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TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 1862
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the latest WAR NEWS.
The intelligence from Fortress Monroe is ex
citing. Gen. McClellan has telegraphed to the
War Department that he had thoroughly examined
the rebel fortifications, and found them very formi
dable, especially their water batteries. The place
will have to he besieged, but its ultimate fall is
certain. Gen. Wool 9ays that there are 30,000
rebels behind the entrenchments, under the com
mand of Gen. Magruder.
Affairs on the Mississippi, in the neighborhood
of Island No. Ten, aro coming to a decisivo point.
Two of our gunboats have run the rebel blockade,
and arrived safely at New Madrid. A ferry-boat,
also, has reached the same point by a new route
around the swamps. Under cover of those Gen.
Pope crossed the river, and landed on the Tennes
see shore. No doubt, oro this, bo has Cut off the
rebel retreat by land, and perhaps attacked their
batteries. The movement thus far has been a suc
cess, and we should not bo surprised to hear at
any moment of the capture of the whole rebel
force in that vicinity.
The news from General McClellan’s army is
meagre, but enough U known to warrant the belief
that a desperate battle is impending. Shipping
Point, and a number of other places not named in
the telegraph hayo been occupied by our forces.
Several skirmishes have lately taken place, in
which three of our men have been killed and
six wounded. All of onr men are represented
to be in good spirits and eager for the coming
conflict.
The official despatch about the occupation of
Washington, North Carolina, lias been received.
The expedition consisted of two gunboats and eight
hundred men from a Massachusetts regiment, but
no opposition was made to their takiog of the place.
Many of the inhabitants wore found to be loyal,
and large numbers expressed a willingness to eaiist
and fight for the Stars and Stripes.
General Sickles’ command have had a skirmish
at Stafford Court House, on the Lower Potomac.
Six rebel prisoners and a number of horses, im
portant letters, etc., wore captured by our forces.
A portion of Q encral Buell’s army have reached
Sholbyville, fifty-niao miles southeast of Nashville
and about fifty miles from the Alabama line. The
troops were enthusiastically welcomed by the in
habitants.
The Navy Department has received intelligence
that, when the Mernmac retired from the contest
with the Monitor, she had seven feet of water in
her hold. One shot from the Cumberland riddled
her. while one from the Moni tor entered one of
her port-holes, dismounting two guns.
Congress Yesterday.
Senate. —Tho military committee reported a
bill authorizing the transfer of the appropriation
made for fortifications to the building of iron-clad
gunboats. The confiscation bill was taken up. Mr.
Trumbull delivered a lengthy and able speech in
advocacy of the proposition.
House. — Mr. White, of Indiana, offered a reso
lution of inquiry as to the feasibility of proposing
qnd recommending a plan for gradual
tion. and the extinction of slavery in the Border
States by the people and local authorities thereof;
and whether such is expedient and desirable. The
resolution was adopted. Definite action was then
commenced upon the amendments to the tax bill.
Pennsylvania Legislature.
Senate.—The supplement to the act incorpora
ting the Arch-street and Falrmount Passenger Rail
way Company w&s, on motion, reconsidered, and
rejected. An act relative to the election of our City
Councils from the rural wards was passed.
Horsz. —The bill for the relief of the stock
holder and creditors of the Fairmount Passenger
Railway was passed finally. The supplement to
the North Pennsylvania Railroad Company passed
finally. The stay law was under discussion at the
hour of adjournment.
The Foreign News.
The steamer Hibernian, which arrived at
Portland yesterday, brings us five days’ later
news from Europe than previously received.
The President’s emancipation policy was still
a fruitful theme for the comments of the Eng
lish journals. The Baity News rejoices over
the fact of its passage by the House of Repre
sentatives, while the Times continues to think
that no practical use can he made of the pro
position. Mr. Kvsseli. has another letter in
the Times, in which he observes that the pas
sage of the Federal troops over the Long
Bridge was a splendid spectacle, and eulogises
McClellan for forming an army out of dis
orderly masses of men. The Spanish Go
vernment has ordered General Prim not to ne
gotiate with the Mexicans till he enters the
city of Mexico. Demonstrations in faypr of
Garibaldi have become quite frequent of late
in different parts of Italy. The Greek insur
rection is not yet quelled.
The laugh vote polled at the recent elec
tion in Western Virginia in favor of a gradual
emancipation of slavery is a significant sign of
the times. One of the principal pretexts for
the commencement of the rebellion was the
difficulty of extending that institution over all
the Territories of the Republic. One of its
most certain and lasting effects will he not only
to forever prevent such extension, but to di
minish the area in which it is at present tole
rated. through the adverse action of the people
inhabiting the northern tier of slave States.
Thus, the old fable of the dog grasping at the
shadow, and losing the substance, has been re
enacted by the Secessionists. They have un
dermined the slave interest in Missouri; they
have created a strong emancipation party in
Western Virginia, Delaware, and Maryland;
they have destroyed for the present all the
profits and surplus earnings of slave labor in
all the Cotton States; and they have struck a
series of terrific blows at the whole system for
which they profess supremedevotion, from the
effects of which it can never, in any event,
fully recover.
The Palmetto soldiers recently illustrated
their chivalric disposition by planning an at
tack of three battalions of five hundred men
each, against three companies of the Fifty
fifth Pennsylvania Regiment, stationed at North
Edisto—the odds being ten to one. It chanced,
however, that only about thirty of our brave
men were surprised. They kept at bay, for
more than an hour, five hundred of the enemy,
and after protracting this unequal contest until
five of their number were killed, and five es
caped, the South Carolinians, it is supposed,
captured the remaining twenty, of whom a
considerable number were wounded.
Received.
From the author, “ A member of the Numisma
tic Society of Philadelphia,” a tract, 40 pages oc
tavo, entitled "An Historical Sketch of tho Paper
money of Pennsylvania.” This, the first of a se
ries on the issues of the Colonies and the United
States, brings the record down to tho year 1800,
and appears carefully and honestly executed.
From S. C. Upharn, 403 Chestnut street, the
Illustrated London New j of the 22d ult., and Il
lustrated Hews of the World, of the same date,
with memoir and portrait on steel of W. C. Macrea
dy. the well-known English actor.
From C. Sherman apd Svb9, the Report (15 pages
8vo) of Dr. Hayes’ Arctic Expedition, before the
American Philosophical Society, in this city, on the
6th of last December. A mere summary, but high
ly interesting.
Prom W. B. Ziuber, South Third street, the fol
lowing English Journals of the 22d ult. : Illustra
ted London News and Punch. The latter, true
to its new Palmerston policy, passes the United
States by, "in solemn silence.”
Fitz James O’Brien, late resident of New York,
whose death has been announced by telegraph, was
well known as a writer, both of prose and poetry.
He contributed largely to the leading magazines
and weekly papers. Among his more notable pub
lications was the "Diamond Lons ” He accompa
nied the New York Seventh Regiment on ite three
months service, and afterwards obtained a position
on the staff of the late General Lander. During a
skirmish with the rebels he received a severe
wound, and the surgeon in attendance found it ne
cessary to remove bis shoulder-blade. Uufortu
nately, this, in a measure, added to hia sufferings,
and he was soon after seized with the lockjaw,
which terminated fatally.
The suitability of Hollidaysburg, Pa., as a site
for the National Foundry and Armory is strongly
set forth in a pamphlet which has been forwarded
to us by a committee consisting of Messrs. Samuel
Calvin. Hugh McNeal. Joseph Smith, James Gard
ner, R, B. Jokfiston, A. McAllister, and Ravtd
IVateon-
Am anonymous connEsuONOENT sends us an
elaborate and indignant communication in re
ference to what he calls the “influx of the ne
groes ” into the Northern States, and espe
cially the State of Pennsylvania. We should
not give the subject more than the usual at
tention, hut, as he presents with much feeling
a popular view of this very unpopular sub
ject, it may be worth while to give him a
hearing, and see what practical value his re
monstrance possesses, HU arguments are as
follows: If the negroes are permitted to come
from the Sonth, we shall have a worthless
and indolent population to burden our alms
houses and swell the prison list; they will
enter into competition with our free white
labor, and deprive many of our labor
ing men of the means of livelihood; they
will degrade labor by opening to the capital
ist a cheaper, less intelligent, and more sub
servient laboring class; they will foster crime
and discontent, and lead to an unpleasant feel
iDg among our people—-find by injuring tho in
terests of these working men, and disturbing
our social peace and prosperity, cause riots and
tumult. Ho recommends the State and muni
cipal authorities to take measures for prevent
ing the immigration of the negro, and sug
gests that laws be enacted similar to those ex
isting in Indiana, Illinois, and some other of
the Western States. In default of such laws
being passed, he says the people will be com
pelled to take measures for their own protec
tion, and unite against an imminent danger.
This subject of free negroes is always an
unpleasant one. If it could be avoided, we
should be satisfied. In the present case,
however, we think it has been unnecessarily
agitated. It is impossible to anticipate any
argument upon a subject which as yet pos
sesses no merit. In our correspondent's com
munication we are told of evils which do not
exist, and asked for a remedy before there
are signs of disease. Wc do not think a hun
dred negroes have arrived from the South
since tho beginning of tliu war. We are vury
certain that none of our citizens have noticed
a negro more or less on our highways. We
have yet to hear of a negro applying for
the place of a white laborer, er a white
laborer dreading the successful rivalry of
a negro. We remember an announce
ment in onr local coltims in reference
to those contrabands which may illus
trate this proposition. It stated that a num
ber of them had arrived from tho South, and
were residing with people of tlieir own race
aiul color. It asked, their friends to give
them assistance, and printed the names of
parties possessing information of their where
abouts. It was a very quiet proceedisg, and,
under any circumstances, would not have at
tracted attention. We recall it now only to
show how groundless and exaggerated are the
fears of our correspondent and those who en
tertain similar views.
We can very easily see to what mischief a
cry like that of protection to white labor may
lead, We can see the evils that may How
from such sentiments as those of our corre
spondent, if they arc permitted to gain cur
rency among the people. Many of us are
disposed to charge all of our present troubles
upon the negro. There are those who only
find in this war another phase of the slavery
agitation, and see in the thousands who have
fallen only so many victims to the senti
ment of syinpatliy with the African race. Wo
think that treason was planted in the hearts of
those who planned the rebellion, and that it
would have blossomed into war whether in
fluenced by slavery or not. Dot this is not
the opinion of thousands like our corre
spondent, who listen with a greedy ear to
arguments and theories like those he has
elaborated in his present communication.
Such arguments and opinions may be ridi
culed now, but they will have believers when
taxes are_to be paid, when the lienors of vic
tory are tortured by popular crimination and
recrimiaation, when the policy of the war,
and the peace to come, is before the people
for discussion.
