly distributed.
One thing the Southern States will probably do,
if we have no national bankrupt law. They will
pass laws, when tbe war is over, to prevent the col
lection of debts due the North. Unprincipled ai
they have shown themselves to he, in rebelling
against the best Government on earth, they will not
fail, after their overthrow, to repudiate every
Northern liability by tho most stringent legal en
actment*. A bankrupt law Is therefore a necessity.
We hope, therefore, that Congress will lose no
time in attending to this matter, lor it is one of the
uttermost importance, and is so acknowledged to be
by all sound business men.—lV. l p . Independent.
Public Amusements.
Miss Charlotte Thompson, tbe most sifted young ac
tress of her time, will play at the Walnut-street Theatre
this evening, and every nveuiug during the week. Mias
Thompson is only twenty yc*ra oi age, bat her concep
tions of difficult parts seem as mature as those of most
tragediennes of forty. Her physique is not poweriu!*
but she is therefore enabled to develop the graceful and
ih& pathetic as Artistes of greater bodily endowments
cnmiot <lo. Her hiflhtntfa are U'fhNlb§, and her face ex
pressive, albeit not intense or strongly individual. Tha
charm of her acting lies in her eyes, which are beaming
with feeling, aud almost speak the meaning of tho play.
Her acting is not onty effective hut natural, and she
teirly OLters into tho Bpintof her characters, often to a
degree almost fearful from its very earnestness. Had
Hiss Thompson more power we should prophesy for her
the lending pints in the fßfnrp °f ft?
her negative Hbilitha, tiowovor, so tar comptneate, that
mail? critic, prefer her rcndltlftn. to the more vigorous
ones of better endowed actresses.
The Irish drama of “The McCarthy; or, the Peepo*
■will he produced flie CoUilhtLUl TlvetUfJ 1&.
night, with new, and, we are assured, good sconery. Mr.
J. B. ftudloy, generally acceptable in whatever part ha
asumiits, will personate The McCarthy, and the other
cWncUPa seatu to be tolerably distributed. This drama,
has been highly successful at Laura Keene’s Theatre,
New York, and should be a profitable investment with
Mt-Keon, who has purchased the sole right to perform
it here,
•‘Croohore im-Bilhoge” will be played to,night at
the Arch-street Theatre, with all its splendid scenery
and stage effects. Tbe people have endorsed this play*
and their approval is tlie best criticism.
■yyp lm>-© seen, prvrately, ihe picture of Ihe United
Slates steamer Jfonffor, which will be publicly exhibited
this evening at the Assembly Building. It makes a very
pretty and attractive appearance. Tho people now hare
an opportunity to i£G tho ropresoDtflfkHi of Ihfi Ittfit YfW
yppsel afloat. The UMeftun of ludlft and the Bepoy re*,
hellion will also bo oxhihitud.
Siunor FRitiiLi.i’j 4 CtiwVOKitT.—lt will l»« seen that a
tirHiid compliiiieiilttr)’ fW!«rt l>« bwniecdMßi to Signor
lVidlt by hi* numerous puoiUi souu or too licit ot whom
■will lcrnl their v.lunb c nssistauco on the occasion. Par
ticular* wilt tic given in future suuonncrmsuts.
FATAL Agcideht.—Ycstenlay nftvr
„oon, ns the yacht X IF. Ruan was coming nt> Urn Dot*.
w»re and «U»u opeobite Red Bank, out 1 of her owners
named James B«ubr«, and a tnember of tho yuchtcliib*
unn imdtftruly hß9fhcd evejbosrd bjr the boom, ttferta
were made t« bi»t« him, but wring t°
a email lwat, which was immediately launched, th4y
were imsuccesstnl, uml Mr. Bennett sunk to riae no
BMiro. Ho was a sou of Mr. Jeremiah llennett. a well
known pilot, and loaveaa wife and family residing near
Third 'and Catharine- streets.
Anotiier Victim. Annie McUmc**
uey, a young lady who was terribly burned at the tinv
in tile Twrnty-fuurth wnrJ. Bite dlej .bout 11 o clock,
being the twelfth person lmving succumtieil to their In.
jnries.
Ersignation of a Pastor -The- R?t>
Henry WsJjwoitlr lmving resigned from the psstorshig
of the Arch.strtet Preshyterisn Ohurcb, with the inten.
lion of going to Cstlfornls, hU ptsce hss been fitisd b,
the Kev. Janus Crowell, late or the Seventh Prejbtie
rian Church, who preached his first lerman VMlerdag
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