Desperate and wicked men, who look upon
this war and its consequences only as they may
advance their personal aggrandizement, and
give strength to their party combinations, are
beginning to avail themselves of these embar
rassments for the purpose of making capital in
the future. Representatives at Harrisburg are
discussing measures for removing the free ne
groes from the State, and preventing the immi
gration of negroesfrom the South. Wecanfcon
ceive of no legislation more unprofitable than
this. It Oiily SOrvOs Hid plirposO of thO iiiOst
wicked and pernicious agitation. It educates
the people to look for evils where none exist,
and to dread results that can never happen.
It burdens the minds of such men as our cor
respondent with causeless grief, and asks them
to prepare for danger when none can be ap
prehended. It weakens the popular faith and
disturbs the public confidence, for it builds
up in our midst an element of partisan dis
cord, and prevents tho people from giving to
the war that hearty and enthusiastic support
demanded by the Administration, and neces
sary to the salvation of the country.
For ourselves, assuming everything that
may bo urged by onr correspondent, so far as
the immigration of negroes from the South is
concerned, we can see none of the dangers
apprehended by those who follow his philo
sophy, Lot tho negroes come from tho South,
They will find homes hero, and labor to per
form. They will gradually sink into the con
dition of their brethren now in our midst. In
the communication from Mr. William Still,
printed yesterday, there is a simple and in
structive statement of facts. In two days, he
said, there were applications for more than
had arrived, for house servants and farm hands
of both sexes. “It shows,” he continues
with much justice, “ that a great scarcity of
laborers exists in the country.” The war has
taken so many men away, that it is necessary
for our farmers to avail themselves of the
labor which comes so suddenly from the
Southern States. As to equality with the white
man, that is folly, There never can be citi
zenship or amalgamation. White labor need
fear no rivalry. There are certain natural
laws which must forever govern the relations
of the two classes, An intelligent white man
who can set type or make bricks, or edit a
morning newspaper, need no more dread the
rivalry of the negro in his avocation, than he
would dread him as a rival in wooing a pretty
woman. In a white society like ours, con
trolled by men with fair skins, blue eyes, aud
\ Saxon features, the labor of tho white man
will be protected, developed, and encouraged.
If ton thousand negroes came hero to-morrow,
they would rapidly become what their coun
trymen before them became, and what they
still remain. Inferior by reason of their vast
numerical minority—their different habits and
lineage—their tastes, customs, and condition,
uncongenial, indolent, and obtuse—they must
ever remain a distinct race, and between the
two races there must ever exist insuperable
barriers.
Wiiite labor needs no protection. Our cor
respondent may dismiss all anxiety as to its
security forever front his mind. We would
rather these Southern negroes remained away,
but tlieir coming causes no alarm. Certainly,
no law, no agitation, no tumult can prevent it.
If they come as fugitives, or are driven as
refugees, no law could hinder their arrival.
Humanity would say treat them kindly—com
mon sense would place them among others of
their condition, aud permit, them to live, as we
are permitting thousands of others to live.
By humanity and common sense will this ques
tion be decided.
Tins war calls forth many examples of pa
triotism. We are daily startled before in
stances of self-sacrifice, which, if anticipated
two short years ago, would have covered the
prophet with universal ridicule. The first rush
of the masses to the battle-field was, in itself,
a sublime drama. The nations regarded it,
alternately, with surprise, envy, or admiration.
In the progress of the war new elements were
disclosed to the wondering world. Haw troops
bad been disciplined into soldiers. The cuts,
so often abused and so easily terrified In fojfingr
days, the money-class, began to display their
readiness to help the common cause. The en
thusiasm that fired our armies extended- to
banks and capitalists, and tho hard lenders of
the golden tempter became as generous in their
offers as the moneyless recruit was of bravery
and blood. The ladies, ever ready, never
faltered. They almost achieved miracles,
by their industry, zeal, and enthusiasm. Not
distinct from these evidences of attachment
to our country, but belonging to it, is the wil
lingness to give up life and fortune on the part
of those who have engaged in the most
hazardous expeditions in our own waters.
Their fortitude and daring recall what we have
read and doubted in the wildest romances.
They shrink from no peril and are ready to
Identify themselves with every experiment,
however theoretic and untried. They embark
upon flotilla or fleet—volunteer on board
of gunboat or mortar-boat —with equal
readiness. Take the little crew of tho
littlo Monitor, its gallant officers and men.
They had only reached Ilampton Roads after
a most disabling voyage, in which they
were nearly being cast away, and in a few
hours they started out with their un
tested experiment, attacked the iron-clad
monster which had been dealing devastation
and death upon the noblest of our ships, and
grappled with it, unknowing whether the first
blow from his gauutletted hand would not hurl
them into the deep. And not only unknowing,
but uncaring! It is a curious comment upon
this text, that shortly after the battle between
the Mcrrimac and Monitor, two of tho officers
of the latter were discovered dressing their
hair and examining their faces in tho elegant
under-water sea-saloon! Boker has immor
talized the almost fabulous courage of tho men
of the Cumberland. , in his last line poem; and
the world knows that the Minnesota, witness
to, and conscious of the fate of the Cumber
land, was Steaming down to take her chances,
when the Monitor appeared, changing the
scene by the intervention of a new and an un
announced actor. Nor is this the end. Think
of old men of vast fortunes ready to venture
life in these sea campaigns! But we will not
anticipate what may not happen, and ought
not to be printed. The best judgment is that
which honors a brave deed done, not that
which spoils it by an ostentatious previous pa
rade.
What, finally, does all this mean? We
answer in a sentence : In a cause upon which
tho hopes of the civilized world are concen
trated, in which the only idea of Christianity
is involved, and which is at once the type of
Rational Freedom, Revealed Religion, and an
Elevated Humanity,; the People, now slan
dered for Cupidity by the old despotisms, and
for cowardice by the new slave tyrants, have
broken away from interests and prejudices—
from theories of self and pelf—and are re
solved to establish before mankind that they
arc worthy of the duty and tho destinies that
have been forced upon them.
LETTER FROM “ OCCASIONAL.”
Washington, April 7,18C2.
This is the week that may newly encourage
or utterly mar the Rebellion. Our columns by
land and our navies by sea will soon strike
other and more effective blows. Gen. Wool
tells fhe Secretary of War, in a public and
printed despatch, “ I do not believe the army
of the Potomac will liiul many troops to con
tend with.” From this, it is fair to assume
that tlie rebels are now, and have been for
some time, on tho move, and. that, on the ar
rival of our army at Norfolk, Richmond, and
other points heretofore supposed to be im
pregnable, the birds will hava flown to more
congenial climes. It will be a grievous, and
mortifying, aud expensive disappointment if
we are not able to capture the rebel forces, or if
they should, uncrippled and unopposed, effect
a junction with tlieir associates now concen
trating against us in the valley of the Mississippi.
On this point, however, I prefer to let results
speak for or against those who have our military
movements directly in charge. lam not dis
posed even to criticise, much less to condemn,
in advance of “ tho logic of events.” But be
hind the bloodless occupation of Virginia and
the successful flight of the rebels may lie more
grave complications, and, possibly, more des
perate battles, than have ever been dreamed
of in our newspaper or Congressional philo
sophy. Tho present week will confound many
a theory, vindicate or cloud many a great
name, and open a more intelligent view of the
vista that points to the effectual maintenance
ol the Federal authority. We shall not have
long to wait, and, when the facts are before us,
must award the verdict frankly and fearlessly,
even if we are forced to admit that our own
opinions and apprehensions wore unfounded
and unjust.
The occupation. of Eastern Virginia will
operate magically upon various interests.
Railroad communication will be opened be
tween Washington and Richmond, and be
tween the Northern States and Virginia.
These important thoroughfares, long secured
by the rebel cliiefs to the lasting and unspeak
able damage of a betrayed community, will be
rebuilt, repaired, and thrown open, under the
auspices of the Federal Government, and held
by the latter until the hour of obedience and
allegiance has arrived. In Maryland the trea
sonable and blood-thirsty spirit of the rebels,
which struck first at the lives of the troops of
the Republic, and next at the material inte
rests of the State itself, has been met by the
magnanimity and kindness of Mr. Lincoln and
his friends; and the unwonted spectacle is
presented of a people rescued from self
destruction by the very Government they
have madly assailed, and which many of
them continue to ridicule and execrate. The
same great lesson will be taught in Virginia.
What a sublime and wondrous sight is this!
The civilized world will gaze upon it with
awe. A causeless rebellion, beginning in the
foulest falsehood and crime, and progressing
in battle and in bloodshed, is not only checked
by the giant arm of offended Authority, but,
when checked, the noblest emotions of
humanity are displayed towards the con
quered States, and the wounds inflicted by
bad men upon their oppressed followers
staunched and healed. As Davis, Toombs,
Hunter, Cobb, and the rest, call upon the
mountains to hide them from the vengeance
which will never be withheld as against them,
that which will awaken the keenest remorse
in their troubled souls will be the intelligence
that the Government of the United States,
under the wise and liberal counsels of Presi
dent Lincoln, are repairing the evils they have
inflicted upon the Sonth, and bringing baolc
to their duty hundreds and thousands who
had been taught to believe, by these desperate
authors of the war, that the present Adminis
tration was pledged to overthrow all the in
terests and rights of the slave States. It
would be monstrous if the Southern people,
thus doubly convinced, by the weakness and
cowardice of the Secession chiefs and by the
indulgent and forgiving policy of Mr. Lin
coln, did not speedily reject and banish the
one and welcome the other with gratitude
and joy.
It is at this point that the Northern parti
san, filled with ambitious longings for place,
and indignant at the exposure of his own sym
pathy with the rebellion, should pause and ask
himself whether a course of treatment that is
working such wonders in the Seceded South
will not he equally irresistible in its effects upon
the adhering North and Northwest? If the
high-souled generosity of Mr. Lincoln’s Ad
ministration towards the deluded population
of the slave States is conquering and subjuga
ting all their prejudices, and covering them
with the confusion always felt by a proud
people when they find that their victor is not
disposed to be a mere Avenger, how will it be
received by the great masses of tbe free
States, who, in their turn, arc sought to be
arrayed against that Administration by calum
nies and misrepresentations, only less infamous
.than those resorted to by the traitorous Chiefs
of the Rebellion ? Occasional.
Earle’s Photographs.—Among the latest small
photographs, (carte tie msite size,) are portraits of
General and Mrs. Washington, after Stuart; of
Secretary Stanton, of Young 1776, and of two
groupes of ladies in our own Academy of the Fine
Arts, patriotically engaged among the pictures in
making Union flags for the Army. The two last
are eminently pictorial, and would show well in the
stereoscope.
LAnGE Positive Sale of Boots and Shoes,
Travelling-bags, Trunks, Ac.—The early at
tention of purchasers is requested to the large as
sortment of boots, shoes, brogans, travelling-bags,
trunks, Ac., embracing first-class seasonable goods,
of oily and Eastern manufacture • also, stock goals,
to he peremptorily sold, by catalogue, on four
months’ credit, commencing this morning, at 10
o'elock, by John B. Myers & Co., auctioneers. Nos.
232 and 234 Market street.
Stocks and Real Estate To-Dav.—Thomas &
Sons’ sale to-day comprises valuable Arch-street
and other city property, desirable countrp seat,
stocks, loans, Ac. See advertisement and pamphlet
catalogues.
Tiie Law Library of the \&te Nathan R. Potts,
Esq., will bo sold, at their auction rooms, this after
noon. Now arranged for examination, with cata
logues.
Geo. Steck's inimitable square-grand Pianos'
Have you seen them ? If not, gall os Mr. GOULD,
Seventh and Chestnut.
Auction Sale this Tuesday morning, at tl)
o’clock, of fancy goods, stationery, clocks, watches,
jewelry, cutlery, eilver-plated ware, Ac., at M.
Fitzpatrick A Brothers. 601 Chestnut; street.
THE PRESS.—PHILADELPHIA. TUESDAY. APRIL 8, 1862.
FROM WASHINGTON.
THE NAVY DEPARTMENT INFORMED OF
THE EXTENT OF HER INJURIES.
FROM THE LOWER POTOMAC.
The Skirmish at Stafford Court Houge*
A PRESENT FOR MR. LINCOLN.
Probability or the Tax Bill Passing the
House To-morrow.
THE REBELS CONFIDENT OF DEFEATING MTLELLAN,
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE ON PENNSYLVANIA
AVENUE.
Special Despatches to “The Press. 1 *
Representative McPherson will to-morrow present a
cano to tbe President, made by John llawkbk, &u inge
nious mechanic of Scranton, Pa.
The cane was originally a cedar stick, with a crooked
top and a number of branches. The top has been con
verted into an American aagla, with life-like bill. Uuder
itA throat is the national shield, with the words inscribed
thereon, “ Union Forever. 11 Tho eagle grasps in bis
talons Jeff Davis, by tho seat of his breeches. Below
him, on each side, is a cannon—the arbiter of our na
tional difficulties. On tbe other Bide is a lion in fail
spring, with a rattlesnake near by. Below the lion
comes a goat, in the act of leaping; and a buck and
doe, at full speed, follow him. A fox is springing be
tween them j and then wmei an onglei'grasping a
winged serpent with human bead. The serpent
of the rebellion, with live tails, human beaded, is
next in order; then a gold finch; a yellow bird, with
blue tail; a large turtle ; a small alligator, and an adder.
Hext is an owl gratping a snake, followed by another al
ligator. Then conies a Union dragoon, mounted, and in
tbe act of charging on tbe enemieß of his country. By
bis side is e goat, rampant. A monkey, with tail twisted
around a limb, next appears, holding Jbf/ Davis '»y
tho hair of his head with one claw, and grasping the
Union flag-staff with the other, thus showing that,
dumb brute as he is, he knows enough to'uphold the
stars and stripes, and in the meanwhile punish a traitor.
Uncle 6am, with eagle face and cap surmounted by stars
and stripes, grapples John Bull by the horn, who in turn
is pinching bis lion’s tail to excite his rage, but the Uon
takes it quite coolly on his haunches. Next is a grizaly
bear “squatted on bis hunkersthen a enr, a blue
bird, and rabbit In full bound. On the side opposite the
latter is tbe final figure, an Americau sailor, holding a
innsket on one side, while he grasps tho stars and stripes
in the other, and stands erect on the crushed Serpent of
Rebellion.
Tills cm lids rawt of tbe figures on it not only carved,
but painted to the life—tb« body of the stick being
black. It is the product of the leisure hours of John
Hawres, an ingenious mechanic of Scranton, Pa., who
is noted for his mechanical Ingeuuity.
The Enemy at Richmond in Overwhelm,
ing Force, and Confident.
It seems, by IMchmond papers, that tbe Confederate
generals have full knowledge of the designs of the Fede
lal army, and are not fearful as to the result of a battle,
or battles, in the neighborhood of that city. The 11 Se»
cosh” hereabouts say that the force about Richmond is
overwhelming, and McClellan will surely be beaten.
Signed by the President.
Tho President has signed the joint resolution passed
by Congress authorizing him to assign generals of the
same rank to command in the same department.
The House Committee on Senate Bill for
the Abolition ol Slavery.
The Senate bill for tbe ftDobtion of slavery in tin Dis
trict of Columbia reached tho House to-day, and was re
ferred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. 10
is understood that they will take prompt action ou the
bill.
The House, to-day, considered the amendments to the
tax bill made in Committee of the Whole, aud agreed to
many of them without material amendment. The bill
will probably pass on Wednesday.
Several applications having been mode to the War De
partment, by loyal North Carolinians, for passes to re
turn to that dtate, and by other civilians for purposes of
trail?, the Secretary of War to-day refused them to all
persons desiring to go South, except those who may be
employed on Government business*
Sufferings of the Cherokee Indians.
Advices from loyal Indiana who were driven ont from
the Cherokee country by the rebel whites and Indians,
are of the most heart-rending character. Deep snows,
severe cold, want of food, and clothing, and shelter, have
brought on dire disease and death. The Government
officiate *re making great efforts to concentrate the
bands of fugitive Indians, and to give them proper com
forts. The work, however, is difficult at this season. A
vast responsibility lies upon such men as Albert Pike,
who incited civil war among tho red men, and has pat
them in ft position which will surely evoke terrible pun*
isbuient at no distant day.
Bx. Governor Berat, of New Hampshire, and the
Senators and members in Congress from that State, to
gether with a hundred other citizens of New Hampshire,
left the city, this morning, to present a splendid stand of
colors to the Second New Hampshire Regiment.
Judicial District.
The Senate Committee on the Judiciary reported a
bill to-day attaching the counties of Hancock and Mc-
Donough t) the southern judicial district of Illinois.
Captain Tuhple Clark, of the Fifth Wisconsin
volunteers, to be Assistant Adjutant General, with the
rank of captain.
Mr. McPheusok, 9? P«Bfi«ylvftßlfti introduced, to?day,
into tho House, a hill relative to furloughs, which autho
rizes colonels Of volunteer regiments, which have been in
the actual service of the United States at least six months,
to grant furloughs to the non-commissioned officers and
privates of their rcspectire commands, limiting tlie num
her absent at one time to three from each company; and
providing that tbe President, Secretary of War, com
manding general of a department, army corps, detached
division, or brigade, may, by general order, prohibit tho
granting of such furloughs during a period not exceed;
ing thirty days from the issuing of the order, when, In
his opinion, tbe exigencies of the service imperatively
require it.
Mr. Wilson, from the Committee on Military Affairs,
in the Senate, to-day, reported back the bill introduced
by Mr. Hale, authorizing the President, in whole or in
part, to transfer the moneys appropriated by an aot passed
February 20,1862, for the construction, preservation,
and repairs of fortifications, to the construction of iron
clad steam vessels-of-war.
The Treasury Department has been issuing treasury
notes for two or three days back, of tho denomination of
“ one thousand dollars.” Of this sort four or five mil
lions can be got off daily, but taking the notes on an
average, two millions of dollars can be issued.
An extensive fire accnrred at 5 o’clock this morning,
destroying completely three large buildings, two of which
were constructed with costly iron fronts, located on Penn
sylvania avenue. They were respectively occupied by
WILLIAM Tusker, da&la£ In guller'e goods; William
Egan, dry-goods merchant, and J. B. Wilson, grocer.
The adjoining stores of Cohen & Hoover, dealers in
shoes, and Mr. Gregory, hardware dealer, were also
badly damaged. The principal losers in their stock of
goods were Hr. 'ttokkr, Hr. Egan, and Hr. Wilson.
The fire extended to the rear of the buildings on Sonth
Seventh street, severat of which were occupied as taverns
or restaurants. Tbe origin of the fire is conjectural.
The loss was very heavy, and there is but a partial
inittrOitoa.
Mr. Edwin Forrest appeared last evening as Hamlet
before one of tbe largest houses of his engagement, and
created a great sensation. Many of his readings were
original, but all were effective. The desire to sea the
great tragedian in his Shakspeariau parts is very great,
seatsfor all of the performances having bom secured by
many. Mr. Forrest will appear in “ King Lear” on
Wednesday evening. The enterprise of Hr. Ford in
enabling Mr. Fcures* 1a play in & neat and aainmodloUa
theatre is being amply rewarded.
Richmond paper* of tbe sth bare been received in
Wmskington to-day, Thoy contain Mttrwts-from tho
New York papers of tbe 2d inst.
Nine merchant Vessels Captured at
Newbern, Jf. C.
It appear# frog fte pfficjal despatches rectlyijd at the
Navy Sepal tment) that when onr forces reached New
bern tbe, captured nine merchant with their
cargoes, consisting, in the aggregate, of' about 4,000
barrels of rosin, besides tar, pitch, oil, and shingles, nine
bales of cetton, etc.
A statement that appears in the National Intelli
gencer of this morning to the effect that Occurred
yesterday at Yorktown is wholly untrue, i
Major Wit. H. Pui.k, of Tennessee,,brother of tho
late President Polk, and a strong Union man, had a
long interview with President I,iNCOLN|tbis morning.
The tax hill is up in tho House to- day for final action.
Senator Gki-mes, of lowa, chairman (f the Naval Com
mittee, is at Fortress Msnree. j
The House has agreed to the appoininent of a com
mittee of nine, who shall take into consideration tho
question of emancipation in the llordef States.
FBOM GEN. BANKS’ COLUMN.
Wi-NCiissTER, April 7.—Officers wh* arrived herefrom
Woodstock to-day report that the fcridge ;over Stoney
creek was completed yesterday, and to-day our brigades,
when crossing, were greeted by a lively cannonading
from Ashby's battery. The enemy wai soon dispersed
by our funs, and wo are now in full possesion of his late
position. Ashby, in retiring, took advanfege, as usual,
of every position to retard our progress.
Col. Anisanel has been restored to the command of the
First Virginia Cavalry.
Edfnbukg, April 7.—Three guns were opened to-day
by the enemy from their new position, upon pickets.
The lire was responded to by Captain Huntingdon’* bat
tery with rapid discharges, and our shells bp rat in their
midst, scattering them suddenly. j
A private of Company F, of the Thirteenth Indiana
Begiment, crossed the river at this poinjt and fired,
from a place of concealment, fifteen rounds,at a body of
Ashbj’s cavalry. He killed two of them, j
Colonel Colgrave, or tbo Twent> -Hevenjh Indiana,
who war detached to guard the supply trail to Manas
sas, returned this evening, having accomplished some
excellent marching. The bridge across tfceShcaandoah
at Cnstlement-s Ferry broke again on thpl? return r and
a negro woman and tour ruuilßß were drowned.
A mov storm is pre\ ailing bore. j
the BSBEL STRAUB HBSB2HAC.
ADVAHCE OVEB BTONEY BRIDGE.
Washington, April 7,1862.
Presentation to the President.
The Tax Bill
No Passes to North Carolina,
Presentation.
Confirmation.
Bill Relating to Furloughs.
More Iron-Clad Gunboats.
Issuing Treasury Notes.
Destructive Fire in Washington.
Mr. Forrest.
New York Papers at Richmond.
miscellaneous.
ADVANCE OVER BTONET BRIDGE.
THE LATEST WAR INTELLIGENCE.
THE SIEGE OF YORKTOWN.
The Enemy’s Works Examined
by Gen. McClellan.
THEY AHE FOtXl) VERY STRONG. AND
THE APPROACHES DIFFICULT.
THE REBEL FORCE 30,000.
Washington, March 7—Midnight.—The following is
a summary of the intelligence received by the War De
partment up to 10 o’clock this (Monday) morning rela
tive to the operations at Torktown and Fortress Monroe
yesteiday.
The enemy’s works were carefully examined by Geir.
McClellan, and w?rf found to be very strong and the
approaches difficult.
The enemy were in force, and the water batteries at
York and Gloucester said to be much increased.
There was sharp firing on the right, bat no harm was
flono.
Onr forces were receiving supplies from Shipping
Point, repairing the roads, and getting up large trains.
It seemed plain that mortars and siege trains must be
used before assaulting the enemy’s works.
AdMlh-1 1 despatch, received at 10.50 A. M., states that
Yorktown will fall, but not without a siege of taro or
three (lays.
Some of the outer works wore tAken.
A despatch from General Wool states that Magxuder
had 30,000 men at Yorktown.
Another despatch to tho Secretary of War s'atea that a
new rebel camp was discovered on the beach at the Bip
Baps, and was shelled out by Col. Holliday.
Several regiments of the enemy’s infantry were 3C9Q
from tho Kip Baps dnringthe day.
There were no signs of tbe Merrimac.
A rebel tug was seen making a rcconnoisaance off
Bewail’* Point on tbo afternoon of Sunday.
On tbo afternoon cf Sunday Shipping Point Lad b«en
taken.
Onr gunboats bad shelled out the water-batteries.
There was considerable delay caused in crossing Deep
Creek at Warwick Court-House, aud resistauco was mode
by the rebels, during which several casualties occurred
on our tide.
All the fortified places of importance before Yorktown
bad been taken at every point.
The greatest enthusiasm prevailed among the troops.
Despatch to the Secretary of War.
A fuller detail of the operations of the army is given in
the following despatch:
Before Toretowk—Saturday Evening.
To Horn Epivix m. Staxtox, Secretary of Was •
That portion of the Army of tho Potomae recently
concentrated at Old Point, advanced, yesterday morn
ing, in the direction of Yorktown. twenty-four miles
distant.
Tbe right was assigned to General Morrill’s brigade of
General Forter’s division, two companies of the Third
Pennsylvania Cavalry, and a portion of Berdan’s Sharp
shooters acting as skirmishers.
Nothing of interest took place until thoir arrival at
Pig Bethel, twelve miles dlsliut, whore they met the
outer pickets of the rebels.
The troops were delayed there for two hours in recon
structing a bridge, which bad been destroyed.
Tlie rebels retreated before the advaucc of our skir
mishers to Howard’s creek, where they had some
abandoned earthworks.
Four shots were fired here by the rebels from two field
pieces, which were soon silenced by the Fourth Rhode
Island Battery, when the rebels beat a hasty retreat,
tftlviDg their pieces with them.
The main body of tlie army here rested for the night,
while General Morrill’s brigade advanced three miles to
Cockeville and six miles from Yorktown, and there en
camped*
By seven o’clock this (Saturday) morning, the column
was again in motion, aud at ten o’clock was in front of
the eneny’s works at Yorktown.
Tbe first shot fired was by the rebels, the shell passing
over the heads of General Porter and staff without ex
ploding.
The batteries ol Griffin, the Third and Fourth Bhode
Island, and the Fifth Massachusetts, were now placed in
position, replying to every shot sent by the rebels.
The cannonading continued, with but slight intermis
sion, until dark.
THE WAR ON THE MISSISSIPPI.
A SUCCESSFUL MOVEMENT.
GENERAL POPE CROSSES TO THE TENNESSEE
SHORE.
Store Cunboats Run the Gauntlet.
‘Washington, April 7.—The Secretary ot War re
ceived a despatch from New Madrid to-day, which States
that General Pope had jiut landed on the Tennessee
shore.
The whole movement had been a grand success.
The General had recoived a ferry boat by the new
route through tho swamps.
Another gunboat had run the rebel gauntlet, and was
at Gen. Pope’s disposal.
From Weßtem Virginia.
New York, April 7.—A despatch, dated Wheeling,
to-day, says:
A despatch, just received, says that the rebels are re
treating before the forces of General Milroy, who has
advanced from Cheat Mountain, and now holds Camp
Alleghany, lately evacuated by the rebels.
The latter have also fallen back from Monterey and
Buntersville, and seem to be aiming for Staunton, where
they will have a means of escape by railroad.
From St. .Louis.
St. Louis, April 7.—Tlie United States District Court
was opened to-day, and the oath of allegiance was ad
ministered to the judges, clerks, attorneys, and jury
men. Several treason cases will probably 99199 toftro
the court during the present term.
Later from Havana and Mexico.
Nkw York, April 7.—The steamer Roanoke, from Ha
vana on the 2d iuat., arrived at this port tonight,
Judge Marvin had arrived at Havana.
Several small schooners bad run the blockade and ar
rived at Havana with cotton.
A rebel schooner, loaded with cottOD, arrived at Car
denas on the 33d nit., from Apalachicola.
Y*ra Cruz dates to the 23d of March had reached Ha
vana. Food bad advanced 40 per cent, in that city.
Tbe Spanish troops occupied Cordova, Orizaba, and
Tehuan.
President Juarez had imposed a forced loan on six
Spanish commercial houses of $500,000 for the Treasury.
The Allies had protested against this proceeding, in an
ultimatum requiring the nullification of tbe loan, a ne
gative answer to bo considered as a casus belli.
It yob rumored that a civil war fcftd broken out in
Mexico, and that Marquez had 1,800 troops at Cuerna
vaca. Several of the conspirators had been banished
from tho city of Masiaa.
The rebel ion in Venezuela had been suppressed, and
tbe rebtl chiefs captured and hilled.
A fire at Mayaguez, 1\ B-, destroyed $200,000 worth,
of property, aud several lives.
The Spanish mail steamer from Cadiz was totally lost
on February 25 on the Island of Gomera. Thtr© were
eight hundred souls on bo»*d, but only one life was lost*
A French steamer had returned from Matauoros with
her cargo, which she would not discharge—there being
not over two hundred bales of cotton there which was
held at fifteen cents per pound.
A British and a French war steamer had arrived in
tbe Bio Grande river, the navigation ot wUak Uto be
kept open at all hazards
The rebel Minister Pickett had arrived at Brownsville,
Texas, «n route for Mexico.
The lee Blockade at St, Mil’s, N. F,
St. John’s, N. F., April 7.—The coast is still com
pletely jammed with ice. Many foreign vessels are close
by, but find it impossible to get in, and it is understood
that the crews on eomo of these are in a starving condi
tion .
Ab*ut flftaaa sailing vassals ava knowa to h&vs boea
crushed by the ice.
The screw steamer for Scotland has not yet been able
to sail, owing to tbe blockade of the harbor.
New York Bank Statement.
Nkw York, April 7.— The bank statement for the
wrek ending on Saturday shows:
A decrease of loans $514,146
An increase of specie 22,580
An increase of circulation 941,328
A decrease of deposits 348,446
The Connecticut Election.
RK*ELECTION OF COVBKSOH BUCKINOUAU.
Hartford, Conn., April 7.—At the State election held
to.day, Governor Buckingham was re-elected by a large
ly increased ©ftjority over that received by him last
year, which wsb 2,086 votes.
Nbw Haven, April 7. —The eloction in this State to
day was overwhelmingly Union- Republican. T wo-thirds
of tbe Legislature are of that party, and the whole State
ticket was elected by 5,000 majority.
Markets by Telegraph.
Cincinnati, April 7.—Flour is in moderate demand at
$4.20q4 25. Whisky is in good demand at 17c. Mess
Pork in good demand at $10.25, but held at $10.50, Bulk
Meats are lower. Lard firm but quiet at 7&7%c.
Exchange on jfew York gteady quoted ftt A pre
mium.
Public Amusements.
The reception of Miss Charlotte Thompson* at the
Thffltffi lftfrt maiog, wm »9t lew hearty
and overflowing than her performance of Camille was
trutbtul, earnest, and vigorous. She excelled in the
finer passages and simpler opisodes of the drama.
While she seemed a triflo weaker than of yore, in the
more passionate and stirring partSf she atoned in a
hundred lighter and softer touches that demonstrated
the true artiste, and revealed a rare nicety of feeling and
expression. The lari act was a thrilling impersonation.
The gay grisette, wasted, wan, and poor, crawling
tremulously to her miiror, to shudder at the ravages
made upon her face by time, was in striking contrast to
the Camille of other days, whom Belt- sacrifice had not
defaced nor pride murdered Tho dying-scone was an
alternation of tendernesses and terrors, and the death of
the heroine was a picture beautiful ia its very ghastli
ness. Tho interest of the piece was enhanced by the
youth and beauty of the actress, who dressed tastefully
and richly. She will repeat “Cami'le” to-night. We
hope to see her, during the week, in some lighter imper
sonations of the old comedies, as in Miss Iforricoiut) of
** Wires as They Were and Maids as They Are.*’
Enwix Foskest, the great tragedian, is playing a most
successful engagement in Washington. Mr. McArdie ia
with him ss his business manager, and by his tact, ex
perience, and ability adds greatly to Mr. Forrest’s sue
eras, Mr. McArdie is well known throughout tho
country in connection with theatrical matters, and has
made hosts of friends during his present tour.
Si. Denis Hotbi. —«h Saturday last, this ??•
tabliebiu.nt, lata Jones' Hotel, was opened by that
well-brown and highly-popular gentleman, Jerry
McKibbin. His bar—presided over by Mr. J. C.
Catlin, (nephew of the great Indian traveller and
artist,)—is well supplied with courteous attend
ance and the best of liquors, and the cigar depart
ment is in the hands of Mr. W. W. Shaw, who is
determined to have no inferior article. .In a few
Tyepks, Mr. MpKibbin will have his restaurant, on
the European plan, and with reasonable prioea,
in full play.
Fire.—Yesterday afternoon an alarm
of fire was caused at Manaj unk by tlio burning of the
drying rooms Attached to the “ Blantyre Mills of A.
Campbell A Co. The fire originated accidentally, and
destroyed the building in which it ocenrred. The loss on
the building is #BOO, and on the ttock of wool and cotton
$4OO. both fully ir.auredj In city and foreign companies.
Bevernl of the steam fire engines were sent to the spot
from the city, but arrived after the firs had been extin*
gutahed.
IHVHTH GQKKBMIUT SESSION.
THE CONFISCATION BILL.
SPEECH OP BERATOB TBUMBTJLL IN ITS
FAVOR.
GRADUAL EMANCIPATION IN THE BORDER STATES.
ITS FEJVSinir.ITV AM) KXPEDIENI'V to
BE inquired INTO,
HOUSE AMENDMENTS TO THE TAX BILL.
Wi-SHtatTON, April:, iSSd.
SENATE.
Petitions Presented
Ur. SUMMER (Rep ), of Massachusetts, presented a
petition in favor of emancipation.
Ur. WILLEY (Union)? of Virginia, presented a peti
tion orthe cltizexirt of Virginia against the proposed tax
on leaf tobacco.
Iron-Clad Gunboats.
Ur. WILSON (Rod), of Maggaehnnetts. from the
SlHitary Committee, reported a bill authorizing the Pre
hident to transfer the appropriation made for forti/lca
tious to building iron-clad gunboats.
The Confiscation Bill,
The confiscation bill was taken up.
Mr. TRUMBULL (Bep.), of Illinois, spoke in favor of
its passage.
. Ur. Trumbull said that, having made a brief explana
tion of the main features of the bill under consideration)
and the principles on which it was hawed, at the time it
was reported to the Senate, It was not his intention to
have said anything more upon it, at all events till the
cloeo of the debate * but the fierceness with which It has
been assailed, and the misrepresentations to which it has
been subjected, unintentional of course, make it noces
sary that he should reply to some of the juncture* upon
it. Assuming that it was a sweeping measure for tbe
cbbfipcailou of all the property In the Southern States,
the bill has been denounced as unconstitutional and in
expedient, with a vehemence and virulence not to have
been expected, and surely but illy calculated to promote
that calm, deliberate, and candid consideration, which
thf Emitted importance of the subjtct should command.
He quoted from the remarks of Messrs McDougall,
Cowan, and Browniug, uud said, how grossly these
Senators have misconceived the character of tbo bill,
will be apparent on a glance at its provisions. So far
from striking at all the property of each and every citizen
iti tbf) fiecfflpfl Mates? it would not probably reach the
property of one in of the rebels, anil iri no case
would touch the property of a loyal citizen. In the first
place, the bill is prospective in itß operation, and confis
cate s the property ol no one for anything doue before its
passage. It wnnld be in the power of every rebel in tbe
lafid to bis properly f om confiscation by cruumg
to war against the Government from the time of its
passage. Secondly, it ouly applies to the property of
such rebels as are beyond the reach of judicial pro
cess. Wherever the person of the rebel can be reached,
and made subject to the punishment his crimes de-
RfrvPi the bill does not prapose to touch his property.
In all the loyal States, including Missouri, Kentucky,
and a large part of Tennessee and Virginia, the
only person * whose property could be touched l»y
the bill would lie those who abandoned it. and
fled to other States to fight against, the Union.
The bill under consideration is in no sense a bill of
Ittflinder. It dfifefc ftftt propose to attaint auy one, or to
a fleet any one’s person or blood. It does not name any
ono on whom it is to operate, but simply provides for
the forfeiture of toe property of persons guilty of certain
offences, who themselves are beyond the rotten of courts,
and cannot be brought to trial j the forfeiture to be eg
fofeed iti the loyal Slabs through the courts, by pro
ceedings in rem, and in the disloyal States, la which the
courts are overborne, to be euforced, from the necessity
of the case, through the military powor. Such a bill has
none ot the characteristics of an attainder, which may be
defined to be “ that extinction of ciril rights and capacit
tits which takes place whenever a person who has com
mitted treason or felony receives sentence of death for his
crimes.” Bills of attainder are, moreover, directed
against some pa? ticular person or persons by name, who
are thereby attainted lor Home crime already committed.
This bill pro Tides for tbo forfeiture of ea'ates in certain
caßes as a punishment for crime hereafter to be commit
ted, when the person of tne individual committing tbe
ofience cannot be reached It does not attaint or con
vict any ono of having committed a crime, nor o! itself
confiscate the property of any’ one, and is no more like a
bill of attainder than is an act imposing a flag a
piu.i.-hiuput for ussault and battery, or forfeiture of
goods ub a penalty for smuggling.
The bill does not propose to touch the property of any
one whose life has been taken, or who cau be brought to
trial for his crimes, and it is. therefore, not obnoxious to
the objection pointed out by Story.
Another ground of objection is tbe allegation that it ia
an encroachment on tbe prerogative of the President,
who, it is alleged, as commauder-lu-cblof of the army
and navy, already possesses tbe power of confiscation;
that the extraordinary powers which the Government
may wield in time of war, called war powers, belong to
the President, and not to Congress, lie endeavored to
show that such claims of prerogative, on the part of the.
Preside in, are unwarranted by the Constitution, against
the practice of the Government from its foundation.
Another objection urged to the bill is, that it confiscates
the property of ail absent rebels, including those who
have been unwillingly forced into ihe Confederate service,
ftt W(tlL Aft tfa&ifi Wh& k&Vt voiiixiiaHly entered It. A mo
ment’s reflection must satisfy all that this objection is
without force, for uo court or commission would ever en
force a penalty Against a person who hod been compelled
by force to commit the act of forfeiture. The principle
of law ib too well settled to require discussion) that no
man can be held responsible for acts which lie had not
the power to prevent; nor is any saving danse necessary
in the bill to protect the property of those forced into the
reballion from forfeiture, any more than there is for such
a clause to protect a man found among a band of robbers
aid pirates, when he was able to show fig h%d boon
forced to join them. But if the bill were obnoxious to
this objection, which, in my opinion, it is tot, it would be
easy to obviate the difficulty by limiting its operation to
the property of such absent persons as shalt join the re
bellion without restraint.
Bur- it ib said tbe passage of this bill, admitting its con*
gtitution&litp. would be inexpedient* that it would Bake
the rebels desperate, and unite the South as one man
against the Union How ao l he asked. It does not
propose to touch the property of any loyal citizen, and
•why* therefore, should it drive him against the Union >
Are there no loyal persons in the South, or is thoir love
lor the traitors? who hare driven them from their homes
and robbed them of their property, so strong that,
Tather than tako rebel property to help to deiray ex
penses of maintaining the Government Against the re
bellion, they would themselves turn traitors 1
Purely this would exhibit a weakness and compassion
for enemies, and a malignity And hatred of friends, such
as the world never before witnessed. Besides, not to
confiscate the property of rebels is to encourage future
rebellious. Wherever the rebels bear sway they have
not hesitated to confiscate the property'of loyal citizens;
and if now, as the authority of the Union is restored,
tbs P&PS6&S Wild li&Ve robbed loyal citizens are to be pro
tected in their property, whatis it but saying to the people
of the country that, whenever a future insurrection
arises, the sure way to protect their property will be to
join in it; and what is this bHt to offer a premium for
treason i To show the effects or this in individual cases,
he QUOUd from a letter FOOSiWd within a few days from
a gentleman in blew York, who says:
« I hold a mortgage for $35,000 on a plantation sold
by me in Mississippi. This plantation is not far from
one belonging to Jeff Davis. My mortgage is confis
cated ; myself and family are heavily embarrassed by en
gagements predicated upon this mortgage. We are inuo«
cent parties; Jeff Davis is guilty; and why should he be
allowed to escape unharmed, after eutailing bankruptcy
upon loyal individuals and desolation through a whole
section I”
Thin is but one case of which there arc hundreds of
tboußaods all through the Sonth* But few of those eii*
gaged in this rebellion will ever be made to suffer in
thtir persons; and if they are to be left in ihe full pos
session and enjoyment of their cotton, their lands, and
their negroes, the innocent will have been made to suffer
while the guilty will go unpunished. The enhanced
price which the rebels will get for their sugar and cotton?
at the clobo or the war, will contribute largely toward
making up the losses they have incurred by tbeir rebel
lion : while loyal farmers, manufacHirers, merchants,
and,*indeed, all classes of loyal citizens, both North and
South, will be impoverished to the f strut sf 5»1|C00,Q00,-
000. Tens of thousands of lives will be sacrificed » kun
|r?do of thousands of men will be crippled for life; hun.
drods of thott&Atids of others will be left oi phans on the
bounty of the nation; while tho authors of all this misery
will escape almost entirely unhurt, unless their property
is made to pay the penalty. Is this just 1
He wag surprised that a bill of this character should
meet with opposition from Senators of the Border States,
whose loyal citizens tbe rebels, whenever they have had
the power, have robbed, plundered, and driven from
their home*. Do gentlemen regard it as conciliatory to
oblige us to lay taxes upon those whose liabitatiousfhave
been consumed, to reward those who have burned tuem !
upon thorn whose whole property has been stolen? to re*
ward the thievet! upon those whose relatives have been
slain, to compensate the murderers ! In bis judgment,
justice, humanity, and mercy herself, all demand that we
at once provide that the supporters oi this cruel and
wicked rebellion should henceforth be made to feel its
burdens. _ _
After arguing the subject at length, Mr. Trumbull con
cluded by saying—l would to God that every rebel in the
laud would to-morrow ground the weapons of his rebel
lion, return to his allegiance, and to obedience to the laws
and Constitution. In that event, this bill, if passed into
a law, would have no effect either Upon his property or
bis slaves; but if he will continue in rebellion against the
Govezxment, to plunder and mnrder loyal citizens, I have
never pledged myself as a Republican not to mete out to
him the punishment his crime deserves. If this rebellion
should result iu freeing the slaves of rebels, it will not bo
the flpst tim? in the history of the werld that good has
come out or evil i tilt |( will got bo tho act of Congress
which makes them fred, ȣ/ Si5PO than it is the ait of
Congress punishing the crime of larceny makes a man a
thief.
It has been said that Congress possesses no more power
to pass this bill now than in a time of peace, I assent to
the proposition, and insist that it would have been per
fectly competent for Congress to have passed such a bill
at any time. Like all criminal laws, it would remain in
operative upon the Btatuto book till the offence was com
mitted for Which it p ovidod the penalty, when it would
come into play for the purpose of punishing offenders.
It so happens, in the providence of God, that of
those who own slaves are now in arms against tho Go
vernment. This gives to the Government the power to
destroy them, and all they possess, if necessary to sup
press the rebellion; and Congress is vested by the Con
stitution with the discretion of determining what means
shall be used to the ohject \ Tltft only 00) but it
is made the duty ol Congress to provide for suppressing
the insurrection. In making this provision, ib it not
wise that Congress should so act that If men will light
and war against the Government, tboy shall not do so
without the loss of that species of property which has
been tbe impelling power to drive them into rebellion,
and Iher&b? t&ke &VvSy kny motive for repeating the ex
periment when this rebellion shall have been suppressed I
Such an opportunity to strike a blow for freedom seldom
occnrs as that now presented to the American Congress.
As moßt of the owners of slaves are engaged in the re
bellion, and will probably continue so for some time, the
effect would be, if tols bit! were speedily enacted into a
law, that they would by their own act give freedom to
most of the slaves in the country, anl thus would be
solved, in a great measure, through the agency of this
wicked rebellion, the great question. What is to be done
with African slavery !—a subject in view of which Jef
ferson, in his dap, exclaimed that 11 he trembled when lie
remembered that God was just.” I appeal to Senators as
philanthropists, as patriots, as lovers of the Union, and
of constitutional liberty, not to let pass this opportunity,
which a wicked rebellion presents, of making it the
means of giving freedom ,to millions of the human race,
and thereby destroying to a great extent the souyc? fige]
origin of tho rebellion, and tbe only thing which has
ever seriously threatened the peace of the Uuion.
Having, at I think, shown that the right to confiscate
enemy property exists; that for this purpose the rebels
may properly be treaud as enemies; that confiscation
can bo effected only through an act of Congress; that
the bill under coneidemtion is constitutional, aud that it
is both wise and expedient to take from those who shall
continue to fight against the Government, after the
paeeago of this act, and whose persons are boyond the
reach of puuisliment, their property and their slaves, so
far as they are within cur reach, I appeal to all those
who favor these views to Hand together, and lit us pass
tho bill at as early a day as possible, with such modi
fications and amendments as may be thought advisable,
not losing Bight of (he gieat object in view It is uo time
to talk of amnesties and conciliation when the habitations
of loyal citizens are being plundered and their lives de
strvyvd. whose hands are dripping
with tbe Wood of loyal citizens, shall have grounded their
arms, it will be time enough to talk of clemency; but to
have our sympathies excited in their bohalf now, when
fighting to overthrow the Government, ia cruelty to the
loyal men who have rallied to its support.
Mler £fr r Trumbull bad fiDWbttl,
Mr. HARRIS (Bep.), or Hew Turk, laid he wished to
offer a substitute, and make a few remarks. He moved
to postpone the further consideration of tbe bill until to
morrow.
On motion of Mr. LANE (Rep.), of Kansas, the Senate
went into executive session.
On tbe reopening of tbe doors the Senate adjourned.
HOURS OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Gradual Emancipation.
Mr. "WHITE (Rep.), of Indiana, offered a resolution
providing for tha appointment of a committee of nino
members of tbe House to Inquire and report, at as early
a day as practicable, whether nny plan can be proposed
and recommended for the gradual emancipation of all
African slaves, and theextlnction of tlavery In the States
of Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee,
and Missouri, by the people and local authorities thereof,
aud whether such an object is expedient and desirable;
and that they further inquire and report whether the
colonization of such emancipated slaves is necessarily a
concomitant of their freedom, and how, and what provi
sion should be made therefor. And that they also in
quire li9w fpv find in vih»t way the Cn'rornuiont w
ought to facilitate this object; and that they further us
authorial, if in their judgment it be deemed expedient,
jqulrles as to the 1
: thereon.
vas passed—yea* tn%
YE IS.
to extend tbeir In?
States, and report
The resolution w
Alley (Rep.)
Arnold (Rep.)
Ashley (Rep.)
Babbitt (Rep.)
Baker
knxter (Rt*p.)
Beaman (hep.)
Bingham (Rep.)
Blair (Rep.), Mo.
Blake (Kep )
Un/fiiiten (8«.)
Campbell (Rep.)
Chamberlain (K )
Clark (Rep )
Colfax (Rep.)
Conklii>g,Fred. A.
Fessenden (Rep.)
Oarley (Bep.)
Uauchett (Bep.)
jHickman (Rep.)
H9?9SiHB (Rb»i)
[Julian ( Fiep.)
Kelley ( Rep.)
Kellogg (B)Micb.
Lansing (Rep.)
Loomis (Hep.)
IdOTfjny (Bep,)
McKnight (Rep.)
McPherson (Rep.)
Moorhead (Bep.)
Morrill (Rep.)Me.
Morrill(Bep) Vt.
Nixon (Bep.)
dim (Bep )
Pike (Kep.)
Pomeroy (Rep.)
Potter (Rep.)
j Rice (Rep.), Mass
| Bice (Rep.), Me,
NAY 6.
[Grider (l'.)
1 Haight (Dam.)
U&rdiug (U.)
Harrison (Union)
Borioo (Kep )- t
Kerrigan(Dem.)
Kirnpp (Bep.)
:Law (Deni.)
! La/.ear (Don.)
:Leary (union)
Lehman (Dfm.J)
| Mallory <(J.)
Menzics (U.)
Mitchell (Rep.)
Noble (Dem.)
Noell (Dem ),
(Rt-p.y
Davis (Hep.)
Dawes (liep.)
Duell (Rep.)
Edgerton (Rep.)
Eliot (Rep )
i'?n*pn (!kp)
Allen (Dem.),
Biddle (Dem.)
Blair (U.). Va.
Browne (U.).8 I.
Brown (U ), V».
Casey (Dem.)
Calvert (XT.)
Cobb (Dem.)
Corning (Dem.)
Cox (Dem.),
Cravens (Dem.)
Ciittoudun (U)
Delano (Rep.)
Delaplame (Dem.)
Diven (Rep.)
Dunlap (U.)
Norton {Dem,}
Nugen (Deui.),
r (U.)» of Kentucky,
netitutional and c
the table ( but the
naystfe.
English (DBM.)
Fisher (Union)
Mr. MALLORY
solution as uncoi
moved to lay it on I
greed to—yeas 52,:
My. WIOKLIFI'E (t\), of Kentucky, requested that
his name should be omitted in the organization of this
committee, and that, as a matter of sound parliamentary
practice, no member should be appointed thereon who
voted for the resolution adopted in the early part of the
session, wj)jph he read from the journal—namely: That
neither tho Federal Government nor the people of any
non-frlaveholdlng State, have th»- constitutional power to
leghlate or interfere with slavery in any State of tho
Union. Ha said that those persons in the North who do
not subscribe to the above proposition are too insignifi-
SBht In munhirto excite alarm in any portion of the R<u
public, and that the increase of Buch number docs not
keep pace with the aggregate population of the Union
He hoped that those wlio voted for these resolutions of
non-interference would decline serving on this select com
mittee. [Laughter ]
Mr. LoyuJOY (lie]' ), of lllfn?]0> hflpcl the gentle,
man would Le permitted to read these resolutions overy
day.
Mr. WICKLIFFE. I have done no harm. The gen
tleman voted for the non-interference resolutions.
Agriculture. and the Tax Bill*
Mr. VO(>RHS£§ (Dem.), of Indiana, offered, a pream
ble setting forth that the tariff hill, passed during the
extra session, is unjust and oppressive to the agricultu
re! portion of the community, and concluding with a re
solution that the Committee of Ways and Means be in
structed to report a bill, at as early a day as practicable,
repealing the said law and substituting therefor a system
founded on the principle of yielding an adequate amount
of revenue, and not on that of protecting the manufac
turing interests of the country.
Mr. STEVENS (Bep.) moved to lay the resolution
on the table. Carried—yeas 88, nays 35.
The Tax Bill.
The House then proceeded to definitely act on the
amendments to the tax bill heretofore reported from tho
Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union.
Amendments Concurred lu.
The following &.?6 nmbbg the amendments concnrred In
by the Hous.:
A Lien Constituted*
The duties and taxes to be assessed in pursuance of
this. act|ehall be a lien upon the property subject to the
duty or tax from the time of assessment till fully paid.
Nebraska’s Portion.
The sum of over $10,050, appropriated heretofore for
the legiulative expenses of Nebraska for the year ending
June, 18C3. is to be applied as that Territory’s portion of
the taxes.
Tennessee*
Tennessee is to hAve till the Ist of December to aseumo
her portion of the tax.
Distillers of Apples and Peaches*
Distillers of appleß and peaches may take out a license
for that business for the space of tlireo months, on the
payment ot $12.55. *
Property Exempt*
There shall be exempt from restraint the tools or im
plements of a trade or profession, one cow, anus, house
hold furniture and provisions kept for use, and apparel
necessary for a family.
Wholesale Liquor Dealers*
The license of wholesale liquor dealers to bo increased
from $5O to 5100.
Jewelry Pedlers*
Any person who peddles jewelry shall pay $25 for each
Photographers*
Photographers, $lO for each license when their re
ceipts do not exceed $500: when over $5OO and under
$J,OO0? $l5; when orersl,ooo, $25.
P&teni and Claim Agent*.
Agents for procuring patents and claim agents shall
pay $lO license.
Showmen.
Proprietors or agents of all exhibitions or shows, not
enumirated, shall pay $lO.
Contracts—Coal*
Taxes on all articles manufactured and sohl in pursu
ance of contracts bonajide made before the 30th of March,
1862, shall be paid by the purchaser thereof. On An
thracite coal, a tax of 15 cents per ton, and on bitu
minous fiC&l, Mife-eiglilh ol i* cent per bijahel. Tin's
amendment was agreed to by a vote of 86 yeas to 39
nays. The proviso thereto, that this tax on coal Bhall
not take effect till the expiration of the reciprocity
treaty with Great Britain, w&b rejected—yeas 41, naya
86.
Spirits,
The House also concurred in the following amend
ments : On spirits, rectified and mixed with other liquor,
or prepared in any way to be sold as whisky, 16 cools
per gallon; to be sold as brandy, rum, gin, wine, or by
any other name not otherwise provided, 30 cents per gal
lon on the basis of tbe first p'roof, and so in proportion
foi any greater strength than first proof.
On railroad iron and other iron, according to the state
of manufacture, a tax of $1 to $2 per ton, and on steel
fiom $4 to $lO pop ton.
Distilled Liquors*
The House non-concmred in the amendment that all
distilled liquors now manufactured or that may be manu
factured before the first of May next in the United States,
shall pay the same per gobon when §old PF9Yid?4 by
this net upon distilled spirits manufactured from and after
that date.
The amendment imposing a tax of 1 cent per pound on
cotton on and after the Ist of May next, but exempting
oil cotton owned and bold by anr manufacturer of cotton
fabrics on and prior to that date, was concurred in—yeas
75, nays 53.
Many other amendments were acted upon, and gene
rally concurred in.
The further consideration of the bill was then post
poned till tomorrow* the Home having reached tha 74th
section.
Mr, BOSCOE CONKLING (Bep.), of New York, from
the Committee on the Judiciary,reported a bill establish
ing a uniform banking law. .
Pending a motion to make this bill a special order, the
House adjourned.
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE.
Ha&risbdbq, April 7,1862.
SENATE.
The Senate was called to order at three o’clock.
Petitions.
Mr. CONNELL presented a remonstrance against the
act authorising the running of tho cars upon the passen
ger railways on Sunday.
Mr. CL YMER presented a petition in favor of the pas
sage of the act to prevent negroes from coming into the
State.
Reports of Committees.
The following bills were reported with a negative re
cohiiii&d&tioh !
An act to repeal an act for the commutation of the
tonnage tax.
An act for the protection of creditors of banks against
fraud.
A resolution relative to the Bank of Commerce was re
ported favorably-
Bills Introduced
The following bills were introduced :
A bupplement to the act to incorporate the Oso Mining
Company.
An act for the relief of the stockholders of the Fair*
mount Passenger Railway Company.
The Arch-street Supplement,
Mr. BOUND, of Northumberland county, moved to
reconsider the supplement to the act to incorporate the
Arch-street and Fairmount Passenger Railway Com
pauy, which was passed unanimously on Thursday last.
The motion was agreed to.
The hi)) was then uc, and voted down by the
Wtontr)' hUfctierj. "iU tt,® f P m tlw Cit ?
in favor of the supplement. ~
The act in reference to the Second and Third-streets
PafWDger Railway Company, recently passed, provides
that the corporate rights of the Arch-street company to
run their cars over the former road should not be inter-,
fered with.
The Committee on Federal Relations submitted a re
port in reference to tho defences of the Delaware river.
The Sen#!? then adjourned unfit STSSiBSi
EVENING SESSION.
Tho Senate was again called to order at seven o’clock.
A supplement to the act incorporating the Pennsyl
vania Bible Society was passed.
Also, an act relative to the election of members of
City Councils from the rural wards of Philadelphia.
The report of the Committee on Federal Relations, re
ferred to in the afternoon session, was read. It states
that it is not necessary for the State of Pennsylvania to
take any measures for tho defence of tho Delaware river,
asthe Federal Government is providing iron-clad vessels,
which will be sufficient for harbor defences.
The Sonata then Adjourned.
HOUSE,
The House met at 10 o’clock. Prayer by Rev. Mr.
Moore, of Harrisburg.
Bilb Introduced.
Mr. CESSNA, a bill to provide for tbA#djudication and
payment of certain military claims. Made the special
order for this afternoon.
Mr. JOSEPHS, a bill for the relief of the stockholders
end creditors of the Fairmouut Passenger Railway.
Taken up and passed finally,
Mr. KLIME, a bill to ropeal part of an act for the
government of the Montgomery County Prison.'
Mr. TRACT, a bill for the reduction of salaries.
Mr. SHANNON, abill relating to records remaining
in the Supreme Court. Taken up and defeated..
Mr. SMITH, of Philadelphia, a bill relative to foreign
insurance agencies.
Bills Considered, Ac.
The supplement to the North Pennsylvania Railroad
Company came up, in order, on third reading.
Du metion of Mr. WILDEY, an amendment was
adopted which provides that before the company shall
uu ary street tha eausaiit af OdunsiU shall first bs ob
tained, and such consent shall be deemod given if tha
Ct uncila shall not, within sixty days after notice'given by
said company of the route selected, signify by ordinance
their disapproval thereof.
Mr. DONNELLY moved further to amend by pro
viding that the compwu shall pay all damages to private
property, occasioned by diminished value thereof, the
amount of such damage to be assessed oy tho assessors of
the wards through which tho road passes
Mr. VINCENT proposed to amend the amendment by
providing that the damagos shall be assessed under the
generitl rnilrond law. wfelffi ' v “ a acce P i tell '
The nmenctouwt wan then negatived—yeas Co, nays 3a.
The bill passed fiually—yeas 38, nays 32.
The bill to incorporate the Wfcsuhickon, Roxboro 1 , aud
Pl> mouth Railroad Company passed finally.
The supplement to the Lackawanna and Laueaboro’
paeM finally.
The joint resolution relative to tbe payment of the ba
lance, if auy, of tbe State’s quota of direct tax, passed
fiually.
The bill to reduce the width of Fifth street, north of
York. Philadelphia, pbssed fiually.
Tho bill to vacate Culvert street, in the Twenty-third
waul, passed finally.
The supplement to the Columbia Coal and Iron Com
pany wftß taken up in order, aud was under considera
tion when the House adjourned.
afternoon session.
The House reasßeiubted At threo o'clock,
Bills Pasted,
The following bills were passed:
An art for the adjudication of certain military claim?.
An act authorizing railroad companies to relocate
their tracks
A supplement to the license law.
The stay law was then taken up, and discussed up to
the hour of adjournment.
Coroner’s Case.—The coroner held
ftn iuwst Kstfrt#)' ?® ft!? b ? d f ?! ft P*UP?r irfi? fill
from a window at tbe almshouse, and was instantly
killed.
FIVE DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
other riavebolding
RMdie (Rep.)
Boltins ( B.)» N.H.
SsrgetiD t ( Rep.)
Shanks (Bep.)
Sboffinld (V.)
Shell.bsrgßr (B.)
Sherman (Rep.)
Sloan (Bep.)
Stereos (Rep.)
Stratton (Rep.)
Train (Rep.)
Vanhorn (Rep.)
Van Valkeuburgh
Pobti.axd, April 7.—The stemmMp //t&«mian, from
Liverpool on the 27th ult., via Londonderry on F r % r
(be 28tb, arriygg el this port At IlOlf ffHt tbreo o’dMflfc
this afternoon, with five daw* later advices than
famished by the steamer Niagara, inefadhiff the weekly
report of the markets.
The royal mail steamer Arabia arrived at Liverpool
on the 24th <
The steamship City of New York arrived out on tho
27th, aert the Bteamer Horussia on the same day, Tho
steamer Etna sailed for New York on the 20tb.
(Rep.)
Verree (Bep.)
WAllace (Rep.)
W&lwn (It,), He.
■W'»Uon(Bep,),Yt.
Waahburoe(Rep)
Wheeler (Rep)
White (R.), lad,
Wilson (Rep.)
Windsm (Rep.)
The United States gunboat Tuscarora and tfao p4rato
Jftmjpter were still at Gibraltar.
Tie English journals eritioiso the commencement of
the campaign in Virginia,
The London Daily News eulogizes Gen. HcClolitafa
tactics, and is of the opinion that the crisis I# approach*
lng« and, although the Confederates are retreating, they
have |*4-t>UH<] a fl-MTor a great battle.
The tame journal rejoices at the adoption, by tho
Hou«oof Representatives, of President Lincoln’s em*B~
ripation project, considering it as an immediate step Inr
favor of thn cause of lmman rights.
Odel! (Dem.),
Pondletjo (Dem.)
Derry (Dem.)
Phelps (R.) t Oal*
i*rlco
7?!" Loßd “ n Tl ? e * 'An i‘» Mi*f tbit HD prMti.
cat use can bo made of Mr. Lincoln's proposition itself,
but regards K as important in admitting thn principle of
an Accommodation between the North and the South*
The Times believes that the real defence of the Con
federates will he found in the vastness and desolation of
their country, Mid urgiie* ttrnf jf tb,jr are really in
earneat, the North must look for bvOtiCSS TiCtOflCf BOA
exhausting conqnestn
Richardson (D.)
Sbiel (Rep.)
Smith (Dem )
Steele (D.) t K.T.
Steele (DA N J.
Vail -tndigham ( i>.)
Voorneos (Dem-)
Wadsworth (U.)
Ward (Dem.)
\Wl*ster'(L'.)
Whj|9 (P,) r Qfofo
Wickliffo (U.)
The London Herald thinks that a peace may possibly
he conquered by one side or the other iu or around
Richmond.
T ho I.ondvn Times ) m I letter rioin Biumlli datad
Washington, March 11, which says: The passage of
the Federal Army over tho Long Bridge was a magnifi
cent spectacle and most imposing display of military
power.” Bushcll also says: »■ Whatever may happen to
McClellan, he can newer lose the credit of having formed
disorderly masses of men into »n afnfv t Rprl pf having
hibtiiled into them the principles of soldier life and dis
cipline.”
, regarding tho re
ibsurd, previo Italy
motion was diaa-»
Lord Palmerston-Is confmed to hhi room by an attack
of the gout.
tioorge Peabody's unprecedented mirniftcence has boon
formally consummated in the oorruiiiondaneo now pub
jhhtd in tho English journals, in wbieh he places £160,-
000 at >ht* disposal of Mr. Adams, the American Minister,
Lord Stanley, ©ir Emerson Tenant, and Messrs. ttampSOW
and Morgan, as trustees, for the purpose of ameliorating
the condition of the poor of London.
The King of the Belgians is reported to U.IH, sad t&
a critical condition.
The rumors of ministerial clmnges in France are au
thoritatively contradicted.
The Paris Bourse is Arm, Rentes are quoted at 7Qf.
ITALY.
There are minors of ministerial nvxUßcatltms atTn
rin, aud various changes are reported, but none of then
have received confirmation.
A ministerial circular has been- issued maintaining the
lights of Italy to rtcopoitlon q» a |> sm sorting that
Rome should be tho centre of tha Government, aud af
firming that a Solution of the Venetian question, ac
cording to the wishes of Italy, is necessary for tlx* gene
ral peace.
A grand banquet was given to Garibaldi at Milan, on
which occasion tho hero aud some of his companions
made patriotic speeches, indicative af abppftuhißg &&?*-
ments iu favor of the causo of Italy. Garibaldi left
Milan on the 27th, amid the cheers of the people, fits
tour through Lombardy is for tho purpose of stirring up
the young men to join his-volunteer corps.
Demonstrations are becoming quHe frequent in Yene
tia. and numerous arrests are y&p&Pttd at AUntnk aud
Venice.
The Austrian Government ha* taken another step
favorable to the freedom of the prttas,.
Jndfmcnl has licen gtsim In tl*9 PTBSMlltloll f»T
oiicDCbH againat the Amtrmii. press laws. Tpe editor Of
the Wanderer has been Beuienced to eight months* im
prisonment, and the editor of The I‘resn to fourteen
da>B.
Piince Wlndeaibgrat/. and Count Nestelrodu are dead.
The Spanish Government has ordered General Prim
not to negotiate with the Mexicans till the allied troops
have entered the city of Mexico
The United States sloop-of-war Consultation, from
Portsmouth, N. 11, had arrived at Cadiz.
RUSSIA.
An imperial decree orders several modifications in thv
censorship oi printed matter in Russia.
TURKEY*
Six hundred of the Turkish troops have baau sur
rounded by the insurgents at Crintz*, the insurgents
boTiDg previously repulsed the troops which came to
their rescue,
It is asserted that the Greek insurrection is cot yet
over, notwithstanding tho recent successes of the Govern
ment troops.
Foreign Commercial Intelligence.
Liverpool, March 27.—Breadstuff-!—Flour has a
downward tendency ; sales at 26®*29a. .Wheat dull aud
2d lower ; red Western Is quoted at 10s Odollsfid ; red
Southern, 11s Sdmlls lOd ; white Western, 12*012s 3d ;
white Southern, 12a 3d® 12s Od. Corn ia still decjigjgg *
busied, 28* Gi©2Ba fid } yellow, 2?*3 j white, 340365,
Fnovisio.vs.—Beef is steady. Dork steady. Bacon in
active demand. Lard qaiet but steady. Tallow quiet at
445a45s fid
Prooicb.—Ashes are quiet but steady at 32a Pd for
«'! ?§»f9F Pssrlßr Sugar Inactiro, fiodbo dull;
Rice quiet. Rosin firmer at 1030133 6d. Spirits of Tur
pentine inactive at 70s,
LONDON MARKETS.—FIour aud Wheat have each
& downward tendency, and the prises are Is lower.
Sugar 1b easier. Coffee fum. Tea (common Congou)
quitt but steady. Rico dull. Tallow uuieti at '4Si ftdi
Linseed Oil is still advancing
LONDON MONEY MARKET—Consols are quite at
93f£a93?4 for money.
AMERICAN SECURITIES—IIIinois Central 43j<«
43 cent discount: Erie Ballroad 33®33j4*
THE LATENT,
[By Telegraph to Londonderry.!
Liverpool, Friday, March 28. —Cotton—The sales for
the wetk amount to 23,£00 bales, the market being doth
but with firm prices. The middling qualities are \'d
higher. The Bales to speculators were 4,500 bales, and
to exporters I,&W bales. The sales t»*day (Friday] art
estimated at 4,000 bales, including 1,000 bales on speed*
lation and for export, the market closing quiet but steady
at the following quotations:
Fair. Middling.
New Orleans. 13# 12^
Mobile! wi::;ill. ii.ii.... 13 12j^
Uplands 12 % 12^
The stock of cotton in port amounts to 400,000 boles* of
which 144,000 bales are American.
Breadstuffa are very dull, and the quotations nominal.
Mixed Corn continues to decline, and is now quoted at
2gs&2Bs3d.
Frovitdotis are quiet but steady.
London, March 28.—Consols are quoted at 93#.
AMERICAN STOCKS.—lllinois Central 44043 &
cent, discount; Erie Railroad JW# .
The returns of the Bank of Vngland, far the week,
show nil increase of JE2&1,000 in bullion.
LETTER FROM NEW YORK.
Tbe State Prisoners Commission—C*pt. Vl
gutra—Death of Robert C: Goailhua. a Now
York Merchant—U. 8. Circuit Court Capi
tal Cases—Court of Oyer and Terminer—A
Man-of-War'a Man's Entertainment—
Deaths of the Woek In Nnv York—Market**
Aon A*oi
[Correspondence of The Press }
Nj;vs* Yobk, April 7,1862.
General Dlx, Edwards Piet repout, and E. D. Webefest,
Tmn ilie commission appointed to examine into the
cauEe of detention (f political prisoners, arrived la this
city this morning. They held a consultation with the
marshal, and will proceed to Fori Lafayette to-morrow,
Captain Viguers, of your city, will be liberated very
soon, u it is known that there. is no tvI&MH
him vrliich could convict him of treason.
Bobert C. Goodhue, an eminent merchant or this city,
and until recently a member of the old and well-known
firm of Goodhue A Co., of No. 63 South street, died yes*
terday at his residence in this city, irj Jhp forty-fifth
year of his age* Mr. Goodhue's retirem.nt from tbs
firm took p:ace on the first ef J anuary last on account of
ill health. His illness was of a pulmonary nature, and
his decease was not unexpected. He became a member
of the Chamber of Commerce on June 6, 1649, sines
when, up to the time ot his retirement from business, he
has been a prominent member of the Chamber, Thp
flags are displayed at half mast to-day as a mark of re
spect to his memory. The funeral services will take
place on Wednesday
The capital and other cases to be tried at the present
term of the United States Circuit Court, before Judge
gmaHey f are as follows a ,
Thomas Duffy, indicted for the murder of Alexander
Smith on the high seas.
Samuil 11. Haynes, Prat mate of the ITigMingale,
slave trade.
Bradley Window, second mate of the Xi'jhtingatei
same offenco,
Morgan Fredericks, first mate of the Cord, earn* 0f«
fence.
Wm. H. Byrnes, captain of the TV. R, Kirby y same
offence.
Albert How, for fitting out slaver City ttf Nor/oik.
Jog, S. SABtoSi titling out BluTor Cora.
Eraßtns H. Booth, fitting out alleged slaver Buckeye,
Zachartah Beaver, transmitting forged applications for
bounty land to Peagion Office
pedxo Astooga, aeaafiU with a dangerous weapon.
Jaß. B. Kinslow, stealing and destroying bonds at cus
tom bouse. >
The Terminer opens its term td*
morrow before Judge Barnard. There are a number of
muider cases awaiting trial, which will be disposed of
before this court. The charge to the Grand Jury will be
delivered to- day.
A decidedly novel entertainment will be given at the
Academy of Music, on Thursday night, in the shape of a
“reception” to the (Ulcers and crews of the frigate*
Cumberland and Congressi which were destroyed by
the fight with the Merrimac. The crews lost everything
they possessed in the world on that occasion, and a num
ber of our public-spirited citizens have planned this re
ception for them as a means of railing funds cuougn to
refnmibh llit-Jr ll kj(a. n The affair will be well gotten
up. The band of the navy yard will attend, together
with a company of marines, and the entire surviving
crews of both vessels. The bluejackets, In the course of
tht evening, wilt appear on the Btage, sing some “ sea
dog” songs, give cheers in man-o’-war style. Ac.
Ihe deaths last week, ill this city* numbered 430,
which is an fncroase of 411 upon the wook previous. The
lending diseases were iliptberite 13; infantile convul
sions, 46 ; inflammation of tho bowels, 14 \ scarlet fever,
09: inflammation of the lungs, 31; consumption, 69;
dropsy in the head, 22; infantile maraunus, 14. Of the
whole 112 ut-rs under au* y&nr af &p.
Franklin J. Ottarson, an attache of the New Fork
Tribune for 10 years, retired from his connection wicb
that paper last Saturday.
The following were the sal
board to-day:
16060 U 9 Ob ’Bl Be*., 92ft
1000 U 8 An 1 yr certs 90%
45000 U 8 0s ‘Bl Cp.... 93
10000 Tenn 0s *90...,. 05
10000 do s3O 54%
SCOO do 55%
6000Miuouri Gimi 30jf
5000 d 0,530 50%
5000 do 50%
5000 i10..,,....530 50%
10000 do 50%
5000 do b3O 63%
5000 do. b3O 51%
50b6 N Caro As, ».e9O 66 “
2000 C B A Q R 85... 97%
1250 Tol A W 3d 48
53000 Am Gold 102%
30000 do b30.102#
20 Penn Coal C 0... 82
m w
10 do 99
50 d0..99V
50 N Y Oen b S 3
100 Erie R Pref 01V
100 d0......,M0 61V
100 Hill Blrorimii Silt
100 Mich 6en a.... 55^
50 dO. HirniM 56
75 d0,..,.,.b16 56
100 MB*NIG..b3O 47
50 PantmaR.....,,12l
60 Gal * CM 66
Uhl & ft 6&*
50 do .blO 66 V
60 do b6O 66 V
60 Mil A P dnC,... 27
100 do 27 V
50 Ok B & Q B.M& 61
THE MARKETS.
A>m:s.—Tbe market is unchanged; the demand fair?
sales of Pots at £M2Jf * nod Pearls at 85.60.
Flock asid Mkai The demand for Western and State
Flour is finite moderate, especially for the low grades;
these are heavy and inactive, but trade brands ana steady
and us fair request. . .....
The Bolen are 6,606 bbls at 86.15tt6.1i2V for superHne
State and Western; 55.25tt5 35 for extra State; S6.4ott
5.55 for fancy do; $5.25&5.&0 for the tow grads* of West
ern extra; 56.76tt5.65 for shipping brands of round
hoop < xtra Ohio, and 86.9506.60 for trade brands do.
(liiuadian Flour is a shade easier, the detuaud* fair at
the concession; sales of 1,600 bbls at $5.26tt6.50 for
extras.
Southern Flour is dull and heavy, especially the low
grades; the better grades are steady; sake of 750 bbla
at ss.4Utt6 for mixed to good superflue Baltimore, Sec*
uud 8U.10A? for extras.
Rye Flour is rather firm; the demand iafalr { solas 26T
bbls at 83 10®4.25.
Coin Meal Is steady: sales or 350 bbls at 82.80ttL.9G
for Jersey, and $3.15 for Braudywine,anA2o pnneheons.
at 85.25. , . , ~ _
ruovifuossi—The Turk markutis unchnugfitl; tha flt>«
maud h less active; sales of 580 bbls at $13013.f0r
mesa, $12&0»13 for Western prime mess, and $lO 26*
10 &U for prime. . , ' . » _
Beef is in fair request and is firm; aalos of 20G
bbls at £l2# 13 for plain ntfja and $14014.50 Cor
tS lfeef hams are firm: sale* of *5 l«bis at $17.26 foe
Bacon is steady, and less active; sale* of 650 boxes at
6Vc for Western long'ribbed; 7®7,Vc for do abort
ribbed 1 TUc fordo short clear; and 6c for City d>.
active, Uut priw* ms without chains’,
sairs of 000 bbio and
Cv.t went, are more active. «a 4 »ra atoady.
AT MBTtAIfS.
GREAT BRITAIN.
FRANCE
AUSTRIA
GREECE
les of stocks at the second